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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
One of Lineoln's Stories.

From General McClellan's Autobiography.
Officially my association with the President
was very close until the severe attack of iIness
in December, 1861. / was often sent for to att
tend formal and informal Cabinet meetings and
at all hours whenever the President desired to
consult with me on any subject and he often
came to my house, frequently late at night, to
learn the last news before retiring. His fame
AS narrator of anecdotes was fully deserved,
and he always had something apropos on the
spur of the moment
Late one night when he was at my house I
received a telegram from officer commanding
a regiment on the upper Potomac. The dispatch
related some very desperate fighting that had
been done during the day, describing in magnilo-
quent terms the severe nature of the contest,
fierce bayonet charges, ETC., and terminated with
a very small list of killed and wounded, quite
out of proportion with his description of the
struggle.
The President quietly listened to my reading
of the telegram, and then said that it reminded
him of a notorious liar, who attained such rep
utation exaggerator that he finally
structed his servant to stop him when his
tongue was running too rapidly by pulling his
coat or touching his feet. One day the master
was relating wonders he had seen in Europe,
and described building which about mile
long and half mile high Just then the serv-
ants heel came down on the narrator's toes. and
he stopped abruptly. One of the listeners asked
how broad this remarkable building might
be. The narrator modestly replied: about
foot"
l think he enjoyed these things quite as much
as his listeners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.


In Mariposa, Cal. there lived large-eyed,
beautiful prattler, Mary Cameron. One even
ing when all was silent che looked anxiously
into the face of her backsliding father, who had
ceased to pray in his family, and said:
''Pa, is God dead9"
mo, my child, why do you ask that2'
why, pa you never talk to him now as you
used to do"
claimed.
Youths Companion: Before Willie K q cousin
Bertha arrived at his home with her parents on
q summer visit his mother had told him to observe
how graceful and polite her manners were, espe-
cially at table. When she came Willie observed
her, therefore, with admiring interest. One
day his mother said: "Do you see how nicely
Bertha conducts herself, Williel" Eyes,
mamma" Don't you think her manners are
rather better than yoursl" Eyes, mamma and
| guess / know why" "Why is it, my dearl"
Probably Bertha has been better brought up
than have!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
A Railway Church-Car.

st. James's Gazette.
If we may dine and sleep in saloon and sleep
ing cars, why should we not be able to 60 to
church in cEapel-carriages9 The ability to do
this is matter of some Importance if you hap
pen to live in country where there are great
many saints days. In Russia, as everybody
knows, there is great deal Of picturesque piety,
and saints days come round very frequently in
deed. Railway guards and eneine-drivers, it
would appear. are the most religious class in
Russia; since those employed upon the South
western railway have lately petitioued the ad
ministration that facilities might be afforded
them for attending to their spiritual duties. The
request has been granted and decree has just
been issued that upon Sundays and holy days
saloon-carriage fitted up as a church OF the or
thodox rite shall be attached to every train, to
the end that not only the railway servants be
enabled to 60 to church without going off duty.
but that the passengers likewise may have care
for their souls health. But it is to be hoped
that the guard and the engine-driver will leave
efficient substitutes behind them while they are
listening to the exhortations of the travelling
HpOpe.p
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
ABOUT ToBoGGANs.

