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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27


The yellow fever has assumed the magni-
tude OF an epidemic at Rio Janiero, the
daily report of deaths running up as high as
twenty-five and thirty. The past month has
been one OF excessive heat and drought, and.
though few cases OF fever we're reported
before is~~ low growing fearfully nu-
r. diseases, especially fevers,
make the. death list fifty
e are respondent and
'ic sentiment has driven
0 take active measures
,itizens Strict orders
s of foreign ships in
heat of the day is
It's are kept clean.
heat, and
vaid In
Pay
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

SITTING BULL has formed a confederation
OF Sioux and Blsckfeet, and is trying to win
the Crees. 4 camp OF 700 lodges of Sioux is
already established near Sandy Hills, and
this is being rapidly enlarged as bands of
hostile Indians arrive. 1t is reported that
the Nez Perces, the Blackfeet, Little Blanket
and Little Dog are moving on by forced
marches TO join in Sitting Bulls attack on
the forts. Big Bear, Cree chief says it is
useless for the government to try to govern
the Indians so1ong as they put them in Jail
for killing buffalo.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

THE Brooklyn board of education have re
solved to abolish the academic classes of the
public schools. There have been thirty six
of these classes and they have been kept up
at a cost OF $40 year for each pupil, or $32,
400 for teachers salaries alone The first
grammar schools are to receive more money
and attention, and a more thorough tuition
in the studies now pursued in them will
hereafter be given.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

THE hills of Vermont are now covered
with the trailing arbutus, which is all bloom
now. Pushing aside the dead leaves, the
pretty pink blossoms cover the earth, where
the trailing vine like thread winds about.
Many Vermont boy and girl growing old in
the west remember the zest OF the search for
the first blossoms of the arbutus, the har-
binger of spring, on the green hills of their
native state. 1t is found in great profusion
this season, owing to the mild winter just
r1assnl
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27
Laying Hin Treasure.

Years ago Methodist minister laid up
small treasure on earth, and it has returned
to him after many days. When he began
preaching he had $50 to spare after buying a
home and completing bis outfit for the cir
cult, and he deposited it IN savings bank
in Lewiston, Me. He subsequently, added
$50 at one time and 500 at another to his
account, but did not call for penny until
one day this week, when he drew out his
balance. His deposits had swelled with the
interest to about $4,000.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

Is the Prussian province of Nassau some
interesting and valuable experiments have
been made with the common nettle (Urtica
dioica.) So satisfactory were the results that
large area has been planted with nettIes
and considerable money has been expended
in perfectlng the machinery to be used in
the manufacture Of it. The seed is to be
worked in the same manner as hemp, the
fibers being as fine as silk, and as regards
durability yields nothing to the hemp.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

PAEIsIANs are like children for desiring
new toys. A picture card containing puz-
zle will amuse them for hours, and reap for
The latest trifie of this kind is a picture on
thin paper, with four heads engraved on it,
those Of Queen Victoria and the emperor of
Austria being on top, and those OF the car
and sultan below. By folding the picture
four times the united heads form good
picture Of Bismarck
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

OK account of the delicacy Of touch and
sight required in weighing the pieces of sill
yer for each new dollar, women perform all
that work at the Philadelphia mint. The
slxty-fourth part of a grain is noted by the
scales which they use.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

HAYES and his wife will spend portion
of the summer season on the White noun
tains We do not want him to fall over a
precipice and break his neck, for in that case
Wheeler, another fraud, would become presi-
liant
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

MERCEDES, the young queen OF Spain
loves the English language and studies
LoDgfellow's poems with great persever-
ance. She will do much to increase her
husbands popularity at home and abroad.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

\ RIDICULOUS example Of seeds sent out by
the agricultural department at Washington
was recently brought to light by some far
mers. 4 sack of new variety of wheat was
forwarded to a certain district, but it seemed
such motley stuff that the farmers picked
ont the Ingredients, mustard, wild buck
wheat, rye, black oats. white oats, pigeon
grass, barley, cookie, wild peas and Indian
wheat. aud the farmers are ready to Indorse
such seed as indeed a new variety of wheat
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

THE Empress Eugene courts retirement
and affects the style of Queen Victoria as to
her chess She owns Camden house, Chisel-
hurst, and has $3.50, 900 a year. Shells proud
of her son, and believes he will retrieve the
fortunes of the family
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

CIScISSATI has between four and five thou
sand places where spirituous and malt
liquors are retailed, and the proposition now
is to levy a tax Of one cent per drink, which,
it is asserted, will produce a revenue of $751;
600 per week, or $1,76O,00O year. If Gin
cinna6 succeeds in this it is believed she
will be able to complete her great southern
railroad
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27
Vice Versa.

