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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-08
a REPORTERS LUCK.

Stanley Huntley, former Chicago Trib-
une reporter, has now an opportunity to be
the head chief Of all the Sioux tribes. Hunt
ley is the author of the famous Spoopsn-
dyke papers. He had been sent into Mon
tana few years ago to interview Sitting
Bull. He then became acquainted with
"Little Knife" the hereditary chieftain of
tie Teton Sioux tribes, who, shortly after
the acquaintance began, sprained his ankle.
1t kept growing worse, and it was thought
bis time had come. The medicine-men set
up an alarming beating of drums to drive
away the evil spirits and pave the old
msn's way to happy hunting grounds.
Hearing the noise Mr.. Huntley went
down into the camp, and on Learn
ing the difficulty bound the old mans
ankle in oil and leaves. He took care OF the
savage for several days, and at the end of
that time pat him on his feet as well and
sound as before the accident. To sho " his
gratitude Little Knife adopted Mr.. Hunt
ley as his son, and presented him with
several ponies and tepee, and made much OF
him while he remained. Little Knife"
however, died afterward, and soon his sue.
cessor, Young Antelope" followed him to
the happy hunting grounds. Under the
Indian laws the adoption of Huntley by
Little Knife makes him the sue
cessor OF Young Antelope" and he thus
succeeds to the chieftainship of all the
Sioux tribes. Huntley's Indian name is
Wauk- per -wau.kan translated, "Ths Holy
Leaf.") Thus does a newspaper reporter
strike bonanza, but perhaps he may not
appreciate it enough ID accept it. A Fargo
special says that it is not known what
Huntley proposes to do. but that his install
alton as chief, if he accepts, will De one OF
the grsndest festivals ever known along the
frontier
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PERSONALS.

GENERAL RosEcRANs' son il a Catholic
priest and his two daughters are nuns.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND is a second cousin
CT the poet, Edmund Clarence Stedman.
Mrs. ELLA WHEELER wILcox is desperate
ly fond of roller skating. even more than CT
writing poetry.
L. B. HAMLIN, of Augusta Me-, eighty-five
years old. enjoys skating on the ice IS well
as any OF the boys.
TEESYsoE says: Men are Gods trees
Then dudes must be ripe thistles-soft on
top and slim in the body.
MISS CLEVELAND, sistsr of the President
elect, promises to become popular as the
| future mistress OF the White House.
A WESTERN paper says: MARY Ander-
sons kisses remind an actor who plays with
her of the time when he put his tongue to a
frozen lamp post when boy"
The Bishop of Mississippi, DR.. William
Mercer Green, is in his eighty-eighth year,
yet on q recent visitation he preached nine
teen times, baptized eight and confirmed
thirty-three persons.
TIRE death, few days ago, of Charles
Downing, the pomologist, excites but little
notice--yet he was the most tasteful and
suggestive OF the men who wisely give their
time and attention to the pleasant calling
Of developing Natures beauty in fruits, and
attractive garden and lawn work generally
JOSH Billings. who has abandoned house
keeping and removed to the Windsor Hotel,
New York, is now about sixty-five years old
and begins to feel the burden of life, ire
spective Of its probabilities. He has been
lecturing twenty-iour seasons, and has fur
nisbed New York weekly a half or quarter
column miscellaneous contributions every
week for the last nineteen years.
THERE is no prettier girl In New York
State than Miss Mary Tslmage, eldest dsugh.
ter OF the Brooklyn divine She Ia OF pale
classic, blonde type of beauty, petite in
stature, very vivacious in manner, and
stylish in dress and appearance. besides be-
ing finished scholar and great favorite in
young society. 1t is also alleged she POS
sesses all the literary tastes of her father
THE millionaire who looks the millionaire
more than any other in New York is Mr..
William B. Astor. You could not pass Mr..
Astor on the street without feeling that ne
wss very rich man. He looks something
like Kaiser Wilhelm. He is over six feet
TALL I should say. and stout in proportion.
His complexion Is tlsrid, his eyes small and
blue or gray. his nose long and rather sharp,
and he wears short, gray side whiskers that
lie close to his ears and q gray mustache that
is clipped short, so that it will not interfere
with his soup. He walks up to wn every d ~
from his Office, and although he sticks his
head out in front of him and is not particu-
larly straight, there 10 an air of exceptional
prosperity about him that is unmistakabls.
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GEORGE ELIOT.
BY c. ii. REEVE.

