Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1886 — Page 2

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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. A Pistol Fails to Work, and Murder Is Averted —A Nero's Throat Cut in a Waiting-Room —A Feoria Girl’s Remarkable Story. INDIANA. A Possible Murder Averted by the Pistol Heine Oat of Order. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash. Dec. 24. —At Ucb&na, seven miles north of this city, this morning, Isaac Latchem, a former well-known farmer of this county, and now engaged in the sale of nursery stock, drew a revolver upon Dr. F. M. Wall, a physician of the place, and bat for the failure of the weapon •.o discharge would have shot the latter. The encounter occurred in the general store of Chas. Miller, and before Mr. Latchem could again took his pistol Dr. Wall, with the assistance of bystanders, escaped from the room and came fcc Wabash. A year ago, Mr. Latchem's wife died, soon after giving birth to a child, and it was alleged that Dr. Wall, who was the accoucheur, neglected to attend the patient properly, and that death resulted from this negligence. Mr. Latchem brought an action for malpractice against Wall for $5,000, and secured a verdict for SI,OOO, but was unable to reach any of the Doctor's property. Since then he has brooded over the loss of his wife until he could control himself no longer, and made the attack referred to It is said that Dr. Wall has feared an assault for months, and was armed this morning, but attempted no defense. Mr. Latchem has not been arrested, though a warrant is now in the hands of the officers.

Serious Loss to the Salvation Army. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette, Dec. 24.—The Salvation Army bark has been sailing along in comparative quiet here for some weeks, but the last two nights there have been some disturbances. Last night there was a regular rough-and-tumble fight between a recruit of the army and a young fellow named Shoemaker. The police were sent for, and Officer Somerville started off with Shoemaker. but the latter was joined by a friend, the officer was banged against the wall, and the escaped. The night before there was a disturbance. but it did not amount to much. In the skirmish, last night, the army lost the main part of its pantaloons, though no serious injury was don-*. Shortage in a Dead Man's Accounts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Corydon, Dec. 24 —lt has developed that William E. Jordan, who committed suicide at this place on the 17th inst., was financially embarrassed, and it is very probable that this was i.'he cause of his taking his life. He was treasirer of the board of school trustees and of two lodges— the Koigbts and Ladies of Honor and she Knights of Universal Brotherhood. He should have had in his possession fully $3,000 as the funds of these institutions, bat the only money be had, as far as could be learned, was the sum of $4 75, which was found on his person by the coroner. It is thought his liabilities will exceed SB,OOO.

Cheap Pictures That Come High. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond. Dec. 24.—About a month ago a ccuple of men named Ferenson and Lawson came here from Loganspcrt and opened a photograph gallery, to take cabinet-size pictures for $1 a dozen for thirty days. To-day the thirty days are up, and this morning they fled, with well-filled pockets. They required the $1 in advance, and only finished enough pictures to keep the game going until the end of the time, during which they pocketed anywhere from seven hundred to twelve hundred dollars. Beaten Out of Sixty Dollars. 9pecla'< to the Indianapolis Journal. Greensbukg, Dec. 24.—Arnold Hardeback, of Millhousen, this county, was returning from a trip to Illinois yesterday. At the Union Depot in Indianapolis he met a man who became very friendly, and represented that be was a merchant of this city. He said he needed S6O to pay the freight on some goods he had bought and vas shipping here. Hardeback kindly lent him >;he sum. and came on here to learn that he had oeen victimized by a man entirely unknown here. Murdered in a Waiting-Boom. Special to the Indiananolis Journal. Huntingburg, Dec. 24 —Tn the waiting-room St the depot here, about 9 o’clock this evening, John Hart, a colored roustabout, was stabbed in the throat by some unkuown man. The jugular rein was almost severed, and death ensued in ‘.bout an hour. Safe-Blowing at Fairmount. ’pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Fairmount. Dec. 24. —At an early hour this norning burglars blew oppn the safe of A. F. Morton, dealer in merchandise at this place, securing SSO in cash, and notes and valuable paper amounting to nearly SBOO, and made their escape.

