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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

Literary Boston is reported to be on the de-
cline and falling off, and an intellectual famine
is apprehended. Emerson, LOngfellOw and
Fields are gone, while the North American Re-
view and American Law Review have folded
their tents and sought fresher fields While tho
crude Western mind admits the mOnrnful aspect
of Bostons literary future, it rejoices in the hope
that the natives of the bereft city may employ
their abundant leisure in teaching each other
aot to insult Emma Abbott by calling her
"Emma Rabbit"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

COMMANDER RIvIERE. who lost his life in Ten
quin, wrote three days before his death TO u
friend IN Paris:
az am now administrator, soldier, seaman,
diplomat, custom-house officer and policeman.
In spite of all this have written one novel and
begun a second which, however. has advanced
only as far MS the third page l lack time. l
don't know how France--that is TO say. the gov
ernment-will Judge of what circumstances have
made me do. In any case | am indifferent; 1
have done what was compelled TO do, and am,
besides, possessed of that quiet philosophy
which is prepared for everything and submits
to anything"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

A WOMAN in Pottstown, Pa, boasts that she
has not had pitcher broken upon her premises
during the twenty-nine years of her married life.
The Pottstown lady must have carried water in
a bucket 1t is the pitcher which goes often to
the well that is broken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

The sphere of the cat is slowly widening.
Hitherto her occupations have been limited to
catching mice and lodging bootacks. Here
after, however, she is to be utilized in cleaning
greenhouse flues. by creeping through them
with cord tied to one of her
paws. After the cord has made
the passage successfully, rope to which coarse
bags are attached, is pulled through by means
of the cord, and thus the flues can be thoroughly
cleansed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15
..Hours OF Idleness.o

What has become of all the leisure7 1t is now
rare thing to hear any one talk of doing
things merely "to kill time" Everything has be-
come study, and all activity has some method
in it. Our days and weeks are so filled with du-
ties, domestic and social, that if rare hour
of idleness occurs we scarcely know how to be-
have ourselves while sweetly doing nothing.
Charles Lamb loved "the life coniemplative;"
and rascally old Peoksniff was prone to ''st
down and contemplate existence" but the mod
ern man and woman are forced to reflect If at
all, on the wing. The lotus does not thrive in
American soil.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15
Kentucky Fiction.

Kentucsy novel readers do not demand very
high grade of fiction, Judging from the serial
stories published in their best newspapers. The
patrons of the Louisville Courier-Jourual are
now feastng on phantom Fortune" one of Miss
Braddon's hghly-seasoned emotional frioassees
while CORY and polygamous tale, entitled
"Vanquisned, or the Power of Love-" is admin
istered in iudicious weekly doses to still the
mental cravings of those who read the CONNER
nia1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15
Being Warned I'm a Dream.

He is brave man who, in this practical, un-
imaginative age avowsa belief in dreams. Such
n confession is so sure to be met with gibes and
ridicuie that those chershing such faith are
inclined to reticence the subject until the
time arrives when peculiarly remarkable and
prophetic vision comes to confound the skeptics
Believers in the fateful Omens affirm that such
proofs of their significance are given sooner or
later that only willful prejudice will reject rhem
Reverend Garvey Bradstead, a Me thodist minis
ter of Egypt, N. J., was believer in dreams but
had never given expression to his views. In
consequence of this previous silence on the sub
ject his congregation considerably aston
ished two weeks ago when Mr.. Bradstead an
nounoed that he would die a natural death
on the 9th of September aud
go TO join his brother in heaven. His brother
had been killed during the war. but had APP
peared to him in dream ten years ago and i'll
formed him of the exact date on which he Uhe
preacherl would be called from earth. Rev.
Bradstead, after this announcement, babe his
flock n final farewell, assuring them that on the
following Saturday night he would join the
saints in Paradise. Many persons were deeply
impressed Dy the minister's solemn manner and
at the hour mentioned about one hundred OF the
church members gathered at his residence
The door was open and Mr. Bradstead, with
head bowed upon his arms, could pc seen by
those gathered about. AS the time approached,
the crowd grew nervous, and a hush fell upon
them as they waited In the expectation that
death would swoOp down and snatch the pastor
from before their eyes. Women wept and men
thrilled with excitement as the moment drew
near. The minister himself waited IN confidence
and without fear. At last the hour came. the
spectators held their breath, Rev. Bradstead
prepared TO give up his ghost, there were mo-
ments That seemed ages-.and the hour went by.
Rev. BradsEead time but no reaper,
twine-binGer, or other variety, put in an appear
ance. Connection had been missed somewhere,
the combination wouldn't work, and Egypt's
pastor still lives. He has not appeared much in
public since, but is supposed to be engaged In
figuring out where the mistake was.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

