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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
HE COULD PITCH A LITTLE.
The Stranger Who Astonshed the Hotel
Guests and the Soldiers.

Guests and the Soldiers.
Elmira IN. Y. } Gazette
LIZ Detroit is not baseball town it is nothing
The citizens of that city do not know, perhaps,
what jewel they have lost in their failure
secure the Rev Wilton Merle Smith, of Cleve-
land. He is not large man in physical sense,
but he 10 athlete. He the pitcher of the
famous Princeton College baseball nine which,
in 1877 rode down 10 Phiiadelnhia and twice
defeated the crack Athletic clue of the Ameri-
can Association on their OWE grounds in that
city His first pastorate IN small town,
and he joined ball club there. 1t
the, champion nine for miles around.
they played invariably objected to the ''profes-
sionaF pitcher, they termed the clerical ball
tosser. To quote Mr.. Smiths own language.
they used to swear st him from away back"
Last year he seriously considered the advisable
ity of organizing amateur nine with which to
beat the Cleveland Association team. A few
summers since the Rev. SIR. Smith enjoyed a
trip up the lakes At Mackinaw the soldiers in
the fort have fine ball club They have found
defeating mines picked up among the hotel
guests While Mr.. Smith was 10 Mackinaw
challenge was received st his hotel from the
soldiers Mr. Smith, whose calling was
known, was invited TO play and he promptly ac-
cepted. He was ordered cover the second
base bag his pitching abilities not being under
stood The soldiers had never been beaten, and
the hotel guests looked upon their own defeat
a foregone conclusion At the end of the
third inning the score stood to in favor of
the soldiers Then the second baseman walked
up to the catcher, irst-class player from the
University of Michigan, and said: Let me pitch
a little.n
''Can you pitch7" inquired the university man,
incredulously
"A little, guess" was the response.
The Waterloo of the hotel guests seemed in
evitable, and knowing that matters could not
be much worse, Mr.. Smith was permitted try
his hand aS twirling. The first few balls that
went spinning over the plate convinced the
catcher that old hand was in the box, and he
took courage Soldier after soldier retired in
one-two-three order. Player after player famed
the empty air in vain attemrts at finding the
little sphere and solving the puzzling curves
The pitcher a After he entered
the box soldier scored and the tally of 8
to in favor of the braves from the fort at the
end of the third inning had changed to IL to 8
in favor of the hotel guests at the end of the
ninth. The soldiers had met their first defeat
and they left the field feeling very low-spirited
amid the laughter and applause OF the specta-
tors. The minister drawing his coat
after the game when his catcher rushed forward
and, grasping his hand, said Who in thunder
are You, anyhow ''Oh, I'm an old college
pitcher, that's all. was the reply.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
Notes of the Stage.

Disd-sunday. Feb. &c. 1883. the National
Opera Company No flowers.
Twenty five thousand dollars for a fourth in
terest in "Dark Secret" was recently refused.
"A Great Wrong" reports big business This
is not the first time "A Great Wrong has been
successful
Twenty-f thousand dollars year for the
new Broadway Tneater, New York. is the largest
rental of any theater IN the world.
The Eden Musee will have on exhibition this
week life-lke representation of the deeth bed
scene of Emperor William. and statue of his
successor.
ss.Sassiety"is already showing much interest in
the appearance of Mrs James Brown Potter, at
Englishs. next week, for she is q society star of
high degree.
Il is reported that Nina Van Zandt the widow
of the hanged Anarchist. Spies, Is TO go out next
season in Anarchist drama. posing author,
star and manager combined
Clara Louise Kellogg is to go on the road again
nsxt season. She will have opera company
of sixty-five pc opie and will sing under the
management of her young husband, Carl Strak-
osch.
Gilbert al Sullivan to separ ate after this
season. auo = Gilbert will devote his time to
writing plays, and has already contracted with
Mary Anderson Tor two and one for Mrs. Ber-
nard Beere.
There will be three notabie attractions at the
theaters here next week. Miss Clara Morris, in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
why Religion. News Is Not Reported.

