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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19


1t used to be said of Charles Delmonico that
he could always suggest ways depending money
when the ingenuity Of others had given out. OF
the many anecdotes told of his suggestiveness in
this direction, remember one which illustrates
this fertility of imagination as well as the idiocy
of his clientele. A number of young men with
incomparably more money than brains wished to
give dinner which should eclipse all past efforts
of the coterie of noodles to which they belonged,
and consequently went to Charles Delmonlco
for suggestions and the dinner When
he had made out a very elaborate menu
bringing the cost up to something like $40 or
$50 for each person, he still entreated to sug-
gest something else for which money could be
paid, and he answered, in jest, let us charitably
hope: We'll, you might throw the wine glasses
into the middle of the table at the end of the din
ner; that would cost something
AT midnight upon the evening of the dinner in
question the manager of the restaurant was
startled by terrible crash of glassware, and
rushed up to find that the young gentlemen had
wound up the feast by pitching their glasses into
the center of the table smashing not only the
glasses but good deal of costly china. 1t was
all right these brilliant young men protested:
Charles" had suggested it, and of course what
he suggested must be en- regle. The addition to
the bill for broken glass and china was doubtless
satisfactory upon both sides
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
Handful and Circular Nuisance.


One of the men who sends round printed hand
bills to hundreds of houses was asked recently if
he did not know that they were looked at as a
nuisance, and he himself abused for sending
them. He admitted it, ''but," said he, ''they
remember the advertisement longer than they do
their annoyance Probably he was right as to
the fact in general, but he neglected to observe
that in the most aggravated cases. those Tor in
stance in which the door bell is rung when the
handful is deposited, there is good chance
that the document is never read at all. More
than one family could be pointed out where it is
standing rule to burn throw away such ad-
vertising sheets without looking at them. Boys
are ordered not to leave them, and occasionally
some man whose door-steps have been Uttered
with waste paper, or family called to the door to
receive the advertisement of John Smiths pills.
threatens to prosecute the next conner as a nui,
sance, though he never does it. 1t is hard to
see how the annoyance is to be terminated,
short of the millennium, unless the people
whom it afflicts decide to take every handful
that comes with ring at the door an in
timation to buy what they need of the rival con
Germ. If that were done for a very little while
the nuisance would be blotted ont as completely
as if it had never been.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

Ben: ferley FOOre.
General Grant, while moving son to Rich
mond," messed with the nine gentlemen on his
personal staff, dividing the expenses among the
ten, not in equal proportions exactly, but in a
manner that satisfactory to ALL There was
not the slightest attempt at show or parade in
the furniture andequipage. Everything was for
and economy of trouble and space. The
crockery was scanty and of the plainest, and the
fare, though sufficient in quantity, was Just as
homely as that of any thrifty and careful me-
chanic. chop, with cup of coffee, for break
fast bit of roast beef with potatoes and ''hard
tack" confronting dish of pork and greens"
served for the five o'clock dinner which was
concluded without pastry or dessert A cup of
tea and bit of bread and butter at $3.50 o'clock
finished up the day The beds were simply
camp-cots, some with and others without
mattresses; and all the toilet apparatus
wash basins, moderate supply Of towels. bit
of looking-glass and a horn comb At the table
neither distilled liquor nor wine were permitted.
The General would not have either about him,
for his own or others use.
The inventory of the Generals baggage when
he made his brilliant campaign in the rear of
Vicksburg, is, / take ii, well remembered-a bri-
atwood telescope and tooth brush In what re
lates to personal adOrnment, and, outside of the
necessity OF eating, personal comfort he never
enlarged his possessions. His three stars indi-
Gated his exalted rank but, to say nothing of
the charm which, in soldiers eyes these glitter
ing marks of rank possess, doubt if there was a
commissariat officer in his army who was as
plainly clad as he. His clothes were worn
threadbare and despite the steady brushing of
due, no doubt, to the Generals habit of going
everywhere and seeing everything for himself
The General understands the relation between
cleanliness and godliness, but in his opinion,
practically evinced there is as much of either in
flannel shirt as in one of linen of drawngroom
immaculateuess
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

