Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 53, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1885 — Page 4

TUE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL MONDAY MORNING" FEBRUARY 21! 1885.

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Tm cd of Republ cm rule draweth ni h. Nine days more Hcnry VikLi:r, aa English E7analia thinks that St. Loaia is ths modern Sodom Tuf only namfs said to be positively tiled fcrCibiryjt positions are Biyard, Mianig and Garland. f he Orphon Legislature having failed to elect a United Sta'es Senator, the topic there now i3 how to get one. Bi.ainz spent 51.100 in his residential campaign. 0 sijs the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune (ultra Blaine Republican organ.) The Blaine organs and correspondents have already opened their mud batteries upon Sir. Manniifc as the prospective head of the Treasury Department. Ttrt!'' T T Vi r X- TrtMT K - j hT 1 Anin naltMn Is gone, is mentioned for the Mayoralty of Chicago by a newspaper of that city. It thinks that "Bob" has none of the "remarkable gifts" of his father, but much of his common sense. Oce of "Honest Old Abs'a" most remarkab'e gifts was his common sense. This is the way it reachc d the Philadelphia Press via the Norxistown Herald: An exhibit of Deraocr Uic financiering h reported from Indiana, where, a. few years ac wien the Republicans were in power, ttie Stte was oat of debt. Now It it no; nv.rely banicrupt, but l.UO.OCO worse. This is positively ridiculous. Let us hunt the wocdi. Eotox is declared to b-j the wickedest city of the United States by some of its hading citizens. This must be the result of that old slavery virus latent sir ce the early days ol the old Commonwealth, when Boston's ships and wealth were industriously engaged in supplying the Sontb'ern States with the original African. "William C. King.-ley, a prominent citizen Of Brooklyn, N. Y., died last Siturday. For the last twenty year be was a delegate to svery Democratic State and National Convention. It was mainly through his influence that the boitila delegation of Iiis county was induced to cast its solid rote for Mr. Cleveland at Chicago. Si p.f.KAST Fr.EDEi::ck, of the Graelsy exI edition, has presented the Baltimore American with a bouquet plucked between latitudes 1 and 82 200 miles north of Cape Sabine. The American says: "There is a cluster of yellow blossoms that closely resemble the Miffodills that corns bafore the swallow dares and take3 the winds of March with baauty,' and also a cinster of violetcolored flowers that resemble our periwinkles and wild violets. There is, too, a flower with many blooms on a stalk, like a miniature hollyhock. They are lovely messengers to tell us of the beauty of spring in the far, far North. Sergeant Frederick wh the most able-bodied of the survivors of the Greeley expedition. He was the only one who could have survived forty eight hours longer. He looks cow robu3t and healthy, and perhaps jchcy for another battle with the icebergs." THE REBEL YELL. A New Englander writes to the Charlesion vS. C.) Sew3 and Courier for information concerning ihe "Rebel yell," but that paper says that the yell wa3 once familiar, but that the editors had been "hollerin"' .s long for the old flig that it had faded away. We should think that the "New Engländer" might get the desired information from the Chicago Tribune, the Commercial Gazette or the Indianapolis Journal. These papers so frequently refer to it that they areevidently posted theoretically at least. We have observed, however, that the chaps who are fighting "the solid South" so valiantly now-a-dajsand through campaign eeasons, did not do much lighting when the "batle was on." Like tbe war horse of the Bib'.e they snuffeth the battle from afar unlike him, they never got there. The Charleston paper answered the Inquiry referred to as follows: "A correspondent in New England writes to the News and Courier that he desires very much 'to be able to express on paper the famous rebel yell,' and asks ns to describe it so as to enable him to have it 'understood or reproiu' J. Our correspondent evidently heard the yell in question, which he describes as the 'Southera battle cr, a piercing sound which caused shivers to rur. down our spines, and we could not possibly describe it mora freely or forcibly tbaa he has done la th03 few words. As for reproducing it, even on paper, we could not think of such a thing. It has beta a long time since we Lend it, and we have been hollering so many years now lor the old flag and aa appropriation that

we may have lost the old tune. But perhaps some one of our correspondents can represent the desired sound by the use of a musical formula, and, if so, we shall be pleaded to revive it and forward it to oar New England friend." We i-ain renew our sohVtaMons that the "musical formula" micht be referred to our eittemed and frisky fighters ia peaca times already kindly named in the foregoing.

