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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-27
TELEGRAPHIC BREVIrfEs.

In a collision of trains at Louisa c. H, Va, tine
fireman was killed.
In an atfray at Vancluse, S, G., man named
scott was snot and killed.
j. & B. Lambert, dry goods, Huntsville, Ala,
have been closed by creditors.
Governor Butler has declined to pardon Hath
away, the Fall River emheZzler.
Mrs. Martha Slaves died on Sunday morning
in church pew at Moriah, n. Y.
The trial of Higham, at Waterfowl, N. Y, for
the murder of Eames, resulted i'll acquittal.
Henry Monies, an eX-policeman, has been con
Vlcted OF robbIng the KensingtOn Bank in 1871.
A charter has been issued TO the Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph Publishing Company; cap
ital, 100000
James Winfield stabbed and killed Browning
Hlnch at Sligo Furnace, near Salem, Mo-, on
Sunday evening.
The Western Union company has decided to
open its transfer books on Jan. Q, instead of
Jan. 10, as previously ordered.
Chatabbel, the Choetaw Indian violator of the
intercourse law was killed on Sunday while re-
slstlng arrest at Double Springs.
E. r Mullen and Frank Long, oil men, of
Bradford, Pa, were drowned in Duck creek
While trying to reach Marietta. o., in skiff.
The STANDARD fire office, of London, one of
whose American trustees is General Grant, has
decided to withdraw its agency from this coun-
try.
DeBrauty. coroner of Camberton, Ontorio
while holding an inquest the body of Mrs.
Gibbs, who was murdered on Saturday, died
suddenly.
The Ohio Bar Association is in session at CO.
lumhus. Action will be taken for reOrganizlng
the State judiciary and securing more stringent
divorce Ian }.
John Dierne, formerly collector of customs at
Philadelphia, was found dead III bed at Delanco,
N. j., on Monday. Coal gas is supposed to have
caused his death.
Mike Konk, italian twenty-tnur years old,
deck passenger on the steamer Mary Houston,
was killed on Tuesday, inst below Cairo, by Jas,
Denton, negro deck-hand.
John Agnee, of Red Hill, s. c., was stabbed to
death by James Hamilton, and Agnee's father
had his cheek bone fractured and an arm broken
III the quarrel between Hamilton and Agnee.
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+Grasping a Distinction"

TO the Editor of the indianapolis Journai;
Probably no more amusing failure to
grasp a distinction" was ever known than is
Mr.. J. B, Conners supposed reply to Dr. Dio
Lewis, The Supreme Court of the United
States sustained the fugitive slave law; there
was nothing in the constitution of the
United States to prevent the enactment of
the fugitive slave law, and yet thousands of
men did not obey the law, helped escaping
slaves to freedom, and thought they were
doing Gods service. There may be nothing
i'll the constitution of the United States to
prevent the enactment of prohibitory
liquor law; but to prohibit men from drink
ing and other men from selling is another
thing. do not understand that Dio Lewis
puts liquor drinking and liquor selling and
helping fugitive slaves on the same plaEe
morally; but the two are precisely similar
in the fact that even a constitutional law is
powerless to prevent them.
Prohibition laws are confessedly a failure.
Prohlbitionists themselves acknowledge this
truth, and the man is not honest with him
sell who does not concede it, With prohib-
tory laws the best in the world and the best
executed, the evils of the drink traffic are
notorious in Maine, as they were in Massa-
chusetts under prOhibitory law. For one,
as temperance man, insist that 10 secure
prohibition in rural communities Prohibit
tlonists shall not saddle free whisky upon
the larger towns and cities, which is the uni
form result of prohibitory laws. Towns and
cities have the right to laws that will regu-
late the drink traffic and do something to
prevent the evils. And this is why ask for
local option and regulation. II.
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Smelling in California San Francisco
Mr. Layne, superip tendent selby Smelling
Works, says: "Having bruised myself badly, I
tried ST. Jacobs Oil and experienced the happi-
est results from the great pain-cure."
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Legislation and Political Parties.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis JournaE
Referring to the several articles published
in your columns, from various distinguished
correspondents touching the Republican
standpoint, on temperance and their sugges-
tons Of 'policy" to be embodied in the
1884 platform wit h Difference to their re-
spective opinions and justice to the party,
which is justly accredited with the greatest
OF moral reforms, and has achieved more for
the general good than all other parties COM
bined, it should be remembered that much
of the composition of the Republican party
once was allied with the opposition, and
through the refining crucible, in the days of
Lincoln and Morton, the Republican party
took its form by the union of kindred ele-
ments forming two great parties of the mass
The magnetic lode of the Democratic party
could not withstand right. Its long con-
tinued dominance ceased and was supplanted
by new aud vigorous party of progress,
under whose rule the most unparalleled
prosperity has since existed.
Legislation will ever keep pace with the
sentiment of the people, and the party that
proposes enactments in advance of the moral
standard of sentiment is certain of defeat.
Prohibition can only find a resting place in
party platforms when sustained by public
sentiment. Abundant evidence has transpired
settling the fact that it would be suicidal for
the Republican party to force such an issue
under the present status. 1t is about as es-
sental for the Repu bicans to embody prohi-
biton in their platform as to have God
placed in the constitution, and would assure
no greater following. While the principle of
either or both may be morally and religious
ly right would it be wisdom to make either
a party basis2 The Republican party has TO
contend with the same old opposition as in
the time of Lincoln. Then it will be re-
membered, pressure was made for a pol
ICY" but the wise leader rather chose to
nodded a policy for the crisis. The party
that trusts the people can be trusted.
LIBERTY, Ind, Dec. 25. J. P. KENNEDY.
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FINANCIAL.

