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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-31
A Danville Base Bailist Plays An
other Game and Gets Hurt
a Gang of Indiana Thieves Arrested in Ken
tucky-Horse Stealing at Delphi
Notes from Two States.
INDIANA.

Very Successful Sessions of the Delaware
County Normal.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
MUNcIE. July 30.-For several years past it
has been the custom OF the Delaware county
teachers to meet about the middle of July
and organize a summer normal school, to
continue four weeks. the object of which is
to review the c-ommon-schoo branches and
prepare for the winters work by studying,
in addition to the branches mentioned, peda-
gogics and the best methods of imparting in
struction and controlling schools. The pres
emit session, the ninth, was organized last
Monday afternoon. 1t Is under the direct
supervision of County Superintendent John
o. Lewellen, assisted by Mr.. d. A. Lambert,
one of the leading teachers of the county.
The first days session closed with an enroll
ment of fifty, which number gradually in
creased all last week, aud to-day reached
seventy-fiye. The students are active and
earnest in the quest Of such knowledge
as is needed in their profession.
Many of the students are teachers in the
county, OF considerable experience and sue
cess. They ali express themselves highly
pleased with the work done by Messrs. Lew
ellen and Lambert. udents are daily ar
irving and the attendance before the school
closes promises to be the largest of any pre-
vious normal ever held in the county. With
the enthusiasm, and new ideas which this
normal will send out to rural districts it is
confidently hoped that a grand success will
crown the efforts of those who seek to pre-
pare themselves for the positions they will
be called to fill.
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A Condemned M~uraerer's Bravado.

n y L1haaO
Special to the indianapolis Journal
ROCKVILLE, July 30.-From all accounts
Buck Stout. who is to be hanged here on
Aug. 8, for murder, has more sang froid,
nonchal ance and all that sort OF thing than
can be found in France. He awaits his ap-
preaching end with supreme indifference,
though manifesting some little curiosity as
TO the construction of the gallows. II think
I'll ask 'em to paint it red" he remarked
through the grated window the other day to
a man on the sidewalk. You had better
have a stripe of yellow put around" was
suggested. I'll, no, if you're going to
stripe it, paint the national colors-red,
white and blue" Mr.. Gabler, a marble-cut-
ter, was going by when Stout called to hin.
How are you, Buck?' inquired the pasaer-
by. Happy as a coon ina corn6eld,' was
the answer. I'm be round to look at a
tombstone in a day or two; I'll be reedIng
one soon." 1t is thought that this spirit will
not sustain him when the awful day arrives,
and he is ex pected TO "funk" awfUily. The
murder created q great sensation az the time,
and has been a standing topic OF converse
ton ever since. 1t is thought there will not
be less than 5000 people at Rockville on the
day of his execution. As he will be hanged
within an Enclosure and only a few persons
will be admitted, nearly the entire 5000 will
probably go away disappointed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-29
PenguiIly's Queer Funeral.

London Truth,
A most eccentric funeral ceremony TOOK
nloce in Paris on Thursday last. A specula-
tor, NJ. Penguilly, died a few days previous
iy. He was we'll known in the journalistic
world, having shares in most OF the success
full Paris papers, He left directions that the
hearse containing his mortal remains should
be preceded by an Italian playing. or rather,
grinding" on his organ some OF the mosb
lively and p%opular cafe concert airs. He also
LETT a list OF sixty w%ell-known writers beg
eing them to partake OF a banquet at the Ho,,
tel Continental on the day of the funeral and
to be as merry as they possibly could. -Four
hundred pounds had been set aside by the
t~estator for the expenses OF the feast, which
duly took place. The organ'player' however
was not allowed to perform while the tuner
al procession was inside the fortitieations,
but as soon as it entered the suburbs the
music began and the women, children and
gamins formed dancing escort,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-29
ANCIENT JUNK.
Almost Everything Has Value, Except Ole
Iron Wire.

