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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

PhiIadelphia Press.


Having taken another mans life on the
supposition that his wife was faithless he
set out in cold blood to save his own by prov
ing her so in open court. To man to whom
a stain was like a wound and honor dearer
than life, life won by the slow, patient, assid-
uous proof OF his own dishonor were gift of
small value. But in kentucky they value
murderers high, and the only place where
public opinion makes it hard to put mans
life in peril is in the prisoners dock, and the
only spot where woman's honor can be
safely sworn away is by his friends in the
witness box
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

WHEN the good people OF I.a"renceburg
come to reflect SERIOUSLY over the work of
tarring and feathe4fng the brutal Hawkins,
on Saturdoy night, they ought to be ready
to See that the affair was highly discreditable
to all engaged in it. If Hawkins is the
beastly character the dispatches represent
him to be, the punishment, besides being
unlawful, has another most ridiculous fea-
ture of being inadequate By the report
before US he is responsible indirectly for
the death of his daughter This is q new
phase in mobocracy that one guilty of muir
der in the eye of the moral law, if not by the
written statute, should be adjudged sufi-
GENTLY punished by the application of
pitch and feathers. If the charges
against Hawkins are true he
could and ought to be sent to the peniten-
tiary. Living in open and notorious adultery
with vile woman, which fact led to the
suicide of his daughter, is ample cause under
the law for conviction and imprisonment
Instead of this severe and well-deserved
punishment the burlesque of tar and
feathers is substituted, and the offender
ordered to leave the town under threats OF
receiving some more of the same sort If he
does not obey the order Why push him
,ut into some other community with his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

while this firm has gone up, one or two other
firms, far more noted two or three years ago,
have been gradually sinking. Those firms
stopped advertising; Is. j. DenninG & Co. have
been advertising more Iavishly and judiciously
than has been the custom of almost any other
dry goods firm in New York. Whiic other firms
are complaining of dun times, they are extend
ing their reputation and trade. and furnishing
another practical demonstration of the bust
ness axiom that, other things being equal, the
greatest publicity means the greatest prosper
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

Hon WALTER EVANS, who has been ap-
pointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
is good lawyer and an accomplished gen.
tleman. His selection, while more particu-
larly a recognition of Southern Republican
ism, will be well received everywhere, and is
a very commendabe nomination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
A Dramatic Suggestion.
New York World.


If it were not that Mr.. Boucicault has
learned by experience the folly of mixing
modern Irish politics with his ruined abbeys,
grottoes, wakes and blacksmith shops, we
might respectfully ask him to introduce a
little dynamite in his next production
merely by way of variety.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
The State and the Legislature.

Bob Burdette in Burlington Hawkeye.
young Politician" has asked, why does
a State have LegislatureT
"My dear boy, it Doesn't The Legislature
has the State, every time. Has it by the
throat, by a large majority. Has it by the
pocket-book. Has it on its back You bet
your slippers, young man, the State never
has the Legislature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
politics.

SCIENTISTS are trying to figure out reason
tor the cold spell of weather between the
nth and 18th of the present month. When
they get that matter settled perhaps they
will explain why it was so cold from the 18th
to the 21st inclusive, to say nothing of the
.o0d
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

IT is proposed to keep the Parnell fund
open until the sum of $4,000 is raised.
When that shall be done we should like to
have any one of the thousands of poor Irish
men and women who have been persuaded
to invest in it, inquire just how much good
has been done either for Ireland or for him
self by the performance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

PHILADELPHIA has a 'fountain society" the
object of which is to establish fountains through
out the city where man and beast can be sup
piled with water. 1t is a temperance organiza-
ton under another name, and controlled by good
sense,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

lowing to certain transactions on Wall
street" in which some members of Boston
yacht club "got left" Jay Gould was black
balled when his name was presented for
membership in that exclusive body, J. g.,
though crushed to EARTH will doubtless rise
aoain
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

ANN ELIZA, Brigham YOung's relict No. 10,
having taken unto herself a new husband,
will hereafter deliver her lectures to Sc
lect audience of one. Ann Eliza began Young
and perhaps she intends to get even with the
tyraut man, by marrying seventeen more of
him. 1t is an awful revenge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
The Hospital squabblo Dlsgraceful.

Lafayette Times (Dem.).
The present squabble at the Insane Hos
pital is disgrace to the State, and if DR.,
Harrison, the new president, has not sense or
capacity enough to stop it, he should give
way to some one who will. The Times could
say much more on this subject but trusts
that this hint will be sufficient
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN was in St.
Louis on Sunday, on his way to Texas and
on being approached by reporter, told the
man of news he had no political views for
publication; that he was entirely out of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
A Test of Character.

