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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-29

years ago The LutEer-hOuse, which forms
part OF the ancient building, is reached by
crossing the court, 1t was presented to the
reformer in 1926 by the Elector John, and
has been restored lately. Its front is deco
rated with Luthers portrait, and the in
scripGion. HER nebt und wirkte Dr. Martin
Luther 1908, bis &c" The sandstone door
way, which was a present from his wife
Catharine in 1910, bears on the right Luth-
ers escutcheon and on the left his bust with
the circumScrptiOn. "Etatis sue 81 In ST.
lento ct spe crit fortitudo vestra." The chief
point Of interest in the house, which now
forms a Luther museum is the reformer'S
study and day-room.
In a small ante-chamber some interesting
relics are preserved in glass cases; Luther's
beer goblet of lockwood, hand embroderies
by Frau Catherine, and the fragments of a
drinking glass, thrown down and broken by
Peter the Great during his visit to Witten-
berg on being refused its possession. The
great Gar also commemOrated his presence
by writing his name with chalk on the door,
and this imperial autograph has been pre-
served for two centuries by being covered
with glass. Luther's study remains I'M
changed in its original conditions the huge
stove OF colored tiles built after Luther's
own design the great sliding table, the win
dow benches, the carved ceiling all remain
as If the proprietor had only just stepped
out. Other rooms in the house contain a
great number OF Luther relics; his betrothal
and wedding rings, the excellent portrait by
the elder Kranach, the first specimens Of
Luther's Bible in parts. printed by Luft, AT
Wittenberg, medals and pamphlets of the Ref
ormation, etc. Unfortunately, this interesting
collection remains without descriptive cat
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The Grave of a Fool.

Swimmer Beckwith, in New York Herald.
when 1 was at Niagara Falls a few days
ago." he said, 81 saw the place where Cap
tain Webb was drowned. 1t was a grand
sight, the falls and the rapids, with their
laundering pillows of foam. Then l took
carriage and drove to the little churchyard
where he was buried. l could not find the
grave and l had to go and get an undertaken
to point it out. Beside little oak tree, close
to the fence, was dirt heap, without a twig
or stick 10 mark it. That was Webb's grave.
1t made my heart ache to think that such a
noble fellow should be buried like dog. 1
remember the time when all England rang
with his fame, and when the sight of his
smiling face and sturdy figure would have
drawn thousands of people. But no one
goes to his grave now. No one could find it
without guide. If something is not done
soon I'll get a proper place to put poor Webb
in myself"
Have you seen Mrs. Webb?'
eyes; called upon her in Boston. She
is selling ice-cream at stand in
the exposition there. She is going
to England in the spring. She told
me that she thought Captain Webb could
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A RAILROAD KING.
The Foresight and Sagacity of Commodore
Vanderbilt
Ma tional Republican.

