Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1876 — Page 2

RENSSELAER UNION. yO/.>. HOIt.UK K. JAXKX. PrßprWor. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

SEWS OF THE WEEK.

POKKMiN. A Berlin dispatch of tlie 4th say* the German Government had replied favorably to the .American note in relation to intervention in Cuban affairs. Lord Lytton baa been appointed Viceroy of India, in place of Lord Northbrook. Sir Anthony Rothschild died iu London on the 4th. A Vienna special say* a conspiracy had been discovered at Belgrade to make Karageorgevritch the reigning Prince of Servia, and that aeveral Important arrests had been made. An explosion occurred in a coal mine in Staffordshire ou the 4th, which resulted in the loss of five persons killed and several badly injured. A Constantinople dispatch of the sth says Server Pasha, who was dispatched to Herzegovina at the outbreak of the insurrection, had been recalled. The section of the Brazilian telegraph cable between Lisbon and Madeira is broken. A Vienna dispatch of the sth 6ays Count Andrassy’s project for reform iu the insurrectionary districts of Turkey had been usseuted to by France and Italy. It was also reported that the Porte had ordered ail his iron-dads to prepare for an expedition to the Black Sea and the Albanian ports. Bpain has created a commission to take charge of Spanish products at the Philadelphia Exhibition. According to a Vienna dispatch of the 6th the Herzegovinian insurgents had latdy suffered a disastrous defeat in the vicinity of Nicisie and Duga, 600 t&ing killed and many wounded. The Paris Press? of the 6th contains an account of a terrible land-slide in Isle Reunion on the 11th of December. Sixty-two persons were killed and many injured. A large number of buildiugs and plantations were destroyed. A colossal statue of Grattan was'unveiled in front of the old Parliament House, in Dublin, on the 6th. The ceremonies were very largely attended. A Berlin dispatch of the sth says the Prussian War Office have a machine similar to that used by Tnomassen. It was offered them by a man from New York, in 1870, for the destruction of the French fleet. The offer was declined. The maker appears to have been an associate of Thooiassen. Rt» Hon. Southern Bucknsli Esteeourt, Secretary of the Home Department iu 1860, died, on his estate near London, on the 6th. Vr, A Coßstantantinople dispatch of the 7th says the Grand Vizier had rejected the scheme of foreign mediation, and was reported to have said to the Austrian representative who presented it that the Sublime Porte would give the peoples of the provinces all the neceissary guarantees for reform. It was reported that Montenegro had dispatched troops to the frontier, had negotiated a loan of *1,000,000 and had contracted with an American firm to deliver 10,000 rifles and sixty cannon in March. Charles Suthers, a cotton-spinner at Oldham, L&ncaahire, England, failed on the 7th for *1,000,000. A report that Austria was preparing for war was authoritatively denied on the Brh. While the Prince of Wales and his party were pig .sticking' near Lucknow, India, on the Bth, Lord Carrington had his collar-bone broken. According to a Madrid telegram of the Bth there had been a heavy fall of snow in the province of Guipuzcea, which had greatly impeded military operations. The authorities had issued a notice to mariners, warning them not to approach the coast east of Bilbao, on account of the danger from Carlist batteries. The Belgrave cotton-mills at Oldham, England, carrying 50,000 spiudles, burned on the Sth, involving a loss of *250,000. Dr: Slrousberg, the bankrupt railway contractor, has been released from imprisonment on parole. t An Odessa (Russia) telegram of the 9.h says that ou the preceding day a railway train filled with military recruits ran off the track near that place and plunged down a steep embankment. The wrecked cars caught fire and many passengers were burned to death before they could be extricated. The number killed was sixty-eight and fifty four were injured, some of them, fatally. nonKsrit. A Washington dispatch of the 4th says there was no truth whatever in a rumor of a difference of opinion between the President and Secretary Fish.concerning Cuban affairs. On the contrary they were in perfect accord and the Cabinet was a 'unit on the course being pursued relative to the Cuban question. The following is the statement of the condition of the public debt Jhn. 1:

