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Ara East INDIAN City.

Calcutta is divided into three parts; there
is first, the suburban, Or residential part,
where the official people and non-tradlng
class of Europeans live; next the CONNER
cial OF business part, occupied by public
offices, courts, shops; banks, and other es-
tablishments; thirdly, the native part,
where the rich baboos live in houses OF
European fashion, and the poorer in mere
huts or wigwams, which cover many
square miles out Of the whole extent of the
city, and indeed form the larger portion of
It's space. The huts Of the natives, massed
together by thousands, have savage SIM
plicity. They resemble the roofs of hay
stacks supported by scaffolding or props :
sometimes they have mud walls, sometimes
merely mating or cane-wattling to serve
as screens from the public eye. The first
drive through this portion of the town is
not pleasant for European. He may
drive through acre after acre of such habi-
tations, varied by occasional mean build
ings of white slucco. It is not the mode
of habitation, however, but the humanity
of the place, which is calculated to turn
the stomach Of the inexperienced. One,
two, three, or any definite number of dark
skinned naked people need not sicken any
body; but to be alone amid ilimitable num-
bers of naked bodies, some Of whom are
less comely than apes, amid an infinite dis
,,Iax II
ing skins Of all shades Of color from red to
black-coppers chocolate, bistre, burnt
umber, and charcoal; to see countless
number of hairy chests, some hard and
bony, as though in the last stage Of emacia-
ton, and some, and these the most horrible,
pendulol1s from corpulency; to see SO much
bare humanity in all sorts Of ungainly pos
-squatting for the most part like
apes, smoking the eternal hubbIe-bubble
land gazing vaeantly from dark stony eyes
beneath brows HrinkIed with excessive
heat, and crowned with black, shaggy, and
bristled hair, is very degrading to civilized
humanity. Here we, the whites, seem the
exception, and the blacks the normal type
of humanity. 4 cleanly baboo, or respee-
table native, with his white soup-plate
head-dress, and his spotless white vest and
scarf, or a native domestic servant, bearer,
kitmutgar or syee, is 1 decent looking be-
ing; but the sWarning, tattooed, bare-leg-
gel, bare-breasted, bafe-headed millions
u Bengelese ;are il, 4 mass 4 most unpleas-
ant spectacle, especially IN hot weather.
when even baboos OUT for 4 walk will take
off their vests and shoes for the sake b
eoolness, or saving Of washing expenditure,
as they have no unde s nature ln-
adorned is not very attractive
The fifth publication Of Behn and Y az
ner's estimates Of the population of tilt.
earth, lately issued, puts the inelss sase since:
fha 1aaf. issifas sat X t1tftt
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05

the morrow. lie sat with his child an
watched the sunset. Then he asked her
/ ''What mean you. child, when | re
turned after the duel with Eustache. b,
those strange words, God has heard me 2
Father. have been praying for you
..Ay; and what WAS your prayer"
THAT you might not be slain: that yot
might yanquish your opponent; that yeu
might be restored to al your honors, and
keep your vow; that if might see this, l
would be wellcontent to die
He looked at her tenderly.
NAY; speak not Of dying; We shall find
for thee some brave knight, and the min
stels shall sing the stories Of the faithful
love"
She smiled sweetIy upon him aud an
swercd:
''It may never be, dear father, but l am
well content to die"
Rosamond slept her last long sleep that
night. Her father, after brief delay.
joined the crusade, distinguished himself
III many engagements, won the praises Of
all-but he was never known to smile or
to be angry. He died on the field When
comrade knelt beside him, and bent his
head to listen to his parting words, he |
heard him say: "Shc is waiting for me
and her mother is with her,
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05

put over three hundred chains under a
iron-clad. The greatest ANNOYANCE tha
we had were the sharks. They did nc
hardly dare tackle us, because with ou
armor we looked more like scarecrows thai
anything else. They would come sailin!
along, and gradually swim up to us will
their great big mouths wide open; bu
when within few feet Of us tney woulf
stop, and lay their tapping fins, and look.
ing, it seemed to me, like the very evil one
himself. Finally we devised a way to
scare them off that never failed to frighten
them, so that they would stay away an hour
or longer before they dared to come back.
Ihe armor we wear is air-tight, you know.
Our jacket sleeves were fastened around
our wrists with an elastic, so that the air
would not escape. BY running my finger
under the sleeve of my jacket could let
the air out, and as it rushed into the water,
it would make a kissing noise, and VOL
ume of bubbles shoot up. So whenever
those sharks would come prowling around
me would hold out my arm toward them. |
and putting my finger under the elastic Of
my jacket sleeve, I would let lot of air |
out and send stream of bubbles into the |
sharks face with a kissing noise like steam
rom gauge-cock. The way that those
marks would 20 scooting off was funny ia
)ehoId.''
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Torpedo Practice ON Sharks.

