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The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-15

lcoxe RrssrorAL AND WASHINGTON NOTES.

-. In me senate on Wednesday Mr.. Wallace
ps0esnted report of the results OF his Com.
ISltooo'1 IN vosfaxation into the sbrfdgernent OF
! s.ffrsee IN abode Island, accompanied by q
bSn looking TO the possible reduction at some
future time 9th representation OF that State
IN .Coueunos Mr.. Voorhees, made . speech
upon the need OF more room for the Congress
sional Library. The District appropriations
VAfe afbsWard discussed, especially those for
,ohnv1tabio Installations.
-lTho House p1esed q separate bill making APP
uroortattons FOR the public printing, the
bill. Tue confederation Of the postofiice APP
propy1at1on pill having been begun, the
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-15

Corcoran's possession. In 1862 1t was seized
by the Secretary of War as a hospital for
soldiers. The French Minister, occupying
1t at the time. was absent in New York, and
he Immediately telegraphed that the house
was his. Afterward, at the State Depart
ment, Mr.. Seward asked the Minister if the
French flag was broad enough to cover, Mr..
Corcoran's house. "Ifit is not was the re-
ply, tive will make IL So -
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-15

Why are 4s4O yards of land bought on
credit, like drinking song? Because it is
"aa acre on tic" "a +
Why is man who breaks window and
then pays the damage. like DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil in curing rheumatism Be
cause it breaks the pain and then makes it
all right.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-15

Go t. J. b. Dills for Mrs. Freeman's New
National Dyes. For brightness and dura-
bility of color are unequalled. Color from
two to five pounds price Is cents.
The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-05-15

, Leopold Spiedel, POI Subway street. Buff
falo. N. Y, says he has used DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil in bis family for coughs and
colds, and that II 10 the best thing he ever
knew.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
Errors Of Letter.Mr riters.

THE Dead Letter Office at Washing
ton exists mainly because men and
women are ignorant and careless.
About ninety clerks are employed to
correct the errors and supply the Omis-
sions of letter-writers. Thousands of
letters are thrown, daily, into the office
some without stamps, and others
with no address. A correspondent of
the Boston Transcript suggests that
once month, fifteen minutes should
be given to instructing the eight mill
ions of scholars in the public schools
in the A b C of correspondence. Upon
the blackboard few simple rules should
be written, such as:
1. Date your letter, i. e., write place
and State, day of month and year.
2. Name and address to whom letter
is to be written.
3. Use Government-size envelope.
4. Address envelope plainly before
letter is placed in envelope. giving town
or city, State. county and number of
street, if known.
5. Especially if any valuable is in
closed, indicate on envelope where let
ter should be returned if not delivered.
6. Seal and stamp envelope.
z. When parcel is to be mailed,
other than letter, ask at post-office the
amount of postage required.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Viceroy of India telegraphs that
Ayoob Kahn did not follow up the British
retreat. Gen. Burrows force has arrived at
Candahar. When the messenger left Ayoob
Kahn was encamped where the action was
fought. This seems to confirm the news that
Ayoob Khan has suffered heavily. The
London Times Calcutta correspondent
says: Everything seems to point to Gen.
Burrows having been outgeneraled, and
the battle of Phushixi Nakud will probably
be hereafter cited as one more instance of
the story, old rs British history itself, of a
gallant army being ruined by the infatuation
and incompetency of its leader and treachery
Of Its allies, as there can be little doubt that
Walis's (native) cavalry went over to tho
enemy"
The joint track of the Denver and
South Park and Denver and Rio Grandc
Railroad was completed into Leadville on
the 1st, when both companies began running
regular through trains. Their track is also
completed and opened to Hortenze, twelve
miles from Buena Vista, ,on the Gunnison ex-
tension.
DIR TANNER entered upon the thirty
fifth day of his fast at noon on the 1st. He
was perceptibly weaker than on the previous
day and suffered greatly from nausea and
SoiHitiHS, iuusCAtlte VI al iuudueu
of the stomach.
The war of rates between the Louis
vile and Nashville and the Chicago, st.
Louis and New Orleans Railroads has re-
duced passenger fares from New Orleans to
Memphis to $500, and to St. Louis and Chi
cago, $500
Snow fell in the Catskill Mountains,
New York, on the night of the Goth.
THE Bank of Colorado at Leadville
has suspended, the Cashier, C. Thornton
funds. 1t was always considered a weak
institution and had but a small amount of
deposits.
A WEAK imitation of a Spanish bull
fight came off in New York City on the 3Ist.
The exhibition was given by real Spanish
torreos and the so-caled bulls were Texas
steers. 1t was rather a tame affair, no blood
being split, either human or animal.
A REPORT comes from Youngstown,
o., of an involuntary balloon ascension taken
by n couple of young folks from the rural
districts. man named Henry was giving
short excursions from terra firma by means Of
a captive balloon. The couple mentioned had
unexplained manner the ir-bag broke loose
rapidity. When the balloon had reached a
high altitude, 1t drifted in q northeastcrly
direction. 1t was followed by many people
with telescopes, and finally 1t disappeared
from sight.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
Recent Points in Etiquette.

