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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE historian Bancroft is one of the two sur
viving Americans who personally knew Goethe.
ALPHoNsE DAUDET is going to write a life of
Napolean the Great. from a Southerner's point
of view"
JoHN A. LOGAN, JR, is q strikingly handsome
young fellow. combining the physical good points
of both his parents.
THE ladies at Oberlin recently debated the
question: Resolved, That the extreme develop
ment of the intellect chills and destroys the af.
fections."
The Princess of Wales started q new craze
just before her illness-that of Arab furniture.
When we saw the Arabs last their furniture
consisted, as a general thing, of tents. horse
equipments, carpets and arms.
C~EREMoNIoUs and stately as she has become
in later life, Queen Victoria retains the fondness
for children that was such a marked feature of
her early years, and she keeps a record of all the
bright sayings and doings of the little ones that
come to her notice.
Mr. BRINsMEAD, the manufacturer Of English
pianos. is described as being an enthusiast about
his work. He is greatly interested in the appii-
cation of electricity to pianos, and hopes some
day to be able to produce on it a sustained note,
such as now can only be produced by the organ.
One of his late patents is q new tuning pin, by
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

The estimate of expenses for the current
year for New York city is $35, 736, 800, with
out taking into account the dock department.,
which will call for about So, 500, 900 more.
This makes a total of over $38, 600, 900. This
is about So, 000, 900 more than it takes to run
the kingdom of Portugal, and nearly three
times as much as Denmark expends a year.
Sweden, with a population of 5000, 900, calls
for $15, 600, 900 less than the New York au-
thorities do. That millions are squandered or
stolen outright admits of no doubt. The
handling and holding to so much money is
what makes the Democratic factions in New
York so jealous of each other, and which, in
the end, holds them together for the purpose
Of plumber and profit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

CONGRESSMAN CURTIN is reported to be
very much mortified, as well as very angry,
because he has been snubbed by Speaker Car
lisle, at the ~instigation, it is supposed, of Sec
rotary Bayard, who bears the t'war Governor
of Pennsylvania a grudge for sending troops
into his State during the war. 1t is too bad,
of course; Mr.. Curtin doubtless deserved bet
ter treatment, but he should gather what
comfort he can from the reflection that if he
had continued true to Republican principles
he might now have been in a position where
he could do the snubbing act himself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
COMMENT AND OPINION,

AN immense fortune is awaiting the man who
will invent a machine to clear railroads of snow
as fast as it alls.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
CoNKLING and Evarts probably represent too
much brains in themselves ever to sit in the
Senate at the same time from the same State.
Philadelphia Times.
HIS tendency of trade unions toward rash
ness and violence emphasizes the value of arbi-
tratlon In labor disputes as a feature of public
policy .-Springfeld Republican.
COLORADO is distinctively an anti Mormon
State, and it is an outrage that it's sentiments
have been withheld, if not actually misrepresent-
ed, by Mr.. Teller. Denver Tribune.
IT is said that New Jersey proposes to try local
option. This is a very good plan, but local
option will faint when it gets a smell Of Jersey
potato whisky Atlanta Constitution.
Their is no instance on record in which any
man has been a successful journalist and some
thing else. Journalism requires every moment
of ones waking thoughts, and two-thirds of ones
dreams.-Memphis Ayalanch.
THE oranges in Florida have been DESTROYED.
and the hotel-keepers don't know whether it is
best to admit that it was the cold wealth er that
did il or start a story that the hot weather roast
cd them on the trees .-Pniladelphia Press.
IT now transpires that it was Minister Wins
ton's objection to the black clawhammer that
led him to apply to Governor Oglesby for q com
mission as brigadier- general to enable him to
wear a military uniform. Milwaukee Sentinel.
SOME Of our religious missionary societies are
just now in great trouble about their debts.
Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists are max
Ing loud appeals to their constituents to give
them money with which to pay these debts and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

II is pleasant little paragraphs like the Col
lowing, taken from the Northwood Dakota)
Star, added to the conduct Of Grandfather
Jones in the Stems case, which causes public
enthusiasm to boil and bubble over the pro-
posed public monument to the memory of Mr..
Hendricks:
GA magnificent monument is to be built at
Indianapolis in honor of. the late Vice-presi-
dent Hendricks, and the soldiers of Indiana
are making a fool fuss because many of their
fellow Republicans are subscribing money to
help pay for it. These soldiers should re-
member that Democrats have contributed
coolies of cash to erect statues, mausoleums
and things in memory of Grant and other lit
tie pewter gods Of the Republican party
they should remember this we say, and either
return that cash or dry up their clatter con-
corning the men who are paying homage to
Handrickc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

The Toledo Manual Training School adver-
tises that it is about to add a domestic depart
ment, in which girls will receive a systematic
training in household duties. With the ex-
tension of facilities for having tie mental,
moral and manual training of children done
''out of the house." like the family wash, it
will presently happen that the idealized insti-
tuition known as the s'home circle" will be a
thing of the past. The duties of parents hav-
ing been delegated to outsiders, there will be
no longer any use for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
MIR. CONKLING HAD TO DECLINE.
Enthusiasm Over His Letter to the G. A. Il.
Grant Fund Meeting at Utica.

