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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-11
TALMAGE TALKS.
His Method of Preparing and Preaching
What He Calls His Sermons.

What He Calls His Sermons.
Interview In New York Nail and Express.
II keep a list of SUBJECTS as they occur to me"
he continued, Through reading the Bible or
from other sources. Sometimes the subject will
be suggested by something which has occurred
within a few days prior to the time / have to
preach. If nothing of that kind seems of suffi-
Gent Importance to attract my attention, l look
over my list of subjects already on hand. Most
frequently in reading the Bible a text most
proper to the time and occasion strikes me. I
have always followed only one rule, and that is
when [ go into the pulpit to have enough ideas
on the subject on which I am about to talk to
usefully occupy the time. A man has
no right to go into the pulpit in the
expectation of something turning up. I can
speak better standing before an audience than l
can in my study, and the larger the audience is
the easier / can speak. 1 make very full memo
randa, so that in ordinary cases / know what I
am going to say. If a subjecJis worth present
ing at all it is worth presenting in the best
shape. The extemporaneous faculty is likely to
be abused after a man has been speaking a great
many years. There is no difficulty in talking
three-fourths of an hour on almost any subject,
and the temptation is to talk upon the hour and
not after a series of preparation. While a great
deal has been said in favor of extemporaneous
speaking, l think that many who speak extempo-
raneously fail to interest, for their ideas are so
diluted. A man, in order to extemporize well,
has to be a hard student. A man who, according
to the old theory, shakes a sermon out of his
coat sleeve gives a sermon that is not worth the
shaking out"
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requests for small loans. A few days ago she
was arrested in Olean for annoying business men
by begging and reciting poetry. A sad ending
for a once brilliant and petted darling of society
airo1ac A&
TONS OF DOLLARS.
Silver that Would Reach Fourteen Miles in
Wagons.

Silver that Would Reach Fourteen Miles in
Wagons.
Washington Letter in Boston Budget.
There are now in the Treasury vaults here
1876. 600, 900 of silver dollars, which weigh 8, 1885,
900 pounds. or upwards of 1859 tons of 1000
pounds each. If placed in ordinary coal carts, a
ton in each. and allowing fifteen feet of space for
each cart, it would make a continuous procession
include the silver bullion and fractional silver
coins held by the Treasury. OF the latter there
are nowson hand $50. 600, 900, and of the former
81, 1000, 900, the aggregate weight of which is
1,217 tons, thus making the total weight of sill
yer now in the Treasury, 6,086 tons. To provide
storage for this stock of silver an additional
vault has been constructed in the basement
of the Treasury Department, directly underneath
the cash-room. This vault is 81 feet 4 inches
wide, SO feet 4 inches long and 9 feet@4 inches
high. 1t will hold 80, 900, 900 silver dollars, which
represents in bulk ], 100 tons. The walls. cell
ing and floor are constructed of three chilled iron
and two steel plates riv eted together, thus max
ing the metal case which forms the defenSes OF
the vault over two inches in thickness. The
foundation of the vault rests upon the earth,
and the iron and steel flooring is laid upon
twelve inches of hydraulic cement, to guard
against entrance by means of a tunnel. The two
doors by which entrance is obtained are massive,
all known material being used in their c~onstruc-
ton to make them safe against felonious assault.
Each door is furnished with two locks, one key
being kept by Treasurer Wyman and the other
by Cashier Whepley. Large as the vault is it
will not hold the surplus dollars if their coinage
at the present rate of 2, 300, 900 per month is con
tlnued for two years to come.
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CHEAP DINNERS.

