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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
A WASHINGTON special to the Cincin

natl Enquirer, says:
There was a great howl not long since
about the terrible condition of the Post
Office Department and the postal service
under a Democratic administration. That
this was worked up for campaign effect is
very evident from certain frank admissions
which have recently been made. Among
the Postofice Department officials APP
pointed by President Harrison, is one who
served unde q Republican administration
in a capacity to which he had been origin
ally appointed. One of these is Third As
sistant Postmaster-general Hazen. He
stated to-day that the Office was in good
shape, and what surprised him most was
hat so few changes had been made in the
clerical force.
Mr.. Hazen found the affairs of his old
Office in good shape and also found that
very few changes had been made in the
clerical force. That tells the story.
The retention of trained and competent
clerks accounts for the good condition
of the Office. AS for the generalization
of the postal service it was alleged
to exist in the Postoffice Department
proper. Comparatively few changes
were made in the working force of that
department. The trouble was in the
railway matt service, the delivery service
and the clerical force of postofices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Blind Faith in It's Own strength.

Charleston Is. CO. News and Courier Dem.)
There is much more in the solid South
than the mere question of white suprema-
cy. The dread of negro ~ascendency has,
doubtless, kept some political towards in
the Democratic ranks, but the great mass
of the white people in South Carolina are
Democrats because the Democratic party is
right on all questions of constitutional in
depreciation and government policy. De-
port every colored voter in this State to
Liberia or Kamschatka and still the white
people. of South Carolina would remain
solid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
the lack

GOVERNOR HILL is an ingenious man
and can, doubtless, find some reason for
vetoing the new liquOr-license bill that
will please all his Democratic supporters.
In fact, a veto with no reason at all will
satisfy the New York Democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Thinks 1t Was Audacious.
Peoria Transcript.

Probably the most extensive and over
whelmIng task ever undertaken was at
tempted in the indianapolis Journal the
other day. The editor wrote an editorial
on 1.-THE Legislatures Blunders,n and con-
lined this mighty subject within the limits
of a half column. OF course one might as
we'll have attempted to dip the ocean dry
with a great dipper. but there was q sub
lime audacity in the undertaking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

AFTER Governor Wilson, of West Vir-
ginia, was elected from a grocery store,
where he had gone to "have it out" with
editor Reber, he went straight home and
told his wife not to buy any more mo-
~lasses, or Goldfish, or things at hat shop.
The Wilson family will trade at another
market from now on.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

NEW system of street-sprinkling by
means of the street railroad has been
tried successfully in Louisville. Atank-
car, attached to a flush hydrant, was
filed with water in a minute and a half,
and then sprinkled ten blocks, running
on schedule time, and without interfer-
ing with other cars. Here is a hint for
our Council.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

fItUsUurB OHIOHICIt.
Senator Sherman, during the debate on
the nomination of Halstead, ate a slice of
apple pie, a piece of cheese and drank a cup
of clear tea, and thus refreshed, dared tho
enemy to do his best or his worst. In the
critical periods of their country's history,
of the Cleveland administration especially
will fully show,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Congressman Laird's Condition.
0n1u Nah IourUa1

Private advices to the Journal received
last night contain the information that Mr..
Laird is rapidly improving in health. and
now gives from four to SIX hours daily to
his business. The improvement is very
marked, and no doubtn0w remainsthat the
trict will soon be in his usual health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

THEY are not having as many picnics
out in Dakota now as they had in jan
nary, but the prairie fires are making
things lively enough for them to supply
H. lo1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
An Important Distinction.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
John Wanamaker has pronounced in ia,
vor of constitutional prohibition. AsPenn-
s~ylvania is to vote on this question, this an
nouncement is important. He speaks on
this subject as a Sunday-school teacher,
and not in his official capacity as Postmas-
ter-generaL. 1t is important TO keep this
distinction in view. \
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Would Eniiven the Senate.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Other and great Ohio Republicans have
put themselves in line for the senatorship.
but they will be all the greater if they now
give their cordial support to Mr.. Halstead.
He is not Just the man for diplomatic
fine style.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

