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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
A GAS EXPLOSION

FOUR MEN GET SENT UP To THE HIGHT OF
FIFTY FEET-k NARROW ESCAPE FROM IN
SLANT DEATH.
This morning about II o'clock, says the
DesMoines Journal, 18th, tho city was
startled by heavy shock, which shook the
heaviest brick blocks, as if some heavy
weight had fallen upon them. The fire alarm
bell soon after ruRg, which announced
some catastrophe had happened, and
Immediately the southern part OF the city
was lighted with a pale, white glare
OF flame, which told plainly the gas works
were on ire. Hurrying to the spot we found
the northeast portion OF the works in ruins
and the ground for rods in every direction
strewn with bricks and debris. Scarce one
brick was attached to another, so complete
was the wreck and destruction OF the ex-
plOsiOn. The roofing was torn into shreds,
and strewed the ground in every direction
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
There were four men in the building
Barry Brady, Pat. Kearney, Paul CRITICS
and Bobby King. Two were lying on
bunk in the northeast corner, in small
room in tie rear of the meters, asleep, and
: two were changing purifier, when suddenly
they were hurled into the street, amid the
! flying brick and splinIers and timbers, and
other debris.
Policemen Daugherty and McNearney had
| Just passed the building coming up Third
street, and were about so feet from the
northeast corner, when they heard the ex-
| plosiOn in their rear, and the whizzlDg of
/ flying splinters, and the thudding of brick
oats all about them. Tney instantly
hasteDed to the spot and the first object
they met was one OF the men who had been
blown from his bsd, lying among the brick.
He was removed TO a house ana found not
TO be hurt, beyond slight Druise. About
| twenty teet from him was found another
man and be too unhurt seriously. The four
men were soon found and all escaped with
out material injury except Brady, who re-
ceived an ugly bruise on the right side CT
the face, and also on the right arm. DR.. Nc
| Gorrisk was called aud tneInjured men were
| soon made as comfortable posi-
BILE. Bobby King had his hair
Will suffer no serious damage. DAugnerEy
and McNearney a. once notified the fire
boys. who were quickly on the spot, and
succeeded in saving large quantity of oil
which was stored In the basement of the
building, and squelching the fire to prevent
its reaching other portions OF the works. A
Large hole was made in the gas holder, which
caused the gas to escape, filling the air with
its stencil, and cutting the supply off in the
street mains, threw the city into total dark
ness, where it will remain tor some Time. SC
tar as gas is concerned. The loss to the COM
pany IL was impossible to estimate this
time. The loss 10 the city will be severe
one.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
A CHARMING WOMAN.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

From Harper's Magazine for March,
charming woman I've heard IL said
BY other women as light as she;
But all In vain puzzle my head
To find wherein the charms may be.
Her face, indeed, Is pretty enough,
And her form is quite as good as the best,
Where nature has given the bony stuff,
And clever milliner all the rest.
Intelligent? Yes-in a certain way;
With the feminine gift of ready speech;
And kno VS. very well what not TO say
But turn the topic ON things u wear.
From an opera cloak TO q robe de mutt
Hats, basques, or bonne:s,-'twin make you
stare
To see how fluent the lady can be.
For an honest laugh must always start
From a gleesome mood, like a sudden breeze,
And hers purely matter OF art
A muscular motion made too slow
What Nature designed to lie beneath
The finer mouth but what can she do,
II that Is ruined, TO show the teethf
To her seat in church-a good half-mile-
When the day is fine she is to go,
Arrayed, OF course, In the latest style
La mode de Paris has got TO show;
And she puts her hands on the velvet pew
(Can hands SO white have a faint of sin7
And thinks-how her prayer books tint of blue
Must harmonic with her milky skin.
All! what shall we say of one who walks
In fields OF flowers to choose the weeds3
Reads authors OF whom she never talks
And talks OF authors she never reads?
She's a charming woman, I've heard 1t said
By other women as light as she;
But all In vain puzzle my head
To find wherein the charm may be.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02

