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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-06
SEPARATE WAGE SCALES.
scheme of al Pittsburg Operator for
Avoiding a GenermI strike

PITTSBURG, Sept Interpretations are
high in coal mining circles over the prob
able resumption of work in the mines
throughout the country. In anticipation
of a settlement at Columbus next Wednes-
day. another plan has been suggested by a
representative of one of the largest opera
tors which will be agitated Immediately
after the men return TO work. 1t will be
formulated and submitted to the joint con-
vention of operators and miners which it
is proposed TO hold next December. In
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TWO GIRLS KILLED.
Two Boys Seriously Injured and 9th
ers Hurt by "A Boiler Explosion.

MORTON, ILL.,, Sept. 5.-A terrible explo-
sion occurred here this evening at clock
The electric light plant owned by Byer
Brothers e Co., valued at $4,000 was de-
molshed by the bursting of the boiler from
some unknown cause. Two girls, aged five
and nine years. were killed outright. and
two boys. aged four and twelve, w.re Sc
riously hurt They are the children Of
Nose Byers. Three of Mr.. Moschelfs fam
fly and many others were slightly hurt by
flying missiles.
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OAKLAND. Cal, Sept. 5.-Two cars col
lided on the Haywards' electric line to-
day. smashing one and seriously injuring
two passengers. A disused transfer switch
caused the accident. Mrs Perves one of
the injured, may die. Mrs Guild was badly
hurt
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PRICE CENTS fAsr fAsrEag B HEBasg HyFs sg4Rs 5sRs 4g

acre. and the total crop 165, ,677 $50 bushels:
as against 22l, Coz. 900 bushels last year and
201, 600 bushels in 1885, The dry not
winds of the past week have caused serl-
Gus damage to the crop. the average con-
dition during the week falling from gu per
cent. to 55 per cent
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Leave IndanapoIs-7:OO a. m 1850 a. M, s:s5
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Trains Arrive IndanapoIis-s:30 a. m, 745 a.
m, 235 D. m. 4:21 y. m.
Local sleeper IN Indianapolis ready at $3.50 D.
m. Legyss Chi cago returniT Z, at 2:l5 a. m Can
be taken any time after $3.50 D. m.
Ticket offices. West Washington street Union
Station and Massa ehusetts-avenue DEPOT.
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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

DEFoRBIITY APPARATUS. Trusses, Elastic
Hosiery. Largest stock OF ARTIFICIAL EYES
In the S.ate.
VIM. III. ARMSTRONG & co.
QSsw No. 12D II S. Illinois ST.. Indianapolis. Ind.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.--The condition
of Hon. II. Clay Evans, commissioner Of
pensions, Is greatly improved tonight. His
physician expects that he Will be able TO
resume his duties in a few days.
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TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. Am official esti-
mate of the corn crop Of Kansas was issued
to-day by the State Beard OF Agriculture
in the form Of compilation of estimates
by farmers throughout the State. The aver
age yield is placed at twenty bushels per
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
ADVICE TO SINGERS.
How to Stand That the Voice May Bo
Used Freely.

How to Stand That the Voice May Be
Used Freely.
Mancini says: "Vocal faults are not
the only ones that should be corrected
in singer. The faults of another kind
are bad position of the mouth, knit
ting the brows, rolling the eyes, twist
ing the neck-and, in fact, the whole
body" Lamperti, the elder, declares
that the singer should stand like SOL
dier-body upright on the hips, shoul-
ders in the background, arms hanging
naturally, elbows near the body, heels
Joined, toes out There are teachers who
should heed we'll the words Of Tosi,
''Let him never suffer the scholar to
hold the music paper in singing before
his face, both that the sound Of the voice
may not be obstructed and to prevent
him from being bashful." And it was
Tosi who, over century ago, gave this
counsel to pupils: "When he studies his
lessons at home, let him sometimes sing
before looking glass, not to be enam-
ored Of his own person, but to avoid
those convulsive motions Of the body or
of the face (for SO call the grimaces Of
an affected singer) which. when once
they have took footing, never leave
him." There are teachers who force
their pupils to sing with hands Joined
behind the back, so as to develop the
chest, but this is going too far, as Le-
maire we'll remarks. Lemaire, however,
believes in placing the hands on the
back of the hips in such manner that
the fingers touch. How few singers in
these days stand welll How few that
stand as intelligently and yet apparent
ly as naturally as Plancon, Whitney,
the late Campanini, Nannetti. Among
women, Melba and Emma Eames know
the art You will not infrequently see
q soprano who will raise the eyebrows
with an upper tone, or one who will
company the end Of phrase or an en-
bellishment by vibration Of the hips,
or one who will lean forward, bust far
in advance, hips drawn backward, and
thus her force will be half paralyzed.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
THE ADDER'S STING.

