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affairs of the railways. Per no Hal and Uoeal* S. V. Darrab, traveling agent of the A., T. & B. 1%, has been spending several days in the •itf' prospecting for business. George E. Pomeroy, who claimed to have been the originator of the express system of this eovntry, died at his home, in Toledo, 0., last Week. aged seventy-nine years. H. R. Dering, assistant passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, was scmxnoned to Louisville yesterday, A. Anderson, the Xjenisville passenger agent, and two of his clerks being sick with malarial fever. Mr. Nelson Robinson says that his mission to Europe in the interest of the East Tennessee reorganization has been entirely successful, and la looks for a speedy settlement. There were ioaded and unloaded at the Tfabaah freight dfpot in Pern, Ind., in the year 2585, 7,402 cars of freight The force doing this groek was oae checkman and four truckmen. George li. MeKenzie has been elected director of the New Jersey Central road, in place of Robert Garrett, resigned. Mr. McKenzie is president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The present severe cold spell is not affecting PEadianapolis lines so much as that of ten days pro, there being no snow to drift upon the track. fThe railways in the Northwest, however, are ftiaving-a trying and expensive experience. The Ohio Falls Car Company, of Jeffersonville. Ind., has not yet resumed operations, but pbas taken advantage of the low prices to stock /Dp with material, and may be expected to be on ‘tiand when the proper time cornea The Wabash people expect to remove their ■passenger and freight offices from their present jjdoomy, out-of-the-way quarters, on South lilijnois street, to the room in the Bates House, now Wiring fitted up in such grand style, on Feb. L Ten shares of the Westinghouse air brake original stock were sold in Pittsburg last week fit 300. This stock last year paid a sixtv-cent dividend. The present capitalization is SOOO,000, and it is proposed to increase it to $3,000,€OO. W. J. Hammett, who has been in the service of the Louisville & Nashville road for tbirtyfoor years—seven years as conductor and twentyoeven years as engineer—died recently at Louisville, Ky., from the effects of injuries received in fm accident on the road in November, 1883. The stories told of his adventurous life are numerous. The item regarding the C., H &D. revising find amending its rules and making such additions as are neoded, which appeared in yesterday’s Journal, should have read that the work was being done under the supervision of M. Mounts, master of transportation, M. S. Conner and D. Shumway, train dispatchers, assisting bim. Russell Elliott, who for a couple of years has been engaged in selling real estate and loaning guess?, in Kansas City, will, Feb. 1, take the jsoditorship of the Cincinnati & Eastern road, two years out of railroad life having satisfied him. -The C- & E. is now a narrow-gauge affair, but a movement is on foot looking to the converting of it into a standard gauge. Horace Tucker, geuoral freight agent of the Illinois Central, has just completed his eleventh fear in that position and his twenty-third year of service with the same company. The Railway Age says Mr. Tucker is still a young man, and, judging from the success with which he has managed his important department, is likely to •jremain many more years in the same congenial gterviee. The vice-president of one of the roads in the Indianapolis east-bound pool is said to have entered a complaint before the execntivo committee of the trnnk-line pool, charging that Commissioner Doherty was partial in his actions, discriminating against the road in question. If this official wHI see that his road lives np to agreements regarding the maintenance of rates, be will find no reason for complaint against the andhmapolis pool commissioner. Kthcl A. Spooner, a bright ten-year-old girl, living in New York, has just been awarded a verdict and judgment for $20,000 against the Datagram, Laekawanna & Western Railroad Company for injuries received some time ago at a crossing of the Morris & Essex branch of the road. It seems that her right foot was caught belwoen the rail and the crossing boards, and shatr to save her life, she bad to loan over and let £ha train cross and cut off her leg. William R. McKeen has just entered his nineteenth year as president of tbe Terre Hante & Indianapolis, he having accepted the position in jTanaarv, 1867. When Mr. McKeeu took hold of ; thu T. H. & I. there was but seventy-three miles sit mam line. Now there are ia the Vandalia system, of which the T. H. & L is a part, 423 tniles of maia line, and it is proposed to extend tee line northward from South Bend to Benton Slarbor, some forty miles, the coming summer. The ferro manganese car-wheels, invented and perfected by N. Washburn, of Allston, Mass., wre rapidly making records which appear to satboth the inventor and the roads on which [4 bey are running. The tire of the wheels consists of what is sometimes called “manganese * gleet,” though it id not properly steel at all The limetal is really a manganese iron. About 2,000 e?ao wheels are now running, and some of first put one have now made a record of H) miles on engine truoks. A wholesale house in Winnipeg received a ftthort time ago two cars of goods from Chicago, Igipon which the total freight charges Were $523. From Chicago to St Paul, a distance of 411 miles, the amount charged was $134.56; from St Paul to St. Vincent 390 miles, the charged was #267.44, and from St. Vincent to Winnipeg, 62 miles, sl2l. According to this showing the rate per mile between the points mentioned