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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25

broadcast and most useful benevoIent organfza-
ton. It takes care of the sick and buries tha
dead. Here is an intelligence Office where emz
ployment is furnished to Cinnamon out Of work,
and here are held regular literary contests foE
every Chnaman is more or less of literary man.
Years ago. in China, they had most effective
compulsory education law At the age OF
eighteen every Chinese boy had to pass certain
examinations prescribed By the government, I'M
less he was proven an idiot. If he failed he was
given year to study mp. If he failed second
time they chopped his head OF. This was an
incentive to study. Though this law has
been modified. its effect is still seen. The
poorest Cinnamon can read, write and cast M
accounts on the abacus or counting frame. They
go in for literature, as our English cousins
put 1t, sand the probabilities are that your Chi
nese laundryr1a greatly despises you as an un.
cultivated barbarian because you go to q base.
ball match instead of writing poetry for recita-
ton as he does. At stated intervals competi
tons in poem writing are held in the Masonic
Hail. in which the poorest Cinnamon join.
NV first visit to our New York Chinatown
fascinated me, and | have since been there
many times, and like the Chinese. They are
clean. respectful and wonderfully polite Tha
much-yaunted politeness of the Frenchman is
nowhere besid,N the genuine courtesy of the Chi
nese OF course they have their vices. They
are inveterate gamblers. and opium is every
where. Almost every Chinaman owns his own
lay out. and the smell Of the burning drug II
In every house. But l don't know that
it is any worse than our much moro
frequent whisky bottle 1t certainly does
not engender so many fights. and when China.
man does fight he does not do much damage un.
less he uses knife In this, as in everything
else the Chinaman is creature of habit Tho
Chinese manner of fighting is to grab each
others pig tail with the left and hammer away
with the right when he tackles a short haired
man he is nowhere; his left hand goes clawine
wildly around the back of his opponents head,
and failing to catch tho pig tail, he seems not Is
know what to do with the right. When we re-.
member that it is the very lowest class of Chi
nese which have come to this country, it is re-
markable how we'll they behave. One custom,
however, gives an insight into the Chinaman's
character Confucius said: '.Whosoever giveth
cup of tea to him who asks hath done good
act which shall be remembered in tho time OF
trouble" No charge Is made for tea in the res
taurants and in the BARRIERS shop, the grocery
stores, the gambling houses and the opium dens.
pot of tea stands always ready for any one wha
chooses TO drink ALLAN FORaIAN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
Doctoring am African king.

Correspondence Scottish Geographical Magazine.
1t is no joke to be a doctor to the King of
Uganda, for whenever took him a new supply
of medicine had always to take dose myself
and to administer one to seven of the persons
who might happen to be present. Should one
of these seven unfortunates die within week it
would be considered that had attempted to
poison the King If the King had TO
take a pill. / had always to hold two
in my hand; he chose one and had to
swallow the other, unless had friend with
me who kindly undertook the Office. soon mo-
ticed, however, that Mtesa also chose the small
est, so arranged accordingly. One day Mtesa
played me nice trick. j had been to the palace
to take him lotion. and had warned him par
ticuiarly not TO drink il. After l had left he
sent page after me with gourd Of Mwengi,
asking me to taste it and say if he might have
some. did so and said YES" 1t being very
hot afternoon, my friend drank the remainder,
but it soon became evident that the King had
doctored the wine. for my friend became vio-
lently sick. 1t turned out afterward that Mtesa
wished to SEQ what effect the lotion would have
upon me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
The Original Colonel Sellers.
San Francisco Chronicle.


Just to fancy that even Colonel Sellers is not
at all new or original character. Surely one
would think that Selerss distinct Americanism
would be almost guaranty of originality. But no.
Colonel Sellers is taken from Balzac, and stands
before us body in Raymond, just as he was de-
scribed and written in Caesar Birotteau"
don't believe the turnips and the murder are
there, but recall Colonel Selerss celebrated
speech about the eye-water. with its There's
millions in it," and read this translation from
'Casar Birotteau," by Honore de Balzac
-Four sous" said Birotteau. "Do you know
that we could use oil at 3 francs, and make a
profit of 30 sous. and give 20 sous discount to re-
taiers?"
"Oil Cesarienne," cried Papinot.
"Ah, lover would you fatter both father and
daughter? Well. well, so be it. Oil Cesarienne.
Tie Caesars own the whole world They must
have had fine hair
Caesar was bald said Papinot
Because he never used our oil Three francs
for the oil, Cesarienne. while Maeassar oil costs
double! Gaudissart to the fore! We shall make
100, 600 francs this year. for We'll pour Oh every
head that respects itself dozen bottles year
is francs, say $4,000 heads-180,000 francs. We
are millionairesp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
Requirements of the Unitarian Church.

