Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1889 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, uANUARY. 2, 188:;.

J1XUARYMAGAZIXES. In the Jsnnary Harper Gen. Lew Wallace's historical drama, "Commodus," is, of course, the leading feature. Everyone will read it and form his own opinion, Taut all will agree that it is a vivid presentation of an episode of history, showing close study of the time and its character, and that it is an admirable piece of literary vrork. As to its adaptability to the stage, views may differ. Probably the experienced actor would insist upon some changes and omissions; for instance, the passage following the decapitation of Cleander on theground that the exhibition of an apparently detached head would not please a modern audience. Curiously enough, the work, as it now stands, suggests that some "cntting" has been done by the author, possibly a portion of Act 5, showing in closer detail the course followed by Matcrnu after his fntrance to the city. Several other very interesting contributions are found in this Ti umber, notably, au account by: Commissioner McCarthy, Dublin, of the condition of manufacturing industries in Ireland and the effect upon them of England's legislative interference; also, a paper by Archdeacon Mackay-fcmith on 'lhe Clergy and the Times." This deals "with the state of religion in tho United States and the consequent problems presented to the churches. The lirst chapter of a serial story by Constance Fenimore Woolson, entitled Jnpiter Lights," is in that author's best stylo. A verv disagreeable short story, evidently baseu on a news1aper tale that goes the rounds periodicaly, is "Isabel's fctory," by Annie Porter, a newnamo in magazine literature. Other contributions are "Tho Beaver," by H. 1. "Wells; "Comments on Kentucky," by Charles Dudley Warner; "Colloquial EnSlish," by Trof. A. S. Hill: "Russian Ironzes," by Clarence Cook; "Modem Amotenr Photography," by F. C. Beach, and "The Ancient City of Wisby," by W. W. Thomas, jr. The two last-named articles are profusely, illustrated. Popular Science Monthly, for January, tontains four illustrated articles. These mre "The Guiding Needle on an Iron Ship," "House Drainage from Various Points of View," "Sea Lions and Fur Seals" and "Inventional Geometry." A paper which should attract the attention of educators is entitled "The Sacrifice of Education," and is a protest by leading English educators and scientists against the abuse of the examination system in the schools. The nature of this protest is indicated by tho following quotation: . It cannot be too often Insisted on that elimination is a pood educational servant, but a bad master. It is a uneful instrument in the hand of a teacher to test his own work, and to know how far hi pupils have followed and profited by his teaching. Jiut it necessarily exerts a fatal influence whenever it is made or such importance that teachers simply conform to an external standard, lose faith in themselves, sink Into the position of their own text-nooks, anrt jtfve but little of their own personality to their work. It is true that it is neeeessary to test the work of teachers; but it is not neeetary, for the purpose of doin.tr so, to take the whole soul out of the teaching. If examinations are to be defended on the ground that they teat the efficiency of teachers, then we reply that other and - better ways of doing this are to be found, and nmt be found. admit quite frankly that they can only be found and pursued at the price f some trouble and experiment on the rart both of parents and those responsible For the condnct of teaching; but irtrouble, and thought, and experiment are to bo pared m this jrreat matter, we had better at once resign the hope of attaining any moral and Intellectual results of real value from what we are doing. Scribner begins its third year with tho present January issue, and as it began fullfledged it certainly presents no signs of juvenility now. There are six illustrated articles in the number. The first describes "Castle Life in the Middle Ages," and gives a very clear idea of existence in what now seems a period" of romance, but what was doubtless often a wearisome and prosaic existence. The railway scries iscontinned, the present installment relating to "Kail way Management," being written by Gen. E. P. Alexander, president of the Central railroad of Georgia. The line of responsibility and duty, from the president to the track- ' "walker or switchman, is outlined with remarkable clearness and precision: for tho lirst time making plain to a general audience the workings of a most complex organization. Among tho things explained are the handling of trains, involving the making of time-table? and the work of the. train-dispatcher, imperative rulesf or avoiding accidents: how freight and passenger rates are made, and how tho earnings of a road are calculated. A gracefullv-written paper is "The Invalid's World' by A. B. Ward, author of "Hospital