AMERICAN IIUMOR. Bob Burdette observed the other day that a town where he was engaged to lecture had cancelled the engagement oa account of an outbreak of smallpox, and Bob dryly adied that they preferred the suallpox to the lecture, and were to be "pitied" for their choice. In this laughable expression may be found the distinguishing characteristic of American as opposed to English wit, namely, a play upon words, and an unseemly familiarity with things terrible or uncommon. Herein lay tbe power ot Artemns Ward, though, indeed, an element of burlesque was also added to his utterances. Are not the same characteristics also discernible in ark Twain, and the best productions of Puck and Lif? Even what wit or humor there may be found in the vulgar and coarse productions of Nasby Lave root in the source we indicate. So, too, with cur caricaturists, GilJam, Na3t and others there is an element of familiarity with the ua- j common, the t.-t,-e running through all j their work. We have as yet produce! no wit or humorist of the highest clas?, no lean Swift nor Sidney Saiith. Oliver Wendel Hohnes S cur neareit approach to a ral ir. In th3 realm of genuine hnrnor, we have, a3 yet, given the world nothing that can comparo with the "Eliana" of quaint and dear Charles Lamb. Hi a essay oa "Boast Pig" will net be equaled on this side of the ocean m our day. We have not had enough of leisure yet in this country; we are just now too busy in dealing with the material problems involved in building titles, warehouses and railroads to enjoy ! anything other than a loud laugh. After awhile the delicacy and refinement of the E.-glish wit3 will be gra'ted into our American tdock, and we will have wits and humorists who will live but a3 yet we have them rot. In the same manner, tbe broad effects which now mark and mar the work of the Arxerican ttcher of vartoons will later on give way to that close attention to detail and that approximate reproduction of nature and life, for a long time characteristic of the English worker in that field. It is net the breadth and width of Nast and Gillam and Keppel that ive immortality, but tbat keen insight into nature best portrayed by the delicate touches of a Hogarth or Crnikfcbank. WHO STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON? This jnestion i3 not a fresh one. Every native born American of seventeen years must have heard It asked. Within the last "half century it has traveled, in sundry languages, around the globe and until now, never been answered. Eere is the origin of the expression: About 1335 one Billly Patterson, of Baltimore, while visiting in Habersham, a mountain county in Georgia, fell into a fight with one of the native3. In the progress of the nghl 1 ome person came to the rescue of the native by striking Billy Patterson on the head. Cut so large was the crowd and so intense its interest In the set-to that no one 6aw" from whom came the blow. The mystery of tbe source of the blow so exercised the crowd a9 to break up the light. Billy Fatterson turned hi3 attention from I1I3 open att.igonist to an effort at findiDg who hd secretly struck him. When, sf:er weska of fruitless inouiry, he returned to Baltimore, he left friends to continue the search. Patterson azd his friend3 agitated tbe question until it csTe into general use over the entire country. The man struck wa3 vexed over toe atlair through life, and ia his last will ard testament is a clause rtclting that the administrators on his estate pay 5. "00 to any person who should furnish proof of ,who dealt him the c'adestine blow. A short time sines one John Dyer, of Habersham Couaty, died at the ae of ninetynine. Only p. littlo while before death he confessed to have been the maa who struck Billy Patterson. No speculation has yet appeared as to what this answer has to do with the extraordinary blizzard', the intrruption of transposition, the excess of catastrophes by rail ani o'iier recent disturbances. Bat even if the answer precipitated these convulsions, wa can endure them patiently whn remembering that we, at least, have solved toat problem of world-wide moment: "Who struck Billy Patterson?' THE INSTALLMENT PLAN. There are doubtless some dealers who sell gocds on the "installment plan" who do business in an honoraria, upright manner, and then again we have heard the customers of cthets relate experiences which force the conclusion that the p!an can be used in the interests of swindlics and dishonesty. The Commercial Gazette notes the experience of a man who 13 now a member of th? New York Legislature Senator Cullen and rajs: When Senator Cullen, of th New York Leg'sMure. was a yonng man aad a rlaiu citizen, and just starting in life, he bought a paid oil tut $ " on it, which became overdve. He was n his way to pay it, however, wttn he was knocked down and robbed. The teller of tbe piano was promptlz oa hand to reOiGVt the instrument to his shop, br.t youre Gullen, aided bv a bull dg. parsoaJed Lira itoald be expedient to let th? piano regain. NowCul'eais a Elite S-natcr, and, remnubering bow he was treated bv the installment dealers. h3 introduced a bili. which wiU probably, pais, preventing them from taking away property from delinquent puxcbasfrs without ret Rettin an order or decree of a court in which a civil action hai ben instituted, and an opportunity given for a bearing to the defense. Thus the iniquities 0! one generation ara .111 - t . ...

