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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
An Endemic of Murder.

PARIS Jan. 1s.-The present murder epi-
demic in France is the subject OF universal
comment. The newspapers record eleven
murders and FIVE attempts to murder within
six days. The Monarchist paper attributes
the bomicidal mania to the spread o, an
archist- IDEAS
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
WASHINGTON.
Postmaster General Wis Says Mall Super
iniendent Burt W.ill hot Be Removed.
House Bulls nAtrodoced Yesterday BY In
diana R>prezentatives- scheme to
Pool Jsssos Between Dakota and Mon
Sesa-Nctes and Personals.
1eo,,lYo the Sentinel.

Breeftl to the sentinel.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS Postmaster Gen
eral Villas practically said to-day to Bernard,
OF Ohio, tfat he was not going to make any
change in the Superintendent of Mails and
that Mr.. Burt would not be disturbed,
but en- the contrary he was to
be kept in the service, and an applicant for
the position may as well stay at home and
not bother him any more about it. This put
a quietus on It, whereupon Mr.. Bernard
asked to have his papers withdrawn from
the files. As previously named IL these dis
patches, Mr.. Villas thinks he can not run the
department With Democrats, bUtlnsists upon
keeping Republicans in Office. There is a
volley of indignation going up tonight by
good Democrats, who are swearing vengeance
against the entire administration and prom
ising to Stew their strength ct the next cleo
ton.
House B1ls Introduced Yesterday by Izt7t-
anians.
Special to the Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-fThe following bills
were introduced in the House to-day By In
dianiens:
of the artillery of the United States Army;
granting pension to Taylor VOss of Bloom
ington; also to Susan Carmichael and Wiley
SPUrgeon-
BY Mr.. Browne: TO pay 1927 to the Ex-
eeutive Committee en- Indian Affairs of the
Western Yearly meeting of friends in In
diana for money paid by them in purchasing
lots in North Caroliua on which to erect an
Indian training school.
By Mr.. Ward: Granting pension TO Lena
Afford.
BY Mr.. Ford: Granting pension to ]. F,
MeMichael.
By Mr.. Kleiner: Granting pension tC
c. Johnson and NJ! Fetrel.
By Mr.. Howard; Granting pension tc
J. a. Dram and Elizabeth Ward.
By Mr.. Holman: Granting pensions to
Harry Fisk and 5Chn Ellis.
By Mr.. BynUm: To remove the charge o
desertion against the military record ol
James Kelley and Frank Wemple.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
a Hot Fight Anticipated Between the Sen
ate and the President.
Special to the Sentinel,

70
WASHINGTON, Jan. IT, 1t is reported
that the Senate Republicans have de-
cided to issue subpenas to compel the Cabinet
officers to furnish the information desired
regarding the suspension of old officials and
the appointment of new ones. This matter
was discussed in caucus yesterday, and it IS
believed that the chairmen OF the committees
as they are refused the information will issue
subpenas to compel its production. Should
the Cabinet officers reply that they have no
information on the subject, but that it rests
with the President, that will end the question
of force, for the Senate Committee of course
can not subpoena the President. Every hour
adds to indications of hot fight between
the Senate and Executive, and the prospects
of long list of reflections by the Senate.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
Carlisle in the supreme Court,

Special to the Sentinel.
WAsHNGToN, Jan. 1S.-Speaker Carlisle
appeared in the Supreme Court to-day, and
presented an argument in the Gas Company
case asking that mandamus issue immedi-
ately. His arguments were accompanied by
affidavits and briefs, which were submitted.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
General DeCourcey RecaIled-A Treaty of
Commerce.

PARIS, Jan. 1S.-General De Courcey, the
French commander in AMMAN, has been re-
called. His place will be taken by General
Warnet.
The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
has approved a treaty of commerce with the
Transvaal on the most favored nation basis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
Editor Stead ReIeased.

LONDON. Jan. 1S.-Mr. Stead, editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette, who in November was
sentenced to three months imprisonment
for his connection with the Eliza Armstrong
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20

abduction case, was released to-day. Mr..
Stead is well, and will speak tonight at
meeting of his friends and sympathizers.
He will then take fortnight's holiday.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
The Dog Craze.

