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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15

count of one minister down in Mis-
souri, who shot burglar who called at
the parsonage in the middle of the
night presumably for something more
tangible than spiritual advice) and an
other gentleman of the cloth in In
diana who put bullet into pugilist.
A pugilist, of course, is clearly with
out the pale, but there is always a pos
sibiity of reform for burglar-and to
sensitive natures the conception of a
preacher with human blood on his
hands is not an agreeable one. The
instances just mentioned, however,
are by no means without precedent.
A Chicago artist who spent some time
sketching in England couple of sum-
mers ago tells a curious story in this
connection. In a pretty little church
in one of the rural districts he noticed
a stained glass window representing a
man with pistol in his hand shielding
a woman and her baby, while at his
feet lay another man, witha mask over
his eyes, who had evidently received
his death wound. The artist asked the
history of the picture, and was told
that some years ago the rector, who
had since died, had killed burglar in
the rectory. The rector's wife got up
TO attend the baby, which began cry.
ing in the middle of the night. and, dis
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15
THE FINAL TEST.
MISSISSIPPI.

When all is said and all is done,
When all is lost or all is won
In spite OF musty theory,
or purblind faith and vain conceit,
OF barren creed and sophistry;
In spite OF all-succeSs. defeat
The judge applies to worst and best,
1mpartially, this final test
What hast thou done with Drawn and brain
TO help the world to lose or gain
An onward step? Canst reckon one
Unsel6sh, brave or noble deed
That thou-nor counting cost--hast done
To help brothers crying need?
Not what protested nor what believed
But what good thing hast thou achieved.
Veal what attempted-what achieved
BE not dismayed, be not deceived
The t1nsel bauble called success
Inc dross OF wealth, the gloss OF fame
Inat men throw up their hands to bless,
LIS but an empty breath-a name
Far better is one word that slips
In blessing from beggar's lipsl
hold to this: The loftiest soul
OF one great universal whole
is but weak and meager part;
The lowliest, by impulse fired
To worthy act OF brain or heart,
Is heaven-blessed and God-inspired-
a plt OF his most wondrouS plan;
And each a clod-and each man!
The chosen few, Pirate not to me
OF consecrated sanctity;
Nor stifie me- nor hedge me round
With puzzles algebraical
To prove that this is holy ground
IT'S simply pharisaical!
Gods heart of love is deep and wide,
And each soul has place inside.
When all is said and al Is done
The battle lost. the battle won
In spite of ancient theory
OF purblind faith and fruitless quest,
OF threadbare creed and sophistry;
In spite of all this is the test:
What hast thou done with Drawn or brain
To help the world a step to gain
IS. @. Lapius, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15
ALoeicai Conclusion,

Johnnie Il don't believe George
Washington ever had much fun.
Teacher-Why?
Johnnie-'Cause he never went fish
ing.
Teacher-How do you know thatp
Johnnie-'Cause he never told lie.-
Judge.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15

