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National Republican., 1883-04-16
A FAMOUS DIVORCE sU1.s
Recalled by the Death OF One OF the Prin-
cipnIs I'm France.
Special Dipaich.

Special Dspdtch.
CHICAGO, April 15.--The death at Nice of
Isaac II. Burch recalls one of tho most re-
markable divorce cases ever tried in this
country. Mr. and Mrs. Burch were leading
members of the Second Baptist church of
Chicago 1t was alleged that one night in
1860, both having experienced revival of
religion, they agreed to confess to each other.
any shortcomings of which they had been
guilty and that each was to forgive and for
get The character of the revelations made
by Mrs. Burch were such as her husband had
not expected, involving undue intimacy with
II former member of congress, then resident
of Detroit He ignored his agreement to for
give and forget, and having secured an affi-
davit from his wife acknowledging her fault,
brought suit for divorce. The presidential
election was in progress, but the commotion
caused in society by the relations of the bill
for divorce dwarfed the political excitement
for time and divided the people Of Chicago
into two herco factions, one favoring the wife
and the other the husband. Mrs. Burch was
q neice of Erastus Corning, Of Albany, N. Y,
and he gave her financial and other assist
auce on the trial, coming here himself and
sitting with her during the hearing. A dozen
of the most celebrated lawyers Of the west
were engaged. On the trial Mrs. Burch re-
tracted her confession and declared that it
was false. AS there was no other evidence
against her the bail was dismissed. When
the result of the trial became known the
friends of the lady and admirers of Erastus
Corning got up jubilee down town, firing
cannon and displaying fireworks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Burch finally agreed to separate, tho
father taking the oldest child and the mother
the youngest. n" " were eventually di-
v0iGsi. MsS.S marrying again and set
tling In Del Mr.. Burch going to
France. The 4. rwho accompanied him
was highly educat,, road, and has for somo
time been tho wife NJ. Ribot, French
statesman of prominene
National Republican., 1883-04-16
Local Items.

Warrants were sworn out on Saturday
against three little boys for defacing private
property at the instance Of Mrs. Imogene
Robinson Morrell painter, and John Jacob
Calvert, the janitor Of the CorcOran building.
Tho boys state that there is no foundation for
the charge, as they did not deface the walls
at all.
The Rev. w. B. jefferson, pastor of tho
Third Colored Baptist church, baptized a
score of converts of both sexes in the Poto-
mac above the long bridge early yesterday
morning. A number of the members of the
congregation witnessed the ceremony.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
An Ice CONTRACT Awarded.

The contract for furnishing the govern
ment printing Office with the best Kennebec
ice during the season of 1888 was yesterday
awarded to the Columbia Mutual Ice COM
pany, they being the lowest bidders. The
following is list of the proposals: Columbia
Independent Ice company. 25 cents per 100
pounds; Knickerbocker Ice company, 2S!
cents per 100 pounds; Rich s. Co., 80 cents
per 100 pounds; Great Falls Ice company 80
per 100 pounds; Smith Transparent Ice Manu-
facturing company, manufactured or natural
frozen ice, 30 cents per 100 pounds.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
Certificates OF Deposits.

During the first nine months of the fiscal
year ended June 3O 1889, the certificates of
deposits received at the Office of the commits.
sioner of internal revenue amounted to S106-
274, 400. During the same period of the fiscal
year of 1883 they amounted to $10S, ,S25,799,
showing an increase of S2,55i, ,395. From the
first to the thirteenth of April, 1882, the re-
ceipts aggregated $4,61092 and from the first
to the thirteenth of April, 1883, $4,162,i07, a
decrease of$44s,517, making an actual increase
for 1883 Of S. 102,SS1
National Republican., 1883-04-16

tering his nostril Burgess sreturned to Rhode
Island whcro he was arrested. While being
taken 10 Jail, at Killingly he asked to be
allowed to jump overheard, which he said
would save the state trouble and expense.
He was locked up but died in few hours
from self-administered poison. Three years
ago he shot man binding him for life.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
The Wheat Area In Europe,

A report from the London agent Of the de-
partment of agriculture makes the probable
decrease in area of wheat in Great Britain 10
per cent. and 10 per cent. in France. There
is also reduction of area in Russia, In
Austria Hungary full breadth has been
sown. Condition of the plant at the present
time is not genorally very favorable.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
Whisky Case Compromised.

