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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
CONCEALED WEALTH.
The Curious Places Where Money
Has Been Found when Hidden or
Lost.
New York SUM-

al have been sent for very often in
my time" said an elderly detective, "tu
search for money concealed by eccentric
people. There was more of this hiding
away of cash forty years ago than there
is now, owing probably to the doubtful
character of some of the old savings
banks.
"Some fifteen years ago went up to a
farm house in Orange County, at the
request of the heirs, to look for money.
The deceased had had ne striking char
acteristics for my purpose, and, after
trying several lines of search for three
days, | grew doubtful.
ellis riding saddle had been ripped
open, his bootheels knocked off for dia-
mOnds, his shoes split up and his up
holstery pulled to pieces. Bricks had
been taken out, the hearth torn up, and
the wainscotings pulled down. Even the
backboards of picture frames had been
taken out, and the boys had dug around
the roots of every tree in the orchard,
but still no money had been found. The
reward was too large to be lost, but was
nearly at my wits end.
1'inally the thought came like fash:
ere was the old gentleman in the
..aoit of sitting? asked oh, he almost
always sat by the window said the
brother; but we've pulled everything to
pieces around there Sit down Just as
he did The man sat down. In which
direction was he most apt to lOokY No
where in particular; out Of the window
generally Toward the barnr No.
this way | followed the look; it was in
the line of an DID, used-up pump. Which
way did he walk when he went out to
the feldT Over to the pump, and then
made bee line for the pond?
"These answers had certain signif
canoe. Men like to have the place of
concealment in sigh, and it is well known
that they will often walk over money
they have buried to see that the sod is
undisturbed. had the pump taken up
and excavations made-no money. The
pump was replaced. entered the room
once more and stood by the window.
Suddenly saw plain but peculiar look
ing mark on the sill; it was a surveyors
point lined it up to the pump, meas
ured out the exact center of the line. and
the digging began. A two-inch steam
pipe was struck at depth of four feet.
The end was plugged; took home a
$500 bill that night"
IL had a curious casetwo years ago. A
wealthy man had been attacked with
partial paralysis, and his speech and the
greater part of his memory had left him
He wrote out the question, Where did
| put my money! The amount was
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

Paterson Press.l

This was one of the questions asked a
certain class during examination week,
and, as simple as the question appears to
be, none could answer it. In the emer-
gency the principal was applied to for So
luton, and he also, with a good-natured
smile, gave it up, when one of the teach
err, determined not to be beaten by so
simple aquestion, bit on the idea of send
ing out delegation of boys to scour the
neighborhood for a cat. When the idea
was announced, the whole class wanted to
join in the hunt. Several boys went out
and soon returned successful. A return
ing board was at once appointed, and the
toes counted, when TO the relief of all it
was learned that a cat possesses eighteen
toes. ten on the front feet and eight on
the hind feet Afte- the question was
solved, the cat was allowed to depart,
much to bis satisfaction.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Leg Music and Heart Music.
philadelphia Times.

One of the young men began playing
On violin, or rather ''iddling" Present.
ly ne struck up some jig-the Arkansas
something. A German professor ,invol-
untarily made one wild movement of his
hand up through his gray hair and then
settled himself stOicalIy, with folded arms
to bear the martyrdom. When it was
finished, with the accompaniment of
pedal bass on the floor, the old professor
broke out, saying in a savage way:
THAT music ia scandalous; we don't
have any music of that sort any more.
That is music only for the feet; 1t doesn't
90 any further than the legs; but real
music is story, like book, that you
may read. 1t doesn't touch your feet; it
touches your heart; it doesn't make your
hands work like saw; it brings the tears
TO your eyes"
There was q dead, painful silence as
the young men saw that what they loved
was only lie and counterfeit. And 50
is it with Others in other things in life.
They find pleasure where wisdom sees
folly, and love things that have IN then
no truth.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
OUR DAUGHTERS.
-BifI Arp" Takes Philosophical View
of the SifuatfOn

