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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-05
BACON WROTE SHAKESPEARE
TheAlleged Discovery of a Secret Cipher
in Shakespeare by Ignatius Donnelly.
AS a Student Of Cryptography, He Claims to
Have Found Absolute Proof of BacOn's
Authorship of Shakespeare.
-ashiugton Letter in Chicago News.

Washington Letter in Chicago News.
The Hon. Tgnatius Donnelly, who is now in
this city, has made disclosure to reporter of
the Daily News of his astonishing discovery
concerning the authorship of the plays hereto
fore attributed to the pen Of William Shak-
speare. q
Mr.. Donnelly has devoted years of study to
the subject of cryptography, as we'll as to the
Bacon Shakespeare controversy, and now divulges
the secret of the ingenious theory by which he
claims to be able to establish the authorship of
the plays in Bacon.
The reasonableness of Mr. Donnellys claim is
made to appear more plausible by the we'll
known fact that Bacon was an adept in the art
of cipher writing. By nature he was capable OF
enshrouding present doubtful honor in the hope
of lasting posthumous fame made most eff
fective by dramatic revelation. The method
of the discovery is told in Mr. Donnelly's own
words
"Is it true, then, that you have made such
discovery
Certainly" said Mr. Donnelly. ''Why should
claim the existence of thing which is not and
which few short months would disprove?
have some reputation to maintain as literary
man. as the author of Atlantis and "Ragna-
rok,' and / certainly should not put that reputa-
ton to the hazard by an unfortunate claim. /
never put forward any claim to the discovery of
the cipher until had, after years of experiment.
ing, placed the reality of the thing beyond ques-
ton"
'But some have an idea that you have simply
picked out word here and there, haphazard,
and strung them together ingeniously into
sentences"
mot at ALL The cipher is an arithmetical
one, and as accurate and unvarying as the propo-
sition that two and two make four. The cipher
words are found first by accurately counting all
the words the page, then multiplying the
number of the page by something on the page,
and finding the words that correspond to that
number. IT, for instance, the page is number
fifty and there are five italic words on the page,
you multiply fifty by FIVE, making 25O; and the
25Oth word from the top of the page, OF column,
is the word you seek. The most difficult part of
the cipher is to find the sequence or order In
which the words follow each other. 1t took me
two years of almost continuous labor to solve
this part of the problem. The rule is a very in
genous one, and very simple when you have
once found it out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-05

the same instrument to carry another cargo of
food to her mouth Mrs. Leslie was elegantly
dressed, rather good looking, and valued the dog
at 81 600
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

How are artificial eyes made:'' the
reporter Inquired of local optician.
They are first blown into the shape
of bottle. They look like a NINA,
ture whisky flask. Then the operative
separates the structure, and, after
blowing in the centre colors, the veins
and adding the shade to the ball, the
edges on the inside are finished off,
and the eve, which Is nearly always
OF an Original shape, is packed away
perhaps never to be worn. 1t may be
around in store for hundred years
before customer is found whom it
will 1t or suit in every respect. Very
few are made of the same pattern,
because there is no rule Of size. style,
color, taste or finish to follow. Most
OF the eyes are made in Germany or
France. The best are made there, but
a good eye is now being made in this
country.
"How long do they usually last the
wearer?" T.
"Some people use dozen, while
others make one answer II depends
largely upon the condition of the
socket In which it is worn. The liquid
discharged from some mems eyes is
OF such destroying character that it
will eai into the glass in few mouth.
and so completely DESTROY the smooth
surface of the bowl as to make the eye
unbearable. Some men rear al al" eve
five years, but such instances are very
rare
"A lady came into my store the
other day. continued tho cptician.
and asked to be fitted for a pair Of
eyeglasses Of extra quality. l observed
al glance that she was the possessor
ofa gless optic. She did not allude to
the fact, neither did I. She want ed
something of the best make to order,
and OF course l knew that anything
would do to cover up the dummy eye,
! got out frame, placed a splendid
crystal in the loop that was to cover
tho perfect eye, but nothing in the
other frame. The lady looked at me
In amazement with her good eye), but
assumed nm indifferent look. She
thought the glass was splendid; read
an extract in the newspaper aud
ordered the glasses. Now, you see, |
made the price considerably lass.
told her they were worth $12, b1t to
her they would be cheaper, She
returned next day. got her glasses and
departed. The false eye was covered
with the cheapest kind of crystal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11
To Count u Rillion.

