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A FASHIONABLE SCANDAL.

A Wealthy and Distinguished Man and HiA
Frivolous Young Wife.
srecial to the Indianapolis journal
New YORK, Dec. 26. -The holiday scandal In
fashionable society Is new and novel. The af-
fected persons are a wealthy and somewhat dis.
tinguished husband, his handsome aud rather
frivolous young wife. and a gay bachelor who
was her sutton before her marriage. The welded
pair belong to q family who a box in the
Metr opolitan Opera house, and who are highly
conspicuous in social ways. The architectural
u~gliness so frequently mentioned as to this enor-
nous theater. arises chiefly from the restriction
imperatively placed on the designer, that there
should be no difference in the construction of the
two hundred boxes for stockholders. This caused
a sameness that is dreary to the eye, no matter
how we'll it serves as an insurance against envy
and coveteousness. But one Of the luxurious
features Of these uniform places has proved
dangerous in a manner that might have
been anticipated. Back of each box in
q small room, sacred to the uses of the owner--a
snug little parlor, in which to receive the visits
OF friends, 10 arrange toilets and to parsake Of
refreshments. The other night, during a per-
formance OF "Ihe Queen Of Sheba,n the men.
toned husband went out, leaving his wife in
their box. On his return, sooner than she OK
pected, he found her in the private apartments in
the hug OF a mutual acquaintance. IL Is said
that the cooling couple had supposed that the
door was locked. according to q common practice
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MINOR MENTION.
''cram."

THE New York Commercial Advertiser is filled
with wonder at the surprising number and &C.
tivity of wild animals this season in regions
where they are not commonly seen-beasts of
prey roaming, according to the accounts which
the Advertiser finds in Western papers, almost
into the centers of civilization. If the too con-
fding and truthful contemporary will lend its
ear for a moment we will. in strict confidence,
impart the information that not all the fierce
procession which exhibits itself in the papers is
real. The only wolves about Chicago are within
the city limits, and the bears and mountain
lions which have been described as devastating
the suburbs of st. Louis have been seen only
by those artists who evolve the summer snake
story. The ''boys" must have something to
write about in dull seasons.
THE Christmas holiday brought the usual
number of tragedies, murders, assaults and
kindred crimes, the product of intoxicating drink.
Nearly every one of them, and they are fear
fully many, can DO laid directly at the
door of the liquor traffic. illegally
carried on that the dealer may profit a few dol
lars. But while this is so, the public is bur-
dened with a heavy expense and the victims of
violence suffer in body and mind beyond compu-
tation. 1t will not always be that the people
will submit to these things.
A%cURREST paragraph says: 'Dr. Elliot Coues,
the eminent ornithologist of Washington, and
firm foe of the sparrow everywhere, asserts that,
after scientific study of the subject, he has dis
covered the actual existence of the soul, which
heretofore he has doubted" Whether the Doctor
made this interesting discovery while investigat-
ing the English sparrow is not known; but it is
barely possible that these irresistible little pests
are the spirits Of unjust men come back to tor
ment us.
A NEW magazine entitled The Hog is issued.
1t is a mistake to imagine that it is published for
the benefit Of the man who occupies an entire
seat in the car, or for the ladies who refuse to
keep to the right on a muddy crossing. In short,
it is for hog raisers.
THE New York Independent tells an inauiring
clergyman. who has turned author, that its
rates for q column editorial notice In favor of
his book will be q million dollars o line. Pa
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The Jugwump.
The Voice, Prohibitionist.

~" FocVi
A mugwump is a man who leaves one party
for another without having been convinced that
the second party is right. or without any fixed
intention OF remaining in 1T. Now, a jugwump
ia a man who has turned Prohibitionist against
the saloon to keep the poor white man and the
negro from drink; but he supplies himself from
the adjoining county or State with an abundance
of liqnor. He keeps it by the jug, keg or barrel
La his homo.
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The KiSsing-Bough.

The Though.
The mistletoe! 1t hangs just Ger
A shining head. A face aglow
Beams sweetly forth. l ask no moro
swoon in bliss, and only know
I'm madly glad, 1 love her so!
And she has ne'er been kissed before!
And heaven has kept her pure as snow!
Her six-foot pa stands in the door!
And though 1 had not thought to go,
/ start at once, and fly before
The missile toe!
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MAUD s.

