Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1884 — Page 5

VOICE OF THE CHURCH PRESS Things Which Christian People Should Look at Closely and Dispassionately. Cleveland's Record in Private Life Should Prevent His Being Placed at the Head of the Affairs of a Great Nation, Haunted by a Terrible Fear. How York Evangelist. Putting these five reports together, and excluding all charges of continued immorality as unproved: confining ourselves to the one soliitary fact, which not even the Governor’s nearest and dearest friend presumes to deny—what then? To repeat the question asked by the Evening Post, at the head of a long and labored article in Itis defense, ‘‘What do we think of it now?” We answer that we think it is a very bad business. In saying this, we do not judge it by the moral standards, but by the standards of pommon decency and common humanity; of that ftespect which manhood owes to womanhood; ■|mch strength owes to weakness —to be its proHkctor and not its destroyer. Disguise it as you gloss it over or call it by other names, it is HKsiekening story, which we cannot read withKnt a feeling of horror and disgust. It has fcro trait woman’s ruin. Whether it was wrought oni alone or by many, matters not; the crime ■s done’, and its bitter fruits remain. what we do in regard to Governor ■Cleveland's past life, we must reason upon probabilities. There is nothing in vice to reform ptaelf. He who has not left his vicious courses Behind him at thirty-five, can hardly be expected ■to leave them behind at forty or forty-five; at ■least so long as he has no true domestic life —no * home, no fireside —but lives the live of a man about town, in hotels and clubs and saloons. Our observation of men has led to this general conclusion that he who has .led a dissolute life in his early manhood is very likely to continue in it nnless arrested by one of two powerful influences: either the grace of God convicting him of sin, and working a moral revolution, making him “anew man in Christ Jesus;” or a pure affection springing up in his heart, and lifting him out of the slime of his past life into a true, noble manhood, That either of these influences has yet come into Governor Cleveland’s life, we have not been informed. The absence of any domestic life is certainly a publie misfortune in the case of one who stands fit relations to a whole people. “He who has wife and children," says Lord Bacon, “has given hostage to fortune.” Yes, and hostage to character. The atmosphere of home is the best true guardian of public and private virtue. The ■Goveluor seems to have felt this when he was enterlig upon his present duties. There is somewiing very touching in his letter to his brotl#r, in which he says, “Do you know that if motlllr were alive I should feel so much safer? I have always thought that her prayers had much to do with my success.” Well may he have felt the loss of that guardian angel in scenes so new and trying. And if he should en ter the White House, we should feel that he was “safer,” and that we were safer, if he had that sainted mother to preside over his household. And now what does all this prove? That Governor Cleveland is a man of immoral life? By no means; it proves nothing; but it creates a suspicion of many things which we would rather not have to think about. We do not wish to accuse any man wrongfully, or even to suspect him wrongfully, and yet we are haunted by a terrible fear. We are left in a state of uncertainty, in which the heart sinks with a nameless dread. It is for the Christian people of this country to slook at these things without passion and violence, but with open eyes; and, without being swayed by party feeling, but acting “soberly, discreetly, and in the fear of God,” to say whether a man of whom they have such fears and forebodings is the sort of man whom they wish to see elected President of the United States. The Testimony Is Against Him. Boston Oongregationalist, If it were true that Governor Cleveland could be shown to have abandoned evil courses seven or eight years ago, and to have lived since, and to .be living at present, an upright life, very many people,: while not failing to condemn that past sin and to regret that any candidate who has Such a dark fact in his history should have been nominated for the presidency, would refuse to bring it up against him now. The question whether he is a man of correct life at present, therefore, has the utmost importance. Upon this point testimony differs, but the weight of it certainly is adverse to Governor Cleveland. The authors of the various refutations declare that he is not corrupt, and, of course, believe so. But their testimony is neither more sincere nor more weighty than that—even leaving out of account the Buffalo Evening Telegraph and the Rev. Dr. Ball, whose evidence has not been discredited —of numerous other gentlemen, ministers and laymen, in Buffalo and elsewhere, who contradict them squarely. We should be more than glad if we could see our way to believe the refutations, but we are constantly receiving new evidence on the matter, and the better opportunities our informants seem to have had of knowing the actual facts, the more emphatic is their testimony against Governor Cleveland. One of Two Tilings Must Be Hone. Catholic Universe. The imperative conditions must he understood and consummated; Cleveland’s withdrawal from the ticket or his vindication before the country. That a candidate’s personal character is not to be questioned, if not the argument of a mercennary or of a blind partisan, can