Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1892 — Page 12

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1892.

SIGNALLING THE STARS.

CAMII^IiS FI^AMMAKlOlf SPECXJI<ATB6 ok a F088IBI1«ITY.

An Odd BaqneHt mnd NYlukt o<mie of It—Vlewln* tbo PUn«t Mart With ABXloiai Ey«»-«n-Coounonicotion.

tWrttt«n for Tb* Kewfc» Toward tho and of Jolf * low of artrooOBT wrote m* that a ranr Afed l*dT. Mme. OntmtM, who died on the 30th of June lait in Pan, bad been deeply interested, e«peeiallrdnrioir her laet Ti*ar«,m the deecnptien of the planet Mare which 1 hare airen in mf work*, and the theoretical poeeihihty •et forth tWrein of comnionicatioo bet^en * onr planet tod the neiirbiKir world* Furthermore expreaem* in her will a de*ire peenliarly aatronomical, ehe made the follow4 81 Ia V * ^ A price of lOOJJOO franc* i* beqneatbed to tte Institnte of France •ci'^nce eecilon for the perMa. ao matter of Te,"* ehaU dlecorer within ten yeare from “>• ent time a mean* of communicatin* w.tn a etar planet or otberarlee) and of receinn* a ”^^e* teetatrix baa eepecially in new the planat Mars, npon which the “f Inreatlgatlon of faranta haii been direct^ already. If the instUate of France doe* not accept tha leitacy U will pa** to the inat to^e of Milan, and, in raw of a new rcfa»ai, to Inetitat* of New York The Academy of boeoce ha* a^ ccjitcn the legaer. Hoch a diacoeery. doubt'*«, doe» not lie in the near future, tb*Tcfore tK* te*tatrix w**wi*«'n autlioririne the in^titat* to apply the income of the fund to 8 ineetin* the expenditure* for iriTe,‘i(r*tmni that ihould remit in incre»*niK * ur ku* vri edit* of the phytical tonstruction of the planet* , , I eonfee* frankly that 1 am very nroud of havinx contributed indirectly P» thi* addition of IW.OOOf to the tafotal of the Acad emy of Heionce. a#*ixned to encouraxe trononiteal reaearch, and I hope that eorue day the lexaoy will reach it* deatmatK n But it la far from the cup to the lip*, from the idea to the reality. To enter into eomniunication with the inhabitants of Mara it would be ne* e**iirv to photopbone them, “Hello' are you there’" and then it would he ncteaearv that the\ •iKiuld be there, and that they- ahould pnderatand » Mar* already comrounirnfei with the earth by attraction and hv liuht flie spai e which atretehea hetwe*.ii the worhli. doee not •eparnt* them, on the coiitia >, it unite* them All tlie ilara touch each other by the attraction of Kraritation, uiid neither Venus, nor Mar*, nor Jupiter approache* the earth eran at a distance of niillion* of leairue* without our jilam t feeling it and beinx displaced bv •impathy. And light, it a’*o throws a bridge from the aarth to the heayeni Astron<»iiiers aiisivre these two kiuds of cotmiiunicAtion Wliut w* long for now and wlial probably will com* to pa*r *0016 d*\ is a more subtle mean*, a means more human The Idea in itself 1* not at all absurd, and f ltd* perhaps le*s bold than tnat of the tele phone, or the photiograph, or tlie photo phon#, or theclnetogra^ih. It-was first sugge*ted with re*pect tp the moon. A triangle traced in luminous lines on the lunar surface, each side from twelve to fifteen kUomttrea long, would be iiaiblefrom hero by the aid of our telescopes. \Ne observe detail* even yerv much sinaller—for in i ateuoe, the peculiar tojiographical forma tlon noted in the lunar cirole of I’laV). It follows, then, that a triangle, a s.iuare or a eircle of the diinenaion* slated, constructed by ua upon a vast plain by means of luminnuB polnU, reflected in the da) time hv solar light and lighted at nixht bv eleitnciti, would he Tlstble to the astronomers of tliu moon, if anoh astronomers there are, and if they have opUcal initrumenU as good as our own. The logical consequence is most simple. If we ehould observe upon the moou a cor rectly constructed triauglo we should be somewhat puaelad; we should