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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-08

nth CEREAL Lee. branding bin ~ tr-i,pr,
sba cfarY'og some OF the most terribf. dis
skitff CT Tie ysr 10 bic selfish ambition.
Necnttony nigh. 1 heard B.echsr on tn
Tie Reign 81 the Common Psopi-."
Ire ball IN which be spoke was NOT
nearly riied- he spoke neatly two hours
snd although his talk Was a Little desultory.
Il was magnificent He teens ia parf-ot
health, with no sign OF decay about blm-
sDj bis voice is ss clear and full-toned 4
presume. IS IL ever WAS he made some ca
iisl points 10 favor OF woman suffrare whlro
however, were % spplauded as they shouii
have been His hardest hits we.s AZ an.
clergy sId the cd theology de de- ar,i
that The Whole ~ stem OF evangelical Cbri-
uanity ~onid he ''plowed under 80 deeo nat
TO sps6e could ever reach IL H. viz
srarkled throughout the lecture and VA.
only equalitd by bis invectiye he - A
wonderful old man ana has much work vet
10 10.
There is much talk here about leland
Stanford. who has just been elected - TIE
United States Senate from California. II Is
heavy blow at the anti. monopoly moSe-
n ent IN that State, and seems strangely out
Of Joint with The tendency OF public opinion
1T thi- time. BE was elected By money It's
probably contributed several HUNDRED thoas-
erd dollars 10 the Republican cam oaign
fund OF last year. and ~ now resarded
What i TO become Of democratic govern
n,ent y hen feg milliOnaircs are the prsc.
teal rulers and owners OF the people, But
! am taking politics, aud this believe -
Lot Ia order IN The Sunday Sentinel
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and boa III they are OF the proper age
when taken, and are carefully aud consci-
entiousiy prepared, they will wear six or
eight years without losing their luster and
perfect appearance. These are, of course the
highest priced sacqnes, running I'D to
500 apiece in cost The two and three year
old pelts are considered the very best. Tney
are OF uniform thickness OF fur In all parts,
bne apd smooth. The yearlings ara too light
N weight those beyond the age OF three or
four have very heavy and rather stiff fur in
the portion covering the neck and shoulders,
W INCH continues to grow sitter and more un-
even as the age Increases until at the age ei
seven they are utterly worthless
Ii is 3 mistaken idea that the fur seals are
being rapidly exterminated. ndsr the care
ful pro,s elton OF the Government there are
but 100 600 killed on Tire Prybilov Islands
their almost only home now Outside of she
SEA itself, where they are seldom ii ever
killed. Ii is estimated that there are In all
about 5000, 600 of fur seals inhabiting these
two islands In the summer season. returning
each year. Their yearly increase by births
is estimated at 1 000 000 and as but 100, 900
year are permitted killed, il is easy to see
that the deaths from natural causes ought
not to be sufficient. added 10 those killed,
10 at all reduce the number. Indeed il
would seem that they ought TO increase
Iather than decrease, though in the fifteen
years since the study OF their habits began
tLcIc SttinS I'd nave Deer. lIblle III TUG
number.
Personally the fur seal is 3 very mild
hammered, inofensive sort OF creature. with
full, intelligent speaking eye, graceful out
lines and movements acute perception aud
Intelligence; weight in the females seventy
five pounds, in the males from seventT-fve
to 800 pounds according to age. They will
not live In captivity, the animals shown in
gardens or travelling exhibitions being sea
lions. different animal, with many OF the
general features of the fur seal but none of
It's fur. The illustrations accompan ying the
letter show the figure of the fur seal at the
age at which he is most valuable for sacoues,
his countenance at full maturity and the
counteDance OF the native who
kills and skins him for forty
cents. On the most fashionable street in
Washington. in one OF the most costly and
elegantly furnished houses OF the city. lives
one of its very wealthiest women, Mrs. 81.
NJ. Hutchinson, whose late husband organ
led and perfected the Alaska Seal Fur
COMPANY.
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THE SEAL.
An Interesting Study OF a Usefal
Animal.


WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-The story OF seal
skin sack. What more fitting subject for
the most wintry month of winter? And
how many, or rather how few, people there
are in this country, which now produces seal
fur, who know anything in detail about
this business. which supplies the fashiona-
bic world with that eyer fashionable article.
There is popular but a highly mistaken
notion that the fur seal is becoming rapidly
extinct, and that the days Of sealskin sacks
are thing soon to be in the past. Perhaps
the wish is father to the thought, for the
thought is as far from correct ss are about
three-fourths of the popular ideas about
sealskins and seal culture generally. A
lengthy report, given to the public ss part
of the census report, gives to the world the
fret accurate information that 1t has ever
bad on this subject. II Is curious fact that
the for seal has been hunted aud situga.
tered unfortunately for a century. Litt'e
has been known to the reading or scientific
world about Its habits or even its APPEAR.
sBce. It Is fact equally curious that whsn
onr purchase OK Alaska was made, in 1867
nothing was known apparently Of the exist
ence within the limits covered by the pur-
chase OF the only fur seal ''rookeries in the
world. And yet by the close o., the present
decade, when the lease OF the company In
charge OF them shall have expired, they will
have turned into the Treasury rental for
these 'rookeries" about the amount OF
money that all OF Alaska cost Us leaving
upon the seal rookeries as many rs valuable
seals az when they made the 5ase, aud CIV
ing Us our Alaska free OF cost.
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The census report upon this interesting
subject was made by Mr.. II. w. Elliott, at
ter several trips to our seal gardens, the
"Pryulloy Islands," in the very heart OF
Behring's Sea. He begins by saying that
these little islands. mere dots in the sea. are
the only spots in the entire Northern Hem.
isphere fitted by the natural surroundings
for the home OF the fur seal. There are, he
Gays, numerous places in the Southern Hem
isphere where the fur seal thriyed a half
century or century ago notably along the
western coast of Patagonia. and in the vi
entity OF the Cane OF Good Hope, and
among the islands in the vicinity OF New
Zealand. There thew existed in great num-
bers. bat were ruthlessly slaughtered, By
millions and hundreds OF millions, by the
fleets OF seal hunting vesssls who slaugh.
tered them Unfortunately and drove them
fairly out OF existence SO that there are
practically none left in al Antarctic Henri.
sphere now, where there are thousands of
times the quantities OF breeding grounds
that there are in the Northern Hemisphere,
where they now exist. There are, all told,
only four little islands In the entire North
ern Hemisphere of quality of climate and
surroundings TO make them the home OF the
fur seal Two OF these st. George and ST.
Paul, are In the heart OF Behripg Sea, and
are included in the limits OF our Alaska
purchase. The other two the Com
mander Islands, lying 700 miles west OF
these, in the dominions of the Gar. Hap
PLY for us our two islands are much more
popular with the seals than those of the
Car, and may be counted the only fur seal
grounds of any importance in the world.
And yet the largest OF these, ST. Paul, is but
about thirteen miles long and six miles
wide, while the other is little over half
this size. They are mere sand banks
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formed ABOUT some volcanic upheavals,
with very little vegetable life. The
warmer stream OF water lowing up from the
south in summer makes a dense fog here ell
the summer months, and in this the fur
seals thrive. They come swimming in from
the ocean, which lies south OF these islands
about the months of May and June. They
seem to have spent the winter in the water
in which they swim and eat and sleep with
entire ease much greater indeed than they
remain on land. Indeed, they eat nothing
on land. Fish is their entire food, and these
they devour as soon as caught, in the water.
Their sole purpose OF coming on shore seems
10 have reference solely to their Young. Tbs
fur seals, exclusive OF their infants, are d-
vided into three classes-the old males, who
are heads OF polygamous families; the young
males, termed bachelors by tue natives
whom seem to be gentlemen OF elegant
leisure, bat who suffer for II in the cad, as
will be seen further on, and the females.
The old males, the heads of the polygamous
families to be. come in first from the sea
about May l, posting themselves upon the
rocks, each prompting spot ofground, say
elk or eight feet square. Then they sit aud
watch day after day for the coming OF the
females, eating nothing, aud never leaving
their posts from the time of coming on shore
about May to August |, eating absolutely
nothing in all that time. and crawling back
into the water at the end of the family sea-
SON absolutely skeletons.
They lie on the rocks after taking their po-
sitions, waiting for the females to come in,
which occurs week or two later. As they
come up the old males Try each TO
coax as many as possible into his
bailiwick. the one to whose loca-
tioA the gentle and graceful animal
comes rudely seizing her By the neck and
yanking her onto his presumption. Then he
begins looking for another, and before he
knows it some fellow adjoining has stolen
his bride from him. Then terrific fight &C.
eurs, in which the males bite and gash each
other terribly, and almost pull the would-be
bride In pieces snatching her about from one
holding TO another. Meantime others
come in, and the fight thus goes on for days
and weeks until each of the old polygamists
has supplied himself with from three or four
to twenty wives. These ambitious heads of
families are always o. much as six or eight
years old. The younger males, from three
to ak years Old, they do not permit 70 land
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SAVED BY A SH ANVIL.
The Perilous Ride and Remarkable rs.
cape OF MRS. Hodge.
lLicthfeld Conn., Enquirer.l

