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The Baltimore County union., 1884-01-19

p9~Pity the sorrows of therp0er
editor He can't afford to have ha5
fever and spend six weeks in the noun,
tains on the strength of it.
The Baltimore County union., 1884-01-19

R@The most afflicted part of the
house is the window. 1t is always full
of panes, and who has not seen more
than one window-b blind?
The Baltimore County union., 1884-01-19
Attorneys at Law.

q PARKER BOSLEY,
HTToRNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
CHANCERY,
ROOMS Nos 6 AND z MASONIC HALL,
TOWSONTOWN, Nd,
Except Friday and Saturday of each week On
which days Office at
LEXINGTON STREET, BALTIMORE.
MONEY NED.H@
Claims prosecuted in any of the Departments in
Washington.
PENSIONS AND INCREASE OF PENSIONS
OBTAINED.
Dec.15, 'S3y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
THE CHIEF OF THE LOST CAUSE.
His Appearance Before the Mississippi Leg
islature-Was There a Purpose in 1t?

islature-Was There a Purpose in 1t?
Washington Special
On the day of the reception both houses met
in joint session, the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House presiding. The House
was packed and iammed Outside the lobby
and the gallery had barely standing room. Some
came with the fervor of 1861, and others to view
once again the venerable relic. At noon, pre-
coded by the committee of the House, and grave
and reverend seignors, followed by the Justices
of the Supreme Court and leaning upon the arm
of the Governor, the living incarnation of the
lost cause came into the hall. The members of
the joint body rose to their feet and received
him with tumultuous applause. The Lieutenant
governor, Stands, read carefully prepared ad-
dress of welcome, full of fulsome eulogy.
Mr. Davis's response characteristic of the
man, impudent to the verge of absurdity, but
conspicuous in its honest sincerity in saying
before the world what his party admirers
and worsbipers acknowledge in their hearts but
do not let their tongues utter. His speech did
not consume ten minutes, but it was sufficient to
bring out sharply to the people of Mississippi
few strong ideas, and nerve the Bourbons to ex
IRENE political measures.
First-That Mr.. Davis was the victim of
Northern political fanatcism
SecOnd-That che alone of the confederate
leaders remained unpardoned" because repent
ance came before pardon" and The had nothing
to repent" If the terrible drama was to be re-
enacted he would not hesitate to do again as he
had done"
Third-''That the South, entering upon the
high road of prosperity, was destined before
many years to again assume the helm of govern
ment"
These three consecutive sentiments were
greeted with storms of applause more especially
the third and more dangerous thought, that 1.-THE
South was again destined to control the general
government"
The close of the mild-voiced and mildman-
nered harangue was greeted with an imitation of
the old confederate yell, and five minutes was
allowed for hand shakes
1t is doubtless true this is the last time Mr..
Davis will pose before the public, because time
and constant self-communion in the infatuaton
of single gloomy idea, are bringing an infrmity
which cannot carry over many years.
But why Legislature, knowing his idiosyn
cracies should deliberately invite him to dssem-
mate dangerous political dogmas, and endeavor
to rally the South upon the hope of getting
troll of the government, is something to ponder
over. This may seem fanaticism and folly but
let the people mind folly will hide plan, and
,inder the wing of fanaticism may Turk a pur-
pose
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

well marvelously constructed, and it rs not gen
is well and creditably represented in our own
State We have no fewer than thirty of them,
and some of these the very finest. Any one who
has carefully examined the yellow frigned
orchis,' as it occurs by the acre throughout the
northern half of the State, and does not con
fess to its rich beauty has no eye for the beau
tifuL In the southern part of the State this is
replaced by the purple-fringed orchis.' These
two with their half dozen relatives, would en-
rich, the best flower gardens in the country. The
'ladys slippers" or ''moccasin flowers" hardly
need mention, as they are such old favorites.
But such enumeration might run on end
lessy The plants mentioned have been care
beautiful Let me urge upon all interested in
the cultivation of flowers to try at least some OF
these plants. Any question of Identification
can be quickly settled by sending specimen TO
the writer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