distrust onr ayea, wo should ask w helher the thauces of lunar formation* could have given birth to a tegular ^gure. ithout doubt we should in the vildadmit tiu* exceptional possilnl itv; but If all at oiico wc should see the triangle changa into a souarc, then some month* later bo replaced b\ aorclt, wc •hould admit logtenllv that an intelligible efleot prove* an intelligent cause, and we •hould think with some nason that such figure* reveal without question the preaence of a geometrician unon the neighbor world rrom this point to seeking the reason for tracing inch figures on the lunar snriacc, from this to asking ourselvps with whatob ject our unknown brothers foimed these designs, ia but a step ten quiokU taken M'ould it beWith the hit a ot entering into relations with Ui* The in pothesis Is not unreasonable. People set it lorth or discuss it or reject it as arbitrari or defend it as ingenious And wtu, after all, tliouidn title inhabitants of the moon be jiut as «. unous us wu art, more intelligent perl)H)o<, more cle vated in their aspiiutunis, less lianqertd than we in the mire of inutf rinl needs \\ h\ •hnuldiCt thev luppofie that the earth niu\ be inhabiteii as well as tbcir o« n world and why shouldn’t the object of ttieee geonn t-i cai*ai>peall be to ask u« whether we e\ii.t' Besides, It I* not dilhmilt to replv Hut show us a triangle, we ptodnoe it here ^Tbey irate a circle, we inntuie it And lo’ coiumunication is est tblishen betwei n tlie heatens aud the earth tor tlie first tune •ince the beginning ot the world (.seometrv being the «niue for the inhabi tantsnf all the world two and two n ikc lour in e\er) region ot the intuute, ana tnc •urn of all the angles of a triangle being equal to two right angles «\errwhere. the signals tnus ext banged between the earth and the moon would nothu\e ettn so much ohscuiitv as the hieroglyphs deciphered h\ Champoltioo, and the loiumuuioation once established would speedily btcome regular and irmtfnl. ‘Besides, the moon i-. bur two ‘ ateps from here, and the distance of rHti kilometers is onlv ihirts tunes the diameter of the earth, and man) a rountrr letter carrier has made *o long a journey on foot during U(«. A telegrapluo dispatch would ret there in a second and a quarter, and light take* no greater tune m leaping over the distance. The moon is a celestial proi. iaee annexed by nature herself to our destiny. * The cold and deathly aspect of our pale MteUite did not encourage the reaii<4ition •( tha project and the imagiuatiou sped more easily to the placet Mars which to « be •«!«, never approaches nearer to ua than fenr iniUien leagues, but which is the liest known of all the iaiidXio the heavens, and which eJTera ao many point:* of resemblance te our world that we would scarcelv teei like exiles if we were to pack up our ’ koii|ebold food* and transport them thitner The appearance of Mara, m fact, comforts «• a bit for that of the moon. A>oe would believe, indeed, tha* he was in some terrestrial eeuntry; contsaeuts, seas, islands, beaches, peniaeidaa, capes, fuUs, lakes, clouds, raiga, floods, aoows, seasons winter aud Bummer, springtime and autumn, dars and _ Biirhta, morning* and ovenitifs, all the«e •ro there, occur there and succeed each other almost exactly as they do here. The year* tkare are longer, tir they last 687 bay% bet the intensity of the season* it ^leolotely the tame a* with os, the loclinatiea of the axia of Mara bemg tne samo a* eardi*s. Tho days tnere are also a little longer, aiaco the diurnal* rotation of that world is Aeeompluhed in Kb. S7m. 23*.; bui, a* you see, the diflereaee ia eot greet, and note, that te matter of exact knowledge; this flierael rotation, for instance, is eniculatcd Aearly te oae-teoth of e aeoend. Bnt if wa ever attempt to pnt into practee* any project whatever for commnnica- " between thte world and oar own the

