Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1874 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. JAMKS A MEAIXY, RENSSELAER, - INDIANA-

THE NEWS.

Affairs in Spain— Carlist Ganse Still Waning. A Catholic Congress To Be Held in London. ■ Public Debt Statement for the Month of October. v S>. _ v } - . • , | Returns From the November Elections— Opposition Gains. ' Serious Railroad Accident Near Grand Rapids, Mich. r —- BtO,, —Stc., Etc., Etc., Etc. FOREIGN. A London dispatch of the 2d announces the finding and splicing of the direct cable lost by Faraday some months ago. A London telegram of the 4th says the j French Government had issued orders expelling all Spaniards from the frontier towns to prevent their participation in the attacks onlrunby Don Carlos. The bombardment of the latter town began on the morning of the 4th. A Berlin dispatch of the 4tl> says a representative assembly had been decided upon for Alsace and Lorraine. A Berlin dispatch of the sth says that the relations between Russia and Spain had assumed a thoroughly cordial character, and It was expected that she would soon recognize the Spanish Republic. A Bayonne of the sth says the troops under Jovellar had defeated the Carlists at Albocear with considerable loss. Large bodies of insurgents had offered to surrender at Maestrazzo. Gen. Lonia had cm, barked with eight battalions for the relief of Iran. u

A London dispatch of the sth says the chief authorities of the church had decided to hold a great international Catholic Congress in London, with the object of maintaining the doctrine of papal infallibility, reasserting the Pope’s right to temporal as well as spiritual power, and declaring it to be the bouuden duty of all Christians to return to the allegiance of Rome, ft is stated that this proposed Congress is the result of direct instructions from the Vatican. According to a Parisian dispatch of the fitl. Italy was about to issue a note to the European powers calling attention to the dangers likely to accrue from the intrigues of the Vatican; declaring that the Government could no longer tolerate a permanent conspiracy in its cwn capital, and urging the powers to discontinue the custom of maintaining axnbassadors at the Holy See. A dispatch from Hendays of the 6th says the Oarlists were hurling petroleum shells into Iran. The Carlists claimed that they had repelled two sorties of the garrison, and had taken measures to intercept the forces ■coming to its relief. A Rome dispatch of the 7th reports the sudden illness of the Pope, Corea has promised to send to Japan the heads of all those who had insulted the Government The Schleswig-Holstein question is under discussion between Denmark and Germany. The Danish Ministry on the 7th requested the Rigsdag not to interpellate the Government in respect to the alleged expulsion of Danes from Schleswig, pending the discussion. DOMESTIC. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assistant-Treasurer at New York to sell $500,000 in gold each Thursday during the month of November. The aggregate will be $2,000,000. —" The public debt statement for October is as follows; —•—-- Six per cent. bonus.. $1.1F2,t83.*250 Five per cent bonds 538.525.&W Total coin bonds $1,720.706,450 LawfEi money debt 14.STH.0lW Matured debt gt.746.0ti0 Legal-tender notes 36i.075.3ti7 Certificates of deposi t 52.535,000 Fractional currency 46.151.025 Coin certificates. fci.o7W.4tXi Interest 37,115,670 Total debt $2.^.072.772 Cash in TreasureCoin $90,069,241 Currency 16.396.770 Special deposits held tor the redemption of certificates of deposit, as provided by law 52.525.CW0 Total in Treasury :.. $186,011,011 Debt less cash in Treasury $2,139,001,761 Decrease daring October .- 691.434 Bonds issued to the Pacific ‘Railway Companies, interest payable in—s--_—_— lawful money, principal outstandtag....7777. :... —v--.- $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid. 1,292.470 Interest paid by the United States 24.325.3txi Interest repaid by the Transportation of mails, etc. 5,497.253 Balance of interest paid by United * States 15.525.14;> Gov. Allen, of Ohio, has issued a proclamation appointing Thursday, Nov. 26, as Thanksgiving Day. . A band of vigilants hung two horse-thieves at Allentown, Mo„ a small town on the Iron Mountain Railroad, sixty miles below St. Louis, on the night of the 2d. The dispatch adds that a mob had beefi 1 formed to burn the town, in retaliation for the h-nching. Gov. Beveridge, of Illinois,.nas issued his proclamation setting apart Nov. 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Atty.-Gen. Benny reports the final settlement of the war claims of the State of Indiana with the General Government, amounting to over $3,000,000. The balance due the State is $112,267.56, for which the State has secured a warrant on the United States Treasurer. ‘ “ The boss coopers of New York city held a meeting on the sth, at which it was resolved to insist on all men leaving the Coopers’ Union before being employed in any cooperage In the city. It was reported that in a large number of factories the. opposition to society men was being successfully sustained. Gov. Davis, of Minnesota, has designated the 26th inat as a day of thanksgiving and Braver. . . - -

