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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

and firing at the same time, or compelling
the horse to stop suddenly and fall to the
ground, that its body may be a breast
hfry1ca
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Bnks-Sad affair, Goodman's death.
don't believe he had enemy in the world.
Jinks-I don't believe he had either.
Why, even his relatives spoke well of him.
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A Society Introduction.

New YORK Weekly.
First Gentleman Gust introduced)-By the
by. did not quite catch your name
Second Gentleman-My name is wilkins.
/ didn't hear yours, either.
My name is BilknS. What is the name
of the gentleman who introduced us?''
Give it up. Never saw him before"
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Nothing to Hinder Now.

New 1OfK weekly.
Lever-You are getting prettier every
day.
Sweet C;irl-Just now am living on
brown bread and water, to improve my
complexion.
How long can you keep that up%'
''Oh, indefinitely"
Then let's get married"
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The New Woman
Good News


Little Boy-Who is that lady?
Mother-She is the head of the New
Woman movement
Little Boy-She doesn't look very new
does she?
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A Pertinent Question.
Puck

The Deacon-You are a disgrace! A dis
grace alike to yourself your friends, your
relatives and to humanity. No one can ever
say that brought disgrace to my friends
and family by drinking rum.
Parched Peters (wishing to appear inter-
ested in the discourse)-What did you do
it with, then?
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A Love Symphony,

Along the garden ways just now
u heard the flowers speak;
Inc ne wnlte rose told me of your brow,
Inc red rose of your cheek
Inc MY or your Bonded head,
The bindweed of your hair.
Each looked it's loveliest and said
You were more fair.
l went into the wood anon.
And heard the wild birds sing.
hOW sweet you We're, they warbled on
Piped, trflled the selfsame thing.
thrush, blackbird, linnet, without pause.
The burden did repeat,
AND still began again because
You were more sweet
AND then / went down to the sea,
ana heard 1T murmuring, too,
Fart OF an ancien. mystery
All made of me and you
HOW many thousand years ago
1 loved, and you were sweet;
Longer could not stay, and So
l fled back to your feet
Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessv.
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A Misunderstanding.
Brooklyn Eagle

Tramp-Madam. will you please give a
hungry man something to eat?
Madam-Will you saw wood?
Tramp-Yes, mum; l won't mention it to
living soul, pom me honor.
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Stocked.
Life

Affable Stranger-I am a dealer in plumb
ers supplies and / called to see if we
couldn't do some business to-day
The Polite Plumber-Im afraid not sir
have all the billheads 1 can use for some
time to come.
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A Beginner.
Judge.

Young Wife-When my husband gets
cross I always threaten to go home to my
mother.
Old Wife-Mercy, child! how simple you
are! You should threaten ito have your
mother come to you.
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I went into the wood anon.
We Asked Consent.

we asked consent, my love and I,
All in the early morning
A golden promise lit the sky
Inc deWy earth adjoining
me day was just beginning
The hour of all for Winning:
But the old man lifted I'D his head
And scanned the sky and briefly said
LIS nae the time for coortin';
Nay, nay!' said he.
We asked consent my love and T.
Inc maiden moon was slender
starry mist ralned down the sky,
ana the eve was new and tender
The mother she lay sleeping
TIL, w hefe stars their watch were keeping.
m see old b man sighed and bowed his head:
But life's ae short for lovin,;
Ay. ayr said he.
Ida Whipple Benham, in the Independent
Sonnet.
l think the immortal servants of mankind
VINO, from their graves, watch by how
The world soul greatens with 4r,a go,
turtles, 80 NeA-
Mourn n most Mans barren levity of mind,
me ear to no grave harmonies inclined
lees. va "oi'niesS
~, The laugh mistimed in tragic presences.
Ane eye 10 dii majestic meanings blind.
o, prophets, martyrs, savfors. We were ereot
All truth being great to you; We deemed
Than a dull jest, Gods ennui to amuse
The world, for you, held purport; Life We
Wore S ,
Proudly, as Kings their solemn robes ne
state: vi
And humbly, as the mightiest nonarcbs
use. LAS
William Watson.
Beyond Memory.
It's not that foget three gone from here
All Things on earth are speaking still of
thee; Ai VI
But thou-what sight or sound can bring
earth near? ihs
Soul Of my soul, canst thou remember
ne?
Edith NJ. Thomas. in Lippincott
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a Raock-Down Argument.

