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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-10
Throwing Dead Cats at Arthur.

"Gath's'' Washington Letter.
Talking at Chamberlain's, yesterday, with a
group, one said: ''When Arthur was running
for Vice-president l was at Browns chop-house,
in New York, near 2 o'clock in the morning, and
pretty full, too, and making a noise. A friend
poked his head down stairs and said. is that
you; why, come up here and join u.s. I went
up there" said he, land there sat Arthur,
with Wheeler, French, ETC., around him. 1t was
about 2 o'clock. There we sat plump till day
light, drinking and making things lively. 1
never sat up so late in my life" said the mar
rator. Time passed along, and the Vice-presi-
dent on one occasion came to my room, and there
we had a seauce again till about 4 o'clock i'll the
morning
Hearing this, a by-stander remarked: "Why,
Lord bless you, l had to stop going to the White
House because my wife read the riot act to me.
She said every time / went up there l had to go
to bed for a week. How the retiring chief pos
sesses any physical system at all amazes me-"
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A Chautauaua Art Departments.

New YORK Letter IN Philadelphia Record.
When | first heard of ChautauquaI was rather
inclined to smile at a scheme that attempted so
much; but as | have seen the thing grow, and
have seen the benefits that have resulted from it,
L have taken a great interest in its growth, par
tlcularly since | have met DR.. Vincent, and heard
him talk upon the subject. AT first l thought
that the scheme was a narrow one-that is, mar
row in its intellectual ideas; but that is not DIR.
Vincents plan. He wants to make it as thor
ough and as far-reaching as possible. He hopes
In the course of a very few years to have organ
lied a Peoples University, which will give every
facility that can be had outside of actual contact
with teachers and professors. | wrote you some
time ago, | think, of an agricultural branch, to
be called the Chautauqua Town and Coun-
try Club, that had been added to Chautau-
qua; and now l have to record still
another branch that promises to be the
most successful, after the G. L. S. G.. Thisis the
Chautauqua Society of Fine Arts, by which it is
proposed to teach drawing and painting and
everything of a fine art nature by correspond
ence. What pleaSeS me most about this scheme
is that it has been laid out in the right way and
that all the names connected with it stand high
in art circles. Mr.. Frank Fowler has been APP
pointed director of the Chautauqua Society of
Fine Arts, with Mr.. Thomas Moran, r. Swayne
Clifford and Will h. Low as an advisory board.
The membership fee, which entities members to
all the privileges of the school, is fifty cents a
year. and all applications must be made to Miss
*. +. Kimball, of Plainfeld, n. J., the heat
quarters OF tH6 NnauldUQue circles. MI. fOWlef,
the art director, is in New York, where drawings
and paintings will be sent to him for criticism, and
be returned to the students. AT the end of
a two years course diplomas will be
given to all graduates and prizes awarded for
the best work in each of the classes. Mechan-
ical drawing will be a specially of this school,
for the director beliveS there is no class of the
community to whom drawing is of more inn
portance than to the artisan. Glasses are now
being organized, and it is believed that instruc-
ton will begin in a very short time. Mr.. Fowler
has entered upon his duties with great enthusi-
assn, and the directors are fortunate in having
secured so clever and practical an artist. He is
a young maj and has studied ten years in Paris
at the Ecole DIES Beau Arts and in the studios
of Cabanal and Carolus Durant. Mr.. Fowler
married Miss Mary Odenheimer, daughter of
the late bishop of New Jerey, who is herself an
artist of ability, and who will be of great assist
ance to him in this new and absorbing work.
DR.. Vincent thinks that this is going to be the
most taking circle that has ever been added to
Chautauqua, and | think that he is quite right.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-10
Echoes from the Inauguration Ball.

joe Howard, in Philadelphia Press.
There were but two or three disturbances
during the entire evening. except such as were
born of the ridiculous obstinacy of the President,
who insisted upon standing in an end room, in
stead of taking his position in the central room,
as had been arranged by the committee, result
ing in most disastrous consequences to toes.
dresses, tempers and health. No words could
fully characterize the pig-headedness of the
President on that occasion. The committee had
arranged it all very ~nieely-that is, the two or
three men on the committee who did anything,
so that the crowd, being admitted at one door,
could pass through the three rooms, greeting the
new President as he stood in the middle, and,
then continuing, could find easy and comfortable
egress from the last and third room. l never
saw such a rumpus in my life as there was there
from about 10 until IL. Persisting in his de-
termination the President stood at the end of the
room into which everybody pushed. Men and
women pushed other men and women. Some
were thrown down and trod upon, trails We're
torn, and this vast influx of humanity absolutely
Rugged and embraced itself, simply because one
man preferred to take his own course rather
than follow an equitable and creditable pro-
gramue arranged by those whose duty to attend
to it it was.
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The British Flag Hauled Down.

