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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-01
Committee to Revise Ordinances.

The city attorney yesterday announced
Hon. J. f. Mccullough. John w. Kern and
William l.. Taylor, ex-city attorney, as his
appointments for the commission to revise
the ordinances of the city. under authority
given by the ordinance passed by the Coun-
Gil at its first meeting after the charter
went into operation. Mr.. Bailey sent let
ter tending the appointment to each of the
gentlemen named, in which he stated that,
owing to the uncertainty attaching to the
character. scope and extent of the labor
connected with this undertaking, no ap-
preparation had been made out of which
the expenses of the revision could be made.
He, therefore. called their attention to the
section of the charter providing that no
executive department officer or employe
shall have power to bind such city by any
contract. agreement. or In any other way
to any extent hey ond the amount of money
at the time already appropriated by ordi-
nance for the purpose of such department..
The letter continues:
While, therefore. the Common Council may
reasonably be relied upon to make adequate
when they are terminated and definitely known.
/ desire that il be understood that by this ap-
p0intment there Ia now made no contract, ex-
press or implied. By which the city Is bound to
pay much or little for your services The city
may provide adequate remuneration or it may
decline to pay. anything whatever. 1t Is with
this understanding that you are named by me
and under which your acceptance must come
am determined that the work OF this commits
son shall result IN the most perfect and,
skill and care can make Ii. faultless compilation
OF all statutes and ordinances affecting the city
possible TO prepare 1t is my desire that the vol
ume to be issued shall contain every valid fran
chise and contract In existence in which the CITY
is interested that there be an elimination of all
imperative ordinances now on file; that all of
those in force he published; that there
be a repeal and re-establishment in their stead
of all which are of doubtful application; that
there he prepared for action Of the Common
Council all which shall give full expression to
the numerous powers granted In the new law;
that there be a most complete indexing of the
charter and n compilation of all other statutes
enacted by the late General Assembly which shall
apply TO the city OF indianapolis; also that there
be a thorough examination of all of the decisions
OF our Supreme Court constituting any OF the
statutes or ordinances above referred to. which
decisions shall be set forth in abstract as foot
notes.
The commission will hold its first meeting
at the city attorneys office this afternoon
Its members are all well-known men.
Messrs. Mccullough and Kern are Demo-
Gratis and Mr.. Taylor is Republican.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-01
M0neN to Loan.

On easy terms. at reasonable commission, on
real estate in Center township Call on us SOON
at Nos 80 and IS East Market street. Indian
apols, lnd. MCGILIARD ~ DARK.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-01
Postmaster wallace's Condition.

Postmaster Wallnce's Condition.
Postmaster Wallace's condition yester-
day was somewhat improved. He SO con-
timed. apparently, gaming strength
throughout the day and evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-01

That carload new Perfection Refrigerators has
arrived. and we can show you the best and finest
assortment in that line ever brought 20 this city.
Call and look through. whether you are ready to
buy or not HuDEBaAND 4 FUcATE
81 south Meridian street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-01

The Cincinnati Enquirer is beginning to
appreciate the hustling qualities Of Mr..
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
PITH AND POINT.

