Indianapolis Journal, Volume 2, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1872 — Page 2

THE EVENING JOURNAL: INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1872.

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KfDlANAPOLIS. TUESDAY, OCT. 22. 1875. TZKMS: JPog!e copies, per week, delivered by carter,... $ 10 By mall, payable la advance, per year B 00 per month . 69 ADTXBTxanra batxb. . Loou, M1TTXK8. Notioea under this head will re Charged SO cents per line for first Insertion, and 15 ents-per Una for each additional Insertion, Marriage Notlcea BOccnti oneral Notices . tOceats DisriiTiD Adtebtibmhstb, Wajts, Fob Saxi, Poa Rbxt, Lost, and Potrjro.flye cents fr line for flrst Insertion, and two and a half rcita per line for each additional Insertion . REPUBLICAN TICKET. yOR PRE BIDBNT, TJLYSSES S. OK-OiT, ur Ixxmoi?. roa TICE PRBMDINT, HENRY WttsoN. riSIDTOTtAECTO, tor Tire B'ATK AT LARGE. t8MJAN (jKD0. of MarioU. iRSETS, BUCKr KS,of Del ware ;tON SCHWARTZ, of Dearborn. ISAAC S. MOO RE. of Warrick. . distmct electors. rirs,t District 1A I EI, li. KirMTER. Swon-i District - CYRUS T. NIXON Third District-JAM 8 Y. ALL! 0J. Fourth District .TO It a odwii. Fifth Dl.-'riet OE ROK W. OKOBS. S xth District J AME - T. JOH VSUN. Seventh iDitri t IKSSE HARPEH. ?-'.-hi:, n 1 "C t C A I.VIN COWO'LL. lata District It BERTS 'AYLoR. TeathDiftrict-EHASTUS W. m. El.LIS. Eleventh Ditroi SIDNEY KEI'H. Ji WORD FOR THE MANY. One can cot read the American biography much without being struck with the low estimate put upon popular intelligence by tic writers. Benjamin Franklin reading "by the pilfered ends of candles, Andrew Johnson using the pine-knota of his backwoods fire, Abraham Lincoln amid the coarso associations of pioneer life, Father Havens appealing to the respect of village Towdies by strength of muscle and promptness in its use are referred to as evidence of miraculous talent or studiousness, and the world is expected never to cease to wonder that such men should spring from so barren a soil. So far as the legitimate lesson of the yalue of perseverance in well doing is concerned this is all well enough; but in so far as this is accepted as the proof of the ighorance and brutality of the masses of the people is concerned it is an exhibition of ignorance which would be unpardonable, if it were not so common. The corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit ; grapes do not grow a thorns, or figs on thistles ; but these would be no more surprising than that a race of intellectual giants of statesmen, orators and soldiers of the first capacity should spring from the loins1 of imbecility. As many men of noted talent and attain" ments have sprang from the cabins of poverty in the United States, as from the mansions of wealth ; and George Washington, the noble-hearted and far-seeing statesman and soldier a representative of the early aristocracy of Virginia is as much a ram rw, as Abraham Lincoln, the representative of the poorest class of American pioneers ; and if we criticise closely the characteristics of each class their habits, their thoughts the one is as much a marvel of his class as the other. Franklin is no more a rarity of his class than Jefferson is of his. Roger Sherman is no more a human majvel, though reared in direct poverty and obscurity than John Hancock the fav r j of fortune. These men who spring from the lower walks of the people are rio more great in spite of their surroundings than Washington, Jefferson, anc the third and fourth generation of Adam are talented and noble in spite of the'ir surroundings. The one is as much the direct product of their birth and early teachings of the habits and reasoning power of the society in which trrir lof- was cast as the other It would be a marve! for a Lincoln, a Hamilton, or even a Andrew Johnson, to spring from a tribe of Digger Indians, so great a marvel that the world has never seen its like, and never will until the law of causation is reversed. The truth is, the biographer in his anxiety to magnify the individual, has maligned the community. He has given the accomplishments of humat character the credit of its virtues. He has made the glossy raiment the signet of a clear heart; the accident of smooth epecch the measure of clear thought; thus substituting external appearances for internal realities, and making the grace of the boy whose whole mind is given to the measurement of ribbons for giggling girls paramount to the sturdy th ujht of Vie inc hoale statesman who stumbes in his gait us if the only motion were the halt and limp of the fresh turned furrow, though the latter i3 the companion of men who discuss at the restful turn the equities of neighborhood disputes or the possibility of public policies. The "traditions of the e!ders" were less comprehensive than tho unwritten pages of American history and politics which are repeated in every neighborhood, criticized and discussed in the field by day and in the cabin by night. The scant cross-roads grocery with its single bolt of muslin, piece of calico, keg of powder, and barrel of whisky, is the scene of constant menial conflict, and questions of finance and international law are debated as warmly and not un frequently as shrewdly and intelligently as beneath that dome which rears its symmetric head to heaven alongside the broad and shining Potomac. The boy who is reared in such scenes as these, is educated in the sturdy domain of thought as early and often more thoroughly than he who gels his education by the roting rules of the books and formalities of the schools. Therefore the uncouth backwoodsman, the wearied plowman and the coarse loafer of the frontier, arc, in all the solid processes of thought and the general facts of American history and politics, fully the equals of their better drerced nrtd smoother mannered

