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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Rush for Hallway Lands.

DIES MONIES. Ia. Feb. 27-There was
great scramble for the land office this morn
ing by people desiring 10 file on the O'Brien
county railway lands thrown open TO set
Element. Eight thousand acres are involved.
About 100 applications were filed Many
people remained all night in the corridors
of the federal building to be on hand early
this morning. A special train brought many
anxious people in last evening Filings
closed 1t noon.
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Mrs. Win.Iow,s soothing syrup.

Has been used over fifty years by millions
of mothers for their children while teeth
ing with perfect success: 1t soothes the
wind collie, regulates the bowels, and is the
best remedy for diarrhea, whether arising
from teething other causes. For sale by
druggists in every part of the world Be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing
Syrup, % cents a bottle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
MUCH COLDER TODAY.
Predictions and observations Of the
Local Weather Bureau.

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for
the twenty-four hours ending IL p. m Feb.
2s.--Much colder fair weather on Friday;
colder. fair at night.
Advices from Chicago herald the approach
of a cold wave.
General Charlottesville storm area moved
only slowly eastward with its center east
of Lake Superior; it is followed by an area
Of high pressure. central over Manitoba, but
in the Northwest another low barometric
area Is approaching. The temperature rose
from ten to twenty-five degrees from the
Ohio valley and New York northward. else
where IL fell; west of the Mississippi the
temperature fell from ten to thirty degrees,
and. in Minnesota It is near zero again. Fair
weather prevailed and rain fell only at
Palestine, Tex.
O. p l. WAPPENHANS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Feb. H.-sAt Birm-
ingham to-day 150 leading Republicans and
Popuhsts held a conference to formulate
plans upon which the two parties can fuse
and nominate joint State ticket when their
Two conventions meet, on April %. Ii has
been generally understood that the two par
ties would fuse, but how TO bring gold-staEid-
ard Republicans and free-silver Populsts to-
gether without a sacrifice of principle Dy
either has been the problem Captain Kolo'
the late Populist candidate for Governor,
presided over to-days meeting, and the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted
Resolved That 1t Is the sense OF this cor
ference that the conventions of the People 6
party and of the Republican party that are
to meet at Montgomery on April % srall
enunciate their principles in their platforms
and shall each seek II possible 10 nominate
the same ticket. which will in no instance
violate the distinctive principles of either
party. We respectfully recommend tnat oo.h
parties cooperate to this end
State Senator A. L. Goodwin was the only
man mentioned for Governor. The CONFER
ence called OH Congress TO investigate alleged
election frauds in Alabama.
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Cable Notes.

and Mr.. w n. Vanderbilt have arrived at
Monte Carlo.
Rev. Thomas Grace. rector OF the Cathe-
dral OF the Most Blessed Sacrament. Sacra-
mento. Cal, has been appointed bishop of
the diocese of Sacramento. In succession TO
Right Rev. Il. Manogue. ID. ID.
General Lord Wolseley. speaking In Lon
don yesterday. advocated increasing the
navy as Great Britain's first line OF de-
tense. He expressed the opinion that "In
the event or war IL would be impossible 10
sever our food supply"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

A young man has died at Edinburg, Ind.
of softening of the brain from habitual
cigarette smoking. A young man who
makes a practice of smoking cigarettes is
supposed to have tolerably soft brain to
start with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

1000 Armcnians SIain-Their Widows
md Orphans Starving.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Anglo-Armenian
Association has received a telegram from
Constantinopic which says that three thou
sand Armenians have been massacred az
Arabekir and that the widows and orphans
of those killed are in terrible distress from
cold and hunger The dispatch also says
that the Armenians OF Svas and Cesarea.
are in daily fear of massacre. Forced
conversions to Isiamism are general
throughout the Asiatic provinces.
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religions VIII Right Dcryishes

LONDON. Feb. ga Rome dispatch to
the Daily News says: THE King or the
Belgians has decided 10 make war on the
dervishes throughout the Congo State. II Is
reported that all the available vessels on
the Congo have already been chartered"
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p. T.. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.

