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The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
TRAVEL IN RUSSIA.
Every Traveller is Expected to Pro-
vide His own Bedding.

Letter in New Castle (Eng) Chronicle
Much has been written about the German
bed But how much might not be written
about the Russian bed? Nay how much has
not been written already? Even in decent
country houses in Russia the sleeping place
is often merely couch or the top of chest
of drawers covered with a rug But in the
towns, and especially in the hotels in the
towns, there are beds, and such beds, The
German bed. as most people are aware. if
not from personal experience from Mr. Je-
rome K. Jerome's description of it. is
placed in deep box, into which you climb
and then pull the bed on top of you. The
whole contrivance is so designed as to keep
one-half of the body perspiringly hot and
the other half shiveringly cold and to suf-
focate you If you are not constantly on the
alert. It's grand redeeming feature is that
you toss about. The Russian bed on the
contrary. is affair out of which or
rather off which, you cannot possibly help
tumbling, however still you lie. 1t is an
iron or wooden frame, perfectly destitute
of rails, and about the width of an ordinary
coffin. Upon this is placed mattress and
the entire arrangement is deposited in the
middle of the room. To get on to il is easy
enough, for II is quite low. but 10 fail
asleep on it is inevitably to fall on the
floor. 1t is too narrow TO turn in, and there
is nobody who does not turn in his sleep
unless he is q Russian. who one may as,
sumo has been weaned from the habit by
countless floDs in the days of his youth
when he didn't mind that sort of thing
He has brought himself into harmony with
his environment, as the evolutionists say
and is comfortable. The stranger has not
and suffers accordingly.
Moet people before they enter the land OF
Nod are apt to dream that they have fallen
over a preeipice, and are going down. down.
down; and just as they are about TO touch
the bottom they wake with start and
heave a sigh of relief as they realize that
they are on nothing harder than feathers.
In Russia that dream has a terribly actual
termination. The visionary wakes with a
start 10 hnd that he has gone over In q
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
EIseWhere.

CHICAGO, Sept 19.-As is always the case on
Saturday. the cattle market was almost entirely
market closed quiet at about yesterdays figures
native steers being salable at $31o@5. with lots
@3.25. The bulk of native beef sold at $3.50
As; with really good steers selling around s4.
light weights being in better request, and prices
Saled p ds stronger to SC higher Heavy hogs sold at
medium and mixed at s2s0@S.25 and lights at
packers and at ssas2e for Shippers '0
:, Trade in sheep was light at yesterdays prices
paying 81 4oG2 70 for sheep and around SOS. 50
Tor ia lambs. Western sheep sold at s15oq2so and
s25oq4. only few selling above $3.50. Both
sheep and lambs We're mostly Westerns.
Receipts-Catte. S00 hogs 900; sheep, 250o
shipments, 800. Market steady native shipping
bnshers btse Sfees at st 81 e dsed a pse s
stockers and feeders, 81. 1903 co. Texas and In
dian a. cattle also steady; steers s2.25@3.35; cows
Hogs-Receipts 4oo shipments 1900 Market
&c &c higher; mixed s2s0q3l5; heavy s2.9oq32 25:
sheep-Receipts 400 shipments none No mar
ket to-day.
KANSAS CITY. Sept 9.-Cattle-Receipts, 800;
shipments. $500. Market nominally steady, with
Hogs-Receipts / 200: shipments 1900 Market
stronger bulk Of sales at 81 75@3; heavies, 81 60
81. .906ssO5: Workers 81 05: pigs 81 9o6i3
Sheep-Receipts none; shipments. 1900; nothing
,LoUIsvILLE. Sept. 1s.-cattle-Market un-
changed.
Hogs-Receipts. LOCO. Market unchanged in
prices. -
Sheep-Receipts light. Good to extra shipping
S225G250; fair to good, S2@2.25; extra shipping
EAST LIBERTY. Sept l9.-cattle steady.
prime, a. 9d@4.e5; common, $S44; bulls, stays and
cows. S2Gt2.
Hogs steady at unchanged prices
Sheep--Demand light; prime. s3. .5O6l3. 60; fair
S2f0q3.h; common. sl.7562.25; cuIls 50c6SI; com
mon TO good lambs, S2.75G4. Veal calves $66T6 so
CINCINNATI. Sept 19.-Catte steady at 81 p
Gals; receipts, 800. shipments, 100.
Hogs steady at s.. .35G13 25, receipts l. 400: shin
ments 4C0. N
Sheep steady at s1.5oaS receipts. 500: ship
ments 500: lambs steady at s2.50fD4
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20

