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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-01-15

IT seems that free trade does not pre-
vent low wages nor does it furnish en-
ployment to labor 1t is stated that the
number of workmen out of employment
on the banks OF the Tyne, England, be-
tween Newcastle and Tynemouth, is be-
tween ten and twelve thousand, and that
tho amount OF wages paid in the several
shipyards and factories is less by about
$4,000 per week than it was a year ago.
As result a large number of families are
IN regular receipt OF relief.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
WHY the mAUniNE MAS BUSY
lopie p. Read, in Cleveland SUM-


A party of merry young men sat
around banquet table, Mr.. Philip
Gregory, having been admitted to the
bar, had invited number of his friends
to Join him in an "informal affair" From
an adjoining room, separated by thin
partition, came the almost ceaseless hum
of sewing machine.
"This is the kind of an affair like"
said Bill Talbert, the prosecuting at.
torney. "At your conventional ban
quets men bring their augers and in turn
bore each other; but on an occasion like
this, where no man arises in oratorical
effort, no applause is expected; no rivalry
is felt"
"a banquet is intended to be enjoyed -
replied Philip. "Set speeches, MS you
say, are tiresome. Gentlemen. don't be
backward, there's plenty Of wine Say,
Anderson" turning to a friend, ''sing us
song. Hush, boys, Anderson's going
TO sing"
Anderson sang the "Old 0aken Buck
ct" Then young man named Peters
recited the Dying Year"
The busy hum of the sewing machin.
came from the adjoining room.
Lets sing something we all know"
exclaimed Phil. "Come, fellows" The
wine was taking effect. The boys were
becoming noisy. "'Old Kentucky Home,
here we CO.
who's that making such noise in
the other room?' asked Peters. I'VE
can't sing with all that racket going on"
DRY up IN there. Let mp, won't you?'
cried a dozen voices.
cts n tailor ] believe. said Phil.
"Confound bin, there's time enough for
work during the day. Say there" strk.
ing the wall with his fist, cant you stop
that machine awhile, hsh? Can't you
hold up with your confounded racket
and let party Of gentlemen enjoy them
| selves"
No response. The machine continued
an almost ceaseless hum.
That's an insult, Phil" exclaimed
Anderson. The devilish fellow knows
we'll enough that We are trying TO enjoy
J ourselves"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
The Engineers Pastime.
fChicago Herald.l

Tenderfeet on the train from Durango
were treated to very novel incident.
As the train was passing the range in
the locality known as the 'Needles" a
large deer was seen on the track doing
his best to get out of the way.
The snow was deep, and his efforts to
gain the mountain side were unavailing.
With each attempt, after plunging in
the snow for time, he would return to
the track again. The engineer carried a
"Winchester" on his engine, and withal
was good shot.
He slowed his speed, and, when within
short range, fired and wounded the deer.
The frightened and bleeding animal then
tackled about, and attempted to pass to
the rear of the train. The engineer, not
to be foiled, reversed the engine, and,
backing up, repassed the deer. 1t was
still struggling hard to escape, when he
fred and wounded it again. Backing
and going ahead three or four times, and
discharging his rife five or six times, he
finally brought the deer down, and so
made triumphal entry into town With
a fine large "doe" on his engine.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
A FEW WOBDs 40 THAT GIRL.
III. S. Keller, in Youkers Gazette


Child: ! address you as child for the
simple reason that you are as yet child
in some things You are eighteen. You
are woman, handsome and fresh as the
fragrant rose of the Gewy morn. You
know something. Many, many things
you do not know. To drag in the old saw
l may say what you don't know would
make very large library, full of very
interesting books.
You have arrived at that period of life
when you think you know more than
your mother can teach you The fact of
the case is, your mother forgot more at
your age than you will ever learn in your
whole life, unless you change. In the first
place / don't want to be hard with you.
/ don't write what is to follow because ]
dislike you. No; il is only deep pity
and kindly regard for you and your kin
that prompts me to take up arms against
you.
You are not deficient in learning. You
have graduated at Vassar. Vassar is a
great and appreciable institution. 1t has
done much for the women of America;
and its grand fruits are daily manifested
in wise researches, noble works and
bright-minded women. But Vassar
could not give you heart. You think
yon have heart? The trouble is, my
dear girl, you think you have just the
most impressionable heart in the world.
If you'd forget that organ and use your
brain more 1t would be better for your
kin.
A thing with a pair Of ogling glasses
and a ten cent cane isn't the pride par
excellence of mankind. That walking
tailor's print, that FORMULATING quint-
essence Of breeched and waist-coated
vanity is about the poorest apology of
man you can scare up. The time will
come, my dear girl, when the city
authorities will act aside general fund
each year to hunt from its gates such
dismal specimens of insanity. II you
could tie n string to IL and give il a
blanket with some such soft name as
Flossy worked upon it, it might perhaps
be Of some earthly protection. But, as
IL is, fear the poor thing will never
reach It's proper level until II Is made
the subject of special legislation and
bounded to the Pacific, like the poor
Indian, who certainly, Is OF more ben
eft TO mankind than the American dude.
You give too much Of your precious
time 10 the atom, my dear. There Is
no harm In your using little powder.
The natural greasiness OF the skin Is
not agreeable; but when you paint you
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08

