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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. "A jury
this afternoon gave Mark Kennedy $l0O
damages against Aaron Feutsch and Will
liam Adams in his suit for 5000 for false
arrest. The case was brought here from
Kennedy was one of a party which spent
most of a night in Adams's saloon at a
fish fry. The next morning Adams found
that his money drawer had been robbie of
$50. A safety pin which Kennel was al
legged to have had the night before was
found near the drawer. In the trial he was
acquitted.
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Indiana Notes.

A local branch of the Anti-saloon League
of Indiana will be organized at Portland to-
night.
Ed Harrison, of Marion, has been awarded
the contract to construct a thirty-six-blow-
ers tank for the new window-glass factory
at Montpelier. The factory will be in oper-
alton shortly after January /.
Owing to the increased business at Green's
burg, the Big Four freight and passenger
departments at that place nave been sep
arated. Nathan A. Crawford is in charge
Of the former. and Albert Hornung Of the
latter.
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Killed in sight OIL Homo.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Oct. 2-wiIliam
schickle. a young man Of this city. who had
been away for several months, fell from
a train Just as Ii entered the city limits
and he was mangled TO death by the car
wheels almost In sight of the depot where
his relatives awaited him.
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TO FIGHT THE UNDERWRITERS.
Another Portland Man will Brins
SHIT to Break Up the Pool.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND. Ind, Oct. 2.-Another suit
is to be instituted here within the next few
days against sixty or more insurance COM
panies. which have representatives i'm Port
land. The fight is to be made much along
the same lines as that begun by N. B.
Hawkins. which developed several days
ago. The forthcoming suit viii be brought
by Daniel r. Grinsr. prosecuting attorney.
and will seek to entoin the companies from
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Broke Twenty-FOur Locks to Secure
a Drink of Whisky.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 2.-John
Doyle, a laborer. engaged in construction
work at the Majestic distiliery, to-day
broke t~wenty-three locks on as many doors
in getting to the. bonded warehouse, where
the whisky is stored. He added to his record
for twenty-three locks when he found that
he was compelled to break a lock on the
barrel. Doyle was found intoxicated and is
now in jail. He will be prosecuted by the
government.
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was for ss4, and purported 10 be signed b.
Charles H. ST. Clair, NATION, Ill
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SHAFER-GADBURY
Suecial 10 the Indian ma polis .Jo,irnat

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind, Oct. edward
G. shafer. one of the proprietors OF the
City Cigar Store and a popular young bus
mess man, and Miss-Hattie Gadbury were
married last evening at $50 o'clock at the
home of the brides parents by Rev. Mr..
Craven. The wedding was a quiet one. My
the brides parents being present.
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The sail tBl ie

falling backward. The sail (B) ia
called the foresail. The sail (C) the
jib, and the sail (E) the jib topsail.
They are all held in by ropes which
can be easily extended or shortened
30 as to draw more or less wind. One
of the most picturesque of the sails is
not shown in the diagram because it
is used only under certain favoring
conditions. This sail. the balloon iib,
is an enormous sail made of very light
cloth-in the Columbia Of silk-and
it is larger than either the mainsail or
the spinnaker. It is attached at the
very front of the boat, and it is sup
posed to gather up all the wind that
there is. 1t is usually used when the
winds are very light. The correct
method of using balloon jib is very
important feature of the yachtman's
work, and it may play an exceedingly
important part in the coming race.
The little flag at the top of the top
mast ley is called the burgee, and
that which flies from the tip of the
gaff (23) is called the pennant. In
case Of heavy winds it is found neces-
sary sometimes to reef the sails. This
is done by means of the little strings
which are seen hanging in rows along
the lower part of the mainsail. The
canvas is pulled down to the boom
and tied with these strings, so that
less surface will be exposed to the
wind. Reefng is only done in case
of q very heavy storm or squalls.
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is "close- hauled" so that the main
sail stands almost parallel with the
length of the boat. The skipper
must keep his eyes wide open and
never allow his hand to leave the
sheets for q moment, if he would get
the best speed from his boat and pre-
vent being capsized by sudden
squalls. The mainsail is assisted by
number of smaller sails before the
mast. These are attached to various
ropes connecting with the tip end of
the bowsprit and with the stem of the
yacht. The rope which connects the
bowsprit with the top of the topmast
(15) is called the topmast stay and
holds the topmast from being pulled
backward, just as the topmast back
stay (2O) holds it from being driven
forward. The line which reaches from
the top of the mainmast to the stem
of the boat (14) is called the forestry,
and it. snnnnrts the mainmast from
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an Argument.

