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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
The North Carolina Negro Exodus.

RALEIGH, n. G.. March 12-Southern
agents moving negro families to Arkansas
are quietly but successfully at work. Their
operations are confined, thus far, to a few
counties on the railroad lines near Colds
bOro. Eight counties are systematically
canvassed. Several thousand persons have
extensive movement. Many large planta-
lions are almost deserted. Negro DRUM
mers are paid s. for each family secured.
The entire expense of transportation to
Little Rock is paid by the agents. The
land, brick house, a cow and $3.50 day
for labor, and are told that corn sells for
10 cents barrel and meat at one quarter of
a cent pound. They know nothing of
their destination The removal is by
families Planters in the counties affected
are greatly embarrassed at the loss of farm
hands at the beginning of the planting sea-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

DIR. p. H. JAMESON made the valuable ex-
position that properly it was not a city
councils function to attend to executive
business; that it is a legislative body, and,
if it attends adequately to it's business, will
have all of its time occupied. This is unde-
niably true.-News.
No more is it the function of a State
Legislature to attend to executive bust
ness or to appoint boards to do it. Ex-
ecutive appointments in city or State
should come from the executive head.
AS between the Legislature and the
Council the latter certainly has as much
right to exercise executive authority in
city affairs as the former.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

advance. But it is the theory of self
seeking demagogues that the people can
always be led or driven to do precisely
the opposite of their real intentions if
the hoodwinking process is only begun
early enough. Webeg to remind them
that demagOgues propose, but the peo-
pie dispose. Long before two years
have elapsed the people will have dis
covered how selfish, reckless and costly
this political scheming was, and, unless
we mistake the signs of the times, they
will find way to punish both of the
ccbamars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

THE United States district attorney
for West Virginia should be promptly
removed and his successor appointed.
The idea that the incumbent of any Of
flee appointed by the President may de-
cline to tender his resignation when re-
quested to do SO, or may demand the
reason of his removal, is absurd. There
is no provision of law requiring the
President to give any reason for any re-
moval from office. The idea that the in
cumbent of an Office acquires some sort
of vested right, and that request for
his resignation is a challenge for him
to stand on his dignity and assert
his rights, is very silly, and the fact that
it was done by some Republican Office
holders four years ago does not make it
any less so. The way for the President
to treat chaps of tina sort is tOprOmptly
'.ire" them. The only restriction on
the power of the President to remove a
person from Office is the possible refusal
of the Senate to assent to or confirm the
new appointment, and under present cir
cumstances that possibility is too remote
for consideration. The fact than an Of
fice-hOlder refuses to resign when re-
quested to do so is the best possible
reason for his removal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
Shot His Sweetheart and Then Himself

DETROIT, March 12-Late last night
Nelson Brule shot Miss Ida Corneau in the
head, and then put a bullet into his own
skull. Brule, who is the son of the post
master at Lake Linden, in the
upper peninsula. met Miss Corneau
friends at Lake Linden, and some time
later they became engaged. Brule came to
Detroit three weeks ago, intending to re-
main until after the marriage. A few days
ago, however, she learned that he was a
married man. and refused to have any
thing further to do with him. Last night
they met on the street. After walking a
short distance, he threw his arm around
around her and kissed her, and then drew
a revolver and shot her in the ear. She
fell to the sidewalk, and, thinking he had
killed her, he placed the revolver to his
own head and fired. The woman's injuries
are not considered dangerous, but Brule
will probably die
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

off part of it to the neighbors." Accord
ing to trustworthy reports the crops
raised from the turnip-seed sent out by
the late administration consisted mostly
of rag weed, pig weed and Canada
thistles. Mr.. Colman knew what he
was doing when he refrained from ship
ping the surplus seed to his Mi ssouri
farm and left with Republicans with
whom he wanted to get even.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

DISTRICT ATTORNEY WATTS, of West
Virginia, having declined to resign, will
be removed for cause. He processes not
to know of any reason why he should
resign, but the Republicans of the dis
trict know that at least twenty-five of
the most fragrant cases have been made
against leading Democrats for illegal
voting at the last election, and that not
one of them has received the least at
tentiOn from Watts. AS an offensive
partisan he will have to go.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
Parnen Meeting at Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, March IA meeting of
the citizens of this city to express conf
Charles Stewart Parnell was held at the
Academy of Music tonight. Mrs Della =.
Parnell, the mother of the Irish patriot.
was present. Governor Beaver presided
over the meeting. which was addressed by
Senator John :. Spooner. of Wisconsin: ex-
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Mr.
Charles Emory Smith, of the Philadelphia
Press; Mr.. A. X. Mcclure. of the PhiladeI-
phia Times. and many others. At the con-
clusion of the speaking a subscription was
started for the Parnell fund, and s. 600 wa
realized. including $500 each from Messrs'
George w. Childs and A. j. Drexel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

During the memorable earthquake that
nearly destroyed Charleston. Captain Daw-
son was able TO publish his paper throughouy
the entire period of alarm and distress; and
as soon as the telegraph wires were in oper-
and effective descriptions of that memoir
able night and the succeeding days that
filled Charleston with distress and destitu-
ton. He was a gentleman held in highest
respect by persons of all classes ana condl-
tions, and prominent citizens declare that
his killing must have been a deliberate and
outrageous murder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
schenners.