Certificates have been issued to the fol-
lowing named Indianians:
Original--John X. Taylor. Greencastle;
James w. Clark. Orleans: John Guess. ln-
dianapoliS.
Additional-Henry r. Cole Marion.
Increase-Andrew T.. Crandall, ireland |;
George Lauterbach. National Military
Home Marion; James t. Armstrong, Owas-
co: Christopher G. Taylor. Marengo: Joseph
Lanning. Vincennes: Thomas J. Byerly,
Rockville; David Hunsicker. Jordan VII
lage.
Reissue-Thomas w. Butler. Brookville.
Original Widows, etc.-Martha r. Parent.
Union City; Minerva S. Williamson (moth-
err, Indianapolis. Elizabeth +. Reed.
Petersburg.
Renewal--(SpecialS Sept. 81 minor of Pleas
ant S. Ramey. Seymour.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
The Ruttonhole bouquet Habit.
lew orleans Times-Democrat

New Orleans TImes-Democrat.
people when once addicted to a habit %
remarked a member of the Southern Ath-
letic Club. find it extremely difficult to
break away even If they would A friend
of mine. who is a prominent dealer in hides
and cattle products, doing business on
South Peters street. is absolutely a slave
to the habit of wearing roses in his but
tonhole ! have known him for a number
of years, yet during the entire period OF
our acquaintance ] have never seen him
without the customary nosegay the
lapel of his coat. If he loses one ne hunts
a florists shop and buys another. Winter
or summer, II is the same thing. When I
worn rosebuds so long that he could not
transact his business or feel comforta BILE
unless the posey was in his buttonho'e
His father had done the same thing before
him. and. in addition to this. he, my friend
often found IL impossible to sleep unless n
vase of roses was on the table i'm his room
at night. He is an absolute rosebud fiend."
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
\ Useful Institution.
Washington Star.

Il Appose." said the schoolteacher's ac-
qraintance, that you are sorry to see va
cation coming to close
No. was the reply. Il think ii has last
ed long enough to serve its most import
ant purpose
You mean that the pupils and their in
structors have had a chance to recuper-
ate"
What | mean is that vacation gives parents
a chance to realize that their children are
not the angels they always assume them
to be when they get into trouble at school.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Slow and LOwer-HOEs Scarce
and Steady-Sheep Dull.

INDIANAPOLIS Sept. 19-Cattle-Receipts.
200; shipments light. The supply was fair for
Saturday, but sales slow at a decline
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
INCREASE IN EXPORTS
CAUSE OF THE GREAT FLOW OF
GOLD TO THE UNITED STATES.
New York Bank Statement Not as Fa-
vorabIe Expected-GoOd Weeks
Trade at Indianapolis.

At New York Saturday money on call
was nomnally 4d5 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper nominaliy 7Q9
per cent.
Sterling exchange heavy. with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.83$4G14.84 81 for
demand and s4.S11zM481A for sixty days;
posted rates, $4.S2d4.s31a and $4.s412@4.8o1a;
commercial bills, $3.50
Bar silver, 65l2c. Mexican dollars, 501ac.
At London bar silver closed at 30Ad per
ounce.
The exports of specie from the port of
New York for the week amounted to $751;
26l in silver. The imports were: Gold, $,-
Ssf. .351; silver, $93.951; dry goods. $l740,723;
general merchandise, $5,003.973.
The New York weekly bank statement
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-20
ungaIIant Verdict.

The woman in politics is always sure that
her candidate is going TO be elected Sha
doesn't deal in figures-she Is just sure.
And the reason Is because.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
MANDIRsoN As ADARk HORSE
Nebraska is FOR Mckinley But win Watch
Her Chances

