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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-04-13

For horse and owner nothing equals BIcK-
MoRE's GALL CURE By its use gals and
wounds are healed while the horse is at
work
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-04-13
FISH and Fishing.

The first vessel to 20 south for mackere
was the Gloucester schooner Ethel b. ia
cobs, Capt. "Sol' Jacobs. The Jacobs left
Gloucester March 10th and three days later
March 10th, they caught 100 mackerel- HE
Gather after that was too rough for fishing
The Portland fishermen are preparing To
go after the narkerel again this season. A
few vessels Will engage iii the early south
fishing, going to the vicinity of Hatteras
to meet the fish on the way North One
schooner has sailed and others are preparing
10 follow.
For the first time IN five Years, the close
season law having expired hv limitations the
mackerel seiners may catch and land the
fish in American waters before June lst
All restrictions being removed, about 25
sail Of vessels will b. cruising in the vicinity
of Cape llattcras locking sharp for schools
al mackerel which are due north on their
annual migration.
The Gloucester sell. Horace i. Parker, Cart.
W. II. Thomas, claims to lie high line Of the
hlddocsing fleet. From Sept. IT. 1852, when
the Parker sailed on her first trip OF the sea-
son, up 10 March -, 1898, when the last trip
was landed, the vessel has made !. gross
stock Of rising $1,000 ana a net stock Of SIS,
$50. The crew shared 500 ST. while the
cooks share reached the goodly SUM of
Ss45;G
There was shipped from this port by
steamer to Boston last week, some $1,000
boxes of smoked herring, while one two
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
THE USE OF sPECTACLES.

Mr. Ernest Hart the English scientist
of the current magazines In which he as
serts that the increasing use Of spectacles
among children is not an indication that
eyes are more defective than formerly, or
that they are injured by overmuch study,
but that it is an index Of the progress
Of new and practical application of
physical science to the relief Of optical
troubles that have long existed. Marvellous
he says, have found it far from perfect
when examined in detail in the individual
ut is the exception" he declares, ito find
individuals whose eyes each possess per-
fectly accurate curvature, vertical and hor-
zontal of the transparent cornea, and
truly accordant and correct powers of re-
fraction" This being the case, the appli-
cation of advanced scientific discoveries to
remedying the impairment Of vision is a
triumph of the modern oculist. He quotes
distinguished British ophthalmologist as
saying that we may ultimately reach a po-
sition in which "a man who goes about
with his eyes naked will be so rare that the
sight of him will almost raise blush.'
Mr. Hart does not in so many words ac-
cept this as possibility, but he does ad-
NIT that the coming years are likely to
see an increase both in the number and
proportion of specialized schoolboys and a
decrease of "naked-eyed'' adults. This, he
thinks, will prove that eyes have been
properly tested and that individuals are
gaining the benefits of applied science and
suffering fewer Ills than their ancestors
who had no such advantages. The article
is written, of course, from the standpoint
of scientific enthusiast, but it is of prac-
teal value none the less and will afford
encouragement to those who prefer to be-
lieve that the present generation is not
physically inferior to those who have gone
before and that the adoption of improved
scientific inventions is not sign Of de-
generacy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
LITERARY NOTES.

