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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

Mr.. E. G. ATKINS, one of the largest and
most enterprising manufacturers in the city,
in letter to the News, approves the changes
in the gas ordinance asked for by the two
companies. He says:
s'These amendments can hardly be consid-
cred radical changes or prejudicial to any
interests. Nearly every manufacturer can
estimate loss of hundreds or thousands of
dollars each month the gas is delayed; and
the loss in money, and comfort, material
growth and prosperity to the city and general
public is incalculable."
Mr. Atkinsis stakeholder in every company
organized in the city, but he wants gas worse
than mere sentiment or blind adherence
to policy simply because somebody has said
the horse was sixteen feet high. Another
large manufacturer had letter in the Journal
Of yesterday expressing his WEAKNESS at the
policy Of exclusion. The men who think
there is not deep feeling in the city over this
matter, or that opinion is all as voiced by
those who want to assert monopoly of gas as
well as Of wisdom, are very much mistaken.
The sober, unselish thought Of the large
majority of the people is favorable to a Just
and generous policy toward every enterprise
that will tend to develop and prosper the city
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
MINOR MENTION.

THE phrase january thaw" indicates a popu-
lar impression that general thsw of ice and
snow ususually occurs in the northern and CEN
trail States in the latter part OF January. AS to
the cause of this weather philosopher says
after the winter solstice the cold steadily in
creases for some weeks But by the time the
sun has made one months journey north ward
from the Tropic of Capricorn the increase OF so
lar heat in our ATTITUDES becomes apprecable.
On the Goth of this month the day is three-quar-
ters OF hour longer than it was at the solstice
and the sun has then marched north through
nearly five degrees of latitude. There is there
fore an increase of heat both from the more di-
rect incidence of his rays and the longer con-
tinuance of his radiation in the twenty four
hours. The effects of this would be quite suffi-
Gent to account for transient mild spell over
the middle latitudes of the northern continents
at the period named, This January thaw is
not the final breaking up OF winter. but the be-
ginning of the end IT occurs. probably in four
years out of five, between the Goth and 30th of
January.
A feature of winter travel on the Union Pa
cifc railroad is the rotary snow plows which are
used in demolishing, drifts. The Union Pacific
has several of these suachnes located at differ
emit points It consists of steel wheel nine
feet in diameter, which is set in an iron case
upon an ordinary traek. The wheels equipped
with sixteen knives and revolyes $50 times a
minute. Back OF the wheels are buckets lead
ing to a chute. and the sliced snow is taken by
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

GREAT facts will como to light; like truth,
they cannot always be crushed to earth. For
instance: In the school board debate on nat
ural gas it was disclosed that under ordinance
classification and rates it would cost $1,000 to
heat the school buildings, while the cost Of coal
has only averaged $1,000. That under the
school-houses with gas than by coal is a sad
revelation to those who are rending the
heavens with the assertion that the ordinance
is the perfection of human wisdom, and that
omniscience could not possibly improve it.
The Gas Trust proposed, under a special con-
tract to save the school-board about So, 600 a
year. but by the ordinance natural gas would
cost more than coal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
The Women's Council.

