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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
HEDGING AGAINST ANOTHER DE.

FEAT.
The recent overwhelming defeat and rout
Of Indiana Republication has had very
dismal effect upon certain papers of the late
&c. o. p" Among them ia the Lafayette
Journal, which clamors for another colored
exodus. It thinks If 10000 more Southern
negroes can be induced to come into Indi-
ana then Republication can once again bs
galvanized into life. Hear now the vail. 1t
says: "f 10000 honest, Woodworking ne.
groes in the South were invited and assisted
to locate permanently among the farmers OF
Indians, where they could be sure of steady
work at good wages year after year, that State
would never again be carried by the Demo
Gratis. Place 10000 more in Ohio, 10000 in
Illinois, 10000 in New York, 5000 in
New Jersey, 5000 in Connecticut and
what would be the result2 Every Northern
State would. for many years to come, give
handsome Republican majority. 1t would
break the solid South and make several
OF those States reliably Republican also. Let
ten or twelve prosperous farmers in every
township of the States mentioned each agree
to employ one good, hard working man, and
then send an agent South to select the men.
1t will be an easy matter to get them. There
are thousands Of negroes in every Southern
State who would be glad of the chance.
They will work hard and make good citi-
zens Try them. We hope the press will
take mp this subject and discuss 1t freely"
We warn the Journal that the Democracy
Is reconstructing the best colored men into
Democrats The probabilities are that the
more Southern negroes come into the State
that much more will the Democratic ina
iOrlty be in 1885.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03


,DossJd raise ore" TAsRepubIicans SIDE the
excuse for their outrage on q Democratic
procession that cheers had been given for
Davis and q rebel Gag unturIed-. We be-
lieved snd said at the time that II any
cheers were given for old JEFF or flags Of that
kind unfurled, it was the work of Rspubli-
cans. Selma rsdioalism Is about as
mean and low as the kind that grows ia
certain quarters of Marion County. The
ballot-box suffers of Delaware County al
ways get their work in at this unssvory Re-
publican retreat. There is only one Demo-
crat in Selma (ssys the Muncie correspond
ent of the Commercial Gszettel, and this
information accounts for the sometimes
large Republican majority ~ in Delaware
County.
Think of one Democrat In q nest like that
and he expected to watch and take care Of
all the villaiDies in that precinct. The
devil himself might have received some
cheers in Selma without invoking any un-
usual amount of curiosity. The old chap
has q good many points to recommend him
"a boss Of Republicsnism.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
THE OHIO ,5IDFE

The Ohio 'idee," as crested and gradually
developed by the Republicans Of that State,
is curious and interesting study. Victor
Hugo, In his moro youthful days, might have
weaved 9 soul. stirring romance from tho in.
cidents OF its progress, while Darwin and
Herbert Spencer would doubtless have gath.
cred strength and ammunition to encourage
them in their crude aud undeveloped theo.
ries regarding the evolution and progress of
humanity upon this great world of ours.
A man who deals in beer in Ohio, accord
ing to the neE "idee," has no rights that
certain class Of Republicans are bound to
respect. at first In the smaller towns, they
would visit on him in a quiet sort OF way,
and ask him 10 sell out and quit. Thsy we're
prepared 10 buy and pay him cash for his
wares. II this would not work, they would
go in crowds and try and sing him
out Then, rs 3 final persuasive (n agent
which never failed. scorndrel wss hunted
up at dead Of night who woold set fire to his
plscs aud burn him out. This worked
pretty we'll Tor time. The "idse," how
ever, needed development, and latsr en- we
find the obnoxious dealsr driven and blown
from his homo by kegs of gunpowder placed
in cellars and touched OFF with matches at
the dead hour of midnight. In or near
0beriip year or two sgo we remember
key OF powder was thus utilized. and an en-
tire family, after retiring 20 bed Ia the sec
ond story Of their dwelling, found them
selves shortly sfterward amid crashing hm-
Der and other debris in their cellar-some-
what bruised and manned, but happily with
their lives spared Co them. Thus we OBJ
serve the progress Of the "Ohio idee."
1t rested quietly after the Oberlin
outrage until a day or two ago. We now
record marked and well-emphssized step
in the progress of ''the idee." From annoy
ing g man with trifiilg word or song. title
idee" has finally burst forth in full pano-
piled murder. Read the story. BIadens-
burg Is town of 1000 inhabitants situated
in Knox County, Ohio. In February, John
Chaplin moved to the town from Mount
Vernon with his family. and went into the
iiques business On lest Sunday morning,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03

