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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

every day Of my life, that the men who
tried to destroy the government when I
was young are now In control Of 1t and
running things at Washington. My career
has been stultihed, and why should I care
to prolong 1t? There can be no glory for
the irony Of fate has robbed me of that.
How well I remember hat fight with the
Alabama! Almost thirty years ago, yet 1t
seems but yesterday. She expected to
whip me. yet 1 blew her out OF water. or
rather under the water. without half try
ing. 1 could have sunk two more like her
at the same time. She fired more than
twice as many shots as 1 did. yet when the
fight ended she was riddled and 1 had
hardly a scratch. I had plenty of glory in
those days, but times have changed. 1t
fighting then are on top now and are
examining free trade and fraudulent cleo
tions down the threats Of the American
people. And that man Cleveland! Where
was he when 1 was pouring broadsides into
the Alabama? Safe in the rear and repre-
sented in the army by a paid substitute.
who helped him escape the draft. Bah! I
have enough Of 1t, and I will not stand 1t
any longer. 1 see the committee on naval
affairs in the House has had under con-
sideration the insertion Of an item in the
appropriation bill providing that I
be repaired and put in as
good condition as possible. I do not want
to be repaired, especially when 1t comes
as a gracious condescension from the repre-
ing left for me in this world but to quit
it. 1 will deposit my old bones on Roncador
reef. That is an ugly place for mariners,
but one of the finest in the world for a
wreck. If I lake a notion to run on that
reef all the officers and men aboard cannot
keep me off. And I'll do 1t. Old age is bad
enough, anyhow, but death on Roncador
is infinitely preferable to life under the
present circumstances. Who knows but If
I live a few years longer I may see a
descendant Of Admiral Semmes in the
White House?'
There could be only one ending to- this
line of thought. The Kearsarge's mind was
made up when she left Hayti. The officers
thought they were sailing for Bluefields,
but she knew the voyage would end on
Roncador reef. She made for that spot as
straight as a bee makes for the hive or an
their courses could not have prevented her
from carrying out her purpose. Undoubt-
edly the so-called wreck of the Kearsarge
was a case of suicide.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

Several papers which are trying to help
the authorities to raise an adequate revenue
have suggested the taxing of bachelors.
They estimate that of the 5000, coo men of
can afford to pay a tax for the privilege
they seem to esteem freedom from the re-
sponsibilities of married life to be, and
that a properly graduated tax imposed upon
the 100000 would yield 800, OOO.OO o. of reve-
nue.. Whatever may be said of the PROPOSE
tion. 1t may be assumed that the $1,000 who,
It is estimated. will pay income taxes, will
resign In favor of the bachelors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

The asphalt pavement question Is under
discussion in Philadelphia. For more than
fifteen years the specifcati tons for all as
phalt paving In that city nave required a
particular kind of asphalt, but 1T is now
claimed that the time has come when CON-
petition should be invited. 1t has been forty
years since the first asphalt pavement was
laid in Paris, and 1t would be strange ir-
deed if the experience of that period were
not worth something. A paving material
that may have been clearly the best known
twenty years ago may not be the best to-
day. The possibility of new discoveries and
new methods must be taken into account.
Besides, even If competition does not Sc
cure better pavement, it is almost certain
to result in lower prices. The Philadelphia
Press, in an article ~favoring competition,
says:
the various coal tar and 'poultice" pave
ments laid on Fifth avenue and elsewhere
from 1870 to 1874. The lessons of these nu-
were united in the pavement adopted In
Washington in 1876 and since deservedly
popular; Called an asphalt pavement popu-
iarly, this is really a pavement in which
bitumen, baked for centuries in Trinidad by
a tropic heat, is united with some petroleum
dered limestone, an artificial sandstone.
Spread over a sufficient depth of concrete.
a factor but too often neglected, this has
proved, take it all in all, the best pavement
known. The advance In it's use is best
shown by an English Colonial Office re-
port. which shows that the revenue or roy
alties on the Trinidad pitch lake rose from
$4.225 in 1881 to Sl35, 720 in 1890.
This assured success, however, was GER
tain to stimulate competitive experiment.
1t has. There are many bituminous lakes,
the world over. Several inferior ones are
on Trinidad itself. Every geologist has felt
that 1t was a mere question of time when
one equal to Pitch lake was found Ber-
mudeZ lake, in Venezuela, may be. 1t may
not. The analyses incline us to think Ii is.
Still they are not decisive. The pounding Of
hoof and wheel is a test no chemist can
quite match. Under present conditions,
however, a presumptive reason for opening
asphalt pavement bids to competition now
exists, hitherto absent. This step alone in
New York-the mere presence of competi-
tion-while it did not change the pavement,
for the award was made to the Trinidad
asphalt, made 4 reduction on the bids
opened November 5, 1890, of lover $100, 600
below the estimate of the cost made by the
department engineer"
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MisiudEed.

