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

Council prohibits bicyclIsts from carrying
on their machines any child under the age
Of six years.
John Greenwood. the first American dem
washington TWO The first 81 wss made In 49,
and five years later he made another set
The plates are OF gold and the workman
ship or superior quality.
There are now nearly eleven million Rom
an Catholics in Russia, about one in ten OF
the whole population. In the former king
dom of Poland they form three-qnarters OF
the population. ST. petersburg contains
5000 and Moscow 1900 Catholics.
A Chinese doctor Is employed-bg the fam
lies by the year at a rate, according 70
their means and his reputation, OF one
cent or five cents day. long as every
falls Ill the doctors pay stops until health
is fully restored
One dollar for nearly a year of very hard
work was all that the crew Of the whaling
bark Lydia received when they were paid
of IN San Francisco last week. They
worked for their food and a share IN the
profits OF the cruise, and this season has
been the worst whaling season. in many
years.
Several substances. whose odor is to West
ern nostrils exceedingly repugnant are
highly esteemed in the East as perfumes.
In Persia and Afghanistan, asafetida is
considered a delicate perfume. and many
luxurious persons carry a quantity OF IL
IN their pockets or in a bag suspended from
The largest permanent store OF coined
money in the world is in the Imperial War
Treasury OF Germany. a portion saved for
emergencies from the f2o,0000 900 paid by
France after the Franco-Pruss.an war. and
locked up IN the julius tower OF the fortress
OF Spandau. 1t amounts TO the value OF
f6,0000J0.
An interesting relic was discovered near
san Bernardino Cal. last week. IT Is an
immense sculptured arrow head. four feet
four inches long. and weighing more than
two hundred pounds. II Is of blush gran
lite, and shaped in perfect imitation of the
smaller arrow heads frequently found in
that region.
Owing to sea freight. expensive landing
and carriage after arrival at port Of deliv-
cry. the coal consumed at the Kimberly
diamond mines. South Africa. became the
most costly on record. the average price per
ton being go. These Goals originally cost
at the pit mouth but los. The highest price
ever paid for coal in England was between
1900 and 1870. when II cost e lbs Sd per ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
A Well Authenticated Case I'm Mrs
Phelps-Ward's Family.

PheIps-Ward's Family.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. in McClure's Mag
azine
The other grandfather was not distin-
guished as a scholar; he was but an ortho-
dox minister of ability and originality, and
with vivacious personal history OF him
/ knew something From his own lips came
thrilling stories of his connection with the
underground railway of slavery days: how
he sent the sharpest carving knife in the
house, concealed in a basket of food, to
hidden fugitive slave who had vowed
had come North in IS search of him. II was
a fine thing that throbbing humanity
could in those days burst the reformer out
of the evangelical husk, and learned my
lesson from IL.
From his own lips, too. heard the ac-
counts of that extraordinary case of house
possession of which 0ike Wesley this in
nocent and unimaginative country min
lister, who had no more faith in "spooks"
than he had in Universalists, was made
the astonished victim.
Night upon night have crept gasping to
bed and shivered for hours with my head
under the clothes. after an evening spent
in listening to this authentic and fantastic
out into the air from the mantelpiece.
and back again: how the chairs of sceptic-
al visitors collected from all parts of the
country to study what one had hardly
then begun to call the phenomena" at
the parsonage at Stratford. Conn. hoped
after the guests when they crossed the
room: how the dishes at the table leaped.
and the silver forks were bent by unseen
hands, and cold turnips dropped from the
solid ceiling: and CHASTITY images were
found. composed of underclothing proved
to have been locked at the time in drawers
of which the only key lay all the while in
DR.. Phelps's pocket: and how the myster-
ious agencies. purporting by alphabetical
raps upon bed head or on table to be in
torments of the neither world, being asked
what their host could do to relieve them,
demanded piece OF squash pie.
From the old mans own calm hands,
within a year or two of his death. i re-
ceived legacy OF the written journal of
these phenomena as recorded by the VIC
tim from day 10 day. during the seven
months that this mysterious misfortune
dwelt within his house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
A LINCOLN Renaissance.
How He Risked His Life and Saved
Two Comrades from Drowning.
azine. for December.