Christian Register.
Some of our contemporaries have expressed
surprise that we should say that Col Robert @.
Ingersoll would be admitted to active member
ship in any Unitarian church. without any ex-
animation whatever as to his opinions, and in
many churcl Ns without signing any covenant. !"
Tho misrepresentation of our brethren is simply
because they do not understand the principles
on which Unitarian fellowship is conditioned.
We chose Mr. Ingersoll as the representative of
man holding opinions extremely differing from
those held by a Unitarian body. 1t would be
just as true to take DR.. Shedd, or any extreme
Calvinist, on the other side. Whoever be taken
as an example, it is simple fact that no exam
ination of his theological opinions is requireG1as
a means of entering or of securing fellowship
in Unitarian church. Character, not creed, is
the condition. Furthermore, as we have said,
there large numL-r of Unitarian churches
that have no covenant whatever, and the only
subscription expected is subscription to the
church treasury. In these societies there is no
line drawn between the church and the congre-
cation. Our orthodox friends may think such
a condition of affairs dangerous; but the fact
is that many of our churches have existed on
this basis for years, and are as strong now as
ever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25

Frank G. Carpenter, in July Lippincott.
Martha Washington was very pretty girl,
but not a very good looking old woman. AS she
matured she grew stout and, though her
pictures represent her as a beauty,
The current history of the times says
she was a plainly dressed, robust old
woman, who looked older than her husband
She was not noted for her social nor her intel
lectual qualities. She could not spell, and prob
ably did not read book from one end of the
year to the other. She was a sort of goody-
goody woman, who almost always had knitting
needles in her hands, and who thought
she did great thing when she
saved the rawlings OF lot of old black silk
stockings and WORKOUT chair covers, and wove
them into a dress for herself She was very
proud of her husband; and they show the little
room in the second story of the home at Mount
Vernon in which she secluded herself after his
death. seeing no one for months, and allowing
only cat TO enter the room through hole
which WAS cut undar the door.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
Can a Bald Man Be Handsome?

tAh Francisco Chronicle.
Ii Is possible for man to grow gray grace
fully, for some men are gray-haired and hand
some, and they know it. But can a man grow
bald gracefully The weight of testimony is in
favor OF such possibility. 1t is possible to
imagine man with head of such noble noise
and classic mold that it would be beautiful even
If retaining only the three bristling stumpa with
which caricaturists adorn the head of Bismarck
But 1t is q melancholy fact that such cases are
exceptional There may be two in n century.
bnt no more
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
An Uncountablo sum.

Allentown Pal Register.
1t is impossible to count billion. Had Adam
counted continuously from his creation TO the
present day he would not have reached that
number for it would take him over 9.512 years
At the rate of 200 a minute there could be
counted $4,000 an hour, 2SS. 900 day. and l05s-
100 l00
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
WASHINGTON Waits.