A GOOD many Indiana postmasters of
the Republican persuasion are getting
in in time for the spring house-cleaning.
This is we'll.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

THE condition of Edwin Booth imme-
diately after his attack, as described by
the attending physician, fully justified
the speech made by Mr.. Barrett to the
waiting audiesce. The fact that he has
rallied from his first helpless prostration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
40 the editor OF tine Indianapolis JournaL

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
notice that the government builds mills. Can
you give me any as to what salary a
miller getsi Let me know where to get the in
formation, and l may strike out for a job.
BICKNELL, Ind. H. @.
We have not heard that the government is
engaged In the milling business. Our i'm
preston is that it buys all the -four and feed
it uses in open market.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
A Post-Election Reflection.

The astute Mr.. Mackin was won't to char,
a~cterize in his whitening fashion the pre-
tensions of certain alleged leaders who, he;
said, were not always able to control even
tneir Owl ~ Woes Waas m9cr Cv iesS nno S OF 1' heerns:
been useful in the late campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

New York Graphic.
Tbs administration has received its first
serious blow in the declaration of Henry
Watterson that he approves of it. Henry
is not exactly a mascot. 49,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Go Slow, Corporal.

BOstOn J0urnaI. ~
ceived the appointment, but go slow. my
dear man, or you will be so far ahead O fthe
procession that you won't hear the music.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
What was the vote of the indianapolis City
Council on the resolution to expel Simeon COyl
WESTFIELD, Ind. b.
1t was a strict party vote-15 Republicans
to o Democrats. 1t required two-thirds to
expel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Heaven Forbid.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Indiana Legislature should 60 back
and start over again. Its proceedings do
not seem to stand the test of the courts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
HOW About the Chicago Bucket-shops Z

Chicago Inter Ocean.
A new trick in fraud in the game of faro
of tr icks to capture the delusive dollar ara
in vogue there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
A Thought tor the Senate.

Philadelphia Press.
For the Senate calmly TO consider during
the vacation period: Whether il has not
~Iaagnified Mr.. Halstead and belittled itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Has Raised His Salary.
Detroit Tribune.

Hereafter a Michigan mar can look the
Constitution of his State in the face with
out blushing at the Governors salary.
Thanks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Fred Nye After Hearing Riley.

Omaha KepubHcan-
James Whitcomb Riley is the true real.
list. He is as real as the sunshine or the
shadows. Nature lives in Riley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
Is Jefferson Davis still livingl If so, where at
and how old is hel i. Il.
He lives at Beauvoir, Miss, and is nearly
eighty-One wears old.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05

Chicago InIer Dctan--
Chicago can at least be proud of having
the only SD Masonic degree Mayor in the
country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
THE INDIANAPOLIs JOURNAL

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Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
A SeasonabIe Proposal.

AuSttlle ANDERSON IN JitdDe.
She was enthusiastic about the National
game,
And Ito put it mildly--was somewhat Of
the same.
So as we watched the home club, ono sultry
summer day,
My love grew ever warmer till IL had to ''say
its say"
But 'twixt my hearts two thFobbings (fo
her and for the game)
My words got sort of twisted, though they
Here scarcely tame.
Now, darling, # you'll listen"--"You're
:. .oky-scraper, Steve''-
"pl tell you how l love you"--"That score
I'd scarce believe"
''ve never loved another SO we'll as''---
''Ratsl Struck outv"
"Say yes, and Pm as happy as you are''----
''Basep'--a pout
"rn own I've made some and pitched
little wild,
But this same ball pm playing-I love you."
Then she smiled.
"You'll not be left on bases, your double
plays count more.
/, umpire, cali the game, dear, and we will
tic the score"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
THE CASTLE OF CHAPULTEpEC
It Once More Becomes the White
House of Mexico.
A MAGNIFICENT MARBLE PILE
The Wonderful double Staircase
POpocatapeti and lztnccihnutl
and the Curious Legend Con-
nected With Them.
Where Maximil,ian Lived.

