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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25
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NEWTON. Mass. Oct PA wreck oc-
CURED on the Boston & Albany railroad
near Bellevue street, this city, tonight
The accommodation train which left Bos-
ton with three hundred passengers at $40
crashed into the rear of the Milford freight
which was moving into a siding. Five
cars in the rear of the freight were de-
molished and the passenger train was
smashed to pieces. The engineer and fire.
man escaped by jumping No one was
seriously injured. Traffic was delayed for
five hours. The collision was caused by an
fCt,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25
One Killed and Two Injured.

DES MONIES. Ia. Oct. 2i.-The Ruth
den express collided with switch engine
at Valley Junction tonight, IN the Rock
Island Mrs. Mary Hillhouse, of Burling-
ton was killed. Ire Gibson and Frank
English were injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25
INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 1896

mittee TO confer with the executive Off
GERS of the insurance companies TO bring
about the Introduction of a specific clause
in their policy contracts upon the lines sug-
gpSted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Oct. 24.-Said
Fitzsimmons to-day: ''Corbett has acted a
coward and sneak i'm the whole business
and IL / ever meet him I'll tell him so to
weeks training at this place, fight or no
fight.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25
a sneclal Japane.~ Emha..aaer.

YOKOHAMA, Oct. 24-count 1nouyA
who was formerly Japansese Minister In
corea. has started again for Corea as tho
special ambassador. Thirty-six fo<hi were
arrested on the arrival OF JJina from
Corea.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-25
MoNoN ROUTE
tIepisvule. New Albany 6 Chicago Ry. Coz
THE
CHICAGO

SHORT LINE
LEAVE INDIANAPOLIS.
Ho- -1-Cbicago Limited Pullman vestiouied
coacnsx farlor and Dining Cars, daily II 80 am
Aure chicago. $50 pm
tbuled Coaches aud siespers. daily 49,. 49,. ls3s am
Arfiye Coicaeo. tao an
sunday 4oopm
ARRIVE Az INDIANAPOLIS.
Sc <-xestibn!e. daily s.s5 pm
Se. eskiou!e. oeny Ss2S AIN
No.e-Nenon Accommodation daily, except
sunday li2o AIN
full..s1n Nestlpule sleeper CnIcago stands at
west end Union station and be taken az SD p M
For snrtbsr Information cali Ticket once. No .
West Wascs sfon street, Jnton station and Massachu-
setfs asenn>
GEO W. HAYLER. ID. r. =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
The L,ugh of q Child.

The laugh of child will make the
hottest day more sacred still. Strike
with the hand of fire, oh weird must
clan, thy harp strung with Apollo's
golden !. hair, fill the vast cathedral
aisles with symphonies sweet and dim;
deft TOUGHER of the organ keys; blow,
bugler. blow, until the silver notes do
touch and kiss the moonlit waves and
charm the lovers wandering mid the
vine-clad hills. But know your
sweetest strains are discords all COM
pared with cllildhood's happy laugh
the laugh that fills the eyes with light
and every heart with joy. o ripping
river Of laughter, thou art the blessed
boundary line between beasts and
men, and every hayward wave of thine
doth drown some fretful fiend of care
% laughter, rose-lipped laughter Of
joy. there are dimples enough in thy
cheeks to catch and hold and glorify
all the tears of grief. Colonel Inger-
soil.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
A FIGHT WITH A CAT.
Worse Than Hunting Tigers and the
Bears of the Polar Region.

Worse Than Hunting Tigers and the
Bears of the Polar Region.
Il have hunted tigers in India and
polar bears in the regions of eternal
snow, but the worst fight I ever had
was with a common house cat. I had
fine black cat of unusual size that l
kept in the store to discourage mice.
One day Tom disappeared and was
gone during the entire summer. When
he returned with the advent of cold
weather it was easy to see that he had
been prowling in the woods. He had
become wild and savageAand when I
attempted to caress him he bit me. /
determined to punish him for that lit
tie pleasantly, and procuring switch
followed him into the store house and
shut the door. Now, tom cat that
fights at fifteen pounds is no despica-
able antagonist, and l soon realized
that fact. He would spring for my
face and would knock him back, los
ing considerable cuticle at each round.
Finally he fastened his teeth in the
side of my neck, and it required all
my strength to choke him off. When
I succeeded in doing SO was afraid to
let go of him, and he tore my arms
terribly with his claws finished
him at last, but looked as though
had been run through threshing
machine. Hereafter when attempt
to chastise a cat 1 will procure suit
of armor and a club studded with
brass nails
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
A Business ,yoman,s CONTEMPT.