Life" in preceding numbers. "The Luck of the Bopans," by Sarah Orne Jewett, is somewhat out of that writer's usual run, but it is none the less effective. It makes a valuable addition to temperance literature. Among other contributions is a character study by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, entitled "Odd Sticks." . The January Book-Buyer (Scribners) contains a portrait and biographical sketch of Mrs. Mary Ma pes Dodge, editor of St. Nicholas. Arlo Bates, in his Boston letter, telli of the curious difficulty experienced "by literary people in that very literary city. The number of persons who write," ho gays, "has become so large, while Boston is so small Hhat one cannot helpknowiug most of them, that it is coming to be about all one can do to read the works of acquaintances; so that I had much sympathy with the man who said to a novelist here, tho other day: T am awfully disappointed, old fellow, that I can't read your new story, for I hear it's very good; but I've had to make it a rule never to read a book by a man I know, and I don't dare to . break over it. If I began, you know, thercd bo no end to tho thing.' The position was somewhat novel, but it can be seen at ouco that it has its advantages. It at least eaves one from experiencing tho unpleasant sensations which I heard a clever woman describing with much vivacity lately. I do hate to read books whose authors know the people I do,' she said. 'I am constantly seeing traces of our common acquaintances fo that the characters, instead of possessing any individuality, are a combination of scraps, and odds ami ends, so that the mental effect of tho whole is confusing and irritating.' " The December Wide Awake, just issued, Is very properly labeled a holiday number; not so much, however, because the contents have a Christmas coloring, as that the contributions are so man and so varied in character. It is what ought to be called a double number. Among the stories is a charming one by John Strange Winter, and another by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Margaret Sidney, whoso historv of tho 'Five Little Peppers" a roused such interest in the mind of her readers some time ago, has resumed her account of their doings under the title of -Fiv Little Peppers Midway." A serial by J. T. Trowbridge is begun in this number. Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont tells a story from her own experience that partakes on what is commonly called the supernatural, but which phe introduces with the simple remark that the circumstance, now a mystery, will one day be explained and the fact doubtless reduced by science to useful practice. Tho subject of "Cooking in the Public Schools'' is considrred by Mrs. Sallio Joy White, and the result of the experiment m Boston declared to be entirely satisfactory. Other contributions in prose and verse make up a number which promises well for the coming year. Outing has come to be recognized as an authority ou athletic sports, and for this reason its series of papers on "American College Athletics" will be read with special interest. The first paper appears in tho January number, and relates to Harvard University. Football being a game that is growing in popularity, Walter C. Camp's "Hints to Football Captains" is a timely contribution. Other articles are "Snort Past, Present and Future," "Mask and Foil for Ladies," "Fast Ice-yachts," "Mr. Perker's Hear," and a pleading story entitled, The Breaking of Winter 'ZX . Fifth avenue, New York. St. Nicholas for January opens with a fairy story in vers, with many illustratrations. Mary Hartwell Catherwood's stories for young people have always the charm of a happy ending, and harrowing s The Bells of Ste Anne" may be, in the

middle of the tale, the readers may be sure that the troubles will be properly untan tried before the last chapter is closed. Mrs. Bromett's "Little St. Elizabeth" reaches the end with the second chapter and leaves that fortunate little maiden busy and contented The "Boutine of tho Republic " by Elmund Alton, is a series of articles showing the nature of tho different departments of the government in a manner easy of comprehension to childish readers. The S resent installment treats of the Presient's duties. "Waiting for Santa Clans" is an amusing Christmas play by Eudora S. Bumsteart. Blanche Willis Howard and James Whitcomb Kiley contribute verses. "Dress," the magazine devoted to reform in women's attire, and to giving publicity to Mrs. Annie Jenness Miller's ideas on the subject, is enlarged and greatly improved in its t3'pgraphical and artistic features. Tho illustrations now represent attractive garments, and will doubtless commend themselves to womankind where the most enticing descriptions would not prove effective. A feature of the January number is a sketch bv Mrs. Gertrude Garrison, entitled. "Mrs. Appo's Story." It is a truly harrowing account of the miseries of having "nothing to wear." LONG STREET ON THE SOUTH.

