Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1885 — Page 7

IAFFAIBS OF THE RAILWAYS. Personal and Local. The Vandalia last week brought into Indian•poiis GOl car-loads of block coal. The heaviest receipts were on Friday, 120 c-ir-loads arriving on that dr.y. M. Mounts, trainmaster of the C., H. & 1., has issued ordeis that no trains will be allowed to make up any time until the coming of more springlike weather. President Milliard, of the Indianapolis car works, Saturday was awarded the contract to build 100 furniture cars for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The cars will be forty feet in length and eighteen inches higher than an ordinary freight-car. A. J. Moore, for the past ten years city ticket and passenger agent of the Chicago & Alton, at Chicago, has tendered his resignation, to take effect March L Robert Somerville, the present chief assistant in the general passenger and ticket offices, will be his successor. The freight business over the Indianapolis division of the C., St. L. & P. road hist week was the heaviest of any week in the last two years. The company handled at this point 1,987 loaded cars; of this number 1,090 were forwarded and 807 receiv<rd. The five western roads, last week, brought into this station 3.206 loaded cars, as follows: L & St. L., 1,319; Vandalia, 1,115; C., 1., St. L. & C., '517; 1., B. & W., Peoria division, 279; St. Louis division, 146. In the week ending Feb. 14 the same roads brought into Indianapolis 3,825 loaded cars. The seven eastern roads forwarded from this point last week 3,751 loaded cars, as follows: Bee-line, 1,302. G, St. L. & P., 1.090; C., L, St, li. & G, 673; 1., B. & W., 332; C„ H. & 1., 194; Wabash, 112; L., N. A. & C. (Air line), 48. In the week ending Feb. 14 the same roads forwarded 3,969 loaded cars. To-day anew special freight tariff goes into effect on the Wabash road, on business between Chicago, Danville and Sheldon, 111., or Lafayette, State Line, or Delphi. Ind., and junction points in lowa and Missouri. The following are the rates to Ottumwa, la.: First-class, 68 cents; second, 55; third, 40; fourth, 27|. It is becoming quite apparent that the Pennsylvania people have fully determined to no longer recognize the differential principle. Years ago Vice-president McCullough took the position that it was all wrong and the policy that they have recently adopted at Cincinnati and St Louis indicates that ho has carried his point & O. Brooks, formerly chief clerk of the Southwestern Railway Association, and holding a similar position with the Western Trunk-line Association since its organization, has resigned to accept the position of general agent of the Rock Island, at St Joseph. His successor in the tripartite pool will be F. W. Morse, at present assistant chief clerk. Chicago railway managers are still a good deal rattled that the C., I. St. L. & C. is doing a good business. One manager telegraphs East that the Seneca route is again open for business, and is said to be contracting for all the freight k can get on the 20-cent basis. Under such circumstances it will not be possible for the Chicago roads to maintain a 25-cent rate. The St. Louis roads have finally settled their coal-pool troubles. The new percentages are as follows: Indianapolis & St. Louis, 7.68; Illinois ■4n St. Louis. 15.90; Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, 12.32; Ohio & Mississipi, 11.10: Louisville & Nashville, 13.20; Terre Haute & Indianapolis, 17.60; Cairo Short-line, 22.20. The various roads are jdedged to abide by the decision of the arbitrators, and the new percentages will have to stand for one year at least. _ Another Off Week In Freight Business. The car movement in the week ending Feb. 21 shows but a slight increase over the movement in the week preceeding in total, and yet it will bo-noticed that the Vandalia, the C., St. L. & P. f tho I. & St. L. and Bee-line did a fairly good business; out the loss in traffic over the northern lines was even greater last week than in the week ending Feb. 14, showing that tho snow tb'pfTrHa^week was even Hmre trying on railroads than the week preced The train movement of yesterday, however, indicates that the roads are again well opened up for business, as the transfers over the Belt road exceeded those of any day for two weeks past. There appears to be any amount of freight to move when circumstances are favorable to running freight trains with some regularity and hauling more than a half dozen loaded cars with a powerful freight engine. The roads that are open are doing an excellent east and west-bound traffic, cars being well loaded in both directions. Os 2,185 curs handled by the C., 1., St. L. & P. last ■week 1,987 were loaded, and the movement of empty cars by all lines is comparatively light. North and south lines are still having a rough time, and the business done in February by all will fail far below that of any month for many years even should the roads be open for business the present week. Shipments of live stock continue light, and are likely to be until shippers can better determine when stock forwarded will reach its destination. Local business is about on a par with through business. Where roads are open it is very satisfactory in volume. Below We give the number of cars recei\ed and forwarded at this point in the two weeks ending Feb. 14 and Feb. 21. ** Feb. 14. Feb. 21. Name of Road. ' Loaded Emp. Loaded Emp. ZTnTaT&C. Airline. 89 28 80 22 I. ft V 280 49 280 54 <3., H. ft 1 514 143 357 155 "Wabash 281 47 210 40 (St. Louis.. 172 118 195 75 X, B. &W.< Middle ... 603 218 611 149 (Peoria... 523 187 479 174 t q*. t \ Las ... 984 405 811 499 Stij&U sCin... 1.909 701 1,265 584 J. M. &I 587 218 602 207 cf t ap l Columb 1,334 230 1,987 198 C *'* St - L * &R 5 Chicago 70 14 115 3 Vandalia 1.808 526 1,9(53 679 Xft St. L 2.111 871 2.304 700 Bee-line 1,902 783 2,020 664 Total 13,23014,538 13,285 4,203 Views of the Hon. J. H. Devereux Upon Several Important Questions. In a social talk with General J. H. Devereux, president of the Bee-line system, answers were given to several questions which it will not be a breach of confidence to publish, and are points of interest. Regarding the system with which be is directly connected, he said their road-bed and equipments were now, in the main, in excellent eondition for business, and he really felt that tho present year was to be a more prosperous one than the last, which was a cruel one upon a majority of the roads of the country. In relation to the rumor that the Vanderbilt people were about to gather in the West Shore road, be said the report is quite probable. In answer to the question, will not some other parties copy after the West Shore and build another parallel road? He said, “that is more than Lean answer; possibly they may. This is a country of wonderful capabilities. In the 1873 panic it was a common remark, ‘Well, this ?anic has settled the question of railroad buildne for twentv-five years to conic;’ yet thousands upon thousands of miles of new railroad has been built since.” When questioned regarding the trunk line pool he was rather reticent, but admitted that it had not accomplished what had boon expected that it would, and that its future is a problem. He thought Commissioner Fink was anxious to be relieved of bis labors in the j ,ol For eighteen months he had been a suft rer from inflammatory rheumatism. He had fc nple means to travel with and enjoy himself, In* had a bright, genial daughter, just coming into womanhood, and Mr. Fink owed himself re lit f from the severe strain of body and mind which he had been subjected to since the trunkline pool was organized. As to the future of the En he said there were excellent railroad men in the management, and if the friends of the road come forward with their money, and certain debts which must be paid were met, he thought they would come out all right. In their retrenchment policy they had made good progress in cut * down operating expenses, but, as with a majority of other roads of this country, their earnings during the depressed times have fallen off proportionately, in commenting on the proposed new union depot at Indianapolis he told the improvement is greatly needed. He