came a raving maniac, and tried to kill all the
guests with a chair-leg Now comes another
case from Allentown. In this instance the I'M
happy man succumbed to the prospective ter
rOrs of married life, and became violently insane
a week before the day set for the wedding The
grief of the bride is somewhat mitigated by the
fact that the Wedding presents had all come in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE Democratic ChiefJnstice of the State of
Georgia. in an article in the last North Ameri-
can Review, saysI
"The day of the grOg-shOp and that which 1t
produces-the infamed passion and deadly
weapOn-is rapidly pa sing away. The local
option retail law general pervades the State of
Georgia; county after county prohibits the
traffic, reduces expenes and dimnishes crime.
The prosecuting officers of the State are paid ac
they inform the writer that in those counties
where this traffic is prohibited the office of So
licitor-general is worthless. Soon, let US hope,
the generous Southern sun will shine upon an
entire population sober, prosperous, peaceful
and happy May that population be swollen
into vast multitude by a tide OF emigration
which shall enrich every valley aud cover every
hilltop with good, sober. industrious men,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE leading pap'r in the Continent of Sep
TENDER 10 art in the VESTS from the pen
of Mr.. viii. o. Bates, formerly OF the Journal
staff Mr.. Bates il a graceful writer, and In this
paper appears at his best. He treats chiefly Of
works OF art now on exhibition in the Cnon-
natl and Louisville expositions, and the subject
IS handled In an intelligent and discriminating
manner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15
A DISPUTED Indiana Sent.

NEw YORK Sept 1.-the greater portion
of to-day's session Of the Knights and Ladies'
of Honor was occupied in settling the ques-
ton between Mrs. Greenwood and Samuel
w. Williams as to who should occupy the
Indiana seat. 1t was finally awarded to Mrs.
Greenwood. Amendments to the bylaws
wore discussed In the afternoon the knights
and ladies drove through Central park and
dined together.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

HON. THOMAS B. WARD, congressman from
the Lafayette district, denies in toto the inter-
view attributed to him in the columns of the
Louisville Commercial How the world is given
to lyingl The interview is thoroughly and tee
totally discredited by the base uses to which it
has been put.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

IN paper read before the Academy Of
Sciences. at Paris, M. Peyrusson has demon
strated very clearly that germs Of typhoid fever,
cholera and other contagious diseases may be
preserved and communicated by the slightest
crack in china or crOckery tableware, That I'M
happy individual commonly known as a
'boarder" should cut this out and paste it in
his landlady's hat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

be said: Judge Goodlng Is closely observing the
drift of events and will be ready, when the
proper time comes, to tell the people wholesome
truths and map out a healthy policy" When
Judge Gooding puts his mighty intellect to the
work of evolving policy it is time for small
men to stand aside and await events.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE Democratic leaders at st. Louis were IN a
state of great excitement on Thursday. re-
port got abroad that ex-senator Hendricks was
in town, and the clerks of the Southern Hotel
were almost driven to frenzy by anxious in
quries TO the whereabouts of the distn-
guished Indauian. 1t is limited there is IA scheme
oil foot to secure Missouri delegation to the
next Democratic national convention that will
solidly support the old ticket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

SOME coin collectors of New York we're under
the impression that the new nickels Issued
without the word scents" would soon become
rarities and offered ten cents each for them.
When they learned that the government had
put 100000 of them into circulation their Of
fer was suddenly withdrawn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

REPORTS from the primaries In New York
State show that the Republican party is
thoroughly united. Belief in success at the polls
this fall is increasing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE University of Pennsylvania has a COM
mittee engaged in the investigation of modern
spiritualism. The committees decision to hold
its sessions with closed doors doesn't seem to be
just the thing. How in the world do they ex-
poet modern spirits to get in to be investigated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE New Jersey Democracy, according to the
Cincinnati Enquirer, denounced Pendleton's
civil-service fraud" The Democratic party is
doing much to attract the Independent vote in
the approaching campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THERE Is a fatality about weddings in Penn
sylvania this season which may make the en-
gagged young man of that State pause and reflect
before 1t is everlastingly too late for him to es-
cape the iunatic asylum. Only the other day a
young bridegroom, after kissing his bride at the
close of the marriage ceremony, Instantly be-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE country will breathe easier. The Senti-
mel. of yesterday, at the conclusion OF an ed-
torial article announcing that talk had been
had with that eminent statesman. Hon David
8. GOodmg of Hancock, Says "Thls much may
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15
40 ths Editnr or fhe rnd,ananolis IournaN

To the Editor or the Indianapolis Journal
Please give results OF the various state cleo
tions IN Ohio since Grants second term.
INDIANAPOLIS. w. II. L.
The following are the totals of the Republican
and Democratic votes for the years named, be.
ginning with the vote for Hayes and Tden and
ending with the vote for Secretary of State last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE Louisville Courier-Journal heads its lead
ing article yesterday, "The Late Mr.. Hendricks"
Cruel brass-bound piggin!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15
An Aquatic Fowl.

