Indianapolis Leader, Volume 2, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1881 — Page 3

AT THAT MATINEE.

She might have been a banker's daughter, ck . milliuns of the yellow ore ; fene might have been, as I've since thought her, A shop-girl in a dollar store; An heiress or a smile provider, hich of the two I can not sav; I only know I sat beside her That Matinee. Brown-haired, white throated, lilac-kidded; i?lim waist, close clasped in violet silk; lueeyes, long lashed and lily-lidded. And teeth like ivory dipped iu milk: Two lips, red-ripe, dew-wet, which thrilled me Responsive to their varying play. My gracious me! how dead she killed me, That Matinee. And when between the acts, quick meeting. The orchestra breataed music's boon, Her little foot in rhythmic beating. Kept dainty time to every tune. Oh, my oft'euse is rank, und rankle Within my bosom 'twill for aye; I tried tut failed to ste her ankle That Matinee. The curtain fell, and unattended 1 watched her as she tripped along, Until at last ber figure bended. Far distaut, with the hurrying throng. All's done; but one regret still lingers: We always knew, too late, the way; I think I should have pressed her fingers That Matinee. San Francisco News Letter. MARTHA PHILLIPS. She was dead. An old woman with silvery hair, brushed smoothly away fr m her -wrinkied forhend, and snowy cap lied under h( T chin, a sad quiet face; a patient mouth, that told of sorrow borne with gentle firmness; and two withered, tired hands, crossed. That was all. Who, looking at the sleeping form, would think of love and romance, of a heartonly ju&thfaled of a wound received long, loncj year? ago. Filty years ago she had lived under that roof a farmer's wife. If you -look on that little plate on her coffin lid you will see "Aged 70" there and she was only twenty when John Phillips brought her home a bride. A hnlf century she had kept her careful watch over her dairy and larder, had made butter and cheese and looked after the innumerable duties that fall to the share of a farmer's wife. And John had never gone with buttonless shirts and undarned socks; had not come home to an untidy house and a scolding wife. Uut underneath her quiet exterior there was a story that John never dreamed of. Stw did not marry for love. "When she was nineteen, a rosy, happy girl, a stranger came on a visit to their village, and that summer was the brightest she ever knew. Paul Gardner was the stranger's name; he was an artist, ana fell in love with the simple village girl and won her heart: and when he went away in the autumn they were betrothed. l come again in the spring,' he said. Trust me and wait for me, Mattie dear." he promised to love and wait for him till the end of time, if need be, and with a kiss on her quivering lips he went away. Springtime came, and, true to his word, Paul returned, but he staid only a day or two this time. "I am going away in a few weeks to Ita'y to study," he said. They renewed their vows and parted with tears and tender, loving words; he put a tiny ring upon her Anger, and cut a little curly tress from her brown hair, and telling her always to be true, he went away. The mouths went by, and Mattie was trying to make the time ?eem short by studying to improve herself so that she might be worthy of her lover when he should come back to make her his wife. One day she glanced over a newspaper; her eyes were attracted by his name, and with white lips and dilated eyes she read of his marriage to another. ".Married I Taken another bride instead of coming back to marry me! Oh, Paul, Paul, I loved and trusted you lor this!" She covered her face with her hands and wept bitterly. An hour afterward, as she sat there in the twilight, she heard a step on the gravel walk, and looking up, saw John Phillips coming up the steps. He had been to see her often before, but had never yet spuken of love, and had received no encouragement to do so. lie was a plain, hardworking farmer, with no romance about him, but matter-of fact to the core. His wife would get few caresses or tender words. He would be kind enough give her plenty to eat and wear. Now he seemed to have come for the express purpose of asking her to be his wife, for he took a chair beside her, and after the U3ual greeting, reserving scarcely a moment to take breath in, began in his businesslike way. There was no confession of love, no pleading, no hand-clasping, no tender glances: he simply wanted a word; would she be his wife? Her lips moved to tell him she did not love him; but. as she let fall her eyes from the crimson-hearted rose that swung from the vine over the window, she caught sight -of those few lines again. 