Six per cem. bond? $1,017,615,400 Five per Cent, bonds b70.354.T50 Total com bonds $1,688,000 150 Lawful money debt 14.t00.ik0 Matured debt' , 22,712.M0 Legal-tender notes 371.89b.8b2 Certificates ol deposit...*.,. 35.175.0u0 Fractional currency .i.t 44,147,0T2 Coin certificates.... 81,i96.500 Interest 88,819,062 Total debt $2,245,918,986 Cash in Treasury— * Coin $79.8 .'4.448 Cnrrency 11,117.841, Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit 85.175,000 Total in Treasury. ..i $126.116.792 Debit less cash in Treasury $2,119,832,194 Increase -during December 1,915.1 62 Decrease since June 30,187. i 8.856,531 I Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad ~ Companies, interest payable in lawfnl money, principal outstanding . . : $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not v,t paid... 1.938,716 Interest paid by I'nited Mates.. 28.202,807 Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc ... 6,668,927 Balance o) interest paid by United States 21.538.880 A wooden box containing shot has been found in a warehouse in Sew York, which' was brought over on the steamer Celtic sh October by Thomas, the dynamite fiend, and which he endeavored to have insured at Liverpool 44s containing $30,000 in gold coin, but declined to have ibe contents inspected. It Wg&yeponed on ihesth that Hamilton, Richardson A Whitney, dry-goods jobbers of Boston, had failed, with lia lilities placed at? $350,000. Two failures were reported in New York city, one of them* being Hunting A Earle, mauufactuitug jewelers. The Ohio Biate Agricultural Convention met at Columbus on the sth. Among the