WASHINGTON, Feb. N.-For Ohio-Fair;
colder in northwestern portion; winds be-
coming northwesterly.
For Indiana and Illinois-Fair; colder:
northweSterly winds.
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Alarming Signs! When the voice is re-
duced to a husky whisper. with hacking
cough and painful respiration, there is good
cause for alarm. Have recourse forthwith
to Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar.
The relief will be immediate-the cure GER
tain. Sold by all druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one min
Ito
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Mayor Deprived of Power.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Feb. N.-The City
Council. at a meeting held tonight. passed
an ordinance depriving Mayor Hooper of his
right to appoint municipal officers, and inn
mediately afterward adopted other ordi-
nanceS declaring vacant about fourteen
places which have been filled by the Mayor
and confirmed by Council. This eXtraor r.
nary action is the result of fight w.lich
has been going on for the past month be-
tween the Mayor and the Council over the
question Of filling the offices which came I'M
der the control Of the Republican majority
at the election in November, when for the
first time in many years the Republicans car
ried the city
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For Indigestion


DIR. j. G. Roberts. Pulaski. Tenn, says:
II regard IL very valuable aid i'm treating
all cases OF dyspeotic troubles. gravel and
torpid liver"
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How Can He:
Chicago Pr

Chicago POSI-.
Ballington Booth may not wish to lead
revolt, but, If the American Salvation
Army persists in following him. how can
he help 1t?
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Fusion I'm AInbnma.

ers-and the city can be depended upon TO
sustain it's reputation for entertaining large
throngs of people.
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Yesterdays Temperatures.

The following table OF temperatures Is
furnished by the United States Weather
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Following is a comparative statement OF
e temperature and precipitation Feb. %:
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thursdays Local observations.

Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Weather Pre-
Ia. m. 1866 "A 40 South. PIT Cl'dy. 600
Z p. m. 1862 GO 6S South. Cloudy. 0C0
Maximum temperature. 20; minimum tenn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

impossibilties, and Prof Rontgen has
rubbed his wonderful lamp. which is
successful competitor to the legendary
one of Aladdin and with his open sesame
he has summoned a new genii to serve
his fellow-men.
It has for some time been known that
ether waves of long periods of vibration
would pass through Opaque matter when
the short waves could not do. for a piece
of blackened rock salt will cut out shorJ
rays, but longer waves pass through it;
this was about all known concerning the
long and short waves penetrating power.
For such astonishing results the ap-
paratus appears quite simple. as he uses
either a Hittorf vacuum tube, a Lenards
or a Crookes tube. preferring the latter.
These tubes are specially shaped. pear
shaped would describe one form, of blown
glass, with electrical wires entering a.
fixed points and sealed there, the tube
being exhausted of ala SO as to be as
absolutely empty as possible and sealed.
A large Ruhmkorff coil which is a special
form of induction coil, familiar on ali
forms of Faradic electrical batteries ana
the relay of telegraphers tables, though
they may differ slightly in construction.
Then with the electrical connection prop
erly made between the tube and the coil
battery, the electric current (so-called) is
allowed to flow through the Ruhmkorf
coil and thence into the vacuum tube in
certain direction A fiuOrescence is then
visible in the tube and around 1t for the
space of about a twentieth OF an inch but
it must be in a perfectly dark room to be
at all visible even that distance from the
tube, and the room seems as dark as If
no light were In it, the wonderful light is
there, however, but not visible yet to the
eye. (The rays are ultraviolet and VII
brate too fast for the eye to perceiveD
A paper screen is then taken, one side
of which has been smeared with com
pound Of rium-platin-cyanide This
screen. placed near the apparatus. be-
comes fuorescent at every discharge
through the tube. and 1t makes no differ
ence which side of the screen is present.
ed to the tube. Whether the paper side
or the smeared side. The chemical COM
pound mentioned having the peculiar
property of apparently changing the vi
bratory wave lengths Of the light, rem
dering 1t perceptible TO the eye and re-
hecting it.
An ordinary bound book. a thousand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

