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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
Literary Criticism and Pistols.

Young Mr.. Richard Harding Davis has
had what may very properly be called a
brilliant career in the newspaper and lit
erary field. After a short probationary
period as a reporter on a Philadelphia pa
per he suddenly bloomed out as a writer
Of short stories that found favor with
magazine editors and the public. Almost
at once he was heard of as an attache of
the New York Sum-, and in a very brief
time he assumed a. leading editorial posi-
ton on Harper's Weekly. From the outset
of his career he was a favorite and a pet.
His journalistic style was pleasing, and
publishers were kind to him: the public
liked his stories and his sprightly news
paper sketches; the professional critics re-
Trained from criticism and were even
known to praise the young mans work.
Altogether, it is no wonder that he himself
grew to have an exceedingly good opinion
of the author of the Van Bibber and other
tales, or that he felt deeply injured and
insulted when a New York Sun writer
commented cuttingly upon statements in
one of his recent London letters. The Sun
man, who signed himself Major Max
ridiculed an assertion concerning guard
mounting at st. James Palace and Incl
dentany, though in a gently impersonal
way, uSeQ Tie worn lOOI III referring 10
the author of the remark that there was
no guard mounting in America" Young
Mr.. Davis could not endure a charge Of
that sort, and behave just as people do
who have had no experience with the world
and with newspapers. He went around to
see the editor of the Sun and said that he
was very, very angry. Not getting much
satisfaction from the editor and not find
-. IL M ..--
whose identity he did not know, he sat
down and wrote a fierce letter in which he
assured Major Max that fool was not a
word he could use to him in person or in
public print; that in using the term he
showed himself a cad and a coward, and
that he, Davis, would like nothing better
than a chance to slap his, Major Max's."
face. In conclusion, he stated that he had
shown the letter to several gentlemen
and that they were all of the opinion that
Major Max" should "do something"
Major Max whose right name turns
out to be Townsend, and who has hitherto
been on friendly terms with Davis. natur-
ally CONSTITUTES this letter as a challenge to
the field of honor. He has shown it to
his friends. and they. too, unanimously
agree that he should do something
What to do has not yet been decided, but
In the meantime the challenged man is get
ting a great deal of fun out of the affair,
and other heartless newspaper men are
guying Mr.. Richard Harding Davis I'M
mercifully.
Various recommendations are made to
him, but the general opinion is that Mr..
Townsend should not choose his weapons
until Davis has had time to recover from
the shock of his first adverse criticism.
Perhaps he will need to go home to his
papa and mamma to be put to bed for a
few days, but the final result will, doubt
less, be beneficial to the young man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

1t spoils any victory to crow over it.
Galveston News Oem)
Cheap talk sometimes costs a fellow more
than any other kind.-Galveston News.
Nothing assuages grief like a solvent life
insurance comDany.-Cleveiand Plain Deal
er.
A man who frequently hears a baby cry
ing lacks the nerve to get married.-Atchi-
son Globe.
If the Democratic party is wise it will
cult monkeying with Massachusetts.
Washington Post.
Truth is like quinine. It's awfully hard
to swallow. but generally does us lots Of
good.-Washington News.
Steel rails ere on the bargain counter.
Now is the time to build railways.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
Il wish 1 knew where we were going
this fall" said Lucifer to his satellites as
they dropped from grace.-Puck.
A man usually thinks his wife is the
sweetest thing in the world so long as she
thinks he is.-Atlanta Constitution.
1t remains to be seen whether the 'fare-
well' of the Democratic vote is constructed
on Patti Observation-Disclosures Star,
They are still watching for the bubbles
on the water at the spot where Josiah
Quincy went down.-Washington Post.
The woman who does not try TO make
nerSel1 attractive violates the unWritten
laws of the fitness Of things.-Milwaukee
Journal.
Governor Mckinley need offer no more
evidence in the way Of increased majorities.
The court is convinced OF his election.-De-
troit Free Press Oem.)
Any one who wants an accurate defini-
ton of the sensation of being gOllyswashed
can now apply to Senator Jones--New
York Commercial Advertiser.
1t is understood that Senator PETER is
now engaged in looking for some way in
which a man may wear his whiskers at
half MISREPRESENTATION Star.
How some men who are in the secret
sadly smile when they read an item going
round that thsre are comparatively few
women Observation-Disclosures Times.
The whistling of the wind and the whist
ling. of a woman are very much alike in
one respect. Neither can 4op a street car.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
When the husband comes home late at
night ii is not necessary TO kiss to detect
him. but gently ask him 10 pronounce the
word Experimentation Tran
script
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

