Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1878 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union. ” ’iS" . *-*'”*■ ' RENSSELAER, . • INDIANA.

General News Summary.

WA§HIN<*TON. A mraairr made, on Uw SA), shows that the United SUIm Trmsary beh) #946,277',550 to recure the Nstloosl Bank circulation, and to encore the public deposits. Na tteoal Bank rirrulaUoa on Utandin notes, #330,953,765; fold notes, #1,433,190 A WiMiKorox telegram of the 94th says there were 333,104 pensioners on the rolls of the United States, with 31,444 claims for peaakms pending. to President and Mrs. Hayes returned to Washington, on the evening of the 34th, from New York. A cnotui has been recently posted in the Treasury Department at Washington, under the heed of “No vacancies,” to the effect that persona honorably dtsehaiged front the Military or Naval Service hr reason of disability or sickness Incurred In the line of duty shall be preferred to appointment for civil office, ir found to posaeaa the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such office. Tn crop reports received at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, up to the 37th, Indicated that the wheat crop of the country for 1877 was about 900,000,000 bushels, or about 90,000,009 bushels in excess of any previous year. The corn crop was sltoiit 1,900,090,000 bushels. The crops of oats and potatoes were correspondingly Urge. It was estimated that bushels of wheat can be spared for export. THK HAST. 73m famous mare, Flora Temple, known for many years as the “ Queen of the Turf,” died at the Cum of A. Welch, near Philadelphia, a few days ago. She was over thirty-two yean old. Tn child which took the four-year-old prize at the recent baby show in New York City (hod recently of scarlet fever. Riv. Jonathan Crank, pastor of the First Congregational Church at Middletown, N. Y., was strickeu with apoplexy in his pulpit, on the morning of the 23d, and died in the afternoon of that day. Thr hanking firm of Netter «fc C'o., 2 Exchange place. New York City, failed, on the 38th, causing considerable excitement In Wall street, as they did a large business in loaning money and gold and selling “ puts,” “ calls,” . Thx dwelling of W. 11. Roberts, at Rondont, N. Y., was burned, a few nights ago, and Mra. Roberts and daughter and James Brophy perished in tbe flames. At WUkesbarre, Pa., on the 87th, ten men, convicted of riot In Interfering with mining operations last sentenced to pay fines varying from #lO to #IOO, and to imprisonment from thirty days to nine mouths. Urruxxx. statements Of 179 savings hanks in Massachusetts, for 1877, show aggregated deposits of #344,508,614, against #243,340,642 the previous year. Gold closed In New York, on Dec. 37th, a 102J6- The following were the closing quoiations for produce: No. 2 Chicago Spring #[email protected]. Oats, Western and State, 85@40c. Corn, Western Mixed, 50@550. Pork, Mess, #18.35. Lard, #8.15. Flour, Good to Choice, #5.70(36.00; Winter Wheat, #6.06(36.75. Cattle, [email protected] for Good to Extin. Sheep, Hogs, #4.50 @4.70. At East Liberty, Pa., on Dec. 27th. Cattle brought: Best, #[email protected]; Medium, #4.75@ 5.00; Common, #4.25(34.50. Hogs sold— Yorkers, #[email protected]; 4.50. Sheep brought #B-50(35.00 —according to quality. At Baltimore. Md.. on Dec. 27th, Cattle brought: Best, #[email protected]; Medium, #[email protected]. Hogs sold at #5.25(36.00 for Good. Slieep were quoted at #4.00(35.25 for Good.

WEST AND SOUTH. A baby-show WAS opened at the Tabernacle, ta Chicago, on the 19th, and broke up, on the 25th, by the disappearance of the manager for parts unknown, with all the receipts of the show. When the day for the distribution of the prizes arrived it was discovered that the affair was a fraud, and much indignation was expressed by the Irate mothers who had placed the children on exhibition. Igg rofidcnco ofThemas Terrill, at Central City, Col., was burned on the morning of the 26th, and Mrs. Terrill, her two sons, Johnnie and William, and Robert Jeffrey, perished in the flames. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary in its origin. It has been fully confirmed that the recent troubles in El Paso County,'Tex., were entirely of a local character, hating no reference to the Mexican controversy. At last accounts, on the 36th, all wa6 quiet in that locality. It is fuitber stated that the Mexican authorities are in full accord with those of the United States and Texas in efforts to put an end to • the dspredaSio»B-lrrM» over the border-and '• maintain the peace between fife tyou-muieius. The next. Indiana Republican State Convention is to be held on the sth of June. A Washington- special of the 27th says dispatches received that morning state that great excitement existed in El Paso County, Tex., in consequence of the killing of four of the mob who had previously killed Judge Howard and forced the surrender of the Texas Rangers. It seems that the United State* troops were called upon and did render assistance to the State officials in arresting some of the mob. Resistance was made, and two of the mob were killed. After the arrests were effected, two more were killed, being, it is supposed, taken out by the Rangers and lynched. It is said the General Government does not propose to assist in the arrest of citizens of Texas to have them murdered in cold blood, and information was sent to that State to the effect that. If anymore arrests were made, the United States would protect the parties arrested from being lynched, or otherwise wrongly dealt with. Is Chicago, on Dec. 27th, Bpring Wheat No. 2 closed at *l. lOKftfl.lO*, cash. Cash jom closed at 43%e for No. 2. Cash oats No. 2 told at 25c; an l Sc seller January. Rye No. 2, Sfc. llarley No. 2, 57(<c57>/c. Cash Mess Pork closed at *11.70. Lam, *7.70. Beeves—Extra brought *5.20@5 10 - —Choice, »mO®S.OO; t;<m, <[email protected]; Medh nm Grades, *3Jofr L 35; Bnteheoo a.—y *BJj*@BXo;' fftock 'Cattle, etc., *3.75e«i40. Hogs brought *4.15044.85 for Good to Choice. Sheep eold at *2.75ftt4.S for Poor to Choice. fOBKION INTELLIGENCE. The cold In Bulgaria, between the 18th and 23d, was intense, and great numbers of men and beasts perished in consequence. The Forte, on the 23d, issued a proclamation deposing Prince Milan, of Sends. Heart |L Starlet, Ole African explorer, reached Aden, Arabia, ofi the 23d, m route tor London. The Russian leases In the present war were 80,418 men, up to Dec. 20. Aonoßimro to Constantinople telegrams of the 23d, while the Sultan waa personally in favor of making peace with Russia, be was overruled by cliques of warlike Pashas, who, under the ever-present fear of uprisings, were demanding that the green flag df the Prophet be unfprled and the last ditch sought lu the defense of the approaches to Constantinople. 1