resolutions adopted was one urging Congress to grant a reasonable subsidy to the Ccnteucial Exhibition. William Murray and Frederick Meyer were 1 banged at Pittsburgh, Pat, on the 6th, for the murder, in November, 1874. pf a German farmer named Gottshitrdt Wahl,“who had resisted their attempt at highway robbery. | The following 1* a statement of the United ! States currency outstanding on the 31st of ; last month: : Old demand note* *69.642 i Legal-tender notes, new issue SI.B !!,365 lx'gal-tender notes, series of 1863 2i6.436.1M0 I Series of 1876 58.854,478 • Series of 1875 24.705,187 1 One-year notes of 1863 64.485 i Two-year notes of 1863 19.MU0 Two-year coupon notes of 18' 3 26,500 Compound-interest notes ~.. 350,620 Fractional currency, first issue 4,236,775 Second issue... 3-,120.460 Third issue 3.097.826 Fourth issue, first scries 5.336,790 Fourth issue.-second series 1,357.868 Fourth issne. third series -.J.. 3,<19,016 i Fifth issu .‘h 23.216.827 Total *416.505,437 | A wrestling-match between M.aj. .Jai>. H. McLaughlin, of Detroit, and W. J. Benjamin, of Washington, D. C., for *4,000 and the championship of the world, took place in the former city on the evening of the 4th. McLaughlin came off victorious after an exciting contest. The next Illinois State Fair is to be held at Ottawa, beginning Sept. 4. A colored man named Frank Scott was hanged at Memphis, Tenn., on the 7th, for : tbe murder, in December, 1874, of an old j negro for about ninety cents whict}*The latter owed him. He made a short speech on the gallows, concluding by saying that the cords were cutting his arms, and lie would rathe be hanging. Bill Williams (also colored) was liaoged at Bartlett, Tenn., on the same day, for murder, lie denying the crime to the last. At Jackson, Tenn., a’so on the 7th, Milton McLean was hanged for the murder of a man named Pope. In his annual report the Librarian of Congress, Mr. A. R. Spafford, states that there are now in the Congressional Library 293,507 volumes, against 274,159 on the Ist of December, 1874. Of these tbe law department contains 34,515 volumes, the remainder being in the miscellaneous department. To these ar2 to be added nearly 00,003 pamphlets bound and unbound. Mr. Spafford again ealls attention to the urgent necessity for a newseparate building for the National Library, to prevent overcrowding. An interesting experiment was made in Milwaukee, on the Bth, by which if was demonstrated that, by the use of new instruments, eight messages can be simultaneously transmitted over a single telegraph wire. The transmitting instruments produce a musical sound instead of a click, and the number of dispatches which may be sent over the same wire at the same time is believed to be limited only by the possibilities of sound. The discoverer of the new system of telegraphy is Mr. Elisha Gray, of Chicago. A few nights ago some burglars broke into a store in Osborne, Mo., stole a bottle of chloroform, and then proceeded to drug all the inhabitants of the town. They went through both hotels, all the stores and many of the dwelling-houses, securing several thousand dollars, after which they inada their escape. PERSONAL.. Dist.-Atty. Britton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., entered a nolle pros, ou the 3d in the cases of Loader and Price; under indictment for perjury in connection with the Beecher-Tilton scandal, the ground of the motion being that the affidavits of these persons were not made to be used in court, but simply to affect public opinion. Mark M. (“ Brick”) Pomeroy has removed his Democrat from New York to Chicago The first number from the latter city (Nt>. 1 of Vol. 8) was issued on the Ist inst. Harrison Ludington, the Republican GovI ernor-elect of Wisconsin, was formally inaugurated at Madison on the 3d. The two remaining libel suits of Henry C. Bowen against the Brooklyn :Eagle have been discontinued, the defense agreeing to pay, without appeal, the full amount of damages (*1,000) awarded Mr. Bowen by the jury in the first suit. Joseph Bork,the defaulting City Treasurer of Buffalo, returned to that city on the sth and surrendered himself to the authorities, and was held in bail bonds of *50,000. He promised, if permitted, to assist iu administering his estate so as to pay all claims. Easton & Milne’s banking-house at Fall River, Mass., suspended on the 7tn. The failure was announced ou the same day of Pniiip Stiner, a tea merchant of New Yoyk, who had eighteen stores scattered throughout the city. His liabilities are" stated at *18S,000; assets *38,000. A little boy «ho proved to be James -Blanchard, of Milford, N. H., created considerable excitement at St. Albans, Vt-,a few days ago by claiming to be the lost Charley Ross. Much telegraphing and correspond- . ence between citizens of that place and inter, j ested parties in Philadelphia ensued, the liti tie impostor -maiutainingjor several days his ! assertions that he was the veritable Ross I boy, and showing in many of his statements a remarkable familiarity with the history of i tile missing boy and his Philadelphia home. | The pretender was taken to his home iu Mil- ; ford on the 7th. | Wonderly <fc Co., lumbermen, of Grand ! Rapids, Mich., suspended on the Till, with liabilities of over *200,000. A New York dispatch of the 9th states that ' all the churches invited by Mrs Moulton to take part iu the unitu4o council had accepted the invitation. Tbe lfst embraces some of the most celebrated clergymen iu the denomination. A strenuous effort has recently been made by the friends of E lward S. Stokes, imprisoned for the shooting of James Fisk, to procure his pardon, but Gov. Tiiden, after examining the papers and petition, has denied the application. Hod. J. Y. Scammon, former President of the Mechanics’National Bank, a suspended Chicago monetary institution, and J. S. Reed, his cashier and sou-in-la,w, have been indicted by a Chicago Grand Jury on the charge of appropriating a large amount of the funds of the bank for tbe private benefit of Mr. 8. In a card dated Washington, Jan. 8, Mr. Scammon emphatically denies the alleged embezzlement ana any intentional wrong in List actions as President of the bank. » POLITICAL. York Legislature organized on j the 4'irtty electing Senator Robertson President of the Senate and Assemblyman Husted Sneaker of the House. The Minnesota Legislature organized on ■the 4th, both houses electing Republican officers —Cliss. W. Johnson being re-elected Secretary of the Senate and W. R. Kenyon Speaker of the House. The New Hampshire Republican State