LONDON, Jan. 1S.-The police authorities
have ordered that all dogs be muzzled for a
further term of sixty days.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20

thOIefd DfsHpptdreu TFUli VfbfdItaIs
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 1S.-Cholera has almost
entirely disappeared from the vicinity of
Gibraltar. The town itself is healthy.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-20
Bayard and bismarck.

Special to the Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The seizure of the
Samoan Islands by the German Government
may bring about serious trouble between
Bismarck and Bayard. In January, 1878, a
treaty was made and signed by President
Hayes on the part of the United States and
NJ. X. i. Mamea and ]. G. Colmesnil (for-
merly OF Louisville, Ky.) representing the
Samoan Government, which was ratified by
the United States Senate in February, 1878.
By the terms Of the treaty the United States
guaranteed the independence of the Samoan
Government and the latter ceded to this
country the splendid harbor of P4go-Pago,
on the island of Tuituilla, Samoa, for coal
ing and naval station forever. The treaty
was for ten years. Namea and Colmesnil
were sent back to Samoa in the United
States steamship Adams, and the ratifca-
ton of the treaty by the Samoan Govern
Tnent took place soon after the arrival of the
Adams at Apia, in June of that year, with
great eclat, the festivities lasting week.
The treaty does not expire until 1883, and
the United States is in honor bound to stand
by it. Previous to the making of the treaty
the Samoan Government had hoisted the
American flag over the Samoan banner, and
claimed the protection of the United States
against the encroachments of Germany and
England. Bismarck has long had his eve
upon the Bay of Pagopago, and if the United
States allows him to snatch it baldheaded
from her grasp the stars and stripes should
be hauled in from eiery foreign port and sent
home to be sold for old rags.
Good story About Senator Edmunds.
Special 70 the Sentinel.
WAsHINGIOE, Jan. 17.-In connection with
the mistake Of the Finance Committee of
the Senate in calling upon the President for
the reasons for his action in suspendng
officials. when. they should have asked only
for information good story is told OF
senator Edmunds. On the first day OF the
session the Senator was appointed as one
member of the committee TO call on the
President and notify him that Congress was
in session and awaited bis pleasure. The
President said that the official copies Of his
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14
Talking Morse.

"l'he Morse telegrapbie code is the
simplest and most available mode og
secret communication eyer invented, "
said an ex-lelegraph operator, "and ii
/ there ever is system Of written Ian
gllage invented, it will be based on
something like the Morse code.-snaces
dots and dashes - instead of arbitrary
and complex letters Ii can he con
vcyed through the esr by the masic of
base drum or hum of a tuniug fork
and through The eve hy the dropping
of Il lash or the sweep of flag Any
two eolars will do for the base of the
Morse system, When / WAS boy, Il
friend aud myself frequently astonlSh he'd
guests at parties by exhibitions of
mind reading, some lady present
would give my confederate question
to ask gentleman At the other and of
the room. lie would walk around
touching a bnman being tn
signify a dash, while LAYING his finger
on an inanimate object signiied dot.
After each letter bad been completed
he would glance AT me. When | had
thus read the question | went to he
gentleman, interrogaled, repeated the
words in whisper and received his
reply. This, | communicated to my
friend by HE above described signnls,
and thus the messages We're EXCHANGED
without the principals uftering or
writing a word to onc another. 1t was
a source of great amusement and my
friend and myself were n great monop-.
oily in our innocent way'
Others relate anecdotes, showing
how they bad used, alternately, their
eyes, heir cars, their hands, ihe' fin.
gers aud their feet in-tns secret, silen;
style of communication.
Il am ashamed sto confess, now"
said one, but | have often used Morse
to talk to my sweetb heart in church
and prayer meeting People knew
we were engaged so they paid no AT.
'enton TO the proximity OF onr hands
during services AS the sign for a dot
| squeezed the index finger Of one of
her hands. and for dash, squeezed
the second finger | pressed Il little
harder when L made dash, to empna.
size It's superior size When she
talked back, she squeezed my fingers
in turn, and though she couldn't send
very fast, ! just thought | was in
heaven. She criticised all the girls
bonnets and dresses, and we exchanged
all the gossip we knew about those
who were within view, and she got
many a scoldiIg for .iinbelief mani
rested by smiling while the minister
was unfolding doctrine. Lord bless
you, we never knew what he WAS say.
ing.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14
\ Piano s&iaier.