His Glowing Tribute to General Harrison and Friendliness of the North. Chattanooga 8pecial to St. Louis Globe-Democrat. At a banquet given to-night by the Young Men's Republican Club of this city the Hon. H. Clay Evans, Congressman-elect from this, the Third district of Tennessee, read the following letter from General Longstreet: "Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 30, 18S8. Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Younj? Men's Republican Club of Chattanooga, and Comrades: Twenty-five years ago I commanded one wing of an army near here that trained hostile guns on 'this city. It was then a mere straggling town tf a few thousand residents, but two great armies contended for the prize on account of its strategic importance. Now behold a great city, whose tall factor' chimneys piercing the sky are gigantic mile-posts marking the wondrous progress you have made and teaching the beautiful lesson that "Peace hath her victories. No less renowned than war. "Chattanooffa is tho center of pioneers of the new South and being one of the lirst cities, if not tho first of any size in our section, to elect a Republican Congressman, pledged to the protection of American labor and American industries, she has blazed out a path to industrial supremacy that her sister cities would do well to imitate. I say you have elected a Republican Congressman, and say it advisedly, because I rejoice to learn you have a Governor who will not seek by fraud or technicalities to cheat or stifle the popular will, but that he will issue the certificate of election to Mr. Evaii9, whom the people chose at the ballot-box; and our party has that courage tc seo that Mr. Evans and every man fairly elected shall take his seat. If there were more Bob' Taylors in the executive chairs of tho Sothern States there would be less complaint about a suppressed vote. Chattanooga is a grand object lesson of the benevolent effects of a protective tariff. Had it not been for tho Morrill tariff7 of lb(Jl, with its strong protective features, your flourishing city might have still been in its swaddling clothes instead of tho vigorous specimen of robust municipal manhood that gladdens the eye of the laborer and the capitalist. It may be taken for granted that men who have the sense to amass wealth have also sense enough not to risk their investments among a people, who are unfriendly to their interests; andwhero a community yearns for free trade, it is but natural that labor and capital should give that community a wide berth. Nothing is so timid and cautious as capital, and to get it in your midst it must feel that it is safe and welcome. Thousands and millions of dollars are locked up in government bonds or hoarded up in bank vaults, that would be gladly released from its prison bounds and seek the fertile tields ami rich mineral lands of tho sunny Southland if the conditions were believed to be favorable. Two recent events in our midst will conduce to this end. "1. The heroic action of the Birmingham sheriff in defending his prisoner against mob violence, and (2) tno visit of the Birmingham delegrtion to General Harrison. The one showed the world the supremacy of law and order, and that lynch law will soon be a reminiscence only with us, and the other was notice to the Bourbons that their party shackles are broken, and that hereafter men will have tho moral courage to proclaim their real principles and vote their honest convictions in defiance of soeial ostracism, not affrighted by the snook of negro domination. I trust that General Harrison will meet with no factious opposition from the Scuth, for our people owe nim more than we now can discern, so close are wo to the smoke of the battle of tho 6th of November. "The approval of Mr. Cleveland's policy would have been tho calamity notable to our section, for it would have retarded our industrial growth and arrested the development of our material resources. Although General Harrison will not get a single electoral vote from the South, yet history will record that tho Southern people received greater benefits from his election than those States that voted for him. Wo trulv have only infant industries, needing the fostering care of tho government, to save us from destructive foreign competition, and already the evidences are accumulating of the revivifyingand stimulating effect General Harrison's election has hau on our business interests. To paraphrase an old quotation: 'Some people are born prosperous; some achieve prosperity; and some have prosperity thrust upon them And the last can be truly said of us, as we are to be saved in spite of ourselves. I have rwently seen our honored President-elect, and while in Indianapolis I met many gallant Union veterans, and I want to declare to our people that these brave, noblo men have no malice or ill-will toward us. Gen. Grant said, 'Let us have peace When .Tubal Early's guns could almost be heard on Penns3'lvania avenue in Washington city, and with Lis own life in peril, Abraham Lincoln declared: Ve must not be enemies; let us be friends "And in the spirit of those two immortals, and responding to the fraternal feeling in Indianapolis, let our old bo3Ts in gray meet General llarrison on half-way ground, and take the outstretched hand of tho patriot and statesman, and co-operate with iiim in his efforts for the upbuilding and the glory of our common country. Help him anil hold up his hands, that he may bo the stronger to help. Jas. Longstrket." m . A Conjurer's Remarkable Feat. San Francisco Examiner. I saw a remarkable conjuring trick performed by a Parseo on a voyage from London to Calcutta. He was a small landowner, traveling for pleasure, and had taken up conjuring for an amusement. He asked for a rupee; we all inspected it; it was a genuine rupee. Then he gave it to a gentleman to bold, and asked him to think of a country in Europe. After i moment's pause the gentleman who had held the coin said he had thought of a country. Then open your hand," said tho juggler. "See what you have got, and tell me if it is a coin of the country you thought of!" It was a five-franc piece, and our friend had thought of Franco. He was going to hand the coin to the Parsee, but the latter said: "No; pass it to another sahib." As I happened to be the nearest the live franc piece was handed to me. I looked closely at it. Then, shutting my hands, thought of America. When I opened it I found a Mexican dollar. T)iU I handed to the gentleman on my right, avIio in turn thought of Uussia, and, on opening his hand, found a Kussian silver piece in place of the Mexican dollar. The juggler performed several other tricks during the voyage, but they were of a commonplace kind, and in no way comparablo to the coin trick, which I have never seen equaled. Divorced Without Her Knowledge. New York HeraM. A wife may be divorced without knowing it, and for no wrong on her part. Do 3-011 doubt it? Here is an actual case. A man induced his wife to go to Europe, representing that it would be more economical for her to live there, and that the advantages for educating their daughter would be greater. After she had gone he applied for a divorce and obtained it without her knowledge or consent, and even while they were in correspondence as man and wife. He then married another woman. N When a man of familv finds himself attacked by a violent cold, it is his duty to relieve tho anxiety of his wife and children and Mek a remedy immediately. Dr. Hull's cough Syrup. costs only .I5 cents a bottle, and a fw doses will give instant relief.

