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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-31
Route. Flour. Grain. IProvis Total.

Per Cepts.-BaltimOre & Ohio railroad. "a;
Chicago d Atlantic railway. l28; Chicago &
Grand Trunk railway, SO; Chicago, st. Louis &
Pittsburg railroad, g 1: Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railway, 21,7 Michigan Central rail-
road, %; New York, Chicago & ST Louis rail-
way, 10; Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago
railway, 11.4-tOtal. 100.
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HorsrOrd,s Acid Phosphate.

6FFTTFTT VIFTUEo ~ DIaTETNTNs
DR.. A. jenkins, Great Falls, n. H., says: at
can ties !iy TO its seemingly almost specific viz
tues in cases of dyspepsia, merry business and
morbid vigilance or wakefulness."
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF tho
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
Company will he held at the National Sank OF
Commerce, IN the ely of New I orR, on Thurs
day, February 4. 1884 at which meeting thir-
teen directors will be elected Serve for the on
suing year. The polls will be opened from ~
o'clock m. to l u. IN.
W. Fl. LEWIS, Secretary.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
saEci WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, A. ny
For Tennessee and the Ohio V;lIey--RaiD, fol-
lowed by colder, generally clearing weather,
winds shifting DorthwesterlY, rising barometer.
For the Upper I.akes-Celder, cloudy weather.
snow, followed by partly cloudy weather. light
local SHOWS, winds backing northwestcrly, risin 6
barometer.
Local Observations.
LII ,n-.r d.
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A Rrntnl NenheW.

1t was reported at police headquarters that
Spence Miller, son OF Squire Miller, last even
ing went to the residence of his aunt. living at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-31
EAST-BoUND TRAFFIC.
n Heavy Failing OFF in Tonnage Over Chi
cago Roads.

During the week ending Dec. 30 the total
shipments of -four grain and provisions over the
eight roads leading east from Chicago amounted
TO 4O,481 tons. against $3.50 tons in the week
ending Dec. %. Decrease last week, OBS tons.
The following table gives the details
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The Insane Hospital Fire

The Insane Hospital Fire.
TO tho Editor of tho Indianapolis JOurnar
Please inform me by what authority DR..
Fletcher destroyed by fire certain properties
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Name OF Road.

The number of loaded cars handled at this
point in the week ending Dec. Is, IL, 266;
doc. %, 15.41s Dec. 90, 11.9O6.
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frost, and has been used considerably. General
Passenger Agent Monett is confident that the
route wiflat once become popular one with
the travelling public
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The CitV's Valuation

The tax duplicate for 1888 has been furn-
ished by the city clerk, and makes the following
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
First Time in Print.

Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott, writing to the
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette, gives
some "reminiscences of her early expert
cnces as an author. She says:
cone of the memorable moments of
my life is that in which, as trudged to
my little school on a wintry day, my
eyes fell upon a large yellow poster with
these delicious words: Bertha, new
tale by the author of The Rival Prima
Donnas, will appear in the Saturday
Evening Gazette. I was late; it was
bitter cold; people jostled me; L was
mortally afraid [ should be recognized;
but there [ stood, feasting my eyes on
the fascinating poster, and saying proudly
to myself, in the words of the great Vim
cent CrummIes, This, this is fame !!
That day my pupils had an indulgent
teacher; for, while they struggled with
their pot-hooks, [ was writing immortal
works; and. when they droned out the
multiplication table, I was counting VI
the noble fortune my pen was to earl
for me in the dim, delightful future
That afternoon my sisters made a pill
erimage to behold this famous placard
and, finding it torn by the wind, bold!
stole it, and came home to wave 1t like
trir1mphal banner in the bosom OF tn
excited family. The tattered paper still
exists. folded away with other relics o
those early days, so hard and yet $
sweet, when the first small victorie
were won, and the enthusiasm of youtl
lent romance to life's drudgery.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
Care of Farm Machinery.