fellow-citizen of the same class in cities and older communities. The fathers of our well fixed and well dressed possessors of the palatial houses of the city and snug houses of the country hereabout, were men of as good character and aa sound judgment as thfc present owners; and the best men who have sprung from the lowest condition of American life represent the virtues and intelligence of that life, instead of being a protest against its meanness; for there i3 nothing essentially mean or degraded in the poverty ad uncouthr$5S nS In depend ent labors 0 j Amaricaa country life.

EDITORIAL NOTES. A fem'LE letter-writer, describing Wnitelifr Reid's head, says: "In froht, where love of man, kind philanthropy or benevolence should be, his hed is flat like table land; and in the centre, where veneration and love of God manifest themselves pbreneologically, there is a hollow like a ditch." ExiMlKiTrbxs for women arc proposed at Harvard College, similar to those held in tbo English Universities. The echeme contemplates the examination of two classes of candidates, those under eighteen and those above that age. The experiment will be conducted under the auspices of an association Of women who are to bear the incidental expenses. NIst, the artist, receives five hundred del" lars a week from the Harpers, and his inimitable caricatures are believed to be worth double that sum to them. He receives visitors kindly, U affable and genial in conversation, apparently unconscious of the fame he has won. His cartoons are all first traced by him on wood, tnd then given to others to engrave. .According to the Boston Journal, a colony, consisting of two hundred families from Alfacfe and Lorraine, are making preparations to settle in the vicinity of Alexandria. That paper says: 'Triey propose to locate a town and purchase sufficient land to combine agriculture They have now a subscribed capital of f 100,000, and if they are successful in their arrangements, they expect to increase their number to about two thousand families. The question of open communion was slyly introduced into a Baptist Conference at Long Island last week, and after a short debate, in which a general discussion of the subject wss avoided, a resolution was passed affirming adhesion, in general, to the doctrines and ordinances of the Baptifet denomination as taught in the New Testament. The advocates of open communion are rapidly multiplying among the Baptists, and it is evident that a general discussion of that question, which may possibly lead to a serious schism, cannot bo much longer delayed. 0 A young English school girl was lately whipped with a birch rod on her naked person for receiving a love letter from a young man. Sosaysan exchange. If every American young boarding school girl who so offended were so punished, whipping with birch rods would be very general in young ladies' seminaries. It was rather a refinement of cruelty, however, to thrash the girl and let the young man wholly escape. How could 6be help getting the letter? We suppose he did escape, for no men tion is made of his having become intimately acquainted with the birch. The new Postal Treaty between the United States and France, under which the rates of postage between the two countries will be greatly reduced, and many new facilities for the promotion of international commerce afforded, has been approved by the State Department of both countries. The French Minister of Finance will, as was lately reported specially to the Herald by cable, calculate the consequence of its operations on the Treasury income of France, and it is hoped the exchange of ratifications of the instrument will take place at an early day. ' Mt. Vernon, the former home of Washington, is in charge of ladles who have been laying off carriage roads, planting trees, and making ing some changes in the mansion itself. They also propose rebuilding the tomb, refurnishing Lafayette's room, and introducing various innovations. This is all wrong. Everything should be kept, as nearly as possible, as it appeared in Washington's time. Mount Vernon should not be made a pleasure park for tourists, but should be preserved for its sacred memories. Preservation is what is needed, and not decoration. In speaking of the Cincinnati Exposition, the Chicago Ibst gives vent to its pent-up feelings after this manner : "There is to be a 'Cincinnati Exposition' in 187J All the