Cincinnati, O. Jan. 25.-The CONNER
Cial Gazette VIII tomorrow PRINT in its
series OF presidential possibilities a
word il support Of eX-United State
senator Henderson Of Nehra ska This
article is = special from Omaha. Il
states in the outset that ex-senator
Henderson and Senator Thurston are
warm personal friends and that the Ne
braska delegation vii 50 TO St Louis
for Mckinley. but in the case Of a dark
horse coming upon the scene. they
would make Henderson the dark horse.
The special sketches the personal his
tory Of iM2aderson ana then concludes:
The Commercial Gazette correspon-
dent repeats the statement that General
Henderson positively does not desire
The VIC presidential nomination and
that he = not A presidential candidate.
but as hS says-20 man would dare re-
fuse the presidential nomination"
The statement should also be repeat
ed that Nebraska : for Mckinley: We.
the state Is 50 strong IN It's admiration
for Henderson that should there be an
opening At any time in prolonged bal
lCtins a. s.. Louis. che name Of Nandar-
son might come 70 the front. He ca n
al least be properly ciaSsa5 anonc. me
preside tai poss gbilities Of the CONNER
cial Gazette and is a good man 10 Keen
YOUR eve on.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
LAWYERS WERE HARD FIGHTERS.
Distinguished Attorneys Who Battisd
Brxvely for Their Clients

Distinguished Attorneys Who Bsttisd
Brzvely for Their Clients
Clients love hard fighter, and the
onlookers are impressed with his zeal.
In my own experience, says writer in
the Southern Magazine, / have had
cases where 1 advised my clients not 70
sue because 1 was sure they had no
chance, and although they followed
my advice, instead CT employing other
counsel, they refused to pay reason
able fee. and in one case left me to pay
the court costs. And l have seldom ads
eised client TO compromise or submit
TO arbitration that did not dispiease
him. 1t requires moral courage to adj
wise one against his inclinations, but il
is sometimes lawyers sacred duty.
Whatever may be said as to it's moral
ity or true wisdom, yet must say re-
gard this aggressive and partisan spirit
more conducive to modern success than
profound Judgment, for have seen
lawyers succeed chiefly by reason of
IL in whom the logical faculty WIS not
ut all conspicuous. In speaking of
success, it will be observed that do
not mean the eminence Of such men as
Erskine, Writ, Webster, William Pinck-
hey, Rufus Choate and Charles O'ConOr,
but such success as Is attained by the
leading members of the bar in every
town or city of the United States, who
have a good practice, sometimes very
lucrative, though they are unknown to
fame and forgotten outside their
peighborhood when they are gone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
ALL LOVE A WIDOW.
Let Her Be Young ard Pretty and the
World Is Hers

World Is Hers
If were a woman-a young WON
ant would be my first ambition TO be
a widow" said a young man To the At
lanta Constitution man
Il was in big store one morning
and a pretty widow came in. She wore
becoming black and a high and wide
Gains oorough hat. The clerks rushed
over one another to wait on her.
"A little, insignificant looking fellow
with thin, sandy 1ustache and light
hair was the lucky man. She gave him
a smile that fairly made his head swim.
Tho other clerks were simply con-
suned with jealousy.
''She wanted to look at some dress
stuff and she toyed with it daintly.
She paid more attention TO the little
clerk than to the goods
''She looked at every piece in the
store and consumed three-quarters ot
an hour of the little fellows time. Ii
the meantime a number of men came IL
and attempted to lounge around where
they could get good view OF her.
Finally she bought one of the cost
hest pieces in the house and the clerk
was so agitated he made three mistakes
in fixing the check.
That was not all She had com
pletely demoralized the whole store.
The clerks had eyes for nothing but
her.
And II was all because she was a
widow and wore black. There's an oc-
cult fascination about widows that
could never fully understand"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
DOGS AND DOG LAW.
Some of the Illegal FOoIishrsss to which
Owners of CANNES Submit.


Dogs have not the same property
value here that they have Ia England
and this is so notwithstanding the fact
that dogs are property here and they
are not property in England
This seeming paradox may be ez-
planned from the fsotthat according 70
the old English laws felony was pun
ishable by death. says Harper's Weekly.
II dogs had been property then, TO
steal dog would have been felony,
punishable by death 1t was not con-
siderered right that q man should die
for a dog, and, therefore, dogs were
held by the courts not to be property.
There are foolish dog laws in nearly
every city and town in the United
States based % tho presumption that
dogs are not property. but such Laws
would not stand investigation ard the
Interpretation Of the higher coaFts-
a dog catcher who SEXES dogs aud
puts them 20 death l. acting without
warrant OF law, whatever the Local
ordinance, for property cannot be taken
from citizen without giving him an
opportunity 70 be heard in court Of
law before a Jury. The owners u fine
dogs are usually 50 careful Of them
that the dog eatchers and poundkeep-
ers have small chance 20 capture them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
REPUBLICAN SILVER SENATORS
Declaration Drawn Cp, W Mich Embodies q
Proposed Platform Demand