AcA II
New York Sun.
Peddlers were employing their carts of rags,
old iron and waste paper upon the floor of a
junk shop in Mott street. The dealer, a
Hebrew with bushy beard and sharp gray
eyes, was raking the heaps over with a long
hook.
what do you get from this stuf@' we
asked.
"A comfortable living" he answered.
Fifteen grades of rags are sold to the paper
companies, at prices ranging from u cent
to IA cents a pound, the latter price being
paid for tailors' clippings from hIgh-priced
goods. Old soft woods sell for about the
same, and all these are worked into shod-
dy. Satinet and cotton rags are worth
from - cent to l cent q pound;
old Manila rope is always in good demand at
IL cents; tarred rope is a good thing, and
when unraveled finds ready sale among
Ship-builders, by whom it is used in calking
seams of vessels. Old newspapers and books
are worth l cent, and common paper = cent.
Pasteboard is of little value, but is some
times aiken at = cent. Trade in the old rag
and paper line is slack at present. The old
metal market. however, is always lively. Old
copper is the best thing in that line, bring
ing from 10 TO II cents, and the lowest price
is paid for lead foil. Zinc is worth 2% cents;
iron ranges from x to / cent. the former for
old stove-pipe, burned CRATES, hoops,
and similar articles, which form
the poorest grade of iron, and are
worked up chiefly into nails. There is
no demand for scraps at present, though a
few years ago quantities of scrap-iron were
manufactured into buttons. Old wire is
worth nothing. Old boots and shoes used to
be gathered, burned and crushed, and the
powder sold to spice mills to adulterate
spices with. Peddlers now seldom take old
leather OF any description. Bones are taken
with a view of disposing of them to dealers in
fertilizers. Brass is worth. according to
quality. from 5 to II cents, There is sale for
all descriptions of glass; common, such as is
used for medicine and beer bottles, is rated at
Il cent; fragments of French plate-glass are
worth the same; flint glass is the most valua-
BILE, and brings q cent; patent medicine
bottles with the. proprietor's name blown
into them can be returned to the manufac-
turer, where they bring so cents a dozen;
champagne and claret bottles are bought for
a cent apiece, and sold to restaurants 10 be
reilled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-29
Tunneling a Volcano.
Mexican Financier.

Mexican Flnanclef,
1t is proposed to drive a tunnel into the
crater of Popocatapetl, and to build from the
mouth of the tunnel a railroad to connect
with the Interoceanic railway at Amecam-
eca. The parties who are in negotiation for
the ~propertv with the owner of the volcano,
Gen. Gaspar Sanchez Ochoa, are said to be a
rich American house. The representative OF
the house visited the volcano with the French
engineer, Mr.. Charles Roav. A contract is
said to have been made for the expectation OF
20 600 tons of sulphur a year at LII also
nroposed to establish a factory of sulphuric
acid for use here in Mexico, selling it at 81 a
ouintal OF sixty-fve degrees strength. These
products of Popocatapetl will add largely to
the business Of the InIeroceanic railroad.
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Danger to China-Painters.

pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
every time | look at this china" said one
Of the physicians who haunt the homeopathic
hospital fair, 81 think OF how the girls have
suffered"
"What made them suffer, regret at having
inflicted such atrocities upon a defenseless
NO; l am in earnest. I mean physical
suffering. Every one of those placques and
cups means 4 pain and an ache. nave lopr
Young lady patients whose maladies can be
traced to china-painting. At the School OF
Design, l understand, there is con
siderable of the sickness. The students
blame the stairs they have to climb,
hut when one of them gave me that reason
for her illness 1 told her that a girl who
couldn't stand walking up stairs and down
once q day mad better get ready Tor ahotnel
world. When l found she painted on china
I knew what was the matter"
"What was it?'
Lavender oil and turpentine. Both O
these are used in working on china. Every
body knows what turpentine is, and the odo
of lavender oil is a combination OF all that ]
vile. The fumes of these liquids in a clos
room amount to a poison that few girls ca
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MESSENGERS OF THE AIR.
Birds Which Travel to Their Cotes with the
Speed of Express Trains.

