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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
Thy Voice.

Dear other self, if life from thee had flown
And death had stilled the pulsings Of thy heart;
think that love would teach to me an ar.
Such as to other mortais meier was known,
Which would enable me- as in rich tone
Glad music would from every bird-throat start,
And unto me its ioyousness impart,
To hear mid their sweet voices, thy dear own.
And when the summer winds would idly toss,
The air-perfuming flowers that once for thee
Had bloomed mid tangled ferns and velvet moss
think that in their fragrance there would be
The sweetness of a song that swift would cross
FROM thee, in far-off paradise, to me.
will. Meredith Nicholson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
Olive Logan on British Absurdities.
London Letter to Philadelphia Times.
Irst Ettln artiora Of kix " he div i

London Letter to Phila delphia Times
Just little mention of a tiny absurdity before
append my valuable autograph Will you believe
that my Lady Frivolty and the Misses Brainless
made me morning call while I was out. and
with their precious cards found tot paste
board about inch long and half an inch wide,
which bore the name duly engraved upon it, of
''Mr Shepherd Colleyr 1t was fully one minute
before this delightful joke dawned upon me in
all its binding luminosity Mr.. Shepherd Colley
was their colley dog, who was accompanying
them on their round of calls Desiring not to
be behind in the rigid etiquette of social life.
HE'D me TO my stationer in order to cause to be
engraved the same sort of card with the name of
my own canine family, "The Misses Poodle"
But, bless you. the modish stationer keeps that
sort of thing in stock / found ready engraved.
size, one and one quarter inch by onehaf inch,
done up in the usual visiting-card packages of
Pug MRS. Willoughby Pug '.Mr Frank
Fox Terrier and many others as the ball
lists say.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
Poiicewomen in China.

Mrs. Wiiamss Old Highways in China.
In the inn yard saw two women police. The
Chinese have at all their magistrates offices
women who assist in the duties of the court In
rural districts they have women who are en-
trusted with the duty of helping to keep the
peace, and who have right to interfere in the
cause of justice. Western lands have thought
of many places that women might fill to adj
vantage. Has anyone suggested women policea
These ''Ya mem women are easily known. They
are generally in the prime Of life, from 35 to As,
usually of a tall and strong build, and very loud
voiced. When they come into an inn yard they
salute the landlord or the muleteerg. They are
women of good character, but their position is
not envied / should have said they are always
widows, and are in this service with consent of
the parents of their late husband.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
Born.

There was mrth in the lowly dwelling,
Though the walls were poor and bare;
For the Angel of Love came down from above
And left new life there.
And the narrow rooms resounded
With laughter and with joy;
The mother smiled on the sweet young child
And the father blessed his boy.
But round the home ON the hillside
Hung heavy gloom that day;
For the Angel of Love came down from above
And took one life away.
And the weeping sire silent
His heart-strings rent in twain;
And the mothers tears, through doubts and fears,
Fell like the summer rain.
Yet the world was rich in beauty,
The world in life was strong
The orchard trees were full of bees,
And the birds were loud with song;
For one was born an angel,
And one was born man;
And the boundless love still flowed from above,
AS when the world began.
ID. j. Donahoe, in Springfield Republican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
A Spring that Never Runs Dry.

On the shores of Casco bay, six miles from
Portland, Me-, in the locality known as Fall
mouth Foresde, there exists water-course
that is unique among the springs of the world
From the bottom of q deep canyon that runs up
from the bay through bed of quicksand that
comes out stream of water in volume suf-
Rcient to supply small city, and in chemical
purity unequaled by any known water. Neither
drought nor rains diminish or increase its how
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
The Rev George Hughes editor Of the Guide

The Rev. George Hughes, editor Of the Guide
to Holiness, is gathering up materials for a his
tory Of the revival of holiness. which is the
Speciality of the Century" 1t will have reference
to the work in its relation to the several branches
of the evangelical church. benevolent and phi
lanthropic enterprises, and the great mission
fields of our world. He will take ample time
for the preparation of the work with great care,
and will be aided by the best writers in this par
ticular line on either side of the Atlantic. The
General Holiness Assembly at Chicago adopted
resolutions approving of the contemplated his
tory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28
A Valuable Industry.

