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About McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1885)
' 8TATE XEUIRLATIYIS ItOUfOS. At Forelmdotccd in a Condenttd Report of the Nebraska ItgUlature. SENATE. in the senate on the 21st there > < vns some discussion over the penitentiary ap propriation , but it was finally made as report ed from the tluitncc midways and means com & inlttce 3100,000. MeU's bill , 8. F. 47 , amending the Slocumb # V- law to as to exempt wholesale dealer/ ! from Its < J- provisions , WHS read a third time And passed. 8. F. 102 , Dolan's memorial and Joint reso lution to congress , asking tlio amendment of the homestead and pre-emption laws so as to relieve settlers from the expense of publish ing a notice on perfection of title , was passed , "whereupon the senate adjourned at 11 o'clock tn order to allow members to get out on the noon trains. Both houses will recon- ycnc on Monday at 11 o'clock. Iv House. lu the house consideration of the gem-mi appropriation bill In committee of the whole was finished and the bill reported to pass. Burr's bill providing for an additional judge of the second judicial district was passed. JnTroup offered an amendment to the normal school appropriation , plying the school § 23,000 for a laboratory , library , cabinet , recitation looms , rooms for .1 practice school , etc. , but It was defeated. The amendment was defeated by u vote ot 88 to JfcJ. and the section was adopted without change , niakine the appro priation $40,000. The estimate for the Insane asylum , $4.800 , was added for water supply , making thentiro appropriation § 183,000. An cvt-nlng session was held , but no busi ness of Importance was transacted. SENUTK.In the s-ennte on the 23d senate file47 was niad a third time and passed. This bill was Introduced by Mel 7. anil relates to the If suauce and regulation of license to sell malt and spirituous liquors by wholesale dealers. Senate file 103 , joint memorial and resolu tion relative to repeal of the law by concrcss requiring homesteaders and pre-emptors to. publish notice of final proof was read a third time and passed. Senate lllc 389 was passed. This bill pro Tides for the Issuance of county , precinct and city bonds in certain cases. Senate file 111 was taken up and read a third time. Jt amends section 1017 of the code of civil procecdure , and relates to appeals In cer tain cases. McSliane ajxtkc briefly against the bill , sixteen members only voting in the alfirm- atlve , and there not being a constitutional ma jority the bill was lost. Hotrsi : . In the house a number of bills were read a second time and leferred. 1L < R. 21U , a bill to prevent railroads running construction trains on Sunday , was recom mended for indefinite postporement. H. R a bill requiring railroad corpora tions to matte annual reports to the auditor of state regarding affairs ol said corporations , ivas considered and reported back for passage. n R. 19J , a bill relating to militia , was dis cussed at length , amended and reported for. passage. SHXATE. In the. senate on the 24th hilte weic passed providing for punishment for the r- crime of embezzlement committed by agents of insurance companies ; providing for the abolishment of incorporation of villages in certain cases. The greater part of the afternoon session of thu senate was taken up in discussing and standing the house bill to regulate the sale and management of school lands. It was re ported for passjge as amended. Senate fileo4 , which relates to the manage ment , leafe and sale of educational lands , was taken up nnddiscussed , .iJ. no definite action ! taken. HOUSE. Ifauy bills passed to second read s ing and were ret erred. House loll 233 , relating to legislative appro priations , which passed the house aud was amended in the senate and passed , was con curred in. This bill as amended appropriates S-10,030 for 'paj ing incidental expenses of the f legislature. Senate file 147 , defining the boundaries of If Dorter count } ' , was read third time and passed as amended. The name was changed toSheri- rtan. rtan.Senate Senate file 1 Howe's revenue bill was read the third time aud passtd as amended. The house amendment makes taxes delinquent on the 1st of February instead of January 1st , as provided for in .the b-11 passed by the senate. Hou e roll 73. relating to railway pioperty and telegraph lines , and providing that such property shall be assessed by a board of coun ty coinini-sioncrs instead of a state board of equalization , as under the present law , was in definitely postponed. Turtle's bill , prohibiting the contracting for convict labor , was taken up and reported upon adversely. II. R. 133 , providing for submitting the question of calling a constitutional convention to the people , was read a third time and de feated. SENATE. In the senate on the Coth , corres pondence between lloii. James Laird and the eommitsioner of agriculture in relation to dis eases of swine was read and referred. The bill requiring railroad companies to fur nish double-decked cars was recommended for Indefinite postponement by a vote of 22 to 10. Paul explained his vote for postponement by saying that he believed If toe bill became a law railway companies would increase freight rates in order to make up the extra expense , and that shippers and sellers would gain