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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-14
An UnobiectionabIe Trust.

Most people have very little objection to
the formation OF a whisky trust As the
object Of the combination will be TO raise
prices the effect will be TO lessen the con-
sumption of whisky. contamination that
will meet with general approval.
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AdeIinn Patti III.

PARIS, Oct. 1S.-Adelina Patti, the
famous singer. is i'll. Her sickness is not
believed to be dangerous. Nine Patti has
been singing on the continent this season.
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enough to surround the Atkinson house, and
in a few minutes after their arrival Mes
senger was wearing handouts He made no
resistance
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NInnneer snifh CriticnI1v nm


NEW YORK, Oct 13.-John p. Smith. the
veteran theatrical manager. is critically Ill
at the Post Graduate Hospital, in this city.
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Oh. haunting dreams of sweet summer deadl
Ye bring heartache in your whispers low
Echoes CT song may not hear again,
Voices whose tones We're silent long ago;
Visions of orchards crowned with bridal bloom,
Where apple blossoms scent the air of May,
And from the sloping hillside comes the sound
OF sweet-voiced children at their happy play.
There is a low, sad rustic in the air.
Among the yellow banners of the corn:
The faded sunfower droops her heavy head,
The garden border of its wealth is shorn
A subtle stiffness broods Ger all the scene,
The benediction of the year has come;
The sheaves are garnered from the fading field,
The husbaLdman has sung the Harvest
Home.
The rustling leaves drop softly at my feet.
Warm airs caress my cheeks with loving kiss
No chill of autumn shivers in the air
Yet something indefinable I miss.
O. summer sweet II never more on earth
may rejoice in all your beauty rare,
/ cannot say farewell fer shall meet
Where you will bloom more infinitely fair.
ID. M. Jordan.
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Senator Tilmans condition is more ia
vorable He Is still quite sick, but there
Is no immediate danger OF serious results.
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THE POLICE APPEAR.

1t was at this juncture that the bicycle
police came on the scene. THE bull is COM
ing" cried the negroes, and Officers Holtz
and Wallace came scorching down Ohio
street so fast that they could not stop their
wheels. A wild scrimmage ensued with the
Beavers in rapid retreat to the north. One
of the officers grabbed a negro who gave
his name as Fred Williams. He is the only
prisoner. The others never stopped, but rap
idly disappeared over fences and through
alleys, followed by the police. Both officers
discharged their guns in the air. but this,
however, brought only temporary terror to
the pursued. The Bungaloos, in the mean
time, had been gathering, but when they
saw the affair had been turned into fasco
by the untimely arrival of the bull they
hung around innocent like and afterward
gathered along the sidewalk in front of the
Park Theater. Officers dispersed them and
arrested two young men on the charge OF
lettering. They were Fred Thompson and
Tom Shipman, both about fourteen years
old. Shipman had a hammer in his possess
sion, and claimed to be a resident of Balt
more, stopping temporarily in the CITY. They
seemed to possess information regarding
the operations of the BungalooS, and it
was on account of their knowledge they
seemed anxious to give out that they earned
a ride in the patrol wagon.
About the same time SergeantS LapOrte
and Crane encountered detachment of the
Beavers at the corner of Illinois and Ohio,
and amid the flying of powders made them
Later news was received at the police
station that the negroes were again gather
ing at the Empire Theater, but a hasty
rush to the scene failed to find them. This
was the last episode of the warfare for the
night, although small knots of the two
gangs could be seen until a late hour in
various stairways and alleys about the
town. The battle was prevented, but the
thirst for gore seems only to be smoldering,
awaiting a new opportunity for its satisfac-
ton.
The Bungaloos inhabit the northwest part
of the town and number about hundred.
Their badge is a cartridge wrapped in wire,
and attached to their vests. They are led
by youth named Senator Moore and
another named "Bunty." The negroes have
a number of leaders, among them being
Cratic Payne and Sandy" Fred Williams.
the prisoner, claims he does not belong to
the gang but that Payne enticed him
along with the crowd He had stick in
his possession, however, when arrested. He
claims to earn living for his mother SELL
ing papers. He lives at 119 Roanoke street
and is thirteen years old. He says that the
Bungaloos would not let him buy any pa
pers on Tuesday.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

