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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

sIiists, and odd and unique bits OF wood.
carving srtisticslly arranged show their
price In the appearance Of their surround.
IDgs, so nearly an innovation upon tAe
claims OF their sisters. One OF the party is
the cook ard man of the kitchen. aud tie
ether is The market hoy and second helper
Their rooms indicate the most scrupulo1s
observance OF the details of Housekeeping,
and many girl might profit by such models.
there are phases Of Chica 20 home life tia
very thought or sight of which repe!s aud
disguss LUgubuous prophecies OF the
cholera scOurge aud the possible means OF
rsYsrhS1 altogether or it, cuImicatiOa as
an epidemic II it should sppear, have re-.
ceivtd much attention, aud sanitarians aud
physicians axe urging radical changes in
such localities where humanity huidies 10.
getfer in easements aud CID tenement
houses. Teeking with the accumulation of
the filth OF the winter. And yet in the mis-.
eiable, squslid specimens OF humanity hiv-
II together like brutes, can be fond the
ssme instinct AID desire 70. a htme a. exists
ia other strata OF life. We shrink from pen
Grating the disease producing and iOathsOme
apartments OF the low, ignorant and besotted
beings TO be found w!thia the eity's con.
fires, and set TO them IL is q home.
Hundreds OF old, sick aud blind folk are
comfortably "homed' in the charitable in
stiiutiens Of the city. and in reviewing the
lives and histories OF the men and women
whose means have aided in the establish
ment and maintenance of them we 6nd that
the same desire 10 perpstaate the home feel.
ing was but emphasized in the crowning acs
OF their lives, and, when we know that the
result OF their muDi6csnce smo0Lhes the
rugged ard stony paths CT misfortune 70:
many who have found such, it commands
the utraCst respect and reverence.
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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05


Edward ]. Phelps wa, born at Middlebury,
Verr ont. sixiy-one years ago. he is son
OF the late Samuel S. Phelps, who was pay
master IN the war OF 1912, Judge OF the
Supreme Court Of Vermont, and United
States Senator. After receiving q carefal
preparation, Mr.. Phelps became student at
Middlebury College. where he was graduated.
He then read law and was admitted to the
Bar. His earliest practice was in New
York City, from whence he removed, in
1866, 10 Burlington, Vermont, and be-
gan business in that city. He soon built
up large practices, anu wss recognized as
one Of the leading lawyers IN his own ate.
His professional successes inciuCe engage
ments Ia other cOmmongealths thsn YER
mont and frequent appearances befors the
United States Supreme Court. Hs Is now
counsel for the Panama Railway Company.
For two successive terms he was Presidsnt OF
the American Bar Associa ton. In 1881 he
was elected Kent Professor Of Law in Yale
College, and thus assumed, that which no
man could better appreciate, an influential
position in the academic and social circles of
New Haven. His duties at Yale Comprise,
additional TO instructions given in the Law
School, lectures before the theological
department upon legal topics of inter
est to the ministry, and TO the
academic students upon international and
municipal law. He is exceedingly popular
in the College, aud his resignation, which
Will be presented at the ext meeting of the
corporation of that institution, is deeply de-
plored.
During twenty-five years Mr.. Phelps has
been one Of tbs leading representatives. OF
the Democracy of a State wnich is oyerwhe IN.
ingly Republican in its sentiment. In the
campaign CT 1876 ne was promised by Mr..
Tilden the position he has just accepted, in
the event of Democratic success. Ia Jane,
1850, Mr.. Phelps was nominated for Gov
ernor OF Vermont by the largest State Dam
ocratic Convention ever held in that c)m-
moDwealth. Every vote cast was for the
man who would certainly bring out the
largest possible Democratic vote. AS mat.
ter of course, he was defeated in the ensuing
campaign.
Physically Mr.. Phelps is man OF fine
presence, five feet eight inches in height and
weighing about 10 pounds. In complexion
be Is very dark; his eyes and hair are black
and his complexion clear. dark olive. Mrs.
Phelps shares his fOndness for society. but
their enjoyment of its recreations has been
checked recently by the death OF an only
son. They have one daughter, now their
cole issue who is married aud lives in New
York. OF Mrs. Phelps it Is said she would
make the best possible Minister TO Eng aud.
next to Mr.. Phelps himself She is very
handsome woman, little above medium
height. Her fortune OF $50 600 was paid to
her by one of her husbands Cheats who,
knowing Mr.. Phelps habit o. spending
money perhaps too generously for the inter
est of his family, procured leave from the
gentleman most concerned ia tue tran5ac-
ton, to pay the large fee indicated to the
more prudent member OF the connubial part
nership.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

