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Splendid Target-shooting.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journas.
LAFAYETTE, March 29.-Fred Erb, jr..
of this city. has performed the remarkable feat
of breaking 400 Cleveland standard targets in
500 shots. Mr.. Erb wagered that he could
break 475. and began on Monday, shooting at
200; Tuesday, 200; Wednesday. 100. He used
No. IL Lefever gun on Monday. and No. 10 on
Tuesday. The targets were sprung from traps,
sixteen yards the first day, and eighteen yards
the second and third. The score
Monday, first 100. ..-..---..-..--1OO
Monday, second 100. 90
Tuesday, first 100 81
Tuesday, second 100.----- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
wednesday. 80
Total.
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johnson City. (Kan.) special
The Rev. Sprague Davis, Methodist minis
ter. was convicted to-day OF using indecent Ian
Ruage IN the pulpit aud fined $500. He con.
Quoted his own defense. He appealed.
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address by q Thlrd-Party Prohlbltioni.t.

CHICAGO, March 29-Prof. Samuel Dckie,
chairman of the national Prohibition committee,
in addressing mass-mestinR of 2 500 people at
Central Music Hall tonight. said the prohibi-
tion issue the only purely national
before the people 1t offered the reasons
and arguments every foot Of territory IN the
Uuion. Prohibition, he admitted, did not pro-
hibrt. For that very the enforcement of
a prohibition enac tment must De always put
into the hands of men who would make il effect
i've. In closing, he challenged any one IN tho
audiences 10 dispute the proposition that there
no question in politics but what man may take
either side of il and consistently belong 30 the
Democratic or Republican party.
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The Labor Party Movements.

New York, March % THE sun this morn
ing says:
A Chicago dispatch said yesterday that the
advocates Of the slngletax idea. better kno wn
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, 1888-04-11

The present condition OF the sewing
machine business is not favorable to the
development of men who shall be thor
Oughly educated both in the CONNER
cial and mechanical sides of the trade.
Men die when their usefulness is past, as
a machine is destroyed when its parts are
worn out. This depletes the ranks surely,
and it is the only thing hat seriously
lessons the number of sewing machine men
in this country. 1t is as remarkable as it
n fortunate thing for the sewing machine
trade that n man who becomes identified
with it thoroughly, seldom leaves IL till
he dies.
Where are the coming experts coming
from2 In the factories, where every man
is engaged duplicating the same pieces
forever, and the adjusters and inspectors
never see any practical work. There
neither is opportunity nor practice pos
sible in the factories for the development
of experts. In the agencies, where the
manager was n bookkeeper or canvasser,
and who is a rusher2 Where the ~repairers
are so VIGOROUSLY incompetent as to be-
come the butt of ridicule2 And the man
ufacturing man is a specialist operator
who does not know anything whatever of
mechanical construction? There is no ma
terial in the office for the making of ex-
perts. To make experts You must take
mechanically proficient men Jacks of all
trades will not do, and teach them the
practical side of the business in the places
where sewing machines are used as tools.
To know one make or style of machine is
not sufficient; he must understand all Of
them, and understand them well. In adj
ditfon, he must study machines of obso-
lete patterns, for that which is new is fire.
quently old, and often machines nave
failed for very trivial causes, and the per-
son who desires to become nm eXnert in
the sewing machine business must know
its mechanical history thoroughly. There
is plenty of work to be lone by the man
who begins today to acquire the knowl-
edge which the old experts nave gained in
forty years, but by the time he knows it
well there will be a demand for his ser
ices.-Sewing Machine News.
, 1888-04-11

