Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1883 — Page 2

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HATS YOU TB1KD IT?

ADAGE. THAT “AN OTTNCK OF W IS WORTH A FOUND OF ’ WAS NEVER MORE APTLY TLIXS- > TflAJ BY BIX WHO TAKES BIS f TABBAXT’S SELTZER AI'KKIf BEFORE THE MORNING MEAL. FOB ONLY GENTLY REGULATES AND ES THE SYSTEM, BUT IS A FHOTEOAGAINST DISEASE WHICH NO ONE TO DISREGARD. ALL DEUGGISTS i». (5)

Fbe C. M. R. Cigar IE Ho Opium or Drug of •a/ kind. This I Chuumntee. M. RASCHIG, •1 Bast Washington St.

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DAILY NEWS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1881

The statute law, boneetly enforced. Is enough for the community.

The scattering of public money raised by ion la not necessarily progress. Wi want no “higher law" and no “lower law’ 1 —nothing but the statutes made and provided. Tub responses so far to the calls for the charities of the city are generous and gratifying. If all give in the same spirit the aaaount required wQl be raised.

The coming of cold weather would be hailed with Joy by thousands. Trade is much depressed by this mild spell. Seasonable preather sells clothes, dry goods, boots and shoes, and sets all branches of mercantile business at work.

Thebe Is great diversity of opinion about | the Pogue’s run question. Some think au Improvement should be made at great cost, Others equally well qualified to judge think * that a sufficient remedy can be had in dredging and rameving obstructions at a small coat comparatively. Would It not be well to try the more inexpensive method before a costly one I It is noted that there Is only one green-back-labor representative left in congress. He is one too many, and soon the places , that know him, let us trust, will know him no more. Along with him If only the 85 cent silver-doll or advocate would “skip by tha light of the moon,” so to speak, we would be in a fair way to get back to a sound basis for national financiering.

The board of aldermen should go very slowly in granting the use of the streets to any Individuals or corporations, especially where there teems to be no call for it. There has been too much of this sort of thing already. The haste with which the ordinance was rushed through the council, without a reference for consideration or any adequate discussion, is very suspicious. The grant of a valuable franchise, with no consideration to the city, la a matter of grave importance, aad should be treated accordingly. Electricians agree that no successful method of patting wires underground has yet been discovered, and it looks like the height of folly or worn, to bind the city to aa agreement which seems to hare no value, except that the grantees can make some money out of it. Tn supreme court of Georgia has rendered a decision which is of interest to all theatrical industry. A troupe was delayed by a wreck on the railroad so as to fail to reach a town for a performance, to which $800 worth of tickets bad been sold. The court held that the troupe could recover only the amount they had paid for railroad tickets, and not the amount they failed to make by reason of the failure to get there. That is a righteous decision, we should say. But the report fails to say whether the troupe was traveling under contract, as many of them frequently do, to be delivered at a certain place at a certain time. We presume not, for in such case damages would certainly lie.. Traveling as an ordinary passenger, certainly no more than the value of the tickets is Involved. The bald nonsense of a duel has nevtr stood out plainer than in the one fought yesterday at Rome by Signor Nlcotera, formerly mi ulster of the interior and Signor Lovita, secretary *to the minister of the interior. “They fought furiously,” the dll’ patch say, “but somewhat wildly. Lovita received a cut in the arm, while Nlcotera was wounded In the face and hand. The see on da then separated them. Lovita, who had been grossly Insulted by Nlcotera, accepted the result of the meeting as an ample vindication of his honor” Juat listen to I that conclusion! A grossly insults B. Bin vites A toTakehb life fpr an equal chance of B taking A’s Ilf*. They attempt it and each gets carved up some. Then B says his hopor is amply vindicated. How any sane men can feel so, paseee sober understanding. What possible thing has the duel proven* That the two men have physical eowage* A man Is supposed to have that: and he must iudeed have s slight hold upon it if he must prove possession at every trifle light as sir. What remains then in a duel we cannot see. Surely humanity never invested a more costly toy. It has robbed the world of many a life, to the world’s great harm, and it is satisfactory to know that the highest civOlzaUen of to-day, which is in England and the northern states of this country, has outlawed the duel and branded It as the disgrace and tony, which it is. ' Once more for the soldier vote. And again for the soldier vote. The soldiers have not asked it, cither. It to a device for personal r party service. The first to Senator Logan’s pPtoEgy person entering the service of country during the late war, either in r or navy, and honorably discharged i for any period of service less thaa , be entitled to eighty ac res of pubd either for himself or heirs; forserv-

snd over two years’ service 180 acres.” This would give an avenge of 120 acres at least, or more than s million of men or their representatives. And half o' them, or more, need such a donation as little sa they need Miss X iggle’s “annual gold mine.’’ Why give to thoee to whom the benefaction to a superfluity* The soldier had far better have It, even if be doesn’t need it, than the land grabber ar.d and raHroad gobbler; but should anybody get it,'who doesn’t need it* The soldier is making no fuse about it. He is merely the “stalking hone” at a speculator. His land bounties, if he gets them, will go like the land warrants at the close of the Mexican war— to speculators, and not make one settler for a hundred grants. Senator Plumb has a bill giTing 100 acres to every soldier discharged for disability within twd years of the date of his enlistment. All disabled men now get pensions, and not only that, but have got, or wfll get, big arrears of pensions. Who asks for more? Again, some some other agent of speculation, like the fellows who have crammed Washington with grand offices, want an “equalization of bounties.” No soldier is asking for it. Like the others, it is a scheme of, at least, equivocal speculation. It would take millions of dollars from the treasury and put It into the pockets of the pension shark crowd. Congressman Tccebr has delivered aa opinion for the l>eneflt of the country at large, defining Speaker Carlisle’s tariff views. “He is in favor of tariff reform” says Mr. Tucker, “but so moderate and gradual in its character as to disturb uo interests, and to promote gradually a return to the system in which the consuming interests of the country would be protected against the greedy demands o' the monopolists.” And he added: He Is a free trader In the sense of doing away with customs duties. He favors a tariff for revenue, with such protection to American industries as must be incidental to any tariff which produces the sum we need. Our Interest is to make the tariff bring so much revenue as to entble the goyernmeut to sweep away the whole internal revenue system. If Carlisle’! policy should succeed in making the tariff produce more revenue, hs would favor an abolition of the interns! revenue system. All which Is calculated to make one tired. It has been iterated and reiterated till it is more worn than the proverbial “twice told tale.” Nothing but the malignance or stupidity of a few deceived or deceiving protectionists Mould ever settle Itself into the feeling that tariff reformers or free traders ever proposed any thing butgralual change, which will help, not hui <. the country. Look A it upon the low ground of policy! Wou’d any set of men, devoted to a cherished pu: - pc ic, so execute that purpose as to make a failure which would set the people whom they want to convert to that purpose, against it* Such a question answers itself. The only significant point of Mr. Tucker’s state ment Is that if a tar- ff for revenue could be attained; that is, a tariff adjusted at every point with an eye single to bringing the very largest possible revenue to the government, it would probably suffice for the whole expenses of go,"eminent and internal revenue taxes might be done away with entirely. Whether this is true or not and whether it would be wise, if it is true, are other matters, but it Is significant, because it defines t^ose teirible free traders wbo in the crazy visions of the Col. McClure’s are going to abolish custom houses and factories, as deriving the whole of the government revenue from a tariff! Let us have peace on this question.

