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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

"The Irish servant-girl is good quantity"
said a lady to the reporter. ut will never be
known until'the last great day of reckoning the
sacrifices and self-denals she has made for loved
onss. She is clannish to the highest degree, and
her reverence for father and mother are things
almost sacred. have girl who seldom rides
upon the street-cars, INDUCES in no inery and
whom l have long thought to be downright mi
serly. while wondering what in the world she
could be boarding her money for. The other
day, upon my return from down town. found
her wringing her hands as if her heart would
break and crying 'wurra, wurra without inter
mission. / wanted to know what was the mat
ter She said somebody had stolen ten dollars,
all the money she had In the world. And the
grief was not for herself, as then, for the first
time, / found that she sent nearly every cent
of her wages across the sea to her old
mother In Ireland and she feared her mother
would suffer through her loss of il. The money
was afterwards found, and a day or two later
the girl, into whose confidence l had come at
last through my sympathy in her supposed loss
"a touch of nature makes the whole word kim
you know-showed me n letter from her mother.
ll-spelt and badly written though it was. it was
full of mothers love. and begged the daughter
not to send her any more money until Christ
mas, as she could get along very well without
it. l believe this country is full of such Irish
girls, and ireland of such mothers"
Spiritualistic mediums occasionally make In.
ducements for business. The other day Dr. P.
FL. Jameson was called upon by visitor, who told
him that DR.. - Ia physician who died not long
since) was very anxious TO have him attend
certain Circle" as he had a communication to
make.
wants to see me, does he?" inquired the
Doctor.
eyes," was the answer, 'its something i'm
portant he wants to tell you"
Well" said the Doctor, in his shrewd, dry
practical way, 'if ne wants to sea me he can cali
at my Office. He knows well enough where it
ISL
A small joke is made as much of in the great
city of New York as in any village in the land
The one now current relates to the Gedney
House. of which our erstwhile townsman, Gen.
Dan Macauley, is the landlord. About three
weeks ago an old-fashioned couple from the
rural districts. viewing New York sights for the
first time stopped at the Gedney In the even
ing the husband, approaching landlord DAN
hailed him with. Say, mister, how long do you
keep openp
Not understanding the query. for New York
hotels, patterning after Indianapolis houses
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26
THE PRIMARY GRADES,

The statement made by Superintendent
Jones, at the meeting of the School Board
last week, in regard to the crowding of the
primary grades was directly corroborative of
what the Journal has repeatedly said in dis
cussing the public-school problem. Mr.. Jones
informed the board that the increase in the
number of pupils of the first year necessi-
tated, in several instances, division of the
schools Of this grade, and, owing to the linn
tied accommodations, consequent crowding
out and transfer of older pupils to other and
distant buildings.
This pressure in the primaries is what must
naturally be expected each year, and the gen.
tlemen who have such matters in charge
should have been prepared for it without wait
ing to be informed when it was too late to
remedy the matter. The fact that the chill
dren who arrive at the legal school age and
demand the privileges of instruction each
admission to the higher classes is one that
should need no demonstration to any person
at all familiar with statistics and the practical
workings of the schools. Certainly the members
Of the School Board who have had these in
situations under their care long enough to be
acquainted with their most prominent feat
ures and characteristics should not need to be
told, as matter of special and unusual in
formation, that the primary grades had a
large accession of new pupils. And yet these
are the same gentlemen who in considering
measures of economy few weeks since,
recommended the cutting off of thirteen
teachers of the lower grades, and consolida-
ton of their classes; while in the High-school,
where the expenses are heaviest but one
teacher, it was unanimously agreed could be
dispensed with. It would seem that argu-
ment should not be needed to convince any
intelligent citizen that if the public schools
are to be Of their full benefit to the COM
munity, and are to carry out the purpose for
which they We're originally designed, they
must make room for oil young children who
desire to enter. It is far more essential that
the child of six, or eight, or ten years be
taken off the streets and given the
rudiments Of an education than the
youth Of sixteen be afforded an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

