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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
A WARM GEORGIA CANVASS.
A Personal Collision Threatened Betwee
General Gordon and Major Bacon.

A Personal Collision Threatened Between
General Gordon and Major Bacon.
Atlanta Special
The joint discussion between Gen. John B.
Gordon and Maj A. o. Bacon. candidates for the
Governorship of Georgia, which was opened at
Eatonton on Monday, and continues in the lead
ing towns all week, has already developed feat
ures OF strong personality Major Bacon, who
was for ten years Speaker of the Georgia House
of Representatives, was one of the strongest sup
porters of General Gordon in both his canvasses
for the United States Senate. The retirement
of Judge Simmons from the Gubernatorial race
left what was supposed to be walk-over for
Bacon The sudden appearance, therefore, of
peals to the soldier element, was a
sore trial to Bacon, who regarded Cor
don as being under political obligations
MIN. Bacon has made two previous races for
Eatonton meeting Chairman Nesbtt, in intro
ducing Bacon, declared himself Gordon man,
and further declared his belief that Bacon had
the right Ito run as often as he pleased" this
was regarded as an insult which Bacon resented
with warm display of temper. Nesbit tried
to explain, when Bacon said: Il have not been
accustomed to such treatment at the hands of
gentlemen" Nesbit replied: "Then you are not
accustomed to the society Of gentlemen" AS
quick as said, Bacon reiterated: Il have lived
among your own blood, and associated with
them that of it."
In General Gordon's speech he referred to the
fact that Bacon resigned from the Ninth Georgia
Regiment and kept clear of bullets during the
war. Bacon, in excited manner, detained:
who asserts it, who insinuates it, who repeats
it after hearing me to-day, that ever resigned
any public trust, either in peace or in war, when
l was physically able to serve, lies" All through
the discussion the greatest feeling was exhb-
tied. When the two gentlemen met in Sparta
yesterday there was much curiosity to see what
course Gordon would take. Bacon opened by
attacking the resignation of General Gordon
from the United States Senate. Gordon's turn
now came to hurl the lie, which he did by say
ing: There was time when l did not resign;
there is record that is unsulled even in the
estimation of the gentleman who has tried
blacken my name before you. 1t was made in a
time that didn't resign. for my country needed
me-" General Gordon repeated the charge that
Bacon had left the army during the war, and
wound up by declaring that II am going to be
elected, and my friend will then get sicker than
he did in 1862" Here Major Bacon interposed,
and said: 'Since he has lent himself to my
enemies to betray me, l absolve him from all
friendship" 1t is not believed that this debate
can go on without personal collision. as the
two men are full of mettle.
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of life size. and represents an exceedingly lovely
damsel wearing black velvet mask over her
presumably comedy features, and nothing else in
the way of raiment whatever; fold of white
drapery, held in hand trails carelessly across
her left leg. giving a fine contrast 20 the flesh
tints She is beautiful and is exquisitey painted.
but why is she masked? Half dozen stories
have been set af1oat to account for that yelled
visage. One legend declares that M. Gervex
