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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
WAC state-Honse Roof

A report that the roof of the Statc-house was
TO be partly of wood, and put together in such a
way as to endanger the building by fire, has
somewhat disturbed the perennial serenity of
the commissioners II viii explain to you just
what kind Of airocf it is" said General T. A.
Morris. 0 the iron rafters of the roof there
is a sheeting placed of heavy asbestos board.
That goes on the ~rafters. Upon that there is an
oak sh%eeting one and. a half inches thick and two
inches wide, tongued and grooved and put to.
gether with white lead. On top of this oak
sheeting is another sheeting of asbestos boards,
and on this 10 slate a half inch thick, put on with
screws. It is what slate roofs seldom are-per-
fccry waterstight. 1t will be the only water.
tight roof in this State. We were four years in
yestigating the roof question and know exactly
what we are doing. The roof will be absolutely
FIRE proof
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
THE WORST OF THE WINTER.
Hany Of the Railroads Forced to Abandon
Trains-All Are Seriously Embarrassed.

Railway managers had supposed that with the
severe weather of January the back bone of
winter was broken;" but on all the northern
and northwestern lines, yesterday and last night,
they were experiencing more trouble from drift
ing snow and severe wind than at any time this
winter. The l., B. s. W.. yesterday got no
train through from Peoria, and all last night had
four trains in snow blockades between Peoria
and Urbana, III. The c., l., St L. & c. Chica-
go trains are all showed in between Templeton
and Kankakee; and last night a special
relief train was sent to st. Anne,
where the train which went out yester-
day noon was stalled. Superintendent
Sherwood last evening received a telegram from
Superintendent jeffrey, of the Illinois Central
road. stating that they were having the most
severe storm in the history of the road, and no
trains would be sent out. as it was still showing
and drifting badly. kilograms were sent from
other northern lines ordering that NO live stock
or perishable property be started ~northward.
The L., N. A. & G. is also showed under, and
yesterday got no trains through to- Louisville or
Indianapolis from the north. On the c., st. l..
Il p. Kokomo division, trains might aswell have
been abandoned, as the only one attempted to
be run south from Chicago was marked twelve
hours late. The Wabash came in, but was
several hours late, and brought no Michigan City
connection. Trains of the Decline were a little
of, but those of the c., St l.. & p, the c., H.
& l., the c., J., st. L. 81 c.. eastern division, the
j., NJ. & l., the /. & ", the Vandalia, and the /.
& st. L.. through the day arrived nearly on
time, less snow having fallen on the lines of
these roads. However, it was expected that
their night trains would be more or less late.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Sale Of nelInonsnt Pronertv.

Til annual sale of the property on the city
treasurer's duplicates, on which taxes stood de
hnquent, took place yesterday afternoon, at the
WashIngton-street entrance Of the courthouse.
The number of pieces offered was somewhat less
than last year, and about $40, 900 was received
w the treasurer. Among the pieces sold were
the Sherman House, bought in by Frank Smith,
and the Zoo. bought by Thomas c. Steele.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
An AstOnished Client.

Billy Herod is playing in hard luck. Retained
in the Finklestine divorce case, he neglected to
secure the retainer, and being asked by the
plaintiff during the trial the amount of his fee,
replied. One hundred dollars 'Mein Colt! my
freund," replied Finklestein, you don't
mean ut9 Do you want me sthealF The attor-
ney compromised at $25, and the client wanted
him to pay costs out of the fee. Billy is not say
ing a word.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Searching for an Heir.

Superintendent Lang is in receipt of a letter
from Mrs. A Muliensky, sc Forsythe street, New
York, asking for information concerning the
whereabouts of Morris Muliensky, her son, aged
seventeen; last heard from at Steubenville, O.,
in May, 1881. The letter states that he has fallen
heir to a considerable fortune by the death of
an uucla
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Union Veteran Army.

A meeting of the Union Veteran Army will
be held at the courthouse this evening, Feb. 10,
at 7:3O o'clock. General A. S. Helms, ~lieuten-
ant commander; r. B. Sears, inspector general
and chief recruiting officer, will be present. An
invitation is extended to all old soldiers, sons
and brothers of soldiers. and especially to those
who have enrolled as members Of the Union
Veteran Army to be present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
Sleigh Bells and Skates.