Mr.. Lushforth was dancing a Jig as Yabs-
ley entered the barroom.
HIN! You seem to be full Of youthful
spirits" remarked Yabsley.
Spirits" answered Mr.. Lushforth. with
a sudden assumption of dignity, but not
youthful spirits, young man. Zis stuff 1
been drinkin' is every bit Of ten years old"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11
The Next Best Thing.

Minor Baseball Magnate[I see that they
are going to nave Corbett as a baseball at
traction in the East. Don't you think we
ought to Go something or other?.
Second B. 3. M.-Yes. 1 think we ought.
Which would give US the most advertise
ment-to hire Sam Jones, or have some one
steal the diamond?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

ment that his church consider, or at least
teach that a human being cannot be saved
or escape eternal punishment unless he or
the Journal cannot go TO the Baptist for
ralininus instrn1cfion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11
Bosom Friends.

Fl NOtlclerO UNIVERSAL.
Fair Customer-As 1 wish 10 present a
friend OF mine with a bottle OF your tine
ture on her birthday. / should like TO know
IL II Is really 10 be depended on for the
removal OF summer freckies2
Druggist To tell you the honest truth
no. ma'am.
Fair customer-very good; then I'll take
a bottle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11
Great Hit.

Timmins-Tve got a great idea for ending
stories since I was in Chicago.
Simmons-What is it?
Timmins-I am going to have them wind
up with 80 they lived happy and went on
marrying ever after"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

1t should crafty all Indiana, without
regard TO party or race, that while the
lrreverent in Washington make invidious
remarks concerning the ecclesiastical
knowledge Of Senator VOORHEES,, no one of
them dares question the genuineness of his
orthodoxy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

The scheme of the pastor of one of the
rich churches in New York to loan money
In need because of unemployment has
proved successful. The Ate charged for
the money is but 5 per cent, and the pastor
finds wealthy men in his church who fur
nish an abundance of money for the pur-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

The funniest thing about Senator Voor-
hees's blunder in referring to the Friday
after Ash Wednesday as Good Friday is
not that he should have made it, but that
not a single member of the Senate should
have noticed il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

1t is very evident that that Napoleon of
smart for the average Indiana official.
Still. the Napoleon is not popular in parts
Of Indiana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

The Philadelphia Record facetiously re-
marks that the "resumption Of a large
s~uspender factory is another shingle nail
IN the coffin of calamity" May be so; but
the Democracy need not hope to lift itself
over the fence into prosperity by it's sus-
nendarS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

Mr.. Harter is mistaken; there is more
than one created thing in this world which
cannot explain itself without Tapping it's
ears and braying."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

There is one alternative for the man who
s~trenuously objects to paying an income
tax-the dividing of his income before the
tax collector gets around.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

The Kearsarge may go to pieces on a des-
plate reef, but her name. like that of the
Old ~Ironsides, will never be blotted from
the page of the Republics glory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