I An Omaha dispatch of the sth says: “An officer sent from Fort McPherson, Neb., a few days ago by Gen. Ord, to visit all sec tions of the gn sahopper district, reports that lie i finds no case* of actual starvation, but much ! suffering, some of which has been relieved from various sources. Relief must be given or hundreds will starve before Winter is half over. Within ten days many .will be "W‘out a pound of corn or flour. T) c present aid they are receiving Is but a drop in the bucket unless th<! Government aids them. The alternative is fearful to contemplate..”The passenger train due at Grand Rapids, Mich., on the morning of the 6th was wrecked near Moline al>out 9 o'clock. The accident was caused bv the breaking of an axle under the tender, which ’ threw the rear passenger coach and sleeper off the track and turned them over on their sides. One old gentleman was killed and al»out thirty more or less injured. By the destruction by tire of O.C. Pa rin ley’s li'cry stable in Peoria, 111., on the tith one hundred valuable horses were burned to death. Thursday, Nov. 2d, has been designated Inflow I)ix, of New York, as a day of thanksgiving. Several prominent merchants of Memphis, Tenn., have been arrested and bound over to the United States Circuit Court in the sum of f2,<Wdcnrh, charged with, violating tbe Kflforcemeat act' In discharging colored men from their employ for refusing to vote the Democratic ticket last August. The Governor of lowa has set apart Thursday, Nov. 26, as Thanksgiving Day.. it has recently transpired that three children —two girls aged fifteen and thirteen, and one hoy aged ten—of John Martin, residing near Fort Wayne, Ind., were stolen on the Ist of October, and have not since been heard from. No reason for the abductions is known. The parents have been nearly distracted overl their loss, but kept quiet in hopes of gaining j a clew to the whereabouts of the missing I children. Several arrests have been made in Louisiana for alleged violations of the Enforcement act. Much excitement existed In Northern Louisiana on the 9th caused by the previous arrest, by Lieut. Hodgson and Marshal Solve, of parties without warraut, as is alleged, and by force of United States bayonets. The Lieutenant and Marshal -were subsequently brought before Judge Trimble, at Vienna, charged with contempt of court in disobeying a writ of corpus, and fined SIOO each and sentenced to ten days’ imprisonment in the parish jail. D. M. Jewett, United States Commissioner, had been indicted and arrested upon a warrant, charged with kidnaping. He was bound over in the sum of SI,OOO.

PERSONAL. Mayor Spencer, of Atlanta, Ga., and other prominent citizens have been arrested for violation of the Enforcement Act. The Protestant Episcopal Convention, which had been for some time in session in New York city, adjourned on tile 3d, and will hold its next session in Boston, 1877. Previous to adjourning a pastoral letter was issued. The widow of Gen. Rawlins, formerly Sec: rotary of War, died at a hotel in San Francisco on. the 6th. The Eastern insurance companies which withdrew their agencies front Chicago a few weeks ago are returning and resuming business in the city. POLITICAL. Diggs, County Solicitor, and Morgan, TaxCollector, Republicans, were arrested at Selma, Ala., on the 2d, under the Enforcement act. They were charged bran Independent Republican candidate for Tax-Collector with conspiring to intimidate colored men from voting tlie Independent ticket The United- States Commissioner .bound both over to the District Court. The Democrats of Washington, D. C., turned out in force on the night of the 4th to celebrate the recent victories. Leading Democrats were serenaded, among others Senator Thurman and the editor of the Washington Sentinel, both of whom responded in congratulatory terms. A riot occurred at the polls in Eurihila, Ala., on the Sd, originating, it is said, in the attempt of a negro to whip another negro for; voting the Democratic ticket The assailant drew a pistol, and the result was three negroes were killed and four mortally, seven seriously and eight slightly wounded. One white;was mortally, one seriously and three slightly wounded. Five or six hundred, shots were tired. Two congratulatory Democratic meetings were held in New York city on the evening of the sth, at which speeches were made # by Govemor-elect Tilden, Senators Thurman, Bayard, Stockton, Senator-elect Eaton, and others. According to the official returns the Republican majority in lowa at the October election is 39,000. A New Orleans dispatch of the 6th inst. says the Committee of Seventy had adopted a resolution inviting “the people of Louisiana to meet at their respective places of worship o* Thursday, Nov. 19, to return thanks to Almighty God for their deliverance -from political bondage.” The Conservative Committee of Seventy at New Orleans telegraphed to President Grant on the Stli stating that the Conservatives had been entirely successful at the recent election in Louisiana ‘and that thousands of colored citizens had voted the Conservative ticket, and protesting against the further occupation of the State by military forces and requesting their withdrawal. They say that “with the return of our people to power we assure you that the civil law will become supreme, that its sacred obligations will be recognized both by the ruler and the ruled, and that there will be ample protection guaranteed to life,and liberty within our borders,” A New York dispatch of the-Sth says there were 193 deaths from diphtheria in that city during the previous two weyks, and. that a scientific investigation was likely to be made into the causes of the prevalence of that disease, with a view to sweeping measures of prevention. TPIE STATE ELECTIONS. The latest news received up to the morning of the 9tb from the recent State elections indicated the following'results: ILLINOIS. The Opposition have probably gained six Congressmen. The following are elected: First District, B. G. Caulfield, Dent., gain; Second, C. H, Harrison. Dent., gain (doubtful); Third, C. B.Farwell. Rep., re-elected; Fourth, Stephen A. * Hurlbut, Rep., re-elected: Fifth, Horatio C. Burchard, Rep., re-elected; Sixth, Thomas J. Henderson, Rep.; Seventh, Alexander Campbell, Ind. (probably) { Eighth, Greenbury L. Fort, Rep., re-elected; Ninth,