Minor Notes. The planing-mill firm of Cohoon & Cos., at Erawfordsville, nas failed, with liabilities estimated at SIO,OOO, and assets about the same. C. G. Powel, formerly editor and publisher of itie LaPorte Herald, now a government clerk at Washington, has fallen heir to SIO,OOO worth of property by the death, a few days ago, of his sister, who lived near LaPorte. One of the actors with the Milton Nobles dramatic and comedy company, named George K. Sprague, had a valuable watch taken from his dressing-room while he was on the stage at the Grand Opera-house, Richmond, Thursday sight. Thera is a project on foot at Michigan City to ."alee a fund of $5,000 to start a joint stock printing establishment for the publication of a Republican paper, desienedto be a county organ ’or the party. General Packard will probably its editor. At Greensburg, yesterday, Joseph Brickell, jjbout thirtv veers old and unmarried, was rehanded to jail awaiting a trial next Tuesday upfn the charge of robbing H. Meredith’s saloon ecently. Brickell is an old resident of Greens burg, but recently has been living at Snelbyville. A geodetic survey has been made in Finley township, Scott connty. and it has been decided \o build a tower on the knob just east of what is inown as the Finley Knob. The lumber iB on he ground, and the tower is to be 140 feet high, t is rumored that this survey develops the fact hat this is the highest land in the State. ILLINOIS. The Remarkable Story Told by Rosa Robert*, a Young Qi rl Residing in Peoria. Peoria. Dec. 24.—Rosa Roberts, a young girl twenty years of ace, claims to have been seized by a man on a public street yesterday afternoon, ihrov n into a buggy, and conveyed five miles up ;berver, where she was thrown from the vehicle Into the snow. She eras certainly found there and brought back to this city about midnight last night Rosa tells a remarkable story, to the effect that she was abducted from her home m Germany when five years old, by a man named Blus, brought to New York, adopted by a manufacturer named Roberts as one of his family, and five years ago, when Roberts died, was left U.OOO in his will. She West with adaugb:er of Roberts, who had marrisd L. W. Williams, .ow engaged in the hoot and shoe business in his city, and lived with Williams until about a fear ago. She claims that m the man who seized

her on the street yesterday she recognized the one who abducted her from Germany fifteen years ago. and that the horror of seeing him deprived her consciousness. Rosa believes that her parents are wealthy people in Germany, and that the object of Bins is to put her out of the way, in order to keep her from securing her rights, and that her long unconscious spell made him believe that his object was accomplished. She is subject to fainting spells, which sometimes last for two hours. Jewelry Store Robbed. Galena, Dec. 24.—Just before daybreak this morning burglars entered the jewelry store of Julius Krueger, on Main street, and robbed the safe of $2,650 in money and $3,500 worth of gold watches, diamonds and other jewelry. Up to this evening no clew toeither the thieves or property has been discovered. Brief Mention. A jury at Peoria awarded Thomas Londiergan $3,875 damages for the loss of an arm on the Rock Island road. A farmer who has lived in Adams county for forty years has never owned a wagon. He does ail his hanling with a sled, summer and winter. H. H. May, one of the original colonists of Galesburg, and Samuel Patrick, Democratic Representative-elect from the Twentieth Illinois district, died on Thursday. A waffle man at Peoria, who was a prisoner at Andersonville during the war, a few davs ago, on the anniversary of his release from that prison, baked a number of corn cakes similar to those on which the captive soldiers were fed and distributed them among the war veterans of that city. The Case Against Rev. Messaros. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—When court opened this morning the district attorney announced that the Commonwealth had closed its case in the trial of Rev. Waldo Messaros for felonious assault on Mrs. Mary Coulston. The defense then opened, and Mr. Shields, of counsel for Messaros, addressed the jury. He said that Messaros was the victim of conspiracy, and that witnesses would be placed on the stand who would testify that Mrs. Coulston and her husband had told them that Mr. Messaros would not be in the pulpit long; that they had plans and schemes to gee him out. He bitterly arraigned Mrs. Coulston, and, referring to the eventful Monday morning when Messaros had visited Mrs. Coulston at her request, he asserted that while the minister was explaining to the lady in her parlor his reasons for refusing a letter of withdrawal from the church she had thrown her arms around him and screamed for her husband. The husband and others, whom counsel stated he would prove had been brought to the house for the purpose, then rushed into the parlor, overpowered the minister, and placed him under arrest The first witness called was Mrs. John Dunlap, formerly Miss Nellie McCoy, who Mrs. Coulston testified had said that Messaros had kissed her previous to her tnarnage. Mrs. Dunlap explained that the minister had kissed her at her home, when her father wr.s dying, and w’uile she was crying. The court then adjourned. Louse* by Fire. Joplin, Mo., Dec. 24.