The advantage of keeping farm ma
chinery from unnecessary exposure to
the weather is cogently insisted upon by
the Ohio Farmer, which says
We have noticed that plows last, on
an average, about three years ; wagons,
eight to ten years reapers, five to eight;
drills, eight to ten. We think these fig
ures are fully as large as the truth war
rants. We know of many implements
that have not lasted so long, and OF
many which have lasted much longer.
We to-day can point to wagons that have
been in constant and hard use for twenty
years, reapers that have stood the wear
and tear of liberal use for more than
fifteen years, drills that have been in use
as long. and other agricultural nipple
ments that have stood the wear of fully
twice the average age of such lmple-
ments. These implements were not
made of unusually good materials, nor
were they suffered to lie idle. They
were put to constant use. What, then, IS
the secret of their greater endurance
1t is simply this-they were taken care
of. When not in use they were put
away, and put away properly.
These implements not only lasted
longer, but while they were IN use they
very rarely failed. They were always
ready for work. The reapers dd not
break down i'll the middle of harvest ano
compel all hands to lie idle while some
one went to the railway station to get re-
pairs the drills did not fail Just When
the wheat ought to be sown the wagons
were not always breaking down and occa
sioning delays and veXation. Anothe
thing may be said in their favor, anc
that is, that they always did good work
The reapers cut smooth stubble an'
put the grain down in good condition
the plows did not refuse to scor; tn
drills put the wheat in just as frs
class drill would and these implement
did good work not only while they wer
new, but till the last year they were I
use.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
A Few Words About Sheep.


There is no domestic animal more
liable to disease than sheep; and yet
with proper care, there is none more
easily kept in healthy state. Sheep
are tender, delicate animals, but nature
has provided them with shields against
many dangers. If they have shelter in
time of storms, and especially rain and
snow storms. have sufficient clean water,
there is little to be feared from disease.
Sheep need frequent changes of pas
tllre IN the pasture season, and the same
rule applies in reference to dry food. 1t
is rule applying to all animate nature
that the more refined the organization
the greater need of variety in susten-
ance. We do not mean the variety IN
classes OF kinds of food, but rather varl-
ETY. in that general sense which includes
in means of sustenance all proper ele-
ments in healthy growth-care and treat
ment as we'll as food. We believe every
farmer ought to have some sheep, more
or less, as his means and convenience
y.
them good attention, and care for them
well, he is better without them. And at
this season they need special care, so
that they are kept healthy, and started
into winter in good condition. Oats,
rye and corn ought to be set apart fol-
sheep in the winter, and little of one
or all of them fed along through the
| fall. Racks and troughs should be pre-
pared and kept clean. An excellent az
rangement for feeding is made as fol
lows Take a two-inch plank foot
wide and bevel the edges; then, on each
edge put a four-inch piece even with the
! edge on the narrow side of the plank
| This makes trough flat and a foot wide
| Then on a line three inches from eacL
outer edge of the trough bore row o
| inch holes three inches apart. Bore
them at an angle to correspond with the
bevel on the edge of the plank. II
these holes put sticks, sawed or turned
twentv-four to twenty eight inches long
and put their upper ends through SINH
lar holes in a three or four inch piece
and have these top pieces joined at tn
ends, at proper distances between t.
give strength. This makes rack AM
trough combined which may be kept Il
position by being fastened on benche
or logs. or it may have its own feet
Bran, shorts, any kind of ground fee
and salt, OF whole grain may be conve
nientIy fed in such n trough, and ha
and fodder are well secured in the rack
OF course the hay must all be cleane
out before putting the ground feed c
grain in the trough. Sheep will fee
nicely on both sides of such rack, an
stand in the most economical and health
position. -RuraI Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
A Club Room Scene.

A story is going the round OF the Lon
don clubs of which Luke. who was at
one time Tweeds valet, and is now the
valet of Il well-known American i'll Lon
don, is the hero.
A young gentleman, fearing he might
plav and drink too heavily at a club he
was about to visit, induced Luke to ac-
company him to bring him safely home
Arrived at the club, permission was OBJ
tanned that Luke should remain in the
card-room, instead of being sent to the
servants waiting-room. AS the night
wore on and the players became
| excited and bOisterous, one of Them
who was losing largely, began swearing
at everything i'll general, and at Luke IL
particular, and inquired several times
''what bushes the internal nigger had il
that room" Luke said nothing for {
long time, but as the young man did no
seem inclined to drop the matter, bu
grew more emphatic in his demand tina
the nigger be removed, Luke finally
took a card from his pocket, and will
great dignity placed it on the table say
ing:
''Thcrc, sir is my card. If you wan
any satisfaction you can find me. You
are a loafer, sir; but | am a born nigge
gentleman, " and, while the players wer,
recovering from their amazement, walked
coollv away.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
SOMETHING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES,