AFRICAN CANNIBALISM.

A Soldier's Gruesome Experiences in the Congo Free State. Mem phi Avalanche. A Haussa soldier famed Alakai, in tho service of the Congo State, had a thrilling experience a while ago, which. Captain Coquilhat says, is one of the most dramatic incidents that has come to his notice in Africa. He was one of the three soldiers whom Captain Hanssens left at the mouth of the Aruwimi to man a little station which Hanssens established there. The Captain steamed away, leaving these three men alone among the worst cannibals in the Congo basin, and several months later Alakai told Captain Coquilhat this story of what happened; "The chief of the village' he said, "told Captain Hanssens that he w ould protect us as he would his own children, lie asked tin not to leave tho villa sje. as ho could not answer for what his neighbors might do. Uo prudent he said. Several days passed quietly, and then, about noon ono'day. several of the villagers asked my comrades to go with them over to an island to fish. I opposed the excursion, but it was no use, as itrhtlall returning fishermen touched the shore, but I did not see my two comrades among them. x earing treason, I bid myself in an abandoned hut. Soon after a fire was built near the place where I was concealed, and after a while I could smell the odor of cooking meat. I believed they were roasting the flesh of my friends, and the thought filled me with horror. I crept out into tho darkness, and, lying in the tall grass, I could see everything that was going on at the lire. Large pieces of meat were roasting over the coals, and soon the cannibals took out of a large jar two human heads, which I recognized as those of my comrades. Many men were laughing around the fire, and others were attending to the cooking. "I crept away in the grass and hid in the forest, but did not go very far from tho 15asoko villages, for 1 hoped that 0110 of our steamers would conle there before a gTeat while. For a week I lived on roots and wild fruits, and a little raw manioc that in the night time I took from the iields. In about a month I was discovered by a woman, who was looking for medicinal plants. She gave the alarm, and I was seized, taken back to the village and delivered tothechief who had made the alliance with Captain Hanssens. When I was alone with him I told him ho had a terrible account to settle with tho whites for what he had done. Tho chief said ho was not responsible for tho death of mv friends, for if thevhad followed his counsel they would have been safe. He told me that if I would promise to tell the captain mv friends had been accidentally drowned, bo would protect me. I promised to do so. The chief put a guard over me, but did not contine me, and for some weeks I hoped to escape tho fate of my friends. "Then the people of the village went to the chief and demanded my body for a feast. It is useless they 6aid, 'to hope to satisfy tho white man by restoring to him only one of his men. Since we have, killed tho other men it is better to make away with this witness of the act For days the chief refused to give me up to his men, but I saw at last that he was certain to yield to the solicitations, which were becoming more and more pressing. m So I seized an opportunity one dark night to take refuge a second time in the forest. Believing then that our boats would not reach tho Aruwimi again for three or four months, I buried myself in the interior. Not daring to approach the fields, I no longer had manioc to eat, and my strength diminished day by day. "After living in great misery for over three months, I cautiously advanced toward the villages. One day I heard the pulling of a steamer. It was the missionary vessel Peace. I went down to the bank, but the steamer was far away, and did not see mo. I saw tho white men take some villagers on board, evidently to get some news of us. The natives said, without doubt, that wo had gone away, for they were soon released, and the steamer went on. "Some of the natives, who at sicht of the vessel had fled into tho forest, discovered me, and I was again pounced upon, and this time I was closely guarded. I heard them say that I was too thin to eat, and that they wouldn't kill mo just then. After my frightful privations I was nothing but skin and bone. They fed me all I could cat, and I could not resist my appetite. As I had no exercise and Jived -on.ths fat of the land, I rapidly increased in llesh, and in a few weeks I was regarded as In lit condition to eat. I saw them preparing the manioc and tho beer for the feast. I felt that my last hour was approaching. On the afternoon of tho day when I was to be killed, my arms were tied behind me. The sun was still high, when all of a sudden we heard a great noise in the village, near the Congo. 