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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

MRS TOT, of Lowell, Mass, ought to believe
in special providences. Thirty three years ago
she became the wife of Mr. Toy, but after few
months was cast aside like broken toy, and
saw no more of her husband. Several years af-
ter, thinking he was dead, she married again
and again unhapplIy, divorce being the result.
Then she tried it again. and the third husband
was all that heart could wish, except in finan-
ciaf point of view. He died a year or so ago,
and left no wealth. SO that the widow found her.
self compelled to become gnest at the county
farm. Scarcely was she installed there when a
prosperousooking elderly gentleman called.
He proved to be The long-lost Toy. He had been
out west and had had no time to write, hut was
willing to forgive her and forget the interme-
diate husbands. Together they went away from
the county farm, visited Clergyman, and are
again one Toy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Scientific Aspect of Rocks Case.

Chicago Herald.
The attention OF moral Democrats is re-.
spectfully invited to the curious psychologist
cal facts in the case of Mr.. Jesse ]. Rock,
member of the Legislature from Chicago.
Mr.. Rock was elected as a Republican, and
doubtless is still Republican. But when
Mr.. Rock is drunk he is a Democrat, and
acts in Democratic interests The scientific
aspect of the case &>a most interesting one
and the moral of it would seem to be that
ublcans.mu st become total abstainers, or
at the very least avoid Democratic liquids.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

talking about it for thirty years. Women
thank sufficiently. The half-nod and in
audible word are enough. To make scene
In street-car, shouting, II thank you, sir,
very muchr' is what no decent woman
WOULD like. The man who splits is still
splitting, and spits worse than he did thirty
years ago. The man who wants to be
thanked had better turn his attention to re-
forming the man who spits. MARY DEAN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

THE cashier of Connecticut bank, who lives
In such affluence that he is able to own "truck
PATCH" is in receipt of the following unsigned
note, with enclosure:
"Sir-Me and another boy was going through
your orchard one night last year and we picked
some of your water-melens and ate them. Here's
rs cents to pay for them"
Possibly this case of conscience will have such
an effect upon that cashier that the directors
will receive a similar without
an enclosure,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

MONTANA paper moved by envy at reading
Of human phenomena in the East comes sud-
denly to the front with the story of citizen of
that territory named Joseph Bearciaw who is
sixty years old and never had any teeth. He is
the father of interesting family of little Bear
claws, possession of which must be natures
compensation for lack of teeth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Seems to Be a MASSACHUSETTS, Industry.

Boston Globe.
Tanning human SKINS not unknown in this
State "About fifteen years ago the skin of q
white man was tanned there, and the same,
after being dressed, it is said was used for
book binding, and no doubt the book could
be produced if wanted One who saw tho
skin after it was finished says it resembled
that of hog, being coarse, and with very
omen Dores,n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

GENERAL WASHINGTON issued his proolama-
ton of peace just 100 years ago Thursday. The
treaty was signed at Paris (versailles), septem-
Der 8, following.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
PEOPLE AND PASTORS.


The world is growing better every day.
People are becoming more liberal in their
views, and to the cheerful soul, on a sunny
day, the millennium seems not very far off,
in spite of such little hindrances as the dyn-
amite party, the Tewksbury atrocities, and a
few other matters. The Nihilists are too far
away to bother us, Tewksbury is in Massa-
chusetts, and really the rest of us seem to be
tolerance and bigotry and inhumanity crops
up now and then, however, in spots where
neither dynamite fends nor almshouse Off
cials have had any influence, and it behooves
us not to devote all our energies to convert
ing the heather in New England and Ireland
lest we have none left for home consump-
ton and the benefit of the clergy. 1t is
the clergy, indeed, who seem most in
need of missionary work just now. A Pres
byterian pastor near Erie, Pa, animated by
what he doubtless deemed true piety but
what in another age would have
led him to burn an unbeliever at the
stake, lately communicated a young
lady because she had called in another min
lister to of1iciate at her mothers funeral. She
was subjected to the most rigid church dis
cipline, dismissed from membership and her
class in Sunday taken from her. 1t
was not jealousy of course, but holy zeal
which filled the pastoral breast The presby-
terry which has met since, rescnded his
action, and restored the young woman to her
former standing in the church, but it does
not appear that the matter was considered
anything more than an error IN judgment.
Detroit has an Episcopal church in which the
form of worship is so much the same as that
of the Roman church, that it is not recog-
few days since the rector OF this church, the
Holy Trinity, lost child, and called person.
ally upon number of Episcopal clergymen
to conduct the burial service but they de-
clned to do so. The hour appointed for the
burial had passed, and the father was about
to perform the sad Office himself, when
a rector of another church arrived, upon a
summons from parishioner of the bereaved
clergyman.
These instances are only two of many
which have recently appeared in print show
ing Objectionable conduct on the part of min
listers. It does not by any means follow that
this class of citizens is becoming demon
allied, but that they have been neglected is
probably true. Having for long time CON
Quoted themselves in an inoffensive manner,
they have been permitted to go their own
way without criticism, and naturally they
fall into error. Those persons outside of the
pull pit who undertake to regulate the affairs
of this world and the next-and they are nu-
merous-have been doing missionary work at
long range without looking at the tares which
were growing up in their neighbours yard,
especially if that neighbor was their pastor.
The pastor, no matter how beloved he may
be, should be carefully looked after He
means well and usually he does we'll, but
will bear watching to see that he does not be-
come too autocratic. The people owe duty
to their pastors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
Warned Against the Brethren.

