The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

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James Whitcomb Riley: "Mr. Nye has gone
South for his health. and am now making my
ectcre tour alone. I miss his genial compan-
ionship. but greatly fear he will never be on
the lecture platform again. The first entertain
ment gave after separated was one or the
most difficult and distastefui things ever did in
my life"
"We have made about 81, 400 by our recent
air., said a lady of the Flower Mission, land
we did it without recourse to any lottery
schemes of any kind and without any of the
most popular voting devices. We had some
temptations, but did not yield. gentleman
offered to give US a one hundred dollar United
States bond to be voted to any most popular
he might designate. We refused the offer as
we cid the offer of an Afghan, worth 1925, which
the lady donating 1t offered to sell chances for"
Geo. c. Webster, ir.: 1.-The candy manufact-
urers of this city will this year increase their
product far beyond that of any former yearl
Now is the busy season and the amount of sweet
stuff sold would hardly be believed by any ono
outside the trade The making of Christmas
candy began about the first of October and the
demand at this season of the year is so great
that in these three months there will be sold as
much candy as in the nine preceding months OF
the year put together. This city in the last
three months of this year will sell more than
five hundred tons of candy. This house alone
will manufacture 135 tons, in addition to what
we buy for this period. There is nothing
in the confectionery line that is not to greater
or less extent made IN Indianapolis There are
no more imported candies in this market In
dianapols manufacturers can make anything
Sugars are lower than they have been for three
hic ha1x, ~ h,af NJ ha1n
the profits
'The other day." said Gen. Fred Kneher, "a
young man came in here who could not speak
word of English, but who desired to see me. He
was countryman of mine, Hungarian, and
had come from town thirty miles away from
my birthplace. He said he had been in this
country five weeks, could get nothing to do and
wanted advice. At home he clerk in
house somewhat like that of Ell. Fl. Lee, of this
city. Have yon money enough to get homer
Yes was his answer
"'Can you get your situation in the store
againp
Eyes, SIR
"'My advice then is said /. to 20 home
This is Monday. A little after o'clock this
afternoon train will start for Now York. Take
it. On Wednesday you can take a steamer for
Bremen, Hamburg or Havre You are
travelled gentleman. Go homo, relate your ex-
He told me if he did not call to me again
it would be because he had taken my advice
AS 1 haven't seen him suppose he is on the
ocean now, homeward bound"
''The clerical lola" said lawyer friend, lis
more actively engaged than ever. By that l
mean that there has been introduced into the
pulpit pretty much the same thing that lola has
| introduced into literature. Our preachers are
ut.
dwelling upon His spiritual characteristics God
incarnate, they lay most stress upon not what
the New Testament record says He did, but
upon what they fancifully suppose He may have
done as a man. For instance. they will talk of
Him as a carpenter driving o jack plane, and de-
scribe the ribbon-like shavings as He dresses
board. or 60 through expressive motions to show
how He might have taken "A brace-and bit and
bored hole or describe Him MASKING thumb
by mistake of the hammer while driving nail.
The manhood idea is brought forward so promi-
nently as to quite eclipse the idea of Deity 1t
is this kind of thing that makes agnostics."
Judge Martudale-W While Indianapolisis worse
in political rascality than any other place in the
State am very sure we have no monopoly of
it. There are ballot thieves In probably nearly
every county in Indiana. am thinking twould
be good thing to establish permanent organi-
zation-call 1t, say, the Voters League-make it
bipartisan. get into it men of both parties who
desire honest elections and are willing to punish
scoundrels who in any way tamper with ballots.
and. with this as the center, spread county
leagues all over the State
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"Undertakers have some very peculiar ex-
periences," said Charles Kregelo to q Journal re-
porter. "About twelve years since young
lady died here in the city at the house of some
relatives. was called upon to bury her, and
did so. Her parents and immediate relatives did
not reach here in time for the funeral, but three
days after she had been buried her father and
mother came, aud desired to take the remains
to their home in another State. | consented to
take up the body. and they accompanied me to
| the cemetery. The moment reached the grave
| saw the body had been stolen, and never in
all my experience felt Mortified, for the par
ents were already wild with grief. finally sum-
moned I'D enough courage to tell them what my
| fears were. and L shall never forget the scene
| We dug down to the coffin, and the body was
really gone. The mother lost control Of her
| mind and could not be Quoted for several days.
| A thorough search was instituted for the body
but it was not found and the parents returned
to their home the most miserable people ever
saw"
"You don't believe IN mesmerism, do your re-
marked Prof John Collett to a reporter. Most
/ people are like you, but never saw one yet that
| could not convince that it is not humbug.
One of the best physicians in this city didn't be-
lieve in it. One day he had negro to call who
wanted painful surgical operation performed.
| The man refused to take opiates, and would not
remain quiet long enough for the operation. The
| physician sent for me. / went. and mesmerized
the colored fellow, and the operation was per-
formed without him feeling it. When the physi-
clan was through asked: Are You convinced
nowf
'''Well,' said he, Il can't believe It,
"'Take this needle said |, and stick II
| through his tongue with your own fingers
HE did so, and the colored man still, did not
feel it. He was convinced Some time after
| ward said to him: You did not bring that sue
cessful operation before the County Medical So
ciety.'
"'No,' said he; wanted to- but knew that if
did would be made the laughing stock of the
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