L IS no secret, says Continental
contemporary, thai private scholar
is ruined man if next dnor 10 his res
+ idence, on the same floor maiden
practices on the piano from o'clock
10 IN the afternoon, and the after
noon AGAIN from 8 to !, besides giving
performances 10 friends in he course
Of The evening. Knocking against the
wall, whislling, bonenrding the wall
with boots, is OF no avail against
piano mama. There has, indeed, huh.
erlo been no remedy, and we are still
waiting FOR piano lax. Lately, how.
ever. Il Berlu electrician has HELPED II
tortured friend by meaus of piano
killer Miss Else fad 10 her' heluyed
piano ON recent lovely sprIng day.
Her delight al touching the KEYS
could be felt through the wall, when
snddenly-oh heavens-the whole
piano went ont ot tune and not a single
sound was correct. The girl lrembed
with fear, ana the operators next door
heard through the wall how she began
TO weep, whlcl, soflened the heart of
!. the electrician, who WIS, however,
furlously attacked by his friend when
attempting to restore its music to the
instrument, the enraged savant swear
ing that the iortures which he had
endured froT the piano were not to be
atoned for so easilv
The case of Else's piano became
widely known, chiefly because now
and then the old clear music returned
10 the keys. The greatest musician
and pianoist doctors came IN fiocks to
examine the strange case, bur no one
could solve Tie riddle, which was
finally explained as follows. 4 large
electro-magnet was put into the room
OF The tortured savant, and its poles
were put close to the wall, against
which the piano stood in the next
house. An electric battery was con-
neeied with the electro magnet
Whenever y strong stream of elec.
lricity WAS turned on lis effect could
easily be felt through The wall by the
horizontal Steel strings in the piano,
and, although the electricity was not
very powerfully felt. it was quite pow.
erfnl enough 30 put the piane.out of
nnne Whenever the electric stream
Nas stopped, which occurred as often
rs the victim of the piano plague
went out, the mystical influence
stopped, and Miss Else could play.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14
a New Swindle.

He went To the store of one of the
most fashionable iaiiors IN Chestnut
street aud arrayed himself ia an ex.
pensive sum,nof suit. Then he said :;
II mus, pay yen by check, but as
you do not know me, | will not ask
you to take one of my own. You are
acquainted, of course, with the gentle
man who keeps the drug store on the
corner. Let us go in there. He Is u
friend Of NINE and is preparing
check for me"
In the drug store The stranger called
out familarly to the proprietor, Who
was be hind the screen: doctor, is
lhat ready?n
"In n moment was the reply.
Then said the stranger 10 the tailor:
al must 20 across the street and see
shat il is all right"
In little while The tailor was
handed bottle
What is thisY" he asked.
Your cough mixture
81 don't want n cough mixture. |
want a check
IL know nothing about a check"
Then it came out that the stranger
had ordered at the drag store y cough
mixture for his dear friend, Mr.. -,
The tailor, aho was suffering from
severe cod, The doctor new nothing
about his eutor. rising visitor, and he
has not returned 50 inquire ii The
tailor is better
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14

send to ,he BrLLETIN ollice tnr job
work every description
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14
Inflammation I'm Eggs

