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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
Department OF the InIeFIor.

The condition and prospect of the
Indians occupy a good portion Of Sec
retary DelanO's report. He favOrs the
policy of gathering all the tribes into
one great Reserve.
Leaving out the 5000 Indians o.
Alaska, the Secretary figures the rest
of the aboriginal people in the Repub-
lie at 242,37 To provide for the do.
mesticatiOn of these, he suggests
that the Indian Territory, west of Mis-.
souri, and Arkansas, and south oI
Kansas, with an area of A, ,154, ,240 acres
would afford $50 acres OF land per cap
it1, if the entire number were all
gathered there.
The various tribes have raised du-
ring the year agricultural products tC
the value of more than ten millions OF
dollars worth Of farm produce. There
are 216 schools among the Indian
tribes, with 323 teachers, and an av-
erage attendance Of s, ,920 pupils.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office sold during the fiscal
year for cash !, ,3S9, ,9S2 acres of public
lands, and there were disposed of by
approval to railroads during the same
period, 2,911 ,938 acres. By homestead
and other ways the total was increas-
ed to 10,606, 1872 acres, an increase,
compared with the preceding year, of
2,5l1, ,379 acres. There were filed IN
the Patent Office during the year end
ing Sebtember 80, 1871, 19, 429 appli-
cations for patents, including reissues
and designs. Twelve thousand nine
hundred and fifty patents, including
reissues and designs, were issued.
The number of pensions, of all class
es, granted during the last fiscal
year was 1900. During the same
period there were dropped from the
pension rolls, from various causes, s.
PSI, leaving a grand total of 2O7, ,495
pensioners on the rolls June 80, 1871,
at an aggregate annual rate of S22, ,S94,
994. There are now on file, unadjust-
&c, 80, ,IS2 claims for invalid pensions,
and 1857 claims for widows, or
phans and dependent relatives, a to-
tai Of 68,779 claims. 1t is estimated
that $50, $4,000 will be required for
the pension service for the next fiscal
year.
Radical changes in the Census law,
urged by the Superintendent, are also
recommended by the Secretary.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
Cure for Cancer.

Mr. J. B. Williams, Health Officer
Of Allegheny, a gentleman well
known in the community, sends the
following for publication, hoping to
relieve some Of the many persons af-
hicted with cancer
''In 1868 a cancer appeared on my
left hand. After much suffering and
the failure of all other remedies, / had
il burned with caustic. In 1864 it de-
velOped in my right arm, being more
painful than before. I again applied
caustic, and suffered terribly in the
operation. It remained checked for q
while but again broke out in my right
hand. Last spring it grew very fast,
the hand becoming 50 helpless that l
had to carry 1t in a sling. L feared
my hand would have to be eamputated.
Having heard thaC several persons
had cured them by drinking wild tea
and pOulticing with the tea grounds,
I began using wild tea in earnest. l
drank nothing else at my meals, and
in four weeks my hand was as well as
ever. / know two persons in Pitts
burgh who have been cured Of cancer
within the past few months by drink
ing wild tea. Wild tea grows in most
of the states, and is well known. This
remedy should have the widest pub
icity. ."--Pittsburgh Commercial.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28

Israel T. Hatch, of Buffalo, in q
public speech, recently asserted that
MT. Howe, a member Of the Assem- bly,
from OswegO county, told him, in the
presence of Col. Van Buren, Govern
or Hoffman's private secretary, that
the appropriation of $4,000 which
went to the "LOrds of Rochester" in
the canal appropriation of last winter
was a forgery. This sum was paid TO
them for alleged services in protect
ing tie Erie Canal from the Lake
Erie gales, although the bill contain
ed another appropriation for the same
purpose. The forty thOuand dollars
item, it is understood, was placed in
the bill after it passed the Legislature
and before il was signed by the Gov
ernOr. Mr.. Van Buren denies any
recollection Of the conversation de-
seribed by Mr.. Hatch, but Mr.. Hatch
reiterates the story in q letter to the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. He
also quotes Senator Hardenberg a.
saying that the Interpolation OF
items in appropriation bills is 50 COM
mon that hereafter he intends to have
the bills photographed" Mr.. Hatch
is a prominent business man and q
Democrat, and mis- word has great
weight. He has for many years been
interested in the canals Of this State
and says that this appropriation was
not only fraudulent but entirely need.
less.-N T. EUeHiHg Post.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
The Week OF PRAYER

