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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16

American farmer puts inside tho fleece the tags,
freebs, and other shearing refuse. American
wool has to be sorted over by merchants and
much of it Marked ''unmerchantable,' heavy
washed" slightly heavy" etc. Still American
wool is better than Australian, the Australian
being rotten ''jointed' in spots, because the
sheep are left out all the year, and would fetch
higher price than Australian if well marketed.
Textile Record
The new silks eclipse all past. The new colors
are a dark flame color. gendarme blue.
soldat Beige blue, a sapphire, a salmon, gold,
and two shades of cream. The silks are Powered
in imitation of hand painting, with large be-
gOnias Ispahan roses, lotus flowers, and butter
flies. Some have immense figures of oval
rings in velvet, some have enormous truelovers
knots in cable-rope of blue and gold, some have
large plums, pears, peaches and grapes. One
design is a branch of apples in natural colors,
one branch of tinted plums. A cloth of gold
has set figures of velvet representing lilies and
palms. There are three new styles of shot
surah, and a new silk like painting of autumn
leaves, in eastern pink, sage, amber, primrose
and olive.-Textile Record.
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GREAT LOSSES MET IN FULL.
A Remarkable Proof of the Wealth and
Charity of the Scotch.

Charity of the Scotch.
Edinburgh Scotsman.
No greater financial calamity ever befell any
country the size of Scotland than the failure of
the City of Glasgow Bank. The relief of the
sufferers by such a misfortune obviously called
for uneXampled effort on the part of the com
munity, and that effort made. The result
of it, coupled with the manner in which the
losses of the City of Glasgow Bank were met
constitutes one of the most remarkable proofs
ever given, alike of the wealth and of charity Of
a nation The losses of the bank which had to
be made good amounted to millions. They have
been met in full; but in the process of meeting
them unfortunate shareholders who believed
that their future was fairly secured had
been brought to want, and 1t was TO
meet their requirements that the City Of elias
gov Bank relief fund was instituted The meet
ing of tine subscribers to the fund held in Glas
gov on Thursday affords an opportunity at once
of recalling what has been done and of pointing
to possible rocks ahead No less a sum than
f}S9, 733 lis % was subscribed for the fund OF
this sum tl.97S Us Sd has not been recoverable;
but the committee have actually received f381,
$50 lbs Cd. ard believe that they will yet get the
remaining small balance of E574 lbs Cd. In
other words. this country has subscribed close
upon t400. 0G0 for the relief Of the sufferers by
the bank failure. We say this country of pur-
pose, because it is a curious fact that by far the
greatest part Of the money has been raised in
Scotland. Over f9S,000 of it was raised in
Edinburgh; over f162 600 was raised in Glasgow;
ton; while London only contributed e, sos,
Liverpool e, 307, Manchester nothing, Birnling-
ham 81, llS-gven in each case mainly,
we believe, by Scotsmen resident in England. 1t
thus appears that great as the calamity was,
England was in no haste to come to the relief of
the sufferers. Engshmen acted apparently
upon the principle not only that charity begins
at home, but that it ought to begin at home, and
ought not to be swelled by any outside effort. A
very different state of things is seen when any
calamity affects England. Then the Scottish
people are appealed to for subscriptions, and they
give with readiness. 1t is, however, not of mucn
use now to enter into any further detail as to the
smallnesss of the contributions in England to
the bank relief fund, and it would scarcely be
profitable to ask, further, why the contributions
from England were so small. In proportion as
the poorness of Engand's giving is seen will the
greatness of Scotland's sacrifices be appreciated.
1t may be repeated that there has seldom been
seen in any country, and least of all, in small
country us Scotland. so great an effort as that
which was needed to meet the wants of the suf
ferers by the failure
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PhiIadeIphia Record.
The death of Harry E. Packer, the late pres-
dent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company,
leaves his sister in the enjoyment of the largest
income possessed by any unmarried lady in
America. Miss Packers wealth consists mainly
in life interest in the stock of the Lehgh Valley
railroad held by the Packer estate. This now
amounts to 100000 shares, and the executors
have subscribed to 10000 more shares under the
recent extra issue of the stock The dividends
on this stock alone will amount to 500, 600. 1t
is doubtful if Mrs. A. T. Stewart receives a
greater income from her vast estate The richest
single woman in the country is Miss Catharine
l.. Wolfe, of New York, who owns property WORT,
nearly $4,000, 600. The value of the Packer es
tate now reaches $4,000 OO and if IL belonged
to Miss Packer absolutely would make her the
richest woman in America She has no relatives
nearer than cousins 10 share in the enjoyment of
this vast property.
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THE LIVING SKELETON.

