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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

AN uninhabited island off the coast of New
Jersey has been found to be overrun by wild
cattle. Fishermen in the locality say that
twenty years ago some cattle escaped to the
island from the wreck of an English vessel, and
in spite of the sparse vegetation thrived and
multiplied. Recent purchasers of the ground
are at a loss to know how to get rid of the flock.
They might call them buffalo, and introduce them
to English tourists who have come over to unit,
Won know
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

Chest" audiences that the great metropolis can
produce. But it has not been apparent that the
money returns are over what they might be.
Lolita and Minnie Palmer have pleased the same
classes they pleased in this country. The main
object of successful tour of England is the adj
vantage it will give in America. A tour there
that pays even expenses, and is not an absolute
failure, is success. But Americans have a
way of judging for themselves, and it is not i'm
probable that the three who are now before the
London public may drop back into their old places
when they return as if no great things had hap
pened.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

A 'PARIsIAN ROMANCE" theatrical company
has gone to pieces for lack of funds Romances,
Partisan or otherwise, usually come to an end
when the purse is empty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

IT is a great relief to hear Of one case in
which Bladlaugh received verdict, 1t is a
welcome change.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23
AMTSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY %, 1884.
THE INDIANAPoLIs JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
LONDON-American Exchange in Europe, 449
Strand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

ST LoUIs-rnion News compapy. Union Depot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

NhW lUhIN-fItt AVtllue ano " lllISOr ItOIeIS.
WASHINGTON. D. C-Brentano's, LOIS Pennsyl
Yania Avenue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

PARIS-Amercan Exchange in Paris, 80 Boulevard
des Capucnes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-23

L0UfSVILLE-C. T bearing, northwest corner
Third and jefferson streets.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01
A Happy Family.
BY MRS. M. L. RAYN E.

1t was Sunday, Mr.. Skinner was tired,
and thought he would lie down on
the sofa in the back parlor and rest.
People never learn by experience, and
he was no exception to the common
rule.
He lay down and crossed his feet with
a parade that was hardly justifable I'M
derthe circumstances. His wife camein
and saw him.
"Why, Lot Skinner !" she exclaimed.
eff I ever heard of the like! Lying
on that new sofa with your boots on,
and, oh, my goodness! your head on
that lace tidy I had done up only last
week. You are the most inconsiderate
man ever saw in my life!"
Mr.. Skinner got up and his wife
smoothed out the tidy and rearranged
it.
"The idea of anybody putting head
on that tidy" said Mrs Skinner, who
had no intention of using slang. II
did suppose you had more sense"
81 used to have" said Mr.. Skinner
good naturally. "Ya-a-a-h. I could
take nap if I could find place to
drop down. Ya-a-a-h."
ssYou had better read your Bible, y
said Mrs. Skinner. She was a good,
uncomfortable woman, so clean and
neat and orderly that she made her fam
ilv wretched with her domestic drill.
Something called Mrs. Skinner OF
then, and when she came back MIR
Skinner was gone. She sat down ant
took book, when the thought strucl
her and she bounded from her chair a
| if it had been cannon ball.
Yes, it was just as she had feared he
husband had gone up stairs, and sh
found him stretched out on the bed, OF
top of white counterpart, his grizzly
gray head sunk deep into white, starch
ed pillow-sham, with these words EN-
broidered in the center:
"Sleep sweet, beloved.
He was not only asleep but snoring
with a look of sweet content on hi
wide-open mouth.
"L-o-t S-k-i-n-n-e-r!"
He got up in a manner that woul'
have done credit to gymnast, ant
stood staring at the fearful hollow l
the bed and the wrinkled dent in tn
pillow-sham.
CT declare, I forgot" he said look
ing very foolish. "Alice haven't |
place where can lay my headF !.
| "Don't talk nonsense" said his viii
sharply. "The idea of sober ma
going to bed with his boots on"
"Would you rather I'd get"
| "I'd rather you'd get some commo
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01
What Constitutes a Year.