McC1ure,s MAXINE. for December.
The iatboat was done in about a month,
and Mr.. Lincoln and mis- friends prepared
10 leave Sangamon. Before he started,
however, he was the hero of an adven-
ture so thrilling that he won new laurels
in the community. Mr. Roll. who was a
witness to the whole exciting scene. told
our representative the story as follows:
1T was the spring following the winter
of the deep snow. Walter Carman. John
Seamon, myself, and at times other of the
Carman boys, had helped Abe in building
the boat, and when we had finished we went
to work 10 make a 'dug-out,' or canoe, TO
be used as a small boat with the fiat. The
river was very high, fairly booming
took = II TO the edge of the water and
made ready TO let her CO. when Walter
CarmanN and John Seamon jumped in as
the boat struck the water. each one anx-
ious 10 be the first to get a ride. As they
shot out from the shore they found they
were unable 10 make anv Roadway against
the strong current. Lincoln shouted to
them TO head I'D stream and work back
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08

New York Weekly.
Billson-Going to build a new house. Ell?
What style OF architecture?
Jimson-Well IL won't be In more than
three or four styles. 1 have only one ar
chitect
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Finding n Name for IL.
Washington Star.

Look here" said the publisher TO the
author, this story or yours hasn't any plot
In particular 81 know it," was the reply
Pm afraid II hasn't And there isn't
any pathos or tragedy In it, mot a bits'
"Well, what are we going 10 do with IL?
How VIII we designate it?'' Suppose" re-
piled the author. after deep thought sup
pose we call 1t a satire
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
The wife for Him.


New York Weekly.
Candid Friend-I say, Chatterton, you
ought to marry an intellectual woman.
Chatterton 0much pleased)-Do you think
so? Why?
Candid Friend-so that your children will
have some brains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08

One day Love dropped an arrow from his
CULVER. short. stout little lady picked IL
it's owner.
"Ah Sweetheart said Love. you shall
have your reward" and he shot the arrow
at a man who was passing.
And the man. alas. was tall and slim.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
impossible.
Washington Star.

Nike" said Flooding Pete. eff you had
twenty-dollar bill, would you blow IL in?"
Nope" said Meandering Nike; Il
couldn't blow 1t In. Havin' twenty 'ud
take me breath away
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
The Consideration. Waiter.

New York Weekly.
Waiter Ito cook)-Steak for onel Gent
don't want it raw ner he don't want it
burnt black"
Cook (angrily)-Is that what he said?
Waiter-No, not exactly, / asked him
how he wanted Ii an he said medium"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
New Budget.


do try the honey. uncle; it's all home
made"
Dear mel I'd no idea your father kept
a haa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Willing to Change.
Hs ~ C"Hse'
New York Weekly "a

Mrs. De Fadd-The latest fashion Is to
have the piano built into the wall
Mr.. De Fadd (wearily)-Well, that's SEN
sible. Let's wall up ours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
HUMoR OF THE DAY.
A Rural visitor.
Puck.
Astonished.

Jerome-What has Strayoff been doing
with his eyes to make them look so bad?
BasSett-Seeing the town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Connensafion.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
(, bread, 5.
And the stairway is long thy feet must
tread,
But the food is sweet that is hardly won
And the view nest fair when the climb
ings done
indianapolis. May w. Donnan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Limitations.
Detroit Tribune.

"A clergyman" they argued. sis not re-
stricted. He can say what he thinks"
But the victim of a donation party which
ate more than it brought, shook its heat
There were linguistic Limitations TO oe
considered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
A Difference.
Life.

And did he say ne remembered me when
| was a grip
mo; he said he remembered you when he
was a how
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08

Harpers Bazaar.

HARPER BdIdr. \
Violinist (proudly)-The instrument shall
use at your house tomorrow evening, Mein.
Herr, Is over two hundred years oft.
Parvenu-Oh, never mind that 1t Is good
enough. No one will know the difference.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
A Brilliant Success.

First Actor ION the Rialto)-Why, how de
do, Buskin? Where have you been?
Second ActOr--On a Western tour
First Actor-Was II a success?
Second Actor-Cfloriousi Immense. Bril-
liant success! Why, sir. We came back by.
rail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Joke.
London Wonder.

London Wonder.
Miss Priscilla Vane (of Chicago)-And
what is your brother doing, Lord Temple?
Lord Temple fancy my brother will
take orders when he leaves Oxford
Miss Vane-Oh, why don't you tell pa; he
would send him on the road for his firm
right away, without waiting for a diploma
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
The Old Flag.


The old flag fioateth bravely over land and
over sea-
May 1t furl no more forever In the centu-
ries to be-
AS a beacon to the trampled be its burst of
rainbow dyes.
AS a precious bow Of promise be 1t to
humblast eyeSi
And as brother unto brother
Wheresoever they may meet
May the Mortimer and the Southmen
Feel whenever they shall greet
The old flag fioateth bravely, and It fioateth
for US all.
May the hand that would defile II by a
blightng palsy fall
AS # led the fathers onward to a glory that
was grand,
1t will bind the sturdy children of a re-
united landi ,.---
Meath its gorgeous fold, as brothers
Wheresoever they may meet
May the Mortimer and the Southmen
Feel whenever they shall greet!
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Fast.
Detroit Tribune.


