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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
IN A RAIN Of MOLTEN STEEL.
Nerve Required of the Men who Work
in u Great Foundry.

Modern Machinery of Chicago, I'm de-
scribing the work done in a steel foundry,
tells of remarkable instances OF nerve dis
played by the men. When the furnace is
tapped there Is a torrent Of scoria that
s~catters over a wide area. descending in an
umbrella-shaped mass of sparks that en-
Velope the men at the Iadle.
Through the pyrotechnic display of the
rain of fire and luminous reflections you can
see a workman shrug his shoulders or wrig-
gle a little. This is the only sign he gives
that a spark of molten steel has fallen in
side his I'M shirt. The manager said
that in the performance of their work the
men would run into "A deluge of flying
sparks so thick you would think no one
could go into 1t and come out alive, and
that, too, in summer when thew were
stripped to the waist and had not even a
shirt 10 protect them. In the shadow of
the furnace and ladle it would often regis
ter 125 degrees. and the very life was
cooked out of the air. Some of the men are
singed and Scared more than veterans of
many battles; heroes of the workshop. they
stand under IRE every day of their lives
and expect no songs to be sung i'm their
honor or monuments to be erected to their
memories. The manager related an incred-
ible incident which he gave merely as a
sample OF the nerve these men have.
One day the foreman of the casting de-
partment had started Il ladle of steel on
It's Journey among the molds and was seen
to shake his foot several times. He went
on. however, and not until all the steel was
safe in the beds of sand did he hobble to
the wall. where he took a piece of steel as
big as his thumb out of his shoe. 1t had
burned into his great toe joint, and the man
was laid up for weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Prof. G~entry's show Arrives To-Day.

Under a large waterproof pavilion located
at the corner of Illinois and Pratt streets,
Professor Gentry's famous dog and pony
show will a two weeks engage
ment tomorrow night, giving performances
nightly with matinees on Wednesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. No ex-
hibit of similar character has ever received
more favorable comment throughout the
country, nor has any delighted more chill
dren or given greater satisfaction to lovers
of trained animals.
For the past ten years Professor Gentry's
exhibit has traVerSed the length and
breadth of the United States. over one
hundred animals are carried by his organ
~ization, which travels in its own special
palace cars, and will arrive here to-day
from The dogs, Seventy-eight in
number, have been selected from famous
kennels and chosen for their beauty and
Intelligence. Among them will be found
thirty-nine pure white Russian poodles, a
breed of dogs so rare to this country they
are almost priceless. There are also twelve
imported English greyhounds, the cham
pion high and long-diStance leapers in the
world. The rest comprise all kinds of colors
and conditions of dogs, from the mongre
TO the aristocratic st. Bernard.
The ponies, twenty-eight in number, are
beautiful and tiny specimens of dainty
horse flesh. They are mainly Shetlands, al
though there will be found among the num-
Der two specimens of a breed practically
unknown to this c~ountry-East India pom
les. Although Professor Gentry does not
duNeTJlS6 mOIlkeyS as d part Oh MS exhibit.
he has them. There are only five, it is
true, yet a great amount of fun and amuse-
ment will be found even in this small num-
Der. China is perhaps one of the most
precarious of the number. He is at present
delighting the large audiences that attend
the professors entertainment with an ex-
hibition of bareback riding that would do
credit to a veteran circus rider. All of these
animals have been trained by Prof. Cen
try during his stay at winter quarters and
represent much careful work in the past
ten years.
Tomorrow, starting promptly at II
streets. The exhibit will consist of all of
the animals. decked out in holiday attire,
the dogs riding in diminutive fairy-like
chariots drawn by the pretty ponies. A
military band carried by the show will
make the line of march melodious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

ing room, and carried every plant up TO
their play room in the garnet. Later, the
mother went up to see what they had done
with the palms. She found them arranged
about the floor, and the children playing
among them.
What are you playing, children she
asked.
We're playing Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden" replied one little midget.
Just then from behind a screen in the cor
ner advanced the tiny son OF the house.
He was dressed in the simple garb of which
oily. On his head was his fathers silk
hat and in his hand was his fathers cane.
Why, what in the world are you doing?'
cried the astonished mother.
why, mother said Eve. don't you
know hat he is?" Then, with all the
simplicity in the world, she explained.
"Why, he's God, walking in the garden"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

