Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1879 — Page 1

I* BOEi.CH K. JAMES r*orsirroa«nr ttia RKfc&SELAlfilt tjiNION, Ransom, akb, Jiiru Counrr, Ind. ; Ob* oopy one .year, |1; elx month*, 50 cental . taree month*, (thirteen week*), IS cent*; attmy* cut in adtmnot. Single copy, 8 cent*; two copies, I eents; more than two oople*, J cent* each. •AA'trwttialatC Sclvw<a.\al«.—Bee «Pl>o■ll* corner of this page for term* and price of ■Aferttelnf in thU newspaper. SVb 3Prtaa.tlm.ar— A large assortment of grp* and other material for jioster, pamphlet, JLwalar and kindred work, l'rioe* low.

TO THE PUBLIC. ■ ~;'v ~, ,-1 \ ■’ r" v J, ’'l ’ i.;.„ ,4. / ' A.S we expect to make a change in onr Business .A-tiairs on the , First of February, 1879, we have concluded to sell our entire stock of Beady Made Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats & Caps AT AND BELOW COST, in order to enable us to realize the money. We are largely Overstocked, and must Beduce. Bon’ fail to call on us before you buy! THE NARROW GAUGE One Price Clothing Store, frocijAMAtion: ' i RESUMMON DECLARED! Wanted. $5,000 Cash: ~ IN EXCHANGE FOR DBT G-OODS, BOOTS, SHOBS, <scc. Wa want Fire Thousand DollaTa during the month o.f December, 1878, and in order to reallx* it we propose to make price* that cannot fail to effect sale*. We offer 25-ctnl Dress Goods for 12 1-2 cents per yard. 15-ctnl Dress Goods for 7 1-2 cents per yard. 12 1-2-cent Dress Goods for * 5 cents per yard. Black Cashfiicres, Silks, &c., in proportion. r ' 7 5-cent Jeans for : .45 cents per yard 50-cent Jeans for 30 cents per yard 30-cenl Jeans for - 7..20 cents per yard Bring the Cash, for at the aborc prices nothing elso will do-. IF. J. SEARS Sc CO., Proprietors of NEW YORK STORE, Rensselaer, Indiana. SLglL'UlTLJUAiLnjJUa.tiaajlS' l .-.!?LTT— SJ-EVEJ ——■l'.'.ui.itiu.: 9 SILVER WANTED. J*y —, ■ nm*, m .mm tr EMMKW-fiA-NNALr-DRUGGIST & PHARMACEUTIST, 0 , ■' ' '.• ■’’ •>'. : ' •________ / - • * RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

ft Pure Drugs,. Medicines, Oils, 9Jt Paints, Tarnishes, Brushes’ Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, CarEl bon Oil Guaranteed 150 Fire Jl Test, Blank Books- Stationery, Albums, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, Soaps, &c. FUSTS CONFECTIONERY. Strictly Pup© Wines and Liquors FOR MEDICINAL. PURPOSES. CHOICE CIGARS, SMOKIMG AND CHEWING TOBACCOS. He is fully prepared to furnish the public with everything usually found in his line, at yriees ps low as they can be had at any other place in Jasper county. Thanking his patrons for their favors he would still ask a share of patronage, feeling eenfldent that he can give satisfaction in all cases. . Physicians' Prescriptions and PamU7*ltaoipes Carefully Compounded. W. J. IMES, SDe&lex In SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY, DRUGS, MEDICINES, Oils, TTsLrii.islies, '* CHEMICALS, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, LAMPS, Patent Medicines, Beady-Mixed Paints, Confectionery, 1 , WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, Fine Wines anil Pnre Lienors, Strictly for Medical Purposes. ■ ■ ■" This stock of goods in all departments. isl'resh, pure, nnd nrst-clasK, There is none better ism the market. In addition to (Jic above enumeration, a fiill supply is __ Crayons, IV*n%. Ink,EineWritPaper, Envelope*, Lead Pencils, Pencil and Ink S^f iCiri, ailli 8,1 ai tIC m pertaining to the Stationery

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, JANUARY 2,1879.

