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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Gable Notes.

1t is reported that ex-Premler Ferry is about
to become editor-in-chie of the Paris Repub-
ligue.
Four deaths from cholera have occurred at
Venice One of the victims is the Marquise of
Bassecour.
Nine. Bernhardt tainted again last evening
while performing on the stage at Paris. Her
physicians have ordered absolute rest
John Hargraves, provision merchant of
Liverpool. is reported to have suspended pay
ment on Saturday, with liabilities estimated at
$350,000.
Dudley Francis North the Earl of Guilford,
was thrown from his horse day or two ago,
while hunting, and has died from the injuries
received by his fall. Lord Guilford was only
thirty-four years Of age. He was Conservative
member Of the English House of Lords.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
THE POsTOFFICE COMMITTEE,

Mr.. Springer Expects To BE It's Chairman
Judge Lowry's Qualifications.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-To-day's Washington
Herald says: 'There is said to be considerable
friction arising out of the desire of Mr. Springer,
of Illinois, to be chairman of the postoffice and
post roads committee, instead Of Mr.. Towns
hend, his colleague, who it was believed, would
be selected for that committee giving up the
place he held in the last Congress on the appro
priations committee. Judge Lowry, Of Indiana
is also spoken Of for the craftsmanship. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
Close of the Nuevo Leon Revolution - The
Rebel Forces Disbanded.

Close of the Nuevo Leon Revolution - The
Rebel Forces Disbanded.
ST. LOUIS Dec. 20-The latest information
from Monterey is that the late acting Governor
Sepulveda was liberated from prison, on Friday,
and his officer who gave the order to fire the
federal troops has been acquitted on military
trial. The only persons who suffer for the death
and wounding of sixteen federal soldiers on the
night General Reyes demanded Sepulvedas sur
render, are the rank and file of the latter's
forces, about twenty Of whom have been SEN
fenced to serve ten years enlistment in the
Fifth Battalion of cavalry. stationed at Mon
terey Ex-Governor Garcia arrived in Saltillo,
on Friday night, returning from the City of
Mexico He was met there by Sepulyeda and
many friends and escorted to Villa Garcia, his
old home. Notwithstanding his loss of power
and position, he was rendered a grand reception.
All of the revolutionary forces lately in the
field have been disbanded and they have re-
turned to their homes. Several of their leaders
have been appointed to federal government
Offices.
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TrOOnS AmhuShed and Killed.

DEMING, N. NJ, Dec. 20.-Saturday morn
ing. near Whitehouse northwest of Silver City,
a company of the Eighth United States Cavalry
troops. under Lieutenant Fountain, were am
bushed by hostiles with disastrous results. The
following were killed in the fight which ensued:
Surgeon Maddox, Privates Collins Gibson. Hut
ton and McMilen. Lieutenant Cahill and Cor
poral Mcfarland were slightly wounded The
Indians numbered twenty-one. After the fight
they headed west in the direction of Clifton.
This is the same band with which Fountain had
fight on the 9th inst. No Indians are reported
killed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Popu,aritv of senator sherman.

Special to tine Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Says local newspa-
per to-day: Senator John Sherman spent con-
siderable time in the Treasury Department. yes
terday looking after the interests of his constit-
uents AS he was passing through one of the
corridors an old and valuable department en-
ploy remarked: There goes the smartest Sec
retary that ever presided over the departments
he secured more work from employees than any
man who preceded or succeeded him, yet he
never issued department order during his ad-
ministration.'n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
MINOR MATTERS.
Friends of Silver Think the Coinage OF the
Dollar Will Re Continued

Friends of Silver Think the Coinage OF the
Dollar Will BE Continued.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Ex- Governor Charles
Foster, Representative Warner and ex-Civil-
service Commissioner Thoman, all of Ohio, were
central figures in group of statesmen who
were discussing the silver question in the lobby
of one of the leading hotels tonight. All be-
lieved there was no prospect of suspension of
coinage of the standard silver dollar. Mr..
Warner intends introducing his silver bill during
the call of States which will begin in the House
to morrow, and says it will pass. The PROPOSE
ton to issue one, two and fve-dollar silver cer-
tificates, he says. has grown so in faver that it
is almost universally indorsed in congressional
oirc1as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

