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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-24
WIVES OF PRESIDENTS.
RecolIeetiOns Recalled by the Fillmore Com
tested Will Case

Washington Letter in Cleveland Herald.
The Fillmore will case, in which Mrs Fill
more's sanity is in dispute, recalls the fact
that Mrs. President Lincoln became. insane
before she died, and that Martha Washington
herself acted very queerly, shutting herself
up in room at Mt Vernon, without a fire,
for eighteen months, and letting no one see,
her except the cat, which came through a.
hole which she cut in the door for this pur-,
pose. they have not been wonderful set
of women, these Presidents wives Dollv
NJ Madison and Abigail Adams the wife OF
John Adams were perhaps the best of them.
President MadlSons wife was much younger
than her husband, and she bossed the White
House when she was its mistress. She knew
how to entertain, and the days Of her admin
lstration were its gayest After her husband
died she lived here on the corner of Twen-
tieth street and the avenue and kept an
open house. Mrs. Adams was a preachers
daughter and we'll educated. President.
Monroe's wife was a wealthy New York lady,
Thomas Jefferson's wife died before he was
elected President as did also those of Van
Buren, and Arthur. Andrew Jackson's wife,
who was plain, pious Methodist, died Of
Joy over his election, and John Tyler's first
wife died while he was in the White House.
Tyler was the only President who married
while in the presidential chair and his wife.
married in 1874 is still living and is in
Washington to-day. President Folks wife
was Presbyterian, while Polk was a Met1o-
dist. Buchanan was an old bachelor, having
been disappointed in love in early life.
President JohnSon's wife was an invalid, as
was also the wife of Frank Pierce. Mrs.
Johnson was not finely educated womas,
and it is said one reason why she did not
come out more was that her husband was
ashamed of her. Mrs. Hayes was we'll eda--
Gated and quite religious. She attended the
Foundry Methodist Church and had psalm
singing at the White House on Sunday
evenings
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The zwineIe Celebration.

On Jan. 1, 1884 it will be 400 years since
the great Swiss reformer, Ulrich Zwingle,
saw the light. He was just seven weeks
younger than Martin Luther. His parents
were in humble circumstances, but he found
the needed education to fit him for the priest
hood He was ordained in 1906. In 1914 be
visited Erasmus at Basic, and in 1919 he was
appointed preacher in the cathedral at Zu-
rich. Hinged with the new doctrines, his
preaching produced an immense influence,
and he was soon in the maelstrom of the
revolution He was present at and took part
in the famous conferences of Baden and Mar
burg. When the struggle in Switzerland
took the form of open war Zwingle fought
with the reformers and fell at the battle of
Capped. His body was discovered and burned
by the enemy. According to the light that
was in him he worked, fought and died for
the truth, and by the Swiss reformers his
name has. always lI bffp a held dear; What
Scotland, ZwingIe was TO Switzerland. Prep
aratious are being made by the Swiss for the
celebra ton in a becoming manner of the
four hundredth birthday of the reformer
and martyr. The season is somewhat unfor-
tunate, considering the climate.
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MOODY AND SANKEY.


London Letter.
The Bishop of Rochester has addressed the
following letter to the Rev. ], w. Marshall
vicar of st. Johns, Black heath:
am sincerely glad that you should give
counsel and sympathy to our good kinsmen
help us with our overwhelming work in
South London this winter. You will indeed
do good service if you and those associated
with you will firmly discourage the selfish
ness of well-instructed people who, by their
constant attendance at services not intended
for them, crowd out those who are wanted 10
come. The success will, moreover be far
more complete if you can show them how to
reach that class of the population which
have reason to know they did not lay hold of
in their last visitto the metropolis; and which,
alas still battles the church's activities,
though not outside her duty, purpose and
care. May add that those men are person.
ally known to ME? More than once 1 have
come across their track, in their own coun-
try, and have heard nothing but good of
them. To call them schismatics is to trife
with language To suspect them of sectarian
motives is to do them a grave injustice.
Their religious services are simple, reverent
and deeply impressive. Their recent labors.
not only In our large provincial towns, but
also at our two great English universities,
are standing the hardest Jest-that of time.
Should anyone doubt if their doctrine is
pure or thelr WORK SoHd, let MIN DO what L
myself have done and hope to do again--go
to judge for himself. He will probably
come away touched to the quick by the ten
defness and pathos and manly thoroughness
of what he will hear there; perhaps just a
little sorry that their secret is not yet quite
his own. This 1 am sure about-that all
earnest workers for souls of whatever school
among us, if they cannot altogether go with
them, will pray for them. My own desire is
that God will raise up ten thousand such
men to proclaim His redeeming love.
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A FEW FASHIONS.
Dress and hat must match in color.
Let is as much worn as ever

