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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
Residence Burned.

SpeCIdI 10 CIe InuldndpOIIS JOurIldI.
MARION, Ind, Oct. 4-At noon to-day
fire broke out in the residence of d. r.
Mckinney. Everything in the second story
was burned. Most of the household goods
the first floor were removed without
damage. Mr.. Mckinney, who has been
confined to the house with paralysis for
some months, was removed to the home of
a neighbor. The insurance on the house
and goods was s. GOO, in the London and
Lancashire. The loss is not yet known.
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Phenix of Brooklyn, y. Y. the build
Ing, but had no insurance on bank fixtures.
The building adjoining the bank was also
badly damaged up stairs. Barry, Threl-
field x Co. occupied the third room west of
the bank with their grocery store, and
their stock was damaged some $500, with
insurance of $3.50. in the Home of New
located belongs to w II. Barry, and he
estimates his loss at $500 insured in North
British and Mercantile
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
A Mob Fires Into ~ Jail.

SYLVANIA. Ca. Oct. IA second at
tempt was made to get Tom Hendricks out
of fail last night. Last nights attack, how
ever proved as unsuccessful as the first. The
mob did not get into the Jail, Sheriff
Rrookcr fearing second assault, had
placed a guard within When the crowd
found that their entrance would be disputed
thev fired into the jail through the door and
wounded the guard in the leg. No further
demonstration was made. anu the mob dis
DerScd.
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Cable Notes.

Alderman Valentine b. Dillon, jr., cousin
of John Dillon. NJ p, has been nominate
for Lord Mayor of Dublin, to succeed Hon.
James ShankS.
The Bourse at Berlin and at Frankfort
are greatly affected by the silver legisa-
ton in America Operations are almost ut
a standstiil, pending the decision of the
United states Senate.
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Wrestler ScheIIer Won.
special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, Oct. 14.-Bert
Scheller, of Indianapolis, defeated Pat
Brennan, of Montana. tonight in a catch
as-catch-can wrestling match, winning the
first bout in three minutes ard forty-one
seconds and the second in nine minutes.
Brennan challenged Scheller to wrestle
Graeco-Roman, and a mixed match will be
arranged Scheller challenges the world to
wreStle catch-as-catch-can.
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conceded to us that We could ask and free
ly. / am only disappointed that the VAL
kyrie did not win. AS / understand yacht
racing and yachts, the Valkyrie was a
proper boat TO win. / think our sails were
perfect. but the Vigilants were much
larger; that is TO say, her head sails filled
all the taclIing room possible, while ours
ar2 for heavy winds. and are much smaller,
not designed so much 10 catch every
draught OF air TO draw its force and
nroncrlY utilize IL -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
Shot by n PIaymnte
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. H-An eight-year-
old son of s. B. Purvis, of the dry-goods
firm of McElwain & Purvis, was accident
ally shot by a playmate last night The
ball passed through the lads cheek, but he
was not fatally hurt, though the sight of
one eye will probably be lost.
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Bfble-SchOOI Union.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE fifteenth semi
annual convention of the Howard County
Bible-school Union was held at Jurome
this week, lasting two days. The attend
ance was the largest in the history of the
society, and the programme more than ordi-
narily interesting. j. T.. Hiltis is president,
and Miss Flora Kirk secretary, both of this
a.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
TWO MINERS MANGLED.
They Tried tn Drill Out an UnexpIod-
ed Charge of Powder.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PETERSBURG, Ind. Oct 14.-John Will
lie and Jack Eberly met with a horrible
accident this morning while working in the
Blackburn coal mines. about three miles
above here. They had gotten shot ready
the night before which failed TO go OFF.
This morning, thinking the powder was
damp. the two miners attempted TO drill
out the charge. A terrific explosion oc-
Cured which rendered the men both un-
conscious. Willie was terribly burned and
mangled and cannot live. Eberly had a
leg broken, which will have TO be ampu-
tated. Both men are married.
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Russians Attacked by Afghans.

SIMLA, Oct. 14-Simla dispatches say the
Russian Colonel Vannovisky has been
driven out Of the Pamirs by the Afghans
after attempting to force his way across
that district at the head of Cossack troops.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
Fatal Fire at Detroit.

