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The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-06
PacIxing-House business.

The local packing houses in March killed
but 81. 800 hogs. against 1900 in March. 1896.
In the twelve months ending March /. 1886.
the Indianapolis packing houses killed 675 $40
hogs, against 1855 in the year ending
March !, 1895, against 578S73 I'm 1894. and
which report number Of hogs killed ST. Louis
only shows increase. In March. this
year, Chicago dropped 100000 below March,
1895, Omaha 10000 and Kansas City 80 O00
But indications are to more favorable results
this month, as hogs are coming in more
freely and only the summer packing houses
are in operation. The local packers, IL is
stated, have light stocks being fully so per
cent. below those held last year in early
April. STILL, stocks at other points are large,
in tendency
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-06

All Tiles set by experts. Jno. NJ. Lilly.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-06

Doctor Conga.ton's Legacy" by Henry
Johnston. is a charmingly written story.
in which Scottish life and character are
well depicted, and pretty romance lends
additional interest The author belongs 10
the Ien MacIaren school. This story is
peryaded by a pure atmosphere, and tho
Scotch dialect seems quite in keeping with
the, environments and characters. Cloth.
SIS. New York: Charles Scribnsr's Sons.
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THE pEHRLY NHUTILUs IND IT'S
KINDRED.

X. .4a
No man who wishes to obtain a clear
conception Of the present condition Of
any civilized nation can ignore history.
He must study the development Of the
nation from its beginning to Its present
state, and know something about all
the people with which it has come in
contact. The present is everywhere
the child Of the past.
Likewise the naturalist, if he desires
to understand thoroughly living things,
must have knowledge Of the related
forms which have perished from the
earth. He must learn the succession
Q fthese forms and the notifications
which they have undergone during the
lapse of ages. -., .. ,s.-s. s5y4
BUTT is still more necessary that the
student Of fossil animals should under
stand the structure and habits of those
who now live. These statements may
Z be confirmed by a study of the nauti-
lus. The animal itself belongs among
the rarities; the shell is common and
well known. Field Columbian Muse
i um possesses an alcoholic specimen Of
the animal in it's shell, and consider
able number of the shells, some whole,
others sectioned SO as to show the in
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er forms. Our figure of the phylloceras
shows a higher grade Of complica ton.

er forms Our figure Of the phylloceras
shows a higher grade Of compli ication.
This figure represents specimen,
with a portion Of the outer wall re-
moved. The parts left white would be
occupied by lobes and fringes of the
animals body, and into and between
these ran the partition wall. After a
time the animal would move forward
a4short distance, when another parti7
ton would be produced, whose edges
would run back and forth like the one
shown In some shells when the wall
is removed the partitions are seen in
great numbers and forming most COM
plicated patterns. u
In form the ammonites present re-
markable variations. They may be
straight. bent like a cows horn, cOiled
loosely like the gyroceras, or closely,
as the phylloceras. The figure. of the
ancyloceras shows one of the more re-
markable forms. Although most Of the
species have the shell with all the coils
in one plane, some are found in which
they wind around just as does the shell
of a snail. Specimens of all these
strange shells may be seen in the mu-
scum Some of them exceed two feet
in diameter. More than 6,O0O species
are known to exist. All these am
monites are long ago extinct. They be-
came so specialized that the environ
ment was unsuited to them. The earth
could no longer afford anything good
enough for them and they died; mean
while the plain old-fashioned nautilus
continues with us to this day.-O. T.
Hay in Times Herald. t5ss.. g.
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PhyIIocera1s.

squids, by drawing water into the
breathing cavity and squirting lit out
violently. On account Of the air con-
tanned in the chambers the specific
gravity of the animal must be nearly
that of sea water, so that little effort
is required to rise to the surface; but
the idea once held that the animal is
enabled to rise by pumping in air is
certainly erroneous. There is, in the
first place, no air for it to get in the
bottom of the sea, and if there were
the nautilus could not get it into the
chambers from the siphon. -
This siphon is really nothing but an
extension of the animal back into the
shell-a sort of tail. In the nautilus
the outer wall Of this siphon becomes
more or less covered with a layer of
shell. In many fossil species it is thor
oughly calcified. Hence: no air or wa
ter can pass through the, siphon into
the chambers. The air in these cham
bers is undoubtedly secreted by the
posterior portion of the body Of the
nautilus, just as the air bladder. of. a
fish secretes the air in it. 1t is diff.
cult to understand how the SHE'LL = con;
tanning air at a pressure produced BY
from 20 to- 300 fathoms Of water, can
withstand the expansive forcesWhen
brought to the surface staS s..&
The nautilus is one of the old settlers
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Tartar Medicine.

