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Works Beautifully,

Well, we've struck it at last, says Cholly
Knickcrbocker in the New York Recorder.
In an experience Of many years have seen
all sorts of advertising lodges, good, bad
and indifferent, but for pure, low down
and on't-care-so-I- get-the-moncy thor
oughness this is the worst, and it is being
practiced at reputable Broadway theater
at that.
Guests at the various hotels have been
receiving perfumcd and delicately tinted
missivcs in feminine handwriting, assur-
ing the recipient that it is the writer
most heartfelt desire to make his acquaint-
ance, but that, having no mutual friends,
it has been a matter of some difficulty.
OF course, the writer is coy and would
not walk up to the gentleman on the street
and grab him by the lapel of his coat, so
she states the evening she will be in a GER
tain thcatcr sitting in certain row.
Nine times out of ten the jay endeavOrs
to buy a seat in that row, and, failing,
buys seat anyhow and spends the rest Of
the evening trying to discover who wrote
him the letter
have heard of a good many schemes,
but this is about as near an approach to
bunkO as ever came under my notice.
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New Telegraphic system.

A new Geographic system has been in
vented for which it is claimed that 200
words minute can be transmitted, and as
much work done with one line as with ten
wires under the existing Morse code and
method. The device, as recorded by En-
cheering Mechanics, is based upon Vi
sion synchronism. The alphabet of 26 let
tiers has been reduced to eight characters,
which are straight lines from which the
letters are formed. The description of the
new process hardly aids the imagination
to conceive of this rapidity. for the mes
sage must first DO written on a typewriter,
connected electrically with "a punching APP
paratus, and the resultant perforated strip
run over the transmitting roller. The
speed of the mechanical contrivance may,
however, be far superior to the deftest
telegraphers fingers, and the simpliflca-
ton of the code may really cause a reyolu-
ton in the Geographic art.-Philadelphia
Record
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A Uniquely Useful Woman.

"a refined widow lady" advertises in
the Boston papers that she is ready, for a
financial consideration, to "lodge and
board respectable husbands, look after
their linen, give them a mothers care if
ILL.," Everything will be done to amuse
and interest them while under her care,
while at the same time discipline will be
maintained and no latchkeys will be al
lowed. Wives need have no apprehension
on that score. There will positively, says
the prospectus, "be no funny business"
A look, a word, will, it is thought, be
enough to quiet, and, if needs be- break
the spirit of the proudest and most bully
ing of husbands. Hundreds Of certificates
as to "thc refined widow lady's' skill in
handling desperate cases can be had.-New
York Tribune.
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The Thumb Test.

A physician in charge of a well known
asylum for the insane says:
There is one infallible test either for the
approach OF the presence of lunacy. If the
person whose case is being examined is
seen to make no use of his thumb, if he
employs it neither in salutation writing
nor any other manual exercise, you may
set it down as fact that that persons
mental balance is gone.
The insanity experts who applied this
test to General Joe Sibley were nonplused
at finding the great silverite with both
thumbs thrust into the armholes Of his
vest. After due reflection they reported,
"Sane as to the thumbs, but crazy as a
tick everywhere else. "-Cincinnati Times
Star.
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LOOKING FOR EARRINGS.
How a Chicago Woman Lost Her valua.
bic Jewelry.


bic Jewelry.
Mrs. J. a. Fox, who was sleeping in her
room in the Charles apartment 1902 Wa.
bash avenue, Chicago was awakened at
dawn by burglar, who had a large knife
in his hand. Without delay he cut a pair
of diamond earrings from her ears, and
after ransacking the apartment made his
escape by the front door, leaving his vic
tim Frustrated by fright.
The burglar was a cOlorcd man. The
booty which he took with him was worth
nearly $500 and included one pair of dia-
mond earrings, one diamond initial ring
set with the letter "F., " one friendship
ring, one gold watch and a pocketbook
containing $40 in currency.
The burglar gained an entrance to the
fiat by prying knife in the casing Of the
front door and springing back the lock
which held it fast He first made n search
of the library. There in writing desk he
found Mrs. Fox's watch. Finding moth
ing else, he took chair and placed it
against the door of the room in which Mrs.
Fox was asleep. Bhen he stCalthily drew
himself up through the transom and let
himself down in the room.
He crept to the bed where Mrs. Fox was
soundly sleeping, and pushing her face
upon one side clipped off one of her car
rings. The woman awokc almost instant
ly. Her eyes were heavy with sleep; but,
seeing a man with a knife in his hand, she
realized her perilous situation and gave
vent to a subduod cry, at the same time
holding her hands to her face to protect
herself.
Don't scream. If you utter sound, 1
will kill you like dog, " said the burglar,
and, after clipping off the other earring,
pulling two rings from her fingers and
taking her pocketbook from under her pill
low, he disappeared, with the warming
"You keep quiet, or I'll plug you. If you
value your life don't open your mouth"
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A Now Snnth Cnrolinn.