would be as follows: From Chicago to St Paul, $0.3273, Paul to- St Vincent, $0.6857: St Vincent to 'Winnipeg, $1.9516. H. S. Haines, general manager of the Savannah, Florida & Western railway, has prepared an elaborate reply to the inquiries issued by Senator Cullom's committee on interstate commerce, which presents the chief arguments against legislative control of railways in a most admirable jnsd telling manner. Mr. Haines takes up iteriatim the fifteen questions propounded by the and answers them with a calm and convincing array of facts and logic. He thinks uniformity and stability of rates are to be greatly Aasired and that publicity of rates would be a reasonablo requirement The idea of establishing a system of maximum and minimum rates bo believes to be impracticable. Uniformity of ulassification he declares to be desirable, hut uniformity of rates not desirable. Certain glasses of discrimination on local rates, he says, Are just and reasonable, but intentional discriminations between individuals should be anate criminal offenses. Legal sanction of noolr Qn g contracts he considers desirable. The trunk-line troubles are still unsettled, jdhoagh active efforts are being made to arrange tee difficulties between the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania, which have precipitated a war of rates and seriously threaten the integrity of the pool The question at issue relates solely to the passenger business of the Baltimore & Ohio to New York, and tbe points of difference between ffhe two companies have been plainly made known. There has been a suggestion of arbitration, and, while this course would be outside theusual mode of settlement, it seems to be a ye*onable one. If Mr. Roberts and Mr. Garrett could be brought to consent to a reference ©f the whole matter to Mr. Depew and Mr. King, an amicable adjustment might be soon brought ©boot Primarily this is a business question between tbe presidents of the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania, but a trnnk-line war is so damaging and far-reaching in its effects that any reasonable means to stop it should be adopted. There is one troublesome problem which the general passenger aeents have been squabbling over for some twenty years, which, apparently, as far from a settlement as ever ‘This is theatrical rates. A veteran passenger Agent, in talking with a reporter of the (Cleveland Leader, remarked that, by the rules which are now observed among the railroads, any individual who is traveling over the country exhibiting a double-headed cow at dime museums, ©ai demand the same special rates that an opera company of sixty people receive, while a poor bmkeman on the road probably pays full fare, a condition of things that is maoifestiy unfair. Why should he with the two'jieaded cow bo privileged to. travel over the country at half rates, while plenty of other reputable citizens, who travel f equally as much, pay full fare. The general /passenger agents have tried a thousand times to five the subject its quietus, but it smilingly Ifiras up again the next moment, just the same

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as before. They have tried to limit the special rates to parties of four or more, but the isolated showman promptly met this action by finding three fellow pilgrims, and sharing the rates with them, or by disposing of the tickets, not required by his aggregation, to brokers. Limitations of all kinds have proved ineflectnaL Agreement of the General Passenger Agents. Cincinnati, Jan. 23.—What purports to be the agreement made by the general passenger agents at their meeting here this week, and which is to be submitted to general managers for approval, is published here this morning. Its general purpose and features are thus given: “This association is formed for the purpose of a convenient and economical transaction of passenger business, the maintenance of agreed tariffs, the prevention of ruinous competition and unjust discrimination;' the organization thus made is to be entitled the Central Traffic Association Passenger Committee. EarniDgs are to be divided as follows: A sum equal to the constructive gross earnings of companies or lines accruing west of the Western termini of the trunk lines from all passenger business except immigrants, transported between all points hereinafter described, computed at full and uniform tariff rates, shall be divided between the parties to this compact in the proportion which may be agreed upon, or, m case of failure to agree, which may be finally decided by arbitration under the rales of this committee, it being understood by the committee that special fares for special occasions which may be authorized by this committee shall be reported for division at the special fare authorized, but such differential fares os may be authorized for the purpose of diversion of traffio to a particular line shall be computed at full tariff in the division of earnings between the companies or lines in the committee. The business to be divided between the parties to the new agreement is that between the Western termini of the trunk lines and Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, Logansport, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Bloomington, Ills.; Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, O.; Dayton, O.; Springfield, O.; Detroit, and points beyond via either of the above named cities, and between such other points as may be agreed upon. The volume of the traffie is to be divided among the parties to the agreement, as far as practicable, in such- proportion as will enable each line to earn its alloted portion of receipts.” Regarding the diversion of traffic, the agreement