Say goodbye" not "good-morn-
ing"
Upon leaving \ room, one bow should
include all.
Never wait over fifteen minutes for a
tardy guest.
Upon introduction, enter at once into
conversation.
A note requires as prompt an answer
as a spoken question.
Regrets in reply to invitations should
contain a reason therefor.
Strangers arriving should notify
friends by card or by their presence.
At table you are required to~thank
the one who waits on you.
You should exchange calls with indi-
viduals before inviting them to your
house.
Only letters to unmarried ladies and
widows are addressed with their bap-
tismal name.
To return personal call with cards
inclosed in an envelope signifies that
visiting between the persons is ended.
Unless there is great difference in
age. a lady visiting should not rise,
either on arrival or departure of other
ladies'
American citizen., 1880-08-07
Garfleld's Prospects not Rosy.

We think Democrats have reason to
be very mucn encouraged this year, not
merely in regard to those States which
the Republicans admit to be doubtful,
such as New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Indiana, but also in regard to
those States which the latter have hith-
erto claimed as their exclusive terri
tory. among them Pennsylvania, Illi-
nois, Wisconsin, Maine. New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts,, Oregon and Cali
fornia. Four years ago the Republicans
carried Illinois by majority of 1,971,
in vote of 555. 900; Ohio by 2.747 in a
vote of 658, 900, and Pennsylvania by a
majority of 9,375, in a vote of $1,000,
distributed, would give those great
a foregone conclusion for Garfield in
the opinion of many sagacious poll
ticians; but if he cannot carry Ohio
there are no States he can carry, unless,
perhaps, Vermont and Iowa. He can
probably carry his own State but he
will have to make a fight for it. Han
cock is popular in Illinois, and with
Trumbull at the head of the State ticket
it will take more money than the Re-
publicans will feel like spending to
keep the narrow margin of four years
ago good. 1t is in Pennsylvania that
Colonel McClure's happy figure has its
most significant application. Hancock
will run there like fire in an August
clearing" A change of $500 votes. on
the basis of the voting four years ago,
will give our gallant candidate The
State, and if there isn't enough political
independence and State pride and graf
itude in the commonwealth to make
that difference we shall be very much
disappointed. But even at the worst,
from q Democratic standpoint, the
fight in these States will be SO smart
that it will make the Republican cor
ruption fund or campaign fund as they
prefer to call it-look small. and then
what will that party do to be saved in
New York, Indiana, New Jersey and
just now the prospects
of Mr.. Gar6elds party are not rosy.
Its resources will have to be spread
over q great deal more ground than
usual, and that alone means weakness
and defeat. Boston Post.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Quincy system is to be intros
duced in the schools at Sacramento.
The Reformed Episcopal Church
has now nine Bishops, and clerical
force of 101 ministers, including the
Bishops.
AT the examination of the bows and
girls for the New York Normal School,
the averages of the boys were below
those of the girls.
Fifteen thousand dollars ase needed
to complete the sum required to fit up
a house for the Mccormick telescope at
the University of Virginia.
DR.. Cairns, now considered the
head of Scotch Presby terianism, and
principal of the Theological Seminary
in Edinburgh. ut present in this coun-
try. is tall. slender man, of nearly
threescore years. with a ruddy COM
plexion, prominent nose, firm mouth
and square chin. He has strong Scotch
accent and is said to be speaker Of
considerable eloquence.
"A Council General, representing the
entire Greek Church, is to meet at Mos
COW August 26 for the purpose of re-
establishing the ancient customs and
rites of the church, or drawing closer
the bonds of unity between the various
churches, of recalling to the bosom of
the orthodox church the Christian dis
sidents of the East and West, and of
promoting the propagation by missions
of the faith of the church.
The lack of theological students is
in the Jewish ranks as well as in the
Christian, and it is charged to one Of
two causes-a lack of spirituality
among the young men, or a conviction
hot fho inf ha
ers are the less need there is for preach
ing moral and scientific truths. Per-
haps this is SO, but the morals of the
community hardly keep pace with the
intelligence thereof.-ErchanQe.
To select the young as teachers for
the young is one of the experiments of
modern tunes that has proved eminent
ly successful. The fresh interest and
enthusiasm of the instructor infuses it
self into the pupils, who feel a reliance
upon the sympathy and appreciation of
a teacher who still vividly remembers
the difficulties of her own schooldays.
Frequently the elder teachers. although
probably better furnished with patience
and experience, have become the slaves
of routine, bowed beneath the grievous
burden of q WEAKNESS of their work.
Exchange.
-PresbyterianIsm IS said to be losing
ground in the South. The Louisville
(Ky.) Christian Observer reports con-
side. abe reduction in numbers since
1873 and steady decrease of theologi-
cal students every year. And the In
terror tells its readers that there are
nine fewer churches in Chicago to-day
than there were ten years ago, while
Cincinnati is in a worse condition than
it was thirty years ago, aud New York
is said to be only 5000 better off in
than it was three dec
ades ago. Rationalism, worldliness
and indifference to religion are charged
with producing this laxity and loss.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