at is safe, " asserts the Columbia State,
Ito say that by the end of next year, with
out considering further mill enterprises,
South Carolina will have grand total of
1000, 600 spindles and 10000 LOOMS or al
most fourfold her equipment in 1890"
This estimate includes only the enter
prises that are already assured, and it is
made upon the basis of careful review of
the manufacturing industries of the state
Thirty-four South Carolina cotton mills,
projected or in process of building, were
named in list which was published re-
Gently by The Manufacturers Record and
to this enumeration The State adds two
new mills at Columbia that boast 40, 600
spindles and $3.50, 600 capital. The further
statement is made that there are being
added or are about to be added to the cot
ton spinning equipment of South Carolina
no less than $4,000 spindles, and that,
exclusive of the investments by old mill
companies of their surplus in new mills,
the capital soon to be invested in the cot
ton mill industry will be about SO, 5OO,-
000.-St Louis Globe-Democrat
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A SAMOAN MkLANGA.
It Is n Picnic Which Lasts From q Few
Days to Fortnight.


Days to IA Fortnight.
Cne of the chief amusements in Samoa,
both among natives and Europeans, is go.
ing on "malanga" which means practi.
cally picnic of Il few days to q fortnights
duration. These "malangas" are most
frequently made by boat, going round the
coast from village to village, carrying pres
ents for your hosts and receiving in return
accommodation and entertainment-foo
and provisions being usually taken by the
"malanga" party. A few days may thus
be passed very agreeably at any native vii
lage. Up at daylight, one takes swim
within the protection Of the reef, where
the water is comparatively shallow, and
therefore free from sharks of any danger
Gus size.
During the morning. if the heat be not
too great, one can go out with the natives
in their canoes to the reef, watch them net
or spear their fish, which they do with
great deXterity; collect coral from the shall.
lows inside the outer reef and look down
through the clear water at the emerald
and sapphire colored fish, the variegated
coral the great black slugs SO much ap.
preciated by the Chinese epicure, and all
of the southern Pacific are so rich. After
the midday meal everybody sleeps, or at
least remains in the shelter of his hut till
toward sunset. To search out a comforta.
BILE hut and pleasant companions is the
business, therefore, of the visitor, for the
natives will always welcome their guests
into any hut he may choose to enter, al.
though there is usually special one, call.
ed the guesthouse, set apart for the use OF
strangers.
Now, one can experience the charms OF
the Samoan "lomi-lomi, " which is sim
ply analogous to our massage. The native
girls have beautiful supple fingers, and few
things could.be pleasanter on a boiling hot
afternoon than to lie on the cool mats and
submit ones self to their delicate manipu.
lation. 1t is curious that the system of
massage is found among nearly all savage
races and employed by them as a cure for
headache or any aching of the limbs
Westminster Review
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MILLIONS IN MINES.
Eastern Capitalists Are Now Making Money
From SO Orc.


"Millions of dollars have been invested
in American gold mines during the past
few months" said John McDonough pres
ident of the First National bank of Creole,
Colo. at the Grand hotel the other night.
"a curious proof of the solidity and CON
servatism of the investors is the fact that
they do not allow these deals to be made
public if they can help it, the odium at
tached of late years to the mining business
being so great as to almost affect man S
credit.
"This spring several large gold proper
ties have been purchased by New York
and Boston capitalists, but these men
adopt different method from that in vogue
a few years ago. The days of wildcat min
ing in this country are practically gone.
Investors nowadays first make sure of the
presence of an ore body. They pay for ore
in sight. That is the method which has
made David MOffatt Of Denver and other
miners so wealthy. The capitalist steps in
with the cash required to bring the ore to
the surface
'Sciencc is playing a most important
part in the development of our gold re-
sources. BY the new cyanide and chic
TlHdulOu pfOCtSScS 10 per Ctll VI JuC bOlu III
the rock is saved whcreasAven five years
ago the mine owner was lucky if he saved
20 per cent. Machinery has cheapened and
improved so that instead of men abandon
ing $40 ore they now find it profitable to
work 80 and $40 ore. 1t is not much to
keep, half an ounce out of a ton of rock,
but when that half an ounce is worth $40
it becomes vastly profitable.
IDEALS have been put through this spring
in California, Idaho, Colorado, Montana
and two in Arizona. Some of them run
over 81, 800, 600. In Europe, especially in
Paris, London and other money centers,
there seems to be a mining craze, but that
is for South African stocks, and we do not
want any Of that kind of excitement o' i
here, as it discredits the business aspect IF
the mining world. New York journal
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How He Was Paid.