Judge is spoken of as a safe man. capable Of
taking charge of any legislation that may be in
trusted to his charge. He is direct in his
methods. painstaking and energetic, with
trained mind, broad in its conceptions, slow in
arriving at conclusions, but prompt to act when
his mind is made up. and as tenacious of pur-
pose as the proverbial bulldog Judge Lowry's
colleagues do not think, however, that his
chances for the Craftsmanship are very bright
They say. in fact, that this is the first mention
they have heard of it,"
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Steamship News.

New YORK, Dec 20-Arrived: Oregon, Alaska,
from Liverpool.
BosToE Dec. 20--Arrived: British Queen,
from London; Pieter de Coninck, from Antwerp.
QUEENSTOWN Dec. 20-The Arizona, from
Liverpool yesterday. sailed hence this morning for
New York. The Aurania, from New York, Dec. II,
for Liverpool, has arrived here. The City of
Chicago, from New York Dec. IL, for this port
and Liverpool, was signaled off Browhead to-
day. The Servia, from Liverpool, sailed hence
to-day for New York.
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Obituary.

New YORK, Dec. 20-Prof John c. Draper,
the Unknown chemist, was, three days ago,
confined to his house with catarrh and pneu-
monia. To night at 6:30. attended by his wife
and physician he died. Professor Draper was
connected with the College of the City of New
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Furnishing an Ofrense Against Royalty.

MADRID Dec. 20.-The Duke of Seville who,
in resentment Of the declination of Queen
Christina to give him an audience on Friday.
publicly vili6ed her and predicted that ex Queen
Isabella would soon replace Christina as Queen
Regent, has been arrested. The prompt action
of the government in dealing with the Duke has
and other circles, and the impression prevails
that despite the strong feeling manifested by
the Queen and some of her advisers IN favor of
leniency to past political offenders, yet public
avowals tending to bring reproach upon the
Queen will be tolerated for moment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
DIR. Burchard,s Successor Installed.

New YORK, Dec. 20---Rev DR.. J. F. Suttem,
founder of the Presbyterian Journal In Phiadel-
phia. was tonight installed as pastor of the
Murray Hill Presbyterian Church, over which
the Rev. DR.. Burchard presided formerly. DR..
John Hall charged the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

ATarentum, Pa, dispatch reports that another
death from trichiniasis occurred in the Haus-
meyer family on Saturday, making three deaths
within week. The victim was Henry, a son,
aged about twenty-five. The five others who
were attacked arc doing well, and may recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Lecture by Hon. a. NJ. Kelley.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Hon A NJ. Kelley,
who was appointed minister to Italy and to Aus
tria, lectured here tonight. at Ford's Opera
house, to an audience of 1900 persons, on Irish
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Protection for WOrkmen.

PARIS, Dec. 20-The Republicans have intro
duced in the Chamber of Deputies bill for the
taxation of foreigners. The object of the meas
ure is to exclude foreign workmen from France.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Charged with Forgery.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Dec. 20.-Captain J. G.
Andrews, of this city. was arrested tonight for
forging the name of John Cunningham a
merchandise broker, to checks nggregating $500
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21
Serious Trouble in Corea.