MONEY SAFELY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. De-
NI string to make investments will do well to
call upon US. We have some choice securities,
including first mortgages real estate and
county bonds. Also, some bargains in farm ana
city property THOS. C. DAY & CO., II East
Market street.
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peel of grated lemon. Bake ten or fifteen
minutes. Make frostiag of half an ounce of
gelatine dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of
cold water and one of boiling water. Stir in
enough sugar to make stiff frosting; add
the juice of one lemon or teaspoonful of
cider vinegar and a teaspoonful of corn
starch or -four starch. Spread between the
cakes, of which there should be three, in thin
layers, and over the top-cake put the frosting
on thicker, and cover it with the most delici-
Gus sugar plums you can procure.
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Local Observations
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. &c.
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A shabby frame to chi1nney-glass may be
easily improved by covering it with velvet
A succession OF small shelves. covered with
the same velvet, is then ranged up and down
the wall upon each side, with narrow val
ances embroidered in silks or crewels.
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tor-Journal is favoring the nomination of
temperance ticket next year. The MI.
stands squarely on the platform of the grand
prohibition council and is not in favor of a
separate ticket for State or county unless
none of the present parties shall indorse
prohibition in their platform and nominate
ticket accordingly. VI. E. SHIEL,
Manager Monitor-J 10 urnal.
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Salt and sugar Jars and common aower-pots
are now ornamented in the most artistic
manner with raised flowers OF putty only.
These are nodded in the hand and fixed on
the pot then tinted; they last as well as
those that are burnt if care is used in the Sc
lection and fastening OF the flowers.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.


WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
WARRINGTON, Dee. 81, A. ny
For Tennessee and the OHIO Valley Cloudy
weather., rain, partly changing to snow, winds
shifting to much colder northwesterly, rapidly
rising barometer, generally succeeded by clear
ing weather.
For the Upper Lake Region-Cloudy weather,
snow, followed by colder generally clearing
weather, brisk, nigh northerly winds, back
ing westerly, generally higher barometer.
Local Observations.
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Had His Attention Called.

TO the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal
My attention has been called to card in
this mornings Journal from s. NJ Minnich,
of Andrews, Ind, charging that the Mont
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
Handling Stock.