'The Arabs are coming.' everybody shouted, and the men seized their spears. Tho women and children hurried off into the woods. Presently the Arab slavers came near enough to pour, a volley of shot into the town, and tho men took to flight. In the midst.of tho retreat the Basook said I ought to bo taken along, and a warrior was assigned to this task. AH the others disappeared. My guard stepped into his hut to get his shield. Seizing this unexpected opportunity I leaped, tied as I was, into the neighboring bush. Tho man hurled himself after mo, but just then the Arabs burst into the village and the warrior turned and fled. I stuck my head out of the thicket and the Arabs saw and seized me. They thought I was a Basook, but I shouted, I am one of Stanley's men I bore tho tattoo mark of the Haussa, with which they were familiar. They unbound me and I was saved. A few days later Captain Von Gels appeared with his steamers, and I was turned over to him." The Haussas are natives of the Soudan, many of whom have served in the Congo State as soldiers. When Alakai was restored to his fellows they boro him around on their shoulders and bad a great jubilation. Captain Coquilhat says he was fat and sleek, aud laughed heartily when he spoke of the good nourishment the cannibals had given him during tho last month of his captivity. JOHNSTON AND IJERDAX. The Conversation That Passed Betweeu a Confederate and a Union General. Washington Correspondence Globe-Democrat. As General Joseph K. Johnston passed through a corridor of the Interior Department yesterday ho was hailed by a friend and introduced to a tall gentleman with gray mustache and military air. Tho tall man, who was presented as "General Berdan," cast a scrutinizing glance upon his new acquaintance and asked: "Is this the great General Johnston?" "Well' responded the ex-confederate chieftain modestly, "I don't feel that I can apply anv such distinction to myself." "lie calls himself the Minimum Johnston," put in the friend who had introduced tho two military men. "and says Albert Sydney Johnston was tho maximum of that name." "But excuse me," persisted General Berdan, "1 ask in all seriousness. Remember, I have been out of tho country most of the time for twenty-five years, and I have "lost the 11m of our distinguished men. I ask seriously, is this General Joseph E. Johnston!'' The ex-confederate had to admit that ho was the identical individual named, and General Berdan continued, as he grasped the other cordially by tho hand: "I am truly delighted tonieetyou, General, for I admire tho man who has the eourago fr light for his convictions. If I had been in your place, or in tho South, I Would have fought with you for your side." "And," replied General Johnston, "if 1 had been situated and surrounded as you were, I would no doubt have done my lighting on your side." "Certainly, certainty," returned General Berdan; "it is alia matter of education. I say again, I am delighted to meet 3011. During the war I tried hard to get to you, and on one occasion I succeeded in creeping pretty close, too." "I am glad you didn't get any closer' interposed General Johnston, who was of course familiar with General Berdan's record and exploits as a sharpshooter. The two old soldiers exchanged recollections of war experiences for half an hour, and parted with a mutual promise to see more of each other. Dr. Uryilon's Escape Recalled. Tall Mall Gazette. One of the most terrible, as it is also one ft the most thrilling, tales that history has to tell is recalled by the announcement, in the Scottish patx'rs, of Miss Kdith Bry don's marriage in Inverness Cathedral. Tho lady's father was tho famous Dr. Brydon. of the Afghan massacre of January , 1842 the one survivor who, wounded, aud faint, and weary, after a most perilous ride, reached Jellalabad to tell General Sale tho piteous story of what had taken place in the Khyber pass. They were if, 000 or,

much pleasure had been promised the men, and so they went away with tho lishers. "A little after ni&ht'fall the canoes of tho

counting women and children, !00V who set out from Cabnl on that ill-starred journey, and be was the only man who had escaped. Between the dark crags of tho Jugdullak the murderous Afghans had their fill of blood. Tho death-trap ran with tho gore of soldiers, camp-followers, women and children alike. Dr. Brydon alone escaped. A LEGEND OF IHJLL RUN.

