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The morning times., 1895-10-27

"Your man beats his and wife are now
antagonist by a dig one and half, and
and a pie" that half Is the hus-
band. But candidate and agent are indeed
one; the agent is his employers true after
ego, and, although the candidate be pure
as driven snow and is ignorant as wise
candidate always is. yet single indiscre-
tion on the part of his agent may destroy
him utterly. You have TO trust not only
to his honesty, but to his disc retion,
wariness and hardness of heart. No
piteous appeal may reach his pocket, al
though as many as you please may touch
his heart; no moment of good fellowship
may surprise him into furnishing even an
intimate friend with the modest refresh
The morning times., 1895-10-27

from eminent but illiterate ancestors who
may have forced King John to sign Magma
Cbarta, but could not have signed it them
selves to save their lives. On the other
hand some persons consider the elimination
of G to be due to the intimate and af-
fectiopate cult of the horse. 1 am myself
inclined to this opinion, but then 1t only
removes the difficulty one step farther back.
For why is it that nobody whose avocation
makes him see much of horses ever pro-
Dounces G or wears trousers loose enough
for him, or q moustache or acollar in which
he can turn his head? Be the explanatio
The morning times., 1895-10-27

very first publication of a personality
about me in your newspaper organs,
shall print In the Daily Bugle every single
one OF your mu, by. lackadaisical epistles.
Do you understand"
The two women glared at each other
half q minute, and then Mrs. Samantha
Jenkins on Withdrew, leaving Mrs. Mary
Ellen Ricketts, deep in thought.
The campaign was conducted without
any personalities. es.-Harper's Bazar.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

G? That it has is certain. As ride by in
my bus or sit in the pit, hardly is
audible from the passing carriages or
from the stalls at which l gaze longingly
Is this habit also a sUrvival2 Is il Norman?
l wish TO know because knowledge
is guide to conduct and If the
practice has really a sound basis.
1 should desire to adopt it. Perhaps the
caseis one of atavism and the ha bit descends
The morning times., 1895-10-27
IL AND G..

There is a ques-
tion which 1 have
long desired to ask
but / have only
just summoned up
my courage. 1t is
common knowledge
that certain classes
of society In this
country have an ir-
regularity in their
treatment ofthe letter
III" This is well
enough and nobody
The morning times., 1895-10-27

his mind both to
and on a great
many-is an abso-
lutte trust and con-
fidence in his cleo
ton agent. 1t used
to be said that hus-
band and wife were
one, and that one
was the husband.
We have changed
all that, husband
The morning times., 1895-10-27

q number of this
magazine regrets IN
the Weekly Dis
patch that he was
precluded, by a sense
of duty, from adopt
ing the advice to-
abandon Hope" in.
scribed on the por1
tails of the Nine Cir
circled He'll" / am.
very sorry, but We
all have to learn to
wait. No doubt it
is only a pleasure
deferred.
TWO BOOKS. !
Anybody who likes
hypnotism and Di7
hilism and secret
murder artis ticaEy
performed by cx
otic drugs (eNtract-
ed from the gecko
lizard and similar
sourcpsl ladies' of
The morning times., 1895-10-27

A question is some
times raised as to the
merits and demerits
of an autobiographi-
cal form in fiction.
There is n good deal
to be said on both
sides. To begin with
it is probably true
that it is easier to tell
a story pretty well
in the assumed per-
Son of one of the char
acters than in any
other way. The mar
The morning times., 1895-10-27
ELECTION STORIES.

The recentgeneral
election did not pro-
duce many new
stories. There was
indeed a pleasant
example of what
logicians call igno-
ratio elenchi, and
plain men a missing
of the pointafforded
by the elector, who
being asked if he
were in favor of
"Oneman, ,onevote,
responded by inquir-
ing who was the
''blamed fool" that
wanted to give two
men one vote; but
for the most part
Tho ioEor ,,ra.o M
The morning times., 1895-10-27
III. With slashing tail, a lion ran,
And with terrific bound
He caught the little safety wheel.
Because twas near the ground.