1t is said the white brick now made in France
from the immense accumulations of waste sand
at glass factories is likely to prove valuable in
dustry. The process of production consists in
subieeting the sand to an immense hydraulic
pressure, and then baking In furnaces at high
forms and dimensions of uniform white color,
and of almost pure slick. The product is unaf-
fected by the heaviest frosts, or by the sun OR
rain
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Physical Types in Children.

Some time ago Prof. Virchow
brought together the results of an in
quiry into the relative proportions of
the blonde-haired, dark and mixed
types among school children of the
German Empire. Since then the inquiry
has extended to Belgium, Austria and
Switzerland. and embraces nearly elev-
en- million children in its scope. In a
lecture at the Berlin Academy of Sci
ence Prof. Nirchow shows that more
than fifty per cent. of the school chill
dren of Central Europe belong to the
mixed type. The distribution of the
purely blonde type, which contributes
something over twenty-five per cent,
and is associated with unmixed Teuton-
lie blood, is rather curious. 1t is high
est in Hanover, where it forms forty
three per cent, of the population, but it
is very near as high in the extreme east
Prussian and Pomeranian districts,
where history and tradition locate
preponderatng Slavic element, and
points to the completeness of the grad
ual industrial conquest of those regions
by the Teutonic race.-M Y. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Dull CoIors for Visiting Dresses.

Dull green, moyenage blue and lead
colors are seen in the dresses sent out
by Worth and other French dress
makers, and these are commended to
correspondents who have asked about
visiting dresses, for trousseaux, and for
day receptions generally. The very
soft green dresses of soft repped silk
have ecru laces and tinsel passementerie
for their garniture. Dull blue Bengaline
silks have the tlounces of black lace,
with perhaps an entire front of the skirt
covered with black net wrought with
blue iridescent beads, and wide galoon
of these beads trimmed the waist. The
lead colors are most effective in grena-
dimes wrought with lead beads, and also
in satin of rich quality. For elderly
ladies there are tasteful combinations
Of this dark lead cOlored satin with
:ome beaded grerGaiEe of the same
color. AMI much r.ack lace laid over
the satin. For brides, church and visit
ing dresses the choice lies in the moy-
enage blue shades. the dull greens,
which are more nearly like sage than
olive greens. and in the delicate fawn
ard beige shades. Harper's Bazar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Pasturing Meadows.

To pasture a moving meadow in the
spring is a folly as great as that of the
man who killed his goose to get the
eggs all at one swoop. And yet very
many farmers commit this folly. The
practice is so common as to be almost
general, and yet it is to be presumed
the majority of farmers know they are
committing a costly waste. The prev
alent excuse is that feed is short and
the stock must be fed. This indicates
want of good management, for either
too much stock is kept, fodder has been
wasted, or adequate provision has not
been made. Ii such necessity over
comes prGdence and a knowledge of
ones hest interests, 1t should be made q
ground for a better management in the
future. AMI, to enforce the improvement
BY penalty for the mistake, it would
be well for the farmer to buy q supply
of 70 ider for his stock rather than in
jure his meadow by spring pasturing.
". I. Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
ALBERT EDWARD.
The Prince of Wales as an Extemporane-
Gus Speech Maker.

