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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-24
QUEER HAPPENINGS.

A BLOOMSBURY. Nj, woman who was born
dumb, began to laugh just before her death,
and laughed continuously until she breathei
her last.
AN old maid in Nashville keeps 8 parrot
which swesrs and q monkey which chsws
tobacco. She says between the two she
doesn't miss husband much.
BETWEEN the clapboards of his house, A.
Billings, of lie Roy, MiRn., found lis pounds
OF honey. One piece Of comb was i've feet
nine inches long and twenty-three inches
wide.
MR. SHAsKs teaches dancing in Philadel-
phia, Mr.. Drinkwater keeps liquor saloon,
Mr.. Black is coal dealer, Mr.. Ssylor is o
mariner, Mr.. Painter is an artist, Mr.. Birch
tesches school and Mr.. Lamb is butcher.
A DROVE OF over 1000 shsep was being
driven on q road in Indiana. At a depres-
sion in the road water was found to cover it
from fence to fence, but little more than the
wagon track being bare. Just as the leader
of the flock reached this spot large black
water snake crossed the track. The leading
wether stopped short, and the entire space
was soon blocked full. In a moment dog
came bounding over the backs of the sheep,
and dropping down between the water holes,
took the leading wether by the ear, giving
him gentle pull. He sprsng into the air,
clearing the narrow space between the water
holes, followed by the entire flock. the dog
net leaving the track till the whole drove
had passed.
MONDAY last On octopus was caught in
Commencement Bay in about 300 feet OF
water by fish hooks. When brought 10 the
surface it wss almost manageable, and it
was only By . severe struggle that it was
hauled into boat and brought ashore.
Once it seized upon the bottom of the boat
and no effort could loosen it, until it did 80 OF
It's own accord after the vessel was set in
motion. One OF the feelers came in contact
with one of the boys arms, and it was only
induced to let go by beating the feeler to q
jelly with q club. 1t is plenty large enough
to master q man, and would be dangerous
customer to meet in the water. 1t was a
monster specimen, having arms or feelers
fully four feet long. The arms are eight in
number, and are each supplied with 12O pairs
of suckers, by which they seize and hold
their prey. Its body is purse shaped, with
out fins, and is q foot long, and nearly the
same in width.
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.AUHSEr cox
How the Genial and Eloquent Statesman
Earned hts SObrfQuet.

Earned Hts SObriquet.
The Hon. S. S. Cox, in 1853, was editor of
the Ohio Statesman, printed at Columbus,
o. The sobriqEet Of Sunset" was be-
slowed upon him after he had written and
published the following description of sun
set, which appeared in the Statesman Of
May IS, 1858.
"What stormful sunset was that Of last
night How glorious the storm and how
glorious the setting snnl We do not remem.
Der ever to have seen the like on our round
globe. The scene opened in the West with
a whole horizon full of golden interpenetra.
ting lustre, which c0lored the foliage aud
frightened every object in its own rich dyes.
The .colors grew deeper and richer, until the
golden color was transferred into storm
cloud full OF finest lightning, which lesped
into dazzling Zigzags all around and over
the city. The wind rose with fury, the slen'
der shrubs and giant trees made obeisance
to His majesty. Some even snapped before
its force. The strawberry beds and grass
plots turned up their whites to see Zephy-
rus march by. AS the rain came and the
pools formed and the cutters hurried away,
thunder roared gIandly, and the FIRE bells
caught the excitement and rang with hearty
chorus. The South and East received the
copious showers, and the West all at once
frightened up in long polished belt of az
ure worthy of a Sicilian sky. Presently
cloud appeared in the azure belt in the form
of q castellsted city. 1t becomes more vivid,
revealing strange forms of peerless fanes
and ala bsster temples, and gleries rare and
grand in this mundane sphere. 1t reminds
us of Wordsworth's splendid verse in his
Excursion.
The appearance instaneously discovered
Was OF 9 mighty city, boldly say
wilderness of buildings. sinking her
And self-withdrswn into wondrOus depth,
Far sinking into splendOr without END.
But the city vanished only to give place
to another isle, where the most beautiful
forms of foliage appeared imagining para
disc in the distant and purified air. The
sun, wearied of the elemental commotion,
sank beneath the green plains OF the west.
The great eye of the heavens went not down
without a dark brow hanging over its depart
ing night. The rich flush OF the uEearthly
light had passed and the rain had ceased,
and the solemn church bells, the laughter
of children, out and joyous after the storm,
is heard, with the carol OF birds, while the
forked and purple weapon of the skies still
daIted illumlnstions around Startling College
trying to rival its angels and leap into the
dark windows Candles are lighted. The
piano strikes up. We feel that il is good to
have hOme-gOod to be on earth when
such revelations of beauty and power may
be made. And as we can not refrain from
reminding our readers of everything won
derful in our city, we have begun and ended
our feeble etching OF a sunset which comes
SO rarely that its glory should be committed
to immortal types"
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WILSON CARTER, Attorney for plaintiff