revenged in the next. The grab game of the installment dealers will be -plaved out in New York. Cullen'a bill should . h ive a wider application than a single State.

DANVILLE, ILLINOIS. We de'ota considerable space this morning to setting forth the interests of Danville, 111. The showing cade is based upon facta, and the natural advanaes of that thriving city should attract tbe attention of manufacturer?. Cheap fuel is a great saving, and Danvilfe, it seems, enjoys this rare Inducement tOEettlers. Its citi.ena are more than the average in enterpri;e, and their locaLpride impels them to Ljsny undertakings subserving the general good. The country tributary to Danville is rich in timber ard soil. Tee railroad accommodations constitute a prominent feature, and from the facts a3 set forth, it would net bs unreasonöle to prophecy 2".C00 inhabitants for that city within the nsxt ten years. Her citizens ara deserving and hospitable,. and their treatment ot our representative is in keeping with their character. Messrs. John P. Xorvell, A. S. W. Iiawes, Alderman Joan Beard and Mayor Dichason are entitled to our recial thanks, as are also the Director of tLe Busings Men's Association. OOOD EN UMfcN TS. Tee stones contr'iatfd by Indiana and I:iit;oi to the Washington monument are ett in the east wail nearly sity feet from tLebife. Indiana farmsbes a block of variegittd rathe Iiiu-rStooe i:iicrib?J : 1 INDIANA I Knows ro NortM, :jo 'j :tb: : Noh!ri2 but tso Mm ) What a sp!ynd:d sentiment it is. lliim' co:;tTibutod a block o! bud" native liuiesione beaiirg the worda t : ILLINOI-. : 8TATK VEitKINr.TY, : NATIONAL UNION. : We hope our Republican friends will not object to the foregoing on the Illinois stone and advocate the erauxre of the words "Slate Sovereingty" by a move to amend with hammer and chisel. Keferkixg to Danitl Webster in a recent interview, ex-Senator Thurman, of Ohio, said: l have heard hm epeakand I have never heard his equal Whenever I think of Weo2ter 1 feel that I appreciate the remark oa( -e made about him by Syney Smith. Webster was in England on a visit and somebody asked Svndey Sa&illi if he had seen the great American. He ?aid he bad. Well, what cid he think of him? 'lie is cithedral, he said. That In just my idea of him. I never saw such r. tley of idea3 oa any man's face fhile speaking. The ca?ernou3 depths of his eyes Eeemcd to be actually on lire. He bad a most grave and solemn exnres;ioa of countenance, but Vinton, who knew him intimately, told me he had a creat fund of hnrcor and pocd jokes, and that he could tellastcry aa well as Tom Corwin." CUKROT NOTE AM) COM 31 EXT. It may be a paradox, but it is not the lesi a truth, that what is given to sleep ia gaiaei to labor. Saginaw (Mich.) Courier. The "well-informed Washington correspondent" is classed as doubtful aa soon'ai re hits too hard on either party. Detroit (Mich.) Free Press Any sort of a dwelling in New York where the rent amounts to highway robbery is termed a flat. All others are residences. Detroit (Mich ) Free Press. Ax experienced party thinks that whisky should be taken straight, or, if you must drink it with something, drink it with alacrity. The Chrisian at Work. A favorite copy set by writing teachers for their pupils is the following, because it cortains every letter ia the alphabet: "A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." A larcje black whip hangs in the Courant liice at Randolph, N. Y., bearing on a card attaehed the following inscription: "This bslorgs to the chap who wrote that article ancut you. Ar? you mad? How do vou like it'." For.TY of the sixtv days of this session of the Legislature have sped, and the only legifr'aticn eo far is a bill to pay for a horse that fell through a wharf and was killed. This i3 a wee, tiny mouse to he brought forth by uch a large mountain. San Francisco Csl. Alta. A few vcars ago money could be loaned 03 good security in this county at from 2 to ö per cent, a month, juat because it was scarce. Now it isdifhcuH to loan it at IS per cent, per aanum. Twelve per cent, may be called tbe inUng rat? cf interest. Like City (Fla ) Reporter. The air in South Florida is taking on a faint odor of orange blooms, and very soon the pearly white of the flowers will mingle with the golden yellow cf the fruit and the emerald green of the foliage to make the croves bouquets of incomparable beauty. Jacksonville (Fla ) Tim33-Uaion. Ge:.e?.ai. Logan is a rampant