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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-25
Fayette County Teachers.

SPECIAL to the Indianapolis Journal
CoNNERSvILLE, Aug. 24.-The twenty
third annual session of the Fayette County
Teachers Institute convened this morning
at Q o'clock, with County Superintendent
robertson presiding. About fifty teachers
were in attendance, about 70 per
cent. of the teachers of the county. The
following instructors were in
Professors Sanders. of the city schools; Eel
Ter. State Normal; Kitchener, Connersvllle;
Wills. of Indianapolis. and Miss Mary
Frazee. of Frankfort. An interesting and
profitable week is IN store for the teachers.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
A SPIDER WHIRLING A FLY.
The Peculiar Manner in which a Captive
Was Bound.

The Peculiar Manner in Which a Captive
Was Bound.
On a bright summer afternoon Of last
season while laziy resting on the porch in
the warm atmosphere, / observed fy sud
denly stop, flutter ana struggle, apparently
ia midair. This was soon explained by
little black and brown spider, a shade
larger than the fly, darling down from a
beam overhead, perpendicularly above the
fly. Reaching the latter he was but a
moment in doing whatever he did to secure
his prey, and he then ran nimbly I'D his
single cord, which / found, although il was
scarcely peTceptible, stretched taut from the
beam above to cross rail of fancy work
below.
The spider assembled about eighteen inches
above the fly, then quickly turned head
downward, taking hold of the line with It's
forelegs, as a child WOuld a jumping-rope,
and with a Swaying motion the then strug-
Cling fy began to be swung around some
thing like a button would be in the center
Of a string held by both hands and rapidly
by a circular motion The speed was so
rapid that by the time 1t bad reached cir
cult of about four inches in diameter the
fly could scarcely be diScerned In about a
minute its operation ceased and the fly was
quiet.
| then found. on examination, that the fly
was still alive, and felt moved TO try If
could secure its freedom. Taking 1t care
fully from the web line-nO doubt to the
disgust Of the spider-I found, under the
magnifying- glass. that every leg was closely
tied together in the same manner as farmers
formerly tied the feet of calves when taking
them TO market in the bottom Of the wagons.
Taking a needle tried to release the legs.
but the work OF the spider was too well
done, and the fly sGOH expired. Did any one
ever witness such mode of spider secur-
ing its game?-W. III. Kohl in Natures
Realm.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
HEART THROBS.

Pick me a bunch of blue-bels.
With fragrance and fine,
To waken the tender mem'ries
That round my heart still Irvine.
Gather the golden daisies
That ope in the summer sun,
Lest Time, with careless touches.
Should blight them one by one.
Irvine with these others the roses,
Emblems of youth in its bloom,
Ere life, with its burden expressing,
Had ebbed to the shadow and gloom.
OF the years that have come and departed,
OF the days that have drifted between.
Since we wandered so young and rue-hearteds
In the glamour of loves changing dream.
With only the blue-bels around US,
And the roses that grew By the wall,
Do you wonder my heart-thrObs should quicken
AT thoughts these fair flow rets recall?
Is 1t strange that, their perfume exhaling,
Should carry me back TO the hour
When dwet in that magic caIld love,
And acknowledged its sweet subtle powerf
And that cen though the June has departed,
This faded deluslon, this dream most divine,
Should throb at the sight OF the daisies
With life, it meier yielded supine.
Then breathe ye sweet aow'rets your incense,
With balm of Gilead FIJI garden and room,
And recall, though ye wound the old passion
The mem'ries of youth in its bloom.
San Francisco, Dag, 1891 BETH.
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song, it is a marble one and, like the stair
case at the mansion, is of imported marbles,
while costly statues adorn it. Opposite tie
entrance is the atrium, a noble apartment,
the wainseoting of which is of Mexi-
can onyx, behind which are hundreds
of small electric lights, which, shining
through the onyx. give the effect of soft
ened sunlight The rear of the atrium
opens upon loggia. commanding view of
woodland, moor and mountain and over
looking the 100-acre lawn, upon which is a
massive fountain, the water being brought
through two miles of pipes from Lake
Mansfield. This water also serves to oper-
ate the elevator at the house and the organ
in the mushroom.
The atrium is divided from this latter
room by a row of pillars, and the music
room itself is marvel of skilled and artistic
workmanship In length it is 80 feet in
height, AZ feet. The finish is of quar-
tered oak, and as in the atrium, the ceiling
is paneled in stucco. The stuccO work was
first cast and given an ivory tint. then
fastened into position, extending down
ward about twelve inches. Each panel
contains, OF will contain, a costly
oil painting. One that nearly came
to grief by being swept from
a freight train, and which cost $4,000, may
give an idea of the style of adOrnment of the
mushroom. The organ, which was bulls
at cost of S75,000 is no doubt the finest
house-organ in America. Reaching nearly
to the lofty ceiling. it extends one-third of
the distance the length of the mushroom.
OF the other forty rooms in the house, and
the most prominent among them, is the
dining-r0om, taking in portion of one Of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
Eugenie's Limited Education.