MEXICO CITY, June 10.-[Special to
The BEE. ]-President Diaz has moved
his official residence out to the Castle
OF Chapultepec, which becomes once
more-for the first time since the un-
lucky Maximillian and his charming
wife lived there-the ''white house" of
Mexico. Chapultepec is one of the
loveliest spots imaginable. 1t is unique
in itself as we'll as in its name, which
signifies THE Hill of the Grasshop-
perl"
Montezuma made his summer house
here, and an underground passage, still
in existence, was made by his direction,
to point in the valley below, so that
the Aztec chieftain could go and come
as he pleased. Under the old cypress
trees in the park, the Conqueror Cortez
pitched his tent, after the celebrated
''Noche Triste," or night of sorrow,
when the Aztecs fell upon the Span
iards and massacreed them. Hero Max
imillian and the unfortunate Carlotta
made love as they promenaded
THE MAGNIFICENT MARBLE TERRACES
trian Grand Duke" Here the Ameri-
can army fought bloody but decisive
battle-one which has made the
queer word Chapultepec familiar to
American ears. One might narrate
numberless historical incidents con-
nected with the spot, which abounds in
memories. il space permitted, but the
place itself demands some description.
Imagine park of 1000 acres, covered
with dense growth of cypress, many Of
the trees 800 or 800 years old. The grey
Spanish moss festooned from limb to
limb adds to the picturesqeness of the
scene. In the center of this park
which is surrounded by massive walls
on three sides, the old aqueduct form
ing the barrier on the fourth rises pre-
cIpitous mound, if such term will ex-
press the idea. This mound is com
posed principally of rock and is prob
ably 200 feet in height. There is but
one road to the top, the summit being
inaccessible except by this single route.
Upon the very apex
STANDS THE CASTLE,
completely covering the space, so that
no matter from which direction you
look there is sheer descent of nearly
one hundred feet. The castle was built
in sections and presents no singlar fea-
ture of architecture except a
peculiar double staircase that
seems to have no supports.
When Maximillian first saw this stair
case he remarked to the architect that
he would not trust his own weight upon
it, whereupon the designer, with his
majesty's permission, brought a regi-
ment OF soldiers and marched them up
and down the stairway ten abreast, thus
demonstrating its strength. This stair
case is the only one of its kind in exist
ence, and is built OF white marble and
brass.
The terraces at Chapultepec are one
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
PEPPERMINT DROPS.

