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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-06

Much of the growth of the South is
due to new machinery, new agricultural
implemlntsand labor-saving inventions,
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-06
Paten t NJ edicines.

The following PATENT MEDICINES Of
repute are kept in stock, but any article not
mentioned will be procured, if wanted, with as
title. delay as possible, and without extra charge
.5t to the purchaser -
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1884-03-06
TOM t, Harry.

Respecting the meeting of the Rugby Social
+" Club, February 10Th. l88l)
."Bal 1::l.srss YOU should hay2 been there
You must marin tine Uatgo with a Dlgt,s999ss-aA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

world into two classes-themselves the rem
nant and the balance the ''unsound majority"
proceeded to demolish Mr.. Teller, and to
show that he was a spokesman and totally unfit
for his position, or, indeed, for any respectable
mans countenanee. And now Secretary
Teller comes out and denies that he ever
talked as reported that he believes the law
efficacious so far as it has been tried and tes
titles to its good work in relieving the depart
ments of much of the pressure for place.
This is fair sample of columns of stuff in
newspapers who have reform on the brain,
and whose creed is that all public men are
thieves except those upon whom they have
laid apostolic hands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

1t is stated with no inconsiderable flourish
of trumpets that railroad company has
rendered Colonel" French four cars free to
transport his witnesses to Indianapolis before
the investigating commission. We have
failed to notice any offer by this or by any
other company of so much as a free pass to
any witness against Colonel" French. This
bit of snobbery is of a piece with the eff
forts that have been made to bolster up
Colonel" French ever since the investigation
was first talked of. The effort has been to
bear down with an avalanche of the awful
greatness of this 'fmodel officer any eds
gruntled" clerk or employee who may consider
himself to have suffered from the lash of a
petty tyrant. There is too much of this in
this country-too much of special cars and
coaches and toadyism for men dressed in a
little brief authority, and too much "disci-
pline, and sneers and abuse and lack of OPP
portunity to men who are compelled to work
for their living and be the underlings of '1nodel
officers" Because of all this, by reason of the
way in which this whole French business has
been managed from the first, the Journal has
not hesitated to say, and repeats with all pos
sible emphasis, that the Investigation, .
under the circumstances, can be satisfactory
to nobody, nor can it be conclusive. Every
step so far taken should be annulled, and a
Abo
be fairly made known, and the question of
Colonel French's usefulness in this
division determined upon the principles
of common sense from facts as they
are known to exist. In the absence
of disposition to do this, the
commission have, possibly, done the next
best thing in addressing circular letter to all
clerks and employees in the division inviting
their complaints and testimony, appending to
each a copy of the ample promise of protection
over the name of Postmaster-generalG Gresham,
and fixing time for future hearing far
enough distant to allow anyone so disposed to
come before them, either in person or by
letter.
But, after all, what will all this parade and
bother do to settle the question of Colonel
French's usefulness as an officer in this divi-
sionG The very machinery put in motion
to investigate the universal complaint against
him, shows that he is very far removed from
"a model officer" and that his value is at an
end, at least in this division.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
THE HISTORY QUESTION.

Nobody wants or expects a red-hot, fire
children of the public schools; but every one
of ordinary common sense and American man
hood does want the plain, unvarnished facts
in the nations record for the past twenty
three years taught and people will not rest sat
isfed until they secure that much of a decent
respect to the greatest period of American his
tory from the school board and officers.
Nearly one hundred pages, or one-fourth, of
the Eclectic History of the United States is
devoted to the period since the breaking out
of the rebellion; yet all that is untaught, and
patrons of the schools are compelled to pay for
used. If the statements made in the last
eighty-odd pages of the Eclectic are not fit to
be taught, then the school board should not
have adopted it as a textbook. But there is
nothing of the kind the statements of fact in
all the histories used in the schools are only
such as any child should know There is and
has been some malign influence in the schools
that has closed the history of the coun-
try at the end of Mr.. Buchanan S
administration, because it was feared there
would be some who might be hurt in their
feelings by the teaching of events in which
they bore discreditable part This influence
must and will be unearthed. Atpresent Prof
Mills seems to be the one who could tell the
most as to how the practice came about. He says
the history has not been taught since he has
been connected with the schools, or for a
period of eleven years. Was the practice in
vogue when he came heref How did he learn
there was such a practicei Did he ever in
quire into the reason for it! Did he ever
have any talk with any school commissioner
about itY Was it ever suggested to him that
the teaching of the war history would not be
prudential" and if so, by whoms No such
rule or practice could have been put into ope-
ration and maintained for eleven years with
out somebody being responsible for it. Who
was the responsible person or persons9 So
far all the members and officers of the school
board have, with one accord, made excuses:
But the author or authors Of the scandalous
practice will be discovered sooner or later.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