Hartford Comm Post.
General Terry, the father of the present
Major general United States Army was a fine
looking man, six feet high and broad shouldered
He was veay overbearng Once a creditor pre-
sented him with bill on the street. The Gen
eral resented this in angry words: II don't
know you sir he said. ''How dare you" and
he passed on. He was once arraigned for as
saulting a countryman He had knocked him
down. General johnson was the trying Justice
The countryman told his story, and then the
Justice asked the General if he had anything
to say Il shant say anything in reply"
he answered. He has told the truth. l am
ready to pay any fine you may impose" A fine
was imposed and he paid it promptly and
eourteously withdrew. The late Rev, DR..
Leonard Bacon. of New Haven, married
daughter of General Terry for his second
wife. Mr. Toucey who WINS afterward Secre-
tary of the Navy, attended a political meeting
at Allyn Hail. and made an address. He was
refined and scholarly-he looked the literary
man in every lineament of his face. When he
had finished some old gentleman rose in the
back part of the hail. striking his cane heavily
on the floor to reinforce his rhetoric and asked
''Who is this young man who is uttering such
sentmentsl L demand that he be put out 1t
was General Terry Mr. Toucey quietly replied
saying that he respected gray hairs, but must ia
sst on his right to speak.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
A Millionaire,s Only Son.

Lucy Hoopers Paris Letter
81 hardly know of any incident more nolan
choly than the return to Paris of Ex-Governor
LELAND Stanford. Of California, and Mrs. Stan
lied son and only child. This boy, youth of
singularly fine character and affectionate dispo-
siton literally the child of their old age,
having been born to them after eighteen years
of marriage He was between fifteen and six
teen. and was perfectly devoted TO his mother,
to whom he was as the very light of her eyes
Both Governor and Mrs. Stanford are
in very delicate health, and the friends of the
latter are fearful of the consequences that this
parents take their children into those pernicious
fever-haunted lands of southern Europe and the
east! The risk is so fearful and the advantage
to be gained IS at the best small Rome i'll par
hcular has been very unhealthy this season, and
Florence, where poor young Stanford died, is at
present crowded with fever patients both fr ON
Rome and from Naples"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
A Reminiscence of the War.
ndAuae nf BOSTON Trayellor


A friend who was at the famous Fortress Mon
roe conference during the war said to me day
or two since 4 the confederate side
during the war, and | went down to Fortress
Monroe from Richmond with Judah p. Benia-
min. To give you some idea of how much the
confederate money had deprecated, l can tell
you that we paid five and ten dollars each for
drink of claret, and our dinner cost us the for
midable sum of SITS Benjamin told me on our
way home that the jig was up SO far as the
Southern Confederacy was concerned; and in
a speech made soon after his arrival
back IN Richmond he said 4 expect to go from
here to Yankee prison, and from Yankee
prison to Yankee gallows You see the North
treated Benjamin a great deal better than he
expected. The federal army entered Richmond
on Monday On Sunday night l went about
town with a party of officers knocking in the
heads of all the whisky barrels for fear that the
Yankee soldiers would forget themselves in the
exultation of the moment. 1t was great time
for the negroes, and hundreds of them became
very drunk on the whisky which we were pour
ing in the cutters, l shall never forget that
Monday. The Union army came in quietly and
took possession and the Confederacy was part
of history
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
THE ANALOGOUS BISMARCK.
How He CooIly Smokes in Presence of His
Superiors.