The Empress Eugene, though naturally
intelligent, was in some respects extremely
ignorant. Educated as were the high born
young Spanish girls of her generatiOn-that
is to say, not educated at all-she was
forced all through her palmy days to strug-
gle against this great disadvantage. She
could never learn the art of spelling, and all
her private notes and letters are thckly
peppered with faults of orthography. She
assembled the throne at the age of 26 years
a period in life rather late for the COM
mencement of ones education. But to her
credit be it said she did her best by nces-
SAINT reading to supplement the defects in
her early mental training She spoke En-
gish to perfection, and the Emperor and she
were wont to converse in that language
when they did not want their attendants to
know what they were talking about. She
was an elegant and fearless horsewoman,
and her skill in equitation was among the
first of her accomplishments that attracted
the notice of Napoleon Ill, himself an ac-
cOmpllshed rider. But her principal talen t
was for art, and she drew in crayon exceed
ingly well.-ChicagO Herald
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will be raised and lowered for firing and
loading. A steam pump attached to the
hydraulic machinery furnishes water for
the cylinders. 1t is the intention to adopt
these disappearing carriages where tuTrets
or barbet'eS are used on vessels, just as the
pneumatic gun carriage is used on the
d0uble-turreted monitor Terror. The plan
of their operation on shipbOard is simply to
cause them to disappear below the deck-linP,
while on land the gun will be made To
disappear below the Darapet of the
tort. The pneumatic system TO be employed
on the Terror consists OF two machines OF
$50 horsepower each, the intake cylinders
being 50 inches in diameter, and the com
pressing cylinders 17R inches in diameter.
Provision will be made to carry the air pres
sure as nigh as 1000 pounds 10 the square
inch, should that pressure be needed for
dynamite guns or for diScharglng tOrped0es.
The compressed air will be used to load the
guns. turn the turrets, take up the recOil OF
the guns and return them again to action,
steer the vessel and refrigerate a cold-stOr-
age room.
The army pneumatic disappearing car
riage, which will be worked on the same
principle as the hydraulic carriage, except
that air will be used instead Of water, will
be in place at Sandy Hook about May 10th.
The 10-inch breech-loading rifle, which broke
the French (CreuSOD carriage in the tests a
year ago, will be mounted ready at that date
for the severe practical test to which the
carriage is TO be subjected by the Board
of Ordnance and Fertilization. The gun
weighs twenty-six tons and fires a
500-pound shot with a charge of 80
pounds of powder. The gun and its
carriage will be in pit below the surface
of the ground, where it will be loaded and
aimed, then raised into firing position, and
after being discharged will recOil back to
the loading position, the recoil being checked
by the pressure of air. The workers of the
gun remain under the line of fire in a place
of safety. The operation of elevating the
gun 10 its firing position, then firing and re-
turning to the loading position, will take
about four seconds; although the gun can
be traversed as rapidly as desired by the
pneumatic power.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
EXTREMES MEET.
Two Very DiSinilaT Men WHO Enjoy Each
Others Society.