There is condition Of the egg. little
known, which considerably impairs
It's sanitary value as an article of food.
Soon after ii became the practice 10
transport eggs in large quantities and
to long distances by railway trains, il
WAS found on their arrival that adhe.
sion had taken place between the
membranes Of the velk and those of
the she'll, so that the yelk could not be
turned out of the shell unbroken. On
examination by experienced paihoio
gists this was'found 10 be tho result of
true Inflammation; The mater iaI of the
adhesi IN 'was found TO be precisely the
same aS that Of the plastic exudation
in Inflammation of the lungs or
bowels Il will ai first seem absurd
TO speak OF inflammation IN such nm
uniformed mass us an egg, but this
arises from our forgetting that, struct
ure,ess aud unorganized us it seems,
the egg, even when fresh laid, is u W.
ing being, capable Of disease from
external causes. The enusc Of this
Inflammation is undoubtedly The
shaking and friction from lhe motion
of the cars, aud it cannot but render
the egg more or less unhealthy, as the
products OF Inflammation ean never
be as salutaIy in food as these OF
healthy growth.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14

Her summer bonnet you'd declare IL
Imported here direct from Paris
But its the on she wore last year,
Trimmed over by the little d3ar
Her dress Is marvelously sweet
The way she fixed it up was neat.
Her gloves looked wonderfully new
She deity sewed the rip or two.
Her brains with nonsense never teen:
She won | eat earsmels or cream
Non've seen her3--Ah. tnat heartfelt sigh
In fancy, often. So have /.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14
n Poisonous Pedagogue.

A landed proprietor of The Prussian
province OF Pomerunia has preferred a
curious charge against n schoolteacher
or tarpard. That peaagogue, who
had served the family in the capacity
Of a private tutor, was so incura5ly ad-
dicted 10 the use of tobacco that he
smoked his siEong cigars in the pres
ence of his young pupils, who at last
were simultaneously stricken with a
mysterious disease. One of the chl.
dren died and complltee Of physi-
cians diagnosed the complaint as
nlcolosis, II marasmas eansed by The
poisonous principle .of dobaecV smoke.
q -as--
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-09

they have right to do as thu y please
about it. But the Richmond theaters
are institutions intended for public
amusement, and not for any single or
ganization or class of men. The
Knights. therefore, who took this negro
with them. and demanded that the rule
of the estab .ishment they visited should
be set aside according to their will, ard
that public opinion should be defied,
were guilty of grave violation, not
only of all the claims of decorum and
good order, but also of common decency.
The fact that they were enjoying the
hospitality and freedom of Southern
city should, if there We're nothing else
| to be considered. of itself have been a
sufficient inducement TO them to respect
the known wishes of the citizens. They
should have borne in mind that they
who are so tenacious of their rights
ought to have respected the rights eff
others.
! 1t is not likely that the Order, as an
| Order, will countenance this fragrant
breach OF good manners on the Fart OF
the sixty Knights guilty of it, nor that
the better element of the organization
will ever indorse social equality between
white and negro members. Certainly
the respectable body of the Knights II
the South will set their faces against it.
and if such social equality is persisted
in. a wedge will be inserted by its
means which will split the organization
to pieces in this section.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-09
County Commissioners.

The readers of THE News have seen
enough in the past four months to enable
them to judge of the great importance of
able men on the Board of County Com
missioners. Our present board is COM
posed of well qualified officers, and have,
no doubt, given general satisfaction in
their official work.
Whether any or all of them are candi-
dates for reelection or not we are not
advised. but we doubt if a better board
could be easily selected.
There is an impression that one of the
County Commissioners should be selected
from Palatka. Palatka is not directly
represented on the board ct present, and,
being the wealthiest portion of the
county, should not be without repre-.
sentation. We believe the late Col. De
vail was the last commissioner from Pa
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-09
Poor Argument.

