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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
LINCOLN's TEST SPEECH.
The One that Is Said to Have Made Him the
Presidential Candidate.


PresidentJ. F. Tute, in Boston Congregationalist.
1t was my good fortune to see and hear Abra-
ham Lincoln once. had observed his contro-
versy with Mr.. Douglas in Illinois with great in
terest In some respects 1T was, undoubtedly,
the ablest debate of its kind that has ever oc-
Cured in this country. Mr.. Douglas was re-
garded as the finest debater in the American
Senate. At least, so his friends thought
He had a national reputation as
political debater and leader Mr. Lincoln up
to that time was not much known outside of
his own State. The keenness of his speeches
in those famous mass meetings, before which
Mr.. Douglas and himself discussed the iss ues of
the day, at once lifted HIM into a national repu-
tation. He seemed to have examined and
mastered every branch of his subject so that
let his opponent take what turn he might, he
was ready for him.
! In the Plymouth congregation of Brooklyn
there was association of young men which
was successful in getting an annual course of
six lectures of the highest order This associa-
ton discerned in Mr.. Lincoln a man worthy of a
place in its course and invited him to give such
a lecture Besides this, he had an engagement
somewhere in New England.
The politicians of New York also invited him
to make a speech in that city, in order to de-
termine whether he would be the man to pre-
sent to the presidential convention in case MIR.
Seward could not be nominated. Mr. Lincoln
Informed these gentlemen of his engagement,
but said he would speak in New York if the
agreed to do so on condition that an admission
fee of twenty five cents be charged. This was
the reason why 1000 people that night paid for
the privilege of entering the lecture room in
Cooper Institute to hear Mr.. Lincoln make a
political speech.
Mr.. Lincoln was introduced by Mr.. Bryant,
with some very complimentary illusions espe-
cially as to his controversy with Mr.. Douglas.
When Mr. Lincoln came on the platform and
was introduced by Mr.. Bryant he seemed giant
in contrast with him. His first sentence was
delivered in peculiarly high-keyed voice,
and disappointed u.s. In short time the sharp
points of his address began to come, and he had
not been speaking for half an hour before his
audience seemed wild with enthusiasm. In it's
, sharp analysis, and clear statements, and album
dant proofs, and its sparkling humor, it was not
a whit behind Mr. Corwins great political speech
in 1843 on the Texas question In saying this
That speech, as am told made Mr. Lincoln
the presidential candidate in 1860.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
E. p. Roe at Home.

Will Clemens. in Literary Life.
Half mile below Idlewid once the home of N.
P Willis, lies Cornwall on the Hudson. 1t is
here, for many years. surrounded by his books
his flowers, plants and small fruits, Edward P
Roe has written the novels which have made his
name famous all over the civilized world. The
homestead is like many others comfortable enter
tanning and cheerful without and within The
author of Barriers Burned Away" labors in his
library, a sunny room filled with books from the
ceiling to the floor. The work bench Of the
novelist a large fat desk, covered with papers
and writing materials, stands in the center of
the room.
The early part of the day is spent in writing
The gardens and the fowerbed surrounding
the house are the authors ground, where
he derives fresh inspiration daily. The novelist
considers from five to eight pages a good days
work. The library is a stranger to midnight
OIL Up to recent period more attention was
paid to the cultivation of small fruits and less
to literature. At certain periods in the summer
force of fifteen lads were engaged in picking
strawberries. To-day the novel has superseded
the cultivation of small fruits, and mercantile
pursuits are confined largely to the library.
The countenance of Edward p. Roe is frank
and manly. The hair is dark, the beard long
and black. An earnest somewhat sad express
sion adorns the face. He is scarcely over forty
far too good -natured-many visitors are enter
upon the time of the novelist. If he hears the
voice of friend, says his wife, he cannot re-
main st his desk. In recent years Mr.. Roe has
learned the literary secret of shutting himself
away in his own apartment where he cannot be
INTERRUPTED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
Morsels of Gastronomy.
wv York Mail and Express