scarcely any excitement. They will never
submit to the restoration of the miserable
monarchy they overthrow without a strug-
~gle.-South Bend Tribune.
With the President building up decayed
monarchies abroad, and with the Governor
Of Illinois building up anarchy at home.
1t looks as If the American idea OF gov-
eminent was being subject to a decidedly
original method of Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
President Cleveland has again made evil
dent his opposition to the principles OF re-
publican government, through Secretary Of
State Gresham. To anyone who has read
the reports of the so-called revolution the
duplicity of Gresham will be made evident.
@Crdwfordsyile Journal.
For the first time in American history
it is proposed to use the power of the United
States to r~e-establish a throne, and to i'm
pose upon a free people the degradation Of
monarchical rule. from which. by an up
rising wisely planned and bloodlessly ac-
complished, hey had been Self-liberated.
-Noblesville Ledger.
One Of Gresham's objections TO the sue
cess of the revolution in Hawaii was in its
being bloodless. If the rising against the
monarchy had been Jess unanimous, so that
the Queens adhsrents would have been en-
couraged to fight and kill a few men, Mr..
Gresham would have been more impressed.
-Terre Haute Express.
The present administration is strangely
obtuse or obstinately Indifferent to Amer
lean interests in this matter. If its policy
Is designed to benefit and aggrandize Great
Britain it is easily, understood. How it
can benefit the United States to restore
these marvellous islands to q corrupt mon
archy wholly en- rapport with Great Brit
ain is a matter not easily understood
Madison Courier.
The action of President Cleveland and
Secretary Gresham in abandoning the island
kingdom and recommending that this great
Republic shall lend its aid to setting up
and perpetuating q monarchy is as detesta-
BILE to the spirit of our Constitution as IL
is unjust to those inhabitants of Hawaii
whose extensive interests are placed at the
mercy of q barbaric government, thirsting
for revenge upon them. = Wabash Plain
Dealer.
The attitude taken by the present admin
istration concerning the Hawaii matter,
which is the opposite taken by ex-President
Harrison's, is a very unpopular one, I'M
doubtedly, and contrary to the sentiment
of the country, and at the present time
there is no reason shown why the late adj
ministration was wrong and the present one
right. although time may show that IL is
so. To secure popular approval President
Cleveland must necessarily make a strong
case, which must rise above party politics.
Goshen News.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

government. Among the officers of the Bos-
ton was Lieutenant Lucien Young-a man
promoted for bravery by act of Congress
one of the few men. IL not the only one.
so distinguished III the United States navy.
l questioned Mr.. Young carefully as to the
real participation of the Boston in the af-
fair, and this is what he told me-a reputa-
BILE officer, a man whose word is as credible
as that Of James II. Blount or of Secretary
Gresham himself.
did not have the slightest idea Of
what was coming, and had gone to the
lower island-a journey of a day and night
for target practice. We were in no hurry
to start home. We had a pet dog that we
were very fond of, and, coming back. we
lost him overheard. We spent two hours
cruising about to see if We could pick him
up, or at least recover his body. Had we
had a prearranged part to play in the revo-
lutionary programme we would not have
been wasting valuable time in such unimpor-
tant business. We would have steamed
back To Honolulu with all the speed We
could have madet"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

The Journal has heard of a number of
excellent Republicans whose friends are
making existence a protracted agony by
opportunities that they become aspi-
rants for places on the Republican
State ticket This is very sad; but
the only thing such prosecuted Republicans
can do is to place themselves in the hands
OF their friends and leave the matter there.
Before the naming of a State ticket there is
q deal or hard work to be done. Indiana
will go Republican next year IL the Republic
ans organize and satisfy the people that
they will give them the reforms they need.
Consequently. the best thing these eager
Republicans who are urging special friends
to be candidates against their viii can do
Is 10 devote every energy 10 efforts TO win
Republican votes AS IA matter OF fact.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

The representatives in Washington of the
nant that Secretary Gresham should apply
the word ~"aIiens" in an offensive sense to
the leaders of the revolution. THE people
whom Secretary Gresham calls aliens" said
one of them. pay nine-tenths of the taxes,
own f~ve-sixths of the property, and have
voted upon the constitution of King Kala-
kara for the last six years, and they are
infinitely more interested in the government
OF the islands than the Kanakas. the natives.
can possibly be-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Now and then a paper shows how much
capitalists have lost during the past nine
months by the shrinkage in stocks. 1t is
with the loss of employment to labor, which
means food. and shelter. and small savings.
The irreDarable loss Of this class is the
con
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, favors
the restoration Of the Hawaiian monarchy.
In this he is actuated by self-interest. He
is a large employer of Chinese coolie labor.
One of the laws OF the provisional govern
ment prevents any more of this cheap, de-
graded class of laborers from coming into
the islands. Spreckels fears his profits in
the sugar business will be reduced if the
supply of cheap labor is cut of. hence his
desire for the restoration of a corrupt Queen
whom he knows he can control.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Governor Mckinley refused to join in a
jollifcation because the money 1t would cost
could be better expended for the benefit
timely one TO all those who have I'm view
the waste OF money needed to feed the un-
employed. In this line was the action of
George H. Thomas Grand Army Post of
this city when it voted to turn over a rem
nant of funds it collected for the encamp-
ment to the relief committee instead of ex-
pending it in an entertainment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
A SoriOuS ErEOr.