Restaurants Where q Hungry Man Can Get
His Fill for a Dime or Two.
New York sun.
"a splendid dinner and a glass of beer for Is
cents is a sign which hangs Ia front OF a For
syth-street lager beer saloon. The dinner con-
sisted the other day of a roll of Frankfurter
sausage, a saucer of sauer-kraut, and some slices
of black bread, plentifully sprinkled with cara
way seeds. The rtddy-faced Germans who were
devouring this frugal repast kept the beer to the
last, and washed down the final mouthful of the
feast with one long swallow. They then ordered
another glass of beer, and drawing forth long
pipes, enjoyed a quiet smoke. They seemed as
happy and contented as if they had eaten a $40
dinner at Delmonicois.
How do you make any money on this din
ner!" the proprietor was asked. He replied, in
broken English, that he didn't make any money
on the dinner, but that it was cheaper than
keeping a free lunch. 1t brought customers to
his place, and most of them ordered two or three
extra glasses of beer.
These cheap dinners are very common on the
east side of the city, in the German districts,
but none is as cheap as this one. The others
range in price from twenty to forty cents, the
latter being really a feast according to German
notions. The majority of these dinners are
them are very palatable. There is an
absence of style and a want of silverware
and napkins, and the tablecloth, if there hap
pens to be one, is not overclean; but if you don't
MIND such little things, you Will get along very
well. You must order beer, or the saloon-keeper
will regard you as a suspicious character. There
are restaurants in Chatham and Center streets
where prices seem ludicrously how. A chop for
five cents, a bowl of soup and a loaf of bread
for five cents, and coffee for three cents. are
some of the articles on the bill of fare. They are
visited by ~woFkingmen, and do a large business,
serving far more people than any other restau-
rants in the city. During business hours they
are crowded, and, while the cooking and service
are not particularly good, the customers seem
well satisfied,
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A Clergyman's Inspiration.

you would be surprised to know said a tai
ented and fluent divine to us not long ago, chow
easily we clergymen grasp at any suggestion
that may seem to us available in the preparation
of a sermon. No reporter scents and pursues a
possible item more vigorously than l do a chance
emark or anecdote which will perhaps serve as
a foundation, however slight, upon which to
base the fabric of a discourse. We need, more
than any class of men, perhaps, the friction of
contact with the world in a practical way, and
we get it less. Don't mistake me- he continued,
earnestly; II draw the line far this side of ali
sensational methods, for, to quote DIR. Hall, "a
ministry which pleases everybody may well sus-
pect itself, but the nearer we can get to human
ity we would influence the nearer is our end at
tanned. My library will furnish me with topics
innumerable for intellectual, doctrinal, orthodox
sermons, but it is my people who give. me the
texts from which l love to preach"
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worth's Dresses for Langtry.

London Letter TO LIVERPOOL Post.
Ihear from Paris that Mrs. Langtry is bound
to make a success when she appears next month
at the Princes. The reason is that she has been
taken up by Mr.. Worth. Money is no object to
then it is no object to him either. 1t is not
every one in whom he will take an interest In
England Worth makes the man, but in France
he makes the woman. He won't, however, as a
rule, make the actress. Sarah Bernhardt did,
she commenced her American campaign, but he
found her very willful. She was more &C
customed to receive adulation than to give it,
and she had her own ideas. while he had his.
With Mrs. Langtry there has been entente cor
dale. He has done ali he can, and his POSSIBLE
ties are said to be immense. Mrs. Langtry is
better known in the provinces than here. The
Americans say it was their critics who made her
an actress We have not seen her since this
transformation.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MONEY AND STOCKS.