The international council Of women, which
is to convene in Washington on the 25th of
March. next, gives promise of being a noted
gathering. It is held to celebrate the fortieth
anniversary of the public demand for
equal educational, Industrial professional
ard political rights for women, made
in convention at Rochester, N. Y. in
1S48, but tho programme indicates that
the proceedings will cover a much wider ground
than that occupied by the ordinary suffrage con-
vention, and will be of general interest.
Delegates expected from organizations in
every department of womens work, and discus
sion will take wide range. Literary clubs, art
unions, Temperance unions labor leagues, mis-
sionary. peace and moral purity societies. char
liable, professional, educational and industrial
associations will be represented. and the
political rights of women will be an incidental
topic of discussion with the other questions
brought up during the session Among the dele
gates from nationally organized bodies of wo-
men in this country, are Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more. Mrs. Lucy Stone. Miss Frances Willard,
Mrs. Caroline Buell. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
Miss Mary F. Eastman and Miss Clara Barton.
The Western Association Of Collegiate Alum
nae send their president, the eminent microscop-
lst of Michigan University, Mrs. Louise Reed
Stowel The Moral Education Society will be
represented by Mrs. Frazer, while the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Unitarian Association sends
Mrs. Richardson; the ladies of the G. A. r. have
selected their president, Mrs. Laura McNeir, to
represent their large organization. Rev. Antoin-
cite Brown Blackwell, the first woman ordained
to the ministry, will be present. also Rev. Anna
Shaw, the only ordained Methodist woman.
Pundita Ramabai will be there to speak for
the women of India, and Finland, Denmark and
Sweden promise representatives.
Helen Campbell, author of the prisoners of
Poverty" who account of her work in En-
gland, will not be able to attend in person, will
send a paper. which will be read. as will also
report by Fanny Zampini Salazaro, of Rome.
This lady is editor of the Review of the Inter-
terests of Women, published in Rome, and will
write the work of italian women. France
elects Madame Isabella Bagelot, of Paris, to
represent the prison work. England sends to
the council, Miss Helen Taylor. STEP daughter
of John Stuart Mill, Miss Henrietta Muller
member of the London School Board and one of
the first graduates of Girton College. Cambridge,
and Mrs. Alice Scatcherd, q woman prominent
in the work of woman suffrage.
The National Suffrage Association which in
cludes Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony, Mrs. Zerel-
da Wallace Mrs. May Wright Sewall and Mrs
Mary E. Haegart among its members, will, of
course, be largely represented, this being the
society whose origin is being celebrated. The
council will continue eight days. and its sixteen
public sessions will afford ample opportunity
for reporting the various phases of woman's
work and progress in all parts of the world dur
ing the past forty years, and will undoubtedly
arouse much interest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

this is not the right spirit, and if that spirit
is to prevail it will be bad thing for Indian
apolis, and will lead to such Setting by the
ears" of all classes of people as has already
occurred in the School Board.
LET us have peace" and in order to have
peace let there be fair and candid consider
alton of the changes asked. Let the argu-
ments pro and con be adequately weighed, but
let there be a truce to abuse and Incorporate
denunciation, and especially let all good peo-
pie set their faces like flint against any policy
of exclusion or driving out" We have no
man and no dollar of capital to drive out or to
keep out of indianapolis. We'want to see
everybody made welcome with all their money,
all their enterprise. all their skill, all their
business shrewdness and together work in the
present and future prosperity of the city. In
dianapolis is big town; there are too many
people to be put into the pocket of any
special set of guardians.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

BEFORE it goes further, the proposition
to constitute an official natural gas pipe
inspector wants to be carefully examined.
We do not believe it is wise to have
an official whose ipse dixit shall relieve
the gas companies of responsibility for dam
ages from explosions, and cause infinite
confusion as to evidence. 1t appears much
the safer and better plan that before
any company turns the gas into a house, or
store or any other building, it shall make a
test of the plumbing and be satisfied of it's
character. Then if there is an explosion,
there will be no question shifting of re-
sponsibility. To accomplish this might re-
uuire an am endment to the ordinance, and
until that sacred thing can be touched our
suggestion may not be worth anything; but
we are certain it would give better security
to the gas consumers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

rain. More than twice much light, it is said,
Is obtained with given consumption Of gas az
by the old system Twenty burners replace
fifty of the old kind and hgh platform 600 feet
in length
ALL the girls who have been reported AZ fall
ing into the trance state and sleeping for few
months or years, in different parts of the eoun-
try have had this one fea tuse in common that
they were ell beautiful" without exception
There is really place like our own State
after all. All our girls beautiful. and they
are all as wide awake. every day, as the star
eyed lilies in the spring time.
INTELLECTUAL progress is sometimes attend
ed with strange manifestations A young lady
in the City Of Mexico. Senorita Matilda
Montaga, having been the first of her sex to
devote herself to medical studies. the young
men of the city were struck with such admira-
ton of her courage that they got up bull fight
in her honor lately 1t was real fight. the
fact that two of the toreros were seriously hurt
proved. The receipts were devoted to the pur
chase of books and instruments for the outfit OF
the lady.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
THE EVOLUTION OF THE HEN.