only mean that moral character is not to be weighed in trusting and honoring a public official. Tosuch as have degenerated into that contention we have no reply to make; no party could discipline us into such a tenet The virtue of our women is the basis of the family, and the family is the corner stone of stats. We dare not present an inebriate in wine and lust as the mould of American reform, the -exemplar to our youth, and the candidate for the ’ most exalted poet within the gift of our galaxy ofjffoud commonwealths. * Is the habitual enemy of woman’s virtue—so charged, so uncontradicted—to be enthroned above all the virile purity of this land, and installed with executive mastery over all this broad confederation? Our manful American boast of respectful homage to our women could never be repeated during his administration. What an insult to a party that contains the pure and statesmanly Seymours, Thurmans and Bayards—exalted in private as in public life. Some sapless Democrats remonstrate that • even Republican newspapers are reluctant to ventilate this Cleveland story. We wish to unveil no man’s private vices. The best of us are frail. But for God’s right *rm extended to all who seek it, our scorching passions would wither every virtuous inclination as the midsummer sun dries up the drop of Iflew. Neither would we constitute ourselves a public tribunal to pass sentence on strictly private guilt; but a candidate, bv that fact, flaunts his personal record in the public face, and then the right and duty of the elector are as clear as that of the father of a family, who protects his fireside from all evil contamination. Cleveland Cannot Hope for Election. St. Harr’s Institute Journal. No man with Cleveland’s bad record in private life can hope for election at the hands of the American people. The religious and moral elements in our life are too powerful to admit of Buch a result The chief reason that Aaron Burr’s memory is held in execration is the record of his lecherous life. The people cannot be brought to favor any candidate for public honors whose licentious habits preclude the possibility of his representing the best estate of American, manhood in the presidential chair. The American people will not take kindly to another Burr. The only chance of success for the Democracy In the coming election lies in the withdrawal of Cleveland and the substitution of a statesman with a clean heart and clean hands. The Demo eratic party is rich in great men who would honor the presidential office, and who would be well-nigh certain of election. i The Only Chance for Success. Hew York Sun (Item.) We are well aware that a considerable class of politicians think that it does not weaken a candidate for the presidency to be known as a gross and licentious man; but Mr. Cleveland occupies a position very different frem that of ordinary candidates. He is running on the supposed purity and elevation of his personal character, aud what might be ot comparatively lit-

tle effect when alleged by influential Christian journals, against am irreligious man of the world, is probably fatal when alleged against him. And in this case, it must be remembered, the mam facts are admitted and fully established. The final truth is that the only chance of Democratic success in the present campaign lies in the course indicated by the Independent. The withdrawal of Cleveland and the substitution of Allen G. Thurman’s name on the Democratic ticket would make sure a victory that otherwise is hopelessly thrown away. A GALLANT INDIANIAN. A Man of True Mettle In the Twentieth Volunteers Who Cast Glory on the State. The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, under date of Aug. 13, 1862, wrote: While among the wounded on the State of Maine, yesterday, we stopped by the stretcher of a fine-looking fellow, and inquired about his wounds. “Shot through the shoulder sir, bones broken, hut am getting along very well. Do you think they will put me ashore here? m I replied that as his wound was so severe, I thought he would be sent North, and probably he might be so disabled as to require a discharge. “Oh! no, sir! I don’t want a discharge; I want to go back to my regiment as soon as I can; I want to have another chance at the rebels.” “'What regiment do you belong to?” “Twentieth Indiana,” he replied, “but you have not heard of us among so many other regiments; we were the only ‘Hoosier’ regiment in the week’s battle before Richmond, but we did our work in the rear guard and whipped the rebels every time they attacked us.” Said I, “Your State is raising eleven new regiments and six batteries more for the war.” “Is she? I knew it! I knew it! God bless the Hoosier State!" he exclaimed, while his eyes lighted up with fresh fire and his wan, emaciated face flushed with blood quickened into action. “I. knew it, sir; there will never be any need of drafting in Indiana. We went into this war to save the Union, and every man in our State will volunteer to uphold the old stars and stripes and crush out this rebellion." Finding that he was becoming too earnest for his welfare, and preceiving that he was nearly exhausted by excitement, I grasped his hand and bid good-by. He was a true type of the noble men from the West. His regiment numbered some 950 men when it left Norfolk for the Army of the Potomac, well-drilled, healthy and hearty. They reached the front two weeks before the terrible battles beginning with the 25th of June. In their first fight they lost 138 men killed and wounded, in twenty minutes’ time, yet nothing