"A Dandy Lunch.-Water and cigar
cite at the hotel entrance.-Judge.
The wrong kind of learning leaves
9 man wofully ignorant.-N. o. Plea
yune.
The man who can keep a secret may
have high opinion of his own ability,
but no woman likes him.-Somerville
Journal.
There is room for everybody in this
big world. Friction comes from the fact
that too many want the front room
Scranton Truth.
Don't hear your father-in-law
gave you roll of bills for wedding
present" Non-"Yes, they were gas
bills. Citizen.
"A man never fully realizes the
wealth of information he doesn't pos
sess till his first child begins to ask
questions.-ElmiraG Gazette.
Some men think nothing of jumping
contract, but it's warm day when
anyone can jump a cold that he has
contracted.-S Joseph News.
-"How was it that the judge granted
your divorce before even reading your
husband. "-Courrier des Etats- Unis.
1t is as little as the ice man could do
to drive some of his customers out to a
frozen pond, and let them see what they
were trying to buy all Summer.-Wash-
ington Post.
-Sociability in New York.-First
Stranger-"Slow, isn't ftp" Second
Stranger Eyes, very" Lets go
home" II can't. I'm the host. -
Texas Siftings.
-Tramp-"I don't hardly know what
to do with this piece O. steak now I've
got It," Landlady - For goodness
sake! Why don't you eat it?" Tramp
1--we tried that"
-"Going a ifs hing?" inquired his
wife. Eyes; catch about a dozen or
So" "Why so few? Fish are so cheap
now you might as we'll catch a couple
of dozen while about t.'-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Will Seek Enjoyment at Home
Tom-"Where are you going this even
ing for enjoyment Jack?" Jack-'I
evening. Wife's away, you know. =
Yankee Blade.
zWife-"What do you think of that
waterproof? 1 bought it down at La
cey's at the bargain sale on account of
the fire." Husband-"Is it damaged
much by fre?" Wife-"Not at all by
the fire; only by the water"
No Longer a Craze.-Autograph
hunting is thing of the past. Like
all manias it had it's run, and it has
now been dropped for another fad.
Public men are asked to give their ideas
on marriage, religion, politics and other
subjects.
-Mildred-"Oh, Maud, 1 have been
dying ever since the night of the mas
querade to ask you who that man was
that you were with" Maud-"Why,
didn't you know that was the man I'm
engaged TOP" Mildred-'Well, what in
the world possessed him to wear that
frightfully ugly mask?" Maud-"He
didn't wear any mask. boston Cour-
Ter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

An American would call an ordi-
nary Cuban house bare and unfurnished.
IL has no carpets, only rug here and
there in front of bed or sofa. There
are no curtains at the windows; the
seats are never upholstered, and there
are no mattresses on the beds. You
sleep on a piece of canvas covered with
a sheet, and possibly a light blanket
beneath. There are no stoves or fire.
places. There is no ornamentation or
decoration of the interior, though the
exteriors are not only painted in the
brightest colors but deliberately tiled.
The members of the French Society
of Artists are bordering upon a pro-
posed abandonment of oil colors and
brushes in favor of some more perma-
nent mediums of preserving the works
for posterity. Detaille, Bouguereau,
Robert Fleury, Vibert, Saint Pierre
form a committee of investigation. One
expert, Gabriel Deneux, proposes a sys-
TEN of encaustic painting by which hot
irons would be used instead of brushes.
The work, after being branded instead
of painted would have to be treated
chemically. The conservative painters,
however, hope that some improvement
may be attained in the mixture of col
ors in which such radical innovation
as cautery will not be resorted to.
There are mineral springs In various
places in the Caucasus to which sick
persons come from all parts of Russia
and even from foreign countries. The
management of these kurorts has been
very bad The ministry of imperial
property, under whose supervision the
kurorts of Causasia stand, appointed
a commission last spring to examine
the institutions and to draft plans for
their proper management. The com
mission accomplished it's labors in
September. Orders were given to re-
construct the baths Immediately, and
In March next hotels will be built for
the accommodation Of the guests, with
all the comforts and sanitary provis-
ions which the medical council of tho
ministry of the interior has devised.
The British warship Thunderer has
received four specimens of a gun, from
which great things are expected. The
original armament of the Thunderer
consisted of two INTERROGATION and
two thirty-fve-ton muzzle-loading guns,
and one of these burst, in the course of
practice, inside the turret, with fatal
results II was believed that the gun
had been twice loaded before firing.
The new guns, two of which are mount
ed on each turret, are of ten-inch cali
Der and twenty tons in weight. The
total length Is twenty-six feet ten
inches the projectile weighs five hun
dred pounds, and the full charge Of
powder is, as is now usual, just half
that weight. At arrange of one thou
sand yards 1t is calculated to pierce
twenty-one inches of wrough-iron plate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
HIS SOLE OBJECT IN LIFE.
He Was In Sore Distress But Desired to he