Secretary Folger has accepted the offer of
compromise in the whisky case of Bayand &
Perrenand, of New York. The amount Of
fered as compromise was $4,000. The Sec
retary's action was based upon the recon-
mendation Of the commissioner of internal
revenue, which was concureed in by the
attorney general
National Republican., 1883-04-16
A Social Call In Connecticut.

NoRwIcHI HICoNN., April 15.-olney Burgess,
Of Foster, II. l., while making a social call upon
Daniel and Henry Burlingame, Killingly,
Conn, on Saturday last, suddenly drew re-
volver and shot Daniel, slightly injuring him.
In struggle for possession Of the pistol,
Henry was dangerously wounded ball en-
National Republican., 1883-04-16
B.s. Ball Games This Week.

The following games will be played at the
new Athletic grounds this week: Tuesday,
Nationals VS.. Merritts, of Elizabeth, N, j.;
Wednesday, Nationals VS.. Boston, Friday,
Waverlys vs. Our Boys of Baltimore; Sat.
urdaY, WaYerlys VS.. Nationals.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
Hiu WilI BE Inyestlgatod.

Secretary Folger has appointed a committee
consisting of Mr.. J. c. New, assistant secre-
tary; Joseph II. Robinson, assistant solicitor
of the treasury, and w. +. MacLennan, chief
of the warrant division, to investigate tho
charges of official misconduct recently filed
against Mr. James q. Hill supervising ar
chitect of the treasury.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
Sash CIVILIZATIONS

NEW BOOKS.
Mr.. Isaacs (cloth), by T. Marion Crawford.
Heart OF Steel, by Christian Reed
Fanchette. Round Robin Series"
Siege of. London, &c, by Henry James, JE
Story of Melicent, by Fayr Modoc.
Red Acorn, by John McElroy.
Wronged Wife, by May Agnes Fleming.
Marked in Haste.
story OF Carnival, Leisure Hour Series.n
History People United States, by John Bach MO-
Castee. ~ -,
cities OF Southern Italy and Sicily, by A. j. G. Hare
Harrs's Christianity and Civil Society.
PeclIs Bad Boy. 49,,
Ewes Daughters; or, Common Sense for Maid,
Wife, and Mother by Marion Harland. am glad
to that your counsel to your sex Is marked by ds-
cretion and based knowledge of the complex ele-
needed and will be useful especially 90 coming from
oliver Wendell Holmes, NJ d., Boston.
The Sources OF English Words and Phrases, by Ro-
get. Plain also with Patent Index, .,.,
Colton's General Atlas, New Revised Edition..
G. A. WHITAKER,
pil PENNSYLVANIA avenue (Vernon Row.
and A2a ID Rtreet northwest.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
Order Revoked.

The order suspending James L. Ayres, of
Huron, Dakota, as an attorney before the
land department has been revoked by Secre-
tary Teller, and Mr.. Ayres restored to
| nrncIicn.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
MIR. Huteh,nson,s Condition.

Mr.. Hayward M. Hutchinson was slowly
sinking at a late hour last night, having be-
come blind from the effects of his disease.
There is no hope for his recovery.
National Republican., 1883-04-16
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Standard noIInrs.

Standard Dollars.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints for the week ended April IA was
$1574s0. The issue for the corresponding
period Of last year was $l39,500.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
The Washington Caterer.

He is a character. He is usually a
colored gentleman. and ne supplies
families and single boarders with meals
at so much per month. Twenty dollars
month per person is the average
price, and for that sum he will bring to
your rooms your breakfast and dinner
In square tin box every morning and
evening for thirty days. This box Is
about two feet square with shelves in
side of it of grated iron like those Of
bake.ove in a cooking stove. 1t opens
at the end, and the yictuals are placed
smoking ON their shelvs, and the box
is then closed ready for carrying. 1t is
no. the most pleasant way to live.
Sometimes the food gets cold, the coffee
pot tips into the breakfast, and the
salt and pepper are mixed with the
preserves and the sugar. Sometimes
knife is forgotten, and others a napkin
fails to make an appearance. After
trying 1t week or so, the boader often
becomes disgusted and goes back to
the boarding house table of gossip, or
takes his meals at one Of the numerous
restaurants to be found in every quar-
ters of the city. Thousands of people
live at restaurants in Washington.
Many members OF Congress eat nowhere
else. A meal can be gotten for from
twenty-five cents up as high as you
wish to 60. The twenty-five cent
meals are not to be praised, and thirty
five or fifty cents B the least for which
one can get a passable breakfast or
dinner. There are some restaurants
where for eighteen or twenty dollars a
month you can get two meals a day,
but those of the better class cost more,
and the best range from one dollar a
day upwards. Two meals day is all
that Is included in board, and the
greater number of people in Washing
ton eat no more, though many take
lunches at noon. The rule Is a good
breakfast at or Q o'clock, a cup OF
coffee at l, and dinner, supposed to
be big meal, at 4 or in the after
noon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
a Land Slide.

