Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1884 — Page 7

i\7\m OF THE RAILWAYS. Pt'iwiulviil Local. 13 Farrington, < c*Ury of theT. H. & ! Ha* returned from bis vacation trip in Inc lrin> for business- * The titne t;.bb'3 on ISS railroads, including all o:i'> in Indiana, run their trains on the nine ee>,th meridian, or rentrnl standard time. Travel over Indianapolis roads never was Heavier in August than this year, and it is the 'nult of the management of the roads if earnings m'uot satisfactory. .1. 11. Grafton has taken the position of pastciiger conductor on the Ij., N. A. & C. between bouisville and Chicago, mad© vacant by the vsignation of Captain Crit A. Co*. A. J. Smith, secretary of th© National Assoaation of General Passenger and Ticket Agents, jives notice that the semi annual meeting of the itsoeiation will be held act Boston. Has*, at the dotel Brunswick, Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 11 o'clock t. M.

W. P. Robinson, traffic manager of the New fork. West Shore & Buffalo road, has resigned. Charles G. Eddy has been appointed freight •raffie manager of this railway, to take effect ?ept 1, 1884. Henry Monett will continue as teneral passenger agent The third number of Forth’s Official Railway duide, which is published by F. C. Talbott, of ivansville, Ind., is out, and is a very complete ind well-edited work. It give© the time-tables f 116 railroads and much other valuable m!ormati<m regarding mail and express servloe. Were th* C-, I, St. I*. & C. people as greedy n some of the roads in the Chicago and Ohio Xiver pool, they could come in and demand an increased per cent, for the Big Four, as it is ihead of its allotted per cent in four of the live jools which constitute the Chicago and Ohio River pool. A wreck at the crossing of the Belt road and Vandali* tracks made it necessary to transfer the oars of several roads over the Union tracks lor a few hours yesterday. The almost continu Hus blockades made one appreciate the benefit of the Belt road, over which 1,200 to 1,500 car* are transferred daily. J. McNeale, secretary of the Indianapolis, Delator & Springfield Railroad Company—which leases to the 1., B. & W.— returned from New Fork last evening. H. B. Hammond, president, is at the White mountains, resting; and A. Duarat, treasurer, sailed for Europe, on Saturday fast, to look after some matters relating to the finances of the 1., D. A S. company. Wm. Cadwell, traveling passenger agent of the New York, West Shore & Buffalo railway, beadquarters in Chicago, is m the city. He thinks the trunk lines are upon the ere of an uely pas-tenger-rate war. In fact, he says it has already begun betweem Chicago and New York. As the last railroad war between the trunk lines is said by Commissioner Fink to have cost them $27, - 800,000, it might be well for them to move cautiously in the matter. W. F. TurxeS, general master moehanic of the Bee-line system, yesterday held a conference with the official* of the locomotive and oar departments on the Bee-line system in the office of Superintendent Ewan. Thero were present at the meeting W. F. Turreff, Cleveland; W. Rutherford, Delaware; W. Garstang. Cleveland; Gilduff, and Orland. Mattoon; Bishop and Steinburner, Cleveland; Malone, Ronser, BJook and Mark, Indianapolis; Smytbe, Cleveland. The modest Air-line division of the li., N. A. ts 0. *n Monday took fifteen car-loads of eastbound business out of Indianapolis, more than they had taken out during the thirty days preceding, and some of their competitors who want the earth are pacing up and down the streets, charging that the Air line cut th* rates, when the fact is, the property was forwarded in Bluelin* cars, and no other fast-freight line runs to the point to which the shipment was mado. A Boston eschange unkindly says: One of the worst features of the New York & New England railroad is the fact that Gould’s nam6 still appears among the list of stockholders. Fortunately Jay Gould has practically cut loose from the Wabash. Os course he remains in the board on its executive committee. His loans have not yet been repaid, and until he gets his money he will not release his grip, but the labor and disgrace of getting it he has shifted to other shoulders. E. N. Gifford, inventor of the Gifford Automatic Car-coupler, is in the city, arranging with the Indianapolis Car Works to equip the I,ooocans that they are to bnild f*r the Cincinnati Southern road with this coupler, which seems to be catching on well with railroad men, now that its advantages are well understood. The coupler is now in use on the Erie railroad, the N. Y., P & 0., the P., C. & TANARUS., the C., H. & D., the Cincinnati Southern, the Chicago & Atlantic, the Wabash A Lake Brie, and the C., 1., St L. &C. The advantages of the coupler are: Its first cost is no mere than that of the ordinary draw bar. It is simple, yet effective. It will couple on any car that can be coupled with either straight or crooked links and ordinary draw-bar The pin is always in the draw bar. All that the brakeman has to do is to see that pin is properly seated. He lias no besiness between the cars. It is automatic; all that is necessary to do is to allow the cars to come together in the ordinary manner. It prevents trains cutting in two. A Movement to Close the Outside unices. A movement is on foot to again close the outride offices. The correspondence received thus far on the matter by Vice-president Maloti favors such action. For the third time, it is ■aid, it has been demonstrated that whenever tickets wore sold at outside offices rates are demoralised. Some eighteen months ago all outside offices except the C., H, &I. were closed and while they were closed rates were well maintained, but aa soon as they were reopened rates went to pieces. This may ba good reasoning on the part of railroad officials who desire a maintenence of rates, but back of it all lies the commissions the passenger agents are receiving from Woetum connections of Indianapolis roads. There is good authority for saying that the commission on tickets sold by one general agent located at Indianapolis in July amounted to ovor $450. It should be borne ia mind that, no matter how mueh the rate is cut this ride of the river, the roads west of Kansas City, Hannibal, Quincy, Peoria and Chicago en force the payment of arbitrary rates from their Eastern oouneetione, and on their part pay commissions. YJijthin ten days a general agent has been called upon to pay some S3OO for mistakes b made ia salting tickets of a northwestern line at less than arbitrary rates. He offset SIBO of this with commissions the company per agreement should psy him. The Journal a few days linco hinted that the passenger rate war going n weald terminate, doubtless, in closing outside offices again, and the passenger agents who will le out of jobs will have only themselves to Warae. WTB Lift th* St. Loots ft B*u Francisco Out of the Mire. The new deal between the Atchison, Topeka tr Santa Fa and the Atlantic A Pacific roads jtomises to be a godsend to th* St Louis ts San Franrisco. The latter is a New York property in which the Sehgmans have a large Interest, and it is thought to have a good future before it, unless Jay Gould, who is one of the directors, gets a controlling interest and decides to ruin it This road is the father of the Atlantic A Pacific enterprise, and its main line extends from St. Louis 363 miles to the boundaries ot Indian Territory, where what is known as the Central division of the A. & P. is a continuation in that Territory. Th* St. Louis & San Francisco connects with tho Atchison road at Wichita, Kaa., and by means of that connection will soon offer its patrons a through fast freight By a route 2,435 miles in -length from St. Louis to San Faencieoo. An AgpeMlte Railroad Company. The report comes from New York that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road is to be built info St. Louis, and the St. Louis Globe-Demo-srat confirms such rumor by saying that the route from Kansas City to St. Louis has been >artially surveyed." It will strike tho Missouri Pacific Railroad at Grand avenue, and come info it Louis on the south ride of the Missouri Paifle tracks. An agent has been sent to that

