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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04

hand the banner Of redemption while He
extends the other, preparatory to giving
strikes upon the beI fn the cay last blow a Of
noon. there pass before Christ His twelve
apostles, one after another. each carrying
the symbol by which he is commonly rec
ognized. as 81. Peter by the keys.
Each. as he passes before his Divine
inclines 1t respectfully. whereupon the
penediction Is given him. after the manner
described as given by Abraham TO Isaac
the promised land It is not until the
last OF the apostles has passed that Christ
gives the benedlction In the form OF the
apost,ss During 1 tne procession OF the
or one OF the towers of the clock, crows
forth his song OF victory, beating his wings
together and extepding his neck, precisely
after the natural manner of his kind.
Every day at noon he crows three times,
IN memory OF the time when his signifi-
cant cries awoke repentance in the bosom
or Peter IN the Praetorium.
The dome which crowns the cabinet con-
tanning the clock is remarkable both for
the elegance of its form and the richness
sculptured figure representing the Proph-
ct Isaiah. Around him are distributed
the four eyanselists. accompanied by the
attributes. A little above them are four
seraphim, each. on a different instrument.
celebrating, the glory Of God. Finally.
the cathedral.
The tower. which is surmounted by the
figure Of the cock already mentioned, is
adorned with paintings, representing
Uranie, the one of the nine muses. who
pres.des over astronomy, a portrait Of
Copernicus and the three Parcae-Clotho,
who spins the thread OF life; Lachesis.
who determines its fortune. and Atropos.
the inevitable, who cuts the thread.
At the right Of the spectator a smaller
leading Co the different stages OF the
clock, where the motors are to be seen.
and which also gives access to the little
balcony, whence can be viewed the ex-
ton OF about eighty feet from the base.
The central motor, which controls the
works OF this stupendous clock, depends
for its exact accuracy upon a regulator
Is regulated by a compensating pendulum
and an escapement. This motor gives
motion-frst, 10 the hands Of the dial for
the mean time; second. TO those or the
great dial; third, to the planetarium;
fourth, to the moon. for the representa-
ures illustrating the days OF the week;
sixth, TO the hands or the dial represent
ing apparent time; seventh, to the solar
and lunar equations eighth, to the celestial
sphere indicating the sidereal time.
Ii also. by the aid Of a special mechan-
ism, suspends the functions OF the four
ages during the night and accurately
causes them to resume their work during
the day. There are five other motors
which produce the movements of the auto
matte figures and cause the bells TO ring.
No material was used in the construction
of the clock but the most durable metals.
And so precisely conformed are the func-
tons and relations OF all the parts that
IL marks with the same exactness the pas
sage of seconds and that OF periods cover
ing 5000 years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04

How 1t Was introduced Into Florida
Its Value and Uses.

Washington Letter IN Boston Transcript
Quite number Of tropical nuts have re-
Gently been introduced into cultivation in
this country. Already on the east coast of
1900 being on one plantation. 1t is be-
leyed that the first trees of this kind in
the State sprouted from nuts brought from
Central America and the West Indies by
the gulf stream. At Key West and about
some of the old forts coccanuts were plant
ed at an early day. as certain ancient trees
now standing bear witness. In 1877 bark
freighted with cocoanuts was caught IN a
storm of the coast of Florida and beached
near Lake Worth. Several thousand of the
nuts were saved and planted, the satisfac-
tory growth OF the seedlings giving an
impetus TO cultivation.
The first Importation of cocoanuts OF
named varieties was made in 1859, when
through the State Department two ship.
ments OF selected nuts from the Philip
pines These. with two other shipments IL,
1890 from the same islands, comDrehended
fourteen varieties. To get so many varieties
than two or three kinds grow I'm any one
district or island Of the archipelago, and
they were collected by a skilled botanist
who made tour for the purpose. The nuts
thus received were forwarded TO growers
ands of Albay and Misamis were OF the
emallest known variety, which Yields little
oil and il Of inferior flavor. The shells are
carved by the natives into beautiful drink
sweetmeat with yams and syrup. Another
variety, on account Of its extreme hard
ness. is known as ''bahan." which means
The word cocoanut is derived from the
Portuguese COCO" meaning monkey. be-
cause the base resembles q monkeys face.
The tree was known to the people Of Cey-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04

