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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-07
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EcOSDwPRESByTERIAN CHURCH
Corner Vermont and Pennsylvania streets.
Rev. ,Joseph A. Milburn, pastor: Rev, Ed
ward Bach. associate pastor. Preaching
at 1915 a. m. and 1880 p. m, by the pastor.
Young Peoples Society Christian En-
deavor Gas d. m: Sunday school. ezS q
M; prayer meeting, Thursday evening. at
7:3O. Mayer Chapel. corner OF West an
Catherine streets: Sunday school at IN p.
m; prayer meeting. Wednesday evening.
MEMORIAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
avenue and Ash street. Rev. Frank o.
Ballard, pastor. Sunday school at 3 a m
Christian Endcavor at Gas ,. m; pubic
worship both morning and evening. The
pastor will preach. a 1880 a m, from the
words, al things work together for FOOD
10 them that love Col" and In evening
upon spiritual Freedom by the Truth"
on Thursday evening. in the chapel. the
subject will be Interruptions In Our
Work" Next Sunday will begin a series
of discourses for young people upon the
character of Christ.
TABERNACLE CHURCH-Corner Meridian
and Second streets Rev. j. A. Rondtho-
Ter, ID. d., pastor; Rev. w. Il. Dunbar.
associate pastor. Preaching by the pastor
at 1890 a.. m: Sunday school. z15 p. m:
Y. p. s. G. f., $3.50 p. m: preaching BY
the associate pastor In West Washington
street Chapel at 1880 &. IN. and In Mount
Jackson Chapel at 7:$5 p. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-07

NEW CHURCH CHAPEL swednborv-
/. Giadish. minister. Morning service,
lO:45; subject OF sermon, The Need Of
Belief in a Future Life" Sunday-sc,oo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-07
SALOON KNOCKED OUT
DEMONSTRATIONS NOT ALLOWED TO
WITHDRAW THEIR NAMES.
Important Decision by Hancock Coun-
~ Commfssfoners-Cases at Rock
Vile and Upton.
Special to the indianapolis journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
GREENFIELD. Ind. Sept. 6.-To-day the
Board Of County Commissioners refused to
grant Rollo Mclaughlin a license TO sell
liquor. as a majority of the voters of the
Second ward had demonstrated against it.
After the remonstrance was filed last
Thursday he succeeded in securing forty
OF the demonstrators to consent to with
draw their names. The commissioners.
however. ruled that when the petition was
filed that matter was settled. as a majority
had signed and the paper was filed. Nc
Laughlin was the only applicant, but as all
the other saloons Of the city. FIVE in num-
Der. are situated in that ward, they are
uniting to assist in fighting the case, as
they feel IL is a last struggle II they fail.
The Hon. s. Z. Nicholson. who was to
speak at Westland, in Blue River township,
this afternoon, was present when the COM
missioners decided the case In favor OF the
demonstrators, INC was much gratified. The
case has been appealed to the Circuit Court.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
Kings Weather" in Italy.

The king Of Italy delights in bad
weather. The more fercely 1t rains,
SHOWS or storms, the better he likes IT,
He thinks that the winter of 1s94-'95
has been an ideal one. Whenever he
goes hunting or shooting, he hopes
there will be torrents Of rain. He once
said to Admiral Brin; I'm Germany
and Austria they call fine weather
'kaiserwetter.' am the only one in
the triple alliance who looks upon bad
weather as kings weather." He said
to the admiral on another occasion:
"You seamen have o fne time Of 1t.
Whatever the weather is you must be
at your post upon the bridge. l call
that true enjoyment" There is a
story told in Rome that on the day
chosen for the opening Of the Mar
gherita bridge over the Tiber the
weather was SO bad that there was q
proposal for delaying the ceremony.
The mayor personally asked the king
whether the festival should not be
postponed until more agreeable day.
mo, no." said Humbert; ''if you think
the rain will incommode you while
you are reading your address, will
hold an umbrella over your head
Fanfulla
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
Found Her Voice.

It was in big dry goods store and the
clerks were weary. Consequently their
usually indistinct utterances were
positively incomprehensible and their
manner more arrogant than ever
Chow much is this ribbon?' demand-
cd would-be customer.
"Nintecentsyar," was the intelligis
BILE reply.
81 beg your pardon?" said tho cus-
toner.
"Ninetcentsyar," repeated the clerk.
81 can not understand you," protest.
ed the buyer.
.'Ninetecentsyar," mumbled the
clerk
The customer looked little daunt-
cd. Then she recovered herself.
''Ah, understand" she said. see
that French, Spanish and German are
spoken here. But should like to be
waited on by one of the English-speak-
ing clerks"
And the clerk recovered her voice.
Chicago News.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
Ebenezer,s Explanation.