protectionist, and jet free-trade Republicans of Illinois give Mm their support for re election to the Senate. The two Republicans who refuso to support him put their objections oa entirely Ciiferent grounds. Republicans refuse to break their party to p!eces on the tariff iue3 ticn. St. Louis Republican. Tbf. State of New York should take the N'agera Falls property, paving what is fair, and wasting neither time Lor money on the sharks of that famous spot. The sharks get c Jcheaply, alter a long terra of extortion, if they get the ectual worth cf the domaia tiny monopolize and are net obliged to accept a sum that would involve some retribution for their epoliations. Syracuse Standard. A comtatu-on of the occupations represented in the present Legislature with those of the Legislature of 15C:; reveals some differences. With the sauie cumber in each branch, there wen- In the 8enate eleven farmers to four at present, eevea lawyers to nine cow, four merchants to thres now. Among the Reoresutatives were seveatytwo farmers, against thirty six ia the pres

ent House, seven lawyers to fifteen now, twenty-three merchants to nineteen now, nine lumbermen to three now, three master mariners, the sa-ne number as at present. Angusta(Me. ) Journal. Whoever, may be selected for Secretary of the Treasury, he will be ia thorough accord with the Democratic policy and purpose of putting the raw materials of manufacture oa the free list and of redactng the excessive duties on necessaries of living. He will not favcr a repeal of the fiscal taxes on whisky and tobacco a3 a means of evading that substantial revision of the tariff which is promised the country in the Democratic platform. Upon these two points, one a:lirmtive and the other negative, t oncernirg the next Secretary of the Treasury the tariff obstructionists need give themselves no further trouble. Philadelphia Record.

PERSONAL. TifK late Mrs. .lames Baseell Lowell was a relative of the distinguished Senator, William Pitt Fessendea. Mary An person is so persecuted by impertinent etarers at church on Sundays that, according to the London Court Journal, "she has been compelled to change her place ot worship. Lui.r Hi rst now attributes the less ot her me-'Letic power to the fact of her having been interviewed by prettj much all the reptrtei9 in the country, but then tbe newsvaper.s took all ths magnetism out of the man up in Maine. Pmrups ß?.ons- cf Boston, boasts that be rever yet hae employed tbe proffssicnal assuUnc eof a lawyer cr a doctor, and as he is pix ard one-hslf ftetbigh and weighs J7." pounds, he has cot yet called in the help of Professor John L. Sullivan. A young farmer from Dracut was riding with a girl the other day, when he asked her, bv way of making talk, if ehe could ra'f.k. She reluctantly responded: "No;" but after along pause ehe sweetly but coyly added: "But I can learn." Lowell Courier. A Boston lady recently invited Dr. Oliver Wendall Homes to cneof hersxall reception, and then half apologized to him, fearing he might think the invitation was inspired by adouDle motive. ' Oh," said he, in hi9 r.aaal kindly manner, "r.3e me just es jcupifare. If I can b cf any service to jcu, I bhail be very glad." There at least one man who hasn't forgotten his New Year's resolutions. He was observed at a late or early hour holding an earnest argument with a tobacconist's sign, and was heard to cloie the discusion with the remark: "I tell yous sno ush; shworeoQ' smok'n drink'n laah New Yearsh. Shoe and Leather Reporter. I'oiE Leo Xltl. celebrates tho fiftieth anniversary of his entrance to the 'priesthood by a league of prayers for the triumph of the Church and the prolongation of his Holiness,' life; by an exhibition at the Yaticaa cf all the offerings which will be made, especially of objects relating to public worship; by an alms for the mas3, made up or offerings from the entire Catholic world; and by a pilgrimage to the tomb (A the Aposths. A Chinawoman who recently arrived from China was seated in the United States Circuit Court yesterday awaiting a hearing of her petition to be allowed to land on habeas corpus. She was neatly but not gorgeously attired, and iras a close observer of the proceedings in an action for damages oa trial. She attracted considerable attention from the bystanders because of her small feer, which were incased in a Chirese shoe, fitting like a glove. For the gratification of District Attorney Uilborn aud