Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1890 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER V 1890. r;

DEMOCRATIC "GALL.

How It Is Exhibited in 1 tat Party's Claim to Be the Friend of Labor and of the Soldier. To the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: There is no other word in the English language which bo fnlly expresses a certain kind of effrontery as this comparatively modern slang term, "galL" It is more than a mere synonym, for it embodies within its little compass of four letters all the. hitherto known words implying eQrontery, imimdence, presumption, assurance, "cheek," and a score of others, no one of which alone, would be entirely competent to take its place. Yet this term, comprehensive as it was thought to be, has acauired a still more forcible signification by association with the adjective, as above; but we may reasonably hope that in "Democratic gall" it has reached its most extreme meaning. I have been led into these reflections by reading some of the claims which Democratic orators and editors advanee in their pleas to tho voters of this country. These claims are indisputable evidence that there U no gall like Democratic gall. 1 have observed the course of tho Demneratio party for forty years, and to me, a well as to thousands of others who nro acquainted with tho history of that pnrry. this exhibition of unparalleled and mi Mime assurance would be more a matter for amusement than for anger, were it not for thefact that there is a yonnger geut-ration of voters who have grown up since our country's escape from the bondage of the Democratic Egypt. One of theso claims, and the one most ' persistently harped upon at the present time. is. that the Democratic party is the friend of the laboring man. I make the a.s-rtion, and defy successful contradiction, that the Democratic; party has never I ceu the friend of the laboring man; nay. more, that in all its past it has been tho persistent and consistent enemy of tho interests of free labor consistent, at lvst. in its actions, however inconsistent may have been its pretensions. Indeed, in its earlier history, when it was m control of the affairs of the country, it made no pretensions to be the f nend of labor, but contemned and insulted it by epithets and oppressed it by unjust laws. Who were its leaders! Men, tho tenets of whoso creed was that labor was a thing without soul, to be bought and sold with as little compunction as tho tields in which it toiled, a thing to be kept in ignorance lest the God-given spark might be ignited, and the man refuse to be the chattel. Whence did it derive the strength which gave it the power to clog the wheels of our national progress for half a century t From the men who classed the free white laborers. North and South, as beneath their negro slaves. Trne. the party had its followers among the free laborers of the North, but its strength was in the slave oligarchy of He South. And now let me ask the Northern Democratic laborer, who has served under it, and believed in it for forty years, what has the Democratic party ever done for you as a laboring man? Like a huge devil-fish, it reached out its tentacles to snatch the homestead from free labor. It cast the unpaid labor of its slaves into the scale against you. It made you the hunter of its fugitive slaves escaping from a bondage but little worse than your own. You say this was the result of slavery. I sav that the Democratic party is a result of slavery, and since 1652 they have been only different names for one and the same thing. When did the Democratic party assume this virtue this love for the laboring man! Not until the free labor of the North had defeated it. first at the polls and then on the field of battle. Then, like a death-bed repentance, came its pretended reformation. But "there can be no repentance without sorrow for sin." It does not repent; it does not claim to have reformed, and therein lies its gall. It does not say that it will hereafter be the friend of the workingman, but with brazen assurance it declares that it always has been. The effrontery of this claim is equaled only by its.pretension to be the friend of the soldier. But there is no now generation of soldiers to be deceived. The boys of 1861 to 1865, who stood between the rebels who shot bullets in their faces and the copperheads who fired slander and abuse at their backs, may have forgiven, but they will never forget. Many brave and true men who had affiliated with the Democratic party before it tore off its mask entered the Army, but