Henry r. Elliot in Forum.
How comes it that baseball and horse-racing
news is reported with great and fullness,
while the leading religious events are either ig
nored altoeether or indifferentiy reporfed2 Is it
not because newspaper editors have learned that
persons who belong TO the theatrical or the
sporting the mercan tile public buy their pa
pes according as they find in them full, prompt
and sympathetic treatment of theatrical, sport
ing. and market news; whereas religious peo
pie. as such, do not discriminate in their patron
age of newspapers with q corresponding
actness2 In other words, do religious people
feel keen interest in
1igious news as the baseball public
feels in baseball news or as the borse-racing
public feels in the news of horse-racel Do re-
ligious people, to any considerable degree.
choose one paper rather than another because
news than another or treats it with a more sym
pathetic apprehension You can go up one
bench and down another at g baseball game
and every man in the crowd will tell You what
papers of the next morning viii have full and
glowing account of the match then in progress
and which will dismiss it in a few cold
lines and very many of them
will make their purchase of paper the follow
ing morning that basis of choice. Now APP
ply that mode of reasoning To religious people
Out of an audience assembled in a city for some
notable religious occasion how many will be
able to predict the relative prominence that will
be given TO that meeting by the newspapers
And how many will TO the newspaper stand
the following day and buy a paper, confident
without looking it through. that it gives good
account of the EVENT. In shorE. is it not, after
all, question Of supply and demandl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
Love Tragedy at Limoges.

Details of a terrible love tragedy come from
Limoges. A well TODD artisan of the town had
lived for some time with a married woman of
great beauty who was separated from her hus-
band. Her conduct was irregular that her
lover resolved TO take her away to Bordeaux, but
the woman refused sseadfasty to leave Limoges
The artisan. after having implored her for a
long time, but in vain. to follow him, took out a
revolver and shot her dead. He then began to
caress the face Of the victim, shrieklng and
tearing his hair like 8 maniac. The woman's
father and friends making their appearance, the
infuriated lover fred several shots at them with
out effect, and then turning his weapon
against himself he lodged the last bullet in his
jaw.
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The Rothschtld Brio-a-Brac.


The Rothschi1ds believe in enjoying their
wealth. One of the Frankfort barons not long
ago paid $160, 900 for q silver cup, which he
wished TO use as a centre-piece of q table serv-
ice which he making uD. and one of the
Vienna barons has a stable which cost him
$50. 900 This stable has marble floors, encaustic
tiles painted by distinguished artists and its
walls are frescoed with scenes done by we'll
known painters. The rings, chains and fit
tings of the stable silver, andaone box-stall
for favorite horse cost. it is said. $4,000 The
income of the owner OF this stable is about
az 000 a day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
Soft SOAP for Burns.
Topeka Capital.

I
A free application of soft soap to a burn al
most instantly removes the FIRE from the flesh
IF the injury 10 very severe, as soon as the pain
ceases apply linseed oil and then dust over with
fine flour. When this covering dries hard repeat
the oil and flour dressing until good coating is
obtained. When the latter dries allow it to
stand until it cracks and falls off will do in
N day or two and q skin will be found to
have formed where the skin WAS burned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
A Reasonable Req ueat..

Few York sun.
Papa, said beautiful girl. brightly, do
you know that this is nv eighteenth birthdayl'
"Why bless me- so IL isl" responded the old
man. s.It doesn't seem possible that my lttle
girl has grown 20 be a young lady"
s'WeIl. she has papa. and want you 10 do
me very great favor" and the beautiful girl
hid her blushing face upon the old mans shout
der
What is it. dsar9- he asked fondly.
.PIease sell Nero
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
Polly Talks.
New York sun


Barber ito customerD--Don't you want bot
tie of my Paradise Hair Elixir7
Customer-So / see you've got parrot in
the window; IL talkl
Barber (proudlyl-0h. yes. sir: I wouldn't
take big money fer that bird. To parrotl-
Polly brace mp and say something.
Polly tbracing up with some dignityl-Shoot
the FIixilf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11

The P. D. s. co. Egg Beaten.
The Helms Fruit and Vegetable Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
Twenty Years Amer.
Puck.