'Married?" she said to herself. uWhat can I do? He doesn't ask me to love him. If I marry him I can be a true wife to him and nobody will know that Paul has jilted me.'' The decision was made. Her cheeks were ashy pale as she lookei up into his eyes and answered quietly: 4 Yes, I will be your wite." Her parents were pleased that she was chosen by so well-to-do a young man; so it was settled, and they were married the same summer. People thought that she sobered down wonderfully; more than that, nothing wa3 said that would lead any one to suppose that any change had taken place. Ye?, she had sobered down. She dared not think of Paul. There was no hope ahead. Life was a time to be filled with something so that she might rot thiak of herself. John was always kind, but she got so wearied of his talk of stock and crops, and said to herself: "I must work harder, plan and fuss and bustle about as other women do, so that I may forget and grow like John," Two years went by. A baby slept in the cradl3, and Martha nobody called her Mattie but Paul sat rocking with her foot as she knitted & blue woolen stocking for the babv's father. There was a knock at the half-open door. ill vo'i be kind enough to direct .sie the nearest way to the village?" said avoico, and a stranger stepped in. She rose to give him the required direc tion, when he came quickly forward. Paul!" 'Mattie!" Hi3 face lisrhtd ud and he reached out hi9 arras. With a surprised, painful look, she drew back. "Mr. Gardner, this is a most unexpected meeting." 'Mr. Gardner," ho what do vu mean?" repeated; "Mattie, 'Don't you call me Mattie, if you please, she replied with dignity. "My name is' Phillips." 'Phillips!" he echoed. "Are yon married?" 'These are strange words from you, Paul Gardner; did you think I was waiting all this time for another woman's husband? That 1 was keeping my faith with one who played false so soon?" "Played you false! I am corneas I promised vou. The two years are but just passed, and t am here to claim you. Why do you greet me thus? Are you indeed married, Mattie Gray?" She was trembling like an aspen leaf. For an answer she pointed to the cradle. He came and stood before her with white face and folded arms. "Tell me why you did this I Didn't you love me well enough to wait lor me?" She wwent and unlocked a drawer and took out a newspaper. Unfolding it and finding the place, she pointed to it with her finger and he read the marriage notice. Vhatofthia?" hensked, as he met her

reproachful look. Oh, Mattie! you thought it meant me. It is my cousin. I am not

mArriftd or in love with anv one but von.'' ''Are you telling the truth?" she asked, in an eager, husky whisper: And then as he replied, 4,It gave a low groan and sank is true," she down into a chair." ''Oh, Paul, forgive me! I didn't know you had a cousin by the same name. ought not to have doubted you, but 'twas there in black and white and this man, my hu-sband, came, and I married him! With bitter tears she told him how all hap pened. ith clinched hands he walked to and fro, then stopped beside the cradle and bent over the sleeping child. Then he turned and kneeling before her. said in a low voice: " I forgive you, Mat tie: be as hanpv as you can." He took both ter hands in his and looked steadily, lov ingly into her face. His lips twitched convulsively. "I have no right here you are another man's wife. Good-bye. God bless you!" And she went down on her knees beside her sleeping baby, and prayed for strength. They never saw one another again. Seventy years old! Her stalwart sons and tright-eyed daughters remember her as a loving, devoted mother, her gray-haired husband as a most faithful wife. "Never was a woman more patient and kind, and as good a housewife as ever was," lie said, as he brushed the buck of his old brown hand across his eyes whilo looking down on the peaceful face. And not one of them ever knew of the heavy heart and broken hope that had died in her breast, nor even dreamed of the sad loud she had borne through life. A Connubial Controversy. The bolt on the back door had needed replacing for a long time, but it was only the other, night that Mr. Thornton had the presence of mind to buy a new one and take it home. After supper he hunted up his tools, removed the old bolt, and measured the location for the new one. He must bore some new holes, and Mrs. Thornton heard him roaming around the kitchen and wood shed, slamming doors, pulling out drawers, and kicking furniture around. She went to the head of the stairs and called down: "Richard, do vou want anything? "Yes I do!" he veiled back;"!" want to know where in Texas that corkscrew is!" "Corkscrew, Richard?" "Yes, corkscrew, Richard? I've looked the house over and can't find it." "Why, we never had one, Richard!" 