The photograph of the human hand with
the ring on the finger which Is sent win
this description and showing the bones as
if no flesh were there. and the ring as II
suspended in the air, was taken by plac-
ing a prepared dry plate Photographic
PLATED i'm a properly shaped box or caSket
the hand was lain on the dry plate and
the lid Of the casket closed down, there pc
ing a proper exit for the wrist. In order
TO make "a positive photograph loIl OF slia a.
dow OF the hand the light had 10 penetrate
the wooden cover and the hand BEFORE IL
could effect the plate. The outline SHOWS
the wooden cover and the metal screws
holding II down. Thus photographs are
made without the use OF lenses and posi-
tives are made and not negatives, or, SIM
ply shadows of the object. dry plate
placed on the bottom Of a case or geomet-
rical instruments, the light turned on pen
etrates the box giving a positive or each
instrument and the case.
In a city not far from here lady who
was known for her talented and artistic
mastery of the piano, accidentally ran
needle into her hand. which broke, por-
ton was extracted. the remainder was
sought for in vain, the hand became pain
full, stiff and swollen and for a long time
past she has been forced to relinquish her
beloved accomplishment. The great sur
geon Tschmak photographed her hand by
the Rontgen rays, the needle piece and its
exact location was shown. 1t was extract
ed without trouble The use OF the hand
is now as good as in former times. d,
Where a bone Is fractured a photograph
is made showing the exact location and
situation Of the fragments. for disloca-
tions or bones out of joint, the exact sit
uation of the bones may be seen. For To-
eating bullets and foreign bodies of any
kind in the limbs its use at once is APP
parent. 1t is yet in its infancy, and the
writer will not further enlarge upon its
uses in medicine and surgery, which may
prove of value beyond what could have
been considered a short time ago the Wild
est dreams. In Prof. Czerny's surgical
clinic here the apparatus is in use daily.
This light passes directly through a prism
suffering no decomposition, and it passes
through a prism of steel or aluminium
easier than through a prism of lead glass,
and he has named the rays generally used
the "X-rays." This wonderful discovery
goes TO prove in the mind of the writer
the unity of electricity and light, the diff
ference being simply one of vibratory
wave lengths and numbers, and also the
falsity of the position of a gifted professor
in the United States who has said that
light does not exist apart from eyes"
when it does.
St. Joseph b. Graham, NJ. d.
University of Heidelberg, Germany, Feb 10.
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no claims, and I'll be 60 in July. It's a
pretty close shave"
Eight hundred FORMS" said Fraulein
Buchner with wistful sigh. 81 wish
knew that it was not wrong. Of course
you understand that I'm not in the least
what people call in love-
Neither am l." said the general. re-
assuringly. But l don't see that that's
any objection, so long as it's all above
board. like you well enough, and you
say you're not frightened of me, and
fancy Wen get quite used to each other
in time Do you agree|
Fraulein Ruchner gave him another
scrutiniZing glance. If she had ever been
moved before it had probably been in a
more romantic style than this, but ten
years of loneliness and hard work is apt
to rub off good deal of the gloss of ro-
nance. Eight hundred iorinsi To the
the words was far, far sweeter than the
most burning vows could have been
Either it was this thought which turned
the lowering scale, or else the result of
that long, scrutinizing look had been more
satisfactory than had been expected for
when Gen. Seidl repeated his question:
do you agree?" in a tone which, re-
CARELESS of the vicinity Of the passage
had risen to a bawl Marie Buchner in
deed said nothing, but quietly put her
thin hand into his great bears paw.
Then the pension is safe-thank good
ness!' was the first thing which it oc-
CURED to him to say.
And to the present day it remains an
open question among Gen. SaidPs ac-
quaintances whether his marriage with
Marie Buchner was purely an act of char
ity or whether it was done principally I'm
order to aggravate the people up there"
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said earnestly. Il do. What other course
was LETT 20 your Marriage Is at best "A lot
tery- ana surely II one draws a blank it
y hardly fair that the drawing should
END there / am sure you acted quite
Ilght IN TIE matter. and i respect you
