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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24

ceremony was performed by the Rev. DIR.
Paxton of the New York-ave. church of
Washington. Among the guests were
Senator and Mrs. Voorhees,. Sergeant-at
Arms Bright of the senate and his vile,
Judge Roache of Indianapolis, Gen.
Daniel Mcclure and the entire Indiana
delegation in congress. Among the bridal
gifts were an elegant service of silver pre-
sented by members of the lower house of
congress and solid silver gold-lined
punch bowl presented by Mr. Mcdonald s
colleagues OF the senate. The Washing
ton correspondent of THE SENTINEL de-
scribed this handsome bowl as follows
"It stands about eighteen inches high, is
OF plain unpolished silver, gold lined,
rests on asquare, smoothibase. and this in
turn rests on a chased pedestal The
handles are formed of heads of gold which
seem to lean over the top much like the
fgure-head OF a vessel. Clusters of grapes
and leaves surround these unique handles.
The large god-lined dipper is chased in
gold. The inscription on the side is:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24
JUDGE NIBLAcK's TRIBUTs.
An OLD Friend OF Forty Years Standing
Speaks.

Speaks.
Judge Niblack, in speaking of Mr.. Nc
Donald, said: l first became acquainted
with Mr.. Mcdonald in 1852. 1t was dur
ing a long session of the legislature, which
revised the statutes of that year. He was
then a young ex-member of congress,
having but a short time previously
served term in congress. He was then
mere visitor at the state capital, but was
regarded as one of the rising young men
of the state, and one concerning whom
his friends had already considerable ex-
pectation.
My acquaintance was renewed with him
in 1856, when he became candidate for
attorney-general of the state, and that ac-
quaintance continued in general way,
and most of the time quite intimately,
until the time of his death. My most
intimate acquaintance with him began
about the time OF the breaking out of the
late civil war and extended during that
period. / am happy to be able to state
that his course during this remarkable
contest was cautious, conservative and
thoroughly patriotic. In 1864 be was
looked to by his political friends
pretty generally as being the most
suitable and appropriate candidate
for governor on the democratic ticket.
He did not desire, however, to be a candi-
date and very earnestly resisted the move
ment in bis favor. In the first place, he
felt that he would have, under the circum-
stances as they then existed, no chance of
election. In the next place, the Office was
one to which he had never aspired. 1t
Tor in 20 hor nd ho1
no attractions for him aside from the
break it would make in his business. But
he yielded, however, in the end to the
wishes of his friends and became a candi-
date and made the canvass. The canvass
was, nevertheless, one which inflicted
upon him great embarrassment and with
which he was never satisfied owing to the
surroundings and disadvantages which at
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
Brief Sketches of Those who Did the Best

Brief Sketches of Those who Did the Best
Guessing.
Joseph Hickman, the winner of the
second prize. 500 in gold, was born in
Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. on the
18th day of April, 1S45. He removed 10
Brown county, Indiana, with his father
and mother when thirteen years old, and
has continually lived in that county since
that time. He is an enterprising farmer.
and resides three miles southwest of Nash
vile. He is good citizen and respected
by all who know him. Mr.. Hickman,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24

Competition for these prizes was lively
from the outset. Thousands of answers
were received ranging all the way in
guessing parlance from "dead next" to
mot in it,
The work of compiling the census has
been long and laborious and the work of
verifying returns has been SO immense
that only very recently has it been possi-
BILE to give exact figures. Even now,
owing to some doubts as to the accuracy
of the figures in Indian territory and some
other territories it is impossible to an
nounce the winner of the first prize-the
grand piano-for the closest guess to the
total population of the United States.
But THE SENTINEL is in correspondence
with Superintendent Porter OF the census
bureau and as soon as he announces the
exact result the piano will be awarded.
The figures for Indiana however, are COM
plete and official. The total population
of Indiana on the LIST of June 1890. was
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24
Hundreds Turn Out to En-
Joy the Exercises.
Congressman Cooper Makes
the Presentation Speech.
The Recipient Makes an Enter
tanning Speech in Reply.
History Of the Contest-Sketches Of
the Winners.