New York Weekly.
Skeptic--You have given me many mes
sages from departed friends, but not one
of then, has told me anything l didn' t
know,
Medium with dignity)-I would have you
understan sir, that the spirits of the
dead have something better to do than to
como back to earth and teach school.
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Not Qualified to Speak.

PnIIdueIphld inquirer.
Ethel-Grandma. how old do they get be-
fore they quit liking f1attery and kisses?
Grandma-Pm eighty-nine, my child but
you'll have to ask some one older and wiser
than J.
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Cooks Imperial, Worlds Fair, Highest
award, excellent Champagne; good effer-
xescence- agreeable bouquet and delicious
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allow his spy opportunity to get to his
post
How will you pass the time away,
Mr.. Remington" said he. I'VE may as
well call you by that name until I find
your true one"
Yes. I suppose So AS to what shall
do during the next forty-eight hours,
why. / think I may as well devote N.Y.
self to seeing the sights. 1t is remark
ably pleasant day for a stroll and L
think | will visit your beautiful Central
Park"
"A capita. idea BY ali means r would
advise occupation of that kind. 1t would
be best not to do any business until
your memory is restored to you"
Business. Why, of course, l can do
no business"
for example, under the name of Rem
ington later on when you resume your
proper identity you might be arrested
as an imposter."
by George, had not thought of that
My position is more serious than had
realized. L thank you for the warming
Sightseeing Will assuredly be my safest
plan for the next two days"
Il think so. Call at the time agreed
upon and hope for the best. If should
need you before then vii, send to your
hotel
Then saying Good morning" Mr..
Barnes turned 10 MS desk again, and.
as the stranger looked at him before
stepping out of the room. the detective
seemed engrossed with some papers be-
fore him. Yet scarcely had the door
closed upon the retreating form of his
recent visitor when Mr.. Barnes looked
up with an air Of expectancy. A moment
later very tiny bell in drawer of his
desk rang. indicating that the man had
left the building. the signal having been
sent to him by one Of his EMPLOYEES
whose business II was To watch all de-.
partures and notify his chief A few mo-
ments later Mr.. Barnes himself emerged
clad In an entirely different suit OF cloth
INK and with such alteration in the color
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-09
AFAMOUS ANIMAL TRAINER
He Has Spent the Greater Part Of
His Life with Wild Beasts.
MANY HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES.
His First Experience Was nm At
tempt to Separate n Leopard and u
Lion-Tbe Thrilling Result.