CURRENT COMMENT. A professor in Chicago gives several instances of young men, clerks, who have devoted an hour per day to the study of Latin, French and German, and in ten years have become proficient in all three; well grounded in the first and reading and writing the latter fluently; aud this professor holds that au hour a day under intelligent direction will enable any fairly Intelligent young man to attain the same results; all that is needed is the “hang on.” He may be the only one, but we haven’t got him now, and that’s a fact. Our snow this winter seems to be all rain. How the New Tork Sun will ‘ ; gloriate’ ’ aud “gOitrale” over the first, “I object t ” which Holman utters this session! Carlisle Is said to be bothered by the question of Randall’splace on the list of committees. Give him a place Intended for some republican. Communications upon protection and upon free trade begin to appear in the newspapers. Modjeska chats pleasantly about artists and art. It is worth while knowing what she considers a perfect actress to be like, as she tells, thus: l T saw Clara' Morris once In one of her poorest plays, but I could see flashes of genius in her. In her parts I consider her the leader. Marw Anderson Is delightful; Mrs. Booth, one of the most finished actresses on the stage. Tuere i* no snch thing as perfection, but if we could have the beauty of Mary, the finish of Mrs. Booth, and the emotional power of M ; ss Morris we would have It. sdeakfng now of actors, I am In love with Mr. Jefferson. He Is perfect as a comedian: and Mr. Booth I think lovely. Ho earnest and simple minded, like a great child, although a genius.” The finest bath in the world has just been completed in New York in part of the Hoffman house, by Ned Stokes and others. It cost $50,000, Is three tiers or stories high, and has every kind of bath known to science, while Its furnishings of costly marbles, mirrors, silks and velvets, make it the finest in existence. High prices will be charged, and is to be run not as a money making invest ment, but as a luxury. A few years ago the dairy business in Min nesota was regarded as a doubtful experiment, undertaken by a few disappointed wheat farmers: now it is a large and prospering Interest, with its yearly conventions, and one of the most important industries in the state.

If England thinks she will be permitted t >

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low estimate of American consistency.-iChicasb

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own and bold a little Gibraltar at the entrant to the Panama cjtnal she has au exceedingly

News. ■

Well, there is no doubt that she does pwn one and is holding it; and the only way we know of to get her out of it U by the means Spain tried to get her out of the original Gibraltar, and failed. Does our contemporary know of any other way* Is it ia the application of the new quantity, “American con-

sistency?’!

“Up with whisky aad down with blankets!” Is what will win next' year.—[St. Louis

Chronicle.

The democrats hare a large working majority in the house, and do not need to seat any bogus congressmen.—f Boston Herald. Look out about this time, as the almanacs say, for another boom in confederate bonds. There is a surplus in the treasury, and the south has carried the outer approaches to It on a well-planned charge and with “the old rebel yell.”—[8t. Louts Globs Democrat, from under the band wagon In the rear. We are still looking around to discover that Grant movement which Colonel McClure so vividly described the other day.— [Philadelphia Chronicle Herald. The great tendency to prodigal expenditure in the national government is because of a vice inseparable from the system of tax- ! ation on consumption, which hides the taxes i from the people wbo pay them, and even persuades them that high taxes which they do not see are a blessing.—[Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. j It Is not true that there Is any public comj plaint of any inadequacy of the existing telegraph service, which, there to reason to 1 think, to better than any goverument telegraph service in this country coold be made, without a radical change of our administrative system. It is not true that the public Is yearning for a government telegraphy expt riment. The only truth tn the matter is that some unmitigated demagogues, who perceive that the party machine is losing m«eh of its former force, aud wish to strengthen it with more patronage and more ekeUMHaanlpulaUng apparatus, are yearning tor It-—[Chicago Times.

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,1883

GOTHAM OOSNIP.

A Chines* Me the d of Gambling Intro-duced-BaMlng to Help the Bartholdi Pedestal—Magazine aad Piny Writing Paorly Doao—The Costly Kogravings

t ho Chief TUag.

[Corrapoadeaee of The ladlsnspoth News.)

New York, December 8,1888.