Correspondence Pioneer Press.
Contrasting wildly with the rain and wind
and gloom outside, was this room full of bric-a-
brio and rare works of art rich in hangings on
the walls and drapery over the chairs, and with
lighted candles lending mellow radiance to the
scene, and glowing open fire giving warmth.
This fine effect of form and color is due largely
to the taste of DR. Burnett, who ransacks the
globe for curious and exquisite things, and never
tires of identifying his home. 1t was amidst
these surroundings that Mrs. Burnett read to us
the other ending to Through One Administra-
ton" Lest the public continue in the belief that
the author wrote a score or so of endings to that
story, and that each and all but the one pub
hshed were rejected, it may be stated that Mrs.
Burnett did write two, but only two and that
Mr.. Glider, of The Century, finally chose the one
now given to the public. Whichever was pub
lshed, l knew I should wish it were the other
one, Mrs. Burnett said laughingly. LII the one
which was read ON New Years night to this
merry company several members of which, by
the way, were the originals of the character in
the stOry,) Tredennis lived and Bertha died. so it
was only a choice of miseres after all. 81 dare
say this ending would have been more popular
with many" said Mr.. Burnett 'for the Sunday
school element demanded Bertha's annhilation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
WEEKLY PAYMENTS.
The Advantage of Settling with Operatives
Every Seven Days,

Boston Herald
If the operatives in this country are ever to
become self-respecting and disappearing cltl-
zens, it will be because they are forced by cir
cumstances TO practice sef=restraint. When
hedged around with safeguards they soon come
to look upon themselves as irresponsible beings
who should naturally take advantage of every
opportunity for license that is by chance afforded
them Grown men and women who are treated
in this fashion never can become good citizens
of free country. But, on the other
hand; there is good reason for be-
heving that the terrible fears expressed
us likely to be realized by the adop-
ton of Il short-pay system are wholly imaginary,
and have their origin not in the experience of
the world but in the desire of the heads Of large
corporations to avoid the loss and trouble which
might come to them through the adoption of this
new method. We have been informed by one
manufacturer, VINO pays his operatives weekly,
although the five or six other manufacturers in
the same town hold to the monthly system, that
in consequence of his liberal treatment he is able
to obtain, for the same rate of wages, the ser
vices of the best men, that, other things being
equal, operative will enter his employ in pref
erence to that of any of his neighbors
that their credit at the stores is much
better, and that they are able to make
their money go farther in supplying their
families with the necessities of life than those
are whose wages are given to them only dozen
times year. He furthermore atfirms that he
has never been able to discover that the men
who are paid off at weekly intervals are any
more disposed to spend their wages in drink
than those who received them at intervals of
month. This certainly disposes of the objection
which has been so frequently raised. for the eX-
perience here referred to is only one out of quite
number that might be advanced. On the
other side of the question there is the notorious
fact that those in the employ of corporations
who pay them at monthly intervals are forced
by the conditions of existence to borrow money
wherever they can obtain it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
A MYSTERIOUS DOG
Following Car Every Night for FOrty-Five
Miles.