overstep the bounds of decency and
pose as an object of-excuse me
disgust in the sight Of mankind gener.
ally.
Paint is good in its place But the face
of woman was never created for is basis.
Please understand | am not speaking
| about stage ladies now.
The ghastliness of the stage lights
| requires color to relieve the pallor of
the skin. Life is stage, but paint is
only necessary adjunct of the mimic
stage.
Again you are troubled with chronic
WEAKNESS when your mothers old fash.
Toned aurt comes down from the rura!
parts. You think she is very tiresome
and dull. Perhaps if you knew that her
name attached 10 slip of paper saved
your father from ruin. you would listen
to the old lady prOsy themes concerning
apples, winter squasbes. packed pork and
homespun yarn. Your fashionable
friends left quite muss of crumbs be-
hind after your musicale last evening.
You are too weary 10 arise and oversee
the setting to rights. You are so tsred
that sou cannot see to the silver plate.
and you are even now dressing and
fussing yourself up for the roller rink
tonight. You never walk down town.
You say you prefer to rest yourself in
the carriage. Tie more rest you get at
the exclusion of healthy exercise the less
you'll get in after years when you need
it most.
You say your stomach will not stand
warrant you it will not after nights
siege OF ice-cream, cakes, caramels and
"a. ia dainty little cigarette for a
night cap. You do allow that YOU in
dulge in the pretty little things? Dear
girl, drop i'll They are only dainty little
coffin nails.
Who was the maid of Orleans? You
don't know. But you can tell what lady
paid the most for Worth's costumes.
Who was Hannah Moore7 You don't
know. But you do know the names of
the characters in Zolss last novel. Is
Dakota state or territory? You don't
know. But you do know what the
prevailing fashion in poodle's blankets
is. Was Aaron Burr native of
America, England or Nova Zembla?
You don't know. But you do know
who was smiled upon by the prince of
Wales.
Some of the foregoing items do not
interest you,you say. One of these days
your pretty skits about fashion, must
Gales, Powered satins. swelis and bellies
will sink into utter insignifcance when
a healthy Drained woman holds the
drawing-room occupants spellbound by
her knowledge of things, people and in
cidents of general interest To humanity
Now you are just the proper age to un-
learn much and learn over syain. II
you try you can do this successfully. If
you continue to be as shallow as you now
are you will only be remembered for
your vapidity.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08

Say, fellows" cried some one, ''let's
sing anyhow. Strike up, Anderson, and
we'll follow you. Let's all fli up first
Pas that bottle please. Here ;ye go"
mo use to talk about singing here"
said Anderson, putting down ,his glass.
"As well try to whisper love in 3 boiler
factory. I'm in favor of mailing that
fellow shut up"
Probably mes on piece of work that
must be finished tonight" remarked
Peters, turning to- Phil.
mo, I'll bet it's the result Of his grasp
ing disposition" Phil replied. Hes
afraid he might lose fifty cents
Tell you what I'm in favor ef, cried
young fellow named Mills I'm in
favor of going in there and compelling
him to stop. We have met here to en-
Joy ourselves, but, confound him, he is
spelling the evening"
Eve might pay him for hi, loss of
time" some one suggested, ;'but he
could not pay us for our loss Of enjoy
ment."
you are right" rejared Phtl. Let's
60 in boys and tell him he mast stop.
He's getting worse instead o; better.
Well, let's ill up again. Here, looking
at you, boys"
The machine ceased its noise sor a mo-
meDt. then continued its busy bum.
where's the door, Phil?' asked
Peters.
"Out in the hail."
Suppose he won't open it."
"We'll shove il in il he doesn't
"Come on, boys" said Andersen, "Pll
lead the way"
"Shall we knock" asked Mills.
"It's unlocked, said Phil, turning tue
knob.
The door opened and the boys lstepped
into the room. my Godp exclaimed
Phil, "come away"
In corner a man lay drunk On
lounge child lay dead. A woman sat
at the machine Tears were streaming
down her face. She was making
shraud
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
Fascinating People.