has ever been said of the valor of this Indiana regiment. After the seven days’ battles, the regiment mustered 500 men out of 950. At one time they checked a whole rebel bridgate, and, unassisted, finally charged and routed it with the bayonet. They nearly finished two entire regiments of the enemy belonging to Georgia and North Carolina. FRANK JAMES. The Bandit Invited to a Missouri Fair as a Distinguished Guest. Moberly Special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It has been vaguely hinted for the last few days that Col. Frank James, Missouri’s idolized lord and fondled pet, would be in Moberly and take part in our fair festivities, which commence here Sept. 9, but nothing definite was known until this evening’s issue of the Monitor contained the following letter, written by the exbandit and addressed to Mr E. E. Samuels, a relative of James, and a resident of Huntsville, county-seat of Randolph county: iNDEPENDBNci, Mo., Aug. 19, 1884. Messrs. Samuels and Haworth, Huntsville. Mo.: Gentlemen—After thinking the matter over several days, I have made up my mind to accept your invitation, and will, with my family, visit your fair in Moberly, commencing on the 9th of September. Respectfully, Frank James. Even this laconic paragraph was regarded as a joke, and to obtain the true facts a Globe-Demo-crat reporter sought an interview with Mr. Wm. Wight, secretary of the fair association, and presented the following flaring poster to his gaze: FRANK JAMES WILL BE AT THE MOBERLY FAIR! , WITH HIS CELEBRATED HORSES, During the entire week, and assist in starting the races. Mr. Wight’s eyes dilated as he perused the document, but he said, in answer to a question, that the Colonel would be here during the fair. “How about starting the races?” “O, well, he will be at the fair and attend to his horses the same as any other gentleman.” Bills have been printed as above and circulated by the association, though they are somewhat scarce in this immediate vicinity. One of the stockholders remarked to your correspondent, this afternoon, that the Colonel had several warm friends in this city, as has also his wife, and that they would visit Moberly during the fair more on this account than any other. “But,” he continued, “Frank will exhibit his horses as advertised.” THEY NAMED IT ST. JOHN. A Bawling Babe on a Street Car Creates a Disturbance and Finds a Name. New York Mail and Express. A crowded Third avenue street car was going up town yesterday afternoon, when a lady and a gentleman with a baby in his arms got aboard at Canal street The gentleman was given a seat, and almost instantly the infant gave vent to screams suggestive of colic or a cruel pin. The father tried in vain to quiet the child, and finally handed it over to the mother. “Turn to its muddy!” said she, taking the child. “Nassy ole papa to tease baby. Sail mamma whip papa? ’Es, see sail.” The child was not to be quieted by this baby talk, however, and yelled, if possible, more loudly than before. “It’s a pin.” said an old lady opposite. A careful search failed to locate such a cause, and the baby continued to bawl. “The child is hungry,” said a gentleman seated next the mother; “anybody can see that” An old lady then came forward from the other end of the car and said to the poor, excited mother: “My dear child, lam not a mother, but an old maid; still I think the baby wants a dnnk of water, nothing more.” The car had just reached Cooper Institute, and hearing the old maid’s remarks, the father jumped off the car and snatched up a tin dipper of oatmeal water there on hand for the use of the drivers and conductors, and gave the baby a drink. Instantly its cries ceased and it began to laugh and crow. “Didn’t I tell you?” said the old maid: “Cold water will do for childien sometimes what all things else fail to accomplish.” “Oh! I am so glad,” said the mother, “for we are taking baby to be christened.” “Yes,” spoke up the happy father, “and as we have been at a loss for a name for him, I suggest that we call him St. John, because of his fondness for cold water.” The Return of the Bolters. Philadelphia Press. This is the natural fruit of time and reflection. They have found that they had misjudged Mr. Blaine. They have found that they were deceived in Mr. Cleveland. They have realized that there was no principle underlying the independent movement They have come to see that it is a battle between the same old forces which have fought each other for nearly a quarter of a century—the one side representing all that has been achieved and all that is hoped, the business security and the political progress of the country; the other representing resistance to every forward step and standing for uncertainty, distrust and dangerous tendencies. As this becomes clearer and clearer there will he very little left of the indeoendent opposition. A Demand from the West. Dubuque (la.) Telegraph (Dem.) What method the committee will adopt to promote Democratic success in the West we do not know; but, in view of the admissions of the Buffalo Courier, it would seem that the best way to promote Democratic success, both East and West, would be to secure, if possible, the withdrawal of Mr. Cleveland from the Democratic ticket and the substitution for him of a man whose personal record will not require either apology or defense, Don’t hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, disgusting everybody, but use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.

THE INDIANAPOXiIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1884.