not by (pig's) head, but by whole car
cass and an apple pie to boot, argues that
the gross consumption of the cUmbatants
must have been enormous. Had it been
drinking match, we could understand the
victory being won by several laps" but
whole pig and an apple pie is prodiginus.
The duke made another wager and won it
by an ingenuity that bordered on deceit.
He bet that he would cause a letter to
travel fifty miles in an hour; the exploit
seemed impossible in those days, but his
Grace was equal TO it. posted a number
OF crickcters in a large circle, iDclosed his
letter in the interior OF a cricket bail. and
bade his cricketers throw the ball as rapidly
as possible round and round the ring In
the result he won his wager with a good
bit to spare. Probably the other gentle
man had something to say about such tao
tics. / was surprised to read that a no.
bleman so astute at wagering should have
ended his career by as foolish a n act as back
ing himself to die at given time. Had he
backed himself to live, he would have be-
haved sensib,y; but where lies the advan-
tage in backing yourself to die, since if you
lose you mus pay, and il you win your exec
utor gets the money? The duke lost nd
paid. For all that the book is not n a
strict view good book, and the man was
even in a lax view a good man, they are
both interesting and worth an idle hour.
We do not want to be reading always about
the great and good.
PATIENCE, sIRl
A gentleman who has been compelled in
the course of his daily labors to review
The morning times., 1895-10-27

II there be any
class of the conf
nUnity that should
by now be thorough
ly schooled, disci-
plined, chastised,
hunIbled, brought
To its senses, put In
is place and gen.
orally, as ones
nurse used to say,
"set to rights" "a
process of a violent
and SAINT do
The morning times., 1895-10-27

ment Indeed, one person was credited
with having adopted the profession as
being the only one in which everybody
might treat him and he might treat nobody.
Yet. who is all that an election agent
ought to be? And if anybody were, who
else in this censorious world would believe
it of him? TheoloGians talk of vicarious
atonement; yicarious condemnation is the
doctrine in an election; and one thinks
better of human nature-as Lord Mel
bourne declared he did after he had been
prime minister-when one sees in how
very few instances any stumbling in their
difficult duties is brought home to these
officials, of whom So much is expected.
rcr,a>- cuaDyr.
The morning times., 1895-10-27

A gentleman who has been compelled in
the course of his daily labors to review
The morning times., 1895-10-27

"Your man beats his
The morning times., 1895-10-27

One thing a candidate has to make up
Is mind to-Of course he has. to make up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
MRS. STOVES MIND.
Though Failing 1t Is Not n worry
Either to Herself or Friends.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
A lady who visited Mrs. Isabella Beech
err Hooker at her home in Hartford not
long ago. says ~ NE pa .goT ee morni ne
waiting for my hostess to join me, when
an elderly lady. accompanied by a maid.
walked in whom L at once knew from her
picture t to o Mr sne Ho %1stsF 81 Sister. ion :
Who are your inquired Mrs. Stowe, alb
ruptly. A.. -,
rising as politely as 1 knew how. "Won't
you take this chalr! - very coniorta
She waived me imperiously aside and
vent to the bookcase and took out two
hymn books, one Of WHICH she handed to
me and the otherbto AIRS. Hooker, who had
meantime come in. Sing How Firm a
Foundation, We Saints of the Lord COM
manded Mrs. Stowe, and seated herself with
her skirts spread about her In a listening
attitude on the sofa. So we found the
places and with no accompaniment what
ever. sitting in the morning sunshine, pro-
ceeded to sing, our listener nodding aP-
the last verse Miss Hooker inadvertently
made a mistake of a word. Mrs. Stowe,
who had no book, instantly turned to her
and said. rebukingiy: Why, Isabella! Fled.
The visitor who tells this little expert
ence says the failure Of Mrs. Stoves mind
IS not of a painful sort to herself or others,
of comfort in life. She frequently visits
amGeg S1e s eMss1rta Of HARTFORD ford and Ind
which consists of the homes of Charles
Warner. Mark Twain. William Gil
lette. the author and actor OF The Private
Secretary" and TOO Much Johnson" and
other people of note. all of whom delight to
achievement for the good OF humanity. as
well as her literary ability.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15

warman- in McClure's MAGAZINE.