Tax Caar has returned to St. Petersburg, where he «H royally welcomed. Gun. SKoniiJtrr, on the 24th, occupied Trajan, at (he mouth of tlic Trajan Pass of the Balkans. • A correspondent of the London Daily Asm, In a letter pulilliilieid on the 25th, says that Plevna, at the time of Its surrender, wss one vast charnel-house. He further states that all Russian prisoners were butchered as fast as they were captured. Tin: Russian bridge arroaa the Danulie at Ibrail has been carried away by drifting Ice. A BroHARKKT dispatch of the 36th announces the capture and occupation of the Turkish |>osiUons at LeskovaU and Kuraliumljie. About 90,000 Servians were Inventing KSMK The Italian Cabinet has lieen reconstructed, with M. Deprctis as President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. According to a Bucharest telegram of the 271 h, the bridge across the Danubeat Nlkopolls had been destroyed by ice, and that at Slstova was In great danger of destruct ion. It was said at Bucharest, on the 27th, that tlic Russian authorities there had decided hi try Osman Pasha I adore a Military Court lor the slaughter of wounded Russians and Russian prisoners taken In the battles of July 31 and Sept. 11. Several hundred prisoners were known to have been then taken by the Turks, hut not one could be found when the Russians occupied Plevna. The Turkish prisoners say al! were immediately slaughtered. Achtwia has protested to Seryla that she will not allow the latter to extend hostilities in the direction of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Russian steamer Russlaml recently captured a Turkish trans|Kirt steamer, In the Bosphorus, with 700 troops on Ixiard. The French Government has lnvttod Don Carlos, the Spanish Pretender, to leave the country. ' - According to the Paiia Muuitrur of the 27th, Jajian had renounced all her commercial treaties and resumed the right, to revise her customs duties at pleasure. A ciohding to a Berlin dispatch of the 27th, the intervention of England In the TurkoRussian War would lie followed by the immediate action of the German Government,which would at once dispatch a fleet to Constantinople and station a corps of observation u|k»m tlic hanks of the Dardanelles. St. Petkhsbcko jiajiers of the 27th say that the Porte's request for mediation would be declined, because, according to international law, mediation is only possible when solicited by both belligerents; otherwise, mediation tieoomes intervention.

ANOTHER HORROR.

A Boiler In a New York Candy Factory Explodes The Building Demolished. and a Large Number of Human Victims Burled In the Ruins. New York. Dec. 2D. A few minutes after five o’clock this afternoon a tremendous explosion took place under the sidewalk tn front of GreentleM Sons’ wholesale confectionery, at 63 Barclay street, and almost Immediately the entire brownstone front of the tive-story building crumbled to pieces, letting down the several floors, so that the* Beams of each formed aV. Aii instant afterward a blinding sheet of flame flashed up through the entire edifice and across the street, ami then gave way to a dense smoke, qnleklv followed by another outburst of-flaine, widen continued to burn with unremitting fury. Tlic fire quickly extended to adjoining buildings, and there is hardly an edifice on the entire lil<H-k that is not more or less Injured. Various causes are assigned for the explosion. It is said that one of the boilers was ati old one, but, the true cause la.-not, known. Every pane of glass for blocks was shattered. It Is a miracle that a great many persons were not killed. All the down-town streets were rrowded at the time of the explosion, and but a few minutes elapsed before an immense and excited crowd had gathered at the scene of disaster. Fiftv-six wounded and one dead were reported at Chambers-Street Hospital at 0:45 o’clock. A number were also sent to Bellevue and other hospitals. * It is estimated that the wounded will reach 125. But. few escaped uninjured. It is protiahle that these reports are exaggerated, as in the excited state of affairs to-night it is impossible to get at the facts. It is stated that there must be in the neighborhood of fifty bodies buried in the ruins. The greatest sacrifice of life was among voting girls, many of wtouh imm eight loiiftrcn years, were employed in selling and assorting and packing candies on the first floor. Some of the girls, who escaped, had the hair burned totally off their heads. The scenes at the Chambers-Bti*eet Hospital were heartrending in the extreme. Ambulances were quickly at the tire, and were kept busy in taking the wouuded to the hospital. Tne station-house and Chambers-Street. Hospital were besieged with men, women and children, all anxiously inquiring for some missing relative.

