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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

Leisure Heurs

Leisure Hours.
About forty years ago several hadlers werv
employed in carrying pig iron from Brymbo
to Queens Ferry. Among toe number was
William Grlffiths, who one day was acoostsd
by stranger, who chatted freely with him.
Among other question:, the stranger asked
how much he got per ton for carrying the
iron.
"Six and Bixpence," said the carter.
How are you goilg to get mp the hill 9'
asked the stranger.
"Oh, mum get me shuder and push mp
here"
"rll help you bit" said he, and at once
put his shoulder to the cart. and pushed up
the hill.
When they reached the top the haulsr
said:
You an mes been as good as a chain
horse"
"Well, WELL" said the stranger, .sdon't
know how the horses legs are, but mine ache
very much. indeed. suppose you can
manage now"
"Yes, thank you," said the hauler, and,
wishing him good day, they separated.
As soon as the stranger was gone trades-
man asked Griffiths If he knew who had
been helping him.
NO" said he.
THAT was Mr.. Gladstone"
"Mr. Gladstone responded the hauler
81 dun know what he'll think o. me, then,
for never sired him, nor nothin'. /
thought he was some farmer"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

but you only want more dollars. Indeed.
the leader of one oil the operas says in the
public prints that unless he can have the
thpater open on the Lords day he can not
affoi d to keep il running. We are told by
the operatic and theatrical leaders that they
must get monev on Sabbath nights in order
to pay the deficits Of the other nights of the
week. Now. in answer to that say, that II
men can not mansge our theates without
bro skiBg the Lords day, they had better oil
&C into bankruptcy together. We will never
surrender the Christian Sabbath for the pur-
pose of helping those violstors pay expenses.
While there may be difference of opinion
among some people about the propriety of
having theatrlcals during the week | think
all lovers OF goood order must unite In one
solid, unanimous resistance to this internal
attic "a pt To massacre the Christian Sabbath.
congratulate our city that, so far We
have almost entirely escaped the invasion,
and my confidence Is in our Mayor and our
Judges and our police officers that the laws
of the State of New York will be executed;
Above all, my confidence Is In the good
hand OF God that has been over this city
since its foundation. But 1 call this day
upon all those who befrend Christian prin-
ciples, and those who love our political free
d om to stand in solid phalanx in this Their
mopylae of American history; for believe,
as certainly as stand here. that the tri-
ump0 OF OVertufOW Oh AdeIlCau lDstltutlOnS
depends upon IL e Sabbath contest. Bring
your voices, your pens. your printing presses
and your pulpits into the Lords artillery
corps for the defense of our holy day De-
cree before high heaven that this war on
your religious rights, and the cradles of your
children shall bring ignominious defeat to
the enemies of God and the public veal
For those who die in the contest battling
for the right We shall chisel the epitapn:
"These are they who came out OF great trib
ulation and had their robes washed and
made white IN the blood of the Lamb" But
for that one who shall prove in this moral
crisis recreant to God and the Church there
shall be no honorable epitaph. He shall not
be worthy even of a burial place in all this
free land but perhaps some steam tug at
midnight may carry out the poor remains
and drop them in the sea. where the law
less: vi DDS which keep no Sunday, will gal.
Top over the grave of him who lived and
died traitor to God, the Church and the
free institutions OF America. Long live the
Christian Sabbath Perish forever all at
tempts to overthrow it,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
What He Said.

The old man snored on his corn. husk bed,
And dreamed of rails and fodder and grain.
But his daughter watched by her window sill
For the gay young man TO come mp the laue.
Oh. love Is mighty and bolts are weak
To restrain a fellow that believes in cheek
"Hither my dove" I'm soft tones came
From under her windew. Out In the night
She slid on a olothes-liue all prepared
And in less than q minute was out of sight,
While the rOwdy old owl sang out TOO. t00r'
AZ they both skedacdled to Kalamazoo.
The sun was up and the old man woke
He missed HIS daughter and saw the racket,
As he spi n note in her acant room
stuck in the crack of a walnut bracket
He read Ii slowly and quietly said:
"Doggon good thing that went to bed"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
One of Beecher's Stories.
From the Citizen.