Among the attractions for Scribner's for
the coming year will be serials by j. NJ
Barrie and George Meredith, the latter's
novel being called IAN Amazing Marriage"
Madame Sarah Grand's' real name is
Mrs McFall. The author of the Heavenly
Twins" is about thirty years old. with a
long. oval, sensitive face, pale, but radiant
with intellect.
Mr.. Howells has given the title of MY
Literary Passions to his literary autobi-
ography which he has written for the La
dies Home Journal, and will begin in the
next issue of that magazine.
Miss Mary wilkins has written a new
novel-one which is described as particu-
larly strong piece of work. 1t is to make
its first appearance in January In the pages
OF Harper'S Weekly.
The anonymous giver of the Zarncke
library of 1900 volumes to Cornell Univer-
sity proves to be William II. Sage, one of
the, trustees of the university and son
of Henry w. Sage, chairman of the board
of trustees.
Mrs. Mary Jameson judah, formerly of
Indianapolis, and well known to her friends
as the possessor of literary taste and tai
ent, has a bright and well-written story in
the November Arena entitled, Three Cen
tlewomen and a Lady"
Mr.. E. f. Benson, the author Of "Dodo,"
the novel which is the latest London
cess, is the son of the Archbishop of Can
terbury, and his opportunities for a
thorough knowledge of society have pre-
Sumably been exceptional.
Says the London Literary World: 'f25 900
for the copyright of an eX-imperial Chan
cellor's memoirs is not a bad price, and if
the report be true that Prince Bismarck
has obtained it from firm Of German pub
fishers congratulate him on an excel
lent stroke of business. General Gordon's
family got only $1,000 for his famous diary,
and we fancy that was almost too much
Clark Russell, the celebrated writer of
sea stories and marine fiction, dictates all
of his literary work lying his sofa in
his sitting room. 81 have the plot before
me-" he said, land as / lay there 1 close
my eyes and realize intensely the whole
scene which l describe as though it were
illuminated on canvas by a magic lantern.
Before any work goes to a printer it is
carefully revised and sometimes one-fourth
rewritten"
Writing books for the American public is
not always highly profitable, even when
the books have considerable success. A
writer whose novels once attracted much
attention owns that his average income for
his books was not more than $500 year.
sketches won much praise as they ran
through a periodical. affirms that his
ceipts from these articles since they have
appeared in book form have been little or
nothing Few living American noVelists
count upon a sale of more than five thou
sand copies of any book within a year Of
it's publication.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05

The contributor to the Century Magazine
who consorts with tramps for literary pur-
poses Classics Indiana as a State fairly
friendly to the fraternity, but with some
hostile features. The main one of these is
the timber lesson''-clubbing at the hands
of the inhabitants of certain towns. Il ex-
perienced this muscular instruction. he
says, lat one unfortunate time in my life,
and I must say that it is one of the best
remedies for the vagabondage that exists.
But it is very crude and often cruel. In
company with two other tramps, / was
made to run a gauntlet extending from one
end of the town of oxford. Ind, to the
other The boys and men who were tim
boring us threw rocks and dubbed us most
diligently. came out of the scrape with
rather sore back, and should probably have
suffered more had not been able to run
with rather more than the usual speed.
One of my fellow-sufferers, heard, was in
a hospital for some time. My other COM
ramon had his eye gouged terribly, and ,
fancy that he will never visit that town
again." Without reference to the inhuman-
ity of this treatment of the gentlemen Of
the road, the wonder presents itself as to
what the citizens of Oxford would have
done had they known that they were club
bling a writer for one of the great literary
magazines. And if the likelihood of find
ing literary personages among these gentle
men of leisure were understood in other
towns where the custom of "timbering"
tramps is said to prevail, would the ten
dency to LAY on be modified or increased?
And If the latter, would not the people
who read the magazines be rather glad
than otherwise?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
FOR THE YOUNG.

OF literature bearing on the education OF
youth and the methods employed there is
no end but some of the most thoughtful
and suggestive papers in this line have APP
peared In the Atlantic Monthly within the
past two or three years. In the current
issue of that magazine is an article by
Horace f. Scudder on school libraries
Much of what he says in favor OF such
collections of books is. in substance, the
same that has been urged by the Journal
from time to time when the matter of re-
facilitating the Indiana township libraries
has been under discussion. He makes the
additional point, however. that a greater
need Of such libraries now exists than ever
before, because, Notwithstanding all the
multiplicity of books, there is a decay in
the habit of profitable reading out OF
school Perhaps it is because of this very
multiplicity. and the fact that light and
trashy literature is easily accessible. that
this neglect of the better class of books
has come about. At all events, he argues
the best reading at home misses great
literature altogether, unless he has the
benefit OF the best books in his school
work. He favors the establishment OF a
library in each school, or at least In each
district. rather than the township plan.
because OF the difficulty OF distr-
hutton under the latter method. but
so far as books for general
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05