LAST evening one of the public-school
teachers was found so well posted in the his
tory of the present generation that she
thought Stonewall jackson was commander
in-chief of the Southern armies; that Mcclellan
was a confederate; had never heard of Halleck
or Hooker; remembered that Ben Butler com
manded the rebels at New Orleans, and had
an indistinet recollection that such men as
Mcdowell, Hancock and Thomas once lived;
further that Governor Morton commanded all
the Indiana forces. She had no excuse for her
ignorance, save that she disliked war histories,
and the board never required that kind of in
formation to be disseminated
Please let us have the name of this teacher
She is possibly one of the first fruits of our
admirable System"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

at the point where they left off with the
South on top, and the Democracy of the
North meeldy executing the will of their
natural masters, the barons of the plantation.
Still, as Indiana sent upwards of 200, 600 brave
men into the field, we suspect the children of
the State are not altogether ignorant of what
has happened in the last twenty-four years.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The C. G. is a little off in its statement 1t
is only in indianapolis that the United States
history is Topped off at March 4, 1861. Every
where else even in Mudsock, the whole his
tory is TAUGHT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
THE News of yesterday has this statemen

THE News of yesterday has this statement:
Yesterday afternoon there was lengthy CON
sutation between President Brown and Prof
Mills, the exact nature of which has not trans
pired; but, after its conclusion, Mr.. Brown
told News reporter that the board intended
to ferret out the matter, that Professor Mills
was responsible for the suppression, and that
he had kept that fact concealed from the
board"
We are very free to say that this is not at
all in harmony with the general impression
Did Commissioner Brown never hear of the
suppression of the rebellion history in the
schools until nowg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

IT s greatly to be feared that there is more
in tbs question Of the suppression of history
in the public schools than the school
board and officers would like to be known 1t
seems that history which says nothing
Of John Brown and African slavery, and
which devotes more space to Stonewall Jack
son than to Ulysses S. Grant in connection
with the war, has been continuously taught
the children without question. During all
these years where has been the school board?
It is evident, from what the nominal members
say. that they know absolutely nothing, or
next to nothing, about the conduct of the
schools. Who have been the controlling spirits
IN the school board and have run" the
schoosf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

she has the right to earn her bread in any
moral decent way which is open to any of His
toiling creatures. She chooses to do so as the
master of steam vessel. 1t is an honest call
ing If she is fitted for it, though clothed in
skirts rather than brooches, she has right to
follow it, and no man should say her nay
These opinions are neither original nor un-
common, being held, in substance, by all
sensible men; but the Raynor species of non
sense is so prevalent that the expression of diff
ferent views by one in authority is refreshing
nv contrast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

A YOUNG man of Bucyrus, O., who disap
peared on the day set for his marriage to an
estimable young lady of that place has written
to her from the next town, asking her to meet
him there and marry him. He says his wealthy
relatives vino were opposed to the girl paid him
81 900 for running away, but that he did not
promise them to give her up. The young woman,
who values herself at more than a thousand dol
lars, has concluded that the lover is not a good
man to tie to, and will not meet him in the next
town
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

SOME Washington scribbler printed state
ment that Secretary Teller had expressed him
self depreciatingly of the civil-service law and
Of ciyilseryice reform. The junto of great
men at Washington, who by their mighty
Fabers set up one man and pull down another
at their sweet wills. telegraphed the stuff to
various parts of the country, whereat the able
editors who thank God every morning for their
divine command ia regulate the universe and
yho begin th task by dividing the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