Richard H. Whiting, Rep.; Tenth, John C. Bagbv, Ind- (probahlvi; Eleventh, Scott Wikc, Dent.; Twelfth. William M. Springer, Dciii.; Thirteenth, Adlai']s. Stevenson, 'Dem., gain; Fourteenth, Joseph—G.. Cannon, Hep., re-elected; Fifteenth, John R. Eden, Dem., re-elected; Sixteenth, William A. J. Sparks, iK'in., gain (probably); Seventeenth, William R.- Morrison, Di m., ye-clecte.d; Eighteenth, William llartzcll, Dem., gain; Nineteenth, William B. Anderson, Ind. (probably). Mr. Ridgwuv, Rep., is probably elected State Treasurer, aha Etter, Opp., State School Superintendent The legislature will he composed as follows: Senate —Republicans, 24; Democrats, 26; Independents,4. House— Republicans,66; Democrats,6s; Independents, OO WISCONSIN. The State Legislature is probably Republican in both branches. T,be Congressional delegation is probably as follows: First District, Clras. G. Williams, Rep., re-elected; Second, Luctettß. Caswell, Rep.: Third, Henryk. Magqon, Rep.; Fourth, William Pitt Lynde, Reform; Fifth, Samuel D. Bureliard, Reform; Sixth,! Alansou M. Kimball, Rep.; Seventh, Jeremiah M. Rusk. Rep., re-elected; Eighth, Alexander S. Me Dill. Rep., re-elected. MICHIGAN. —r- —: —- •The new Constitution overwhelmingly defeated. The woman suffrage amendment also defeated, but it received a larger vote than was generally expected.’ Fagley, Rep., for Governor, Is elected by-a majority of about .2,000. Balance of State ticket Republican. The Republicans have a majority in the Legislature on joint ballot. Congressmen elected: First District, A. 8. Williams, Dem., gain; Second, Henry Waldron, Rep., 're-elected; Third, George Willard, Rep:, re-elected; Fourth, Allen Potter, Dene, gai i f; “FiTtTi, William B. Willijitus, Hep., re-elected; Sixth, George H. Durand, Dem., gain; Seventh, OmarD.Gongef, Rep., re-elected; Eighth, N. B. Bradley, Rep., re-elected; Ninth, Jay A. Huhbell, Rep., re-elected. KANSAS. Osborne, Rep.,. re-elected Governor by about 12,000 majorltv. Congressional delegation: First District, Wm. A. ghjllips, Rep., re-elect-ed; Second, John K. Goodin, Ref., gain; Third, Win. R. Brown, Rep. Legislature Republican. ' i MISSOURI. Hardin, Dem., elected Governor by about 35,000 majority. Legislature Democratic by a large majority. The following Congressmen are probably, elected; First District, E. C. Kelir, Dem., gain: Second, Erastus Wells, Dem., re-elected; Third, William H. Stone, l)em., re-elected; Fourth, Robert A. Hatcher, Dem-, re-elected; Fifth, Richard P. Bland, Dem., re-elected; Sixth, Ghas. H. Morgan, Dein.,gain; Seventh, John F. Phillips, Dem.; Eighth, Benjamin J. Franklin, *Dem.; Ninth, David Rea, Dem., gain; Tenth, R. A. Deßolt, Dem., gain; Eleventh, John B. Clark, Jr., Dem., re-elected; Twelfth, John M. Glover, Dem., re-elected; Thirteenth, Aylett H. Buckner, Dem., re-elected. > ’ MASSACHUSETTS. Win. Gaston, Dem.; elt-eUnl Governor over Talbot by about 7,000 plurality. Balance State officers Republican. Congressmen elected: First District, James Buffington, Rep., reelected; Second, Benjamin W. Harris, Rep., re-elected; Third, Henry L. Pierce, Rep., reelected; Fourth, Rufus S. Frost, Rep.: Fifth, Nathaniel P. Banks, Inch, gain; Sixth, Charles P. Thompson, Deni., gain (over Butler); Seventh, John K. Tarbox, Dem., gain; Eighth, Wiiliam W. Warren, Dem, gain; Ninth, George F. Hoar, Rep., re-elected; Tenth, Julius H. Seelye, Ind., gain; Eleventh, Chester W,Chapin, Dem., gain. The Legislature, which is largely opposed to prohibition, will stand: Senate, Rep. 24; Dem. 10; House, Rep. 151; Dem. 85. —;: — 1 —— v

