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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

COMMISSIONER lie Due has recently had a
tea party in New York. lie Due is the Com
missioner of Agriculture. He manages the
seeds plants, bulbs, cuttings. etc, to be
found on Uncle Sans plantations. lie Due
has great faith in American soil and climate,
and he is laboring to make the United States
Independent of the rest of the world. In
the cultivation of tea he has proceeded so
lar as to produce an article which is pro-
nOunced next thing to valueless, worth pos
SILLY twenty-five cents a pound. lie Due
had at his tea party nineteen specimens of
Carolina and Georgia teas. The experts
brewed and slipped. but no amount of brew
ing and slipping could extract from them
anything more favorable than that lie Due
had made good beginning" lie Due has
been cultivating India teas, that are little
IN demand, and now he has got to try the
Japan teas that are popular in America. It
is quite possible that during the next ten
centuries America Will produce frst-class
China and Japan teas as cheap as they can
be imported, but so far the experiments. if
not dead failures, are so near it as to make
Ie Due laughing stock
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

70 remain until to morrNw. he did not feel Justi-
NED IN retaining him. ~ view Of the Improve
!oellt IN MI Emmers condition. Mr.. Emmet was
tnereiore liberated. and left the building with ms
i1enns he returned to the Washington Hotel
aro inns evening took walk with his manager
M. mIton. visiting the minstrel troupe at 81
james hall He leaves here to-mcrrow morning
TO recuperate at Landuno delightful aud pop-
uiar watering place In the north Of Wales. He
Viii De accompanied by his friend. Mr.. Allinson
Mr. wilton, els manager, aud Mr.. Coady, his stage
carpenter. Tue latest accounts sbput Nr Emmett
say that he looks astonishingly well after what he
mas gone throuzh. The Alexandra Theaser will
remain closed until Monday. when il p hoped
adYentura -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

STANLEY MATTHEWS is now one of the Su-
preme Judges of the United States. Some
days before the nomination was confirmed
a New York Herald Washington dispatch
said that Matthews would receive twenty
five or twenty-six Democratic votes. II
would be interesting to know how many
Democratic votes he did receive. The New
York Journal of Commerce thoroughly un
derstands the case, and some days since, in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

EX-SENATOR DORSEY is being investigated
wi,h regard to Star Route jobs. If the
proper steps sre taken, Dorsey may be wanted
% Indiana to answer 10 certain charges
which, if proved, as they doubtless can be,
may send him to the Penitentiary.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

JoHN w. LINcK has been appointed Post
master of Madison, Ind. He was Garfield
Eector, and of course must have met the
approval of Senator Harrison. Senator Har-
rison is consulted on Indiana appointments,
but when it comes to New York, Senator
Coukling receives the cold shoulder, and
NJ Blaine's views are met by the President.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

To what extent was instructions given in
double voting and double counting by the
Republican State Central Committee during
tho late campaign in Indiana? Will S. z.
Conner enlighten the public in Chapter 2 of
- forthcoming history
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
Poor joe Emnot.

The New York Herah's LIVERPOOL Sabie Special
of the 18th says:
TX Emmet, the sctor, has broken his engage.
ment and was placed in Llnatic' Asylum, but re-
leased to-day When he was conveyed To the
workh0ase Hospital yesterday afternoon, In a
semi-delirious state, he nistook its gloomy corri
kept crying for drink. He was placed in a room
by himself In the lunatic ward, en- apartment de
voted TO the better class Of patients being selected
An experienced attendant was told off TO see tc
bis requirements. About two hours after
his admission he became conscious OF hi.
whereabouts. and was greatly mo eed aud
shame stricken. DIR. Kellet Smith, his chic
medical attendant at the Washington Hotel
signed the certificate for his removal 10 the Hos
pilal Thisi nrning Mr.. Emmett Was much bet
| Ter, aud demanded TO be released, Although DR.
Forbes, the senior house surgeon, counseled hin
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
Enginesr,s Heroism.

