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The midland journal., 1886-01-29
For Bessie's Sake.

~ SA@e~S
was perpendicular at one moment, hori-
zontal the next, at the mercy of the
wind. The streets were swift rivers.
In some places the water poured up and
out of the shallow cutters and COM
pletely submerged the sidewalks. From
the roadways of the great bridge sheer
torrents came rushing down and the
crowd that had taken refuge in the
bridge entrance could hardly see the
City Hall or Park. 1t stormed steadily
for an hour then, in slight abate-
ment came out of the elevated rail-
way staircase where had been waiting,
slipped up my umbrella and walked
briskly southwark. At one of the east
doors of the post-office, I suddenly ran
against Gertrude Haskell. Her appear
&nce was SO striking that I exclaimed
aloud What in the world y
She was dressed in thin brown cam.
brio, an ordinary midsummer costume,
and wore shabby black bonnet. In
one g.oveless hand she clasped an open
letter evidently just received in the
other she held dripping red parasol
which she had not vet reopened. The
fain beat sq1aIely i'll her face and she
did. not seem to mind it. Her face I
noticed then, was piuched and wore an
agoniznd expression. quickly drew
her under my umbrella and repeated
my exclamation, slightly modified.
"What is the matter, child?"
Her lips moved convulsively. 81
can't tell You here" she answered.
I knew forthwith that something ter
rible had happened.
l had known Gertrude some seven
years, and no formality was necessary.
/ had not, however, seen her for two
months and over, so that WAS by no
means informed as to her present cir
cumstances.
"Where do you live now /" I asked.
"The same place?"
"No not there-up in Harlem. I
can't go back now"
I thought she spoke wildly.
"Come then,"I said. "I'll let my
, own affairs rest. Come home with me.
It won't take long. I'm still in the
square. - ,,-. ....
/ hurried her along back to the ele-
waited railway staircase whence had so
lately emerged, dragged her up the
steep steps and through the station to
the train. remember the gateman
looked curiously at us, Gertrude had
such white, drenched appearance.
Twenty minutes later we had reached
my home and the privacy of my own
chamber Fortunately, Ind little
wine, which forced her to drink.
q "Now," said, "tell me, all about it.
The sooner. told the sooner 1 know
whether anything can be done or not. :"
Gertrude was now less pale /; the wine
had Agiven her temporary strength.
She sighed heavily. ....,.. .. .,
Nothing. can be done, she said in a
tone of despair. "It is. about Bessie. I"
"a $50 on / said to encourage her. I
had never seen Bessie the girl had
always lived with an aupt in the West.
But / ;had heard Gertrude speak ten
derby of this, absent younger.sister and
I, had:seen ,'the picture of a pretty, pi-
Gnant face set in ;bro&ip, soft curls.' !. ,. i
She seemed to:r swallow something,
chen resumed
u 81 loved her--I think you know this.
: 1t was the object of my life to work
hard and save my money to establish 0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

1879, census was taken as OF the date Of Juns
last and the returns thereof duly certified "a
the Secretary of the Interior. In response to
request for information the Secretary of the
Interior has replied with a tabular statement
showing the population. number Of farms man~
ufacturing establishments, etc., in Dakota, as
the census of June 1st last shows. The popu-,
lation of South Dakota, the Secretary states.
was then 263. 465, and that of North Dakota 49,
l99; making total of Ais 664 The present
basis of representation in the House of Repre-
sentatiess being 15l that portion Of the Ter.
ritory proposed for admission would be entitled
to two congressional representatives No State
ever organized from the public domain had at
the time of admission anything like the present
population of South Dakota"
From statistics presented in the report il il
seen that the proposed State of Dakota would be
the eighth State in area only California, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon and
Texas having larger area, while the Territory
of Lincoln, which is created out of the other
portion of Dakota, would only be excelled in
area by one State Nebraska. The proposed
State would be more than twice as large as In
diana, 10000 square miles larger than Illinois,
"a. 600 square miles larger than Arkansas, 5000
square miles larger than Wisconsin and mora
than two and half times larger than South
Carolina
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mr.. JOSEPH Cook Is to aff1ict Boston again
with eight MONDAY lectures.
SILVER DOLLAR BLAND wears full brown
beard streaked with gray He has the STYLE of
remote Missouri farmer.
SENATOR STANFORD has bought Agge Sarah,
a famous Holsten cow with record of 16. 933
pounds of milk in one year.
QUEEN VICTORIA has commanded Gounod's
'Mors ct Vita" to be performed at the Albert
Hall, next month and will personally attend
PRESIDENT RICHARDS, of the Metropolitan
horse-rairoad of Boston, is quoted as SAYING,
after u study of electric motors, that the day of
horses is past.
GOVERNOR SwINEFoRD. of Alaska, bounds
into the ranks of reformers with new and
thrilling battle-cry. The leading editorial of his
paper, the Alaskan, Announces in bold-faced
type, that "Hoochenoo must CO."
Il UNDERSTAND" says Mr. Labouchere, 'that
Lord Lyons intends to resign the Paris embassy
very soon, and have reason to belief that he
will be succeeded by Lord Lytton"
A YOUNG New York swell goes about the
streets at night accompanied by pet black
bear, weighing 400 pounds. which he treats at
each saloon he enters, the animal taking hard
liquor
CIvL-sERvIoE COMM .IoNER DoRMAN B.
EATON is reported to be writing an article on
civil-service reform. intended as reply to Gail
Hamiltons article, attacking it, in Lippincotts
Magazine.
PsINcE BISMARCK has to, take care now and
count the pipes be smokes. AT one time he was
what the Germans call . ''chain smokern--that
u, he would consume censecutively . cable Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