st. Louis Post-Dispatch (Dein.)
AS to the Carter Harrison explosion, the
Iroquois chiefs are pleading the old worm
out excuse-they didn't know he was loaded
This disaster should be warming to all con-
cerned that the Democratic armory is full of
rusty and apparently harmless old match
locks and fuses that are liable to go off at
any moment and produce any amount of
weeping waling and crashing of teeth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

THE Bohemians havee taken the trouble to
denounce as heresy belief in table-rappine, slate
writing, and kindred "manires atoms" 1t
would be equally pertinent to anathematize
General Pleasanton's blue grass theory. The
great question Will be to dispose of that class
of people who try to live up to their blue China.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
How Unlike Ingersoii.


baltimore American.
"0ver the desert of death, )" remarks Rob.
ert G. 1ngersoll. ''the sphinx gazes forever,
but never speaks" How very unlike Mr.,
lngersoll. His tongue traverses the desert OF
death with the interminablc continuity of u
caravan of dromedaries that starts at Damas-
Gus and scarcely terminates at Balsora.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

JEWISH matchmaker at Kishenev, Russia.
has perfected an ingenious clock that repro
duces In miniature the coronation of the Gar.
1t didn't have the explosion scene, so it was pro-
nounced failure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

"THE Democratic newspapers throughout the
country are already beginning to inform their
readers That the principal occupation of the
Republicans of MASSACHUSETTS, for the past ten
years has been the tanning of negro SKINS"
Boston Herald.
Democrats who, "beroh the wah" tanned
negroes skins just for the fun of IL, while tho
owners were alive. and would like to do it
again, are outraged in their tenderest SENSIBLE
tiles over the indgnity offered TO the dead Tewks-
hnry darkeY,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

GEORGE WASHINGTON TEwKsBURY Of Boston,
has sold corner lot in Chicago for SAC, 900.
Tewksbury alms-house is not this gentleman's
country residence at present, and if he owns any
more corner lots he may never go there to live
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

"BURRos sold in Mineral Park, A. T.. last week,
for 81 so apiece."-Exchange.
Here's chance for the IroGuois Club to kick
themselves at a mere nominal cost. The oppor,
tunity is too good to be sighted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

PORTLAND, Oregon, Chinaman calls the eagle
on American coins a chicken. The age of the
American eagle probably suggested a spring
chicken to his darkened intellecr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

GERMANY, with population of 100000
Scotland, with a population of hut 4,000,0O0.
has $500 university students, while England,
out of population of 25,O0O,OoU, sends only
5000 students 10 her universities The only
plausible explanation is to be found in the fact
that The average young cockney, in and Que OF
London, knows enough without going to college
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

per square inch. This is rather dscouraging to
artists who paint pictures the size of barn doors
and have to rattle them off at 81 piece, includ-
ing heavy gilt frame.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

AT = recent sale of oil paintings in New York
city, "The Muleteer." oy vibert five inches
square sold for $415, or at the rate of over 81 6
per square inch "fhe Smoker" by Boldini
(three inches square, brought $3.50. or over $40
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

THE essay from which we reprinted a notice
of General Lew Wallace ana his two books, "The
Fair God" and "Bea Hur," was written by Mrs.
o. c. Harvey, and published in the Lafayette
journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