Because the committee having in charge
the providing for the unemployed are not
publishing daily appeals is no reason why
1t is not in need of Subscriptions and cash.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11
IN THE AIR.

dramatically Considered.
dramatically defined;
Its a conjunction, SIR" she said,
"And hence can't be declined"
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
SIXTEEN PAGES

Even the gallant old Kearsarge could not
change" s.a AlISl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

In the charge book Of the coroner OF Ma
rion county there are three or four days
IA ~twenty-four hours instead of one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

The conviction OF one Tammany offender
for ballot-box frauds shows that 1t is not
possible for all to escape.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

Notwithstanding the hard times and the
vast number Of unemployed women the
servant girl question continues TO fret the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11
Not I'm Love.
Detroit Free Press. &.

DetrOit Free Press
How do you know that DeNere II not
In love with Mabel Sweetbriar :"
Because / heard him tell her the other
evening. when they came from church. that,
he knew OF a short cut hoe@~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

In bequeathing his entire estate to his
wife the late George W. Childs added in
his will that he did it In full confidence
hat she. knowing my plans and purposes.
will. by gift. during her life, or by tesla
mentary writing, make such disposition
thereof for charitable or other uses as will
be in accordance with my Wishes" This
Is construed by Mr.. Childs's friends as
Indicating that he had clearly defined
plans as TO the ultimate disposition of his
estate, and that his widow knows them
accurately and will carry them out either
during her life or by will. This means
thropic plans will still be carried on.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-11

Some one has sent the Journal a marked
copy of the Indiana Baptist, in which this
paper is told that its ignorance surpasses
anything I'VE 0he Indiana BaptisD have
recently seen," simply because OF some
comments upon a report which appeared in
the papers TO the effect that certain Bap-
lists and Complexities or Christian preach
ers had said that there seemed to be no
reason why the two churches should not
unite. The editor suggests that the edi-
torial writer's of the Journal read up a little
OF religious topics before they treat of
such subjects. In the same article the Bap-
list editor says:
In fact. II would be far more practicable
for the Baptist churches 10 unite with the
Presbyterian or Methodist churches. Bap-
lists believe In conversion as a prerequisite
20 bantism and do not think baptism is
necessary TO salvation. while C~ampbellites
consider. or at least teach, that baptism is
necessary 20 salvation.
One OF the most prominent preachers in
tie Christian denomination denies the state
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
A Prohibition Ticket.

Marshalltown Times-Republican: A
Prohibition ticket has been nominated
in Marshall county, but will cut no fig
ure. Prohibition is preserved in Iowa
wherever majority can be found to
enforce it and abandonded only when
such majority cannot be found, Hence
people who make Prohibition the chief
issue under these circumstances simply
demand that the law shall be maintain
cd nomintally in localities where it
cannot be maintained actually. They
contend for an abstraction, an ideal
condition, for general though dead
letter rule. Events are proving the
"bar" clause to be mistake, but there
is as yet no prospect that a successful
political movement can be based on the
idea of restoring nominal Prohibition
in those places where it was only nom
inal in fact when real on the statute
hooks.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19

In that excellant journal, the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, we find, in full,
the address Of Mr.. D. V. Reiger, of
Kansas City, before the American AS
sociation of Bankers, which recently
met in Baltimore. While he may take
some positions on which many would
take issue with him, his address is that
OF man who sees and talks clearly
He gives view of the situation from
the standpoint of banker, who is pat
riotic and unselfsh, which it would
repay some of the ultra element of our
country to read. The point we wish
to make is that those who have been
taught to inveigh against munied inter-
ests on general principles, should at
least read an address like Mr.. Reiger's
that they may not become warped and
e-sided.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
Use Lots of New Siam De.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l6.-The new is
sue Of postage stamps is being rapidly
disposed of by the government. The
average number of ordinary stamps
sent out from Washington postofice
throughout the country reaches 10000.
900 day. This record has been kept
up for about week. More than the
usual number of orders have been re-
ceived at the postoffice department. as a
result Of work in political centers and
especially in New York, Brooklyn.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Chicago.
Tammany Hall alone has called on the
department through the New York
postoffice for 225, 900 stamped envelopes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
THE VAN LEUvEN FRAUDS.
Steps Will Be Taken to Punish Pension
Examiners Involved.