Solomon Spoke Truth When He Admon-
49, ished Against Wine.
Solomon was a wise man and wrote
q great many wise thoughts, but he
never wrote clearer or more forcible
truth than is found In the book Of
Proverbs Xxx, l, "Wine is mocker,
strong drink is raging, and whosoever
is deceived thereby is not wise." And
yet, in the light of this wisdom. we see
much of foolishness and deception.
admit that there is period in the
drink habit when conviviality seems to
hold sway, when companionship is
sought, and the individual is praised
for his generosity and independence Of
restraint. He is regarded as man in
whose veins there is no puritanic blood,
one who believes in having a good time.
But Solomon wrote another thing about
strong drink that I would have you
ponder-viz, cat the last it biteth like
a serpent and stingeth like all adder;"
hence the admonition, "Look not upon
the wine when it is red" +"
Persons are often deceived into be-
lieving that they can drink or let it
alone. There is time when this may
be true; but, consenting to drink and
not let it alone, there comes time
when a man can no more let it alone
than he can resist the current of a
mighty rivera time when the endear-
ments of home, the entreaty of loved
ones, the attractions of wealth and hon
or, are powerless to resist the progress
of vitiated appetite or turn him back
from the untold horrors of a drunkard's
life, drunkard's death and a drunk
ards hopeless eternity. Rev. R. E.
Smith, D. D.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
A PITIABLE PEOPLE.
French IAborers Spend Nearly All Their
Wages For Alcohol.


French Iaborers Spend Nearly All Their
Wages For Alcohol.
A good deal of superficial claptrap is
repeated year after year by writers
about the remarkable sobriety Of the
Latin races generally and of the French
people in particular. The Italians GER
tainly seem to be as abstemious as they
are hard working, but as for the French
they are declared by their own most
eminent medical authorities to be un-
dergoing rapid process Of degenera-
tion. brought on by the reckless con-
sumption of brain paraiSzing, blood
poisoning liquors.
DR.. Brunon, the well known director
of the medical school at Rouen, and a
student of his, M. Tourdot, have just
published the results Of their studies on
the subject, and these are eminently
calculated to alarm French patriots.
The latter gentleman dressed himself
up as a waiter and obtained a place in
q tavern in Rouen frequented by the
lowest class of workmen, many of
whom sleep there for penny a night.
The guests Of this and similar places
were the principal objects of M. Tour
dots Investigations, and he says that
these pitiable people, who earn about
fourpence an hour, came regularly,
drank their hours wages in few min
utes, went back to earn more by the
most laborious work, and then took to
drinking the proceeds of it in like man
ner till day wore on into night and con-
seriousness was dimmed to intoxication.
Sometimes he saw $50 glasses Of the
most pernicious alcohol served out in
the short space Of ten minutes.
DR.. Brunon bitterly complains of the
enormous number of little taverns Of
this type and mentions one street in
Rouen containing $50 houses, of which
rs are licensed to sell poisonous bever-
ages. Chicago Chronicle.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
How to Tell a LADY.

A company Of women was discussing
lately how to know lady in a casual
encounter. "You may tell her," said
one, "by her boots, gloves and handker-
Chiefs" Another thought her skirt
binding told the story, and third de-
clared that her language would betray
her, "and it's words, not ideas, that
concern this particular test, the speak
er added. It is undoubtedly true that,
while the nicely of the small essentials
Of woman's toilet indicates certain
degree of refinement of taste, they are
not the unmistakable mark Of birth and
breeding. Many would much more readi-
ly give the preference to the intonation
of the voice and the use Of words as
surer sign. A fine detail in clothes now
is quite possible to almost any observing
person; All Enthusiastically coarse, not to
say vulgar, looking woman is often ire
proachable in the matter of boots,
gloves, skirt bindings, etc. The charm
of we'll modulated voice, using good
English. undefiled by slang or provin-
cialisms-this 10 often acquired without
tho siRht cf cultura.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
HOW TO SET A TABLE.
According 10 the Rules Prevailing In Mod
ern City Homes.