The Prince of Wales as an Extemporane-
Gus Speech-Maker.
There are very few men in England
who can make as good speech as the
Prince of Wales. His voice is singu-
larly tar-reaching, clear, pleasant and
his delivery is simple and dignified.
But it must not be supposed that the
ease and fluency which now character
ize his public discourses were attained
without trouble, or that the Prince is
one of the mob of gentlemen who
speak at ease" and have very little
to say worth listening to. At first,
when he had to address an audience
and it fell to his lot to begin speech
making whilst he was very young in
deed-he spoke with some hesitation,
and he gave his audience the idea of
one who would be very glad when he
could sit down; but by persistent prac-
tice, stimulated by the certainty that he
mustlook forward to constant calls upon
him, and animated by high sense of
duty, the Prince overcame the difficult
ties which beset most Young orators.
aggravated i'm his case by the conscious
ness that every word he uttered would
be eagerly weighed and recorded. He
has acquired a command of language
and a felicity of expression which
commend his matter to the most
critical, whilst it is at the same time
judiciOus in substance and much to the
point No one can make q better case
for charitable institut. on than the
Prince. and his appeals to the pockets
of his hearers when he is presiding at
a dinner to promote tie work of
some beneficient associat on, or to fur
Their some useful and meritorious en-
terprise, are so successful that it
is considered the fortune of an even
ing. from financial point of view, is
secured when the Prince of Wales has
to take the cha T. On occa-
sions onalimportance and inter-
est such as the opening of public institu-
tons. the Princes speeches. carefully
and excellentlv pronounced.
are models of what such work should
be. setting forth the objects in view.
the history of the movement. and the
claims it has to support or approval. in
well-chosen and effective words. The
Prince has had practice enough GER
tainly, for since his marriage he has
been associated with every movement
in the kingGom and has been called upon
to open exhibitions, bridges, and build
ings, parks and museums. .-inaugurate"
statues, lay foundation-stones. preside
at commissions and banquets year after
year. and has answered to the call with
spirit. cheerfulness, and
effect William Houard RusseU, is
Harper's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

Climbing tho icy hillside. the vastsez
of billowy. broken ice lies before one,
ice piled. tossed and ground into wild
and fantastic array, narrow crevices
and vast CULTS opening at ones feet
and giving glimpses far down into .
wonderland filled with pale blue and
indigo shadows. With the nightless
days of summer the surface ice melts
rapidly and in The sunshine every inch
is sparkling and glistening with the
trickling drops.-Erchange.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The courts of France, it is said,
consider it libel to overestimate .
lady's age.
Nine Australian telegraph oper-
ators are said to have become ,lunatics
from overwork during the past thirteen
months.
"A Nuremberg chemist says that
paste made of starch. glycerine and
gypsum will retain its Elasticity and
adhesiveness longer than any other c.
ment.
The modified Constitution of Hol-
land provides that the crown shall pass
to the Princess of the House of Orange
who is nearest related to the last King
when there is no direct issue.
AT a recent meeting of the support
ers of the Home for Lost and Starving
Dogs in London it was stated that the
number of dogs brought into the Home
during the year ending the 31st of De-
cembsr last had been no fewer than IA, =
712, being e;ghty-five in excess of the
precef .ng twelvemonth.
In the Tower of London are TWEEN
ty-one specimens of shields, with pis-
tol attachment in the center, the weap-
on being a breech-loader, and slightly
projecting, so that it would hardly be
noticed by an enemy until it was dis
charged. All these shields were car
ried in former tines as concealed
weapons"
Two Frenchmen, the brothers
FORE, have invented new kind of
harp. made entirely of wood. Instead
of strings. the inventors use strips of
American fir. The sound is produced,
as in the ordinary harp. by the con-
tact of the fingers, but the player wears
leather gloves covered with rosin. The
tone of the instrument is said to be one
of remarkable purity.
The enormous wealth of the Or
leans Princes is chiefly derived from
Louis Phi lippe's mother, who, in conse-
quence of the death of her brother. the
Prince de Lamballe, became sole heir
ess of her father, the Duke of PEN
thievre. the richest subject of France.
The luke died in 1898. His daughter
had two days before his death been di-
vorced from her worthless husband,
who was thus debarred from touching
her property.
--Kossuth, while still alive, enjoys
the satisfaction of knowing what the
worlds opinion of him will be after
death. He has, it is asserted, cut out
all the obituary notices that have
reach ed him. and they fill half dozen
scrap-books, hundreds of newspapers
having been sent him from different
- l. a
the report of his death was untrue.
twenty-five Germans who have en-
tered the Chinese service were required
to take Chinese names. One of them,
who was formerly captain of cor
vette, is now called Wang-Li-Triang,
which, when turned into English, means
Mr.. High Wall. He has Just been pro-
motel to the rank of Admiral, and
commands the Chao Yung. Another
German officer IS now named Lin-Pao,
or Mr.. Six Cannons.
Shop signs in London were former
ly not affixed to houses. but were placed
on posts or hung thereon with hinges.
So largely did these increase at one
time that they absolutely INSTRUCTED
the free circulation of air, and were
supposed to be among the causes of the
frequent epidemical disorders of Lon
don. They also naturally aided the
spread of conflagrations, and on these
grounds were afterward forbidden to
be displayed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
Some German bulls are cui

