Bloomington Telephone, Volume 7, Number 45, Bloomington, Monroe County, 22 March 1884 — Page 3

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TOirtt years ago a peddler wade bis appearance in Pittsburgh tmder the name of John Foley. He was industrious, but seemingly poor. Be died about a year ago at the age of 80. His estate was found to be worth about $23,(00, and his will developed the fact that his right name was John Johnston. He Idf t his property to four children, wherever they could be found The search far the heirs was for a long time unavailing, bat it has at length resulted in the discovery of some of them. "Why Johnston left Ireland and how he got

his wealth remain a mystery. The tori scandals grow thicker in England. Charles Wood, one of the foremost jockeys, although he has received his license again, will not get many mounts, for he has become a doubtful character. Even Archer is looked upon with suspicion. It is his case that 'Plunger" Walton means when he says that 41 those fellers" had better leave him alone or he will make it extremely unpleasant for them. A suit began by Lady Stamford against Sir Frederick Johnston and Lord Allmgton was based on an allegation of turf frauds, also involving the Prince of Wales.

Tic world is full of grumblers. The &er day in an Eastern city a man applied to the eeurts asking that a great publishing house be suppressed because the noise of the presses disturbed his meiitations. Others are loud in complaints over the noisy wheels of commerce and want them run more quietly. Almost every week from some quarter comes a loud growl over he ringing of church bells upon the Sabbath. With the world so wide and the customs so varied it would seem as if all might find, place where they puld be at pesos. There axe spots where the distressed ernes need not have their eardrums jarred by the sound of church bells on Spnday or the hum of commerce during the busy days of the week. If this class should seek retirement and stop their clamor, society would experience but small loss. Old Mr. Whaites, of Stamford, Connecticut, is making what might be regarded a tolerably successful effort to keep up with the times. In his youth he was engaged to marry a girl in New .Turk, but, cruel parents interfering, the ittiich was broken oSL Fiffcv years later h returned, a widower, to his early

home, and, finding his first-love still alive and single, he married her, and far five years their life is said to have been "like a honeymoon." Then she dind, and the grief of the bereaved man was so great that his grand and greatgrandchildren feared that he wotild lone his reason, lb. Whaites is now aged 84 and sinde he returned home fta other day with a new bride of 19, Ida descendants are convinced that there is no sorrow so great that no consolation can be found. If the second matrimonial venture was a continuous honeymoon, this one should be a poem. Mb. Thomas Q. Appletoh, of Boston says: "I suppose you are familiar with the story of Mr. Phillips marriage? Bow a gentleman asked Mr. Sumner to act as escort to a young lady who was going to the convention at Albany, and Mr. Sumnerjbeing unable to go, resigned in favor of Mr. Phillips. How tr. Phillips acted as her escort, and lost his heart to her before he got back. How he called upon her often in this city, but was not admitted, owing to her feeble health, but finally he almost broke his way to her, and offered her his hand. She said she would never marry a man unless he would swear eternal enmity to slavery. But it was sot necessary for Mr. Phillips to take that oath, he had already sworn it in lis heart. So they were married, and the story of loving devotion and perfect sympathy is as much a matter of public Imowledge as such a sacrad .subject should be.

rapidity, the tiials ashore marked one; hundred and eight shots in the space of' thirty seconds.

Chicago's Manual Training School! has opened with sixty-five boys. The building, not yet complete, will accommodate 350 pupils. Practical instruction is to be given in the use of tools, with such instructions as may be deemed necessary in mathematics, drawing, and in English branches of a high school course. The tool instruction, as at present contemplated, will include carpentry, wood turning, pattern making, iron chipping and filing, forge work, brazing and soddering, and the use of machine shop tools. The course of study is to cover two years. One hour per day, or more will be given to drawing, and not less than two hours per day to shop work. Before graduating each pupil will be required to construct a machine. Less than one-third of those who have presented themselves for examination have been accepted. The expense of the building has been provided for by the Chicago Commercial Club, and with moderate charges for tuition it is expected that the school will sustain itself.