DETROIT, Oct. H.-Fire, which started
at 11:20 tonight, destroyed the paint fac
tory of Bowdell Bros, Lee & CO. glass fac
tory, Detroit paper-boX factory, Detroit
Fiy-paper Company. John p. Henzein elbow
and tinware manufacturing company. Har-
monte Hall, all on Champlain street. The
total loss, far as can be learned at this
hour, will exceed 100000 George Barlein.
supposed to be a commercial traveller, lost
his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
Fight with Outlaws.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico Oct. IA. - A
courier from Han, a town 15o miles north
west of here. has arrived with news of q
desperate conflict between d mob OF lawless
and the police authorities. In the fight
eight men were killed. The outlaws were
forced to retreat into the mountains.
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CoIIfsiOn in the ChauneI.

LONDON, Oct 4.-While crossing the
channel the passenger steamer Marie Hen
riette ran into and cut in half a Danish
bark. Six of the crew were drowned.
There was panic on board the Marie Hen
riette when she ran into the bark. The
passengers tried to launch the boats and
ran here and there about the decks look
ing for life preservers and expecting every
minute that the steamer would sink with
all or board. The officers eventually man.
aged to quiet the passengers. The bark
sank before any assistance could be rem
dered her
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
PuIIman sIeeper Burned.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 1.-THE Pull
man sleeper Bosporus, while standing in
the Union passenger shed awaiting the
north-bound Louisville & Nashville train,
caagnt nre from lamp explosion and was
Quilted. There were three passengers on
board, who were preparing to retire at the
time. They escaped injury.
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Historian Howe Dead.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. H-The venerable
historian, Henry Howe died tonight from
a stroke OF paralysis. He was born In New
Haven, Conn, oct. II, 1876, and came 10 CO.
lumbus I'm 1S45. riding over the mountains
on horseback. His best-known work was
"Ohio's Historical Collections" $3.50
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Steamer Ashore.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 1.-THE steamer
Newborn ran ashore near Redondo. on the
southern California coast, early this morn
ing and is in a bad position. The passen-
gers and crew are safe. The Newbern is
owned by the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany and was due here tomorrow from
Mexican ports.
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Frefght Train. wrecked

KOUTS, Ind, Oct. IA freight train on
the Monon ran into a Chicago & Erie
freight on the crossing at Wilders to-day
at noon. completely wrecking both engines
and a dozen freight cars. Two of the cars
were damned into the depot, demollshing
it. One of the engineers was seriously in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
XilIage burned.

JAMESTOWN, n. Y, Oct. 4.-The viii
lage of Otto, thirty miles from here. has
been wiped out by fire. The place had
population of three hundred.
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Grin ON Board "a Man of War.

PORT TOWNSEND. Wash, Oct. 1.-THE
Urited states Snan-of-war Mohican ar
rived from Bering sea last night with FIVE
officers and seventeen men sick with the
grip. The Mohican put i'm here 10 repair
broken feed pump. She will sail for Mare
island on Monday.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
A City IF AdYentists.

The oldest town in New York State
is said to be Alfred Center, i'll Allie
gheny County, 1t is a farming Sec
ton and every Friday night at sunset
work Of every kind ceases. MIrth and
merriment are likewise put aside.
Then for twenty-four hours the time
of all is given to worship, hymn and
praise. The early Puritans observed
their Sabbaths with no more rever~
ence than do the residents of this little
country town observe Saturday. They
are Se7enth-Day A~dventists, and
nowhere else in the State are their
tenets so strictly lived up to When
the sun sets Saturday night the village
springs into busy life again. Stores
are opened, promenaders appear.
worldly affairs are resumed and the
town becomes as jolly and joyous as 1t
was solemn and severe a few minutes
before sunset. Sunday farmers are
blowing, tradesmen are at their
tiers, shop wheels and blacksmlths'
hammers are humming and ringing,
end nc sound of church bells mln3les
ia If. -Detroit Frek Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