From the Citizen
When l was pastor at Indianapolis, q cele-
brsted preacher came there, a Geney a DIVINE
who naturally spoke English with variations
1t was in the year 1887, when the country
was covered with ruin and the homes and
property OF half the citizens of indianapolis
were IN the sheriff's hands. One Sunday he
took my pulpit ana wound up thrilling
discourse with the tender peroration: "Ifyou
will bear with resignation and fortitude the
misfortunes which have fallen on You for a
brief time here below. the time will come
when you will be borne up aloft to a hsav.
emily land by the cherubim and sheriff. i'm"
(sic, for seraphim). ''Oh, dear" groaned Q
voice, ARE we 10 find she.iffs there. toor,
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
The veIsd Question Settled.

Two drummers we're disputirg very hotly
one night in q smoking-car. One insisted
that either and neither we're correct while
the other stoutly maintained that only dudes
an3 Anglomaniacs would so pronounce the
words, and that either and neither were
the proper pronuncistions. Finally they
agreed to leave 1t to the man in the next
seat. They woke him up and stated the
case.
"Now, then, which is right" asked one Of
the drummers, neither or nsitherf'
"Nsytber," responded the Irishman, and
settled back to sleep while the rest of the
car accepted an invitation TO take something
out of the drummers' hasks.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
she'd Burn, Anyhow.

The real true-blue orthodoxy seems to get
hold of some of the little folks with o fAsci-
mating sort OF grip Heaven and the "othar
place" are related to them. Said Johnnie
the other day, as he picked up his sisters
doll and looked at 10 earnestly: s'I'll XII
you, and then you'll 20 to"
Vohnnis, Johnnier said bis mothsr,
That's very wicked. You shouldn't send
the doll to the bad place"
"She's chuck full o. cotton, and shss'd
burn, anyhow. -
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

and confess that you do not care anythin
as all about the moral welfare of the people
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
A GLIMPSE OF CAPEI


Another man is here tonight who is worth
Imeeting-an old man, eighty. odd, somewha,
bowed, his hair iron gray, his face bearing
the tinge of sunny lands, his eye black but
mild and beamiDg, his head square and
solid. Yes, / remember him now, though
have not seen him in twenty years-Hanni.
bal Hsmlinl Never great man, bat always
faithful, sound headed ana honest 1 recall
myself to him BY reminding how, when he
Was Vice President he went and mildly bal
lied Professor Henry and induced him to
let Us have the sacred hall of the Smithson'
ian for our sacrilegious ccurs Of sntislsvery
lectures in 1861. He remembered Ii. .Rut,
be said. ''timid in politics, Jessph Henry
was bold in science, and really great man. "
NJ. Hsmlin is troubled With rheumatism q
little. like most Old men, bat on the whole
says his health is Surprisingly good. Amos
Z Emo is here to-night-father Of the Quebec
fugitive and billiard player; and John Bige
How and Erastus Brooks aud q hundred other
men whose names would be recognized By
almost every reader OF this letter. Jay
Gould is q center of attraction wherever h
moves, and surrounded by . crowd OF syco
plants who want TO shake him by the bAnt
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

Alice (who has been taught that God sees
everything)--I don't sink even Dod's eye
could see ze butter on dat bwead.-Life.
"Are you a little French grip they ask ed
OF dark eyed miss who vas tripping across
the steamers deck. 'No," said she; Pm q
Methodist"
PA are we going to have any galvanized
iron on our new house?" ANY whatT'
ANY eirlyanized iroD2 '' Galvanized, you
mean, don't your "Yes pa; butour teacher
says we mustn't say gal; it's girl"
I'll You could get whatever you wished,
what would you wish for?" was asked on
Christmas day of a little girl who had just
nishsd her plum pudding. She eyed the
remnants of the feast reaectively for q mo-
ment and then replied decisively: "Pd Just
wish that | could be very hungry again."
mother took her little three year old
son to an afternoon concert, and when the
6rst encore was given he was frightened, and
asked his mother why they did SO. She said
plsyfuliy; Perhaps they are glad she is
Done singing" and thought no more about
it He seemed to be satisfied, and sat the
rest OF the time reasonably well. The next
morning after his father had asked the blss-
sing, the little boy clapped his hands in q
very vigorous manner, and when asked why
he did so said: Ppm dad he's done; 1 want
some fis."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
.Johnnfess Idea.