new Iork Mall ana Express.
There is considerable to interest epicures and
bon vivants in DR.. Hammond's novel, DIR Old
Nixon"
Game laws in America according to foreign
er, must be very funny, because dealers and
sportsmen laugh at them
How shall we eat asparagus is the question
again-with knife and fork, or with ingers9 AS
usual there is great diversity of opinion.
What and how certain prominent men eat is
the subject of series of articles in The Cook
which omits those who have partaken of crow.
Frenchmen of the epicuran sort always
insist that nutmeg should be sprinkled on spin
ach but there is no gastronomic law the sub
ject.
New-fashioned sandwiches are made of
potted game, and when properly prepared are
delicious They are not obtainable at railway
eating houses.
Regular diners out" complain of dearth of
gastronomic novelties at fashionable dinner par
ties and say with Solomon, that there is nothing
new under the sun.
Ice-cream is served this season in new fancy
forms and shapes, representing all kinds of
vegetables and flowers This is the kind of ice
cream that is ornamental as we'll as useful.
1t will, no doubt offend the good people of
Scotland to hear that one OF the most prominent
physicians in this city says one might as we'll eat
sawdust as oatmeal for breakfast, for all the
good it does.
1t was the late A. Ward who recommended
blue fish for people who are melancholy and low
spirited, and with the same proprety can Sleeps
head be suggested as suitable for dudes and the
other social idiots of the period.
There is etiquette even in eating olives. 1t is
recorded that Cardinal Richeleu once detected
an adventurer. who was passing himself off as a
nobleman, by helping himself to olives with a
fork it being CONNIE il faut to use ones fingers
for that purpose
Kidneys, says the London Caterer, should be
eaten directly they dressed, else they will
lose their goodness. They are also UNBEATABLE if
too much done, says the same authority, and o
man who cannot eat meat underdone should not
have kidneys on his table. There is always
more or less trouble about the kidneys
The salads of the ancients according to Soyer
were varied and few and are no longer in vogue
They ate leeks, cooked in wood ashes and sea
soned with salt and honey; borage, mint and
parsley with salt and oil; lettuce, fennel mint,
cheroil and elder flowers mixed together They
also classed among their salads an agglomera-
tion of feet. heads, cocks combs and fowls
livers, cooked and seasoned with parsley, mint,
vinegar. pepper and cinnamon Nettles and
the twigs of rosemary formed very delicious
salads, and to these they often added picked
gherkins.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
Not So Green as He Seemed.
Arkansaw Traveller.

Arkansaw Traveller.
Colonel viii Beasley, who has just returned
from the mountain districts of Arkansas, was
determined not to be outdone by the squatters.
Zone day. said the Colonel II stopped near a
cabin and asked of an unconcerEed-lookingm man,
who sat on a fence:
t" How far is it from here to Jones's ferryp
:" How fur is whatP
" The road
What roadP
{" To Jones's ferry
T" DO you want to go thar
I" Yes, or l wouldn't ask how far il is
+" Didn't know but you was out surveyin the
country
HE leaned over the fence, spit at something
on the ground and, seemingly, dismissed the
subject from his mind.
"'Come wake up said T. but he paid no atten-
ton to me. Then thought it would be good
idea to startle him.
my friend, said l, did you know that Andrew
Jackson was deadP
HE jumped off the fence and shouted: Mose
fetch me my gun here, quick. Here's blamed
Teller 'lecshneern agin old ANDY
''Seeing that had made a dangerous mistake,
| put spurs to my horse and galloped away, but,
sir, that COMPOUNDED fellow followed me five
miles. thought it was the most capital piece
Of ignorance had ever heard of, and after got
out of danger, almost laughed myself into q
fit, but / have since learned that the old man
was an illicit distiller, and, believing that was
deputy marshal, wanted an excuse for killing
me- 1t won't do to fool with those fellows'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
How to Sleep on a Train.

