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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23

Over 10000 Northern soldiers died in prison,
in captivity. If we reckon all VINO persisted by
violence and by sickness on both sides, nearly a
million died in the War of Emancipation.
The number must be largely swelled If we add
all who died at home. Of sickness and wounds
received in the campaign.
The Secretary of War. in his report dated
Nov. Y 1862 makes the following remarks.
which show more than anything else. the spirit
animating the people of the loyal States: ION
several occasions. when troops were promptly
needed to avert impending disaster, vigorous ex-
ertion brought them into the field from remote
States with incredible speed. Official reports
show that after the disasters on the Peninsula
in 1862, over so 900 troops were enlisted, organ
ized armed. equipped and sent into the field in
less than month. Sixty thousand troops have
repeatedly gone to the field within four weeks
Ninety thousand infantry we're sent to the
armies from the five States of Ohio Indiana
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, within twenty
days. When Lees army surrendered, thousands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23
JOHN CHATHAM'S LAST DRAM.
After Drinking Pint of Whisky an old ''Ex-
ample" Drops Dead.

ample" Drops Dead.
Williamsport (Pa-J Special.
John Chatham, of Pine Station, has been
known as a heavy drinker, and has been held
up to youths as an example of what degradation
will follow the use of intoxicating liquors. 1t
was made known this morning that John died
yesterday after drinking a pint of whisky.
Chatham had been on a protracted spree. All
his money was gone. He was thirsting for a
drink, and he walked to the hotel bar and asked
for glass of liquor. The bartender said:
IF you drink pint Of whisky you can have it
for nothing"
This liberality astonished Chatham. Recov-
ering himself he said in an excited manner,
Give me and Ill drink it.'
The bartender poured out pint of whisky Fin
large glass. Chatham grasped the glass, raised
it to his lips and never lowered it until the last
drop gurgled down his throat. Smackiug his
lips he laid the glass on the bar rubbing his
hands in ecstacy.
He exclaimed as he tottered toward the door,
THAT has made new man of me-"
He fell TO the floor unconscious. The bar
tenders picked him up. Chatham was dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23

ignorance of practical business, that the whole
Nation condoned his folly, and believed in his
intentional honesty. But the iron had entered
his SOUL That which all the hardships of war,
and the wearing anxietes OF public adminstra-
ton could not do. the shame and bitterness Of
this great bankruptcy achieved.
The resisting forces of his body gave way A
disease in ambush sprang forth and carried him
captive. Patiently he sat in the region and
shadow of death A mild heroism of gentleness
and patience lowered about him. The iron will
that had upheld him in ali the vicissitudes of
war still in gracious guise sustained his inGer-
ing hours.
His household love. never furnished, never
abated, now reused him TO one last heroic
achievement-to provide for the future of his
family. No longer were there golden hopes for
himself. The vision of wealth had vanished
But love took its place, and under weakness,
pain and anguish he wrought out history of his
remarkable career A kindly hand administered
the trust 1t has amply secured his loved house
hold from want.
When the last lines were written. he lay back
upon his couch and breathed back his great soul
to God. whom he had worshiped unostentatlously
after the manner of his fathers
A man he was without vices, with an absolute
hatred of lies. and an neradicable love of truth.
of perfect loyalty to friendship. neither envi-
Gus of others nor selfish for himself. With a
zeal for the public good unfeigned, he has left to
memory only such weaknesses as connect him
him among heroes
The tidings of his death. long expected, gave a
shock to the whole world. Governments. rulers,
eminent statesmen and scholars from all civil
lied nations gave sincere tokens of sympathy.
For the hour, sympathy rolled as wave over
all our own land. 1t closed the last furrow of
war; it extinguished the last prejudice it effaced
the last vestige of hatred, and cursed be the
hand that shall bring them back!
Johnston and Buckner on one side, Sherman
and Sheridan upOu the other of his bier he has
come to his tomb silent symbol that liberty
had conquered slavery, patriotism rebellion. and
peace war;
He rests in peace No drum or cannon shall
disturb his rest.
Sleep, hero, until another trumpet shall shake
the heavens and the earth Then come forth to
glory in immortality.
THE American Song" written by Rev. M. j.
Savage and set to music by Signor Vincent
Cizcilo, was the final number on the programme,
and the benediction concluded the exercises.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23

COLDS are flying about in the air thicker than
flakes in snow storm. Everybody is catching
them; but everybody knows, ought to
know, how to get rid of them. A
few doses of Hale's Honey of Hore-
hound and Tar and presto! they are gone. Why
continue to cough. with positive cure at hand.
Sold by all druggists.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-23
How a Diamond Was Lost and Recovered

P1rTsBURG Oct 22-Miss Laura Boyd, of No.
80 Second avenue owns a diamond ring valued
at about $500. While eating an oyster stew the
stone dropped out of the setting and into the
soup. She swallowed the contents of the dish
hurriedly and did not notice the loss of the dla-
mond until she felt it passing down her throat.
Miss Boyd was alarmed, and medical aid was
summoned The physician administered an
emetic and the stone was recovered.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Something About Coffee.