IT stoled a. woman's new SO bonnet oncet,'
said the retired burglar, but you can bet
your life if L ever go into the business
again l won't steal another one"
Did the woman run you down and get
you sent up?'
Nav. But 1 took the thing nome and
gave it to me wife. and she never let up
on me till 1 gifts her a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
dress TO go with the bonnet. See?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
Why Cupid Weeps.

Minnie-Jennie's engagement with the
French count is broken.
Mamie-Good gracious! Why?
Minnie-You know her hair is so long that
it can almost touch the ground when she
is standing. He tried to tell one of her
friends OF that fact, and said she had hair
almost as long as her foot" and the goose
got SO mad about it that she won't see him
cnN more
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Charles A. Dana does not approve of the
ADMINISTRATORS Hawaiian policy. Mr..
Cleveland has Travelled thus far in his life
without Mr.. Dana'S approval and he can
probably get along without it to the end.
Indianapolis News.
Mr.. Cleveland owes his election more to
Charles A. Dana and the New York Sun
than to any other one man or paper in the
country. Mr.. Dana does not like Mr.. Cleve-
land q little bit, but he ardentiy desires the
success of the Democratic party. In the
last presidential campaign he saw the great
danger of Democratic disintegration in the
South if the campaign was permitted TO
proceed on tariff lines. Between protection
Democrats and the Populists the Democrat
ic party was in danger of going to pieces.
In the crisis Mr.. Dana conceived, devised.
invented and formulated the force-bil issue,
and from a mole-hill magnified it into a
mountain. He hammered away at this sup
posititious issue until he made all the
Southern and many Northern people be-
lieve it was a real one. BY this means he
solidified the South, drew the Democratic
party back to old lines, and probably elected
Mr.. Cleveland. If the latter had a spark of
gratitude he would nave offered Mr.. Dana
g. first-class foreign appointment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

The report comes from Washington that
the Democratic member of the ways and
means committed ave finally decided that
the tax on beer cannot be increased. The
proposition was. at first. thought well OF,
but when it was announced, Democratic
protests came from several States. one
from Wisconsin to the effect that an in
crease of the beer tax would lose the party
the State. The committee has now turned
to sugar, and will probably place a duty of
one-half a cent a pound upon all sugars,
with the understanding that the Senate
will increase it to three-fourths Of a cent.
That is. a tax will be put upon the sugar
of the people instead Of the rich and mon
ey-making brewing interests. That is De-
mocracy with a vengeance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
nrukemnn Trott n,y necoxer.

DECATUR, H., Nov. ll-It is thought
nov tddt pEdteihtn a. u. lrotl who Ms
ria. Decatur & Evansville train, viii get
We'll. He was taken from Mount Pulaski
70 Peoria to-day. Ernest Chester. a man
who was found on the trucks OF the coach,
is still held by the police here. 1t Is thought
he Is innocent. No trace of the robbers
has been found. The Logan county officers
are searching for them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

OF the lis consular appointments made
by Assistant Secretary OF State Quincy,
mugwumps, and thirteen to Massachusetts.
This left 1SS to be divided among the other
forty-two States. No wonder Jerome Herff
did not get q crumh.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Bear it in mind that this Congress, by a
resolution declaring against tariff revision,
can start the industries of the country and
drive the wolf from the doors of tens of
thousands of idle workingmen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Nine of the eleven Democratic members
of the ways and means committee are re-
ported to be in favor of a tax on incomes.
which will not enthuse the out-and-out
Cleveland element in the East.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Whatever else is done in the way OF
changing the immigration laws, steps
should be taken to stop further accessions
to the army of laborers who can do only
the toughest labor: The market is al
ready glutted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
A Cheerful View.

The Pessimist-Do you really think the
world will ever be Christianized?
The Optimist-You bet l do. And, at the
rate the hsathen are being wiped out by
these machine guns nowadays it won't be
long, either.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Quite a number of Methodist preachers
his own pastor privately defends him on
the ground that so good a man as he knows
him to be has been lied about by the papers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

England is delighted with the Cleveland
Gresham policy in regard to Hawaii. But
IL ought to be; it is a British administration
and Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
A Slow Town.

