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New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
A CASE OF FAITH CURE.

Pttddetptt1
long, lc1n lglk, crOus-lOOkIng with Iona
hair and beard and very thin Clothes yesterday ap
poached blind man AT tue southwest OF Thir,
teenth and Market sts who peddng lead pencils.
The stranger scanned the features of tho bud for
eOue time and at length said
Brother art thOu totally blindT
Yes answered the pencil merchant.
" Hast never tried To be healed -
mo use, replied the other My eyes burnt oud
10 a p0wdcr-mlll explosion"
II thou hast falth thou canst be healed" said tho
stranger. Let Us pray"
by this timo crowd had gathered round the pair and
lively interest manifested ia the proceedings
The apostle OF faith cure knelt dowi. and offered long
prayer for the blind man. while the crowd kept ncreIs
Ing until II nearly DlUckod up Thireenth-St. After
prayer the ancient and went through OF
gyTatOns similar TO mesEeriSt. lie made all manner
passes IN the air with hs hands and finally took hold
OF the man. rubbed his slapped his back pinched
his cheeks and asked him N he could To the great
disappointment OF the audience he replied that he could
not The falthcure mau was about 10 begin his per.
fOrmances again when policeman up ana ordered
lin to move The apostle went of bemoanLS the
Lack OF faith IN Israel while the crowd took pity
blind man and purchased his entire stock OF pencils,
Cranks OF some anyway" muttcred tho blnd
nan. ~ he went oil to purchase new stock OF
klaudiss
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
Uses or ENAMEL ~ SOCIETY.
U'ashtngton letter to re cicreiand leader;

WdWing'0H LTTIfI 70 ~, ", ',7,'7T'' 77'7'"'7. . !.
The use of enamel III Washington society is
growing IN an common. IL used to be that
only the Oldest and homccst used enamel upon their
faces and in such but rarely extended below the
neck Now many yOun: girls enamel ana with low cut
dresses toy must to carry out the Illusion ehahe arms
der is now used which rubbed and polished until the
flesh shows ike polished wax Inc Illusion wen enough
when maiden has "A form like that of Mary Anderson,
or the arms and bust OF Venus de Medci. but when
she Is OF the lean, scrasgy, cOrnted variety an ahges
and no curves the effect Is horrd. There are nine
scraggy girls In Washington society TO one plnmp one
and | think II the could have tho matter pnt
10 a vote. they would decide In favor OF hifh necked
dresses sleeves buttoned tight at the wrist FOR
tunes are spent paint AMI powder every season.
and tie income from tho rouge alone would have
more than a Con ngressman's yearly salary.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14

society hestated about sondng hm out He was sixteen
years Of whom he left this ciy for osceola County,
Iowa, Ih 1889. He writes:
s,aid in OsccOla County about SIX months. Then
went To shelby County ana went 10 WORK for $50
month aui board. saved my money and bought three
lots ad house for 500 and then sent for my mother
10 come UG;. Then saved money enough 10 bay pair
OF hor es harness and farmed one year for
myself IN shelby County and good crop Then got
InI:Urd and came back To OscvUl County.
therc's where my bad luck commenced:
lost one OF my horses ana bought
Pnothcr That died and horses so scarce could
get another so lost most OF crop, but had ali
tLr work could dO 80 | will manage to keep the wolf
from the door awhile. have quite little start-twO
ana one ycHrlng heer. four pigs and about ninety
chickens. 50 guess can sell them ~ It close
pinch We have to burn hav up here instead OF coal.
COll IL SG 50 ton lnh hay is 81 So There two of
our boys IN this county. One Is working In the Court
House and the other is with Grant. tho agricultural
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14