Daddy, don't it burn nice?'' was the re-
mark with which party of masked burg
lars tainted Berks county, Pennsylvania,
farmer, last Monday night, while some
81 600 Ia notes. mortgages etc, which they
had set on fire in revenge for bis refusal to
tell where his money was hidden, was being
consumed before his eyes. II they had been
caught by the enraged neighbors IL is quite
likely that il would have been daddy'A turn
to ask Don't 1t hang nicer
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

THE dog tax in Louisville is nearly as
valuable to the city treasury as the bell
punch. During the year 1877 $7,1OO was
collected as dog tax. This year, if the law
is rigidly enforced, this amount will be
dOuhled
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27
OH 8emtimel-
WEDNESDAY, MARCH p.

THE fool Shylock organs of which the Chi
cago Times occupies an advanced position,
are still banging away at the silver dollar
and quoting John Sherman's nonsense.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

master Francis T. Gillett, of the U. S. N, is
said to have occurred from imprudence. He
ate an iced salad, and then took long walk
through the streets of Rio Janiero in the
burning heat The yellow fever soon at
tackled him, and bis death was not long
DELAYED
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

pei, cent, while illiteraey remained the same
and crime doubled.
The question now arises: What would have
been the result if the school money had been
leg1timately employed for the CHI ldren of the
whole people in thoroughly teaching a few
useful branches and prolonging the term of
instruction? Let it be answered at the polls
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

J. MADISON WELLS demands that Anderson,
the convicted felon, shall be made collector
of the port of New Orleans-and it is be-
lieved that Hayes will be compelled to grant
the reGuesf.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27

The Emperor William was eighty'one
years old on Friday. He is extraordinarily
hale and strong, and attends an entertain
ment every night and attends to business
during the entire day.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-27
The Remedy.

To escape the worthless denominations
offered under the title of Baking Powders
rests wholly with the consumers; they are
the ones that have to suffer. DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Power is decided by chemists
to be the most perfect and wholesome pow
der made.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
December, and after the baroa's death

December, and after the baron's death it
had been locked up. To clear ND the
hidden mystery within that room. it was
necessary to invoke the arm of the law.
Upon proper evidence warrant was
issued, the fatal door was opened nv
locksmith, and, in breathless anxiety, the
room was entered 4 comfortable sofa.
table, two chairs ana two chests constr
tutcd the entire furniture. Great was the
amazement when the two chests were
opened. The first contained a wcll-worn
drcsslng-goWn, pair Of loose Turkish
troWsers, q 1ez, and about ten or twelve
long tobacco pipes. The second chest was
divided into square compartments, and
there We're left IN 1t abou. two hundred
foreign cigars, of the government brand,
costing two kreu'zers each, and about
half pound of what is known in the
trade as common smoking tobacco. From
the wrappers found in the lower compart-
ments, it appeared that the baron had
smoked up about three thousand FIVE
hundred OF these two kreutzer cigars, and
about a hundredweight of the common
trade tobacco.
at the request of the Representatives
Of the insurance companies, proper rec
ord was made Of the facts discovered;
and thereupon the companies, under the
circumstances, justified their refusal to
pay the amount insured by referring to
the provisions in the policies by virtue of
which the contract was to become null
and void in the event of suicide. The
counsel for the baronets urged, in reply,
that smoking ten or fifteen two kreutzer
cigars day could hardly be denomina-
ted an attempt at suicide. Chemical and
medical Investigations were instituted by
both parties, and the. managers Of the
royal tobacco factory were called upon
for an opinion. The cause of his death
is believed to have been due to nicotine,
taken into his system il poisonous guam
titles through the process of smoking
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
In Distress.