name is Gordon. leather dealer. I have
dressed ss q woman to throw my family of
my track. sm committing suicide for per-
sonsl motives"
The paper bottles now made in Paris ale
built up out Of sheets Of paper somewhat
after the fashion of rocket cases but the
cementing material Is q mixture of blood
slbumen, lime and alum. Neither water,
wine nor alcohol has any sction on such
bottles, and it ia expected that they will
prove Of great value to travellers, ss there is
but little fear of breaksge.
Two Frenchmen, the brothers Fore, havs
invented new kind Of harp, made entirely
Of wood Instead OF strings the inventors
use strips made Of American fir. The sound
isproduced, as in the ordinary harp, by tho
contact of the fingers, but the player wears
leather gloves covered with resin. The tone
of the instrument is said by Ia Menestrst to
be OF remarkable purity.
An electric ray (rorpedo vulgsris) was
caught recently at Porthleyen, Cornwall. It
weighed City five pounds, was three feet and
half long, and had caudal fn ten inches
across. Shocks quite as strong as desirsd
were obtained. and an electric bell was
sounded, but not for long. According to
the account given the topedo had two fish in
its mouth, bass two feet long and conger
two and half feet long. fact--if IL is q fact
which serves to support the view that the
electric ray uses its powers to psralyEs its
prey.
A TEDIOUS examination into the causes oil
the bad odor of the drinking water in the
the city of Manchester, England, led to the
discovery Of an unusually large quantity oil
Limnea or pond snails. The little animals
had spawned so prOfusely as TO make the
water very dissgreesble to drink. The city
taxpayers are now delighted 20 know that
new wster-works are not necessary, and that
all they have to do Is to supply the reser.
Yoirs with few good-sized fish. who will
enjoy pend-snail spawn as diet.
An umbrellas loan society has beer organ
| lied in Berlin. Offices will soon be opened
in various parts OF the city, where members
of the society, ''for a moderate deposit aud {
triilng fee" may procure an umbrella a
any time.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03

before dsybreak. a mob. with axes, picks
and shoyels. appeared before bis place OF
business, and made furious assault upon
the saloon aud Ohapin's residence. Chaplin
refused them edmittsnce, and they pelted
his house with stones, one of which,
passing through window, struck
Chaplin on the head. frscturiug his
skull, aad throwing him to the f0or. The
mob then forced its way through the rear
OF the house into the saloon, opened the
front doors and proceeded to completely
destroy with axes the fixtures and furniture
of the place. They then took the stock OF
liquors and piled them into the street. Bar
rels of whisky we're then rolled from the
cellar and the whole stock was made huge
bonfire in the center of the highway.
In the meantime Chaplin was found to be
fatally injured, and some of the mob were
dispatched to Mount Vernon for medic al
aid. Two physicians arrived early Monday
morning, but were too late, Chaplin having
breathed his last. He leaves a wife aud
several children. There is intense excite
ment throughout Knox County over the out
rage, and band of Mount Vernon roughs
swear they will svenge Chspin's death.
More trouble is feared. Thus the Ohio
"idee" blooms and blossoms into fruit. II
anything more lawless than this Bladens-
burg outrage has occurred In the Csrolinas
or anywhere else on the earth within a recen,
date il has not come to our knowledge,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
IT HAS GONE.