Further tests made with the Nordenfeltgun by the British naval authorities exhibit the wonderful capacity of thai weapon. It seems that a hardened steel bullet of seven and one-

j'ourth ounces weight, at a range of 300 vards, penetrated at an angle of forty- . . m -m ... .

live decree, tue ode and Doner oi a

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sixteenth-inch steel plate one-half inch thick. On being fired directly end on at a torpedo boat, the bullet penetrated the steel bow plate, one-sixteenht of an inch thick, at aa angle of ten degrees, and four bulkheads at right angles and striking the boiler, the bullet theft indented the half-inch steel plate representing it, to a depth of half an inch; subsequently, under similar conditions, the plate was perforated altogether. The accuracy is also remarkable, the mean deviation t three hundred yards of ten rounds, fired slowly, being five end six-tenths inches ; tuid in respect to

Col. Joseph Medill, who accompanied the Illinois press excursionists to Wasliington, says the Chicago News, had a little experience in Baltimore on the return trip. He was accosted at the railway station by a respectable-looking young man who had been notified of the arrival of an express package containing a large sum of money for him. He did not have enough money with him to pay the expressage would Col. Medill advance hia $5 till he could run up town and return to the station? The kindly old journalist unsuspectingly forked over a $10 bill, the smallest change he had about him. He never saw this young man again. An hour or two later, as the train was pulling out of the Baltimore station and Col. Medill had his head out of the car window, a conscienceless scamp on the depot platform grabbed the hat from the old gentleman's head and made off with it Col. Medill had to wear a silk handkerchief over his head all the way to Philadelphia, where fortunately a long enough stop was made to enable him to leave the train and purchase another hat. Silas Rohbbacher, of Hunter's Range, Luzerne County, says a recent dispatch from Millsville, Pennsylvania, has sold his property and removed to another county because of his superstition that the killer of a white deer is sure to die soon or meet other misfortunes. Bohrbacher and his son discovered a white doe in the woods. It was

lying prostrate on the ice and unable to gain a hold by which it might recover

its footing. Bohrbacher resolved to

rescue the deer from its position and at the same time give it a place of security

until the snow had melted in the woods.

His son .went home and returned with an empty feed-bag and tveo pieces of rope. The bag was drawn over the doe's head, and her feet were tied with

the ropes. She was then lifted and carried to Bohrbacher's clearing, where

it was turned loose in the cattle she

with the cows and a yoke of steers. It soon became reconciled to its position, and fed with the cattle. Bohrbacher went to the shed to throw down hay to his cattle. As he opened the door a gust of wind caught it and threw it wide open. The doe caught a glimpsq of the woods through the open door and sprang towards it. As the deer went past him, Bohrbacher mechanically raised the long-tined hayfork ha had in his hands and thrust it at thq deer. The tines struck it in the side and were buried to the handle in iti body. The tines broke off as the deer leaped out of the door and re mained in its side. The doe jumped the high log fence around the cow-yard and ran for a 100 yards down the road, when it staggered to one side and fell heavily on the snow. Bohrbacher rau to the spot and found the doe dead. Almost crazed, he hurried away ti where some choppers were at work iii the woods, and told them what had hap pened and said that he had sealed Ins doom. Two days later Bohrbacher lei) the neighborhood.

The Oldest Almanac. If any book deserves the name of "ir repressible," it is the almanac Notwithstanding its great antiquity, it it still important; and though we groi old, it renew its youth every year, and greets us regularly with a kind of good' natured "Here I am again !" The old est almanac in the world is an Egyptian one, and may be seen in the British museum. Buried nearly 3,000 year ago with some human contemporary of Barneses the Great, it has been brought to light again, and copied in fac simile. Twenty-five columns are wholly or partially preserved. The fortunato days are marked in black ink. and thq unfortunate in red a curious instance of a superstition which European nar tions have reveired. It contains observations about religious ceremonies, cau tions against unlucky times, and predictions as to the children born on certain! clays. Chamber's Journal. Mrs. George E. Walcttt of West JeTerson, Ohio, claims to have fought Muring the war of the rebellion as a .oAon.