Cy Warman. In McCIure's Magazine.
I made no notes of Jerusalem. for I did
not and do not intend 10 write OF 1t. 1t
was we'll done long ago by a man equally
innocent and more abroad, and has not
changed much since. The Turks are still
or, guard at the cradle and the grave OF
Christ. TO try and keep the devout Chris
tians from spattering up the walls with
each others blood. TIL lamps have been
carefully and nearly equally divided be-
as well as the space around n the time
for worship.
What strikes the traveller most forcibly
on seeing Jerusalem for the first time Is
the lfttleness of everything. The Mount OF
Olives is a little mound; Mount Moriah is
a scarcely perceptible rise of ground; Mount
shaphat is a deep. ugly gulch. with scarcely
enough water in il to wet a postage stamp;
and the Tyropeon valley is an alley.
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TO BE CONSOLIDATED
THE ERIE, THE "NYPANov AND THE
c. & f. TO BE ONE TRUNK LINE.
Joint Paper Indebtedness to- BE Re-
duced from $500, 900, 900 to sI75,oOO-
000-Atchison's Proposed Move.

CLEVELAND. o., Dec. 1.-THE Plain
Dealer says: The Erie railway. the 'Nyp-
ano" and the Chicago & Erie roads are to
be united under one ownership as one great
trunk line between Chicago and New York.
Instead of the two last named roads being
leased to the Erie. they become physically
part of that road BY the plans of the new
scheme. the paper Indebtedness will be re-
duced from 500, 900, 600, which is the present
figure of the debt. to s175. 100000. This meas
ure is taken at the instance Of J. P. Morgan
& Co.. the New York bankers, and E. B.
Thomas is conducting its management, and
he viii be at the head OF the company. One
effect will be TO effectually freeze out all
of the stockholders of the 'Nypano" and
nearly all the holders OF Erie stock. The
present bonded Indebtedness OF the "Nyp-
ano' is about $3.50. 900. 900. and that of the
Chicago & Erie railway about S5,0O0,00. L.
A. Russell, of this city, general counsel OF
the 'Nyparo," corroborates this report OF
the plan. and ADDS: 18th 'Nypano' Railroad
Company is suffering the foreclosure of its
property in the Summit county Court OF
Common Pleas. at Akron, at the suit of the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company. on first
mortgage, on which there is overdue over
$73. 100000. Its second mortgage trustees
are parties to the suit, and the sale that is
70 be asked for is to be made subject TO the
lien OF the prior lien mortgage OF $1,000, 900.
1t is the intention Of all parties interested,
after the foreclosure and sale shall have
been accomplished. to unity the properties
and railroad systems of the Erie railway.
the 'Nypano' and the Chicago g. Erie into
one grand trunk line system under one
Chicago. The plan is a ~stupendous one; il
Is well under way. and no slight obstacle
will be suffered to prevent its consumma-
ti0u -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
The Atcbt.on Contracts.

CHICAGO, Dec. IA local paper says:
The new management of the Atchison. To-
peka & Santa Fe railway has decided to
cancel on Jan. / every contract of every de-
s~cription held by or against the old COM
PAM They are to be made over again, as
IL none OF them were in existence. This de-
cision applies to traffic contracts. contracts
for supplies, contracts with other corpora
fions, railroad and otherwise. and. in fact,
contracts. of every kind. Wheeler Fl. Peck
ham. of New York, counsel for the Union
Trust Company. holds that the foreclosure
sale wiped out everything in the shape OF
contracts. liabilities. liens and obligations
of all kinds, and the purchasers start out
entirely fresh and with no entaEgling ALI
ances of any kind. The first announcement
is that the contract with the Pullman COM
pany has been broken. This does not mean
Wagner cars will be put on the Santa Fe i'm
the future. On the contrary, the contract
with the Pullman ompany undoubtedly will
be renewed The contract with the Wells
Fargo Express Company will be the next
one to be abrogated, but ii will also be re-
newed. Then others will come thick and
fast. some to be renewed and some not,
and out of 1t all comes the promise of some
exceedingly interesting litigation. There Is
a general impression that contracts may be
renewed upon terms more favorable TO the
cOmnany-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
WRECK In A n
Conductor and Brakeman Killed and
nn Engineer Seriously Hurt.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Dec. IA wreck in
a tunnel nineteen miles from Lexington on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad just be-
yond High Bridge, occurred this morning
at 800. A wrecking crew was scaling the
interior Of a tunnel and was run into by a
heavy freight train on account of a mis-
take in the signals. l. j. Duval. conductor
OF the wrecking train. was killed outright.
He lives in Lexington and came here re-
Gently from CadiZ, o. Michael O'Day, OF
lexington. brakeman OF the wrecking
train, died at the hospital here tonight.
john Wind. of Macon. Ca. assistant en-
g1neer on the freight, had his shoulder dis
located and was internally injured.
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Mr., P.rne,,.. Condition.