A certain Boston business woman
often takes letters and packages to the
post Office to be weighed. AS often as
she has done so she has been impressed
anew with the weak and trivial curl
osity Of the male mind, for every time
she handed in something to be weighed
the busy man in charge stopped to
turn it over and read the address.
Sand they talk of the curiosity of wo-
mem" she scornfully thought. A few
days ago she repeated the experience
up toa certain point. The variation
began when the examining male said
cheerfully: ut would be good idea,
wouldn't it, for you to put on here the
town these papers are going to? Yes,
certainly; I'll write it for you; I've
saved 500 ladies' letters from being lost
in the last three weeks by looking to
see if they were directed all right. I
don't bother about the men, but / al
ways look at the ladies' letters" And
the crushed business woman walked
away with all the quiet dignity she
could master,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
TO BE CONTINUED.
Gypsy Witches.

To become q witch the gypsies be-
lieve a woman must take instruction
in witchcraft from a witch, often for
years, and in payment must every
day give her drop of blood from the
little finger of her left hand A de-
moniacal spirit enters the woman
after the prescribed rites have been
performed, and this spirit can, if the
witch wills it. and in the form Of
some beast. do harm wherever the
witch sends him. AS worm or small
snake he can crawl into the body Of
sleeping mortals and cause sickness
and even sudden death. Therefore.
in sleep one must;not keep his mouth
open. and with the tent gypsies it n
every ones duty to cover the open
mouth OF q sleeper, even though he DO
deadly foe, with rag or else wake
him M
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
Sound Adyice.

A sensible bit Of advice was given
by colored man NOT long ago. to y
quarrelsomc friend. 1t was in brick
yard and two of the workmcn had q
dispute which ended with blows.
In the skirmish one Of them was
hurt, and the employer, who saw the
end Of the fight. and was a man of
more temper than discretion, advised
him TO get a warrant for the Other's
arrest
While the matter was under discus
sion. colored man who had seen the
whole affair made his way To the In.
jured party and said:
"You don't want Z get no warrant
Jim! You get yo'self two pieces q
plarster good Wig ones. on put one
piece on yn' hAde. M do oder ON ya'
monf. IN You'll be MI right"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
The Change in Pianos.

( Pianos have undergone q remarka-
BILE change in style lately, says q st.
Louis music dealer. Time was when
the square piano occupied the best
room in every respectable home; now
it is out of date and absolutely unsala.
BILE, except at a large discount. The
upright piano has supplanted even the
grand square. and we sell them no
more. Now and then we have a Gus
toner from the country who has not
studied the styles in pianos, but there
are no square pianos in stock. and any
orders for them have to be specially
filled. This makes them cheaper than
ever before in the history of piano
manufacture, and suppose for that
reason alone there will be people
ready and willing to buy them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
The Bottle-Post.

The Inhabitants of the small group
of islands called Vestmannaenjar,
situated to the. south of Iceland, DOS.
sess very curious method of commu-
nication in their so called 'bottle-p post. ;"
When the wind blows from the south
and one of the islanders wishes to
communicate with the mainland, he
puts his letters into a well-corked bot
tie, and to insure their delivery, he in
serts at the same time a plug Of twist
tobacco or cigar The wind speedily
impels the bottle to the shore of the
mother island, where the people are
generally on the lookout, who are
willing to deliver the contents of the
bottle IN return for the enclosed re-
Enumeration.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
Dogs in China.

Dogs in China are chiefly despised,
except as house watchers. A black
dog with yellow eyebrows is valued as
a first-rate house-dog: but white one
with black eyebrows will bring bad
luck to Its owner. A ''lion dog"-be-
longing to the small shaggy northern
breeti-will bring good fortune; while
the only zeal canine pet is the sleeve
dog so called from being small
enough to lie in the capacious sleeve.
Retrievers. are apparently unknown,
while greyhounds are lanky and slow.
Common canine names are ''Jawel. /"
Pearl, y "Blackie," "Blacls Dragon, !"
and yellow Ear
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
Deafne., Can Not he Cured

by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an iniamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets inflamed you have .
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is tho
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
shst not BE- cured by Halls
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, q.
eB Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Tamily Pills 25c -
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05