New York, Dec. 21. The removal of the debris, which was begun at two o’clock this morning, has proceeded so far that the street is clear to the outside of the sidewalk in front of the ruins. On the oppostte sidewalk, lying under a bloodstained tarpaulin, ‘ are -tbe—-bodies —or a man and boy, which were taken from the mins on the sidewalk this morning. When found the bodies were lying in front of the doorway. Both had l»ecn evidently struck with the heavy stone capping which still lay across the boy’s face, and which it. was necessary to lift- before the body could lie removed. One body was recognized as that of William 11. Bradley, 110 Kckford street, Brooklyn. The other is probably that, of William Bennett, a newsboy. The mother of the bov keeps a news-stand at the Barelay-street ferry, and sent him yesterday afternoon, as usual, for the last editions of the evening papers. He did not return, and was, it is now evident, passing the factory at the time of the explosion. Thu rntrssr oouWnoT tug ” nromsamplete than iiiey 'are, so» et ao-v:., - fragment-ef wall is standing, and, indeed, none whatever on the ground occupied by the main building, a space of about 100 feet square. ' Early to-day the mothers, fathers, sisters and friends of the wounded and missing besieged the porter's room of the New York l(osplta), making inquiries for those whom they sought and pleading for admission. Three of the wounded have been enveloped almost from head to foot in bandages, and two had their hair burned so close to the scalp that, with their swollen and blackened features, they resemble negroes. Three mothers have been standing at the door since four-o’clock this rooming, making vain inquiries for missing children. At last, when one of the stricken creatures was leaving in despair, she encountered her daughter at the door. The meeting was touching. After a long embrace they separated, and the young girl was afterward penntUed to go up to the male ward, when slit imparted the news of the safety of a brother (> > one of the maimed patients who had worked With her in the shop. Philip Hertzbach, the engineer in the factory, has not Ix-eu seen since the explosion. His wife says that her husband, on bis return from work Monday night, told her one of the tubes of the boiler, or some pipe connecting with it (she was not sure which), had burst, that lie had spoken to Mr. Greenfield, saying the break was dangerous and might cause au explosion if it were not repaired, and Mr. Greenfield told him they must try lo get along with it as it was uutil Sunday, owing to the pressure of business. Mrs. Hertzbach said her husband was .greatly diworbwlifi fiiind on ac count of this, often referring to it during the wcek, *nd saying ttC was arfaW €Vcf\-"rodrnihg to go to his work. Yesterday morning, when he left home, he told her he never expected to see her again. Hertzbach was thirty-five years old, and lived in Fifty-second street.

A man from Boston would not confess astonishment at anything he saw in Nevada. As he was passing a hotel in Virginia City the cap blew from one of the chimneys. It was a circular piece of sheet-iron, painted black, slightly convex, and the four supports were like legs. The wind carried it down-street, and it went straddling along like a living thing. The Boston man asked what it was. “Abed-bugfromthe hotel.” was the reply. “By George, I neversaw anything like that—” he began, -*ind then added, V outside of Boston.” THE Silverton, Col., smelting-works this season produced 345 tons of bullion, Which averaged S6O ounces of silver to the ton.

HIftfELLANEOUft ITEMS. —American women, according to k French journalist, live on candy, —A Baltimore paper wants to oblige every quack doctor to wear a Ik-11. —An enterprising Chicago restaur-ant-keeper announces on his bulletin, “ Sigars, tobpco, and btillouy sawsig.” —Official dispatch from the front to jit. Petersburg: --We have met tlic enemy and he is czar’s”. —Burlington llau^-Eye. —A little fonr-yoar-old l>oy inquired concerning the stars: " Pa, what arc those things up there arc they little drops of sun?” —The Turks have resolved to carry bn the war to the •• last extremity.” That means till they are gobbled up, army after army. —Mosquito, fold thy weary wings and cross thy legs upon tliy breast; put up thy bill ami horn and things, and sink into thy linn' rest!” —Edward Connor, of Nebraska, hna failed; wherefore it is evident to the New York Commercial Advertiser that lie didn't E-t'onnor-mise. - •Russia, it seems, lias raised a splendid harvest as well as raising Cain among the Turks; not sugar cane, either. Detroit Free l'rcss. —New Hampshire has awoman.sixty years ofage who manages ~a farm of seventy-five acres, dries all the fencing, planting, liocing and other farm work, except haying.

—A contemporary records the fact that “a sailor walked into the sea ami was drowned.” Was it expected that he would walk into the sea and lie bUI lU fl ? /’««. _ ... —A Nantucketer lias raised wheat from seed found iir the hand of an Egyptian mummy. He is now experimenting with corns taken from the mummy’s feet. —Puck. —A mother, seeing her little fotir-•yenr-old nearly asleep in her chair, asked if she had not better go to bed " Oh, no, mamma; I only shut my eye to keep the dust out.” —Congress is never guilty of any violation of tl»e proprieties when it is in session, because it is impossible for it to transact business without “do quorum.”—Burlington Hawk- Eye.