provides that “companies or lines, parties thereto,- having connections or routes for passenger traffic not covered by the terms of the agreement, but which compete for traffic which may be transported by routes parties to the agreement, shall not take any measures to divert the traffic to such outside connections or routes, but shall use all proper and reasonable means to protect and increase the aggregate earnings to be divided under the terras of the agreement.” The agreement provides for a chairman of the passenger committee, who shall also act as secretary. Whenever any question arises regarding the proportion to be enjoyed by each company or line, under any agreement for the division of passenger business, concerning which the interested parties cannot agree, it shall, on the application of either of them, be submitted to the arbitrator under the rules provided for such cases. The matter of differentials is left almost wholly to the judgment of thochairman. The chairman also has complete control of commissions to ticket agents, reduced fares, rebates, etc., to influence through.passenger business. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Mr. Over Set Right. To the Editor of taa Indianapolis Journal: You have gotten me into trouble by giving me the credit (?) of reviewing the Scotch gambit of the Zukertort and Steinitz tournament. Tbe secretary of the Indianapolis Chess Clnb, who is reviewing these games for tbe Times, has found two flaws in my work. Would gladly give you his name, but as he persists in saying, white or black “looses a peice, ’ I prefer not to do so, as it would not bo to the credit of the Indianapolis Chess Club to have a “poor player” like me and a “poor speller” like him at the same time. Referring to said games: Black 26th move should read Q —K sq. (R) should read white instead of black. My remarks (1) were wrong and should read: “A fine and safe move.” White dare not take P with as he wonld lose a piece by the following moves: QxP, QxQ, BxQ, BxKt, Pxß and Rxß. Neither dare he take with bishop, as the game would likely continue: BxP, BxKt, R Pxß, Qxß, QxQ, RxQ, Rxß P, etc., leavmg black with a bishop against two extra pawns on whits side. My friend, the secretary, passes this move in deep silence. Why? My remarks (n) should read: “Whits cannot capture P without loss, for KtxP, BxKt, Qxß, R—-K 8 (check,) K—R 2, RxR and black is minus a piece. ” Ewald Over. Indianapolis, Jan. 22. Bishop Stevens and Other Blehopt. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal In yonr this morning’s issue it is stated that Bishop Stevens, of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, who is ill at Philadelphia, is the “oldest in age, though not in service,” of the American episcopate, being “in his eighty-third year.” This is inaccnrate. Bishop Stevens was born in Bath, Me., July 13, 1815, and is younger than six other bishops. Bishop Green, of Mississippi, whs born May 2, 1798; Bishop Horatio Potter, of New York, in 1802, and the presiding bishop, Lee, of Delaware (oldest in term of service, having been consecrated Oct. 12, 1841), on Sept 9, 1807. Bishop Kip; of California, it in his seventysixth year; Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, is seventy-four, and Bishop Vail, of Kansas, in his seventy-fourth year. All who know Bishop Stevens will testify most cbrdially to his piety, learning, great power as a pnlpit orator, strong common sense as a successful organizer, sound judgment in all the trying junctures of a twenty-four-years’ episcopate, consistent liberality towards other Christian bodies, and uniform gentlemanly courtesy towards aN man; and all will sincerely regret his illness, and pray for hts speedy recovery. 9. Indianapolis, Jan. 22. Cold Water and Scarlet Fever. To tho Editor of the Indianaoolis Journal! It most be a matter of congratulation with the people that the Marion County Medical Society “is getting down to solid work, and is paying more attention to practice than theory.” Now, to enable them (the doctors) to be more successful in treating fevers than they have heretofore been, I will be most happy to give them the benefit of my experience—according to the wish of my distinguished friend, Dr. Hervey, of our city, as recently expressed in reference to my very successful treatment of scarlet fever. “We hone he will not refnse to be consulted when the next epidemic comes along,” I will giadiy—without money and without price —give them all the assistance possible in the application of the eold bath, which has been so successful with me. And then, I trust, they will be able, and equally willing to reverse their verdict so unanimously rendered at a former meeting, that the eold bath is injurious in the treatment of scarlet fever. A. S. Kingsley. Regret. A lady had one sad regret That she tried vainly to forget In youth she had a perfect row Os teeth that rivaled Alpine snow. But knowing not their ’’alue rare, She failed to give them proper care, And lo! in Beauty’s perfect day, She found those gems had flown away. Her case is that of hundreds, too, And should a warning be to you, To save your troth from sore decay. By using SOZODONT each day. •Decay of the Teeth Arises from various causes, but principaUvitmay be attributed to early negiect or the indiscriminate use of tooth powders and pastes, whieh give a momentary whiteness to the teeth while they corrode the enameL The timely use of that delicate aromatic tooth-wash, fragrant SOZODONT, will speedily arrest the progress of decay, harden the gums, and Impart a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes those ravages which people sustain in thsir teeth from the use of sweet and acid articles.