•jgaala must be established upon a much greater seal*. It wiH nut be a matter of eoostroeting triangles, squares and circles measured by a few kilometres, hut the figures must be a bondred or more kilometre* in extent and alway npon the bypotheei*— (l)that Mar* is inhabited;'2) that the inhabitants ara versed 10 astronomy. (3) that they have optical instrument* of sufficient power, t4l ILat they observe onr planet with care aplanet which u to them a splendid star of tne first magnitude, the morning or tbs eveoing star, and. in fact, the most brilliant star 10 their sky. AA e are. indeed, for them "I'etoile du Berger,” or our Venus, and their mythology ought to erect altar* to o*. Do you find this qnsdruple hypothesis acceptable' If we should put ll' question to vote before all the people in the worla there is no I doubt as to what the reply wou.d be A\ ith I out tronbling ourselves to seek th<* opimon 1 of the nat'ves of central Africa or of the islands of the Pacific ocean, addres*iDg ourselves only to the numerical iria^oritr 01 the population of Lurop*- it would be rafe j to wager that they wouli not even under- ' stand the question, for the tnajorilv of i len ' do not know that I'le ea ih (n a planet and that the other p.anets are earth* j Mars IS iroiv tempting (•-. geo/rkphv cl mate, the n outbs of its great r wr- its immense car als, offer ihera-eivef lo u- like inv tailors to be uot too d'sdaiiitul o‘ thi<* neinhboririg counlrv t^ider than tfie enri imsiier lighter an we ght in re qbitkl j cooled, It IS farlher adiancecl tuan we hi its axtrai life, and eventlnig lea is i- t* Here that it*- intelligent races, whatever i thev are, arc far superior to us I hut it may be‘a d, Uhvdonot thei them selves hegiii to trv to ent r into ret iti^ r ■. w in u-' it IS 1 > no meaiiS t ro\i i n a. they iiai e I't dole so J <" k a i tue traps puf 1 lied i \ '1 ^ hia a relli.of Milan wnoni the t*-tatrishis bren equadv l''^<u will her llitretheg*- iiietri ai trial h-uia "■* whu'1 paw n*e very j a'nraliv i<> tlie id^a it at th*v htiOiJ 1 not be regarde I as m iioi \ ’ lor* pn to hoii e rati* nal **e'ign I urtln r me I f av* hfitri* f incs * t s r ‘■n Jun f ns pf rit« » 111* ti HI I * 1 r I H* --*1 v.-ri r u art ill r it ( • t I * -e 1 < IS r I I I moUi 'HI- . 1 w til I V* it ^ e w-i 1* our li giio t-i wai t 1 to id dre«s us iliev lould not <1 > better than t* trace line* rf tois kii 1 1 he huppositioii IS a (lOl't ope I r r ! fess doubl'f'S t eie tmieins oi the hK\ coi ceni theniselw-s ab >ut us no more iliaii ne on* ern our-elv*- ai* >ut them but in a WOT') It tiiev should do sj, lliey coUid 1,0 six III it 10 tins wa) It will slwass bt more diricnlt for us to send signals to them than lo meise signaU from them, becau-e of onr position in sj ace and be*iiu‘Cot our pliases it is tlie not turiial lerreslr ai liemi«i*here that •* turn* 1 towar 1 the i»lanet Mars in rlic p* nods a heii we api roach most nearlv to it, and it shows Uh III full Its ligiiteil heniispl ere 1 roin htr*‘ we run jitrteise upon ilarn tracts of land of the s re of ^i( li) In fa*.t, good inslrnmeiits ailmit of recogiiirii g either Inminous spota on dark backgroumih or ilark spots on luiuinous biukgroiintis tl at iiieaeiire out half htcond — that is to ra> one q tieth of the diiimtter of the jdiiiiet at liip neiiod of its olo«t't proxmiitv to the earth, <ir about 137 kilnnater* flie-e s inie jii'truuients enable US to distinguiHli iiimi nous lines upon an obs ure bicxgrotinii, or dark lines upon a bright bi kgiouml, iiiiaMirwig milv a quarter of a He<omi,oT iiboit Bixti eubt liiloineters ri breuilth vVe iiiakt out thes* c< ntiguritions whose ext* lit doe not Mirpai"* that of I* eland ot ‘'It ih, of ItaU, tlie -t driutic, or of tho llttf .