A wise man reflects before he. speaks; a
fool speaks and then reflects on whas he has
uttered.
Ii is astonishing how many excellent op-
portunities to be honest are wasted, even by
the politicians.
Mrs. Cady Stanton thinks the success OF
woman suffrage would be sured If 1t )uld
only be made fashionable.
Very natural are the artificial Easter lilies
used for house decoration and at some fash
ionable weddings.
The stained glass crazs in fashionable
households is waning and the opinion of In
telligent people is thst wholesale imitation
has killed it.
A Philadelphia woman says she was kissed
by q spirit at q seance. The sensation must
be almost as gratifying as being Rugged by
ghost OF chance.
Colonel Ingersoll was asked to reveal the
secrets OF oratory, and said: Use small words
to ex press the idea and be sure that the idea
overlaps the word at both ends"
It is becoming more and more apparent
every day that pretty women who go wro az
will never be sure OF getting punished as
they deserve until juries are composed OF
women.
AT the last official reception given By Pres
ident Grevy, OF France, some young fashion
ables, who thought to introduce scarlet neck
ties for evening dress, were summarily
ejectad from the Elysse Palace.
Snnshade handles suggest that the design
ers' fancies have run riot Such variety
has never been seen. and there is everything,
from the owl perched on a bough to the good
sized pug sitting for photograph.
As Messonier, the artist, was recently
passing street;in Paris an cd bsggsr gra- ely
bowed to him, by the way OF soliciting aims.
Il have no change" said Meissioner, feeling
in his pocket and about to pass on. Then
at least return Inc my bow" replied the old
man, which was no sooner said than done.
1t is well known that the English diyorce
law was made by men for men. Toe wife
who sins under temptation only once can be
divorced by her husband, bat he may sin
seventy times and smile and smile and
continue to be villain, bat unless guilty OF
cruelty his wife can not get divorce but
only judicial separation, including ali
moDy.
Three minutes stepping is the limit in
making q good cup of tea. In that time the
peculiar fragrance that constitutes the true
merit of the "cup that cheers but does not
inebriate" is extracted. Farther stepping
causes loss by volatilization with no gam
iu the active principle. Hard water is pref
cradle to soft, in that it does not 20 readily
dissolve the tannin that Is contained in the
leaves.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

By law be plsced under his administration.
He Is required 10 proYide fcI the taking of
% chronological obserTato3s at the military
stations II the interior Of ihs Continent aud
st other points Ia the States and Territories.
arIanees the course OF tactics az the Military
Academy submits TO Congress al c.timstss
for Improvements OF rivers aud hs.boTs, and
performs other siuilar duties.
With the personal Appearance OF tbs Sec
retary Of the Interior the p1b.ic is pretty
familiar. WITH those of his assistant who
Is charged with good msny important ia.
ties, they sre not so much 50. Here hs as
Mr. Henry LOHndes NuldroH. Is has BEEN
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

armament, equipment and eIp'avmsas of
vessels OF war. The Secretary OF War par
forms such duties as the Pres;dsns may en-
join upon him concerning the military ser.
vice. and hiss the controlling supervision %
The purchase of army supplies, transp1rtl
ton, etc, and OF eli expsnditures made ul
der The appropriations for the support Of the
army, and for such of 8 civil nature az ma
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

Times must he getting pretty hard with
the lawyers" remarked q travelling man.
AT least that's what it looks like. My wife
ard live in fiat in town. Ycu know in
these fats every body knows every ody e,ses
business. We hsve our little spats, as
s'pose all married folks do. About three
months ago We had quite little qua rrel and
talked pretty loud at each other, and both
bsin' excited. While we were at it heard
q slight noise atour door, turned and ooked,
and there came card sliding in under the
door, an on ii was printed the name and
address of LAWYER who lives IN the building,
and on it he had pauciled: divorces promp
tly attends to-" He was soliciting our
trade. you see. bat he'll never get it. When
We saw that, my wife and I made up and
swoSe We would never quarrel sgaiu. So
doing some good in this world. you Sea"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

