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The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
THE FLEET OF MONITORS.

Their History a Long Record of Extrava-
 gance Consequent Upon Neglect.
 When the history of the monitors in the United States navy shall come to be told it will lay bare long record of extravaganza consequent upon neglect. Some of the uncompleted or recently completed monitors, says the New York Sun, were begun while many officers of the navy were still in their cradles, and the fleet of monitors just ordered from the James river, near Richmond, has been lying there rusting these twenty years. They arc of the single turret type. One commander aboard the Ajax served for the whole fleet. They are all single-screw steamers, of 340-horse power, and each carries two guns. The Ajax, Canonicus, Mahonac, Manhattan, and Wyandotte are 2,10O tons each, while the Catsl1ill, Jason, Lehigh. Montaul1, Nahant, Nantucket, Passaic, and Comanche are of 1875 tons each. Only two out of the six remaining at Richmond arc to be prepared for sea, and it is said that of the four that have not been ordered immediately from the James some will probably be sold as scrap iron.
 The history of the old double-turret monitors, several of which have lately been completed, is somewhat like that of their single-turret sisters The largest of these great ironclads is the Puritan. She is of COCO. tons and of 3,7O0 horsepower, and she carries ten guns. She is a double barbette turret monitor and so are the Monadnock and Amphitrite. They and the Terror, double-turret monitor, are each of $500 tons and 1,60O horsepower The Monadnock carries six guns and the other two carry four guns each. All of the double-turret monitors are twin screw propellers. The whole fleet has been the mystery of the navy for near ly quarter of a century, and the com pletion of several of these ships has dis appointed the expectation of every body that knows their history. Their cost was enormous, and there have been great changes in their plan of construc- tion. One of them lay for years at a shipyard at Wilmington, Del, until the shipbuilders put in claim of many thousands of dollars for dockage. It used to be said that the double-turret monitors, if completed, would never be seaworthy, though, through change of construction, if nothing else, this evil prophecy has been disappointed.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
A JAPANESE KCmaNCE.
The Love Story of Count Ito, Told by Sir
 Edwin Arnold.


 Of Count Ito, the distinguished Jap anese statesman, Sir Edwin Arnold gives us this interesting incident: II sat at the table with the ex-premier and his wife and children. The countess, quiet, gentle, mothcrly and wearing spectacles, carving the tai and the kamo with such matronly serenity had yet a history of romance and de- votion which could make the widest fctionist's fortune.
 Long ago, in those dark and bloody days when the minister was her lover and fugitive from his enemies, there came time when they had tracked him to her house and had chosen band of Soshis to assassinate hirn. The noise of their clogs and the rattling of their scabbards were heard and the count, trapped like stag in his mountain pleasancc, drew his Bizen blade and prepared to die, as Jap- ancse lord should, amid a circle of foes. But while he murmured 4Saganorep and knitted his fingers around the shark skin hilt of his sword that brave lady whose guest l was  whispered: Do not die; there is hope still upon which she removed the hibachi, or firebox, over which they were sitting, and, lifting up the mat ting and blanks beneath, induced her lover to conceal himself in the hollow space which exists under the floor of all Japanese homes. The murderers broke into the room, ferocious band, just as the firebox had been replaced and the countess had assumed a posi- tion of nonchalance.
 ''They demanded their victim and when she protested against their in- trusion and bade them search if they wanted Ito, the wretches dragged her around the apartment by her long, beautiful black hair-now touched with silver and grievously maltreated her, but could not shake her resolute fideli- ty. Thanks to this Count Ito, the hero of many another strange adventure, escaped from the chief peril of his career and has lived to give his country a new constitution and to be one of the foremost and best respected states men of modern Japan"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
GOLD LINING IN RATS.
The Metal Found in Rodents and Savanta
 Take the Tip.