To begin with, round board is pref
cradle to any other shape. Its decorative
possibilities exceed those of the square
or oblong tables. On the round board
goes first the cover of canton flannel,
then the tablecloth, whose requisites
are immaculate whiteness and perfect
laundering and as great degree OF
fineness as ones purse may buy. The
cloth should hang over the table Is
inches at the narrowest point, which,
on the curves, of course, gives deeper
sweep. The napkins (this being din
ner board) should be full yard square
and should match the cloth in dainti-
ness and quality. The simplest way to
fold them is the best. On model ia
Bile, described in the New York Times,
the napkins are folded in simple dia-
mond shaped pocket, whose opening
points from the person seated at the
place. In the opening goes the dinner
roll and across the top is laid the name
card.
In the center of the table is placed
the low dish holding the floral decora-
tions. At opposite sides, fianking the
centerpiece, are the candelabra. These
may be, i'll the case of the table being
described, which is laid for eight per-
sons, either two of two lights each or
four single ones. Four small silver or
china dishes ON low standards make a
square outside the circle of centerpiece
and candelabra, and are filled with as
sorted bonbons, and two small, low,
shell shaped dishes hold the relishes-
olives, radishes or salted almonds.
At each cover is placed service
plate, at the right side are two knives
of uniform size and at the left their
companion forks. Resting against the
plate at the right side, near the handles
of the knives, is the oyster fork. At the
head of the plate is the individual salt
dish and pepper stand. At the right
of the knives is the soup spoon, which
is the average sized tablespoon. At the
right, too, are placed, in two rows, five
goblets Of varying sizes, but similar in
shape and design. The largest is for the
water served, be it mineral or plain, the
second size for champagne, the smallest
size for sherry and the two others for
red and white wine respectively. Ac-
cording to the authority quoted, the col
or dinner is not highly esteemed. There
should be harmony, but not monotony.
Violets or rose petals are still used in
finger bowls.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
THE COMMON HEN.
4 Woman Tells Farmers and Their W1ve
How to Improve Stock.

L Woman Tells Farmers and Their wives
How to Improve Stock.
At the Minnesota farmers institute
recently Mrs. Ida Tilson told farmers
and their wives how the common hen
may be improved. She said:
1.-THE common hens are of all the
shapes and colors that fowls ever grow,
and they are usually neglected, abused,
half starved and left to shift for them
selves generallyf but for all that they
generally pay their own way and more,
too-live and thrive and bring up big
family of healthy chicks under the most
discouraging circumstances.
tTake the same pains with them as
you would with stock Of thoroughbreds
and they will respond quickly and gen.
erously. There is something-a good
deal-in blood and there is an immense
deal in care and food. If you have not
the cash with which to buy pure breed
cocks to mate the hens with to begin
with, don't think that you can do moth
ing to improve the common fowls.
Common fowls can be greatly i'm
proved in point Of size by always select
ing the largest and best to keep over
to breed from, and the laying qualities
can be improved by sitting only eggs
from hens that are known to be the best
layers. On some farms where this course
has been followed year after year the
fowls have greatly increased in size and
rival the Leghorns and Hamburgs in
egg production.
"In one case which came under my
observation, in five years from the time
when the improving process commenced,
the average egg product from the hens
had increased one-third and the aver
age weight in the same proportion. In
that time no fresh blood had been in
troduced into the flock. The improve
ment was wholly due to food, care and
selection of the best each year. OF
course the same results could be reached
in two years with thoroughbred roost-
ers, but the woman who bad these hens
didn't have the thoroughbred roosters
nor the money to buy them, yet she
went ahead and did the best she could
with the fowls she had, and her best
was very good indeed. 1t is fact that
the third winter after her work of i'm
provement commenced her hens laid
more eggs than any other flock in the
neighborhood, and there were some
thoroughbred f1ocks among her neighbors.
If size be your object. select your
largest common hens and mate them
with . rooster cf some pf The larger
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
Do Not Market Lean Fowls.

