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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22

"a Spoiled Child of the Heavenly Father"
London News.
During an illness of Mrs Sturgeon, before
Mr.. Sturgeon left her room for the journey he
contemplating, she remarked that She
hoped he would not be annoyed with her for
telling him what had been passing through
her mind. She made him, however, promise
that he wonld not try to procure the objects for
which she had been longing. She then told
him she had been wishing for piping bullinch
Spurgson expressed his willingness to
get both but she held him to his prom
se He had to make a sick call on
his way to the station as we'll as call at the
Tabernacle. Shortly after reaching tho sick
persons house, the mother of the patient. to his
amazement, asked Mr. Sturgeon if Mrs S.
would like piping bullfnch, that they had one,
but that its music was trying on the invalid,
and they would gladly part with 1t to ono who
would give it the requisite care. He then made
his call at the Tabernacle, and after reading
voluminous correspondence, came at last TO a
letter and parcel underlying the other letters.
him, who had received benefit from
his services in the Tabernacle. and as
a slight token of her appreciation of these serv-
ices asked his acceptance of the enclosed onyx
ring, neckIet and bracelets for which she had no
further use. This Intensified his surprise, and
he FASTENED home with what had been
strangely sent went up into his WifeS sick room.
and placed the objects she had loneed for before
her She met him with look of panied re-
proach, as if he had allowed his regard to over
ride his promise, but when he detailed the true
circumstance of the case, she was filled with
surprise, and asked Mr. Sturgeon what he
thought of it! His reply was CHARACTERISTIC: Il
spoiled children, and He just gives you whatever
Won ask for -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Brains and Badness,
New York Eranhic-


Badness is frequently regarded as symptom
of scholarship A forehead bare of capillary
adornment produces some minds the learned
effect of a pair of spectacles 1t is not merely
that it is a sign of and theoretically of wis
dom. An old man with luxuriant white locks will
not impress an audience as erudite when his
junior may easily, if he can exhibit a frontal
eminence lofty and hairless Unconsciously it
may be argued that as the roots of thought strike
deep they send their ofshoots upwards and
conflict with the roots of the hair. In other
words, internal cultivation of the cerebrum is
antagonistic to external ver3ure Whatever
the reason, the opinion is widespread without
any corresponding foundation IN fact. The
illiterate Turk is the most persistenty and UNI
compromlsinely bald among men, In his case it
is not owing TO any mental furrowing, but to his
personal habits and beliefs which might Justify
any scarcity of locks. As babe his head is in
closed in wadded cap tied securely under his
chin. Air and water are avoided as injurious to
the infant scalp, When older he wears the fez
by day and linen wrapping at night. To keep
his head covered IS part of his religion, and so
carefully has he done this that nature has re-
linqushed the task into his hands. and no longer
furnishes her despised protection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
The Sister Forgot Herself

Texas Siftings.
Matilda SNOWFALL is the colored cook of an
Austin family, and is much addicted to male
society. A few evenings ago she said to Mrs
Peterby, the lady for whom she condescends to
cook for fifteen dollars month:
eff you please mum. Use gwine ter pra'r
meetin dis ebenin' wild my only brudder and
I'll not be back till hit breaks up, so wants de
key ob de front GATE
IA nice sort of brother he is, no doubt" re-
torted Mrs. Peterby. who has her own ideas
about colored prayer meetings
Eyes, mum, my brudder am eemman. Use
been acquainted wild him cher since l came ter
Austin, two years ago"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
The Strength of the Hills.

My thoughts 60 home to that old brown house.
With its low roof slopng down to the east,
And it's 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 gray;
| thought they We're giants and doomed to keep
Their watch, while the world should wake or sleep,
Till the trumpet should sound on the iudgn emf
day.
I used 10 wonder Of what they dreamed
AS they brooded there in their silent might,
W lille March rains smote them June rains fell,
Or the SHOWS of winter their ghostly spell
Wrought il 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 tree,
And waste were the fields where you
The winds astir in the taGseled corn.
And was young the hills were old,
And the world with the breath Of
spring,
And the roses red and ne lilies white
Budded and doomed for my heart 5 delight,
And the birds in my heart began to sing.
But calm in the distance the great hills rose
Deaf unto raptutes and dumb unto pain,
Since they knew that Joy is the mother Of Grief,
And remembered butte,fy's life is brief
And the sets only to rise again.
They will brood, and dream and be silent as now,
When the youngest children alive to-day
Have grown t. be women and men grown old,
And gone from the world like tale that is told,
And even those echoes forget to stay.
Louise Chandler Moulton, in September Harper's
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Circumstantial Evidence.

