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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
HOW PENSIONS ARE WASTED.
Little Benefit Derived by Veterans from
Money Paid Them by the Government.

Pensions" said an ex-pension agent, fare a
blessing in many, many cases, while in some
they are positive curse I saw a man the
other day who, little more than a month be-
fore, had drawn an $500 pension. 1t was great
deal more money than he had ever had before
in his life. He was a teamster, and at once he
invested In team of horses and wagon. He
loaned some of his money to unreliable persons,
lis horses were unsound and both died. some.
body attached the wagon, and in little more
than month he had nothing but whip and a
broken lot of old harness to show for his $500.
Another pensioner drew So, 800, went off to
Chicago and bought schooner He did not
know any more about a schooner, unless it was
a schooner of beer, than / know about balloon
ing. There was mortgage on the craft which
he couldn't pay, foreclosure was made and he
lost the vessel, 49, 800 and all.
Zone penSioner in the Marion county poor
house drew 81, 600. He came out in fine feather
bought saloon and was leading business man
for few weeks. He busted. the saloon went up
higher than Gilderoy's kite, and that was an end
of his 81, 600. He may be back in the poor
house again, for all / know.
Zone day man living west of the city came
in for his pension, which, with arrearages had
been allowed, and amounted to $4,000 He had
received wound in the head, and was almost an
imbecle. With him were half dozen of the
worst toughs and bummers from over the river.
Had paid him then / have little doubt they
would have got nearly quite all his money
away from him. I refused to pay him, and told
him TO come again. The matter was then ar
ranged to have guardian appointed for him. A
good man was found who took the Sc, 900, bought
forty acre farm west of the city, with good
house upon it. bought horses, wagons and farm
ing implements, and everything in good style for
the pensioners sons to make living for the
family
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
A NOTED GENERALS PARENTAGE.
The Strange Story Told by Man Who Claims
To Be Stonewall JackSon's Brother.

On the north bank of the canal as it turns
westward toward Military Park, half a square
east of SchisseTs bath-house, lives Henry Quirk,
an old man. who is classed among the negro
population. He claims, however, to be an In
dian, and stranger STILL asserts that the great
rebel general Stonewall jackson. was his half
brother 1--WE are both sons of one mother"
said Quirk, to Journal reporter, "but of differ
emit fathers. My mother was a full-blooded
Cherokee woman, and was brought to Hardin
county Kentucky, when only nine years old.
Stonewall jackson was my brother, four or five
years older than myself, and his father was
Richard May, white man. He was not mar
ried to my mother She was only
girl then. My brother jackson must have been
about fifteen years old when he went away
from Hardin county. He perfectly white,
with blue eyes, and hair then slightly inclined
to be sandy. He was noble looking boy. My
mother was free and jackson was born free but
there was rumor in the neighborhood that
came to the ears of Dick May that scared him.
He was afraid that Rush Warthen, a trader,
would run him off down South and sell him. So
one night Dick May came to my mothers house,
and while was in the trundle- bed-they thought
/ was asleep-May, Jackson's father, counted
out $500 and gave it to him, telling him he must
get out of the country. Jackson didn't want to
go away without saying good-by to me,
but mother told him not to wake me up, per-
haps might not be able to keep the secret.
The truth was. was awake all the time, but
kept quiet That was the last ever saw Of
jackson May, but knew that Stonewall Jack
son and my half brother the same. My
mother knew General Jackson. She had waited
on him and so she called her first son after him.
jackson was born at Captain Haycrafts, near
Elizabethtown. Hardin county, Kentucky Cap
tain Haycraft was clerk of that county for
about Iorty years How do know Stonewall or
Thomas Jackson and my brother are the same
person9 Why, several of the Hardin county
people who afterward saw Stonewall said he
was Dick Mays con. Mai. Bob English, cou-
sin of William H. English. of this city, knew
him when he was boy, and saw him again
when the war first broke out and knew him.
Ny mothers name was AIRY Dorsey. She Joined
o part of the Cherokee tribe in Tennessee, and
died there. Stonewall Jackson was as much her
son as ann
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north line Of Hamilton county The counties in
southern Indiana are now as on this map of 1881
except that the map now shows two more
Brown and Switzerland, formed out Of larger
counties.
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CONCERNING WOMEN.

