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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
A Japanese Baby.
Is, in st. Mic holas.

Nj. &. Griffis, in st. Nicholas.
When Kline, the little Japanese baby was one
hundred days old, she was carried to the temple
just as some American parents take their little
children to the church to have them christened.
though Kine's parents do not know or worship
the true God. The priest wrote prayer on a
piece of paper and put it into the prayer bag
which was small and made of red Grape. EN-.
broidered in white flowers and drawn together
by silk cords This bag containing the prayer
was the .'guard from evil" and is devoutly be-
lieved by all Japanese to have the
power Of keeping children from evil spirits,
from delusion by foxes-for the people
think that foxes can cheat or enchant
people-and from all dangers. This little red
bag was attached to the girdle behind. After
bestowing gift in money upon the priest the
parents and relatives returned home with the
little girl and held great feast in her honor.
hino waa carefully nursed and carried on the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
A Little Boys Bravery and Patience.

Youths Companion.
Perhaps not more than one newspaper had the
story. 1t was headed "a little boy of seven
run over by streetcar and badly mangled.
Perhaps scarcely one of the readers of that one
paper paused to think about this trile, in the
busy rush and whrl of holiday time; and yet
how much it meant to one small household!
How their hearts ached when the poor little fell
low was brought in and laid on his poor little
bed
His mothers eyes were so full of tears she
could scarcely see to tend him, but she kept
back from her quiyering lips the cry that would
have hurt the ears, and if her hands trembled,
they were yet firm enough to do what was
>needed
But the most wonderful thing of all was the
bravery and patience of the boy himself, so
crushed and wounded that it broke other peo-
pies hearts to see him. and yet so gentle and
complaining that it made his elders ashamed of
every complaint they had ever uttered over les.
ser pains
The doctor, though used to beds of pain grew
very pitiful when he found, after two operations
had been performed under the influence of ether
that still another was necessary.
II do hate to use so much ether" he said,
and yetits too much to expect him to bear the
operation without" The poor mite, himself.
caught the words and understood uhem and his
sweet, childish voice, conquering with its sweet
ness fear and pain alike, said earnsttly:
I'll hold still, OH so still, and not cry once if
mamma will sing song, and if she won't let the
tears come into her eyes,
And then the mother sang--and only the plying
Father in heaven who helped her knew how she
kept back the springing tears-sang and sang.
and the boy listened with his patient ewes fixed
upon her face; and meanwhile, the doctor took
out piece after piece of bone from the poor man
gled hand, and never one cry or groan came
from the childish lips
All, what lesson it was for grown up people,
who cry out in their pain, and are not willing to
bear the probing hand of the Great Physician!
Said one of the old saints, There are no tears
in the eyes of God' No. because He knows the
end from the beginning, and wounds us but to
heal
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A TRIAD OF POEMS.
Reyerie.


The drowsy fire talked in its sleep
AS fires do, and said to me-
'How long is life that you should be
Wasting your coin,-wading the deep,
Dark bottom of old books to find
Naught, save a name, the reckless wind
And time toy With Alternately"
The old clock on the mantle shelf
Woke then!-and with unearthly might
Wedged through the middle of the night
Anddown Il fell the hour of twelve
Like shot Bird With heavy brain
read and took the pen again
And wrote with infinite delight.
Weep not, dear friends who trail the pen,
When its touch stingsyour finger tips
For DER its path the fevered lips
Of all earth's children breathe Amen
Weep not, but sing yet while you may,
And as you dream your soul away
Gods mercy through your slumber drips."
Weep not, Gagged MINISTRIES that you are,
For Ger the fields your sweet nc tes run,
And scarce before your songs are done,
Their echoes reach you from affair."
Weep not, but sing yet while you may
And as you dream your soul away.
Die like geldhnch in the SUM-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
A Clever Cat.
Manchester :

member of the Geological Society says: II
once had cat who always sat up to the dinner
table with me, and had his napkin round his
neck, and his plate and some fish. He used his
paw, of course, but he was very particular, and
behaved with extraordinary decorum. When he
of mine.
Zone day he was not to be found when the
dinner bell rang, so we began without him. Just
as the plates were put round for the entree, puss
came rushing upstairs and sprang into his chair,
with two mice in his mouth Before he could be
stopped he dropped mouse on to his own plate,
and then one onto mine He divided his dinner
with me, as had divided mine with him."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
Two Parrot Stories.