Philadelphia Times.
The Baltimore Orole would have Jared
better this week US a cauyas-back duck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

ENGLISH's OPERA -HoUSE-The Majiltons in
''Frocs of Day"
PARK THEATER-The Howard Company in "Unole
ZOO THEATER-King's Speciality Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, Is, 1888.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-15

THE DAILY JOURNAL.
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BY JNo. C. NEW & SON.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-07-04
Electricity and Storms.

The question Of the electric nature
of cyclones is Il question of fact, and
cannot be determined by balancing
opinions. Facts alone can decide, by
proving or disprovingthat cyclones are
caused by electricity. 1 maintain that
not only cyclones, but all the phenom-
m OF the atmosphere are electric in
their nature and character. The facts
upon which l strongly rely and adduce
to prove the electrical nature of cy-
clones cannot lie stated here, for they
are too voluminous. The substance,
however, is briefly as follows: A lumi-
nous or fiery cloud-spot is seen to de-
scend from the clouds, which is met by
a flash fronl the EARTH where the spout
touches. Simultaneous with the flash
everything free at the point struck ex-
plodes into fragments, is carried clean
away, and generally hurled into the
clouds through the vortex. Likewise,
whenever an electric discharge takes
place, ozone in sitting quantities ap-
pears with the flash. COmbustil les
are set on fire in the buildings struck,
and destroyed. Flashes issue from the
furniture in the houses, and sparks
from the walls, like from al emery
wheel, After night the tornado cloud
is invariably lumlnous-often not per-
ceived in the daytime--and a wave
like flame on the earth confronts the
cloud-spot as it sweeps forward on the
surface of the ground.
l interpret these facts to say that
this luminosity, these sparks and
flames, are electricity, and hence that
the whole phenomenon is an electric
one.-Professor j. II. Tice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-07-04
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

NJ. G. Foussereau has proven that
the tempering Of glass diminishes the
resistance of that substance to cleo
tricity, and consequently lessons its
efficiency for insulating purposes. On
the other hand, annealing tempered
glass restores it's higher resistance.
M. Angot has been investigating
the influence of altitude upon vegeta-
tion. He finds that the harvest time
for winter wheat is retarded in France
four days, on an average, for every in
crease Of about $50 feet in the height
of the land above the level of the sea.
An interesting mountain explora-
ton is being attempted in India. Two
mountaineers, one an experienced
Swiss guide, have left Darjeeling with
the purpose Of reaching the highest
possible point on the great Kinchin-
jinga. one of the very loftiest peaks Of
the globe.
The Importance to t~ree-growth of
an abundance of water is well Illus
trated by an observation of NJ. Capus.
In the botanic garden at Samarcande,
Turkestan, an Ailanthus glandulosus
grew about eight inches during the
first year, thirteen inches the second
and thirty. five inches in the third.
The soil was not irrigated during these
three years, but in the fourth year,
when irrigation water was supplied,
the growth Of the tree was owe thirty
feet.
From wood shavings and paper Herr
Heilemann makes plates, dishes, etc.,
as follows: Selected plane shavings
are bound into bundles and stepped
into a bath Of weak gelatine solution
about twenty-four hours, then dried
and cut into suitable lengths. Plates
are cut of strong paper or thin paste,
board of the size Of the objects to be
produced. These are moistened with
a liquid consisting Of weak gelatine
solution with sodium w%aterglass, and
pressed in heated metallic molds.
After drying, the pressed-paper OBJ
jects are coated on both sides with an
adhesive material made Of five parts
Russia gelatine and one part thick
turpentine the shavings are applied
to them, and the whole is subject tc
pressure. Wood shavings alone would
because of their unequal thickness,
present uneven surfaces. The objects
are then cut, dried and vanished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-07-04
The PagOdas of japan.