steps VIII Be Taken to Punish Pension
Examiners Involved.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Steps will be
taken by the pension bureau to mete
out punishment to the remaining men,
bers of the board of pension examiners
involved in the Van Leuven frauds.
indictments against several of the ply
sicians have already been returned. 1t
has been found that one Of those in
volved in the frauds, DR.. Pegg, is dead,
and prosecution of another has been
dropped, owing to advanced age and
probably Unbalanced mind. There
were five boards involved in the cor
rupt methods, and several members of
these yet remain to be prosecuted,
probably half dozen. The report of
Special Examiner Waite and his corps
OF assistants now at work about Du-
buque, will be forwarded to the depart
ment of justice with Recommendation
for prosecution and the depart
ment will call the attention of
district attorneys who have jurisdiction,
to the case with the purpose of securing
indictments. The Van Leuven frauds
are regarded at the bureau as among
the most important that have been
under investigation though not involv-
ing as much perjury and forgery as the
cases filed by Attorney Bown Moore of
Buffalo, now serving sentence. The
number of cases filed by Van Leuven
probably reaches 700 or 800, and about
one-third Of these have been investi-
gated. Fifty per cent of them at least
are believed to be fraudulent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
UNIONS OF woRKlNGMEN.
A Document of Interest Received at the
State Department.

State Department.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l6.-Of particular
interest to persons who have given
attention to the progress of the move
ments towards unions of the working
men, is report transmitted to the state
department by Stephen Angel,
United States commercial agent in
France, which embodies the facts
and conclusions reached by the
French consul general at Leipsic, re-
specting the history and operations Of
the various societies in Germany whose
purpose is the procurement of employ
ment for workingmen. AS the history
OF these societies given in the report
dates back to 1S40 and includes statistics
Of the work of the various organiza-
tions, such as those devoted to the in
terests of sailors, and of unskllled Ia
Dor, of municipal organizations
and Of private intelligence
Offices, the subject is exhaustively
treated, and the paper is especially
timely in view of the proposition now
under consideration by the German
government, and submitted for report
to the officers of cities and towns, to
take these various associations under
municipal control
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19

The Deadwood Independent quotes
something from the editor of the
Omaha Bee and tries to prove, you
know, that the Populist administration
has "strengthened the credit" Of Kan
sas. Such an assumption would be the
quint-essence of irony, If stated in the
presence OF people who have made
fruitless endeavors to secure money for
loans and investments in that state,
within the last two years.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
Mine Sale Not Confirmed.

HNUGHToN, Mich, Oct. 16-The ru-
mored sale of the Huron copper mine
and mill to the Atlantic Mining COM
pany for $4,000 and the assumption of
heavy liabilities of the Huron mine by
the latter company cannot be authenti-
Gated here, but such transfer would
probably be benefit to both parties
and is not improbable. Huron works
500 men when running. but has been
idle for two years.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
How Spiders Work.

Mr.. H. H. Dixon has been studying
the locomotion of insects and spiders by
means Of instantaneous photographs.
He finds that the limbs move together
in diagonals In insects the first and
third legs OH one side move with the
second on the other, the antenne NOV.
ing with the first leg on the same side.
In the case of spiders, which have eight
legs. the first and third on one side
move with the second and fourth on the
other. Mature.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
officials Arrested for Gambling.

