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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
CHRIST ON CALVARY.
Description of the New Picture by Munl1aczy
To Be Exhibited in Paris.
Paris Latter in Iopdon Times

To Be Exhibited in Paris.
Paris Letter in London Times.
The subject of Munkaczy's new picture is
"Chl1st on Calvary" This solemn and touching
picture, which will be exhibited at Easter, will
certainly produce as great an impression in the
artistic world as his Christ Before Plate The
two pictures will be exhibited alongside each
other, and the public will be able to follow the
sequence of the masters artistic thought. The
figure of Christ on Calvary" is slightly larger
than that of Christ Before PLATE"
The painter depicts the scene where the Saw
Jour has Just expired. The sky is black with
clouds and streaked with lightning, and beyond
the horizon at Jerusalem the veil of the Temple
is seen, rent in twain. Jesus Christ, pale in
DEATH and inclining forward has given up the
ghost The centurion has dropped in terror be-
side the cross. Mary, the mother on her knees
is bathing in tears her sons feet. Mary Magda-
lene, her golden hair hanging loosely over her
shoulders, her face in her hands, is also on her
knees before the cross. John, overwhelmed with
grief, is on the other SIDE and Jewish woman
looks on, sad spectator of the Crucifxion.
The terrified crowd is descending the hill
Some Roman cavalry look on ashamed. One of
the eXecutioners, man of brutal mien, should
ering the ladder and ak in hand, is carried along
by the multitude. The three crosses are in the
foreground at the right extremity; and the rest
of the immense canvas is filed by the fleeing
multitude The sky is magnificent and somber,
and the lightning Eliminates the dark clouds
that hang over the mountains, the valleys, and
the scarcely visible town. One sees, amid the
confused movement of the crowd, that it is be-
wildered and terror stricken The group at the
foot Of the cross is of wonderful beauty and feel
ing and the general color is harmonious and
striking to degree which even Munkaczy him
self has never before attained. This picture is
certainly of the most perfect which have
been produced for many a year, combining all
ern and personal stamp that marks it of the
nineteenth century.
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city some of the spirit of those old times still
survives DIR. Horatius Bonat is one of the
greatest of living hymn writer's. But until the
other day, no hymn was ever sung in his rather
fashionable church A few Sundays ago the
hymn was introduced. As soon as it was given
out by the minister Professor Smeaton, of the
Free Church College, lifted his hat and walked
out. Several of the elders of the congregation
have it is said, since resigned their positions.
This in the capital of Scotland. 1t is pitiful
condition of narrow nindedness in this late age
of the world. At the same time DR.. Lees is at
tempting to revive daily service in st. Giles's,
and suggesting to some minds the revival of
episcOpacy. Queer folks in Edinburgh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
BALzAC's FIRST BOOK.
How a Publisher Dealt with Him After See
ing His Surroundings.

How a Publisher Dealt with Him After See
ing His Surroundings.
Brooklyn Times.
When Balzac was at the beginning of his
career and known only to the few who had
CHANGED upon his brilliant sketches in the Paris
newspapers, it so happened that one of these
sparkling effusions fell into the way of Paris
bookseller, and was published. The bookseller
had, or thought he had, from long experience, a
shrewd idea of what would take with the Paris
ian public. He folded the paper and laid it
down with an air of decision saying as he did
so II will offer that fellow three thousand
francs for a novel. | may have to pay more,
but I'll try three thousand to start with. "
Next morning the bookseller started out to
find Balzac. His quest took him into an OBJ
scure street in one of the Oldest and poorest
parts of the city. AS he turned into the dingy
thoroughfare he said to himself as he looked
about: ''Ah, indeed, he must be plebeian l
will offer him two thouaand francs-no more. y
Somewhat weary, the bookseller at length found
the house; it was high, dingy, and not too clean
''Oho, shall say fifteen hundred, was his re-
solve, as he crossed the threshold NJ. Bazac
lived on the fourth floor and as his visitor
climbed the rickety stairs, "Aha, a thousand
francs, not sou more" was his mental deter
mination. But when he stepped into the shah
by room and saw young man dipping penny
roll into glass of water, three hundred francs,
Just one-tenth the sum first intended was the
offer that sprang to his lips, and for this
amount he received the manuscript of what was
afterward considered masterpiece.
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Voorhees, in a Military Capacity.
Ur;f in