Grant Fund Meeting at Utica.
Utica IN. Y.) Special.
A meeting of the Grand Army posts of this
city was held tonight in the opera house. at
which General Sheridan spoke In behalf of the
Grant monument fund. Roscoe Conkling was
asked to preside at the meeting, but he declined
by sending the following letter, which was read
tonight amid deafening applause:
NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 1896.
"Gentlemen-Having conferred previously and
fully on the subject with the committee several
days ago. still l beg to acknowledge directly the
honor of your letters inviting me to preside at the
meeting to be held at Utica next Monday evening
under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. in aid of the Grant monument fund. You
will not doubt that a mt from SO many dis
tin guished citizens, 80 many neighbors and val
ued friends would always ommand my presence
unless some serious obstacle stood In the way.
Nor is it needful to speak of my pro-
found and affectionato respect for the great NOM
DRY to which, in common with our countrymen
in general, you unite to do homage. Misunder-
stood by many when he lived, now that his grand
and patient life and death are over, the name OF
Grant is one of the jewels of his country. Is
will not grow dim in time. Stone and brass are
not needed to save it from oblivion. but lasting
memorials will testify to those who come after US
that we were not blind or indifferent to glories
or martyrdoms we saw. For our W sake we
should leave such memorials. The Grand Army
of the Republic may we'll lead in such a work.
Soldiers may we'll go first to raise a monument
to this soldier of the army in which they fought,
and whom they followed to victory on 80 many
crimson fields. Little as my presence could do.
your invitation would be enough to insure ID
were I free from positive obligations forbidding
it. Unfortunately | am so tied fast by engage
ments previously made that to be in Utica on
the 18th would be a violation of good faith.
Regretting this, and renewing my thanks for the
honor you have done me, your friend and neigh
Dor, RoscoE CoNKLING.
.T ~ n M nj Topae N n othar ao-~
of posts, and to William H.. Watson, u. D., ana
other citizens of Utica, N. Y"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
THE CHESS T~oURNBYMoNG.

Readers of the Journal are aware that we
have not given that space and attention to
the game of chess that we might. This has
not been because we do not believe in the
game, for we may modestly say that we revel
in it whenever opportunity offers. Few things
are pleasanter than to steal away from the sor-
did business Of counting money and piling it
away in the editorial stronghold to engage
at chess. If so be we have appeared to slight
this princely pastime it has not been inten-
tional. The emotions with which the Journ-
ais chess corps read of the Zukertort- Steinitz
game, at New York, defy description. To the
uninitiated the aspect of every man among
them was positively distressing. In moments
of supreme interest, when Zukertort would
move @ P to Ell o A T and Stein
iz would probably reply by throw
ing out his K Kt to P D @,
the suppressed excitement was simply fearful
to contemplate, and no man not a lover of the
game can form the faintest idea of the ex-
cruciating delight of these experts when their
f~avorites gained a m~omentary advantage.
And now the New York papers are here with
details of the game. For experts these are all
that could be asked, but what are the masses
to understand when the Times says: .sThen
Steinitz drew first blood by capturing the
white kings pawn with his knight, and again
calling check The bold black knight was
then laid low by a private white soldier. who
in turn was slain by a black-mitred p~relate,
acting under the ordersof Steinitz, who pres
emily brought more Of his heavy artillery to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

bear upon this wing" Or what is a novice to
make out Of this, from the Tribune: eff 81 @
to K 1t, then follows: $40 to B 6, 3S 1t take
B, 3S Q to @ 6 oh, SO K to B, SO r to 1t 3 and
mate" To only too many the subtle beauty
of this will be lost through the employment
of technical terms. 1t would have been just
as easy to have made this plain enough for
anybody to understand. Stated in its sim
plest terms, it may be said that the
game opened with sixteen plain overcast
stitches on each needle. Zukertort opened
by purling one p. d. O., as indicated above,
which was deity countered by Steinitz, who
got in a neat upper-cut on his willy opponent,
leaving honors even and no odds in the pool.
Steinitz followed his advantage, when he got
one, by putting out a feeler in the shape Of a
pawn directly over the plate. Zukertort had
evidently been waiting for this, and a moment
later Steinitz was frantically hunting leather
in the left field. This would undoubtedly
have counted a home-run had not the referee
called time and lost ball. AS it was, it
placed a three Dagger to his credit. In the
next round Steinitz showed up badly winded,
but he managed to get Zukertcrts s. T. 1860
x. in chancery, and proceeded to
pulverize it in fine shape. This
changed the situation, and the mob
fairly yelled when the score showed the
former five laps ahead, and still going at a
Maud S. gait. luke limped badly, and
threatened to go to pieces. Scoring for the
last heat, Nifty, as the boys call him, had to
be warned by the judges, but o the third
attempt they got off without the difference of
an eyebrow between them, Nifty having the
pole. They were neck and neck for the
t~hree-quarters, and no sign of a break. It was
plain, however, on the home-stretch, that the
Hungarian was badly winded. He had lifted
his adversary off his pins several times, but
he couldn't make his shoulders touch the
boards. At this j~uncture the New Yorker got
in his left duke on the 'ferriner's" bread
basket, and his little old Queen s gambit"
had to be taken home on a shutter. It was a
beautiful game, and don't you forget it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
Mr.. Manton Marbles Democratic Mission.
Atlanta Constitution.