ing her suspicious confirmed, seizet
him by one foot, while her sister
equally undaunted, took hold Of the
other and they, dragged him out int
the middle of the floor, at the same
same time shouting in high soprano
4 voices:
"Papa!"
'Police!"
Burglar"
"Papa"
Papa came, and, after awhile, the po-
lice, and among them the burglar was
captured. He is now at Joliet.
Still another instance in which a
housebreaker owed his capture to a
pluclsy woman is found in the police
annals of Omaha. Mrs. Mccormick,
wife of prominent real estate man,
on entering the house one evening
about eight o'clock, after a brief visit
to neighbor, saw man just turning
on the landing at the head of the stair
way. She thought it was her nephew,
who had forgotten something while on
his way down town, and had returned
after it, So she called to him, and
asked him why he had not gone to the
city.
Forgot my watch" came back from
the man upstairs, who, whatever his
othex qualifications for his work, was
clearly lacking in imagination.
The idea was so improbable and the
voice sounded SO odd that Mrs. Nc
Cormick, who was all alone in the |
house except for couple of maid serv-
ants who were in another part of the
house, started up the stairs. She met
the man just as he was coming down.
Taking his cue from her previous ques-
ton, he tried to put on bold front,
and said that he had been sent by
Bob" to get his watch and some other
things
Pm friend of Bo,o's, he added reas-
'uringly.
mo, you're not. You're a burglar,
md you shall not leave this house."
aid Mrs. Mccormick, as she seized him
~ the lapels of his coat. She confessed ,
Ifterward that it occurred to her at the
ime that burglar would be white ,,
ELEPHANT on her hands, but she was de-
ermined that he should not get away ..
With bis booty. The burglar. who could, !,
% doubt, have broken loose without diff
Guilty if he had not stopped to parley,
rgued few moments too long, for
'hile this interesting dialogue was
ding on both Bob" and Mr.. McCor- I
lick came in the door, and after short S
,ruggle succeeded in getting the man Y
own, where they held him until Mrs. !
.cCormick secured policeman.
Pluck equally striking and perhaps
higher quality was shown by the q :,
derby English lady who when about II
recite her nightly prayer detected a y
an under her bed. She neither fed u
'r changed countenance, but she "
Hanged her form of petition, and in :
cad repeated prayer which is al -
ost as common as the English tongue =. =,
id goes up nightly from thousands of y. VI
by lips When she had finished she Al
ard voice begging her not to be 81
ghtened and assuring her that she ps
ould not be harmed. The man, SO 81
ms the tale, crept from his hiding ~
Ice and with tears in his eyes told u
that he had repeated that prayer at ai
) mothers knee. He had neither ut Gu
ed it nor heard it for years, but it ae
reached the one tender spot which, q
: optimist assures us, remains even in IL
, hardest hearts.
'rayer as specific for burglars Id
yht to commend itself to preacher re
ove all men, and yet only the other ao
LESS than week ago, in fact ~, un
re was recorded in one issue the &C LIN
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15
Rev. DR.. Parker

Is the beloved pastor Of the Universalist
church at Fargo, N. D., and has also been a
pastor in Providence, r. l., New York City
and Troy, N. Y. He says:
II regard Hoods Sarsaparilla the best
blood purifier, and have good reason for
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15

-Appropriate.-''They say flowers
are the proper things to send on valen-
tines day now" "Quite sensible and
appropriate for nineteenth century
love- How SOP "They fade quiclc-
ly."-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15

this opinion. 1
am now 80 years
of age. Four years
ago l was afflicted
with rheumatism
In my back and
limbs, so badly
that it was impos-
sible for me to get
my usual sleep at
night. ! had just
partially recovered
from the grip,
which reduced my
weight 40 lbs. My
appetite was moor
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15

Sldi do d oluS
line in the winter. Burglars of this
class are seldom as bold and never as
skillful as the regular practitioners. 1t
was probably one of these burglars
who broke up the ladies' card party on
Lake avenue the other evening.
To the feminine mind, generally, if
there is anything among fierce wild
animals more terrible than the mouse
1t is the burglar. The card party seems
to have been an average assembly in
this respect, for the ladies shrieked and
stampeded, and the visitor got away.
1t was fortunate for him that there
was no one among them who had the
GOODNESS displayed by the woman who,
while arranging her hair preparatory
to going to bed, saw the reflection of a
man in her mirror. He was hidden
just where she had always heard of
burglars hiding-under the bed. She
calmly went on arranging her hair,
and then, having laid all her valuables
in her jewel box, walked over and put
them on shelf in the wardrobe, care
lessly leaving the door ajar. She left
the room for a moment and returned
suddenly, just in time to see the thief
step inside the wardrobe. Then,
OF course, she did the obvious thing.
When the door was unlocked again he
was hauled out by two big policemen,
badly frightened and half smothered. |
Another case where thief hid under |
the bed and came to grief happened on |
Ohio street during the worlds fair, |
when the fnyUn rxyoc f,111 - no 1;nxI4 /
fingered gentry. He had been shadow
ing wealthy downtown business man
for more than week His plan was to
slip into the house in the evening by
following the owner home, hide, and /
later in the night rob the place. He
followed his intended victim several
times, as he confessed after his cap
ture, but always encountered police
man somewhere in the neighborhood
and was afraid to go any farther. At
last he succeeded in getting in, how
ever, when the front door was left un-
locked through the carelessness of a
servant, and making his way upstairs
went into room and bid under the
bed. This happened to belong to the
two daughters of the household. The
bed was low and the intruder passed
several uncomfortable hours until about
ten o'clock, when the young ladies
came upstairs. They had devoted
themselves assiduously to athletic ex-
ercises while at school, and usually had
q romp before retiring. On this oc-
casion they got into an unusually lively ,
pillow fight The burglar became so !
absorbed in the issue Of the combat !
that he made an involuntary movement )
to obtain a better view and in so doing !
betrayed himself.
Maud, there's somebody under this Z
bed" cried one of the girls, but instead | !
OF running away, as she would be sup- !
posed to do under such circumstance. :
abe dropped on one knee, and, find I,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-15
Hoods '; 81 Cures