Correspondence New York Mail and Express.
Until recently have not been able to secure
much sleep on the first night of a railway
journey, and it may be an advantage to many
travellers to know how the inability was over
come An excess of blood in the brain prevents
sleep. How to remove the surplus is the prob
lem for the unfortunates who wish to sleep but
cannot pump is needed for that purpose
and it may easily be provided, as follows: Having
assumed the usual posture of repose, inhae and
exhale slowly and steadily long breaths, de-
voting the whole attention to making the inha-
lations and exhalations of exactly the same
length The length should be much greater
than that of ordinary breathing, although not
sufficient to disturb the circulation by working
the lungs to their utmost capacity ANY person
who has force of will enough to concentrate his
whole attention on the maintenance of this style
of breathing can compel sleep in very unfavor-
able circumstances, and victims of insomnia
should know it.
The value of the method is not solely in its
holding the mind to one object of thought, but
the process of breathing here described is really
equivalent to the insertion of pump in the
brain to draw off its excess of blood. To con-
vince yourself that this is So fill your lungs
with all the air they will hold. and then expel it,
repeating the operation three or four times as
rapidly as possible. The result will be feeling
of faintness, unless you are other than an ord-
nary mortal and its cause will be deficiency of
blood in the brain, produced by the pumping
process. Such violent breathing will not pro-
duce sleep, however, as there is reaction which
sends the life current rushing back to the seat
Of the mind Scientists say that the reason why
fear, surprise or any other sudden emotion often
causes faintness is because it rapidly drives the
blood from the BRAIN and the fact is significant
for those who wish to understand how to induce
sleep, whether on the railway train or in their
beds at home by pumping the excess of blood
from their brains BY peculiar method of
breathing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
Sea Bathing to Reduce Ones Size.

San Francisco Alta California.
II thought only few men were up to the
winter bathing mark observed the reporter.
The bath man laughed scornfully. when a
lady makes up her mind to battle every day in
the year, ne said nothing can stand her off
I've seen men who would come here on cold
mornings, undress and walk to the waters
edge, but the minute it touched their toes, race
back and get into their clothes again. Not so
with women. When they are in bathing trim 1T
means bathing, and nothing short of tidal wave
will stop them. Here comes the daisy bather of
the lot. I've seen that girl here when it was so
cold that to even look at the water used to give
me the shakes"
The daisy bather was particularly neat-looking
and blooming. She was not more than five min
utes in the bath house before emerging in the
regulation costume. Unlike the majority of her
sex, she made no experimental tests of the tenn
perature of the water, but plunged in bodily,
and struck ont like mermaid The bath man
looked admiringly on.
"Ain't she too nice for anything" he said.
just get on to her style. No scream or squawk
some of these girls lallygag about the sands for
ten minutes before they get into the water and
when they do strike it they yell so you could
most hear them at Alcatraz. Then they
go no further than their knees, and to
hear them talk afterward you'd think they had
swan to Black Point, and were most drowned
on the way. Now, what do you think first in
duced that lady to battle all the time? For the
pure love of it; no, sir. She was getting too fat
She tried eyerything-dieting, exercise and
medicine, but nothing would take her down. At
last she dropped on sea bathing, and it fetched
her. She is nice and slim now though plump
enough, but when she came here first she was as
fat as butter ball l wish all the fat ladies in
the city would have her courage, and our winter
business would be worth something The bay is
the place for them to slim down in. Good morn
ing, Miss, did you have nice dip to daya"
The fair bather bowed an assent, and as she
stepped briskly homeward the reporter concluded
that unless the morning beefsteak was of uu-
usual proportions, the rest of her family would
go on short rations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
MISS FORTESCUE.
A Near View of the Girl Who Might Have
Been Lady Garmoyle.
Olive Logan's Letter.