Miles.
Philadelphia Record.
The first Union line night car on Franklin
street from the Richmond depot has for a long
time met at Spring Garden street mysterious
ayant courier-a lOng-legged, white mongrel dog
which has aroused intense curiosity on the
part of the car driver. THAT en- dog said the
latter to a belated reporter, lis a queer fish.
Why. he makes forty -five mile run every night
ahead of us, as if he was just taking constitu-
tonal before early breakfast. He must have
big appetite every morning. He's the terror of
every cat on the route"
1t seems that every night this singular canine
appears ahead of the as it reaches Spring
Garden and Franklin streets No matter what
the weather is the long-legged courier is there.
and never loses sight of the car, although always
few yards in advance, until the morning dawn
begins to brighten in the east and the car is
its final round For three trips the mysterious
canine runs in advance. and, as each trip is
fourteen miles-counting the constant detours
after the offending felines-he thus completes d
chase of not less than forty five miles. The dog
is as regular as the car, and always maintains u
fair distance between himself and the horses.
Ii the car is driven fast he increases his speed,
and when there is any let-up in the cars prog
ress the dog ags also.
AS the driver remarked, he is a terror to the
cats along the route, and many "a midnight CON
cert has been broken up by the distant jingle of
the car bells, The chorusing Thomases, warned
by many previous experiences that danger runs
before the tinkling sound, dispense in haste. All
efforts to catch up with this strange dog have
failed. He keeps his distance, and disappears as
mysterously as he comes, just as the day breaks
and the car nears Spring Garden street on its
home trim
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
AMERICAS FIRST TRAITOR.
The Story of Benjamin Church, Whose
Treason Prece ded Arnolds.

Treason Prece ded Arnold's.
Buffalo Courier.
Were child, end possibly well-educated
adult, asked who was the first traitor to the
republican cause in America in the war of the
revolution, he would answer Benedict Arnold
Such was not the case, however. Arnold was
perhaps, the most conspicuous of the traitors
but the first man detected in an attempt to be-
tray his country was DR.. Benjamin Church. of
Raynham, Mass. He was a graduate, studied
medicine in London, and became eminent as
surgeon. He lived a bachelor, extravagantly
and licentiously, in fine mansion in 1768 For
several years preceding the revolution
he was conspicuous among the leading
vincial Congress he was an active
member. At the same time, while he was
trusted as an ardent patriot, Church was evil
IDENTIFY the secret enemy of the Republicans. SO
early as lT74 he wrote parOdies of his own popu-
lar songs in favor of liberty for the Tory news
papers; and in September, 1775, an intercepted
letter, written by him in cipher to Major Cain,
in Boston, which had passed through the hands
of the mistress of Church, was deciphered, and
the woman confessed that he was the author
The case was laid before the Continental Con
gress and he dismissed from the general
dictatorship of the hospital. He was arrested
and tried by court-martial at Cambridge on
a charge ''of holding criminal correspondence
with the enemy" He was convicted Oct 3,
and imprisoned at Cambridge. On the It'll
of November the Congress ordered him to be
'close confined, without the use of pen, ink or
paper; and that no person be allowed to converse
with him, except in the presence and hearing of
a magistrate of the town the sheriff of the
town where he shall be confined, and in the En-
glish language until further orders from this or
a future Congress" He was so confined in the
Jail at Norwich Conn. In May 1776, he was re-
leased on account of failing health, and sailed
for the West Indies in merchant vessel. He
and the vessel were never heard of afterward
Benjamin Church was the first traitor of the re-
publican cause iii America.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
Why They Call Him "Old Man."

eyes, that's sadly So" said jenkins, "my hair
is turning gray and falling out before its time
are dangerous ''True, answered his friend,
but Parkers Hair Balsam is as harmless as it
is effective I've tried it, and know Give the
Balsam a show and the boys will soon stop call
ing you Goldman Jenkins.'' 1t never fails to re-
store the original color to gray or faded hair
Richly perfumed an elegant dressing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