Some German bulls are cutie az
amusing as their more famous Irish
rivals. Here are few collected by
German paper: AFTER the door was
closed soft female foot slipped into
the room. and with her own hand ex-
tinguished the taper" 1.-The chariot
ot revolution is rolling onward and
crashing its teeth as it rolls" is wha.
a Berlin revolutionist told the students
in 1913 in a sreech. 1.-The Ladies'
Benefit Association has distributed
twenty pairs of shoes among the poor.
which will dry up many a tear" Il
was sitting ut the table enjoying a cup
of coffee, when a gentle voice tapped
me on the shoulder. l looked around
and saw my old friend once mo-s."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
A Financial Manager.

Mrs. Peterby, of Dallas, is woman
with head for business.
"Just see here. have bought beau
tiful rocking chair at auction worth
three dollars and l only paid two dol
ars for it; so you see l have one dollar
clear profit. Don't tell me after this
that women have no business sense"
do you need the rocking chair?"
asked Mr.. Peterbv.
mo"
Then what did you bug il for?''
ITO save money of course. How
could have saved that dollar If baLu''
tonght it. s:upid'"- Ieras Sy1ings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

= "A citizen of Liberty. Sullivan Coun-
ty. N. Y. sheds all of his finger-nails
and two of his toe-nails every year.
The old nails are gradually crowded on
the ends of she fingers by the new nails
growing bSAjnd and under then--7
Troy 1inaes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08

Portuguese skin.
"Ay." said he, .throw me a bone;
and when I've gnawed it, so sure as nv
names Dick Blackthorn, I'll fight the
best man among You for the meat,
and
''Blackthorn?" asked the other
'.Iou'd better see the Quartermaster,
as you've come off the same stick, you
two. But chat he hanged! Put your
hand in the pot and take the luck of it.
There ii be enough for breakfast; and
then come what come may"
And there was bottle as well as
pot. which somehow seemed to have no
bottom. Dick never forgot for an in
slant the eyes of his Countess: but man
and pot and bottle had become too rare
to b. passed by. And. as he, ate and
drank, his humor thawed, and his fell
low coantrymeu began to forget that
he was Portuguese. There was a
dash of the gentleman about Dick that
made him good cOmrade; AMI by the
time he had finished his meal he hal
more slaps on the back than he knew
how to reckon. And when he had sung
a song. with ''Yoicks, Tally-ho"
chorus, he was one of Ours"
Then the talk went round, about
where such regiment was POSTED, and
about life on the march, all starving
aud no fighting, and about the thou
sand-and-one grievances of which
soldiers life is made up. and one thing
and another, till Dick, though now feel
ing game for night of It, rose, and
declared, despite all protests, that he
must report himself within his own
lines. He shook hands all round, pass.
ed the sentry, and reached the water.
course, where he found the Countess in
waiting.
TO BE CONTINUED
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-08
FACE TO FACE.
A Fact Related in Seven Well
Told Fables.
BY r. e. FRA

By r. e. FRANCILLON,
AUTHOR OF "a GREAT HEIREss," "QuiTs
Ar LAST" "a REAL QUEEN" "EARL's
DIVE" ETC, ETC.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-22
MANY HEADS MAY YET FALL.
Offensive PartisanshIp Charges Pre-
ferred Against Hundreds OF Clerks.

