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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18

Nye Poses for a Var Figure.
scoot for the Victoria Hotel in order to run
up a still bigger bill for the use of mustard
spoon, laundry of napkin, use of tooth
pick, wear and tear of dining-rOOm floor,
etc.
So the Victoria .reproved me and the
manager looked askance at me. When l
came in late. looking well-fed and with a
sparkle of merriment In my beautiful, rich,
brown eyes, he looked at me reprOachfully
and butted his head against the wall two
times in rapid succession. The Victoria, or
"Vic" as the irreverent call it, is run by an
American patronage. and yet the only
murmur that arises from the entire Ameri-
can contingent is not pleasant to the man
eme The hotel. / need hardly add,
has been recently refitted and refurnished
throughout. has a new rubber door mat
with holes punctured through it and n row
of flunkies who adOrn the hall and who
welcome the arriving and speed the depart
ing guest at a shilling Per welcome and
one and SIX per speed.
The day of the royal wedding dawned
rather wet and cherries. The sun came
out the day before long enough for us to
rolled up at the bottom and then it went
back again. The chimes of bells, at one
shilling six per chime, broke through the
moist air. / took my bright new GOrham
butter-dish, wrapped it. a newspaper, and
started for the wedding.
was all dressed up and was the cynO-
sure of all eyes. Many people turned to
look at my bright, expectant face and elias
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18

tic step. London was all agOg. Some of it
was all agrOg. / drove hastily up to where
the service was to be held and alighted from
my hanson, fearing that ! had kept people
there. also with expectant faces. l asked a
bobby if the folks had come. He looked
straight ahead of him at a mark. / shook
hands with him at one and six and then he
not come. l knew then that | had several
hours to wait, and so, in the Ian
guage of Amos j. Walker, / was anxious
to get at 1T as soon as possible. By and by
the Life Guards came along, and every body
pulled out an extra joint in his neck to see
them. Then a red flannel coach, with
naughty papier mache cOachman and foot
men, came along. 1t had no one inside of
it. but everybody looked at it in utter as
t%onishment, and one man near me yelled
serted his hand in my pocket. Another
man stepped ON my patent leather shoe and
tried to hold his breath, but it was too
strong for him.
1t now rained.
Then a mounted policeman drove down
the long ranks of excited people. i wish L
knew as much as he seemed to KNOW
Solomon in all his glory was a little, w1lted
wayside violet compared with that man. If
/ had his self-respect, together with my
would be, no doubt, n man who could make
the civilized world stand aghast.
Then another red coach with a red driver
and three footmen In red. and gold. and
saw-dust legs, and powdered hair. drove by.
A tradesman on my left stuck his wet
umbrella through my high nat and muir
INJURED, God save the Queen There was
no one in the coach, and we couldn't have
seen them if there had been q dozen.
Ii now rained again.
W. waited for the clouds to roll by. Ny
legs went to sleep, one by one, and slumbered
on peacefully At last there was a burst
of music, and the small, royal band with no
leader but a little drum major with q black
velvet jockey-cap and the air of one who
owns the earth, came along the avenue,
which was walled with 10000 people, in the
midst of whom n tall, 1.-the American fool
might have been seen.
In about two weeks another red coach
came along and there was some one in it.
Everybody said, That's 'er." / afterward
learned that it was theroyal ~chambermaid.
/ woke up one of my legs and tried to get a
better place. ! got one where the mud was
a little less yielding, but the juice from an
umbrella owned by a short lady ran down
my neck. She also put side whiskers on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
Pathological Curiosity Appeased.

