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An Elegant Little Pig stye.

National Republican.
An ancient Washington correspondent, CO.
temporaneous with "Sojourner Truth" is
possessed of great personal dignity, and makes
himself quite miserable occasionally by his
fears lest some stranger may be familiar with
him. Last year he attempted to put on
frills" with Mr.. J. Hyatt Smith, the preacher
congressman from Brooklyn. The preacher
congressman proved to be the wrong sort of
man to try such things with. The said cor
respondent was seated in a ''bob-tail' street
car when Mr. Smith entered. Mr.. Smith ex-
tracted the proper fare from his vest pocket
and handed it to the ancient correspondent,
with the request that he put it in the box,
near which he was seated. The ancient COR
respondent pretended not to notice Mr..
Smiths hand or request, and wore
decidedly offensive expression Of
countenance in doing so. Mr. Smith asked
him if he declined to pass that fare and the
ancient correspondent intimated that he did.
Mr. Smith quietly handed the fare to q more
obliging passenger and, turning toward an
other passenger, whom he did not know, but
whom he addressed as If he were an old &C
ouaintance said:
II was up in Vermont last summer among
the marble quarres, and in one place found
a magnificent little building, built entirely
of the finest marble. 1 looked over into it
and found that it was hog pen. 1 didn't
observe that the hog was any the less hog
or looked even little Dit better on account
of his fine house"
did you mean that for me?" shouted the
ancient correspondent, jumping up in a rage.
II was not addressing you," said Mr..
Smith, with apparent surprise.
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Hancook WIN moi peeIlne.

Cheyenne Leader.
General Hancock, bound West, went
through yesterday. A reporter Ia comrads.
in the battles in Virginia and whom the
General knew right away had most pleas
ing chat with him. Aftera good deal of war
"Reminiscences, the talk drifted to politics.
Said the reporter
who is likely to be the next Democratic
candidate for PresidentP'
Il can't tell" said General Hancock. "You
see am not much of a politician and never
was"
Would Mr.. Tilden decline nomina-
tion?"
81 can't speak for Mr.. Tilden. don't
think, however, that he would seek it"
Il suppose General, that you would
hardly decline repomination would your
'Well, 1 rather think | should. AS I
said before, am not much of a politician.
However, such an event is not likely to oc-
cur No man ought to seek the presidency
and under some circumstances he ought not
to decline It,"
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was assassinated at the polls by
Democrat for daring to vote after having
been warned by Democrats not to do so.
While the mourners were yet bending over
the body of the murdered husband and
father, the Democrats of Copiah county held
the meeting mentioned above and passed the
resolution quoted. With heartless bar
barism that seems appallingly incredible
they further
Resolved That committee of twenty
four from each supervisors district be APP
pointed by the chair to present a copy of
these resolutions TO the brothers and sons of
the late j. p Matthews and that the same
be published in the Copiah Signal and the
Crystal Springs Meteor"
The Journal wishes to repeat that every
prominent Democrat in the United States
vino remains silent in contemplation of the
deliberate assassination of the chairman
of the Copiah county (Miss.) central COM
'nittee, and of this threat against the MUIR
dered mans sons and brothers, is morally
guilty of aiding and abetting the gravest
possible crime against the American people.
The purpose of this series of outrage and
murder is to steal the suffrage of the people
and give the country over into the hands of
q desperate and constituencies minority. The
Democratic party, the beneficiary of these
cut-throats and assassins, offers no remon-
Estrance, but stands by while the
bloody work goes on and accepts the
the price of crime, The people of the coun-
try cannot afford to ignore these things. 1t
is matter of little moment as mere per-
sonal matter that J. P. Matthew'S of Halle
hurst, Miss, is shot, but it is a matter of
vital importanc that belligerent minority
be not allowed to rule the majority and to
defy every law, mctal and statutory. If
these men be so bold now, what may they
not dare to do if they succeed in numbering
their way into control of the nation.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.