The Vilicultural society elected the follow
ing officers yesterday: President, Charles A.
Wetmere of California, B. F. Clayton of Flor
ida, secretary, and members of the Vilicul-
tural council, j. S. Newman of Alabama, L.
j. REESE and H. w. Crabb of California D.
Cook of Missouri, A. W. Pearson of New
Jersey, G. E. Dewey, d. Bender and J. W.
North Carolina, J. J. Lucas of South Caro-
lima, Gen. w. Campbell of Ohio, Il. V. Mum
son Of Texas. NJ. o. Randall of Tennessee, H.
L. Lyman of Virginia. The president and
secretary being eX-officio members of the
council.
Commodore William H. Maye failed to pass
his examination for promotion to be rear ad-
miral, and the president to-day granted his
request to be placed on the retired list of the
navy, with the rank of commodore under the
forty years service provision. There are
now two vacancies il, the grade of rear ad-
miral for which Commodore James E. Jouett,
acting rear admiral, and Commodore John H.
Russell are eligible, in the order named.
The senate committee on pensions voted
yesterday to postpone Indefinitely the house
Mexican pension bill, and to report as a SUBJ
stitute substantially the Mexican pension bill
passed by the senate last session.
Daniel B. Gallatin, Iowa, first assistant ex-
amfner of the patent Office in the division of
pneumatics, has resigned.
One of the topics considered at the cabinet
meeting yesterday was the seizure of Amer
Jean fishing vessels by the Canadian authori-
ties for the alleged violation of custom laws
In the telephone investigation yesterday
Mr.. Van Benthuyser asked to have witnesses
examined for the purpose Of impeaching
former testimony, but the rogue est was de-
MED.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
THE SALTWATER COUNCIL.
Aid. Kitty Tenders His Resignation
on Account of Business.


on Account OF Business.
Special to the Globe.
SALTWATER, May 1S.-The usual meet
ing of the city council held last night lasted
from s till 1925. The most important feat
IRE of the meeting was the resignation of
Aid. T. c. Kitty from the First ward. Aid.
Kitty stated that he regretted very much to
take the step, but was obliged to do so on
account of business, and that he had
intended to resign some time ago. but did
not do so on account of the resignation of
Aid. David Bronson. President Covell
spoke briefly on the resignation, eulogiz-
ing Aid. Kitty and regretting that circum-
stances had compelled him to take the step.
The resignation was accepted and special
election to elect successor was ordered for
next Tuesday. The street railway ordi-
nance passed its first reading and was laid
over till the next meeting, which will be
held next Tuesday evening. The matter of
extending the water mains throughout the
city was left to the committee on fire de-
partment. An ordinance relative to the
board of health passed its second reading
The city engineer was instructed to con-
Struct culvert across Fourth street, near
the city hall, four feet wide and five feet
high, of stone and lain in Mankato cement
The cost will be about 81, 200. The APP
pointment of Basel Demars as police Of
ticer was confirmed. The report of
the city treasurer on the proposed
Maple street grade was laid on the table.
He recommended that Churchill street be
ordered guttered between Third and Gree
ley, and his report on the proposed grade of
School street was accepted. Emil Kruger,
Joseph Wolf, c. A. Ludwig and j. J. Ed
wards were granted liquor licenses. The
street commissioner recommended the pur-
chase of the Lamborn road machine, which
has been tried and found satisfactory. The
matter OF buying it was left to the pur-
chasing committee
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
SUNDAY BALL GAMES.
What Prof. Barnes Thinks Regard
Srru

1mS Menhs
The game of ball between the st. Paul
and Minneapolis clubs to be played in the
latter city to-day will be watched with
considerable interest by st. Paul lovers of
the game, who are anxious to see the home
club win game. The new men will play
to-day. O'Brien, the new pitcher, will &C.
cupy the box, and he will be backed up by
Sage. Clark, who arrived Sunday, will
play at short. The nine that will play to-
day is given below in batting order:
Adams, right field; Wilmot, left field; Cleve-
land. third base; Clark, short stop; Frazer
center field; o. Brien, pitcher; Sage, catcher;
Douthelt, second base; Blackstock, first base.
Prof. Barnes in an interview yesterday
said that all the men who were originally
secured are here now, and he anticipates
that the club with the new battery will
play some good games. He says he is
bound to have winning club if it takes
every dollar there is in it. In regard to
Sunday games in this city he said he
thought it would be more consistent to close
the saloons and prohibit the running of
beer gardens. When he put ball club in
here he counted on Sunday games to help
him out largely in the paying of expenses
and if he is shut out from giving Sunday
SSoiiOo ~ VIII w ilioliOS Oeo VI LILO pOChCt
The mayor of Duluth ordered the closing of
all the saloons and billiard halls in the city,
but sanctioned the playing of ball Sunday
There are great many men whose only
chance of seeing the game is Sunday, he
said, and if they are not afforded
an opportunity for doing so they will turn
to the saloons and beer gardens. The
league grounds are situated in the outskirts
of the city, where they would be source
of no annoyance to the people living in that
vicinity, and during the games perfect
order is maintained by the employment of
several policemen to do duty on the grounds
There seems to him to be no more harm in
playing game of ball on Sunday than in
going on steamboat excursions, Or putting
the time in at the lakes fishing. The pro-
lessor said that the prOpriety of playing
the Sunday games at White Bear had been
spoken of to him, but this is impossible, as
the rules governing the league stipula tie
that any game played on other than league
grounds shall not be counted in the official
score of games. If not allowed to play
here. Minneapolis would probably get the
benefit
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
The st. Paul Boat Climb.