be Not year, indeed, hardly mont
4 passes buta shark despoils British ship
Is one or more Of her hands. While the We
is sci is in the harbor, or riding in the ofTins
q man tumbles overheard, or is capsize
= from boat, or attempts to swim ashore
o and Is torn in pieces by sharks with
: sight of help and sound of human voice
0 The Alice Davies, of Liverpool, has jus
E returned to the Mersey, and in her clog
} is duly recorded terrible catastrophe o
/. this kind. She was anchored off a smal
t river known as the Probolingo, on the
coast Of Java, and one of her crew. 8
Welshman, OF the name of Owen, went
with tour others to bathe. They were all
good swimmers, and Owen, who was the
most sklllful, had yentured some little dis
tance from the vessel, when he was sud
denly heard to utter piercing shrek. A
large shark, rising suddenly from the bot
| tom, had bitten him Immediately below
the fifth rib, and literally torn him to pieces.
4 rope was thrown to him, but his injuries
were SO terrible that he Immediately sank.
His companions escaped uninjured, but of
Owens body no trace was recovered. The
shark which attacked him was, we are
told, judged to be some fifteen feet in
length. Such dimensions, although large,
are yet not unusal in the japanese Seas.
The shark is not SO much the tiger as the
Vulture OF the sea. Like the vulture, he
hesitates to attack anything with life in it:
put, If hungry becomes for the time DOS
sessed with courage not his own. We
snail never exterminate him, and his pres
7nce IN tropical waters must always remain
constant source of danger. Meantime he
las at least this merit, that wherever he
nay be found he affords certain rough
pecles Of sport. There is no better fun .
han fishing for a shark with a hook the =
lze OF a pitchfork, and a huge piece of ,
oork by way Of bait. Harpooning the 3,
reattlres is also an exciting amusement
Though seldom practiced. Of late years,
20, the shark has been hunted in novel +
nd scientific. ways. There is no better :,
'rm of rife practice than to loot at him =
ON the stern, with explosive bullets. If q
Oh miss him, he still follows on. If he is y
1t great hole is rent in him. He rolls Al
owly over on his back, displaying his u
uel, gaping jaws and vast expanse of y
hite underestimate, and his brother sharks p
ming up from around, dispute frater- &c
ally over the carcass. Best, however, of o
modes of shark chase, because most -
lentlfic, and consequently most amusing. .'s
that recently adopted in her Maiestv's u
Wy OF combining torpedo drill with
ark fishery. A miniature torpedo is en-
'sed in a bait Of junk pork, and lowered
tn proper care. The battery is duly
arged, and at the moment the huge fish "a
zes, and, as a pike-fsher would saw, co
ouches' the tempting morsel, the cir a :
it is completed. The effect is instanta- bs
ous. The head and jaws Of the monster ",
, blown into fragments, and bubblinp HI;
Gle IN the water marks the spot where a -.
Y seconds before, his dorsal fin was Dc
owing above the waves.-London Daizy the
U5. ter
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05
Sir REenry Hsesseaner's Obserya-
tory
TLOndOn WorJd.I

London World.
AT the present moment Sir Henry Bes
sener, finding no more development fo]
his taste for landscape gardening, and hay
ing built himself q conservatory of mar
velous workmanship, is employed in con
structing an observatory destined to CON
tain an enormous telescope, capable o.
magnifying five thousand times. worthy
rival Of the famous tube set I'D by Lore;
Rosse: The Besserner telescope, however
will not be furnished with metal spec,,-
lum, Sir Henry having discovered meth
cd of grinding glass to the required curva-
ture. Glass has been successfully employ
ed in the telescope in the observatory at
Paris, and equally good results are expect
ed from the giant Of Denmark Hill.
The observatory required to contain an
instrument of its enormous magnitude is
in itself marvel Of constructive skill, and
is probably the most remarkable edifice OF
tie kind in the world. Not the dome only.
as at Greenwich and elsewhere, but the en-
tire upper floor revolves on q circular rail
way by hydraulic power, subject to the
touch of the finger of the astronomer. who
thus enjoys all the advantage of out-of-
door observation, combined with the com
fort Of his own library. Chemistry, mathe-
mates, and physics having in turn hel ped
Sir Henry Bessemer to fortune, he has
now fallen back on astronomy as pastine.
His observatory, which is constructed in
the most massive manner in order to avoid
vibration, is, although approachable from
the house and the long terrace leading to
the lake, 50 constructed that it can be en-
tered from the private road. probably with
the view of presenting or bequeathing it to
some scientific society.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05
a Railway Tenn npcrance Lecture