How a Locality, Made Historic In the Late "War, First Acquired Its Name. Washington Tost. The name of Bull Run is famous, not only throughout the length and breadth of America, but all over the civilized world as well. Who has not read or heard of tho battle most picturesque, if not most important, of the great civil war foucht in the neighborhood and along the banks of that historic stream? As to the Bull Kun mountains, where the "run" takes its rise, twenty miles from the battlefield to westward, they are nofeven thought worthy of a place in'the general maps of Virginiamuch to tho indignation of many young students of geography who have grown up, as also tho writer of this sketch, under their shadow; but the legend to be related cave the name first to these wooded slopes which afterward descended (in two senses of the word) to both field and stream. About 150 years ago, as the story runs, when this hilly inland part of Virginia was first settled, one of the farmers in the neighborhood owned a wild and tierce-tempered bull, which, escaping one day from its narrow home quarters, roamed off and finally withdrew itself into the dense thickets of the mountain. Mr. Man tradition has not preserved the owner's name, so for convenience' sake we will follow tho example of Uncle Kemus and call him Mr. Man was sorely vexed at the loss of his valuable animal; lint that was not the worst of the matter. The bull became a terror to wood-cutters, to hunters, to nut-gatherers in the forest. The mountains are still densely wooded and lonely enough in many places; then the tree-shadows and ivy thickets were, of course, denser and more formidable. Along the foot of the range (called in those days the Broken Hills), and well upon the slope, ran a cleared road much traveled in muddy weather, when the lower-level highways were well nigh impassible; very convenient on this account, though not free from lurking fears of bears and wolves occasionally peeping, hungry-eyed, from the bushes. And now to the terror inspired by these native gentry was added tho terror of the bull, his natural fierceness increased in freedom and solitude. How much of this awe was owing to his hollow and hideous roar, echoed and re-echoed from the ravines where he lurked, is uncertain, but it is said that much real mischief was done by the redoubtable beast. His glaring eves threw even those of tho bears and wolves into amiable contrast. Not a few people were badly gored by the long horns, or trampled under the sharp, ruthless hoofs. Terrible rumors of the danger were spread abroad, and it was decided that the enemy must bo got rid of. All talk of catching and retaining him was now out of the question. Many attempts on his life had been made, singlehanded, without avail. At last, a bright winter's day was appointed for a general hunt, and the neighbor folk from far and near, on both sides of the mountains, with Mr. Alan at their hea4 and all the dogs that could be mustered at their heels, met together for a combined attack on the bull. The hunt began at earlj morning; the bull was slain near sundown. The sturdy settlers, mounted ou equally sturdy farm horses, and well armed with blunderbusses, pitchforks, handspikes, and such-liko weapons, made up a formidable array against which even his bullship felt instinctively that his horns would not avail him. He took to his heels, was chased up hill and down dale, through the darkest recesses of his mountain fastness, by dogs and men, surrounded and finally killed. We are inclined to think that Mr. Man must have been rather a stingy fellow. Tho bull was fat and fine, and the meat not to bo despised. Therefore the skin was quickly talcen off and the carcass cut into quarters. Then, had he been generously disposed, it would have been easy enough to cut it into smaller pieces and divide it among tho hunters, to be carried home by each at saddle-bow as a part of the supper they must have earned so good a relish lor. "Whether it was offered and declined we do not know, yet the sequel would seem to point to the contrary. Tho bull had been "chased down the mountain several miles from tho home of Mr. Man, its owner. It was then almost dark. Sending by one of his neighbors an order that an ox-cart might be sent early next morning for tho beef, Air. Man hung the four quarters up in a tree, bade his departing comrades good night, started a fire for the double purpose of cooking his supper of beefsteak and keeping off the wild animals, wrapped himself in the still warm and smoking skin, turned inside out, and laid down to repose. Now, as the story goes, a cunning thief made his appearance ou the scene, mounted ou horseback, for the end of stealing tho meat. Whether he was ono of the hunters returned, bent on playing a prank as well as taking what he considered himself partly entitled to, we do not know. He saw tho quarters of meat hanging in the tree, the hide rolled up in a bundle on tho ground; but no Mr. Man no solitary watcher aujwhere in sight. To let down the pieces of beef one by one, to drag them into a hollow hard by and cover with leaves and brushwood, all this was the work of some little time aud trouble but the thief accoraf dished it unmolested. Then ho turned lis attention to the hide. If he guessed what was wrapped up inside lie did not allow that to interfere with his ingenious plan for carrying it off. The blood-smeared