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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Clairvoyance in Society.

New York Hour.
Mesmeric parties are just now in fashion. To
select some one-fair sex preferred-who, after
undergoing a certain amount of handwriting in
front of the eyes from the mesmerizer present,
consents to sink into apparent slumber, is the
first step in the entertainment AS Artemus
Ward says of Rareys subiugation of the horse,
sit is easy enough to do if the horse will only do
his part"' So it is not so difficult to reduce a
reason able being to a condition of profound
somnolence, provided he or she acquiesces in the
attempt In fact one of the trials of polite soci-
ETY. is to escape from dropping into a comatose
state at inopportune moments. But to be in
teresting and amusing after falling into this
mesmeric trance is the crucial test of
we'll trained performers. Some clairvoyants are
indiscreet enough to see what they should not,
and then nconsiderate enough to mention what
they see. For instance one looking across the
continent saw in California a young man who.
after plighting his troth to charming girl at the
Eastern seaboard, supposed to be in quest
of Ell Dorado the Pacific coast; but the
clairvoyant unhappily discovering that Ell
Dorado was another name for dark -eyed Span
ish senorita imprudently mentioned the fact to
his fance. Mysteries and a general coup de
theater' ensued, until the mesmerizer explained
that the clairvoyant had mistaken the gentleman
for another. bstrothed like himself, but whose
fiance was not present. Accidents like these
however, rarely occur, and nothing but the
most welcome bits of intelligence are ever COM
munlcated by clairvoyants who understand
their business. Mr.. Eugene Higgins is said to
be very clever at this sort of thing, and there
are bellies of last season who succeed admirably
as clairvoyants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
The Quantity of Whisky That Is Made.


1t u.s. at least, fairly doubtful If the majority
of the people of this country have any just idea
of the amount of whisey that is manufactured,
sold and consumed. They may, however. un-
derstand that the total output of the stills is
enormous when they are told that in the inter
nal revenue districts of Kentucky alone there
were manufactured. in the month of Nav last,
no less than 3, 177,959 gallons. Altogether it is
reported that the production of the first half of
the present year has been 49, POI 536 gallons. Add
to this nearly twenty million gallons the other
scores of millions of gallons of other
intoxicants wine, beer and the like, and
the surprise will be, not that the liquor
evil is so great, but so SMALL not
that pauperism and crime common. but so
rare. There are only sixty million of people in
this country, and if the above mentioned rates
of production should be kept up during the en-
tire year. what with whisky, wine, beer and ale,
the total output would be not less than couple
hundred million gallons, quite enough to af-
ford rum bath to every man. woman and child
in the land. But, unfortunately, rum is used
as an internal instead of an external application,
and the consequence is the abject poverty, mis-
cry and crime which so generally prevail. We
can at present think of only one good use to
which all these hundreds of millions OF gallons
of liquid poison could be wisely put-to that of
drowning all those engaged in the manufacture
and sale of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27

. chance to look around. The Prince kept cry
ing out. Three dozen cups and saucers! Three
dozen plates and assorted dishesi Plated forks
and spoons!" and lots of other things, and down
they all came.
Presently the little girl had chance to look,
and, to her arnazement, there were quite crowd
of men, animals and birds coming along. There
were halfdoZen Irish laborers and four cows,
three horses and colt, several dogs, and thir-
teen goats. and o flock of crows, and other kinds
of birds, and crowd of rabbits, with many
moles and weasels and, strange to say, all the
men and animals were very orderly, though tie
birds flew round and round the table before
they were seated. When they all had chairs the
Prince went round, and before they had mouth
full to eat he made every soul of them give him
a quarter of a dollar.
Then when everything was ready, the supper
was served hot and hot, and they all fell to, and
the little girl SO tired then that she went
sound asleep a chair by the fire. How long
she slept she did not know until little catbrd
hoped on her shoulder and said 81 am the
ogre who was changed to a Prince, and now
am cat-bird, and you won't see again for
quite long time. You are a frstrate little
girl, and tidy and industrious one-but good
bye"
When the little girl awoke there was no yes
tige of the cooking range left-not thing.
Maybe all about the Prince had been a dream
maybe rot. She felt just little like crying,
for she had had lots of fun. and it is hoped she
had learned some little besides
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27

