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from Ohio and everybody appreciated the
allusion to Mr.. Young's aspirations. NJ.
q. McClain. president of the club, was pre-,
sented with potato masher and informed
that 1t had been made from a celebrated
apple tree at Appomattox and was a gavei
10 De used In executive sessions X,
by d. b. Shideler. and ]. E. Shower re-
ceved a wheel racket maker.
tin sword was handed from the tree by
Cut EN- down. apportioned to Daniel NJ.
r. Rapsdel @ By Readem19 rp1. and Prefsint Pa@Sin
of Of war va IS e presented to s" a gentleman en- Who
has waged bloody battle and combed the
bullets from his CORY locks" W. T. Barnes
ming wheel A monkey on a string fell to
w n .og Harding and and Or. rdteinN Henry
cbare eof eep and
Major T. Nj. Defrees, lin token of your
services as leader of the ballet at Wild
waS trks Sssn BOX s Gopon casped
quart bottle of old Bourbon and hurried
back to his seat. the cynosure of all eyes:
baby in his hand, while A. l.. kinsey en-
deavored to amuse il with the antics OF
the jumping jack he had received.
the property of Treasurer William H.
Schmidt and 1t was presented. the dog
gerel accompanying 1t was read:
Some people perform a Tyre,
Others perform on 1t, nit:
But the most accomplished liar
Is Honorable Bulgarian Schmidt
Henry Rauh became the proud possessor
of a jumping jack and II. =. Erwin pock-
eted a fine toothed comb. Caleb s. Denny
will now quaff his coffee from new cup.
which he was told was for "egg-nog, not
shaving" Harry Il. Smith carried away a
Chinese baby. Major Taylor secured a. set
of Gice which could be used at the Country
Club or in Armstrong; icehouse." w. X.
Holloway got a package of candy. small
bottle of perfume and fine toothed comb
and a toothpick were given to Arthur Jor-
dan. A baby i'm pair of scales. repre-
for Attorney A. C. Harris. The goodnat
ured visage of Jesse G. Adams was held
still for the moment in astonishment when
he was informed that economy is the road
to wealth: here is a cigar holder in which
you can keep your snipe when you go into
church. The holder contained a 'snipe,"
which Mr.. Adams shook out on the floor.
A jumping jack that acted both ways was
agitated by George c. Hit. +. Il. Martin
dale had bestowed upon him wine glass
filled with amber-colored liquid that was
corked in the glass. A doll baby delighted
Smiley n. Chambers, and ''Rhody" Shiel
came in for a package of candy and a doll
baby.
The presents were clipped from the tree
until only the tinsel decorations remained.
Some of the members had left the room be-
fore they received presents and these were
held for them. After the Christmas tree en-
tertainment tables were wheeled out into
the center Of the floor and loaded with
viandS. The members walked around the
table and helped themselves. and then
glided TO the punch bowl and the Christmas
festivities went merrily on.
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Philadelphia, Baltimore and San Francisco.
The leading part Is assumed by Kathryn
Kidder. and there are forty-two charac-
ters in the play. The story is of the times
from a laundry TO a palace. Her husband
is made a duke. and then the emperor de-
clares the duchess to be a too illiterate
person for his court and that he must Sc
cure a divorce. There is a grand scene
when the duchess is called TO Napoleons
library to be informed of the proposed di-
vorce She reminds him that she has fol-
lowed his army and served him as vivan-
diere and in the conversation the fact IS
elected that Bonaparte still owes her go
francs for laundry. Everything is pleas
antly adjusted and the play has a pleasing
ending. Madame Sans Gene" will be one
of the great events of the season.
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THE GOVERNORS CHRISTMAS.
He Makes Four COnvicts Happy by
Giving Them PardOns.

