Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 February 1871 — Page 1
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The News.
INDIANA LKGI8LA TURK. On Saturday the Senate WM not In «*iion In the Hooaa Uc "bribery bill f*J'errfj! to the Judiciary Committee. The bill amending the divorce laws of the ntate was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
On Monday there was no quorum in either House. «. On Tuesday In the Senate the bill to amend section 'J07 of the Ueneral Practice Act or June 18, ltlfiS, was taken up and passed. The bill to amend section 4 and 6 or the act prescribing the powers and duties of Coroners— the Jury to consist of six persons, was pawted. The bill to amend section 1 of the act to amend section 48 of tho decedent estates act, approved July 17,1852, approved February^19, lfiw—the widow may ike not exceeding |300, was passed. The bill to prevent hunting or shoaling within enclosure without consent of the owner thereof, was passed. The bill authorising County Recorders to demand and receive fees for recording papers at the time they are presented for record, was pns*ed. The bill authorizing plank, gravel, McAdam roads to enter upon adjacent land and appropriate timber, earth, gravel or stone, was passed. The bill to provide for changes of venue from Circuit Courts, and legalizing changei already granted, was passed. In the House the "Bribery Bill" was passed. The bill preserving the duties and fixing the compensation of Agent of Stale at 11,000 a year, was passed. The 15th amendment resolutions were refused to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Balletiger's iron-clad note bill was passed. At 74 o'clock the convention of the two house* listened to the memorial of the State Temperance Alliance.
On Wednesday In the Senate the bill abolishing the offlceof Agent of State was made thespecial order forTuesday next inCominlttee of the Whole. In the afternoon the Senate went into Committee of the Whole anl discussed the bill concerning fees and salaries. In the House the bill in relation to voluntary assignments was passed. The individual road work hill was passed. The hill empowering coninixssioiiers to give bounty was passed. The minority substitute for the hill concerning the sinking fund was adopted.
In Joint convention of tlio two Houses on Wednesday Patrick Shannon was elected A S a
CONUREMIQXA L.
Monday In the Senate the House Joint resolution to amend section 22 of the act to further prevent smuggling nnd for other purjxjses, approved July 18th, 1H(W. It specified various regulations for foreign and coasting vessels on tho northern, northeast and northwest fl'ontiers of the United States. The Senate bill authorizing the President to station a vessel of war in the port of New Y'ork to receive and transport the supplies contributed for the destitute and Buffering people of France anil Germany was taken from the Speaker's table and amended by rvtiulrlng one for like purnose at Boston, anil on motion of Mr. Kandall, anolher at Philadelphia. The bill thus amended passed. The Senate bill appropriating 110,000 to defray the expenses of tho select committee of tho Senate appointed to Investigate the alleged outrages
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Southern States.
No business of Importance was transacted 4U, vUihn* on Tuwtday. SoaUu Ju on judtolary, reported wltti tSto«menffih«Trr, tho House Wll to provide for the taking of testimony lor tft'" to**1 Department. Passed. AJso, without amendment, the House bill providing for the appointment of n*l Assl'j uu'addittoriilf Ass^Tant Attorney General. ANo, without amendment, tne House bill to divide the State Ohio into three Judicial Districts. In the House tio Important Imslnoss was transacted.
If" \FOHKION'. 'fho (Serrnan lirniy will entei arls on the lOtli instant.
Seventy-tlvo thousand persons have asked for permission to leave Paris. The German army will march through Purls after poaco Is made.
The NuthMial antl Mobile Guards tn Paris have dlslmiided. Of 100,000 horses originally lb JMrlS 66,000 have been killeti fit loOd.
The dlsiuinlngllrow«Kls slowly, and is not to bo coniplci^ljfc«r« tlio exjilnirtion of the armistice. .fnles Favre )ias resigned tfee Mill 1stfy ,of the Interior,, hut will remain Minister of Foreign Affhlrs.