On next Sunday, Oct. 3, we shall begin the
publication of new dramatized story by Mrs
Frances Hodgson Burnett. entitled
.THEFORTUNES OF PHILIPPAFAIRFAX
This will run for number of weeks 1t is pub
lished by special arrangement with the author,
and, so far as Indiana is concerned, can be found
only in the columns of
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

MRs. JAMES G. BLAINE, JR, is q versatile and
ACCOMPLISHED young woman. Before her mar
riage. when she contemplated going on the stage,
several managers pronounced her W ell fitted for
what is known as society emotional roles. The
manner and circumstances of her marriage
prove that she is equal to the society sensational
as we'll
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26
Too Sweeping.
Boston journal.


The statement of Rev. Leonard w. Bacon be.
fore tho Hartford Congressional CLUB, to the Of
feet that prohibition increased intemperAnce IL
too sweeping. Where prohibition is sustained
by local public opinion, 1t reduces the sale OF In
tcxicants 70 o minimum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26
A Slap that May Cost @ Licc.

NeWs.
An incident has just taken place at Lille
which causes a great stir in military circles. A
reservist of Roubaix, one Vcrner. the son of .
rich banker there, taking offensc at an order his
captain gave him. slapped the latter in the face
and otherwise assaulted him. AS this offenso
uader the military CODE 10 capital one, Vernier
lost no time In flying into Belgium, leaving all
his clothes, money and arms at hotel at Lille
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

HUNDREDS of scaffolds have been erected in
Charleston. S. G. They were not built to hang
Virgins on, but the News of that city hints that
one would speedily be utilized for that purpose
il the prophet would only come where the citi-
zens could Law their hands on him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

THE Raper Commandery, of Indianapolis, were
given free ride on the cable cars of st. Louis.
Courteses of this sort extended to our citizens
will enable them to become accustomed to such
Injuries by the time the Indianapolis street-car
management puts its promised cable line on
Massachusetts avenue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

keen eye to business. If the Brooklyn Church,
which pays him big salary, were to be equally
business-Iike and demand an Offset for the ex
tras secured by the pastor. it would be money in
its pocket
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

and their execution. That much is as certain
as fate, and the coming convention will be
wise if its members heed the signs of the
times
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

JOE HOWARD. the New York newspaper cor
respondent, tells Western reporter that his
success is due to the fact that he writes as he
talks. The New York Commercial Advertiser,
on the other hand, says that the excellence of
Joes letters is owing to the fact that he Gifts
large portions of them. bodily, from the col
umns of that paper If the Advertiser is to be
believed the genial Mr.. Howard writes as some
other man talks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

THE doctrines Of the Socialists and Anarchists
of Chicago, and of the country at large, have
been materially qualified since the miscreants of
the Haymarket massacre were found guilty of
murder in the first degree, which carries with it
a sentence of death. Let that sentence be en-
forced against them and those who otherwise
would be induced to follow in the footsteps of
these fellows will hesitate to do so, and will
save themselves good deal of trouble and pain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

1T looks as though Rev. Henry Ward Beecber
was charging pretty stiff price for his Sunday
sermons over in England. At the churches in
which he appears printed tickets of admission
are distributed in the understanding that every
ticket holder shall contribute not less than two
shillings to the collection. to meet the heavy ex-
penses of the management" For such an i'm
provident man as he proudly claims to be, and,
one careless about the use Of money, Henry has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

LILLIAN RUSSELL SoLoMoN's mamma says
she is glad her daughter has got rid of her hus-
band, and adds that she would have left him be-
fore if it had not been for chat Jersey mar
riage." The public will be gratifed to learn
from this that a Jersey marriage, or any other
kind, will keep an actress from leaving her hus-
band when she is tired of him. The millennium
is still some distance off, but this is surely an
era of reform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

