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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02
The Door shut on a senator.
washington ID. CT Letter to Baltimore sun

Washington ID. CO. Letter TO Baltimore sun.
A few nights since an amusing incident
occurred, in which an eminent Senator was
the sufferer. In response to an invitation to
an entertainment, which included only the
most distinguished, he appeared at the door
of the mansion of the most and pulled the
bell. The door was promptly opened by the
sable attendant, who was radiant in full
evening dress and immaculate shirt front.
The Senator, although a brilliant WIT and
conversationalist, therefore a great favorite
in society, is one of those eccentric public
men who make point OF going out in the
evenings attired in everyday clothes.
and with him the attire Is quite ordi-
nary at that. He was about to enter, when
the warder of the fortress, who had taken
him in from head to foot with one quick
glance, barred his way and in very con-
temptuous tone said: mir. - is engaged
dis etening, and can't see anybody, san"
Anxious to join the revslry. the sounds OF
which came from within, the senator under
took to explain, but the waiter declined to
listen, and, repeating that Mr.. - was not
at home to miscuous callers" cIOsed the
door with a vigorous push. The waiter
deemed the incident OF GO little consequences
that he said nothing about it, and the story
only came out by the host meeting the SEN
ator day Or two afterward aud taking him
to task for his discourtesy in not coming
after accepting the invitation.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02

The last Confederate soldier 10 leave Rich
mond after the surrender | met one day this
week, writes correspondent to the Phila-
delphia Times. He is an appraiser in the
New York Custom-house, and a Democrat.
His name is Major William Hancock Clark
He was with Colonel Tom 0chiltree, vhow s
with him in the Confederate Army and in the
same detail that was left {, blow up the
ordnance stores and sat fire TO the supplies
left in Richmond. Clark is almost as inter
esting man as Ochiltree, and he told me
an Ell tertsining story about being with Presi-
dent DAVIS the Sunday morning that Grant
broke Lees lines before Richmond. Before
he reached the climax. however. In which
he said he was the first soldier TO be paroll d
by Grant, Colonel 0chiltree interrupted with
something OF more immediate interest. at
is not true" remarked the genial colonel
THAT am the President of The New York
Mexican and Texas Raj way. am simply
the attorney for NJ. John w. Msckey's
Railway Interests in Texas and those of his
brother in-law. Count Telftner. Mr.. Msckey,
you know. who is a man of parts. married
one OF the Miss Hungerfords and Count Tel
ferer married the other. Both of them are
women of genius and superior education.
Count Telfener and Mr.. Mackey have built
the railway through the garden spot OF
Texss, where the fertility of the soil is be-
yond description and the climate is that OF
an Eden. am simply their attorney in
Texas. and have no ambitions to be known
as railroad President"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02

The following deeds recorded Friday,
Nsy :. o. reported by Stcee d BernnsneI.
sbstzct compilers. u and Is Thorpe Black.
Telephone. 1.o4s:
Ellen Alexander to Anderson Hemphin
warranty deed TO part of the south half
OF the northwest quarter of section Il,
township II. north OF range 4, east
containing u acres : ....s 500 %
Frank A. Palmer to Cornelia F. Bristol.
warranty deed 10 his inteTes. in ana 10
lot II IN square 20 Of J0hnson's subdi-
vision OF Johnson's heirs addition 10
the city of indianapolis. - ... 500 co
Oscar l. Neisler ana wife 10 LemueI +.
kimoerlin. warranty desd TO lots TO- IL,
IL IL and 10 in John W. Hftt's sEbdivis-
ion of lots 90. 90 "a and IS in s. K
Fleiehers nrSt BrIoksice suburb TO
the city Of Indianapolis 1900 %
CHARLES A Dryer, trustee, 10 Andrew
Keiebam Place in Hsuehyille-.,,.. -. :. 100 90
Sallie kete htley and husband 10 Jerry
sample, Quit claim to lots 81 and % in
blocE "A in the Star addition to the city
OF INDIANAPOLIS IS 90
Rebecca s. Ewing to Emil Zumpfe, war
ranty deed to lot OF John w. Browns
subdivision of lot 1 in Johnsons heirs
addition TO the city OF indianapolis. 500 90
John i. Resener and wife to Alvin q.
Beard. warranty deed 20 lot 81 in
Kuckle Hamlin's subdivision OF lots
and 10 in JohnsOn'g heirs addition to
the city OF indianapolis. ............ 400 90
William A. farnsworth and wife to Jul
Illus Adler, warranty deed TO lot in
DE VOLTS subdivision OF lot IL and part
of lot 10 in Sarin's subdivision of out.
lots rs and l76 in the city OF Indianap-
Oils 1900 90
Nicholas McCarty ct 81 to samuel A.
Cummins, warranty deed to lot 81 in
DcCarty' subdivision of part of outlot
10 in the city of Indianapolis. 40 90
Conveyances, g. consideration 1875 %
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02
Not There, Not There, My Child.

