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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27
Severe on Railroad Employees.

oo'OAo va
Trainmen almost without exception state
that Sunday nigh and yesterday were as
severe days to run trains as have been ex-
perienced In the last seven years. and the
board announcing the arrival of trains
demonstrated the eenuineness of their
statements. Those from the east were
marked the latest. and from O passenger
who came over the Vanderbilt lines 1T is
learned that along the Lake Shore and over
the east end of the Decline the wind blew
q tempest and the NOW fell so thick that
but q short distance ahead could anything
be seen, and trains were run with great
caution and difficulty. On the PenDsyl-
yania, east of Columbus. for three days
past they have been contending with high
winds and drifting snow. Western trains
came in from one to three hours late, more
from the severe cold than any fsouble from
snow. Trains pulled heavily and it was
impossible to make schedule time. Last
night the train board showed no decided
chenge from the record of the last forty
eight hours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27

DIR. Jenckes. officiating Chief Webster.
with ali of the force of the lire department
that could be spared, was present., and o
detachment acted as pail bearers. Many
gliding Gen. r. s. Foster, Postmaster
Thompson, Commander-elect Twiname. of
Thomas Post. O.. A. r.. Harry c. Adams.
j. w. Whitsett. J. L. Brown. and David
ceased. was not able TO ride to Crown Hill.
The deceased received an injury in the
Bowen-Merriil fire. under which he gradu-
ally faIled. In spite of the most %ourageou
resistance. The fire department. and other
floral mementoes.
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COLD WAVE AND WEAK GAS
Mercury Goes Tobogganing Down Below
Zero and Wants to Stay There.
People Hugging Cherries Natural Gas Fires
Without Enough Heat to Fry E~ggs-Train
Service Badly Demoralized.

Now is the winter of our discomfort"
and the mercury in the signal service Their
mometer has dropped uncomfortably close
to the little glass bulb at the bottom. The
minimum temperature was reached be-
when the thermometer showed 40 below
zero. At noon it had risen e. and by the
middle of the afternoon II had gone q little
higher and reached % degrees above, a
rise of 13o. This was the maximum tenn
perature for the day and by z o'clock last
night the mercury had reached the seven
mark on its descent toward the bulb. Tho
pres emit cold map Is the first visitation of
genuine winter this year. and it was recog-
nized as being of kin to the old gentlemen
that has paid the city visits IN former
years. 1t was not necessary to look at O
thermometer to ascertain the fact that 1t
was cold. The ruby-tipped noees of the
pedestrians evidenced the fact to those
that stayed IN doors and toasted their feet
around a blazing fire. and the t~ingling at
the tips of their noses rave unmlstakabie
evidence of the facttothe same pedestrians.
All the natural-Gas companies can youch
for the fact that Christmas night and yes
terday was very cold weather. In this
city natural gas Ia a frst-class summer
fuel, but whom the cold blasts of real win
Ter come the gas 10 not In IL. Down In the
southeastern portion of the city the ma
jortty of the residents Rugged their stoves,
wrapped in overcoats and cloaks.
Some of the economical ones. who
had calculated on heating several rooms
from one fire, found yesterday that several
fires such as they had yesterday would
have been inadequate to heat one room.
Cold as 1t was, telephone wires were kept
warm transmitting to the gas companies
complaints from patrons who were shiver-
fn~ Nth AnlA n~Aan< rnAar thn IL.
where there wasan exceedingly warm spot.
The weather had the effect of very ma
terially reducing the crowds upon the
streets. Business houses and factories all
closed to give their employees the benefit of
the holiday. but they kept well within
doors. Quite q number of them went to
the theaters. all of which had large crowds
at the holiday matlnees. The saloons came
In for q large patronage, and hot drinks
were in great demand as q counter-irritant
to the sharp air outside.
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who His BIN on the so..q

About 8 o'clock last night Powers g.
Murphy's ambulance was called to Wal
eott street. near Washington. to remove o
man who il was said had fallen and hurt
himself. When the ambulance had arrived
at the scene they found q man with a
badiy-mashed nose caused. however. BY
foreible contact with another's fist. The
man refused to get In the ambulance and
walked away. He declined TO give his
name or that of his assailant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27
Teechcrs' Association.