LONDON, March 9.-Adviees from the west
coast of Africa state that the Germans have
hauled down the British flag and hoisted the Ger
man at Victoria, an English mission town stu
ated at the head of Ambas bay, adjoining the
Cameroons territory. The English consul pro-
tested against the action, but his opposition was
UNDECIDED.
Germany's course greatly excites the British
in the west coast settlements. Victoria former
ly belonged to the English Baptist Missionary
Society. The society purchased it from the ma
tives, but, desiring to be relieved of the task of
governing the place. handed the territory over
to England. Victoria was annexed to the British
empire in July, 1884.
The London newspapers regard the hauling
Town of the British flag by the Germans as due
to excess of zeal on the part of German officials.
1t is thought Germany will be unlikely to rscog-
1ize such a breach of public law.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
concluded from First Page.

waterfall. Mrs. Hoyt, whose husband is a
bank officer, stood next to her, wearing
a handsome velvet dress of drak smoke
color, with the front of the same shade bro
caded on white. Mrs. William Cleveland, their
sister-in-law, wife of the Presidents ministerial
brother. was third in the line. wearing black
brocaded velvet, combined with silk, and carry
ing q handsome cluster of pink roses. She is a
dark brunette. Mrs. Bacon, wife of a Toledo
architect, is the sister who most resembles
President Cleveland She sat on one of the sofas
with her back to the receiving line, at times re-
lieving her position by standing, am conversed
easily with such of the callers as were presented
to her, or made themselves known. She wore a
rich black silk with demi-train, the trout draped
with black Spanish lace. She has a matronly
figure, while the other three are very slight.
Miss Cleveland, the tallest of them all, is rather
above medium height, and all have kind and
thoughtful faces.
They studied the crowd with as much interest
as the crowd studied them. Miss Cleveland had
bright and pleasant things to say long after she
began to look physically weary with the unwon
ed handshaking.
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foliaged, and of good shape. 1t
is also very hardy. The top must be kept cut


foliaged, and of good shape. 1t
is also very hardy. The top must be kept cut
back, else it will become so heavy that the tree
will be broken in a storm. Walnut makes a
slow growing. / have a grove of walnut and
maple planted alternately. When the walnut
get of a good size | will cut out the maple. Ash
and birch are fairly good door-yard trees, and
will give satisfaction when interspersed with
others.
Time is gained by transplanting the trees
when not more than two years old, and gener-
ally one year of age is better than two. Wal
nut and hickory are difficult to transplant sue
cessfully, and the better plan is to plant the seed
where the tree is to stand. OF all trees cotton
wood is the most easily transplanted, and while
not the best it is farther from being the worst
shade tree of the dooryard. No matter what the
planted; after that interfere but little with the
work of nature, unless the top becomes so heavy
as to endanger the tree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-10
PETERS PENCE.
An Institution as Old as the Roman Church
Itself.
Rome Letter in Boston Herald.

Itself.
Rome Letter in Boston Herald.
Peters pence is an institution as old as Catho-
licity itself. Away back yonder, when the
church was forced to hide in the catacombs, the
faithful gave freely for the support of their first
shepherds. In 1860, when the church was de-
prived of a large portion of the territory that
the emperors had given the Holy See, the Pope
was obliged to make an appeal to the faithful,
and since then every true Catholic has imposed
on himself the voluntary tribute which is known
as Peters pence. In 1870 the "spoliation" was
completed, and Plus TX, deprived of all terri
tor1aI dominion, was obliged to make a choice
between accepting the indemnity offered by the
Italian government and contenting himself with
the proceeds of this voluntary tax. He elected
in favor of the latter plan, and the
Catholic world showed that his confidence
was not misplaced. The product of
Peters pence during the remainder
ofsthe pontiicate Of Plus TX, averaged 81, 400, 900
annually. This was divided into two parts; one
was devoted to the current expenses of the Holy
See, the other was set aside for the reserved
fund, started in 1860, and intended to meet any
emergency which might arise. At the death of
Plus TX, this fund amounted to q total of $12,-
900. coo. The expenses of the Holy See are about
81, 200, 900 a year. of which 500, 600 is expended
for the personal service OF the Pope. His court
is not an expensive one; the Palatine Guards,
recruited among the Roman bourgeoisie, receive
no pay; the members of the Noble Guard there
are fifty OF them receive $23 a month apiece;
the ninety-eight Swiss Guards and the fifty gem
darmes that complete the the military force of
the Vatican are paid $40 a month and feed them
selves; the numerous chamberlaiLs, bussojanti
and gestiaru of Leo XIII are very moderately
paid. The revenue of the reserve fund serves
to meet abont half of the total expenses of the
Holy See, and it has to depend upon Peters
pence for the rest. Thus far this voluntary tax
has suficed to do this, but there is no longer any
surplus to set aside for a rainy day.
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Chairman Barnum Dissatisfied.

