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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-14
How the Cable Was Born.

liz" ItiS SdOlS " as born.
The sight of six horses vainly en-
deavoring to take a street car up one
OF the steep hills OF San Francisco in
spired in Inventor Hallidays mind
the idea of the cable car system. The
hill was slippery as we'll as steep. One
horse fell and carried down his mate.
The other horses tumbled, until the
SIX were in a. struggling heap. The
weight of the car dragged them down
to the foot of the hill, bruising and
manning them. Mr.. Holiday, look
ing on, was filed with compassion for
the poor brutes, and he says he went
to work at once on plans for sub
stltute for horse power. His thinking
brought him to the cable system.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
An Extraordinary Photograph of a
Trotting Horse. s
The fact that a horse at full trot is
sometimes, at all events, entirely in
the air without any of it's feet touch
ing the ground has been proved by an
instantaneous photograph taken by
NJ. Ottenheim, vice-presldent of the
Versailles Photographic Society. The
picture shows the horse trotting in a
dog-cart with a single occupant, and
the shadows on the ground clearly
demonstrate that all it's feet are in
the air. The legs, both fore and hind,
are spread, the right fore and left hind
legs being advanced, while the left fore
and right hind legs are pointing back
wards. The left fore leg is little bent
at the knee.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-14
A Big Armature.

The most powerful continuous cur
rent" dynamo at 500 volts in the
world is that of the electric light plant
of the Place Clichy, Paris.
The armature is Gramm ring of
about eleven feet in diameter, and it
is mounted on projecting star of
thirty rays. The whole affair weighs
about eight tons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-14
Mistake of Physicians.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
Now that so many persons are dy-
ing OF the grip or it's effects, it is in
teresting to read the statement of one
OF the most eminent physicians in this
city. He says:
"Not long ago I was called in con-
sultation by very eminent physician
to consider the case of an elderly lady
who was dying, as was presumed, Of
pneumonia. I entered the room,
which was surrounded by crying rela-
tives. I sounded her lungs, which
were hard as in pneumonia. I then
felt her pulse and took her temporal
ture, and found that these did not
correspond to pneumonia at all.
then knew what was the matter. 1
sent all out of the room but
my fellow physician and the nurse.
We then took the woman by the
heels and held them high up and let her
head hang down over the side of the
bed, nearly touching the floor. As
expected, mucus soon began to flow
from the mouth and in half an hour a
quart had escaped. The woman is
now convalescent. She had not a
trace OF pneumonia and it's only in
dication was the hardened lungs,
which was nothing but mucus. Her
lungs were filling up, and in a few
hours she would have drowned. Grip
Is such a new disease that many
physlcianssdo not know this. One
can easily seehow this is, for a person
with the grip will in day use up
twenty handkerchiefs with the mucus
that flows from the nose. Now the
mucus membranes of the lungs have
twenty times the surface of those in
the nasal passages, and secrets just as
rapidly. This mucus sinks to the
bottom OF the lungs and fills them up
until the patient browns"
Compressed Air as Motor,
The use of compressed air for elevat-
ing and training guns and various
other mechanical purposes aboard
ship is not only all accomplished but
evidently a fixed fact in modern naval
engineering, large compressers are now
in course Of construction for the mon
itor Terror and the cruiser Vesuvius,
and their value as motors has been
successfully demonstrated on other
vessels. The power is found to be
ample, easy OF application, and the
machines producing it take up COM
paratively little room.
Those for the monitors are of $50
horse power each and will carry an
air pressure OF 1000 pounds, while
those OF the Vesuvius will be capable
of 2, 5OOpounds pressure, yet the COM
pressors occupy q space of only about
II feet in length by feet in width.
The same power is applicable to
the steering apparatus, and is doubt
less available for hosting and lower
ingsails, and as well for ships of the
merchant marine as for others.
Compressed air is also finding uses
on shore as well as at sea- It's ultl-
mate possibilities are yet to be de-
termined, but with the adoption of
recently invented appliances for the
reduction of friction, it is entirely
probable that all will yet become a
much more generally employed motor
than it now is, and eventually be APP
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-14
The Omnipresent Microbe.