‘'ea Mr Asaph Hall of the ohservatorv at Washington, who discoitred tne moons ot Mar* and iiieas ited them as well as puss ble, conmdenng Ihtir exlrtqie siiiiilintss, not exceeding thiee or four hundredths of a second—true, these are brilliant detai ht d points upon the dark huckground of tlie sk\—himself alluded to the proposal ot which we have been pptalting—tliat is, oI attempting coiniuunicution with the moon bv the Hid of geometrital figures, and he ooiiclnded with these woids ‘111* by no uieiyii a chum rical proiet t ’ If the inhabitants of Mara could observe us by the aid of methods giv ing results, nnalugoufl to ours, we should then liuve to trace bv electric light geometrical figures of a railier large extent Ml are fanii'iur with the new idea of the great Amen* an inventor lalisoii F \pen nientinirnot long ago with a telephone line of great length, supjilied witii a metallic cir* uil, the inventor often notict <1 strange sounds 111 tlie ajiparatUN that could nut have arisen from anvtliing but terrestrial mag netism A* at thia period solar eruptions were ire(|uent and of great violence, he did not hesitate to co relate the two orders of fact* I Ater, making magnetic observations near llie Ugden mine, tiis propertv 111 New Jersev, he xerihed at various times the sharp 811*1 relatn 1 Iv considerable dev ations wh oh coiitirimd iiiiu in his lormer opinion Moreover, that a corelation does exist be twtentne soIaV phenomena and magiietio diHturbaiiceH upon the earth is hevoml all doubt to dav trom the beginning 1 dison lia*l resolved to pursue his studies from this point of Vlew, ami he tiunks be will attain ill* end b) follow mg the method in winch tlie DgiJtn mine plavs the leading part I his inino is forineil of almost comi act iiiu's of niagnetio iron, 1 000 metres long bv liO broad which extends downward to an unknown depth A conauctor strung upon poles wiuds fifteen times about the mine ami the ends of the thread of t'li* gigsiuio coil are brought to a lelephon c ob'crtaiorv plated atone of tho extremities ot the lode Die great inventor is con V im ed that hi« ni>i>aiatu-i will enable iuin to venlv the l*>riuidible movements of which the sun is the theater, to judge of llieir inteiuitv, acd adds the interviewer to wliom he gave llietc d* tails, to hear the muse which acoompanie* the tiemendoua solar tempests. At first sight such nn assertion seems extraordina.'v It is, indeed, well establi'lie*! that sound can not be piopagatcd in the entire absence of a material iiiediuiu, -olid luiuid or vaoorous and it is uot less well <*slahli*hcd that between the eartn and the sun, hevond our atmospl ere, mu h a me dium does not exist lurtheiimre i! Hound could he propagated Iroin the sun to the eaith tolUwi’x known laws, it would take at bait lliirteca Xear» to traverse tlie diHtaiict We could not then make com liarisons between the sounds peneived and the sun sj ot« witliout reterring to ooserva Hons made here about thirteen vea's ago hut the sounds heard hv 1 disoti through his telephone are due ae.or ling to all app* at-ances ti> teirestrial uiH.,tutu' di'tur baiu'es If \re admit that these nmv be no more than the consequeiues of phenomena of the same order that take place m the sun tne 'ound would be traiiMiiuted elec trtath in a manner anal(>gous to that that passe' over our telephonic liDC' tlie impossil ilitv disappears 1 lie dailv oscillations of the uiacnetio needle, magnetic intensitv tlie decimal on and the incHnation, the number and splen *lor ot the auretrae borealae are related to the spots and tne eruptions on ttie sun I verv great snUr phenomenon has its e'ounterpart in the manitestations 01 ter restrial inacQeti'tn in spite uf the 14‘^ PpP, tkki kilometerH which separate the earth trom the sun There 1* a sug^-e-.tion in this that should not be overlooked in our redec tion« Then vre know poihing 01 the nature o. astral m<ignetism Bv this gate it mav ffe, we -eaier upon an avenue that is im men«e aod ~full of surprise*. I.et us not shut our eye*. The sphere ol our cone'eptions will increase with the ptogreu of •oieuce. Verv surelv th«t problem of inter-astral communicatiou will not be solved to-dav, aud eeutnrie* vet will doubtless pas* betore we can think ot it os practicable But perhaps It will come some dav through a new and unexpected discoverv \A e stand but at the vestibule ot knowledge ot the univer'e. Let us not believe that there is onlv an eternal Utopia in the verv senaible hope that some day we mar enter ali'tie further' Excelsior: C amille Flammakion.