Speed of Express Trains.
Baltimore Sun.
Il have often watched my birds" said DR..
Clegg yesterday, coming home. They are
up in the air until they look about as big as
sparrows. About a quarter of a mile off they
set their wings, and with 3 rush they come
to the window, never going a foot past it or
evincing the slightest uncertainty as to the
locality of their home. l have one hundred
pair or so now. All around this neighbor-
hood people are breeding and flying homing
pigeons. / use mine often TO send messages
home to my family. 1 write the message
upon tissue paper and roll it up until | can
stick it in a quill. This l tie to the leg of
the bird between the foot and knee with
yarn. Thread would cut in and stop the cir
culation. They never seem to mind the load,
and never pick it of. II you are going to
fly q match, a female bird who wants only
two days of Matching out her eggs is the
quickest. Fly her before 2 o'clock, and she
tries to get back in time to 90 on her nest at
$50 to relieve the male, which has been on
duty since o'clock. A male bird flies best
when the fem e is laying her Q over
which operi he usually exercises the
most lofty rjntendence. They are low
ing, jealous oI- 5, and the attachment to the
spot of their Jlrth and breeding place is so
great that they will rather starge han leave
it,"
"How can you tell when your pigeon ar
rives in a match?" was asked.
by this electric bell" replied DR.. Clegg,
stepping to the mantel and touching q tiny
striking apparatus. Il have a board on the
entrance to the window set on a spring.
The weight of a pigeon that aliehts on it
presses it down so that it completes the cir
cult and rings this bell. The judges and
timers then score, while l go and catch my
pigeon. Sometimes | take a whole basket
full of young pigeons up to Havre de Grace
for an afternoon airing. They come back
thlrty-five miles under the hour easily"
What colors are the best?'
well, the white, silver and checkered are
about the best colored birds"
why will not a cOmmon blue rock pigeon
do just as we'll to train in this way?' was the
query.
They lack the intelligence and instinct"
was the reply.
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LAssoING A ONE
a Very Tall Story from the Top of the Rocky
Mountains.
Leadville Democrat.

I4eauNlile democrat.
From Texas G. w. Palmer came to Colo
rado and began to hunt antelope and deer for
a livelihood. He throws the lasso with the
accuracy of a rifieman. Up OIL Hardscram-
Bile Mountain a few days ago he halted be-
fore a half-eaten deer that had been killed bv
a mountain lion. With a knowledge of the
beast and its habits, Palmer concluded that
there were a lioness and her cub near bv, and
he determined to capture her, and, returning
to his cabin, a short distance away he pro-
cured several ropes. Fully equipped, he
proceeded cautiously, and finally discovered
the lioness with her cub beneath a projecting
rock,
1t was then that he motioned to his SON,
who followed at his heels, to stop, and, in
structing him to make his appearance at a
signal from him, he left the path to mount
the rocks that sheltered the beast. Reach
his a tn6 and nan prebba fr 9gHpGt8Bjie9d the rope from
The signal was given to the brave young fell
low, who made his appearance a short DIS
lance from the lair. The beast was about to
leap forward, but the father sent the loop
over her head. There was a bEiet struggle,
in which the moose was slipped, but IN a
second more it was secure upon the hind
Ieos The end of the rope had been previ-
ouslv thrown over the limb of a tree whose
bows spread around, and the contest was be
gun IN earnest. ,
After a terrible struggle Palmer succeeded
in suspending his prize in the air, and, fast
ening the rope securely, he sprang from the
| rocks, and proceeded to tie the remainder OF
the limbs. ACCOMPLISHING this, he thought
it about time to bag the cub, and reached
down TO grasp it: but the little fellow turned
as quick as a cat upon its back and fastened
his claws in his throat. He held on like 8
leech, while the father, who had found II
imnossible to extricate himself, shouted tc
his son to use a club. This was Intellectual
however. and throttling the infant lion Will
his left hand, he pressed down with all hi
might, and it was not until he had almos
killed the animal that the son was enabled
to release the claws from his fathers neck
with both of the animals, and Gagged them il
Schloss' old building.
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Louisville Letter in New Orleans Times Democrat.
t;d r5e stories that reach us of her triumphs
Branch. always carry me back fl ohfe, tn her
the time, seven years ago, when | visited her
in the little old house on Walnut street, IN
, Louisville. which vas then her home. l was
at the time a schoolgirl, and Mary Anderson
was sixteen or seventeen years OF age. Her
tall, 1.-THE figure, lacking the round
ness to make it beautiful, ana
earnest face that wore an almost
moody expression of studious abstraction1m
pressed me indeliblv When l first met her.
On this occasion Professor Noble Butler had
taken several of his pupils to see his prlote-
gee, this young girl, who, from having been
a student under him, had gone to New York
to be under the instruction of NandenhoH,
and now had returned TO Louisville for a
brief interval of rest, before pursuing her
studies further. The house, which has since
become historical, was an old tumble down
looking structure, which, Notwithstanding
the poverty of its furnishings, had yet an air
of home-like comfort in the small front
bedroom into which we were ushered. 1
7 remember there was an open piano
at which Mary had been practieing,
and something was said about her possible
intention of ultimately going Oh the concert
stage: for at this time her profession was not
chosen, and the bud of her genius, which.
under pressure of circumstances, was soon
to burst into full flower, was still in embryo.
She recited C|ollins's "Ode on the Passions
and a scene from the ''Hunchback.' Her
clear-cut features glowed and her eyes shot
fire as she sounded, witt herdeep, rich voice
the eamut of hatred, rage and despair. When
> She had finished her little audience sal
I sneechless with an awe-struck wonder; and
5 went home wild with enthusiasm, Tor tins
girl had been = sort OF revelation 10 me.
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TiIden's Wines.
ort in New York Times.