noth ing bv such a law. In the senate in the afternoon the greater r part of the session was takt n up in discussing the rail wav commission bill , and there was a l breezy time. The principal light was over va rious amendments , but no important amend ments were adopted. The bill was reported lK for passage. A communication from the secretary of the American exhibition at London was read and referred. K/ HOUSE In the house the bill to amend X section 1 , chapter 50 , of the compiled statutes , relating to the license and sale of spirituous liquors , was reported for passage. The fol f lowing were also favorably acted uponA bill relating to civil rights ; to prevent the spread of hog cholera ; regulating the admis sion of foreign surety couipiuics to do busi t ness in Nebraska house roll 195 , authorizing the Incorporation of a detective association ; a bill for the relief of Peter Prebile : compel ling insurance companies to repay premiums upon cancelling of policies ; bouse roll 402 , ap t propriating moness for payment of officers h and employis ot the state government ; Howe's relief.bill ; the bill providing for issu 54- ' ing of bonds in cities of the second class ; a 54fr bill concerning cities and villages. > House roll 72 , providing for the leasing of certain lauds belonging to the state of Ne braska for stock yard purposes , was consider ed withoutdcfinite action. SEXATE. In the senate on the 26th the gambling bill was recommended for passage , as was-als > the bill providing for the punish ment of embezzlement by railway employes. S. F. 202 , relating to the cremation or burial of diseacedsiiine , was taken up and reported for passage. At the "afternoon session the senate went into ( fommittec of the whole to consider bills on the gtutral file and many senate files and house rolls were reported for passage. A hill providing that electors express preference for United States senator at the polls was indefin itely postponed. The radroad commission bill was read a third time and passed by a vote Df 28 to 4. HOUSE. In the bouse Rice , of Holt , moved that senate file 14 , fixing tariff on railways , be engrossed for thiid reading. House roll 25 , compelling railway companies to make a full an.l complete annual report of business ami camings of roads , was read the third time and passed. House roll 491 , making appropriations for paving current expenses of sstate govermnen tor thu ensuing two years , was passed. The total amount of the appropriation is $738- 5S3.GO. The bill for an act to authorize the construr- tion aud maintenance and provide for the or ganization and management of a system of re V formatory aud penal institutions in the state , and the detention of criminals was indefi nitely postponed and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Bills to prohibit the obstruction of roads and highways and regulating the fees of county officers "were .passi d. SEJCATB. lu the senate on the 27th , under suspension of the rules , McShane called up the Omaha city charter bill. It was amended BO as to conform to the position taken by Sen ator McShanc aud as agreed upon by confer ence , and engrossed for third reading ! Bills were passed : Donating lots owned by the state to the city of Lincoln for market purposes ; relating to the selling of mortgaged property on execution ; providing for"punish ment for the crime of embezzlement by em- , ployes on railway trams ; establishing auni- | form system of textrboolcs in public schools ; joint resolution thanking RW. . Furnas for effective work at New Orloanu , and authoriz ing the purchase of a medal to be presented to him. The senntc held a short afternoon session. A number of bills were considered in ommlt- tee of the whole and submitted for passage , among which was the bill establishing a state board of hcajth. HOUSE. In the bouse the bill to maintain and establish another hospital for the insane was taken up and passed. Among competi tors was Norfolk , Grand Island and Columbus. Norfolk received a majority of all the votes of the bouse , arid was ordered inserted in the bill as the place of location. The bill providing for the establishing of a normal school school at Red Cloud was con sidered. Troup moved that the bill be post poned until it could be printed. The motion prevailed and the bill is practically killed. House roll 173 , relating to insurance com panies , aud amending section 49 , chapter 43 of compiled statutes , was considered. Consid erable time was occupied in discussing pro posed amendments , and the more important provisions of the measure. The bill was in definitely postponed. fORTY-XUGHTH CONGRESS. SENATE. The senate ou the iilst. resumed considerat'on of the postodlce appropriation bill. In the consideration of the postoliice ap propriation bill , the senate decided to retain in the bill ( contrary to the recommendation of the appropriation committee ) the legislative provision inserted by the house fixing the post- nge on newspapers s'ent from the. ollice of pub lication to regular subscribers at one cent per pound , but cut out the discrimination against sample copies , making the rate mentioned a uniform rate for all newspapers sent from the office of publication whether sample copies or not HOUSE. The only proceedings iuthehouse on the 21st was the passage of a resolution informing the