was hardly in favor of the present location. He thought the grounds owned by the Bee-line Company in the eastern part of the city were much better adapted to the erection of a depot of the dimensions required and the system of tracks needed. In fact, should the legislation now pending before the Legislature of Indiana, in connection with the union depot matters fail in passing, he would press that * tho present location be abandoned, and that their grounds in the eastern part of the city be selected instead, where there would be no need of vacating streets and purchasing high-priced real estate. Mr, Devereux advanced several good reasons why his proposition was a favorable one to the Union Railway Company Where Freight Men Make a Mistake. Complaint is often made by business men that goods are not shipped over the roads ordered, but by roundabout routes. Often this causes much annoyance and trouble. An instance was mentioned yesterday which shows the results of such a practice. An Indianapolis house ordered, some three weeks ago, a lot of leather from a tanner in Bloomington, Ind., expressly stating that he was in a hurry for the goods, and they must be shipped over the L., N. A. & C. to Greeneastle junction, then over the Vandalia. Contrary to order, it was shipped over 100 miles north of Greeneastle Junction, and the car on which it was shipped was imbedded in the snow in the vicinity of Monon at last accounts. Finding this to be the case, some ten days ago the order to the tanner at Bloomington was duplicated, and the above circumstances were mentioned, and the shipper was instructed by all means to ship (lie leather by the more direct route; still the L., N. A. & G took the property without proposing to bring it in over the L., N. A. & C. Air line. Like the first shipment, it, too, is snow-bound in Northern Indiana. What is the result? The house which ordered the leather has notified the manufacturer that hereafter they would purchase their leather at. Cincinnati, where goods were shipped as directed. The Local Freight Agents Should Have the Credit. So apt are business men to carelessly remark that Indianapolis would be all right if the roads centering here would act as cleverly in giving rates on freight as did freight agents at other railroad centers, it is with pleasure we note that the Oliver Chilled Plow Works Company mention as an important reason for removing their works here that so much more reasonable rates can be obtained. One of the Olivers remarked that they, in many instances, could ship tbeir plow points, etc., to Indianapolis and then distribute them from here at lower rates than to ship from South Bend direct He went on to say that # Mansfield, 0., was the distributing point for’Ohio, yet they were filling orders over a large portion of that State from the Indianapolis branch house, so much more satisfactory rates could they get at Indianapolis. In this connection it is proper to say that the local freight agents have in the last two years done very creditable work in the way of reducing rates in all directions. This has been done by harmonizing the classification and equalizing rates and has required a good deal of hard work which Indianapolis merchants have not fully appreciated.

