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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

cratic treason, and the national credit ruined
through Democratic incompetence and extrav-
agance. 1t were impossible here to recount
how the first Republican administration
brought order out of chaos, the while gripping
the throat of rebellion and slavery and chok-
ing the wicked life out of both. Public
the great civil war that had
been formally set in motion, and
from that day forward it grew in the conf
dence of the worlds money-lenders, until the
United States bond is now selling at lower
rate Of interest than any other in the world.
The close of the war of the rebellion found
the Nation in debt nearly So, 800, 600, 900. 1t
has been reduced to ST., 400, 600, 600, and the
annual interest account from $143, 000 900 to
$50, 100000, since the war. Under the wise
direction Of Republican wisdom the country
has prospered as never before. The country
now goes back into the hands of that party
which, when last in control, squandered its
treasure and crowned its own infamy by seek
ing to destroy it. While, therefore, the Re-
publican, reviewing the past, has cause for
graduation, he cannot but view this re-
markable change in public affairs with patri
otto solicitude only hoping that the lesson of
the past taught by Republican teachers, may
not be lost on those who have been drawn up
out of infamy despite their protests.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
Gen. Corse,s Wound.
r. D. M. IN Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
n.xacaal II:oizaa 4olla c,oad Z

K. D. M. IN Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
General Hickenlooper tells good one on Cen
eral Corse. TWAS at Alatoona that a rife ball
took Corse alongside of the head General
Sherman received word from General Corse that
his ear and a portion of his cheek-bone we're
gone, but that he was still able to hold his posi-
ton and fight it out. AS soon as possible Sher-
man got over to see him, full of anxiety for him.
He found Corse with his head swathed in band
ages. and, in his anxiety to know the nature Of
the injuries, impatiently ordered the surgeon to
remove the cloths. This was done slowly, and
with great formality, and there was revealed a
slight scratch of the check and hole in the ear.
Sherman looked intently at it and calmly re-
marked, "Why, Corse, they came near
missing YOU didn't they2a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

THE law of Congress, under which the
Illinois Legislature is operating, to elect a
United States senator, provides that 'the
joint assembly shall then proceed to choose by
a viva voce vote of each member present a
person for senator, and the person who re-
ceives majority of all the votes of the joint
assembly, majority of all persons elected to
both houses being present and voting, shall
be declared duly elected There were 2O4
members elected to the Illinois Legislature,
and it is clear, from the language of the law,
that it viii require 1903 members present and
voting to make legal quorum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
Watterson, Lamar and Clara Morris.
lew York letter TO Syracuse Standard

New 1ogK Letter TO Syracuse Standard.
A while ago, some gentlemen, among whom
was Senator Lamar, made a morning call on
Clara Morris. They found her at breakfast al
though the hour was noon In her lap was her
packet of morning letters She amused her
friends by reading to them some of the thoughts
of her uncommonly bright correspondents. The
Senator saw an envelope and said: That's Wat
tersons writing Do let us hear what he has to
say" The actress complied, and read the first
four sentences through which turned out to be
this: Clara, am satisfied you my enemy
If not why do you speak 80 severely about my
dear friendsR Why, oh why in your last do you
allude to your admirer and to my hero, Lamar,
as Old Soap Locksf 1t is terrible!" Tableau!
The brilliant company, the Senator included
were sensible enough to dissipate the situation
with laugh. If, however, tNIr. Lamar enters
the Cabinet, note whether he ever invites eitheg
Clara or Henry to take potluck with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
THE APPORTIoNMENT STEAL.