The truth of the business is that these Euro
pean pilgrimages on behalf of an American sys-
EN- of finance are absurd and ridiculous. If we
are to ask Europe to set as the fashion in a cur
rency system. why not ask them to set US the
fashion in government Probably this will be-
done after awhile. There are numbers Of people
in the East, where the attempt to dspreciate Sill
yer has its origin, who would be glad to live un-
der an American monarchy, and associate with
noble lords, and there is no reason why they
should not be gratifed, for if we are to have our
financial system dictated from Europe there ia
no reason why we should not have our system of
government dictated by Germany or Great
Britain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
country.

A NUMBER of the Journals exchanges
speak in complimentary terms of Senator
Voorhees, as the author of the bill providing
fines and imprisonment for officers of railway
companies who dare to offer free passes to
congressman or other government officials.
This Ia a case of mistaken identity. 1t is not
4he Honorable Daniel who has drop d tae
consideration Of giant ques tons of stateman-
ship to give attention to such minor matters
as railroad passes. 1t is his son, the Honora-
bic Charles, delegate from Washington Terri
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE New York World deprecates the boy
cotting of n~ewly-appointed Democratic post
masters, and declares it "a sad illustration of
the ~ofice-holding greed Of the Republican
party" Unfortunately for this illustration,
the fact is that in nearly every instance of
boycotting of Democratic postmasters it has
been the work of Democrats. In fact, we
have yet to hear of Republicans taking any
part in 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

A BRITISH court has ruled that graduates
of American dental colleges have no right to
practice in England. In view of the fact that
American dental colleges are undoubtedly the
best in the world, and that American dentists
stand at the head of the profession in every
leading city on the continent, this is pretty
severe, especially for an alleged free-trade
Ha1tnfrv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

The papers are mentioning, as a curious
foible." the concealment of his age by the late j.
B. Lippincott. There is nothing curious about
it, unless it be the curiosity of those who wanted
to know how old he was. just take a look
around among your male acquaintance, from
fedglings with budding mustaches up to octo-
genarians, and count On your fingers the number
among them who are not shy about mentioning
their years, and who will not lie about them on
occasions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

A is going the rounds to the effect
that John 7. Raymond's clever acting in the play
of the Magistrate" wherein he represents a
man recovering from a spree, has already caused
two men to commit suicide. Mr.. Raymond is
respectfully informed that he had better stick
to heart disease as q method of advertising.
Such is human nature that most play-goers will
prefer to practice recovering from sprees them
selves rather than to be driven to madness by
seeing him do it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

NEWSPAPERS all over the country are urg-
ing the House of Representatives to go to
work, and are unkindly reminding the mem
bers that the revision of the rules leaves moth
ing in their way. When the representatives
revised the rules with a view to expediting
their labors, they did not reflect that their
omission to work would give their constituents
increased opportunities for dinging at them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

ARE we becoming a nation of humorists, or
does the occupation of a telegraph editor natur-
ally lead to the preparation of jokes9 With one
accord the Ohio papers headline the account of
a somewhat heated interview between Congress
man Warner and Secretary Manning on the
silver question as Warner on his metal" The
headline fraternity drops into puns with the
same facility which characterized Mr.. Wegg's
entrance into poetry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE Cincinnati Enquirer is greatly dis
tressed because the Hamilton county frauds
were kicked out of the Ohio Legislature, and
declares there is mo free ballot in Hamilton
county" Well, it seems to be true that the
Ballot there is not quite so s'free" as the Dem
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE judges of the Superior Court unani-
mously decide that Mayor Denny is not a
member of the joint convention, and has no
right to vote. This is, certainly, the plain
Interpretation of the law. The position of
Mr.. Pritchard, that without the mayor there
could be no Common Council, is absurd.
The Council elects a president Of its own, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

1T viii hardly improve the financial situa-
tion to denounce the silver dollar as intrinsic
oily worth so many cents less than 100. The
forced coinage should be stopped. The bust
ness of decrying the only standard dollar
should likewise be stopped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

MR. FIELD is having the fence about the
Andre monument repaired, and will soon have
Che stone replaced in proper shape. It is a
pity his philanthropy can't take a more patri-
Otic and sensible direction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

TIKI election Of John Sherman was more
the triumph of the straight, unadulterated
principles Of the Republican party than a
mere personal victory. And that is the great
reason why we rejoice. Pure and undefled
Republication is in the ascendant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
The Weekly Journal.