SECRETARY FoLaER has won the respect of
every woman WHO earns her bread, which
number includes the vast majority, by the
neat manner in which he 9isposes of Solicitor
Raynors sentimental gush OYER the proper
sphere of ''the sex" In his order directing
the appointment of Mrs. Miller as master IT D
steamboat, Mr.. Folger says
Nor is there need of talk, pro or con, on
social STATUS. or woman rights. 50 called.
Having been put on Gods footstool by Him,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

IN is openly charged by the indianapolis
Journal that the history of the United States
since the year 1860 is not allowed to be taught
in the schools of that State The course of
HISTORY closes with the blooming administrs-
ton OF James Buchanan The student is left
10 At.r chat since the close of the last Demo-
cratic ADMINISTRATION the country has made no
history; there has simply been an interreg-
num- which will continue till another Demo
e!es, administration comes into power, when
the threads Of the narrative. will be taken up
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

There is no use in wasting time anu space
II discussion Of Mr.. Morrisons tariff bill
+ authog does not expect it to pass; promi
nent Democratic congressman think it will be
killed at once by striking out the enacting
clause while leading Democratic authority
pronounces it neither free trade, revenue re-
form, nor protection, but a tumble of neon
gruites and absurdities such as never before
was submitted to the consideration of Con
c,-,oo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
If there is vacancy in the assessors Office and
the auditor appoints person to fill the vacancy,
will said appointed assessor hold the Office until
the term of his Office expires or, is an assessor
elected this coming spring electionl In 1882 we
elected an assessor for four years, believe The
assessor whom we elected died; and the auditor
claims that the one he appointed will hold the
Office till the term expires We claim that he
will not, and that we have to elect an assessor
this coming spring. How is It'll
JASPER Dubois county. A TAXPAYER.
Section 6374 R. S., provides that ''all town
ship assessors last elected appointed shall con
tinue in office until the next general election.
and until their successors are elected and quail
fed under this act The constitution of the
State provides that all general elections shall
be held on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November; but township elections may
be held at such time as may be provided by
law" Township elections not general cleo
tons. An appointed assessor holds until the
next general election. No vacancy can continue
longer than until the first general election"
after it occurs. The appointed assessor, under
these provisions, will hold his Office until the
next general election when his successor may
be chosen. If one is not chosen then, he will
hold over until is under the provisions of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal.

TO the Edltor OF the Indianapolis journal.
Please state how it comes that the electors of
New Jersey gave Lincoln four and Douglas three
votes. l supposed they would all vote for one
candidate E. A. ROBERTSON.
HoosIERvILLE, Ind.
A fusion electoral ticket, composed of two
friends of Breckenridge, two of Bell, and three
of Douglas was run The friends of Douglas
also nominated straight electoral ticket,
adopting the three on the fusion ticket Those
three electors were elected and voted for Doug
las; the other four being Lincoln electors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

a SCHOOL patron says his child states the
reason why the rebellion history is not taught
n the public schools. as given by teacher
IS that lit is one sided. Professor Ridpath
wrote it in favor OF the North By these lit
lie shreds of information we are being led up
o the truth and we shall soon know why the
history Is suppressed, and at whose instigation
+ was done
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

Mr.. AND Mrs. HIRcH KsINsKY, of New York
city, celebrated their golden wedding on Sunday
night, on which occasion their thirty seven
grandchildren presented each with seventy-fve
gold rings, or one for each year of Mr.. Ksinsky's
life. Mrs. Newman. of Evansville, this State, a
member of the family was present on the inter
esting occasion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

His little boy, aged four years, was wringing his
hands and crying; Mamma is burned up" The
little fellow said he ran into the house twice,
when the fire began, to get his little sister aged
two, to come out, but she would not, and when
he went in the third time she ran into another
room in her terror and crawled under the bed,
where she perished
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

BAKER PASTA seems to have met the False
Prophet somewhere up the road. The next
news will probably be that General Gordon's
dead body has been found ON the prairie, with
his pockets turned inside out. Then England
viii have the right to go in and murder few
Of the fellows along the Upper Nile.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

knows anything Up to date the only ones
who have found ont anything are those who
have. asked their children what is going on in
the schools. Probably it would be better to
elect these children commissioners
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