Washington Dispatch 10 me Rocheser tod and Adrrtfser
A gentleman who attended the Presidents dinner Ia
the Diplomatic Corps, Thursday last tells me an
amusing story about nroductOns IN the East Room on
that cheerful occasion. Colonel wilson who acted as
Official intrOducer, knew many OF the legation people
all OF them. aud la several cases he was Obgea
TO ask OF persons approaching the President
and Miss Cleveland before presenting them soon aftef
the first ntroductioDs had been Haie. a young man
with foreign look. banged hair carefully waNed mus.
tache and eye glasses, cane tripping along. Nhat
country z" asked Colonel WILSON, leaning forward ana
expecting listen to foreign tones Albany was lhe
response. And name 3" continued the Colonel.
Mr. Cassidy" the response "a very plain Engl.h
The Colonel laughed little la lgh and presented Dir"
Cassidy OF Albany. New York. The Colonel turned u
the Dext conner and pursued the same formula n
swarty gentleman with superbly dressed woman on
his arm responded the first inquiry, Italy,, and I'd
the next, The Baron Fava Not stopping to r,ilect,
Fava OF Italy" Minister sOtedO OF Venezuela, who
stood at Co0ners elbow pulled him by the sleeve
in great trbulaiOn My dear Colonel" he CALCULATED,
you have made great mistake " Is not the Baroness
Faya Est Is anoZZer ladie" But 10 too Late ana
the pair were passed along the enire receiving Inc s
the Baron and Baroness Fav3.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
A SrORYAROUT PLEDGES

FTUn tn WWtTUtTV HWfTtc0h.
General Hustled. whose nomination as the Repubicaa
Candidate for Speaker OF the New York Assembly wal
made unanimous by the withdrawal OF Mr.. Erwin after
saw himself beaten told story the other day winch
finds a htttng sequel in his interview with Erwin
when the latter surrendered. The story about old
Judge Martin Grover and candidate for the Assembly
named Todd. Todd had been supervisor and HI, repp
taton partly clOuied. and old Martin Grover was ~
pan spoken soldier. Todd asked him for letter 70
somebody OF Importance.
-" can't give IT," said Judge Grover. because thns
you scoundrcl."
That's pretty hard language" ssid Todd. 81 hardly
think deserve II. wish you would write the letter"
The Old judge pOndered. " Well" said he, think you
are damned rascal but Will give you the letter n YOU
will promise you won't steal while you are IN the As
semby."
Mr. Todd did not hesitate an instant No. sir" said
he 81 won't do aln going TO Albany unplciseJ."
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
DIR. MARK HOPKINS.

FFOfH Tie SpTInlUcd hepubJtcdh
The Rev. DR.. Mark Hopkins, eX-president of
williams College and still professor OF Moral Philosophy
was eight yfour years old Thursday The Doctor re-
talus his health wonderful way, bearing his years
with bright cheer. and tho noble dignity OF his carriage
ia not abated Tho keen and kindly humOr OF the man.
ever 1h arming possession flashes out with all the old
fire on occasion. Under the deliberate manner that
covers systematic thought there wit that never ags
nj a challenge retires worsted from an encounter
The mastery dlrectness OF language in which DR. Hop
kns clothes weighty thought serves him no ess IN
this other field his 10 not so often fy APP
prcciated IL Is pleasant to him bearing the burden
~ the wear, 40 Tightly an example Of right living, for
with Mark Hopkins the body indeed been the empe
q God.
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
ALAYlfAN,S SFRYICES.

frOm Tie BOstOH EjcHtHg htcOfd'
Tho Rev DR. y. VINO IL prominent divine IN city
NOT FAR from New York. had been spending lew DAYS
not in thls yeatheT-On an Island Oh the Manr coast,
and Intending depart certain morning. he started
for the boat IN company with a friend. porter Io
owe with the doctors yalse. Arriving az the wharf,
they found that take advantage OF tho VIVA or ude
the boat had gone before the advertised TINE
Not aware OF the clerical character OF the company
tho porter sworc several shocking oaths Ia quick sue
--,--, 49,. ..t..,
Well" said the doctor, slowly ana imp:es'lVciyI
"there times when the services OF layiAan asu
ipals lspensable.'
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
WAR BETWEEN THE cArAND CATFISH