pollceman was passing down Rich
mono Street last wednesday afternoon
When be heard woman's voice lifted hiob
IN iamen.ation; opening the wicker. he
strobe up to the door, where a woman
was lying prone on the steps, bedewino
The rubber foot-mat with her br1nv tears
"What is the matter, ma'm2n he said
gently. >''''
''ooh, boo, ooh !" said the stricken fe-
male.
"Now, don't take On So said the club
carrier, with tremuious gcntleness: tell
me what is the natter
70, l, I'm, a-a-ooh oo-hm and she
Wept atresh and copiouslv.
why, my dear, madam said the
oflcer, What great sorrow has bliebted
your life and drove the sunshine from
your happy home? Wherefore are Won
thus cast down into the depths of anguish
why are the fountains CT your beino
broken up, and your beauteous ewes be.
come springs from which the aoueous
fluid
boo-hoo.'
The sympatheticoflicer was nonplussed,
He backed off step or two. and as
has great heart throbbed in sympathy
with SO much suffering, he could but
make one more effort at comfort.
Madam" said he, and as he spoke his
voice grew husky with emotion, madam.
sympathize with you from the bottom
OF my heart, and while YOU do not seem
disposed to trust me, yet if there is any
tn.ng IN the round world | can do TO lift
TINS sorrow IRON your heart, let me do il.
assure you ii is no idle curiosity.
would be your friend. I will ayenoe
your wrongs, and the services Of one loy-
al a, and true are yours il you will accept
theme | will not pry into that which
does not concern me, know that some
great sorrow Is upon you, and gently, ten
derly would | raise the pail that hangs
about your life, dress the wounds that
nave been opened in your teuder heart
ana pour the balm Of consolation over
the
lie dld not notice in his venemence
that the woman had stealthly risen, but
she had, and launching the foot-mat full
IN his face, she said
"Get out O this, you mean old blather-
sklte! You're meaner than that old t4uardi-
an IN this dime novel, who won't let his
niece marry the hndasome trapper. If
l want to cry about what l read. It's none
O. your business"
Two blocks away the policeman tiicked
a bootblack off the sidewalk by the ear,
and muttered:
If woman amt the curusest-bu,lt
animals IN this world, Kill me for q fooI y
Gin. BREAKFAST Table.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
Military ESaIooning.

1t is the difficulty of securing suffi-
cheney of gas for imitation that at present
stands in the way Of employing balloons
III the field. The French balloons are all
large ones, Tor they were constructed,
most Of them, for postal service during
the serge, and, besides the mails and aer-
onaut sometimes carries three passen gers.
With the exception of half a dozen, all
the balloons which left Paris had uni
form capacity Of 1900 cubic metres, while
one, in which nj. De Fonvielle and three
other persons travelled from Paris to
Louyain, measures 5000 metres. Such
bulky balloons as these are unsuited for
the field, where the problem is to send
single observer aloft with the minimum
amount Of time and trouble. The small
est balloon and the lightest gas for the
purpose are what the soldier seems to re-
quire, and it is toward these two points
that attention has lately been directed by
Capt. Templar and the other officers
who are just now occupied in the
study of aerial navigation in this
country. Naturally enough, hydrogen
holds out the most promising features as
a lifting medium, and it is with this gas
that experiments are once more to be
made. AS our readers remember, the
weight Ct hydrogen is calculated to be
I'D grains per 100 cubic inches, while
air, Oh the other hand, weighs 81 grains;
and as the lifting power is represented by
the difference between these numbers, it
stands to reason that theoretically bal
loon, If filled with hydrogen, need be of
but comparatively small dimentions. I'm
fortunately, in a practical affair like bal
loningg, lot ofaccidental matter requires
to be taken into consideration, and two
Of these are the facts that il is difficult to
secure pure hydrogen, and more difficult
still to keep 1T in the balloon envelope
when secured. Capt. Templar is sangu-
Inc that a 10000 cubic feet balloon is
quite capable of lifting an observer high
enough for recommending purposes, if
filled with hydrogen, and well-nigh
proved his case, the other day when
he overcome gravity, if he did not rise,
with the aid Of light coal- gas with
which this small balloon was filled. The
coal-gas, specially manufactured for his
balloon, and had lifting power of so
pounds per 1000 feet, so that total of
500 pounds was here at his disposal. As
we have said, this was insufficient for an
ascent, for, besides the weight of the
aeronaut, there are, it must be remem-
bered, envelope, Car, tackle, cable, and
ballast to be taken into consideration.
lnsteae. of 500 pounds, hydrogen of the
same volume would have supplied lift
power Of 700 pounds, and this Of course.
would have been ample, and to spare, for
an ascent. But perhaps tie most inter.
estlng feature of the present ballooning
experiment will be the trial of compress
ed gas. AS our readers know very vel,
compressed gases are now commercial
article in this country, and you may pur-
chase cylinders Of oxygen or hydrogen
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
Wind Anu Sea.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

