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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

Assuming that since 1870 the population
of the states mentioned has increased so per
cent, we would have grand total popula-
ton of 10, 1876, IT'S, and if the average con
sumption of wheat is the same as our table
shows it TO have been, in 1872 six bushels
and fraction per capita, the amount Of
wheat required for the current year would
be 79,12O,650 bushels, and if the adj
vance of 90 cents per bushel is
maintained, the wheat consumers of
the five states mentioned would be
out of pocket for the article of wheat as a
result of the European war, the sum of $45,-
472 800 more than would have been required
if there had been no war or war rumors, and
of this amount Indiana's share would reach
the sum of s7,S75, 3ls.
In looking at war from the standpoint we
have chosen it will not do to confine our OBJ
servations to the article of wheat, for it is
equally true that all other food commodities
are likely to advance quite as sharply, and it
may be assumed, if the advance in the
sumers of Indiana more than $1,000
900, that the total advance
in corn and provisions will be equal to the
advance in wheat and that Indiana con-
sumers will be required to pay something
like sl5. 600 900 on account of the war be
tween Russia and Turkey. II, however, this
advance in the absolute necessities of life
bring about a revival in business generally.
80 that idle hands may find remunerative
employment. the price of war, though high.
can be paid, and in the end the United
States may be the gamer. 1t is, however, a
we'll established fact that never adds TO
the aggregate wealth and prosperity of
nations, but it has to be INDUCED in occa-
sionally nevertheless, and it is to be hoped
that in the case of the war between Russia
and Turkey that Alexander and Uncle Sam
will come out winners.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
WAR PRICES.

The much talked of European war is ex
ceedingly popular in America. There has
been from the first manifest impotence at
the poor progress made in bringing the
armies of Russia and Turkey into action.
Those who have made the market reports
a careful study have noticed the advance in
certain commodities when war seemed imi-
nent and the decline when peace overtures
were likely to prevail. THE hostile rumors
which have been flying between the CAPT.
tails of Europe for the past four months
have led, says the New York Journal of
Commerce, Ito sharp rise in American
wheat and all breadstuffs. Other causes
have operated to stiffen the market for these
products for the past six months; but it is
noticeable that American wheat has been
steadily advancing since the early part of
last fall when the eastern question began to
be most threatening. Since then the rise
in wheat has been nearly sixty
cents q bushel." Here is a fact, well
authenticated, which is worthy of
consideration in estimating the benefits
likely to accrue to the United States by a
the price of wheat has advanced sixty cents
per bushel, the advancing force being rumors
of war merely. 1t is not, therefore, too much
to say that if war is declared, and hostilities
actually commence, wheat will advance to
fully one dollar bushel more than the price
would have been if peace had been pre-
served The estimate was made as late as
1873 that the average consumption OF wheat
for the three years previous had amounted
to 60-1O0 bushels per capita. Assuming that
the population of the United States is 49,
900, 900, it will be seen, if the same aver
age is maintained, that it will re-
quire 1S4, OO0, 900 bushels of wheat to sup
ly the home demand for the current year.
If the Journal of Commerce is correct in
it's estimates of the advance already secured,
and it is below rather than above the mark,
then the fact is established that from bust
ness standpoint a war in Europe has its
dark side here as well as there. We are
quite willing to admit that wheat growers
and spectators will make money, but how
does the case stand with consumers? If the
that the average consumption of wheat is
60-100 busels per capita, and il the advance,
which is placed at 60 cents per bushel shall be
maintained for a year, the cost to the coun-
try in the single item of wheat will reach
the enormous sum S11O, 100000. But the
average given by the agricultural bureau,
while it may have been approximately cor
rect for the entire population of the country,
is largely below the facts when states are
taken into consideration separately, as the
following table will show:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

