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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-10
MDTEORs THAT REACH THE EARTH.
Those Strange Visitors from Space
Are Alike I'm Their Nature.

St. NICHOLAS
All Of you have been out OF doors on a
cloudless evening. and have seen a star aD-
parently fall from It's place In the SKY ana
glide in a long line Of light toward the
Perhaps you have wondered. as I used to
do, how long IL would be before the stars
would all be gone from the sky, since one
fell so often j. did not then know, what
have learned since, that shooting stars
are not true stars at all. but only bodies
which appear for an instant a1i t and then dis
and thus avoid cenfounding them with real
stars. for real stars are as enduring as any
thing in the universe.
In common speech. however. the term
meteors is largely confined to those shooting
stars which are very large and bright and
not. however. diner from the shooting stars
In any important respect. so far we know.
most Of the learned scholars who make a
study Of such subjects consider them the
Now. II meteors never came any nearer
the earth than do those which we so often
see we should know nothing more about
them than what we could learn from their
light and that would be very little.
But II sometimes happens that one Of
them can be seen coming directly down TO
fhe@earth. II makes a bright little light as
It falls, sometimes so intense as TO out
shine the sun when that Is in the sky.
cloud OF smoke. and falls with Kissing.
epluttering noise. throwing out showers or
sparks as II descends- Usually. too. loud
air. as II aerial armies were cannonading
one another; and as the sound of the con-
f1ict dies away. long rolls of echoing thun-
der snake the earth.
When the astonished peop,a thereabout
have recovered from their fright and has
ten to the spot where the meteor has struck
the earth they sometimes find hurled In the
eoil-if the soil has any depth-a piece of
stone or metal. often no larger than a hen .
egg. but sometimes dig enough to lie OF
several hundred pounds weight.
II Is usually stln rot II piekei up very
soon after its fall. and its surface VIII be
found to be covered by a thin crust or var
nish. made by the melting and flowing OF
its outside. This crust on The stores is
usually black. while the interior II light
gray In color. on the pieces Of metal IL is
OF a rusty brown color. and the interior of
the mass nickel-whfte. The surface OF thes
bodies can Be seen, too. TO be icdented by
little pits or hcl1ows which look fer all the
world as II the mass had once teen soft as
q piece OF putty. and some one had pressed
IL With his thumb In many places.
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may be called old before they are out OF
their teens. whereas American women as
class are at their finest development and
most agreeably all the eye when they nave
passed beyofsd the age OF thirty
Kathryn Kidder said: MANY of the lovli-
est and most popular women 1 know might
be ciassed as old maids, IL any one wished
20 use that term In describing them But
think the real meaning of the words is
fussy. meddlesome busybody; queer in dress
and manner, fonder OF cats than or babies.
and with no good feeling and charity or
heart toward her fellow beings Such women
are old maids no matter what age they may
be- But on the contrary. think OF the sweet,
<ind-hearted old maids that Mary L VIII
they have chosen 10 remain unmarried
through some early disappointment in love,
which would have left lighter natures un-
touched they spend their days In doing good,
Il looking after the sick and the poor. Such
old maids. I think. make the world a better
place"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-10

Lucrative Business Done by n Missis.
sippi Man In Africa.

Buffalo Courier.
II the story of Henry Moore. peddler.
is true any man with gumption and nerve
can make millions in Africa, and that
without digging for them in King Solo
mons mines.
This Henry Moore used to live in Cor
NTH, Miss, and made little stir in the
world. He had job now and then, but
il never lasted long, and he drifted from
town TO town in an aimless way. One
day he shipped as common sailor on q
tramp steamer for the east coast of Afri-
ca The vessel stopped there long enough
to show him that in that region some
sorts of merchandise were worth almost
their weight la gold. The ship traded
her cargo for ivory and woods and sailed
for Liverpool with Moore aboard. The
moment he reached England he invested
all his wages in trinkets and worked his
way back to Africa Filling pack with
his goods he strapped 1t on his back and
set out TO cross the dark continent afoot.
1t was rather more than a year before
he came on: on the west coast. His
pack was gone. but In his train he had a
string OF camels and donkeys loaded
down with elephants tusks. nuggets OF
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RENAN AND sKEPTICIsM.
He Practised 1t, but tn Others Would
Not RecOmme end Ii.