shop-keepers and manufacturers remove their stocks to a barn, and invite all the people of th region 'rousd about to come in and pay for the privilege of looking at what they can see for nothing at any other time. The arrangement works so well that the wonder is they don't run it all the time They have a building that accommodates all the business men of the town, and by keeping it open the year through, they could 6ave rent ou sepirate stores." Not many years ago Horace Greeley delivered a speech in New York, and declared himself in favor of prohibiting foreigners from becom ing citizens until they had been residents of the United States for twenty -one years. And yet the W calls upon Its followers to vote for Horace Greeley. Had Horace Greeley hie way, nine-tenths of the present Democracy would not have the privileges of citizenship. Let every foreigner remember when he goes to vote in November next that he would not be enjoying that franchise if Horace Greeley could have had his way of thinking embraced in the organic laws of the land. A Convention of Homo?patuic Physicians in Chicago say of this branch of medical science: "We have eight or ten chartered colleges in the United States. We have twenty or more hospitals, come of them fully equipped and endowed. We have scores of dispensaries for the benefit of the poor. Fifty years ago and not five homucpatbic physicians could be found on this continent. Now they number over five thousand. Fifteen years ago and not five physicians of our school could be found in Chicago. Now we can enumerate fifty-five. Our patrons, half a century ago, numbered a few hundreds. Now they could be counted by millions." The Calf, a paper published at 8an Francisco, fay there are 14 persona lying In trie cells of

the prison in that city awaiting trial for murder, and adds as a corollary to the statement, that the lax manner in which the laws of the State are .enforced is the true reason of that state of thiDgs. "Until our courts," declares the C"U, "are governed In their decisions more by a sense of what is due to justice, than to quibbles; Until attorneys arc aHtiSted by s higher moral sense in the line of defense they adopt in defending criminals, and until the jury system is rcmodled, we see no way of avoldirg

Nthe consequences of the frequent offences which are perpetrated against the lives and property of our citizens." HASH. -jSThe MichiganderS ate Slelgh-rlding. VCider apples can be had for picking, in New Jersey. California apple trees are blooming the second time this year, Lady ushers did the showing 'round at a New York church wedding. Forty-five dollars is the price for making up a plain dre6s in New York. Imitation tortoise-thell ornaments are known among cheap jeweler as moeL-tuttle. A number of l.ve Eogli6h noblemen wUl New Yotk Society a lordly tone this winter. Kittens have supplanted poodles as pets amonz the weak-minded 6isterhood of Gotham. A man at Belvediere, Illinois, has been fined ?100 for celling liqUor to a confirmed drunkard. There is a heavy beech mast in Kentucky, and the corn usually fed to hogs will be made into whisky. The coming winter will be a severe one a f ict indicated by the unusual thickness of the bed bugs' cocoon. "liavo you heard my last speech?" asked a political haranguer of a wit. "I sincerely hope so," was the reply. Next to the 'lttlebusy bee" the boot-black furnishes the brightest example of Improving the "shining hour." Lion hunting, it appears, is becoming a common sport in the Rocky Mountains, but is noi generally amusing. An Iowa man, who went hunting with a horse and buggy, killed one bird and shot the top of his horse's head off. A Wisconsin man lent a cook f 1-X) watch to tell when to commence cooking dinner, and now he has neither watch nor cook. A peculiar kind of powder, that invariably misses fire, is sold for dueling purposes by a store keeper at Brasbear, Louisiana. A Michigan man of 6ixty lately celebrated his wedding, and dropped dead from heart disease a few moments after the ceremony. The Arizona diamonds having failed, Yankee enterprise has commenced manufacturing them by the ton In Brooklyn, New York. A DanbUry lady, who has been a boarder for Several years, has a set of hair jewelry, as the result of careful research into the pie and soup dealt out to her. A woman attempted to commit suicide by drowning at Chester, III. , and the boya threw mud at her. She postponed dying in order to have them arrested. Some young women are endeavoring to start a new community at Lone Prairie,Hlinoi. It is to be Mormonism, with the grand princi pie of that sect reversed. A Nauvoo gentleman gave his two little beys a pistol to play with the other morning, hut when he came home at noon he took it away from the surviving one. Some of the Chicago people celebrated the anniversary of the great fire by returning to Eastern friends the first donation reccivtd from them. Thoughtful and timely. "Whit are jou doing there, you rascal?" "Merely taking cold, 6ir." "It looks to me as if you were btcaUeg ice." "Well, yes, perhaps it will bear that cor a traction." Shakspeare, of