includes the police (14,50O men, In tim
of war. such as the present. the forces of
the Sultan are: Active army, 2O3, 200; first
reserve, 10000; second reserve, $4,000;
police military, $1,000; Hiyade, third re-
serve, 10000. Total regular army, 4s6, 100.
Irregular troops, $4,000; auxiliary troops,
10000 Total war strength, GIG, 100. ~
The English army or the military forces
of the British empire, are divided into four
distinct classes or parts, each of which has
its own peculiar organization, but all are
subject TO the central authority exercised by
the war Office" at London. The first and
most Important division is the regular active
army, which forms the chief military
strength of the country. This force is re-
cruited by a system of voluntary enrolment
from the general population, and is mainly
employed, when not engaged in war, in gar
rison duty in Great Britain and Ireland, the
colonies and in India. The actual
military strength of England, Off
GERS, men and horses, is set
and 26,4s7 horses; reserves, 32e, 241 men and
10000 horses; Irish police, $4,000 men and
1000 horses; Channel isles, $500 men; In
dian army, 1913 men; Indian police 190,-
600 men; giving grand total of $50, 1862 men
and 81, 5A horses.
III then these countries, Russia, Turkey
and England, become engaged in war to an
extent that shall require the employment of
their entire military strength, the number
of men who with all the appliances of mod
ern warfare will be engaged in the work of
destruction will exceed three and a half
millions. 1t will occur to most readers that
If other nations refrain from taking part in
the war, for the purpose of deciding the
questions at issue in the shortest practicable
period, the contest may be indefinitely pro-
longed, for it will not be an easy matter TO
exhaust the resources of either Russia
or England. And with England's skill
and leadership brought to the aid of the
Turks, as will be the case, the effectiveness
of the sultan's forces will be indefinitely
augmented. The outlook is not cheerful for
Russia, for though her armies utnumber
the combined forces of England and Turkey,
she will find it difficult to establish her en-
pire on the shores of the Bosphorus.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
PROP. TYNDALL's WARNING.

In concluding an address to the students
of University College Q.ondon) Professor
Tyndall, who is unquestionably one Of the
most indefatigable brain workers of our
century, said, take care of your health.
Imagine Hercules as oarsman in a rotton
boat what can he do there but by the very
force of his stroke expedite the ruin of his
craft. Take care of the timbers of your
boat" The distinguished scientists advice
is equally valuable to all workers. We are
apt to devote all our energies to welding
the oars our strokes fall firm and fast, but
few of us examine or even think of the con-
dihon of our boats until the rotten or broken /,
timbers suddenly give way and we find our
selves the victims of calamity which could
have been easily avoided by little fore
thought. What began with a slight frac-
ture, or perhaps even q careless exposure to
disorganizing influences, ends in the COM
plete wreck of the life boat. The disease
which began with slight headache or an
undue exposure to cold terminates in death,
unless its progress be checked, and the dis
ease remedied. The first symptoms, the
heralds of disease, give no indication Of the
strength of the on-coming foe, and the VIC
tim trusts that his old ally, Nature, will ex-
Terminate the invader. But Disease is an
old general and accomplishes his most inn
portant movements in the night time, and
some bright morning finds him in posses
soa of one of the strongest Notifications;
and when he has once gained stronghold
in the system Nature ANONYMOUSLY turns
traitor and secretly delivers up the whole
physical armory to the invader. Like the
willy politician, Nature is always on the
strongest side, and the only way to insure
her support is to keep your vital powers ir
the ascendant. Keep your strongest forts
the stomach and iver-well guarded Do
not let the foe enter the arterial highways,
for he will steal or destroy your richest
merchandise and impoverish your kingdom
To repulse the attacks of the foe you can find
no better ammunition than DR.. Pierce's
Family Medicines. CFull directions accom-
pany each PACKAGE His Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets are especially effective in de-
Tending the stomach and liver His Golden
Medical Discovery for purifying the blood
and srresting coughs and colds Ifyou wish
to become familiar with the most approved
system of defense in this warfare, and the
history of the foes method of invasion, to-
gether with complete instructions for keep
ing your forces in martial order in time OF
peace, you can find no better manual of
these tactics than The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser by R. v Pierce,
NJ d.. of the Worlds Di>pensary, Buffalo,
New York. Sent to any address on receipt
of $3.50. 1t contains over nine hundred
pages. illustrated by two hundred and
eighty-two engravings and colored plates,
and elegantly bound in cloth and gilt
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
His FrauduIency.
LAFAYETTE, April 16, 1877,

LAFAYETTE, April 16, 1877.
To the Editor of the Sentinel:
If the Nashville American claims the
paternity of the term His Fraudulency, as
you say it does, that paper claims what 1t
has no right to. That term was suggested
by Lafayette correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, who wrote, over the nom
dc plume of "Ubet," "a short letter to that
paper few days before the cousummation
of the presidential fraud suggesting that in
case Hayes should be counted in by means
of returning board and other party rascality
he should ever after be known as His
Fraudulency' "Ubet" said that ''such a
nomenclature would stick to him like the
historical poisoned shirt, and it ought to-"
J. II.
The Nashville American claims to have
originated the term "His Fraudulency." as
the Sentinel stated. 1t now has an oppor-
tunity to make good its claim or step down.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