Cincinnati Enquirer.


w R. Sprague the living skeleton now on
exhibition at Harris Museum, underwent
medical examination yesterday in the amphi-
theatre of the Good Samaritan Hospital The
room was crowded with physicians and stu
dents. DR.. Dawson, who had made an exam
nation of Sprague some years ago. delivered
lecture on him. Mr.. Sprague was placed on
a table, Invested of all clothing except a COW
ering for his loins. The Doctor called the
case progressive muscular atrophy." The
only other case of the kind in which the man
lived for any length of time was one of twelve
years existence. The skeletons skin looked
as white as marble, and was drawn tightly
over the ribs and bones The impression of
every bone was plainly visible. The Doctor
said that it would be guess-work to
say how much longer the remarkable man
would live. The muscles, bone and skin were
all there. He could talk freely, and when do
ing So in breathing reliance was placed
opon the abdominal muscles In time the face
would ossify and become just as the body.
Electricity applied to Sprague, but he
said that he did not feel it. A stronger cur
rent was put on his arm This made
the skeleton writhe and twist The bones
flew up and down like jumping jack with
a string to it. A comparison was made between
Sprague's arms and legs and the bones of a
human arm and leg, and if any thing Sprague's
were the smallest
The examination was a treat to the medical
profession such as they have not had for a
long time.
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LtWISIOH tIIt. J JOHInaI.
I came suddenly upon a very large bear in a
thick swamp, lying upon large hollow log
across brook fishing, and he was so much in
terested in his sport that he did not notice me
until had approached very near to him, so that
l could see exactly how he baited his hook and
played his fish. He fished in this wise: There
was large hole through the log on which he
lay, and he thrust his forearm through the hole
and held his open paw in the water and waited
for the fish to gather around and into it, and,
when full. he clutched his fist and brought up a
handful of fish and sat and eat them with great
gusto then down with the paw again, and so on.
The brook was fairly alive with little trout and
red sided suckers and some black suckers, so the
old fellow let himself out ON the fishes He did
not eat their heads There was quite a pile of
them on the log. Isuppose the oil in his paw at
tracted the fish and bated them even better
than fly hook, and his toe nails were his hooks,
and sharp ones, too, and once grabbed the fish
are sure to STAY.
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Fitz John Porter and Benedict Arnold.

National Republican.
The military history of Fitz John Porter is
wonderfully similar to that of Benedict Arnold.
Each of them manifested high order of military
talent The courage of neither was ever called
in question. And each at the date of his defec-
ton and crime held an important command in the
army of the United States. Arnold served with
distinction during the early part of the revolu-
tionary war, and Porter with equal success dur
ing the early part Of the war of the re bellion.
Arnold doubted the ability and had no conf
dence in the military genius of his commander
in-chef, and Porter expressed like doubts in the
ability and military talents of his superior Off
Ger. Arnold had some sympathizers in his open
disparagement of his superior in command
among the patriots of the revolution, and Porter
like sympathizers among Union officers. Arnold
attempted to surrender his military post to the
enemy; and Porter, by refusing prompt ohedi-
ence to his superior in command in front of the
enemy. enabled the latter to slaughter thou
sands of his comrades in arms and to win an easy
victory Arnold appealed successfully to the
enemy for restoration to the military rank he
had forfeited and lost in the patriot army; and
why should not Porter meet with like success at
the hands of rehabiltated confederates, and thus
make the parallel complete They and their old
time sympathizers from the North have an over
whelming majority in the House of Representa-
tives, and the bill for Porters restoration has, of
course, passed that branch of Congress And he
may reasonably count on like support from the
same element in the Senate
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No Really White Elephant Ever Existed.
T.nDdoD Eie1d