Artificial Slides Better than Natural Hills.
VIM. Harry Palmer's Book Tobogganing.
As a conveyance for sport pastime theg
toboggan is of comparatively recent origin.
Upon the hills which abound throughout Canada
the Canadians took advantage or the natural
slides offered, and within q season or two after
the sport was first introduced in the vicinity OF
Quebec, Montreal, Toronto and other cities OF
the Dominion it became immensely popular
among Canadians through that entire country.
The great difficulty of tohogganists, however,
was in securing a slide of perfect grade and
smoothness The natural resiliancy of the
toboggan causes peculiar condition of things,
not Unattended with danger, when it strikes a
sudden depression or elevation during its rapid
flight, for as natural result of its elasticity it
will throw its burden or occupants high into the
ar-unless the same be firmly attached tc the
hand rails-and this. too, with reckless disre-
gard of result somewhat uncomfortable for the
rider.
These defects In a natural slide are called by
Canadians cahots, and many are the laughable
accidents as we'll as sore limbs and bruises that
have resulted from them.
To overcome this objection Canadian enhusi-
asts in the sport introduced the artificial slide,
which had long been popular in Russia and
which consists simply of a scaffoldinR of heavy
timbers the highest point of which may be forty,
or even fifty, feet from the ground with a grad
ual descent, sufficiently Steep however, to give
the tobogganists the impetus desired The
famous slide of the Teuque Bleue Tobaggan
Club at Montreal, and that at Woodawn
Park, Saratoga. are, at the starting point. forty
feet from the ground, the descent being 40
feet long. The distance travelled over the arti-
fcial.sde is of course, only the beginning of the
sport for the toboggan has attained its greatest
impetus only when 1t reaches the earth, and
will travel upon the level track distance three
or four time great as that of the slide proper.
In Russia the double slide is quite popular. that
is, in other words, two slides set opposite one
another, the tracks running parallel, 80 that
when the toboggonist starts from the top of one
slide he is at the base of the tower of the other
slide and has only to ascend the steps to ride
back to the base of the tower from which he
first started The single slide, however, is most
popular in America
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
Where the Type-Writer Fails.

Cnlcago deralu.
The typewriter will never be a universal fa-
vorite. 1t may be and doubtless is good thing
to grind out editorial on finance to fay q
man whom you don't like Likewise good in
venton to turn out all sorts of commercial cor
respondence. But there are fields where the
pen-the old-fashioned penis still mightier
than the typewriter and ever will be, world
without end Fancy man making love to his
sweetheart on a typewriter. And fancy a
sweetheart breathing her hearts secret-pour-
ing her passionate yearnings and
fond expressions on sheet of
paper where you have to ring bell at the end
of each line. Love can never get used to any
such mechanical apparatus as that You might
as we'll expect to pound out an opera on a sheet
iron boiler with sledge hammer Imagine
your sending sentence of this sort to your best
girl: my typewriter fails to express to you the
feelings of my heart" What would bundle of
type writer letters look like tied up in a faded
ribbon2 Do you think any sensible girl would
keep love letter turned out by type writer9
Would you9 A type writer letter, to use the
atrical sentence, is good enough for one-night
stand, but no one ever reads it over. Besides,
it is perfectly useless in breach of promise
suit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
A Bishop Advocates Moderate Drinking

st. James s Gazette.
Bishop Moorhouse caused some amusement
last night Nov 23), at the meeting at Manches-
ter of the Church of England Temperance So
clety, by sketch of his experience as a teeto-
taller He said that many years ago he signed a
conditional pledge. He went on very we'll until
toward the close of the second year and then he
broke down utterly His doctor told him he
would either have to give up half his work or
take some light stimuIants with his principal
meals. 1t was ridiculous to think of giving up
half his work; therefore he tried the stimulus
and he never had the symptoms again.
He supposed he was one of the thousand who
had not the power of easily digesting great
masses of food, and could not engage in active
mental labor without nervous excitement
Thousands of men doing the greater part of the
intellectual work of England belonged to the
same class and it would be monstrous for these
men either to commit suicide or give up half
their work, so they were bound to take the slim
illus. He, however. observed a rigid rule-never
to drink alcoholic liquor except at meal times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
How to Cook Oysters.