Greenwich observatory comes next,
and then the 27-inch instruments in
Paris and Vienna and the 26-inch
glasses in the University of Virginia
and at Washington, D. G.
In the matter of mere size even the
Yerkes instrument is little compared
to the huge rejecting telescopes in
various observatories. Lord Rose, ut
Birr Castle, Ireland, has q reflector
70 inches across the Bessemer refiec-
tor in London is 544 inches in diane
ter the Herschel and Melbourne re-
fectors Measure As inches across, and
the one at Paris At inches. But o re-
fracting telescope is so much superior
to a rejecting instrument in power
and general a~daptability that the
Yerkes telescope in the Manufactures
Building is called the largest telescope
in the world.
Its tube of hard steel is "a feet long,
and without any accessories or glasses
weighs four tons. The steel has q
varying thickness of from fye-Eix-
teenths to one-eighth Of an inch, the
thickest steel being in the center,
where the tube is hung. The tube is
somewhat cigar-shaped, for it is 81
inches in diameter in the center and
gradually tapers TO ~ inches at the
glass and 38 inches at the eye
end. With all the rods, arms, finders
and other accessories the tube weighs
tons. The column or pier upon
the telescope is poised is made
Of cast-iron in five sections. hav-
ing an aggregate weight Of forty-two
tons. The lower section OF base
flares out to Is by Is feet and
weighs Is tons. At the floor level the
pier is 81 by IL feet und gradually
to the head casting, which
rests on top of the column and which
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
An Eccentric Hen.

A certain party e a Forest Green
has a hen that is most eccentric of all
female fowls of which we have ever
heard. Said hen commenced laying in
the family buggy, and the first time
her peculiar actions we're noticed was
when Don drove home one evening;
the hen ran out to meet him before he
stopped and layed an egg before he
could get the harness from the horses.
Upon two different occasions she rec
NAMED on the nest in the back OF the
buggy when it was in use, once to
Salisbury and one to Forest Green.
both times getting back safely. These
facts cen be vouched for by people
whose ~veracity is never questioned. -
Salisbury mo Press-Spectator.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
ROAST BEEF S A

This is a dinner dish that always
catches the appetite of all English
men, and here is the true English
style of cooking it: Get from your
butcher a nice, plump, firm heart ;
let it stand in a pan of cold water in
which a handful of salt has been dis
solved for half an hour. Prepare a
stufing of grated bread crumbs one
good-sized onion, a sprig of parsley, a
teaspoonful of dried sage Tor better
yet is green sage when you can get it),
q piece of butter the size of an egg,
and pepper and salt. Mix these to-
gether with one well-beaten egg, fill
all the holes in the heart with stufing
and boil for one hour in a small
saucepan in which the heart can stand
upright, SO that the stuffng cannot
boil out. After it has boiled slowly
for an hour take out Of the water,
cover the top of the heart with a large
slice of larding pork and roast for two
hours, basting frequently. Serve with
currant jelly on very hot plates, and
see that the slices are cut thin and
lengthwise Of the heart-it will be
more tender. Serve some ofthe stufing
on each plate. New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
WISE WORDS.
Hasty marriage seldom proveth we'll.

Hasty marriage seldom proveth we'll.
self-respect-that cornerstone of all
virtue. y
There is no m lice like the malice of
the renegade.
The absence of temptation is the
sbsehos of virtue.
No man who needs q monument ever
eught to have one.
No nation can be destroyed while it
possesses a good home life.
Out of clothes, out of ccuntenance;
out of co%untenance, out OF wit.
The lowest people are generally the
first to indfault with showof equipage,
As soon go kindle fire with sno Y as
seek to quench the fire of love with
words.
What is becoming in behavior is
honorable, and what is honorable Is
becoming.
Be thou the first true merit to be-
friend his praise is lost who waits till
all commend.
It is vain to trust in wrong as much
of evil 80 much of loss, is the formula
of human history.
He who observes the speaker more
than the sound of his words will seldom
meet with disappointments.
A politician weakly and amiably
right is no match for d politician
tenaciously and pugnaciously in the
wrong.
Men seldom, or rather, never, for O
length of time and deliberately rebel
against anything that does not deserve
rebelling against.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