wedding Fashions Among Canadian Peasants.
Q. II. Farnham in Harper's Magazine for February.
The chief social event of their lives is u we'd
ding-almost the only set occasion of festivities.
The priest then permits dancing among rela-
tives and allows unusual expenses to be in
CURED. But, to begin at the beginning,
boys and girls generally see but little of one
another separated as they are in colleges
and converts, and subsequently having but
formal meetings, closely supervised by parents
The priest directs that courtship shall be very
short and circumspect 1t generally lasts but a
few months; engagements are made very much
after the pecunialy interests followed in France,
and the marriages generally occur at from eigh-
teen to TWEEN TWO years of age.
widowcr sof this place recently went to
spend the evening with neighbor, whose sister
WIS old maid whom no one had thought
of marrying. When he left the house her
brother suggested that he should marry her.
They returned to the house. and went together
to her bed. in one corner of the room, and woke
her up. Holding the candle up TO his face, he
said:
Mile O. take good look at me; I'm
rather worse than seem by candle-light, and
I've nine small children. and not great deal of
laud. Will you marry met"
She rubbed her eyes still half asleep, looked
him over moment and said Yes
Then be ready next Tuesday"
In another case, the day after the banns of
marriage had been published here, the intended
found his betrothed crying by the window
Whats the matter, MariaP
well. Baptist, my sister Louise wants very
much to marry because she's older and it's her
turn first And it makes me sad to see her dis
appointed. Now if you would only marry her
Everythingis ready, you know and it would be
such relief"
''Well, well, don't cry about that" said he,
with moments surprise. II don't mind if do
Go and tell her to get ready"
The church forbds the union of blood rea-
tons, butit sells for a moderate price permits
for even first cousins to marry so that consan-
glineous unions are very common in these old
parishes, where families have kept increasing
and settling near the old homestead till they
form clans sometimes numbering several hundred
of one name Moreover, the priest permits such
marriages sometimes in consideration of certain
circumstances. such as the needs of IL family for
a step mother step-father the lack of beauty
reducing the chances of woman to get another
offer, or the advance of age or the poverty of
woman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

There great deal of indignation being
vented against this form of polygamy but he
did not think that it was very just He failed
to see the difference between the contempora-
neous polygamy placticed by the MormOns and
the successive polygamy sanctioned by the stat
utes of all the States. man who will marry
one wife, swearing to cleave only unto her until
death, get rid of her and marry another, and
then condemn men who marry several women at
once, and violate no vow in so doing-well, it
was Slightly inconsequent: that was all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
ColOrs iii Dress.
Philadelphia Press,

Philadelphia Press.
Nothing is so economical as handsome black,
in spite of its first cost, since it may be turned
and returned and made over again and again so
long as it holds together and Mrs Grundy's
sharp eyes may fail to recognize it after each
transformation. On the other hand, a colored
dress in any positive shade becomes marked
after it has been worn two or three times and
however carefully combined or converted into a
new costume is sure to be Swallowed" through
out its existence. Black however, unless worn
as mourning, is appropriate only for matrons
and ladies who have passed the first blush
White. especially diaphanous white, is univer-
sally becoming when softened by lace and
trimmed with bows and rosettes of colored rib
bon, in the pretty fashion now popular. Pale
blue is becoming to blondes and brunettes with
clear compilations, since it has a tendency
to darken the shadows. Pale pink
and bright pink suit olive compleXions and hair
of dark reddish brown tint. Yellow has ten
dency to make the skin look fair; many reds will
lend it positively greenish hue; mauye gives it
yellowisll tint and light green can be worn
only by women with a perfect complexion. In
deed. the only way to tell whether color is be-
coming is to fold breadth of it about the head
and neck or, if this is not practicable, throw it
about the shoulders close to the face.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

with the stems till he had counted forty nine.
The proof was there-two stones were wanting.
Bismarck rose and said in an agitated voice,
marquis, you are rightw Then. turning, said
in "a loud voice, Lord Beaconsheld, you are a
great MANN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19
General Sherman on TRAMP Letters"

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
A few days ago General William 4. Sherman
received an official note from Postmaster Hays
informing him that letter addressed to him
was detained at the postoffice for unpaid or in
sufficient postage, adding the request that he
forward two cents and the letter would be deliv-
cred to him. In response the general wrote the
following;
''ST. LOUIS, No. Jan. A. 1884,
Samuel Hays Postmaster, st. Louis, Mo-:
Dear Sir-inclosed is twocent stamp.
Please return the letter to the writer, and say to
him that General Sherman is afflicted with
enough such letters, and begs to be spared the
infliction. OF course, | don't want the letter,
nor hundreds of tho same sort and confess to
the shrewd method by which Uncle Sans Gen
eral Postoffice Department makes three cents
clear money to save one cent, and at the same
time afflicts the innocent recipient of the worth
less letter. on which the writer even underpays
the postage My compliments to General Gresh-
am, and say that if he will intercept this whole
class of letters to me will waive in his favor all
my political chances and pay the department
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

