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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
Mortality Report.

The Board of Health has prepared its
monthly report. During January there
were 23l deaths; white. 202; colored, twen-
ty-nine; male. ninety-eIght; female, 133.
OF this number 161 were born in the United
States. fourteen in Germany and sixteen in
Ireland. Fifty-seven were under five years
of age. and fitty-five were over sixty years.
The most destructive disease was influenza,
of which there were thirty-two cases.
There were $50 deaths resulting from some
form of throat disease. Bills were allowed,
as follows: City Hospital, 81. 9O3. "a; City
Dispensary, ssh. S3; office, $685. Home of
the Friendless, $50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
VIII Not Get IL.

The people on Broadway between st.
Clair and Seventh streets have petitioned
the Board of Public Works for an asphalt
pavement. They won't get IL this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
Trying Co Meet the Tax Issue.

Chairman Taggart's Democratic State ex-
ecutive committee held its first meeting
yesterday morning. at the Grand Hotel. to
lay their heads together in an effort to find
some issue upon which to make an aQgres-
sive fight lnasmuch as nearly all the
members are from Indianapolis. most of
them had met before. and 1t did not take
the others long to get acquainted. In the
afternoon they met . conference commit
tee from the Democratic Editorial Associa-
ton. and the talk was devoted almost en-
tirely to the problem of meeting the Is
sue raised by the b~urdensome tax
law. The editors. 1t - said. very
freely expressed the belief that nothing
could be accomplished by the desperate
effort to hoodwink the people into the be-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05

Wallace was thought at first not to be
seriously i'll. but as Is frequent with such
disease. il took q turn for the worse and
medical skill proved ~unavaiiing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
DEATH OF IRIS COMBS.

Her Life Brought to m Untimeiy End by
Hasty Consumption.
Mrs. Carrie Wilson Combs, wife of DR.
George w. Combs. died yesterday after
noon, at 1 o'clock, st her home, No. 337
North Tennessee street. She had been
feeble for two years, since an almost fatal
attack of peritonItis. and about SIX months
ago symptoms of hasty consumption began
o develop. Her decline was steady from
that time. and for the last two or three
days previous to her passing away the end
seemed liable to come at any moment. Her
father, mother, sister and husband were
at her bedside as her life ebbed away.
Mrs. Combs was t~wenty-four years
of age, and had lived in this city oil her
life. She was well known In church and
social circles, being noted for her high
character and for charms of mind and
physique. Her literary education was gained
had made her proficient in music and ART.
In the latter accomplishment her talent
seemed to find greatest success In painting
from animal life.
lived near the Meridian-street Church. be-
came the pianist or Its Sunday-school, and
held the position for many yearo.
Her parents being Presbyterians her
amllatlon5 nave latterly 1oll0WeQ
theirs. She joined the Tabernacle
congregation, and was active in it's work.
Rev. Df. Rondthaler administered relig-
ious consolation In her last hours.
The news of her death, while her serious
illness was generally known among her
friends. fell with shocking force upon an
unusually wide circle of friends. She had
been a society favorite for a long time. Her
marriage with DR.. Combs occurred four
years ago the 18th of this month.
The time Of the funeral has not yet been
determined. but it Will occur from the late
home Of the deceased. The body will be
laid in the chapel at Crown Hill for the
present..
Death of Mrs. Hannah MARY HINT.
Mrs. Hannah Mary Hunt. wife of DR.. p.
g. c. Hunt. died yesterday morning at 6
o'clock of heart disease. Mrs. Hunt has
been for several years suffering from
asthma, and heart trouble has occurred at
intervals for the last SIX months. She was
sIxty-four years old and the daughter of
Isaac n. Phlpps. formerly o merchant OF
this city who came here from Madison,
Mrs. H. A. Grassland and Misses Luella,
Georgia and DR.. George E. Hunt are her
children. Mrs. Hunt was q member of
M~eridian-street NJ. K. Church. The funeral
will occur Monday afternoon at the resi-
dence. LAB North Pennsylvania street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
Death of Mrs. Hannah MARY HINT.
Miss Helan WalIaoe