bundle was not a nice thing to handle or carry on tho horse cither before or behind him; he tied the tail of tho bull to tho tail of his 6teed, mounted and started; the horse plunged, kicked, shook the hido f rco in a moment from around tho man inside, and set off down the mountain at a rattling pace. As for the feeling of Air. Man when he found himself tumbled so uncivilly out upon the stones, when, rubbing his slumber-dimmed eyes, he looked in vain for tho beef, hide or the cunning rogue who had spirited them away concerning all this there is nothing in the legend, nor is anything said abound the tiuai disposal of tho beef. Whether it was divided among the hunters or eaten in secret by the .rogue is all uncertain. He must have boasted of bis rucccss or somehow let it out. At anv rate, the outline story of tho famous "Bull Kun'' not Bull's Kun, as sometimes wrongly written has lingered about the neighborhood for successive generations, and is still given to account for the name of the mountain, stream and battle-field. THE AUSTRALIAN BALL TEAM. .Dining" and "Wining" Too Much, for the "Colts" The Trip Itound the World. Ballarat Special to New York Herald. To-day the base-ball teams have been resting, or, at least, endeavoring to rest from the fatigue of travel and play. Though thero was no game yesterday, the visitors were subjected to such a round of dissipation that when they went to bed last night they were tired out. Anson's rule that the men of his team shall be in bed every night at 11 o'cloek has not obtained during the trip either on board ship or on Australian soil, and, consequently, when the lads wake up there is oftentimes a bad taste in their mouths and a dull feeling in theirheads. They have been "dhied'' and "wined" so much on tho present trip that it is no wonder their playing has been 'rocky" at times. The formal announcement that the teams will make tho tour of the world comes several davs behind the intelligence imparted through the Herald, for President Spalding informed me quite awhile ago that lie had no doubt whatever tho trip could and would b made. The only thing that has been bothering him is the lateness of the arrival in New York. Hurry as fast as the teams will, thev can't get back to tho Unitefl States before the beginning of the ball season, and by that time the constant travel, together with seasickness and tho absorption of a certain amount of hitherto forbidden liquids, may have a wearing effect upon Anson and the other "colts," who are relied upon to take the pennant of 1SSD to Chicago. it is expected that by the time the two clubs get back to the United States the people of the world will have, a higher opinion of America than ever before, this prediction being based upon the enthusiasm with which the Australians have, received the American ball-players and tbe respect with which the latter are regarded throughout this mighty island. I highly recommend Salvation Oil. It has done, more for my wife in one night than physicians have accomplished in years. Sbo suffered terribly with pains in her back and elsewhere. YV e wouldn't be without it. Fkcd A. Sciiulze. 613 Wc6t Fayette street, Baltimore, Md.

A COLORED EX?Dl's Negroes Reported to Be Leatlng: tbe Black' Belt District of Alabama! Special to St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Alabama is considerably stirred up jnst now over tho tremendous oxodusof negroes from the black belt. Recently .published facts and lignres on this subject , have proven a revelation to the people at large, and there has been some effort to conceal tho real state of things. Railroad agents, also, have been ticketing thousands of negroes to tho West, and enjoying what they call a soft eni in this particular branch of passenger bnsiness. and do not want tho truth to get out because it will bring about some aharp competition from competing lines of railroad for the rush of negro immigration westward. The black belt of Alabama is so called from its broad acres of rich black prairie lands. The belt extends entirely across the State, east and west, to the boundary lines of Georgia and Mississippi. In the ante-bellum days this black belt was the richest and most prosperous section of the entire State. It was owned and tenanted by wealthy cotton planters, who rode in tine carriages behind fast horses, made their negroes work, and lived like lords. Then, but never since then, the black belt blossomed like the rose. After the war, when the slaved went free and values wero depreciated, the whites turned their faces to the cities and towns, and left the agricultural interests of the country to the colored citizens aud 111 the hands of negro renters and tenants, and the magnificent prairie plantations have been going to the dogs. Now the negro is moving westward. The GloboDemocrat correspondent had a talk, yesterday, with a black-belt land-owner, who said he had not .been able to get negro laborers on his place, and feared he would have to turn the fields out to grass. From one neighborhood in the lower edge of the prairie country forty families of negroes of all ages moved out last week and were ticketed to Texas. Most of tho negro emigrants are going to Texas, and some of them to Louisiana and Mississippi. An agent of the Alabama Midland railroad is here, to-day, trying to get up some negro laborers to work on that road, which is now in the course of construction from Rainbridge, Ga. He was first to Rullock county, but an emigrant agent had been ahead of him and shipped all the surplus negroes to Texas. A Democratic G uess. Chicago Times. After the 4th of March, 1SS0: Grover Cleveland, president of eomo big corporation. Thomas F. Bayard, president of a frnitcanning establishment in Delaware. William C. Whitney, retired capitalist. William Endicott, colporteur aud life-insurance solicitor. Mr. Garland, pension solicitor. Mr. Vilas, president of the W isconsin State fair. Mr. Dickinson what will become of Dickinson, anyway? Secretary Fairchild, at the head of some New York bank. Colonel Lamont, editor of a Democratic newspaper in New York city when ono 6hall liave been established. . 