Intense suffering prevails in Arls. Hjjfldreds are dying tlftlly from starvation. The food received proves wholly inadciiliate.
The Independence Beige says that the essential paints or the Black Seft ouc-st on hare already been arranged by the Iiohdon etnfeT«tee*.
A deowe lias appeartnl In Berlin inciyasItig th« amount of Issue of the July loan frotn eighty millions to one hundred and live millions thal^ra.
The Bank of France advances tw« hundred million francs to pay the city war contribution. The city will Issue bonds to pay the loan.
A Brussels correspondent of the Telegram says Otlo Hussell has been instructed to sustain the demand mode by M. Favre for an extension of the armistice. Its prolongation Is expected.
Arrangements arc being made in Berlin for the Emperor's rrception. He will be In Berlin bv »th or March at the latest. His Majesty will leave Versailles on the 4th, and pass through Mundan and Maudoburg
A iltwne, ParU. lia* QamMUkV v... .... ties. It maintains the supreme authority Of the Paris Government, and declares that the election shall be unrestricted.
The Eastern Conference1 met a«aln on Wednesday. Repreaent*Uvos #er« pntant (him all the cosignatory powers except France. Ci*«i Its at)ournnieut assurance* wereglrwj t«it that a pnrtfle solution of the entire Kastarn qnestion Imd been attalaetl.
The Germans had a serial of engagements on the Hwbn frontier, with the rear guard of Rootfcakl's army, on Monday. Tuesday anl WedntMslay, and raptored two oaclea, uineieen cannon and mitrailleuses, and fifteen thousand prisoners, Inclixllngtwo tenmlv Many hundred provision wagon* •kid a large quantity of arms (HI Into the hands of the Oarmana, wtroae loaa tn killed UKi wounded is oonsKlemble. The Generals
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n^Hi»l the French forces. Including Uatibaldl, vainly attempted to exirtcaie UtemselvM by appealing to Uie Paris armlaflee.
Tbe (MM (teaette of Wednesday sars The new Austrian Ministry Is thoroughly nnlted and posaeeees the eonildence of the ftnveretgn. It will gtvefalr play to all legitimate provincial tan. but there will be no more cumpromla* with separation at the exoenseof unity. It win uphold the CVmstlt^^ but will propose to Parliament the enaction of laws issrtlally extetwHn* latlve and a.lmH«»rtn»t»ve autonomy trf Ui# Empties and will introdnceahUI PWTWIn* lor dlitet Hcertons and enlarging the rights of cifctor*
The very son was mocking me that rose that day to shine, When I stood before the altar, and she lold her hand in mine.
And yet, God knows, I loved her In her noble mien and pride. When she rose a wife beside me, yet ,tne sculpture of a bride! j»
Antl the household politicians told the tidings with a zest, That the discord of a centuiy at length was laljl to rest. Ohl their trite congiatulatlous niado my bitterness die more As they showered their roses on us, ana they crowded to the floor:
So she took me for a hostage, and I took her for a spoil, A landlord in possession of an unresponsive soli!
And the sluggish days go by me, and I watch Iter pallid cneek, That shows no flush upon it when I turn to
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For her band will hold mine pftjSlv«l£—her head ne'er turn away, Without a sign accepting all the worship that! pay—
And my spirit dies within inc, as month by month I prove Her meed of chill obedience, but not a ruy if And I know my heart is withered when my yearning glances rise From the summer of her bosom to the Winter In her eyes. Then I seek the kinder pillow, and I rest my aching head, To see the mournful future, and to wish that
I were dead.