LONDON Dec 21.-It is rumered that the
troubles in Corea have become serious. A Chi
nese squadron and American man of war have
left Shanghai for Corea.
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value of $3.50 00O Total insurance on stock and
machinery, 900; insurance on building, $780,
000
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-15
What Evolution Teaches,

In one of the late sermons on "Evo-
luton" by Henry Ward Beecher, he
said that it taught that the creation was
not accomplished in six days of twenty
four hours; that the work occupied ages;
that nothing was at first created perfect,
but has been going forward to pcrfcc-
ton; that the earth itself was condensed
from ether into q visible cloud form and
increased in solidlty through chemical
process-aquatic invertcbratc animals
being its first inhabitants. The earliest
mammals were the marsupials, like the
opossum and kangaroo; it was doubtful
whether man came in the tertiary period
or Immediately sequent. In this, Mr..
Beecher said, he quoted from Professor
Dana, and as thus stated, evolution was
accepted by nincty-ninc per cent. of the
working scientists of the world. 1t was
taught in all advanced colleges and uni
versities, and if cast aside civilization
would 60 back into chaos. TO the fear
full and timid he would say that while
evolution was certain to oblige theology
to reconstruct its system, it would take
nothing away from the grand principle
of religion. If theology could be changed,
religion would be em%ancipatcd. Evolu-
ton would multiply the motives and ia.
cilities of righteousness, which was the
design of the whole Bible. 1t would
obliterate the distinctions between nat
ural and revealed religion, both of which
were the testimony of God.
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How the Earth is Built Up Hourly
by MetcOrS.

DIR. Kleiber, of st. Petersburg, pub.
fishes in the Astron0mische Nachricten the
results of Investigations by himself and
DR.. Keller on the amount by which the
earth's mass is increased each hour by
the meteors falling upon the globe from
space. The original memoirs, which are
printed in Russian, have not reached
this country, but the summary referred
to is extremely interesting.
Observations by Professor Schmidt, Of
Athens, and others, have shown that on
the average a single observer will see
about ten meteors per hour. This is a
number which depends upon experiment
simply. a single observer does not
command the whole sky above his hori.
zon, but only some twenty-thrce per cent.
of it.
Professor Newton, of Yale college, has
shown that about 10,4G0 times as many
metcors fall on the whole earth in an
hour as fall so as to be visible above any
one horizon. Combining these separate
deductions, it follows that l0X100, 4G0X
90 Tor about 45O, OOOl fall on the surface
of the whole earth each hour. 1t Is to
be remembered, too, that only such me-
teors as would be visible to the naked
eye are included in this enumeration.
Every astronomer knows that there are
vast quantities of extremely minute tele-
scopic meteors in the heavens. One can
hardly work for two or three hours
without seeing at least one meteor in
every small field of the telescope. The
number given above, then, is clearly e
IN nimum.
Professor Alexander Herschel has
shown that the average weight of a me-
teor may be taken as five grams, whence
it follows that the earth receives hourly
not less than 1850 Kilograms, or 4, $50
pounds of foreign material deposited
upon it from the celestial space.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-15
Not so Easy for Men to Fly.

With wings of any moderate spread Il
horse power is able to lift about twenty
five pounds. 10 lift $50 pounds, the
average weight of a man, calls for sin
horse power, while mans power is csti-
mated to be about onc-tifth Of a horse
power when exerted to the greatest adj
vantage. In other words, if the machin-
cry for the purpose weighed nothing,
mans strength must be increased thirty
times at least before he can sustain him
self in the air. Even then he could fly only
in a calm. 1t has been stated that the
average velocity of air currents at a dis
lance above the earth is twenty miles per
hour. These must be met and overcome
by any flying apparatus before it can be
successful. These facts ought to be
enough to settle one side of the ques-
ton, at lcast. Men cannot hope to fly
by muscular cxeltion. Any flying ap.
paratus must weigh less than twenty-five
pounds per horse power in order to sus-
tain itself, and, if supported bya bal.
loon, must be even lightcr.-lndustrial
american.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-15
Color Blindness.