Almost every one who has knocked about
New York much last winter and this spring
must have noticed walking about together
two men as dissimilar as they were in their
several ways peculiar. One was tall and
finely built, with bronzed face, curly flow
ing hair and a somewhat leOniDe express
sion, rather seedy in apparel, but with
grand air despite it all. The other was a
little wee man with face like a wrinkled
russell apple and sharp, ferret-like ewes,
whose coat, two sizes too large, generally
tapped back TO show an old-fas hi0ned fig
ured waistcoat and Cl0keT.
The large man was George Francis Train,
psychic philosopher poet aud traveller; the
smaller Bloodgood II. Cutter. who first be-
came known to fame as Mark Twain's
poet lariat when the inpoceuts sailed
abroad. Mr.. Cutter left his Long
Island farm last fall to spend the
winter in New York and found in Mr..
Train cOngenial associate. 1t would be
hard to fnd two men more eccentric. Mr..
Cutters poetry is always uneXceptiOnable
in sentiment but usually manned in its
feet. Mr.. Trains philosophy is magnificent
in expression. but frequently wide of fact.
Mr.. Cutter is prosperous and successful
farmer and capitalist. Mr. Train has had
big fortune and has proved himself in the
past a shrewd enough man of business. as
when he Introduced tram-cars into London.
In late years he has lost much of bis prop
erty, and has once been adjudged a lunatic,
though few men appear less ike 1t. Some
of his property in Omaha was once sold for
non-payment OF taxes, and it is said that he
will attempt to have the sale set aside on
the ground that notice given to crazy man
doesn't count in the law.
There is vein OF cheerful humor about
the psychic philosopher and also about the
farmer poet. The latter was a guest of the
Authors Club at one of its winter gather
ings and cOnvulsed the authors by reciting
one Of mis- poems with much gestculatiOn.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
LES MODES DU jour-
Some Of The Latest Ideas That RGdGrl HaS
Presented.

New YORK, May Is, 1S91.-One of the
most taking things about some of the hero
ines of the modern English novel, and more
especially the type known as the shilling
shOcker," is the dainty cotton frockS in
which the heroines are fond of appearing, as
when they take a morning stroll through the
park and meet handsome Lord So-and-so, or
trip lightly down to breakfast with bunch
of roses in their belt. For the last two sea-
sons this fresh simplicity of dress has been
shared with American maidenhood, and the
taste is every day growing. But be it under
stood the gowns worn are not the simple
muslinS beloved by romance pinners of
former generation. No, indeed, Miss La
Modes dresses are altogether of different
description, and have but little claim tOsweet
simplicity. In truth, when fashioned by
tailor or modiste, they are likely to be as
costly as many of the silk costumes which
were worn dozen years ago before the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
A new War IMPLEMENT.
The Navy Disappearing Gun Carriage RaDiditY
Of Its Working.

The officers who served on the ships OF the
navy during the civil war recall many a
sckening sight of guns crew being thinned
out by the solid shot or the exploding shell
from the enemy's guns at Sumter. Roanoke
Island, the forts on the Mississippi River, at
Mobile and at Fort Fisher, and they have
practical realization Of the necessity of pro-
tacting these men, so far rs it Is possible,
from the death-dealing missiles, and they
and others have recently studied out and eX-
perimented with machinery which promises
to effect a revolution in ordnance ideas. 1t is
the hydraulic disappearing gun carriage.
One of these is being put in place at the
Army Proving Grounds, Sandy Hook, to
test its capabilities with 10-inch breech-
loading rifle, and another will undergo a
similar series of tests at the Naval Proving
Grounds, Annapolis, says the New York
Tribune. 1t will be seen by the cut given
herewith that the gun itself rests on two
large arms, the lower ends of which are
connected with the axis of a horizontal
cylinder, the latter being divided into two
equal compartments by a fixed diaphragm.
Water under pressure of 300 pounds TO the
square inch is admitted into the compart-
ments, and the gun is forced into the ele-
waited or firing position. Upon the discharge
of the gun the TecOil forces it back to its
original position, the recoil being gradually
checked by the bearing Of the two plates on
the water. These plates are attached to the
horizontal axis, the water being forced
through small rectangular channels at
rate sufficient to bring the gun to a gradual
and easy stop at the loading position.
The gun and carriage will be inclOsed by
circular breastworkS of steel. and the gun,
operated by the disappearing mechanism,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
A TRICK OF THE TRADE.
a Clever Artist Who Cut His Picture
Accnrdir,1r To,

