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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-11
Saratoga Springs.

Letter In Springfield Republican.
i Not only are great improvements being made
in the old springs, which are known the world
over, but spring owners and capitalists, not con-
tent with observation and utilization of natural
springs. have long since made use of
experiment to force nature to yield up
her buried treasures The success attained
in recent years has been more than equaled
during tho past year, when two new
springs were opened and made ready for
use. The proprietor of the Settler, DR.. j. p.
Haskins, somewhat of geologist, by the way,
has succeeded in obtaining new spouting spring
by boring down through surface earth and
rock distance of $50 feet His new spring
spouts within fifty feet of his former treasure.
The other spring is under the same cover with
the renowned Hathorn spring The Hathorns,
after the trouble with their original spring
last summer, determined not only to tube that
one, but bore for another. About seventy five
feet eastward of the old spring they bored down
some 100 feet, and were rewarded by stream
of one inch in diameter. squirting several score
of feet into the air. This new spouter and the
old spring are of the same character, though in
other cases of two springs near each other there
is often great dissimilarity Under one pavilion,
not ten feet apart, little lower down the valley
in which the springs for the most part are
the United States and Pavilion springs, so
strikingly unlike in taste that even the tyro
drinker notices the difference.
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neither can now legibly write his name. Thus
hindered. their billiard play was necessarily err
ratio. A match was proposed and the irrational
contestants at once began. Each was perfectly
confident, and their wild talk often branching
off to utterly foreign subjects. was steady ac-
compartment of their shots In health, Camp
bell had been a reasonably good
player; but his efforts were more
awkward and futile than those of a
beginner. Curious interest conferred 10 the
game of the once expert. Dion. 1t was strangely
uneven Once in while several successive
shots were positively brilliant, and especially
was this so when the position Of the balls stris>
ing his mind at glance, was instantly compre-
hended and acted upon. II he delayed at all in
deciding what caroms to undertake, his mind
lost all continuity of thought and he used mis-
cue in dazed and ridiculous manner. The same
popularity was observable in his lack of COM
plete contro. of nerves and muscles. If he made
shot quickly it was apt to be sure and steady,
but delay resulted in utter confusion and fail
ure. All through the strange game Dion main
tanned the most dignified demeanor, and was
seemingly unaware that his play was not as good
as ever. He fancied part of the time that Camp
bell was some noted billiardst now Vignaux,
again Daily, and SO on through the whole list Of
champions, and once he declared that the match
was for the possession of the asylum. which he
believed to be royal palace in Spain. He is
not expected to live more than a year. Camp
bells time is thought to be still shorter
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roads but he asked them to keep their hands of
propositions that were for the benefit of Ameri-
can people Engineers had reported the project
to be not only feasible but that its cost
would not exceed seven million dollars.
The remarks of the Senator from Kansas.
would go to show that the engineers we're crazy.
OF course the engineers would not say the same
OF tho Senator, but they would certainly cay
that he was mistaken This proposition seemed
to have been selected by certain Senators tt
make raid on the whole bill. If the project
was carried out, it would furnish the cheapest
route from the West and the Mississippi river to
the Atlantic ocean. 1t would be benefit to all
the people of the Northwest producers and con-
sumers 1t would be route coming in compe-
tition with railroad routes and it would fix de-
cent rates for transportation-to that extent it
would benefit everybody.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon, was in favor of the
amendment.
Pending further consideration, the Senate ad
iourned
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THE CAR-NuMBER CRAZE.
A Regular Mania Among the Travelling Pub
lic-No. 12345.