Vanderbilt.
National Republican.
II knew old Cornelius Vanderbilt well in
his time" said the railway man, land
think he had more business foresight and
sagacity than any may who ever lived. He
was also man of iron will, and when he
had made up his mind to do thing he did IT,
He bought Harlem stock when it was selling
for little or nothing, because he saw that its
property and franchises in upper New York
would in time be so valuable that no money
would buy them. Before anybody knew or
suspected what he was after he owned and
controlled the only railray depot in New
York city, or that ever can be there, and
the right OF way to it. Then he began
buying Hudson river and the stock OF the
other short lines which now make the great
and powerful New York Central. AS he
bought and combined business increased. and
his trains began to be numerous. As the city
grew and spread itself out toward the Harlem
river accidents began to be numerous, and
somebody was killed by moving trains al
most every day. Public sentiment began to
be aroused, just as it is beginning to be
aroused now over on Maryland avenue and
finally the city authorities called on Mr..
Vanderbilt, and said: You are killing too
many people, Mr.. Vanderbilt, and you must
sink your tracks so the streets can be
quilt over Them You had better go hack
to the City Hall and read over our charter
SAID the old Commodore, rather sternly, be
fore you come here and tell me what l must
do. We have the right-of-way to Forty
second street without any such condition as
you mention. But we don't want to kill peo-
pie any more than they want to be killed
1t will cost 81, 900, 600 to sink our tracks in
the way you suggest. Now, I'll pay half
that sum, and you must pay the other half.
The authorities demurred to this, but the
Commodore would say no more on the sub
ject until they had read over his charter
They went back to the City Hall
and read it, and finally came back
with another proposition. The Commodore
simply told them to go back and read the
charter again, and that was all he would say
They threatened legal proceedings, and he
told them to sue and be hanged, only he sta
ted it rather more profanely. The result was,
finally, that they had to accept his terms
The tracks were sunk so that trains now run
as rapidly from Harlem river to the depot as
on any other part of the line 1t cost 81, O00-
600, but the city had to pay half of it
just because they let Vanderbilt get the start
of them. 1t would be hard to figure the ma
ture of that right of way to the New York
Central railway now, but if the alternative
could be presented l suppose the company
would prefer to surrender the rest of the
road rather than its ownings in New York
city, for they might build another line
through the State, but there is no more room
in town"
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Tuesday morning Elder J. K. P. South re-
ceived letter which was written to him by
a young lady residing in tins city on the 21st
of June 1864, at which time he was a soldier
in the Confederate army. The letter is ad-
dressed TO Lieutenant J. X. p South
Company d. Fifth Kentucky Infantry
Lewis's Brigade, Wheeler's Division" and
was forwarded to him day or two after it
was written, but never reached him. After
the war, by some means. it came into the
possession OF Rev. DR.. E. C. Guerrant of
Mount Sterling who placed it in a box,
which he terms his Confederate box" to-
gether with lot of other mementos of his
his comrades of the "lost cause" where it
was found few days since by Mr.. w. r.
Haven editor of the Mount Sterling Sentinel
Who at the request of Dr. Guerrant, for
warded it to Mr.. South. The fair writer,
who was then the sweetheart of Mr.. South,
has long since married and removed to Louis
Vile, while Elder South is the father of a
family and resides in this county. We met
him as he came out of the postoffice with the
letter in his hand, and after breaking the
seal and seeing the signature, he said he ex-
pected it contained some rare news and
when he had read it he would send it to the
lady as a reminder OF their former friend
shin
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LUTHER RELICS.
What Can BE Seen of the Reformation Period
at Wittenberg.

London Daily News
The Castle Church." which is called ''the
Cradle of Reformation was erected in 1889
but the original building exists no more. In
1860, during the seven years war, Witten-
berg was besieged by the Austriars, and dur
ing the bonn bardment the church and large
part of the city were destroyed by fire. In
ITO the present building was erected on the
old walls by order OF Frederick the Great.
The old wooden doors destroyed in 1760, on
which Luther had nailed the theses, were re-
placed in 1857 by Frederick William " by
double bronze doors, ten feet high, bearing in
Gothic characters the original Latin text OF
the ninety-fve theses In the interior of the
church the most interesting object is natur-
ally the bronze slab marking the reformer's
grave 1t lies on the southern side of the
middle aisle, and bears the following in
scription-plain and simple as the reform
ers life:
Martin Luteri, S. Theologiae D. corpus b.
l. s. e. qu an. Christi MDXLVI, xii. Cal
Martii Eyslebi in patria S. m. o. C. V. ann
LXIII. m. II. d. X"
1t is certainly noticeable fact that this
inscription does not coincide with the usual
ly-accepted date OF Luthers birth. If he
really lived sixtythree years, two months
and zen days, as stated on the slab, he must
have been born on Dec. s, 1882 as he died,
beyond doubt, on Feb. IS, 1916. There has
always been some uncertainty as to Luther's
birthday, even his parents not being quite
certain, as mentioned by Melanchthon. The
now-generally-acc date of Nov. 10, 1888,
is based on statement by Luther's brother
Jacob.
The old Augustine monastery, in which
Luther passed so many years of his life, even
after renouncing his monkdom, stands in the
ColleSienstrasse, and was erected over 500
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Lake Superior Sentinel.
viii Hendrick, while out fishing one day
last week, near the head of the bay, captured
a l75-pound deer with large horns. The
young dentist had no shooting iron with him
at the time, but on seeing the animal enter
the water he cautiously pulled his little row
boat between his buckship and the shore and
drove him into the bay, where. after hard
and long spell OF rowing, he managed to
catch him. He hooked into the deer's uecl,
with couple of fsh-hooks, and then with
the'fish-line he managed to steady the boat
until he could lasso it, which he did by
throwing the boats painter over its horns.
The buck was not to be bagged so easily,
however, for he turned upon his pursuer,
and a lively tussle was had. An old buck will
fight hard at such time-if there is any ono
who has any doubt in The matter, let
him ask Hendricll. At one time he struck
the boat blow with his forefeet which nearly
capsized it. viii hung on to the rope like
grim death, and by the dexterous use of an
oar he finally knocked the buck out and
brought him in.
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Sacrificing Her Life for Her Child.