THE Democrats in the House, just be-
fore adjourning, paid the Journal the
compliment of refusing to include it in q
vote of thanks for advocating honest
legislation, ON the ground, as one of
them stated, that it chad fought for the
school book trust and did not advocate
a reform election law" The Journal
has been constantly endeavOring for
many years to earn the disapproval of
the Indiana Democrats in matters pOlit-
ical, and never feels quite so happy as
when they reiterate it. Avote of thanks
or an expression of confidence from that
quarter would Immediately put us on in
quiry to ascertain what dirty, dishonest
or disreputable thing we had done. In
the present case the disapprOval has an
element of absurdity in the fact that
the Journal has been agitating for years
in favor of a more stringent election
law, including a registration law, as re-
CURED by the Constitution. and was one
of the first papers in the State, if not the
first, to take ground in favor of free
school book law. The Democratic cen
sure is based ON the fact that the Journal
did not favor their caucus bills on these
subjects, which, as passed, are crude,
imperfect and unsatisfactory. We thank
them individually and collectively for
withholding their thanks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

Texas & Pacific passenger t train wns
wrecked twelve miles east of I'll Paso. lasi
evening. by running into an open switch
The engine was hurled down ten-fooi
embankment, and the express, baggage
and mail ears were thrown from thei,
trucks turned over and badly smashed
Two passedger coaches jumped the track
and were turned over ON their sides. The
engineer and fireman were probably fatally
hurt by jumping. With the exception Of n
few strains no one else Was huTA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
SENATORS BARRETT and Urmston; de-

SENATORS BARRETT and UrmstOn, de-
tenders of the hospital gang, showed
remarkable inconsistency, even for DEM
Ocratic legislators, when, after voting to
cut the Insane Hospital investigation
short, they opposed the printing of the
committees report on the ground that it
was biased and only one side had been
heard. Had the committee been given a
little more time, with power to send for
persons and papers, Harrison, if not
Sullivan, might have been hauled up
and put through the mill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

III all the partisan bills passed over
the Governors vetoes are decided to be
void by reason of clerical errors and in
formalities, then the late legislative ma
jority will wonder what they met for.
Certainly it was not for the purpose of
passing the few meritoriOus bills that
somehow slipped through.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

THE death of Captain Dawson, of the
Charleston News and Courier, who was
shot and killed last evening, is a posi-
tive loss to journalism and the cause of
Southern progress. Captain Dawson
was one of the most liberal and pro-
gressive of Southern editors, and the
News and Courier under his manage
ment was potent factor in organizing
the new South.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

AN early increase of $4,000 to 100000
a year in the city revenue from the sa-
loon tax and steady revenue of over
100000 year from that source is very
agreeable prospect for other taxpayers
to contemplate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

WHAT with the Williamson Industrial
School for boys, and the Drexel Indus
trial College for girls, 1t will be their
own fault if the coming generation of
Philadelphians grow up without know
ing how to work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

One of the few good measures passed
by the late General Assembly was that
authorizing county commissioners to es-
tablish orphans homes. 1t seems the
act is unconstitutional by reason of a
blunder in making it amendatory of an
act already repealed. The judiciary
committees of both houses seem to have
made some inexcusable blunders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

Now that we have a Cabinet officer
from Missouri, cannot something be done
to bring that State within the bounds of
civilization When three highwaymen
can rob stOreful of people and get
away unmOlested, it seems time for
something to be DONE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

THE legislative majority voted, the
other day, against continuing the Insane
Hospital investigation. When they
heard the committees report read their
regret was that they had not headed off
the investigation sooner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

To THE people who don't want Office
there is mild and pleasurable excite
ment i'm looking through the papers for
the presidential appointments these
bright March mornings. American cit
liens take aperpetual interest in politics
whether they have perpetual finger in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
THE funny Lonisyille Conrier-Ionrn,

THE funny Louisville Courier Journal
says: "Mr. Colman, the retiring Secre-
tary of Agriculture, has honorably
turned over to his successor all the
turnip-seed in the department. A Re-
publican Agriculture secretary would
have.boxed it up and shipped it TO his
own farm, possibly endeayoring to sell
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

