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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15
ABOUT People AND THINGS.

Senior Canovas. one of the most promi-
nent figures i'm the Spanish Cortes, is re-
puted to be the homeliest man in Spain,
and to have the most beautiful woman for
@ wife in that country.
Sir Henry Bessemer, the steel king"
eighty-two years Of age, continues to a k
a keen interest in scientific matters and
keeps himself up to date. His popularity
Is that he will not give any one his auto
graph.
Under a resolution passed by the Column
bia College trustees, the three young sons
of the late Prof. H. II. Boyesen. who are
now attending the Berkeley School, are to
become wards OF the college, and will be
educated free of cost.
One of the largest dairy concerns of
northwest India is in Alahabad, and is
owned and managed by Miss Frances Alb
dulla. the daughter Of a ~well-known Arab
chief. She also carries on the "Ali Abb
dullah stables and the Zoe Memorial
Institute" a temporary home for gentlemen
seeking employment.
{ The Rev. Robert Collyer, while at the
breakfast table of one of his friends in the
country near Boston, was asked by one OF
the family: Mr.. Collyer, do you enjoy as
good an appetite as you have in years
past?" To which he replied: My dear, II l
lose the appetite l now have, l nope no
poor man will find It,.
"Awaked by Sinais Awful sound is
the only hymn known to have been written
by an American Indian. 1t is the work of
Samson Occum, an Indian preacher of great
ability. He visited England in 1866 to raise
funds for an Indian school, and secured
10000 for the institution that afterwards
became Dartmouth College.
1t is stated that the cost of entertaining
the German Emperor on his visit to West
moreland was $l5O.000. which includes the
cost of special trains. no fewer than ten of
which were used on the occasion Of his
visit. 1t is further stated that the cost of
decorating Lowther Castle in preparation
for the Emperor's visit was over $2oO.0U.
Benjamin Riley, a colored man who died
the other day at San Augustine. Fla. left
an estate valued ate s10a.o00, all made by
his own efforts. Southern papers assert.
as they have a right to do, that such an
accumulation is evidence OF the opportuni-
ties that Southern negroes have or working
out their own future IN the pidce "Here
they were born.
In speaking of his lecture experiences.
Opie p. Read says: II have addressed the
smallest audiences in the world, but the
most remarkable audience / ever met with
was at Sterling. ul..swhere 1 spoke under
the auspices of the S~witchmen's and Brake
mems Benevolent Association. My auditors
were one-armed and one-legged men. who
could not applaud my impassioned utter
ances. 1t was pathetic to see them tanning
the air with their single hands whenever
nv eloQuence aroused them TO the pitch
of uncomfortable enthusiasm"
The clothes don't make the man. she
sighed
In language pat;
He saw her boomers and he cried,
I'm glad of that"
Judge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15
TERRORs OF THE RED SEA.
Drcary Prospect for Sick
and Wounded Soldiers.
New York World,

THE veritable hell of our eartn." re-
marked the Calcutta representative of a
New York firm. home on his biennial va
cation. the other day when he saw a cable
dispatch stating that the invalid soldiers
of Frances Madagascar campaign would
be returned via the Suez canal instead OF
yoyaging around the Cape OF Good Hope.
1T is a sea that Is literally internal in its
heat. II does not look large on the maps.
miles between the incan1escant shores Of
Egypt and Arabia. and its greatest width
Is less than two hundred.
II have traversed IL six times, and J
have been on the verge of collapse every
trip when We reached Alden or Port Said.
so [ think ii likely that many of the French
sick and wounded soldiers will not survive
the journey.
This heat Is terrible. For nine months
ninety-eignt degrees in the shade. and
when there Is a breeze from the torrid des-
erts to the west or east IL is hot as the
breath of a furnace A year frequently
goes by without a drop of rain falling. and
1 nave heard Incredible stories of the heat
which the desert sands along It's banks
seem TO store VI. | have never cared to
land 10 verify any or them. but an English
man told me that ne put a thermometer IN
the sand once and the mercury slid up 70
It's degrees.
THE water of the Red Sea. as may be
Imagined. Is also very warm. and l nave
heard 4 asserted that II loses by evapora-
ton each year enough to make itself an
aqueous blanket twenty-three feet thick.
Naturally Il - one OF the saltieet bodfee
or water on the globe. II is really a sort
Of an arm TO the Indian ocean, you know.
and receives no water to sneak Of from aIly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