While every one was guessing and won
dering what growth the eleventh census
would show this country TO have made
during the first decade of the second CEN
turv OF its national existence TIE SEN
TINEL offered to Its weekly subscribers
prizes aqsregating $1,000 in value for the
five best guesses on specified topics as
follows:
First Prize-For the hest guess on the
population of the United States, first
class Vose piano, superb instrument,
value 800
Second Prize-FOr the best guess on the
population of Indiana 500 in gold 100
Third Prizs-For the second best guess
on the population of Indiana, q hrst-
class bicycle, value SS5.............-.-..-.--.- 50
Fourth Prize-For the third best guess on
the population OF Indiana a McCOr.
mick mower, No. 4, value $65...---......... Go
Fifth Prize-FOr the fourth best guess on
the population of Indiana, Standard
typewriter, value S5o....................... 50
Total ..... .................1.00 coo
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days of his life the only nourishment Mr..
Mcdonald could retain on mis- stomach
was peptonized I'D ilk.
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2,lQ2,4O4.

The following shows the fifty eight
closest guesses to the correct figures:
JOSEPH HICKMAN, NASH
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Without a Struggle His
Soul Takes Flight.
Surrounded by His Family
He Waits the End.

With Never a Fear He APP
proaches the Rivers Brink.
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Closing Scenes in a Grand and
Useful Career.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-24

Consciousness Departs Only
With His Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

Il u . delicious fish and splendid eat
ing. and more easily taken With tho
hook than any other edible Ash found
IN jamaican waters
Pitch the tent beneath the wi6c-
spreading branches of the gourd ce
bread-fruit tree, ON an elevation over.
looking some quiet bay; there are
pigeons in the woodland. and tropical
fruit in abundance all around. and
several species of fish to be caught in
al the waterA
There is nothing lacking requisite for
the enjoyment OF the traveller in Ja-
maica, whether he be . sportsman.
naturalist or . simple sportsman for
sport only.-Allan Eric, in The Weeks
Sport
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17
A REFRACTORY FINGER.
The Ring Finger Proves . Source Of Troubl
to All Planlot0.

The Ring Finger Proves Source Of Trouble
to ALI Pisnists.
Everyone who tries to learn how to
play the piano knows what . refractory
member the ring finger, or, a. tho
foreign piano lingering dcsignates it.
the fourth finger, il II you are not .
piano student place your hand on .
table and see for yourself how impossi-
BILE IL 10 to raise that finger IS high As
you do the others. Now, while many
are aware of this difficulty, not every.
body knows Just what Is the cause.
Some simply allude to it Is the weak
fourth finger" and let it 60 at that
without seeking for the cause of the
weakness The trouble il that when
man WAS created, the possibility of his
wishing At some future time to play the
piano was overlooked, and some un-
necessary tendons were placed in his
hands, which do not tend to facilitate
his efforts in that direction. II the
muscles of your hand were laid bare,
you would find two tendons running to
the first finger and two to the little
finger. while but one goes to the middle
and one to the ring finger; but the ono
connected with the ring finger
sends of two short tcndons, which
connect it with the tendons of
the middle and little fingers, and il is
these two short tendons which do not
seem to be of any special use, which
cause piano students vast amount Of
trouble. Not only do they hold down
the fourth finger. but they abridge the
span Of the hand. A way to overcome
the difficulty BY some other means than
BY long and assiduous practice has often
been sought Robert Schumann fast
ened . cord to his fourth finger and
passed the cord through . pulley fast
ened to the ceiling. He could elevate
his finger by this means at will while
playing his pieces and would hold it
back for . long time. His device was
not only unsuccessful in releasing the
fourth finger. but caused permanent in
jury to the hand TO such IN extent that
he was forced to give mp piano playing.
That the difficulty caused BY the su-
perfluous tendons may bs overcome BY
persistent practice there can be no
doubt List Rubinsteif. Bulow. Tau
sig and hundreds Of others attest this
truth in their work. As to the policy
of having these tendons cut by the
surgeons knife and thereby escaping
much hard work. We find that it is q
mooted question among musicians
Boston Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