A curious instance OF Remains unwillingness
to accept the responsibility for the effects OF
his skepticism on the younger generation is
given by VI. Hughes lie Roux II a recent
number OF lie Figaro. He would not admit
that younger men could appeal TO his un-
certainties in carrying out their egoism to
young man in whom he was Interested and
who had been guilty OF some youthful prod
igality at which any one else would have
smiled, Renan said THE young men OF my
generation had more control over themselves.
They understood their duties better. They
had grown up under stricter discipline"
Tc shift the burden OF responsibility he was
ready 10 disavow everything.
In the year I'm which the philosopher died
he spent some weeks at Bordighera in a
white villa embowered In flowers which ~.
Bischonsheim had placed at his disposal NJ.
lie Roux, walking BY on the Roman road.
leading his boys oy the hand. saw him
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Observation-Disclosures:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-10

Boston TTanscrIDf.
Out at Arlington heights there Is an ex-
ce1lent veteran OF the war. pensioner. who
often wears his blouse OF blue and Grand
Army hat. AMI who on occasion takes peo-
the wonderful view that is spread out be-
fore them Not long ago he performed this
pleasant service for a couple OF young ladies,
who were much interested I'm his discourse.
He had with him the fine Cd military field
glass which he always carries to the hill
tops. and on the descent he CHANGED to re-
mark 10 the young ladies that he had
carried II all through the service"
"Al1 through the service" said one of the
young ladies' musingIy: what for? To look
at the minister"
And the veteran IL stu wondering
whether Il was OF any use TO fight. bleed
and die for ones country after all. T.
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AMBITION AWAKENED.

with a fixed and definite knowledge
OF the time he Is to walk out of the
prison doors. the average professional
criminal keeps himself on his good be-
havior. Not because his nature has
changed. but because he knows that mis-
conduct will add to his time behind the
bars. So heis good for policy's sake.
If he were serving an indeterminate
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houses had paternal motives for keeping
peace. After a time, however, "Jonce"
Hatfield grew distasteful to the McCoys,
and two of the sons Of Randolph, with
party Of others. set out to bring him to
justice. many indictments being out
against him in Kentucky.
He was caught at G. rendezvous with
the Mccoy girl. and was taken into Gus
tody. She secured horse from her
fathers barn and made her way over the
terribly rough roads, in the dark night
and alarmed bad Anse' Hatfield and
his household. The Hatfelds soon made
up strong party, lay in wait for the
McCoys and their prisoners, and res
cued the son of their leader. 1t seems
almost miraculous that no blood was
shed on this occasion, as both parties
were ready to fight.
The girl was afraid to return to her
father until year later. when she and
her child were turned out from the house
of the Hatfelds.
No bloodshed marked the rivalry be-
tween the two families for the next two
years AT the Pike county election, in
August, 1882 however, came the fatality
that started the reign OF murder. A rel
alive of both the Hatfields and McCoys
was candidate for Office. and the lead
ers of the two factions again came to-
gether to work for his election.
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
During the day illicit whisky was
freely given to the men of both factions,
and in the afternoon they were feeling
very belligerent, and only a little Incl
dent was needed to start a fight. This
came when Talbot Mccoy met Elias Hat
field, known as bad 'Lias," and de-
manded $1.75 that had been borrowed
from him. Hatfield denied the debt, and
Mccoy Immediately threw him down and
began to pourd him. s
In the midst Of this operation. Deacon
Ellison Hatfield. carrying a large pocket
! knife, and Eras. his brother. carrying a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
N:etn1lork Dailr Gribnne.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1896.
TIRE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Observation-Disclosures Terrell SAID in an inter-
view in Constantnople that it WAS highly i'm
probable that the United States would seek TO
meddle in Turkeys domestic affairs - Inc
Ecuador Government has submitted TO the Con-
vention q scheme for a return 10 the gold STAN
dard. - Princess Helene who Is 10 be mar
red to the Crown Prince of Italy IN Rome on
October "a. became Roman Catholic at Bari
The international checs tournament at
Budapest was finished; Charousek and Tschi-
Gorin were tied for first and second prizes.
DOMESTIC.-General Harrison continued his
campaign tour through Indiana. - Illinois
Day was observed in Canton and Major Mckin-
ley receive more than 5000 visitors. - W.
r. Rambusch, the abscOnding banker from
Juneau Wis, committed suicide in the National
Cemetery at fredericksburg. Va. - The d.
rectors Of the Catholic University met In Wasa-
ington to select three names for presentation 10
the Pope candidates for the rectorship va
Gated by Bishop keane. - Governor morton
has called special session of the Appellate d.
vision. lid Department to hear the ward
Fairchild contest over the Republican noIilna-
ton in the XVIth Congress District
CITY AND SUBCRBAN.-Hamlin j. Andrus.
secretary OF the Arlington Chemical Company,
was blown to pieces in his office at the com
pany's works at Yonkars by a dynamite bomb.
The Coroners Jury IN the Madison ave
building collapse case. returned a verdict hoid-
ing Hawkins. the agent; DAndrea the builder
Of the stone foundation. and the Building De
partment to blame for the accident. - Inc
Protestant Episcopal House OF Bishops elected
the Rev. DR.. J. d. Morrison, or Ogdenspufg:
Bishop of the new missionary jurisdiction or
Duuth There enormous sales OF
wheat. although the price OF the cereal was a
few points lower. - Real estate along the
proposed route of the underground railway sold
at high figures. -=---- Ii was reported that w.
c. Whitney and John ID. Crimmins disagree "a
10 the motive power in the traction system -
Miss Jenny y Merrill was elected supervisor
Of Kindergarten Instruction by the Board OF I'd
ucation. - Winners at Morris Park: Mckee,
Flushing, Divide, Tallahassee and Duke "i
Abercorn. - Stocks sold for profits
THE WEATHER. Forecast for to-day Fair
and cooler The temperature yesterday: hlgh'
est 61 degrees; lowest, 4S; average. J97s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
WOOD p4vEuEyTs AND MICROBES.