The prevalence Of color blindness il,
in round numbers, ten times as great in
the male sex rs in the female. The facts
rest upon the examination of many thou
sand persons in different countries; and
the examinations have not only been con-
Quoted by trained scientific observers
perfectly familiar with all the sources of
error in connection with the subject, but
also in such u manner as TO exclude the
names of colors from consideration. The
persons examined have beer required to
match sample colors by selection from
among q great variety of skeins of wool:
and only those have been set down rs
color-blind who commenced by selecting
some shade of stone-color or drab as q
match for pale green. Further tests
would then determine whether the blind
mes, was to rcd, to green, to violet, or
to all three. In England, among Eton
boys, PIG per cent. were fould to be
color.blind in some form; and among
males Of the laboring class the percentage
rose to nearly five.
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He tout Of all patience)-"Very we'll!
Since you force me to it, know that it is
your brother whom you are abusing, and
that he has been specializing too deeply:
and is heavily involved"
She Orepentant)-''Oh, Frank, won't
you forgive mc7"
They fall into each others arms.)
"He-"And now, my love, since peace
is restored, let us sit down to dinner"
She-"Not quite yet"
1Ie-"And why not?" :,
Shc-"Wcll, you see l sent the COOK
away this morning because she was
saucy, and 1 have been wandering around
the city all day, trying to find another
going from pillar to post, from one en-
ploymcnt office to anothcr-and only
succeeded in getting n a little while
ago, SO that" -.
Hc-'So that, I suppose, get no dIn
ner at ALL"
She-"No-so THAT dinner will be
ready at 7."--tlom the FTrmch, IN iryo
DUnt
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Cool Men.

Some men never lose their presence of
mind. There is Il we'll authenticated
story told ola French gentleman who, in
a moment of passion, struck an orderly
in the face. The orderly instantly drew
his pistol, placed it to the breast of the
general, and pulled the trigger, but the
cap failed to explode.
''Ten days arrest for not keeping your
arms in proper order" said the general;
"cvery orderly should be orderly about
his arms"
The late Commodore Garrison seems
to have been made of pretty much the
same kind of material as that French
general, if the following story about
him docs not lack the essential ingrcdi.
dent of truth:
zone day while selling tickets in the
office of the boat of which he was cap
tain, he became involved in a quarrel
with a peculiarly cholcric individual.
who finally enforced his remarks by
presenting a pistol through the window
full at the captains head. 1t was one
of the old fashioned affairs, looking
like i eating gun IN miniature,
containing six barrels in one,
all of which turned round in cooking
like the chamber of a modern revolver.
1t was before the days of cartridges, and
the barrels terminated at the breach nip
pies, the charge being exploded by q
percussion cap. The captain had not
time to move, before the man, with a
murderous mind, snapped his pistol.
The cap missed fire. lie tried again,
and again there was no Iii charge. Cap
tain Garrison's pistol lay near al hand,
and he might have shot his assailant
dead, but he made no movement in that
direction. Keeping ar untlinching eye
upon the discounted marksman, he
coolly opened a drawer and taking out
Of it a box Of percussion caps pushed it
through the window, saying: "Try
some new caps, yours don't seem to be
good The audacity of the performance
Completely unncrvcd the iratc passenger.
Instead of accepting the caps, he begged
pardon for his folly, was forgiven with q
hearty handshakc, and for years after
ward was one Of the captains warmcst
friends and admirers"
We have learned from reliable source
Eli Pcrkins-that when Garrison
showed the cap through the window to
the irate passenger, the latter remarked:
''Wcll, this caps the Climax" = 7eras
SittinGs.
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Sawed the Horn Off.

