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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
A SPEECH PRESERvER.
Some Valuable Hints to Orators, Young
and Old.

All the books on oratory that have ever
been written OMIT the only important rule
for an orator to observe. This rule is OF
service to all speakers, good, bad and indif
ferent, and practically Is worth more than
all the rules of Quintilian, Whately, Quaclx
enDoss and their kin. 1t aids the best
speaker and prevents the worst from making
fool of himself.
This is the rule: Begin to study, think over
OF commit youi speech to memory at its end,
not at its beginning.
The prosperity OF a speech depends upon
It's peroratlon, not its exordiun. Indeed, to
begin stumbling and TO end flying Is itself q
clever trick of rhetoric, and makes an agree
able climax A speaker c9tener begins fly
ing and ends in a slough. The reason is ob
vious: he has thought out the first part OF
his speech clearly, but he trusts to the syrep
inspiration for the rest
A striking instance: During tho oil excitt
ment years ago, passed few weeks at tn,
city OF Hthole, Venango county. An cleo
ton was held while was there, and two OF
three thousand men gathered before the MAR
hotel, the only spot where you could stand
an hour without sinking over head and ear
In mud. Here thick planks had been laid In
the street, on which the sidewalk looked
'' The street for ora hundred yards was crowded
thicker than a sardino box with an oily mnss
OF good naturcd rapscalionadoes, while mil.
lionaires, swindlers and mon OF genius
thronged the sidewalk.
In a nasccnt society most mon who can
write their names AFRO eager 20 make their
mark. The occasion seemed inviting 10 NO
gsnerous an ambition. Look there Il Plum
NcCnlmott: he h thinking buslly how he on n
stamp the general mind with ais own seal
A moment later he advanced 20 tho edge Of
the sidewnlk and I'm answer 10 calls of
s,Specchl" "Speochr' stretches forth nm arm
whose grace would mako pump handle en-
vious.
During half dozen sentences no holds Inf,
audience spellbonnd: but alasl NO doc lees. moi
know NV rule ue has begun nj tho wrone
ami like the cnrnal phil,mopher. he h try.
inc Ia reaaon from the known 10 tho an.
known. Look he has got 10 tho cnd of hi,
memory, ho falterr, he stumblcs, hc catches
risiys laugh prseta the nsa"ent statesman.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
burlington HAwkeye.l

huntington HhWtryoI
In proportion 10 their numbers the poor
and ignorant arc less criminal than the
rich. They arc moro unselIlsh, more gensr.
Gus, more industrious. In proportion 10 their
numbers than tho rich. A mans integrity
cannot DO predicted In any degree upon his
financial condition.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
BARD AND BLOSSOM.
lOriginal.I

Hal my laughing violet
In your tiny calyx set,
With your winsome eye of blue
Looking all my spirit through,
While you seem to nod and say:
''Old Spring poet, go your wayr'
Tell me, roguish little sweet,
Isn't there some small deceit,
Child-like, make-believe pretense
In that pouting innocence
OF indifference that you show
When these rhymers praise you sof
BENZ. s. PARKER
p. O., May 49,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
Noseltle. OF One catalogue.
ftlhIcaso IIerald.l

When tempted Co buy largely OF any
highly praised and highly priced novelty In
flowers. fruits or vegetables get some plant.
seed or nursery catalogue printed dozen
years ago and figure out what percentage Of
the new introduetions for that year have
fulfilled the fair promise made by their dis.
saminatora
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tNorrlatown Herald.

One can't look at tho portraits Of tho Rus.
sian and Afghanlstan generals and officials
In the newspaper. without thinking Of tho re-
mark made by the little girl at tho tea-tabls
anent her big.whiskered and bald-headed
uncle They all seem TO have boon born
with their heads put on upside down.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
Criticlsins Michigan cuisins

A Michigan paper with considerable tzs-
,lay publi-hsa recipe for smc&tless -
nsto soup" This ought % bs easy. Al
yvu have 70 do Il 81 leavs msat out; but lst
some one try q tomatoless mato soup n
he want ~ earn anne for btmself
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24