—This morning Schwart’s dry goods store and Mrae Eppelett’s millinery store were destroyed by fire. Two frame buildings were also burned. Loss, $30,000; insured for about half that amount. Long Island City, N. Y., Dec., 24.—The loss by the fire at Mayer & Lcewenstein’s varnish works, last night, is stated by a member of the firm to be estimated at between $75,000 and $90,000. The amount of insurance cannot yet be ascertained, but is supposed to be about $25,000. Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 24. —The car works of Schall & King, at Middletown, were almost wholly destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $150,000. The fire started in the boiler-room at 2:30 o’clock, and, despite the efforts of the firemen. six substantial brick buildings, including the carpenter and construction, machiue, pattern and blacksmith shops and planing-mill, were destroyed. The foundry and office and a few sheds were saved. It is likely the works will at once be rebuilt. About 155 men are thrown out of work. An insurance of $40,000 was carried, part of which was on the saved buildings.

Praiseworthy Charity. Cleveland, Dec. 24.. —Some time ago the Leader started a Chritmas-dinner fund for the worthy poor of the city. Contributions poured in. and this morning the fund amounted to $3.600. At 9 o’clock the distribution beean. There were 3,600 baskets, and each basket contained a large turkey, a peck of potatoes, a half pound of butter, a two-pound loaf of bread, a half dozen onions, three or fonr oranges, parsley, etc. The b askets were given out at the great Tabernacle. on Ontario street. A Christmas card was tied to each basket, with directions in English, German and Bohemian for cooking a sumptuous Christmas dinner with the material furnished. Some of the people who applied for tickets had sick ones in their families, and in such cases a special mark was placed on their ca.*d. For these 590 separate baskets had been piled up, and in each one was placed a quart can of oysters. The crowd was very large, and the distribution was the greatest thing of the kind in the history of the city. Cold Comfort for Milwaukee Rioters. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 24.—The trial of the Bay View rioters has been adjourned until Monday morning, at 11:30 o’clock. Mayor Wallber was on the stand this morning, and testified in regard to the proclamations which he issued on May 4 and 5. Judge Sloan, when he adjourned the court, told the attorneys for the defense that he would only allow them to call six witnesses to prove that there was no riot at Bay View. The lawyers attempted to discuss the matter, but the Judge said he considered six witnesses enough So far as he was concerned, a thousand witnesses could not make him believe that there was no riot at Bay View. He added, incidentally, that he deemed the firing by the militia perfectly justifiable. 4-11-44 Once More. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 24.— The policy-players in this city were jubilant yesterday, and the policy-dealers were despondent, in consequence of the fact that the numbers 4 11-44, commonly known as the "coon row.” came out. The result was that the backers of the game lost $6,000 on this alone, and many of those who have been playing policy for years, with varying fortunes, have very handsome Christmas gifts. The winnings rated from $2 to SIOO or more. It is stated that the numbers came out yesterday for the first time in two years and nine months, but that somebody had played them every day since that time. Mother and Child Found Read. New York, Dec. 24.—Late to-night Mrs. Augusta Marston, aged thirty-four, and her infant child, Gertie, aged two and a half months, were found dead in bed at tlieir residence, No. 218 East street. An investigation by the police showed beyond doubt that the woman had committed suicide by shooting herself in the breast, and as the gas was found turned on in the room, the police believe the child died from suffocation. The woman 16 said to have been a nurse. Temporary insanity, caused by domestic troubles, is believed to have been the cause of the tragedy. The Bicycle Race, Minneapolis. Minn., Dec. 24.—At the end of the 106th hour the score in the bicycle race was: Morgan, 1,049 miles, six laps; Schock, 1,049; Armaindo, 916 miles, five laps. At 2:45 this afternoon Morgan was taken violently sick, and was forced to leave the track. His trainers at once took him in band, and it was expected he could return after a short rest. He had scored 1,102 miles when taken sick. It was 3:25 o'clock when Morgan again mounted the wheel, and, in the meantime, Schock had gained a lead of over 87 (If miles. Another Test of the Dow Law. Cincinnati, Dec. 24.—A number of wholesale liquor denlers have taken joint action by employing counsel to bring a suit in the United States Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of the Dow liquor-tax law. They propose to deny the right of the State of Ohio to tax dealers on products of other States. They will be joined by saloon-keepers who have paid their taxes under protest. Rheumatism thirty years of age withers and dies when St. Jacobs Oil is applied.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1886.