other attorneys the fair damsel was requested by the court interpreter to stand up, which request sha gracefully complied with. San Fiancisco Bulletin. The World's Fvpositlon New Orleans, FeD. 17 It still flourishes and grows brighter and more beautiful every day, notwithstandirg evil prophesies and creekiegs. An immense number cf visitors frcm Iowa held an informal meeting yesterday at the State's headquarters in the Government building to give expression to their views and feelings as to this exposition. Some of the speeches were listened to by your correspondent, especially that of the Hen. Barlow Granger, of De3 Moines City, and the united expre:sion of speakers and visiters was that thio i9 the grandest display 0 the world's prodccls ever made, and i3 worthy cf the highest hdmiiation and praise that can tc bestowed upon it by intelligent people. They adopted the following resolution: "Resclved, that we the people of Ioffo, atsemtled at the headquarters of said Slate, do expre33 our admiration tt the magnificent display now on exhibition, showing the great resources of our cemmon country and the world at large, sad that we carrestlv commend it to the aver 0 1 the people of cur own State, the United States and the world." There are much larger buildings and a far greiter number cf articles on exhibition than there was at Philadelphia in 1870, and the cost has cn-y been one third of the amountexpended there. Bat while the management of this exhibition deserve great praise for their crderful energy, strict economy and sound jodgment, they "have made the usnal mistake of nnderestimatiru' the probable cot, hieb, has involved tbe en'.erprjte in debt, acd left them without the msans to complete tome very important r-rts of the great werk. Tney have very reluctantly b?en forced to apply to Congress for further aid, which I hope will re r;u"tfd promptly. It only require? N.eO.CtU in money t'. n.ake this exposition ihe grandest thing the world ever s v, and pise this country ard cur Government before all the nations of the eirth as worthy of tbe highest admiration and respect. It wiil j:an for us a hieher distinction and a more Lororable mention in history than all our tnco-fs in war siuce the Revolution. Ibis exposition should not only be promptly afforded the ruonev required to complete its grandeur and beauty, bat be kept open until June, 18S; This i3 really and truly a National enterpriie, In the success of which not only our National but each State Government, as well as anv citizen flora Maxe to California and to" the Ian

extremity cf Florida, are deeply and absolutely interested. I have just made a visit to SOI T HERN CAIIIORNIA. where I found a display of fruits that was wonderfol. Such oranges, apples, pears, peaches, lemons, Japan persimmons, grapes, prunes, apricots and plums I never saw before. In com, wheat, oats, hay, grasses of ail kinds, clovers and all varieties of vegetable?, Los Angeles and other counties in Southern California beat the world. A'sttlk of t orn is eighteen feet, and cats ten feet, A kind of Lay, calltd Alfalfa, which presents a fine appearance, and i? said to be sweet and very nutritious, produces from eight to twelve tors to the acre, and two crop every year. A sma'l tree growing on the Majavo .De?ert, in Los Angeles County, makes the b'st of paper. The pulp, plant and sections of the tree are on exhibition. The exhibit of honey is very extensive and the quality rplendid. A bee-hive is on exhibition from which pounds of pure honey was taken last year. The chief industry in one county is beans, of which 000 carloads were shipped from one small valley last year. A beet from Santiago ccunty weighs eighty-one pounds, another from Lcs Angeles pulls down the scales at fifty-five pounds. If Holland can show better beets they onght to be here. A pumpkin tbat weigh9 2JJ pounds is a beauty. The purest olive oil in the world is made in Lcs Angeles County. Th specimens cf dessicated fruits and vegetables by the vaporatirs process are as near perfect a they can be made. The enterprise aad liberalit displayed by the people of that favored section in sending to this exhibition such, a spindid exhibit of tfce products of their farms and o-charda, is not only commendable, but it will add to the future prosperity and d-völopmeiit cf the country, by attraction into its borders people ia searcn of riea, productive, lauds ahd a delightful climate. A. lATrN. BEN BUTLER.