The Philadelphia Balietins has beer
doing some figuring. 1t says: 81 ~
Did you ever think of how much
work it required to count billion, OF
The length SfnMe it would take, An
ari'hme,ician makes this calculation
Had Adam counted continuously from
his creation to the present day he
would not have reached n Bil,ion, fol-
1t would take 9,5la years, Ahv enter
ipr'siag person disposed to doubt this
statement can try tho experiment and
Convince himself. = a. a.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11
Better without Than

Nss Do Garmo-"I have a palette,
box of paints, mau.stick, easel canvas,
and camp.stool. That is the full
artists equipment is II not, Mr.. Grsn-
boge' Do you think I need anything
else" % ''df'@
Gamboge (the artist)-"You want to
make social success among your
FRIENDS as an amateur, l suppose?"
well, yes"
"Then you have everything neces.
sary To DO sure there is a trifie or
two-n
For instance"
Talent and knowledge. But they
would only oramp you as an amateur"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11
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"a HAWTHORNE, Juae rs, 1884.
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NJ JAMES MEnYseLp.
VIRGINIA CRY, Ml1i2, 1854
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Six bottles of Kerr's Asthma Cure cured
my fonr children of diptheria, wlSen oil the
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80 JOHN b. FREUsCH,
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Four bottles Of Kerr's Asthma Cure cured
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a. RENO, April %, 1885,.
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Mrs. A. Neyandu, No. 1873 Folsom street San
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Cuneo, 800 and 81 Broadway. Eighteen bot
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wharf Re,kngtoni h Co. say that Kcrr's
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more so than any remedy they ever handled
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ana gives universal satisfaction The Reno
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Box 1870, San Francisco, will be promptly at
tended to. | .t.
Rcdingten \ Co., San Francisco. wholesale
agents, so and 5si Market street.
Sold by all druggists and dealers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11
Advertise.

Say said the editors smart little
son, Nc he entered u store, "do you
keep kniyes%
"oh.> yes" responded the st.re.
Keeper we have 3ept them tor u
number of years" -
We'll" returned the boy, starting
tor the door, "yoa ought to advertise.
and then you wouldn't keep 'em so
long" -" - b
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11
He Had Been Tried.

A Galveston gentleman applied to a
friend for Information in regard 10 a
certain man whom he wished to employ
on hts ranch. a
us he honest aud reliable"
1t" should Say so. He is tried and
trusly, lie has been tried four tunes
Tor stealing horses, and got clear every
time"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

A GENTS FOR THE NEVADA SALT
"A aAd Borax Works, at Salt Marsh,
Rhsdss' Station, Caysen and COLORADO Rail.
read. Will fuanish salt in quantities to suit
purchasers, mining. mill table ,usa,yetc. The
facilities Of the Company .fer tho handling
and delivery Of heayH machinery. are ansur-
passed. viii contract, fsr freight to Grants
Vile, Downsyrille, ElsGerlh, Lodi, ,lone
Geld Park, San Antonio and belmont, -
oyyIsl.soi ssnsome street, San Fran
sisce;. n J Atreet, Sacramento.
RAMaoAp DErors--Reno, Battle Mountain,
Hawthorne, Luning, Bellsyille, Csndelaria
and cad Of track Of Garssn and Colorado II. r.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

A drummer seldom bushes, but you
Can catch him with bob-,ail Hush
once in while, if you care to call and
see him.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

1t is said of the Chicago girl that
when she faints away she throws q
third Of herself upon the ground. The
other two-thirds are already there.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11
NOTICE..

THIS Is TO CERTIFY THAT WE
l. have bought of A. Castill & Bro.
twenty four head Of mules and horses, with
sporap oss. hooks, etc. That said property is
Aew under charge and control Of Jesus Sala-
sAy, oar duly appointed agent; that A. Cas-
tile snd ]. Costille are employed by us. and
that We Will not become responsible for any
bulls sentSsetsd unless by our special order.
KNAPP + LAWS.
'UsvtAesss JHas 10, isss,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

Business men, Miners and Professional
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our advertising columns. - "'HF''gt'
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

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THE EXPERT SPECIALIST,
mr.. ALLEN, AS Is WELL KNOWN, is A
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to, and Is acknowledged 10 be, the most
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Coast. as
YOUNG MEN
And MIDDLD-AGE KID MEN, who are guRerin
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ing, etc. empcrp that by a com binatioa
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but permanentcure. t q "
- HOsFITAL EXPERIENCE.
Having been surgeon in charge or TWO
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1t distinctly understood that do not claim 10
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or supernatural power. | claim only to be
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thoroughly informed in my'specialty- ~
f','e DlsEAstS OF MAN. Z
All applying to me will receive my honest
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case undertake, or forfeit 81 90. Consnlta-
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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-11

