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James T. Mckay, the Blind Poet and Story
Teller

Teller.
There are few of our writer's of short stories
who have produced more or more readable, short
stories than the subject of this sketch, who, for
eighteen years, has contributed steadily both
brief fiction and poetry to the leading magazines.
His poems have appeared in Putnams, the
Manhattan, the Atlantic Lippincott's, Scribners
Monthly and the Century. His famous song
Making PORT" was reprinted from Scribners
Monthly, 1871, in ''Songs of the Heart" pub
lished by Charles Scribner's Sons
1t is as writer of short stories, however. that
he is especially interesting to us, since he has
written us story, to be published shortly in our
series of original stories by noted writer's AL
though he has contributed to the Atlantic. the
Galaxy, Appletons Journal and Lippncotts, his
stories in Scribner's Monthly and the Century
have perhaps appealed to larger audience than
other products of his pen. His first story in
Scribners Monthly "Harker and Blind ap-
peared IN July, 1872. This was a remarkably
exciting and strong piece of fiction. and was fol
lowed by Captain Luce's Enemy thrilling
war-story, "Cinnabar CityR capital Western
story, phillips Friend Kate" delightful! love-
story, and many others, including "Stela GRAY
land" which was selected for ''Scribners Short
Stories by American Authors" His latest story
appeared in the August Century, "a Story with
a Hero, in which love and adventure are power
fully mingled. He has written in all nearly
thirty capital stories and is still in his prime
Although almost totally blind, he is able, by
means of a simple continuance, to write his
stories with his own hand, Nov Is we shall
publish a story by him, entitled "a Trial of
Strength"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

The most stupidity assinine performance
ever placed on the boards is that indx.ged in
by the mugwump papers of New York respect
ing the present State canvass. They are fill
ing their columns with appeal and assertion
for the election Of Ira Davenport as an indorse-
ment of President Cleveland But Mr. Cleve-
land himself has his private secretary write
a letter for him in favor of Mr. Hill Secre-
tary Manning seeks an interview, in which he
can speak both for himself and the President
in favor of Hill, and finally Mr.. Cleveland
sends his personal check for one thousand dol
lars to the campaign committee in aid of the
election of Mr. Hill But still the farce goes
on in the independent papers-from Harper's
Weekly, up or down, as you choose-who cry
in unison that to defeat Hill and to elect DAY.
export is to support and indorse Mr. Cleve-
land! Such childish folly, such unspeakable
nonsense, never was before heard of in Ameri-
can politics Never before have such men as
George William Curtis appeared in cap and
bells. The performance is not amusing it is
nauseating
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with, to give another place to aDemocrat,
there is silence over the face of the entire
Independent brood. Yet such papers ex-
pect an intelligent public to credit them with
superior honesty! There is not an "organ" of
the cheapest sort in the country which has
not manifested more independence" than
these much-vaunted Pharisees, who, having
become responsible for Mr.. Cleveland and his
administration, propose to 60 through the
whole four years swearing the horse is sixteen
feet high. They fool nobody, and earn only
public contempt at the expense of the loss of
self rasnect
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from q curse

