Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1894 — Page 3

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1891.

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Indianapolis Ball Clnb Fares Well in the Western League Manager Sharsi? Iletnru3 from Milwaukee Sunday Games Away from HomeBoyle to Iio Tried. Manager Sharsig returned from the baseball schedule meeting, at Milwaukee, yesterday, looking somewhat uie worse from his Illness there. He is not jet well, but a few quiet days will straighten him out all right. The Western Leaojue prospects are such, he eays, as to arouse the oM spirit of enthusiasm In ail the managers, and the Milwaukee meeting was thoroughly satisfactory In every' sense. Indianapoli3 could not well have fared better on the schedule, for the team secured fifteen out of the nineteen Sunday game.i, to be played away from home, of course, eleven Saturday Karnes at home. Decoration day and July 4 at home, besides opening1 and closing the season on the home grounds. For a club that does not play Sunday at home fifteen is a pood big lot of Sunday games to capture on other grounds. Of thid number, seven will be played In Milwaukee, the best Sunday city In the league, and as Athletic Park up there generally catches 4.0u0 and 5.000 at these games, there will be money in it for the Indianapolis club. It will be? necessary In order to fill these Sunday dates to frequently make the round trip between here and Milwaukee just for the one day, but the trip is not a hard one, as the boys can leave here at midnight and get into Milwaukee at 9:30 a. m. These little Jumps on the side will increase the mileage somewhat, but the management think it letter to be making money some place else than to remain idle here. These Sunday games at Milwaukee are June 3 and 10, July 8 and 13, Sept. 9, 16 and 23. Saturday should be a big day here, and will be If the team fulfills the expectation of the management and the wish of the public. The Grand Rapids team will open the championship season hero Wednesday, April 23. and play three games. Detroit follows on Saturday, April 2S, and remains Monday and Tuesday. After these six games Indianapolis goes to Toledo May 2, 3 and 4. thence to Grand Itapids for throe games, and from thero to Detroit for three gams, returning home to meet Toledo May 12, 14 ami 15. Milwaukee will be here for Decoration day and Minneapolis for July 4, with morning and afternoon games each day. Milwaukee will be the closing attraction here Sept. 2T. All the clubs are satisfied with the schedule, and Milwaukee is elated at getting seventeen Sunday games at home. Indianapolis Is next to the lowest on mileage, which Is quite a consMerition. The number of miles to be traveled by th aeveral clubs is as follows: Detroit, 3,412; Indianapolis, 8.713: Toledo, 8.931; Minneapolis. 9.13G; Grand Rapids 9.242; Milwaukee, 10,t.; Kansas City. 10.147; Sioux City, 1U.7S3. Manager Shars! made up the schedule aa adoptrd, and though 1U during the entire meeting his Interests were not allowed to suffer, and hi3 schedule work was nt materially changed. The Indianapolis team Is well thought of by all the managers, and those who were disposed to poke a little mild fun et Sharsig soma time ago have posted themselves since, and remarked at the meeting that It was just like "foxy eld Billy" to "say nothing, but saw wood," and when the proper time came to spring a. strong team on them. Mills, the second baseman, will bo hero next Thursday, and catcher Weatlake is liable to drop in from East Liverpool any hour. Captain McTaranuny expected to get here this week, but a death in his family will delay him until close to April 1. The boys who are here are rapidly getting in good condition these pleasant days. There was a big crowd at the grounds yesterday to see them practice. Henry Boyle seem3 to have recovered his old-time control of the ball, and will be given a trial In the exhibition games. Amos Kusle, who watched him iitchlngr the other day, said he believed "oyle could go in and do first-class work. Husie was surprise! at the way Boyle handled the ball. Upon Sam Thompson's recomnienjlaiLn Manager Sharsig will give a bi"15anville pitcher named Albert Orth a trial. Orth Is a six-footer and, Thompson says, can throw a ball through an asphalt pavement. Sharsig is very anxious now to get hold of two winning pitchers, and then he declares the team win suit him. Mauck will be signed all rlgh he thinks, though Kansas City wants him, and bharsls says Foreman will also come here, notwithstanding the decision awarding: him to Toledo, provided Indianapolis will give him the salary he wants. It Is the matter of terms, also, that Is causing Mauck to hold off. Sharsig la perfectly satisfied with the receiving end of the battery Gray, Westlake and Snyder. Gray has the fortunate and somewhat rare faculty of being able to play the outfield and Infield, as well as behind the bat. lie can jump In and fill any man's place, and do it well, too. There seems to be no question as to hl3 worth. The Indianapoll3 manager has made It a point to get men who can play ball with their bead as well a3 with their hands and feet. That Is the sort of players who are valuable. President Golt was regretting yesterday that they did not have some notice of the fine weather St. Patrick's day was to be blessed with, as had they known it they would have arranged a game for the afternoon. The uniforms will be here this week, and the printing will probably be ordered In a few days. The officers of the club are now looking at some sample three-sheets and other iaper. The open dates, April 2. 3, 4 and 5, are not yet filled, but Manager Sharsig hopes to secure the Baltimore League club for two of the days. He wired Manager llanlon last night with reference to it. The exhibition dates with Minneapolis will be canceled because of an agreement made at the Milwaukee meeting that no exhibition games should be played between Western League club1, as they tended to detract from the Interest In subsequent championship contents. The two dates will probably be filled with a National League club or cne of the college teams. The grounds are already in fint? condition. Festival Chorus Ilchenrnl. The first chorus rehearsal of Mr. Sterne's May Festival of Music will be held Wednesday evening, March 21, at Plymouth Church. There will be a larger number of singers than usual In the chorus, it is claimed. The works to be studied are popular. Prof. W. II. Donley will conduct the rehearsals. Mr. Sousa will conduct the entire festival, including the chorus, and will arrange the programme on his arrival at Indianapolis. Mr. Soma selects music that pleases the great public as well as musicians, and they may expect a rare treat at the next festival. The choral works to be given are "Hall, Bright Abode." from "Tiinnhatier;" the Pilgrims chorus from "Ijumbardy," Verdi; "Holy. Holy." from Elijah." and "The Inflamatus," from Rossini's "Stabat Mater." Building Permit. Building1 permits were issued yesterday as follows: Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Company, reiHlrs. New York street and canal, $."; L, We hie. frame building. Fayette and First, V); D. O'Brien, stable. 