more new books?" said a young friend to
me, as was opening bundle just left by
the express man. He continued: 81 thought
your last purchase would last you all sum-
mer. I saw among them George Eliot's
works. have you read them? How do you
like them? l have heard 80 much about
them that would like to read them as soon
as / finish my more serious studies / re-
piled that had read the most OF them.
The question ''how do you like Them as
sumed q serious aspect to me. felt it q
duty to answer, bat what should 1 say?
had often tried to form in my own mind a
distinct idea OF what ] thought OF them
and had never succeeded. More or less OF
her personal history came before me, and
the impressions made as / read from time to
time changed, and the more / sralyzed the
more l failed TO reach a satisfactory conclu-
sion. Here was young man just entering
on the responsible part of the journey of
life, and the answer might be important to
him in many ways wholly unconnected
with Miss Eliot and her writings. Profess
sional criticism is one thing, while the inn
pressions left on the minds of the hun
dreds OF thousands of readers of the
works criticised is very different thing;
cOuctutne tnc CkiiCS views NOutu not ducCt
though read ever so carefully by the readers
of the books criticised. What did think of
George Elects novels, was the question. l
hardly knew. had read and re-read some
of them, and / had not one single recollec.
lion or feeling unmingled with pain or sad.
ness in connection with any of them when I
thought of them. RomoIa, Adam Bede,
Daniel Deronds, the Mill on the Floss, and
others, came up before me like the ghosts of
Banquo's descendants before Macbeth and
the witches, and left wonder and pain as
they severslly had when read them
/ had felt that it was a misnomer to call
them novels. There were no real elements
Fl b.z novel 1d in them il taken =: whole ds
They simply grew. They were not histories.
They were eesays, II anything based on i'm
portant facts. Essays attached to q story.
They could not be read - essays or stories
With Any satisiactiQp. Aftsg one Ok TIVE had
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himself gentleman by not depreciating the
country which has honored him.-Chicsgo
Current.
FLORIDA has become TO the United States
what Italy is to Europe, q sanitarium for
invalids in winter, and q resort during that
period Of the year for well-to do people de-
sirous of escaping the rigors of the frosty sea
son in the North.-New York Daily News.
The mission to st. Petersburg is said TO be
the hereditary possession of Pennsylvsnia,
and in might be added that after the way
the vote went in this State last November a
very cold place would be proper place for
Pennsylvania Observation-Disclosures hron-
icle- Telegraph.
THERE are ever so many OF Grants terse
sentences running through the article; il is
all well written-cn its face 1t is a master
piece-but there is an undertone OF bitter
ness, and here and there captiousness. which
is not like the old man Salt Lake Tribune
on the Century article.
AT this day and age we need more carpen-
ter schoolmasters, less Of technology. 4
knowledge of mechanics and mechanical
movements is OF more use as well as orns-
mens in business training than an init
mate knowledge OF the definite article or
Greek yerb.-Southern Trade Gaze ste.
dynamite has yet failed to show that 1t
can keep roof over any Irish tenant or put
bread in any Irish mouth. 1t may terrorze
London; ii is wild and idle dream to ex.
pect il liberate Ireland. 1t matters not how
much the Irish people may condemn it. they
must suffer for it.--Wheeling Intslligencsr.
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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Both the opponent of the free school sys-
tenn and the stickler for university instruc-
ton ut the States expense are infected with
the old world spirit of comedy erss. Eu.
ropean civilization, with its crowned royalty
and titled nobility, has frowned upon scho-
lastic instruction of the common herd
while fostering learning for the favored
classes
The American idea deprecates any lean.
Ing to class or caste in legislation, or in any
benefits or privileges under legislation. Is
this idea strictly observed in the making oil
appropriations by State for the support OF
q university?
The common school system represents
the idea, for 1t places instruction
within the reach of all classes
and conditions. The facilities extend
TO the country as we'll as the town. to the
extremely Door as well a. the rich. By 60
ing to the doors OF the children instead OF
having the children come to its doors, il
reaches universality. But the university,
although its tuition Is rec, is beyond the en-
ioyment of the poor tor the reason that
transportation and expense of boarding can
not be paid. Necessarily, then, the univer-
sity becomes clam institution. Its benefit
are ~ exclusive for the children of the rich
a. IL the laws, In specific terms, gave them
the monopoly. 1t il higher educational
privilege for the behoof alone Of clau who
Il they can pay the greater cost OF Lying
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Alabama. Six years ago society was excited
when the Senator went over 20 New York.
married Miss Mullen. o member OF theater
company there and brought his bride here.
She was a Mississippian by birth.
and related 10 several Generals
of the Confederate and Egyptian
service, and is still q very beautiful
woman OF the slender Spanish type. AS
sbe appeared the other day, making some
afternoon calls upon ladies in the same
hotel where she Is staying, she was the
striking figure Of the occasion. She wore e
long black velvet dress an immense black
Rubens bat covered with black plumes, very
long black gloves. and carried a
large fan of black ostrich feathers,
which, in its graceful motions, seconded
the wonderful play of her large dark
eyes under the thin arching brows. She
held whole company of ladies spsIlbound
and fascinated, and that is the last and
n ost crucial test of any pretty woman's tai
ents. When she sat down they formed a
semicircle before her, ard she carried them
with her by storm. Except for an &C.
cssionsl question they let her have it all
her own way and she was as bright. spark
ling and fascinating to all those women and
bewitched them as completely with her
smiles and her black eyes and clever talk as
If they had been so many susceptible men.
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A LAY SERMON.