During the past year I have spent
considerable time with the army off,
GERS at various frontier pests and have
had occasion from time to time to de-
scribe some Of the adventures which
have befallen them In the field and in
the garrison. 1 have heard personal
variations OF struggles which. had
they occurred in places other than
hostile Indian country. would never
be believed, and some of the heroes
whose names | have had the honor to
present have international regulations,
and some Of them have passed through
adventures that seem almost mlracu-
lous.
The Barnum & Bailey circus at
traoted me n few days ago. and with
no Idea uf stumbling norcss an inter-
esting story, 1 visited the show at
Madison Square Garden, In New York.
The circus. however, has no part In
this narrative, but It serves to intro
duce the subject matter In exactly the
manner in which It came to my notice,
In the basement OF the big building
strollcd along looking at this and
Ut lndti Wltn IN thlk RECESS near
the front end of the galleries | was
accOsted 10y name by Il man whom !
had no recollection OF having seen be-
fore He was William Winner, super
lntcndent of the meuugcrlc, and man
whose adventures would form basis
for one of the most interesting books
that ever was written. 1t IS not neces-
sary 20 dwell upon our preliminary
conversation. but 20 give tho history
ftF III 10 M. "a risa IA La
actual contact with ferooious animals.
will. It seems to me. prove interesting
Mr., Winner Is now "A man OF 81 years
OF age, sturdy Of build. quiet and unob-
trusive. II backward conversationallst
and modest to a degree. when the sub
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work again and ready for new en-
counters. Another one came in the
spring Of 1891. Some OF the animals in
winter quarters were stored in barn.
Winner entered the barn and locked
the door behind him. He opened the
door Of cage In which n huge pig
tail ape was kept. The animal sprang
Into his face like n fash, and his teeth
met in Winners left hand. which he
threw out to ward off the attack. His
other hand caught the ape by the
throat, and struggle for the mastery
ensued. in which man and ape rolled
all over the barn floor. Winner called
aloud for help, and the men had to
break down the door 10 get to him.
When they found him he was almost
unconscious from loss Of blood, owing
to severed artery in his wrist. The
ape was senseless, Choked almost to
death, but his fangs were still clinched
in the mans wrist. That was the last
struggle the ape ever had but one.
He attacked another keeper year
later. and was killed, after INJECTING
terrible wounds upon the mans face,
neck and body. Truly, an animal
trainers life is not q bed of roses.
w j. ROUSE,
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been great not only from the amount
Of metal used, but the exquisite work.
manahip, on which account one would
have been 10th to see them consigned
/ TO the melting pot, as did the women
Of Prussia during the war OF Llbera-
ton In 1873 who, In lack of other coin.
contributed their wedding rings, re-
ceiving In return those made Of iron.
bearing the legend. Itch gebo gold fur
eisen."
shyloclx's regret was pitlable when
he learned that his daughters had In
nocently exchanged the ring which had
belonged to his wife. Leah, for n
monkey.
II would not have lost II for will
derness OF monkeys" he said
The rings OF today are made valn-
able by the weight of the metal and
costly gems, very little art work being
nut into their composition; yet Cellni
the celebrated metal-worker. made
rings OF chlselled steel worth fabulous
prices, on account Of his beautiful
workmanship.
The puzzle rings are lngeniously con-
trlved, the four hoops comprising the
ring being all separate, and falls to
pieces when removed from the finger.
These were the work of the old Ind
ian goidsmiths Much OF beauty and
symbolism is shown In the peasant
rings.
Rings worn by Episcopal clergymen
are exceedingly beautiful, and among
the most interesting that have been
handed down to us. Though In the
earlier days used wholly as slgnets,
they are wholly symbolcai.
The professions OF faith made by
the neophyte In writing were sealed
with these rings. Their pastoral let
tiers also bore this seal, and by the de-
cree OF st. Sergius the bishops OF
France and Spain used them TO seal
the baptismal fonts, from ,he begin
ming OF Lent to Holy Saturday.
Innocent Ill, in 1874. settled the
Fashion Of the episcopal ring. who or
dhlned that II should be OF gold and set
with one precious stone, on which
nothing was to be cut. The annular
finger OF the right hand Is the one to
bear this sngunrly symbolic orna-
mcnt, and bishops never wear more
than one, though the portrait Of Pope
Jullus IL. Is represented as wearing six
rings.
According to Durandus. the episcopal
ring was symbOllcal OF perfect fidelity
OF the duty OF sealing and revealing
Ghost.
massive ring of bronze gilt, the
square bezel being set with II green
chnlcedony and cmblasoned with St