211 Broadway. J"J30; John Rtdem.icher. frame house. Clresham street, r.P Otto N. Prenyl, adlltion. Xi3 North, Illinois street. &'.; Henry' W. Bullock, frame house, North Delaware street. ttl'; .William T. Steele, repairs. 727 North Delaware street. $i"; S. H. Wright. reiKiir.. 77 West Nineteenth rtreet. B": Annie Wysoncr. frame house. Park avenue. '.on0; W. E. Beard, frame house. V Stat- avenue, ?l: K. C. Atkins Co., frame shed, 22J S. Tennessee street. 31ntriinimliil Market lMekn I'p. Marriage licenses were yesterday issued to William M. Belndorf and Temp Meders, Edwin S. Carey and Lillie Nell Hall, Samuel F. Hct-urds and Louisa C. Pierce. Carson Wheeler and Susrina I. Morgan. James N. nv an.i i anme rortner. Grant Engle an; Emma S -oville. Benjamin Powell and Diefc Ann Holsel.iw. Phi Delta Tlietn'i Cotnltifr. The biennial convention of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity will he held in this city from May 7 to 10 Inclusive. The fraternity ha:f sixty-nine chapters In this country and numbers among its alumni CJerieral llarrihori and Vic President Stevens. n. General Harrison will be Invited to address the convention. Thrown from n Iluggy. Yesterday morning. shortly before 12 o'clock, the horse which Mrs.. Kate Ardxnore was driving became unmanageable at the corner of I"orth street and Massu-

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ground. She was picked up unconscious and was removed to her home. No. 322 North Liberty street, by the city amDuiance, where it wn fonn.l thnf she had sustained a sprained ankle and slight bruises. DEAD AT THE PRESS. Al Roach, Employed in a Printing Ollice, buudeuly Expires. Al Roach, aged twenty years, employed as a pressman at Rattl's printing establishment. No. 71 South Illinois street, fell dead yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, while attending to a defect In his press. Roach was standing on a box, when he was seen to fall back on to the floor and lie motionless. Several fellow-workmen rushed to his side, while others went to summon a physician, who, when arriving, found Roach dead. Roach appeared In unusual spirits on arriving for work in the morning, and nothing unusual was noticed In his actions until he fell over dead. His body was removed to his home in Irvington by Kregelo & Whitsett's ambulance. The funeral services will be held to-morrow. CITY .NEWS NOTES. Governor Matthews is spending Sunday at his farm in Vermillion county. The funeral of Mrs. T. Smith Graves was held yesterday afternoon at her home. No. Sl'l North. New Jersey street. Wm. A. Pickens, of this city, will lecture before the Progress Club this afternoon at 3 o'clock; Eubject, "The Torrens Land System." The Young People's Society of the First Baptist Church will serve dinner in the church parlors Wednesday and Thursday of this week, from 11:30 till 2 o'clock. The Impersonator, Kdward P. Elliott, will close the South-s'de entertainment course at the Seventh Presbyterian Church, next Friday night. He appears in the popular "Hazel Kiike." A woman who refused to give her rame lost a pocketbook, containing 2i cents and several keys, through pickpockets, yesterday afternoon, during the 'parade, at the corner of Mississippi and Washington streets. Charles Rice was arrested last night by patrclmen Simpson and dinger on a warrant charging him with stealing carpenter's tools valued at 530 from Joseph Carr, residing at the corner of Rose lane and Orchard avenue. At St. Paul's Church, at 10:43 this morning, Bishop Knlckerbacker will administer the rite of confirmation, to a large class. In the evening, at 7:30, there will be a stereoptlcon exhibit of scenes in our Lord's passion, with lecture by Rev. G. A. Carstensen. rector. The Parclparla Cycle and Pleasure Club will give a private excursion, the first of the season, on Sunday, April 1. The members will go to Connersville, then by wheel to Liberty and many other towns In that portion of the State. There will be at least fifteen members that will participate In this run. W. T. Royse. of this city, -will leave tomorrow morning for Council Bluffs, la,, In the interest of the Tribe of Ben-IIur. Several cities in Iowa. Nebraska and KanFas have applied to the Supreme Tribe for dispensations for charters, and Mr. Royse will spend about thirty days in these States instituting courts. Fastened Ills Teeth in Her Skonlder. William Fulsky and Florence Landss were arrested last night by patrolmen Kurtz and Scott on charges of assault and battery. Some time ago Fulsky boarded with Mrs. Landes, who resides at No. 1 Chesapeake street, but left on account of some trouble over a handkerchief lost by the woman who washed for Fulsky. Since that time he has on. several occasion accused Mrs. Landes of stealing the handkerchief, and threatened to get revenge. Yesterday evening he met Mrs. Landes, who wL3 talking to a friend named Thomas Corhan. Ho at once began to abuse her, when Corhan interfered. The two came to blows, and Mrs. Landes attempted to separate them. Fulsky thereupon sprang at her, fastening his teeth in her shoulder, inflicting a painful bruise. Mrs. Landes and Fulsky were afterwards arrested. Looking fur Ilia Missing Daughter. Mr. Boedy, of Gallon, O., was in the city last night, looking for his daughter, aged sixteen, who disappeared from home Jan. 23. lie read the accounts of the arrest of Maggie Sowers, the young lady who, in comrmny with a man, was roaming around the country In male attire, and he thought that perhaps she was his missing daughter. Mr. Boedy went to the Rescue Home, at No. 57 East South street, where the girl is being held, last night, to Investigate, and found that she was not his daughter. He left the city this morning. He is a baggagemaster on the Big Four railroad, and is one of Gallon's most respected cltlzena He has not heard of hi3 daughter since she left home In January. Indlnnnpolis Ilrnkeninn Killed. Capron C. Kelley, of Indianapolis, head brakeman on an "extra" C, H. & D. freight train, was fatally injured in the Connersville freight yards early yesterday morning. While uncoupling a car the heel of his shoe caugVt in a frog, and before he could extrlcateydmself he was thrown to the track and the wheels passed over him. His left leg was mangled and his left arm almost cut in two at the elbow. He lived five hours afterwards. He had a wife and five children. His body was taken to Liberty, his former home. A Xegress Attempts Suicide. Belle Stockton, colored, aged twenty-eight, nn Inmate of a resort at No. 213 West Court street, attempted suicide last night by taking morphine. Her condition was not discovered until over two hours after she had taken the drug. Dr. Tuttle, of the City Dispensary, was summoned. At a late hour last night it was thought that the woman would recover. She had been drinking during the day and grew despondent, resulting In the taking of the drug. Food Market FundN. The food market continues. The committee has discovered that about $3,100 In subscriptions taken some time ago have not been reported, and a& the funds are now coming in it has enough money to continue for a lew days. Another effort will be made next week to raise funds, as the committee thinks the food market should be kept open for about six weeks longer. 