The other day l heard a friend dis.
courslng learnedly upon coffee, and I
took few mental notes of what he said.
Abyssinia, according to this authority.
is Inc nome OF the coffee plant and the
pace Wnefe the use of the coffee bean
was tlrst tested. The early history OF
the. discovery OF the valuable properties
OF the plant and the Introduction of the
beverage to Europe is lost, however, in
the m.sts OF ages. 1t was not entrusted
either to Ceres or a Bao5hus to call
the attention of mankind to this gener-
GUS gift OF Dame Nature, but rather.
according to an Arabian saving. to n
goat-herd whose focks having gazed
upon the leaves and berries of the coffee
plant, instead of sleeping at night. were
uncommonly risky. The unusual activ-
lty OF the animals after eating this sort
OF fodder was brought to the notice of
the monks, who were always ready to
investigate everything out of the com
mon, and they found by experience that
the effect of the coffee berries nnon
themselves was precisely the same as
that produced upon the goats. But the
legend Is silent altogether as to who dis
covered the advantage of roasting the
berries Detore converting them into the
beverage to the use of which we are all
more or less addicted. The Christians
OF Abyssinia give TO the prior of a Marc
mite monastery the credit of being the
hrst to prescribe coffee to his brethren.
In order that they should keep awake
nights and say the proper number of
prayers but the Mahommedans. on the
other hand. dispute the tradition and
declare that the honor of introducing
the delectable drink belongs to Mulla6
Ohedelly, devout dervish, who taught
its virtues to his colleagues,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Gypsy Peculiarities.

Few more fantastic scenes can be con.
ceived than a gypsy wedding. The
place usually chosen is sand pit. In
two long rows, fronting each other, the
attendants take their stand, leaving a
path in the middle, half way down
which broomstick is held up about
eighteen inches above the ground. The
bridegroom is called, walks down the
path, steps over the broomstick, and
awaits the maiden's arrival. She, too,
is called, walks down between the two
rows of gypsies, lightly jumps over the
stick, and is then received into the arms
of her husband. few days of feasting
follow, and then the wild wandering life
is resumed. Children grow up in the
tent or van, and as the wants become
greater, the gypsy matron adds another
to her resources fer making livelihood.
The fortunes she predicts to the farm
er's blooming daughter bring many a
meal to her hungry family, and the ele-
giant lady who allows her steaithily to
enter her rich home rewards her with
money or cast off clothes when from
the lines of her hands she has been fore
told future full of splendor. Old age
comes slowly to the gypsy race; weak
ness, pain and sufferings are strangers
among them, and the physicians craft
is despised as are all the other institu-
tons of the Gorios. But when death
at length enters the gypsy's tent he is
borne uncofined to his last resting
place, deep in the forest or on the lonely
heath; alfd as often as their wallderings
bring the gypsies to the place where
one of ''our people" is laid to rest they
stop and pay a short tribute to the
memory of him who sleeps beneath the
moss or heather.-PaU Mall Gazette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
The Galley Slaves.

The gang of galley slaves was seated
in close order on benches covered with
coarse sacking rudely stuffed, over
which were thrown bullocks' hides.
Five or six of them occupied bench 10
or II feet long. To foot-board be-
meath each man was attached a chain
ending in an iron band, riveted round
one of his ankles. The benches were
so close together that as Ole row of
them pushed forward their oar, the
arms and oar of the row behind were
projected over their Bonded backs.
The size and weight of the oar were
SO great that, except at the end
where it was tapered to managea-
BILE size, it was necessary to work it by
handles fixed to the side. The
slaves were overlooked by the boat
swain. His place was on the gangway,
close to the stern most oars, where he
was at all times within hearing of the
orders of the Captain. Along the gang
way, at regular intervals, his mate and
the driver were posted, SO that the con-
duct of each slave was under inspection.
The oars were put in motion or stopped
by the sound of silver whistle worn by
bHe DOdtSNhlls WIZ, Will Ills mates, was
armed with q heavy whip Of bulls
sinew to stimulate the exertions of the
slaves. When it was necessary
to continue the labor for many hours
without respite, they would administer,
in addition to the lash, morsels of bread
stepped in wine, which they put in the
mouths of the men as they rowed. If,
in spite of these precautions, a slave
sank from fatigue, he was whipped until
it was evident that no further work was
to be obtained from him, and then thrown
either into the hold, where among bilge
water and filth he had a chance of re-
covering his consciousness. or, if his
case appeared desperate, into the sea.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
An American Stage Beauty.