Twenty years ago. said a passenge
with red ribbon in his buttonhole, g
knew that man that you saw get off at tht
last station. He was man of rare prom
ise, collenge graduate, man of brilliant
intellect and shrewd mercantile ability,
Life dawned before him in all the glowing
colors of fair premise. He had some
money when he left college. He invested
1t IN business and his business prospered,
He married beautiful Young girl, who
bore him three lovely Children The sad
looking passenger sitting on the wood-box.
-"Au at one time?" The red ribbon
passenger :-"No, in biennial installments,
OF one. No one dreamed that the Door
house would ever be their home. But il.
an evil hour the young man yielded to the
temper. He began to drink beer. He
liked it and drank more. He drank and
others to drink That was
only fourteen years ago, and he was a pros
9erous and wealthy man. To-day where
S ne 20 The clergyman in the front seat,
olemnly ga sot and beggar." The
ed ribbon man, disconsolately ''Oh, no;
e is a member of Congress and owns a
rewery worth $5O,OO0
Sometimes it will happen that way.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05
A REfHad Sculptor.

A writer in the Paris Tens late gave &
very interesting account; which we find
copied in q recent number 70 the L'Art, OF
a young French sculptor named Vidal, who
has attained high distinction in his art, and
who yet, sad to relate, has been totally
blind ever since the age Of twenty-one.
Before this age, Vidal had been pupil of
the atelier of Barge, and had learned the
technicalities of sculpture, when quite
suddenly he was struck with blindness.
All his hopes for fame for a time seemed
over, but, with resolution which no mis-
fortune could shake, he persevered in the
profession he had adopted, and after some
months Of patient labor, fonnd that he
could really make his fingers do the work
of eyes: His touch has iii triftff become SO
sensitive that by means of feeling his
model in every part, he is able to repro
duce it with an exactitude often not gained
by those who merely see 1t. He generally
takes animals for his subjects-lions, stags,
panthers, hares, horses, etc-and his skill
in modelling their forms in various atti-
tudes is SO great that it gained him medal
at the Salon of 1861. The State also has
purchased several of his marbles and
bronZes. One of the most remarkable
things related about Vidal is that he can
Judge, not only of his own work, but also of
That of others, by the touch, as was proved
Turing d recent visit to the Universal ex-
hi bitiof, when he showed himself very
good critic of the sculpture there exhibited
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05
Hunger and Thirst.

Some interesting experiments hare re-
Gently been made by the medical faculty
fMiclligan University, ii order 10 deter
mine the seat Of hunger and thirst in the
animal system. A dog was chloroformea,
after having been fed 4 hearty meal, and
while the museaIo- o-membrano reservoir.
for TODD was largely diatenaed, All incision
was made through the abdomen, over the
saasssIge eaitarture Of the stomscIl, into that
organ then silver tube q quarter of an
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POetrV.
DE. PRDFENDES..

HowntJ the tide, by Jersey side
Oh, paure and shed tear
4 fair young dame for water came,
And almost got bier.
How canT tell what her bcfe!?-
Alas, that stch things be.
The fierce. rough sea rolled in, and She
Rol@d IN the ilcrce, rough sea.
"Uh. take me iu! OH take me in.n
.AGrighted, did she shout
The breakers dread had turned her hetid:
She meant, ''Oh, take Inc out"
Forgive who can the cruel man
Who heard that frightened shout.
tni through the din cried oat. ''Swim in. y
Yctshould have cried, swim out"
Forgive who can the cruel man
Who raised his horrid hand.
And with one swift and mighty lift
Propelled her safe to land.
Now some there he who say that she
Doth ofttimcs thoughtful sit,
And say, The sea had swallosreA me,
Had not swallowed if.n
And now sort Of moral short
In point in two lines more:
Far better stand unwasbed on land
Than be washed-up on shore.
-Hnrpsr's Nugazius
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05
The Ribbon Dance.