London Saturday Review.
While Dean Stanley was canon of Canterbury,
a gentleman, who was invited to breakfast.
found all the servants assembled in the garden
gazing up at laburnum in which parrot was
at large. At that moment the canon came out.
The parrot looked down at MIN and said in a low,
but distinct voice, exactly like Stanleys 'Let
us pray" He was captured by the help of a
fishing rod.
A gray parrot was stationed in nursery,
where his greatest delight was to the baby
bathed. An infantile complaint seized the child
and the parrot was removed to the Kitchen
There after a time, he set up terrible cry
rushed down to find the parrot in the widest
excitement, watching the roasting of a sucking
pig.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
General BartIett,s Commission.

Cooperstown Republican, March II.
General Joseph J. Bartlett went out as cap.
tain in the Twenty seventh New York. the
General was made a brigadier by President Lin
coin, and Congress adjourned without confirm
ing the appointment. One day while tho
troops were in camp at White Oak Church the
writer recalls the incident of General
Bartletts reappointment The brigade which
he commanded was drawn up at General Slo-
Gums headquarters who was then our division
commander to bid goodbye to General Bart
lett Before this was done General Slocum APP
peared with General Bartlett and their respec-
tive stats, the former saying telegram had iust
been placed in his hands which lie would read.
1t was as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WAsHtScToS. L. O.
General Slocum;
Tell General Bartlett to put his old clothes again.
have reappointed him brigadiergeneral
ABRAHAM LrTcOlS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

Rnffaio Eynrass


1t is owing to hard. sluggish work, rather than
to any spontaneity of genius, that Mark Twain
makes the world laugh. His best after-dinner
speech, the one about New England weather.
was in its delivery the perfection of drawing,
careless, impromptu speaking and it began with
an ntimaton that he had but few minutes be-
fore been apprised that he would be called upon
to respond to the weather toast. Duplicate cop
les of his ensuing witticism were already in the
hands of the newspaper reporters, and he had
been over week at the composition He is sim
ilarly industrious and painstaking in the matter
of interviews He usually will not talk offhand
for publication, but will provide the neatly writ
ten copy il the applicant chooses to wait until it
can be prepared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

Youths Companion,


We find in an exchange boys novel, written
by boy who is rather more eager to become
writer than he is to learn to spell Chapter
three is dramatic and ambitious, as follows
He ran for the woode, and as he was going he
met friend of his named John Smith
HALO john said he.
"Hallo!"
Where are you going"
Running away"
''Wheir from!n
Jail"
WELL You hadbetter hurry up, because their
come the police"
'Wheir will go9"
.For the river"
us their any boat their9"
YES"
"Gude BIZ"
And away he ran for the river with the police
behind-he soon reeched the river and sprang
into boate.
We are compelled to bid guide hi" to the read
er at this thrilling point
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
The Little Boy Obeyed Orders.
Salem Gazette.

caiem UaZette.
will tell you a funny little story, which
solemnly assure you is true. At the Christmas
dinner given by well-known charity organza-
ton, young lady, who was on the reception
committee, had, among her other duties, to at
tend to the removal and of the outside
clothing of the children. In the hustle of several
arrivals she hastily welcomed one small boy and
told him to take off his things. In few
minutes hearing shout of laughter, she turned
around and found he had completely undressed
and stood as naked as when he was born. Her
friends considerably refrain from asking her if
that small boy obeyed orders
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
Sleep.

When to soft sleep we give ourselves away
And ia a dream as in fairy bark
Drift and on through the enchanted dark
To purple daybreals little thought we pay
To that sweet bitter world we know by day.
We are clean quit of it, as is a lark
So high in heaven no human eye may mark
The thin swift pinion cleaying through the gray.
Till we awake Ill fate can do no i'll,
The resting heart shall not take up again
The heavy load that yet must mako it bleed;
For this brief space the loud worlds voice Is SIN,
No faintest echo of it brings us pain.
How will it be when we shall sleep indeedl
Thomas Bailey Aldrjcl.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
The Story Didn't Go Right.