ST. Paul Globe.
Gar numbersl o who hasn't had that disease
sc-s .!:.sa during the course of his travelling ca
reerP queried nervous chap on the Omaha
''limited' of his seat-mate.
Before went on the road he continued, II
lived at Park Ridge. suburban station on the
Northwestern road, and used to ride in and out
every day. got to noticing the figures on the
freight-cars as my train passed along, and
finally it got to be mania with me. The mo-
ment got on a moving car l was at the window
looking out for the numbers of freight-carsp
Are you curedP Intercepted his companion
"Wait and you will see" replied the nervous
man. Il thought of the numbers by day and
actually dreamed of them by night My main
desire in that connection was to consecu-
tive series. was always the lookout for the
number l2345, and if ] saw such a number
believe should have been perfectly satisfied.
So interested in the search did [ become that l
conversed with traiDmen about it, and then
learned that it was regular mania among the
travelling public. The trainmen have it too.
"Out on the road went, still looking for the
number. / happened to be out at Denver. Col.
one very hot day in June. | got on the Kansas
Pacific east-bound train and had just taken my
seat in the sleeper when the train pulled out.
was at the window. and there before my eyes
was the number, '12345.' 1t was on blue car.
That cured me. never look at the car numbers
now If | chance to be looking out of the win
dow and see a freight car, the feeling is strong
to look at the number, but l restrain myself.
something that could not DO before, as know
how much suffered in the past"
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quill MY LEG.
A Lady's Strange Request that Startled Z
Sturdy Policeman.


Chicago Tribune
One of the officers who protect pedestrians ans
keep vehicles in order at the corner of Clark and
Randolph streets, had demand made on hiu
to-day for which no provision was made in ChieI
Ebersods assignment. Two well dressed ladies
were rounding the cape of the Ashland Block
when banana peel, that lay in ambush there.
brought one of them prone. The officer came q
her aid valiently, but was startled nearly out oil
his boots when she said: Pull my leg will you.
pleased Pull my leg.'
To say that ne startled is to put il very
mildly Mayor Harrison in all Of his glory nevek
required such service from any of the force
Leg pulling did not appear in the manual Of
training for city police The club-swinger wal
big enough strong enough and brave enough,
to pull the leg of any man. But this was ans
other matter altogether Affecting to misunder.
stand, he took the lady by the arm, with the re.
mark: will you let me help you, MADAME
mo, don't! Pull my leg, | say! Pull my leg,
can't your
The officer let the arm drop instantly. He was
thunderstruck. He backed off and wiped great
beads of Precipitation from his rocking brow. As
this moment the second lady came to his assist.
ance She seized one of the pedal extremitieE
of her PROSTATE companion and gave il vigor-
Gus pull. The leg came off, 1t was cork leg.
The fall had disarranged the knee adjustment,
and pull was needed to set it right
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stopping a Cannon BAN.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Chicago inter OCEAN.
II remember said physician, .'that one OF
the most daring and strongest-willed men In ouk
regiment was much given to laughing at the
poor fellows who went down under disease OF
who complained much of what we called mere
scratches of wounds. For two years it seemed
that he was proof against all troubles incident to
army life but one day as he stood in line of bat
tie. as fine a specimen of solderly spirit aud
courage as ever saw, there came bounding aud
rolling toward the line a heavy cannon ball fired
from one of the large guns of the enemy The
temptation to stop spinning ball of this kind
was strong that most soldiers nerved them
selves up to the point of resisting the inclination
to give the apparently harmless ball kick. The
only man to yield to tie temptation was my su-
perb soldier He put out his foot with smilg
on his face and went down shattered MANNED
and helpless man. His foot was cut off as by "a
ak, and the shock made him on the instant ~
helpless as babe.
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Sullivan's New York Hotel.