A MILWAUKEE paper, after a week of moist
and unpleasant experience, announces that
nothing produces such general meteorological
disturbance as State fair" The indications.
not inducing those of Virgins, are, unfortu-
nately that the Indiana fair Of this week will offer
proof to sustain the theory. 1t is not unlikely
that the agricultural board will wish they had
taken up with the prophet Loves offer to fur
nish them with a week of good weather
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26

AN exchange asks: "Does anybody know just
how much our towns and cities owe to the en-
terprise of their newspapers" Generosity and
native mOdesty has prevented the Journal from
estimating, even in round numbers, the immense
debt due to it on this account but it takes pleas
ure in giving to individual members of the COM
munity, on application or by messenger, the
exact figures of the amounts they are respect
lively owing to the paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
Public once a Public Trust.

Chicago Tribune; 'Do you believe a
public Office is public trusis' inquired a
seedy-looking man who went into a
saloon on the West Side and addressed
the harkeeper with proteutous solemnity
the other evening.
Il certainly do, said the dispenser of
cocktails.
II am glad to find you in accord with
the principles held by the official head of
tine great political body TO which | be-
long, rejoined the seedy party, APP
preaching the bar. Il am one of the
Highway Commissioners of the township
where 1--we, and nave held the office for
eleven years. Being Unexpectedly de
Iained in the city this evening, and find
ing myself short for ready cash, ! have
been obliged TO fail back upon my long
official career as a basis for some trifling
business accommodations. As YOU have
just said, a public officer is entitled 10
public trust, and would therefore ask
for about three fingers OF old rye on trust
On my return home ] will Immediately
remit
The Highway Commissioner was fired
out of the saloon in less time than il takes
TO empty Bulgarian throne, and another
historic utterance OF the administration
had gone into innocuous desuetude.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
The Earthquake in Georgia

Atlanta Constitutions: One lady in
Jackson county threw open the front
door and fired gun, and was walking
the floor with another gun in hand when
her husband came home. A gentleman
walked the floor with pistol in hand,
looking for burglars.
Ii is reported in Griffin that leading
counsellor i'll the prohibition contest
rushed from his house into the middle of
the road in a single neither garment and
yelled to his wife to come out, as the
whiskey men were blowing the house up
with dynamite.
The jury in the Gilbert Davis case, in
Eastman, were in their room in the court
house, unable to agree, and, il is said.
there was no probability of their arriving
at a verdict. After the earthquake was
over they agreed in about three minutes.
A rather strange incident occurred with
a colored woman in Barnesville. Anna
Anthony, who is in the employ of Mr.. T.
&. Banks as cook, was preparing 10
milk the COW She had roped the COW
and the end of the rope which she held
had an iron ring tied to it. The ring
formed loop and caught on the wo-
man s finger, as the COW, in fright, at
tempted to get away. The pulling bv
the COW caused the thumb to be cut off,
or rather so near of that the thumb had
to be amputated.
The earthquake came near breaking up
an inquest on Hutchinson 5 Island. Capt.
Dixon had crossed over TO the island to
investigate the death OF Cyrus Campbell,
on old negro who was found dead in a
cabin there al noon, The death was
sudden, and no one was present, so the
coroner concluded to summon a Jury.
After swearing them they were all told
to take seats in the cabin. David More,
darky, was the only witness. He be-
gan giving his evidence, and had gotten
about down to the time when Campbell
was last seen, when the cabin com
menced to rattle. There she goes
again, the witness said. His eyes grew
double the ordinrry size and he started
for the door, leaving his evidence half
finished. The juror nearest the door
waited about half second, and he gave
leap out. The other jurors gave one
glance at the corpse and they saw il
move. That was enough for them, and
they went out in a bunch leaving the
coroner and the corpse to finish the in.
quest.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12