DR.. John G. Patton, missionary to the
a native bride on her first appearance al
church, after the ceremony. Perhaps
those VINO follow the fashions" will
like to make note of the various gar
ments for future reference, though
hardly for imitation. Her bridal gown
was mans drab colored great coat.
put on above ner native grass skirts,
and sweeping down to her heels, but
toned tight. Over this she had hung
on vest and above that again, most
amazing of all, she had donned a pair
Of mems trousers, drawing the body
over her head, and leaving a leg dang
ling gracefully over each of her shout
ders and streaming down her back.
Fastened to one shoulder was a red
shirt, and to the other a striped one,
waving aboNt her like wings, as she
sailed along. About her head a re-,
shirt had been twisted like a turban,
and her notions of art demanded thai
sleeve thereof should hang aloft over
each of her ears. She seemed to be n
moving monster, loaded with a mass of
rags. The day was exceedingly hot and
perSpiration poured over her face in
streams. Her husband looked at me
and then at her, as if to say: "You
never saw in all your white world, a
bride so grandly dressed. Youth s
Companion.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
CIGARETTES.
The Amount of Money Worse Than
Wasted on Tobacco During a Single


The Amount of Money Worse Than
Wasted on Tobacco During a Single
Year.
From Tobacco, which claims to be the
only paper exclusively for wholesale
and retail dealers in cigars and manu-
featured tobacco, we find that 4, ,050, ,S44,-
220 cigarettes were made, and presuma-
bly, smoked, during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 19S6--an increase of 722, $780,
543 over the preceding year. The num-
ber of cigars manufactured was con-
siderably greater, aggregating 4,237,-
755,9i3, though the increase over the
preceding year is much less than that
in the manufacture of cigarettes. The
increase in the number of cigars was
only 1888, ,j04, as against an increase of
722, ,5jG,j43 cigarettes. The Inter Ocean
aptly says: This augurs i'll for the
health of the next generation"
No less than 12,54S,G0O pounds of
snuff were sold during the same year.
This being 1,777,125 pounds more than
was marketed the preceding year.
Nor is this all The figures of the
statistician show that the consumption
of manufactured tobacco, for chewing
and smoking, increased during the same
period 5,307,OOO pounds, the total out
put for the year being 1858, ,G67, ,13S
pounds. Hard times do not seem to af
feet the tobacco trade at ell unfavor-
ably any more than they do the liquor
traffic, but to give to both trades a
stronger tone and a much more eX-
tended market.
The aggregate cost of the annual out
put of tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigar
cites to the consumers in this country
amounts to $GOO,OOO,OOO. Surely tobac-
co is an expensive luxury. Add to this
the $1,000, 100000 annually expended in
the consumption of liquor, and we have
the enormous sum of $1,000, 100000
wasted, and worse than wasted, in the
United States every year. What won
der if we have hard times and oft-re-
curing financial panics SO long as this
continues National Temperance Ad-,
vocate.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Tho only woman who haslever
asked for an Office in Daviess coknty,
Mo-, is seeking postmastership. II
An unmarried woman has mhe a
reputation in Gage county. Neb., is
corn husker doing rs bushels da,.
n board on the side of hore at
Forbes, Mo-, was removed the otf day
by the owner, as it appeared WI ned.
tie found "A hive in the wall, aia 125
pounds of honey. The bees had elfered
through a knot-hole.
Twelve bees and IL pigeons we're re-
leased at the same time in a We,tphal-
ian village, three miles from home.
The first bee arrived Is seconds before
the first pigeon; three other be@ and
pigeons reached home simultaneously.
In the woods of Shelby county Ind,
1 den of wild dogs was discover9, and
Morgan Hendrickson set abou' dig
ging them out. lie had to dig iown
seven feet. OF the seven dogs fie got
away from him, and now he d,esn't
know what to do with the other tNo.
A small metallic object was Aund
among some rags, in a paper mu at
Westbrool, Me-, and the workman Eho
was sorting them tried to open it wth a
penllnife. 1t proved to be JapaIese
bomb, and in the explosion which fol
lowed the unfortunate man lost hree
fingers and thumb. r~-~~ ~,
The most successful trapper in
Maine is William Brown, of Oakland
Last fall and winter he captured S3
foxes, 9S skunks, 13 coons, mink and
silver-gray foxes. Ills success is
,hiefy due to some aromatic essence, a
drop of which on the bait lures the ami
mails.
"A mouse, While scampering around
/ classroom in a public school in Balti-
more, stepped on the foot of a teacher,
Miss Clara Evans. The excitement
which ensued was only allayed when
the fire department was summoned,
under the belief that the school was in
| Games.
An aquatic creature, supposed at
first to be a whale % feet long, feet
wide and feet high, was found partly
/ buried in the sand at Anastasia Beach,
| Fla, by a couple of st. Augustine
cyclists and was pronounced by the
president of the local scientific society
to be an octopus. The missing tcnta-
cles might have been worn away by the
sand and waves, or eaten by sharks.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
FACTS AND FINDINGS.