The tbirty.ninth annual convention of the
Indiana State Teachers Association Will
hold its first session in this city.this after.
noon at 2 o'clock at Plymouth Church and
will continue through Wednesday and
Thursday. The association is divided into
several sections. which will meet as fol-
lows: At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
the School Officers State Association:
the General Association at s O'clock Tues
day evening. o.. NJ. and 8 p. NJ. Wednesday
and o A. NJ. and 1:30 p. NJ. Thursday; the
high-school section at 1;SO p. NJ. Wednes-
day; the mathematical section at 1:30 p. /.
Thursday; the County Superintendents'
State Association at 2 P. ". Wednesday
and 2 p. NJ. Thursday. and the county and
village section on the afternoons of the
first and second days.
j.. N. Study. of Richmond. is the assoeia-
TONS president. and James II. Hart, Union
City, Its secretary and treasurer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27
Library Association.

The Library Association of Indiana will
meet to-day at the State Library. This is
the first annual meeting, and Miss Ahern.
secretary of the association. reports q
lively interest being taken in the work by
the librarians of the State. Library Leg.
islation," Library Architecture "Classi-
~fioation and Shelf Arrangement The
Library and the Public school, and Access
TO the Shelves are some of the Things
which will be discussed.
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High Grade Imported Umbrellas at Datfon's.
We desire to inform Journal readers
that we have received an extra fine line of
ladies' and gen tlemen's high grade inn
ported silk umbrellas for the holiday trade.
DALTON, Halter, Bates House.
Catering to the high-Rrade trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27
Frnerai of Vill,am x. McGlnn,s.

The funeral of the late William r.. No
Ginnis took place yesterday. at 1880. from
the residence of his father. General MoGin-
mis-, on Tennessee street. Rev. Mr.. Carsten-
san. rector Of ST. Paups, assisted by Rev.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27

Will A. Mason. of Planted. reported ct
the police station last night the theft Of q
quantity of jewelry, which he thinks will
be disposed of in this city. He asked the
assistance of the police In the detection of
the thief.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
of the Consumers Gas Trust Company o.
Dfrtdend.

of the Consumers Gas Trust Company of a
Dtrtdcnd.
The following action was had by the
Board of Directors of the Consumers' Gas
Trust Company, on Tuesday, Dec. ~, 1892.
viz:
Resolved. That q dividend of 5 per cent.
be declared and paid on the face valne Of
the certificates issued by the trustees of
the company. representing the amounts
subscribed for and paid, on account of the
capital stock held by the said trustees. as
evidenced by said certificates respectively.
Resolved. That said 8 per cent. dividend
be applied as a payment of that amount
on accrued dividend on said certificates to
Jan. J.. 1893. and shat the books for the
transfer of said certificates be closed from
Jan. /. 1893. TO Jan. Is. 1893. anil that the
said 5 per cent. dividend be paid on and
after Jan. Is, 1893, to persons who owned
the said certificates on Jan ]. 1893, and
present the same at the Office of the COM
pany by the 30th day OF January. 1898.
BEMENT LYMAN, General Manager.
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Indiana Scientists.

The Indiana Academy of Science begins
its annual session of the Bates House this
eveulpQ.
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Horth the Trouble

Worth the Trouble
To como and see us for goods suitable for Christmas
presents. Rogers Plated Ware, Pocket Cutlery,
Pearl and Ivory-nandled Table Cutlery, Fine Razors
In cases. Handsome Carving Sets. Brass Andirons,
Tenders. Umbrella Stands. star Shears aud Scissors,
Baking Dishes, Perfection Flour Sitter aud Bin cen.
bined, Success Meat Tendcrers. Prices low.
HILDEBRAND d A
So South Meridian street.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
Took a Desperate Measure.

