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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
The strathnevis spoken.


PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Dec. THE
British ship Strathnevis. which was sup
posed to have foundered in the recent No
vember gales in the North Pacific ocean.
was spoken a few days ago by the British
bark John CANDLES. which arrived at Van
couver to-day from Japan. The Strath-
nevis was in a disabled condition $40 miles
northwest Of Cape Flattery, being in lon
gitude las west. latitude 1910 north. and is
on the sailing track between Puget sound
and Yokohama. No particulars are given
as to the steamships disability, except to
advise the immediate dispatching of tug
TO render the vessel assistance The Strath-
nevis was entirely disabled and in great
danger. She is laden with passengers and
has valuable cargo of maize, bound 10
Yokohama from Tacoma. 1t Is probable
that two or three tugs will be sent out I'm
search of the steamer tomorrow. When
spoken the Strathvenis had drifted 1900
miles. and as she does not carry sufficient
probably being carried eastward by the
The main shaft of the Strathnevis is
broken and she Is moving under sail All
are we'll aboard, and she is well supplied
with provisions and she has condensers on
board for furnishing fresh water.
violent Gale I'm Europe.
LONDON. Dec. u The exceptionally
heavy weather which has prevailed dur
ing the past week over the British isles
continues to-day. There have been num-
berless small wrecks reported and consid-
cradle damage has been done to shipping.
but the loss of life has been small. The
lightship at the mouth of the river Dee
was blown away this morning. with her
crew OF five men. The telegraph lines In
the northern part of the country have been
damaged and communication is interrupt
ed. The gale is very violent over the
North sea. and II il feared that the number
dispatch from Antwerp says that traffic in
the streets OF that city has been stopped,
and that navigation of the Scheldt is i'm
possible The Red Star line steamer Fries
York Several ships were ashore on the
Dutch coast, and the German bark Liber-
tas, from Kotka, has been wrecked near
Neuwediep. Only two of her crew were
the bark was driven ashore, where she soon
became a total loss. The bodies of four
members OF her crew have been washed
ashore
A dispatch from Flensburg, Prussia, says
the gale which has been doing much dam
age In that vicinity has finally become
regular hurricane, sweeping with great
force over the entire coast. Since yester-
day the storm is on the increase Immense
damage was caused by the bursting Of the
dams and dykes along the western shores
The results of the floods have been extern
sive and prolific with accidents.
The storm has caused great damage at
all of the towns along the coast of the
North sea. Floods are universal At Ham,
burg tramways are submerged and traffic
has been stopped. High tides have flooded
all the towns in northern and western Jut-
land. The towns OF Nykjobing. Struer and
ring has burst. Great damage has been
done elsewhere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
EIGHT INCHES OF DIRT
CAUsEs A LAWSUIT BETw NEXT
DOOR NEIGHBORs.
A Division Fence and a Well Enter
Into the Anair-Heavy DAM
age SHIFTS Filed.

Natalia Nathan, living at No. sos North
Alabama street, has sued Lavina Rusk, her
next door neighbor, for the possession of a
strip of ground eight inches in width. The
disputed territory is the dividing line be-
tween the real estate owned by the two
families. A partnership well, from which the
l~itigants have been wont to draw their
water supply, is at the bottom Of the
trouble. One half of the well is on the
Nathan side of the fence and the other half
belongs to the Rusks. Mrs. Nathan, in her
complaint, says that, for twenty years, she
has enjoyed undisputed possession of one
half of the well. The Rusks, she says, nave
claimed a strip of her property eight inches
in width and have changed the fence so
that she cannot use the well without in
convenience. 1t is further charged that the
Rusk family drove nails into the pump and
have threatened to cut off the caves of the
plaintiffs house which, they aver project
over the dividing line. The plaintiff demands
damages in the sum of 500 and wants the
defendants restrained from further trespass.
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Gushing Matinee Girls.

