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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-15
Eis,teral 5nuitattone.

CONNERY.-The friends and acquaintance
Of c. p. COnnery and family and OF VIM.
Hone aud family. are requested to attend the
funeral services of Mrs. G. p. CoNNERY, at
their late residence. No. 1856 Barnard street,
THIS AFTERNOON, at O'Clock.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-15
Central Railroad Stock and the COun-
try Shareholders.

The celebrated Pearl Shirt, at B. H.
aVV a rn;S-hdr.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 80, 81.

w ~ ", %'V'' cV, OF.
Political economists have gone into
the mathematics of the Pension Office
and find that we shall be paying pen
sions with a good deal of alacrity
seventy years hence. The war has
been over Cor twenty years, but the
retrogression of the pension roll has
been anything but in keeping with
the natural decrease of that large
class of our population. In fact few
die, and none allow themselves to
miss the quarterly pay day. Since
1861, a little more than a million
claims have been filed with the PEN
sion Office, Of which just about one
half have already been allowed. and
last year we went into an OUTLAY of
fifty seven millions of dollars to meet
the pension demand, though it should
be said that thirty thousand of these
last years pensioners were back pay
claimants under the arrears act. The
actual increase of the pension roll was
nineteen thousand and seventy-eight,
and the regular steady augmentation
is and has been about one thousand
five hundred new claimants per
month. The whole number of pen
sioners who are actually i'll receipt of
pensions is not SO large as has often
been stated, the aggregate being
322, 1855, which includes the widows,
children, relatives, navy invalids, &c,
to say nothing Of the survivors of the
old wars and their widows.
We have paid out almost seven
hundred millions of dollars for pen
sions since 1861, a sum that makes
the Congressman who had hand in
passing the first pension act stand
aghast. At the time of the passage
of that act no one dreamed that mil
hon Of men would be called to arms
within the next year, or within the
next ten years, and the highest esti-
mate then given for pension claims
that the Government would be called
upon to meet in the future was ten
million dollars per annum. Yet we
have in one year paid hundred mil
lion dollars and do not seem to have
felt the effects of it then OR since. Our
surplus revenue is eHormous, and we
are paying off the national debt moro
economists say, than we ought
to, and we seem to be willing to stand
it, for neither Of the great political
parties have ventured to commit
themselves to any disturbance of the
pension laws.
The female population of the Capt.
tai is in a state of effervcscence over
the question of President Cleveland's
selection of the White House mis-
tress. Yet l hardly imagine that the
present members Of the social class at
have any business to
concern themselves about an incom-
ing administration toward which few
Of them have any affection. This
social business in Washington, like
that in other large cities, runs in a rut,
and every attempt to get out of it,
results in capsizing the vehicle. Mr..
Cleveland has a married sister at
Cleveland, Mrs. Bacon, another mar
RED sister now living at the Govern
or's residence at Albany, Mrs. Hoyt.
and maiden sister, Elizabeth Cleve-
land, who is said to be not only !
thoroughly accomplished, but is an
earnest instructress in the accom-
olishments. So that there NAV be no |
unnecessary alarm lest the White |
House may not be furnished with its !;
proper mistress. Dom PEDRO.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-04

TIE prisoners in the penitentiary
at Joliet were given al extra dinner
on Thanksgiving. 1t required 100
pounds of turkey and thirty bushels
Of potatoes 10 feed the rascals.
Whether prayers were said by the
motley gang before the feast COM
menced, deponent saith not.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-04

SINCE February %, 1882, when an
act was passed authorizing the coin
age of the silver dollar, the govern
ment has purchased 144,36G, 22422
ounces OF silver, which represents
over six thousand tons of this metal {.
For this there were expended nearly
s147, 100000, and from it were coin
ed nearly 1S5,00O,0OO standard dol
lars, the net profit to the government
being within fraction of 81 100000,
after deducting all expenses of coin
age. Of the entire number of these
dollars only 42,000,000 are in circu-
lation, the remainder being stored in
the vaults of the treasury.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-04

PARIS, being perplexed over the
question whether or not to allow
women to practice medicine. has ap
pealed to that infallibie oracle, Vic
tor Hugo, to determine it. He re
plies: ':,io lock up women or to give
them liberty: That is the dilemma.
l am thinking. The locked-up woman
mystery. The free woman hope.
Therefore ! press Your royal hand"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
BREAKFAST-TABLE TALK.