JUDGE BUCHWALTER has continued the in.
junction preventing the bully and tool of the
ballot thieves in Cincinnati from issuing the
certificates of election as senators to the four
men who have been counted in by the gang.
The Judge holds that the men whose rights are
imperiled should have the opportunity to take
the case to another court. Whether this
means the Legislature, or some higher III.
dicial tribunal where the returns NAV be
purged of their palpable frauds does not an.
pear clear, but whichever it is the decision
opens the way to possible justice If court
may purge the returns, the evidence is con
elusive that will result in reversing the nomi.
nal plurality for the Democratic candidates
for the Senate If the case is to go to the
Legislature without certificates issued to any
senators from Hamilton county, then that
body will consist of thirty three members,
seventeen Republicans and sixteen Demo,
Gratis, in which case it is likely justice would
be DONE and the four Republicans fairly elected
be admitted to their seats. Clerk Dalton
has issued his certificates to the ten Demo
cratic candidates for the House, whose plurali-
ties are made up Of the same unblushing
frauds that enter into the contest for senators.
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To the Democratic organs ee,r eSaasac he
magwemgs good BYE DeAs laugh see head ANTI
after the November setsse4s come &sar-SsaEsyetu
Sunday Times (Dem1
The hummess u Cincinnati saa Indianapolis
have evidently eveF~eaeAea themselves bat they
don't seem 10 have sasassaea eaeNsA 10 kaow it
Marion Republican.
re steal MAS rights A. EXPRESSED by the
casting Of his ballot is surely tae greatest theft
known and sheala aes by aay means sc anpun-
ished. -~Maacie News
Eight months Of the Democratic aam.uistra
tsea have passed into history, and the promised
era OF good times has net get aawnea upon The
people OF this country, Anderson Herald
The moral effect Of the Republican victory H.
ONO can scarcely be estimated. Il Ia tonic tS
business When New York shall have spoken
In the same emphatic way, times will begin to
brighten visibly,-knightstow Banner
The Democrats overworked the prohibition
business In Ohio. Tho leaders encouraged the
movement with such apparent sincerity that a
few thousand transporting Democrats were
actually bamboozled into voting for St Leonard.
--Noblesville Ledger
Inc amount of rascality that the Democratic
party Is continually guilty of penetrating is as
tonishing There Is never an election held ia
which this political organization does not stooE
TO use the most contemplate ard undetermined
means OF gaining offices that can be trumpet
up.-Wabash Plain Dealer
"A Sieat many tHlDRS occur IN this world every
day which would be better unknown than
known, so far as morality and decency are con-
cerned, and there is enough legitimate news
ready for publication each day to keep the aver
age reader busy during all the time he has TO
spare from usual labor.-Muncie News.
The worst thing that the Democratic national
administration has done since it has been in
power was the pardon of policeman Mullen, OF
Cincinnati, who had been sent to States prison
for election outrages. Its fruit is seen in ths
frauds, robheries and violence by which the
Democrats of that city attempted to defeat the
honest voters at the recent election.--Wa
Times.
a good law to pass would he to recognize such
men as Haskell, and all of his ilk simply as mad
dogs and treat them such. 1t has become SO
common to hear of these outrages committed
upon defenseless women that no man feels per-
fecty safe in leaving wife or daughter in their
own homes alone for any length of time IL is q
horrible state of affairs TO contemplate and only
swift and deadly justice will strike terror 10 the
hearts of these miserable fends in human shape
They should be hunted down in every instance,
and when proof is clear and no doubt as 10 their
guilt, should be punished without delay. ms
sort OF crime has become all too common, ana q
shame to the country that permits it--Souths
side Star.
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nauseating.
THE New York Evening Post rather feeblv

The New York Evening Post rather feebly
commends Secretary Whitney's equivocal or
der to the superintendent of the Brooklyn
hayward forbidding him to employ men on
partisan grounds who are not good workmen.
The Post, however, is of the opinion that the
Secretary might very properly go further in
the direction of reform by cutting the force
down in the fall of the year instead of increass
ing it. About the first Of January the Post
suggests as good time to push the work of
ship-making and to add to the number of en-
ployes. The Secretary will, perhaps take the
matter under advisement until after election
is over.
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THE Rev. Edward Everett Hale hourishes
''the bloody shirt with Christian vgor and
effectiveness. He made speech last week in
which he told the truth about free ballot
and fair count, whsreupon all the political
invertebrates and jelly fish jumped upon him.
He replies to his critics in way they must
despise Thank God, there is coming back
to the Republican party its old-time sense of
justice and its old-tine bravery and con-
science. With these it will win righteous
victories in the future Without these it met
defeat last fall. Ohio has led the way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

THE Board OF Aldermen did not have a
ocratic members intend to paralyze the entire
business of the city in order to answer the
demands of "Sim' Coy and "Sam' Dinnin'
If Mr. Bernhamer had the spunk of a
man, to say nothing Of the honesty that
should belong to a man who puts an oath on
bis soul to discharge the duties of public
office, he would not crawl on his belly before
the men who so contemptuously and fraudu-
lently stamped out his candidacy for mayor.
II Mr. Bernhamer expects to retain anybody's
respect ne must change his methods.
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DEMOCRACY AND SUFFRAGE FRAUD