LABOR HATTERS. An Effort to Solidify the Cincinnati Organizations for Political Purposes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cincinnati. 0., Dec. 24.—The leaders in the labor organizations are busily trying to derise some means by which to solidify the labor vote, in the coming spring campaign, for future operations. They bave not yet found sufficient encouragement to justify making a formal campaign with a full city ticket, but will, at least, run a candidate for Mayor. Hngh Cavanaugh, district master workman of the Knights of Labor, will probably be the nominee, as, in view of the expected labor agitation for eight hours, in the spring, he could unite more elements of the workingmen than any other mao. The Strike of L. & N. Brakemen. Louisville, Dec 24.—The strike of brakemen on the Louisville & Nashville road remains in statu quo. The trains made up fur the South on Wednesday still stand in the yards, with a few made up since then. The road issued an ultimatum to the strikers last night, requiring them to report for duty by 1 o’clock or consider themselves discharged, and call for their time. This the strikers ignored. The road officials will endeavor to hire new men, but thus far have not been able to start a train. No trouble has occurred. General Manager Harahan says he will certainly not discharge Superintendent Downs, ns demanded by the men, nor will he reinstate the two discharged brakemen. The switch and yardmen sympathize with the brakemen, and to night discussed thy advisability of going out, but without result. Both sides are firm. _ Strike Averted. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 24. —The coke syndicate and its employes held a conference at 10 o’clock to-day at the offices of the syndicate. John H. Byrne, as president of the workmen’s committee, presented their demands and stated that if the demands were refused and the Miners’ Association, now in session at Everson, should decide on a strike, it would be general throughout the region, and that the Knights of Labor would join in it. The syndicate then submitted its proposals and the workmen’s committee held a consultation and finally accepted. An agreement was then signed bv both parties, the workmen agreeing that no further demands be made until the selling price of coke be advanced, and that no local strike be allowed without an order from the executive board.

A Sneer at, Powderly. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—The organ of the workingmen in this city, the Tocsin, in its issue to-morrow, will say in an editorial: “From the number of ‘secret circulars’ published by the head of the noble order, it is to be inferred that the distinguished gentleman is trying to make it appear, at least, that he is earning his princely salary of $5,000 a year. Many a poor Knight of Labor, if not on the verge of starvation, is certainly not earning more than enough to keep body and soul together during this Christmas season, while the heads of the order are reveling in all the luxuries their princely salaries afford. The officials certainly have bettered their condition. Pile on the assessments.” Powderly'* Action Resented. New York, Dec. 24.—The Star says that the dissatisfied Knights of Labor are moving for another General Assembly of the order. It requires an application from at least five assemblies, in as many different States. The five assemblies said to be ready to sign the application are No. 26, of Chicago: No. 126 (carnetweavers), of New York; No. 113. of Connecticut. No. 30, of Massachusetts, and another, not specified. The grounds for the application will be that Mr. Powderly is playing the despot, particularly in regard to prohibiting collections for the defense of the Chicago Anarchists. Strike of Coal Handlers. Philadelphia, Dec. 24 —The engineers, firemen, train hands and coal heavers employed by the Reading Railroad Company at the coal wharves at Port Richmond, who have been dissatisfied over the recent rules of tb&*company, and who returned to work yesterday, again struck this morning, and trains were reported as badly blocked between the Schuylkill Falls and Port Richmond. Nine schooaers are lying in the docks waiting to receive their cargoes of coal, and from present indications they will not be loaded for some time. Glasa Factories Will Cease Work. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 24. —Tne glass manufacturing firms of Baker Brothers and Swindell Brothers to-day signed an agreement to the effect that they would, on Monday, Dec. 27, draw the fires and shut down their factories if their employes did not accent a reduction in wages of 15 , or cent., and allow two apprentices to each blast. The men are determined that they will accept no reduction, neither will they grant the installation of any more apprentices.