It does not cost over 5 cents even with
the heaviest feeding to produce pound
Of poultry. A poor hen weighing six
pounds can be gotten to the weight of
eight pounds in from 10 to 30 days-sel-
dom more than two weeks-and if the
market price is 10 cents per pound she
will bring IA cents owing to her superb
or quality, but allowing 121s cents per
pound she will bring 81. We allude
to the choicest fat fowls. The poor hen
weighing six pounds will not sell for
more than 10 cents per pound. Thus it
will be seen that by expending 10 cents
for food and making hen very fat, not
only is the expenditure for the food re-
turned, but the profit is also much larger.
In fact, by increasing the weight and
improving the quality the value Of the
hen is nearly doubled in two weeks.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
DRINKS COME HIGH.
London's Expenditure For Alcoholic Liq-
uors This Year Is About @1OO,OOO,OOO.

London's Expenditure For Alcoholic Liq-
uors This Year Is About S1OO,OOO,OOO.
The most recent temperance statistics
published in London show that the an
nual consumption of liquor in the capi-
tai is largely Oh the increase. 1t is esti-
mated that the sum of e20, 900, 900, or
500, 900, 900, will be spent this year in
acoholic drinks by the dwellers in the
metropolis. This sum, it is computed,
would nearly eight times pay for the
school board maintenance, added to the
cost of necessary new school buildings.
The appropriations for the relief Of
the poor in London are about $13, 000,-
900, which is only one-eighth Of the total
drink bill The London debt Of about
$96, 900, 900 could be paid in one year by
the amount spent on liquor and bal
ance of nearly 81, 900, 900 left over.
When it is taken into consideration
that liquor is much cheaper in London
than here, the enormous quantity con-
sumed is largely in excess of what it at
first appears TO be.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24

ed in our subject in pre-eminent de-
gree; add to which the fact that their
size is about right to give a fowl or
chicken dressing eight or ten pounds to
the pair and their present popularity
will be lasting. The Buff Rocks are
popular, for their solid merits and ex-
tremely attractive appearance please
the public. They stepped at once into
the front rank, both in this country and
in England. A writer in Feathered
World says of them:
Through heat and through cold we
have received an excellent return of
good sized rich brown eggs, and this
when running in the open fields in both
exposed and sheltered positions, and
also when tested for some months in a
small graveled pen. The Americans say
the Buff Rock lays like the Leghorn,
and we have proved that this is not
vain boasting. As chickens they grow
rapidly and feather unusually early
and mature sooner than the original
Rocks" !"
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
breeds; II YOU desire . better eRR pro.


breeds; II you desire better egg pro.
duction, select the hens you know to be
the bestdayers, and for any other spe-
cial purpose select males that possess
the qualities which you desire. Chick
ems from these crosses will be half
blood and much superior to common
fowls. The next year mate the half
breed pullets to pure cooks and keep the
best of the pullets from this cross for
breeding stock the third year.
"In this way always keep your best
hens and pullets each year, and by
using only thoroughbred cocks you will
in a few years have a flock Of fowls
that for all practical purposes will be
just as good as though you had started
out with thoroughbreds -
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
How to Become Slender.

Rise early and take cold bath, rub
bing vigorously afterward with coarse
towel or flesh brush. Take cupful Of
hot water before breakfast. Avoid
drinking at meals and confine yourself
to three meals day. Take one small
cup Of tea at breakfast, some dry toast,
boiled fish or small outlet and a baked
apple or little fruit. At dinner, which
should be at midday, take white fish or
meat, dry toast or stale bread, vegeta-
bles and fruit, either fresh or stewed; ;
for supper, toast, salad, fruit and six
ounces of wine or water. Hot water
with lemon juice in 1t is good for sup
per
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
Deafness Cannot be cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is by consti utional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an ipfamed condi-
tion of he mucous lining OF the Eustach-
ian Tube. When this tube gets inf Amed
you have a rumbIing sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and nnless the in
famatiOn can be taken out and this tube
restored to it's normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an irfiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrb
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
f J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
tss Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
Bur Plymouth Rocks.

The Buff Plymouth Rocks have solid,
practical merits as we'll as an attractive
shape and color; hence it is not to be
wondered at that they are popular.
The preference Of the public today is for
either white or buff colored, yellow leg
ged and yellow skinned varieties that
are good layers and present handsome,
attractive appearance when dressed for
market, and those qualities are combin.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
title yinaiqrette in this ware,

little vinaigrette in this ware.
The cutting on the little vinaigrette is
unusually rich and very artistic. The
rosettes on the sides have centers that
alone are worth examining, and the rest
of the surface is. cross Matched. The fine
ness of the cutting is remarkable. The
stopper and neck are Of gold, the former
being exquisitely chased.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
METHODIST EPISCOPAL,
On Park Avenue.

