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scouts, as their predatory habits quick eyesght and
familiarity with wide tracts of country enable them
to discern with great readiness the features of the
ground they traversing. to fall unexpectedly
small detachments of the enemy, and to disappear
with rapdty as soon as the desired mischief has been
effected.
THE total number Of persons employed by the vari
Gus postcfhces Of the world in 1885 was 356 900,
and in the twelve months there were transmitted
1858. 100000 letters 546OOO000 postcards,
1.O46,0OO,O0O books and parcels, / .672 900 900
newspapers, and III, 600, 900 kilograms the gross
weight of the matter sent through tho post being es
timated at about 500. 900 tons.
In the letters of the late Frank Power one of Gen.
Gordons comrades at Khartoum, appears urious
illustration of the Arabs indifference to dan
The niggers and Arabs always jump over
board for something other-a bit of wood On opped
or an old rag-to snatch kid, goat, or a fowl from
the bank and then swimming back and climbing in.
saw fellow jump in after piece of lemon threw
had lost a man tcut in two) and heard of several
being npped at the villages. suppose they get used
to being killed."
WHEN the late Chief Justice Chase chose to unbend
himself he could be witty as well as wise. At social
gathering at his house during the war; tbs subject Of
taxation having been mooted distinguished naval
officer present said he had paid all taxes except the
which brings me in yearly rental, but the tax.
gatherers have not spotted it. do not know whether
l ought to let the thing go that way or not. What
would you do il you in my place Mr.. Chaseg'
There was merry twinkle in the eyes of Secretary
Chase he answered archly II think it the duty of
every man to live unspotted as long he cam"
A GENTLEMAN scientifically inclined recently cap
tured spider and by careful estimate made by
of actually weighing it and then combining it in cage
he found that ate four times its weight for breakfast
nearly nine times its weight for dinner, thirteen times
it's weight for supper finishing up with ounce, and
at P. NJ, when he released, off in search of
food. AT this rate, man weighing 1GO pounds
would require the whole of fat steer for breakfast
the dose repeated with the addition of half-dozen
wellfatted sheep for dinner and two bullocks eight
sheep and four hogs for supper, and then lunch
before going to his club banquet he would indulge in
about four barrels of fresh fish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

By cable from London we are able TO give
our readers, this morning, the principal ror
lions of the magnificent speech Of Mr.. Glad
stone in the House of Commons, on Monday,
when asking for the credit of $55, 200, eco. 1t
is mastery and masterful address 1t
shows tho grand old man at his best. Age
has not witLered Eor custom stalled bis un-
matched ability. The speech shows with great
impressiveness how Mr.. Gladstone feels the
deep responsibilities Of his high Office, while
it also shows equally as strongly with what
dignified courage ne is ready to confront any
possible emergency. While breathing an
earnest desire for peace, the address nowhere
fails to indicate the most resolute spirit con
sstent with justice and the honor of the Brit
ish empire. 1t is a great speech, every word
of which will be read with interest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

could tell the origin Of the word s'worsted,"
as applied to certain class Of wooden goods.
Robert Porter the tariff writer, has been Wis
iting the little village of Worstead England,
and his letter from there. although treating a
question of political economy, traces the his
tory of the trade to which the village gave the
name, 700 years ago. in way to read almost
like romance. The weavels who settled in
that little village centuries ago were famous
in their way, and their work soon became cele-
brated and the foundation of great industry,
but the glory and wealth which came with it
has long since been transferred to other fields.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

| TIE New York Sun warns Cleveland not to
be deceived by the mugwumps-not to hope
to permanently ally them to the Democratic
party Having defeated the Republicans"
says the Sun, ''they now hope to make con
quest of the Democrats, and to become the
permanent arbiters of that organization; and
they have even proposed to drive away from
it the Irish Catholics, because they happen to
dislike that kind Of voters The Post, an
out-and-out mugwump and now pretty firmly
set back into adamantine Democracy, recently
took occasion to congratulate its new friends
over the fact that the dangerous ele-
ments"-thc Catholics, and whosoeyer
maketh lie-had been perma-
nently alienatcd from the Democratic
party, and had become part and parcel with
the Republicans. The Sun, knowing that
this is not so beyond the friendship expressed
by the better Catholics for Republican princi-
pies, hastens to warn against acting on this
belief. The mugwump canel's nose has been
admitted at the Democratic tent door, and the
Sun, with good reason, fears that the
beast will come in bodily, and trample
down the faithful. The Sun is afraid
that the President may offend such
Democrats as went astray after Butler,
whose aid must be had in the coming State
election. If the mugwumps succeed in their
design, of clothing Democracy in their uni
FORM the Sun says "there can be no hope
whatever that the mass of the revolving
Democrats of 1884 will return to their old al
legiance Indeed, the only consequence Of
their success would be to increase immensely
the number of these revolters, and to render
the election of Democratic oyernor an i'm
possibility" But the Sun feels that Mr.
Cleveland will not 80 imperil Democracy's flu
ture, and finds comfort in the reflection that
his recent New England appointments give
assurance that Democrats and not mugwumps
are on guard. The recent appointments were
Democratic to a certainty. No true moss
back North or South can find fault with
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

