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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
Sailors on Italian. Japanese and OH
er Ships at Kobe and Elsewhere
Succumb 10 the Dread Pest.
AMERICAN VESSELS ESCAPE
INVESTIGATION OF CHINESE OUT
RACES MAKING SLOW PROGRESS.
The Viceroy Said TO he Retnrding
the Work-Another Riot Charge
able to n Magistrate.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. s1.-The steam
ship Coptic arrived to-day from Yokohama
and Hong Kong. bringing the news. under
date of Aug. Is. that the Asiatic plague
had broken out in Koge. Japan. and the
crew OF the Italian cruiser Umbria have
succumbed. Some other seamen died of the
complaint. Another case OF cholera was
reported on board the Umbria on the 18th
inst A number Of the crews OF the Japan
ese war ships have been laid low with the
disease. The crew OF the Matsuhima Kan
was attacked at Kine-Lung. She returned
to quarantine at Nagasak on July 81. The
Naniwa Kan has been made temporary
flagship. Many cases OF the plague are
reported at Hong Kong. None OF the
American fleet OF war vessels. among
which were the Baltimore. Concord.
Charleston, Machias and Detroit. which
have been stationed in these waters.
are infected. owing to the precautions
taken by the officer in refusing to grant
shore leaves to the crew upon the first in
dication of the disease. All the ships have
now left that locality. but no information
has been received as to their whereabouts
further than the fact that the Baltimore
sailed for San Francisco Aug. is. The en-
tire fleet stationed at Che-Foo, on the
northern coast OF China. is infected. and
deaths are being reported daily. The
Zabiaka, corvette, has thirty cases on
board. while the Bohr reported twenty. Ev-
cry effort is being made to confine the
plague to the ships in the harbor. but fears
entertained that already it has gained
a footbold in the mainland too strong 60
cneck- old
The latest reports indicate that Meth rs
Yokohama nor Hakodate will suffer TO an9-
great extent from cholera, which has made
its appearance, as the disease is not spread
ing TO any great extent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
Will BE Kent Ont.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. sl.-The news
brought by the Monowai Of the breaking
out Of cholera in Honolulu does not alarm
the local health officers. Il do not appre-
hend any danger from the spreading OF the
disease to this port" said Dr. Chalmers.
for every precaution will be taken to
prevent it from gaining a foothold. The
quarantine regulations are vigorous enough
If carried out and all vessels from Honolulu
should be inspected. This il said TO be the
first time cholera has been known I'm the
Hawaiian Islands. At the time OF the
MonowaiS sailing il was believed the dis
ease was under control There had been
eight deaths from the disease and there
were only two cases remai lining and those
were both in quarantine. Here. with such
admirable facilities for quarantining, even
IL the cholera should get what might ap-
pear TO be a foothold, il could be easily
stamped out, the health officers say.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-Consul-genera1
Miller, at Honolulu, in an official dispatch
10 the State Department says that cholera
prevails at Honolulu, but is confined TO the
natives and the Chinese and that there
have been about eight deaths He ADDS:
There is 10 alarm and every precaution
fe being taken"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
EXCITEMENT IN STOCKS.


NEW YORK. Aug. a.-tspeclal) The
exicted during the past Aeek under fbe
leadership OF 81. Paul. The Monetary
Trust, OF No. 80 Broadway, New York
city. has accumulated large amounts OF the
common stock OF this railvoad for its
clients. and prcdicts much hiGher pricoa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
Cholera Spreading I'm Russia.

LONDON Aug. 31.-A Vienna dispatch to
the Times reports that the Abend Post
says that cholera is spreading rapidly and
has appeared in almost every village in
the department of volhynia. Russia. Tho
peasants are taking refuge in the woods
and the burial of the dead is made in COM
mon graves without funeral rites. No rec
ords are being kept OF the cases. The dis
ease is most virulent at Semroff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
Through sIeepinr-Car Service.