Chinamen are not yet welcome in our fashionable society, but a game of their’s has been taken into polite regard. It Is being fascinatedly playtd in many circles. Its name is “tantam.” The Implements are small brass disks, called cbeen, and these ought to be of genuine Chinese make, in order to satisfy the exacting taste of the domestic gamblers. They are Often curiously and elaborately carved. Square holes are in the centers. They number two or three hundred. There is a hollow vessel like an inverted bowl, with a handle to lift it by, and in material either chlnaware or metal. On a table is marked a square, with its sides numbered one, two, three and four. One player acts as banker, and this commonly Is the hostess. She takes a handful of the brasses and covers them with the vessel, so that no one can see what number Is in the pile, or whether it is an edd or even one. Five-cent pieces are ured in betting, and these are placed at the tide of tbe numbered square. M hen all the wagers hare been made the banker uncovers the brasses, and with a fanciful wand, which she thrusts through the holes, takes awsy four at a time, until only four or a less number arc left. If the reminder is even in number, that is, two or four, bets on the light figure win Iheir own amount, and the bank takes what has been laid on the other even number. The money on the odd numbers is simply withdrawn by its owners. If the number of brasses left is odd, that is one or three, tbe process is the same as in the other case. The game is a kind of odd and even, with no advantage for or against the dealer. Women plsying it make a comical spectacle, for their heightened color and nervous hands soon betray their excitement, and female fortitude does not lie In the direction of losing with equfnimity at a game of chance. It is true thet a fifty cent limit is the general rule, and that luck must be very good or very bad to cause an evening’s gain or loss to exceed ten dollars; but the elation and chargin are not the less Intense by reason of the monetary inconsequence or the ‘ 'ie play. Some night there will be a tragedy over tantam, though the bloodshed may all come from a tweaked nose or a scratched face. Then the game will drop into disfavor, but for the present s ime of wea'thiest and

most refined households are full at it.

Taking tbe chances is ever a fascinating thing to do. Th is trait in human nature is counted on to tr ,ke three thousand dollars for the BarthoU’ 1 statue fund. It is still an undecided ques Ion whether the collcssal figure of Liberty, into Which more than a hundred thousand Frenchmen have put a money tribute to America’s freedom, 11 have a pedestal to worthily stand on. No millionaire has yet come forward with a big contribution, and not^eaough public interest has been aroused to insure little ones. An exhibition of pictures and other art objects has this week been opened iu the academy of design, and the collection is excelle d; but the selfishness of some owners of tr azures suitable for the show, among them Mrs. A. T. Stewart, William II. Vanderbilt and the Lent x family, is shown by their refusal to lend anything. The enterprise is not a fair except in a single feature, which consists of an album of sketches in drawing and manuscript by celebrated artists and authors. A valuation of three thousand dollars is put upon this object, and not unreason ibly, sii ce it could probably be so d 'or that sum in tbe autograph market. It is here to be disposed of, however, through a raflle at fifty cents a ticket. This Is a breakage of the state Jaw against gambling, and it happens that Wheeler H. Beckham, our new district attorney; the official whose duty it is to prosecute gamblers, is one of tbe managers of tb's unlawful scheme. Tue police department and the district attorrey’s offic • are at enn it", 1 ecause the latte of late has inter"ered seriously with tnc former’s control of vicious amusements and gaming swindles. The consequence of this complication is a threat by the police commissioners to make a raid bn the fashionable and aesthetic academy of design. The spectacle of Pechkana, an Astotfor two, and wm. M. Evarts, chairman of the fund, grabbed by policemen and hauled away to cells for the night would simply illustrate the arbi trary and revengefulspirit of our po ice. A lack of courage to thus deal with poweiful personages wdl doubtless defer them in this instance, but the nature of the proceed-

ing would not be contrary to usage.

There are hundreds of rare old curious things in this exhibition.ranging from quaint and costly Chinese handiwork to old It tllau missals, representing the labor of a monk’s lifetime, but nothing struck me,on the opening night, as more unique or antique tnau the head of ,our former secretary of state. Mr. Evart’s profile has often been likened to tbe one preserved on Roman coins as Julius Cicsaar. Wbereve’- he stood he was pretty sure to have a piece of art tapestry, or some other sort of classic hanging, for a background upon which his side face, appeared as though iu has relief. There was enough of intellectual top-heaviness idealized, outliue and unconventional moulding, to i r cl idtt the idea that he was alive. Tnese striking characterhtics stopped in the midst of his shirt collar—neither at its top nor bottom, but right in the center. That appendage of his linen must have been made after his own —'— for I’m sure there is nothing like

designing, it anywbei

turned loosely over, somewhat after the fashion of half a century ago, when high stocks were in vogue: and this section had not been stiffly starched, so that it had the unstudied form of a poetical classic. This semblance abruptly ceased on a line ext ending from about a quarter of an inch below tbe top at the back to three quarters of an inch at the front. Below this, the collar was a wholly modern formation, standing stiff and straight in the prevailing style of young dandies, and encircled by a coutemperaneously white tie. His black suit was in conformity with ordinary evening dress, and the swallow tail of the coat helped to give kirn the appearance of tapering downward, like the big healed figures of caricatures. Evarts made a speech. Our public has become so familiar with the extraordinary length of bis sentence that his hearers always take a syntactical interest in his addresses. He stood in the doorway between the two halls on this occasion and frequent’y alternated in facing the two sections of his audience. As he turned several times during every elaborated sentence, no single (jersou heard a complete one. The effect was i-ather comical, aud altogether his appeal to Americans, to save themselves f om shame by contributing to the pedestal fund, was therefore less impressive to those who heard it than it ought to be

with tl o e wbo read it.

I asked a man who is conspicuously con-

cerned in the publication department of a leading magazine why the average of merit

in mi g izlue literature was so lo/. “There are several reasons,” he replied.

“The foremofrt is the dominant relation of the pictures to tbe letter pres*. The trenu utious success of the Century and Harp^ er’s Monthly is almost altogether due to the wonderful excellence of the wood cuts which are put into them. These pictures cost a great deal of money. A t housand dollars is sometimes expended iu the production of a single page of picture. The original may be a painting, or a pen and ink drawing of some famous artist, and the engraving is exceedingly expensive. Now, these illustrations are what sell the magazine. It is their high quality that circulates these two American periodicals in England to the extent of over 50.0G0 copies each. It naturally follows that the articles which such pictures illustrate are subsidiary. Theatrical folks relate of Poole, the manager of Niblo’s Gar den, that he ordered a drama with the sole direction that It should have a moon lit scene in it. He had found in the establishment a most perfect moon apparatus, and he proposed to utilize it. That's about the way with the magazine conductors. They first buy a handsome picture, and secondly bare something written to put it into.” Tuat makes modiocre text nearly a certainty. Another chief reason for poor magazine matter is that the writers are nearly all amateurs. Each magazine usually keeps a good serial running and occasionally gets verses from a recognized poet, but the bulk of the matter is from the pens of men who write

for glory rather than for a living, ablest writers are employed on tm

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tewspapers, and so fully and profitably that they cannot afford to devote time to work that must take its chances for remuneration. .Take a copy of any New York journal of wide circulation, and you will hardly fail to find several editorial articles, and as many descriptive ones, that are immeasureably superior to the stuff that we see in magazines. I could coant you up a hundred men who,without any proprietory or sinecure advantages,get Incomes of one hundred to two hundred dollars a week by writing for newspapers in this city, bat there are not ten contributors in the whole country who get aa much as the smaller sum from the maga-

zines.”