Whatever natural selection may have done
for the animal race, careful and judicious
system of artificial selection has unquestion-
ably accomplished wonders. Animals, which
in state of nature fail to meet the approval
of human critics, are by due process of cult
walton improved to degree quite marvellous
to contemplate. This is true Of all varieties
of domestic live stock, but no where is it
more noticeable than in the case of the hen.
The contrast between the plebeian hitor-miss
barnyard fowls of few years ago and the
aristocratic specimens of galinacious perfec-
ton to be seen at poultry show fills the
observer of such display with wonder,
which is only increased by the reflection that
the former are the lneal progenitors of the
prize-birds and their companions. From the
motley tribes that once reigned over the
barnyards oe the country have been
evolved the various families of hens
which now hold themselves proudly
distinct from each other, and recognize no
relationship with their scrub" ancestors
From the old-fashioned chickens with feathers
vari-colored like Joseph's coat, and with yellow
legs or black, single combs or double, just as
they happened have come breeds differing in
appearance from each other, but with such
similarity among the individuals of each
variety that single feather not true to the
standard fixed by arbitrary human authority
or growing in spot not arranged for feathers
in that particular breed IS held as disquali-
family must turn in or out at the precise
angle taken by the toes of all the other hens
of the kind; tie combs must have an exact
number of notches, and the eyes. the same
style OF wink, prize will be forthcoming.
AS a result of this system of cultivation and
adherence to fixed rules, one plymouth
Rock, is so like unto another plymouth
Rock that the expert fancier who pretends to
distinguish differences stands self-confessed
as base deceiver; one bantam is the duplicate
of any other bantam, and only superhuman
intelligence could detect any variation be-
tween two scochins, or ''brahmas," or .leg-
horns" This uniformity in feature doubtless
has,its advantages, else the fanciers would rot
insist upon it SO strenuously; though just
what effect personal beauty and family resem-
blance can have upon hens capacity to
produce eggs and toothsome fries and fricasees
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

clearing their walks, and as consequence ice
alternates with slush. Pedestrianism is not
only difficult but dangerous, and the dirty,
forbidding thoroughfares give the town a
neglected appearance that is positive damage
to it. strangers. compelled to pick their way
about, are unfavorably impressed by the
evident lack of enterprise, not to call it
shiftlessness and the citizens themselves are
owing to its long continued existence, they
but vaguely realize. Winter is yet long
way from an end, and many SHOWS more are
likely to fall before spring. The city author
tiles should give attention to the matter now,
and not next summer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
which is, after all, tho main object of her
ha;ro-;e a rnvs+arv RI the nninitiatad

which is, after all, tho main object of her
being-is mystery to the uninitiated.
However this may be, the modern hen has
certainly arrived at something very near to
physical perfection. Having said this all is
said The breeders who enforced her
amazing evolution have, with singular over
sight, omitted to cultivate her intellect. The
mental grasp of the bluest bloodsd hen in the
poultry show is no whit greater than that Of
the scrubbiest old speckled biddy who ever
scratched for living The proddest state
iest We're de We're among them.iw will sit for
three weeks upon a porcelain aoor-knob and
display the same mild surprise ever its failure
to produce brood of chickens as that exhib-
tied by her despised ancestor. She will show
the same determination to tsity upon board.
if nothing more promising offers, that hens
have displayed before her from time out of
mind She will enter into violent pursuit of
the fugitive bug and fall into fatuous forget
fulness half way to her goal; she will trarnple
cheerfulness and lead them into wet grass
with the serene disregard Of what experience,
if not sense, should teach her, namely, that
"gapes," and pip" and other ills are sure to
follow. Surest sign of all that the original
stupidity, not to say total depravity, remains,
she insists upon going in the opposite direc-
ton from that in which it is attempted to
drive her. This neglect of the hens brain is
unaccountable. It has not existed in other
cases. The blooded horse, it is well known,
is far more intelligent than nag without
pedigree. AS for dogs, some go so far as to
say that the pug, the least intellectual of all,
is superior in mind and character to the per-
who caress him in public and lead him
about with ribbons. Even canary birds have
developed phenomenal accomplishments un-
der careful training
Possibly in all of these cases the mental
faculties were not attended to until after the
desired physical standard had been reached;
but if that be true, there is no longer reason
for delay in removing the mental obtuseness
of the hen. Being now as beautiful as she is
likely to become, mind and morals should be
cultivated. Time and patience may be
quired, but if she learns nothing more than to
'fshoo" in the right direction, fanciers them
selves will be the first to reap an abundant re-
ward in the blessings of now sorely tried
people who own or live next door to hens.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
A WOMAN NOBLY PLANNED.