The province of Murcia in Spain, had
a pretty lively shaking up on Tuesday.
Twenty-Five successive earthquake
shocks were felt there, several houses
were destroyed and CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among the inhabitants. The day
before there was a heavy earthquake
shock in Bohemia. Last week, southern
Illinois and western Kentucky were
shaken. Since the beginning of the
year, there have also been shocks in New
England and Canada.
These disturbances of the earth s
| crust, occurring in rapid succession, at
tract attention to the theory that earth
| qualIes are sometimes, at least, the result
of causes affecting Il large portion of the
earth, or perhaps the whole globe.
Various so-called earthquake cycles
have been pointed out, but it cannot be
said that any one of them has been salts
| factorilv established. It is impossible
| to predict earthquakes, and the utmost
| that CAREFUL observation has so far
| proved is that there are certain periods
when earthquakes are unusually numer-
Gus. All sorts Of theories have been in
| vented to account for these periodic dis
| turbances of the earth. Some have as
cribed earthquakes to the influence OF
| comets. although the idea is about as
well founded as that of the astrologers,
| that comets fOretell wars and famines.
Others have thought that earthquakes
may result from the varying force OF at
| traction of the sun, the moon, and the
other planets upon the earth. There IS
at least, some appearance of plausibility
in this theory, but the whole question is
yet open, and great deal more informal
ton is needed before it can be i'll any de,
gree settled.
There is, perhaps, no other display o.
natural forces, not even excepting vol
canic eruptions, so frightful as a great
earthquake. Earthquakes have DIES
troyed many thousands of human beings
and laid Waste whole cities and provinces
They are entirely beyond human control
| and experience has shown that they are
just as likely to occur now as they wert
centuries ago. The questions, what
causes them. and is there any means o
foreseeing their visitations, are therefore
of great interest and we have reason tC
be thankful that in this part of the world
| the solid ground is not often shaken, anC
that when the earthquake shock is fel
| it does little damage.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
The $ -OckhOlder.

ooh, yes" said the eminent legal
man, corporations are great institu-
tions. You've heard the story about
two boys who formed corporation? ?"
ono, -" replied the friend. "'Well, then,
I'll tell you, resumed the legal gentle
man. "There we're two boys who had a
cent each, and they wanted to buy two
cent cigar. Neither could buy 1t alone,
and the elder of the two suggested that
they form corporation, of which lie
was to be President and the other was to
be stakeholder. The cigar was pm-
chased and the President began to smoke
it. The stakeholder looked on, expect
ing that his puff would come, but the
President consumed one-half and then
two-thirds. Look here, said the stock,
! holder, 'ain't I going to have chance :?
4 don't see it, replied the President
But what am [ to get for my capital .?
well. said the President, q guess yor
| can Spit ,"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
4 Partisan Story.

If the statement did not appear in n
French paper we should perhaps be in
clined to doubt all the details Of the in
cident which we find recorded in a Paris
Newspaper Of recent date A most anna
BILE and devoted wife is the heroine. She
is lovely and possesses a set of white,
pearlv teeth. A few weeks since one of
the most prominent of her teeth became
troublesome, and the dentist declared
that he could not save it, as it had com
mcnced to decay at the root. He pro
posed that she find some one who had
equally beautiful teeth and induce her to
part with one, which he would trans
plant, and thus preserve her beauty.
The lady thought at once of her portress,
who was the terror of the household and
the torment of her poor husband, whose
life she made miserable by her evil tenn
per. His head bore marks of a hundred
attacks. The woman consented to give
up the coveted pearl for ten dollars.
They repaired to the dentist, and, with
the aid of ether, the transfer was made
without pain to either But mark what
followed-it might not follow III New
England but in Paris everything is
possible. The FORTRESS lost her vicious
ness aud became so 0miablc that her
dilapida ed husband had fears of her
sanity, while the charming lady, whose
whole life had been perpetual blessing
to her husband and friends, has become
such a vixen that there is no living in the
house with her
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
Tie Spring Styles.