'I know better. I've bought a dozen of 'em in the last two vcars, and I got one not four weeks ago. It's always the way when I want anything." "Hut you must be out of your head, hus band," she said, as she defended the stairs; "we've kept house seven vears, and I never remember of seeing you bring a corkscrew home." "O, yes, I'm out of my head. I am!" he grumbled, as he pulled out the sewing-machine drawer and turned over its contents. Perhaps I had better go to the Lunatic Asylum right away." "Well, Richard. I know that I hj.ve never seen a corkscrew in this house." "Then you are as blind as an ov.'l in daylight, for i have bought live or ix! The house is always upside down, anyhow, and I never can tind anything." "The house is kept as well as any one of your folks can keep one!" she retorted, growing red in the face. "I'd like to have my mother here to show you a few things," he said, as he stretched his neck to look on the high shelf in the pantry. "Perhaps she'll boil her spectacles with the potatoes again?" answered the wife. "Do you know who you are talking to?" he veiled, as he jmnred down. "Yes. 1 do." "Well, you'll be going for York State if you don't look out." "Id like to see myself. nen I go this house goes." "Look out, aancy! "I'm afraid of no man that lives, Richard Thornton." '111 leave you." "And I'll laugh to see you go." Going close up to her he extended his finger, shook it to emphasize his words, and slowly said : "ancy Thornton, 1 11 apply lor a divorce to-morrow. I'll tell the Judge that I kindly and lovingly asked you where the gimlet was and you said we had never had one in house, which is a bold falsehood, as I can nrove it." "Gimlet!" she gasped. "Ges, gimlet!" "Why, I know where there are some three or four. You said corkscrew." "Did I?" he gasped, sitting down on the corner of the table. "Well, now, I believe I did." "And you went and abused me like a slave because I would not say a gimlet was a corkscrew?" she sobbed, falling on the lounge. "Nancy," he said, tenderly lifting her up. "Oh, Richard! she chokingly answered. "Nancy, I will go right out doors and kill myself." "Xo, you needn't; I love you still! only only you know a gimlet is not a cork screw.' "It ain't it ain't let's be happy." Nancy, forgimme, and And that household is so quietly happy that a canary would sing its head oil" if hung upin'the hall. Stories About Lincoln. L. J. Cist. In 1832, when twenty-three years old, Lincoln was induced by his friends to run as a Whig candidate for the Legislature, and made his maiden speech as follows: "Gentlemen, fellow-citizens I presume you all know who I am. I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the Legislature, My politics are short and sweet, like an old woman's dance. I am in favor of a National Rank. 1 am in favor of the internal improvement system and a protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected, I will be thankful. If not, it's all the same." He was not elected at that time. President Lincoln once said that the best story he ever read in the papers about himself was this: Two Quakeresses were traveling on the railroad, and were heard discussing the probable result of the war. "I think," said one. "that JetlVrson will succeed." "Why docs thee think so?" asked the other. Uecause Jenerson is a pray ing man." "And so is Abraham a praying man." "Yes," but the Lord will think Abraham is only joking." doubtfully re plied the first. After a State election in New York, in W which the Republican partv was defeated, Mr. Lincoln was asked how he felt after having heard the news: He replied: "Some what like the boy in Kentucky whostubbed his toe while running to see his sweetheart. He said he was too Dig to cry and too badly hurt to laugh.' jjunng the spring of lWl a friend in con versation with Mr. Lincoln about the approachin Presidential election.saidthat noth ing could defeat him but Grant's capture of Richmond, followed by his nomination and aceptenee. "Well,' said the President, "I feel very much like the man who said he didn't want to die particularly, but if he had got to die that was precisely the disease he would like to die of. In the summer of 18J2 General McClellan wrote from the Peninsula a long letter to the President, giving him advice as to the gen eral politics of the country and how to carry on the atlairs of the Nation. "What did you reply?" asked some one of Mr. Lincoln "Nothing; but it made me think of the Irishman whose horse kicked u p ana caught his foot in the stirrup. 'Arrah!' said he, snwl h if you are going to get on 1 will get off. On alighting from a horse-car last night, one gentleman was overheard remarking to another: "l am glad to see you, a young man, satished to give up your seat in the car to a lady, and to swing from a strap for a couple of miles, but I am old and have learned experience, and know too much for that sort of thing. I don't think I have received a 'thank you' from a lady ten times in my life for thus surrendering my right to her, and, consequently, I have grown hardhearted and don't give up my seat to anybody." The speech may not have been gallant or charitable, but no one who habitually uses public conveyances can deny its justice. Boston Journal

A TALE OF BOB IN (J ERSOLL.