—The day is only a few rods ofl'when the hero who wants to die for liis country won’t rush into the army, but will slip down to Chicago and be elected Constable.- —Detroit Free Press. —The leader always wears the best clothes, but the man who pounds the bass drum in a brass band always looks as though he arranged all the music and taught the band!— Hawk-Eye. =r=-sjfhere is nothing more bewilderingly embarrassing than, after a formal can, to open a closet door and walk into a row of dresses before you know where you are.—Brooklyn Union-Ar-out. -Dutch maintain, that people would live longer if they did not expectorate so much. This is claimed to be merely a repetition of the great discovery of lioerliavc in regard to digestion. —The Jluke of Norfolk drew checks to the amount of SIOO,OOO lopay for his wedding expenses. Alt, it’s these little trivial questions of finance that prevent many of us from assuming the marriage state. —Free Press. —Moonlight is cheaper than kerosene light, but. you can’t take it into a parlor and set it on a center-table and turn it down so it will never lie brought to any practical use,. unless it may be show the pathway to a hen-house.— Fallon Times. A Rome journal explains to its subscribers why it can be had' cheaper yearly than by quarterly subscription, as follows, "In repeatedly going to the office to subscribe, you ' may meet a friend, not only in search of a. match, but of a cigar and glass of vermouth; you may rub up against two or three beggars; you may get wet on a rainy day* or on a hot day fall in with hydrophobic dogs, not led by appropriate little strings; while, by taking a full year’s subscription on the Ist of January, all such possible expenses will certainly be avoided.”

—The god-like feature of our nature, the lofty, far-reaching ambition that leads mast on to attempt the impossible and defy Lbo insurmountable is seen in man’s tendency, when he carries in an armful of wood, to pile up on his arms a load that will weigh forty pounds when he is in the ! wood-house, but grows to 100 when he reaches the kitchen door, weighs 200 when he passes through the hall, an even ton when he starts tip-stairs, and finally falls all over the house with a crash like a railroad collision when he gets half-way up-stairs. —Burlington HawkEye. —You know how Col. Colt got out his revolver? - He - never invented one - side of it. ’" He-was looking over some cases in the British Museum when he saw an old revolver, made soon after the -invention of gunpowder, very much on the pattern of ours to-day. He thought he saw where the trouble lay, and took a thumb-nail drawing on the spot, fitted a cap to the lock and made a heap of money. You see the trouble was they hadn't got to making fulminating powder in those days. They liad the revolving principle, but the powder was loose in the pan, and when the flint struek off a perfect shower of sparks, if that powder happened to be spilled ft little, -all six barrels were as likely to go off together as not. A grain of percussion powder in a cap made all Tlie difference, and they haven’t improved so much on the pattern of the old revolver after all.— Boston Traveller, —■——— — —■

Transcript's Rice.

When John Sanscript went down town last Saturday, his wife asked him to bring back with him a small quantity of rice. . “How much will you have?” asked the grocer, when John called for the succulent berry.- “ Well. I guess ten pounds ’IJ do,” said John. “ I’ll get enough to last the old woman several weeks, he added, somewhat doubtingly. The grocer hesitated, looking quizzical, and tina-lly weighed out ten pounds of rice. “This is a new kind of rice, Mr. Sanscript,” he said, as he put a string around the papek* “It swells three times as much as Louisiana rice, which you had better tell your wife.” “ All right,” said John, as he turned to greet a friend. Two minutes later he had forgotten the reminder of the careful grocer. When he got home John found the house deserted, but a humming fire was roaring in the kitchen stove, and he knew Mrs. S. had just stepped into the next house to exchange gossip with Mrs. Mulvaney. ’ ; ■' . ’ “ I’ll just put this rice to boil,” soliloquized John. “It’ll please the

dame to see me ho thoughtful, and maybe she’ll get me a good supper.” An ordinary iron i»ot with several pints of water in it sal on the stove. “ I'll l>et six cents Maria putthia verv pot on the lire for the purpose of boiling the fruit.” He tore a hole in the paper package, and emptied the ten pounds of rice into the vessel. “Thnt’s pretty full; but the rice has plenty of room to jump about. I’ll just step over to the meat-store and buy a porter-house steak.” As John approached the house on his return with the mpat, he began to sniff the air. “ I Hmell something burning. Wonder if that blamed rice had water enough in it.” He hurried into the kitchen, and what a sight was spread before his eyes? The stove was covered with rice. The sides of the pot were full of rice. Rice was dripping down on tho floor. The cat was sitting under the table licking rice from its back. Tho maggotygrains of rice were chasing each other over the pot’s rim, and for every one that dropped into the stove, twentymore seemed to rise up and take its place. "Heavens! what a pickle!” cried John. “ I’ll have to use the other pot” . __ "But the other pors capacity'" watThbF enough. For every tinful of the rice John dipped out of one pot into the other, two tinfuls of rice scented to jump to the surface. In less than a minute both pots were slipping streams of slippery grains upon the stove. "Curse it, I’ll fix it,” wheezed the desperate man, getting out the washboiler and slamming it on the stove. Then he began to dip again. First out of one pot, then out of the other, into the wash-boiler. It was like bailing out the sea—the more rice he took out of the pots the faster the infernal grains seemed to slide down on the stove. “ Shades of Demetrius, preserve me!” This exclamation was drowned out by the discovery that the boiler was full and also running over. Then SansCript surrendered. He wiped his moistened brow with the dish-towel, and sat down to gather his breath. Meanwhile the rice continued to swell and make room for the lower grains, until the stove and floor were covered an inch thick. At last the lire in the stove was extinguished, but still the rice kept creeping and swelling. When Mrs. Sanscript finished her chat with Mrs. Mulvaney and returned to her kitchen she found a wretched man trying to lift from the stove a wash-boiler full of rice, which refnsed to quit boiling over. Poor John is suffering for his ignorance. He has had nothing since then to eat but rice, and Mrs. Sanscript swears by her back hair that she’ll cook him nothing but rice till the ten pounds are consumed, which, the victim has calculated, will be some time the last of next March.—Ctncinnati Enquirer.