Fine assortment of Sleigh-bells and Ice-skates
at low prices. Also, the Henley Rink and Club
Roller-skates, and a nice line of skate satchels,
at reduced prices. Every owner of a pair OF
skates can afford to have a satchel at the prices.
HuDRRLAED & FUGATR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-10
THE NEW YORK STORE
ESTABLISHED 1859
ACARD TO Thu LADIES'

Our openingof HAMBURG EMBROIDER-
les will be of interest to every lady. An
ticipating the great demand which is sure to
be this season We placed our orders early, and
the goods are now on sale. The styles are all
new, and, we think, much superior to those of
former seasons. Ladies will please notice that
we have styles in different widths to match,
and also to match all over Embroidery.
In this connection we. ask that you take
particular notice of our stock of KINGS
TRIMMINGS-al new goods. These Trim
mings are very handsome and durable, and
much used for trimming white goods and
underclothing.
We invite an inspection of our Embroideries
and Kings Trimmings, the price of which
win be found on each piece, marked in plain
Egures. Very respectfully,
PBTTlS. BASSETI ( CD.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
A Windy Day I'm March.

No portion of the year 80 tries the
cheerful temper of the farmer as does
the month of March. From childhood
he has been told, and the almanacs
have repeated il in his maturer year,,
that spring begins with March. This
idea has become so firmly fixed that
successive yearly disappointments have
not dislOdged it, but as each succeeding
March comes round, he feels that 1t
should bring spring weather and spring
work. We are apt to think with some
thing akin to envy, of the English
farmer, whose weather comes true to
the almanac, and whose spring, II it
does not begin in March, is not deferred
until May, but borrows the later days
of February. Even i'm the generally
genial climate of England, March is
proverbially clustering aud nncerta ain
month. Even i'm our era the Anglo
Saxons had in their language names fol-
March which meant rugged month";"
and stormy month";" These people
believed that March had borrowed three
days from April, and expressed the
character of these days in n pro verb,
which is said to be still i'm use by the
rustics in parts of England and Scot
land. 1t said of these three borrowed
days:
THE first 1t shall be wind and weet;
The next il shall be snow ana sleet;
The third 1t shall be sic "a freeze,
Shall gar the birds stick to the trees"
With US, in some years, this ancient
description of its last three days will
apply to all the Others that precede
them. The thoughtful farmer will the
more patiently endure the buster of
the month, if he thinks of the part
these uncomfortable winds play in
preparing his lands for the pillow. A
March wind is proverbially u drying
one, and it takes up the moisture left
by melting SHOWS with astonishing
rapidity. These winds are even fertil-
izing his fields. As they rapidly re-
move the water from the urface, more
comes up from below by capillary at
traction, bringing with it the plant
food it holds in solution; as this in turn
is evapOrated, whate yer il contains il
left in the soil, within reach of the roots
of the crops. Ii is a mistake to fret
about the weather. However Disagree
able 1t may be, il We look with believ-
ing eyes We can see that every dispen-
satiOn of Nature is ever working for
our good.-Dr. Thur6er ia american
10rjcUIfu,.isf
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
Beech Trees and Bsech-nuts.

The Beech is one of the most valuable
and celebrated trees indigenous to the
Northern Hemisphere. Ii is true that
the American Beech has not been so
widely celebrated in story and song as
its European namesake, still, il is in no
way inferior, or less worthy of all the
praise that has been bestowed in cent
uries past upon its near relative of the
the old world. Our American Beech
(Fagus Jerrugined), as found la nearly
all of our Northern forests, is a noble
tree with an exceedingly graceful habit;
for while the main branches are very
strong and sturdy, they are always
furnished with All abundance of small
slender branchlets, that give to the tree
a graceful outline, no matter how large
or old the specimens may be. The bark
of the tree is also somewhat peculiar, it
being smooth, with no cracks, assures,
or corrugatiOns, to hold dust or afford
Judgement for moses and lichens. The
stem of beech tree is a solid, firm and
smooth column, almost as rigid as mar
bic, and far more valuable than stone.
This smoothness Of bark extends to the
minutest twigs, and even the bud, in
winter; and the expanded leaves in
summer are smooth and glossy. To
call the beech ''clean tree" is but
faint praise; for, in addition to its
neatness in appearance, it is peculiarly
free from insect enemies and is seldom
injured by these pests. Even the dead
trees are not very attractive to the
wOod-destroyers of the insect kingdom.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11