The term "handling stock is tech
nical one, more particularly applied to
cattle than to any other domestic ami
mails, but practical knowledge of it,
even in sheep and swine, is considered
important in England by ali breeders.
When the fingers are moderately
pressed upon the feshy parts of an
animal. and the hair, hide, and
especially the flesh, beneath have a fine,
soft, elastic spring, it is called good
handljng; on the contrary, if they are
coarse, thick, hard and rigid to the feel
ing, with little or no spring under the
pressure of the fingers, that is called
bad handling. OF course there are as
many degrees in handling, from very
bad to very good. as there are grades
of animals. The better an animal
handles, the quicker it feeds-that is
the sooner it will mature and become
fully grown for the purpose of breed
ing, or to fat for the butcher, and
good handler will do this at a much less
consumption Of food than bad one.
By cutivating race of cattle which
handle well we gain in two ways-les-
sen the time in perfecting them, and
save in the food. For example: A good
handling steer can be fully fitted for the
shamble at about three years of age,
while an Indifferent one will require a
year longer to do this. and a bad one
fully two years; and yet the price real
lied from the three will be within a
fraction of the same. So here is con-
siderably greater consumption of food
in the last two, greater risk in keeping
them, and the loss of one or two years of
interest on the amount for which they
are sold.
So important is the knowledge of
proper handling considered in England,
that when a grazier comes to purchase
stock of the breeder to feed for the
shambles, he would rather select the
animals blindfold with handling, than
with his eyes wide open to inspect them
without this opportunity of touching
| them. National Lire Stock JournaL
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
On The Chickahominy.

Under date of May s. 1885, Col $. r. TIBBITTs. OF
Dover, N H., sends us the following; while on
duty in the army the Potomac in the swanps OF the
Chckahominy contracted complication OF diseascs
that minated in spinal trouble paralysis on ono SIDE
and severe disease of the kidneys and bladder, and
great urlnal weakness. For a long time was under
the treatment OF c best physicians and tried many OF
the so-called remedies. but received no permanent
benefit When was in the drug business In Boston l
heard favorable accounts of the efficacy OF Hunts
Remedy for diseases of the kidneys and urinary
organs and having decided to give 1t trial, pur-
chased some at Wingates drug store, Dover, n. H.,
and have received great relief from usingit The se-
we're pains in my back removed and am able TO
sleep soundly and obtain rest at night-which for SO
long time could not do and the weakness in the
urinary organs has been relieved and greatly regret
that did not test the great merits OF Hunts Remedy
when was first taken sick IS am confident It would
have saved me from several years of suffering; and
am more strongly convinced of this after hearing Of
the most remarkable cures effected by Hunts Remedy
in case of Brights Disease here in our midst Dover
after the patient had been pronounced incurabe by
celebrated physicians.
Mr. Tibbits is retired druggist formerly located In
Boston and is thoroughly reliable citizen-CoE ED.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
HOME AND FARM.

The yolk of an egg mixed with a
little molasses makes rich brown kaze
for the top of rusks and buns,
Charcoal, either in Jumps o, pull
verized, and mixed with lime or gypsum,
is great deodorizer. 1t can be hung
in baskets in cisterns, daries, ref igera-
tors, or meat safes, and will keep the
contents from absorbing foul cd Drs.-
Prairie Farmer.
Little wafer-like cakes to eat with
chocolate or cocoa are made c two
eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sIga +, one
tablespoonful of butter. with -four
enough to make a stiff dough-, ;,.roll then
very thin, cut in strips, and bake in a
quick oven.-N. Y. Post.
The Rev. L. L. Langstroth, the
inventor of the movable f! !an1s bee
hive, and an authority in bee keeping,
recommends planting all waste places
with golden-rod and wild aster as
sources of honey supply. $50 fond of
these flowers are bees" he says, ''that
they will forsake almost everything else
for them.-N. Y. Examiner.
This way of making plum pud-
ding cannot be too highly recommend
ed: Ii fresh plums are in season use
them; if not take quart canIof plums;
put them in basin on the stove; when
hot. sweeten them plentiously; soak sew
eral slices of bread in the Juice, then
line pudding dish with the bread and
pour the plums in. Serve cold, with
cream.-N. 7. Post.
Analysis fails to show anN essential
difference as to the value of either white
or yellow corn. But for table use the
difference between white ard yellow
meal is very great; the individual pref
erence for one or the other appears to
depend upon early education. Those
who in their early youth have been ac-
customed to use white meal cannot toll
crate the yellow, and vice VERSA CHI
cago Tribune.
Some one who has tried it says it is
good plan to burn sulphur in cellars
where milk is kept. especially if they
are damp. The sulphurous acid evolved
destroys the mildew, which if not checked
will in iure the flavor of cream and butter.
In many damp cellars the mildew wastes
the cream SO that the butter product is
seriously decreased, besides the injury
to quality.
The markets for beef cattle can
hardly be considered in healthy con-
dition, prices are disappointing. The
demand for beef is good, and as inn
mense runs are marketed with ease, at
prices astonishing, if compared with the
best prices OF two years ago, it conclu-
sively proves that all the meat that can
be raised will find profitable outlet.
Our trouble this year has been at home,
and it is useless to disguise the fact that
the catt'e have not been up to fhe stand
ard of last or other previous years.
IerGS Lire Stock Journal
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
Is it a Myth 4.