The Story or a Little Humpbacked Girl. Washington Correspondence Chicago Tribune. iShe was a little pale-faced girl, humpbacked, thin, shrinking, and with that look of patience on her face that belongi to the deformed. She was so thin and fragile that one would hardly credit her with strength to go about. Rut in all sorts of weather she went bravely upon htr small black crutches, hunting Washington over fo a place where her thin little hands could tind something to do. She came here from Brooklyn with letters from people who had been interested in her forlorn condition. She was twenty years old, an orphan, without a relative or near friend in all the world. In Washington she met with no encouragement. No one had even a kind word for the little, humpbacked woman, who had no friends. Day by day she haunted the ante-rooms of officials, where she was jostled by politicians and place-seekers until anyone less patient than she would have given up entirely. Finally, when her resources were nearly all gone, some one told her that there was one man in Washington who was the friend of Uie friendless, a man with a heart so large and tender that it could nwt listen to the simplest story of pain and suffering without tears of sympathy. This man. Colonel Robert G. . Ingersoll, whose sole happiness consists in making others t i l j :.u nappy, is pesiegeu uigni nuu uay wiui crowds of unhappy people. Although he is regaled by many pious people as an cnoniy to mankind, yci mere is noi one of them who each day scat AT 1 1 . 11 - . ters so much kindness and good ness in the path of his fellow-creatures. To him the patient-faced cripple went, and at once found mat mere was one man in uie . . v city of Washington who does not discrimi nate between his callers. ith nun tne lame. halt, and blind lind as much favor, if not more, than the rich and iowerful. The little cripple told him her story briefly and simplv. She was alone in the world. She wanted work, bhe was able to do much in spite of her deformity. All that she wanted was one chance to show what she could do. "What have you done already?" was asked. "I have called to see the President." "Did vou see him?" "No." "Why not?" "Some way I never managed to get in. I would go there and give my letter to the messenger, and he would say, 'The President is busy now; you must wait.' Then I would wait for hours, and then the messenger would say, 'The hour for the President s re ception of callers is at an end. come again to-morrow at 10.' " "And you went again? "Yes. " I was alwavs there as the clock struck, but someway I could never get there so early but that others would be ahead of me. I have gone up there for many days, but I never got any further than on the first day." "Well, I will see what l can do tor you." He then took her address. A day later. before he could do anything to help her, he was obliged to go away for a week or two. He called upon the little cripple and asked her bluntly how much money she hau. -iie told him. The amount was only enough to last her two or three davs longer, Uie generous public man said: "Well, 1 guess I will have to see you through in this matter. So he dove down in Iiis pocket and gave her enough money to last her until he returned. I hen he gave her a letter to the President. With that she obtained an in terview with him. It did not appear to be satisfactory, however, for the next day she appeared again at Colonel Ingersoll's. "Well?' said lie. "The President was very kind to me," said the cripple, "but he would not give me a note to any of the Department chiefs, as I wanted him to do. He said that he had made a rule to not ask personally any anointnient in the Departments." "Well, said the Colonel, "tou get ready and go up with me to-morrow, and I will talk to the President lor you. The next dav Colonel Ingersoll walked in to the President unannounced, as is his privilege. Said he: "Mr. President, there is a little nump-DacKea woman ouisiue i want you to see." "Uut, my dear uot, said uie l-resiaenr., 'there are Senatorsand members here in this room waiting to see me." 'Let tliem wait, ion have that class here every day. Let them come again if need be. want you to see my little humpback friend." "Rut what can I do for her? 1 can't write her a letter, as it is against my rules." "You can make this exception to your rule. You can say: 'I will write no letters except fo orphan humpbacked women with no relatives or friends.' To do such a deed of kindness as this is worth all there is in beim President. Anybody can give offices to politicians, but it takes the highest aspira tions and noblest of minds to use the great power of President to help the helpless and aid the friendless." The President smiled, as he said: "Well, Rob, for the Lord's sake, for your sake and for her sake, I will do it." " ery well, as you say, it shall be done for her sake." Here the President dashed off a hasty order for her appointment, and as he did so, Colonel Ingersoll said, laugh ingly: "There, I regard that as one of the most important acta of your administration." This is the trne history of how this patient-faced little woman finally secured a place in one of the Government bureaus. TABLE GOSSIP. Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still. Self-foreetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill. Steel is the leading lace. Red remains the most popular color. Stockings must match the dress this spring. Some of the new bonnets ought to bring luck, for the shape over the forehead is exactly the curve of a horseshoe. The possessors of handsome arms are delighted to find that summer evening cresses are likely to be almost sleeveless. Astronomers are getting $000 for every new comet discovered, and it looks as though somebody had started a comet factory. There is comfort for spinsters in Scripture, which tells them that Naomi was 580 years old when she married. The veterans may still hope. Howells says writing is only remembering; but he is wrong. With some writers it is forgetting to give credit for the paragraphs they steal. "With a regretful tremor in its voice, one of our far Western contemporaries remarks: "It is twelve years since a man has been killed at Boise City." "To paint a woman," says Diderot, "you must dip your pen into the hues of the rainbow and dry the writing with the dust of butterflies' wings." A girl, hearing her mistress ask her husband to bring "Dombey and Son" with him when he came home todinner, set two extra plates for the expected guests. The Springfield Republican wants a Flan agan to rise up in the Senate and ask the Mahone party, in the words made memorable at Chicago, "What are we here for?" Parliament is having a great deal of unnecessary trouble in trying to induce Bradaw . -a laugn to swear, a jarge tacK placed upon his seat would break the deadlock in two seconds. It is not supiHjsed that the gentlemen who dined Dorsev for corrupting electors in In diana were after Star Route contracts, but what they really did mean isn't explained to this day. Three brilliants are the main jewels of beauty: Brilliant eyes, brilliant complex ion, and brilliant teeth. A lack of the last may ruin the effect of the brilliant eyes and complexion. . "Oh, give me any thing made of beans," exclaimed a Boston man. taken sick in the West, when asked what he would have to eat. They obeyed his request. They gave mm castor ou. Woman is your true physician after all. especially when her principal remedy is the love potion. A gentleman of Columbus, O., recently became ill and his friends despaired of his life. He was engaged to a Boston lady, and wished to be married if possible

before he died. The lady hastened to his bedside, and the ceremony was duly performed, by lying in bed. From that moment he began to improve, and now there is every reason to believe that he will be fully restored to health. The fight between Brooks and Love, at Logan, O., lasted more than an hour. They began by throwing bits of wood; they next used stones, and finally fired from behind covers with pistols. Twenty shots were ex

changed, and both were mortally wounded. A leading Lincolnshire (England) paper contained the other day advertisements of iifty-seven farms to let. In many Counties there are farms which would be let on le.ise, with no rent for the first vear or two. and ata greatly reduced rate afterward, provided the tenant would undertake to culti vate them properly. Patent medicines in England now yield a Government revenue of over $1,000,000. They were first taxed in 1873 under an act requiring venders of secret remedies to take out a license and pay a stamp duty. This act did not apply, however, to any one who had served apprenticeship to a surgeon, aiothecary or druggist. The wives of the Cabinet officers have agreed not to feel bound to return the calls of all who attend their weekly receptions Mrs. Tish used to pas the greater portion of her time riding about Washington to leave cards on those who visited her on Wednes day, and she otten found that smc ot the gaylv arrayed dames and demoiselles dwelt in very humble tenements. Now, while all can call on the wives of the Secretaries, as has for years been the custom, no return visits will be paid unless the Cabinet ladies so desire. The Chaplain of the Illinois Legislature prayed that God woujd give the members "more wisdom and greater promptitude." The Maine Chaplain, during the recent deadlock, cried out: "O Lord! have compassion on our bewildered Representatives and Senators. They have been sitting and sitting, and have hatched nothing. O Lord! let them arise from their nest and go home, and all the praise shall be Thine." The Pennsylvania Chaplain recently prayed: "Give these law-makers, 0 God, more brains more brains more brains!" The latest statistics show 41,078.000 school children in the world, so far as the census takers were enabled to ascertain. These have about 1,000,000 teachers. First in proportion to population conies the United States, with 9,373, 103 pupils and 1171,144 teachers. Both here and in France the school children form one-fifth of the population. Prussia, with 4,007,770 pupils and 57,0."W teachers, takes the third place. Next come England and Wales, where, as in Prussia, school children are one-sixth of the population. Austria then files into lino. In Japan there are 2. 