E YORK, Dec. 14-Mrs. Della S. Par
nell. the mother of the late Charles Stew
art. is still In Trinity Hospital, this city.
Mrs. Parnell was some months ago robbed
and brutally beaten when going to her
residence at Bordentown, n. j.. She de-
cided. on recovering. to visit Ireland and
viving son, John Howard Parnell, but the
shock to her system was so great as to
compel her to abandon her proposed trip.
She therefore took up her residence temper
arily in Trinity Hospital, the matron OF
that institution being an old friend of
hers. Mrs. Parnel complains of intense
pain in her left arm, but Is improving daily
and expects TO sail from here before New
Years day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
nripht Phoehus Won.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. Ask races were
on the card at Ingleside to-day and the
weather being perfect a large crowd at
tended. The mile and an eighth handicap
was the best race of the day and seven
high-class horses contested in this event.
Hobart's Bright Phoebus was the favorite
at s to 8, with Pepper next in demand at
2 to 1. Cadmus and Santiago were as high
as 20 to 1, owing to the fact that they
were short OF work. Miller kept Bright
Phoebus In the third position. from which
he never moved until a furlong from home,
where he passed the fast-tiring Polaski.
and won In a canter, Polaski on the out
side, lasting long enough TO secure second
place from Pepper. j. Q. c. met his Water
loo to-day in the hurdle race. the heavy
weight he was obliged to carry proving too
much for him. Mestor, at 8 to /, who vas
in very light weight, won the race. while
j. o. c.. secured the place. Four favorites.
one third choice and one outsider were viii
ners.
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ence. 1t 10 regarded here as at least a
peculiar coincidence that the German gov
nment, while explicitly denying any In
tention OF discriminating against the limited
states in the matter Of life Insurance
companies and meat products, always in
toucning upon the subject ofhcially and
unofaciaIiy make some significant refer
ence TO the alleged discrimination prac-
uced by. the United States against the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15

CHICAGO, Dec. 14-The divorce case OF
Octavia Kibbey against John c. Kibbey
was on trial before Judge Payne to-day.
but as Judge Payne did not consider the
charge clearly proved he held the case
open to read the testimony over. Mrs. Kib-
bey told the court that she married the de-
PENDANT In Michigan. June %. 1887, and lived
with him until June, 1885 She also said
that her husband had run through with
what wealth he formerly possessed. owing
TO grain transactions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
RUNNING RACES.
Handicap at New Orleans Won by Jim
Flood. n Long Shot.

GIOOu. N hOhk snOt
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE special
race of the day was the handicap, which
was landed cleveriy by Irwin & Chinn's
good colt Jim Flood, who opened at the
long price of % to l.. and was backed down
to II to /. summaries: y
First Race-One mile. Miss Perkins, 104
s to .. second; Invade. 1O4, (Mason), 10 to
!, third. Time, 1:43A. Proverb, George W.,
Il. +. Fly, jr.. Beatiice, Idylle and Miss
Mamie also ran
observation-disclosures of a mile. On
alaska, 101 CSherrer), 4 TO /, won; Sauterne,
los G.. Murphy. 4 to 8. second; Lad. %
IT. Powers), 20 to 1, third. Time. 1877. Lii
liam, Equinox. Fr!tzie, Fondest. Inspector
Hunt and Lady Maud also ran. Sauterne
barred for place.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of a mile. Over
ella, 116 q. Murphy, 2 to l, won; Renaud,
100 CIV. Nicks), 20 to /, second; Lucy Belle.
100 E. Ross, 4 TO !. thiri. Time. 1861.
Major Mclaughlin. King Michael, Sir John,
Jack the Jew. Lizzie N, King Elm and F.
c. Nichols also ran.
Fourth-Handicap; mile and seventy
yards. Jim Flood. SO Cd. Davis), II to 1.
won; Booze, 14 (Haml, 6 to !, second;
Buckwa, lis O.. HID, ) to 2, third. Time,
145%. Maurice, Forget, Nicolina, Governor
Sheehan and Sandowne also ran.
Fifth-Six furlongs. Gold Dust. 100 Cay
wood), 3 TO /, won; Ashland, liz w Penny.
S to 1. second; Levena c., O.. Murphy, 9 to
2, third. Time, 1:15%. The Rock, Old Do
minion. Tuscarora, Lena and Spendoline
also ran
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
Interest To BE Paid.