San Francisco Ingleside.
Deacon Bucrag addressed the Sunday school
as follows Il will tell You story, dear children.
Little Harry was a real good little boy, but his
brothers Tom and George were bad and thought
less One day, while passing the house of
poor widow, Tom and George began to throw
stones at her cat Little Harry reminded them
that this was very wrong, and demonstrated so
earnestly that presently they stopped throwing
stones at the cat, and now, dear children, what
do you think Tom and George then dids' BE
gan to throw stones at little Harry" was the
general shout
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
When Snrinc Comes.

Along the yellow roads the grass
Shall softly creep with noiseless feet,
A thousand odors subuy sweet
Shall breath where er the south winds pass.
The first pale blossoms shall unfold
Beside the lingering drifts Of snow,
The dandelion wake and glow
Ere fades the crocus, white and gold
The swallow on his airy wing
Shall soar whore skies softly blue
In thickets wet at noon with dew,
The hermit thrush shall Turk and sing.
But who shall care for these, alas,
If from grave the flowers shall grow,
And warm rains only met the snow
To hide the dead beneath the grass
Mary II. Krout.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, March B.
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a Glass-Eatins Dog.
Livingsto.

livingston (AIa.) Journal.
We have often heard of the wonderful glass
eating dog Carlo, but always believed it hum
bug; but he was called into the Office of the Ar
tesian House, this afternoon, andin the presence
Of five gentlemen and one drummer ne ate all
the windowglass they would give him. The
glass was broken in small pieces, and he devoured
it greedy licking up ali the pieces that fell out
of his mouth. The dog is the property of Col.
Thomas Whetmore, of this place, and has been
eating glass since he was puppy. He is
pointer and fine bird dog, keeps fat and healthy
and the glass does not seem to hurt him in the
last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
what rs His Other Namea

New Orleans Picayune,
Little children ask queer questions sometimes
A bright little boy about three and half years
old, to whom his mother had on several oc-
casions repeated the Lords Prayer, surprised
her by asking one day: Mamma, what is
Gods other namel Is it God Halloween This
same little fellow wants to know ''if the birds
take off their feathers when they 60 to bedt'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
A Few Thoughts.

Shaw: Silence is one of the hardest argu-.ca.s
to refute.
George Elliott Affection is tho broadcast hm;s
of good in life.
Thomas Carlyle The greatest of faults Ii 10
be conscious of none.
Tibullus: While thy early spring time "a
blooming use it; 1t slips away with no slow foot
Bacon: No cord or cable can draw soforclLly
or bind SO fast as love can 10 Ni.a onl, s,naio
thread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
On Reading the Poems of Edith Thomas

Then will l. tasting, say
This is arbustus' gift
Reached from the leafy drift
On glistening April day.
Wild Honey.
Arbutus gift, in very truth, deem
These gathered golden songs that keep the CLEAN
OF early sunlight through the awakened wood
Tee vernal spirits of the sisterhood
There clustered, rosy-cool and vestalshy,
Are in these lucent cells enforced to lie;
Here bides the battling fragrance here the charm
Henceforth fear not frosty HONS harm,
Though all his bluff begiegers he should bring
Behold, my book shelf lodges Yer, the Springi
Helen Gray Gone, in The Critic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Evening PRAYER.

Jesus, Savior wash away all that has been wrong to-
day;
Help me every day TO be good and gentle, like
Thee;
Thou my best and kindest Friend, Thou wilt love
to the end
Let me love Thee more and more. Always better
than before
Francis Ridley Hayergal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
A RaLlade of Day-Birth.

When the East is FED with the roseate flush of day.
And the heel of day treads the brow of night
When odors sweet, from the trackless seawinds way
Wend DER the valley and over the sunit height
When the sweet skylark MARBLES in his fight,
And thrush and robin sing pens unto morn
All! sweet each song and beautiful each sight,
That tells to US another day is bornl
When tender buds burst out like ocean spray,
Midst the green leaves that gmmer in the light;
When rosebuds ope to the warm sweet breath of May
And blush, like maids, when love is plead Alright.
When ilacs bend and and whisper low loves plight
10 violets hiding from the peoples scorn-
All. sweet each sound and beautiful each sight
That tells to us another day Is born!
When thoughts of loved ones in the faraway
Jar Thalias Tyre by love and time made tight
Where lips of children bend DER us and say
The prayers we taught them by our knee at night
When mothers eyes gaze at us in delight,
And fathers face our deepest prayers adorn,-
All! sweet each dream and beautiful each sight
That tells to another day is born!
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revealed, just as the flash of lightning would
show gravel pit, how fearfully bored he has
been all the time thought he was happyn

From the Lady Gwendolen Chichester, st. Peters
burg to the Princess di San Zenone, Coombe Bysset
Men are very easily bored my dear, if they
have any brains; tits only the dull ones who are
not"
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From the Princess d San Zenone to the Lady Gwen
dolen Chichester.
IF believed what your cynical letter says /
should leave him tomorrow. | would never live
through succession of dislusions and of in
suits
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ENVOY.