city twntiretiase ground and win to heard from in a Bow days. He is authorised to bay throe blocks of ground in the neighborhood of Tayon arena* tor th* soeaunmodslion of a freight house, and when the City Council meats again a bill, fiviac them th* right of way, will be Introduced. The aggressive character of th* A, T. 4 S. F! people is making many friends for the road in the West, and there seem* to be a general rejoicing that this road has secured a through line to San Francisco. The Atlantic & Pacific company takes charge of th© line bought, and will open it and put in operation a fast-freight line, in connection with th* other companies, Oct i. The consummation of these contracts is regarded as ©f great benefit to tho Atlantic & Pacific, and also t the Atchison and Ban Francisco companies, as it gives the latter companies immediate connection for all California traffic, both passenger and freight, eeoond to non*, sad upon terms not heretofore enjoyed by any lines east of California. What Were ttie Inducements Offered? There is a good deal of surmising as to what inducements were offered John King, jr., to take the presidency of the Eria Mr. King has time and again stated that he would not take the position if it were offered him, and that he had given up railroad work altogether. His long and very able services of fourteen years as vicepresident of the Baltimore k Ohio road have ’ shown that tit is ia every way fitted to perforin the dtrtiee of his new office, but the impression gained, after his return from Europe, that be would accept no position thereafter tendered him. He said then: *‘l have been asked to take prominent positions at different times with one or more foreign railroads, and with American roads as well. I refused each and every one, and if I continue a sane man, in full possession of my faculties, I will continue to refuse any and all such offers. I broke down my health and nearly killed myself by overwork as vicepresident of the Baltimore & Ohio. I recovered my health, and Ido not propose to sacrifice it again. I have amassed sufficient wealth to enable mo to spend the rest of my life in ease, comfort and quiet, and so I propose to end them.* Ir. the light of these statements there Is no doubt that Mr. King must have been offered something very handsome—something besides $30,000 a year salary.

Suggestive Statistics. The increase of stockholders of railway companies in these times of depression is truly wonder* ful The Boston Post has obtained some suggestive statistics on this point, the substance of which we will concisely state: The Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, on the 20th of February, 1883, had 1,296 stockholders, and one year later had 1,343. The Pullman Palace Car Company, February 1, 1883, had 250 stockholders in Chicago, 899 in Boston and 522 in New York, a total of 1,671; a year later it bad in Chicago 231, in Boston 1,047 and in New York 720, a total of 1.998, showing a gain of 327. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company shows a gain of 3,000 stockholders, or 21 per cent, in one year. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, February, 1883, had 2.707, and a year later 3,308; and the Central Pacific, which has been commonly regarded as “close communion," at a recent date had outstanding 21,700 negotiable certificates of 10 shares each and 20,000 of 100 shares each, estimated by Mr. Huntington to be held by as many as 10,000 persons. These instances might be multiplied, sod, doubtless, many stronger cases cited. They suffice to show that companies which deserve publie confidence will have more of it, year by year.