VIZ were not aware that any election was
pendingin the State of Mississippi. But if not,
we cannot understand thereport telegraphed, =
day OF two ago, from Vicksburg, that plot
had been discovered to burn and sack little
town about twenty eight miles from that city,
the implicated parties being negroes. A 'de
tectiyc, who worked into the confidence of
three Of the black ring-leaders, found out the
"hellish scheme" The report continues: "a
number of citizens were on hand, unknown
to the three negroes, and listened to the
plan, which was to set fire TO cotton gin,
and while the citizens wero trying to extin-
guish the flames, 10 FIRST sack the business
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

SOME idea Of the advance made by the col
ored people since the abolition of slavery may
be obtained from the statistics Of the District
of Columbia. In 1860 there were in that
district Ia, $40 persons of color, free and slave
In 1870 there were 43, 4O4, all free. In 1880
there were So, 476. In 1862, April II, tho slaves
Of the Federal District were emancipated. On
the LIST of january, 1868, emancipation was
proclaimed to all. Nearly 250,0U0 colored
men, mostly freedmen, became soldiers
Since 1864 there has been expended in the
support of the free public schools for colored
children in the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown alone, 81, 763, GsO.13 In 1868
there were al schools, with Al teachers and
$500 pupils. In 1884 there were 141 schools,
155 teachers and 9,l61 pupils. The cost of
the county free schools will swell the total
sum for the education of colored children,
spent since 1864, to $2,OOO,O0O. From the
date of emancipation, taking Howard Uni
versity, the Wayland School, and the sums
expended from 1862 to 1864, there have been
of voluntary gifts and expenditure at least
the colored people of the District is repre-
sented to be most excellent. They are thrifty,
industrious and prosperous, and make credita-
BILE and reliable citizens
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

MARRIAGE is, or ought to be, a serious
rite, fit prelude to decent and honorable
life. All sensational features should be dis
couragcd. Unions perfected in balloons in
caves, on the stage, or at skating Kinks, for
sensations sake, should receive the sanction
of no dignifed official, and certainly much
less of any minister OF the gospel Only re-
Gently the marriage Of two professional
midgets was performed much as if they were
going through a frivolous performance on the
stage of a ten-cent museum. The sanctity of
the church was profaned, and the decency of
all concerned was made the object of ridicule.
Soon after the midgets were married in the
manner indicated, two couples married
while standing on roler-skates, the noodle
headed preacher being shod in like manner.
nothing Of the contempt into which it brings
the idea Of formal and solemn marriage rite,
were bad enough; but there is even greater
travesty on it. From Memphis, Tenn, comes
word that Thomas O'Brien, alias 'Billy, the
Kid, a professional thief, sentenced to the
penitentiary for attempted murder, has been
married to an inmate of bagnio
in that city, Immediately after which
he was taken to Nashville to
serve a year in prison. the bride going back to
her infamous business. Such outrages of de-
cency should not be tolerated If public SEN
tiinent be not enough 10 deter those empow-
cred to celebrate marriage. the State should
interpose prohibitory statute Ii these two
persons had anything like an adequate appre-
citation Of marriage. they could have been true
10 mutual pledges for twelyemonth, when
they could have lived as man and wife, AS
it is, the woman, although his "wife," makes
no pretense of honoling the vows she took
Such marriages are a greater scandal than
utter defiance of marriage laws.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