Miss Anna Dickinson is one of the few
fortunate individuals whose personality SO inn
presses itself upon the fckle-minded COM
munity that withdrawal from public life,
even for an extended period, does not mean
oblivion. In her case it is not "out of sight
Miss Dickinson is one of expectancy. She
has done much, but people look for more
During the enforced seclusion of the last few
years the belief has been frequently expressed
that her recovery from illness she would
again be heard from in way worthy of her
talents and reputation. If the reports of
critics are to be accepted, this confidence has
been realized in the completion of her srag-
edy, 'Aurelian," over which she has spent
much time. A writer in the Philadelphia
Times-one of the few who have been privi-
legged to read the PLAYS enthusiastic in its
praise. He says
'Miss Dickinson has concentrated in this
superb play the essence of her best thought,
her most eloquent expression, and her most
epigrammatic wit. 1t moves forward, from
the start, with the majesty of grand river,
and sparkles with the brilliance of clear,
star1it, midnight sky. To speak of this pro-
duction as it deserves will seem to those who
have not read it the language of extravaganza
eulogy, but its merits are great and its
defects, if it have any, lie in the direction of
an embarrassment of riches. Much as this
talented woman has said and written that is
worthy of praise and preservation, none of it
in any way approaches in literary excellence
this grand dramatic creation, which will un-
ouestionably live classic of the stage long
after all her other books and plays for
gotten"
The play is said to present opportunities for
magnificent spectac ular effects, and if pre-
sented with the chief attention given
to Suggesting would be impressive and
attractive, were the action and lines less
strong. Miss Dickinson, however, is, naturally
enough, more deeply interested in the proper
presentation of her characters than with the
scenery, and is in no haste to bring the play
before the public. Until she can find an actor
who can assume the majestic character of the
Emperor Aurelian, and woman who can fill
the difficult part of Zenobia, the tragedy will
remain in her possession. Having produced
work of lasting quality, she is not
unreasonable in exacting presentation
worthy of it. The general public has never
quite reconciled itself to Miss Dickinson's
abandonment of the lecture field in favor of
the stage, but the cause for that move is very
apparent when the dramatic intensity of her
nature is considered. It was her dramatic
force that made her such power upon the
platform, and well pleased as her hear
ers were with her efforts in this line, it is easy
to conceive that she may have been dissatis-
fed, and have felt that the stage would permit
a more adequate expression of her talents. In
her theatrical career she has met with some
that in the role. of playwright her ambitions
may be fully realized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

THERE is tradition that an ordinance was
once passed by the indianapolis City Council
requiring the removal of snow from the side
walks. If there is such an ordinance it should
be speedily rescued from state off nnocuous
without delay and rigidly enforced. The
condition Of the streets in this city after
snowfall would disgrace country village.
Not half the residents on any street, not
excepting Washington, make any pretense of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
THE pipes of the Broad Ripple compan

THE pipes of the Broad Ripple company
pass the No. IL school-house. Why should
not the School Board take gas of this COM
pany for that house9 Why boycott the
Broad Ripple company Is not the Broad
Ripple company entitled to public patronagef
No wonder there is variance of opinion upon
policy that would injure or ignore the
Broad. Ripple company, and wait an indefinite
time for the use and benefits of natural gas
That policy is not defensble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
General Grant ON Tobacco.