East-Bound Pool Tonnage. At the end of the second month the reorganized Indianapolis east-bound pool has been in operation the Wabash is 3,376 tons short of carrying its per cent of the percentage that Commissioner Fink suggests that the seven roads in the pool should adopt The Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg is 2,900 tons short, the Air-line (L, N. A & C.) 1,358 tons short: the Indiana, Bloomington & Western 735 tons short; while the Bee-line was 4,432 tons over or ahead of the percentages suggested by Commissioner Fink; the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis, 2,831 tons over; and the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St Louis & Chicago 1,107 tons over. In the last few days the 1., B. & W. has more than made fits percent shortage, and the Air-line. L, A. & 0., is rapidly recovering lost ground, but it seems to be done at the expense of the Beeline and C., H. A L Bsm at Vanderbilt's Suggestion. It is now stated that the recent changes on the Erie road were mad* at the suggestion of Vanderbilt When Mr. Vanderbilt was in Europe this spring, on his annual trip, he consulted with some of the English stock and bondholders about the very change in the Erie management now accomplished, and it is probable even that the appointment *f the present English committee, which bos been engaged for scare tun* in investigating Erie affairs, was mad* a* a part of Hr. Vanderbilt's plan. It is a strange retribution if Mr. Jewett has been kicked out of the Erie presidency by William H. Vanderbilt, but may be true. Foreclosure Proceedings Discontinued. Nxw York, Aug. 26 —Foreclosure proceedings of the Rochester & Pittsburg will be discontinued for the present. The officials say the withdrawal of the proceedings is due to the advise of counsel, who have ascertained that no legal action can be maintained until sixty days after default in interests. At the expiration of that time action will be recommended. Indemnity tor Sureties of the Reading Road. Philadelphia, Aug. 26.—George M. Dallas, master in the Reading railroad case, to-day filed his fifth report, reciting that the recarvers decided to indemnify, out of the assets of the company, persons and corporations who had become sureties on its various bonds and appeals, and recommending that they be granted permission to do so. A Reorganization Plan Agreed Upon. New York, Aug. 26.—The directors of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to-day agreed upon a plan for the reorganization, of the company. The details will not be made public until Sept 15. The plan will then be published officially and simultaneously in New York, London and Amsterdam.

Steamers Cutting Ratos. St. Paul, Aug. 26.—The Lake Superior Transit Company, to meet the out in railroad rates east, has made a reduction of passenger rates by lake. On second class, to Boston and New York, the out is $9: second class to Buffalo and Erie, cut sll, second olass to Cleveland and Detroit, cut $lO. Miscellaneous Notes. It is given out that Mr. Vanderbilt’s interest in Erie ia 150,000 shares. The Net* York Central report for nine months, to July 1, shows profits of $3,667,000, or equal to 4 1-10 per cent Eastern capitalists have placed more than $20,000,000 in the Atlantic & Pacific sehetne, and it now seems in a fair way to realize a value that has ever been olaimed for it The Westinghouse Air-brake Company has published a statement showing that 15,129 cars in England, 10,642 in France, 5,571 on the continent, and 29,343 in America are provided with its brakes The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company ia surveying in Missouri, any may some day Build a more direct line to Springfield, shortening considerably the rail route between Kansas City and Memphis. A few weeks ago Atehisou, Topeka & Santa Fe stock was selling in the neighborhood of 60, and at that time many investors hesitated to buy, thinking it might go lower. Within the last forty-eight hours th* stock b° been sold st 77. On the 3d of August the Rochester & Pittsburg railroad discontinued the through train from Pittsburg to Rochester and Buffalo. This mov® has era a ted aueh universal clissfitfef&ction that it is reported tho train will again be put on. The engineers of the Grand Trunk have completed drilling along tint river St, Clair, under which it is proposed to tiiimel in order to avoid delay in transferring to the American side.

THE lOTIAXA.POLIS JOTJRHAIj, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2T, 18S4.

They bored through a stratum of day aot struck rook at a depth of one hundred feet. Soundings are now being mad* in tho- river with the same object In view. The Boston Advertiser says the TTnion Pacific is astonishing its friends as well as those who have persistently refused to belter© in its value, by a continuous advance to Ms stock. Since tho opening of the Northern Pacific the Control has lost every pound of eastern freight for Portland, and 99 per cent, of the passenger traffic. Beside* this the Central pays the Northern Pacific and O. R. &N. $500,600 a year to keep out of San Franoisco. Three new railways in the South are to greatly chance the condition of that section, and affect existing routes of traffic. One is the Memphis k New Orleans, an extension es the Huntington system, which runs along the river baak through a rich cotton and agricultural country. Another ia the Nashville division of the Kentucky Central, which will furnish another line between Cincinnati and Nashville. A third is the Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville, which, when finished, will give anew route between Nashville and : New Orleans.