VI = ~
Editor Postseripts:-In what dictionary do you
find the word mushmelonw which you used last
Tuesday moTningl CRITIC.
PETERSBURG, Va, Aug. :.
The mushmelon is not mentioned in the
dictionaries. 1t is a fruit that grows over
IN New Jersey upon a vine somewhat like
that which bearsithe Georgia watermelon.
Neither of these words Is To be found in
In dictionary. we believe. but both are In
common use among the people who produce
the fruit; and we do not see how any l~exicog-
rapher can presume TO know more about
a.thing than the men who make il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18

NtW lOfk IflDuhe.
There have been big gold nuggets found
in various countries. but the largest that
was ever discovered, the Silver Dollar
states. was found in New South Wales,
Australia 1t was urearthed on May 10.
four feet nIne inches. width three feet two
inches. average thickness four inches. and
1t was worth Sl4S,sO 1t was found i'm
bedded IN a thick wall of blue slate Mt a
depth OF 30 feet from the surface. An in
terestlng feature of IFS Listnrv.Nas HAT the
owners OF the mine were living on charity
when they foundht.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
Kniphts of Labor Demonstration.

The Knights of Labor will hold their
Labor day celebration at the Exposition
grounds. where addresses will be made by
Col. j. b. Maynard. Rev. Oscar Z. McCul-
loch and Rev. Father O'Donaghue. The
programme for the day comprises dancing,
racing, baseball and other sports. Hough-
toms Band will furnish the music. The ar
rangements for transportation to and from
the grounds have been completed and a
large number of extra street-cars on the
Alabama-street route will be run
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
MR.. BILL FIFE
He Sends the Bride a Beautiful Home
Made American Wedding-PreSent.
Viewingthe Marriage Pageant in a Rain-Storm
The Cherries London Populace-The Ar
ray of Gifts-Bret Harte and Euchre.


CIV low ~ dSai
LONDON, July 81 just dropped over
here to attend the royal wedding and shall
remain a week at this town, perhaps. l
could not attend the Battenburg wedding
on account of illness among my stock, but
l said to myself then that If l ever hap
pened to be near London again when there
was a royal wedding, would not crawl ont
of it on those grounds.
/ took a club train from Paris at half
and Dover to London. The ride was devoid
of incident. The channel has my compli-
ments, such as they are. Everybody pay s
his compliments to the N 1t Is a
lovely sheet of water. / looked at it quite
awhile, with great, big, solemn, soul-lit
eyes and heaving chest. 1t is not a wide
channel, but it is a very busy one.
went at once to the Victoria. / have
been asked to say a good word for the ho-
tel, and now hasten to do so. 1t is very
large, and makes 45 per cent. per annum on
its capital. / slept and picked my teeth
there, but ate elsewhere. 1 always
like to eat elsewhere, and so did. The ho-
tel did not like it. / said 1 was sorry, but
l could not seem to help it. / was willing
to pay fer the attendance which l did not
get, also the wine, ale, beer, malt liquors,
policemen, prayers, writing paper, lights,
fuel, feed, baled hay, perfumery. Stilton
cheese. tar roofing, medical at
tendance, common lumber, cafe noir, lime,
cement and use of lift, but / just would
kind of like to eat where 1 chose. so long
as l was there on the European plan. If /
happened to be several miles away sitting
for a wax figure of myself to be used by
Madame Tussaud and Mrs. farley. 1 would
not jump the moment the whistle blew and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
WAGE.EARNERS' INTERESTS
Thrift That Enables Workingment to Pro-
cure Homes for Their Families.
Programme for the Trades Union Demonstra-
ton on Labor Day-They Will Also Take
Part in the Corner Stone Ceremonies.

81 notice one thing about the working
men in Indianapolis said a manufacturer
the other day, that certainly speaks very
well for their class. l have taken a great
interest IN watching the growth of the
city, for the past year especially, and l
have come to the conclusion that nc small
amount of the credit for the development
and increased size is due to w~Orkingmen.
If you will go to the records in b city
clerks office you will find that o large per
cent. of the houses built here this spring
are those of workingmen-men who
get, in some cases, wages that only
permit of a small weekly saving.
l was surprised, the other day, to find the
territory along the borders of the city
thickly dotted with new houses. and in
nine cases out of ten they are small cot
tages, owned by men who earn their wages
in factories, and by their muscle. The
building associations have done much to
encourage thrift and enable the wage
earners to procure their own bones"
Then, as a class, the wOrkingmen are
saving more money! the reporter asked.
YES; that is exactly what l mean. Every
man. no matter what vocation he follows.
knows that a good, comfortable home for his
IanIly Is one OF the greateSb DRESSINGS no
can have. and that it is made all the more
enjoyable by the knowledge that ne owns
that home. That idea seems to have taken
hold Oh the workingmen here, and l be-
lieve it is one of the best signs of b day.
1t is safe to say that just IN proportion as
the laboring man in Indianapolis, or else
where, for that matter. works toward get
ting a home for his f~amily-or,. in other
words, complete independencein his domes-
tic affairs-just SO far is he approaching
q state of cOntentment.0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
FOR A GOOD GIRL.

