Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1889 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. -

SUBPEISES-FOE: HOOSIERS

Astonishing Revelations llado by tho State's KctvI j Adopted Gcorgaphies. Town3 Chins location, Hirers Alter Their Courses and Eailrcads Spring Into Imaginary Existence on the New Haps. In one of the public schools of this city, tho other day, a number, of bright-eyed school ma'ams, with two or three copies of the BecktoIJ-Williams Complete Geography (Indiana series) before them, sat them down to see what thsy could add to their stock of useful knowledge. One of them chanced to open the book ai page 82, where the "Central States, Eastern Division," were displayed in a map7 with Indiana set like a diamond in the center. A young lady who spent her summer Tacit ion at the beautiful and growing little city of Muncie. was astonished to find by this map that since her departure it had moved to the north bank of tho west fork of "White river, and tracing the course of the stream southward, ahe found that Anderson, too, had waded across and now reposed on the north side of the stream. This discovery had no sooner been announced than a shriek went up from all the searchers, for further down the stream they found that Indianapolis, which, since 1821, has adorned tbe east bank of the west fork of TVhit river, had by some mystorious dispensation of the Indiana series been placed on the west side of the river. On pr.go 83 one of the young ladies found it noted that "the talip, or whitewood'' is "among the valuable timber trees" of Indiana. The tree that is here intended is tho poplar. It was when the girls came to the five rages in tho back of this "complete geography" devoted to a description of Indiana that they found plums more plentiful than Jack Horner in his famous Christmas pie. This description says of Indiana: "Its greatest extent is from latitude ST 47' north to 41 46' north, or 270 mile; its greatest SS3 2' west, or 177 miles." The young ladies greatest extent is from latitude 37 51' north to 41 45' north, or 274.83 miles, and that bv tho same authority its greatest' breadth is from longitude 84 407 west to 88 41' west, or 153 miles. The "complete geography" fives Indiana's area as 3,910 square miles, at the United States census, which is better authority, gives the number of square miles at 86,300- and this State wants all the territory to which she is entitled. There was a ripple of laughter as the girls came upon the statement that one of the natural boundaries of Indiana is the Wabash river on the west, below longitudo 9 20 N. Beckoning from Washington, this longitude would be out on tho line of the rapid European steamers, in mid-ocean. The book said: "The whole central part of the state (about four-fifths of its entire area) is drained by the Wabash and its tributaries, the most important of which are White river, Wild Cat, Tippecanoe liver. Eel river, Salamonie and Mississinewa river. And yet a thorough search of the map failed to disclose to these yonng ladies the important Wild Cat creek and Eel river, as they were not named upon the map. Ono ot the teachers, who had spent her childhood days in Jennings county, thought she would take a look at the Muscatatuckonthemap. The name was not there, and the Calumet river mentioned in the description is not on the map at all; and Lake Michigan's altitude above sea level is given as 585 feet. As a matter of fact, it is only KO feet above sea level. The map makes the Whitewater to disanpear at the State line, an outrageous assumption on the part of these amateur book-builders, as Whitewater actually unites with the Big Miami river. And the description can't even tell the truth about our delightful climate!' exclaimed one of the young ladies, for it says that thb temperature ranges from an average ol 3r9 Faheicheit in the winter to an average oTS3 in the summer,' and that 'the average rain-fall is 43 inches.' That 31 should be 53 and the 76 should be 74.8tS. while the1 average rain-fall is 45M-100." 'Yes, my dear." said one of the others, "but you don't know what authorities the poor man who wrote this description had to consult. I don't suppose he had any city library or that he even knew that the weather service could help him to the information he lacked. "We burn natural gas," said a brighteyed young lady, who heretofore had said nothing, "but I could nave told him that Indiana is not 'the sixth State in the Union in .the production of bituminous coal.' Indiana is seventh. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois, West Virginia, Iowa, Maryland are all ahead of us in bituminous coal, and he might have given us more credit for our block coal." "I don't like this map at all," said one, referring to the full-page map of Indiana. T have a dear friend who lives in Connersville, and when 1 was there to pay her a 'visit the city was on the west side of the river. I'm all turned round, for this map puts Connersville on the east bank of the Whitewater. . Then the lines of latitude are all mixed up, for here is printed 80 of latitude, when I know it ought to bo S0, for not even the Arctic expeditions have ever got as f sr north as 89. which is only a jump from the north pole." No place is given on the map to Sylvan lake, atRorae City, one of the largest bodies of water in the State, nor to Manitou lake, rt Rochester, though other smaller ..ikes are given. This "descriplion'' says there are 5,825 miles f Tailroad in Indiana, exclusive of side aud double track. Poor's-Manual, "which is a better authority, says 5.800 jaues. The assertion that in the matter of ; tchool funds "only three States in the Union have larger funds," is not strictly accurate. Five States of this Union expend more money on public schools than docs the State of Indiana, and they do not use the Bee ktold-William series of schoolbooks either. The school authorities of Connersville sine receiving the books of the Indiana series have examined the binding and find it to be of such a character that they do not feel that they ought to accept the books or compel their use. They are further injured in their feelings by the discovery that their beautiful city, without the citizens or any one in authority being consulted, has been placed on the east bank of the A hitewater, and that the neighboring city of Kushvillfi has been placed on tho wrong side ot Flatrock river. They have also made the discovery that Indianapolis Las been relocated by these bungling Kwgrapucrs, ana ther aro properly indignant. Joseph I. Little, president of the Connersville school board, writes to the Indiana School-book Company: "We wish to Hey me law. Out are certain that its obedience does not require ns to take all of the Looks oat us, if any. We do not object to The age of the books, nor to the fact that juany ot them were published in Minnesota in livv and a new cover nasted over such fact, for this will not hurs the books, but binding with inferior wire and poor paper backs will not do. we fear. We wish to be fair, but wc must bo fairwijh our people swell as with your company, and in so oomgmnst saytnatwo cannot accept the "books sent us as a whole " There is hardly a county in the State from which there has not come some discovery of blunders, either in the descriptive matter of Indiana or in the map. The good peoplo of hisingSuu fcnd by looking at the msp that they have a line railroad connecting them with tho rest of the world, but they can see the railroad nowhero else. The town "of Hanover, Jefferson connty. one of the oldest and best-known seats of learning in the West, is omitted from the map. Ail sorts of liberties are taken with the water-courses but no stream has been so badly abused a the old historic Whitewater, which from tbe point where it strikes the State line, is wholly obliterated. Another Fromued Improvement. . The laret down-town btuineas improvement of the j car will bo that of Bradley, Holton & Co.. on East Pearl street. In the rcsr of their Washington street building. The buildins to be erected atNos. 176 178 end 1C3 East Fearl street will be sixty-eight and cs.vh2lf feet front by ninety-five feet