INGENIOUS COUNTERFEITS. A Twenty-Dollar Greenback Made Entirely with a Pen—A Craey Quilt. Washington Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean. “Look at that," said, the man to charge of room 35, the office of the secret servloe, as he took from a drawer and handed your correspondent what appeared to be a S2O greenback. “If a man owed you S2O, and offered that bill in pay ment. you would take it, and perhaps bo glad to get it, wouldn’t you! That bill is a counterfeit, and a good one, too, and what makes it th* greatest curiosity we have here is the fact that it was made entirely with a pen.” It is indeed a piece of master workmanship. Every line and dot, with all the varying shades of green, black and red are reproduced with a skill that appears little short of marvelous It bears the familiar signature, seemingly genuine, of John C. New. “That bill,” said he, “was doubtless in circulation for years, defying the scrutiny of banktellers and cashiers. It was sent to the Treasury two or three years ago for redemption, and there it was detected. Whoever made that was a smart fellow and deserves a credit mark. There are several similar bills to circulation, all, so far as we have discovered, S2O greenbacks, and made precisely in the same way. Two others have come into the Treasury and been detected within the past year, but I can’t see where the follow’s profit comes in. It seems impossible for him to make one of these without many days, perhaps weeks, of patient labor, and then its only S2O, but I admire bis skill and perseverance.” “Why didn't he make it SIOO, or SSOO, instead of $207” ‘lsuppoee because he would be a great deal less likely to pass it. It's pretty hard to work off a counterfeit of one of those largo denominations. A bill like this one will pass anywhere. He appears to be making a business of it, as our experts have concluded that they are all the work of the same hand. We have tried to trace them up, but have nover been able to get the slightest clew. In iny opinion he earns all he gets out of it I assume the treasury people are ashamed of it, but it is a fact that tho first one f those counterfeits that came in was passed as genuine and actually redeemed in gold. It was afterwards discovcd to be a counterfeit, and since that time the others I mention have made their appearance and been detected. I say again, that's a smart chap; I wish we could catch him.” “There's another that may interest yon. It is ass national bank note raised to SIOO. You see the figures and words are just as plain as though they wore originally printed there. The ‘raising’ is very common. Here is a $1 raised to ai $lO, and as2to a $2& The process is to erase entirely from the bill by means es acids and other chemicals whatever may be necessary to the change, and the* to put to the new amendments by printing, or perhaps sometimes with a pen. Such biffs do not often deceive men who are accustomed to handling money, because the body of the engraving on both face and back for the various denominations is entirely different. Now, you ean teil at a glance that this hundred is simply a five-dollar bill, and it is good for the amount at bank of issue, or the Treasury would issue anew ftvedellAr bill in its place. It is not a counterfeit So that a twenty - dollar bill is good for two dollars and the ten dollar for one dollar. Such bills can only bei passed upon persons not familiar with the different forms of our currency. This applies more particularly to th* national bank notes, as there is a much nearer approach to uniformity in the appearance of the greenback. This one-hun-dred doilar raise earn* tit to th© Treasury only lost week.” “Here Is a fifty-dollar MU that is another curiosity. It is not a counterfeit. Every bft of the paper and every line and letter of the printing are getiuiii©." “Then what is it here for!” “If you will examine it very carefully yon will see that it is wholly made up of pieces neatly pasted together. A man, say, takes twenty genuine bate and cuts out a different portion fiwn each, the twenty pieces when put together making a eomidete bill. The defaced bilts are restored by filling up the holes, and he has twentyone bills instead of twenty, all of which are liable to pass without detection. The patch-work bill soon begins to show the seams, however. This way of money making involves a good deal of labor and we see very few such bills.” He turned over the leaves of a large book filled with specimens of counterfeits of every description, good, bad and indifferent. Some would: hardly deceive a “wayfaring man. though a fool,” white others were marvels of skill