tried to pass him. Instead Of losin'
no time in 50 ueezin' the life out O. nd =,
be kind o Topped down on to the
ground, an lay, fer . Bit with his big
paw across my chest 1t war mighty
tender an considerit of him, but bar'ly
enjoyable! Alter . leetle. he had
bite an riz up ter scratch his lousy
flank
Il lay fiat on my back. an he set
back on his launches, an fairly looked
me in the eye. Course I didn't dare to
stir muscle till we had come to bet
ter onderstandin'
Il war willin' to compromise, but
felt leetle delikit bout maxim tho
fust proposish'. After eyein' me fer .
spell. he put his old nose down. an be.
gan ter smell me over; an. I VOW I
tho't ev'ry minnit, soon's he'd satisfied
himself that war fit to kill, he'd start
in on me. But he didn't He Jest kept
on smellin'. an finally stock his snoot
sort O. under me, like . rootln' pig. an
rolled me over. reckon his old pard',
1t home, had larned him not ter fetch
meat home from market til he'd
smelled nv both sides nv it. I war
mighty willin' ter roll over. ye can de-
pend!-specially n 1t war down hill
t'ward the pine tree in the openin'.
But concluded that I wouldn't be too
brisk to start In on, SO I laid low, an
made no start ter roll out ov his reach
jest then
''The old chap seemed to enjoy that
kind of performance furst-rate, an
would slouch along after me. keepin'
his nose close unto me all the time.
When I didn't roll fast enough to suit
him, he'd give me . lcetle poke with
his nose.
''Fact is fore we got through that
thar circus, I'd come to the conclusion
that the brute was q genowin' old wag,
an knowed joke when he got his
nose unto one. Ell could . Jest stood
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

turned . sharp corner, a few yards
ahead o me, an afore reached the
turn, / heered the brush craclxin' and
somethin' boundin' along the path.
Course I couldn't see the creeter
until l could git around the corner;
bat thought sartin' it war . buck. Il
took me about three jumps ter get
thar, an ! drew up ter let fly at the
buck. who war skippin' down the trail.
when the biggest grizzly I ever seen
stepped into the trail from q leetle OPEN
in at one side. not two rods ahead O. me
He warnt the least excited by the sud.
dint introduction. but jest stopped q
miunit an looked me over as tho he
var Roin' ter take in the whole sitcoa-
ahun sfore he made any false moves.
.Ioathered up my idees. lively rs I
oould, an drew bead on the brute's
eye.
..Snap went my Rnn! 1t missed fire.
/ made . jump fer the open space
aheeA intendia' ter make fer . tree
near by, but the gsilzly war too spry
0oe ~ ~ grabbed wb IN bic ssuaA q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17
TRUE ecoMorav.


Ie Oooo Net Conolot h Doln4 0loee1y on4
Economy isn't stingipeas BY any
mesnA There h-so piggardlinesa
about it-but there beare And prudeuee,
two Ane qualities yieldtng large -
turns 70 their possessoe.
Economy. 1t seems 70 !ne, u getting
the greatest good out Of any expendi.
ture. b that e8pendittre large OF
small Now. this does sAway with the
idea that the expenditure must neces'
saEily Be small One may be eeonom-
ical and yet spend his last penny. for
pure ''picayunishneas" h pot economy.
- have said at the start,
"Msny . little makes ., Hickle. Soy
our Scotch cousins. whilY oar English
relatives declare that II $e ''1ake care
Of the pence the pounds Mil take ears
Of themselves"
BY watching carefully the little. pro-
vokingiy Mttle. crcvices through which
many pennies lose thennselves away
from us we can save enough to allow
us to purchase some real Sood
Economy doesn't mean sto strip ones
self Of any desired pleasure. but 1t does
mean to mend the holes of carelessness
that somehow wear into ithe fabric Of
our everyday lives. and aee that theA .
IL no useless wastage.
+, Away back in the days of old, whed q
the Christ taught by prcacept the true
meaning OF what we % Sften read too
earelessly, He taught. among other
thing4 the true economt. He said TO
the disciples: Gather up tho frag.
ments that remain. that nothing may
be lost" He, who at 4 word could
command food enough td feed the uni.
verse, was thus careful bf that which
remained Of His bounty.
Il is true economy to rut out money
for good article, but nat economical
to throw away half thst money ON .
poor one. II is true eccnomy to buy
what Is needful, and tie opposite TO
pay for what ono does nct require. even
though half the sum It v.as worth was
asked for it.
It i. true economy to fire help and
not try 70 do all there = to do ones
SELF In the days to comp the interest
Of money thus expended will be paid in
unshattered nerves, . splendid diges-
tion. IN elastic step and. more than all.
. continued interest il life and the
living.
1t & true economy to utilize the little
minutes - they ny. 4 thousand Of
those little minutes sided together
make . sad wastage II r5t made good
use Of, and ono can save every one II 20
minded know Of . Ale pianist who
owcs her akin 70 paltry ten minutes 1t
the piano between once hours. and an
other friend has mastered the English
grammar in like fashion. and risen su-
perior TO the fearful idiems of her past
aasociateA
Be thus economical Il; little thingA
Save 70 give and give to save. and know
that IL II as much . virtne to be truly
economical q it Is crime to BE- miser-
ly. Save your money SC that you may
have It to spare when yeu need it. and
use your time prontaSly, 50 that II
dark days como the intefest Of such in
veatmcnts will tide you through
Sixty, in Detroit Free P.csA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