Old Postal Days. One morning, while waiting for the! poach, an old California miner gave mo, p very vivid description of the postal' Bervice as he remembered it years ago. Not in the wild mountain regions where we were for these were at that time an unbroken wilderness but on tho groat plains where the Pacific Railroad runs so smoothly. In those days a heavily laden wagon starting from the Eastern Stares took six months to cross the continent, and emigrants traveled in large companies for security. So it was reckoned a great feat (equal to Jules Verne's "Bound the "World in Eighty Days") when a party of keen, hard-riding, fearless men resolved to carry letters froin the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Pacific in fourteen days, and carried out their promise in i:he face of all difficulties. A company was formed, known as the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express. Almost the entire distance from ocean to ocean was divided into runs of sixty miles each, and at all such points rude log huts were erected, as stations for the pony express. Here the most experienced scouts and trappers men noted for their horsemanship and courage were placed in charge of strong, swift ponies, selected, like their riders, for powers of endurance and hardiness. They were a cross between the stout, sure-footed Indian pony and the swfit American horse. Perilous lives these men led, in constant danger of attack by highway robbers or wild Indians, but the wages paid by the company were sufficient to secure a staff of determined men, hard as nails, and accustomed to face danger and death without shrinking. Twelve hundred dollars was the monthly wages of an express rider. Of course, under Ruch circumstances, the postage was high, the charge on a quarter ounce letter being $5 in gold. The total weight carried was ten pounds. As a commercial speculation, the experiment proved a failure, and, after running steadily for two years, the express company was found to have lost $200,000, at which period it collapsed, leaving no trace of its existence, save a few ruinous log huts. The telegraph being then completed, its continuance being no longer deemed necessary. On the east the railway was already constructed as far as St. Joseph, which consequently was the first pony station on tho New York pide. The vast expanse of the prairie and mountain lying between St. Joseph and San Francisco had to be traversed in 240 hours, which was reckoned "good time, and no mistake about it, the distance being fully 2,000 miles. Once a week a messenger started from either shore of the great continent. Spurring his steed to its utmost capacity, he galloped over hill and dale lor mile?, at a stretch till he reached his destination, where the next expressman wan waiting, ready to start without the delay of a moment the incomer not waiting even to dismount, but tossing the precious, little bag to its next guardian. Then man and beast enjoyed a well-earned rest till the arrival of the messenger, from the other direction, when they started on their return journey. So. marvelously punctual was this mail service that the last man generally delivered up his charge within a few moments of the time fixed, notwithstanding all the troublous chances jit might have encountered on its journey of 2,000 miles, of what might truly be called a "great lonely land. Tho general post, with heavier bags, reached California via the Isthmus of Panama, to which point steamers ran twice a' week from New York and San Francisco. From one city to another was a whole month's journey. The1 arrival of the eastern mail was a signal for a wild excitement in San Francisco; Merchants eager for tbeir business' letters, miners longing for a word from home, rushed to the postofiiee the moJ ment the gun was fired to announce that the steamer was in the harbor; each eager to take up a position as near as possible to the postoffice window. In a few moments a line was formed, per-, haps literally half a mile long, of anxious letter seekers, and late arrivals knew that hours might elapse before' they could hope to get near the window Then a sort of auction commenced, and men who had rushed in and secured good places in the front o( the line (often without the expectation of a letter, but simply as a speculation), sold their position to the highest bid-! der. Five, ten, twenty pounds, were sometimes paid down by eager men, flush of gold, rather than wait five or six hours for the letters they longed for, but which, too often, were expected in vain, and grievous was the dissappointment with wl; i, at last, they turned away. Some were even so anxious that they took up a post at thej window hours before the steamer ar-. rived, even waiting through tho night,: and, alter all, were compelled toi abandon their position and go in search of needful food. Perhaps at that very moment the firing of the mail gunj called them back, to find a long line rapidly forming, at the end of which, they had to take their places with the prospect of again waiting for hours.1 What a different scene from the San Francisco of to-day, the busy, bustling, vast city with its intricate postal service, daily mountains of mail bags, brought from and dispatched to all corners of the earth, by railways, steamers, and sailing ships. Gentleman's Magazine. The Death of George the Fourth. On the night of June 5, 1830, having paid his customary visit to the marchioness fLmdy Conyngham), he retired to bed, without feeling any symptoms of illness; but at 2 o'clock he suddenly awoke in great agitation, and called out for assistance. Sir Wat hen Waller was soon by his bedside and raised him up. "They have deceived me," he whispered fearfully, his bloated face wild from terror, his whole frame quivering; then came the terrible cry, "O God, I am dying!" and with one short rafrpiie fell back dead. -i Fitzgerald Motley. Manv cows in France are fed upon