The cable not long ago reported that
there had been a great land slide in
Switzerland, but gave no particulars
the harm done. Ii appears
that the circumstances were peculiar.
The disasters occurred near Fort de
'Ecluse, where the Rhone flows through
a narrow, rocky gorge, bounded on one
side by lofty spur OF the Jura aud on
the other by the precipice of Mt.
Vuache. Along ledge just above the
stream rurs a railway, which tunnels
several lutting spurs that rise abruptly
from the waters brink. One morning
early this month a great mass of earth
fell from the mountain directly over
tunnel, while later the tGnnel itself
caved in. The consequence was COM
piete damming of the narrow defile. A
great volume of water gathered behind
the obstruction. For several hours a
panic prevailed among the people below,
but they had time to escape the flood,
and when finally the barrler gave way,
the lake drained off gradually and no
great harm was done. If the dam had
held few hours longer, the entire val
ley as far down as Lyons would have
been inundated.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21

A dIease, like the individual in whom
it Is localized. has genealogy. 1t has
an ancestry of morbid conditions" all
commingled, and transmitted from suf-
ferer to sufferer, until "by inherited
dispositions, accumulating and CON-
bining in definite proportions, d" altering
for good or evil according to the soil
on which it grows, a new one is pro-
duced. This, in a few words, stripped
of its technicalities. and deprived, un-
fortunately, also, of the wealth of
illustration with which it is accom-
panied, is SIR James Paget's ingenious
theory. Its attractions are undeniable,
its plausibility great, and though the
author, in addressing professional
audience, forbore deducing a moral.
the lessons which it irresistibly sug-
gests are too patent to escape notice.
That children inherit the courage,
cowardice, prodigality, frugality. face,
figure, complexion, tone Of voice, and
talents of the parents is, of course. a
truism. 1t Is equally certain that dis
eased parents bequeath their fraiities
TO their offspring. Scrofllla. cancer,
consumption, epilepsy, rheumatism,
gout, insanity, cretinism and albinism
are among the most familiar of the dis
eases or defects which run in families. "
A craving for alcohol is a recognized
'morbus," handed down from father
to son, while hstlessness, sloth, i'm
practicability are as really transmitted
as capacity for work and clear brain
from one generation to another. A
prudent person hesitates TO marry a
consumptiYe, or a member of family
in which insanity has appeared, thus
acknowledging the soundness of the
data mentioned. Consanguinity is be-
lieyed, and justly soto intensity the
risks of transmission, though only be-
cause there is chance of near relatives,
such as cousins, being tainted with the
same family trouble. Yet little care is
taken to avoid dangerous ''intermar--
riq ges of Diseases" to use the phrase
which DR.. Benjamin Richardson has
so happily coined. If both parents
have tendency to the same malady,
the children can scarcely escape. But
if cancer and consumption wed, there
is hardly hope of the offspring escap-
ing early death or prolonged misery
from cancer, lupus, consumption.
tuberculosis of the brain, epilepsy,
diabetes from nervous injury, or some
variation or combination of the three
The internarriage of rheumatism and
consumption is productive of hydro
cephaius, and diseases of the bony
framework of the body, such as the
hipjoint disease so common among
weakly children. The State does not
in modern times-as III a more heroic
age-exercise a control over marriage.
1t is, therefore, all the more imperative
in those who are swayed by some re-
gard for posterity not to neglect in mar
risge every consideration save those oil
affection, wealth, position or social
fitness, when their own future sorrow
and that of another eneratlon are IN.
yoived in their neglect of the laws OF
mature.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
Ravens and sheep.