1--WE live in a rapid age" observed the
Woman Who Never Did Thing.
''Ah, yes, rejoined the Woman Who Did
Fancy Work.
All would have been we'll had not the
Obtrustve Personality ventured the opinion
that any age after thirty is apt to seem
rapid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08

Phila ielphia Record.


Teecher-Speli tray"
Little Mary-T-r-a-y.
remainsT'
be washed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Mason. Ill
Dawn and Dusk.

When myriad golden censers turn
Above a world Of murk,
Then palaces TO prisons turn.
And rest is lost In work.
When pink and silver chariots ride
Through heaven--twelve abreast,
:, Then prison portals open wide
To palaces OF rest.
Emma Carleton
New Albany, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08

Halls Hair Remover is the natural REM
edy for gray hair. dandruff and badness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08

5.ss 80 An Old Song.
/ (The Song of Solomon, v. 2-5)
Love, 1 have wandered a weary way,
a weary way for thee,
The east is wan with the smile OF the day
Open thy door to me!
My hair is wet with the dew of the night
7 That falls firm the cedar tree;
The shadows are dark; but the east Is
~ light
Open thy door to me!
The stones of the road have bruised my
feet,
The hours till morn are three;
Thou that hast spikenard precious, sweet
Open, thy door TO me!
Stay not thy hand upon the lock,
Nor thy fingers on the key,
In the breeze before morn the tree-tops
rock
Open thy door TO me!
My love is the fairest the only one,
The choice of her house Is she;
The height OF the heaven hath seen the
sun
Open thy door to me!
The holy kiss of my lips and thine
Shall the sun have grace to see?
The hours foregone' Of the night are nine
Open thy door to me!
H. c.. Bunner
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
Cripple Greek Gold Fields

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14
Total Loss Of Memory.

A very curious instance of those sud-
den and total losses of memory which
raise such perplexing and appalling
problems as to the nature of the person
atty of man is reported this week from
Brighton. While sitting on the sea front
a woman felt something break in her
head. She thereupon became unable to
tell her name, address or anything con
nected with her past life. She is at pres
ent in the Brighton workhouse, her CON
tinual cry being, "Oh, shall get my
memory again?' Her clothing does not
contain single mark or initial whereby
she might be identified. She is respect
ably dressed woman, apparently fairly
well to do. The following is her descrip-
ton: Age about Sc; dressed neatly in
black; appears to be nurse or compan-
ion; we'll educated; wears a wedding
ring.
We hold, and it seems to us are bound
to hold, that the notion of life beyond
the grave which will not be endowed
with memory of this life is tantamount
to humiliation. But if the state of this
poor woman is permanent, then she has
already suffered a sort of annihilatiou,
though of course death may revive her
lost faculty. Still, if she goes on living
she will in effect be another person, and
how are these two personalities to be
linked and reconciled! In truth, the
whole thing is one of the most soul shak-
ing of mysteries. London Spectator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14

Hadrians villa, near Tivoli. which
was soyen miles round, and Diocletian's
'rctreat." the rains OF which form the
town Of spalato, show the Roman taste
for tho country run wild and grown
monstrous. After the empire fell, for
awhile terror and insecurity drove men
10 stay in towns when they could nor
build for themselves fortified castles
tho antitbesis Of the villa But with
the first opportunity tho old loyo reap
pcared. In other countries the castle
gave birth TO tho exclusive country seat.
where the great noble lived as king
The town house, IL there was ono. was
q secondary affair; often there was none.
as is the case to this day in Austria and
Hungary. In Italy. on tho other hand,
there was reversion 20 the Roman ar.
rangement; the house IN tde city was
the most important, but il was supple
menled by moro or less numerous. more
or less splendid, villas. Not 10 have
two honses was destitution; hence the
crown Of villas around any chernctcfis-
tieally Italian town-Brescia or Niccnza
or Trento.
The uniraveled Italian looks IA nmazo-
ment at the well to do Englishman who
admits that ho has only ono home. An
italian ''person Of quality" who was
obliged for the sake Of economy to spend
all the year at his villa might complain.
as Browning make him complain. but
were be forced to pass II months in tho
vaunted city square there would posi-
bly, be suicide instead Of signs This
time tho poet, who dived deep in the
Italian mind, only brings to the surface
half IA truth. -Conteinuorary Review.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14