Oil of wintergreen mixed with an equal guam
tty of olive oil, when applied externally to in
famed joints affected by acute rheumatism, is
maintained to be, on high therapeutic authority,
a means of instant relief from pain. At any rate,
its introduction to the sick chamber is unobjec-
tionable if only for the agreeable odor it imparts
TO the atmOsnhere
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

AMONG ''all the ills which flesh is heir to" none
are more provoking than troublesome cough,
and but for that reliable remedy DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup many would be in despair. Price %
centa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

TO chop suet sprinkle -four over it while chop
ping, which will prevent the pieces from adher-
ing to the knife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

AYERS Hair Vigor prevents the hair from
turning gray and restores gray hair To its orig
inal color Try it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-19

Galvanized iron pals for drinking wator should
not be used. The zinc coating is readily acted
upon by water, forming poisonous oxide of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-22
RRO lE'NN.

boz licenses from April 1 20 July Il, amounted
TO SO. 739 80, agaiust i1o1l 90 last year. Al III
crra.e Of Sl1,G77 so.
In tine Equipment Department Of ,h@ Navy Yard
fourteen moa were discharged on Saturday the APP
preparation beng exhausted
The BROOKLYN letter carriers are to b. given two
weeks vacation, their WORK being done 10 the IN
term by substitutes, Who are PAID ~ the rate OF
$500 year.
Christopher Bennett. Fourth-st., F.. H., liquor
dealer Who failed to prove that Joseph Daniels. of
the Excise League, tred 10 biAckmail him recently
had his license revoked Yesterday.
Ex-Shcun Antnony Walters died at his house,
30 81 lowest. yesterday, of a complication OF
diseases. 10 sIxty-oue years old, and came
from IorraIne when sixteen years old. lie was an
A dcrman and Justice of the Peace before being
sheriff.
The question of Sunday music in Prospect Park
is now under discussion. Park Commlssoner
Chauncey, after visiting Central Park strongly
advocates Sunday concerts. Acting Mayor Olena
is in favor Of it, a. are many OF the Councin'en.
Kate arrabee, the notorious female burglar, no
entered houses through the Easements, was again
arrested erday while breaking into the house of
James Dorsen. NJ. lIA Grove-st. Sne lately COM
pleted term IN tho Psnltentlary for burglary.
Charles owen, an euplove of the Long Island
Railroad COMPANY drew his pay on tuesday and
has been mls-ing from his home, on Van Colt ave-,
near Leouard-s Greenpoint, since. His friends
fear foul play, a. no domestic or financial reasons
exist for his temperance.
Receiver 1. 81. Smith, OF the suspended Atlantic
state Bank, Yesterday began tho payment Of Inc
40 per cent dividend ordered by Jnsiice cullen.
The whela amount of proved claims ia S72l.12l.
including those of the Bridge trustees the City
Controllor aud the Board of Education. The
Bridge trustees received S77 900 the CITY R2l 600
the hoard of Education x22 900 and tue City Rail
road Company $11 900 This leaves only $4,000
of the assets In tho keeping of the Trust Company.
Sarah A. Maine, by counsel. applied yesterday TO
Justice Cullen in he Supreme Court, Tor sllInony
and counsel foes pending suit for limited divorce
| he trouble ~ because OF sn orphan niece OF tho
plaintin's " no became engaged 10 Mr.. Names sou
A breach of promise suit for $1,000 grew out of
the engagement and verdict was rendered. for tho
young woman. Mrs. Maine desired her to return to