The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25
work and rscsivs their pay for 1t in food or

work and receive their pay for It In food or
lodging
This providsnt institution was established
last winter, and was then the means of
affording food and shelter TO hundreds OF
men out of work. - we'll - tramps. Each
morning the work 10 arranged. the wood TO
be cut il divided out, and the tools are kept
in good condition. 20 that with saw and OK
from two TO three hours work viii pay for q
meal or place to sleep.
Every day crowds Of men ranging from q
broken. down merchant to o common tram D
gather around the Office door seeking sd mis-
sion to the yard and begging for work. There
are more men than are cords of wood to cat, |"
they were cvercrovded with applicants
This charity organization sell printed tickets
to those who are charitably inclined to give
to trxmps and needy men instead OF money.
The tickets call for q meal or q bed at some
cheap restaurant or lodging house. They
also endeavor to secure positions for those
impossible to get them. Many of these sp-
plicants are educated men, including book
keepers accountants. literary men, report
ers, and their condition seems more pitiable
than the man who il accustomed to rough
ing it.
I went up Wabash avenue piece yester-
day. You know how cold Ii was. | was
wrapped and bundled to the eyes. and sped
lightly on. came up behind woman clad
in neat but cheap garments. There was
nothing to protect the mech and ears from
the cold but coil of abund.
ant brown hair. The wind blew
her skirts aside and revealed q pair of low.
upon the back of the ANKLE the white skin
of the part cleaned sorrily through little
rent about the size of three-cent piece.
She inquired OF policeman at the corner
OF the street the direction to somewhere. 1
heard him say:
You'd better take the CARTS long
walk"
With shake of the head she hurried on
THROUGH WIDE STREETS,
past great houses. around q corner, and an
object met the eve that brought me to q
stsnd.still instanter. A great BLACK whale
shining and almost Shiny, lay stretched
along the wall, side Of the walk, with two
baby whales Nesting against its fnny sid s
L looked into its little eyes. at its ponderous
lips, its dem0ralized teeth its fnny pad
ding feet-only they were not padding
then-at the water spout at the mark of the
cruel harpoon, at the wide, tough tail, and
then went into the store and inquired of
Mr.. Booth, the proprietor of the establish
ment, what about the story of that whale.
Where did it come from ?Is yon beautiful
lake the home of such monsters?"
/ hoped not, because there are too many
Jonahs around. and so accommodating a
whale as the older one could not be found in
these days.
''Oh. no. it was caught off Provincetown,
on the coast of Massachusetts, by Captain
Taylor, the skipper of q coaster"
'.How long is ftp"
Twenty feet long,"
"Do you know how much it weighs?"
Thirty. five hundred pounos. There's no
m q bnu v.Io 10 a -
takes half dozen men to handle IT, Those
little ones are whale calves. not fishes"
Regretfully the frozen leviathan was left
behind, and We passed on to witness a run
away. It was q grocer's team and coffee
eggs, 'lasses, beans and other edibIes mixed
and mingled in delectable confusion. Turn
ing corner, posing upon one of the many
icy ridges allowed to remain upon the proud
city's Pavements, [ Was suddenly made
aware of the proximity of a tall, dignified-
appearing gentleman, who was attempting
q slight of foot performance, and finally
each foot determined to walk in opposite
directions, and the result was a sudden and
cracking sit-down. How ones dignity
Oozes out into nowhere at such mishap,
Your scribe was so sorry for the down-fallen.'
but couldn't cry for big laugh that was
choking for room.
Then down to the foot of La Sale avenue
l found myself, where q splendid nine
stored structure and 800 footed tower looms
up and blocks up the highway, and on
ten and twelve-stories, right into the
wintry air. While wondering why they
were built so high, the thought that land
was dear and this method took less ground
room dawned upon my verdant mind and
the mystery was solved to an economic satis-
faction.
THERE WAS AN ELECTION IN THE FALL.
A President to preside over the destinies
OF the Nation and other important officials
were voted for and declared elected, but
declarations sometimes have to be taken
back. Discrepancies turn out OF the returns,
and political machinery gets out of time
need not review the length and detail
OF the alleged election frauds, they are
widely known already; they are said to have
been perpetrated by Messrs. Nackin, Gala.
CHER, Biehl, Gleason, Hausborough, Strausser
and Shields, of this city, who are all held
under heavy bonds to answer to one and
more indictments, and Tuesday night
Gallagher was arrested the fourth time and
placed under $4,000 bail.
The latest phase of the affair is that the
special appropriation of 100000 voted
upon to be expended on an increase of
passed by nearly 5000 majority, is now al
legged to have been lost by several hundred
votes. This discovery has been made by the
special Grand Jury this week, which insti-
tuted recount for the appropriation vote re-
sulting as above named. The 100000 was
Drawn for the purpose designed. Three hun
dred new policemen were added to the force,
and now the story comes to their that
the measure did not receive majority vote
that the appropriation was not made to the
city, and yet they we're regularly appointed
have served, and are on pay; but who, or
what, is to pay them? What can the admin
do? Tell them to go back to the
peaceful avocations from whence they came?
There are some wise heads in this citidel of
the lake, but am thinking that satisfac.
tory arbitration between these minions OF
law and the administration may puzzle the
keenest of them.
But the
SURFACE DRIFT
is not the only prolific theme OF comment to
be found in the weeks calendar.
Revival services are being held in various
parts OF the citv. Z. w. Bliss, from B oston,
is preaching at the Moody Church every
night, and Major Gale at the Wabash Avenue
M. T. Church, and Thomas Harrison is still
on the west side. The choir of st. Jariath's
Church is under the leadership of Mrs. Y.
Corcoran, and is composed entirely of home
talent, and ranks with the first in the city.
The social pendulum has swung cheerily
the whole week through. Germans" have
elided through the avenues of upper
tendum.
Receptions, parties and wedding anniyer-
saries are among the recordings, and the