NEW TORN. Tilden, Dent., for Governor, has a majority of from 30,000 to 40,000. State Assembly . Democratic by about twenty majority. The Congressional delegation will probably stand as follows: ’First District. H. B. Metcalf, Dent., gain; Second, John G. Schumaker, Dent., re-elected; Third, Simeon B. Chittenden; Rep.; Fourth, Archibald M. Bliss, Dent., gain; Fifth, Edwin R. Meade, Dent.; Sixth, Samuel S. Cox, Dem., re-elected; Seventh, Smith Ely, Jr.,*rDem.; Eighth, Elijah Ward, Dem., gain; Ninth, Fernando Wood, Dem., re-elected; Tenth, Abram S. Hewitt, Dent., gain; Eleventh, Benjamin A. Willis, Dem., gain; Twelfth, N. Holmes Odell, Dem.; Thirteenth, John G. Whitehouse, Deni., re-elected.; Fourteenth, George M. Beebe, Dent.; Fifteenth, John H. Bagley, Jr., Detn., gain; Sixteenth, Chas. H. Adams, Rep., gain; l Seventeenth, Martin I. Townsend, Rep.; Eighteenth, Andrew Williams, Rep,; Nineteenth, William A. Wheeler, Rep.; Twentieth, Henry H. Ilatliorn, Rep.; Twenty-first, Samuel F.Miller, Rep.; Twentysecond, Qeo. A. Bagiev, Rep.; Twenty-third, Scott Lord, Dem., gain; Twenty-fourth, William H. Baker, Rep.; Twenty-fifth, Elias W. Leavenworth, Rep.; Twenty-sixth, Clinton D. MacDougall, Rep., re-elected; Twenty-sev-enth, David A. Pierpout, Dem., gain; Twentyeighth, Thomas C. Platt, Rep., re-elected; Twenty-ninth, Chas. C’. B. Walker, Dem., gain. Thirtieth, John M. Davy, Rep.; Thirtyfirst, George G, Hoskins, Rep., re-elected; Thirty-second, Asher P. Nichols, Dam., gain; Thirty-third, Walter L. Sessions, Rep., reelected. PENNSYLVANIA. ' Democratic on the State ticket by front 3,000 to 9,000 majority. Legislature Democratic on joint ballot. Congressmen elected: First District, Chapman Freeman, Rep.; Second,Chas. O'Neill, Rep., 're-elected; Third, Samuel J. Randall, Dent., re-elected; Fourth, William D. Kelley, Rep., re-elected; Fifth, John Robbins, Dem., gain; Sixth, Wash. Townsend, Rep., re-elected; Seventh, Alan Wood, Jr., Rep.; Eighth, iliester Clytner, Dem., reelected; Ninth, A. Herr Smith, Rep., reelected; Tenth, William Mutchler, Dem., gain; Eleventh. Frank D. Collins, Dem.; Twelfth, Winthrop Ketehum, Rep.; Thirteenth. James B. Reilly, Dem., gain; Fourteenth, John B. Packer, Rep.,’ re-elected; Fifteenth, Joseph Powell, Dent.; Sixteenth, Sobieski Ross., Rep., re-elected; Seventeenth, John Reilly. Dem.; Eighteenth, William & Stenger, Dem., gain; Nineteenth, Levi Maish, Dem., gain; Twentieth, Louis A. Mackey, Dent., gaiir; Twenfy-tirst, Jacob Turney, Detn., gain; Twenty-second, James H. Hopkins, Dent., gain; Twenty-third, Alexander G. Cochran, Dem., gain; Twenty-fourth, Joint W. Wallace, Rep:; Twenty-fifth, George A. Jenks, Dem., gain; Twenty-sixth, James Sheaklev, Dent., gain; Twenty-seventh, Albert G. fegbert, Dent., gain. NEW J ERSEY. •Judge Bedle, Dem., is elected Governor by about 12,000 majority, Legislature Democratic by 11 majority. The Congressmen elected art.-: First District, Clement H. Sinniekson. Rep.; Second. Samuel A,Dobbins, Rep.,, re-elected; Third, Miles Ross, Deni., gain; Fourth, Robert Hamilton. Dem., -reelected; Fifth, Wm. W. Phelps, Rep., reelected; Sixth, Frederick 11. Teese, Deni., gain; Seventh, Aug. A. Hardenburg,Dem. •VIRGINIA. Congressmen elected: First District, B. B. Douglas, Dent., gain; Second, James H. Platt, Jr.. Rep., re-elected; Third, Gilbert C. Walker. Gem., gain : Fourth, William H. H. Mowed, Rep., Ve-elected; Fifth, George C. Cabell. Item., gain; Sixth, John R. Tucker Dem.: Seventh, John T. Harris, Item., reelected; Eighth, Epca Hunton. Item., re- ■ elected; Ninth, William Terry, Item. TENXEStHE. ..State Democratic b£,-W,OOO to 50,000 majority. Legislature largejy Democratic. Congressmen elected: First District. Win. Me- j Fariand, Deni., gain; Second, Jacob M. Thornburg, Rep., re-elected: Third, George G. Dibreil, Detn., gain: Fourth, John W. Head, Dem., gain'; Fifth, John M. Bright, Dem., re-elected; Sixth. John F. House, Dem., gain; Seventh, Washington C. Whittherne, Dem.. re-elected; Eighth. John D. C. Atkins. Item., re-elected; Ninth, William P. Caldwell. Dem., gain; Tenth, H. CaseyYoung, Deth., gain. KBNTICKT. All the ten Congressional districts probably Democratic. Democratic gains on the vote throughout the State. ' LOUISIANA. The Conservative State Central Committee regard the election of Moncure, their State Treasurer, as certain. Many colored people voted ■ the Conservative ticket. The Demoefiats probably gain five Congressmen. MINNESOTA. Legislature Opposition on joint ballot Con-