THE Marquis of Lorne will be made a
Duke.
MRS. OLE BULL has had made fine bronze
urn, to he placed over her husbands grave. 1t
is about six feet high, plain, and bears the sim
pie inscription: sole Bull. 1S10-1s30."
EX-PREsIDENT THOMAS HILL, of Harvard Col
ege, has edited an almanac in which the COM
puuations have been made according to the new
Eastern standard time, the first of the kind to be
published.
LORD EsKDALE, grandson of the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, who OWNS nearly all Dumfriesshire, is
the Conservative candidate for that county. It
was his father whom Mr.. Gladstone defeated in
Midlothian.
GIRARD COLLEGE will not hereafter lease any
property to be used for bar-room purposes. The
receipts OF the college for eleven months of this
year reached S423 l6S so. The institution is
educating 1,O9S orphan boys.
MIR. w. II. GILLETTE, of the Madison Square
TheaUer Company, ia said to be the man who, at
the Boston exposition, removed the sign, "Manu-
featured expressly for Governor B. f. Butler"
from handsome landau and placed 1t upon d
hearse.
THE Egyptian war prevented the gathering
OF the gum-arabic crop. Recently the gum has
risen 10 per cent in price. The manufaet-
u-ers' season is from September to May. Con-
PETITIONERS suffer, ana journalists who use the
genuine article lose 10 per cent. on every item
they paste.
EFFORTS are being made by the Catholics of
Denver Col, 10 make that city the seat of the
largest Jesuit college in America. twenty-five
thousand dollars have already been subscribed
toward fund for the erection of the necessary
buildings and much more Is promised under
certain conditions.
The Chicago Tribune says of the wood-pile
charity for tramps in shat city, that "the sooner
1t is put in good running order and well supplied
with saws, saw-bucks and slabs the will
the professional Migrants and tramps begin to
disappear from the streets and the deserving
poor get their deserts"
PETER GILsEY the grandfather of the present
generation Of Gilseys, in New York, and the
founder of their great wealth, landed in this
country from Denmark penniess, He was
piano.forte maker by trade, but afterward
opened cigar store the Bowery, where he
and his wife bult up a fortune of So, 100000 by
peddling out penny cheroots.
A WOMAN of twenty-five appeared at the
Liverpool Asszes on a charge Of bigamy when
in her own defense abe stated that her husband
sold her for quart of beer, and she supposed
this transaction allowed her to marry again.
The second husband commended that he "bowt'
her and the first husband that he sold her,
SO his Lordship declared them all guilty of
bigamy.
CURIOUS scene recently took place in tho
theater of Cbristiania, Norway, at the first rep
resentatlon, in Danish, of Sehontnan's "Der
Schwabenstreich." just as the performance was
about to begin, q man rose in the parquette and
addressed the public in set speech saying it
was disgrace to listen to tile plays of foreign
authors while those of the beet native writer's
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the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journar

Please give information on the following:
l. WHAT the difference between the modt-
fled and the iron-cad Oaths administered to con-
gressnlenY
2. Explain STANDARD time" What brought
about the change from old time to what is now
called standard timer"
MARION, Ind.
First. The ironclad oath specifies that the one
who subscribes it never voluntarily bore arms
against the government nor gave aid and conf
fort TO its enemies. The modified oath is for the
benefit of ex-confederates, and Omits that speci-
ficaton.
Second STANDARD" time makes a division of
the country into five sections, in each of which
the time is arbitrarily fixed, there being ono
hour difference between adjoining sections. The
Intercolonisl, the Eastern, the Central,
the Mountain and the Pacific are the
names of the divisions. Taking the time
of the seventy-fifth meridian the standard.
when it is ~ O'clock there it Will be L O'Clock in
the "IntercOonial," which, however, effects only
very slightly the United States; 1t is IL O'Clock in
the Central (Which is the division i'll which In
diana is situated); 10 o'clock the Mountain di-
vision, and 9 o'clock in the Pacific division. The
change was brought ABOUT to secure harmony in
the timetables of the railroads, to avoid the con-
fusion incident to the running of trains by diff
fering local times, as for instance. Chicago time,
st. Louis time, Columbus time, Cleveland time,
etc. There is but one STANDARD" time now
the time Of the seventy-fifth meridian.