QUERIES AND ANSWERS. [All proper questions of general interest will be admitted to this column, and answered, if possible. If the answers cannot be given the questions wifi be printed to invite replies from the outside. The column is for the mutual pleasure and profit of our readers.] THE OLDEST HOSPITAL. To the Editor of tlie Indianapolis Journal: What is the oldest hospital in London? City. Student. 5t Bartholomew’s, founded in 1102. discobolus. to the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What is the meauing of the word “Discobolus?” . A. J. Munchs, Ind. The quoit-thrower—a celebrated statue. ALHAMBRA. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What is the meaning of Alhambra, the name of the palace of the Moorish kings in Spain? Anderson, Ind. Kate F. It means “The Red Castle.” PRONUNCIATION. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal 1 : Please give pi-onunciation of Monsieur De Lesseps? # Staunton, Ind. Mo-seer De Lessep. The sis not pronounced. CLEVELAND’S SUCCESSOR. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: If President Cleveland was to die who would succeed him? Ida H. Heokathorn. JA3IEBTOWN, Ind. Secretary of State Bayard. ART. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Can you give address of a good art store in Indianapolis? Constant Reader. Greensburg, Ind. Yes; H. Lieber & Cos., 82 Hast Washington street. talmaoe. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. To what denomination does De Witt Talraage belong? A Reader. Greenfield, Ind. The Presbyterian. THE HANGMAN’S FEE. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What does a sheriff get for hanging a criminal in the State of Indiana? W. B. Littell. Dugger, Ind. He does not receive any compensation. SURROGATE OF NEW YORK. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Please give tbe address of surrogate of New York. J. E. Ball. Frankfort, Ind. A letter addressed “To the Surrogate, New York City,” will be sufficient ANGLER. To tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Please give address of the American Angler and price per year. M. B. Draper. Coatsville. Address publisher American Angler, New York city. We do not know the price. GOLD AND GREENBACKS. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Is there gold enough in the Treasury of the United States to pay off the greenbacks and gold certificates. Geo. W. Picked. Carpentersvi lle, Ind. No. DEFACED currency. To the Editor. of the Indianapolis Journal: Can a person having a national bank note defaced by’being burnt in the fire have the same redeemed when the bank is known? Center Point, Ind. N. H. Carrithers. Yes. POPCORN. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Why does pop-corn pop? John G. Blake. City; The answer will be given when the series of interesting experiments now in progress is concluded. THE YORK SHILLING, To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What was the “York” shilling, and its vaiue? City. a. b. a The York, or New York, shilling was the old Spanish real, or one-eighth of a dollar. In the Southern States and in the West it was called a “bit.” LATIN QUARTER. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal; What is the Latin quarter of Paris? City. Quiz. A district of Paris, on the south side of the river Seine. The principal colleges and schools were there, and numerous students i* * there, from which circumstance the quarter derives its namob THE MT. VERNON ESTATE. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: (1.) Ip whose possession is the Mt. Vernon estate? (2.) Do any members of the Washington family survive? (3.J Were the wives of Washington and Robert Lee any way related? Ligonier, Ind. * Reader. (1.) It is? owned by the Mt. Vernon Association. (2) No direct members. (3.) Martha Washington was the Widow Lee. There is a rfr lationship. THE PORTLAND VASE. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What is the Portland vase, and where is it? Plainfield, Ind. b. n. The Portland vase is composed of glass and enamel, ont of which figures are cut in the manner of a cameo. It was found in a sepulchre near Rome about the year 1566, and was formerly in the Barberini Palace, at Rome, but afterward became the property of the Duchess of Portland, and after her death Was deposited in the British Museum. GOLD AND SILVER. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: (L) Are silver dollars a legal tender in payment of duties on imports and in payment of United States bonds; is there a limit to the amount of silver that can be offered as a legal tender? (2.) How many grains of gold in a gold dollar? a. h. p. Carpkntebsyille, Ind. (L) It is a legal tender for the payment of imports; as to the other that is still a mooted question; there is no limit. (2.) Twenty-five and eight-tenths grains. ENGLISH GOLD CSIN. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journals When did gold coinage begin in England? Arcadia, lad. c. In the reign of Edward 111 A pound troy of gold, twenty-three carats fine, was made into coins of the current value of £l3 3s 4d. When Henry VIII came to the throne the product of one pound of gold was £22 10s. In 1604 the pound troy produced £37 4s. The present value of a pound of standard gold (twenty-two carats fine) is £46 I4s Gd, or, in our money, $216.28. THAT PIECE OF TIMBER. L. N. Sullivan, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, gives 91-3 as the number of feet in a piece of timber 12 feet long, 4 inohes square at one end, and 2 inches square at the other. Grace Paul, Indianapolis, says 9 feet. D. H. Hopkins, Indianapolis, says 1,344 cubic inches. Charles Reese, Kennard, Ind., says there are 9 1-3 square feet, and the size at the middle is 2.8284 x inches square. Other answers, widely out of ths way, are not published. RAPID TRAINS. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: What is the best time made by a regular railroad train in the United States, and best in the world? Lee Welz. Metcalf, 111. The fastest scheduled express train run in this or any other teuntry is thu-fast express train