The sea is ajoyial comrade;
He laughs wherever he goes;
His meriment shines in the dimpling lines
That wrinkle his hale repose;
He lays himself down at the feet of the sun,
And shakes all over with giee;
And the broad backed-billows fall faint on the
Shore,
In the mirth of the mighty sea.
But the wind is sad aud res tless,
And cursed with an inward pain;
You may bark as you will, by valley or hill,
But you hear him still complain.
He walls on the barren mountains
And shrieks on the watery sea;
He sobs in the CEDAR and means in the pine,
And shudders all over the aspen-tree.
Welcome are both their voices;
And | know not which is best
The laughter that slips from oceans lips,
Or the comfortless winds unrest.
There's pang in all rejoicing,
A joy in the heart Of pain;
And the wind that saddens, the sea that glad
dens,
Are singing the self.same strain.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
Heaven on Earth.

Some people have singular ideas of
perfect happiness. An industrious Scotch
man, who resided near New York for
twenty years, andswho had accumulated
very handsome property, recently sent
to the ''ould countric" for his father, with
the view that he should share his prosper
ity, and slip away from his lease of life
as smoothly as possible. One day friend
of the family paid a visit to the elegant
mansion on the Hudson, where the old
man was living with his son, and took
occasion to compliment the proprietor of
the estate on its surprising loneliness and
cosy comfort. The owner, full of love
for his beautiful house, said he looked
upon it and its surroundings as 'skind
of heaven on earth" Heaven on earth ~
growled the venerable Scot-s.heayen on
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10

ALTO atmospheres pressure. AS our Roy
al Engineers carry about with them in
the field such unwieldy things as pom
tons, they can hardly grumble at wagon
load of hydrogen tubes. and with these it
is suggested to fill a balloon just wherey-
er a reconnaissance IS to be made. On
nearing the enemy the first convenient
spot will be chosen for the manufacture
OF hydrogen, and this will be compressed
with the assistance of suitable apparatus,
into The tubes, to be drawn off again
when the ascent is to be made. In this
way there is always TO be gas at hand not
only to fill the balloon but to keep up
constant supply for a limited period,
since hydrogen. under the most favorable
circumstances rapidly exudes from a
balloon envelope. A military bal loon, it
appears to be decided, must be captive
Mature.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10


tween the animate and the inanimate az
precarious as that which has SEPARATED the
ANNA! from the vegetable? This ulteri-
or question, or graver import, would arise
when the derivation OF all the varieties of
vital existence from one another was a
demonstrated conclusion Of science. The
evolution. OF nature may be fact; a daily
and hourly apocalypse. But VIC have no
evidence of the non vital passing into the
Vital. Spontaneous generation is. as vet.
an imaginative guess, inverted nv scien-
tine tests. And matter is nor itself alive.
Vitality, whether seen in single cell of
protoplasm or in the human brain. is .
thing sac Qsaerses, distinct from matter,
and Incapable OF being generated: out Of
m q, ". knight IN Ntnetesntt
Century.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
earth, and 40 a thimblefu' O whiskey in
the hail hoose! ma, ma, nae heaven here"
Mountaineer's Prayer.