A lady who is famous for her oyster cooking,
and who has been for years making a collections
of choice recipes, contributes few whose excel
lence and novelty she can vouch for A Knock
roast Is easy aid delicious. the liquor is first
drained from the meats and any chance pieces of
she'll removed. Then the oysters are placed in a
frying pan and set upon the FIRE, where, as fast
as the liquor collects it is drawn off. This pro-
cess Is continued until the oysters are done
brown, when they are served hot, with fresh but
ter.
Little pigs in blankets" are made by first
draining the oysters and seasoning with salt and
pepper, aud then cutting fat bacon into very thin
slices and wrapping big oyster in each slice
fastening it with a wooden skewer-a toothpick
is best The frying pan must be heated we'll be-
fore the little pigs put in, and they must be
cooked long enough for the bacon to crisp. They
are to be served Immediately on toast cut into
small pieces
Planned oysters are very nice. and are savory
and digestible for invalids. The oysters must
be- drained and bits of shell removed They
must then be put into q hot pan containing ia
blespoonful of butter half level teaspoonful
of salt and little pepper to quart of meats,
and cooked over brisk fire until they begin to
curl, which will be in five minutes They can
be served hot on toast or eaten plain.
A more elaborate dish is an oyster loaf. Take
a stale loaf of bread and cut out the heart of it
with a sharp knife. being careful not to break
the crust, which must still keep the form of the
Ioal. Dreak the crumbs up very me ana dry
them slowly in the oven When dried fry three
teacupfuls of them in two tablespoonful of hot
butter until they are brown and crisp. Put
quart of cream to boil, and when it boils stir in
three spoonfuls of -four which has been mixed
with half a cup of cold milk. Cook this few
minutes and season with salt and pepper 1t
makes a rich cream sauce. Put layer of this
inside the loaf, then layer of oysters previously
seasoned with salt and pepper, then another
layer of sauce and one of fried crumbs. Bake
al Luz oil and in ~ jaA
kin or on a dish with sprigs of parsley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
washing windows with a Doc.

London Paper.
She had advertised for the return Of her doe
and 1t was long haired Skye terrier--a regular
valuable thoroughbred. The reward was to be-
ward and asked IL that was the dog Being an-
swered afhrmativeiy and paid the reward, the
affection OF tho lady. who kissed and Rugged
her poor, dear, darling little Dandy" at
skirmish ensued: "Vhere did you find
the darlingl" ''Small comfort would it do you,
madame, did tell you'll" "But tell me. while
caress the angel" ~ can't tell you, because
you wouldn't like It." But. dear darling, Dandy
was Dandy coldi" "Shrre, madame, don't
know saw your advertisement in the PAPER,
and Recognized him tied to the end of d long
stick, and a woman a-washin' of winders wild
him. I told her she must shtop a-washin' OF
winders wild my dog"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
An "Informal', Toilet.
Philadelphia Times.

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At one of her really informal receptions, a few
days ago. Mrs. Cleveland wore over black silk
black Brussels net, the front breadth of which
was dotted with silver and had small silver
pendants. The waist had the black silk lining
cut square in 'front.' so as to show the white neck
through the black net 1t was fastened at the
neck with diamond crescent, and she wore
bouquet de corsage of natural roses. She had
on no gloves, and her hands were bare and arms
exposed nearly to the elbow. Her skin is very
fair and her hands and arms are very white
but, while round, her arms give proof by their
shape and size of more muscular strength ia
them than one would expect from a lady whose
duties had never required her to use them much
in way to develop the muscles She seems to
avoid wearing rings whenever possible, but
had on several handsome inger-rings on the oe-
cssion noted, one gold bangle on her arm and no
other jewelry except the diamond crescent at
her throat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
LINCOLN's SECRETARIES.
Nicolay's Connection with a Company Which
Was to Escort the President to the Capital.