New York Letter.
1t would have been supposed that New
York had been surfeited with opera, hay-
ing had 1t almost continuously since last
November. In Mr.. Damrosch's brief
season Of a month his receipts were s1so, 900,
and now that Mr.. Abbey has returned for
propertionately to match those figures. On
Saturday afternoon the demonstration was
extraordinary. Games and the two De
Rezskes sang in Romeo and Juliet" The
fcent. They stood in patience for four
hours, packed between the rear of the or
chestra and the walls of the lobby. and
their enthusiasm and delight were infec-
tious. Games had not sung half a dozen
bars before she was thus inspired, and
the two DeRezskes, veterans as they are,
submitted with good grace TO curtain calls,
of which there were twenty-four during the
opera, and ever Jean DeRezske, who has
hitherto been seen with no other than a
stage smile, s%oftened and entered into the
good humor of the occasion. The girls
swept down upon the ushers after the last
act, so that they commanded all of the APP
proacheS to the little door by which the
artists come from the rear to the foot
lights to acknowledge curtain calls. The
ushers had been stationed there to pre-
more needed them than they would If the
usherS were mere statues. The only way in
which these delightfully."- frantic girls (and
there were older heads who shared the
excitemenD could be appeased, was by a
speech, so that Madam Games had a new
experience. She saw what the girls wanted,
she knew it was from them that great
lunches of roses and corsage bouquets that
had almost literally strewn the stage had
come, and in a confidential way, so 1t
seemed almost as though she would say,
Now, girls, l want to, tell you something"
she did say that those who had sung in
the opera had got quite as much delight
out of the experience of the afternoon as
those who had heard it sung, and she told
the truth
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The Advance of the season.

JOnn burroughs.
In March the door of the seasons first
stand ajar a little; in April it is opened
much wider; in May the windows go up also
and in June the walls are fairly taken
down and the genial currents have free
play everywhere. The event of March in
the country is the first good sap day, when
the naples thrill with the kindling warmth;
the event of April is the new furrow and
the first seeding; how rudy and warm
the soil looks just opened to the sun; the
event of May is the week of orchard bloom.
with what sweet pensive giadness one
walks beneath the pink white masses, while
long, long, thoughts descend upon him. See
the impctuous orioles chase each other amid
the branches, shaking down the fragrant
snow. Here the rose-breasted grossbeak is
in the Blooming cherry tree, shipping off
the blossoms with that heavy beak of his
a spot of crimson and black half hidden
in masses of white petals. The orchard
bloom travels more like a wave. In March
it is in the CaroIinas; by the middle of
April its crest has reached the Potomac;
a week or ten days later it is in New Jer-
sey; then in May it sweeps through New
York and New England, and early in June
it is breaking upon the orchards in Can
ada. And finally the event of June is the
fields rudy with clover and milk-white
with daisies.
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members, especially the later ones were
introduced and that al had attention.
burn, Mrs. Potter. Ms. r. {. Hawkins.
Mrs. F. ]. Foster, Miss sarah Foster. Mr..
ME Holloway. Mr.. Mount. Mr.. and Mrs.
S. NJ. Dyer, Mrs. Hanna. Mrs. 2. e. Atkins.
e Mrs. s seoege and mtfl Mss MIA Marf raaet' DAY. BAR; DUR Dur
ing the evening a purse was given 10 Miss
Moore; the presentation being made by
Mr.. Ellison. There was music by members
of the choir and Sunday school orchestra
Lemonade was served by the young ladies
from bowls placed in several parts of the
room. A few palms and flowers decorated
the room. which is the prettiest one Of the
kind in the city.
COUNTRY CLUB DANCE.
Since the Country Clubhouse was built
several years ago, 1t has been wondered how
the members, who now patronize it ever
managed to get along without it for go
many years. Its situation is one of the
most picturesque in the county. From it's
broad porches there is a view of wooded
hills and broad fertile valleys, White river
and the canal. Standing on a high bluff,
which slopes to the canal 1t commands a
view that those, who have not seen it,
do not know exists within many miles.
From the Mapleton car station a walk or
ride a mile due west brings one to the en-
trance of the Country Club grounds. An
other half mile by a winding picturesque
with broad norchas corns q ijnrs stg5t frame lame
cochera for tbs dr,, Iondirn ~ y is ~ = pol.S
stables for Vehicles uis ia are near v Iast n; aha
the cinb 1,an,har. a,d III. .;aad Iisns
the cl,Ibhnuse soS t ana s anear ir with : Opened 20
raob III ~ season Win d uanee.
nleliDer uau lne pfivlIese OF Ingltlng
Il = ~ III resuat MAS INA d large
Me aIIa5 az ens 3 LII soeieIy pTo-
oficarS mi ooInn,ittaos n az +ha a,rp oonns
and tbeir wivns uere the 'n 1s vaun reeeitea
the avant rbera usara NJ "nd Ne NJ W
Scott NJ I'D NE aNu IL WIN.
ana Mrs u ~ nari;noton Mou'
James M. Winters. MI and Mrs r r.
Mayer. Mr.. and Mrs. H b. Hibben. Mr..
NJ .aan MAJOR " rdsioT, MT; "a ana mrs. I. Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. b. Hibben. Mr.. and Mrs
Mayer Taylor. Mr.: and Mrs. T. H. Mclean.
Win AZ M M Wis Mns nnoinuay, Mr. - Ell
N. Carey Mr. and Mrs WiIiian ria
Mr.. and Mrs p q Miller NJ and NJ
Arbe r perry and Mr. and Mrs Tharia.
n SavIes rrhara uaa ! 1ann ,,alie
ali the nonuiar dancas Tba rapnapstian C. VI
hall, billiard room and dining room were
decoraled with palms and flowers. A sub
Daneinr confinued afterwar RI s a same tgnoa
The arrangements for the party were COM
plete. MANY Grove out IN carriages, but
many went by car TO Mapieton where
wagons were waiting to take them to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
FRUIT WITHOUT SEEDS.
Gardeners Trying to do Away with
PriclIes and Appendicitis.