n. raxjPs:, Boot and Shoe Makerl Bool* and shoe* made and repaired for reasonable price*. Shop second door below Leopold's Stone Building. 6-8 m Musical Instruction. Mis* Mary Ralph, an accomplished musician, will give instruction on orgau nnd piano. Pupils may use her room arid instrument, .or she will teach them at their homes. Term* reasonable. Apply at her father’s residence, south of court houso, 6-3 m L. TUTEUR, ~ Qrooeries, Cigars, Tobacco Confectionery, See., FIRST DOOB ABOVE AUSTIN HOUSE X%e3a.s&ela.er, Xsad.. t7m. jonesT^ (Late of Kankakee City, III.) Merchant Tailor OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, Will cut and make suits for men, youths and children. Work warranted, satisfaction guaranteed. Full Line or Piece Goods kept in etock. The finest, beat and cheapest stock ever brought to Rensselaer. Call and see. Orders solicited. 11-1

FITZ W. BEDFORD 33E-AX.BIS. ITT AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Threshers, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Newton Furm Wagons nnd Buggies; Victor Hay, (Initio and Kuiirond Track Scales; Engle Cultivators and Harrows; the celebrated Furst & Bradley, Jones, and Oliver Chilled Plows; Riding and Wulking Cultivators; Brown Coro Planters nnd nil Kinds of field, gerden, barn and stable implements, inrm hardware. Also, XT-eld. and O-axAea. Seeds in bulk or by the small package. Building Paper, Lime nnd Plastering Hair for sale. One door above ''Shanghai Building.”

W. H. & C. RHOADES DEALROB IN HARNESS. SADDLES, BRIDLES, TRUNKS. VALISES, And an extensive stock of Saddlery Hardware, Leather Findings, Brushes, &c. Harness of nuy made to order; a large nsstuttnent of Collars always on hand. Carriage trimming and leather repairing given special cure. Have recently built and moved into one of the finest harness store rooms in the state, will and be pleased to receive visit* ffom those who need articles in their line. Prices reduced to correspond with the limes. Store and shop louth side of ‘Washington street, Rensselaer, Ind. 10-24

Farm Machinery. Tho widely famous Farm Machinery <>f the Deere & Mansur Company of Moline, Illinois, is sold in Rensselaer by H. V. CHILDERS

Denier in Hardware, Tinware, Stoves, Farming Implements, Cabinet Furnituro, &c. JOlflU DEERE PLOWS. Wooden Beam, Iron Beam, “Highland” Turf and Stubble, “Prairie Queen” Breaker, Gilpin Sulky Plows, the Advance Walking Cultivator, Rotary -Drop Corn Planter, the “Monarch' ’ Slid# Drop Corn Planter, &c. Cabinet Furiiifttre. Tables, Stands, Bureaus, Lounge-, Bed. steads, Sofas, Chairs, Cupboards, Kitchen Safes, and other articles in this line, will be sold much ehcapi r than ever, and just n Jittle Cheaper Than Anybody Eise. ~ - The place ro buy all of theso articles and many others not here enumerated, is at the Hardware and Tinware Store of Henry V. Childers, (recently David James’.) All kinds of tin repairing, roofing, spouting, &c., &c., done at bottom prices.

See! See! zoiw GROCERY! Having moved into his new brick building, just east of Bedford & Jackson’s block, and added largely to his superb stock C. O. STARR invites everybody to call and examine hit Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits. Hams, Bacou Shoulders, Lard, Molasses, Vinegar, Cheese Rice, Homony, Beans, Soap;-Starch, indigo Baking Powders, Soda, Cream Tartar, Salt Sugars, Coffees,' Teas, Spices, Salt FUh, Cigars, Tobaccos, Meal, Nutmegs, Flavoring Extracts, Pocket aud Table Cutlery, Queeusware, Glassware. - FLOUR, ' .#» -V, I, aud many articles we have not- the space to enumerate, kept in stock at utt times. Goods exchanged fei marketable produce. Remember the place—he has moved recently, and la now In His Handsome Hew Building, and without doubt hut, the largest, best and cheapest assortmeat in Jasper county,- with out excoptloa..Come and sea -for you.-stive 21-3 m ' C.C. STARR < _ v „.„ ,

