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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

Two hundred colored men held "mass
meeting in Hams Hail. Memphis, the other
night, to consider the easiest way of securing
the most Offices for themselves. This indi-
Gates that there is really some foundation for
the statement that the negroes Of the South
are becoming tinctured with Democratic SEN
timents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

The country will be amazed at the action
elections. By vote of seven to two they
have declined to recommend an Investigation
into the methods whereby the seat of Henry
B. Payne, Senator from Ohio, was bought
out Of hand. That it was so bought
no man of common sense and common
honesty can doubt The presentation of the
facts, as shown in evidence, made by Judge
Littler and Major Butterworth, seems to us to
be conclusive, and why the Senate committee
should decide as they have done passes com
prehension. 1t is q shame to the country and
to the Senate, 1t has been Extensively charged
that the Senate is getting to be body
into which men Of wealth can buy their
way, and it will add to the sting, if not to the
truth of this charge, that in so fagitious case
as. that of Coal-oil Payne, the committee
charged with the duty of preserving the honor
Of the body should, by such a nearly
unanimous vote, refuse to even inquire
into it. We do not share in the
suspicious and innuendoes INDUCED IN over
this remarkable action; but attribute it to an
inflated sense of the dignity Of the Senate,
and the great gravity of such proceeding as
an inquiry into the honesty of the tenure by
which a member holds his seat. Rightly in
dulged, these are just and honorable motives,
but in this instance we can but feel that just
ice and honesty have been greatly abused
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

FITz JOHN PORTER restored to the army,
and the President vetoes bill giving PEN
sion Of fifty dollars month to the widow Of
of Gen. David Hunter, who was the president
of the court martial that condemned the man
responsible for great disaster to the Union
arms. This is the history of one day in
the Confederate Democratic administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

IF that association of postal clerks is con.
spiracy to obstruct the mail service, as Mr..
Villas claims, the fact will soon be made
known. 1t is alleged that members Of the or
ganization are bound by oath to hand in their
designations when one Of their number is re-
moved without satisfactory cause If this is
true call the Republican clerks on the West
ern roads, who are said to belong to the So
ciety, WILL Of course, resign Immediately.
Their failure to do so after the removal of so
many of their number will indicate that the
association is merely of benevolent charac-
ter, as they have claimed, and will also show
pretty conclusively that somebody has lied,
and that Mr.. Villas has been "hard
put to it, to find excuses for removals
It is not worth while, however, for the
clerks to 90 to the trouble of demonstrating
to the Postmaster-general the harmless char
acter Of their society with the hope Of being
reinstated. This administration proceeds upon
the principle that when an individual is
wronged by the government it is presumptu-
Gus for him to protest or to desire to defend
himself. The retired clerks should remember
that Democratic reform is in the land, and
that injustice reigns In the management of the
public service
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

'THEY have civil-service sports in England.
There are no such sports in this country" So
tays the Chicago Times, apparently oblivious
Of the fact that the administration is making
\ circus Of the civll-service rules every day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
Addressed to the yinccnnes Girls.

NOW GraphIc.
Probably il King David Kalakaua, or some
other dusky potentate. were to visit Vincennes
these same fair damsels would compete with one
another in bestowng attentions upon him, re-
gardcss Of the pigment in his epidermis AT
all events, in attempting to infict injury upon
Miss Brewer they unwittingly have done her q
great service. for her future is now assured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

INDIANAPo OILS continues to make good
showing in every direction except that Of al
lowing the building of the Y NJ. G. A. to fall
into ruins without providing new and better
one This is disgraceful to the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

ARRANGEMENTS are making for the cele-
bration of the anniversary of the Custer mas
lacre. And still the festive Indian is with
us at the public expense He will contem-
plate the celebration with feelings that would
be hard to describe. Wonder what he thinks
Of the white brotheri
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

One of the captains in the Salvation
Army at. Harrisburg went off on big drunk
last week, and was dismissed the Service
He proceeded at once to organize what he
tcrmed salvation navy" though it is evil
dent that the captain of the same has a mortal
Antipathy to water
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

THE Chicago baseball players have dis
carded their "mnscotte," and will now try to
play ball with other accessories, and may
reasonably hope to succeed. Mascottes are no
good outside Of Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

The first man to be held for the crime of
boycotting in the city of New York and found
guilty offended by bycotting saloon. From
this it would appear that other lines of bust
ness may feel reasonably assured of freedom
from this pestlentialimportaton The coun-
try is to be congratulated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

We call special attention to the article Of
Rev. DR.. Buckley, editor of the New York Ad-
vocate, upon the rights of Knights and the
sights Of man. Just now there is great need
for such truths as that editorial succinctly
ptates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