Appendicitis may not be so fashionable
a disease a few years hence as it is now"
said Assistant Pomologist Taylor. Car
denerS are trying their best to get rid of
seeds in fruits. Already we have the navel
orange, which is nearly always seedless.
Some varieties of apples have been pro-
duced that nave almost no seeds. They
ares ahnormalities. Sometimes they are
called 'bloomless,' because the blossoms
have no petals, and in some cases lack sta
mems. The core is very small and common
ly there is a hollow at the end opposite
the stem. These seedless apples are gen.
orally poor in flavor, being grown merely
"Raisin producers in California are try
ing to obtain seedless grapes for raisins.
The object i'm view is to get size and seed
lessness in the same fruit. You are famiI-
lar with the seedless grapes of Corinth,
The Sultana raisinS of southeastern Eu-
rope are likewise seedless grapes; Both of
fornia, but they are small. A prominent
grower in Fresno county is working in this
direction with the Muscat of Alexandria,
which is a leading raisin grape In Calf
fornia. He selects cuttings from those
vines which produce less than the normal
number of seeds. Continuing this process
from year to year, he hopes to reduce the
grapes to absolute ,seedlessness eventually.
1t is believed that the seedlessness of the
Corinth and Sultana grapes were obtained
by similar means.
1.-The banana is seedless, and has been so
for centuries, though nobody knows why.
1t is propogated by suckers and possibly it
had no seeds when 1t was first found in the
wild state. The banana is a modified ber-
nv. Cutting the fruit down through the
middle, you will sometimes see a few little
brown spots, which are rudinentary seeds.
Occasionally the banana does actually pro-
duce seeds. The pineapple is nearly seed
less, being propagated likewise from suck
ers and from slips. The egg plant, which
is a fruit, botanically speaking, is OCCASION
ally seedless. This plant is able to produce
developed fruit, whether the blossoms are
fertilized or not. gsf
"Horticulturists are ~endeavoring at the
present time to rid fruit plants of thorns.
Some oranges and lemons are very thorny
for example, the high priced King orange,
which is the best of the mandarins. 1t is
rarely seen in this market. The first trees
were brought to the United States from
Cochin China. In Florida its thorniness
has been diminished by selecting buds from
branches with the fewest thorns. Thorns
are objectionable because they puncture the
oranges or lemons when the branches are
blown about by the wind.
..Eforts are being made to get rid of the
thorns on raspberry and blackberry plants,
simply for convenience in picking the fruit.
The thorns are intended by nature to pro-
tect the plants from animals. Cultyators Sc
lect those plants which by chance happen to
be thornless or comparatively So"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
DI%SAGREEABLE DOORS.
SOME THINGS YOUR NElGHDORS DON'T
TELL YOU ABOUT.
Odors from the Skin and Hair-H0w They
May Be Removed, and Sweetness aud
Purity Take Their Places.