Inhawlis, DcljtiiS C’d'.cap Ratal. rrryxis vro'. a. On amt after Monday, Deoomlxjr ltlth, I*7*, trains Will run, until further notice, ns follows: OOINOWM'TH. STATIONS. QOtNO NOUTU. No. 1. No. I. Lv 11.18 a. m.. Renssklaeii . .0.18 n- m. nrr. ** 11.85 '• . ..Pleasant lttngo.. .8.85 •* “ *• Flag “ /.ant’*.. - King'' « “ 11.47 '• .. .Hanging Grove.. .5.43 “ “ “ 11.59 “ Lou’s. 580 “ “ “ Flag “ Klturpublirg Flag" “ Ar 12.24 p. m UhaPkohd 8.05 “ Lve. Lv 1.48 “ .... “ 4.55 " nrr. “ Fl»g « Ward’s Flag'* “ Flag “ , AVright’s King" •' « 2.08 « .Horner’*. 4.80 “ “ “Flag •' .. Honor Creek... Flag •' “ Flair “ Mefilhoe’s Flag" “ Ar 2.88 •• , .Monticei.lo. . .4.05 “ Lve. , ALLEN HKGLKII, Sl PEitINTKNnKNT. Jonh Millikan, Assistant Superintendent. Pittslinrgti, Cinciiati & SL Lonis R’y. ..-fa-Kr--FrAimiai laotyTTD.” Condensed Time Card—Columbus and State Line Division. May IStta. IQ'YQOOINO EAST. No. 1. No. 5. Lve. State Line m-+ 6JIO n. m. Arr. Lr gansport 6.00' " 9.H “ Lvo. " *I.OO a. m. Arr. Mrrlon. *.33 ” ILO7 “ “ Hartford 8.17 “ 11.80 “ " Btilgevilte 4.10 “ 12.40 p.m. “ Union City 5.05 •' 1.10 “ “ Bradford Junction 0.00 “ 2.00 “ Fiona 8.28 “ 4.18 “ “ Ur luma 10.36 “ 5.20 “ “ Columbus 12-35 p. m. 7.25 “ UOINO WEST. No. S. No. 8. Lve. Columbus 6.80 a. IW. + 6.40 p. in. Arr. Urbaua. *.05 “ 7.40 “ “ l'foua 0.5* “ fI.OO “ “ Bradford Junction * 8.22 “ +O.BO “ “ Union City 10.25 “ 10.48 “ “ ltidgorltle 10.53 “ 11.20 “ Hartford 11.60 “ 12.35a.m. « Marion ...12.40 p.m. 1.20 *• loigansport • 2.80 “ 3.00 “ « State Lino 16.20 “ 10.40 “ Richmond and Chicago Division. UOINO NORTH. No. 2. No. 10. Isre. Cincinnati .+ 7.30 a. m " Richmond +10.50 “ Arr. Hagerstown 11.33 “ •* Newcastle 12.05p.m. •* Anderson 1.20 “ “ Kokomo B.(xi “ *2.15 a. pi. “ Lognnsport. 4.00 “ 8.05 “ “ Chicago *.BO " 7.50 “ UOINO SOUTH, No. J. No. 7. Lve. Chicago * 8.20p.m. + 0.00 a. in. Arr. Lognnsport. 12.45 a. in, 1.40 p.m. » Kokomo 1.50 “ 8.00 *• ■** Anderson 4.37 “ •* New Castle 5.35 “ " Hagerstown 0.05 “ “ Kiciiniond 0.55 " “ Cincinnati. 0.50 “ ♦Daily'- +Daily except Sunday. Trains do ■ot stop where time is omitted. W. L. O’BRIEN, „• , Ccn’l Pass. & Ticket Agent, Columbus, Ohio

‘‘lt’s a cold, a cold.” The first day of Anno Domini 187 D wos a respeetu ble sort of a winter day for the degree of latitude which is made, 'conspicuous upon the globe for having the prosperous town of Rensselaer situated upon it; not that the temperature was like that which is said to bless the region of Mobile, where ’native strawberries are blushing in the gardens, or Jacksonville where the Iraprance of roses aud jassamiues freight the air, or of New Orleans where the mocking bird’s melody echoes through vcrdure-clad groves*.or of Sun Francisco where goldou oranges suck ill ripening sweetness front the brilliant sunshine —it was not like the sultry days which blis^