A policeman found the following note
lying on fhe Blackboard street bridge over the
canal early yesterday morning:
Drowned here-My dear wife, am going to
Leave you. Have them drag the csnal fo- me, west
side Of the bridge. Your husband
BARRY CoNDE."
After finding the note Captain Colbert aud
posse dregged the bed Of the canal, but
found nothing and the bsliefiisIthat the note
was left on the bridge as sell. If this was
the object, IL had the desired effect, though
the Police suspected it at the time.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02
Y. NJ. c. a. Notes.

The Sunday school teachers will meet, IS
usual, st the y. NJ. @. A. rooms this after
noon, at O'Clock. Rev. J. A. Rondthaler
has been secured as the instructor for the
May sessions.
Young mems meeting at Y. N. c. A. rooms
tonight, and Commercial Travellers meet
ing at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02
Building Permits.

John Bernhart will erect 81. 100 frame
on McCartv street, between Alabama and
New Jersey streets. The Cabinet Makers
Union will put up an IS, 600 brick block on
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02

PrickIy Ash Bitters is not an intoxicating
beverage. but pleasant, mild laxative and
efficient Tonic. acting directly on the Liver,
Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels,
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"what Have You Been PEI using So Re
L.

tently?i'
queried Mrs. Pertington Ike. Its q
tract, ma'am," replied boy, as he
fastened four clothes pins , the tail of the
house cat. My teacher gave it to me- and
said it ought to be in every house, Then
it's Ponds Extract" observed the old lady,
calmly. The very best rhapsody for burns,
scalds, rooumstig, guitar, and spontaneous
eruptions which afilict mortals in domestic
or bs1becning land" The old lady was
right. Be careful to get the genuine.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02
Business Before the Sacrament.
tphs1,EofOhfo Tir,aS

Some men show curious traits upon their
death bed. Rear Admiral Powell, of the
navy. died recently in Washington. As
sual, some OF his relatives are contesting his
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02
Not Even to be Hoped For.

Philadelphia Times
AS yet there are no indications from Re
publican organs that the President Will be
forgiven for beating Blaine
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MalaIial Poison.

The drouth in Southwest Georgia last spring
dried mp the wells, and we were compelled 10 use
water from the creek on the plantation. The re-
suit wss that all were troubled with chllls and
fever. carried with me several bottles of Swifts
Specific, and as long as ! took ii had perfect
health. As soon as / ceased taking IL /, like the
rest, was afflicted with chills. When resumed
its USE was all right again. We have used II ia
our family as an antidote for malaria poison for
two or three years, and have never known IL 70
fail in a single instance W. G. FURLOw.
Sumter Co., Ga. Sept. i, 1884.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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a CAED.-To all VINO are suner1ng nom eI
rors and indiscretions Of youth, nervous weak
ness early decay, loss of manhood, etc, VIII
send 9 receipt thst viii cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE This great remedy vas discovered b.
dressed envelope TO Rev, JoSKPHtT..MAAE. sts
tion ID. EeE.YmF.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-02

The following deeds recorded Friday,
Msy :. ss reported by Stceg d BeTnnsneI.
abstract compilers. u and Is Thorpe Black
Telephone, L048:
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
Sam Jones, the Revivalist.