The new German emperor is-or was
before stricken with his present ominous
malady-a splendid athlete, both on land
and in water. years ago." says n writer
in Galignani's Messenger, IL was swim
ming in the river near Cologne, when u
youthful giant, leaping into the water
from the scaffolding of the military bath,
came down upon us with a terrific splash,
greatly disturbing the equanimity of old
Father Rhine. The noisy arrival was the
heir to the Prussian and German thrones,
n passionate sportsman alike in the liquid
as on frozen water. Stretching himself
full length, and striking out with extraor-
binary yigor, he made several circuits
of the eXtensize basin, and presently be-
gan to live in the most accomplished and
effectual style.
"a bevy of small boys, who had been
jumping into the water after him, intent
upon sharing the bonors of the bath with
the illustrious visitor, next attracted his
attention. Seated upon a floating log, he
would skim along the greenish waves,
by the delighted youngsters
and perpetrating all manner of tricks
upon them, like Neptune playing with
T%ritons; or, changing the game, he would
place the boys upon the log and drag them
and push them about amid the exultant
shout of the dripping hest. When he
left at last, the boys hurried after him in
n body, and, dressing with the utmost ex-
petition, stood awaiting the prince as he
emerged from his cabin. Amused at their
hearty cheers, and averse from cutting on
terra tirma those who had been boon com
panions in n less stable element, the
crown prince invited his juvenile friends
to the Aquatic restaurant and stood treat
to the whole lot. New York Tribune.
, 1888-04-11

Politeness has not quite died out,
although II man has to be full to rise to
that height Of digniled graudiose chiyalry
which used to be quoted as elegant wit.
He is an Irishman, and lie had been hay
ing a delightful evening. The poetry had
begun to bubble ont of him and he had
reached II state Of emotional p~oliteness.
They had been together 4 great many
hours. They had met hundred times be
fore, but the freshman had no recollection
of it at that period Of the morning. They
were parting.
'Sor,'' said the Irishman, sit has given
me the complatcst delight to mate you
this evening""
THE same to YOU
Yes. sur; ! an Il man of deep sym
pathies and sincere loyalty, and | like you.
You are, sur, one Of the most charming
men | ever met. You are, %indudc."
'Thauk you
Besides, sor, - and the Irishman took
OIL his hat and made n profound bow, "a
always pay respect, scr, to Il handsome
man."
''That, major, is self-respect, ",'said the
other, with an equally profound saluta-
ton. Then they each went off in the
wrong direction.-San Francisco Chronicle
''Undertones
, 1888-04-11
Unolean worshlpers of nennres.

At three Of the CHATS crematories were
being made, at each of two there was one
body being burned, but at the other five
pyres were burning, and two corpses were
wrapped in white cloth, one lying with
the lower limbs in the water, to be Gre
mated when the pile should be ready. A
sewer from the city was emptytng its
reeking, filthy sewage into the river not
twenty feet above the spot where the
body was lying, and several bathers We're
gulping down great mouthfuls of the
water about ten feet below the dead body
strange i~nfatuationl Not far from this
and above it was a deep tank, in which
was as nasty n compound as one could
imagine; it was, say, fifteen by thirty feet
in dimension. Its waters had not been
changed for months. Thousands nave
bathed in it, and great quantities of mari
Colds n other flowers, milk and confec-
lions are daily thrown into it as offerings,
until it looks as fetid as n c%esspool, yet
dainty women, whose necks, arms and
ankles are weighted down with rarest
jewels, lay aside their outer garments of
embroidered gauze and silk and lave their
faces and rounded forms in the shrinking
slime, and believe themselves washed from
impurities. Garter Harrison's Letter.
, 1888-04-11

Every little while some public critic
as a strange fact that some
chef in a noted hotel gets more pay than
a college president, or that the cook of
some Vanderbilt or another is better paid
than a congressman. Well, why not?
Can a man be a good cook and at the
same time n brainless ignoramus, not
knowing the chemical substance and
value of his concoctions2 Without for a
moment undertaking scholarship, it
may also be suggested that a college pro-
fessor may be a man of vast requirement,
with little idiyidual power of his own,
while a noted chef must possess in
ventive resources and a highly developed
taste.
Really, the physical good that such a
mar might do the community by. head
ing a large c%aravansary might quite
balance the good mentally bestowed by
any one professor. Doubtless, too, the
value in health accruing to one rich
family from a good cook might quite
balance the good done to the community
by any one average congressman. We
should not underrate talents that make
physical health if we want a good basis
for mentality Boston Record.
, 1888-04-11