GOVERNOR FORAKER was inaugurated in
Columbus, yesterday, and delivered brief,
pointed and earnest inaugural address, to
which the attention Of the reader is directed.
1t will repay careful consideration. The
Governor talks like a man about the outrag
eous frauds and crimes upon the ballot If
the Legislature does not respond to his words
with the best laws they can devise, they will
be as criminal as the scoundrels in Columbus
and Cincinnati@whose absence from the peni
tertiary makes justice mockery. The people
of this country must awake to the demand for
pure and free ballot else popular govern
ment will soon be by-word and kissing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

In spite of the opinion expressed by the
Journals Washington correspondent that
Western congressman will not again oppose
the bill to remove the tariff on works Of art
on the ground that it would be time to look
after Injuries when the duty on sugar was
removed, it is highly probable that history
will repeat itself in this particular. Eastern
congressman may be easily influenced by
aesthetic considerations but Western repre-
resentatives are interested in matters which
concern their constituents more nearly than
foreign paintings. It may be very short
sighted and narrow" and indicative Of un-
cultured tastes, but it is nevertheless true
that the average" citizen, East or West, is
supremacy Indifferent as to whether the buy
ers of imported works of art must pay tax
on their purchases or not. Being Indifferent
they are not likely to influence legislation one
way or the other, and the plain, practical con-
gresham, in the absence of aesthetic instruc-
lions from home, may see fit to leave the tariff
as it is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

IT is reported of I. V. Powderly, general
master workman of the Knights of Labor, that
he says: IF every laborer and every manufact
urer would read daily a good paper and keep
posted on the topics of the time, feel certain
there would be less trouble" The truth of
this is too apparent to require argument
When manufacturer and laborer come to un-
6erstand each other better and the condition
of business better there will be fewer labor
troubles. The great fact that the inter
est Of one can not be divorced from that of
the other should be fully understood by both
A proper and healthful adjustment of manu-
facture and trade means equal prosperity to
oil, according to their respective capabilities.
There should be no undue or forced advantage
taken or attempted by either side, and there
wouldn't be if intelligence and fair play be
exercised
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

The Charleston News and Courier sees
signs of a very large rat in the river and har-
Dor meal-tub in the fact that Of the fifteen
members of the House committee appointed
to deal with that subject only six represent
the Atlantic and coast region, comprising
eighteen States. The makeup of the COM
mittee indicates to the suspicious eye of the
Courier that the Mississippi river is regarded
by the chairman Of the House as more i'm
portant body of water than the Atlantic
ocean, and that he has distributed his favors
accordingly. I'm our opinion" says the
Courier, severely, 'Mr. Carlisle has committed
blunder which cannot be excused upon
grounds either Of principle or policy AS
was anticipated before the naming of the COM
mittees, Mr.. Carlisle's ways are not to be those
of pleasantness nor his paths those Of peace
during the remainder of the session.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