He Was In Sore Distress But Desired to be
Honest.
Gentlemen he said, as he ap-
preached the four of US seated In a row
in the waiting room, lit grinds me to
the soul to be obliged to ask favors of
strangers, but I've got to do it right
here and now
What's your case?" asked the man
on my left, who looked like judge.
1--WE lost wife and five children
''Well?"
"Then my house burned down and
got no Insurance."
''Well?"
Then fell out of tree and broke
my leg, and didn't walk for year"
"Well?"
Then sold piece of real estate
the only property had-and fellow
robbed me of every cent
''Well?"
Then got heavy cold, consump-
ton set in, and one of my lungs is gone
and the other G olng."
''Well?"
''Well, I'm ragged, poor, hungry and
sick, and want money to buy a supper
and pay for nights lodging"
Il see. You are hard up, indeed.
should think you were tired of life
81 have just one object in living
And that?'
''When / was boy, ten years old,
and lived in Vermont, stole a water
melon from farmer. My crime was
never discovered, but it has weighed
like lead on my conscience, and 1 know
1t has fastened my end. 1 want to
live long enough and collect money
enough to enable me to return to Yer
mont, go to that farmers house, and,
standing before him, say:
Mr.. Pritchard, thirty-nine years
ago, when was but giddy boy, stole
a watermelon of you. 1 am sorry.
want to be forgiven before r die, and l
want to make such reparation as can
Here is thirty thousand dollars in gold
Take it and buy a steamboat, and say
l am forgiven
You are an Internal dead beat and
liar" roared the judge as the man stood
in an attitude of humility, but we Clipped
in half dollar apiece, and sent him away
rejoicing.-N. Y. Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
SIXTY.THREE WIVES.
The Family OF . Congo Monarch and Son
Account Of His Country.

The Family Of 2 Congo Monarch and Some
Account of His Country.
The French government has recently
begun a careful exploration of the vast
territories which came under its sway
after the division at the Berlin con.
gress, and which is known as the French
Congo.
The farther the explorers proceed the
more astonished they are at the charac-
ter of the population, which, in many
sections, is very warlike and can raise
large armies.
Large rivers abound, and the inhab-
itants spend half their time upon them,
hunting the hippOpotRmuS and tho ele-
plants which come to tesd " the
marshes.
The warriors are nearly all armed
with Spears and shields made Of very
thick mating and hippopotAmus hide.
They have considerable knowledge Of
the art of building and Of agriculture.
Some of their plantations are well laid
out, and yield immense quantities OF
food with but little cultivation.
At Ouosso, huge village on newly
discovered island, the explorers found
better buildings, showing more taste
and skill than any seen elsewhere In
Central Africa.
The warriors are always prepared to
Aght everybody who comes along, but
can generally be pacified by presents of
pearl or porcelain buttons or cotton
cloth.
They do not value these objects SIM
ply because they are buttons and cloths,
but because they serve as money all
through the Congo country. One of the
chiefs at Onosso possesses no less than
sixty-three wives, with whom he lives
in an immens wattled palace, divided
into sixty-three compartments. His
whole household amounts to nearly six
hundred persons
His palace is adorned with certain
rude paintings and sculptures, indicat-
| ing that the people with education
would develop decided taste for orna-
ment.
The women go naked, with the ex-
ception of loin cloths and garters on
their right legs. They all have numer-
Gus families of very hideous-looking
children.
In this district copper bracelets,
made with much skill, are used for
money. The king keeps a little army
of artisans at work making them, so
that his treasury is never empty.
Elephant hunting is one of the great
| industries of the whole region. Min
ganga, king who controls a wide ex-
tent of country. and who is reputed the
greatest drnniard I'm Congo-land, con-
trolls most of the ivory commerce and
regularly sends caravans to the coast.
He has accumulated large fortune in
elephant tusks, which he exchanges
regularly for copper money.
The natives are very willing to hunt
the elephant, since they are rewarded
by great feasts every time one of the
huge beasts are killed.-N. Y. journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
MAGIC JEWELS.
TallsmanIc Lore of the Time OF Gunther,
the King of burgundy.