o.
Children's balls ara now in great vogue
in France. The latest novelty for them is
the ribbon dance. Eight ribbons of differ
ent colors are attached to ring in the cell
ing. Four girls and four boys hold the
ends of the ribbons. The orchestra strikes
up, and the eight children dance measure
which enables them to plat the ribbons.
The orchestra then starts another measure.
the children another step. and the plat is
unplsited. Each Of the dancers NAV be
dressed according 70 the color of the rib
bon that he or she holds, and the lninglfug
OF the eolors viii be all the more brilliant
The idea might easily be taken for eotil-
lion figure.
The Santa Barbara fCal. Atluertiser saws
that among the euriosities Dc the Pacific IS
an oil well at sea in thirty fathoma of water
on the coast, off Santa Barbara, which
sends forth b constant stream Of oil run
ming to waste. Rejecting the light of the
sun IN all colofs ogr The rainbow, II aees
singular and beautiful effect,
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05
AL aeavea-ss Eg use.

N old deep-sea toiIer, with long chap
tiers of th1illing adventures ii his memory,
tells the following about some Of his I'M
water companions
II dove once ia Mobile baY. where / had
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05

At another time Mr. Compton, in pass
ing a well known soup-house in the city
had his attention attracted to an unsophis
ticated son of Hibernia, who seemed puz
zled by the novel appearance Of some tur
ties which had just arrived at the door.
His eye accidentally encountered mine
Lreturned the glance, as much as to say
Come on. I'm ready for you
Gle seemed to understand what meant
and Immediately began to converse.
.Plaise, sir, Willyou be SO kiud as to tel
me what they call them there?'
" sThose, my friend, are turtles
s sHem-ha-what did ye say they
were2'
g Turtles, / tell you-turtles.
g Are they turtles, sir r
s.sYes; don't I tell you they are ?
g Turtles, turtles, turtIes,I think you
said they were turtles, sirn'
e Yes; I've told You over and over
again, they are turtles.
9. Oh; they are turtles, are they, sir Z,
/" My good fellow, I've told you half a
dozen times they are turtles, and nothing
but turtles. turtles, turtles.
II 'Plaise, sir, will you be 50 kind as 70
answer me another question:
well, what is it.
Plaise, sir, are they real or are they
mock turtles 2 - Harper's Magazine.
y ss
Peoples ideas differ as to what consti-
lutes Society For instance, the editor
and proprietor Of = newspaper in Tas mania
was recently demonstrated with by q
young clergyn man, who pointed cut to him
that his organ Of public opinion vas
chiefly made MP Of seurrility, blaspl1en1y
and lndeeencT. IN the full fury Of his
zeal, the young eeelesiastie wound up BY
saying, In England, 9 man who edited
such paper would be considered outside
the social pale. The editor calmly re-
died IN Tasmania, sir, no man is con-
aidereel outside the social pale asatil hs U
hauaeI
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-05

Mr.. C-Was pastor of Baptist
church in a certain town iii one OF the
Western States. He had been on very bad
terms with his fioek for some time. They
abused him whenever they could find ouea-
sion, and he reciproeated win equal reati-
ness. Before hiz con tract with slIie parish
expired, he received the appointment Of
Chaplain Ut the State prison. Ilated lit
This lucky opportunity Of gettins #1iu III
him, the congregation came iii ntli num-
hers to hear hls farewell sermon, pettaps
less to compliment than 10 annoy him sslaIl
their presence Great was Their astonlsh-
nent,. and still greater their aA.zsAs Gy
the reverend gentlenasEn chose to- Ills -
the following & words: % to f,5sspssle
place for yoa=-rflAE srteta ass Issfs
n.ag be also.
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One of Gas.tiez.,s BaaIess.


This ballet is on the subject Of the pied
piper Of Hamelin, aud is very gracefully
treated. 1t is said to have been rejected
by NJ. Ha!anzier (or rather to have been
denied representation for = delightfully."-
absurd reason. NJ. Halanzier, it seems,
called to his assistance that responsible
and dignided officer. the ballet-master Of
the opera. The ballet-rnagter was dead
against the piper and his rats. The rat,
ne said, was an "animal immonde,' and
the subscribers would be wholly unable to
bear the sight Of him. Encore. Mon
sier,o said he, Isl e'etait une abeille ~
But, unluckily, it was not possible to turn
The rats into bees, and SC this sPreneur
de Rats remains still in NJ. Halanzie's
portfolios.
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rom book recently published in Lon