BUTLER’S MARRIED LIFE. Smitten Before the Footlights and Wedded After a Rapid Courtship. New York Morning Journal. Benjamin Franklin Butler, the present candidate of the Anti-monopoly party for President, was born in Deerfield, N. H., on Nov, 5, 1818. As he grew up he was noted as being a youth of keen perceptions, fiery, inquisitive and feariess. When he was twenty-one years of age he graduated from Waterville College, Maine. He studied law for two years, then he was admitted to the bar. He soon became famous for his cleverness in obtaining acquittals for bis clients. In the fall of 1843 he went on a visit to Cincinnati. When he reached there lie found the sole theme of conversation was the opening of anew theater. The managers were Dandy Foster, a local celebrity, and Ned Chippendale, a New York sport and an old pal of Dandy. They had “billed” the town extensively. It became known that a lady second to none in the country for her beauty had been engaged by the two dashing managers. Ben Butler became as eager as anybody in town for a glimpse of this famed beauty. The night came. The house was packed. Ben Butler occupied a box on the right of the stage. The curtain finally rolled up. There was a hush of expectancy. Some minor actor and actresses appeared. They were given a faint applause. Finally, a handsome lady appeared on the stage. She was dressed in a flowing robe of white satin that melted away in soft wavelets from the white throat. A black ribbon on one shoulder heightened the effect For a moment there was intense silence. The young actress —it was her first appearance—kept silent for a moment, gazing at the thousands before her. Somebody began to applaud, “Bold Ben” has often been given the credit for it. Then it came thick and fast with a mighty roar. The vast audience rose in thoir seats and cheered. A shower of bouquets were flung at the feet of the yound debutante. Finally, when the applause had decreased somewhat, she sang. Her pure, innocent young voice Swelled high and clear and penetrated the furthest corners of the theater. When she finished she was encored repeatedly. When the performance was over young Butler walked to the Henrie House, where he was stopping, like one in a dream. The beauty of the young actress had made a deep impression on his nflnd. He determined to know her. For this purpose he sought for and obtained an introduction to Ned Chippendale, who, in turn, introduced him to Miss Hildreth, which was the handsome young actress's name off the stage. She was the only and petted daughter of a highly respected Episcopalian minister in the city. She had received a thorough education, but became stage-struck. When she announced her determination to go on the stage her fond parent pleaded with her to relinquish the idea. The little coaxer, by a free use of kisses, and embraces, however, caused her father to give his consent to her becoming an actress. For two weeks young Ben nightly occupied a box in the theater. He would come in time to see her act and then take his departure. One night Ben waited until the curtain was rung down. He then made his way behind the scenes', as he was privileged to do by the management He met Miss Hildreth as she was about leaving the theater. He requested a few moments' conversation. They retired to the dressing-room near by, where he went down on his knees and made an ardent profession of his love. Although they had been acquainted but two weeks they had already fallen deeply in lov# with one another. The 'handsome and dashing young man had Won the heart oi the young actress. The next day he called on her father. He told him in plain, manly terms beloved his daughter. The old gentleman, although at first surprised, was greatly pleased, especially when he found Ben was a rising young man. They were married almost immediately, as he was anxious to return home. Chippendale and Foster were wild. They lost the biggest card they had. When Mi3s Hildreth became Mrs. Butler she left them in the lurch. Mrs. Butler always proved a kind- and loving wife to her husband. Her death, which occurred several years ago, was severely felt by the gallant Ganeral. During her illness he had palatial quarters fitted up for her in the Massachusetts General Hospital. The best surgeons and physicians in this and European countries were secured, but without avail. She died, and her death was the bitterest blow the General ever received. - v General Butler was originally a hard-shell Democrat. He always took an, active part i polities. He was a delegate to the national convention, which was held in Charleston in April, 1860. Butler supported Breckinridge for the Presidency in November, 1860, and thus made himself so unpopular in the North that he only received six thousand votes for Governor of Massachusetts in that year. When the war broke out he took command of a brigade, with which he moved at once toward Washington, but on hearing of the riot in Baltimore he made a detour to Annapolis. He occupied Baltimore on May 13 and 14. He was appointed a majorgeneral on the 16th and on the 22d took command of Fortress Monroe, In January. 1862, Butler took command of an army of 15,000 men, sent by sea to co-operate with the navy in the capture of New Orleans. He entered it as victor on May 1, 1862. He was elected as a member of Congress in 1866. He was one of the managers selected on March 2, 1868, to conduct the impeachment of General Johnson. He was also re-elected to Congress in 1868. In all the multifarious duties of his publie life he proved himself an honorable man. Everyone remembers the overwhelming majority with which he was made Governor of Massachusetts two years ago. •The General is now sixty-six years of age, but looks sixteen years younger. WOMEN AT THE SEASHORE. Popular Delusions About Sea-Bathing by Women in Beautiful Clothes. Letter in New York World. How many fashionable women do yon suppose actually bathe at the seashore? How many have you seen, in all your experience, go down into the water and actually get wet all over? How