THE "PRESENT" NUISANCE. To bo the editor of any kind of a newspaper, either country or metropolitan (but very especially tho former), is a position which must be trying to a good naturcd man. Because it makes him an object of charity whether or no. It makes him tho object of a peculiar and humiliating, because an interested charity—a charitv thrust upon him with offensive assurance and a perfectly unconcealed taken-for-granted that it will be received with gratitude, and the donor accounted a benefactor and at tho very samo time the donor's chiel motive, his vulgar sell-interest, is left as frankly unconcealed. Tho country editor offers his advertising space to the public at the trille of one dollar and a hall'or two dollars a squre, first insertion, and one would suppose his "patrons" would be satisfied with that. But thev are not. They pnzr.lo their their thin brains to And out some cheaper way of getting their wares celebrated —some way wherobv they can advertise virtually for nothing, 'jphey soon hit apoa that.meg spirited scribbler, viz., the cfentcrrTng upon him ot present and bogging a "notice" of it—tlms pitifully endeavoring not onlv to iovade hi* sacred editorial columns, but get ten^loUuiv' worth of advertising for fifty o^nts' iRfortli of merchandise, and on top of that te»vc tho poor creature burdened witn crushing debt of gral itude! And so the corrupted editor, having once debauched his independence, and received one ofthoHO contemptible presents, wavers if little while the remnant of his selfrespect is consuming, imd at last abandons himseli to a caroer of shame, and prostitutes his columns t«-"notices" of everv sort of present that a stingy neighbor chooses to inflict upon him. Tho confectioner lavishes him with ftrtv cents' wortli of ice cream—and hp lavishes four ".squares'* of editorial compliments on him the grocer insults him with a bunch of overgrown radishes and a dozen prize turnips— and gets an editorial paragraph perfectly putrid with gratitude the farmer insults him whth throe dollars' worth ot poaches, or a boot liko a man's leg, or a watermelon liko a channel man's buov, or a cabbage in many respects like'his own head, and expects a third of a column of exhuberant imbecility —and gets it. And these trivial charities are not respectfully and gracefully tendered, but are thrust insolently tipon the victim, and with an air that plainly shows that the victim will be lield to strict accountability in the next issiVo of his paper.
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nis way to Berlin. I'neaslness Is succeeding the exultation in Berlin caused by the fall of Paris. The funds are depressed and no confidence Is felt that the terms of peace will be accepted by tho llortleaux Assembly.
There are naw #6,000 Frerah soldlar* In Switaerland.very poorly clad,the Swiss government has asked tlio French authorities to send clothing. The Germans continued hostilities on the 22d and 33d lasts.
am not an editor of a newspaper, »nd shall always try to do right ana be good, so that God will not make me one iut there are seine persons who have it the impression, somehty*", that I am ,_j»t kind of character, and they treat me wcordifiglv. They send me newfangled wheef-barrow, and ask me to "notice" it or a peculiar boot-Jack, and ask me to "notice" it or a sample of coffee, and ask me to "notice" it or an article of ftirnitnrft worth eight or ten dollars, or a pair of crutches, or a truss, or an artificial nose, or a few shilling's worth of rubbish of the vegetable species «nd here lately, all in one dav, I received a barrel of apples, a thing to milk cows with, a basket of peaehea, a box of grapes, a new sort of wooden leg, and a patent "composition"
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sigitfld by all the Minister* at been promulgated, annulling decree on the election dlablW-
stone. Notices" requested. A rrel of apples, a cow-nlliker, a basket of peaches, and a box Of grapes, all put together, are not worth the r*re of writing a "notice," nor a tenth part of the room the notice would take up in the paper, and so they remained unnoticed. I had no immediate nse for the wooden leg and worold not have accept' ed a chanty gravestone if I had been dead and aetually suffering for it when it came—so I sent those articles back.
I do not want any of these underhanded, obligation inflicting presents. I prefter to cramp myself down to the use of sntth things as I can afford, and then pay for them: and then when a citiacn needs the lanot of my hands h# can bare it,and I will infallibly come him lor damages. (graceful enstom, MO popular settlements, of facetious!^
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the back wailing about the barren pockets editors, is the parent of this nnoanuy present inflicting, and it Is time that the guild that ortensted the cmtoaft aad now suffer in pride and purse from It reflected that Aerot and dignified poverty is thoroughly respectable: while the flaunt iug ef either a real or pretended ncediiMma in the public flies, and then bartering ot nauseating "pttflk" flnr Us legitimate fruit of charitable presents, are as thoroughly indelicate, unbecoming and disreputable.—Murk 7Vwt«.