The L. t E. & St. L. Air-Line. From the statement made by the friends of the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Air line road to Judge Gresham, it appears that tho total mortgage indebtedness of the road is $4,900,000, carrying $294,000 of annual interest. The gross earnings were $60,000 a month, and the annual net earnings SBO,OOO or $90,000. There was a debt of $700,000 on car-trust obligations, which was being paid off in monthly payments, but the amount with interest amounted to more than the original debt. Judge Gresham talked very plainly to the parties representing the road, saying that it was not contemplated to keep the road runmug long in the hands of a receiver, and the requests made seemed to point to a lengthened administration of the property by the court. These requests would make liens prior to the mortgages, and were to be avoided. He would grant orders for all the -requests except that of the issue of the SIOO,OOO of receiver's certificates, and that he would hold under advisement. It is understood that this matter will come up again to-day. More Expensive than Anticipated. The freight agents are making slow progress in organizing the weighing association. The fact is there is more expense attached to the work than they had expected. If organized on the plan of either the St Louis or Chicago associations it will require two car-weigliers, one for day and for night, and a clerk for both, for each road and then a superintendent. The agents at this point are endeavoring to hit upon some plan by which the car weighers shall do a limited or what is really necessary work, and then turn the matter over to the pool clerks to complete. Another meeting is to be held tomorrow at Commissioner Doherty’s office, when some definite action will be taken in the matter. No one questions the advisability of establishing a car-weighing association. But how to do the work with the least expense is the problem hardest to solve.

THE COURT RECORD. Supreme Court, Feb. 21. 1885. POINTS OF DECISIONS. No. 12026. State ex rel. Edward R. Morley vs. Cyrenius Johnson et al. Tippecanoe C. C. Affirmed. Elliott, J.—ls one entitled by an election to an office fails to qualify without showing good reason within six months after receipt of his certificate ho loses his right to such office. (R. S. 1881, sec. 5527.) No. 10774. Silas B. Woolson vs. Levi J. Pipher et al. Martin G G Affirmed. Howk, J.—Suit by appellant, assignee in a voluntary assignment, to recover goods from the possession of the sheriff, seized at the suit of attaching creditors. Upon the evidence the appellant was not entitled to recover. No. 9616. Robert A. Hill etal., vs. Watkins F. Nisbet et al. Vanderburg C. C. Affirmed. Mitchell J.—(l.) L T uder the laws of this State the purchase by one railroad company of the stock of another railroad, uncompleted and connecting and intersecting with it, is not ultra vires when it is necessary to accomplish the objects for which the purchasing corporation is created. (2.) A transfer of such stock, by an order of the directors of the purchasing company, to third persons who become sureties for the purchase price of the stock, to indemnify and secure such third persons against loss, is not void, no fraud being shown. (3.) The title to the stock having been so transferred to the sureties for its full value, the price of which inured to the benefit of the corporation to pay its debt, it will not be set aside because one of the directors was interested in the purchase, it appearing that tho stockholders who seek to have it set aside had refused to permit their stock to be assessed and such transfer necessary to prevent a pecuniary loss to the directors. Tli© Chicago Election Conspirators. “What will be the penalty meted out to Mackin, Gallagher and Gleason, the men who have just been convicted of conspiring to effect the result of the election for Congressman in Chicago,” inquired a reporter of Judge David Turpie, yesterday. “They are not yet finally convicted,*" said tho Judge, “and there will be much more litigation before the end comes.” “Well, suppose they were, beyond the shadow of a doubt, convicted; what would be the penalty?” “An imprisonment, not to hard labor, of not more than two years, and a fine of not more than s2,°°°.” * The man who struck Billy Patterson has never been satisfactorily determined. It should be distinctly understood, however, that this was not the William Patterson who wrote as follows from Springfield, Ohio: *‘My daughter was taken with a severe cramp in her stomach, so severe that she could not sland or walk. I concluded to try Mishler's Herb Bitters before calling on a physician, and am happy to say that in ton minutes she was entirely relieved, after taking three tablespoonfuls. ”

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1885.

