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The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06
How Horses Are Trained.

Talk with Circus Manager.
"Have you had much trouble in training
horseslv
1.-THE same sources of trouble have arisen as
in teaching children Some are apt others
slow, while again it will be found impossible to
do anything with any Of them. | have discov-
cred that by patience and kindness however, a
horse can be taught some things above his own
level 1t is mistaken idea that the horse must
be kept in fear with the whip. He must be first
taken in hand to learn the voice, and gradually
made to understand by example the meaning OF
what is said to him. Teaching horse Is just
like teaching child; when. you commence the
alphabet with him you make him repeat It, so
as to familiarZe him with the sound and
appearance of each letter. So with the
horse, if you want him to go to the left or right,
when you say to the left, you lead him by the
head in that direction until he goes in that
direction without your aid. To be sure II takes
time TO make him understand, but he will get as
used to the words you speak and their meaning
as he does to whoa and get up have been
many years training horses, and you can see for
yourself their advancement. There is hardly a
day but that something new is taught them, and
| have found that the more they are trained the
better they come to understand your meaning.
The horse is quite affectionate, and if you treat
him right better friend cannot be found am
a thorough believer in training horse with the
same degree of care you would one of your own
children, and if undertaken in that way good
results will follow
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06
A SOUTHERN PARDON.
Story Told by the Man Who Was jeff Davis's
Private Messenger.
philadelphia News.

Philadelphia News.
II was Jefferson Davs's private messenger
from the telegraph office during the war;" said
Jake semon, of the Virginia tobacco store.
through my hands. I received all the messages
from Uncle Bob Lee, Judah 2. Benjamin. c.
Z. Memmnger. and all those great leaders, and
many are the queer things could tell. I'll give
you one incident 1t was a Christmas eve night
cold and stormy. The Office was to close at 1890.
1t was close on to that time when telegram
came rattling in from Fredericksburg. 1t was
from Robert E. Lee, saying the confederates had
fought on Maryes Hill and lost seven guns but
that he would retake them in the morning Go
long said L. he won't do it. Yes he will, said
the OPERATOR wait till | ask the other operator
He did so, and the reply came, You bet and
the enthusiastic operator drummed out Dixie
over the line. was getting ready to go home
when the operator In charge said: Stay; there
is an important message coming for the Presi-
dent. 1t must have an answer tonight if the
Office has to stay open till daylight grumbled
1t was Christmas eve. and could hear the boys
in the street .Jubiating and | could the
children carrying home dolls. You know what
they were-only raw cotton twisted up into
shape. l said l wouldn't stay, and was going,
when the expected message came:
ITO His Excelcncy President Jefferson Davis
Il am going to be shot at 7 in the morning for de-
serton PARDON me for the sake or my poor wife and
seven little children. JOHN RYNER."
'You bet took the message and ran to old
Jeffs house. l saw the bright lights and heard
music. l rang the bell. A little adjutant came
out. AN important message for the President,
l said He took it, and in few minutes brought
it back Referred to Adiutant-general Cooper
he had written on it. burst into tears, because
knew old Cooper wouldn't pardon the man.
STILL took it and ran through the sleet and
snow to Coopers house. An old negro
woman opened the door, which near
ly. knocked her down, the wind
blew in so. An awful night, marster.' she said
Yes, lnarmy said l. let me see the General
quick. She said. i don't know as I kin; he's
just at dinner But this is important said
She let me in and just then saw Old General
Cooper, tall old man, with long, white hair,
going up the stairs from the dining groom in to a
group of young ladies. That was my time. So,
rushing up, said: "A very important message,
sir Of course, the ladies gathered around, and
said: oh. what is itr The old general read it,
and you should have heard the ladies cry. They
ali begged him to let the man go. He didn't say
a word but wrote on the back of the message:
John Ryner is repreved' You can bet didn't
lose any time sending that message"
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06

of it, but now possessed by the Prince, or many
Princes of the Power of Air. Tragic to me
rather, and far from enviable; from whom one
felt ones selfs divided by abysmal chasms and
immeasurabilities.
The same. 1873.
Gladstone appears to me one of the contempt
iblest men ever looked on. A poor Ritualst
almost spectral kind of phantasm OF man.
Nothing in him but forms and ceremonies and
outside wrappages; incapable of seeing veritaby
any fact whatever, but seeing, crediting and lay
ing to heart the mere clothes of the fact, and
fancying that all the rest does not exist. Let
him fight his own battle in the name of Belize
bub the God of Ekron, who seems to be his God
Poor phantasm!
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06

The Famous Deaf Dumb and Blind Woman
Visits kindergarten.