Soon after his admission to the bar Mr..
Voorhees, was the hero, or victim of an ad-
venture which caused considerable excitement
at the time. The Wabash and Erie canal had
just been completed from Fort Wayne to Terre
Haute. When the water was let in it was de-
tanned for several days at Attica. fourteen miles
above Covington. The citizens of the latter
town demonstrated against this invasion of their
rights, but were unable to secure redress.
Finally, and as last resort they took up arms,
organized military company about one hundred
strong, and set out for Attica to open the lock
by force and let the imprisoned water free. Mr..
Voorhees, was member of this company. The
hostile forces met at the lock and engaged in a
war of words, but fortunately deadly weapons
were not brought into requisition. During the
verbal dispute Mr.. Voorhees, was knocked into
the canal and almost drowned. He was ished
out as soon as possible and sent home in a wagon.
He did not recover entirely from the effects of
his ducking for some time This was the only
casualty. Mr.. Voorhees, has never since that
eventful day appeared before the public in mill
tary capacity, preferring the triumphs of civil
life to the glory that is won by the sword
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JAY GouId's Library.
New York Let


In connection with Gould's domestic tastes, I
have often heard that he was devoted to his
family and his books and was told that he pos
sessed large and well-selected library Every
body remembers that old story about the late A
7. Stewart reading ode of Horace's every
morning before going down to his dry goods
store, and translating Homer ir his moments of
relaxation. 1 was prepared to find similar
anachronism in Goulds case when I called on
him recently, on matter of business and was
ushered into his library The walls were lined
with books, to be sure, and, taking oc-
casion to lead the conversation in that
direction, 1 had an opportunity of ex-
amining them l was not little surprised to
find that one side of the room was entirely occu-
pied by the massive quarto volumes of the Con
gressional Globe and the Congressional Direct
ory. A perfect wilderness of government re-
ports filed another side of the room, and the re-
manning cases were filed with encyclopedias,
railroad reports English blue books, and a mass
of financial. railroad, telegraph manufacturing
and agricultural statistics. I noticed among
these a number of duplicates, and the great
money king magnanimously offered to let me
have some of them if l needed the volumes to
make up my own sets. thanked him, but did
not inform him that books of that kind falling
into my hands generally found their way to the
iunk-shop
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09

A correspondent who noticed recent para
graph i'll the New York Tribune abiding to
time of his death, weighed 739 pounds, as pro
badly the fattest man on record has sent to that
office printed death notice, in which Mrs.
Amelia Brooks, of st. Louis is said to have
weighed between 900 and 200 pounds He also
West Tennessee Wing in 1866, announcing the
death of Mr.. Miles Darden at his residence near
Lexington, and thus describing him: 'The de-
ceased was beyond all question the largest man
in the world. His height was seven feet six
inches-two inches higher than Porter, the cele-
bratad Kentucky giant. His weight was frac-.
ton over LOCO pounds. 1t required seventeen
men to put him in his coffin; took over 100 feet
to make his coffin. He measured around his
waist six feet four inches"
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!. Kla, a game.
2. Faith, 80 cards.


ERNIINA heads the list of puzzles this week
with good charade.
q. P.'s work is exhausted. We hope he will
visit us again soon, and bring another good lot
of puzzle-work with him
PHENA REGHTEL.-We are glad to admit you
to our puzzle department, and hope you will
become regular contributor
DELL is a new contributor. She writes: II
wish to become a member of your puzzle depart
ment." We gladly place Dells name on our list
of writer's. But let her send answers to her
puzzles every time she contributes.
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marshal of the District of Columbia, which Office
had then asalary attached of $40 600 per annum,
and no sooner had he got it than he gave his
three clerkships. He is now recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia. and gets a
salary of s., 900 year. None of his children
are married but all live at home
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
Sudden Growth of Mr.. Gould.