SUNDAY’S NEWS IN BRIEF. Domestic. Mrs. Lintner was smothered to death by gas at Columbus, O. Ex-Judge A. G. W. Carter, of Cincinnati, died Saturday evening. A fire in Huron. Dakota, destroyed several buildings. Loss, $15,000. It is estimated that 20,000 persons in Cincinnati are out of employment. William E. Barnes, ship broker, of New York, assigned, with $94,000 preferences. Mrs. Charity Sullivan, aged seventy-four, was found frozen to death at Chambersburg, O. A fire in the paint and color works of J. T. Lewis & Cos., of Philadelphia, caused a loss of $30,000. The Chappaqua, N. Y., Mountain Institute was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning. Loss, $50,000. William C. Kingsley, one of the principal promoters of the Brooklyn bridge enterprise, died on Saturday morning. Wm. Lee, who sued the Cincinnati Enquirer for $50,000 damages for libel, on Saturday obtained a verdict awarding him SI,OOO. The motion to discharge Short, the attempted assassin of Captain Phelan, was refused by Judge Patterson, of the New York courts. Russell Sage was discharged in the Tombs (New York) Court. He had been accused by J. S Purdy of the larceny of certa ; n bonds. A fire in New Britain, Conn., resulted in tho total destruction of fifteen store buildings. One man burned to death. Loss to property, $200,000. Alex. W. Paggett attempted suicide by shooting himself on the streets of Springfield, O. He was demented on the subject of secret societies. The Democrats of the Illinois Legislature refused to answer roll-call on Saturday. Republicans balloted, Logan receiving 100 and Washburne 1. A stock train was derailed near Chicago and about 140 head of sheep and cattle were either killed or so badly hurt that it was necessary to kill them. . In a fight at Louisville, Ky., about a woman named Lizzie Davis, Joseph Pope cut the throat of Hary Chappell with a pruning knife, killing him instantly. A fire in Philadelphia destroyed three houses, and four persons were burned to death. One died of injuiies received and three others were seriously burned. The Republicans of the Oregon Legislature rescinded the motion to adjourn. The Democrats went home. There was no election of United States senator. A passenerer train on the West Shore road ran into a freight train at Cauajoharie, N. Y. Andrew Shiner, engineer, and G. Penny were killed. Loss, SIOO,OOO. An explosion of natural eas at Wellsville, W. Va., totally demolished a large building and killed Mr. Ilelsely, wife, mother and two children, with another missing. “Brick” Pomeroy proposes to start anew Democratic paper in Washington, to commence with the new administration. It will be called the United States Democrat. During an altercation on Friday night, at Clover school-house, near Williamsburg, 0., between Lee Holmes and Alexander Thomas, the latter was fatally shou Holmes escaped. The preliminary step has been taken by the Sons of the Revolution to celebrate the centennial of the inauguration of Washington as President of the United States. It will take place, March 4, 1889. A collision between freight trains on the B. & 0., near Toll Gate., W. Va. The engineer, fire man and brakeman of one train were Rilled, and the engineer and fireman of the other train were seriously injured. Joe Kelly, a policeman of Little Rock, Ark., committed suicide on Saturday night by shooting himself in the head while standing on the street talking to another officer. The cause is said to be gambling. A broken rail on the Bee-line caused a wreck near Lockland, O. A sleeper and a recliningchair car were thrown down an embankment. The injured were Henry Fleischmann, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Rosenberg, of San Francisco. The special train of Vice-president Waite. of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad, was saved from ditching, on Saturday, by a tramp, who saw a broken rail and flagged the train. The tr..mp was rewarded with a position on the road. Abraham W. Durvee and Thomas Norvan filed application, on Saturday, for a receiver for the St. Louis Hot-pressed Nut and Bolt Company, of which W. H. Stone is president. The application will be heard in the Circuit Court next Tuesday. At Charlotte, N. G. Sam Richardson, a colored fireman, ran against Isaiah Bronson, also colored, and broke two eggs in the latter’s pocket. Bronson thereupon cut Richardson s throat. Richardson walked across the street to a drug store, and fell dead. Bronson was arrested. An O. & M. passenger train was wrecked at Delhi Station, ten miles from Cincinnati. No one was killed. The wounded are as follows: W. J. Robinson, Fern Bank; John Long, Cincinnati; Harry Smith, Aurora; F. M. Drake, Manchester, N. H.; Reese Price, Arden; Judge Conner, North Bend; Edward Woodruff, Cincinnati; T. M. Snowden, Home City; Mr. Snyder, Cincinnati; Mr. and Miss Minor, Cincinnati; Orange Bratton, Milan, Ind.; Robert Wise, Horae City; Nelson Sayler. Cincinnati; John McGunty, Fern Bank; George Forbes, Cincinnati, and C. D. Beinkamp, Aurora.