gressmen elected: Mark 11. Dunnc'l, Rep., in the First District, re-elected; H. B. Strait, Rep., re-elected, in the Beeond; Win. 8. King Rep., in the Third. Republican majority in the State on Chief Justice about 5,000. MAR VI-A NO. The, six Congressmen all Democratic—a gain of two. — ARKANSAS. The Democrats elect the four Congressmen c —a guln of three. GEORGI A. * The entire Congressional delegation, nine in number, Democratic—a gain of two. RHODE ISLAND. The Republican* elect both Congressmen in tliis State. 1 t • SOUTH CAROLINA. D. H. Chamberlain, Rep., elected Governor by from 10,000 to 2HJXX) majority. The five Congressmen are all Republican.” ALABAMA." The Democrats elect six Congressmen certainly—a gain of two. Many cotored voTers supported the Conservative ticket. Legislature Democratic. Democratic majority on State ticket from 10,(XX) to 12,000. DELAWARE. Returns incomplete, hut all three counties probably Democratic. Janies Williams, Dem. (gain), elected to Congress. —- VERMONT. Dennison, Ind., in the Second District, is elected over Pqland, Rep., by a large majority. TEXAS. Returns from the principal towns show a large Democratic majority in every district. The Congressional delegation of six is Democratic. , FLORIDA. Both districts probably elect Republicans -"to—CtmgressrLegislature —Demm-r.rtit—by-twenty majority. ARIZONA. The election of Stevens, Ind., to Congress by about 200 majority is generally conceded. NEVADA. Woodburn, Rep,, is probably elected to Congress. Bradley, Dem., for Governor, probably elected by about 1,000 majority. Legislature probably Republican. WASHINGTON TERRITORY. O. Jacobs, Rep., is elected Delegate to Congress by about 500 majority. There will be an Opposition majority of over sixty in the next lower House of Congress. The Benate will remain Republican by about nine majority.