Miss NELLIE HAzLETT of Moundsville, West
Virginia. beautiful and the belle of the village"
(of course), has astonished the natives and hor-
rified her parents by running off with and mar
rying tramp, "as repulsive specimen of his
class as could be found in long days march. y
Nellie has returned with him, but refuses to ex.
plain 1t is said that she did it to pique recre-
ant lover. He will please consider himself
piqued, not to say lucky.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

WENDELL PHILLIPS was the author of the
saying that he was in favor of settling the
Kansas troubles with the Bible and Sharpe's
riGas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

A GENEROUS rivalry should prevail in the
enterprise Of raising funds for the soldiers
monument. Subscriptions made now will
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

A PITIFUL and pathetic well as horrible
Story comes from Gallipolis, o. A farmer living
near SS'at place recently returned from his work
in the fed to find his horse in flames and his
wife and one child consumed with the building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

LET us have an instance where Grand
Army post in the North or veteran soldiers
organization has asked for the restoration of
Fitz John Porter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

THE Washington Post calls upon the Demo
cratic majority in the House to begin the
work of seating Democratic contestants at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

UNDER the heading Notable Events fu-
ture generations win read '1884-HistOry of
the rebellion first taught in the public schools
in indianapolis"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

COMMENTING upon the amusing struggle for
precedence among some of the leading ladies"
at Washington, Philadelphia paper advises
Mesdames Frelinghuysen, Carlisle, and Miller,
the three most actively concerned to engage in
the novel experiment of holding their tongues
This rude advice, so far as the Speakers wife is
concerned, is uncalled for. According to latest
advices that lady has not only held the position
given her by the President, but has also, with
great discretion, held her tongue, and this is
what makes the rest of them so mad Nothing
exasperates woman who wants to quarrel more
than TO be confronted by another woman who
won't talk back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

A CERTAIN alleged literary gentleman of New
York is engaged on book that he confidently
expects will astonish the world. In it he will
attempt to show that Queen Victoria and John
Brown were secretly married shortly after the
death of the Prince Consort. He further claims
that Disraeli in some manner came into posses
sion of the secret and used it to his own ad-
vancement The New York literary gentleman
probably aspires to become the Baron Mum
chausen of the western world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

just the material out of which to make reform
leaders
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
THE INDIANA SOLDIERS MONUMENT.

A STATUE for the Indiana soldier is impera-
+, now. 1t cannot be erected too soon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

DURING the past seven years the German EN-
press has conferred golden cross, with an auto
graph diploma, on no fewer than 1,027 female
servants who have remained uninterruptedly in
the same family for forty years. In other words,
such honorable service is made honorable in "A
very acceptable and tangible manner. The idea
is good one. for any honest labor is honorable,
and no one in limited circumstances need be
ashamed of serving as ''hired girl" Better that,
with the attendant comforts than even marriage
to a man who will be unable to provide and in
capable of love-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06

NEWSPAPERS do not meet the popular de
mand, after all During the Mutt trial, at Pitts
burg, not one could be found willing to defle its
columns by printing the Dukes letters in full
An enterprising man filed the want, however,
by printing the letters with all their indecent de-
tails and sending them out to be sold by boys on
the streets Thousands of the sheets were
snapped up eagerly by all classes of citizens,
and the enterprising man reaped a pocketful of
what might have been honest, but were certainly
dirty pennies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 6, 1884.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

PARK THEATER-R -santloy Novelty Company
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-03-25

of Mr.. Dingley contends that the liberty
to buy ships anywhere is all that is neces-
sary to be done to regain our lost business
upon the ocean. As foreign. built vessels
now have the privilege of entering into
our foreign carrying trade just the same
as American built vessels, there could GER
tainly be nothing done to build up our
foreign carrying trade under Mr.. Cod
mans plan that cannot be now done. In
regard to our coastwise business, from
which foreign built vessels are excluded,
it is prosperous, and needs nothing ex-
cept to be left as the fathers of this gov
eminent left it to ensure its continued
prosperity. But aside from these facts
the consideration that our safety as ma
ton against foreign foe depends upon
building our own navy in our own ship
yards, is sufficient to outweigh and over
come every argument that can be advanc-
ed in favor of free ships. We might as
well depend upon England for gunpowder
as upon her shipyards for navy to fight
her with in case of war.