The New York Market Firm and Buoyant
Throughout the Day.
X YORK, Jan. 10.-Money easy at 101a per
cent; offered at tho close at 1 per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 4206 per cent
Sterling exchange firm; sixty days, g. SOs;
sight. 81 841.
Governments firm.
Railways firm, except for Houston g. Texas
issues, which were weak and pressed for SALE
State securities quiet.
The stock market was firm to buooyant through
out the day, and an advance of J to q per cent.
took place. The ''bears" made many efforts to
check the improving tendency of prices, but met
with no success beyond a few reactions There
were free purchases for '1ong' account, and con-
siderable lines of leading shares were taken for
Western operators. The continued strength
of the market induced covering dur
ing the afternoon, and buying for
this account stimulated q rise. not
ably, in Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson,
Central Pacific, Western Union and the grang-
ers, Eall OF which We're conspicuous features in
speculation. There were reports to-day of
further assumptions by industrial establish
nents, and also an Improvement in general BUSH
ness, which were not without their influence.
The afternoon rise received an impetus from the
jail 0GdbSulcht, WlllCu, Will pOoolDiy ia VI
two exceptions in the past, was the greatest ex-
hibit ever made by the clearinghouse. The
combined increase of specie and legal tenders
was over SO, 700, 900, and the gain in surplus re-
serve, 1893, $50, increasing the amount held in
excess of legal requirements to SAT, GA, 275, q sum
far beyond any previous excess in the banks.
Lackswanna led the advance. Near the close, a
reaction of ] to 5 per cent. took place, but the
marketleft off firm. Compared with lastnightth
closing prices were ] to 2 per cent. higher, except
for Northern Pacific preferred and New Jersey
Contra. which are unchanged. and Reading,
which is ] per cent. lower East Tennessee
conscls rose from 45a to AZ, and reacted to 469;
do incomes advanced l per cent. to IL; Houston
& Texas main line frsts were especially weak,
and broke from 80 to 93a and rallied to 944.
Sales of stocks for the week, 1886, 968 shares.
Transactions. 277. 900 shares, to-wit: sc, 600
Lackawanna, $4,000 Lake Shore, a, 1000 North
western, 10000 New York Central, So, 900 st.
Paul, $4,000 Union Pacific, 10000 Western
Union,
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Growing Tropical Fruit for Yankee Markets

q NIACduo
Within the past three years a number of
Americans have invested heavily in the fruit
planting industry in Central America and the
West Indies. The firms of Richardson & Co.,
and Frank Bros. of New York, have planted
large tracts of land on the northern coast of
Jamaica with bananas. while the latter firm has
extensive plantations Of the same fruit at Boco
del Toro and other isthmian localities
One of the most important enterprises of this
nature is being carried on by the Honduras
Tropic Fruit Planting Company at Tela, Hon
duras. This syndicate has invested about $7O,-
600, and already has some 300 acres of bananas
under cultivation. TIL manager intends to
plant at least 700 acres more this year; thus
this plantation alone will be able to export
15, 600 punches per month, or a suficiency to
keep one fairsized steamer constantly engaged
in transporting the fruit.
Within the past three months three new COM
panies have been formed to plant bananas on
the banks of the Bluefelds river, in the Mos
quito Reservation, Nicaragua. Two of the
companies have been formed in New Orleans.
One of them has by this time got fairly to
work. The other will begin active operations
about the beginning of next February.
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Rev York Correspondent st. Paul Pioneer Press.
/ know another example of great wealth, and
] might allude to him as an awful example. /
refer to Joseph Richardson, a wealthy contractor
here, known TO everybody as "Uncle Joe.n He
is now building the extension of the Grand Cen
trail Depot As he hurries about his work-he
always hurries-he looks like some old-fashioned
miller belated with a country grist Uncle Joe is
worth, probably, I'VE or six millions, but he once
than $l2 for a suit of clothes in his life. He is
srventy-hve years old this winter, / think. hut
le never bought himself an overcoat in his life
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TRADE AND COMMERCE.

The Volume of Business Falling Below Ex-
pectations, Yet Gradually Improving.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 10.
The volume of business of the week closing
to-day has been an improvement over that of
the preceding week, yet hardly up to expecta-
tions, and it is daily becoming more and more
evident that the improvement in trade is to be
gradual, but of a healthy character. The belief
prevails that prices on nearly all articles are at
the bottom, and will from this on advance rather
than go lower. Interesting statistics have beer.
collected, showing the decline in wholesale
prices of food since 1870. Prior to 1879 the
prices in domestic markets were largely gov
erned by the premium on gold. Since that year
all prices have been gold prices. The following
exhibit shows, in a general way, the course of
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A st. Louis Journalist.
St. Louis Post Dispatch.