At the beginning of the boating season
the st. Paul Boat club met with two serious
misfortunes, which it was feared az the
time would prevent the club from making
very good showing on the water this season.
The first was fire in the boat house. which
caused considerable damage and delayed its
completion for fully month. The second
proved more serious drawback, as of the
six new boats ordered from E. Graters &
Sons only one came through without in
jury, the rest being injured to such an ex-
tent in the transportation as to unfit them
for Use, thus gripping the club in
the facilities it could offer its
members for training and rowing. But
the 155 members at once set. to work to
counteract the effect of so great misfortunes
and have fully succeeded in so doing. They
have replaced all the required boats and
ordered still Others which will arrive in
few weeks, when they will then have as
fine an equipment as any club in the coun-
try, as all their twenty boats will be new.
They have employed Stone, the Mime
apolis oarsman, to instruct every man de-
string to learn how to row, and be may
now be seen every afternoon upon the river
taking out different crews for practice.
Under his tutelage the crews are making
rapid progress and give promise of making
a fine record for the club in the regaJtas
this summer. He will be with the club all
this season.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
WILL NORTON sTANDe
Some Doubt Expressed That Paddy
Norton Can Win. 49,

There is considerable speculation on the
ability of Paddy Norton to stand up before
Jack Dempsey five rounds Thursday night
Paddy has got altogether the best of the
bargain, as he has only to fight on the de-
fensive, and that, too. against big soft
gloves. In point of science and endurance
of course Norton is no match for Dempsey,
but he may manage to worry through the
contest Thursday night and capture the
$50. 1t is worth trying for under the cir
cumstances. The entertainment will be an
interesting sporting event, and will give
the indomitable king of the middle
weight world an opportunity to show the
world how he can use his ''dukes." 1t is
the general impression among sporting men
that Muldoon has undertaken hard job
when he agrees to throw Evan Lewis, the
Stranger" twice in one hour for $500.
MuldoOn has been On the stage now for
several weeks and hasn't missed a single
performance in 500, consequently he is out
of condition. and leading sporting man
said yesterday that Muldoon would have to
train at the lakes a month or six weeks to
place him in the condition that he was
when he began to do the statue business.
He furthermore said that he didn't believe
Muldoon could throw Lewis once in an
hour, to say nothing about twice. The
match would undoubtedly prove an inter-
eSting one, and if Lewis has got the sand
that he is reputed to have he will probably
make arrangements to meet Muldoon here
before the 2Sth inst
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
THE PENSION BILL.
Lengthy Discussion in the Senate
OVerit.

OVerit.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-After the
transaction of the usual amount of uninter-
eSting business in the senate to-day the
pension bill was taken up. The pending
amendment was that of Mr. Blair to the
amendment of Mr.. Van Wyck. Mr. Van
Wyck's amendment is to add to the bill Il
provisO that no soldier under the act should
hereafter receive less than IS a month.
The amendment proposed by Mr.. Blair is
to provide instead that no pension paid
hereafter under any law to any soldier
should be rated at less than 81 a month.
Mr., Mcpherson said that the senate was
not definitely informed as to the amount
the bill would take from the treasury.
In order to get some information
as to the approximate amount, he moved
that the bill be recofhmitted to the commit
tee on pension. Mr.. Blair said it would
take from $50, 900, 600 to S25 200, 600 a
year, as far as he had been able to esti-
ascertainable. He regarded the question
as like that of man paying his debts. The
debts ought to be paid whether they were
large or small. He saw no special advan-
tage i'll recommital and opposed the mo-
ton. He mentioned having read in a
Pennsylvania newspaper the fact that
seyenty-fi five old soldiers of the Union were
now in the pauper-house of one county in
that state. A lengthy discussion was had
on the measure, but no action was taken,
the senate going into executive session
and finally aQiOurning
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
Best of the season.