Safe-Blowing at Cleveland, Cleveland, Dec. 24—The five safe-blowers who attempted to rob the treasury of Medina county came to Cleveland early yesterday mrnine and are evidently at work here. Last nieht five men entered the dry goods store of Hexter Brothers, on Woodland avenue. A hole was drilled in the door of the safe and a heavy charge of giant powder was inserted in the hole. Two valuable plush sacques and a piece of canton flannel were then placed over the safe to deaden the noise of explosion. The fuse was lighted, and a loud explosion that awakened the sleeDers in the block and adjoining buildings followed. The two doors of the safe were blown from their hinges across the room, completelv demolishing two chairs and knocking out the side doors of the office. The desk and furniture were more or less injured, and the office itself was thrown ouj. of plumb. The robbers secured $250 and a large amount of valuable property. Fatal Coasting: Accident.. Bennington. Vt., Dec. 24 —At North Pownal, Vt., on Tuesdav evening last, a sled and a doable runner upon which five children wore coasting, collided with frightful force at the foot of two hills. Eddie Stailman was instantly killed. A boy named Chamoney, aged twelve, had one leg broken; another, named Stone, was hurt, perhaps, fatallv, three of his ribs being broken and his body around his shoulders crushed. The other two bovs were bruised, but not seriously. The Two Sliermaus. Washington special. General and Senator Sherman met the other evening at the Garfield Hospital fair. The General wac surrounded by a bevy of pretty girls. He was spending his money right and ieft, and having a good time generally. In his peregrinations about the room h came across the Senator. "How are you enjoying yourselfi” inquired the latter with the air of a martyr. "Splennidls’!” exclaimed the General, slanning his brother’s shoulder enthusiastically. "Why, John,” said he, drawing closer, "I’ll bet I’ve shaken hands and spoken with more peoDlesiuce I came into this room than you have in ten years.” "I’ve no doubt of it,” was the dry response. “If I shook as many hands and spoke with as many people in the past ten years as you have, I wouldn’t live two years.” The Richest Man in the South. Mr. Hal Dulaney, of Fauquier, Va., who is the richest man in the South, is going to Scotland next month, to marry a girl of noble family. Although Mr. Dulaney’s wealth would be regarded as commonplace in New York, it is considered well nigh fabulous south of Mason and Dixon’s line. His yearly income is over $200,000, drawn from lands in that State and in England and Scotland. He owns about fifteen thousand acres in the blue-grass region of Loudoun and Fauquier counties, and has in England and Scotland estates which would quarter half a dozen of lords. He came by it all by inheritance, the lands having been in the family for generations. Mr. Dulanev is a good-looking young fellow, twentyfour years old. and has lived all his life in this country. The lady whom he is going to marry is said to be a descendant of a younger branch of the Argylls. She has no title, hut is a cousin

of the present Duke. The prospective marriage has excited wide-spread interest in the Old Dominion. HOW CONGRESSMEN LIVE. Members Who Try to Get Along Upon Their Salaries—The Difficulties in the Way. Washington Star. The great question is how to live well without spending all of their salary. Without furnishing any striking examples of pennriousuess, snch have existed at odd times, this House tries to live within its means. It is difficult for a mem ber of Congress to live in respectable strle and not spend every cent of his salary of $5,000. A plain, economical man, with a family that is in no way extravagant, is Mr. Blajid. His wife is said to be a model housekeeper, and he has no extravaeant habits. He keeps house and walks to and from the Capitol. He spends little money for carriage hire; does not try to keep up with the fashion in dress, and does not drink or gamble. He lives like a good, honest, well-to-do Western farmer, as he looks to be. Yet. during sixteen years in the House, he has saved scarcely anything of his salary. Men of different habits do well to keep out of debt when they have no private means