Well, there is a reason for every thing
aud cause for every effect, but | don't
know why there are more girls than boys,
and wish somebody would tell me.
Some folks say it is sign of peace. The
girls are the smsrtest | know, or they
have had the most education. Before
the war the boys were put forward, and
the girls kept in the background, but
now the boys have to work, and so the
girls are sent to school and to college, and
the boys have to help pay for it. That
is the reason why the girls are the smart
est, and my fear is that they are a little
too smart and won't marry these young
fellers who can't write little poetry and
don't know whether Byron wrote Sbak-
speare or Shakespeare Byron. But reck-
on they will, sooner or later Mrs. Arp
says that girls marry too soon, anyhow,
and she don't want any of hers to marry
under 20, unless the offer is very splen-
did one in all respects. reckon this is
the reason she went off At sweet 16; but
think Gibbons is mistaken. The census
shows about as many boy children in
Georgia as girl children. We've got six
boys and four girls, and that is about
right
There's more anxiety about the girls.
They watch these young fellers for fear
of trouble, for the old saying still holds
good:
"a son Is a son till ne marries a wife,
daughter Is daughter ali the daysIof her
life
1t is sad to see a girl come back to her
fathers house to live after she has been
married year or two. Poor thing, she
never knew what good home she had
until she left it,and by-and by she comes
creeping back, pale and sac, land the man
she trusted goes another way. That is
the wreck of life. No more happiness
for her. No wonder that parents feel
anxious about their daughters, and the
daughters ought to think and ponder a
long time before they marry. A fathers
house and a mothers love are hard TO
beat. But then happy marriage is the
highest state of happiness, and every
girl ought to look forward to il.
There are lots of clever young men In
the land-yOung men of good principles,
and who have been raised by good par
ents. The girls ough: to mate with 'em
money or no money Money is a good
thing, but principle is better; and if a
young Teller has got both, and don't
drink nor gamble, and is industrious and
healthy, why he is all right, and if was
a girl | would put him on probation and
say, think you are a very good man, but
you know am an angel, and if.
Well, if he seemed to doubt my being an
angel | would just tell him to 90 hence.
If a young man don't look upon his girl
as being an angel before he marries her,
he never will afterward, and if | was a
girl would be an angel as long as
could.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

large, So, 900 in bonds, which he had
been about to take to a safe deposit build
ing. The heirs were wild. | stopped all
the tearing up and cushioD-pricking bus
slness, for the man was not 'concealer,'
though it was supposed by the doctors
that he had felt the attack coming and
had put the money in some Outof-the-
way place Just how or in what spot in
his library he had fallen, could not be
made out.
After days reflection my partner
and had to conclude that he had been
robbed. Two courses were open to us:
we could make sudden arrests without
any real evidence, always hateful
course for good detective to take, or
we must find the exact spot where the
man fell, and line up from that. The
doctors helped US here: You had bet
ter examine the gentleman's body they
said. We did so and found long mark
on the hip, and blue marks or the knee
and elbow. He had fallen sideways over
an object not over sixteen inches high,
and having a narrow, rounded edge of
metal, for an iron mark was found on the
clothing. Every piece of furniture in
the house was inspected, but to NO pur-
pose. The heirs apparent were in de-
spair.
1--WE took all night to think the mat
ter over. Then my partner said: How
about the cellar? That's where the
household metal is They all laughed.
He hasn't been there in a year. they
said. We went down. My partner gIanc-
ed quickly around, and then gave me a
look that | can almost feel running
through my nerves to this day. He had
discovered some common household arti-
Gle which had not been used since the
family had been searching the freplaces.
He was, in fact, looking over a lot of
coal hods. There is our metallic edge,
he said. He turued the hOds over care
fully, and from out mass of waste paper
there rolled at last the $32 600 worth of
bonds. The paralytic Dad fallen ever
the hOd, and the money had dropped
into it among his waste papers. Before
the general search was made, all rubbish
had been taken to the cellar. Our friends
had sought too deeply for what they had
supposed to be concealed money, and had
grossly neglected the science of the OBJ
vious. Some detectives do precisely the
same thing. My partner and | divided
$1,000 between us that night"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Rachel and the Small Boy.
Philadelphia Telegraph