From book recently published in Lon
don, but not likely to be repub1ished here.
entitled Memoir of Henry Compton, Gan
actor), we quote two odd stories:
Watlington was a man formed from
/ his birth of an even temper and easy dis
position. He walked (of rather satJ
through life with the greatest Indifference
as to its cares and its troubles. He had
one particular phrase which he eonsoled
himself with on all occasious-sIt may be
80, but then again it may not On paying
him a visit one day I asked him if he
thought it would be fine. Why, he re-
piled, Sit may rain, but then again it may
not Seeing him reading Daniels Field
Sports, | inquired if he ever went on a
hunting excursion. 'Why, yes, said he,
I did go once on a bit Of jaunt of the
sort, but made sorry set out of it. [
borrowed gig Of a friend Of mine and
started for days pleasure, as ! thought;
but the horse was a stranger to me, and
SO, not having received It regular intro
w SoJll dc lAiE LiitSC 1cllI-
menced, off he set at full speed, with me
inside the gig. | began to be alarmed;
thinks there's danger here; | may go a
little farther without being turned over,
and then again I may not. Well. away he
tore over furrow and field, leaping every
ditch and bank that came in his way.
Presently | saw we were nearing the
horse pond, and then began to say TO my
self, may get past this pond without being
dropped in the middle Of it, and then again
may not. However, after running a tre-
mendous risk, escaped a broken neck
that time, and after getting pretty safely
through the remaining part of the chase,
says to myself, says I, well, I may be
tempted to go a-hunting again, but then
again may not. .
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But something filled my heart just then,
like the rush of 4 mighty river. | looked
back at my quiet life, my bright little
shop, the years of silence and Of sorrow.
felt Toldles' warm heart beating against
mine. He had saved her. And looked
at Richard Gray, and put my hand in
his.
Since then | have tried what it is to
be a lady in the Far West-a lady in a
log-cabin, without china, Or carpet, or
neck ribbons, and Richard says / have
succeeded.
Middletown transcript., 1880-04-03

mIDDLETOWN, DEL.
Middletown transcript., 1880-04-03
REGISTERS ORDER.

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, March Both, 1880.
Upon the application of Sarah E. Lock-
wood. Executrix of Edward W. Lockwood,
late of St. Georges Hundred in said county,
deceased, il is ordered and directed by
the Register that the Executrix aforesaid,
give notice of granting Of Letters Testamen-
tary upon the Estate of the deceased,
with the date of granting thereof, by
causing advertisements 10 be posted
within forty days from the date of such Let
ters, in six of the most public places of the
county Of New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate, TO pre-
sent the same or abide by an Act of Assembly
in such case made and provided. And also
cause the same to be inserted within the same
period in the MIDDLETOwN TRANsCRIPT news
paper published in Middletown, and to be
continued therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal OF
,~> Office of the Register aforesaid, at
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle county,
~ aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
S. G. BIGGS, Register
Middletown transcript., 1880-04-03
262 Acres Of Land.

more or less. divided into six fields. all well
watered and fenced. The soil is Of the fnesl
quality and very productive 1t is improved
by a comfortable DWELLING, 201l6. i've
stories high, with Kitchen in the reri sub
staniial and commodiuus Grannry 36x40; a
good Stable 2sx90 accommodating twelve
horses, and other needed buildings There
i also a thriving PEACH ORCHARD of 10
Acres, and a small APPLE ORCHARD.
There is also Landing on the farm.
Middletown transcript., 1880-04-03

JOY IN LOUISIANA peopFg Of New Or
leans, La, are elated with the decision Of the
Postmaster-General, D NJ. Key, in resembling
his Post-Ofice order about the mails, as he
says he is persuaded after an examination of
tie evidence submitted that the Lapisiana
State Lottery Company is not frauduEent e8d
has so recognized il, which is a highAtribHte
extorted after severe trial from the depart
ment. Now letters. registered letters, postal
orders alike go TO NJ. A. Dauphin, at Sew
Orleans, La , or same person at No, 3l9
Broadway, New York City, N. T., and the
time 10 try is the next drawing, April 18th,
when S. may win $4,000. Who is the lucky
MANI
Middletown transcript., 1880-04-03

A PART of ]. Cooke & Co.'S. estate, consist
ing of stocks, bonds and real estate, was sold
in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The amount
realized was S455, $40. Ogontz, Cookies
county seat, was bid up to 100000 and
Withdrawn.