The Red Man has a knowledge OF
some things in Nature that the white
man will never have. Whether this-is
the product of the inherited experience
of generations, or some instinct that
has been cultivated, it is hard to tell,
but it is an accepted fact that their
knowledge of things near to nature is
superior to ours, and civilization fire.
quently comes across evidences of it.
The trained ear and eye, the sure
knowledge gained by some mysterious
feeling in the air." the Caucasian race
will trust implicitly where it has to deal
alone with Nature. An observer in the
West who has been impressed with this,
has taken pains to investigate the mat
ter carefully, and has discovered that
none of the cities and towns built on
the sites of old Indian villages have
ever been visited by the cyclones
and hurricanes that this year, IN
particular, have seemed so universally
prevalent in the Western States. AS
examples he gives Chicago, Omaha,
Peoria, Chillicothe, and a long list Of
others are cited, each of which was
built on the site of an Indian village
and bears an Indian name or one of In
dian derivation. The storms have swept
by. in close proximity to all of these,
but each one appears to have been shell
tered by It's natural position.
1t was noted long ago that the old
Indian trails through the forest and
across the prairies are still the lines OF
the quickest and easiest travel. Ger
tainly these facts indicate the possession
of some rare instructive acquaintance
with natural phenomena on the part Of
the ignorant savage that civilization
would do well to make use of as far as
possible before the conditions that are
changing the savage have taken from
him this inheritance.-Iotca State Regis
fp,.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

About three thousand tons of borax
are annually produced in California.
The Swiss railroad companies now
cover portion of their carriages with a
phosphorescent preparation, WHICH
makes them visible at night.
An indianapolis inventor is at work
upon new electric headlight for loco
motives, which, it is claimed, will light
the track for mile brilliantly.-In-
d;a,lapolis journal.
Artificial ice, which is produced BY
yaporiZed ammonia, is turned out in
slabs eight inches thick by twenty-five
inches wide and six feet long, weighing
$50 pounds 1t is made at cost OF less
than 81 TOM. 0. Picayune.
A Boston engineer has been turning
his attention to the power going to
waste in the Niagara River. He esti-
mates that motor could be submerged
in the river which would furnish half
million horsepower sufficient to run
all the machinery in Buffalo and pump
all the city's water. His plan is to place
a giant iron wheel in the river perpen-
dicularly, so that it shall be turned by
the current The power would be taken
from the shaft of the wheel by either
belts or gearings, or would be sent
through electric cables.-N. Y. Sun.
1t is reported that firm in Paris
has patented an engine for the instan-
taneous formation of steam, so that it
can be used at once in the cylinder OF
the engine. A pump sends the required
quantity of water between two plate
surfaces, which are heated, and between
which there is only capillary space. The
liquid, spreading into thin layer, evap-
crates instantly without going into the
so-called spheroidal state, and the steam
acts in the cylinder as fresh formed
steam. The speed of the pump is regu-
lated by the engine.
Down in Georgia gasoline has been
put to new use] A mechanic of Au-
which the boilers will be heated by two
gasoline burners. The buggy has three
wheels, the first being extra large, and
bearing the burden OF the machinery.
The vehicle will carry several persons,
and the engine can be worked with
ease by anyone inside; and can also be
guided in any direction at the will OF
the operator. Its average speed is esti-
mated at a mile in three minutes. 1t
will no doubt make good companion
piece for the steam man in the patent
Office. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
For the treatment Of both hard and
soft corns DR.. Trail Green speaks high
ly of the use of salicylic acid. He has
adopted formula recommended by DR..
Gezon, which is as follows Salicylic
acid, thirty parts extract Cana6is IN
dica, five parts; collodion, two hundred
parts. The collodien fixes the acid on
the diseased part and gives speedy re-
lief by protecting it from friction. The
Conabis indica acts as an anodyne. The
acid loosens the corn so that 1T comes
off in four or five days, adhering to the
col,odion. If any portion of the corn
remains, the acid should be applied
again, and the treatment continued un-
til the whole of the corn has disap-
peared.-San francisco Chronicle.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
Chewed Goldfish.