iLicthheld Conn., Enquirerl
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Hodge were crossing q
bridge on Jacks brook about 6 p. M, en- the
18th inst. 1t was very dark Mrs. Hodge ny
some misstep fell OFF into the stream. She
stood upon her feet for brief minute only,
when the strong current swept her out into
the mill-pond and over the dam aud the
ragged lodges of rocks which from the dam
in part ami down the stream through the
rapids and over the tails. some twenty-five
or thirty rods from the bridge. Here the
fall in the stream becomes much less violent
and Mrs Hodge was carried into a clump of
bushes She caught hold OF them aud
climbed up the bank, and got some distance
toward home before she could make her
screams for help heard. Neighbors were
out in the darkness expecting that she was
in the dam and looking for her. But, to the
surprise of everyone, at last her voice was
heard below. She was alive and able to
help herself and yet her strength was nearly
exhausted.
The bank where abe crept up was probably
enc hundred feet lower than the bridge from
which she fell. The dam Is partly made OF
a ledge of ragged rocks. The bed aud the
banks of the stream down this rapid fall are
all rocks and it is miraculous that she es-
capped without q smashed head or body or O
bone broken, though she suffered many
bruises while performing her perilous voy-
age. She went down twice, but had her
head covered with her shawl when the acct
dent occurred, and this shawl she held fas to
her mouth and nose TO keep out the water.
No doubt that saved her iifs.A
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Ristori's Beautiful Daughter,
Washington Letter.

The Italisn Minister, Baron Favs, was the
envy OF his colleagues when he came into
the White House parlors with the March
del Griilo, Ristori's beautiful dau ghter. on
his arm. The Donna Blanca, as her mother
calls her, Is a slender, graceful woman, and
is blonde of the rsrest Italian type. She
has gclden-b brown hair, worn in classic
waves and knot deep blue eyes, and feat
ures that reflect the finer beauties OF her
mothers countenance. Her profile is Ris-
tori's but softened and spiritaalizsd, and
she has gentle, graceful ways aud the sweet
est OF Italian voices. She was constantly
surrounded and paid the greatest attenti
and the white-haired Minister showed ths
great pride he felt in his fair country.
woman The Donna Blanca spoke all the
languages but Japanese and Russian during
the evening, and changed from English TO
Spanish, French. German or Italian ut q
seconds notice. Her mother not being able
to be present, and the Baroness Fava being
out of the county, her brother the Marquis
del Grillo, had to play chaperone and con-
tinental propriety for the Donna Blanca, and
he followed Baron Fava and his charge
closely dpxing the whole eyening.
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she's a Boston Girl.
BROOKLYN Eaxle

A Boston girl is going TO marry fro.esser
Edmunds. one OF the men who devised zone
standard time. The marriage may be q
happy one If some fendish paragraphist
Decent rush IN with the remark that the
professor is anxious to call her his zone.
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'For ferns OF government let fools con
test" For ordinary life il is enough 90
know that DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup cures
coughs and colds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-18