s'There is a card attached, if the ex.
cellenze will be pleased to look
did look. was myiswife'S visit
ing card. and on 1t was written In her
own delicate penmanship: i
'',ro remind the conte Of his prom
ised visit tomorrow"
A sudden anger possessed me.
crumbled up the dainty glossy bit Of
pastehoard and flung 1t aside. The
mingled odors Of the fruit and flowers
offended my senses.
II care nothing for these tribes" I
said. addressing Vincenzo almost Inn
patiently. Take them to the little
daughter Of the hotelkeeper; she is
child, she will appreciate them. Take
them away ut once
Obedtently yincenzo lifted the has
ket and bore it from the room. was
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
a Turkish Serpent sup.,rst,t,..,..

The people OF all serpent ri1ld en-
countries have many charms, spells
ana lamentations which they repeat or
perform for the purpose Of exOxcisino
s'lch obnoxious visitors In Turkey
everybody from the sultan totlae gam.
min appeals 70 the Serpent King
Chnh' Miriam. When they conc In con.
tact with u serpent the frat exclnnpa.
tion IL: "ln the name OF chah. Miriam
go away and hide thyself." or course.
Chah- Miriam has been dead for CENTURIES.
but the Turk argues that tho serpent
DO not know this. II they know that
they were no longer under his intiu.
enc" they would destroy che whe!.
amman race
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
KILLED ~ RAILROADS.
Tho Number OF People Sacriflcotl ON the
Iron Bands OF Travel.

rho Number OF People Sacrificed ON the
Iron banda of Travel.
statistics show that 10. 600 people
employed in the railroad service are
either killed or disabled for life every
year in the United States" said H. w.
Harris, of Kansas City. 'This Is an
enormous death and casualty rate,
and if 1t originated from any other
cause it would set all the sentimental.
lists and philanthropists wild. It ex-
cecds by fur the number killed and
wounded in nearly every battle Of the
civil war, with few exceptions The
country is terribly shocked by rail-
road accident in which o half dozen or
more people lose their lives, but very
little attention is paid to the list of
casualties among railway employees
which is greater by thousands, than
that of the travellers on the roads.
'When smash-up occurs and few
people are injured every crank in the
United States DO BIS up with a denunci-
alton of the carelessness of the roads
management and q suggestion as to
how to avert accidents in the future.
Why don't these people pay little at
tention to the deaths that occrue to
thousands of men while in the dis
charge of their duties as railway en-
ployes and conjure some method to
remedy the defects in the, system
which causes them? Something more
than air~brakes and automatic
couplers is needed to make the work
of the railroad man less hazardous,
and perhaps the statistics to which l
refer will set the people to thinking"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
The First Lesson of an Arab Boy.

The very first lesson which an Arab
baby learns when he begins to talk Is
to keep facts to himself. 1t does not
sound very friendly. put in that way,
but it saves deal of trouble. For
eigners do not understand Arabs. They
ask them pointed questions and re-
ceive peculiar answers. They construe
the answers to please themselves, and
come away to tell the world that the
Arabs are nation of liars. They are
not nation of liars. Perhaps If they
should tell the foreigners to mind their
own affairs and let them and theirs
alone the foreigners would understand
them better.-"Yamoud," by Henry
Willard French, in st. Nicholas.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
\ RICHMOND EXPERIENCE.
A Young Society Man Had to Help His
Girl Through the Window.

Girl Through the Window.
A well-known young society man of
Richmond had rather queer ex-
perience one evening lately, which
came very near bringing him grief.
He was visiting a young lady friend OF
his, and the evening being very
pleasant he suggested short stroll.
The young lady agreed, and they both
went out for walk.
They returned about half an hour
later, when. much to their surprise,
they. found the house tightly shut up.
the rest of the family in the meantime
having left their abode. A council of
war was at once held, and the young
lady, being DESTROYS to enter her home,
her admirer climbed up to the parlor
window, which he was fortunate
enough to raise, thereby gaining ad-
mission to the building.
Having so much accomplished, the
rest was comparatively an easy matter.
He handed out chair. and he was
just about to assist the young lady to
climb into the house by means of the
window when blue coated policeman
put in an appearance, who. from
across the street, had watched the
rather peculiar actions of the young
man.
Recognizing, however, in the young
lady the daughter of the owner of
the house which had been entered in
such strange manner, the officer at
once took in the situation and desisted
from an involuntary separation of the
young couple, which he had planned
by the arrest of the would be burglar.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
Deacon nnd Moon.biner