Boston Transcript
Eyes that never have seen, but "the mind a
mansion for all lovely forms;" ears that never
heard but the memory dwellingplac for all
sweet sounds and harmones; voice that is
mute, but a life that is one lovely expression
of peace and good will sto men. Such an anon
ally, ever fresh and interesting, is Laura Bridge
man.
No characteristic of this marvellous woman is
more touching than her love for little children,
and one of the sweetest sights for ''sair cen" to
rest upon was the group of little ones clustered
about their guest on the occasion of Miss Bridg
mans recent visit to the Chauncy Hall Kinder
garten. Each child was presented in turn, and
little conversation carried on in the sign
language through Miss BIS most. skillful inter
prefer. The little things looked so pleased to
have their collars and pins and ribbons exam
ined by the gentle hands. Especially glad was
one small boy whose pin in the form of a
hatchet when Miss Bridgman said, This must
be General Washington"
Another boys watch created great interest.
Can he take care of it!' she asked. Yes. ,
very manly boy" WAS it present.! Eyes. I"
And mine was present. too," and her own
watch was shown, which has glass over the
face, so she can feel the hands to tell the hour.
When little Percy was presented, she asked:
''Is he Eng,ish9" showing an association with
the name
The children were set to work arranging small
wooden triangles into various designs, and the
outlines of each pattern were followed by the
delicate fingers which serve for eyes and ears
and voice
The tablets were put away and line of SOL
diers formed 1.-THE children are stirring said
Miss Bridgman they began to march Soon
some little hares were hopping about the room,
and pigeons were flying over fowery fields, and
with eager interest the speaking hands were
stretched out to touch the little creatures they
passed
Some animal crackers were given Miss Bridg
man to feel of, and great was the astonishment
OF the little company she guessed" correctly.
A rather clumsy sheep was something Of
puzzle, but at last came the question, 'Is it
sheepr
With loving care Miss Bridgman had brought
the children some apple blossoms which were
gathered from the trees on the land purchased
for the proposed kindergarten for the blind-a
project which nobody has more at heart than
this trebly shadowed woman.
The fragrance of a bunch of heliotrope called
forth a real cry of delight from her lips and the
sewing-cards and woven paper mats. showered
upon her by the tiny makers were smoothed and
handled with the greatest tenderness OF
she said: "It feels like satin.r @
1t was day and presence the little ones will
never forget. To the older ones present must
have come the thought of the great light of edu-
cation which has shone upon the people who sat
in darkness, and of the torch. first lighted years
ago by the noble hand which is now still, to be
borne on by other brave hands until the light
shall shine upon 'even the least OF these little
ones"
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seen that there would be little or no opportuni-
ties of receiving the sacrament in the Soudan,
Gordon resolved to take as much as possible of
the sacred elements before starting. He there
fore occupied himself on the Saturday before his
last Sunday in England in ascertaining the
hours at which communion would be admins
tered in the various churches within reach of the
place where he then was, and, rising early on the
Sunday morning, he went from church to church
in turn, partaking of the sacrament in each, and
thus received the elements some half dozen
times in succession, beginning at o'clock A. NJ
and ending at midday.
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06
Gordon's View of the Edenic Apple.