CARTER HARRISON is accused Of having
brought suit for $500. coo damages to his char
acter, inflicted by the Inter Ocean and Edwin
Lee Brown. There are just three ciphers too
many, and period should be placed between
the eight and the other two. The Inter Ocean
purposes standing by its guns, and will ask no
fayors The rottenness of Chicago politics
will be thoroughly exposed if the suit ever
no,nes IN trial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

FRANCE would grow richer with few less
foreign disputes on hand The Frenchman
has to be amused, it is said, but the govern
ment should devise some advertisement in
which he will not get his fingers burnt. The
amputation of Asaee and Lorraine was an
operation that should have left an i'm
preston Prince Bismarck is very great
statesman, but a very poor counselor fer
France.
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INDIANAPOLIS journal, WEDNESDAY, -. 1885,

tention Of the officials since, it being somewhat
difficult to discover which of the hundred men
present gave it away to his intimate friend
first. Interest has been diverted from this, how
ever to an impending duel between two mem
bers one of whom considers that his ''honor" has
been impugned by the other. If Brother Tai
mage may be believed, clubs. of which the Union
Club seem to be sample, are vestibules to the
bottomless pitt and the less said about the
s.honorr of the members the better
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

THERE is another row on hand in the Union
Club, that association of New York dudes and
aristocrats, whose members express the greatest
distaste for public notice, and who are yet I'M
lucky enough to receive more unfavorablc men
ton than all other club men together. The effort
to And out who told Of recent disgraceful
squabble at . card table, the particulars of
which got into the papers, has absorbed the at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

THE citizens of Shreveport, La, are making
united effort to rid their town of gamblers. To
attack this evil along the Mississippi its prin-
cipal branches, is like storming the citadel of
sin. For half century Natchez- under-thehil
has been Synonymous for all that is bad in the
way of card playing for money. Shreveport
Vicksburg, and other points were only less ia
nous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

BISHOP HUNT, the Mormon saint, who fled
from his home in Arizona for fear of prosecution
for bigamy, has returned and resumed his usual
pursuits, the timely death Of one of his wives
leaving him free so to do. The Bishop, if inter
viewed upon the subject, would probably
enunciate the sanctimonious opinion that the
Lord looks after His own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29
THE Philadelphia Times says:

THE only interest the United States can hav o
in foreign war, outside of a regard for the OBJ
servance Of the rules of civilized warfare, is to
keep as far away from it as possible, and the
present administration is quite certain not to do
anything for the mere purpose of winning
lingo fame
The Times probably reaches this conclusion in
regard to the administration from its recollection
of the way the head of it kept at a distance from
our own war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

THE longest cotton row in the country is on
farm near Tarboro, n c., where, in hundred
acre field the row begins in the middle and runs
in spiral to the outer edges, the object being to
save the turns made in back-andforth blowing.
Now, if only the crop could be gathered by un
winding this coil, another advantage would be
gained. 1t might be that thereby the cotton
would be spun ready for use.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

A LONDON gentleman, moved by the bad
food and expensive cuisine Of the laboring
population, has evolved scheme for supply
ing working men and their families, through
public Kitchens, with well-cooked, nourishing
food at less cost than they can provide it for
themselves. The plan is only theoretical as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

houses and then set fire to the town. The
parties were arrested and jailed. Fears of
lynching are entertained" There can be no
doubt of the fact that an election is at hand
in the locality where this diabolical plot was
unearthed, ard we shall await with some
anxiety the news of sweeping Democratic
Victory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

INSTEAD Of turning rascals out they are
turning rascals in. Democrats evidently have
poor opinion of rule that doesn't work
both WAYS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

THE Rev. j. j. White, who but lately married
a couple on roller skates, has taken the trouble
to explain his views marriage. Never mind,
MIR. White; nobody cares what your views are.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

The Italian minister at Washington does
not think that the kingdom of Italy is founded
on "a gross and bloody violation of public
RIGHT"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

CHIRoPoD1sTs insist that the foot, more than
the face, is index of the soul woman with a
high instep and bony foot is to be summed So
is an old man with broad, impulsive foot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

Mr. JACOB BANNER died last Saturday, and
was buried by the side of four wives. Louis
vile Commercial
An excellent husband was this Mr. banner;
tie lived in thoroughly honorable manner.
He may have had troubles,
But they re gone, like bubbles;
He's at peace now with Mary, fame Alice and Hannah.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