Ob LIN
MAUD s.
70 the Editor of the Indianapolis Jou rnal:
By whom was Maud S. owned when she tried
to lower her record at Cleveland, o. A. ".
TOWNSVILLE, Ind.
By Vanderbilt.
JOHN SHERMAN.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
If Cleveland was to die. would John Sherman
become President of the United States2
LOUISVILLE, Ind. SUBSCRIBER.
He would, under the present law.
HE DENIES 1T.
To the Editor of tho indianapolis Jou rnal:
Did Governor-elect Fi,zhugh Lee, of Virginia,
make q canvass of his State just before the No.
vember election wearing a rebel uniform?
KIRKsvILLE, Mo. U. L. W.
He denies it.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
Is Madge a proper diminutive of Margaret9
CLAYTON, Ind. NJ.
1t may be used, but is not properly a dimi-
nutive of that name. Mag, Maggie, Meg and
Madge are merely forms of the German word
"Madg," a maid.
TO SETTLE A DISPUTE.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Is the account of the woman taken in adultery
in the revised edition of the New Testament or
mott INQUIRER.
CITY.
According to Dean Afford, the account Of the
woman taken in adultery John viii, BID is not
to be found in the earliest copies of Johns Cos
pei. 1t is printed within brackets in the revised
edition, for some reason.
THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAILoRs.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Whence comes the phrase 'the devil among
the tailorsF COMMA.
KOKOMO.
The phrase arose in connection with a riot at
the Haymarket Theater, London, when Dowton
announced the performance for his benefit, of a
burlesque, entitled "The Tailors; a Tragedy for
Warm Weather" At night several thousand
journeymen tailors congregated, and by riotous
proceedings interrupted the performance.
sEMIsAxoN.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
To what period id the English language is the
term ''Semi-Saxon applied? J. E. Q.
CITY.
The term was applied to the language as spok-
en- from the middle of the twelfth to the middle
of the thirteenth century. From that period to
the death of Edward III. in 1877. the term
''Old English" is applied. From thence to the
death of Queen Elizabeth, in 1903, it is called
middle English" and from that date to the
present, Modern English" The Normans did
not succeed in introducing a single pronoun into
the language-a singular fact.
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blind lover is brought into court. The girls
letters, read as evidence, are full of love and
devotion. The news Of the day betrays the
fact that many a maiden does not mean what
she says, spoken in kindness or criticism. So
much for a small portion of the current news
of but one day.
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A Matter of Charity.
New York World.

New fUrk World.
President Porter. of Yale. is now gravely con-
the revised edition of Webster, and considering
that the poor mugwump is in doubt whore TO go
and to whom or to what no belongs, IL would be
charity to give him q place in the dictionary.
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QUERIES AND ANSWERS.

[An proper questions of general interest will be adj
the answers cannot be given the questions will be
printed to invite replies from the outside. The col
unn is for the mutual pleasure and profit of our
readers.
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HANDMADE POETRY.
The Fly i'm the Ointment.

The Fly i'm the Ointment.
They've got the smallpox at Toronto
And all can have it who want to;
But when a mars dead
1t often is said
That a fellow can't tell where he's gone to.
Montreal doesn't rhyme so well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

The word quaint has been applied to Sam
Jones's utterances. No man can survive this
and retain his natural abilities. Jones's failure
to convert st. Louis is accounted for.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

SEVERAL exchanges contain the announcement
that "Wiman's metropolitan Club" is to be ad-
mitted into the American Association. We do
not approve of this way of spelling women"
but are glad to see the sex recognized in every
field Of labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

THE Chicago News, ~envious of S. Romeo Reed.
hurls a fve-column paragraph at the defenseless
people. Eugene Field can DO some things as
well as others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

AMONG the most realistic illustrated syndicate
stories now in the daily press is 1.-The Seawall
Spectre" The first illustration represents a
wildly infatuated young man madly making love
to the statue Liberty Enlightening the World. y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-27