was visited by mysterious model, who insisted
npon posing to aim with her face thus concealed.
Another version has it that the picture is por-
trait of well-known society lady," who emu
lated the fame of that splendid Duchess d'Urbi-
no." who sat to Titan for his incompatible
Venus, and who adopted this mode of conceal
ing her identity while immortalizing her charms,
the truth of the whole matter probably being
that the painter chose, with malice prepense and
aforethought, this method of piquing public Gu
riosity and creating sensation.
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saivini and His Candies.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Tommaso Salvini, the eminent tragedian, who
sailed for Europe yesterday on the steamship
Alaska, like John Gilpin, is of a frugal mind.
The luggage that he took with him included
several boxes of candles, worth, according TO the
sworn statement of Mr.. Charles A. Chizzola,
$40. Salvini has long been noted among the
members of the dramatic profession for his
economy, but the extent to which he carries it
has probably never been more than limited at
before.
When the great actor signed contract with
Chizzola on March 2, 1885, to give a series of
performances in the principal cities of the United
States during the season of '85 SO, he exacted
that the manager should furnish him with four
candles each day. with which to light his dress
ing.rooms at the theaters Mr.. Chizzola agreed
to this, thinking that he would only be expected
to carry out the agreement when the company
performed in such smaller theaters as are not
provided with the usual conveniences of gas or
electric light. He found himself mistaken, how
ever. as Salvini insisted on getting his four can
dies each night before he appeared.
Not one of these candles was used during the
trip. As he received them each day Salvini
packed them away carefully in boxes, which he
took all over the country with him. When no
was ready TO go back to the sunny skies of his
native Italy. he had collected sufficient guam
tity Of candles to light his house at home for
several years to come.
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Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
He 1.-THE colored barberl asked me if Mr.. Davis
was coming to Columbia, and what subject he
lectured on. When L told him that he did not
lecture at all, he said: II heard to-day that he
was drummin' for his Louisiana lottery" He
has nothing to do with that lottery" said l.
.'Well don't that lottery belong to the confeder-
ate generals9" said he. This reminds me of the
earnest inquiry that an old gentleman made at
Kinston the other day. He said he wanted to
take good newspaper that didn't advertise the
Louisiana lottery. and he hadn't been able to
find one. els there no paper in the South, said
he, ''that is rich enough to do without that kind
of moneys Is there that has solicitude
enough about the young men and morals of this
country to come out and frown down this demon
alzing desire to gamble and get something for
nothing Why, sir, one half the young men of
this country are going about with lottery ticket
in their pocket and their earnings are going into
the greedy, all-devouring nav of that lottery.
Beauregard and Early have disgraced their epau-
lettes, and their name, and their fame, for the
sake of gold"
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what the Knights of Labor Order :.