deep and will in- tor storage, doubling their prc-nt c;;-city. Their business has so crown in tlia rZht years under W. B.

llolton, the resident manager, that the increased room was an imperative requirement. The now building will be ready for occupancy by the 20ta of December. , A UNIFORM SILVER DOLLAR. Hon. Franklin Landers Expresses His Views on the Result of , Its Adoption. - At a recent meeting of the Board of Trade the following resolution was adopted and forwarded to the secretary of tho National Board: - Eesolvcd, That we favor such action by Congress as shall secure the adoption of a common ftilver dollar to he burned by the governments of the United states, Mexico, and each of the Central and South American states, the same to be a legal tender In all transactions between citizens of American states. This resolution will come up before the National Hoard of Trade meeting to be held at Louisville, Oct. 16, and will be one of the most important subjects to be discussed. Hon. Franklin Landers is a member of the board, and was prominently identified in Congress with the movement to remonetize the silver dollar in 1876. He has made the silver question an especial study, and has stored up a vast amount of statistics and data concerning this financial question of the hour. "There could be no disadvantage resulting from making a uniform silver dollar a legal 'Vnder in all commercial transactions," taid Mr. Landers to a Journal reporter, sbecausewe already have a silver dollar, but the change would do away with the 20 or SO per cent, exchanges which now exist between the United States, Mexico, and the Central American states. When we gci rid of that exchange our manufacturers will enter these markets with their wares, and will have advantage in them to the extent of the present exchange. This. then, would place the American manufacturer ahead of tho German and English manufacturer to the extent of not less than 30 per cent. At the present time our silver dollar on the line of Mexico, a simple imaginary boundary line, is worth 20 per cent, on our side of the line more than it is on the Mexican side, the Mexican dollar having two more grains of silver in it than the American dollar. This naturally leads to an obstruction with the Mexican trade and should be removed, and this legal tender would remove it. Wo should, if a uniform silver dollar was adopted, have a large field ,for the circulation .of silver, the balance of trade will bo larguly aga.'nst us, coffee, sugar, gum clastic, hides, etc., will over-balance more than wo can hope to sell in return to the HXtent of not les than $r0,(KX),000. and that balance will . be payable in silver. The result of this would be to put silver up to a par with gold. The miner would get ten millions more for his fifty millions of bullion. The wheat-grower will tfet not less than 10 cents to 15 ceuts per bushel more for his wheat. India has got to be a largo competitor of ours in the lJritish market, both for cotton and wheat, bought for silver and sold for gold, gaining that advantage of our wheat and cotton-grower to the extent of that premium, because tho silver rnpee is the only money used to pay their debts. Whenever silver is brought to par. they will be forced to pay one hundred rents for that silver, and they will not then have the advantage over our wheat and cottongrowers, that they now have. When we pay for our coffee, gum elastic, djTc stuffs, etc, with manufactured goods and silver, they will not get any balance on our wheat and other products, and the balance from these gold countries will come to us in gold. It will make our gold receipts much greater, and it will make our silver at home much lew.".