ID reason l calls this a slow town." said
the gentleman from the East, sis cause It
is slow. wy, back our way, if de trolley
cars can't kill a man a day dey amt in it
at ali. See?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

Perhaps Secretary Gresham has declared
for the Queen of the sandwich Islands to
vindicate his claim to be 1.-THE best Democrat
in Washington"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

If the labor of the country was able to
buy as much bread as a year ago the
price Of wheat would advance at an early
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

A number OF iron mills nave started up
in Pennsylvania upon the assumption that
Congress will heed the declaration OF the
people on Nov. Z.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15
TIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

The pension policy was the Cleveland pol
ICY before Hoke Smith was thought Of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

The question of politics ought not to enter
into the appointment of a custodian for
Garfield Park. Let him be a florist, a for
ester. a landscape gardener or an expert
enced park keeper-anything but a ward
politician.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-15

and missionaries to instruct and win voters
more than candidate boomers.
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-03-30
The Brazilian Minister Dead.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Baron
De-Agiar D'Andrada, Brazilian
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary in Washington on
a special mission. was stricken
with apoplexy and paralysis
last night and lies at his rooms in
the Arlington hotel IN a critical
condition. The Baron attended
the National theatre and fell as he
was descending the steps at the
enterance on his exit from the
building. He was placed in a
carriage and taken to his aparts
ment and a physician and watch>
ers summoned. The physician
found apoplcxy had been followed
by a stroke OF PARALYSIS and at
noon to day he regarded his con-
dition rs very serious. Baron
Andrads is the oldest Diplomat in
the Brazilian service.
B~aronAndrads, who was stricken
with apcpIexy and paralysis last
night, died at 9:15 o'clock this
evening at the Arlington hotel.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-03-30

The Atlantic Coast Line an
nounces that commencing with
to day their No. 80 through
freight train between Wilmington
and South Rocky Mount will be
discontinued until further advice,
and in place thereof a special train
will be run, leaving Wilmington at
$50 a. m. and arriving at South
Rocky Mount in time to connect
with the Atlantic Coast Line De-
spatch all rail fast freight train on
Tuesday and Thursday, thereby
giving a fast freight schedule to the
Eastern markets. On these days it
will be necessary for shippers to
forward on the special train not
only the Atlantic Coast Despatch
all rail shipments, but also ship
ments routed over the Atlantic
Coast Line Via Primers Point or
Portsmouth and thence by steamer.
This train will stop at all stations
bet ween Wilmington and South
Rocky Mount to take up truck. This
arrangement has been made by the
Atlantic Coast Line for the temper
airy convenience of the truck ship,
pers along the road.
The Coast Line in the near future
expects to arrange a daily fast
freight schedule for p%erishable
freight on this train at Goldsboro.
1t will be necessary for it to be de-
livered at the Coast Line station not
later than 1:30 p. m.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-03-30
Arranging for Removal Of the Re-
mains Of jefferson Davis.

New ORLEANS, March 25.-
Mayor J. Taylor Ellison, of Rich
mond, Va, arrived in this city
yesterday. He held a conference
with Gen. Glynn and staff, of the
Louisiana division of the Confeds
crate Veterans, concerning the res
moval of the remains of jefferson
Davis to Richmond. The details
as to the date OF REMOVAL, the CONS
position of the escort, the number
of stopping places and the route
are to be agreed 0poa at another
conference this afternoon. Mayor
Ellison says the re~interment will
take place in Hollywood cemetery
at Richmond May Doth. The plot
has been selected by Mrs. Davis.
and will be reserved for the Davis
family, The Louisiana division
will have charge of the ceremonies
at New Orleans aud Lee Camp at
Richmond.
During the coming summer or
fall designs for the Davis monu.
ment will be asked for, the monu-
ment to be erected in Monroe park,
and it 10 expected to lay the corner
stone and begin work next year
and complete the structure within
the next two or three years.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-03-30
PikeVille Letter.

P1KEv1LLE, N. G. March. %, 1898.
Dear Argus:-Messrs Smith &
Co, proprietors of the -four,
corn and lumber mills at this place,
have sold their cd boiler and pur~
chased a larger one, which enables
them to run their flour and grist
mills at the same time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. p, Smith req
turned home Yesterday from a visit
to friends in Eureka section.
We regret exceedingly to an
nounce the death of Mr.. r.
E. Startling. which sad event oc-
Cured at the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs, J. T. Startling, Sat
urday plight after a brief illness of
pneumonia. He was about %
years of age, and a member of the
Methodist church. The funeral
came off Sunday evening from his
late home, Rev':M NJ. Mcfarland
officiating. His remains were in
TERED in the family burying
ground. He rests we'll.
Rev. Jndson Vernon preached
a very able sermon here Sunday
from the text "Watch."
Mr. Saul Winstead, of Mount
Olive, was in town Sunday on a
visit 70 his brother Mr.. P. 2. VIM
stead.
J. F. n.