MILWAUKEE,. Dec. 14.-In the United
States Court to-day Judge Jenkins issued an
order directing Receivers Bigelow and Nc
Henry. of the Northern Pacific road. to
meet the interest on the general first mort
gag with sinking fund charges, amount
ing to nearly 81, 7O0,O 600. The order was
granted on a stipulation signed by the Farm
ers' loan and Trust Company, the North
ern Pacific Company and the Adams and
Livingston reorganization committees. The
order is significant, as the general first
mortgage is the big mortgage of the road,
covering the entire property and amount
in TO SAC. 9f3. O00. The interest is payable
s~emi-annually and amount TO more than
81. 600. 900. The total sinking fund charges
under the mortgage amount to about S3f,-
nAa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
Stiu ~sla,hfur Rates.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-THE situation in east
bound freight rates remains as 1t was, and
there seems to be no disposition whatever
TO observe the order of the presidents and
general managers to maintain rates. No
reductions have been reported. but all OF
the lines are now taking grain and pro-
visions at far less than published tariff
rates. Officials OF the Interstate-commerce
Commission have been at work during the
last week gathering evidence as TO the cut
rates. but they have not gathered as much
as they would like. They have not as yet
secured enough TO make a case against any
of the leading roads. The general opinion
seems TO be that the cut rates Will remain
in effect until after the first OF the year at
-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
BrookIyn Jockey Club Stakes.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-The Brooklyn
Jockey Club announces the following stakes
for the spring meeting. 1896. TO close Jan. ?:
For Three-year-olds and Upwards-Brook-
lyn handicap, $4,000. mile and one-quarter;
Brooklyn handicap, 5000, mile and one
sixteenth; Parkway handicap. $1,000. mile
and one-sixteenth: Montauk lightweight
handicap, six furlcngs, Myrtle stakes,
5000. mile and one-sixteenth; Seagate
stakes. 1900. one mile; Patchogue stakes.
1000, six furlongs-
For Observation-Disclosures stakes,
$500. one mile; Montague handicap. 5000.
mile and one furlong; Preakness stakes,
!, 1000, mile and one-sixteenth; Hampstead
handicap. 5000, six furlongs; Falcon
stakes. S2.OO. mile and one-sixteenth; Bay
Side stakes, $1,000, one mile; May stakes,
1900, six furlongs.
For Observation-Disclosures stakes, 5000,
for fllies. half a mile; Glover. stakes. 5000,
for fllies. four and one-half furlongs; Ros-
lin stakes, 1000, for FLIES, five furlongs;
Manhanset stakes. 500. four and one-nalf
furIongs; Hanover stakes, 500, half mile:
Bedford stakes, 5000, four and one-half
furiongs, Seaside stakes, 400. nve fur-
ionQS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
RenevnI of NEGOTIATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE statement
from Berlin that the United States en-
bassy there has begun negotiations looking
10 the amelioration OF the condition OF
the great American insurance companies
which have been 50 hampered by local re-
strictions imposed by the German authori-
ties as 10 be Obliged practically to suspend
business there. hould probably be con-
strued TO mean that ambassador Runyon
is again pressing the attempt already
initiated TO secure this object. When the
diplomatic correspondence OF the past year
II sent 10 Congress and is made public it
will doubtless be found that this matter
has already engaged the earnest efforts OF
the United States government through the
Department OF State and Mr. Runyon.- for
many months and. as a matter OF fact.
the strong reference to this lsuoject by
President Cleveland in his recent message
10 Congress carries the conviction that
he has not permitted the restrictive actions
OF the German authorities to pass without
protest that viii appear IN the corresponds
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15

SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec. lathe grand
jurv returned several indictments to-day,
one being against Mayor Baskin for main
tanning a public nuisance in the nature OF
Imperfect and filthy catch basins. Ex-
Selectman c. n. Roberts was indicted on a
charge OF swearing TO incorrect claims
against the county. Other indictments
II Ramberger and c. p. Cahoon. charging
them with combining to defraud Salt Lake
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
second Vice President of the Erie.

CHICAGO. Dec. Alt has been an
| nounced that w. F. Merrill, at present gen.
efal manager of the Chicago. Burlington e.
Quincy system. is 70 be second vice presi-
dent of the Erie lines. He will remove
10 New York in about three weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15

Attend free lecture s o'clock tonight:
| Tomlinson Hall. Subject: Our Lords