THE STATE FAIR. : Indications Favorable to a Highly Successful Exhibition Large Number of Entries. It is nearly impossible for a pedestrian to safely approach the gates lending into the fair-grounds, owing to the rush of heavilyladen wagons, which are constantly passing in -to deposit their loads. Already tho grounds present a cheerful and animated spectacle, and buildings are rapidly going up in difierent portions of the grounds. 'Every inch of space in the building. n says Secretary Heron, "has been taken, and many applicants have been refosed. On the grounds the space that was taken up last year has already been filled, and one-third more space has been assigned to exhibitor than was allotted to them last year." There is already a large amount of stock on the grounds, when, as a general rule, it does not arrive until this evening or to-morrow morning. ? ' There will be one of tho finest exhibitions of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs that was ever known in the United States or Canada, importations having been received from all the best stables in tLe old countries. The ladies' department will be a special feature of this year's fair. j . . Reception of the Odd-Fellows. The reception of the victorious Patriarchs Militant, Indianapolis Canton, No. 2, Capt. J. E. Bodine, yesterday,- on their return from Columbaa, O., although an Impromptu affair, confers credit upon thoso who took the matter in charge Col. Furgason, with only a few hours notice, brought together a goodly number of Odd-fellows, and Capt. Helskell, of the Uniform Bank, K. of P., lent his aid in bringing into line quite a number of uniformed Knights. These formed in procession at the I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge Hall, shortly before noon, and, headed by the Brotherhood Band, received the canton on their arrival and escorted the prize-winners to Grand Lodge Hall, where they were welcomed In an address by Grand Secretary Foster, who, noting that Indiana was now tn' the lead In Odd-fellowship, exhorted his hearers to hold fast to the ttemi-military feature recently introduced, and brlnsr it up to the highest standard ot excellence. Capt. V. L. Ileiskell, on behalf of the Knights of PythUs, welcomed the canton and gave them tbe congratulations of a generous rival. It wan, altogether, a very delightful affair, the mingling of these two orders, and . tho members of each may well rejoice that they can thus go hand in hand in the good works of Friendship, Ixire and Truth, and Friendship, Charity and Benovolence. A Mltslaff Woman's Money. Clemens Vonnegut filed a petition In the Circuit Court yesterday against Katharine Dorothea Marie Zahrt, the unknown heirs ot her estate and Marie Hosing, asserting that Katharine Zahrt came to this country fron? Germany in 1 803. For a time she resided In this city, but in 18G7he went to IlUnols. She was there adjudged insane, and Incarcerated in the Jacksonville hospital. In 1870 she sent to Younegr.t $150 for safe keeping, but sinco 1875 he claims that he has heard nothing of her whereabouts. For a year a diligent search has been made, but all to no avail. Vonnegut has learned that the woman was discharged from the hospital, and was taken to the county-house at CoalsSury, 111., but that there, from 1874 to 18S0, no record of the Inmates was kept. The petitioner asserts it as his positive belief that she, who was known by the name of Marie Zahrt is now dead, and that she was never married. When she left Germany she left there a child, born Sept. 7, 1841). who Is now known as Marie Rosing, but who was baptized as Georgiua Wilheluiina Louisa Kenatte. She was always known as Marie Zahrt until June, 187tf. when she married R. F. K. Hosing. Vonnegut asks to he relieved from his trut. ami that the court make an advertisement to the defendants of the pendency of his petition. Extending and Beautifying Crown HUL Superintendent Chislett, at Crown Hill Cemetery, is now, engaged in making two large new sections. These sections are northwest of the east entrance, and, as they near completion, show that they will be the' bandsomost in ,the grounds. During tho next six months half a dozen new monuments will be. erected, and these are described as being beautiful works of art. The recent purchase of eighty acres makes the present area of the cemetery 4o0 acres. At the east gate entrace is a bed of foliage plants that cannot be excelled anywhere in the United States. 1 ' .. . -' - A WomanWlw Admitted Sh Was Old. Oil at j Blizzard. ; It comes from Cass county, Ind., that at an old settlers' meeting held recently, a good old lady got up to tell of thft early life in the country for the first time, and as it was her first attempt to speak in public she bad a severe attack of stage fright. At last she said: VMy friends, I am an old citizen. I can remember when these great oaks were nothing but hazel bushes." AtTERaee diet, to prevent bolls tnd tsiitt accliiuaUon, use Ayer's earsaparUia.

FRATERNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

Order of the Iron UalL Dan W. Knefler, chief-jnstice of Branch 392, left yesterday evening for a week's visit to LouisvilJe, Ky. C. E. Rogers the supreme medical examiner of the order of Knights of Aurora, p&id a visit to the supreme officers last Friday. Local branch No. 382 had three applications for membership last Wednesday evening. Several claims for sick benefits were paid. Sisterhood branch No. 495 is increasing Its membership in a very satisfactory manner. It now has eighty-three members in Kood standing. Local branch No. 775, Haughville, Ind., is having a boom. The officers of the branch are wide awake men, and tho meetings, held every Wednesday evening, have a full attendance. . Local branch No. 1 transacted considerable business at the last meeting, Thursday night. Five new members were initiated and three applications balloted upon, who will be initiated next Thursday evening.- The claims tor tinal benefits of E. L. Ilodenberger, $975. and E. M. Doughty for $900, were received and approved. Next Thursday evening a large attendance Is desired, as business of importance will come before the branch. Order of Equity. Indianapolis Council, No. 1, meets every Mondayevening, at Equity Hall, When Block, instead of Thursday evening, as formerly. Visiting members welcomed. Supreme Councilor Gen. James TL Carnahan has been absent from the city during the past week, attending the Grand Ixdge session. Knights of Fy thlas, ot Kentucky. Taylor Council, No. 3, now numbers over forty members, and Is reclvlng new meinbets at every meeting. The new regalias will ho ready at the next meeting, on Friday evening. 8outh-side Council, No. 4, organized by Deputy Charles K. Jones, was Instituted at the hall, No. 301 Virginia avenue, on Thurday evening, by the supreme secretary, William F. Lander. This council starts out with an excellent charter ,11st, and Its next meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, tfept, 25, at the same hall. Equitas Council, No. 2, will have a number to initiate at its meeting on Wednesday evening. The regular sessions of the cqoncil are held on the first and thiid Wednesday evenings of each month, the second and fourth Wednesday evenings being reserved for social entertainments, to which all members of the order and their friends are cordially Invited. . - ii Knights and Ladies of llonor. Mrs. IlattleDyer, of Corapton Lodge, is visiting friends hi SL Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of Indiana Lodge, visited Compton Lodge last week. Supreme Secretary C W. Harvey and Supreme Treasurer E. J. McIJride returned from tbe session of the Supreme Lodge on last Thursday. Compton Lodge, No. 1137, held a very pleasant seion on last Wednesday evening, receiving and referring one application for membership. Marlon Lodge, No. 1340, will meet in regular session on next Friday evening, and desires that every menib"r of the lodge turn out on that evening. Compton Lodge will have two or three applicants lor the degree next Wednesday evening, and the officers wlih a full representation of the membership to assist in the work. The order of the Knights and Ladies of Honor Is increasing in numbers very rapidly, and every indication points to this as bciugone of tho best years for the order, in this State especially, that it has ever experienced. Chosen Friends. James Hi. Well?, past councilor of Venus Conncil, 2Su. 7. k the Prohibition candidate f for city clerk. Crescent Council, No. 8, had an cnjoyablo social last Friday evening. Tho male members of the council surprised the ladies with ice-cream and cake. Supreme Recorder T. B. Linn and Supreme Medical Examiner Henry Jameson, M. D., are receiving the congratulations of their friends on their re-election. The board of managers of the Sick-benelit League approved two claims for benettts at their meeting last Wednesday evening. This branch of the order is doing a good work in relieving those in need. Venus Council, No. 7, is talking of organizing a question team. TLey are having very interesting meetings in their new hall. Every member present at tho last meeting will have a question to answer at tho meeting next Tuesday evening. Knights of Honor. The degree team of Victoria, No. 22. will drill after the session of the lodge ou to-morrow evening, and every member is expected to be present to take part. Mr. Hereth, of Wheatly Lodge. No. 8, visited Victoria Lodge last week, and favored the brethren present with an excellent talk. Mr. Hereth is a charter member of No. 8, and one of tho oldest members of the order in the city. Victoria Lodge, No. 22, K. of II., received and referred ono ietition for membership on last Monday evening. This lodge now has two petitions in the hands of the tate medical examiner, and if returned in time the applicants will receive tho degree to-morrow evening. ' The Wholesale Grocers.' Association. The Indianapolis Wholesale Grocers Association, although five years since it was organized, has never been of any value to the business interests of the grocers until within the last few months. For years it was a weakling. Just enough of the wholesale grocers held aloof from it to cripple its work, the outsiders often shading prices and trying to make capital out of the combination, as they called It. Some eighteen months ago several of the grocers met and resolved to make an efibrt to place the association well upon its feet, and after some months urging, induced every wholesale grocer on Meridian street to become a member of it. At tbe first meeting, which was held in the Board of Trade room, after the association had taken its new lease of life, Colonel Wiles was elected president, T. McCune secretary and F. Ostermeyer treasurer. That the quotations in the markets published by the papers of this city should be correct, Harry Coughlen was selected to daily revise the quotations, and it has been found to be a great benefit. But the greatest usefulness has teen derived by tho members of the association through the better maintenance of prices and in the purchase of goods. For Instance, for hog products all pay the same price and sell at the same figures; soaps, the same brands, are sold at the same price by all grocers handling the brand. In canned goods they are enabled to get them at better and more uniform prices, having the inside on the combination. It is stated since the organization was placed on its present basis each grocer has adhered to the price-list of articles which the association as such secures. One of the executive committee, in speaking of the future of the association, said that if It continued another year the wholesale men would be greatly benefited, as tbe prejudice which those out of the association In former years encouraged had died out. and the retail merchants, as well as the wholesale men, were being benefited, prices on many lines - of goods ruling lower than they would but for the work of the association. There is realiy no expense attached to it. The members meet twice a month, talk over matters and listen to suggestions, which are often good ones and have done much to increase the trade at this commercial center. Petty jealousies have given way to friendly feelings, and much good is being accomplished through its operations. Local News Notes. The survivors of the Sixteenth Indiana Regiment hold their annual reunion at Anderson on Tuesday, Bspt 24. Mayor Denny yesterday dismissed the cases against David Sowders and Andrew Fox, charged with assault upon Modestus Feit. The annual reunion ot the Second Indiana Cavalry will be held in the Superior Court room No, 1, Indianapolis, on Sept. 25, at I o'clock P. m. Within the past week thirty-two deaths and thirty-eight births were reported to the City Board of Health. There are fifteen cases of scarlatina and eleven of dyphtheria now in tho city. Judge nowe yesterday granted a divorce to Sarah J. Messick from Frank M. Messick ou grounds of cruelty and deflertion, and to Mary Adkinson from James 8, Adkiuson on proof of abandonment. Marriage licenses were issued yestenlay to Jacob K. Smith and Mary Florey, V . E. Lee and Jennie J. Potter, Charles E. Lee and Luella 11. Orube, Edward Scott and Isabella Richmond, George R. Orlder aud Mary Shelly, Christopher Starr and Martha Jane Briggs. Sadie Blair, the little orphan girl in whom many Christian ladles have lately been interested, will be glveu a benefit concert ou Tuesday evening, 8pt. 24, at the Seventh Presbyterian Church. The ladies hope to raise money sufficient that she may return to Martinsville springs. A good musical treat is promised to all who may attend. ltuildlng Permits for the Week. Real estate has been unusually active the past week. Eighty-eight deeds were recorded, aggregating a conveyance of $119,019, of which $15.079 changed hands yesterday. Building is on the increase. Among the permits for tie past week was one for a $7,000 improvement on the Board of Trade building, and one for a $20,000 block on Pennsylvania and Chesapeake streets. Twenty-three permits were issued, representing a total outlay of $37,030, the largest record of any week for the season. The only permit issued yesterday was to W. W. Ream, frame cottage, walcott street, near Carter, $600. The Sheriff Served III i Notice. The foDowlng amusing anecdote ot a Spencer county Democratic sheriff Is related as a fact by Assistant District Attorney Cockrum; The sheriff received a summons to serve upon one John Smith to appear in the Circuit Court of the above county to answer to m charge which had teen filed sg&ln&t him. According to the law eherUTs of counties -can serve these writs by reading theia

to the defendants or by leaving a true copy at their last and usual place of residence. When this particular sheriff visited the home of the defendant In the case be discovered that the man was dead. He thereupon ascertained where the deceased was burled, went to the churchyard, and, with a sharpened stick, fastened a copy of the writ upon the grave. The sheriff then made his return to the summons as follows: "Served by leaving a true and correct copy of this writ at the lat and usual place of residence of the defendant, John Smith."