KANSAS CITY. No.. Aug. sl.-Henry Gar
land. Western passenger agent of the Wa
bash railway. received notice to-day thar
beginning sunday. Sept. s. a rfrourh sleep
ing car service will be maintained on tho
The new arrangement Will. for all practical
purposes. give through sleeping car service
between Kansas City and New York This
Is the first through-car service to be extsh
lished between points west and cast OF the
MississiypI river
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
INDIANAPOLIS SUNDAY

ditional surrounding the first tract. The
Swiss are a frugal, Industrious. intelligent
and honorable people, lovers of libery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
Foreigner. Demand Redress.


ship Coptic. from Yokohama, brings the
news that indignation meetings are being
held by the English residents OF Hong Kong
and the open ports OF China. calling upon
the British government to ins!ict cunish-
ment for the massacre at Ku-Chenx and
denouncing the report that Peking aufhori-
ties are incapable OF controlling the popu-
been killed though one Miss AZ Harfor n.ss ~ss
injured. and several narrow escapes were
reported. The murderous attack was pre-
nieditated. the intention being 10 destroy
subordinate assailants showed a dls1osition
TO acce ransoms the leaders ordered them
TO XIII ithout exception. IL was only by
but te three wounded. The viceroy OF
the ~ spromises 10 make a search Cor
the j lciors. but the military defsch-
ment by him 70 kutisn bssan prepara-
ises The entire neighborh0od II In great
excitement. and further damages are appre-
hended, not alone In kutier. but throaehous
The envoy OF Great Britain announces
that he wf1f send the consul at Foo-Chow
10 kutien with an armed escort. TO hold
rigorous ~ inquiry ;erg and 5nss prSsis%~soe % %
Emperor. ordering the cecapItaflon OF al .
who are found guilty.
The arrangements for investigation Or
the chsnS-Tu riots are unsatisfactory altho
10 English and Americans Messages uor~
sent BY telegraph TO President C1ereInm6
and Lord Salisbury that the n1ennuror
taken by the diplomatic agents are iun1>-
uously demanded by the home Ro<crumon1-
The grandson OF the Tai Won ken p
corea. who was reported 10 have ben - &
and sss''ssa'd VIII Prcsasy ss s rsns.sssa Z '' ~ &
0rfss Tss p pr,so2e<s x' capturse By n. &c.,
durns ~ war xin ol - ooosCI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-01
THE CHINESE oUTRAGEs.
Inquiry at Hwa-Sang Progressing
gscWIy-Rfot at Hok-Chfang.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.--The World VIII
print tomorrow the following cable from
Foo Chow, China: The commission OF in
quiry into the Hwa-Sang massacre. sitting
at Ku-cheng, progresses slowly Over one
hundred arrests have been made. There
have been twelve capital convictions. The
viceroy retards the work. refusing 10 give
the prefect discretion. There Is day's de-
lay over such questions referred TO the
viceroy The intention is TO exhaust the
patience of the commission At the present
rate the trials will require a year. The Inn
perial edict issued. commanding severe
measures is q mere blind.
Rioters at Hok-Chiang attacked the Chris
tians and wounded four and destroyed
houses The dangerous situation is the
fault OF the magistrate who issued proc
lamation slandering the Christians. Unless
America can be induced to take vigorous
measures 1t is feared that there will be gen
eral rloting. British weakness encourages
the Chinese. The American government a
the only hope. Consul .Hixson Is energetic.
All the Americans have arrived at Foo
Chow
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

There is more in the management
than in anything else. Everything de-
ponds on the poultryman.
Cheap egg foods are mostly ground
oyster shells, and the benefits are only
imaginary. Don't buy them.
Feed sulphur sparingly, as it will
cause rheumatism or leg weakness.
Never give it in damp weather.
Don't break mp" setting hen. 1t
is lost time. Let her get rid OF her fat,
and she will lay more eggs in the end.
Laying hens and hens for the market
should not be kept together. They do
not require the same kind of food.
Clover hay chopped fine and stepped
few minutes in boiling water makes
the best and cheapest green food in
winter.
For large body lice rub few drops of
a mixture of ten drops carbolic acid and
a teacupful of lard on the heads and
necks.
Give the hens leaves, cut straw or dry
dirt, and scatter the grain in it SO as to
compel them to work. The good
scratcber is always the layer.
To keep eggs for Matching turn them
three times week and keep them in q
cool place. where. they will not freeze.
They will then keep month.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