to be attired in a chemise made of Russian
flags and a petticoat made OF French and
Russian flags.
DR.. Parker, OF the City Temple. London.
has there preached his one-thousandth SER
mon. His congregation, to commemorate
the event, has ordered two stained-glass
windows for the church. The subjects or
the windows are the Sermon on the Mount
and ST. Paul preaching at Athens.
1t is related of Gounod that one day,
while sitting by the roadside near his
home, a fashionable lady of his acquaint-
your attention." inquired the lady rather
nlppanty. Il am patching melodies from
the angels songs" said Gounod solemnly.
American women are yearly growing
more independent The statistics show that
| over 100000 women are earning independ-
ent incomes in this country. There are
some $500 practicing medicine, 5000 man
aging postoifices, 2I5 preaching the gospel,
and in New York city alone 1900 of them
supporting their husbands.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlett Grannis on last
Thursday made her eighth attempt to
register a voter in New York city. The
registration officer, to whom the application
was made said: THE State Constitution
does not say that women shall not vote
but only that male citizens may. L am
very sorry, but cannot register you q
voter"
Gail Hamilton is having printed in Sa-
lem, Mass, a pamphlet history OF the case
of Mrs. Maybrick, of England, who is in
prison under life sentence for poisoning
her husband. She describes In detail the
efforts she and others have made ineffectu-
ally to secure the release of the woman,
whom she believes to have been unjustly
convicted.
1t is related of John Wesley that on one
occasion he was riding along a highroad
when he saw a man kneeling by the way
side breaking stones. "Ah" cried the great
preacher, Il wish L could break the hearts
oil 6re some pine VINO non near me as Easily as you are
up and replied: Did you ever try to break
them on your kneeS?
The son of Count Crispi, ex-Prime Minis
ter of Italy, who was confined in the work.
house in Pisa a few months ago, was lib
Grated recently, and started for this coun-
try The young man gave his father much
trouble and led a fast life. The eX-Premier
ende2vored in vain to induce him to
form. Failing in this, he finally had him
sent 20 pisa What the young man in
tends TO do in America is not related.
When the late Carter Harrison was In
Congress a granger member once took
him to task for speaking on bill affecting
agricultural interests, telling him that he
should leave it's discussion TO the repre-
SentativeS of the farmCs-S, upon which Har-
rison retorted: L am from a district only
three miles long and two miles wide, but
in it We raise more grain than do many
States combined. 1t is raised by elevators"
Because he had an awful cough,
He dreamed of graveyards, just as though
He really heard the cold wind sough
The cemeteries passing through.
Chicago Record.
Now Chappie walls his blighted youth
And sits alone in silence grim;
He's scarcely visible in sooth,
Behind his own chrysanthemum.
Washington Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Martin Luther said that a man had to be
converted three times-first his head, then
his heart and then his pocketbook.
Miss Dora Miller. a school teacher in New
Orleans recently patented a blackboard
eraser, for the right of which she has been
offered 5000.
Jerry Simpson now wears Prince Albert
coat and trousers with creases in them.
Before he went TO Congress he wore no
coat at all, and trousers with patches on
the seat.
The four daughters of a Kansas woman
married Usage chiefs and will receive con-
siderable sums out of the amount paid by
the government for Indian lands soon 10
be distributed.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Wright
have been formally installed as joint pas.
tors of the Church Of the Reconciliation
OniversalisD in Brooklyn. The congrega-
ton is divided in opinion as TO which of
them Is the better preacher.
One OF the most extraordinary stories
OF Frenchiness and suicide IL connected
with the French madness over the visit OF
the Russian fleet. While the train convey
ing the Russians was crossing the Seine
a woman on the next bridge waved the
French and Russian flags and shouted
.'See and die Nive la Russie!' and then
jumped into - river and was drowned
When is recovered 1t was found
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