A Wabash avenue tailor was telling me
the other day of a certain Chicago man,
n born rich aristocrat, who returned from
Europe not long since with 125 suits of
clothes, all made in London. OF course
the Chicago tailor didn' like this, and had
several unpleasant remarks to make about
the codGshncss Of n mar who would buy
1875 suits of clothes at once, and was par.
ticularly severe upon the un-American,
unpatriotic purchase of them in a foreign
city. / was more interested in knowing
what n man could do with 1875 suits of
clothes, and how long they would last
him. "Wcll,m said the tailor, che will
wear on an average three suits n day.
None of them will he care to wear more
than ten or fifteen times, and so l reckon
that his present outfit will last him till
he can make another trip to Europe, per-
haps this summer, or at the latest next
year. Even in Chicago the London tailor
craze has taken from us some Of our most
profitable trade, and in New York the
tailors are finding Lcndon competition to
be quite Il serious matter. Chicago
Herald.
, 1888-04-11
A Collection OF Crowns.

The next room Ito the throne room of
the Kremlin palace contains probably
the finest collection of jewels in the
world, ever more valuable than those of
the holy synod, but not so rare and curl
GUS. Here is an assemblage of crowns,
most of them coming from the palaces
where the thrones were stolen, and some
time worn by royal heads. The crowns
of Poland, Kazan, Georgia, Astrakhan,
Persia and others are more splendid, be-
ing covered with some of the largest and
most precious tones ever known
''crowns upon crowns, oceans of pearls,
rivers of diamonds, " as one writer has
expressed it. Beyond them are the an
Gent crowns of the czars, the double one
for Peter the Great and his half witted
brother being the most curious, and it
sits before a double throne, with a place
behind the drapery where their sister
Sophia used to sit and prompt them what
to do and say on occasions of ceremony.
The costliest crown in the entire col
lection was made by the order of Peter the
Great for the Swedish peasant girl who
crime 1, the number of diamonds in
it being $3.50, all of them large, flawless
stones of the first water, with the largest
and finest ruby in the world as a crest.
The crown of van the Terrible has some
of the rarest stones, very large and per-
feet turquoises and sapphires of great
purity and value. In this room is a
large casket of solid gold, which contains
the code of the Gar Alexis. w. E.
Curtis in Chicago News.
, 1888-04-11

Attention has already been called to
the fact that among the lowest forms of
life there exists a marvellous rate of re-
production. As life advances, and plants
and animals are developed, the powers
of reproduction are curtailed, until man,
in the highest civilization, and in the
highest culture of that civilization, is
reached, when the rule of reproduction
is at a minimum. In this state of cult
ure the transfer of the struggle for exist
ence from man to the works of his crea-
ton is completed. With this transfer
there occurs another of wonderful ma
ture. The marvellous powers of repro
duction are transferred from the body of
man to the soul of man, and he multi
plies his intellectual creations at an
amazing rate. Arts are multiplied to
secur the joys of life, institutions are
multiplied to secure justice, linguistics
are multiplied to secure mental commu-
n~ication, and multiplied truths are dis
covered, so that the body Of science is
expanding toward the infinite and toward
the Observation-Disclosures
, 1888-04-11
AustrIa's Source of Wealth.

One of Austria's great sources of wealth
Is wood, and perhaps no country can boast
Of such IN mount of forests when com
pared to its area The Principal wood pro-
ducing provinces are Croatia, Slavonia
and the former military frontier. In these
provinces the woods occupy 1887, 234
acres, of which 20 per cent. is younger
growth and so per cent. timber forest; so
per cent. of this quantity is in the hands
of the government or of large land
owners, "a per cent. belong to the parishes,
5 1-2 per cent. is in the possession of the
clergy and l 1-2 per cent. is owned by
single peasants. Were the ground
covered by forests divided among all the
inhabitants, the portion falling to the lot
OF zach would be / "a acres. The cubic
measurement of this mass of wood is
1855, 966, 340cubic feet, which, reckoned
at nine tenths of a penny per cubic foot,
gives a total of $50, 707, 200. The yearly
increase is 131, $40, 914 cubic feet, which,
calculated at the value as given above,
amounts to upward of $500, 0O0.-Chicago
Times
, 1888-04-11
LIFE IN A FLAT.
Trials and T"ribuIations of People Who
Live in Big Apartment Houses