Special to the Indianaoos Journal.
New YORK, July l0.-Sullivan's Central Park
Hotel looks about as much out of place as plate
of baked beans would in candy store. tits
Just at the corner Of Fifty ninth street and Sew
school, and on the west by magnificent apart
ment house. 1t is the only unpretentious build
ing in the vicinity, and the wonder is that own
ers of adjacent property have allowed it to flour
ish sd long. It looks directly upon the great
park. and in that respect no more can be said of
its ornate and lofty companions in which poor
man can live on the top floor for $1,000 year.
Three stories high. constructed of wood, decor
ated with beer signs, it looks like country road
house. There is piazza along each street.
side whereon unattractire citizens II tall hat
and fashy clothes sit and discuss the latest or
coming sporting events as they smoke. From
the piazza one enters directly the "ofice." Some
people might mistake this apartment for an or
binary bar-room. No description can emphasize
Its painness. 1t is wholly lacking in the orna-
mental features that serve nowadays to enhance
the interiors Of gn-mills About ons third of
this room is shut off by screen doors and thin
partition. Here are three tables and chairs, all
ordinary. Directly above the bar room is the
dining-room. The roof of the piazza is made
pleasant by profusion Of shrubs and potted
plants John LIS white hat may be seen in the
green on hot days as he drinks with particular
friends the piazza roof. The rest of the
house is devoted to chambers There is not
room for very many, and the mainstay Of the
hotel is probably the bar 1t has long been an
easy thing to get drink there of Sunday, lit
tie pains being taken to conceal illegal sales.
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How Many Wings Has AN Angel?

The number of wings that should go to an an
gel, whore they should be placed, and how, il
the subject exercising the minds of the
Royal Institute of Archeoogists. The question
of the osteology of the angels is an old one, and
different schools Of artists have answered
it in different ways. There is, for in
stance, stained-glass window at Mer
ton College, Oxford, the angel on
which has six wings. Two are more
common, though two pairs Of forelimbs, zone
modified into arms and the other into wings" are
advocated by distinguished authority. Per
haps of greater interest is the scientific objec-
ton that the angels of the artists are not ''built
for fight The angels of Raphael and Botti-
cell have abundance of wings but they are
merely show wings If the figures were to at
tempt to fly from their canvases they would
come to the ground as certainly as would the an
gel of the pantomime il her string broke.
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a JUSTAND FEARLESS JUDGE
William C. Barrett, the Ablest Member
of New York's Supreme Bench.
Sohn L. Sullivan's New York Hetel-Why
E. Werner Killed Himself and His Son
Joe Dion and BARLEY Campbell.
e..e,., to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New YORK, July l0.-Judge VIM. G. Barrett
OF the Supreme Bench, has come to be regarded
by the workingpeople as the representative and
embodiment Of all their enemies. Yet he is not
o capitalist nor a rich man beyond his ample in
come of $l7,500 year, the salary attached to
his position. Although he is regarded by the
bar as the ablest judge on the bench he has been
to a certain extent the creature of accident He
was successful civil lawyer in 1869, when he
was appointed justice in the Court of Common
Pleas. He came into prominence in the great
reform movement Of 1871. in which he took an
active part In the following year. when politi-
clans were badly handicapped in the race for Of
fee, Judge Barrett was put forward as the re-
form candidate for the Supreme Bench, and was
elected for term of fourteen years. Last au-
tnmn he was reelected without opposition. He
is one of the few judges who could earn his sala-
~ as practicing lawyer. Since his elevation to
the Supreme Bench he has developed wonderful
Iy, particularly in the line of criminal
law. Only two or three of his de-
cisions have ever been reversed by the
Court of Appeals. In appearance and manner
he makes the impression of student rather
than of an active man of the world. He is not
over FIVE feet six inches in height, allows his
black hair to grow to rather an Questionable
length. and wears full beard and mustache.
His face is pale and his whole bearing indicative
of refinement. In all important cases he pre-
pares his decisions and charges and reads from
manuscript in low voice and calm tone AS
recent events have proved, he is quite capable
of usiHg severe language, bat his severity is
never the impatient ontburst of the moment.
1t is deliberate and truly judicial, and it is safe
to say concerning his remarks anent the boy
colt cases that every word was considered in ad-
vance with reference to its literal bearing upon
the subject. He is as firm, even stubborn, in
his opinions as if he were moro yociferous or
energetic in expressing them, and many crimi-
nal lawyer with hard case to defend, breads
to see Judge Barrett on the bench knowing,
from the experience of fourteen years. that few
exceptions taken in his court have any weight.
Several years ago Judge Barrett wrote play,
that was produced at Wallacks. and was speedi-
ly forgotten. With this exception, his mental
energies have been devoted almost entirely to
the stuiy of his profession. He is not yet fifty
wears old.
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The Werner Suicide and Murder.