SAMUEL J. TILDEN has just bought $4,000
house for of his nieces.
THEODORE THOMAS recently received SIS, 900
legacy from deceased relative.
SOUTH CAROLINA is furious because the Pat
ent Office has refused him patent for the discovery
that chalk mark around barrel Of sugar is sure
bar to ants
AIDES MONIES man publishes card announcing that
las many citizens have failed to solicit me become
candidate for Office, have concluded to offer my
ices to the voters for the Office of Z" etc.
A HARTFORD Comm has lately taken out
patents for devices by which very beautiful and sub
stantal carpets be made of paper at prices much
lower than the cost of common cotton batting.
OF the living heroes of the Jeanette expedition
Ninderman is laborer in the Brooklyn navy yard
at 50 day Noros is a dry goods clerk in New York
and Lauterbach is as yet unemployed and in such
stratened circumstances that he recently COM
PEELED to rattle his arctic clothes
1T is said that the scene of the Vedder-Pearson
tragedy at Luna island, Niagara Falls, is the precise
spot where, in 1885, young man named Addington
payfuy threatened to throw the little sister of his
trothed (who, with her mother completed the party
visiting the spot into the rapids. The child shrieked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

made his converts burn their impedimenta in
the public squares, Savage nations-Indians
and Chinese-burn or bury a mans trinkets
with him. What we need is a selecting fire
that will burn the rubbish out of our parlors
fringes from our cornices, the great bulk of
modern literature from libraries. One hun
bred acres of the sturdy primitive forest left
standing inviolate in the center of our CAPT
tails would have proved priceless investment
1t would have aided in keeping men to nature
The people of cities have become so artificial
there is no natural basis for comparison. The
schools teach it, and the preachers preach it.
Our senses are dull. We have glass eyes and
ear-trumpets, and shall soon need tin stomachs.
If the schools do not conventionalize children
rapidly enough, they are cramped out of nor
NAL growth in kindergartens and high-school
colleges 1t would do us all good to turn off
the gas, go barefoot, and once week compel
every citizen to lay down his business walk
out to Riley's cold Swimmin Hole" at Broad
Ripple, and extend the school and pastoral
vacations to twelve months in the year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

hard maple for beauty and durability, is
among the first of American forest trees. It
is of moderate growth and demands certain
soils and conditions.
Among foreign trees only the Norway ma
pie has established itself firmly here The
ailanthus has serious objections, although
hardy and of great beauty. The lindens,
both English and American, do well, and
when in flower are the most fragrant trees of
the temperate zone. These, with the catalpa
and the European horsechestnut, and the
tulip tree, which add beautiful flowers to
their shade, are reliable trees for yards and
streets
be overlooked. They absorb carbonic acid,
and modify, by Transportation of the soil, water
into the air, the heat and dryness of summer.
There is no reason why one-half of the resi-
dence streets should not be devoted to green
grass flowers shrubs and trees. There are
substantial reasons for requiring every prop
erty-holder to improve his front by soddinG
and tree planting. Much can be done by con-
cert of action among owners Of residence
property With ample yards left in front,
with fences low and plain-or, better, none at
all-with wide strip of green grass and
pleasant shade between the walks and drive
way, the city residence streets would i'm
prove in health, comfort and value.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
A PROBLEM IN DENTISTRY,