tered and roasted aud broiled living men and women and children and beasts of burden in the pent-up streets of Chicago, •St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati and oilier cities of America, last summer —no cases of sunstroke were reported to the public board of health—but it wa* a moderate winter day, when lecding cattle was not an excessively disagreeable chore, and that usually unmitigated fraud called sleigh-riding might bo endured, or even enjoyed, with the company of an agreeable companion ; but night brought high wind, flying snow and shrinking mercury. Tlii-s morning, January 2d, at 8 o’clock the thermal register was IS 0 to 22 3 below zero, depending upon the exposure to the polar current. It is to date the coldest day of the season; a day not especially tempered to the condition of certain local politicians who foolishly neglected crops and business last summer and autumn at the suggestion of demagogues to howl for the repeal of a wise and hone.-t law and the creation of a worthless money. It is a serious problem with some of the dupes whom demagogues used and have forgotten how they are to keep life and body together through the winter without calling upon public charity for help. They are learning the old and bitter lesson that post election performance* bear a relationship of inverse ratio to ante election promises, and if they survive the ordeal the experience will be worth all that it costs them; aud from this reflection they may extract consolation though in it is not food, raiment uor fuel.

Fire. —About noon to day fire was discovered in the roof of the three story frame building on Washington street known as the“Shaughai.” The prompt and vigorous efforts of tho men and Vtlmen who rallied in response to the alarm saved the old bat-harbor after a hole big enough to drive a horse through was burnt across the comb down to tho eaves on the westtside and oaa-third down the oast sido. The ground floor was occupied as a grocery and provision Btore, by the firm of Catt & Smoot; ail the goods and furnituro of which were speedily taken out and piled on the opposite side of the street. In the second story were furnished lodging rooms that got pretty well deluged with water. The third story was not occupied, except perhaps as a lumber room. Tho damage done all around possibly may foot up to 8100. No insurance. Building owned by W. J. linos who intends to removo what is left, of it next season and build a brick one on the site. Envelopes. —A large brand new stock of envelopes, received *Hhis week. Only 15 ceuta for a bunch of 25 with return card neatly printed; only 50 cents -for- WO-; imly *2.00 for 500; only $3.00 for 1,000. Goods warranted best quality. Callon or address Horace" K. James, Union oflhe, Rensselaer, Ind.

Promised Revival of Sodom and Gomorrah

It is reported (bat French capitalists have secured a grunt for a railway line (Vorn Jaffa to the interior of Palestine, which will opeu up th* Jordan valley and the whole region north of the Suez cnnnf. Tn certain contingencies this road might becomo of great military usefulness, but it appears further .Altai (he productive resources of the country are considerable, nnd what is more surprising, that the Dead Sen itself can bo turned to commercial account. Chief of tkeso nt present are tho stores of natural combustibles for which that region is noted.

Hitherto tho main obstacle te the development of steam traffio in the Levant has been the totnl absence of combnstibls material. Not only Egypt, but the shoros of Syria nnd tho Red Sea are completely stripped of wood, and tho coal imported from tho West commands n' price ranging from $lO to $24 a ton. Now the masses of asphalt continually thrown up by the Dead Sea attest tho presence of vast subterranean layers of fossil vegetable matter, and those signs were not long overlooked by the enterprising men attracted to Sue* by the opening of tho canal and the movement of commerce in that direction. Rocently numerous soundings have been made between Jaffa and the Dead Sen, which, so far, have not disclosed any deposits ,of coal proper, but, on the oilier hand, have laid bare inexhaustible beds of lignite. Of itself this store of lignite is likely to prove an inestimable gain to theiindustries aud cqpimnrco of the Levant; but we should add that tho juxtaposition of asphalt in groat quantities furnishes the elements of n mixture of lignite and osphaltum in the form of bricks, which is equal in heating capacity to the richest bituminous coal, while, its cost on the ground is only $2.60 n ton. It is known that similar bricks, inudo tip of coal dust and biiuiniuouedcbris from gns works, arc .after by Freuch railways, since, besides their heating power, they greatly facilitate stowage, owing to their regular shape. Of course (he bitumen of iuwer I'alcstino has been known from immemorial times, nnd wa* used to impart solidity to the structures of unbaked clay in Assyria aud Egypt; ’but it \ may be said that the discovery of the sub- | terrnnean combustible has lifted once| f or | nil the curse which has so long rested upon j Sodom and Gomorrah, and will transform i the wasted shores of the Dead Sea into a | focus of industry and a magniine of wealth.

Diphtheria.

