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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

three roads using the Grand Central station, the
Harlem, New York Central and New York, New
Haven & Hartford. series of springs are set
so as to be operated upon by the two cylinders as
they, each In turu, make their revolution in the
twenty-four hours of the day. These springs
connect with electrical appliances. The fixed
pegs ON the hour column and the movable pegs
set into the minute cylinder striking the arms of
the spring, set the necessary bells ringing in vari
GUS parts OF the station AT twenty minutes before
the leaving time of through trains bells are rung
Tor thu gates to be open. Fifteen minutes later
they ring warning call aboard" in the pas
sengerrooms, and in the bagGage-rooms notify
the baggage-master to have all his baggage on
board the train. AT one minute before leaving
time they ring to close the doors leading to the
station, and they ring minute later TO start
the train. All this is done automatically by this
ingenious contrivance of clock-work and
mechanism, and without the possibility of q
mistake, unless the clOck-work or electrical
machinery clogs or breaks. The machinery
ADJUSTS itself once in seven days to the fewer
trains that run on Sundays, and then readjusts
itself for Mondays increased travel. Its eapa-
Diiites will be fully and severely tested in the
trial which it will at receive at the station.
There are now 1913 trains arriving at and leaY-
ing the station each day in the week, except Sun
day, when the number is but forty eli ht.
During the summer the arrivals and departures
on week days are increased by about forty
trains. Something of the kind, much more
elaborate, would prove invaluable in the London
Bridge Station, London, from which 1900
trains arrive and depart daily; many of them
being of the underground metropolitan system.
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mApAeAscAR AND ITS PEOPLE.

With the arrival of the Malagassy embas-
sailors new interest has been felt in the island
and kingdom they represent The island of
Madagascar, the largest and most important
of the African islands, is situated in the In
dian ocean, separated from the east coast of
Africa by the Mozambique channel which
is in its narrowest part about $50 miles
broad The length of the island is about
1,030 miles, average breadth 225 miles, and
the area is estimated at 100000 square miles,
or about seven times that of the State of In
diana. The population is about 100000.
The general surface of the country is noun
famous, some of the highest peaks rising
from 5000 to 10, 900 feet above the sea level.
There is, however, considerable arabic
land on either side of the mountain ranges.
There are several rivers, navigable for small
boats, and several natural seaports
The climate is exceedingly diversified, both
lands and along the coast the heat is intense.
but in the interior the mercury seldom rises
above eighty-five degrees, and on the noun
tain SUBMITS ice is sometimes found The
rainy season continues from December until
April The coast region, with few exceptions
is extremely unhealthy to natives of the in
terror as we'll as to foreigners, the rank vege-
tation and stagnant water causing deadly
fever This is also the case in many interior
valleys. One elevated spot near Tananarvo
| is so unhealthy that Punishment to it is con-
sidered equivalent to condemnation to death.
Among the plants peculiar to the island is
the ravenala, or "traveer's tree" so called
because at all seasons ITS trunk, when an in
cision is made, yields cool, sweet and whole
some beverage Its wood is used in the con-
struction of dwellings, and fof many domestic
purposes. Mahogany and ebony also abound.
Madagascar produces rce-whieh is the prin-
cipal food of the people-tobacco sugar, cot
ton, indigo, and various Spices also cocoanuts,
bread-fruit plantains, bananas yams, and a
great variety of tropic and temperate fruits.
The coffee-plant has been introduced, and
thrives we'll. Domestic poultry of all kinds
are reared in profusion. Cattle, both wild
and tame, are numerous, and are generally
bumped, as in India. Sheep and pigs are
found in some districts The sheep, like
those of the Cape of Good Hope, have long legs
and fat tails, and are covered with hair in
stead of wool Horses have been recently in
troduced. Rock salt is an important article
of inland trade, and it is said that there is
coal in one OF the rivers. The rivers swarm
with crocodiles, some of which are twenty
feet in length. Serpents of great size are
found, but few are venoinous.
1t has been usual to consider Madagascar as
one kingdom of twenty-five provinces, with
Tanauariyo, in the center, for its cap
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