/ asked why Governor Geary of Pennsyl-
vania, after his remarkable record in
the Mexican and late war in California
and elsewhere, had not filled larger measure
of fame. He said: 81 never knew man to
be of the frst-class who dyed his beardT'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

SEATTLE, ". T.. has one lawyer to every hun
dred of its population. 1t is feared that some o
the legal gentlemen will be compelled TO cav
wood, lumber being greater interest than lti
CATION In that region.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

THE most ill-used young man In this country
lives at Council Bluffs. la. He left a sweetheart
in Denmark, and, soon he could save
enough money, sent for the girl to come over
and marry him. She paid her fare with his
money, but on reaching this country, promptly
married another man. In carrying fllrtatiOns to
extreme limits Danish girls can discount their
American sisters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

ETIQUETTE and usage in Ireland ordain that
person condemned to the gallows shall be
hanged a month and day after conviction.
Hence there is no popular hangmans day
there, as in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

ATarecent banquet at Paris Count de Lesseps
drank TO all Americans. present and absent. AS
one of the great majority, Count, here's looking
at you.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
Some of Them Fill Long Forgotten Graves.
Richmond Palladium.

1t is difficult to keep the run" of In
dianapolis newspapers and periodical publ
cations. but there are now in that intellectual
ly prolific city at least three publications de-
voted to agricultural matters, and two or
more to school interests. 1t is hoped they
all fill long felt wants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

Philauelpnla RECORD,
Possibly there may be a more affecting
spectacle than the one presented by poor Mr..
Gould weeping over the woes of the work
ingmen OF America, but in looking up and
down and across the country, we do not catch
sight of it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

THE fuss made over the released murderer
than the parade over the acquittal of Thomp-
son, in Kentucky. Dunn's crime was pure,
brutal murder, and both criminal and victim
belonged to the lowest classes OF vicious
society. Neither the crime, the trial, the
acquittal nor the results was or is worth the
attention of decent people except in denun-
citation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
If IA man has paid his road tax, imposed upon
him under the law of 1881, prior the repeal
of that la ", can he be compelled to work the
roads this seas0n2 S,
The question has already been answered in the
journal. He can be compelled to work on the
roads. The law of 1888 is prospective.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
The Price America Pays for Drink.

Dayton Journal.
Is money worth the price of shattered con.
situations, suicidal deaths, divorced homes,
broken families and ruined children This
is generally the price in America at present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

To the Editor of the Indianapolis JOurnAu
Has the report OF the Iuuiana Fish Commits
sioner been published, and is it a puolic docu-
ment2 READER.
CoNNERsvILLE, May 81.
A limited number has been printed. Address
Calvin Fletcher, Spencer. owen county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

THE New York World fund for the Liberty
pedestal has reached total of $14675. There
now remains but $149, $685. to be raised.
Since it begins to look as though the neces-
sary $150.000 additional can not be raised
short of the millennium, why would it not be
well to form a syndicate, issue bonds to that
amount, and simply guarantee the interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
the Indianapolis Journals:

To the Editor of the indianapolis journal;
Can township trustee be legally hired as the
the county superintendent of the poor2 Are
they both ufficesi
SPENCER, Ind
They are not constitutional offices, and can be
held by one man-if he can get them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
Time for Reading In and Not Out.

There has been too much reading out Of
the party" done in New York and we are
glad to know that men who aided and abetted
the folly are finding it out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
The Certainty of the Law.
It. Louis lost dispatch.

st. Louis'Post- Dispatch.
No matter what decision any court may
give, another court may be found to declare
that the decision is nonsense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22
It May Be large Enough.

Cincinnati Enquirer. e,
1t will require very large majority, even
for Kentucky, to properly vindicate Mr..
Knott
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

EVER since the frightful rencOntre at st.
Louis between the Hon. Frederick Ge5hardt and
blood-thirsty Southern major-general employed
as police reporter on one Of the daily newspa-
pers of that city, the New YORK man has with
good reason been regarded as a slugger who
needed but the opportunity to mop the floor with
the next best man in the country. Since that
time when a hostile meeting could but have re-
suited in gore galore, Mr. Gebhardt has not been
disturbed, discretion teaching his fellow-men
that If they valued their lives it would be advisa-
BILE to avoid collision with him. But on Saturday
night last certain New Yorker, unmindful of
his deadly risk, actually assaulted Gebhardt. 1t
seems that a party of young dudes had been din
ing late at Delmonico's. About midnight they
left. as they passed out the door,
Gebhardt asked the others where they
were going. A Mr. william Sanford, replying
for the others, said: 1--WE are going to call on
some ladies'" Mr.. Gebhardt made an incredu.
lous retOrt, which couched in far from COM
plmentary language, and Mr.. Sanford rejolned:
81 tell you, sir that we going to call on some
ladies' We may call on Mrs. Langtry for all you
know" ''You liar" cried Mr.. Geb-
hardt. Mr.. Sanford stepped up to him and
| lefr, on the face and neck. They were not re-
turned, Mr.. Gebhsrdt said, "You shall hear
further from me-" and walked away. They met
again on Sunday evening at the same place, but
Mrs Langtry was with Mr.. Gebhardt, and he
was too gallant to ruthlessly slay his victim in
her presence. Bat his days are numbered, for
Prince Freddie will not allow the fragrant offense
to go unpublished. Nothing but blood will APP
pease his fiery spirit. IL is pity that the police
cannot be enlisted to prevent the contemplated
slaughter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22


