Indianapolis Leader, Volume 1, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1879 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS LEJDÜR. BAG BY & CO, Publishers. INDIANAPOLIS, - - INDIANA. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S NEWS.

Charles P. Funch, a we&ltby New Yorker, died last Thursday, with $250,000. He . directed that bis body be taken to Milan and cremated. , . A prirats detective in Boston claims that Iv. E. K. Wioslow, the forger, is living In Baeoos Ay rep, where be is publishing a paper. Tilrty-five thousand dollars were sent to Ireland during November through the Irish Emigrant socif ty, and the remittances thus far this month have reached $5,000. Joseph and Mary Volkemer, busband and wife, have been convicted of an attempt to poison Charles E Blair, of Chatham Four Corners, New York, and both sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in the penitentiary The trial of George Price, colored, who last summer shot his employer, Villie B!actr, at the tatter's tobacco warehouse in Cincinnati, O lio, in the court of common pleas in thatc ty, was ended on Wednesday by toe jury returning a verdict of murder in the first degree. Philip Donahue died come time ago in California, leaving $1,500,000 to two sisters and a brother. They have been found after a long search, ard leave New York in a few days for Sin Francisco The brother and sisters met in Nw York Saturday Light for the firat lime in 30 yeirs. General Chailes Adam, of the Ute commission, arrived In Denver Friday nigh'. Ha baa little doubt that tbe 12 Indians designated by the cjmuiis&ion, will gt i Fort L-avenworth, and believes sufficient evidence will bs secured to convict several, if net all of them. Those convicted will be hanged. S cond Assistant Postmaster General Brady Is reported to have claared $700.000 In the last six months iü telephone stock He is a very large shareholder in the B. 11 Telephone company, and owus a controlling interest in the local biaach which supplies New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City wira a telephone service. W. W. Winton, president of the Second Nttiocal bank at Scranton, Pecn., his eonl A. H. Winton, his son in law, Thomas Livf y, od bisbrotber-in law, Isaac Dean, have been arrested, charged on the oath ot George 8 Gjodale, the receiver, with maliciously conspiring to detraad the bank cf $135,000. They give bail in $30 000. The emigration fever seems to be breaking oat again among the negroes of Mississippi, and a goodly number of them era moving toward tit Lout?, with Knusas the objective point in their minds. Tae negroes in Arkansas have also caught the fever, and 500 of them are now en route north. From the present Indications the exolua next year will be grta'.er than it was last spring. A New Jersey commission, appointed by Governor McClellao, has about concluded that church property ought to be taxed; that there is no reason why $6,0G0 000 of bank property should shu fill off Iti ob iga tions, and thatif.oor women who teach school for a livelihood are taxed, it ii unfair to exempt Princeton college with its rich endowments. Tais Is laying the axe at the root of inequalities at an awful rate. Counsel in the so called Pennsylvania riot bribery cases not having come to an agree meet as to the time for the hearing of the evidence on the motion to quash the indiements against A. W. Laisenring, of Manch Chunk, Judge Pearson has fixed January 2 as the day. öaould the tefcttmony.be similar to that submitted in the case decided in favor of Represent itive 8a!ter, all of the Indictments will be 8ft aside because of the illegality of the grand j iry. The discussion of the iutcr-oceanic canal proj act wiil probably tke oua new phase with the return orCtptainEulifrom Europe by the s'-eamer Germmic Otj tiln Eids has long had a schema for tramf rrmg vessels from ocean to ocean by railway, and has been spending several inomha in Europe working up the project. Tne House commit ee, Just appoiuted to consider the whole subj ct of lntar-cc 'aoic communication, will organize at an eaily day, and it is exp-ctod that the mat er will Come before Congress soon after rt cess. The annual report of trade, Sheffield District shows a remarkable decrease in the fi e trade. It 1873 the value rf fi'es sent out was $050,741; in 1875, $197,UJ6; in 1878. $71 019; in 1879, $51.871. Imports of Anier.can fouo t-nxlucta are enormous. A poor land of $60,000 was dispensed by the mayor last wiLter, and the prospects are net favorable to any diminution in the wants of tie people dnriog the present winter. The sub titution of American hardware for Eotlüh ia Australia and other markets is havUg a serious t fleet in the 8üecÜ-M trade. ' Thediffcrenceabetween Father Fi tzpatrick, priest of St. Patrick's church, Indianapolis, since 1359, and Bishop Ch atari', Lai boen taken Imio court Fiizpatrick sues for $35. 000 $17 000 for money alvat cei in bundit g the courch andnchoot h tuse, and $18,000 for nine years' salary as priest. When Cha'ard came here he removed Fitzpatrick to EvDvllle, bat he declined to go until be was aet lad with, and, as a reult, the bishop snspendd him from the prWathnod, and now this salt is brought. The diffreLCs hare attracted much local attentton. OENLIML NOTK3. A Bxyotf AMProM Sunday .school teacher was recently serenaded by his class, who sang Lord, I Hear of Bhowers of HleMings." The Joke of It was that the wife or the teacher only the day before presented him with twins. Appropriate song, that. THCCorydon Democrat say the Crawford county papers state that Hon. John Uenz con. tempi tea moving to FloilJa la a short time. . If such a tbinj should come to pass it wilt be necessar? to elect a man next tall to fill Mr. Bena'a placa In the Kennte. A MT6T Interesting Masonic relic was sold In Toronto, the other day the Mason lo certificate of Houter Johnny, of Hums' "Tarn O'duanter." It was huued by Hi James lodge, Ayr, in 1790; and planel to one corner was . what was said to be a lock of HUhland Mary 'a hair. The curiosity brought 117. Ah historical gan ia owned by Fernando TT a 1 v rf RAhrkh-ith f Qaa 171a vTOiit.irranrf. father bronghtltto this country in 1 WW, and used It in the French wars. Ilia son Joseph pat a new stock on the piece In 1781, Inserting a small silver plate bearing the lnltlalaJ.il., 171. Joseph's ton John used It daring the revolution. It afterward came into the poseeaslon of another son, the late Stafford Healy, of Be hobo th, father of the present owner. He used it II days daring the war of 1812, receiv ing therefor a pension. In 1820 he restocked the gun and put In a new lock, and at his death it came into the hands of the present owner. The barrel la original, Is in good order and the gun Is still used by members of the family as a fowllng-plece.