Everything has its day. Plsnchett played
out. Pinafore persisted from the memory Of
those who were wont to freight tis evening
air with the burden OF very bad song. Bar
bara Allen, that cruel beauty, the story OF
whose melancholy fate. plaintively warbIed,
first brought tears and then sleep TO the eyes
Of the infants fifty years ago, is now scarcely
moro than q "reminiscences. A sermon
preached from the scripture, "Simon's wife's
mother lay sick Of fever" got to be old when
rehearsed to the same congregation the
twentieth time.
People tire Of trash, and but precious lit
tie of t0-dsy's literature will survive for
fifty years. The first volume of Mr.. Blsiae's
book viii be preserved as q curiosity-curi-
Gus in that il was written BY an author who,
as a candidate for President, feared the solid
South; that the author of work WhiteWash-
ing the Dread Sect decision afterwards made
the speech attributed to Mr.. Blaine at Au-
gusta. Like Planchett, Pinafore and a thou
sand other humbugs, the Republican party, to-
gether with the class of statesmen represented
by P, T. Banum and Steve EIkins that Ku
Kluxed the county last summer with 8
threatened invasion aud q suspension of all
industry unlees Cleveland and Hendricks
were defeated, is even now but little more
than an unpleasant memory. and it will
grow DINNER as time goes on. The ideas
advanced by the defeated party Will provoke
laughter, manufactures will start in the
South; emigration VIII turn toward that sec
ton, and put upon their own good behavior
by the complete restoration Of every princi-
pie Of self-goyernment, ali feeling of section
alism will disappear; there will DO spprecia-
ton ofsecurities, when depreciation was pain
fully prophesied; public tranquility, instead
of rupture and disturbed repooe. Instead Of
returning the negro to slavery or curtaiIing
any Of his nights, il viii lift him to a higher
plain OF American citizenship than be hiss
hiu-~rto enjoyed A thorough consciousness
of these facts is what makes the average
DemocTat glad.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
BLAINE AND CoNRLINo.

Newspaper speculation as to the probable
composition OF Mr. Clevelsnd's Cabinet
having In a measure subsidized, the political
future Of those interesting gentlemen, Mr.
OonklinR and Mr.. Blaine, becomes q natural
subjectof debate. The defeated candidate
for the Presidency many OF his admirers are
even now returning TO the United States
Senate by the act OF ga enthusiastic Penn
sylvania constituency, and the solemn stall
wart OF New York is also 10 be member OF
that august body by q vote sttesting Demo.
cratic good Will. Mr.. Blaine's election is not
likely TO happen exactly that way for the
reason that the Keystone State would be
slow to confess Its poverty of Senatorial tim
Der by seeking among the pineries Of Maine.
II Ohio had been substituted for Pennsyl-
vania. as the Commonwealth disposed to do
itself this honor bY asking the gifted Mr..
Blaine TO fofego the felicity of domestic
life and accept public responsibility. the
story would have found a reader belief
in the Sentinel Office. The Ohio man's
modesty Is proverbisl, and he Is 50 utterly IN
like death or the tax collector that he refuses
to appear where even spoil is to be divided,
unless authorized by an Invitation. Selfess
and appreciative, obtrusion into politics ia
the smallest bumpin his chronological devel-
opment Occasionally one CONES to the
front, but he is ultimately settled, like Mr..
Hayes, or promptly provided for, like Fsthsr
Taft. This peculiar Characteristic OF Ohio,
however, seems to have been overlooked or
forgotten by the romancers OF the public
press, and as a consequence the James G.
Blaine OF next year, especially in politics,
continues an unsettled question.
Freighted with nearly an equal proportion
Of distress to the common mind, because OF
its uncertainty, is the future Of Mr.. Conk-
ling. This year, for the first time in his life.
he refrained from Licking the Democrats,
and in q burst o; gratitude the party will
perhaps find the impulse to reward him
with the highest honor within its gift
difficult to restrain. OF all the
people in the world the Democrats
are the most forgiving. and to forget that
Mr.. Conkling, while publicist OF sdmirs-
BILE integrity, long life has shown to be
nothing more than Republican boss,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
THE BEATEN PARTY.

