Bloomington Telephone, Volume 7, Number 39, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 February 1884 — Page 3

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BLOOMINGTON. INDIANA. i WALTER a BBADFUTE, - - Pdblmhbb. Miss Clara Babton has resigned the superintendency of the women's prison at Sherborn, Mass., to devote herself to the work of the Bed Cross Society. At an emancipation meeting at Atlanta the colored Bishop Turner said: "The devil in hell would not make such distinctions against the negroes as are made in this country," "I was talking some time ago," said George Alfred Townsend, "to a prima donna who is in receipt of a very remarkable salary for a woman, and told her about a young lady who wanted to become a singer. The prima donna said; 'Ob, tell her to take a husband, no matter who he is. This living alone, detached from love and family life, roving from city to city, never will make one happy. A woman must pay a penalty far greater than man for not consenting to be loved,' " Shakspeake'8 gloves, which were presented by the Mayor and corporation of Stratford to Garrick in 1769, are now in the possession of Miss Florence Beason, of London. They are made of substantial leather, without any ornament, and have seen much wear. The scroll-stitching on the knuckles has been in red and gold, two colors maintained through all the accessories. The ribbon marking the cuff is of yellow silk, and that on the lower edge of crimson, with a yellow fringe. The cuff is of double leather, with a pattern pinked in the upper skin. St. Loins Gtobe-Democr&U There was a time when Nathaniel F. Banks was one of the most prominent figures in American politics, and his name was known far and wide in connection with big movements in history. He served as Congressman, Governor, Speaker of the House and General in the army, and then all at once he dropped out of public notice almose as completely as if he had never been heard of. A few clays ago he was reappointed Marshal of Massachusetts, an office he has held for Jour years past and they say of him that he is now simply a broken down old man, very poor and dependent upon Ms salary for a living. The vanity of political life has seldom had a more striking illustration. Pbkparatobi to a fair to be given by -the "Warren Street Methodist Church in Trenton, N. J., twelve bachelors of 'the congregation were induced by the ladies to agreee to furnish a quilt of their own making. An admittance fee of 10 cents was charged. The bachelors surrounded the quilting-frame and worked conscientiously with needles and thread for several hours until the ladies came to their relief and helped complete the quilt. The . quilt is said to be a triumph of art. It is composed of sunflowers, old maids, bachelors, baskets and other quilt combinations, and will be offered for sale at the fair. Among the bachelor quilters were a railroad man, a printer, two brick manufacturers and no tailor. The march of improvement has seldom encountered a greater obstacle than Aunt Mary Jane, of Philadelphia. This aged negress is not obstinate but unwieldy. Day and night for years she has sat at the window of a decaying bouse on the east side of Seventh street, eating, sleeping and sewing carpet-rags as inclination prompted. But at last the owner of the house decided to convert it into a store, and Aunt Mary Jane had to go. She was too large to be carried through the door of her room, and so she was transferred to a furniture van through the window at which she had so long sat helpless. A regiment of stalwart neighbors safely accomplished the arduous task while as army of spectators applauded its progress and completion. "The saddest man this day" said an ex-governor of Maryland to the "Washington Republican, "I have found is a "Washington druggist. Last summer he figured on the probabilities. He said to himself: 'There hasn't been any small-pox in the country for three seasons. There's sure to be small-pox and plenty of it next winter.' He had $6,000. He rented a farm up here in Maryland, bought a drove of youog attle and geese, and began raising vaccination virus and quills. He raised a lot of virus. He has got two car-loads of quill-points charged with it, and a gcod many pots of it stowed away in the loft of a barn. Now he can't find any small-pox. He has only got about $100 left out of his $6,000, and he's spending that telegraphing around the the country to find some small-pox. He jg a rained druggist.' Speakesg of Josh Billings, says a jfew York correspondent, reminds me that his oldchum, "Th. Nast," is in the -dumps. The true inwardness of Nast's trouble with George William Curtis,