consequences = lesser evil. Thousands Of
ruined wretches have been driven TO the
rum-shop by the very men who are loud
est IN denouncing the enormity OF their
sin; and who would perpetuate that sin
to the end of time rather than open to
its victims gate of escape by relaxing
the rigor of their own views. With our
paupeT graves full of suicides whom the
doctrine of anti -naturaism had robbed
of all the light that shone on earth for
them, with our cities full of palefaccd
children, we may well doubt our right TO
pity the times when prelateS purchased
their luNuries at the expense of starving
villages
After waging a fifty years war as the
Champions OF salvation against the enc
mics of mankind, the evidence OF eX-
pCrience forces US to the bitter confes-
sion that we have strengthened the hands
selves OF having deserved failure, but the
caudor, even of self reproach, is
better than self delusion, for if
we persist in shutting our eyes to
the significance of our mistake, our ad-
versaries will not be slow in taking ad-
vantage of our blindness In the name
Of the trusting supporters who defray
the expenses of our campaigns and
have q right to vote a further waste of
AnclT RESOURCES, ltt Us Dt hOueSl, ltt u
confess that we cannot win the battle on
the present plan. Let us change the
battle ground to the open fields; let us
found temperance gardens with play
grounds, free music and hygienic res
taurants; let us have free gymnasium
in every village and every city park; let
us devote at least portion of our leis-
ure day to health giving sports, and neu-
tralize the allurements of the rum shop
by making harmless pleasures more at
tractlye than the riots of vice.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
The Ear,houake acquitted.

New York sun: j. harrington, cigaI
dealer of Manhattan avenue, Greenpoint
accused Richard Jost yesterday of steal
ing two boxes of cigars.
Nv hen did my client commit the al
legged theftr' asked Counselor Roesch.
"Las; Tuesday night"
did YOU see him take the cigarssn
mo, but 1 saw the boxes move, and he
was behind them; l found q box in his
pocket"
Tuesday night" said the counselor
that was the night of the earthquake
Maybe the earthquake caused them 10
move. And now. sir" he continued
''can you swear that the quake did not
cause the boxes 10 move, and. sir"
Twenty y-nine days IN jail for Jost," in,
terrupted Justice Saeher.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12

Chicago Tribune: A man who cams his
living BY travelling &to At with lung
tester was in Indianapolis the other d:l}.
He was approached oy q tall, well-fcd
prepared 10 blow IN hls machine.
Hold on-hold on a minute" said the
street faker, eNcitedly. as he scanned his
customer a moment and jerised the tube
out of his hand; amt sou Dan Voor-
heessn
Il am ID. w. VOORHEES," replied the
tall man in some surprise.
Then you cant touch this machine.
/ wouldn't have il burst for $50. Here is
yonr nickel. This amt no elephant iuag-
testeT'
And shouldering his machine the man
walked rapidly away, As If he had had 4
narrow escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12

dead bodies. Each had been stabbed TO
the heart and q bloody dagger was
found on the floor. In the colonel hand
was pistol, but il had not been dis.
charged. The bodies of the colonel and
his wife lay close together on one side Of
the room, while the strangers was on
the other side.
Then | made a clean breast of il all.
had to attend the inquest and when | saw
the face of the dead stranger recognized
the man who had questioned me the even.
ing before and jumped over the garden
wall. The lawyers and the authorities
were greatly puzzled. There was not the
slightest clew to the strange mans iden.
tity Finally the theory was accepted
that he was either the former husband or
lover of the colOnels wife, and that he
had killed the two in fit Of Jealous re-
venge, and then committed suicide.
Some contended that Colonel Bill had
killed the wife and the man. and then
killed himself, but the undischarged pis.
tol in his hand was against this theory.
Efforts were made to trace old Don Juan
Gomez, but without result. 1t was be.
lcved that if he could have been found he
would have been able TO explain some
things. As il was, the tragedy had 10 re-
main a mystery. There were no further
developments, and other events drove
the matter from the public mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
Aerouauts in the Water.