Not many years ago few persons, if
any, surmlsed that certain microscopic
living beings microbia, or micro-or-
ganisms-could be powerful agents of
combination and decomposition, not
merely in living plants and animals,
and not alone in dead organic matter,
but even in the mineral kingdom. Some
time ago the researches OF Schloesing
and Muntz, of Marcagno, OF P. F.
Frankland, and Of others showed that
the decomposition of dead organisms
into. their components depends mainly
on the action of microbia which break
up blood, flesh, leaves, and even wood,
into carbOnic acid and ammonia.
Living organisms further convert the
ammonia into nitric acid, which, if
potash is present, forms saltpetre. By
due selection of different ferments-
all of them living organisms-we can
produce, in solution of sugar or a.
decoctlon of malt, alcoholic liquors
having the actual aroma and flavor
OF the choicest wines. More remark
able still, it is now proved that the
green rust on antique bronzes is a.
product OF microscopic plant life
Forum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

He Didn't Want Poles Erected i'm Front of His
Church and Fired at the Workmen.
special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.

special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
NEWARK. n. j.. Dec. Trouble has been
brewing for some time between Father
Kerwin, pastor of st. Mary's Roman Catho-
lie Church of East Orange, ard the officials
of the projected electric railroad. which is
now in couIse of construction. Poles for
the operation of the road are being put In
position. and as the system is to be run
through the thoroughfare in which the
church Is located. 1t was found necessary
to erect poles in front of the church
property. Father Kerwin decidedly OBJ
jectcd to this. but the officials of the new
road were determined that they should go
M.
Early this morning a gang Of workmen
went to the church and immediately began
TO set the poles in position. working, of
course, as noiseless as possible. But the
priest evidently was expecting such a
move, for the men had not proceeded far
with their work when he appeared at the
window of his residence. pistol in hand.
and deliberately fired three shots at the
gang of workmen. His aim. however. was
poor aud no one was injured. There is
great excitement IN the town over the
affair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
City News Notes.

The Jonesboro Mining Company has in
creased its capital stock from 81. 40 to Sl0,-
600.
The annual meeting of the Tippecanoe
Club. for the election of officers. will take
place at 2 o'clock. p. NJ, to-day.
John w. kinyon. the superintendent of
the Madison County ~POor-house. visited
the ~poor-house of this county yesterday.
d.. T.. Francis reported to the police YES
terday that his overcoat of heavy gray
cloth had been stolen from the store on the
corner of Mississippi and New York streets.
The Meridian and Central w. Z. 4.
Unions will meet this afternoon, at 2:30
o'clock. at the residence of Mrs. Neisler.
No. 427 Broadway. Miss Alice Palmer will
address the unions.
A union mass-mceting, under the AUSPICES
of Dry-goods Clerks Union No. AZ, will be
held at Msnsur Hall. Thursday evening.
Dec. 8. Addresses will be made by Morris
Ross. Hon. w. p. Fishback, I. NJ. Gruelle,
Rev. j. A. Milburn and Rev. Father
ODonaghue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
BYNUM LAID ON THE SHELF.
They Believe In the West that He Was Called
OF by C~leveland's Friends.