New York Sun.
Kentucky Coroner (holding inquest)-Y
think the body is that of Colonel Blood?
Witness-I am quite sure it is, sir.
Coroner-In what pocket was the bottle found?
Witness-Hip pocket.
Coroner-Hm. Likely Colonel Blood. Any
whisky!
Witness-No, SIR it was empty.
Coroner-Eyidently Colonel Blood, Pint or
quart bottle!
Witness-Quart bottle, sir.
Coroner-1entemen, there lies all that re-
mains of our lamented friend, Colonel Blood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Put 1t ON the Slate.

New YORK Sun.
little boy was trudging along the street with
slate under his arm, when an old lady stopped
him and said kindly
That is right, my little boy I love to see
little boys who anxious to learn and are fond
of going to school Here's nickle for YOU"
THANK ye num-" said the little boy.
"Been buying new slate. see"
Eyes, num- it's for me fadder."
''For your father?'
eyes, mum; he keeps saloon on Second
avenyer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
HiilS--BillSs

Who'll pay the bills
IL go to the hills
For the cure Of my ills,
Where nothing is cheap
And the prices are steep,
tie as steon es the hills!
Who'll pay the billsl
The doctors declare
| must straightway repair
10 the White Mountains, where
i:alef I will find
For tce body and mind.
But it gives me the cbills
When think of the bills!
Oh, gladly I'd 90
Where the cool breezes blow,
But my funds are as low
As my health-don't you see!
So there's no chance for me
To be cured of my ills,
For who'll pay the bills3
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
The First Kiss of Love.

Her cheeks are flushed, her eyes are wet,
She heaves a gentle sigh,
Her hair is mussed, she scarce knows yet
What's best to laugh or cry
What makes her blush and tremble so
With mighty JOY and fright?
The first time in his life her beau
Had kissed her sweet goodnight.
-Pawtucket Gazette and Chronic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Legal Lore.


koscusko Murphy recently passed his exami
nation, and is now member of the Austin bar
His strong card is getting the truth out of wit
nesses. The following is sample of his system
of cross examination:
care you married man!'
'No sir; ! am bachelor"
'SWill You please tell this court and jury how
long you have been bachelor and what were
the circumstances that induced you to become
One?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
For n Sick Man.


HHTpNf > DHIAr.
Fish MAXWELL, young 'un, whatll You havei
Youth-Two Holsters. mister; an please give
me big ones, coz they are for sick man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
A Dealer in Corn Away from Home

Dealer in Corn Away from Home
Chicago Daily Business.
Experienced operator on Change to porter Of
sleeping car: Say, where is this tamarac
swamp located that are going through uowf'
Porter: Yah, yah! Dat amt tamarac
swamp, sab. Dat am Colonel Jones's big corn
field"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Practicing Economy.

New York Times.
Young Housekeeper Cooking over the market
reports )-Brldget l shall want you to go to
market this morning
Brideet--Yis, mum Wotll get, NUM-
Young Housekeeper-I see that beef is much
cheaper on the hoof, and / presume it's just as
good. Get nice roast of the hoof.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Philosophy of Reform.

Atlanta Constitution.
do you knnTy what all this reform legislation
reminds me off, asked a water-plug philosopher
yesterday.
''Whatl'
Swearing out warrants for the devil"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22

seemed to take no notice of the fact; and that he
then buried Margaret Fuller at Coney Island
and could identify the spot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
of the Old Masters.


New York Times .,
Old Lady gazing al oil = ''A'
that air pctur. m!sterF
Dealer-Rosa Bonheur.s -ee
Old Lady-One of the old rnasten> ,;sspses
Dealer-No, ma'am one of the old L.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
A Bank Holiday.

New \ ork Graphlc.
well, Jarvis, you've beaten your wife. you've
had your head broken, and your eyes
~ ~cked, and Your front teeth Knocked out and
w., tent the night in a police cell"
W., Sir John, it's a poor art as never re-
joices"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
A New Aspirant for Base Ball Honors.