Here is droll story about General Gordon
that has not yet found it's way into print The
General entertained peculiar ideas concerning
the Edenic apple by which Mother Eve intro
duced death and all our woer into the world
The constituent elements of this fruit Gordon
held to be present in the blood of every member
of the human race up to the present day and he
contended that their virus could only be sub
dued and counteracted by frequent participation
in the bread and wine of the sacrament But
SO material view did he take of this
rite that he thought the more q man
could INCEST in quantity, of the consecrated
food, the better would be his chances of expurg-
ating from his physical organism the poisonous
corpuscles of the forbidden apple. Having fore
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06
Extraordinary Stockings for Men.

PhiIadel lph ia Letter.
A fashionable haberdasher whom have the
honor to patronize was telling me to-day that
dudes this summer will rival the ladies of last
summer in the gorgeousness of their stockings
Some very striking designs in silk have been
imported for our gilt-edged youth, and will be
displayed this summer on hotel porches and
country house lawns, on the feet, of course, of
their fashionable possessors. One young gen.
tleman, who makes himself conspicuous at win
ter gatherings by the singularty of his attire,
has purchased eight dozen of these silken hose.
They are of all manner of gorgeous colors, and
are adorned with extraordinary designs.
understand that one pair has, by way OF
ornament, a euchre-dec of cards painted
all over it, another is adorned with
billiard and pool balls, and q third with DOM
inoes. They will be worn with lowcut patent
leather shoes. Another young gentleman of the
fashionable suburb of Germantown has made up
his mind, if possible to force the knee -breeches
back into style this summer. He has also laid
in stock of gorgeous hose. He has one pair
hear, that is covered from the knee down with
miniature lawn tennis balls and bats done in
embroidery. His chief claim to distinction,
aside from his wealth and the splendor of his
dress, lies in his feats in the tennis court.
Another pair is adorned with longitudinal red
and black stripes The value of these fancy APP
pendages to the gentlemens wardrobes is ex-
ceedingly high. The pool and billiard ball pair.
the haberdasher assures me- is worth 800; the
pair with the embroidered lawn-tenns appara-
tus cost even more than that
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-06
Fair women's Eyes.

Mexican Republican. -
The eyes of our women are like an abyss Win
all its alluring depths, with all its temptations
window beyond which can be discovered dStna
IN eruption The eyes of the women or the
North are like fragment Of the sky, beyond
which we discover the immensity OF the unit
verse.
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CHURCH SERVICES.