kpect0I 10 the indianapolis journal
NEW YORK, July 10.-The reason why Max
Joseph Werner killed his little son and himself
turns out to have been, as intimated il the first
account Of the CRIME, shat he had lost the boys
Inheritance of $4,000 in Wall street. Exact in
formation of his failure TO win fortune at stock
gambling discloses curious case. Werner was
tailor in moderately prosperous business when
bis wife died, leaving the mentioned sum to the
boy. The father fondly imagined that by using
the money in Wall street he could multiply it.
He fancied that, by operating only on cleyerly
devised plans, with no guess work, he could
surely become wealthy. He closed his shop and
hired desk-room in Broad street. This was in
February last. He waited until he thought his
opportunity had come. He learned that Austin
Corbin had fallen i'll, and that the physicians did
not expect him to recover. Corbin is the pres-
dent and heaviest stakeholder in the Long Island
railroad, also the controller of many hotel aud
resort enterprises connected with that route The
death OF Corbin, as the novice reasoned, would
inevitably depreciate the value of Long Island
STOCK. which had risen steadily during the past
five years from 40 to 80. Werner satisfied him
self, by diligent inquiry, that Corbns ailment
was Brghts disease and that he was in the last
stages. That WAS all mistake, though Corbn
was very Ill. Werner, therefore, sold Long ISL
and short. in order to reap the harvest when the
stock should be cut down. Meanwhile, he con-
fdcntly paid out more and more of his S., 900 on
calls from his broker for margins, because the
stock went on increasing. until one recent day
1t touched 100 Werner looked on the matter as
merely question whether his fund or Corbin's
life would last longest Every morning he
looked anxiously in the papers for the death an
nouncement. So sure did ne feel as to his vent
ure that he arranged TO 60 with his boy into the
country for the rest of the summer as soon as
the desired elimination was reached. But Cor
bins disease was merely nervous prostratiou,
and he had gone to Saratoga for rest. On the
day of the crime Werner learned for a certainty
that Corbin was in no immediate danger of
death. but was advancing towards recovery 1t
was then, with less than two dollars on earth
and a fresh notification from his broker that
new margin was requisite, he shot bullets
through his own and sons heads.
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stories OF the house will be built this high over
reaching roof with the exterior covered with
singles painted red There will be a two-story
back building erected for kitchen and servants
quarters, and the interior will be remodeled and
fitted up in style to correspond to the pretty
modern design of a cottage, which the exterior
will then assume. It is expected that the house
will be ready for use by the LIST of October.
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A permit was taken out in Washington, re-
Gently, to remodel and enlarge the house recent
~ purchased by the President on the Woody
Lane road. The plans as prepared by the ar
chitects provide for the addition to the present
structure of third story of a very ornamental
and handsome design. This third story will be
in the hieh-pointed roof pierced with dormer
windows, the caves extending over some four
the second story. There will be double porches
twelve feet wide extending on the south and
west and part Of the east sides of the house.
Upon the stone walls forming the present two
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What Professor Proctor Is To Dc.

Prof. X. A. Proctor to an interviewer
1 am proposing a temporary rest not only
from the work of lecturing. but from literary
work of the lighter sort, in order that may
find or make time to complete a work on as
tronomy. toward the preparation of which all
that have done during the past twenty years
has been directed. I have long felt dissatis-
fed with what may be called the literature of
astronomy, in which we find nothing compar-
able with the admirable geological works by
Lyell. the Geikies Especially Alexander} and
others
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An Epitaph in a Surrey Churchyard

Here lies poor woman who always was tired,
For she lived in world where much was required:
Don't weep for me, friends" (thus she said) FOR
I'm going
To where there's reading. writing, sewing;
Do not weep for me. friends for when lifes thread
shall sever.
I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever"
Toronto Truth
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Dion and Campbell at Billiards.