more Tor y than II you had suffered in
silence and taken no means OF self-de-
Tense"
She touched him on the arm impuI-
slvely.
oh. / am so glad 20 hear you say that"
she exclaimed. AS long as YOU think 1
have done right, IL makes little difference
10 me what others may think"
Preston very nearly forgot there might
De Mr.. lerhune, but he remained "a 10.
i know Of an instance similar 20 yours.
! think he said, with the evident pur-
pose OF proving his opinion on the subject.
An acquaintance Of mine several years
aso married a glri, IN this very town ny
the way, and II he wasn't a 'scnunlrtl
there never was one. I never knew the
woman, his wife, but heard she was far
too good for him. and ! really felt sOrry
when l learned that he had fooled any
woman into marrying him. He was past
redemption, and an archangel in petit
coats couldn't nave saved him. Well the
upshot OF IL was that within a year she
left him and got a divorce. and ever since
knowing that fellow as / did. l have
looked upon divorce as one OF the greatest
blessings of married life"
Il don't want you to think me over
curious, Mr.. Preston" she said. hesitat-
ingiy, but may L ask you TO tell me
the mans name2'
Il haven't the least objection to telling
you. He was a brute on general princl-
pies. and his name ought 90 be known.
just as a skull-and-bones label ought To
he put on a bottle Of poison. He was one
Frank Hart. and fortunately he died about
three months ago"
Frank Hartr exclaimed Mrs Terhunc
"Why. that is the name of the man who
married Miss Park. Was he from New
Orleans?'
yes: and he died here in Chicago"
1T must be the same / know IL Is"
And is il the same Miss Park you told
me off" said Preston. THE lovely girl
who might make "a hero of me. and to
whom l might be a herO-husband?
Mrs. Tcrhune became fidgety. and half
rose from her place beside Preston
Preston himself was not half as inter
ested in Miss Park as ne was in Mrs. Ter
hume.
1.-The same Miss Park" she told him,
with evident effort.
"And where is she nowg he asked.
Here; beside you" and Mrs. Terhune
was unequal to further speech.
Preston gasped for breath. and Il was
a minute before he could say a word.
"W-w-w-what2" he stammered.
Aren't you Mrs. Terhune?"
Not since last week" she responded
calmly enough. now that the man had
lost his balance. MY decree of divorce
from Mr.. Terhune was signed six days
ago, and / resumed my maiden name, but
my friends haven't quite become accus-
toned to the resumption"
Two seconds later John PreSton's mind
had undergone a great change.
w. J. Hampton.
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NEW WAYS OF LIFE.
"Something There Was I'm Her Life.
Incomplete, Imperfect, Unfin-
FROM the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
What a very pretty woman she was
John Preston had been talking to her,
or with her, for an hour, and, though he
had never heard of her until that even
ing, and the turmoil and tragedy of a
great society function were roaring all
about him, he had not found it difficult
to give to her his absolute attention. In
deed, he was absorbed in her; SO absorbed
that he did not even know her name, and
cared less. 1t was the woman herself as
the Creator had made her, not the label
man had put upon her to designate who
or what she was, that was exerting this
influence upon him.
Have YOU ever heard of Miss Park of
Chicago?" she asked him, after they had
begun to reach out into the realm Of ac-
quaintanceship to bring to their grow
marks by which 10 be guided
us she of the Lincoln Park or Jackson
Park families2" he inquired lightly.
She turned her eyes on HIM pleadingly.
"Oh" he FASTENED to apologize. Il beg
your pardon. / forgot was in Chicago.
You know. | have been living in Boston
for a. wear and have fallen into the intel
lectual habits of that town"
The apology was almost as reprehensi-
acceptance of it and took up the thread
of her inquiry.
"She was a lovely girl, so pretty"
AS pretty as your he interrupted.
She arched her eyebrows, half pleased,
half disappearing.
80 pretty" she went on. that the men
raved over her, and so sweet and kindly
of manner and careful OF speech thar the
women loved her. She was such a girl
as you would have worshipped, and ]
fancy she would have made hero of you,
for you are such man as / have heard
her say that man must be who could fiji
to the brim the measure Of her IDEAL
Preston felt the force OF this covert
compliment and would have made some
reply, but she did not give him time.
II think" she continued somewhat
hu~r!edly, that you spoke OF having
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