from the Roman, with whom we uuu
our present calendar evolved in the time
of the Caesars. 1t was found very diff
cult to adjust the measure of years
correctly. The first measure of a year
was IL lunations, which was a period
equal to 354 days hours 48 minutes
and sc seconds. This was dropped for
the time of the suns passing through the
signs of the zodiac, which was 365 days
hours 48 minutes and 40 seconds
The solar year was then fixed at 365
days, and the odd hours were dropped;
but as they could not be annihilated
and accommodating threatened to change
the character of the season, Al B. c.,
Julius Caesar made readjustment of
matters. Assuming the overplus of
time to be six hours daily he decreed
that every year should have 365 days,
except the fourth, which should have
900. The repeated day was to be the
aAthl-of Eels,arsr the-sjvth before the
therefore called bissextle. We call it
leap year because the insertion of an
extra day makes all following dates leap
day. Julius Caesar arranged the
months and their days SO that every
odd month, first, third, &C., should
have 81 days, and every even month 80
days, except February, which had 80
only on bissextle year. He retained
the names of the months as they were
supposed to have been originally given
them by Numma Pompilius, except that
he gave his own name to the seventh
month. This arrangement of months
and days was changed by Augustus
Caesar, who, desiring to give his own
name to the eight month, took a day
from February to give this 81 days, and
then transposed the number of days in
the months following, making November
and September the shorter months in
stead of the Others As thus arranged
the months still remain. The very con-
venient verse beginning "Thirty days
hath September" might have been
written by Augustus Caesar f1irnseif, Dur
it probably was not. 1t was, however,
no doubt in common use long before the
first record was made of it in 1000.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

ssrTwo men of Scottsville, Va, made
a wager as to the strength of their RI
ding horses, to be determined by tying
the two horses, tails together, heading
one toward Mayville and the other to-
wards Canton, and starting them. AT
the word ego" their owners piled their
steeds with hickories, and the horse
pointing toward Mayville made off with
the other. After dragging the New
Canton nag some distance, the owner
of the winning horse drew his knife and
commenced cutting the tails loose.
The other demanded the cutting should
stop, but the victor shouted: "Oh no.
have won the bet +; both horses are
NINE" He retired with his booty
but will have to stand a lawsuit,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01
StOD-OR Tickets.

The rigorous uuty -rrrIf'~-----A,--'--
law upon passengers who purchase "Stop-
off, tickets was laid down by Judge
Ludlow recently in the trial OF SUIT
by Eugene Dewey against the Phlladel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rall-
road Company to recover damages Tor
his alleged illegal ejectment from car.
He got on a train at Wilmington. He
intended to get off at an intervening
station and had paid fifteen cents ex-
ira for the privilege When the tram =.
arrived at the station he stepped OF
without having the conductor stamp
his ticket. Subsequently, when he took
a second train to complete his journey,
he was told by the conductor as his tick
ct showed no evidence of his right to
stop off he would have to pay his fare orget
off. He refused topay, and was put OF
at Chester. He got on another tram
and was about to be elected again when
he paid his fare under protest and came
on to this city.
Counsel for the railroad company
commended that it was the duty of the
plaintiff to notify the first conductor
that he had stop-off ticket and have it
so marked, and that having failed to do
SO the company was not responsible.
The Court sustained the proposition
and said that under a recent decision OF
the Supreme Court a passenger is
Obliged to INQUIRE as to the mode ofpro
cedure necessary to the enjoyment OF
particular privilege, and that the plain
tiff in this case having failed to do this
was responsible for the consequences
of his own neglect. A non-suit was
entered.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

n@~Judge Shepard of Chicago has de-
cided that the Illinois courts have no jul
risdiction in divorce cases where wife
residing in that state seeks a divorce
from her husband residing in another
state, unless the offence complained OF
was committed in Illinois, orwhile both
parties resided there. This limitation
of Jurisdiction will cut off large num-
Der of divorce applicants who goto Chi
cago to have the marriage bond broken
for some trivial cause.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

napSixteen years ago a law was pass
ed providing for the gradual manumls-
sion of slaves in Cuba, of whom there
were at that time about 3S5,355. SO
we'll has this law been administered, the
planters in many casesshowing willing
ness to act even in anticipation OF us
provisions, that 2S5 900 slaves have been
already set free, and there are good
grounds for hoping that during the yeaal
Slaves will be removed from that island
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

n@~Almost a bit: elbows yer comm
on in your new placer" asked Uncle
Nose of Gabe Snodgrass, who had
recently accepted a position as -porter
on very fas', Uncle Nose. De boss
told me sumfng dis mornin', and ct he
don't take it back he gwinter lose me
shuah yer born" "What did he tole
yer" "He tole me 10 conSluei my
self discharged. :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

h@rAn Illinois farmer would not buy
a sulkv plow for fear it would not work.
He said he once had sulky boy on
the place, and he never could depend
ON him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

nG-When Patrick saw the announce
ment in a shop window, "Great slaugh-
ter in clothing" he stepped in and IN
ouired for "wan of thin kilt suits.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