The Governor made four Christmas pres
ents yesterday in the way of pardons. but
none of them were for life prisoners. One
was for Charles L. Klein. who was sent
up from Cass county in 1891 for manslaugh-
ter. with sentence of fourteen years.
Klein was an old soldier. who kept sa-
loon at Logansport. and was convicted of
killing John Gibbs, who had raised a dis
turbance in Kleins saloon and was elected
1t was claimed that Klein struck him over
the head with piece of loaded rubber
hose. There always some doubt about
the case. for Gibbs was thrown out of an
other saloon shortly afterwards. falling
upon his head upon the sidewalk Any
how. the court. jury and a number of citi-
zens petitioned for the pardon the
ground that the sentence was excessive.
Patrick Duffy was given a conditional
pardon from the Southern Prison. where
he had been sent up for fifteen years from
Madison a charge of arson. Ii was
shown to the Governor that this case was
one of persecution rather than prosecu-
ton. Samuel +. Keane, who had been sent
from Dubois county for assault and bat
terry in January, 1854. with a sentence of
six years was also pardoned, as was Mel
son Miller. who a year ago was sent up
for two wears from Shelby county for petit
larceny. Both these sentences were
thought to be excessive.
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cry will be made: the ncney-order depart
ment. stamp window and registry depart
ment will be open until 10 o'clock. and
then the office will be closed for the rest of
the day Regular hotel delivery ard col
lection will be made.
Miss Matte Stewart will give her annual
treat TO the patients at the City Hospital
to-day. The rooms VIII be decorated with
holly and greens, and ice cream and cake
will be served.
The shopmen of the Big Four at Bright
wood raised purse OF $3.50 yesterday as n
Christmas offering for the Flower Mission.
Yesterday afternoon the Van Camp Hard
ware Company presented each OF the en-
ployes OF the firm with a turkey.
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E. b. Ludlow. ahead of Lewis Morrison
and George Magee. in advance of RhAa
are here. Morrison is at the Grand the
last half of next week. I'm Faust" and
Rhea in Nell Gwynne'' and Josephine"
at EnSlishs.
There can be no doubt of the popularity
of Black Patti and her company at the
Empire. that house being we'll filled at
every performance. The Empire announces
the return engagement of Oriental Amer
ica'' for Dec. %. There will be new spe-
cialties.
There will be matinees to-day at all the
theaters. The Hollands give The Social
Highwayman" at the Grand. and Hoyts
"A Temperance Town will be the bill at
English's. with Richards and Garfield and
the original big company. Karl" Gard
ner is at the Park. in 'Fatherand." The
Hollands change their bill tomorrow mat
band and Colonel Carter of Carters-
VILE"
The famous Crystal Maze will be opened
to the public this morning at II O'Clock, at
the Eden Musee. Park Theater. 1t occu-
pies all of that large room and will prove
Il strong attraction for ladies and children
Its mysteries are numerous as those who
saw il at the worlds fair will testify For
months il has amused and entertained
Boston and comes direct from there to In
dianapolis. The Maze will be open daily
from IL a. m. To ii p: m. The first Crystal
Maze was built at Cologne. on the Rhine
Germany. I'm 1883. and the profits of the
first five months yielded over $4,000. IL
is estimated that the capital employed in
the construction of the various maZes of
Europe and America represents nearly
S500O00.
The announcement that Miss Florence
Wallack Sewell. the favorite granddaugh-
ter of Lester Wallack is TO appear on
the stage of the theater bearing the name
OF the famous actor will doubtless interest
thousands TO whom the memory of the
comedian IS a source of pleasure. Miss
Sewell is the daughter of Arthur l.. Sew
ell, the Stockbroker. who died last spring
Her debut will be made next month when
she will essay the part OF Helen i'm Mar
garet Mather production OF "Cymbeline"
1t Waliack's Theater.
Miss Sewell evidently inherited her love
of art from another famous ancestor. Sir
John Millais. who was her grandmother's :
brother. Recently she filled an engage
ment rs understudy in August Van Bens
Broken Melody company.
Madame Sans Gene which comes to
Eagiish's next Monday and Tuesday nights
only. IS fresh from success I'm New York.
Chicago. Boston. st. Louis. Washington.
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festooned with the same around the edge
suspended from the smilax-trimmed chan
deier was a large wreath of flowers.
Among the guests at the wedding from out
of town were those of the bridal party
Mr. and Mrs. William Donner OF Anderson,
DIR. and Mrs. Carter and Miss Cora Green or
Plainfield. and Miss Josephine Ford of Chi
cago. Mr.. and Mrs. Birdsall received many
handsome gifts. They will leave soon after
to-day for their home. i'm Brooklyn. -. ".
where they will reside at No. 537 Hancock
street. a reception will be given them
Jan. I.
RICHMOND WEDDINGS.
Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind. Dec. 4.-At the home
Of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. b.
Underhill, took place the marriage OF Mr..
James Barkdell, OF Middletown. Ind. ana
Miss Emma Underhill, this afternoon. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. NJ.
NJ. Binford. pastor OF the South Eighth
street Friends Church. They left for Gin
cinnati on a wedding trip
Mr.. David X. Schell. OF Lynn. Ind. and
Miss Elizabeth Leach were married at noon
to-day at the home of the bride here. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Charles III. Metts. pastor OF the Third M. r..
Church. The future home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Schell will be Lynn.
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At the County Clerks Office.