Convention met *1 Concord on tbe sth and nominated Person C. Cheney, of Manchester, for Govenipir, and William A. Pierce, of Portsmouth, for Railroad Commissioner. The resolutions adopted favor specie payments; a revenue tariff with incidental protection; true reconciliation with our Souftiern brethren; proclaim unalterable opposition to the third term; that freed men shall hatgp full, fair exercise of every right of citizenship ;Tliat a just and forbearing policy toward the South shall be observed; approve of the prjgSynl National Administration; favor the proposed amendment to the Constitution of tliej United States declaring that no money raised by taxation in any State for the support of public schools, or derived from any public fund therefor, shall ever be placed under the control of any religious sect; and condemn the action of the Democratic majority in the National House of Representatives in its dealings with maimed Union soldiers formerly in the employ of that body. Iu his recent message to the Mississippi Legislature Gov. Ames calls attention to the late State election, recites alleged cases of violence growing out of the political canvass, and gays such violence had the effect to intimidate many voters. He attributes the cause of the alleged intimidation and troubles to the race question and the efforts of the whites to Reassert their old supremacy. He recommends the modification of .the fundamental laws of the State so as to bring about a better feeling between the races. The State finances are reported as unprecedentedly favorable. The Democratic caueus of the Mississippi Legislature on the 6th unanimously nominated L. Q. C. Lamar for United States Senator. The Louisiana Democratic State Convention, in session at New Orleans on the 6th, adopted a series of resolutions declaring that “ the usurpation of the Government of the State of Louisiana through the perversion of the functions of the General Government is an evil which weighs heavily on the people of this State, and is a constant menace to the perpetuity of representative institutions;” that the Wheeler adjustment had no reference, whatever -to-—the elections of 1872, and was expressly limited to two contested /Seats in the State Senate and seventeen In tiie Mouse; that the memorial of the people of Louisiana, praying for relief at the hands of Congress, be again presented to that body; favoring a return to specie payment as soon as it can be done without material injury to the interests of the country. A memorial to Congress protesting against the Kellogg Government and declaring that McEnery and Penn are the official heads of tlie State Government was also adopted. The Democrats of®Texas have nominated: For Governor, Richard Coke; LieutenantGovernor, *B. Hubbard; Presidential Electors, D. G. Giddings and B. H. Epporson; Attor-ney-General, H. II. i Boone; State Treasurer, J. Dow; Chief-Justice, O. Si. Roberts.

CONGRESSIONAL. Congress reassembled on the sth. Several petitions and memorials were presented in the Senate. Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, to further provide for the redepiption of United States legal-tender notes in accordance with existing laws; by Mr. Allison, to divide the State of lowa into two judicial districts; by Mr.Conkling, to amend the act entitled “An act to provide national currency secured by pledge of United States bonds and to provide for the circulation aud redemption thereof —approved June 30, 1864: by Mr. Harvev, to provide for an investigation of the Rocky Mountain locusts or so-called grasshoppers. Mr. Morton’s State-rights resolutions and his resolution to authorize the appointment of a committee to investigate the circumstances attending the recent election..in .Mississippi were laid over, the latter until the 10th.... In ihe House, at his own request, Mr. Hewitt was relieved from the Committee on Public Buildings, and he was placed on the Committee on Foreign Relations, Mr. Ely exchanging. Among the bills introduced were—to return to the pension rolls the names of persons stricken therefrom so- disloyalty: to insure success of the Internationl Exhibition at Philadelphia, and to maintain the honor of tlie nation; to pay soldiers and sailors who are entitled to bounty lands a dollar per acre for those lauds. A resolution was offered instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs tie | inquire as to whether any Government fund" ; appropriated lor naval purposes had been : Misapplied for political purposes or had I been used to promote the success of the Republican party, and. after being modified so as to read any political party, was adopted. Resolutions were also adopted—declaring that in all cases of public employment (all other things beingequal) Ihe soldier sha'i have preference over the civilian, and that the House is in favor of giving libera] pensions to diseased and crippled soldiers, their widows aud children, aud their dependent fathers and mothers: that in the distribution of the patronage of the House of Representatives. ana of the Government generally, those elected, and who by law have the appointment of subordinates, shouldVonlv regard the Jeffersonian test: “ Is he honest? Is'he faithful? Is he capable?” instructing the Committee ou Public Buildings to inquire into charges of millmanagement aud fraud in the construction of.the Custom-House at Chicago. The Committee on Privileges and Elections made a report in the Senate on the 6th, ou j the resolution in regard to the election of Presti dent pro tern., to the effect that they had agreed j —five to two—that the <enate had the right to elect a new pro Uni. President if a majority of the Senators so desired. A large number of bills were introduced aud referred. Mr. Morrill called up the bill introduced by him the day before to further provide for the redemption of legal-tender notes, and addressed the Senate on the question of specie resumption, and moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Finance, which was finally done after several Senators had made speeches on the subject. The report of tht Director' <f the Mint was presented recommending Indianapolis aud St. Louis as desirable sites for branch mints at the West... .Several bills and resolutions were introduced in the House, among the latter being one declaring a.ainst a further contraction of the currency, which was relerred to the Ways aud Means Committee. A resolution was adopted for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the inroads, robberi s and murders along the Mexican border in Texas, as was also a resolution for inquiry into the expediency of opening the Black Hills country to settlement by purchase from the Indians. Mr. Blaine offered a substitute to Mr. Randall's Amnesty bill, excepting Jeff rson Davis from its provisions, and prescribing an oath to be taken by parties desiring the removal of their political disabilities. A resolution was passed bv a uuanimous vote declaring that the rejirese l tattves of the people in Congress should do no act which wi uld unnecessarily disturb the fraternal feeling and good-will now existing in ali parts of the country, nor wantonly revive the bitter memories of the past. House adjourned to the fOth. No important business was transacted in the Senate on the 7th. A memorial from the Minnesota State Grange asking for an appropriation tor opening a water channel, by way of the box anff Wisconsin Rivers, to canned the Mississippi River with the lakes was presented »nd referred, as were aiso memorials of the Arkansas Legislature asking for appropriations fop the improvement of White River and for the construction ot national levees t reclaim the alluvial lands of the Mbs's ippi River. Adjourned to the 10th.... House not in see.anon.