It is the part of every householder,
or any one in auth ority, public or pri-
vate, to carefully consider orders be-
fore they are given. But after they
are issued it would be suicidal to all
government to argue out the matter
with employe, servant, or child. From
the nature of things, they cannot judge
the necessity or worth of the COM
mand it is their part to carry out.
Many funny stories are told of fresh
ly ytrained soldiers and sailors, to whom
the thought was new that their first
virtue was implicit obedience. One
such tale dates back to our Civil War,
and is told for truth by one who over
heard it. A sailor of one of the big
gunboats of the time was notorious for
his lazy habits, as we'll as for his in
genuousness in finding excuses for his
careless ways. While seemingly hon
est, he was often hauled up tor reprl-
mand OF punishment.
The captain, n passionate man and
a believer in stern discipline, lost Pc
tlcnce with Tom, anu Wncn Ine ieIloW
was brought before him for the third
time in enc week for some neglect O.
work, he said, angrily,
"What-again, Tom?"
I'm not here of my own Will. Sir"
began simple Tom.
And poor Tom, finding his efforts to
speak were cut off, at last ssid, resign
edly:
"Well. captain, have it your own
way. I didn't cone here to arSus
with you, sir!" =.
And after that Tcm 8 Unsympathetlc
comrades called on him every day III
his imprisonment, which he may haTo
deserved, but scarcely understood,
and told him that they "did not como
to argue with him"
And while Toms story sounds @h-
snrd, it is true that many OF us are !ust
as foolish, and take jnst as long TO
learn the beauty and strsn 9Th OF ooe-
dienca -Hnrnnr' Ra%ar
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Sum Always Shining on the Flag.

It was favorite figure of speech
with well-known Senator that by the
time the sun was setting on the
farther-most part Of Alaska dawn was
breaking on the coast of Maine. This
was little far-fetched, perhaps but
nobody need have any doubt now that
at every hour in the day the sun is
shining on the Stars and Stripes. In
the recent celebration of Decoration
Day there were many interesting
developments, including schedule
of the time the flag was saluated, and,
according to this calculation, the first
fre.cracker went off in Guam and the
last in Hawaii. All around the world
there were enthusiastic celebrations,
and it is interesting to remember that
on the next Fourth of July the Presi-
dent of the United States will press q
button and the largest flag ever manu-
factured in New England will float
from the top of the Eiffel Tower, over
the Exposition. Philadelphia Satur-
day Evening Post.
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A Frank Confession.

Some people are nothing if not out
spoken and frank. Not long ago
we'll known young society lady was
talking to society man and the two
got into an argument abont the amount
OF physical exercise each required.
"Why in the world don't you take
more exercise?" said he. 81 never
see you walking. You're forever riding
on the car. No matter if you have
only three blocks to 60, you never
seem to want to do anything but Jump
on car, even if it takes you longer
to wait for it than it would to walk the
whole distance"
"Well, I'll just have you know, that
if you wore shoes two sizes too small
for you, you'd want to ride, too."-
Detroit Free Press.
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racers are also provided with very
important boom called the spinnaker
boom (T. This boom is removable,
and is only used when the yacht is
running full before the wird: It is
always conveniently placed on the
deck, so that when the wind is right
it can be instantly placedin position. 1t
is let down by the ping lift (1S) and
held in place by the spinnaker boom
brace 10y and the spinnaker boom
guy (26). 1t is usually spread almost
opposite the mainsail, so that it gives
to the yacht practically two broad
wings, by means of which she can take
full advantage of a following wind, in
this way immensely increasing her
speed. A yacht with spinnaker set
and bellying full of wind is most
beautiful sight, resembling some huge
seagull skimming over the surface of
the water. Indeed. the sails are so
big and reach 30 far on each side of
the yacht that the body of ths boat
itself is hardly visible. No doubt
much will be said in the reports of
the coming races about the spinnaker
and how it is set, for it is an exceed
ingly important feature in yacht rae
ing.
The principal sail of sloop is the
mainsail GAY. It is held in place by
the ropes and tackle shown at (25).
These ropes are CALLED the sheets,
and they are by all odds the most i'm
portant ropes connected with yacht.
The skill of ayachtlnan is based largely
on his ability to let out or take in
these sheets, thereby giving the sail
more or less wind. The speed of the
yacht is dependent very largely upon
the exactness with which the mainsail
is managed. If the wind is behind
the boat the sheet will, of course, be
eased out until the mainsail stands at
O wide angle with the length of the
boat, thereby exposing as mach sur
face as possible. In sailing into the
wind or "by the wind" as the old
seamen say, the sheets are drawn in
very close; in other words, the yacht
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ordinary yacht construction it is
firmly attached to the outside
of the mainmast, as shown in the
diagram. These masts are held IN
place by what are known as shrouds,
long, heavy wire ropes no and ~,
which run from the "houpds" at the
top OF the mainmast and from the top
of the topmast to each side OF the
hull, where they are firmly attached.
In order to further strengthen the
topmast a crosstree (9) is placed at
the head of the topmast for spreading
the topmast shrouds. 1t was the
breaking of this spreader which caused
the recent accident to the Columbia.
When the crosstree snapped the top
mast was loosened and fell before the
wind with such force that the steel
mainmast broke short off about half
way of its length. Next to the mast
in importance is the bowsprit (3).
which is held down bv the bowstaV
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The cHoRlSTERs.