Philadelphia Press.
A gentleman who had an interview with jay
Gould the other day told me that at the begin
ming of the talk lit was the first time he had met
Gould) the small stature of the man impressed
him so unfavorably that he could scarcely keep
from laughing. But he added, The hadn't
been speaking two minutes before / thought him
as tall as was and when he bid me good day it
seemed as if his head touched the ceingn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
Polishing the Wrong End.

give thought to the condition of their hair, ex-
cept to harrow it causually with brush and comb
or submit it to the paralyzing attentions of the
average barber, What happens9 Why this:
From neglect, mental anxiety, or any of score
of causes, the hair turns prematurely gray and
begins to fall out. Parkers Hair Balsam viii at
once stop the latter process and restore the orig
inal color. An elegant dressing, free from
grease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
Puzzles Answered.

By L. T., Brazil, Nos. 977, 978, 979, $780, 981,
$50, 9S4
By Kia, LaPorte, Nos. 977, 97S, 979, $780, 981,
982, 9S3, 9s4.
By Faith indianapolis, Nos. 977, 97S, 979, $50,
9S1. 9S2, 1888, 984. =.
By Phena Reghtel, Plymouth, No. OF.
By Dell, Jamestown Nos. 977, 978, $50, 98l
982
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
The Peonls,s World Wide Verdiot.

BURNETTs COCAINE has been sold in every
civilized country, and the public have rendered
the verdict that it is the cheapest and best hair
dressing in the world.
BURNETT FLAvoRING EXTRACTS are invari-
ably acknowledged the purest and best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
Mr.. Fred Douglass Is Prosperous.

st. Louis Spectator.
Mr. Douglass has not failed to profit by the
opportunities that have opened up before him,
and has followed the injunction to Put money
in thy purse" He has large and well diminished
residence at Uniontown, a sort Of suburb to
Washington. Some years ago he was appointed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09

1. First complete list, game
2 Next best list, pack of fifty cards.
g. Best lot of original puzzles, a copy of "a
Bride from the Sea-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
THE PUZZLE DEPARTMENT

Everything relating to this department must
be addressed to W. H. GRAHAM, West Scarbor
ough, Cumberland county, Maine. Original con
tributions and answers to each weeks puzzles
are solicited from all
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
TRAIYINGFoFGYRLs.

No one will dispute the assertion that
any given girl may some day have her
self and perhaps her family to support,
and yet our schemes of education for
girls are framed precisely as if this were
not and could not be true. !, AS rule.
no provision whateveriis made for such
contingency in the education of girls;
no recognition whatever is given to the
fact that the chance, exists. We shut
oureyes to the .danger;i we hope that it
will never come, and we put the thought
OF it away from us. In brief, We trust
to luck, and this is q most unwise-I
was about to say an idiotic-thing to do.
A writer in sHarper's Monthly, speak
ing on theBnbject says: "Each, one Of
us has known women to whom the mis-.
chance has happened, and each one OF
us knows that it may happen to the
daughter whom We tenderly cherish, yet
we put no, arms in her hands with which
to fight this danger we equip her for
every need except thesorest of all needs;
we leave her at the mercy of chance,
knowing that the time may come when
she whom We have ot,taught to do any
bread-winning work will have need OF
bread, and will know no way in which
TO get it except through dependency,
beggary, or worse. She can teach !?
YessH she San find some politician to
secure an appointment for her. She
can prick back poverty with the point of
her needle2 Yes, at the rate OF rs cents
. week, or, If she is skillful needle.
woman, at twice or thrice that pittance. I"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
Washing Little IVAN.