I The Evangelical Alliance has SEM
forth the following programme for the
week Of prayer:
/ Sunday, Jan, 7.-SermOns. Sub
! jeets: The faith once delivered to the
l saints a universal and everlasting
bond OfuniOn in the Christian Church.
The duty Of its defense and extension
I binding on all believers
/ Monday, jan S.-ThAnksgiving
I Gods 'unspeakable gift >" for mereies,
/ personal and relative; for national
: mereies; for the maintenance and re-
! stOratiOn from famine and other ma
tiOnal ealamities; for mercies IN the
/ Christian Church; for the progress OF
Christ's Kingdom and the usefulness
/ OF the Christian ministry.
I Tuesday, Jan. 8. Humiliation For
personal and national sins, weakness
of faith, disObedienee and wOrldliness
in the Church. Acknowledgements OF
Divine judgments, confessions Of un-
faithfulness, and prayer for the reyiv-
al Of religion as in past times.
Wednesday, Jan. l0.-Prayer, (in-
tereessOryl For families; for the SONS
and daughters of Christian parents at
home and in other lands; also for
those at school, at colleges and uni
versities; and for all entering upon
commercial or professional duties; for
the increase Of spiritual life in those
who confess Christ; and for the sane
tifying of affiietion both to parents
and children.
Thursday, Jan. 11.-Prayer Inter
cessOryl For kings and all in author
ity; for nations, especially those re-
Gently visited with the ealamities of
war; for the prevalence of peace in
the councils of statesmen; for right
e0us harmony and good will among all
classes; for the spread Of sound knOwl-
edge, and for Gods blessing upon
special efforts to resist the progress of
intidelity, superstition, intemperance.
and other kinds Of Immortality.
Friday, Jan. 12.-Prayer (interces-
sOryl: For the Christian Church; for
bishops, presbyters, pastors, and mis-
siOnaries; for translatOrs of the Holy
Scriptures into various tongues for
office bearers, and for committees, so
cieties and authors engaged in Chris
tian work.
Saturday, Jan. 13.-Prayer For a
larger OutpOurins of the Holy Spirit;
for the increase of Christian love and
holy zeal, and the union of believers
in prayer and effort for Gods glory.
Sunday, Jan. 14.-SermOns: ''Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done on
earth as it is done in heaven" Matt.
IN
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
Mother shIptOn's PrOpheey

Mother Shipton's prophecy is almost
forgotten, except by antiquarians. II
was first published in 14S8, and re-
published next in 1871. 1t must be
confessed that the greater part Of it has
already been fulfilled, and we have
only ten years to wait in order to de-
termine whether the concluding lines
will prove as true as the earlier ones
These are Mother ShiptOn's words:
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents al the world with woe,
Around the world thoughts shall hy
In the twinkling Of an eye.
Water shall get more wonders do;
Nov strange, yet shall be true
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at root OF tree.
Through hills men shall ride,
And no horse or ass be At his side.
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride. shall sleep, shall talk
In the air men shall be seen,
In white in black, in green
Iron in the water shall float
a easy as a wooden boat,
Gold shall be found, and found
In a land that's not row known
Fire and water shall wonders do;
England shall at last admit a Jew
The world % an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-One.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
.FalthfuI in That which is Least" /"

Perhaps you think it is a very little
thing you can do! Do that little thing
and see what comes Of it. A second
is a very little thing-Only the sixieth
part of minute. Yet We should nev-
eT live years, if we did not first live
seconds. A dew drop is 4 very little
thing. Yet if there were 10 dew
drops, there would be no rain. And
if there was no rain everything would
die. a little child's word is a very
little thing; and yet it may be very
great in its power fol good. docs
you love God ~ was the question
which a little girl, four years Old, ask
ed of gentleman sitting opposite 10
her IN u stage coach And when he
looked confused by the question, she
slipped down in her seat as if she had
done something wrong. But the ques-
ton was asked-a question Of just
four little words. And it followed
him night and day. He heard it ev-
erywhere. He could not say YES =
And he was afraid to say no For it
seemed so terrible when he thought
about it, And still the question fol-
lowed him. And the little child seem
ed to be looking up into his face, saying
wherever he went, Does you love
God? "Atlast Jesus took the little in
nocent to himself; but her question
was doing its work until the young
man could say, "LDTd, thou EnOwest
that love thee"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28