senate they were piepared to receive the senate aud proceed with the Washington monument exercises in the hall of the house. Long spoke from the clerk's desk In an im pressive mauncr which elicited frequent bursts of applause- His peroration was most elo quent and was greeted by the multitude with prolonged cheering. As Long ceased the band struck up "Columbia , Gem of the Oceau , " and as the strait s qf the air ended Edmunds intro duced Hou. John " \V. Daniel , who spoke elo quently and gracefully , being interrupted frequently by warm applause. SENATE. The senate considered the DCS Moines set tlers' title bill , and Lspham resumed his re marks in support of Lis proposed amendment exempting Irjm the operation of the act such of the lands as were covered by the joint reso lution of March 2,1801. and whose titles the supreme court decided have been rendered valid by that joint resolution. The amendment was defeated yeas 31 , nays 24. As it is a senate bill , it now goes to the house. Consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill was then resumed and Frve offered an amendment appropriating § 800,000 for the transportation of foreign mails , Including transportation across the isthmus of Panama. Agreed to. Van \Vyck offered an amendment to Frye's amendment providing that no part of the money should be paid to any steamship com- pauy now established and which had been pay ing "dividends. Rejected. The senate retained the house provision permitting jiew-paper articles to be marked without increased postage. The bill was then read a third time and passed without division. It now goes to the house for concurrence or non-concurrence iu the senate amendment. HOUSE. In the house Perkins introduced a bill to open up the Oklahoma lands for homestead settlement. The house then considered the river and har- jor bill and Long concluded his speech in sup port of the proposition to reduce the navy , tie. was followed by Canuon , Holmau , Towns- bend , Reed , Randall and others. Talbot offered an amendment appropriating § 178,000 for the completion of a steel cruiser of not less than 5,000 nor more than 0,000 tons , displacement and armament therefor author ized by act of congress approved August 5 , 1SS2. Adopted. The committee then rose , reported the bill to the house aud it was passed. SENATE. Dawes asked unanimous consent to at once ; ake up the bill heretofore introduced by him to authorize the president to negotiate for the remaining rights of the Seminole , Creek and Cherokee Indians to the lauds in Indian ter ritory. Unanimous consent was given to take up the bill and in less than five minutes it was read i and passed. It now goes to the house for the action of that body. The naval appropriation bill was laid before the senate and referred to the committee on appropriations , after which a number of pen sion bills were favorably reported and acted upon. The house bill relating to claims of officers and enlisted men of thu army for lo-s of pri vate propertv destrovcd in she military service " of the United States" was , after slight amend ment , passed , whereupon the senate adjourned. HOUSE. After routine business the house considered : he river and harbor bill , the pending ques- ; ion being an appeal from the decision of the chair ruling out the Hennepin canal clause on a point of order. Decision of the chair was sustained. Holmes offered an amendment restricting ihe'appropriations for the improvement of the Mississippi river below Cairo to the comple- ; ion of the works at Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches. Adopted. Amid a great deal of confusion.a number of amendments were adopted to the "survey" section of the bill , and it was not until 9:43 o'clock that the committee rose and reported the bill. The previous question was ordered and the house adjourned. In the senate on the 25th discussion was con tinued on the army appropriation bill. On motion of Allison the , senate insfctsd on ts amendment to strike out the house pro vision permitting courts maitial to control heir own hours of session , and the cl.air reap- )0inted the conference committee already act ing on the bill. Van \Vyck moved to amend by extending ; he annual provision to the clerks of all stand- ng committees. Finally , after considerable discussion , it be coming apparent that the bill coidd not be dis- ; osed of. the senate adjourned. HOUSE. On motion of Strait the pension bill was > asscd , with amendments , for the payment of itizens for supplies furnished the Sioux and Dakota Indians between 1SGO and 18S2. Townshend asked unanimous consent to ; ake from the speaker's table for reference to he committee on appropriations , the postoffice appropriation bill w ith senate amendments , jut Pajson objected. The house then proiccdcd with considera- ion of the river and harbor bill. A number of amendments were loted upon and filibus- crlng entered upon , which continued till mid night , when the weary house yielded to an ad ournmcnt. SENAT2. Sewell , from the committee on railroads , re- > orted favorably the bill already passed by the 1OU&C extending the provisions of the Pacific ailroad construction act to such roads as may > e constructed through the Niobrara valley , 'laced on the ealendar. Van "Wyck offered an amendment to the Pa- ific railroad funding bill submitted by Hoar. ? he