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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
Rank PiZeu.

"Tve heared," said the man from Potato creek,
''that them centipedes in Mexico is 80 pIzen that
they leave O streak acrost q mans arm il they
happen to crawl acrost it,"
ats So" assented the man with the ginger
beard. "And what's more, that amt all OF it,"
The grocer knew that another story was COM
ing. aud the knowledge affected him so that he
grOaned.
The man with the ginger beard looked at the
groaning grocer. and said: "Jedgin' from the
sound you air maxim. you must OF been eatin'
some of your own goods. But that is neither
here ner there. / started out TO tell about the
time I was runnin' a engine on a railroad
down In Mexico. L was green in them days; in
fact. it was my first trip In that part of the coun-
try. was lettin' her loose, on a down grade.
when oil OF q sudden I notice the driver begin
bumpin', and bumpin', like It was runnin' over
rocks. Then the driver on the other side begun
the same tricks. piled on more steam and old
90 kept astaggerin'. and when / GOT into Los
Perdidas and got down TO look at the old ma
chine. / hope 1 may be lodged to be q liar II the
whole tire an fellOes wasn't gone off of both
drivers; and I'd made the run In on the spokes.
! bet / turned pale as a sheet, but the Greaser
station agent. he jist laughed. And then he tod
ME that il come from runnin' over the ceniipedes.
The juice of them is so rank plzen that It eats up
iron or steel jist the same as o July sun on a
snowdrift. Vas; centipedes is rank pizen, and
don't you fergit it."
The man with the ginger beard then wandered
out. aud the grocer said to the man from Potato
creek: Anyhow, they q a Judgment Day
oomin' and then you an me will git our evens on
him at last"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

JULES VERNE ia sixty-six years old and
has written sixty-six books. The novelist
leads a quiet. retired life at Amiens, and 10
a member of tho municipal Council OF thar
city,
A MISSION priest recently returned to the
City of Mexico from an Indian village. only
two days journey. and reports having dis
covered an Indian temple with seven large
Aztec idols. to which the people prayed
publicly.
II Is the distinction Of Rev. Mr.. Blodgett.
of Greenwich. Mass. that during his long
passionate ia the village churcn there he
has buried more people than the town con-
tA,ns. He has oficiated at 62f funerals.
while tho entiro population of Green wich
st the present time 10 only SO. III. Blod-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

THIS is the opportunity for those who
are urging the usefulness of university
extension for the education of the people
on practical economics. There is NJ one
thing that is more needed than practical
information on the functions of money.
If the college professors have acquired
practical information by studying tue
experience of the world with money, and
III put this information in a popular
and understandable form, they can &C.
eomplish a great good. not so much in
lecturinR to a few classes but in lsctur-
ing to audiences wherever they can be
got together. During the fall and win
ter months college faculties. in connec
ton with the friends of sound infOrma-
ton, ought to be able to do much to
Danish the ignorance which exists re-
garding money and it's functions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

AMERICANS flatter themselves tina they
are the most accomplished and original
advertisers on earth. but it has renamed
for q French periodical to announce that it
has entered into q treaty with q consider
able number of wealthy heiresses. both
widows and msidens. who have solemnly
bound themselves TO marry no one who is
not q subscriber to that paper. OF course.
the circulation editor of the sheet is kept
busy making sfidavits showing the rapid
increase.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
A PREACHERS "REMINISCENCES.