NfcoIay'S connection with a Company Which
Was to Escort the President to the Capital.
Omaha Bee.
l knew Ncolay and Hay before the war. Hay
was in the law Office of his uncle, Milton Hay
He had seen lily graduated from college, and had
begun the study Of law. Nicolay | knew very
we'll. He was printer in the Journal Office at
Springfield, III. When Lincoln was nominated
for the presidency he offered his services to him
as secretary to answer all his correspondence
Nicolay charged nothing for his services, which
were gladly accepted.
There had been in Springfield, for some time,
a militia company called the Springfield Grays,
consisting of about seventy-fve men. An cleo
ton OF officers took place shortly after Lincoln's
nomination, and Nicolay, then acting as secre-
tary for Lincoln, was put up a candidate for
second lieutenant He represented the older
element in the company. The younger element,
composed of members under twenty years of
age, and who always turned out to company
meetings and drills, were in favor of a young
man named Thomas Moffatt for the position.
The object OF putting up Nicolay was to have
him secure the companys service as an escort to
Lincoln from Springfield to Washington in case
he was elected to the presidency Nicolay was
elected to the second lieutenantcy by a small
majority. This caused split in the company.
The friends of Moffat withdrew and organized a
new company under the name of the Springfield
Zouaves E. E. Ellsworth. of Zouave fame, who
was studying law in Springfield at the time was
elected captain.
Lincoln was elected President and Ncolay
accompanied him to Washington as private
secretary. The militia company, however, did
not go as an escort. On the night of Sunday,
the 18th of April. 1861, when the dispatch came
that Sumter had been fred on and that Lincoln
had called for $4,000 troops, Capt. John Cook
and fifteen of the Springfield Grays. myself
among the number. rendered their services to
Gov. Dick Yates. The next morning we were
ordered into camp, and we were the first COM
company in camp at the breaking out of the
civil war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
"she Must Like Chilluns."


A little Southern girl, who had been for five
years an only child, was surprised, and not
agreeably surprised, the other day by the ap-
pearance of q baby sister.
After regarding it attentively for few mo-
ments she said to her mother: MRS. Rogers, y
referring to anear neighbor." is very good lady
isn't she, mammal
EYES, very good dear"
Sand she's awful kind to me. She gived me
some lovely sugar cane.n the small sehemer went
on" and | want to give her something"
well, send her a basket of oranges
"Oh, don't spect she likes oranges But she
must like chilluns, cause she's got lot of en-
Let's send her this baby
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12

master Of Ceremonies Says one Of the char
acters who had been secretly married. and whose
husband died: 'Whenever could I used to go
up stairs, lock myself in my room, and put on q
little widows cap had very small one, dear,
of white crape-and have good cry about poor
Louis. 1t was the only mourning could ever
wear for him, and it was nearly always locked
up In the bottom drawer; but used to carry
bit of black Grape in my dress pocket and touch
that new and then.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
Not New So, in Twenty Years.

PhlIadeIph1a FreB5.
The harshest criticism that have ever heard
of Patti was uttered last night by man who
has probably heard her on more than half the#
occasions that she has sung in this city for twen
ty years past. l r ,ted remark of hers
in recent intervie she effect that the diva
could not see how { an opera could ever sup.
plant the soft MELODIES of the Italian school To
which the reply from my friend came: "Well, Z
if the Italian opera had to depend on Its PATHS
for support it would soon become what is called
a chestnut Do you know that Patti has nod
created single part in over twenty years2
don't think she has sung new song la ten
years. She has made absolutely no experme ntsv
at all In new operas There have been several
occasions when she could have saved Colonel
Mapleson's season by appearing In a new role,
but she would never consent to 1t. For her won
reputation. of course, that is the wise course
take, but for italian opera-wel we have NJ
now, and that is one of the causes.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12

81 hold,n he replied. 1.-THE theater to be place
of recreation for sober minded and intelligent
people. am not aware that there is any divorce
between Christianity and honest recreation, or
that 1t behooves q Christian to forswear the
theater because there may be some plays that
seem to him to be open to objection. The best
commentary on this point is furnished by Mar
tin Luther, who says: Christians should not
entirely flee from comedies because now and
then there are coarse matters in them; for the
same reason we might cease to read the Bible.'D
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
Pottstown, Pa, special.

