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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.

WAR DEPARTMENT..

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, A. NJ
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valey-Fair,
warmer weather, southwesterly Winds rising
barometer in western portion, falling followed
by rising barometer in eastern portion.
For the Upper Lake Internationally warm
er and partly cloudy weather, local SHOWS, fol
lowed by clearing and colder weather, winds
generally shifting to northwesterly, and rising
barometer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02

NEw-FAsHINoED bookcover has appeared. 1t is
apparently solid oak, beautifully grained and carved
with pattern in low relief. The solid appearance Of
the oak is delsioD, the wood being about the thick
impression of stamped pattern, and then folded
over a binding of cardboard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NATION, Feb. Yesterday evening Mary,
the fourteen year-old daughter of Mr. Luke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
Tha Kentncl.x yyearIness.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1t was expected that the
caucus would nominate senator tonight.
Sweeney withdrew from the race early in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
wendell Phillips Ill.

BOSTON, Feb. 1.--Wendell Phillips is danger
ously Ill with heart disease at his residence He
appears to be a trife moro comfortable tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02

Lindsay, with his little daughter, came from OF
well, Pike county, to Oakland, on Monday even
ing and went to the Kimbe Hotel for lodging
He called for room with two BEDS that his
daughter might occupy the same room with
himself. About IL o'clock in the night
Mrs Kimbfe was aroused by the cries of the
child, and she Immediately went to the room oc-
cupied by these folks and foundIthe father in the
act of leaving his daughters bed. The child
told the story in such way as to clearly i'm
plicate the father, and physical examination
confirmed the truthfulness of her statement
Mr.. Lindsay had been justice of the peace in
Orwell, and had sustained a good reputation
where he lived He was arrested and taken be-
fore Squire Chapel, and not being able to fill
an $500 bond was taken TO Princeton jail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02
A PROTECTED LYN,
Rumor that Mob Is Being Organized to
Hang E. ]. Lindsay.

VINcENNEs, Ind, Feb. lie. q. Lindsay is in
jail at Princeton Ind, charged with ravishing
his own daughter, aged thirteen. Word
has been received here that arrangements are
being made at Petersburg his home, for mob
to go to Princeton to night for the purpose of
lynching him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-02

Local Observations.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb 1.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
Sweet Revenge.

There was streak of shade about
six inches wide and nine feet long al
the corner of Congress and Griswold
Streets yesterday noon, and great big
hulk of man, coat off, hat in hand and
rivulets of perspiration pouring down
his face, crowded boy out of it and
stood there and groaned and painted
like a sick horse.
"Boyn' he said, as he began to feel d
little better, 'l'm the biggest fool in
America"
Eyes, sirl' was the respectful reply.
"Last winter | raved and took on
about the cold. I.swore that this was
no country to live in | wanted to
shoot coal dealers and stove-makers,
and l whooped around because the
street cars waren't warmed. Boy, see
me now"
eyes, sir; you are melting right
awayn'
Correct. 1t wasn't three weeks ago
that 1 wanted to knock a man down
for predicting that we'd have any sum-
mer, and now just think of ninety.
eight degrees in the shade!''
hoSuldl CIoOh pOuIluS uOWH tne
back of your neck, sir"
81 know i'll know it! There are
creeks and rivers running lengthways
and crossways of me until want tc
swim, and yet in May l went BLOWN 9
around here that any man who'd live
in such cold country ought to be sent
to a fool asylum. Boy!'
eyes, SIR
81 crowded you out of your shade.
1t was mean trick. Here's quarter
to soothe your feelings. I'm going to
take that car for home. When l ge
there I'm going to have piece of oil
cloth spread over the cellar floor, anC
I'm going to lay down on it and hav,
ice heaped around me until I'm frozer
as solid as bone. Boyn
Eyes, sir"
"Let this country alone. She's al
right. Let the weather alone. Sh,
knows her business. Please empty tn,
water out of my coat pockets, mop tn,
back of my neck like good boy, ant
I'll move on. "-Detrott Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
The Handwriting on the Wall.