Olive Logan's Letter
Mem.-Went to the Grosvenor Library this
afternoon to get some books and sat down by a
table to look over a newspaper, when who should
come along and sit down at the same table and
read another newspaper but Miss Fortescue /
feel can with truth say of her what Pepys
wrote of Nell Gwynne ''And mighty pretty
soul she is" Miss Fortescue is vastly prettier
off the stage than on. The only reason why one
woman on the stage is prettier than another
woman on the stage is because she, the So
thought prettier one, has the finer features of
the two. Complexion goes for nothing, hair
goes for nothing; paint-white, black and red
is cheap, and wigs are abundant and
deceiving. Figure can be made up padded out
and drawn in as DESIRED but the complexion,
which asserts itself as exquisite in the sunshine
the hair, which is a crown Of becomingnesS on a
near view; the soft, large. tender eyes; the rosy
lips, with teeth of pearl-these are the daylight
witcheries of youth which steal away the heart
of the susceptible. Shouldn't wonder if there
were plenty of such as these around Miss For
tescue. A pretty girl with $50 900 to her fortune
generally finds good deal of attention wherever
she goes. observed that she had stuck in the
bow of her bonnet-strings a horse
shoe OF large pearls. with long, straight
pin, which showed the ornament to
have been originally manufactured as a
cravat pin for the use of noblemen and gentle
men. But, no! There it was, stuck in her
bonnet strings. No doubt it was a gift, and
represented a heart pierced by her charms, don't
You think? She was prettily. dainty and quietly
dressed. Item. gown of brown plush. baby
waist" or, as the French call it, Ia Verge
appropriate, too. for this proud and sefrespect-
ing little actress Lord Garmoyles solicitors
handsomely brought that out at the trial, a
course of conduct which threw equal honor on
both the lovesick girl and boy) Item, small
bonnet of gray straw, trimmed with gray velvet,
gray dotted veil, long, gray Swedish gloves A
harmony of soft gray and rich brown, and the
gentle, infantile face shining amid all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
Paper Bed-Clothing.
The Paper-Maker.

The Paper-Maker.
A paper making firm in New Jersey has for
several weeks been turning out counterpanes and
pillows of paper. No. MANILA paper is used.
two large sheets being held together by a slender
Irvine at intervals of three or four inches. The
Irvine is gummed so as to hold the sheets firmly
together where it lies hem is placed on the
Counterpart to keep it from tearing; the safety
edge is composed of twine Ornamental designs
are stamped on the outer surfaces of the covers
and cases giving them neat, attractive appear
ance. When these counterpanes and pillow
cases become wrinkled from use they can easily
be smoothed out with hot flatiron. The coun-
terpanes can be left on the bed when it is occu-
pied and in cold weather will be found warm
covering paper preventing the escape of heat.
The new paper bed-clothing is 70 cents per set,
and will probably become popular.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27

every account a necessary precaution, judging
from an article on this subject published by the
Massachusetts, State Board of Healthy Next.
choose definite, complete figures, in the designs.
annoyed as he YEARLY struggles to trace to its
end the design on the wall that seemingly ends
nowhere Always thoroughly remove every
vestige of paste aud paper from wall before
putting on new paper. Beware Of ventilating
the street sewer, cesspool into your bed room,
through the waste pipe of your set bowl If not
absolutely sure Of the result of the means taken
to keep out the gas from waste pipe and its con-
nections return to the wash-bowl, pitcher and
slop-iar of former days and be willing to sacri-
fee present convenience for future health. The
''commode." carefully closed when not in use, is
an indispensable article of bedroom furniture.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
Weighing q Hair.

ITO number the hairs of your head is not a
very difficult task" the refner of the assay Office
said. "a very close approximation can be made
by weighing the entire amount of hair on q
The weight of the former divided by that of the
latter WILL of course, give the desired number
If you will pluck out a hair from your head
can show YOU"
A long and straggly was accordingly
detached the refiner putting it on scale, which
was inclosed in a glass case and graduated with
extreme accuracy. With little weights of
aluminium he piled up one arm until an equ-
poise was reached. The hair weighed three
milligrammes. 'If you reduce this to figures, )"
he said sit would require 5000 hairs to weigh
an ounce; and suppose you have six ounces, you
have 49, 900 hairs"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
Air and Ventilation in Our Sleeping Rooms
Ar w Royxles in Gnnd annsek


Beds should be aired daily and carefully. Re-
move every covering and double over the mat
tress that the air can have free access, for one
hour at least, otherwise the efiuvia thrown off
by the body during the night can not properly
be removed Of course at such times the fresh
air should have free access to the room. In this
connection it may be well to remember that it is
always unwise for any one to sleep in the same
room with a person suffering from disease, es-
pecialiy from disease of the throat, lungs
or mouth. Physicians who have made especial
study of these diseases consider them directly
contagious by what is thrown off from the
affected surfaces. For sanitary reasons it
would also seem better to adopt the continental
custom of separate beds and separate rooms for
each individual. Care should be exercised that
the walls of the bedrooms be so fashioned that
they can be easily cleaned. Hard finished
walls or ceiling, plain or simply painted
in OIL best meet this requirement. If for any
reason you choose to paper the walls, select in
the first place, material free from arsenic, ION
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
What the Merchant Did.