gument, exert his official influence
upon public officers, dependent upon
his future action.
Certainly the courts of justice will
never lend themselves to enforce con-
tracts obtained by such influence"
The demurrer was overruled, the
pleas held to be good. and that the
contract was void as against public
policy.
All these matters appear by the rec
ords of the Circuit Court of Cook
County in case No. 12,181.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

Did you ever hear of small fish
escaping after being hookedP
1t is perfectly natural that man
should see his mistake after he has
made it.
"A wife should be like roast lamb.
tender and nicely dressed. No sauce
required.
The individual who points with
pride is the woman with a handsome
diamond ring.--PhilGdelph Chronicle
Herald.
(Rosc.
Only ,.,ssns.. VAS; $s?s:s..
HHeliotrope- HIiSp
"A sherwd little fellow lived with
an uncle who barely afforded him the
necessaries of life. One day the two
were out walking together and saw a
very thin greyhound. and the man
asked his nephew what made the dog
SO poor. II expect he lives with his
UNCLE" said the boy.
They were talking about expenses,
says the Galveston NeUs, and how
some men get rich. Said one: "My
butcher and baker have made money
enough out of me to build themselves
splendid houses" Responded the
other: 1.-THE barkeepers L patronize
have built whole blocks out of what L
owe them"
TN the hour of danger woman
thinks least of herself" said Madame
de Stael. True! When the thunder
roars and the vivid lightning flashes
and the big drops come down, the
woman who is caught out in the storm
devotes her agony to the thought that
her hat and dress will be ruined.
"A friend complains to X that the
sleep. my dear fellow" says x "you
of heat and cold. Summer
and winter always sleep with three
quilts-ir summer, l may add, l put
them under me-"
Conversation between an inquiring
stranger and a steamboat pilot: "That
is the Black Mountainp" Yes, sir;
highest mountain about Lake George"
ANY story or legend connected with
that mountain?'' "Lots of 'em. Two
lovers went up that mountain once, and
never came back again." Indeed!
Why, what became OF them?" "Went
down on the other side.'
-Bliffers has a French servant girl
of whom he is very proud. He says he
never Metz such girl as Nancy, and
says that things would soon go to
ROuen if he didn't Havre in the house.
He has just given her Nice Marseilles
dress, pair of Lisle gloves and several
of note paper. 1t fills his Brest
with pain to think of parting with her,
as she has been in his family Toulon
Strauss.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

The Chicago Inter Ocean hints to
Republicans not to defend Garfield be-
cause he doesn't need any defense.
The hint comes too late. Republicans
felt instinctively that Garfield did need
defense. and they have enlisted for the
war in a defensive campaign. Detroit
Free Press.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

ARRANGEMENT are being made to
transport 1000 or 5000 troops from England
to Afghanistan with the greatest dispatch,
and reinforcements are already going for
ward from various parts Of India.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

THE Democratic Convention of the
Sixth Missouri District renominated Con-
gressman Waddill.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

SAMUEL j. TILDEN presided at the
Democratic Mass Meeting at the New York
Academy Of Music on the 18th. He made q
brief speech upon taking the chair. Gen.
Ewing, Samuel j. Randall and Senator Jones
of Florida were among the orators.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

The West Virginia Democratic State
Convention, held on the 18th, nominated
Col. j. b. Jackson, of Parkersburg, for
Governor; Joseph Miller, of Cabell County,
for Auditor; and Col. phomas O'Brien for
Treasurer.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
Paper from Bagasse.