twas at the tail end of q rather long inter-
view had with General Grant, in the Office Of
the Mexican International Railway Company, Of
came the subject of the conversation. General
Grant had been sitting in his favorite fashion,
tilted back in oak armchair with his feet
resting on the table. He smoking an i'm
mense cigar, the follow of which he handed to
me. 1t was some time before General Grants
troubles began with the injury to his leg as he
was leaving his carriage and he was in good
spirits. Exactly the words that he used can
not reproduce here. but in effect General Grant
said this "You are very young man. and
am old enough to give you advice and suppose
/ ought to tell you not to smoke But. looking
back at the comfort and refreshment which .
cigar has given me through a pretty mixed ca
reer-mostly of hard knocks have not the
face to advise anyone to abhor tobacco. IL
would be inerattude in mo to do So And / am
free to say that even if / knew tobacco was
shortening my life 1t would take more than my
personal desire TO live to induce me to throw
away my good friend here forever"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22
TWELVE PAGES.

The Sunday journal has double the circu-
lation of any Sunday paper In Indiana
Price five cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

A MAN was tried at Muncie last week for dis
turbing religious meeting. His offense con-
sisted in reading newspaper during the serv-
ices. 1t is not easy to see how this could be
called disturbance, unless the members and
preacher chose to withdraw their attention from
the services and fix them the man. The
court could not see the disturbance and the de-
PENDANT was acquitted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-22

THE Minneapolis Tribune of recent date
stated that thirty below in the dry air of Min
nesota causes less discomfort than thirty above
on the banks of the Ohio" The same paper
contained list of over sixty persons frozen to
death by that dry and painless cold. That time
honored theory in regard to the dry climate Of
the Northwest has been considerably shaken by
recent events.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-19
Attempted Train Robbery.

81. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug ia special ia
the Pot. Di,paich from Cheyenne, Wy. T.,
says an attcmp, was male At ? o'clock this
morning by masked men 10 rob the Union
Pacific east bound overland passenger
train. A. Dana station, ncm lsaNlins,
three masked men covered the engineer
with revolyen aud compelled him "a
throw up his hands Bmkem Frank TIL
man grappled with one Of the robbers, ih,
express messenger came 20 his rescue and
the masked mamudem were put 20 flight
after thirty or forty shots hal been en-
changed. Fireman Nash aud Brakeman
Tillman were seriously wounded, ~,
former In the right hip and arm and The
latter In the side. One robbcr wa
dropped, but was carried oil by his pals
The sheriff Of Carbon county, with
posse, IL In pursuit.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-19
amIs,.d With I.pr..,.

Cmo,oo. H., Aug lS=August John.
ston, q Dane, aged tWcnty.onc, came 10
the county hospital Thursday 10 consult
the doctors about q loaihsomc skin disease
from which be- was suffering. After caro-
iul examination the physicians decided
that the patient was suffering from tubcr'
uulaf lcpfpsy. aud be- was placed IN M
isolated compartment If the contagious
ward, Johnston came to this country
when but three years " age, and enjoyed
the best OF health up 30 eight months ago,
/ when the disease fifst made its appearance
| IN the form OF q small rel blutgh on hH
night loin. II spread until il became ~
| large ~ q mans hand similar iuhyuIri
! appeared IN different partH OF Tie body
| until be Is nov completely covered. lls
noighboH began 10 shun the man, and
/ finally hs appearance Un the highway 't
/ IN the field WIS thr signal iof q general
scattering OF his former companions:
/ Johnston could not stand this Tor luns.ani
gathering his few effects together aud d"N'
/ ing FROM thp bank hls small savings, came
/ a. Chicago. The origin Of thc lIsy1c y
mystery 10 the doctors The, can oay
account iof u from the mans n1'unallF,
aud that the portion of Denmark hun
whence BE- came. near Stockholm. o. m
/ Tested with lcpofs II their theory - uhR
/ the MALAY has lain dormant iur tishlccn
| wears Al least