A special from Bloomfield, n. j.. of the 10th
says:
The eastward-bound train on the New York and
Greenwood Lake Railroad, due at Bloomfield, n
j., at S o'clock, was approaching the Beuville
Avenne Station, Saturday afternoon, and while
descending the grade the engineer, Albert Rikes,
a little child upon the track short distance
ahead. The air brakes were at once applied ana
a warning whistle sounded. The engineer saw,
however. that the train could not be stopped In
time 70 save the child, and hurried out upon his
engine and down to the cowcatcher. Taking n
firm grip with enc hand 30 steady hi1nself, he
leaned over grasped the child before the engine
to4lehed It, aud liAed IL out of danger frightened
but only slightly bruised The child was Stanley
Mcdowell. aged two years, and only son OF Charles
r Mcdowell, al Is Courtlandt street, this city
whose home Is IA Bloomfield. The boy had made
his way through loose paling In the fence sur
rounding the grounds Belonging TO the house,
and climbed a Nigh embankment of the railroad.
Mr. Mcdowell the 's.father. has presented the
engineer with 200.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

GARFIELD declares he will not appoint
"poker-player to Office" Officials who in
dulge in little games of draW will have to be
rareful
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES says that the
Star Route investigations "are instigated
against facts, not against men,"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

The New York Times credits the confirm
ation of Stanley Matthews to Democratic
votes
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
More of the National Scandal.

Washington special of the l4th, says:
The developments of yesterday in Arkansas in
relation TO the great Star Route scandal anl ex-
Senator Dorsey in connection Herewith, exctes
fresh public speculation here. 1t is rumored that
extraordinary developments viii come to light
very soon. One Of these reports is that Joseph r.
Black, now bonded ON his own account, has signi-
fed his intention OF turning states evidence aud
making clean breast of his connection with
straw bidding. TGiving away the parties here
who invited him into the business This is said
to involve several high officials and certain Con-
gressmen of heretofore irreproachsble charac-
ter. A gentleman on intimate terms
at the White House said to-day that Mr. Black has
declared that he will not be made a scapegoat of
while others 20 tree and unsupported, and that
he is now preparing, or has prepared. q statement
which will raise the hair from somebody's head.
Who it is he can not say guess. II envy such
statement is made, or is in progress. the fact
not be ascertained at the DepaI tments. Both the
Attorney General and PostOffice Department
officials very reticent to what is going ON,
or as 10 what may be expected. The result of any
new discoveries is more apt 10 be first ascertained
at the points where the blow tslls as In the Mis-
sissippi, Texas aud Arkansas cases. There not
a single route but about which many persons
living on it know something, The first step to-
ward local investiOn is apt to bring all that some
thing out, and good deal more.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
Indiana Republicans.
A Washington special Of the Nth says:

washington hptCIHI OF TIE 1fIn bdys.
Some time ago the President told some OF the
more importunate ofhce-seekers from the Hoosier
State that II they would only be patient Indiana
would be recognized and cared for 1t looks now
though he getting ready to redeem that
promise 1t is announced day that Lew Wal
lace is 70 be made Minister to Turkey.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
A Man without Lungs.

A special of the 18th to the Gazette from New
York says:
Since his discharge from the army Sergeant Ed
ward Kennedy, an old army veteran, and popu-
lar member of the Hoboken Police Department,
has been troubled with hemOrrhage of the lungs.
Two years ago he was given up by the Doctors,
who declared that the entire lung tissue had dis
appeared, and that the invalid would die In few
weeks from the date of their examination. Since
that time Kennedy has continued constantly AT
his post In the Police Department until lasi Janu-
ary when he was compelled through weakness TO
take to the house. The Doctors held frequent
consultations over the case, which now resolved
itself 70 the question. how long a man sustain
life In the body by will force7 His case is a won
derful exhibition of the power of mind over mat
ter, and all the physicians are In quandsry.
One of them said: Ned Kennedy was q dead
stand IT,"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
THE ONLY WAY FOR FARMERS
To Get Out of Debt.

Loans 81 1000 upward. TWO to TWENTY
YEARS. 7per cent, principal payable in yearly
installments, or faster, TX borrower pleases. Wei
ask no Life Insurance Delay. Write direct
and save expense. Correspondents wanted in
each Township. FRANCIS SMITH,
Late Smith e Hannaman. Indianapolis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18

OK IN con per day at home. samples worth
% III 4lU free, address sTINsON d CO.. Port
land, Maine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
A Thrilling Fight with a Mad Dog.