The Prime Minister of the North
German States, Count Bismarck, some
years ago, learning that work was car
ried on, on his estate on Sunday,
wrote to his steward: ''This Sunday
work must stop" His steward an
swered, "Hhe people cannot do other
wise; they are obliged to work all the
week on the estate of your Excellency,
and have no time except Sunday TO
work in their own field and garden
patches Bismarck replied ~ do
not want God robbed on my estate ;
therefore other arrangements must
made. If any of my laborers have a
field OF their own to till, or if their
grain is ripe and must be harvested, ,
they come first and not 1. But Sun
day work must cease"
The steward acquainted the people
with the new order of things, and
now mark the result: because his
EXcellency is so careful of our inter-
ests, we will be all the more careful of
his, and see to it that he shallnOt suf-
fer loss" said the work people; and
each tried his best to get his work
done, in order that the work on their
landlords estate might be done in
time. And never before was more
work accomplished in so short a time,
or so well. The steward was pleased
beyond measure, and wrote to the
Prime Minister: THAT was a good
hit. No one has gained more by the
new order of things than yourself
Everything was done with prompt.
ness and DESPATCH -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
Snakes and Tigers In India.

I Weneednot wonderat the eagerness,
says the Chemist and Druggist, with
which physicians and authorities in
India examine every new remedy put
forth as an antidote to the poison of q
snake bite, when We learn that in
British India, including British Bur-
nah, the deaths from snake bite dur
ing the past three years amount tC
1864. This statement appears in an
official report published in the Gazette
Of India. From that report, We also
learn that during the same period the
deaths resulting from the attacks o
all kinds of wild beasts in the
same area numbered 1854 The
snakes killed more than twice a,
many as were slain by the tigers anC
all the other fierce forest rangers pu
together. Truly the serpent is still
''mOre subtle than the beasts of tn,
[ field"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
FAREWELL.
BY Miss CARRIE a. SPALDING.

BY Miss CARRIE a. SPALDING.
/ Farewell, Old year! with your locks white
Z The gathering shadows betoken the night
I The faltering step, and the wrinkIed brow,
Speak palmer than words your destiny
now.
We gaze in your face with saddened
heart,
! AS down the long vista of years you depart
A halo Of glory encircles the head,
That soon must be laid in the dreamless
bed.
Old Year, have you kept the promise you
made,
When twelvemonth since our tribute we
paid,
To the youthful guest, with the beaming
eye,
His 'castIes OF air adjoining the sky?
Have visions you painted in rainbow hues
All vanished from earth like the morning
dews?
Have silvery words from your hattering
tongue
Died like echoes Of song on the night-air
flung?
Have hopes that you raised, turned into
despair,
The day-dreams of youth into anxious
cares
Have you ruthlessly crushed the dropping
Ana the bending reed with a tyrant's
power?
Old Year! Old Year! in your casllets to-
day,
Our richest jewels are hidden away;
But our eyes are turned to that distant
shore,
Where the polished gems shall be ours once
more.
You shattered our idols-thanks for the
blows!
You led US in paths We were shrinking to
go;
You poured into our cups the bitrerest
draught;
But waters OF healing 1t proved as we
quaffed.
For blessings and mercies new every day;
For guidance and strength in a devious
way;
For every good gift from a Fathers hand;
With incense of thanks before you we
stand.
And, OH as the record" is made up on
high,
Ofthe wasted hours Of the years gone by,
May the 'angeI" blott out with tear,
While we seek new strength for the coming
year
Old Year! for We meet never
more,
Your sunlight Is dim, your tempests are
DER;
your path, smiles mingled with
tears;
Pass on to the shrine of vani shed
years!
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
Horrible Struggle with a Wounded
Tiger.

Another instance Of the pitcher go
ing once too often to the well has Oc-
CURED in India. Capt. DOig, an in
fantry officer, had become renowned
as a tiger hunter and the fame of his
exploits had even reached Europe.
He was supposed 10 be invincible, had
performed almost fabulous feats, and
was held by the natives to bear a
charmed life, The poor gentleman
was, Notwithstanding, killed by til
ger early in September. He went
out one day and had brilliant sue
cess Staying a fine tiger single handed.
Four or five days after news came
that another tiger was lurking in the
same place, and about six miles from
the cantOnment. The new arrival at
once began to distinguish himself by
slaughteTing bullOcks, and Capt. DOig
resolved to bring his sport to an end.
UnaccOmpanied, L save by his own
/ 'Shikaries,' the hunter repaired to the
spot. The savage beast was soon
found, and Capt. DOig got a rather
long shot at him, and felt sure he had
hit him in the head. His impression,
however, was that the tiger had got
off into the jungle not much hurt,
and that he must beat again for him
in a fresh quarter. While preparing
to do this, Capt DOig being for the
moment alone, the enraged animal
suddenly leaped from cover, and in
an instant seized his foe and bore him to
the earth. Capt. DOig afterwards
said that the onset was so swift that
he never even saw the beast until he
himself was on the ground, and be-
ing as he expressed it, "calmly eaten"
4 horrible struggle eusued, the ''Shi-
karies" sprung to the rescue, and the
/ Captain actually fought himself out
of the tigers clutches, and not only
that but managed to destroy him.
I The encounter was nevertheless fatal.
. Capt. DOig had the pluck 20 ride
back to the cantOnmeut, being lifted
to the saudle for the purpose. But he
never recovered from the shock and
the frightful laceratiOn he received,
and five days after breathed his last.
For men who get celebrated for this
kind Of achievement its pursuit
. seems to have irresistible fascination.
and the sad case of Captain DOig has
/ many precedents.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
VOLUME 24-NUMBER
The Post Once.