fore the fifth bottle was finished my ap-
petite was restored, felt invigorated and
strong. My rheumatic difficulty had en-
tirely disappeared. l cannot but think
very highly of Hoods Sarsaparilla." jim.
PARKER. Be sure to get Hoods
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
HE WORKS THE P. NJ IS
STRANGER WHO TRIED TO GET ONE
OF MIR. sAHMS CHECKS.
POstmaster Thinks He Is the Same
Man Who Secured Money In
Other Places.

The attempt of man representing him
self as the assistant of the postmaster at
Denver to secure money out of the postmas-
ter at Franklin and at Cincinnati suggested
to Postmaster Sahm yesterday that he had
had a call from the same scamp. One even
ing during the week, a day or two before
the report from Franklin was printed, Mr..
Sahm answered to ring of the front door
bell at his home. He was greeted by man
who said that his name was Stoddard, and
that he was the assistant postmaster of San
Francisco, and was on his way to Columbus,
Ind, where his wife was lying dangerously
ILL., He had been summoned to her bedside,
and the train that day he had been
robbed of his purse, containing SOS, his
valise and all his papers, including his Gre
sought the postmaster of the city as soon as
he had arrived. He wanted relief and
Mr.. Sahm told him he had no money with
him, and promised to help him if he would
call at the postoffice in the morning.
The stranger seemed much distressed, and
then asked for a check, but Mr.. Sahm sug-s
gested to him that he could not secure cash
on a check without being identified He said
Mr.. Sahm then told him that he had an in
terest in a hotel. and he thought that the
custom at all of them in the city was to ac-
cept no checks from strangers. The man
told him he was stopping at the Bates, and
Wnen ne saw ne could not move Mr.. Sahm'S
sympathy he left, evidently in keen dis
tress, saying that he would appeal to the
conductor. Mr.. Sahm later pondered on the
call for some time, and became SO uneasy
lest he had refused a case of necessity that
he concluded to telegraph to San Francisco
and learn the name of the assistant. He
went so far to write the message when
he thought he had better go to the hotels
and see If such man had been either at
the Bates or the Grand. Nothing was
known of him at either place, and then the
postmaster concluded to wait until morning
His caller did not show up, and for the first
time he began to grow Suspicious that the
call was part of an attempt to secure a
check from him and then TO raise it and
draw the money. He thinks the man who
called on him is the same man who tried
the same game on the postmasterS in the
other cities. Columbus figured in both cases
and the story was generally the same. He
has written to the postmaster at San Fran
cisco for information.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Mrs De Wore will speak on Alaska at
the Fourth Presbyterian Church. this even.
ing No admission fee will be charged.
DR. Taylor, who has been associated with
DR.. Isaac c. Walker for a number of years,
has taken office rooms in THE Chalfant."
Roberts Park Church Wednesday under
the auspices of the Business Women's
Union.
Bert E. David a young man with large
night at the home of his father, VIII E.
David on East New York street.
A concert will be given at the Y. NJ. G.
A. Hall Thursday evening, April 4, for the
benefit of Mrs. Annie r. Smith, who was
seriously hurt in a street-car accident re-
Gently.
r. M. Srnock, assistant acknowledgement
of the Indiana Department of the G.. A. r.,
has quite recovered from the severe illness
which FRUSTRATED him while attending the
encampment at Muncie.
Several gentlemen from Dayton are ex-
pected here. this week, to negotiate with
some charity organization concerning put
ting on Charity Circus in this city.
$780, last summer, in one day, at Dayton
The Christian temperance meetings con-
Quoted by the Rev. Rhoda Smith, at Lin
coln-avenue NJ. Il. Church. this week, have
thusiastic meeting, Friday, resulted in Sc
curing thirty pledge signers. The work will
continue this evening and through next
week.
formation crept into an article last Sunday.
1t was in reference to lady detective en-
pIoyed by one of the big Washington-strae
stores. The article in question spoke some
what lgntingly of the. lady'S powers, but,
as it happens, the firm did appreciate the
lady's services. The one who supplied the
information regarding the lady'S connec-
ton with the street car company was mis-
taken
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DErIANDED.