A recent decision of the Supreme Court
missioners tc count officers may involve
important consequences. The case came
up from Huntington county, whose COM
missioners sued the auditor to recover
moneys claimed to have been illegally
paid him as constructive fees. The Cir
cult Court Of that county decided against
the commissioners on the ground that
as the suit was not brought within the
statutory time for IN appeal the allow
ance vas final. The commissioners ap-
pealed, and the Supreme Court reversed
the decision Of the lower court. holding
that ar illegal allowance by county COM
m~issioners was not binding on the coun-
ty. and suit to recover the amount thus
allowed could be brought at any time.
1t now remains for the lower court to de-
eide whether the fees were illegally al
lowed. and, If SO. they will have to be re-
funded. The Huntington Herald says the
auditor against whom the suit was
brought never received a dollar in the
shape of fees that was not allowed his
predecessors for years before, and If the
allowances were illegal in his case they
were equally SO in theirs. AS the same
condition probably exists in many other
counties the decision of the Supreme
Court may open a wide field for litiga-
ton against county officers and ex-offi-
GERS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

The British Ministry seems to assume
that the present is a propitious time for
pushing it's contention with Venezuela
regarding its claim for a portion of the
territory OF that government. A more
positive administration at Washington
would probably interfere in a manner
which would make 1t unpleasant for the
British government. The contention is
an old one. 1t is a claim for a piece of
territory which on the maps is a part
of Venezuela. but which Great Britain
insists is a part of British Guiana. Vene-
zuela has repeatedly offered to submit
the dispute to arbitration, and several
outside nations. including the United
States. nave at different times rendered
their good offices in that relation. That
Great Britain has steadily refused to ac-
cept this method of adjustment has
tended to discredit her claim and to jus
tify the conclusion that her real purpose
is one of conquest regardless of the prin-
ciples of justice and equity. Great
Britain is always ready. to arbitrate
when the dispute is between her and a
nation her equal in esource and power.
In the case of feeble governments. force,
when threat will not accomplish her OBJ
ject. is her policy. In such a case as
this. where the British government justi-
fes the suspicion that it's course is not a
good one. Great Britain should not be
permitted to play the bully on this CONT
nent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

General H~arrison's present visit to
Washington furnishes another illustra-
ton of the quiet dignity with which he
accepts h position and performs the
duties of a private citizen after having
filed the highest Office in the world.
Whatever his han finds to do he does
conscientiously and thoroughly. whether
1t is delivering law lectures. acting as
trustee Of an agricultural college, seek
ing health in the Adirondacks. voting an
u~nscratched Republican ticket in a city
election or arguing great cases in the SUI
preme Court OF the United States. In
his case the question what to do with
our ex-Presidents solves itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15
sMuGGLIxG wITu sNownALts.
Clever Ruse Of Russian Soldiers tn
HOOdwink the Customs ocicfsts.
Nou, XorI World

New York World.
Until within recent years the Russian
frontier on the German boundary Was
f Esar q ration 10 So s oompIeieiy under military
rule as the Cars great empire. But now
there is a strong Gordon OF garrlsons only
service between them. The chief duty or
these garrisons Is to prevent smugzIing
into Russia. The duty is hard and monot-
onous. and the Car does not like 20 have
his best trained and most effective. resi-
For the most part these sarrisons con-
sis. of young recruits from the eastern ana
central provinces of Russia They are sell
dom expert soldiers. and the lax discipline
they are under Is further weakened by their
excessive drinking. Their small pay Is
doled out to them twice a month. and every
kopeck of il is Immediately expended IN
vodka. After the vodka is gone they en-
ploy their spare time In making fetns
across the boundary line into the German
farm yards TO supplement their measer
Along the entire boundary line between
these two countries there rs a series or
wind blows in winter. andathe only way
the soldiers can keep alive on their pairoi
is by the building OF wood fires between
the posts. Even then the patrols fre-
quenfly AVE their limbs frozen In their
monotonous marches to and FRO: Hene
The bo1ndarya and. indeed. il is suspected
tina the soldiers often add 10 their small
paw by making deals VIII the smusEters
and turning their heads the other way
when they pass by. -.
Two very novel attempts were made iast
spring by the smuggling fraternity. both
of which proved successful. In one case.
late one night a band of men In Germany
began snowballing some Villagers on Rus
sian territory, and the Russians returned
the attack. In the ~snowballs thrown from
Germany. however. yards Of fine Brussels
lace were concealed. This method proved
did not discover IL and the guard OF the
frontier certainly had no idea OF what was
going on. Quite as eficacious vas the prink-
ing of thousands of Nihilist proclamations
through Silesia under the very eyes OF ne
garrison. These proclarations were IN the
hollow slaves carried by q Douy Oh ni.,'
who passed themselves on as plons pit
orims entering Russia on a sacred journey.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