A TRUCE was entered into yesterday with
respect to the pending quarrel at the Insane
Hospital whereby the status quoante Walker
card is to be maintained. This may look
very well on the surface, and do fora time
to quiet the elements; but the fact remains
nevertheless, that the board proposes, sooner
or later, to force Dr. Rogers from his place
and give it to Dr. Walker, and the late fuss
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

In his work, and called about him equally
enthusiastic and able assistants. He was
just such a man as was needed to build up
an enterprise that was discouraged and
sneered at on all sides, but which promised
to be of great value to the State and the
people. But he was forced out so that a
perennial office-seeker might have his place,
and the principal assistant is the secretary Of
the liquor league, at whose demand the re-
moval was made The agricultural and in
dustrial interests of the State are more par
ticularly affected by this piece of iniquitous
work.
the metropolitan police bill was the most
outrageous, and for which the largest price
was paid-the defeat of the appropriation
bills. There was absolutely no public de-
mand for such measure. No lengthy pc
tition went up from the various cities of the
State for it, but on the other hand the
Council and Board of Aldermen of Indianap-
olis-the city most affected-vigorously
protested against its passage. The Demo-
cratic ward bummers, saloon-keepers and the
liquor league alone demanded that 1t should
immoral and lawbreaking elements of the
city were in the lobbies of the Legislature
every day during the session, urging men,
bers to vote for the bill. 1t was directly op-
posed to the well-established principle of
local self-government, and made an arbitrary
discrimination between the cities which
should and should not be governed by its
provisions, and yet only two Democrats in
the entire Assembly had the manliness and
fairness to vote against the bill If it
had shown even the indication
system of the State more efficient. then it
would have received the support of many
Republicans. But it did not. The sole pur-
pose of the bill was to give the Democrats of
indianapolis control of the police force so
that it could be used in influencing local
politics There is no promise that the law
will be operated in the interests of good
order and the enforcement of the laws. On
the other hand, the lobbyists, who worked
for the bill with the understanding that they
were to receive positions under it, are men
whose characters are not such as to reassure
the citizens of Indianapolis or of Evans
vile as to the character OF the men who are
to be intrusted with the protection of their
lives and property.
The record of the Democratic Legislature
of 1888 is thus made up. On the one hand
it failed to enact much-needed laws on the
subjects of fees and salaries, temperance the
new State-house. the Kankakee survey, and
above all failed to pass the appropriation
bills, while, on the other, the time was con-
sumed in political legislation, which was
vicious in principle and will be hurtful to
the best interests of the State in execution.
1t remains for the people to say by their
votes whether a party that made such q
record shall again be intrusted with power
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

MIR. SAMUEL WAKEFIELD, of Machias, Me-,
has son to whom the youth of this land should
have their attention directed at once. This lad,
who it need hardly be said is handsome and in
tellgent steadily refuses to speak a word to any
person except his parents, but talks fuently
with them when addressed. He is now six
teen, and has told his father that when he at
tans his majority he will converse as others do.
If enc thing is needed in this country more than
another It Is a class of young men who viii re-
main mute until they are twenty-one and it is
to be hoped that the noble example of the
Machias boy will not be lost. He is undoubtedly
the 'coming man"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

A STORY comes from Canton, China, of wo.
man who to punish female slave who had sto-
len some food, cut a slice from the Giil's thigh
and made her cook and eat 1t, This simple rem
edy would not serve an American housewife.
To save her provisions nothing less than q
fricasee composed of an entire servant-girl and
several of her cousins would answer the PURPOSE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

callers, and stationed policemen at the street
corner to dispense the crowd and to tell ladies'
that the advertisement was a hoax. During the
day thousand or more women called, and q
large number made application by letter. Tho
man who perpetrated the 'ioke" should have his
sense of humor cultivated by losing his situation
and hunting unsuccessfully for another-just to
see how funny it u.s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

SOME would-be funny man inserted in New
York paper an advertisement, purpOrting 20
come from well-known business firm, calling
for four lady copyists at a salary of $40 per week
each. Long before office hours applicants began
to pour in; they soon filled the Office, and later
ooniers gathered upon the steps. Tie unusual
gathering of women attracted the attention of
hoodlums. and hooting crowd of men and boys
assembled in the street. When the members of
the firm arrived they dismissed the disappointed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