many fashionable girls know now to swim? How many women are there who would not scream like the house was on fire if they were really pushed out into the surf and left to themselves* The seaside bathing of women is one of the greatest delusions of a humbug age. In the first place, women do not like to go into the water, not only because the water is too cold, but because it is too deep. A bath-tub is about as much of an ocean as they care to get into. The only thing that ever induced women to pretend to bathe in public was the fashion of it. A woman will break her neck to be fashionable. She would walk on tacks, wear a dog-collar, or turn her dress into a balloon if she thought it was fashionable. It came to be fashionable to go to the seashore and have a pretty bathing suit To have a bathing suit was of a good deal more importance than to bathe. The consequence was that the world flocked to the fashionable seaside resorts to see the pretty bathers. The correspondents wrote up columns and colums of descriptive stuff, telling of every color, crease and crimp. For instance, she is a bewitching brunette. She comes down to the sands at 11 or thereabouts. She is cowered from head to foot in a mantle of white Turkish stuff, relieved by broad red stripes. She is accompanied by her French maid and a natty little Frenchman, who looks like a teacher of deportment, but really fills theoffice of “bathing man," She calls him Arsene. He wears knee-breeches, a.tight, short jacket, silk hose, slippers without heels, and a jaunty silk skull-cap, held in place by an elastic band. The color of his whole attire is sombre black. The maid places a campstool on the sands and shades it with a particolored portable awning. Everything being ready, the mistress throws off her mantle, tosses it to her maid servant, and stands, a beautiful picture, on the golden sands. She is incased in light-red merino from ner neck to her knees. Her arms and lower limbs are covered with silk of a glove-like tightness. Her short tunic is edged with lace. Her lustrous black hair is unbound aud floats out on the wind. Her bathing man, at her command, lifts her up in his arms and carries her with a stately step into the sea until he is knee-deep. Then he suddenly plunges her under a big breaker. She comes up with a sputter and the usual feminine shriek. Arsene smiles and speaks to her assuringly. He submerges her ho more, but gently floats her over the waves for five or ten minutes, and then carries her out. The ready maid then throws the capacious. Turkish robe over the wet form, and Arsene once more takes up his charge and hurries with her into her own apartment at the hotel The maid follows and assists her to make the toilet with which she will at Bight

make men winder and women envious. That’s the way to tell about a woman in the water, if you want to |o it up in the fashionable way, if you want to please the woman who bathes and the peoplf who have to read about her because they jan’t have the greater pleasure of seeing her. But a revolt against all this has set in, and it will not be long till you don't hear much of th* pretty female bathers by the sea. The humbug of the fashion has become so apparent that sensible women are turning their faces against it It has finally been discovered that even fashion can’t divest public bathing of some very objectionable features. The crowd of on lookers, vulgar and curious, became too great. It was discovered that a bathing suit, to be pretty, had to reveal a woman's anatomical configuration with too much exactness to escape criticism from the best people. Unless the bathing suit was pretty no woman wanted to wear it. The idea oi comfort and convenience did not have so much to do with its design as the idea of attractiveness. Another important point was to keep the bathing-suit from getting wet. No ingenuity has ever yet been able to devise a bathing 3uit that looks as well in the water as it does on the dry land. Hence a great many ladies would put on their bathing suits and hop about on the sand or go down and paddle in the water when it was not deep enough to drown a mouse, and, after following this diversion for the prescribed time, go back to their bath-houses to be clothed in their more seemly habiliments. However innocent a gii? might be in doing this, and, doubtless, they generally were entirely so, it did not look well to the fathers, brothers, lovers and the elderly ladies. These latter saw and felt what the wicked world was making out of a fashionable freak, and they straightway began to protest What success they have had is readily attested by the falling off at Long Branch and the other society resorts in the number and character of female bathers. The Sunday Husband. Cape, May Letter. One of the most amusing studies at any fashionable watering place, is the woman with a Sunday husband; but I have nowhere else found it so diverting as at Cape May. The number of wives who are left widowed during the week, to be joined from Saturday night until Monday morning by Philadelphia spouses, is very great, and inevitably they include a certain proportion of coquettes. Now, it is a common silliness in extremely raw young men to flirt with married women. There you have the esssential conditions. From the going out of the train on Monday morning until the coming in of the same on Saturday evening, these giddy wives covertly exchango sentiment with beaux—walk with them; bathe ‘with them; 101 l on the beach with them —do nothing that is overtly wicked, but very much that is shameful, nevertheless. And on Sundays the married flirt kills two fond birds with one stone cleverly thrown. She dotes on her husband in the most undisguised and captivating manner, and I give her credit for sincerity in every demonstration of affection, from the greeting kiss to the parting hug. He correctly believes that she loves him dearly, but it is also true that she knows and fully intends the effect produced upon a beau. She has at no time gone so far in flirtation as to permit a