THE Nineteenth Illinois Congressional
district is Democratic, the late Repre-
sentative, Mr.. Townshend, having car
ried it by majority of 1890. There is
little chance for the election of Repub-
ican as TOwnshend's successor, and the
contest will be in the matter of securing
the Democratic nomination. The candi-
dates are numerous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

THE Democratic legislators came to
the capital with the avOwed purpose of
cleaning out the State Treasury, and
having accomplished their purpose,
doubtless feel pleased with their winters
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

President Harrison's appointment of Jere-
miah Rusk to a Cabinet place was an in
well thought of in Milwaukee, and it is be-
ieved that in the event of a war between
this country and Germany he would be
able to hold that city, if not indeed in the
Union, at least in a neutral attitude.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

If Sterling Holt can't get possession of
the ste tion-house any other way, he
might break it open with Ratchet, as
he did the ballot-box from the Third
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

SECRETARY OF STATE GRIFFIN seems
to be another case of the right man In
the right place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

WITH two complete and able-bodied
police forces on the ground we ought to
be well guarded-butarew wet That's the
question
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

WE like man who can keep a secret
Just saw wood and say nothing. There
fore, we take off our hat to Secretary of
State Griffin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

RAISE the saloon license to the $3.50
limit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13
An Honest Confession.

Philadelphia Record (DemJ
A Democratic Prohibitionist is the white
blackbird of politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Can person act as justice of the peace and
notary public at the same timel ABS,
AKIN Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-13

Telephone Calls.
Business Office -23s Editorial Rooms --242
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-16

A Cambridge gentleman was asked to buy
ticket to the iremen's ball. and good ma
turedly complied. The next question was
what to do with it. One of his two man SER
wants would probably be glad to use it, but
be did not wish to show favoritism- Then it
occurred to him that he might buy another
ticket, and give both his servantsa pleasure.
Not knowing just how to proceed he in
quired Of policeman where the tickets were
to be had. why don't you go down to the
engine houser said the officer. 1.-THE men all
know you"
So the old gentleman went to the engine
house; but when he entered there was no one
in sight, He had never been in such a1place
before, but was perfectly familiar with the
use of electric signals On the side of the
room was a button, evidently connected with
bell, and, naturally enough, after waiting
a minute or two, he put his thumb upon it.
The effect was electrical in every sense Of
the word. From the air overhead-so, at
least, it seemed to the old gentleman. in his
bewilderment-men began to rain down,
completing their toilets as they fell The
horses rushed out Of their stalls, and, in a
word, all the machinery Of a modern engine
house was instantly in motion.
Amid all this turmoil stood the mild man.
nered and innocent old gentleman, who, even
now, did not suspect that he had touched the
fire alarm. The men rushed upon him for
information as to the whereabouts of the
fire, but when he opened his mouth it was
only to say, in the mildest accents:
II should like to buy another ticket to the
ball, if you please"
The situation was 50 ludicrous that no one
could be angry, not even the men whose nap
had been broken into, and the old gentleman
bought his ticket and departed in peace
Providence Journal
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-16

"You can't tell what woman will do in
the case Of a burglar The speaker was an
ex-police captain, and his eyes twinlxled as
he thought Of the many stories told him by
the victims Of burglars aad by the burglars
themselves. "a burglar no continued, sis
lost when he gets ratified, and woman In the
case Of a burglar raid is apt to do the unex-
pected thing, and In this way disconcert even
thelcoolest professional To the unprofessional
who desires above all things to conceal his
identity the impulssve woman is a holy terror.
''Not long ago it happened that the wife Of
one Of our prominent physicians was alone on
the parlor floor Of her residence The house
had never been burglarized, and no one
thought that it would be OF could be. On
the night in question the lady was awakened
by sounds in the parlor and calling out to ask
who was there she heard retreating footsteps
HALF awake and wholly under the influence
Of the thought that one Of her servants or
some member Of the family was in the parlor
she jumped out Of bed, and without mo
ments hesitation started in pursuit, intent
only on learning what was the matter. In
the hall she came face to face with a strange
man, and even then she was not wide awake
enough to be afraid. The thought that the
stranger was a burglar did not come to her
until she had asked, in an anxious way, what
was the matter.
The burglar, who, it was afterwards dis
covered, had made preparations to carry of
the silver and certain other articles which he
had collected, was so confused that he made
a single exclamation, stepped to the front
door, opened it and walked quickly away
He said afterward that the idea of a small,
delicate faced woman following him up close
ly made him SILVER, aud when she spoke to
him with the commonplace manner Of one
asking his welfare, his senses deserted him
and there was nothing for him to do but to
get out. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-16