Mr. Sanderson, the superintendent of the gov
eminent elephant catching operations in Ben
gal, who speaks with more authority and larger
experience than any other European, states that
there is not, nor never was, such a creature as
a white elephant, in the ordinary acceptation of
the term" The so called sacred white elephants
of the kings of Burmah and Siam are ordinary
elephants, possessed of marks analogous to
those which may be seen on the specimen now
in the Gardens In that one the pinkish color
extends all over the trunk half way up the fore
head, and the same marks are found on the tips
of the eaIS
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A somewhat unusual spectacle was to be seen
on the platform of the Midland central station,
at Derby, shortly after noon on the Tuesday of
last week. There was a carriage in the l2;45 ex-
press to the north which bore this proclamaton
This carriage is engaged for the Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, M. p, from Birmingham
to Newcastle Within sat the right honorable
gentleman himself, viewing through his glasses,
ana with the eye of a Republican and modest
man, the effect of the inscription upon the as
sembled populace.
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A Penny Worth 500.
Philadelphia Record

A penny, estimated by Colonel Snowden, of
the United States Mint. to be worth ten thou
sand times its actual face value is in the posses
sion of Charles Il. Preston of Montgomery
county. The coin is well preserved and bears
date of 1893, the year in which pennies were
first coined by the United States Pennies of
piece of money was found in an old dwelling
house, at Gwynedd which was recently torn
down. A similar coin is in the cabinet of none
tary curiosties in the MINT and was obtained at
some expense
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Congressman Lamb of Indiana, who is bache-
lor, is said to be the handsomest man in Wash
ington. Whenever he can he gets away from the
House and shows up ut the drawing rooms where
pretty girls are apt TO linger longest. He pos
sesses a magnificent physique and has almost
the regulation King Henry VS. head, without
the blonde mustache No hirsute adornments
are allowed to conceal his physiognomy or his
cleaning white teeth The latter. are very
valuable accompaniment to his smile.
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being the best for the purpose as it is the favor
lite locality for these parasites, and place the
shaving for few moments in some syrup of
sugar, which will penetrate it and make it semi
transparent. Theu press the specimen between
two pieces of glass and examine with low-power
microScOne.
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Capel's Quaint Idea.
Philadelphia Call

Fhadephia Call
Monsignor Capel tells all women that they
should be married. This quaint idea is said to
have struck the popular female chord. and that
certain preparations are going on all over The
country to carry it out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16
How to Hunt for Trichine.

To examine pork for trichine it is only neees-
sary to cut with a razor a very thin snip length
wise with the muscular fiber, tenderloin
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Hasn't arrived yet"
"How does it happen then, that the operator
at Steele reports the arrival of No at that
placer
'Dern f know. No has not passed here
If she's at Steele, she must have gone round by
another road"
Don't go to sleep again, and don't let any
more trains go around by the old stage road
The mud eats the paint off the locomotive wheels.
and the coal required to pull up the hills is aw
full"
The operator was paralyzed. He went to the
door. saw the red light was out, took in the stu
alton, and then packed his grip.-Telegraph Re-
view.
Americans are liberal buyers of wool in for
eign markets. Australia, with three millions
of people, has eighty millions of sheep,
or twenty seven to each person, while
the United States has but one sheep to each per-
son. There is no reason why such great and
rich land as this should not have as great pro-
portion of sheep as Australia We buy our wool
of Australia via London, mostly. The farmers
are selling off their hocks because present prices
do not pay The recent changes in wool tariff
still further dsatisfy the farmers. The supe-
riority of Australian wool to American wool is
another disadvantage to our farmers. The wool
grown in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virgin
la is the only wool that compares with Austral-
ian wool. -irferiUrity of American wool is
caused by the way it is prepared for market.
Americans do not know how their Australian ri
walls prepare wool for market. The Australian
breeder produces a staple of the desired length
and fneness. Then he knows that all merchan-
disc is valued according to the condition in which
it is presented TO the market, and herein is the
success of the Australian woolgrower, His
fleeces are skirted to perfection. They have been
freed from the belly locks and the breech. No
tags or trash are found inside. No fleece is made
up with more than one piece of very fine Irvine.
The 1eeces are carefully sorted and marked
"weathers ewes" aged ewes, and so on. The
leeces are not washed before shearing. but after
ward they are secured On the other hand, the
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-06
POLITICAL POINTERS.
LOGAN GAGGED BY MANAGERS.
Ordered to Hold His Jaw--NominatiOns in
Missouri = Amalgamatcd Hopes
The Blacks at HOuston--Pre-
parations Democratic.
RockMall Racket.