between Philadelphia and Jersey City. The fastest train run for a long distance is the limited express, between New York and Chicago, over the New York Central & Lake Shore. The fastest local train in this country is run between Chicago and Milwaukee, over the Chicago & Northwestern road. SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPERS. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Jonrnal: (1.) What are the names of some of the leading journals of San Francisco, Cal.? (2.) Which is ths largest cave in the world? J. c. c. Huntington, Ind. (1.) The Chronicle, Morning Call, Bulletin, Post, and Alta California. (2) The Mammoth Cave, of Kentucky. WATERWORKS. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Have we city firms who manufacture engines and build water-works by contract for towns of ten thousand inbabitents? City. Journal Subscriber. The firm of Dean Bros, makes steam pumps. Engines are made by Chandler & Taylor, Atlas Works, Sinker, Davis & Cos., and other firms. The only person taking water-works contracts in this city is E. B. Martindale, we believe. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In the Sunday Jonrnal of Jan. 3. 1886, I noticed an article by Ed vard Everett Hale, entitled “A Man Without a Country.” One Philip Nolan died aboard the United States corvette Levant, etc., May 11, 1863, who was banished from the United States in 1807, by Colonel Morgan, at Fort Adams, at the conclusion of a mock court-martial, the sentence afterwards being sanctioned by President Jefferson. Are these faets or fiction? If facts, was it legal to turn a mock affair into a roality, as tbe article claims? x. y. z. Butler, Ini It is a fiction, and probably the most wonderful and effective political pamphlet ever written. AGES OF NOTED PERSONS. •/o tho Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: L What is the age of Fred Douglass? 2. When was Heury Ward Beecher born? 3. What is the age and what the politics of Thomas De Witt Talmage? 4. Has Col. R. G. Ingersoll red whiskers? T. Riley Coble. Spencer, Ind. 1. He was born a slave about 1817, at Tuckahoe, Talbot county, Maryland, and escaped from slavery Sept. 3, 1838. 2 At Litchfield, Conn., June 24, 1813. 3. Mr. Talmage was born at Bound Brook, N. J., Jan. 7,1832. He is a Democrat 4. He does not wear whiskers of any color. The fringe of hair through which his dome of thought rises, bald as Mont Blanc, is light brown. JOHN A. LOGAN. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: When and where was John A. Logan born? What is his political history? Martinsville, Ind. H. W. Dryden. He was born in Jackson county, Illinois, on Feb. 9, 1820. He enlisted as a private in the Mexican war, and was made quartomaster. He was olected clerk of Jackson county in 1849* studied and practiced law; was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1852, *53, ’56 and ’57; was prosecuting attorney from 1833 to 1857; was a presidential elector in 1856; was a member of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses; resigned and entered the Union army as colonel, and reached the rank of major-general; was appointed minister to Mexico in 1865, but declined; elected to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses; has been United States senator since March 4, 1871, with the exception of a brief interval. VETERANS. To the Editor of tbe Indianapolis Journal: (1.) Did Huebes East get the title of Colonel in the Union or confederate array? (2) Was General Black, the Pension Commissioner, wounded during the war? Did he loose any limbs, or was be totally disabled, that he should draw $lO6-par month, while a man that has lost both of bis legs, or both arms, or even both eyes, only draws $72 per month? Justice to all; partiality to none Worthington, Ind. (1.) Mr. East is a colonel upon carpet consideration; he never set a squadron in the field in either army. (2) General Blaok has not lost a limb nor any of his faculties. He was, by special bill, given a pension of SIOO a month, S2B more a month than is paid to any other soldier of the late war, no matter bow the soldier may be maimed or crippled. A man blind in both eyes, a man who has lost his arms, a man whose legs have been carried away, a man whom want, suffering and disease have rendered insane, gets only $72. General Black is a fine lawyer, and h&B been a candidate since the war for almost every office in the gift of the people of Illinois. Louis XlV—His Greatness. Magazine of Art. The secret of the great King’s greatness lies in his fashion of understanding the duties of kingship. “I am the state,” he said, and be meant it, and ruined himself and his people in the attempt to live up to the expression. Under him Versailles was umbilicus Galliae—the very navel of France. In him everything was centralized; from him everything proceeded; he was the cause, and his kingdom only an effect. Conds and Turenne were personal emanations from him; Moliere and Racine were but his expressions in drama; in Boileau he wrote verse; he governed in Colbert and Louvois; he painted in Mignard and Le Bran. Whatever was done was not only done in his name, bat depended absolutely upon his influence. He made a man Minister for a good stroke at billiards, for how could his nominee do wrong? His life was a perpetual apotheosis. He surrounded himself with reminders of his glory; among pictures of his divinity, among heroic statues of himself, among trophies of victory so insolent that they could only be avenged in war, existence moved for him in a solemn procession of self-worship; and when he turned from the consideration of these anticipations of immortality it was to meet the adoring eyes of men and women whose hearts he could, and did often, break with a single frown. In the contemplation of his own dignity he lived and moved, and had his being. It was the principal fact of the universe; and he imposed it as such upon his intimates and his people alike. There was no flattery so gross as to seem unnatural, no adulation so fulsome as not to be appropriate and welcome. The kings, the heroes, the gods and demi-gods of antiqnity had lived, it seemed, but to be honored ia his likeness and admired in his adornments. He was Apollo, he was Hercules, he was Jupiter in turn; one after another all the greatness of the past were presented in his image, like him high-nosed, and like bim bewigged; M. Genevay has even seen the legendary perruque introduced as an attribute of God the Father. To sueh a man the spending of blood was as natural as the spending of money. In cne year he flung away on Versailles alone over 45,000,000 of francs; the Dragonnades, the Edict of Nantes, and the wrecking of the Palatinate cost him no more than a mere scratc h of the pen. How to Raise a Fallen Mule. Philadelphia Call. The other morning a mule attached to one of George B. Newton’s coal wagons fell on Chestnut street, above Sixteenth. The cars were blocked for at least half an hoar. All the efforts of some twenty car-drivers and conductors were of no avail in trying to get him on his feet. At last a darky, who had been watching the proceedings, announced that he could raise “dat ere mule.” He was given the field. Entering Thompson Black’s grocery, he procured two lumps of sugar, which he gave the mule. The mule’s keen relish of the sweets, as he lay in the snow with his bead on a blanket, was ludicrous in the extreme. No sooner had be licked fois chops after his dainty lunch than up he jumped to his feet. The sev oral hundred pedestrians who had gathered to witness the feat of the darky made the welkin ring with their loud cheers in honor of the mao who mastered the mule. Special bargains in all departments of the Model.

