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TR UE REFORM FOR WOMEN.
Sober aas UaNesIiak Advice or = Practical
sort.

sort.
To THE EDITOR OF The - II is strange
TO me that women who seem now so bent upon
reforming everybody and everything do not
turn their attention a little TO som Of their own
failinRs. One OF these is the custom they have
OF wearing In places OF public amusement hats
and bonnets OF sufficient size 10 hide two-thirds
OF the stage from those that have the misfortune
to, sig behind them.
ance extremists, our sisters Of this and daigl-
ters OF that would direct some OF their energy To
psnlshlhg from our theatres that intOleTabls
Every man has the proper adjectiyes ready 10
anPlyt 10 " so there Is no need to add another.
E,eLy hight AZ every theatre in New York at
are utterly unconscious OF or absolutely indifrT-
shI 70 the rights OF Others, by wearing on their
nsads piles or ribbon or hedges Of flowers and
.1stners over which IL is impossible to see the
staEe. ms appears To me 10 show that they
Mb s uttSris a sense OF justice. OF TiRht, and ~
rcrnst SuIe 70 Others where their vanity is con-
,IIhsH. sleh a deficiency in their moral make
luPi lhe cold, cruel, heartless way they have
iEpl iGhorlng the rights aud The feelings 81 others
a. ~ n ~ nattJr ~ conclusive prOOftO me that they
Il au.olntely united TO vote or 10 have any
a,tl.s 20 40 with the making of laws. Last night
a a Y JaInsele Hall one hat In front of me hid a
beers OF an orchestra. This rs only one Instance
and a feeble one OF what the hat can doi
a. Women are evidently incorrigible slaves ~
NOT some arrangement be made To compel them
Tpoocupy one half Of the theatre by themselves.
n1n the Iong-su1ering men. who now submit
nuisance, could sit comfortably in the other half
.. me theatre and enjoy the sight Of the women
tbrongS saasehir nreks ih hopeless attempts to see
carried out, and how | wish / had The power 10
ENFORCE 1T venture to believe the hat nuisance
a sS wne vanish from our places OF amusement in
New ioRK, Oct. 81. 1894. S"tN'
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CALIFORNIA; BUG WAR.
THE LADY BIRD MAS NEARLY DRIy-
EN Our THE MACK SCALE.
Her Frnit Tndustry was Threatened by the
Black Scale. and the Black LADY Hird
was Imported 20 E~xterninate ~.

Her Frnit Tndustry was Threatened BY the
Black Scale. and the Black LADY Bird
was Imported 60 Exterrninate ~.
The progress Of the war In southern Cali
fornia is more interesting to people on the Pa
cifc coast just now than events In the far East
or the further West. whichever IL may be to
them. The war at homo is one that California
has been industriously fomenting for several
years, and IL has just reached an important and
gratifying stage. II Is a bug war, In which the
state Of California Is backing the Australian
black lady bird against the black scale. And the
lady bird has got the upper hand.
Southern California's chief industry, fruit
growing, has suffered serious loss. and has been
threatened almost with extinction, by the raw
ages OF the terrible black scale, n parasitic pest
which has ruined hundreds Of orchards and
damaged almost every plantation in the coast
counties. 1t is n small parasite, appearing In
millions In a single orchard, and multiplying at
a prodigious rate. II covers the trees with
slime. eats the leaves and the fruit, and gener-
ally diminishes and deteriorates thecrops II has
been known In the State for thirty years, and ms
the fruit-growing industry increased 1t spread
with terrible rapidlty. II increased at q hr
greater ratio than has the material for it to
feed upon, and the situation became exceedingly
serious. No attempt TO stay its spread awaited.
Over 100000 a year was spent for several years
in fumigating and spraying fruit trees in nm
endeayor to eradicate or mitigate the evil. but
IN spite OF eli e1orts the plague continued.
Experts were sent by the State Board Of Hor-
t~iculturc To different countriea IN try and find n
W
remedy. About hve years ago Mr.. koobele dls-
covered what he thought was an antidote In the
black LADY birl Of Aus,ralia He brouuht n NUM-
- =. -.
Der OF the insects over, ana they were put In nm
olive orchard at Santa Barbara. They multi
ulied rapidlv and coIont.a n sont out I'm dis
80. 80,
tricts where the black scale was most plentiful.
The lady bird promptly turned it's attention to
the parasite M, foeding n ,ro.s mr. frui, nj aI
'u"
ana soon the black scale began 10 disappear
Over 500, 900 lady birds were distributed over
tho In fas,ad dis,rio,s by Tho S,a,a Hoard and
90 - 70"
from every part OF the state reports soon came
that the black scale was rapidly disappearing.
Secretary Delong NJ rho s,ate Hoard Of Uorti.
-
culture says mat by next year the pest VIII nave
disappeared from the country,
So ,b,ro,rbiv b.va ,ha iadv h,r,s ,ono tho
,' na'e u ,"u' onu9 uo"H ~
work Tor which they were imported that there
is danger in Santa Barbara county of their
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MassaoLusstts Democrats for MIN.