specimen of steel forging Is inches in
diameter and IS feet long. 1t is re
sponsible for three and a half of the
seventy-6ve tons. This spindle is
called the polar axis, 4" and is always
set up SO as 70 be parallel to the axis
of the earth. Upon the polar axis is
the E:declination sleeve, within which
is the F:declination axis, Z" a steel forg-
ing II inches in diameter, 9 feet long,
weighing u tons, upon which the tube
proper is bolted. Thus the telescope
can be pointed in any direction, either
in declinaticn, that is north to south,
or up and down, and in right ascen-
sion. east to west.
The ''declination circle" the large
wheel near the counterpoise weight, is
eight feet in diameter and is made of
cast-iron. 1t fits on the sleeve that is
on the polar axis, and, as-the ''point-
er" is carried by the spindle, the circle
stands still, and the pointer travels
around and reads the degrees which
are printed in large white marks and
figures on the rim of the circle. The
degrees can be readily seen from the
floor and give merely an approximate
reading. This is called the ''coarse
circle" The fine circle for accurate
reading is placed on the declination
axis a the tube, and is read by the
observer from the eye end by means Of
a small telescope.
The driving clock is in the top sec
tion of the hollow column. It is q
weight clock andthe mechanism il such
that when the telescope is properly set
upon any particular star it is kept in
the field automatically. The clock is
self-winding, for at the proper time it
switches on a small electric motor, and
is wound up again.
Electricity is used as power for mov
ing the telescope, and the observer or
his assistant can turn it by touching a
button. In the clock room are three
motors; one for winding the clock, one
to give a quick motion in declination,
and n to give a quick m~otionin right
ascension. The motor can be thrown
in or out from the balcony on the col
umn or from the floor. On the tube
and on the declination sleeve are mo-
tors for giving slow motion in declina-
tion and right ascension, which can be
switched in and out from the eye end.
The application of power is made
through a worm gear, of which the
wheel is u feet in diameter, weighing
II tons. The wheel is of cast iron,
with a phospher bronze rim having the
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

teeth cut in the bronze. The worm is
of hard steel. The telescope can also
be moved by hand, for on the north
side of the head are two hand wheels
by which the assistant astronomer can
set the telescope. Time is read on the
coarse hour circle, which is on the
polar axis. The circle is spaced into
twenty-four hours, with fiye-minute
divisions, and is intended for approx
innate reading. The fine hour circle
for accurate reading is placed just in
side the coarse hour circle, and is read
through microscopes by IN assistant
on the balcony, which is reached by
spiral stairs. All the bearings for
moving parts are of Rabbit metal, with
means for. accurate adjustment, and
e~elf-oiling devices. SO well balanced
is every part, and SO evenly poised is
the whole thing, a child can @ the
instrument with the greatest ease.
The object glass will not be ready
before the last of the year, for the
delicate work of polishing and correct
ing the glasses requires time as well rs
patience. The glass is in two pieces,
one of crown and the other Of flint
glass. This is to correct ehromatic
alteration or color,
When the instrument is mounted IN
its observatory the column will stand
north and south. The details for the
observatory have not been completed,
but work on preliminary plans has be
gun. With an object glass 25 per
cent. greater in urea than any other
~refractor, that much more light will
be admitted, and astronomers predict
great results from the telescope. 1t
will be used chiefly in spectrum analy-
sis, and the ~spectroscope and spectre
graph are made and on exhibition III
the gallery just northeast of the tele-
scope. Without the glasses, the tele.
scope as it stands, towering In the
main aisle seventy-ive feet in the air,
costs about 800, 900. A remarkable
feature of ii is that practically it was
designed and built since last Deem
Der.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
Cured by Laughter.

Laughter has often dissipated dis
Ease and preserved life by a sudden
effort of nature. We are told that the
great Erasmus laughed so heartily at
d satirical remark that he broke a
tumor and recovered his health. In a
singular treatise on laughter"
Joubert gives two similar instances.
A patient being very low, the physician,
who had ordered a lose of rhubarb,
countermanded the medicine, which
was left on the table. A monkey in
the room jumping up, discovered the
goblet, and having tasted, made a
terrible grimace. Again putting only
his tongue to it, he perceived some
sweetness of the dissolved mama,
while the rhubarb had sunk to the
bottom. Thus embroidered, he swal-
lowed the whole, but found it such a
nauseous potion that, after many
strange and fantastic grimaces, he
ground his teeth in agony, and in a
violent fury threw the goblet on the
floor. The whole affair was SO ludicrous
that the sick MAI burst into repeated
peals of laughter, and the recovery of
c~heerfulness led to health.-New York
Ledger,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
Lake Beds Unusually Full.