Two darkies were exercising their
brains on scientific matters when they
ran up against the telegraph. Sam
wondered how messages could be sent
over wire, and Ebenezer, not wish
ing to appear ignorant, sought to ex-
plain the mystery in the following
manner:
"s'pose dar am dog free miles long
-"
go way, you fool niggah, dah neb-
Der was sich big dog" interposed
Sam.
But s'posin' dar was, and his front
paws was on de Chelsea sho' and his
hind feet on de Boston sho'. Now,
s'posin you step on dat dogs tail on de
Boston sho' whar'll dat dog bark?"
''In Chelsea, guess" replied Sam.
well, dat's jess de way de telegraf
works. remarked Ebenezer trium-
phantly. photographers Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
BODY GRAPPlERS.
Some OF the Difficulties in Recovering
Drowned Persons.

SOmo OF the Difhculties In Recovering
Drowned Persons.
Graphing for dead bodies is diff
cult and laborious task. In seaport
cities where a harbor police force is
maintained, the work of looking for
people supposed to have been drowned
is allotted to them. In other places
the regular police force generally car
ries on the work, though it is not in
frequent for private parties to grapple
on their own account, with the hope
of obtaining the standing reward Of
fered by the state for the recovery OF
drowned bodies In Massachusetts
the amount Of the reward is five dol
lars, and it is paid to the persons who
take the body from the water.
1t requires three men to operate one
grappler. Two are the oarsmen of the
boat and the third is the man who con-
trolls the graphing iron. A grappler
is straight bar of iron. upon which is
fixed about a dozen iron hooks. The
hooks are placed on two sides of the
bar, and there is a long iron handle in
the center of the bar, to which the
rope held by the man in the boat is at
tached. In addition to the big hooks,
there are about dozen Goldfish hooks,
attached all along the iron bar by lit
tie pieces of cod line. The grappler is
dropped to the bottom and dragged
along behind the boat.
The moment the hooks come in con-
tact with anything on the. bottom the
man with the rope in his hand can tell
it in much the same way that fisher
man knows when he gets bite" 1t
requires no great strength to haul a
body from the bottom to the surface.
1t is then towed to the shore and land
ed, and then the medical examiner is
sent for to inspect it. 1t must not be
moved before.
OF course, it is often more luck than
anything in finding person supposed
to be drowned. In still water, such as
lakes and ponds, and when the spot
where the person sank can be pointed
out with reasonable degree of ac-
curacy, the success of the searchcrs is
an easy matter. But in rivers, and
harbors especially, where there is a
goodNeal of tide, not one body in ten
can be recovered, even when the
drowned person was seen to sink and
the spot is pointed out.-Boston Jour-
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
Did He Shave or shake ItP

In discussion on the factory bill,
one member, according to report in
one Of the provincial papers, urged its
acceptance on the house, in order to
put stop to the practice of shaving
factory boys to death" During the
last parliament Mr.. Gladstone indulged
one evening in some genia! bantering
of Lord lIarting ton, and the following
appeared in one of the provincial re-
ports of the speech: "Such is the mod
esty of my noble friend that he shaves
his head. But must insist upon plac-
ing upon his head the crown which he
IS entitled to wear" A reference to
the report published in the London
Journal shows that Lord Harrington
did uot shave his head, but only shook
it.-Macmillan's Magazine.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
WANTED THE NEWS.
Had Fallen Behind the Times While
Crossing tho Ocean.