According to the Italian papers, one of
the principal tenors at the Scala theater
has been paid on rather curious princi-
ple-not for each appearance, but for each
note that he sings, the unit of remunera-
ton in his case being francs. Thus in
one of Mascagnis operas his part contained
go notes, and he was accordingly paid
1880 francs each time he sang in this
opera. However, at the close of the season
the tenor refused to renew his engagement
unless the tariff was raised to francs per
note. This the manager refused to con-
Cede.-London Globe.
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LEFT A DIARY.
And This Suicides Story Shows a NIisspent
Life

And This Suicides Story Shows n Misspent
Life.
A dying man was found in the rear Of
one of the largo hardware stores few
days ago at Hot Springs, Ark. Under his
head was a notebook with two leaves torn
from it, and the shreds of the torn leaves
scattered about. The book bore the name
of John Quinn, Second Colorado cavalry.
The shrods were gathered and the man was
brought to the police station, where he
died. The shreds were pasted together,
and these words were read
81 have come to the conclusion that
have suffered long enough. l have worked
as hard as ever human worked and made
all the promises to myself and nature to
be manly and stop drinking whisky, but
all has ended in disgrace. l am now worse
than usual, and 1 am in pain day and
night. l have chosen the wrong path in
life. What is the use in trying to make
anything out Of myself? do not believe
l am irreligious. l have no friends.
make friends. but cannot keep them. I
was born under an unluCky star. Did If
l am going to stand this any longer. Re-
morse, rcmorse; hope deferred, disgrace,
crushed ambition. 1 blame no one. 1t was
my own fault. am anxious to see how
the world is beyond. Anyway, it cannot
be worse than this one is would have
preferred the morphine route, but am
going to try bleeding"
The man had taken morphine.
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Fooled the Ameer.

1t seems that young Mr.. Curzon, who
married Miss Letter, is not above little
joke. A short time ago, when he was in
Afghanistan, he was so DESTROYS of max
ing an impression on the ameer that he
rugged himself up in the regimentals of q
general The trick worked to charm,
and the ameer seeing the glittering and
imposing uniform, supposed that the
young man was distinguished warrior.
The result was that Mr.. Curzon received
the most marked homage, which he gra-
ciously accepted, fortunately getting out
of the country before the imposition was
discovered. kansas City Star.
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Stocking with Fish.

California is carefully stocking all the
rivers and accessible lakes of the state with
the best varieties of eastern game fish. A
week ago carload of many varieties Of
fish not found naturally in California wa
tiers arrived at Oakland for the breeding
station at Sissons There were many
thousands of fish, and some of the vari
cites were black and white bass, perch,
sunflsh and China catfish.
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One. of she Uses of Shorthand.

Hobes-My stenographer is Invaluable
couldn't get along without one.
Nielly-But you don't have enough cor
rcspondencc to keep a stenographer busy.
Hoblcs-.I know, but de you suppose
I'm going to let the men do business
with know thatH-Chicago Record.
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Lost or Changed Hands.

Five million dollars "were lost, it is
said, in the operations of the Whisky
trust. Were they really "lost?" Did some
body burn them up or sink them in the
seaY Or did they merely change hands, GO
ing from the pockets of one set of schem-
ers into the pockets of another set Of
sohemersY-New York Journal.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-28

field, and few minutes later had the sat
isfaction Of receiving the hearty congratu-
lations of the acronaut, who told me, to
my great surprise, that the parachute
opened within three seconds after leaped.
philadelphia Times.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
when she had Children, she gave them Castoria
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
BiliOusness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12
A POPULAR METHOD.
A TRIO FROM DELPHI.
Came Down to Withdraw Their Loan
Association Investment.

William Donnelly. Michael Ryan and r.
c. Pollard, OF Delphi. came TO the city
last night for the purpose OF Withdrawing
the money they had invested in the Fidel-
lily Building. Loan and Savings Union. The
three men own about seventy shares OF
stock In the association. and Mr.. Ryan rep
resents another Delphi man who owns
thirty-five shares. They came here. they
say. merely to see what kind of an offer
would be made by the association to allow
them TO withdraw. In talking the matter
over last night Mr.. Ryan said they had
not come here for the purpose of making
any demand on the association, report
81 during the evening, but, wishing to
withdraw, had taken the opportunity when
in the city on other business TO ask the
association for its terms of withdrawal.
Neither OF the men believes the suit at
Chicago will injure the finances OF the as
ISOLATION or it's standing. and were averse
to talking or their presence here for fear
II might cause others 10 think they had
become frightened and thus cause a de-
mand for Withdrawals.
The stock OF these three men, together
with some other. was sent down here yes
ter1ay morning In the hands or Mr.. Pig
man. OF Delphi, who presented IL at the
office OF the association. and 1t was prompt
~ paid
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12