States ought to be able to write English,
and to speak three or four languages
besides his Own-at least French and
German aud Spanish. Prince Edward
of Wales is being educated for his
position. The probability is that he IL
not any brighter than our expected Pres
ident, who is struggling along unknown
and unaided, but he is being trained in
the knowledge that will be most useful
to him. 1t would be very mortifying
to us II We knew how ignorant our
young man may be at this moment, as
ignorant of history and politics as OF So
cial usages. We should all want hand
in his education; We should want to
mark out his career. We should prob
ably spoil him.
Lightly rs it may be treated, this is
really very serious matter. The young
man is living here. and is well-known
to some of us. And as no decent young
man can be sure that he is not the man,
what follows? Why, that every young
man ought to conduct himself i'm such
a manner that his biography, when
his campaign life is written, will be
pleasant reading, and so that he will be
in some measure fitted for the Office to
which he is to be elected. This is not
piece of moralizing; it is a matter of
commOn-sense. In order to carry ON
republic successfully, the general aver
age of conduct and ability must be high.
II we were able to pick out our man
now and set him apart and train
him, We could get on as well as
they do in England, and il would
not be much matter what became
of the Other young fellows. But the
risks of our position are much greater.
IL is useless for us to say that the ballot
is our protection. and that at the proper
time We shall elect the best man. The
fact is that the man We shall elect lat
the time that it is unnecessary to name)
IL already designated by decree GER
tain, and he is sure to come to his posi-
ton, whereas Prince Edward of Wales
may never be King of England. But
If We knew his name we would careful
ly conceal it from him and from the
public.-CHARLEs DUDLEY WARNER
in Hd,per's Magazine.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11

live should always recollect that we
live among men who are imperfect, We
should not be in such fever when We
find out our friends failings what's
rotten will rend. and cracked pots will
leak. Blessed is he who expects moth
ing of poor flesh and blood, for he shall
never be disappointed. The best OF
men are men at the best, and the best
wax will melt.
IL Is good horse that never stumbles,
And a good wife that never grumbIes.
But surely such horses and wives arr
found only in the fools paradise, where
dumpiings grow ON trees. In this
wicked world the straightest timber has
knots in il, and the cleanest field OF
wheat has its share of weeds. The
most careful driver one day upsets the
cart, the cleverest cook spills a little
broth, and rs l know to my sorrow, a
very decent ploughman will now ard
then break the plough and often make
~ CiOOhcu iuiIOW. IL - OOlisll 10 luTE
of tried friend because Of falling or
two, for you may get rid Of one-e eyed
nag and buy blind one. Being all of
us full of faults, We ought to keep two
bears, and learn to bear and forl ear
with one another: since We all live in
glass houses, We should none of us
throw stones. Everybody laughs when
the saucepan says to the kettle, show
black you are ~ Other mems imper-
fections show us our imperfectious, for
one sheep is much like another; and if
there's an apple in my neighbor's eye.
there is no doubt one in mine. We
ought to Use our neighbors as looking
glasses to see our own faults in, and
mend in ourselves what We see in
them.-.iohn HOughmdn
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
AN AGED BAPTIST MINISTER
Two More Important Cases