OF by Cleveland's Friends.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Congressman Bynum, of Indiana, who
has been very prominent as candidate
for the Speaker of the House. has with
drawn in favor of Mills, of Texas. The os-
tensible reason for his action is that Mills,
"a the great apostle OF tariff reform, will
be able to keep the farmers of the North
west in line and carry out the policy which
he (Bynun) says the elections of 1870 indi-
Gated TO be desired by the farmers; but 1t
10 easy to read between the lines and see
that lie does not give the strongest reason
| for his withdrawal.
The truth of the matter undoubtedly Is
that Cleveland and Mills havereacbed a
definite understanding. Mills is TO drop
his free-coinage notions and Cleveland Is
to throw his influence for him for Speaker,
and then Mills in turn is to ASSIST Cleye-
land to his nomination for the presidency.
This means. of course. that tho West has
| given way to the East on the silver ques-
ton. in so far Is the Democratic party is
concerned. and that free coinage Is to be
let severely alone.
Nothing else could be possible with
Cleveland in the field and shaping the
policy Of the coming House OF Representa-
tlves. We cannot imagine the author of
the Warner letter and of the numerous
anti-sllver messages standing upon a free
coinage platform. The inconsistency would
be too startling even for Cleveland himself,
who Is not easily disconnected. Of course
a freo-coinage bill would dispose of the
matter. but IL would not help Cleveland If
ne were believed to have been responsible
for the action of the House, as he certainly
wonld be.
The same considerations will probably
take Springer out of the fight. for Sprip ger
is q great man for expediency under any
and all circumstances McMillin. of Ten
nessee, isnot developing any great strength
SO the contest will probably belnarrowed
down to Mills and Crisp. with the chances
in favor of Mills.
His election will mean an assault upon
the Mckinley bill. for he is pledged to
what he and his admirers are pleased to
call tariff reform. The House is numerical
ly strong enough for free trade to
carry any measure of the sort. but whether
ii will do so or not will be a different mat
ter. 1t may not he far ont of the way to
conjecture that n bill will be introduced
and debated. but not carried, or attempted
to be carried. the real purpose being to
make political capital for the campaign of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

novel exhibit at the worlds fair will soon
be made to the officials on behalf of O band
of half-breed Cree Indians. who live on the
line of the Canadian Pacific railroad, be-
tween Lettielera and 81. Norbert. These In
dIans are more civilized than the average
redskins. but they retain theirold customs
and are famous horsemen and hunters. The
proposition is that 16O of them will come to
the worlds fair, travelling the entire dis
lance on their horses and brin ging with
them all their camp equipments, tents. ETC.,
and at the fair lay out primitive Indian
villages and there give exhibitions of In
dian dances and horsemanship and, in fact,
live and act Just as they do in their own
homes and camps. Daniel Mcdonald, q
pioneer of Winnipeg. offers TO exhibit one
each of all the ANIMALS found In British
America-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

The Journal is first of all a newspaper. Its primary object is to pub
fish the news, and to secure this it spares no pains Or expense. Besides
the service of two great news agencies, which cover foreign countries as
well as the entire United States, has a corps Of Special Correspondents.
who give attention to those events and occurrences that are likely to be
of particular interest to the Indiana public. Its Washington bureau was
established for the purpose of looking after matters in which the State
and its people are concerned, and is under the management of al Indiana
man well acquainted with the local business and political issues. 1t has
a correspondent in every town of importance in the State, and is con-
stanHy increasing its facilities for obtaining information from every
quarter. Its staff of city reporters is large, and its local departments are
unexceued. AS a newspaper it is far better equipped than any other in
the State, and welcomes comparison with its contemporaries in any and
all of its departments. With all it endeavors to be accurate and trust
worthy printing the news, whatever it may be, without personal pr parti-
a bias.
But while the Journal is non-partisan as to news, it is a Republican
paper, and sets forth Republican principles. 1t is important that the
people shall read the truth about these principles, and it was with the oD-
jct of putting everybody in the way of doing SO that the price of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
The Christian Alliance.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Christian Alliance
met in convention in this city to-day. Its
object is the advancement of Christianity
among the people. especially the neglected
classes. IN an undenominational manner
To-day's session was devoted to introduc-
tory addresses by Rev. ). f.. WIshard, presi-
dent of the Northwestern branch of the al
lance; Rev. Is. A. Simpson, of New York
city. president of the l~nternatIopal Chris
tian Alliance. and others. Selected topics
viii he discussed tomorrow and next day,
aud mission work will be considered on
Friday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
MUST PAY DAMAGES.
Railroads Responsible for Injury to Persons
Riding on Free Passes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ALBANY. n. Y. Dec. 1.-The question of
liability on the part of railroads In cases
of injury to persons riding on o pass was
settled today by the Court of Appeals, in
the case of Ira Porter, respondent, against
the New York. Lake Erie q Western Rail-
road Company. appellant. Appeal for judg-
ment to general term. second department..
affirming o Judgment for g.. 1853 in favor
of plaintiff. The action was brought to
recover for injuries receiv ed while riding
on q train of defendants cars in May, 1885.
The defendants sought to avoid liability
by alleging that plaintiff was riding on a
pass. and that it's servants were not guilty
of negligence. The Court of Appeals holds
that the decision of the general term
awarding damages should be sustained,
and this practically decides the question
that railroads are liable for accidents TO
pass-holders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
Ask for Liebig COMPANY'S