Foreign. Rumors were current in London, on Saturday, of a serious disaster to the force of General Builer, at Abu-Klea Wells, but the War Office denied having any news of a discouraging character. The enthusiasm of the London populace for a vigorous prosecution of tho war in the Soudan reached its culmination Saturday, on the occasion of the departure of tho Scots Guards from the capital. The London Times states that the Russians are advancing upon Penjdeh, in Khorassan. Penjdeh is at present held by the Ameer of Afghanistan, and his outposts, according to the Times, are liable to come into immediate contact with the Russian advance. The publication of this news attracts serious attention in London. Indianapolis. John Thomas, colored, shot in Hoffbauer’s saloon last week, died Saturday night at the City Hospital. Nat Goodwin and his brother had a gory set-to with stage carpenter Grace and property-man Daily behind the Grand Opera-house scenes during the performance Saturday night. Grace was knocked down and E. F. Goodwin badly cut about the head. N.rt Goodwin chased Daily up the street two or three squares. The Life of a Poet Wanted. To the Editor of the Indiaimpoiia Journal: A few days since I endeavored to find some facts concerning the late Forsythe Wilson. With the aid of the Librarian of Wabash College I looked through a number of cyclopedias of recent date, in the college library, but could find nothing relating to him. Inquiry among the reading people of Crawfordsville has also failed to furnish the desired information. Among the many readers of the Journal there must be some who have known the poet and his wife, personally. A biographical sketch would be of great interest to those who would like to learn more of one who, had he lived, would have been undoubtedly, the greatest of Hoosier poets. Crawfordsville, Feb. 18. A Curious Source for Fresh Water. One of the hottest regions on the earth is along the Persian Gulf, where little or no rain falls. It is more uncomfortable from the fact that at Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh water; yet a comparatively numerous population contrive to live there, thanks to the copious springs which break forth from the bottom of the sea. The fresh water is got by diving. The diver, sitting in his boat, winds a great goatskin-bag around his left arm, the hand grasping its mouth; then he takes in his right hand a heavy stone, to which is attached a long line. Thus equipped, he plunges in, and soou reaches the

bottom. Instantly opening the bag over the strong jet of fresh water, he springs up the ascending current, at the same time closing the bag, and is helped aboard. The stone is then hauled up, and the diver, after taking breath, plunges in again. The source of the copious marine springs is thought to be in the green hills of Osman, some 500 or 600 miles distant STEEL PENS. Interesting Facts Respecting the Manufacture of These Necessities. Philadelphia Science. The steel from which pens are made is the finest crucible cast-steel, rolled into sheets seven thousandths of an inch thick. From this the blanks are cut by means of a punch and die, in presses worked by hand or foot, the operators being girls. The side slits in tho pen, the central oval or semicircular hole, the corrugations or embossings, the curved or semicircular form to the originally flat blank, and the stamp of the pen or the maker, are all formed and produced by similar means (the screw hand-press or the lever foot press) by the use of punches and dies, each pen being handled separately. These corrugations and slits, the central cuts, are not merely fanciful ornaments, bat are intended to adapt the pen to the user. Some want a resisting pen, very stiff, and allowing considerable pressure without opening the * nibs wide enough to make a heavy mark; others, a yielding pen. that requires but a touch to open the nibs. Then, there are many degress of these qualities required, as well as differences in sizes; so that a single establishment makes no less than forty-six styles of steel pens. Os course, cast-steel of such extreme tenuity becomes hardened by these successive pressings and punchings. and must be annealed. This is done by placing the blanks, or unfinished pens, in a cast iron box. which is then covered by a larger box, leaving a space all around, of half an inch or more, which is filled with ashes or fine charcoal. The whole is then subjected to a glowing red-heat for about two hours, and allowed to cool. When annealed, these blanks may be rolled up by the fingers, just like so many bits of tea-lead, which they much resemble in softness. In heating for hardening, the same method is used —packing in double boxes six or eight inches square; and, when the pens are red hot, they are poured into a tank of animal oil. When taken out from this bath they must be handled carefully, as they aro not only stiff and brittle, but crumbly. They can be squeezed to minute fragments between thumb -and finger. Tliey are then placed within a coneshaped sheet-iron receptacle, open at the large end, and mounted on a spindle, and are rotated over a glowing fire until they turn to a full or ‘‘low” blue. They are then chilled in oil, and, when cool, are rattled in sawdust until they are quite clean and bright. The next process is tho grinding of the nibs on minute wheels of fine emery and of corundum; and lastly comes the essential process; that completes the pen, and makes it a pen—the slitting of the nibs. This is done by a pair of shears, acting the same as the presses and punches. This splits the steel from poiut to central hole without removing a particle of material. The pens are then lacquered, straw or brown, blued or blacked, or left bright, as the style demands, and packed for the market.