Formerly musk was used as a medi-
cine in various parts of the world; bus
doctors in civilized lands do not hold
musk in high repute. In China it is
still thought to be#a very good medi-
cine; but the Chinese have queer no-.
tions about cures and charms. Able
Hue, distinguished traveller, says
that when a Tartar doctor finds him
self without his drugs and medicines,
he is not in the least embarrassed. He
writes the names Of the needed drugs
on slips of paper, and these, being
rolled up into little balls, are sWal-
lowed by the sick man. 70 swallow
the name of a seHletiy j, or the remedy
itself, ]" say the Tartars, comes to pre-
cisely the same thing. = The True
Stol'yof Marco Polo. by Noah Brooks,
in October st. Nicholas
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AncyIOceras.

SsiE%-.3F AncylOcerHS.
Just fitting the holes were to be run
from the bottom of the outer chamber
to the tip of the horn, and to be SOL
dered to the partition where it passes
through them. This would represent
the siphon and would open into the
body chamber, but none of the others,
and would, furthermore, shut them off
from one another The figure of the
orthoceras will illustrate this arrange
ment. J
1t we now imagine that we take this
horn, and, beginning with the tip. wrap
it around the finger, one turn on the
other, we shall have something like Il
nautilus shell. Indeed, there is reason
for believing that the nautilus has
Z been derived from a straight-cham-
bered shell, like that of the orthoceras,
simply becoming more and more bent
then closely-coiled AS long as the
nautilus lives new chambers are being
formed. Atintervals the amin al moves
forward in its body chamber and then
secretes itself behind a new partition.
The shell grows, meanwhile, by addi-
tions to the free edges of the mouth
The outer walls of the shell consist Of
i two layers, an outer one, resembling
porcelain and banded with terra Gotta
and white, and an inner, pearly one,
which displays the iridescept tints.
Very often, in shop shells, Inc outer
layer has been wholly removed.
The nautilus is a close relative of
the squids and the octopus. From the
body and out of the mouth Of the shell
it can extend sometimes as many as
ninety arms. In the center of the circle
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DaeuIite.


thing as visitors say, is over two feet
long. Some Of the close relatives Of
the orthocera and nautilus, connecting
links, are bent like a cows horn 9th
ers make about one complete turn: An
other stage of evolution is furnished
by the gyroceras, and from this to the
nautilus the transition is easy.
From the figures which have been re-
ferred to it will be seen that the lines
where the edges of the partitions meet
the body walls form circles around
the shell, or. at most are gently undu-
lating. In the case of the tin horn
used for Illustration the lines would be
circles If now the edges of the tin
disks forming the partitions had been
crimped, like the edges Of a piepan,
the lines where they touched the tube,
or horn, would have run around in a
zigzag or WaVy manner. BY having
the crimps themselves crimped tie line
would have been more complicated.
Even in the nautilus it is somewhat
undula ting. But in the family Of am
nonites the compli ication gradually be-
came enormous. The baculite, which
was a strai ght shell like the orthoceras,
illustrates the course taken by the
edges Of the part tions.. Where the line
runs backward and then again for
ward there were, in life, in the body
chamber, something like pockets into
which 10 0es of the animals body en-
tered. But the ba aculite had very sim
pie partitions compared with some 9TH
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How T1ptoes Carried a Letter.