The more the attempt to disfranchise moro
than half Of the voters of Indiana and give
them, in each branch of the Legislature, lees
than half of the members their aggregate nu-
'merical strength demands is investigated, the
more like the shotgun methods of Mississippi
it proves to be. The senatorial apportionment
is even worse than the representative. As we
showed in Saturdays issue, in Marion county
we have two senators for voting population
Of %, $50, or one for every Ia, $50, while in
Hancock county they elect two senator's with
a voting population of 4,276, and in Shelby
two in voting population of 6.246. Other
districts are nearly as outrageous as these.
Wayne county, Republican, with a vote of
10,o45, elects but one senator, while LaPorte
county, Democratic, with a vote Of 5000,
elects two. Elkhart county, Republican,
with vote Of SGT, elects one, while Boone,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

Two awful disgraces are to be inflicted upon
the country. One is the death of General
Grant while rebellious Congress is higgling
over putting him on the retired list, and the
other is the handing over of the federal gov
eminent to the control OF party dominated
permit the Nation to relieve itself from the
deep and damnablo disgrace of dishonoring
It's greatest citizen and its military savior.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

Mr.. HENDRICKS, in one of his speeches en-
route to Washington, was gracious enough to
express pleasure at seeing the people opposed
to Cleveland 'acquiesce in the result of the
election and yield gracefully their position
upon q slight majority of 1900" The 'fpeo-
pie" that Mr.. Hendricks compliments are Re
publicans. 1t has been observed that in this,
Is in other respects, they differ materially
from Democrats
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

The Democrats Of the House have been
greatly outraged in their minds because the
Senate does not press the House joint resolu-
ton to send committee to notify Cleveland
and Hendricks of the fact of their election
Doubtless the appearance of Mr.. Hendricks
on the ground has relieved their arprehen-
sion. There is little doubt that Cleveland
will get there too, Eli
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

The Republican senators will doubtless
mite with the Democratic senators from
what may be called the rural districts, in the
passage of the metropolitan police bill for all
cities and towns in the State of over twelve
thousand inhabitants If the metropolitan
system is so good for Indianapolis and Evans
vile, the Legislature ought not to hesitate in
extending its benefcent influence as widely
"a nossible
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

A WASHINGTON special says that Mr.
Cleveland and "Col." Lamont had good
laugh overs the ridiculous letter sent the
President-elect by Mr.. Hendricks, assuring
him that Mrs Hendricks would not inter-
fere with the administration That letter
caused broad grin to go over the face of ma
ture. It was supremely childish; the Du-
buque letter was supremely selfish.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

SOME exuberant Democrat sent suggestion
TO Episcopal Bishop Howe, of the diocese of
South Carolina, that he should prepare form
of thanksgiving and prayer to be used in the
Episcopal churches of the diocese on the Sun.
day after the Inauguration of Mr.. Cleveland
Is President. The Bishop replies, publicly,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

IT is reported that Mr.. Cleveland somewhat
fractured the third commandment when he
talked over the action Of the silver men to
whom he addressed his letter predicting a
financial panic unless the compulsory coinage
of tie silver dollar was stopped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

INGRATITUDE, next to treason, is most dan
gerous to national integrity. The American
people can no more afford to fail to do justice
to General Grant than could citizen afford
not to acknowledge the service Of policeman
who had beaten off footpad and saved his
nc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
The Only Drawback.
phiIadaibi,ia praas

Ito0s
Mr.. Hendricks gavel, recently presented him.
is made from hickory, and was the handiwork OF
II Hoosieriad only seventeen years of age. The
only objection to the gift Is that the presiding
officer Of the Senate uses no gavel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

II may be stated, as fact not likely to be
disputed, that General Andrew Jackson War
ner will not be Mr. Clevelands Commission
er of Pensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
The Only Man Against Him.