Your agent being i'm Columbus, Ga,
q few days ago, and meeting the ven
cradle brother J II. Campbell, we
asked him for the news His reply
was, III have two more important cures
effected by Swift's Specific to report"
This venerable man is known far and
wide for his unremitting labors OF love
in the behalf of the poor of Columbus.
Ii will Ire remembered that the Swift
Specific Co. has donated quite an
amount of their famous medicine, to be
distributed by Mr.. Campbell among the
poor of the city; hence his remark.
He said:
al haye just seen lady who has
been greatly annoyed by "a letter in one
of her hands. IL had given her much
trouble and pain. She said she had
been treated by several physicians
during the past three or four years with
the old remedies, but without giving
any relief. L suggested Swift's Specific
anu sue iOOh lOuT DOttitS anu Is now
apparently perfectly well. Her hand
is smooth and not a single sign of the
disease il left. 1t is marvellous how
this medicine renovates the system"
"What about the other case?"
"Well, that was lady also. She had
been badly affected with eczema for
four years. Her face, hands and arms,
as well as her body, were covered with
sores and scabs. 1t was one of the
worst cases of this terrible disease that
have ever seen. The suffering Of this
poor creature was beyond expression.
She tried every remedy at hand, in
Guiding mercury and iodide of potash,
but she only grew worse. She was in
this condition when first saw the case.
l soon had her taking Swift's Specific,
and she has now only taken two bottles,
but every mark of the disease has
almost entirely disappeared. Her gen.
eral health has greatly improved. 1t Is
one Of the most remarkable cures that
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
Hon. |. Q. c. Lamar.
Member of President Cleveland's
Cabinet.

Mr.. Lamar is native Of Georgia
He was born i'm Putnam county, Sep
TENDER Il. 1925. After receiving col
legiate education he read law and was
admitted TO the bar.
In lS49 he became resident of Mis-
sissippi, as an associate professor OF
mathematics IN the University of that
State. While holding this position he
ALEC acted as an associate editor of the
Southern ReuieT. After few mouths of
this double employment he returned to
Georgia and opend al Office at Coving-
ton for the practice OF his profession.
While there he was elected to the State
Legislature.
He once more made his home in
Mississippi in the year 1854, and has
continued to be citizen of that State
ever since. After having served as n
Representative in the Thirty fifth Con
gress he was elected TO the Thirty
sixth, from which he resigned when
his State seeded from the Union. His
next step was to become a member of
the Secession Convention Of Misslssip-
pi.
From the halls of debate he entered
the arena of war, commisf ioned az a
Lieutenant Colonel Of Infantry. He
was promoted TO be Colonel, and led his
regiment until 1862, when he accepted
diplomatic appointment to Russia,
made by the Confederate Government.
At the end ofthe war he recommend
ed teaching.
1.-THE subjects of his lectures at the
State University of Mississippi were
political economy and social science, for
a time; he afterwards taught the prin-
ciples of law to the students of that
institution.
His election as n Represe NATIVE to
Forty-third Congress necessitated the
resignation of his professorship. He
was re- elected to the Forty>fourth. His
membership in the United States SEN
ate dates from March 1877. The term
of six years which he is now filling,
will not expire until March 3, 1889.
Mr.. Lamar is a fine.loOkiDg man,
and both hard student and readywit-
ted man of affairs. He possesses great
influence in his State, and is one of the
most considerable figures in the Senate
at Washington. His recreations include
indulgence among the sweets of polite
literature, to which is largely due the
ease aud fuency of his oratorical eff.
forts.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
NO. 10.

has come under my notice, and in a
ministry Of sixty years / have mingled
with every class of society and OBJ
served closely the variety of diseases
which affect humanity. Blood dis
eases are the most numerous and the
most difficult to remove. To overcome
these diseases, it is my deliberate judy
ment that Swifl's Specific is the grand
est blood purifier ever discovered. Its
effects are wonderful, aud / consider
them almost miraculous. There Is no
medicine comparable To it,"
Rev. JESSE n. CAMPBELL,
Columbus, Ga.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. Atlanta, Ga.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
SELECTED.