An English writer tells an amusing
story Of q country-houSe where reg
ular daily routine is observed, and
where no chance is given one of
breaking the mOnOtony. 1t is Of a
man who wanted TO stay in country.
house, thinking it would give him
the opportunity Of proposing to a
girl with whom he had been in love
for a long time. His visit was to last
a fortnight, but the last evening
came without his having had one
chance of being alone with her dur
ing the whole time. AS he sat at
dinner (of course he was at the Oppo-
site end Of the table to where she
was), he felt that the time was fast
passing away, and in a few hours he
would no longer be in the same house
with her. When the ladies went to
the drawing room, he would have to
sit on in the dining-room. His host
might allow him TO look in at the
drawing-room for few minutes that
evening, but after that his presence
would he required in the billiard
room. In utter desperation he took
up the menu card, and on it wrote
"Will you marry me?" He doubled
it up, telling the butler to give it to
the lady in question. He did so.
She read it, and with the perfect
sang froid born only of the nineteenth
century, said: "Tell the gentleman,
Eyes. "-Argonaut.
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Political Pnrapranhs.

CHAIRMAN HARRITY needs force bill
to get the leading Democratic states
men on the stump for Cleveland.-Ex-
change.
EVEN with New York the Democrats
In 1868 and 1876 were defeated. As
they virtually concede that they cannot
carry New York this year, how do they
expect to win?
The increase in the product OF cigar
factories In New York since the McKin-
ley law amounts TO $4,379, $50, and the
increased wages paid amount to SAT-, LAY.
Don DICKINSON appears to have been
placed at the head of the Democratic
National Campaign Committee mainly
for the purpose of keeping him away
from his own State.
LABOR COMMISSIONER PECK, of New
York, says he is sorry he cant please
everybody. He needn't worry. Those
who are not pleased with reports of
prosperity in this country can find salts
faction in the reports that the cholera Is
coming. They rejoice over calamity
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The official statistics show that SO, III
workingmen in New York are getting
larger wages now than they received
before the passage OF the Mckinley
law, and that this increase aggregates
So, 377 1876 per year. Such facts tend to
simplify the tariff issue.
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National Revenue Increasing.

Just before the new tariff act went
into effect importers took occasion to
order enormous stocks OF goods, which
came in under the old rates. The reve-
nues for September, 1890, were tremen-
dous. After the law went into effect in
October imports fell off and the customs
revenue was largely decreased.
The great stocks OF goods thus i'm
ported to discount the effects of the new
law and enable importers to make big
profit by charging Mckinley prices" on
goods that had not come in under the
Mckinley act have now been about used
up, and the market is resuming its nor
NAL condition. Consequently the Gus
toms duties are largely increasing. On
Tuesday OF this week they amounted to
$500, 900, or about double the usual fig
ure. This increase for one day is likely
to be followed up, and the receipts of
customs for September will probably
exceed considerably the receipts for
August
The Den ocrats need not worry about
deficit" in the national treasury. The
only way they can make one is by elect
ing another Democratic House and q
Democratic President, and that is some-
thing beyond their ability.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
Facts and Theories.

Up to within short time ago very few
people had anything but an indistinct
idea OF this planet. Everybody that
knew anything about astronomy knew,
OF course, all about Mars, but when a
man is harvesting his grain crop, watch
Ing the course OF the stock market or try
ing to pick the winners at horse race,
he isn't paying much attention TO as
tronomy. All the view that the average
man has of the planet is gained by look
ing at the heavens through the bottom
of soda-wate glass.
But recently this planet has been in
what the astronomers call opposition.
That is very like saying to the average
mind that peas and beans multiplied by
cabbage make roast beef. SO to find
out exactly what the meaning of appo-
sition is one must first learn something
about the history of the planet Mars.
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A Picturesque Superstition.