'mv They "Wunt Annexation. The defeated party at the West Indianapolis election by which it was voted to adopt a city charter are now circulating petitions for signatures asking the Council of this city to annex the western suburb. As yet no new candidates have appeared upon the field for local offices. The candidates who had announced themselves for town ofilces are still in the field. Onli 1I1I1 AVantu Fire Protection. Oak Hill citizens have issued a call for a mass meeting of all people interested in the territory north of the Pendleton pike and east of "the L. E. & W. railroad tracks to formulate plans for the location of a lire department house in that locality. The meeting will be held Tuesday evening, at Seventh street and Hillside avenue. Pesthoufte on County Farm. The city authorities. In conference wdth the County Commissioners about the pesthouse yesterday, renewed the proposition made several weeks ago that the pesthouse be built upon the property of the poor firm. Ccmmlssioner Hunter was of the opinion that it would be more satisfactory to make an appropriation. Butler nml the Dent 3Intrv. Tne first nine of the Butler University played a game of ball Saturday afternoon with the Silent Booster Club, of the Institution fur the Education of the Deaf at the institution grounds. Butler won by a score of IS to 5. Over two hundred witnessed the game. To be Trle.I at Frnnklin. Judge Cox yesterday fixed the location for the next trial of the negroes, Parker and McAfee. He announced that he would send the case to Franklin, Johnson county, which was satisfactory to th attorneys. Prosecutor Holtzrnan will follow up the prosecution. Too Much St. Patrick's liny. John Boss raised a disturbance at the corner of Elm and Grove streets, yesterday morning, as the result of too much drink. He threw stones and brickbats at I 'b-strlans and mide himself otherwise obnoxious He was arrested by patrolman Hoe f gen. Mole n Part of n lllryrle. Daniel T-'ay, accused of stealing a portion of a Llcycle from the Indiana Bicycle Company, pleaded guilty to the charge in the Criminal Court yesterday. Judge Cox withheld Judgment In the case.

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The Board of Safety Will Make No Changes in the Fire Force. Policemen's Heads Expected to Drop at the Meeting on Monday Firemen Want Ulne Shirts. The Board of Public Safety will meet Monday morning, and will probably be In session all of the day and a part of the night, as there Is a large amount of important business to come before it. Not the least of these will be consideration of removals from the police force. The board will probably decide upon several removals and will appoint rnen from the eligible list to fill the vacancies. The men who have been examined for appointment have been notified to appear before the board at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The purpose of these summons is to permit the board to see the men before any of them are appointed. The averages of those examined will be known at that time, and the appointments will be made In accordance with the civil-service iules and from those receiving the highest average. Mr. Conner said yesterday he could not tell at this time Just how many removals would be made from the police force, but that there would be none from the fire force. It is anticipated that the board will chop off the heads of all persons on the police force whom they have had any Intention of removing at all, and then attempt to restore confidence In the force by announcing their Intention of making no more removals without charges preferred and proven. The Monday's meeting will probably ertect the thorough reorganization of the force. The question of the color of shirts to be worn by firemen will also be brought before the board. The last board modified the rules so as to require firemen to wear white, laundered shirts, instead of the blue, which had been worn prior to that time. A number of the firemen want to return to the blue shirt, and the board will decide whether, in the future, the shirt shall be white or blue. SWI1KPIAG CO.NTRACTS AWARDED. FuelirliiK Brother! Get Tto of the Dl.ttrictM The Cithers. The Board of Public Works held a special meeting yesterday morning for the purpose of announcing their award of the sweeping contracts. In district No. 3 It required some' nice calculations to ascertain which of the three bidders were lowest in the entire district. The contracts were awarded as follows: Districts Nos. 1 and 2, Fuehring Bros.; District No. 3, J. R. Kennlngton; District No. 4, James Dobson. A list of the bids was printed In the Journal several days ago. Cutting: Improved Streets. Complaint has been male that several of the recently paved streets are being ruined be permitting the water and gas companies and other corporations to cut into the pavements. The water company has been permitted to cut into the Maryland-street lavement to repair a broken main, and Broadway at several places has also been cut Into. The complainants think the companies should be compelled to tunnel under the streets. Board of Examlnern to Meet. The Board of Examiners will meet Monday evening for organization, dty Engineer Brown Is anxious to have the board organized as quickly as X'ossible because ne uesires to appoint at least five more men to his department After the board is organized it may require an examination of thozn at present In the employment of the city. FKACTUKED HER JAW. Frank Hamilton, a Negro, Serionsly Injures Esther Miles. Esther Miles, a colored woman living in the rear of No. 160 East St. Joe street, was taken to the City Hospital last niht, suffering from a double fracture of the Jaw. The woman received her injuries at the hands of Frank Hamilton, a negro well known In the "Yellow- bridge" vicinity. The woman was on her way home from the market about 8 o'clock, in company with Hamilton. The couple were quarellng, and when they reached the coroner of Vermont and Delaware streots the trouble seemed to havo reached a climax. Hamilton suddenly wheeled about, and, striking the woman a blow In the face, turned and ran away. His victim fell to the sidewalk, where she lay until the city ambulance could be summoned. She was taken to the City Dispensary, where her injuries were found to be very serious, and It was thought best to send her to the City Hospital. The blow delivered by Hamilton was a terrific one, and may result seriously. The