The ship building interest of Oregon is making rapid strides forward, and promises soon to grow into extensive proportions and give employment to many hundreds of men. Several vessels of large carrying capacity are to be placed in course of construction soon so its to be in readiness for the wheat crop of 1876. The timber is now beingcutand seasoned and is carefully selected from the Itest yellow fir. The fastenings are purchased at the lowest cash prices in the East and sent round the Horn, by which melhod they are laid down at the yards at a fractional cost only over that paid jby Eastern ship-builders.— Pittsburgh Commercial.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Henry Price, of Pleasuit Valley, died recently of bleeding at the nose. Editorial Centennial excursior. will leave Indianapolis Jan. 15, 1876. The Presidency of Purdue University is reported to have been tendered to Hon. E. E. White, of Ohio. ' On Christmas Day a negro named J antes Evans was assaulted by an unknown gang of Indianapolis roughs-while returning from church aud dangerously wounded. Gov. Hendricks has accepted an invitation to deliver the opening address of the Southern States’ Agricultural and Industrial Exposition on the 20th of February-. The upper half of Evans’ oil-mill, at Indianapolis, gave way the other morning, without preliminary warning, and between 7,000 and 8,000 bushels of flaxseed were deposited intiit alley alongside. A team belonging to” a man named Hadley ran away at Terre Haute the other*day, throwing out and fatally injuring a lad who was driving. One of the wheels passed over his head and another over his breast. A shooting scrape occurred the other day- at Everton, near Connersville, between John Warren and*-Elmer Thompson, the result of r.n old feud between the two. The former struck the latter with a brick and the latter retaliated with a re* volver, five of the shots taking effect. The report of the Secretary of the State of Indiana, filed on the 30th ult., shows that during the past year there have issued from the office 4 proclamations, 61 warrants, 67 requisitions, 48 pardons, 36 remissions, 2 commutations, 130 commissions to Justices, 882 to Notaries Public and 44 to Commissioners of Deeds. During the year 108 corporations have filed articles.

Miss Joste Robertson, the Indianapolis young woman who was so cruelly deserted by William G. Munson on the eve of her wedding, last October, has filed the papers in a breach of promise suit wherein she claims to h ive been damaged to the extent of $40,000. Two weeks after Munson’s exit from Indianapolis he returned, and sued out a w r rit of replevin to recover possession of certain household goods, rings, pictures, etc., which he had given his fair fiancee when he , contemplated matrimony. These goods were seized by the Sheriff on the evening of the 26th, and then tlie mortified girl turned upon her quondam lbver and demanded damages. Tlie local papers say she has no big broth, er and her father is afraid to shoot. Tiie State Treasurer has submitted his annual report to the Governor. The total foreign debt of the State is $1,098,755.12, the character of the bonds d ue remaining precisely as reported in 1874. The domestic debt is $3,904,782.22, making a total debt of $5,003,538.34. The balance in the Treasury is $244,203. The histories of the 3 per cent, and college funds, very complete and instructive, are given in detail. In speaking of the common school fund he shows that instead of a deficit of $17,562.43 there should be $344,549.91 to its credit. The mistake arises from the confusion of accounts, notably in 1861 and 1862, and in 1873. How tbe error shall be corrected is left to the decision of tlie Governor and State officers.