Dress and hat must match in color.
Jet is as much worn as ever
Black hare is the popular fur of the wins
ter
The newest lace collars for children are of
Irish point lace with raised flowers like those
on Pompadour lace.
The skirts of dresses have very narrow
bands and are attached to a cord instead ot
belt to permit the dress body to fit clos
and smoothly over the waist-line.
Natty eutaway jackets with checked waist
coats are worn with PLAIN skirts of dark
wool, with simple hem, and gathered into
the waistband, or plated alike all around.
The broad brimmed brown felt-hats aret
very becoming and stylish for little girls. /
These may be faced with soft sprah of any
desirable shade, with a twist OF the same
around the crown, and bunch of marabout
feathers at the side.
Blouse waists are causing the revival Of
belts. Belts are seen with all kinda of
dresses. They are made OF either broad rib
bon or velvet. and fastened al the side with a.
rosette or bow. Cloth or leather belIs are
useful, and sually black or brown.
No fashion is so universal just at present asl
the wearing of fur pelernes, from the mod
erately-priced skin Of the eoney to the deep
cape of sealskin or sable with an inhnite
variety of medium-priced furs which COME
between. There is a wide choice, and the
shapes differ quite as much as do the skins.
SCHOOLGIRLS are crocheting dark red and dark
blue zephyrs in tufted tricot-stiteh, whicht
they shape into coverings to the GermaH
bandsman and jockey-cap foundations, which,
they purchase at the fancy stores for trifle-.
The tiny bruins over the eyes are covered
with velvet or plush, with a twisted piece oe
the same carried around the edge OF the cap
in the back.
The long, ample apron overskirt which ap7
pears on some of the latest French dresses. /,
is becoming to figures both slender anU
stout, and is an agreeable change from thea
short, bunehy tunics aud paniers now SO
fashionable. This style of overdress is spta-
BILE for the most costly evening dresses, asy
we'll as for costumes for travelling and the'
promenade.
The newest bodice for young ladies' homei
wear is the man-o war blouse, an exact imi-l
tation of q sailors blouse, with loose sleeves
buttoning tightly in a wide band at thes
wrist, and with the regular deep, loose, turn
over marine collar tied with bunch of
broad ribbons in front, or fastened b. "a silk
cord, caught together in sailors knot. The
blouse is long, falling in soft pouf over the
tunic or skirt drapery.
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HEAD COOKS.
The French Chef Professional Gentleman |
and Nota Servant.