woman was unable to relate the cause of the assault. orth-Side Ilepnhllcnn Clnb. The North-side Republican Club was organized last night. It elected C. W. Fairbanks president; John B. Cockrum, first vice president; Gus Boyd, second vice president; secretary. W. M. Gerard; assistant secretary, James Billingsley; treasurer, Harry Mounts. The club meets Friday night, corner Seventh and Bellefontaine streets. Speakers have been selecfed to address the club on that evening. It was decided that no candidate be permitted to contribute except he be a member of the club, and then not beyond his admission fee. 3Ir. Kusley'a Accounts Closed. To-morrow morning Pension Agent M. Van B. Spencer w ill take charge of the office. The footing up of the books by the retiring agent, Ensley, has been completed, and the transfer will probably consume about five minutes' time. During the incumbency of Mr. Ensley he has paid over the counters over $13,OUO,ojO. Ellen J. Spencer, a sister to the new agent, and Chief Deputy Joe Reilley will begin their work to-morrow, and the other new clerks to be appointed will be placed gradually. lluker nnl Compmilou Fall Out. John Baker and a companion became involved In a dispute on Columbia alley, near Ohio street, last night, in which Baker hit hl3 opponent wdth a stone. The companion fled and Baker did not know the extent of the Injury. Iater he learned that the police were looking for him, and he went to the police station and surrendered himself. His companion Is at large. MIGHATODY MISCItCANTS. Carl Brovriie and Redstone The Tito Seumns lit Large In the Eut. Oakland (Cal.) Times, March 13. The Associated Iress brings us a long riamarole atxmt Carl Browne and A. E. Redstone leading an army of I'AMju) unemployed workingmen to Washington to demand that Congress appropriate several hundred millions, more or les. fur the Improvement of roads and similar projects. One J. S. Coxey Is said to be the financial backer of this brilliant expedition. We know nothing about Coxey. but his connection with Browne and Reds;one is evidence that he is a fool who desires to be a knave. Browne and Redstone are as scurvy a pair of rogues as ever organized a club. Neither of them ever did an honest day's work when it could possibly be avoided. For the last dozen years they have been en.i-Ta;;ed in concocting wild-eyed schemes as a pretext for extorting money from ignorant dupes. During several campaigns they managed a piece club In San Francisco, representing it to be a workintrman's party. They sold nominations on their ticket to whoever was fool enough to buy and bilked candidates of all parties with an impartiality that relieved thtir roguery of the stigma of favoritism. They never had any votes to deliver, but they could always muster a gathering of loafers and dendbeats to at as a convention. These vagabonds worked this game all over the State until they could make It pay no longer and then they nilgrated E.st. Redstone has recently been running a bunco "reform" sheet In Washington city, picking up a precarious living by any fmall plunder that the ebb and flow of politics an 1 the gullibility of fools cast within his reach. The last seen of Browne in this locality he was disputing with some other loafers as to who had the prior right ol living by beirging and bumming. That the newspapers should take these scamps seriously an 1 treat their "industrial army" as anything but a CaUtaillm company of professional tramps and petty thieves Is surprising. The whole crew ought to be arrested for vagrancy nnd put In the chain pans. They mignt then, do something toward improving tha putlio

roads If compelled to labor on the highway anchored to their work with a bp 11 and chain. Their attempts to beat their way through the world by exploiting political schemes so grotesque that only fools and felons will give them sanction have grown too stale to be interesting, while the rank deviltry they preach is calculated to cause some crack-brain to imitate Guiteau or

I'rendergaat. The rogues are playing with fire. They don't themselves contemplate anything more serious than larceny, but they muster the weak, the vicious and the Ignorant Idle, and preach to them the gospel of Incendiarism and disorder. A sound flogging would do these rascals more good, perhaps, than anything ele. and one Instinctively regrets the abollton of the whlpplng-post when he hears of them promoting some new scheme of scamiery. They and their followers disgrace the name of workingmen by borrowing that title. Bike the thieves who followed the Crusaders into th Holy Land garbed as pilgrims, they have assumed a pious livery to cloak the work of the devil. In San Francisco, where they are known, no decent workingman would be caught In the company of Carl Browne anl Redstone any more than he would be seen keeping company with a professed thief. All the San Francisco papers know Browne and Bedstone to be a pair of very cheap and nasty rascals, without any following or credit whatever. It Is their duty to let the Eastern public know that this "Industrial army" crusade Is merely the invention of a couple of vulgar vagabonds, who would promptly be kicked out of any office in San Francisco. There has been about enough of this 'demanding" by bummers and bloviators that the public coffers be emptied among them. It Is annoying and may become troublesome. It does not arise to tne aignuy or socialism or anarchyIt is simply an attempt to blackmall public oflic'als, and is merely the slogan of an Idle and vicious clement anxious for plunder. Browne and Redstone have both tried their arts in Oakland, but they found the pickings slim and the field already well occupied. There have recently been some efforts in the demanding line, but by common consent the town refused to either listen or laugh, and the distressful and sanguinary agitation has gone off to drown Its sorrows in steam beer whenever nickels or sympathy can be found. Nevertheless, the men who threaten to gather mobs to back up demands on public officials to "throw out the box" should be given a Job at stone-breaking on the highway. There would then be less disturbance and better roads. ELECTRICAL CULTURE. Tlirouffh Tinted Glass Arc Light Rays Are Similar to Sunlight. Philadelphia Record. Fifty years ago experiments were made in Scotland to test the Influence of electrio currents upon the growth of plants, and since that time, both in England and America, says Garden and Forest, many attempts have been made to ascertain whether the electrical condition of the soli or of the air had any lnfluenca upon vegetation, and how this Influence, If It existed, could be applied to practical advantage. We have published at various times, within two or three years past, reports of trials In which electrio light had also been used for the purpose of stimulating plant growth. The latest summary of the results obtained in both these directions was given at the last monthly meeting1 