Pension Aeent-And so you znjured your eye
sight in the civil warl In wat engagement
wac It'll
Claimant-My engaeemert as a proof-readsr
for the Century Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-11
origin Of B0ston's Firss Families.

Harvard Lanpoen.
Mamma-And who dvelt ia the garden Of
Eden. Freddie7
Ersddie--oh, know, the Aaamsss.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
STANDARD McINNVLLE TENNEssEE-sATURDAY APRLa 1883

bill, is understood to be ambitious of
representing his State in the Senate.
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, is making
quite a reputation in the House as a
quick witted and ready debater. He
gave a fine example of his talent in
that line on Saturday, which was
much enjoyed by the members. His
victim was Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas,
who had started to addres the House
on the Indian appropriation bill but
who ilOundered around, mixing up
the tariff and the slave trade and
installing the constitution OF the
Confederate States for the platform
ofthe democratic party, Mr.. Allen
stood this as long as he could and
then proceeded to make the discon-
nected gentleman from Kansas a
laughing stock. lie said Mr.. Perkins
reminded him of the story of two
men, whowhen travelling, and slept in
aroom with acupboard init. During
the night one asked the other to look
out of the window and see what kind
of a day it was going to be. The
latter opened the glass door of the
cupboard and exclaimed, at is dark
as hell and smells like cheese"
Instead of getting his head out into
the daylight of 1888, the gentleman
from Kansas had got his head into
the cupboard of rebellion, where
everything was dark and smelled
like slavery. Mr.. Allen invited him
to discuss the live issues presented by
the democratic party in the open
sunshine Of to-day.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
The Best Openings Have Been Neglec-
ted.
Southern Lumbcrman.

Southern Lunlberman.
Much has been said and written
about the fine openings for Northern
people in the South, and it is beyond
question that thousands Of mill men,
timber men, miners, and manufac-
turers have laid the foundations for
future fortunes, and there is still
room, but, in our honest judgment,
the best investments have been
neglected. We mean the farming
and stock-raising business. There is
an element Of uncertainty and risk
about all mining and manufacturing
interests, but there is dead certain
ty of success awaiting any man who
has business sense enough to run a
farm, and is able and willing to work.
1t requires less labor and exposure to
make crop in the South than it does
to feed the work stock of a Northern
farmer through a winter.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
The Wild Horses of Nevada.

Nevada horse raisers and ranchmen
on the Phoebe and White Pine ranges
are complaining of the wild horses in
that region. In the Shellback
Mountains are bands of from $50 to
200 of these horses, each under the
leadership of powerful stations, and
they make regularly raids on the
ranches and run off the horses of the
ranchmen. A horse once gone is
gone forever, the Nevada men say,
for the wild horses are cunning and
wary, and will not let a man get
within rifle shot of them. Last spring
fifteen experienced horsemen and
hunters started out with the object of
killing as many ofthe "boss stations"
as possible. In a ten days hunt they
managed to kill just one horse. The
wild horse of Nevada is said to be
about the most ugly beast alive.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
Capable and Incapable Wives.

A Wife of Twenty Two Kerrtown, Pa.
Tread the other day that there is
only one happy woman in Russia,
the priests wife, and that it is a COM
mon expression there, GAS happy as
priests wife" Well, it strikes me
that the only happy woman in this
country is the incapable wife. She
does not know how to do things and
nothing is expected of her; while
the smart, capable wife is hurried to
death, No man with an incapable
wife ever takes home a quarter Of
beef, and hanging it up in the store
room says, "IIere's your beef" and
then goes and calls on his next neigh
Dor expecting his wife to hack off
enough of that beef for dinner. No,
indeed, the man with an incapable
wife does everything for her. He
milks the COW, cuts the ham for
breakfast, and keeps the carving-knife
sharp all the time. The capable wife
sharpens her carving-knife on brick,
carries in all the water, turns the
crank on wash days, stirs the apple
butter and peach butter, makes the
sausage, picks all the chickens, digs
the early potatoes before each meal,
does the churning, feeds the calves
and pigs, and blacks the stoves The
man with an incapable wife does not
tell her at night after she has gone to
bed, that they are going to have
company tomorrow, and the in
capable wife would not crawl out of
bed and set yeast if she was told to do
so. But everything is expected
of the capable wife. Her husband
will come smiling home with lot of
his young friends to dinner, and
sometimes he forgets to tell his wife
the night before that anyone is coming
when he knows or ought to know
that they are just out of everything
that there is no tea, no sugar, no rice,
no nutmeg, no canned fruits, and no
meat except some fat bacon. A man
with an incapable wife would say, 81
should like to have you go home
with me, but my wife is not very
well. Some day / hope to have
you come" And the man with the
incapable wife, after doing everything
for her, ends by worshiping her
Her slightest word is law to him
He goes right home after his days
work is done, and spends all his
leisure time with her, while the man
with the capable wife never thinks o.
thanking her for what she does, and
he forgets to praise her, or tell hel
that he loves her. sob no, that is {
thing Of the past"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