both transepts, but all are incomplete. and
no French church possesses q single central
spire to vie with that OF Salisbury or OF
Norwich. and surely none can offer group
OF three spires TO compare with those OF
Lichheld. nor can many foreign examples
compete, as graceful and beautiful compo-
sftfons. with the three uncrowned towers
Of Canterbury or with their sisters at Lin
coin or at Wells.
But OF all the features that mark and
ending 1es woud To- be the
universal and the most self-evident. In
France the choir OF a church has a cir
cular end. and the aisle encircles that, and
Is rooted, In consequence. with much in
vowed and irregular vaulting, while De-
yond the aisle is the chevet or surrounding
range or chapels. Throughout England.
however, church whether small or great,
has square ending. Many may think this
simple, quiet termination should be pre-
ferred to the intricate vaulting and tangled
perspective Of the French chevet. with its
Ranking chapels, but the French method is
the more ambitious. involves vastly greater
constructive skill, and produces by far the
most magnificent effects.
But nowhere are the contrasts between
French and English churches more striking
than in their relative proportions, and in
the different relations that height bears to
breadth in these structures For instance.
as we ramble about the old Somersetshire
city OF Wells, we pass beneath a vaulted
gate house and enter the precincts of the
cathedral. Before US, rich with carving
and shafts and arcading. and with those
many statues that are unrivaled in similar
English work. rises the western front Of the
great church. Great do we say? Well,
greatness is relative. This whole front at
Wells is thirty-one feet wider than that at
Amiens, but is only one-half as high, and
the nave at Wells is but twice as high as
II is wide. while that OF Amens is three
times it's own width. This vast difference,
both I'm actual height and in the relation
by the scale of subordinate details. At
Wells the church is entered through three
small doors that are insignificant features
in the rich facade. A man can span those
opposite the aisles. and they do not rise
much above his head. In France you would
find instead OF these humble entrances.
umphal arches lined with rank above rank
OF sculpture.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04

lon AZ early as l6O B. c., he milk being
used by them for. making cement. The CO.
coanut is one Of the most useful OF plants.
Root, trunk, leaf, sap and nut are MADE 10
yield tribute to man. The fibre or the musk
furnishes excellent yarn, and is preferred
to horsehair for stuffing beds, cushions,
chairs and saddles. II is stronger and more
elastic. than. hemp. The Polynesians twist
small cords of this fibre, which serves In
the construction of houses ana canoes
where Europeans would employ nails. The
green nuts are grated for medicinal use
Grated cocoanut forms an ingredient or
the East Indian condiment, curry In the
Maldive islands labor is usually paid for in
cocoanuts-
The chief manufactured product derived
from the cocoanut is oil. valued at cents
a pound by the hogshead. Most OF the
cocoanut oil consumed in the United states
is manufactured in this country from i'm
ported nuts 1t is valuable in the making
of candles and soaps; II also serves as
substitute for butter. 1t is used by natives
of the Pacific islands for burning in lamps
The kernels. of the nuts, broken and dried,
are called "copra." One thousand cocoa
nuts yield five hundred pounds Of copra,
from which are obtained twenty-five gallons
of OIL A good tree yields one hundred CO.
coanuts annually, worth cents apiece.
The worst foe of the planter is the black
rat which builds it's nest In fruiting trees
anil def 'roys the nuts. To protect the trees
against this enemy the trunks are incased
in broad sheets of galvanized iron.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04
THE MEDIAEvAL CHURCHES.
Contrast Between Those of France
and England.