Take the Tip.
 Tn forming company for the ex- traction of gold from the microbes which are supposed to attach them selves to that metal in countless mil- lions mature Frenchmen seem to have stolen an idea from thrifty Yankee boys, says the Chicago Tribune.
 I. B. Lake, a representative of the Waltham Watch company in this city, says it is common practice for the boys in watch and jewelry factories to kill rats and burn their bodies to get the gold from them, and that the amount thus obtained in the course of year is considerable. In every large plant like that of the Waltham Watch company many oiled rags are used in furnishing watch cases, and in time become strongly impregnated with gold. The boys about the factories are supposed to keep these rags out of reach of the rats, but they don't do so. On the contrary, knowing the keen ap- petite of the rodents for anything greasy, the boys carelessly leave these rubbing rags lying about where the rats can get at them and eat them. Six months of this kind of diet fills the interior mechanism of the rat with Q gold plating he cannot get rid of. It sticks to him closely. and so long as the supply of oily rags holds out the rat sticks to the factory. In order to make sure the voracious rodents viii have an inducement to gorge themselves with gold, sharp boys drop butter and fatty meats from their luncheons on the floors and rub them well into the wood by shufiing their feet on it. At night the rats come out and nibble the floor ing. They don't care for the gold in it, but the grease attracts them, and in getting at the grease they take a dressing of gold with it.
 Twice year the boys have a grand roundup. Rats are caught by the hun dreds and after being killed are put into erueible and burned. The intense heat drives off all animal substances, leaving the gold in the shape of but ton. The amount collected in this way depends upon the number of rats the boys can catch. It is hardly large enough to attract an investment of capital, but it gives the ingenious youngsters con- siderable pocket money, and encour- ages business tactics. In some factories there are young Napoleons, who buy up in advance the shares of their fel- Iow-workers in the rat colony. A scarcity of rats will depress the price of futures, while an overplus will ad- vance it. Sharpers who understand these conditions are accused of having at times caused an artificial scarcity or oversupply, as it might be to their in- terest to bull or bear the market.
 The French discoverers are little behind the times with their microbe scheme
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
ssi. A BEAUTIFUL MIXTURE.
Japanese Johnny's Heroic Effort at Com
 posing.

Japanese Johnny's Heroic Effort at Com
 posing.
 An English teacher in a Japanese school has given for publication this essay on the whale, written by Jap boy: ''The whale lives in the sea and ocean of all the country. He is large and strong in among of kinds of all the fish, and its length reach to ninety foot from seventy foots, and its color almost is dark, and he has large head. When swim in the up water he is so large as island. When struck the water on angry he is so voice as ring great deal thunder If he danced make the storm without winds, and also blow the water almost lay down the fog on the weather. His the form is proper to live, for his front legs make hire and afterlegs is no, and the tails is hire that open on the top waters, and the mouth have no leaves, but have leaves that is a hard, narrow beard, as with horns. His bodys though is fish, but he is not fish, but is a creatures. His leaves is named whales-lcaves. The men make the everything with it. Every years to seven or eight month from four to five month, the whalermen catch on the sea or ocean. He may live on the sea of North-sea-way or Five island, of Hirado on Higen coun- try in Japan. Written by T. Hirakawa. P. S.-The tell of the whale is more but do not know fully to tell"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
Fewer Lawyers in France.

There will soon be a great reduction in the number of lawyers in France. By a recent law each one must take out a yearly license, for which he pays an amount equal to about twelve per cent. of his house rent. Many persons admitted to the bar who are not in ac- tive practice have asked to have their names taken off the roll, among them M. Faillieres, formerly prime minister and minister of justice, and Senator Berenger, author of the law remitting the penalty for first offenses and also noted for his efforts to improve French morality.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
Elsx&-
why Is the Negro nlacke

If the conclusions of M. Jauffert, the great French scientist, are to be relied upon there is no reason why the skin of the African should be black and that of the Scandinavian of milky fairness that is to say, there are no apparent causes for this wide variation in color.
 Jauffert says: ''The skin of the African negro is of exactly the same anatomical structure as that of the fair-skinned, 1axen-haired Norseman. It may also be shown that in the mucous layers of the skin of dark-complexioncd whites pigment cells similar to those found in the negro's skin are developed in ex- actly the same way they are in the blackest African. Moreover, freckles are of the same nature as the blacl1ness w.lic, has su1.ased the entire skin Of many of silc trc1icaI bar ~1ri~n tribes. !"
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
Growth of a Lion.

When a young lion reaches the age of two years he is able to strangle or pull down horse or an OK, and so he con- tinucs to grow and increase in strength till he reaches his eighth year, when he grows no more. For twenty years after his fangs and talons show no signs of decay, but after that he gradually be comes feeble, and his teeth fail him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
Millions of Dollars Worth Affected
by Judge Ricks's Decision.

CLEVELAND, o., May 24-Judge Kicks.
sitting in the United States Court, to-day.
handed down a decision which establishes
fects millions of dollars worth of munich
pal bonds issued on the authority of special
legislation and not authorized by a popular
vote or the people living in the town or
city by which the bonds are issued The
case was that of the German-American In
vestment Company, OF New York, against
the city Of Youngstown. The investment
company was the highest bidder for 1856 900
worth or water bonus authorized by the
city administration and afterwards ap-
proved by special act of the Legislature
Later the investment company refused to
were not authorized by a two-thrds vote
or the citizens of Youngstown required
by the statutes of Ohio. The case was then
taken into court by the investment COM
pany, suing the city of Youngstown to re-
cover $500. deposited as a bond. The court
decides in favor of the investment company
and holds that the city had not met with
the requirements OF the Constitution and
that the General Assembly III fassing an
act giving Youngstown authority to Issue
stitution which says the General Assembly
shall pass no special act comforting corpor-
ate powers. Bonds issued without two
thirds vote of the people are practically de-
clared to be worthless 1t is said that
millions of dollars of worth OF bonds have
been issued by various towns and cities
throughout the State which will be affected
by this decision. Another phase of the case
is the possibility of such bonds being re-
deemed Such redemption could be re-
that the act by which they were issued was
unconstitutional.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY.
II WINS One That Created an Interest
All Over the County.