The report of the Auditor of State was filed with the Governor on the 24tli. Tlie actual receipts for the year ■were $3,748,214 and the expenditures $3,571,023. The tables of the State Board of Education show that the taxable value of the real and personal property of the State is $897,739,783, or $57,117,602 less than by the assessment of 1874. The Auditor Ims instituted suits against certain citizens of Indianapolis who in 1871 brought suit to enjoin the distribution' of the school fund, and by this means deprived the State of interest on that fund to the amount of $50,000. Suit has also been brought against the American Express Company, to test the validity of the law requiring such corporations to file semiannual reports of their business within the State, and to pay 3 per cent, on their receipts for passage fare and 1 per cent, oh receipts for transferring freight. The report of the Trustees of the Wabash & Erie Canal, which accompanies the Auditor's report, shows that the receipts for the \ ear were $71,188 and the disbursements $6,778. The report of the Insurance Department shows the gross receipts of foreign insurance companies in the State for thp year to have been $1,710,076; losses paid, $932,355; tax paid, $25,829; gross receipts of foreign life in-surance-companies, $1,382,509; losses paid, $770,732; taxes paid, $20,311. The thirty-second annual report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Indiana Deaf and Dumb Asylum, for the year ending Oct. 31, 1875, was submitted to the Governor on the afternoon of the 80th ult. The Trustees report the institution in a flourishing condition The McIntyre investigation is mentioned at length and the conclusion which the Board reached at the time of the trial is reiterated—the charges against Supt. Mclntyre and the Instructor. Mr.' Ezra Valentine, being held unfounded. The Superintendent reports the number of pupils last session, 291; number admitted this term, 50; whole rfnnnber instructed, 341; number discharged, 40; number remaining, 295. It is also stated that the institution is now filled to its full capacity. 2\o changes. have taken place - in the corps -of teachers. The financial condition is as follows; Unexpended balance in treasury Nov. 1, 1874, $26,102.30; from appropriations for the year ending March 31, 1876, $60,000; total, $86,162.30. Disbursements, $57,474.50; balance unexpended Nov. 1, 1875, $28,687.30. The profits on the work of the pupils in the shops have more than paid the expenses of their.support. Fully Tw<vthirds of the pupffs are under fifteen years of age. . f

An Interesting Musical Cabinet.

Prom an article in the Boston Traveller,' descriptive of a collection of musical curiosities made by Dr. Eben Tourjee, of that city, during the last twenty-five years, we make a few extracts: “ A peculiarly-constructed work is the. tarunge , or ancient 'iol of India, used by persons of low morals among the Hindoos and Mohammedans for an accompaniment in the dance. It is block-shaped, theneck being almost as large as the body, which is made entirely of skin and girdled with a leather strap, on which rests the ivory bridge; thirteen tine steel strings pass through thj's bridge and enter the ivorylined' liolSs ranged the length ot the neck. Over these are four large catgut strings upon which tlffi bow plays, while the office of the wire strings appears to be the production of a sweeter sound by the addition of finer vibrations of the sounds received from the larger strings. “ Chinese violins are the exact size and shape of a croquet mallet. The hollow head, or what would be called the body of a violin, has an end-covering of reptile skin, over which three strings, corresponding to the lower strings of the English violin, are stretched to the reed handle or neck. The Chinese guitar resembles the American banjo, and is made entirely of light-colored wood, no metal being employed. The strings are of catgut. All Japanese and Chinese stringed instruments have a small bell hung inside the body to jingle with the picking ot the strings. “An Egyptian wood (pronounced with-' out the w sound), or modern Egyptian guitar, made in 1456, is pronounced by the owner valuable above everything else in the collection. It is in shape much like our own guitar, but it is rounded underneath like the Chinese instrument. The network covering tlie sound-holes is a most beautiful piece of intricate and artistic tracery. “Another instrument, without either name or history, is in form and size something like a violin, though, unlike that, it has no sounding-board, but is hollow and open. The extreme end of the neck is carved in the form of an ibis, and, as that was the sacred bird of the Egyptians, it is not unlikely that this odd little affair was rudely carved from a solid block and partially covered with the skin of a reptile by- some unskilled Egyptian of long ago. It lias but three strings, and was doubtless played with a bow. “An ingenious piece of mechanism picked up by Dr. Tourjee while in Germany is an English violin, with a finger-key-board of six keys and a piano-forte action. The key-board is on one side of tlie body ot the instrument and, by devices inside, hammers respond to the touch of the keys, and passing up through holes in the center strike the twelve steel strings, which are grouped six into tlirecs and four into pairs, while two others remain single. These strings are tuned with a watch-key. They are attached to brass hooks very ingeniously fitted into grooves and connected with screws whose ends are turned into posts. The fingers of the left hand play over the frets, w-liile those of the right manipulate the keys. The Instrument is finished in the highest style of workmanship and is probably the . only one of its kind in existence. “The question will naturally arise as to the final disposition of this musical cabinet, and it may be stated that Dr. Tourjee is not the man to gaiher such s. collection to gratify an individual selfishness, but has continually held iu view the public good and hopes at some time .to,-be able to give it to an American university in which a chair of music shall be.permanently founded, and this will be one of his legacies to the musical world.”