Ma" asked young Johnnie Jarphly, vi
you were Ell Mahdi. would you go around
dressed in q shirt and swordF'
81 would undoubtedly have to conform Il
the custom of the country" with some hest
fancy replied Mrs. Jarphly.
"Well, tell me, ma, would you wear tn,
sword In front or behind~
"De not ask such ridiculous questions
Johnnie"
That amt ridiculous, ma. Would yor
wear the sword under the shirt or the shir
under the sword?"
"Stor talking. Johnnie, and scour thos'
knives"
But I wsntto know, ma. Us fellows art
going to have q masquerade ball, and wan
to represent III Mahdi."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
Johnnie and the Egyptian Question.
TChfeaco Herald

lChicsgo Herald
"Pa, what is England sending more troops
to Egypt forf"
ITO rescue Wolseley, my son."
what is Wellesley there forT
ITO rescue Gordon"
What for was Gordon sent there2'
ITO restore peace"
"Who was fghtingT
"Well, nobody was. The Mahdi had an
army raised, though.
"Pa, do the British own that countryW
mo, my son."
Then they are campaigning In the wrong
ward, amt theyr'
''It looks that way, Johnnie. Now rur
along and carry in that coal for your mother
You're too inquisitive."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28

During the last ocean trip of the OunArder
"GalliA," the smoking room OF the steamer,
according to accounts given by passengers,
was taken possession Of by gang OF gamblers
and drunkRrds, who indnlgsd in a prolonged
debauoh and riot during the entire trip. The
respectable passengers on board we're annoy
ed and alarmed, and the officers of the ship
-as they pretended oVerawed by the
desperate and lawless gang. This sort Of
thing has happened before, though not in
quite such an aggravated form, and ii is high
time that the matter was attended TO.
The Chicago Inter Ocean relates that when
Gen. Grant was in Houston several years
ago the people gave him rOusing reception.
There was a grand banquet for which $1,000
worth OF the choicest wines were provid-
ed. When the time came to serve the
wine the head waiter first went TO Gen.
Grant. Without a word the General quietly
turned down all the glasses at his plate.
This quiet move was great surprise to the
Texans, but they we're equal TO the occasion.
Without single word being spoken every
man along the line OF the long tables turned
his glasses down and there was not a drop
of wine taken that night.
QueeT vestiges OF the old time etiquette
still linger in Virginia. II used 10 be, and
In a MEASURE is still, considered the height of
rudsness for one person in driving to pass
another on the road. As a result, the slow
eat coach on the road could keep all the
others behind III time and distance were
relatively Of no importance. Even now the
people apologize whom they pass each other
on the road. 1t has also been alleged that
a really high-bred Virginian never 80 far
forgets etiquette as to enquire of a stranger
where he was from, because the stranger
might be forced TO acknowledge that he was
from some other state than Virginia, and il
was only charity to spare him this mortify-
ing admission. 1t is hotly- disputed point,
aud has been for the last two hundred years
whether a guest spending the night with his
host should make the move to go TO bed
or whether the host should.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28
FnII Ra.hion No,es.

Lace and moire are features in carly fall
fashions.
The train is permanently revived for full
dress costumes
White yelling remains favorite seaside
evening dress fabric.
The coifTure, the hat and the bonnet all
show increase in height this fall.
The latest craze in fancy work is the max
ing OF tissue paper artificial flowers
'Tis pity but true that hats are more formi-
dRbly tall than ever this fall.
Lead, jet, porcelain, wooden and irredes-
oent glass beads Of large sizes are all very
fashionable.
Tuoks above lace founee appear on ma
ny pretty youthful fall or late summer
frOeks.
A full sRgging puff below a short pointed
bodice is pretty style for a slender youthful
figure.
Very large collars of Venetian lace are re-
vived for wear with frOcks made with blouse
or plain housemAid wrists.
Late summer and early fall hats are trim
med with bows aud masses of canvas woven
stuffs or scarfs of canvas.
The fall fabrics are not oanvas-woven but
show canvas and rough effects in having wool
en- threads woven close and tirm, but soft not
wiry in texture.
White frocks for fall wear at the beach and
in the mountains are made of white canvas
woven wool with borders OF ourled mOhair
wool or Rstrakhan borders woven into the
fabrics.
narrow oOlored ribbon tied around the
neck, not below the collar with the bow on
one side or directly in front, at pleasure is the
frequent accessory of the toilet this season. -
Neio York Letter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28