year ago County Clerk Fesler presented
each of the clerks, deputies and assistants
in his office with a fine, big turkey and
then it was agreed among the employees
that this year something handsome should
be given to Mr.. Fesler The something
handsome is a gold watch. Ii is appro-
priately engraved ard will be presented
this morning by Clint Hare. chief deputy
at Mr. Fesler's house. the county clerk be-
ing still confined to his home the result
of his recent illness. Mr.. Fesler remem-
bered the clerks again this year. and ad-
ded two or three cans of oysters to each
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They Were all looking for a King
To Slay their foes and lift them high.
Thou cam 81 "A little baby thing
That made "A woman cry.
% Son OF Man. To rigft my lot
Nought but Thy presence can avail:
Yet on the road Thy wheels are not
Nor on the sea Thy sail.
My how or when Thou wilt not heed.
But come down Thy own secret stair,
That Thou may'st answer oil my need.
Yea. every bygone prayer.
George MacDonai,
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Aid for the Poor

There was a generous response TO the
call of the Charity Organization Society
yesterday for help for the poor for Christ
mas. So many families have never been
cared for this season. One great thing
that the Charity Organization finds this
year is the chattel mortgage. which so
many poor people think is IA refuge for
the lack OF ready money Articles of val
ue. which they have been accommodating
for years, are mortgaeed for a small sum
and can never be redeemed. In addition,
20 giving some Christmas cheer. the or
ganiZation is trying to gain the confidence
of the poor to have them apply to the
society for relief instead of going to those
who make loans
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Three Wise Men

Something new in the way of entertain
ment will be given at Plymouth Church
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. A Christ
mas story. written by Mr.. Dewhurst will
be illustrated with stereopticon. views
tableauX and music. The music is composed
by Mr.: Edward Nell. Mrs. Posey will sing.
The Three Wise Men are photographs of
prominent citizens. A gift song will be
sung and sixteen little fairies will distrib-
butte the gifts. The story possesses literary
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Monthly Bank statement.

A healthy state of affairs is disclosed by
monthly statements of three national and
one private bank just made public They
show deposits have increased S129 473. Is
since the election and loans $50. .3s6.i7. Gold
which has been put in circulation since
the election returns almost Immediately to
the banks The gold reserve of one of the
banks has increased from 500. 900 to $50 900.
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Mr. saulcy Remembered His Clerks.

Eugene Saulcy. township assessor. is at
Hot Springs Ark. for his health. He re-
membered the six clerks in his office how
ever, and yesterday morning "a provision
dealer unloaded in the Office six baskets
each bearing the name of one clerk. Each
basket contained fat turkey. a can OF
oysters. bottle of wine celery cranber-
ries. crackers and box of fine cigars.
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Princeton Giee club.

FORT WAYNE. Ind, Dec. 2i.-The visit of
the Princeton Glee. Banjo and Mandolin
Club to Fort Wayne made a society
event. the most fashionable audience of the
season at Masonic Temple Theater. to-
night, greeting the visitors Many alumni
of Princeton were present. This afternoon
reception was given at the home of Mrs
G. S. Knight and daughter. and this even
ing, after the concert, ball given at
the Fort Wayne Club in honor of the Wis
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Pyle Electric Headlight Company
was incorporated yesterday by Louis Holl-
veg Frank H. Ewers and George G. Pyle.
with So. 900 capital. to manufacture and
place on the market electric headlights for
IocOmOtiVSe
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New Years Eve Festivities.