fighter, too, but the gentler side of his ma
ture the public was unacquaintcd with.
After eight years of urging on the part of
interested friends Mrs. Custer wrote
Boots and Saddles" which was widely
read and most favOrably received by the
general reader and the critics. Her long
experience amid the perils Of frontier army
life had given her plenty of material, and
two other books have since come from her
pen.
Mrs Custer was born in Monroe, Mich,
and was the daughter OF Judge Daniel S.
Bacon. She met the dashing Custer in
1868, while he WAS waiting orders, and but
for Judge BacOn's opposition marriage
would have followed a very short courtship.
About this time Custer, then only % years
old, was promoted from captain to briga-
dier general, and when he returned to
Monroe to urge his suit Judge Bacon con-
scented to an engagement.
In February, 1864, the young couple
were married. Their honeymoon lasted
but few days, for Custer was ordered on
a cavalry raid. Mrs. Custer accompanied
the Army of the Potomac but saw little
of her husband. She says that during her
entire married life of - years there was
racked with fears for her husband s safety
During Clusters career as an Indian fight
er Mrs. Custer was often the only woman
with his command. On the frontier in
Dakota she was always in peril, and there
was tacit understanding between Custer
and his officers that if at any time the
party were surprised by Indians and cap
ture seemed certain whoever had Mrs
IN, oh Oh hon inc
ly to save her from torture at the hands of
the merciess redskins.
After the fatal battle that swept away
Custer and his s77 comrades Mrs. Custer
took under her special care the widows of
the officers who fell fighting at her hus-
bands side. She affectionately calls them
my Widows and has assisted them in
getting pensions and employment. Mrs.
Custer supplements her writing by giving
lectures before clubs of women, schools
and church societies.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort ard Improvement ,r3
tends to personal enjoyment wbn "
rightly used. The many, who live bo,
ter than Others and enjoy life more w;,b
'ess expenditure, by more promptir
adapting the worlds best products u
the needs of physical being, will attest %
The value to health of the pure Touii
laxative principles embraced in The
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its prcsentin,
in the form most acceptable and pleas,
a 1t to the taste, the refreshing and trrIv
beneficial properties of a perfect lay.
alive; efectually cleansing tie system
dispelling colds, headaches and fever
and permanently curing constipation
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale b. all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig SyrrD
Co. only, whose name is printed on eyery
package, also the name, Syrup of Fig,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
HOW to Measure an Acre.

It is desirable-in fact, indispensable
for good work that farmer should
know how many acres are in his field.
Otherwise he cannot apportion seed or
manure for it, nor can he tell how much
time it should take to pillow, harrow or
cultivate. A good cotton cord, the size
of pillow line, should be kept for this
purpose. To make one, buy sixty-seven
feet of cotton rope an inch round, fasten
ring at each end and make these rings
precisely sixty-six feet apart. This is
four rods. Tie piece OF red rag in the
center. One acre of ground will be a
piece of these cords long and ~
wide, equal to Is by 10 rods, making 100
square rods to an acre. The advantage
of the rings is that one person can meas
ure alone by driving a stake in the
ground to hold the rope while he
stretches it out. The rope should be
soaked in tar and then dried This will
prevent shrinking.
Last year a neighbor OF the writer had
heavy sod plowed by contract at $3.50
per acre. Three persons stepped it off
One Salu IL was acres, dnOtner SAID IL
was little over 5, and the third said it
was 81 acres. The contractor sent
over and got this rope, and all five men
measured it, and it was found to be just
SO acres. He had paid to have the
grass cut off it for three years 81 per
acre, or IS each season, counting it to be
five acres in extent, thus losing $3.50
through ignorance.
Get measuring rod and when not in
use put it away, SO that the hands can
not get at it or they will be very apt to
cut piece off it to tie up harness, thus
making it worthless for measuring pur-
poses.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
BRANDING A CLAIM FALSE.
Worlds Fair Officials Expose a Pr
tender to an Award.