102,;X)2 school children, but the total population is not known. That jHirtion of the Canton (O.) Methodist congregation which accepted the doetrine of perfect holiness or sanctitication maintained a kind of separate organization, holding prayer meetings by themselves and electing their own leader. Pastor Jones announced that lie would conduct those meetings himself, and attended one for that purpose, but the sanctified all stayed away. He retaliated by erasing the names of two of them from the register and forbidding the holding of holiness meetings in the Church. Elder Ault retorted that the pastor had better take the gold studs outof his shirt before dictating to true Methodists. The pastor ordered him to be put out, and Ault defied any of the brethren to undertake the job An aged sister called for a millstone to tie to the clergyman's neck before casting him into the sea, and the meeting ended riot ously. The grievance under which the ladies suffer by the wretched accommodations afforded them in the English House of Commons will be made the suhiect of discussion at ttie instance of Colonel The O'Gorman Malion. The ladies could not lind a ineeter champion. The gallant Colonel belongs to the old school a very old school be it said of extravagant chivalry and elaborate courtesy. He is to-day the most remarkable man in the House. Fifty-one years ago he was sent to Parliament by his present constituency. Even then he had achieved celebrity. Since then he has had a life full of adventure. In every part of the globe he has been connected with stirring political events. At one time he was Commander-in-Chief of the Peruvian Arniv; at another he figured as Admiral in the service of the Chilians. otv in his old ajie he has reappeared, a veritable Rip Van Winkle, and delights the younger genera tion by whom lie is surrounded by recitals of his experiences, and, strange to say, he still preserves a bold and military carriage, and is as full of animation as the youngest of his colleagues. His memory for dates is somewhat impaired, but he fixes the period of events hv saving: "It was about the time I shot" So-and-So, for the g&llant Col onel was a noted duellist and dead shot. Lost Ills Underpinning. (.Boston Courier. Timblethorp, who had not attended Church for some time, thought he would go the other Sunday, ami as he did not have time to shave himself, he concluded that he would not make his appearance in the sacred edifice until after the services had begun. When he got there, however, he found that there were a great many ieople of evidently the same mind as himself, for the rear pews were all full. The polite sexton, seeing his annoyance, told him there were plenty of seats half way up the aisle, and Thimblcthorp, ashamed to turn back, now that he had placed himself at the religious plough, proceeded through the dim light toward the chancel. He looked right and left, but could lind no place until he reached the vicinity of the pulpit, when he espied a pew witli only a lady and a small boy in it. 1 hey occupied the upper end of it, and he modestly took his position at the opposite extremity. He devoutly proceeded to kneel, when the kneeling bench shot up like a rocket and struck the little boy, who was standing, of course, under the chin. An unearthly yell shot through the Church, all the members of the congregation sprang to their feet, ami music of the choir was completely drowned. The next thing Ihimblettiorp knew was that lie was being escorted down the aisle by two policemen, preparatory to being locked up on a charge of malicious assault. It was not till the next day that the sexton discovered that some mischievous boy had twisted ofi" the underpinning of the kneeling bench at Thirnblethorp's side of the pew. Thimblethorp was discharged from custody, but he says that no saint ever endured so much mortification as he, and that he is sure of Heaven if he never goes to Church again. Meditation and Labor. Meditation and toil meditatio et labor are, according to Tacitus, the tho only passports to literary immortality, and, with some few exceptions, the dogma of the great historian will be found to hold good. ''Nothing great and durable," says Tom Moore, has ever been produced with ease. Labor is the parent of the lasting monuments of the world, whether in verse or in stone, in poetry or in pyramids," and first among the sons of toil stands Virgil. It was his custom, Donatus tells us, to throw off a number of vaises in the morning and to employ the rest of the day in polishing and in pruning them down. It took him upward of three years to compose his ten short 'Eclogues,'' seven years to write his "Goorgics," which comprise little more than 2,000, and upward of twelve " years to elaborate the "uEneid,'' which he was so far from regarding as complete that he attempted to rise from his death-bed to commit it to the flames. Every lino of 'Horace" bears testimony to the fas tidious labor of its author. There are, says Lord Lytton, single odes which must have cost the poet six weeks' seclusion from the dissipation of Rome. Lucretius s one poem represents the work of a whole life, and he hits himself told u? how completely he was absorbed in it, how it nlled his workir hoars, how it haunted him in his dreams. Jack, an old war horse, who recently died in his twenty-fourth year, went into battle with his master. Major John S. Nimmon, in 1801, with the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, and came out of service at the end of the War with many honorable scars. He lost an eye by a rifle ball, was shot once in the shoulder, was struck on the bellv with a pice of shell, and suffered many other inju ries.