Baltimore special of the 10th inst. to the Chi
cago Tribune says:
The northern section OF this city was thrown
BILE attack on a number of persons by an infuri-
ated bulldog suffering with hydrophobia- For
sometime past Mr.. James NJ. Epply, who resides
on the northern boundary OF the city, has been
the owner of two of these dangerous beasts, and
has kept them confined in the rear yard attached
to his residence. This afternoon one of the dogs
ferociously attacked the other, and while they
were engaged in desperate fight, a colored girl
belonging to the house went to the back door 10
endeayor to separate them, but no sooner did she
make her appearance than one OF them,
frothing at the mouth, seized her by the
left leg and tore great piece of flesh from
the calf of the limb. Stricken with terror and
pain, the girl screamed for help. aud Mr. William
Thompson. who was passing at the time, came
to her assistance and fired at the animal through
the fence with his revolver. The ball missed its
mark. and Mr.. Thompson climbed to the top of
No sooner did the maddened brute see him than
IL leaped for his throat and getting a savage
hold, together they fell off the fence into the
street Mr.. Thompson, who is a powerful man.
fought desperately, and finally succeeded in get
ting away from the animal, but not until his coat
and shirt were torn from him and he was severe
ly bitten in the throat and breast The dog
then ran madly down Maryland avenue, and his
next victim was a child named Eddie Simm, son
of one of our leading dry goods merchants.
Dashing at the boy, the dog threw him down and
bit and tore the flesh from a dozen parts of his
body. Painting and bleeding, the child was
picEed up and carried TO his fathers residence
close by.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-18
Sale of Fancy Cattle.

A Philadelphia special of May II to the Chicago
Times says:
That the people of America are beginning to ap-
preciate the merit of tnelybred cattle was large
ly demonstrated today, when stock-buyers from
New York, Massachusetts,, Connecticut New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, ana
other States attended q sale of imported Channel
Island bOvines at Herkness' bazaar, in this city.
The herd was composed of eighty cattle, which
were carefully selected from famous breeding
farms on Jersey aud Guernsey, and many OF the
specimens are entered in the herd books. The
majority were Jerse Us, but II noticeable fact
that the Guernseys were in greater demand and
realized the best prices OF the day. The cattle
were in admirable condition, and, taken all
around, the herd was the best ever sold In this
city; and, although the showing of bulls of
both breeds was poor. the cows and heifers were
remarkably good. The choice cows in the
collection were Gypsey, >Larouge, Redbreast,
Nelly, and Gambett and brought prices ranging
from $3.50 to $500 each. Larouges baby, beauti.
full little fawn-colored calf with hair as fine rs
silk, and perfect points, was greatly admired, and
when placed upon the stand for sale the bidding
became spirited. The first offer was $780, but that
sum raised by bids of $40 each until $3.50 was
reached when the little beauty was knocked down
TO 5. NJ. Burnham. The sale was attended by
about 500 people, many of whom were ladies,
but there were only about a dozen buyers, the
mass OF the farmers present being frightened of
at the start by the stiffness Of the bidding over
The sale lasted four hours, and the receipts
amount to $50 76S50, an average OF about S262 for
each COW, heifer and calf. I. A. Hayemeyer, OF
New York; III. n. Strong, of New York; j. b. Da-
Wis, of Richmond, Va: A Wilhelm, of Lebanon.
Pa ID. A. Given, of Cynthana, KY; +. Shaw, OF
were the heaviest investors in the fne-halred
stock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-19