Love! awake thy morning ever bright;
We fear thy night, we dread thy hateful storm,
All! sweet each thought and beautiful each sight,
That tells to another day is born
VIII Robert Williams.
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From the 2nee di San Zenonc Coornbc Bysses to the
Dachessa di A9nil& rulsa, Troave.
"Carissina Mia-I have set light to the fuse!
] have frankly declared that if | do
not go out OF this watcry atmosphere
and yerdant Bastiie, shall perish Of
sheer inauition and exhaustion. The effect of the
declaration was for the moment such that
hoped, actually hoped, that she was going to 90
into passion 1t would have been so rofrosLingt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

From the Princess d San Zenone Coombe Bysset to
Lady Gwendolen Chichester St. Petersburg.
eve are to leave for Paris and Trouville to-
morrow. have yielded-as you and mamma
seemed to think it my duty to do. But my life
is over. / shall say farewell to all happiness
when the gates of Coombe Bysset close upon me.
However, you cannot reproach me any longer
with being selfish; nor can he. There is great
friend of his. the Duchess of Aquila Fulva, at
Trouville. She writes to him very often, l know
He never offers to show me her letters | be-
lieve the choice of Trouville is her doing. Write
to me at Paris, at the Windsor"
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
The Civil Service Test Case To-day.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Judge Wallace
in the {. S. Circuit Court this morning
announced that, owing to illness he
would be unable to take up any cases
to-day, but would dispose oi the most
urgent tomorrow.
Morris s. Miller announced that he
appeared for James A. Hinckley m quO
rarrom proceedings, against the CIVIL
Service Commissioners to test the right OF
the latter. He remarked that hs was ready
to press this case on, asked for an early
dav upon which it might be heard. lie
had received notice from the defendant
and he was then in court. This case
ought to be entitled to preference, be-
cause it was public matter and con-
cerned the constitutional rights Of all our
citizens and to d. B. Eaton, who ap-
pears in the csse with rs. District At
torney Dorsheimer said that the defense
was ready now and would be ready to
morrow. Judge Wallace then set the
case down for tomorrow.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
The School Master Of our Re-
public

when our republic rose, N ,ah
Webster became its schOolm ,ster
There bad never been a great nation
with universal language dia
lects. The York. kshiraman can net
now talk with man from Corn val.
rhe peasant Of the Ligurian Appen-
nnies, drives his goats home ut eve,.-
ING, over hills that look down on SIX
provinces, none Of whose dialects he
can not speak Here, five thousand
miles change not the sound OF II
word. Arnuna every tiresile, and
from every tribune, III every field OF
labor and every factory OF toll, j.
heard the same tongue. We Owe it
to N)nh Webster's Spelling Book
and Dictionaries He has done
t f,r us more than ALFRED did for
Englanl, or Cal MS FIR Greece.
His books have educated three gen
erati ms rhey are forever multi
plying his innnmerable army Of
thinkers, who w,li transmit his nam
from age to age. o .ly tw, men
have stool on the NV WIrl wh 80
fame is sure to l,sy--lyolunbns, lis
disc ,yercr, I'm Washing ton, its saw
ior. Webster is AM will be it,
great teacher; aill these three men
III Ike our trlnty OF fam -.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
F"uld Dead

Tuesday The body Of Willis Patton
wasfound by his wife and Child n tue
woods on the w. q. NlcheI's place
alb ,ut seven miles south of Hunts.
Vile on the Whitesburg pike. He b, d
gone out squirrel hulling th day Ie
fore, and not returning his wife with
her child went out to ln)k for him
when foun he was laying on his
face. with death g,ip upon his gun
which he held in an upright position
A little distance away was bis ba
hanging on bush; his game bag ly
ing near by
We understand that there was a
black, bruised line on the back of thu
dead man g neck, aud that the neck
was broken Otherwise there were
no marks of violence about the body
and tue manner Of his death is com
plettIy ehrouded III mystery.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
Indian Creek Association