they did it in spite of the apeals of their party leaders. And there ax? old soldiers, gallant men, some of them bearing the scars of battle, who still vote the Democratic tlifcet, for, like the followers of the Veiled Prophet, they know not th deformity that lies behind the veil. But the great ma jority of the soldiers have seen, and they know. Death closes the door of the sepulcher in the face of censure. With the dead leaders of the copperhead Democracy in Indiana let history deal. But there are thoso who still live whose actions are fair subjects for criticism. Some of these men are now prominently before the people, passing as the soldiers' friends. It is but a repetition of the Democratic gall exhibited in their claim to be the friends of labor. The cases are exactly parallel. As long as they had the power they were the soldiers' open enemy, but since the cause of the Union is triumphant and these treasonable demagogues find themselves in the minority, they suddenly claim, not only that they are now the friend , of the soldier, but, with an impndence bef ond the power of adjectives to qualify, hat they have always been their true and loyal friends. However, it is, perhaps, due to the Democratic party to say that this inconsistency, only exists in Indiana and a few other (States where the soldiers hold the balance of power in elections. In the rockribbed, reliably Democratic States the true Democrat is a consistent Union soldier hater. To the soldiers I would say we have no way of judging of the future but by the past. Remember the past, and trust not this Democratic death-bed repentance. To the laboring man: Study the history of the two parties. Learn which has been the friend of labor and which its enemy; then your own good judgment will decide which it is to your interest to support. II. O. Lee. GnrxhiiELD, led., Sept. 30. PENSIONS FOR VETERANS. Residents of Indiana and Illinois Whose Claims Have Been Allowed. Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Original Invalid James Drought, Terre Haute; Marion D. Ilunton, Rising bun; Henry Brunncr. alias Henry Welling, Lookout. Increase Asa B. Bugher, Epaon: Elijah T. Pmith, Uarper; Charles A. Bratton, Caaon; Isaac Vanness. Cory: Edward F. Oreen, Centerville; James Oarrell, Royalton; John R. Powell. CanBel ton; Adam Moore, Woodland: Band Culver, Auburn; Henry O'llarrow, Exchance; Andrew Golden, Harmony; Benson Mayfleld, Sullivan; James Hall. Lexington: William Banta. Curveton; Jshain Benetiel, Klwood; Asa Bron, Knox; Cato To well, Lebanon; William Duff, Monterey; Alexis S. Bron. South Bend; John AL Thompson, Webster; Madison O. Benchain, Mouticello; Frederick C. Bennett, transport; Nicholas Anway, liock vllle: Thomas i'assmore, Annapolis; Jeremiah Iutter, Angola; David Bender, Keudallvide; Richard W. Nichols, Marion: Mark W. Haines, North Grove; Sampson Griffith, Coffee: John Wine, Modoc; James (iooirieh, 1'rlnceton; James H. Dugberty, Washington; Lewis J. Bailey. Indian a poll?; Eras t us fccudder, Mark land; Adam Mauet, Kokomo; Joseph I. Cuuixnlngs, Harlan; Joseph R, M. Tugs, Rushvllle: Ell O. Newman, Mishawaka; Henry tUver, Mattsville; Thomas W. Williamson, Lancaster. Joseph U. fccroopmiere, Holton: Lucas Diggs, Lavrrenceburjr; 8ilas Goodrich, Orland; Frank Wirthvlne, Fltda; Tfcna. J. Deford, Lopausport; Joseph Homaher, Hope; William Arm el, Fittsboro; Martin V. bcott, Spencer, James A. Casel, Greeneastle; James Iitt, Portland; Henry Brown, Moore; John F. Crisp, Evansville; John H. linn, Dana; Wru. Fisher, Tipton; Win. F. Wathen, Washington: Jos. F. Labille, Cannelton: Nathaniel Katun. Richmond; Conrad Smith, Wluamac; Daniel Crackbaujrhm, Portland; Ralph Ashley, Lylei; Robert Hall, Pan Pierre; Xaver 8trohmerer, Hunticjrburfc; Hiram Lee, Faoll; Win. II. Stafford, Auburn; Thomas Richardson, New Harmony; Asbury II. Fieldinr, Glenwood: Andrew T. Morris, Franklort; Georjro Wendlinjr, Max; John D. Story. Angola; James Addington, IUdtfevlIIe; James Mallett, North Vernon; Marion D. Smith, Indianapolis; Benjamin F. Harden, Ftraughu; " Abram Ellis, Metea; Edward Rorf, Tobinsport; Benjamin Campbell, New rfellsville; fciamucl I Blair, WLUelanu; Absalom Clark. Flint ore; Jabez Wiley, Evansville; Nathan Hammel, fctockwell Ketasue Geo. W. Lampkius, Bloomlncrton; J as, F. Wood, Fortland; EnuU C. Kelley. Windfall. OririnaL Widows, Etc. Annie K., widow of Dlllard A. Frew in, Indianapolis; busan, widow ot John C. Boyer, Towers. TO RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS. Increase Thomas Nolan. Batesburjr; Win. W, Fen ton, Cainey; Joshua EllluRton, Peoria; Win. Talbert, Carthage; Win. Love, Etna; John 15. eiiberlia?. Decatur; John A. Martin, Coleta; titliua X. Wlmbrow, fchawnectowu; UenJ. F,