Strange and Unusual Mishap.

One night this week Capt. J. G. Smith, whose line residence is located on Elm street, was awakened from his slumbers about 4 o’clock a. m., by a negro tramp knocking at his front door. The Captain got up to respond to the tramp’s importunity, and he met him at the uoor with—well, not pleasantfeelings —who’d blame him ? “What do you want?” said Mr Smith. “ A place to sleep,” responded the bold tramp, seemingly unconscious of tbe aggravation he had caused to the Captain’s household. Mr. Smith’s reply to such presumption we will not report. Let the reader place himself in the same position and imagine what it would be in his own case, and then multiply that by two and you will get the Captain’s reply. However, while the parleying was going on Mrs. Smith also dressed herself ana while both were absent from the bedroom a-piece of ceiling and cornice, a foot anil a half wide by several feet long, fell edgeways on their pillow—and would undoubtedly have seriously injured, if not taken the life of both the Captain and Ills wife, had it fallen ten minutes sooner. Perhaps, after the poor negro tramp was one of Deacon Ferris’ " angels unawares.” —Stamford (Conn.) Aaibcwtr.

A TERRIBLE STORY.

Sickening Tale of tbe Condition of Affairs Prevalent In and Around Plevna After Its Surrender to tbe Russians—Famished Dogs and Vultures Feeding on Head and Wounded Soldiers. A London telegram of the 2Gtli to the Chicago Inter-Ocean says: Mr. Macgalinn, the correspondent of the London Daily Xe>m at Plevna, sends a terrible 'Story of the state "of tilings prevailing in and ji round the captured town. Before the recent Threat storm Pk-YUa was, sirtjny a .charnelhouse. Modern warfare has no panfnerfor’TT, and its horrors can only lie compared to those which followed in the wake of Gncnghis Khan or Tiinour, as their savage Tartar hordes swept over and desolated Asia. Tne famished dons, of which there are always large numbers in every Turkish town, were feeding on the corpses of the dead and the bodies of tbe still living wounded. The savage howls of the greedy brutes as they tore the putrid flesh of the dead and crunched the bones between their teeth, the cries and groans of tJie wounded as they vainly struggled with the dogs, might lie heard for mile 6 around, and made tile soul sick. Birds were picking at tile skulls, hopping from liodv to txxlv, with lieaks and plumage besmeared with human tilood, and screaming with fiendish delight. Dogs fought among themselves, and hird struggled with bird for the possession of a morsel of human flesh, and the most indescribable horror prevailed. In one house alone thirty-seven dead and fiftv-three wounded Turks were found, some of the former in a haif-decomixised and putrid state, and the wounded in a condition that can lie more easily .imagined than described. Some of the wounded were able to crawl about, and clutched at odd morsels of food that were found in the hands of the dead, devouring it with feverish avidity; hut thousands of them were utterly helpless, aml awaited death orsuccorwilli a* listless fatalism. One thousand prisoners were huddled together on the bank of the Vhl, and the horrors of their position equaled those of the great plague which ravaged Europe in the fourteenth century. Living and dead were piled together promiscuously in hea|is like wood, and carted--away. . There tcerg-only three carts available for the work, and the eonftision was indescribable. Osman’s bravery is stained and blackened bv his treatment of the Russian wounded that fell into his hands. The Bucharest correspondent of the llrrahl says that a fearful retribution has overtaken a part of Osnian’6. Army, which was caught on the march by that dreadful snowstorm. Fate seeros to be wreaking vci geance for the slaughter of the Russian wounded, whose corpses lie Uubuticd on the hills around Plevna. Two yocng American attorneys were wrangling for a long time before Judge Knox, of Virginia, bver a point of law. His Honor rendered his decision, and the “sprig” who had lost impudently remarked, “ Your Honor, there is a growing opinion that all the fools are not de&u yet,” “ Certainly,” answered the Coort, with unruffled good humor; “ I quite agree with you, Mr. Blank, and congratulate you upon your healthy appearance.”