Feeding corn to mich COWS is compare
lively new thing, but it is practiced bv
large number Of dairymen in all parts
OF the country.
MANY pretty good cultivators and all
the poor ones seem to lack the necessary
courage to thin crops as they should if
they would secure the best results.
Many vineyard has been nearly ruined
because its owner could not bear to pick
Oft and destroy the surplus fruit. The
same is true of pears and other fruit
crops. Many vegetable crops need the
same attention, and ifthey do receive it
IN time will be greatly improved. Man
gels, sugar beets and other roots are
among those that especially need atten-
ton. Corn, melons, squashes and many
other things will also need looking after
IN the same way. Do not neglect these
important things if the best results are
desired.
EXPERIMENTING on the depth at which
wheat should be covered, the following
results we're obtained. Of fifty grains
deposited at the depth of eight inches,
only two came up, and these formed no
heads; at seven inches one-fourth came
up, but formed no heads. Ten of the
fifty came up when covered five inches
deep, but had defective heads. At four
inches covering there were a few per-
feet heads, but most were defective. Of
those covered three inches all came up;
but the best yield was from those COW
cred only two inches deep. The condi-
ton of the soil as to moisture is not
stated, nor the state of the season, but
we should infer that it was moist, or
those planted three inches would have
been better than those at two. The
same experimenter says he prefers to
cover his wheat one inch and never more
than two.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-19
Dangerous Amusement.
From the Buffalo Commercial. J

We read in a New York exchange
what is called an amusing story" of
something that occurred on the Long
Branch express train this week. AS the
train was nearing Morgan, and running
at very high rate of speed, curious
passenger who had his head out of the
window surveying the country, suddenly
felt his hat lifted from his head by the
wind. He, with the most refreshing i'm
pudence, stood up and quietly pulled
the cord that connects with the air.
brakes. The train at once came to a
stand-still without ajar. The passenger
coolly left the car, sauntered back to
where his hat lay, put it on his head, re-
TUNED, mingled with the crowd, and
there was lost. OF course indignation
was rampant, and the conductor was
nettled Several minutes were lost be-
fore the air was exhausted from the res
ervoirs. The fellow undoubtedly
thought he had done avery smart thing,
but he had put the train in peril and
might have sacrificed many lives. The
passengers do not know, for instance,
how close behind the next train may be,
and to stop train without sending back
a signal might lead to very disastrous
consequences. Nothing but the pres
ence Of danger which the conductor can
not be expected to see should induce a
passenger to pull the bell-cord; and the
punishment for doing SO for insufficient
cause should be that of q severe penalty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-19
Postal Cards.

A treatise on the history of the postal
card has been published in Berlin. The
originator of the idea is said to have
been a German state official, DR..
Stephen, who wrote an essay upon it in
1865. Austria was the first to adopt it.
beginning in October, 1862 The first
three months witnessed the passage of
100000 cards through the mails.
Germany followed suit in 1870, and on
the first day after the introduction of
the postal card As, 1853 were sent off in
Berlin alone; and within two months
over 100000 were used. Other
countries soon initiated the same step.
During the Franco Prussian war the
postal card cystem was great boon to
both armies. Over 100000 cards
passed during the campaign between the
German soldiers and their friends and
homes. The greatest proportional con-
sumption of postal cards occurs unques-
tionably in the United States. The
whole of Europe is estimated to use an
nually $50, 100000, while the consump-
ton in the United States alone Will
not fall short of 230.0O0,000. Germany
consumed in 1879 1872, TAI, 900. The use
OF the postal card is, moreover, con-
stantly increasing, and, to some extent,
at the expense of the letter correspond
ence. There are now said to be seventy
three countries in which it is intro
duced. Austria, which has the honor of
first putting the idea into practical ex-
ecution, is now said to have cards of the
poorest material and most inconvenient
form.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-19
AFTER SUNSET.

Vocal yet voiceess, lingering, lambent white
With the wide wings of evening on the fell,
The tranquil veil, the enchanted citadel
Another day swoons to another night.
Speak low; from bare Blencathra's purple height
The sound o. the gbypll falls furled; and, 10th to
go,
continent of cloud its plated snow
Wears far away athwart lake of light.
LIS it the craft of hell that while we lie
Enshaded, lulled, beneath heavens bree zeless sky
The garrulous Changers and assoiled shows
VI London's burrCwing mazes haunt us yet?
City, forgive me mother of joys and woes
Ihy shado" is here, and 10, our eyes are wet.
The AthenoeuHl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-19
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1881.
ON SALISBURY PLAIN.
BY WILL CARLETON.