editor of Harper's Weekly, has never come to light, but certain it is that the world's greatest cartoonist finds no place for his sketches in the paper his genius made famous. His contract with the Harpers is for $10,000 a year for life, and he draws $2,500 every quarter with unfaltering regularity. I understand that he sends his sketches to Harpers promptly every Monday afternoon, and they are as promptly put in a dark pigeon-hole. The Harpers will not use them, nor will they give up the contract, and hence Artist Nast is in a queer position. He is now acting as Secretary of the Mann Boudoir Car Company, with an office on Cortland street, near Broadway. His friends say he is unhappy, and aging very fast. Funny, isn't it, that a man with $10,000 a year forlife should be unhappy? If some people had the earth, and it fenced in with barbed wire, they would still be unhappy. Whittier, in a recent interview, said that Hawthorne, Emerson, Longfellow and himself had always been friends. There were no jealousies, and each took a pride in the work and successes of the others. They would exchange notes upon their productions, and if one saw a kindly notice of the other, it was always cutout and sent to him. Hawthorne was by the others regarded as the greatest master of the English language. Whittier describes himself as unlike any of the rest, for he never had any method. When he felt like it, he wrote, and neither had the health nor the patience to revise his work afterward. It usually went as it was originally completed. Emerson wrote with great care, and would not only revise his manuscript carefully, but frequently reword the whole on the proofsheets. Longfellow, too, was a very careful writer. He would lay his work by and then revise it. He would often consult with his friends about his productions before they were given to the world. "I was not so fortunate," says the Quaker poet. "I have lived mostly a secluded life, with little patience to draw upon, and only a few friends for associates. What writing I have done has been for the love of it. I have ever been timid of what I have penned. It is really a marvel to me that I have gathered any literary reputation from my productions." Of Walt Whitman he remarks : "As I only read books to get the good out of them, I am not a critic, and I have lived too long to quarrel vith a man over his idiosyncrasies. I found some very strong things in Mr. Whitman's book."

A Washington correspondent has this gossip about our United States Senators: Senator Ingalla, of Kansas, looks like a Frenchman; Senator Palmer, of Michigan, is a good storyteller; Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, resembles Horace Greeley; Senator Plumb, of Kansas, is called "a pushing particle of pugnacity;" Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, grows whiter and thinner every year; Senator Grooms, of Maryland, is a fat young man, but very industrious; Senator Kenna looks like the Irish orator Charles O'Connor, thirty years ago; Senator Camden has become stooped in the shoulders by hard work, is fast becoming white in hair and beard, but the twinkle of his bright, shrewd eyes remain undimmed ; Senator Logan looks like a well-fed, wellkept Indian. He is a prompt speaker ; Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, is handsome, rich, scholarly, cultured and courteous; Senator Call, of Florida, is a short, swarthy man, with a black mustache and a big vocabulary; Senator Gorman, of Maryland, was formerly a page in the Senate, but is now a power in politics; Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, is a typical Yankee, and bears a slight resemblance to "Uncle Sam;" Senator Bowen, of Colorado, who succeeds silver-plated Tabor, wears a broadcloth coat and gray trousers ; Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is a bronzefaced man, with small gray mustache and a mechanical turn of mind; Speaker Carlisle was a pedagogue when he was a youth, and has not forgotten how to handle the ruler; Senator Cullom, of Illinois, the successor of David Davis, is tall and thin. He hopes to be President some day. Working the Game. A bunko steerer approached a gentleman on a street in New York and said: "Aren't you Mr. Smith, of Kalamazoo?" "No," was the reply, "Pm Mr. Jones, of Chicago." The bunko man looked a little frightened at first, and then an idea occurred to him. "All right. Who was that gentleman you were shaking hands with a moment ago around the corner?" "That was a very warm friend of mine from San Francisco. But what business is it of yours, pray ?" "Well, Mr. Jones, of Chicago, I'll tell you what we'll do. I'm a bunko-steer-er. My office is only a few blocks away. You overtake your friend and introduce him to me, ' and we'll walk him off to the game and play him for all he's worth, and divide even. What do you say?" "It's a go," said the Chicago gentleman, enthusiastically, and about half an hour afterward the San Francisco man was telegraphing to the Pacific coast for money to get home with.

Hunting the Buffalo. In going down the Yellowstone, in Montana, and across the vast region lying between Glendive and Mandan, one is struck with the evident scaroity of grass. This famous region, where two or three years ago herds of buffalo, antelope and deer were to be seen on every side, is now to all appearances stripped of its game. The fact is, the slaughter of buffalo and deer has been immense for tue past two years, and particularly of the former. It is estimated that during the past winter there have been a thousand hunters engaged in the business of slaughtering buffalo along the line of the Northern Pacific between Mandan and Livingston. An eagle-eyed hunter gave me the