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society by Professor Bailey, and the subject seems worth the attention of everyone interested in horticultural science. It should be added to what Professor Bailey has stated that something like ten years ago agricultural chemists were trying to ascertain wheiner plants received any of their nitrogen directly from the air. It was argued then that, under certain electrical conditions, free nitrogen In-some way cumblnel with other substances, a,nd that the resulting compounds, dissolved by the soil water, were taken up by the feeding roots of vegetables. This theory has not been disproved, but since it has become the accepted doctrine that there are- living organisms which attach themselves to the roots of plants, especially to the roots of leguminous plants, and are able to Eecure a certain quantity of nitrogen from the air for the use of such plants, little investigation has been made to ascertain any possible connection between electrical influence and the nitrogen supply of plants. Prof. Bailey's remarks were confined to ihe two subjects of illumination and direct currents. In the first place, there seems to be no doubt that artificial light has the same kind of influence upon plants that sunlight has, and that the Influence is greater as the light approaches the energy of solar light. Electric light Is used because it Is th? most powerful artificial light, and because it is similar to sunlight in quality, although rather richer in the ultra violet rays, and, perhaps, rather weaker in the orange rays. The use of an orange globe to make an electric light resemble sunlight more closely seems to give more rapidity of growth than when the light passes through glass of other colors. But this difference Is so slight as to be hardly appreciable. What seems to be demonstrated is that electric light from a naked arc has some injurious influence on plant3 growing within certain distances, while they receive beneilt when removed further away. Plants vary much as to their susceptibility to the Influence of thl3 light. Under it endive, spinach, cress and peas plantel at Cornell University showed various results, while carrots were almost invariably injured. Bettuce, on the contrary, was greatly benefited, particularly when the light was burned only the first half of the night. This result was confirmed by rei-eated tests, so that it can be assorted that a two-thousand candle-power lamp, when it is run half the night or less, has a marked influence upon lettuce In a house sixty feet square. The Influence of naked light upon the productiveness of flowers and upon thei color varied In the tests made with different species, and with different colored flowers of the same species. Several varieties of tulips shewed deeper and richer colors when developed under the light, but these colors lost their Intensity in four or five days, and were afterward not distinguishable from the colors of those which were growing In unlimited houses. Under the light, too, the plants had longer stems and larger leaves, and a greater number of them were odoriferous. Petunias grew much taller and more slender when close under the light than when twenty or thirty feet from the lamp, and they bloomed earlier and more freely. White petunias were not changed in color by the light, but purple ones, especially those nearest the lamp, quickly became blue. Other flowers behaved differently, each according to its kind, but all lowers, of whatever species, which stood within five or six feet of the naked arc were Injured: they were of short duration, while those which were twelve feet or more away did not show any effect of this kind. What was generally apparent was that the light hastened blooming, and flowering plants grown in the light of an unscreened arc producel longer stems. These good effects wero counterbalanced by some injuries, but It was subsequently found thnt the use of a globe or a pane of glass woj 1 avert some of these Injuries to flowers as well as to foliage, while some Increase In earllness and strength was obtained. Nevertheless, it must be said that we are not yet sufficiently acquainted with the possible Influence of electric light to advise its adoption where flowers are grown. Since It seemed probable that fie noxious effects of this light could be overcome by the Interposition of glass, the arc, surrounded by the globe, was hun,x six feet above the middle of a glass roof, and the arrangements were made so that half "the house had no light while the other half receive! it. This comparative test showed that lettuce was greatly Improved In the light apartment: endive, which had been injured in other experiments, showed no bad results, but no Improvement, while radishes, which had been seriously Injured before, showed a decMed gain. It is worth observing that when the light was modified by an opal globe the Injury was less serious, and that a lUht strained through a globe and a glass roof gave p.n Increase both to the tops and roots. Similar results wero obtainel with beets and spinach; while cauliflowers were decMedly best in a dark house: so that while it Is established that electric light can be profitably used In the cultivation of lettuce, and while It Is probable that flowers may be benefited, it Is a fact that the different species and genera behave so differently that we need much more experience before we can pro nounce definitely on any fact, except the one that the Jlsht does exert a powerful Influence. As to the direct effect of electric currer.ts applied to the plants, to the soli In which they grow or to the atmosphere surrounding them, we as yet have no great amount of accurate knowledge. We only know that at Amherst College, in this country, and at several places in Euroie, wires have been stretched about fields and gardens and charged with electricity. Th?y have been passed through the soil and similarly charged and In the case of some field crops and vegetables a marked increas? was obtained. In one instance the crop being more than doubled, while the same treatment injured other crops. What we know certainly seems to be that the artificial use of electricity, either In the nir or soil, about plants may exert a powerful influenee uikjii them, but the character of this influence varies with the species. This seems to be. on? more illustration of the fact that plants reTond to external forces In accordance with their race history or the loi:g course of their development and adaptation to different conditions. What we already know Is of some practical vr.lue. Some market gardeners are already uslns

the electric light In forcing plants, and they think that it pays. That this powerful agent may be utilized to advantage with Increase 1 knowledge seems, to be not at all improbable. That as yet we know to little is not a fact that should discourage us. Enough has be:n demonstrated to Justify further experiments both with light and with direct electrification.