'o Gentleman. Critio Lounger. An eminent New Jersey lawyer, in thanking a friend for an invitation to attend the opening of the new Museum of Art building on Tuesday of last week, regretted that ho was a slave to his profession, and had no leisure for gentlemanly recreation. "My condition," ho added, "often reminds me of an old chestnut respecting a connection of mine, the famous lawyer of fifty years so, David R. Ogden. He began his profession in Newark, and at a time when that city was the resort, for law, of the Dutch farmers of Old Bergen. Ogden was a very genial but rather careless man, friendly with everv one, but in early life rather disdainful of 'appearances. The old Dutchman said: 'We like that 'Squiro Ogden. Ho is no gentleman!' " Mrs. Bliffers Sees Bargains. New York Weekly. ' Mrs. Bliffers (reading) "An elegant winter wrap, the latest Paris style, can now be bought, for $75." Mr. Bliffers (greatly interested) "Does it sav anything about the price of overcoats?" Mrs. Bliffers (looking over tho paper) "Let me see. Oh, yes; hero it is. Go to. Cheap John's celebrated misfit emporium for an overcoat, elegant garment, price 3, worth $8. Also, freshly assorted stock second-hand goods, slightly soiled, neatly patched, 3. Dear me! How cheap things are now-a-days. Just think. A wrap for me and an overcoat for you can be got for TUTEWILER, UNDERTAKER 72 West Market Cyclorama Place Telephone 218. DAVTS-Little Emma Van, only child of William E. Davis, of congestion of the Iuns, Monday, Dec. 31, at 1:30 A. ., aged one year and ten month?. Funeral Wednesday mora In , ct 10 o'clock, from residence, 235 Blake street. Friends Invited. "WANTED AGENTS. "TTANTEP MEN TO TAKE THE AGENCY OF our safes; size, 28x18x18 inches; wcipht, 500 pounds; retail price, $3o; other sizes in proportion. A rare chance and permanent business. Thee sale meet a demand never before supplied by other safe companies, as we are not jrovernel by the safe pools. ALPINE SAFK CO.. Cincinnati. O. "lrANTED AOENTS WE WANT A MAN f with good references, to represent ns in Indiaunapolis and surrounding country. To a pood man will give the exclusive agency for sale of our Automatic Roll-paper Cutters. Party handling specialties preferred. AUTOMATIC ROLL PATE It CUTTElt CO., 170 Kaco St., Cincinnati, O. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED LIVE MEN AND WOMEN TO ENpace in an easy, paying business at homes: can work daytime or evening and make 60c to fi per hour; pure thing; sample and complete instructions sent for 10c Address World Supply Company, Kutland, VL FOK SALE-REAL ESTATE. TOR HALE ELEGANT FIVE-ROOM" COTTAGE J? and lot, 38x137 feet, Broadway, near Ninth street. Price, f 1,750: small cash payment; balance monthly, like rent. For particulars see CIIAS. BLYTJ1K, 3S 1-2 East Washington st. JESIDENCEPROPEIITV-SOUTIIWEST. Two-story frame, nine rooms: stone foundation and sidewalks; large stable; lot 60x120; Iron fence in front; natural gas in use. Improvements three years old. Fronts south, being at the north end of another street. This is the most desimble residence property in this part of the city, and the cheapest in any part f.1000. GREGORY & APPLE, ! East Market street. EOi; SALE-MISCELLANEO US. B ICYCLES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. AT II. T. HEARSEY'S, 147 N. Delaware St. FOB KENT. F OR RENT-ROOMS WITH STEAM POWER. Apply at Uryce's bakery. IX)R RENT ROOM FORM ERLY OCCUPI ED BY ' Hart, tho English tailor, No. 63 S. Illinois st. ANNOUNCEMENTS. fPIIERE WILL RE A MliETINOOFTIIE X stockholders of the Indianapolis Building aud Ian Association at their olilce, 72 East Market street, Hatunlay evening, Jan. 12, IW, to pass upon amendments to by-laws. W. A. RHODES, Sec. FINANCLVL. 1 FINANCIAL-ROBERT MARTINDALE & CO., . Loan Autnts, 62 E. Maiket st. ONEY TO LOAN PER CENT. HORACE MCKAY. Room 11. Talbot & New's Block. 174NANCIAL MONEY ON MORTGAGE, FA RMS : and city property. C. E COFFIN fc CO. SIX PER CENT. ON CITY PROPElYIN IN. illana. ISAAC II. KIERSTED, 13 Martindal Block. Circn nnnT loan at band i percent. 0JU WUUALEX. METZGER. No. 5 Odd -fellows Hall. N. E. cor. Washington and Pennsylvania. A f ONEY TO LOAN ONFARMS AT THE LOW. aVL est market rate; privileges for jwyment bfom iiu. We also buy municipal bond.. TliOS. C. DA Y fc CO., 72 E. Market St., Indianapolis. ELY'S fJATA 6 1,0 0 0 Kfe aw mav. vrmrAV mi R .&J? IS W.ORTII suffering from C A Not a T A R R II Ju3 Liquid or Snuff. AY"FVR A particle i applied into each nostril and in agree able. Prtc .W at dmrirtsts; by mail, registered. 60c ELY BROTHERS, M Warren u, New York.

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