The lndlan Creek Primitive BAp.
tist Association h. lp its annuh ses-
sion at Mt. Meriah Church near Quid
Nnnc, Sept. 10 90 and 81, rll OF the
twenty one churches being fully rep
resented. Ole new church was add
Ell making the total membership OF
branch churches. Ed. W. ii. Gas
ton served as moderator; r l. Moore
rs clerk Every thing passed of
harmonionsly, a great am 'unt OF I'M
rortant church business being dis
patched
The rext session will be hell the
Saturday before the third Sunday IN
September 1886 ut Merilianville.
The Huntsville church leads off
with the largest membership 995.
Ed. W. ii Gaston returned Tues
day from attendance or the Baptist
A 8 ociation in Limestone county.
Ed Byrd Chapman and Rev j. j.
Smith are back from the Indian
Greek Associations
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
Married III Philadelphia.

A. w. Mccullough Z q clerk If
the u. S. Circuit aud District cOnrts
Of this District WAS welded to Miss
Laura B. Jones. Thursday evening
Sept. "a, 1885, at tue residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs WIN ii. Dale, 17lD
Woodstock street, Philadelphia,
Pom. We join in the consraiu'n-
tons aud we'll wishes OF the hosts
Of friends dlstiny yuishe | groom
and happy hri 10.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
Magazines.

The October Harpe,s is import
ant, attractive and richly illustrated.
Tue trip by canoes along the cost 81
l. .brador by G. II Famham, is con
cluded. Am 'uy the Instructive pa
pers are Back ward studies 10y Wni
ID. Gibbs u. and Great American
INDUSTRIES There is auother in
st ,llment of q dds mith's ".She sto ,ps
t" Conquer illustrated 10y E A.
Abbey. Southern auth, 1s contrib
u1ed two of the poems There is the
usaial amount of fiction and wealth
Of miscellany.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
Who Makes he Nrw>papfr.

1t has been well said that "Man
proposes, bat ID disposes. 2" II t he,
but slight experience with news
papers to find out it may be said with
almost equI free 'the Editor writes
but the typo makes the newspaper,
and despite proof sh let's and tue like.
be the subj ctgrave or gay, he "hol:s
the fort
Here but n faw week. ago We
wrote on the s d OCCASION Of tia
death of tn It esti.nih'e lidy Mr.
Watson Bone, Of Maysvilla I'd 'ceas
ed lived au honorable li!e." Bat
this ruling genus Of the new, piper.
aforesaid, su,stltn,eI 'ilorri T. for
"honorabl-. and after safely pntiine
it in he newspaper lett it all u,cnn
sciOu. of the wounds il must max,
bleed anew ia many hearts nlread,
so & OF grief. rn- sentence c IN pleto
as written was, "Deceaeed lived ii
honorable life and diel highly re-
spectel and lamentea hy Ill of be;
neighbprs'"
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
To The Pnblic.

H,vin. beon ass ,ri IT, | wt!h Mr.
l. II. Wilson Druggist. for the la-'
eight years, and d'si' ing t. remain
among people | have come to love,
[ take this Aiethud OF notifs ing my
nluy friends anuGl the good Feorl-
Of Huntsville aud A.alis III c unt,,
III It [ snail continue in the SANE
nnsi ,ess with Mr. T. T. Willif' rd
snccs.s"r To Mr.. J. il. Wilson.
VII les lie and R till D,ugs, Med
'in's g.. East c.'rner p'blic >q,r+,
'ppns,t- post office, wh re wi be
lNa,s glad to see you
Yours Truly,
FRANK \. ADAMS
Hnntssi e. Ala, Sept rs 1885.
Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
In Which two Ladies' are Injured.

CHARLOTTE, n. G. Sept, PA broken
rail near Warm Springs, on the Western
North Carolina railroad yesterday morn
ing, threw the mail car and the first and
second class coaches of the west bound
passenger train from the track. Miss
SPOTS, of Richmond, Va, received severe
bruises; Mrs. Lowenback, Of Louisville,
KY, was cut about the head, and mail
agent Chelson was injured in the back.
The wounded passengers were transfer
ed to the East Tennessee, Virginia K
Georgia train, and carried to their des-
tinations The cars We're not dam ged.