An Evansville Church aud Its Ways Forty.
Five Years Ago.
Rev. 4. A. Goodwin, in Christian Advocate.
That Sunday devoted TO the old folks In
Trinity Church. Evansville. Ind, must
have been an enjoyable OCCASION. At nrst
/ could not repress the wish that some one
had thought of inviting me. the oldest liv-
Ing pastor of that church. But why should
~ Only one man. SO far ae l know. yet
lives who was a mem her in October. lS4S.
when | became the pastor of the only
Methodist Episcopal Church In the
then little CITY, and it was not q
charge to be much desired at that.
There were less than two hundred mem.
bers, and some of these lived three miles in
the country. The church was large enough
for the congregation; but 1t was dingy in
side and out. and approached from the
street by uncovered wooden steps. too
rickety To be safe: and it was incum bered
by a debt of S75 for wood, and oil and JAM
itor's services which cOnld not be repudi-
ated. as l learned at the first official meet
ing. and an IN paid balance of more than
500 TO my immediate predecessor. Rev.
William V. Daniel. which no one rhought
of paying. lie had received Sl93, out OF
which he had paid $40 house rent.
Theste ards bad provided the same house
for me. and my goods were taken from the
steamboat to it. although / had notified
them that / would not live in it, l told
them | never had lived in such q house.
and l did not think l would ever have TO.
W~heroupon one. more ou~tepoken than tue
others, quoted the Discipline at me-. which
said that a preacher that would not live
in the house provided for him should have
NJ "allowancep for house rent. But u better.
house W as soon ound at S75 q year. ana
my allowance" was made TO cover it
S2l6 Quartorage. S15 house rent and sl09
table expense, If they could raise Ii, maxi
ing in all $500.
The fret thing was TO liquidste that debt
for fuel. and light. and janitor's services.
Next came new steps outside. and white
washing and painting within: and they
seemed surprised that they could mees
such drains upon their purses aUd live.
But this vas not all done al once. lie took
six months or moro. ana when conference
came the eDtlre allowance" had been paid.
With q surplus OF s75 in what was known az
the "black-bag collection" which was do
mated" to me as d compliment for having
taught them how to raise money-tbe
largest salary they had ever paid. and Tho
first time they had ever paid up In full;
and l have been informed that they never
since rave failed TO pay in full all claims-~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
The Hawaiian .Roya,' Family.

Rev. q. 4. Bishop. IN tie Independent.
Had a real hereditary ROYALTY been dis
placed. one might have felt some compune-
tion. The present family. however. arc
not of royal descent. The parents. KsU-
paakea and keohokalole. were only second
grade chiefs. WHAT'S worse. KeohOkalole.
rather exceeding the usual latitude of Hs-
waiian morals. lore two older children.
kalakaua and L~Iliuokalani, 20 o mulatto
paramour named John blossom, a
shoemaker here tfty years
ago. This has alwavs been matter OF
general notorIety. A half brother of the
two royal percentages Is still living here. u
legitimate son of Blossom by q naLiye wife.
He bears a striking resemblance TO both
the late KIN aud TO the ex-Queen. h
three have the same slight African trace IN
the hair. The re of this tends 20
lmpair the sentiment of loyalty. Ii IL NOS
worth while To discussthe genealogy of the
remaining princess. The pedigree of no in
dfvidual Of the tribe bears investigation IN
any part of it, White Hawaii loathes
them, and native HAWAII has no respect
for them, save as after a fashion represent
ing the sovereignty of the native race.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
LITERARY NOTES.