} Secretary Creswell again rec
Ommends the repeal OF the frank
ing privilege, and also advocates tn,
adoption Of the postal telegraph sys
tenn and POstOffice saving banks il
this country. The department is moi
yet self-suppOrting the receipts Of the
last fiscal year being SD, ,03T, ,O45, anC
I the expenditures, ,S24, ,S99, I04.
The new railroad routes put in Cd
Grafton during the year 1871, amount.
I ed to G, ,1O7 miles; during 1870 to 4, ,Iss
miles; and during 1869, to 3,5l9-
making in the aggregate an addition
/ in three years Of lS,Sl6 miles to the
26,OlS miles in operation on July 1
1855.
| The POstmaster-Generl notes the
/ gratifying regularity Of the mail ser.
vice between New York and San
Francisco, and says that the average
time, going east, was 169 hours aud IS
minutes, or 7 days, l hour and 45
minutes-neariy three hours less than
the average for the preceding year
The shortest time, going west, was l62
hours.
On the 3lst of July, 1871, $40 addi-
tiOnal mOney-Order offices were estab-
lished, so that the whole number OF
such offices now is 5,452. The num-
Der of domestic money orders issued
during the year was 2, Isl, ,794, the sg-
gregate value Of which was so, 1884, :
lis.
The number of complaints of mis-
sing letters during the year is 1900, of
which 2,O57 were register and 2,543
unregistered, containing bonds, drafts
and currency to the nominal amount
OF S41S, ,748.
or registered letters, $50 were ac-
counted for as received at their destin-
alton, and only 2S3 have been report
ed as actually lost. The remaining
cases are in the hands Ofspeeial agents
for Investigation. For violation of
the postal laws 123 persons have been
arrested, Of whom 81 have been con-
vieted and sentenced. The total
number of letters exchanged during
the year with foreign countries was
70, 295, 298, an increase Of !, 1886, $40 over
the number reported last year.
Letter received at the dead letter
Office during the year, 5,l94, 74S. In
registered domestic letters contained
$50, Sos, and registered do, 50, ,204. Of
these, l7,0S2, contained S74, ,420, were
delivered to the writers or persons ad-
dressed.
Respecting the number of domestic
letters sent, some idea may be had
from the fact that in the 81 cities,
where the free delivery system is in
operation, there were nearly 40, ,O00,-
600 of letters delivered by carriers
The whole force of persons in the en-
plOy Of the Department is 1884.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28

A Danbury, Conn, man saw his
daughter into the cars and passed
round to her window for a parting
look at her. While he Wss passing
out the daughter left the seat to speak
10 a friend, and at the same time &
prim looking lady, who occupied the
seat with her, moved up 70 the win.
dow. Unaware Of the important
change inside, our venerable friend
hastily put his face up 70 the window
and hurriedly exclaimed, "One more
kiss, sweet pet" In another instant
the point Of a blue cotton umbrelIs
caught MS seductive lips, followed by
the passionate injunction: seat,
you gray headed wretch ~ and ne
scatted.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
IHIIIIElSril.
slllZa W. :Z LNlZ1