stories, though evidently pleasing to news
paper readers, are all unmitigated bosh.
They describe Tilton acting like maniac,
and Mrs. Beecher looking like laughing
hyena, and Mrs. Tilton's streaming eyes and
gnashing teeth. All these things are in "tba
minds eye Hora.io." the crazy reporters.
but nowhere else.
"Your narrative grieves me-" said Mr..
Birch. "It lacerates ms deeply to know
that Ebenezer should have so lost his
memory, and / should think it would have
made trouble"
at did" said Ad. ''The people called in
the police. Ebenezer protested st the trial
that his prosecutors were trying to black
mail him, but that the Judge said Eoene-
zer had been stealing, and he sent him to
the state prison for five years. By the way,
Mr.. Birch. haven't seen your brother Eli
phalet for year or two. L do sincerely
trust that nothing has happened to Ellphs-
let"
"Liph," said Mr.. Birch. "Liph's all right.
He went to congress a-couple o. years ago,
and he's a stealth yet."-N. Y. Sun.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
THE "HOUsEKEEPER" OF OUR HEALTH.

The liver is the great depurating or blood,
cleansing organ OF the system. Set the great
housekeeper OF our health at work, and the foul
corruptions which gender in the blood and rot
out as IL were, the machinery of life, are grad
ually expelled from the system. For this pur-
pose DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, with
small daily doses Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets, are prominently the articles
needed. They cure every kind of humor, from
the worst scrofula to the common pimple
blotch, or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly
heal under their mighty curative influence
Virulent blood potsons that Turk In the system
are by them robbed OF their terrors and by their
perservering and somewhat protracted use the
most tainted system may be completely reno
waited and built up anew. Enlarged glands,
tumors, and swellings dwindle away and dis
appear under the influence OF their great resoI-
vents. Sold by all dealers In medicines
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
YARDMASTERs


THEY FORM AN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AND BYLAWS.
some time since call was issued nv tha
fardmasters' Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton ofthis city, for national convention
to be held in this city Wed nesdav. for the mr.
pose or organizing national association.
In accordance with that call the following
named persons met in the council chamber
yesterday morning:
CIV. Evans, St. L. & /. NJ. s.. Ion;s.
Robert Nc, alliss, st. l.. & s. E., St. Iouis
y. Ia: Robinson, G. Il A, st. Louis: sam
I Irowo rldge, l. st. L., st. Louis; John III.
Sheriff, 1. & st. L., st. Louis Joseph Franks
81. Il. q ", st. Louis; Walter Brown, o. a
Nd, ). Louis; b. Steckmsn, T., W. &W.. st
LOUIS; James Williams A & p. st. IouIs
Sdw Adams, M, K & T., St. Louis; VIM
hlngdon, f., st. L. & c., st. Louis; ]. ii.
SowIes, Il. .; q NJ. s.. Buffalo; B. Kring. N.
Y. e, Buffalo; e. r. Heaton, l., B. & w.
Orbana Alex. Bryant, ex-ysrdmaster, c.
Cr g. q l., city; Ed. Jones. f. st. Lie ST.
Louis; = Clark, M. & c., Memphis: AL
bert Scott, J., NJ. 81 l.. Louisville;
yonn carney, Dayton Short Line, Dayton:
Teere Haute; ]. Hardesty. J., NJ & l., s.ty;
e. A. Cooper, L, B. & W., city; Thomas
Sonmerville. l., c. & l., city; A. D. Shaw.
Ss.'C', =. q l., city; Henry McPeek, c., III.
q L., city; john Fields, J., NJ & L CITY.
Joseph Sanger, l., P. & c., city L. s.
hougb, ex-yardmaster, z. r., city; Frank
Reynolds, ex-yardmaster, O., C., g. & l.,
city; Al. r. Gerry, st. L., A. & T., III. Terre
daute; Jerome Larger, p, G. Il st. L.. citv.
Joseph Averill, st. L. & V. 9TH. CITY:
geo. +. David, ex-sssistant yardmaster. O.,
u, Z. u l., city; Geo. McCutcneon. ex-assisr-
ant yardmaster, O., c., c. d l., city: Samuel
Bell, ex-yar 1master, P, G. Il St. L.. civ.
city. - -
Byron Krinp. of the New York Central
at Buffalo, called the meeting to order and
joseph sanger, OF the l., p. q c., Indianapo-
liz, acted as secretary. The chairman then
announced the following committees On
bylaws and constitution, Sheriff, l. & St.
Il; Williams, A. & P; Scott, j.. M. & 7
ana McPeek, u, II. 81 ]. Permanent organ
ton, Fields, J., M. & l.; Reynolds,
T., Z: u, q l.; Williams, A. d p; Hsrdesty.
j. M. q l., and Cooper, /. B. q w.
The morning session was wholly taken nm
In discussing the formation of a National
Benefit Association.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee on organization reported
James Williams, OF the A. q P, st. Louis,
tor permanent president, and Geo. F. David.
OF the C., c., G. IL l., OF this city, for perma-
nent secretary. The committee on constitu-
ton and by laws made their report, in the
discussion OF which the entire afternoon
WAS consumed.
The constitution and bylaws are quite
lengthy, and are of the usual order
The gentlemen will be shown about the
city this afternoon and attend a BANQUET az
the Sherman House in the evening.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
A SUIT OF ARMoR.
by HENRY ABBEY.