Washington, y. c., Jan. 23.-The Re
publican silver senators today signed a
declaration which is intended TO be used
in the coming campaign as the demand
which the silver men viii make for a
plank in the national convention. In
the preamble it is recited that the pres
emf financial system endangers the in
dustrial prosperity of the United States
which is threatened by China and ia
pan as a result OF the decrease in the
value Of silver and the difference of the
exchange between silver and gold
using countries. II is therefore re-
solved that the signers favor the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at a
ratio Of is 20 l for the purpose of ablit-
Grating this difference Of exchange.
(which IS declared TO operate as a boun-
y on the export of products from silver
using countries to gold using countries
II is also resolved that they favor a
tariff which shall equaliZe the difference
in the cost of labor between this coun-
try and TIE countries Of Europe and
Asia. IL is the purpose of those who
are circulating the declaration TO get
all The Republican silver men in con
greSS 70 sign Il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
C:SANCE FOR YOUNG ooCToRR
Can Go to South AfrIcs aud Make a Nina
of Money,

Can Go to South AfrIcs aud Make a Nina
of Mon~J,
There is a promising field open for
young physicians in South Africa. Ac-
cording TO a letter received by the Lon
don Telegraph from q lady who pro-
5esses TO know South Africa well. tho
openings for good doctors are numor-
GUS and inviting. She says: The
scarcity of medical men in South Africa
s. very great, and their numbers arc
very inadequate for the population. l
am speaking of Cape Town. Johannes
burg and Barberton. There seems 10
be no reliable oculist, Optician or
dentist in either of these places. A
lady who has recently gone 10 Jo-
hannesburg with her children WRITES
that people residing there and requir-
ing an optician must 60 to Durham. All
who can afford il come home to have
their eyes and teeth attended 70. and,
as this is expensive and inconvenient.
many suffer much pain and injury.
Many ladies endure the fatigue Of travel
Rnd come 20 England when they require
special care rather than place them
selves in the hands Of the doctors az
present available. I understand the
mortality in johannesburg II appalling.
Many are there quite alone, and. having
no one TO attend 10 them in sickness.
go to the hospital, where they usually
die. I should state that the patients
are not admitted free, but pay about
$50 weekly. II seems 20 me most
strange that this state Of things should
exist, especially as there are 80 many
doctors here who complain Of scarcity
Of uatients"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
MOUND BUILDERS CORN.
After Burial for Centuries 1t Grows Ike
Seed Grain

After Burial for Centaries 1t Grows Ike
Seed Grain
A curious experiment was made this
GUNNER by Charles Graham. nursery
man OF this county, ard the result lies
upon the desk before your corresPen-
dent as he writes. says letter in the In
dianapolis News. Last year Mr.. A A.
Graham, OF Mount Vernon, Ind, made
q visit TO the vicinity OF Alton. IL. and
called upon a FREUD, who had just
opened a mound builders burial mound
Upon .he mound grew several large
trees, among them an oak four feet n
diameter. and thus the age % the mound
was established as considerable Il u
we're found the crumblinE remains Of
bones. and among other utensils large
pot. containing a maize very much Ike
our present cor mon red corn Of tbs
Mr.. Graham secured several grairs- ard
on returning home planted IL i grew.
ard The result was that he produced q
rrrain Of corn which Is most likely the
ancestor Of TIE corr " now cultivate.
II spite Of having been II the grave
for certainly rot les than 80 yeszs.
II grew very RAPIDLY and produced 4
large. weIl-shaPed e2r upoa fairly al
stalk. The ear ia vel ST, The grains
being somewhat smaller than any 81 the
present varieties. except popcorn In
shape the gram resembles dried sweet
corn. being rough and xTinkled- L
taste il "a sweet AID agreeable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
WALKER INSISTS ON HIS RATES
IF He Can't Get it st. PruI Can't Have the
Encampncut.