In respect to diphtheria, there are a few cautions that can bo urged with propriety: Ist. Impurity is the natural ally of all such infections. Cleanliness is .their foo. It may not always prevent or conquer; liut the prospect of success is best where it is. A child with clean breath, clean skin, in a hotife vvhcro there is only pure air, stands a better clmnee to escape tbe disease, or to recover if et.nfrncting-if, than do those under jaftpusiteci ton instances. 'Thcexceplions do not disturb the rule. ' lid. Next in Importance is isolation. Diphtheria is n disease not easily carried from house to house by visitors; but winch no doubt can be transmitted by folding it up in gWmenls impregnated with the breath or containing "the infective particles of the diseased,„.pcrson.[|HJbildren should never be expossd to those having it. ’ The writer Ims had to deal with it three times in his own home; but by caro has confined it lo the one uttackod. 3d. The very first symptom must be attended to. It is odisease whicli is virulent in tbe outset and often causes blood changes very early, soch_as preveut treatment. The physician fails not because his artfls imperfect, but because' the human system has loet tfio power to assimilate the medicine and the foods which ho prescribes. Where the disease is very prevalent, no child’s throat should puss without daily examination, for the disease is often under full headway and patches formed before there is tnuch complaint. 4th. We think the doctrine announced some two years since is porrect—viz., that by proper regulation of the child and by the use of quinine, iron, and clorate of potassium as preventives, in smull doses, sufficient to insure their'special presence at all times in the blood, during an epidemic, that children can be protected from this poison as really as they can be protected from small, pox by vaccination. It must be an exact, methodical administration, such as shad not be excessive, and yet shall show that tbe blood-paths are thus preoccupied New York Independent.

Gill Edged Farming Will Pay.

Miv Aaron Jones, of South Bend, Indiana, gives us a striking illustration of the advantages of gilt-edged fanning. Mr. Jones is the owner of a fine farm adjoining the city of South Bend in this state, a portion of which he cultivates himself, and tho remainder he commits to the tender mercy of “renters." This season he bad a field of corn side by with tiro rioters, with little difference in the SioIT, the three fields wero planted from the same seed, Mr. Jones furnishing the seed- At gathering time he had a purchaser for I,<HK> bushels of corn. Mr. Jones showed him tho three fields of eofn. The field of hisawn cultivation, ho priced the corn at thirty-three and a third cents per bushel; the next best at thirty cents ; the nextat twenty-five cents, remarking to ihu purchaser that it was immaterial ty him which he preferred at the prices named. The choice of the thirty-three and a third cent corn was roadily made. This ia.ftot all,.kite flshlof his. uwn. oulujatiun yielded seventy-five bushels per acre, the next best forty-five bushels, and the poorest thirty-five bushels. Mr, Jones ways that

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hiijsneccs* was largely, if not wholly owing to the condition-of hiß*laod, being thoroughly pulvortxed bofore planting,“and the cord carcl\il!y*eiiltiv.*tod, continuing die cultivation through the harvesting^?wheat. The profit* of gilt-edged even cow, are satisfactory. Figure them up nnd note the result. Mr. Jones is keenly alive to the interests of “farm drainage,” contemplates tire thorough drainage of a farm) that is considered rolling. Ho eeee at [a glance that he will protect himself against the surface washing, aud bo greatly benefitted by tho rain water parsing down through the soil, every drop of it being freighted With fertilizing mutter washed out of the air. And we assert gill-odged farming will pay. —Drainage and Farm Journal.

The Greatest Man in Indiana.

D. D. Dale, of White oounty, was in the city yesterday, hobnobbing with Kb. Henderson and other democratic flights who are engaged in laying out work for the legislator*. Mr. Bale fa unanimously of tbe opinion.that Senator Mojor is tho greatest man in Indiana, and a gentleman’in every way qualified to hold the country up by. the tail.— lndianapolis Journal.

State News.