THE New York authorities have fine OPP
portunity to make an example of corporation
that has deliberately violated the law and
jeopardized human life. The New York
teen immense boilers is in Greenwich street.
the very heart of the city, has allowed every
one of these boilers to be in charge Of iremen
only, while the engineer goes to bed and to
sleep. The law requires that no man shall
have charge of engines who has not passed
examination and been given license. In
this instance it appears that sixteen great
steam boilers were left for hours in charge Of
incompetent men, to the imminent danger of
many lives and hundreds Of thousands
of dollars worth of property. The
offense in this case is all
the more serious from the fact that the man
ager of the company is an examiner of en-
gineers for the revenue service, and has been
in the employment Of the government for
many years. He cannot plead ignorance. In
justification Of his neglect he sought to show
that the fremen were practical engineers, and,
further that his boilers were so constructed
that they could not explode, being built in
sections. It is useless to talk of building a
steam boiler that will not explode when the
conditions are right for it, and there can be
no reasonable doubt that these would blow up
if carelessly handled, as they were likely to
be in the case of presumably incompetent
men. The manager should be placed
under arrest and made to feel the
magnitude of his criminal neglect. Boiler ex-
plosions with fatal results are Of too common
occurrence and in nearly every instance it is
shown that ignorant men in charge has been
the cause. But when the author Of the trag
edy goes up with the boiler that he did not
know how to manage, nothing is left to be
done except to gather up the remains of the
victims, and hold funeral service. It does
no good, then, to blame the engineer or fire.
man who allowed the water to get too low.
But now there is chance to properly deal
with man carelessly inviting an explosion Of
magnitude with all its attendant horrors. To
allow him to escape UNPUBLISHED would be a
greater crime than he himself is guilty Of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

THE liquor men of Georgia are fighting to
the last, and will not give up until the last
shot ia fred. The Prokibitionists, within the
last few days, produced two women, mothers
of young men, who raided and demolished an
illicit STILL causing the proprietors to be ar
rested. The plucky women then became the
.heyeines of the hour, and the cause of prohi-
bition, already full-leafed, burst into bloom,
so to speak. Not to be outdone the liquor
men now produce two women who distin-
gufshed themselves on election day by doing
their utmost in favor of the saloons One
was Miss Williams "a beautiful young girl,
highly educated and accomplished who not
emily came out boldly in opposition to prohibi-
tion, but donned red badge, and on the day
Of election did all in her power to carry the
prsciHct where shs lived. The saloon-keepers
Of Greensboro, hearing of her services, pre-
scented her With beautiful coral set and sew
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

Columbus Republican.

Columbus Republican.
When Indiana came under Republican control
in 1860 there was large State debt of some
ST. !, 600. 600 that had been placed there under
Democratic management Notwithstanding the
immense drain and the great additional expense
entailed upon the State by the war, the debt
was steadily diminished from the start and at
the time the Democracy again came into power,
the whole debt was practically wiped out This
was under the most adverse circumstances, dur
ing and immediately following the war, with all
It's enormous destruction of material resources
and other expenses. YET when the Democrats
again took charge. in time of profound peace
and prosperity, the debt at once began to grow,
and now it amounts to sc, 600, 900, and becomes
larger each year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12


THE New York World has taken census
of its exchanges on the silver question, and of
113 examined fifty eight favor suspension of
silver coinage, while ffty-fve are opposed to
it. Of those favoring suspension twenty-five
are Democratic thirty-one Republican and
five Independent. Those opposed Demo
cratic, Al; Republican, 10; Independent, 4.
These papers are largely from that portion of
the country east of the Mississippi and the
exhibit shows that public sentiment is divided
on this question. West of the Mississippi
public sentiment as represented by news
papers, is practically solid in favor of the con-
tinued coinage of silver. In making this re-
port the World did not include the newspa-
pers Of New York, Boston, Philadelphia or
Baltimore, which are about unanimous in
favor of suspension. The South is divided on
it, with slight preponderance in favor of
continued coinage, though such influential
papers as the Charleston News and Courier,
Memphis Appeal, Memphis Avalanche, Savan-
nah News Macon Telegraph and Chattan ooga
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

In spite Of the hydrophobia scare, which
In some regions is decimating the canine
ranks, the amount of money which is annu-
ally spent on the dog, in one way or another
does not diminish. In Georgia, for instance,
the people have paid out something like ST.
900 during the past year on account of dogs.
They did it by investing in sheep 5000 of
which the dogs killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

SINCE the announcement by Governor
Hill, that he was civil-service reformer from
way back, and his patronizing reference to
Mr. Cleveland as follower in his footsteps.
no copy of the New York Post has reached
this office. Has the awful fear that it has
worshiped the wrong man-that, after all,
Hill is the only genuine Jacob Townsend re-
former, given the mugwump organ motor
PARALYSIS?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

A COMING editorial convention, soon to be held
in Cincinnati, will listen to paper entitled "a
Plea for More Poetry in Newspapers. In spite
Of what has been said of the savage hatred en-
tertained by editors towards the species of litera
ture in question, probably not one member of
the convention will prove so hard-hearted and
unsentimental as to refuse welcome to more
poetry What they object to is imitation poe
try; it is not the real thing which exctes the
editorial wrath by overlooking the waste baskets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