SOCIETY DIRECTORY, 91atonlc. Gethsemane Commandert. K. T., No. 9. Regular communication second Tuesday of each month; hall In Judah's Block, opposite Court House. K M. Jones, Recorder. JJ. A. R0GAN, E. C. Alpha Chapter No. 23. Regular communication rst Tuend ay in each month; hall in Judah's Block. Chas. E. Bauet, Secretary. E. M.JONES, II. P. Lmli Court.

Union Court No. 1. Regular communication first and tbird Monday evenings of each month; hall in Judah's Block. MRS. CORNELIA T0WXSEND, M. A. M. Mrs. Sarah Hart, Secretary. Leah Court No. 11. Regular communication second, and fourth Mouday of ench month; hall in Judah's Block. MART JAMES, M. A. M. SaLXIe Galliton, Secretary. IiiIeienleiit Son or Honor. Lopcr No. 2. Regular communication first Monday night of each month; hall in Griffith's Block. TII0S. RUDÜ, President. John Preaton. Secretary. LobGE No. ID. Regular communication first Toes, jay night of each month: hall in Griffith's Block. JOHN WILSON, President, Mr. Walker, Secretary. Iii!n4teif IAtif;Iiten of Honor. Lopge No. 2. Regular Communication firnt Wednesday night of each month; hall In Griffith's Block. ELLEN S PAULDING, President. Ed. Ellis, Secretary. Sous and Daughters of MorningRegular commiiuiratioo first und "second Monday evenings of each month: at American hall. M RS. I'.LLKN ROBERTS, PresiJent. II. O. Medlin, Secretary. Unit! Sintern of Friendship. St. Mart's Temple. Regular communication first Monday evening of each month; hall N. E. corner Meridian and Washington streets. MaRV JARNE3, W. P. IlATilE FRANCF8. SüCRETAKT, U'eerrpv Stir Trvpiv Vn 11 ßuirnl.r onn.mn. nicatfon 1st and 3d Wednesdays of each month. mks. r.JiaiA .MiutiibLL, wortny rrincess. Mrs. Hattie Stafford, Secretary. Debohah Temple No. 3, of U. S. of F. Regular communication second Wed nemlny and fourth Wednesday evenings in each month; hall N. E. corner of Washington and Meridian street. MISS SALLIE GALLITON, M. W. Prince. Mrs. Fammik Johnson, W. Secretary for 1880. Odd Fallows. T.ixcoi.m iTvion f.omic No. 1 .4Rfi. Roirnlnr com munication firt and third Mondavs of each month: hall 85 and 87 East Washington s:re'-t. LESLIE MACK, N. G. Samuel Spencer, P. Secretary. Household of Knth. No. 34. Regular communication first and third Wednesdays of each mouth; hall 85 and 87 East Wash Ington streets. II. A. ROGAN, President. J. Ij, Leoqetl, W. S. W. S. Kebset, P, 0. Juvenile Knight of I!ethlltera Meet the 1st and 4th Tuesday evenings in each month, at No. 12 Columbia Street. MKS. M. PICKEKSOX, Worthy Mother. FLORENCE KELLER. Finacial Secretary. REBECCA BOLDEN, Recorder. ITntou Sons aud IlAncbters of the Stale Meet 1st and 3d Friday in every month at the South ''alvary Church, corner of Morris and Maple Street. NANCY SMITH, Lady President. REV. THOMAS SM ITH. Chief. American Son. Regular cotntnanictiion first and third Mondays in each month; at American Hall. WM. DUNMNUTON, President. William Barber, Secretary. American Doves. Recrular communication first Tuesdav eveninir of each month at American Hall. .MRS. KITTY SINGLETON, President. Mrs. Mart Ocslet. Secretary. SlKtena of Charity. Reenlar cotnronnirBtion first Tuesdav of each month at Bethel A. M. E. Church. MRS. REBECCA PORTER, President. Miss Rcth Beaslt, Secretary. Good NaniaritatiM. Jericho, Lonoe No. 5, G. O. G. S. Regular com munication, -Cond and fourth Thursdays of each month; hall No. 30 Went Washington street. HA.lb hWlMi.W. P.U. 8. J. Blatlock, W. F. S. Magnolia Lodge. No. 4, P. of 9. Uvular communication first and third Thursdays of each month- hall No. 3 West Washir.-ton t r. i t. Mm. SAINT CLARE, W. 1. D. Mrs. Kate Johnson, I). of R. Sons and I)auj;!ilor of Jlornhisr Sia Lopge No. 7. U-cular communications first and third Fridays in each ni'-nth, in American Hall, West Michigan street. Mrs. LUCY ANN MARTIN, President. Mrs. Mattie Wells, Secretary. SKI era of Rothletiem. Sisters of Bethlehem, Nvtmi Lodee No. 7. Regu lar communication every second and fourth Tuesday in each month; hall in lohn s Block, corner of Meridian and Washington streets. M KS. MARIA OLSLEY, W. SI. Mrs. Adda Tick, F. S. w. r. Rrpp. at BOfSERT W. F. RUPP & CO. ME CHANT TAILORS S3 East Washington Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. BEFOKE GOING FURTHER, CALL AT LUCAS SCOTTS SHAVING PARLOR, And get r clean and eafy shave. Clean linen a spec ialty. Good Artists in attendance. O'BRIEN & LEWI, BLACKSMITHS W AGO NM KERS. GENERAL JOBBING SHOP. STBEFAIBINO PROMPTLY DONE. Corner .North and Fayette Streets, Indianapolis DO NOT GO WEST Until yon have applied to A. J HALFORD GENERAL EASTERN AGENT INDIANAPOLIS ao ST. LOUIS 1.1. 131 S. ILLINOIS STREET, Indianapolis. fiT-For Time Tables and the Tery lowest Freight and Passenger Hates. BARBER H II O P . FOR A GOOD SHAVE CALL AT' W. A. MAY'S STAR BARBER SHOP, ISO INDIANA AVENUE. Clean Towels and Good Artists always on hand. GLOKIOl'S NEWS 1 INVALIDS mHOSE who contemplate going to Hot Springs for J th trentniont of Syphilis, Oleet, Scrofula, and all cutaneous or blood diseases, can bleared by one-third tho cost of such a trip at the old reliable stand. I harebfeeii located here (or 23 3 ears, and with the d TaotaRO ot such a oog and successful experience, can confidently warrant a cure in all cases. Lallet needing a periodical pill can get them at my ofiico of by Mail at Sl.tK) per box. Office, 43 Virginia arenne, Indianapolis, Ind. DR. BENNETT, (Successor to Dr. I). B. Kwlng.