1t was midnight when Elder Toots
was getting home from an occasion
where he had pounded" the Script
ures, and as he passed the sacred
shades Of the cemetery that lay be-
tween him and his whItewashed
walls he saw one Of his own flock
skipping over the high paling.
"Wha yoh dom thar, Petah, at this
yeah witchin hour oh de night?"
asked the Rev. Toots in a shaky
voice.
"Hu-z-h-sah." cautioned Pete,
rolling his eyes in the moonlight,
"'se Jest been tryin' to diskiver a
rabbits foot by de light oh de moon,
foh to keep off de hoodoo, sah."
"G'way hum, you crazy young fool,
Petah, Use clean done shame OBJ yoh.
Pruty soon yoh heah somethin III
oonin, den yoh wish you know bettah
dan to come on SIGH crazy erran," ex-
postulated the elder. at amt de
dark oh de moon, an yoh spect to
cotch er rabbit"
"My nav tolc me"
say on dat subjeck, yoh poh ign'rant
boy. Yoh wasn't raised Souf like
were. Yoh got teh go in de dark oh
de moon, rccomembah, and eff yoh
Cotch de rabbit yoh membah it hab
two hind legs, an yoh pasture want
one fob watch chawm. Now yoh
go long home"
This actual conversation concerns
one Of the most potent superStitions
of the colorcd people, who are not
wanting in personal courage, and will
haunt gravcyards while still in the
flesh without any scruples. They be-
lieve that the rabbits foot keeps of
disease, assures them good luck in all
their speculationS and prevents any
evil charm having effect on them.
The belief is not confined entirely to
the cOlored people, as has been fire.
quently proven by finding the rab-
bits foot on the bodies of white sui
cides or men killed in disaster. That
it failed to insure personal safety
does not impair the belief in its lucky
value. There are three conditions
necessary. 1t must be the hind foot
of the rabbit, killed at midnight in a
graveyard, in the dark of the moo n.
Foolish as this superstition looks
by the light Of the nineteenth CEN
tury intelligence, is it any more alb
surd than carrying potato in ones
pocket to cure rheumatism, refusing
to sit at table where thirteen
guests assemble, or persisting in re-
garding Friday as an unlucky day.
Free Press.
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MAP OF THE SURFACE OF MARS.

est child in this world, would make a
man in Mars feel that he owned that
and several other planets.
This statement may cause sudden
exodus of people to the planet.
l. Mars Inhabited?
The question just now is: Is Mars in
habited?
No one knows, OF course, whether it is
or not. The only thing to Judge by is
in the character Of the planet gathered
by careful inspection through telescopes.
Astronomers are confident that they
have seen the eternal SHOWS of the two
polar regions of our neighbor world.
They are confident that its continents are
red, and that its seas are green, and
they are equally sure that its seas do
not cover more than one-fourth of its
surface. The seas on our plan ct
cover three! ourths of the world, which
points the comparison.
The scarcity of water in Mars is it's
most remarkable feature.
The theory that people really do in
habit the planet is borne out by the fact
that Professor Schiarparelli is confident
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little. What the average man can see
when looking through telescope at
Mars is great big star.

little. What the average man can see
when looking through telescope at
Mars is great big star.
What Mars Is.
IL doesn't seem to be anything else,
but IL is. People who have made a
study OF the planet believe that it is a
good deal like the world, and while they
do not go so far as to actually say SO,
they think it possible that 1t is inhab-
tied. It was some fifteen years ago
that Mars first became a planet that
had any earthly interest TO the people
who live on this globe.
very wise man that used TO sit up
nights and look at the sky through a
telescope first male known the fact that
Mars was good deal like the earth in
Its shape, and also uttered the startling
theory that he thought it possible that
the planet was inhabited.
People laughed at him Just then, and
nc faded into the obliv on that comes to
people who are in the habit of discover
ing facts ahead OF time
But after him came n man who told
the same thing again i'm new way, and
who nov has got to a point where the
world is beginning TO believe that he is
right
Professor Schiaparr1ii the Man
The man is Professor Schiaparelli. OF
Milan, Italy. He says that i'm his op n
ION the planet Mars is not simply neb-
ulous quantity of vapor, but Il Is n solid
substance on which animals ami men
exist.
He found that the Ilanet has a diam
eter OF about 1000 miles. By careful
calculation he Is confident that its year
consisted OF 6S7 days, and that each
day in time was forty minutes longer
than our day. He also found that tho
planet was made up OF water and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
Driving In London.

Driving in the crowded thorough
fares Of London is always a source of
wonderment and admiration; but it
is, OF course, question of practice,
and the confidence that use begets.
Writing on the subject of Driving
Competitions, the Field says that
at the driving competition at Barn
Films the other day four pairs OF
posts, with ginger beer bottles on the
top, and two planks were set up at
fixed distances apart, while in be-
tween were two uprights and cross
bar, all OF which required the most
careful steering. In the last of the
three trials the obstacles were
Drought to within feet inches Of
each other. This must have required
rather a fine calculation, but that
well-known whip, DR.. Adrian Hope,
the winner, came through at smart
pace without disturbing plank or
post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07

Eminent Authority Designates Her as the
Greatest American Actress.