Report in New York Times.
While am discussing Tilden's books and
what will become of them when he is done
with them, l will add that a more interest
ing question than this to many OF Iilden's
friends is the ultimate disposal OF his wines.
The Tilden wine-cellar is a storehouse OF the
meIlowest and finest juices that ever ripened
on the slope of the Rhine, RhenIsh Is me
net weakness of the sage of Grammercy Park.
and thrilling stories are told OF his stores or
matches vintagos. The finest Of these are
brought out only on very rare occasions.
There are a few men in the world who are
| sufficiently near to the old mans heart to
have a sip of the famous Steinberger Cabinet
or Imperial Toquay that slumber IN nus Gel
lars. A book-worm who has wines ripenlng
with himself, although he may be a eanny
politician, and even a selfish man, cannot be
altogether juiceless.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-29
Ahnnt New YEARS. Cards.

Philadelphia Progress.
Execrable taste is often displayed in cards
used for New Year calls. No gentleman
should leave with a lady under any circum-
stances a pasteboard decorated like a chrome
or a comic valentine. The palmer the card
always the better. Gentlemen calling to-
gether may have their names upon one card.
The name may be written by the gentlemen
themselves or engraved. Printed cards are
not good form for the New Year or any other
time. New Year calls may be too snort OF
too long. To rush lnto a mouse anu .ne =
rnsh ont again as if pursued by the furies Is
disrespectful to your hostess. TO stay two
or three hours is to make yourself a nuisance
A call of about fifteen minutes is the happy
! medium.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-29
shalsspeare's Tomb Desecrated.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t is pretty certain that Sh~akspeare's tomb
has been desecrated more than once. Charles
Knight is said to have been a witness OF the
opening of the tomb when the church at
Stratford was restored, and congratulated
himself on his good fortune i'll having seen
the remains of the bard. Another story is
still more painful. In the Monthly Maya
zine in 1918 there appeared this memoran-
dun: Notwithstanding the anathema pro-
nounced by the bard on any disturber OF his
bones, the church wardens were so negligent
a few years ago as to suffer the sexton, in
digging the adjoining grave of DR.. Daven-
port, to break a large cavity into the tomb of
Shakespeare. Mr.. - told the writer that he
was excited by curiosity to push his head
and shoulders through the cavity; that he
saw the remains of the bard, and that he
| could easily have brought away his skull,
but was deferred by the curse which the
poet invoked on any who disturbed his re-
mains" Some such fate as befel the small
boy in:the Ingoldsby legend, who invaded the
sanctum of the mysterious occupant of the
cellar, ought to have befallen the rash ad'
venturer. 1t would not be surprising if, in
the event of the tomb being formally opened
the skull of the bard were found to be miss
ing.
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FRED. DOUGLASS.
An Incident of His Flight Across the At
lantic in 1915.