The little mouschik is taught to be
very clean-once q week. The Russian
creed requires him to battle every Sat.
urday, and he does 80 religiously, but
he does not see much water between
times, and sleeps by night in the clothes
he wears by day. Even the Russians Of
better families often content themselves
with dry polish, instead of wash.
Little Iwa1's bath would be trying
thing for an English child. First he is
steamed till he is half suHocated in a
hole under the stove, or in one of the
yapor baths, constructed in rude manner
in all Russian villages. Then he crawls
out, and mother half browns him with
pailfuls of hot water. Then she pours
ice. cold water over him, or sends him
out to have a roll in the snow, after
which little Iwan dresses with pride,
having hId all the cleaning he will get
for week.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
Sunken Irish Cities.
IFrom Blackwood.s Magazint.

TFrom Blackwood's Magazint.l
There are numerous legends of sunken
cities scattered throughout ireland, some
of which are of a most romantic origin.
Thus the space now covered by the Lake
of Inchieuis is reported in former days
to have been a populous aud Hourishing
city; but for some dreadful and unsb-
solved crime, tradition says it was buried
beneath the deep waters. The dark
spirit of its king still resides in one of
the caverns which border the lake, and
once every seven years ut midnight he
Issues forth mounted on his white
charger, and makes the complete circuit
of the lake, q performance which he is
to continue till the silver hoofs of his
steed are worn out, when the curse will
be removed and the city reappear once
more in all its bygone condition. The
peasantry affirm that even now on a
calm night one may clearly see the
towers and spires cleaning through the
clear water. With this legend we may
compare one told by Burton in his
History of Ireland" "In Ulster is a
lake 30,000paces long and Is, 900 broad,
out of which ariseth the noble northern
river called Bane. It is believed by the
inhabitants that they were formerly
wicked, vicious people who lived in this
place, and there was prophecy in every
ones mouth that whenever we'll which
was therein, and was continually covered
and looked up carefully, should be left
open, SO great quantity OF water would
issue therefrom as would soon overflow
the whole adjacent country. 1t hap
pened that an old beldame coming to
fetch water heard her child cry; upon
which, running away in haste, she for
got to cover the spring-and, coming
back to do it, the land was SO overrun
that it was past her help; and at length
she; her child and all the territory were
drowned, which caused this pool that re-
mains.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
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Brutality of a Russian Judge.

Some Six weeks ago, says an Odessa
letter in the London News, the Judge oil
the little town OF Koretz, while out driy.
ing encountered meal wagon driven by
jew named Wolf Charbosch. In pas
sing, the judge, without the slightest
provocation, deliberately struck the Jew
heavily across the face with his whip.
The latter, exasperated and more reso-
lutte than many of his oppressed race,
returned the dastardly blow with his
whip. Here the incident appeared to
terminate, save that it was bruited
about the town for few days and then
forgotten. A sad day of reckoning, how
ever, was in store for the unfortunate
jew, and that day was Indignantly
chosen by his prosecutor during the sa-
cred Jewish festival just closed. Wolf
Charbosch was arrested by the rural
gendarmes and dragged before the Judge,
The latter assuming his chain of office.
said that for the affront he had received
from the prisoner he condemned him to
be beaten. The Jew was immediately
/ gagged, his hands bound with cords.
and thrown to the ground. Thereupon
the judges coachman seated himself up.
on the victims legs, while gendarme
sat upon his head. The latter, however,
now protested that he would have nc
part in such punishment. Upon this
the Judge angrily exclaimed: 81 am the
Judge and accept the responsibility, .
and at the same time seizing loaded
carbine, leveled it at the gendarme's
breast. saying: If You do not obey. i
will shoot YOU" The punishment then
proceeded, and it is stated that the un.
fortunate creature was taken up hall
dead and carried to prison, where he re.
mains speechless, aud Is unable to take
food. The local doctor made deposi-
tion IN the matter, while the distressed
wife OF the outraged Jew has forwarded
the attested appeals to the prccurator
and she governor Of the province.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
How to Make Burnt Cork.
from the San Francisco CALL