partments The President took quite fancy
TO the little girl. and generally rewarded hen
with bunch of flowers from his table, and II
she was absent they were sent to her at the hO-
tel For some time past Mr. Breckenridge has
been making his customary trips alone, and the
absence OF Miss Curry was at once remarked by
the President Where is Miss Curry these
daysP asked the President; 'she has not called
upon me for some time" Smiling and gracious
as ever, the Representative from Arkansas re-
piled that since the nomination Of Matthews to
be recorder in the place of Douglass the admin
istration had not been very favorably regarded
by Miss Curry. "At least that Is the reason she
assigns for not going around with me any more"
Children have queer prejudices," said the Presf-
dent, and the subject was dropped
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
George ID. Prentice.

Southern Republican, Hardinsbure, KY.
The following beautiful lines were written in
the album of Mrs Alfred Allen by George d.
Prentice. at the date affixed. Mr.. Prentice was
here at the time on a lecturine tour and was the
guest of Colonel and Mrs Allen. The lines
have never before appeared in print
TO MRS. ALLEN.
Thy life is in its day-sprng hues,.
And Joy and hope are round thee
And beauty's dewy coronal
With light and love has crowned thee
No cloud is on the deep blue sky
That bends above thy path.-the air,
With sweetest touch breathes gently by
Thy cheek, and leaves it's incense there.
Fair lady-thus-be ever thus
Thy promise of the morrow;
Thine be the day-spring of the heart,
Without its night of sorrow.
And if the storms of life shall shroud
Thy skies. SO beautiful and fair,
May loves bright sunshine kiss the cloud,
And leave the rainbow glittering there.
SEPT. 90 1857. Geo. D. Prentice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
lions Of cruelty And our great, wealthy
church has to be goaded to give million year

tions Of cruelty And our great, wealthy
church has to be goaded to give million year
for missions
'Do you know" says q prominent divine,
"what makes the reputation of a minister? 1t
is not his sermons but the way in which he
builds up church Whenever man las large
congregations he becomes known. Now, as a
rule, this is done by leg work. / mean that the
majority of ministers who build up church do
it by personal solicitation. There very few.
men whose sesmons will attract and hold peo
ple."
A most interesting discovery has been made
by NJ Frank Puaux, editor of the Revue Chre-
tienne. He has had, it is said the good fortune
to light upon the correspondence, extending from
October. 1885, to August, 1858, of spy in the
pay of Louis XIV, who had acquired the conf
dence of such men as Claude, Benoit, Jurieu and
other Protestant refugees In Holland. The
whole series of letters is to be published. with
notes, and it is expected that the book will be
an important and valuable addition to the his
tory of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes
THE election of Canon Liddon to the bish
opric of Edinburgh" says the Liverpool Mer-
curry certainly took his numerous friends in
the Church of England by great surprise. Not
that he is in any way unsuited for any episcopal
self at all out of his sphere amid
the refined and literary circles Of the
Scottish capital In Edinburgh he would
occupy very independent position, and be free
from the interference of English courts of law.
At the same time great deal of wonder has
been expressed that he has not yet found his
way to the English episcopal bench. He is one
of the most eloquent preachers in the Church OF
England at the present hour. The
vast congregations that assemble I'M
der the dome of St Paul's when
he breaches are sufficient proof of his wide pop
ularity. It is true that he is the recognized
leader of an ecclesiastical party, but this has not
always been bar to promotion. On the other
hand, DR.. Iiddon is something like an extreme
High Churchman, and it would seem to be
principle of the crown, in the exercise of episco
pal patronage, that extreme men any side are
not to be elevated to the position of right rever-
end prelates."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
The Swell summer Hat.

