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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
Another Account of Mr.. Hendricks's Bath at
Atlantic City,

Philadelphia Press.
Just after noon the Vice-president descended
from the board walk to the beach near the Park
baths. He was entirely alone. He wore black
pantaloons, of the regulation Indiana cut reach
ing to his feet, and dark blue coat all OIttoned
down before. Whether he also had on a boiled
shirt and a white tie could not be discovered.
His feet were bare and bony look of calm
and deliberate melancholy completed his attire
He looked like Baptist minister at river bank
immersion. AS no walked down the beach irrev-
erent small boys requested one another to look
at the old dut1er goin' in with his clothes on"
The air of vice presidential grandeur never
looking neither to the right nor the left, nor
deigning to take Dip wet his head" or re-
sort any of the other devices FOR breaking the
severity of the first chill. A hundred yards in
he turned shoreward to see if he could catch
what the wild waves were saying A well de
veloped billow caressed the small Of his back at
the same moment When he recovered himself
the Vice-presdent made some remark about that
being damp, big wave After remaining in
than knee deep, Mr.. Hendricks resumed his
dignity and came ashore. He had at
tracted no attention, except for his queer
clothes and of the hundreds in the water at the
time not more than two recognized ia the queer
ly attired old gentleman the Vice president of
the United States. One of the knowing ones
accOsted him with some question as he came out
of the water. The answer was inaudable but
might have been: This is not my administra-
tion you had better see Mr.. Curtis, of New
York He strobe back up the beach unnoticed,
climbed the board walk stairs and disappeared
above the Park baths, his long coat and wide
pautaloons Topping dismally against his august
extremties. The temperature of the surf was
not perceptibly lowered by his presence in it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.
Nineteen Thousand Miles of Track, and the
Trains Pass to the Left.

"Gaths" Now York Letter
France has some nineteen thousand miles OF
railroads. The scientific spirit OF this nation ia
shown by the fact that their trains pass to the
left of each other and not to the right We 20
to the right in our wagons and trains probably
from having COMPOUNDED the moral meaning OF
the right with the physical right hand. We say
90 right, and, therefore, we go right, whereas
we would do right if went left. You drive
your horse sitting on the right of him, and
therefore the man who has to pass you on the
right Is partly hidden from you by your horses
head. If you sat on the left you would see the
man on your right, and if he sat on the side
nearest to instead of farthest from
you, he would not have hall
the trouble he now has. The
French therefore, Is the left-eyed nation. Pas
sengers get out of the trains on the left hand
side. The government taxes every ticket sold
by railroad since the late war The trains are
classified, and only high-class passengers-th
who pay the highest fares-go on the fastest
trans We have copied from the French our
late s! stem OF shutting the passengers up in the
station until the train is ready, and they can &C
through the gate and show their tickets. French
travellers are allowed only twothirds of nun.
dred pounds of baggage free; those who are
going outside OF France are allowed only fifty
five pounds. The railroad charges for entering
the baggage or booking it. We have already
adopted the French plan of collections on
packages left at the station, but the French
only charge two cents. while we charge ten.
All the railroads in France are run on Paris
time. The French were the first people who
incosed their capital by a junction railroad,
which they call the cincture or belt railroad. II
is over twenty miles long and runs within the
Notifications of Paris. To this belt railroad
alone there are twenty seven Partisan stations,
and each of them has sub-ofices in the midst OF
the city, from which their own railway omni-
buses run to the trains, and at these minor
offices you can book your baggage. The primer.
pal station, that called the North was erected
about twenty years ago by professional archi-
tect and it has the statue of Paris, supported by
that of eight great cities lying the northern
line. The great car-house, behind. is nearly 700
feet long by over 200 wide. Several of our
American railroad stations are up to the best
French and foreign standard. though us time
advances our travellers notice that the American
and the foreign systems borrow from each other.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
Vermont Libera;ity.