Fooled Himself.

A neat little confidence operation by which a young gentleman who holds a subordinate position on one of the railroads centering in this city hoped to pocket a couple of hundred dollars was “bursted” by the watchfulness of the Superintendent of the road a tew clays ago. The yoiing man suggested to the employes that it might be a paying investment to present the master mechanic with a gold watch as a “ slight testimonial,” etc.—we all know how these things are gotten up. His associates eagerly bit at the proposition and subscribed a ten-dollar note each, the greater part of the subscriptions being paid in orders on the company for the amount. The next move of the smart young man was to go to a pawnbroker’s establishment in the city, where he purchased a handsome gold watch for seventy-five dollars, on which probably ten dollars or thereabouts had been loaned. His next move was to take the watch to A silversmith, where he had it beautifully polished up and a suitable inscription cjngraved on it, reciting the many virtues of the aforesaid master mechanic. So far everything looked rose-colored to the young railroader, and he was gloating over his successful speculation, when, unfortunately for him, the Superintendent found the matter out and promptly shut down on it, at the same time informing the projector that he had no objection to tbe men in his employment making presentations to officers -who were about severing their connection with the company, but that he never would permit anything else to be done while he held the position of Superintendent. And now comes in another joke, namely: that the master mechanic, who was to be “ surprised,” knew all about the affair and had already gotten up a raffle for the time-piece which had hitherto done him good service, aud which raffle either did or was to have come off at a saloon on Seventh street known as tlie “Delphia.” And again, the same Supei intendentwho upset the fat in the fire has also upset his own frying-pan, for the same individual who got up the other “surprise” had already secured a number of other subscriptions to furnish the aforesaid Superintendent with a pair of horses and a sleigh, for which purpose it was proposed to get. a subscription of SI,OOO. But the fiat of the Superintendent had gone forth, and that was where he fooled himself.—Si. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch.

A girl and boy, between the ages of eleven and seventeen, were noticed ig a long and close conversation in the Atlanta (Ga.) depot. At length the .boy began to weep, his loud boo-hoos attracting a crowd. “What’s the matter?” asked a sympathizer. “He wants me to marry him, and I won’t,” replied the The spectators withdrew. Oihi morning Pat was taking down shutters when a brother Irishman was passing by. “ Why are vou taking down the shutters, Pat?” said he. “To let out the dark, to be sure,” was the reply. The Reformed Dutch Church ot the Island of St. Thomas ariv rtises in this country fora pas'or, and offers a salary of $2,000 in gold, with expenses of passage | from the Uni fed Su es.

A Japanese Military Funeral.