TX. ADDITION TO ITS EXTENSIVE
4 local circulation, hundfsds Of copies are
distributed. to .ubscribefstin The Eastern
Ststss and ever the Paeiasr Coast, A. 'hsli.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-14

Senator Eyarts, in Philadelphia North American.
There is an etiquette in autograph seeking
which the senders of these letters nearly all com
ply with. 1T stamped and addressed envelopes
and card are inclosed, it is rule that the re-
quest shall DO heeded-from patriotic motives,
because it gives the government two cents in
postage. If is obliged to go to the trouble of
writing both. autograph and address to furnish
both envelope, card and stamp, it is not custom
airy to respond. 1t was formerly customary for
such requests to be accompanied merely by an
inclosure of loose stamps. A poet of my ac-
quests supplied him with stamps for all his cor
respondenee. Autograph seekers probably found
that loose stamps were appropriated without
compunction, for they have changed the custom.
do not receive great many such requests now
They come in great numbers after making an
important speech. Poets autographs, lam told,
are sought moro than those Of public men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-14
PRENIATARE BURIALS.
An Undertalxer's Belief that People Are Often
Buried Alive.
New York SIM

new 1OrK sun.
THE world would be Mortified" said
William S. Mccarthy, an East.side undertaken,
yesterday, IF it knew the number of bodies that
are buried before life is extinct. Once in a while
one Of these cases comes to light, but no steps
are taken to prevent their recurrence
Something that happened to me about twelve
years ago has worried me ever since l was
sent for one day to take charge of the body of a
and had fallen over while sitting on his bench
sewing He was big, heshy man, about forty
years of age, and weighed about 250 pounds.
The body was warm, and the limbs were limp.
and said So His friends told me that
phycian had pronounced him dead l was or
dered to put the body on ice at once, but l de-
layed this operation, on one pretext Or another,
for nearly two days. During this time the body
lay on the bench IN the little shop. Finally /
could delay no enpex. The inbs srsrs-ssiA-
limp as when first examined the body. | pre-
pared the body for burial, and the next day it
was buried ] do not believe that man was
dead when the earth was shoveed in on his
coffin. If the same thing were to happen again
l would let somebody else do the burying.
about the same time young woman living
up town was supposed to have died very sudden
ly. A physician called H. He said she
was dead An old woman who was present
thought otherwise and insisted upon it that she
was in a trance. The body was buried. few
weeks later the old woman determined to satisfy
herself about it, and bribed the grave-diggers to
disinter the coffin. The lid was removed and
horrible sight seen. The young woman had
come to life and had made terrible struggle for
liberty Her hair was torn out. and her face
was frightfully scratched She had turned over
on her face
"a person is generally believed to be dead if
there is no action of the heart pulse. But if
a person is in trance there is no action of the
heart or pulse A vein should be opened. IL
blood flows the person is not dead. This opera
ton would take about thirty seconds but it is
not often resorted to- Surprising the person is
suffering only from temporary suspension of
animation. Before he can recover the use of his
faculties an undertaken comes in, and he is put
in an ce-nox, where whatever life there ma
have been III him is frozen out. The Board O.
Health should takefhold of this matter and dt
wise some means of ascertaining beyond al
doubt that life is extinct before the body is bur
led. / have thought Of a good many different
means. A receiving vault could be built in
every cemetery, where bodies could be placed
until decomposition had begun, when they could
be buried"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-14