THX smartest Newfoundland dog yet discovered lives at Haverhill, Mass. He meets the newsboy at the gUe every morning and carries his master's paper Into the house that la, he did so uotll the other day when hi master stopped taking the paper. The next morning the dog noticed the boy taaslng on

thm othar aide wltnoat leaving the newspaper, went over and took the whole bundle from

bim and eirrlel it into the house. A ORASD fancy drew ball took place lately In the Middlesex County Asylum, blx hundred of the patients took part in the ball, and many more looked on fro m the gallery. For tne previous two months they had been preparing for the event, which had almost en-

his his rtHw4 thAlp mlnrla lh verv thinsr In.

leaded. The women were In particular delisted, and behaved with perfect propriety, pasr ot theo dancing beautifully.

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A ooitviCT In the Wisconsin State prison refused to go to his call .when ordered by the warden to do so. The warden held a watch In one hand and a pUtöl la the other, and said : "I will give yod three irunattu to obey, and if you don't I shall shooV you." The convict doggedly folded hit- arms ' and Ktood etilL . Minute after minute passed, the warden counting them aloud. This was in the workshop and all the prisoners were spectators of the scene. When the three minutes had expired, the warden took d-llbrate aim at the couvict's heait, and Haid: "I'll give you two minutes more, and I swesr I'll kill "you "then ifyou don't go to your evil." A dell tut curse was the onjy reply. At the eud of the two extra minutes the pistol wa tired, and the eonvict fall dead. Tne oincer ia sustained by the higher prison authorities, who say that his course was perfectly proper under the circumstancea;bathe district attorney of the county will try him under an Indictment for murder.