Bowman, Murpbysboro: John Shannon, Arrenta; John F. Helm, FitUtleld; Jonathan 11. Maun, Chester; John R. Wau'h, Eninjiham; Noah Joseph, New Castle; Adonlram J. Bates, Dnrand; James L. House, Hamletsbur?; Reuben Batchelder, Casonvla; Charles Sprajrnc. I'lainfitld; Win. Cyrus. I'oor Towerhill; Willis Berry. Cuba; Garret Wall, Casey; Kphraim Reeves, Boyleston; John 6pry, Cuba; Geo. H. Sweet, Chicago; Stillman Stolp. Aurora; Edwin E. Beed, Oregon; Js. W. Holderby. Barry; Sairucl Klrkman, Ed wards; Wm. J. Ellis. Mount Vernon; Robert Johnson, Robinson; Henry G. Stebbins, Chicago; Emanuel DeTritas, pr!xurfieid:Yia.O. Anderson, Galatla; Phi Ion C Wnidden. Chicago; Emanuel Eversole. Del Rey; Isaac C. Johnston, Peoria; Martin Neylon, Piainvlew; Ievy Lay, fcliupson; Philip 8, Arnett, Spring Hill; Lafayette Men. Peoria; James Butts. Litchfield; John W. Coats, Mount Vemon; Lafayette Mataler, Fairfield; Wm. Chapman. Willow Hill: John Jaun, Olney; Ezekiel T. Hayes, Marseilles; Madison Terry, Dunuoin; John Pickett, Beardstown; Simeon Covey, Poplar Grove. Reissue Levi Cox. Hardin s vllle. Original, widow Sophia, widow of Alex. MoColl, Kankakee, MAKING CHAMPAGNE

How the Genuine Wine and Its Various Im- ' Itatlons Are Manufactured. Chicago Tost. The difference between an imitation and a genuine champagne? Well, hrietly stated it is this: A genuine champagne is a blend of the most perfect white wines made from different grapes. No one grape by itself will make a perfect wine one variety makes a wine perfect in all respects bat one, lack of body" or richness; whereaa, another variety produces a wine of full body, bnt imperfect in eomo other way. Blendins these two wines would result in a more perfect article, which illustrates the idea of blending wines for champagnes, the most perfect of all wines. Sometimes as many as ten different wines are blended together before the cuvee is considered near perfection, as in the caso of the genuine champagne produced. This blend of high-grade wines completed, the curee it is then known as a cuvee remains in large vats for age for a time, varying from eighteen months to three years, tho average being about two years. It is then drawn off into bottles, corked and, after being placed for a few weeks in a celler kept at a temperature of about 70 degrees to start fermentation, the bottles are taken to one somewhat! cooler, and remain there f ermentingf or two years ormore. During this year the natural sugar in the wine is transformed into alcohol and carbonic gas. and the albuminoids precipitated to the Dottom as sediment. The breakage of bottles from overpressure of gas during the two years is one of the. many expenses connected with the business. It will rnn from 4 per cent up to 23 per cent. The genuine article from California averages in breakage, 1 am told, about 16 per cent., which means that out of the 1,000.(00 bottles fermenting in the cellars there at all times. 100,000 are broken and the. wine, bottles and labor lost. This confined gas crivea the snarklinc nualitv to tho wine. At the completion of this period the bottles are all placed in racks with the corks a own or sur pointe, as it is caiieu to allow the sediment to form compactly on the cork. For two months they are given a quick turn daily to assist the sediment in becoming compact. The men who turn the bottles are very expert. They use both hands, and average 20,000 bottles per dayeach. When the sediment is hard and compact under the cork and the balance of the wine clear "or candle bright, work men skillfully release the cork, which tliea out. and with it comes the sodiment and a little wine. The latter is replaced by a liqueur to give the v " sweetness, and then a new cork Is put U . the bottles cap ped, labeled and placed in cases, and in a few months aro ready lor sale, imsisa verv complicated and expensive process, and the capital involved Is large. No returns are had until after four or live years. Now, observe the delightful brevity of bliO llivvoa ui AAA A n i u tuu lull ltblUV fsw wine. Some ordinary California white wines are secured and, perhaps, a pretense of blending made, and the "blend7' then "fixed" by some chemicals to keep the wine from rebelling and becoming sicklied o'er with a muddy cast of countenance at the nnnatural method which follows. The blend is run into bottles during the same hour or week, the wine first passing through