Rutland Letter in New York World.
In every town in Verm ont you hear stories of
the widest kind of liberality. One of the Rat,
land surveyors told me yesterday of an extraya-
CANT proposition which was submitted to him by
the proprietor of fllntrock farm several miles
from the town up in the mountains. The flint.
rock farmer had some horses. He thought that
it would be good idea to lay out race course
on his farm, If it did not cost too much, for the
purpose of training his horses. SO he said to the
surveyor: II want you to come up to my farm,
and lay out trotting course for my hosses.
Come up and bring your wife and will give you
all the blackberres you can pick and eat while
you are there The surveyor responded with
caustic Vermont dryness: Il don't believe that
can come l never did care very much FOR
blackberries on the bush"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04

In Sumatra there is a very singular race called
the Kubus, who are too shy to mix with tho
other races of the island and dwell in tho re-
cesses of the forests. They are looked on rs
interiors by the Malays, and thought to be little
better than beasts. Such is their shyness that
they will never willingly face stranger. Their
trade with the Malayans is consequently carried
on in a strange manner. The trader announces
his arrival by beating gong, and then retires
from the place of rendezvous The Kubus ap-
proach. put their forest treasures On the ground
beat gong and retreat The trader returns
and lays his commodities down in quantities
sufficiently, as he thinks, for the purchase of tho
goods on sale. Then he retires. and the kubus
reappear and consider the bargain. And so,
after more Withdrawals and approaches aud
gong beating, tho respective parties come to an
understanding and carry off Independently their
bargains. The Kubus in their wild state do not
bury their dead. They live snakes grubs
fruits and the flesh of any deer or pigs they can
Stay. They are skilful spearsmen. and throw
stones with marvellous accuracy. They know
of no state after death. In some physical re-
spects they assimiate closely to the .anthropod
apes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
SONS OF GREAT MEN.
They Don't Differ Much from the Descendants
of Common People.

They Don't Differ Much from the Descendants
of Common People.
Washington Letter in Cleveland Leader.
A brother of Vice president Wilson is a guide
in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at
81. day, and President Cleveland is asked to
give HIM something better. 1t is curious how
the same blood which produces greatness in one
member Of family produces mediocrity or
worse in another. L know of senator's brother
who is glad to hold laborers place about the
Senate chamber and can count my fingers full
OF the sons Of senators, generals and Presidents
who loaf about Washington disgracing
the tracks which their fathers honored.
The son of one Of the most noted of the
lawyers of Washington a generation ago will
now be glad of an offer of drink at "A second
class bar, and there is of a great senator
and former minister to En- gland whom you may
see any night about Wizards Hotel, who is good
for nothing but loafing | know a Presidents
son who asked for drink the other day Of the
livery stable keeper who used to hire out to him
four ln-handS while his father was in the White
House, and there are working in the departments
here the sons of the best men the country has
produced
Some of great men, however, are turning
out we'll Senator Ingalls, has boy in Kansas
who 1t is said, promises to be as bright as him
self Oliver =. Mortons son has grown into very
good standing young lawyer atlndianapolis,
and the son Of Stephen A. Douglas has Just called
attention to his abilities by his speech at Chicago
Henry A. Wise left bright boy i'll the person of
John 5. Wise, who was in the last Congress,
and young Breckenridge who made the
stirring speech at the Chicago Democratic ma
tional convention, is fit offspring of the great
kentuckian. 1t is a pity that Tom Sherman
went into the priesthood, for have understood
that he embodies much of the high quality of
brains possessed by his family. The Garfield
boys are said to be bright young men, and
Robert Lincoln has many of the attributes of his
great father. General Grant will die and leave
no fitting representative General Logan has d
boy at West Point and it is not possible to pre-
dict much of him at present. Senator Blaines
sons, though bright enough for ordinary lfe
have not the ability of their father, and the son
of Chester A Arthur is nice boy with the
girls, but as yet has developed no great tenden-
cies elsewhere. Senator Malone has boy who
made of himself last winter, and Hol-
mans son did likewise. The Hayes boys are
yet young and they may develop as time goes
on. Andrew johnson left descendants of
prominence, and Grover Cleveland has no child
he can call his own
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
Experience of Young Matron.