Out of I'olitics I'util Another Opening Offen i New York SpecUl. ; General Benjamin Franslin Butler held an after-breakfast levee of two persons in his sumptuous private parlor at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning. Una of theee was a Graphic reporter. The baling eye3of the ex workirjgmen's candidate seemed to be pmilicg, and his button hole bouquet was fresh and seet. He was asked to explain his present relations to au anxious public. "Humph," said he mediUt'vely, "I doa't think I have an, that is any worth epakiug of now." The General cogitated a while on tb;8 bare and unwilling trath. Then he was urged to talk chjut t e industrial Mtuaiion. "Ah, that." tai l he involved. To c'irc aea it would tike raorat'nje th3n I've gnr, and wouldn't b worth whi'e at this tine" n which fuggfstiou tint the Gtnt-ra' ai r-serving bh pj itieal icjnoniv to epri'jg on ibe next NVicoal. Caveat:o-i, hij companion looted rreteiiaturailv profound. "Politics," continue.! the .ner4l. 'are still plaia eaiiicg It's ea? enou;h now to tee the ehoals ai.d reefs, end no iuvj need have any tnuble steering rlear f t e-n in the fniure. Bat, pshaw," hfi added lustily, "I'm out of thfl swim, sir." ' Are you goint to open a law oäica in this city, General?" 1 Pardon me,'1 said he with aniioas gravitv, "not a law-oftice, a plain unvarnished office where I can pee people who want to see me without putting them" to the trouble of coming up here. I'm goiug to look at it now." C' ar. the colored va'et who always follows the General, held up his rich overc oat invitingly. His niester enveloped himself, aud went down and got Into a carriage which drove him to the snuggery where the plans of the next campaign can b? quietly laid out. One needs only to poke him with tbe stick of au interview to see he's a long way from a dead ccck in the political. Pleasures of Public Speaking. I Jap Turpeu in Miami Sentinel. ! I was in Terre Haute with tbe committee of the Legi Mature that visited the State Normal school. Dr. Passage and G. I. Reed were of the number. After being shown through the building we were assembled in the chapel and the oratory began. Byery vis'iting statesman encounced himself in favor of the Old FJog and the Appropriation. I can't say what put; it In tfeeir heads, but presently theie was a call for me. I am not proud of my ability as an orator, and an audience may once call me, but it never repeats the experiment. I may not always bd saddest when 1 make a stecch. but it is surely a solemn thin to hear me I was one of the historians of the Indiana expedition that relieved the distress occasioned by the Ohio River ikod. One evening a landing was made on the Kentuky shore, and we partook of the elegant hcpiiality of that Commonwca'th. Supper oncluded, tbe Kentucfeians adc rested us aad then we addressed them. Mr. lis ram, the President ot the Indianapolis Board of Trarte. spoke! Mr. Malo't, the Railrcarf Ptsident, spoxe! Governor Porter sroke. Lieutenat Governor Hanna spske. Dr. Elder, of the Board of Health, spoke and there were still other prominent orators cf the occasion. After a while there was a call me. It did not seem hard work for them to tear a paesion into tatters and I felt ambitious to do something that would contribute to tbe glory of my profession and my native Slate. I crne forward and commenced, but wühed that I was in the eolltude of my cell before the first sentence ended. Bad as the beginning wai, it kept cetting worse, culminating in positive agony. I would a3 willingly have been at Sailen, or firing a Mississippi steamer with a negro on "the safety vaive, as facing that audience, Imagine a ship cn tbe Atlantic in a January stem. Sometimes the vessel eeercs bound to the sky, and then it dive3 as if searching for the bottom of the