old sheep pasture on the hill side, and TO the
best Of my knowledge and belief, that ledge
is magnetism limestone, a superior kind OF
building stone which In in great demand.
This other bit in Of different kind OF rock,
but quite valuable also, and Is used for door
and window. sills. II il worth 40 cents a
square foot, and there il no doubt bat what
IL exists in abundance on your farm. But II
TIE other proves TO be really magnetism lime
stone, you could sell out tomorrow for $40,
600, Miss Molliel"
10, Professor Tallman But how-but
how should 20 TO work TO find out ?" asked
Mollie, clasping her hands excitedly.
Leave il TO me, said the professor, kind
ly II am going to the city tomorrow on
business, and will take these bits Of rock
and exhibit them TO the proper parties Then,
Miss Mollie, you can either lease or sell your
property TO good advantage"
II shall not sell, declared Mollie, 'if ]
can help it,"
In due time the professor returned. The
specimen he had exhibited proved 10 be mag.
nesian limestone, and two business men ac-
companied him to inspect the ledge.
Before thoy left Mollie was offered good
price for her farm, or 81 900 year and a
certain share in the profits Of the quarry.
She accepted the latter offer, and soon the
sound Of hammer and drill was heard in the
once despised sheep pasture.
The news was a nine days wonder among
the neighbors.
"As rocky as the Hillacre farm" had been
q by-word in that vicinity for years, and now
to think those self-same rocks we're TO be
coined into money before their very eyes
The astonished relatives Aocked TO the old
homestead TO congratulate Mollie on her good
fortune.
Stove Kimble was one Of the first to put in
an appearance. -.
You was right in boldn' oDter the old
place, Mollie, after all, he declared, radiant
ly. "And-and, of course, you didn't think
meant TO break of with you, for good and
all, Mollie 2"
Indeed !" answered MOlie, with a smile.
'Of course not l only wanted to try
you, an see il you wouldn't give in to my
way Of o. thinkin Butts lucky you didn't
after what's happened. And-say, Mollie,
when shall the weddin' u"
But Mollie drew herself up with show of
spirit, az she retorted, cooly
81 don't know when your wedding will be,
Mr.. Kimbe, but mine is TO be the LIST Of Sep
tember. I've been engaged to Professor
Tallman for two months"
And there was nothing for the disappoint-
ed Stove TO do but to take himself of.
Before Mollie's boarders left in September,
there was a merry wedding at the old home
stead TO which all her relatives we're invited /;
but the most honored among the guests was
Uncle Dabney Melen his genial face aglow
with good natured triumph.
81 said our Mollle wasn't nobody's fool, -
he asserted, proudly. "An' l reckon she's
proved it,"
And nobody felt disposed to dispute the
assertion. Helen Whitney Clark.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28
The GanIa Eater

A ganja eater ia a criminal OF which we
have happily no counterpart in this country.
He il q Asiatc monster. We hear, no doubt,
Of men being mad with drink :" but their
frenzy differs both in degree and kind from
that which results from indulgence in the
juice Of the hemp. For ganja is a prepar-
alton of this herb, and though its production
is punishable by the laws in India, is unfor-
tunately 20 easy TO procure that crime from
this cause is constantly occurring. Thus in
the latest Indian papers we find q case Of a
man, brutalized by its use, stabbing right
and left in Bombay bazaar, and note that
the magistrate, when passing sentence, de-
plored the increase in this ''most dangerous
class" the ''ganja eating people" Similar
Observation-Disclosures at any rate in effects
are lamentably widespread, and almost ev-
cry savage tribe in the world has 'hash-
sesh" OF its own. Opium and ganja are the
two narcotics best known in the East. In
the West, fortunately, we have but little ex-
perience of either. The former steals away,
albeit with oonsummate fascination, a man 3
intellectual energies, and, in cons, quence,
therefore, his phsical energies too. The
latter makes a mad, wild beast OF him. works
him up suddenly into frenzy Of malignant
purpose, reckless OF his own life or of others.
The Indian Government, therefore, draws a
wide distinction between the two. Without
actually encouraging, as it has been accused
of doing, the consumption of the poppy juice
in the empire, it Is content TO restrict its
use by limitations on the sale. In the case
of ganja, however, II has positively forbidden
the drug, and the sale or purchase Of it is
penal by law. Nor is this distinction without
some Qualification. The opium eater is an in
nocuous and harmless person. He Injuries
no one but himself he sins, perhaps by
omission, but not by commission. The ganja
eater, on the other hand, is invariably q law
breaker. He becomes at once a criminal.
| The villainous decoction seems to have the
strange power of bringing to the surface all
that is vicious and bad in its most violent
form. OF such men murders and assassns
are made. In GhRzi villages it is ''ganjs"
or bang" as the different preparations OF
hemp are called, which is used for the stimu-
lation of the fanatics, who are then sent oui
into the world 10 run a-muck," and TO kill
and be killed "fOr the faith" "Hasheesh
| is another product of the same terrific, plant,
and is itself the root of the word assassin. -
Drugged with this awful paste, the slaves OF
the Old Man of the Mountains went forth in
to camp and city, palace and cottage, to take
the lives prescribed by the tyrat in the Vul-
ture's nest on the peaks Of the Alumet. In
Eastern warfare captains have fortified their
men, when courage seemed faltering or the
undertaking desperate, with this maddeninl
| juice, and during the Indian mutiny of 1857
and 1858 the rebel sepoys often met our
troops when intoxicated and frantic witt
'bang. ."-LORdOR Daily Telegraph.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28
Oar Northwsssern Domain.