New York Sun.
Miss Boston Ito base bail pitcher)-I was pres
ent at the game this afternoon. Mr. Homerun,
and | admired your pitching so much Your
curves reminded me of HOgarth's line of beauty,
Pitcher college club)-lndeed! What nine
does Hogarth pitch for!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
The book ahounGs in bright stories and SHARP

The book ahounds in bright stories and sharp
sayings. A few samples are appended:
The elder Dumas was asked to contribute a
louis toward the funeral expenses of a poor
huissier or bailff Here are 4Cf," said Dumas;
barry two" He was as everybody knew. most
liberal. Il have never refused money to any
body except to my creditors" he would often
remark. One day Houssaye was at breakfast
with him at Monte Cristo. when an actors wife,
poorly attired, but too .timid to ask for assist
ance, called upon Dumas. The latter under
stood the situation at once MY poor child, y
said he, tine sun is very fierce just now. How
can you walk without sun-shade?" And he
slipped five hundred franc note into the young
womans hand, adding: go and buy yourself
one" AS she moved off he concluded merrily.
IF you will come and see on a rainy day |
will give you enough TO purchase an umbrella y
Taglioni had married Count Gilbert DIES
Voisins, noted viveur Des Volsins recounted
to Houssaye that he induced the danseuse to
marry him by convincing Der that the cholera
which was then epidemic in Paris-lnvariably
attacked women who lived alone Needless to
say that the union was not very lasting. Twenty
years afterward, in 1852, Rachel and Taglioni
were the only female guests at banquet given
by M. de MOrny to a large party of friends. Des
Voisns came late and not recognizing Taglioni,
asked Houssaye: "Who is that schoolmistress
at Morny's right" Houssaye had no fear of
causing him too much emotion by answering:
Your wife" Des Vosins gathered his thoughts
NSSNA
it is" Meanwhile Taglion pointing out her
husband, inquired of de Morny what had given
him the odd notion of making her sup in such
bad company.
A writer named Saint Ange connected with
the Journal DIES Debats was noted for his auda-
city as we'll as for his venality. He once wrote
to NJ. Veron, the wealthy manager of the Opera
house: LEND me 2,00Of. You are so wonder
fully lucky that it is not impossible shall return
them to you"
Both M. de Reriot and Pagapini, according to
Houssaye, were am bilious to be proclaimed the
successor of Orpheus The former compared
himself to Raphael, the latter to Michael
Angelo. A wit Of the genter sex said to NJ. de
Beriot: m. de Pacaninis playing is admirable,
but all things considered prefer music"
The daughterinlaw of Fouche. Duke
d'Otrante, of the brightest of women;
her husband was a roue that the Parisans were
wont to refer to as the Due dOtrante ct Qua
rante One day the married pair CHANGED to
dine together. The Duke began to rail at life as
an empty thing "What consoles me-" he cried,
lis that have wronged many husbands" Nv hat
| regret" retorted the Duchess, lis that l can
only wrong one"
Roger de Beauvoir told Houssaye that he oc-
cupied the box adjoining that of NM Theirs
and Dosne at the Folies Dramatiques when
Robert Macaire' was acted. IN Theirs ap-
peared well pleased with his father-in-law, and
NJ. Dosne applauded when he beheld his son-in-
law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
cincinnati, Wabash 8 Michigan Railway.

Over the Bee-lne.l
Observation-Disclosures and Grand Rapids Ex 400 AVA
Michigan Express: ...-:....-. LOO aT
Louisville and Wabash Express 7:1O pu
Arr;ve--Wabash and indianapolis Express 11:25
Cincinnati & Louisville Express. 200 pm
indianapolis and st. Louis Express 1915 pm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22

Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific.
Depart-To]edo, Fl Wayne and Michigan
Express --:--.---;-.,..,... us ana
Toledo, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids,
Detroit and Michigan Express. 2:15 pm
Detroit Express, s.---------.--. 40 PFC
Detroit through coach on c., st. Z.
& P. Express ...11oo pm
Arrive Detroit through coach on c. st. L.
& p Express. 400
Detroit Express s. and C C. $500. 800 ana
Pacific Express 1O:45 am
Detroit and Chicago Mail .---.-.... 615 pm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Cincinnati. Hamilton & indianapolis

Depart Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo. 400 IA
Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and
New York, HOS al
Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and
New York Express. -...--.-..... Gas pr
Arrve-Cincnnati, Peoria and st. Louis. i l:53 ar
Cincinnati Accommodation. .-..... 500 pr
Cincinnati, Peoria ard St Lons. 1915 pr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22

Indianapolis. Decatur & Sprin Jfeld.
D.part-Decatur and Peoria Through Mail. $50 an
Montezuma Accommodation, daily
except Sunday 600 pm
Fast Express daily r. c. and S.. 1850 on
Arrive-Fast Express. daily. c. and S.. 500 an
Montezuma Accommodation, daily
except Sunday $50 M
Through Mail. $50 pr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-22
Jeffersonville. Madison g. indianapolis.