During the nine months which ended
Oct. / sixteen lines OF railroad. with a
ton Or $3.50 g goo. were taken out of the
hands OF the owners upon petition of the
bondholders and put into the hands of
receivers because they could not earn
SUFFICIENT money above running expenses
TO pay the interest on the money bor-
rowed. This Is a little less than half the
mileage put under receivership during
the corresponding period of 1894. In
many cases the bonded debt represents
nearly the entire cost of The roads. the
stock being chiefly water. Still. a rail-
road that would warrant construction
should pay 5 per cent interest on the
bonds with which IL was built.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

Railroad Laborers Unable To FIJI =
Hole I'm Connecticut.


New York Herald.
Along the line Of the railroad track. =
little way out OF the settlement OF lo~an-
which Towantic folk fancy may be the
main gateway TO the Kingdom of Pluto.s
Not long ago the railroad company unoef-
took to Ill In the pit; which 'nreI Sss rans
OF workmen has been try ing TO MI up tns
Unsuitable hole with carloads OF SAM ana
gravel and with s The , sssui h,,n .nrs Tor ssnd
and gravel than at the outset oln Tpan-
doned freight cars are used for iiiers. 4 pee
are stuffed full Of Garth ana a"m qse n aT5
consignment of ssnd-loaded cars M "a
numher. went ker-spiash into the liquid
chasm. which sucked a them a and the the siimy
waters heaved and swayed with thick.
heavy waves. dimpling and bubbIing Ike a
porridee, for a long time t n'sreasd ;n and
they were no more than pebbles. Right an
the wake of the cars the workmen ois-
patched five hundred eariosas o. 'o s~d
sand I'D to date over five hundred cars
have been cast into The bottomless pit. ana
NOBODY knows exactly how many loans OF
In carrying on the work the company
used two special freight trains OF thirty
cars. which made I'VE trips q aaS s sole
M 10 the time the workmen lost count OF
the number OF loads. AS far as anyone
knows. all the mass OF STUN t8aL har -
been thrown into Ii has had no enect what.
ever in the way of sfuffing Its nav ana
the company Is inclined to think the under,
takiug Is a hopeless one. However. ~ WI.
keep on dumping two hundred loads OF
earth daily. Said a workman. gazing nr-
iscfedlv into Towantic's black. snafInS'
d;rf ard cars has gone 20. blamed IL l know
The company has already spent pretty
nearly $4,000 trying 10 MI II. but al OF "
~ neiehbors visit Towantic each week.
,read singerly about the edges OF the ~
sns gaze with awe NJ the spot where the
~-~- 1iSo noea rod.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

other source. II has been estimated that
IL It's supply were cut on BY closing the
Strait OF Bah ell Mandeb and the Suez
canal IL would take only a few years Tor
the nerce sun 10 dry IL up entirely
1T takes the r. & o. steamers about .
week TO run from Alden. at the southern
end in Arabia. TO Port said on the canal
and going either way the boats always stop
at one or the other OF these two ports 10
take on a gang OF Arab nremen. for no
other race has been found that can stand
the awful heat OF the furnace room IN this
torfid climate. These Arabs are thin. mus
cular fellows. almost as dark as negroes.
and 4 Is worth running the rick OF faint
ing TO get a glimpse of them whSn they are
at work stark naked down in the boiler
room OF the vessel. looking like a band OF
devils feeding the internal fires
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

How n Woman's skill RevoIutfonfxcd
Great Industry.