BY WILL CARLETON.
The clang of the Yankee reaper
On Salisbury plain!
A music sweeter-deeper-
Than many nobler strain.
Across that British prairie
/ tramped, one summer day;
The breeze was free and merry
White lamb-clouds were at play.
With heecy wealth was -teeming
The shepherds paddock fold
And ripened grain stood cleaning
Like lakes of melted gold.
Far off were grimly looming
Stonehenge's mystery-piles
Beneath the feet we're blooming
A fioweret's modest smiles.
And natures wondrous being
The gladdened eye possessed;
But what is CHEEKY of seeing,
When the heart is i'll at rest
For deep waves of emotion
Had all that day prevailed,
And over the cold blue ocean
My sad heart swiftly sailed.
Across the cold sea sailing,
My dreary memory roved;
Sweet old-time scenes unwilling,
With true friends, fondly loved:
And brought back many feeling
That long had dwelt apart,
Till though my life came stealing
The, pangs of homesick heart.
And never the seas wide reaches
Seemed half the fathoms DER,
Or the Wristbands shining beaches
So far away before.
When richer, sweeter, deeper
Than a distant music strain,
Came the clang of the Yankee reaper
On Salisbury plain.
And when the heart is weeping
Meath slowly crushing hours,
The fragran &c soft comes creeping
Of memory-hallowed flowers.
AS when, with sudden cleaning.
Above some foreign dome,
Against the sky goes streaming
The flag of our nation-home.
So from my heart the sadness
In silence gently stole,
And rich new strains of gladness
Came thrilling through my soul.
Youths COnapG iol
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-16
Viftscrassoui: Institute.

Thursday and Friday Of last week
were examination days in the Withcr-
spoon Institute. 1t was our privilege
TO be present a pqrt Of the time. PRO-
fessors Bancroft and Tintsman, with
their students, seemed to be ready foa
the work before them.
Every opportunity was given visi-
tors to test the knowledge Of the stu
dents, pertaining to their particular
studies. Every test question was fairly
met and properly disposed Of in man
ner quite gratifying TO visilqrs
sfYcral disputed points by the ADJ
g0nccd clas ia German and the class
IN !dnglish Grammar were submitted
to tie Judgment Of visitors. These
were disposed Of, we believe to the sat
isiaction Of all The study Of German
has become quite feature in the insti
tution. Two classes were examined
in German. The advanced class traas,
lated parts Of Sch;ier's Wilhelm Tell
The TRANSACTIONS were characterized by
a correctness and rapiditv seldom met
with. The class Of beginners did very
well Both CLASSES evinccd the tap,
that the study 9f Gprman was net only
an accomplishment but Of practical
benefit to them
1t is not our purpose 70 particHlariAt
other studies In which the students
were examined; suffice it TO say, how
ever, that the examinations throughout
50 far rs we are able TO Judge from
what we beard, were all that the fricnds
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-16

The New Bethlehem (Clarlon
county, FiHdicPt0r says; "A short
lime since some Of the miners in the
ccal banks at Colwell's Furnace were
frightened half to death by hearing
strange sounds issuing from one Of the
rooms. which they thought were made
by wild cat, panther, or some other
dan -crous animal and when they cspied
its glittering eyes approaching them a
general stampede ensued, Tho belief
that il was GONE dangerous an NAL
grew 80 S rong that not one them
would venture into the bank and m t.
tcrs became so desperate that we
understands Mr. Wilson, the manager
o! the furnace, offered Il reward OF one
hundred dollars for tho capture of the
apiMul, which offer stimulating them
some Of the more courageous set trap
tor his catshp, and on Monday night
their efGr's woro crowned with sue
oess. The news spread like wild-frc,
and the men from far and near, hurried
to the bank to see the captured animal
brought from the mines The excite
mcnt ran high when half u dozen men,
armed with pistols, knlyes etc, entered
the mlGp, and imagine their chagrin
and disappointment when they brought
forth the captured 'animi!e,' which
proved to he nothing more then net
eat, that had followed one of the mi
ncr3 into the bank and could nos fad
its way out"