THE authors congress will be held at
Chicago in July. from the 10th to the 18th
of the month.
PROF. CHARLES ELIOT NoaToN's biogra-
ply of Mr.. Lowell is rapidly advancing,
and is nearly ready for the printer.
SAMUEL MINTURN PECK. the Alabama
poet. is Just now engaged in the unpoetlcsl
vocation of running q turkey farm at Tus-
c~aloosa.
maxwell GREY" author OF THE ST.
lence of Dean Maitland" and 'The Last
Sentence" 10 tho pseudonym of an English
lady, Miss NJ. u. Tuttiett
A COLLECTION of the privately printed
booklets of the newly risen writer of verse.
Norman Gale, is said to be already held
at the amazing price of S4jO.
DR.. J.. NJ. RICE's 1.-The Public School
System of the United States" which ap-
peared in the Forum, will be- published in
book form by the Century Company In the
autumn.
MRS. DELAND is said to be writing q story
which deals with the marriage relation
and with the question as to whether an
uncOngenial couple should remain together
or separate.
Mrs. w. X. CLIFFORD. the well-known
English writer. was asked to put her auto.
graph In one of her works to be- sold at the
United Service Bazaar. She wrote above
her name: This is q bad little book, and
was written by me-"
WITH his "Dr. Pascal" now preparing.
lola will bring his twenty-volume Rougon.
Macquart series to q close. He Will then
write three elaborate novels on Lourdes,
Rome and Paris. taking those places as
IMPLYING leading beliefs u social phases
Of the day.
DIR. NICoLL, the editor of the Bookmau.
discovered j. NJ. Barrie. He was attracted
by an unsigned article in the Edinburgh
Evening Dispatch. found 1t was from Bar.
RES pen and emPloyed him at once to write
for the British Weekly, which he edited.
"Auld LIGHT Idyls" and "A Window in
Thrums" appeared in this way.
THE name of the Holland novelist, su-
thor of Gods FooI' md other stories. 10 j.
van der Poorsen-S Schwartz. "Marten Maar.
tens being q nom de plume. In an intro
duction TO q new serial just begun in the
Outlook he says: This Is a trne story. Ii
is a story of what people call high life. Ii
is also a story Of the life that Is higher
still"
ONE of the most talked-of English novels
of the season. The Heavenly Twins" Is
the work of q woman whose manuscripts
were returned to her by publishers for
many years with unfailing regularity. She
would not be discouraged. and at last. In
sending out Onca more an often-returned
story, she opened her Bible In search of a
comforting tex aud test. Her eye fell
upon this verse: "The stone which the
builders refused Is become the headstone
of the corner" She accepted the token:
the manuscript tins time WAS taken and
published. and Sarah Grand had made her
first start in literature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09


A CABLE car ran Oft the track tho
other day in New York and scared the
entire city nearly into spasms. The
papers are filled with cou of the
alarming affair. and speak in apparent
terror of the near advent of the "terri-
BILE trolley" in some of the streets. New
York is too big to be, scared at a street.
car accident, especially when caused by
teamsters and others who are too slow
and disObliRing to get off the track.
One of the things the citizens of the
metropolis must learn is that it is dan
gerOus to themselves, and not to the
cars, to stand in front of cable and
electric cars. They should come West
and learn how t. "hustle."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

not enough in which to remove all sharp
corners of character and to make the
wheels of one life run in complete har-
mony with those of the other SO closely
bound to it. 1t is possible that this COM
plete unity and perfect combination
of forces are not the most desirable coh-
ditions. There be those who assert that
strong characters find their greatest
enjoyment in the opposing elements and
consequent surprises of other charac-
tiers. But, however this may be, time,
constant association and mutual affec-
ton bring about, with sufficient fire.
quency. results that still give some sup
port to the old theory of matrimonial
A~curious ply steal resemb lance
is not infrequently noted in old couples.
This Is. of itself. a good proof that the
mental and spiritual unity exists also,
for the thoughts have nodded the fea-
lures. They were not zone" when they
were married. but years have made
them SO. The jackson county couple
who celebrated. on Friday, the seven
tieth anniversary of their marriage,
must, In all those years, have reached
the ideal condition that the theorists and
sentimentalists describe. Even moro
than when they were young and ardent
lovers their hearts must beat as ne,
each soul having no thought that the
other does not share and approve.
The fact that they have lived the
seventy years together may be accepted
as proof of this. With natures unad-
justed to each other life would not have
lasted them so long. The possibility of q
companiOnship of seventy years with
the respective partners of their joysand
sorrows would, there is reason to sus-
poet, cause some husbands and wives to
lie down at once and die. The Jackson
county couple having spent the scrip
tural limit of life in each others COM
pany, give room for speculation as to
whether. when separated al last into in
dividual. independent souls, they can
earn to stand alone in the "NO-man's
Land" of another world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
THE YOUNGER ELEMENT IN CHURCH WORK.