A Troy man has defed the edicts of good
breeding by swallowing his false teeth, plate
and all. Upon reflection, he thought he had
made mistake in so doing, and sent for a
physician, who pushed the teeth down from
their Judgment in the throat into the stomach.
Then it dawned on the doctor that probably he
had not done what was best, and he concluded
that he should have drawn the teeth up in
stead of driving them beyond recall. The first
physician then assembled seven other physi-
clans, each fiercer and more determined than
his fellows, and it was determined, by fair
means OF foul, to have those teeth once more
1t does not appear that artificial
teeth are scarce in Troy, but the
teeth must be had at all hazards. The
natural makeup of Troy men is not adapted
to the recovery of lost articles from the sto,n-
ach by any natural process, so the doctors cut
the Gordian knot by cutting into the gentle
mans organ of digestion. Once in they made
search for the missing masticators, and were
DOull JIloCu anu III AOl
them there. Now just what is to be done is
unsettled; whether to sew the man up and let
the teeth go, the owner to bear the loss less
the amount of insurance carried, OF to con-
tinue the cutting and searching until the teeth
are found. 1t may be that they
have got yintO the poor fellows
circulation, and that they are
making regular trips to and from the heart.
And this suggests that the heart might be
opened. IF the teeth were not there at the
time the opening was made, the doctor could
wait until they came around again, and nip
them as they attempted to pass. But the pa
tent, meanwhile, will insist ON reasonable
compensation, as assisting in imparting ana
tomical information. Anything less than $65
a month and found would be dirt cheap and
not to be thought Of The laborer is, indeed,
worthy of his hire, and the Troy man should
strike if his reasonable demands be not met.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
A Most Worthy Enterprise.

Very few of the associations which are in
tended for the relief of the poor deserve more
favorable mention than the unpretentious
indianapolis Free kindergarten and Children's
Aid Society. Its purpose is to take the children
of the poor from the streets, ana to wash and
clearly clothe them, and then to give them every
possible advantage of that form of juvenile in
struction which at once begins mental and
moral development. The kindergarten system
is of very recent introduction into this country,
and, of necessity has been confined, heretofore,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
TREE PLANTING IN CITIES.

In the resident parts Of all cities the streets
should be arched with trees To accomplish
this only requires care and time-the expense
is little. One hundred dollars expended in
elms or naples will in ten years enhance the
value Of a residence property two-fold. Merid-
ian street in this city owes its beauty not as
much to its fine residences and smooth pave
ment as to the sylvan arches due to the fore
thought and judgment of few men.
There should be concert of action among
the property holders of each street in regard
to tree planting, as there now is regarding the
gas, sewerage, walks and pavements. A city
robed in the verdure of the forest would be
the result within generation. Avenues of
trees in city and its approaches relieve the
residences of their naked aspect, break the
harsh angles of rigid architecture, giving the
dwellings of men the air of beauty and COM
fort always prevailing where there is harmo-
NOUS blending of art with nature.
The natural instinct for the wild shows
itself in the inverted stumps made beau
tiful with vines and the glacer-carved
powders with which many yards are
ornamented. We no longer plant groves for
places of worship, but, none the less, the
spreading trees have an inspiring influence
Beauty has relation to morality Children
naturally seek the wood, Well-shaded streets
and tastefully arranged yards suggest to the
stranger and passer-by the order, comfort and
happiness that must reign within.
The tree-planting season is upon us early
this year, and hundreds have been already
planted These are mainly and properly in
digenous trees; as a rule they are the most re-
liable. Successful tree-culture requires judg-
ment and knowledge in both selecting and
planting. Every city must needs determine
what trees are adj pied to its soil, climate and
exposure. Had we known a generation ago
what experience and observation have taught
us, time and money would not have been
wasted on trees either useless in themselves
or unsuited to the locality. The black locust
is killed by borers The Lombardy poplar is
but a short-lived wand. The common silver
leaf poplar is short-lived, grows by suckering
into the yards and bitches, and is too crooked
to incite to right living. 1t is being gener-
ally rooted out from our streets. The soft
maple has serious faults: the limbs split from
the body and break off Its rapid growth
cleanliness and elegance however will always
keep it. as it is now, in the front rank
as shade-tree in this city. The elm
is the most famous of our shade trees, In
dry soils it must take a second place. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
The Indiana Delegates to Chicago.