general banking business is done bv
the human system, because the blood de-
posits in ifs vaults whatever wealth we NAV
gain from day to day. This wealth is laid
up against :" a rainy day as reserve fund
we're in condition of healthy prosperity
If we have laid away sufficient capital 10
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need
There is danger in getting thin, because it's
sign of letting down III health. To gain
in blood IS nearly always to gain III aUhole-
some flesh. The odds are in favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia,
II our liver be inactive and our blood i'm
pure, or if our flesh be reduced beIo70 a
healthy standard What is required is an
increase in our germ jiejifi,io si,eJspih. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical discovery enriches
the blood and makes il wholesome stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength. A medicine witch
will rid the blood Gifts poisons, cleanse ana
invigorate the great organs of tile BODY.
vitalize the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
of it, is surely remedy of great value But
when we make positive statement that oS
per cent. Of all cases of consumption can. If
taken III the early stages of the disease be
CURED with the Discovery, - it seems like
a bold assertion All DR.. Pierce asks is that
you make thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself of the truth Of his assertion
By sending 10 the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. y. you can get
q Tree book with the names, addresses and
photographs OF a large number of those
cured ofthroat. bronchial and lung diseases,
~ we'll Al Of skin aud scrofrIaus affections
by tile Golden Medical Discovery They
also publish q book Of 100 pages, being
medical treatise on coilsumptian, bronchitis,
asthma, ratarth, wliicil wiiI he mailed on
ssceipt of address and SIX cents ia stainps.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
WILL ATTEMPT SUNDAY BALL.
Game mt Cincinnati To-Day and One
Here n Week Later.

Here n Week Later.
The following special dispatch was re-
ceived last night from Cincinnati:
"The police authorities to-day made their
was decided to put two officers in citizens
clothing on the grounds to secure evidence.
make no arrests until after the game. then
to arrest every player. Prospects tonight
are for a lovely day..
The telegram was shown to President
Watkins who simply smiled and remarked
that it was the same cid story. He said
that was the usual programme. After every
Sunday game in Cincinnati the players are
all arrested, and the next day they are fined
ST each, which is paid by the club manage
ments. and the same thing is done again
the next Sunday
at the new park, which is being built oppo-
site the entrance to the State fair grounds,
President Watkins says the game will be
played and the consequences will come aft
erward-
Superintendent Powell was asked what he
thought of the prospect of Sunday baseball.
He said he did not care to talk in advance
about what would be done. but said that
in his opinion it would be clearly a viola
ton of the law. The members of the Board
q Safety expressed themselves in II, much l,l
posed to Sunday games and stated it as
their intention to stop them if it could be
The Indianapolis club will go to Cincin-
natl at o'clock this morning. to play the
opening game with the C1ne1nnaU team.
The Cincinnatis have had three weeks
practice In the South, and now in good
trim for playing, while the Indianapolis
club began practice last Wednesday. The
odds are much in favor Of the Reds, and
President Watkins will not go into the con-
test with the hope of winning, except by
some unforeseen circumstance which would
favor the Hoosiers. This will not keep
them from putting up good game and do
ing their best to hold the Reds down to
low score They will play in Cincinnati to-
morrow and then return here for a weeks
play. Tuesday they will play the Grand
Avenues. Wednesday the Westerns and the
st. Louis team the rest of the week.
L. IT. s., %; H. S. No. 4, IS.
The Industrial Training School defeated
High School No. / in interesting game
of baseball on the Seventh-street grounds,
yesterday, by score of q to 49, Batteries
O. Queisser and Bronson; Pennington, Nc
Gee and Rhinehard. The Industrial School
team is now ready to meet any high school
or college team in the State.
League Practice Games.
At misunderstanding, 10; Atlanta, A.
At Observation-Disclosures Is; Nashville, 8.
At Sayannah--Pittsburg, 10; Washing
ton, /.
At Memphis-St. Louis. s; Memphis. 6.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
charred with killing a Girl.