the Chicago Ibst did this with his left hand tied behind him: "Voorhees, the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash is syc more than he was before the election." "Say, Jones, what'B the matter with your eye?" "Oh, nothin', only my wife said this morning I'd better get up and make a fire; I told her to make it herself that's all." The first settlers arrived on the present site of Topeka, Kansas, on the 5th of December, 1 Sol. On the 5th of December, 1873, the city will contain about 12,000 inhabitants. A young lady, formerly of Lansing, Michigan, disgusted at the high price of tea there, has gone to China, ostensibly as a missionaryess, but really to get a good square drink of tea. The city of Red Wing, Minn., has $271,200 employed in different branches of manufactures, with an annual product of fSo.TtW. There are employed in these manufactures 381 men. "Do you prefer Newport, this season?" asked a wife of her husband. ".No, ma'am," said the husband, "I prefer old port." The wife smiled, and so did the husband, 60on after. Mrs. Bettie Corley, of Decatur, Ga.,was recently riding to church with her three children, when a large tree, under which they were passing, blew over, and killed the whole party. A Lapeer, Michigan, man has saccceded in producing a new variety of potato "remarkably free from eyes." Not having any eyes it hs no vines, consequently no bugs. Nice potato! The Selby flax mill. Blue Earth, Minnesota county, has received 1 GOO tons of flax this season, for which $12 50 per ton was paid. There are now five flax mills in the county. A man went to Yamhill county, Oregop, fourteen years ago, and followed the profession of a beggar. It was a good one. He now holds mortgages on the farms of several of his .benefactors. An Iowa man, who never heard of Ananias and his prevaricating wife, asserts that he has shaved himself with the same razor for sixty years, and without sharpening the blade once In that time. Fashionable parents in Corry hire their family spanking done by the month. A good, healthy spankers makes more money than a Bchoolma'm, but has not many friends among the children. A Washington lady, unable to procure a hearse in the city for the funeral of her child, which had died of small pox, purchased one for the occasion, paying two hundred and forty dollars therefor. A little girl went Into a drug store the other day, and said to the proprietor in a half whisper: "If a good little girl ha'n't got no money, how much chewing gum do you give her for nothing?" A father living ia Tltusvllle, who has two or three very court&ble girli, placed a notice

on his front door one Bight, which read: "Shut down for thirty days. No stove in the parlor, and but one lamp." Giving a lady away at A wedding is simply a farce. The old proverb says: "WheTC there's a will thero's away." Consequently,7 as the world knows that every lady has a will of her own, giving her a "way" seems quite super -ffetts. '3fy icm' 6aid a fond papa, who was looking over the leeson his son bad recited that day, "how did you manage when your teacher asked you to spell metempsychosis?" "Ob, father," said the boy, "I just stood spellbound!" . A Chicago horse celebrated the anniversary of the "great fire," by kicking an aperture in the head of his owner, throwing a hog over the fence, killing cow, tearing up several young trees, and then, with la'lTrect, "lit out" over the prairies. . "The old oak chest" tragedy h been repeated lately in Kansas. Two children r Rock Creek, aged 7 and 10, were left by their mother, and in their play climbed into a large chest, which closed with a spring," and they were tmotlu red to death. ".Now, John, 6uppoee there's a load of hay 00 one s'de of a river and a jackass on the other side, and fco bridge, and the river's too wide to 6wim, how Caf the jackass get to the hay?'' "1 give ft lip." "Wei); that's just what the other jackaes did." During a lat'e conference at Worcester the following conversation was oVeA'eafd' Dcween two newsboys: ' I 6ay, Jim, what'- the mean

ing, of so many ministers being here fill togetter?" "tiny," answered Jlm, scornfully, "they always meet ont a year, to 6wap sermons." Afc absent-minded man ettsred aTfoy 6hoe store the other dav, and wanted , his Vov measured for a pair of 6hccs. "But where's tho bov?" asked ihe dealer. "Thunder!" said the man, "I've left the boy at home. I'll eo and bring him." And off he started for the house, six blocks away. Rip Van Winkle's 6leep was a mere nap compared with that taken by Dr. Biker:, inWaterton. New York. The Chicago tribune, in noticing his death, says Dr. Sikes died in the house where he had lived eetenty-one years, and "on the bed where he hid slept forty-one years!" Missouri Democrat. A druggist recently received the following prescription, with a request to put it up: "F ur Kramps Tinct kamfire, wun ounce; tinct. laudanum, a little; tinct. kyan pepper, two pen'orth; klouforra, a little, but not much, as it is dangerous medicine. Dose, half teaspoonful when the kramps comes on." Trie most important steel mine in the country is at Roxbury, Connecticut The ore