Rev. F. M. Buchanan will occupy the pulpit at
the Garden Baptist Church this morning
The usual services will be held at the First
Baptist Church to-day, by the pastor. DR..
Jeffery
Rev. David MacDil of Xenia Seminary, will
preach at the United Presbyterian Church this
morning.
Services will be held at the Central. avenue
M. E. Church to-day, both morning and evening,
by DR.. Marine
The services at Roberts Park NJ E. Church
to-day will be conducted by Rev. S. B. Town. of
Charlottesville.
A lecture on Evolution" will be delivered by
Rev. VIM. A. Alexander, at the Ninth Presby-
terrain Church, on Monday evening, Aug. 81.
Rev. John Alabaster will preach on the sub
ject, Joshua. Great Leader. and His Sue
cessor," at Meridian street NJ. E. Church, this
morning.
The subject of the sermon by Rev. J. H.
Doddridge at FIetcher-pace Church, this even
ing, will be Congo Land or, Bishop Taylor
and the Dark Continent"
Rev. E. H. Smith, of Michigan City, will
preach at Plymouth Congregational Church to-
day. Morning subject: Modern Thought. and
Its Attitude Toward the Bible aud the Church"
Evening: What Is the Christian Religion!"
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oils; T. D. Olin, of Terre Hauta.
and Joseph Stuart, of Sullivan. The appoint
ment Of standing committees was referred to
the board of directors, who will meet in tho
early part Of next month. The constitution ana
bylaws of the national association were ap-
proved and adopted by the State division An
assessment of fifty cents annually was levied on
each of the Clio members of the Indiana division,
for the purpose of paying the expenses of the
national convention, held annually. request
was made to the national board of directors
that the action determined upon at the last con-
vention in Buffalo. to remove the headquarters
Of the association from Cincinnati to Chicago, be
deferred until after the next annual convention
at Baltimore, where the matter could be more
fully discussed The meeting then adjourned.
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PERSONAL MENTION ELSEWHERE.
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divine. preached at the colored camp meeting
last week.
j. c. Krley is in Ohio on business
The Shelby county fair begins Sept. ].
Mrs Dr. Green is very i'll at her home, in this
city.
Miss Minnie veter has gone East to Niagara
Falls
Will Dunn and Charles Stephans have gone
West.
The public schools will open in this city
Sept g.
John Beggs is in Chicago, attending the Dis
tillers' convention.
Mrs. j. NJ. Brown and Mrs DR.. Clayton are at
Bethany Park.
Rev. Newton Wray is home from Manchester,
n. D., on vacation.
The county institute begins in the High school
building on Monday.
Mrs. George Gadd, of indianapolis is visiting
her father, Sidney Robertson.
F. G. Duran, civil engineer Of Wayne county,
was here this week on business.
Miss Minnie Hackney visited Miss Birdie
Williams at Edinburg, this week.
Henry Doble has returned from Cameron
Springs much improved in health
Frank Barton, book -keeperfor Randall & Son,
has moved to Wabash, his old home.
The daughters of Benjamin Peak, of Indian
apolis visiting friends at Flatrock.
William A. New, city treasurerelect, will take
his office the first Monday in September.
Prof Frank Bennett has been elected prn-
cipal of the Morristown, Ind, public schools.
Miss Hattie Mason of Lawrenceburg. was the
guest of MIR and Mrs. M. L. Sorden this week
T. B. Wallar left on Wednesday for Hot
Springs, Ark, where he will remain two months
for his health.
Prof Mower, formerly principal of the High
school, has accepted position in the schools at
Springfield III.
The fifty ninth birthday of William Branson
IN this county, was celebrated on Thursday by
a grand surprise dinner
Miss Nellie Ravens, daughter of Hon. Ben
Ravens, of Terre Haute the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. John Horst this week
Marriage licenses have been issued to William
Lemasters and Katie E. Armstrong, Charles M.
Dake and Nancy j. Copeland Albert F. Wlckliff
and Mary Z. Shank.
The German Club danced on Tuesday night.
Among those present from abroad were Robert
Ramsey, of Indianapolis, Edith Gordon. Of Met
amora, Kittie Noble, of Irvington, and Halle
Kern, of Franklin.
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The Town 70 Be Lighted by Electric Light
and Otherwise Improved.

The Board of Trustees of West Indianapolis
have adopted the proposition of the Jenny Elec-
tric-light Company to light that town with
eighteen lamps, Of two thousand candle power
each, for s., 500 a year, and an informal notice
has been given by the company that the condi-
ton required by the board will be conceded
The board made it condition Of acceptance
that the company should enter into bond of
So, 900 to establish in the town mandatory of
electric-light apparatus, with a forfeiture of a
years rent of the lights in case of failure. The
affair is now complete, except the formal assent
of the company TO this condition, and the execu-
ton of a competent bond.
1t is the most important act of municipal
legislation that the young town has attempted,
and if it goes through fairly may be the cause of
other considerable additions to the business OF
the place. Some time ago one of the active
operators for the improvement told the reporter
that there was prospect with adequate lighting
facilities for the transfer to the West Side of the
Eagle Machine Works. which find themselves a
good deal cramped in the location they have held
for thrtyfve years or more, and have been look
ing about for new site on this side of the river
for some time. This is all speculation, but still
it shows that the way the board has started is
the way in which growth and probable prosper
ity lie
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The Travellers, Protective Association.

The Indiana division of the Travellers Pro
tective Association met yesterday afternoon at
the Grand Hotel for the purpose of effecting a
State organization, electing officers and appoint
ing committees. James G. Pugh was chairman
and Greenwood Preble secretary of the meeting
The following officers were elected Ell. c. Thorn
ton, vice president; G. Preble secretary and G.
W. Geger, treasurer, all of Indianapolis The
board of directors appointed for the en-
suing year are: L. W. Brown, j. f.
Jewar and William Morris, of Indianap-
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Insurance in Indiana.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
Thanks for the exhibit in Saturdays issue of
the business of insurance in the State for the
first six months of the year You do not, how
ever go quite far enough into the details, and on
that account some of your conclusions are a
little misleading. You omit one element of the
work, and by doing are able to say that
while some companies paid out for losses moro
than they received in premiums the reports
show that many did very satisfactory bust
ness, and further on you draw the final conclu-
sion that the surplus left in the hands of the
companies amounts to the sum of 1884, 57I 72. ;
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PERSONAL MENTION.