-PhiIadelphia Record.
Some months ago New York merchant sent
boy to the Manhattan Bank with check for
1000 The parcel was found to contain only
$3.50, and as Paying teller Scott declared haugh-
tiy that he had given the boy 81, 600, the little
teller Scott defaulted for his $l60,000 the
merchant became convinced that the boy was
innocent; consequently he lost no time INN
looking up the 10y and re-engagng him at an
increased salary, with mental resolution to
make him partner in the business, and possibly
his son-in-lawl Nav! The merchant lost no
time in suing the bank for the $3.50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
The Breath of June.

To one who has been long in city pent,
IT'S very sweet to look into the fair
And open face of heaven-to breath prayer
Full in the smile of the blue armament.
Who is more happy, when, with hearts content,
Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant lair
OF wavy grass and reads debonair
And tender tale of love and languishment,
Returning home at evening" with ear
Catching the notes of Philomel-an eye
Watching the sailing cloudlet's bright career.
He mourns that day so soon has glided by;
Even like the passage of an angels tear,
That falls through the clear ether silentlyl
John Keats
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
The Really Bad Man.

l said to another man Of affairs within o
week. 'sHow is it that everybody is 80 thorough
ly described and denounced when he commits
any vllainy nowadays and yet the villainy does
not stop"
why" replied my friend mo man is so bad
in the newspapers as the conductor or writer on
the opposite journal he is the standard OF the
highest vilainy and is mercilessly denounced;
so a man can be mere thief aud not have half
paper writer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
The Honest lawyer.
Pittshnrg Chronicle.

They tell good story on lawyer Of Wooster,
o. A client charged with stealing a hog admit
ted his guilt to his counsel. The latter was noted
for his honesty in private life. After thinking
the matter over he said: "John, cut that hog
exactly in half and bring one half to me-" John
obeyed. The evidence for the prosecution was
weak and when the counsel for the defense arose
he won the case by saying to the jury Gen
tlemen, can hold up ray hand to heaven and
say that the defendant has no more of that hog
than have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27

instant In mastering the plans Tor my campaign
against winter and the woods. / put the ques
ton of right and wrong behind me as we'll as
could. knew that Hester's share in it meant
only that exceeding love had blinded her percep-
tons, and, at any rate, the thing was done. The
rest of the season let no day pass in which did
not gather information 10 make up, as far as pos
sible for lack of experience, and, having secured
my men and provisions. and attended to all pre-
limiuares. the setting in of cold weather found
me established in the Old Cedars tract and fell
ing the prmeval forest in way to make
ture herself turn upon me- There were hard
ships, trials deprivations, snfferings before me,
but into the woods with me went that rosy
vision of Hester, who had, perhaps, become hui
manized and less angelic and remote, since she
had proved herself so much woman as to be
able to do wrong and not realize that it was
wrong, for the sake of the man she loved. How
perfect was that last sunset when she
stood by my side, overad by the rudy
tinge of the west fading into purple
straw; how perfect was the night when we
parted, clinging together one instant under
those stars, shaken by the whistling wind; how
perfect was my darling lingering in the doorway,
with the furs about her, and following me with
wistful eyes! That glance was like benedic-
tion-how could trouble follow me with such a
memory in my heart to ward it off
Yet, from the beginning of the logging, a
sense of mysterious discomfort oppressed me-
not the doubling sense OF my own .wrong-doine
or rightdoing IN the matter, but the sense Of
something untoward in the camp itself. 1t was
as comfortable q camp as ever stood under tree;
the beds of hemlock boughs were as sweet and
soft as any ever felled; the fire never went out;
the men upon the deacon seat were gay when
night came, and they sat jestng and Dragging
and storytelling in the flashes Of the huge