The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-14

under Won Moltke in the Franco German war.
They asserted vehemently that he had the
power, as pension agent, to give his fellow
countrymen pensions.
THE Territory Of Washington has recently
adopted high-license law-$500 for general
liquor license and $500 for beer license-which
is in successful operation and has thinned out
already the saloons in the Territory very consid-
erably.
JUDGE ToURGEE says that he read over several
hundreds of actual letters which schoolgirl
had written in order to get the spirit in which
young girl wrote home so that he might faith
fully compose girls letter that was to take its
place In one of his novels
AUNT" Sally Homan-Webb- Smith Curtis
Grey, the relict of FIVE husbands, died at Sag
Harbor, i. L, recently. By her will she left her
property l$l0, 000) to the son of her second hus-
band whom she said she had oyerworked and
ill-treated when boy.
GENERAL HANCOCK was man of very sympa-
thetic temperament. Some years ago ne was a
guest at a reception given by the Arcadian Club
and among other entertainments was the recital
of poem called ''Only an Organ Grinder" in
which was described the death of a soldier on the
field of Gettysburg General Hancock listened
to the recitation with interest and at the more
pathetic passages, tears streamed down his
cheeks, and he did not seem to be at all ashamed
of them
JOHN B. TURoHIN, ex-brigadier- general of vol
unteers, who is delivering war lectures in the
West, is a Russian by birth, and was q general
officer in the Cars army until 1856. He became
republican. and settled in this country. Dur
Ing the war Turchin was vigorous fighter, but
his command was discredited as pillagers. He
was court-martialed by General Buelis order,
and dismissed, but was Immediately restored to
service He has since the war lived on a farm
and established colony of Poles around him.
REPRESENTATIVE FARQUHAR, who defeated
President Clevelands friend Lockwood in the
Buffalo district, is an Ayrshire man, and has
been printer, editor and publisher. It is told
that he won the campaign on the tariff ISSUE He
challenged Lockwood to a joint debate. and the
latter. before answering sent a friend to hear
the Scotch protectionist speak. The envoy re-
ported: Don't debate the tariff with Farquhar.
he has the ear of the working people Let him
alone" Lockwood took the advice and was
beaten.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the Pittsburg multi
millionaire began his career as messenger boy
in the Office of the late Col Thomas A. Scott,
and afterward became an operator in the tele-
graph department of the Pennsylvania road
He was an expert sound reader, and one day
when on q locomotive near the telegraph Office
at Altoona he heard the news come that a train
had split in two sharp grade few miles
away. and that part of the train was coming
along like lightning. Young Carnegie told the
engineer of passenger train which waiting
on the track which the fugitive train would pass
over. There was just time enough to switch off
the passenger train before the runaway came
rafting on.
THE Rev. j. L. Scudder, of the First Congre-
gational Church. of ST. Paul, has made himself
very solid with the people of that city by preach
ing sermon last Sunday in favor of toboggan-
ing. His text was snake joyful noise.
Serve the Lord with gladness" In the course
Of the sermon he said: ''Tobogganing is cheap
and democratic diversion, and anyone who can
summon up the courage can take whiz him.
self. 1t stirs his blood up nightly and makes
every hair stand on end. By the time he has
reached the end of the slide and drawn his
toboggan back again, he is in q warm and phys
ically hilarious condition. He feels his youth
coming back to him again, and is suddenly
seized with a desire to make some kind of a
frightful noise. Thank God say, for tobog-
gaming. that drives dull care away. God smiles
upon such scenes as these. and If we are truly
His children serve Him as we'll by sitting
on toboggan as by kneeling upon hassock.
Then let us go and enjoy it, both in the name
of health and the name of the Lord"
THE BINGHAM GIRL
There was young lady in bingham,
Who knew lots of songs and could sing 'em,
But couldn't mend hose,
And wouldn't wash clothes,
Nor help her mother to wiring EN-.
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