Z 81 ANtA'e
Among the inventions of women on exhi-
bition at Atlanta is one inter esfing for two
reasons-the first that Il dates from q
period before women We're accounted active
in any but the domestic world. and ne
second that IL deals with a compartment OF
industry into which women always venture
at the risk OF being suspected OF scant
knowledge and less experience-that OF me-
chanics.
This is the st.aw-sewing machine. which
is entered by the mmif on Inventions
by permission of its inventor. Mrs. Mary =.
Carpenter Hooper, of this city. Although
Its patent has now expired. and its useful
ness in part done away with, this little
machine. not as big as a typewriter.
worked n revolution IN a great industry.
and to-day there is not one inch OF straw
braid sewn into hats by machinery any
where In the world that does not employ a
part OF Mrs Hooper's Invention 10 accom-
plish the work.
Mrs. Hooper is the daughter of a former
New York lawyer, whose fingers itched
bound with the red tape of his profession.
so the source of Mrs. Hooper's inventive
faculty is not hard 10 find. 1t was while
she was still Miss Carpenter that she
learned through some interested friends
Of the curious state OF affairs in the straw
SEWN trade. Up To that time. 1871. there
had been but one practical straw sewing
machine invented. which machine was con-
trolled and used by a combination of three
or four firms engaged in the manufacture
of straw hats and bonnets. IL was called
the Bosworth machine. and was immensely
valuable. although the operator had TO be
an expert before she could make a hat. as
the sewing had to be done from
the brim 10 the crown and when done. the
hat was wrong side out, a condition which
often resulted in breaking the straw while
Ii was being turned right.
As Miss Carpenter had shown herself pos
sessed OF pronounced inventive skill or
which the Patent Office already bore rec
ord. these facts were pointed out 10 her by
some OF the leading manufacturers. who
were obliged TO sew all their straw goods
by hand, and she was encouraged 10 at
tempt TO make a new machine which could
be generally used. In 1872 she received a
patent for her first model OF a machine, but
ii was not satisfactory 10 herself. and no
second machine was built from IL A sec
ond attempt, a year or two later, did not
yet fulfill all the requirements she strove
for, but in June. 1875. Miss Carpenter COM
Dleted a machine that could make a hat
6om its tip or top 10 the outer edge Of the
brim without taking IL from the machine.
and when 1t was finished IL was right side
out and did not have to be turned. and.
moreover, concealed the stitch. a result
heretofore unaccomplished.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

There is reason TO believe that the pol
icy OF stopping all street improvements
for a time would cause quite as much
have already been compelled to pay for
such improvements as would a reason
able extension of the system of improve
ments. A less rapid pace may be wise,
but no pace whatever will be sure TO
cause dissatisfaction. To illustrate: On
the North Side two years ago a street
was paved with asphalt nearly its whole
length. The street east of it was paved
with brick. but no other streets east have
any pavement whatever. Until late this
season the two streets west of that street
were not paved. and now the one next
west is not. The bricks on the street
paved with that material were not good,
so that it is not so desirable for travel
as the asphalt. The result is hat all the
trave and traffic of five streets have
been concentrated upon the street paved
with asphalt. Now that 1t has been in
tercepted by an asphalted street running
west, a residence street has become the
t~horoughfare for all the trucking coming
into the city and passing from the bust
ness center in that direction, filling it
with all sorts of wagons and carriages
from early in the morning until late at
night, to the great and constant annoy
ance Of those who have paid for the i'm
provement. In addition to the noise and
dust which ii has brought to the resi-
dents of the street, they complain that
the asphalt will be worn out in a few
years by the traffic which should come
over -four or five streets, rendering an
other levy upon their property probable
In four years, when, IL all the streets
were equally well paved, it would last a
dozen or fifteen years. In another cas-
a section of a prominent street nearly
three-quarters Of a mile in length has
been able to resist all efforts to have it
improved. The upper part has been as
phalted and the section connecting with
Massachusetts avenue and Washington
street has been improved with cedar
blocks. The next street west has been
blocked or asphalted, and that still
further west has been a~sphalted. Prop
erty owners already loudly complain that
III ooCo oil IA ldSCi VI SHC tWO
streets east of them come over their
street, but that those who resist improve
ment come through the nearest alleys
and cross streets to get upon the street
for which they have been heavily taxed.
These people are already protesting, and
If those unimproved streets are not i'm
proved during the next two years all of
them will be eve more indignant at the
apparent injustice of taxing them to
maintain streets for those who prevent
the improvement of those on which they
live, and there will be as much indigna-
ton as there was dissatisfaction when
they were taxed for asphalt or block
streets At best. the matter of improve
ments is certain to be n of conten-
ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