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TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, EEBSITAIlf 11,1871.
Pram London Society.] 2WT MINE!
W VINO MACBiNMB. If we are ever to rival lbs Mrda, It must be by aid of some i»eehanical means some Hying machine. Numbers of these have been Invented, but it is hardly necessary to ssy tftt none of them have as yet lieen sueoesful. No one lias yet really discovered the principles on which birds fly, or on wkieh it will be necessary to proceed before men ean do the same. Any of these maohlnes woultLbe very useful for the purpose of fighting, but some few have been intended by theie inventorschiedy for that objeet.
Among the most remarkable of theae is one fbr whieh a patent was taken out in 1856 bjithe Barl of Alrlborough. This invention, if it could be brought to work, would of itself be quite sufficient to revolutionise the whole art of warfare and balloons would by this time have taken the place of men-of-war, with the additional advantage of ind sea,
being equally usefttl over land an which no ahi|» could possibly be. the present war might,hare seen tal fiilea the prediction of the poet of
The armament of these vessels is complete. .Guns and muskets are to be so placed as to utilize the recoil—how, is not said—while explosive shells are to be dropped from them. Some are even to bo thinly armor plated at the top, that they maybe safely protected from tlfe attack of hostile vessels above. To eaclf ship one or more "pilot boats" are attached, lor the purpose of guiding, landing passengers, &c., so that no convenience may be wanted.
To insure the safety of these marvelous ships, a fortress is to be provided, guarded by sort of chcvaux-dc-fri.se, arranged like the entrance to a mousetrap, -so as to allow vessels to go out, but Impede -the entry of any ostile shi($: In' oilier to admit friendly ballooni, the stakes of the chevaux-dc-frisc are movable.'
In, order that there may be no misooiHUYition of the powers of these ships, •atlww afrScifl ni* Um giVWtr. r-^rresoiluKioh of the attack and dsAttiee of a fort by two fleets of them, where they were represented as sailing about, and in vigorous conflict. Numerous other uses of them, such as dragging ships over by grappling their masls are also mentioned.
This invention is apparently the most complete in intention of any which wOUra apply balloons to fighting uses. Hew utterly impracticable it is in all its execution is^obvious. One or two others of like character have been patented, but one of such is enough to mention—ex unodiscc omnes. Still it is, easy to laugh at the attempt after aerostation. The science may after all bo but in ils infancy nnd some new source of motive power may yet be discovered which may lift us through tho air. Till such discovery, we must ge oVi destroying one another with the moans we have—moans to judge of the ptesent war, of very sufficient power.— Once a Week.
DYSPEPSIA AND VIRTUE. Much oi the vaunted "virtue," so-cal-led, is nothing more nor less than dysipsin. Ministers ami deacons and
Linday-school teachers thunder against iemost innocent of amusements, classing them as tievices of the devil for leading people astray, when in reality thev haven't got over that heavy plumuuuding or uiincepic that they ate the night before, or their parents did the nieration before. A writer on the bad a*ibits of clergyman says that ministers should understand physiology, that they may know how to take care of their health, and loarn to say 'o when the kind-hearted parishioner urges them to indulge iu cakes, pios, collections, strong tea, coffee, and other delicacies, as they aro making their paroachial visits. One-half tho illnesses of ministers, even of those who gradHr a ted from the theological schools healthy, is owing to tho labored^writing of sermons, and the high living incident to the pampering spirit fond parishioners, and tho lack of mauly exercise which, by public sentiment, seems to bo denied to them. Some clergymen unfortunately use alooholic liquors, to the damage oftbeiipiealth and occasion their shame and the scandal
ally to the church. Nearly all use strong tee -nnd tea and, since the use of
oni^eneraidibility.