WhBhIngt0n POSt lUen.J
The only Democrat within the confines Of thG
State who has not earnestly requested his Mr.
McDonaldsl appointment 20 the Cabinet is Vice.
president Hendricks. Mr.. Cleveland knows this
nerfectlY we'll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

Louisville Commercial
Your Uncle Joe Mcdonald will not flee to the
mountains of Hepsdam. He has learned tc
gnaw q file as il it were so much charlotte russo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
A Condiment.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The name of Lucius Quintius Curtius Lanai
is counted on to give a Roman-punch sort oil
favor to tho Cabinet pudding.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

COMPETITION at Savannah, Ga, has
brought gas down to fifty cents per 1000 feet
nearly as cheap as Patten dispenses it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

IndlanapoIIs FTteHlNHs
There is no moro conceited animal than tli
human animal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02

Mr.. CLEVELAND and the silver men are
'out"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-02
wHE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Telephone Calls.
Business ofice 23S Editorial Rooms 242
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

A WATCH and chain during the fervor
excited in the recent Saratoga Mission
airy Convention, were impulsively TAX
zen by woman from her belt and given
to the Secretary. They had cost a
hundred dollars originally, she said,
and she hoped that twenty-five might
be realized from them for the cause of
missions. Il advised her to be slower, T"
said the Secretary, sand to take day
to think it over before parting wit h her
property. She wouldn't hear of de-
NAL, however. and so took the watch
and chain. telling her that she could
get them back at any time within three
months. At the end of that period l
shall sell them and devote the proceeds
to the cause"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
Gas Rome DOes.v

Etiquette in Rome is very strict as to
one point it is not considered proper
for lady to take the arm of gentle
man in Catholic Church. In walking
about st. Peters the guides mention
This to the couples who innocently stroll
arm in arm looking at the statues, pict-
ures, affairs, and frescoes of that won
derful interior. Perhaps this is because
any idea of its being a promenade
should be discouraged. A gentleman
demonstrated with the guide on one oc-
casion, saying that the lady with him
was his mother, and lame. "Then put
your hand under her arm," said the
guide; "but do not let her take your
arm" A young gentleman always gives
his right arm to an elderly lady in walk
ing with her. On being asked why this
is done, he answers that it is "contin-
uation of the carriage etiquette, which
always puts the gentleman on the lady's
left. -Hdrper's Bdzdr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

THE wife of Senator Hawley is re-
sponsible for the latest outburst of
humor from Mark Twain. Gen. Black,
Commissioner OF Pensions, recently
addressed the following letter to Sam
uel Clements, Elma, n. Y, pension
applicant
Replying to your inquiry relative TO your
pensionclaim certificate No. 297520, it is
proper 10 state that so much therein as is
based on rheumatism, pies, and sore eyes
was rejected on May %, 1885, on the ground
that there has been no pensionable disability
therefrom since June %, 1884, the date the
claim therefor was filed.
Clements claim was being looked
after by Senator Hawley, and Mrs.
Hawley attends to all her husbands
pension Office business. She sent
Clements the following postal card:
/ am informed that your pension is al
lowed and congratulate you. Very truly,
JOSEPH II. HAwLEY,
Per ii. w. Hawley.
Instead of going to Samuel Clements,
of Elma, N. Y, it went to Samuel
Clemens, Elmira, n. Y, and that gen.
tleman replied as follows:
John c. Black. Esq, Commissioner:
DEAR SIR-I have not applied for a pen
sion. i have often wanted a pension-often,
ever so often. 1 may say; but inasmuch as
the only military service performed during
the war was in the Confederate Army, have
always felt a delicacy about asking for it.
However, since you have suggested the thing
yourself, feel strengthened. / haven't any
very pensionable diseases myself but / can
furnish a substituted man who is just sim
ply a chaos-a museum OF all the different
kinds of aches and pains, fractures, disloca-
tons, and malformations there are; n man
who would regard rheumatism, piles, and
sore eyes as mere recreation and refresh
ment after the serious occupations of his
day. If you grant me the pension, dear sir,
please send 1t to Gen. Hawlcy, United States
Senator-I mean hand him the certificate,
not the money, and he will forward IL TO me.
You will observe by his postal card, which /
inclose, that he takes a friendly interest in
pension, whereas I've only got the rheuma-
tsm; but didn't want that; had that be
fore. / wish it were catching; know a
man that / would load up with It pretty
early. Lord but we all feel that way some
times. I've seen the man when-but never
mind that, you may be busy. Just hand it
to Hawley-the certificate. you understand,
il not transferable. Very truly yours,
5. l.. CLEMENS,
Known to the police as "Mark Twain"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
a Generous Offer.

