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The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE question whether the present Suez canal
shall be enlarged, or second and parallel canal
be cut will come up for decision before the Inter
nation Technical Commission appointed to con-
sider the subject. The commission, Immediately
after its appointment and organization, set
special engineers to work to make estimates and
reports upon all the plans proposed for improve
ing the transportation across the isthmus The
engineers have completed their work and handed
in their reports. The meeting of the commission
is now called to take action upon the work of the
engineers, and to decide upon the best plan to
recommend to the shareholders at their meet
ing in July 1t is reported that the engineers
nearly all favor enlargement of the present
canal as the best and cheapest means of meeting
the demands of shippers, and it is said that the
great majority of the commission have been con-
verted to the same view and will recommend the
enlargment plan
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24
"1 SHALL stand by the old flag and-not

'F1 SHALL stand by the old flag and-not
vote for Blaine.
''These are the words of Henry Ward
Beecher, strong man with large brain. y
The old flag of Republicanism was first
raised aloft by the unsoiled hands of Abra-
ham Lincoln. There is no resemblance
between that banner and the flag of the
freebooter and adventurer. 1t was flag of
conservatism, not of filibustering; of patriot
ism, not of selfshness; of plain, simple hon
esty, not of trickery or venality. New York
World.
Where was the New York World and the
Democratic party when the cold flag of Re
publicanism" was in the hands of Abraham
LincolnY Ask the murdered corpse of the
first Republican President killed by the
internal spirit which the Democratic party
and the New York World defended and aided
in its reasonable and bloody work. The
memory of Abraham Lincoln should not be
invoked by those who held up the arm of his
assassin.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

MR.. JOHN B. SToLL, the keeper of the
Democratic conscience on the temperance
question, says bluntly, in the South Bend
Times:
''There is one thing the temperance work
ers know they can depend upon. No radical
sumptuary legislation will ever be enacted by
the Democratic party. There is no hypocrisy
or false pretense in the position which the
Democracy assumes 1t is opposed to legisla-
ton that interferes with personal liberty, or
which prescribes rule attempting to regulate
the habits or appetites of the human race"
This is, at least, frank, and is worth careful
consideration.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

A New YORK city colored church recently eel
ebrated its first semi centennial The interior
of the church had been decorated with materials
brought from the South with the object of re-
calling to the minds of those present the old days
of slavery and of allowing them to fully appre
ciate the security of their position to-day. To
the right of the platform, and resting upon
stand draped in black, was mass of oakum, upon
which were placed two sheaves of wheat. Two
huge spades a hoe rakes, handouts, leg irons,
and a cato nine tails completed this strange col
lection, which was surmounted by pile of to-
bacco Above all was the date 1884 To the left
of the platform were miniature structures repre-
senting a church and a school, resting upon
mounds of watermelons, bananas, pineapples
and oranges. This collection was draped in
white, while the date 1884 referred it to the
present day. The presentation was a striking
tableau of the contrast of ''good old Democratic
days. and the days since the Republican party
has been redeeming this country of ours from
the horrors of Democracyis idol and its frightful
worship.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

HOWEVER beneficial woman suffrage might
be under favorable circumstances, it is an un-
deniablo evil in Utah, all Mormon wives vot-
ing just as the husbands and elders direct.
The anti-polygamy bill now on its way through
Congress prohibits women from voting, as
means of weakening the power of the church,
but already protests are being heard from
'qual-sufrage advocates against thus depriv-
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24
Republican State Ticket.