Renewed trials OF wood pavemcnts in this city
give interest 10 some recent Investigations made
In Europe into their sanitary unsanitary
qualities Messrs Rodet an Nichols report In
lie Lyon Medical that In the superficial layers
Of wood pavement after It had been thorough
ly swept and washed with water. they found In
one case 50.0OO.OOO and in another '9,3GO.OOO
microbes TO the gramme. depth or nve
centimetres In one case they found $1,000, and at
a depth OF six centimetres In another case l2'.-
coo 10 the gramme. This seems TO demonstrate
the impossibility OF cleansing wood pavement
with anything like thoroughness by any ordi-
nary means. The surface may be scrubbed clean
"a water and brushes can make IL. But for "a
depth OF a couple OF inches the wood VIII still
be swarming with bacteria. and as II Is worn
away by traffic It's dust Will be CHI; rged with UNI
imaginable potentiaiities OF infect II.
IL IL quite true that only few OF I'll microbes
found by these investigators were lIqusfyng or
ganisms. and In no case did they seem nox!ous
when introduced by incubation into the cIrcula
ton Of guinea pigs. What they migh. be. how
ever. during an epidemic Is only TO be guessed
at and 10 be dreaded unspeakaby The case
against wood pavements. from II saE'ary point
Of view il not proven But It Is sufficiently
open To leave room for anxiety. Such pave
ments have other qualities OF undoubted good
ness and II would be pleasant To bc assured that
they could never be menace TO he public
health Perhaps some day some one Will devise
a method Of rendering them microbe- proof 40
that they will not be permeated. Inches deep. by
living and possibly noNious germs. Perhaps
too. we may one day have system OF antiseptic
street -sprinkling and cleaning. so that the air
will not be laden with dust OF which every par
tcle is swarming with bacteria.
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600 These are only rough approximations rs
quantities yet To be marketed are never pre-
cisely known: but il seems clear that as much
as $4,000. 900 has been added t0~the prolits OF
farmers by the rise in prices OF their produc*.
If Mark Hanna has done all this, as silver
demagogues are asserting he has been 10
American farmers very respectable Sah'a
Claus. the more welcome for not waiting nntii
Christmas.
The farmers are not losing money, as the
record Of steady increase in value or farms mas
proved Even at the lowest prices yet reached
the farmers continue to put in seed for larger
crops Of wheat and cotton than have ever been
consumed which plainly indicates that the!
realize some profit. though at such prices Il
very narrow one But If wheat grown on farms
In Nebraska and the DakOtas brought last De-
celnbcr about 40 cents. and in Minnesota ana
Kansas about 10 cents, as official reports oil
farm prices show, then yielding little II any
profit, the addition Of 10 TO &c cents per bushel
IS not an advance Of about half in FARMERS
gains, but is all Of 1t clear profit. Az an aver
age Weld of only twelve bushels to the acre. IT
would mean from 50 IS 10 So II per acre. which
is In effect adding $40 or $50 per acre to the
actual value Of wheat land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
PERSONAL.