Conner cylinders such as are used in charg ing ordinary syphon soda, where it has most of the life shaken out ot it in an at teinnt.to force artificial life into it in the shape of gas made from tho action of acids on marble dust. Perchance there is a soudcoq of lead besides gas in the wine by the time it is forced unceremoniously into a bottle and then ouickly corked r.nd wired. owing to contacts with numerous soldered joints in cylinders and pipes. Hut the wine is in a. revengeful mood, and an imitation champagne maker as a rule doesn't mind such a little thing as a soupcon, even if it happens to be lead, to go into some un fortunate's stomach. There are e xceptions to this, of course.- This is all done quicker than a wink, I might say, and in a lew moments tho wine which was ordinary Cali fornia white wine yesterday or a minute ago goes forth under a neat capsule and a fancy label as California champagne, and presumably genuine champagne made after the French method. The cost of these wines cannot be over 4 a case, and they aro sold from about 811 up to $25 per caso to innocent purchasers, who imagine they are se curing genuine stuff'. There can bo no objection to a gas wine it it be sold as such and not disposed of as the genuine article at a profit of from 800 to 000 ner cent; that is, if they contain nothing injurious to health. It is a shame that the reputation made for the genuine champagne of California after nearly thirty years of constant effort and study should be dragged down ny toe innumerable abominations which take ad vantage of the good name made for the genuine article. In France there are stringent laws com pelling makers of imitation champagne to label their products as such, borne time we will have such a law here I trust. Until then and it has ever been thus these human birds of prey which fasten them.selves to the creations of legitimate effort will be found as usual at their old stand. PIIIATE AGAINST PIRATE. Coal-Dealer Who Tried to Get the Better of a Lawyer to Ills Sorrow., Chicago Post. , Alexander Morphy, son of the late distinguished crown prosecutor for Ireland, is a young attorney to whose skill many a wrong-doer owes his confinement behind the bars, and who. despite his lacK ot years. was made a member of the Parnell commission. discharging his duties with great credit. Upon the death of his father he severed his connection with her Majesty's government, packed up his belongings and came to Chicago to practice, fcome of his conservative friends predicted that, because oi his lack of ex perience with the business methods of tho West, he would meet with an ignominious failure. 1 he following tale, related in the Palmer House, by a well-known retail coaldealer, shows that for an inexperienced young man Alexander Morphy did quite well: "One of my teamsters, about ten days ago, was sent with a load of coal to the West Side, but for some reason ho deliv ered the coal to Alexander Morpby's resi-" dence instead oi tne one ior wuicn it nau been ordered. But as Morphy's servant signed the receipt without noticing the error tho man departed, and wnen ne re turned noon learning his mistake the coal was in the cellar. The mistake was reported to me and, instead of sending a bill for the coal to Murphy, 1, fautvina that because of the mistake (Mor phy being a lawyer) he might claim that he did not care for tho coal, not having ordered it. and perhaps charge me storage should I stfnd for it. took tho. bill myself. This afternoon, having thought out a scheme to forestall the attorney, I called on him and told him I wanted his advice. " 'Is a man who uses a load of coal that has been delivered to bis house by mistake liable for the prico of the coalr was what 1 asked him. Certainly.' Morphy replied. "'Then said I. triumphantly, taking the bill from my pocket ana laying it Deioro him. 'mv man delivered a load at your res idence and there's the bill. It is S3, and I will thanlr vou for the money.' "Did it knock him outf Did Kllrain knock Sullivau out! Not a bit of it. Morohv didn't even smile. He bowed, said 'certainly wrote something on a piece of naner. which in a moment he handed me. and aeked me if he should receipt it. It read: Chicago, Sept. 23, 1900. . i to Alexander Morphy, Dr. For lejral advice $10. a told him I'd send him a cheek, took my leave and his bill, and have been wearing on tiie seat of my trousers with my hoot-heels ever since." Exc ept Indiana. Juflge. Mr. Cleveland is still carrvine the Demo. era tic conventions of the Kepublican States.

TOM MARSHALL'S TRIUMPH.