Miss NJ. s. Newman is famous in Boston as an
artistic as well as a successful florist
The Woman's National Press Association has
reached a membership of three hundred
Mrs Marian T. Folsom has held ninety WON
an suffrage meetings in Texas during the past
year.
Five of those excellent charities known as sick
diet kitchens, are maintained by the City Mis-
sion, of Philadelphia.
Twenty-eight of the thirty nine counties of
Washington Territory have elected women as
school superintendent,
Mrs n L. Morrel edits "Our woman,s De-
partment' in the New York Freeman. the official
organ of the colored people.
Mrs. Hannah Euston has left to Charleston,
:. c.. the sum of 100000, for the purpose Of
making old age comfortable"
The constitutional amendment to extend
school suffrage to women in Wisconsin was car
ried at the recent election by majority of A. 543
Mrs. Rachel Francis, who died aecently in
Atlanta, GA, left about thirty thousand dollars
which she had made mostly from her dairy and
truck farm.
and circulating petitions with view to securing
municipal suffrage at the hands OF the Legis.a-
ture this winter.
The Womans Exchange, of New York City
last year paid nearly $4,000 70 consignors of
work in the different departments, LOO orders
W0Io EcCoNcU anu ulleO III Inc OrQer depart
ment
The Woman's Temperance Publication Asso-
citation and Frank Leslies publishing house are
two of the largest houses in this line of business
in the country, both owned and managed by
women.
Mrs. Mary A. Allen the ". G. T. u. national
lecturer on health and heredity. recently visited
New York and Brooklyn, and occupied DIR.
Cuyler's church one evening, addressing an audi
ence of 1900 persons.
Mrs. Minnie Hill, of Portland, Ore, was
granted pilots license a few days ago. after
passing a creditable examination She is the
first woman the Pacific coast who has the
right to be called Mrs Captain on her own
merits
Mrs. Marion A. Mcbride, who served for six
years on the editorial staff of the Boston Daily
Post, recently severed her connection with that
paper. She has now taken charge of the Home
Decoration Department" of the American Art
Magazine.
The Christian Million reports that wealthy
lady, a member of the Society of Friends, pro-
poses at her own expense to leave Dublin and
come to America, that she may spend the win
ter in religious work among the colored people
In Tennessee, who have of late become Quakers.
The Boston Educational and Industrial Union
has added another branch to its many forms of
helpfuness toward women by opening medical
Office for ''self supporting women" where. for
the fee of so cents, they can secure the services
of good women physicians of the different
schools
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QUERIES AND ANSWERS.
A MILITIA BILL.

A MILITIA BILL
To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal
There is sentiment prevailing among large mum.
Der of Hoosiers that our State militia should be
helped by our next Legislature VIII you please pub
ish the names of exsoldiers who members of our
next Legislature, and the Names also, of those not
soldiers who likely to support measures looking
CHARLES M M1KELs,
Ex-Major DePauw Cadet Corps.
NEW CASTLE Ind.
We are unable to ascertain who are and who
are not soldiers among the members elected to
the Legislature.
CARP AND INSURANCE.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal;
1. Is the Wabash Valley Protective Union relia
BILE institution worthy OF patronage? 2. Where can
get carp for stocking pondl READER
PINE VILLAGE Ind.
/. 1t is difficult to answer these questions re-
garding new insurance schemes It is better to
have nothing to do with any but established and
well-known companies. 2. Address Fish Com
missioner at Washington. There are carp deal
ers in Indiana, but no one knows of them, as
they never advertise.
CUCUMBERs.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
Mrs. Woodwork, the trance evangelist spoke of
'lodge in garden of cucumbers." in her talk on
Friday night. Is that from the Bible, and, if what
bookg B.
CITY.
See Isaiah /, 8: "And the daughter of Zion is
left as a cottage in a vineyard, as lodge in a
garden of cucumbers. IS a besieged city.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis JournaE
When was Thanksgiving day set apart, and Why's
GOLDSMITH Ind. j. W. LEE.
You will find answer In Queries and Answers,
In issue of Weekly Journal following Thanks
giving day just past
CHARLEY ROSS.
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
What was the date of Charley Ross's abduction9
Has he been found2 CONSTANT READER.
MoNTEzUMA, Ind.
1872. No.
CoY'S SALOONS.
TO the Editor OF the indianapolis Journals
How many saloons does Sim Coy operate in
Indianapolis J. @. D.
ATLANTA, Ind.
Two.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
What was the last State admitted into the Union?
CENTERvILLE. @. w. S.
Colorado. in 1876.
QUAKERS.
To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal
Were Quakers subject to draft during the late war;
CITY. TYPO.
M
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
INDIANA. FIFTY-FIYE YEARS AGO.
Map Printed in 1881 Showing Bodies of
Water That Have Since Disappeared.