How Mr. r. J. Morgan expected to
make any capital for his Prohibition
party by presenting the flag that was
suspended over a barroom in Ocala GU
ring the Democratic convention with
the words &" Democratic Headquarters"
written on it, the Sentinel is unable to
see. The Democratic convention had no
more to do with that flag than Mr.. Nor
gan has to do with the South Florida
Railroad. 1t was simply an advertise
ment, gotten up by an individual, bar
keeper, to attract at ention. Such things
are done every day. The Democratic
convention was the chief object Cf at
traction and topic of conversation at that
time, and it was but natural for live
advertiser to jump at any name or word
that would catch the public's eye, In
the same manner the word earthquake
has been used by thousands of adver-
tisers. If Mr.. Morgan expects to injure
the Democratic party in this manner
after it has given us the only temper
ance law we have ever had, he is long
ways off his base. His animal has nc
terrors for Orlando Sentinel
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-09
The knights and the Race Issu

u
The recent course of the knights of
Labor, in Richmond, on the race ques-
ton will, if persisted in, says the
Savannah Times, be certain TO ex-
cite prejudice against that order in the
South. They cannot, perhaps, draw the
line SO distinctly as to prevent negroes
from becoming members Of their organi-
zation, though they might, even in that,
arrange, il they so desire it, for separate
assemblies of whites and blackG. But
thew can, beyond any doubt. prevent any
social commingling of the races, just as
is done in the Church and various secu-
lar organizations, and even if the North
era members of the order have no feel
ing on the subject, they might at least
respect the sentiment which so over
whelmingly prevails in the Southern
| city, where their General Assembly is
now sitting.
This, it seems, they have not done, but
have determined ID fly in the face of
public opinion in Richmond, and bid the
people there open defiance. Arrange
ments are being made for grand ball in
| that city, and the question as TO whether
or not whites and blacks shall dance to-
gether on the same platform, has already
been agitated. The conclusion which
has been reached, so it's said, is that no
effort will be made to separate the races.
There will be two dancing pavilions, but
if the negroes do not see fit to appropri-
| ha
whites in undisturbed occupany OF the
other, nothing will be done about it. If
| a negro couple make up their minds to
dance on the same platform with the
whites, no attention will be paid to it.
This. it would seem, is going a little
too far in Southern city, but, bad as if
ia. it is not the worst. Last night, the
dispatches say about sixty white knights
placed a negro member of the order a!
their head, and, marching to one Of the
theaters, at which they had secured
seats. demanded admission for him Oh
the same terms with themselves. They
did this knowing that one of the rule:
of the theater was for colored people tc
occupy only a special portion of the
building, and yet they deliberately or
ganized a body with the intention Of
outrsging public sentiment, in city IL
which they were strangers, and to which
they were visitors, and determined tina
the negro brother should sit in one OF
the front rows of the theater or they
would give trouble.
There is no possible excuse for such
conduct. So far as the ball is concerned
, that is entirely their affair. Ii is ;
knight of Labor entertainment, and i
L. the white Knights of Labor do not OBJ
: ject to social mingling with the blacks
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-09
Full Blood ana thorough Bred.

In popular language the terms are sy-
nonomous. When used in reference to
horses, there is a well defined difference
between them, which it would argue ig-
norance to neglect. Some writers seek
to establish a difference also, when they
are used in relation to sheep, and in this
way: \ full-blood is one in whose veins
there is no admixture or stain of any
other blood but the Spanish, while a
thoroughbred is all that and something
more. A sheep may be a fuli-blood
(pure blood would be better term, and
yet be so deficient in form or fleece as to
be unfit for breeder. But a thorough
bred is the outcome of long line of an
cestors, which, beginning with pure
blood, have been so consummately mol
ded by man to a special purpose, that
this last and finished product is, so to
speak, incapable of begetting or bearing
| 8 progeny different from itself. While
these ought to be, and with accurate
men are, the definitions of the two
! terms, in popular usage they are not, and
are constantly misapplied.
All lions, all tigers, all animals in a
state of nature are full-bloods. pure
| bloods. average types OF their respec-
| tive races; but not all of them are thor
I oughbreds; that is, not all of them are
so even in sheir qualities, and so Sc und
| in their constitutions, as to be able &c
produce progeny up TO the level OF the
race standard. They are weeded out by
natural selection; they are Informed, oil
weak, or lacking in cunning, and they
perish in the struggle of life, leaving the
best individuals behind to perpetuat'
the race. Under a state of domestica-
ton in which man seeks 20 preserve al
the individuals, good and poor, he mus
himself conduct this selection of hi
breeders. AglicuitUriSf TO
| October