New York Mail and Express.
1.-THE style in summer hats is peculiar each
season." said a prominent halter on Broadway to
a reporter. Zone summer every body who ~
anybody wears fine Mackinaw straw hat, and
next year a high white stoyepipe is all the rags.
1t is either straw, Derby white or stovepipe
white that takes the lead Now, this season the
high stovepipe white hat is all the 60. Oe
course, the others are worn some but mean
the stylish. swell people wear them. I thinks
straw hats would be more popular If they were
high priced Their cheapness is rather a draw
back because anybody can buy them / done
say that tho white stovepipes are any cooler than
black silk hats, hut they are far more nobby as
far as style goes than straw or the low-crownsd.
Derby. High price and style is what makes the
fashion High-top hats will never 60 out OF
fashion in nv opinion. Tho shape is often
changed, in fact nearly every year. which. Of
course, necessitates buying new ones TO keep Ia
style Look back to the earliest times when
hats were made and the inevitable high top has
the preference They give majestic, q look os
strength and manhood which the low-cr0wned'
does NOT Th. int makes the man; II not hias
brains ut least his style"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
No Refreshments at the White House.

Bone PerI6y POore IN Albany JournaI
At quarter before IL lon the night of his re-
cent official reception] the President offered his
arm to his bride and they walked through the
East Room and the parlors, followed BY the sec
retaries and their wives They then left the gay
scene with few others to whom Colonel La
mont had conveyed an invitation to participate
at a collation. The guests promenaded for few
moments many hoping to see the floors of the
state dining-room thrown open. But they were
mis- taken and left, some of the old stagers draw
ing comparisons with the party given in l84l,
when John Tyler introduced his bride to the
republican court and she cut huge wedding
cake at a Widespread supper table, while the
payne. Yet President Tyler only received $685.
900 year salary, while President Cleveland re-
ceives 5000 year. The old rule of Virginia
hospitality was: when you invite q gentlemen
to your house; see that he has something to eat
and to drink -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
SO He Will.

He will soon be out of college,
With his head cram full of knowledge,
So he thinks, so he thinks!
He will come the world to alter,
In reform he'll never falter,
So he thinks, so he thinks!
And he'll Danish the old fogies,
just like lot of boges
So he thinks, so he thinks!
In a few years he'll grow tired,
And won't act like one inspired
So he won't, SO he won't!
He will find that it's hard hoeing,
That the world amt won by blowing,
Yes, he will, yes, he win!
He will then grow very prudent,
And he'll smile at the young student
Yes, he will, yes, he will
And he'll say once was veally,
Very green and very meally,
Sure's you live, sure's you live!
Boston Budget
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Quite the Lum-Tun.

Newport tR. ID Letter.
White vests are very much the fashion just
now, and a collar turned sharply down in front.
Patent leather shoes, trousers twenty two inchea
round the bottom, a sour-button cutaway coat of
diagonal cloth. and silk hat with half weed,
are included in the outfit of the modern Beam
Brummell. not to mention a bamboo stick with
a buckhorn head and pair of tan colored gloves
broadly stitched the back with black. He
wears wide black ribbon with gold buckle
hanging from his fob pocket, half dozen Rugs
upon his fingers, q scarf pin worth small fort-
une and carries single eye-glass, which ha
seldom looks throush and sees nothing when ho
does Such is the exquisite youth who han
nothing in the world to do but help to spend his
fathers millions ard marry girl with as many
more He is ever present at the casino, on the
beach, in his tandem dog-cart on the avenue. GO
dinners receptions and balls, and nobody denies
that he is at once the choicest and most remarks
able production of advancing civilization.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
A Young Financier.
Wall Sire

W all Street News.
"Ma.' he said, as he suddenly looked up from
his book, chow much do you owe the cookg'
"What question! / believe there are three
months wages due her" Say, why don't you
reorganize the kitchenl" What do you mean
RobertP "Why. when pa and the other fellows
get hold of railroad, they reorganize it, and
everybody gets left. Let's reorganize on Han
nah, heat her out of $3.50, and whack on the
DOODLE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Boston and Chicago.


