The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-02
NEWS AND GOSSIP,

NEWS AN IL OOoSoIA.
Congress has appropriated the sum OF
s.OO.oDO to replace WORKOUT and mutilated
national bank currency.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New YORK, mas
lately received two gifts from Episcopalians,
one of $50, GOO and one of 100000.
In scotland the salaries OF certihcated
teachers. male and female, are respectively
$3.50 and 500 per year.
There are 10 Ielauds in the hotel business.
BESIDES those in New York, at Long Branch,
ALBANY and Saratoga, there Is one at Spring
nerd. Massachusetts, and another IS ABOUT 20
Ono.' hotel on Schroon Lake. IN the Adj
rondacks.
Arrangements have been completed Tor
the holding here next October OF confer
ence Of the dominion branch OF the evangel-
zeal alliance. to which the leading clergy :
men and laymen OF the various provinces
ofGreat Britain and the United States have
been invited.
The services of the carrier pigeons were so
valuable during the late Franco-Prussian
war that both the French and Germans have
gone to breeding them on an extensive scale
for the uss of the armies. In French large
dove cot is to be erected; IN when 5,OOO
nairs of the birds will be kept for breeding
nurposes. Each fortress is to have pigeon
house. with capacity for 1000 birds, and
two General stations TO ne established,
with accommodations for 5000.
As far as human vision can see she has
made a good choice. She has married the
man of her own choice, and the president,
like a prudent and sensible father, has given
his permission. The president has acquitted
himself like a man of sense, and his daughter
like a girl of sense, and any man or woman
in Washington society who can Discover , any
snObbery in this is by nature the most essen
tial and arrant of snObs.-Chlcago IrlDuue.
Professor 8. Tarner, of Norfolk, Virginia,
has invented a novel and beautiful method
of making sweet music in every household.
1t consists of a set of miniature chime bells
so arranged that any child can play them.
The sweetness and purity OF tones OF these
bells are said to be remarkable, while the
cost is comparatively small. They have
already been introduced into the District OF
Columbia and soon will become popular all
over the country.
Some papers have stated that sulphur fed
to sheep will prove sure remedy tor ticks.
This is true under favorable circumstances.
As occasional feed of one tablespoonful of
sulphur 10 one quart of salt will prove bene-
fetal 10 the general health OF sheep and II
they are in good order will keep ticks away
without fail. But no amount or ST. phur
will kill the ticks on sheep which are all
ready overrun by them and plrched up
with little food. 4 daily feed of grain will
prove OF more benefit by interposing layer
of fat between the muscles.
Mr.. X. B. Walker writes from CorisCO
Bay, in Western Africa, to Nature, in regard
TO young gorilla which he had alive for
some time, and hoped to forward to the
geological society OF London. Contrary to
the usual assumption in regard to this
species, the specimen in question proved to
be extremely docile and perfectly tame.
When rs, purchased it was shy and sus-
picious, bnt not spiteful. 1t was quite
tame, eating, sleeping and playing with a
large bull-terr .er, the two animals being
constantly together. 1t unfortunately dis
appeared one night. and was supposed 10
have fallen overheard.
There is a most interesting family in Da-
venport, Iowa. 1t consists of ten boys and
one girl, and is little nation in itself. The
boys are natural-born scientists, artists and
mechanics. Besides cultivating farm, they
publish magazine called the Star of Wood
lawn, build boats, prepare specimens OF en-
tomOlogy, manufacture toys, teach scnool,
and conclGde the catalogue OF their indus
tries bY writing for papers. The Star of
Woodlawn is a handsomely printed maya
zine of A pages, and contains many Interest
ing original articles. most of them being
from the pens of the Putnam family. In
their last issue they give notice that the
sister, Bessie Putnam, Is admitted TO the
partnership and that hereafter the firm name
will be Putnam Brothers & Sister. The
members of the firm are Joseph, aged is
years; Charles, Il; John, 10; Henry, II;
William, II George, S, and Bessie,7