P0tt5tOWn, Pa., EpecIaI.
During the cold spell of the past week
ley Engle, a draughtsman, formerly in
adelphia & Reading engineers Office
been enjoying camp life in an eight b
pitched along the banks of Tan
Engle is well-to-do. but eccentric, and
and family in Philadelphia. A we
spread his canvas, and has been
ever since.
His bed is of leaves, spread OF
ground, and for covering he has
wood-stoye warns the tent, while
outside he cooks his food. His
devoted to shooting at target with
declares he has suffered no incon
the cold, and he proposes to 4
winter in his tent. He has ple & &
fortably dressed, sober and il
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12

Hartford Post.

Children are usually quite frank in their exc
pressions concerning Omnipotent power; even
startlingly at times. A little girl in this city,
who is very much afraid Of thunder and light
ming, as indeed many older people are, was
greatly surprised to hear it thunder one stormy
day last month 'Oh. DEAR said she does
God make it thunder in cold weatherl" Eyes,
my DEAR occasionally it thunders in cold
weather. "Well, don't think God ought to
make it thunder the year round. It's hard on
nv nerves
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
A Happy Thought.
Detroit Tribuue

Detroit Tribune.
A little Cass-avenue girl came homo from
church greatly troubled over the bottomless pit
After awhile she cheered up, saying, Il didn't
think of II before. but If the bottom Of the pit is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12

too beautiful not to be recorded. The examiner
asked the class the meaning of eternity, when a
little girl struck up her eager arm and said:
please sir, Gods life"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
Eternity Defined.
London Globe

UTODB.
A friend who had just returned from coun-
try boarding school examination told me of an
answer child gave the examiner, which think
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
Publishing a Newspaperl

Rocky Mountain Cyclone.
We begin the pablica 8 II
Mountain Cyclone with S s
ties in the way. 4
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this printing ophphid Il
with any ephs or Gays, y
phive week bephore we can 8
taque was not phound out tin
We have ordered the missing u
have to get along without them ~
We don't lique the look ov this vari
ing any better than our readers, bL
will happen in the best regulated phal
Jpn the phs and cs, and ks and qs hos
shall ceep Sound the hard) the CyclS
ing aphter phasion till the sorts arrlgeN
no joque to us-it's serious apphair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12

THE germs of scrofula, latent in every person.
are destroyed by Ayers Sarsaparilla. Sold by
all druggists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
A woman's Way.

New York Graphic
Isn't this the most womanly bit that ever was
put in print2 II is from q. Manyille Fenn's
Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-10-09


There has been a great deal of just
complaint among our people because
of the failure in the mail service be-
tween Florence and Glcbe, Spillsbury
the sub-contractor having abandoned
the route in consequence of financial
loss and the inadequate pay for
service. The last mail received
was on Friday, the lst inst This fol-
lowing postal Law meets such an
emergency:
SIC. GIG When postmasters may
employ temporary service.
When any contractor fails 10 COM
menee the service stipulated in his
contract, or abandons the same, it is
the duty Of the postmaster 40 the head
of the route (the postofice first named
in the advertisement and ContraCt) to
employ temporary service, at the low.
est rate possible, but in no case at a
higher rate than that paid under the
last preceding regular contract, and TO
report the facts to the Second Assist.
ant Postmaster-General, Immediately.
According 70 the foregoing law
the postmaster at Florence Chat beng
the head OF route No. 40,128, Florence
to Globe) was authorized TO put on
temporary service at once, but failing
to do so (inding no one that would
accept it at the price named, W w.
Brookner, assistant postmaster for
Globe, telegraphed the department the
situation and, in reply, received in
structions 10 employ temporary SER
vice at cost not exceeding $47 the
round trip, the maximum rate per
day for this route.
w. II. Sutherland, we are informed,
telegraphed a bid, which could not be
accepted. ia case Salisbury, contract
or, does not resume, then ali bids will
bo considered and the lowest ac-
cepted.
John Jones bid for carrying the mail,
until the contract is re-let, or service
resumed by the contractor, was accept
ed, and he left yesterday morning for
Riverside, where he viii receive the
mail, Arrangements having been made
for temporary service between Flor
ence and that place, and the regular
delivery here will be resumed Ibis
evening.