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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-19
Frugal and Simple.
New York SUM-

II am said Thomas jefferson, ''for a
Government vigorously frugal and simple"
The followers of Jefferson will find their ac-
count in being honestly and consistently for
the same thing. The phrase quoted en-
braces all the government that is. necessary
TO the. well being of the country Frugal
ity is the parent of official honesty and ac-
cOuntability, while extravaganza in expend-
itures is the parent of corruption and CEN
tralization.
A frugal and simple Government collects
only such taxes as are necessary for the per-
Torrance of its own functions, such as the
administration of justice and the common
defense. 1t raises no fund for commercial
or industrial enterprises; it takes nothing
from the people 10 give away in tho form of
subsidies.
A frugal and simple Government cuts
down its civil list to the number absolutely
required for the public business. 1t main
tains no army, for which It has no other
employment than that of overawing the peo-
pie or their representatives. 1t is never the
victim of ring jObbery and plumber, because
its revenues are too slender or too well
guarded by law to tempt the thief
The Democrats of the Forty-fourth Con-
gress entered upon policy calculated to Sc
cure this sort of Government. When they
cut down the expenditures they struck at all
the most alarming tendencies. from central
ization of power 70 petty official larceny.
That policy won the approval of the people
and ought to be faithfully pursued.
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equato-,.and this may have effect some time.
afterward where the crust of the earth ia
weak.
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HOUSEHOLD NorHs.

FRIED tRITTERs.-FOur eggs, one pint OF
milk, the rind of one grated lemon, little
salt, Hour to make light butter. Beat the
eggs into the milk; add lemon, salt and
-four. Fry in hot lard, and serve with
wine.
WHIPPED PoTAToEs.-Whip boiled pota-
toes to creamy hghtness with a fork; beat
in butter, milk, pepper and salt; at last, the
trothed white OF an egg; toss irregularly
upon dish, set in the oven two minutes to
reheat but do not let it color.
JUMBLEs.-One cup butter, two cups
sugar, one cup milk, four eggs, one tea
spoon soda, six cups -four, little nutmeg.
Roll them out, cut them with a tumbler and
wineglass to form q ring; dust over with
the white of an egg, and sIft on a little sugar
before baking.
CoCoANUT fUDDING.-Heat pint of milk,
stirring into it small half-cup of sugar.
Dissolve two tablespoons of corn starch in a
little milk taken out before it is heated.
Add to this the milk when it begins to boil.
Stir until it becomes firm paste, then stir
in the beaten whites of four eggs, and after
u moment or two take it off the fire. Then
add half a cocoanut grated and mold it.
Serve it cold with boiled custard made with
the yolks Of the eggs and favored with va
nilla or lemon.
GAME Sour (CLEAR).-Taks the rem
nants of any kind of game, not high, put
them in a saucepan with an onion and car
rot, two or three cloves, a small piece of
mace, bayleaf, some parsley, white pepper
and salt to taste Cover the whole with
veal or poultry stock, and set the saucepan
to boil gently for a couple of hours. Strain
off the soup and set it to boil again, then
throw in an ounce of raw beef or liver
coarsely chopped; let it give one boil. and
strain the soup through a napkin. If not
quite clear, the clarifying process must be
repeated. A very small quantity of sherry
may be put in before clarifying.
MINUTE PUDDING.-Put pint of milk
properly sailed into a quart stewpan; have
ready basin of -four; as soon as the milk
boils take some flour in the left hand and lei
it fall lightly into the milk (which must b
kept boiling fast the whole time), stir with
out ceasing, adding Gour until it is about tbs
consistency OF porridge, then let it boil 8
few minutes longer, still keeping it stirred
Turn it out on a hot dish, stick pieces of but
ter al over it, sprinkle sugsr, and CRATE some
nutmeg, when the butter and sugar vii
melt and mingle, and. running all over anC
around it, form delicious sauce. Do no
be too sparirg of butter and sugar, and thu
cook need not be discouraged if she does no
succeed in her first attempt, as experience
alone can teach her how to sprinkle flour il
properly If it is not done very lightly
Jumps ofunlooked for -four will be the re
suit. 1t may be favored with vanilla.