deep, rolling, plunging, heaving, flouneering, pQla3 bare, and niicgicd storm aad the searoiring through tbe co:d.;g, but still struggling on, and you will know something cf my feelings. Bat the wee was not all mice: the spectacle of my excruciation agonized the hearers. It not enly embarrassed cuttortnred my friends wounding their State pride. I felt that Albert G. Porter would a little rather have me refrain, or repress my oratorical amoition, while he was Governor of Indiana. I loved I'crter, but levirg Grav no less, must decline ocicg anything to blemish the promised splendor of his administration. I was very much obliged to thoe Terre Haute people for calling me out, aad coulJ they hare rea!iz2d what they escaped when J rafuiedto make a speech, they would be very much obliged to me. Eleventh Congressional District. Lflporte Argus Laporte County.; J. O. Henderson, of the Fokorr.o Dit?th, ia sffkicg the prointirent of Collector et tbe Eleventh District, and we beiiere his sell ction for tbe place would kive general satisfaction. Ileiaa young man of exceptional ability, and the situation is such tht his appointment would bs peculiarly appropriate. tMScbiran City Dispatch Importe County. J J. O. Heederjon, cf the Kokorao Dispatch, is, we understand, an asp'rani for the office of Collector of Internal Revenue for thii revenue district. It is needles for us to say tkat Mr. Henderson is both worthy, competent and deserving, and the Dispatch has no becitancy in saving tbat no better selection could be cada lor thla po-iticn.

Or car, as he is more fsmillarly known to the press Rang, edita one of ths ruoat able aa J enterprising newspapers ia the State, aul this too in the fa? of 1.000 Repn'tica' majority in Howard County. W'e have kaown Oicar intimately for 111 my yean, a-.d no forir ally shy our castor into" the ring ia his behalf. Why a Man peDt Two Da) I'mler a II!. 1 Wienern r.cca Kilver itate, ; C'arer.c? Gr3y, tbe murderer of R. II. Scott, hid under a bed in the F.iradia liotei for two days and r.iht. Hunger zaawei at his vitals. The nuht before -his nature lodter w.s put into his rcoai. aad the si r.Egs being very low, were pressed down by tte weight cf tn man in bJ. pinning Gray to the I'oor. He was Iy:cg on his side. He rtmained in that position until the ratn wf nt to sep. He then crawled out. stolb(re, and tried to escape, but was ob!Led by hunger to apply for food, whereupon he as caught. VMrteen at Uta lt nner-Table. M'Aiiadelplda Call. Mrs Winks It's a perfect outrage Mr. Winke. The idea of inviting thoe geutlerren to dinner when you knew the hours was fu:l of cotcpany. Why, it will male thirteen at table. Mr. Winkt Surely you are not superstitions about that Ha7in.; thirteen at table won't worry me In the least. Mrs. Winks Well, it will when yoa e? what a small roast the butcher senU

2So Mum Ultit t to ii t'illid. (Washington star (Ind.)! Resident Arthur commends hirae!f 1 the country by refwin to be a party to tu political trick of filling as many presidential cilices as possiblp during the closing hours ot his f.dministia'.ion. So far from consenting tn such a scbeu'e, he hss given not:" thit he will mske no mora noannatioa? a; ail, althonjzh there ae no fifteen vaanri oven for presidential action, and nnro iua be expec:ed bsfore tte Ith of March. llrave Orange County Olrl. ! I'oughkecp-: New; Pre is , W hile the barns cf Mrs T- J. Fulton, lo Oranee County, were on lire on Siturdar Light Miss Georgia Fulton, her ddnf.ht?f, entered tbe building and untied the halter cf seventeen hois-s and saved theni fro n tbe fiames. Lach hone was led nut sinlf. and tbe task vou?d have been a dimcult oue even for an experienced horseman. Warning: for Jtna' Cat. I New York Tiituae i Along with the painful news that a Dir.ua jumped sudJeniy into a