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A Stockton (Mo.) woman danced huriell tu death. lately. ' —lt is not generally known that Roscoe Conkling’s wife is Horatio Seymour's sister. —A cow woke up a sleeper in Louisville, Ky., and he saw the Roman Catholic Cathedral was on fire and put it out. —When the colt of an Albany (N. Y.) man doesn't take the premium, the man goes and poisons the colt that does. —Twenty-three persons were dangeronsly poisoned at Whitehaven, Pa., the other day, by eating lirer puddings which had been boiled in a copper kettle. —lt isn’t healthy to ride horses for your health. A young lady in Denver while attempting it got her habit entangled and was thrown under the horse’s feet and trampled to death. —One effect of the late earthquake w as to break off a lawyer’s argument at Omaha. Judge Usher had jttst taken the floor the case of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railroads against the Union Pacitio, when suddenly the building trembled, chairs and tables rocked, the lawyer sank back into his seat and the spectators, terrified and dizzy, rushed out of the building. —The following singular occurrence is recorded by a New Orleans paper. A lady placed her baby, aged five months, in bed, and on leaving the room locked up a terrier dog in it. On returning to the room she found her child in an insensible condition and the doggnawing at the unfortunate little creature’s foot, which it had already lacerated to a horrible extent. The child’s foot was terribly mangled and amputation was thought to be necessary. —Several children were feeding a pet bear with corn at Austin, Tex. An ear was dropped out of the reach of the bear, and a little girl handed it to him. The bear sportively pulled her to him, when a house-dog, believing the child to be in danger, sprang upon the bear, llruin then carried the child to the further part of the hogshead in which he slept, and returned to fight the dog, under the impression that the dog would hurt the child. A party of negroes tried to protect the child from her other protectors, but the little one did not escape until her mother had killed both bear and dog with a musket. —ln Placerville, Cal., recently, a young German named Charley Roth committed a dreadful suicide. Procuring a giant-powder cartridge and two feet of fuse, he retired to nis sleeping apartment. In a minute or two there was a loud and sharp explosion, distinctly heard several blocks away, and when people from the street hurried into the room they' found him lying on the pallet entirely headless, an immense cavern hollowed out of the upper part of his chest, his teeth and fragments of the skull scattered in every direction, and the walls plastered with bits of flesh and brains. From the middle of the neck upward all was blown to atoms, not ayestigeof his head or face remaining. The presumption is that he lay down upon his pallet, took the end of the cartridge into his mouth, connected the fuse with.the cap, and lit it, and deliberately awaited the explosion. He had been suspected of insanity for quite awhile.

Debts in India.

The Kowray family, patels of Parnez, were of high consideration in the country. Twelve years ago the head of the family borrowed 200 rupees. He paid 336 rupees, was sued for the balance, 385 rupees, and the family estate, about 80 acres, sold, and he now works as a laborer. Balaji borrowed 8 rupees and repaid 15 rupees. The creditor obtained a decree of 60,rupees and sold in execution twelve bullocks and eighty acres of land, buying the property in himself. Shirpatl borrowed a maund of grain (worth at famine prices 4 rupees) and returned it. Was dunned for interest and compelled to pass a bond for 15 rupees, bearing interest. Again dunned, paid 10 rupees in cash and gave a fresh bond for 25 rupees. Then labored for the creditor to the amount of 20 rupees, but was sued on the last bond, and his house and garden sold in execution for 6 rupees. Ruoji fifteen years ago borrowed 60 rupees. At different times has given to the sauker 100 rupees in cash, grain worth 225 rupees, four bullocks, one horse, and has mortgaged three fields with possession. A decree for 60 rupees has since been obtained, and is not yet satisfied, and the sauker holds other bonds not yet sued on. Eleven years ago Anadji gave a bond for 25 rupees for a balance of shop account, and has Since had a few necessaries, but no cash Has given the sauker one field, eight Lmllocks anjifopr qoiys-.. . Has executed 350 rupees, and is now said to owe 500 rupees. Rnmji went security for Luximon for 8 rupees, the price of clothes bought by the latter, who paid 3 rupee's and then left the village. The sauker coming* down on Ramji,' he was obliged, three years ago, to execute a bond for 22 rupees. Last year he was sued on this, and a decree passed for 56 rupees, inclusive of costs and interest. To avoid execution, has paid 22 rupees in cash and given a new bond for 45 rupees. Jan, an old widow, borrowed 150 rupees many years ago for tire wedding of a son since dead. Thirteen years ago, for this debt she executed a mortgage bond for 300 rupees, and gave possession of her land, about forty acres, with a well. The sauker has had the entire product of the land ever since, ~and will neither restore the land nor give an account. Twenty years ago Andu borrowed 17 rupees in cash and a maund of grain. Has paid at different times in liquidation 567 rupees, and has executed many bonds, two of which, for 875 rupees, are now outstanding. The Inquiries of the Commission throw entire unscrupulousness of the moneylenders, acting on the necessities, ig norance and timidity of the peasants. The instrument by which the former is brought to bear on the latter is the (Civil courts. The reason why the courts hekus so efficient an instrument for this purpose appears to be threefold. The procedure is such.as to give the rich man every advantage over the poor one, the acute and unscrupulous over the ignorant, and to make it practically impossible for a peasant to contest successfully any claim that an unprincipled plaintiff may bring against him. The law gives the judgment creditor a lien, not only on the crop and personal property, but on the implements of trade of the debtor; not only on his implements, but on his land; not only on lift land, but on his person and labor; never relaxes his hold till he has paid the uttermost farthing of a debt constantly mul-

•4 ’ ' tiplying itself; and thus makes it profitable to advance money on security apparently inadequate. Their training and Hi.- system they administer maka the overworked Judges themselves apt to regard law rather than justice; to look to returns rather than to results; to postpone to correct technical procedure the investigation of truth.—Nineteenth Century.