The earliest hint of spring styles, say
Harper's Baear, is found in the cotton
dress goods that merchants display III
midwinter, and that ladies have made up
at home IN advance of the busy season
when seamstresses and dressmakers are
too much hurried to make these simple
dresses. Cotton satteen is the fabric
most largely imported. Instead of the
white and very dark backgrounds used
last summer, these now have strawberry
red, tcrra-cotta, robin's-egg and part
ridge brown grounds in narrow stripes
or checks with white lines, strewn all
over with large shaded disks Of moon
and sun, white balls, egg shapes, paral-
kilograms, wheels, snails, Greek key
figures, blocks, and the inevitable polka
dots, of all sizes. from the merest speck
to those an inch and half in diameter.
Shamrock patterns are shown, and there
are nautilus shells and bivalves the
transit-of-Venu design is among the
shaded disks, while all the floral designs
of last year are repeated IN bouquets and
in single detached sprays. The newest
patterns in polka dots have very large
white balls nearly touching each other,
and almo-t covering Il pale blue, dark
red, green, or strawberry ground. The
stripes shown are even and very wide,
with a color and white alternating to
make pleatings, with the white stripe
folded inside. The checks are so small
that they are merged into plain surface
at a little distance These goods Of
twiIled surface are nearly yard wide,
cost forty-five cents a yard, and about
fourteen yards are required for dress.
Ottoman satteens, repped like cOteline,
are in similar designs and narrower
widths. The solid colOrs Of the twilled
satteens are handsome enough to be
made up under transparent fabrics, as it
is difficult to distinguish them from real
satin The ball patterns of these goods
stand out as if raised from the surface,
/ Cambric5 and batistcs are imported IL
similar designs. The preference for soft
muslins without dressing remains, anC
ladies viii do well to warn their laum
dresses that starch destroys much of the
beauty OF these twiiled cottons. The
silver gray, and black and white cotton
satteens for ladies' in mourning are il
neat ball and striped patterns.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
Why They Kept Quiet.

On their way to the Capitol in a Wash
ington street car an oldish gentleman,
in kindly, patronizing manner, looked
up as Representative Smalis, of South
Carolina, got in, and said: "Mr Smalls,
I never saw so good order i'll the House
as when you sat in the Speakers chair.
I think everybody recognized that you
were an able Speaker"
ono, said SmaIIs, ''they kept quiet
for a greater reason than that.
"What was it?
''White men don't like to he ordered
by colorcd man to be quiet. That is
why they kept quiet.
A NEVADA pemtentiory convict says
that ne was sent to prison for being dis
honest, and is kept their at work cutting
out pieces OF posteboard to put between
the solcs of shoes in place of honest
Gather
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
Practical Farm Notes.

A Connecticut correspondent tells the
N H. Hrror how he raised good corn
in spite Of severe drouth:
81 plowcd and rolled the ground,
spread manure on and narrowed it in;
put handful of hen manure and fine
bone compostcd in the hill; cultivated
fiat; did not hill any. When the drouth
come cultivated often but very shallow;
the result was a good crop. On another
plot the manure was spread on the sod
and turned under without any fertilizer
in the hill, and was almost a failure.
My ncighbors report very fair corn ON
land that the manure was spread on af-
ter blowing aud fertiIizing iii the
hill"
The same writer reminds the boys
that 'plenty of manure and patient
labor viii bring onions every time. OF
his own practice and observation, he
says:
II pillow shallow i'll the fall, cover
with the hest stable manure; in spring
harrow in the manure and put on hen
manure at the rate of one bushel to the
square rod, rake off and SOW seed and
roll; it is very important to roll down
the bed or sced-rows hard. Put in
radish seed with the onion seed, as that
comes up first Plant the same land
every year, and if you viii manure and
! cultivate you Will raise crops that will
=
ever saw was on land that had been used
TO stay hay on. 1t was hoed over and a
hundred pounds of Peruvian guano raked
IL. No weeds were grown and the onions
lamU-t covered the land.
The diamond as an engagement ring
has gone entirely out of New York
fashion. The girls demand something
that can't be SO easily counterfeited
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08