New Zealand, with population Of osag
300, 900. supports 100 newspapers. thirty q
which arc daily. In Auckland, place q
$4,000 people. The Star Of that city ~
IN O0O epeuia ton
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28

made hrigadier general, and on May q,
1861, be was made commander Of the Army
1f the Potomac and began a campaign
which was ended at Manassas on July II
with his second battle-Bull Run. Whoever
was responsible tor the reverses Of that day,
Gen. Mcdowell bore them with dignity and
afterward steppel into subordinate place
md served loyalty rs q division commander
Of the Army Of the Potomac under Nc
ClellanL When that army underwent reor-
ganization h. was put in command OF It's
hrst corps, with the rank Of the major gem
sral Of volunteers, March IA, 1872.
A month later he had charge of the depart
ment Of the Rappahannock, hut, although
the government retained full confidence in
him, the same i'll fortune followed him that
bad marked his former career, and an acci-
lent in the saddle, which kept him helpless
for short time, was followed by the aD-
pointment of Gen Pore 10 his command
On his recovery Gen Mcdowell entered, as q
subordinate of Pope, the campaign of August,
lSS2, which was fatal to the regulations Of
many men. He fought at the bloody engage
uient of Cedar Mountain and at Rappahan-
mock Station, and at the second Bull Run he
affered, with other officers, through Popes
incapacity.
He served creditably throughout the civil
war, but he was not again intrusted with an
important Independent command. After the
contest was over he commanded in various
departments, here in New York, in the
Aouth, and on the Pacific, until he was re-
Tired from active service in 1899. Since
Ihen he has resided in San Francisco, where
bis admirable social qualities mad, him q
universal favorite.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28
sDzjHEILOK.

The word Strelok is Russian for "Archer y
The vessel is O trim-buiit steamer carrying
Y guns. Four of them are machine-repeat-
ing cannon chat will shoot 70 times minute
She is provided with Hotchkiss guns, and
everything necessary to make pretty SEQ
fight She carries azO men. 1t is forbidden
foreign war ships to fight each other within
nine miles of the American coast but once
out of this limit the Atlantic ocean would
give room for lively tussle. We should
probably get good account OF it, for the
New York newspaper reporters are all ready
to charter tug and follow the fight up.
They say they would almost go if they had
to swim out, head down. The mission of the
Strelok in the United States is said to be tc
buy and arm cruisers
The two vessels were bath.down at Fortress
Monroe before coming here. The StreloI
stole away one night in the darkness, un.
known to anybody, outwitting the Garnet.
officers completely. Capt Skrydloff of the
Strelok and some of his officers went to 9
concert on shore at Old Point Comfort The
gallant Russian laughed and ehatted with q
pretty woman till near 10 o'clock. Then they
went quietly on board the Strelok. A pilot wa.
engaged to take the corvette out through the
capes. They informed him they were to sal
at o'clock in the morning. He told them
he would be. on board in time. "But you
sleep late peelot," said the Russian. "Come
aboard tonight"
He went with them, and stepped into thf
cabin and sat down. He had hardly done S,
when he found the ship cutting through the
water at full speed, every sail set, the engine.
tearing away their best. There was not O
lookout light on the vessel
you're violating the law" he told the
captain.
"All right, peelot," said the Russian; 'it's
so funny, you know" -.
He laughed till his sides shook, but never
put out sign Of light. In the darkness
they steamed past the guns Of the uncon.
scious Garnet, and out to sea- Next day the
rakish Strelok folded her wings in New Yori
harbor,Nss
Who was the first man to inform the Gar.
nets men that the Russian had esGaped them
Naturally, a newspaper reporter They seem
to be everywhere, except, perhaps, in heaven.
The slipping off of the Strelok from Norfolk
was as sly Russian trick as one would often
encounter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28
Tive New Noyelist.

This lady must be welcomed as ons who
has given us something original in American
literature. Ii is rather odd, too, that of
the four native novelists living who show
genuine originality three should be women.
NJ N Murfree, the subject of this sketch, is
one of the three. She has, indeed, discov-
sred and opened up new vein in fiction. 1t
Is pleasant to know that it is a southern
woman who has done this The weird ro-
nance of the Tennessee mountains lay all
1bout, an open secret for a century before
her time The type of southern monntaineers,
poor whites and all, were there, tough,
,osnieal. rude, intense and pathetic, material
for as striking pictures as ever literature
Sketched. But all slept unknown till she
anne with her enchanter's wand and touched
them into life Then they rose into action.
Traders chaffed, politicians electioneered,
women scolded or broke their hearts in
henee, and all at once the public saw a
nagician's living, moving picture. Great
5nngs may be hoped and expected of this
girl in the future
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28