An esteemed exchange well says: lit will
% profitable for Republicans TO bear in
mind that the Republican party which has
basn beaten Is not the Republican party of
Lincoln, Sumner, Seward. Greeley, Giddings,
Phillips, Garrison and Chase II Is q very
different organization. II they could have
Lived until to-day, or il ths;r places hsd been
Ansd By men of their character, the Rspub-
lean party would no. have been beaten.
when parties are long In power. they have
a tendency 70 attract 10 themselves tho char
acteries adTsnturegs who have no principle,
Sad who event rally obtain control. A Pe-
HtIcsl party Is what its leaders, not its rank
and 6ie, make 1t Men SO on idolizing q
party name long after It has ceased to stand
Tor TIA things which once endsared it to
them. The party that has been beaten has
amply met the fate of all parties. The one
that has triumphed win go the game way,
doubtless.
"6teve Elkins, William Walter Phelps, Sc
cor Robson, Bill Chandler, Steve Dorsey,
Dick Harrington. T. O. Plat, A. B. Cornell,
Whitelaw Reid, John a. Logan, james q.
Blaine, Benjamin z. Butler aud Frank Hat
ton are not the men who made the Republic
can party great They are ths men who
wrecked II
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03

But to these, blessed, indeed, Is the change
Of passing suddenly from the Wild tossing of
the outer ocean to the wonderful calm of
this strange harbor, where the weary crew
may rest as securely as though within an
encompasslng reef Indeed, the stranger ap-
preaching this wall of breakers would nat
urslly assume 1t to be caused by dangerous
reef. and would, as matter of course, seek
safety by steering away from it.
We believe that no scientific examination
of this socAlled Oil Spot has yet been made.
Sailors who have here found refuge state
that the bottom is of a soft, soapy mud, into
which they can easily push pole to a con-
siderable depth-s mud which, when ap-
piled to deok-scrubbing is found to be ex-
ceedingly cleansing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
NOTES FROM AHA6'

TIE latest fashion among French erimi-
nails ;s TO garrote csbDen late at night Tor
the ssA OF their day. receipts.
THERE was q case IA the Bankruptcy Court
in London. few osys ago. ID which bank
ers clerk. with aSslsry OF ECO year, had
nm mn q bill Of f51 for flowers for his but
tonhole.
TIVE who'll of Siberia. with 100000 OF
population has only two newspapers and
b;.monthy OF geographical society. Ths
citv of asrkoG, with $4,000 inhabitants
and a university, has only two dsilies and
two nonthlies.
UspER the leadership of Victor Hugo. It
IL nfoposed to erect O monument in France
TO the memory Of Gustav Flaubert, but sew.
ersl weeks OF labor have secured only 5000
francs for the purpose. Thestrical aid will
probably be called in to add TO the fund
In Paris is being established fund to pro-
vide pensions for physicssns when they
reach the age Of sixty. By payingf's small
yearly subscription" physicians entitle
themselves to IAN allowance Of !, 200 francs
on reaching that age. The wives OF physi.
clans may also participate in the benefits of
the society.
FRoM the waters OF che Seine was recov'
cred, three weeks ago, the body Of man
dressed in woman's clothes. In pocket
was found note which read ~ follows; "hy
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03

GENTLEMEN do not in London think OF
getting new hat every gear. Every gentle
man must own high hat yet it is by 10
means necessary that il should be new or
stylish-in fact. to wear hat that had age
on it seemed to me with the Londoner to be
an evidence OF his well assured position as
substantial gentleman. larry" out for
half holiday might wear new and shiny
hat for which be paid bis nine shillings; but
my Lord Greystones would pass him on his
cab wearing an immensely tall aud i'm
mensely heavy mss that might be several
years old and good for the gentleman for
another term.-Londnu Correspondent ~
Boston Commercial Bulletin on Gan Ad-
mirable Custom
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
THE APPETIrEs OF SOME OF THE
GREAT"