Alaska is part of our domain of which As
yet we know very little. No one can tell,
however, how soon it may apply for admis-
sion into the brotherhood of states Things
move 30 rapidly with us that if a few gold
mines should suddenly be discovered in that
far away territory half the world would put
on its seven league boots, and in couple OF
years Alaska would have, first, gambling
houses, then vigilance committee, and after
that form of orderly government. The
gold is there, doubtless, but it has not yet
been discovered. Alaska Is q piece of prop
erty which we acquired by honest purchase
from Russia and for which We paid over sew
en- million dollars-not in eighty-t three cent
silver pieces, but in gold. Russia ran her
fingers through her hair in doubtfulness be-
fore she concluded 10 take even gold for she
never likes to let bit of land slip from her
grasp. Il is about equal In size to OalifOr-
MIA, Texas and Colorado combined, and has
a river-the Yukon-nearly 1000 miles long
It's chief products are furs, ice and chills and
fever Alaska is not overcrowded at present,
there being only so, 900 people within its lin
its, but in the near future ii may have rail-
roads, telegraphs and q first class quarrel
with England over the boundary question.
~ y. Herald
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-28

One of the most wonderful pieces of en-
gineering in the world is the railroad stretch
ing from Lima and Callao to the crest Of the
continent, where the famous mines Of the
Cerro del Pasco are, the source of the an
cient riches of the country, from which tons
upon tons of silver have been taken and
which still hold, il the testimony of the min
eralogists can be relied upon, the richest de-
posits on the surface of the world. The rail
road was never completed. Mr.. Meiggs car
ried il from Lima to the crest of the Andes
at a cost of $27, 200, 900 and 1000 human
lives, and gained for himself q reputation for
energy and ability surprising any man that
ever came to this continent, but he died with
about 30 miles of track yet to be laid.
No one has been found with the courage to
finish the work, until, q few weeks ago,
Michael Grace of New York, whose brother
and partner in the enterprise is the mayor of
that city, made a contract with the govern
ment under the terms that he Ia 10 be given
the road as it stands, with all its equipments,
il be will complete it to its original destina-
tion. He agrees to complete the remaining
80 miles of railroad and pump out Of the
mines of Cerro del Pasco the water that has
been accumulating in them for half lazy
century, in consideration for which the gov
ernment gives him that portion of the road
already completed, and all the silver he can
get out of the mines during the next 80 years.
he paying the nominal rental of $25, 900 .
year for the use of the property.
The sensation Of riding up this railroad,
together with the rapid ascent from the sea
level to the mountains crest, produces sick
ness called 'sirocche," often fatal, and usual
lg sending people TO bed for several weeks
The symptoms are terrible pressure upon the
temples, nausea, bleeding of the nose and
ears and faintnsss, but the effects can be
avoided by taking precautions and observing
rules that experience has suggested, the chief
one being to drink glass Of brandy and keep
perfectly quiet as the slightest degree Of eI-
ercise will floor the strongest man. People
who are compelled to make the ascent, II they
have not become accustomed TO it, usually
take two or three days for the journey, stop
ping OFF at the stations along the line, and
going to bed at once upon reaching the town
of Chicla, which stands at the summit.
Lima letter IN PHILADELPHIA Times.