following interesting details as to the modus operandi in slaughtering herds of buffalo. In the first place, the experienced hunter uses the Sharpe rifle, 40-90 calibre. With this he can kill over 1,000 yards. When he sees a herd of buffalo, he usually slips up to within convenient range, from 300 to 500 yards, and always selects a cow for his first victim. He does this for the reason that the cow is followed by both her yearling and two-year-old calves, and they will usually stand by her to the last. But under no circumstances will the experienced hunter kill his buffalo outright. If he does, the herd will stampede at once. The policy is to wound fatally, but so that the animal will dash around in a circle before ialling. This it always does when mortally wounded, and after a few moments lies down. The remainder of the herd are not alarmed at this, but continue to gaze, or look on dazed spectators of the tragedy being enacted. After his first shot the hunter pauses until qniet is restored, and again fires at another cow, with the same results. He always aims to put his ball just behind the fore shoulder which will cause death in five minutes at the furthest. When the cows have all been slain he then turns his attention to the calves, and lastly to the bulla. The experienced hunter generally bags the entire herd unless he is so unfortunate as to drop his game immediately, when all the survivors stampede at once. The buffalo does not scare at the crack of a gun. He has decidedly more courage than discretion. It is only when the crack is followed by au immediate fall that he realizes its deadly nature and takes alarm. The policy of killing the cows first and then the calves has resulted in the almost utter extinction of the female buffalo. Herds of. melancholy bulls can still occasionally be seen, sometimes in bands of twenty or thirty, and often without a single cow. As I have said, the bulls are about all that are now left of the buffalo. They largely owe their safety to the fact that their hides are less valuable than those of the cows, while at the same time they are more difficult to kill. The hide of the bull is only worth to the hunter from $1.80 to $2, while that of the cow brings $3.25, and that of the 2-year-old calf is worth from $1 to $1.50. But of late there has sprung up quite a demand throughout the East for the head of a buffalo bull. The well preserved head of an aged bull decked out with glass dyes and horns intact will readily sell for $25 in the Eastern markets. Consequently the buffalo hunter of the future will wage a destructive war upon the bull tribe, and these venerable relics of a bygone era will also pass swiftly away. Helena (M. T.) Independent. A Spanish Picture. Although the diligence ride had been fatiguing, they were both ready to listen to the proposition of Antonio, seconded by the allurements of a moonlight night, to cross the dark forest of oaks to the Torre de la Vela. For a long two hours they sat on the top oi this old Moorish water-tower, which stands on the crest of the hill of the Alhambra, and almost throws its shadow on the city below. Decked with a thousand lights, the city glittered like a fairy one at their feet; faintly to their ears came up the tinkle of mulebells and the twang of guitars from the gipsy caves of the Darro; fresh from their sources in the snowy Sierras, the twin rivers mingled in the Vega beyond, Iran till, a silver thread, they were lost ifco view among its rich and level gardens. Behind them, in the yellow light of the moon, slept the Alhambra and palace of Charles V. ; over the gorge of Los Molinos, the white walls of the Generalife shone in their dark setting of orchards, and round about this paradise stood the mountains, a guilds of saiety. What might not these silent witnesses tell of what they had seen on this plain, once the battlefield of two faiths ? How might they not recall the time when the ruins which are now its chief attraction were mosque and palace and bridge, thronged with life ; when this capital vied with the opulent cities of Italy; when its waters flowed through a thousand irrigating channels ; when the Arabian was the teacher of Europe? Who can wander now over that plain, still a garden basking in the same soft climate, but from which the bloom of its once varied husbandry is gone, or Jook upon the decimated city on which has fallen the lethargy of idleness and poverty, without a vain regret for the splendor and prosperity of the Mohammedan rule? Home, as the head of the church and capital of the Stste, still possesses elements of greatness, and, in presence of the Forum or Coliseum, the dominant feeling is one of solemnity and awe; but in Granada there is room only for sadness. What sounds float up from this summer palace of the Moor! of cymbals that reverberate in its domes, and of fountains that plash in its open courts. Listen, Henee! you will hear the stately tread of silverbearded men; Linderaxas is singing in the gardens of the Generalife Zara dallies with her ear-rings at the well and, over all, a voice is crying, "Allah is great ! there is no conquerer but God J" A. 8. Hardy. A consebvative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative, but when a nation's young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung. Beecher.

SUGGESTIONS OF YALUE.