II is quite an interesting study when one
has nothing better to do to observe the pecu-
lisrities of those whom the world calls
great" especially in the matter of eating
and appetite. A writer in the Washington
Republic, ii seems, has been hunting up
some data on this point, and
we win give to our readers
something OF his research. From q
reliable source it is discovered that Henry
Clay ate largely his fsvorite food being
broiled oysters and baked pumpkins, with
buttered watermelon for dessert. Calhoun
was gourmsnd, and his fsvorite dish was
an entire oppossum with baked sweet pota-
toes and raccoon gravy; that was his dinner.
His breakfast usually corncskes, chicken and
coffee. Benton always preceded his
meals with large drink of
whisky, and his supremest delicacy
was fried bacon and-molasses. President
Harrisons sudden death is attributed to
oyereating He had genuine hOosier taste,
his leading meal Of the day generally con-
sisting OF cabbage. picked pork, roast pork,
peas, cuCumbers, sweet potatoes and corn
OF a Baltimore paper, it was after one of
these dinners that Daniel Webster said TO
him: " Harrison. if these office-seekers
don't kill you such dinners will" And he
was about correct, for in few days Harri-
son was dead. Jefferson Davis is reputed
to have always been one of the smallest
eaters in the world. His breskfast consists
OF about half cup OF tea and slice Of
toast; o little soup and few mouthfuls OF
meat and glass of wine for dinner have
been his average for nearly fifty years, yet be
has always been in perfect, active health.
President johnson, who, by the way, was
not as heavy q drinker as is generally sup
posed, was in possession Of very healthy
appetite, and drank great deal OF water and
OF milk at meals. His manner at table was
very much below the proper style Of eti-
quette, and caused considerable comment.
General Grant is very fond OF q fine menu.
and always does justice to the occasion. He
does not drink any strong liquors at all now,
but during his administration whenever he
drank the liquor was brandy; he says he
never drank whisky. Conkling's greatest
weakness in the sustenance line is soft
boiled eggs, ana he is more interested in the
exact manner in which they are boiled aud
in their precise age than he would be in
political contest OF national moment.
When Garfield was President, Conk-
ling and Arthur roomed at the same
house, on Fourteenth street above G, and
took their meals at John Chamberlin's. The
young man who waited on their table said
that the only difficulty he had to overcome
was Senator Conkli1g's exceeding fsstidious-
oess about his eggs; he talked as if he wanted
the waiter to watch the hen lay the egg and
then softboil and serve it to him. Congress-
man Belford, of Colorado, was the most
enormous eater in the last House. he ate
four large meals and three fairly extensive
luncheons every day, and then always CON-
planned that he regretted the necessity of
limiting himself.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03
WHAT'S THIS2

After all the talk of outTages in the South
ern States and the bulldozing of Democrats
by Republican bummers and roughs in Della
ware and Montgomery Counties, Indiana,
We were hardly prepared to hear of similar
affairs in the very home Of the Puritan and
Pilgrim-the State Of 'the cradle OF liberty"
and the abiding place Of the very inner sane
tuary of free speech-Msssachusett the old
Bay State. Yet We find that the Republican
of Massachusetts, is cut from the same pat
tern as his Selma, Delaware County, brother.
Tie Boston Post, of recent date, says that
disappointment over the election has re-
suited in numerous outrsges by the Repub-
licans, who, to vent their petty spite, have
not hesitated to destroy property and en-
danger life. An instance of this criminal
folly occurred few days ago at Andover,
Mass, where a stone was thrown through a
window in the residence of a gentleman,
because the portraits OF Cleveland
and Hendricks were there displayed.
Flags were stolen from his grounds,
and pistol shot fred into'the front door,
the only reason for the outrages being that
the gentleman lived in locality where radi-
cal Republicanisa only is tolerated. Such
high-handed proceedings are disgrace to
the country and should be stopped at all
hazards. Our over-virtuous Republican con-
temporaries who are vainly seeking for ne
gro ouirages in the South. would do well to
abandon their search until they have fully
succeeded in suppressing crimes taking place
in the North, and against citizens whose only
fault is having voted the Democratic ticket
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03

wurns a few days aother journalist,
brother Of the former and present publisher
of the San Francisco Chronicle. a lesding
paper of the city, has been murAerously as
saulted by the son OF an upstar' millionaire;
and the chances sre that thisscoundrel may
also escape adequate punishment Things
were better managed in tbs days OF she vigil
lantes; and it would prohably be better for the
peace OF the city and the safety OF its citizens
IL a few murdsrers coEid now be eKtermins-
ted by the summary process which served 50
well years ago.-Chcsgo Times.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-03

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the lips OF the Monk, teaches OF use and
abuse, in beautiful language, using for his
illustration the different ills aud virtues
contained in simple flower. The great
merit and virtue of Ponds Extract, besides
forms of determinations and hemorrhages, is
that taken internally or used externally it is
a perfectly harmless, vegetable preparation,
Strengthening and inYlgoratiog the system,
while other preparations than the genuine
are unsafe to use with our directions.