Offensive Partisanship Charges Pre-
ferred Against Hundreds of Clerks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Julian Emner
Jr., chairman Of the Jeffersonian Club
here, says that society has preferred
charges of offensive partisanship against
SEQ clerks in the departments, and that
300 clerks have already been discharged
in consequence OF these representations.
The club has taken the bluo-bOok list and
gone at 1t Systematically, investigating
each name with the help of all
the information within reach. Branches
exist In all parts Of the country.
and these are asked TO collect Information
at the clerks homes. The principal
charges made are the neglect OF duty iu
the cause Of party and scandalous ac'R Of
partisanship. In most cases the evidence
is submitted to heads Of departments in
the shape Of sworn afiidavits. When these
could not be procured the charges were
made in writing. and as definite as posi-
BILE. At first the club thought Of prefer
ring charges against ladies' as well as
men, and did 50 ia one instance, but this
part Of the scheme has been abandoned.
''Women can be very offensive" re-
marked Mr.. Emner, "but we are after
the voters"
Mr.. Emner says that be has received
many threatening letters from discharged
clerks and from those against whom
charges have been preferred. On one Oc-
casion he was followed by two men who,
he has reason to believe. were acting for
clerks, and when on Sixth street, near
the Smithsonian Institute, in a dark and
lonely part Of the city, he was fired at
twice by these men. He was not hit,
however, and bas not been frightened out
of his Investigations by the episode.
There are about l,400 names on the
roll, and only a small portion of them have
thus far been investigated. Mr.. Emner
says that as soon as Congress assem- les,
and members are here to help the Rociety
from all parts Of the country, he expects
to be very busy, and he thinks heads viii
fall very rapidly. Thus far most of the
dismissals have been in the Pension Office
and the Treasury.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-22
A woMAN's TRAGIC PLOT.
Mrs. Wentworth's Scheme to Faster
Her Murder on Her Husband.

Mrs. Wentworth'E Scheme to Fasten
Her Murder on Her Husband.
Boston, Aug. 1S.-A mystery OF long
standing was cleared up to-day. Eight
months ago, early one Sunday morning,
Mrs. Mary Wentworth, an attractive
young woman. arose from her bed with
bullet buried in her breast, and blood
flowing from the wound, and informed
the other occupants of the tenement that
she had been shot by an unknown man
who had escaped by the back door. Mrs.
Wentworth had not been living on very
good terms with her husband. He was
at the time absent, and the outer door
had been left open all night on the
strength of the following note, which
| Mrs. Wentworth claimed to have re-
ceived:
"DEAR MARY: am coming home to-
night after dark. Don't tell anybody, but
leave the front door unlocked.
GEORGE WENTWORTH"
On the day preceding the firing of the
mysterious bullet Mrs. Wentworth
showed this missive to neighbor. after
which ehe burned iU. Before Mrs Went
worth was removed to the h0spital tho
officers arrived, and she said that she
believed I1ere we're two reVOlvers il the
house. One Of them was in a trunk in the
back room and the other, she SAID, she
had discovered, 10 her surprise, a few
DAYS before in the bottom Of one OF her
rub er boots, "where her husband must
have put it," This last was a large
weapon with white handle. The rooms
were searched and the first pistol was
found in the trunk, none of the barrels
had been fired. TIE weapon with the
white handle had disappeared.
Suspicion at once fell upon the hus-
band, but he succeeded in establishing an
alibi. Mrs. Wentworth recovered, aud,
finding that 1t was impossible to live
| longer with her husband, she agreed to a
separation, and, some weeks after the
shooting affair, returned to her nome in
the provinces. To the last she persisted
IN her declaration that her story OF the
attempted murder was true in every
particular. To-day a dealer, who had
taken the stove from Mrs. Wentworth's
+ house, found concealed in the ashes under
+ the back draft, the remains OF the white
handled pistol. This discovery confirmed
the suspicion that the woman had ar
/ ranged an elaborate scheme to shoot her
/ self aud secure the punishment of her
I husband for a crime Of which he was in
nocent.