Nearly the same reasons cause the badness of most of the plays presented in the theaters. It to not worth while for a busily employed literary man to ml e a drama on the remote probability that it will he acted, and that, being produced, it will make a success. Besides, there are usually acton who think they can write, at hand to quickly see and seise the opponunitk-s for marketing a piece. We have an Illustration this week. The BiJot opera house to gorgeously rebuilt. It is

□yeicauy remaraaric me nna, too, is inordicary. Her name L She used to be a tight-rope Next, sbe was a singer and dancer

rerpened tor light musical purposes. Tbe ‘C rphec sox Enferes” of Offenbach to tbe piece. Max Free mar, a good enough actor and stage manager, has Men allowed to turn tbe French into English, and the manner in which be has done Ue work would ensure his Instant di charge from the humblest newsfaper employment. Plays quite as good have been ridiculed into rain on the vtrv night of their production. Bat in this ia,lance the suffering of the auditors finis a compccration in the music, and as spectators they are entertained by tbe most novel •bow of women that evsr was disclosed. There is a Juno six feet bl

feet wide: there is

tban half that height or tbtcKness; is a variety of intermediate beauty here, and altogether the exhibition is physically remarkable Tbe

n ma dom is YanonL

walker. Next, she was a singer

in variety shows. Two years ago she concluded that the had voice enough for opera. There was no time to lose, for she was no longer young and bad never been beautiful, and sbe studied music with a haste unprecedcnt< d She has made a hit. Her vocalism Is about zs good as we get in opera bouffe, her vivacity-is remarkable, aud all of her acquirements in former athletics come into appropriate use. Her wrigglmr, skipping, posing and general monkeyt.-m arswered tbe new purpose admirably. To tbe majority sbe is fresh from across ’he ocean. But there a few who knew her. One of the attitudes, with bands upheld, as though !‘rasping a balance pole, and a foot elevated in iron*, was vividly that of a tightrope performer at tbe outset < f an aerial walk and at just th^ juncture when the soles

are to be whitened.

“Chalk her foot!’’ cried an old acquaintacce. Kixk.

STATE NEWS.

Lung fever prevails to an alarming extent among the school children at Winchester. Wm. Cox, of Hagerstown, for cutting with intent to kill his brother, got two years

In the penitentiary.

Farmers in the vicinity of Montlcello are complaining about the corn rotting in the crib, and the loss will be immense. John McCammon, while assisting to load some hogs at Wblteland, fell breaking two of his ribs, besides otherwise injuring him. Taylor Robbins, a small lad of Franklin, went out bunting, and now is minus a finger and thumb on his left hand. The gun

burst.

The grand jury Is in session at Columb ia, and it is reported they will handle the gamblers without gloves. There is some excitement In consequence. Dr. T. V. Gifford, of Kokomo, was made delegate to the Ohio horticultand meeting that begins at Akron, next Tuesday. The appointment was made at the New Albany n ee lug. The evidence brought out in the examination of Perry *L.n’>, for the murder of Mrs. Nelson, of Anderson, at Terre Haute, bears bard on the prisoner and he will probably be indicted. The Adams chilled plow works at Plymouth were burned early yesterday morning. The cause is unknown. The loss is $7,000: insured for $2,500 in the Northwestern of Milwaukee. The Indianapolis «fe St. Louis railroad gave $1,700 to the DcPauw fund yesterday. The fund is being raided rapidly, andtbereis every prospei t that the entire sum of $00,000 will be ready by the 16th of January. Mr. Henry Miller, a farmer living four miles below Mitchell, while attending church Thursday night, was robbed of $140 by unknown j art es breaking into his house and breaking open the bureau drawer. Judge Malott, at Vincennes, yesterday, sentenced to the penitentiary: John Fuller, eighteen months; 1 k Pierson, eighteen months: Ed Moon. two years: Charley Smith, tbu-e >ciu"s, a i for peiit larceny. An unknown trav< !iog umbrella mender was shot and I dled ‘iterday in Branton’s saloon, at Couacrsr': by James Selby. The tramp’insulted fce-oy, and made a movement to draw a weapon. Selby lied after the shooting. 8. H. Braly, late proprietor of the Grand hotel at Vincennes, one of the finest bo'eis inscutle’n Indiana, has jumped the town, leaving beliud, it is alleged, several creditors. Tbe amount of bis indebtedness is up in the thousands. The Kiogery homestead near College Corner, was burned yesterday. Tbe residence and barn with most of the household goods, two good horses, a span of ponies and a cow were destroyed. Tbe loss will be some $5,C00, insured for $2,000. A breach of promise case at Grecncastle, for $25,000, Theresa Hanna vs. R. L. Higgert, has, after a ten day’s trial, resulted in a verdict for $500 for plaintiff. Prominent attorneys were engaged, Senator Voorhees being of counsel for plaintiff. Miss Florence Guipc, tbe daughter of a very wealthy and influential citizen of Elkhart, eloped with Lon McGowan, who has been forjrcftrs hack driver for the Cllftou House. Tbev were married at Sturgis, Mich., from which place they went to Toledo. Thomas McGorman became Intoxicated at Cementvllle on Wednesday, and, going to the residence of Mrs. Webb, he struck the lady and knocked her down. Two constables went to a church, arrested the wrong mao, and were severely before they discov ered their mistake. Byron Pyle, the well-to-do young farmer of Wayne county, charged with stealing Aunt Bailie Hawkins’s geese and ducks, got ten days iu the county jatl and a fine of $5 and costs, which, including attorneys’ fees, will amount to fully $800. There were about eighty witnesses summoned. A number of Evansville gentlemen are working up a Mardl Gras celebration. The plan is to engage tbe services of an experienced man iu such affairs, and they are already in correspondence with a New Orleans gentleman on the subject, to come and take entire charge of the arrangements. The preliminary trial of Elsie and Joseph Block, at Rushville, for the murder of Frank, has been again postponed. Yesterday merning tbe young Block boys opened their store for business, but it was soon closed by the sheriff on complaint of New Yoik creditors. Debts to the amount of $12,000 have turned up. Lafayette has a genuine case of small-pox, the patient being a widow with four children, residing ou the outskirts of town. “This is the first case occurring in Lafayette for years, though one or two patients were brought to the city from the out townships about a year ago. There is no danger of the disease spreading, it is said. Barker, shot by Myers near Jacksonville, Montgomeiy county, it is thought will recover with the loss of both eyes. One shot penetrated one eye and five passed aromd the ball of the other eye. Futy-tbree shot were taken from his face, Myers is a well-to-do farmer, and has remained on his farm without arrest, public sentiment believing him justified in shooting. David Small was found dead in his bed at Avon, on Thursday. He was eighty-seven years of age. and has been a citizen of Marion aud Hendricks counties for more than fifty years, aud was one of the. workmen under iiakt-r, oti the old state house. Forfour yeorv past be has been keeping toll gate on the Rnckville road, and was In his usual health till the minute of bis death.