very much heavier than those on English
or continental lines, the burden to be car
ried being nearly twice as great. Notwith-
standing this great disadvantage, American
lines of the first dass are ahead of the En-
glish lines in respect to speed, and there is
every present indication that the American
roads will hold their lead. The distance
from New York to st. Louis is the same as
from Paris to Vienna. The former trip is
made in thirty hours; the latter takes forty.
From New York to Chicago is $50 miles;
from Berlin to st. Petersburg is the same
distance. The former takes twenty-five
hours; the latter takes forty-fve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

that attention is being called to the duaIity
of these so-named temperance drinks. The
amount of damage wrought by them he
looks upon as appalling. 1t would be easy
to name scores of patented tonlcs ana spe-
cities which are essentially nothing more
than alcoholic liquor, and often liquor of an
inferior grade, masquerading behind a
temperance name. Probably most persons
who use these remedies are quite uncon-
scious of the fact that they are drinking
Intoxicating liquor, but doubtless there are
some who are quite aware OF what tney are
doing hut who compound with their con-
sciences by trying to make themselves be-
Iieve that they are as childlike in their
credulity as they pretend TO De.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

COFFEE P~OTS-Granite Iron, 4-quart.. 39t
JARDINIERES-Decorated, Stippled
Gold, 9-inch size, 81 value.............. 69'
TOILET SETS-12 pieces, Decorated,
Blue, Brown and Gray, $3.50 value. $3.6
CUPS AND SAUCERS-Chocolate and
After-dinner Fine China, 81 and SIPS
kind; Monday 49,
DINNER SETS-Fine English Porce-
lain, decorated under glaze, SIS vak
lie .................. 1928
PLATES-7-inch Semi-porcelain, 10c
value, each d
GAS STOVES-Complete line, /, 2 and
3-hole, plain and nickel-plated. Mon
day, 1-burner stove .........,.......... 49,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

TUBING-A FOOT. ................... DC
HAMMOCKS-We have them and are
headquarters this year, at 7c to $3.50. See
our line before buying.
LAWN RAKES-All Steel, 2O-inch
size; Monday &c
LEWIS'S LYE-Granulated, superior
to ali others, regular 15c value; Mon
day, a can : &c
TUBEROSE BULBS-Finest quality,
3 years old, always sells for 25c a
dozen; Monday, a dozen. ........... 12c
COVERED DISHES-Haviland China,
S-inch size; usual price, 81, for........ CSC
MEAT DISHES-Haviland China, 12-
inch size; $1.50 roc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Intense MentaI Effort.

chicago tribune.
Leave me now, Lobelia," said Mr.. Nc
Swat, passing his hand ~nervously across
his forehead. Il wish to be alone for the
next hour or two"
What is the matter, Billiger?" inquired
Mrs. McSwat, with some anxiety.
II have got to consult a railway guide"
groaned the unhappy man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Truth in Observation-Disclosures.

JUUBt.
Mrs, Furlong-We received your bill, doc
tor, and were rather surprised at it, under
the circumstances.
DR.. Sternum-Under what circumstances
madam?
Mrs. Furlong-Why, the child died.
DR.. Sternum-My dear madam. if we
were paid for only those patients that WI
cure, we would starve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
In the Garden OF Eden.

washington ,Post.
| hope YOU won't think this story sacri-
Iegious or anything of that sort. though IL
Won fail to look at 1t through the innocent
eye of the actors in it, il does seem a
triae irreyerent. One rainy day the chill
~dren-there are several of them-of a cler-
qyman here in town made a raid on the
palms which decorate their mothers draw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
A Fair Strike.