AS the saloon prospers the home is
beggared.
Strong drink is the devils way to
man and mans way to the devil.-Na-
tional Temperance Advocate.
A candid saloonkeeper at Des Moines,
Ia, says the saloon is a necessity, and
necessity knows no law"
Whisky is not tonic. 1t is probably
an alternative; it certainly alters dol
lars to cents, virtue to crime, and men
to brutes.-Good Health
81 don't see why the court licenses
men to sell liquor and then Furnishes so
severely those who drink for what
liquor does" This was what a country
lad, who had yielded to temptation
wrote to his sister-National Temper
ance Advocate.
In a summing up of the years outlay
for drink and its consequences, the
Irish Temperance league reports that
the fines on the drunkard-maker
amounted to about one one-hundredth
part of the aIunnnt leYied-nn their vic
inns.
The Medical Pioneer says: ''It is very
like straining at a gnat and swallowing
camel to make such strenuous efforts
to eNtinguish smallpox, while the cause
of alcoholism and it's attendant evils is
petted and encouraged by the medical
profession"
Mrs. Harrison Lee has a catechism
the first part of which is as follows:
rs it right to put the sugar basin in the
Gaby's way, and then punish it for
taking the sugar? Is it right to put
drink in mems way, and then put them
in prison for drinking it? Is itricht to
wrong, and then denounce them for not
going right?"
The Republican., 1897-01-21
TEMPERANCE.
TO THE BOYS.

There's no beauty, boys. in glass of wine,
But there's ruin and shame therein;
There's no JOY or peace to be found there,
boys.
But there's trouble, and sorrow and sin.
The weak become the fallen
If they yield to it's tempting sway.
It leads to degradation.
Growing deeper every day.
But listen. boys. for a message
From the law of God to you:
And you need not fear the cup, boys,
If you stand by it brave and true.
The message is shun it forever
Look not while it moveth Alright.
Eor God s law is that no drunkard
Shall enter the Gate of Light
Then look to Jesus for help, my boys,
For courage to always say no;
and always be upright and true, my boys,
No matter where you may go,
Jennie Rowill.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

maternal love, had turned to bitter
ness-strucll her by way of asserting his
conjugal authority and his paternal af
lection. The blow had the intended ef-
feet, and the little one was allowed, as
best it's strength would admit, to APP
pease the pangs of hunger at the fount
of life.
On Monday father and mother, giving
themselves over to the bottle again,
went out together, that neither might
have undue advantage of the other, to
convert into current coin whatever
within the four-walls offered itself to
them in the shape of garment, furni-
ture, or heirloom. From the pawn
shop they hastened to the grog-shop,
where they enjoyed themselves until
their money was exhausted. On their
geturn to the ground floor of the house
whose upper story gave them shelter,
they felt unable for the task of as
cending the stairway until they had
negotiated for and consumed further
supply of whsky-this time in com
glany with their landlady and her fam
iiy.
All this time the infant was alone, as
far as earthly nurse or comforter was
concerned. She was without food,
without the soothing presence of a hui
man being, or the music of voice to
I'LL the great void space which presented
ltself to her sad eyes. She cried, but
Gbere was no one to hear; she suffered
agony, but there was no one to sympa-
thize or help. How long must have
seemed to her those hours during which
her Heaven-ordained guardians were
in raptures over the cup of kindness"
st last commissions set in; there was
a short, sharp struggle; the muscles be-
game rigid, the hands clenched, the
face set, and the spirit flew away from
fhe world which had wronged it so,
and which was calculated to make such
an unfavorable impression upon it, to
that land where are those who have
@-come up out of great tribulation."
When the drunk and incapable father
climbed to the room little Sarah had
fallen off the bolster where she had
been laid in the morning, her face lay
upon her arm as if TO protect it from
Che floor. and she was-dead.-Nation-
al Temperance Advocate.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