Depart-Southern Express daily, s--..----. 40 arm
Louisville and Madison Express, pc Bis
Louisville and Madison Mail pc, dy 800 pm
Louisville Express .---.-..--.-.--. Gao pm
Acknowledgements and Madison Mail. 9:45
Indianapolis, St Louis and Chicago
Express, daily, p.-----..----..- .1O45 ann
New York and Northern Fast Elk
press, r ......:.::.. 700 pm
St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit Fast
Line, daily, s............1O4 5 pm
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-01
Police Iiusincss for Apr,i.

The total number OF arrests made by The
police for the month of April was 1873. as FOL.
lows; Drunkenness 20; disorderly 80; drunk
and disorderly 80; relit larceny 8; lettering
~; grand larceny 3; violating Sunday ordi.
nance Q; violating market ordinance Q; ,io-
lating ten o'clock ordinance | using profsne
language 3; obsirncting officer In discharge
OF his duty abusing family /; keeping
vicious dog | /; lettering about house of i'll
lame 3; burglary ! lettering about tippling
house 2; committing indecent act on war
rant 3; receiving stolen goods | jumping on
moving car |.
The total number of runs made by the
patrol wagon Tor April was Gj Arrests 67
calls in cases OF accident 3; to remove sick
persons q; les chidreu taken home Q; num-
Der OF miles covered 1856.
A quattette OF disorderly colored women
was wagoned in from the Hill last night
Same old story
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-01

Some kinds o. literary work pays The late
Military articles On the civil war were paid for
liberally. The oriPi al contract called for
four articles from Gen. Grant--on Shiloh,
vicksbu-g Chattanooga and the Wilderness.
The agreed price Tor these articles was $500
for each, and this is the SUN that has been paid,
II any one doubts this st,temeut, | can as
sure him that have seen Gen. Grant s ieceipt
for this sum for the Shiloh and other arti-
ctes. The Sh'loh paper covers about twenty-
one pa !es, more lhin halt OF which space is
gwen up to illustrations. Gen. Grant, there
fore, according 10 his contract, received about
S6o for each page OF the text that he furnished
and thilk no one will doubt that he wrot-
the whole papers. Gen, Joseph Il. Johnston
and Gen. Mcclellan, who have written about
the Peninsula campaign and Admiral Porter
have also received $500 each for articles
Gen. NJ Clellnn is an able writer, and his
papers describing his connection with the army
OF The Potomac, discuss not only the military
side OF the question, but his relations with the
administration as well, and narrates the details
OF in erviews which he had with President
Lincoln and Secretary Seward.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-01
To Tho Sexton.