From the brides mother. set of delight
full "doylies' and n~ut-crackers.
From the Right Honorable William r..
Gladstone, to the Earl of Fife, a base drum
and stereoscope for the s~itting-roOm,
From Ireland. q bushel of Early Rose po-
tatoes, and the motto, worked in green
yarn on a perforated cardboard ground:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18

to the royal palace and play tennis. When
every other man who Introduces you does
everything else but pronounce the names.
it is only etiquette to refresh the memories
of people afterward. Still l was saddened
all the afternoon by this occurrence, and
when her Royal Stoutness asked me why 1
seemed so sad, / could do nothing but, with
trembling lips, lean on her shoulder and
sob. BILL NYE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
Hotel Walters Union.

Last Tuesday night the 'colored hotel
walters of the city organized a union. with
membership roll of forty. j. Venable was
elected president. III. Simmons secretary.
and j. Ashland treasurer. This is the only
organization of the kind among local hotel
walters. The Walters Union and Hotel
Walters Brotherhood will hold their an
nual picnic at the fair grounds on Wednes-
day, Aug. IS. Music Will be furnished by
the Brotherhood Band, and other attractive
features will be on the days programme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
In the Future.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Out in Indiana the country banks have
combined against those of the cities. Per-
haps when the millennium comes the labor
versus capital problem will have resolved
itself into capital VS.. capital. Where will
the demagogues go then, poor thingsl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18

Boston Herald.

The presence of Tom Ochiltree and Eli
Perkins together at Saratoga recalls the
late Mr.. Travers's remark that, of the three
biggest liars in America. Ochiitree was one
and Perkins the other two.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
Poisoned by His Collar Button.

NtW dNt IuuIuI
James Petrie. employed at Fenn's shoe
store, is suffering from q severe attack of
blood poisoning, which was caused by wear
ing q brass collar button. The poison is
extending its course all the way around tho
hack
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18

An effort will be made by local labor
unions to secure as large a representation
as possible in the procession attending the
cornerstone ceremonies next Thursday. To
this end a meeting has been called for this
afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Central Labor
Union Hall, No. 115lo East Washington
street. Those who have the matter in
charge feel that the labor interests of the
city should be well represented, and it is
hoped by them that all workingmen will
t~icipation in the da~y'sprogramme a success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-18
Labor Day Parade.