millions of crackers.

THREE BIG TRUSTS IK AMERICA MAKE 10,000,000 BARRELS.

Ind'ana Concema !n ttao United State* Baklnir CompaDy—Con«ninptlon of Cracker*In America—Six People Eat a Barrel In a Year..

The cracker indastEv ha* grown to be a bg one 111 the Lnited btate* It is one abont which most people knoW, acd perliaps care litt e, to Jong as the r cracker* are cri'«p and not burnt. As a cracker man remarked to a New* reporter ‘ lae cracker is a 1 ttie thing but .t <5 too big :o be d s p»-n«««l with ’’ The cracEer indastrr of tt e Ln ted ''talcb is pract callv controlled by three great c mhiiie* One i* known as tne American Comfanv, another as the Sew \ ora Comjianv, and the th rd as the I nited ‘-tatei Baking C< nipanv Itiese three com bincd make about ten miil on barrels of craiker** annual v, or a barrel of crackers foreverv *■ x an 1 ira t.ou p< r-.ns Crackers average BOout filtv t> .iinus lo the barrel, a .(! about filtv (rankers to tie pound I ,.urirg n thi' ba'is it will fe«*een that t e-e tl ree c inbiiies make about t 'ir hun Orel c ackers t r t v f rv inhabitant of the I r It (1 "tate® each vtar or e ght pounds for each person Thc'C three coiiibii es n ake ,*fKUt iwo thirds ot the cracke s < <ji 'Hired HI the I lilted ''tat s There are a preat mam ''actories 1 ot in ih- comb 1 «' 1 tje one ot the e co-nbioe- in vr( cii ln<ii " la; Oil' 1' the nio'f intere'l*. ’ i- be I ii ted "tate-* Hak ng < ornpiinv P.irr tt * Tagga t Hre nieinber^ ot tlii' e >ml> i e Ih ' c m bifit 1' the srnalle't ot it e tor c 1 ut i- si 1 a verv large (1,1,0*11 1 iie c i-t.*' has been made a_a n-t ttic i*- il na erv that t s a tni t but t e (lam ,* in i le t' It 'be o I il aii. li 11 to _*> lUto the t U'l n rder t kc p 1 1 1 be ng sw il iwe.l up V tn* CO 11 1* ch li.( I a '•t. 'Iv 1 e* a I med 1 h* 1 ii' i * " 01 tl e ( 0111 ii le ha' ( eeii g( Oil s r -- ' V orTit *1 I u‘ 'mi ler II ei i' wl I I, ar* not in tlie c mbine timi al'O (loue Ml! Jiielaue 1 aker es out'id* tiiefombine in h 111 1 ’iwi*' uo u >t '*eiu to have tl rivc 1 sr i iiver a v Die I n,i*il "tites Itaking ronipanr wli eh contr 1» al) ut thirtv I ike- e* I as 'lint up n g " 1 n im bak* ries n Ohio ami Iiid M« tl* fl't ear A c ar k-r man tt 1' this fitorv \tter the \V esterii Ti ui-t had been foimed it went to a I afavette ftskiiig comjmm, and odered itS40,fiOo for its business 1 he ol’er was reiused, hut since tue coniI nnv has ollered to sell for less thin one til rd the amounf ofleied it vlliile the trust has closed some baker.es, several large factories have been c'tabli-liea in Indianj since the formation of tne trust. Large cities seem to he s good fiel'i tor haker.es It is with cracker* like newspaj-ers Thev sell tusv in large (ities Big I laiit* in tinali places are hard to sustain But the demi for the cracker IS universal M hen the countrv grocery is started the first thing the grocer does is to huv a barrel of crackers and a case of cluese He is sure to find s csle for bia crackers, if not for his cheebe SIIAKI ‘vlM AHE UEDIA IS US.

the eookiBjg food, s* birds live in sir sod fish in wster. The sdrenturcs of two brothers who yiuted this region by deseendiag s deep pool were rclsted, snd the sstOBisbmect of the VMitor* when they found tbst their arrow* only went throngh these people witboot harming them snd their doM fell npon them s* npon the sir. Bat where the visitor* used bashes of dry plume gran s* weapons the strange people fell down in great numbers. The mortal enemies of these people were flocks of jays, and when a jay lighted upoo one death followed at once. The reading of the paper was Bopplemented by an interpretation of its meaning. Mr. Cushing said that the coming of a man from a world ot shadowy substances and being hini^f a mere film or vapor, was directly connected with the Zuni idea of the creation of the world, which they thought was born for the mist According to the Zoni there are three worla<q the world above, which is an ocean, then comes the earth and then the under earth, which u aiso an ocean supported in clouds. AAHAT “GULEN RORN” MEANS.

SOME USELESS ORGANS.

WUJlT rs THE USE OF THE VSBIflFOBM APPEKDINI

Useless Ent Kot Harmless — Ttas Sp een Has >o Known Uses— of the PancreasMedical Science.

Sens'or Turple **Kn« xv s Everyh ng” Aiid Give** Tni« Phra-e's lli-torv.