Many ladies are exceedingly annoyed, es-
pecially during the warmer month"; OF the
year, by the doors that rise from profuse
perspiration. Those with heavy suits of
hair find great difficulty in washing away
the rancid doors that cling to their tresses
and pervade the skin. A sure and speedy
cleansing agent has been found in a soap
that promptly and effectively removes and
prevents all disagreeable odors through its
wonderful antiseptic properties. This is
THE SALVADOR SKIN SOAP,
which not only promotes the growth of the
hair, but removes the doors that cling to
il. Unlike other soaps, the hair is not
left harsh and why after its use, but soft
and pliable. 1t Is a sure protection against
the parasitic microbes that gather from
brushes and combs, removes dandruff and
scurf and produces a healthy action of the
scalp.
NO LADY SHOULD FAIL TO USE 1T
as a hair wash. To cleanse the hair and
scalp it is used as in shampooing. If al
lowed to remain as a strong suds upon the
head a few minutes II will absolutely cure
dandruff and scale. For the sompiexion II
prevents ali impure secretionS, such as
blackheads, pimples, roushness, redness and
ALL FORMS OF SKIN BLEMIsHES.
S-a-n-a-d-o-r Skin Soap is pure. mild,
antiseptic, soothing and refreshing. 1t is
the only antiseptic soap now in the mar
ket that is entirely free from arsenic, COR
rosive sublimate and all other poisons. 1t
is an ideal nledicated toilet soap, and may
be employed without harm to the most
delicate skin. 1t leaves the skin soft, vel
yety and healthy. and as it is made of pure
vegetable oils. and no animal fats, it is
delightful in
BATHING THE BABIES,
as 1t removes all irritations and heals all
abrasions of the skin, All ladies who desire
supple and soft hands will find this soap
will speedily bring such a desired result.
TaIS SOAP Is so PURE
that many find it an admirable dentifrice.
1t speedily removes tartar, purifies the
mouth, hardens the gums and renders the
breath sweet and wholesome.
s-a-n-a-d-o-r Skin Soap Is the result
of new scientific processes, and is a great
advance In sanitary science because of the
newly discovered antiseptic principle that
it contains. This soap Is perfect and who'll
ly unlike most soaps In the market. which
are improperly combined and have an in
furious excess Of alkaIi. S-a-n-a-d-o-r Skin
Soap Is entirely soluble. and leaves no
gummy residue. thus differing from all
other so-cafed complexion soaps.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIETY.
Irs. Lon Harlan has returned from a visit

MIS-. Lon Harlan mas returned from a visit
In Muncie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis r. Hord are spend
ing a few days in Terre Heute.
Mrs. w. Glare, of Terre Haute, is visiting
her parents at No. 52 Broadway.
Mrs. Helen Mclaughlin. of Stockton, Cal,
is visiting Mrs. George K. Trask.
Miss Emily Edmunds has gone to Bloom
ington to visit her sister, Mrs. Lindley.
Mrs. W.. r.. McKeen, of Terre Haute, who
las been visiting her parents, will return
home to-day.
Mrs. c. S. Willard and daughters have
returned from the Bermudas and a visit to
New York relatives.
The ladies of Memorial Church gave a
Puritan tea last evening at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. +. o. Ballard on Ash street.
Mrs. Ida A. Harper and daughter, who
have been at the Leland Stanford Univer-
sity for two years, are expected to return
here In June.
Mrs. w. j. Richards and son and Mrs.
Hoover have returned from Asheviile, N.
c., where they have been since making a
trip through the. South.
Professor Arthur Stanley Mckenzie. of
Bryn Maur. Will take place next month. The
wedding trip will be to Europe.
Misses Leah and Mary Fletcher, who
have beer spending the winter in Asheville,
Kentucky 10 spend two or three weeks
with relatives before coming home.
Hon. Simon Wolf. Of Washington, d.. c.,
Soldier and Patriot" will soon publish 4
book bearing the same title. which will
treat the subject very fully. The book is
having q large sale, the entire net proceeds
of which will 30 to the Hebrew Orphans
Asylum at Atlanta, Ga, which was founded
and endowed largely through Mr.. VOLTS
personal efforts.
The members of the First Baptist Church
gave q general reception last evening in the
church parlors, which was largely att
tended. The special guests of the evening
were Miss Bertha Moore. the city mis-
sionary OF the church and the new members
of the church, who have Joined since MIR.
Ellison became the pastor. Mr.. ana Mrs.
Ellison and Miss Moore welcomed tho COM
pany. The ladies who were especially in
charge were Mrs. Arthur Jordan, Mrs. w.
g. Griffith aad Miss Emma Atkins. A large
committee was appointed to see that all
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The Chaperonc in England.