Sam Jones was born in Alabama
about the year 1S47. In his youth
his parents moved to Georgia, where
he vas brought up. He comes of a
family of Methodist preachers, but in
his youth was wild and dissipated. He
studied law, and had just entered upon
the practice Of his profession when
his father died. The old gentleman.
who was a most sincere, God-fearing
man, on his death-bed urged his son
to repentance, and the young man
dates his conversion from that hour
Having forsaken his dissipated habits
and his wild companions. he also de-
cided to give up the profession of the
law and enter the ministry. He was
first licensed to preach by the Atlanta
conference in 1872, and since that
time he has preached with great sue
cess and conducted revivals in nearly
every city in the South and Southwest.
Shortly after entering upon his career
az an evangelist Mr.. Jones married
Miss Laura McElwain of Eminence
Ky-Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
The Rite of ssSutfee ;,

Since the advent Of the British into
power in India the fearful rite of SUIT
tee, which condemned to be burnt
along with her husband his widows,
has been prevented; and though, even
at this day, a Hindostani burning is a
sight by no means pleasant, it was
much more fearful when along with
the burning dead husband were burned
one or more of his late wives.
The first time when that sacrifice
was clearly brought home to English
men was when Job Charnock, half
pirate. half adventurer, saved the life
of a beautiful Bengalee widow as she
was being thrust upon the burning
Pyre OF her late husband. Job Char
mock laid the foundation of the pres
ent Capital of India, Calcutta, and it
was at its present site where the gal
liant sailor performed this hazardous
saving feat. Charnock had penetrat-
ed up the Hoogly, in quest of advent
ures, and seeing from his vessel prep
aration Cor the burning of a IIindoo no
watched the process with curious ex-
element; but when it came to cremat-
Ing living people, and above all a
young woman, all the generous impul-
ses Of the sailors heart we're stirred,
and calling to his comrades he leaped
ashore, and with the aid Of their
knives he dispersed the heathens, and
afterward married the woman and
founded Culcutta.-San Francisco E.r-
1miney.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
Tho Jolly Japanese.
Giniile,.

Cali life is a joke to the Japanese"
said Lieut. Wyckoff of the %hydrograph-
ic bureau, who lived in Japan for five
years. During all that time 1 never
saw any one angry. I hardly believe
they could lose their tempers if they
should try. They can kill or be killed
with the most perfect sacoir faire.
The trades-people will cheat you out
Of your eyes if you let them. and a
good many would rather lie than tell
the truth. But there is really no NAL
ice in it all. If you find them out
they will simply laugh in your face. as
If to say they thought they were clev-
er in trying to take you in, but that
you were still more clever in catching
them. 1 was personally acquainted
with the Cabinet, who really constitute
the ruling power. They carried on
the Government as if it were a big
piece of fun. The Mikado is the only
one who is expected to look atlife grave
ly. and he makes up in his existence for
the levity of all his subjects. He is 80
completely secluded that he may be
said to live in a tomb. Altogether,
japan is a delightful place to hive in.
and American and English naval
officers who go there always hato to
leave. Aside from the charms of
country and climate, I put it's people
for hospitality, warmth, and cheerful
ness against any nation on EARTH
Omaha Herald.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
A POetfcal Drink.

And while on the subject of sirups
let me give the receipt of a very
poetical drink, which I am certain
will find favor with all the spring
poets, young lovers, and dear little,
children that come to you to be re-
freshed. 1t is known in Paris as sirop
de Uiolettes, or violet strip, but you
can give it any name that suits your
p%oetical fancy. You will want $50,
grammes Of wood v~iolets, which must
be pounded up in a perfectly clean
mortar. Then pour 2 pints of boil
ing water on them, stir, and after
ward add 2 nor pints. Pour all this
into a perfectly clean, newly timed
saucepan. and let the infusion proceed
during nine hours. Pass the mixture
through a clean linen strainer, press.
ing all the moisture out of the leaves.
Let the liquid settle, and then decant.
it off into the same saucepan in which
the infusion took place. Add 4 1-2
Id. of first quality lump sugar, and
dissolve this by placing the pan in a
bain-ma'ie. When dissolved, with
draw, cool, filter, bottle, cork, and let
stand. And may Oberon and Titania.
forgive you. AproDos, wouldn't "the.
Tita9ia something or other be a suit
able name?-Cate1ey.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
Told It Wrong.