Gen. Grant has received the most deli
cate and heartfelt sympathy in his illness
and misfortunes from some of the Confed-
crate officers and soldiers who had known
him in the old army" said an intimate
friend of his the other day. And apro-
pos of this is an incident which occurred
last year. When the news of his complete
pecuniary collapse became public there
was very general expression of
regret all over the country, and
many offers of assistance were
rendered none of which, however, he ac-
cepted / was 8 ting with him at his resi-
dence in New York one morning while he
was going over his daily mail, when he
looked mp with a curious expression, and
said: i want you to listen to this and
then he proceeded to read. 1t was a letter
from an old officer in the United States
army whom Grant had known in Mexico,
who left the service about the same time
Grant did, and subsequently became dis
tinguished Confederate General. The let
ter, as well as / can remember, ran this way:
my BEAR GRANT: You and / have
known each other for many years, and be-
cause ,of that long, and, in its early
days, intimate acquaintance and friend
ship, l venture to ask you to do me a
favor. have read in the papers that, by
VI circumstances tyOuu YOUR Gull
troll, you have lost the means you relied
upon as a maintenance during the balance
of your life. The favor / wish to ask is
that you will allow me to send you $40, 900,
TO be considered Us n loan and repaid at
your own convenience. l know you will
receive this request in the spirit make it,
and the only condition / couple with it is
that the matter shall be kept secret be-
tween us. Upon notice of your accept
ance will send the amount to you in the
shape of my personal check on the Bank
Of New York. Be assured, my dear Grant,
that you will confer personal favor on me
by permitting mo to be of this slight SER
vice to you.
DO you know who it WASP" was asked
of the speaker.
YES" he replied, "but 1 cannot give his
name. He is a man of large fortune and
could easily have done it, but respecting
his friends wish, Grant desired that his
name should not be made public. / have
never seen Gen. Grant show so much emo
ton and appreciation as he did in this in
stance. Shortly after that Congress passed
the bill empowering the President to retire
former General officer of the army on
full pay, and Grant was at once nominated
and confirmed, and thus was put beyond
the need of availing himself of the gener-
Gus liberaity of his friends.
There is reason to believe that the per-
son who wrote Gen. Grant the letter men,
toned was Gen. S. b. Buckner, of Ken
lucky.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06
Life on Other Worlds.

Whether we turn our thoughts, says
one of the ablest of modern astrono-
mers, to planet. sun, or galaxy, the law
of nature Recognized as universal with
in the domain as yet examined, that the
duration of life in the individual is in
definitely short compared with the
duration of the type to which the indi-
vidual belongs, assures us, or at least
renders it highly probable, that in any
member of these orders taken at ran
dom, it is more probable that life is
wanting than that life exists at this
present time. Nevertheless, it is at least
as probable that every member of every
order-planet, sun, galaxy, and so on
ward to higher and higher orders end
lessly-has been, is now, or will here
after be, life-supporting "after its kind" "
-Erchange.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