THE season of the year has arrived when
there should be every precaution taken against
the sale of the murderous toy pistol. Boys get
rid of themselves fast enough without being
killed by the lock-iaw.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

MUawUMp journE.s are still cackling with
Joy over Mr. Ho.nan's assertion that the
President is approved Of by the people of his
District. Mr.. Cleyeland's popularity among
The Democracy Of Indiana began when they
nrst realized that his reform utterances were
nersly Cor eject and not intended to be put
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

AN Ohio lover had the bad taste to commit
suicide OH the step Of the residence of the young
lady who had refused TO marry him. This must
have been very distressing to her. There are
few things worse than to muss up the front step
of a Young lsdy's house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

the Governor by this utterance. BE is a can
didate for United States Senator, and his idea
is that he is playing Statesman" by not
knowing anything that might lead to the ex-
preston of an opinion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

Now that the college commandments have
passed. and that Congress will coon adjourn,
there is springing up a feeling Of security
from tornadoes and cyclones.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
Scotland Satisfied.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
There is no danger that Mr.. Gladstone will
str up demand for autonomy In Scotland
while he holds his place Scotland will be content
with governing England, and will say nothing
about governing itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
souls Attunca to classic ART.

Minneapolis Tribune.
Kansas City. Chicago and Cincinnati, the three
great pork-packing centers of the country, have
all had musical festivals this year. There is
something in the shrek of dying porker that
lifts the soul to appreciation of classical sing.
ing. II is the similarity. perhaps.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
He WAS No Dude,

Minneapolis Tribune
The Eastern papers arc oil publishing pictures
of the recently unveiled statue Of Daniel Web
ster, He was o great man. was Daniel, but his
pants were most abominable cut
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
Not This Year.
Boston herald.

IU.
pretty sure to hear from Clevelandism In tho
White House, if it goes to monkoying with tho
reform law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
The Jones Problem.
Minneapolis Tribune.

MinneanOIlB TrlDupo
Sam Jones Is here---or very near hore: and
now, perhaps. he vii. finally elucidate for us the
tremendous tobacco conundrum. Did he swear
off IL so, has he Weakened II. s. " p.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

PERHAPS the Louisville Courier Journal
would be happier If it attended to business
next time, and assisted in drawing platform
ihat the party would stand some chance Of
carving out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

MAUD S. is to be trotted against time again at
an early date, to see If she can not beat the
record, in which she herself has the honor of
leading. Many fast man has beaten himself in
the long run. horse should be able to do as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

THE News thinks the Bailey men will make
''sneak" to get out of the tangle the best
thoy may This remains to be seen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
Mngwnmpery Dcfiued.

Philadelphia Press
The Boston Herald declares that fnugwump-
cry is moro than skin deep, and we agree with
it. Mugwumpery is in fact, an organic disease
of the political conscience.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

THE CITY will have new market-house, as
we'll, and it will ee opened to the public in Il
fitting and creditable manner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

The Chicago News says that city is "bound-
ed on the east by the Detroit baseball club. .
For bounded" read pounded"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

IT would be reassuring to see work on the
new depot begin yet this month.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

''SHANGv and Grove have gone fishing
together. The honeymoon was short one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

Will. Mr. Morrison introduce another tariff
bill to this Congresss 1t is dull week for the
free traders when he fails 10 do so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
The rrea-rnneh Route Eyidently Collansed

Chicago journal.
To die is easy enough--but living! There's
the test Anybody can die. but ali. the Infinite
difficulty Of living!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

JF .nanifestoes were solid shot from Krupp
guns, the republic of France would be in
lad way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26

ENcninE NAL.
Good. kind Lord. raiso US up one more honosi
alderman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-26
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places
Exchange in Europe, 449
Strand.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
Gen. Hancock at Charlottesville.

Rev. DIR. Paxton's remark about Han
cock in his singular speech at the recent
dinner at the Typotheta is worth recall
ing at this time: AT the battle of Chan
cellorsville | was q private soldier and
stood with my musket trembling, little
fellow u years old. The Chancellor
house was burning, the Confederates had
broken our 18th corps and my regiment
was held to support five pieces of can
non. was scared TO death, and would
have run. Shells were bursting, men
Were groaning, the dead were lying here
and there; i frightened as il at the
mouth of hell. Suddenly in the midst
of our collapse a man on a horse rode
down the line. 1t was awful, but that
man rode down the line, tall, magnifi.
cent, the incarnation Of hero, the
grandest soldier. He rode on the horse
not muscle quivering, and looking US
in the face, said, Gentlemen-he called
his soldiers gentlemen-'we are left Il
keep them in check until second line ID
formed. Hancock relies on the old Isl
brigade became hero by that mans
influence. No Plutarch could have done
that for me. boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
The VIII on the Hearthstone.