The Weekly Journal comprises twelve pages
Of carefully selected reading matter, and has no
superior as a paper for the farmer. 1t contains
MI the current news up to the date of issue. and
a vast quantity of the best literature of the time.
Ths sermons of DR.. Dewitt c. Talmage are reg
larry printed in the Weekly Journal. The Week
~ Journal is furnished at the low price of 81 per
NeaR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE courageous De Lesseps has planned a
.junketing trip to the Isthmus of Panama, to
which he has invited the Marseilles Chamber
of Commerce and the officials of other French
cities, the expense being borne by the Panama
Canal Company. For a bankrupt company
this is generous. The men to whom lottery
tickets are to be sold will not be invited to 90.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

Ex-Governor CURTIN, of Pennsylvania,
who was set aside by Mr.. Carlisle for Mr..
Bayard's little boy, Belmont, yesterday de-
clined to serve as chairman of the committee
on banking and currency. Mr.. Miller; of
Texas, pow heads the committee, whereby
the South gets another craftsmanship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

1T won't help Senator Payne any, but the
suspicion prevails that Hon. s.. X. Donavin
was ole of the five foolish Democratic virgins
who got left with no oil in their lamps. They
Jailed 10 get in on the ground floor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

tory, who is concerned as to the effect upon
railway mems morals Of the continuation Of
the reprehensible pass system. After the bill
becomes a Law, Charley expects to walk from
Olympia to the national capital. He is will
ing to do that much towards raising the
standard of character among railway en-
,1arac
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

IT is reported that the purchaser of the Puri-
tan purposes taking her to England to win back
the Brenton's Reef cup, carried off by the
Genesta in contest with the American small fry.
Better let we'll enough alone. There is a posi-
bility of spelling the P~uritan's record. 1t would
be too bad to have the winner of the Queens or
American cup beaten by the craft that failed to
win IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

is very often a Common Council without the
mayor. The mayors absence does not de-
stroy the Common Council. He presides
over the Council, and has a vote in that body
when there is tie; but we cannot see that he
has any legal or necessary relation with the
joint convention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

MISS ANNE MONROE, Of Richmond, Va, "a
lineal descendant of President Monroe" died
there on Sunday, aged eighty-nine. A woman
born in 1897 couldn't be- much of a lineal descend
dant of President Monroe unless she were his
daughter. This woman appears to have de-
scended from him thirty four years before he
died.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

EVANSVILLE, Ga, a town of 200 inhabitants,
wants to walk right behind the band wagon of
notoriety, because of the birth of four pairs of
twins and one set of triplets since New Years,
with names of parents. It isn't safe to live in
Deansvilla.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14
Partisan Wish.

Atlanta Constitution.
A White House servant says that the Presi-
dent frequently comes out in the corridors In his
night-gown and bawls for some one to come and
make a fire. AS a partisan Democrat, we trust
that the recent Southern blizzard failed to strike
the capital of our common country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

WHY is it that a woman may be ugly enough
to scare horses for twenty-five years of her life,
and the moment she falls into a cataleptic SUM
Der she becomes a sleeping beauty2" Let a
freckled-faced, red-headed man try it. and no.
body would ever think of calling him a beauty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

A coLoRED woman has just died at Newburg.
N. Y, at the age of ITO. She claimed to remem-
her the disarmament of the Continental Army
in 1888, and to have washed dishes for the
soldiers. AS a rule, though, soldiers don't have
six-year- old colored girls wash dishes for them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

Philadelphia Press.

PhIIadeiphia Press.
Kentucky Beck is a good man in his way, but
he is captious. 1t is entirely safe to predict that
finds the streets paved with gold. he will instant
~ file a protest, accompanied by a demand for q
bimetallic system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE name of the new Swedish minister to the
United States is Kjolt. He isn't as skittish as a
young cjolt, but is said to have a powerful hjolt
on the English Language.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

HAVING had the Dixey ball, the New York pa
pers do not know how to regard, it as a ''societJ
event" or som ething else.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE official report Of business failures in
Great Britain and Ireland during the past
year shows an increase in every branch Of
trade. down with the robber tariff
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-14

THE Senate yesterday confirmed the nom
nations minister DENLY to China and of
Major Zollinger to be pension agent at this
CITY.