SOWING GOOD SEED. How th© Work Is Don* by to* Agricultural Department, Washington Post. A reporter who visited the Agricultural Department yesterday witnessed a busy scene ia the large brick structure just southeast of the main building, in which he found scores of comely girls and women ranged at table* in a long room engaged making paper anicloth. bags in which to put the seeda The paper is first cut out to the required size and shape by a machine. It is then folded aad pasted by the operators and the bag is complete. As many as 4,000 bags have been mado in one day by one lady, but the general rate ia between one and two thousand. The names of the seeds they are to contain is then printed on them and thej- are then Ailed. For wheat, corn and the other cereals bags of linen are made, bolding about two quarts. In one of the rooms is a large of these small begs filled with anew variety of Teuaessee fail wheat, ton days earlier than any other variety. There were other heaps es corn and oats, fa one basket was a quantity of the curious mango seed to be sent mostly to Florida. In this manner over 3,600.000 packages es seed were sent out last year, and it has been calculated that the gain to the country by new varieties of seed introduced through the Agricultural Department, amounts to many millions of dollars. Aa an evidence that the work being doae is anprociated, tbe manager, Mr. Langley, say* that during the winter the department is overwhelmed with applications from all parts of the country for seeds, all of which arc answered as far m possible Kart congressman is allowed so mueh seed to distribute among such of h constituents aa apply to him, the amount sst aside for this purpose being two-thirds of the whole quantity of seeds received at the Department. Not only seeds, but bulbs and tubers arc dtirtrtbuaed in thiwwoy, and during the fall whole cart-loads of bags containing padkaess are sent from the Department to be forwarded to oil parts of tho country. Seeds are sent to the Deportment from all parts of tbe world, and it bas a correspondent in every county in the United States, whom duty it is to send in report Os tbe crops in hts section of the country, and tonend specimons ofsveoy new variety of seeds propagated. In this manner sll tbe beet kinds of seeds arrive at the Department, and are then to bo distributed free in small quantities to every ©ire fas long m •they last) who wishes to try them on bis farm or ut his gardenLatin lor Mr. ghuemnlmn Bt. teel* Panl-litepatch t tern. 1 A chaste Latia aphorism, which will appeal with especial fore© to Mr. Shoemaker; of the In duuinpolwi Sentinel, is “*e sutor ultra ctretmlam. This is translated freely by our cqilece graduate!, “let the shot-maker stink to his libel suit. WJ.IU4LUH i Ayer’s Pill# cure Utxidaehc by rimmvttig obstructions from tbe system, relieving tbe* tom sob, healthy action to the dim-stive appur

THE VAKDUHHLT FAMILY. Sffew Wltlla.ni H. Spends His Time at Saratoga —Th* Sensational Member of the Family. Saratov* Letter to Utiea Observer. Than to a out* here who, more than all the oUler man, ay* —o*ore than any hundred es the woman—is interestedly stored at. He never fought a battle or wrote a book, or did anything distinguishingly good or bad. He is not handsome enough to be singular on that account in a crowd. Hie personality to ondiuary ia every respect Why, then, is he gased upon? Because he is the possessor of $390,000,660. He is William H. Vanderbilt It the single dollar is mighty to the mind of the American, is it any wonder that the man who has so many is a god? The big hotels are built on three sides or spacious gardens. The one in whUh Vanderbilt stays incloses thus about two acres of turf, trees, walks and flowers, Toward the rear end the ground rises to a moderate knoll, and the trees are thick evergreens, so that a section of the immense building is screened off from the rest of the premises, though perfectly accessible. This part of the hotel is divided into fifty-foot double resiliences called cottages. Although externally in architectural harmony with the rest, they are discon* aeeted os to hallways, and afford to their inmates a slight degree of privacy. They ore fire stories high, and so contain ten' suites of apartments. The Vanderbilts use one of these cottages entire. Their party j Includes tha Sioanes, the Webbs, and the Twrinblys—daughters, sone-in law, and grandchildren—and a numerous retinue of servants. Every luxury purchasable is there, and yet it is hard to conceive why folks so enormously wealthy do not wish to have a country place'of their own. One explanation, and a reasonable one, is' that the head of the family desires to be where he ean drive his horses proudly in sight of a multitude. Nowhere could he be drawn poet M many people by Maud 8. at this time of the year. He is on the road tour hours a day on th* average, sometimes driving the champion mare singly, and at others mated with Early Rose or Aldine. But he doesn’t get wholly away from th* anxiety of his finances. Hew do I know! As he Bat on his perch this morning a fountain spurted " and spattered with a cooling sound directly in front of him, a first-rate Orchestra made music a few reds to his right, and a mile of verandas were thronged by women and girls who, at least from a little distance, were all houris in soft, light, graceful garments; but t noticed that his eyes sought the Wall street column In the paper that lav in his lap, and his ears pricked up at the noise of a locomotive that had pulled a train over bis railroad just beyond the high board fence. The sensational woman in the Vanderbilt family is the wife of young William K. She is not here, and m her ab-

sence the women are entirely unexciting. They mix with the guests of the hotel quite indißtinguishably. The odd man is the only Vanderbilt, of tho lot who Is generally known about the place. I will not undertake to say whether this is pleasing to them or nob They wear the costliest and most fashionable of clothes, and their diamonds are bigtuid many, but they are not striking figures. Their conduct is quiet and pohte. Meals are served in their own Moms, and all the special cooking for them is done under th* supervision of their SIO,OOO French expert who is fully privileged in the hotel kitchen. Their servants are their own, even to the chambermaids; and most of the victual* and driak are bought by their special caterer. On the whole, I must refrain from violently praising or bhimiog the Vanderbilts. They do not seem unduly eager to impress their riches on the public, and their expenditures, lavish as they may bo, are for things that do not bring real comforts of seme sort to mind or body. In this estimate it should be understood that I set down vanity as aa attribute ©f the mind. Is it unusual for women to like diamonds! And if a small iron safe full of jewelry to lugged every sight, under guard, from the Vanderbilt cottage to the safe in the hotel office, it does not prove that the Vanderbilt madams and misses aTe fonder than others of gew-gawe, but that they are able to bay more of them.