Mayor Taggarts selection for city en-
gineer Is as bad as he could have made
from the ranks of those who call them
selves civil engineers. During the Sulli-
van administration he made himself con-
opicuous for his unfitness for the posi-
ton. His cnrrofessicnal work has in
voIved the city In suits for damages. and.
while N was paid a full salary by the
city. he was engaged a considerable por-
ton OF his time in outside work In short.
hi wal considered the chief incompetent
Of the collection Of that brand with which
ex-Mayor Sullivan was forced to sur
round himself-about the only exceptions
being the Board of Public Works and
the controller. As a contractor the past
two years he a been notorious for bad
work and poor material. II he does no,
know good work AND material from bad
ne II certainly UNIT for the responsible
position 20 which he IL called. II ne does
know GOOD work and good matestal, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

mines turned out trumps. as everybody
knows. and Barney IS now the Gold King
OF South Africa. ruling the kafirs- AL
though he is the richest man in South Az
RIGA. except Cecil Rhodes, his manners are
not up to the standard Through his. bad
language and insulting manners 10 the lead
ing members he was expelled from the
Kimberley Club, and eight months after
wards from the Rand Club. in johannes
berg. The Rand Club is the leading club
of South Africa.
Il don't think that Barney is proud of his
ancestors. as he was born and brought 10
in Whitechapel. in London. This I posi-
lively know TO be truth. But In London
society money washes many sins and bad
regulations out"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15
Patriotfc Motivcs,

You scoundrel, You fiend! You-you-"
shouted the defeated senatorial candidate,
at the chief of the men whom he thought
he had bought.
Il know we throwed you down. adj
mitted the unfaithful one. but we done
it for the good of the State. We thought
a man who was fool enough to pay for
his votes in advance was too big a chump
to even 60 to Congress-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

Senator Coggeshall. of New York. de-
serted his party last year in the Senate
and helped Tammany. imagining that his
reputation during several terms in that
body would insure his reelection. He
went into a contest and was beaten.
Now Re has accepted the Democratic
nomination He Is one OF a class of men
who stick TO a party as long as it gives
them position n who go TO h oppo-
site party when discarded by the first
They are the men who are the ervants
Of the lobby.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

Westminster Gazeste-
The Germans are a proverblaily thirsty
Illustrated In the armsne out Of the var
ions departments OF a new tneater 70 %
erected IN Berlin. Tbr rerr for the re-
freshment department IN this thcateI -
81 co per anntm. willis that for the cloak
rooms il 1900. for the play bills fs1. and
for the florist f1.oJe. II has been ascertained
sand glasses OF ale are sold ON TIE aver
age during a -crformance but that the
sale of sandwiches and other light re-
treatments n OF no consequence IL IL beer
FIRST and foremost that "pays the piper"
and after the beer the flowers, This also
Is characteristic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

The cheerful Idiot.

This is a sad world" said the pessi-
mistic boarder. isn't it. thought" gurgled
the Cheerful idiot. Even the heavens get
blue over it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

The correspondents in this city who in
vent fiction regarding Republicans for
Democratic and assistant Democratic pa
pers abroad must be green with envy,
IL envy gives that color. when they read
the story in the Cincinnati Enquirer
about Republican purposes in Indiana
which comes from New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

furnished the city bad, he is not a fit
man for any position requiring absolute
integrity. 1t begins to look as IL Mayor
Taggart is bound to surround himself
with all of the conspicuous incompetents
OF the Sullivan regime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-15

Those who are yet writing pamphlets
on the silver question doubtless believe
that they are filling a long-felt want. but
fortunately for the American people the
want ceased 20 be felt some months ago.