was thrown aside as rubbish until within a few years, when the proprietors found a Prussian engineer who had worked mines of the Fame sort in Prussia. The product is of great value, and of extensive use among iron manufacturers. Oregon salmon, which were formerly in bad repute, owing to the careless and Improper mode of curing and packing them, now command a ready market. There are now one million dollars invested in the business. Spiced salmon in tins is much sought after in Europe as an article of luxury, commanding a high price. We all of us c-mplain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Oar lives are 6pent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or In doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining our days are few, and acting a) though there would be no end to them. Snicca. All the houses on the Boulevards and in the new portions of Paris are required to be five stories high, and of uniform appearance. They are, in their interior arrangements, different from the houses of almost any other city, being constructed with the speculative view of accommodating a great number of families. "How I adore Keats," said a young hdy fresh from boarding school to her companion, as they were entering a fashionable druggist's at Saratoga. "And then," she continued," "he was the author, you know, dear, of A thing of beauty is a joy forever,' and and 'Hyperion.' " " 'Hyperion,' did you say?" was the bewildered reply. "I don't know anything about that; I always use 'Burnett's Coco inc."' WARM MEALS AT ALL HOURS. A COLORED EPICURE WHO LICKS RED HOT lOKEKS, SWALLOWS BOILING OIL, AND FOURS LEAD ISTO HIS MOUTH. From the San Francieco Chronicle. October 10. Yesterday afternoon the reporters of the city press and about a dozen lees prominent citizens were invited to participate in a private lunch- arty given by "Delhi, the African Fire King," under the auspices of the manager of Woodward's Gardens The collation took place at Dashaway Hall. About half-past one o'clock the guests were all assembled In the large hall, when a short, thick-set negro entered the room, followed by two other somberhued myrmidons, one of whom carried a small oblong furnace, and the other a sack of charcoal and a varieiy of iron bars, rods, &c. i he first was his sable majesty. King Delhi; the others his chefs de cuisine. PREPARING FOR THE FEAST. The furnace was placed on the floor in the center of the hall, aod soon a fierce fire was in full blast. Four flat bars of iron, in tize and shape very much like ordinary laths, were slipped through the bars of the furnace, so that the ends protruded from each side, while the center of each was surrounded by live coals, and soou became red-hot. A small fire shovel and some iron rods were also placed amid the coals to warm up. While the pot a8abilin,n tho chief performer retired to one of the undreesing rooms. "He's jes gone in dar to suck hissef," remarked the chief cooV in rtswf r to one of the inquisitive reports ra-t-a funny fellow. vv uat is be going to do with those hot iron ?" asked the reporter. "He's gwine to rub 'em over his face an' hands, an' over his feet." "Humph," remarked the funny reporter; "the whole thing will be apt to result in a fizzle If that's the case." The darkey didn't appear to see the point, but continued his interesting disclosures: "He's born in Abyssinia, dis man was used to know King Theodoras 'f us rate." Reporter Indeed! Well, do you suppose he has 6ecn Livingstone, or 8tanley, or George Roberts, or any of those other explorers? Chief Cook Dunno, eah dunno nuffin 'bout dat. TH3 FIRE KINO IN COSTUME. Further conversation was interrupted by the entrance of the Fire King, in full African Court costume to-wit: a blue flannel undershirt and drawers, bespangled with several stars of our Union forever. The shirt was rather short-waistcd in the sleeves and so wert the drawers. His big black arms were bare from the biceps down, and below the knee his sable snanks were visible in all their primitive beauty. His feet ah! here the pen must pause for it can not do justice to those sublime feet. They looked like a pair of twin alligators, and the great national-characteristic heels were the finest specimens that have yet appeared on these 6hoies. They protruded astern to an unusal extent so much to that

if tire ''subject" were standing erect and a guillotine blade was dropped vertically from the back of the head. It would amputate about three inches o.f heel from each limb, provided the vertical descent was not prevent by intermediate obstructions. N. B. This calculation was mads without aid of a thcodo'ite without the aid of any light, in fact, beyond that furnished, by the charcoal firo. After a flew preKminary assurances that there was no deception about the performance, etc., the visitors wfre allowed to inspect the fireproof African. The soles of his feet, hi3 arms, ehl' veryflnf shins and the calves of his legs were cxaml netl by all who felt a sufficient interest to avail themselves of his offer. Then he advarreed to t he furnace, and, taking outth9 fire shover, begat t the 1 IBST COURSE.