to help out their salaries. Some of the members, of course, are wealthy, living in their own houses at great expense, and entering fully into fashionable Washington life with all that implies. These are but few. and they spend the amount of their yearly salaries several times over. In days gone by there have been men in the House who have disregarded all conventionalities, and set at it to save their salaries. Members of the Greenback party have always been conspicnnus for this. A few years ago there was a Greenbacker from the far West who is said to have set at defiance all the world, and lived in Washington for two years at an expense of only SBOO per year. He had a wife and several children, rented a little house out beyond the boundary somewhere, and economized at every point Neither he nor his family cared anything for appearances. His wife astonished the House one time by nursing her baby in the members’ gallery. Again, she conquered the cravings of its juvenile appetite in the rotunda. About that time another Greenhacker, this one from the Southwest, found a place down in the southern part of the city, near the old canal somewhere, where he had to pay but S2O per month for rooms, hoard and attendance. There are none of these rigid economists lu this Congress. Even Mr Holman, who has made such a reputation for his economy of the public moneys, boards with his family at a hotel, where his expenses cannot be small Some of the members who have not their families with them club together in pairs. Two Virginia members have a suite of rooms between them, and for the suite, with board, pay $55 eaeb. Members generally find that their board aud rooms cost for themselves alone from S6O to S2OO per month. They have opportunity to spend much besides, if they have a mind to, in theaters, drives and dinners. One thing mem bers have to contend with is that women who have rooms to rent expect to get more for them from a Congressman. One of the New Jersey delegations got the better of these speculative landladies by representing himself as a government employe, as he conceived himself to be. In this wav he got l is rooms at the price paid by ordinary folks and found himself very comfortably fixed. The average landlady, however, can tell an M. C. on sight, and would not he victimized by any subterfuge of this sort. Members who have their families find it much cheaper to keep house. Mr. Glover, who has no family, adeps this plan, not, however, for economy’s sake, as he lives alone in a fine house on Connecticut avenue. There are about only thirty members who keep house. W. L Scott lives in considerable style in one of those handsome stone houses on K street, near Seventeenth, built by ex Governor Shepherd. In his earlier career Mr. S. S. Cox lived in a very modest suite of rooms, near the Capitol. Later be lived in his own house, on Dupont circle, which he sold for $50,000 cash just before he went to Turkey. He is now at the Riggs, but expects to build a home near the one he sold. Mr. Mitchell keeps a fine establishment on Dupont circle, and lives very expensive ly, the size of his salary as a Congressman not being taken into consideration, as he is very wealthy. The New York and New England men generally board at one or the other of the first-class hotels. Ben Butterworth keeps house in Le Droit Park. Camp bell, of Ohio, keeps house on Connecticut avenue. Senator-elect Daniels keeps house in the fashionable northwest. The Speaker always boards at the liiggs, and Morrison is at Willard's everv session. Mr. Randall keeps house on Capitol Hill. So do Messrs. Barbour, Dunn and C. R. Breckinridge. Messrs. Burleigh, Curtin, Fisher, Eustace, Gibson. James, Ketcham, Wilson, Stone of Missouri, and Swope all have establishments with home comforts around them. Perry Belmont, like Mr. Glover, has the comforts of a house of his own, without the pleasure of a famiiv. Ilia house is in the fashionable part of the city, on Rhode Island avenue, at the corner of Seventeenth. Davenport keeps house also. Pindar, Matson, Singleton. Springer, Viele, Thomas B. Ward, Wellborn, Cutcbeon, Gay and Lanham are happy in home comforts Most, if not all, of the other members live in rooms or at some of the many hotels. Rooms are the rule.