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THE reliance of the protectionist is on
'the labor vote" this phrase, as they use it,
excluding the great multitude who are at
work on the farm. on the railroads. house
building and bodybuilding 1t includes
only those who are employed in the mills,
factories, mines and ndries.-Louisville
Courier-J ournal.
So far as Republican protectionists are con-
cerned, they are mindful of every farmland
in the United States, and are anxious to keep
the half million men employed in mills, fac
tories and mines from being set adrift and
compelled to compete with farmers and farm
hands We have enough of these latter al
ready, and every man who can be proftably
employed in some other industry makes the
demand for farm produce and farm-hands
that much better.
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THE Secretary of State brought the O'Don.
nell case to the attention OF Minister Lowell,
and the latter presented the matter to Lord
Granville. The question of O'Donnells citi-
zenship was considered as settled, and the re-
quest made that careful examination
be had into his trial, to see whether error
had not been committed prejudicial to him.
Granville replied to Mr. Lowell that a care
full scrutiny Of the proceedings had been
made by the proper authorities, and that
nothing had been found warranting inter.
ference with the execution of the sentence.
Numbering people is not considered child's
play in England.
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THE Greensburg Review names as a pres
idential ticket for 1884, Harrison and Haw-
ley 1t says:
'The objection that both represent doubt
full States will not weigh a feather, if the Re-
publican masses can be heard. If nominated,
Harrison and Hawley will carry Indiana and
Connecticut, poll the entire strength of the
Republican party elsewhere, and add to the
number many votes of Democrats who know
them to be true and able men, in whose care
the best interests of the whole country would
be entirely safe"
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A MAN may have been a rebel, and pro-
vided he is knave enough to be a Southern
Republican politician. News
Journal.
The Kentuckian who has come North to
teach pure Democracy through the News
Journal has most certainly forgotten that he
is not in Mississippi now. That kind of doc
trine may be palatable in Copiah county,
where they shoot Republicans without re-
gard to color, unless they obey the orders of
the Democratic committee; but we very much
mistake the temper of the honest men of the
North if it Will win many to the standard of
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THE Republican minority in the House
of Representatives has lost another and use
full member, and the country has been de-
prived OF the services of a conscientious and
upright legislator, by the death of Repre-
sentative Haskell, of Kansas which occurred
yesterday in Washington. In the last Con-
gress Mr.. Haskell was a leader in the tariff
debate, and in the present one was universal
ly booked for prominent place on the COM
mittee of ways aud means.
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To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Please give through the columns of the
Journal a brief sketch of Ben d. House for the
benefit of our schools. His poems are read with
much interest A. WHITELEATHER.
PLYMOUTH, Ind.
Ben d. House was born in 1945 He is the son
of New England clergyman, and is of English
extraction. He lived through his boyhood in the
States of New Hampshire AID Vermont He was
not studious boy. He was an avidious reader,
however, and in The desutory pernsal of such
literature as came into his hands he acquired
great deal of serviceable general information.
He enlisted i'll the Fifteenth regiment Massachu-
setts volunteers company d. as a private when
sixteen years old. He was promoted during the
service to sergeant. He was severely wounded in
the face and throat at the battle of Fair Oaks,
May 81, 1868. He was mustered out of service
at the close OF the He has been engaged
in journalistic work since, having been con-
nected with several papers in Indianapolis in
different capacities, and was employed on the
ST.. Louis Globe-DemOcrat for three years. He
has been assistant acknowledgement of the Indi-
ana divisions of the Grand Army of the Republic
for two or three years and has in addition to his
duties In that capacity, done q great deal of
creditableliterary work.