A Scotch grszler says uurIng rine days,
two ravens killed no fewer thau thirty
strong full grown sheep Their mode Of
action was discovered to be rs follows :
The mOther-bTd would fly on to the sleeps
face, fixing her claws below the eyes, and
seizing the top OF the head with her bill,
would fiap with Ter wings and screams
friehtfully. Her mate, ever near, would,
when the sheep was so fixed, get ON her
back and dig a hole through to the KID
neys- The sheep, distracted and blinded,
would sometimes run over the c!if, some
tunes into ditch, and sometimes fall
down exhausted In no case were the ra-
vens known TO leave their victims Until
life was extinct, swapping the windpipe to
that end, when other means failed; and
In no case were they known to feed on the
sleeps carcass. The less Of their young
ones which had been killed, excited them
to madness, and the sheep seemed 10 be
the only living thing on which they could
vent their Iage.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
DREAMING IN THE TRENCHES.

picture her there IN the quaint old room,
Where the fading rre-light starts and falls;
Alone in the twilight's tender gloom,
With the shadows that dance on the dim-Ii
walls.
Alone; while those faces look silently down
From their antique frames In a grim repOse-
Slight, scholarly Ralph in his oxford gown,
And staunch Sir Allan, who died for Monirose.
There are gal ants gay in crimson and gold;
There are smiling beauties with powdered hair
But she sits there. fairer thousand fold.
Leaning dreamily back in her low armchair
And the rosoate shadows of fading light,
Softly clear, steal DER the fair Young face
Where woInan's tenderness blends tonight
With the guileless pride Of her kn ghtly race.
Her small hands lie clasped in a lisiless way
ON the old romance, which she holds on her
knee,
OF Tristan, THE brayest Of knights in the fray,
And "Iseult," who waits by the sounding sea.
And the proud, Ozark eyes wear a sOftened look,
As she watches the dying embers fall;
Perhaps she dreams Of the knights in the book.
Perhaps Of the pictures that smile Oh The wani
What fancies, wonder, are thronging her brain,
For her cheeks flush warm With a crimson glow;
Perhaps-ahi me, how foolish and vain
But I'D give my life 10 believe it so.
Well, whether ever march home again,
To offer my love and stainless uame,
or whether die at the head of my men,
III be true 10 the end all the same!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
Light and Air for House Pisnts.

Plants will not grow without light
and will not thrive without fresh an,
pure air. But some plants require les
light than others, and some viii do per
fectly well without any sunshine. I
knowledge of varieties of the habits an,
requirements Of plants, is essential t
the success of the window garden. Gt
to nature for this knowledge. Nature
never makes a mistake. Her hint.
may be trusted implicitly. Find ont IL
what relations to sunshine and moisture
plants grow in their native conditions,
The primrose, nesting under hedges
where its leaves are sheltered from the
sun and protected from tie dew, where
its roots dip into the moisture of bitches,
tells us that we must not let our prim-
rose pots stand too fully in the sun,
nor drench the leaves, nor let the roots
dry up The cactus, growing IN hot
sand plains, in climates where the rain
falls one half the year, and the sun
shines fercey the other half, has q
lesson on its own leaves for those who
would be successful in the treatment of
cacti- Most of the palms grow in
forest lungles in the tropics, and mani
festly heat, moisture, and shade are
the requirements for palms, with fibrous
earth full of deeaylng vegetable matter
for their roots. So with all plants; one
must know them Intimately to entice
them to their best expression In the
window garden. All plants do not need
sunshine; so if You have no sunny
windows, do not despair of having
pretty plants. Ferns, many of the
palms, tradescantia or wandering
jew" ives, and lycopodium do not
need the sun. Fuchsias, begon1as, lily
of the valley, need but little sun, and
many of our loveliest wild flowers grow
best when partially shaded But all
plants require fresh, pure air. Most
plants thrive best in moist air. Gas is
fatal to plants. These facts should be
kept in mind. Many dropping plant
is crying out for air, and Eot for the
deluSe OF water that you pour about its
roots. Leaves drink as well as roots.
And if leaves drink they must not only
have good moist air to drink, but they
must be kept clean, so that their mouth
pores may be able to take 1t in. 4
growing plant needs as much washing
as a growing baby. Smooth-leayed
plants need more washing than those
that have rough leaves. The rough
leaved plants have their pores protected
from the dust by little forests of minute
hairs, many of them need no wetting,
but the dust should be frequently
blown from them with the bellows or
he breath. Plants that are growing |
need much more air and water than !
plants that are resting. Most flower |
n9 plants exhaust themselves IN bloom |
ng. When the last blossom has fallen |
he pot may be taken from the window
md set in an out ot-the-way corner.
There 1t will rest for while. Then 1t |
vii have period of root growth, and /
oy and by new shoots ana leaves Will |
appear, which is a sign that 1t Is ready /
or blooming again, AID it may be
placed once more i'll the fall light of
window.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
Bears IN a L. dying House.