passes thick, is placed between the screen
and the source of light. the rays penetrate
and pass through this book and light IN
the screen almost as If nothing was there.
To pcnctratcs two decks Of PLAYING cards
placed together with perfect ease
All bodies are penetrated by this light
hut In different degrees for each body Pa
per allows easy penetration as does wood
and flesh of the living body and metals
less So
piece OF wood cut square and ten inches
thick. covered on one side with white lead
paint. when placed before the light throws
a slightly dark shadow on the screen. The
light passes through It.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23
RONTGEN'S WONDERFUL LIGHT.

DR.. Wilhelm Kon-ad Rontgen. profess
sor Of physics. University Of Wurzburs,
is just now the most taik-about and Ia
nous man in all OF Europe. and justly so.
for his astonishing discovery few weeks
ago Of a new light or a new condition OF
matter and a new art
Really, there is nothing impossible I'M
der the SUM- when laws and means are
known and correctly adjusted for this
new art OF rays OF light would seem or
all things. truly well within the realm or
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

med with knots Of ribbon is correct for
d girl of this age.
For a younger miss, a dress with a,
square guipure yoke and the bodice gath
cred on is very pretty. The yoke is bor-
dered with velvet ribbon run through
buckles at the corners Velvet ribbon
forms the belt with a buckle on each side
the trent. Another band of velvet goes
around the skirt and does not quite meet
in front, terminating in a buckle on each
side. This band is about five inches from
the bottom. Bishop sleeves are finished
with plain band that forms the cuff.
Sleeves are so long for both old and
young that some of the gloves have only
one button-a fashion which will remind
many a grandmother of her young days
and set her TO dreaming of the youthful
gallant wis perhaps held that glove with
the hand in il in days gone by.
Speaking of old fashions that are resur-
rected / have been told that visiting cards
are to be made much smaller, to admit
of being carried in the tiny silver or gold
cases that are coming in with the other
Louis XVI styles. If this rumor proves
true, it will be an easy matter to have
ones cards trimmed to the proper size
at any printers estabIishment-much cas-
Ter than 1t will be to change back when
the wheel turns around again.
Annie Laurie Woods.
-Penurious. -sGsmsly never treats any
body, does hep "Ireat2 When he's thirsty
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AN ACT OF CHARITY.
BY DoRoTHEA GERARD.
Author of Lady Baby. "a Bit blue China Etc, Etc.

Copyrighted. ia8s, by Dorothea Gerard.
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-Penurious.-"Gsmsly never treats any
body, does hep 'Treat2 When he's thirsty
himself he just gets out his telescope and
locks 81 the Dlpper- Chicago Re-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-06
Sale of Rich Grazing CrabbOttom
Farm.

AS substituted trustees in deed
of trust executed by Jno. D. Ster-
rett, dated September 30, 1892. and
recorded in Highland county clerks
office, deed book s, page 308, the
undersigned at the request Of the
beneficiary will sell at public auc-
ton on the premises on
Wednesday. November Is, 1896,
at IL M, that certain tract OF land
lying in CrabbottOm, west of the
village of New Hampden, in High
land county, Va, and adjoining tie
lands of w. {. Rexrode, VIM. llev-
ener's estate and others containing
1891 acres more or less.
TERMS-O ne-third cash and
the residue On credit of one and
two years from date, the purchaser
to execute bonds for the deferred
payments. bearing interest, secu:-
ed by decd of trust.
M. n. BRADLEY,
W.B. MCCHEsNEY,
Substituted Trustees.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-11-06

Jacksons riverin Highland county, being
the same a signed to Mrs. Susan II, Gay,
in the lards of her husband James Gay,
decd, as dover. And if said tract OF
land is found not to be susceptible OF
partition in kind. sale of the same and
proper distribution of the proceeds. And
it appearing by satisfactory proof that
James Gay Kerr is not resident of this
Commonwealth, it is ordered that he do
appear here within fifteen days after due
publication hereof and do what is neces-
sary to protect his interest.
Teste: j. G, Matheny, Clerk,