IRON the Galaxy for March,
When majority becomes so vast that IN.
tellect disappears in the crowd, the DATE OF
its destruction commences.-The Parislans,
Book H., Chap. III.
suit of ancient armor IN hall
stands like an unopposl1g senuneii
The chfvalry that yexed the tnndel,
That waged fierce wars and wrought OF woe in-
In his mild name who is the Prince of Peace.
This unwOrn armor has silent speech;
To more than steel the steel Is riveted,
The patient hope that OFT is felt and said,
That soon all armOr 10 disuse shall pass
With visored helmet, hauberk, and cuirass.
There were true knights when mail like this was
worn
In the long struggle for Jerusalem.
II DER The crescent the red cross was borne, 60
They died content. But fame yet lived ror
And troubadours their brave deeds Irhymed
From stubborn Antioch to Ascalon.
Modest the nights while they were few and
Tney vowed to tell the truth, to help the
To fee no zoe and hold each trust secure;
They let their simple dress their lives be-
Firm In misfortunes, they had strength to be
Humble and generous in victory.
But then they rose to luxury and power,
When wealth and honor, oright-eyed falcons
stood
On their triumphant armor-in that hour
Went forth from chivalry, the soul, the good,
And knighthood meant price, and turned
away
From rugged duty into weak display.
For while slow progress up its path has toiled,
Who has been faithful, who mas seized lIs
gains?
As the clean truth, IL handled, soon Is solled,
SO, good is seld nm pure that long obtains,
And every cause that seeks 10 help ana bless
Dies at the golden summit OF success.
The spirit fed the body is but dust;
1t fingers in corruption and decay
1t can look on favor nor mistrusf
Though many praise 1t loud who said ~ nay
They are too blind 10 see, too dull 10 feel;
sris empty = this man-shaped shell OF Steel
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
AFTER THE RAIN.
BIT T. b. ALDRIcH.

The rain has ceased, and In my room
The sunshine pours an airy Hood;
And on the church's dizzy vane
The ancient cross Is bathed In blood
From out the dripping ivy leaves,
AntiQuely caryen, gray and hign,
A dormer, facing westward, looks
Upon the village Ike an eye.
And now IL glimmers In the sun,
A square of gold. a disk, a speck,
And in the belfry sits dove,
With purple ripples on her neck
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
COAL OIL.

NERVOUS DEBILITY, premature decay, ex-
haustion, lmpotency and all the effects Of early
abuses which destroy mind and body and unit
for marriage. speedily and permanently cured
by the Ne Method of treatment detailed n the
Medical report OF the old and reliable Medical
Institution, chartered by the State. Sent on re-
ceipt 1.-TWO stamps address the
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
Corner East Water and Mason streets, Milwau-
kee, VIA
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02

rooms and sdjour ned to meet at the Palmer
nasouss' chi csgo, on the third Tuesday in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02

From the Galaxy for March,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
PRO RATA REPRESENTATION