The popular impression about the an.
plication of burnt cork by minstrel per
formers is that it is rubbed on the face
and hands of the performer from cork
whose end is charred in convenient gas
jet. This is incorrect. To supply the
burnt cork used by minstrel performers
of this city occupies the entire time and
earnest attention of one interesting
character. A little man whose place Of
business Is on the curbstone on the
north side of Pine Street explained to a
reporter the process of making il.
"l first gather my corks. I get
them from the big bottling houses, who
buy lots of bottles-many of them with
corks that couldn't keep the air out of
wine or beer.
"When | get ready to burn put the
corks into those three washboilers Won
see there with holes punched in their
sides and bottom, sprinkle alcohol over
them, and set them afire. Then L tilI
one OF those muslin sacks with the chnr.
red cork, and knead the sack in this bar
rel of water. That forces the powdered
charcoal through the sack into the wa
ter.
|. when have worked all nv charred
cork through this sack into the water. T
drain the water through close canvas
sack you see on that frame there, and
what remains in the canvas sack is ready
for the artists. l put itup in one pound
tins, and they use it out Of them. When
performer is ready to 'black up.' ms
they call it, he takes little Of this black
paste in his hands and washes his face
neck and hands in it, and he is blacked
as you see him on the stage"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24

classes, this fact is very noteworthy.
The statistics show that while the num-
bero agricultural parents was 81 per
cent and of non agricultural 80, that OF
the sons was 81 per cent. agricultural
to 10 non-agriclltural. Mr.. Nesfield,
the inspector of education, believes that
at the rapidly developing rate OF Hindoo
boyhood his muscles have become re-
laxei and his constitution enfeebled by
sedentary life, so that he is unable to
follow hard labor under the sun; and
the same desuetude of manual labor at
an impressionable age makes him disln-
clined or unable to take up any form of
skilled artisan work, of which his father.
although unable to read or write, IS by
constant practice in HE youth master.
In support of this theory Mr.. Nesfield
gives a list of seventeen leading hands
in the Dude and Rohilkhund Railway
workshops at Lucknow-men employed
as filters, turner's, blacksmiths, brass
moldcrs, ETC., and some of them having
seventy to eighty men beneath them.
OF these seventeen, only one was able
TO read and write, the other sixteen be-
ing wholly ilIiterate.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
WAR WHISPERS.

There is liable to be an explosion of
war atany time in Europe. The Ger
man pressis.d doing all it can to force the
kaiser's government to commence hos
tilities against the French republic.
There is much int1ammable matter lying
around loose in Southeastern Europe.
Bulgarisand Servia are in turmoil, and
IN all the Danubian principalities there is
astormful feeling between the Slavonic
and German populations. The next war
in Europe will be a mighty one. Ger
many will endeavor to still further cut
down the dominions of France. The
latter has an army numerically large on
paper, but far less numerous and not at
all as efficient as Germany. Single
handed the French will not be match
for the Germans, unless they should de-
yelop general of exceptional ability.
France is isolated. England cannot
help her. while Austria, Italy, and Spain
are her foes. Russia might make a
flank attack upon Germany, but the
czar is short of money and many of his
subjects are discontented.. The future
looks very gloomy for France. Another
great war will make vast changes in the
map of Europe.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-24
SOLDIERS GRAlYES,

Proposals are solicited for furnishing
5,OO0 headstones of American white
marble for unmarked graves Of Union
soldiers. Acts of congress in 1873 and
1873 provided for the erection of these
headstones, but the work has been per-
mitted to lag until now. The appro-
priateness of the memorials must be felt
by all. In almost every northern ceme-
terry there are stones which recount the
honorable services of fallen soldiers, and
it is eminently proper that the govern
ment should erect headstones over the
unmarked graves of its soldiers in the
national cemeteries. About eighty of
these cemeteries were laid out to receive
the victims Of the great war of the rebel
lion, and more than 100000 men were
buried in twenty-five of the most i'm
portant of them. The cemeteries con-
tanning more than 10000 graves each
are those at Nashville, Vicksburg, Fred
ericksburg, Arlington Heights, Mem
phis, Andersonville ahd Atlanta-names
which are linked with some of the most
memorable events d, the war; The few
thousand headstones desired by the gov
ernrnent will mark only small part of
the soldier graves, but, wherever it is
possible to make the necessary identifi-
cations, the unmarked graves of Union
soldiers should have headstones.