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C. C, C. & I. H. W. This Train Leaves Indianapolis 8 Follows; 41 P K "If TRAIN arrives Muncie,C:22 a. m. I I 1 i Union. 7:25 a. m.; Sidney, 8:45 a m.; Bellfountaine, 9;-j8 a. m.; Crestline, 11:47 a. m. Arrive at Cleveland at 2:20 p. m.; Buffalo 7:50 p. m. Niagara Kall, 9:"0 p. m.; Binghampton, 4:35 a. m. Rochester, 11:03 a. in.; Albany 6:10 a. m., arriving at New York City at l(:3'J a. m. aud Boston at 2:25 p. m. lSVEIV IIOUKS In A d vance of Other R out es 35Tbis train has Palace. Drawing Room and Sleeping Cach from Indianapolis to New York without change. Fare always the same as by longer and slower routes. Baggage checked through to destina. tion. GiA 1) 11 f Train arrives at Crestline- 4:10 a. ViU I ill m.; Pittuburg, 12:15 a. m.; Cleveland, 7:10a. m.; Buffalo, 11:10 p. m.; Niagara Falls, 3:50p.m.; Binghampton, ll:0p. m.; Rochester, 4:H5 p. m.; Albany, 12:4' a . m.; arrive at New York City 6:45 a. m. and Bob ton 9:20 a. in. Hours quickar than all other lines. This train has elegant Palace Sleeping Coaches from Indianapolis to Cleveland, and from Cleveland to New York City and Boston without change. At Sid. oey close connections are made for Toledo aud Detroit and all points in Canada. Columbus Route, VIA DAYTON AND SPRINGFIELD 1 1 . K A A Tra,n "rives at Muncie 2:23 p. I l:llf A ill. m llninn a-IS tv m Ttunn 5:5a p. m-; Springfield 7:15 p. m.; Columbus 9:15 p m. The onlv line running thrnnah TarW rv..l.a. - P . w. .w. from Indianapolis to Columbus, where direct conunuvuiire uiaue wun lue oaiumor a UnlO Kailroad. This train connecs at Muncie with the Fort Wayne. Muncie i, Cincinnati Railway for Ft. Wavna and Detroit. RSSee that yonr ticket reads by the ee Line. A.J. SMITH, J. W. CAMPBELL, C. GALE, O. T. A. Park. Aar. Cleveland. O. Indianapolis tiarxilis. Cincinnau.Hamilton.Dayton VIA rtUSRVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, LIBERTY and HAMILTON. I Trains Dally, 1 Between I (Sundays Exc. j Indianapolis & Cincinnati. afSf Yin nppf ii-n a m o Ha fnr nil nnlnfo T7a and West of Cincinnati and Indianapolis. SAM L STEVENSON, L. Williams, Gen. Manager. Gen. Ticket Agt. Indpl's Peru & Chicago Ry. THE GREAT THROUGH ROUTE TO PJTTTpj A CXC And u Points in the great uniUÄUV North aud North-West. . Fort Wayne, ITnntington, Lo- TTrT TTI p gansport, Wabash. X J I I Tl UJ DETROIT And po'nt, in MicnI"an tn AMD THE 1ES jsl ass Direct connections made in Chicago with the trunk lines for all northwestern summer resorts and prin cipal points in the northwest and far weal. Woodruff Sleeping and Tarlor Coaches run between Indianapolis and Chicago, via Kokomo and Indiana poiis and Michigan t.'ity. Train leaving Indianapolis at 8:50 A. m. arrives at Chicago at 6:5( p. M., ; Ft. Wayne, 1:50 p. x. ; Locansport, 1:.0 p. m. ; Suuth Bend, t':2l p. u. ; Toledo, 2r. M. ; Detroit, 8:15 p. M. Train leaving Indianapolis at 12:50 p. m. arrives at Frankfort, 4:V p. m.; Wabash, 6:1:1 p. m.; Ft. Wayne 7:25 p. M.; Toledo. 10:18 p. M. ; Cleveland. 1:45 A. M. BulliiIo,7:35 a. m. ; New York City, 10 r. M. Train le.ivine Indianapolis at G:2 P. m.. arrives at Loxnnetiort at ll:0 p. m. : Valparaiso 4:21) a. m. : South Bend, 2:25 a. x. ; Mitthawaka, 2:35 a. m. ; Elkhart 3 a.m.; Kalamazoo 7:.J0a.m.: Grand HarddslO A. M. ; Chicago S:U5 a. m. Train leaving Indianapolis at 11:00 p. m. (daily) ar rives at Chicago via Kokomo, at 7:05 A. M. : Fort Wayne, G:'2) A. m.; Toleco, 9:5 A. Cleveland, 2:20. p. m. ; Detroit, 1:30 p. u. B3Aek for tickets via I., P. & C. Railway. Reliable Information given by V.T. MALOTT. C. II. ROCKWELL. Gen'I Manager. Gen'l Pass, and T'k't At, 101 Fast Washin ton Street. M (0 H o

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