One day last July | went into law
yer's office. | climbed up flight of
dusty stairs, turned to the right, walked
down hot, dingy passage way until l
came, to a door and Knocked hard.
There, was NO response. Everything
was too sleepy even to make an echo.
So | said Come in" to myself, and
walked! in. 1t was very warm. The
windows, were open and the hot air
came quivering in from the blistering
street, and went around the Office in
sluggish waves warping the big law
books on the baize covered table. In
the corners of the room the cobwebs
hung dusty and motionleSs. A broom
and battered watering pot stood be-
hind the stove, which was red with rust
and stood on three legs and cobble
stone, weary with inaction. A solitary
cuspidor, half filled with the sawdust OF
ages, slept behind the coal box, where
nobody could get at it, The glass
doors of the library hung aiar and the
bunch of keys, half caught, hung in a
limp, dissipated way from the lock az
though they had tried to get in but fell
asleep in the effort. The big flies buzzed
lazily about in the air, as though they
had about decided to make one more
effort to get to the ceiling. and if they
missed it that time, they would give il
up and fall down on the floor. In a
very oLd-fashioned web in window
corner, an old fashioned spider, i'm a
condition of pitiful restitution, sat by q
rent in his den, trying to make up his
mind to brace up and get at it and
mend st. A slim wasted wasp crawleG
about over the old, time-eaten window
frame. looking for raw material for bel
wood pulp mill. All the pens on the
green table were corroded and split uL
the back. The ink in the big cut glass
stand had dried up in sun hacked
cracked mass. The lawyer lay bach
in his big leather chair. His feet were
on the table. His head hung over the
back of the chair His mouth was wide
open; his eyes were tight shut His hal
had rolled under the table. A news
paper had fallen from his hand. He die
not move when1 told him had come Il
pay that bill He snored, gently, reg
ularly, but resolutely, like one to whom
snoring and sleeping is not a duty, bu
pleasure. Above the little iron SAT,
and above the big green table hung TIVE
framed notices Above the table i
said, in severe letters of forbiddinl
black:
"This is my busy day"
And over the little iron safe emphati
letters in chromatic print said:
thine is money"
hadn't the heart to wake him. l sa
down and gave him an hour of improv
ing reflection and credited myself wit
that amount on my bill.-BurdettO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
For Young Readers.
GRUMBLE CORNER.

| knew man, and his name was Horner,
Who used to live on Grumble Corner;
Irumble Corner in Cross Patch Town.
ANA ne never was seen without Il frOwn.
He grumbled at this; he grumbled at that;
He growled at the dog; he growled at the cat:
he grumbied at morning; he grumbled at
And 10 grumbe and growl were his chief de-
light.
He grumbled so much at his wife that she
Began to grumble as well as he:
And all the children, wherever they went
reflected their parents discomfort.
u the sky was dark and betokened rain
lhen Mr. Horner was sure to complain;
anu II there was not cloud about,
1e'd grow because or threatened drought.
His meals were never to suit his taste;
He grumbled at having to eat in haste;
Inc bread was poor, or the meat was tough,
Or else he hadn't had half enough.
no matter how hard his wife might try
10 please her husband, with scornful eye
He'd look around, and then, with scowl
AT something or other, begin to growl
One day, az loitered along the street.
My old acquaintance CHANGED to meet
whose face was without the look of care,
Aud the ugly frown that he used to wear.
" may be mistaken, perhaps | said,
AS, after salutitFs turned my head
" But it is, and it isn't Mr.. Horner
who lived for so long on Grumble Cornerl"
| mot him next day; and met him again,
In melting weather, in pouring rain,
when stocks we're up, and when stocks were
down,
But smile somehow had replaced the frown
IL puzzled Inc much; and so, one day,
seized his hand in a friendly way
And said: Mr.. Horner, I'd like to know
what can have happened to change you so? p"
He laughed laugh that was good to hear,
For 1t told of u conscience calm and clear,
And ne said, with none of the Old-time drawl:
Why, I've changed my residence, that is all"
changed your residence Yes" said HOr-
ner
ut wasn't healthy on Grumble Corner,
And 50 | moved; twas a change completes;
And you'll find me now on Thanksgiving
,Street!'
Now, every day as I move along
The streets so filed with the busy throng,,
! watch each face and can always tell
Where men and women and children dwell;
And many a discontinued mourner
Is spending his days on Grumbe Corner,
Sour and sad, whom long to entrcat
70 take house on Thanksgiving Street.
~. L. independent
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
Abyssinians-