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Locksley Hall," who in fancy4-* "Heard the heavens tilled with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew, From tlic nations' airy navies grappling in the centml blue Far along the world-wide whisper of the south wind rushing warm, With toe standard of the people plunging through tbe thunder storm."
The specification of tho patent in question describes a perfect armament of aerial vessels of warlike nature, which, probably never existed even as models. Each of them is a sort of bul loon, fitted with wings to be worked by hitnd and by a complicated arrangement of springs. Some are of the ordinary balloon shape, and have wings fastened to tho car others are in the shape of a boat. They are all to be raised by means of gas, and the wings are to be used only to impart horizontal motion and direction. How liable these machines are to all the objections mentioned abevo is obvious.
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unpopular, thousands orministers have adopted the use of tobacco in some fttrm, to the ruin of their health the utter prostrations of their nervous systems andl&ieir memory, and tbe demoralisaabn of their manliness. Shut ont by popular opinion from the injigorating laDors and exercises by which other men keep themselves built up, many clergymen resort to some stimuIsMt narcotic with tbe delusive idesthat the temporary excitement isasource of length and upbuflding. The result fa dyspepsia, nervousness, throat disease,
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at least be temperate Is all bodily *nnfl-
MT row ana swuu, -7field but the minister must wsu*black gtovea, polished boots, end jkultleja KnTaWTpruns his prudery, or else Ms ilWsstruelsd parEhoneis will criticise him. f959SS£59SSSBB5 -1 $•
Tn women of Cincinnati srsjtalking of getting ups petition to the city aShoifue*, pmgrtng
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note women must be registered accordtagto law, that profligate®*® be forced to make the same public their habits.
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THE TREASURES OF THE SEA. Fesrs have been expressed of late in Englsnd thst the supply of ih on her coasts, tho taking of whieh ia so important a branch of industry, may be seriously diminished by the increased number of fishermen, and the improved appliances which have come Into nse. To investigate the matter In all its bearings, and report what parliamentary action was needed, the British Government appointed a commission of three competent men, who have lately reported tho results of a thorough inquiry. Thi»report states that the supply of fish on the English coast, instead of diminishing, shows a steady increase, although the number of fishing vessels haa doubled in twenty years, and by the use of trawl nets each vessel is enabled to take a much larger amount than formerly. The railways now carry three times the amount of fish that they did ten years ago. A large amount is takon to the principal markets by small steamers, which receive the fish each day flroin the smacks in the channel, thus enabling the latter to pursue their avocation without stopping to carry their cargoes to porP*^ London alone consumes annually eighty thousand tons of fish. Acre for acre the British fishing grounds are said to yield more weight of food in a week "than the best farm lands do in a year. In one night five vessels have oeen known to bring to the same owner, from an erea not exceeding fifty acres, seventeen tons of fish—an amount of food equal in weight to fifty cattle or three hundred sheep.
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Alter a thorough investigation, this Commission came to the conclusion that the fisheries may be indefinitely extended without effecting the supply. They say that the natural enemies of fish are so many, and the destruction caused by them is so groat, that in comparison the efforts of man aro insignificant, and that, do what ho may, he cannot draw to heavily upon the resources which the Almighty has provided for him in the smaller tribes of the saa. They say that all parliamentary interference with the fisheries, except such as y'ould provide for a system of lights and buoys, and for tho nuiiitiering of boats, would be injurious but tliey advise tho granting, alter proper notice, of leases of portions of tho sea bottom for the purpose of plat, ting oyster bods. The Commission also report in favor of perfect fredom in the business, advocating the romoval of all restrictions which prevent foreign fishermen soiling their fish in British ports and recommending that inoasuros be taken to uive British (ishormen tho same lights in the ports of other countries.
As to the price of fish, the Commissioners make some interesting statements, showing that though the retail price of fish is greater than that of Ijqef,' the fishermen receive an average of oul ••n«RMOTUI'US per tun tyt ntn ram, fMMiii »i*ri«iy 'pwbii for his beef the difference going to sw6W the exhorbitant profits of tno retirfl dealers.