test against the proposed transfer az the
Apache Indians to mo Mans land. =
Such q transfer would, in NV Indictment
be grosser violation of the spirit. II moi
of the letter, OF the act of CONGRESS- OF
February 18th, 1879, than would the
transfer of these turbulent and savage
Indians to the heart of the Indian Ter
ritOry.
The intent and purpose of congress. NJ
am informed by gentlemen who were
members OF that body when the act in
question was passed, was to prevent the
transfer Of the wild and lawless tribes OF
New Mexico and Arizona, and especially
Of these savage Apaches, to region con-
tjguous to the peaceful homes of the PEG
pie of Kansas, Colorado and Texas. Yet
the transfer of the Apaches to "No Mans
Land" would locate them in much closer
proximity TO the settled portions of the
states mentioned than would their trans
fer to the heart of the Indian Terri.
tory.
The honorable secretary of the interior
must be aware that mo Mans Land
has always been considered by the public
and congress as q part of the Indian
Territory. Certainly congress, in en-
acting the law of February 18th, 1879
must have 80 regarded it. For the pur-
pose of thelaw-making authority it isvery
evident, was to forbid the transfer of the
savage tribes of Arizona and New Mex
leo to closer proximity with the peace
full people of Kansas, Texas and Colora-
do, whose representatives suggested and
secured the passage of the law referred
to.
I sincerely hope that the suggestion
said to have been made, that the Apa-
ches be transferred to "No Mans Land"
will not be accepted by tie authorities
of the United States. I protest against
its acceptance as an evasion and viola
ton of the clear purpose and spirit of
the law of February 18th, 1879. protest
against the proposed transfer of the APP
aches as menacing the peace and secu-
rity of the citizens Of Kansas. protest
against the location of these lawless and
bloodthirsty Indians in region imme-
diately contiguous to the homes of
thousands of peaceful citizens Of the
United States; in region from whence,
at any moment, they could invade the
borders of three states of the union, muir
dering and destroying all in their path.
way.
l have no doubt that the authorities
and people of Colorado and Texas will
regard this proposed transfer as
I do, and that they will protest
against it as earnestly and
emphatically as do the authorities and
people of Kansas. But in any event, 1
desire to enter my emphatic protest
against proposition so menacing to the
peace and security of the people of this
state. l am, very respectfully,
JOHN A. MARTIN,
Governor of Kansas.
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MAKING LIGHT OF THE LIVER.

''The world Is sad, the world is drear,
There's not an arrow in Hopes culver;
/ find no comfort far or near"
He only said. lit is your liver"
"Frcm me all Joy has falsely fed,
OF good to me there is no giver;
All. mel would that were deadl"
He only said, 1T is your liver
my child, 60 forth and simples wet,
And Get them on the stove bubbling,
And when you drink the wO will get
That now your weary soul is troublingr'
Boston Blld1el
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-18

REV. ADDISON BRAINAkD.
Br;ghteyed, roguish Bessie.
Papa says she may
Make her first appearance
At the church to-day.
Puzzled first and timid,
She with downcast eye
Bits In rueful kileAce,
Ready just TO cry.
Dihfdence and terror
Flee away, and then
1h0ughtless, wltching Bessie
Is hersen again.
When in sweetest chorus
Tuneful voices raise,
Bo, b the sacred anthem
And the song Of praise,
Bessie, void of evil,
Thinking she must do
Strictly - the Others,
soitjy carols too.
When the humble herald,
Chosen by the Lord,
Reads q gracious message
From the Holy Word,
She with solemn visage
Takes book in hand,
Closely scans It's pages,
Tries to understand.
At the signal chosen
For the time of prayer,
Beseie's curly fOrehe ad
Bows with Ieverent air.
And her sanity bearing
Teaches you and l
How to seek the presence
OF the Lord mcst High.
But her restless spirit
Cannot long appear
In the garb of worship,
Tranquil and sincere:
So with witching shyness
Bessie now and then
Softly gla ces upward,
Searching for amen.
Now the wordy sermon,
Longer than the prayer,
Taxes estes patience
More than she can bear.
First she twists and fidgets,
Wriggles here aud there,
Then with graceful gesture
Smoothes her dress with care.
Then she pouts and shippers,
Laughs and chatters too,
TIL her papa wonders
What she will not do.
Surely all who know them
Can but smile to see
Bessie's comic actions
And her aItless glee.
Zen the stern-faced preacher
Can II be q SIM
When he sees her WITNESSES,
Softly smiles within.
When the service closes,
Bessie's arms mold
Papa's neck and papa,
Think you he can scold?
Thus has bright.eyed Bessie,
Half in guileless play,
Half percbcnce in worship,
Spent the Sabbath day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-07-18
WIT AND HUMOR.