Industrial Items. Tbe striking nailers of the Pottstowu, Pa , Iron company have been paid off and discharged. The strike of the colliery boys iu the Yorkshire mines has extended, and 14,000 workmi n are idle in consequence. There is much dissatisfaction among the employes of the watch factory at Peoria, III., over a recent sweeping reduction ia wat es. A strike is probable. The rail department of the Pittsburg Bessemer steel works, at Homestead, Pa., shut down,last night, throwing 800 men out of emp’oyment. The Edgar Thompson works, at Biaddocks, which employs 3,000 men, will follow suit iu a week, unless arrangements are effected with employes to work on a small reduction this winter or until trade improves. McKee, Anderson & Co.’s mill, Beaver, Pa., has closed until after the holidays The Manchester iron and steel works will suspend operations, Monday, on account of a scarcity of stock, and Kw men will be thrown out. The puding department of Kloman’s Superior mill, which suspended four weeks ago, resumes, Monday. _ Cyclones are Net Electrical. In the United States court at Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, an important verdict was rendered in an Insurance case. The plaintiff’s house, insured against fire and lightning, was destroyed by a cyclone. He brought suit to recover, maintaining that electricity was the potent power in cyclones. The defense asserted that wind was the destructive agent, and both parties placed meteorologists on the stand to prove thetr claims. The jury found for the insurance company, thus ignoring the electricity theory in cyclones. An Easily Verified Presentiment. Jane Becker, a thirteen-year-old girl, of LandlngvOle, a village near Reading, Pa., committed suicide, hanging herself to a bed-post In her room. Some weeks ago she injured he knee by tripping on a lumping rope, and white swelling fob lowed. She then became deepondent. Nteht before last she told her parents that she had a presentiment that she would not live long. Clear Out of the Coant. Comstock shares have not sold In San Francisco for six months.

'‘Among Thieves.*’

Mr neighbor fell Shall I crash him down

' ‘ tqSriMn the ground? y with a sneer and a frown

How many a home has been robbed of sunshine and happiness and rendered sal and desolate by the toes of some dear and pettedohlld. This to a dangerous season for ohQdrw, aad parents should keep Dr. BelI's Cough Syrup handy. Price S9 oenU.

all com-

bceivra ddee;«ri«to the ground*

Shall ftu n aw ay with a s

And can no < ■(her band be found Then mine to add to the load he bean? Am I so free from temp: at Ion’s snares, Mr past so guiltless that I must need Go by as the Levite on tbe other side? He stumbled and fell. 'TU hard indeed To see the mlrbry laid stricken tow; Shall 1 give to the broken another Wow? Has he changed so much since bis heart was

young.

Open and generous as tbe day? Can yon tell me what traps were sprung To trip bis feet on their thoughtless war It were well to think upon Baman’s state. And Xordeca! sitting outside tbe gate. No living man can foretell bis fate; No one is sure of himself till death Locks fast the door from the tempter's lore. And tarns the key when he takes our hrvath: And none of os. no, not the wisest one Can hold for an hour hts soul secure. To all came Jesus of Nazareth. The weak to strengthen, to save the lost. To aid the poor and the tempest-tossed. A fool kind Heaven may pity sore— A penitent thief near tbe cross may die ■

A hegger may sit at a rich man’s do >r. And the t evil be pardoned bye-and bye. Bat the hypocrite, worse than them all

bined.

Is a foe to hi< God and his human kind. 'If in prison he w.s and you helped him not— if iu hunger be wf s and yon gave no bread— If naked he was and you clothed him no;. Von uul it not unto me." He said. Lilt up the fallen and God may make Your home with him for hts weak child's t ake. _ [FranVUn W. Fish. SCRAPS. To cure a man of whistling—Blow him up. “Pulled back” skirts are no longer worn. The ice is six inches thick at Sault St.

Marie.

A Kansas boy, twelve years old, was drowned In six Inches of ewTl. Envy is a sickness growing from other men’s "happiness.—[ Marcus Aurelius. Thirty-seven brick stores are being erected in Chattanooga, within an area of 500 yards. It is claimed that $300,000 is annuaUy expended for Chrislmas cards in this country. Senator Anthony’s serious illness Is said to arise from the fact that he is too well fed. The finest of imported Tjrklsh rues come by the way of Lowell, Mass., where they are

made.

The first conviction for fence cutting has just been made in Texas, and $’>0 fine im-

posed.