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RELIGIOUS NOTES AND INCIDENTS.

The Protestant Episcopal Church is asked
to contribute Sl5S,0O0 to foreign missions
this year.
The youthful evangelist. Harrison, has
been gathering harvest of about l65 con-
verted sinners at Meriden, Conn. Great ex-
element attends his efforts.
One of the Methods. journals remarks
that even if it be true that General Schofeld
permitted priests and women to NEEDLE with
boy cadets, General Howard sought to mind
his own business churchwise."
The religious neurology of the past year
includes the names of Bishop Gilbert
Haven, George Ripley, Dr. Samuel Osgood,
DIR. Henry A. Boardman, DR.. William
Adams, Lucretia Mott, Dr. Z. II. Chaplin.
There are three clergymen in the Protest
ant Episcopal Church who have remained
for half century in the same parish:
Rev DR.. Morton, of ST. James Church,
Philadelphia; Rev. DIR. William Shelton,
of Buffalo; and Rev. Dr. Edison.
In his last Encylical, Leo NH, exhorts
the patriarchs, Archbishops, and Bishops of
the Catholic world to stimulate their flocks to
give theirE prayers, work, and contributions
in aid ofthe apostolic foreign missions as rep
resented by the work of the Societies for the
Propagation Of the Faith, of the Holy In
fancy Of Jesus Christ, and for the Schools
in the East.
A clergyman who served long term as
chaplain to jail in Southern city declares
that none of the prisoners, either white or
black, ever showed any penitence for their
misdeeds, or acknowledged that they had
done wrong. In murder cases few who
we're sentenced to be hanged would express
sorrow for sin in general way, but not for
the particular sin for which they were to
hang. His experience leads him TO think
that imprisoned criminals are hard lot, yet
not utterly beyond hope.
The fanaticism of some of the Sanctihca.
florists in Texas has far outstripped
the doings oeany of thePerfecticniste in this
part of the country. Among some of the
Texans it has taken the widest forms, such a:
the personation of Christ, and imagination Oh
the part of the fanatics that they have been
in Heaven. a Sanctifcationist is now wan
dering in Trinity Bottoms, believing, or pre-.
tending to believe, that he is Christ. He
wears loose cotton gown and has wooden
sandals on his feet. On his head he wears d
crown of thorns.
a clergyman of Troy, Rev. Mr.. Ham
lin, came near finding out on Christina:
night, exactly how disagreeable it is to be
hanged. This gentleman was not male
factor, but, on the contrary, was the victim
of FIVE tipsy rufians who asked him for
money, and then prepared to take vengeance
on him because he refused to grant their de-
mands. Happily the attack was before his
own door. The ruffians were adjusting a
rope around Mr.. Hamlin's neck in order to
hang him to u convenient lamp post. His
screams brought his wife and a neishbor
through whose efforts Mr.. Hamlin was re-
leased and his assailants put to flight. In the
controversy the neighbor was stabbed, ami
Mrs. Hamlin's eye was blackened.
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SCIENTIFIC GOSSIP.

An inventor thinks he has solved the
problem of propelling boats in canals and
rivers by means of ejecting water from the
boat. Unlike his predecessors, ne makes use
not of large pipe. but of great number OF
tubes with very small outlets.
Although he had examined over 100
hearts of children and grown-up people, Dr.
Langier discovered blood vessels in the
woman sixty, in whom they were evidently
the result of a pathological process.
1t seems that the application of tuning
fork to the web of the garden spider will
not only entice the insect toward it, but
even cause the spider to act toward fly
drowned in a repulsive substance as though
the fly were alive and without so disagreed
BILE sauce.
DIR. Comes, Of the Naples Academy, finds
in his later researches that light favors the
Transportation of plants which attains its
maximum shortly after midday; that, other
things being equal, the organ transpires
most which is the most highly colored, and
that it emits most water when exposed to
that part of the solar spectrum where it alb
serbs most light; and that only those lumin-
Gus rays which are absorbed favor the trans
piration of an organ.
A new method of obtaining grain in
photo-engraving has been introduced by
Major Waterhouse. He presses sand or
glass paper into gelstine reliefs, and as the
shadows contain thicker layer of the gela-
tine, and as, therefore, the sand or glass is
more strongly forced in, a very perceptible
grain is produced.