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A warm bath at night, taking care to avoid any chill after, v)ili frequently break a sudden cold. Oxalic acid will almost always remove stains left by mud which can not be removed with soap and water. If you are troubled with white worms in your flower pots, stick in tho earth half a dozen or more un lighted matches, points down. It will kill them. If potatoes are to be cooked in their jackets a coarse cloth put into the water to rub them with not only makes them cleaner, but saves time and the hdnds. People who are the happy possessory of large square halls in their house, now furnish them to look as much like a room as possible, and generally have a divan of some dark, rich-colored plush fn the center. 1 Childken who have cold feet should Ji a ve red flannel socks to wear during the night. Mothers can easily niak? ihese out of small pieces of flannel, cut' ting a pattern from an old sock. Tie bout the ankles with scarlet braid. A light wood dresing-tablo was prettily decorated with white dotted Swiss, in two long pieces, whioh were gathered at the top of the mirror and fell gracefully over the aides. The top was ornamented by a bow of pale ribbon. A small vial, with a tightly-fitting cork, can be kept in the work-basket or sewing machine, and all broken needles put into it. It saves the annoyance of getting up from your work to take care of them, and, if left lying around, they often cause seriou3 trouble. A handsome tidv is made of linen seine, with the ends fringed, or with drawn work at each end, or it may have this work and the fringe at the bottom only. Then with black etching silk work some pretty figure in the center. A vine-like border is a great addition. A pretty cover for the table in your bed-room is made by using one of the large lace tidies or pillow covers that may be bought for a very small sum. It will be improved by lining. It costs less than a nice towel and will keep clean longer, as the dust may be shaken from it. A lamp-shadk of pale blue may have the proper esthetic touch given to it by running a fine wire through lace, and then bending it around the bottom of the shade so that it forms a little flounce. The lace should be about three inches deep and scant. There should be just fullness enough to make it hang gracefully. Very pretty curtains, which can be laundried and look as well aa new ones, are made of white muslin with large round dots the size of a silver half-dollar. Loop them back with a plain band of ribbon. These are pretty for bed-rooms or for the common sittingroom. They look well nvith no other edge than a hem. Lovely little aprons for those who wait on the table ut church sociables or faks, are made of pink or blue sileeia, and are trimmed with white lace ; they are in shape plain little gored aprons, with a pleating ahout five inches deep across tho bottom; dainty -white ones are made with strips of laco insertion down the side seams and with no pleating but a lace edge across the bottom and up the sides. Burglars9 Tools, During a conversation with Lieut. Shea, of the detective force, the subject turned to thieves and their work in Chicago. "What are the tools used Xy the more skillful burglars ?" asked the reporter. "Well, there is the 'panel-cutter. It is like an auger, only it cuts a hole about five inches in diameter in the panel of the door, and. the piece cut out is removed without any noise whatever. The operator then reaches his arm through the hole, unlocks or unfastens the door, and enters without further trouble. Another verjf fine instrument is the extension jimmy, which opens and closes like a piece of workmanship. Another article that is seldom used, but is very valuable to silk thieves, is the rope ladder. It is formed of two ropes, aoout a foot apart, with steel rungs and hooks at the top. It is used as a means of escape. Thieves working in fourth or fifth stories generally have this, and if delected fasten the hooks onto the window-sill and decend to the ground, generally while their pursuers are guarding the doers and avenues of escape. When crack burglars make a Visit to a place they generally leave their tools or the heavier part of them in the house, as the property they carry away is generally of more value, and the tools retard rapid escape." " Where are burglar's tools manufactured? "The finer lot3 of them are made as a general thing by the burglars themselves. Many a fine machnnio has turned thief, and ho then always utilizes his talents in iaventing and making implements for carrying on his work. Otherwise the more common grades are made in blacksmith shops, and do not require the labor of particularly thorough mechanics. For a common jimmy any man can take an. old cold-chisel, put it in the forgo, beat it thin at. one end. and bend the point of it into a curve. That's all there is to it The thief and the blacksmith generally understand each other, and 'mum's the word M Chicago Daily News. A Leipsio journal gives a method which, it asserts, will prevent lamp chimneys from cracking. The treatment will not only render lamp chimneys, tumblers, and like articles more durable, but may be applied with advantage to crockery, stoneware, porcelain, etc. The chimneys, tumblers, etc., are put into a pot filled with cold water, to which some common table salt has been added ; the water is well boih d over a fire, and them allowed to cool slowly. When the articles are taken out and washed they will bo found to resist, afterward, any sudden change of temperature. A new fibre for paper making has been discovered in the dwarf palm of Algeria. Means have been found for utilizing the whole of it abort; the roots

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