TH* Wheat-Straw Worm. In the last crop report of the Illinois Depart ment of Agriculture, Professor 8. A, Forbes, State Entomologist, gives an article on this insect. It is to about one-fifth of an inch long, and a little flattened from above downward, ami has a distinct head ami a pair of brownish jaws moving laterally. The skin is naked, except that each segment bear* four short bristles—two ventral and two lateral. Th© closest external examination wifi reveal no criue to the cause of the injury; but if the straw be fchrefhTiy split, a minute, pale yellow, footless grub will! be found a few ruches above the root, and wholly within th© stem, the cavity of which it has enlarged by eating away the inner surface. These larv are usually situated So low iu the stem that they are left in the stubble when the grain is cut, although a few are doubtless carried away in the straw. Hero they remain until early in the following spring (a few sometimes completing their transj formation in the Winter), when they emerge as minute, shining block insects, but a little more than one-tenth of an inch in length, the great majority of which have only useless rudiments of wings; in fact of those hitherto bred, not one in twenty has hod the power es flight Professor Forbes suggests several remedies. As the greater part of the larval remain i* the stubbie, especially If the grain be not cut very elose, and as they continue here, In one forte ot another, at least until midwiwtor, and usually on tit the the following March or April, it is at once evident that nearly the entire brood may be exterminated by burning the stubble. In case of a light yield, or where the wheat has grown up to weed* it will often be difficult to burn th* field oyer; but if the insect is seriously destructive it will doubtless pay to run a mower over the field, burning the vegetation after it has dried. The usual absence es wings gives ns another resource against its injuries, sine* a simple rotation of crops must almost wholly prevent the adults from laying their eggs iu wheat as they emerge from the stubMe in the spring. In adjacent fields, two ©f which had been previously iu wheat and the third in olover. as high as 93 percent, of the stalks were infested in the former and only about 9 per cent, in the latter. Probably the individuate carried away in the straw are kilted by thrashing; but, if not, the simple expedient of burning tha remnants of stacks remaining in the spring would complete their destruction. As most of the adults are Wingless, the spread of the injury from field to field must be slow, and each may therefore protect his own fields without serious danger that his labor may be wasted through' the ignorance or indifference of his neighbors.

A Young Shoshone toalptm Wiwwmecoe itiWvr Btale There is a little Shoshone papoose here, only four years of age, and not much larger titan a piekte-jar, who evinces a wonderful aptitude for molding images ou* of mnd and clay. His mother was engaged at a wnshtub outside of a house the other day,'and from the mud caused by the stoppings tho little savage molded a deer and a horse, which were almost perfect in contour and form. He displayed but little pains In his work, t© which he appeared to adapt himself as naturally as an ordinary white child would in the making of mud pies. With proper cultivation there is evidently tho development of a wonderful sculptor in this infant redskin. It would be well for housekeepers to know that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is free from Alum, Ammonia and ether objectionable drugs hence the purest and mass eoenumieal. Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder ia beyond all question the best and most perfect of anything in the market To insure certainty, buy it onlyill oa ns, WEB. wEsßY—Robert, son of Charles and Aline Weshy, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1881, at i:3O p. m., aged one year, *svoa months aad tan days. Funeral on Thursday, At*. 28, at 2 o'clock p. m., from the residaose, Weat Siath street. Friend* are invited to attend without further notice. C. R KREGELS & WHITBETC FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMER3, #. T 7 Karts Delaware fHroot. Totnnbone oonneetion. et effteo and residence. <W 1-iqgua for weddings safowri'M, P'WVE TOrS FOrWeREELF -O*E GU*AT I troth t{d in two |n*: Benson s Oapcine Porous Piasters are better thru all other*. 25 cents.