Col. Frederick T. Dent has been retired from the army under the for.y years service provision. There are thirty trainers at Newmarket, England, and upward of one thousand horses in training. Raleigh, N. C., realized the sum of $4,703 from the sale of drummers licenses during November. On November 10th the first stone was la'd at the Pope's native place of a hospital, to be built at his cost. Frederick Billirg has increased his gift for the new library building of the university of Vermont from $75,000 to $100,000. Ac ex member of the Louisiana legislature (colored) stole three turkeys and sold thsm for $4.50. This showed a desire for reform. The constitution of Michiga i prohibits any form of religious service tn either house of her legislature. So they don’t elect a chaplain. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen hjas wrjitten a pjiay for Mjadisjon Sjquare Thjeatre. its projduction is anxjiously awjatted.—[Norristown Herald. One-fourth of tbe families in Cincinnati visited during the past year by agents of the VoungMen’s Bible society were found to be destitute of Bibles. Mr. George A. Post, representative in congress from the Fifteen'h Pennsylvania district, is but 23 years of age, and is the youngest member of congre-s. A census of southern editors shows two captains, teventecu majors, seven generals and 1,826 colonels. There are no privates and no officers below the rank of captain. A young man in Massachusetts writes four letters a day to bis girl. We would Pc willing to bet a silk hat that that engagemetd breaks off before New Yea r’s.—[Burlington Free Press. Great destitution prevails among the Indians on tbe Cattaraugus reservation, iu New York, on account of the crops being destroyed by the frost, and it Is stated that between four and five hundred of them wiM thus be in danger of starvation through uo fault of their own. In the California Fruit Growers’ conven tion, Mr. Richard Wheeler said that fruit canned in the orchard is richer and stronger in fibre than that canned elsewhere, and will endure transportation better. It should be allowed to ripen on tbe trees. Orchard canning will save much fruit that now goes to

waste.

“Pat, why in the name of Jupiter are you lying there with that stone on your stomach:” “Be aisy now! Oim jist carryin’ out a hint oi got from the docther. He guv me a divil uv a dose this mornin’, au’ sez he ‘Pat, me b’y, ye musht try yer bisht to kape It down,’ an’ be jabers, ef it’s requoired. I’ll put anither shtun atop o’ this but oi’il do it.”—[Yonkers Gazette. The Rev. Dr. J. B. Shaw, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian church of Rochester, N. Y., celebrated the forty-third anniversary of his connection uilh the church last Sunday. During his pastorate nearly 2,000 persons have been received on profession and 1,400 by certificate, and there are now about 1,500 names on the church roll, making it one of the strongest Presbyterian churches in the United States. The Greek Christians in the island of Crete far outnumber the Mussulmans, and are beginning to have things so much their own way that the Mussulman residents have petitioned the sultan to send a number of Bulgarian Mussulmans to re-enforce them, aud a more uncompromising Turkish goverr or than the present one. fhe sultan refuses, and says the island now costs him more than be derives in the way of revenue from it. Some fine specimens of California trout in an aquarium at Rochester, N. Y., were found to have been considerably injured by being bitten by one of their number, of a quarrelsome disposition. Seth Green being informeed of the matter took a pair of pincers and pulled out the offender’s teeth. The teeth of the trout are not needed for mastication, but are Intended to aid the fish in holding hts prey. This is the first instance on record of fish dentistry. Senator John P. Jones, who is said to have lost $25,000,000 within the past ten vears, is trying to get another fortune. He has leas id the Bonanza mines from the 1,550 level upward. The Bonanza, which has turned out over $100,000,000 of gold and silver, was found at a depth of 1,550 feet and Jones expects to find valuable ore deposits above that level. His lease extends three vears, and he will explore the giound for all it is worth. He is to account for 70 per cent., of tbe assay values of the ores found; all over that is to be his. Edmunds lives in such a quiet way that he has created the impression that he is a m in of moderate means. The reverse of this is true. He has au income from his legal practice of at least $75,000 a year. Ue has $o,(W0 from the Vermont Central Railroad company. He has $25,000 a year as the counsel of the great cable companies, while he receives retainers of $5,000 and upward in nearly every important case that goes to the supreme court, whether he makes an argument iu open court or not. Yet he carefully conceals his resources. He will not make any declaration of them in Vermont, and pays the penalty of the increased assessment upon what the local assessors can find rather than admit what he owns. He receives many of his retainers from corporations, because he has become to be regarded as one of the best corporation lawyers in the country. His position upon the judiciary committee muU help his private practice. Matt Carpenter, as good a lawyer as he was. said it made all the difference in the world with the fees of his private practice whether he was upon the judiciary committee or not.—[Washington correspondence Chicago News. According to the Washington Post, Colonel Crook, who signs laud patents for t he president, was so struck wltn the antics of Gulteau that he made a little sketch of his head in his note book, upon tbe 13th of May proceeding the assassination. Colonel Crook says that Guiteau came up to his desk on that day and borrowed two or three sheets of paper. He was very impudent aud was very indignant because Colonel Crook gave him plain paper Instead of tbe official paper. Colonel Crook said very shortly: “You can take that or none.” Then Guiteau said with a thump upon his breast: “Perhaps you don’t know who I am.” Dashing down his card he continued: “I am one of the men who made Garfield president.” The colonel was so struck with the appearance and pretentions of this tramp that he then and there made a little sketch of his face. He wrote under the sketch, “Charles Gulteau, of Illinois, one of the men who made General Garfield President,” By the side of this sketch he wrote: “This

A HOME ENDORSEMENT. The foUowteg letter is from one of the old ritlmts of lodianspolis. Mrs. Ida Huff, 29$ North Pine street: To tbe Editor of ibe Joiimz’. Dear Sir—I was afflicted with blindness. After suffering for years, and trying all tbe doctors and remedies in the country! finally consulted Dr. St. John, In the Bates block", opposite the postoffice. The doctor a sured me he could cure me w ithout pain or iieonvenience. I tried the Doctor’s treatment, and am happy to find it a pleasant and successful method of curing olirdness, and I believe it my Christian duty to let other sufferers know'it. 1 can now see to read and write. Respectfully, Mu>. Ii>a Herr, 290 North Pine street, Indianapolis. Dr. St. John is equally as successful in the following specialities as in the foregoing: Ear, lungs, heart, liver, lidne>8, blood, nerves, general weakness, paralysis and rheumatism.

It is well understood by the eommnnity that Dr. Brice’s Cream Baking Powder has constituted for years past one of the special domestic -taples. It is unquestionably. If the opinions of chemists, physli Ians and all <lasses of consumers are worthy of acceptance, the purest and best Baking powder ever placed in our marl et. ~ Read the statement of the Glo‘>e Tailoring company on 3rd page, *‘R< ugh on Corns.” 15c. Ask for It. Complete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions. 4 J. B. Lambert A Sons, corner Michigan and Blake streets and corner New York and Noble streets, will sell yon a bottle of Papillon Cough Care for your child, suffering so terribly with Whooping cough. *s

“Dr. Benson’s Pills for nervous and sick headache.” Dr. II. H, Schlichtcr, Mechanicstown, Pa.