WE SHALL see whether the democratic men,
Ders OF the next congress will refuse to make
appropriations for the army and navy unless
It's commander in chief viii tie his hands bv
the pledges and restrictions which would rem
der them both practically worthless TO the
country. III democracy shall take THAT stem
It's platform may be briefly summed up in or,
position TO the Improvement of the country
AT nome and opposition TO its defense against
foreign ana domestic enemies-Louisville
Commercial.
IL your commander in chief" wants the
army to protect returning board thieves
while plotting and perfecting frauds, or for
other purposes equally infamous, the DEM
ocrahc party will be very likely to refuse
appropriations, and if there is radical who
would favor appropriations for the aid of
such purposes, it would prove that he is not
for reform within the party"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
BosroN, March 5, 1877.
Hnn s. n ridden. New York:

My DEAR Siren this day, when you ought
to h we been president of the United States,
i seize ar opportunity to bear my testimony
to the calm and dlgnified manner In which
you nave passed through this great trial IT is
Hence, have endeavored TO judge of public
affairs and men rather by their merits than
by the name they take. IL Is o source oil
gratihcation to think that made the
right choice in the late election. Icould never
have been reconciled TO the elevation by the
smallest aid of mine of person. however re-
spectacle in 70. iYate life, wh., must carry upon
his brow the stamp OF frauds first triumph in
American history. No subsequent action,
however merilorious, can wash away the let
ters of that record. Very respectfully yours,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THE Cincinnati Commercial continues its
fulsome eulogies Of the coming civil service
reform. So far it consists in advancing TO
higher positions men appointed by Grant
promotion doubtless being based upon the
amounts contributed to aid Chandler to
swindle Tilden out of the Office of president
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

II NICHOLS has the spondulics and can
give Packard's legislature from $500 to 81, 500
each the probabilities are that harmony will
be restored and planting commenced at an
early day.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

AT THE concert at Booths theater last
week a bouquet was handed to Ole Bull, and
when he reappeared in response to an encore
he had large white rose in his button-hole.
With the first vigorous movements of his
bow the rose went to pieces, and as the
leaves fell to the floor he, unconscious of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

to be from the cleanest, incest diaries and
the best COWS. Investigation reveals the fact
that swill and garbage are the food of the
cows, and that the stables where they are
kept are filthy beyond description. One of
the causes of the fearful mortality among
the children is the condition of the milk fed
to them, and for which "fancy prices" have
been paid by parents, believing it to be of a
superior quality.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

ANOTHER death in dentists chair from
the use of nitrous oxide gas. At the inquest
it was shown that the muscular structure of
the heart, upon which the circulation de-
ponds, was gradually giving away, and that
the action of the gas only fastened result.
already impending
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

CISctsNATI has concluded that the exhibit
ton of nude statuary does not tend to the
improvement OF morals, and Mr.. John Hav-
lin, business manager of Woods theater, has
been notified by the chief of police that the
Matt Morgan troupe must not again appear.
IL is to be hoped that the stone cutters will
Hereafter throw little drapery around the
cid bu sic forms Of their creations.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THERE are probabilities that General Bah
cock will be compelled to undergo military
trial for his participation in the whisky ring
rauds The officers of the army gener-
ally believe him guilty, and the demand
that he be courtmartialed and dismissed the
service is growing more emphatic every day,
and this may account for Grants hurry to
visit Europe.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

lSt. Louis Times.l

A newspaper in West Virginia is of the
opinion that Blue Jeans Williams for presi-
dent and Wade Hampton for vice president
would constitute about the strongest ticket
that could be put in the field for 1880; but If
the democrats of Indiana are to have any say
at all in this matter they have gentleman
already selected as their presidential STAN
dard bearer whose claim is considerably
prior to that of their excellent governor.
His name is Hendricks
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
~ Urls in Cincinnati On bein0 dis.