MISS CoNDoM, of Louisville, has set exarp-
pie to her sex. She was engaged to marry Mr..
Barrett, and preparations for the wedding were
nearly completed when hrs. Riley, neighbor,
whispered in Barrett's that his sweetheart
was talked about" The enraged young man,
instead of paralyzing Mrs. Riley, demanded of
the girl confession of the slanderous stories or
denial. She denied them, and, learning the
name of the slanderer, denounced them as false
to that persons face. This did not satisfy the
virtuous Barrett. He protested to believe the
truth OF her denial, but in order to establish his
future wife's fair fame beyond a doubt, he
wanted a verdict of the court in the case. There
upon Miss CondOm brought suit against Mrs.
Riley for SANDER, which resulted in the filing of
written retrac ton by that lady. and an &C.
acknowledgements that the stories were false. Miss
Condom's good name being thus established, Mr..
Barrett went about making preparations for the
wedding, and put himself to considerable ex-
pense in the way of good clothes, etc. Miss Con-
dom allowed these preparations to go on until
the appointed day had arrived, when she sent
word to the expectant husband that he was not
the sort of person she desired to marry, and
that the wedding could not come Off AS he had
previously permitted her to get her outfit ready,
she had thought 1t best to allow him the same
privilege, hence her delay in announcing her
conclusion. Miss Condom is considerably ahead,
in the opinion Of her friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

OSCAR WILDE would make a fortune out of an
autobiography on dudes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

A CORRESPONDENT of Il London paper says a
copy of Moody and Sankey's hymns, which
reached Turkish postoffice recently on its way
to an American missionary, was regarded
with much suspicion as posi-
BILE incendiary volume 1t fell into the
hands of Buksheesh Effendi, factotum Of the
encouragement, who understood little Eng.
lish Corning to the song, "HOld the Fort" the
suspicious patriot decided that it must have ref
erence to intended Instruction. and was of
an lncendiary nature. ThereupOn he cut the
song out, after which he allowed the expurgated
book to go TO its destination; but that mission
airy will be looked after With an eagle eye. There
are people with no Scnday school music in their
souls who would be glad il Buksheesh Efendi
could go through some more of the popular
books of sacred song" and eliminate freely
These same persons, having no malice towards
the Turk, will rejoice that there is one country
where death threatens the person who sings
ssHod the Fort"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

Philadelphia shipbuilder say that Brit
ish steamships are built out of poor material,
and that they are not equal to American
built iron ships, andsthat the frequent calam-
tiles which have overtaken the British ships
result from bad work and poor iron. Ameri-
can iron ships generally have good luck, and
when collisions happen between them and
British iron vessels the British ships are pull
verified. Our American ship workmen are
native born, and are very apt and know about
every part of ship. and you might take al
most any man out of yard and he could
build one. But the English workmen do not
think. Our native mechanics when dressed
up" will pass for gentlemen, but you can
tell the foreign mechanic under whatever
clothes he wears.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
clothes he wears,

Glass shingles are now in use for roofs and
for Misunderstanding. They are durable and
very light in weight They can be used for
fiat roofs, and people can walk on them
without fracture They are made transparent
or opaque, and OF various colors. They are
non-conductors of heat, and are therefore
warm n winter and cold in summer They
are also non-conductors of electricity. The
non-transparent shingles are used for roofs,
yet spaces for skylights are filled with trans
parent glass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
RAMRLING CHAT.

A city with shabby streets is dear place
to do business in. The first requisite of a
city street is a good pavement. Limestone
blocks with solid stone cutters are the only
pavement worth putting down and keeping
in repair, and limestone blocks are the cheap
est in the end. The money which we spend
i'll repairing our streets and in keeping their
dust down in its original form of mud by
means of sprinkling would pay for consider
able good paving.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

VERY pretty story is handed down from
Boston. A rule forbids the stopping of street.
cars on Tr emont street at places other than
street corners. young lady desiring to stop at
certain crossing turned to signal the con-
ductor. who at that moment was kissing his
hand to young woman on the walk, and before
his attention could be attracted, the car had
passed the stOpping-place, and the young lady
sank resignedly into her seat and rode to the
next street. There the conductor rang to stop,
and the pretty, but rather indignant passenger
stepped to the platform, and, with slight
sparkle in her eye, said 81 am unselfsh enough
TO walk milo II you could give her Q genuine
kiss, but this is little too much" nice little
anecdote, but it does not appear to have &C.
Cured 10 the credulous Bostonian that it might
have been that the little miss contentedly rode a
square out of her way, hoping that the con-
ductor would tdrn his attention to feminine at
fractions nearer at hand. She was evidently
disappointed when she left the car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

An American company is operating some
oil wells in Persia. The wells are near an
ancient monastery of fire-worshipers, in
which the monks have kept perpetual
fame from an oil we'll for centuries
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

Indianapolis
Evansville,
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne.
Detrolt..--..
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati :.
Buffalo
Albany
Milwaukee,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

Who is the man that wants to be thanked
In street-cars and omnibusesY He has bee n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-12
Bio Cattle Deal.