CHERIF'FS SALE-By virtue OF q certifes copy
- OF decree TO nae directed, from the Clerk OF
toe superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, IN
q cause wherein Max Gundelhn ger Is plaintiff
49, $50 requiring me 10 make the sums OF money
in said decree provided, and In manner sc pro-
Vided for in said decree, with interest said de-
cree and costs, will expose at public sale. to the
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY. THE nth DAY OF JANUARY. A.
A. 1855.
between the hours or 10 O'Clock n. and O'Clock
p M, of said day, at the door OF the Court-holss
for tern not exceeding seven years, otthe follow
ing real estate to-wit:
A part OF the west half 60 of the southwest
quarter of section five (5), township fifteen ti5l
north, range four (4) east Commencing at point
in the center OF the Rational Road nine and fifty.
one One-hundredths chatns(9 5llO0( north. eighty
dVeand Onehslf $50 degrees east from the point
where the section Inc crosses the SAID Nauona
Road. thence south twenty minutes, west i've and
Eeventy-one hundredths % LOO chains to the
section line thence east said section line eishc
and nineteen one .huDdredthIcaaiDst thence north
twenty C0) minutes, east SIX and thrty-tW0 one
hundredths chains 10 the center OF the National
ROsd. thence with the center OF said Ma ionfl
Road, westerly eight and nineteen one-hundredthS
el aims 20 the place OF beginning, containing
FIVE 80 arres, more or less. situate in Marion
County, Indiana
IL Sucn rents and profits wiz not sell for 6 suf-
fcient sum 10 satisfy said decree. interest and
costs will a. the same time and place, expose TO
public ale the fee simple of said real estate or
much thereof as may be sulhclent 10 &c large
said decree. interest and costs said sale will be
made without any relief whatever from valuation
GEORGE Fl. CARTER,
Sheriff Of Marion eOuniy.
DeceEiber 2S. A. D.. 1854.
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The Ohio Marshal Investigation.



The Investigation now in progress as to
the alleged misconduct of United States
Marshal Wright st the October election in
Cincinnati has already disclosed facts
enough to warrant the summary remaval of
this interruptions official. The testimony
sdduced by the committee yesterday is of a
particularly damaging character, as Will be
seen by the report published elsewhere, and
if such fruitful beginning can be made
here in Washington what may be expected
when the bottom facts are reached IN Gin
cinnati?
Another fact is becoming quite apparent,
and will doubtless become still more so when
Commissioner Clark is further heard from,
that the power of the Pension Office 50 far
as practicable, was utilized to defeat the
ends of justice and free suffrage at this cleo
ton. The sinister hand of Mr.. Clsrks pre-.
decessor in Office is seen and felt through all
the disreputable business.
How many of General Dudley's emissa-
Ties, in the guise of special examiners, we're
in Ohio during the campaign sud st the
polls, performing no official service, bat
busily engaged in doing partisan duty, re-
mains to be shown.
That Marshal Wright in the meantime
was appointing deputy marshals By the
score, IN utter and shameless violation OF
the law regulating such appointments,
selecting for the dirty work to be doue the
men best qualified by their habits of life to
do il, and resorting to the most violent
methods for intimidating peaceable voters,
Is no longer TO be questioned. The evidence
now in is enough to convict him on all the
counts of Mr.. Follett's indictments
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A ROMAN ELEorION.
How the Ancients in the Fret Republic
Worked the Wires.