Louisville, Nov. 2S.-Reports from
Union county, Tenn, say revenue Of
ficer has captured a still, twenty per-
sons and thousand gallons of whis-
ky. The still was run near a church.
and deacon of the church was the
leader OF the moonshiners.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05

Howard, y. d.. Nov. 2S,-rAfter being
IN the Jury room nifty l0urs the tury
returned u verdict Of nnnslnngI,tcr IN
the first dcgrce IN 9ne O'Brlcn. who
Killed I,cnnls Sn)tirr3 iaH. September,
me jude" ."nicrcc,. lin 10 tIyo years
IN tie pef.liestiGrr
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
Quadruple Murder,

Paris, Tex, Nov. 2S.-Further de-
tails show that four people were found
murdered on q boat adrift in Red
river instead Of one. as was reported.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-12-05
"snail's Pace"

"SnatI0 race.
What is snail's pace? Some Floren-
tine experts in snailology, finding time
hanging heavily on their hands, con-
ceiyed the idea of accurately calculat-
ing the travelling speed Of snails, and,
with this end in view, it was decided
to make u series Of more or less elab-
crate experiments. Half a dozen OF
the mollscs were permitted to crawl
between two points ten feet apart.
Exact time was kept from the start to
the finish. and thus the average pace"
was ascertained. The eXperimentcrs
reduced their figures into tables OF
feet, and thus found that it would take
a snai! exactly fourteen days to travail
a mile.-Glasgow Weekly Mail.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-03-07

BOLIVAR ARRuzA g. COMP.-Co-
MERCIANTEs IMPORTADOREs DE PROvIsIO-
s.--VENTAS AL POR MAYOR.--Agen-
tes de la marca de cigarrillos Gel Pajari-
to" de la fabrica de f6sforos de Santur-
ce, marca ''Bolivar.---19 de. Diciembre de
1894.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05
VIII the Bicycle supersede the
Horsee
From Harper's Weekly.

In spite of the frequency of the allega-
ton that the bicycle has superseded the
horse, there seems to be just as many
driving accidents this season as usual. 1t
seems, indeed, as If there were rather more
than usual, so that the possibility suggests
itself that the horse gets somewhat less
exercise than in former years, and is
friskier in consequence. In considering the
effect of the bicycle mania on the popu-
larity of the horse, ii is worth while to re-
member that not one person in ten who
rides a bicycle now ever owned a horse
or was ever an important patron of livery
stables. To most bicyclists the bicycle is
not a substitute for other means of loco
motion but is a clear gain, giving them
means of going where they will, whereas
before they had practically no such means
except their own legs and the street cars
People who can afford to keep horses for
pleasure seem very generally to continue
TO keep and use them. though, TO be sure,
they have bicycles too, and their horses
have rather more idle days than they used
to have.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05

Liverpool, July 4.-Cotton quiet, prices
easy; American middling, 3%d; sales
5000 bales; American, 100 bales; specula-
ton and export 500 bales; receipts, 5000
bales; American, $500 bales.
Futures opened easy; demand moderator
American middling lower middling clause
Juy-August, 3.4; August-September 3.46
Observation-Disclosures, 347d3.46; October-No-
vember. 34S; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 3.49;
December-January. 3.5Od3 49q3.5O; Janua-
ry-February, 3.5163. 52G3.51 February
March, 3.53 Futures quiet at the decline
4 P. m.-July, 3.44d3.45; July-August,
344d345; August-September 3.46d3.47:
vember 34sd349; acknowledgements,
349d350; December-January, 3.50G3.51;
January February, 3.5ld3.i2; February
March, 1853 sellers: March-April 3.54q3.J5 /:
April-May, 3.55613 56. Futures closed quiet
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05
SNAKES FOR BREAKFAST.
Assertion That Gen. A. j. Smith
Cooked Them in Arizona.