In General Coburn's law Office is large map
Of Indiana, printed by Scott & Ludwick, at Lo
,ansport, in 1881. At that time there were as
this map shows but sixty-four counties in the
State, about one-fourth of the State, the north
ern part, being undivided into counties There
were but two counties then organized north of
Allen These were ST. Joseph and Ekhart
which were of the same size as now There
were of course, no railroads. but the Indianan
of that day looked upon the map and traced with
pride the Michigan road. On account of this
road Indiana received the first land grant for
public work ever given by the United States
government. These lands were surveyed and
sold by the State, and not by
the United States This map shows
great stretches of water in northern Indiana
which the maps of the present day do not show,
the Kankakee ponds being all but obliterated
Warren county was then the furthest county
north on the west line of the State, then came,
running little further north. Tippecanoe, Car
roll and Cass counties. There was no Miami
county, but where Miami, Howard, Upton, Wa
bash and part of Grant county now are, was
taken up by "the Miami reserve which came
down TO the north line of Hamilton county, so
that in that day Marion county had only Hamil-
ton county between her and the Indian settle
ments. Along the Mississinewa river, in what
is now Miami county, were five Miami Indian
t0Nhs respectively oVo, lSV cV, ~ anu
81 inhabitants. not including dogs and ponies.
Adams was big county then. It held terri
tory that was afterwards included in Wabash,
jay, Blackboard. Grant and Wells. coming down
to the north line of Madison, Henry and Ran
dolph counties. Lake Maxinkuckee was not
then called By that name, but was known as
Nickin-cuck-kee There were about two thou
Sand Indians in the State, Potawatomies and
Miamis. who occupied ground that now supports
about 300. 600 persons. There were no Delaware
Indians here ct that time, they having all left
.Lq State. There were no Indians south Of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
Tommy as an Esthete.
Boston Transcript.

The scarlet sound of the trumpet. the choco-
late voice of the contrato, the Whistler sym
phonies of color and perfumes in the major and
minor modes are nothing new. but small Tommy
hit upon a transposition from the domain of one
sense into that of another when they gave him
an emulsion of cod-liver oil. the other day. at
doesn't taste very bad, does it?' asked the ring
of kinswomen who had gathered around, adjur-
ing him to take it, like"-like several sorts of
heroic beings. No." said he. trying to renew
the sensation caused by its passage over his
tongue, "n-no! 1t tastes like bronze kid slip
per-with q squeak in it"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
The Hay-seed Street. Cars.

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
A recent Journal editorial in regard to our
hay filled street-cars was both timely and appro-
pirate, but it neglected to mention one fact
which endears the hay -seed vehicles to the petit
coated portion of the travelling public. By the
time the aforementioned prairie-grass is we'll
percolated with tobacco expectoration, it is de-
lightful receptacle for tidy shoes or clean skirts
The wise woman sits next the door nowadays.
SpINSTER.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Dirt in the City Library.