FACTS AND FIGURES.

—There are $500,000,000 invested in cows in the United States. —The tea crop of Japan last season amounted to 19,854,000 pounds, all of which the United States imported. —The Mormon Temple at Salt Lake was commenced twenty years ago, and the walls are now only fourteen feet above ground. _

—The salary of SIO,OOO per annum paid to President Jewett, of the Erie Railway, is the largest paid to any railroad official in the United States, and it is believed larger than any paid to any railroad officer in the world. —The cage-birds of the United States consume about 175,000 bushels of seed in a year, of which more than two-thirds is canary-seed, the rest being hemp-seed, rape-seed, millet, cracked wheat, etc} to the value of more than $2,000,000 annually. —The Chicago Temperance Monthly is The title of a new forty-eight page illustrated magazine, to be devoted to the cause of temperance, and the first number of which will be issued in January next, by Mrs. C. Augustus Haviland, of the Gem of tlie West. —The tobacco statistics of the world, could they be seen in one mass,, would astonish the economists as well as the moralists. France consumes annually 43,000,000 pounds of smoking tobacco, 8,000,000 pounds of cigars—say 50,000,000 in number, 17,000,000 pounds of snuff; 1,500,000 pounds of chewing tobacco, and 1,000,000 pounds of roll toTjacco, which Ts either smoked, chewed or snuffed. —Mr. Henry Vaughan, State Assayer of Rhode Island, lvas made a chemical analysis of thirty-five samples of “bitters,” including all the more important ones in the market, and finds that they contain from 6.36 to 43.20 per cent, of alcohol. The highest percentage is near-' ly equal to ordinary brandy or whisky, and tlie lowest exceeds the strength of Edinburgh ale, while nearly all the specimens contained more alcohol than the strongest wines.

— Appletons' Journal says: “In a recent number of the Journal we directed attention to the interesting fact that warm and dry seasons were regarded as favorable ones for the development of the suicidal mania. If this be the case, the climatic conditions of tlie countries given below may have somewhat to do with the number of suicides. The table records the fact that out of 1,000,000 inhabitants, 14 commit suicide in Spain, 32 in the United States, 43 in Belgium, 66 in Sweden, 69 in Great Britain, 73 in Bavaria, 94 in Norway, 109 in the GrandDuchy of Baden, 110 in France, 123 in Prussia, 128 in Hanover, 155 in Oldenburg, 156 in Lauenburg, 159 in Mecklenburg, 173 in Holstein,'2o9 in Schleswig, 251 In Saxony, 288 in Denmark, 333 in Saxe-Altenburg. It is furthermore observed that of the previous occupations of these suicides, 9 per cent, belonged to the agricultural classes, 13 per cent, to the tradesman, 15 per cent, to the merchants, 22 per cent, to the professions, and tlie remaining4l percent, are classed as having no occupation.”

A Successful Swindling Dodge.

One of the most daring swindling operations ever executed in this city occurred last Tuesday. A couple of strangers went into the jewelry establishment of C. Hornaday,' on Main street, and asked to see some watches, A number of .time-pieces were placed on the show-case before them. After looking over them one of the parties selected a handsome gold watch and chain, the price of which was s‘2os, and said he would take them. He counted out the money and placed it in an express envelope, stating at the same time that he would deposit the amount with Mr. Hornaday. and, in case he did not return tlig watch by the 20th inst., it might be considered a sale. He proceeded to seal the envelope, bat while liewas in the act of so doing his -< pal*' called his attention to something and he turned around. In an instant he faced about again, threw the envelope down on the show-case, took the watch and walked out. Mr. Hornaday placed the envelope in the dravfer. Before the parties had been gone very long, however, he took oat the package, tore it open, and found, instead of the money, scraps of waste paper. WJiile the sharper's back was turned he had slipped the money out and supplied its place with the'scraps of paper. Mr. H. immediately went in search of the scamps, but they had disappeared out of sight and have not since been heard from. —Keokuk (lowti) Oate City. _ _ > ■ —For the porgy factories in the vicinity of Bremen, Me., it has been the best season ever known, one firm making 300,000 gallons of oil..

The Art of Etching.