PAII NAH GaAette,
A touching story of a mothers devotion
comes from Belgium. A few days aCo the
wife OF a gateman on the line between Sot-
tegem and Alost was attending to her hus-
bands duty, when her little boy strayed in
front of fast train Without a moments
hesitation the mother sprang across the rails,
and, selling her child, tossed it on to the
bank the very second before she was caught
by the locomotive and killed. 1t is well to
know that this brave woman did not die in
vain; the child escaped with few bruises.
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have gone through the rapids safely if he
had not been injured in the head"
"What do you think about it yourselfP'
"Well, shouldn't care to try it; but as
swimmer honestly think it can be DONE"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15
YOUTHFUL ROBBERS.

fLonuun 'FoIegfnph, ]

llfRhhNh lNlVA'hl'tl
The police have made II vigorous,
aud, il is to be hoped, snlutNry raid on
! tile naughty boys of North Kent At
Woolwlch police court, on Saturday,
five young acRpcgrneea, ranging In
ngp between ton and twelve years,
and all mailing from Crawford, were
charged with having committed u Sc
slea OF robherira ut lGrith, II Seems
| that some weeks ago n pioneer
naughty hoy came from DcptIord Ia
b. Crawford, aud gave such glowing
accounts OF hla predatory exploits
In the ilrst unmed place that he en-
| lisied u compact band OF Juvenile MAJ
RAIDERS uudvr hla comhnd. Following
| tho Dcptiord l<nrl Moor, the naughty
boys Of Crawford set out on II thieSing
oXpodtion, and 1hiindered the stocks
aud Erith, frhry stole books, hnrd,
ware, confectionery, ginRor.bccr his-
clitA, groceries, medipnted logonpcs
which II Is 10 horcgrettod did not make
thpn aiolS AA "lulinnnh la the ballad
was after eating the iporaeuanhN ia
lhe shady grovo in fact, everything
that they would lay their kuav.
ish young tlngCrs upon. Among
their loot' was some timed lob.
ster, which they onioyed very uuoh,
hut acoordlHg tp the abatement
nude 10y one Of the gang 10 the ppllt q
Inspector who took lhom into custody
tbs major portion of the cruntooious
dainty was deVourcd hy Karl Moor
from pepttor,l, and his libatenauts. and
the Dissatisfaction OF tho smaller hoya
IN getting moro eau than lobster led
10 nght among them, rhcy have
got something elise by this litoo he
budding twiga ot hnrelI, to.wt, TIE
magistrate OF Wuolwioll ordered the
five little rapscallionA To receive "a
sound logging ut tho hands of tho
REORGANIZATION aud lt Ia gratifying TO
learn that three other mcmhera of the
gang had hoen mken before tho bench
NJ hartford and also sentenced Go
ho logged, Two more are etill at large,
but It Ia 10 bo hoped that they viii not
long Tcrnuln uncaptnrcd phd unv
whipped OF Justice, Upon my word,
my irlcnd, said tiusman a. Almache,
''you hRyoalwnya made me long to try
what robhcr should make. v
"lhero'a great art IN Il, II you did, ~
quoth the rahber, "Ah, butt ruplled
t,ngman, "lhoro'sa great deal, too, In
being hanged. IL ia earnestly 60 be
hoped that the naughty bsyu OF Dept
ford, sore aud amprting from the ylfRal
rod, have arrived at the conclusion
that nice IA purlolnod lobster aud med.
icated ioxengcs may be, there IL "a
great deal' In being hirchod by
htronK.handod hergeantsIailor
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

ties, who sought the Informal.
ply 10 SENATE resolution az E'a Y
Il, 1881. We quote from M, ~ NY
pamphlet on wages a le,,e, , ~
James Coats: ~ w
In order TO give You ,no,a
idea Of tho difference ofthewssas''
IN the two countries, toot
nightly payroll during the MN
December last in Paisley and |I dIs|
IL by the number OF Operative. y, @ |
ed, found the average W. 3 ~ \
III I'd. sterling (nt 4 so exchpns%s II
or SS OBJ per week. then t,,s,.,s
last fall pay roll of 1881 (Ncg,.g','s,ss.
In the United States In tho sa,n ~e z
ncr, and the result, after dcdus'lIassss
necessary amount for the dlIls,as's'
time run, was S25 SO, or an aver sss
W. 81 per week. This shows y.
slvely that the wages we nav \
United States average nd X,
higher than those we pay in Ssa''
for idcntically the same class a \, "
the quality of work being INA
The cause Of this great dlaSrpns
wages Is the very high comms.
rates paid for the female labor hsr
which the great class of our enui,
Is composed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15
Purchasing Portraits.