B@-A deaf old fellow, charged with
stealing hog, was arraigned before
court. The jury without leaving the
box returned verdict of guilty. cold
man," said his lawyer, "the jury says
you are guilty" "Hay3" "The jury
says you are guilty." shouting in his
ear. "In what degree ?" "There are
nodegrees in stealing case" "HayP
ssThere are no degrees" "Guilty all
over, amI?" eyes "Hay7" eyes,
yelling at the top of his voice. "Well,
that's what l told you at first, but you
said you could clear me. Wish now
that had got the judge to defend me-
Will get him next time.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

BgA Paris correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle says: cat grand
dinner l attended not long ago l saw
several ladies, who instead of taking off
their mousquetiare gloves, slipped the
hand through the opening made for the
three buttons, rolled the glove and stuck
it in the lengthy part covering the arm,
s s1s kite KAfR{sr If the s'd dinner they slipped
their gloves on again. A young lady
who afterwards was asked to play on
the piano did the same thing"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

nss-When the daughters are infants
mothers are anxious to keep matches
ont of their reach. It's different wnen
they grow up.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

as=Mrs. Sarah S. Evans, a bride OF
year, went with her husband into the
Union army in 1861. She cared tor
the wounded, made many camps com
Portable and atArlington in 1862 orlgl-
mated what is now known as "Decora-
ton Day." She was in the army iol
four wears. Her death occurred in DE:
Moines a few days ago and at her tuner
al Croker Post, G.. A. R., OF which sne
was an honorary member, gave her BODY
escort to the grave.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

nSs-A modern Nimrod lays down tour
rules for the hunter who would De sue
cessful: First he must make no noise IN
walking secondly, he must avoid 60
inc down with the wind thirdly ne must
keep on as high ground as is consistent
with the first two rules; and fourthly, he
must keen the sun at his back.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01
A WOman's Way.

"Let me have five two-cent stamps,
please said lady to the retail stamp
clerk at the postoffice yesterday.
"Yessum' he said, handing them out.
Cant you let me have them all in one
piece?" she asked.
"Certainly, ma'am," said the clerk.
"Can l send them home for your"
'sOh, no; don't live far-only on
the North Side-and l am going right
home. l wouldn't want to put you to
the trouble"
I" No trouble at ALL" said the clerk.
ri haven't very much to do to-day, and
could very easily spare an hour"
every much oblige," said the lady,
smiling sweetly. "Dear me, she said,
putting on a stamp. "Why can't We
e T 'aet1r might aff just as %ef, said the
clerk sympathizingly. "I'llmention the
fact in my next message to Congress.
"Will you? how nice But you
mustn't mention my name. Say the
idea was suggested by a North-side
society lady, won't you?'
"Certianly, ma am, said the clerk.
. "That's the second letter this week l
have sent to Gerty,' said the lady, but
toning her gossamer. "Gerty is the
sweetest little girl-going to Vassar,
now"
Chow does Gerty like Vassar7' asked
the clerk.
"Oh, Gerty likes Vassar first rate;
only she says she don't see much com
pany."
'fPaper! all about the election?"
screamed a newsboy.
"Dear me !" exclaimed the lady,
"did they have an election yesterday
Who is President now!'
"Arthur, l believe" said the clerk.
"Why thought Arthur was President
last year?"
:: ::X y ia. b IT. he is still President.
"For gaugers of marmalade and in
spectors of hot biscuit, said the clerk.
"Oh, we'll, 1 hope they'll get good
men. 1 attended the Women's Con-
gress awhile ago, and you know 1t was
decided that the ladies ought to take
more interest in public affairs. Well,
good bye" and she sailed away.
"Who is that woman?" asked the
next man in the line, who was shaking
and shivering with rage.
"Bust me if l know" said the clerk.
And the outflow of stamps proceeded.
|
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-01

nsrAn Arab woman, when lett a
widow, mourns her husband much, but
often marries again. The night before
her second marriage she pays visit to
her first husbands grave. There she
kneels and prays him not to be offended.
AS however, she feels he may be, she
brings with her donkey laden with two
goat skins filled with water. Ihepray-
er ended, she poured the water on
the grave to keep him cool under the
circumstances about to take place, ana
having we'll saturated him, departs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-03
Variety in Farming.