Silks are weighted by dyes and adulterated by "shoddy" silks and cotton. The best simple test of silks consists in boiling a sample in water half an hour. If it retain its substance, it is not over weighted with dye. An extremely simple way of ornamenting the square of flannel which you put over baby in his carnage is to crochet a row of open work and a small scollop on the edge, and run a bright ribbon through the open spaces. Foe a large family of children always let two dishes on the table of any such articles as bread, preserves, butter or cake. This will save a great deal of delay in serving, and save much running to and fro to refill empty dishes. Piskttx school-bags may be made out of a piece of dark merino. The under side may bo of merino or some other material embroidered with the monogram of the owner on the outside in floss silk and lined with silesia, putting an inside pocket on both sides. A handsome handkerchief case is made of crimson plush with satin lin ing of the same color. On the upper side put a spray of rosebuds and leaves in ribbon embroidery. The case should be in shape like the two covers of a book, and should tie Avith a ribbon of the same color us the case. There is a choice possible in almost all the afl'airs of life, even iu so trifling a matter as purchasing a honey-comb quilt; for instance, there are the oldfashioned quilts with no particular pattern all blocks and squares and the greatly improved ones which are now made, with a pretty center-piece and a border. By all means choose the latter. A pretty bag to hold cards is made by taking two squares of pasteboard of the same size and covering them with satin; on the upper part of the outside one put on a lid of velvet or plush ; finish the edge with a cord, and hang by narrow ribbons. The back need not be covered with satin; silesia of the same color can be used. The bag should be lined. The high-chair for the baby is always too large at first; this is a wise provision for growth, but not always a comfortable one, but it may be made so by making a padded covering for the seat and back of the chair. The smaller the child the thicker the cushions should be; thus a chair that is large enough for a child of five may hold an infant of a few months. A shoe bag is a very handy article for a bedroom. A tasteful one can be made of some pretty chintz. Cut apiece a half yard wide and half a yard long, bind it with scarlet braid, and put on a smaller piece for the pockets, stitching it in three divisions, the smallest in the center for slippers. The most convenient place for this article is to nail it on the inside of the closet door. A good pair of leggings can be made of a pair of long, ribbed, colored woolen stockings, which have outrun their original usefulness. They can be utilized by cutting off the feet in a sloping way, so that the top part of the foot will be left on and thus form the covering of the foot. Hem them around, and tack a piece of leather on each side, about the middle of the foot, to keep them in place. Tame Spiders.! It is a well-known fact that spiders have power of discrimination, and are able to discriminate between friends and foes, approaching those whom they have found to be friendly, while avoiding strangers. One lady succeeded so well in taming spiders to recognize her, that they came down to be fed whenever she entered the rooms where they were kept. Dr. Moschken, of Leipsic, relates that in Oderwitz, where he lived for a time, he noticed one day in a rather dark corner of the ante-room a tolerably large spider's web, in which a well-fed spider had made his home, and sat at the nest opening, early and late, watching for some flying or creeping food. He was accidentally several times a witness to the craft with which it caught its victim and rendered it harmless, and it soon became a regular duty to provide it Avith flies several times a day, which he let down before its door with a pair of pinchers. At first this feeding seemed to arouse small confidence, the pinchers, perhaps, leing in fault, for it let many of the flies escape again, or only seized them when it knew they were within reach of its abode. After a while, however, the spider came each time and took the flies out of the pinchers and spun them over. The latter business was done so superficially, when flies were given quickly, one after the other, that some of the already ensnared flies found time and opportunity to escape. This game was carried on by him for some weeks, as it seemed curious. But one day, when the spider appeared ravenons, and regularly flew at each fly offered to it, he began teasing it; as soon as it had got hold of the insect, he pulled it back again with the pincers. It took this exceedingly ill the first time ; however, as the fly was finally left with it, the indignant spider managed to forgive him, but when, later, he took the fly quite away, their friendship was destroyed forever. On the following day it treated the offer of flies Avith contempt, and would not move, and on the third day had disappeared from its abode altogether. Month. Hot Milk or Soup. You may have heard of this before, but it will do no harm to remind you dear reader at this season of the year, that when you return home fatigued or beuumbed Avith cold, a glass of hot milk or a bowl of hot soup Avill do as Avell to revive your strength and diffuse warmth through your body as a glass of hot toddy which, though an old stand-by, is somewhat coming into disrepute in "our best families." Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. Pbof. William North Kice says that the Connecticut river, between Northampton and Merideu, was once 150 feet deep and fifteen miles broad. The Hindoos believe that it shortens life to sleep with the head towards the north. '

HEALTH IS WEALTH.

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The Indiana Vnivef$tfy'

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