Miss Helen Wallace. the daughter of the
late Postmaster William Wallace, died
Wednesday night from an attack of Ia
grippe contracted three weeks 9 Miss
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
width Comes With Wisdom"

Said old Tony Weller, who had a
fashion of turning all his WIS into
V's. Some people have a similar
trouble with their WIS and turn them
into Vs. Whether you ask for
'Vienna" bread or "Wienna" bread
your grocer viii understand you.
But be sureit is P. s. IT'S low-crown-
ed-oven Vienna.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05

CouncfIhan FuryehrF Dispufes
Jordan Smith. Q colored p~ensioner. yes
terday received his quarterly allowances
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05

Ice Tools.
Call on Hfldebrand IL Fugate, 50 South Merid-
ian street, for William T. Woods d Co.'S toe tools.
Also. skates and sleigh-bells. Agents Howe
scale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
Would Not Tell How IL Was Done.

noon. at No. 279 East Washington street.
with o dislocated shoulder, and was re-
moved to the City Hospital. He refuses to
tell % his injury was received.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
AFRICAN IRoNMAsTERs.
Artistic workmen Sometimes Found ~
the Heart of the Dark Continent.

Artistic worImen Sometimes Found ~
the Heart of the Dark Continent.
The Balubans, as the natives of the
Muansanyomma district of central
Africa arc styled, enjoy an excellent
local reputation as ironworkers. They
find their crude material in the form of
bog iron ore ON the surface of the land.
II rarely happens that digging to any
Sppreciable depth is necessary. The
smelling furnaces, which are construct
ed of clay are described by London
Iron as from six to ten feet high, from
forty to sixty inches in diameter at the
base and conical in shape. The ore is
tipped into the furnace from above the
charcoal, on the other hand, is intro
duced into basin-like side openings,
which also receive a continuous air
blast, while the iron and Stag are re-
moved from the bottom of the furnace
about every eight or twelve hours, ac-
cording 70 the degree of heat obtained.
The forge is a circular building, some
sixteen feet in diameter with pointed
roof and open side At a distance it
might be taken for park band stand.
In the center of this hut is the fire,
which is maintained in constant activ-
ity by means of unique pair of bel
lows, which merit special description.
They consist of block of wood gener-
ally twenty inches long, followed out
and fitted with funnel head made out
Of clay. At the lower end are two
nrifices, over which skins are stretched.
Motion is impaired to the instrument
by the action of two small rods. The
hammer is of solid iron; the tongs are
marvels of simplicity-to-wit A bent
palm branch. An iron wedge driven
into a timber hole serves as an anvil.
The recollections of the Balubans
carry them back to the time when they
wrought metals with stone tools. Some
of the natives are comparatively artistic
workers. Very fine axes, tastefully in
laid with copper, are produced, Strikes
among these swarthy artiicers, it
should be noted, are of comparatively
rare occurrence, probably owing to the
fact that the malcontents invariably
have their heads Topped off and their
skins placed on one side for patching,
or in case of need entirely recovering
the aforesaid curious bellows.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
LITERARY NOTICES.
A oHARMINe soUvEN1R.


We received recently little Sou.
venir Book, illustrated in colors and
devoted to the business of The Youths
Companion, and especially illustrating
The new building, " inch is just com
pleted and occupied. Every one who
is interested in the paper, and we
know that the number of families in
our vicinity who take it increases year
by year, will desire to see and read
this bit of history concerning favor.
ite paper.
While The Companion is one Of the
oldest papers in the country, having
been started in 1927, it is one of the
freshest and most vigorous of all our
publications and has attained the un-
equalled circulation of six hundred
thousand copies weekly. It's prospec-
tus, containing announcements of
authors and articles for the year 1898,
shows that the coming volume will be,
if possible, better than any of its pre-
decessors.
Any new subscriber may obtain the
Souvenir book free by asking for it at
the time the subscription is sent. The
paper will be sent free to January lst
to all who subscribe now, including
the Double Holiday Numbers. Price
$1.75 year. Boston, Mass.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
MoNTANA'S QUEER MINE.
It Closes It's own Mouth When IT
Is Raining.
Vhe Marrow Escape of One of the Mines
Owners who Went Down Below
During a Rainstorm--A Nat
ural Wonder.