Yonkers Statesman.
Paddock-That man Ropes is a born
sport.
Haddock-How do you make it out?
P.-Didn't you hear him ask me if L had
any change in my vest pocket?
H.-Yes; a strike, wasn't it?
P.-Certainly; but he's too much of a
sport to strike a man below the belt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Unanimous on one Point.


But I am so unworthy, darling" he
murmured, as he held the dear girls hand
in his.
"Oh, George" she sighed. 'if you and
papa agreed on every other point as you
do on that, how happy we could be-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Listening.


"L.fsten,' he Kissed.
mo" she answered. and, turning upon
her heel brusquely, she left him there
alone.
For she was a telephone girl by profess
sion. and ii was not her wont TO listen Ia
anything unless she was sure it was none
of her business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
How 1t Happened.
Judge.

Beenaway-And thai is really Miss Lin
gerlong? Is it possible? Why, when l left
here, five years ago, it was commonly said
of her that her face was her fortune. What
has caused the change?
Staidhome-Oh, / guess she made an as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
DONIE& 20.

Zephyr Ginghams, beautiful styles, 121ac
would be very reasonable; we are Of
French satines, 80 inches wide, Black
Ground, with pretty Colored Floral
Designs, zoe value Observation-Disclosures. lac
Mosquito Netting, 1A yards wide, White
and Colors, best quality, per bolt of s
ydfUS, LOT 'ooC
Bingham Aprons, ready to wear to-mor-
row, only &c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
An Unnecessary question.

The Able Editor Gronically)-Is this
poetry?
Contributor-Didn't L begin each line with
a capital letter?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
accomplished
Puck.

~Dobson-There goes D'Auber and his rich
wife. She married him to reform him.
Hobson-Did she succeed?
Dobson-Yes; he hasn't painted a picture
since he was married.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
A just Tax.
Puck.

Mrs. Henry Peck-I read here that a
Western State proposes to tax bachelor
hood!
Mr.. Henry Peck-A good idea. All luxu-
ries should be taxed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

Libbey cut glass-the choicest of all wares
Is so often initiated that il has become
necessary for its makers to cut this INK.
trade mark on every piece. A mo-S&10g1
ments inspection viii prove 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
MOWERs-The Ripper Lawn Mowers

MOW EFtO-IHb IlIpptI LdWI NIUWtIo
we guarantee to do good work. Mon
day, 10-inch size
REFRIGERATORS-The Mackinaw H
wood, Charcoal-filled, Zinc-lined,
Lift-out Ice Chambers; size, AZ inches
high and % inches
RUBBER HOSE-3-ply, 80 feet, with
Reel and Nozzle, all complete.........
WRINGERS-The Gem, complete,
with Folding Bench; guaranteed
SWEEPERS-Full line of BisselPs Car
pet Sweepers, a $3.50 value; Monday.
CURTAIN STREPCHERS-Complete
set, $3.50 value; Monday, a set........
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
On a Byway.

HAS he proposed to you YETI"
"No-not directly; but he keeps telling me
that he entirely sides with the Greeks in
their annexation schemes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Too Many.
n

I WIIIhIGS.
Miss Ten Stryke-Well, what did papa
say?
Percy-Oh, he said there had never been
a fool in the Ten Stryke family yet. but
that if you married me there would be
two.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

Cleveland Plain Dealer.

do you mean to say that you wouldn't
believe the defendant under oath?
What / mean to say is that he told me
he saw seven air ships in one evening"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Nj OF HI DAY.
Merely a Conjecture.

chicago ITIDuIle.
Godfrey-Why do you suppose they call it
the ''tenderloin district"
Scorjel-I don't know. Probably because
it's so Dug
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
A Bad Break.
Puck.

PUCK.
'T played a game of golf with my wife
the other day"
Which one?"
Sir! How many wives do you think I
haVe?''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

LINING$

Swisses. Pin Dots. 40c kind, r........... SIC
Persian Lawns, 35c kind, or..............24c
Imported Dimities, in fine Pin Stripes,
35c kind, for &c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

grenadines. Silk-finished, suitable for un-
derlinings for all Sheer Fabrics, So
inches wide. Special, for Monday. 49,. .lOc
open mesh weaves, in all colors, only. .2Sc
Silesia. Double-faced 36 inches wide, the
zoe kind; will be closed Monday at...... sc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Manager zimmerman's Benefit.