Greatest American Actress.
Few women have come to the stage
who adorn it more than does Julia
Marlowe. Her brief dramatic career
has added TO the history OF the legiti-
mate drama one Of the brightest and
most entertaining pages. AS an in
terpreter of the favorite literature OF
the stage Julia Marlowe stands, in the
estimation Of the highest authority
in this country, without rival.
When upon the very threshold Of her
career she gave evidence Of most
brilliant future.
1t has been gratifying to the
American public to look upon this
young woman as the ideal represen-
tative OF the classic drama, and the
prophecies made by her friends four
1ears ago when she came first before
the public have not been the dreams
Of fancy, but have become striking
reality; and to-day the name OF Julia
Marlowe, as an actress Of phenomenal
genius and histriOnic talent, occu-
pies most conspicuous place in the
long list Of illustriOus women Of the
present generation. Miss Marlowe
has set the theater-going public OF
America to thinking. With the deli
cacy and refinement of her art she
has developed new school. The time
worn methods Of the stage have been
cast aside by this young girl; whose
very fire Of genius has electrified an
entire continent With youth, beauty,
and the glow Of magnetism, she has
given to the Shakspearean heroines
new life and new blood-has made
them breathe anew, as it were, until
they stand out In brilliant splendOr,
harmOniZing, as they do, with the in
dividuality, originality, and gentle
ness Of character SO prominent in the
young actress. 1t is difficult to COM
prehend the wonderful talent Of Miss
Marlowe and her marvellous career
when one stops to consider that she
has not yet passed her twenty-fourth
| birthday.
Sarah Bernhardt, who saw Miss
Marlowe last spring in Philadelphia,
made the prediction that some day
! she would astonsh the world by her
talent and beauty. Nine. Bernhardt
also said Of Miss Marlowe that she
was the greatest OF all American act
resseS she had ever seen.
Miss Marlowe is now playing an en-
gagement to crowded houses at Nc
Vicker's Theater in Chicago, and is
supported by Mr.. Taber and an excel
lent dramatic cOmDanV.
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light that he could dance as easily as
one OF the young ladies at Eldorado.
In fact, all substances would be re-
duced in weight by transfer from our
world to Mas. Upon that planet our
oak would become as light as cork. Our
gold would lie as light as tin. A glass
OF wine that wouldn't affect the small
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07

ecliptic, at a mean distance of 1879, 81, =
600 miles from the sun.
This orbit is considered eccentric,
insomuch that it's greatest distance,
152. 1904 900 miles, exceeds its least,
126, 318,000, by more than 10000, 600
miles. When it is nearest to the earth
II is in opposition.
Now the foregoing statement is tech
nical, and to the layman's mind tells
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
Suhiects of Thought.

TEMPTATIONS resisted are stepping
stones to heaven.
A FOOL thinks he is right because h
can't see very far.
SOMETIMES we take a long step by
being put down bit.
INDIGESTION is the greatest robber on
the face OF the earth.
1T is hard to be friend to man whs
Is an enemy to himself.
A SEED that will not grow 10 no bet.
ter than one that is rotten.
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land, just like our world. It has, no
says. seas and continents and rivers.
Az to it's density, II differs very little
from that OF the earth. Gravitation at
its surface must be- much less than it is
in this world. A man who weigha 40
pounds upon this mundane sphere would
weigh about 60 pounds on Mars. The
most obese OF American stout people
would, il he lived on Mars, become so
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
MYSTERIOUS OLD MARS.
THET LANET MAY BE THE HOME
OF MEN.

There Are Signs ON Its Surface of Work
that Could Have Been Done Only by
Human Hands-Problems Astronomers
Attempt to Solve.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-07
How to Care for Boots.

Much damage is done by brushing
off dried mud from thin calf and kid
boots with hard bristle brushes, and
still more by the use of common
backing. In the case of ladies'
boots, made Of fine and soft leather,
both treatments are ruinous. When
boots are very muddy remove the
dirt with damp sponge or paint
er's sash tool and little water.
Glace kid boots, etc, should be
sponged, allowed to dry and then
thoroughly polished with n soft rag
or handkerchief which is slightly oil
ed occasionally.-New York World.