On each recurring session Of the leg
isIatnrc time and money are consumed
In the discussion Of mn appropriation
providing for the purchase Of the
portraits " the governors of Toxins.
AZ the present session SgNAroR
PpEuYFEn came forward rs the cham.
pipp Of this measure, aud has intro
duccd the usual bill Ia tbeseDatc. The
portraits " The governors Of Texas
would doubtless be good things 10
have 10 adorn the dingy walls
of the present capitol building, and
some public spirited and phIiantrophic
citizen should make an appropriation
from his bank account for their pur-
chase, ph'g IN the only way that they
CAME g,fchnscd by the organic law
abdcf which Texas IL at present doing
business. Section ~ ~ article third
Of that detachable instrument says that
the legislature shall not grant by
appropriation or otherwise, any
amount Of money out ofthe state treas
ury To any individual, on a claim
real or pretended when the same shall
not have been provided for by pre.ex-
isting law. Itso happens That there
Is not, at this time any "prc-cxisting
law providing for the purchase OF
these works Of art. II Is claimed by
tho advocates Of the purchase that
tIfis cnu be done under the provision
Of the law which provides for the pre-
scryntion of the history Of Texas
These portraits may be history
but the point IL not conceded
IN faulty portrait certainly would
| not--nnd tie c0rr0ctnoss Of some Of
them cannot be vouehed for; aud
again, the color Of Ooy. ItgNNEL'B hnil
aud the extent Of DICK IlunBAitDJ
girtb measurement Ia not the Kind Of
history That future gcnerQtlous VII
care to study. II occns 20 the Ga.
zErrE that thew0fthy aftlst who llnda
this iumb on Ills hands and tho stat
the only probable purchaser VII
have 10 wait until new constitution
~ made before he cnn find marltc
for his portraits. He viii have 10 talk
u place In the lobby Of the convention
and see 10 II that the "pre~exIstin
law" IL not Incorporated in the nc'
instrument. IIo viii have to walt
long time, but patience brings It's ow
reward
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

GHoVmt CLEVELAND seems to have
Ignored rnmmnny Hall md It's grand
sanhem, JonN kRLly, IN making hla
appointments one by one all the
paying offices ure being filled without
amy Of tho pap reaching Tammnny's
mouth, IL begins TO look ns II Tam
ut Albany this winter save tho painful
inverted recognition consequent upon
being conspIcuously and carefully
snnhhou,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

TuERE h such thing az too much
economy IN the sheep business. There
are many eases whore few dollars
pm; down In just the right place will
pay big money" ON the Investment
aud where the failure Ia do so will ~,
suit In real loss. For Instance, Il will
prove 10 be poor economy IN undertake
10 lamb n Hook OF sheep with two
hands, when three or more Cor one
mouth viii ho really needcd. Sup
pose You are n little hard pressed, YOU
had better do some "rustling' and pot
The money possible AID invest In the
extra labor - The 7erdr Iyooi Groper.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

Labor brings from the mIpe
forests, and the fields, The nd
treasures thereof. II fashIOm
prepares them for the uses Il 1
Labor moves the lever that put
motion the hidden forces q ID
that moves the machinery Of ihess
Labor purifies the fountains end d
ncls OF human life. Withheld i
there Is neither accumulation noi)
grcss therefore, all honor 10 hp
faithful and intelligent labor. i,
eminent should plan wisely "a
welfare of Its labor, In so doing Ia
wisely FOR itself.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

Tn Michigan Legislature IL again IN
the tiroes OF bringing forth n senator,
After u recess of nearly two weeks The
ballot remains the same. FERRY cnn-
not hope for reelection, but ho seems
disposed TO give his opponents ms much
trouble M posMble.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15
WAGES OF OPERATIVES.