Tomorrow evening Manager Zimmerman,
of the Empire, will receive a benefit and
there is every indication that it will be
the event of the season, at least for Man
ager Zimmerman. Preparations nave been
going on for some time and a great list
of volunteers have been secured. The pro-
gramme will be rather lengthy, consisting
of an old-fashioned minstrel first part, with
ten end men and ten singers, introducing
in addition a number of specialties. This
is followed by an olio including the fol-
lowing artists: Sowders and Temple in Hot
Tomales;;' Butterworth, the ventriloquist;
Miss Grace Butterworth, late of the But
terworth Speciality Company; Charles
Poole, bass ~soloist; Ballard and Evans,
dancers; John Collier. in his original spe-
cialty; the National Quartet in the latest
songs; Ed E. Hardacre, stump speaker;
Wick B. Neal. change artist; the three
Nonpareils, the swell. Washers; Barton Oak
ley, the great wire walker; Jenkins and
Pontius, in Illustrated songs; G. II. Gibson,
ButterWorth Sisters, song and dance; Baby
Walter Butterworth and Beavers National
Quartet. The performance will conclude
with a laughable exhibition in hypnotism
by DR.. Callan. Seats are now on sale at
the box Office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

Feed your horse JANEs's Dustless Oats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
THE GRAND'S LAST WEEK
BLANEY,s "A BAGGAGE CHECK"
COMPANY FOR THREE DAYS.
Prof. Gentry's Dog and Pony Show
Opens for Two Weeks
Benefit at Empire.

"a Baggage Check" one of Charles E.
Blaney's most successful farce comedies,
will IN q three days engagement
at the Grand Opera House, opening with
the matinee tomorrow. This merry farce
is said to have been greatly improved
since it's last appearance here, and in fact
an almost entirely new piece may be
looked for. TIL farce has been fixed so that
now it might be called a vaudeville per-
Torrance, and with that intention Manager
Butterfield has engaged the best vaudeville
talent that could be secured. The plot of
the piece remains about the same. follow
ing up the story of the losing and finding of
"A Baggage Check" 1t is needless to mem
ton the story on which the plot is founded
as the piece has been seen here upon sew
eral occasions. The cast is the main part
this year, and a more clever company has
been secured. James T.. Kelly, Thomas
Evans and Louis Martinetti are a trio of
clever comedians and speciality artists who
can squeeze as much fun out of three hours
as any three men in the business. Their
fun and specialtieS are clean and witty.
James A. Marcus, who is the smallest ny
ing actor, appears as Dairy Dan, ana Is
always sure of making a decided impress
sion. Kittie Wolf. who has been seen here
this season with another company, does a
harp song and dance In q very pleasing
manner. The three Franchonetti sisters
give a clever exhibition of acrobatic and
eccentric dancing, and Lizzie Melrose, as
Violet Wilde, the Bowery Girl, introduces
| some specialties. Miss Nettie Black, who
will be remembered here from her appear
ance with Hanlon's 'Fantasma' and
Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown" sings sew
eral of the most popular and successful
songs of the day. Most all the specialties
introduced are new, and among those that
deserve mention and in which all the COM
pany appear is the Review of the Malaria
Guards and Polly McGilligan's Band, !"
led by 1.-THE Yellow Kid" Messrs. Kelly
and Evans introduce in this the famous
tobo band. Every member of the COM
pany does either a single or double spe-
cialty, and from the rise to the fall of the
curtain there is said to be no dull mo-
ments. 1t remains but three days at the
Grand, opening with to-morrow's matinee.
This engagement closes the Grand'S season,
and after next Wednesday night the stage
OF that theater will be transformed once
more into a baseball field for the summer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