RocKwALL, Aug. Especial, The
barbecue at this place yesterday was at
tended by about 1000 people.
Ex-Gov. Throckmorton, j. o. Terrell,
Judge Grubbs and Col. Payne, made
speeches.
Throckmorton's arraignment of the
Republican party in general, and of Mr..
Blaine in particular, was a mastery eff
fort.
Mr.. Terrell's speech was well received
by the audience.
Judge Gruhbs pressed his claims rs
candidate for district judge of our dis
trict in pleasing and winning manner.
Col. Payne said he was a candidate for
! tloater. lie said he was running against
| Austin and Andrews. lie said Austin
and Andrews We're very nice men, and
that Andrews, in addition to being Il nice
man, was a free grass Yearllng. Col
! Payne made guOu speech.
\ number of gentlemen from Dallas
county were here yesterday, They
stated to your correspondent that tn,
people of Dallas county would ignor,
the nomination Of Mr.. Terrell and volt
for Nash for State Senator. our count!
was strongly in favor of Nash before tn
nomination of Terrell. and they ar
strongly in favor of Nash yet, but the
will not Join in the opposition Of Dalla
county to Terrell. our people wi
either vote for Terrell, or they will nc
p vote at all.
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STREET. NOTES.
Put out your flags and cvcrgreens

Put out your flags and cVergreehS'
And still the building boom continues.
show your respect for your visitor
and close your places of business TO-
day.
The Central Texas Horticultural
society closed its annual meeting after
two days session yesterday afternoon
A caboose will be attached to tho pas
senger train this morning for the pur-
pose of carrying provisions TO I'll,
grounds. Those desiring to send then
baskets out will label Thorn and have
them put in the caboosc.
Visitors who have not visited Dallas
for n wear or more are astonished at her
rapid growth. "By gosh, the place has
urnwed so big wouldn't knowod H.
and was here one year ago." remarked
an old visitor yesterday,
! Mr.. j. Murray and Mrs. NJ. Rutlci
were united in marriage yesterday
morning ut the Pacific house by justice
! Kendall, who, after the ceremony wa
over. drank n bumper of wine to The
health, happiness and a long life to Tho
happy pair.
Mr.. q. j. Pom Is now in the city, th'
general and successful agent of thu
! n. b. A., an institution known not OIL,
through this State, but ovor the South
Now Is the timo to see Mr.. Pom AM
secure u positively Sato life inSuranc
at tho very lowest rates. lie makes hi
headquarters nj j. II. Fears book store
Main street.
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Onr,l.

! take pleasure in announcing to the
public that have sold ont all my right,
title and interest in the trunk and valise
business, heretofore conducted in the
city of Dallas, to Messrs. Henry Pollacll
Il Co., and hespoak for them kind con
linuance of the liberal patronage here
tolore received. am still representing
The firm of Nogler ~ Geudtnor, of
Chicago, in the States of Texas, Louisi-
ana and Arkansas, and solicit, as here
ofOrc, all orders at wholesale from my
friends and patrons throughout the States
named. Samples of Vogler Il Gcudt-
ucr'S goods Will cheeriully be shown by
my successors, Mt I'D Elm street, and
riders left there will have my careful
personal attention. My Office is still al
he old place, ~ Elm street, Dallas
reXn". SAM PoLLACK,
Representing Nogler & Geudtncr
'hicago, Illinois.
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collector of stamp duties, received tele-
gram from the Secretary uf Finance or
uerlnS him to make special arrange
ments with the merchants whereby they
can pay percentage on their stock or
sales at the end of each month, instead
OF stamping each article sold as under
the late obnoxious and burdensome
stamp law. Many merchants say that
since they must pay q duty anyway this
latter system of percentage on stock is
much preferable. 1t will be Of great
value and will facilitate commerce.
Yesterday evenings local paper says
the troops of the Fourth battalion have
not been paid for two years, and they
are suffering for food. Your reporter
learned that they were locked up to
keep them from deserving, and that Col.
Villareal, the commanding officer is
doing all he can to relieve them with his
personal funds and influence.
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nishing q record that will always prove
interesting to our children.