Rev. Heber Newton, of New York, is at 1t
again. In the course of his last Sundays
sermon he said how frightfully beyond the
hell. But he fails to tell Us what consti-
tutes orthodoxy in these latter days, and
that is the most important OF questions.
We listened to a sermon recently from the
pulpit CT Presley terrain Church, which will
be generally accepted as an orthodox
church, and yet the preacher took occa-
sion, publicly, to criticise the West
minister Confession, and TO show by as log
ical course of Bible reasoning as can well be
devised that the church to-day is not the
church of the past
That God has always fed His children first
on milk and then on meat. that the same
things can not be preached or practiced now
that the early Christians preached and
practiced. He showed how King
David died cursing his enemies
and laying in functions upon his son and sue
cessor, Solomon, to slay them, while Christ
and st. Stephen died asking God to forgive
their slsyers.
The minister ably showed that religion
should keep pace with civilization.
The uttersnoes now made from week 10
week concerning hell and kindred subjects
by the SO called orthodox clsrgymen, would,
In the days of the Pilgrims have condemned
the propounders OF them to obloquy only
second to that visited upon Tom PANE.
After all is not the religion of Christ one
Of love and not of hell, and is it
not better for preachers to view the
ology from the eternal philanthropic
instead OF the eternal vindictive stand
point7 Does not modern civilization point
rather to boundless oceans of benevo-
lenoe than towards lonely lakes OF molten
glass and burning brimstonef
Horrible hell hurled at the heads OF
hungry heathens for hundreds OF years
has divided Christians into almost
inDumerable factions. who have wasted
much of their powers for good
in wsging war upon each other.
How would it do to practice Christ's doc
trine of charity modified and brosdened by
spirit of modern civilized benevolence for
few centuries now. and see If the Great
Teachers prayer for union OF his followers
can not be reslized2
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CURRENT THOUGHT AND OPINION