WITH pair of scissors in hand and n bot
lie of chlorofOrm in the other n thief entered
the room of an Allentown, Pa, girl, where she
was sleeping beside her mother, and cut Off her
heavy braids of hair. For some unexplained
reason it would sound more romantic had the
locks been golden in color, but adherence to
plain facts compels the statement they were
black The young woman will, however, find
an economical advantage in this circumstance
because, as we are informed By young men
whose once brunette wives are now blondes,
golden store hair is an expensive adornment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17

PHILADELPHIA man who collected 500 for
the benefit of a needy family, retained one. half
the money for his trouble He should have been
presented with the other half for his honesty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-17
Elegiac Griof.

Why is It that afflicted people will persist in
writing poetry, and thus cast burden on
othersf Somebody dies. and at once a neighbor
or relative sets to work to do the thing up in
verse. 1t may be the writer never aspired to
poetical flights before, but all the same the
death-call is imperative, and the thing must be
done, and being done must be put into print.
The sincerity of the effort need not DO ques-
toned. 1t is doubtless genuine, but the glamor
OF poesy, or something else, blinds the author
and friends to defects that to others stand out
like doOr-knObs, and the outburst must go to the
public. Here ia one clipped at random from an
exchange. We have been ruthless enough to
transpose it to prose, embracing the same
thought as nearly us possible, in order to reveal
just what there is and is not in such stanzas:
Another home is lonely made
BY the hand that lives above;
Though hearts rent sad, God babe
Him come, for He is love-
The hand that lives (sic) above has made
another home lonely Though hearts were rem
dered sad, God babe him come, for He is love.
Ut is not altogether clear whom God babe come,
but poetry would lose half it's charm we're it
stripped of the element that appeals to the i'm
agination, and this will have to pass.)
The chair that held his feeble frame
The dreaded winter through,
Is vacant n0w-there's no one here
To fill PAS place, tits true.
The chair that he was accustomed to sit In
during tho past unusually cold winter is empty
now. There is no one here to fill PAS place, for
a fact.
No more the neighbors daily call
To cheer his lonely hours,
BY talking of the days gone by,
OF winter storms and summer showers.
The neighbors do not come over any more to
make things interesting by telling marine stories
of the floods of 1898 ana 1882, and of how, in
40, windstorm blew a Mississippi steamboat
stroke of the piston or scratching the piano var
nish on her keel.
We miss him at the fireside
We miss him here and there
When walking DER the homestead
We miss him every where!
We miss him at the fireside We also miss
him here as we'll as over yOnder. We miss him
while walking about the premises. In short we
miss HIM every where. please observe the deli
cate climax: From missing pa from the best
seat next the fire, the writer gradually develops
There are four more stanzas equally beautiful
and expressive, but these, with the transposi-
ton we have made, will suffice to give an idea of
the part omitted Seriously, 1t is passing strange
how such stuff can be devised under an afflc-
ton that must appall the friends and relatives.
altogether probable that the custom of grief
stricken persons seeking to find relief in elegiao
verse will continue indefinitely.
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DR.. HAwN seems to ride serenely.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journsa:
VIII vessel in going from Chicago to New
YORK pass through the Erie canal3
YEDDo, Ind. READER.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13
Tilden and Hendricks at Saratoga In 20
lsrecisl 10 the Chic.go Herald.