PROFESSOR CLEVELAND, Of Tuckahoe, N. Y.
was hired last fall principal of the district
school in that classic town. The Professors as
sistant a pretty young womad, and in a
short time the board directors became con-
WINGED that the princiJNaf was paying more at
tention to this assiSeant teacher than to his own
pupils. Wboener the trustees were moved to ac-
tion by the complaints OF the big girls, or
whether they wanted the pretty teachers CO.
quettish glances to be directed exclusively to
themselves is not known, but at all events they
discharged Mr.. Cleveland. The professor was
an educator of spirit, and, rather than submit to
having his professional career blasted by the
awful charge of Irritation, appealed to the State
Superintendent. That official decided that a
man who was enamored of his assistant was not
necessarily disqualified as an instructor of youth,
and ordered the board to relnstate the com
plainant and give him his back pay. The board
refused, and the plucky Cleveland appealed to
the courts. The Supreme Court sustains the su.
perintendents order, and unless the virtuous
Tuckahoe directors resist the entire State of New
YORK, the Professor is at liberty to resume teach
ing and simultaneous sparkling of the school
ma'am next door, 1t is a triumph for educators.
THOSE who thought nobody could be found to
carry on A. T. Stewards vast business enter
prises are in fair wayIto be happily disappointed.
The new tirm of f. j. Denning & Co. are proving
themselves thoroughly competent to conduct
the great store with as great success as did the
merchant prince himself As a necessary pre-.
lmlnary they nave advertised judieiously and
literally. They were not slow to give the public
to understand that the same energy and enter.
prise that characterized the house under Stew
art would still be maintained. AS natural re-
suit they have reclaimed much of the business
lost through the incapable manage
ment of Judge Hilton, and it is
said that the house to-day is doing
Il much larger Out-of-town retail business than
A. I. Stewart & Go. ever did. Not content with
this. the new firm is buying back the mills once
part of the vast concern, and it will not be
long until IL ia as great and noted as ever. But
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

NEW YORK-Fifth Avenue and Windsor Hotels
WASHINGTON, D. O.-Brentanos i,Ol3 Pennsylva-
mia avenue.
CHICAG0-Paimer House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-22

PARIs-American Exchange in Paris IS Boulevard
des Capucnes.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
Prices Paid for Rare and Old Coins

The rarity OF coins first and foremost
gives them value of course, and then theil
condition. This is classified in four ways
-"fine," Every coed. good" and flair, u
and the difference in the price is some.
what startling. Take for example an 1917
cent. In the first class it is worth 49, in
the second 81, il the third twenty-five
cents, and the fourth five cents. An abso.
lutely, perfect coin is one of the rarest
things in the world, and is, therefore, pro.
portionately valuable. The fact Is one
which people who have coins seldom APP
preciate. AS much as $240 has been paid
for quarter OF a dollar struck in 1904,
and many would gladly give more than
that for another like it. But that coin
was absolutely perfect. It is probable that
it had never been touched except at the
edges. To touch it with the fingers would
decrease the value $40. Take three coins
in proof set of 1882 and compare the
nickel with used one of the same date
1t will be observed that the proof Is bright
an unscratched; that the edges are sharp
and true, and the stamping is very clear.
In the other the edges look as though they
had been slightly beveled. The coin,
though bright, is scratched and the designs
are slightly blurred. The proof was
made from the new die and great care was
taken in the stamping; the other was care.
lessiy made, and the die was probably old.
Now, suppose lhese two coins to be ex-
pressly rare-as rare as the cents of 1899
the proof would be worth good deal
more than the other, perhaps one hundred
times as much. There are coins which are
extremely valuable owing to their rarity
alone, but even with them the value fluctu-
ates greatly. according to their condition.
Coins of 1893 are worth from sc to $40
apiece, and perfect specimens cannot be
bought r Memphis Appeal.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
The False Duke.