An Incident of His Flight Across the At
lantic in 1915.
j, NJ. Bunuin, in Lecture at Lynn, Mass.
About this time the mob was after Fred.
douglass, and | told him he was not safe in
New England. and on the 10th of August.
1916, Mr., Douglass and myself sailed in the
steamship Cimbria for England, The cap
tain would not allow Mr.. Douglass in the
first cabin, and so we were obliged to take the
after cabin. When the Irish coast was
reached the captain gave the first cabin pas
sengers a complimentary dinner. After tine
dinner was over Captain Judkins came TO me
and said some OF the passengers desired TO
hear Douglass speak. Mr.. Douglass COM
piled, and as soon as he began to speak there
was great excitement and cries of
Throw him overheard" xiii him.
and other threats were made. The crowd
became so bOisteroUs that Captain Judkins
came on deck and said that he Douglass)
must stop. as lie (the c|aptainj wanted TO
speak. The captain said that he had made it
pleasant Tor the passengers all the way over,
and that SOM Of the passengers wanted to
hear Douglass speak, and he should speak.
Then. said the captain, Give it to them,
Douglass, like bricks" After listening a
few minutes, a little man from Connecticut
spoke up and said that he would be one OF
six to throw Douglass overheard. A big
freshman spoke up and said: You will
throw him overheard, will you? Did it ever
occur to you that you might 90 over your
self? Douglass has as many friends as you
have" Captain Judkins told the boatswain
to go down below and get the irons. and said
that he would put them all in irons if they
made any more disturbance. Upon reach
ing the wharf the captain was handed a card
from one OF the passengers, challenging him
to fight a duel.
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How the Hungry Rodents Ate Signal Ser.
geant O'hiefs Baby.
Pixies Peak Letter.

Seant OI\ief's Baby.
Pixies Peak Letter.
The officer in charge OF the rsignal7 station.
Sergeant B%oyington, told us the particulars
OF the rat destroying the little daughter Of
his predecessor, Sergeant OKief. 1t seems
that the sergeants wife came up on the peak
to visit him, bringing with her the baby and
some fresh meat. They had built a some
what hot fire in the room, and as the sun
came out and it grew warmer, they opened
the doors and windows. The rats, attracted
by the smello the meat, came into the house.
a few at first. These the sergeant killed and
threw out, They kept coming faster and faster,
and growing more and more furious, until
the whole mountain seemed alive with them.
The sergeant and his wife sprang inside of a
large helix and turned on the full force Of
the battery. The rats that struck the coil
were killed by the current and rolled back.
Those that jumped over the sergeant and his
wife killed with clubs. This continued for
a couple OF hours, and then. as there seemed
no prospect OF its terminating in that way,
he rushed out and closed the doors and
windows, ana, after being terribly scratched
and bitten, he succeeded in killing those re-
naming in the room. The baby had been
lying on the bed, and in the excitement
they had forgotten all about her. When
things were again quiet and they turned to
look for her they found nothing but bones,
These rats are brown instead of gray; about
three times as large az an ordinary barn rat,
and have all their points except the file tail.
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The Motion Wasn't Seconded.
Douglasville (Ga.) Star,

Some years ago, when the Hon. Hugh Blu
chanan was Judge of the Coweta circuit,
there lived in the county a gentleman who
had once been a justice OF the peace and
Judge of the inferior court, whom we shall
call Judge s. This gentleman had Just been
case before Judge Buchanan. Col. A. was
his Col. A. moved to dismiss the
case Of Judge S. for som defect in the plead
ingg. Judge Buchanan asked Judge s.
what he had to say in reply to the motion
of Col. A. "Why, il it pleases your honor"
said Judge s., you can't entertain the mo
ton of Col. A. 1t has no second Judge s.
lost his case,