The French Chef a Professional Gentleman
and Nota Servant.
Talk with a Hotel Man, in Philadelphia Press
"Fhey receive very excellent salaries.
Larger than many head bank clerks or chief
statesmen in dry goods houses The stomach
appeals as forcibly as the brain. The Hoff-
man House. in New York, pays its chef
So, GOO year. Delmonico and the Bellevue
of this city, annually So 000 That, however,
is only the money portion. chef receives
bis board, lodging and wine in addition-all
of the best description. The Bellevue cook
is also provided with all his clothes, made by
first-cass tailor. The salaries paid BY
other hotels in the country vary from So, 600
to 50 900. No chef of ability would take
any less than the last-named sum, and only
then under pressure. Assistant cooks, often
apprentices of the chef, receive salaries
varying from $l25 to 500 per month, with
board"
"Of what nationality are cooks?'
NEARLY all of them are French. There are
few English one or two German and Amer
lean, but the land of Gaul is the home of
culinary artists. The French cooks are close
brotherhood. They hand down the secrets
of their profession one to the other. They
graduate under the tuition of the cider mem
bers of the fraternity, to whom they refer
with the same reverence that young painter
pays to his master. The cooking of certain
dishes, the ingredients of particular sauces
vealed to junior members of the profession
under promises of strIctcst condolences; and
also only when it has been decided that the
novices desiring initiation will be able to do
proper justice to the making of the chef
d'9uvre"
I'm the Kitchen" continued the hotel pro-
prietor 1.-THE chef is supreme Indeed, all
over the house the chef is treated with the
respect due to gentleman. He has his dis
tinct table and servants to wait upon him.
He generally invites his chief assistants to
dine with him. Nothing mental, il is under
stood, is attached to his Office, and walters
abstain from familiarity with him. Cock tails
are served to him when he arises; claret with
his lunch and any wines he desires at his
meals Cooks have seldom been known to be-
come drunkards, or even gluttons. They have
far too fine perception of taste and favor to
abuse either. L have known a chef to invite
a brother artist to dinner, and the pair have
dwelt over certain dishes with the same lin
gering scrutiny and. affection that a sculptor
bestows on his finest production. Soyer, the
greatest living cook of the last century, at
casionally served to. crowned heads were not
properly appreciated by their royal con-
sumeFs Roman emperors covered their.
cooks with honors, and monarehs, of the mid
die ages, frequently knighted the kings of
their Kitchens Indeed, in the present day,
the art of cooking is not despised by the
finest gentlemen. Our Fish-house club in
this city is an instance. phe clubs in this
country and in Europe could produce, several
rivals even TO. noted cheGs.n
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| LONDON Aerald.
Lord Belgrave having clinched speech in
the House of Commons with long Greek
quotation, Sheridan, in reply, admitted the
force of the quotation so far as it went.
But" said he, had the noble Lord pro-
ceeded a little further and completed the
passage, he would have seen that it applied
the other way" Sheridan then spouted
something. ore rotundo, which had all tho
ais, OILS, kous and koes that gave the world
assurance of a Greek quotation, upon which
Lord Belgrave very promptly and hand
somely complimented the honorable member
on his readiness of recollection, and frankly
admitted that the continuation of the pas.
sage had the tendency ascribed to it by Sher-
idan and that he had overlooked il at she
moment when he gave his quotation. On
the breaking up of the House, Fox, who
pqued himself on 'having some Creek
went up to Sheridan and asked him, ''Sheri-
dan, how came you to be so ready with that
passage? 1t certainly is as you say, but was
not aware OF it before you quoted it," 1t isI
almost unnecessary to observe that there was,
no Greek at all in Sheridan's iuIpromptu.
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Winter Bonnets.

New York Evening Post.
The small, close-htting eapote Of velvet.
plush, or drawn satin, so dear to the hearts,
of all French women, is too becoming and
too elegant bonnet not to be retained in
the first ranks of fashion. 1t is shape suit
able for the most elaborate toilet as fori
the most simpie-for the theater as for
church or for travelling wear. But these.
bonnets though small, should be large,
enough to fit the head gracefully and COM
fortably. When too little, their elegancei
and good effect are completely destroyed, aS
they make the head and face look dispropor-
tionally large. For larger bonnets, fashion,
is again travelling backward, and the raised
fronts of the Restoration and Louis Philippe
times are being worn. The square crowns
are of medium height, and some of the open,,
raised brims permit of trimming underneath
them; these being "bouillonnes" Of satin or
velvet, or sometimes lunches of soft feathers
at one side, and a long plume under the
front, apparently resting on the hair This
garnituFe OF feathers on delicate opera
bonnet is wonderfully becoming.
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natural as the softest twilight A city where
the poet may take retrospection OF his life,
or soar to remotest realms Of his widest i'm
agination. A city where there is
no distinction of age or race or
rank or caste or color. A city where
there is no hatred or envy or malice. A city
A city where ambition slumbers, never to
awake, A monumental city. A city of
grassy bosomed surface, lakes and graceful
willows and graveled walks and beautiful
green earth aud flowers and shrubs, watered
with tears and nursed with loving care. A
city without profanity or crime or sin or
greed. A city whose empire is older than the
hills, A city where love is as sacred as the
soul A city where nature Yields the scythe
and sickle over all. A city of solitude The
city OF the dead
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A Man of Honor.