Washington Special.
1t has become known since the appointment of
the new Cabinet that ex-senator Barnum, chair
man of the Democratic national committee, was
opposed to the selection of any person in New
England to go into the Cabinet, and that he
worked hard up to the very last minute to pre-
vent the nomination of Mr.. Endicott. as Secre-
tary of War. His course in this matter is
explained as being prompted by a desire to
largely control all the patronage Of New Eng
land, which he could not expect to do with a
Cabinet member from one of these States. Mr..
Barnum has set out to have himsel elected to
the Senate two years hence as successor to Gen
eral Hawley, and in the meantime it would add
materially to his power could he be the dispenser
Of Offices for all Of New England. He is not
favorably impressed with the nomination of Mr..
Endicott, and regards it as a mistake, as he is
not the representative of the Massachusetts,
Democracy nor the Republican '~'mugwumps.'
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establishment of q permanent line. The
railway would be of enormous advant-
age in the operation of the troops.
The Government was making arrangements for
short lines of railway and a tramway, in order to
avoid the Nile cataracts; also, for light
draugat steamers. The cost Of these
to 81.
On a motion for a credit of f9e42. 900 for mill
tary expenses, Mr.. Pease Uiberai) moved a re-
duction of f100, 600 in the cost Of the Suakim
railway.
Northcote thought the railway was the keynote
to the policy of the government, to establish
orderly government in the Soudon. The Con
servatives, therefore, wished to help the govern
ment in the objects it had in view.
Pease's motion was rejected-173 to sc. The
minority consisted Of all the Parnellites, one
Conservative and the remainder Liberals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-10
T%ELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

James Crawford, superintendent of the Carson
City mint, died at Oakland, Cal, yesterday.
The Governor of Dakota has vetoed the capitol
removal bill, which defeats the scheme, as q con-
stitutional majority cannot be had TO pass the
bill over the veto.
Four negroes we're drowned at Minocks Land
ing, in Red River parish, Louisiana, on Satur-
day. while attempting to cross the river in an
overloaded skiff.
The Valley Glass Company, of Massilion, O.,
made an assignment yesterday to II. w. Nc
Coughley, attorney for the company. Liabilities,
about $50, 900: assets, $l4, 900.
Thomas Killian shot and killed James Bridges,
quiet farmer, on a public highway near Lutes.
vile, No., Saturday afternoon. No cause is as
signed. Aposse is after Killian.
The county officers of Habersham county,
Georgia, have been indicted for completely in the
burglary of a safe. Ben Martin c~onfesses to tn.
burglary, and duplicates the officers.
General L. Fl. Foote, United States Minister
to Co-ea, was among the passengers of the
steamer City of New York, which arrived Il at San
Francisco yesterday from Yokohama.
While Joseph Bohlman was attending to some
repairs on the roof of the Gibson House. at Gin
cinnati, last evening, he caught hold of the cleo
trio light wire, and was instantly killed by the
shock.
Russian Hollander, of Grand Rapids. Mich,
was suilocated yesterday morning at the Grand
naPAUs heneer Sohpdny 5 iactocy. he entered
the steam box, where the temperature was 2OOo.
and was literally steamed to death.
Three colored children were burned to death
N Saturday, near Durant, Miss. Their parents
ocked them in the house while they attended a
og-rolling. Two white boys were badly burned
"a trying to release the burning children.
Anna McCrae, of Detroit, was removing ashes
from a kitchen range, late last night. when her
aress caught fire and was burned entirely of.
her flesh was terribly burned; the doctors pro-
nounee recovery impossible, but say she may
live through the day.
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The Arizona ~Road-Runner
Arizona Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean.
uka bird In which I mnn nanA A.A