Lady Professors of .Long Ago. The Queeu.1 Girls are becoming learned; colleges fur them aro beginning to rise within a storie'sthrow of the venerable institutions erecteil centuries ago for their male relations alone. The time will come when maidens will clamor for the letters of a decree to be tagged to their names, and when Academic silks, la hue The lilac, with aelliten bood to each. And tjued with g-jM, will no longer be the pretty conceit of a poet, but the actual vestury of girl-graduates. We are tempted to ask those who speak feelingly of the past and apprehensively of the future, if they know that, in days very remote from those they look back upon with such affectionate regret, there was a university, "the mostfamouä of those of the mid die-ages, that treated women as it treated men gave to them the same privileges of training, tigged the degree of doctor to the names of the deserving, and not only invested those who had it with the cap and gown that were its badge, but thus arrayed, allowed ladies to ascend the professor's rostrum and lecture to students. It is of the University of Bologna that we speak, lbe date of its foundation is uncer tain. Lxistms documents seem to fix it toward the middle of the fifth century. It was not, hovever, till the twelfth that it burst into sudden fame, for then Irnerius lec tured in it on llomun law, and by the splen dor of hi? lore and eloquence drew the gaze of all learned Europe upon it. Crowds of students and scholars flocked to hear and learn from the jurisconsult, who wa3 at once the real founder of the University of Bologna and the reformer of the whole law code of Europe. Irnerius, besides lecturing and writing, worked with might and main to form and establish a law-school that would. carry on his work after his death. lie traced the course of work to be followed by his disciples and descendants, in vented,the degree of bachelor and doctor, and designed the cap and cown that aro were insignia. Irncnus made no distinction of sexex in his scheme. If women had the pluck, the power of work m them, and the desire to become jurisconsults, the great law retormer saw no reason that they should not. 1 hey must go through the same training as the men six years for canon law, eight for civil law; tht-y must submit to tha two necessary tests, the private and the public examinations. The latter took place in the cathedral, before the dignitaries, the College of Doctors, the students, the ecclesiastics, and the principal inhabitants of Bologna. The aspirant for the degree before this notable assemblv was called unon to rend n. thosi. expound some knotty law point, and mainA ' 1 . .... vain anu aeienu ins or ner explanation of it, against all disputants. If victorious in the contest, the degree of doctor, with the enr and gown, wero won and duly awarded. The names of several ladies wise Portias well learned in law are inscribed in the records of the university as having been invested with the title and the badge. Space will not auov; us to enter into details about them Jur ther than to notice the piquant account of the air Novella, daughter of (jiovanni d'Andrea. tne most lamous jurisconsult of the fourteenth century, given by Christine do Pisan in 4,La Cite des Dames,' The quaint old manuscript does not record whether Novella stood the fuiblic examination or was received a doctor; mt it tells how she excelled in legal lore, so that when the wise Giovanni could not attend to his students he sent his daughter to take his place at the university. 4,Andho fair was'sho," it goo on to relate, "that a little curtain had to bo drawn in front of her, lest her beauty should cause the thoughts of her listeners to wander, and her instructions be of no avail to them." The fame of the legal schools of Boloirna threw into the shade those of the other branches of learning pursued in the university; but they, too, had their share of celebrity. In medicine the ladies won full degrees; some were professors of anatomy. Thero is a portrait by (llorgione of one of these in the flileenth century. The slight ß guru stands upright, clad in doctor's gown, skull in hand, as it must have stood many times beforo tho assemblod students. I he grave, beautiful, somewhat weary countenance rises pale above the dark and flowing draperies of tho professional robe. Later in tho eighteenth century, tho wax casts, model led by another lady professor of anatomy to illustrate her lectures, are still among the or naments of the museum at Bologna. T:j I IrW rstipoleon I. founded the chair of obstetrics for .Maria dalle Donne, whoso medical and surgical knowledge ranked her high among tho phvsielins of hcr'dar. In art, thero was Samberini, the assistant" of Raphael. If l'roperzia Rossi was no an art professor in tho university, her narpy must not yet bo omitted. Her futno as n sc.lptress reached far beyond Italy, and Vasari recorded it in hi lives of tho eminent urtisU of the lilteenth and sixteenth centuries. In more modern time Irnira Bassl was, professor f philosophy in 17:J3. This lady learnnation, that took placo with all tUv pageantry of the middle agua, not only her doctor' do- I iri won inr hit on iricunyoi iwr puuucexan.U Krcc, uui uiu unanimous vote oi tho aenate ft. 4i. . m . m . - t to crowr. her with a wreuth of silver Icaves. Jlaria Uietana Agnese succeeded hr father in the chair of mathrnetic in Sho wan tho Mrs. Sumeraville of Italy. Her work were tranuluted into French and Engliih, and, after her death, her eulogy was pronounced in the French Academy. In 1781 tho beautiful Clotilde Tambroni wa professor of (J reek. Tho warmth of her loving heart and the noblo use ho made of her intellectual gifts have been recorded by 3lr. Augustus Hare, in tho "Memories of a Quiet T !i It This is necessarily but a very meagre account of tho learned ladies of Bologna. It in, however, our gracious task to concludo it by noticing the fact that tho chroniclers of their learning are also those of their domestic virtue?, thir unsullied modesty, their gentle and social graces. Her I. Sermon Kno,.ch for Sunday. Saw ort,. Democrat. A little shoeblack called at the residence of a clergyman in this city and nolicited a piece of bread and some water. Tho servant was directed to give the child bread trom the crumb basket, and as the little tellow was walking slowly away and shifting tho gift between his fingers for a piece laige enough to chev. tho minister called him back and asked him if he had ever Teamed to pray,

sn receiving a negative answer he directed away.

him to say, "Our Father." but he could not understand the familiarity. "Is it our fatheryour fathermy father?" "Why, certainly." The boy looked at him awhile and commenced crvinir. at the same time holdinir nn

crust of bread, and exclaiming between of kindliness, courtesy, gentleness, and all the sobs: softer attributes, we should do rieht to refus

"You say that your father is my father: the t you ashamed to give your little brother case. c. siua io eat when you Rave got so many things for yourself? - for

NAPOLEOR BOX A PAKTE.