Mrs Jefferson Davis writes to 'Ihe baitlmoie
Sum an appreciative letter about the iate rTeu'
erick McGinnis colored who was the personal ser
cant of her husband. "He was an hcnor 10 Ills
race" she says. "a man @! sterIihg ht'srnS' "ieu
iptelecnce keen sense OF justice. warm ana
grateful heart nc had the fine instincts OF eene
man. Whatever he undertook ne psriorIeu t'i
fully and well. for his mentai faculties were ''o' III
ferior to his moral qualities.
A subscription has just been started IN Lohoon
under the patronage the Prince OF Wales. whicn
has for it, aim the restoration OF the OLD church o
Burnham Thorpe. where Nelson was bapuzeo' anu
where his mother and father lie buried. IL ~ 'h'
intention Of the committee that has the subscriptio
in charge 10 have the windows OF the church deco
rated with scenes recalling the career OF me vcso'
OF Trafalgar During his life Nelson oi,sn sA
pressed desire 10 be buried at Buinh.tn dno,
and nothing but q command OF the KING preNehteu
his body reposing there: instead or penea,n .'e
beautifully sculptured tomb IN 81 faui & on
Yesterday his column In Trafalgar square ,ya
don was decorated In honor OF MS last pat'e'
fought october u. 1898.
At meeting OF the Cambridge club IN Boston OF
Monday evening Mayor Bancroft, OK Cambridge
gave Il discriminating eulogy OF the late eX-HoV'
crnor Russell.
.The Boston Transcript says: His Eminenoe
Cardinal Gibbons sent his approval OF the work Of
the Massachusetts Prison Reform Committee 70
ame!iorate the needless suffering OF conVic's u
Mrs II. r. Spooner. who has just returned IRON ON
evil OF corporal punishment. TWO OF the members
Of this Reform Committee sent encouraging letters
to Mrs Spooner while there. Nicar-Gen"fi! NiliiaH
Byrne and Mrs Alice \. Lincoln.
Nicholas the Russian Orthodox Bishop Tor TINS
country has been visiting Cleveland In order 20
establish church In thas cry
Ar IN. fortieth anniversary Of the Norwich Conn.)
free Academy which will be celebrated Tomorrow
addresses will be made by Professors hutchinson
and Ianman OF Harvard; Professor H. c. Bourn
and Dr.. r. 4 Corwin. OF Yale; President Gilman, OF
Johns Hopkins University. and Poultney Biselow
OF this city.
The Rev DR. J. NJ Buckley OF this city, Editor OF
..The Christian Advocate" lectures In Baltimore
to-day on Limitation or Emulation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
THE WICKED "WELL.TO.DO."

II is enough TO make the selfrespecting Amerl'
can citizen hang his head in shame to think that
the highest office in the Republic is within the
remotest possibility of attainment by travelling
mountebank, who from the tail-end OF railroad
trains. at county fairs. and wherever he can put
himself on show for a price, undertakes 10 SUI
up strife between classes Of citizens-or, as he
saws between The classes and 1.-The masses.
We say "mountebank" advisedly, and with full
purpose For no intelligent man can read the
speeches which this candidate Is repeating WIN
dismal mOnotony through the West without
reaching the conclusion that it 10 only by thls
term that he can be defined with reasonable APP
Proclamation TO accuracy. Consider for mo-
ment thar this aspirant TO the Presidency IS re-
pcatng to the audiences drawn to MIN by luie
curiosity such ineffable rot as this, which ap
pears in the report OF ono Of his speeches on
Tuesday last. and was only repetition III al
most the precise language used OF what he had
previously said several times An. my friehus,
said he with the solemn smirk when he Keeps
on tap for fat-witted fools-"ah! my friends 1t
''is one OF the sad things which must be contem-
plated by those who read history that the
'.reformatons in society have never come from
"the 'well-to-do'" Doesn't the man know
hasn't he the average common-sense to know
that the ambition OF every one OF his hearers
who isn't an unconscionabe and irredeemable
tramp is Just 10 be one Of the 'wellto-do'? In
all of the audiences TO which he has repeated
this altogether false and unutterably cheap and
foolish lament over the wickcdness OF the well
TODD there was probably not one IN hundred
or even in thousand, who WAS not hungerlng
and hoping 70 be one OF the 'welltodo,'' II he
was not already one Of them, himself
If there is another class than the "well-to-do
in which naturally. those who desire to be
'wcll-to-do'' must be ncluded-it must be the
ne'erdo.wells. Mr.. Bryans sadness over his
reading of history is on account OF the wicked
ness of the class TO which ninety nine oneh hun
dredths of his hearers either now belong, or hope
TO. And he tells them that the class they belong
TO- or aspire TO- is so utterly wicked that no hope
Of reform can come from It. That Is to say, that
reform can only be hoped for from the ne'er-do-
wells. From his reading Of history he sadly con-
cludes that there IS nothing to be hoped for In
the way of reform from the "well-to-do" and
successful and that the only hope for such re-
formers as he is in the uprising Of those who
have never been successful. and have not the
slightest hope or expectation OF success. He
makes his appeal to these. Could anything be
more silly, nonsenscal and absurd? 1t would be
a misnomer TO call him demagOgue. He Is a
mountebank, pure and simple
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
BLESSINGS FOR FARMERS.