BALTIMORE, March 30.-Charles W.
Rose, colored, mate OF the schooner Viii
liam Hackett was arrested to-day on the
charge of numbering Sallie Dean. the school
girl near Harmony, Caroline county, ON
Tuesday night. Rose claims he went on
the morning of Tuesday, but the county Of
ficers claim that he did not reach the
schooner until 10 o'clock. Miss Dean did not
leave her parents home until O'Clock.
Peace marshal Frey, of Baltimore.
refused to deliver Rose to the
Caroline county authorities on the
ground that the people would probably
lynch the prisoner when he reached that
town. Captain Freeburger, chief of detect
ives, has assigned two OF his men to the
case
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
ChiIdren'- Queer Fancic..
Louisville Courier-Journal.

i<ouASSiilc
Six-year-old Nellie attended Sunday
school when the gospel hymn was sung
Jesus is Calling, Calling To-day" Upon
her return home was questioned as to whom
she saw, she replied: .Oh, / saw every
body except Jesus, and He was out calling.
Little Mary of seven lay upon her couch
suffering with cold, requiring attendance
of a physician. He asked a number of
usual questions, which We're answered quite
intelligertly; among others, If she raised
anything when she coughed.
.'Oh. yes she said: II always raise my
leg"
Luella stood thoughtfuly watching the
heavy downpour of rain and inquired Of her
mother as to where AL he rain went, who
answered Into the earth. Ihen," said
Lueila. 1.-THE hell people do get a drink
sometimes"
Upon entering school young Davis was
asked his name. Jim Davis" What Is
your fathers Nance Ills name In Jim
Davis, too 'Wne do you lve?'' do
you know where that ycller dog lives?''
No" Well. l can't tell Won then: cause
! live where he does. What does your
father dor WHY he don't do nothing
walks down town and baek-and winds the
clock sometimes.
-. -.
Sterling silverware ii advancing Marcy
Will sell YOU 1his week at old PRICES
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31

ers named Kort, natives of Pomerania. were
arrested while visiting friends, after sew
en- years residence in America, where they
became citizens of the United States. Both
have been released and all the others, on
Mr.. Runyons representation.
The Re.chstag committee having charge
of the anti-revolution bill has adopted, by
vote of IL to s, the entire bill with the
amendments agreed on on the second read
ing of that measure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31

Earned Runs--Indianapo1is, H..
Two-base Hits-Henry Mccarthy, Motz.
Three-base Hits-McFarland, Sonier.
Sacrifice Hits-McCarthy, Olin, Schwa-
bacher
Stolen Bases-Henry go, Mccarthy, DIN.
Double Play-Schwabacher and Dowd.
Left on Bases-Indianapolis, 9; Artillery 5.
Struck Out-By Pastorius, 4; by Sonier, l.
Hit by Pitcher-MotZ.
Bases on Balls-Off Pastorius, 2; off
Sonier, ]; off Schwabacher, 6; off Madden, 1.
Wild -Schwab acher, 2.
Passed Balls-Olin, 3.
Time-Two hours.
Umpire-Wallace Andrews.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
Charged with Enticing Young Girls.

Margaret O'Keefe was arrested yester-
day charged with keeping disorderly
house. She is the wife of Patrick O'Keefe,
who was tried last year for the murder
of James Eubanks. 1t is alleged that Mrs
O'Keefe has been enticing young girls to
her house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31

There has been no complaint. It seems
to be successful"
Governor Mcintyre of Colorado: Their
advent into political life will positively and
permanently benefit all the people,.
Governor Richards. of wyoming Wom-
en- are allowed all the privileges that men
have in voting. They are not allowed to
sit on juries, and do not ask for Il any
more than they ask for military rights"
Justice Grosbeck, Chief Justice OF the SUI
preme Court OF Wyoming: It has been
tried and not found wanting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
Governor. ON woman Suffrage.

BALTIMORE, March 30.--In a discussion
of the subject OF woman's suffrage at the
Friends Circle last night Mr.. ]. K. Taylor
presented extracts from letters just re-
ceiyed from the Governors Of Western
States
Governor Morrill,. Of Kansas. writes:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
Easter Millinery

Our Millinery Department is now To-
Gated IN its new show rooms, and this
week we will display our immense and
entirely new line of PATTERN. HATS
and BONNETS for Easter wear. Styles
the very newest. Prices the very lowest
These are our notices.
Visit our Millinery show room
week. You will be pleased and
ested.