THE tragic death of Rev. Henry D. JAR
dine who committed suicide because of de-
spair Of ever clearing himself of the ugly
charges brought against him by his church,
is fitting, or rather, not very remarkable,
ending of an eccentric life If it be conceded
that .sFather" Jardine was innocent of the
charge of immortality, it remains that he was
not in accord with the usages of his church.
He sought to establish an innovation that was
very distasteful to many, not only of the
great church body, but of the congregation
over which he was pastor. Clearly he did not
fit in the place he occupied, and it would
have been wiser for him to have
confessed as much and to have gone
to some other Christian organization that
would more nearly have met his views. That
would have been the honorable course, and
altogether safer one. Asst was, he aroused
strong hostility against him, and challenged
the opposition that eventually brought about
his expulsion from the ministry. The very
prejudice he brought against him was enough
to work great harm to him, and make it ex-
ceedingly difficult to maintain himself, and
establish his pet plan of a confessional in his
church. Had he been absolutely guiltless, it
would have been next to. impossible to prove
it to the satisfaction of all concerned After
the fullest and most careful investigation, the
religious tribunal before which he was
tried pronounced him guilty, and entered
judgment against him. Whatever ones SYM
pathies may be, the finding Of this court must
be accepted as just one. The high charac-
ter Of the men of which it was made up is am
pie guarantee of its integrity. The death of
the accused by suicide proves nothing beyond
the fact that he had not the courage to live
and face the world He may have committed
the act in despair of ever establishing his in
nocence, and he may have done it because of
the consciousness that the sentence was just
and that he could not live and face the shame
that he had brought upon himself. It is to
be regretted that he made the attempt he did,
and this without any reference to his guilt or
innocence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12
Gold and Silver Money.

New York Sun.
This coinage of our silver dollar will certainly
not be suspended for the next two years, and the
sentiment of the majority of our people is I'M
doubtedly in favor of increasing rather than di-
minishing it. The panish-American republics
are already under the silver standard, so that
while gold money will prevail in Europe, silver
money will be exclusively used throughout
America except, perhaps, in the British PROV
ipces
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

In giving the Eastern States but eight
committee chairmanships out of forty-eight,
Speaker Carlisle estimates that region and its
representatives at their proper relative i'm
portance; but, strange to say, Eastern papers
are not at all pleased with the distribution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

eral fine pieces of iewelry, and she in turn re-
sponded in well-worded note. Another
lady, married, distinguished herself in like
manner, and waved red flag to every crowd
of voters that passed her home The future
will give each of these ladies time to reflect
over what thew have done
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

PERHAPS Father Jardine, of Kansas City, was
not a slandered and prosecuted man; but his
suicide at the end Of what he claimed to be
an unfair church trial will confirm that impress
sion among his friends. and perhaps cause his
enemies some pangs of remorse. The feeling
which ran high between the factions of his
church is not likely to be quieted by his unhappy
death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

THE present cold snap has shown the far
sighted benefcence of the street-railway COM
pany. AS the cars have no conductors, only
the drivers can freeze to death. This is a
saving of so per cent. in human lives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

The Weekly Journal comprises twelve pages
of carefully selected reading matter, and has no
superior as paper for the farmer. 1t contains
ali the current news up to the date Of issue, and
vast quantity of the best literature of the time.
The sermons of DR.. Dewitt G. Talmage are reg
)erly printed in the Weekly Journal The Week
y Journal is furnished at the low price of 81 per
year
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

THEY have tackled title to "our joe since he
went to Washington to act as Mr. Vilass chief
clerk; but alas. in making him Judge" they
also made him "Nckle"-a sort of fvecent func-
tonary, so to speak.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

IT would seem that Senator Coal-oil Payne
walked up the wrong passengaire when he
punched Colonel Donavin. The Colonel has
another letter of mighty interesting reading.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

GENERAL LoNGsTREETs brother, Mai JOHN
Longstreet, has had the misfortune to break his
leg while playing billiards. He probably had
been prancing around billiard tables for years.
It's a Longstreet that has no turn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

PUT not your trustin the grocer and his pla-
cards. It is not true that Vermonters are en-
gagged in making and shipping fresh maple
syrup" just at this time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

JUsT at this juncture call for volunteers
to 90 on polar expedition would probably
meet with few responses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

IT cost Mr. Pratt 81. OS3, 333 80 to found tn,
Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. Th,
last five figures were probably spent for books
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-12

WONDER what the potato bug thinks Of this
kind Of weather.
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Bloomfield Democrat.
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INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL TUESDAY. JANUARY II.

Times declare in favor of suspending further
coinage. Taking the country over, larger
extent of territory is occupied by the friends
of silver coinage, but the fight is an interest
ing one, and will hardly be settled soon.
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