Robert s. Peabody, In Atlantlc Montnly.
Although the medieval churches of
men OF the same faith and for
the same Catholic ritual; although
England was long under distinctly
French domination and large part of
France was for one or two hundred years
occupied by and ruled over by Englishmen,
vet national traits asserted themselves, as
they usually do, and English and French
churches differ as much as if an ocean
parted them instead OF the narrow flash
ing silver streak.
In q few exceptional instances we find a
church that seems misplaced. Westminster
Abbey. with it's apsidal east end and encir-
cling eastern chapels, is built upon a
French plan. Norwich. Peterborough. Lich-
field and Canterbury have circular end
inCs and the choir of the latter, built by a
Frenchman, recalls In its Corinthianesque
shafts and capitals: as wen as in other de-
tails the cathedral In the ancient French
town of Sens from whence its builder came
to Canterbury. On the other hand. Laon
Is one of the few French cathedrals that
have that square eastern termination which
is so nearly universal in Eng land. These
are. however, exceptions. and in general We
find on one side OF the channel both ,cathe-
dral and parish. church ,, o. an un us on
nestle styIe. and on the other side of the
water they are self-asserting, aspiring.
inrs blend with the rural landscape, while
the churches of France are OF grander
TYNE. and rise from stone-paved streets and
from amid the DurgnerS nouSeS
And yet, though lowness and length are
such marked characteristics Of the English
cathedral. by strange contradiction there
is nothing about these English churches
carried 10 a greater degree Of perfection. or
which brings them greater glory. than their
clustered towers and their groups of heav-
en-soaring spires: al Caen anu Coutances
and Bayeux and Saint-Ouen We see the
Frenchman attempting central lantern
over the crossing of nave and transept; but
the Englishman. with his unerring instinct
for a pleasing group and q picturesque ar
raneement seized upon the idea OF combn-
ing three towers on one church as his own,
and at most OF the English cathedrals we
ind. beside the western towers, either a
central spire or the preparation for one In
the shape OF an incomplete tower. This
ambitious tendency frequently ended In dis
aster. and many cathedral such as Lin
coin has boosted Of lofty spires which do
not exist to-day. Doubtless the western
towers Of the great French cathedrals and
perhaps even single western spires on those
majestic temples. taken by themselves are
moro grand and stately structures than
similar features In England. In such a
comparison England makes poor showing.
At Rouen. at Bordeaux, at Laon. the
Frenchman was most ambitious. and start
cd to raise towers at the west end and at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04
GIRLS WHO PROPOSED.
Sonya Kovalevsky Married to Escape
from Home Ties.
Century Magazine.

When Sonya was eighteen and Aniuta was
twenty-three, the first crisis in Sonya's life
arrived. They were again in st. Peters
bued with the advanced" ideas, and longed
for more knowledge, in order that they
might. in some underlined manner, serve
their beloved country. But parents in the
higher ranks of life would not allow their
daughters to go abroad 10 the foreign uni
versities to study, and the higher courses
of instruction for women connected with
the universities Of st. Petersburg and Mos
COW were not yet established In this diff
Guilty the young girls had recourse to the
famous fictitious marriages., which are
usually incorrectly represented as having
been adopted for the purposes of revolu-
ton and anarchy. only. An advanced
young man and girl went through the mar
rage ceremony; the young husband es-
corted his bride to the foreign university
of her choice and left her there, or re-
manned TO study; but the marriage re-
manned mere form.
Sonya's sister and that sisters friend re-
solved TO escape from parental tyranny
by this means. They made their choice of
a young professor in the university, whom
they knew by reputation only, called on
him Tin company with the ever-present and
shonId marry one of them VP at pleasure. in
order that they might acquire. freedom.
The girls had made the compact that
whichever of them was chosen should take
the other abroad for study under the guise
OF a pleasure trip, to which the obdurate
parents would make no objection. The pro-
lessor STdNciy anu CONTINUOUSLY
bowed them out. Sonya met him in society
fifteen years later, and they had hearty
laugh over the memory of this extraor-
binary scene.
The next venture of these undaunted girls
was. in a way. more successful, though ii
also had surprise in store for them. They
proposed TO a talented young student OF
great promise. but the proposal was made
in society. with far less solemnity than on
the previous occasion. To their satisfaction
and horror-he agreed, with slight
change in the programme, which was that
he should marry S0nya- As they at once
foresaw, General krukovsky sternly re-
fused TO allow his younger daughter to
marry while her elder sister was unmar-
ried.
But Sonys was capable of desperate
deeds. One evening, just before the arrival
Of the guests for a dinner party, she stole
out OF the house. aided by Aniuta. and went
to the lodgings or Vladimir Kovalevsky. the
young student, and there awaited results
General Krukovsky discovered the absence
OF hts daughter just as the company was
about TO sit down at table, and In answer
to his inquiries Aniuta told him that Son.
va had gone out alone Gan unheard-of
thing. especially at that late hour. In that
land and class. and had left note on her
dressing table. Half an hour later General
Krukovsky led his daughter and Vladimir
Kovalevsky into the dining room and pre-
scented them to his guests as hetrothed
bride and groom
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04
Christian Chapiains I'm Japan's Army.


