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THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILT SENTINEL SUNDAY MORNING MAY 171885 -SIXTEEN PAGES.
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mg, excluding only that which is prurient or
immorally sensation ai. In few word?, tho
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nsws, iiterary and miscellany, proper and.'
necessary to make it what it is,
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SUNDAY, MAY 17.
OFFICTEt 71 avnA 73 West Mark Street.
CONTESTS OF TO-DaTl'S PAPER.
FlSST PaGE. Latest Telegraph.
Stco5D Paoz. AmuicmenU, Musical ETeat, etc.
Chic?) Specolatire Mariets. Washington Lot
ter. Including pictures of a West rolat Cader,
His Quarter?, and General Merrltt
Tmaiv Page. Wit ind Plpajintrr. TTmf
partment. Social Ooesip.
Fuchh Page. Editorial, etc.
Firm Päse. LocaI an! Advertisements.
8;xt:i Pint-Our Social Life. News and lr-
aonal Items from the C:ty and Neighboring
Towns. Miscellaneous.
Es.vxsth Page. Won an's Dcpsrtrnent Nervous
Unrcit. Little Folk?, etc
Eighth Page. Local Items, Advertisement, et
Nisth Page. -Wants. For, Sale. For Trade and
other minor advertisement. The 9undaj-3cliool
Lesson, btacg Epidemic A War Incident.
Tenth Pace. Chapter 10 of Reads' great story,
"Love or Money." The Kink Trolector. Fifty
Years Ago, or Gathering of the Clans a', an "Old
Virzin uy Wedding.
ELEVC5TH Page. On National Traits. Monstros
ities oa IxhIMÜcn. Csttii'g Under way. Gen
eral A. Sydney Johnston and Incidents Con
nected with his Dealh. xe:utive Hospitality.
Tweij-tm Pace. TaJ mage's Sermon. Knotty Prob
lem. A Talent In a Napkin.
Thirteintii PAf;r. Varieties. Curbus.Useful and
-ScIecU&C. Startling Statistics oa taeKi?s!nj
Question.
Foceteintii Paoe. About the Mind Care. Wc
man and Dope, and Miscellaneous Salectloa.
F.iTtasTH Pace. Pictcre and Outline of the Life
of Amirose J. Herrin, tho first Djaccratic
Mayor of Greenfield. Indiana. Miss Earah i
Story. Modern Architecture. Man's Inhuman
ity, etc
EitriEMn Pace. New York Letter. HeMgioas
Intelligence. Book Canvassers, etc.
Ci ea:c up the streets, allay e, cellars and
back yards.
Let the arrangements f or Decoration Day
be generous.
The Indianapolis Artillery won the first
prfze yesterday at New Orlean?.
Tue Kansas Supreme Co art hasbeen ca'Iel
npoti to decide whether prayer in a jury
room ii allowable. We have no doubt that
It is, bat it la Impractical.
Is the event of war with Ilussia Eoglish
ships would very probably be for sale cheap ,
in American harbors, and Americans ought j
to be able to bay them. But our intelligent j
laws make that impossible.
A wziiEa in Blackwood is led to resall tho
fact that the law's infliclions have altered
Tery much within the period that he can re
collect. I remember to hays ssen a man
whipped in the market place. "I have seen
a man in the stocks I have seen and heard
a man condemned ta death far sheep-steal-In."
Ax educated CHnamaa prettily explains
the Ignorance of Chinese women. He sty::
'Worrao has no need to perfect herself; she
is bcrn pejfect, acd tcience would teach her
neither grace ncr awe etnets those two lo:d3
of the domestic hearth inspired by nature."
Tcis is probably the idea of all who oppose
the higher education of woman.
It is suggested and veil worthy of note
that tits public anxiety in regard ti Genera.
Grant has made thousands of children e i;er
questioners as to the whjs and wherefores of
the civil war, a id stories of the old com
raander's patlecc?, cons;dera.ene59t pex"
tistsncp, and ablains 8 ctlca
l.ited to give the youngsters the right ids of
the men who participated in the great strug
gle. Children r&te'y make light of things
that appeal to them from thshaloof patriot
ism or eacrednPM.
Wi think the scstc on the subject of for
ehn competition in the production of wh?at
is about over. There are only three coun
tries Ean?d which are at all likely to com
pete with Arne r!ca Kuisia, Australia end
India, Of these, Itatsia is producing les3
nhcit tbaa in times psst; Australia will
tccrcely producs more than will be required
tt home for a term cf jean; as reeaidi In
dia. the actual cost cf wheat to the Indian
farmers Is öö cents per baths), while the
cost oi transportation is decidedly in favor
Df ths United States.