Berlin Letter.
Buschs life of Bismarck contains the follow
ing amusing account of the manner in which the
Prince treated the Austrian President at Frank
fort, who monopozed the privilege of smoking.
1t is from Bismarck himself / asked about the
famous cigar incident (which one do you
mean| That in which your Excellency, find
ing Rechberg smoking, lit up a cigar too
You mean Thun. Yes; that was a
simple matter enough He asked me to
wait minute. l did wait some time.
When began to feel bored. however, as he did
not offer me a cigar | took one out of my pocket
and asked him for light, which he gave me
with astonishment depicted upon his counte-
nance But there is another story of the same
sort AT the sittings of the military committee,
when ROchOw represented Prussia at the Federal
Diet, Austria alone smoked. Kochow, who was
an inveterate smoker. would have gladly done
the same but he did not dare to- When l ar-
rived, seeing no reason to the contrary, | asked
the presiding power to oblige me with light.
This request was apparently regarded by the
chairman and the other gentlemen with
amazement and displeasure Obviously, it
was an event As matters then stood. only
Austria and Prussia smoked. But the others
considered it a question of such importance that
they reported upon it to their respective gov
ernments. Somebody must have written to
Berlin about it, too. for an inquiry reached me
from his late Majesty, who was not smoker,
and probably did not find the occurrence TO his
taste. The incidenJ called for serious consider
alton at the smaller courts, and six months
elapsed, during which only the two great powers
smoked Then Schrenkh, the Bavarian began
to yindicate the dignity of his position by smok-
ing. Nostitz the Saxon, had doubtless great
mind to do as much, but had not received per-
mission from his minister When, how
ever, at the next sitting, he saw
the Hanoveran, Bothmer, light up, he
must have come to some arrangement with
Rechberg (Nosttz was under Austrian influence,
having two sons in the imperial army for he
took cigar out of his case and pulled away Wig
orously. The only ones left were the Wuertem-
berger and the Darmstaedter, neither of whom
smoked. But the honor and Importance of their
states imperatively required that they should
smoke, and so next time the Wuertemberger
Won Reinhardtl also produced weed-I think
see it now, long, thin, pale yellow thing, the
color of rye straw-and smoked it with sullen
determination half through, as a burnt sacrifice
for his Suabian fatherland. The only one who
altogether refrained from tobacco was the repre-
sentative of Hesse Darmstadt."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Bananas and Pineapples.

New 1ofk sun.
Bananas are just now selling at fair rates.
though they are not particularly scarce. If you
can restrain your appetite for them until the day
after to morrow, you can do better, said a fruit
dealer at Fulton market yesterday.
''What are the prices nowl"
"From 81. II to 50. Is a bunch for yellows, ac-
cording to quality. For reds, $l37. These fig
ures will hold until the twenty thousand punches
due here have arrived. Pineapples are just com
few from Jamaica. The crop is good, ana by
May the supply will be very large. They are
worth from SIS to 500 per hundred now"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

An army officer, who taught for time in one
of the southern colleges for negroes speaking Of
Jeffersons granddaughter's pension, says:
Your suggestion on the subject of pensionng
the granddaughter Of Thomas Jefferson is un-
doubtedly correct. Pensioning one granddaugh-
tor. why not pension all his descendants There
is beautiful young woman now teaching col
ored school in Norfolk, Va, who, under the
regime that allowed the sale of ones own
descendants, would have brought an extra
there is no reasonable doubt. Although She
always associated with colored students when [
knew her She was one of the prettiest girls 1
ever saw. and splendid singer. She is strug-
Cling nobly TO make an honest living and at the
same time elevate the race to which, by the
female line, she is remotely allied Why not
pension Jefferson's great,granddaughtor as well
as one only one degree nearer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
A Diphtheria-Infected Doll.

sanitary EnslheeI
1t may be remembered that a good deal of
prominence given last fall in the papers
to the occurrence Of diphtheria in family in
Amsterdam n. Y. Two children died at inter
walls Of several months and a third was taken
sick. The board of health appointed a com
mittee to investigate, which examined the
house and its surroundings. and obtained
statement from the attending physician
They have recently made their report.
finding that there were no bad conditions
existing in about the house sufficient to
explain the appearance of the disease, and
they conclude that it came from a cat which
was fondled by the child which first felt i'll. This
cat was found at the time to have a swollen
throat and to be suffering from discharge from
mouth and nostrils. 1t died few days after
ward. Three days after the death of the cat the
child fell sick with malignant diphtheria and
died in about a week During its illness it
played with doll which was afterwards given to
younger child, as it was supposed to have been
properly fumigated with sulphur-fumes. This
child shortly after being allowed to play with
the doll, also fell i'll with diphtheria and died
The third child also played with the doll and fell
i'll, but recovered The board of health, there
fore. traces the temperance of the disease in
the family, after the death of the first child to
the doll.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Daniel Webster's Horse.