How the Ancients in the First Republic
Worked the Wires.
Eugene Lawrence in Brooklyn Eagle.l
From republican Rome-our early teacher
we borrow most of our political ideas,
and even language. Our elections vary lit
tie from those of the Roman forum. To the
LatIns we owe our candidates and our ora
tors, our tribuniion arts and tribunition
veto, the ballot and the ballotbox. the reg
lister and polling, the conception OF personal
independence. the sovereignty Of the peo-
pie. The free Roman would bow to no man;
and Cicero and Cesar were forced to So
licit the votes of their fellow-citizens with
humility that was never feigned.
To obtain an Office at Rome the candidate
toiled for months and even years. Clad in
his white robe he walked the forum OF the
busy streets of the city, saluting every one,
asking votes and seeking what we now call
popularity. He spoke to every citizen he
met Familiarity. He grasped his hand, he
begged his support; he spoke OF his own mer.
its, decried his opponent, promised to advo-
cate some liberal measures, and sometimes
q bride. Cicero, who was above bribery, has
left us in his letters curious picture of the
tolls. anxieties and the interior life of the
Roman candidate.
singular excitement. Every year the chief
msgistratesof Italy were renewed, and every
year the voters crowded the capital. The
city Was agitated by intense party feeling.
The rural population from Latium and the
distant colonies over the Tiber fastened to
exercise the priced right Of suffrage. Chair
ots fllea with citizens came from the Sabine
villages, footmen crossed the Sublician
Bridge, great mglHtnds wandered through
the streets Of Rome, astonished at the mag
nificence OF the city.
IL 1t was q consular election the people
gathered at sunrise in the Campus Martius,
where the voting was to take place. The
candidates in their white robes, before day
break, were seen mingling with the voters,
followed by their partissns and proolaiming
their political principles. Sometimes they
stood on q high position whore they could
be seen by all; sometimes the great multi
tude covered the tops Of tue houses and
filed all the extensive plain from the CAPT
tai to the river.
At length. et the sound Of . horn. tho
voters assembled In the Campus Msrtius. II
the auspices were favorable and no peal OK
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thunder heard. standard was raised on the
Janiculum and the Consul began the cere-
monies with prayers and sacrifices; the peo-
pie, deeply euperstitious, awaited ave-
stricken until he closed. The spectacle was
one of rare interest; it was an rssemblage
of Romen freemen. 1t the late comitis, at
least all were equal. The rich noble. accus-
tened to luxury and power, tn equities
who had sprung from poverty to wealth, the
prosperous traders of the forum and SUBJ
urbs; the farmers, even sometimes the
freedm en-, the manunitted slaves-were
blended by the Roman Law into harmonious
and nomentary equality. Each was gifted
with vote.
The voting next began. The excitement
rose. The people, arranged in centuries or
hundreds, passed over a bridge of wood into
the polling place. Here, in the earlier age,
they voted orally, and later with wooden
tablets. Each vote was recorded and counted
at once, and the result announced. The
ballOt-box and the register we're watched
over by citizens OF undoubted honor, and
fraud was scarcely possible. As one by one
| the cen turtles gave in their ballots the ex-
citement was Tedoubled. Tie candidates
and the Ieople hung breathless upon the
cries of the heralds as they proclaimed the
progress of the election.
Livy has left many picture of these
| fierce political struggles. Now on one side,
vegetable decay. by evaporation of soil
MOISTURE lhOen Will III, VI w upburulug VI
earth saturated with that compound. Re
cent measurements of the carbonic acid in
the soil, IS compared with the amount pres
| est in normal atmosphere, have shown that
| their relative proportions are IS $50 to one.
now on another, the balance hung. A
Scipio, a Cato, Gracchns, Cesar had tri-
| umphed, and the victor shouted in g wild
strain Of Southern enthusiasm that echoed
far away over the capitol and the crowded
dills. The beaten party turned silently
homewsrd. The excitement was over, and
the Roman voters went quietly again to
their usual pursuits
For 400 years at least, every year the
Romans gave in their votes on the field
of Mars. At Ieugth an Emperor
tyIant-swept away the polls
and The polling places. Dsspotism
reign over man for ten centuries; the very
conception of a popular election snd popu-
lar rule had perlshed; the right of suffrage
the pledge of independenCe-died. 1t was
revived in the republics of the middle ages;
il lived in the homes of the workingmen; it
passed to Holland and to England; it crossed
the seas to New England and sprang up in
rare strength. Ii has spread once more to
Italy, to Germany, to every European State,
never again to sink before the rage of des.
pot or perish in the poisonous embrace of
slavery.
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RUDE BOREAs,
with Frosty Breath, sweeps Over the Land,
Indicating That Last Weeks snap Win Be
Surpassed