A clerk in the Treasury Department at
Washington often knows an official secret
which is of such pecuniary value that he
could make himself rich man by telling
it. 1t is said that when the ways and
means committee decided to increase the
tax ON whisky, small circle of men made
their fortunes by becoming possessed OF the
Official secret. The Manhattan tells the fol-
lowing anecdote of an honorable clerk:
Ia the dark days of 'e4 a treasury clerk
kept for twenty-fo1r hours a secret known
only to President Lincoln and Secretary
Chase besides himself. When it became Off
cially known it sent gold flying up, and the
country was in dismay
1t was a secret, too, that could have been
passed on without harming the Union cause.
1t was simply question of keeping faith
till the time came.
An hour after the news broke the clerk
fairly staggered under terrific slap on his
shoulder. He heard and saw banker whom
he knew we'll.
You miserable fool!' cried the banker
"Pd have given you $100, 600 to have known
this twenty-four hours agoF'-
And the banker could have we'll afforded
to do it. But the clerk had the satisfaction
of knowing that he had done his duty, as
many another government officer has done
under circumstances of temptation.
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The Crooked Tree.


Such a cross old woman as Mrs Barnes isl
1 never would send her jelly or anything else
again" said Molly Clapp, setting her basket
hard down on the table. She never even
said thank you,' but set the cup on the
table, child, and don't knock over the bottles
Why don't your mother come herself instead
of sending you? Phi be dead one of these
days, and then she'll wish she had been a
little more neighborly.' l never want to go
there again, and 1 shouldn't think you
would. F"
Molly! Mollyt come quick and see Mr.
DAVIS straighten the old cherry tree~ called
Tom through the window; and old Mrs
Barnes was forgotten as Molly flew out over
the green to the next yard.
Her mother watched with good deal of
interest the efforts of TWO stout men as. with
strong ropes they strove to pull the crooked
tree this way and that, but it was of no use
Its as crooked as the letter S. and has
been for twenty years. You're Just twenty
years too late, Mr.. DAVIS" said Joe, as he
dropped the rope and wiped the sweat from
his face.
Are you sure you haven't begun twenty
years too late on tobacco and rum, Joe?"
asked Mr.. DAVIS.
That's true word. master, and it's as
hard to break off with them as to make this
old tree straight But I signed the pledge
last night, and, with Gods help, mean to
With Gods help you may hope to keep
it Joe" responded the master. Our religion
gives every man chance to reform. No one
need despair SO long as we have such prom
Uses of grace to help"
That's my comfort, sir" said the man,
humbly, "but l shall tell the boys to try and
not groS crooked at the begnnins."
Mother" said Molly, as she stood by the
window again at her mothers side, Il know,
now what is. the matter with old Mrs Barnes.
She needn't try to be pleasant and kind now,
for she's like the old tree; it's twenty years
too late"
to do better, but my little girl must begin
now to keep back harsh words and unkind
thoughts; then she will never have to say as
Joe said about the tree, 1t is twenty years.
too late"
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DUMAS AS A REvoLUTIoNIsT.
How He Traversed the Provinces in Search
of Powder

How He Trayersed the Provinces in Search
,IUnuun DaIly news.
1t was in 1880, the insurgents against
Charles were at the Hotel de Vile under
command of Lafayette. There was no pow
der-the revolution might fail at any mo-
ment-bu Dumas offered to get some He
set off accordingly in a chase for the
royalist post at Scissors, hating by the way
at small Diapers shop, where he bought
some calico and made a tri-color flag. He
drove with the flag streaming TO the wind
from the lamp of his post chaise, to announce
the revolution to the provinces. One can
imagine that sight-the big, fat
man, swelling bigger than ever with the
pride of such a mission. When he
came to scissors he folded up his
tri-color, tucked it under his arm, and, on
pretense of seeing the view, mounted the
church tower, where the Kings white flag
was flying, and slyly insinuated mis- own in
its place. Then he went to the command
ant of the little garrison and summoned him
to surrender his post and, above all his pow
der magazine. The commandant refused.
Dumas drew one of the new pistols that
garnished his belt: Monsieur, | give you
my word of honor that if in five seconds you
do not sign the order to open that powder
magazine l will blow your brains out l
was very pale my double barreled pisto
was within a foot and half of the face of
the commandment Take care, l said to.
him, I am going to count the seconds
one, two, three At this moment a side door
opened and a woman rushed into the apart
ment in a paroxysm of terror. oh, my
friend, yield, yield; it is another revolt of the
negroes and she cast terrified glance at
me. Monsieur said the commandment, out
of respect for Madames--.' Yes, said the
lady, piteously, give them what they want,
in heavens name. Remember my father
and mother, massacred at ST. Domingo
understood then what she meant; with nv
short, crisp hair, my complexion tanned by
three days exposure to the sun, asd my
slight Creole accent, she had taken me for
negro" Dumas brought back the powder
and the revolution was saved.
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The Poets City.
New York Graphic.