THE conversion of basasse into paper
stock at home is attracting considerable
attention in Louisiana. Several parties
in the North and West have tested the
fiber produced from it by new
process, and speak of it as extremely
promising. The chiefdifIiculty at pres
ent appears to be in the bleaching
process; but that, it is thought, can
easily be overcome and the fiber made
perfectly white. By converting the
bagasse into fiber on the plantations
three-fourths of the transportation
charges will be saved. Louisiana pro-
duces 200, ZOO hogshcads of sugar a year; :;
and the cane for each hogshead will
yield one ton of paper Scientific
dmerica1
American citizen., 1880-08-07

AN inhabitant of the environs of St.
Mesmin, in France, has found gold
ring of the fifth century, of which the
seal is formed by rare gold piece OF
the Princess Placidia, sister of the En-
pcror Homo rius.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

THE Ohio Greenbackers have nomi-
mated q State ticket as follows: Secretary Of
State, Charles A. Lloyd, Of Seneca; Su-
preme Judge, d. w. C. Louden, Of Brown
County; Clerk of Supreme Court, Charles
Bowsall, of Columbiana; Member Of Board
Of Public Works, Amos Roberts, Of Knox
county; School Commissioner, r. b. Smart,
of Ross County.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

JONATHAN WAsLEY, Superintendent !;
Frank Williamson, inside boss, and John
Reese, District Superintendent Of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany, descended into Keely Run Colliery at
Pottsville, Pa, to examine the ventilation.
Lwere suffocated by foul air, and q num-
Be- skmen who attempted their rescue
1ely escaped with their lives.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

Mr.. M. A. VEDDER finds that water
is not freed from organic impurities in
freezing, and that the germs of ami
malcul;e are present in very much of
the ice taken from stagnant water.
This being the case, considerable risk
must attend the use of such ice in drink
ing water.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

AN exchange speaks of man who sis
but one step removed from an ass. "
He'd better make it three or four.
The animal has long reach backward.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

A DISPATCH from Los Pinos, Colo,
10Th, says that the Indian treaty has finally
been signed and the success of the Commits
sion is thus assured beyond doubt Forty
eight chiefs and head men of the Uncom-
pahgre Utes affixed their sigma
tures, and Ouray assures the Com
missioners that there will be no
trouble now in getting the White River
and Southern Utes to sign. Instructions
were received from Washington informing
the Commission that the reservation would
not be thrown open for settlement until the
Indians were removed and proclamation
made by the President to that effect.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

ANOTHER serious disaster has befallen
the British troops in Afghanistan. Gen.
Burrows's command, numbering between
1000 and 1900 men, which was recently
dispatched from Candahsr % cooperate
with shere ali, has been attacked and almost
annihilated by the native insurgents under
Ayoob Khan. Ever since the ele-
walton of Abdurrahman Kahn as Ameer,
through the power of the British
Government, his old enemy and rival to the
throne, Ayoob Kahn, has been gathering
his forces about Candahar, but the British
commander evidently underrated the
strength of the insurgents and thus left the
way open to a crushing defeat. The capture
of the city - foregone conclusion, and
Gen. PrfE mas withdrawn his forces
into the citkssl, where they will remain in
state OF siege until relieved by reinforce
ments from Simla, which have been ordered
forward under command Of Gen. Phayre.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

ADUBLIN correspondent states that
the improved condition of the country. and
prospects of abundant crops, have caused
the Relief Committee to prepare to dissolve.
There is little doubt, he says, that the money
on hand will be enough to meet all pressing
daruouIa
American citizen., 1880-08-07

THE Mexican General Vale, with q
considerable force, has taken the field against
victorio and his band, who are now on that
side Of the border. The Mexican commander
is said to hold an authorization from our
Government to follow the red rascals into
our territory should the exigencies of the
case render it desirable to so.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

PRoF. RILEY, in an address before
the Mobile Cotton Exchange, said he had
found the army y-worm in most fields through
out a large extent Of territory visited by
him. He says II the planters poison the worm
and the weather is good, however, there
NAV be q very good crop.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