kiss, or even a prolonged clasp of her hand; but now she can show him how clinchingly loving she can be when propriety permits. And don’t you conceive how the sight must twi3t and twang his heart-strings? Death Caused by Laughter. Troy Times. There are some curious legends concerning remarkable causes which have led to the death of celebrated people. Chalcas, the soothsayer, died of laughter at the thought of his having outlived the time predicted for his death. A fellow in rags had told him that he would never drink the wine of the grapes growing in his vineyard, and added: “If these words do not come true, you may claim me for your slave.” When the wine was made, Chalcas held a feast* and sent for the fellow to see how his prediction had failed. When he appeared, the soothsayer laughed so immoderately at the would-be prophet that it killed him. Crassus died from laughter on seeing an ass eat thistles. Fabius, the Roman prsetor, was choked by a single goat hair in the milk he was drinking. Margutte, the giant, in the Morgante Maggiore, died of laughter on seeing a monkey pulling on his boots. Zeuxis, the Grecian painter, died of laughter at sight of a hag he had just depicted. A peculiar death was that of old Placut, who dropped dead in the act of paying a bilL Thu’s are many men to-day, however, who would probably die of surprise if they found themselves doing the same thing. ‘Abbott and Her Kiss Back from Europe. New. York Special. Emma Abbott returned yesterday on the steamer Amerique. She brought with her a ruddier complexion, a few pounds of extra flesh and a dozen trunks full of French finery. The wonderfully name’d Parisian parasol she carried set off to advantage the laughing face that smiled a welcome to her husband. Mr. Wetherall, who was waiting on the pier with outstretched arms and a yellow cab. As the gangplank fell into position, she lushed to his em brace and bestowed upon him a genuine “Abbott kiss.” Then she stopped, looked around to mark the effect upon the envious crowd, aud catching her breath hard, went through the operation again and again with increasing success. To the uninitiated it really recalled the lapping of the waves against the dark side of the vessel. Satisfied with having driven one-half of the male spectators wild, and the other half into a convenient saloon, she released her Grmco-Roman hold and led the way toward the yellow cab. Miss Abbott said she had been studying very hal’d abroad, and incidentally had devoted her energies to buying a score or two of Worth’s gowns. General Grant Writing History. St. James's (Londun) Gazette. General Grant, since ill-fortune befell him in his stock-broking enterprise, is reported to bede voting himself to literature. Spending the summer in his seaside cottage, he is engaged in writing a history of the siege of Vicksburg, the operations of which, through obstacles such as would have defeated the resolution of most men, he brought to a successful issue by dint of dogged perseverance. A vivacious account of the siege of Vicksburg has already been given in the autobiographical memoirs of General Sherman, who was one of Grant’s most efficient and zealous subordinate commanders; but its history from the pen of the resolute, self-contained, taciturn man who was the master spirit of it. should possess a unique interest It is said that General Grant will follow this work with an ac count of that swift, momentous campaign which ended —campaign and struggie simultaneously—in Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court-house. General Butler’s Purpose. Boston Journal. What is his purpose? Does he expect to be elected? Not this time. General Butler is working for four years hence. He believes that he can show such a following this year as will place him at the head of such a party in the country two and four years hence as he had in Massachusetts lact year—a party which he believes will make him President in 1888. To that end he wilt organize; to that end will be his policy of fusing with minorities in other parties to "win victories which shall be half his. Divorce Law In Afghanistan. Burlington Free Press. It don't pay to sue for divorces in some cli-. mates. An Afghan woman asked theAmeer for a divorce because her husband was growing bald-headed. The verdict was that the head should be anointed with sour milk, that the woman should hek it off until the scalp shone again, that then she should ride through the bazar on a donkey with her face astern, and that the husband and wife should dwell in harmony. We think the Ameer has got hold of the proper end of the divorce question. How They Received the News. Boston Transcript. Bank officer—-“It is my painful duty to inform you, gentlemen, that Mr. Bland, the cashier, has disappeared, and his accounts are from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO short” Chorus of directors: “The .ingrater’ Bank officer: “He is, indeed. The depositors—" Directors: “O! dash the depositors! We weren’t thinking of them, but of ourselves, man; we are thinking of ourselves. The villain ought to have notified us, and given us a chance to dispose of our stock before the thing got out” An Experience of Four Years Ago. Washington Special to Philadelphia Times. Colonel Shoemaker enjoyed the sensation of a {libel suit in the campaign of 1880. Colonel Dudley, then United States marshal, being the com-