Indianapolis, Jan. 23.-Commander
Walker OF the G.. A. r. arrived home last
night from Chicago, where he was in
consultation with the st. Paul delega-
| ton of citizens. He said the Western
Passenger association would meet next
Tuesday TO take final action.
Should the association insist upon
its rates and terms as now established"
said Colonel Walker, the encampment
will be removed. All cities win then
have an opportunity to apply for IT."
Chicago, JAM 23.-Comander Walker
and the executive committee Of the G..
A. r. met today to consider the atti-
tude of the roads in the Western Pas
senger association in refusing to grant
thirty days limits on tickets TO the an
nual encampment at St. Paul. II was
definitely decided that If the roads re-
fuse the extension. the encampment viii
not be held in st. Paul, but before Sc
lecting another city il was decided to
make another effort TO gain the desired
concession.
An appeal was made TO Chairman
Caldwell Of the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION TO call q special meeting for
the purpose of reconsidering the mat
ter. The chairman promptly sent out
circular to the roads and will call a
meeting II TWO OF HlOTe TOduS urSlIc
that he should do so. Under the asso-
citation agreement he cannot call a
meeting unless requested by at least
two roads. II the meeting is not called
the executive committee will move the
encampment, in all probability 10 Buff
falo.
The railroads have been requested by
q committee IF business men from 81
Paul to reconsider heir decision not
to extend the time limit on The tickets.
There is, however. q strong opposition
among many Of the roads to meeting
the low rate made by the 500 line for
the encampment. The roads say 6hey
were aware of the intention OF the 500
line to put in rate OF one cent per mile
when they made the rate they now have
and on this basis the competition OF the
500 line viii not cut great figure with
them The chief objection. however,
remains as before, the roads are afraid
of decentralization that may result II
they grant the extended time limit
asked by Commander Walker.
''Iy lovel l guess not,'' Glow do you
know: They never sit silent for min
utai'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
BASILICA OF PARIS.
Little Has Been Heard OF Lste About tbs
Progress OF Construction

Progress OF Construction
Little mas been heard of late about the
progress of the construction of the Mont
martre hill. known as the Basilica OF
the Sacre Ceur, says the London Daily
Telegraph The vast mass of masonry
glistens in the sun, which this after
noon was summer-like in its intensity
The Basilica dominates the metropoli.
OF France by its towering height II
may be seen from various points along
the boulevsr6s, but hardly one Partisan
in hundred seems to take any interest
in its existence.
Pilgrims and religious people gen
orally flock TO il as the sacred Landmark
of the Mount of Martyrs, but the ordi.
nary citizen does not trouble about it.
He is content TO know that il is being
built aud that it win be finished some
time before the day OF general iudg.
ment, like the Opera Comique. which is
also slowly rising on its former site
The building of the BaSilica has now
been so long in progress that it woald
be almost relief 10 hear that those
who are organizing its construction had
OeLSTu1Qcu TO take the Scs1ftOlUllQ
away and to let the church stand as ar
incomplete specimen of ecclesiastical
architecture, like the Cathedral OF Col.
ogne.
1t is useless to tell Parisians. as thew
are informed to-day, after a long spell
of silence, that the works of the Bias
lica are being pushed forward with
activity, and that 500 men are engaged
in putting the big dome in position. II
was supposed that the dome in ques-
ton would be ready last week, but now
it is stated that it Will require many
months TO complete it. The belfry viii
not be ready until the year 1895. The
committee, down 10 July of last year,
had received 1884, 600 francs, or e1,.
los, 700. The subscription list was
opened in July, 1878, but in spite of the
large sum collected since that year,
further appeals will have to be made &c
the faithful before they can hope to see
the hurch even near completion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
PASSING OF THE ELEPHANT
It Is Said That the Circus Favorits IL Be-
coming Scarce.

It Is Said That the Circus Favortte IL BG>
coming Scarce
There is a wall in the New York
Ledger that there is every reason to
believe that elephants, like the Aneri-
can bison, are fast disappearing. In
1856 a worker in ivory in Sheffield, Eng
land, endeavored, in all seriousness, to
figure out how long the elephant would
last. His own house, he said, had in
the one year used 1880 pairs of tusks,
which meant the killing of more than
that many animals, for not every ele-
plant yields two tUsks of ivory to the
ivory hunter. That the African species
is fast disappearing there is little doubt
There arc many elephants in Ceylon,
and from that island most of those that
are displayed in travelling menageries
ind geological gardens come The
snowman has very little use for the
African elephant, because ne is less In
teiligent than his Indian cousin and
much meener IL disposition. The At
rican elephant is the longer-legged and
slnaller-bodied animal. Jumbo. who
was half-breed, had the long legs of
the African and the body Of the Indian
elephant. Jumbo was undoubtedly the
largest of all elephants, standing II feet
eight inches in height. The largest
elephant remembered in India was one
ridden by the viceroy in 1890, which
stood ten feet four inches. Col. Pollock
records that the King of Burmah had q
sacred white elephant which was two
inches taller.