a Clever Artist Who Cut His Pictures
According to Space.
Mr.. j. &. Thorn, whose water colOrs were
sold at auction recently, is an artist who
has been noted for fifteen years for the
possession OF an extremely long head filed
with gray matter. 1t happened in this way:
When the Art Exhibition for the CEN
tennial Of 1876 was decided upon and artists
were invited to send pictures, Mr.. Thorn did
better. He went to Philadelphia and gained
admission to the unfinished gallery where
he wished TO study the environment of his
work. While there he noticed two spaces,
one on either side of big entrance door,
which were so high and narrow that it
would be pretty hard work TO find pictures
to fit them. These spaces he carefully
measured, and going home went at once TO
work to paint pictures Of that shape. When
the pictures arrived their mechanical fitness
befriended them as we'll as their intrinsic
excellence, and they were well hung"
while the names of the rejected were legion.
Art has made some advances in this
country since 1876, but nobody has yet
arisen earlier in the morning than MIR.
Thorn did on that occasion.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
NOON.

The Ginning flow of the noon bell falls
Upon the busy air.
In sweetest language its music calls
The crowd to rest and prayer
The tools are dropped from the toiler's hand
And labOrs noises cease;
While softly over the throbbing land
Are spread the wings OF peace.
The children rush like swarm of bees,
Released from irksome rule.
The dumb be Sts crunch in cOntented ease
Their dinners crisp and cool.
From out the depths of devoted hearts
wreath of prayer ascends
To bless the tolerS aud busy marts
Where faith makes full amends.
Oh. blessed bell; there's magic charm
Within thy Ginning hour.
1t bless es toll and the toiIer's arm
Renews with freshened power.
Oakland, Cal. Nun, 1891. MARY LAMBERT
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
NEEDS OF A DUDE.
Some Things the Darling Creature Can't Keen
House Without.

If l were dude-which may heaven for
fend-I should want these things:
A toy rolling pin, covered with white
satin, with Sits in it to hold my finger-rngs
when not in use.
A cravat pin OF a four leaved clover in
enamel, for luck, with diamond dewdrops
nesting in its heart and sparkling on its
edges.
A cravat pin of butterfly in enamel
several cluster pins wherein circle of
shining diamonds should surround central
stones of different colors. emerald In one,
ruby in another, topaz, amethyst, sapphire,
beryl.
Crayats of delicate shades to match the
pins and display their loneliness effectuaily.
A thumb-ring, bracelet; an embroidered
yachting cap in white, with broad, fiat top;
racing puggaree, with white veil tied
about it; 50-cent undeIshirt marked down
to 81 eentS-nobOdy would see that, you
know; silk stockings occasionally visible; a
Dolly Warden night robe which | could
manage to exhibit to intimate friends
Toothpick shoes, with soles slightly
thicker than paper, and highly polished MP
pers; these in varying colors to "go with"
my different suits
Several suits a month, of imported goods
always; would order beautiful pair of
trousers tomorrow from piece of delicate
wool goods 1 saw in window to-day, pure
white with large checks very family marked.
l would want three or four suits day and
rotation in office.
For my bachelor apartments, lot of
Turkish rugs and nangings, empire furni-
ture. big shaded brown glazed Jars for
roses, a Hindoo idol or two, an oval gilt
mirror with candle seoncps, a canopied
couch, low tea table, with teapot and
alcohol lamp and souvenir spoons to regale
my afternoon callers. These things are all
to be had for money; mems money as well
as women'S.
would not want a wife and children be-
cause l couldn't afford 'em; and then they
would interfere with my leisure; besides,
no girl in her senses would marry me-if /
were a dude
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not feudal castle that rears its walls be-
hind this forbidding barrier, stretching for
nearly quarter Of mile along the street,
although the building within its gates is
well-nigh as impregnable as ever was
baronial castle.
1t is simply one of the homes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward F. Searles, the latter being
more widely known as the widow of Uncle
Mark" Hopkins. the many times millionaire
of the Pacific slope.
A house in Paris, possibly one in New
York another at Methuen, the birthplace
of Mr.. SearIes; still another at Block Island.
and the one at Kellogg terrace, Great Bar
rington, are numbered among the abodes of
this ehildlesS couple, not to count their
abandoned but magnificent home on Mob
Hill, San Francisco.
Approaching the main entrance to the
mansion at Kellogg terrace, the coming
guest passes up a low. wide sweep Of
steps. white marble sphynx mounting
guard at either side. After that the yesti-
bule, built entirely of slate, Is reached. The
stone work above the entrance is mass of
delicate carving, that portion OF the work
alone costing 100000, while the towers and
chimneys above the roof cost 100000 more.
A main hail. two stories in height and
thirty feet wide, extends across the entire
front Of the house. Like the hall in the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24