Fair Officials Expose Pre-
tender to an Award.
A most discreditable result of the late
Chicago Worlds Fair is the fraudulent
of awards never received by
a Chicago baking powder firm. Officials
OF the Exposition are much incensed,
and have notified the offending parties
that the misstatements must cease.
They are detied, however, by the Chi
cago concern, who continue to advertise
the false statement that they received
the highest award for strength, purity
and excellence. Mr.. Thatcher, Chief OF
Agricultural Awards, shows in his letter
that the awards granted were ''for an
exhibit of baking POWDER" merely, not
for superiority; while the Judge oil
Awards on Baking Powders writes a
letter saying that mo such award was
given to the Chicago company" as the
company claims and advertises.
Another fact in connection with the
baking powder business at the Chicago
Fair has come to light. The identical
baking powder made by the Chicago
concern, and so brazenly advertised as
having received the highest award for
purity and excellence, it now appears
was found by the analysts who made
the tests at the Fair to contain traces OF
ammonia and sulphates.
The officials believe that though they
may be powerless to stop the misleading
publications of which they complain,
the quick wit of the people will doubt
less detect the spurious claims and lie
able to apply the proper remedy.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21

Rabelais compiled a curious list OF
inks of sympathetic nature, which were
largely in vogue in his days. In his book
entitled ''Pantagruel," he makes his read
ers acquainted with Panurgue's exploits
in trying to decipher the invisible char
acters of letter which a Partisan fe-
male had written to Pantagruel. "He
held it up before the fire" says Rabelals,
.'to see if it was written with spirits OF
ammonia mixed with water. Then he
placed it in water to discover if the
writing had not been done with sirup of
tithymal When this would not work.
he held it over a candle, which would
have brought out the characters had
they been written with the juice of white
onions. By rubbing a part of it with
nut oil he tried to find whether it had
not been written with the sap of a fig
tree. And if frogs blood had been used
in the place of ink the milk from the
breast of a woman sucking her firstborn
daughter would have betrayed the Sc
crets of that letter."
While at Rabelais' time during the sew
enteenth century French people adhered
strongly to the belief that sympathetic
inks of this character could be and were
used. they are now in high feather over
the discovery of luminous ink by one
of their countrymen. This ink makes it
possible for letters to be read in the dark
One of the French journals recently gave
the recipe for this ink. A phosphores
cent compound can be obtained by cal
chatting carbonate of chalk with sui
phur.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
Eu1alie Takes to Johnny Cake.

Among the tastes which the Princess
Eulalie has acquired since her arrival in
America is strong one for corn bread.
This is what Colonel j. G. Murphy, the
corn man of the department of agricul-
ture says:
Some days ago in Washington, when
looking over the bill of fare of the din
ner given the infanta noticed that corn
bread was not mentioned. l asked the
proprietor of the Arlington the reason
for this, and he said sweet corn was not
in season and there was no need to have
corn bread on the bill of fare because the
princess insisted on it being served at
every meal. When the infanta first got
to the hotel in Washington all kinds of
bread were placed on the table, and the
royal guests picked out some corn muf-
fins as the most toothsome of the lot.
She is fond of having them toasted, too,
which is rather unusual with us. The
day of her arrival the princess in dining
at the Palmer House asked right away
for corn mullins Times.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
BIG PAY FOR TEA TASTERS.
One Expert Is Reported to Receive Sal
airy of 900 Year.