His Beady Wit That Took au Old Lawyer Off His Guard and Won His Case. Chicago Mad. "Heard a arood storv vesterdav." said Lawyer Case to several of his brother attorneys during a recess in the course of a trial a lew days ago. They were sitting in Judge Tuley's court-room and conversing socially. on a variety oi topics when Case sprung hit story. "Let's have it," was asked as the others edged close up to the story-teller. "it s about lorn Marshall, that brilliant and gifted Kentucky lawyer who flourished in the time of Henry Clay. The story may do a chestnut, but I never beard it but onco. "One dav an old friend of Marshall's cot into some sort of trouble out in the country and he was hauled ud beforo the nearest - justice of the peace an old fellow who barely knew enough to make out a peace warrant, lint what he lacked in legal knowledge he made up in dignity and well-carried-out pomposity. Liko most all ot these minor courts, there were eeveral shysters who made the place their rendezvous. Among them was an old rooster who talked of Chitty and Hlackstone as familiarly as though he had known them all his life. "Well, when Tom Marshall got into the county town he proceeded at once to the court-room, and there took up tho case for his friend, and astonished tho court with his clear reasoning, lie was very young at the time, and the old shyster who was pitted against him grow indignant at the etirontery of such a youngster assuming to oppose him. " Your Honor ' he said. afterTom had fin ished his argument, your Honor, in Kent, page 207. you'll find that the Supreme Court has held that the very self-saute evidence which I have offered is thoroughly nroper. though this young man from the city assumes to deny it. I have practiced law before he was born, and am thoroughly conversant with the many intricate points involved in the matter at issue. The Supreme Court has held, I say, that the evidence I have offered is admissible, and in reference I quote you Kent, page 207.' "V ell, Tom knew that the old fellow had no ground for his citation, and that, in fact, there was no such case beforo the Supreme Court. He had not brought his lawbooks with him, nor did the old justice have anything but the statutes. It would not do for him to refute the shyster with out an authority, for tho court would not believe him. lie could readily see that the justice was impressed with the shyster, and that he himself was looked upon as a presumptuous young snob. After a mo ment's thought he brightened up. and, ris ing, he bowed politely to the old shyster and said to the court: 'My learned old friend is correct in his citation. I know that there was such a caso beforo the Supreme Court, for I myself was engaged as counsel for the defense. Hut he does not go far enough. The case was appealed and the Court of Appeals reversed then decision of the Supreme Court, holding that the evi dence as introduced m tho case was clearly inadmissible "This couo d etaton Tom's part fairly knocked the old shyster out. He knew he bad lied in his quotation, but had depend ed on Tom 'a ignorance to let his alleged authority go through. Hut he was not prepared for Tom's' ready wit. He fairly raved as he jumped to his feet and cried out, 'It's a lie. Ihere was never any such a case before the Supremo Court, and I lied when I quoted It and you lied when you said the Court of Appeals had reversed the decision "The old instinA ctaw atictpv at. IiAlntr 1m. posed on. and not only did he decide in M' ir. i. x " i. j; i ii -ii ivui iuaiauuu a lavur, uui 110 uiiuu mu uiu shyster for contempt Marshall never for got tho episode, and it was always a source of great delight to him in narrating it to his friends." ON THE KANKAKEE. A River with Many Charms for Those Ac quainted with Its Secrets. Eraleen tetxj, In Lafaystte Sunday Times. Of tho Kankakee river itself the travel er's ileeting glimpso from the bridge, is tantalizing in its brevity; for the stream is one of singularly enchanting beauty. Indeed it would bo difficult to fancy a more aiiuring iairy iann man tne exquisite reality of bud and blossom, of earth and water, of airy sky and crystal imagery, that lie between the banks of the Kankakee in the midst nf the mid. summer, lor half a hundred miles above., and below San Pierre it Hows through an almost unbroken wilderness. Ou either hand, wherever the swampy ground is suffi ciently hrm.it isiringed by a lordly forest, in whose shadowy depths tall elms and lindens tower in all their solemn primeval beauty, while down by tho water's edge, among the delicately indented foliage of the river oaks and maples, the silvery sheen of birches and tender green of water willows, the wild marsh mallow Hushes to blossom in masses of rosiest pink, and thrusting their way far out into the current, thickets of button-bushes dangle their soft balls of iyory bloom. The river itself is of the most marvelous trans parency: and so perfectly,;; does it mock all things above and about it, so akin to reality is its tremulous underworld, that to one floating upon its surface thero comes the strangest fancies; keen thrills of delicious airy freedom, of winged buoyancy, such, perhaps, as the birds may feel as they poise in the heights of mid-heayen. And yet, notwithstanding