1t is singular and significant that Southern
Democratic papers do not have much to say
about the election frauds at Cincinnati, as
they certainly would if they dared to- For
years. now, the Republican party has preached
against persistent and organized fraud and
violence in the South, whereby free and fair
elections have become almost unknown in
that part of the country The exposure of
the attempted steal in Chicago and the false
registration and ballot-box stufing in Cincin-
natl afforded fine chance for Southern pa
pers to come back at us with the taunt to take
the beam out Of our own eyes before worrying
about the mote in the Southern organ of
vision. One not knowing the explanation of
this remarkable silence-if there be an inteli-
gent man anywhere who does not know
would naturally inquire why they do not
make the land ring with it. There can be no
explanation of this studied silence other than
self-condemnation has clapped plaster over
their mouth. Frauds have made the South
solid in the interest of the Democratic party.
At no place in any of the Southern States has
the Republican party profted by it. Singularly
enough the frauds at Chicago, in Indianapolis
and at Cincinnati were attempted and carried
out as far as possible by Democrats in the
interest of Democrats. The Democratic South
cannot mock the North with this thing, be
cause it understands what even a fool must
understand, that to do SO would be but to i'm
peach itself. There is no voice from Demo
cratic sources in unqualified condemnation of
election frauds in Cincinnati No Democratic
paper of prominence calls for an impartial
and vigorous investigation of the case, and the
swift punishment of the scoundrels who have
done these things, to the shame and harm OF
the entire country. Fraud has come to be a
symptom of Democracy. and the Democratic
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press has been taught that it is dangerous and
Improbable to criticise anything done in the
interest of the party. 1t has come to such a
pass that the Democratic party is expected to
attempt fraud wherever it can, and the Dem
ocratic press must not advocate anything that
could bring shame upon the men who serve
its interests SO effectively and acceptably
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THE Wabash Courier saws:

"Now that the excitement attending the
election in Indianapolis has subsidized, would
it not be well for the Indianapolis Journal to
again take up the case of that Democratic re-
former, Ernest Kitz, and remind him that he
has not yet sworn out warrant for the arrest
of Pollard9 If Pollard forged the orders which
bear Kitz's official signature, then should he
be brought back from Canada and punished.
But if the paper is not forged, then should
Kitz be arrested aud punished for embezzle-
ment"
The Journal begs to say to the Courier that
it has not forgotten Mr.. Kitzs case. A pro-
ceeding has been begun in the United States
Court which is likely to develop the facts. AS
the Journal has repeatedly said, we do not
believe there will be anybody to
speak of who will question the genuineness
Of Mr. Kits signature to the Pollard war
rants-that is, the three held by the Cincin-
natl National Bank--when they are testifying
under oath before court. We know that at
least twenty experts, who examined them for
the Journal, were perfectly satisfied as to the
signature, and Mr.. Elan, the attorney for
the bank, is credited with the statement that
not only the genuineness of the signature,
but other interesting points in the case will
be developed by the testimony The Kitz-
Pollard warrants will be fruitful field for
mighty interesting reading, which the Jour
nal will give from day to day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

IT is about time for the mugwumps who
still insist that Mr. Cleveland is thorough
going reformer to inquire how it happened
that an emissary of partisan committee was
allowed to intimidate him into making a
campaign contribution. Department en-
ployes are protected from such assaults by the
ciyil-service law, but the President, it seems,
is not adequately guarded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

The Presidents contribution of ST. 900 to
the New York Democratic campaign fund
indicates that he is anxious that the State
should indorse him by electing Hill. But
what becomes of that fine-haired theory he
fathered that Offensive partisans" must gog
1t is hard to conceive how 5000 clerk could
be half so offensive" as the President has
thus made himself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

THE Washington Post says significantly:
fNew York is Democratic State whenever
Democrats choose to make it So" This is
hint to the earnest workers not to bungle in
doctoring the returns, as did their brethren in
Ohio, but to do more complete and artistic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

THE controversy brought about by the De-
pew letter indicates very clearly that the
prominent citizen" and even the statesman
have some traits in common with the village
gossiper and tie grocery-stcre oracle. Not
one of them is willing to admit that he is not
little better informed than any other con-
serning an important secret or bit of news
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

Mr.. CoNKLINa denies, with emphasis and
indignation, the personal parts Of the inter
view with which he was credited in the New
York Sun. According to Mr.. Conkling the
Sun has been imposed upon, and thereby has
Imposed upon the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

WHEN the Democratic administration re-
tanned Assistant Secretary Coon in Office, a
5ubilant civil-service- reform chorus went up
from every mugwump throat in the country
Now, when Mr.. Coon's services are dispensed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

SECRETARY LAMAR is quoted as saying: eff
live, want to know the Indian thoroughly,
and / mean to-" If the Secretary really
means this, he might 60 down into the Apache
country and take General Crooks place for a
time. There is no better way of getting init
mately acquainted with Mr. Lo; but, to be
sure, there is a risk of not living through the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

JUDGE S. G. G. DAVIS, of st. Louis has writ
ten fourteen -stanza poem on Sir Moses Monte
fore, each line rhyming with the great Hebrews
surname. He wove in ''hoary," "gory" and
'iory." but unaccountably forgot ''dory," Mora"
and ssinhammatory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