An individual without any coat or hat, and
who had evidently paid too many visits to the
flowing bowl, was brought into the Chestnut
street station this afternoon by Officer Mulder-
rig and was led up to the railing to be cate
chized by Sergeant Watkins.
Whats your name, asked the sergeant.
Dennis Mudd."
How old are you, Dennis?"
Zone hundred and eighty-fve years, sir.n
Nov, see here, said the sergeant, II want
no more of your fooling, tell me your age and
occupatlon?"
II am 1876 years Of age, as I told you, and I
m a special correspondent on the Missouri Re
publican"
Officer" said the sergeant, put him in the
darkest dungeon in the station
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Chief-Justice Chase's Fiancee a Beggar.

Many years ago pretty Lucy Maclem was the
belle of Olean, N. Y. She was cav and brilliant
and was a regular contributors to Cooley. Graham
and the Knickerbocker In the heydey of her
hellehood she was engaged to Salmon p. Chase.
but the engagement was suddenly broken off,
and afterward she was never the same person.
lie. mind became affected, and for the last quar-
ter Of o century she has been a wanderer. de-
pesidezt upon the charity Of friends. The un
fortunate creature had q mania for begging.
The travelled all over the country, and worried
Jie life out of merchants and public men by her
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A Bit of Sound Sense.

CharIe6ton 6. Cd NeWs.
There should be small grace for q man who
kills another with a pistol which he makes it a
practice to carry. The possession of the bur-
glars kit presupposes the intent to commit a
burglary. So it is with the moulds and dies of
the counterfeiter. 1t should not be otherwise
when human life is taken. The man who car
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$40.

Take choice of any and all our boys best over
coats, no matter what the former prices, whether
$l2, $l5, or $l8. Take your choice this week for
only $40 at the sweeping out sale at the
MODEL CLOTHING Co.
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She a d Read It.

UHICHRO NeWb.
Good morning. Mrs. Shoddy. How do you
like Irving's Hamletln
Il haven't read it. I haven't read anything
of Irvings sincecthe KnickeFbocker stories first
came out When did he write this Hamlet?"
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ries about with him, day after day, in ordinary
intercourse with his feliow-men, the tools of a
murderer, must expect to be regarded as a muir
derer when his weapon does its deadly work.
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prices of leading articles:

The most noticeable point is the steadiness of
the prices of animal food (meat products) in the
face of the general decline in agricultural prod
ucts. This, it is held by m can only signi-
fly that as time goes on a larger proportion of
mankind are able to buy the higher qualities of
food, and this is a convincing proof that the
wages of the laboring classes are steadily ad-
vancing, despite appearances to the contrary.
The low price of wheat, it should be remarked,
however, is abnormal, produced by causes other
than natural, The local markets rule steady on
most articles. Sugars are firm but not quotably
changed. The same is true of roasted ~coffees.
In fact all along the line firmness is a character
istic of the grocery market In produce circles
trade is rather sluggish. Eggs, butter and
poultry in good supply; prices tend lower.
Seeds are frmer, and two or three changes in
quotations will be noticed to day. The pro-
vision market continues in a strong position.
The local market has gathered strength as the
week advanced, and at its close all cereals are
in better demand at higher prices than in the
early part Of the week. Dealers show some in
terest in futures as well as short stuff, but bid a
little cautiously on the former. The Board of
Trade Price Current says Of wheat: 1t is firm
and a~ctive, with good demand for immediate
shipments. Futures steady; receipts light. East,
firm all round. We Quote:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-18
Cambridge Items.