this limpid clearness. there everywhere plays through the water a faint elusive tinge of amber, so betraying the slight tincturo of iron that lurks within it. and that gives to it a truly Midas touch. Indeed it has so bronzed and gilded and overlaid every tiniest sneii. every peublo and grain of sand, that tho current seems literally to flow through more priceless treasure than did ever any fabled stream of Grecian story. And when the yellow sunlight filters down into its depths, to lookfinto the river is like peering through a gigantic crystalwindow. btatned m hues oi indescribable richness and beauty, and wrought with fantastic devices of fronded river-mosses, of long, silvery grasses, with here and there a little turtle, or a shoal of shining fishes, and far, far down, between the intricate tracery of this strancelivinadecoration. thero twinkle up bright glimpses of a delicately reflected sky. WORKMEN'S INSURANCE. Bismarck's Pet Scheme Has Several Annoying Strings Tied to It. Chicago Tribnne A recent dispatch from Berlin stated that vast preparations were being made for the coming in force of tho workmen's insurance act Jan. 1. It stated also that a movement was on foot to postpone tho act and revise it. many among the industrial and other classes being doubtful whethar it will bo much of a beneht in its present shape. From the stand-point of the American workingman this pet measure of Bismarck would seem a little ineffectual, and ho would not be inclined to exchange for it the rolief he receives now from his union or the benevolent society to which he belongs. The German law makes two classes of pensions for old age or for infirmity. To be entitled to the first it is necessary to have been a contributor for thirty vears before reaching old age. which begins at seventy-one. I he contribution vanes from 12 cent to 3 cents a week. When a man has paid for 1.410 weeks ho becomes en titled to a pension varying from $27 to 34 per year. To get an "infirm" pension, which varies from 27.50 to S29 per year, the weekly con tribution must have been paid for a proba- ' . A? -v.- " . nonary term oi uve years, or weeks, counting forty-seven weeks to the vear. A man struck down by illness or accident after he has contributed for a year under the law may still have his pension if he can prove that for four years prior to its going into force he was in some service or eninlovment specihed by the law. So. too. if he reaches seventy -one before he has completed thirty years of contributions ho can make good the missing years by reckon ing in his years of labor prior to lsOL But, in addition to his contributions, the workingman mnst accumulate a formidable stock of certificates. lie must be able to show that since he was sixteen he has been in an employment entailing the obligation of paying insurance and possessed of sufficient capacity for work to earn at least ono-third the average wages of an ordinary laborer of tho class. Theso he must get either from the police or parochial authorities or in the shape of attestations by the different employers in whose service ho has been, these last needing tho certification of some public authority to give them validity. In this country, where workinginen are more on the go than in Germany, it would tako much of a man's time to Keep his certificates in order. Then to meet tho caso of interruption of regular labor by sickness or accident, military service, or employment in callings iutu at thoso of brick-layers and masons.

which do not afiord work through the year.

another set of certificates comes into play. If tho disablement from work was duo to brawling, drunkenness, or bad living, tho workingman has to stand the loss. Thus the local authorities have to certify con cerning the work, age, health, behavior and wages of workinginen. ihis will keep their hands full. i TOE STORY OF A FAMOUS PLAT, The Part Two Illunders Played in Founding a Great Fame. ? Kansas Citv Star. A boy named Dion Boucicanlt, born in Dublin of a French father and an Irish mother, went to London in 1S40 to try aud shift for himself. He was seventeen years old and his purse was lean, but he was full of pluck. Otherwise he would promptly have given up his plan of earning a living and a reputation as a dramatic author. He went to live in a back attic in company with his ambition, his paper and pens and his books. His books consisted of some ehowy volumes won as prizes at college, a lot of French novels, "Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary." a Shakspeare and a collection of Cumberland's edition of the London Stage." From this humblenookthe boy sent forth, less and less sanguinely as the months went by, manuscript plays to managers and actors. Ho had adopted the pen name of "Lee Moreton," considering it liner than his own, perhaps. Itsorved him in good stead just once. Madison Morton, the playwright, author of Box and Cox and other successful pieces, was in the heyday of his popularityhe is still living, by the way, but got out of the harness long ago. Charles Mathews, the great comedian, was managing Covent Garden theater. Mathews and Morton were friends, and it was the most natural thing in the world that when the actor recived a manuscript one day marked 'L. Moretou." he