A farmer living at Jochenstein, Bavaria,
frequently noticed a stone plate about two
and a-half metres SOU IRE in wood belong
ing to him. Curiosity at length prompted
him to see what might be under the stone,
and a short time ago he had it raised. He
was rewarded by the discovery, in excellent
preservation, of the following bronze ar
ticles: Six head rings, four spiral bracelets
having each nine twists, and two battle.
axes.
Professor r. Falb, in one of his late lee
lures, attributes earthquakes to subterranean
volcanic outbreaks, produced by the cool
ing action of the hot liquid interior of the
earth in conjunction with tho attraction OF
the moon. The Nature says that in sup
port of his opinion, he cites the fact "thst
most earthquakes occur when the sun is
nearest US, viz, in January; fewest in June;
Also, LFdL LnS OF earthquakes IN
creases in the months of April and October
because of the strong attraction of the sun
on March II and September %
A new theory of earthquakes has been ad
vanced by DR.. Novak. He consideres thai
besides the rotation of the earth on its axi.
and its revolution round the sun, multiple
city of motions of the earth appear in spac
in virtue of which the earth's axis and tn,
equator shift their position. This causes
variation ofthe forcea influencing the earth
form, and the earth has the tendency t,
adapt itself to this change. He also consid
ers change Of form Of the earth to occu
! through the abifting Of the poles and tn,
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General Houston, uis Pony and His Razor


1t was on his departure to Mexico 'to
reveP-as he said-"in the Halls of the
Montezumas," that he again met with Major
Rector, a generous and genial man known
as the original Of The Fine Arkansas
Gentleman" In company with Major
Arnold Harris, also well-known in New
Orleans, who was then perhaps Deputy
Marshal, they journeyed to Southeastern
Arkansas, to which point their route was
the same. General Sam Houston rode an
Indian pony very disproportionate to his
own tall stature. This was a source of con-
siderable annoyance to him. He had become
thoroughly disguised with Indian life, was in
temperate and ill-tempered. His constant
theme of discussion was the unworthy ap-
pearance in foreign country, mounted on
an animal so ignoble, with frequent appeal
to Arnold Harris TO swap his large bay
mare for his Indian pony. These PROPOSE
tons were discussed for several days with
all the energy and eloquence of the
General, one of whose favorite EXPLANATIONS
was:
"This id bobtailed pony is disgrace.
He is continually fighting the flies and has
no means of protecting himself, and his
kicks and contortions render his rider
ridiculous. L shall be the laughter of all
Mexico. wish a steed appropriate to my
own stature l require a steed with his
natural weapon, flowing tail, that he may
defend himself against his enemies as, his
master has done. Harris, you must swapl"
As the result of persistent expostulation,
aided by liberal arrangement of "boot, F"
effected and guaranteed by Major Rector,
the General acquired the broom tailed mare,
and recovered his dignity and good humor.
When they came TO part, Major Rector
said he was sorry for him. He knew his
worth and felt for his misfortunes. He had
got So low, said the Major, that he couldn't
stay with the Indians, He was desperate
and Incorporate, and was going among the
Mexicans, So that would be the last he
would ever see OF poor Tom Houston.
They dismounted to take last drink of
whisky together. General" said Elias,
you said you liked that razor of mine when
you shaved. Yor are going where it may
not be convenient to buy one, and | can get
another when get back; suppose you take
it along2" So ne took the razor out of his
saddlebags and presented it.
General Houston opened the razor,
strapped il on his hand, looked at its edge,
and as he shut it carefully up and replacing
it in the case, SAID: ''Msior Rector, this is
apparently gift of little value, but it is an
inestimable testimonial of the friendship
that has lasted many years and proved
steady under the blasts of calumny and in
justice. Goodbye. God bless you. When
next you see this razor it shall be shaving
the President Of a Republic, by God"
These last words Major Rector remem-
bered distinctly. They were impressed
upon his memory by the battle of San
Jacinto, the recognition Of Texan indie
pendence and the election of General Sam
Houston to the Executive Chair
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POOR FAMILY's LUCK.