Down below was picture Of saint, hsnksd
" pictures Of the emperor and empress
lights burned before them all Before he
mage Of the saint the light came from q
,eautiful brouse swinging lamp Little
Ironzs images Of saints g" 49, heaped in pro-
Hsion below the pictui large saint
Dur guide explained TIL. large one was
be sailors' papa
From sn interpreter we learned that the
2u ms were dying for ight with the
iarnet We Learned as we came away, too,
he Russian for 'good-by." It is do
vidnis"
It Is jat possible there Is motive for all
his display Of courtesy and friendliness.
Russian diplomacy is hard to match. IL Is
iust possible that Capt Skrydlof has orders
rom his government to cultivate as friendly
feeling as possible with the people OF the
United States. 1t would make some differ
nce which way our sympathies were in case
Il war with England. So who knowsi
The Russian ship is provided with tor
pedo battery that works at distance of 500
yards. The Garnet has none. She is rather
4 heavy sailor. carrying 81 men She has
more guns than the Strelok. She has an
.hored three miles. below the Strelok and off
Staten Island The Strelok must pass her in
getting out On the night Of May 5 Paul
5oyton, the swimmer, accompanied by some
eporters in q boat, put on his waterproof
lrmm, stole noiselessly through the waves,
md attached q bag of bricks to the floating
pars off the Garnet's bow. He did it tG
ihow the "Britisher" how easy, with all his
ookouts, it wauad be to blow him up with
dynamite.
THE CANADA.
On Saturday the Garnet suddenly raised
team and disappeared. 1t is said her desti,
ration was Bermuda. But her place was
aiken by the Csnada, "a larger, swifter, more
modern English man-of-war. In case OF
light she would Doe better able In every way
o cope with the Strelok. The Canada is also
provided with torpedo battery.
ELIZA ARcHARD.
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MAP OF THE FALLS.

The accompanying map gives, as well as
anything we have seen, an idea of the great
,ataract. At the right of Goat Island is the
American Fall; at the left the Canada or
Horseshoe Fall. By recent act Of the New
York legislature Goat Island and the small
stands near it, the American Fall and q
strip of land extending along the shore Of
Niagara river from Prospect park to Port
Day, become the property of the state. The
purchase comprises in all 11S acres Of land.
with the so-called improvements" that dis
igure much of it. The whole is to be turne;i
nto beautiful public park, free to oil
visitors, the Landscape returning to grass
md trees as God made it. The money appro-
,riated by the legislature for the property
vas 81, 433. 1880.
1t was time The magnificent falls be-
onged to the state century ago. Penny
wisdom allowed it to be sold to private indi-
7iduals. They had no eye for the grand and
nspeakable In nature. They saw in the
most majestic waterfall in all creation only
tremendous power out of which they could
.oin dollars. Niagara Falls was set to rum
ling nasty paper mills.
For many years the mighty cataract has
,nen simply blot and disgrace to the
American nation. The shores and islands
we're stripped of their woods and grass, and
overed with hideous, grimy factories, with
lack chimneys Wooden shanties, litter
md refuse Of various sorts made the place
ook like dumping ground for the uni
yerse. Brazen checked hackmen, extor-
ionate hotel proprietors and cheap show
luisances. at every step completed
he abominatfon Of desolation. There are
PERSONS not very far from the falls who have
crown to be middle-aged without ever hav-
ng seen Niagara Falls. They had not the
ourage to facn. the. petty extortion Of those
Who owned it and ran it on the principle of
dime show. Bath island was the spot most
lisfgured. Goat island fortunately be-
onged to family who have left it mostly
n its natural state. The shaded lines on the
nap show the extent of the purchase.
Traces Of the destroying hand of cupidity
will be removed as far as possible from the
7icinity. The factories and shanties will be
orn away, the patent signs tumbled down
.long with the strong wall which displays
hem. This viii be planted, and walks and
lriveways laid out In time, perhaps, the
vicinity of the falls will be restored to some
hing Of its primitive beauty.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28

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rHE 1ArE GEN. IRv1N M,powF

THE LATE GEN. IRWIN M'DoWEEI..
Gen. Irwin Mcdowell, one of The best mill
tary scholarsin in the army, who died on May
4, at San Francisco, was born on Oct. Is,
1873 near Columbus, O., and after course
of study at the College de Troyes, France, he
entered the military academy at West Point,
where he was graduated on July l, 1888, and
assigned to the First artillery as brevet
second lieutenant. He was stationed on the
Niagara frontier, and when the difficulties
there were over he was transferred to the
Maine frontier. He went to Mexico in 1S4S
MS aide -de-camp to Gen. Wool, and by gal
liant and meritorious conduct" at Buena
Vista he became brevet major and as.
sistant adjutant general. In that position the
troublous times of 1861 found him. He was
ordered to Washington in February of that
year and served as an inspector Of troops on
Gen. Scott's staff When volunteers were
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28
THE GARNET.