... “To draw upon the varnished surface of a copper plate, with a steel point, the lines that are to give the form and light and shadow of your picture, to bite those lines by the application of a hath of acid and finally to transfer your work to 1 paper with ink and a printing press”— such, in the words of an art writer, is the simple process of etching, as it may best be described* Such, rather, is the mechanical portion of ij, detailed in a few words. If I were to teach a pupil how to etch, 1 should follow the natural and only method that has been pursued from the beginning. I should first see whether he could draw- with a ready hand. If he could not, and I had.fair reasons for supposing that he had within him” a talent that needed only cultivation to bring it out, I should furnish him with pen and ink. or a choice set of lead pencils (the latter are not to be so highly commended), and ask him to sketch an oak tree that towered in an neighbor’s yard; or a plain rural cottage on the wayside; or an old well-sweep and the bushes around it; or the outlet of a brook emptying into the pond; or one or two of the sheep browsing along the fence. I should ask him to sketch any one of these several objects as opportunity occurred—not to make a careful and concise drawing of it—always remembering to mark, in a fair and artistic mannur, the shades and lights, the outlines and dots, and the odds and ends. And when he had succeeded, after repeated-trials, in bring out the effect —when he had related artistically, for instance, how the sheep wandering from the main flock had, ( sought the rich verdure that clung to the shadow of the fence, but not designed the same in their truthful proportions—he should next use sepia and a brush, and endeavor therewith to make drawings on a grander scale, wherein the contrast of light and shade might be more fully and forcibly exhibited. This apprenticeship, if I may so term it, would prove of the highest advantage. In the majority of cases it would enable the amateur in whom glowed the spark of genius to discern the reasons of .many natural effects, inspire him with a taste for nature’s Beauties, teach him the end of art, and discover to him the two-fold aim of the etcher, linear expression and tonality. —Galaxy far November.

Facial Asymmetry.

A writer in the Popular Science Monthly says; “There are many other facial anomalies which fail to attract attention because we have grown accustomed to them. We should expect the convex cast of one side of the face to fit, line for line, into the concave cast of the other; but it is doubtful it there is to be anywhere found one single head of this ideal perfection. Neither the contour of, the efieeks nor the lines of the counte-nance-are the same on both sides, and they are all the less so because every one unconsciously tends to perform many* unilaterial facial movements, which in time cause a divergence between the two sides of the face. Besides, the head, projecting &h it does freely into air, is more dependent than we imagine on wind and weather. Suppose a person were to sit constantly at a window, turning one side to the cooler atmosphere out of doors and the other toward a hot stove —the result would be a twofold growth of the facial muscles. One side of the face might become rounded, the other flat or concave; and, though such faces are not unfrequent, we do not notice the anomaly simply because we are accustomed to -it. In the Lapp we havea good illustration of this unequal development. Just as the trees of liis native land are stunted, so too his features become monstrous, irregu’ar and one-sided; the frontal bones are forced, as though by spasm, down on the maxillaries, producing the most singular combinations and contortions of the features. A not uncommon form of asymmetry, in more favored lands, is the presence of a dim-ple-on one cheek, while the other has no such indentation, or but a faint one. In such cases the face has, as it were, a summer and a winter side, just like the apple, which is round and ruddy on its summer side, but on the shade-side flattened and wan.”

Laura Berry recently fell fainting in the school-room at Carson, Nev. There was nothing mysterious in the origin of her swoon; the only wonder was that she recovered from it. She had within three weeks committed to memory 300 pages of history and 200 of natural philosophy. The night before she and a class-mate had not gone to bed.,at all, but studied throughout the night and until nine that morning. Her guardians, it is unnecessary to state, never fainted away over books. When a man milks a cow he should not attempt to smoke a cigar or an old stinking pipe at the same time. A young man in the country tried it' and got along until he lowered his head and touched the cow’s.flank with the lighted end of his cigar. The next instant himself and cigar were dreadfully put out. The cow introduced about two tons of weight into one of her hind legs, and then passed it under the milker’s left jaw, and thus served him right. An Oil City (Pa.) woman’s hair instantlju.turned' gray the •other day when she was left by a departing train. Upon inquiry it turned. put she had left her new bonnet on board and just stopped off a moment to say “good-by” to a friend. . „ ,

Exports of Musical Instruments.