One Expert Is Reported to Receive Sal
airy of $4,000 Year.
"Since the Canadian Pacific railroad
was completed and line of steamers
established from the orient, said tea
faster to reporter, immense cargoes
of tea have been going there from Chi
ma, Japan and other countries. 1t has
been my business to examine and taste
various samples from these cargoes.
have also visited Ceylon and nearly all
of the tea growing countries of the orr
ent to observe the mode of putting up
the tea 1t is astonishing the way they
manage it adulterate it over there. The
packers are so skillful that they slip IN
a great deal of inferior tea and work 1T
off under good brands. This makes the
merchants who afterward handle 1t
complain. Packages of tea of a certain
brand will be found all that could be
desired, while other packages bearing
the same brand and in the same cargo
will be highly adulterated. AS this tea
is very costly, there is need OF experts to
examine it. They must be good ones,
for everything depends for the time be-
ing Oh their judgment A faster can
only taste few hours at time, when
he is weakened and has to take rest.
Besides this, when he begins job OF
tasting, he must take special pains to gee
himself in shape for it. l was about SIX
weeks getting myself ready for exam
lining some cargoes in the warehouses
here for the government. Before l be-
gan I did not taste intoxicants In any
form and did not even smoke At the
same time | was careful not to eat strong
peppers or spices, or, in fact, anything
that could distort the taste. One must
be in as perfect condition, in order to
properly judge of the teas he tastes, as
a horse is when prepared for the Derby.
He must be at his best and must feel
that he is The best tea tasters Of the
country make enormous sums, consider
ing the time employed; SO, 1000 year
is low sum, and oftentimes from $780,,
900 to $50, 600 is made, and even more.
l know man in the business who made
$50, 900. 1t all depends on his standing,
the number of times he is called as
faster and what he can endure. San
Francisco Examiner.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
CHARLOTTE TEMPLES GRAVE.
The Most Popular Spot In Trinity Church.
yard, New York.

yard, New York.
A few days ago passersby in Broad
way, looking through the high fence
that surrounds Trinity churchyard, saw
a slender black gowned girl kneeling by
the grave of Charlotte Temple. Her
head was bowed in her hands, and she
seemed utterly lost to her surroundings.
After awhile she arose with very pale
face walked swiftly through the gates
and disappeared in the crowd. She was
only one of many devOtees at the shrine
of the poor girl who died for love. No
body ever visits Trinity churchyard
without pausing for few minutes be-
fore the big brown slab that bears only
the name charlotte Temple. "
ooh, yes!' said the gray haired old
man whose duty it is to see that the all
eient tombs are kept in order. at is the
most popular grave in the yard. l have
been here going on II years now, and
there have been very few days in good
weather when the grave has not had
visitor Several times | have seen wOm-
ell come here and stand in the cold and
elGcb anu SlIOW 1OOhIHS CIIO tOIIlO'
Somehow they always look as if they
were III trouble.
"Seven or eight years ago | began to
put potted flowers, geraniums and the
like on the grave, and have kept it up
every summer since. 1t is mainly to
mark the grave, so that visitors can find
it. 1t is the only grave i'll the yard that
has flowers on it. Otherwise the people
would bother me to death. When they
ask me where the grave of Charlotte
Temple is now, simply tell them that
it is over Oh the west side with some
potted flowers on it. That saves me
deal of trouble.
Several of the gravestones are crum-
bling badly and Will have to be repaired
if the descendants Of the dead want to
perpetuate their memory. See; here ID
the Oldest grave in the place"
Then the old man swept away layer
of dust from crumbling gray stone aud
showed the date, 1851. eve have sew
eral that date almost as far back" said
he, "but none of them is SO popular as
that of Charlotte Temple"
Then the ancient attendant tucked
his broom under his arm, picked up his
wheelbarrow and trundled away among
the graves. New York Herald.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-21
Sweet Graduates Eyeryyhere.

The sweet girl graduate is heard in the
land. She is coming forth from Vassar
and Wellesley and Smith and Bryn
Mawr and many other educational resorts
of greater or less note and keeping up
the reputation of the woman of the pc
riod. Just to show how easy it is, a
young woman passed the Yale classical
examination the other day. Of course
that was the end of it as far as she was
concerned, BUTT was pleasant pastime.
Another young woman took the de-
gree of Phi. d. at Johns Hopkins. She
has not decided what she will do with
it, but she will probably tack it on the
wall along with four or five other de-
grees that she has taken at various col
leges. Miss Jean Nelson was not so for
tunate. Jean lives out in Indiana and
was caught in the act of pilfering exam
nation papers. Young men have been
caught doing this sort of thing for sew
eral centuries, but women have been
more scrupulous. Miss Nelson proves,
however, that there is no field occupied
by men which women may not hope to
invade.-New York World.