PLEASE REMEMBER we have many articles suitable for Christmas and Wedding Presents. Splendid assortment Brass I: Ire Sets, Fenders, And Irons, Fire Screen's Rogers's A t Platedware. Coal Vases. Ivory, Pearl, Rubber and Celluloid Handled Cutlery and Carvers. Ladies. Scissors in cases. Fancy Tea Trays. Plated Nat Picks tn cases. Pocket Knives and Razors. Tbe best assortment and low prices. Call and Investigate. Hildebrand A Fugate. 35 8. Mer. st.

Is tbe Time to Care SKIN HUMORS.

It Is at this season w u ea the pores open freely and the perspiration is abundant that disfiguring hnmors, numiliating eruptions, itching, tortures, salt rheum or eczema, psoriasis, tetter, ring-

worm, fc abscesse

species of itching, scaly and pimply c the skin and scalp are most speedily and economically cured by the Cuticura Remedies.

IT IS A FACT.

Hundreds of letters in our possession (copies of which may be bad by return mail) are our authority for the assertion that skin, scalp and blood.humors, whether scrofulous, inherited or contagions, may NOW be permanently cured bv Cuticura Resolvent, the new Blood Purifier, diuretic and aperient, interaally. and Catlcura

and Cutk Beautifier

and Cuttcura Soap, the gj-eat Skm Cures and

ifiers. externally, tn one-half tl a 1 one-half the expense of any other

GREATEST ON EARTH.

Infantile Humors,

Soap, a real beautifier.

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fellow put on more airs than is usual for a man who to begging for office.” When Garfield was shot, Colonel Crook turned to his book and found that the assassin and his impudent caller were the same.

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Many men dally polish their boots who never give a thought to the condition of their hair, except to harrow it casually with brush and comb, or submit it to the paralyzing attentions of the average barber. What happens? Why, this: From neglect, mental anxiety or any of a •core of causes, the hair turns prematurely *my and begins to fall out Parker’s Hair Balaam will at otoe stop the latter process aad restore the original oolor. Aa elegant dressing, free toagrease. nibs

Eighteenth street, N. Y\

“I have sold them for years. 1 prefer them above all others. I

prefer them above all others. I nave known one Benson's plaster to core sciatica.” J. II.

WPLUC’ TOBACCO Not Injurious COC Y to a leaf that grows in South America, and Is the finest food and tonto for the neivous system known to the medical profession When combined with Tobacco it counteracts the Injurious effects of Nicotine upon the humsn system.

which fact to certified to by the highest medical authority. “COCA PLUG” to manufactured of thoroughly ripened, well cured, aud carefully selected White Burley leaf tobacco, combined with Fluid Extract of Coca, making “ PLUG” a finer flavored, tougher and richer chew than has ever been made.

“The experience of many

Extract of Coca, making “COCA

. „ generations tn Sooth America testify to the ralne of Coca as an excitant to muscle and brain, aiding the working man to perform more labor as well as preventing exhaustion to the nervous system. Probably in no way could this plant be presented to men of activity more successfully than associated with tobacco, la my opinion it will not only meet with acceptance by those who use the weed, but will prove a boon to them.” •

R. OGDEN DOR? *US. M. D„ LL. D„

Professor of Chemistry and Toxhology, in Bellevue Hospital and Medical Col]

lege. New York.

* I consider Coca an excellent nerve tonic, and Its valuable restorative powers are well known to tbe medical profession. There can be no doubt in my mind that, combined with tobacco, it greatly obviates the well known depressing Influence of that powerful and poisonous agent.” J. K. BAUDUY, M. D., LL D„ Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases, Missouri Medical College For sale by all Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Indianapolis, and Indiana. DRUMMOND TOBACCO CO.,

St. LOUlU.

New Gloves.

RED TAN, MODE TAN, And Putty Colors. Tucker's Glove Depot, wf 10 East Washington Street.

Furs.

I will offer my entire stock of Furs at Manufacturers’ Prices, as follows: Bearer Gloves 80 I Real Cans $10 00 Seal Gloves 7 00 Fur Caps 8 00 Black Hare Muff and Collar 4 £0 |

temally, audCut cnra andCvtieura Soap ex nally. .T. W. ADAMS, Newark. 1

great blood medicines.

The half has not been told as to the great curative powers of the Cuticura Remedies. I have paid hundreds of dollars for mealclnei to cure diseases of the blood and skin, and never found anjthing jet to equal the Cuticura Remedies.

CHAS. A. WILLIAMS. Providence. R I. CURE IN EVERY CASE.

Your Cuticura Remedies out sell all other medicines I keep for skin diseases. My customers and patients say that they have effected a cure in every instance, whore other remedies have failed. II. W. Brock wav, M. D.

Franklin Falls, N. H.

Sold by all druggists. Price: Cuticura, 60 cts;

Resolvent. St; Soap. 85 cts.

Potter Drug and Chemical Co.,^Boston,

Mass

cysend for "How to Cure Skin Diseases." RtflinV For Rough Chapped and Greasy DDffUJI, Skin, Black Heads, l-fimples, Skin Blemishes *nd Infantile Humors, use Cuticura

Fur-lined Circulars at reduced prices. Also, Seal Sacqucs made to order at tha lowest prices. Furs repaired. Seal Secones redyed and Trimmed at the Fur Faotorv of |. LELEWER, Bates House, 22 and 24 N. Illinois St.

Mr~RAW FURS BOUGHT.

NOW Is the time to call and see our magnificent stock of WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, CLOCKS, CANES, OPTICAL GOODS, AND NOVELTIES. We offer special inducements until January 1st. Select your presents now, have them engraved and ready for the Holidays. CRAFT & CO. 24 East Washington St.