iujltk icfdd' The Rev. J. E. Searles, of New York, is one of the most widely-known and highly esteemed es Methodist ministers. Mr Henries say*: “I am tomrwsed that it Is a duty I owe tetboee afflicted with Bteumettom ©r Neural, ota, to toy that * remedy boa been discovered that is indeed a marvelous success. My son wus yraetiy afflicted with RheiunutiHiii, apd suffered so severely that, at Was Ui#wTu> haro mernhtto luJeciedlntobis arm to yet. roUet/m^ inffiterete ditlofl ts© nißt©v6T(Vi ft remedy wiiictt cffocwu iiniii®* diaf* relief, anda pmxuaoantcure. He baa pjucaturbliihed ittomany omen with the eame reeult.l have relief . and a permanent cure. Amonfr others, leave it to ltev. Wm. YOorbiJt, pastorof the George Ot. M-P. Church, Now li*ren,<jbna.,wlio wns*ußetiin areally with tot* tempi* disease. I will (five you his owa word* aa written to tty soft, wishing him to publish tbs feet for the benefit of otters so&ertoer with to* same disease. 1 ' What Mr. Orbit Hoyac “New Hevati, efltc& r ^%ore^uffertng wifli Inflammatory lth™. rnatiam, that your inodictne Is KifatttUe. :I suffered in“ dis. eases of any ktud, yours moetoertoiply is far Inflammatory Rheumatism in its severest form. “ Your* moat resiietijulftr, Ws. P. Oojuut, •' faster George SM. M. K. Church. New Haven, Ooim." Suoh is ATnLOMIGKOO — a thorough and efficient cure for the worst <*s of Rheumatism and Nfeoralgin. If you Cannot get ATHnopHohos of your druggist, we will send it ospresa paid, on reovipt Os regular pHow-one dollar per bottle. W prefer toot you buy it from your druggist, but if he hasn’t it, do not fa* mcssAMd to try something alas, but enter at once from us aa directed. ATHLOPHOROS CO., 112 WALL ST., NEW IGAK. iiininiuiiinmi 11. 11. iinimmmiMffl $11,950 IN CASH GIVEN AWM ATTENTION, SMOKERS! All contestants for the 25 premiums aggregating above amount, offered Dy Blackwell 1 * Durham Tobacoo Cos., most observe tbs following coalitions on which the premiums are to be awerded: All beat must bear enr original Dull Durham label, U.. Revenue Btamp, and Caution Notice. The bags must be done up securely in a package with name and address of sender, end number of bags contained plainly marked on the outside. Charges must be prepaid. Contest closet November SOlh. All packages should be forwarded December Ist, and most reach us itt Durham not later than December 15th. No matter where you reside, send your package, advise us by moiUhat you hare ■ done so, and state the number of bags sent. Karnes of successful contestants, with number of bags returned, will be published, Dec . 22, in , Boston, Herald; New York, Herald; Philadelphia, JDn.?-Tjfir)wim, N. C„ Tobacco Plant: New Orleans, Timer- Democrat; Clneiunatl, Xnquirer; Chicago, Daily Nfum; Son frraneiaoo, Chronicle. Address, Blachww.l‘B Durham Tobacco Cos., Durham, N. C. Every genuine package has picture of Bull. 49“ See our next announcement.***

.svc UHO* (Bp,r . Hitter, ■1” fCUBNNTW uf*ed to promote ™ of tbe growing evidence of jm B P** ri fy eouuteraoied Rrire*>oS I r I P StLthe physical energies “BW W “ ami fortifies the constitution against disease. For sale by all druggists and deatero reoewllv. A se Dr. T. FELIN GdURAUD’S The dhtinguishsd Dr. L. A. Sayre said to a lady of the haut ton (a patient): “As you ladies will use them, I recommend trOuraud’s Cream’ as the least harmful ot all Skia preparations.” One bottle Will last si* months, using it every day. Also, Poadre Subtile removes surduous hair without injury to the akin. Mum. B. T. GO UR ADD. Sole Prop., 48 Bond at.. N. Y. For sale by ah drwgjfists and fancy-goods dealers throughout to* G, Canadas and Europe. Beware of baas imitations. sl,ooti reward for arrest and proof of anyone seflrag the satn*. INDIANA STATE Ft Bids to furnish MUSIC for the STATE FAIR four days will be recetead at the Secret ay's office until The'nght'rosemH? to reject any and alt bids. The General Superintendent wilt be on the Mr Grounds ah WEDNESDAY aftorunen ilfit-ij the week preceding the Fair, and during that week each day, to seH privilege* for Stand* and Dining Haiti. ITOK SALE. Vwo iarec Boiler*, a Dean Steam Ptimp, about 200 feet of Jane Shafting and a number of Pulleys ot different air.ee, at tho Exposition Buildiug, FIELDING Beetsßß, General Superintendent.