Grid me- with the strength Of Thy steadfas
hills!
The speed of Thy streams give me.
In thespirit that calms with the life that thrills
would stand or run for thee.
Let me be Thy voice, or Thy silent power
AS the cataract or the peak
An eternal thought in my earthly hour,
Of the living God to speak
Clothe me in the rose -tints of Thy skies
Upon morning SUBMITS laid;
Robe nae in the purple and gold that flies
Through Thy shuttles of light and shade;
Let me rise and rejoice in Thy smile Alright,
AS mountains and forests do:
Let me welcome Thy twilight and Thy nipht
And wait for thy dawn anew!
Give me OF the brooks faith, joyously sung
:. Under clank of its icy chain!
Give me of the patience that hides among
my hlll-tops in mist and rain!
Lit me up from the clod; let me breathe Thy
breath;
Thy beauty and strength give me,
Let me lose both the name and the meanine q
of DEATH
La the life that share with Thee.
Lucy Larcom.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
Tne Stranger.

Ihe city was at its busiest. It was
twelve o'clock quite, it might have been
hall a minute past, but that's secondorv
consideration, when tall, handsome
man might have been seen-no, no: I
think that been said before-when tall,
handsome man acas seen viewing the pub
lie buildings with feelings of wonder
ment. The stranger was not dressed in
IN the ordinary occupation of the term;
OF course he had clothes on, but
his appearance, like the weather.
was decidedly sloppy" and his
broDzed face and long beard went far to
further the idea that he had Just arrived
from some distant Climb.
So thought Mr.. Fox Sharper, smart
looking man about forty, VINO had all the
appearance OF man about town; IN
fact, who looked like as we'll with very
mobile features. He had been cycling the
stranger for some time, and at length
spoke; he didn't speak at length, but
shortly remarked that s:hed make bet
that such buildings couldn't be matched
anywhere"
After this Mr.. Sharper volunteered
much information as to the dangers Of
City life, pointing out how necessary it
was Tor any one unaccustomed to its
ways to beware of swindlers, related how
be himself had become a prey, and finally
proposed visit to neighboring tavern.
TIE stranger willingly assented, sever
al glasses were drank, and paid for by
Mr.. Sharper, who insisted that the
stranger should be his guest for the day.
Drinks were followed by dinner, dinner
by billiards, at which little game BIZ. S.
professed himself novice, and played
ike one. After this they proceeded4o
the theatre, Dir. Sharper still insisting up
on paying Tor everything. At last the
stranger thought he must be going. Dir.
S. pressed hinl to accept the hospitality
OF bis roof, but d vain, ,5;zrcly theu he
would exchange cards; he had never met
SO delightful companion before-he
must sca lin again. TIE stranger sad
he should be most pleased, and, with
singulariy significant smile. handed his
pasteboard, on which vas inscribed.
'Hairy File, Detective Office, Central
Station" Sharper lost all interest.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10

The policy of China fa.ors agriculture
more than all other employments. In
CHINA the condition Of an agricultural
laborer is superior to that of a mechanic,
In China the great ambition of every man
is 10 get possession of some little bit OF
land, either in fee simple or Under lease.
The Chinese have little respect for foreign
trade or for modern Improvements. I'M
mense populations are supported on mod
crate areas, though the cause Of such fear
full mortality by occasional fanines is
largely due to the lack of transportation
facilities. While we may safely pattern
after much that is practicable and
economical In Chinese agriculture, it were
unwise TOR our peoule to ignore the ad-
yantages to be obtained from union of
commerce and manufactures with aericul-
ture.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-10
The F0rset-Me.Not.

Mark the forget-ne-not by yon brookside,
It's roots the mud, it's stems the waters hide;
Its blossoms seek the sky.
So, though thy feet be rooted in earths slime,
Raise thou thy head above the waves Of time-
Look up on high.
See how the blossoms, earthward bent awhile,
Turn as they ope to meet the SUMS bright
smile,
And, as they upward gaze,
First flush with pink, then n.irrow heavens
own blue,
And every fow'ret bears, of sunny hue,
crown ofrays.
O thou whose thoughts are fixed on this
worlds toys,
Look up to Him from whom are all the joys
The beatitic sight
Will change thee till the human grow divine,
And at the last upon thy brow shall shine
a crown oflight
SUNDAY II0quziae