self But she did not address Paul; she addressed
Gertrude, and while doing so wreathed her lips
with the sweetest of dimpled smiles.
lyon must pardon me, my dear" she went on.
Il know that have been quite wrong. l have
let my tongue run away with me. / should
have remembered. Ever since got back have
been treading peoples toes so stupidity. /
don't doubt that America is, after all, glorious
place. When have got to think SO / shall come
to you IN sackcloth and ashes. / shall take back
all the hard things 1 have said There, my
dear, is it a compact"
las you will, said Gertrude Innsley, and it
must be conceded that she said it very awkatdly
The contrast between the two women was now
much sharper than before. 1t was like that
between rather commonplace and sturdy
young sapling and aerial, blossom laden vine.
A little later Paul and Varian were left alone
with their cigars Mrs. Thorndyke and Gertrude
| having passed from the dining-room, the hostess
still keeping arm about the form of her guest
The attitude, for one. of them at least looked
very affectionate and kindly. II am going TO
make this dear girl forgive me, said Mrs. Thorn
dyke to Varian, with sidelong glance that was
bewitching. while you two smoke. And if you
come upon us while am getting my merited
scoding, fear must send you both dutifully
away
This last speech seemed to leave perfume
behind It, it was consummately that of woman
OF the world, and of such infinite tact that
Varian, who knew Alma Thorndyke so we'll,
almost credited, for the moment, it's entire sim
certify
A silence followed between the two friends in
the dining room. 1t was at length broken by
Paul, who said in slower and less vivacious
tones than he usually employed:
you don't Miss Insley-Gertrude
| mean-at her best tonight, Hugh Pm almost
regretful that this should be your first meeting y
Var1an at once replied: II should be rather in
clined to congratulate myself that this is not the
occasion of my first meeting with our friend of
the grand Vile"
Paul started with surprise. "Why, what do
you mean2" he asked.
''Oh, it was such bad form to pitch into Amer
ica and the Americans like that No wonder it
annoyed Miss Innsley. She's patriotic; / like
her better for it. and 50 should you. We fellows
who have knocked about Europe for years, see
ing all that is best there are too fond of shut
is great deal that is wonderfully fine here in
its way beyond doubt. In any case, Paul,
there's nothing like giving ones own country a
fair chance--which regret to state that neither
you nor / have yet done. By the way, have you
arranged any time yet for your marriage?"
No. Why do you ask"
You once told me that you disbelieved in
long engagements"
did " said Paul, accompanying the words
with laugh which had in it slightly bitter
ring. II forget, just now, old fellow, what my
theory of disbelief was based upon Not disil-
fusion, sahp
Varian felt light chill pass through him.
"Yes," he answered, that was precisely your
theory. But now since you have forgotten it,
you evidently don't consider yourself at all in
danger"
ITO BE Concluded Next Saturday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-14

Thirty-Five 'sRemains" Ready To BE Burned
Stylish Urns for the Ashes.

Thirty-Five .'Remains" Ready To BE Burned
Stylish Urns for the Ashes.
New York sun
In one of the great January storms the I'M
finished crematory of the United States Crema-
ton Company at Newtown Long Island was
blown down and the company have had to spend
about S., 500 in repairing the damage done. The
opening OF the crematory has been delayed about
two months in consequence of the accident Mr.
j. d. Bengliss. the president of the cremation
company, said today that the building would
not be sufficiently advanced TO allow the burning
of bodies before the lst of May. There are now
thirty FIVE bodies awaiting the completion of the
furnace. Mr.. Bengliss has recently obtained
from ancient Capua some Etruscan burial urns
of terra-cotta models, which may give our
American potters some notion of what will be
the most fitting receptacleS for human
ashes. TIE Etruscan urns are of different
shapes, ornamented by designs in relief accord
ing to the rank and history OF the dead person.
Several Trenton potters have examined them,
and have made some specimen urnS OF their
own. 1t will not be necessary to have modern
urns so large as those of antiquity owing to our
better methods of incarceration. The combustion
was not complete then. Bits of bones were left,
whereas, with modern furnaces, nothing but a
white ash will remain. The urns now needed
will be ten or twelve inches high, and of about
the same diameter. OF course. metals can be
used although If the urn is to be buried in the
earth, or placed in an underground vanlt, pot
terry will be more lasting The urn5 viii cost
from 81 to $40, according to their decoration.
The name of the person for whose ashes the urn
is intendedmay be burnt in the clay or raised
above the surface
Some discussion has occurred g. to the final
resting place of our burial urps in Italy, where
cremation is rapidly becoming popular among
the upper classes, the law requires the ashes to
be left in a building attached to the crematores
for two years, in order that, should suspicious
of poisoning arise, an analysis may be made.
Mineral poisons could be traced in the ashes. 1t
has been suggested that the cremation company,
instead of selling plots of land for the burial
of urns, should erect a building contain
ing vast number of inches to be sold
as are cemetery plots. 1t is probable that many
persons will prefer to take the ashes of their
dead relatives and friends home with them. One
family in this city keeps the ashes of three of
its members in bronze urns in the family home,
and finds their presence @ consolation. Mr. Ben
giss believes that this feeling is common, and
that the possibility of keeping the ashes of ones
dead near will lead many persons to favor Gre
nation
Where families have for many years owned
vaults, or cemetery plots, hallowed by associa
ton, the urns may be buried in the earth and
if undisturbed will preserve the ashes for cen
turtles