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the party which hopes to ride into power
through South made solid by denouncing
all Republicans as knaves, and then shooting
them indiscriminately as dogs. Knave
enough to be a Southern Republican, for
soothl And has it come to this, that in
order to be reputed honest in the South a
man must join the bloody gang who expect
to keep the South in power by such Ian
guage as this, and such measures as it insti-
gates?
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And the People:

IT is a significant fact that the only two
times that Chicago has been selected as the
place for holding the Republican national
convention the candidates so nominated
Lincoln and Garfield, were both elected.
Lafayette Journal.
The significance is extended by one. The
Republican party has held three conventions
in Chicago and the candidates nominated
were all triumphantly elected-Lincoln;
Grant, Garfield The claim will hold good
for 1884
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Hard Lines for Plymouth Church.

NOW 1ork Special.
AT the annual meeting of the Plymouth
bers but sixty were in attendance PASTORAL
helper Holiday took very dismal view of
the condition of the church. He said that
he had met with much difficulty in discover
ing the residences of the members. The
Sunday school was at standstill, and the
Bethel was decreasing year by year. The
reached miserable condition. With one
exception the contributions had decreased
one-half ,,.
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READERS of the Gilmer (Tex.) Mirror in all
parts of the Union were paralyzed the other
day to read the following editorial in its
columns:
GA Southern man on the ticket next year
with big S. 1t is due the Democracy of the
South. The South needs 1t. Let the South
demand it. Let the South be bold. We
have been towards long enough. Let's de-
maid it."
Why, of course. Certainly. If you dom
see what you want, ask Mr. Tilden.
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Tusr after the adjournment of the House
too Washington on Friday, young man
mounted the Speakers rostrum and ad-
dressed the members upon the merits of a
new-fangled fire escape. The man was
nctuated by humane motives, because he
knew what those Democratic congressman
would need some day, but they had him put
out with revilings In the hereafter they
may be sorry for this.
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THE subject of margin gambling is receiv-
ing the general attention of the press. The
Saturday Herald, OF this city, says:
you say it takes man OF nerve to trade
in margins. That may be true, but think of
the men who have tried their hands at the
game, and have been paralyzed by the rude
shocks given. them. They stand back now,
wrecked and nerveless. Their money has
Slapped and life to them is a drug A man.
if he have the true metal in him, never
gives up the trial of life. But well as we
may wish to think of mankind we know
that thousands of men cannot surmOunt
reverses. When the margin gales of adver-
sity blow against them and carry away
money, property and homes, the men go
down and come up no more. rms is MS
tory. Trading in margins is dangerous
speculation. The wise and the foolish should
stand from under its ruinous tendency"
And the People,
1.-THE Journal recently had quite an ex-
haustve article on bucket-shop gambling, a
portion of which we take pleasure in repub-
fishing. believing that the Journal is honest
Ill its sentiments and really believes what it
says. We know of our own knowledge that
'bucket-shop gambling has ruined scores of
persons in this city, and are Inclined to
believe that the Journal is in the right when
it says: What is true of bucket-shops is
equally true, with but slight modification of
very many metropolitan boards of trade"
This dsreputable business is certain to be
brought under the ban of public opinion,
and the laws of the States will lay heavy
hand upon it. which will draw it into the
company of all other species OF gambling.
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box was stuffed and a subsequent count resulted
in giving the Conservative the trophy ofsuccess,
which was an easy chair. The defeated candi-
date declares that his rival shall never sit at
ease in that chair; that he knows he is the most
popular man himself, and that If the minister Of
the church does not order the prize given up he
will bring suit in the cOurts. All the church
people take sides, and in the meantime, the
cause Of Christ, which the fair was intended to
forward, is left TO languish
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THE sun is rising in the southeast. The
South Carolina Legislature has passed bill
declaring unlawful all contracts for the sale
of articles for future delivery. This may be
a little too sweeping, but it certainly is a
step in the right direction. Indiana would
do well to follow the example set by South
cGaroIina
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GENERAL" DI CEsNoLA is no general after
all, unless it be that he is general hum
bug. The only claim hehas to the military
title is the fact that he was once consul at
Cyprus Had he been appointed commercial
agent at Bagdad be would have become the
most supreme eminent commander of the
home guards.