LONDON Letter.
A chaperone is an indispensable portion
of an English girls equipment for the
fashionable world. But even here times are
changing and habits are growing a little
more lax. A few years ago, for a young
lady to be seen walking either in the park
or the street alone would have been consid-
cred a grave and serious cause for shoulder
Struggling and shocked expressions. Now
adays,. however. debatantes wander in the
male friend or relation. Girls who live in
Mayfair and Belgravia walk in the park
quite naturally after church, just as they
used to in the private gardens of their
squares, while mamma very often goes
straight home. Moreover, whereas up to
lately there was always some pretense that
mamma was sitting further up the row.
or that 1--WE are here with Lady-so-and-so,"
now there is no pretense at all, and the
young ladies have no objection to be es-
corted home afterward. The Sunday Park
Show is gradually becoming known as the
spinSterS' advertisement.
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story. why. you annot make a newspaper

story. why, you cannot maize a newspaper
man out of him.
And yet he may make a very good writer
of love stories; and as that is a sort OF
merchandise which seems to be always in
demand, and to bring pretty fair prices,
why, If you have a talent in that direction.
go ahead. You may make a good living. I
have nc doubt: but you will not play any
momentous part upon the stage of public
affairs, and that is the sphere of activity
which the generous-hearted and courageous
youth ooks forward to.
In order to be of Importance in the af-
fairs of this world in the newspaper profess
sion you must be a politician, and you
must know not merely the theories and doc
part of politics. but you must know practical
politics, the history, the men, the individ-
uals, their ideas, their purposes, and their
deeds; know them, if you can, as they really
are, not as the blind and the prejudfced may
imagine them to be.
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IN A sauIRE,s COURT.
Executive of the State Called Upon t
Testify in AN Insurance Suit.

Executive of the State Called Upon to
Testify i'm an Insurance Suit.
Governor Matthews has been summoned
to appear in the court of Justice of the
Peace Lockman as a witness in a case to be
tried there next Monday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. This is a most unusual occurrence,
for the Governor OF a State to appear in the
court of a justice of the peace, but in this
case Governor Matthews is the principal
witness. William #. Canaan has brought
suit against the Farmers and Breeders
Live Stock Insurance Company, of Indiana,
for the insurance on certain stock, and
Governor Matthews is the president of the
company. Canaan claims to have had a
horse insured in the company, and that
upon its death, last February, he made de-
mand for the amount of the insurance,
which was refused. He now brings suit for
the amount.
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CHURCH NOTICES.


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Northeast cor
ner New York and Pennsylvania streets.
Rev. d. j. Ellison, pastor. The pastor
breaches at 1915 a. m. Subject, Gods
Thought of Things;;' 7:20 p. m, the sew
enth of the series of sermons on his mid
summer trip through PALESTINE; subject,
Nazareth, the Home of Our Savior"
Sunday school, $50 a. m. juniors, = p. m;
young peoples meeting, $50 p. M; Mon
day evening, inquiry meeting; Thursday
evening, a special missionary prayer meet
ing at 7:45 p. IN. Strangers cordially well
coined to all the services.
COLLEGE-AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
Northeast corner College and Lincoln av-
C. H. Hall. Of Franklin College. Sunday
school at 2:15 p. NJ. BY request the Easter
song service will be repeated at 7:30 p.
m. A brief address will be delivered by
Professor Hall on Scenes After the Res
direction" The choir and congregation
will be assisted in the praise service by a
string quartet and flute. All are cordially
Welcome
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Katharine Merrill Club will celebrate
it's tenth anniversary at 3 o'clock this after
noon. The exercises will be held at the club
rooms, which have been refurnished and
are now ready for occupancy.
The third lecture Of a course on 1.-THE
Spirit of Architecture will be given by Mr..
Dewhurst tomorrow evening at Plymouth
Church. 'Roman Architecture" will be the
subject of the lecture, and views of notable
Roman buildings. will be shown. /,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27
TO NJOIN THE CITY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Property Own
ers Do Not Want New Sidewalks.

Thomas H. Spann and other Massachu-
-setts-avenue property holders yesterday
made application to Judge McMaster, of the
Superior Court, for an order restraining the
city of Indianapolis from constructing ce-
ment sidewalks on Massachusetts avenue,
between New York and st. Clair streets.
Laakman & Sherer, contractors, were made
party defendants to the suit. The complaint
AYERS that the Improvement resolution was
declared by the Board of Public Works,
July 20, 1894, and that the contract was
The plaintiffs aver that the location of the
improvements was not set out accurately in
the specifications. Mr.. Spann WINS property
on the north side of Massachusetts avenue,
between New Jersey and East streets. Judge
McMaster will pass on the question this
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-27

Dubois county is always the first county
in the State to make a settlement. True to
custom the county yesterday turned over
to the Auditor of State SIS. $50 as its first in
stallment of taxes. The tax duplicate of the
county shows $4,000 assessed, of which AS.-
800 was collected. The county drew yester-
day 81, 1851. 50 for school purposes.