A joke is a mystery to some people,,
says the Lewiston, (Me.,) Journal. In.
q certain courtroom in this estate once.
on a time the proceedings were de-
layed by the failure of a witness named
Sarah Mony to arrive. After waiting.
a long time for Sarah the court on
cluded to wait no longer, and wishing
to crack his little joke, remarked:
"This court will adjourn without
Sarah-Mony."
Everybody laughed except one,
man, who sat in solemn meditation for.
i've minutes, and then burst into q.
hearty guffaw, exclaiming: q" see 1t /,
/ see It'll"
When he went home he tried to tell
the joke to his wife. "There was 4.
witness named Mary Mony who didn't
come" said he. "and so the court saidf
Wen adjourn without Mary ony.
81 don't see any point to that said
mis- wife. 81 know It," said he: ri
didn't at FIRST; but you will in about
I've minutes"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
Below the Sea,

81. - L ~
Deep in the bay the old church lies,
Beyond the storm.wind's power,
The ave that whelmed it evor play
In ripples round tho tower.
And ifyou look down through the tide
Many and many a time
You may catch tho glimmer Of the stones,
Or hear the sweet bells chime!
Forthcy that dwoll deep in the sea,
Below the wind aud rain,
The Mermen and tho Mermaidens,
Huvc built it up agnin!
They have made iast tho ruined walls
With thcic immortal hnn,ls,
And strcwn tho aisle with rcd sea -fowers,
And with tho wet sea sauds.
And when a drifting boat comes lack
Rock shattered to tho shore,
With never captain at tho helm,
Nor sailor al tho oar,
Then down below the stormy foam
Tho sweet old bells ring free,
They Gull upon Tho mu-incrs
That connc no moro from sea.
-Afay hcnfnii, in Afu9dstne of drt.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17

f-----------
cause, I'm the man that fred that
bullet into YOU"
well, 1 don't want revenge. I'm
now able to crawl away, but 1 won't
leave YOU"
The Ianks were massing artillery
to play on the rise of ground and what
does Corporal Jimmie do but get up in
the face of all the sharp-shooters and
wounded and faint as he was, half
drag, half carry Big Sam into a shell
tered ravine. More'n that, he binds up
his wound, and makes him pretty COM
Portable, and there we found 'em along
towards night, when a grand charge
finally gave us the ground.
You remember, 1 had seen Big San.
draw a bead on the boy, but when 1
went to make a stir over it Corporal
Jimmie said: "Please don't! He has
been punished enough. 1 think he
will be a changed man."
And so he was. They took to each
other like twin ducks, and were the
tasted, firmest friends you ever saw.
Big Sam dropped all mean ways, and
within a year was orderly sergeant of
the company, while Corporal Jimmie
was a lieutenant.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
She Paid Extra.

A widow, whose age might have
been forty, went into business on
Grand River ven a few weeks ago,
and the first move was to get a sign
painted. The services Of a sign
painter were secured, and when he
finished his work he put on his Sim
print" by placing his initials w. A.
H." down on the left hand corner OF
the sign. When the widow came to
criticise the work she queried :,
"What does w. A. H. stand forg'
"Why, Wanted, A Husband" re.
piled the painter.
ooh, yes-I see," she mused. 81,
was very thoughtful in you, and here
Is a dollar extra."-Detfoit Free Press.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17

revolving meal | They fred together,
and the great creature fell over and
died without a struggle.
"Then the boats crew were ordered
to come up. and they carefully climbed
on board, and with a pistol in each
hand, began an exploration Of the cab
in; there was no door to it, and as they
entered the wide doorway, there right
before them they saw two skeletons
OF a man and a woman, chained, one
against each side of the room. Be
tween them, in the midst, was u brok-
en- chain, one end still riveted to tho
other hung to the neck of
the slain tiger! .
Fronting the doorway, on the wall
was written in Arabic: Such is my
vengeance upon those who rouse my
jealousy The CHASTITY tale was told.
SILENT from horror, they gathered
together all that was left of the gay
middle, and covering them with a
boat-cloak, the Dare's men rowed back
and told their story.
Lieutenant Fraser told it all to the
person who told it to me, and strange
n horrible as it is-well, you know,
nothing is too strange or too horrible
to be true; and my story is true"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
The Students Misrepresentation.

Professor to medical student 1--WE
will suppose another case. BY tho
blunder of a prescription clerk a man
has taken twenty grains of cyanide OF
potassium. What would you recon.
mendY"
~ would recommend that the OBJ.
sequies be conducted In strict accord.
ance with his bank account and stand.
ing in society, sir"-chacago Ledger
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
Great Suit Lake.