Arizona Correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean.
The bird in which I was most interested is
known as the Arizona road runner. 1t has a
body perhaps twelve inches long and a tail
about the same length, and runs like a race.
horse. Before knowing its habits, / tried to
shoot one. but a knowledge of it's usefulness,
gives me a profound admiration for the road
runner. 1t is the determined enemy Of the rat
tlesnake. Upon finding mis- snakeship it gathers
IN its beak a cactus leaf loaded with thorn,
which weighs about a pound. and lowering over
the reptile drops it upon him. This makes the
snake coil for fight, when the bird returns with
another and another, until the mad serpent
either is killed by his bed of thorns or dies by
his own poison. The bird then proceeds to make
q square meal.
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General and Personal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Martha Jiles has
been commissioned postmaster at Glenwood,
Ind.
The time schedule on the star mail route
from Winarnac to Mooresburg has been ordred
changed as follows: Leave Winamac on Tues
rive at Mooresburg by 5:45 p. NJ; leave Moores-
burg Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
1:3O P. NJ; arrive at Winamac by $3.50 P. NJ.
General Browne will leave here for his home at
Winchester the last of this week.
S. p. Brundage, of Muncie, is here.
Cards have been issued by General John w.
and Mrs. Foster for a reception and tea on
Thursday afternoon, in honor of Sonora Maris-
col, wife Of the Secretary Of State of Mexico,
who is now a guest of Mrs. Foster, while en- route
from London to Mexico.
David Marks, of Wabash, is at the Riggs.
ii. NJ. Ely, q railroad man of Lima, O., is
here.
Colonel Lamont intends to do away with the
present system of keeping a full and elaborate
record of all business brought to the attention of
the President, and to confine the record tosuch
matters only as requires his individual action.
All other documents will be referred to the de-
%partment to which they relate, and a simple
record be kept Of their reference.
The number of applications for postmaster
ships received to-day at the Postofice Depart
ment has never been equaled in any previous
day, and the First-assistant Postmaster general
found it necessary to detail a special force of
employees to file them.
First assistant Postmaster general Crosby has
resigned, and his resignation has been accepted.
General Durbin Ward, it is learned, was orig
inally an applicant for Commissioner of Pensions.
He is now willing to become one of the Assistant
Attorneys general attached to the Department of
Justice.
Secretary Lamar has retained E.. p. Hanna as
his private secretary. MIR. Hanna has occupied
this position under four successive secretaries.
Colonel Nelson III. Davis, now stationed at
Chicago, who is nexti in rank to Gen. Sackett.
will succeed the lattsr, and on assuming the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-10
Tree Planting.
Chicago Tribune.

To a large, sioping yard there is no tree so we'll
suited as q large elm. Its smooth bole, measur-
ing thirty feet to the first limb, and graceful
spreading top, give a large, elose-turfed yard a
beauty that nothing else can. But it will not do
to leave the yard bare till the elm grows to a
majestic size. In the interim we must make use
of some fast-growing tree. The 4softn maple
grows fast, makes a good shade, is beautiful,
and does well in the dooryard; the only OBJ
lection to it is that frequently it is.infested with
large worms that feed upon its foliage. The
hard maple is a very desirable tree, but grows
slowly. The hickory rarely does well in the door
yard, and can hardly be considered beautiful.
Lomhardy poplars are admissible only along
s elder a very satisfactory door door-ya ard t Dee
being fast-growing. spreading-topped, close
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-10
A Dainty B~ed-Spread.
Ladies' Magazine.

LdUIC5 MHgdLIHU.
A favorite bed-spread just now is the work of
patient fingers, and really looks very pretty.
Small pieces of white muslin are cut in circles
of about four inches in diameter, and the edges
of the circles are then gathered-a tiny turning
in being made-and drawn together. When a
sufficient number are made, join them together
SO that a diamond shaped opening will appear
between every group of four. Each circle along
the margin OF the spread generally has a tassel
of white cord upon it, though the upper and
lower ends need not be trimmed if they are to
be tucked in. Pale blue or pink cambric is
usually put underneath a spread Of this kind,
and ~pillow-shams are made to match. Such
spreads are said to keep clean for a long time.
and, after being washed, should be Strengthened
by hand, not ironed.
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Programme of the Visit of the Prince of
Wales to Ireland.

Programme of the Visit of the Prince of
Wales to Ireland.
LONDON, March, 9.-The programme of the
visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ire
land is published. They will reach Dublin ON
April s; a levee, ball and banquet will take place
III Dublin; they then go to Connamore, as guests
of Earl Listowel, remaining until the 10Th. mean
time visiting Cork, Curraghmore and Killarney.
they will attend the Punchestown races.
Belfast, Londonderry and Barran's Court
viii then be visited, and on tie 25th
they will cross from Belfast to Scotland by the
Stranerarena route. The Freemasons will ar
range grand lodges in the Princes honor. 1t
is proposed to open a subscription throughout
Ireland to meet the expenses of a fitting recep-
ton. Everything indicates that the reception
will be a great success.
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A Pair of Wet Blankets.
Washington Special.

Washington Special.
One pretty broad hint that the President
dropped has reached the outside world. and has
added volumes to the general undertone of dis
sent that is heard wherever Democrats meet.
The remark is reported to have been made to an
Alabama delegation that handed to Mr.. Cleve-
land a list of names they had selected for the
Offices in that State. II trust, gentlemen, you
have not forgotten that there is a tenure-of
Office act, said the President significantly, as
he laid the document on the table.
President Cleveland is reported to have as
tonished a congressional delegation, who had
called to urge the appointment of a prominent
Democrat to an important position in one OF the
the departments, by cutting short their appeal
by the remark: why, I was not aware that
there was a vacancy In that position" The
delegation was aware that there was not a va
cancy. and was overwhelmed by the objection
raised.