The Germans will observe New Years
eve with festivities. AT the German House.
the Social Turnverien and the Deutsche
Club Will give dance and the Maenner-
Choir will give one-act opera at its hall.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-25
Healing by Touch.

Philadelphia Press.
The average alleged divine healer"
claims that he can heal with a touch"
OF course this has nothing TO do with
the size of the amount for which the vic
tim is subsequently touched by the
healer
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Al the De,aware-strcet Crox.iur

Mark Davis and his wife were driving on
Delaware street, near the Union tracks,
yesterday afternoon. when their horse be-
came frightened at a train and ran away.
overturning the buggy. Mrs. Davis was
dragged quite distance and was severely
injured. She was unconscious when picked
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-25

What the country needs just now is q
transfer Of presidential and congressional
duties The House and Senate should do
the duck hunting for a while. and the
President should try his hand at foreign
affairs.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-25
\ Sign.

Kansas City Journal.
Possibly there is somthing in the alega-
tion that President Cleveland has become a
Republican. IL is noticed that he now
says ''the United States Is
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Life

Lady-But IL seems TO me you ask very
high wages when you acknowledge that
YOU haven't had much experience. Bridget
-Shure. marin. amt IL harder for me
when / don't know how?
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Christunan Noter.

The following rules will govern the post
office to-day: The reGdiar morning deliv-
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-25

Wines foc holidays at schuIIer's.
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SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists. New York
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-12-25

Playwright Hoyt has more moods than a
Latin verb and he must have been rumi-
mating In the past tense. after some persis-
tent effort TO fiEd refreshment In a prohi-
bition town. when he conceived the plot for
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-10
BEWARE OE The FROG.
II You Let Him Sit by and CroaIs, Y,
Will Get No Fish.

II You Let Him Sit by and Croais, You
|. VIII Get No Fish.
If you are ever fishing" said an
observant New York sportsman,
"and SEQ II bullfrog sitting near by,
on n rock or log or bog or any
thing, you might as we'll wind up
your line and go away unless you
kill the frog or drive him away, for
you won't catch fish. I found that
mt all by myself few seasons ago.
was fishing up in Sullivan county
for black bass. used live bait, for
/ couldn't get n fish with fly or a
troll, Sometimes ] had first rate
luck, and every day 1 didn't have
any luck at all, finally noticed,
was when frog was sitting some
where near by, every now and then
giving a crcak or two. l couldn't
see any reason why that should af-
teot tho fish SO they wouldn't bite,
though, and thought little of it.
Zone day I went out to catch
somo young sunfish and young
perch, as / found that they were
killing bait for bass. I caught these
fry near the shore Of the lake, usu-
ally with n tiny barbless hook bait
cd with bit of angleworm, at GER
tain places aloDgshore. / had never
bnd any difficulty in catching plen-
ty of them in n short time. On this
particular day as / threw my hook
in the water / saw big frog sitting
on stone at the edge of the lake,
not more than ton feet from where
I stood. Presently fine perch for
bait came toward my hook. The
water was clear and only q couple of
feet deep, and 1 could see tho fish
plainly. Just before this perch got
to tho hook the frog gave peculiar
oroak, loud and deep. The perch
turned and disappeared.
By and by n young sunfish came
edging its way to the bait and was
on tho point of grabbing it when the
frog croaked again. The sunfish
stopped, backed away and disappear
cd in deep water. This went ON for
ten minutes-fish coming up to take
my hook, the frog croaking and
tho fish going away again. Then it
struck me that tho frogs croaking
had given warming to the fish.
THAT blamed frog is telling those
perch and sunfish to look out, sure
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-10
as oels,' said I.