one hundred and Ten per cent. higher
here than la Great iiritain,
The following extract explains H.
self Messrs. :. n +. Goats, of Scotland
self' Messrs. j, n T., Goats, of Scotland
whose threads are known from one
end OF the world 20 the other, operate
also In the United States as manuiac-
turers. The information was address
ed TO the Chief Of the Bureau Of statis-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

ONE Of the evidences Of the mp.
preaching disintegrntion Of the re-
publican party II tho free lance ncd
by leading republican organs In
speaking of party leaders, A few
years ngo no net ws 30 hldeoua hut
that II found npologlrta IN tho party
pruas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

We would Ike 10 soc II stocbyards
company formed of citizens of Sun An.
tonic, and the splendid revenues that
must accrue los kept here Instead Of go
Ing to some northern or eastern SHIRE.
holders. our pna company stock u
largely held In ~. Louis; our telephone
exchange Is owned by resident OF
Little Rock, Ark, aud they nre draw
Ing our money away our people
waited until nstinnger came along and
built street railway TINT has proven
u most profitable Investment. And II
our own people do not take hold OF
this stockyards matter IN tmo, they
viii see them established hy foreign
capital aud would carry away large
sums ~ money that should bc Kept
here, san dRioHio Hrprfss.
The conditions in Fort Worth are
eXintIy reversed. Except the tolo'
phone system, all tho enterprises OF
Fort Worth have been built, and nrc
owned by Fort Worth men. The bus
incsa men of this city offer every on
conrngoment To foreign capital but
nre never lnggnrds In putting M
their money for any enterprise
That Is beneficial 20 tho city,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

FnAsH u. spINofA, u politician
after the order Of .JouN KELLgY, dis.
graced himself mud hia constituents
by scurrlous personal assault on u
fellow memberof the general assembly
Of New York II Iow dnys ngo,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

rnE Grecnbackers nre going 10
nnolganatn with tho Western Anti
monopolIst purity They are doter-
mined 10 make some sort Of showing
ut their funeral.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

LIrTIn Rnopy IL In bad luck md II
dcprodationa upon her territory con-
tinuo she VIII not have enough left 10
cover IA Chicago girls foot. A new
survey OF the boundary limo, between
that stats and Massachusetts, recently
made plvoa forty-llye ncrca to hor
alrondy pondorous neighbar,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15
unAsCn 0rrlrgs.

me f1GcK t0uHsAL PtBIIauIhn GOhf
rAsY hOpe rsiabfiahed UrdHch OGions foF fDr'
ffEpondsyigc and Uis faaciM NJ nirtgfigeOieih
und authorizations, nJm Uieyc nias NJ HiG fDm'
paigft iidi'ofhiotn nun oimoW D. JonHd, ~
J0iiO0sj
BAN AHfoAi0~ No. 220 D0t0fofas sfreok, ~.
w, tifRKGE, Anud0er,
AusTthv fbfHfr dpoaue mn Hhjs Uif
uro6, &c, "A. JOlfaafOH, WoiG0v, W. N.
fJ,FHrB ami u, y, GOsNfLL, dFAiaiduf5
GofDitAbo CifYg-ji, s. BhirtEf, Aihdgcr,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

TIE city council Of Boston has passed
All ordinance 10 illuminate the on
tire city with electricity Governor nut
ior In being constantly rebnked by his
own people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

u has been In great measure replaced,
IL II flag that must be respected. I'm.
fortunately for the captors the slave
bountics that form " strong incentive
10 the execution Of IN arluous and
dangerous duty can not be paid until
after tho prize" has been formally
condemned by "A legally constituted
tribunal, and this Is Just the point on
which the Porte shows no disposition
to assist the British govcrnm ent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

tRoor, wnoopiN0 CoU0ll and even
asthma Immediately relieved by Aek-
er's English Remedy, Sold under
guarantee by G. w. Barradall
% 90 d,yw
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15

WHAT WILL Sror Ny CouauINa
At NIoulg- Guarantee Ackcr's Eng
lish Remedy Will Price l0c., SOC, and
VI, sold hy q, w. Barradall,
| 20 30 dNw
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15
TERMS or SU8SoRlpYy0M

DAiLY.
One month"; 81 "
Three InDufhh 800
Hix months 100
One year 10 ~
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90 Coke Tor sale by the ton az so ns, nj
works - ool delivered Is ~, 10y the 100 Rs 81
ecnls ~ works.