SOCIETY WOMEVS SECRETARIES. A New Fad of New York Iaidles in Thesre Fin de Sclecle Time. New York Mercury. The requirements of society have grown of late to such large proportions the social circles of the select have so expanded of recent years that those ladies who are, by their position, obliged to entertain largely, are absolutely compelled to have or hire other people, who must be themselves ladles, more or less, of course, to send out their Invitations, to write not only their formal letters, but most of their friendly and private ones, and attend to the arrangement and sorting of their mall, etc. In short, a society lady must have her secretary. Just as her husband must have his secretary or typewriter. And from her semiconfidential position the secretary like the typewriter becomes mistress of the situation and, if unscrupulous, can do damage and cause. If so disposed, no end of trouble. Mrs. Mackay has for years employed two secretaries, availing herself of the opportunity to utilize, at a liberal salary, two of the daughters of former friends, thus helping them materially, yet delicately, and herself at the same time. Mrs. Uradley-Maxtin employs a skilled secretary, a middle-asd lady, who does the work of a half dozen girls with a skill and readiness which fewgirls could equal. It will convey some idea of the magnitude of a society leader's engagements to state that it requires about six hours of steady, hard work of Mrs. JJradley-Martln s secretary to aiscnarge ner duties to her employer's correspondence. Over one hundred letters have sometimes to be written or answered in one daj so that the post i3 no sinecure. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt has a secretary, so has Mrs. John Jacob Astor, so likewise have Mrs. Fred Vanderbllt, Mrs. Fred Stevens. Mrs. George Gould, Miss Helen Gould, Mrs. Gerry, etc. In the majority of cases the secretaries of society ladies are simply irsons who have been recommended to their principals, and who are simply, though literally, iaid by then. The secretaries look upon themselves In their true light as hired employes, and do not expect or receive any special social courtesies. But In some instances no salaries are paid to the secretaries, who, in lieu of compensation, become, as it were, members of the family. In these latter cases the secretaries are lalies of gentle birth and breeding, sometimes of better families than those who employ them, and beyond the social advantages offered them, as a full equivalent for their services and they are right. Not long ag-o the secretary cf a prominent lady became acquainted, through the lady's Introduction, with a rich young swell, who was popularly presumed to bs paying court to her own daughter. But the secretary was handsome, while the daughter was not.and the swell being youthful, was, spite of his money, somewhat romantic so the usual thing happened. Tne swell paid attention to the secretary, which fact was noticed by the society lady, who acted promptly. She at once discharged the secretary, but the mischief had been done, and the private secretary Is now the society lady herself. She recently had the politeness, or the assurance (according to the point of view) to send her former employer, or principal, an invitation to one of her own receptions. Society, when it heard this, was anxious to see how the lady to whom the invitation was sent would take it. Would she construe it as an infult or would she ignore it? She was equal to the occasion, and did neither. She accepted It In the most friendly manner, apparently, and made it a point to be present conspicuously at her former secretary's social function. She also took good care to outshine her hostess In diamonds and dress as to throw her completely In the shade In her own house and at her own reception. She also made a point to have her daughter attend the reception, resplendent like her mother in costume and jewelrv, and accompanied by her new suitor, a little Englishman of much larger wealth than the swell who had deserted her to marry the secretary. These three, mother, daughter and puitor, took possession of the reception and thus rendered what had been designed as a slight a triumph, achieving a revenge only possible to a smart society woman. MYSTERY OF TIIR PYRAMIDS. Many Theorlo Itejrnrdlnpr the Object of the Vast TlKyifilnn Structure. Brooklyn Eagle. Why the pyramids were built has always proved to be a perplexing question. For some reason the builders of the pyramids of Bgypt appear to have concealed the object of these structures, and this so successfully that not even a tradition has reached us which purports to have been handed down from the date of their construction. Including ancient and modern theories we find a wdde range of choice. Some have thought that these buildings were associated with the religion of the early Egyptians; others have suggested that they were tombs; others that they combined the purposes of tombs and temples, that they were astronomical observatories, defenses against the sands of the great desert, granaries like those made under Joseph's direction, or places of resort during excessive overflows of the Nile, while Aristotle says that the work was set on foot to keep the common people well employed and busy In earning their daily bread, so that they could have no leisure for conspiring agaln.st their rulers. According to the late Professor Proctor, none of these ideas 1 found on close examination to be tenable as representing the sole purpose of the pyramids, and he suggested that they must have been intended to serve some useful purpose during the lifetime of the builder, and that they were built by each different king In order that astronomical observations mltcht be continued throughout his life, to determine his future, to ascertain what epochs were dangerous or propitious for tym and to note such unusual phenomena among the celestial bodi es as seemed to loda him good or evil fortune. Astrology is in fact the keynote of his theory, which Is, perhaps, on the whole, the most satisfactory that has been evolved. It has been stated by experts that the great pyramid could not now be built at a less cost than ?14r,IX 1,000. Children' Odd SayitiK. Boston Transcript The reasoning of small children Is not necessarily bad merely because It Is often founded on insufficient data. One small boy's grandfather had carefully explained to him the difference between quadrupeds and bipeds. At night he said to his mother, "Am