New York Evening Post.
1t is an organization in which such an utterla
worthless fellow as Martin Irons becomes ath
solute dictator over 5000 men, so that they arc
bound by oath to obey any order he may give.
1t is an organization in which a Martin Irons
possesses and exercises the power to order 4
strike which affects not only these 600 men, but
all the industries of half dozen States, because
he fancies that railroad official in one OF Theses
States meant "a slight on the order" when 10
discharged an inefficient workman. 1t 10 an
organization whose local assemblies have ordered
members to stop trains and damage railroad
property without being called to account by tina
governing body. aud whose authorized repres
sentative justifes such action by saying, wheu
asked to define what he means by doing evervt
thing in human power to make a strike effect1
i've, II would rather not answer that question"
1t is an organization which binds the member BY
oath to obey implicitly any command of anybody
who chances to be his superior officer. no matteH
if that superior officer orders him suddenly and
without reason, to stop work and give up place
with which he is entirely satisfied and leave his
family without of support. or even tn
break the law and by force prevent another mar
from working in his place-any act of disobedN
ence bringing down upon the offender the yengef
ance of the organization: when man belong4
to an order he has to obey it."
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The Drives of Charlottesville.

correspondence OF the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE, May 1.-THE driving sea-
son is Just begun in this beautiful little Athens
Of the West and it is quite safe to say that we
have finer horses and more Of them than any
city of Indiana, according to population, and
then our streets and drives are perfection itself
A day or two ago took the pains to make some
notes Of the ladies who drive and their horses.
1t would seem that most Of the leaders of Craw-
louisville society are lovers of fine horses and
good judges Of them as well On
one street 1 counted fifteen hand
some phaetons and pony-carts without
spendine FIVE minutes to do it. Mrs. Professor
Norris dives a noble looking black to a wide
phaeton in which she often has bevy of beauti-
full children. Mrs Lew Wallace and her
daughter-inlaw, Mrs Henry Wallace, are along
the shady streets and broad suburban lanes
every fine afternoon in o handsome wagon
drawn by a good stopper whose brown coat
shows his aristocratic blood. Mrs. Klein has a
hobby turnout and a handsome dark, almost
black, trotter, much admired for its spirit and
gentleness. Mrs. Lynn drives a bright bay,
which walks as if it were too proud to associate
with common horses. Mrs Maurice Thomp-
son is often seen holding the lines
of slender black mare which
looks like race horse and which goes like the
wind when the poet drives it. Mrs DIR. Thomas
manages d uuo Ddt, WuiCh AoohS 4ihO ~ suohoush-
bred, and Mrs. Hollingsworth has beautiful
dun said to be the fastest in the city. Mrs.
| Jennison also drives dun, which is goer OF
course cannot mention half of them, but it is a
pleasant sight to see the beautiful equipages. the
charming drivers and the splendid horses going
| of afternoons along our superb streets
| and suburban highways. 1t strikes me
| that this love of driving among the fashionable
women of Charlottesville is we'll worthy of imi
tation 1t certainly is excellent and quite proper
/ nd If m he ENJOYABLE Great
pains have been taken to get ne and feet, and yet
gentle horses that are not to be frightened by
any ordinary sight or sound, and the city has
made her streets admirable for driving. f. H.
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proposition fer q union with this highly esteemed
body of Christians an ecclesiastical blunder. It
cannot be accomplished without doing violence
to the cherished doctrines on both sides. If We
are not greatly in error and we do Dot think we
are, all the doctrinal tendencies of our Metho-
dist Protestant brethren are in direction with
which we have but little afinity."s
At the Church of st. Eugene. in Paris, two
priests created some sensation during the lenten
season by personating the Divine Being and the
devil, and carrying on an argument in the pres
ence OF large congregations as to the respective
advantages Of good and evil. '"The clerical
mediator for the devil" writes correspondent
of the London Christian World, ''seems to have
indicated the cause of his client throughout in
the most trenchant style, and would have carried
many fresh adherents to his conclusions had it
bees possibleAD further extend the dominion of
his employer in Paris
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The Fashionable Bow.
New York Letter.


The jack knife bow is only practically society
men when they meet ladies. AS though to eved
things up they do not bow at all to men. Thid
particular habit is of English origin and was ina
troduced to New York society life by the two
favorite society actors, Kyrle Bellew and Herr
bert Kelsey. Mr.. Kelsey recognizes his friends
by looking at them in a dainty and dropping
fashion for a moment, then slowly raising his
eyebrows and dropping them suddenly, avertina
his gaze at the same time. The expression OF
his face does not change in the slightest degrees
Mr.. Bellows bow is even less enthusiastically
demonstrative than this. He simply expands
the pupil of the eye, throws CLEAN of welcoma
therefrom, and drifts with effeminate anguoS
on his gentle way. New York men of tashioR
have fallen into the habit of recognizing eacit
other solely by the eyes and eyebrows
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

Boston Traveller.

boston Traveller.
/ could not but be struck by the variety
offered to a woman like Mrs Astor, for Instance
as l saw her quietly drop in, after the gorgeous
Chapman-Mortimer wedding breakfast, still Id
her grand toilet and her fabulous rubies in he'd
ears to quiet meeting Of the Cruseries, a small
literary club, to hear paper read on lewefry
and one ON lace The latter paper, by Mrs. j.
B. johnson, was very learned and most interests
ing, and the room was surrounded with the most
beautiful collection of antique lace, much of
it from Mrs. Astors own stores. Mrs. Johnson
herself owns a great deal. This literary quiet
afternoon in the midst of the excitement OF
Easter week, with its riot Of weddings and DIM
ners, was most refreshing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
A Domestic Strike.
Boston Record.