man in peck of trouble Is IN measreu
to be pitied.
Well, Pm chairman, but where's the partya
Zeal Brce.
Every man is sometimes q bait on some
other mans hook.
The parcel clerk gives the business
wrapped attention.
The man who registers at hotel at night
can be said to be on the "retired list"
1t is getting so now that weather prophet
can't even predict storm of Indignation.
spirit mediums business is naturally
dull in summer, there is so little demand for
wraps.
Grit makes the man and want of it the
chump; the men who WIN lay hold, hang on,
and hump.
Massachusetts comes nobly to the front
with law TO dock every one who docks a
horses tail.
Now that u castor soll trust has been
formed, the wheels of commerce can be said to
be well creased.
The Oldest twins we know of are Wicked
ness and Want, and they will probably sur
vlve till doomsday.
The white horse is about the only thing
connected with the Cronin business which
displays euuine-imity.
The wife who can retain q sure hold upon
her husbands heart will never have occasion
to take grip on his hair.
There is one thing that the invincble
western cyclone has never succeeded in lift
ing, and that is mortgage.
1t is easier for New York people to select
the site for monument than to secure a
sight OF monument itself
Almost everybody will agree that the
American flag is daisy If so, then we al
ready have national flower.
'How long do mosquitoes live"2 asks q
correspondent. That depends good deal
on the kind OF fellow they light on.
The ethics of forgery are hard to recon
cile When q man forges a hand it is a
crime, but when he forges ahead it is a
credit.
is seen in allowing Colonel Walker to be in
the cavalry and Captain Rider in the in
fantry.
The widow is less selfish than the maiden,
for while the latter is always looking out for
No. the former is satisfied in watching for
No. 2.
BY the way. Forepaugh, wish you would
take off my hands q few of these Invitations
TO make Fourth of July speeches this year.
Depew anat
William Dean Howells is writing some dia-
lect in Harpers Magazine. IL is a kind of
succotash OF Boshonese patois and Louisiana
rice neiu iihgo. q
Monopoly, having shed it's castor Oil
trust into the ring, will now have to take o
few knock-downs from the infant indus
tries OF this country
They have an American elevator in the
Eiffel Tower, butit ls not really American
unless it is run by small boy whistles ana
smokes cigarettes.
Paradoxical as IL may seem a Kentucky
man last Thursday died Of water on the
brain. We impiore Colonel Watterson TO
never let 1t occur again.
"Wiyes should never conceal anything
from their husbands" says q writer. II
this advice was carried out it would create a
revolution in feminine pockets.
Sitting Bull, who has been seriously i'll Of
pneumonia is reported much improved"
He can now be regarded as a member of the
Improved Order of Red Men-but at the
same time he is not.
''Judge man by his eyes, but woman
always by her lips" said benjamin Frank
lin. Now we understand how Benjamin
happened 70 get so deeply interested in the
study Of electrical phenomena.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
TRAGEDY OF THE NEMAHA.
Terrible Fate OF Two Nebraska
Pioneer Females.
FiEkD!SH WORK OF REDSKINS
Summary Vengeance Melted Out to
the Perpctrators-Perilo Jour
ney Across the FlOod-Murder.
cred by the Indians.
An Early Tragedy.

"I'll cross the stream to yonder cabin
though it costs my llfe."
The firmly compressed lips Of the
speaker indicated that he meant just
what he said. Imagine for a moment a
sheet of water covering valley more
than two miles in width, from two to
thirty feet in depth, rushing, surging
and roaring as though the imps of hades
were battling for their kingdom, the
rain falling in torrents, and nothing at
hand but dug out" skiff and an ordi-
nary hand paddle to battle with the
current that carried trees and logs and
debris on to the great gulf of the south,
any Of which would have borne dozen
men without sinking them out of sight,
and one gathers the hazard attaching
to the venture as we'll as the idea that a
motive stronger than life impelled it.
During the fall OF 1862 half dozen
families sought homes in southern Otoe,
In the country skirting the Little
Nemaha river, mile or so to the west
OF what is now the thriving little city
OF Talmage. Robert Gest, the head Of
one of the families, selected the site for
his home upon the river banks, in one
OF the beautiful native groves for which
the Nemaha is famous. The knoll
upon which he built his house was
above high water mark. Indeed, ut the
time my story opens the logs
OF the cabin were untouched by the tur-
Dulent waters. But they could not re-
main so long and the river rising every
moment. The situation was truly
appalling. Something must be done or
trust reposed would be betrayed. So
reasoned Joe Downes as he and a
brother of Robert Gest's looked upon
the scene, and discerned the family
curling smoke rising from the chimney
OF the house, giving evidence that there
were loved ones within, possibly fright
ened out Of their wits by the terrible
fate that seemed TO be in store for them.
by accident Joe and his comrade tum-
bled upon the skifr referred
to before, mile or so down
the river. 1t had evidently
become loosened from its moorings from
some point above and washed ashore.
AS though prompted by intuition they
towed the bark along until they reached
q point opposite and the little cabin
they SO much desired to reach. Here
they held brief consultation. 1t was
decided that Joe should make the ven
ture alone, and in the event of disaster,
which meant certain death, the other
would be able to return to Brownville,
from whence they came, and bear the
sad news TO his brother and
other friends. Now, with the obser-
yation that the cabin was on the north
bank OF the river, and Downer and his
comrade on the table-land skirting the
valley TO the south and west, clear
conception can be had of the peril in
Ne undertaking the brave men con-
templatod.
But a word in explanation of why
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23