Pastor, Rev. Levi Larew. Sunday services
at 1000 A. M and 500 P. M Sunday school at
2sO P NJ: Superintendent S. l.. Bowen gen.
era Bible Glass in charge OF Ephra Sooy. to which
all visitors are invited to take part. Class
meeting on Monday and Tuesday evenings
Prayer meetings On Thursday evening.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
MT. PLEASANT METHODIST PROTESTANT
On Church Avenue.

Pastor, Rev. F. Craig. Sunday services, 1000
A. NJ and 7.45 P. NJ. Class meeting after preach
ing in the morning. Sunday School 2.30 P NJ
Ziba Adams, Superintendent. c. E. Y. P. Meet
ing Sunday evening, also 7.30 Tuesday evening
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening 7.3O. Cot
tage prayer meeting Friday evening 7.S0. cor
dial invitation to all. Welcome.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
W. c, T. u.

President. DR.. Eva W. Lake; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Lake; Treasurer. Mrs.
Caroline A. Risley. Meets every Thursday at
3P. M.
THE N. J. CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY"
President, Miss B. Cheesman; Vice President,
Joseph G. Risley, Secretary, DR.. Eva Lake;
Treasurer, Mrs. VIM. Large. Meets the Second
Monday OF every month at 7.30 P. M.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
PRESBYTERIAN,

On aSntngtOn AV6nue.
Pastor, Rev. John NJ. Ferguson. Services
every Sunday evening at 7.30. Sunday School at
$50 P NJ; Superintendent, Levi l.. Hewet t.
Combined PRAYER meeting and Christian En-
deayor meeting ON Wednesday evenings at 7.30.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
CHURCHES.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
On Pleasant Avenue.

Pastor Rev. Arthur Douglass. Sunday School
at 10 90 m. Peaching at 11.0O N. and 80 pm
Young Peoples Meeting Sunday 30 pm. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 7.3O p IN.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24

Pastor, T. J. Oliver. Sunday services at
1000 A. n. and 7.80 P. N. Sabbath School at2.0S
p. M; Superintendent, Charles R. Governs.
Sisters Prayer Meeting Tuesday evening. Class
Meeting Thursday evening.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
The Fad For Cut Glass,

Cut glass comes next to gold and sill
yer (indeed, at present it rather ranks
above the latter metaD in value for
wedding gifts. Among the presents re-
Gently received by the daughter of ten
times millionaire and the prospective
bride of an equally rich man was bar
rel of cut glass, and it was reckoned as
worthy place among the best of the
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
ST. JOHNS METHODIST PROTESTANT.
Corner RisleY Avenue and Church Road.

Pastor, Rev. james Luffbarry. Sunday services
Preaching 10 A. M Sunday School 2.30 P. NJ
Superintendent, Richard Stibbens. Prayer Meet
ings Wednesday evenings. Glass meeting. Sunday
mornings after preaching and Friday evenings
Young Peoples Class Tuesday evenings.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24

Pleasantville Mutual Loan and Building Asso-
citation meets in Pleasantville School House Hall
on the first Saturday in each month.
OFFICERs-President, Mark Adams Secretary,
Isaac Andrews; treasurer. Daniel G. Bartlett.
The Mutual Guarantee Building and Loan AS
sociation.
OFFICERs-Presidents James L. Rsley; Secre-
tary j. W. Hackney; Treasurer. Samuel Ireland;
Attorney, J. p. Ashmead.
Pleasant vile Branch OF the Atlantic Coast
Building and Loan Association.
UFFICERs-P President, Job C. Sebbins; Vice
President, John McIlvaine; Secretary and Treas
urer, Henry Lake.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1897-03-24
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE.-Larre farm at Pleasantvie,
N. j.; nearly 100 acres. Will Pell in whole or
part Also cottage at Absacon. J. For par
ticulars address. Clinton Bassett, Lock Boz "a.
Absecon. N. {.
FOR SALE-Desirablel lot Of land 136x320feet.
first class location, southeast cor. of Wright st.
and Shore Road. Apply at the PRESS Office.
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