I one of God's little lambs?" "I hope so," she answered. "How" can I be," he exclaimed, "when I'm a biped?" It was Margaret, five and a half years old, who heard some one remark, somewhat bitterly, on Sunday morning, that it looked like rain. "Well," she said, "you know It's the Lord's day, and I suppose he can do what he wants to with It." Perhaps the worst embarrassments of children come when they are a little older, and begin to receive formal invitations and have to answer them. Young Jimmy, for instance, was much grieved when, after he had struggled for an hour with this reply to an invitation, his mother actually laughed at it: "Mr. James Xorthup declines with pleasure Miss Dorothy Huntington's invitation for the 23d, and thanks her extremely for having given him the opportunity to do so." Written for the Few, Providence Journal. A play by Mr. Ho wells was the attraction at a recent matinee in New York. It was "Bride Boses," a vugue and moony thing that appeared recently in Harper's Magazine. There were two hundred persons in the audience, and of these six applauded at the end; which is writing for the select few with a vengeance. Nothing; of It. New York Commercial Advertiser. An Kastern magazine has an article on "The Home Life of Mrs. Lease." The home life of Mrs. Lease Is like the boy's apple core "they ain't none." TUB MICROSCOPE. A careful microscopical examination and chemical analysis of the urine, is a valuable aid in determining the nature of many chronic diseases, particularly those of the nervous system, blood, liver, kidneys, and bladder. These aids mako it possible to treat such diseases successfully at a distance, without iersonal examination of the patient. Thus Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Inflammation of tho Bladder, Gravel, and other Diseases of the Urinary Organs are successfully treated; Nervous Debility, Exhaustion, Dropsy, Liver Disease, and many other Chronic Maladies are curexl without seeing the patient Write for question blanks, treatise, ta.d other in form ation, describing cae, and inclose 10 cents, in stamps, to pay postage. Address, World's DisrsN salty Mf.picai Association. Ho. Go3 Main bir?:t, Buffalo. N. Y. I

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A Novel Entertainment jTo Ladies Only A MATINEE LECTUIiE ON Beauty Culture, Physical Culture Complexion. and the By the world-famous Beauty and Complexion Specialist, Mine. M. YALE AT TUB GRAND OPERA HOUSE On Tuesday, March 20, 2:30 l 31. Tickets now on sale at box olflce of theater. Secure your saats In advance, as hundreds will be turned away. A GRAND AND GLORIOUS REVELATION To the world. Beauty can be cultivated. vouth restored and weserved. Wrinkles and every trace of ae removed. Gray hair turned back to Its original color without dye. Her Dazzling Beauty, MME. M. YALE, The Perfect Woman Who at forty-one looks a3 fresh and lovely as any beauty ever seen at eighteen. Showingthe power of her art in preserving youth and cultivating- beauty. Ladle3, bring your note books and pencils to take down valuable recipes to be given you by Mme. lale. Reserved beats at Box Ollice of Theater, 3? rice 50 cents. Lectures commence ot 2:J0 charp. Doors open at 2 o'clock. Grand Musical Programme. LADIES' ONLY Ladles are respectfully requested to be promptly seated at 2:30 p. m. A Success in Her Own Case MME. YALE Will appear in Athletic Costume And create a sensation on her marvelous cultivated beauty of face and form. Her Confidential Advice Ladles who attend this lecture wid re ceive Mine. Yale's conlld?rttlal a.lvlc? and Instructions, which cannot be obtained out side of this lecture. THE PllOGKAMJlE4. How to develop the bust. How to walk. How to eat. How to sleep. How to preserve health. How to cure female weakness. How to cure liver or ki.lu?y trouble. How to cure and prevent consumption. How to cure constipation. . How to develop ch?st and lungs. How to make the figure eract. How to Increase height.' How to straighten the iimba. How to develop the limbs and make thm shapely. How to develop the arms. How to make hands and feet small and shapely. How to Increase flesh. How to maks tlesh firm. How to reduce llesh. How to obtain perfect health and preserve It. How to breathe. How to live. How to remove wrinkles. How to cultivate natural beauty. How to become young: again. How to preserve youth. How to obtain a perfect complexion. How to remove and cure Moth patches. Freckles, Blackheads, Ache, Bczema, Sunourn and Tn, Sallowness, I'lmples, Coarse Bores, and any form of coinpltxIon defects. MASSAOK. Its Importance and pror?r movements How to make flabby liesh firm and youth ful. How to restore the los of contour. How to fill out sunken cheek. How to make eyes clear, sp.irKlIn?, brill iant an'l beautiful. How to make a thin, scrawny neck lump and white. How to make tin cheeks na-urally losy, How to make coarse pores line ;rr;dn Hotv to make the brow smooth and v. bite. How to make the mouth shapely. How to make th3 lips full rnl ruby reJ. Mme. Yale, the Perfect Woman, In Athletic Costume, Will clve practical lessons- by renin? through the different movements of her .-v-t.om for developing and making perfect the female form. KXPHKSSION. How to use the eyes. How to lauKh. How to educate the exrrcion by the power of thought, showing hc Jnlturm-e of the mental qualities to educate the phys ical. Bvery or;an of the biy subject to the mental forces when in a h-;ilihv Mule of action and under the careful guidance of a cultivated restraint. TIIK H AT It How to cultivate a thick growth of eye brows and lashes. How to restore gray hair t.j !ts nat jrnl color without dye by circui-iting Its natural colorinir matter. How to stop hair falling la from twentyi iour nours 10 one weeit. How to creata a luxuriant growth of hair. How to kep the hair in turl and it range it !ecommgly. How to remove and cur thi growth of superfluous hair. IMPORTANT MKNTION. The lecture to be giwn by Mme. Vile will verify woman's prorss an 1 lnvvndve genius as nothing ei.se h.iv uvi r .;v"iit.'-d Itself In the history of the wo:! 1. It n every woman's duty to attenj ar.l celebrate the victory over oil a,;e. GUIDK TO UKAUTY. Badies living at a distance or tln-.e unable to attend thes lectures are iniu! to Bend their name and ;iH:-s with I c;:its Postage, and Mme. Vale will mtil ti.-:a ht-r Guide B ok to :eiuly, a dainty little book containing extracts t'rori th- Mi dame's famous keture anl valuable u"ce on cultivating beauty. Consultation free at Temple of Beauty or by mall. AdJress all comm jn:catiois to MME. M. YALE 5 Headquarters, 110 State Street, Chicago, I1L j Awarded Ilijrfr Is the World's Fair