SERVANT girls in Cincinnati on being dis
charged from court by the judge present
that official with flowers, and quote Byron
and Moore BY the page to show the gratitude
of a poor bat cultivated class for judicia
fayors st. Louis girls whip the policeman
who do the arresting and those Of Chicago
oide their time for revenge when pail of
slop can ruin a new coat with brass buttons
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

CINCINNATI will have to pay 10000, 900 for
her Southern railroad, but is cheered on in
the work by the fact that Amsterdam has re-
Gently built new canal to the sea- 1t is
difficult to see the point
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

QUEEN VICTORIA is now engaged in making
her grandchildren miserable. By her influ-
ence the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the
crown prince of Germany, has been be-
trothed 10 Prince Bernhardt The old lady
does NEEDLE terribly in other peoples af
fairs
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

A NATURAL bridge has been discovered In
Elliott county more wonderful than the cell
ebrated one in Virginia. The arch of solid
stone is 122 feet long, and is 10 feet wide at
the top. 1t is 100 feet above the Little Cha
ney river, which il spans.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

Two THOUSAND volumes have been lost
from the public library of Portland, Me-, in
the last year. Plagiarism is the fashionable
name for appropriating other peoples
thoughts, bat the New York Express calls
it stealing to take their books.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

The high-joint have one set of opinions as
a high-joint and a very different set of opln-
ions when disjointed. AS high-joint they
favor Nichols, but when out of joint they
are for Packard
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

A WASHINGTON bookseller has made pr b.
lie the fact that he purchased two hundred
copies of the agricultural reports for 1874 d
1875, of member of congress who had re
ceived them for distribution among his con-
stituents, for which he paid ten cents apiece.
That honorable member must have been hard
pushed, and content with very small steal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THE Deutsche Versuchcrungs-Zeitung, of
Berlin, translates into German and pub
fishes, with commentator, the report of
John A. Finch, Esq, special commissioner of
insurance in this state, to Ex-Governor Hen
bricks
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

MAYOR OvKRsroLz, of st. Louis, says there
is not a hall nor theatre in that city that
might not in case of a fire or panic become
the scene of great tragedy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

PARIS has vast mandatory for making
limitations of precious stones. The sand
upon which the whole art depends is found
in the forests OF Fontainbleau, and the great
est skill and ingenuity are exercised to coun-
terfeit diamonds, pearls and other jewels
which are always set in fashionable settings
of real gold
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

AFTER two weeks suspended animation
DIR. Green, of Hoosi k, New York, has been.
restored to life. His body has been in the
vault closely watched, and when signs of re-
turning consciousness were seen medical
aid was summoned, and in little while the
man was out of danger. Two years ago he
passed through similar experience.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

The editor of the New York Commercial
Advertiser. as Thoroughbred radical as the
most distinguished whisky ring thief in or
out of the penitentiary, whacked with Tweed
70 the extent of s2ooOO-and says it was
business
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

DEvENs claimed that he purchased Sims
with his own money. Wendell Phillips
proved it to be untrue. Sims says it is lie.
The Journal thinks that since Devens tried
to purchase the slave, he is very well vindi-
Gated. He may have tried to buy Sims, but
he did not try to tell the truth about the
matter. But he is part of an administra--
ton that succeeded by perjury, and lie
now and then will not set him back any.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

MURAr HAIsTEAD's model woman, the buzz
saw wench who swore Justify for Hayes, is
in New Orleans attending upon Packards
legislature and begging nickels. She will
sion
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

justification in true radical style. Touch
radical thief in New York, and as quick as
the wires can fash the fact howl is heard
10 the remotest corners of civilization.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

SINCE Blaine advocates the claims of Pack
ard, which is simply demanding that there
shall be honor among thieves, the Cincin-
natl Commercial has found out that the
Maine senator is not a strong man.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THERE are seven members of one family
on duty in the treasury department. at
Washington, and they receive $1,000 aggre-
gate salaries per month.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

A New York special to the Chicago Times
furnishes the following letter from Charles
Francis Adams to Samuel J. Tilden, written
on the day when by the force of fraud r. B.
Hayes was inaugurated:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

So FAR Hayes's hight.ioint have not ex-
amined into the coal oil and match plan
which, according to Kellogg. is to rescue
Packard and place him in power.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THE Journal and News express the opih-
ion that the council will do a very foolish
thing tonight. Possibly, but we prefer to
think otherwise.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THE Madison Courier says that "the Sen
'tinel is newspaper" OF course it is Re
publicans as well as democrats who want the
news take il.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

TWEED has by his confession brought into
odious prominence certain prominent radi.
Gals, and thereat the New York Times
squirms exceedingly and sets about their
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25
Uhs SemtimsI.
WEDNESDAY,, APRIL IS.

REPoRrs have it that John Sherman will
Join Blaine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

CARL ScHURz has made mistake. He will
have to remodel his rules; his dismisssls and
promotions give offense.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

THE trouble with Venezuela may bring
Godlove S. Orth to the front again, hot as a
lime kiln
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

CITIZENS of New York are anxious about
the milk that is served to them purportiag
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-25

The high joint are still pegging away to
find an escape for Hayes.