Marks, In relief Oh each side, on the
shoulders, shields Of arms, represents Il
pnpal ring Of the fifteenth century, and
were given by popes to ncw-made car
dinals
Another most interesting ring was
the property Of AlhaHtun, bishop Of
Shebornc, and was found at Llysfaon,
N the northeast OF Carnarvonshlr In
l7J. II Is of gold and very massive,
the hoop being formed Of eight divi-
sions. alternately circular and lozanve-
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nlcally perhaps this is right. Yet as
matter of fact, II might be put down
as an American industry about New
YORK, in view of the amount of capital
Invested In 1t and the number of men
employed. Within 20 miles OF New
York there are between rs and 100
yacht clubs, large and small, from the
big 20 footers of the champion class
down to tiny single stickers. These
boats carry crews ranging from 35 to
40 men down to half a dozen, and at
good wages Thus 1t win be seen that
small army or men are employed dur
ing a good part OF the year on the
yachts alone, not to speak of those
employed In and about the clubhouses,
And then as to the capital invested,
] asked good authority the other day
how much money he thought was in
vested In yachting by clubs and lndl-
viduals within fifty-mile circuit of
New York, and his reply was stagger-
ing, Put II anywhere between SIS OOO,-
600 and SlOOO00,00O and you won't be far
out of the way" Other experts agree
In this estimate. And this does not
take in tine steam yachts OF the Goulds
and Nanderbilts, which are really
ocean-going vessels, carrying crews OF
from sixty to aeventy-nve men. and
having all the fittings of an ocean liner
II used to cost Jay Gould several thou
sand dollars Il week TO keep his fine
yacht in commission. This was hls
only dissipation. If England succeeds
In winning the America cup from ris
this year, as now seems probable, IL
Will stimulate rather than depress the
yachting fever. Next to horse-racing.
and even above baseball, which ia NOT
an expensive thing, yachting as n
business or as sport leads all others,
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Ject OF his personal adventures is
touched upon. He was born In Lam
caster. o.. in 1874, and when he was q
years or age, ran away from HIS native
town with a travelling circus He had
little idea OF circus life, he saws but
was taken with the glamor OF red
wagons and flying banners and deter
mined TO choose Ii as a business for the
remainder Of his life He was first set
TO work cleaning animal cages In the
menagerie, and. before he had been
with the little show month. aston
iBhed every one, even the menagerle
boss, by going Into the cages of the
cat animals, and working amongst
them with no apparent thought of
danger. At the end OF two years he
was accounted one OF the best atten-
dants In the menaSerle and had been
proven fearless and daring to degree
so much so, In fact, that one day in
1867, when a leopard and a lion got
Into n fight, he was the one man SCI
lected to go into the den and separate
them. He accepted the order OF his SUI
perlor without a thought and that ac-
ceptance came nearer costing him his
life than he or any one else imagined
It would.
He entered the cage with an iron feed
Ing fork in his hand and succeeded in
separating the feroclous animals and
shutting the leopard In rear compart-
H'hA " Nhe VhhNs nc turned to leave
the den, paying little attention To The
monster lion, who had nearly bitten
the life out OF the leopard. and whose
Jaws were still rocking with warn,
blood, when the unexpected happened
As he stopped to unfastcn the door the
great animal struck him on the head
with his paw, and, with a single blow.
ripped Oft three inches Of his slull
Quick as n fash the bloody fangs were
fastened In the back OF Winners neck.
and his Mortified companions on the
outside OF the cage believed him TO he
| dead, They fought the lion on with iron
bars, however and Dragged the linn
body OF Winner from the cage, II was
weeks before he was about again. ana
| for ~ years he carried piece Of loose
bone upon his brain, suffering fright
fully all the time, until II was finally re-
| moved through delicate operation n,
| Dr. Drake McTS Dwell OF ST Louis 4,
| 1873, During all the time Winner oar
ried that piece OF bone upon his brair
| he worked with various shows. eering
for animals, and during that period nlse
he was repeatedly bitten and manEied
| by the treacherous brutes In his chnrs.
The example OF surgery to those oi
our learned practitioners who know ali
| tho circumstances OF the case IL CON.
! sldcred wonderful NV''
Only n year after this terrible In.
Jury. was SUSTAINED, Winner distin.
! guished himself at the IRE which do.
stroycd the Barnum Museum IN Nav
! York He was talking with a newann.
pnr man. Charles Hnzolton. now dend
when the alarm was given. "I.ets M
'Crosaeycd-Johnny' out.' he exclaimed
70 Hazelton. referring TO a pet leopard
! that was kept In cage Of performlug
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-09

