The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-12

there no means Of ascertaining the ac.naI
costof running freight train per mils in
luis country L saw a statement on the sinh
gece with regard to English railroads. wbera
WAS put down as low as 62II cents To
understand the true COST of freightage. IL ls.
asoIutely necessary to have the running
expenses reported.
n south sea correspondent writes to the
British Medical Times that a notion prevails
there that headache, neuralgis. vertigo and
other cerebral affections proceed from a crack
IN tne head, or pressure of the skull unon
the BRAIN The remedy is to Law omar, tho
scalp with cross or 7 incision. then sc,sne
the Uranium carefully and gently VIII
piece OF glass until a hole is made into the
sAul uo"n 10 the dura mater, about the
SIZE OF crown piece. Sometimes the scran-
ing operation will be even to the mia Ina,e-
oy an unskillful surgeon, or rom the i'm
patience OF the friends, and death is the cor
sequence. In the best of hands. abent hale
% 2, those VINO undergo the operation die from
IL, yet this barbarous custom. from snna--
stition and fashion. has been .so r,rs,.ste,,t
that very few of the male adults are witbont
THIS cole In the Uranium, or "haye a shinple
loose, TO use an Australian phrase.
The Scotch game of shuttle hoard no.
inst been introduced in this countrv IN
New York. The principle of the game is
similar TO the outdoor game known as
curling" The only paraphernalia of the
game are long, narrow board, and eight
iron disks like quoits. The board is USUALLY
from thirty to thirty-fiye feet in length. bnt
may be longer or shorter, as circumstsnces
require: is about two feet in width and es
smooth as glass. The iron disks are ,hont
tnrec- quarter of an inch thick three ipoLos
In diameter, and weigh from a pound and q
nail 10 pound and tbree-quarters. Four OF
these are cast with the letter n on the upper
sioe, and four with the letter o. The board
Is lald on solid table, at an elevation Of
lnlrty-slx or forty inches from the floor and
Is surrounded on all sides by a narrow ont
ter 70 receive the pieces of disks when thew
hall. SIX inches from each end a Straight
me is described across the board, which
serves 10 mark certain distinctions in the
players shots. oi asol- 5-if
In March last Baron Porcart, when AT h;s
state of Collesano in Cicily, was captured bv
i've origrands, two of whom were notorious
'hiefs named Pssquale and Leone. The
men were masked and armed. Baron Por-
.ari was blindfolded and carried off on a
iorse. After long journey, during which
hey stopped several times at novels on the
they reached a dark cavern. into
which the baron was dragged. he yielded
W ioSe W VII OoUS anu Sisncu al Oruer Tor SlZ,-
90. On the morning of March 2lst when
he band was away, the baron succeeded in
escaping by crawling out of the opening
which led into the grotto. He found him.
elf not far from the Roccapalumba railway
tation, at which he arrived in safety, after
across the intervening river. Al
hough the ransom had not been paid at the
ime the baron succeeded in effecting his es.
ape, he telegrsphed his brother n-law to
ay the money on presentation of the order.
t is probable that he feared assassination
n the event of a noncompliance with his
greenient. The baron's captivity lasted
leven days.