Republican State Ticket. qf
GovERNoR-WILLIAM H. CALKINS, of La Porte
county. ~
LIEUTENANT -GovERNoR-EUGENE BUNDY, of
Henry county
SECRETARY OF sTATE-RoBERT MITCHELL, of
Gibson county.
AUDITOR OF sTATE-BRUCE CARR. of Orange
county.
TREASURE OF STATE-ROGER R. SHIEL, of
Marion county
ATTORNEY NEY-GENERAI-WILLIAM G. WILSON, of
Tippecanoe county
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIFTH DISTRICT
EDWIN P. HAMMOND, of Jasper county.
REPORTER SUPREME CoURT-WILLIAM NJ.
HOGGATT, of Warrick county.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
5 BARNABAS G. HOBBS, of Parke county.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

made; 81 per cent. don't know the compost
ton of bricks; 55 per cent were ignorant of
the fact that wood is from trees, and 20 per
cent know nothing of sour milk. 1t is safe
to say, however that all these cherubs are
perfectly familiar with the thingness of the
what This is the kind of education" the
System" develops.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

Mr.. Cook, the independent Democrat of
Iowa, who got away with the committee on
elections in his report in the ChalmersMan
ming contest is the sort of man an editor
who may be going off to watering place
would want to leave his paper in charge of.
He would make things lively during the time
he sat on the tripod.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE relatives of New York girl who has
disappeared from home talk of publishing her
portrait in the city papers If the girl has ever
seen the types of local beauty" which make
some of the New York papers hideous, this
threat will bring her home sooner than any
scheme which could be devised She will be
afraid people might take her likeness for that of
a BROOKLYN belle
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

IT is great thing to have statesman like
''Young Bill" English to fix things for the
State and national conventions This young
man disposes of Mr.. Hendricks and Mr. Nc
Donald with a flip worthy the most veteran
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

IT isno campaign lie to assert that there were
days last winter, right here in Indianapolis,
when it was so very cold that one could not
walk distance of two squares without suffer
ing from the frost By this time however,
the frost is all out of the ground, and no
tangible evidence remains to support this par
aoranh
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

A sHoAL of Goldfish one mile long and contain
ing 12O OOO 900 fish will eat $40, 100000 herring in
one week.-Scientifc Exchange.
Multiplying each by 100000, we find that
12O, 900 OOO 900, 900 Goldfish will eat $40 900, 0OO-
900, 900 herring in one week. The figures are
not half so startling but the proportion is the
the same if we say that one Goldfish eats seven
herrings week, or one Goldfish eats one herring
daily Great are the uses of ciphers, in science
as in attempting to buy electoral votes.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE 'ladies" of Darlington, S, c. are very
much excited. Not long since graceful, genteel
and fascinating horsedrover came to the place,
and soon won the affections of q handsome
young woman of the place. He married her,
and all moved on happily until few days ago,
when the perfdious horse drover was called
away much to the surprise of the handsome
young woman, to visit his wife and five children
over in Tennessee. The ladies Of Darlington,
aforesaid are indignant, and propose to lynch
the bold, bad man if he ever puts his nose inside
the town limits again. In pursuance of this in
tent;on they have gone so far as to prepare
placard bearing the inscription, Protect Our
Daughters which is to be pinned on the body
of the deeeiver as it hangs from a palmetto tree.
Further action in the matter is postponed until
they catch their man.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE Republican party would prefer a de-
cent campaign, but if the opposition feels
compelled to descend again to mud-slinging
let it begin. Republican candidates have met
and overcome such things during the past
twenty four years, and will again.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

LET Congress pass satisfactory bill for
counting the electoral vote and then go home
The good it has done will die with it. but its
Tfame" will endure.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

GROVER CLEVELAND ought to go straightway
and marry a nice girl. A bachelor in the White
House is like a hen in duck pond-Philadel-
phia Record
This is bad case of non sequitur. What in
terest can any occupant of the White House
possibly take in the domestic affairs of an OBJ
scure citizeA such as Mr.. Cleveland will be
when his gubernatorial term expiresl
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE Springfield Republican exclaims hyster-
ically that demagog crieth unto demagog."
Very likely but unless the Republican takes
care it will break up the new independent party.
The very looks of such remark will drive all
the good spoilers back to their former political
fold
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

CHOLERA or no cholera, it is wise and
sanitary precaution for individuals and the
corporation to see that the city is made clean
and wholesome.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