Official record's of Custom-House returns at Washington show that the total walue of musical instruments exported from the United States during the year ending June 30, 1874, was $550,327. Of this, $‘258,176 was for pianos and $292,151 for parlor or leed organs. Of this latter amount $163,169', or more than onejialf of the whole, was of the cabinet organs made by the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., which bid fair to become as famous in Europe as-they have long been in America. This company certainly have reason to be proud of the fftet that the European demand for their organs is larger than that for all others combined.— Boston Traveller. —The largest merchant-ship ever built in Maine was launched at Kenriebunkport on the 26th of October. Her dimensions are: Length on deck, 263 feet; length of keel, 258 feet; breadth of beam, 43 feet; depth of hold. 30 feet.

Pianos and Organs.

Fine new rosewood pianos for S3OO. Fine walnut organs, six stops, $125. Good second-hand pianos, $l5O to S2OO, Reed’s Temple of Music, Chicago.

w Try It.— A Tonic and Alterative medicine, the invigorating and regulating properties of which afctually lengthen life and add to the capacity for its enjoyment, is within the reach of every member of the community. No invalid who has had recourse to Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Betters will hesitate to concede to it these invaluable qualities. It is a stomachic and a corrective of unrivaled efficacy, yet, being free from alcohol, it is not an excitant. Its anti-bilious operation is more direct, speedy and certain than that of any of the dangerous mineral salivants, and as an aperient it gently removes any obstructions that may have accumulated in the lower intestine without producing either irritation or pain. In fact its wonderful remedial effects are unaccompanied by any drawback. Of all medicines it is the most harmless and salubrious. As an appetiser it is far ahead of any of the alcoholic nostrums that momentarily stimulate while as a means of renovating a weak and torpid stomach it stands alone among modern remedies. g The Great Favorite!— Th<yy>Gpular-Ghill Cure of the age!! Composed of pure and simple drags, Willioft’s Tonic has long held thaiigliest place in the long line of remedies for Chills and Fever. It is not only AntiPeriodic but is Anti-Panic, for it curtails the heavy expense of doctors’ visits, where friendly calls arc all itemized in the account current. A penny saved is a penny gained, and saving it m this way-adds tohealth and comfort. -Try Wilhoft’s Tonic as a certainty and you will never regret it. Wheelock, FinlayA Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. The most stylish collar that is worn now is the Improved Warwick. It fits better than any other on a low-cut shirt. All the edges being folded, and the surface looking so much like linen, rve recommend all to try it. Ask your gents' furnisher for the Improved Warwick. Sent free, on receipt of neck and breast measure, height, weight and price, our (sample) “ Model $2 Shirt." Fitted by patented model. Stylish and substantial.” Address Model Shirt Co., 31 South Bth St., Philadelphia. The Northwestern Horse-Nail Co.’s “ Finished ” Nail is the best in the world.

How to Look Young—Sixteen.— Don’t paint or use vile Hair Restorers, but simply apply Hagan's Magnolia Balm upon your face, neck and hands, and use Lyon’s Kathairon upon your hair. The Balm makes your complexion pearly, soft and natural, and yon can’t tell what did it. It removes freckles, tan, sallowness, ring-marks, moth-patches, etc., and In place of ared, rustic face you have the marble purity of an exquisite belle. It gives to middle age the bloom of perpetual youth. Add these effects to a splendid head of hair produced by the Kathairon, and a lady has done her best in the way of adornment. Brothers will have no spinster sisters when these articles are around. Dr. Dan’l Weaver, of Boston, fell down a mining shaft near Denver, 76 feet. He was terribly bruised, limbs broken, and supposed to be dead. Mexican Mustang Liniment was freely used, consciousness restored, his life saved, and he came home in eight weeks. This is the most wonderful article for Bruises, Sprains, Rheumatism, Swellings, Spavin, Ringbone, Sores, or any flesh, bone or muscle ailment upon man or beast, ever discovered. It is humanity to animals., It has saved much suffering and many useless doctors* bills. It can be had for 50 cts. and SI,OO per bottle, iu any drug store. But beware of counterfeits. The genuine is wrapped in a fine steelsplate label, signed "G.W. Westbrook, Chemist.” The People’s Stamp of "Value, . "The Government indorsement, which legalizes the sale of Plantation Bitters, Is not the only stamp affixed to that famous Vegetable Tonic. It bears, in addition to thatoffleial sanction, the still more valuaable stamp oe pußLia abprobation. This Inestimable voucher of its rare properties as a Tonic, Cor-bzctx-ye and A lterative Is world-wide.-Send yonr name and address to Dr. C. R. Blackall, 61 Washington street, Chicago, and receive his Bulletin and Catalogue of new books free. .

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