amendment provides : First , that no Ivldends shall b2 declared until the interest upon the bonds shall have been paid ; second , hat the consolidation of the Union Pacific , with the Kansas and Denver Pacific shall not be legalized , and , third , that no stock shall be onsidercd legal for which no money was paid. The legislative bill was passed as reported y the senate committee on appropriations , he silver bill was then considered , but defi nite action was not reached. HOUSE. Cobb moved to suspend the rules and take rom the speaker's table for reference to the ommitteee on public lands the house bill re pealing the pro eruption , timber culture and desert land laws , with the senate amendments thereto. Lost. Valentine thought he voiced the sentiment of the people of the west in protesting against the repeal of these laws. The demand for the repeal came from two sources railroad cor porations nnij cattle Jdugs. The former be cause they could not raise the price of their lands when the homestead laws are in force , and the latter wanted the timber culture act repealed In order that their herds might roam over the prairies undisturbed by the settlers. The sundry civil bill was taken up aud the clause relating to'an appropriation for the New Orleans exposition discussed , but no final action was taken. SENATE. In the senate on the 28th Van Wyck called up the bill providing for the sale of the Sac and Fox Indian reservation In Nebraska and Kansas. After a short discussion the bill was passed. A house message announcing disagreement on the legislative , executive and judicial ap propriation bill was laid before the.senate , which insisted on its amendments , and a con ference committee was appointed. The naval bill was passed substantially as reported from the senate committee on appro priations. Van Wyck obtained unanimous consent that the claims bill be temporarily laid aside to take up the pension bills originating in the senate and favorably reported from tue com mittee. These were passed and followed by the passage of a number of pensions to widows of oulcers of the army and navy. HOUSE. The house proceeded with consideration of the sundry civil bill. llorr ollcrcd an amendment providlns that money appropriated to aid the New Orleans ixposition bj used first in paying the debts aud second In paying the premiums awarded by the exposition. The bill then passed. Willis moved to suspend the rules and put upon Its passage the bill appropriating $3,000- 000 for the continuation and completion of the works desltrnated in the river and harbor law. The motion was agreed to aud the bill passed , 100 to 83. 83.UIE UIE VACIFIC FUNDING BILL. Features of the measure Introduced , by Sena tor Hoar. The Pacific railroad f undinjr bill introduced in the senate by Hoar differs from the bill on uimo subject reported from the senate com mittee on judiciary. It amends the house bill in several important particulars. Thtsa dif ferences are substantially as follows : Itflxes the date for the ascertainment of the indebt edness of the companies on April , 1880 , in stead of 1887. and provides that in computing the indebtedness and deducting therefrom the amounts in tbo sinking funds , the value of any bonds in such sinking1 luuds shall be computed at their market values , and it pro vides the bonds of redemption are to be deliv ered to the secretary ot the treasury by the companies and shall mature at the expiration ot each six months , beginn n ? with October 1 , 18W3. The committee bill provides that the bonds of redemption shall b ar interest at the rate of three per cent per annum for the time each bond has to run ( interest on each to bo payable foml-annuully ) , and that each , bond -hall be for an equal one hundred and twen- -leth part of the balance of the debt and in terest computeJ thereod computed as due the United States at the time the bond is is sued. Hoar's bill provides each of the bonds shall be tor the same sum , which sum shall be ascertained by addingto the balance of the indebtedness computed to the tune the bonds are issued , interest at the iateot three per rent per annum from thatdateto the siverajre date of maturity ot the bonds , and dividing : such aggregate amount by one hundred and twenty It contains also in addition to these provisions the Judiciary committee's bill clause , providing that every disposition of any stocks , bonds or other securities ot other corpo niions now owned by the companies , whether by saie , pledge , or otherwise , shall bo reported to the secretary of the interior with in iMrty days. : FOR ant. EGAN. He is the Recipient of n "Machine" Evi dently Intended- for His Destruction. Lincoln ( Neb. ) special : A few days ago a rumor was started that an infernal machine had been sent to Patrick Egan , president of the Irish National League of America , while that gentleman was in attendance at an Irish ball. A reporter called upon Mr. Fgan to as certain , the facts , but was then informed- rumor was groundless. The story was revUed again and another visit to Mr. Egan devel- opes the fact that the rumor was not entirely groundless. Mr. Egan says a few minutes be fore 10 o'clock a boy , closely muffled and car rying a market basket , asked permission of the doorkeeper to pass Into Sample ball , where the ball was In progress , to see Mr. Egan. Being admitted , the boy handed the basket to Mr. Egan nnd left , running down the stairs and into the street. Mr. Egan put the box in the cloak room , "where it was open- ed a few minutes later by his son. In the bas ket was a large tin box wrapped in a copy ot the State Democrat. The cover of the Lor was carefully raised and inside were found clock works with a striker at the breech of a small revolver , cocked , inwhich was a cart ridge with the powder and ball removed. Surrounding the revolver , and almost filling- the box , was a whitish , sandy substance , sup posed to be dynamite. A portion of the sub stance has been turned over to Prof. Nichol son for chemical examination. Egan says he is positive ho knows where the box came from , but refuses to make it public. If the stuff is pronounced to be genuine dynamite sensational developments will follow. A. SMOOTH YOUNG Who Won a Family's Confidence and. TJien Went for the Wealth. Baltimore ( Md. ) dispatch : A few weeks ago a highly intelligent , handsome man , giving the name of Paul Siober , came .to Mr. George Garrett's country seat , near this city , and was given work about the place. So polished was ho in his manners that ho excited the sympathy of the family. He had a sweet , tender voice , and he pleased Mrs. Garrett by playing choice operatic music on the piano and singing. He gave a card to the pretty daughter of Mr. Garrett , on which ho had drawn a wreath of forget-me-nots about his name. "Oh , he's talented , " said Miss Garrett. He spoke Italian , French , German and also English fluently. Mr. and Airs. Garrett and their daughter came to the city last Sunday and left Sieber and the other hired man on the p ace. Sieber stupefied the other man with liquor and then ransacked the house. Five hundred dollars' worth of jewelry be longing to Miss Garrett and a lot of valuable nilverware are missing. The detectives say Sieber is a variety actor from New York. A heart pierced with an arrow is tattooed on one arm. Send Along the Publications. Captain Bedford Pirn , the well-known na val engineer of England , and ex-member of the British parliament , who has just com pleted an extended tour of the United States and Canada , has expressed n desire to send to the British museum a single copy of every daily paper in the United ataies and Canala and also a copy of each weekly. Of the dai lies he desires a copy of .March 5th and of the weeklies a copy ot the issue ot the first week in Marcti. the papers to be addressed to Cap tain Bedford I'lm. No. 2 Ciown Olhce How , Temple E. C. , London , England , it is Captain Pim'b intention to c assity and bind the pa pers In volumes by states , provinces and ter ritories and request the British eovernment to place them in the public archives ot tbo museum , where they will be open to inspec tion by visitors nnd bo carefully preserved. 27i jJTcxt OMahcmx Sloreincnt. Ono of the largest Oklahoma dcmonstra tions probably ever held in any one place in the United States assembled nt Caldwell , Kansas , on the 33th , and orgnized the Ca'd- well Oklahoma colony. Speeches were deliv ered by Judge Chelson and the Hons. George K. Sneilmg and George Reilly. lie-solutions were passed extending a general invitation , to other colonies to assemble ut Caldwell on the 5th of March to make one gratd movement iuto the Eden of America. The assemblage was composed of the most respected citizens ot thu city and vicinity , consisting of mer chants , lawyers , doctors , farmers and me chanics. Xno meeting was characterize ! by its harmony. Mr. Crofut declares , correspondent , i that Thomas Jefferson , in spite of his 'Jeffersoniab simplicity,11 bought dur ' ing his first term $8,500 worth of red ' urn. BREVITIES. A writer in one of the English tech nical papers explains how cold air is the cause of smoke , nnd how care can reduce it. He weald draw the exist ing lire to the front of u grille and place the coals behind ; thus the lire in the front would burn more rapidly , warm the air above , and so prepare the rising gases for combustion. The smoke is diminished , as the gases from the coals at the back rise much more slowly than when placed upon the fire and the air partly warmed. For stoves and boilers , warm air may bo pro duced for the entire combustion of all the gases , a result that is beneficial in many ways. In order to give some idea of the progress of agriculture in New South Wales The Engineer gives the quantity of land under cultivaton at the close of 1883 as follows : Wheat , 289,757 acres ; maize , 128.GH4 acres ; barlev , 5,081 acres ; oats , 17,810 acres ; rye , 1,140 acres ; potatoes , 14,953 acres ; 'to bacco , 1,785 acres ; sugar cane , 14.958 acres ; grapevines , 4,378 acres ; or anges , 7,2o'8 acres ; sown grasses. wheat , barley and oats , for hay , 178- 503 acres ; same , for cattle. 