1t is possible that some young womer
who have.been SPEEDING the season at Long
Branch will be saddened by the announce
ment in tc-day's Times that the Duke O.
Newcastleis making the tour Of the English
Lake country, and, therefore. cannot have
been paying attentions to them at Ions
Branch. His spurious grace has not cut
much OF n figure in the newspapers, but
that may be only by reason OF his OWL as
tuteness in forbearing 10 invite
exposure and in putting in his work on the
verandas in stiict privacy IL was unwise
dukes are limited In number and known
by right and title 10 many persons. A
common baron or trivial .viscount would
have been slmost equally impressive and
much less dangerous. Neither the Atlantic
cable nor the increasing freedom OF inter.
national intercourse seems to suppress the
sham nobleman. ana Il is a question what
Is 10 be done about him. Every watering.
place might be supplied at no tremendous
pssrsge on the principle " OF Of
The roguss gallery, with which
The preiender could be confronted.
But II is desirable that American young
women, and especially American mothers,
should have some recipe by which 70 tell q
real duke. We may remark, for their ben
ct. that the frequent blasting OF ones heyes
and frequent calls for of-an-of are not
strictly ducal habits, as certain western
paragraphers do vainly talk, and that II IL
not absolutely necessary that duke should
have one eye glazed. The real DUKE may
probably be known by being q much less
interesting and agreeable person thar the
sham duke. aud especially BY an extreme
indisposition n PIT himself out for any
York Times.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
Where II Was Hot.

"Come from the tropics, / reckon"
1.-THE Isthmus," replied the seedy man;
you seem to know me. Did ever meet
you thertp"
"Never was there. Never saw you be-
FORE"
81 thought you might have been there
durin' the hot spell OF 81. The heat was so
thick that we couldn't tell who was around
at that time. That was the year got that
black eye. Ran agin door. and the heat
shiyered up so that didn't know | d struck
a door until the following winter. Any OBJ
lection 10 my closing the transom, gentle
men2 think teel draught."
"Mustbe pretty hot In that climate" re-
marked another OF the party.
"Warmish," assented the seedy man with
a shiver, II was in the laundry business
there for time, and ran everybody else
out Of the trade. None Of the rest could get
along without scorchin' things, but just
went-ahead with pieces OF hot ice and made
my eternal fortune"
hGot any Of IL now?" asked another,
moving up 70 give the seedy man room.
mo, sifi" returned the seedy man with
sigh. IAN the money In that country Is
goo; mine just melted and ran away one
hot night in March. That was the month
We lost ali the horses on the Isthmus The
io1der all melted aud scalded the stock 10
death. walked fourteen miles TO find q
shady spot, 20 could harden MP a little
hsy for ms pet stallion, and when | got
back the stations teeth had melted. and
the poor brute died Of hunger. say.
let that man shut the windows, won't
you7'
You must have q chill" suggested the
host.
mo. I'm cold persisted the seedy man.
I'VE almost died for want Of water that
spring. The sea evaporated iorty and miles
from tie shore and al the springs we're 90
dry that We had 20 sprinkle their beds With
oil 10 keep the dust down. There was more
han 90 900 died Of tkirst, and Ionlg Kept
alive because bad mequick-silver which
iidn't evsDoiefe. VIII you be good enough
% move that chair from IN front OF mel
an feel cir comm through the rouuds in
be back"
How aid you get out slivs7" asked the
Iost. after ordering the seedy mans glass
eplenished for The fourth time
rhaf's one Of The mos curious things |
ruu ever heard Of, I" replied the seedy man.
Il seen the lightrin' rod on my house Il
landini. Just took down thst rod and
linuted myssif on one end and let her en-
and. In four hour i vas IN the piny
rcaus q North Carolina You must en-
~ ne. Gentlemen. this IL zoo cold for me.
III - home and 80 ny overcast and cone
Al
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
rnrensou. Young Women

Monday there vas . big excursion from
the collar shops 70 ssrstogs. Hundreds Of
Troy's pretty young ladies' vent 10 Sara
tcga.
Ire sky threatened rain.
The young ladies wore bushes.
Perhaps there was no connection betwetn
the threstsuing sky and the busfles-nnd
perbsDs there vas.
eborily afIer the eTcursionlsts reached
8aratoEa the rain beRsn % pour. Many 81
TIE young lsdies With Their esc0rts we're
seated In the psrlor q bossl rben the rsin
b-esn - fall TIE prospect rs disrnal -
vi~ued from The holeI win1ors. Within a
seemed 80, to The arg and tasty dres.es
n the e1cursi0rists mus b spoiled ~ q
venture o. the st-ee- r.rtr.Iias wr-e f--
snd fsr 81 re-n .snd her ssemsd en- entire
ceartt - ont-ids cyTs-inr1
Bat vit1ss. ne inEsuuity q ths ygunE
lrdies 81 ne Gar
AZ II - pr-cDrcsrtrf Erti0r trs rourr
ircies H-oss one tfier Enother nni lsit IN
r1rIrr.
las - uirrtss ttsT rsturns1
A. wrrE rraE1rrer rnafa
BIZ ne bnsllss wss E1ns.-rIrrT Tee
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