One of the stage beauties of American
production was Kate Girard. She had
two or three seasons of tolerable success.
Then she disappeared and was forgotten.
To-day l read her death notice i'll the
newspapers. The name under which
she died indicates marriage subsequent
to her retirement from footlight glare,
but the husband whom the public knew
about was George Fawcett Rowe. He
was old enough to have been her grand.
father, and had an ugliness of face that
ought to have excluded him from the
possibilities of sutton to a youthful and
lovely actress. Their union was entirely
lawful and regular, but it was for q
time a secret, and now recall an event
which, think, was the immediate cause
of the disclosure. Kate was employed
in a spectacular piece at Booths Thea
tire. Ono evening Rowe stood 81 the
rear Of the auditorium, intent1y watch:
ing her, and muttering angrily.
whats the matter, George % by,
stander asked.
Matter enough" he exclaimed.
Don't you see her standing there awk'
ward as a rustic? I've told her hun.
dred times to keep her heels together
when in that pose"
"Heigho, remarked the friend, "what
business is it of yours how she stands p
Il am her husband" was the impu!.
sive reply.
There were half a dozen listeners.
Kate was the admiration of the dudes Of
that period, and Rowes assertion spread
rapidly among them. Some believed il
and some didn't. By the next day tattle
was started. Then the marriage was
formally published. -Bufalo Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30

"Did you ever know how Booth
passed the pickets on the bridge of the
eastern branch of the Potomac that fatal
night ?" said an army officer to re-
porter. 81 will tell you as it was told
to me by the old sentinel who was that
night on duty there. A half hour before
the tinass.xsEs3 npon by Booth to meet
Harold, fst.s latter, who had lived in the
neighbofhood of the bridge all his life,
and who was across the river in the little
village of Uniontown then, crossed the
bridge to come over on the Washington
side. who goes there? said the sem
tinel on the bridge. "A friend, going
said the sentinel. He quickly rode up
Eleventh street to Pennsylvania avenue
and Eighth street, and there in the dark
ness waited until the laundering hoofs
of Booths horse were heard coming
down Pennsylvania avenue. The two
horsemen then started down Eighth
street toward the bridge on that ride for
their lives. which ended i'll CARROTS burn
ing barn in Virginia, hundred miles
away. Who goes there 2 rang out on
the air from the startled sentry as the
two horses came rushing toward the
bridge. Harold was ahead and cried
out, "A friend, with the doctor The
two men passed over the bridge, and it
was perhaps several hours after the
reveberations of the horses hoofs had
died away before the sentry knew who
the men in such a hurry really were,
and when he found it out he was nearly
scared 10 death for fear he had failed to
do his duty"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
The Time to Advertise.

Ny son, there is nothing on earth so
mysteriously funny as a newspaper ad-
vertisement. The prime, first, last and
all the time object of an advertisement
is to draw custom. 1t is not, was not,
and never will be designed for any other
human purpose. So the merchant waits
until the busy season comes and his
store is so full of custom that he can't
get his hat off, and then he rushes to
the newspapers and puts in his adver-
tisement. When the dull season gets
along, and there is no trade and he
his rent, he takes out his advertisement.
That is, some of them do, but occasion
ally level-headed merchant puts in a
bigger one and scoops in all the bust
ness while his neighbor is making mort
cages to pay the gas bill.
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying every thing in
the store if you plant a cannon behind
the door, and that's the time the adver-
tisement is sent out on it's holy mission.
ment, for a chalk sign on the sidewalk
could do all that is needed and have q
half holiday six days in the week; but
WIZ WALLIS W ldfOE du duN6I IlS6IQ6uG r
They are built to do hard work and
should be sent out in dull days when a
customer has to be knocked down with
facts and kicked insensible with bank
rupt reductions and dragged in with
irresistible slaughter of prices before he
will spend q cent.
That's the aim and end of an adver-
tisement, my son, and if you ever open a
store, don't try and get them to come
when they are already sticking out of
the windows, but give them your adver-
tisement right between the eyes in the
dull season, and you will get rich and
own fast horse, and perhaps be able
to smoke good cigar once or twice a
year. Write this down where you'll fall
over it every day. The time to draw
business is when you want business,
and not when you have more business
than you can attend to already
Bridgeport Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
A Remarkable Dog Story.