"ouida" has writa p book called 1.-TWO
Offenders" Who IS the other one?-Au-
gusta Chronicle.
Debt is the only thing known that en-
larges the more it is contracted.-Philadel-
phia North American.
When the hands of a clock are arrested
they stop doing time. It is quite different
with a man.-Yonkers Statesman.
1t was not on account of the hard times
that the Chinese were granted extern
sion.-Pittsburg Chroncle-Telegraph.
Frequenting the Midway made Chicago so
giddy that it wants to keep on going round
and round in the Ferris wheel-Philadel-
phia Times.
Before some men are willing to cast their
bread upon the water they want to be sure
that 1t is going to be mentioned in the
newspaperS.-Ram's Horn.
There is a six months widower out at
Pratt Center who is exciting unfavorable
comment by beginning Ito take notice" so
early.-Kansas City Star.
The bullion value of the silver dollar is
now about So cents. Tootles says that
cents makes il not half bad, don't you
know"-New York World
After ALL it is the condition Of trade that
regulates the fashions. Nearly all kinds of
garments are worn longer in dull times
than in prosperous ones.-Boston Courier.
The fashionable dog in London this sea-
son is to be something big and ugly. Per-
haps the bulldog can catch on. If he does
he will hold his grip.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Senator Sherman's idea OF the tariff leg
isIation that is coming is that the ears of
the Democrats aren't half as large as the
latter are trying TO make believe.-Phia-
delphia Inquirer.
No, my son. that is not Prendergast try
ing TO escape from the police; that is Sen
ator Irby, of South Carolina, making his
way out of the Democratic party.-Charles-
ton News and Courier.
Now that 1t is all over there may be no
harm in saying that what surprised Chi
cago most was TO discover that all she had
said about the fair was no more than the
truth.-Detroit Tribune.
Now. lady. look beautiful and happy"
said Williams-street photographer to the
young woman. 80 that's IL. There, I
have you Now you may resume your nat
/ ural expression. Courier.
| A merciful custom demands that a man
sit at one end OF the table and his wife
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05

reading are concerned this is mere mat
ter of detail. In regard to books of refer
ence there is no question but that every
school should have them. Every school
building in Indiana should have, as
a part of its supplies. an unabridged die
tionary, a set of encyclopedias and as many
of the English classics. prose and verse,
as the pupils can profit by in their work.
by he great number of questions which
come to newspaper offices from children
in schools where there are no such facili-
ties for gaining information. Because Of
the lack of encyclopedias and the inability
to gain access to books which. If not in
every household. should be in every school,
pupils are driven to seek information from
distant sources. Teachers in country dis
tricts find that one of the greatest draw
backs to their work is the absence Of refer
ence libraries and the scarcity of the best
literature in the homes of the pupils. With
out such aids the children's loss is immeas-
urable The public library in this city is
so great an educational aid that to cut
young people off from it's advantages would
be a misfortune only second to that of
closing the schools to them. The need Of
re-establishing and strengthening the Indi-
ana township libraries calls for no argu-
ment in it's support to persons who have
once experienced the benefits Of access to
he hest hooks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
THE NOMINATION OF LINCOLN.
An Eyewitness Describes the Scene I'm
the Chicago Wigyvam.