FIFIY Y 12 A IIS AGO AND NOW. j
O. W. Llmerin.in the Dmbary Xaws, gives j
some statistics by way of comparison, which j
cia not only interesting but suggestive. He
cayi: "Fifty years ago calico was twenty-tire
ccstapcr jrd,now five centi; broadcloth
firca J3 to $6ayaxd;Kentacky'j?ans seventy-
fiT3aü, noT7 twenty-fits, and about ai
cheap thsa u now. Then the women span
tha jcra tad wove ths cloth; thea It weat ta
ths cirdirs machine, vrai pulled, coloraJ,
xaais ready to make into clothes, the tailor
czi tho carmcata and ths teamslresi made
ila dathta cad had from tctnty five to fifty
ctj o Cz7 td uorhrd from tcilve to four---3
each Cz-j. Tha f trracra did not ro
to the storf s and pet ready-made clothing;
tley believed in houie man c fact a re i.
I'ifty years ago one could have a decent
burial for $5. now J-V) is very cheap; then a
coffin wcnld co:t few bat paupers use
ci flics now; then caskets were cot in fashion ;
then people ihooght (I ad was no respecter cf
tenors, apparently they think He will re
epect the ceffitt now, especially it a costly
monument mark tho grave. These few items
suggest the thought that same one rule. Ic
is cot cotton, neither Is it corn ; it is some one
from over the tea and its name is "Fashion,"
and it rules with a rod o! iron."
THE POESY PASSION.
There is dUeass with which most every
one is alllictcd at certain times in his life
i) at Is the pas&ion to write poetry. This dis
ease shows itself in two forms. One to write
spring pcelry; the other poems of love
sweet fffaiiot8 cf despairing lovers. Sjme
victims are mere sorely alHicted ttan othsrs
with this poetic cntasioa come suffering
extremely whila others have only a mild at
tack: a lind of a varioloid as it wer8 -write
enly one pceai and quit. This weakness is
excasalle to a certain extent in love-forsaken
old rxalds, but when it ccmes to heilthy
yourjg men whoe taaity is assumed by virtue
of their sex and years, a love pcem from
their hands is simply unpardonable and
detestedly abominable, exrept in the mo3t
critical casrs. If one be gifted with poesy
und a vivid imagination let him tune his
heart to loftier themes not cau&eous, love
tick doggerels. Wben Carljld spoke of the
eighteenth cectary as ' an aze of shams and
windy Eentlmentalities," he might have ex
tended the scope of hi asertion to tha pres
ent century in certain branches
of vernacular litirituro not litera
ture in the dignified aansa of
the term, but staff. A ft w brilliant pDeii:
eterj have graced this century with their
genius, but when this corsteliatlon of posts
afca'l have fsded and pasied away, where
shall ire lock to others to fill their places?
Tbey are yet ta ba bom, no manufactarei,
a3 some woa!d b3 poets supD3se, . who have a
d.lusioo that they have a pcetic Inspiration
if they can make lea words rhyme, and if
by sa:r (icing nil tracts of thoaght and sense
they are lucky enough to conjure ud two
successive ihyme, tbeir C3n(chcsns33 of be
ing a post is established bayood doubt. Tais
delusion of poetic talent was d'uplayed to
the writer by casually teeing an effasion thit
baa been whitt'ed down, by great labor, per
haps, into ths shape cf a p3cni,wh therthora
was any real ascss or postry In it or not. It
is a marvel of vaibal niecimism and muter'
like in its jumble of word and cljck-work
rhyming. Thsre were thres links ia the
"pcem," but we will not ba guilty of the In
humanity of tortariog ths reader with all
the poem, bat perhaps he can endure a little
of it if given in homeopathic deses
We had wndered away, froa the a'eeoy town
To the htone bridge wbere th j creek c ae?
down.
There wis love In the eveninj. The ba'rny
ir
Thrice klsed by flowers, a it were
Wailed wiin mo fur a kisliorn her.
As she moz'ed a red tos? in hr bat".
As (he tangled a red roe ia her hair!
There now, how is that for poetry? It
might do very well to take such ad:ee as
that in a sugar coated pill, or in some other
t tateiess way, bu to try to swallow the raw
material might produce indigestion cr a
revolution of ths stomach. Sich a poetic
diet wouTd prove too heavy for dyspeptics.