In Just what lies the great charm of
women none cat tell. On this point taste
aud its offspring, opinion, differ so widely
that to venture decision or definition
as to the meaning of fascination would
be hazardous, even if anything like GER
tainty through subtlest reasoning could
be reached.
Each person thinks he has taste, dis
elimination, and judgment, and general
ly rejects as false anything that clashes
with them, albeit he may be wholly una
BILE to detect the fallacy. should it exist.
Taste In its hgurative as well as its literal
sense is always /! subject of more or less
disputatiOn.
We all know that the mind, which
alone, says Plato, is beautiful, is keenly
susceptible of all varieties of emotions,
and we know, too, that each emotion,
whether physical or mental, must have
fixed causes and laws.
But the feeling of delight, or pleasure,
or satisfaction, or content is simply inde-
Unable because inexplicable, and he who
attempts to resolve the riddle soon finds
himself afoat in the vast sea of mystery
that eterually surrounds us dashing
helplessely against the snags and snarls
of the wrecked philosophy of past and
present.
We can never really know nature, for,
paradoxical though it is, while always
simple it is none the less always complex
therefore only general judgment on
general principles can be formed, and
only an idea, not knowledge, of the
character of man is possible to us.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
THE YOUNG SURGEONS STORY,
Exchanged


Again beheld her-two years of dis
sipation, of madness, had passed, and
once more / saw her whom i had so
basely deserted.
It was at the opera-she sat in box
near me, and though the paleness of her
cheek gave her an almost unearthly
appearance, saw that she was lovely as
ever.
All eyes were upon her-all but mine
for one glance had called up so many
painful recollectiops that / dared not
risk a second. felt myself guilty
wretch.
Poor Emilyp' / murmured, as tears
of bitter remorse filled my eyes. was
interrupted by H, who. touching my
elbow, whispered:
look in that box on the right. Is il
not extraordinary to see young girl
with such white hairg'
turned impatiently from him; but &c
many remarks of the same kind were
whispered by those near me, that the
words seemed to hiss in my ears.
"Pll bet dozen of champagne" said
one of my neighbors, "thst she has heen
frightened. Fear has been known TO turn
the hair gray in single night"
"You are Mistaken" said another
"No sudden shock could have changed
il 20 completely. am surgeon and
know something about these things; II
Is moro likely the result of some secret
SORROW" :,
sPerhaps she il y widow" said third
"and has fretted for the loss Of her bus
bandr'
II the look with which ] regarded the
last speaker could have killed him, there
would have been one puppy the less IN
the world.
"Your conjecture does not seem TO b.
Q very probable one," said the surgeon,
s'she looks too young for . widow.
should say she Was not more than seven
teen or eighteen"
Just eighteen" exclaimed ] involun
taSily.
DO you know the young lady, sir'
- asked, turning 10 me. ] was Silent
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
PEN paralysis.
How It Affects Those Constantly m
gagged I'm Writing.
THarffOrl IImreI


Many stenographers and persons who
make their living by constant use of the
pen or pencil, are afflicted with pen par
alysis; and, although, as a general thing,
this trouble can be cured by few
months rest, some of those writers
afflicted with it never recover. Nobody
knows the strain of incessant penman-
ship upon the muscles and nerves of the
hand and wrist better, or indeed as well,
as those who pass through daily expe-
rience of that nature.
Telegraph operators are likewise sub
Jected to paralysis of the same muscles.
A Times reporter had a conversation re-
Gently with first-class operator, and be
asked this question:
81 understand that first-class telegrs-
piers are the only ones who get tele-
graphers paralysis; why don't the second
and third rate operators get it?"
Because" replied the Morse man, "a
good operator is paid good salary and
Is consequently kept constantly working
at the board, while second or third
rate man has many resting spells which
allow him to stretch his arms and thus
escape paralysis. Many men who have
been working for the company for years
and were getting good wages have been
compelled to give up their lucrative en-
ployment by telegraphers' paralysis. You
notice it first in the muscles of your
arm, which become numb after hard
days work; and within six months after
the first shock the stoutest operator will
succumb. This paralysis, however, does
not destroy the use of your arms and
fingers entirely, but while you are able
to lift and handle objects of any consid-
cradle size, you will not be able to button
your coat or suspenders."
"Don't that account for some of the
mistakes made in telegraphiug?
eyes, indeed Many mistakes in tele-
graphing, charged at first to defects in
the machinery, have been traced to par
alysis in the operator, because it soon
becomes evident that the operator has
lost his sense OF touch. You see, the
slightest pressure on the KEY over what
is required will produce another letter
than the one intended by the operator;
and so it soon comes about that what the
unfortunate operator at first attributes
to over-work finally comes to be an evil
dent loss of sensitiveness of touch. This
usually occures from six to eight years
after an operator has been working stead
lily as frst-class man."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
Incorrect Quotation.
Providence Journal