Tungsten, which is about one and a
half times heavier than lead and almost
rs hard as Steel Is considered the best
metal for RHO bullets, now that the
diminished cRlibre OF rifles has led 10
the use Of a smaller bullet. 1t is de-
sirable under the circumstances to
have for the manufacture OF rifle bull
lets C metal heavier than lead. and OF
greater penetrating power, A tungsten
ball penetrates steel plate three
Inches in thickness at distance OF B50
yards, while similar one Of lead only
penetFates 2N-ineh plate at 1875 yards.
As a rule bullets are made OF perfectI,,
pure lead. the purity Of which Is tested
by chemical analysis Any impuritv
tends to alter the weight and 10 afreot
the expansion. and thus to spoil the
all made by compression, the lead helm,
lust squtrted into long rods and then
formed into bullets In machine.
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potor-No. sir; ! cann0'
marry my daug9, vsc her ,1r.s
suitor-But ! 10, samlly sssfe'f
Pater-There's q 'a'
tell you. -, sneak =, fltt
suitor-what u neI 4 'rsa4s -
Pater-Her desire y n
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rho Kaiser william efs s'',,ar . ,
little joke the other aA so,ps ID B'i. 4,
spection of the cadet e. G TmpsrOr, y :
walks down the line, AZ, u eivss =. =
each cadet. whereupon,, n rs s y II /
This time, rs ~ rr,ciced 70 " " q ~
one Q, x q ise c When lis iugs Gas
out his name, ms ms ~, ~ forming y
a smile TO the oli ono. ar Of Inlns'
and said: "A colleasus -----
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was slender enough to creep into any
nldernauR thumb ring which shows
that this style Is datod from the four
teenth 10 the seventeenth centuries,
Everyone knows OF the poison ring OF
pemosthencs, and the one by which
Hannibal killed himself. with It's hol-
low bczel iillcd with deadly poison,
The medieval Venetian invention.
nncello della morte. was used as a
method OF murder.
a hollow point among the elaborate
ornaments OF the bezel held a soercted
spring, which communicated with n
cavity nlled with poison, all so cum
nlngly devised that the murderer could
give the fatal scratch while calmly
shaking hands with his enemy.
A hideous poison obtained from
snakes was used In these rings by the
borgias, for Kidding themselves of peo-
pie In their way.
The 18th century has given us memo
rial rings. which are TYPICAL Of the age.
They mark an epoch whom grief eN-
pressed itself In purely conventional
language,
a ring used MS a charm to ward on
diseases, and worn by the South Ger
mans OF the 10th century is quantity
set with three wolves teeth, the shout
dera chased with two roses In relief
Limb strength OF Men and Women.
About nifty out OF hundred have the
right arm stronger than the left; six
teen have equal strength In both arms.
md nearly thirty-four have the left
arm stronger than the right. These
proportions are more evenly distib-
uted In women. Nearly forty-seven
per cent. are stronger In the right arm
and about twenty-five are stronger IN
the left, while twenty-elght have arms
OF equal strength. In the case OF the
lower limbs taking men and women In.
differently, II has beon found that out
OF nifty subjocts twenty-three had the
| left leg more developed, six showed the
| reversed four more showed both the
right limbs more developer, while In
seventeen all the limbs were more OF
less unequal. The strength Of the
| whole body, as Illustrated by lifting
| power, Is about two to one IN favor OF
men--a fact accounted for by structu.
raj differences, especially chest and
waist measurement. and the superiority
OF male clothing and training.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-09

II seems that Richard Mansfield has
come TO stay In New York, and fancy
that you Will hear a good deal OF This
actor-manager IN days to come. He
Is a queerly misunderstood man, ana
u Is a good ceal his own fault thar
this is 50. But he has brains Lester
pany, but az matter OF fact he never
actively managed either. Edwin Booth
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The lady witness had become quite
picturesque In her testimony. and the
attorney had called her down In way
that had made her mad NIL over, Con
finc yourself 10 facts, n You please,
madam" he said In conclusion,
Very we'll" che replied tartly. you
ARE no gentleman. How does that strike
xgnst
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-09

Aunt Rosa--Wcll. Juanito. what
would you like to be when you are
grown upl
JuanIto (whose parents are very
stricO--I'd like TO be an orphan.
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About S1O0,0OO,OOO Has nccn In
vested in the InyiEorating sport.
In most hand books you will see
yachting put down as sport. Tech