The brutal and mysterious crime in which
Mrs. Hinshaw lost her life occurred early
i'm the morning of Thursday. Jan. 10, 1895.
The Hinshaws occupied the Methodist par
sonage in the little village of Bellevile,
seven miles south of Danville, Hendricks
county. Between / and 2 o'clock in the
morning some of the villagers were aroused
by the sounds of shooting, which seemed
to come from the neighborhood in which the
Methodist preacher resided. number of
persons got up and went directly to the
Hinshaw home They found the preacher
in his night clothes wandering about the
yard. Snow was falling, but he appeared
TO take little heed of the storm and was
apparently dazed. The body of his wife lay
upon the porch. The woman was uncon-
scious and the blood was pouring from a
wound in her head. Hinshaws clothing
was soaked with blood, and when the
horror-stricken neighbors led him into the
house a number of ugly wounds were found
on his person. Mrs. Hinshaw fingered in an
unconscious condition for several hours and
a word that would throw ray of light upon
the dreadful affair. The physician who ex-
amined Hinshaw found two bullet wounds
in his shoulder and seventeen knife cuts.
One of the bullets was extracted. IL was
not thought that he would recover. but
during the day he grew stronger and re-
lated a RENAL arkab,e story of the tragedy.
From the start Hinshaw threw out the
impression that the assault was made for
the purpose of robbery. His statement was
that about ! o'clock he was awakened by
a cry from his wife and the report of a
revolver in his sleeping room. A dim light
was burning in the apartment. and as he
jumped from the bed ne saw two men.
Both had caps drawn over their foreheads,
and he thought they wore masks He
grappled with one of the intruders,S = who
broke from his clutch. ana with his pal re-
treated into an adjoining room. Hinshaw W
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
Mckinley VIII Speak mt BROOKLYN.

COLUMBUS. O.. May A-Gov. McKin-
ley, of Ohio, has accepted an invitation to
deliver memorial address at Grants tomb
Decoration afternoon. Invitations 10 be
present have been sent to President CIeve-
land, his Cabinet. Governor Morton and
staff. ex-President Harrison. the mayors
of New York city and Brooklyn. judges
OF the Courts of Record, the police COM
missioners OF both cities and members of
the Grant Monument Association. In the
evening Governor Mckinley will be the
guest Of General Grant Post. G.. A r.
OF Brooklyn, at the Montauk Club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
virginia MunicipnI Elections.

RICHMOND. Va, May A-Elections
were held yesterday in all of the counties
and most of the cities of Virginia. The re-
turns are rneager and mixed, and Ii is hard
TO give any definite ides OF the result.
Portsmouth. Lyrchburg. Alexandria and
Lexington all went Democratic. Roanoke
City elected ten councilmen. six Democrats
and four Republicans. gain OF two for the
Republicans Winchester elected. three Re-
publican counciimen and one Democrat
In some of the counties IL was a free hyht.
and little significance Is to be attached -
the result.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25

CHICAGO. May Civilian Gardner
Hale. head of department of Latin in the
Chicago University. has been chosen the
Classics In Rome The school was founded
nder the patronage OF archaeological. and
pathological societies OF America. IL was
through their societies that the appoint
ment of the Professor came. Prof. Hale
was born in ls4e. in Savannah, Ga. In 1870
he graduated at tho head Of his class at
harvard University.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
400 Bogus Voters.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 24.-The board
of revision. which has been in session for a
week at the recorder Of voters Office, has
stricken from the registration lists 400
names of voters out OF a total registra ton
of % 600. These 400 names, more than one
fourth OF the whole number, were expur-
gated because the board found them TO be
fraudulent and fictitious. They formed "A
part of the almost unheard-of ballot frauds
which caused much trouble after the
elections last November
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 2i.-It is understood
that the President has approved recon-
n,en1ation made by the Civil Com
mission for the exteneign of the CLASSIFIED
service to sundry positions In the Agrl-
cultural Department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
MUNICIPAL BONDS.

innocent. of the crime charged. and which
accusation he characterized as nonsense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
A
4:SO O'Clock A. NJ.
WORK OF LYNCHERS
DOORS OF THE DANvILLE, ILL.,. JAIL
BATTERED DOWN BY a Mob.

william Royce and John Halls, Jr.,
Taken from Their Cells and
Hanged to the River bridge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
WILL POKE HIS NOSE
CORBETT THREATENS TO PUNCH
FITZSIMMONs ON SIGHT.
Latter Fails to Appear at n Meeting
Called to Arrange for the Long
TaIked-About Fight.