T> BOEIYER'S) SALE OF CRACKER FACTORY. Pursuant to iui order *f the Superior Court of lforion County, IniHtuut, I will offer fur wdo on tho premises es tho Indianapolis Steam CraekerCompanv at 111, 23 and $5 West tisurris street, of Mid eity, tha property and effect* of said company, snnstitiaM of bolter engine, machinery, oven*, hereos. wagon*, manufactured stock, esse*, can*, etc., per schedule. Bute will ho received for the equipment* es said faetorv until the fit-h day of (September, 1884. aubjeot to the approval of the court. Manufactured goods, case* and row material, groceries, will be sold on the premise* in lots to nult purchaser*. „ V. W. HAMILTON, iteeeivar. August 20, 1884. A.NCMOK 1.1 is al . XX. 8. Mail Steamship* Safi from New York evry Saturday for Glasgow via Londonderry. aieei j jaiwftjj© of if 19, LIVERPOOL AND (mSTOWN SERVICB. For p&SMAffa, Oabin Plans Book of [lmm at* , lA j-

BUSINESS DIRECTORY INDIANAPOLIS. ABSTKACTS OF TITLES. ELLIOTT & BUTLER, NO. $ ASTNA BUILDING. J’ATEftT SOLICITORS. G BRADFORD, can and foreign. PATENTS," Office, rooms 16 and 18 Hubbard block, corner Washington and Meridian streets, IndtetaspeUs. Ind. MISCELLANEOUS, _ KNEFLER & BERRY HILL, Attor*eye-at-Law, No. 30 North Delaware Street. Hercules powder, the safest and strongest powder in the worifi. Powder, t apt, Fus*. Augurs, anti all the tools for Wasting titunuw and Mock Blasting, at '49 South Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis Oil Tank. Line Cos., DEALERS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Corner Pine and Lord Street*. W. B. BARRY, SAW MANUFACTURER, and 134 flouth PermsylvanW^treet. Smith’s Chemical Dye-Works, No. 3 ilartir dale’s Block, near Postoffice. Clean, sye and repair gentlemen's clothing: also. ladi*g are*se3. shawls, seen ns*, and dlk and woolen goods of evert desctlptioA, dyad and refinished; kid gloves neatly cleaned : 1 14) cents per pair. Wifi do more first-olaas work for loss money than any house of the kind iu the State. JOHN B. SMITH. GH.A.S STOVES. No Kindling Required. No Coal to Carey. No Ashes to Remove. Prices from $2 to sl6. GAS ENGINES, From te Horse-power tip. We sell to gas consumers in this city otoy. On exhibition and for sale bv bhs GAIS company, No. 47 South Pennsylvania Stroefc.

IT IS NOT A ewre-afl, bitt a? o tonic and health reriewer, and for Blood and Skin Diseases, and troubles dependent on impure or impoverished Wood, Swift's Specific is without a rival. “Mybaby, srx months rdd, broke out with some kind of skin humor, and after being treated five months by my family physician, sew given, up to die. The druggist recommended Swift's Specific, and the result war as gratifying as it was miraculous. My child sooe got wril, ail trace of the disease is goe. and ha is t£ tat as a pig." J. .T. KIRKLAND, Minden, Rusk county, Texas. “I Used Swift's ftperifiten nit little daughter, who was afflicted with some Bldod Poison which hfid soStihed sfi sotte Os IrfKtubbt. The SpdeKfe rdllevhd her permanently. s:uT shall Use it iii my pradtide." W. E. BRONTE, si. D., Cypress Killge. Ark. Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicable. THE SWIET SPECIFIC CO., Drawer :4, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y. Office. 159 W. 23d st.. between Sixth aad Seventh sv*ue Philadelphia Office, 1203 Chestnst street. ourßaby thrives on HorUok’s Food,” write hundreds of grateful mutters. Mothers’ milk contains no starch. HORLICKS’ FOOD FOR INFANTS (Ires from starch) requires no cooking. The beet fooAla . beaXthdr iictasts for INPaRiV The best dietfor DYSPEPTICS and INVALID©. Etghlybsbsteter to mifelng mothers as a drink. Price 40 and 78c. All druggists. Book on the treatment of children, fro* "I believe n to be Merrier to anyUlns t Uts *♦* O* AiHrew."—/>. iiwtmtmt.il. Ttm fora. . “Unhesitatingly pronounce It tbe best Food in the market."—W. t. aims, Jr. D., Boston. “One or the beet substitute* for mother's milk." —K 6. /Vssteot, m. 0., BtoMin, M r. Wffibe tent Os mail eta rector* es pries in gtOtefw IUHtLK lt'H FOtfIK Oo Rncine, Vl'to, ÜBFUs* HoßtiCßti Put Fstbact o<- Mst.o mim New In vend tea. The after”huJfbrt ntf 3l Vtuirs. No t Wjntaasst tin ctireCL t&ainps fori M Printed Matter. Parties cured borne. Or. H.W.HENDRICKS*CO., S*4 Race St., Cincinnati, 0. SOLAR TIP S a permanent &icnd of Beware of liaitatiotM called fay uatues so nearly pa. YOUNG’S PATBWT Dr. W. YOUNG, 44S New York. riTssp tes* raw Self-Bimlers] ■ W agon*. Horses, etc..,etc. wkltk.-iftnd weigh**, et*. Is indorsed fay physicians of brains aa "just what is needed." Hold tfi Indianapolis by BROWSING A stone, 6ieveVaath Ohio.* ■ Hremfnotm ing Electri-

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