THE Kansas State Labor-Greenback
Convention was held at Topeka on the 2sth.
Judge j. A. Vrooman, of Greenwood County,
was nominated for Governor; H. L. Phil
lips, of Marion, for Lieutenant Governor;
S. A. Marshall, of Leavenworth, for
Treasurer; d. j. Cole, Of Reno, for
Auditor; L. B. Hadley, of Wyandotte,
for Attorney General; and Charles Smith,
Of Jefferson, for Superintendent of Schools.
The resolutions adopted indorse the platform
and candidates Of the Chicago Greenback-
Labor Convention and condemn the course
Of the Kansas Representatives in Congress
I'm opposing the Weaver financial resolution.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

THE boiling Republicans of the Twen-
tieth Ohio Congressional District, which COM
prises the city of Cleveland, have nominated
c. B. Lockwood for Representative in op-
position to Hon. Amos Townsend, renomi-
mated by the regular convention.
American citizen., 1880-08-07

THE Peruvians are taking advantage
of the warming given them by the Chilians,
and are removing their women and children
from Lima preparatory to inviting a
bombardment. All male citizens between
the ages of 10 and 90 are compelled to bear
arms, aad q desperate resistance will be
made. The Chilians have given notice that
If they capture the city it will be given up to
pillage.
American citizen., 1880-08-07
LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE.

Formal Acceptance by Mesars. Hancock
nnd English Of the Democratic NomIna-
tiOns for President and Vice-PresidenG
GENERAL HANCOCK
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-17
The ST. GOthard Tunnel.

SOME ACCOUNT OF The WORK AND THE DIFF
CULTIES ENCOUNTERED.
The Swiss correspondent OF the London
Times writes as follows under the date OF
February 29th:
The piercing OF the longest tunnel in the
world has thus been achieved in seven yeas
and five months-a rapidity OF execution
onite unprecedened, for relatively TO its
lenoth the st. GOthard has been bored in
fourth Of the time occupied In the boring OF
the Hauensten tunnel, and IN less than naif
the time taken by the Mont Gems. rms
great advance in the art OF tunneFdriVlbg
is due 10 the more extended application OF
machinery, and above all 10 the elncithcy
OF the air-compressors invented Dy fTo'
fes.or COlIadeD, OF Geneva. The perloratoIs'
actuated by these comprcssors, 40 tneir
work with marvellous swlItness. In TWO
| hours one machine drills 20 holes l.Zo me-
tres deep in face OF rock some lntI,es
! SQUIRE. The holes are then hlled WIN uS-
Mantle, charged, and fired, every explosion
disodging some q cubic metres OF ioch.
| The point OF attack for The peflofaiors i
always the upper part OF the ilnlshed 'un-
mel of The future, the floor OF the passage
they clear out being afterwards blasted and
wrought down by hama 10 the required
level. The locomotives used in the tunnel
are moved by compressed air, and ventlla.
tion is provided from the same source.
Horses are also used for dragging the
wagons. but owing to the intense
heat and the closeness the mortality
among them is very great. Out OF a
stud OF forty ten die on an average every
month. The men work night and day In
shifts OF eight hours each ; The labor Is very
trying. and they are compelled to take ire
ouent holidays. Great circumspection ia'
had to be exercised in the admission OF out,
siders to the galleries, as a walk OF seVera
miles in the sitting heat and vlilalcd at'
mosphere might easily prove iatai 10 per-
sons with weak hearts or Tendency 10 con-
peslion of the brain; and even the healthy
who venture in for The first time have oItei
accession TO regret their temeri'y. Ihe
scene in the interior OF the tunnel Is weiro
In the extreme--the pitchy dsrkness' re-
Iieyed only by the glare OF few lamps tnt
sbriekng OF locomotives, The blowing "
horns, the tramp OF horses, the vibra,ion "
the pcrforaiors, the explosion OF mines, ,n'
continual passing OF heayily-iaden wagons
the groups OF naked men plying pieh-aac
spade. aud shoyel-aIl these things mine'e'
together create an impression never " "
forgotten. a..
The completion OF the work, now tha
the two galleries are Joined and iree clI
cnlatlon OF air is established, VIII DC com
. paraiively easy. The tunnel is expccleo
be ready for traffic by the end OF septenl
{ ber. and the entire system OF which IL Is "a
ccnrre IN the summer OF 1882. The gfea
engineering triumph Of which tue y
/. Goihard tunnel Is ut once the monumsn
and the consummat.5n, though peacei'
. has not been bloodless one. betwee
8 sixty aud seventy men have been kiiled J
!, the premature explosion Of mines ana oan,
! mishaps. Many more have been sesious'
injured.