The biggest cattle transfer ever made in
America is the sale of the herds belonging
to the three live stock companies known as
the Swan Brothers. Swan d Frank and Swan
q Anthony, all Of Wyoming. From well
posted cattle man of Cheyenne, who arriv-
ed In Omaha last evening, we gather the
following interesting facts: The herds in
clude $1,000 head of cattle, and with the
ranches. buildings, and grazing privileges,
have been sold 70 syndicate of Scotch
capitalists, the consideration being S2,55O :
600, to be paid within sixty days. The pa
pers were all signed on the 9th day
of November and have been taken to Scot
land by the agent of the syndicate, he hav.
ing landed there last Wednesday. Mr.. A.
III. Swan, who is at the head of each of the
above companies, retains an interest In the
new consolidation.-Omah Republican.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-12
The Rnfchec.

\ butcher Is a man who wears an apron
like that OF a barkeeper. When you ask
him for porter-house steak he produces
a bone that looks as ifit belonged to mas
todon, with little meat hanging to it. He
hooks this bone on his badly adjusted
scales, swings himself on it and yells five
poundsv You pay for the pounds, but
yoG only carry off three pounds Of bone
and six ounces of meat. And the worst Of
OF it is, you don't get all of that, for he
proceeds to chop off the bone, which he
keeps, and afterwards sells to a hotel to
make soup out of. That's the kind
ofphilanthropists some butchers are. There
are others who are not so enthusiastic.
They do not swing themselves clear off the
floor when they weigh meat. They only
keep hand on it as big as canvas-cover-
ed ham to prevent che meat from blowing
of the scales. In law and eqrity, you are
entitled to the butchers hand along with
the meat, fory you bought it and paid for it,
but he never delivers the goods. He needs
that in his business. 1t is SO handy in
weighing. He sells that hand at eight and
ten cents pound forty times day, but he
always keeps it OH hand, as it were, it being
so useful in making change and in remov-
ing a customer who wants to have the meat
weighed over again.-Texas Siftings.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-12
A State Veterinarian.

The State of Kansas could not invest the
necessary sum OF money to q better par.
pose than the employment Of competent
veterinary surgeon, to have general over
sight of the health Of the States live stock
Hon. q. w. Click, who will next Monday
be iuauguarted as chief executive of Kan.
Sas, made two years ago, as member of
the legislature, gallant fight for the es-
Enlistment Of such ALI officer, and came
near succeeding, but his bill eventually
met defeat in the senate. Though for the
time thwarted he has never lost faith In the
need and Importance of the measure and un.
less we are much mistaken he will this win
ter as Governor, recommend and work for
the enactment of some similar measure to-
wards protecting the herds and flocks from
disease. that once introduced may cause un.
told losses and disaster.
In this work he should have the hearty
support of every intelligent stockman and
farmer in the state, and in fact the south
west, and this can be rendered in no better
way than by impressing upon their repre-
sentatives the necessity of laboring for
some measure Of the character named.-
Kansas City Live Stock Indicator.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-12
The Pulse.

The sumber of beats of the pulse per
minute varies at different ages, being great
er in childhood than in old age, and from
10 to IA beats per minute greater in the
female than the male. In the newly born
infant the number Of beats per minute ID
from l3O to 140; In the first year, l15 to
100; second year, 100 TO us: third year, 80
to 100; seventh year, IS to 90: thirteenth
year. so to s5; manhood, 20 70 50; old age
so to IS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-12
sovhsm q. Ss.d

,sorghum Is every year attracting mora
and more attention as food for stook, and
from facts that are being developed Of late.
1t would appear that those VINO have here.
tofore regarded it as simply a plant from
the juice of which u poor quality Of moias.
ses could be made, have had but slight
comprehension Of its uses or value. The
sheep aisers of southwestern Kansas were
among the first to make note that II vss
unsurpassed for wintering their flocks, and
now are showing to the people or other
ststes that cattle, horses, mules, also swine
and fowls can be fed on il with economy
and profit. AS 1t Is almost cure crop
whether the season Is dry or wet, farmers
In the prairie region west and south-west
Missouri, are likely to find II an important
factor In their feeding operations Of the
years to come.-Kansas City Indicator.
A correspondent Of the Kansas Farmer
is satisfied that an acre OF sorghum Ia
worth more for feeding cattie, horses or
nogs than an acre OF corn, and says: "My
nifty head OF Short-horns and grade cattle
that have been fed on sorghum aud some
straw for the last 10 days, have gained
flesh since they have been taken of the
range and are now as sleek and as fat as II
they had been corn-fed for the butcher.
And 1t is surprising how they relish the
hard sorghum; they eat 1t all clean, stalk
and all, and that is where It gains over
cornfodder, as they will not eat all the
cornstalks; besides. the sorghum stalk is
much richer and makes more fat. NV
young stock of horses and hogs run IN the
corral with my cattle, and they are all fat
fed from sorghum"