The pathetic privilege of praying for the en-
tombed miners at Nanticoke is about all that is
left to humanity. Mans helplessness is signally
illustrated in this calamity. Prayers were
offered in all the churches in the Wyoming val
ley on Christmas day.
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Telephone Calls.
Business Office 49,. 23S Editorial Rooms ......242

The Sunday Journal has the largest and
best circulation Of any Sunday paper in In
diana. Price five cents.
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FIRST BOOK.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal
What was the first book printed in Englandl
CITY. JABEz.
IA Book of the Cheese Moralysed, " printed by
Caxton. in 1880.
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pers which spend money in having chestnut
poems cabled to them from England have to be-
high priced.
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THE New York Independent tells an inquiring
clergyman. who has turned author, that its
rates for a column editorial notice in favor of
his book will be q million dollars o line. Pa
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TWELVE PAGES.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.

RMS INVARIABLY IN ADvANcE-PosTAGE PREPAID
BY II PUBLISHERS.
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OF powsr so long that they have
got used to st. having made up their minds
to get their living through some other mean
than politics At any rate the fact Is
worthy Of note. and is creditabie TO the
patriotism % the party that 10 so soon to
tske the helm. There are some Office sees
efs here. bat the multit0de5 that will in
III dare the city on the 4th Of March viii
come 10 witness the spectacle Rad enjoy the
gala day. aad not for the loeveI and fishes
The ceremonies ct the dedication OF the
Washington monument takes place on Sat
urday next, and preparations are being
made fo- the display, of Which I may
have something 10 say II my mex.
find il great relief 70
set back to Washington. The quiet OF this
city contrasts charmingly with the rush a ID
CHATTER Of New York. while its broad stree i
with their marble pavements and remsrz
able cleanliness give me feeling OF rest and
peace.
Washington has long been famous as
"city OF magnificent distances" and I think
this peculiarly is one of its greatest charms
You have here all the advantages OF city
life blended with the quiet of the country.
GRACE GIDDIEGs Julian.
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"a long as can't have her, what odds does il
make? And / saw last night she cared no
more for me than il had been = stick"
When Annis caught sight OF Owen ap.
impulsive, "Oh, how glad | am to see you
do so want to tell you what 1 think OF
Then she stopped Aort. Something in
Ovens face filed her with confusion. But
outstretched hsnds were already within his
clasp. and his low murmured words of love
were sounding ia ner ears.
II am as glad as YOU that have done
something to please you, for oh, Annis l
love you so dearly that | would do or dare
anything for your sake
And then she never knew how it came
about. but bis arms were about her and bis
kisses were upoa her lips. and she found that
she loved him so well that she was willing TO
promise 10 become bis wife whenever be
should be able 10 earn enough 10 make
home for her
They were both young and it would not
be hard TO wait, and they were 50 sure Of
one another's love.
A letter came from abroad within
tWelvemonth. 1t was addressed to the min
lister of the little seaside village, and asked
for information as to the person or persons
who had kindled a beacon light ia answer to
signal OF distress from q sailing vessel on
the night Of -, giving the correct date
and the time when owen had sacrificed in
clination TO the dictates of duty aRd of hu-
msnity.
The light had saved valuable cargo from
being lost. and the writer proposed 20 give
half the proceeds to the parties who mad
been instrumental in the matter. Also a
medal was to be struck off commem orstive
OF gratitude that the lives of all on board had
been thus preserved to their families
The wedding day was set for the first an
niyersary OF the evening when his good
fortune came to him in :he guise of dIsap-
pointment and Robert Hunter was the first
to congratulate the young couple.
Who'd have thought" he whispered to
Owen, that the tables would have
been so turned? Truly there's a tide in
the affairs of men, which taken at the food.
leads on to fortune, and you took it, my
boy"
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Letter 20 MIR. olev Gland.