One of the show places of Machias,
Me-, to-day is the home on Bruce street
where Talleyrand tarried for a night in 1894,
the bedroom in which he slept yet remain
ing unchanged. The Machias tradition is
that he came to Annapolis in an English
vessel and made his way to Machias over
land via St. John. and thence west.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

At a recent funeral in Atchison, Kan,
after the casket had been lowered, the
and the earth then piled in. This is in ac-
cordance with an oid-time custom to pre-
vent grave robbery. 1t is alleged hat to
remove the straw would require so much
time that detection would follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

sIcale was recently given in the
drawing rooms of Miss Bryant, daughter of
William Cullen Bryant. in Paris. The elite
of the American colony was gathered
around the charming hostess. The pro-
gramme was composed of selections by
Messrs. Bemberg and Nevin. sung by Miss
Minna Kellogg and Miss GeneVieve Weaver.
Miss Kellogg'S excellence has previously
been commented on. Her marvellous meZZo-
contralto voice a violoncello in
power and sympathy. The young compos-
ers. Bemberg and Nevin. may well congrat-
ulate themselves on having had Miss Kel-
logg as an interpreter of their work. 1t is
said that she intends accepting an engage
ment in Italy.
Manager Frank l.. Perley. of the Bos-
t%onians. is going to London in a few weeks
10 arrange for the production of THE Ser
enade'' in the British metropolis. Charles
Frohman. who has already sailed, will at
tend to the preliminary details. When
robin Hood was sent abroad ii failed be
cause of the inferior English company that
sang ii. No chances will be taken with
'"The Serenade.' as the Bostonians them
selves are TO appear in it. In this connec-
new opera. RIP Van Wrinkle. viii be pre-
scented in Providence May "a
A marble bust of the late Hans Won Blu
low. so closely associated with the musical
life of Hamburg. was unveiled in the foyer
Of the Stadt Theater on Feb. u. the ami
versary Of the death of the artist. the
ceremony including the performance of the
funeral dirge from "Gotterdammerung, -
under the direction of Herr Mailer. The
bust, modeled by the sculptor Hermann
HAIRS, ib the GIT of a distinguished anna
teur. DR.. II. Behn.
It has been rumored that Pol Plancon
may come back and appear VIA. Walter
Damrosch's company. He would be par
t~icularly valuable in at least two of the
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-30

1t is of no account. 1t is an easy mat
ter to estimate the number of bushels
OF grain in any enclosure, and then it
is not difficult task to calculate how
many pounds of bisulphide should be
applied. If it is desired to fumigate
empty bins, etc., one pound of the
chemical should be used for every 1000
cubic feet of air space. Bisulphide of
carbon is not expensive, and can be
bought in twenty-five and f1fty-pound
cans at ten cents per pound, or in less
quantities at a little more per pound.
While in Dorchester county a few
weeks ago was told that many per-
sons in that section covered the bot
toms of their granaries or bins with
Mexican tea or American wormseed
(Chenopodium ambfosioides) before
the grain was stored. This weed is
known in that county as Jerusalem
oak, and has very peculiar odor, espe-
cially when dry. 1t is supposed that
the moth is kept from the grain by the
OdOr that is emitted.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-30
New TunneI Completed.

The Improvement. on the Pittsburg, Di-
siSiOn of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, p miles west of Cumberland at
Falls, Cut, will be completed by Decem-
Der 1st and trains will begin running
over it within ten days thereafter Falls
Cut is a cutting through spur Of the
has continually given trouble by rock
sliding down on the track. 1t has had
10 be braced with heavy, timber every
few feet for its entire length, some 300
feet, and requiring constant care and
Watchfulness was, therefore, very eX-
pensive to keep up.
In order to eliminate this cut it was
necessary to build one mile Of new road
way which involved the construction of a
double track tunnel $50 feet in length and
three bridges.
By this change the road was straight
ened considerably taking out some sharp
curvature and introducing curves of
longer radi. The improvement is on
what is known as the eastern slope of the
Alleghenies and the grade is about "a
feet to the mile. The tunnel and bridges
were constructed with the view of double
tracking the entire Pittsburg Division
sometime in the future.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-11-30
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