Two Italian br0thers, with red scarfs
round their necks, encamped one night,
recently, IN boarding house of their
nationality on Spofford street, Philadel-
phia. The names of the men were
Lorenzo and Michael Pepitto and they
looked as if they had not recently in
dulged in shave. A couple of brown
bears, who could dance polka for a
biscuit or on the presentation of coin
elevate themselves unto waltz, togeth-
er with the brothers. made up the trav-
cling firm. Mrs. Luccarini grew very
angry when told that she would have
to take Bruin as boarders. Alter
great deal of talk she was 1nyeigled into
believing that by aecommo lating them
she was performing a patriotic duty.
She put them ID a w1odshed back of the
house.
Next morning not being very early
risers, the brothers sauntered out at
about ten o'clock with others of their
kin, with whom the neighborhood is
fairly stocked. They somewhat cruelty
left their shaggy companions in the
uninteresting woodshed TO shift for
themselves. These commenced doing
the latter thing by getting loose in the
outhouse and chewing coal and licking
logs. Evening came on and they did
not get more substantial nourishment, |
nor did their owners come back. A
trifie before eight o'clock Mrs. Luccar-
mi took a shovel and went to get some
coal. She opened the shed door noise |
lessly and began scooping the darkness |
with the metal implement. 1t strack |
bearsteak. In one minute Mrs, Luccar-
iui was clasped in impetuous arms and |
yelling for dear life. The bear held ON
and she yelled on till horde of men
in the yard. In short while,
however, she was rescued, but the
knights forgot to shut the door.
A roar, flourish of bear claws and
paws, fierce bound and the animals
had possession of the field. The terri
fed boarders rushed out of the house
into the street and listened in groups
On the sidewalk. Every now and then
IN awful below echoed from the desert
ID place and the Italians, shuddered
IS they distinctly heard the smacking of
Ups and the grinding of teeth through
soft flesh. ''Rosa, Rosa, where is my
Rosa?" cried a miserable woman; ''they
ire eating her." She grew frantic as
she looked around for her child and
would have thrown herself against the
loor had she not been prevented. The
of meat grew more distinct,
mtil the crashing in Of window frame
md the appearance of two large hairy
rms caused a general scatter. The
bears were trying to get out. Just hen
he Pepitto brothers were sighted In the
.rowd, enjoying the fun. They went
nto the house. captured their pets and
eplaced them in the shed. 1t was found
hat they had eaten whole pile of cold
neat. Rosa was all right and Mrs. Luc-
.arinl was furious
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
Resurrection OF q rrehistoric Race.

About ter miles from Cincinnati, along
the Little Miami r1ver, is a locality
which has long been known to the coul-
try people rs the POTTERY Field" The
ground was strewed with fragments OF
pottery, bones, arrow-points, and other
remsjns of like character, and the place
was generally considered to be the site
of aD ancient workshop. The primitive
forest still occupies the locality, and is
made up of oak, beech, elm, maple,
walnut, etc. All around are found nu-
merous mounds of tumuli, most OF them
small. A few of these were opened by
Florian Gianque, in 1876, and some in-
teresting things found. But in 1878,
DR.. Charles Metz and other gentlemen
interested in archaeology commenced a
systematic exploration of the country
thereabout, and so much has been found
tn It We are epabl 1 oform some ida OF
the habits, and get "a glimpse into the
life, OF the people who once lived IN
the immediate vicinity of the city OF
Cincinnati. During the four years that
the excavations have been carried on,
between $50 and 200 skeletons have
been brought to light. Many of them
are in advanced state of decay, and
crumble to pieces on the slightest touch,
while others, again, are in a very good
state OF preservation. 1t can, therefore,
hardly be inferred that, because some
OF the skeletons are much decayed, they
are necessarily very old for though We
nave well-preserved remains of bones
from Babylon, Nineveh and Egypt,
which are certainly $500 or 5000 years
old, still the cases are exceptional III
winch they are found in good condition
after the lapse of many years. Different
kinds of soil and difference in climate
nave much to do with the matter for,
in dry and equable climate, bones may
resist Tor long time the influence
which would cause their decay, while,
in moist climate, ard with sudden and
extreme changes of temperature, such
as we have here, any bone, unless buried
in peat, or subject constantly to heavy
pressure. SO as to become partially fos-
silized. Is liable to soon decay.