Prom Tls Strcry DericiOuS H'rdyyudi0'~ H'5aid.
ThCOphIlus SkimperlS generally sized upds the
most uColu potent mauln lloNa ~Otnie but lhe"Phus
ha~ Knocked ls town silly WIKI his cat story about ho
Tarn.
skimper hasn't but SHIRT, aud always goes oui
TO the Iarn to vash II. . .
the end OF A sunny log. when Il" tOund hrd been 10"
lowed al the way from lloV wattomir by hts old gray
cot with the nine kittens. The blamed thing munkry"i
orouud his ankles awhile then carried her kittens one ~
Id "a log hAiIElug over the Mdlcf ana @ab
uowu uy 'cnI and began shing with her tai. she Was
hayu. pretty luck when she sped whole srh01l
OF Young catfish winning mp INTO slpa water lie niu
catfish probably SuuCW here ont IN deeper wdtrf
Puss ma 10 one spin. aud yaukcd little catfish out ot
the water Then out To the eni ot Tue O[ ahi
p,y. n TO one u the kittens. No sooner had she turned
her back however 10 get another ntte catfish before
the old catfish uped from the deep water 70 the ehd ut
m, loc ana ya Ard them kttCuS away >Nck ds
w,X When puSS back with the second catlsh tLo
disappeared aud feeding the Old catfish. THIS made
pu.s mad and Ell the second yOunS calh,A ~
bprnre he e Of tho frantic parent
Insane win rage, the old catfish JdmpNl 10 ne cnd OF
the log and with shIIll sEek bit kitten square ia
two. .-.,-, ..-.,. ...,,,,.a, ,,,u
IN. cat had eaten up al the young caihsh ahh t@ cat
sh had eaten up All the young kittens Ihe ot e'th'n
h.Jn't been able chew all tho kittens, Dut hd JnSb
sw1llovad some whole. Tho consequence was the5 De-
.,n newnc and the mother cat pretty near wild.
hs .eenei to AFFORD the Old catfish the most uuAloycd
delight and sticking her head out OF Tue water "ilh
broad grin, she gave thc ONHN' '@' i" N'"N'N w nv
pos st-m -mortem concert
I'ha nother eat couldn't stand II. ana pumped rght
the ol back "O-O h-h 80 went thr catfish,
ard ,way she started the TaTn. giving pass
bath every minute OF two, and yelling with rtSe
New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
CURRENT ANECDOTES.
WHIT HE SHOT

From The Boston EoeaiH1 kccord.
MIS-. Parvenu comes 10 the front again. She NAN
ing call ana 10 tho course OF the conversation hef
friend remarked:
" Mr.. Jackson. hear. has gone 10 the Land OF the
caribou Ard moose To have some shooting"
Mrs Psryopu met Mrs Jackson some days later.
. Ah," said she now 10 Mir. Jackson Has he EOtteg
back yet I"
Yes, he came back last night"
4" And did he shoot "a caDoose 70
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-24
NOTICE.