A large balloon, recently constructed
in the imperial technical manufactory at
St. Petersburg for the purpose of con
ducung series of experiments bearing
on the use of ballons for military objects.
was dispatched from St Petersburg for
Cronstandt. The upper currents of air
were 10 strong TO allow of the aeronauis
effecting descent at CrOastadt and they
were carried or toward Oranienbaum
but the wind rising they were swept out
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12

10 sea. and at last the balloon fell into
the sea nineteen miles from Cape Kara.
valdja, in the midst Of violent storm of
wind and rain. The three occupants of
the car would certainly have been lost
had the accident not been sighted by an
English vessel The captain at once put
about and rescued them from their peril.
Gus position and took them safely TO
CpruStadt
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
Painful Incidents alta FaneraI.

Pail Mail Gazette: The following nro-
ceedlngs are alleged 10 nave taken place
nj the inlerment of man named Young,
a. Minister, near Ramsgate. The re-
mains Of the deceased were conveyed to
Minister Wesleyan chapel, where part of
the service was read The funeral then
proceeded TO the churchyard. " here IT
was found that the grave was too small.
The grayedigger set to work 10 enlarge
IT, and subsequently, the coffin was low
cred, but iammed before 4 reached the
bottom. \ further scene then occurred.
The coffin MAS then tugged up, and event
uaily the graVcdigger, in caiiing away
the side Of the grave, came inul If
aonther coffin, said 10 contain tie re-
mains Of the wife of the man being
buried. The spade went through ibc
coffin and cui away . portion Of the re-.
mains, which was thrown at the feet of
the mourners a daughter OF the deceased
bci.g among them After some time Inc
grave was sufficiently enlarged, and The
funeral proceeded.
A prisoner IN the Elkion. Ohio, Jail,
charged with murder. spends his. Tine
counting the letters, words. verses ard
chapters IN the bible. lie alaims to have
made complete count. aud Is yrTIly
iug it.
Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
How A Pitchers Arm Gives Ont

Detroit Journal; Lon Twtchell, the
promising but crippled young pitcher
whom the Detroits are holding in re.
serve, was taken to DR.. George ). Rich.
ards yesterday afternoon by President
Marsh, to learn what was the matter with
Twitchell's arm.
Twitchell has a right arm that any lady
might be proud to possess. 1t is fair and
exceedingly shapely. Besides the beauty
that the young man keeps modestly
hidden in his coat sleeve there is an
abundance of well developed muscle
which is perfect in appearance, but de.
fectve in one little particular spot.
There is an important muscle on the un.
der side of the arm, above the elbow,
which should be attached to that joint,
but is not, and that's what's the matter
with Twitchell,
The muscle was detached, Twitchell
saws, in the game which he pitched for
Detroit at Cincinnati early last spring.
That is where | did it, " said he, for af-
ter | had pitched one of my hardest and
best balls 1 felt something in my arm
give way. That has Knocked me out for
the whole season.
Twltchell has been resting at Detroit
and his Ohio home ever since, exercising
a little daily and waiting for his arm TO
get well, though he did not know until
yesterday just what was the matter with
it. DIR Richards, besides being proml-
nent surgeon, is gray-haired and bald
headed base ball enthusiast, and an au-
thority on pitchers and their troubles,
and well up on base ball generally. The
doctor advised Twitchell to do nothing
for three or four weeks.
do not" he said, lift even pail of
water. That muscle is detached. and it
won't heal if you use it. Every night
before you go to bed sprinkle it for five
minutes with ice water and then rub it
thoroughly dry. That will do you more
good than a pailfull of prescriptions or
all the electricity there is IN a dynamo.
You may be able to pitch again in three
or four weeks, and YOU may not, but GER
tain II is that if you continue to use that
arm you'll never be worth a base hit as a
pitcher. If You had not used your arm
since it was hurt yon would have been all
right oy this time
Twitchell's arm does not trouble him
only when he pitches what he calls his
best and Speediest ball. 1t is a sort of a
jump ball, and is very difficult to fol-
low. He throws all Ciher balls without
pain
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