Would you like to buy some con-
densed codfsh?'
"What is condensed codfsh?''
The man opened box and showed q
preparation which he said was simply
ground Goldfish.
"What put it into your head b, s,ind
it in this manner y
"Well. | was in the fish business,
barely making enough to keep soul and
body together, when friend came in
and chatfed me for not going into some
other business. He picked up a big
Goldfish scornfuliy and said !: Now,
that is pretty thing to offer man its
just mess of strings that nobody can
chew" And to chafe me still further,
he said in sort Of jocular way, You
ought to hire a boy to chew that fish
for your customers" / got an idea
from that, and before night / had
grinding machine, and next morning
put out sign Condensed Goldfish
Everybody wondered what that was,
and most of them bought some to try.
1t took like fire, and in less than
month was clearing S35 day on that
alone and had half dozen instead of
one boy to do the chewing for my Gus
toners, 1t is big business now. /
am shipping it all over the country and
am about to close arrangements for
supplying the English market through
New York house. If that succeeds
can retire in five years with a fortune.
My friend is keeping books for me and
says he is the. inventor Of chewed cod.
fish. "-Cateago Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-29
PITH AND POINT.

Slang is always Objectionable. In
stead of saying "a dead give away"
you should say "a posthumous dona-
tion."
old Beeswax "No, sir never
contradict lady. It's waste of effort.
just give her time and she II do it her.
self. '-BoSton Post.
The watering-place season of 1888
has not been brilliant success finan-
cially, owing to the high price of coal.
Philadelphia Nea0s.
1t seems only proper to suggest that
all those ST. Louis stories Of kidnapped
girls should be sent down the Niagara
Rapids. Are they not made of the
missed? Pittsburgh Telegraph.
"A Beaufort bachelor so greatly ad-
mired the way in which his housekeeper
prepared his coffee that he proposed
and was accepted. This is a pointer
for woman with ambition in that di-
rection.-Chicago Tribune.
Public sympathy: Dissatisfied wife
1--WE cannot agree-we must part
forever" Husband: "All right, but
we must not ventilate our sorrows
through the press" Wife: ugh !
what's the use of the separation then?'
The Judge.
Irish attorney Ito his clerk who has
taken the blue ribbon, and has been
celebrating the event W: "Tll not
stand it SUR! Wild yer plidges! In
std O takin plidges ye're always break
in ye'd better make no promises at-all-
at-all-and kape 'em !"-Puach
Several brilliant intellects are now
engaged in inventing new names for
old colors in ladies' dress materials fol
next season. One man, after working
sixteen hours day for two weeks, has
succeeded in evolving new names fol
two tints-viz: stopers nose = and
kicked dog" The latter is yeller, OF
course. Boston Post.
-" Oh, grannie! grannie I" ex.
claimed a Brooklyn boy, glancing UP
from paper which he had been read
ing, :. Java has been visited by show.
er of fire. dear me,' returned the
old lady, not exactly catching the full
import of the communication, "dea1
me, you don't tell me SOL Well,
thought the coffee this morning tasted 8
little burnt. ."-Broohyn IN. Y Eagle
A Milwaukee belle attending thea
tire in New York City recently com.
planned in one of the scenes that the
light was too dim to see the acting
properly. Wont you try this glass? ,
asked her escort, handing her his lorg-
net. Hastily covering the suspicion,
looking object with her handkerchief
she placed it to her lips, took long
pull, and then handed it back in great
disgust, saying: tWhy, there amt &
drop in it !''-Chicago Herald.
Entirely trustworthy" Thomas, >
said a gentleman to colored white.
washer at the Central Market, " can ]
put entire confidence in you ?" "Yes
sah.' Well, then, I've half an acre
of watermelons out at my farm on
Woodward avenue" ..Yes, sab /; Jess
SO, sab. Am dat all, sab ?'' "All, ex.
cept that wanted to say that 1 depend
on you not to say word to any of yom
colored friends aboutit. 'sNo, sah-
no, sab /: not word. l hain't dat sort
O. possum. sab. (Aside.) Dat acre
will be little enutf for dis nigsah. DE.
troH Post,