CHEAP DOCTORS. Loudon Physicians Who Make Their Visits for a Quarter. As in America, so in England, consulting physicians make the most money, although their fees will appear small as compared with those of such men as Dr. Hamilton and Dr. Shrady, of New York, and Dr. Agnew, of Philadelphia. The usual fee for a consulting physician in London is calculated by the mileage covered in visiting a patient. One guinea per mile is the charge paid, but, of course, when a man of the standing of Clarke, Ferrier, Critchett or Barnes attends a consultation in the country, the fee is enormous, as any of these men would not probably be away from London for twenty-four hours; for less than SSOO. The fee of any ordinary practitioner for visiting a patient at his or her residence may be set down at five shillings. The semi-fashionable physician's fee will be double that amount, while the shining light of the profession will not visit a patient under two guineas, though they will treat one at their office for half that sum. There are hundreds of doctors iD London, however, who will pay a visit to the house and pifeertrifce for the patient for half a crown, and, mirabile dictu, there aro scores of fully qualified and able medical men in London who will pay three visits to a sick person and provide him with medicine for the absurdly small sum of fifty cents. By this it will be seen that corap itition is as keen here amorist members of tho medical profession as it is amongst business men and shopkeepers. The cheap doctors I have spoken of keep dispensaries, chemist shops, in fact, and here they attend for several hours daily and see persons three times a week, finding all medicine, for the bagatelle of tweuty-five cents. lam aware that this statement must seem preposterous to American readers, but I can vouch for the truth of it I firmly believe, too, that many of these doctors aro far more successful in the treatment of diseases than their more experienced brethren. These men see disease of every variety and in every stage, and in a single day treat as many persons as their high-toned brethren attend in the course of a month. To my mind, then, it stands to reason that these doctors are likely to be more successful than their orthodox brethren, as surely experience in the study of medicine, as in all other kindred matters, must prove of greater value than mere reading and theorizing. An Impending Crisis. San Francisco Chronicle. They were sitting on a settee languidly, trying to appear unconscious of the impending crisis. The conversation had gone, like a beginner on skates, slowly and slowly around the objective point, and collapse was imminent. He had said so much to her of an admiring kind that be felt he could not go home without proposing to her, unless he wished to show that the truth was not in him. She had accepted his compliments with the sincerity which is so exasperating in a flirtation. There had been a pause. Her hand, loosely grasping her fan, lay in simple beauty on the rose-pink of her dress. “What a beautiful hand!” said he, laying one finger accidentally on the soft whith skin of the significant finger. “What a beautiful ring!” said she touching his finger. He took the ring impulsively, wished it on and kissed it. “And I must not take it off?” she murmured. “Not for three months, dearest.” “I guess that will be quite long enough, anyway,” and somehow both of them wished it off again.

The Bitters with the Sweet. Philadelphia Call. “This is a sad, sad world.” murmured Deacon Goodman, as he mechanically unlocked the door of a corner cabinet. “Indeed it is, indeedit is,” assented Deacon Betterman, sympathetically. “No joy is unalloyed.” “True, very true,” answered Deacon Goodman, as he put some sugar into two glasses and added some liquid from a black bottle. “You like yours this way, I suppose, brother?” “Vos, yes,” was the sad reply. “We all have to take the bitters with the sweet.” Chronic nasal catarrh—guaranted cure —Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. mERBROBK’S ST P “ L S Leading Nos: <HB, 14, 13a t 35, 33.3, 161. For Sale by all Stationers. THE ESTEMROOK STEEL PEN CO., v'orks, Camden, N. J. 26 >ohn St H Hew York TRUSSES description supplied and accurately fitted at UM triftee of the Am*, me am This* Cos., 218 West a at., Cincimustf. Guaranteed setam#*. Also, dealers hi Shoulder Braces, BSMitr!i, El attic Krsffctop,. Ac.. Ac. agrafe Jar the Cost non BcteTruss. Utc only tree* adopted by the E. fc. "o- stamp #rr on Rapture.”