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BOACJH Alton D., son of William Jtoach, Funeral notice later. DAWSON T, at CiOp. m., March 17, at his residence. Ji 1-ast rorth street, ageu lifty years. Funeral notice later. BnptUt FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Northeast corner of New iork and ivnivlvar.la tdn-ets. The ia.tor. Rev. W. F. Taylor, will preach a.t 10:ti a, m. and 7:ir p. m. Music for Sunday, March IS: Morning'Consider and He.tr Me." I'lbmcr. ehutri solo, selected. Mr. Meek. Bveclng "Ta Deum bi D," Sudds choir; quartet, telecttd. ConKcvsRilouab PLYMOUTH CHFUCH-Conur MerlllaH an l Xew York streets. Fredrric B. Dewhurst, minister. Sunday school. iO.'; morn Ing service, 1J:4:; evening. 7:3-, lecture by Mr. Lucius 11. Swift on "Gtorse William Curtis." I'll I vernal int. UXIVnnSAT.lsT CIIUUCII Corner Nci Jersey and Sixth streets. Bev. H. . b'oniniers, D. 1., pastor. Services ul and 1:Z); morning subject. "KndurinFaith;" evening. "What Lo Cnlversulift J Believe Concerning God?" All seats frtc Strangers welcome. SOCIBTV NOTICBS. F. AND A. M. XoltTlI Mi-mber of. An cient landmarks Bodge, Xo. Sli F. ana a. M.. are hr.by notlried to moot "t thi Fisce room in Mai-onic V-rr.pl c Surd.iy (March B. at 1 p. m. sharp, for He puriHJse of alt.nding the fur.rul tf cur l it brother. Myron North. All Master Ma sons invited WM. II. MB I Bit, W. M. WILLIS It. M IN Bit, Secretary. va vrnn AiifiTs. WAN TED Agents everywhere on salary $:0 and commission extra, for rapti st i. r. Inclose stamp. AM. LOCK-CBANII CO.. Milwaukee. Wis. BAINTBB Or pair har.gtT to handle wall paier. Terms noerai. prices iow. ihk j assortment. Patterns selected for thij section. Box 7B.Cini-lnnatl. U. WANTBiSFaiK r hangers and painter everywhere. Liberal terms; selling bargains; no expense. Sample tree. Sen-l business card. 1'. O. Box SiG, Cincinnati. Ohio. . WAN TLB An:NTS. Fample Sashlocic Tree uv mnu tor c siamy. ia:iiirn.v. i. -rivaled. Only good one ever Invented. Beats wetehts. Sales unparnlleW. B2 a day. BltOi I AUI (Box 67. Philadelphia. WANTED A gent s wanted In every county In Inliana to represent the Fnlted StatcJ Benevolent Society. Pays Sick. Accident; and Burial Benetits. Cost. $1 per month. Ad.lress J. B. PITCHElt, Secretary, haginaw I-;. S.. Mien. WANTED General Agent for one of tho largest and most prominent Life Insurance Companies in Massachusetts. Mrstclass renewal interest contract. Experienced Insurance men preferred. Address 1. A POWBIt. Superintendent. No. L-) Uran Ite Building, Rochester, N. Y. WANTED At once, a pxd salesman. Ad dress W. C. S., care of this ollice. WAXTCD Situations by two girls. Experienced cookJl West North street. WANTED Furnished room, private Christian family, for young couple. Address C., Journal. . WANTKD-position as furniture salcman A 1 reference. Address, FUKN1TUUE care Journal. . , V N T E BSal esmrui wanted to sell goods la Indianapolis. State salary expected. J. J. SMITH. Box 3'.). Kingston. N. . WANTED A partner with busines wlir iv 2,500 this summer; experience not ptcesa'ry. Pr Investigation address M. M., care of this ollice. WANTED Patents obtained; no attorney' fe until after patent is obtalnM. Mechanical drawings made. JOHN S. THUHMAN. Mrchanical Engineer, Cordova Building-. 15 Weat Wnsidntftoh street. WANTED A young man as bookkeeper and corrcsiwndcnt at Terro Haute, S.Jary, J 10 i-r month to beeln with. Posl. tion permanent to the right Party. Address, giving kc, experience aud references, P. j. Hox 61. Terre Haute. nd. WANTED A young man to manage city ollice. An opiorlunIty to learn a goodj business. Pleasant ir-sitlon Jtnd fair salary to start with. Must take small interest in the company; t') the least. Permanent to a young man who jossesset business qualities. Address H. &. B. CO., care Journal. roit rvM.n on Tit m:. FOB SALE Oil TBADE 7lV acres In Arkansas. :'.io acres In Arkansas. l.ll"J acres In Arkansas. The above lands will Fell for cash, or trade for merchandise or good business property in a live town. Fine soil anil timUr, nnd title perfect. Three-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm in Clay county, Texas, in tho Bed river valley. Good h.1. Produces line crops. Good Improvement. Will sell or trade for suck of good merchandise. An Improved farm of eiKhty acres in Clay county, Indiana, for sale. Terms easy. Address M. MABKLE, Clay City, Ind. FPU ItBNT. FOB BENT Two tine front rooms, furnished. Near business. Address C, Journal. TO LET Mrs. Hauchey's handsome residence pni.rty, north of city; large house, hardwood hnish, line plumbing, natural g:i55. electric lights, gr enl.oUSe, garden, fruit, and shade; kirgv, beautiful grounds; electric car line. C. F. SAiLES, 77!i E. Market. FINANCIAL. LOANS Money on mortgages. SAVLES, io East Market street F. LOANS Money to loan. CL1FFOBD ABHICK.lt oom 3-'. J ou r na 1 Bull 1 1 u . m "LOANS Money on watcnes. olamcnuJ. jewelry, without publicity. CITY LOA.V OFFICE. Vt Washington street. HEAL ESTATE. BEAL ESTATE-Attention, Beal-estMi Brokers. Have Bascher Insurance Map of your city, uncorrected since isv, available for olMccr purposes. ?lo per volume. MABKTS & BoSENST rOCK, ;3 N a xi an street, 4ew lork. OJSALB. FOB SALE Two bright bay horses, on set double harness, one double, clod top wagon. At a bargain. Come and see them. hi South Pennsylvania street. -u - PSo7LFrst"-cias's parties for plcasant rooms, en 'suite; all conveniences; de lightful location in summer, lid Christian avenue. a x i w i ae n :xts ANNOUNCEMENT Old hats and rubber repaired by WM. JJEPUV. 47 IBi-iS--cbusetu avenue.' te;irili tt unlrint' liiiInSS. Sat Israe tory reasons for selling. H. W r.al ondee. li. Jv'urJanuary 2 12xronU 1 "i lo Iclmaryl , 11 i: i 'rr!i 1 - ! - ilarchlo 8 - TOTAL ' T CeuL We bivo paM to our runtomen la 75 Profits j twice e ich month; moa'-y c:i b wttV Ira n any tini-; u $1 .otM caii t? in v. r;ta fur iuloi m.tth'ii ri.SHEli .f CO., banker and br'kf-r. 1M an 1 .'o r.roadwur New Yrk. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL "ft ill be cent by mall to any ailros Coc S3 PEH ANNUM. 89

BI l N ESS Cll A y I!. BUSINESS CHANCE Avi-'Tiev maker for sale. Store established 1C. IMin. ss easily learned: lVj;; largest In it -history. Stoeic about 5" .. Safe investm r.t for any mo

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