DETROIT, May 1S.-The 5000 people
who went to Recreation park were privi-
legged to see one of the finest games ever
witnessed in this city. When it was known
that the two left handed twirlers. Casey
and Baldwin, were to oppose each other, a
hard fought battle was expected, and so it
was. Up to the last half of the eleventh
inning no run was scored. Daily was the
only Quaker who reached third. and he was
Immediately put out, overrunning the base.
Bennett and Brouthers had reached there
safely, but were put out at the plate Light
batting and sharp fielding characterized the
game. In the last half of the eleventh.
with no one out, Hanlon hit safe and
reached home on BroutherS' three-bagger.
winning the game Score:
Detroit. ............. 0 O 0 0 90 II
Philadelphia ........ 0 o 0 0 900 90
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19

Blount addressed his remarks to that clause
which is known as the subsidy" amend
ment and made an argument in opposition
TO it. The appropriation of $500, 600, he
contested. would not secure an advantage
in the way of obtaining additional mail
trips but would have contrary effect.
Under the clause the postmaster general
would be required to contract, if he con-
tracted at all, for not less than three and
not more than five years. This would act
rs an absolute Inhibition upon any other
company than the one heading the con-
tract attempting TO traverse the same line.
The increase in the number of lines would
be stopped, and While the contract was in
force, any increase of the foreign postal
service would be prevented. A lengthy
debate enSued upon the propriety of grant
ing the subsidy and the house finally ad-
journed without action.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
Ready for 81. Paul.

A large number of members of the Min
neapolis Press club met at the club rooms
yesterday afternoon, and after long and
somewhat varied debate. formed the fol-
lowing base ball nine: George p. WALTZ
han, p; j. A. Leonard, 81. q. Ward,
b.; E. j. Atterbury, 2 b.; w. Van Nor
man. 3 b., f. E. Damon, S. S.; A. Blunt,
C. f.; James Gray, If; Charles Harris, r.f.;
The substitutes who will act iii case any of
the regular nine is killed or MORALLY in
jured on the field, are Will Bromlee, Frank
Nimocks, Will Millman and w. Fl. Dixon.
The long-talked-of challenge from the st.
Paul nine is now anXiously looked for.
Johnny Leonard has prepared himself for
war, by purchasing an iron mask, q sheet
iron suit, pair of boxing gloves, a pair of
spiked shoes, and numerous other articles.
EndeavorS are now being made to induce
Mayor Ames, who is member of the club,
to umpire the game. He will probably ac-
cept. Practice will begin at once, and a
fine game is looked for.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-19
CHICAGO SOCIALISTS.
A Number Of Them Fined and Other
Held for Trial.

Held for Trial.
CHICAGO, May 1S.-James Haur, Frank
Fenson, Charles Katelba, Frank Frundel
and Frank Fisher We're fined $25 and costs
to-day for disorderly conduct. The prison
ers were boys, whose ages range from Is to
II years, and who were positively identified
as having taken part in the sacking of
Rosenfeld's drug store. at the corner of
Eighteenth street and Cedar avenue. Frank
Riback was assessed 500 and costs for
being made drunk Oh the whisky he was
said to have stolen from Weiskapf's saloon,
and held to the criminal court on charge
of larceny. Charles Freidel, Is years old,
admitted he carried away about SIS worth Of
DRUGGIST RosENFIELD's STOCK,
and was fined $50 and costs. Edgar Britton
and John Boss were held to the criminal
court OH a charge of riot Detective
Granger positively identified the pair as
having been with the mob who assaulted
and severely injured him May at the Cen
ter avenue viaduct riot. John Hess, a Be-
hemian rioter, was held to the criminal
court on charge of assaulting Officer
Casey of the Twelfth street station. The
evidence showed that Hess was the man
who tried to hold the officer while the mob
were endeavoring to hang him. Joseph
Brada was held on the same charge. He is
said to have been the one who had the rop e
they were endeavoring to place over the
officers head.