HE IS THE ONLY ORIGINAL VERITAS. My name is Veritas. I write for the papers. I am quite an old man, and have written many kindly words of advice to the press for many years. I am the friend of the public and the guiding star of the American newspaper. I point out the proper course for a newly-elected member of Congress, and show the thoughtless editor the wants of the people. I write on the subject of political economy. Also on both sides of the paper. Sometimes I write on both sides of the question. When Idoso I write over the signature of ‘‘Tax-payer," but my real name is Veritas. I am the man who first suggested the eulvert at the Jim street crossing, so that the water would run off toward the pound after a rain. With my ready pen—ready and trenchant also, I have, in my poor, weak way, suggested a great many things which mieht otherwise have remained for many years unsneeested. 1 am the man who annually calls for a celebration of the 4th of July in our little town and asks for some young elocutionist to be selected by the committee, whose duty it shall be to read the Declaration of Independence, in a shrill voice, to those who yearn to be thrilled through and through with patriotism. Did I not speak through the columns of the press, in clarion tones, for a proper observance of our Nation’s great natal day in large gothic caps, the Nation’s starry banner would remain curled and the ereased pie would continue to frouch iu his lair. With the aid of my genial co-workers, ‘‘Tax-payer," “Old Settler," “Old Subscriber," “Constant Reader,” “U L. See," “Fair Play” and “Mr. Pro Bono Publico." I have made the world a far more desirable place in which to live than it would otherwise have been. My co laborer, Mr. Tax-payer, is an old contributor to the paper, but he is not really a taxpayer. He uses this signature in order to conceal his identity, jnpt as I use the name Veritas. We have a great deal of fun over this at our reeular reunions, where we talk about all of our affairs. Old Settler is a voune tenderfoot who came here last spring, and tried to obtain a livelihood by selling an indestructible lamp chimney. He did well for several weeks by going to the different residences and throwing one of his glass chimnevs ou the floor with considerable force to show that it would not break. He did a good business until one day he made a mistake. Instead of getting hold of the exhibition chimney, he picked out one of the stock and busted it beyond recognition. Since that he has been writing articles in violet ink relative to old times,and publishing them over the signature of Old Settler. Old Subscriber is a friend of mine who reads his paper at the hotels while waiting for a gratuitous drink. Fair Play is a retired monte man, and Pro Bono Publico is our genial and urbane undertaker. I am a prolific writer, but all of my work is not printed. A venal and corrupt press at times hesitates about giving currency to such fearless, earnest truths as 1 make use of. I am also the man who says brave things in the columns of the papers when tha editor himself does not dare to say them, because he is afraid be will be killed. But what recks Veritas, the bold and free? Does he flinch or quail? Not a flinch; not a quail. Boldly he flings aside his base fears, and with bitter ntuperation he assails those ha dislikes, and attacks with resounding blows bis own personal enemies, fearlessly signing his name, Ver*

itas, to the article, so that those who yearn to kill him may know just who he is. What, would the world do without Veritas? In the hands of a horde of journalists who have nothing to do but attend to their business, left with no anonymous friend to whom they can fly when momentous occasions arise, when the sound advice and better judgment of An outside friend is needed, their condition would indeefl be a pitiable one. But he will never desert us. He is ever at hand, prompt to say, over bis nora de plume, what he might hesitate to say over his right name, for fear that he might go home with a battle of Gettysburg under each eye and a nose like a volcanic eruption. He cheerfully attacks everything and everybody, and then goes away till the fight, the funeral and the libel suit are over. Then he returns and assails the grim monster, Wrong. He proposes improvements, and the following week a bitter reply comes from tax-payer. Pair Play, the retired three-card monteist, says: “Let us have the proposed improvement. regardless of cost." Then the cynical U. L. See (who is really the janitor at the Blind Asylum) erumbles about useless expense, and finally draws out from the teeming brain of Constant Reader a long, flabby