Miss WHITNEY, of Detroit, who ran away
with her fathers coaehman, is said to be entirely
cured of her infatuation. She did not mind the
trifing disadvantage of being wife number three
or even four, but when she learned that she was
the eighth spouse, with some States not heard
from, disenchantment followed
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

A PRowLING New York reporter has discov-
cred that ice cream is made up of several curl
GUS ingredients, among which is oleomargarine,
or oleomargarine oil That is is to say, ice
cream is so compounded in New York. Only
there of course
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

OUR Washington special states that the
President has received the resignation of Judge
Drummond, United States judge for this ju-
dicial circuit
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

A PERSON prominent just now in New York
criminal circles says of himself that he is "a
burglar, forger and a gentleman" The En-
gllsh language, as defined by Webster, is really
becoming unreliable. A revised edition is
needed
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE Faraday, with the remainder of the
Bennett Mackey cable, is now paying it out,
and it is thought that the first one of the two
to be laid will be finished by July 20.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

ity and naturalness with which Mr.. Riley has
imagined his famer and not to any theatrical
or hyper-sentimental handling of Over the
hills to the poor-house' variety. The sentiment
the imperturbabie content and hopefulness of
this midde-aged famer tone of sadness ex-
pressed rather in his enjoyment of his youth
than in his regret for it."
Portions of ''Water-melon Time" and ''To, my
old neighbor, William Leaehman," are quoted.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

GOVERNOR CLEVELAND is moving heaven
and earth to 'get there" He has just signed
the bill for a canal connecting Shinnecock
and Peconic bays
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THERE are a large number of colleges in
Massachusetts, and, according to custom of
that State, the Governor is expected to attend
all the commencements. The annual tour is
now in progress, and at its close Governor
Robinson expects to take to the woods to coun-
teract the effects of so much sophomore elo-
quence. 1t is supposed by some that the per
formance of this duty made Ben Butler cross
eyed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

WE believe Mr.. Blaine has not yet been
charged with having starved his grandmother;
but then the campaign has not fairly opened.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

Down in South Carolina an obstreperous con-
gregation has boycotted its minister He prob
ably consoles himself by humming, ''Theren be
no boycotting there
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

BRICKS made of cork are the product of
German manufacturing company. IA cork in
the hat" will now be the legimate outcome of
cork out of bottle.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE Louisville Commercial is of opinion
that Hendricks does not seem to know q
frost when it nips him" Will the CONNER
vial please tell painting public what frost isl
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

LIE DMENcHE an Amiens paper, has made the
interesting discovery that next year will be the
1900th anniversary of the birth of the Virgin
Mary. The figures of the proof are not given
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

If anybody is opposed to Congress adjourn
ing at noon to-day, let him hold up his hand
and be counted.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

In Boston-think of it!-in Boston it has
been demonstrated that 70 per cent. of the
primary pupils in its schools have never seen
hail; 80 per cent. don't know of what -four is
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

SENATOR EDMUNDs has announced his cor
dial support of the Chicago ticket. No one
ever doubted it seriously
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THIRTY SEVEN lambs, the natural increase of
the flock of sheep in Central park have been
sold at from 81, to $23 each The Wallstreet
variety go for more and get less.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

CAPTAIN HUDSON, of New Rochelle, N. Y,
wealthy bachelor of fifty years, having married
Miss Mahlstead aged eighteen, and also wealthy,
the relatives on both sides, who were not con-
suited grew so violent in their demonstrations
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

WE must not expect too great display of
respectability by Democrats this hot weather.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