Recent reference to the natural won.
teHs Of Montana, particularly the
shicazea broth and bichloride springs.
brings to light others of equal magni-
tude, says the Omaha Bee Col. John
DoEie's wonderful vinegar mine in
BeaVerhead county passes the domain
OF doubt into the sunlight of truth. 1t
is backed by crisp aflidavits, and af-
fidavits cost one dollar each in Mon
tana- The colonel and his partners did
NOS confne themselves TO vinegar.
They discovered a mountain of pure
alum in the Beaverhead range.
The discovery was considered a ten
strike and better than gold mine
They kept the find a secret for several
weeks. during which shaft was sunk
TO the depth of two hundred feet. The
cut was made all the way through a
solid vein of alum, and it was esti-
mated that the whole mountain was
composed Of it. A large pile of stuff
was heaped near the mine ready for
shipment and the miners had scheme
to food the market with their product
and rake in one million dollars at one
fell swoop, The other day the colonel's
partner went to town TO lay in a supply
Of grub and the former remained be.
hind 10 guard the treasure.
During the morning heavy rain be-
gan to fall and continued all day, and
in the afternoon the colonel had occasion
to go down into the mine, making the
descent by sliding down the rope, and
when once down at the bottom was so
taken up with a contemplation of his
novel and wonderful mine that he did
not heed the feeting hours until he
happened TO cast his eyes upward and
saw that daylight had faded from the
mouth of the shaft. He started to climb
upward, but had not proceeded more
than half way when TO his horror he
discovered that the heavy fall of rain
so thoroughly saturated the alum sides
Of the shaft that as a natural result
they had drawn together until the hole
was scarcely large enough for a man tc
crawl through.
The imprisoned man recognized his
awful position, and without losing much
time struggled toward the top of the
shaft. Every foot he advanced the shat,
became smaller, and for the last ter
feet he was compelled to dig his way VI
with pocketknife, and when he final
ly reached the surface he was complete
ly exhausted, his clothes were torn anC
his body badly bruised. The rain wa'
still falling, which soon revived thu
Colonel, and he started toward the CAM
tomeet his partner, TO whom he related
his marvellous experience. Together
they returned to their mine, or at leas
tried TO, for although they searched TO
two days they were unable to find an!
sight of their late possessions. Tht
rain had undoubtedly thoroughly ant
tightly closed up the discovery shaft ant
melted away every sign of the alum
piled on the outside, so that to this tim
it has been impossible to find any trac
of the mine
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
Abraham LINCOLN