Live In Big Apartment Houses
Beyond, however, the merely construc-
tive faults lie the real causes for dissatis-
faction with life in a fiat. They have no
Tax them ever so little, they
cannot respond. Friends cannot be en-
tertained in them with any satisfaction;
to be sick in a fiat intensifies every ache
and pain; there is not a cheerful room in
the suite when the parlor is shut off and
one must lie in the small, not too airy
bed room, with all the varied sounds Of
not only ones own household but also of
that above and below, distinctly and
severally audible to the weakened nerves
and tired or feverish brain. And if a fiat
is no place to be sick, still less is it II
privacy nor sympathy. The mourning
pennant must flutter from the common
entrance door through which strangers to
the beloved dead inditferently pass; all
the pHraphcrnalia of death, the coming
and going Of the undertaken, the visits Of
cdndnliug friends, and finally the last
sad bearing away, must be carried on
under the curious If half concealed
scrutiny Of the fellow tenants. a flat
should be like heaven-there should be
neither sickness nor death, neither mar
rying nor giving in marriage, neither
births. feasts nor funerals, nor any sor-
row nor pain-not one, indeed, of the
emergencies of life SHOULD be encountered
under its mongrel roof
There, too, are the children in flats,
IS the pity of it, Iago," there are the chill
dren. 1t is n matter of interesting spec
ulatiun TO reflect what sort of a race be
developed from n few generations of fiat
children. Physically the child of n fiat is
subjected to all sorts Of restraint; the jan
itor exercises a stern control over his eX-
uberance; his toys and litter can be really
nowhere in the cramped quarters which
his family occupy; his play ground is the
streets, Nor are his manners aud morals
subjected to the right sort of influence.
Said a lady in the writer's hearing not
long ago: 'ln the course of a search
lutely for n flat, | entered an apartment
house in n desirable location uptown. The
entrance was attractive, almost imposing,
and the neat, polite hall boy added to the
pleasant impression which l received.
After looking at the flat to let, / detained
the boy n moment in the hall for some
further details, when our conversation
was interrupted by n noisy clatter of some
one descending from an upper story.
When the person came into view l saw "A
large, sluuchily dressed woman, coarse
aud |forbidding in feature, who, ignoring
my presence, advanced upon the hall boy
and began to upbraid him with harsh
Nchcmeuce for some duty unperformed.
at would be impossible for II gentle
woman in amy station of life to reprove II
servant for whatsoever ofTcnse, in the
nanne and language which she EN-
ployed, and | hurried away feeling that
rOthing would induce me to place my
young children in a position to possibly
assist MS witnesses to future similar
affairs" And such neighbors must be
encountered more or less in sharing with
, 1888-04-11

A question agitating some of the quasi
scientific journals just now is, "Where
do sea birds obtain fresh water to slake
their thirst" and the accepted answer is
by catching raindrops as they fall. This
seems a curious question and answer,
and they naturally suggest the query,
"Where do salt water fishes obtain fresh
water to slake their thirst" We never
hear of the fishes standing erect on their
tails, converting their mouths into fun
nels to catch the rain, although they may
possibly do SO sometimes as q special
treat. Fishes are proverbially thirsty,
and yet they apparently have to put up
with salt water to drink. Oysters GER
tainly must do so or go without; and
probably the sea birds do the same,
catching the drops of rain at suitable
times as a change.-Chicago News.
, 1888-04-11

l was greatly touched by the story of
the way the good man used to discipline
pupils by letting them ferule him until
they were fairly ashamed to be bad. l
was getting fearful over the picture, when
an iconoclastic friend stepped up with a
story that brought me to normal cheerful
ness again. o
1t seems that among the scholars of Mr..
Alcott was one who bore the kind old man
some grudge of long standing, and when
he was finally detected in evil he resolved
to settle the old score. Taking the ferule
to deal the master his usual vicarious pun
ishment, he raised it high in the air and
brought it down on the poor p~edagogue's
hand with such a tremendous whack that
hr nearly tainted with pain. The pupils
did no more feruling after that. So you
see another sweet illusion is savagely
smashed.-Cor. New York World.
, 1888-04-11