To the Editor of the New York Tribune
Sir-In the General Notes of the Tribune of
March d, is paragraph which says that the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company owns horse that is thirty five years
old and that he is, probably the oldest animal
of the kind in the country. This, l think is an
error In the month of October last during a
visit to Marshfield, the former home of Daniel
Webster, was shown bob-tailcd chestnut or
sorrel horse, which was told Mr. Webster had
brought from Washington, and that he was at
the time of Mr. Websters death, in 1852, ten
years old, which would make him forty two, or
seven years older than the New Haven veteran
This living relic Of its distinguished owner
wandered about the lawn and the grounds at his
sweet will, seemed to he still good for several
years more Of life, and appeared to enjoy greatly
the caresses and attentions of the visitors. c.
CLEVELAND. O., March %, 1884
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
THE GREATEST OF SUNS.
Points About Sirius, by the Side of Which
Old Sol Is an Unsnuffed Candle.

Chicago Times.
Messrs. Hough and Burnham, of the Dearborn
Observatory, have been engaged lately in micro
metrical measurements of the companion of
Sirius, the brightest star by far in the whole
heavens. The distance of Sirius from the earth
is estimated to be 1875, 900 times greater than
the distance of the sun, about 1913, $50, 000 000
900 miles Or to measuse its distance another
way, its light, travelling at the rate of 10000
miles per second would be more
than twenty-one years in reaching the
earth In other words still, the astron
omer who turns his telescope now on that
star sees it as it was more than a score of years
ago The dimensions of the star must be enor-
NOUS even as compared with our sun, for it is
quite twice the briliancy of any of its compan-
ions while our sun at that distance would prOba-
bly, appear like star of the fourth magnitude.
The discovery of the companion of Sirius
made by the Chicago instrument; not however,
by any of our local astronomers. Mr.. Clark, the
maker of the telescope, mounted 1t temporarily
for trial at Cambridge, and, turning it upon
Sirius, was amazed and delighted to find
little star of the tenth magnitude,
which it had been suspected must be
near that great luminary According to
Mr.. Burnham who for several years has kept
watch of this pair, the companion moves in pc
sition angle between three and five degrees
year, and approaches the primary about three or
four tenths of a second for that period. 1t will
soon, he says, be near its primary as to escape
observation by reason of the great brilliancy of
the brighter stars. Indeed, it is owing to the
brightness of Sirius that astronomers failed for
so long time to discover the companion, the
latter being within the powers of a small tele
scope, were it not so close to q brilliant lumin-
airy. Sirius is the bright star seen nearly due
south and about thirty degrees from the hori-
zon Just after nightfal 1t is to the left of the
conspicuous constellation Orion and lower
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

remain in it for six hours running The funnel
shaped cylinder is the only part of the boat
which is visible. A winding stair leads to the
boat, which is steered from the top of the cyin-
der, where glass roof enables the man at the
wheel to see the surface of the water and direct
the course Of his strange submarine engine.
A clock at Brussels has been going for eight
months and has not been required to be wound
up since it was first set agoing In fact, the sun
does the winding of this timepiece. shaft
exposed to the sun causes an up-draught of air
which sets fan in motion The fan actuates
mechanism which raises the top, and then puts
a brake on the fan until the weight has gone
down little, when the fan is again liberated
and proceeds to act as before
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Me. Ntioawber,s saeeessor.
Interview with Patti.