Boston Young Lady Visiting in Chicago)-I
am very agreeably surprised in Chicago. ] had
no idea that it was city of so much refinement
and culture
Chicago Young Lady-Oh. yes we are making
Chicago very dizzy place for cult
Mrs Waldo lof Boston)-How would You like
to visit the Institute of Technology. Cicely2
Cicely Ia guest from Chicago)-Oh Aunt Pc
nelope, you must stay close by me; but know
shall be frightened. Are there many confined
there2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
A Sad Affair.
New York Life

New York LIE
Brother George-Girls did you hear what sad
thing happened to Fred Jones yesterday
Girls lin alarm)-No What is it'll
Brother G. The poor fellow had to have his
arm taken off"
Girls--Oh. how terriblel How did it happena
Brother G.-Weil. it happened on the tennis
ground He was setting by Mrs. Smith; they
were then alone. when suddenly he put his arm
around her.
Girls-Well, go on. What then2 What hap
penedf
Brother G. We'll. it was then it had to be TAX
On of. :.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
The New Condition of Things.

The New Condition of Things.
Chicago Tribune.
'sDan," asked the President, as he unlocked a
trout and laid it gently in the basket whats in
that black bottle2'
"Bait."
II catch on" said the President my hook
is now bare"
Then he suddenly turned pale and his knees
knocked together.
"Dsn," he whispered with bated breath, II
forgot. Have you Glove about you2"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
The Small Boys Choice.

Boston Record
Gus:
''Say, Patsy, which would you rather, that the
hippitvpottermouse was a runnin' after you or
the ryenowserhoss"
''By golly, Mike, I'd rather it was the kanga-
roo, cause could get inside and rde!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
who Was Daniel Webster?

Who Was Daniel Webster?
Pittsburg Chronicle.
.sDan." remarked Grover 81 see that some of
the mugwump papers are printing letter on
government Offices, written by man named
Daniel Webster"
Eyes, SIRE | have noticed it."
isn't it something of chestnut 1t is dated
March 20, 184l"
1T is quite ancient, sire.'
'sThe papers seem to think it has some bearing
civil-service reform, but between you and
me, don't see where it comes in BY the way,
Dan, who was this Daniel Webster anyhow2"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Settling the Question.
Boston Transcript.

The New York Graphic asks. very imperti-
nently, il seems to us, who wrote Hamlet"
We have kept the secret up to this time; but for
fear that somebody may be misled in supposing
that Lord Bacon or W. Shakespeare wrote the
play, we will say frankly that it is one of the
little things we dashed off in those callow days
ere we had learned to write elegantly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Kidney Disease.


Milwaukee SentineI
The most foolish thing can do is to set
tie down into the belief that he has disease Of
the kidney. The best thing he can do. when he
has any of the symptoms that are characteristics
of kidney diseases, is To decide that his stomach
and his liver are at fault, and to take simple
and sensible measures to correct errors Of diges-
ton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
WHIMSICALITIES.

Who killed Free Trade?
81. said Sam Randall;
II am the vandal-
With my little sandal
/ smashed the bill"
Who saw it def
~" said Bill Morrison;
''ln spite of my orison
The blow struck it horizon.
Tai, laying it low"
Philadelphia Press
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
A Good Little Boy.

Boston Courier.
Sunday.school Teacher--And what is your fa-
vorite book, my little boy2
Little Boy-The Bible, sir.
S. S. T.-And you love the Bblel
l.. B.-Yes, sir.
s. S. T.-And why do you lore the Bible more
than any other book?
L. because pa gives me five cents every
time read it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
The Old Honestead.

Fall River Advance.
Men may talk about their love for the old
homestead, and women may prattle about its
memories being wound around their hearts, but
we have noticed that there is nothing clings to it
SO closely as good healthy mortgage. It never
loses its interests in the old place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
A Daneernns Cow.