A POLITICAL farmer Is rarely prosperous
the crops suffer.-Nsshville American.
Most of these mills are expected to be
run on full time and without any reduction
of wsges-Paducah (Ky.) News on the
thirty-one Legislatures in session.
THE disgraceful occurrence which took
place in O'Donevan Rossa's sanctum in New
York is class of political assassination to
be sincerely deplored.-The American Celt.
THERE is no sense in pretending that this
bogus butter, called by whatever name it
may be, is fit to eat, for it isn't. and the men
who make it know it isn't-Cleveland Sun
day Journal.
NINETEEN bills have been presented in the
Arkansas Legislature for the regulation OF
railroads. Meantime the papers in that
State continue to acclaim that the pressing
need of Arkansas is more railrosds.-Nash-
Vile American.
Me- Irving wsi tes OF American audiences
in the Fortnightly Review. He says the
dominant characteristic is impartiality. He
has other pleasant things to say. Mr.. Irving
has acquired the thorough respect OF the
American public. He came here. submit
ted himself on his merits, was found to be
genuine artist with only high aims to serve,
and has been warmly appreciated. Nobody
beerudges the money he has made, for he
has something valuable to sell. BE proves
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Two Beauties In Washington.
ALBANY Journal

Mrs. Helyar wife of the second Secretary
of the British Legation, wore a white satin
enwrought with gold brocsde, In which
first saw her at Mrs Berry's party. Her
beautiful shoulders, bust and arms were
very clearly indicated by the shortcomings
of her dress, and she carried two immense
bouquets, that of English yiolets fully
eQuslliDg q large cabbage in size,
and pertaining the entire parlor.
There is great difference of opinion
as to this young matron's charms, nearly
all women whom hear express themselves
denying her any claim to beauty of counte-
nance, though conceding her superb vet
delicatelv moulded figure and q distin-
guiehed manner She is a blonde.
Her face conveys an air OF the utmost In
difference to the female sex. Men surround
her IN crowds, and she rarely crosses a parlor
with less than two favored escorts. Her hus.
band il q hearty, handsome young English
man, not at all troubled at the admiration
Of his oueenly wife.
fGlobe- Democrat
A very pretty woman who has reappeared
in Wellington this wear Is Mn. George
Spencer, vile Of the foIwx Senator from
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AN INFIDEL WIFE.
The Wife Of p, c. and st. l.. Conduct
or El0pes With Another Man,
gether at the Farmers Hotel. this
City-The Lothsrio Arrested.

William Woods OF Columbus, o., was ar
rested yesterday evening by Patrolmen
Clarke and Pope as fugitive from justice.
The arrest was caused by Eli d. Miner, a
conductor of the p c. and st. L., who also
resides in Columbus, and who charges the
prisoner with seduction, his wife being the
victim. 1t appears that the prisoner is
train. caller for the Panhandle Road at the
above point, and some time ago formed an
acquaintance with Miners wife. Some
days since, this lady informed her husband
that she intended to visit her mother in
Osceols, Iowa. To this Mr.. Miner
made no objection, and his wife
soon started for that point. as he
supposed. Woods disappeared on tie same
day that Mrs. Miner departed, and rumors
were afoar that he had gone Off with her.
These reports reached the ears of her has
band, and he came to the conclusion that
there was some truth in them. He went to
Osceola at once and found that hia wife had
not been there; further that her mother was
dangerously i'll. Feeling convinced that
something was wrong, Mr.. Miner left imme-
diately for this city, arriving here several
days ego. He at once instituted search
for his missing wife, and about noon yester-
day happened to drop into the Farmers'
Hotel, where he observed q xrnk with her
name marked on it. Going to the book, he
found that Mrs. Miner and Mr.. Woods
had registered as man and wife, aid had
been occupying the same room for several
DAYS. He remained about the hotel for
several hours, and finally went out in search
OF q policeman. At the depot he found the
above mentioned officers, and ordered them
to arrest Woods, which they did as above
stated.
Miner says he will no longer live with his
wife, and it is quite probable that she viii
return to her parents
An attempt was made to interview Woods
at the Central Station LAST night, bat he pos
itively declined TO talk to the reporter. Ii
was learned, however, that the alleged Sc
Queer was married but few weeks ago, and
has relatives residing In Knightstown, Ind.
He has been in the employ of the railroad
company for some time past, and has borne
q very good reputstion In Columbus, where
he has resided for many years. He will be
returned 70 that placs tomorrow.
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He Thought 1t Would Do.
IOhieago Herald