The sudden revolution in the condition oil
Western farmers will probably bave an impor-
tant influence upon the election in many states.
Without 1t, before it began. the election or NC
Kinley was regarded as certain, but in eight or
ten Western States the poverty and dlscohtent
of many farmers. and their anxiety Tor some
relief. provided the field which free-silver DEM
ayogues worked with all their might, and from
which they hoped to raise large crop OF votes.
For that expected crop the change in conditions
IL as destructive as Six weeks drouth TOT
wheat or cotton. Since July the farmers
have not only harvested remarkably large
crops but have seen the prices OF farm prod
ucts advance beyond their expectations In
consequence they are no longer IT. the huinor
to look with favor on any desperate step 'hat
dishonest dcmagogues may suggest, out listen
with enlightened contempt to the cry that prices
rannot rise and farmers must be ruined unless
free coinage Of silver can be secured.
Wheat is not the only product raised by
farms. A recent analysis In an agricultural
journal Of high repute makes the value or me
wheat crop only about seventh OF the value OF
all farm products. But the practical question
for the farmer is whether he cnn sell. or the
staple products which command ready mar
ket, all that he has to spare mt prices winch
yield profit Among the crops which are re-
lied upon to bring in money. wheat and cotton
sell most largely, but cattle, hogs corn ana
oats are also important. The portion OF all
these and Of vegetables fruits and many other
products, which Is consumed on the farms or
exchanged nearby for current supplies, goes to
cover part of the cost of living and Of produc-
ing things sent to market.
Since July good cattle have risen about IS
cents. or IL per cent. at Chicago; hogs have
advanced 80 cents there and % at Kansas City.
or about per cent; corn has advanced IA
cents at Kansas City, or per cent. and oats
per cent. or 10 cents. Similar quotations might
10 given Of other markets close to the farms.
Cotton has advanced half cent here, SIX
teepfh less at New-Orleans, but three-quarters
of a cent at Galveston. The rise in wheat, as
was shown Wednesday. has been from 10 to ~
cents per bushel Every one Of these changes
has given millions OF dollars to the farmers.
They probably have 300.000.000 bushels OF
wheat yet to sell, On which the rise at -
cents would be $57000O0O. Probably there are
vet 100000 900 bales Of cotton to be moved
on which half cent advance would mean
s17.JOO,OO0. The small rise in corn, on only
. the part not used for feeding or otherwise on
| farms. would be worth $15.eO,00O or more.
the rise in oats about SS,O00.O0O, and the rise
IN cattle and hogs marketed ut least $4,000,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22

McKane has only about two years Imprisonment
yet before him. Shea was the servant of the
Murphy Ring McKane was power by him
self, doing favOrs for other BOSSES Sometimes he
helped Hill and Mclaughlin. Sometimes Repub-
leans TO their shame. profted from bis crimes.
And aside from all personal and party considera-
tons is the greater public one. Political corrup-
ton is not yet abolished. McKanc's conviction
was lesson. but it was not a complete educa-
ton His pardon would be hailed with JOY by
every bribe-taker. every ballotbox suffer, every
repeater. every thug in the United states III
would encourage all the elements making FOR po-
litical immortality 10 work on confident That their
good times had nos gone by. Surely Governor
Morton cannot wish TO do that