MY son, when you 60 TO the city, get yon
q Bicycle some tight pants. some too'h-plck
shoes, and slender cane, bnt with all your
ge,tiDgs don't fail TO get bottle OF Salvation
Oil, fol pride (you know goeth before
fall'
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05

on the floors of Congress. He is, with per.
haps one exception. the only man who has
reputation of pulling off his coatyfor q
free fight on the floor of the House
during session. William A. j. Sparks is
his name. The story has been too often told
to make il worth while to repeat it now. He
is the new Commissioner of the Gsneral Land
Office. The Commissioner OF Public Lands
is charged with the survey, management aud
sale of the public domain. and the issuing
of titles therefor. whether derived from con-
firmations OF grants made by former govern
ments, by sales, donations, or grants for
schools, railroads, military bounties, or pub.
lie improvements.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
HosTlLlTIEs THREATENED.

The Texas 1rovers, Whose Cattle are
Stopped at the Cherokee Outlet, Threat"
en- to Force Their Way Through With
Arms If Necessary.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, July 0.-There Ii
serious trouble threatened between the
ranchmen and the Cherokee outlet ana
Texas drovers. The trouble grows from
the stopping Of numerous herds OF nortn~
ern Texas cattle by the resident ranch"
men, through authority obtaiued from the
United States District Attorney OF the
Western District of Kansas. Near Camp
Supply, on the Fort Dodge trail, $4,000
head are now held. The droyers have
become euraged at the authorities inter"
ference, and openly declare that unless
some arrangements are speedily made to
give them an outlet they will cut their
way through, claiming they are
amply able to do it, one hum
dred and sixty we'll armed cowboys being
connected with the different outfits. The
situation is considered critical. The
range at the camp will no longer furnish
sufficient grass. The cowboys are idle
under pay and many of the herds under
contract for delivery in Wyoming at
certain time. The trail from Texas up
is crowded and as they arrive renewal
of i'll feeling becomes general, although
no definite action has been taken.
large stock owner has declared that he
will move out on Saturday fully prepared
for any resistance that may be offered.
1t is presumed that general movement
will be made, and an armed conflict will
result. protest of the cattle men on
the strip against Texas stock passing
over their range is the source OF the
trouble.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
BOLD THIEVES,

A Pair of Chicago Crooks Gain Entrance
Into q Chi csgO Residence I'm the Gulse OF
Plumbers, Knock Down and Rob the Mis-
tress of Over a Thousand Dollars and E8~
cape With Their Booty.
CHICAGO, Ill, July 9.-At noon yes.
terday two men dressed like mechanics
went to the house of Thomas Smith,
draughtsman at so Eldridge Court. Mrs.
Smith was home alone. One of the men
had bag OF tools. They said they vera
plumbers sent by the landlord,
and she unsuspectingly showed
them into the kitchen. There
they telled her to the floor
by q blow with fist, Before she had
time to cry out she was choked in
sensible. towel was then utilized as
gag, both ends being tied together back
of her head. The robbers then tore open
the bosom of Mrs. Smiths dress and got
hold of wallet containing $1,000. Be-
fore the men had lett there was ring at
the bell, One of the robbers went to the
door and told the gentleman and his wife
who called that Mrs. Smith was too i'll to
see them. Then the men discussed the
propriety of killing Mrs. Smith by setting
the house on fire or by drowning her in
the bath-tub They finally left her lying
on the floor and made their escape. In
half an hour she had released herself and
raised an alarm. The police have made
no arrests.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
STORMS AND CYCLONES.