INDIANAPoLIs June Hon. Thomas A.
Hendricks was to-day interviewed by the
HCrald correspondent ss 10 the truth Of
article in a Baltimore paper wbice stated
that in the historic Saratoga interview be-
tween himself and Mr.. Tilden the latter
treated him with studied discourtss7, and
from that time until after the election
eviDced no desire for any Intercourse with
bis colleague On the ticket as to the man
segment of the campaign. Mr.. Hendricks,
when asked: rs that true2" re piled: There
il rot word of truth II il, nor 3 particle of
foundation for the statement. There was
srme delay in the publication of the letter of
acceptance both of Mr.. TiIden and myself
shortly after the Convention l Went 10 Sara
toea for the purpose of meeting Mr.. Tllden
aLd coDferung with him in regard 20 our ct
tiers of acceptance at that time neither Mr.
Tilden nor myself had written our letters of
acceptance, and for purely personal reasons,
ielsting 10 bis private business, he was not
ready to write his letter, aad explained his
reason. j think we had two interviews dur
ing this visit to Saratoga ana they wers en-
1rely pleasant and satisfactory 10 me. On
TIE cars on my way home / wrote
my letter of acceptance. In
weeks-I returned u Saratoga and met Nc
Tll6en again. l gave him Iay letter of &C
Ger lance 10 read, aRd he gave me his.
think / made one or two slight changes IN
my letter. but they were not material. The
object of the conference was not TO sub0rdi-
maze views OF either to the other, but simply
to write with a common understanding. Ny
interviews with Mr.. Tilden during this visit
SIS in the former, were perfectly pleasant
and the object of the conferences was accom-
plished to my entire satisfaction. | remem-
Der our last interview was in the afternoon.
and the changes in my letter weres0 siieht that
! gave it out for publication Immediately,
and it was set up and printed IN Saratoga
that day. / do not remember whether Mr..
nlden's letter was published at the same
time or not, but l have q distinct recot-
lection OF his giuDg IT me in manuscript 70
read during his second visit, and my i'm
preston is that it was completed at the
time"
Would it be proper to say, then" asked
the Herald correspondent, that there was
no unpleasant feature or recollection con-
necied with the Saratoga conference"
Entirely so, " said Mr.. Hendricks, land
with additional emphasis) there is not g
particle of truth in anything to the con-
tIary."
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dency, end subversive of honest administration.
The head of the department has ample time to
rope in any little loose swag that may be wander
g. Citizens of seventy years and upward. trans
setting business with any OF the departments
should be addressed as Sir and not "Young
potntees from the New England and Southern
States should acquire some general mode of ad-
dIeSsing ladies other than Marin" or Mum"
e. Clerks Of the third class, who are learning to
write, will be permitted TO practice on Govern
ment stationery during the day. but IL is not per-
missibls to carry Office supplies to ones night
Echcol.
s. In addressing the head of the bureau or de-
partrnent, clerks must address him by his full
title. Only dooT-keepers and isnitors win be per
Fitted 10 call him ''Say, youi"
g. Pest no bills.
Newspaper correspondents and magazl ne
writers holding positions ina the departments are
literary work. II ths, is any Indication Of wnat
they can do in the way of clerical work, IL is evil
dently money in the Governments pocket to keep
frcm doing any of it.
s All employees are requested. nay. implored,
always to speak Of the Cabinet as I'VE"
Please keep of the grass
10. Do not hitch TO the trees
ID. Gas burned AFTER twelve o'clock viii be
charged extra.
IL Procure your ticke,s before entering the train
13. Beware of pickpcckets
II. Do not pick any leaf shrub or flower
Is. Gents without baggage are required TO ray
in advance.
l6. smoking on the second foor of this building
IL. Five dollars fine for crossing this bridge fas
ter than walk
IS. No fishing CT shooting allowed on this farm.
-. ChiloTen having seats at the table viii be
charged full rates
20. This way ont
Many of these rules have been in opera
ton sill over the continent for many years,
and have received the general and -hearey ap-
proyai OF the public.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13