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A Timely Warning.


Delphi Journal.
The Indianapolis Journal, in an article on
politics and politicians, gives some timely
warning of the effects of the charges of corr
rupion that are made so heedlessly against
public men.
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IN view of the fact that the red sunsets
witnessed here few weeks ago were also
visible in India Egypt, France and England
it may be considered rather eccentric idea
to send the Indianapolis department to Dan
vile, Hendricks county, to put out the
FRO
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'THE engagement of Theodore Frelinghuy-
sen, son of the Secretary of State, TO Miss
Alice Coats, daughter of James p. Coats, of
Providence. the wealthy cotton manufacturer,
is announced" Miss Alice is probably "Coats's
hastU
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SPANIARDs are said to have religions rover
ence for the banana, believing it to be the fruit
of which Adam partook. If The Spantards are
right, all further explanations OF Adams fall are
UNNECESSARY.
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THIRTEEN simpletons in Brooklyn, in order to
show their contempt for superstition, took din
ner together the other evening. The table was
in the shape of colossal coffin, order was
called with a TewksDury bone, and a skull occu-
pied prominent place on the board. the walls
were draped with black, the lights were dim,
and a skeleton dangled behind the presidents
chair; but the dinner itself was all that the
most fastidious could DESIRE The only toast
was 1.-THE tombstone" after drinking which,
solemn funeral services of wooden figure, rep
reseu1iDg superstition, were held, and the festiv-
tiles ended. 1t was, doubtless, very funny; but,
if one of those young men should chance to die
before the year is out, twelve other young men
would probably be scared to death or become
gbbering idiots, through contemplation of the
next dinner, which they have promised to eat
under like circumstances
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II is reported that a good many deserters
from the United States army make their
way to Canada If it be that any are found
there, let them alone; man who would
prefer the Dominion to life in the regular
army is to be commiserated.
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Providence Press lind. Rep.)
Mr. Morrison, sovs that Mr. Carlisle's plat
form is .,too - corer,;, " Probably Mr..
Carlisle did not so intend it--nop 90
careful, but just - careful enough.
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TELL it not in GATH publish it not in the
streets OF Askelen-in short, don't say word
about it: but Boston-thnk Of it! Boston-has
been deceived into admiring a collection of
Japanese antiquities that were made in Oshkosh
last summer.
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IF is true, as Henry Ward Beecher asserts.
that four-fifths of the inhabitants of heaven are
women, what place that must be for "high
teas"
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THE seductive and elusive game of draw poker
has about ruined the little kim dom of Hungary.
Baron Gall, of the Hungarian House of Lords,
recently lost over q million florius dnrlng one
evenings experiments with the American game.
To give an idea of the extremity to which the
noble lords driven 1t is only necessary quote
the following from one of the papers at Pestb:
Yesterday people saw in the Hungarian House
of Lords magnates who Won Hunger und Elend
kaum stehen koennen, denen man Aussch Welt
ungen und allie Laster ansah." That is the ex-
perieuce of everybody who tackles poker
ILL will and bad feelings are always en-
gendered wherever the absurdity of voting for
the "most popular man" or "most beautiful
woman" is practiced but the rival factions do
not often cone to blows, usually preferrng to
say malicious things more or less openly. At a
Kingston, Ont, church fair held last week, how
ever, words would not express the luminosity
which the candidates and their followers had for
each other. One aspirant for the ''mOst pOpu-
lar" prize was a Conservative and the other a
Liberal, ;he contest therefore taking n political
turn. At the close of the poll the Liberal was
declared ahead whereupon an uprolr was
raised and, in the confusion following the ballot
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