DELEGATES AT LARGE
Hon. Richard w. Thompson, of Vigo
Hon. Benjamin Harrison of Marion,
Hon. John II. Baker, of Elkhart,
Hon. Morris Mcdonald, of Floyd.
AHerndtes.
Edwin F. Horn of Marion
John H. Rocker of VanderburS,
Moses Fowler, of Tppecanoe,
G. B. Ward of White
DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATEs.
First Distrct-General James c. Veatch of Spencer;
Frank B. Posey, of Pike. Alternates-Gil R.
Stormont of Gibson Philander Cooper, of Van
Second Distrct-G. G. Riley, of Knox W. R. Gar.
diner, of Daviess. Alternates-C. G. SHREDDER, of
Dubois: William Farrell, of Orange.
Third District-D NJ Alspaugh of Washington; A.
P. Charles of jackson. Acknowledgements Nor
ton, of Floyd w. T. Walker, of Scott
Fourth District@J O. cravens of Ripley Eugene {. &
of Ohio; E. G. Thompson of Union.
Fifth District-Joseph l. Irwin, of Bartholomew; W.
mond, of Putnam; J. o. Parker of Hendricks.
Sixth District-C. H. Burchenal, of Wayne; j. H.
Mellette, of Henry. Alternates-A. NJ Kennedy,
of Rush. J. N. Huston, of Fayette
Seventh District-L. T. Kitchener Of Shelby; Fl. G..
Adams, of Marion. Alternates-O. H. Hasselman,
=. Of Marioni J N Freeman, Of Hancock ", -,
Eighth District--W. G. Smith, of Warren: W. R. Nc
Keen. of Vigo. Alternates-M L. Hail. of Yer
million; E. A. Rosser, of Clay
Ninth Distribution. Geo B. Williams, of Lafayette;
Americas c. Daily of Lebanon. Alternates-Hon
Upton.
Tenth District-sinon P Thompson, of Jasper; G..
w Holman of Fulton. Aternates-U. z. Wiley,
of Benton; C. F. Griffin, of Lake.
Eleventh Dstrct-J B. Kenner, of Huntington; Jonas
Votaw, of Jay. Alternates-R. s. Peterson, of
Adams; John A. Cantwel, of Blackford.
Twelfth District-O. A. Simons of Allen; o. Carver,
of Steuben. Alternates-John Mitchell, of Noble;
Williamson Rawes of Lagrange.
Geo Moon, of Kosciusko Alternates-A. NJ.
Tucker, of Elkhart; Amasa johnson, of Marshall
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
The Eighty Tariff Speeches.

philadelphia Times.
Out of them all not to exceed five speeches
will have the slightest value, and the men who
often said before. The situation has only one
comfort in it. 1t is a busy season of the year,
and men are very hard at work. As result.
they will have even less time than inclination for
perusing this great mass of stuff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

THE true Ohio man strives to vary the
monotony even in his method of killing himself
Out of consideration, perhaps, for the reading
public, which tires of the stereotyped accounts
of suicide by hanging, shooting and drowning, an
old citizen of Millfeld climbed a tree to the
height of sixty feet and then jumped to the
ground and into eternity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
Col. Thompson at the Convention.

Special to the Chicago Tribune.
The presence of eX-Secretary Thompson at the
convention revived the talk of his nomination
for Governor, and his recent declination to per
nit his name to be used will not be accepted by
his friends They say that he does not spend two
months of the year in his Office of President of
the Panama Canal Company, and the State can
give him vacation for that length of time. Mr.
Thompson regards the nomination as equivalent
to an election, because he has agreed in advance
to canvass the State in the campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
MIR. Blaine in Maine.

Boston Advertiser.
A candidate beaten in two successive conven-
tons is not apt to appear at third with
dimmed light in the eyes of his supporters. Prob
when Mr. Blaine is accredited as the lndspensa-
BILE candidate by the Bangor convention, but it is
useless to represent that Maine is afame for her
stfavorita con
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
No State VIII Be Better Led.