A malignant type of soarlet fover prevails at Delphi. Willard De Witt of Steuben county is 103 years old. Logansport boasts a matron 109 years old. She is Mrs. Mary Dillon. Leo Templeton, of Benton county, misod 17,000 bushels qfcorn last year. A Father Matthew temperance society has beon’organized at La Porte. The First National Bank of Montioello has an outstanding circulation of $27,000. South Bend suffered a $60,000 fire lust week. It originated in the St Joseph block. Two tons of poultry were shipped from Kentlund one day last week by a single dealer. TTiObert Chapman, aged 60 years, dropped deal ut Marion, 26th, of heart disease. A Winamac doaler Inst week bought 2,027 muskrat, 75 coon, 63 mink, 29 skunk and 1 red fox pelts. , Henry Blocber, Flora, Carroll 'county> wants to buy a $5,000 farm in White county or a county adjoining. Indianapolis ice men expect, to harvest 60,000 tons of congealed water, if conditions are favorable this winter. A Blue Sea, Pulaski county lad, 16 years old, has harvested 746 muskrat, 4 eoeu and 6 mink pelts this season. Mrs. Mann’s store-room at 1 Rochester, was entirely destroyed by fire Sunday evening. Loss, $2,000, insurance §I,OOO. Jacob Hobam was elected coroner of Marshall county last fall, hut refusing to qur.lify, the commissioners had to appoint another. lion. John Hanna, now representing the rndiunapolis district in congress, has bought a farm in Hendrick?.county upon which he will soon move. The Indiana Stale Christian Temperance Union (Blue Ribbon) will meet In convention at No. 75 East Market street, Indiunaplis, January 15th. A farm house belonging to Mr. Fowler, near Fouler, Benton county, valued at $2,000, was burnt December 27th. No insurance. Defective flue. Charles W. Stagg, the well-known stenographer of Indianapolis, has been adjudged insane. < Caused by overwork and the excessive use of stimulants. Jasper county positively declines to grant license to any but marriageable persons, and “good moral character’' is not a saving clause.- —Momticello Herald.

Judge Turner, of South Bend, ia preparing for publication a temperance song-book. It will be/om posed principally of original pieces, set to familiar and popular tunes. Adding coin to the paper money, the total volume of currency after January Ist will be $920,000,000. The purchasing power of this will be equal to $1,600,000,000 in 1870. It is reported by the Plymouth Democrat that rosl has been found on Burr Oak Flats near Maxenkuokoe lake in Marshall county. The vein is said to be four to five feet thick of fair average quality. Judge Wm. K. Logan, for thirty years a resident of Plymouth, Marshall county, moved to Austin, Nevada, a couple of years or so ago. He has recently been elected judge of one of the courts out there. Says the La Porte Argue: The temperance meetings held at Decker's new store building are something in the nature of a powerful revival. A good deul of work is being dono iu the way of reclaiming men who need it. State Superintendent Smart fiads the cost per capita ot common-school education to be less this year than it has been for tbe past teg years. The cost per capita per annum on pupils enrolled is $9.07, against $9.36 last year, and $9.55 in 1876. The cost per capita per annum in daily attendance U $14.82. The old fort of Rappites at New Harmony, burned Monday morning at 10 O’clock. It tfas built in 1795 by Rappites oh the settlement of the territory'fbr protection against Indians and was one of the greatest ourlosHiee of that historical plane. Tho walla of the fort were of stone three i flouring mill by astock company. The loss is sß,ooo', insured for $1,500. The walla 1 "Y'itfff>Vi V- -j ■ T"umiiiUr ,! i ------ temath intset.

52 IS liTwqr h’.rld "motJuJTw'ifcr*thrlm tnSnH.* fnhllithflil stfrititfs> "**^^r* Advertliw(nrnt»for persons not restdoiU at Jhkiiut ceoutK mua| beiHihUor in advance of Unit pufitlcuMorr. wheh leS Vfian »n«-qu*rter column to size; and quarterly la sdrmßse wtiea Ulr *« r - -r

Rensselaer Public Schools.