To THE EpIroR OF The suS-Str. A mos,
sisnIhesht demonstration 81 the feeling Of
Massachusetts, Democrats toward Senator mr..
candidacy occurred at the great Dennrrati,
Ia'iAeA'ion meeting last Friday evening. Mayar
nla''htws presided, and in his speech alluded 10
!ie gallant fight Senator Hin Is UaLiu- t,r
llemocracy, and added that he desrrv'd H.,
msnf w. suhport OF every Democrat. This rni-
Min ~ az ~ tSitlNed With long -contiuued ,hrrr~.
nj, NJ . nn,stoh Herald !rathfully urmsrkrd trat
faS 1HiNTGi Sudlehee al Democrats "srCm~i ~ %
,C'isv"LI ol las Htrmd found for sur int Mr..
ia s1aaJ meant i9 turn his back un IT, Iart.
nF'ls a o.ininn EDITORIAL iustihins a. Ism
ss.d NaotIa'S which to the trL, SD .wuun
lac common feeling IL HrUocr.t. M. t
iNNsl1Aa "a this matter IL one ~ deem
yaIan sshlpfFyd " the fart that Massachussits
NWVtsSts meyer helped put Mr.. Cleveland IN IN
snhn hoass; even la = year when IA elected
bosfOA, NOg. ~ =,
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Terrible ! And Behold They Make Glorious
che wanssakers or o

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The Amer
lean Bank Note Company has been crossed by
the Bureau OF Printing and Engraving. and the
result Is that they have produced a mongrel
breed Of postage stamps that are abhorrent tn
all who love beauty and uniformity and who
wish to see Uncle Sans postal service dignined
rather than made ridiculous.
The stamps as issued by the American Bank
Note Company were bad enough in many re-
spects, but the abortive emissions of the Bureau
Of Printing and Engraving are infinitely worse.
and as a peaceable, law-abiding. and hitherto
the continuance Of these offensive Ian 1.
In the first place. there are at least three dis
nothing OF the innumerabio shades OF each color.
There Is the very dark rose and the very light.
month in dishwater. There is also q sickly look
ing yellowish red. What in the world ia there to
the stamp and printing it in any shade OF red or
PIN, nl,ih he happens p to his Sp9nnp surely n the
the fraud would not be noticed.
MAINE AMEN Of l tSem az io sse !, pfiFFf9 ,Ssx ma S Tss stamps,
into a chopping box OF the elevated road by the
way %ay, t u x. are eheWed up: doubt II ffty FER
my notice during the last few weeks have been
evenly perforated.
The gum on the back is another exceedingly
bad, worse, worst! Since these stamps came
into use ! have known personally OF several cases
time licked the back OF one Of the new postage
stamps, but am not surc.l
Finally, the handsome series of olumbia
stamps has educated the aesthetic taste of peo-
pie 70 such, a degree that nothing short OF u
Grated. The successors to the Columbia stamp.
should be at least equal 70 them in beauty. even
If they cannot be superior.
In my capacity as manager of the mail dis
tributing department OF one OF the largest pub
fishing houses In this country. ! have occasion
10 handle several thousand letters a day, and
these offensive little labels passing continually
under my eyes are indeed a WEAKNESS to tho
nesl. i hear Similar cOmDlainfs on pvarp hand
verify, what. excuse have the poorly executed
stamps for further existenceY Are not his
Honor the Postmaster-General and the Bureau
OF Printing and Engraving able and willing to
produce a more pleasing seriesf Away with
these deforInities! Give us q set of postage
stamps more up to date-more in keeping with
THESE nn-ds-siecle times. r. L.
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TLat New TLsaIoEy.