There's q little band OF singers
Every evening comes and fingers
Meath the window OF my cottage IN the
And with dark they raise their voices,
While the gathering night rejoices,
And the leaves join.in The chorus With the
breeze. -.
Then the twinkling stars come out
To enjoy the merry rout,
And the squirrels range themselves upon
log;
And the flreaIes furnish light,
That they read their notes Alright
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
All the night hear them singing;
Through my head their tunes are ring"
Strains OF music straight from Mother
Natures heart;
Now the katydld and cricket,
From the deep Of yonder thicket;
Then the croaking frog of yonder droneS
his part.
By and by the moon appears,
As the midnight hour nears,
And her smiles dispel the low'ring mist and
fog;
Then the mirth Is at It's height,
And they glorify the night
The katydid, the cricket and the frog.
Philadelphia North American.
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PITH AND POINT.

"Would you like to have the world
at your fest?" IT have, I'm not
standing on my head, am I?"--Phila-
delphis Bulletin.
"Oh, to taste once more the gladness
That was mine in years gone by"
The poet sang; but no one knew
II he thought OF love or pie.
Detroit Free Press.
Jaggles-"I see there's a new
keeper in the menagerie. Didn't the
animals like the old one?" Waggles--
''I guess so. They ate him up
Judge.
"Dunphy is pretty well battered
up." eyes. he and McCracken had
passage of words" "OnIy words?"
"That's all. McCracken threw q
dictionary at him. ..
"Do you like Schubert's music,
Mr.. Dilliugton?" "Well, it amt so
good as they have at Swartzheimer's,
two doors further down the street. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer ~.
"a seaman washed overheard" e1-
claimed Mrs. Jones, as she read q
newspaper headline; "but he perhaps
was 80 dirty they hadn't enough water
on the ship "-Tid-Bits.
Stout Party Ito bathing master)-
SCOT bathing suit to fit me?" Bath
Robe Man Cooking him over)-"I
guess 80. What's your displacement?''
-Philadelphia North American.
Hixon-"I wonder how Methuselah
managed to live to such ripe old
age" Dixon-'Probably hecause
there were no bacteria and disease
germs in his Chicago News.
"I am frank to say" he said, 'that
I feel you encouraged my attention." j"
'fPerhaps," she replied, "but how
was T to know whether you wanted
to marry me, or only to borrow money
from father?" E
Bing-"Yes, that's old spriggins.
Halt dozen doctors have given him
up at various times during lis life. -
Wing-"What was the trouble with
him?" Bing-"He wouldn't pay his
doctor bills. ."-Tit-Bits.
Papa-"You and Willie ought to be
ashamed of yourselves not to give
little sister any Of your gumdrops."
Tommy-t"Well, paw, you see, me
an Willie have formed trust, an
she don't belong. Ohio State Jour-
nal.
tFrance is the home of modern
art" said the young man. "Well,"
answered the blunt citizen who had
been reading of the Dreyfus case,
"may be they can paint artistically
and sing artistically and dance artis-
tically. But I'm blest if they can lie
artistically. .''-Washington Star.
The Bright Child: When the
Bright Child drew near to the rhin-
oceros in the circus, all the world
wondered and listened, agape. "Oh,
mammal" exclaimed the Bright Child,
pausing only to choose such words as
would render her thought easily in
telligible to the multitude. "Lookf
The rhinoceros makes her own hide!'
The world laughed at this point, un-y
til it almost split, there being no
doubt that the Bright Child had
reference to the rhinoceros' hide not
fitting very ell.--Detroit Journal.
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congregation that had assembled to
testify its devotion to him.
The sermon on which his reputation
rests is upon the text, "The Sun Do
Move" This famous discourse he
breaches at least once year, and the
bare announcement is all that is
needed to throng his pews.
The Rev. Mr.. Jasper is we'll thought
of outside his parishioners, and is al
ways pointed out to visitors as one of
the notables of the city.
The text of Jasper's famous sermon
is Exodus, chapter xv., verse 8, 'The
Lord is Man of War. The Lord is
His name" The theories advanced
are: The earth is square and immov-
able. The sun rises in the East and
moves toward the West and there sets.
The world is fat.
"The Bible says the sun stood still, !"
he announces dogmatically. els any
body going to say the sun was stand
ing still before Jasher told it to stand
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YACHT.