B0StOn hBCOru
''Now that you've got your 10 per cent. in.
crease, John, you must be more liberal with your
allowance for household expenses. / want new
tea-kettle and the wash boiler needs"
Cant afford it, Mollie; I'm only making living
wages now, and you must wait until can de-
clare dividend"
'.Then you refuse to arbitrate?"
"Theres nothing to arbtrate. / can't"
every well! / shall order a strike at once
The kitchen fire shall be drawn this noon, and If
You dare to bring another woman into this house,
to cook as much kettle of mush I'll snatch
the cook stove to smithereens. Come, children,
We must begin to boycott your father imme-
diately."
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The Press and Mr.. Powderly.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Mr. Powderly complains that the newspapers
regard the labor troubles from only one point of
view This charge is true but not in the sense
in which he makes 1t. We are glad and proud
to say that, with few exceptions the press of the
country do treat the labor question with sincere
desire to get at the facts, and to try the case on
the evidence. That is the attitude of the press;
and this disposition of the newspapers to treat
the labor question on its merits is the best guar
antee the country can have that everything will
come right side up at last
We hope Mr.. Powderly will not fall into the
silly habit of finding fault with the newspapers
They have treated him very fairly and even
kindly He owes very much to their support;
he should have learned much by their criticisms
They have no motive for misrepresenting him or
the great cause he represents He should leave
TRADES against the press to cheap politicians who
have been exposed for some dirty trick or caught
stealing the peoples money.
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In his monograph on Recent American So
cialism," Professor Ely, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, thus summed up certain teachings of
the Anarchist which derive added interest
from the circumstances of his capture: 'Mosts
Freiheit habitualiy attaius the superlative of
coarseness and yileness In its attacks the fam
ily Ii objects 10 the family OF principle, be-
cause it is the in miniature; because it ex-
listed before the state, and furnished model for
il with All IFS evils and perversitles. Freiheit
advocates new gepealogy traced from mothers,
whose names, and not those of the fathers, de-
scend TO the children. since it is never certain
who the father is State up-bringing of chill
dren is likewise favored in the Freheit, in order
that the old family may completely abandon the
field to free love-
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No Physician Should Recommend Beer.

Medical summary.
OF all the villainous mixtures which man takea
into his stomach lager tlaying) beer is the most
injurious. The lager beer sold in our large
cities is not beer at all. but chemical MIXTURE
of water, alcohol, soap, aoes and cannabis indica
of low grade The beerdrinker is always
subject to Bright's disease, with and without
dropsy, and the chronic beer drinker is most
pitiable object, and made up of bloat and acne
rosacea. No conscientious physician should
recommend beer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

Lafayette Gail.

Lafayette CALL
The Journal of indianapolis, or the Minister
ial Association, or BOTH seem very anxious To
have it understood that Sam Jones does noo
come upon tbs invitation of the Ministerial As4
ISOLATION Wonder if they are ashamed that
Sam Jone; is to visit their, moral az city. Never
mnd The Journal may be converted and then
their tone may be changed. What are those fa<
miiar lines-"Whils the lamp, etc.
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He Gave It Away.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
'Dan," said Grover, who had been listening
from the head of the stairs to a colloquy be-
tween some callers and his private secretary,
'Did they want to see meW
They did, sire"
''And what did you tell them7'
~ told them You were engaged, sire.'
''Dan," said the President suppressing an
emphatically simple Jeffersonian remark, II
didn't think you'd give me away like that You
know have never even admitted it myself"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
Flowers to Eat.
Rnston Record.

The eating of flowers is nineteenth-century
reality Chrystaized violets at Sc pound are
the very latest things in confectionery. Candied
rose leaves are also very popular. Girls like to
for some of the more expensive kinds They are
all brought from France, but with the growth
of favor for things American, we shall doubtless
soon see beginning of the fower-candying in
dustry in this country; and the girls will begin
to MUNICH crystallized pumpkin blossoms and
Johnny -jump-ups.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
The Professional workingman.

He lectured on unions and labor,
And wildly he brandshed his fist;
He told them to take gun and sabre,
And go for the capitalist.
He told them they never need cumber
Their thoughts with respect for the law;
He said he was one of their number
But all that he worked was his jaw!
It'd Bits
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

Knoxville Tenn Special.
Sheriff Gilmore to-day levied on the Knoxville
Daily Chronicle, TO satisfy judgments in favor oa
q number of creditors amounting to several
thousand dollars A general creditors bill was
also field in the Chancery Court, charging that,
the paper has been published at loss for some
ceiver be appointed to take charge of it aud wind
up its affairs.
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Horace Greeley's Teeth.
Atlanta Constitution.