should, in a hasty glance, read "M. Morton" aud sit down to read the piece. Mathews was, as all successful actors aro, deluged with the ambitious works of aspiring and unknown writers, and be usually turned tbem over to his subordinates for a preliminary reading, which usually meant for refusal. The manuscript which Mr. Mathews was, by this hapjy accident, beguiled into reading, was a farce entitled "A Lover by Proxy." It pleased him mightily. Promptly sending word for Morton to come to him at once, the actor started in to re-read the piece. Presently the boy Boucicanlt came to his door, presented a card bearing tho name, "Lee Moreton," and was promptly shown in by the servant, who. confused by the similarity of names, thought he must be the person his master was expecting. Mathews was laughing over the farce when tho trembling boy was admitted. He looked surprised when he saw that bis visitor was a stranger, and kindly explained how the servant's mistake must have happened. The young fellow, frightened half to death in spite of the actor's gentleness, said he had sent in a one-act play some .weeks before, hoping that Mr. Mathews would have time to look it over, but Yes, dozens of such works came in weekly, said the actor; no doubt Mr. Planche or Mr. Hartley bad looked itoverand ticketed it to be returned to the author when called for. He would have it looked up. Boucicault. his heart in his boots, wjfs on the threshold, leaving the room, when he chanced to say, "the name of the farce is A Lover by Proxy." "What!" exclaimed Mathews. It was tho farce he held in his hand. He called tho boy back aud there was a long conversation in which the lad, overcome by the actor's eneouraging words the first gentleness he had met; in London burst into tears. He told all about himself, including his real name. Mathews advised him to drop the pen-name and stick to his own, advice which he immediately resolved to follow. But the farce would not do. Mathews did not want a farce If he were shown a five-act comedy upon thesame lines and preserving a similar role for him, it might suit him. So tho boy Boucicault went away, filled with new hopes, and the actor promptly forgot all about the matter. J list four weeks later Boucicault surprised Mathews by, appearing before him with his farce expanded into a live act .play. March 4, 1841, that play was produced and before the evening was over, the boy, in a stupendous happiness that tilled his heart like misery, was dragged out upon the stage and presented to tho vast audience which, in its delight over the success of the new piece, was vociferously calling for the author. The name of the play was, and is, "London Assurance." V BITTKN UY A GILA MONSTER. The Only 3Ian Who WZver Had that Experience and Lived. San Francisco Chronicle. A few months ago tho news that Walter L. Vail, a cattle-dealer, had been bitten by a Gila monster in Arizona and miraculously survived the accident, was telegraphed all over tho country and much discussed at the time. Mr. Vail is at preseat in the city, and was seen by a Chronicle roporter yesterday. He is a middle-aged man, and has every appearance of a tried frontiersman, with iron nerves and indomitable courage. "Yes, I guess I am about tho only man who had such an experience with that horrible specimen of monstrosity known as the Gila monster, who has lived to tell tho tale," said Mr. Vail, when asked to tell the story. "Some months ago," said he, "I was riding on horseback over, a cattlo range about twenty-threo miles from Panetella Station, in Arizona, in company with three other fjentlemou, when 1 saw one of these nglyooking monsters crawling along. I dismounted, determined to kill the brute, and clubbed it over the head with a stick until 1 was convinced that life mnst havebecomo extinct. I then tied it with string to my saddle and rode on. Pretty soon I wanted to make sure that the string had not broken and that the monster was still where I had tied him, and for that purpose reached backward to feel for bim. I became at once convinced that he was there, for he was still alive and took hold of one of my fingers with his jaws. Of course, having lived many years on the frontier, I knew well that the bite of a Gila monster was considered deadly, aud, to tell the truth, was badly frightened. I called my companions, and. when they learned what had happened they were even more frightened than I was. All that time the hideous brute held on to my finger, and it took fully three minutes before wo could pry his iaws open with a wedge , so that I became liberated. "Some one in tho party tied a string around my linger and another around my wrist to stop the circulation of the poisoned blood, and 1 took a big swallow of whisky, not as au antidote, but as a stimulant. Everybody in the party expected to see me die right there, but I made up my mind to live, if possible. I mounted my horse and started on atwenty-three-niilerideto Panetella Station, and I tell you it was a ride for life. I made thoso twenty-three miles in i'ust one hour and twenty-five minutes. 