the water, and it is in the construc-
ton of the keel that the greatest
changes and progress have been made
in yachting. Everyone who reads the
papers knows of the discussions which
have gone on for years as to the COM
parative value of the center-board
keel board which lets down side
wise from the interior of the boat
through the bottom, the fin keel,
which is deep, sharp, 6n-like pro-
lection on the bottom of the boat, the
bulb fin and the ordinary cutter keel.
So much for the hull of the boat.
The backbone Of a sloop's rigging is
the mainmast, marked ~ in the
diagram. This is usually made of the
very best and straightest spruce tim
ber, although in . Sne case of the
Columbia an immensely strong steel
tube has been used. At the top of
of the mainmast, the topmast (2) is
attached. In the case of the new cup
defender this topmast is 80 made that
it will slide down into the hollow
portion of the mainmast, but in
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Association Devoted to Custard Pie.

The town of Hartford, in Oxford
County, Me-, has Custard Pie Asso-
citation, which meets annually in hem
lock grove on the margin of Swan
Pond and gorges itself with custard
pie. 1t grew out of custard-pie-eat-
ing contest between two residents OF
the town on the annual Fast Day
thirty-nine years ago. The match was
adiudged to be o tie, the association
was formed, and everybody in it now
strives to beat everybody else eating
custard pie. Secretary John D. Long.
who was born in the nearby town of
Buckfeld, is an honored member.
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still? Do you think Jasher would
have asked the privilege to stop the
sun If she had not been moving. This
morning when the sun rose it was over
there pointing to the East). How,
in the name of God, could the sun get
from that side of the house over to
this pointing to the Vest unless it
moved.
"Now Solomon was certainly a
scholar. Do you know he was the
man who said, The sun eriseth and
goeth down and hasteneth back to the
place she moved from tits nonsense
to say the sun does not move. The
man who says the sun does not move
he does not read the Bible"
He fortifes himselfin in the same man
ner in his belief that. the earth is
square and fiat.
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tween the Columbia and the Sham
rock is race of sloop yachts. The
America, which was the original
winner of what is now known as the
America Cup, was schooner yacht,
but nearly all of the cup contestants
since that time have been sloops.
1T is supposed, to begin with, that
the reader knows that the extreme
forward tip of a yacht is called the
stem, that the forward portion is
called the bow, that the rear end is
called the stern, and that the sides of
the boat are the beams. Everyone
also knows that the keel OF yacht is
the portion which cuts deepest into
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FOREIGNERS In American Cities.

The foreign-born population OF
London is only 255, ,o52 and that of
Paris 100000. The foreign. born pop
ulation of New York by the police
census is 879,972. By the census of
1890 45O, 900 of the population of Chi
cago were foreign born, and 100000
of Philadelphia, both of which you
will take notice have more than Lon
don. Boston had 14S, 800, San Fran
cisco 1876, 600 Baltimore ]22. 900 and
ST T.nnis 11T nhI
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Foreign WashinGs.

In many countries the family wash
ing is done in streams or rivers. In
Egypt it is usually done by man,
who stands by the side of the Nile,
and slaps the clothes on the stones
until the dirt is pounded out. Korean
women usually do their washing in
cold water, and sometimes in streams.
They spend much time in this sort of
exercise, as thoir fasiilious husbands
soil about dozen dresses week.
Korean and E'renah women pound
their clothes clean s.th paddles
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and the bowstay fall (16 and 17). The
main boom (4) spreads and holds fast
the lower portion of the mainstail (A).
At the top of the mainsail is the gaff
(5), and above that is the club topsail
(D), reaching higher even than the
top of the topmost. These are the
principal sticks in sloop yacht. The
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MOST FAMOUS coLoRED DIVINE.

Synopsis of Brother Jasper's "Sun Do
Move" Sermon.
The Rev. John Jasper, of Rich
mond, Va, is one of the most popular
colored divines in this country, and
on the celebration of the eightieth
anniversary of his birthday a short
time ago his church in the Virginia
capital was crowded to the doors by 2
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decided away with horses to pull
their binders At the machines be easily
advertise
the machines during the harvest The first
big 0 Ranch the northern part Of
hired the neiehbors help his harvest for
the just half
Oklahoma the ranches enough
be the whe farmin n he
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It is not necessary to tell all that
was said then.
Miss Arnold elected herself Queen
Talmooch by saying one little word,
eyes"
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; Tte Techpique !
} Of Yachting. !
2 Diagrams That Will Make Details
of the Columbia. Shamrock Race
3 Plain to Landlubbers.

81 E d i ag ra m
" b i c b accom-
panies this article
shows q sloop
yacht, or a cutter
yacht, as t b e
E n 81 i 8 b m a n
would say. "A
sloop yacht has
one mast, the
main mast. The
eat race be-
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A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
Bv SEWARD W.. HOPKINS.

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