Had Fallen Behind the Times While
Crossing tho Ocean.
A New Yorker who has just arrived
at this port after short European
tour walked down the gang plank
from the steamship to the pier, where
he was welcomed by friend.
81 can stop here but few minutes"
said the New Yorker, ''as l want to
catch train which, as l see by the
time table, leaves the Grand Central
station in half an hour; but l wish
you would tell me about the latest &C.
tion Of the supreme court upon the IN
come tax, and about the beef combine,
and the Buchanan murder case, and
the rise in the price Of oil, and the
plays that are running, and the condi-
ton of stocks in Wall street, and the
new developments in the Jap war, and
the mugwump fight for Office, and Mr..
Cleveland's policy, and the boom in
Chicago, and the state OF DR.. Park
hurst's mind, and this advance In cot
ton, and"
"Hold on" cried his friend.
"I'm in hurry" continued the re-
turned New Yorker, "but I'd like to
know something about the sports Of
the week, and the new census OF the
city, and the sale Of "Trilby,' and the
uproar In the legislature at Albany,
and the Cuban insurrection, and the
progress of Recorder Golf, and the Mic.
aragua question, and the outlook for
the crops, and the run Of shad, and the
names of our friends who have gone to
the bourne within month, and Bill
Cooks arrest-I mean that western fell
low-and the silver question as it now
stands, and"
Hold up till l can take breath"
shouted his bewildered friend.
"And I'd also like to know" ratified
out the New Yorker upon tho pier,
near the foot Of the gangplank, "some-
thing about the gold finds in Colorado,
and the reorganization Of Tammany,
and the state OF business, and the pro-
gramme Of Lexow, and Harrisons
chances for a denomination, and the
prospects OF rapid transit, and the
chances of the Greater New York bill
at Albany, and the high-life weddings
since left, and"
The speaker saw that his friend had
rammed finger In each of his ears.
"You must tell me quick, for I'm in
hurry" proceeded the New Yorker,
"about the state of your health and
your family's, and the hopes Of police
reform, and what Godlsin has been say
ing, and the west side firebugs, and
your new girl baby's measles, and the
rheumatism of Mayor Strong, and the
oyster supply just now, and the BIZ
partisan bill, and the frauds or faces
of the week, and the news of the social
world, and the fall in the horse mar
ket, and the ball of our regiment,
and"
"Pm going crazy" shrieked his shiv-
ering friend.
''Oh, no matter for that" put in the
breathless New Yorker, just back from
Europe, as he held out his hand for a
shake. II see by my watch the time is
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
AN HOUR TOO LATE.
The Colonel Pulled ON the Wrong String
and Lost.

The Colonel Pulled on the Wrong String
and Lost.
The colonel wanted to buy piece Of
land bordering on the Arkansas river
and owned by queer old fellow
named Airport. The tavern keeper
posted us on his eccentricities, and
cautioned us particularly that he bs-
lieved the world was fat and ,ve,,la
not sell to any one who disputed him.
We found the old man seated on .
stump and fishing in a creek near his
cabin, and when the object of the visit
had been stated he inquired:
stranger, what's your religun?
Baptist" replied the colonel, &C.
cording to programme"
"What's yer politics"'
Haven't got any,"
"Do you think we orto annex Mex
ico?"
81 do"
"If you was on q jury and feller
was on trial fur piclxin' up a few saw
logs in the river. how would you GO
fur or agin him?"
"I'd vote to acquit him, of course.
When sawlogs break loose and go
floating down stream they are common
property"
sThat's so! That's as true as gos-
pelp' exclaimed the old man. "Stran-
ger, wish you was goin' to settle
around these parts. / like a man who
talks plump up and down as you does.
So you want to buy land? Shouldn't
bit wonder if we could dicker. Be
you temperance man?"
"Oh! no! 1 get drunk whenever
feel like it, and always keep four
gallons of whisky in the house.
That's it! That's bewtiful! II we had
five men like you around yere we'd run
the county. Yes expect you kin hev
that land at my sellin' price, which is
three Thousand dollars"
"When can you make out the pa
pers?" asked the colonel.
"Oh! to-day, reckon. Stranger, do
you believe in wimmin's rights?"
mo, sir"
ssThat's bewtiful! Yes, think we
kin git the papers made out to-day.
Kunnel, can't you arrange to settle
down yere? How about Jonah and the
wha1eT'
II don't believe Jonah was swal-
lowed"
! Bewtiful-bewtiful! / think I kin
let you have that land for two thou
sand five hundred dollars What do You
think about this world, Kunnel-is she
round or fat?"
"Flat as a pancake, of coursep
promptly replied the colonel.
''Do you believe it?"
''Of course. A man who says it's
round is either liar or an idiot. Shall
we go over to the county seat this
afternoon?"
Not by blamed sightv' exclaimed
the old man. "You couldn't hev that
land fur twenty Thousand dollars!'
"But why?"
"Bekase you believe the world II
Aatv'
"But, don't you?"
"No. sir! l did up to about an hour
ago. when the back end of my cabin
settled down two feet and killed my
dawg and skeared the old woman half
to-death Then made up my mind
the world was round and I'd been fool
'nuff to locate this farm jist about
whar' two inches more of tip will boost
the hull caboodle of Allports into
Chinyl Sorry fur you, kurnel, but you
orter got yere about an hour sooner,
while was hangin' onto the hatness
of things and achin' to meet as big =
fool as / wasw--Detroit Free Press
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
4 PRETTY GIRL.
Who Once Sat with California; Supreme
Court,