OLD IVIES , The formula by which Mishler 't Herb Bitters is compounded is over two hundred years old , and of German origin. The entire range of proprietary medicines cannot produce a preparation that enjoys so high a reputation in the community where it is made as MISHLER’S BittersIt is the best remedy for Kidney and Liver Complaints, Dyspepsia , Cramp in the Stomach 9 Indigestion, Malaria, Periodical Complaints f etc. Asa Blood Purifier 9 it has no equal. It tones the system, strengthening , invigorating and giving new life. ,The late Jud#e Hayes, of Lancaster Cos., Pa., an able Jurist and an honored citizen, once wrote: ‘‘Mishler’s Herb Bitters is very widely known, and has acquired a great reputation for medicinal and curative properties. I have used myeelf and in my family several bottles, and I am satisfied that the reputation is not unmerited.” MISHLER HERB BITTERS CO., 525 Commerce St., Philadelphia. Parser’s Pleasant Worm Syrup Never Fails By the use of HosSL 1 B 1* tetter's Stomach BitMis t Waters the haggard apII W rCEUBSATE# 10} pearance of the coun- ™ tenance and sallowness jmm persons of a rheum&t----c t ®- den y. an( * an ■ Bjp Pw? jrffl inestimable preventH Si H B* ive of fever and ague. "• ™ E SSVI m For sale by all DrugProm experience I think Swift’s Spocific is a very valuable remedy for cutaneous diseases, and at the same time an invigorating tonic. James Jackson, Chief-justice of Georgia. Atlanta, Sept., 1884. INOCULATED POT SON.—After trying all the other remedies, Swift’s Specific has cured mo sound and well of a terrible blood poison contracted from a nurse. Mas. T. W. Lee, Greenville, Ala. POISON OAK.—A lady here has been entiroly cured of poison oak poison by the use of two bottles of S. S. S. R. S. Bradford, Tiptonville, Tonn. ULCERS 25 YEARS.—A member of my church has been cured of an ulcerated leg of 25 years’ standing with two bottles of Swift’s Specific. P. H. Cbumpi.er, Pastor Methodist Church, Macon, Ga. Swift’s Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., or 159 W, 23d street, New York.

“ourßaby thrives on Horlick's Food,” write hundreds of grateful mothers. Mother’s milk contains no starch. An artificial food for Infants should contain no starch. The best and most nutritious food in health ■ ■ | ■ 19 or sickness for m | —. wall m sa ■ m INFANTS, and W-M tflsPi f* I# O the best diet for O | Q| i ■ § _E? DYSPEPTICS | | IJi l|ftfiV% andlMVAnxns.is ■ ■ w# ■ ■ ■ ■ a , ■ Already Dioertep, free from starch and requires no cooking. fpL #1 Recommended by Physicians. Pfiß 111 I Highly beneficial to "Nursing 0 S 688 I 1 Mothers as a drink. Price 40 | VW %H and 75 cents. By all druggists. Send for Book on the Treatment of Children, free. “Kasilv digested and nutritious."— G. IF. Bailey, M. D„ Elizabeth, N. J. “ Find it all that could be desired.”—lF. IF. Reid, Stilson, Sanaa*. “No hesitancy in pronouncing it superior to anything extant, '—if. S. Coburn, M. D.. Troy, N. T. Will be sent by mail on receipt of price in stamps. HORLICK’S FOOD CO., Racine, Wis. AST Us* Hoblick’s Dby Ext it act of Max.t'wH I® i"S B ’STipFED7REr EH ££ Marvelous success . §8 ra Insane Persons Restored H H HBBr.KLmE S GREAT ■ ■ ■ Nerve Restorer ■ /Or af/BRAIN&NBHVB DISEASES. Only sure cure for Nerve Affections, Fits, Epilepsy, etc,\ Infallible if taken as directed. No Fits after', first day's use. Treatise and $a trial bottle free to' Fit patients, they paying express charges on box when received. Send names, P. O. and express address of afflicted to DR.KLINE.o3i Arch St.,Philadelpbia,Pa. See Druggists. BE IF ARE OF IMITATING FRAUDS,'. "soWfiP ® SHOES We have made a specialty of this excellent SHOE for BUYS’ WEAR for years. We make nothing else, and produce perfection of lit, comfort, good Mtyle, and the best wearing boot that is made. Cost no more than is generally charged for ordinary shoes, and will save 50 per cent, in wear. No corns, no bunions. Any dealer content with a fair profit will confirm what we say. Give them a trial, aud you will be a permanent friend of THE SOLAR TIP. Beware of Imitation* called by names so nearly like Bla Tip as to deceive. Trade-mark and “John Mundell & Co.,’’ iu full, is on sole of each pair. lUATmsm.mimim M * ,,urAtT,<fl£ka 0f THE FINEST AND MOST DTRAET.E MADE. gXs stoves. F—j rvO S Sr* ** •a h'nii' No Kindling Required. No Coal to Carry. No Ashes to Remove. Prices from $2 to sl6. G.A.S ENGINES, From Horse-power up. e sell to gas consumers iu this city only. On exhibition and for sale by the GJAS COMPANY, &o. 47 South Pennsylvania Street.