The blade of tb shovel was faiily red-hot. ei this cloudv Mil mandcr deliberately rubbed t over his hands, ta ma and lers, without evincinsra&y ehmsot ti whatever. The hot iroB. vhich WOttld have In. "ed its way through an inch-board in a very short time, seemed to have CO effect m the n 'an' kin. There was a light-bide Siroke emitU d during the contact of iron and hide, buSJW ft v or blister was left behind. The oftly fiCX nvenienco about the whole affair was manift -d by those of the spectators who happened be on the leeward side of the man, and to .whose nostrils was wafted the delicate aroma. smelt worse than Yorick's skull wtco Hai -ict, in Mspitirai mood, made use of that chastK relic for a nosegay, and evolved his brilliant fa ocy about stopping the bung-holes of beer-bai rcls Wlta tne dust of dead emperors. It more . nearly resembled thd Pdor of a horse's hoof wh "n smged by the blacksml'th's iron than any otbt r perfumo that is known to science. It has a Yi ry pervading stench. A NATCUAL BLACKSMITH. The next -illustration of the Fire Kk'g's incomtrastioillty lcoprlbt eccuredj waa lven with the iron bars or slats. Kach of th w bare was red hot in the center, and Delhi W)0 them one at time in his hand, laid one eia n the floor, and then, placing his naked loo on the hissing hot Iron, bent it tu an angle of l city -five degree. Then turning the iron over . placed his left foot in the center and straightened the hot bar. A SKILLFUL FUKER PLAYEK. A small Iron poker, about a quarter of an. inch in diameter was next taken from tlje fiery furrucc, and opeiiag his mouth, the Fire King in..ri(ithpri,ri Ni.mA tiri incbes therein auu closed his bps on the seething iron. After holding it in this position for a few moments, he drew it out and remarked that this was one of toe most diffl ult of all his performances, aid that frequently it rendered him quite hoarse scarcely able to speak audibly. The attendants next lifted from the coals a wW of Iron pipe about one nch in diamctor and eht cthe8 in length. By way of varvin cr tha enter ainment, Delhi rolled this over SXVwflh tab bare feet-sending forth the familiar- old bored b oof y perfume gi n in generous profuenetf. and causing lady who witnessed tbct and BpiiTedthj feet to retire lo disorder. The J'! termpsnwhileheld hnose, flvid gazed speechless admiration. A HOT BALL. The spectators were next edilied by an ex hibition of Delhi's skill as ball-tosser. A small globe of iron, similar in appearance t o an ordinary base ball, was pried out ct itspiutonic resting place amorg the coals. It Casnot exactly red hot, but it was warm enough 0 purn, a hole in the floor if allowed to stand a llu while in one spot. This the salamander tOb se in the air and caught first in one hand and lhc& in another, with as much nonchalance as the" best catcher in the Eagle Club would manifest iu eatching a "regulation" ball. THE ROD OF IRON NOT AAROK. Another iron rod, somewhat larger than the palate-tickler, was now handed to the fireeater. One end of the rod was blazing hot, and this portion he licked with his tongue until the red heat faded out and the iron resumed its ordinary color. Taking hold of the hot end of the iron, and aspuring "de gtmuicn" that it was now comparatively cool, he offered it lo one after another. A doubting Thomas reached forth and closed bis fingers gingerly over the iron. A little of it seemed to go a great way with the curious individual. He was not tenacious in his