Mr.. Joaquin Miller says that he sigbs for city
where "the cruel civilization OF modern empire
is unknown" and where there 10 ''rest, and quiet
and peace to suit the hour of Dreams" a city
gain" city "placid as moonlit lake aud nat
ural as a maden's blush;p city where "a poet
may seek and lind congfnial ears and healthful
hearts," city where "amhitiOn slumbers and
nature Yields the scepter over ALL"
Adjoining every city in the world there is
a city for which the morbid poet signs. A
city where there is no cruel civilization A
city where WEAKNESS is unknown. a city as
quiet aiid peaceful as the earliest hour of
morning, placid, as a summers sunbeam. and
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READING FOR THE SABBATH
The Benediotion of the Choir


CATHEDRAL IS. PETER AND PAUL.
The white-rohed choir moves up the aisle
In ordered step, with joyous song,
The rectOr's heart beats nigh the whiles
AS memories dear upon him throng.
He THINKS that in that self-same DAY
Almost a score of years long past,
His soul before the altar lay
In white array-a holooau6t.
II was his ordination hour,
When at the altar steps he Rnelt
In conscious fear, yet holy power
That day, and all since then, are FELT.
He thinks of all his priestly toll,
He thinks of hopes deferred, how long!
He thinks of joys without asSoil,
Made yet more near by molly song
With thoughttul. thankful soul he treads
Tue churchs aisle behind the choir;
Dispeed is gloom; avaunt all dread,
In victor tones all hearts aspire.
With trembling voice, with hands which bless,
DE prays for all, both men and boys,
With trimming heart of tenderness
He asks for them eternal joys,
His heart throps fast in loving trust
That ever onward, ever higher,
The church NAV go, till with the just
We all may join the Angel Choir.
Canon Knowles, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
sat Christ Church, indianapolis, occurring, by a
curious coincidence, the anniversary OF the ord-
nation of the rector, the Rev, Il. A. Bradley.
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Poisoned.

Thousands Of persons are poisoned in Arariea
by the Ontinued use of Mercury, Iodide. OF Po-
tasslum and other minerals, for various Diseases.
The mercury works. Its waN' into the tissues.
pn0duGins rheumatism and decay of the bDnes
The Iodia of p otassium. cats away the coating.
of the stomach and dnies nh tho gastric RtictS
which digest the faOiI and, and the pHtlent linz
gers along in, agony or is, glad toIde ia set away
from misery. Sygift's Specific is "a complete anti
dOte to ali this poison. 1t eliminates Meronry
from he system, removes the. evil effects df
Iudide of POTASSIUM and brings back health and
hnppinrss. Send your address for u Guy Cd
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC GoMP@N,',
Drawer 2, Atlanta, Ca
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Thankful in AN Things.

The Christian Union
We count too often only the rosary of our
outward properties, and measure our graft
tude too much by the shining pearls of our
successes, as we sit in silent review of the
year at the thanksgiving service. There is
a deeper and a truer thankfulness than this,
and Mr.. Howells has put it into strong verse:
"Lord, for the errng thought
Not into evil wrought;
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed aud fled still;
For the heart from itself kept,
Our thanksgiving accept
For igGorant hopes that were
Broken to cur blind prayer;
For pain, death, sorrow sent
Unto our chastisement;
For all loss of seeming good
Quicken our gratitude"
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Iftroubled with the smoke from soft coal
so that you cannot lay your clothes on the
grass to bleach, YOU can improve their looks,
in this way; After rubbing them pour abso-
lntely boiling water over them, and let them
lie in this water all night. Next morning
seald and rinse, as usual. This does great
deal toward clearing out the yellowish color
they would otherwise. certainly have.