English Bell-Ringing.

A number of bells hung together is called a “ring,” the number generally varying from five to a dozen, which last is the greatest number that has yet been hung in a steeple. When the highest note—the treble bell—is sounded first, and followed by the consecutive notes until the deepest or “tenor” bell is struck, the bells are said to be rung in “ rounds.” The fascination which this art has for its followers is shown by the fact that all the groat performances in ringing have been undertaken solely for the honor accorded to such feats. When a peal of 6,000 changes is attempted, it is considered of no account unless it is “ true.” The requirements are somewhat exacting. If the same change should occur twice, through an error of the composer, it is a “false” peal. The ringing must be completed without a stop or hitch; and, as at any time during the three hours that will probably be occupied, a ringer may lose his way, and cause the others to be confused, a “jumble out” will probably ensue; the conductor may miss a “call,” which is required to carry the changes to the length required, or may make one too many; a man may miss his rope and send liis bell over the balance; or a rope may break. Thus, until the last change of a peal is struck, it. is never safe for the ringers to congratulate themselves upon its performance. Now-a-days long peats are only con-

sidered as feats when the same men—only one man to each bell—ring throughout the peal. When a peal of great length is attempted there is, tiierefore, cause to fear that at the last moment one of the men at the “ heavy end,” as the bells near the tenor are called, may give out. For instance, in ringing according to Stedman’s principle—a very complicated method, on eleven bolls—the peal of 7,892 changes rung in 1848 in four hours and fifty-live minutes at St. Martin’s, Birmingham, where the tenor bell weighs thirty-five hundred-weight, continued the “longest on record” until 1851, when it was beaten by the College Youths, a very old established Lonilon society of ringers, who rang 7,524 changes in five hours and twenty-four minutes at St. Giles’, Cripplegite, where the tenor weighs thirty-six hundredweight. The Cumberland Youths, another old London society, thereupon tried to beat this performance by ringing 8,184 changes at St. Michael’s, Cornnill, the tenor of which rings weighs fortyone' hundred-weight. On the first occasion they “jumbled out” after ringing nearly six thousand changes; and at a subsequent attempt rang six hours andtwommbut were -then so used up that they could not finish the peal, ana were compelled to stop when they had rung ”7,74<> changes. Now, although this was longer than the peal rung by the College Youths, it was an incomplete performance, not being continued until the bells returned to the order of rounds, which they would have done at the 8,184 th change. The Cripplegate peal was at last beaten by a peal of 8,448 changes, rung in 1858, at Painswick in Gloucestershire. Although the tenor of the ring of twelve at Painswick only weighs twenty-eight hundredweight the College Youths actually attempted to beat this length at St. Saviour’s Southwark, where the tenor weighs fifty-two hundredweight. They were, however, unsvtccessfulr as after ringing over 8,000 changes in six hours and a half, they got into a “jumble,” and thusa most remarkable feat was lost, and considered of no account, when another half-hour would have completed a performance which might never have been excelled. In their next attempt the College Youths were more fortunate, as on April 27, 1861, they rang at St. Miclieal’s, Corn • hill, insix hours and forty-one minutes, a peal of 8,580 changes of Stedman’s Cinques, which still remains the longest length rung in this method on eleven bells.— Chambers' Journal.

Human Nature Among Ants.

Wars among the ants have very much causes as among men. It is a piece of territory that is coveted, and the stronger tribe goes out in force, vanquishes and ejects the weaker; or it is the possession of its flocks and herds, which one colony wishes to wrest from another; or in theslave-makingspecies, a colony pew relay of servcase a number of Formica rufa'of'Formica sanguinea muster and advance against a nest of Formica nigra, after a desperate battle—for the red ants are. very brave, and the black ones, though cowardly, are fighting for their young —the aggressors, who are almost' always victorous, bear off the pupie of the black ants to their own nests. When they hatch out into perfect insects the slaves take upon themselves the whole care of the colony; they tend the young, take charge of the nest, and even feeu and carry about their lazy masters, who will often die of starvation rather than help themselves, even when food is close at hand. The slaves, however, have something to say in the nest. They detain their masters when they desire to go out on a slavemaking expedition, till after the time that tqe males andfemalesof the negro colonies shall have taken flight, so that the species shall not be exterminated. When the rod ants come home without booty, the slaves treat them with .contempt, and cometimes even turn them out of doors. They are willing to work for their masters so long as they can In these combats the ants often manifest a singular resemblance to human beings in the effect which battle produces in the case of raw recruits. An ant which at first seemed fearful and hesitating, after a time becomes excited ana shows a frenzy or courage, recklessly throwing away its life without accomplishing anything. When an ant which has reached this condition of insensate fury happens to fall in with a body of self-possessed workers, they quietly lay hola of it, several of them holding its different feet, gently touching it all the while with their antennas till it calms down and is able to “ listen to reason.” — Mrs. Herrick, in Scribner s Monthly. The peculiar manner in, which a man's hand clings to the door-knob in the morning indicates that the molasses oandy party is surging through thejand. —Fulton (N. Y.) Timet.

The Success es Failure.