Do you want peep into Bedlam TOWN.
Then come with me as the day swings down
Into his cradle whose rockers Tim
Some people call the horizon dim.
All the mischief of all the fates
Seems to centre in four little pates.
Just an hour before we say:
cts time for bed now, stop your play"
Oh the racket and noise and roar.
AS they prance like a caravan over the floor,
With never thought of the head that aches,
And never heed to the Mercy sakeS!"
And PITY save usl' and "Oh, dear, dear."
That all but the lprits plainly hear
A monkey, parrot Guinea hen,
Warriors, elephants, Indian men.
A Salvation Army, a grizzly bear
Are all at once in the nursery there.
And when the clock in the hall strikes seven
1t sounds to us like a voice from heaven.
And each of the elves in warm nightgown,
Marches ay out of Bedlam Town
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Chicago Herald
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SEASIDE.
The Idea of Bathing Costume--A Swim
ming Collar for the Timil.
Baltimore Times.

Baltimore Ilmes
The idea of a bathing suit is to have it pctur
esQue without its being conspicuous, the Ell
feet upon beholders is generally from distance
For this reason white upon blue is much
liked, with the little accessories of bright red
blue or yellow silk neckkerchiefs and turbans.
Swimmers generally prefer to have their arms
bare, as do most young girls who like to sport
about In the water, even though they do not
swim. The merest caps then serve for sleeves.
Palmer suits than those described above are
of blue gray flannel, trimmed with many
rows of narrow red, white or gold -colorod
worsted braid One had deep sailor collar
that extended down the bust in two points, tho
space inside On the chest covered by cross wise
rows of gold-coored braid, the suit being
trimmed with the same. Broad belts of canvas,
fastened by leather straps and buckles, are worn
over the skirt band by those who prefer them
A novelty is swimming collar designed to
assist those who timid i'll learning to swim.
1t is a hollow tube of rubber about four inches
in diameter when inflated with air and is Gov
cred by blue and white red and white striped
stockinette. When the air is out of il il is flat
and can be rolled up and carried in the pocket
but when needed it is inflated by blowing into a
rubber tube attached to it until it is full when
the tube is stopped off so that the air cannot
escape. This is fastened round the neck and
aids wonderfully IN keeping the head out OF
water and avoiding the panic and fright one
always experiences with new beginners Wien
they find they have mouth and nose filled with
water almost every minute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
The Grasshopper.

Shuttle Of the sunburnt grass,
Fiter in the dull cuirass.
Filing shrilly in the morn,
Shrilly still at eve unworn;
Now to rear. now in the van.
Gayest of the elm elan;
Though | watch their rustling flight,
l can never guess Alright
Where their lodging places are;
Mid some daisy's golden star.
Or beneath roofing leaf,
Or in tringes of sheaf,
Tenanted as soon as found!
Loud thy reveiiie doth sound,
When the earth is laid asleep,
And her dreams are passing deep,
On mid.AnS;ist afternoons;
And through all the harvest moons.
Nights brimned up with honeyed peace,
Thy gainsaying doth not cease.
w men the frost comes thou art dead;
We along the stubble tread
On blue frozen morns and note
No least muTmur is afioat;
Wondrous still our fields are then,
Tifer of the eltin men!
Edith NJ. Thomas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
The burial of relative in Timur is a YER

The burial of relative in Tmur is very
serious and expensive business. 1t involves Il
gift to the deceased from all his blood relatives,
and, in return a burial feast. If the deceased
is a of rank. this feast is matter very often
of ruin TO his family The festivity must be
given and at the same time the hospitality is
expected to be- extraordinarily lavish. Conse-
quently it often happens that the day of the flu.
neral is indefinitely postponed for months. and.
even for years until tho family has had time I'd
accumulate sufficient wealth of cattle and subj
stance. In the mean time the corpse is iucloscsll
in mating, and housed either in a tree or a hut
and left to itself Then for days there is Il
savage banqueting and revealing, and the interi
ment at last IS carried out Among the moro
savage races of the Timur Laut islands ap}d
Hmur the skull of an ancestor is severed afAer
burial and kept as relic in u place of henes
within the house
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04