Serious Ravages of the Elements In Wis
consin, Minnesota and Michtgan-HouseS
Unroofed, Crops Destroyed, Trains
Wrecked and Telegraph Wires Pros
trated.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, July "a special
dispatch received at the Chicago, Nil"
waukee & St. Paul Railways general
Office here indicates that a destructive
cyclone has visited the section of the
State about Sparta. Thirteen freight
cars and two passenger coaches were
blown from the track and destroyed.
Telegraph wires were torn down, and it
is as yet impossible to get particulars or
learn how great the damage has been.
ST. Paul, MINI, July 9.-Specials
Just received say terrific wind and rain
storm visited the western and south
western sections of this State yesterday
afternoon. In some places, the storm
took the shape of O cyclone, and de-
stroyed everything in it's path. Crops
suffered the most. Whole fields were
destroyed. So far no casualties are re-
ported, but some country districts lying
in the path of the storm have not yet
been heard from
MONTICELLO, MINI, July 10,--A cy-
clone passed north of this place yesrer-
day afternoon. The track of the storm
was about five miles wide, and the cloud
of greenish hue and funnel-shaped. A
house between Big Lake and Becker was
struck and scattered along the prairie.
A little child playing in q yard was
picked up and carried some distance,
but received only few scratches. A
man named Magee, who took shelter
near knoll, says that in the cloud he
could see pieces of timber and wreckage
piling about, but his account is rather
meager, as he admits that he was very
much frightened. Reports come in
slowly, but so far no deaths have been
reported.
DETROIT, MICH, July 1O.-A special
from Allegan says: "Two miles north
of this city Wednesday night tornado
enveloped and swept over tract about
three miles long and eighty rods wide,
resulting 10 great damage. Buildings
were unroofed and serious injury was
done to standing timber and orchards.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
novel contest For Malden,s Hand.

EVANSVILLE, IND, July 9.-Charles
Harding and James Townsend, two
young farmers, have signed articles to
fight to finish with bare knuckles.
Both men have been paying attention to
Miss Sadie Corning, belle OF the neigh"
borhood, each being ignorant OF the
others devotion until last Sunday, Wnen
both called on the young lady at the same
time. Hot words followed, resulting In
a challenge by Harding, the victor 20 re-
ceiye Miss Corning's hand in marriage.
The damsel consented to the arrange
ment. and the fight will take place to-
morrow morning. It will be private,
only a few friends having been invited
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18

California has State Board of Ed
ucation which has elected a Literary
proof-reader and editor-in-chief'' at 4
salary Of $500 per month.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
The DEADLY IcE-cREAM.

THE DEADLY ICE-CREAM.
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two ice-cream plates as one!
Two tender eyes two others sought,
And threads of love were spun,
While two devoured what one had bought
Nor knew they were undone.
With love exhilarated,
With cream completely stated.
The youthful pair were fated.
Two stomachs with single pang,
Two yells that passed for one!
That yell through field and forest rang
And spoiled the picnic's fun.
All knew the ice-cream serpent6 fang
Its deadly work had done.
All CURSED the copper kettle,
Or brass, or such like metal,
That made the dose so fatal
Two bodies with single need,
One stomach-pump for two!
1t makes the toughest bosom bleed,
The reddest lip turn blue,
To think that such splendid feed
Such Woeful work can do.
No more the lovers daWGled,
But homeward slowly waddled,
There to be nursed and coddled.
Carl Brent, in ". 7. World.
St. Landry democrat., 1885-07-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

"A wise observer says there is too
much pig-pen and not enough pig-past-
ure, A truthful ALTERATION. Chicago
Times.
Mixed husbandry is generally best
in the long run, although there is
wide range of choice among crops in
that The time to take up a speciality
is when everybody else is quitting it;
the time to drop it, if ever, is when
many stand ready to catch at tn. Y
Herald.
Orange Ice: Squeeze the juice
from six large oranges and two lemons;
pour about five gills of boiling water
over the broken peel and pulp and let
it stand until cool; then strain and add
the water to the orange and lemon
juice. Sweeten to taste with loaf sugar
and freeze. The Household.
Farmers make mistake when they
slight the advantages to be derived from
keeping good horses, and from breed
ing a pair or two of colts every year,
remarks the american AgrtcsSItWrtst.
A three-year-old colt can be reared as
cheaply as cow of the same age, but
while an ordinary price for young
three-year-old cow is forty dollars,
young colt is worth seventy-five dollars,
at the very least, when year old, and
one hundred and fifty dollars when
three years old.
The report of the Bureau of Agri-
culture for the year 1884 states the
annual value of the forest product at
800, 900, 900. The products of the
country, on the score of value, stand
in the following order:
Forestry. $7UO OOJ,OOO
SOrd .s...............-. oI9, lj4'9SS
" heRG.........s ...-....... ........ 4t4,ES!,o0o
nay 3dd'oa6'0e3
SOltOA HoO,@oOg+tS
OaGS.. ..:;............... ..ssss.'. o'143'SoS
Coal, anthracite and bituminous. 94,501.000
Total, mineral, precious and not 2l8,385, 452
The american Cattle GroaOer says
that it is not the heaviest nor the fat
test animal that should bring the high
est price for the butchers block, but
that animal giving the largest per cent,
of lean meat to live weight. Such an
animal will always contain fat enough
with the meat fiber to make it palata-
BILE, juicy and nourishing. The fat
parts of beef cattle or mutton sheep are
little used as human food. Hence the
crucial test must ever be the greatest
proportion of lean meat (muscle) to the
carcass.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-09
Poe Not a Drunkard.