PERSONAL MENTION ELSEWHERE. [Concluded from Tlitrd Pa*e.l time, but who was convalescing, took cold the first of the week, and is again confined to his room. Miss Mayne Ribble, living east of the city is visiting her sister, Mrs. Will A. Brown, at New Castle. The Literary Fireside met with Dr. C. W. Smith and wife on Friday evening, and held an interesting session. Senator M. C. Smith, after a protracted visit with his daughter, Mrs. Booz, at Pittsburg, Kan., returned home on Thursday. Miss Emma Walling, who has spent the winter with her friend, Miss Armstrong, at Columbus, 0., has returned home much improved in health. The ladies’ society of the M. E. Church met with Mrs. E. J. Kemper, on Wednesday afternoon, where all spent a few very pleasant hours. Miss Jennie Greer, of Oxford, 0., who has for some time been visiting her sister, Mrs. A1 Winkinson, of this city, returned home on Thursday. Miss Nettie Youse entertained a large number of young friends at her home on Thursday evening. With cards and social conversation the evening was pleasantly passed. Mrs. J. M. Bloss entertained a large number of friends at her pleasant home on Thursday evening, the occasion being a surprise party upon her husband, Prof. John M. Bloss. George F. McCulloch, William F. Walson, Charles E. Jones, James Barrett, W. H. Murray. William Draeoo. R. W. Monroe, Benjamin Smith and John Parry spent several days of the past week at Indianapolis, where they were called as witnesses in the suit of the Diebold Lock and Safe Company vs. Delaware County, the cause being tried in the United States Circuit Court. On Tuesday last a brilliant wedding took place at the elegant farm residence of William K. Helvie, in Salem township, the occasion being the marriage of his daughter, Miss Theresa, and Mr. John E. Heath, of Shellsburg. la. The marriage ceremony was pronounced by Rev. Stobler, of this city, in the presence of about one hundred guests. Mr. and Mrs. Heath left on the afternoon train for lowa, their future home. Pern. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Shirk are now traveling in Italy. Mrs. Ira Bond, of Kokomo, is visiting friends in this city. Will Laßonta and sister, Bessie, are visiting friends at Danville, 111. J. M. Calvert left Wednesdayfor Mt. Clemens, Mich., in search of health. Capt. Louis Drovilard, of New Orleans, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Stockwell. Lizzie Whistler returned oa Thursday from a visit amongst relatives in Plymouth. Rev. L. P. Marshall is in Wabash, assisting Rev. Little in a series of protracted meetings. Miss Sadie Walker, of Indianapolis, ia visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Emswiler, on West Sixth street. MissLeota McWhinney, of Richmond, is visitiug at the residence of Mrs. Geo. Rettig, on West Fourth street. Miss Clara Stonebarger returned, Thursday evening, from attending the wedding of a friend in Indianapolis. Miss Lizzie Buxton, of Detroit, and Miss Mamie Quackenbush, of this city, are visiting friends in Logansport. Mr. and Mrs. James Durat celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage in a pleasing manner Wednesday evening. Mrs. George Sheldon and daughter, May, returned Tuesday from a three month’s trip amongst relatives in San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Lon Jenks, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Alf Hall, of Indianapolis, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Leas, on West Main street Miss Etta Hilligras and Miss Nettie Kahn, of Huntington, came down to attend the G. G. C. dance, the former the guest of Hattie Porter and the latter of Miss Dora Kraus. Mr. Charles Pyke and wife, former Peruvians, attended the Raymond anniversary Tuesday evening. Miss Mary Philips, of Logansport, also came up, returning home Friday. Mr. Joe Clymer, county treasurer, was married on Thursday evening to Miss Emma Miller, at the residence of Noah Miller, on Main street The wedding was strictly private, only the relatives being present They go to housekeeping immediately, on East Main street At the residence of George Chamberlain, West Main street, Rollin R. Norton, clerk in the superintendent’s office of the Wabash, was married to Miss Carrie L. Morrison, Thursday, at 3 p. m. Miss Carrie is one of Peru’s most handsome and charming young ladies. Rev. L. P. Marshall performed the ceremony. The honeymoon will be spent at Mt Vernon, O. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond celebrated the tenth anniversary of their marriage Tuesday evening. There were about one hundred invited guests, a few comine from a distance. Many odd, ornamental and useful presents of tin were made. An elegant supper was served at 6 o’clock. Among the guests from a distance were Miss Mary 0. Phillips, of Logansport; Mrs. W. E. Clark, of Chicago; Judge Ross, Miss Elizabeth Stevens, of Logansport; Mrs. Geo. Rockwell, of Indianapolis; Fred Parsons, of Lookport, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Cbas. Pike, of Fort Wayne. The Gattling Gun masquerade, on Wednesday evening, was a notable society event Merrill’s full orchestra furnished the mnsic. The hall was tastefully decorated, and, notwithstanding the inclement weather, the