shoes formed no part of her wardrobe
When her majesty crossed the street on
a wet day, the foreign residents of her
capital were treated to spectacle which
amused them, but which the natives
gazed at with awe and reverence. I'm
der these circumstances it may be imag-
ined that her majesty was very much
panied when she had to go to war with
the French, the source of all her finery.
But they proposed to annex her country,
and she had TO make a stand. She ha-
rangued her people in the streets of her
capital, Antananariyo, and told them it
was holy war, and made them swear
to follow to the death. At the first en-
counter with the French they showed
themselves useless.
Now, after march into the interior
Of Madagascar, during which they snf-
fered terribly from disease and other
hardships. the French have arrived at
Antananarivo, the capital. At first the
queen fled to the forest. Her supply of
Worth dresses had been getting low, and
she was i'll rags. On this account, proba
bly,, she has come to terms with the
French. IL is announced that she will
be permitted to reign as queen under
French protection, but that her husband,
who is likely to be more dangerous to
their interests, will be banished from
the island. The queen will have money
enough to buy reasonable number of
dresses. She is good looking, having
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14
South African Joys.

A correspondent writes from johann
nesburg Money can be made here, but
the conditions are terrible Talk about
South Africa being health resort or
general worlds sanitariuml Rubbish
1t is only the very strong, those with
sound constitutions, who can survive, in
Johannesburg, at any rate. The terrible
things here are the dust storms. The
dust is mixed with filth from a town in
which there is next to ne sanitation,
and also with cyanide from the mines,
and that, entering the lungs, produces
pneumonia-fatal in few hours. The
dust storms are so bad at times that they
are comparable to London fog. Just
now they are particularly bad, as we
have had no rain since March or April
Il forget which-and about half the
population is sick with some ailment or
another. However, when the rains come
we shall see marvellous change-then
the climate will be one of the finest in
the world. AT present the candles are
melting from the heat. - London
Realm
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14
THE Ex-ouEeN OF MADAGASCAR.
A Remarkable Woman, Who Goes Bare
footed In Worth Gowns.

A Remarkable Woman, who Goes Bare
footed In Worth Gowns.
The defeated queen of Madagascar,
the third largest island in the world. is,
according to the London Woman, one of
the most interesting women Of the mo-
ment. 1t is true that she has lately been
in trouble, but it seems now that the
chivalrous French government will
leave her almost as well off as ever. Her
majestys great charm lies in the orig
inality of her manners and of her habits
of life. She wears So, 600 Worth dresses,
and goes about in them barefooted. She
ehews tobacco aud drinks champagne all
day long. She imports perfumes from
Paris, but uses palm oil on her hair.
Many similar illustrations of her origi-
nality might be given. Her great passion,
however, was the acquisition of Worth
dresses She wore them everywhere, no
matter how injurious TO them the occu-
patton she was engaged III might be.
Visitors saw her majesty sitting on the
floor of her palace busily transferring a
meal of rice, oil and chicken to her
mouth with her fingers, and incidental
ly spelling magnificent Worth creation
of silk, velvet and lace. The revenues
she derived from her unfortunate peo-
pie were sufficient to purchase her all
the dresses she needed.
She scarcely approved of all the vexa-
tious details Of civilized feminine dress.
For instance, eorsets. stockings and
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-14
Translators and TRANSACTIONS.

The translator is reported to be badly
paid by the publisher, and this, to the
general reader, naturally suggests in
feriority in the nature of his wares. He
is generally ranked among the unskilled
workmen who hang about the market
place of literature and are glad of odd
jobs.
If this low estimate of the translator's
services were confined to the general
reader, it would matter comparatively
little, but it is unfortunately too often
shared by the translator himself There
are of course conspicuous exceptions, but
for the most part the industrious writers
who edo into English" much of the
continental fiction read i'll this country
would themselves readily disclaim any
very close resemblance to Goethe's noble
tons" whose office, whatever may be
said of the inadoquacy of translation, is
and remains one of the greatest dignity
and importance With the dignity of
their office they are not concerned. They
are ignorant of its importance, and the
result is that foreign authors are con-
stantly presented to us in garb so slew
emily that no company that was not Sc
renely indifferent to the quality of liter
AIRY workmanship would admit them at
all
Those who have given their attention
to this matter have sometimes wondered
why, in SO benevolent world, no one
has yet attempted to organize a society
for the prevention of cruelty to foreign
authors These persons do not indeed
always belong to the class described by
philanthropists as deserving, yet the
wrongs inflicted Oh them and the limo
cent helplessness of their attitude should
surely appeal TO some generous soul. -
Macmillan 8 Magazine.