To TIT Enron oF THE sUN-SiT: The new theology
referred to by you in a late issue % TnE SITS cannot
b. cJEdcmnrd too severely In a pTofessedly Christian
country. The neo theology" We Rre told, must
show itSulf hospitable 60 whateytg god tEen mgy
he In Buddhism, COHfuclanism, Mob H.IrdaHlsm, aud
IoroastTiaHisnL" That Is wore tEAn uonssRss; but it
Il also HOnssnss; Il Is A. n0nsenslcGl A. IL were for an
American politician Ia declaTe that ne must show our
selves h~Ospitable 60 whatever ~ good thu re- may be in
despOtisni, fTee-loEe communism. and anarchlsm.
There can b. hut one tFUs religion. bat one true
Church; there can be but one best form Of political
government. n Une Of our sigt hnien were 10 adyts
cate a sun o. loud hunt for whatever gooi tier Inny
Lr Ia Russian law, lulti' opinion would qnlt 4 y
coutcmn blm a. q crank or a a traitor "a hnerfy, A
CHRISTIAN teacher Who Worrts oF.r tue LACK 0f gppH-
clatluu shown toward NJItuuUul.rl-r Sc nnr uOf
Dc a cIank, but u certainly p traitor tuNard I 10
hreai.3t Teacher OF ALL ahd a. l. ltCr' taan krubIulo
thatf hr knsw m0rt o. Christ End or use god tnri e IL
n Ia Chln,h be ~OILl ssai q knos less aloat Gun
iurtua and ho.s Other sad aud ds4d heathens he
SIDES. thrre arr too many I've heathrns every where
sunehnF In darkReas to 1lsiify ahF astiFs syaDathy
AEs fOkk. OcL 81. lbgL TX LthEABlHEL
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.m. ''ot' me Lt"nioH EtsEiag JDUrnaL
~ haIdlS worth mentloninE. because nonc M
- p.Ipts are very old, for Maine. but M has
G,,nr Ia'tletq ihis week that SeWall Emery Of Bil-
gSlols' Asea % }eArs. saW'd "a card of hani ynnj
,e.yllI!; an SO-year-eld lady in Tempe WsifS
NJ snuLSh every sunday; Mrs. Isaac tasWrI Sf
bL,, ~ nNSAp3Tl W years old. doe, all her own
Wpcns1Nysk, Aui dnes IL we'll, too; Mrs. Eliza
p EId 81 ITpy, aged ~ years, spins niRS * rns
81 lSfh zach De-; Mis-. Amy Addition N p.rt
$50 "9 'tars, las iust finished a rr.,v
go, . 10 M"Tk Lunssisted hy spgrt.cie.s
aII, 'thr' "a Maxwell Of North HaFtfnFd n;
Zork heIsslt, aud ;a-y car-old Mrs q N, y hrf
hhirn ns y tutneF take care Of two COWS AMI
siass' H. 5s;L hIs n.ads 80 pounds % buttar
insala dsnEhlr, besldes doing her hoasssaI
anu cutting apples this fall sfA
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sLark Lors from Hawaii.

iron tr Rlcidr COaEirIrhd Adrrui4rr.
A tiger shark was caught recently on the
coast ~ Maui, near kaauaIali. Inside IL werr
eighteen little -hRI ks. about two feet long. Ills
OyoyiyipaFpus characteristic at come tpcCits OF
sharEs has probably given rise to many al the
Hawaiian supcTstttUns about these monsters II
the sea. Some years ago a monster female
shark Was caught near the Island uf KAUAI.
Inside OF her Were found htlg-tWu young sharks,
each OF then about Two icvt bug.
IL h not Lpuwa "a many that the terrible
teth OF the shark a. reSiilr and. al the viii
~ the ush. 4g NAT 10 rows. 50 that no teeth are
apparent. A. Ia ap1rars that the female pro-
tCCts her young Oy upeling her mouth hud VsE-
uniting them u run into her bYdy, n l. tN.drut
that the power 10 lay the teeth down On a hat
surface u y provision Of nature b which the
Young sharks can Ia taken la and out Of the
body without being Injured ~ the teeth
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18
Calamity HoVyIers.