Acucumber grew by the garden wall;
Grew round and yellow.
A little boy saw it that is all,
Poor little fallOw
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seized MIN by the hair and given him q
sabre stroke that luckily struck fiat and
only stunned him. His horse, mad with
fright, made q terrific leap and carried its
master back to his company, bleeding and
unconscious, but alive. Any one else after
an accident of this sort would have gone
at once to the barber of the regiment,
but he was in no wise frightened BY
this debut-which had, for that matter,
the happy result of placing him in q
better light in the eyes of his comrades
and he remained as woolly as q sheep
Nevertheless, he instinctively felt that
it was impossible to hold out alone with
impunity against q universal military
custom, and that he must do something
to make up for it.
The 18th, at st. Privat, the regiment
was drawn up by echelons behind the
poplars along the Saarbruck road; the
shells were falling so thick a. to set the
trees on fire. The position wasno longer
tenable.
"Sacre5leup cried the colonel, I'VE
must Fave some air. One platoon of
Observation-Disclosures il ready first p
Max at once ordered up his men and
crossed to the other side of the poplars
in the face of deadly fire Of mitrail
leuse. The enemy, surprised by the
movement, thought the whole regiment
was charging the batteries, and ceasing
their FIRE retreated ct full speed. One
division was obliged to leave its gun.
Max, leading dozen of his men, charg-
ed the gunners and cut them down,
whilst the terrified drivers escaped with
the horses. Two moro were brought
and hurriedly harnessed to the carriages
and the guns was triumphantly drawn
behind the French lines.
The colonel, delighted ct such an ex-
hibition of bravery, that very night pro-
posed Max for the Cross of the Legion of
Honor.
The 18th Of August, when on scouting
duty, he surprised an infantry picket and
brought back ten prisoners. The 3lst, at
the village of Coincy, he and his men
held their own for twenty-five minutes,
on foot, againet . whole company of
Prussians. You may be sure that no one
laughed now at the long haired Breton,
or, @ he was moro popularity known in
the army ofMetx, tho Shaggy Dragon
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MARTIN TO LAMAR,

Tho Governor In . Letter to tho Secretary
Of tho Interior Objects to the Transfer
Of tho Apaches From Arizona TO Ono
Mans Land"
Governor Martin addressed the follow
ing letter to Secretary Lamar yesterday:
STATE OF KANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Topeka, July IL, 1885.
Savannah morning news., 1885-09-22
A PROCESSION or PIEMEN.
How a Baker Proved that American Pie
Had Not Degenerated.
From the Philadelphia Press

Frons the PhiladolDhia Press.
The quiet retirement OF one of the
loftiest rooms OF the Press editorial apart
ments was invaded last night by a pro-
cesslon Of three solemn-faced men. They
were warm and very tired. The first bore
in his arms pie OF such. huge dimen-
sions that his arms barely girdled it. 1t
WAS mince pie The second staggered
beneath a pie of similar rOtundity aud
depth. IL was pumpkin pie. The third.
with much putting and perspiring had
mounted the six flights OF stairs under
the weight of a whole case OF pies. There
were six OF them arranged on little
shelves, but these were pigmy pies COM
pared with the giant pies In the van OF the
procession. Three OF them were mince
pies and three were pumpkin pies. The
pieman who led the procession sighed
and then deposited his pie upon the edi-
t0ral desk, eclipsing four columns OF UNI
read copy, and burying under the pan
two blue pencils, one pair OF shears, y
mucilage bottle and an inkstand. The
second pieman dropped his mountain Of
mince meat on top OF case OF pigeon
holes and Knocked "a roll of manuscript
into its long home in the waste basket
The third tOler lowered his case OF pies
to the floor and mopped his face with his
shirt sleeve. No one spoke. Each pie
man was two tired to speak and neither
had caught his breath yet. There was an
awkward pause while the piemen shifted
neryouslv from one foot 20 the other, and
the editor rescued the mucilage bottle as
IL was about TO empty itself into the
pumpkin pie. Then the spokesman got
mis- wind and began TO explain.
His boss had seen in last sundays
Press an editorial, written IN the lighter
vein, commenting on the degeneracy Of
the modern American pie In an age Of al
most universal progress. His boss WAS "A
true American and an extensive pie
baker. He wished to prove the fallacy OF
George Augustus Sala's remark that
everything in America has improved Of
late, except the quality OF the pie" His
boss had, therefore, sent these samples OF
modern cookery as an evidence that the
baking OF mince aud pDmpkin pies is not
among the lost arts.
These big pies" explained the
/ spokesman, as he proudly surveyed their
cart-wheel dimensions and presented the
card OF the firm, 'is fer the editors. This
case Of little pies is for the reporters and
the pressmen, and II you don't make a
correction of that editorial when you've
ate these here pies, then the Press amt
any Judge OF pies, that's all, cir. Compli-
ments OF the boss, sir, and no oiense in
tsgdel.r