InIefNleW VIII ThIII
'Then it is not true that you arc going to de-
sert him and return to the Marquis dc CauN"
NO, indeed; why should / return to a man
who has gaEibled away q good share of all 1 ac-
quired at one time in my professiont and thelt-
tie foot stamped impatenty upon the carpet and
the black eyes flashed with Indignation NO,
indeed. ] shall not desert Nicolini / was mar
ried to him in the Greek church, st. Petersburg,
few months after my separation from the Mar
quis de Caux. ] have no use for two husbands.
Should ! return to the Marquis | would only be
compelled again To settle his gambling bills.
Would you consider that pleasant and agreea-
BILE occupation3 No, indeed. III never desert
Nieolin' and fond glance was cast at the dooc
of the next room, to which the tenor had retired
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
To Repair Damages,

Dear lady, there is probably no use telling you
that fashionable life in a great city is rough
one on your beauty, Late hours, loss of sleep
and mental excitement will leave you by and by
shorn of those beautiful tresses which drew lovers
around you in other years. Artificial substitutes
can never pass for those rich and glossy locks.
Parkers Hair Balsam will stop your hair
from falling out, restore its natural color and
softness and prove cleansing and beneficial to
the scalp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

Reno Gazette
By special request, Rev. George W. James will
recte Southey's celebrated Cataract of Lodore'
in the Methodist Church. This is said to be the
most difficult poem in the English language to
memorize, but Mr. James will recite it forward
and backward, give any line asked for, or give
the number of any line that is read Copies of
the poem will be distributed throughout the au-
dience so that all may thoroughly test the lee
turers memory power. Mr. James assures us
that he has not given reore than an hour and
half to the mastery of this poem
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12

This is, perhaps more especially true regarding
the people residing at hotels, where ladies are
wont to get together during the day to while
away the hours in waiting for the several events
of the evening 1t is related that quite large
sums of money sometimes change hands in cases
Of this sort. One young lady is said to have lost
as high as 5000 at one sitting. The money had
been given her by her father to buy a new dress,
and not being professional and not much of a
business person, she concluded after losing that
she wanted her money back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Throat Diseases

Commence with Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat.
Browns Bronchial Troches" give immediate
relief Sold only i'll boxes. Price % cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-12
Women Gamblers at the Capital.


1t is whispered, and very loudly too that the
custom of card -paying for money prevails amcng
ladies in social circles here to an alarming extent
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-08
Louisiana and the Tariff.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. THE sugar
planters Of Louisiana promise to take a
hand IN the campaign in this State. The
ca II Issued to day for the re-assem blaee
OF the Convention which met here in
March has created great political
stir. That convention adopted the
strongest Protection resolutions and
announced that il was the intention of
the sugar planters of Louisiana to pro-
teot their own interests without regard
TO party Affiliations. A committee was
appointed to decide ~ 10 the advisabili.
~ OF placinga full Protectionist cleo
foral ticket in the field and nominate
candidates for Congress who favored
Protection. The Convention then ad-
'Jonrned to meet after all the candi-
dates for President were in the
field and then decide upon the proper
line OF policy TO be pursued. To-day u
call was issued to meet August 20, when
the question Of placing an Independent
electoral ticket and Independent candi.
dates for Congress In the field will be
decided on. The Convention is a very
influential body, including all the lar
gest and most prominent sugar and rice
p planters in the State, both Democrats
and Republicans, the former being in a
ma ority.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-08-08

The depression in the iron business at
Pittsburg is said to be greater than for q
number Of years. Many mills that con.
tinued in operation through the panic of
1873 are now closed, while others that
had plenty of orders then are now run.
ming slack. 1000 men less are now re.
CURED TO perform the amount of work
required than a year ago.
a meeting of the miners of the First.
Second and Third Pools was held yes
terday at Elizabeth, Pa. More than
l,uOo nen were present. Resolutions
were adopted 10 continue the strike for
81 cents per bushel until the operators
concede the advance. A committee
was appoin ted TO visit the Fourth Pool
and endeavor TO persuade the miners TO
come out for the district price.
About so men employed in the freight
and passenger DEF artmeuts of the PHI.
adeiphia and Reading car shops atRead.
ing, on Thursday evening, were dismiss.
Ell Tor an indefinite period. Twenty-Five
oil the men were employed in the pas.
senger car department, principally on
new work. The others were taken from
the various freight gangs. 1t is said
that q slight reduction of wages in seye.
raj or the departments has been ordered.