Oranges and Florida. Better than Breezes and Blossoms - Under a New Flag. Even the balmy air and orange groves of Florida fall to keep its people full of happiness and comfort. Art must help nature everywhere —in the tropics as among the pines of the north. "And chief among the blessings which are adapted to all zones,” writes Dr. J.G. Wallace, of Fort Dade, Fla , “is Pakker's Toxic. It seems to have the world for a field, and most of the current diseases yield to its action. 1 have used it in tbe ease of a delicate and dyspeptic young lady, with the most gratify ing results. It seemed to accomplish with case what the usual prescriptions and treatment for that miserable malady failed wholly to bring about. I am also glad to state that the Tonic has greatly relieved me personally of a troublesome atonic condition of the stomach of long standing. It is the ideal purifier and invigorant.” Messrs. Hisenx & Co. call especial attention to the fact that after April 16, 1883, the name and style of this preparation will hereafter be simply I'urlet 's Tonic. The word "Ginger” is dropped, for the reason that unprincipled dealers are constantly deceiving their patrons by substituting inferior preparations under tbe name of Ginger; und as ginger is an unimportant flavoring ingredient In our Tonic, we are sure that our friends will agree with us as to the propriety of the change. There will be no change, however, in tbe preparation itself; and all bottles remaining In ihe hands of dealers, wrapped under the name of “Barker's Ginger Tonic,” contain the genuine medicine If the signature of lliscox A Co. is at the bottom of outside wrapper. ni hSx From Men Who Know. When we want a trustworthy opinion on a given subject we are likely to apply to some person who is in a position to know all about that subject. Those who deal In a certain line of articles: who bpy them, sell them, manufacture them, ana watch their uses and effects, ought to be able to express a valuable judgment as to their character and merits We shall agree that this is so. Well, it follows that druggists should be be 1 - >r acquainted than any other class of men with roprietary medicines—how they tell, what peo

BORN & CO., 97 East Washington Street, Sell FURNITURE, PARLOR and BEDROOM SETS, STOVES. CARPETS, MATTRESSES. QUILTS and BEDSPREADS and all HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, on easy Weekly and Monthly Payments, As cheap as other houses sell for cash. gar HO SECOND HAND GOODS SOLD. tn.UM

WE GUARANTEE OUR CUSTOMERS ONLY THE . BEST QUALITIES OF ALL KINDS OF Coal and Coke.

DREW & WASSON, 14 North Pennsylvania St. 126 Indiana Ave.

Plumbing! Plumbing 1 Bath Tubs, Wash-Stands, Sinks, Pumps, Lead Pipe, . Iron Pipe, Brass Faucets of all kinds. Repairs on Water and &as Pipe promptly attended to. ANESHAENSEL & STRONG, 93 North Pennsylvania Street, t,th,s DENISON HOUSE BLOCK.

UNDERWEAR, Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s. Best Goods and Lowest Prices in the City. GEO. E. VOGLESONG <&, CO. 301 Mass. Ave.

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^ PAPER " INDIANA PAPER COMPANY, Manufacturers. WM. O. DxVAY. Agent, No. S3 But Maryland St. The paper upon which Tbe News Is printed to furnished by tbtoCompaavJeffer’s Paint Store, 35 SOUTH PENN. ST. (SCOTTISH RITE BUILDING. tn.tb.s Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Prepared Paints, Colored Lead.

JUST IN !

Another Invoice of Maple Syrup, 40c per Gallon. POWER, 80 N. Pennsylvania St.

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with others of a similar kind, Nearly all these goods pass through their bauds on the way to the consumers, and the story of what they do or fail to do, echoes directly back to the ears of the druggists. Very true. Here are a few out of 5.000 written opinions of druggists on BENSON’S CAPCINE BOBOVS PLASTEHS. “Beyond all doubt they are the best In oae. They are prompt in action, and I sell them rapidly.” H J. Caicbccr, Sixth avenue and

Christmas. Christmas. JUST ARRIVED, FOR HOLLIDAY PRESENTS, $3,000.00 worth of Smyra, Velvets, Moquets and Brussels rugs, in various sizes, which we will offer to our customers for less tban factory prices. Note a few of

the sizes and prices below:

My customer*

Allen, 316 First avenue, New York.

‘They sell first rate. My patrons JF them In terms of the highest appreciation.” H.

W. Atwood, M6 Broadway, New York.

“They are easily first, no matter what plaster may oome next. Tbe quickness of their aciion to wonderful.” T. J. Macroahan, Sixth avenue,

New York.

“There is nothing equal to them; they are th* best of all. This Is tbe unanimous opinion of our customers." Hunt A Dunlap, Uitoey House,

New York.

"For quickness of action, thoroughness, cleanliness and range of effect they leave all others far behind.” P. B. Knapp A Son, 382 Hudson st.. New York. Beware of imitations. Tne word Capeine to eat la tbe genuine, seaburr A Johnson, Pharmaceutical Chembu, Ney York. • u *

Best ginyra Sofa Rug, 40x93 inches, for $9.00, regnUr prire, El4.00,

iiozco «• •« a'.7B, “ *7x57 “ “ 3.1ft, “ 30x70 " “ 4.35, “

37x58 ** “ 3.00.

o-.aj .. .. 3.00. *•

“ *.0». “

Best Brussels Bugs, 30x70 “ “ 3.1ft, «• •• *7x03 “ “ a.oo. “ Best Ingrain crumb-cloth*, 9x7 ft 6 In, for 7.7ft, “ «• “ *• 0x9 ft, “ 9.25. “ «• “ 9x IO ft 6 in “ 10.75. “ “ » “ 9x12 ft, “ Il.HO, “ Felt Crumb Cloths, 9x10 It 6 la “ 0.00, “

Best Velvet Rug,

Best Moquette Rug, 37x04 “ « 34x55

0.00. 5.00. 7 OO. ft.OO. 0.OO. 3.04). ft.OO. 8.00. 0.75.

13.9ft.

14.50.

15.35.

9.50.

The largest line of Foot Stools, from 25c up. The handsomest line of Lace Curtains at less than halfvalue to close out by Januaiy 1. Also, the balance of tbe B. W. Cole Bankrupt Stock of Carpets, etc., at halfvalue. must be closed out by Jauuary 1. HERMAN MARTENS, 40 South Meridian St. N. B.—Don't miss this oppotunity for buying handsome Christmas Presents cheap.

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