1t is the idea of many that any one
can learn to farm. Rut as there are SO
many branches of farming any one of
which will require years Of steady and
close application to master by the best
minds, it is deemed advisable for all
farmers to avoid undertaking too many
things. There are some vegetables,
grains and fruits which have been raised
so long and are so well understood
that their production does not require
so much study and can be used profit
ably iii making up variety on the
farm. And yet, these simplest things
require active minds and close attention
to business to produce profitably, and
great care and thought to sell to adj
vantage.
But there are many things which re-
quire the undivided attention and study
Of the most active minds. 1t viii not
often prove a success if any man at
tempts to carry on two or more of them
at the same time. And while we would
advise variety in farming. the diversity
should be so selected that this one great
division shall not be neglected by the
care and absorbing attention of others.
The successful farmer is most gener-
ally a specialist. It is not safe for a
man to attempt to raise cattle, horses,
hogs and sheep for breeding purposes,
at the same time keep a large number
of cows and run an extensive dairy, CT
raise cane and have sugar mill, or GO
extensively into grain or raise hogs for
pork. This would be spreading too
wide, and many, if not all the enter
prises will suffer neglect. One man s
capacity is not sufficient for all these
complicated branches of industry. Bet
ter way is for man to make himself
specialist success in one branch.
Conquer it thoroughly. Nearly all
men who have made themselves emil
nent in the world have devoted their
lives to one branch of study or indus
try. There is scarcely branch of
farm work but is full enough for one
mind, if fully mastered and made a sue
cess. .sAnd this is especially the case
with most of the new branches of farm
ing which have been introduced within
the last fifty years. If YOU will look
around it will be seen that previous to
that time it was not expected or re-
quired that farmer should be d man
of hard study as well as hard work.
But the new enterprises and plans of
farming require the fullest exercise of
both of these powers of man to keep
abreast of the push and energy of the
agricultural and commercial world,
both of which are now required to be
mastered to insure success. -Ioe0G State
Register
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-03

The introduction to description of
collection of birds from Yucatan
proc. Roy. FOOL. Soc. 1882 contains
some interesting facts about the country
itself. From the end of February to
near the end of May no rain falls. but
from the latter date the rains commence
and increase until October. Merida,
the capital, is large village situated in
a forest of shady trees, which with care
have grown quite large. Rio Lagartos
is seaport at the mouth of an arm of
the sea, into which open innumerabie
springs or subterranean rivers; but it
cannot be called river. The water is
salt, and it is bordered by extensive
marshes, the home of thousands of
flamingoes and swarms of sea birds.
The excavations called aguadas, which
are very deep, are said to be natural,
but NJ. Boncard believes that many of
them are artificial, the work of the
ancient Mapa race. They are usually
circular, but there isevidence that they
were originally quadriIateral. To these
aguadas immense numbers of quadru-
peds and birds repair in the dry season.
A greater popularity of the region is
the jonat or senote. A senote is a deep
circular opening in the earth, with per-
pendicular walls of limestone, gener-
ally about sixty feet high These are
of all sizes and shapes, and at the bet
tom can be seen pool of clear, fresh,
cool water of unknown depth. The
senote is often situated in an immense
underground cave with a narrow
mouth. There is usually no approach
except down the stony walls. There is
no place to rest, nor visible object in
the deep, Gear waters, which the ma
tives believe TO be in all cases a part of
a great subterranean river Large num-
bers of small birds go to drink in-the
open senotes, and birds of prey nest in
the rocky walls. while swallows, owls.
motmots, and bats tenant the caves of
the inclosed ones. Atleast two species
of siluroid fishes occur in these senotes.
The ever-t thirsty land and these tunnels
swallow up the water, so that there are
no streams above ground. The bird
fauna of Tucatan has little reseinb lance
to Inst OF the Antilles, and differs eYes
from iha adjacent Island Of CUBE
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-03
Vitality Of Dried willow Germs.

During the summer of 1853 Sylvester
Piper, now resident of Chicago, called
my attention to a willow basket in a
ditch, which had sprouts several inches
in length all around it. A curiosity SO
remarkable possibly having no paral-
lel-led me to take immediate steps for
its preservation. l dug the basket
up with the greatest care and found it
to be WORKOUT cast-away, which had
done service as q basket until it had be-
come SO badly worn as to render it
worthless, when it found its way into a
ditch at the base Of the bank of the Hi
nois & Michigan Canal, about 800 feet
from the Bridgeport lock (now within
the city,, from whence transplanted
it with great care, placing it in a wet
place in my fathers garden; but, not
withstanding its former vitality and
careful removal. the shock was too
great for the tender shoots and they all
died. The basket was made wholly or
in part of unpealed willow, whose dried
and vithered germs needed only the
opportunity to return to life. I have
often resolved to have the story Of the
willow basket written and placed
upon record, while there were still
living other witnesses than myself to
verify It Scientific Ameriegsl,