and treating pleasantly of everyday top
les, will be interested in reading The Bus
mess of Life, "by the author of How to Be
Happy, though Married" The author has
the happy art of treating commonplace
subjects in q pleasing, instructive manner
llghtened by Henuene humor. Cloth, S1.25.
Charles ScrIbner's Sons.
The Queen of Roumania. known as Gar
men Sylvia" appears as the author of a novel
entitled "Edleen Vaughan The story is
prolific in characters, and there is consid-
cradle straining after dramatic and sensa-
tional events. Also there Is a good deal of
mOraliZing, but 1t Is not o strong or pleas
ing story. at least according to the Ameri-
can standard. New York: Cassell Publish
ing Company.
A collection of rhymes and verses for
children, by Mary Wiley Slower, is pub
lished under the title of New and True"
The verses are simple, musical and admir-
ably calculated to interest little folks.
Handsomely bound and beautifully illus
trated by capable artists, il makes an at
tractive and appropriate holiday gift book.
Ornamental cloth. 80. New York: Lee Il
Shepard.
Pierre Charron was q French preacher
who lived in the latter part of the sixteenth
century. He possessed q superior mind and
very philosophio temper. His essays on
moral topics. published under the title "a
Treatise on Wisdom" contain many pure
and noble thoughts admirably expressed.
Tn book abounds with moral maxims
New York: g. +. Putnam's Sons. Cloth,
SIPS.
Martha Finley, author of Elsie Din
more' and other popular stories for girls,
appears in q new one called "Elsie's Vaca-
tion and After Events" This story takes
up some of the characters of previous ones
and carries them along through a series of
interesting scenes. 1t is clean and whole
some and has q high moral tone. New
York: Dodd, Mead d Co.
THE High-top S wee,;ng and Other
POEMS" by Elizabeth Akers, is a collection
of about fifty short poems on a variety of
topics. Mrs. Akers writes beautiful verses
and is never commonplace. The merit of
her poems is as much i'll the sentiment as in
the expression, though she is always must
cal. Cloth, S1.25. New York: Charles Scrib-
ners Sons.
prince Dusty" by Kirk Munroe, is fur
Their entitled, "A Story of the OIL Regions"
1t is published In Rail and Water series,
and Is a story for boys. 1t is full of excit-
ing situations and stirring adventure. The
tone and moral OF the book are good. IL
Illustrated. Cloth. Sl.25. New York: G. p.
Putnam's Sons.
MOSTLY Marjorie Day" is the odd title of
new novel by Miss Virginia f. Townsend,
author of "a Boston Girls Ambitions
etc. This is a story of considerable merit,
and is bound in uniform style with the
authors previous works. Cloth, $3.50.
Boston: Lee Il Shepard.
Mrs. Amelia +. Barr. author of Jan
Iaadar,a yr;fa5 or1 o<hor x-o- --xl---
introduction to American readers. A new
novel by her. called "A Sister to Esau,O is
published by DOdd. Mead * Co. 1t is q
strongly written and interesting story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
Women's Business Methods.
Detroit FREQ Press

know q married man who was recently
called upon by his wife to pay q little bill
of about so for a lot of small wares pur-
chased at a dry-goods store by that wife.
He paid the bill without question, but he
told me privately and with much glee, that
the ARTICLES costing 50 had been made M"
by his wife into various fancy nick-nacks,
which were contributed TO a fair at their
church. ."And how much do you suppose
they sold fort" he asked. OF course, / bad
no idea and he continued. well. my wife
and her sister worked on the things the
better part of a week and they sold readi-
ly. being useful and very pretty, indeed.
The prices asked were paid and the net
proft.above cost of material was 81" Then
we both laughed like the brutes we were.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
Suit Against the Big Four.