The horn of q rhinoceros is apt to
grow in the wrong direction if the ami
NAL is held in captivity. This was the
case recently with one of the animals in
the London geological gardens. 1t is a
very fierce animal, but Mr.. Bartlett, the
superintendent, succeeded in tanning it
by feeding it several loavcs of bread
every morning. While the animal was
eating, he took a jagged cane and imi-
tated the action of a saw on the brute's
horns. When it had become accustomed
to this proceeding, q carpenter was sum-
moned, who substituted Il saw for the
stick while Mr.. Bartlett prolonged the
meal. When the horn was almost of,
it came in contact with the sore which
it had caused. The beast tore away with
a savage snort, the saw was broken to
pieces, but the incision made by the saw
was so deep that when the animal thrust
the horn against the bars in its rage, 1t
broke of, and all danger was thus
overtpd.
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Gave Fifty Dollars to Kiss Booth,

A good story was told Of Booth when
he was here last, says the Philadelphia
Press, which illustrates his indifference
to the class of women who always find
something irresistible and fascinating in
the men who earn their living behind
the footlights. Booth was travelling on
the Boston and Albany road n day,
having just closed an engagement in the
New England metropolis. lie heard an
expensively.drcssed, handsome, middle
aged woman back of him sigh and say
to her companion: 81 would give $50 to
kiss that man. Booth turned sud-
denly and looked at the speaker.
'Do you mean that 2" he demanded,
fixing his fine dark eyes upon her,
and causing the blood to mount up to
the very roots of her hair. "Why, yes,
of course l do" replied the woman, con-
fusedly, looking in a helpless sort of a
way at the great tragcdian and at the
smiling passengers. "Wcll, l accept the
terms, madam" exclaimed Booth, SOL
EMMY. "And 1 stand by my PROPOSE
%tion," said the woman, recovering her
self possession, and, rising, she imprinted
q sound kiss upon the actors lips.
Booths face did not bctray the slight
est emotion. He received the kiss
stolidiy, and did not return it, but
waited until the impctuous woman found
her purse and handed him q $50 bill.
He took the money, thanked her, and
turning to a feeble, shabbil addressed
woman on the other side of the aisle.
who was travelling with two young chill
dren, placed the money in her hands,
and with a courtly bow said: This is
for the children, madam. Take it.
Please" and without another word he
left the car.
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SELECT STRINGS.

Ccylon spiders weave webs so strong
that u walking.stick, when thrown into
it, is entangled among the meshcs.
The London agricultural Gazette is au-
thority for the statement that 600
horses are slaughtered each week, the
flesh cut into steaks, and sold US beef in
the poorest ncighborhoods of Manchcs-
ter, England"
The Emperor OF China never uses the
first personal pronoun, but always speaks
of himself as the "Solitary Man." The
expression is only used in the tigurativc
sense, as indicating the unapproachable
grandeur of the Son of Heaven.
~ prize for heavy ears of corn, given
by a Cincinnati gentleman, brought out
sixty samples Of forty cars each. The
heaviest forty weighed fifty-threc pounds,
the next heaviest tifty.one and one-half
pounds. Entries to the number of eight
weighed f%orty-ninc pounds and over.
Frau Molienwebcr. ut R%cmscheid, in
Germany, is over 100 years old, and has
had the privilege since May Sd of being
a great great. grandmother. She is IN
good health, has never worn spectacles.
has two children aged scventy-two and
scvcnty-six; thirty-six grandchildren and
forty two reat-grandchildrcn.
The difference between an intuition
and a genuine amethyst can be easily dis
tinguished. Just put them on your
tongue alternately, and you will find
that the spurious feels warm and the
genuine icy to the touch. The stone
which has had the greatest run of late is
tiger eye, which has a peculiar, dull fire.
1t is only a piece Of petrited wood,
turned, smoothed and polished.
The c%anailIe of Paris were in the habit
of making strange presents. What a
fantastic idca it was, sending TO the royal
family, in Marie Antoinette's time,a box
of dominocs made out Of the stones OF
the bastile. The lines which accompa-
MED the gift are quite brutal, quite au'
thcntic, and Enthusiastically French.
How Marie A%ntoinctte must have shud-
dercd at this toy of doom: "Thcsc
stones, from the walls which inclosed the
innocent victims Of arbitrary power, have
been converted into q toy. 10 be presented
to YOU, monsigneur, as an homage of the
peoples love, and to teach you the eX-
tent of their power. "-Argonaut.