items Of the trees shoald he scrubbed and
The wboe rinsec Of ~ once"
Although our improved varieties OF apples
are far superior to tBat of the primitive crab
apple in general qualities, yet that ancient
.ptcinen has its uses and purposes. They
are specially fostered in some sections for
elder making, being superior TO all other
kinds in that respect, and the trees are
hardy, free, as a rule, from insect attacks,
ard profuse bearers. Crap-1aple trees seem
to herr well nnder all circumstances, yield
Irg heavy crops and sound fruit. For pre-
serving they are exceilezt az they possess
peculiar acid properties and Havors unknown
in other apples, and when fully ripe are
Ielisbed by come in preference to the i'm
proved varieties. As the crab-aDple is the
source from which We derived most OF our
fsvorites, the attempt to propagate the better
varieties from seed leads 10 a reversion, aud
we find the crab-apple growing from the
seeds of even the most highly improved
specimens. They are generally of spontan-
eous growth, coming up in forgotten loca-
tons. and tolerated more as a prOfuse bearer
than fer use, although they are worthya place
IN orchsrds as cider apples and preserving
fruit-Fsrm and Garden.
The eminent German chemist Aaercker,
has had his attention drawn to tins remark
able 6iminution in weight of best pulp pre-
served in trenches or silos in the course of
five and fourteen months that elimination
has varied SO to A per cent. OF course, much
allows nee was to be made for the excessive
fermentation. But what astoaished the
chemist most YVES the loss in cry or organic
ma ter, so that ve' itsbly the pnlp became
more adqueous after being stored in the siio.
a pc ;nis result was borne out tests m -oe
M the silos CT numerous farmers-
These orran-c matters 5evea ing such
notable loss represented as much as % per
cent. Ct niirogshcss substances slone. The
loss was not due wholly 10 the leakage of the
water, but 10 fe. mentati0n, and toe latter
will be greater a. the mass Is m ere porous.
Hence, the necessity to cover we'll and trams
closely the pulp in the trench, ard not ea-
ploy chsf or cut straw for mixing. as that
augments the porosity of the mss, and
hence fermentation. Beet pulp ought to be
consumed IS early as possible, and the chem
list in question is of opinion that the CON-
pressed pulp would be more valuable for
feeding purposes; containing less water, 1t
would be less fetiguing for the ANIMALS
stonach.-French Correspondence of Farm
ers' Review.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13
Early Maturity.

1t is generally recognized now that those
who would get the best results from pork
raising must not be too long about getting
their stock ready for market. The Pittsburg
Stockman says: "A spring pig should in
nne or Ten months be as nearly in condition
+, r sale as many al animal is which has been
both wintered and summered. Early ma
tuIiiy is one Of the highly important points
a. which the swine-raiser should aim. 1t is
sufficiently important in cattle and sheep
but il is pre-eraiDently so in swine. There
is DO reason in realizing meager measure of
profit when full one IS legiiimately avail
able. Make all that you can honestly make
in feeding hogs; and the way TO do it is to
make the journey from sucklng-time TO the
shazbles as short as possible.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13

AdOlIhus Coenen. of Darlington, KY,
communicates TO PGrdy's Fruit r scorder his
experience in baggiDg grapes as follows:
| experimental on C0ncords, Perkins, Ives'
Seeding, Brant, and on all of Rogers Hy-
Drids. viz: Goethe, Wilder, Salem, etc. Some
/ baeged Just ss soon as the bloom was of,
ID fact the bloom was not quite gone yet
from sll the punches on the same vine, and
the success was complete, the bunches very
Perfect, very SWEEP. highly colOTed and fla
voIed. Others ] baggsd when the berries
were the size Of a large pea and Of these
about one-third rottsiand dried and dropped
In the bottom OF the bag where they re-
NAMED Until gathering zine. and they did
no il Jury to the other berries on the bunch.
which was sound and perfect. Others
begged when about One-hulf inch in diane
ter asd three-loUTths of the berries were
lost. The Perkins Ives Seedlings, NOrtou's
Virginia aid Cynthisna l d not bag until
they were changing color just to preserve
them fr.n birds, because / Knew they were
not sut iect to rot. they all came sound aud
perfect out Of the bag. Now. as y the
method Of putting OF the bags. followed
several methods but found out that the best
enc IS tlls. Open the bag and slip II o. the
little bunch, until is reaches above tae
shoot from which the bunch grows, then
70 d TIE opening of tie bag 70 close IL aud
put one PIN tbro1gk the fold. the upper
part Of The bsgis then on one CT on TIE other
side Of the leaf opposite the bunch, general
" on the lower side where there is no lateral.
Use good brass pins. for steel or iron p.ts
will rust and il will be very hard to 81
them out. The same bags and pins (lf Of
brss-) can be used two or even three year.
The bags are not hard 20 put on ia tnis
meibcd ard IT is done quickly, without the
least Danger Of breaking OF the branches.