The following named persons have remit
ted money to the Sentinel without giving
postoffice address, and we are therefore una
bic to give proper credits. Those whose
names are printed below can, by identifying
their remittance, obtain due credit for the
same by notifying us promptly:
John d. JOHNSON, 81; Lewis Long, 81; no
name, New Harmony, soc; Abe Laughman
81; John McKellens. 81; w. r. McFuoid, 50;
no name, Upton, 81; Chas. Huffman, 81
Thomas A. Sharp, 81; 10 name, Augusta,
$50; F. B. Parker, 81; H. Long,
Postmaster, 81; H. Shey, 81; Charles
Hickey, 81; no name, Button, 81;
Charles Newkirk, 50; George w. Murphy,
81; John Concord, 81; Sam Dunn, SLIGO; A.
J. Hainbaugh, 81; Adam Guntle, 81; JAG T.
Baker 81; August Jinhoff, 40 cents; Selma,
Van Buren, County, Iowa, 81; Eli Pence,
s1.75; Harry Leach, per X, 81. 20; G. H.
Giddes, no town given, 81; HI. Burget, no
town, 30 cents; John Hughes, no town, 81 /;
J. A Wilson, no town given, ST. Smith
Smelcer, no town given.
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lishment of Irish independence in 1882,
that the reader may form some idea of the
relation of his service to that now so well
advanced by Mr.. Parnell, we shall not at
tempt to deal with the discussions and fac
tons and corruptions that ruined the first
real Irish Parliament and in eighteen years
helped on a union but little less oppressive
than that which Grattan's effor and elo-
quence did so much to alleviate, to so little
final purpose. 1t will be of interest to note.
however, that Grattan and Flood, who
started as allies in 1775, became bitter
enemies soon after the establish
ment of the Irish Parliament,
and one of the most exasperating invectives
in the whole range of v1tuperative eloquence
was delivered by Grattan against Flood when
the Irish Parliament was little more than a
year old, October 1888. Here is a sample
"But you found at last land this should be
an eternal lesson to men of your craft and
cunning) that the King had only dishonored
you; the court had bought, but would not
trust you; and, having voted for the worst
measures, you remained for seven years the
creature of salary without the confidence of
Government. Mortified at the discovery,
and stung by disappointment you
betake yourself to the sad expedi-
ents of duplicity. You try the
sorry game of a trimmer in your progress to
the acts of an incendiary. You give no hon.
est support either to the Government or the
people. You at the most critical period of
their existence take no part. And
observing, with regard to both princes and
people, the most impartial treacbery and
desertion, you justify the suspicion OF your
sovereign, as you had sold the people.
You announce that the country was ruined
by other men during that period which
she had been sold by you"
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cial and industrial centers of the extreme
East. What is to be done, is the question
that thousands of employers of labor are
considering to-daB They are at a loss to de-
eide whether to oppose the advancing power
of organized labor to tamely yield to its
Misunderstanding Paragraph.
We do not think it necessary to do either.
There is great deal beneath this hubbub
that is really symptom of the unparalleled
political corruption, and Encouragement
of the past twenty-five years. Our tariff
policy, our financial policy, our land policy,
and our substituting pc icy has produced this
state of things. They will exist and con-
tinue to exist and continue to grow worse so
long as their causes are uncorrected. The
only way to stop it will be to undo the
wrongs by the power of law that have driven
a large element of population to seek extra
legal means of redress, and is rapidly throw
ing the whole population into distress.
When this is done it will be time to talk of
coercion, provided there would be anything
left to coerce. 1t is easier to guide the
movement than to oppose it.
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PERSONALS