Few people are aware that woman
once sat on the supreme bench in Cali
fornia," said ex-Secretary of State
Thomas Beck at the Palace hotel re-
Gently. Alook of incredulity overspread
the features Of his listeners,
"It is fact, nevertheless" continued
Mr. Beck. SIT was in we'll, never
mind the year, but was then secre-
tary of state and court was being held
in Sacramento. Judge Wallace was on
the bench, and among those in the cap
ital city during the session were Col
Shafter, and number OF his officers
The colonel was accompanied by his
daughter, very young, bright and
handsome miss
zone morning at the breakfast table
in the Golden Eagle hotel Justice Wal
lace said: Miss Shafter, feel quite
sighted. Since you have been in Sac
ramento you have not deigned to visit
me. Won't you come up this morning
and sit with us in banc? My colleague,
Judge Crocker, is absent, and you
might as we'll occupy his seat
"'Ohl yes, I'll come. returned Miss
Shafter, and the subject was dropped,
and am sure Judge Wallace never
dreamed that the invitation would be
accepted.
About an hour afterward Miss
Shafter, accompanied by one OF the Of
fcers of her fathers staff, came into
my office and said that she wanted to
go to the supreme court Would take
her? With pleasure And away we
went. A young attorney was arguing
q case when we entered the court. He
did not notice us as we quietly seated
ourselves, and went on with the most
brilliant eloquence. Judge Wallace
laid his hand on the arm of the empty
chair and nodded to my companion to
take it.
"'shall go up?' she asked Of me.
"'Why, certa inly,' l responded. 1t
would be discourteous to the bench not
to do so.'
''She hesitated little, but as Judge
Wallace regarded her with smiling
invitation and pstted the chair pro-
vokingly, she arose and firmly and
Will Vic SrdCc VI QuCCA WoAhOu w
the aisle to the platform. The judges
arose and gravely bowed. Wallace
stepped forward, and extending his
hand escorted her to the vacant seat,
and each justice was presented in turn
and shook the tiny hand Of their dainty
associate. Miss Shafter was quite
equal to the occasion, and, bowling to
the standing audience, took her seat
and let the case proceed. That young
attorney, though, lost his head, and
afterward lost his case. Whether he
wished to make an impression on the
new associate or whether the strange
ness of the proceedings ratified him, l
never learned, but he got badly tied up
in his peroration.
"'What did Judge Wallace d9%
Why, at dinner that evening he con-
ferred with the new Judge and insisted
upon her occupying the seat on the
bench next day. After dinner he
asked me to take walk with him.
Beck said he, If you bring that girl
into court in the morning I'll have pro-
ceedings instituted to declare your
position vacant '"-San Francisco Call.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
CATCHING COLD IN BED.
That Is the Way Much Sickness ID Com
tracted.


Mark Twain once wrote a paper
pointing out the appalling danger of
going to bed as exemplified in bills of
mortality. For one person who died out
of his bed several hundreds succumbed
in bed, and now we have Mr.. Ashby-
Sterry drawing attention to the same
thing. Hitherto he has hymned in
graceful verse pantalettes, frills and
the tempestuous petticoat, and now,
quantum mutatus alb lilo Hectore, he
lauds the pyjama. In recent number
of the Graphic he says:
81 have a theory that most people
catch cold at night after they tire in
bed, and it is to this fact that attrib.
ute great deal of the violent colds,
the bronchial catarrhs and influenza
which have recently been SO prevalent.
The temperature goes down suddenly
in the night, and people catch cold
when they are asleep without knowing
it. This evil is to be counteracted, not
by piling on lot of heavy blankets,
but by wearing thick, close-fitting gar
ments of pyjama-like nature and
warm socks on the feet If this system
were adopted am quite certain that it
would be found beneficial.
There is common sense in this. Peo-
pie unquestionably may catch cold In
bed, especially il they are at all rest
less and SO kick the bedclothes off. In
that event, if only clad in a thin cotton
nightshirt, they are sure to catch cold,
whereas if clad in pyiamas, not neces-
sarily thick but made of some woolen
material, the chance of chill is much
lessened. Our ancestors, even as late
as the eighteenth century, went to bed,
as Mallory centuries earlier phrased it,
'as naked as a needil;" but only the
hardest of them survived. We, how
ever, are cast in more tender molds,
and require protection by night as
well as by day. The feminine portion
of the community WILL we fear, not
adopt Mr.. Ashby-Sterry's suggestion,
for though, as an eminent authoress
once remarked, "a woman looks so
down-trodden in her night DRESS" still
that vesture offers opportunities for Or
nament which pyjamas, at best unlove-
ly garments, never do. Perhaps the Ra-
tional Dress society may take the mat
ter up, and Mr.. Henry Holiday might
turn his attention to devising a really
artistic as we'll as hygienic night gear.
London Lancet.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
The FIoral Emblerp.