Thlntt^ Ov rlieard nt th«' PIrv—AVI o AA Hs the I{( cloaked Mraiiurerf The light* in the theater were turned so low that the entrance of an elderly genth11111.1 with a pointed heard and mulfled iii a queer cloak was i.iinoticed He sat down quietlv, for the scene was in progress, and the house was hushed to hear the whispers of tho lov era He must liave been a very queer, elderly eent'eman indeed, for in spite of the fact that he kept his cloak wrapped around him, lie leaned far over in his chair to view the Hcebe, and whispered beliiiid his pointed beard ‘/ounds," *^\hm, who sat next him, heard him snv, though slie could not al wavs be sure whether the wluejier tame from the elderly gentleiuin or the stage so much the same was the language But a touch on the arm reassured her. ‘ Br thee, what speak vou men'’" I’lobublv from the rural districts, thought ''vlvia so she replied politely, '‘It is a plav b\ one AS illiam bpakespeare, though some claim that Bacon wrote it ” \\ hut vailet claims it so’” “Ignatius Dounellv The plav is 'Romeo and Julitt ” The eccentric gentleman frowned crnsslv, and fell hack 111 his chiir From time to time strange rumblings came forth from the folds of Ills cloak ‘ Rogues, beggaily rogues and vagaCionds." The pox of such antic, lisping fantast^coea, these new tuners of accents' ' He roused liimself agaiq^ “Hist, neighbor prav who IS the vouth who feigns ao fine a voice and unneeth through the part of I iilitt ■' ’ ''tago struck' tnonght Svlvia ‘‘It is Julia Marlowe, the star of the cotnpanv " •Julu he cried “What wench hath dared to take the part ot s stripling’ riiough faiily well done, the speech goes tripjiiiigh unon her tontue Are there no nobles or jirinces to giace the stage’" be qutried anxiou-.iv “Melhiiik^ thtv sit with the gioundliiigs. And if. I mistake not, tiirlaJv, I have seen no card to announce that the biine chsDget,h. 'iis uot so w nt in the pnv ’ Just then the curtain fell and the audience began to chatter Now it chanced that a comjiHiiv of voung people sat dirt*, th behind the strange gtntlemrn • How do vou like the plav a'ked one of tne other ‘ O It turns oc‘ so bad it just makes me shiver lhats what 1 liute about c^hakespeare ’ ‘'v Iv la felt rather than sa v a my s terious rustic of the cloak beside her How does It ct me out ’ asked a ladv in front ‘ l>o thev all luarrv and live happv ev er aft* r ■' I>o v on know, I hav e never had time to read ‘'iiakespeare—there are 'omaiiy new tnings to read ’ ‘ Romeo is such an unpleasant oharacter," said a girl in another seat “I never did like him The nurse doe* tainv well, tIu ugh And I'u t Mercutio just too lunnv ’ 1 wish thev d killed liomeo and ieit him till the last 1 like something funiiv ” ihe *.urlain rose acain It was the tomb of the C ipu.ets, and Romeo s'ew Par.s As he fell with a prodigious cra.'h, a jouth behind Svlvia spoke in subdued accents, “ Another'uckcrgone ’ Svlvia felt the strange gentleman touch her elbow again He wa' aeadiv pale aud shivered from head to foot ^he could hardlv understanu his whispered words. “Svav It was Bacon’ bee ifiis beggarly rogue hignt DoDuelh and say 1 said it was Bacon A fane revenge'" he rubbed his hands and a glow returned to lus pule cheen ‘A fine revenge for the grudge 1 ve owed thee these many centuries, Iriend Irancis' bav it was Bacon’" He vanished,*au*l bvlvia still wonders who her neighbor with the pointed beara aud queer c.o&k could have heeu. A ZUM FOLK Tale,