SPECIAL 10 the IndinnsDolis Journal
GREENCAsTLE. Dec. 1.-The suit Of Vir-
ginia III. McGiIl. as ADMINISTRATIVE of her
husband, Thomas NJ. McGill. against the
Big Four Railway Company. has been ven
ued to this county from the Clay Circuit
Court. The deceased was one of the pas
sengrrs injured hy the wreck near Indian
apolis. on the morning of the Goth of April.
when an L. Il 81 l.. sleeper was thrown
from the track. IL is alleged, by reason of a
defective rail. Col. w. X. Myers. of Ander-
son. was also an inmate of the car. aud sus-
tanned serious injuries. for which he asks
on the 18th of May. aud his death is attrib-
uted 10 the injuries he sustained In the
wreck. The suit is for $4,000 damages.
In Colonel Myers's case 10 is thought n set
Element Will be effected without ecourse
to law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
DAILY JOURNAL
Is n A WEEK.
Was reduced to

No other method of securing a Republican victory at the polls is so
certain as the circulation of Republican papers among voters. Since the
reduction in price thousands of subscriptions have poured in from all
parts of the State, showing that a need was supplied. In order to have
the proper influence and effect upon voters seeking for trustworthy infor-
nation the Journal should go into their hands at once. and not next
spring or summer. Clubs are being formed and agencies established
wherever daily mails reach and as rapidly as travelling agents al visit the
places, but Republicans in each and every locality cannot do their party
greater service than to interest themselves in circulating the Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

to be O hinge ball of fire shot ath " art the
sky, leaving in its trail q light which lasted
fully. ten seconds. The path of this aerolite
was about midway between the zenith ami
horizon in the eastern sky. and the course
observed was northward IN q straight line.
The ball of fire appeared to grow larger
aud larger as it travelled through space.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

general condition as fair. and only 5 per
cent. report the condition rs poor and
some hog cholera existing. Ohio. Ken
lucky, Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dako-
tas make no mention of the existence of
the disease. Tie movement Is reported
from brisk to slow, and. on the. whole, aD-
pears TO be about an average.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
swine Healthy and Free from Disease.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The Farmers Review
will say in its next issue: Reports on the
condition and movement of hogs have been
received from thirteen different States. In
~ per cent. of all the counties reporting
the condition is good, the animals are
healthy and fattening rapidly; and little or
no disease of any kind cxists. About Is
per cent. OF the correspondents report the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

o. Berry was struck on the head last
night by an electric trolley-pole. while
din on q motor-car on Massachn-
sets avenue. The accident hap
pend near New Jersey street. The
wounded man was taken into o
neIRhboriug physicians office. where the
cut in his scalp was dressed. He was able,
later. to proceed to his home on Vine
street. He leaned too far out from the
platform. thus coming in contact with tho
trolley pole.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
ILLINOIS.

A Young Farmer Commits Suicide without
ANY Explanation.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PARIS, Dec. John Bennett, q young
farmer twenty-five years old. committed
suicide to-day at his fathers home in Kan
sas township. No cause was assigned for
the deed. The family has been in first
class circumstances financially. Bennett
Oft the top of his head with q shotgun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

ELGIN, ILL.,. Dec. LIT is understood that
are completed for the trans
fer to an English syndicate of the five
milk-condensing factories at Carpenters
vile. Ill. and at Brewster, Wassac and
Walden, n. Y. They have been owned by
the Borden and MiIlbank families for over
twenty-five years. The purchase price is
stated. As their net revenue last wear
is said TO have been over $3.50. 900. IL must
be Sl2, 600. OCO OF SIS. 600, 900. The Borden
heirs. living here and in California, are in
New York on this business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Dec. 1.-The knights OF
Pythias in this county are very strong.
A charter has just been granted for q new
chapter. which will be instituted at Alex
andria next Thursday night un der the au-
spices of the Uniformed Rank of this city.
The new lodge will number twenty-five
members. Visiting members from Muncie,
Kokomo. Marion and Indianapolis will as
sist in the ceremonies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-02
Victim of the Electric Car.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Dec. 1.-The electric street-car
line claimed its first victim here to-day.
Michael McGrahan. q veteran of the Sol
diers Home, was walking along the
track near the home grounds. and
az q car approached reeled in front of it
and was struck by the platform. He was
instantly killed. He was forty-seven years
Old. and o seaman during the war.