Great Salt Lake is in fact not a
branch of the Sea at all, but a mere
shrunken remnant Of a very large
fresh water lake system. like that Of
the still existing St. Lawrence chain.
Once upon a time American biologists
say a huge sheet of water, for which
they have ever invented a definite
name. Lake Bonneville, occupied a
far larger valley among the outliers OF
the Rocky Mountains, measuring 300
miles in one direction by 1870 miles in
the other. Beside this primitive Su-
perior lay a great second sheet-an
early Huron-(Lake Lahontan the
biologists call it) almost as big and
of equally fresh water. BY and by
the precise dates are necessarily indef.
nite-some change in the rainfall, I'm.
registered by any contemporary, made
the waters of the big lakes shrink and
evaporate. Lake Lailontan shrank
away like Alice in Wonderland, till
there was absolutely nothing left of it
Lake Bonneville shrank till it attained
the diminished size of the existing
Great Salt Lake. Terrace after ter.
race, running in long parallel lines on
the sides of the Wahsatch Mountains:
around, mark the various levels a,
which it rested for a while on its grad
ual downward course. 1t is still fall.
ing indeed, and the plain around is be.
ing gradually uncovered, forming the
white, salt-encrusted shore with which
all visitors to the Mormon city are sc
familiar. But why should the wafer
have become briny? Why should The
evaporation Of ar old Superior pro
duce at last a Great Salt Lake? Well
there is a small quantity of salt in
solution even in the freshest of lakes
and ponds, brought down to them by
the streams or rivers, and. as the water
Of the Hypothetical Lake Bonneville
slowly evaporated, the salt and other
A1lIlCkoA COuSVltUcutS ECllltlucI UGIlluU.
Thus the solution grew constantly
more and more concentrated till at the
present day it is extremely saline
Prof. Geikie Ito whose work the pres.
ent paper is much indebted) found
that he foated on the water in spite o.;
himself; and the under sides Of the
steps at the bathing places are all en-.
encrusted with short stalactites o
salt, produced from the drip of thu
bathers as they leave the water. Tn,
mineral constituents, however, differ
considerably in their proportions from
those found in true salt lakes of marin,
origin, and the point at which salt i
thrown down is still far from hav I'M
been reached. Great Salt Lake mus
simmer in the sun for many centurie
yet before the point arrives at which
Gas cooks say it begins to SETTLE
CornhiH. ;
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The drumfish chews his oyster, she'll
and all.
1t was customary in England to APP
plaud the preachers in the pulpit of
200 years ago.
A lemon weighing four pounds and
thirteen ounces was recently picked at
Panasoffkee, Fla.
At the Armstrong Works, in Eng.
land, a gun that will cast a one-ton
shell fifteen miles has been made.
On recently cleared land in Kansas
red clover was grown that was seven
feet high, and white clover five feet
six inches high.
The smallest book in the world is
half the size of a postage stamp, and
is an edition of the sacred book of
the Sikhs, belonging to the Earl of
Dufferin.
According to a popular error in old
times the %porcupine could dart his
quilts. They are easily detached, very
sharp and slightly barbed, and may
easily stick to a persons legs when be
Is not aware that he is near enough to,
touch them.
The ~Patagonians, including both
sexes, have an average stature Of five
feet ten inches according to Mr.. II.
Hale, who considers that the adoption
of equestrian habits has shortened the
legs of the people two inches in two
centuries, their former height averag-
ing six feet.
Elephants are not numerous on the
western slope Of equatorial Africa.
being found only along the fertile river
valleys, and rarely ever going near the
banks of the Congo until the billy and
barren country is passed. Above
Stanley pool they increase in numbers,
seldom being molested or hunted by
The natives.
A relic of the great forests which
- wv SOuGil VI OWc4OcQ
was recently dug of a bog at Kin
neved in the shape of a boat six feet.
In diameter, followed out OF a log.
The tree from which it was obtained
must have been twenty feet in circum-
ference. The wood, which was blue
In color; was very hard, and the boat
SO heavy that two bullocks could not
move it.
Chicago frequently receives 1,OOO,-
600 bushels of grain in g.:
single day. How long a train
would be required to carry that
amount ? Let us figure A bushel of
corn weighs Gfty-six pounds. A mil
lion bushels would therefore be S..
100000 pounds. Allowing ten tons,
(2O.0OO) pounds to the car. it would
take $500 Cars. There are 800 rods to.
the mile and two freight cars to the
rod. Divide $500 cars by the 16O to
the mile, and you have a train III
miles long.