107,893 acres. Gardens and orchards absorb 17,455 acres , the whole quantity of land under cultivation eccedin"750 , - 000 acres. The total cut in the northwestern lumberregion last year was 2,531,298- 361 feet ot lumber , 1,029,854,300 shin gles , and 020.080,780 laths. Ihe in crease over the cut of 1883 was 417- 811,966 feet of lumber , 202,974,03) ) shingles , and 85,799,850 laths. The stock on hand Dec. 1 aggregated 1,795,708,522 feet of lumber , 424,998- 406 ' shingles , and 310,276,900 laths. The increase over the total Dec. 1 , 1883 , is 600,078,686 feet of lumber , 50- 011,556 shingles , and 198.513,700 laths. The anticipated log supply is placed at 2,119,866,000 , of which 1,522,500- 000 represent new logs. According to the annual report of the department of agriculture , now in press , the total yield of wheat in tins- country iu 1884 was 513,000,000 bush els. of corn 1,795,000,000 bushels , and of oats 583,000,000 bushels. These are the largest aggregates ever iccorded , the nearest approach on wheat being made in 1882 when the yield was 504- 000,000 bus'iels. und cm corn in 1880 , when 1,754,000,000 bushels were rais ed. The average yield per acre in 188i is given at 13 bushels for wheat , 28.5 bushels for corn , and 27.4 bughels for oats. "Idunium" is the name proposed by Prof. Websky for the uieta ! just dis covered by him as one of the compo nents of native vandaro of lead. 'llic mineral is rather : i scarce one , of a yellow color , and contains several oth er metals , of which zinc , iron , and arsenic are among the most prominent. Idunium resembles vanadium in sev eral respects , both physically and Chemically , while the only oxide hith erto examined forms stable salts with alkaline bases , anct thus would appear to possess distinctly acid properties. Air. E. H. Johnson , president of the Edison Electric Lighting company , lias his private residence lighted with / candescent lamps. The dynamo is in the cellar , and it is said to make so little noise that it can not be heard on the lloor above. A small engine sup plies the dynamo , and the exhaust steam is used in heating the house. Mr. Johnson's experiments have prov ed satisfactory , and he promises to make connection with one or two of his neighbor's houses for the purpose of furnishing them with light. There are no hod-carriers in Ger many. Bricks are passed from hand to hand. The higher up the bricklay ers are the more men'are required lo toss the bricks. Two men to a story is about the average , with enough more to lead from the front of the building to the place where the bricks are needed. One may sometimes see three men on the ground , eight on the front of the building , and live on the topmaking sixteen men through whose [ lands each brick passed before it reached its place of destination. The total area under cultivation of rice in Burmah is reported as 3,640- 000 acres. An average crop all over the province ought to yield an ex portable surplus of 988,000 tons of cargo rice. Although many of the district officers anticipate a "crop con siderably above the average , ' it ap pears better not to estimate lor an ex portable surplus of more than 975.- UOO tons , or 104,000 tons below the , actual exports of 1882. Cracks in floors around the moldboard - board or other parts of a room may be neatly and permanently filled by thoroughly soaking newspapers in paste made ot one pound of flour , three quarts of water , and atablespoonful of alum , thoroughly boiled and mixed. The mixture will be about as thick as putty , and may be forced into the cracks with a knife. It will harden like japier-mache. A nurseryman asserts that apple trees which "have straight and upright tops have roots of a similar character , and that those which have low and spreading tops have bushy roots. Even the color and peculiar markings of the bark of some varieties extend to the roots. The nurseryman is there fore able to distinguish several varie ties by their roots alone. Prof. Austin states that many clay ind iron sewer pipes and house lead- srs are pervious to sewer gases. In ane instance in Jersey City the leader was so porous that the parlor was ren dered almost uninhabitable. He rec ommends that all sewer ' pipes be thoroughly varnished with shellac.or soluble glass , or else painted with tieavy paint. A kind of cactus has been found in South America which only shows its lowers when the wind blows. There ire little lumps on the stalk from which ; he blossoms protrude , but they go out jf sight with calm air. The use of natural gas in Pittsburgh nanufactories is steadily increasing , md now the right has been sold to a nan who will try to introduce it into aouses for heating purposes. The directors of most fair associrt- ; ions have decided to sell no more fam- ly tickets. A Preacher ill.Coart. In the early days of primitive Methodism , under the labors of one of our veteran missionaries , a notoriously bad character got converted. Quito in harmony with the custom of those times , ho soon began preaching. On one occasion ho had a largo crowd qf people gathered by the wayside , and to these ho preached furiously. An officious policeman came up and took our friend into custody. The news spread like wildiiro that old'Tom wt > a locked up for preaching. Had it been said that it was for poaching no one would have doubted it , but his preach ing gave quite a different character to the affair. On the following morning the court was crowded to heaV the trial. The charge was read over , and the prisoner asked what ho had to say in reply. Now this man had been in Hint dock so often that he did not feel at all concerned ; ho seemed quite at home. Very quietly folding his arms , he addressed the magistrate to the following effect : "Gentlemen , do you mean bus iness ? " ' "Business ! business ! of course we do."Well "Well , gentlemen , please excuse me ; but if you mean business , allow mo to say that of late : i great change has come over me , and I never now com mence any business without iirst p ray- ins about it ; if you please , we'll pray. " He did not wait to know whether the } ' pleased or. not , but with all the fervor of a new convert poured out his soul in prayer. Ail in the court and on the magistrates' bench were deeply moved , and some to tears. But ho prayed rather long , and , zrood us it was , they thought he might now close ; so the presiding magistrate said in an undertone : "That will do ; just stop him. " The officer , shaking our friend's sleeve , said , "Stop ; " but he prayed away. Pulling his sleeve yet more vigorously , ho said , "Stop man , stop ! " but he prayed with increasing fervor. One of the magistrates saw one of our preachers in the body of the court , and calling to him said , "Mr. , you come and htop htm. " But our dear old brother enjoyed this novel prayer- meeting too much to be induced to stop it ; so he replied loud enough for all to hear : "Nay , nay , you've started him ; I can't stop him. " However , our friend in the dock drew his devotions to a close , stood upon his feet , and , again folding his anus , said with becoming meekness : ' Now , gentlemen , if you please , I an ; quite ready for business. " The prisoner was ordered into the while the consid antc-rooni case was ered. One of the magistrates , moved to tears , said : "We have often had this man before osbut never under such circumstances. If this is a sample of the work achiev ed by the labors of the Primitive Methodists , I wish them success wher ever the } ' go. " "It did not take them long to de cide that he had broken no law , and therefore they would very gladly acquit him. him."Well "Well , gentlemen , " paid an officer of the court , ' -shall we call him in and say he is acquitted ? " ' "What ? what ! call him in ! No , never , or you'll have him on his knees returning thanks. Let him go out at a side-tloor , but tell him he is lully at liberty to carry ou his good work. " Exchange. i'eetotalisra. Nothing is more necessary , in all important question , than to approach statistics with the utmost possible scepticism ; and the statistics- the teetotaler are the most utterly un trustworthy of all that we have been required , with any special care , to ex amine. It must not be forgotten that temperance societies are a trade , al most as lucrative to a large number jf persons as liquor selling ; and that paid lectures , converted dnmkards , writers of sensational teetotal novels , and such like , are not to be regarded as wholly exempt from human iiuilty. A.S to the use of alcohol , it must be re membered that it is scarcely possible to meet with a perfectly healthy man , woman or child. We live in "an ex clusively artificial state of society. The hard brain work , especially of a large class of society is exceedingly exhausting , and interferes very seri ously with the ordinary processes of nutrition , and the like. Excessive physical labor has the same or a simi lar effect. We have not the smallest doubt that if workingmeu were to take a moderate quantity of alcohol in a highly diluted form , such as genuine lager beer , about three times a day , they would be very much healthier , able to endure more work , and able to live on a somewhat smaller quanti ty of more costly food. If our tem perance-not teetotal societies would devote themself to the useful task of punishing all adulterators of alcoholic liquors , they would be rendering a real service to the working cla-ses. Unfortunately they generally suppose that anything that makes a man "drunk" ' is alcohol ; and know nothing whatever of the difference , chemical or physiological , between alcohol ami " fusil "oils. Our readers , when they hear ' Dr. Carpenter's" name quoted as an authority on the teetotal sidu' must be careful to ascertain which Dr. Carpenter is meant. The Dr. Carpcu- ; ter , we learn , has found it necessary to abandon "total abstinence. " The great advocate of teetotal nonsense is a Dr. Alfred Carpenter , an excessively diil'erenct person. American Literary Churchman. Chloral. The choral habit has been attracting a good deal of attention in England of late , owing to a divorce suit and for damage in the higher walks of life , growing out of overdosing a lady patient with chloral by a physician , and statements which sne made com promising him after her mind had been partially destroyed by the opera tion of the drug. Just uow this country has a chloral sensation. Rev. J. Ith-jy Thompson , one of the most eloquent of Brooklyn's younger clergy men , has been missing for" ten days or more , scd his friends have been extremely anxioua and at thp same time very mysterious. It transpires that ho was addicted to the habit ol taking chloral and that tho. drug had unsettled his mental faculties to such an extent as to render him uncon scious for the time being , of his acts. A friend of Mr. Thompson snys that "ho attempted to do too much , and when ho found that his physical con stitution was unable to withstand the mental strain ho had recourse to chloral. " Christmas day , however , Mr. Thompson was discovered in n Boston hotel and taken to his homo , where ho now lies dangerously ill. The moral of his experience is this : Never undertake to do too much , but if you over should find yourself in u state of nervous exhaustion from over work , do not huvo recourse to stimulants or drugs. Rest , cmnplotc rest , is the only sure remedy foi overwork , and the only remedy that will bring the system back to its normal condition without injury. Alcohol , opium and chloral should bo avoided as one would avoid a cholera laden ship. Hartford Post. Mexican Outrages. Murders anil outrages at the hands of Moxiceti bandits follow in quick succession en the Texas frontier , says an Austin telegram to The New York Herald , and the marudors , having ac complished either their deeds of bleeder or their wholesale robberies , cross over the Rio Grande , and arc secure under Mexican law from the punish ment the courts of this state would im pose. Gov. Ireland has written several letters of complaint to the department at Washington , but still killing and rapine go on unchecked , until now there seems no protection for the people - plo of this section at the hands of the federal authorities. The latest report of murder and robbery comes form Carizo Springs this forenoon , and , as usual , the outlaws took shelter on tho. other side of the Rio Grande. The people of that section are now up in arms , prepared to defend their lives and their property from further raids. ' Trouble is'feared , and in view of that fact Gov. Ireland to-night dispatched the adjutant general of the state to the scene. Gen. King takes a force of Texas rangers along with him to pre vent bloodshed , and. if possible , to bring some of tho- more daring criminals that infest the border to speedy justice. Your correspondent" saw the gov ernor late this evening and he said , with marked emphasis : "We arc , now determined to protect ourselves , aud no nice distinctions of intornationa law shall stand in the way of it. These Mexican depredations must cease. Men and women arc killed by these desperadoes on the border in cold blood and their property stolen before their eyes , but we are prevented by the ab sence of a treaty to reach the murder ers. President Arthur has been advis ed of this fact. I have been corresponding pending with Secretary Frelinghuysen. for many months on the subject , but all to no purpose. Now that the fed eral government has failed to give re lief , Texas will hereafter defend its citizens along the Rio Grande , oven if it takes every man in the state and ev ery dollar in the treasury to do so. " These bold words of Gov. Ireland arc full of significance , and foreshadow the policy which the adjutant general will pursue. Texas , as one man , will sustain the governor , and even should a difficulty arise with Mexico , which can hardly be avoided now , this state ' is ready a'nd able to take care of itself. Lively times on the border are now certain , and if a crash or collision oc curs the authorities at Washington will be held to strict account. The cor respondence between. Gov. Ireland and them will probably be published , showing that Texas hos been forced into the defensive attitude it now as sumes. RepressingGenms. . The whirligig of journalism , like everything else , makes a change , and the style which used to make the whole city shudder now falls , if it ever gets up like the "thud" which long be came obsolete. Now and then a new reporter flashes up and undertakes the old style of some worn out and tired out and played out brother who , in his day , was called the "crack reporter of the staff. " The descriptive man is do ing space work on a weekly or a maga zine. How this thought crept over me the other day as I overheard an old city editor shattering the hopes and ambitions of a young man who had meant well enough , although I did think he might have worn his reportorial - orial star under the lappel of his vest , as used to be the custom , instead of trying to flash it up as young men do a scarf-pin. "You say here , " said the city editor , as he pulled a clay pipe that \r-is black and strong , "that the evanescent beauty of the avenue was lured from her father's mansion by the villain's sinister smiles. ' Now , my dear fel low , this is not what 1 want. Besides my objection to its wordy construction. I must say that the time when villains with sinister smiles lured the Chicago beauty has gone by. The Chicago girl to speak after the manner of the gang. id no chump. She knows the villain as soon as she sees him. He was here before the fire. You can't fool a Chicago girl any more with a sinister smile , or any other kind of a smile , no matter whether you are : t villain or not. It is true you may meet her at the skating rink and buckle on her skates , and put your arm around her waist in the g. maze , so to speak. But to try to lure her away from the mansion of her father with a sinister smile and see how quickly she will drop on you. Why , she will paralyze you cut you dead" . She is on ; make no mistake. Strike out 'evanescent beauty , ' 'lure,1 'villain , ' and 'sinister smile , ' and say that she consented to give her hand to the young man whc had given her and "her father and ' 'mother indisputable proof that he owned several blocks of stock in Etie and Lake Shore. And then I would like you to go down to Fortieth and Archer avenue and take in a chicken fight that's to come off in a red bam that you'll find down there some " where" ' * Chicago Herald