Every effort is being made to have the
programme for labor day carried out with
precision and harmony. The parade in the
morning promises to be an unusually large
one, and will be the first of its kind in
which coloped wage-workers have particle
pated. 1t will be organized in the follow
ing order:
First Division, forming on North Mississippi
Union No 299. Carpenters Union No. 446. Car.
penters' Union No. so, Furniture Workers.
Union No. Is, Painters Union No. AZ, Finishers'
Union.
Second division, forming on South Mississippi.
street, rightresting on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Union No; 3, Piasterers' ,uTn Union No No. 40 S Stone
mems Union Nc. II, Clerks and Statements Union
No. 1924, Typographical Union No: IA
street. right resting on Washington-Typograp-
ical Union No. i, Union NO. So,
MOlders' Union No. So, holders Union No. II,
Wheel-makers' Union, Federal Labor Union NO.
1868.
Fourth division, forming on South Tennessee
riers' Union, Hotel Walters brotherhood. bar
hers, and all unorganized cOlored workers who
believe in the principle Of organized labor.
right resting on Washington BOok-binders'
Union, HOrse-shoers' Union, Tailors Union,
Saw-makers' Union, Packers Union; unorgan-
lied white labOring men who believe III che prln-
ciples OF organized labor.
The procession will move at $50 o'clock.
and will pass over the following line of
march: From Tennessee street east on
Washington street to East, north to Mar
ket, west to Circle, north to Meridian, north
to Ohio, west to Illinois, and south on Illi-
nois to the Union Station. Here a special
train will be in waiting to take the people
to Hammond's Grove. 1t will leave at 11:l5
o'clock. Trains will be run at intervals of
one hour during the afternoon. The exer-
cises at the grove will begin at 9 o'clock,
ried out: Music, Union Band; song. Social
Singing Society; address. William Nichols;
address, Maurice Donnelly; song, Social
Singing Society; Address, Philip Kappa
port; address, Alexander Smith. Boating.
dancing baseball and athletic sports will
add to tho enjoyment of the day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-18
A woNDRoUs PETTIcoAT.

A Paris correspondent tells of petit
coat which has set that city to gossiping.
It is combination of silk, flowers and
lace, and for which was paid the fabul-
lous sum of $4,000. Rumor has it that
it was purchased by an American Cresus
and Frenchmen are congratulating them
selves that their countrywomen, however
eccentric, never tempted them to commit
such piece of extravaganza. The
Cresus may have some trouble with the
customs on his arrival in America, as the
flowers and lace are put on this now cele-
brated petticoat in such profusion that
a suspicion of smuggling may involuntar-
lily find room in the mind of the matter
of-fact officer. But the purchaser will
no doubt be able to prove his honesty of
purpose in importing the article. This
peticoat, which actually was sold for the
sum named above, is but an exaggerated
sample of those now worn by women of
wealth and fashion. The rarest of laces
and rich fabrics are none too good for
this garment, (which vies in elegance with
the handsomest costumes, even with
those worn at that other great event, the
Grand Prix, at which the beauty and
wealth of all lands are represented
New York Telegram.
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QUEENS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY.

The tournament of the Queens of Love
and Beauty remains in Maryland as an
active "Reminiscences of the old days.
They have some of the features of the
ancient affairs, but, old as they are, they
cannot resist the progress of the nine
teenth century. A grand tournament at
Forest Glen the other day had two Queens
of Love and Beauty. Thirteen filters
took part in the tourney, and 1000 peo-
pie enjoyed themselves and spent money
for the benefit of Carroll Chapel, under
whose auspices the affair was held. Two
bands of music enlivened the proceedings
and several lawyers exercised their ora
tory in charges to the knights and coro-
nation addresses.
The first prize was saddle and pridle,
which was won by the Knight of Laurel,
who crowned married lady Queen of
Love and Beauty. The second prize was
the honor of crowning the second Queen
of Love and Beauty, and the Knight of
White Oak selected Miss Bayley for the
honor. Besides these six other ladies
were crowned maids of honor. Many
excellent people enjoy these festivals, and
during the fall they are of weekly occur
renee, and some cf the best horsemen in
the State participate.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-18
PARTISAN sALEsWoMEN.

A correspondent of the Christian Regis
ter writes: "The shop strata, on which
so much of Paris rests, are to me very in
teresting. The lettered class affect to
despise the small bourgeoisie. But the
shop people are as well worth studying
as any in Paris. The capable, alert
women of affairs, who form life part
nership with their husbands, and who do
their full share of the work, have good
strong faces, the best I have seen here.
Where the shopwoman is young, she
often has charming modesty of de-
meanor. But the proprietaire does not
like to have her goods handled and left.
If you look without buying you may re-
ceive sarcastic rebuke, such as an Eng
ish or American shopwoman would not
dare to administer. This is due to the
fact that she owns the concern, and is
not responsible to 'boss.' Of course
am speaking of the little shops, not the
great ones, like the Magasin de Louvre
and the Bon Marche.
ga Partisan shopwoman's fingers have
a witchery and magic peculiar to them
selves. They can tie bow, fit glove,
or twist curl with an irresistible charm ;
and yet the Parisienne, in the shop or
out of it, is hardly ever beautiful, nor
can I see that she dresses better than the
women of other nations. One cannot
study the middlc-class Frsnchwoman on
her native heath s. p-without per-
ceiving how largely the material prosper
ity of France is in her hands.
"The Frencb5usiness woman physi-
cally is far :ior to the men of the
same class. F.es seems to have overcome
many of the weaknesses of her sex, and
to suffer little from the false shame and
foolish ambition of women of her class
in other countries. She takes pride in
her own walk of life gratifying to see,
and behind the ledger of the 'Dureau
feels herself little queen"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-18