man who drinks whisky Now. you can take
the poorest hog in Texas and bring him in here
and pour pint of liquor down him. and soon
you can never get him here anymore. These
two legged hogs will drink the year round and
you cannot run them off. If you going to
be hog you had better get the hair and tail,
too. don't want to interfere with mans
right to be hog. / tell you it is lawful Amt
it} l don't blame men for standing up for their
rights You have got right to be hog"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04

off. You will gain healthy bronze and sick
headache 6. Buy your wife pug to carry
around and kiss. The neighbors will then see
that you are not of a jealous disposition. 9. AL
ways remark to your visitors that your eottage
has the best location on the beach. TO- Do not
be careful about catching cold. mo one can
catch cold at the sea shore" The reason for this
is that the cold does the catching Ii. Come
back to town and solemnly swear never to go to
the seashore again under any circumstances.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
The Superior White Race.
Macon ga. Telegraph.

A justice of the peace in one of the Richmond
county precincts, in filing out blank for
negro who had been admitted to bail by him,
paused and scratched his head when he came to
the blank in which was to be written the name
of the Governor. 1t was not until the arrival Of
trusty constable that the learned Justice dis.
covered who was the chief executive He gave
as an explanation that 'he hadn't paid any at.
tention to SIGH things since Alexander Stephens
6,ad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04

rest OF the country has made in Kidding itself OF
the bonds and ligaments of sectionalism There
will be reform in New England in due time, bus
we do not have any hope that il will find it's FIRST
impulse in Rhode Island. Nevertheless, Rhode
Island. as well as all New England, must be re-
formed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
They II We the Pass Word.

Columbus co. Dispatch.
the Mexican editors nearly all speak the
Spanish language exclusively. But they know
bottle of champagne when they see it, and never
walk when the railroad and municipal corpora
lions are on hand to furnish a carriage. By
these things we recognize them brothers, and
extend the fraternal grip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
Self Sufficient New England.


The truth is New England is desperately
provincial. and the spirit of self sufficiency which
II has cultivated by nagging and sneering at
other sections of the country, has prevented il
from keeping pace with the progress which the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
Dr. wheden.s Unsatisfactory Theory.

CtnclGnatt enquirer.
In the posthumous papers of Rev. Dir. Whe-
den, distinguished Methodist minister who
lived an New York. desert ption has been found
Of ''how the soul gets out OF the body" The
description is unsatisfactory and incomplete. 1t
doesn't tell how the devil gets in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
Why the King Is Careful.

=
1t would not take much of ali attack of chol-
era to double up the little King of Spain Dissi
patton has so enfeebed him that he could hard.
ly be expected to recover from a siege of whoop.
ing cough.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
Orchard and Garden.