with Frosty Breath, sweeps Over the Land,
Indicating That Last Weeks snap win Be
surpassed
CHICAGO. Dec. 22.-The weather through
out the West nd Northwest, which has been
steadily growing milder since Friday, is
again growing much colder. Omaha sche1-
ules 170 below zero this morning; Kansas
City, o; ST. Paul, 80 below; Dubuque, 81 be-
low; Fargo, $40 below; Winnipeg, 40 below.
The temperature here is lac above, bat is
steadily falling. with the prospect OF much
colder weather. Heavy SHOWS are reported
I'm Colorado and in Northern Montana and
Dakota.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 22.-The second
snow storm commenced at noon to-day.
RAGING with great violence, and the train OF
the @ -egon Railway Navigation Road are
sti y npeded. A train load of passengers
a. 9 showed up between Dallas and Cascades.
SIX engines and 500 men and provisions
were sent to their rescue. The blockade in
the Rocky Mountains prevents trains run
ming on the Northern Pacific.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 22.-Tbe thermometer vas
below at noon. Reports from other points
are received as follows, all being below zero
Neche (nesr tie Manitoba line), 43; Crook
stone, Sc; Omaha %; Huron %; Pierre, %;
Jamestown, %; Mandan, 10; Glendine, 40.
Trains are delayed three to eight hours by
drifts
Sioux CRY, Iowa, Dec. 22.-Snow fell
nearly all day yesterday. This morning the
mercury fell to % below, but subsequently
moderated, and at p. m. was 10 below, with
a strong northwest wind and snow drifting,
Trains are somewhat late, but Dakota trains
left on time.
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Potential ity OF the Human Mind.

The potentiallties of the human mind are
something which perfect environmentalone
can develop. Every man has some genuine
good in him. The real mischief OF life is
that We predicate Of the whole of human
character what ia true only of fractional
part. The result Is, that two biographies are
possible Of every man, the one eulogy, the
other defamation. Wholesale condemna-
ton ia as illogical "a it lie absurd. As the
author Is greater than his book, 90 the
man OF genius is greater than his within.
Because johnson would not enter room ex.
cept with his left foot foremost, or Marshal
SAKE abide the presence of q cat, or Angus
tus Caesar the reverberation OF thunder
they are not, therefore, TO be relegated 90
the ooterie Of fools. They are simply to be
turned little, and at the proper angle We
will see the divinity In each.-Dr. Paxton,
New York Tribune,
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CURIOUS. USEFUL AsD SCIENTIFIC.


Thoroughly cooked meat, when reduced to
fine particles, NJ. WON says, is as readily
attacked by the gastric secretiOns as raw
meat.
crane capable OF lifting weight of l47
tons is in course of construction at Ham
burg. Ii will be the largest machine of the
kind on the continent of Europe. that of
Antwerp coming next with q lifting power
Of 100 tons.
Now that the cold weather is with rs, IL
ought to be remem bered that q covering of
felt nicely put on pipes prevents the water
from freezing in them and all the train of
evil consequences which frozen water-pipes
entail, unless the cold is unusually severe or
the spell OF frost unusually protracted.
After much experimenting, DIR. Richard.
son has found q satisfactory means of caus-
ing painless death, aid has introduced it
into the Home for Lost Dogs in London
chamber charged with mixture of csrbslic
oxide aud chlorofortn vspor, when they
TRANQUILITY fall asleep and wake no more.
1t is proposed to throw q bridge over the
Straits OF Messina between Cabdel Pezzo and
GaDzirri. where the channel lie two miles and
hslt wide and the greatest depth of water
S6l feet. The viaduct, made entirely OF steel,
at height ct 32S feet above the water, Is to
rest on two land towers and three pres each
1,C90 yards apart. For the three piers the
foundations are to be OF granite ballast up
to about seventy Eve feet of the surface of
the water and of granite masonry up to
thirty three feet above the surface of the wa.
ter. Besides spacs for double line of rails.
the viaduct is to be wide enough to afford
room for a roadway suits bic for ordinary
carriage traffic.
Perhaps in no other condition OF disease,
says ]. NJ Anders, Ph. d.. do plants snd
flowers offer such promise of becoming
valuable therapeutic agents ss in the dread
and aweinspiring disease, consumption OF
the lungs, and more especially do they
seem to be effeotusl in preventing the de-
yelopment of the disease. In order to obtain
the best results it is necessary that both the
living and sleeping rooms should be arranged
for the purpose, and we'll stocked with fola age
and Towering plants, and the person Or per-
SONS for whose benefit they may be employed
should assume the care Of the plants, which
soon, to most persons, becomes O pleasing
occupation, and offords the plants better
opportunity of accomplishing good results,
as it brings them-patient and plants-into
closer contact. 1t has been found that q
convenient and efficient substitute for q
winter or summer health resort can be So
cured By simply stocking the living and
sleeping apartments of the patient with
growing plants in winter and living among
and cultiVsting them out Of doors III SUN.
mer.
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I'M. WINTERS, Attorney for Plaintiff.