When was boy heard of lawyer
who was called upin the middle of cold
winters night to draw out the will of an
old farmer who lived some three miles
away, and who was dying. The messen-
ger had brought cart to convey the
lawyer to the farm, and the latter in due
time arrived at his destination. When
he entered the house he was Immediately
ushered into the sick room, and he then
requested to be supplied with pen, ink
and paper. There was none in the house,
The lawyer had not brought any himself,
and what was he to do? Any lead pencil
he inquired. No; they had none. The
The farmer was sinking fast, though
quite conscious.
At last the legal gentleman saw
chalked up on the back of the bedroom
door column upon column of figures in
chalk. These were milk scores" or
shots" He Immediately asked for a
piece Of chalk, and then, kneeling on the
floor, he wrote out concisely upon the
smooth hearthstone the last will and
testament of the dying man. The farmer
subsequently died. The hearthstone will
was sent TO the principal registry in Lon
don with special afiidavits, and was duly
proved, the will being deposited in the
archives Of the registry. may mention
that the law does not state upon what
substance or with what instrument will
must be written.-Chambers' Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
The Trick of m Dog peddlar

In no avocation is it advisable TO neg
lect a study of human nate. This is true
even in selling dogs. The weaknessnes
of the buyer are strength to the seller if
he but takes advantage of them cleverly.
went into dog dealers store and found
him instructing one of his peddlers. The
pupil was cockney Englishman, prob
ably coachman or hostler out Of job,
but tarpaulin and peajacket gave to
him the appearance Of sailor.
1You want to stand in Broadway,
where the women are plenty said the
teacher, "and you're to tell 'em you're a
Yorkshire lad, that you've brought the
terriers from home, and, as they didn't
cost you nothing, you can sell 'em cheap.
And here's the main point: When the
ladies stop 10 pet 'em, and the dogs like
it, you must declare that the dog knows
Q real lady's hand instanter. Then you
strokes the terrier with one of your
hands, and pinches him sly with t'other.
That makes him whine or wriggle, and
then you say: Yes, he don't like to have
me pat him like he does you" Wasn't
that an ingenious employment Of fiat
terry against the sex that processes imper-
viousness to IL? / took occasion TO watch
the vendor in the street, and found that
his trick was played with remarkable
success.-New York Cor. Boston Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
The Question OF Labor In Erazil.

Beyond the abolition of slavery looms
up in Brazil the question of labor. There
can be but one solution of the problem,
and that is immigration. How 10 attract
this is now absorbing the minds Of the
statesmen. The labor Of the liberated
slaves and their descendants will never
be sufficient for the needs of the country.
They are 10y nature the most lazy and
worthless laborers in the world, and have
a disposition to leave the plantations and
flock to the cities of the sea-coast. There
they just work enough to keep them
selves alive. and as long as they can get
raw farina and casasch are happy.
One great drawback to immigration to
Brazil is the bad reputation for health
which the country has in Europe. The
northern seaport towns are undoubtedly
unhealthy, but in the south of the en-
pire and in the interior the climate is as
healthful as could be wished. Still, the
horror with which yellow fever is re-
garded and the difficulty of making i'm
migrants understand the vast size of the
empire and its consequent variety Of eli
mates. render the work of attracting
them here difficult. The Argentines owe
their great prosperity to the constant tide
Of immigration which is flowing TO their
shores, and the Brazilians claim that Ar
gentine agents abroad omit no opportun-
ity or scruple at no means to divert i'm
migrants from Rio TO Buenos Ayres.-
New York Tribune,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
loNDoNS TWO KINDS OF POLICE.
officials of the City Froper-The Metro
polltan Force-Pay.

officials Of the City Proper-The Metro
polItan Force-Pay.
There are two varieties of London po-
lice. The city of London proper is in
area about the size of Washington Qeay-
ing out the southwest division Of the ma
tional capital.) The police in this Sec
ton, called the city police, are IN charge
Of a commissioner with the military
rank of lieutenant colonel in the army.
His office is at 20 Old Jewry-called thus
because il is the part of the city that was
the Jewish quarter under King Charles
l. The salary of this official is S10,0 a
year, and he has under him one chief,
one head of detectives, twelve inspectors
of the equivalent to the American cap
tain, fourteen sergeants of the first-class
(whom we would call lieutenants,) sixty
eight sergeants, and s0i men.
The metropolitan police of London,
which controls practically city thirty
miles long aud fifteen miles wide, is a
small army corps. 1t grew into its pres
ent magnitude under Sir Richard Mayne,
who died few years ago. The head Of
this force is Col. Sir Edmund Henderson,
X. c. B., royal engineers. and besides his
pay as an officer of the English army he
receives Sl0.500 year as commissioner
of police. He has under him three assist
ant commissioners, lieutenant colonies in
the army, who receive $500 year.
These officials are appointed by the home
secretary in the cabinet, and the places
are held TO be very desirable. The force
proper consists of superintendent, with
twenty-four assistants (holding the cor
relative rank Of major, 626 inspectors
captains of precincts), 1870 sergeants,
and about 1000 men rank and file, with
a battalion mounted, about 800 strong,
The pay of a London policeman is abou;
$40 per month in our money. The effect
Of the emeute Of few weeks ago will be
the entire reorganization of the force
London Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
Use Of Wooden Strings as Ncmorirers.