NOBLESVILLE, April 12.-Special.-
Notwithstanding the continual wall Of
the calamity howlers regarding the gen
eral depression in business throughout
the state and country as we'll. there is
but a very small number of idle men
in this city. In fact, any person who
has signified a willingness to work can
find employment at something. Since
the straWboard works resumed opera
lions nearly two hundred idle men are
happy again. In addition to this other
factories here have increased their force
of men with the advent of spring and
an extensive amount of street improve
ment is being contracted for by the city
council to be commenced without delay,
all of which will furnish employment to
laborers. y number of dwellings and
few brick blocks are to be erected this
spring and summer All I'm all, the out
look for work in Noblesville this season
is anything but gloomy, whatever the
case may be in other towns throughout
the Hooser commonwealth. Business is
also steadily increasing.
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the horse upon its feet but. TO his dis
may, the skirt Of Mrs. Nicars riding
habit had caught in some way in the
Stir1"up and his mother was being held
head downward into the river while the
horse tore about in an almost unman-
agea.ble manner. Robert was equal TO
the emergency, but IL took what seemed
TO him an age before he could get the
horse under control and whip out his
knife and cut away the stirTup, his moth
er hanging head down and rapidly ap-
preaching drowning condition. A man
who happened along just at this juncture
rendered valuable assistance and Mrs.
Nicar was at last gotten out more nearly
dead than alive.-South Bend Times.
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LIGHTNING ROD SHARKS.
The Snap They Are Working on Shell
by Farmers.

SHELBYVILLE. April Especial
The lightning rod sharks are getting in
county in great shape.
William Marshall is a young farmer
living near Marietta and is in good cir
cumstances.
Last week a man came along and
agreed to rod his barn for S5.75 and do
the work some time during the summer.
The next day force of men arrived at
finished the job They presented a bill
for $3.50, which Marshal at first refused
to pay, but on being shown the contract
which he had signed for the work they
compromised for $50.
This Is the contract he signed and it
may help Sentinel readers:
The retail price of the rod is 571s cents
foot. Points and braces to be counted
as twenty feet Of rod each. Building to
be ornamented entirely free of charge.
This agreement made - day -, 1S9-,
between w. p West. bearer. and -.
The said W. p. w, or bearer, agree and
promise to deliver upon the premises be-
longing to , sufficient Is copper-cov-
cred lightning rod with necessary points
to rod the - belonging to -.
iD circuit form. running the rod
the entire length of the building.
livery of good by cash or note. All verb
al agreements are set aside by this con-
tract"
Sunday morning Marshall put on his
best clothes, took s. or Sc and his razor
and left home. since which time he has
not been seen.
1t is feared that he may have commit
ted suicide.
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OTHELLO AND DEsDEMONA.
A Full BIoOded Negro Secures a White
Bride of Good Family.

KOKOMO, April 13-Special.-The
marriage of Rosa Bowman, a white girl
eighteen years of age. rather comely
and of a highly respectable family, to
John Breckenridge, a full-blooded and
very black negro, is the talk of the town
today.
a license was secured at the county
clerks Office through misrepresentation
and the marriage was solemnized by the
Rev. "A. NJ. Lewis of the African meth
odist episcopal church at 10 o'clock last
night.
The minister, who has recently moved
into the state, was ignorant of the laws
of Indiana on the subject of miscengena-
ton and is confronted with the prOba-
blity of having TO pay fine of $1,000.
\ brother of the girl has lodged a
complaint against Breckenridge and he
stands likely to go TO the states prison
for from one TO ten years.
This OthellO and Desdemona had
known each other but a few weeks and
had never been known to be in each
others society before the performance
of the marriage ceremony.
The girls friends declare that the
negro has hypnotized her.
He appears TO have her completely in
his power and the pleading Of relatives
will not move her to consent to leave
him.
He Is now in hiding from officers.
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1t is stated that two months ago a
young man living at Warren, Ind. wrote
his name and address on an egg he
was shipping A few days ago he was
surprised to get a letter from a merchant
of Sidney, Australia, saying that the
person who packed the egg might be
interested in knowing how far the egg
had gone TO find a customer and that
eggs were worth there 50 cents per
dozen.
J. B. Cheadle Of Frankfort writes as
follows to the KokOmo Tribune: Il was
informed yesterday that a report was
circulated in your county to the effect
that 1 was not a candidate for congress.
Will you please state in a brief para
graph the fact that L am a candidate
and will be before the convention June
6, and that ] am not able to make a
personal canvass on account of the very
dangerous illness of my boy"
At Delphi the other day Judge Rey-
nolds decided that the commissioners
must grant Bert Wills of Burlington a
license to sell liquor. Now the parties
who own the property adjacent to the
room in which Wills proposes to open
saloon nave decided TO bring suit
against him for damages. The supreme
court recently decided that where a sa-
loon Injuries the value of adjacent prop
erty an action for damages is good.
Virginius Near received a letter to-
day from his son Robert. who is with
his mother at Eureka Springs. Ark.
which tells Of an exceedingly narrow es-
cape from drowning on the part of Mrs.
Near The account is as follows: Rob-
ert and his mother were out horseback
riding and were at Berryville, twelve
miles from Eureka Springs. and were
about to ford Kings river, which is not
very deep at that point and has no
bridges As they started across and had
got some distance into the stream the
horse ridden by Mrs. Nicar suddenly
laid down in the water. throwing Mrs
Nicar in the river. Robert promptly got
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18