met recently at an afternoon recep
ton a French gentleman who related to
me the particulars of how, when quite
small boy, ne went to see the great Rach-
ell act. He was great friend of her
brothers, and used sometimes to go to
her house, when one day she said, patting
his cheek, "Well, little fellow, would you
not like to come and see me act some
day."
OF course the answer to this query
was an eager affirmative, and that very
evening he and his cOmrade found them
selves installed in one of those boxes
called by the French the loges infernales,
namely, the boxes situated inside of the
proscenium and the curtain, and literally
upon the stage.
The play was "Phedre," and the child
sat entranced and half bewildered while
that wonderful panorama of passion was
unfolded before him.
When the curtain fell on the last act,
the PROSTATE Pnedre did not rise, but
four men, coming from behind the scenes,
enveloped her in large, soft blanket,
and bore her quickly from the stage.
The boy, in an ecstasy of excitement and
terror, half inclined to believe the whole
tragedy reality, slipped hastily from
his place and followed the men till they
had laid their burden on large sofa in
RachePs dressing-room.
When the great actress opened her
eyes she found her child-admirer beside
her, weeping and wringing his hands
90, Mademoiselle Rachelp' he sobbed,
"dc grant me just one favor"
"And what is that, my little mani"
"Never act again-it is too, too dread
full" Probably in all her brilliant ca
reer Rachel had never received a more
genuine or appreciative token of admira
ton
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Self-Measurement.
Lillian Whiting.l

The great trouble with people" said a
brilliant woman recently, els that
they have no standard of self-measure
ment. Now, if take a candle into a
dark corner it eliminates that corner;
but if take it out into a dark night it is
of little use; now, isn't it?' The very
obvious point was conceded.
"Well, them" she resumed, "that IL an
illustration of the relative powers of
many people. But everybody wants to
be something he cannot. The candle
would be lamp, the lamp gas jet, the
gas jet an electric light and the electric
light sun. Consequently, We have
people doing good things poorly, instead
of doing suitable things we'll. It's all
owing to having no self-measurement.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Indian Education.
carson Appeal

Captain Joe, Chief of the Washos
tribe in this vicinity, is very sensible
Indian, who through some means has
awakened to the realization of the adj
yantages that are to be derived from
an education, however humble.
He informed an Appeal reporter
yesterday that he is earnestly advising
his people to send their boys to the
public schools, provided they can be
admitted. For year he has persistent
ly tried to impress his tribe with the
Importance Of this matter, without much
success until very recently. But he has
won number of leading bucks over TO
his theory, and now be believes that
before long an effort will be made to
introduce half dozen of the brightest
lads into the schools
In the event that their experiment
proves satisfactory to the Indians it is
their purpose To induce all of their boys
to avail themselves of the benefits of
public school system. This is the
first instance in the history of the
Pacific Coast Indians, where the Chief
of tribe has manifested the least
interest in the intellectual progress Of
his people.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
LOVES Trust.