THE JOURNAL-1885 THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL is reoof nized everywhere as the leading newspaper of Indiana. No proper expense will be spared im the future to maintain this undisputed exeAlenceaudto increase the value and interest of thepaper. THE JOURNAL was never so weft equipped to serve the public. Our Arrangements for the collection of the news of the day an more complete than ever, and we are adding some special features for 1885 which must enhance the popularity of tho paper. THE JOURNAL is the only paper in Indiana, that prints regularly the full reports of tha> Western Associated Press, which are non* more comprehensive than ever, covering tha whole world These dispatches are supplemented by the work of special correspondent* at all the principal cities and towns of tbit State and of the country at largo. We have a special resident representative at Washington City, who looks after the news of the capital with vigilance, paying particular attention to that which most nearly concerns THB JOURNAL'S constituency. Tho national administration will soon pass iuto the control of the Democratic party, and the fullest and most reliable intelligence from Washington will be presented in our news columns, free from party bias, impartially, and without restraint. The new State administration takes charge ol! affairs with the beginning of the new year. The Democratic Legislature will be in session. The Journal will pay unusual attention to the daily presentation of such a report of its doings that any citizen of the State may know all that is gaing on affocting the public interests, accompanied with such comment as may be needed to explain the possible political, social and economfc* effects of the proposed legislation. Editorially THE JOURNAL is a Republican paper, believing in the principles and genenll policy of the Republican party; but it rocogniaen that the day of blind party orgaushiphas passed, and it proposes to be perfectly free to criticise and condemn, but in a spirit and with a purpose for good, having a proper regard for personal rights and reputations. The citizen, whatever his political faith, can bn assured of seeing in the columns of THIS JOURNAL the fullest and fairest presentation of the news, and in its editorial columns sudi comment and strictures as will command his respect if they do not meet his approval. It may also be said that. THE JOURNAL is published as a FAMILY NEWSPAPER. It recognises that the women and the children are to be instructed and entertained. They will always find in its columns matter specially prepared tor them, while the paper will be so conducted as to prove a welcome visitor in the household. The news will be presented in such shape as to minimize the evil, and its editorial and local columns will be kept free from moral taint. The Railroad News of THE JOURNAL is adr mittedly the freshest, fullest and most accurate printed by any newspaper in the country. SPECIAL FEATURES. By a special arrangement with the M&lors, the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL begins wifik the new year the publication of a series of original stories from the pens of the most notol writers in the country, such as W. D. HoweUfi, J. T. Trowbridge, E. P. Roe, T. B. Aldrich, Frank R. Stockton, Mrs. Helen Jackson, Sarah Orne Jewett, and others of equal celebrity. In order to reach all our readers, these stories will be printed in the Saturday edition of tho Journal. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL is a pronounced success. Its circulation is the largest and best of any Sunday paper printed in Indiana, aafc'atitr price of three cents has made itself the People’s Paper. The SUNDAY JOURNAL is without competitor in the State in the character and variety of matter its presents its readers. Tb® best writers in the State and the country freely contribute to its columns. The JOURNAL OF MONDAY of each week prints a special report of the sermon of Rev. Dir. Talmage, of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, preached the previous day—which sermon is not published in other papers of the State until the following Sunday. This is only one feature showing til* excellence of the Journal’s arrangements for the prompt publication of news.

THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL. (weekly edition) Is the best secular paper published in the State. It is a complete compendium of the news of tiw week, with special foatures of late and trash' worthy market reports, and a department of industrial and agricultural intelligence carefully prepared by an editor of long experience. lUt these respects THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is superior to any mere agricultural paper, for tits field it covers is infinitely more extensive than that which can be occupied by any special class publication. SPECIAL TERMS Are made to agents and canvassers, and for clubbing with other papers. For all details address the publishers. RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. TEKUS INVARIABLE IN AD V ANCK — POST AO K POIST-AIS BY THJfi PUBLISHERS. THE DAILY JOURNAL. One year, by mail $12.90, On* year, by mail, including Sunday 13.00Six months., by mail 6.00 Six months;, by mail, including Sunday 6.50 Three months, by mail 3.00 Three months, by mail, including Sunday.... 8.25 On# month, by mail 1.00 One month, by mail, including Sunday....... 1.10. Per week, bv carrier .25 THE SUNDAY JOURNAL. Per copy 3 One year, by mail 01*50 THE INDIANA STATE JOURNAL. (WEEKLY EDITION.! - -.51.00 Lees than one year and over three month*, 10* ;pr month. K<> eubserrption taken for leas than Chree months, iln dubs of five *r over, ageata will bike yearly eobticrintions at sl, and retain 10 per cent, for their work. Address JNO. C NEW ft SON. Publishers The JoarnM, Indianapolis, lad.

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