81 want q divorce from my wife," said q
Washington street broker 10 his attorney,
"but / don't know how to begin it."
ANY ground for scandal?" asked the at
torney.
No; oh, no"
did she ever hit your
No; her temper is cutie even."
ibid she ever blow out the gas?"
'No-she lets il burn. Maybe that would
be grounds, ehP'
''No," said the attorney. ain that case
she would call to her cid the gas company,
and We would have to struggle with me-.
nopoly. That wouldn't de-"
NO" said the applicant sadly.
I'D she ever scald any OF the children"
asked the attorney, Frightening up.
Haven't got any to sesld. l suppose it
wouldn't DO to say she scalded the children
OF the next door neighbor.
sNo.''
Then don't know what to do or saw"
Then both men looked thoughtfully out
OF the window for nearly seven minutes.
"Shs crank out OF the finger bowl ~ the
hotel when we were on our bridal tour"
said the husband, hesitstingIy.
III You get the date and witnesses" said
the lawyer quickly, 81 think that will be
sufficient-under our law
Then they went out together and called
for two schooners of beer.
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THEN AND NOW

venerable paper, bearing imprint OF
lss9, bss been furnished rs by friend that
We might read letter Of correspondence of
that year from his pen. He had been all
the way from Boston to New Orleans part
of the distance by rail, part by stage and the
remainder by river boats. think of it.n is
sn exclamation OF his letter, "I have tray
eled 500 miles in twelve days and stopped
three times What strides Of progress our
country has made. predict that some day
one can traverse the entire distance from
Boston to New OrIears within eight days"
The personal letter which accompanies the
paper says "You will doubtless smile at
my prophecy of thirty.six years ago for
another reason than did your father, who
was my friend; be did not think the feat
could be accomplished"
The paper referred to makes editorial CON-
ment on its New Orleans correspondence, in
the course OF which it remarks: "Truly, it
is a fast sge we are living in"
We wonder what Boston man in our day
would think Of being twelve days, or even
eight, between his city and the Worlds Ex-
position. The line OF travel which did not
land him in the Crescent City within three
days would be pronounced 50 slow as to be
unworthy OF patronage; aud yet. the editor
of 1S49 thought lit was fast age he was
living ID"
II we consider the tedloGsness aud incon.
venience Of travel in that era OF railroading,
what an impatient people we find ourselves
to be. 1t seems almost ungrateful for any
in our day to complain of slowness in travel.
But the Cincinnati merchant breskfasting
at home who is not in Chicago, over 300
miles distant, for an early supper will be-
lieve himself wronged By the railroad. The
three to six months across the plains, for
tie mover from Boston to California in
1s49 has bsen reduced to less than
seven days, and yet the tourist calls
it tedious ride. An Indiana Congressman
and his wife, thirty.fve years ago, required
from six to eight day. to make the trip from
their home to Washington. But daughter
of theirs, when starting for the capital city
few weeks since in palace sleeping car,
expressed horror OF the tedious ride (of
twenty-three hours) ahead of her.
1t is ours that is the fast age, but still it
hardly keeps pace with our desire for speed.
And perhaps thirty six years hence our day
will be looked back to as slow one, just as
we lock ut the year 1s49.
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from home at the university town, do not
need the special tuition gratuitv.

from home at the university town, do not
need the special tuition grstuity.
But there is something more than this POI
litical criticism on State University educs-
ton. There is positive satire on the Latin
inscribed 'sheepskin" in the more nniver.
sal success OF men who never bore off grad
ustion honoIs Examine American biog-
rsphy and II will be discovered that our
foremost statesmen, lawyers, philosophers
and orators have been men who never en-
joyed high-grsde college instruction. The
rtsplendent ability, original thought, pur-
sussive tongue and aggressive spirit which
bave Distinguished our country's halls OF
legislation have most frequently come
from "log school houses" or other temples
OF learning whose curriculum was not so
high ss that Of the average Indiana common
schoOi