and vote thereon.
ART. 4. To modify the amounto of money
required, giving the National AS oeistion
such an amount as will insure the CO.
operation of the weaker associa-
ton by encouraging hen to become
associates, thereby depriving those who
have been suspended, by the national rules,
from continually setting the laws at def
ance by having outside places of resort.
ART. 8. To so legislate, as regarding the
accumulation of funds in the treasury of the
national association, or the treasures Of the
Eastern and Western boards of appeals, as
not to have more than sufficient
to meet the actual demands thereof.
ANY balance remaining on hand at the end
of each year to be redistIibuted to the asso-
Citations, pro rata, according to their con-
tributions to the same.
Resolved, That each state represented In
this convention present the name OF some
suitable person for confirmation as repre-
sentative to the board OF appeals, and to de-
vise in convention with the national board
such action-not inconsistent with the rules
and regulations of the national association
AS will best subserve the interests OF the
West and South, and try to obviate the diff
culties complained of, carrying out the dec
laration set forth in the preamble.
1t was then resolved to at once appoint q
committee to present the wants of the
West and South to the national association,
and the following were selected: Michigan
ID. j. Robinson. Tennessee. N. Will
Jams. Illinois-W. r. Loomis. Iowa-O. 3.
Mcneil. Ohio-C. II. Moore. Indiana-Silas
Tam. Kentucxy-J. A. Scarlet. ID. j. Rob-
inson was elected secretary Of the commit
thanks to Alex. Heron for the use OF the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
YOU ARE NOT SAFE
IN USING COAL OIL.
DEVICES
BRILLIANT OIL.
TESTIMONIALS.

!, OOAL
Times, TESTIMONIALS,
II. OGDEN DOREMUs,
CT1M. Professor of Chemistry
w. T., and Physics, College OF
= Mary City of New York, Pro-
Horribly fessor of Chemistry and
fXPLO- Toxicology, Bellevue
KERO- Hospital icaICoIlege
yester- says: at is evident, by
died to-lthe process Of fractional
ldistillation, that yeur
Oil contains out mere
COALltrace of the more VIOLA
products, for al
.ence Oflthough heat was applied
ner of for half an hour before
)ustom- reaching l76o r., no liQ-
i night. Iuid was evaporated and
Daily condensed; and after
, 1874. one hour and a halt,
fire oc- with the oil at 3I2o f.,
ouse oflbut TWO drops were OBJ
,924 La-ttained."
mating WHAT TIE FIRE IN-
SURAECE COMPANIES
LAMP. THINK OF DEVICES OIL.
1.-THE undersigned OH
1874. GERS of Fire Insurance
STREET. Companies do hereby
LA Mp recommend this oil
sterday (DEVOE'S BRILLIANT
pied by OIL TO all having need
on the lof such an illumination.
e tene- 1t Is important that con-
q East sumers should pur-
chase IL as put up by the
e, Nov. manufacturers, and the
undersigned belive that
AL OIL. the result will by a saw
of life, and such q
Mitch ldiminution In the num-
lty-first Der of fires from kero-
sene lamp explosions as
D about to make all COMPA-
sfore 7iNIES MORE READILY
noring INSURE PREMISES
caused WHERE THIS OIL Is
ION OF U 5 ED FOR LIGHT
I.AMPlING."
ring OF pFAbove certificate
someis signed by over 100 of
iladel- the leading insurance
ulletin, companies In the coun-
TRY.
illiant Oil. which is SAFE be-
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lent or explosion is possible in
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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-30

A tramp who was attempting to steal
II ride from Ogdensburgh to Rousc'S
Point, y. Y, experienced II trip which
was well calculated to make an impress
sion on his memory that will not soon he
cradicatcd. The splendid pair OF tigers
and zebra which formed n part of the
Hipp0dromc menagcric, (which has spent
most Of the summer Mt Ogdensburgh,
were shipped that night for New York,
by the way OF Rousc's Point. The tigers
were removed from their cage, placed in
temporary boxes ind put into Il box ear.
The door ot'thc car wls left partly open,
tn allow free circulation Of air. The
trnmp in looking for n good place to
stow himself away, came across this
open car and cnwled in. After the
train started the tigers became uneasy
from the rumbling Of the cars, having
remained i'll quiet stato there for two
months, and tried to get out Of the
boxes. The tigrcsS succeeded, md ns
she emerged from her coop tho trump
sllrunk back into IL corner md remained
tho rest of the trip as rigid as II statue.
The tigrcss, after making m examination
OF the ear, III which she Gvon Tapped tho
face OF the tramp, laid down Mt the open
door of the car with her paws hanging
ont tho rest Of the journey. In tho
morning when Herr Lingal came to look
after his pets he discovered tho tigress
occupying tho same position, and order
cd hor back into tho box, md she obey
ed. He then discovered the tramp, who
still occupied his crouching position,
with his clothes wet through with per.
spimtiou md spccchlcSs from his night
ride with tho tigers. It was fortunate
thing for him that it was the female tllHt
got out Of tho box, for shc is as kindand
trlctabln as kitten, while tho mnlc
would have killed him before reaching
tho cnd Of the journey.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-30