One of the marines of the Japanese steamer Tsijkuba having died on Monday night, a Japanese funeral took place yesterday morning. It was the first of the kind ever held in the United States, and is worthy bf more than passing notice. At 6:30 o’clock yesterday morning the body teas conveyed to Vallejo-street wharf, in a cutter, which was towed by a steam-launch belonging to the Tsukuba. In accordance with the national custom the4t>ody rested in a box-shaped coffin, about two and a half feet high, covered with the national flag and surrounded by sixteen marines, ‘all in full dress and armed. Four officers in full-dress uniform were in the steam-launch. On reaching the boat-stairs tbe coffin w-as placed in the undertaker’s wagon and covered with the flag. The officers were placed in a carriage, while the marines occupied one of the Central Railroad cars.' On arriving at Cemetery avenue the marines, as a guard, preceded the copse and,on reaching the grave, formed in double line, througu which the coffin was borne. The coffin, which was covered with Japanese writing, was deposited in the grave, so that the corpse, which was in a sitting posture, faced toward the east. Three volleys of musketry were then tired and the grave filled up by the usual attendants. After this, an officer made an address to those present and the marines, taking the shovels, smoothed the grave over and made the sand into a square-shaped pile, resembling the coffin. On this pile each marine, with his sword, made sundry marks in the sand, which concluded the ceremonies. After a few minutes’ stay in the cemetery the marines formed in marching order and, preceded by a band composed of a drummer, titer and bugler, marched to the cars and proceeded to their ship’ Tlie funeral cortege on Cemetery avenue attracted the attention of many -citizens, who accompanied it to the grave. The ceremonies were conducted with great solemnity and every appearance of sincere respect to the dead. —San Francisco Chronicle.

A Sample Case.

Chapter I. —It was New Year’s morning He had been thinking deeply for a day or two, and there was a Spartan look on his face as be sat down to breakfast. He w-as unusually quiet, though lie said he never lelt better in his lite. Chatter 11. —Rising from the table, he drew forth his tobacco-box and said to his wife: “ Hannah, I’m going to quit the weed!” “No!” “Yes, I am. I’ve been a slave to the disgusting habit for forty years, but now lam done with it! Come here, Hannah.” She followed him to the door and he flung the box far out into the back yard. Chapter lll.—Four days had passed. Dried pumpkin, cloves, spices, gu.n and dried beef had been chewed in place of the accustomed quid. The family cat had been kicked out of doors; tbe dog had fled; the hired girl’s nose was up; every peddler in town came to the door. “ But you will stick to your resolution, won’t you?” asked the wife. “ I will, or die!” he replied. Chapter Last. —’Twas dark. Man sneaked around the house—on his knees on the grass—pawed around—fingers clutched an object—lid flew open—moved his right band to his mouth “Yum! yum! But what a fool I was!” Moral. —Don’t chew. —Detroit Free Press.

Hotel Fever.

It is remarkable how large a number of families return year after year to this city or other cities from their summer resorts, with traces of fever a]bout them. With some it seems merely a low malarial fever, and with others a pronounced typhoid; in some cases the poison appears in diphtheria,%r in such a condition of system that pneumonia easily sets in. The general cause, of course, is easily known. It is the crowding of many human beings in a locality where the drainage facilities w r ere arranged for only a few. The healthiest mountain-site and the purest air in such circumstances are no safeguard. In fact, the great heat of the noonday sun in the mountains will often occasion a more rapid fermentation of decaying vegetable and animal matter than occurs in a city. Moreover, the guests of mountain inns sleep in smaller and less -ventilated apartments than they do at home, and are consequently more exposed to any poisonous gases which may arise. In fact, most people who spend the summer in the mountains would find themselves better off in camp or tents than in the small rooms of hotels. This evil of “hotel fever” has become so general, and is followed by such disastrous effects among our families of means, that it was even discussed at some length in the recent Public Health Congress at Baltimore.—Newjif ork Times. —Louisville lias been amused by a row in a fashionable boarding-house. A boarder refused to either pay liis hill or go away until the month for which he had bargained had expired; The landlady was told by the lawyers that the money was not legally clue until the end of the month, and that she must fulfill her part of the contract before she could sue him. She next took the case into her own hands, put damp sheets on liis bed, fed hipi on the poorest Viands, and put a whining puppy in, the room next to his. He retreated after three days of endurance.

THE MARKETS.

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