PHILLIPS Brooks says that no more narrow
chested preachers are wanted.
PAsrEUR is suffering from overw ork and
fears second paralytic stroke.
COURTNEY, the Delaware match man,
leaves an estate worth s., 100000.
COURTNEY, the Delaware match man,
leaves an estate worth $5.OOO,OO
HENRY CABOT LODGE is in Washington,
working on his Life of Hamilton"
GENERAL GRANTS son and namesake still
retains the ''Jr." suffix to his signature.
'FATTY REED" is what the pages of the
House call the big Congressman from Maine.
SENATOR PUeH, of Alabama takes most de-
light in the study of constitutional ques-
tions.
SENATOR CALL, of Florida, declares that
Senator Jones, his colleague, is mad as a
March hare.
JOHN GILBERT is seventy-six now, and he
declares that he is the Oldest actor in active
service in the world.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES will go
abroad next month with his daughter, Mrs.
Sargent, to be absent all summer.
Mr.. CABLE will not introduce his Creole
songs into future readings. Perhaps some
body has told him he can not sing.
CONGRESSMAN HEWITT is suffering more
than ever from insomnia. He should care
fully read the Congressional Record.
SENATOR VAN WICK has been given the
somewhat doubtful title of Crazy Horse"
by some of the Washington reporters.
CHARLES A. DANA calamity says in the
New York Sun: "Men and women are
equal, except where woman is superior
FRANK JAMES is reported to have declined
an offer of So, 900 a year to travel with
circus, saying that he prefers to remain a
clerk in Missouri.
JUNIUs HENRI CLEMMoss, who claims to
have been the first electric telegraph invent
or, is now seventy-two years old, with
abundant white hair and beard and bushy
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eyebrows, STOPPING shoulders and slow step
but bis sight is good, his voice firm and his
hand steady. He is clerk of Congressional
committee.
WILLENBAcHER. the Viennese public hang
man, is dead. He held the office twenty
four years and during that time executed
but thirty six persons.
MARTIN F. UPPER, 1.-THE Proverbial Phil
ospher," has in press an photographed
work, to be published about Easter, entitled
my Life as an Author"
Nh. LABoUcHERE, of Lon don Truth, says
that if the whole truth about Sir Charles
Dixie were known, "his conduct would be
approved by jury of honor"
WILL CARLETON, the poet, lectured recent
ly in an Iowa town, the bill-boards OF which
bore the legend: "Will Carleton, October
25" Later, Will Cumback, a wellknown
Indianian, was to lecture; but, as the bill
poster never had heard of Mr.. Cumback, he
took it for granted, when he was given the
announcement, "Will Cumback, December
H." that Mr.. Carleton was coming back, so
he fixed the old bill after the new one, thus:
evil Carleton VIII Cumback December
IL"
BEN: PERLEY PooRE grows more lightsome
and chatty with his years. Says he: "The
gossips are representing Mr. Justice Gray, of
the Supreme Court, as paying marked at
tentions to Miss Van Vechten, of Albany,
who has been the guest of Miss Cleveland at
the White House. He has certainly paid
her conspicuous attention, and she has ap-
parently been willing to receive it. On
Monday she went to the Supreme Court
room to hear the Justice read an opinion to
which she listened attentively. He keeps a
bachelors hall here"
Hon. HANNIBAL HAMLIN is said by the
Lewiston Journal to be an inveterate and in
vincible player of 'high-low-jack cal
most every afternoon, in his long-tailed coat,
with his necktie carelessly knotted, and his
thick, wavy hair bristling from his head like
the Circassian girls, the esteemed and ven
cradle statesman sits down amid the luxuri-
Gus velvets and bronzes, the rare paintings
and engravings, the royal Worcester vases
and all the glitter and richness of the Tara
tine Club, and lighting another cigar as soon
as one burns low. pursues his favorite
amusement till the shadows are thick. In
his game Mr.. Hamlin often unites the dar.
ing of youth with the caution of old age.
He begs less frequently than any other
player in the club, and it is fun to see the
promptness with which he saves his jacks.
He apparently takes many risks but seems
to have an intuition as to where the cards
lie, and seldom loses. They don't get his
lead away from him very often. He is
pretty sure to count all there is in his hand''
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CONTRITE SENATORS.