-L Intereftting Reminiscences From One Who '; Knew lllin Thoroughly. Extract from Memories r f Madam da Kerunsat Just $ubliihd.J ' .Napoleon Bonaparte was short and rather ill made, the upper part' of his frame being disproportionately long. He had thin lightbrown hairuid his eyes were a grayish blue; his complexion, which had a jaundiced hue while his habit remained thin, grew afterward be an opaque, bloodless whit The ebntour'of Tiis forehead, the' setting of his "eye, and the line of the hoso were fine, and reminded you of an antique medal. His mouth, rather pinched than otherwise, became attractive when he smiled, his teeth were regular, his chin rather short, and his jaw square and heavy. He had a neat foot and hand, of which he was particularly vain. He was acaccustomed to carry his head a little forward, and his ej-es,. habitually dull, gave his countenance in repose a pensive and meditative air, but when excited by anger his look became threatening and savage. Laughter became him, disarming, so to speak, and rejuvenating his whole visage. It was difficult, indeed, to resist the fascination of his smile, so strangely it embellished and transformed his countenance. In his dress ho was always very simple, usually r wearing the uniform of his guardsmen. His cleanliness was the result of system rather than of taste; he used to bathe himself sometimes in the middle of the night, fancying the practice useful to his health. Ilia clothes were always , carelessly put on, and the least tightness or stiffness in a garment was insupportable. Ho would tear away or break any part of his apparel which caused him tho faintest annoyance, and, on grand occasions, his valets were sore put to it to keep his costume decently adjusted. In manners, and the conventional forms prescribed by good breding, ho was utterly deficient, it seems says our author, as if he had been irrevocably destined to live in a tent, or. what comes to the same thing, on a throne, sinco in both places anything is permissible. He did not know how to enter or leave a room; he never learned how to bow, how to get up, or how to sit down; his gestures were abrupt and rough, and so was his manner of speeclPand pronunciation. In his mouth, says our author, even the Italian lost all its grace. No language that he spoke appeared familiar to him, and he seemed obliged to strain and force it in order to express his thoughts. Here, as in other matters, anything like a rule was unendurable, and anything like license had the relish of victory. In other words, he hated to submit himself even to the laws of grammar, - Although supremely remark lble in certain intellectual qualities, on the whole, nothing, in her judgment, could be baser than therr iil of Napoleon Bonaparte. There. was in it Mme. de Remusat affirms, not a trace of generosity, not a germ of real grandeur. She never knew him to admire, or even to comprehend a noble action; he alwavs viewed with suspicion the appearances of kind feeling, made no account of sincerity, and did not hesitate tcsay that he appraised a man's superiority according to the more or less ability he displayed in fashioning a fulsehood. With reference to this matter he liked to recall an anecdote of his boyhood, to the effect that one of his uncles had foretold he would master tho world because ho had contracted a habit of perpetual mendacity. 31. de 3Ictternich, he used to say, comes near to being a statesman, lor he lies pretty well. All his methods of controlling men were selected by Bonaparte from among those tending to debase them. He dreaded the ties of affection, endeavored to isolate everybody, and never sold his favors without instilling a senco of disquietude, believing the truest way to bind individuals to your own fortune was tocompromise and even ruin them in public esteem. Ho could pardon virtue only when he had contrived to render it impotent ridicule. In the view of our author, we cannot say that Napoleon really cared for His own glory, since he never, scrupled to sacrifice it to temperary success. He seemed to ho a stranger to anything like instinctive or ereneroua couraere. and on th s noint he j .j, ....v. completely unveil - - iled himself in one of his admissions, handed down in an anecdote cited in these recollections. It appears that shortly after the defeat at Leipsic, Talleyrand eounselled him to withdraw hia troops from Spain, and to bodily acknowledge his mistake in attempting to coerce the will of the Spanish population. Talleyrand thought that such a mensure announced on such magnanimous grounds, and while tho foreign armies were still wavering on tho French frontiers, could only do Napoleon honor since he ? was still too strong to he accused of cowardice. "A cowardice!" cried Bonaparte. "What do I care for such imputations! Let me tell you, I should nt hesitato a moment to commit an act of cowardice if it would profit me. Look here. there is nothing at bottom cither noble or base in thU world I. have in my own char acter every element that can contribute to consolidate power and deceive those who fancy they understand mo. To bo frank with you, I am a coward, fundamentallv and essentially a coward, and I givo you my word, I should experience not tho slightest repugnance at committing what tho world consider a dishonorable action. ' 31 y secret propensities, which, after all, aro those of nature, being really opposed to certain alfectationu of grandeur with which I have to clothe myself, supply ma with inflnito re sources lor cheating everybody expecta lions. Another anecdote may ho approprioted Inthi placo. When Bonaparto aieiy quoted in thi piaco. v hen Honiiparto was on tho point of h'uving for Egypt, ho called to lee Talleyrand, then minuter of foreign affairs, and had a great deal to my about his pocunury embarrassment. 'ilcrc' nid Talleyrand, "open my secretary; yu will find thero a 100,000 francs, which you can tako and repay on your return." After Hona parte becaruo consul, ho repaid the loan and asked Talleyrand: "What internst could you have had at that tirno in no that money? . I have racked m lending V brain to rt i r ' ana it a nunurea times and have never been ablo to hit upon your object." For the simplo reason,' ' replied Trlleyrund," tlint I did not have any, I was very 111 at the time, and cnrcely expected to seo you apun; you wero young, und made a etrong Impression on nv., and I was carried awav by impulse to render you a service." 'fn that enso." returnea lion a parte, "ana If it done without calculation, your conduct was that of a dupe." Uraclousness. Pottle Ledger. Graciousness in the character bears a strong resemblance to gracefulness in the phygioue. As tho latter renders all motion beautiful, and all attitudes pleasing, so the former throws a charm over all social intercourse, and softens and refines the more silent and unconscious influences of tho es jiiTsciiiiiTt ill 1 1 1 if ii I i iii i in rs sential nature. It U the faOiion w thmnV I excellent and earnest neonle to donrinro arncst people to depreciate everything which seems to lie upon tho sur- ? face of things. They see so vividly the need ofplowintr deeply into tho undersoil nf human character, of breaking up its hard crust and rooting up its rank weeds, ofculti- of vatincr stromr virtues and nlantinc firm nrin ciples, that it seems to them the pains taken to even the soil, to nourish tiny seeds and tender plants, and to render tho whole sur face attractive and pleasing, is labor thrown it is true that if we were obliged to choose