DIR. John J. Moran, the physician
who attended the poet, Edgar Allan
Poe, is now in New York, to be pre-
sent at the unwilling of the Poe me-
mortal statue.
81 was never more surprised and
indignant in my life," he said, than
when / read of the statements lately
made by r. H. Stoddard concerning
Poe. These statements are nothing
short of a useless and shameless at
tack upon Mr.. Poe's character"
SIN the statement to which | refer
Mr. Stoddasd mentions Griswold as
a true friend of Poe. This l wish
to deny. Griswold was bitterly in
imical to Poe, and this enmity grew
out of literary jealousy and because
of criticisms adverse to Griswold's
alleged poetry, written in all truth
fulness and sincerity by Poe. As a
proof of Griswold's enmity to Poe
may quote the remark made by
Griswold upon first learning of Poe's
death. He said; Edgar Allan Poe
is dead. Well, thousands will heai
of it, but none will regret it. He
died in an unknown, out-of-the-way
hospital in the city of Baltimore, in
a fit of delirium tremens.' This was
the first utterance of a lying Islander
which it took Poe's friends five anC
twenty years to efficiently contradict
to the world. "-Phila. News.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-09

A few years before the war Com
modore Garrison purchased with
Commodore Vanderbilt a m .iority
of the stock of the line now known
as the pacific Mail. The partners
disagreed, and each wanted to buy
the other out. At last Commodore
Garrison received an offer of several
millions from Vanderbilt. Garrison
accepted and Vanderbilt paid him
in notes. After the notes had run
for some time Mr.. Thorne, Wander
bits son-in-law, went to Garrison
and said that Vanderbilt did not
want to be paying interest any lon
ger, and offered to settle for the full
amount This was accepted, Van
derbilt sending around check for
the principal. Commodore Garris-
on put it in his pocket and walked
down to Vanderbilt's office.
Look here, Vanderbilt" he said,
striking the check against the palm
of his hand. 81 want the interest
on this money"
"Do your" replied Vanderbilt
"What will you do if you don't get
it?"
"Do? I'll show you what l will
do" replied Garrison, closing the
door and locking it.
No one knew what had passed,
but ten minutes afterward Garrison
emerged from the door bearing a
check for the full amount, principal
and interest Neither of the Com
modores could ever be prevailed on
to disclose the secret of that inter-
view.-N. Y. Sun.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-09

The Baltimore American" says
that the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege has only ten students, and that
at least one half of these ought to be
in the public schools. The faculty
was reorganized two years ago, and
General Smith of Baltimore was
elected president. He was repre-
scented to be a man of practical
ability and rare energy. The num-
Der of students at the time of his
election was about forty but now
only ten. The College was founded
in 1856, and has received from the
State s125,000, and by donations
and subscriptions from individuals
about $4,000 1t, also, receives
annually between $1,000 and $1,000
as income from Maryland's share o.
the Congressional land grant. 1t is
beautifully situated on the B. and o
Railroad about eight miles from
Washington; the buildings are large
and substantial and the farm at
tached to it contains 200 acres o
land. Delaware College with al
income of only $1,000 and very
much more limited territory t.
draw students from has done a grea
deal better.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-09

Another of the Treasury queens
has had to go. A number of women
have drawn salaries as clerks in the
Treasury Department of late years
who have performed in return no
service whatever to the department.
No one exactly knew by whom or
for what purpose they were appoint
ed, though all kinds of things have
been said about them. They have
always been known as Treasury
queens. They have had influence
enough to keep their places, not
withstanding charges Of negligence
and inability to perform any cleri-
cal labor have frequently been made
against them. The new administra-
ton of the Treasury Department
has no place for queens, and, as they
are discovered, they are given their
walking papers, The respectable
lady clerks who give honest work
for their salary they receive are the
most pleased to hear of the queens
being dismissed.