An Englishman, now in Washing
ton, says; The poor man in this coun-
try seems to be more self-respecting
than the chronic pauper that has made
the name of Whitechapel notorious ali
over the world. The latter is in such,
abject poverty that he has lost all
hope of ever bettering his condition.
How the miserable wretches live is Il
mystery. And when it comes to the
women, this nation has an immense adj
vantage. Your women, unless of the
fallen order, do not frequent public
drinking-houses. 1t is the greatest dis
grace of London that the women of
the poorer classes are as good custom
ers of The liquor shops as the men, and.
worse still, the poison is handed them
across the bar by one of their own
sex. In East London children of ten
der years accompany their mothers
into such places"
The Republican., 1897-01-21

Jinks-I would have been run over
on Broadway to-day if it had not been
for Winks, who was with me. He
sprang forward and showered blows
on the horses heads with an umbrella.
just as the umbrella broke, the team
stopped, and 1 was pulled out from
beneath the wheels.
Blinks-Did the umbrella have sill
yer handle like a shepherds crook?
Il didn't notice particularly, and, be-
sides. he broke it all to pieces stopping
the team. Why?"
He borrowed mine yesterday. N.
I. Weekly.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
Moderate Use of Alcoholic Drinks.

The most serious and well-known re-
suits are, of course, from the effects of
excessive use. But in the moderate use
of these drinks there is constant danger.
as has been demonstrated countless
number of times, that the moderate"
may grow into the immoderate use.
Even the continued moderate use Of
alcoholic drinks is almost certain to
lead to some of the many forms of dis
ease which are made to invade some por
ton of the body that has had it's pro-
cesses of nutrition for long time thus
disturbed. If we now add to this the
constant imminent danger of the
growth of an already abnormal appetite
for such drinks until it leads to excess
in their use, which is so revolving in
its every aspect, is there not enough
to deter one from even a moderate cuI-
tivation of this dangerous appetite?
Good Health.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES.

awful Story OF Neglect on Part OF Drunk
en- Parents Almost Beyond Belief.
Sarah McGeown was three months old,
and lived with her parents at Shore
street in New York city. Her mother
had yielded to the temptations to drink
ing which abound in the neighbOrhood,
and according to her own confession,
made on the 10th ult., had been in
dulging during the previous week. On
Saturday, -, she left the child in
charge of her husband, and started for
4 visitation of the public-houses in the
vicinity. When she had satisfied her
self, she managed in some way or other
to return to her domicie and to lay her
self alongside of the baby, who had in
the interval been deserted by the father,
and who had received no nOurishment
from the morning. The father who
fancied that, Notwithstanding the
pledge he was trying to keep, he had as
good a right as his spouse to drop
at the end of the week, especially after
an hours nursing, did not return till
almost closing time.
On Sunday father and mother drank
as much as they could procure. The
former taking it into his head that the
latter was not attending to the child's
appeals for nourishment--as the milk
of human kindness, not to speak of
The Republican., 1897-01-21
PAYING FOR THE HONOR.
In China 1t Costs to Put on Airs of I'M
portance.


In China it is believed that people
should pay according to their means.
The one barber in Peking who under
stands the foreign mode of hair-dress-
ng charges a foreign minister so cents,
| secretary of legation 25 cents, and an
unofficial foreigner 10 cents. Natives
pay about half cent for the same serv-
ice. So says Mr.. Holcombe, in his book,
The Real Chinaman," and he adds this
DIT of personal experiences:
In passing through Japan l once had
occasion to employ a Chinese chiropo-
leclared, were 1rve cents t1S - f3-.--'=-
Chinese, 10 cents to an ordiIfhry 81 pan
ase, and 50 cents to all other foreigners.
In the course of the conversation, while
ae was at work, he said:
Il hear that our Chinese minister
came to this hotel to-day. Do you
know whom he came to see?"
"Oh, yes" said l, ''he came to call on
ne"
Then you must be an official" said
;he Chinaman.
| modestly admitted such to be the
TACT, and the conversation drifted to
other subjects. When the mans labors
we're concluded he demanded dollar,
in the face of his own statement that his
;egular charge to all foreigners, eX-
cepting Japanese, was so cents; and he
enforced his claim by this argument:
"Sposey that China minister come see
you, you b'long all same he. You
b'long same he, you makey pay one dol
lar all same. That blong ploper."-
Youths Companion.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
The Porous Plaster.