Suddenly Falling Heirs to Million and
Ealf
philadelphia Record

On a truck patch at Sixteenth and Dickin-
son streets lives family named Glen. They
are in rather poor circumstances The hus-
band works the truck farm and sustains a
family consisting of a wife and four child
rem. Recently the wife was notified that
her father had died in Melbourne, Aus
tralia, leaving 81, 100000 to her. The story
told by the Glen family is this:
Somewhere about thirty years ago James
Boyle his wife and two children, were liv-
ing upon a farm in Laghtnagallagh, County
Donegal, Ireland. Years of hard toll and
struggling with the impoverished soil had
failed to place the farmer in a comfortable
position, and finally, when his lease expired.
he determined to seek his fortune elsewhere
home was found for the children-the
girl Mary, who was then but babe, being
placed with her grandparents-and Boyle
and his wife took passage for Victoria,
Australia. On arriving at the colony he OBJ
tanned employment and by care and in
dustry saved enough in few years to buy a
farm. Prosperity continued to attend him.
and eventually he became one of the most
extensive farmers in the District
Meanwhile, the baby daughter whom he
had left behind was growing to years of wo-
manhood. From time to time the mails
brought words of good cheer from her pa
rents, but the welcome missives ceased after
1870, the last one stating that
her mother, and sister who
was born in the colony, had died, and
that her father had given up farming, and
was investing heavily in gold mines near
Ballarat In 1871 Miss Mary married Glen,
and Immediately afterward the couple en-
barked for this country. They are now
living with their children on truck farm,
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A Spectre Light.
Davenport Democrat


One of the most singular events that ever
arose in the experience of railroad men came
across the engineer, fireman and brakeman
on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific ex-
press which left Davenport for Council
Bluffs the evening of Thursday
The train pulled out of this city, James
RaynOr conductor ut 7:10 o'clock. The
weather was bitter cold that night, it will be
remem bered, the mercury falling to fifteen
degrees below zero. Nothing unusual hap
pened until after the train had gone from
Marengo at IL o'clock; and aboutthree miles
west of that town, the engineer, J. II. Will
kinSOn, saw in the distance ahead locomO-
tive headlight, and he said to his fireman.
David Myers, Dave, what on earth is that
train on the track on our time for?' Dave
looked ahead and there was the headlight
sure enough, and Wilkinson Immediately
closed his throttle, applied the air-bralxes,
and stopped. The brakeman jumped off to
ascertain the cause Of the halt and they,
too, saw the headlight coming. The engineer
and fireman watched the distant glare a
moment, and it quivered exactly as head
light does when viewed at distance, from a
fast approaching engine-and the track for a
long distance in front of its glistened like
silver in its light.
The conductor did not get off to see the
N sht, and so missed the sight.
Dul tS lilCit was a lldlll dliCdh, Will Ou
apparent right to the track, the express
backed TO Marengo in short order. There a
dispatch was sent to the Train Dispatcher at
Des Moines informing him of the unex-
pected train, and asking for instructions
His answer was: mo train between Mar
engo and Brooklyn-go ahead" but the
engineer reports seeing trainr "Impossi-
ble-there is no wild train or that section,
and regulars are all right Go ahead, tell
- III. 6
Marengo; but the strange headlight was
seen no more. To those who beheld it when
the train stopped it was real as any light
they ever saw, and all were as certain that
there was a locomotive with a train coming
toward them as they lived.
1t is now believed that sort of mirage or
reflection of WilkinSon's headlight was pro-
duced at the place by some freak of the ele-
ments in that clear cold, frosty air. and that
this was what Mr. Wilkinson, Dave Myers
and the brakeman saw. 1t was real enough
to send the train speeding back to Marengo
for Instructions. Mayhap it was specter
train, of which there are several in railroad
lore
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Senator Brnce.