TallsmanIc Lore of the Time OF Gunther,
the King of burgundy.
In the earlier ages jewels were often
employed as talismans. The most re-
martable properties were attributed TO
them by the ignorant and superstitious
and TO this day there are people in every
nation on the face of the earth who re-
gard some articles of jewelry as
lucky" or 'unluclSy." The Nibelungen
Lied abounds In talismanic lore and the
magic power ascribed to jewels is well
exemplitied in 1.-The quarrel between
Kriemhild and Brunhild"
Kirchbach, the famous German paint
er, has chosen this episode as the sub
1ect of one of his finest paintings.
The famous story is in substance as
follows: Siegfried having by his super
natural strength and influence, due to
his power of rendering himself Inc
visible, aided Gunther, the king of Bur
gundy, to perform three feats set as .
test for the lovers of Brunhild, queen
of ashland, was rewarded by Gunther
by the bestowal of the hand of his SIS
ter, Kriemhild, in marriage. Siegfried,
after his marriage with Kriemhild, told
her of the part he played in inducing
Brunhild to marry her brother. When
Gunther complained of Brunhild's i'm
perious and shrewish disposition to
Siegfried, the latter again assisted the
henpeclxed king. This was accom-.
plished by the exercise of Siegfried's re-
marlable prowess in taking from Brun-
hild her ring and her girdle, in which
her power of command over her hus-
band was supposed to lie. After this
Brunhild became a submissive and duti-
full wife.
Kriemhild enraged Brunhild by ex-
travagantly praising Siegfried. She
attributed Gunther's success in winning
Brunhild to the magical assistance of
Siegfried, and claimed that as the wife
of the latter she was entitled to prece-
dence over Brunhild. She exclaimed:
''See'st how he towers over his heroes,
cen as the full moon Outshinss the
stars"
Kriemhild then announced her inteH-
ton of entering the cathedral before
Brunhild on the following day.
As Kriemhild and her husbands vas
sails approached the cathedral, Brunhild
angrily intercepted her, and in the pres
ence of the people forbade Kriemhild
TO enter the place of worship before
herself. Kriemhild retorted by hold
ing aloft In her right hand the ring and
in her left the girdle of Brunhild, rep
resenting the departed power of the
queen. She then pompously swept by
Brunhild into the cathedral. The sub.
sequent murder of Siegfried and the
seizure of 1.-The Nibelungen hoard" by
Hagan are intimately connected with
this incident
Hagan, after securing the twenty.
eight wagon loads OF gold and gems
which Siegfried had seized from the
neutrality-suspicious., concealed the hoard
by sinking it In the rhine at Lock-
ham" Hagan was assassinated, and
the treasure was lost forever. Another
legend presumes that it is at the bot
tom of the sea, guarded by a dragon
which never relaxes its vigil and is pos
sessed OF the powers and endurance sup
posed to have existed in the person o.
Siegfried himself when he invoked tn,
invisibility always at his command
jewelers. Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
THE CHINESE nleHe,NDERs.
A Powerful orsanlzation-rhelr Rites at

A Powerful Experimentation Rites at
LIMITATIONS.
The name highlander is said to have
been used by policeman in court, and
had no significance whatever, but the
term tickled the public, and is now
part of the English language. The true
name of these ruffians in Chinese
means "Hatchet Boys" the peculiar ap-
propriateness of which title is at once
apparent. The highbinders trace their
organization back several centuries.
They claim to be part of the associa-
ton known in China as the Triad soci-
ETY.. The founders of this society were
some Buddhist monks. They put down
the rebellion in Quong ST province and
were offered rewards in titles and
estates by the government They re-
fused the rewards. Afterward the
Manchu soldiers became jealous of the
monks; the government also became
suspicious and accused the powerful
monks of treason. A monastery was
blown up, and only five out of one hun
dred and twenty monks escaped alive.
Those five became the founders of the
Triad society. The VOW ofYhe members
is that they shall never rest until the
present reigning dynasty is overthrown
and the Ming native dynasty is restored
to the Dragon throne.
1t has numb ered at times more than
one hundred thousand. and still includes
many who have no sympathy with the
diabolical practices which made the
name terror. 1t has an elaborate mi
tiatory ceremony-signs, grips, words
and tokens, by which its me mbers may
recognize each other and hold commu-
nication. Within the society is mill
tary organization of salaried soldiers,
who are bound by the most solemn
oSths to execute orders, even~to killing
those who fall under its ban.
The late Tie Fling rebellion was in
stigated by Triads, and after ten years
duration was suppressed by the late
Gen. Gordon. The rebels fed abroad
to save their necks and started the Chez
Kung Tong. The headquarters of the
society on this coast were in Spofford
alley, where they were recently raided
by the police. AT that time one of the
rituals fell into the hands of the police,
and has been translated. From it and
from two converted Chinese who had
passed to the honor of grand officers in
the society has come this knowledge.
Some of the initiation ceremonies of
this society are interesting. A candi-
date pricks his finger until the blood
flows into cup of wine, This cup is
passed around the assembly to be
slipped, so that blood fellowship may
be established. The candidate swears
eternal loyalty to the society in thirty
five different oaths, during which cere-
mony a roosters head is cut off, and
while the blood flows the candidate i'm
precates death upon himself should he
prove traitor. Another rite is that of
the candidate crawling under a table
upon which is seated director who is
called Mother" This ceremony is to
represent the candidate being born
again. A certain twist of the cue marks
a member of the highlander societies
San Francisco Alta.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
TAKING AN OATH.
Explanation of the Origin of the Custom
and Its Phases.