essay, written on red-ruled leaves, cut out of an old meat-market lcdeer, written economically on both sides, with light-blue in& made of bluing and coid tea. Thig essay introduces, under the most trying circumstances. such crude yet original little gems as: Wad some power the giftie gie us, etc. He also says: The wee sma’ hours ayont the twal. His essay is not so much the vehicle of thought as it is the accommodation train for fragments *of his old school declamations to ride on. But to Veritas we owe much. I say this because I know what I am talking about; for am I not old Veritas himselt? Haven’t I been writing things for the papers ever since papers were published? Am I not the man who for years has been a stranger to fear? Have I not again and again called tne Congiessraan, the capitalist, the clereyman, the voter and the philanthropist everything I could lay my tongue to, and then fought mosquitoes in the deep recesses of the swamp, white the editor remained at the office and took the jredit for waiting what I had given him for nothing? Has not many a paper built up a name and a liPel suit upon what I have written? And vet I am almost unknown. When people ask, “Who is Veritas aud where does he live?’’ no one seems to know. He is up seven flights of stairs in a hot room that smells of old clothes and neglected thoughts Par from the “madding throng,” as Constant Reader has so truly said. I sit alone, with no personal prop ertv but an over-woraed costume, a strong love for truth and a shawl strap full of suggestions to the overestimated man who edits the naper. So I battle on, with only the meaeerand fleabitten reward of seeing my name in print “anon,” as Constant Reader would say. All 1 have to fork over to posterity is my good name. B ll Nye.

The Emergency Drawer. Scottish Agricultural Gazette. Tn every household there are occasional, in some frequent, calls for bandages, court plaster, vaseline, etc., and it is the exception where it is easy to lay the hand instantly on the thing wanted. Os course it is in the house; but where? And much valuable time is often spent in the search. The way out of the difficultv is simple, and has proved a daily blessing where it has been tried. * The “emergency drawer”—The name is a fitting one—is 3S well known as the China closet, and the youngsters often run to it and annly the simple remedies themselves, often tying up a cut almost as well as their elders. The drawer should be centrally located, to be easy of access, and should alwavs contain the following articles: Vaseline, court plaster, adhesive plaster, rolled bandages of different widths, soft cloths for mustard plasters, old linen and some cotton wool. The adhesive plaster can be bought in spools of ten yards each, of different widths, and will keen indefinitely. The bandages are made of soft, old linen or cotton, or if these run short, cheese-cloth wnl do nicely, it being used by many surgeons as a stand by. To make them, cut or tear the material into long strips—five yards is the professional dimension—and from half or three quarters of an inch up to three inches wide, which will do for anything. Double over about six inches at the end. folding again and again until it can be doubled no longer, and on the core thus obtained roll the rest of the strip hard and smooth, by placing it on the knee and rolling with the right hand while the left holds the goods. Any one who has once used these for dressing even the simplest wounds will appreciate their convenience. The children enjoy rolling them on rainy days or dull evenings. Too Much to Rear. Omaha World. Dora: “Oh! you darling! And so you and Mr. Apolloare engaged?” Nellie: “Yes; isn’t it lovely?” “See here. N**llie. Mr. Achilles has been coming to see me night after night for a y- ar and hasn’t said a word yet. and I don’t lieve he is a bit more bashful than Mr. Apollo.” “He couldn’t be, dear, if he tried! But I am afraid, Dora, you are too bold with him. Bashfil men can't stand boldness, you know. It 8 ares them.” “I’m sure I’ve done my best. N *llie. not to let him know I like him. B it. dear me! Mr |Anollo hasn’t known you more than three months. How did it happen?” “Well, last evening I praised you. and praised you. and praised you. and praised you. until 1 e said he believed every word I 6aid. and thought you were just the loveliest—and then I threw myself on his neck and cried. It was too much —to even think of the possibility of his liking anyone else 1 couldn’t bear it. Could you? And then after that, somehow or other, everything got fixed right, and he’s going to bring the ring this evening.”

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