ROBERTS PARK PULPIT. The Probability Is that It Will Be rilled by Rev. Dr. C. A. Vananda, of Minneapolis, Rev. Dr. Vananda. of Minneapolis, has signified his acceptance of the call of Roberts Park M. . Church to fill the place vacated by Dr. Keen. Nothing remains but the formalities of tho transfer, hence it may be expected that he will be the coming man. Dr. Vananda ranks among the most eminent of the Methodist preachers in the country. A Minneapolis telegram to the Journal says: "Kev. Dr. C. A. Vananda, of the First Methodist Church, who has been called to Roberts Park Church, Indianapolis, is one of the leading ministers of this city, and has been identified for years with the religious life of that community. He has been pastor of four large churches of the Methodist denomination here, the longest period having been spent with Centenary Church, where he is very highly regarded. Though only about fifty-live, his hair and beard are gray. His form is tall and commanding, and very full and strong. Though not regarded as a pulpit orator, there have been many attempts to secure him for large churches elsewhere, but his interest in Minneapolis and Minnesota have heretofore prevented acceptance. When seen this evening reSardiug the probability of his going to Inianapolis, he said , that he preferred to make no statements, as the matter- would, according to the custom of tho denomination, rest with the bishop. His manner, however, indicated that he would accept if the bishop were willing." They Appreciated Dr. Keen. The Central Woman's Christian Temperance Union, at their last meeting, passed the following resolution by a standing vote: . Whereas, It has cotno to the knowledge of the Central W. C. T. U., of Indianapolis, that the proper authority has decided to remove Dr. Keen, the present pastor of Roberts Park M. E. Church, to another locality, therefore we deem it proper to express our regret at the loss from this community of a faithful minister of the gospel, who has proved himself a fearlessMShampion in his opposition to tho drinking habits of society and the vices which are associated with it; one who never failed to rebuke sin however popular It might le: and we congratulate those who will receive him In his new location, and trust that they will find him there all that he has been to us here. Pulpit Announcements. - The Kev. D. B. Floyd, of Newville, Ta., will preach this morning at tho English Luthern Church. Rev. Dr. Ford, of Towa, will occupy the pulpit of the Oak-street United , Brethren Church tonight. Services commence at 7:30. The subject of tbe pastor of tho Central Christian Church to-night, in the fourth sermon of a scries, is "The Gospel to tho Oeutiles." Church of Christ. Scientist, Nos. 92 and 9G North Meridian street, nt 10:20 a.m., Rev. O. Haines will preach on "Tha Atonement" Incorporated. Articles of association havu been filed with the Secretary of Stato by the Citizens'. Natural-gas Company, of Windfall, Ind. Capital stock, $30,-' 0C0. Tbe directors are Benjamin T. Giflbrd, George II. Cook, J. W. Riffs, Ii. Murphy, and II. Graham. The Jefferson Electric-light Companv has been incorporated. Capital stock, $25,000. The directors are Henry l'eter, E. Ii. Howard, J. Adams, W. Toindexter, aud J. E. ZulanfalL Last Night's Fire. Last night the stables of John Ford, situated at the corner of Michigan and Agnes streets, caught fire from some unknown cause. Damage was done by the flames amounting to $250 before the fire department, succeeded in putting out the conflagration. One horse was seriously burned, and Ford sustained a badly burned hand in attempting to put out the tire when first discovered. . Pickpocket Captured. George Moore was(. arrested 'and lodged In the ceils at police heatlqiirtersla'at night, on a charge of grand larceny..' Moore snatched a pocket-book from a lady's hand, as she was walking on West Market street, and made olf with It, only, however, to run into the arms of policeofficer Relsner, who had been watching his movements. .:. Reported Shooting. David Bcott reported at police headquarters last night that, as he was passing the corner of fit. Clair and Alabama streets, a man named Pat O'Connell drew a revolver and tired at him, the ball grazing his forehead. The patrol wagou went to the scene of the shooting, but O'Connell was not to be found: Commander Griffin's Appointments. Commander-in-ohlef Griffin, of the Sons of Veterans, has appointed C. A. Bookwalter, of Fort Wayne, adjutant-general, and Capt E. w. Homan quartermaster-general. These two appointments are tbe only salaried positions ou the staff. A Self-Winding Clock. Hartford Times. The New Haven Clock Company, after a year or two of experiment, have at last perfected a piece of mechanism which, if it does not realize tho desire for perpetual motion, seems at least a step in that direction. They are now manufacturing and about to nut on the market a self-winding clock. Tne motive power is furnished by electricity generated by two Loclanbhe cells, which do the work effectually for from twelve to eighteen months without renewal. The mechanism is simple in the extreme. Much of the ordinary clock is omitted, and little remains save the escapement wheol. The clock is wound every hour by a current from the two cells of the battery working through a pair of magnets. The main wheel, which revolves once an hour, connects the current at every revolution. When tho contact is first made and tho current passes through the magnets the armature is pulled down to the magnet heads, drawing with it an arm which winds one tooth of tho ratchet wheel, which is fastened to the box containing a spring of the finest steel attached to the center pinion. The operation is repeated for five or ten seconds at tho rate of three blows a second, until tho spring is wound and the current is cut olf by the passage around of the main wheel. Remedy for Insomnia. ' WriterMn SL Louis Globe-Democrat. - I discovered lately in an accidental way a simple and efficacious remedy for insomnia. My nerves bad got out of fix, my sleep had become broken, and very often 1 would get up out of bed and taite long street walks with the hope that the fresh air would do me good. One night as I was coming home after one of these listless promenades, I stopped at a street-stand and bought a nickel's worth of peanuts, which were very fresh and palatable. When I got to bed I slept like atop. I wondered if the peanuts had given me the sleep, so that the next night I tried them again, without taking tho walk. Another sound sleep. I continued to eat five cents' worth of peanuts every night for a month, and at the end of that time I had gained fifteen pouDds. and could sleep ten hours without waking.. I told a medical friend of mine about the discovery I had made. Ho laughed a little, hut said that peanuts contained an oil which was soporific if taken in large enough quantities If that is true, why cnu1dn't'.an efftctive anajsthetio be made ot peanut olir.. "The Twelfth Mass. Detroit JonrnaL "Hurrah! hurrah!" shouted a veteran, as the orchestra at the saengerfest began to play a selection. "Von must be quiet," said one of the ushers, rushing up to him. - : "Not much I mustn't, said the veteran, "not when that is played. I used to belong to that regiment, and I'll shout for the boys as long as the Almighty gives me breath." "Your regiment; what do you raeanf" asked the usher, as the crowd waited to hear the result of the disturbance. That's what I mean," said the reteran, putting his linger on the programme. There it is. Twelfth Mass, That's my regiment. The old Twelfth Massachusetts. Wo fought from Bull Hun to Five Forks." It was only when he was convinced that it was a piece of church music that he would consent to be quieted. The bald man's motto: 'There is room at the top." This ton may be snpi.lled with a good crop of flue hair by using U all's Hair Kenewer Try it.