Not in six years have the lake bells
of South Dakota been SO full Of water
as at present. According to reports,
the old lake beds that have been dry
for years are once more brimful, and
water fowl have been quite abundant
all season. To those familiar with
South Dakota, the filling of the lake
beds means a great deal. 1t means not
only a crop this season, but for sew
eral years to come. So long as South
Dakota can keep her numerous lakes
filed with water, she may we'll defy the
world as a grain-producing State. The
sudden return of ducks and geese after
a desertion of even years is not a Int
tie remarkable. Sioux CITY Tribune
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
GREEN GRAPE PRESERVE.

The trouble necessary to the prepare
ton of the old fashioned preserve
which I have to recommend ought not
to count, writes a correspondent. We
can't get somethingf for nothing in this
world, and for certain toothsome
morsels we must have the patience of
our grandmothers as we'll as their cook
book.
It will be easy to those living in the
country or those having their own
grape vines to procure green grapes.
But the most delicious grape preserve
I have ever tasted was made of fox
grapes that grew wild in stony
meadows. 1t is quite possible even
for those living in cities to get wild
grapes by bargaining with some
huckster or marketman at the right
time. The grapes should be bought
when they are still hard, before they
have softened in the least, but when
they have attained nearly or quite
their full size.
Having got your grapes, provide
yourself with a small, sharp penknife,
and cut each grape in half exactly as
you would an orange. Then remove
the seeds and throw the fruit into cold
water. It will take you all day to do
fourteen pounds, but the preserves
are worth the trouble,
Once seeded, the process is the same
rs for other fruit. Use granulated
sugar, allowing pound for pound.
Cook until the strip jellies when. cool,
and seal in the ordinary manner.
This preserve is very rich and of an
entirely different flavor from that
made of ripe grapes, and is sufficiently
ac1d not to cIoy, and is the best
stsweet" I know of TO serve with meats.
Chicago Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23
VEAL PATE.

Chop fine three pounds of lean veal
and half a pound of fat fresh pork.
Mix with the chopped meat one coffee
eupful Of bread crumbs and three well
beaten eggs; add two even teaspoon,
fuls of salt and one salt-spoonful of
pepper. Stir all thoroughly together
md moisten with a little soup stock.
Pack in a buttered mold which has
been rinsed in cold water after greas.
ing. Cover tightly and steam over
FIVE hours. Turn out Of the mold and
put in a warm oven for half an hour,
leaving tho ove door open. Put un'
der a heavy press and allow the meat
to become very cold. Slice in thin
slices and garnish with parsley.-New
York Recorder.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

FOR AN INVALID.

A delicate invalid eustard is made
as follows Beat up 70 eggs, mix in
half pint Of milk, sugJr to taste, and
some vanilla, lemon OF nutmeg flavor
ing; when we'll stirred pour the mix
ture into a buttered bowl, I've with
buttered paper and steam in a sauce
pan Of boiling water, which should
come about half way up the sides Of
the bowl, for half an hour. A savory
custard is made in the same way, SUBJ
shutting cold beef tea, free from all
fat, for the milk, and of course leav-
ing out the sugar.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-09-23

pass the gigantic comet-hunter with
out paying an explanatory tribute to
its size: For a month or more the
huge iron column or pier which bases
the telescope stood in a state Of digni-
fed ineompleteness, but expert work
men from the shops of Warner &
Swasey, in Cleveland, O., where the
telescope was built, put the big tube
into position a few days ago. This is
the gift that Charles T. Yerkes made
to the University of Chicago. After
the Fair it will be taken to Geneva
Lake, Wis, and there permanently
mounted to do its share in advancing
the fascinating science of astronomy.
The telescope has q clear aperture
of40 inches. That is, the object glass,
the great round eye of the telescope,
is that many inches in diameter. This
dimension places the Yerkes telescope
at the head of the ~refracting telescopes.
Next to it comes the Lick telescope on
Mount Hamilton, California, that was
built in 1887 by the same firm. It's
object glass, made by Alvin Clark, of
Boston, who is making the object glass
for the Yerkes telescope, is Sc inches
IN diameter. The next largest instru-
ments are the one at Pulkowa and
Nice, each having a 30-inch object
glass. A 2S-inch telescope in the