grip not at all. He drew back bis hand with a spasmodic jerk, and spent the next half hour in breathing upon it and watching with commendable industry tho develop ment Ct & substantial blister. A COCKTAIL OF MOULTEN LEAD. The spectator were of course, greatly amazed at these surprlsB exhibitions ; and in the breasts of those who r"noVwe funded in Bible truths, arose a doJbt abou,t the efficacy of the blazing hereafter, ""vuiiy depicted in our Sunday-schools as the punishment of sinners. , . . "That fellow mustTjavc been a Etocr. ,n hell," remarked a hardened fellow, who had slipped in uninvited. . "Much more likely, sir, that he's a dev"ant of either Shadracb, Meshae or Abedntv" who were thrown into the fiery furnace anv came forth unhinged." This in a stern tone of reproof from P. A. Hell, editor of the Elevator, who was an intensely interested spectator. The colloquy was cut short by Delhi, who announced that he would next warm his heart with a little melted lead, a pml! dipper of which was sputtering over the fire. Taking the dipper in one hand and a tea spoon in the other, he poured out a spoonful of the melted lead and turned it into his mouth I A quiver of the stalwart frame was noticeable as he took the epoon from his mouth, and directly afterward he opened his capacious bread-trap and dropped the "mecal" on the floor. A- ingenious reporter 6toopcd down to pick up the novel casting, but did not carry out his praiseworthy design he dropped it with mnch animation, and snapped his fingers in exultant g'ee. HODGSON & BROWN, ARCHITECTS AND SUPEROTEDElTrS. 14, 15 and 16, Martindale's Block, Indianapol'", Ind. and 124 South Clark street. Chicago, I1L WS WILL prepare and furnish designs, p'n speciflcatlon and fnl working drawings Jor all clashes of buildings, public and private, and jrfve special attention to convenience of arrangement architectural effect and economy o construction, both in fire-proof and ordinary buildings. We have a weU organized and efficient corps of draughts, men. and can promptly attend to all orders, and will give personal and particular attention to all work entrusted to us. ansS cmfira W. KEILMAN, PROFESSOR OF UXSIC, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Instruction given on the Piano, Cabinet Organ Great Organ, and in Singing. No. Ill Bast Wasnington street, opposite Court House. Room No. t. np utair. apSO ly SINGI NTG BIRDS. I have just arrive1"! n Ih's city with a large number of EURO -E AN S'NOING BIRDS, such as CANARIES. GOLDFINCHES. MOCKINGBIRDS. TALKING PARROTS and PRfQUES Also birdseed and orcpared mockingbird food. At No. C3 Est Washington street, for six day- only. 19c3t Lw DIECKMANN. STREET IMPROVEMENT XOTICE. OFFICE OP TIIE CITY CLERK. ) Indianapolis. Oct. 2.. 1872. ( NOTICE is hereby given of the pendency before the Common Council of the city of Indianapolis of the following entitled ordinances, to-wit : No. 182-1872. To grade and pravel the first aUey west of Virpinia avenue, runn ng from McCarty street to the first al lej north of McCarty street. No. 16-1872. To gMde and pave with Leffler paving stone the sidewalks of West street between Washington and North street. The aboe entitled ordinances will be taken np for final action at the meeting of the Common CpancU to be held on the 4th day of November, 1874, or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard. By order of the Common Council. . JOHN R, CLINTON, City Clerk. octS3-2wTuei

PLENTY OF WOOD. KEEP WARM.