Probably no other show in the Midway
Plaisance attracted 50 much attention
from all classes Of Worlds Fair visitors
as "Hagenbeck's." Many persons went
again and again to see the wonderfully
trained wild animals BY everyone it
was admitted that nothing to equal the
horse back riding lions had ever been
seen in this country, and they were only
one feature of a performance where each
act seemed only less marvellous than the
last. Karl Hagenbeck is unquestiOnably
the king of animal trainers, and Prof
Magner IS the prince OF horse tanners
The latter's great work, the Standard
Horse and Stock Book. we are Offering
our readers in thirteen parts, issued
weekly, at one dime per part. You
can't afford to be without this book
See advertisement in another column
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

treasurer, j. A. Ruch: sheriff, w. Fl.
Wagner; recorder, l.. II. Mowrey; COM
missioner, w. II. Robbins; coroner, Dr.
J. K. Geary. The convention vas the
largest and most enthusiastic ever held
in this county and the ticket is conceded
to be unusually strong
MARTINSVILLE, April 15.-Special.-
The democrats of this township met here
Saturday and selected delegates as fol-
lows: State, Elmer Henderson, w. s.
Sherley and Amos Hart; congressional,
j. A. Lewis, r. +. Maxwell, John Dun
can, John S. Skaggs and Z. Nj. McCord;
joint senatorial, Henry higgins. William
Eslinger, a. S. Tilford. +. r. Hamilton
and A. II. Caldwell; judicial, Lon Es-
linger. Joseph Miller, LATE Martin, John
Prather and Dan Lively.
CORYDON, April 15.-Special-At the
primary Saturday Stockslager carried
this county over J. X. Marsh for con-
gress. His majority is LILY. c. w. Cole
for auditor, L. NJ. O'Bannon for recorder,
John Mathes, representative; d. f. Lem
mon. joint representative, also carried
the county over their opponents by
good majority. The vote WIS the largest
polled at any primary election and
more friendly one was never before wit
messed.
MARTINSVILLE, April 15.-Special.-
The following county ticket was nomi-
mated here Saturday by the populists:
Representative, George w. Clark; clerk,
Capt. J. II. McKahn; auditor. John Ker-
shaw; treasurer, MahIon Johnson; sheriff,
George Pearcy; coroner, j. o. Wharton;
surveyor. Wilbur Stout: commissioners,
W. H. Burris and /. p. DeTurk.
LOGANSPORT, April 14.-Special.-At
the democratic city convention tonight
the following candidates We're elected:
For mayor, George W. Fender; treasurer,
George W. Hoffman, clerk, Edward DON
ovan. The republican convention nomi-
mated George p. Mckee for mayor, Ed
ward Barnett for treasurer and John b.
Winters for clerk.
FRANKLIN, April 14.-Special.-The
peoples party met in mass convention
tonight nominating the following city
ticket: Mayor, s. w. Hunter: clerk, j.
w. Hunt: treasurer, NJ. b. Fisher: mar
shall. L. p Burford; councilmen, w. b.
Brannigin. A. Sauer, George Bess, Fl. l..
Knox. This makes fouI city tickets in
the field here.
FRANKLIN, April 14.-Special.-The
republicans held conventions tonight
nominating the following counciimen: a.
b. Lagrange, W. H. McClannahan, Rob
ert Kelley and Adam Dunlap. The con-
vention for nominating mayor. trea surer,
clerk and marshal will be held Monday
night.
ROCKVILLE, April 15-Special.-Th
democrats Of this county had a splendid
meeting here Saturday. The indorsed
the Wilson bill, our two senators, Gov
ernor Matthews and Congressman Hol-
man.
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A Columbus Ghost Walk.

COLUMBUS. April 13.-Special-Tt has
been reported for some days past that
a ghost several nights in succession was
seen at the poor farm graveyard, and
one o. two persons who attempted to
show il fight were knocked down to-
night. Carl Gent, George Smith and
Stanley SladeT visited the cemetery and
the ghost, resembling a very tall man.
arose from behind a tombstone and
walked slowly across the cemetery till
near them. where they lost their nerve
and fled, running all the way to this
city. There is considerable excitement
over the mysterious apparation. The
persons who have encountered it are
thoroughly truthful and say they win
make affidavits to what they saw.