cat's throat a;d choked it to deaia, comes the alarming intelligence that i'r. Cleveland has beu v;sIted b7 Mr Randall and Mr Carlisle w-it.'i refennce to his inaugural address which he bi-sily preparing. Arthur' Atiihitlon. I Philadelphia RecorJ.J The nonioston of thut tma'l-potato 1 emau tfom rsew lor, air. Audraw S. I Di iter to Le a Jcdze of the Court of Alaj ba: ia claims b been confirmed. P-esIdeut Arthur sems desirous of writing the lat chapter cf the history of his administratioa in waterdishwater at that. Congenial llkment. ot tftw Kundj Wext, New Yoric Graphic. We lock npon these Western blizzirds a? rowdy elements, and s mething should t e doce to confine them to the localities ia which they originate If Itr-aiii Count. ! Philadelphia Pres. If the South gets two places in the Cab'net tbty will go to Lamar aud Garland, if brains cennt for anything. Knowledge Horn of Experience Drake's ilasAzine. If you have moved recently yon will know that the easier a chair is the harder it is to carry up four flights of stairs. Qeorere JR. Wendling-. One of the finest audiences that ha3 assembled in this city throughout the season greeted Hon. George R Wendling at the Meridian Street Church lat night. Kvery eeat was taken and ell available standingroom utilized, and if there ever was any lectuie which repaid one for standing two hours to listen to it was that delivered by Mr. Wendline lasi night on the tubiect, "Does Death Knd Alt?" Mr. Wendling, besides being a fine writer, is a rare crator, and it is a delightful pleasure to ait under the rx gnet:sm of h's eloquence. No batter illustration of his power to entertain is needed than the expressions heard ty these who remained s'-anding last night during the entire lecture that "thfy cculd have stood there until miiDighu" Mr. Wendlings lecture is a discourse on the assurances that there i3 a li.'e hereafter, and he deduces the proofs entirely from nature and establishes man's fpiritatl existence much after the manner f tho author of '-raley'a Natural Theology." Tue lecture is replete with beautiful YanghM, striking and pathetic illustrations and many magnificent oratorical climaxes Although an old subject it is one that wiil ever bs to nc an of the deepest interest "while )o7e kisses the lips of death," aad Mr. Wendling his invested it suth a pleasing fcshncis ot argument. Moody Xolei. Mr. Moody, tccomyauied by Professor and Mrs. Towner and R. W. Manhall, will reach the city at 10 this rx crning. The indication an-that ho'ders cf Monday tickel will nearly all aim to Uie them at night. If thiä is tru2 many ill ha disappointed. CLrldren ought cot to le taken to any cf the sessicn3 ol the convention. The first iesMon begins th.:3 morning at 10 c'elok. The doors wll be open at J fr tirket holders, and at for all. Everybody should bring a copy of (:ipel hymns 1, 2, '' and (. The morning" and t Lerccon se-sions aro most dcs'rable for those who can attend them. Painful Accident. Henry Webber, an enloje of the PanHandle shops, met with a painful accident jeslerdav, which may result in the I033 of aa arm. He was assisting a number cf others in raising an engine, when, by some rai.'chatce, a part of tr:e machinery fell upon bis arm, mashing his hand aud smu in a terrible iraorer Ue vS carried to his residence at 171 East Court nrt in Xregelo Whil.'-ett'a ambnlar.re, whe: iedical atteation wss given his injuri's. Indianapolis Lecture Course. The next locturs urder the suspices of the Indianapolis Ltctnre Cours, will le given Wednesday evening at Plymouth Church, by Dr. A. A. Willetj, of Louisville. The subject is "Sunshine, or The Secret of a Happy Home." Mr. French will lerture the 11th cf next month, and Miss Marryatt will a!so lecture some time in March. Rev. Robert Colljer lectures oa ' Clear Grit,' Maren I.