between the two, if the latter could only be secured at the expense of the former, we

should not hesitate to saenfle the lesser to the

greater. If truth and honesty, fidelity and

industry, were tobe forfeited by the presence

latter? But this is very far from theand

J 'ist as the deep subsoiling of the of tb growth ( the most delicate plant, to I itep

- io ueep uuaomug oi iüe oi nie and gold thread, or emboidery in very "Mrs. Elizabeth Comstock, a coble Qua22," PaDgles, oveJr the iZ ker women, who isdoing ea nest mfsslcn-

the establishment of stalwart virtues in the character lays the best ground-work for all the lovely, attractive and gladsome qualities which jwe include under the general name of 'graciöusness. ilndeedj - they all -spring from a root which is closely interwoven with the very übers of our being, and which we calf sympathy. That power of putting ourselves in tho place of others, of feeling not only for but with them, of realizing in our own hearts something of their. emotions, and di-. vinin'g by a rare instinct the causes which' produce them, this faculty underlies all tho sweet amenities of life, and in proportion to its development n each person will be the joj find gladness he will shed abroad. On the other hai d, the gracious person is one to whom such things would be impossible, because of his sympathetic nature. He feels acutely the pain which he witnesses, and instinctively endeavors to relieve it. It is second nature to him to pour balm on wounded feelings, to allay the rising anger, to ward off the cause of irritation, to bestow the cordial greeting, the genial smile, the warm welcome, the friendly help", to say the kind word of encouragement to the despondent, to cheer the sorrowful, to protect the weak. He is never so absorbed in his own affairs as to be unrespondent to those of others. If his heart be light and happy in itself, he still has tears to shed with the distressed; if his own circumstances be under a cloud, he can yet spare a smile and a glad word of sympathy for those who rejoice, In all this he is doing no violence to his own nature, he is not even exercising strenuous self-restraint; there is no appearance of effort or compulsion, nothing to convey to us the impression that he is sacrificing himself for our sakes. That would spoil the charm, and destroy the graciousness of his conduct. Just as there is much motion that is ungraceful, so there is much benevolence that is ungracious. People often do kind things roughly, bluntly, and with an appearance of unwillingness that takes away half their value. Perfect sympathy makes kindness the most natural, the most simple, the most pleasant thing thatcan be done. It is this naturalness, this simplicity, this heartfelt pleasure, that is the very essence of graciousness If any one would attain to this graciousness of character and conduct, let him cultivate its root, which is true sympathy. Let him enlarge his heart, to take'in tho joys and sorrows, the wants and burdens, of those around him; let him cherish an interest in them; and an affection for them; let him daily practicfvng by the law of love and obeying tlg?rrnen rule, and he will gradually become able to realize within himself the happiness of a loving spirit, and to show to tho world something of the beauty of goodness. 31 en. Women and Religion. Fortnightly Review. Tenderness and its outcome, pity, are inseparable from true manliness as true womanliness. Quickness and delicacy of perception are developed by the constant exercise of observation on details, and where exceptional conditions in a man's life force this exercise upon him, as the normal condition of women s lives do upon them, it will be found to produce the same results. Selfdevotion is but a form of generosity; the generosity of those who give themselves, having nothing " more and nothing better to give, and, thank Heaven, belong equally to the nobler natured of both sexes. With regard to religion, it can scarcely be claimed for women that they have, as a sex, more genius for religion than men, seeing that all the founders of religion have been men, and that wherever religion has been held in honor, men have rather monopolized than abandoned it to women. That the latter should cling Jonger to a form of religion which is falling into decay and contempt is the natural result of the comparative seclusion from the great intellectual movements of the world, which force the human mind to throw off, in its process of growth, the old vesture of faith become too narrow for it, and to weave for itself a new one fitted to its new deeds. Christianity with its assurance of Divine love, its hope of 'an eternal life, where sin and pain and sorrow shil ro