4 correspondent of the Cincinnati
COn,nlcrriai says: Andrew Johnson was
very close and saving III money transnc.
tions, carrying the economy lie learned
in the severe school Of poverty almost to
an extreme. His style of life Mt Green
vile WIS exceedingly simple and non.
expensive, reminding one OF the first
days of the republic, and, we may Ndd,
tho better days. He would often say:
"My wants are few and easily supplied
When he had retired from the Presi.
lcncy he had saved from his salary and
interest accumulations S65, 900. This ho
deposited in the First National Bank Mt
Washington, II. D. Cooke, president,
upon IN agreement to pay him six per
cent. interest. He did not even draw
ont the interest, and when the Cooks OK
plodcd he had in their bank 81, 900, the
increase being the result Of interest nc
cumulNtions. OF this sum he received
about tifty.tivepcr cent, and the last time
saw him he told mo that he meant 10
have the rest, il there was nny law in ho
United States that would reach the case.
At L had my way" he added, 81 woull
hang about n dozen defaulting bank
officials who steal the peoples money
and call it Il failure, and then there
would be less of that kind Of robbery
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-30
Plaid and Striped Silks.

Plaid silks nrc not very largely im-
ported, and it is limited TINT stripes will
bo pcrfcrrcd. Plaid gros grIins Of Light
quality, to be used us trimmings cut
bins, and also to be associated with plain
colors, are shown with grounds of tho
dark fashionable shades Just mentioned,
barred with brighter colors. The hand'
soonest plails are what the French call
cameo quadrillc silks, witllNlmost invisi-
bic plaids Of light shade on dark grounds
of a single color, with bars in bright
relief. Green seems to he n favorito
ground for such plaids; thus there arc
myrtle green grounds with vague,
irregular plaids of light green nnd
threads Of crimson or of blue. Blue
plails have two shades of blue, with
gray bars; brown plaids have lines
OF gold. When these plaitls are used
for bnsqucs and tabliers they will be cut
bias. The richest plaids arc those OF
dark faiIlc, barred with velvet. Brown,
blue, and black prevail i'll these rich
fabrics. There are also satin bars OH
faillc foundations.
Striped silks are two shades OF color
in broad, bold lines. Faillc, striped
with satin, is shown in quaint, stylish
colors, sucl as prunc with crcam-cOlOr,
brown with blue, and black with cream
or with pearl color.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-30
Wonders in Yonr BODY.

Suppose your age to be fifteen, or
thercabouts. SflS
You have two hundred bones and six
hundred muscles; your blood weighs
twenty-five pQunds; your heart is tivc
inches in length and three inches i'll
diameter; it beats seventy times per
minute, 1900 times per hour, l00,S0O
per day, 3G, 702, 900 per year. At each
beat little over two ounces of blood is
thrown out of it, and each day il re-
ccivcs and discharges about seven tons
OF that wonderful fluid.
Your lungs will contain gallon OF air,
and you inhalc "a, 900 gallons per lny.
The aggregate surface Of the mir cells Of
your lungs, supposing thcmto be spread
ont. exceed $1,000 square inches.
The weight of your brain is three
pounds; when you are IL man it will
weigh about eight ounces more.
Your nerves exceed l0,000,00O in
humber.
Your skin is composed Of three layers,
and varies from onc-fourtll to onc.eightll
OF IN inch in thickness. The area Of
your skin is about LOO inches. Each
square inch contains about $500 sweat
ing tubes or pcrspintory pores, cnch Of
which may be likcncdto II little draining
tile onc-fourth Of M inch long, making
IN aggregate length Of tho surface of
your body Of SS,5ll feet, or II tile ditch
for draining the body almost seventeen
miles long.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-30

We announced the disbandmcnt of
his grand army Of ninety troopers by
tho Prince Of Lichtcnstcin. Some sur.
prise is expressed ut the existence OF
this sovereign prince, rs it was thought
that Prussia had mcdiatizcd " all these
relics Of old Germany. But Lichton.
stein wns left for arcason. Prussiagavo
to every sovereign prince whose military
power WIS absorbed II rank in tho Ger.
man army in proportion to tho number
OF his troops. Lichtcnstcin would have
received the grade Of sergeant. Even in
berlin they thought that too bad, and
left him alone in his glory.