Tho following lines, which originally APP
reared In the Detroit Tribune were published
over thirty years ago. snd while the ortioPra-
ply is exceedingly faulty, the writer wae evil
dcEtly IN earnest, and possessed keen Will
A APPEL FOR ARE TO THE sExTANT OF
THE OLD BRICK MEETINOUsE
ny A CASPER.
. sextant of the mcetInousc, which sweeps
And dusts or Is supposed tool and makes
And lites the pass and sumtimcs leaves n
in wch case il smells orful-worse than lamp
And wrings the Bel and toles 1t when men
dyes
To the grief OF strvivin PARTNERS, ana sweeps
And for the scrvascs gifts 800 per nnnum,
Wich them that thinks deer. let en- try II;
Gcttn M bcfoar stnr-litc In all wcthcrs ana
kiDdln fires when the wcthcr In cold
As zero and like as not grcnn wood for kin.
7 wouldn' I bc hired TO do N for no some
But @ scxtant! there are kermoddity
Wich's more than gold, wich donnt cost
noihin.
Worth more than anything exsep the Solo of
moan Gewcr Arc, sextant, mean power
II is plenty out dorcs. so plenty 1t doant
What on airth to dew with itself. but hys
IN short Jest FIRE as are out dores.
But o sextant, in our church its scarce as
scarce as bank bills wen agints beg for misch-
wich some say is purity often daint nothIn to
Wat give aint nothin to nobody but sex.
tant,
u shct 800 men. wimmen and children.
Sposhally the hitter, up In a tito place,
Some has bad brcths none nint two swcte
some IL fcvcry, some is sscroflils, some has bud
teeth.
And some haint none, and some aint over
clean:
But every on EN- brcethcs in & out and out
and in
Say 80 times mint, or million and a half
hrcths an our
Now how long will a church ful of are last at
that rate.
ask SiG, ySp' say 10 mn'''' and the" watts to be
Why then they must brethe It all over agin,
Aud then agn, and so on, till each has took II
At least 10 times, and let It up agn, and watts
The same individible don't have the prive.
lidge
Of brethen his own are, and no ones else:
Each one must take whatever comes to him.
q sextant. doant you know our lungs is bel
= o bio the fer of lifc and keep II from
goin out; and how can bellusscs bio without
wind,
And ant wind are? put It to your conscens.
Are Is the Same to us as milk to babies,
Or water Is to fish, or pendlums to cox-
Or roots & arbs unto nm injun Doctor.
Or little pills unto an omepath,
Or boys to gurls. Are is for us to brethe,
", wat signifies who brccches If cant breethe?
Watts Pol Watts Pollus? to sinners who arc
dcd?
Ded for want of brctb2 why sextant, when We
die
Its only COZ we cant brethe no morc-that's
[, all.
And now, o seytant, lot me beg Of you
z let little are into our church.
Pcwcr are is scrtin proper for the pcws)
And do II weak days and Sundays tcw-
IL amt much trOublc-only make hole
And the are win cum in of itself;
IT uvs to cum in wharc 1t can vit warmD
And o how it will rouzc the people up
And spcrrit up the prccchcr and stop garps
a nd yawns and tggits us cifcctooal
As wind on the dry Boans the Profit tells of.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-01

The places in the lawn about the court
hous" lett for flower beds are blank and uu-
pretty. The collection OF handsome gera-
NUNS and other blooms which were so much
admired was whter-hilled, owing to The high
temperature at which il was necessary to
keep the basement Of the building, where
they were stored during the long-continued,
bitter cold. The season before janitor Love
was more successful and brought the plants
through in good shape, the season being more
favorable. Cau't the county commissioners
find few dollars rolling up hill with which
to provide new supply2 Otherwise the
grounds are in splendid condition at the
present time.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-01
George Gould.

There is no immediate prospect OF
young George Gould marrying. He is
not paying serious attentions to any
young lady, and unless he happens to
get unexpectedly smilten there will be
nothing to interfere with his fathers
plans to make speculator OF him.
Georges going into the New York
Stock Board was his own idea. He
had been trading little through brck-
ers, and he wanted to see how it would
seem to execute orders himself. lie
says he likes quick trading, and has a
mind, rs soon as he gets his hand in,
to become II "scalper' for the excite
ment of the thing. The second day
George was in the room stranger
came up to him AID spoke in an under
tone about some commonplace thing,
Then the broker stepped odt on the
floor and offered 1000 shares of stock II
triile under tho market. lie did that
to "guy" young Gould by creating the
impression that the latter had declined
the stock. George got his back up at
once. lie was not going 10 he made a
butt of oven if it did cost him some
thing. lie wasted no time, He whis-
pered to another broker standing near
to take the stock Tor him, and the
trader was woluly disappointed at
having his offer grabbed up without
delay.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-01

sad and heart-rending accident occur ed
at Jacksonville at o'clock yesterday alter
noon. Little Richard son OF Dr.. Lawson
Drais, of Washington, G. H., aged iourt, en-,
ran away from school ia the morning and
stole ride to Jacksonville on an Ohio
Southern freight train He was following
Seils's circus, which left Washington Wednes-
day night When the tram stopped at JelTer-
sonviile he got of. II made IN, We, and he,
thinking 1t was going on, sprapg for the car,
but The train backed up and threw him upon
the track, the wheels passing over hi, lett
side, crushing his arm and lIngs. His heart
and lungs were found stiewn along the track.
DR.. Drtis took the re ains home last niabt.
The alisir causes great interest. owing to the
prominence OF the plreuts. No blame attaches
to any Of the train men.