naturally has the strongest hold on the hearts , . -. . ., , - . auu agmanons oi me weaK ana oppressed. 1 ' ,lue eary ana aeavy-iaaen, of whom the i.ui;i ii um ut-r are women, ana tne passionate religious feelinjr which prevailed nmonrr the slave populations of the Southern Stateä in America, men and women are alike, is an instance in point. It may be added that in the dull, narrow, prosaic lives of tho lower, middle and working classes religion is the only outlet into a larger and brighter sphere, the only window, as it were, through which their souls can look or breathe some breath them through it. The result of this ennmnr. ison of tho moral and intellectual powers of men and women seems to bo that human nature is substantially tho same in both, and that the common expression, How like a man! How like a woman! should bo translated into: How like what men and women generally have been mado by conditions of life, education and inherited aptitudes, from generation to generation, causinir certain mmli. tie to be more or less developed in rurh taken as a whole. . KX-nlv rollten, It is a critical moment In tho lire and clothing of a man when ho gets down on hi knees to look under tho sofa for a hull liat .ft laav frienJ llttS dropped. It is possible t,,nt " W bo 110,0 to accomplish this and recover his perpendicular with nothing more serious than a very red face and a general sense of having dono something for which he Biiouiu ncni nom ino room. Hut in nine cases out of 10 ho never fully recovers the good opinion of hirmelf that ho possessed before ho undertook the recovery of that ball. It i nl way Juni beyond Iiis reilch, and In a moment of wnakncM ho drops on his vest and commences to work himsolf mwh.r th T 'He of acrobatic feats that would have won ,mn ftn eoro on tho stage. Ho In so uiirnt upon ino recovery of tho ha that he quito forgets his appearanto until ho ia reminded by n suppreKHcd titter from ono of tho ladies. Then ho realizes tho situation and commences to back out. Of course his coat is worked up over hU.head, and as ho feels a cold streak creep up hU back ho pronounces a benediction on tho inun who invented nn Pen-lw,c,vCa hirt. He is also painfully con cloU9 ina fttout two inches of red flannel drawers aro visible between the torn of hia ooois ana tne bottom or his trousers. This has the efloct of producing moro internal l-kfrvTil T t t Ofi4 tili nw.A 1 L A A tw-tisvj auu euu iinuu violent ßlrUggiCS to I ack out, during which one suspender breaks and his collar button comes out.; When he nnaiiv oeiivers himself and ftands up in tho middle of tho room, you would not recotrnize in that red fuced, wild-eved man. landino. ll If ..... 1. . " mere nowing nis domes together with ono a . .1 a . a .7 hntlrl llnl I KKlnM A .... iL .1 1 n 14 ."uu wi M,s lu w.:usm uown nis nair WIlft th. .oth.or tno "milmg, genteel ladies' "i?. .ütlior! tho .fim,,inS- , u 8tooP.od down to pick up that zephyr a moment beforo. ' Littl Master Robby has been in the habit putting his pennies into the box at Sundayocuooi, bin lusi oumiay, wuen ne camo running into the house In a breathless hurry and shouted: "Mammal I shan't save up mv pennies any more. The money don't go up to God! I saw Mr. Kelly take it' and put it in his pocket." The demure damsel with large feet walketh two blocks searching for a clean crossin sr. but she who weareth NV V ilnrntoVi

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i .v . .i. , y u? ui aione. .djw,uuu, uuug lauies circle, m- shoulders are broad enough to bear it allAlas, that the very condit.ons which make erary societies; and last, though not least, but when a man of Ivs calibre attempts this window so vitally necessary, make it also her Sunday-schools re moving along, to die-ate and abuse his race for com in e but too often so narrow, so dust-stained, that Llder Lewis can joyfully ing: ' Light in to the free North in order to better their