hall was densely crowded. About eighty masquers were in the grand march. The new Gattling gun was a feature, being placed in the center of the room and guarded by four uniformed cadets. Most of the spectators remained until after the unmasking at 11:30 p. M. Many of the costumes were elegant. The masque was a social and financial suceess, and much credit is due to the members of the gun club for their assiduous attention to the wants of the guests. Their next reettlar dancing club commences Monday evening. Rochester. Miss June Howes, of Logansport, is the guest of Miss Nellie Ault. Miss Ella King will spend a few months with relatives in Anderson. Mr. Scuyler Barkdoll and family are making preparations to move to Eldorado, Kansas. Samuel Terry started Thursday on an extended pleasure trip through the Eastern States. J. K. Nellang and wife have returned to their home in Kansas, after a pleasant visit in this locality. Mr. and Mrs. L. Heilbrun, Mrs. J. Levy and Mrs. J. Lauer made a flying visit to friends in Plymouth, Tuesday. Miss Viola Kidwell, who has made Rochester her home for the past year, returned, Tuesday, to Southern Ohio, where she formerly resided. Rush villa. Next Tuesday Miss Ray Block, daughter of Jacob Block, will be married to a wealthy Texas gentleman. COLONEL COOPER’S YOUNG INJUN. Appointed a Policeman, He Proceeds Against Mr. AcfeeA with n Club. Abbottsford (Wis.) Letter in New York Son. Coloael Cooper, a well-known hunter and woodsman in these parte, has recently had an experience with an Indian boy, which, he says, will last him through life. He found the lad on the reservation, and on agreeing to do well by him and pay him 95 a month be secured permission to take him with him into camp. The boy, who was called Sam, was a bright-eyed and muscular chap, who had never seen any other evidences of civilization than those to be witnessed along a railroad running through the wilderness. It was the Colonel’s aim to make the boy useful, but at the same time he wanted to teach him something. Before the Colonel and his Indian had been in the woods a week the former discovered that the boy had no conception of the restraints of civilized life, and it became his duty to teach him the fundamental principles on which society rests. The Colonel bad books in his cabin, and when the weather vis bad, or when he was tired of tbs chase, be would sit down with the boy before the blazing fire and endeavor to explain some of the things that he found in them that he thought might he of interest to the descendant of the savage. To all this Sam made no objection. He would listen attentively by the hour, grunt oc-

casionally as if be saw the point, and once in a while he would ask a question or make a remark, which was accepted by the Colonel as an indication that his instruction was striking in. The white man passed easily from books to newspapers, and from newspapers to lengthy dissertations on cites, and when he strnck this topic, Sam was all ears. After describing a big town for the lad’s edideation the Colonel was gratified to hear an inquiry as to the method of government, and with that as a starter, he branched out upon a long explanation of municipal authority, describing the mayor and Common Council, the police and fire service, and the hosts of employes. To illustrate police system, in which Sam appeared to take the greatest interest, the Colonel told the boy that they would organize a city of their own in the woods. He (the Colonel) would be the mayor, and Sam would be the police force. He then instructed the lad in the duties of the police, telling him how they were armed, what they did, and how, under certain circumstances, they would shoot and kill men who were violating the law or who threatened to take the livos of others. In like manner he described the practices of burglars, sneak-thieves and footpads, and the methods adopted by detectives in ferreting out guilt, In all these things the boy took % afi~absorbing interest, and the Colonel began to feel that be was sheddingsome light on the youth, and might possibly hope to resume the books with him before long. A light fall of snow made the prospects for hunting pretty good, and the two were so bnsy with deer and'bear for a week that they had no time to study the science of government. In their seach for ga&e they had gone many miles awav from their cabin, and as the trait was freshthe Colonel had no desire to return. But, being short of supplies of all kind3, he concluded to send the boy back, and with many injunctions to make haste, the lad started out The next day he returned almost breathless with excitement, bearing two or three heavy pouches, and, throwing them at the Colonel's feet, he exclaimed: “Me do ’em up." The Colonel [was too busy assorting the ammunition to take in the remark, but after a few minutes’ silence he asked, as if the thought had just occurred to him: “Do up what?” “White man—-burglar,"said Sam, proudly. “Where ’bouts?" inquired the Colonel, getting interested. “In cabin. Shoot him, kill him, arrest him. Eat biscuits Bust him with club. Shoot him." The Colonel’s brow became a mass of wrinkles and the perspiration stood out ou his faee ia great beads as he drawled