The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31

for the Supreme Bench nomination he was
constantly in deep distress lest he should
be defeated. lit wonld kill me to be de-
feated,' he would say. and yet he had no
opposition whatever. He seemed 20 trust
the assurances of none OF his friends that
he was certain of his nomination. These
evidences of mental decay were sad con-
temptations for his intimates. who, how
ever, dared say nothing to the party leaders
previous to the convention.
In 1880 Harry Adams was candidate for
sheriff of Marion county, He had the
usual happy lot of a candidate, subscribed
to all sorts of beneficiary projects bought
tickets in all the churcn rallies and ice-
cream festivals. alleviated all the suffering
in the county in frequently-repeated IN
stallments. varying In amount from so
cents to s. head.
Ono day there came to the benevolent
Adams colored man. grief ms aspect, a
discOlOred subscription paper In his hand.
lie told a moving tale. HE child had died,
and be was trying TO get money enough to
when did your child diet" asked the
candidate.
Day before yesterday, boss"
Day before yesterday! Have you noti-
fed the Board of Healthi"
Board of Health. boss' / dunno what
you mean: Pm scrapin de money to have
de funeral tomorrow"
Here MIR. Adams took another look at the
paper.
Why he exclaimed. ''this paper is dated
"Wha-wha-whst,D gasped the colored
brother. did dat cussed fool date dat
paperY Gimme dat paper. Some people
h'aint got a little bit o. sense"
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THE other day." said Captain Kercheval.
Il was out little distance in the country
and stopped at a farm house for q drink of
water. The man of the house sent his boy
TO the we'll. and he was returning with q
gourdful of the beverage, when in some
way an alluson to the war for the Union
was made, and he remarked that be had
served in the Thirteenth Indiana. Well
said i, any man mo served In that regi-
ment has no need TO apologize for it. BY
that time the boy had started back from
the well. My host called out to him: Say.
Johnny. go and get piece of ice for that
water That shows, you see, what q word
fifty spoken Will do sometimes"
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''The pearl button editor of the News
has broken loose again." remarked Nerd
ian-street dry-Roods man; land again he
exposes q brilliant array of perverted
facts. There's not buyer in the land who
does not know that the Mckinley bill has
advanced the price of pearl buttons and
that was exactly the effect 1t was expe cted
to have. Here comes the pearl button
editor of the News and says that this prod
net Is now lower than before the tariff.
Pm buyer; have just returned from New
York and If that editorial il true Pm ready
to throw up my job at moments notice."
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Residents on North Illinois street are still
talking of queer sight that met their
eyes on the day of Cleveland's nomin alton.
Besides the stars and stripes which floated
in the breezes in Mr.. Oscar Frenzeps yard
was a strange emblem. When O name was
found for it it was discovered to be Ger
man flag. The propriety of such an exhibit
was not questioned from Democratic
stand point, with Cleveland leading Eu-
rope, England and the ticket in free trade
favor, but there were unfavorable COM
ments from an American point of view.
"Old Hy was popular fellow with some
of the employees on the fair ground" said
superintendent Peed few days since.
lone of them was gwen q ticket of admis-
sion end managed TO run against this game.
He dropped all his money, but made
raise by selling his ticket for 90 cents.
With this he tackled the game again. His
luck had changed. Every throw of the
dice found him winner and he quit with
nearly $50. His free ticket had brought
him out ahead"