Senator Bruce, who goes out to give way
for George. is the last of his race, doubtless,
for years to come, in the Senate. He is now
the only colOred man in either branch of Con-
gress. and the youngest of the Senators. He
told me a story the other day about himself
which / had heard before, but l think is has
never been in print. The late Senator Bogy,
of Missouri, was anxious to have pension
bill passed one day for a constituent, and
came over to the Republican side to ask
support for it. He approached the cOlOred
Senator from Mississippi and said:
Now look here, Bruce, vote for this, won:
you? / only want another vote or two, and
you can carry it through for me. 1t is a
meritorious case
Certainly said Senator Bruce ''You
know, Senator, that have always been will
ing to do you any favor you asked"
On 1t, sir replied the MissouriSen-
ator, Il never asked you favor in my life
till this moment"
ooh, yes you have" replied Bruce. "You
may remember once, many years ago, that
you were going from ST. Louis down the
river on q steamboat, and you were hurry
ing along to catch the boat, with a big
valise. You passed little barefoote,i
mulatto, and said: Here, you little black
rascal, take this vhlise and come on with
me- The boy took the handbag and when
you came near the boat, you said ii was about
to push off, and you ran on ahead and just
crossed the gang-plank as il was drawn in.
The boy, however had not been able to
keep up with you, and arrived too late
You stood on the lower deck and yelled
Throw that valise aboard. you
id black rascal l can't &c
without my valse." But the boat had
moved out till the boy was afraid it would
fall into the river liz he tried to throw it.
and, besides, he expected to receive quar-
ter for carrying it, and you had, apparently
forgotten all about that. The valise wa:
not thrown and you made the Captain Of
the boat come back to the dock again to get
/ it, and the boy collected the quarter. Now
! do you remember that circumstance, Sen
ator" concluded Bruce.
~ do" admitted Senator Bogy.
"Well," said Bruce, 81 was the little mu
latto boy that carried your valise, and an
Just as ready to accommodate you to-day a!
/ was then. I'll vote for your bill"
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came very difficult, the least exertion putting
me out of breath, while a slip of the foot
would completely exhaust me. l could see,
however, that every Sort brought me nearer
the crater, and altho. n nearly exhausted
was encouraged witt the prospect of tri-
umph. At length the summit was reached
about IL o'clock, and l fell exhausted on the
brink of the crater. l proceeded to enter
the crater where il was much worn, and
after became somewhat rested descended
the first zone several hundred feet into the
volcano. and AS far as | could 90 unless L
were let down by a rope. From my position
in the first zone with the aid of my glass
was enabled to get good view of the crater.
Around hung huge masses Of sulphur, in
terspersed with icicles the size of hogsheads
and hundreds of feet long, while before me
was the huge abyss, whose bottom L could
not see, sending up volumes of smoke and
steam from the center. We could remain
perfectly safe and comfortable around the
sides, but after an hours STAY we assembled to
the top, and the grand view there obtained
can not describe. The crater is about one
mile across, and has the appearance of a
large funnel whose sides are but little in
clined, and the bottom not visible. There
seems to be three distinct rings, which divide
it into four zones, the largest being that
near the mouth. From the summit the City
of Mexico, although over 100 miles
away, was plainly visible, and, sur
rounded by lakes, as it is, seemed
like magnificent gem set around
with pearls. The whole great Valley of
Mexico can be seen at glance. At our
feet lay Ameca, over thirty miles distant
with its luxurious growth Of tropical plants
and orange groves and banana plantations,
and on the right Puebla and the old cities
of Chilulo aud Tascalls. with their 365
churches and spires. The distant mountain
of Grizaba, nearly 200 miles away, the
snowy peaks of Melenena, the White Lady,
and several others in the distance, stood ar
raved before me. felt fully repaid Cor my
toll in having climbed the highest mountain
in North America, whose summit is about
Is, 600 feet above the sea level, and prepared
for the descent, matter that had not given
me much thought. With an Indian on each
side of me 1 started down at fearful gait.
1t took but few moments TO slide down a
space that took many weary steps to ascend.
and at o'clock we arrived at the cabin,
where we started in the morning, feeling
much overcome. After a lunch and another
horseback ride of thirty-seven miles we
reached Ameca about o'clock in the even
ing. Not until the guides reported it one of
the most difficult ascents they had ever
made, did realize that l had accomplished
so much. We left Ameca next morning at
o'clock, and after another OF those Mexi-
can stage rides, that was not in the same
mood to enjoy, We reached the City of
Mexico after five days experience long to De
remembered. NATHAN K. PERKINS,
Merchsntville, Camden County, N j.