THE ORPHAN. Written for the Sue day Journal. The ironweeds on the little farm south of town had been neglected, and had grown and multiplied, and become ranker and ranker each succeeding year, ntil they had threatened to choke out the blue-grass and destroy the pasture. I must hire some one to cut them,n the Doctor had said to his wife. "Make Ted do it," she had answered. And Tel, a frail boy of nine, was chopping the ironweeds with a heavy hoe. They must be killed this year. So mind you," had been Mrs. Belson's admonition to the boy, as he opened the back gate and went to his first day's cutting. "They must be killed this year. So mind you," kept ringing in his ears while he worked, and spurred him on when he would have sat down in the cool shade and rested, and caused him to hurry back from the spring across the road, when he longed so much to sit awhile by its side. So May, June and July had passed, and the weeds were not yet all cut It was after sunset and the shadows were falling. The cicada was singing its shrill song in the cedar tree at the well. Mrs. Belson's four-year-old came out of the kitchen door of the Belson residence, and ' toddling to the corner of the house, began striking terror into the hearts of the tadpoles in the rain-tub sitting there. Ted came in through the alley gate and leaned his hoe against tho crape arbor. With the wash-pan he dipped somo water from tho tub in which the little ono was splashing, and washed his face and hands. Then he dried them on tho towel which hnng from a nail in the well windlass frame. He was so tired! And his arms ached 60 from the incessant swinging of tho hoe! He sat down by the cedar tree to await the call to supper and was soon fast asleep. Mrs. Belson came to the kitchen door, glanced at the sleeping boy and, with a light tread, as if fearful of awakening him, glided to the child at tho tub and, gathering him tenderly in her arms, carried him into the house. The door closed and tho key turned in the lock. The moon peeped up in the east and lit up the face of the sleeping boy. After a time the business rooms surrounding the village square were deserted and the people had left the walks and goneto their homes and their slumbers. The boy leaning against the cedar treo still slept. A screech owl from a neighboring barn alighted in tho top of the cedar, and uttered its plaintive cry. The boy moved. Then he sprang to his feet and looked inquiringly about. He rubbed his eyes. Then he remembered that ho had sat down by the tree. Ah, yes; and he had fallen asleep and dreamed. That was all. "Maybe 1 have slept too long." he thought, "and supper is over, and I'm so hungry." He stepped quickly to the kitchen door, and cautiously turned the knob. Locked! Yes. He went rapidly around the south side of the house and to the front door. He was bare-footed, and made no nosie. He tried the door. It, too, was locked. Tears welled up in his eyes and streamed down his cheeks. He turned slowly away. Why did he not ask to be let inf Ah, ho knew too well it was of no use. He went slowly back the way he came, and, passing on, entered the woodhouse. He lay down upon a piece of old carpet and cried himself to sleep. Ho dreamed that tho weeds were all cut, and that he was with his mother. Poor woman! She had been dead for four years. He waa with his father. Brave soldier and tender parent, the mold of the grave had rested upon his brow since the battle of Stone Kiver. . The boy sat suddenly erect, startled from his slumbers by he knew not what. He was wide awake. He looked out through tho open doorway. The sky was overcast by clouds and it was darkpitch dark. It was raining a slow, mean drirzlo. Tho boy bent his head and listened. Ho heard nothing but tho hammer-like beating of his own heart and the patter of the rain on the roof of tbe wood-house. He lay down and tried to sleep again, but the gentle nurse Jiad been frightened away and would not return. He lay stiU? his eyes wide open, staring iuto tho impenetrable gloom. Presently he heard a murmur as of a voice in the alley at the end of the wood-house. He rose to his elbow and listened. The murmur continued, but it was mingled with the noieo of the rain and the boy could catch no words. He got up, climbed cautiously over the pile of wood in the direction of the voice and put his ear to a crack between the weatherboarding. "Hug to that gate post and when he comes through tap him hard," said a muffled, brutal voice. "You can put up on me, Jimmie," responded another. The boy looked through tho crack and the glimmer of a lantern at the barn in the lot across the alley caught his eye. Ho wondered what it all meant the strange presence and stranger talk of the men in the alley, and the lantern in the barn. Ah yes, he remembered having heard his Uncle, the Doctor, that morning speak of going to the bank at the county seat, ten miles away, and of the possibility of being detained bv stopping to see some patients as he came back. And the thought flashed across his mind that what he had just heard meant violence and robbery perhaps murder. He climbed quickly but noiselessly down from off the wood, slipped out of the door into the rain and darkness, ran by a round-about but familiar way to the rear of the barn and surprised the Doctor by his sudden appearance and strange report. The Doctor put the lantern in the little fellow's hand and told him to move about in the barn, stopping here and there occasionally. He would be back in a moment, he said, and disappered through the door the boy had entered. Time weighed heavily on the little feU low's hands as he walked about, and with the lantern's rays chased the gloom round the boxes and barrels. Tho rain poured down in torrents, but it did not drown the beating of his heart. He moved slowly about, liis eyes upon the floor. He dared not look up, for wnen he did spectral, murderous eyes glared at him through tho cracks in the side of the barn or from out the gloom in the far-away corners. Hark! What was thatf He stopped to listen, and from the direction of the allev came the report of a revolver. Then all was still, save the thumping of his heart and the beating of the rain on the roof. He became 60 frightened that the lantern almost fell from his grasp; bnt he hud been told what to do, and he would do it. Then what a joyful sound! He heard his uncle's voice at the barn door. Then another familiar one. It was that of old Larry, the Irishman. "Faith, and me dairdocther, yon spoilt a foin game for us. Oi had in me hands four quanes; but hownoice wo shafted the scanes on the dirthy spalpanes in the ally. And now lit me eyes nst ou the brave lad what lift his warrum bed to inform ye." And the veteran entered the barn, followed by the Doctor and eight or ten friends iu charge of two hand-cuffed criminal-faced men, one of whom was wounded in the shoulder. , Some ono else finished cutting the iron weeds, and Ted slept" in the wood-bouse no more. -J. w. j. b. A. Slate Clock, Slate has been found very effective in various kinds of ornamental work, but a Dover (Me. genius is furnishing new illustrations of its possibilities in this line. He has just completed a clock, set in an elaborately ornamented case twenty-one inches wide, twenty-seven inches high and six inches deep, all except the movement of which is made of slate. The face is slate, lined with red satin. The hands and figures are also of the same material, overlaid with gold leaf. At the moment of strikirg, and at tbe end of every half hour, a mnsical attachment is set in motion and plays a lively air. Upon tho front, or opening, is represented an alcove, or arched recess, in which Father Time may be seen, reclininer. with his scythe and glass in hand. In tho rail, and forming part of it, near the top on tho right and left, are angelic figures, while the whole is surmounted by a harp. The front corners of tho base show two human forms, and in the rear are two deer. Birds rest on tbe rail, or fence, at tho front.