Written for the Ingleside by Bill Nyel
Bon. Grover Cleveland, PTesident.elect Albany.
ny:
DEAR sIR-The painful duty of turning
over to you the administration of these
United States and the key to the front door
OF the White House has been assigned to
me. You will find the key hanging inside
the storm door and the cisLern pole upstairs
IN the haymoW Of the barn.
1t is expected that you viii make such
changes IN your Cabinet and other furniture
as YOU may see IT. The asparagus bed. how
ever, will need little TOP dressing in the
spring, and you can DO as you see ct about
putting pilloW-shams on the pie-plant bed.
In your attitude toward foreign powers you
viii, OF course, have your own ideas, and
suggestion from me az this time would be
entirely out of place. Govern ths people
with firm, yet gertle hand and put little
rat poison Gown the cellar where il will do
the most good.
You will observe, on taking possession of
the administration, that tie navy is a little
bit veather beaten and wcrmy. / would
suggest that il be newly painted in the
spring. Tit had been my good fortune to
receive majority OF the sutfrages of the
people for the Office which you now hold,
| should have painted the navy red. Still,
that need not influence you IN the course
which you may see it to adopt, relative TO
our floating aggregation of war.like worms
ard biue-eyed barDacles.
/ am not so much worried over the navy,
bat il would be good plan to get a good
man to clean ont TIE White House well be
f6Ie much of the water is used, az foreign
ambassador was last seen around there, aud
for the past ak weeks the water has had q
| rich. foreign flavor.
You will find all papers in their appropri-
ate pigeonholes and small Jar Of cucum-
Der pickles down cellar which we're left
over. and 10 which you will be per-
fectly welcome. The asperities and heart
burnings that were the immediate resalt
of a bot and unusually bitter campaign.
are now all buried. Take these pickles snd
use them as though they were yeur own.
| They are none too good for you. You de-
serve them. We may differ politically, bat
that need not interfere with our warm, per-
| soral friendship.
| You will find half ton of coal left over,
| and an old ak ia the woodshed, which a
| man from Ohio left with Us TO have ground.
| or course, } on do not make business of re.
| ceiving presents, but you can not refuse to
receive these as slight TESTIMONIAL Of re-
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senator MilIard,s Wife.

Jap Iurpen ID kokomo Dispatch.
To one who would near Of Indiana, its 20
litloal complications and the eccsntsicities
of its distinguished people, Mrs. Willard,
the wife of the Senator from Lawrence, is
most interesting person. Before her mar
rage she was much in public with her
father, one OF the most eminent surgeons OF
the country. Since becoming MADAM Will
lard meet her husband no place where she
is not. A learned shoemaker once observed
to me: "A gentlem an always takes his wife
with him" sitting in the Senate Chamber
during the day Mira Willard is very useful
10 the newspaper people, by whom she is in
terviewed. She keeps a complete run OF the
business IN her mind, and can always impsrt
something of imOortance 10 Snacks. [ cant
see how we could run the Senate without
her.
Many Of her suggestions are made to do
duty III the wsy of padding out the legis-
lative gossip OF the press. On the night Of
the hllibusiering, two years ago, when Lieu
tenant Hanna was recognizing Republicans
only, who were speaking against time, Mrs.
willard shared her husbands desk. Hanna
was louDging in the cloak-room, when Hill
gass moved that Willard be elected Presi-
ueut of the Senate. 1t carried ia q storm
and, of course, created the widest contus-
ion. Willard started struggling through
the crowd for the desk. His wife pushed
with him. Please stay, Kate, can take
JaIt VI Myself NC shlus
Il know you can, Jimmy, but l want TO
help you" was her reply.
They meant business. Ten seconds more
and Willard would have been in the chair
and, pushing the Temporary Chairman
aside, have adjourned the Senate But
Hanna oRt Of breath, gesticulating almost
incoherently, and as pale as chaplain when
q bat lie is on, was in his place. Realizing
that revolution might be met with violencs,
Was not conducive to the tranquility OF the
temperature. To make a long story short
Mrs Willard accompanied the Senatorial
expedition TO see Jack Howard.
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The Grsepcastle Postofi ee.