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Rev. David Smith, of 3Iarion, paid our city a flying visit.' . v -; :-. 1 Fprt Wayno. has a coldrrd band of 12 pieces jvhich is pr greseing finely. TMr.. Annie Clark and littie daughter, Nona, from Dayton. Ohio, are domiciled at 3Ir. O W. Fisher'. 3Irs. James Vanghan, of Crestline, O., is expected here during the holidays to visit her many friends. . Mrßindburn and -Brother Napoleon Henderson, of Cicero, are spending the holidays with her sister, 3Ir.s CF. Brocks. Air ex-soldiers ol the o4th and 55th Massachusetts vol. infantry, can procure a diploma (a very fine lithograph,) with their names and aces engraved, by addressing C. T. F. Whetsell, with stamp, name of company and regiment: or address James Cunningham, adgt. general. Boston, 31 as?. St. Mary's Lodge No. 14 of F. and A. M. held their annual eleciion on the 21st inst. The following officers were elected, to serve the ensuing year: E P. F. Wheisel, W. M.; Geo. W. Fisher. S. W.; John Brown, J. W.; Rev. Robt. McDaniels, Treas'r; C. F. Brof ks, Sec ; Lewis Jact son, S. U; Payton Hayes, J. D.; B, B. Blake, Tyler. The officers will be installed on the 24th, and a concert and social will be given in connection with the public installation. Rev. R. McDaniels still holds the Fort with the grandest success and satisfaction to his congregation and people generali'. When he took pastoral charge of this mission one year ago, it was under adverse and discouraging circun stances; only four member, and they divided. Yet thigloomy apect did not discourage Rev. R McDaniels; but, as a faithful shepherd, and a true, devoted Christian, he labored zealously for the upbuilding of the church. To this end his efforts have been crowned with ßuecess; his little flock of four has been augmented to twenty-two full members, and still the tidal wave goes on. Quite a gathering of friend took place at the residence of Mr. Geo. W. Fisher on Monday evening, te 15th inst, the occasion of Mrs. Emma Fisher's birthday. The affair was very select. The host and host ess spared no pains in their efforts to make it pleasant for iheir guests, and judging froin the happy countenances of those prcs ent, it was plain that their efforts were appreciated. Supper was served at 10 o'clock. The table groaned under the load of the many rare dishes that the season affords. The ues's assembled around the board, which teemed with all the luxries the market could afford. Dishes filled with delicacies made a grand array. In the midt of the tnrkey, music was rendered by Miss Oilie Brown, Fort Wayne's own prima donna. Mrs Fisher is a most charming hostess, and always succeeds in making her guests enjoy themselves. Evansville News. Elder McFarland is well fortified. Elder W. H. Anderson, after a wrek's successful labor, has returned to Terre Haute. We are anticipating a visit from our former and much-esteemed pastor, W. S. Lankford. Mrs. AVinters, of Chicago, is in the city visiting her daughter, w fe of Elder M. Lewis, pastor of the A. M. E. chinch. M iS9 II. C. Goodrich will visit Indianapolis during the holidays. Miss G. is one of Evansville's most estimable teachers. Mr. G. W. Bett is nn a visit from HonII III- 1 . f r, . 1 . niKBviue, anu jomea in our öin day school melodies. We always bid him a heartv welcome. The Christmas dinner at the A. M. E. I 1 1 1 . . ., 7" waseerveu in a similar noiue style. i ii . mi i . as ws ine inanKSgiving dinner, winch proved quite a success both in a financial and social point. The Liberty Baptist church held a fair .i i ... ... uuuug aouuay wffK, wiiicii was attended krgely. Thi3 thurch has a work ing membership, and the stroDgest evi dence ol their eventual success ia their unity. The A. M. E. church boasts of her choir, Tl fU.!-i I. -1 1 . .me iimsiuia.3 uui mays were vigorous, v observed by the A. M. E. church congregation. During the entire week the organ association favored the community with a grand concert. The president and secretary are wide awake and very energetic. Miss M. A. Johnson passed through the city enroutc for home to epend the holidays. The Mt. Vermont were reluctant to have her leave, as she has hpn nf nrii material service to that community. Shu reports favorably for the extreme corner of the pocket. The young ladies' Church Aid had a tree prepared on Christmas eve, and celebraed the occasion bv handing down uifts to the little folks; also, the belles and the beaux joined in making hearts merry. The young la-lies of thin society have served the church nobly in tlie past. We say iro on, young ladies: "labor in the bright presence of to-day." Rev. T. E. Wilson is workimr zoalouslv .for that quarter. Tho Jubilees f.ivored tho church with a benefit. Mr. F. D. .Morton remained with the Reverend, to Mssinthim in closing out the Christinas fes tivities, after which friend Morton will join lTo. Z. M Anderron at Kvansvil from there to Indianapolis, to attend tho State Teachers' Association, which convenes December 21). Non Dum wishes to hear from Alpha, eh? Alpha wi-hes to inform Non Dum that he is alive, and wishes to remain alive, and will speak out whenever helms something to say; but seldom attempts to nay anything when he has nothing lo ay, believing when you have nothing to 'say. say nothing. J.D. must remember that we have several weeklies and 8 mo month ly organs, all needing some attention. lnha la brmc ud fc P hard at work, and Omesa will thenar. Alpha. Cloyoland (O.) News. The leader is the paper for Cleveland. All countries are fightinc Turkev and Greece. The following appeared in the Leader, of this city: rf. Wik nlfnrSf lieiuuu,st cuurtn. Attend the bazar belmr held at the The Star lodge of Samaritans held a social at their hall on the 18th. The new colored Episcopal church which was lately, organized, is progressing finely. 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me Aieinoai8i cnoir. In visiting a public school of this city, recently, I was very much' pleased by hearing a composition on ''Shakepeare." read by a colored pupil of the "A" grammar class. The compoeition was very good and the manner m which she read it was a credit both to the school and herself.

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be accused of talking -for political effect, tella of a colored man who wf nt to Kansas from Mi sissippi, among the very first of tl.e refugees, got a little home and went hack to Miss;ssippi to get his family' The Kii klux heard was there, went to his cabin, dragee I him out. chopped off both hm hands and fln:Mhem at the feetof his screaming wife savins to her, 'Now go to Kansas if you want to " This '8 one of the rranr cruel acts perpetrated in the South. We often speakof o it noble and grand country, the United Statt s, w hose laws grant io citizens all soi ts of things, among them pro ection In the South, during the last two or three years, colored peeple have been killed so o'len that to take up a paper and not read of an instance of this kind (one referred to above) h soinMhingrthtrhard to do. The Government does i ot try to put a strip to not even to punish the perpetrators. If one member of those gangs U kük d by the poor colored man in defending himself, the law hangs or rather lynches him. provided the rest of the gang don't do away with him first. The officers congratulate themselves upon having the job taken off there hands. It a half dozen poor white men in the South were kided as the colored men are being killed, the Government would put a. stop t) it if every soldier in the Uni m bad to be sent to that particular place. The different States in which these atrocious acts are perpetrated intrf re. Judge Tilden of this city, in a speech on the exodus eaid: "If the colored people of the South would rise up in arms and resent these acts, . they wouH put a stp to them," Kev. Jackson, of the A. M. E. church, also of th's city, in answer to Ju?ge Tilden said, 'Suppose the colored population of the Suuth should rise up in arms against the Southerners, they would just so soon have the North down upon them as well as the Soutbv Those remarks of Rev. T. 11. Jackson are too true. Non Nolo.