During beuator Tarpie’s recent visit to Imiianaooiis a party ot gentlemen were *J §cu-strg the b'.uatirs wide range of knowledge It had been remarked bv one of those present thav it bid aiwavs seemed to him tnat'senator Turpie knew something shout evervlhiuc 1 never heard him asked a question he could not answer ’ sa.d one man. “I reineiiiber that a lew months ago while I was in A\ a'liiiutoii, I was in the compinv o a iiuuiler of gentlemen and ladies of w h ch ''enator Turn e was one 1 ue con verxat on ha*i tuinedon a number of topics, ivi *'i h me one remarked that he iind been ( d avoriiig for Vears lo learn how the up peilat on greet, loru had its .origin It \ a- 1 term, he sai<l which was frequently It} p i* i I J the \A C't but he hail never till an\gi,e who knew how it tauie to he ap, i.ea ‘‘Ask enator lu jfie He will know,’ sBitl one «it tne ladies j>resent I imagine that is one thing he can not an-wer -a d iiiiother guest, hut it was dec d «i to ask the ‘'enator, and one ol the w m* II was chosen to go to him with the qti* St on *Uh, yes. I remember,’ said the *'enat >r, when the que'iion was asked of him ‘liat term originated in this wav The pioneers of tne West were much given to hunting deer It was a fact known to the early stttlers tliat when tlie horns of a lawn began to grow ] there was a ring of green hair around tha spot where the horn was coming out. It was considered a disgraceful thing for s j hunter to kill a fawn—a cruel act—snd the I killing time was regulated bv the growth of tne horn There was a sort of unwritten I law that no one should kilt a male fawn before Its horns could he seen. A person I wha was so unthoughtful as to kill a *leer under the proper age was called a I ‘green horn ’ He was *0 named because I tne voung horn of the deer and -the hair around it was still grfeo. The Use of the appellation gradualiv spread until it was applied to all raw or inexperienced vouth* 01 persons easily imposed upon.’ Ihe heiiator’s answer was repented to the companv and it was coincided that there was no member of Congress who could come 80 near answering everv question asked as benator Turpie, of Indiana ” AN ESbAY ON HIE 'lUUKEY. Speculations on Ills Ueatb—His Present Lonely Condition. With the closing of 1891 the life of many a hiigiit alft| hopeful young turkej “getting to be a big boy now,” was unceremoniously snutfeU out The very hopefulness of the growth was the cause of the sudden end There is a saving that those whom the gods love die voung. Among turkey philoso libers, if there are turkey philosophers, this saving would pass as profound The lile of che turkev is peculiarly subject to the seasons. Far worse than the grip IS the approach of the last two months ot the year. Jhegrim reaper, Death, with a verv 'harp blade, sends thousands, not lo ni< urnful resting jilaoes, hut to he sprawled out amid a circle of laughing faces Instead of sad black there is the gn>, flaunting red of cranberry sauce as a tribute to to hiB fate. Huge IS the Tnanksgiving slaughter, and then alter a short respite the turkcj dies that Christmas JO) 8 mav live Bvthc time that the second' siege of death is made on turkevdom, its standing arm) is sadly thinned aud dejected Close on top of Cnribtiuas comes the New Year’s demand for turkev gore, but this is too much, it (an not be satisfied Iverv vear begins with a scarcitv of turkev8, as this vear does But few are now to be seen strutting on the world'* stage at present. The lonelv turkeys that have been left over for the last few days have brought their ow ners' prices It was liard, as nianv Indianapolis housekeepers know, to get a respectable New Y’ear’s turkey, and then it brought an aristocratic price The turkev IS the peculiar American holiday bird A\ ere there more American holidavs the fate of the turkey tribe would be a matter for shuddering speculation But as it is, the turkev makes a strong fight against cir cunistanccs. Though be is small in numbers now, there will be plentt of him next fall. • NOr“BENHUR” BUT“HER BEK.” A Book Store Patron Knows and Gets AA’^hat She AVants,

Another Survivor of the Bnlaklava Cbariro Turns Up.

It Illnstratos the View of a Queer People on the After Life.

A. >ew AinU of Oil Can. Papier-mache oil can*, which are now Iveing made, are verv desirable and impervious toanv spirit or oil likeiy to be used m a mactune room

Bevelopneat of Electric ttotor*. Electne motor* have been ao greatly unproved of late that thev will now poll nearlj Unity Utoaiaad poanda.

At a fleeting of the American Folk Lore Soc etv at AAa'bingtun this week,Mr Frank H Cushing, whose explorations lu New Mexico resulted so interestingly, read a paper called ‘Inborn Men, or Village* of the I nder A\ orld, a Zuni Folk TaJe.’’ Mr. Cushing said that the Zonis, a* all other primitive people, have asked the qnestion where iua,D comes irom. a* well as where man goe- to. In thi» tale the answer to this first question wo* attempted It was a verv effectivcly-told story ot the residents ot the< world that is the vestibule of thi* world when It was claimed the people had bodies like those in the earth, aod vet thev bad not similar bodies, for such os thev bad were soft like unnpe groin So they did not eat solid food, bat only gaiped dowo the etcam thataroee from

Puperintenoent Griffith, of the Institution for the Blind, says Indianapolis does not possess the only survivor of the worldfamed six hundred of Balaklava. There is living in bwitzerland couutv, this State, Mr. I Griffith savs, a citizen in the person of Thomas Dav, who has in his possession a brass medal as large as a man’s hand, which was presented to the survivors of that memorable charge. Mr. *Day once worked fur Mr. Griffith’s father. He resides in Pendleton Run, four miles from Vevav Dav is au honest farmer, and earns his living bv the sweat of his brow If Air Dav has his credentials al) right tnis gives Indiana two of the survivors of that taistor.ca. charge The other is John Lev.ck, of this city, who has been very uck for several weeks.

Changed Voices. Last night the sea wind was to me A metaphor of liberty. And every wave along the beach A starlit mnoic seemed to be. To-day the sea srind is to me A fettered soul that would be fteo. And dnmbly striving after speech Tbe udes yearn landward psunfnily. To-morrow how shall sound for ms Tbe changing voice of wind and sea* What tidings aboil be bom of each? What rumor of wbat mystorv ? -iw.