Seven out of every ten persons met
with have some kind of disease, show
ing itself in sores and eruptions. No
doubt their excessive dirtiness spreads
disease more than anything else. The
women, for instance wear q simple
long gown, like an ordinary nightshirt,
originally whitehall state we have not
yet seen-but. worn to various shades
of dirt, round about the neck band be-
coming clot of black grease, caused
by the continuous plasterng of mutton
fat on their heads to stihe the life that
is so easily set in motion by a filthy
condition of hair. The fashions of head
dress are various, some wearing their
hair short and curly like the men; and
men as well as women wear it in thin
plaits taken from the forehead down
back over the Uranium in corduroy fash
ion, but knotted ON the nape of the
neck. Young girls will cut their scalps
close, leaving a halo of fringe termina-
ting in loose streamers behind. This is
indeed very pretty, especially round a
handsome face, which is not by any
means uncommon in Abyssinia; and, in
addition, drapery carelessly thrown
about their well shaped figures (worn
when their gowns are in rags) would
attract even the hardest-hearted of our
mission, but for the usual, as well as the
optical, knowledge of their uncleanli-
ness. The men look little cleaner, but
there are no other signs, the rancid
mutton fat impregnating the atmos.
phere wherever they may be. Cor.
London DdiLY NeWS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
"The City OF the Sun"

The ruins of Hefiopolis, "The City;
of the Sum-" which adjoin the present.
village of Metarijeh, is about five miles
distant from Cairo. This famous place
is identified as the On of the Bible,
where Joseph took the daughter of the
priest Potipherah to wife. The site of
the once important cityis appropriately
marked now by the Oldest obelisk that,
has yet been discovered, with the ex-.
ception of small one in the necropolia
of Memphis. The companion to this
existing obelisk (for obefisks are always
erected in pafrs) passed away over.
twelve hundred years ago. The two
were erected four or five thousand years
ago. The remaining one is shaft
siXty-six feet high, of red granite, COW
cred with hieroglyphics. The metal on
the pyramidium at the top has passed
away, and the successive foundations of
the Nile have piled good many feet
of mud about the monument.
At Heliopolis was also the finest
Egyptian temple, with one exception,
in those Old Testament days-a temple
dedicated to the sun, and employing a
staff of priests, menials, custodians, and
other attaches which is said to have
numbered no less than twelve thousand
nine hundred and thirteen. The Phs-
raohs were especially proud of their
title OF Lords of Heliopolis."
Nearer the modern village are the
tree and well of the Virgin, The Vir-
gins tree is decayed sycamore, plant
ed in 1878, allegedIy upon the site of
q previous tree, in the hollow trunk of
which Mary had concealed herself and
the divine child. Not satisfied with
! well enough, the people in the vicinity
spoil the whole tradition by also aver
ing that spider spun his web across
the opening so as TO ef1ectually screen
the fugitives. l did not learn whether
the spider and his web are still preserved
here or not.
The present tree was presented to the
Empress Eugene by the Khedive at tho
inauguration of the Suez Canal
1t is also stated, on pretty good au-
thority, that the balsam shrub, the
balm of which the Queen of Sheba pre-
scented to King Solomon, once throve in
the vicinity of Heliopolis. The plant
has long since ceased to grow here
abouts. Cleopatra attempted to rein
troduce it, but without success. Cor,
". o. 7inleS-DemocrGt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
An Egyptian Battalion in 400 b. C.