The Baptist Young Peoples Union,
whose international meeting will open
in Indianapolis this week, is an impor-
tant and notable gathering. The rapid
growth of these young peoples societies
since they were first organized. a few
OF religious movements. They are the
putgrowth of a belief entertained by
thoughtful and Observant workers in
the religious field that the machinery of
the church, as it had long existed, did
not afford sufficient scope for the activi-
ties of young men and women, and that
their interest and energies, which might
have been utilized to the encourage
ment of spiritual growth and practical
Christianity, were in danger of being
~dissipated or lost. The plan suggested
itself of giving them special work to do
and of putting upon them certain re-
s~ponsibilities previously borne entirely
by the elder brethren. The Christian
Endeavor Society was the first develop
ment of this plan, and it's quick success
proved the correctness OF the theory
that young people were ready to Engage
In the work proposed, and had only
needed proper direction for their efforts.
The enthusiasm and %earnestness with
which they undertook the new duties
aud requirements showed that, in spite
of the charge of friv0lity and worldly
mindedness made against the rising
generation, the right foundation was
there. The ability they developed for
conducting services among themselves
and the zeal with which. as a society,
they entered upon all good works were
a revelation to many who had doubted
the practicability of the idea. The
great attendance at their State and
international gatherings proves that
their interest has not waned. The Ep-
worth League was the name given to
these young peoples societies in the
Methodist Church, and the success and
popularity of this body has not been
less than the other. The Young PeO-
pies Union includes all organizations of
youth, of whatever name, in the Baptist
Church in America. The Christian En-
deavor societies held their international
convention. last week, in Montreal, and
the Epworth League, the week before,
in Cleveland, o. In both cases the at
tendance was large and the services in
teresting, not only to the delegates but
to all present. The residents of both
cities showed every attention in their
power to the visitors and used every eff
fort to make their stay agreeable in
the intervals of the official work.
At least FIVE thousand delegates and
visitors are expected in Indianapolis
this week at the convention of the
Young Peoples Union, and there will
probably be many more. The city has
not a great deal to offer in the way of
attractions to interest strangers, but the
people are h~ospitable and warm-heart-
ed, and they will no doubt make their
feelings manifest and cause the visitors
to feel that they are welcome. 1t ia a
city of churches and ch~urch-Roing peo-
pie, and it should be especially glad of
the opportunity to entertain this body
of young religious workers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
TWO SOULS as ONE.

The sentimental theory concerning
marriage, namely. that through it, two
souls become one, is. for the most part,
purely fanciful. At all events, the
unity is not an immediate and inevi-
table result. Individuality In men and
women is strongly developed in this
revolutionary and progressive ege,a and
even the most loving and harmonious
of married couples do not adapt their
varying natures TO each other without
more or less jar and conflict. Too often,
when it happens that both members of
a matrimonial partnership come to be
of one mind. it is the stronger nature
that has dominated the other; it is not a
union of ideas and attributes. Either
the man or the woman is the "one,"
pressed. But it is the exceptional per-
son who is not influenced by those with
whom he is most closely associated, and
even the character of the strong and
forceful member of a family must be
modified to some extent by the weakest
member. This must be true even where
the association carries the smallest
measure of friendly regard. When love
enters upon the scene. as it is assumed
TO do at every marriage. the process of
adaptation is aided. Thoughts of the
man and woman are led by this alche-
mist TO run in the same channels and
their eyes to see from the same angle.
Even then the Transformation into a
unity that is without friction is a slow
process. Sometimes it never comes
about. The Years that fate permits the
pair to dwell together arc sometimes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

THE silver, or the money question, as
On strictly party lines, but we predict
that when it comes to a show of hands
in Congress. q majority of the Repub-
licans in both branches will be found
for anything that tends to fix a stable
currency. while majority of the Demo-
Gratis in both branches will be found in
favor of getting out what is called more
money. no matter what its quality may
be, or how it is got out. or what disaster
it may work to the business of the
country. The Democratic party has al
ways been wrong on the money ques-
tion. and there is no probability of its
getting right now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