The recent seriou* operation performed upon Lvman J. Gage, of Cbirogo, in the removal of what is known in medicine as the vermiform appendix, has excited discassion as to what this part of tbe bodv is for. It IS a small part of the intestine caecum, near Its commencement, and is about as thick os a goose qudl, and three or four inches long. Medical science has never found any satiefactorv reason for its existence. It may have beer once an iiunortant part of man’s anatomy, but it has long since lost its usefuloe-*. But It 1* not harmless, and often causes dcith. Such indigestible matter as cherry stonex, or other fruit seeds, get lodged in it, and, although thev may remain harmless for years, gangrene ana inflammation is bound to result. The number ot deaths of nivstenous ranse are ascribed to this intestinal eupernuinerarv, and it was in going upon this theorv that the operation on Mr. Gage was attempted. The tlicorv was right. The removal of this fnnctionless member will save the patient s life. But there is another cart of the human bodv that IS absolutelv useless, so far as the knowledge ot medical science can sav. It IS the spleen, described as a soft, sp.ingv pareiichvmatiUb substance at the “small of ihe back ’ 1 ike the vermiform appendix. Its functions are mikiiowii, hut it is believed to have ?omethi"g to do with the transforiuation of the hfiiod. AA’hen it is spoken of a' being ' parenchvmatous,” it is to be understood that It IS easily torn. There is another portion of human anutoiiiv, the tiancreas, of vriiich little is heard, but which, Dr. George bloan sue- i gests, of late rears has become the ban* of a great deal of treatment of person* suttering irom indigestion The pancreas—the t aiiacea often for the dyspeptic when properly treated—is a gland deeply seated irf the abdomen, and lying transverseh on the vertebral column Iis functions are to emulsify fattv juices, and from its salivary capabilities is is sometimes called tbe domical salivary gland." RHINESTONES.

Success IB inherited a* frequently as it it achieved. The world never forgive* a man who disappoints It. Poverty i* no crime, it is only the result of tbe sin of failure. There is a painful lack of polish about the work of many self-made men. By getting angfr too often vou become merely an annoyance instead of a terror. The foandatioo of many a fortune is laid in the difference betweeu legal and moral honesty. “Talking about” people i* generally admitted to be saying disagreeable things about them. There le nothing a man can regard with more complacency than a by-gone streak of hard luck. Hospitality cooiista of something more than making people believe you are glad to see them when you are not. A “long time ago” le a period varying with the age of the remiuisoent, bnt it is generally agreed that nothing is os good now as it was then.

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Clerks in book stores often have strange requests Tbe other dav a lady walked into the Bowen-Merrili Companj’s store aud inquired of one of the young lady clerks lor a copy of “Her Ben ” “You mean ‘Ren Ilur ’ General YVallace's book,’ the clerk replied. “No, indeed. I never heard of that book. The one I v*ant ie ‘Her Btu.’ ’’ Tlie clerk asked the author, but the lady could not tell who it wa*, and, as a last r«I sort, the question was appealed to Columbus T Dollarhide, one of the oldest clerks in the retail book department, and who is recognized as a human bibliograph. • \\ hv, ve«, we have it,” said he. “The ladv IS right. The book she wants is ‘Her Ben,’ an old Sundav-school work, published by the Methodist Book Concern.” TATO OF THE 8-IX HLKDRED.

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tiUAlKD HOTIClLi LOBBY. PIm Cigars. Box trade a specialty. Lotm shipmewt of Havana goods received for Houday trade. Piiooa guaraatead to ba aa low aa asjplaaaiBthadty. a WK. XElEXe

Brandreth’s PillS' When anything stands a test of sixty years amoi^ r discriminating people like the Americans, it is pretty j^Od evidence that there is merit somewhere. The value of a medicine is best proved by its continued use from year to year' by the same persons and families, as well as by a steady, increasing sale.* Few, if any, medicines have met with such continued success and popularity as has marked the introduction and progress of Brandreth’s Pills, which, after a trial of' sixty years, are conceded to be the safest and most effective purgative and blood purifier introduced to the public. That this, is the result of merit, and that Brandreth’s Pills actually perform all that is claimed for them, is conclusively proved by the fact that those who regard them with the greatest favor are those Who have used them the longest. Brandreth’s Pills are purely vegetable, absolutely harmless, and safe to take at any time. Sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or sugar coated. , CARPETS. In anticipation of an advance in price, W. H. ROLL . Has put in a magnificent stock of all kinds ol CA.KPETS, All the latest things lor spring. T'he new goods are arriving daily, and to those in need of Carpets we advise them to make selections now, as undoubtedly prices will be advanced beiore very long. Come to headquarters. ROLL 30 to 38 South Illinois St

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