About 1870 or 1871 Horace Greeley passed
through Brownsville, Tenn, on his way to visit
Texas. Mr.. Spencer Harrington Thomas, a
prominent citizen of Brownsville travelled with
Mr.. Greeley to Memphis In the course of ID
conversation between the two gentlemen some@
thing suggested to Mr.. Greeley to announce tha
information that he had but thirteen teeth<
What made the information remarkable was thae
Mr.. Greeley had declared that he had never had
greater number, nature having given him bu9
fhirfaAn
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He Wanted to Come Home.

st. Paul Globe.
A young boy who recently left his ST. Paul
home to attend preparatory school is not much
taken with the change. He is suffering his first
of inconsistencies, and naturally desires to
return to his home In making known his do
sires to his father in recent letter, he said:
Dear Father:
Life is very short let US spend it together.
Your affectionate son."
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A CHASTITY Smile.
BROOKLYN Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
A rude boy in Augusta Me-. rubbed his poor
old fathers false teeth with PHOSPHORUS, the
other night and set them in the window to scare
the passers- by. Two or three women shrieked
and tainted, one man threw his umbrella through
the window, and the next day the innocent old
man went around working his jaws. and making
faces at himself, and saying that ''his mouth
tasted like as if he'd swallowed box of
matches"
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The HAY Scales Needed.

Ida A. Harper in Terre Haute Mall.
Why is it that when parents announce the
birth Of child they always mention the weights
Is il considered credit to the father the mother
or the infant9 This 10 particularly the case with
young married people. Parents Of age and ex-
perience know that the care and anxiety and
labor Of raising baby are not proportional to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

the number of pounds It weighs Six poundk
OF baby represents just as many nighfa
OF foor-waiKing as ten pounds, and an eighG
pound baby can hold just as much collie as 4
twelve FOUNDER. In fact, when you come IN
weigh little incidentas like these, Won viii hayI
to throw away the steelyard and bring out thd
hay scales
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
A Georgia Settler.
Atlanta Constitution.


ibid you ever hear how old John Knight said
his father came to Georgian remarked the Judge,
parenthetically 'Old John said that his father
lived in the backwoods of North Carolina and
the first two-horse wagon he ever saw he took
after it. He became so absorbed in the question
of how far it would run before the big wheels
to Augusta, Ga, before he gave out and had to
stop. He didn't know the way back, and had to
stay.n
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A Man To BE. Thought OF

Louisville Courier-Journal.
The non union man is becoming figure III ouH
country. He deserves protection. he hunger5
as do we. He, too, has a wife and child. and
home. His necessities are great or he would no4
seek labor under the circumstances. He is ark
Industrious man. He is law-abiding citizens .,
an American citizen, claiming and entitled to the
protection of American laws.
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Philadelphia Record
We should be pleased to hear that some of thGs
strikers who have been successful In getting
their days work reduced to eight hours havo pros
portionately cut down the labor Of their wives.
The household drudgery often lasts sixtewr1
hours. The eght-hour workers might make 10
easier Cor the sixteeners if they would try
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
Two Kinds of Editors.

Fort Wayne Gazette
Dana, of the New York Sun, goes to work at
quits at o'clock and gets $4,000 a year. The
country editor goes to work at o'clock, has his
editorials dictated to him by his subscribers,
quits at o'clock and gets in debt That is the
diffaranca
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It Has that Effect.
Brooklyn Eaq


Three weeks ago an Indiana man taught his
dog. a very finely bred, well-behaved setter, to
chew tobacco Now the dog comes into the
house by the back door, never scrapes his feet
on the mat, never goes to church. is careless at
his meals, gets burrs in his tail, goes with lower
grade of dogs and it is feared that he is begin
ming to take an interest in politics. 81