placed himself on record as being on the
fence. ready TO drop into the ranks OF the
slverites at any moment. but, 10 prevent
the possibility OF the silver men getting TOO
bold and endeavoring TO have the meeting
indorse free silver. he abruptly moved an
adjournment. which was agreed TO by
Chairman Taggart without the formaiity
or vote. Before the adjournment. how
ever. Mr.. Sheerin managed TO explain that
he had not intended to convey the ldea
that he did not favor allowing the VoteIs
OF the party a word in the making or the
party platform. One OF the amusing incl
dents of the meeting was the speech OF b.
&. Christy, a colored Democrat. WOO was
not called upon for talk, but couid not
be prevailed on 10 sit down when ne
claimed the attention OF the chair. HIS
talk was greeted with considerable laugh
ter that had the ring of derision in H..
'I am proud that 1 am Democrat. ne
began. II am proud that this meeting Is
city-pres:ded over by Tom Taggart. After
the last election, when Mr. Taggart was
so gloriously elected the rest or the
sentence was drowned in the laughter that
followed) 1 was raised a Methodist. and
IL was our practice TO take members into
the church on six months probation
cratic party. A short time ago a man
said 10 me: oh, you are only Democrat
for what you can get out OF the parry
No. SIR said, am not believe the
Republican protection idea is barbarous
You need not say any more, he said; i
know now that you are really Democrat
subscriptions to a Democratic paper. APP
preached one man whom l was told was
a strong Democrat. He said he did not
know about that; that since the last cleo
ton he was not certain. j had TO convince
him that his principles are as good now
as they ever were. Now, / think Things
have come to a pretty pass when negro
has TO go out over the State and teach
Democrats Democracy"
MATTHEW'S ENTHUSIASM LACKING.
The only mention made of the possibility
OF the candidacy of Governor Matthews
for the presidency was made by VIII 4.
English. 1t did not seem to arouse the
feeling that was intended. and no other
person alluded to it. After speaking of the
work done by Tom Taggart, and hoping
that the State Democracy would see fit to
help him up higher. he said that it would
convention to select a Candidate for the
presidency. And l hope they will turn to
Indiana and select her best beloved son,
Claude Matthew'S" he said The remark
the Matthews boom took a backset at
that moment.
one of the first things the meeting did
after assembling was to send the follow
ing Geographic joke:
.'Hon. Josiah Quincy, Mayor-elect, and
the Boston Democracy, Boston, Mass: The
Democracy Of Indiana, this day informally
assembled in conference at Indianapolis,
hereby heartily congratulate. you upon the
glorious victory of Democratic principles in
the city of Boston yesterday. Your tri-
umph shows that the industrial centers of
the country are not all vet ready to be de-
ceived by the false assertion that the DEM
ocratic party is responsible for our present
financial ills, as witness the recent brilliant
Democratic victories in Indianapolis, New
York and Boston"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12

ering shocks of corn. The grain and stubole
show yellow. Just back OF the grain field
are hills and trees. The autumn haze rem
ders the atmosphere a purplish hue. which
deepens in the distance. ''Sycamores of the
Mississinewa' can be readily found in the
collection, for il is unlike any other. The
trees are painted with great fidelity and
their rough, knotted coats make fine bit
OF work. There is PORTRAIT OF Miss H."
This is of Miss Hendricks. 1t is a small
picture, but the pose is very graceful. The
setting is a field in high summer time One
picture Mr.. Steele has named Serenity"
1t truly exemplifles its title. The scene Is a
calm summer day in the marsh lands. with
cows hair deep in the water. A row of
straight trees edges the stream The whole
is most restful and a picture that would
grow on one the longer studied.
Mr.. Steele has entirely revolutionized his
style of painting in the last few years and
can see color effects in scenes never seen
before. The Indiana climate. he thinks. is
particularly rich in color and the laven-
ders, puppies, Colds and pinks which hang
over the landscape with bewildering beauty,
he has caught, and with an artistic instinct
as well as with mastery cultivation he has
given the genuine. natural effect to what
ever he has touched. There are other scenes
than the ones mentioned, scenes Of land
and water, figures and animals. The collec-
ton Will continue on exhibition the re-
mainder of the week and Sunday AFTER
noon. Daylight is needed for a visit to the
studio.