An instance of the way in which
man adapts himself to his surround
ings is shown by the japanese in the
construction Of their pagodas. These
curious buildings are the most remark
able specimens Of Eastern architecture.
They often rise to a great height, and,
although they are built in aland where
earthquakes are severe and frequent,
ONE of them have stood unimpaired
for six or seven hundred years. Any
tall building of brick or stone would
certainly be overthrown by an earth
quake; therefore the pagodas are built
of wood, and in a manner which
evinces the great ingenuity of Japanese
architects. A traveller thus describes
one which he visited:
When 1 first assembled 1 was struck
with the amount of timber employed
in its construction; and I could not
help feeling that the material here
wasted was even absurdly excessive.
But what offended my feelings most
was the presence of an enormous log
of wood, in the center of the structure,
which assembled from its base to its
apex. At the top this mass of timber
was nearly two feet in diameter, and
lower down a log equally large was
bolted to each Of the four sides of this
central mass. I was so surprised with
this waste of timber that l called the
attention of my good friend Sakata to
the matter, and especially denounced
the use of the center block. 10 my
establishment lie told me that the
structure must be strong to support
the vast central mass. In my ignor-
ance l replied that the center part was
not supported by the sides, but upon
reaching the top l found this mon
strous central mass suspended like a
clapper of a bell; and when I descend
ed 1 could, by lying on the ground, see
that there was an inch of space inter-
vening between it and the earth, which
formed the floor of the pagoda. Byits
clever construction it is thus enabled
to retain its vertical position even dur
ing the continuation of earthquake
Shocks; for, by the swinging Of this
vast pendulum, the center of gravity
is kept within the base. I now under
stood the reason for that lavish use Of
timber which I had SO rashly pro-
nounced to be useless; and I see that
there is a method in Japanese con-
struction which is worthy of high ap-
nrecjatiOn.
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SELECT STRINGS.
Ivory is worth $1,000 Il ton.

Ivory is worth $1,000 Il ton.
TO short-sighted persons the moon
pears to have blue fringe.
The Venezuela cow tree yields a
liquid having the flavor of cream.
Chemical analysis show that the hui
man brain is eighty per cent. water.
The art of working in iron has been
known at least four thousand years.
About 100000 worth of neckties
arc worn in this country every year.
Mississippi is the only State in the
Union that has not a brewery or dis
tillery.
Twenty billion wooden hoops are
used annually in this country for bar
rels only.
The largest milk pan on record,
holding 600 gallons, has just been
made for an Iowa creamery.
Under the new civil code of CalifOr.
mia the earnings of the wife are not
liable for the debts of the husband.
The veterans IN n Dayton (Onlo)
soldiers home are given a fish dinner
every Friday, and it takes 1000 pounds
of fresh fish to satisfy them.
A baby playing with a cocoauut in
the second story Of a house in SPcra-
mento let it fall from a window, end
t hit and cracked a mans skull.
n Chinese encyclopedia, begun more
than one hundred years ago and still
unfinished, has already filled nearly
100000 volumes, and will not be COM
pleted until 10000 more are written.
a large oyster taken off East Point,
near keyport, n. j., is asserted to have
measured nine and one-half by five and
one.half inches and to have weighed
two and one-half pounds. Its age was
estimated at fifteen years.
Miss Fannie Mills, Of Sandusky
Ohio, is not a particularly big woman
but she has a great foot on her. One
of her shoes, now Oh exhibition in a
museum, is seventeen inches long,
seven inches wide, eighteen inches
around the ankle and twenty-five in
ches around the heel.
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NDo ~T,ikcwisc.S

"DO Likcwisc.'
DR.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo. N. Y: give
wears @ I was a dreadful sufferer from
uterine troubles. Having exhausted the skill
of three physicians, I was completely dis
c%ouraged, and so weak I could with difficulty
cross the room alone. I began taking your
'Favorite Prescription and using the local
treatment recommended in your Common
Sense Medical Adviser In three months !
perfectly cured. wrote a letter to my
fnmily paper, briefly mentioning how my
health had been restored, and offering to send
the full particulars to any one writing me for
them and incloSing a stamped envelope for
reply. Ihave received over four hundred let
tiers. In reply, I have described my case and
the treatment used, and earnestly advised
have received second letters of thanks, stat
ing that they had commenced the treatment
and were much better already."-MRs. E. F.
MORGAN, New Castle, Me.
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Effect of Bad Literature.

On an Arkansas railroad, an old
gentleman sat, half asleep, with a book
entitled 1.-The Train Robbers lying
on his lap. Pretty oon he sank to
sleep. The window sash fell with a
loud report and the old man, springing
to his fest and throwing up his hands,
exclaimed "Gentlemen, |. haven't got
a cent."-ATkanSaay I'fuceler.