Little Mary and her kitten Tiptoes
were very fond Of each other, and
when Mary had to be sent to her
uncle's, four miles away from home,
to attend school one of the hardest
things for her to do was to part with
kitty. .-.-- -.
A few days after she had left home,
as she was walking slowly toward
school one morning, what should she
see in the road a few feet from her
but Tiptoes, trotting straight toward
her uncle's house. She ran and caught
her up in her arms and laughed and
almost cried at the same time. =
But this was not the strangest part
of what Tiptoes did, for kittens often
find their way over long distances.
When Mary returned from school that
night she wrote a letter to her mamma,
telling her Of the kittens adventure,
and then tied the letter with a ribbon
around Tiptoe's neck and told her that
she must so back home and carry, the
letter to mamma. And what do you
suppose, fo1: this is a true story?
"A few days later Mary received let
ter through the mail from mamma,
saying that Tiptoes had come home
and delivered the letter safely.
Now, don't you think that Mary had
reason to think Tiptoes a pretty smart
cat ?-9 9outh's Companion.
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sGyrocerass.

.Ee& {55E2 .7s3 30yrOcerlS.rsgf.@
Of the earth. The genus began it's ex-
istence at least as early as the be-
ginning of the silurian and has in all
geological periods furnished species
not very different from those now in
existence. More than 800 species are
known to have existed. It's golden age
was during the coal period, when at
least 81 species existed, but it has
steadily dwindled in Importance until
now there are only about half dozen.
If the reader will enter the paleonto-
logical rooms Of the museum he may
see some Of the ancient species. A
few Of those there exhibited reach a di-
ameter of nearly foot.
The nautilus has in all periods of it's
existence had a host of relatives. Some
of these appear, as might be expected,
to antedate it's own advent. The or
thoseras goes back into the cambrian
period. 1t had a straight shell, begin
ming when young with a nearly sharp
point, and, as age was attained, grow
ing longer and wider and adding new
chambers. The figure shows portion
of fossilized orthoceras. On the right
we have the chambers, now filled with
rock, separated by the partitions. On
the upper side a portion of the outer
wall Of the shell is seen. 1t is only
when this outer wall is removed that
the edges of the partition can be seen.
On the left Of the figure the shell has
been split in the middle so as to show
the siphon. This is a common fossil
in our sflurian rocks. Some species of
orthoceras became gigantic in size. A
cast of one in the museum is nearly
f-> Low Fl 1xv <E
the shell. Another fragment, "the real
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7,-77.77-7z1g D93F| |lS5jEt:A
OrthOceras.

ternal structure. Some of these are
small; others reach "a diameter of nine
inches =.
The form of the shell may be seen
from the figure; the tints which adorn
it are indescribable. Like most snail
shells, that Of the nautilus is wound
spirally. but, unlike them, all the coils
are in one plane. But the nautilus diff
fers from the shells of all snails in an
other and more important respect. In
a living snail the body Of the animal
usually. fills the whole shell from the
mouth to the tip of the spire. The nau-
titus, on the contrary, occupies only q
I portion of the shell, about one-half of
the last turn The rest Of the shell is
divided by crOss-partitiOns into large
number of chambers, and these are
filed with air. Furthermore, slender
tube, the siphon, runs from the outer,
or body, chamber, through all the 9TH
erS to the center Of the shell. AL this
may be seen from the figure of the
nautilus. The structure may be bet
4 ter understood if we imagine. that we
take a common tin horn and a mum Der
h Of circular tin disks of different and
proper sizes. Let each disk be concave
on one side and have a hole in it's CEN
& ter. Imagine a small disk to be sol
dered across the tube near the small
end. and at intervals Of half an inch
other disks as far as the middle of the
tube The tube would now be divided
into number of chambers, the outer
most of which is large, and would rep
resent the portion of the shell occupied
by the animal. But the holes in the
disks would connect the chambers.
Now, suppose that small tin tube
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81 "a great deal Of the hospltal's most
interesting practice is among the AMI
mails kept in zoOlogi ical gardens or In
travelling shows. An cid circus lion
was brought here not long ago to have
his nlc Grated tooth pulled. Now il the
toothache makes you feel as cross as
a bear, = how cross does the tOothache
make a live lion fee?
58sS 10 tell the truth, no one. at the: hos
spita wanted to know how cross that
lion did feel-they thought it was a
case in which it would be folly to be.
wise. The first thing to be done was.
to drop nooses of rope on the floor Of
his cage, and then draw them up when
he put his foot in one-he knew he had
1sput his foot in it, when he found
himself shared land SO, step by step,
get him bound. and helpless If you
will think how particularly hard it is
to tie up a cat, you may guess that it
is no joke to make a lion fast; he is
just like a stupendo cat in his agility
and slipperiness. The only way to
render him helpless is to get his hind
quarters tied up outside his cage, and
his head bound fast within it; the next
thing for dental work is to put a gag
in his mouth; that is the easier be-
cause there is no trouble at all about
getting him to open his mouth-he does
it every time any one goes near him.
I When medicine cannot be given dis
guised in drink or food, it is usually
squeezed down the patients throat
with a syringe. The horses are very
good, about that operation, but the dogs
are often troublesome at first; but both
dogs. and horses soon learn, they are
with: friends, and then they are won
Ederfully good and grateful, even when
the doctors have to hurt them.-Har-
per's Round Table. }3Es \ = 4 .~s,,- f. e.
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he has studied the
art of healing and
having bee ON e
thoroughly con-
versant with ma
ture's own remedies
which S he dis
penses to him in
the form of roots,
barks and herbs,
and which by ex-
perience he has
learnedto skillfully
gather and CO M
bine so that at last.
he has succeeded in
obtaining remedies
which are recog--
nized throughout
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acids in the blood, due to the impropel
action Of some one or more of the grea;
.life-giving organs of the body. Thesss
when properly treated by such a remedy
as Kickapoo Indian Sagwa are easily
persuaded to resume their natural funcs
tions, and soon dispel from the system
these poisons, leaving the patient fret
from pain, and in every way enjoying
health. 1t should be remembered tha
none Of the Kickapoo Indian.prep eparation
contain any poisonous ingredients, ane
they may be bought of. any druggist
gKickapoo Indian Oil cts. a bottle
Kickapoo Indian SagWa ST a bottle, sis
bottles for s. !, .#*s s
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Generalship in Football