Report of Rensselaer puhllo schools far the month ending Ueeember 30th, 1876: Whole number of pupils enrolled, 218; average daily attendance, 185; Per cent, of attendance 00, of candofit 9f, of punctuality 99, of study 100. Number of excuse* accepted by auperintondtst, 19} number accepted by teachers, 116; total, 135. Number pupils strictly punctual, 189; number who observed rules for conduct, 143; number who observed rale* for study, 216. Names of pupils whose record is 8: Primary A.—Corn Adams, Osrtla Claik, Rebecca Fcadig, Agnes Hesly, Albert Hutson, May Porter, Paul Troy, Dora Woodworth, Blanche Loughridge, Samuel For dig. Issue Leopold, Hattie Clark, Billie Jones. —l3. Primary B.—Amzie Beck, Charlie Daugherty, Eddie Duvall, Birdie Hammond, Lucy llealy, Eva Harding, lnos Hutson, Crilley Hutson, Simon Leopold, Qeorge Moss, Charles Platt, Cbarlee Rhoads, Mary Spitler, Birdie Spit far, Dallas Warren, Walter Willey, Byron Zimmerman, Harry Zimmerman, Albert Fendig, llattie Rhoads.—2o. IrrEKMzrvtATe.—Qeorge Hollingsworth, Mary Beck, Gallic Beci.—3. Grammar School. —Nettie Everson, Loners Platt, Tillie Fendig, Hattie Hepkins, Robert Porter, Oliver Rhoads, Fred. Chilcote, Val. Seib, Henry Smith.—9. lltan School. —Belle Alter, Ollie Alter, Usttio Coen, Lizzio Eger, Anna Lam son, Hulda Miller, Ella Osborne, Emina llbcads, Alice Rhoads, Ora Thompson, Mattie McCoy, Delos Thompson, Charles Hamer, Elmer Dwiggins, Louis Hollingsworth, T. C. Price, D. O. Warner* N. H- Warner, Clara Adams, Celia Childers, Lain Hammond, Ella Rhoads, Nellie Spitler, Emma Wigmoro, Mary Weathers, Lillie Alter, Jes. Erwin.—27. Summary for pterin ending December 20th, 1878: * * Whole number enrolled, 239; average daily attendance, 203; per cent, of attendance, 88. Names of pupils whose record has been 8 for tbe whole»tertn: Primary A.—Cora Adafias, Albert Hutson. —2. Primary B.—Lucy llealy, Charles Daugherty, Birdie Hammond, lues Hutson, Crilley Huteon, Birdie Spitler, Dalles Warren, Walter Willey, Harry Zimmerman. —9. Grammar School.— Louesa Platt, Val. Seib, Henry Smith.—3. Uiuh School. —Anna Lamson, Emma Rhoads, Alice Rhoads, Elmer Dwiggins, Louis Hollingsworth, Clara Adams, Celia Childers, Lulu Hammond, Nellie Spitler. —lO. •

Uranine.

This is the most recently discovered, and perhaps the most remarkable, of all the. coal tar or analine group of coloring substances, now so extensively used for the adornment of the finest fabrics. Uranine is said, by chemists, to be the most highly fluorescent body known to science.’ Its coloring power is astonishing; a single grain will impart a marked color to nearly five hundred gallons of wattr. ;v • A most interesting experiment, which anybody may try, consists in sprinkling a few atoms of Uranine upon tbe surface of water in a glass tumbler. Each (.torn immediately sends down through tbe water what appears to bo a bright green rootlet ’• and the tumbler soon looks as if It were crowded full qf beautiful plants. The rootlets now begin to enlarge,jspre ad and eombine, until we bav«a mass of soft green colored liquid. Viewed by transmitted light, the color ehanges to a bright golden or amber hue; while a combination of green and gold will be realised, aoeordiig’to tbe position in which tho glass is held. For day or evening experiment nothing can be prettier than these trials of Uranine, which are especially entertaining for tho young folks. We are indebted for examples of the oolor to tbe editors of the Scientific American, who are sending out specimens, free of charge, to all their readers. The subscription lo the paper is $3.20 for a year, or $1.60 half year; and a better investment for the money could hardly be named.

Should Recall Cæmar’s Example.

Hon. ‘ Plan’’ Buchanan, of Indianapolis, has entered the lists for the senatorial contest in Indiana with Itnewed hopes. Mr. Buchanan’s ambition should be made of storner stuff than to allow him to accept the eenatoiehip when offered at republican hands. He should recall Ctesar’s example and refuse tho proffered erowu. — Cincinnati Enquirer. A Draisaob Journal. —We are in receipt of a copy of the Drainage amt Farm Journal, aB2 pago monthly, bound with cover, which, for neatness and mechanloal, ia seldom excelled. Subscription price, one dollar per year. Published by Billingsley and Diamond, Indianapolis. Ind. To be illustrated'and devoted to the interest of farm drainage and Ullage, and ia, wo be. lieve, the only publication of the kind. It ia certainly an important interest*. Those who contemplate the farther drainage at their lands, will do well, we have no doubt, to patronise the Drainage Journal. si- yfAjy :; :V.;w The Weed sewing machine has a. world wide reputation. It will ba sold way down in price by Ludd Hopkins. Sd-tf will men smoke common obaeco, when they can buy llirbarg Bros.' •Seal of North Carolina” at the same price? Fob Salb.— lf you want to buy a trart of land, ln„J**pc county, Thompson & Bro., Rensselaer, They sell at owners' prices, and have a large list Dram which to ■'lelectT' w