The government has decided TO send
Christian chaplains TO the island OF For
mosa TO work among the soldiers and tie
coolies employed there. and will give them
perfect freedom TO do outside missionary
work at the same time although general
emigration Is prohibited long as affairs
are In confusion in thet newly ACQUIRED
territory. A few days ago. when a com
mittee composed OF representatives OF the
various denominations OF the native PROT
estant church called at the War Depart
ment TO ask the privilege OF sending mis-
sionaries TO Formosa. they were informed
that II would be granted just soon as
facilities for transportation could be az
forded; that the conduct and services and
the influence OF the Christian chaDlains
who had gone TO China with the army
were so gratifying that the government
desired to show its appreciation by Offering
them the greatest freedom and all the pos
sible encouragement to work among the
soldiers.
This reception and acknowledgment were
not unexpected. because the Secretary OF
War and several of the most prominent
generals have several times taken occasion
TO commend the good work OF the chaplains
during the late war and TO EXPRESS their
sympathy in an unmistakable manner
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04
New York Press


/ saw day or two ago the first check
ever given 10 Emma Abbott for singing.
She appeared at a church festival OF some
kind here In New fork. for which she
charged 800. and accompanying her was
tenor who charged So A check for $40
was made out IN her name. and she paid
the tenor. Mr.. Lake first met her at this
festival. / believe. and became her warm
admirer. her friend and her angel" II
was he who started her out with a COM
the utmost faith in her. He called he-
Honest Little EN-" and had the entire
second floor of his fine house in Fifth ave-
nue. fitted up for her. He was old enough
to be her father. and she was daughter
to him. Whenever she came TO New York
she went 10 his house. which she soon
came TO regard as her own. II she ap-
peared In a ne.ghboring city, at Boston or
Philadelphia or Baltimore, he always
formed a party 70 go by special train 10
hear her sing. If i am not mistaken e
was Mr. Lake who made the match be-
tween Miss Abbott and Gene Wetherer.
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last time, she went all through the
building and pointed out the rooms ss thev
were used during their occupancy. On the
third floor. the room in the northeast cor
ner was occupied by Miss Winnie Davis.
and the others were set aside for visifors
and other purposes. On the second floor
was the nursery in the room at the east
END. ana the middle room served as Mr.
southwest corner was Mrs. Davis's bed
chamber, and the one I'm the northwest
corner was her dressing ROOM
On the first floor was found the dining
room in the east end OF the building. The
middle room back OF the large entrance han
ana the room In the southwest corner
were drawing rooms. The one near the
stairway hall, in the northwest corner was
the reception room. The room I'm the
southeast corner OF the basement served
as a dining room for the children and the
one in the southwest corner was used as a
breakfast room. The kitchen was in a sep
arate building.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-23
Sundnyn mt ~. PauI,..

AS announced in Sundays issue the
class of children connected with st.
Pau's Catholic Church who have
reached the necessary age, and been
Instructed IN Catholic doctrine. re
ceived their first communion at tho
early Mass and at Vespers in the after
noon renewed the baptismal vows.
This ceremony consists IN renewing
for themselves the vows made by their
sponsors Ill their behalf when, as in
fsnts. they were baptised and in which
they promise to resist the world. the
devil and the flesh, to strive to live
faithfully, good christian lives, taking
Christ ns their model.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-23
OPIUM FIENOS.
Hold Convention In Boston to Oppose n
BIZ In tho Legislature.