A PROTESTANT sisterhood known as the Order
of Deaconesses has been formed in Philadel-
phia. If deaconess needs as much watching as
the average deacon, Philadelphia will have her
hands full
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

of anger that desperate deeds seemed likely to fol-
low Other members of the community also be-
came excited over the affair, and though lynch
ing was not actually threatened the happy couple
though it wiser to flee and have hied themselves
to an island owned by the groom in faroff
Puget sound. There they hope to find safe
and peaceful haven, but in the meantime the
outside world is moved to wonder if there is
law in New York prohibiting the marriage of
elderly bachelors to fair young maidens.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE Presbyterian Board of Education having
dropped fifteen assisted" theological students
for low scholarship the Christian at Work sees
in the fact plain manifestation that the young
men were not called of God to the ministry The
paper advises them to go to work at once to earn
an honest living, and assures them that the little
theology they have learned will not hurt them.
From which it would seem that little theology,
unlike a little knowledge, is not dangerous
thing.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

THE fates are against US. The New York Sun
has credited one of Ella Wheeler's poems to the
journal.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

SOME women have more sense than men have,
and this is not saying that the average is not in
favor of women. But a Lansingburg, N. Y,
woman has developed higher discriminating
powers than any of her sisters have in decade.
She learned that her husband had formed the
habit of making love to a certain attractive
widow, so she laid for him, and soon found him
in her company Instead of numbering the
pretty widow, or tearing out her eyes and hair,
as most enraged females would have done under
such provoeation, she went to the root of the
evil by cowhiding her recreant husband The con
tract of whipping every woman who happened
to captivate her susceptible husband was too
great, so she stopped the business by whipping
him. This pointer" is worth cutting out and
pasting on the mantel mirror.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

TWELVE Union soldiers who were in the hos
pital together at York. Pa, after the battle of
Gettysburg, formed compact to meet together
in twenty years from that time at Niagara Falls.
The reunion takes place on July l, but one of
the number being dead Only one or two of
the men have met within the twenty years, and
the eleven who expect to be present anticipate
much pleasure in talking over old times. 1t is
probably safe to say that they will not discuss
the advisability of joing the third party.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

FOR PRESIDENT.
JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine.
FOR vICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN A. LOGAN, of Illinois.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

READY MADE solvency for bankrupt firms is a.
Boston discovery. Henry Mayo & Co., of that
city, have blandly submitted to their creditors
proposition to form stock company with a capi-
tai of $3.50, 900 to carry the business, provid
ing that each creditor taking stock shall surren-
der his claims upon the ola firm and agree to sell
its stocks at par and 6 per cent. interest any
time within two years to Assignee Treat. The
proposition was received favorably, but time
was asked for its consideration. The idea of be-
coming a voluntary stockholder in bankrupt
business is worthy of Boston origin.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-24

In an article in the July Harper Mr. T. W. Hig-
ginson contradicts verified history by picturing
the wife of President jackson as being at Wash
ington and sitting opposite her husband smoking
her corn-cob pipe. AS it is generally understood,
Mrs. Jackson died just before the Generals cleo
ton to the presidency and was never in Wash
ington. Mr. Higginson is rapidly drifting into
the Democratic party, but he will never attain a
post of honor there after such display of igno
rance concerning the affairs of the party saint for
whom many of its members are still voting.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-21
This Life is What We Make 1t.

Let's oftener talk of noble deeds,
And rareT of the bad ones,
And sing about our happy days,
And none about the sad ones.
We were not made to fret and sigh,
And when grief sleeps to wake it;
Bright happiness is standing by
This life is what we make it.
Let find the sunny side of men,
Or be believers in it:
A light there is in every soul
That takes the pains to win it,
OH there's slumbering good in all,
And we perchance may wake it;
Our hands contain the magic wand
This life is what we make it.
Then here's to those whose loving hearts
Shed light and joy about theml
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We ne'er had known without theml
Obi this should be a happy word
To all who may partake it;
The falt's our own if it is not
This life is what we make it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-21