The twenty ninth volume of the Century Mag
azine, containing the numbers from November,
1884, to April, 1885, has been issued in cloth
ers The principal contents of each number have
been noticed from month to month, and it is only
necessary to say now that the bound volume ia
as handsome and attractiveand as full of variety
and interest as any that have gone before.
complete set of Scrbners and the Century would
be a valuable encyclopedia of American literary
and artistic interest during the past fifteen
years.
Harper Il Brothers have added to the Frank
lin-square Library Lazarus in London novel
by F. w. Robinson, and ''The Russians at the
Gates of Herat," by Charles Marvin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29

How TO DRAIN A HOUSE. Practical Information
for Householders. BY George t. Waring jr., NJ
Inst, G. f. Henry Holt s. Co.. New York. The
Bowen-Merrin Company, Indianapolis. Price.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY NOTES AND COMPLETE Gaia
LoGUE. 1885. Edited by Charles NJ. Kurtz. Cas-.
sell & Co., New York. The BoweI- Merrill Company,
Indianapolis Paper, so cents.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-09-26
The strength of the Kills.


LOUISE CHANDLER MoUTToU.
NV thoughts 60 home to that old brown
house,
With its low roof sloping down to the
east,
And its garden fragrant with roses and
thyme,
That blossom no longer, except in rhyme,
Where the honey-bees used to feast.
Afar in the west the great hills rose,
Silent and steadfast and gloomy and
gay.
l thought they were giants, and doomed
to keep
Their watch, while the world should
wake or sleep,
Till the trumpet should sound on the
judgment day.
I used to wonder of what they dreamed
As they brooded there in their silent
night,
While March winds smote them. or June
rains fell,
Or the SHOWS of winter their ghostly
spell
Wrought in the long and lonesome
night.
They remembered younger world than
ours,
Before the trees on their top were born
When the old brown house was itself 9
tree,
And waste were the fields where now
you see
The winds astir in the tasseled corn.
And was as young as the hills were old
And the world was warm with the
breath of spring,
And the roses red the lilies white
Budded and bloomed for my hearts de
light,
And the birds in my heart began II
sing.
But calm in the distance the great hill
rose,
Deaf unto raptures and dumb unt'
pain,
Since they knew that Joy is the mothe
of Grief,
And remembered a butteray's life il
brief,
And the sun sets to rise again.
They will brood, and dream, and be 81
lent, as now,
When the youngest children alive to
day
Have grown TO be women and men
grown old.
And gone from the world like tale tina
is told,
And even whose echo forgets to stay.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-09-26
Schools in France.

Nowadays, when SO much is be-
ing said about the undue pressure
put upon young children in the
schools, the reader will be interest
ed to learn how such matters are
conducted in France at one of the
best public schools here, though one
OF comparatively recent origin. The
Ecole Monge has published PAM
phlet, in which the whole system of
education is set forth in simple Ian
guage. Monge is a big school num-
bering hundreds of pupils, but its
division into several sub-schooIs
does away with all the troubles and
drawbacks of over-crowding. No
corporal punishment is ever admin
istered at French schools. The
worst that.c can befall the offending
pupil is short period of solitary
confinement, but this is rarely
resorted to, and a public repri-
mand is usually found sufficient.
Pupils are only permitted to begin
Latin when they have been thor
oughly grounded in their own Ian
guage, geography, arithmetic, and
the rudiments of history and Ger
man-that is to say, about their 18th
or 18th year. Until the age of the
boys are exclusively under the care
and supervision of female professors.
The Ecole Monge is the only boys
school were lady teachers are en-
ployed, the routine of the universi-
ty not permitting such an innova-
ton in the Lycees. The programme
of education between the 9Th and
9th year includes French reading,
grammar, recitation and composition
ancient and Bible history, taught by
word of mouth, and the geography
of Europe, more especially of
France, the four rules of arithmetic,
German writing and reading, with
pronunciation and conversation, be-
sides object teaching and natural
history, rendered as attractive as
possible. Often the lady professors
take a fable of Lafontaine as a text,
and describe the habits of birds and
animals mentioned therein. The
young pupil is occupied thirty
three hours and three-quarters in a
week: and ten hours devoted to in
structive reading, German, CONVEX
sation and games. Only once in the
course of each day is the pupil kept
at his desk so much as an hour and
quarter at a time, and that is after
his first arrival at school. During
the rest of the day the studies are
divided by half hours of recreation
or gymnastics.-Paris correspond-
ence The Queen.