Those facts and suggestions are of in tcrest to this coast, for our fisheries pro mi so to becomo a source of great revenue. As population increases and more attention is directed to tho products which theocean brings to ourdoor this businoss will yield no small part of tho wealth which will center iu the great city which Francisco's to become.
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WHALE
Wli^ii' Whale is "struck" at se:i, I here is goiior illy bul little dilllculty in keeping clear, when it is lirst irritated by the harpoon. It endeavors to escape by "running." or descends to the depths below, taking out more or less line, tho direction of which, and the movements ol' the boat, indicate the animal's whereabout. But in a ingoon, the objeet ol pursuit is in narrow u* sages, where frequently there is a swift
ages, —, title, and the turbid water prevents the far beneath the whaler from seein boat. Should the tlio eurrcnt, the fugitive sometimes stops suddenly, and tho speed of the boat, together with the influence of the running water, shoots it upon the worried animal, wnen it is dashing the water in every direction. The wnalestbat aro chased have with them their young cubs, and tho mother, in her, efforts to avoid tho pursuit of herself and offspring, may momentarily lose sight of her little one. Instantly she will stop and sweep around in search, and if the boat comes in contact with bcr, it is quite sure to be stove. Another danger is that in darting the lance at the mother the youtfg one, in ils gambols, will get in the way of tho weapon, and receive the wound, instead of the intended victim. I11 such instances, the parent animal, in her frenzy, will chase the boats, and, overtaking theiri, will overturn them with her head, or dash them in pieces with a stroke of her ponderous flukes.
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The testimony of many whaling-mas-ters furnishes abundant proof that this species of whale is possessed of unusual sagacity and their strong affection for their young is unquestionable. Numerous contests with them have proved that, after the loss of their cherished offspffhg, the enrsged animal has given chase to the boats, which, only found security by fleeing U& noal water or to shore.-— From "Cktasf Whaling" in the OVBRLAKD MONTH vM W FUbruary.
A PITTSBURG paper I this painfully labored) Cook, of Colorado, ha py method whereby of the plains. It is them with cows. Tbe become herds, the Indii eow-herds, and so subs disciples of tbe Quacke
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A FKMAIJK lecturer says: '*0«t married. young mlti. Mud fie QQ^k about il. Don't wait tor the mfllenlum. for the girls to become angels. Yon look well beside an angel, would you, you blockheads 1"
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A PERILOUS VOYAGE
Afloat on an fee Floe ta the Hudson. PoTTaHKKKrsiK, Feb.5.—All day yesterday and the night previous the wind blew'a hurricane on the Hudson. In Haverstraw Bay. on Saturday, one hundred and seventy men were fishing from the edge of the large field of iee. At about 4 o'clock in the atternoon the cry of "The ice is moving—ran fbr the shore!" spread consternation among them. The wildest excitement followed. The frightened fishermen saw clear water between the ice they were on and the solid frozen bridge north of Cruger's The entire field of Ice, embracing the wide channel of Haverstraw Bay, was moving, and carrying with it nearly two hundred human beings. Pikes and nets were dropped, and there was a rush fbr safety, while the air was filled with cries for,help.
In ten minutes both the shores were lined with people, who ran wildly about, not knowing what to do. Finally the more oool headed launched four boats, and started on the dangerous voyage of rescue. In the meantime nearly ail the fisherman had reached the edge of the ice, and plunging into tbe freezing water, reached the shore covered from head to foot with ice.
Nine men were left on the ice, which the surging tids was swinging for out into the river. Again the boats started to the rescue, but before they reached the floating ice five of the men were struggling in the water. They were pulled into the boats nearly dead from cold and taken to tbe shore. The boats again put out, but at this time, the floating ice, to which four men still clung, had reached a (mint two miles below. The men could be seen in thv the centre of the field, stainpiug, throwup their arms, and snouting for help. The edges of tho ice were being gradually broken offhand fissures opened in all directions. The boats rcachet tho edge of the field, but the men ooulA not be induced to leave the centre.