Iflove be tender truthful. pure,
II love be regal, loyal, sure.
By all the world Of land and sea
Divided q could never be,
While south winds WOO IN son replies
The north wind IS walls 70 lullsbys,
while summers suD-when white doves ~
Across the cloud-Eringed azure sky
Caresses morn's sclf-tender flowers
Dew beaded an the early hours,
II love be tender, truthful, pure-loTe yih
endured
HIoye Be steadfsst, trusted, tried,
Grown watchful, true, II needs no guide;
IL fears not Fate, nor vane. nor night,
IL walks space self-cTowned with lghts
Through woe 10 gains sweet eerviiude,
Through veal II wins sweet solitude;
Though iuckless years may sound their knell,
Through perfect chimes the marriage bell
Will swing this cadence TO and fro,
Beside the thorns the roses blow, -
II love be steadfast trusted, uled-loye Win
abIdei
II love be tickle, hayward. bold,
And grasps its buds ere flowers unfold,
With empty hands It walks alone
When chill winds sigh and sob and moan.
Through fearful yigils, tired With PAIN
AnS cruel taunts OF self-diedalD,
Wan, worn aud wasted, all unblest
Through fruitless hope that brought unrest
Bearing the egn Of wounded trust
That tTaed its faith ID clay and dust,
" love be 6ckle, Maynard, bold-loye VIII grow
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
A reporters strange Position.
New York Tribune


President Rutter, of the New York
Central Railroad. is spare.sparrowy sort
of man, with large eyes which lie out.
ward "a if they took in too much of the
world to be satisfied in their cavities.
Referring to the press and interviewing
he remarked to me recently, concerning
a journal which is always saving that il
Submits every interview" etc, etc, as
follows: Il was coming home at a late
hour not long ago with my wife, and had
Just descended from my carriage and got
to the foot of my steps, when a man
bounded up there in the darkness, and
made me think he was an assassin. | was
actually going to strike him with the
butt end of my whip. Said he: j am
the reporter Of the. have been
waiting here since dark. did not want
to come, but they sent me back three
times. You can appreciate my position?
4 did feel for him, sent upon such an err
rand. and so sincerely ashamed of doing
it. So said, You are not to blame.
To relieve you of your embarrassment
viii submit to the infection. Come in!
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Electricity Not Form ofNagnetism.
Contemporary Review.l


Professor Hughes has recently advanc-
ed views about magnetism which, if &C
cepted, will largely modify the position
which science assigns to this property.
He asserts that where there is no APP
parent magnetism, or the magnetism is
neutral, there is not, as had been sup
posed, an Indifferent turning of the MOLE
cules in all directions, with consequent
balancing of influence, but, on the
contrary there Is a perfectly symmetrical
arrangement, the molecules (Or their
polanties) arranging themselves 50 as to
satisfy their mutual attraction by the
shortest path, and thus form a complete
closed circuit of attraction.
When magnetism becomes evident,
the molecules Cor their polarities) have
all rotated Numerically in a given
direction, but the symmetry of arrange
meDt Is such that the circles of attraction
are not completed except through an
external armature joining both poles
Again, he shows that We have perma-
nent magnetism when the molecular
rigidly returns the molecules, or their
polarities, in a given direction, and
transient magnetism whenever the MOLE
cules are comparatively free. Professor
Hughes also shows that the inherent
polarity or magnetism of each molecule
is, like gravity, constant quantity which
can neither be generated nor augmented
nor diminished nor destroyed. Neither
can magnetism be changed to any other
form of force or property of matter. 1t
must be, therefore, ASSOCIATED from
electricity, as certainly as gravitation
must be ASSOCIATED from beat and light.
Electricity may be generated by magnet
ism just as light and heat las in the
case of the SUM may be generated by
gravitatiOn; but electricity is not form
of magnetism, any more than heat or
hight is a form of gravity.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Earn PLAYERS, Notions.

An experienced faro-player will in
nine cases out of ten put whole stack
of chips on deuce spot should two col
ored men enter the room abreast; but
should dog by any means gain entrance,
he will Immediately cease playing and
wait for another deal. A cat-especially
a black one-making its appearance dur
ing deal is signal for heavy betting,
while a cross-eyed man would cause con-
sternation and much profanity.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
A Woman Reporter.