the four towers, and finished in qUaItered
oak the Windsor room, so called because
the door is said to have been spirited from
Widsor Castle the library, finished in black
walnut, on the second floor. and overlook
ing the main hail. billiard room, finished
in butternut, and a smoking room, finished
in quarteTed oak.
The sleeping rooms, mostly en- suite, are
furnished in lavish elegance The walls are
covered with silk, satin. tapestry or leather,
the ceilings being decorated, while all of
the furniture was made abroad A ventIl-
ating shaft extends to the roof from each
sleeping apartment, while one can step from
nearly every room out upon a small piaZz,
The house is lighted by private electric
plant on the premises, pronounced to be the
finest, most elaborate che in Massachusetts.
1t supplies 800 l6-candle-pOwer lights to the
mansion. and operates many arc lights upon
the grounds.
A two story buffers fire-prOof safe is built
into the wall of the buffers pantry, the
pantry being surrounded by a gallery, SO
that priceless china on lofty shelves may be
reached The kitchen, wainscoted in mar
bic to a height of twelve feet, contains
everything to delight the heart of the high
priced chef, while wine ceIler is found be-
low stairs.
OF the other rooms above stairs are cosy
reception rooms. courtroom. in fact, every
thing that taste could dictate or wealth de-
sir
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-24
Queen Victoria and the bible.

1t was a noble and beautiful answer of
the Queen-the monarch of free people,
reignng more by love than law, because
seeking to reign in the fear of God--it was
noble answer she gave to an African
prince who sent an assemblage with costly
presents and asked her in return to tell him
the secret of Engand's greatness and Eng
lands glory, and the beloved Queen sent
him not the number of her fleet, not the
her boundless merchandise, nor the details
of her inexhaustible wealth, She did not,
like HeZekiah in an evil hour, show the en-
bassador her diamonds and her rich orna-
ments, but, handing him beautifully bound
copy OF the Bible, she said: "Tell the
Prince that THIS Is the secret of England's
greatness"
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POETIC THOUGHTS.
written for THE SUNDAY CALL
SAINT IsADORE.

- AESIDE an ancient we'll or stone,
~ Beneath the red of sunset skies,
lkAEAA Spanish lad had thrown him down,
- WITH tears of sorrow in his eyes
Weary of pond'ring Ger his books,
He'd left tie halls of learning, sore
In heart and brain, resolved through grief
To see his kin aud home no more.
Through burning lids the great tears stole,
He felt so utterly alone,
When on a sudden he espied
A cut upon the curb of stone.
And as he thought. a girl came near,
Some water In her jar TO draw.
Tell me, pray thee, what has made
This cut so deepf" asked Isadore.
81 That ?" said the maid with sunny smile.
81 thought by all this fact was knowni
Twas but the pulling of the rope
Time after time upon the stone"
Across the face of Isadore
Flashed, like a stormy sunsets fame,
crimson blush by conscience brought
OF keen remorse and bitter shame.
" II through stone a rope at last
BY constant wear can cut its way,
So my dull brain may yet grow bright
Through patient labor day by day."
He rose with hope. new-f0und guest:
He turned him to his home again:
He conquered fate-reward most blest,
And died Saint Isadore Of Spain.
alameda, Cal, May, 1891. ANELEH.
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The Doctors Bill.

I" 1t is surprising" said young but very
successful doctor to me a few days ago,
" how many people there are in New York
bills and who simply will not do it. This
particular variety of bilks are, OF course,
always changing their physicians, so that
the newest doctor to settle in any neighbour
hood is apt to get the not very profitable
custom OF number of them. Add the poor
people, who would pay if they could. and
he collects even 90 per cent of his bills. But
Just as soon as a man cOnquers place as a
specialist he has 90 such trouble. While |
was general practitioner l lost thousands
Of dollars of book debts. Since developed
a speciality | have made only one bad debt I"
All of which does not speak very well for
the honesty of New York people who in
dulge in the luxury Of being i'll.