CHERIFF'5 SALE-By virtue Of q certified copy
8 = clcree 10 me directed, from the Clerk OF
the Superior Court OF Marion County, Indiana, IN
a cause wherein Frederick Rand, receiver is plain
til, and Freder,ok A. W psyls ct al are DEFEND
sum OF money in said decree provided, and 10
manner as provided for in said decree, with inter
eft on said decree and costs, viii expose at pub
lie sale, 10 the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, THE nth DAY OF JANUARY.
A. D. 1885.
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock q m ana o cloeS
o. NJ OF said day, at the door OF the Courthouse Oh
NsriOn County. Indiana. the rents and prints Tor
term not exceeding seven years, OF the following
real state, tO-wit:
Eve (25, Werty-nine (2gl, forty t4O), forty- niue
(l9) fly (5o fftyone (51D. City SIX s56) a1d hft-
seven t50, in Brown Frs3k q Ketcham's suodi.
vision of outlots one hundred aud seven 900 and
one hundred and eight 600 In the city % init
annapolis; also twenty COZ feet of the north side
OF lot numbered nineteen Q9 and tTe1yy-six l26l
feet of the south side OF lot nuinbe eighteen uo
in Greer & YATES suDdivisiOn OF OutlOt one nun
bred and one Q0D in said city; also, commencing
at point thirtyeight (S feet west OF tue nor 10
east corner OF lot number fifteen QS in Merrils
subdivision of outlot one hundred and Tour uOls
running thence south one hundred aud nfty tl6sD
feet 10 point thence wet twelve az iee tnen0s
north one hundred snd City (tU feet. thence east
TO the place OF beginning. IN the city o. lndls1<p
oils, Marion County. Indiana.
III such rents and profits Will not sell for sd n
Gent sum % satisfy said decree interest sne coat
lie sale the fee simple OF aid real ezsse, or 50
| much thereof ss may be sufficient % dischsrge
said Decree interest and costs. laid sale Will be
made without any RELIEF Whatever som vH3usoos
GEORGE H. CARrEg.
Sheriff a Nsroa Couau.
pcseusef .. - D. 1854
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Sidalights Of Character.

Without half-lights and semi-tones we
can attain nothing high in music or paint
ing. 1t is the shades OF expression that lead
to a complete and perfect whole. The his
tory of Christ, as expressed in what has been
recorded OF His acts and sayings by His
Apostles, shows him as filled with the full
est life. In the glance of His eye there was
pathos. Ordinarily we think Of Him as a
grave, statuesque man, but He passes with q
touch from one mood TO every other mood
of the human mind. Humor has its place
among them, Though il is often overlooked
by the ablest men in their study of the char.
acter of Jesus. Some Of US have an idea
that humor does not belong to the perfect
man. But that capacity for enjoyment and
play is a symptom of the richness of which
life is capsb le.--Dr. Heber Newton.
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INDIANA Democrats are not competent
jurors.-J. G. Blaine.
MCDONALD FOR THE CABINET.

MCDONALD FOR THE CABINET.
Some OF our Democratic contemporaries
are publishing as news that the Indiana
Congressional delegation and the Vice Pfesi-
dent elect are solid for ex-senator Joseph E.
Mcdonald for place in President Cleve-
lands Cabinet This is no news in Indiana.
It is no news that Mr.. Hendricks,
Mr.. voorhees, and Mr.. Holman are in
common with others of the Indiana Democ-
racy in favor Of Mr.. Mcdonald for Csbi-
net portfolio. The choice is not only sppro-
pirate but natural. Mr.. Mcdonald has been
shoulder to shoulder with all the statesmen
named in retrieving Indiana and the Ma
ton from Republican control. Along with
Mr.. Hendricks in the Vice Presidency, Mr..
voorhees, in the Senate and Mr..
Holman in the House, Indisns's eye
looks and expects to see Mr.. Mcdonald
in the Cabinet. He combines the spirit and
the ability adapting him for the honor, and
If any other recommendation is needed the
affections Of Democrats and the respect OF
ali the people of the State, regardless of
party, supply it.
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Not All AyarIcious.

In the Straits OF Magellan there are places
where, whichever way Captain puts his
ship, the wind will always be against him,
and there are men running all their lives in
the teeth of the wind. There are great
many men who have business burdens.
You hear it is svarice thst drives them. ]
don't believe q word of it. The vast multi.
tude of business men are toiling for others
tolling to educate their children, toiling to
put wing of protection over their house
hold so that when they are gone their loved
Talmage.