Isaac III. Bromley, in Scribner.
The experienced press correspondents and
reporters on the stage had from the be-
ginning of this ballot confined themselves
TO the tally of single column. the totals
OF which they had in hand as the call went
on. The last call-the District OF Columbia
had hardly been answered, when from
half dozen seats came the report, Lin
coin, 231l2; he lacks vote and a half"
ONO had still a reserve of Is votes that
that had gone for Bates In an instant
there was scramble to get in on the win
ner. The suffering Cartier was ahead.
AS soon as he could be heard he changed
was on his feet, and everybody apparently
shrieking change of votes, none of which,
except Ohios, was ever recorded. Every
body? No, not everybody. In the New York
no stir, and only part of the Massachu-
sets delegation contributed to the din
GASES of silence in a Sahara of sound.
thought 1 had heard noise and seen
grand climacteric. On the platform near
me Henry > Lane was executing a war
dance, with some other dignified delegate
as partner; the Indiana men generally were
smashing hats and hugging each other; the
Illinois men did everything except stand on
their heads; hands were flying wildly i'm the
air, everybody'S mouth was open and bed
lam seemed loose. The din of il was ter
rlilc. Seen from the stage Ii seemed 10 he
twenty thousand mouths in full blast, as
IL that startling figure of La Guerre on
the Arc de TriomDhe had been kindled into
life, and, repeated twenty thousand-fold.
poured out upon this arena. / have seen
conventions carried off their feet before
and since, but never anything like that
L was overcome with the spectacle that
the contagion of it took no hold. / could
not shout, l simply caught my breath and
stared at it, 1t seemed as if it never would
STOP
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
LObenEuIa As He Is.
Review of Reviews

Word pictures, however enable US TO form
a toleraby clear conception of Lobengula.
he is now an enormously fat old man OF
sixty we lrs of age. His height is not more
than five feet eleven inches, but owing TO
his excessive stoutness he seems TO 10
shorter than he is in reality. The descrip-
tons of him recall passage in Judges,
which describes how Eglon, the King OF
Moab. very fat man, met his death by
the daSger of Ehud. When Lobengula sits
upon his biscuit box receiving his visitors
he rests his hands upon his thighs. which
are almost covered by the protuberant
paunch. Notwithstanding his corpulence. he
is. according TO all observers. not an un-
dignified monarch. He used 10 wear
breeches and a dirty coat but he has long
since reverted to the more picturesque cos
tune of his own people. When In full
dress he wears a broad-brimmed black
felt hat with a bunch OF monkey skins
round his waist and a sword by his side.
Sometimes he variegates this by twisting
some blue calico round his shoulders.
When he danced-which was in his younger
days, for he IL now too fat and equity for
that eXerciSe-he was dressed in monkey
skins and black ostrich feathers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05
The FatnI Name of Booth.

New YORK Tribune.
There is one country in Europe at any
rate where the Salvation Army has until
now been unable TO secure n foothold,
namely. Russia and so anxious are the
Muscovite authorities 10 keep IT out that
they object even to any one bearing the
name OF Booth entering the dominons OF
the Car. An Illustration thereof is fur
nished by the letter which a well-known
English timber merchant has addressed TO
the London Times. 1t seems that on reach
ing the Russian frontier at Eydtkuhnen he
was informed that, Notwithstanding th6
the passport with which he had been fur
niShed by the English Foreign Office. duly
yised by the Russian ambassador In Lon
don. he could not be allowed 10 enter the
land of the Car. instructions 10 that effect
having been received from St Petersburg.
he thereupon proceeded TO the other from
tier towns but still the same impossible
barrier blocked his path II vas only on
his return that the reason for this attitude
on the part OF the Russian authorities was
explained. 1t seems that the name OF the
merchant was Booth. and IL had been as
sumed that he was either relative or a
disciple OF the General
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-05

1T behooves a man to be prudent and
intelligent citizen in Belgium If he would
have influence in public affairs, since the
average man twenty-five years of age who
has lived in commune a year may have
one vote, but if he is thirty-five years OF
age and married, or a widower with chill
dren, and pays francs in direct taxes, or
If twenty-five years of age with 1000 francs
of immovable property, or has 100 francs
in rentes, he is entitled to two votes.
Furthermore, three votes are granted to
men over twenty-five years OF age who
have superior educational certificates or
hold or have held public or private posts
of imDOrtance.