3y the time I reached Panetella my back and my legs began to pain. I felt like a man who was under tho influence of a strong current of electricity, and stifle red greatly. Au engine for which 1 had telegraphed on my arrival arrived at the station about an hour after I had reached it, and I was conveyed to Tucson, a distance of twenty-eight miles. Medical science saved my hfo, but not nutil I had passed through ten days of intense Buttering.". Mr. Vail also stated that he had received communications from all over the world since the publication of his adventure, and that scientists, specialists and physicans have repeatedly requested full particulars of his case. Some Recipes. Preserved Grapes. Squeeze the pulp of the grapes out of tho skins. Cook the pulp (a few minutes) until you can press it all through a sieve. K eject the seeds. Add a little water to the skins, and cook until they aro quite tender. Then pnt the skins and pulp together; measure, and to each pint add a pound of sugar, and boil fifteen minutes. Grape Juice. Select not too Tipe grapes and put them into an agate preserving kettle with one pint of water to every three quarts of fruit, and slowly bring to a scald, stirring them occasionally. Then dip out into a cheehe-cloth bag and drain over night. Strain the expressed juice through another bag and add sugar to suit the taste; then bring to a boil, skimming frequently, and seal in heated glass cans like fruit. This is pure, uuferinented wine suitable for communion wine. It is also recommended by medical men as an invaluable and nnstimulating tonic. . Other fruit juices for flavoring and beverages can be preserved in the same way. Preserved HlpeMuskmeion. 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Genuine only "with JnstusyonLiebig's signature as shown. soft inside. Lay the fruit in strong salt and water for three days, then aoak in fresh water until all taste of the salt is extracted, changing the water twice a day. Scald the slices in alnm water, and drop in cold water. Let them stand all night Wipe and weigh thein. Make a syrup of one and a half pound of sugr to each pound of fruit. Let it boil up. strain hot over the melon, and let it stand until morninff. Have ready for each pound of fruit half an ounce of white ginger, soaked and sliced very thin, and mace to taste. Add to the syrup. Put the melon into it and boil until it is clear. Season with extract of lemon. Put in jars and seal closely. Spiced Cantaloupe Divide the cantaloupe (which should not be overripe) into small strips; remove the seeds and rind. Weigh these pieces and to each seven pounds' allow four pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar, half-ounce of ginger root, one teaspoonf ul of ground cloves, two teaspoonfuls of ground allspice, two teaspoonfula of cinnamon and a half-tcaspoonf ul of ground mace. Put the vinegar and sugar on to boil in a porcelain-lined kittle. Mix the spices and 'divide them into fonr equal parts. Put each part into a small square of muslin; tie loosely and throw it into the. sugar and vinegar. The sDices must be put And tied in the muslin, so that there isnot the slightestdanser of their coming undone, but must have sufficient room to swell. Wiien the vinegar and sugar is hot add the cantaloupe; cover the kettle and bring the whole to boiling point; take from the fire and turn carefully into a stone or earthen jar; cover and stand in a cool place over night. Next day drain, all the liquor from the cantaloupe into a porcelain-liued kettle; stand it over a moderate tire, and when boiling hot pour it back over the cantaloupe. The next day dram and heat aa before, and do this altogether for nine consecutive days; the last time boiling the liquor down until there is just enough to cover the fruit; then add the fruit to it; make it scalding hot and put it into jars or tumblers for keeping. It is not necessary to hermetically seal spiced fruit. If it is properly prepared it will keep for years in a stone jar with paper tied over the top. All fruits may be spiced by this same receipe, and will be found delicious. Overlooked by Brooklyn Purists. New York Press. Brooklyn has overlooked that wildly erotic poem of Longfellow's 'Excelsior," wherein occur the lines: "Oh, stay," the maiden cried, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breast:' Correct Statement. Brooklyn Life. Able Editor Young man, this is a bad break. You say that Mr. McWhack will build a $3,000 house to cost $10,000. Careful Reporter That is all right. He is going to have tho work done by the day. Housekeepers who have nice, unbleached muslin, or yellow, stained table linen, will do well to try this recipe: Pnt one pound of chloride of lime into eight qcarts of warm water. Stir with a stick lor a few minutes, then strain through a bag of coarse muslin. Work the bag with the hand to dissolve thoroughly, then add to it rive bucketf nls of warm water, stir well, and put in the muslin. Let it remain in one hour, turning frequently that all may be wet. Take it out aud wash well in two waters to remove the lime; then rinse and dry. This quantity will bleach twentyfive yards. The muslin will bleach more evenly and better if first wet and dried. INDIANA COUNTY FAIRS. The following is a list of Indiana county fairs. The name of tho secretary is appended: . Daviess, Washington, Sept. 29 to Oct. 4, James Cl-aveUe. . 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