ED. BuLLETIN-The people Of Cam.
bridge are congratulating each 'otbsr
over the prospect Of better hines il
future. The principal mint has
changed owners, being now the
property Of H. Spence, an experienced
operator in the East walker ntfnsi.
He is an energetic man, one Who Is
not afraid to put his own shoulder to
the wheel il the business requires II.
He made a fair profit hereto fore by
leasing the mine aud Is likely to make
great effort to do better still, now
that thu property belongs TO him. All
that the farmers on Esst Walker seed
TO MAZE ihch a Thriving annuity
is n nearer market for their produce.
That good luck may crown tho efforts
OF the new proprietor OF the Cam.
bridge mines 10 the wish of his many
friends and scquaintancss. = '@''''
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-18
A Years w ERIK.

During the twelve months ending
November 1st the shipments or ore
and bullion from The northern end Of
the county Including only as far south
as Soda Springs, was 1894, 900. For
the twelve months proceeding the
amount was s566,OoO. These figures
are taken from the statistics complied
for Wells Fargo and Co.
During the last year the Mount Cory
was producer for but four months
and stilfthe total has increased. This
increase arises from the proceeds of
the NUMEROUS mines which have beon
opened and worked in tho districts
along the line OF the c. & c. r. r. and
Is yet includes but little irsm tho now
gold mines Of HawthornS District.
Next years statistics will be in figures
Which win surprise the cfoakefs who
are certain that the State IS going into
4 decline. " F."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-18

evening Maud (nst;lsd) -"Indesdi
Th.. must dspead upon ones under.
standing OF the term "nonstr0sity."
Papa OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES heads
upon one pair Of shoulders, for sx.
ample
Asa drug clerk the female is not 4
brilliant success. When you wink at
her across . soda fountain she doesn't
know whether to put little balm OF
'Gilesd in ynur soda, or hang her head
Inns blusk.
The Garfield stage leaves Hawthorne
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays,
passing through Hawthorne District
and returning Tuesdays, Fridays and
sundays.1 Round trip to Garfield, S.
to Lake City,s2 so.
Kerr's Asthma Cure cures all pain
colics or cramps and general debility
Knapp 4 Laws. agents, Hawthorne
And E. Il. Langley, Coryville. Try Il
and be convinced. Read advertisement
In another column.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-18
Lyon County xt~sAs.

The following news items are frem
the Lyon County 7'imes ofIa,t. Satuf
day:
An extra butcher shop is IN full
blast in tho Godfrey building.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. H. Buckland died las. Monday.
The funsral took place on Tuesday,
Rev Geo. r. Davis officiating. The
many friends of the parents sympa
thize with them in their sorrow.
Last Tuesday evening between the
hours OF 7 and IL O'clock, the two
prisoners confined in the county iail
nade their escape by digp ing lArou Oh
the wall. One of the prisoners was in
Tor horse-stesling, the ether was there
charged with an attempt to commit
sr'on. The manner IN which t4sy es.
capped shows that they have been In a
similar III before, for it WAS Job to
make an expert envious .Swar, was
coappad in the dark coll at night and
Harris, slias Csnty occupied The stone
cell, fronting the back door Of tho iail
ny means OF An old spoon handle and
some spikes and wire swart nlapsged
to dig the plaster away between tho
ssopes dividing the cells; then 4 rock
vas rsmvoed, which left SPACE enough
LOT min to come into CAntys cell.
by takisga MI. off from one Of tho
bolts that held large iron bar across
the door, the two managed to sprjar;
this door far enough open to x.t ia,o
the corridor, They then wrsnched the,
oar loose from its other fastening aud
used IT to make the hole in the outsids
wall. One thing that cannot BE- un.
derstood is how they managed 10 get
the shacklss OF fheir ankles. They
did 50. however, and left them behind.
The break was discovered about s
O'Clock wednesday morning, asd rs
soon as possible party Of oiu.ens
started to search for tho birds but
they al. started in one direction, and
during the day all but two returned
without finding a trace OF the prise.
ners. Up to the time of going to press
no news has been received OF their
capture, and the chances are they are
now we'll on their way to Southern
California or Arizona. This makes
three prisoners who have recently es.
capped from the jail and appearances
would indicate that the place is not
very secure.