The generalship Of the game devolves
{ upon the captain. There must be one
head in the field, and only one A
game may be largely planned before
going upon the field. At the time the
game is being mapped out is the occa-
sion for consultation with coaches and
players. Before the game it may be
decided what's to be done under given
conditions of wind and weather, or
what is to be done if the team gets the
ball at start-of or not. By studying
an opponents preceding games, it is
sometimes possible to determine some
what in advance the kind Of game that
is likely to succeed against that par
ticular team. The strength and weak
ness of the team must be considered
also. .i ~. 4: u (. s.$s5.z:.s@.z Z Z
First, consider the matter of gener-
alship, without reference to the oppos-
ing team. There are two ways of adj.
yancing the ball one by kicking, the
other by rushing. The rushing game
I is divided into straight foot ball and
strategic. There are: pra ctically three
schools oftfoot ball 1.-THE simple straight
I football, the strategic and the kicking.
The right use. Of these different meth
DDS of advancing the ball, the proper
proportion of each kind Of plays, is the
great problem of good generalship.
Simple straight foot ball should form
the basis of the offensive game This
is more easily executed, and is less ex-
hausting upon the body and mind. A
trick requires the doing of so many
things by each individual at a given
time that there is produced z, great
mental strain. Men begin to worry
and wonder whether the trick will sue
ceed. And if a fine trick fails they
despair of success of anything else and
so lose spirit. At any rate, they lose
that force and energy necessary to
play good, hard, straight foot ball The
trick should be merely an incident Of
the game. Its proper function is sim
ply to add a little uncertainty, and to
keep the other side guessing. 1t is a
mistake to think that the only scien-
tifc game is the strategic one The
science of the straight game does Lot
lie in the formation, but solely in the
ecution.-Harper's Round Table.
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and Philippine islands the natives
catch the nautilus in traps baited with
small fishes or pieces OF chicken and
sunken to a depth Of seventy fathoms
or more. The flesh is regarded as a
delicacy. s5 s.I5
AT the sea bottom the nautilus creeps
about onsits arms with the shell above
it. 1t is said to come at times to the
surface Of the water i'll swarnls and to
swim there for a short period. The
swimming is accomplished, as i'll the
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"A Queer Hospital.
went to the animals fair,