Tommy had been suffering from a
lame back for a day or two and his
mother bought porous plaster for the
same and prepared to adjust it. As the
eyes of little Mabel fell upon the punc-
tured square, she exclaimed: "Oh,
mamma! What are all the holes for?'
Il know" interjected Tommy;
they're for lettin' the pain out.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

Mrs. Witherby-Last night the man
next door made an awful mistake. He
got into our house iDstead of his own.
and l thought at first it was you.
Witherby-Ges, | met him on the
street this morning and he said he
never was so sorry for any man in his
life.-N. y. Truth.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

In an article in the Paris Figaro on
alcoholism and Madmen," it is shown
that at the beginning of this century
comparatively little liquor was dranG
in France. 1t shows that since 1900,
when the practice of distilling brandy
country. the number of insane peop!o
has increased with the consumption OF
liquor. In the four years, 1s26-30, there
were 1899 cases of self-destruction,
while from 1776 to 1900 there were
$3.50.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

Papa" inquired the editors only
son, what do you call your oflice?"
well, my son, l believe the editorial
office is generally known as the sane
tum sanctorum."
The small boy was thoughtful for one
moment, then he burst out: Il suppose
that mammals office is the spankum
spanktorum, isn't it?"-N. Y. journal.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

81 joined fly club while | was in Bos-
ton" said Fosdick.
"Why do you use such slang?" asked
Keedick, who is purist in language.
"Oh, that isn't slang in this case. The
club allude TO is the Boston Aeronaut.
ical society."-Up-to-Dat
The Republican., 1897-01-21

Housewife-Mrs. Gass says she dis
charged you because she frequently,
caught you listening at the doors.
Applicant-Well, now, mum
Housewife-Weli, I'll engage you on
one condition. You'll have to tell me
everything you overheard at Mrs. Gass'
-Tit-Bits.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
A Doubtful Compliment.

"Yes," said the Chicago literary wom-
an, Il intend to leave my footprints on
the sands of time. In future ages some
wanderer may discover them and take
heart"
Il feel sure that he will find them. y
n. Y. World
The Republican., 1897-01-21
why He Was Depressed.

Somehow" he said, disconsolately,
"I don't seem ter make farmip' pay"
Maybe you haven't the right way"
"Yes; I've done everything. I've
tended meetin's an j'ined clubs an
voted fur every candidate thet said he
knowed the way ter hep us along. But
it don't seem ter do no good, an mus
say I'm gettin' clean discouraged. -
Washington Star.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
Too Much for Him.

Daughter-George says he fears he
can't support me in the style I'm ac-
cuStomed to.
The Father-Marry him, anyhow.
can't keep it up much longer myself
Town Topics.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
Pledge for School Boys.

by direction of the Omaha board OF
education boys in the public schools
are asked to sign, of their own free
will, a pledge to abstain from the use
of tobacco during their school days,
with a proviso that they can be re-
leased from their pledge at any time
on a personal request. The teachers
report that the plan has worked well,
chat very many of the boys have signed
tue pledge, and that keeping it has come
TO be regarded as a matter of honor.
Ectter scholarship, better morals, and
more cleanly habits are among the di-
acct results of tie movement.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
Missed Each Other.

Mrs. Gadd twho spent last summer ON
her aunt's farm)-I did not meet you at
any of the summer resorts, Mrs. Glbb.
Mrs Gabb (who summered on her
uncle's farm)-No-o; and, by the way.
1 don't remember meeting you in Paris,
n Y. WeeklY.
The Republican., 1897-01-21
Stung to the Quick.
What's

"Henry, you look very pale. What's
the trouble?"
Il was stung to the quick by an adj
der this afternoon"
Glow did it happen?"
"Why, l dropped in at the bank, and
the booilkeeper told me my account
vas overdrawn.-N. y. Tribune.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

The japanese claim that their ma
ton was founded b, c. G6O, by Jimmu,
the dynasty of this monarchy being
account of the japanese was from the
pen of Marco Polo. who visited the coun-
try in the Thirteenth century.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

Parke-I can remember before I was
married that l was tired of everything
utterly blase.
Lane-Things are different now?
81 should say so; now it's a real pleas
are to go to the club. b.'-Brooklyn Life
The Republican., 1897-01-21

80" said the composer Indignantly;
that writer has the impertinence to
say that my music is reminiscent"
That's what has happened" the
manager replied.
well, you may tell him for me that
my music is quite as original as his
criticism. l."-Washington Star.
The Republican., 1897-01-21

Dawson-What is your business, may
! ask?
Boorish Stranger-Tm a gentleman,
Sir. That's my business.
Dawson-Ah! you failed, see.-Odds
and Ends.