Nothing succeeds so well as successat 1.-ilhl that is the common opinion 1 But those familiar with biographies know that not unfrequently nothing is more successful than failure. An incident in the life of Lord Tenterden, a distinguished English Judge, illustrates this apparent paradox. In 1776, Charles Abbott, the son of a barber, wasademure, print lad, attending the King’s school in Canterbury. He was quite a favorite with the clergymen of the cathedral, who were nis father’s customers. Through their influence the boy hoped to receive the appointment of a chorister in the cathedral choir, in which there was a vacant place. The boy who is so lucky as to receive the appointment will t>e well provided for, and in the course of time nis salary will be seventy pounds per annum. The lad had a thickness of voice at which the choir master shook his head, adding thereby to the father's nervousness. There was another boy trying for the place, who was said to have an exceedingly sweet-toned voice. Each boy had his friends, and the humblo homes of Canterbury were divided as to the merits of the two candidates. On the third day, Charley chanted Indore all the clergy of the cathedral the Old Hundredth. Then the other boy sang. He had sucked a new-laid egg and was sustained by self-confidence. He sung wito such ease and compass as to delight the judges. In ten minutes alter the trial Charley ran into his father’s shop, and, sitting down on the floor, sobbeu out the news his failure. That failure was his first step in life’s success. Fifty .years later, the Chief Justice of England, accompanied by a friend, attended service in Canterbury Cathedral. When the service had ended, he said to his friend: “Do you see that old man there among the choristers? In him you behold the only person I ever envied. When at school in this town we were candidates together for a chorister’s place. He obtained it, and if I had gained my wish, he might have been accompanying you as Chief Justice, and pointing me out as his old school-fellow, the singing man.” It was Charley Abbott, the disappointed barber’s son, now Lord Tenterden, who thus recalled his early failure. It sent him back to school, and as a “ poor scholar” to Oxford. He worked hard, and attained unto honor. Youth's Companion.

Herr Driesbach.

The death of Driesbach, the liontamer, at White Plains, Ohio, has previously been noted. His career was somewhat of a remarkable one, and, though he retired from public notice some fifteen years ago, he is well remembered by the middle-aged generation. A reporter of the Telegraph this morning had a little chat with Yankee Robinson about Driesbach. Robinson iu >ir» a]i| uliAwnHlll hau floliffhtful —IB evil vttt oho -v innu, it a its mo iifiax wvt vuo public himself many a time, and tells many amusing incidimts of professional life HtTKadhotheard of the old lion-tamer’s death, but was glad to talk about Driesbach. Raid he: “He was a little before my time, but I knew him very well, and remember some of his exploits. He was the second man in the country to enter a cage of lions, and the very first to introduce beasts in spectacular plays upon the stage. He did it at Barnum’s old Museum, in New York, and other similar places.” “ How did he get into the business?” asked the reporter. “The usual way in that line,” said Robinson. “He engaged to travel with a menagerie when he was a young fellow, probably as canvasman, or, perhaps, to take care of beasts, and drifted into it. He never had any head for business, and so never got anything more out of showing except his salary, but he saved enough to buy himself a little home down m Ohio, and has been keeping a hotel there. Before he obtained nis great reputation he used to travel with Raymond & Waring’s Menagerie. In those days, when the lion’s cage was entered, it used to be done with the canvas down, and the dens of other animals removed. A rope used to be stretched to keep the people awav from the cage, and there, out in the open field, with the people pressing up at all sides, the then unprecedented and astonishing feat used to be accomplished. By the way,” con-

tinued the old actor, "Raymond went out of the business with a good deal of money, and what do you think he did with it?” The reporter disclaimed having any idea about it. “Why,” continued Robinson, “ho built a female seminary with it in Putnam County, New York.” i• Tiere.yy&s anothey thing Driesbaeh was original in,” said Yankee, after getting through with his chuckle over the idea of devoting menagerie money to feminine education; “that was driving a lion in harness. He did that really as an advertisement.” “He was rather smart in advertising, was he not?”-asked the reporter. “ Yes, indeed; one of the cleverest in the business..... Years ago. when exhibiting in New York, after a fight in a cage with a tiger, he was taken out covered with blood, and apparently dreadfully injured. There were shrieks from the audience and much horror expressed, until a physician announced that his wounds were not dangerous. For a fortnight after Driesbaeh appeared with his arm in a sling and his face covered with strips of plaster; then it was discovered that the wounds were,, imaginary— the gore had come from a sponge tilled with rose-pink, and the whole performance was nothing but a clever piece of advertising. I saw him seven years ago at White Plains, and he was getting very old. I suppose his hard life must have brought him down. So he’s dead, you tell me; well, well, It’s curtain-down for us all, sometime.” —Pittsburgh Telegraph. On Monday the students of the Medical Department of the University of California, on Haight street, were surprised to find on one of the benches of the ante-room leading to the lecture ball a baby sleeping peacefully. Pinned to the clothing was a Card stating that the child's name was Eva Louisa, Brown, and that sh% was born the 27th of last June. After a consultation among themselves, these reckless young men - resolved to assume all the responsibility of a collective father to the little waif. Money was subscribed and a nurse hired, thestudents pledging themselves, individually and collectively, to support and educate the child until such time as (she shall be able to care for herself.— Sail Francisco Chronicle. If your furs get worn down short, whip them with forty rods; forty rod* js said to make a furlong.