One is not surprised to see the more evenly
balanced Senators gradually withdrawing
from the leadership of Senator Edmunds,
whose duplicity and weakness have COM
bined to render the Senate ridiculous to the
public His complete Generalization by Sena
tor Beck will drive all Observation-Disclosures from
his leadership. The state of the country and
its effect upon the public mind will not ad-
NIT the Senate to longer postpone its public
duties to the purpose of obstruction of pub
lie business. 1t is to be lamented that the
political power of the country is divided
between the two parties, for it has offered
every in6ucement to obstrrct, by minority
long accustomed to absolute rule, and the
effect of this disunIon on public affairs must
be disastrous unless higher grounds of
patriotism be taken and maintained. AS it
is, with an obstructing Senate, the Demo
cratic party have just enough to be held to
public responsibility without power to ex-
ecute any of the conditions responsibility
involves. This should not be allowed to
continue, even by Republican Senators with
their party welfare at heart. The response
bility of government is sufficient Mistakes
and failures will occur without adventurous
aid or obstruction from an opposition, and
if party in power is admitted to its respon-
sibilities, opposition should be based upon
results, on which the public Itself judges
with severe impartiality. Thus far, instead
of obstruction resulting in a Republican
benefit, it has resulted In still further alien
ating public support, for unconsciously per-
haps, in obstructing the government the
people have placed in power to
execute the public business, they
have DISTRACTED the public itself, and
aided rather than injured the Democratic
party, whom discriminating people see is
maliciously hampered in its WORK by
purely partisan malice. In the long run
zeal in the performance of public duties
will meet the firmest reward, and failure in
this respect will certainly be reflected in de-
feat. These remarks may be trite, yet they
seem altogether to be overlooked by our
party opponents.
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CURIOUS AND UNUSUAL.

DURING last winter not less than 100 chill
dren were burned to death.
THE water in the Hudson River is lower
than it has been FOR twenty years.
THE yearly exports of umbrellas from Eng
land are valued at e5sI, 5000, or over 81 9OO,-
OO0 in our currency.
A HoLYoKE paper-mill hand, seventy years
old, who had always been regarded as poor,
was found after his death to have had nearly
$50 600.
IT is not unusual to see en- posters adver-
Using church festivals in Penobscot County,
Maine, these words in bold letters: mo
flirting"
A FULLsIzED pet deer kept in Sacra-
mento saloon. being frightened, jumped
clear through a pane of glass seven inches
wide by thirteen long.
A SUIT over disputed undertaken spill in
Cleveland, Ohio, developed the fact that the
undertaken had retained one of the eyes OF
the corpse as a curiosity.
The largest barn in the world is probably
that of the Union Cattle Company of Oh y
enne, near Omaha. 1t covers five acres, cost
1926, O0O and accommodates $3.50 head of
cattle.
A MAN IN MsTcellus, Mich, whose divorced
wife had been awarded the custody OF their
two children, has purchased the latter from
her for 81 500 each, all other methods of Sc
curing their custody having failed him.
Miss KITTY AUSTIN. of Clarksburg, Nd.
who is eighty-three years old, is making a
pedestrian journey to Washington and on
Friday covered fourteen miles. Miss KITTY
dresses in primitive, but not decollete style
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CONCERNING WOMEN.

No! l Amt one to see the cat walking into
the dairy and wonder what she's come after
George Eliot
LADY once told me she could always
know when she had taken too much wine at
dinner-her husbands Jokes began to seem
funny.
HAVE you seen Mrs. - lately pa lady
who did all the talking. mo, had to give
up her acquaintance. tried for two years
to tell her something in particular"
MARRYIN' a man amt like settin' along
side of him and hearing him talk pretty
that's the fust prayer. There's lots an lots
O. meetin' after that.-Rose Terry Cooke.
SOMEBODY has discovered that the word
'lady," once meant dread server" This
will be terrible shock to the "fo-eladies'
and "salesladies," and may, perhaps, induce
them to consent to be called women.
"WHAT would you do in time OF war il
you had the suffrage?' asked Horace Greeley
of Mrs. Stanton. Just what you have
done, Mr.. Greeley-stay at home and urge
the others to go and fight, replied the lady
THERE are in Philadelphia eight female
physicians who have an annual practice OF
about $40, 900 each. There are twelve whose
incomes average about $1,000 each, and
there are twenty-five who earn over 50 1905
each.
MIS-. HANCOCK will receive this week the
sum of $10 coo from the Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company, of Newark. Nearly
twenty years ago, when the late General wa:
at Fort Leavenworth, he took out policy
for $4,000 in this company, 1t is said ht
was also insured in other companies