Special TO tho Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK. July 10.-A party of friends of the
demented billiardist. Joseph Dion, went to the
Bloomingdale Asylum to see him. They found
him in the bi.iard-room of that institution, al
play with BARLEY Campbell, the insane dramat
Est. These two patients are doomed to die Of
progressive softening OF the brain, and alike
their chief symptom physically is paresis, or ar
Inability to control their motions. For instance
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A Call for the Other side.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
That eminent divine and rather labored hu-
morist, the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, d. d..
said yesterday at Chautauqua that the Languages
were taught in a superficial manner in the coli
leges. aud that the Chautauqua course was
much more thorough. Welt Now let the coll
leges be heard from. The collegiate idea. we be-
lieve has been hitherto that the Chautauoua
course was the most active promoter of me-
diocrity that had ever been put into operation ia
this or any other civilized country.
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He Homes for Notorlety.

81. PauI FIOHttT FFts5
1t would appear that Sam Jones thirsts for no
toriety, to a certain extent at least. In CONVEX
sation with gentleman on the grounds the
other day, he remarked II am worth 500 a
day now: If l can get enough newspaper adver
Using I'll soon be worth $1,000 a day. and then
I'll go to Europe"
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beetles. who are regularly invited to dinner ana
to social gatherings Of oil kinds, where thoif
idiocy is ieered at to the intense delight OF the
young people, and without remonstrance on the
part of the elderly. But whoever heard al
yachtsmen going crazyl
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The Hateful Cincinnati Girl.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
Miss Spriggins wears such hideous clothes.
wonder where she gets them" said matron az
Long Branch. "Why, don't you knowr ex.
claimed Miss Pourke, of Cincinnati. ''Hss
clothes are made at home She's some of thai
Chicago dressed meat you read Of"
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Mr.. Wilmont, an English expert in such mat
ters, gives us bit of statistics that sparkless
He says that six and half tons of diamonds
tons, mark you-have been dug up in south
Africa. This product, as he further figures, has
brought 5000, 600, 900.
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The Next Governor of Georgia.

boston necoru.
ways but his greatest dizziness consists in get
ting the contents of a friends flask emptied into
his own perennially empty flask, without the
friend knowing anything about 1t until Gordon
is out of sight and the mistake cannot be REM
edied.
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BATHING pants at Paul d. Krausss, 26 and %
North Penn eylyania street.
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The 10,
10, and Small Method In Boston.

The p fingers seem to take kindly to the
Sam Star in this neighborhood. Perhaps Virs
tue has L a mistake by trying to use too cor
rect language.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-31
ALEXANDRIA VA, SATURDAY EVENING JULY 3d. 1886
nL .L, ,,, g. .l -

The school rules are thus summed up:
"Avoid doing anything on the streets or at
school, that would be unbecoming as we'll
bred child and Christian" Our girls will
be interested to know that the use Of chew
ing gum is prohibited in school and out, as
we'll as that of tobacco. As to the course of
studies, it seems TO me an excellent one.
Both English and French are taught and all
pupils must learn both, so that all young
people speak two languages we'll. This ia
necessary here. The primary course begins
with the alphabet and carries the pupil in
three years through the 1st, End and 3rd
readers, the fundamental rules and denomi-
nate numbers in arithmetic, sacred history,
and the elements of grammer and geogra-
ply. The intermediate lasts two years and
uses the 4th and 5:h readers. completes syn.
tax, geography the History of Canada, and
arithmetic to and including discount. The
commercial course of two years finishes the
French and English course, and teaches
bookkeeping, commercial transactions, cor
respondence, geography aud arithmetic and
the mensuration Of solids. as we'll as drawing
and singing, which have been commenced
lower down. Beyond this Is polytechnic
school, which teaches civil mining, mechan-
ical aud industrial engineering in a course
of three years. To SUN up my impressions
on the subject would say that the Cana
dian system seems to aim at and secure solid
rather than brilliant results, and that it has
to my mind evident advantages over ours
FIDELIs