Hold q Convention In Boston to Oppose n
BIZ In tho Legislature.
Fully 500 Chinese opium smokers,
representing Now England, assembled
themselves at Boston recently for tho
purpose Of finding ways to stop tho
Quinn bill
Resolutions wore passed that n petit
ton DO sent to tho assembly asking that
II Mr.. Quinn wanted bill to pass
against tho smoking of opium IN excep-
ton bo made in favor OF tho Chinese
communities
There is no man under Gods Greg
ton that knows the hardships which
smokers endure. said one of tho dclo-
gates from Hartford. IF Mr. Quinn is
nm intelligent and free minded gentle
man. ho should take conscientious con
Bideration before he made such law ms
would stop person from smoking when
tho smoker has had tho habit for 80 long
years.
Tho most interesting remarks through
ont tho meeting were made by Lii Sam,
who oHmo 10 the convention as II reprc.
sentative from New Bedford He said
People who do not smoke will never
know smokers troubles | had tho
habit grow into ING for tho past 81 long
years. l hnve tried and tried again to
stop smoking. but my strength failed
me- AT last gathered up my nerve to
try again for tho last time | decided if
l failed to do what pledged | would
die iiend. Two weeks ago today stop
pod smoking for "a hours. My ioar fol-
low men, there are not enough words i'll
Confucius' dictionary to tell you how |
folt l had rather have NIL the dovils in
tho great hell tormont mo than to take
the right of smoking away from me.
Wo smoking men do not ask tho pooplo
to encourage. MS, but We would ask the
public pity. Boston Herald.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-23
CHEAP STAMPS FOR SALE.
The Canadian Countcrfeiter Has Moved
His Headquarters to Mexico

The supply of cheap cent postage
stamps is now in Mexico. Until the ex.
posture recently the place where stamps
could be bought at an unusually large
discount was Hamilton, Ont. The pub
LEGATION of the fact that the stamps for
sale at that place We're counterfeits
broke up the business and sent the man
ager, George Morrison, into exile.
Even III e8patriation he seemed to
know good thing and tried TO get into
tbs advertising columns Of Tho Tribune
again. The following was received a
few days since:
CISCIsSATi. April Advertising Depart
mont Tribune: Please insert the following I'd
vertisoment in your paper:
win sell tl2j worth L. ;. = cent stamps for
SOD 9. o. D. Geo. Morrison. Monterey Nue
vo Leon Mexico"
This announcement is better offer
than tho former one. which was to give
SIZE worth of stamps for Slo0-Chica.
so Tribune.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-23
LIKE SlAMESE TWINS,
Pair of Girl Babies. Strangely Unitod,
Born In Now York.

Born In Now York.
Persephone was not quite decided
whether or not sho should give twins
to Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kocher of New
York, and tho result il pair OF baby
girls whose bodies arc strangely united.
The newcomers present phenome-
non which has no parallel in medical
annals. Tho babies arc Joined diagonal
~ from tho lower part of the spinal col
umn TO the upper part of the pelvis.
1t lis beloved that the bones known
AZ the sacrum and coooyx are identical
IN both bodies, Another singular fea.
ture OF the case is that tho children.
though Joined at the back, arc able to
face to the front, owing to some elastic
ity of the lisaments and flesh at the
place Of juncture. They have each the
completes quota Of organs and limbs
separate and distinct.
The babies together weigh about Ia
pounds, but there is quite difference
in their sizo, one being fully II pound
and half heavier than the other.
While they arc Of German parentago
they promise TO be brunettes
The father is 80 years old, the moth.
or so, and both are of good stock. Mr..
Koohler is caterer and has been in
this country seven years.
Mrs. Koehler is getting OH very we'll,
another unusual thing, since records
show that events of this character arc
attended with great peril to the mother
There have been only six similar
cases, and onriously enough divided
among six different nations-Hunga.
rian, African, Italian. Siamese, Amer
lean and Indian. New York Herald.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-23
Thc Portsmouth street Rai,roaJ

Gen. Segfried, the purchaser OF the
Portsmouth street railroad, and his
engineer, MIR. Davis, was in the city
yesterday and completed all arrange
ments for equipiug the electric road,
provided permission cnn be had to run
the track down certain streets. He
will appear here again on the 9th of
May and ask the Councils for the use
OF the streets required. If permission
is given work will be commenced right
away, within weeks time after per.
mission Is given.