TO the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
A visit to public library, not long since.
disguised me in toto. The air was dreadful
like that found by Bill Nye in sleeping-cars-
"the same air that had been used before the
war;" and the room was decidedly and unequiv-
ocally dirty, there being enough soil-deposit be-
fore the delivery counter to have made good
respectable COW path. The book which was put
on my card also filthy, actually looked
small-poxy, and for that reason was carried
home at arms length and returned without read
ing. Now, am / too particular to live or are
these conditions unavoidably connected with
public librariesl RD.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
THE Coca Beef Tonic of the Liebig Co

1.-THE Coca Beef Tonic of the Liebig Company,
combined as it is with coca, quinine and iron,
forms most valuable adjunct to the practice of
medicine. From the experience we have had
with it. we are forced to speak in favor of it,
and TO recommend its use. Beef, iron and
quinne cannot be surpassed by any other three
ingredients in out of the dispensatory, for in
MIGRATING an enfeebled system, and when such
remedies can be obtained combined, from so re-
liable house as Liebig's, it behooves the pro-
fession to paJronize the same to the fullest ex-
tent"-Prof c. II. Wilkinson, N. D., editor
Medical aud Surgical Record.
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Was the Fig Leaf as Large?

Portland UreROnIan.
A cottonwood leaf was brought up from
Sauvies island, last night, by of the hunters,
which is the largest ever seen in this neck of
woods. 1t is sixteen inches long and eleven and
half broad at the widest part Thisis the fair,
square measurement, and does not include stem,
wind shape knot Or woodpecker hole If the
leaves Eve used were as large as this, 1t did not
take many to make a polonaise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12

No Christmas or New Years table should be
without bottle of ANGosTURA BITTERs, the
world-renowned appetizer Of exquisite flavor.
Ask for the genuine article, manufactured by
DR. j. G. B. Siegert & Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-12
A Reasonable Suggestion.

Washington Star.
The American Opera Company is to change
its nane-so the newspapers announce-to the
National Opera Company In view of the fact
that its director and most of the other persons
connected with it are foreigners, why not cal
itself the international Opera Companyf
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Where Ia He2

New Haven News.
One of the seven wonders Is legislator who
does not care to ride free pass.
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Pirst-Olass.

If you desire frst-class groceries and family
supplies go to Schulmeyer Bros, corner Ala
bama and St Mary streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-31

Wholesale nd Retail, a. Prices that DEFY
Competition
No- may fail, but Work and Prices viii
peak for themselves.
Particular attention given TO embalming
shipping and care of bodies.
Lots and graves furnished In any cemetery
In the city,
Telegraph or telephone orders, day or
night nlled In one or two hours notice.
I'm ce Never closed
Telephone Number S5L
8. WEST TEMPLE STREET
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ster Proiessorship." which treats q
question of the day and Will attract
much attention. Mr.. Percivai Lowell
contributes "a Korean Coup d'Etat,"
and Mr.. John FIske has a paper on the
Germs of National Sovereignty IN the
United States" The third paper of the
serial. French and English" by Philip
Gilbert Hamerton. is marked by the in
terest which distinguishes everything
that he writes. Besides these, Mr..
Henry Van Brult's article on Richard
son, the architect will be read by his
many friends and admirers with special
interest. Miss Murfree and Mr.. Bishop
continue their, serial stories; there is a
charming paper entitled Wood, f. ars, ,
and some poetry by Andrew Hedbrooke,
Lucy Lafcom, and Margaret Deland.
The Blind Mans Worl1," sketch by
Edward Bellamy, should not be forgot
ten. And there are besides the usual
criticisms, the Con 'ributors' Club, and
Books of the Month. The number as
whole is one of unusual excellence. and
sustains the high standard which the
always SETS for ITSELF
Houghton, Mif1ln & Co., Boston.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-31
st. Nicholas.