and Its Phases.
The topic of kissing the Bible upon
the taking of an oath was the subject
of discussion by the Cogburn club the
other evening. Nobody seemed to
know just why the discussion was
started, but several members who have
not been heard from lately had pro-
nounced views upon the subject
One of the members declared that the
kissing habit was the relic of an idol
atrous age, when men kissed the
mouths of idols to such an extent that
they wore them away, and it was be-
lieved that he who kissed the mouth of
an idol and then told lie would i'm
mediately die. Said he: THE practice
of kissing the Bible in courts of justice
is more than ten centuries old. In
every court, or upon the table of every
justice, you will find soiled book upon
which you are Sworn-a book not soiled
by reverent hands in turning its pages
but made unclean and unhealthy by the
constant handling of unclean witnesses,
and the contact of impure lips and
mouths
''There : very little reverence to
modern oaths. Men take them so fire.
quently and unhesitatingly that it is al
most shocking, and perjury must be
common. The court officers are much
to blame for this. An oath is usually
administered to a witness in confused
tumble of words, without pause or en-
phasis- AS one listens to the oath as it
is being recited over to the witness
all that can be understood is the start
off, 'Doysmlyswear,' and then it runs
into confusing murmur which you are
trying your best to make out, when the
flourish comes, 'S'elpyeGod'
1T is a senseless piece of mummery
when compared with the administration
of the oath only few years ago. l am
not an old man, but / can remember
the time when oaths were administered
with an impressiveness and a reverence
and sanctity that made them worth
needing. But we were talking about
kissing the Bible, weren't we?
1.-THE medical profession condemns
the practice for the reason that disease
| may be thereby communicated, and it
is my opinion that people who contem-
plate taking the oath and kissing the
public Bible might better carry an edi-
ton of their own in their pockets than
put to their lips greasy covered copy
that has been pressed by the lips of all
kinds of people, from the tramp to the
politician. Utica Observer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-07-15
THE LADIES GOT SEATS.

Satisfactory Results of a TippIer's Lo-
quacity.
The car was crowded. Every inch Of
space on the seats was occupied, mostly
by men, and the aisle was packed so
close with men and women that the
conductor could hardly force his way
through. AT Maple street man clam
bered on. Nobody, not even himself,
could tell how he managed to do it.
But he did; and when he was once on
his breath Glove way through the mass
of humanity so that in five minutes he
was well inside. He wasn't drunk, but
he was feeling very happy, and was in
clined to be loquacious. He looked
around the car with a frown on his
countenance, and plainly disapproved
the apportionment of passengers to
seats. Then he inquired, solemnly, but
in loud and piercing tone:
"All the ladies (hic) got seats?"
The pretty girl who was hanging to
the next strap blushed and looked
amused. The men who were standing
up smiled in an envious sort of way.
The men who were sitting gave no sign
that they had heard. He waited five
minutes, and then he asked again:
''All the ladies got seats?"
The men who were sitting buried
their faces deep in their newspapers.
The men who were standing up laughed
audibly. The pretty girl changed hands
on the straps and assumed an expectant
expression. Five minutes more passed
Then he hiccoughed and interrogated
for the third time, in louder and more
piercing tone than ever:
"All the ladies got seats?'
That did the business. One of the
men who were sitting looked up from
his paper, saw with great establishment
that gretty girl was standing in front
of him, rose and offered her his seat.
Then six other men gave their seats to
the six other ladies who were stand
ing, and everything was quiet again.
Then he remarked, in a satisfied tone
and with the air of man who feels
that he has discharged a duty he owed
to society:
"All the ladies got seats. Chicago
Post.