plainant. The editor had charged that Dudley had issued a certain political circular to deputies to control the election. The suit never came to trial, as the Sentinel published a retraction and paid the costs of the case and Die complainant’s attorney fees. The Famous “Sun” Cholera Medicine. From the Original Becipe. Take equal parts tincture cayenne, tincture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose, fifteen to thirty drops in a wineglass of water, according to age and the violence of the attack. Repeat every fifteen or twenty minutes Until relief is obtained. This medicine has stood the test of forty years. A Sound Lesson. Philadelphia Press. The dangers which have sapped other civilizations threatens ours. No sounder lesson could be administered than the publie proof in this canvass that the conscience of the American people holds no man worthy cf its trust SOU* fidenee who has left some stricken woman to bewail her confidence and trust in his faith. After the Election. San Francisco Chronicle. Harper's Weekly, after the election, will find itself in the same predicament as the pretty boy who was kicked in the face by a mule. In answer to his question, “Will I recover, father?" the old man said: “Yes, my son, you'il get well. You won’t be as pretty as you were, but you'll have a sight more sense. Differing with a Poet. Nsw York Mail and Express. The sweet poetess, Jennie Maxwell Paine, sings of some delightful spot which lies in “The hollow of hills to the west of June.” That sort of a place may suit a poetess well enough, oil! give us a spot located on a mountain range as near as.possible to the southeat corner of the middle of next week. A Horse of Another Color. New York Commercial Advertiser. The independents so far have neglected to hold an indignation meeting to protest against the 10 per cent, assessment levied on Democratic office-holders, in the name of reform. This implies that they only objected to political assessments when they are exacted by Republicans. Suggestion to the “Vigorous Defenders.” Pittsburg Dispatch. It is reported that Hendricks and the Indianapolis Sentinel are concocting a “vigorous defense” to that libel suit. Before they undertake to tackle Blaine on this issue, they would do well to practice fighting a buzz-saw under the Grteco-Roman rules. “Easy Money.” Atlanta Constitntion. The. New York Times talks about “the continued ease of money. ” That is good. Os course money locked up in the banks enjoys “continued ease,” but too much of that sort of thing leads to paralysis. Capital will find it conducive to health to keep moving. Hence These Tears. Milwaukee Sentinel. It would have been money in the pockets of the Democrats if they had never welcomed the independents. The Democratic party didn't want Cleveland, anyway, but listened to the persuasive tones of the independents. Therefore this grief. Why They Love Him. National BeDublican. Gov. Cleveland believes in elevating the laboring man by keeping him at work sixteen hours a day. so he cannot find time to think about getting discontented with his lot That is why the workingmen love him so. One of Their Blunders. Philadelphia Press. The Democratic still-hunt in Maine this year, so far, consists in mutilating gravestones after dark. But it is just like the blundering old party to run up the price of the things they will stand most in need of. Cleveland’s Composition. Milwaukee Sentinel. There is a suspicion that when Cleveland took to the woods he broke into a district schoolhouse and stole a girl’s composition on the dignity of labor, and used it as his model. No Sinecure. Washington Poet. The Ohio and Indiana papers are demanding rain in a tone that brooks no denial. The chief of the Weather Bureau is finding that his place is no sinecure in a campaign year. A Campaign of Mutes. Chicago Tribune. Cleveland has said nothing and Hendricks less, and their supporters are not in the mood for talking. It appears to be a campaign of mutes on that side. And Will Then Retire to Private Life. Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Hendricks is not disappointing his friends. He will be heard from a great many times before the campaign is over. Delaware Bushels. The Graphic. Five million bushels of peaches are the estimated crop in Delaware. As these are Delaware bushels the crop is greatly overrated. Make a Note of This. Lewis Dessar. at his well-known establishment, Nos. 120 and 122 South Meridian street, has just received an unusually large stock of heavy winter suitings, of the latest and most approved patterns, and from the best manufactories. In this stock is a special line of corkscrew suitings, to which the attention of buyers is directed. No house in this market can honestly compete with Mr. Dessar in the superior qualities of these goods, which he offers at bed-rock prices. Seduced Kates To Clinton County Fair, Frankfort, Ind. The Louisville. New Albany & Chicago railroad will sell excursion tickets to Frankfort and return at greatly reduced rates, August 27, 28 and 29. A special train on the above dates will leave Union Depot, 7 a. m.; Massac huso tts-a.enue Depot, 7:10 a. m. Returning, will leave Frankfort 5:45 P M. Reduced rate tickets will also be sold August 25 and 26 for 12 o'clock (noon) train. AH tickets good to return until Saturday, August 30, 1884. Robt. Emmett, District Passenger Agent Advice to Mothers, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup snould always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little sufferer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as “bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Young Men!—Bead This, The Voltaic Belt Company, of Marshall, Mich, offer to send their celebrated Electro Voltaic Belt and other electric appliances on trial for thirty days, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and manhood and all kindred troubles. Also for rheumatism neuralgia, paralysis and many other diseases. Complete restoration to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred as thirty days’ trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet free. Beautify the complexion, and remove pimples, spots, hums, scalds, stings, chapped lips, prickly heat, and all irritations of the skin by using Glenn’s Sulphur Soap. In cases of gout, and rheumatism it is also very efficacious. Young heads on old shoulders produced by Hill’s Instantaneous Hair Dye. Thb finest mayonaise dressing for all kinds of salads, cold meats, raw tomatoes, pickled salmon, cabbage, etc., is Durkee’s Salad Dressing. It is, besides, more economical than home-made. “Rough on Pain.” Quick cure for colic, cramps, diarrhoea, aches, pains, sprains, headache.