From the st. Louis Star Sayings.
A grizzled old veteran, who has been
manifestly improving his mind, remarked
10 a reporter: ct know who was telling
you that Georgia soldier story you printed
awhile ago. 1t must have been Gen. A.
J. Smith, or somebody he told it to.
spotted it by the rattlesnake mention.
Now, the story of Gen. Smith and the rat
tlesnakes has never been told. 1t wasn't
until long after the Mexican war that he
found out how good snake meat was TO
eat, and at first he was just as prejudiced
against it as you'd be if you were offered
one for the first time. 1t was just like
this. / was along, and I know: They haG
lot of trouble about that strip of land
that we finally bought from Mexico after
Inc Guadaloupe treaty, and A. J. Smith,
mink he was lieutenant then-was sent
down by the government to see about it.
lie had a party of about twenty-five
oough-boys, and they were out of meat,
and out of pretty near everything else.
II was in the bad lands of Arizona, and
me and a couple of other men was pros
pecung through the country, eating what
we could catch, watching that the Apaches
dldnt catch us, and laying up of no treas
ure, save what we was storing in heaven.
we had caught about Ave big rattlesnakes
the way you go to catch a rattlesnake is
10 pin his head down with a forked stick
ana then stand on him SO he can't bite
himself while you kill him. We had the
snakes all skun and cooking over the fire
with couple of twigs bent to carry the
gravy down into the skillet, and a stone
ol pone baking on the other side, when up
comes Gen. Smith. We had spotted him
long ways off, but seeing he was evidently
white man, we just put another snake on
ana added some more corn meal and said
nothing
Nod, men, I've been smelling the sup
got?
Only just some snakes
smith was a young officer just from
tle Point then, and he thought we were
,Goading but the more he looked at the
.ohg black bodies curling in the heat
sae more he felt we were playing it
Straight.
Whatever are you giving meT he
asked asked. Are you going to eat them
',ngs" and Are they sure snakes"
O.. Ihey sure are rattlers.'
smith smelled at them, and they
s1Ie did smell good, and finally he says:
noys' If that was some of the fricaseed
Ipeht that tempted Eve in the garden,
a N screwed up to eat it. Pass over the
wi! IN pone and the dripping.
lie made so good a meal that we had TO
~ on another snake fore we were all
s saeied. Then Smith questioned us about
,naAe cooking and catching, and we
armed him not to eat meat that showed
zen marks when skun. He made a
o "A0 1 lot of notes in his pocketbook, got
W., u ms horse and went away, after emp
"ing his bottle into us.
n, heard he fed his command largely
IA IN snakes after that, and to this day
o,.,i pet he'd sooner have RATHER than
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05

charleston, S. c., July ARRIVED schoon-
srs Jacob Reed. Bunker, Boston; Fannie
Brown. Lamson Richmond; S. b. Marts
VcElwee, Baltimore; Priscilla, Scribner,
Van Glider, Philadelphia.
Sailed-Schooner Laura NJ. Lunt Peck,
New York.
Powell HOdgkins, Charleston; schooner
Robert A Snyder, Guthrie, Charleston.
Baltimore, July 2.-Cleared, schooner
Fannie Richie, Buckaloo, Charleston.
Philadelphia, July ARRIVED, schooners
Margaret A. May, Jarvis, Savannah;
Frank Vanderherchen, Crawford, Savan-
nah.
Cleared Schooner Harriet c. Kerlin,
Dutch Savannah.
Brunswick, Ca, July 2.-Cleared, bark
Angles (Sp), Ribas, Ferrol.
Dungeness, July Passed, ship Balti-
more Ger, Hillmann, Savannah for Har-
burg; I'd, bark Solveig (Nor), Gjertsen, Sa-
yannah for Rotterdam.
Dublin, June 29.-Arrived. steamer Yox-
ford (Br), Horsley, Port Royal S. c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05
TELEPHONE ON THE STAGE.
II Is Proposed to Give the President
"A Free show Every Night.
From the New York World

Washington, July IA plan is under
consideration for telephone connection
between the Lafayette Square Opera
house. now in course of construction, and
the white house.
1t is said that recent experiments have
demonstrated that the plan is entirely
feasible, so that the President and his
family can. by turning a switch. hear
the voices on the stage and the music
as clearly as though they were in the
opera house.
Another device in the same line is pro-
posed for the benefit of deaf people who
attend the theater II is said that a num-
Der of chairs will be supplied with ad-
Unstable ear pieces, which will be almost
invisible, and through which every word
uttered upon the stage may be distinctly
heard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05
sAILED YEsTERDAY.

steamship Manitou (Br), Genoa.
Bark Wappaus Ger, Hamburg.
Rark Orient CRus), Trieste.
schooner Fannie L. Child, Fall River.