out: “Well, by thunder, if you wan’t an Injun I’d take your word for itaud jump the country, but, seeing you are an Injun, we'll go home." This took Sam by surprise, and, although he plainly felt hurt, he said nothing for an hour or two. At length, as if he feared he had not made himself understood, and that the Colonel was wasting a great deal of time, he said: “Oh, me kill ’em.” “Shut up, confound yon!” roared tho Colonel. “That’s just what I’m afraid of. Til bet you a thousand dollars, yon scoundrel, that you’ve been firing away at old Hank Ackers. He was due up here just about now, and 1 suppose I ought to have told you about him." “No use go back," continued Sam with some reticence; and they trudged along together without another word until they reached the cabin. The day was a fine one, and sitting in front of the little house in a very sour frame of mind was Ackers. When he saw the Colonel and his companion he grabbed his rifle and began to yell at the boy: “Stand off there, you varmint! Don’t you come any dusser or HI murder you." The Colonel continued to advance, and ths boy skulked in the trees at the edge of the clearing. A few words between the two men sufficed to put the Colonel's mind at ease, and Ackers made his explanation. “I came up here," he said, “expecting to find you here, aud not seeing of you I just made myself at home, knowing as you would be here pretty soon. Day before yesterday, while I was out for a little exercise, I noticed this young, savage approaching the house, aud I came up to see what was the matter. He got a lot of your ammunition Mid stuff, and I told him to tell you that I was here, and that I’d jnst make myself to homo until you got back. With that, I sat down to the table to eat a biscuit, when the redskin that I thought was on his way back to you crept ia and smashed me on the skull with a club so that I couldn’t see for four hours, and I guess he fired at me, though as to that Tm not as certain. It's a merciful Providence that saved my life at aIL Where is the savage till I blow him open?" Finding that his old friend was not permanently disabled, the Colonel regained bis spirits, and after both of the men had partaken freely of some refreshment the cause of Sam’s ferocious attack was explained. Toward evening the boy was called in, and he got a sound drubbing from the Colonel, who, after polishing him off, said: “Now look here, Sam, from this time on you’re an Injun, and nothing but an Injun. This here town is dissolved, and there ain’t no more police force here. White man’s government is a mighty deep problem, and I’m afraid you’ll get hart if you fool with it" Since the Ackers episode Sam has developed into a very stolid sort of an Indian. He does as he is told. In all matters of wood craft he is an authority. In cookery he is something of a success. In detecting the presence of game he is invaluable. But when, by chance, the Colonel or Ackers tells him to do something or asks him a question which he thinks is beyond his reach, he looks solemnly to the sky, ami, pointing his finger at his breast, says: “Me Injun.’’ Pulitzer for a Cabinet Plaee. Washing ton Special. The plans to create a Department of Agriculture, the head thereof to have a seat in the Cabinet, have been laid early this time. A combination of the agricultural committee and labor committee of the House has been effected. They have agreed to unite on a bill to that end. The proposition is to include a labor bureau in the department. This is old Loring’s pet scheme, with an amendment It is understood that the Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the World, who is a member of the committee of civil-service reform, wilt be selected as the head of the new department on aceonnt of his noble self-sacrifices for agriculture in refusing to accept garden seeds. Jeffersonian Simplicity’s Necklace. Washington Special. Alvin Perry, the famous diamond importer of Cincinnati, brouehfc to this city to-night, to deliver to the wife of a high government official, a diamond necklace worth $40,000. It haa fortyone stones of blue cast, a center gem valued at $2,300, and all others on either side are in perfect gradation. It is one of the finest ever made. Respectable Druggists Never deceive the public, but beware of the Cheap John druggists who offer you a plaster called “Capsicum,” yCapsicin,” “Capucin” or “Capaicine,” and tell you it is substantially the same as the genuine Benson’s Capcine Plaster, or even better. They ask less for the - imitation, for it costs less; but as a remedial agent it is absolutely worthless. The reputation of Benson’s as the only plaster possessing actual ami high curative qualities is the result of many years' experiment and honorable dealings on the part of the proprietors; and 5,000 physicians, pharmacists and druggists indorse it as the best ever made. Protect yourself against deception by buying of reputable dealers only, and avoid mistakes by personal examination. The genuine haa the “Three Seals” trade mark, and in the center is cut the word “Capcine.” BWLtqHSI I if jhWuHI For SALK— only one dollar per ykay tho Weekly Indiana State Journal Send fordf

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