Having made arrangements with one of the railroads to furnish us with wood for the season, we can f uralih our citizens, at FlIR figures, With wood, fuU length, or sawed in quantities af they msy desire. JLLDRICH & GAY, octll-e6m Corner Indiana avenue and CanaL J ohm S. Span. Tbos. II . Sfaxw. Jmo. K. Srunr JOHN S. SPAM & CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, OO East "W&ahixifftoyjL Street. LOOK TO THIS SOUTHEAST as the beet field for the advancement of property. FLETCHER AVENUE hue just txn eraded and jrraveled, aod so has FOREST AVENUES HURON STREET is a fine, improved highway all leading direct from tho centre to PANN & CO. '8 WOOD LAWN LOTS. DILLON STREET, a very important north and; toutu thoroughfare, now reing improved, lies immediately adjoining, west of this popular addition. Many houses are in process of erection in this part, of the city, and as nearly all the lots are now occupied, except the Woodlawn Lots, it requires do foresight to be Knre that money ill be made by buying. lots here. T&eT arc ftiil cheap, and mast dvrre. They 1H high, and many of them have beautiful native forest trees on the ra, the right size to leave for shade and beanty They are selling rapidly. The creat sewer in Fletcher avenue and Couth street, affords perfect drainage for all this region, and thenew bridge and tunnel over the railroad tracls affowl perfect sa'ety in pasting from the centre of the city. No objection can be made to these lota, and if any of our customers intend buying, they had better come at once, before the advance is put on. ACRE LOTS, near the city, on the line of the street railroads. Many of the lots have fine forest. trees on them. First-class property, at a moderate, price, and on easy terms. BUSINESS PROPERTY, on Pennsylvania. Meridian and Illinois streets. Also on Delaware and Waehirgton. We have made several large tranac tioions in first-clans business pr- perty, recently, and we can say to oar customers who may wish to iiivcet, the longer you delay the worse it will be. HOUSES AND LOTS and VACANT LOTS In all parts of the city. JOHN 8. 8PANH & CO., 1n29 etd Real Estate Agents. BY FRANK SMITH k CO., Real Estate Agents?. SUBURBAN OPPORTUNITIES. 1 acres, l.V miles east on Fletcher pike. 0 acres, i mile southeast. 20 acre?, joining city on east. 120 acres, three miles north. 0 acres, two miles north. 2 c ot'ages of eight and nine rooms, good east front lots i m North Tennessee street. $5,500; easy terms. FOR TRADE. In (A iftox 5 to 20 acres to trads for city property; St re et Railway to land; will give or tJcc difference in .money or payments. Uabj'Ware and Cutlery Stock in New York CHy. Will take reakestate in this vicinity. If. Y. Su bvkbax Residexci. Will take property i lliis vicinity. T wbered Lasju very fine on railroad, 100 miles from" here. Goo V Dwnxixo en Liberty street and cash for one ne v University. Count; iv SfocK about f 3,500 doing sood busincs, for t ity p roperty. Will pay cat hdincrtnec. Nine Aaxs, .3 miles north. Will take city property. Eact Market s treet 40 or more feet, one mile from Poet Office. 4$K per foot FRA NK SMITH A CO., 76 East Washington street. ncjvy Shaker Flannels, Spiral-Seam Drawers. Heavy all wool. N D E R W E A R .Engluh Cotton Undergan lents from 50c U 4 00all fizes. Clo h Shirts. Xeebank ' and Working ill n's undert ear. Extra Stout Merino, Full line. Cardigan Jackets. Roys' Undergarments. Winter Hosiery. $2 Open-Back Shirts. Gloves fot Everybody $t 00 Op en-Front Shh "ts. THE PLACE TO BUY YOUK SHIRTS and FUBNISH1ING8 IS AT WALLACE FOSTER'S, tci 2ic3m 22 EAST WASHI YGTON ST. STATE SAVINGS .BANK, No. 31 South Meridian St., In the Meridian National Bank, Condit'i Block, INDIANAPOLIS. IND. raid dividend of TiN PER CX2T. pr annua, Julylst. SURPLUS FUND equal to the dividend, and held for the benefit of present and future depositors. All p routs over txpensea guanuiteed to depositors. Dposits made by the 10th of January, April, July and October share in succeeding Lvi ierads made semi-annually, January and Jul Is-. The Trustees are of the principal burin men of this city. No salaried oMcer, except the Trvtuvrtr, CHARLES MAYER, Pre el dent. JAMES M RAY, 8ecretaryand Treasurer. Jy 9 dfimSrawM&F&eTTi&Thnr HEADQUARTERS FOB STEP-LADDERS -FOE-HOUSE KEEPERS, JRU1T G1THEBERB, AND PAINTERS. CATHCABT 6 CLELAND, oct22-3me 26 East Wa&hlngtan street ko BETTER PIACE TO GET RAG CARPETS on CARPET WEAVING DONE, THAW AT HOFFMAN'S, 90 1-2 -MASS. AVE. octal 8m ' USE THE AMERICAN FIRE-KISDLER, X AKTTPA CTOUSD BT P. Q-. JORDAN, Headquarters at Fruit-Stand Corner of Delawar and Washington 8treets. Obders from Grocers Promptly Filled. aepSTelta