The formation of the battalion for
combat was as follows:
The one hundred captains formed the
front rank of the battalion, and each
captain had his one hundred men in file
behind him, a corporal at the head Of
each nine men. The chief of each
thousand men was in front of the center
of his two companies, while the colonel
commanding the grand battalion was
in front of its center.
The leaders were not mounted
on horseback, but were mounted
in wheeled chariots, drawn,
usually, by two horses. In the
chariots were carried supply OF
of iavelins and arrows for the use of the
chief, who usually had in the chariot
with him soldier, who held buckler
to cover him from the arrows of the en-
envy, while he dealt about him with his
bows and spears.
In the early days and down to the
time Of Sesostris, the officers and nom
commissioned officers carried bucklers
and swords, while the private soldiers
of infantry carried each a buckler and
q battle-aX Sometimes the battle-ax
was accompanied by, and sometimes
replaced by, a spear.
It's easy to see that Moses drew from
the military organization of Egypt that
which he adopted for the Isra elites, and
later on the Greeks their formations.
Both these nations took their first lessons
in civilization and organization from
Egypt.
In the earliest monuments and rec
ords of the Egyptian army there is nc
sign of the existence of the horse as 8
military animal, while in the monu
ments of the eighteenth dynasty the
war-horse is everywhere indicated
1t is probable that the war-horse was
first introduced by the shepherd kings
who came in from Syria about 4, 16(
years ago. 1t is certain that the horse
formed an important agent in the mill
tary establishment of Egypt, under thu
legitimate kings of the country, 1,70C
years before the Christian era, and tn,
lack of monuments erected during thu
five hundred years of struggle between
the shepherd kings and the Theban
explains easily the lack of record OF
blsis subject. Sesostris had at one time
twenty thousand war chariots in line
drawn by horses. General Stone, Il
Journal Military Service Institution 0
the United States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
Foreign Fruit in New York.

Most of the foreign fruit brought to
this city comes from Central and South
America, the West Indies, and the
Mediterranean. A large proportion Of
the oranges come from the West Indies,
and so do the bananas. The first ba-
nanas ever brought to this city were i'm
ported in 1904 by Captain JohnN. Ches-
ter, of the schooner Reynard. He
brought thirty punches. On the voy-
age the schooner fell in with three
French frigates in company, on one
of which was Jerome Bonaparte, then
on his way to Baltimore to marry Miss
Patterson The Captain presented a
bunch of bananas to him. The re-
maiader of the fruit on its arrival here
was purchased by the late Anthony
Crappau of the old Fly Market at the
foot of Maiden Lane. There is great
loss on green fruit imported from the
West Indies and Central America.
Sometime this is due to long and tenn
pestuous voyages, during which it is
found necessary to close the matches OF
the vessels for hours together to prevent
the sea from entering the holds. It is
CSS0Hlldl 10 nave Ilc ndJCUcS kept open
the entire passage. On the other hand,
that portion OF the fruit slowed upon
the decks of vessels is often seriously
injured by sea water. Pineapplesh have
to be slowed in the holds of vesselsdur-
ing the rainy season each year, and yet
they are likely to spoil there becsuse
there is no opportunity for the water to
dry out of the crown of each43ine.
They soon heat and decay, and e1iheir
arrival are thrown away.
The growth of the trade has been
rapid in the past dozen years. 1t has
excited surprise in mercantile circles,
and capitalists who have been casting
about for chances to make investments
in new fields have at last found one in
the tropics The impotuons rush of new
spectators, while it has been charac-
terized by little caution and much bold
ness, has given grand impetus to the
trade. The box frnit trade, being less
liable to the caprices Of fortune than
the West India trade, has thrived pro-
digiously. The Importance of the trade
may be estimated from these figures.
The value of green fruit entered for
consumption at the port of New York,
from January l, 1888, to December 81,
1888, is exhibited in the following table:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26

An English farmer writes to the
Agricultural Gazette that having fifty.
acre field of wheat destroyed by wire
worms for several successive years, he
finally sowed it to mustard. The next
year he tried wheat, and got an excel.
'ent crop, not q wire-worm being found
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
Cremation an Incentive to Murder.