RESIDENTS of st. Louis cannot convenient
travel is attended with such risks the side
walks will be more freely patronized than
heretofore.
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rily abandoned the navy to its fate and is build
ing ballroom, place in which he is un-
doubtedly fitted to shine
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Mrs. BLAINE told an impertinent and ;mpor-
tunate reporter of Kansas City paper that she
had not heard Mr. Blaine refer to the presidency
since his defeat Evidently Mr.. Blaine is a
statesman and not mere politician, even in the
bosom of his family.
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belle" of this administration. No man can be a
statesman and ''sassiety' light at the same
time, and the Secretary, having demonstrated
his incapacity in the first direction. has Temporal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27

once, while there was great diminution In the
cramp The patients warmed up. the pulse came
back, and all the symptoms gradually disappeared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Gear of Russia takes only one meal day, and
the joke of it is that he always helps the dog first
DIR. HOLMES is, perhaps innocenty, guilty of bull
when he says he would give half of his life to be
twenty years younger"
WE now told that the misspelled monkey wrench
was intended to be named after its inventor, Mr.
Charles Moncky, of Brooklyn. Such is famc.
AN agricultural editor says; 'No animal can fight
and eat at the same time" He has evidently never
seen traveller at q en-minutesfor.lunch stand
GENERAL JOHN CoCHRANE, of New York. says to
Philadelphia reporter: II think the election in New
York this fall will be close both in the city and In the
State"
NURSERY carpets in which the designs represent
tales in Mother Goose and fairy lore supplements
to the pictorial wall papers which have long been sup
piled to little ones.
MAX MULLER's last article in the Nineteenth Cen
fury is on 'Solar Myths" One of the most absurd
soar myths the idea that is great fun to get up
in time to see the sun rise.-Hartford Post.
PERHAPS the most famous belle in Philadelphia
during recent years Emelie Won Schaumberg, who
married Col. Hughes Hallett. of England. The ere
while beauty is suffering in London from rhsu-
matte govt.
AN old Romans lament
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.
General Grant now thinks he will G

General Grant now thinks he will get
well.
| The winter wheat crop in Kansas is re-
ported to be seriously damaged.
Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen's condition
has improved slightly since yesterday after
noon.
Daniel Sanford, colored, who claimed to
he lis years DID, died in Washington yes
terday.
The Confederate Relief Bazaar, which clos
I'D 10 Baltimore last night, realized over
$2S, 900.
Buddeusick, who constructed jthe eight
houses which tumbled down in New York a
day or two ago, has bad his bail fixed at
$4,000
Mrs. + H. Van Houten, Of Irvington, N.
j., was dangerously gored By cow on
Friday while trying to save the COW from
dog that was harrying it in pasture.
Professor Edward Foreman, one of the
most prominent scientists connected with
the Smithsonian Institute, died at his home
in Washington, yesterday, in his seventy
seventh year.
A dispatch from Evansville, Ind, says
skiff containing Mary Draper her daughter,
aged eleven, and her niece. Caroline Demp-
sey, twelve years old, capsized in the Ohio
river yesterday, and all were drowned.
The ship Caledonia, of Bath, Me-, which
sailed from New Orleans March II, struck
on reef in the Bahamas on the oath of
March, and was abandoned. Her cargo Of
cotton was valued at $500, 900.
Maxwell, the supposed murderer of Ar
thur Preller. whose body was found in
trunk in st. Louis hotel, has been traced
to the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, and
it is thought that that the police are on his
trail.
Mrs Emma Young, who was so terribly
burned Tuesday by her clothes catching
fire, at Reading, Pa, died yesterday. Ma
ME Schaefer, a little girl living at Fleet.
wood. upset lamp Tuesday night and was
SO badly burned that she died yesterday.
The shipments from the mines ofthe Cum
berlaud coal region for the week ended Sat.
urday, April II, were 81 $50 tons, and for
the year TO that date sol 1856 tons, an increase
of q, 1872 tons as compared with the CORES.
ponding period of last year.
Much alarm is felt in East Frsetown,
Mass, at the prevalence of diphtheria, APP
parently of a malinant type. Four daugh
tiers Of Everett A. Lucas ard two daughters
of William 3. Pittsley have died. aud other
persons are now i'll with the disease.
Rumors were current in Washington to
the effect that gross frauds and irregulari- |,
ties had been discovered in the Treasury