The birds and beasts were there
at any rate it was the animals hos
.pital, and there were enough birds and
beasts for a fair. The hospital is in
##rharge of the New y ork College Of
Veterinary Surgeons, and that, if you
please. is. part of the University of.
New York; SO if you wanted to send
Eouf dickeH- bird there for the pip, he
would be in a manner under the shell.
8Eering wings of a II the Dds and
LIDS that shine as the regents Of
s::hat nossle Institution
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poo In dian
Sagwa, that
great bio od,5
liver, stomach
and kidney in.
vigorator, d is
pels the cause
of this. trouble
in a remarkably
short space Of
time.
Rheumatism.
as is a w ell.
known fact, is
caused by the
accumulation
.nf nnbanlfLx
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for this most dreaded disease.
Kickapoo Indian Oil when applied ex-
ternally relieves inflammation almost
Immediately, whereas their famous Kicka-
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The Latest K RAYS

She-What does x mean on these
six for a quarter tickets?
l. He-l suppose it's the latest x raise
from three to. four cents. Detroit
Free Press. %s
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Agents Wanted.

The Home Life Insurance company of
New York issues the most attractive poll
cies Of any old line company. The cash
value and loaning privileges each year are
plainly guaranteed in the policy. An ener-
getic, live man. well acquainted. is desired
as a local agent. Special territory and
libera! contract will be given. References
required. ! Address or cal! on 4lFred +.
l.oomis. general manager. 3O6-9 Pioneer
Press building st. Paul..
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chat their medicines must contain all
powerful properties, which is certainly
the case. The Indian preserves his
perfect health by paying the greatest
possible attention to his body. For years
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RHEUMATISM.
Distorted Limbs, Swollen Joints, Painful
Muscles and a Life that is Unbearabls.
WHY CONTINUE TO SUFFER? RELIEF
WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL. THE
FAMOUS KICKAPoo INDIAN RENE
DIES ALL POWERFUL FOR THIS MOST
PAINFUL OF AFFECTIONS.
,s-t5S-ss-1- = = y - T.; ,z-5FsT =

HEN one considers
the exposure and hard
life endured by the
Indians from birth
until old age, and
reflects upon the fact
that rheumatism is
unknown to them it
cannot be doubted but
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wheels ON the Brain

s 's'yyVhat s said the clerical-lo looking
.sSs Vel. 4 said the monkey backed
man, lis the worse evil Of the cen
stnry
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One Pound of Coal on a steamsh1r

One Pound of Coal on a Steamship.
The value of one pound Of coal at
different epochs Of steamship evolu-
ton, as given by Mr.. A; J. McGinnis,
president Of the Liverpool Engineer
ing society, has been as follows: In
1910 a pound of coal propelled dis
placement weight Of .57S ton eight
knots; but the earning weight was only
one-tenth Of this, 80 per cent Of the dis
placement representing the hull, ma
chinery and fuel. In 1850, with iron
vessels and the screw propeller, dis
placement weight of six-tenths Of d ton
was propelled nine knots by a pound
Of coal; but the proportion Of cargo
had risen to 27perz cent, or .16 ton In
1850, with higher boiler pressure and
the surface condenser, .S2 ton displace-
ment was propelled ten knots, and tho
cargo was 33 per cent, or .27 ton In
1870, after the compound engine had
come into use, 1S tons displacement
was propelled ten knots, and here the
cargo formed so per cent Of the whole,
being ninetenths of a ton. In 1885
there We're two classes Of freight
boats; the tramp propelled 8. a tons
displacement eight and one-half knots,
with go per cent, or two tons OF cargo:
at tile same: time the enormous steam
sers Of the N orth Atlantic were driving
"a displacement Of 8. IA tons twelve
knots, with 55 per cent, or IL tons of
cargo. On the modern express passen-
ger steamers the cargo Weight4is down
to 90 ton per pound Of Goa - Railroad
Gazette lzg s38ggs
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Easily Done.

: BEFORE I can surrender this wig
said the desk sergeant, 'itEwill be nee
essary to PROVE ownership {
The applicant removed his hat.
The wig is yours said the sergeant
promptly &C Chicago Post. .s