| A correspondent writes the following
remarkable dog story to the London
| Spectator:
One Sunday afternoon a group of
children were playing at the end of a
near Kingston, q. s. A. The proverb-
ial careless child of the party made
the proverbial backward step off from
the pier into the water. None of his
companions could save him, and their
cries had brought no one from the shore,
! when just as he was sinking for the
third time, superb Newfoundland dog
rushed down the pier into the water
and pulled the boy out Those of the
children who did not accompany the
boy home took the dog to a confec-
toners on the shore and fed him with
as great variety of cakes and other
| sweets as he would eat. So far the
story is, OF course, only typical of scores
OF well-known cases. The individuality
of this case is left for the sequel.
The next afternoon the same group of
children were playing at the same place,
when the canine hero of the day before
came trotting down to them with the
most friendly wags and mods. There
being no occasion this time for supply
ing him with delicacies, the children
only strOked and patted him. The dog,
however, had not come out of pure So
ciability. A child in the water and
cakes and candy stood to him in the
close and obvious relation of cause
and effect, and if this relation was not
clear to the children, he resolved to i'm
pressit upon them. Watching his chance,
he crept up behind the child who was
standing nearest to the edge of the pier,
gave a sudden push, which sent him in
to the water, then sprang in after him,
and gravely brought him ashore.
To those of us who have had high re-
spect for the disinterestedness of dogs,
this story may give a melancholy proof
that the development of the intelligence
at the expense of the moral nature, is
by no means exclusively human.
In the latter part of March every year
young man living in Liberty, Sullivan
county, N. Y, sheds his finger and toe
nails. Ever since he was three years
old his nails have been replaced by new
ones. The old ones are gradually
pushed and crowded up from the flesh
for six weeks, when they fall off and
delicate new ones remain in their place.
The change is accompanied by no pain,
but it never fails to come regularly
every year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
TRUE ECONOMY,

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in life But it is no ecSromy TO buy 'shoddy artt-
cIes. bad Flour bad Butter aud bad Food OF any
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f1oTYss1,d times worse is ''shoddy meAeine thas
pretends 10 ente, but makes the patient worse.
rE-As the best food is the cheapest because Il IL
nutritious and STRENGTHENING to the whole system,
in small quantities, so IL pure Mion
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ways keep in mind these Ten Solid RAGS
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
Pleasing the Children.

When she visited Victoria. British
Columbia, few years ago, the Princess
Louise was in the habit of taking every
morning, simply attired, a walk through
the city. Often she entered the stores
and made purchases without being rec.
ognized. One morning, it is said. as she
was passing little toy shop she saw two
poorly-clad urchins gazing longingly mt
the allurements in the show window.
She stopped and inquired what thew
particularly wished, adding that if they
would tell her she would buy it. Two
cheap and gaudy dolls had attracted
the children's attention, and the Princess
stepped inside the shop to make the
purchase. The amount was 25 cents:
but the Princess had left her purse at
home, and the little children's faces be-
gan to fall as they saw their prospect
growing fainter. Annoyed at the over
sight, she turned to the shopman and
asked him if he would trust her for
little while. The old shopkeeper. all
unaware of the identity of his customer,
scanned her carefully and finally re-
marked: "Well, yes. You have an
honest face, and guess it is safe
enough"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-30
The Deadly Foes OF the Salmon.

The San Francisco Bulletin SAYS
Stephen Ellis, who made the first fly
that caught a salmon in California, and
who has, probably as neutrality-suspicious.
| in salmon fishing as any other man Oh
the coast, is able to give some facts with
relation to the destruction of fish which
confirm opinions that have for @ long
time been held by the Fish Commits
sioners. The source of greatest de-
Struction is in his opinion the seals. In
the Columbia River, where he has
tshed for many years, he has often had
the entire catch of net destroyed. He
has seen seals pursuing fish, driving
them from one end of the net to the
other, and biting pieces from their
bodies. 1t is seldom that they take
more than one bite, and that is usually
from the neck, and the wound is of so
serious a character that death generally
ensues. As seal will eat at least 30
pounds of flesh a day, the number of
fish destroyed to procure this amount
will be very large. But even when a
seal has appeased his hunger he still
continues to inf1ict fatal wounds on the
salmon in simple sport. Mr.. Ellis has
| seen seals bite pieces from salmon and
| then throw them from their mouths,
having already eaten enough. In his
opinion seals destroy at least one-third
OF the salmon that seek entrance to the
river through the Golden Gate. An
other source of destruction exists in the
fine nets set along the banks of the
river, in which the salmon fry, from
to inches long, are caught as they
come down from the spawning grounds.
Millions are yearly caught by China
men and Portuguese and dried for export.
They never came to this market and
are not only virtually lost, but their
destruction constantly diminishes the
number of fish by which our waters
must be stocked These two causes
alone are sufficient to account for the
constantly diminishing number of
salmon in the Sacramento and Co,um-
bia rivers.