One of the most striking figures in the
world of New York journalism is that of
Miss Mary Morgan, the reporter of the
live stock markets of the Times, and
better known as MILDLY Morgan"
She is a tall, plain, raw boned woman
just 80 years old, simple in dress, and
having the appearance of a western
farmers wife. She has had varied ex-
perience. She comes of good family
and was born In Ireland
AS soon as she could walk she took 10
riding on horseback, and gradually
acquired a knowledge of horsefesh that
proved useful to her when, as a member
of Victor Emmanuel's staff, she was
entrusted with the duty of buying the
horses for his army. She is an excellent
Italian, French and German scholar,
and in many ways al accomplished
woman. Her tastes take her among
horses and cattle, and she seldom misses
race that is worth seeing in the vicinity
of New York.
About fifteen years ago she came to
this country with letter of introduction
to Horace Greeley. She wanted employ
ment on the Tribune, and partly in jest
she was sent to Saratoga where the races
had just begun. Her account of the
proceedings was accepted instead of that
from their regular reporter. She after
wards became connected with the Times,
and for ten years past has furnished the
reports of the cattle markets for its
columns.
AT 8 o'clock In the morning she can
be seen in her odd costume stalking
about among the drOvers at the live
stock yard in Jersey City or in in Six
tenth street looking at the cattle and
sheep and hogs that have come from the
West. and making up her report for the
day. She is as good judge of steer as
can be found; can tell you the weight of
a horned creature at glance, and is an
expert in all matters relating to COWS,
calves, sheep and pigs, as well as horses.
The occupation may seem queer one
for woman, but Miss Morgan is highly
respected by all who know her, and she
accumulated handsome competency by
her connection with the Times and Her
aid, to both of which journals she fur.
uished reports of the live stockets.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
Dangers OF Bringias ap ChiIcren
Samuel Smiles.l

The cruelty done to children BY some
parents, as well as by teachers, is indie
Scribable. Children are held to be of the
same temperament, of the same sdapta,
bility to learn as their parents and teach
ers; yet the boy who cannot learn his
lessons as quickly as another is thrashed,
or he is degraded in some way. Grown
people forget the intense misery to which
children are thus exposed. The child's
horizon is so limited that he sees no
remedy to his woes, and his sorrow ab
serbs his whole being.
Fathers, provoke not your children
to wrath, lest they be discouraged" If
the life of child be embittered, the re-
suit is shyness and secret aversion
Even child feels itself wronged, and a
sense of bitterness is implanted in its
heart. We can never think without pity
of parent who lost promising son by
death, and was haunted through life by
his parental severity. "My boy" he
said TO friend, used to think me
cruel, and he had too much reason to do
so; but he did not know how loved
him st the bottom of my heart; and now
it is too lateP'
We often think when We hear of par
ents beating their children that they
should rather be inhicting the punish
ment upon themselves. They have been
the means of bringing into being the in
heritors of their own moral nature. The
child does not make his own temper; nor
has any control while child over its
directions. If the parents have confer
red an irritable temper on the child, il
control, forbearance, and patience, so
that the influence of daily life may, in
the course of time, correct and modify
the defects of its birth.
But the "child's will must be brokenr
There is no greater fallacy than this
Will forms the foundation of character
Without strength of will there will be
no strength of purpose What is neces-
sary Is not to break the child's will, but
TO educate 1t In proper directions; and
this is not to be done through the agen-
CIV of force or fear. A thousand instan.
ces might be cited in proof of this state.
ment-
When the parent or teacher RELIEF
chiefly upon pain for controlling the
child's will, the child insensibly associ
ates duty and obedience with fear and
terror. And when you have thus associ-
ated command over the will of others
with pain, you have done all that you
could to lay the foundations of q bad
character-s bad son, bad husband,
bad father, a bad neighbOr, and a bad
citizen.
When Eufordius, of Cologne, heard a
great cry issuing from a school house he
opened the door, entered, and rushed up
like lion, and raising his staff against
the teacher and his assailant, delivered
the boy from their hands. what are
you doing, tyrantf" he said, you are
placed here to teach. not to kill scholars