public rooms face the court yard, and
the entire remainder of the building is
filled with the soldiers aud military
cadets, among whom is general Diaz's
only son. The chapultepec cadets are
HowLING SMELLS,
and of Sunday on thePaseo they smite
the heart of many a darll-eyed young
senorita who, like her sex the world
over, will always take to brass buttons
in preference to the civilian garb.
Each room in the presidents private
apartments is frescoed appropriately.
The chess room has a chess board in
the center of the ceiling, with the bish-
ops, kings and queens in merry
dance about it, the pawns furnish
ing appropriate music from the four
corners of the room. The private re-
ceptiOn parlor OF the presidents wife is
done up" in pink silk with plush and
brocade hanging to match. Every wall
in the entire suit of rooms is covered
with silk brocade instead OF paper. The
bed room occupied by the president and
his wife was decorated and furnished
at an expense OF $4,000. The dining
room has seating capacity that is lin
tied to thirty persons. The magnificent
solid silver that once belonged to the
Emperor Maximillian is to be used, but
the china and glassware are not in keep
ing with the royal magnificence of the
silver; one of the soup tureens requires
four men to carry it, when filed.
President Diaz is greatly loved by his
followers, and he will doubtless make
the castle of Chapultepec quite as brill
liant as it was in the days when tho
Austrian and Empress Carlotta drove
their eight grey horses and golden state
chariot up the hill, and made the castle
ring, from alcove and gallery, from gar
rison to the entrance CRATES, with gay
ety. Nine. Diaz is
A MOST BRILLIANT WOMAN,
and can entertain, royalty, should she
take the notion. All Mexico has its
eyes upon her, and it remains with her
to add immeasurably to the social gaie-
ties OF the capital.
CHARLES Fl. WELLS.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23

Deutsch passed away a few months be-
fore Joe was called, and his friends ex-
press the opinion that tho death of his
comrade fastened his end. Be that as
it may, Joe Downer found watchful
friends in Lune Osborn and John
Walker, who never lost an opportunity
to do him kindness, and they saw
that his remains were tenderlv laid to
rest
Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
Died at Prayer.

Mrs. Andrew Harty, wife OF we'll
known citizen Of st. Louis, died sud-
denly the other night while kneeling
at her bedside in prayer. She had been
in perfect health and in good spirits
half an hour before her death. The de-
ceased was deyout Catholic, and one
OF her sons is Father Harty, rector OF
ST. Leo's church. Heart disease Is sup
posed TO be the cause OF her death.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-02
Nashville.

IN HXrepl .nally fine opportunity is
uuw offered northern teurlsos to visit
the capital If Tennessee in the lnonth
nf Jrly next. The National Education
al association will meet there from
the S,h to tie Goth of that month. Il, d
very low rates will be granted by the
iii lruads which VIII of coarse be open
to the public ut large as we'll us tn
mem heIS of the Association. Nash
willie is il city exceeding fair to see, ="
and especially of interest as the cen
ter of some of the hardcSt-foughl
campaigns in the Wal for the Uuion.
being for Il long time M Important
hase of operations FIR the Union
Armies. One of the most decisive
battles of the war was fought here in
December, 1854, when Gen. Geo. II.
Thomas rolled back Hoods Confed.
crates from threatened invasion OF
the North. and caused the failure of
the last desperace attempt to carry
the war beyond the Ohio River. To
reach Nashville from the north, The
Burlington" offers Il choice of routes
either to Chicago or st. Louis. Before
deciding oLlyOuT route, write to W.
J. c. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, c. Il
& n. II. r., st. Paul, Minr. 81