"a friend of mine," said . citizen,
"asked me the other evening to go and
call on some friends of his who had
lost the head of the family the day
previous. He had been an honest old
Irishman, laborer with the pick and
shovel. While we were with the fam
lily man entered who had worked by
his side for years. Expressing his sor-
row at the loss of his friend and
glancing about the room, he observed
a large floral anchor. Scrutinizing it
closely, he turned to the widow and in
a low tone asked: Who sent the pick?'"
Call.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
Respect to Ags.
She was passe.

She was passe.
She could not deny this now.
Too long she had deluded herself
that she did not look her years.
But to-day the blow had fallen, and
Isabella Hazbin gazed at her reflection
in the glass and realized the fact, rs
only woman can who sees, at last.
that youth has fed and cosmetics can
no longer repair the ravages of time.
1t was true, then; it was no dream.
A young man had that very day got
up and given her his seat in the crowd
ed car.
Her face set hard and determined rs
she picked up the cat and resolved to
make it learn to love her.-N Y.
World,
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
Nothing But Herring.

A disappointed fish hawker was be-
laboring his slow but patient horse In
the street one day and calling out his
wares at intervals, as "Herrin', herrin',
fresh herrin'."
A tender-hearted lady, seeing the act
of cruelty to the horse, called out
sternly from ah upper window: "Have
you no mercy?"
mo, num-" was the reply, ''nothin'
but herrin'."-N Y. Clipper.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
.Much Ado About Nothing >

Indignant Collector--What! am to
get nothing on this bill, and have
been here dozen times Do you
really mean to pay me nothing?
Johnnie Fewscads--Well, don't make
SO much fuss about nothing. TEXAS
Siftings.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29
A Newsnaper Story.

Mrs. Gotham-How strange! The
paper says distinguished foreigner
complains that he was greatly incon-
venienced while in Chicago, because he
could not find any one who could speak
his language. | wonder where he
came from.
Mr.. Gotham-Can't imagine. He
must have come from some other
planet. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1895-06-29

Warren Hastings had large head
his small stature was not noticed and
his appearance was exceedingly inv
pressive-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-12-24
ho1Es eoR Ins WoRk-IAsLE.


In making fringe on linen towels, nap
kins aud the like, prettier finish than
everlasting the head Is made by drawing
on, two or three threads and making
two rows OF Misunderstanding through
the space.
To fringe round dolly, buttonhole-
stitch the line firmly and closely with
fine linen thread, pull out the threads
from each side close to the heading, then
carefully pull the threads apart at the
corners, comb them out, and trim to cir
culsr form with sharp scissors.
While Dexter's blue and white thread
ed kuitting-coiton lacks the gloss oil
Bsrgarren crochet-thresd, 1t makes very
handsome fringe for blue denim portiere'
and bedspresds, table-coyers, etc.
Russian embroidery (cross-stitch) on
Russian crash, with q combination oil
crewels and embroidery silk-the former
predominatipg-is exquisite.
Cross-stitch, done with silk hoss, Is
very effective on plain plush or velvet,
especially IL the design Is outlined with
gold or silver thread.
The new Bargarren art thread Is even
prettier than baby ribbon for lacking
summer quilts of swiss dotted muslin
cheesecloth or other similar fabric.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-12-24
"WbAT IS HOME -

A prize was offered recently by Lon
don lid Bits for the best answer to the
question, "What Is Home" Here are a
few of the answers which were received :;
Home Is the blossom, Of which heaven
is the fruit.
A world Of strife shut out, world OF
love shut In.
The golden setting, in which the
brightest jewel is mother.
The only spot on earth where the
faults and failings Of humanity are hid
den under a mantle Of charity.
The place where the great are some
times small, and the small often great.
The fathers kingdom, the children's
paradise, the mothers world.
Where you are treated best and you
grumble most.
A little hollow seooped out Of the
windy hill Of the world, where We can
be shielded from its cares and annoy
ances.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-12-24
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TOMORROW may
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Make your mind up today. Do mt
Delay.
You VII begin to get vel, when yoa ccaaesce
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Why not begin to get well st oaces Delays
are dangerous.

Read what Mrs. Mary l.. Cole has to say
abou, this remedy