nishing q record that will always prove
interesting to our children.
After a separation of twenty years, we
will not be able to recognize faces, but
can recall names and incidents, The
writer would rejoice to shake hands, not
only with everyone who took an active
part in the great struggle, but more es-
pecially with the members of the Second
Texas Regiment, by whose side we stood
in many a hard-fought battle, and never
shall we forget the gallantry displayed
bv the noble men of Texas. Names Of
many personal friends of that command
now comes to memory among them.
Capt. j. NJ. Mangum, A. o. c., j. d. Me
Farland, A. ID. G., Col Ashabel Smith,
Capt. j. NJ. Longhborough and a bosom
companion, Dave Smith. Any informa-
ton of these and many others will glad
den the heart OF private of the
THIRTY-SEvENrH ALA. REGGMENT.
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Dynamite Detonators.

LONDON, Aug. 5.-Three packages of
dynamite wrapped in the "Irishman,"
"a neWspaper) were found in letter
box at the Nottingham post-oillce Sun
day night. They contained pound OF
dynamite with fuse to which a cap
was attached. II is supposed that tn,
packages were intended to explode by q
fall, or when stamped. That quantity
Of dvnnwito WAS sufficient to have
wrecked the building.
Jno. Duy, the convicted dynamter,
was interviewed and says he was one
ofiOur conspiratorS Whose movements
were directed from America. Thu
bombs found in his possession Ql tnr
time Of hi, arrest wefG handed him OF
the street in Liverpool by a fcllow-con.
splHtor who fastened away. Bombs
are not for use in Birmingham, but IN
Londor, where he would have handed
them to another conspirator. DAILY sus-
poets that one Of the cunspiratorS turned
mlOrmCr,
Remembers of the society, who have
arrived from America, have their cyos
on this man and will interview him.
Earl Northhrook will hold II dire, nOm-
mission from the Queen, which wi,l give
him the title Of high commander.
III NV lAhuNt VI l4bl'l~t isAll va sAtlN llAN
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, in announc
ing the appointment of the Earl OF North
brook said Sir Evcly Barring, the Eng
fish representative in Egypt, but now il
England on furlOugh, would accompan!
NOrthhroOk to Egypt.
\ credit OF e3OO,O0O for the SOudan cN
petition passed the House of Common
by n vote of Ia 10 IL.
Gladstone in moving n credit of IHC
0D 10 provide for the expedition to IT,
SOudan, said that the purpose OF the cS
petition was merely 10 re.leVo Gen. co..
don ANA not 10 crush the MthdL !
would d. slili lent to secure gpod gov
eminent in the Soudan. To evacuat
that cOuatcy now was out OF the ques
ton. England was bound to protc'
Zen. Gordon. Gladstone II
tmated that he was askin
The me nbers to act rather on the priI
ciple involved than ON the exact fguru
which he anticipated the cNpeditio
won cost. His intention was to OF
tain authority to redeem the plCdI,
which he had already made. II ",
Undesirable TO enter into details
present.
lAbuuchere, radical, objected to We
The sum now asked for. He believe
was "mero sop" Next year q
house would be asked TO vote E30OI,O
WNrry on the work. The credit VI
%ieed to Ia to ~.
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Death OF DIR. \. l.. willemet.

DR.. +. l.. Willemet, whose funeral was
largely attended yesterday afternoon
had been an esteemed citizen Of Dallas
for twenty-nine years. He was an edu.
Gated, large hearted Frcnchman, who
left his country to avoid persecution H.
ls5j being Jealous friend Of liberty
and came to New Jersey, and in $50 I,
Dallas, as one OF the first French colon
lists He was - member of the CITY
Council several years and for n time
Mayor pro tenn. lie was q man of noble
heart, ever ready to succor the dis
trcssed, and. ii is confidently believed
died without an onemY ON enrth.