Crowded out lust we-k.) Richmond News. Everything is progressing cicely since my last. We must not speak all that we know, that were folly; but what a man savs should be what he thinks, otherwise itit'knaverv. but a peep from the window is very insensmve as you pas-s through the village. A. M. E. Church now l as a choir led bv Mrs. M. K. Perry, with Mrs. L. Williams, organist, ana j. r. Uroker, jr , manager. l he parties comprising it have excellent voices, and with a little practice will make uenguuui music. . Several parents have informed us that they would not allow their children to at t'ndpublicechoolsduringthecold weather. This is a ad comment upon our wood shed, or, as it is sometimes called, "our puuiic school rouse." Young Men's Bible Literary elected their omcers on Monday evening, with the pres t-i'uc ui .u uif moers: wnicii was a verv fine attendance, when the inclemency of the weather and numerous attractions elsewher is considered. ; A bridal couple took breakfast at the depot the other morning conversed as fol lows: He: ' Shall shall I skin honey?" your pertater, "No, thank you, dearie, I have already skun." lie v. j. jh. lownseno received a very hiirhly appreciated letter from Kev. Marsells, the missionary of the A. M. E Church at Port Au Prince, Hayti, asking him to frame them a church and send it by freight. a;s they have made a purchase of a lot. It is his intention to carry out me proiect. providing the Lord will return to him his physical strength. Present in dication are that ;e (Rev. Townsend) will remain nome until spring. Greencastle Nows. In last week 's Star Mr. Monroe makes a feeble effort to answer the charges we made against him in The Leader two weeks irevionsly in regard to his conduct toward the colored people coming to Indiana to better their condition. He does not deny any of the accusations we made against mm, iut turns his attention to 1 n-.1 1...r ... I? 1 u:u iiouMiig us iur ma King an nonest livin? by following an humble occupa tion. u e care nothin2 for hisabnpf nur bout. him tie richly reserved, and more too. We have no apology to offer. We have never thought for a moment that the centiments contained in the articles written were his honest convictions, but he has been merely mare a tool of in allowing his signature to be placed to them by some lazoo Democrat, and by so doing, of course, the public would take it for granted that such were his sentiments. All of the colored people who have nr. rived and wanted work have secuied good places and are satisfied, and still there ia room for more. And now. Mr. M.. it vmi do not feel like taking our advice in a former article we wrote, as to your poing back to t he land of shot guns, please don't makoan ass of yourhcli in allowing your signature to be placed to articles written ft oy Bonic enemy of our race. ThU la free country, and vou should be willim? to accord to the oppressed people of our race in tho South the same rights that yon claim for yourself, to come and go when and wheio you plenne. We trust we will near no more ol your nonsense. Respect lly. . Rover. The following account of tho murder of Henry Ulackburn wns tuken from a personal letter received by zs lady of this city. Ed. "Henry Dlackbnrn. (colored), aped nhmit ! 30vear, was once postmaster under Grant and Ilaye at lironkhaven, Mian. Has held a number of minor political offices. Was onre a member of the Legislature. Was brutally murdered last week at Crystal rins, Miss lie was shot in the fore. I.AM.) ! iirau, um wounu oeinij euiucient to produce instant death; then his skull was kicked in, nd either wound was sullicient H - .1 . . 1 . I IT' 1 . w jjiuuuctf lusmiii uea ii. ins DOuy was dragged behind an unoccupied store, and S tnere laid for 'J4 honrs before it was d covered. His wife, Mr. Nora Blackburn an intelligent and respected woman, not knowing tf his death (althoush in the same town) until after he had been dead 24 hour?. He had been selling the "Life and Travels of General Grant," which was the cause of his cold blooded murder." WhyP Ohl.WhyP Lemara Sentinel. Why docs the Nation hunt down the barbarians of Utcland, and leave the barbarians of Mississippi to the bent of their ravage natures? - Tho savages of tho West aro amenable to the Nation, but the savages of tho South bid tho nation defianrn

AUto savage is less barbarous, less cruel, less brutal than a Mississippi savage, yet tho Uto is hunted to the death by armed forces of the Nation, while tho Mississippi savazrc hides bo-

hind his ramparts of State lines and State constitutions, and laughs. A Ute savage would scorn to murder women, children, or unarmed men, a Mississippi savage confines his

murderous exploits to those classes; yet tho former aro pursued to tho bitter end, while the latter are admitted to seats at the council board of tho Nation. Now all this is inconsequential, illogical and damnable, and As 6nro as there is a God in Israel, The Man on Horseback Will take the kink of inconsistency from the halting syllogism.

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