Of any campaign. He always spoke of his
victories 'as due to this. that, and the other
General He was the best balanced man /
ever saw. never once saw him exalted
by the most glowing success nor depressed
by failure, He took things as they came
He had more of the qualities that inspire
hero worship than any one / ever came In
contact with. Such man Goes not APP
pear but once in an aga. He rarely ever
used profane word. When angry. which
was rare he was the opposite of other men.
He would then knit his brows, compress
his lips. and speak slowly"
What day did he enter Vicksburg?"
"The 4th of July. Gen. Pemberton
wanted him to enter the day before, but he
replied: No. have been waiting to cele-
brate the 4th.' The first thing he did was
to issue abundant ntions and parole the
prisoners. That was a master stroke TO
parole them. for had he sent them North
they would have been a tremendous ex-
pense to the Government, aud as soon as
exchanged they would have returned to the
rebel ranks. AS il was they were glad to
go home and remain on their parole"
You say Gen. Sherman was in full SYM
pathy with Gen. Grant,"
"Assuredly. remember to have heard
Gen. Sherman use n remarkable sentence
thing that makes Gen. Grant SO great is,
that it is impossible to incumber him with
men or responsibilities. He could CON-
mand a million men if you could get a field
big enough. Gen. Grant commanded the
longest line of battle ever fought in the
history of the world-that is Mission Ridge,
seven miles. Fighting was going on that
entire length at once. The General sat
quietly by little telegraph instrument and
ordered commander after commander to
develop what was in front of him. He al
ways knew what he was doing. He once
ordered certain general whose name
will not give, to make an assault. The
general, who did not want him to succeed.
replied: Il fully comprehend your order,
but to carry it out is the destruction of my
army" Gen. Grant instantly sat down and
wrote: II am gla d you comprehend my or
der obey it. ;" Victory was the result
".Gen. Grant was the first one to dis
cover the brilliant fighting and command
ing qualities of John A. Logan. 1t is O
mistake that any of Gen. Logan's prefer
ment came from political centers- he won
it all on the field with his sword
under Gen. Grants eye. They
had absolute faith in each other. and were
as affectionate as brothers. There was no
man north of Mason and Dixon's line that
so quickly forgot the bitterness engendered
by the war. No one had a higher apprecia-
ton of the valor and brilliancv of the
Southern soldiers. He said Lees Army of
Northern Virginia had never been excelled
on earth.
where did you first see Gen. Grant,"
"At Galena, Ill. before the war. He was
sitting in front of his fathers tannery whit
Ting and smoking small pipe. He cared
nothing for business. He had no idea of
its details. He would not have known a
piece of bank paper from Chinese wash
bill. Capt Grant. as he was then called,
looked about as old then as he did four
years ago. when saw him last.
Did you live in Illinois?"
Eyes; practiced medicine within twenty
miles of the General.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

The Los Angeles Herald describes q
specimen of the vampire family recent.
~ caught there: This huge specimen
measured twenty inches from tip to tip
of his wings, and was pretty well arm
ed with teeth and claws. His head was
as large as the heads of four or five or.
binary bat heads combined, and well
hooded with two ears fully as large as
a half-dollar. His majesty was as
vicious and warlike as a scorpion Oh
tarantula when confined, and his bite
would probably be as dangerous.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

A CHICAGO Mail reporter recently
suggested to Pension Agent Sweet that
when her tenure of Office ceased she
might sail on matrimonial seas. "Well,
hardly" the lady answered; "you see,
I've brought up and educated my
younger brothers and sisters, and SC
feel quite matronly now. Besides,
made up my mind a good while age
never to get married until was able
to support husband in the style he
was accustomed to, and 1 haven't been
able to save enough to do that yet.
The pension Office is fairly good one,
but wine and cigars are expensive. No
L shall jog along in the old way"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

AS AN evidence of the ignoranc e
which prevails throughout Wales, the
vicar of a large district writes that he
gave to q poor woman, whose daughter
was ill, little jar of extract of meat,
telling her to boil it with certain sea-
soning. The woman complained there
was something wrong with the thing.
She had boiled it for hours, and could
get no charm out of it. The fact was
she had left the jar unopened.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-06

An extraordinary case of plagiarism,
of which Harper's Magazine is the
victim, has been discovered by the New
Haven Neics. It has been found that
the serial AT the Red Glove" running
from last December to June of the
present year, is identical with a story,
"Widow Merand--A Story in Twelve
Pictures" published in Temple Bar in
August, 1870. and subsequently re-
printed in this country in LittelPs Liz
ing Age. The principal change is in
the scene of the story, the names OF
many of the characters being identical.
The Ne,os verifes its statements by
printing parallel columns showing the
same language.