What will the man of the Twenty-ninth
century-that is to say, just 1000 years
hence-be likel In what will he differ from
ourselves' VIII he be stronger or weaker.
taller or shorter, more intellectual or less
eleverl viii his life be longer or lest Will
he develop new powers and faculties, or will
he, on the other hand, lose the use of and CON
sequently by slow degrees cease to possess
certain organs and sensesl
To sum the whole matter up in a very few
words, the future man and woman will be
very much indeed like the present man Tor
woman. Probably slightly taller and more
robust, certainly more healthy and conse-
quently longer lived, having all the same or.
gans and senses, only slightly if at all modi.
fed-much more learned and versed in arts
and sciences but to all intents and purposes
50 much like ourselves that if one Of the
Pharaohs, an Englishman of the Nineteenth
century and our man of the future could
meet neither would excite surprise in or call
for remark from the other.-Once a Week.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-16

A physician remarked ome, the other dav.
that he did not suppose that per cent. Of
the dentistry is being done that should be-
He attributed the cause to ignorance. and
wonderedIf in time the press would not be
used as means Of educating the public to
the Importance of dentistry. One source of
a great deal of suffering among children of
parents who desire to save the teeth of the
rising generation is the ignorance regarding
the cutting Of the second or permanent set.
The first teeth of the permanent set to erupt
are the first, or six year molars, which take
their places back of the last molars of the
first, or milk set. These teeth are more sub
ject to decay than any others, and they are
also very important, as they do the principal
part Of the mastication between the sixth
and twelfth years. Parents frequently mis-
take these teeth for members Of the milk set.
hence neglect them, thinking that when they
are lost new ones will take their places. An
other source of suffering is the neglect of the
milk set These teeth should be filed and re-
tanned in the mouth until the second set is
ready to take their places. Toothaches can
be avoided by proper attention.-St. Louis
Dentist
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-16
Jim's Maiden Effort.

IL Is seldom that practical joke can be In
dulged in without bringing unpleasant con
sequences upon some one. Occasionally, how
ever, one may be found which is both limo
cent and amusing, like the following, mar
rated to the author of 1.-The Falcon on the
Baltic" The hero Of the tale was a certain
terrible greenhorn" by the name of Jim, on
whom some one or other was always playing
a trick
One evening the barge was sailing by
Sheerness, and the skipper, happening to
look at the clock, saw that it wanted a min
ute or so to g. He remembered that at g
o'clock a gun was always fred at Sheerness:
so, being mischievous sort of chap, he sings
out to the green hand:
Hill here, Jim, come on deck at once, aud
bring the fog horn with YOUR
Jim tumbled up.
Now, blow that there fog horn for your
ifel" cries the skipper.
What for" asks Jim, looking around.
Don't ask what for, but blow, you lubberl
Its the rule here. If vessel doesn't salute
Sheerness with her fog horn as she passes by
they Ere at herr
jim, believing it all, takes the horn and
blows like mad
Harder, harderP cries the skipper. They
can't hear that They'll shoot US all if you
amt louder"
So Jim was blowing away with all the
wind he had, when suddenlyoff went the
o'clock gun, and Jim gave yell, threw the
fog horn on deck and rushed below to hide
from the cannon balls.
Oh, he was green chap, thenl He's bit
smarter now, but the story of that fog horn
will always him. Youths Companion
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-08-16

The baseball of today, as produced at
Natick, in this state, is made by hand, writes
a Boston correspondent. The laborers EN-
ployed in the work are nearly all girls The
spherical core, of the very best rubber, is
first carefully wrapped with given amount
Of the most costly yarn. When the ball was
thus grown to about two-thirds of the size it
is to be, leather cover is stitched on with a
needle and waxed thread. This cover has
the effect Of keeping the ball compact and in
shape, and of regulating its elasticity. Then
more yarn is wound upon 1t, until it is found
to turn the scales at precisely the right point.
Finally the outer cover of horsehide is sewn
on and the ball, after being stamped and
again weighed, to make sure that it is just
five ounces, is wrapped in tinfoil, put into
box with five more like it and declared ready
for sale. The cover, as an examination of a
baseball will show you, is stamped out of the
leather in but two curiously shaped pieces.
which, sewn on the ball, together actually
cover It, This device was not invented until
1865. The cheaper grades Of baseballs are
made Of poorer yarn and rubber scraps the
latter pressed into pulp by powerful ma
chinery. The less expensive the ball, the less
yarn and more scraps will be used in its man.
ufactwe-until, when you get to the 'Sman
Boys Own" price five cents, there is moth
ing to be found inside the fiimsy cover but
melted remains of rubber shoes.