Use Of Wooden Strings ~ Mcmorixerx.
Have you ever noticed an absent
minded person make knot in his hand
kerchief or tie a bit of thread on his
finger to remind him of something? The
great and highly civilized nation of Peru,
ruled by the Incas, and often called the
Inca Indians, was found to Use knots
tied in wooden strings as memorizers.
The only books in the royal Libraries and
treasures of the Incas were flimsy pieces
of worsted work. The wooden strings,
made from the feeces of flamas and al
pacas, were dyed with different colors,
and the knots were of several different
kinds, so that the system was not easy to
use, and special chiefs or historians were
employed to make and read them. 1t
was their duty to commit to memory the
facts and figures to which the knots and
colors referred Men We're chosen who
had great memories naturally, and con-
slant practice made them marvels Of ex-
actness.
A simple glance at such strings would
enable them To rattle off long accounts OF
taxes paid and taxes due, of tribute from
conquered tribes given and still to come,
of embassies from other nations and of
wars made and treaties concluded. Al
though used chiefly in affairs of taxes,
we can hardly doubt that now and then
great pieces of news, like an earthquake,
or an invasion of pirates, or the death of
an Inca, or the arrival of white men
wearing boards and impenetrable clothes
made of dark metal, would be tied into
these curious memorials. They were
called quippus, and it is said that they
are still in use among tribes of the Andes
mountains. The old quippus of the
Incas have not all been lost; but fear
that no Indian now lives who can ex-
plain just what the knots and colors
mean.-St. Nicholas.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-04-03
POISON ON THE WALLS.
Result. of Chemical Anaiy.es-nins..

Results of Chemical AnAiyses-Illnsss
Caused by Arsenical WALLPAPER.
The Massachusetts, board OF health
published, about a year and half ago,
the results of analyses of wallpaper
made by Professor Edward s. Wood.
Twelve years earlier the same board had
published report upon the Use OF arsenic
by manufacturers of wallpaper, pre-
pared by DR.. +. w. Draper. In that re-
port the presence of this poison in green
papers was pointed out, and green pa
pers became questionable. But Pro-
lessor Wool showed that arsenic was to
be found in papers of every hue and in
those sold al high prices as well as in tho
cheap patterns. The quantity carried
ranged from half grain to nearly seven
grains suuare yard. Many green pa
pers contained no trace Of this poison.
Glazed and plated papers, prepared for
the use of children in kindergartens, car
ried from twenty TO twenty-five grains
on a squarn ward. Toys and candies
were covered with arsenical pigments,
and the white papers used in covering
and lining small boxes was 81 heavily
charged that a square foot yielded forty
five grains. or enough TO kill fifteen men.
Professor Woods rHprt was accom-
panied by a record of lorty-two cases OF
illness caused by paper charged with ar
senic.
There have been several hearings in
Boston before the legislative committee
ON public health. Testimony has been
given by chemists. doctors and'professors
connected with Harvard university. The
evidence submitted is cumulative. Pro-
fessor LYON described fourteen cases of
illness caused 10y arsenical wallpaper, all
of which came under his observation.
In one case-several members Of a
clergyman's family having been affected
the symptoms were described as fol-
lows: ~Numbness in shoulders and
arms, weakening of digestive organs,
sleeplessness. nervous prostration.' In
other cases the symptoms were "a Pc
culiar sore throat" bronchial inflamma-
ton, loss Ut appetite, castle irritability,
headaches metallic taste in the mouth,
soreness Of eyelids cold extremities, de-
preston of spirits. extreme lassitude and
fatigue in the morning. In these cases
careful examination and experiments
proved beyond doubt that arsenic car
ried into the system from heavily charged
wallpaper was the cause of illness. In
one house, whose owners wife had suf
fered severely, analysis revealed eleven
grains Of arsenic per square yard on the
wall-paper.-Ne York Times.