Can some corn for winter.
Seckel pears are small, but they are
nice.
Select melon seed from fields in which
there is only one kind.
Many growers believe that late apples
are better for vinegar then early ones.
Planting peas at two years old, the bugs
being then dead, is advocated by some in
ielligent growers.
Oh those Agents A fruit-grower
lately showed some grapes from vines he
| had bought OF an agent several years ago,
at a good price for something choice.
| Their taste and appearance showed at once
thai they We're, if not natives, some worth
| less relatives of them, not tit to occupy
land when good kinds can be had. After
all is cut and done, the only safe way
seems to be, to send directly to nursery
for any planting stock needed. Then we
can fix the responsibility where it be-
| longs.
Grated Trees There is some question
as to whether gratis on old trees Will dc
as we'll or bear as long as trees of the
same varieties not treated thus. Pro
vided the tree is in good health when 1t
| is grated, we can see no reason why II
should not do as well grated up high as
when grated at the root, as all nursery
trees are. The advantages of grating
old trees that bear poor fruit are, first
you get good kinds of fruit, instead of in
ferior fruit second, with good tree as /
stock gratis grow rapidly and soon beal
freely much sooner than to wait fol-
young trees to come into bearing.
Flowers and the Lawn.
Propagate verbenas.
Set out the young pansies.
SmilaX won't start from slips.
Nip the runners from pot violets.
H.. l.,
rows.
Half hardened shoots of geranium root
readily now.
Hustle around to place the tender plants
of the flower beds out of danger.
The quality of Il garden like that of a
picture must not be computed merely by
It's size.
A patch of the grotesque looking Parrot
tulips would not cost much to plant ana
would give great satisfaction in Towering
time next May.
Forget-me-n ots do we'll as window
plant in the winter provided they nave
good sized pots, and are grown cool with
free airing
This is the planting time of tulips, hya-
cinths, datfodils and other hardy Dutch
bulbs The work, whether done III the
garden, or in pots for winter bloom, may
take place at any time during October
Roman hyacinths started early in pots
will flower by Christmas day.
A Fine Plant.-Whoever has the Ian
tana known as elegantissima growing in
the garden no doubt has been charmed
by its free blooming qualities. Now, any
plant that is taken up from the beds and
is ported up at this time, may be kept over
in the window of a moderately warm
room, and with good care will flower pro
fusely again next March, To treat it rs Il
hanging plant, by suspending the pot con
tanning it by wire mid way in the win
dow. is treatment suitable to the plant.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

elapsed since this pamphlet was given to
the world, have been marked by immense
progress in temperance reform is too evil
dent for argument. One hundred years
ago, the sale and use of Intoxicating
liquors was unrestricted. Rum was
openly sold in every country store and
tavern in the land. Intoxicating liquors
were kept in almost every house, and
even children, following the example OF
their parents and elders, partook freely.
Almost every elderly person can remem-
Der the time when the decanter was the
most common ornament of the side board,
and liquor was regularly furnished to the
farm laborers in the field and freely dis
tributed at every barn-rasng and public
gathering Drunkenness was almost
universal in those days, and while per
haps the beastliness of the vice was less
developed, still it's disgraceful features
were no less noticeable, and no less de-
grading in their influence upon young and
old, than now.
Anyone who will contrast the state of
public sentiment, and the condition of
public morals as regards rum drinking, at
that time, with the sentiment and con
duct of the majority of respectable people
to-day, will readily see that great tenn
perance work has been accomplished
But how much still remains to be done
Public sentiment has been won over to the
right SIDE but the full cooperation of
the public in the work of temperance re
form has yet to be secured. The restric
tive and prohibitory laws need to be every
where backed by a stronger public senti
ment. If this were what it ought to be
temperance societies and pledges would
be no more needed than societies and
pledges against pilfering The only way
is to push ahead all wise agencies for com
batting the vice of drunkenness and the
pauperism and crime which flow from it
in such tremendous flood. Let the law
do its part. Let moral suasion not be
neglected. Guard the fountain head by
protecting the young from evil habits, ant
encouraging habits of abstinence and self
control. And in time we shall have not {
temperance party in America but TEN
peranceloving people.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02
A Century of Reform.

Among the various conferences, con-
crosses and conventions, which have
lately been claiming the attention of the
public, few, if any, have had more impor-
lance or more significance than the Cen.
tennial Temperance conference which
closed its sessions in Philadelphia on
Thursday last This body was called to-
gether to celebrate the completion of a
century since DR.. Benjamin Rush of Phil
adelphia inaugurated the great work of
temperance reform in this country by the
publication of his famous essay, "An
Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits
on the Human Body and Mind" This
pamphlet was the prophetic voice in the
wilderness, which woke the public con-
science to the existence of great ma
tional evil, and prepared the field for the
work of reform which was to ensue. DIR.
Rush's pamphlet stirred the spirits of
such men as Albert Barnes and Lyman
Beecher, and opened for them the way to
the reason and conscience of the Ameri-
can people. 1t may justly be considered
the starting point of temperance reform
in this country-the first notable event in
the history of that great crusade whose
armies are now marching on to final
victory.
That the one hundred years that have