When leaving his home at Springfield, ILL.,,
TO be inaugurated President of the United
States, made farewell address 10 his old
friends and neighbors, in which he said,
"Neighbors give your boys a chance"
These words come with as much force to-
day as they did thirty years ago,
How give them this chance?
Up in the Northwest is a great empire wait
ing for young and sturdy fellows TO come
an develop 1t and "grow up with the coun-
try" All over this broad land are the young
fellows, the boys that Lincoln referred to,
seeking to better their condition and get on
in life.
Here is their chance
The country referred to lies along the
Northern Pacific h. r.. Here you can find
pretty much anything you want In Mime
sofa, and in the Red River Valley of North
Dakota, the finest of prairie lands ntted for
wheat and grain, or as well for diversified
farming. In Western North Dakota, and
Montana, are stock ranges limitless in extent.
clothed with the most nutritious of grasses.
If fruit farming region is wanted there is
the whole state OF Washington to select from.
| AS for scenic delights the Northern Pacific
Railroad passes through a country unparal-
leled. In crossing the Rocky, Bitter Root,
and Cascade Mountains, the greatest moun-
tain scenery to be seen in the United State 8
from car windows Is found. The wonderful
bad lands, wonderful in graceful form and
glowing color, are a poem. Lakes Pend
dOreille and Coeur d'Alene, are alone worthy
of trans continental trip, while they are the
nsherman's Ultima Thule. The ride along
Clark's Fork OF the Columbia River is day
light dream. To cap the climax this is the
only way TO reach the far Yellowstone Park.
To reach and see all this The Northern
Pacific Railroad furnish trains and service OF
unsurpassed excellence. The most approved
and comfortable Palace Sleeping cars; the
best Dining cars that can be made; Pullman
Tourist cars good for both first and secoL
class passengers; easy riding Day coaches
with Baggage, Express and Postal cars all
: drawn by powerful Baldwin Locomotives,
maze a train fit for damages itEelf.
Those seeking lor new homes should take
this train and go and sIy out the land. To bt
| pI epared, write TO CHAS. s. FEE,
G. r. d T. A.,
st. Paul. Minn.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
RAMMER-HEAD SNAKE.
California Comes to the Front with =
New Discovery.


New Discovery.
A letter from Dr. e. E. Brown says he
and party have made most wonderful
diIcovery up in Kings River canyon,
says the Selma Irrigator. In crossing a
small creek they came to a beautiful
canyon or basin of about three acres of
level meadows, surrounded by perpen-
dicular walls some three hundred feet
high. fine stream of cold clear water
was flowing into the little meadow, but
there seemed to be no outlet. There
was no way of getting down into the
valley, but quail and rabbits seemed to
inhabit the little basin.
A pair of opera glasses brought to
light number of snakes basking in the
sun on fat rock. They were one to
three feet in length, and had heads
shaped exactly like blacksmith's ham
mer. While the party were examining
with the glasses the maneuvers of a
number of the snakes crawling through
the grass, a very large one was noticed
making a sneak on a cotton tail rabbit.
When within about two feet of the rab-
bit the snake stiffened the front half OF
its body and bent into a right angle.
Then his snakeship Strengthened out
suddenly, bringing the rabbit swing
ing blow on the side of its head which
laid bunny out completely.
| Another snake was observed to creep
onto quail sitting on a scrubby tree
This snake twisted about four inches OF
its tail along a limb of the tree and used
all the rest of its body for a hammer
and handle to whack the quail on the
head such stinging blow that it diec
without a dutter of it's wings. The
snake seemed to have the wonderful
power of lengthening its body out near
ly double its normal length and as small
as awhalebone whip, the heavier par
being next to the part wrapped arounC
the tree.
After killing the quail and rabbit th,
snake hammered the body into a pulp
bones and all, with it's head, and thei
swallowed the whole business. The
swallowing showed that the hamme
part of the head could be laid back ou
of the way while the swallowing wa
done.
Every effort possible with the appli
ances they had with them was made +
get one of the snakes, but they failed
DIR. Brown says in his letter that h
will have one of these snakes to exhibi
at the worlds fair if it is possible.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
Stolen DURING rHg wan.
Two Hundred Pounds of silverware Re-
covered from a Tenneasee CaVe.