II h not generally realized that there
are in this country literally millions Of
lakes which are svailshle for wa1sr.
farming; In size al the way from mere
ponds to the great inland seas Of fresh
water. In Illinois alone there ase tens
Of Thousands Of lakes. and hundreds Of
Thousands more can be readily cseated
There are in Illinois many extinct
lakes. which can easily Be transfermsd
into sheets Of water By The siDplest
means. All the enormous fake plain, :"
- IL is known 70 geoloGistA comprising
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Aiehigas,
north Of the Ohio river. Il dotted with
countless sheets Of water. conditions
being favorable for creating many
more By such inexpensive artiAees -
the damming Of streamA BY damming
At intervals. every creek AID rivula1
can b made 10 form artificial lakeA
Even the vast arA rsgioa IT, '1ksse4
desert" Of the west = spseksd IN ovF
win multitudss o9 extfnet lalses Wlioh
en- b Allsd opss 1ose anA Aa1e -
tssn With uts. = tAsy .eQop -d&-g
Yeath'e ceuvooieA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

ne Queee Expeeimoot - . Cooplo .
0othauleoo.
A curious scene WAS Witnessed O.
Saturday afternoon q the corner O
Eighth avenue and TWenty-seveDtl
Street Il was 1t that hour wheI
hundreds pass within the space Of {
quarter Of an hour-one o'clock I've
fashily dressed men had . few minutes
before been engaged in earnest conver
sation on the subject Of honesty and
dishonesty among the people OF thil
city. one contending that vast ma
jority were worthy OF trust while th<
other maintained that the reverse wa
nearer the truth. Finally. the onl
with the high estimate Of his fellew-
citizens offered to hang his watch. Z
valuable gold one, upon the cross-he1
Of . sigu-post close BY, and TO wager z
supper at Delmonico's that II he and
his friend left Il there for IN hour OF
%. they would dnd Il hanging there un-
molested on their return. The bet was
promptly accepted. the watch and
chain were tied 70 the cross-bar In such
way that they would not fall Of their
own weight, and the two men went
away.
A crowd had gathered and stared at
this strange proceeding. Some thought
it was an advertising trick, and that
the owner Of the watch would return
In . moment and exhibit some wares
70 the spectators. But the latter
waited much longer than they
I'll 10 AsA -A$t
and they were msny-before the
owner came back. People gazed at the
watch, examined It without touching
it. then looked 1T each other. and won
dered The crowd soon increased 70
hundreds, and finally . policeman
worked his'way through the throug un-
til he reached the objective point He
demanded to know whose watch Il
was. and was about to take it down.
when some one suggested that he had
no right to touch it. any more than any
one in the crowd. He thought % him
self after q moments reflection, and
consolcd himself with dispensing the
gathering a. well as he could; but II
would have taken many more police
men to keep the curious people moving.
Meanwhile. the watch continued 70
hang Eve feet eight inches from the
ground, in full view and reach Of every
one in the neighborhood
At exactly 800 o'clock the owner OF
the watch and his friend returned. and
the former took It down and replaced
It in his pocket When IN onlooker exc
claimed. "Why didn't some Of ~ do
that long agoT' the owner replied. with
. broad smile. because the people Of
New York are honest"
It was suggested BY the more un-
charitable SPECTATOR. however. that
there was safety in numbers. and that
the watch'would not have hung undis-
turbed very long IL so many persons
had not been looking at Il and each
Y. Post
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