aS GELS, said /.
II gra bbed up u club and sent ii
flying at the frog. Itstruck him and
killed him. Then went to fishing
again. In less than quarter of an
hour ] had caught every perch and
sunfish in sight On tho same day
got corroborativo proof that frogs
spy on tho fisherman and warn the
fish against him. / took some of the
bait fish bad caught and went out
after bass. was having immense
luck. In less than an hour l had
hooked and landed 20 big fellows
and was feeling fine. Suddenly
heard u freq strike up, eff to my
left, with tremendous below.
looked around. There sat big green
chap on Gn old stump. When / look
ed at him, lo turned one of his Cog
glo eyes up at me, and / give you
my word he winked it at me, as
much ms to say:
I'm on to you'll
II thought / d fish awhile longer
before I tested tho frog spying the
ory. Five minutes passed then the
frog lot loose again. l looked around.
He gave mo another wink. / fished
on for half an hour, during which
tho frog croaked ten times, and I
got not SO much as nibble.
"'This settles it y l said.
II chuckcd stone at the frog. It
m issod him, but be skedaddled off
the stump and disappeared in the
lake. I fished again. In less than
minute hooked threo pound bass
and landed him. Within quarter
of an hour I had caught five. Then
tho frog croaked again. I looked
around. There he was on the stump,
and he glared at mo in way that
showed he knew / had discovered
his game. AS long as let him stay
there and orcak didn't catch fish
or got bite. Then / whipped out
my revolver and shot him. Fifteen
minutes after that l had five more
big bass. New York Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-10

than the special benefit OF tina
property, resulting from the i'm
provement FOE which II was assess
ed.
In other words the validity tf q
special assessment depends upon
wheather the burden balances the
benefit. In view of this principle
how stands the question OF assess.
ments for the sweeping and clean
Ing the streets In this city? There
IL much talk about the probability
OF contest in the courts, IL the
cost OF sweeping and cleaning the
streets Is not carefully assessed.
Ifthe cost Is made special, that Is,
assessed only upon part Of the
whole real estate duplicate of the
city, every property owner who
thinks the special assessment up, n
his property is greater than the
special benefit TO that property
growing out Of the sweeping and
cleaning, may bring suit to secure
such reduction as in the opinion Of
the courts will adjust his burden
and benefit to just balance. If
however, the cost of sweeping and
sprinkling streets should by law he
placed upon the entire duplicate AS
II general tax, like u general tax,
the courts would c0nclusively pre-
sumo that, the assessments being
uniform and general, and upon the
tax valuation, in every case, the
burden and the benefit would
counterbalance each other. Placing
such assessments therefore upon
the entire land duplicate, would be
the surest method of preventing
any successful litigation to over.
throw the equality of such assess
ments, and Of preventing litigation
in the courts.
But 1t is thought by many, and
with much justice, that a general
assessment upon tho whole land
duplicate for sweeping and clean
ing only part Of the streets would
be unfair to the property on streets
not so Observation-Disclosures Press.
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HEARD IN THE pRooFsooM.
How Poetry. Prose- aud Advertisements
Sound Via the Copyholder.

IL one of our modern graduate
elocutionists could hear copyhold-
or reading aloud in tho proofroom
of daily newspaper, it would be
very apt to drive tho elocutionist to
drink. For the benefit of those who
have never heard this class of read
ing an imitation thereof in type may
10 of passing interest.
In the first place, be it under
stood, q copyholder is proofread-
er's assistant, and it is his Cor herr
business to read aloud the copy, in
Guiding punctuation, spelling of
names, oto., so that the proofreader
may have a correct understanding
of just what the copy is without
bothering to look and see for him
self.
This is about the way it sounds
when tho copyholder starts in:
"The G-r-a-nl. Maohine-tbree
up--E type-period. In the diagram
before you A B--two small caps-is
q ring of soft n-comma-with
Its ends connected so as to form
continuous circuit--period. This
ring can be made to rotate on its ax-
Is between the poles s-two small
caps-of an electro-magnet-com.
pounded-period. How the magnet
ism of the eleotro-magnet-com-
pounded--is established will be ex-
planned by-and-by-compounded-
no on by--colon--for the present
I simply assume that N-small cap
--and s--small cap--are two mag.
netio poles = comma - north and
south OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
no dash"
Perhaps the next bit of copy Is
news item. and we hear: Accident
In Newark--H /. About O'Clock
this morning as William-abbrevi-
ated-Clarke-with an e-was cross
ing Evan st-comma-near the
corner of Clover--comma-he was
struck by trolley. .car-compounded
mo. AZ figures = comma - and
thrown to the ground on ono side,
just in time to fall under the wheels
of n passing wagon-period. He
was picked up unconscious and con-
veyed to G-r-o.s-v.e-n-o.r hospital
comma-where his injuries were
dangerous period -
more to come"
Possibly little poetic gem may
be the next thing on the proof, and
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