A. A. Holmes, of Sullivan, is in the city
Lieut.. W. 2. Ray, U. S. NJ is at the Denison.
Mr. Finley, editor of the Louisville Post, is in
the city.
Gen. George Lilly, of Mauch Chunch, Pa, is
in the city visiting his brother, j. o. P. Lilly
Justin Butterfeld, of Red Oak, Ia, is spend
ing few days in the city the guest of his sister,
Mrs. Merrick Potter
Mrs Sylvanus Whelden of Yarmouth, Mass,
is spending few weeks with her children, Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Wheden.
DR.. F. S. Newcomer of this city. was elected
first vice president of the American M1croscop.
ical Society at its Cleveland session.
The salary of Prof H. s. Tarbell, superinten-
dent of the public schools at Providence formerly
of this city. has been increased to So 500 wear.
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THE CITY In BRIEF.

There were thirty-two deaths in the city last
week
County Clerk Mclean has returned from his
brief vacation at Lake Maxinkuckee.
The Bowling committee of the Council will
meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
A petition is being circulated aud generally
signed asking the Council to prohibit street
peddiing in the central part of the city
The Frazer Brothers and Colburn have
brought suit in the Superior Court aga inst
Peter Reuter- to recover So 600 on three notes of
$1,000 each, dated Oct. %, 1884
A petition has been filed with the Governor
asking the pardon Of John Watts, who was SEN
fenced in November 1884, to years impris-
onment in the Northern penitentiary, on a
charge Of petit larceny.
The members of the Travellers Protective
Association will meet this afternoon at 130
o'clock at the store of SEVERN. Ostermeyer e. Co.
and attend in body the funeral of Charles
Ruckersfedt, at No. SO Fletcher avenue.
l.. W. Lyle, arrested on the charge of having
personated a pension examiner and collected fees
examination in the federal court yesterday and
was sent to Jail to await trial, in default of bail
for $3.50.
Mr.. Milton Ponder and Mr.. VIM. Meek on
behalf of the German Wholesale and Retail
Butchers Association, presented the managers
of the indianapolis Orphan Asylum $43 the
proceeds of game of base ball played Aug.
-, for which they will accept many thanks.
Two boys, David Bresow, aged thirteen, liv
ing at No l3l North East street, and Samuel
SteinD bach, about the same age, ran off from home
last week and have not been heard from since
Mrs Breslow, who is almos distracted with
grief the departure of her son. is telegraph
ing all over the country for news concerning
him She says that the lad afraid of his
father.
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Sullivan.

Carl Hinkle is in Greencastle
Miss Cora Hoke is sick with a slow fever
Mrs. Peter Hill is visiting her father in Bloom
ington, Ind
David Crawley county auditor. has been sick
for several days
G. z. Barrett made a business trip to Chilli
cothe, O., last week
Mrs. Lee Goodman, of Terre Haute, is visiting
Sol Goodman and wife.
Mrs. L. G. Williams and daughters are at
West Baden Springs, Ind.
The teachers county institute is holding two
weeks session, with large attendance.
J. F. Hoke went to Ohio yesterday, to spend a
week with his wife. who is visiting there
John 7. Hays and wife and NJ. B. Wilson and
wife have returned from their visit to Chicago.
Miss Nellie Hoke has returned from New
Albany where She has been visiting some two
months
Albert Long, of Danville, Ind. and Jesse
Long, of Memphis, Tenn, are visiting Arsta
Williams.
Frank Stock and wife, of Centerville, are Wis
ting their daughter Mrs. G. r. Dutton. Mrs.
Dutton is sick with slow fever.