The time dragged on until 10 o'clock* and the ico had lloatod six miles down tho river, when tho men in the boats succeeded in getting a tooting on tliS crumblingfodge. Tlioy found the fbnr fishermen in a terrible condition, wMb feet, noses, hands, and oars frosen. They httd given up all hopes of sueoor* They were with difficulty got to tfcs boats. All escaped from the ice-Add in safety, and landod on tlio wost shore ten miles from where they started. The fisherman were taken to" ('ingor*s, where thev aro receiving medical attention. 'rhoir conditionBis precartsus, though they may recover. Tlieir names are Peter IMoran, William Brown, James (Mark, and Thomas Riley.—Aim.
[New York Cur. Boston Journal.)! A CURIOUS STORY. -4
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Mqr thirty vefirs, Mtiier, -tn r»rtsw«, Wnnwea byftHW." If he wants money, lands, food, clothes or health ho goes and asks for it and gets it. A four men in this country have tried this system with various shndes of success. Fulton street presents some remarkable instances of direct answers to prayers, if you cuii b. lievo human testimony. A case occurred a short time ago, and I send you the facts as trail be confirmed to tbe satisfaction of any one. Ministers out of employment drill to New York, partly to .get away from the scenes of their fbrme'r^triumph, partly to find employment outside of tho profession without being meddled with. As Stewart's store is said to be a hospital for docaved merchant's because so many bankrupt traders are employed in that house, Broyklyn may bo regarded as the rendevous of pastors without parish. One of this number has been doing a little business, sometimes up and sometimes down. One Saturday I10 found himself almost completely cleaned out. His purse Was without a penny, his larden empty, his credit, exhausted. On his way nomo ho wont into a storo and asked for a bill of gootls on ctedit until tho next week: Tho storekeeper blandlyjbutflrmy Refused. Tho poor follow went to his home sadly enough. There was nothing to eat in the house. Ho called his wife and children together, told them he was penniless, and without food, and said "My dear children, there Is no Kelp from man, let us go to God." The littfo household knelt in prayer, and Went supperless to bed. Between 10 ami 11 o'clock the fsmily were aroimed My loud knocking at the door. Tbe husband went down, and found gentlemen waiting to see him. He WHS a well known merchant of tho city, and knew nothing of tbe dist reus of tho family, or that the household was in want. Addressing tbe occupant of the house, hesaid: "You may lesurprised to see me here at this time of night. I undertook to go to bed, but I could not sleep, I felt impressed that it was iny dut^to come here. I tried to shake it off,siut I could not and I am hero to see if your family want anything." Tho man told bisstorry from the fullness ef his heart. His friends left with him a sum of monev, and promised to see the family earlv in the morning. I^ate as it was, the'relieved gentleman went out for bis Sabbath supply, and spent tho night in thanksgiving. He believes in direct answers to prayer.
To CtTRB RASf-rn BtTTTEK.—To cure rancid butter, take two parts of the best common salt, one part of sugar, and one-half part of saltpetre beat them up, and mend the whole together. Take one ounce ef this composition to every pound of butter work it well into the mass, and close it np for iifto. Butter cured this way appears of a rich, marrowy consistence, never is bitter, nor salt. It may also be cured by melting It in a water bath, with somo coarsely-powdered animal charcoal (which has been thoroughly sifted from dust), and straining through flannel. Another way is to dissolve the butter thoroughly in hot water let it cool then skim off, and churn again, adding a little sajt and sugar. The water should be merely hot enough to melt the Ira tier, or it will bccome oily.
Ax Jxosmovn wife of Des Moines cured her husband of snoring thus: She had a gutta-perch tube with two cup-shaped ends one she puts over his nose and mouth and the other over his ear. He consumes his own noise, as a stove does its smoke, and wakes up instantcr.