The genius that presides over the tel
egraph wires that circle round the world
seems to be filled with the modern spirit
of freedom which prefers a republic to a
monarchy. First came the report that
the King of Greece had abdicated. and
that the country would at once organize a
republican form of government. and
now is heard the rumor that Australia
has declared her independence of the
mother country. and will be self-govern-
iss. The first story, 81 it turned out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

was without foundation, and there is
reason to suspect that the second is not
go into circulation, and create little sur
prise and no CONSERVATION, ven when
accepted as correct. shows the tendency
of the times and the feeling that is in
tho air in these closing years of the
n~ineteenth century
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

UNDER the Harrison administration
American fishing vessels off Nova Sco-
tia were not prosecuted, but the incom-
ing of Mr.. Cleveland, with Mr.. Bayard
at the British court. seem to have been
a signal for the Canadian authorities TO
recommence their outrages upon fish
ing vessels sailing under the stars and
stripes. Canada assumes that il can
get the free markets of the United
States by pursuing a prosecuting policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
Must Have Been from New York.

Marshall Wilder told thisstory last night:
"a tough landed IN Chicago recently. and
q friend of his was showing him the sights
of the wonderful White City. They were
walking along Michigan avenue. and the
guide said: see that pointing IN the d.
rection of Lake Michigan. that's n lake
"a lake answered the tough. screwing
up his mug and looking disdainfully &C
the big body OF water. a lake. wacher
givin' mel I'll come along here sopio night
with Q sponge aud steal thatin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

THE falling off in the volume of bust
ness done by the clearing houses put
side of New York city over 1112 per
eel the past week, compared with the
corresponding week of 1892, does not
indicate as large a decline in current
business as might be inferred after
reading those New York papers which
are laboring to emphasize the Presi-
dents object lesson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

In his speecnat Gettysburg, Governor
Flower expressed bitter regret that he
had not taken a part in that memorable
battle. 1t is too late now, but at that
time the invitation to join the Union
army was more than cordial. But if the
Governor regrets nonparticipation, he
can congratulate himself that he will
not be called a coffee,cooler and red
.nOsed pension fraud.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

SILVER bullion recovered from its
tumble of last week to 20 and 70 cents
an ounce. At the latter figure. at which
the government purchased. the bullion
in a silver dollar was worth nearly 55s4
cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

If all the people in this country who
have a sure cure for rheumatism write
to Mr.. Cleveland, his mail will bo larger
than it was during the height of the
Office-seeking clamor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
An Object OF Pity.

watts-I feel awfully sorry for Biggerstaff
these hot days.
POtts-What's the matter with Biggerstafl
Watts-He is one OF these fellows who can
make q good appearance only when he is wear
Ing q fur-lined OvercOat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

THE Chicago Journal figures out that
419. 900 people visited the worlds fair on
the Fourth of July. while the gate reg
listers show only 324, 900. 1t says that
the registers do not register and that
the gate keepers get the money. A
grab of $4,000 in a day should TURF o
reasonable number of gate keepers into
millionaires during the season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

III is stated that the silver men, and
ven such lei as Jerry Simpson, prefer
Representative Burrows, Republican, of
Michigan, for Speaker to Mr.. Crisp.
With the rules of the do-something
House of the Fifty-first Congress, Mr..
Burrows would make a model Speaker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

A YEAR ago, when there was rather
more employment than labor. one might
throw up O job to-day and get another
tomorrow. Now, n may meet fifty or
q hundred men seeking employment
where one opportunity to work is found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

The case of the man in this State who
kept his money in his coat pocket,
which he left to burn when his room'
was found to be on fire. should serve as
people who assume that their money is
safer about their persons than in the
hanE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

The failure of a large restaurant
within the worlds fair grounds either
proves that the reports of exorbitant
prices are false or that such rates have
curtailed patronage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
SIXTEEN PAGES

THESE are the days in which one al
most wishes that he was in search of
the north pole with Captain Peary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-09

A COUNTRY exchange Is unhappy be-
III the yacht in which the President
sailed did not fly the American flag. 1t
had been pulled down.