There are also other objections to
fsvoring the practice of cremation, OF
which the murder-by-poison objection is,
of course, the most formidable. As we
have said on several occasions, and as
the Home Secretary repeated onWednes-
day, there is much more murder BY
poison than is commonly imagined.
Take what precautions you may, regu-
late as you please, there would be yet
more crime of this kind if cremation
became common. There would be more
of such crime because there would be
more temptation to it, and we should
never forget, in discussing this subject,
that as the practice of cremation ad-
vanced the discovery of suitable poisons
might adVancetoo. ST james Budget.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26

"A Connecticut paper relates this a.
one of the oldest effects of the drought
reported from Stamford: "a church
organ there is blown by water power.
The other day at a wedding the supply
gave out in the middle of the wedding
march, and the music squeaked Itself
away into silence while the bridal pro.
cession was moving up the aisle"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
CHANGING Calmly Over the Field.

My son. this is glorious country,
and this is tins golden age of the world,
and the purchasing power of dollar is
one hundred cents, and a copper cent in
New England is tossed about as reck-
lessly and extravagantly as quarter in
Colorado. In this golden age and in
this glorious republic, there lived and
there still lives a man. He was tall and
comely; his stature was the stature of
a man. He stood well in society. He
was honest and trustworthy. His name
was good at the bank; his Endorsement
of note turned that note into gold. He
was educated, talented, philosophical.
| People came to him for advice. Peo-
pie, irrespective of age, rank, sex, pre-
vious condition of servitude, color or
politics, bowed to him, accosted him
with profound respect, invited him to
their homes, were honored and so ex-
pressed themselves, if he accepted, and
they esteemed it yet greater honor to
be invited to his house. Everybody
. called him "Mister." Even his enc
: mics, for such a man always has enc
mics, esteemed him for his many excel
lent qualities of head and heart. His
charaoter for truth and veracitv. his
honesty his bigh standing % a citizen
and a member of refined society was
established hevond a shadow of donbt
One dav he was dominated for Presi-
dent of the United States.
The next mornino he was in the
mouths of nearly twenty millions ofpeo-
pie as u
Liar.
Thief.
Rogue,
Swindier.
Trickster,
Arch traitor.
Sordid wretch,
Greedy spoiler,
Bookless Boobv,
Arrant humbug,
Weak ignoramus,
Willy pecuIator,
clustering idiot.
Bundle of clap-trap.
Scheminc demaooGue
Juggling Charlaian,
Shutting impOstor.
Cheap swashbuckler,
Faithless RENEGADE,
Shameless time server.
Descending hypocrite,
UnprincipIed n0litician.
MachiaveIian Jockey.
And a seIf-worshined debasod ;cno-
rant weak, ambitions nnscrnnn1ons
knaye. a villain without heart brains
or honor. n being foo vile 70 walk erect
and mock the name Of man whose
election would rinr the death knelI
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26

The omission to furnish fowls with
suitable drinking water is ono of the
worst features of cruelty to animals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26

Don't forget that baby needs fire.,
quent sips of cold water during the
warm months. Milk does not relieve
thirst.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26

Total value and dutyS 5,53O,734 1851, 1924 As
The countries and islands from which
this fruit was imported are Mexico,
Central America. British, French and
Danish West Indies, Cuba, San Domin-
90, Hayti, Colombia, Venezuela, British
Guiana, Brazil, England, France, Spain,
Portugal, Italy and Sicily, The traffic
possesses its full share Of uncertainties
and a large margin is allowed for
profits, but a speculator has got to take
his chances. The gradually increasing
use of steamers in the place of sailing
vessels is reducing the chances of loss.
The Mediterranean trade is increasing
from year to year, as well as the trade
from South America. The importation
of bananas has been doubled since 1881,
but a striking offset is offered to this
increase in the very notable decrease in
the importation of oranges, the most
popular of all the imported fruits. The
deficiency seems to have been partially
made good from the orange groves of
Florida Aside from the immense guam
tity of fruit consumed by the people of
New York City and its vicinity, which
exceeds that consumed by any city in
the world not excepting London or
Paris, there are many shippers upon
whom the importers rely to take the
surplus. These dealers purchase in
quantities and ship the fruit immedi-
ately to all parts of the cOuntry.-M. Y.
Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26

There are more seaside resorts on
the New England than ON any Other
coast IN the world. --Boetew GIoot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

Canada refuses to allow Kentucky
whisky to go through the Dominion, en-
route to New York. N Y. Sun,