would not be hard to do; the old trick Of
putting marked money, from the cash
drawer, into the young clerks pocket
would answer every purpose, so he adopt
ed it.
Then there was terrible scene i'll the
store, and Mrs. Hatcher, with tears III
her eyes, hurried up to plead for her
boy. Chadsey had expected this with
great glee, but before Mrs. Hatcher AZ
rived the boy had pleaded his own case
to his employers with such spirit that
the special partner had turned pale and
walked aside into a wareroom, where one
of the men heard him mutter:
His mothers eyes He has his
mothers eyes p
Nevertheless, Chadsey, before abrupt
" quitting the store, had insisted that
| the case against the boy should be
pressed. His partners, who had their
suspicious as to how the marked money
came in Franks pocket, assured Mrs.
Hatcher that they believed there must
be some mistake, that they would not
think of making the affair public, but
that Mr.. Chadsey, their special partner,
insisted on it.
"Then, said Mrs. Hatcher, turning
very pale, 4 must appeal to Mr.. Chad
sey.
"You?" exclaimed one of the partners,
so surprised that he gave a customer too
much change; you appeal to Mr..
Chadsey? ,"
Certainly" said Mrs. Hatcher, turn
ing to leave the store.
excuse me, madam, said the part
ner. but. in that case, I must accom-
pany you. 1t may be necessary to
reason with that fellow by knocking him
down."
The couple went together TO Chad
sev's lodgings, but could not gain adj
mittance TO his room, the door of which
was locked, although the servant in
sisted that Mr.. Chadsey had come III an
hour before and had not gone out again.
Hes a coward r exclaimed the part
ner. hammering at the door, and calling
Chadsey by name.
Finally the door yielded to an extra
effort, and the couple entered. No one
was visible.
This is very strange, - said the part
ner, looking about the room. Then, as
he looked at some papers on the table,
he continued, ''no it isn't, either-look
at this"
Mrs. Hatcher took a sheet of paper
which the partner handed her, and
read:
=. I put the marked money in Frank Hatch
er's pocket did it to avenge myself upon
his mother. but he has his mothers eyes.
''RALPH CHADsEY."
Mrs. Hatcher's eyes filled with tears,
so that for a moment or twoshe could not
read a second sheet that was placed in
her hands, so her companion read it
aloud to her; it was a will, which, in a
few words bequeathed all his property
to Mrs. Helen Hatcher, formerly known
as Helen Grantham.
HE will revoke this III an hour, y
said the partner; The never could live up
to so much decency."
And the partner was right, for, on 60
inginto Chadsey' bed chamber, he found
his special partner lying ON the bed with
a pistol in his hand and bullet-hOle in
his head-Ne1U York Hour.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-08
The Old Chart.

A good story is told of Capt. Witham
Poor. who took out the Midas, propeller,
to China early in the eighteen hundred
and forties. All who knew Poor were
sure Of lis good seamanship, his pluck,
and his good intentions. After dis
posing of the Midas he WAS appointed tc
the command of the ship Great Britain,
belonging to myself and others. That
ship was chartered to Admiral Rigault
de GrenoUiIy to take home the crews OF
the Magicienne and the Capriceuse
frigatcs. which had been lost-on some
shoal near the coast of China. Going
down the China Sea, the anxious Admiral
asked Capt Poor by what chart he was
navigating. Poor opened his chart
locker and pulled out chart Of Arrow,
smiths dated 1893. The Admiral was
astonished and exclaimed Mem Got
Captain, we shall all again be wrecked
I have one late chart showing all the
dangers. and I give it to you to sail by.
Poor answered. THAT is Just the wors
chart | could sail by; [ should never ge
any rest if [ sailed through all these new
shoals; whereas by my old chart there Is
nothing to prevent my getting my natura
rest, for it is all plain sailing.