Ben Franklin and Judaism. Jewish Messenger. The creed of Benjamin Franklin, as given by him in Bigelow complete edition of his works, is practically Judaism, and has au unmistakable Jewish tone. "I believe in one God, tbe creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshiped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is doing good to His other children. That the son!

of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another world respecting its conduct in this." In reference to Christianity, be thought its founder's system of morals and religion "the best the world ever saw or is likely to 6ee." but it had been corrupted, and he had doubts as to the founder's divinity. i EMMONS BULLNK'S FIANCEE-

The Beautiful Wedding Outfit Prepared for ails Annetta McCormick. St. Louis rost-Disp&tch. A lsdy who has seen the wedding outfit of Miss Annetta McCormick, of Chicago, who is to be married to Mr. Emmons Blaine, in Kichfield Springs, N. Y., next week, thus describes it: Lace is Miss McConnick's special luxury, and this she has spent thousands upon, so that every piece is covered with cascades of the most exquisite webs from all parts of Europe where lace is made. She has a fancy for white underclothes, too, and nearly every garment is of the snowiest mull or silk, the only color being from the narrow ribbons run through the lace, and in many instances the ribbons are white also. Her bridal garments are of white India silk, trimmed with the most beautiful Irish point, and this same point trims one of the few tinted sets in the trousseau, one of pale lemon-color, which also includes a silk petticoat and satin corset. The bridal stockings are of white silk, embroidered with silver thread, and there are other pairs of white stockings embroidered with gold and different colors. This is a new fashion introduced by Miss McCormick, who likes white stockings, as well as white nnderclothes, and who sent directions with her order to Paris that instead of sending stockings of a colpr to match each costume they should be white, embroidered with witn silk the shade of the dress. Miss McCormick has a 'ondness for the perfume of lilies, and special sachets for the perfuming of her garments have been sent from Holland, the only place where the perfumers have learned to impart the odor of the lily to sachet-powder. The powder is inclosed in white satin bags, edged with lace and embroidered with her monogram, and there are three dozen of them for her different trunks and boxes. Her opera cloak for this winter is a heavy whito silk, embroidered with gold aud lined from top to toe with the long silken hair of the Persian lamb. It is said that young Mrs. .Blaine will spend the greater part of the winter with her husband's family at the national capital, which will make the fifth lady iu tne house, for Mrs. Blaine, sr., is to have with her this season her dsnghter Alice, Mrs. Coppinger now; Miss Margaret Blaine, and the youngest dauphter, Harriet, is to make her debut this winter as soon as the season really begins. Many Chicago men have courted Miss McCormick. ll she had kept a book and recorded all the offers of marriage 6he has had, with dates, circumstances, etc., as one wealthy womau did, the volume would make interesting reading for a great many girls who have married sinco she came out into society. No one has had a chance, however, after Mr. Blaine entered the field, though gossip was always assigning his affections to others thus, for example, the beauty Miss Houtaling, now Mrs, CassCantield. and Miss Grace Davis, daughterofex-SenatorDavis, aud sisterof Mrs. Stove Elkins. Now it is announced that matters were settled between-them long ago. Miss McCormick is in her early twenties, is decidedly good looking, and, as might be expected under the circumstances, is a very high spirited, independent young woman, with a good deal of characteristic Western frankness and confidence in herself. She is a very jovial j'onng person, running over with animal spirits, and has always been a favorite, not only in her own city, bnt in Washington as well, where she has often visited. She spends something like six or eight thousand a year on clothes, and is said to be tho best dressed unmarried woman in Chicago. She goes over to Paris once a year and is measured for everything freshly and then throughout the twefvo months orders as she needs from those measures. A DOG AS A BUKGLAIU A Curious Case Reported by a Baltimore Police Sergeant. Baltimore American. A curious case of burglary was discovered yesterday morning by Sergeant Sauuders, of the Northwestern district. The Sergeant was standing at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and McMechcn street, waiting for his officer to report, when he noticed a big black dog trotting out of an alley separating No. 1014 from the next house. The dog appeared to be a Newfoundland. It carried in its month a bundle, which the Sergant thought to bo a baby. Ho pursued the dog, and the animal dropped the bundle and went in toward Division street. The bundle turned out to bo a fancy sofa cushion. Wondering where the dog could have gotten it, the Sergeant returned just in time to meet Officer McGaugb, to whom he told the occurrence. In a few minutes the dog came back, entered the alley, aud soon reappeared with a big white bundle in his mouth. The two officers folio wed the animal, which deposited its prize on the corner of Division and McMechen streets. It did not return for some time. Officer Goldsmith hadlso como to the spot. The Sergeant now posted the two officers in the alley, with orders to kill the dog, should it return. The case was so novel that tbe officers did not know what to think of it. After some time the canine apE eared. It approached the Py, hut probaly smelled a rat, and t fore turned back and ran awav before , licers could kill it or follow. Then the: oke the occupants. The house isownt by Mrs. Essex. The kitchen door, opening into the alley, was found opent as was the door from tho Kitchen to tho dining-room. In the latter everything was gathered, and ready to be carried off carpets picked up and piled together, cushions, towels in short, every article that had been lying loose. Nothing was torn. Mrs. Essex at once discovered that far more had been stolen than tho officers had seen the dog haul away. A search was instituted, -find a number of shirts, handkerchiefs andother articles were found at a corner three squares off. They had been taken out of a drawer that had been left open. No one in the house knew the dog. Mrs. Essex said sho had no idea how tho kitchen door had been opened. While Sergeant Saunders realizes that the story will hardly find credence, he felt it his duty to make an official report. Before now thieves havo been known to train dogs to assist them in stealing. Some years ago a well-known sporting man in this city owned a monkey that could not bo trusted, if left alone with a good chance. Sergeant Saunders has been on the force for twenty-two consecutive 3Tear8. He is a reliable man. and his superior officers havo given full attention to his report. As a passenger train thundered along near Alley town, Newaygo connty, Michigan, the other day a large bald-headed eaple arose from beside the track and tried to ily across the rails ahead of the train, but it was struck by the engine and was lodged against a cylinder head. The engineer then went forward and captured it. The bird measured six feet from tip to tip across the wings.. Ater's A true Cure is warranted to cure all cases of malaria. Sold by druggists, rriee, $ I.