GREEScAsTLE. Ind, Feb. 23.-The with
drswal Of Mir. Briggs from the postotice race
has thrown q new aspect on the probable
outcome of the interesting struggle for the
custodianship OF the GEeencastle mails His
many friends were somewhat disappointed
when they learned that he had Withdrawn
IN the interest OF party harmony. They well
knew that more worthy and deserving man
could not be found and desired to see him
receive some reward for his lOrg service in
the cause OF Democracy. There is not
Democrat in Putnam County whose services
to his party farther commend him % al
vancement than those of Howard Briggs.
MT. Edward Hanneman's friends a-e
strongly urging his claims for the pos
ton. Mr.. II. is of German nationality
and a business man Of over twenty years
stapdiug. His reputation for upiight deal
ing is proverbial and no man is more wide
~ known throughout the country. One
quality that will strongly recommend him
to the voters on next Thursday is his party
loyalty. Never boiling. never kicking, be
has been a straight.out Democrat at all times
and all places. de invested ali his savings
1922 COY IN the erection Of our $4,000 Opera
House, became embarrassed, and lost his all.
Mr. H is at the foot of the ladder, bravely
striving to push his way to the top again.
He is indeed g worthy, needy and deserving
man. What more can be said2 Mr.. II. has
never sought Office before. He deserves the
suffrage Of his fellow Democrats.
MENEErUs.
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ANNAPOLIS

eard and not in the nature Of br.bs. Take
them. They are yours.
The grin dstoBe Is also in the wood shed
II - verv much our of repair. aud s. your
chief relaxation will consist in turning THIS
zril6siOne, either for the purpose of grind.
ing the q Y OF some great man, or revolving
IL while the peoDie hold their nose against
IL 1t would be well, perhaps, to get niw
one AZ once.
There are many affairs OF great moment
which have not enumerated 10 this brief
letter, because felt some little q l,c4cy aud
timidity ABOUT appearing 70 be at AL dicta-
toTisl or ofhcious about a matter wherein
the public might charge me with interfer-
ence
hope you will receive the foregoing ia a
friendly spirit, and whatever your convic-
tons may be upon great questions of na-
tOnal interest, either foreign or domestic.
that you will not undertake to blow out the
gas on retiring, and that you will, in other
Ways realize the fond anticipatiOns which
are now cherished on your behalf b. a
mighty people whose appreciated eve il now
on you. Bill NYE.
z. S-You will be little surprised, no
doubt, to find no soap In the Laundry or
bathrooms IL probably got into the cam
paign in some way and was absorbed.
BN.
Editor Tribune:
DEAR slR-Should the foregoing bs worth
$40 10 you please use il freely, otherwise,
will psy return expresssge on 1t. Yours
truly, BILL NYE.
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Editor Tribune
a Gift of True Love.
Milwaukee Sentinel

Ella Wheeler-Wilcox has bracelet which
her friends describe as "a p0sm written ia
gems" Ii is a gift from her husband a
golden horseshoe studded with turqUoises,
bears the date OF their first r1manic meet
ing; q small gold plaque, set with perb ri
bies the date of the first letter ever written
by Mr.. Wilcox 10 Miss Wheeler; a Roman
gold star set with sapphires represents the
e. gagement week. Several other DAYS and
events ere symbolized ia beautiful designs
the whele completed by the "wedding-ban.
gle, an exquisite anchor and crown set with
six rubies and six diamonds. The bracelet
was designed by Mr.. Wilcox and presented
as 3 surprise to his wife
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-25

How many persons live only fraction OF aver
age human life because they neglect TO take the
commonest precautions against sickness. 1t is
disease IN its maturity that kills and maturity i'm
plies growth. slight indispOsition is usually
sighted. They who avail themselves of Hostel
ter's stomach Bitters know Il to be efficacious in
chronic of disease, but the process of cure is
far easier one II Il IS used in esry stages OF dys-
pepsia, Eoalsriai disease. rheumatism. constipation
and liver arrangement Let those who wOul0
avoid the peril which even the most potent rene
dies can Lot avert, steer clear OF the rock upon
which so many constitutions split-an under,ap.
probation OF the danger Of neglect. Il will not
90 10 omit care and a recourse 10 medicine when
health is affected If debilltAied or nervous or
dyspepiic take il for granted you IN want Of g
remedy, use the Bitters
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-25

Mistakes of the head are less reprehensible
than those OF the heart. The heart is a won
derful piece OF mechanism, aud aay irregu.
larity which affects it should be promptly
CORE cted. Sarah II Kemper, of Danvlle,
heart. accompanied by frequent attacks of
pain in the side, and sometimes with nausea
and vomiting. She began using Mishlers
Herb Bittsrs, aud now writes that she is
we'll in body and contenteG in mind