4
covered from Tennessee Cave.
The unearthing of large quantity
of stolen silverware, gold-lined snuff
boxes, etc, in a cave near Jasper,
Tenn, has created q sensation. The
story beats fiction long way. During
the winter of 1904 the federal soldiers
were encamped for some time on Battle
creek. Among them was an Ohio regi-
ment. Not long since gentleman APP
peared in the neighborhood and told
the correspondent of the Houston
CTex.) Post the following story: He
was member of the Ohio regiment re-
ferred to, and in his mess was a soldier
who was born thief and who never
let an opportunity pass to steal any
thing he could carry away. During
the time they were encamped at the
mouth of Battle creek he hid his steal
ings in cave, and so clever was he in
his work that no suspicion ever fell on
him. A short time ago the two old
comrades were together talking over
their experiences, when the story of
the stolen silverware was told and the
request made that the gentleman re-
the cave and, if possible, recover the
hidden silverware and restore the ar
ticles to the rightful owners or their
heirs. The old soldier who had so
many years ago gone wrong is getting
aged and feeble, and to ease his con-
science and make reparation, as far as
in his power, he begged his old COM
mander to do this for him. He was
successful in finding not only the place,
but the plunder. At least two hundred
pounds of silverware of every kind al.
most were found in the cave, ranging
from napkin rings to solid silver water
sets Many of the articles have the
owners initials on them and all are il
good state of preservation. The ar
ticles have been taken to a store in thC
village near by and are being turned
over to those entitled to them as rapid
w as possible,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
INC French in Dahomey.

In their present unpleasantness in
Dahomey the French, as in Algeria and
Senegal, dispose their marching col
umn, when the enemy is near, in the
form of square. They have no fianks
exposed TO the attack, and they regard
this feature of their tactics as one of
the most effective measures TO prevent
surprise and insure victory. 1t was by
thus deploying their forces that they
overcame the armies of Samory and
Ahmadu; and while the poorly-armed
natives infict small loss upon the
French, the latter are always able with
their shells and rapid firing Of guns to
kill many of their opponents. In the
present war, says the New York Sun,
the Dahomeyans have, on every occa-
sion, attacked the French with vigor,
but when they have found that their
charges, irresistible against a native
foe, have had no effect in breaking the
square OF the French, from which a
deadly fire was pouring, they have soon
retreated. 1t is at this point of the bat
tie that the French bring into serv-
ice the cavalry which they took with
them up the Wheme river They pre-
vent the enemy from reforming and in
hict severe punishmentupon the fleeing
natives. 1t is probable that we shall
soon here OF the complete triumph OF
the French arms in their present cam
paiqn.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-17
MAPPING The WORLD.
A Project In which All Nations Have
willingly Entered.


At the geographical congress at Berne
a year ago Prof Pcnck proposed the
publication Of map of the entire world
on universal scale of one in 200, 900,
or about sixteen statute miles to the
inch, the various nations TO take part
in the production of the map. The
proposition was favorably entertained,
and committee was appointed TO take
steps for its realization. The geograph-
ers Of various nations on the whole
have received the idea with favor. and
there seems to be no doubt that the
map win be produced
Each sheet of the map up to 60 de-
grees north latitude will embrace five
degrees in each direction. The more
northern sheets will embrace ten de-
grees of longitude. The representation
of the whole earth, including the sea,
will require 936 of these sheets, while
the land alone may be shown on 769
sheets. 1t is proposed to give great at
tention to the physical and political
features DR.. Ravenstein, the English
mapmaler, says that the rivers will be
in blue and the hills in brown. Contour
lines will be drawn at elevations of 100,
800, 500 and 1 200 meters, and the areas
inclosed by them are to be tinted II
is expected that sheets which deal with
countries already geographically sur
veyed will be engraved on copper. The
remaining sheets will probably be litho-
graphed
The Greenwich meridian will be ao-
cepted for the entire map, says the New
York Sun, and all attitudes are to be
marked in meters. The official spelling
of all countries using the Latin alpha
bet is to be retained. Other alphabets
are 10 be transliterated in accordance
with system to be agreed upon, while
names in unwritten languages will be
spelled phonetically. 1t is estimated
that the cost of an edition of 1000
copies of this map, showing only the
land surface, will be 1857, 1870, and as the
sale of the first edition at shillings a
sheet would produce only S47S, ,595 the
deficit would be made up by the gov
ernments concerned or by liberal pri-
vate patrons.
Prof. Ravenstein says he sees nothing
Utopian in the scheme. Difficulties
may arise as to the spelling of the
names and the introduction of the
meter, but the essential thing to his
mind was the introduction of uniforp
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