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TAKING ADVICE. Miss Ida Cook Tells How It Happened,

After Considerable Delay Sho listened to - Friendly Advice fcr Which She Is Daly Thankful. "How old Are yout" asked the reporter. "Just seventeen." she modestly replied as 6he blushed and picked nervously at tho hem of her kerchief. And you would like, to make a publio statement of your easel he continued. "Yes sir," she replied; 'I feel that it is not only a duty, but I really look upon it as, a pleasure and I only wish I could tell oae-half of what I know." Tho above dialogue was carried on between a reporter and Miss Ida Cook, of K3 North Mississippi street She then told the following story of her life: 4'I have never been a strong, rugged girl, as you will probably see, formv afilictions have" followed me most of my life. 1 can remember when 1 was YET A CHILD of having terrible spasms at night. Sometimes 1 would have three or lour in one night, and at last they were so bad that they paralyred tho entire left side of my body. 'i V : ::: .: ::::V .l-.r.t::-.;tj:j:;:;.,:... - : 52:!?i::::i.:::;y MISS IDA COOK. My blood was bad aud I would be continually bothered with gatherings, or runarounds, or some kind of breaking out on some part of my body. Tho doctors said it was eozema. My head would hurt me and I could not eat or 6leep good. Last April I noticed a little breaking out on tho first finger of ni3 right hand. At first I paid very little attention to it, but it began to spread and then it began to MURX AND VAIS mo constantly, and it continued to spread uutil it covered both my hands and my left foot. It would raise up in little lumps and a hot, watery discharge would come from it, and it could not have pained more if 1 had put my hands in the fire. I could not work or uso my hands for anything. My appetite was gone and I would toss about all night, ariHing in the morniugmoroexhausted than the night nrevioua. This was my condition when a friend of mine iuMnted on my trying the Blair Treatment. This I did about three mouths ago. aud it has dono more for me than 1 could have hoped for. Tho breaking out all healed up in a few weeks and my skin is free from any blotches or rash whatever. My blood is in better condition than it ever was and I amhappier than I ever was in my life. I make this statement without solicitation, and I only regret that I cannot tell just how 1 was and how much the treatment has done for me." Miss Ida Cook liven at 553 North Mississippi street, and will gladly verify her statement. OflQce at 203 North Illinois street: Hours 9 to 11 a. m., I to 4 p. in. and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 0 to 11 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. Consultation, $1. No letters answered unless aecompaniod by 4 cents in stamps. Address all mail to Blair Treatment. 203 North Illinois street, Indianapolis. Klectrlc Lamps for Traveler. Nst ore. Ono of tho latest novelties in the application of electricity consists of an electrio reading lamp, which is being fitted to tho xarriages on the main Hue of the Southeastern rauway. It is on the principle of "put-a-penuy-in-the-slot" automatic machines. The apparatus is (situated immediately over tbe passenger's bead, aud under the rack, and is contained in a small box, five inches by three. The light is of five-candle power, and is obtained by the introduction of a penny at the top of tho box. and by a sub sequent pressure of a knob, aud will last for half an hour, extinguishing itself at the end of that time automatically. If tbe light be required for an indefinite period, & penny every half hour will suffice. Tho light can be extinguished at any moment Ivy means of a second button provided for the purpose. Ono of the special features of the invention is that, if the instrument is out of order, the penny is not lost, as it is in tho present machines. It drops right through, and comes out at the bottom of the box, so that it can be recovered, and the same result happens in the case of any coin other than a penny. Each carriage ia fitted with an accumulator, which supplied the electricity. This invention will aid greatly to the comfort of passengers during night journeys. A Polite Man. Chicago Tribune. A Chicago man used the telegraph tho other da3' in an odd way. A visitor whom he had met frequently in New York stepped into his office. It was business as well as inclination to be exceedingly cordial to the New Yorker, but for the life of him he could not recall his visitor's name. In tho midst of the conversation the Chicago man. was reminded of a telegram that he had forgotten to send. Pulling out a blank ho tent the following to his New York house: 'What's the nsrae of Jenkin's head manT Can't recall it. Ho is here." They chatted along for half an hour, when the answer came. It read: Simpkins." "And now, Mr. Simpkins, it's about timo for lunch," remarked the Chicago man. "We'll go over to the club. I want you to meet some friends of mine there." A bibliomaniac, who died in England a fow days ago, had many eccentricities. Ho had a most valuable library, and always refused to allow a book in it over a certain size, and absolutely excluded anything written either by a clergyman or a woman. They had no business with literature, in his opinion, and were incapable of achieving success in it.

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