In due course of time the slower, heavier
Garrett slso brought up in New York mar
bor. She can only max, 13 knots an hour,
while the Russian is able to make A. Both
ships officers have been exchanging hospital
tiles with Gen. Hancock and the command
ant Of the Brooklyn navy yard. But it is
not worth while to disguise the fact that the
sentiment Of New York parers and people
are more friendly to the Russian than to the
Englishman. II. is hard to say why, unless
because the Russians meet them even moro
than halfway in friendly advances The
polite and graceful officers, speaking French
German, Italian, and mercy knows how
many dialects besides, have thrown their
ship open from hold to topssil to visitors
who desire to come aboard. Those who
wished have done so and contiAue it. They
go out into the middle of the river in small
row boats that tilt over at the side and give
them q good wetting. | was aboard last
Sunday and nearly spoiled my new dress in
that way. There has Only besn ole excer.
ton to the cordiality with which the Whit i,
Cars officers welcomed visitors aboard thei :.
ship. Tkat, alasl was in the case of some
Russian Jews who endeavored to climb tie
ladder leading up her side. A big sergeant
stood at the top. He saw the unlucky He
brews.
Jews! Jewsl' he exclaimed i'll his native
gibberish, waving them off with his arms.
'.No! mol go away; get out"
And go they did. The man would have
used force if they had not done So America
is not free country on board Russian war
vessel
What impresses an American on board the
Strelok is the extreme forcignness of every
thing The men are rather short and chubby,
but built for strength. They nearly all had
dumpy noses, light blue eyes-the ''little
twinktng Tartar eyes"-and tow-colored
hair The ship was neat and natty on dack,
like her own shape in the watec. But the
uniform of the men astonished US. 1t looked
so shabby and dingy, even ragged; that, too,
though Sunday was dress-up occasion. The
poor fellows get painfully little pay. They
wear bottle-green trousers, navy blue blouses
with yellow and black braiding. and fat white
linen sailor caps. They danced for the Wis
itors, and sang some strangely mu, ical sailor
and national airs. There was note Of
plaintiveness through it ALL Tie men did
not lock trim and well disciplined to us.
The native, graceful politeness of the Mus
covite race characterized even the common
sailors, however. One OF them, manly
looking fellow, turned his little sharp.cor-
nered eyes upon us md observed that we
were in pursuit of il formation. He could
not speak word of English or French, but
he Immediately offered his services and in
an easy wav, that would have done credit to
even LIS commander, led us over the ship.
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FOREIGN WAR SHIPS
AN uNwoNTEp SIGHT IN THE PEACE.
FUl ttA1soR or NEW YORK
Rassia and England Watching Hxch Other
on the American Coast-sisw the
Strelok Ran Away from N>r~
fsfk-The Canasi.-
Special Correspondence. ]

NEW YoRK, May 1.-Two foreign ships Of
war in New York harbor have recently been
attracting much attention. They are OF the
third or corvette rank in sin Acorvette is a
war ship carrying not more than 20 guns
Next in sizs is the frigate. which may carry
as many as-44 guns Largest Of all is the
ship.of the line with "A guns, or even more.
Themen-of-war in New York harbor were
the Russian corvette Strelok and the British
cruiser Garnet. They were supposed to be
watching one another in view Of the posst
biIity of a declaration df war between their
respective countries in that case there
would be lively times among some Of the
great British merchant vessels that go out Of
New York almost every day of the year.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-05-28

"How did the Queen of Sheba
travel when she went to see Solomon"
asked Miss Rot her Sunday school
class of little girls No one ventured
an answer. 'If you had studied your
lesson you could not have helped
knowing, said the teacher. Now
look over the verses again" "Conld
she have gone by the cars?' asked
Miss r., beginning to lose patience
as the children consulted their books
but appeared to arrive at no conclu
sion. "Yes'm," said a little girl at
the end of the class. She went by
steam cars" did she. indee d?' said
Miss R.. "WelL Louisa, we. would
like to know how you found hat out "
I'm the second verse; responded the
child, "it says she came, with very
great train.
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