NEW YORK, May 24.-"Bob'' Fitzsim-
mons. the pugilist. did not appear this
afternoon in the Coleman House, where he
was to attend the meeting TO whcih he and
James j. Corbett had been summoned by
Joseph III. Vendig, representing the Florida
Athletic Club. under whose auspices the
Corbett-FitZsimmons fight was arranged TO
take place. When Corbett found that Fitz-
simmons did not intend to appear, and that
he had not paid the s. coo deposit guarantee
ing his appearance in the ring, Corbett
said:
81 am here and willing to fight in any
part OF the United States. My money Is
up, and / want no buffing. 1 am ready to
so into training at Asbury Park to-mor-
row. When j engaged in the theatrical
business Fitzsmmons was blowing that
would not fight him Now he has broken
his part OF the agreement, and il he wants
to be the worlds champion must fight or
quit the ring. He and have received Si,-
eco each from the club for training ex-
penses."
Turning to Vendig, he said: Il recognize
you as true sport to put up that amount
of money. / want the fight TO take place
in Dallas Tex. IL we cannot fight in this
country, 1 will name the place. Fitzsim-
mons boasted in Chicago that he would
pummel my nose IL the fight did not come
off. but denied having used the expression
when 1 asked him about ii. Now want TO
go on record as saying that If this fight
IS called off 1 will poke his nose at first
sight. In order TO be considerate with him,
and that he may live up TO the articles OF
morrow to comply with the terms, and viii
meet him at any place ate his own con-
venience.
inc last Wednesday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25

BROOKLYN. n. n, May 2f--'Youns
Griffo the pugilist, was brought from Phil
sdelphia, where he was arrested, 10 Brook
lyn, this evening. and locked up i'm the
Adams-strcet police station He will be ar
raiened before Judge Moore. in the Court
az Scssions. tomorrow morning. The max
imum penalty for Griffos oifense Is twenty
wears imprisonment The prisoner made
a rambling statement tonight, most OF
which would not bear publication. but
which was mainly TO the effect that hs was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-25
BIG z ROUTE
Changes of Time Important Changes in
Numbers OF Trains, Etc.

lows.
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The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10
RAILROADS.
Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND G ROCHESTER, n. h.
STATION FOOT OF PEBBLE STREET.

On and after Sunday. October 28, is34.
Passenger trains win Leave PortIand:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver junction.
Rasnlsa, Nindham and Eppfng at $50 a
M. and 12-3o pm.
For Manchester, Concord, and points North
at 7.2o a. m. and 1890 p m.
For Rochester, Springvsle. Alfred, Water,
boro and Saco River at 7.S0 a. n. 1890 and
4.25 p. IN.
For Gorha1n at 73o and 945 q. m. ~. 80.
500, 4,2R, and 6.2op. m.
For Westbrooa, Cumberland Mills. West
brook JunotioM and Woodfords at T.3O,
9.45 a. M. 1890. SOC. 4.25. and
$40 p. NJ.
For Forest avenue tDeering), 62OD. IN.
The III 80 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aver function with "Hoossc Tunnel
Route" for the West and at Union Station,
Worcester, for Providence and New York
via Providence Line" for Norwich and
New York, via 'sN orwich Line" with Rostcn
d Albany r. r. for the West, and with tho
New York All Rail via Springfield"
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 80 p. M; from Rochester at $50 a. IN,
l.30 and 5.50p. M; from Gorliain
at $40, $50 and 1o.5o a. m. 100.
4.l5. and $50 p. m.
For through Tickets to all points West and
South. apply to f. H. COLLINS, Ticket
Agent, Portland. Me.
). W. PETERS. Supt.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-10

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Butter. crmy, init, /. 1901 1ac ;ladle, 11@ll13.
Cheese North, old 1012@tlc; Wst $3.50.
Eggs, hennery. choice. l5@16: East 141a.
Eggs, Mich. 141ac; other Western@l4c.
Beans. pea.2 1902 20 mediums, 2 0o@2 Is.
Beans. vel. eyes, 5ta2 20;red kid.2 10.
Beans foreign, 90@205, CAL.
Hay, best, S14 50@$151a flower grades, $11@14.
Straw, rye, s14 0o@14 90; oat. IS.
Potatoes, Heb. Me. 60@63e: other. &C.
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Potatoes. Burbank, and white star, 60@63c.
Potatoes, Dakota Reds 55c.
Apples, Baldwins, No Is, 3 SOFA 90.
Apples, Maine BaldWins. No at 1888 90.
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