To,any producing any Medicine able 20 show
half as many living, permanent cures as Dr.
Filters Vegetable Rheumatic; and further
reward Of 500 for any case Of Neuralgia lr
Rheumatism 10 viii not cure, This RheE-
matte Syrup Is used inWardly only, plea
ant 70 the taste, and guaranteed free from
injurious Drugs 10 is not Quack Medi-
cine, but the scientific prescription OF Jos. ,.
Filter, NJ. D., Professor OF ToxicOlOgy ar d
Chemistry, graduate OF the celebrated UDi-
yerSity Of Pennsylvania, A. D., 1873. who e
entire professional life has been devOt,
specially TO this disease, and his Dracti.e e
confined strictly thereto. This preparation
i believed, cOnscientiOusly under sOlem a
OATH 70 be the only positive, reliable, infsi q
lible specific ever discovered. As an ev J.
0encs Of confidence in its wonderful meri -,
a legal-slgned contract viii be forwarded,
without charge, TO any sufferer sending ~
letter a description OF affiiction; the con-
tract setting forth the number of bottles
warranted to cure, and Ia case Of failure,
amount paid for Medicine cheerfully refuntl-
ed. This fair and generous )ffer securely
protects sufferers from Quacz tmpositior5
and useless expe 1dituTe OF money. Medi
cal advice, with certificates rom prominent 2
Ply icians, Clergyruen, etc, WhO have been
cured after ali other treatments failed, seuC
By letter, gratis. Afflicted cordially invited
70 write for advice 70 tho pricipal once, 9
South ST., Philadelphia, Pn.
n2l-iy. J. F.. MARC UARDT, Agene-
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
JOHN McCAULEY,

TTORNEY AT LAW, Timu, Ohio. Of
a nee opposite the Court House
June 10.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28
How Jersey Got Out Of the Union

The origin of the allusion to New
Jersey as a foreign country is said to
be as follows: After the downfall OF
the first Napoleon, his brother Joseph,
who had been King of Spain, and his
nephew, Prince Murat, son of the
King of Italy, sought refuge in this
country, and brought much wealth
with them. Joseph BOnaparte wished
to build a palatial residence here, but
did not desire to become a citizen, as
he hoped to return to Europe. To en-
able him as an alien to hold real es-
taterequired a special act of the legis-
lature. He tried to get one passed for
his benefit in several states, but fail
ed. He was much ehagrined, especi-
ally because Pennsylvania refused
After this he applied to the New Jer-
sey Legislature, which body granted
both him and Murat the privilege of
purchasing land They bought tract
at BordentOwn, and built magnificent
dwellings, and fitted them up in the
most costly manner. Rare paintings,
statuary, &C., were profuse, and select
ed with care, and the grounds laid out
with exquisite taste. Joseph Bona
aparte's residence was, perhaps, the
finest in America. Thousands of peo-
pie visited it from all parts of the
cOuntry,and were treated eOurteOusly.
He was prOfuse with his money, and
gave a great impetus to business in his
little town. The Philadelphians, find
ing that he had apparently no end of
money, and that he used it tD benefit
business generally, regretted, when
too late, that they had refused to let
him locate among themselves and,
to keepup their modification, would
always taunt Jerseymen with having
a king-with importing the King OF
Spain to rule over them; they were
called Spaniards and foreigners on this
account. But these taunts harmed
no one, as the Jerseymen lost nothing
by their alluring him to settle among
them, and the term foreigner" jok-
ingly applied 20 Jerseymen, has come
down to us long after it origin has
been forgotten, except to a few men OF
the past generation. Many years ago,
during the reign of Louis PhillipDi,
we believe-bOth Bon Iparte and Mu-
rat found they could safely return to
Europe, so they sold out snd return
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28

What sunshine is 70 flowers, smiles
are TO humanity. Tneya are but trifies,
70 be sure, but, scattered along life's
pathway, the good they do is incon-
ceivable. A smile, accompanied by a
kind word, has been known 70 re-
claim poor Outcast, and change the
whole current OF human life. OF all
life's blessings none are cheaper, or
more easily dispensed, than smiles.
Then let US n u Be too chary Of them,
but scatter them freely as we go; for
life is too short 70 be frOwned away.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28

Our major, says an old Mexican
volunteer, had very long feet, and al
so a horse that threw every one but
the major. Que evening the majors
servant was out on the parade ground
With the horse, and, as usual, got
thrown OF, when one Of the boys
spoke up and said: 81 know why the
horse don't throw the major T'-
why" was asked by a dozen OF
more. "Well, you see the majors got
such long feet that the horse thinks
he is in shafts.u
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-12-28

The following is the reeOmmen-
dation given an English servant: {:
sSThe bearer has been in my house a
vear-minus eleven months. During
this time she has shown herself dili-
gent-at the house door; frugal-in
work; mindfuI-Of herself; prompt
in excuses; friendly-tOward men ;
faithful-tO her lovers; and honest
when everything has vanished.