Notwithstanding, moreoverly, now
ever, Bob's chances for raking in the
pot are very slim, and we feel conf
dent that his pole will be too short to
knock the persimmon. He will enter
the convention with just enough
strength to prevent his nomination.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
IRVING COLLEGE.

IRVING COLLEGE, April II, 1885,
No mail was received at thisoffice OH
Tuesday of last week in consequence
of high water. Since the rains of
last week the wall, "my farm is
ruined" has escaped the lips of many
in this section. The streams did not
attain to the same height as a few
weeks since, but the damage by
washing was much greater.
Six convicts were seen passing
through this section Thursday Of last
week. They crossed over the river
at Martins ferry after dark Thurs
day night. The ferryman could dis
tinguish their convict garb, but he
did not feel able to attempt an ar
rest.
Intelligence has just been received
here that S. b. Boyd, of "Northcut's
Cove" shot with a pistol, James
Hobbs of the same locality. Report
has it that Hobbs came where Boyd
wasstaying, raised a fuss' with him,
invited him out Of the yard; that
Boyd would not come out; that Hobbs
went in, drew his knife and inflicted
two or three ugly cuts upon Boyd's
face; that Boyd drew his pistol, where
upon Hobbs took to his legs, Boyd
firing at him as he was running; two
of the shots taking effect, the one in
the back, and the other in the nape
of the neck, the latter telling Hobbs
to the ground. 1t is thought that
neither Boyd nor Hobbs is danger
ously hurt.
During the recent high tides our
lumbermen have fioated hundreds OF
logs down to the mills of Mead Il De.
Bard.
Numbers of cattle are now being
driven from this section to the noun.
tain for the summer Grange"
in some of the apple orchards Of
this vicinity every tree supports from
one to half a dozen, or more, cater.
pillars webs. | wonder if these are
a new prohibition party?
, Well, between the "10th and 18th o
April'' we had two frosts in the Col
Inns River country.
, Frost is sometimes dangerous to thu
vitality of the fruit crop, hence if
had allowed the expression-"thC
danger to the fruit crop is from tn,
10th to the 18th of April" to be con
, strued as prophecy, what splen
did opportunity now to eXclaim, 81
told you sop And the STANDARD''
| seJ-conStitutGd critic is going to leav,
weather predictions to me and tn,
, noted Canadian crank. o, dom
} leave them to us entirely! a Wealth
T er Bureau with a critic is like "isl
) taters" without salt. am exceed
ingly wise, highly sensitive, and yer
bose" am /? A dark and distant in
: situation. Let me retire after sucl
, a stunning revelation, for what avail
5 can flow of words be in checking sucl
' an avalanche Of thought, or in at
tempting to dam the concentrate
| pillows Of such catyclysm of argu
3 ment? +. b. f..
The sales of mules at Columbia thi
, season amounts to SS0O,0OO. Las
years business amounted to 5000, 0O0
Tennessee leads ali the States in tn
! number of mules raised and sold.
Q Spring chickens are quoted at y
Q cents each in the Nashville marllc
house. .,.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

THEtwo largest counties in West
Tennessee Shelby and Madison, have
instructed for Taylor, and Gibson
county, in the convention to be held
today will do likewise.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