the month. The fair weather resulted
in thousads of people visiting points of
observation upon the miles of the ci-
ty's front. The rlver at olock tonight
stood at 45sfeet 1O1s inches. At 9 80 it
measured 45 feet liz inches. This is
II inches sbove last year. The wind of
Wednesday night played havoc with
tenement Houses in the submerged dis
tricts. Hundreds of dwellings at the
Point and the shippingport have been
ruined.and maHy of them have gone
down the Tiver. These tenenents were
all occupied by poor people. who in their
homeless condition are being cared for
by local organizations. The news from
Cincinnatith that the river is falling leads
Louisville 10 hope that the end of the
destrpctionis is about at hand. Fortyeignt
feet would food tuothirds of the city.
The news from the surrounding locali'
ties is as melancholy as possible. At
Jeffersonville the water is in nearly ev'
cry street, and in threefourths of the
houses. The poor are well cared for by
local organizations.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-21
IN AND ABOUT LOUISVILLE
Entire Towns Dep0pulated.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 14-River con-
tinues rising an inch an hour and has,
at p. m., reached As feet by the canal
marks. The weather is very cold, the
wind blowing waves and tumbling down
inundated houses. Bbout 5000 people
are out of their homes here, but the To-
cal relief committee have things we'll in
hand, and there is not much suffering.
Transferring across the river and all the
railroads are still running except the
ST. Louis Air Line.
Inch by inch the water has come up
at Jeffersonville, till nearly every street
has disappeared. If the river continues
to rise at the present rate, by noon on
Friday there will not be dry spot in
town. The sights are most appalling
and distressing; houses are caved in
and hundreds of people are huddled to =
gether in some low buildings. Many
remain in the second stories shivering
and suffering from dampness and cold,
and in many cases hunger, The peni-
tentiaiy is still ont of water, and with
but little more water the convicts will
become flood sufferers with nowhere to
go. Utica, Ind, is almost out of sight.
The inhabitants have fled to the hills
for safety. Clarsksville is entirely de-
populated, and relief Is coming in very
slowly. Local committees are doing
their best under the circumstances. Pro
visions and subscriptions are coming
today from over in the State of Indiana,
out not enough for actual wants. All
com mmunication is cut off except by boat
and telegraph. The situation at New
Albany Is practically unchanged Gen.
Saxton will start the Government relief
BOAT down the river at daylight Friday
morning. The boat will contain all the
necessities and will run down as far as
Shawneetown, ILL.,, supplying the people
on both sides of the river.
HOUSES SWEPT DOWN THE RIVER.
80 A. M.-This day has been the first
on which the sun shone all day durino
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-21
Most Remarkable.

Very seldom do we read of an actual case
of recovery, where hope had altogether had
been lost, to equal that which was on Monday
investigated by Dispatch reporter who had
heard, in various quarters, persons talking to
their friend of a cure, seemingly short of mi
raculous, that had been performed; VIM.
Lincoln Curtis is the name OF the young man
in question; he is now employed at II. X.
Potter & Co. g locomotive works, Pittsburgh;
his disease WAS chronic rheumatism: the enor
nous swelling and pain in the joints OF his
arms soon produced paralysis of his left arm;
he gradually grew worse; his ankles and knees
soon worse this arms; his Geek bones be,
gan to enlarge, spreading his face out of al
resemblance to his formerself; two physician:
pronounced him hopeless Peruna cured him.
page 90 DR.. Hartman's Ills of Life
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-02-21

FRED DOUGLASS writes to Private
Dalzell:
There million people in this country
of mixed blood-many the children and
grandchildren of white men by colored
women. l know of a colored woman
here in Washington who is the mother
of ten children by one of our late most
influential citizens, but no noise was
made over the affair, simply because the
woman was his concubine, and not his
wife. 1t would seem that what the
American people object to is not the mix
ture of the races, but honorable marriage
between them. Is this reflection too Sc
we're? Perhaps it is, but does not the
storm of criticism to which / have been
subjected seem to justify it? You will
be glad to know that your old co-worker
in the Garfield campaign is neither ap-
pailed nor crushed by the adverse storm
now beating upon him, but is, in fact,
quite cheerful and happy"