My going to Germany ito school had
been opposed by some of my friends o.
Quixotic, and my life there might, per-
haps, be not unfairly thus described.
did not work for money was not
even spurred BY "tte last infirmity OF
noble minds" / had been reading
Fichte, and Emerson, and Carlyle, and
had been infected by the spirit of these
great men. Let NO one pursuade you
that they were not great men. The
Alpha and Omega of their teaching was
loyalty to duty. Higher knowledge
and greater strength were within reach
of the man who uEfiinchingly enacted
his best insight. 1t was a noble doc
trine, though 1t might sometimes have
inspired exhausting disciplines and I'M
realizable hopes. At all events, 1t held
me to my work, and in the long cold
morning of the German winter, defend
ed by a schlafrock lined with catskin,
/ usually felt a freshness aud strength
"a JOY In mere living and working,
derived from perfect health--which
was something different from the NAL
ady of self-righteousness.-Pr Pref John
IyHdaH
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11

Books instruct us calmly. and withouf
intermingling with their instruction
any Of those painful impressions OF
superiority, which We must necessarily
feel from n living instructor. They
wait the pace of each mans capacity;
stay for his want of perception, with
out reproach; go backward and forward
with him at his wish and furnish in
exhaustible repetitions. When a man
sits Gin a well-furnished library, sur
rounded by the collected wisdom Of
thousands of the best endowed minds,
of various ages and centuries, what an
amazing extent of mental range does
he command. Every age. and every
language, has some advantages; some
exceliencies peculiar to itself. Above
all, there is this value in books, that
they enable us to converse with the
dead. When a persons body is mould
ering, cold and insensible, i'm the grave.
we feel sacred sentiment of venera-
ton for the living memorials of his
mind.-Sir S. T.. Brydges
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
A Boon Companion:

Mr. John Rolf, champion Bicyclist OF
Australia and England, writes to the
Argus, Melbourne, Australia, that i'm
the six days contest for the champion
ship, after riding s consecutive hours
each day, his limbs become stiff and
sore, and he is positive he won the
great race, and was enabled to ride
another 100 miles against time immed-
lately afterward, from the wonderful
effects produced by the use of ST.
Jacobs Oil, in training and racing. He
calls it his boon companion, and recon-
mends it to all athletes.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11

Jonah was three days in the whales
belly. Christ was three days i'm the
tomb. Peter denied Christ thrice.
There were three patriarchs. Abraham
entertained three angels. Daniel was
thrown into den with three lions for
pray ing three times a day. Shadraeh,
Meshaeh and Abednego were rescued
from the flames Of the oven. The ten
commandments were delivered on the
third day. JOB had three friends. 81 Paul
speaks on faith, hope and charity, these
three The famous dreams of the but
Ter and baker were to come to pass in
three days. Elijah FRUSTRATED him.
self three times on the body Of the dead
child. Samson deceived DeIiah three
times before she discovered the source
Of his strength
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11
Like an old Creaky Window Shutter

That il the way mans rheumatic
joints sometimes are. Hinges old,
rusty, and worn, and badly need oiliDg.
The trouble is in the blood. A man
who is of any account is worth repair
ing. The repairing can be done by
means of Browns Iron Bitters. That
enriches and purifies the blood. drives
out the pains, and works complete
restoration. Thousands testify to il
from happy experience. Mr.. G. III.
Huntley. 9ls North Sixteenth St st.
Louis. says, 81 used Browns Iron Bit
tiers for rheumatism, general debility
and prostration, with the best results. ~
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11

The beech is also very hardy tree,
thriving in very cold regions far to the
northward, and its flexible and tough
branches withstand high winds well,
when planted in exposed stations. II
will also thrive in very thin soils, rocky
or otherwise, the roots keeping near the
surface, and are so numerous that they
will penetrate the smallest interstices
among the rocks, and seek every spot
where nutriment can lie found. Any
one who has had experience in clearing
a beech forest will bear me out in say
ing, that beech roots will fully occupy
all the land within their reach.-A. IS.
Fuller IN american AOTicutWist.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-11

1t was very old Spanish writer who
said that "a woman is quite perfect and
absolute in beauty IL she hiss thirty
good points," Here they are:
Three things white-the skin, the
teeth, the hands.
Three black the eyes. the eyebrows,
the eyelsshes.
Three red-the lips, the cheeks, the
nails.
Three long-the body the hair, the
hands.
Three short-the teeth, the ears, the
feet.
Three broad-the chest, the brow,
the space bet the eyebrows.
Three narrow-the mouth, the waist,
the Instep.
Three large-the arm, the loin, the
limbs.
Three fine-the fingers, the hair, the
lips.
Three small-the bust the noee. the
head.