DYSPEPSIA Causes its victims to he miserable, hopeless, confused, and depressed in mind, very irritar ble, languid, and drowsy. It is a disease which does not get well of itself. It requires careful, persistent attention, and a remedy to throw off the causes and tone up the digestive organs till they perform their duties willingly. Hood’s garsaparilla has proven just the required remedy in hundreds of cases. i have taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla for dyspepsia, from which 1 have suffered two years. X tried many other medicines, but none proved so satisfactory as Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” Thomas Cook, Brush Electric Light Cos., New York City. Sick Headache “For the past trr. year; I have been afflicted with severe headaches and dyspepsia. I was induced to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, and have found great relief. I cheerfully recommend it to all.” Mbs. E. F. Axnable, New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Mary C. Smith, Carobridgeport, Mass., was a sufferer from dyspepsia auu sick headache. She took Hood’s Sarsaparilla and found it the best remedy she ever used. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $6. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO ? Dosed One Dollar. AMUSEMENTS. DICKSON’S GRAND OPEM-HOPSe! Week of August 25, ADMISSION -4 ' r Jirl ISP ±U CENTS. 20 Burnt Cork Artists! /30 Great Comedians! 6 Great Comedians! 2 PERFORMANCES DAILY, O At 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. n*" Reserved seats 10 to 15 cents extra, according to location. ENGLISH’S OPERA-HOUSE. Will E. English, Proprietor and Manager. One week, commencing Monday Evening, Aug. 25, “ARNE WALKER” DRAMATIC COMPANY! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, and \\ ednesday and Saturday Matinees, tne TWO ORPHANS! Friday and Saturday Evenings, HIDDEN HAND! Popular prices—Entire lower floor (reserved), 25c; Balcony, 15©; Gallery, 10c. The Indianapolis Light Infantry WILL GIVE AN EXHIBITION DRILL AT THE PAPER-FLOOR RINK, Tuesday Evening, Aug. 26. Roller Skating before and after the Drill Music by the WHEN BAND. Admission, 28 Cents. CAMPAIGN GOODS! FLAGS, BANNERS, TORCHES, UNIFORMS, BADGES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF CANDIDATES, FIREWORKS and LANTERNS, Tenor and Base Drums, Fifss, AT BOTTOM FIGURES. CHARLES MAYER & CO. Nos. 29 and 31 W. Washington Street. HOTELS AND SUMMER MAMMOTH CAVE, KY. America’s Greatest Natural Wonder. Temperature 56 degrees at the entrance. The coolest summer resort known. For cheap rates at hotel address W. C. COMSTOCK, lessee. Cave City, Ky. BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS Are fast taking the place of all otners in factories, foundries, machine shops and mills. Parties haring their own power can procure an Electric Generator and obtain much more light at much less cost than by any other mode. The incandescent and storage system has been perfected, making small lights for houses and stores hung wherever needed, and lighted at will, day or night. Parties desiring Generators or to form companies for lighting cities and towns, can send to the Brush Electric Cos., Cleveland, 0., or to the undersigned at Indianapolis. J. CAVEN. COFFEE AND TEA HOUSE. We are now receiving NEW MOYUNK, IMPERIAL, GUNPOWDER and YOUNG HYSON TEAS; also, OOLONG and JAPANS- Would also call the attention of dealers to the fact that we carry the largest stock and greatest variety of COFFEES in this market Consumers who love a GOOD CUP OF COFFER . should ask for GATES'S A No. X, or Blended Java Coffee in packages. A. B. GATES & CO. ANCHOR LINE. U. S. Mail Steamships Sail from New York every Saturday for Glasgow via Londonderry. Cabin passage, S6O to SBO. Second Class, $35. Steerage passage (to or from), sls. LIVERPOOL AND QUEENSTOWN SERVICE From Pier No. 41 N. R., New York, CITY OF ROME sails Sept 6, Oct 4, Nov. 1. AUSTRAL sails Sept. 20. Superb accommodations for all classes of passengers. Cabin passage S6O to SIOO. according to accommodations. Second Class. $ 10; Steerage as above. For passage. Cabin Plans, Book of Rates, etc., apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS, New York, or FRENZEL BROTHERS, Meridian and Washington streets, Indianapolis. SURA Rheumatism, CURA Neuralgia, And for diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. An antidote for malaria Prices, 50c and sl. Can be sent by mail. Ask your druggist for it R. W. ROBINSON St SON, Send for circular. Proprietors, 184 Greenwich street New York. GE. KREGELQ & WHITSETF, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS, No. 77 North Delaware Street Telephone connection at office and residence. CW riages for weddings and parties.

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