Those who quote incorrectly may COM
fort themselves by thinking that they
are in good company. There are, as
every careful reader knows, numerous
quotations in the New Testament from
the writers of the Hebrew scriptures in
the old.
They are made almost altogether from
the septuagint versions, and not from
the original Hebrew. and in a great
many cases the quotations are not sccu.
rately given. In some cases the New
Testament writers seem to have had the
Greek translation before them; in others,
possibly version in the Aramaic tongue;
but they often, doubtless, quoted from
memory, and could not always recall the
precise words
The same thing appears in the quota
tions which the early Christian fathers
made from the gospels and other sacred
writings. Absolute exactitude is not al
WAYS TO be found
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
louisville Post.l


United States Detective w. g. Bauer
recently returned from Memphis, an
nouncing the conviction of the nelebrat-
ed counterfeiter, Martin Ogle. r report
er found Detective Bauer in his room
surrounded by piles of counterfeit bills,
and looking over the tools with which
the counterfeiter accomplished his work.
To reporter he explained the processes,
which certainly display a wonderful
amount of ingenuity and delicate work
manship.
Olge had procured genuine ten-dol
lar bill and split this in halves, this be.
ing in itself remarkable operation. The
two sheets thus made were 40 thin that
they were transparent. He made a plate
of copper and brass, little larger than
the bill, and spread one of the sheets on
top of it. With a steel tracing pencil of
his own manufacture he engraved
through the sheet its exact Counterpart
on the plate. The other half was en-
graved on different plate in similar
manner, and then he was ready for print
ing his spurious money. This method of
workmanship looks very simple, but it
is the first time it has been DOPE by a
c0unterfeiter, IA it is almost impossible
to split the bill.
The method always before used is an
follows: The workman took, say a $40
bill, and spread over it piece of: trans
parent gelatine paper, and traced the
figures of the former ON the latter. The
metal plate was next put In use. and
was coated with solution of ahellac.
On this the gelatine paper was pasted.
and, when torn off, it left on the shellac
the outline of its figures. By following
these in the solution they were also
traced i'm delicate lines on the plate.
The shellsc then being washed off the
latter they could be cut to the: right
depth, and the counterfeiter was ready
for his work.
Ogle's method obviated these three or
four methods and rendered the engrav-
ing on the plate far more accurate, as
the correctness of the lines was necessa-
rily lost through so many transfers.
This man thus accomplished piece
of work alone and unaided, with tools of
his own manufacture, when the National
Government paid over 100000 for a
steam machine to do the same thing.
Detective Bauer showed Ogle's tools,
which were fitted to rough wooden
handles but possessed points as sharp as
steel. He also displayed the genuine
bill split in two sheets, and perfectly
transparent. He had on table, several
packages of bills of Ole's manufacture,
amounting in all to $50, 1000, in tens and
twenties. They were all on the Third
National band of Cincinnati, but the
new plates were intended for the Queen
City bank.
"Ogle," said Detective Bauer, "is the
first man who has issued any spurious
money during the last six years, and he
has shown an almost unexample6 skill
and astuteness. His brother, who has
been returned TO the Pennsylvania peni-
Tertiary, knew nothing about this work
manship, but was merely kind of head
servant to Martin. The latter did all
his work on fiatbost, and scattered the
money chiefly at rive points. He turned
over to me in all $4,000 of about the
best counterfeitiDg ever saw"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
An Anger to Bore n Square Hole.

The first and only auger ever manu-
featured that will bore asquare hole is
now in the shops of the shops of the
Cleveland Machine Company. This
auger bores two inch square hole, the
size used in ordinary frame buildings and
barns, but they can be made on the same
principle to bore square holes of any
sieze.
Its application is ordinary and works
on the same principle as round.hole
augers. It's end, instead of having a
screw or bit, has a cam motion which
Oscillates cutter mounted on steel
rocking knife which cuts on both sides.
In order to prevent the splintering of the
wood, the ends of the cutter are provided
witq small semi circular-shaped saws
which help in cutting out perfectly
square corners.
1t ia estimated that this new process:
will save the labor of three men who
work with chisels, a. one man can con
veniently cut two-inch mortice in the
same length of time he can bore round
hole.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-08
Gas Pipes Made From Paper.

A novel use of paper has been fund in
the mai nfacture of gas-pipes. 1t is con-
structed as follows:
An endless strip of hemp paper, one
width of which equals the length of the
tube. is parsed through bath of melted
asphalt, aid then rolled tightly and
smoothly on core to give the required
diameter
When the number of layers rolled is
sufficient to afford the desired thickness,
the tube is strongly compressed, the out
side sprinkled with fine sand, and the
whole cooled i'm water. When cold, the
core is drawn out and the inside served
with water-proofing composition. In
addition TO be absolutely tight and
smooth, and much cheaper than iron,
these pipes have great strength, for when
the sides are scarcely three-fifths of an
inch thick, they will stand pressure of
more than fifteen atmosphere. If buried
under ground they will not be broken
by settlement, nor when Violently shaken
or Jared. The material being a bad
conductor of heat, the pipes do not read
ily freeze.