To shoot buffalo successfully one must
ride upon the right side and shoot with a
large caliber rifle and send the bullet
quartering through the lungs. The ami
NAL will not drop at the shot, but in a
few jumps the blood will run from his
mouth and nose, and as his life GIBBS away
he will stagger from sid to side like a
ship In a storm, and then with a mighty
last effort he springs forward. 1t is the
last jump he takes. He falls headlong
on the prairie, dead.-Dr. w. F. Carter
in San francisco Examiner.
, 1888-04-11

Two interesting tapestries, the ''Mar-
chande de Poissons'' and the ''Marchande
de Legumes," signed Franz van der
Borcht, have just been received at the
Gobelins museum, to which they were
~bequeathed by NJ. His de Butenval. The
curiosities of the Gobelins have also been
enriched by the present of a pair Of Chi
nese tapestries, depicting celestial sheep,
rams, hares and ~''roosters." The donor
is NJ. Colin de Plancy, by whom these
works were brought from China.-Chi-
cago Herald.
, 1888-04-11

The Griggs County Cd. T.) Courier
calls attention to the fact that Griggs
county contains o enough to seat the
entire population of the globe in arm
chairs within its limits, allowing each
person a space of thirteen square feet.
The county has an area of 100 square
miles, or over 90, 0OO, 600, 900 square feet,
and the worlds population is about
1900, 900, 900. The actual population of
the county is 5000 and some billiards.
Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-04-11

In Minnesota a state law compels all
agents for trees and nursery stock to have
in their possession a certificate setting
forth the name, occupation and residence
of their principals, and a statement as to
where the stock is grown, together with
a bond in the sum of 50, 900 to save
harmless any citizen of the state who
shall be defrauded by any false or fraud
ulent representations in any manner
Any agent refusing to comply as above is
liable to fine and imprisonment. Chi
caRo Times.
, 1888-04-11
a Valuable Man.

$50 you think you can dress u show
window SO that the ladies will all stop
and look Mt it, do your" asked the man
niger Of n dry goods store of an applicant
for work.
''Ycs, sir, | do"
would doy''
ard put n big mirror in the window
nndr-
"That's enough, young man; we don't
want you as an employe. Wen take you
in as a partner. '-Chicago Times.
, 1888-04-11

LOST don't know where, | cant
tell when, | don't see how-somethnG Of
great value to me, and for the return of
which | shall be truly thankful, viz; a
good appetite"
FoUND.-"Health and strength, pure
blood, an appetite like that OF a wolf, reg
ular digestion, all by taking that popular
md peculiar medicine, Hoods Sarsaparil
want everybody to try it this sea
Itis sold by all druggists. One
scs one dollar.
, 1888-04-11

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two: ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. VIII positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETiHE OINTMENT. Sold by pr.
W. N. Hunt, at % cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-04-11

Fixed electrical currents have been dis
covered to exist in the wings OF butter
flies, their detection requiring an exceed
ingly sensitive galvanometer. These cur-
rents have been thought to bear a very
strong relationship to the disposition Of
the c~oloring pigments Of the wings, for by
the aid of electric currents marked
changes can be brOIght about in their
color and mode of arrangement.-Globe-
Democrat.
, 1888-04-11

Old Lady lin bird store)-Can that
beautiful parrot talk'
Bird Fancier-Yes, indeed.
Old Lady-How muchf
Bird Fancier-One dollar, madam.
Old Lady-So cheap!
Bird Fancier-Yes, madam. He was n
good bird, but he's one off in value. His
last mistress taught him volapuk.-Tid
Bits.
, 1888-04-11

Nm oNN OF the good things of this
ssN life are snrrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia, hckers
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and so cents, by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-11

'Uucle Rastus, l am very sorry to hear
that you have lost your wife"
"Neber mind, boss; neber mind. rs
had de 'sperience. It'd Bits.
, 1888-04-11

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice Gqueurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
ktreats
, 1888-04-11
NONIos tha.are fretful, peevish.

cross, or troubled Win
Windy Collie, Teething Pains. or
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Ackers Baby soother.
It contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 20 cents. Sold by
DR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-11

A newspaper printed in Gaelic, the
only one of the kind in the country, has
been started in Brooklyn.
, 1888-04-11

1t Is not altogether strange that a be-
t.othal should lead to n honeymoon.
, 1888-04-11

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.