There Is . passage In the writings Of
Rousseau, which is Is true to human
nature IS it is beautiful in expression.
''Werc I in . desert" he writes, II
would find out wherewith in it to call
forth my affections II l could do no
better, would fasten them on some
sweet myrtle, on some melancholy cy-
press, which I would court for their
shade and greet kindly for their pro-
lection. Iwould write my name upon
them. and declare that they were the
sweetest trees throughout all the des-
crt II their leaves withered. would
teach myself to mourn; and when they
hourished. would rejoice in their in
crease" Such is the absolute necessity
which exists in the human heart Of
having something to love. Unless the
affections have IN object life itself
becomes joyless and insipid The
affections have this peculiarly, that
they are not 50 much the means OF hap.
piness Is their exercise Is happiness
itself; and il they have NO object the
happiness derived from our other
powers Is cut ON. y. Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17
GAME FOR A GRIZZLY.
"ossome Lively In tho Oharaoeeq
f--- OF The Mouse.


dk inhabitants
ofSomerindyck
F1att were truly
Athe u ian in
their tastes.
They were con-
slant and perse-
vering in their
e n d e q v O r S
either to hear
or to tell of
8 o m . n Q "
thing.
1t was their
habit to assem-
bic, nightly, un.
der the hospi-
fahla Hoof 0&fhA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

"A Narrow Escape.-'Chollie was
nearly drowned in the surf this morn.
ing" ''How? Undsrtow?" mo. He
got his ears full Of ssnd end they pulled
Ais hee6 upaev.s
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUSIC.

Flutes Found In Tomb That Date Boek q
the Iime oe King David.
A number of eminent musicians were
invited 70 listen 70 . highly interesting
lecture delivered recently 10 the Royal
Academy students BY 7. L. Southgate
upon ancient Egyptian musical instru.
ments in general. aud upon the double
pipes recently discovered BY Flinder1
Petrie in the tomb at Kahun in particu-
lar. From the fact that the flutes shown
in the frescoes were OF various lengths.
Mr.. Southgate conjectured that the
Egyptians almost from the time ol
Moses must have had knowledge Of
some sort Of harmony. while - in one
of the frescoes seven flute players were
simultaneously playing. IN eighth had
what he whimsically described - ''6fty
bars rest"
Still more interesting was the exhibi.
ton Of tho actual flutes discovered In
. sarcophagus at Kahun. and indisput-
ably dating before the time Of King
David of Israel Performed upon land
the task Of playing these archaic instru.
meuts is now most difficulty BY J. Finn.
they gave practically the exact notes Of
our diatonic scale. thus proving-in
every sense Of the term to actual demon
stration-that our scale was known "a
the Egyptians many centuries before
tho Greeks. from whom IL had errone-
o.sly been supposed we borro wed It
No attempt was made TO perform upon
the double nute, and. indeed, II ever the
two were played together the art 4
now lost
But upon . copy Of ono Of these an
cient flutes Mr.. Finn performed . very
ancient funeral dirge. entitled 1.-THE
Song Of SonuA" The tone Of these in.
strumcnts. we may add, in NO way 70
sembles that of the flutes Of to-day. II
TO . certain extent recalls tho drone Of
the bag-pipe, although one prominent
musician irreverently likened IL to the
sound of tho tooth comb and tis;
sue paper Of childhood's days
Many other copies Of ancient instru-
ments were tried. among them . replies
Of flute discovered two years ago by
. French savant), with eleven holes,
the approximate date being 1875 B. C..
this is to say, during the period that
the Israelites were still in Egypt.
To stop" eleven holes In . Aute
would seem TO demand that ono Of the
hands should have IN extra finger; but
Mr.. Finn. after many trials has sue
ceeded In doing it, and the notes given
were practically those of our chromstic
scale. From these and other facts Mr..
Southgste. in the peroration to the very
valuable lecture, contended that the
tonality Of the ancient Egyptians WAS
the source Of our own music. and Ger.
tainly none Of the musicians present
were willing 70 contradict doctrine
which seems quite feasible.-London
Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-17

= Enthusiastic FatheE-"Donx you
think I ought t0 make . scientist ol
that boy of mine? spppoeD you'vs
Noticed his way OF going 10 to bottou
of thingsY Tsac hsr-@l'YeA + uetlesd
4 sbeut ~ elaseea"