New York Society Journal.
s'What lovely cow, Uncle James," exclaimed
Boston girl, the morning after her arrival,
land how comcally she shakes her head"
''Yes, but don't ye get too near tibet cow"
cautioned her uncle; hes an ugly critter."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Funny MT. Villas.

Pfe5s-
A lot of new postoffices have been given such
names as "Muckymuck," Fodder "Horsefy I"
Stiff" 'Shad," "Mikado," Zip" etc. Post
master-general Villas is such a playful creature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
Washington critic.

washington Cfftic.
Representative Breckenridge, of Arkansas, has
q little daughter, Miss Curry. by name. who has
been in the habit OF accompanying her father in
HE visits to the White House and executive de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
A Great Head.

New York Society Journal
Teacher-What is the plural of MANI
Johnnie-Men.
Teacher--Wh hat is the plural of womani
Jack-Women.
Teacher-What is the plural of child?
Susie--Twins.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-22

funereal than festive A colored target
company parading in Bleecker street; a
swarm Of gamins masquerading In GER
tain fantastic and uncomfortable things
purloined from the wardrohes of their
sisters, mothers and aunts; or The fune-
raj Of appointment politician in one Of
the thickly populated wards-these may
innded make some little stir in their own
localitiesi but they are only ripples on
the serene surface OF the day.
Still, New York usually finds some way
to amuse itself whenever ii has ''day
OFF," and the glorious 22d OF February is
not altogether an exception. For one
thing, there are matinees at nearly all the
theaters. The loving popula-
ton turns out In full force, 10 harrow up
its feelings with modern French emotion,
or to be shocked, perhaps not altogether
unpleasantly, by the evolutions of battal-
ions of young women In tights. From an
| impartial point OF view, the connection
between patriotism and theater-going,
considering the present dramatic bill OF
fare, is extremely slight. The British flag
| is raised at the Madison Square
and Union Square theaters, the
| French tri-color at Wallack's and
| the Star Foreign standards, too,
are generally Haunted over the combiha-
ton houses of the Bowery and the West
Side, often with the black flag of piracy
/ Edwin Booth, at the Fifth Avenue, is dig.
ging up dry bones as old as Yorlck's
skull, and Mr.. DAILY has resuscitated that
fine old English worthy Of the eighteenth
century, Colley Cibber. In short, un.
/ less we openly accept the responsibility
for "Adonis" and "Evangelinen what.
is-its, there is nothing American except
Bronson Towards cone OF Our Girls al
the Lyceum and Mr.. IIarIigan's Local
vaudeville at the Park. All the same
there are audiences enough TO so around
and in the early cleaning, about the time
the electric consultations are hoisted &c
the tops Of their tall poles in Union
Square and Madison Square, the neigh
borhood Of these two Broadway centers
are thronged with well-dressed and inter
esting crowds of people, each carrying
homeward bill Of the play,
Evening brings whole train of "Mar'
tina Washington" receptions. 1t is now
teacup timel
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-22
QUARANTINE.

Several OF the smalltowna around have
quarantlned against Fort Worth for
reason OF smallpox, aud we have only 10
say 70 our little nelgbbors, don't raise
your quarantne-let II stand perpetual,
Fort Worth expects 10 have the smallpox
always after this; not among our people,
because our own people are very smart
aud get yaocnatcd, but itcomes from the
immense travel here, Corners and gocrs
among whom are more or less OF the III
norant. Fort Worth now II getting To be
a great city and, like New York, Chicago
and st. Louis, Will have smallpox all the
time. We, the people of Fort Worth, viii
quarantine against nothing We would
no more think OF qunrantlning against
smallpox thar we would against measles
or ghosts. Come to Fort Worth, any or
everybody, our doors are unbarrcd; the
latch-string hangs out, We feel our
destiny, and see our greatness We have
no rival and no envy A voice "What
about thievesY"