granite, twelve feet long. The granite
in the shaft is irregular blocks, no course
less than eight inches, or over twelve
inches, rise outside. The inside above
the octagon base is laid up with common
rubblc stone, the whole laid in cement
mortar. The dome or ceiling is OF eight
inch brick. The roof is of the same
material. The trcads of the stairs are OF
North River stone, four inches in thick
ness and twelve inches wide and built into
the wall at each end as carried up.
The statue, by the Cape Ann Granite
Company, is completed and on the
grounds. 1t is, from the base OF the
feet to the crown Of the head. fifteen
feet in height. 1t is carved from two
blocks of the finest of Cape Ann granite,
one part from the belt upward, the other
from the belt to base. 1t represents the
old Puritan Captain standing in an erect
position in full military dress of the early
colonial period, the cooked hat, Eliza
bethan ruffle around the neck, military
boots, etc. The right foot is thrust for
ward, as is the dexter arm in which is
held scroll, while the left hand rests
firmly on the hilt of the sword hanging
from the left side. The long cloak worn
at that period is thrown over the back,
falling behind him in graceful folds to
the feet. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-18
Human Leather.

It is not very pleasing thought that
human skin tanned into the most delicate
leather is now becoming a commercial
commodity. The exigencies of trade
have stimulated demand in at least one
industry for the outer covering of the
human being. A few grades of gloves
sold in this city are manufactured from
this material in France and Switzerland,
where the tanneries have been quietly
supplying human leather to the glove
makers for some years. A New York World
reporter examined strip of close-grained
human leather the other day which is in
the possession of Mr.. A. ]. Moore, of
the Boots and Shoes Weekly. 1t was taken
from a mans back, and is as thick as
the ordinary sole leather. Leather ex-
perts say that as the hide of kid COM
pares with that of goat so of course
does that of child compare in piiable
texture with that of an adult. Nature
has protected mans spine by skin
which is much heavHNr than on other
parts of his body save the sole of the
foot and heel. Bits o. skin from the
human heel have been tanned up into
leather almost an inch thick. But in
these days of Brown -Sequard elixirs and
little towns with big heads that want the
1892 Fair nothing is wonderful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-18

The stones used are massive, many of
them weighing from three to five tons
each, which, set, make very imposing
structure. The jambs of the arch of the
entrance are formed by stones contributed
by and bearing the names Of each of the
New England States, while the keystone,
presented by President Grant, represents
the counties of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts,, suitably inscribed, while
four sunken panels on the sides, each
containing four stones, will admit sixteen
names of the associates of Captain Stand
ish in the great work. accomplished by
the Pilgrim Fathers. The inner room of
the octagon base, which will be some
thing like twenty-one feet across by
twenty feet high, is formed to receive
tablets of religious, historical, masonic
and other societies, mechanical and mer-
camille associations, regimental and other
military stores, while the whole inside of
the shaft above, including the sides of
the cone around which the stones circle,
will be studded with the military COM
pany stones of this and other States and
other such tablets, individual and other
wise, as it may be thought best to insert
to commemorate and perpetuate the
works and names of Captain Standish
and his associates, in connection and con-
trasts with the progress of individual and
collective efforts and advancement of the
present day.-Ne1 York Press.