Pulaski Citizen: The Franklin
Review and Journal resents "imputa-
tons cast upon the American hog"
by foreign governments. That's
noble in you-stand up for your
folks
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

a Columbia man has taken a con-
tract to ship one hundred gallons Of
ice cream per day to Birmingham
this summer.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

WIN. NJ. DANIELS is gathering
some strength as a candidate for gov
ernor. Stewart and Henry counties
have instructed for him.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

Hon. Roscoe CoNKLING died in
New York April, 18th. He was one
of a few great statesmen that died
with a clear record.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

TILE election in Louisiana on the
18th, which had been looked toward
to with much interest on account of
expected trouble at the polls, passed
off quietly and orderly with a big
gain for the democrats.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

EWING WATTERsON, son of Henry
Waterson of the Louisville Courier
Journal, was arrested in Washington
this week for Stabbing a young lady
who refused to dine with him. He
was drunk at the time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
DR.. j. b. Ritchey, Agricultural Editor.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
We do not publish anonymous comm

We do not publish anonymous commu-
nications under any circumstances. The
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con-
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub
fish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as guarantee of good faith.
All calls on candidates, obituaries, trib-
utes of respect, ETC.. are charged for as adj
vertising matter. Simple announcements of
deaths, marriages, etc, will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

WILL some one rise to explain
why the devil howls more loudly
when attacked at the McKendree
Church than any where else? He
seems to want to dictate through one
Of the leading dailies just what her
pastors sermons should be.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
Insolvent Notice.

In Chancery at McMinnville, Tenn. 81.
H. II. Faulkner and w. +. b. Jones, Admr's.
of Asa Faulkner, decd, VS.. w. P.
Faulkner ct ais.
TN this cause the insolvency of the estate
i Of Asa Faulkner decd, having
been suggested, all persons holding
claims against said estate, are hereby noti-
fed to file same in the Office of the Clerk
and Master within time required by law or
they will be forever barred both in law and
equity. mr
This March 2lst, 1888.
]. c. BILEs, G. and NJ
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

The sales of mules at Columbia this
season amounts to 100000. Last
years business amounted to 5000, 900.
Tennessee leads ali the States in the
number of mules raised and sold.
Spring chickens are quoted at 30
cents each in the Nashville market
house. .,..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Postofice at McNlinn-
vile. Tenn, for the week ending April 10,
which will be forwarded to the Dead Letter
Office il not called for in 80 DAYS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
Never Cheaper.

Buy Your wall paper and ceiling
OecOmtionS from Ritchcy a. Stroud.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

JOHN w. CONFER, one of Lebanon's
most prominent hotel and stock men,
died at his residence last Sunday
from the effects of congestive chill.
DIR. John ID. Owens, one of Leban-
On's wealthiest citizens and a brother
in-law of Gen. VIM. B. Campbell,
former Governor of Tennessee, died
on the same day.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21

BY order Of p. o. Department. One Cent
must be collected on all advertised letters
Parties calling for any of these letters
will please say Advertised"
En-, j. WOOD, =. VI.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21
FOR SHERIFF.

We are authorized to announce
]. j. RHEAI, -
as candidate for Sheriff of Warren County.
Election first Thursday in August, 1883. i
We are authorized to announce
VANHOOSER a
as teandidate for sheriff Of Warren County.
Election FIRST Thursday in August 1888. les
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-21


TIE ObiOn Democrat begins to sec
the handwriting on the wall, and is
whetting up its appetite for the large
dish of crow in store for it. The
Democrat has wasted more thunder
than any other paper in the state in
reckless abuse Of the governor, but it
will come around all right after the
convention. AS county after county
goes on instructing for Taylor, here
is a pitcous wall the Democrat sends
forth:
Shelby county instructed for Taylor
Monday. Madison county, poor old
Madison, will instruct for Bob tomOr-
row, and WOrrell, Brooks, Smith,
Fletcher and other distinguished
aud noble braves will be happy.
Robert has about a dozen counties in
-tructed for him, and there are sever
al others that will probably pursue
the same sin-hardcned course. But,