This first number of the new volume
is an early realization of the good things
promised IN the attractive prospectus.
Louisa NJ. Alcott, for instance, contrib
utes a charming and characteristic
story, called THE Blind Lark" Then,
some of the wonderfully clever tales
that Victor Hugo used to tell his
faVorite grandchildren have been col
lected. There is also the opening
chapter of Juan and Juanita," the
new serial by Frances Courtenay
Baylor. Out-of-door sports receive
recognition in a spirited story Of Yale
Princeton foot ball match, with the
queer title of Richard Cars Baby"
Pictures of Celia ThaXter's study and
Edmund Clarence Stedman's summer
home are among Harry Fenn's beauti-
full illustrations of Alice Wellington
Rollins's "a City of Old Homesteads."
E. s. Brooks tells of another Historic
Girl" and her brave boy champion.
There is a capital descriptive paper,
abundantly illustrated, on Boring for
On"; G F. Holder has someinstructive
and amusing yarns" to tell of that
absurd bird, the famingo; there are
some more Dog Stories one of them
adapted from the Spanish of Cervanteg,
the author of the famous Don
Quixcte," and illustrated by F. H.
Lungren; Palmer Cox has more poetry
and pictures of Brownie life, this time
The Brownies in the Gymnasium y
Helen Gray Cone has a beauti, ul
Doily's Lullaby" set to music by Karl
Klauser, and two pictures oy Laura Q.
Hills. Harlan H. Ballard describes the
Second General Convention of the a
A" There are poems by Eudora N S
Bumstead, Ida Whipple Benham, and
Edith Nj. Thomas; a frontispiece by
Mary Hallock Foote, and other pictures
by Steiner, Sharp, ]. G. Beard, Rogers,
Sandman, Drake, and Others.
The Century Company, New York.
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LITERATURE.
Harper,s Magazine.


Harper's Magazine for November is
heavily weighted with a rare feast Of
good things for delightful entertain
ment and welcome instruction. The
cosmopolitan character of Harper's as
conrrasted with other monthlies is ad-
mirably sustained In this number
! The position of honor IS given 10 a
fresh and powerful presentment OF
home subject, The Literary Movement
| in New York" Next in Importance is
the oppOrtune British paper on Hal
loTeen, written and illustrated in Ing
land; and an extraordinary French
article, with text and illustrations from
! Paris, in which Madame Adam narrates
chow [ Formed My SALON." The
serials from both sides of the sea, by
Blackmore and Warner, are as atCrac-
tive as ever, and the remainder of the
number is a rich variety of articles,
stories, poems, etc., chiefly concerning
American topics CT the day. In
the leading article, George Par
SoDs LathrOp unfo!ds The Literary
Movement in New York" vigorously
sketching the development of literary
activity IN the metropolis from the
tlLuO VI - wing anu OOODOI ~ IAO AAu1Ll-
tude of brilliant authors of the present
day. Madame Juliet Adam gives the
inside history of that remarkable coterie
of French celebrities which has been
the centre of liberal movement in Paris
ian politics during the last two
decades, holding a position sim
liar to the salons of Madame
De Stael and Madame Recamier in the
Revolution. William Hamilton Gibson
urges "a Plea for the Grassy Road"
with charming description of the |
country beauties which modern |
fashions are tending to obliterate |
THE American Cowboy" by Joseph |
Nimmo, Jr., shows the progress of |
cattle ranching in the northern section |
of the western herd tracts. In Co
operation among English Working
men" an authority, A. n. D. AckIand,
outlines the history of that movement
in Great Britain, and details the
methods of its working. Charles Dud-
ley Warmers serial, The Pilgrimage"
concludes in this number, with tour
through the Thousand Islands and the
White Mountains. Our Coast guards
(the United States Revenue Marine
is live article by
Lieutenant W. G.. Ross, with an
dUunuduCc VI llluSJIdIlOuSs EUWlu nc |
Leon writes the secret history of the
death of Khedive IsmaiI's foster-brother,
under the tite The Tragedy of the
and the brief record is a
revelation of Turkish conniv
ing. Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spoford's
story, The Tragic Story of BInns," is
full of romantic feeling. The three
poems, by Philip Bourke Marston,
Charles w. Cole, and Frances l.. Mace,
are delicate pictures rich in magma
ton.
Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square,
New York.
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Littell & Co., Boston, are the publish
ers.