The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-26

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SERVICES AT THE TOMB.
when the procession arrived at the bot
tom of the elevated lawn on the bank of
the Potomac, where the family vault is
placed, the cavalry halted, the infantry
marched toward the Mount and formed
their lines. the clergy, the Masonic brothers
and the citizens descended to the vault,
and the funeral services of the church per-
formed. The firing was repeated from the
vessel in the river. and the sounds echoed
from the woods and hills around. Three
general discharges by the infantry, the
cavalry and eleven pieces of artillery-each
lined the banks of the Potomac back of
the field-paid the last tribute to the en-
tombed commander-in-chief OF the armies
Of the United States and to the departed
hero.
THE sun was now setting. Alas! The
son of glory was set forever, Ne! The
ident and general-will triumph over death!
The unclouded brightness of his glory will
illuminate the future ages"
Following this impressive account of the
services in memory of Washington appears
a poem, the name of the author of which,
unfortunately, is hidden in obscurity, the
headline by Young Lady, being all the
information vouchsafed on this point The
Wordsworth or q Tennyson, but they pos
sess a great deal of interest. Several are
reprinted herewith:
What means those mournful sounds-why
shines the tear?
Why tolled the bells the awful knell Of
fate?
All! Why those signs that do my fancy
safe?
''Where'er I turn the general CLEAN ap-
pears;
Those mourning bells fill my soul with
fears
Hark. Yonder rueful noise. IT'S done!
IT'S done!
1.-THE august chief. the father and the
friend;
The generous patriot-let the muse COM
mend;
Columbia's glory and Mt. vernons pride,
There lies enshrined, with numbers at his
side.
weep, kindred mortals. weep! No more
A man so just, so pure, so firm in mind.
Rejoicing angels, hail the heavenly sage!
Celestial spirits, greet the wonder OF the
agei'
NEWS BOILED DOWN.
F, The paper was so crowded with matters
of domestic Importance that the remainder
of the foreign news had to be summarized.
The skill of the editor in the matter of
boiling down. news is well illustrated in
the following reproduction of this sum-
mary:
French official accounts, under the Bern
board of Oct. s, state that on the 4th the
Austro-Russians were defeated with the
loss OF several thousand killed, wounded
and taken.
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defeated at Glatus with the loss of 100
prisoners, besides great number killed.
AT this place there were 1,io0 Russians
wounded, and 600 at Multen.
THE French army of the Rhine, about
the Sth of October, defeated the Austrians
with the loss of 5000 killed and wounded
their loss 1000.
Two French frigates, bound from the
Havana, having on board upwards of three
million and a half of dollars, besides mer-
chandiSe, were taken on the 18th of October
by four British frigates. and safely carried
into Plymouth.
/ THE British frigate Lutine. Of thirty-nine
guns, was lost the 9Th of October on
the banks of the outer Fly island passage.
She had on board nearly half a million
(8200,000 was insured), and bound for
the Texei. She was to have proceeded ia
Hamburg to clear the commercial I'm that
city. The crew persisted, except two
A modern solicitor of newspaper adver-
Using would be beside himself with ioy
IL he could only secure copy of this
hundred-year-old paper with which to i'm
press upon recalcitrant merchants the un-
doubted value of the newspaper as a me-
dunn through which TO inform the public
OF the merit OF his wares. In this little
sheet. which could almost be printed OF;
one page of the Journal. is a vivid proof
of the utility OF newspaper 'ad'' i'm To-
eating lost articles. Witness the follow
cations in the paper:
'Lost-A red heifer, marked by a piece
Ser forehead and patch of White s' under H
the belly. Benjamin Denzer."
Game to the subscriber a young heifer
a9Gp niece e1t o o tSs rs Ppns arsG
in her forehead and white under the belly
The owner. by paying charges. is desired
to take her away. Seth Mosier, Kingston
Jan. 4. 1900"
HUMOR IN ADVERTISING.
There is considerable humor in the ad.
vertising columns of the Gazette, as, fol-
example, in the following poetic effusion
announcing:
Luther Andres s. Co. have this day
Been buying goods both fresh and gay.
He has received near every kind
That you in any store can find.
And, as / purchase by the bale
] am determined TO retail
For ready pay and little lower
Than ever have been had before.
l. with my brethren, mean TO live,
But as for credit, shall not give
Il would not love TO rouse your passion
For credit here is out OF fashion
Nv friends and buyers, one and all.
III will pay you we'll TO give a call.
You always may frd me by my sign
A few rods from the house divine
1.-The following articles will be received
in payment: Wheat, rye, buckwheat, oats
corn. butter, fax. ashes and rawhides
These articles will be taken I'm at the
Esopus prices. Cash Will not be refused
Warsink, Dec. "A, ll9s
The poetry in this advertisement might
provoke the ire of critic, but one can
not help admiring the delicious egotism
with which Mr. Andres relegates his part
ner 10 the resr and his sublime effrontery
i'm using a house of worship as a guide 10
his place of business The purpose 10
which the ashes referred TO In the adyer-