DEs MONIES, Ia, Oct. 16.-Consider-
able excitement was caused at the Capt.
tai City Driving park by the arrest of
Chief of Police Fred Johnson, Police
Judge Frank Phillips, Fire Chief John
Monarch and Alderman McElderry on
the charge of gambling, in buying
pools or the races. They all gave bonds
for their appearance on Oct. 90. The
warrants were sworn out by Alexander
Haste, representing the federation of
churches
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19

The watchful care of the southern
Democracy, in framing the present
tariff law, to give the North as much
free trade as possible and reserve for
their own interests as much protection
as possible, might have suggested to
them the following ditty:
O'Gorman, O'Grover,
O'Wilson, O'Brice,
Blow HI out of mutton,
But don't you touch rice.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
MURDER AND ROBBERY,
Two Railroad Laborers Attacked by I'm.
known Men-One Is Killed.

Two Railroad Laborers Attacked by I'm.
known Men-One Is Killed.
GRASS VALLEY, CAL, Oct. ia ter.
rible murder, the motive of which was
robbery, occurred near here during the
night. Dennis Scanlan and Joseph
Kennedy, railroad laborers, who lived
in cabin north of town, drew their
months wages and started home. No
sooner had Kennedy entered the cabin
door than he was attacked by two rob-
bers, knocked senseless, gagged and
bound to his bed, Scanlan entered the
building half an hour later and was at
tackled. When he showed fight he was
knocked in the head with q hammer
and almost instantly killed. Both men
We're robbed. Kennedy regained con-
sciousness before the two robbers de-
parted, but it was morning before he
managed to free himself and come to
town. There is no clue to the identif.
cation Of the murdererS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19

Coffin & Stanton, the great New York
firm which has for years done a large
business in municipal bonds, has failed
and their business is in the hands of a
receiver. It is asserted that many will
lose by their failure. What broke
them was the promotion OF certain en-
terprises and not the investment in
good bonds,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
SETTLERS FOR MINNESOTA.
Six Thousand Families of Poles and Slavon-
ians to Be Located.

ok Thousand FAMILIES OF Poles and SlavOn-
ians to Be Located.
ST. PAUL, Oct 15.-One of the most
extensive immigration movements in
the history Of this state is now in pro-
cess Of development. 1t will probably
bring into the agricultural districts and
into the timber country of Northern
and Western Minnesota something like
5000 families Of Poles and Slavonians.
Frank Grygla, travelling land agent of
the Great Northern railway, is engin-
eeflng the movement. The settlers
will come from among laborers in the
coke regions of Pennsylvania and east
ern cities, and they will be under the
supervision of the Polish Alliance.
Some of them will be located on rail.
road lands, but many will settle on gov
ernment land in the northern part of
the State
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19

If some Populist orator wants text
for good speech, he will find one by
reading document written by Joe
kindelan four years ago. Joe is an au-
thor and those who admire his works
should not omit the document of 1890,
published in the Mitchell Mail.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
LaidIaW'S Case.

New YORK, Oct l5.-The general
term of the supreme court has reversed
the Judgment for $4,000 obtained by
William Laidlaw against Russell Sage
for damages sustained by him from
the dynamite explosion perpetrated by
Henry A. Norcross in Sage's Office two
years ago, and ordered new trial.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19

HARRISBURG. Pa, Oct. 1s.-Rev. w.
H. Bryant Of Steelton, the presiding
elder of the Central Pennsylvania
Methodist Episcopal conference, was ar
rested by United States Marshal An
derson, charged with sending obscene
letters through the mails to Anna lines,
graduate Of the Steelton high school,
and organist at the church of which
Bryant was formerly pastor. Bryant
gave bail for trial in the United States
court in Philadelnhia
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-10-19
New Navy Dry Docks.

WASHINGTON, Oct 16-The navy dry
dock at Port Royal, S. c., is expected
to be completed within month In
anticipation of this the bureau of yards
and docks has contracted with Ritten.
house, Moore & Co., of Mobile, Ala, to
dredge out the channel necessary to
open the dock to our large new battle.
ships. 1t is probable that the samS
firm will remove the dam at the dock
entrance