Chicago Inter Ucean.
Being one of the doubtful States Indiana ap-
preciates the importance of deliberation. Her
favorate will not be complimented at the
risk of frttering away the influence of the State
at the critical moment There will probably be
no delegation in the convention better, organ
lied or better led than that from Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

pair, so to speak, owing to his circumscribed
work in Italy. The good father does not state
that any choice plums in the shape of millionaire
widows, which drop at the doors of the church
on account of the Monsignors eloquence, will
be refused admittance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

VERY soon people can pay their money and
take their choice of Bibles. There are to be
versions revised by authorized committees and
corrected revisions by independent scholars.
Rev. T. K. Cheyne M. A., distinguished stu
dent of Hebrew and Sanskrit, has prepared new
translation of the Psalms, which he claims is a
closer rendering of the original text than the one
now in use The Twenty third Psalm as i'm
proved by Mr. Cheyne, reads as follows
Jehovah is my shepherd; shall not want
In pastures of young grass He naketh me lie down;
lead me.
He refreshes my soul;
he leads me in the right tracks
for His names sake
Yea. though L walk through the valley of deadly
shade,
will fear no evil. for thou art with me;
Thy club and staff, they comfort
Thou furnishest table before
in the presence of my foes;
thou hast anonted my head with oil;
my cup
Surely good fortune and loving kindness
shall follow
all the days of my life,
and shall dwell in the house of Jehovah
for length of days.
Whether the people who buy Bibles and are
not Hebrew scholars will look with favor upon
Cheyne's version may be doubted. They will
probably prefer the old old story told in the old,
familiar way even though it differ from the orig
inal tongue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
He Ought to Advertise the Bull.

Plain1ed Progress.
The Pope of Rome issued d bull against the
Freemasons in January last; but so far ithas had
no effect in this particular locality The Free
masons go about their usual avocation just the
same as they always did and appear to be utterly
oblvious to the existence of Pope.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

THAT was real lowdown trick played upon
delegate to the lower branch of the ST. Louis
municipal assembly. Some bold, bad men
wanted his vote on a. certain measure, and
tempted him with package which had the ap-
pearance of 81, 900 roll of bills. The bold,
bad men got the vote, but the delegate only got
bundle of brown paper with 81 bill at each
end of it. His wrath was very great, but for
reasons, was not proportionately loud.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

COLONEL MAPLEsoN, of her Majestys opera,
says that the further West he went the more
frivolous and irresponsible the newspapers be-
came, and the worse they abused him. With ap-
parent inconsistency the Colonel follows up
these remarks by suing the New York Tribune
for libel; but perhaps he means this only as a
beginning and will bring similar suits all along
the line to San Francisco.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

ACCORDING to Father Frisbie, president of st.
Xavier's College, Monsignor Capels mission to
America is generally misunderstood. He does
not come as an evangelist, but merely to practice
bis eloquence, which was somewhat out of re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
Average Health of the Old Ticket.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The fact should not be lost sight Of that Mr.
Hendricks is very robust gentleman, robust
enough, indeed to make the old ticket average
up pretty well in the matter of health
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
More Back Talk.

Charleston News aud Courier.
Mr.. Watterson does not constitute the whole
of the revenue reform party, although he talks
sometimes as though he thinks that he does.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
The Powerful Scissors.

Philadelphia Record
When the shears are lost in the Chicago Trib-
une Office it is equivalent to break in the ocean
cables
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

AN enthusiastic visitor to Wellesley College
says the young women of that institution habit
ually carry the ''solar light" in their faces.
few Of the girls should be taken over to shine in
Boston, which complains because it has had no
Sunshine all winter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
Cause for Rejoicing.

LaPorte Herald Chronicle.
General Grant denies that he is about to write
book. We think more of the General than
ever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19
.MUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
TWELVE PAGES.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-19

A FASHION journal says a recent fancy is to
have an odd number of bridesmaids, three five
or seven. Other journals indicate that fancy
with many young men of the period is to have
an odd number of brides-say three, living in as
many different States