Observe the significance of the phrsss,
"balmy air," which was probably us9d sym
bolically to denote the ch'e,! characteristic
cf the "poem" airy. Whoever saw a love
toem, strictly amorocs ramember, that
didn't have something in It about "ths old
bridge and creek? ' Love and this style of
architecture &esm to be coexistent one ma
terially associated with the other with poetic
maniacs. Again, tha nursed and petted
melancholy and tha wastefal and opulent
gush of "fine language," are calculated to
m&ke a man have the nightmare. If the
would-be poet, when he said "we had wan
dered away," etc.. has only kept on wander
ing and never come bick, mankind would
have thanked him for the favor, but it seems
tha". he had some grudge at the editor, so he
wreaked his vengeance by contributing this
"poem" to hl3 paper. Oar syrnpathiea are
with the persecuted. This is tha first Instancs
vre ever heard of "The balmy air waiting for
a kiss." It must have been suffering from
the eame ma'aria that the post was. How
ever, this is highly figurative and backed by
poetic license. Consequently, our unculti
vated minda are not lasceptib'.e to ths eubt'e
beauty lurking there. There is beauty there,
nevertheless, jent &s there ia l)3anty ia a tur
nip, if it couM only be seen. Bone indul
gence might bavs been allowed the poat for
occa writing the line, "As she tangled a red
ro:e in her hair," bat vrhsn he deliberately
repealed it, it eeexs like premeditated
slaughter. One bad pill is bad enough, but
two ars worse. We would like to whisper,
"How sweet!" "How eloquent!" bnt con-
science forbids it. If thera vrere any fears
of a blighted crop of poets this year, we
might encourage th:s poet to come rgt'n,
but this jear is the lime set f jr the looust
plague, acd ai cala'mif.cs never come singly,
we think the full crop of poets will come
along with tte other pests. Sd our advics to
him Is to gather up pen and other poetry
machinery and retire to some secladei cave
(one that will tumble in on him is preferred)
acd don't return until he has reformed and
is conscious that his poetical talent was a
deceiving hallucioaiion.
The speculative spirit now and then leads
to the acquisition of a fortune, which is
noised abrcad as due to tho inherent capac
ity of the iadividcal, but it will bs found by
those who watch the matter closely that very
few fortunes are made outside cf re&ulsr
legitimate business. If a person Is not quali
fied to prosecute an Industry in which he has
had years of experiencs and practice, it is
Tery doubtful if he could succeed in another
branch concerning which he knows nothing.
Let every man be satisfied in the belief that
any substantial and legitimste business wall
followed will afford a livelihood ad some
surplus for future contingencies.
As exchange well says: "The country
may not be Here much la Dlooaed families,
hut it should not weigh against a man be
cause his grandfather occupied a position ct
honor. The mere fact makes him none the
better ncr the worse." This is true; neither
should it weigh in his favor; bat the fact that
a man parades anything of the kind is suui
elect evidence that he at least expects it to.
An American citizen ia just what he is him
tslf, end It dsts not make a particle of diffsr-
ecce to hs fti'ow man whether his father
carte from blooded stock or was raised in a
leg cabin.
Isoraxce cf elementary chemistry has
caased the eetere iJlmss of forty-three peo
ple In Connecticut, who as ice cram mads
In a tin frerzsr with a calvaafzd Iron bot
tom. The dampness set up galvanic action
between the two mttals and poisoned ths
cream.
WAr.DlY.Slh TIIK SOUTH.
UY r.OB BOY KO. V.
A conspicuous character wllhin theSouth
ern lines, cot accorded the mtice h3 msrits
in iLe war's history, the rcfages. His
relation to the military service was that of
avant courier to tho Unicn armiei. And it
was easily ascertained from the gait of the
refagte about how near ths invad3rs were.
! If he was apparently contented with the lo
comotion of his mule or ox tfam, Sherman
was some distance behind him. Bat when
the refugee was observed applying the whip
to his team, the whUe castieg an uneasy
glacco backward over his shoulder, it might
be depended on that Sherman was in mo
tion. The rf f ogee's first start was, perhaps, from
Kentucky. Tee "Yankees'' were marching
in the direction of his house, so he bundled
up the bedding and set wife and children
upon it in a covered wagon and strack
scnlhward. The negroes were along also,
hs women acd children in another wagon,
the men and boys driving the stock and
cattle. TbewaoLS contained c:mmissiry
supplies and cookies utensils, while a
cocop of chickens was suspended to tha rear
end of cne of them. The old watch dog was
a member of the caravan aud the children
had brought alocg thsir pet kittens. TLe
refugee had not started for any particular
p'ace. He had left borne temporarily until
the Confederates should discover the in
vaders and drive them back across the Ohio.
So he proceeded a distance of fifty miles cr
so and camped near a telegraph elation
where he might get tho news of the enemy
haling bten rculed, after which his party
would return home. Bat after a while he
found the Yankees were approaching the
telegraph station, and with a numbr of his
tew neighbors spelling the procession he
extended his trip fifty miles further. Bit
the beys In blue continued to follow.and ths
refugee found him: elf and family and pos
tessions in Tences es, and then in Gsorg'a,
und finally down by the Atlantic where,
blcckade vessels forbidding an attempt to
swim across, he camped on the sands, where
Sherman at last overtook him.
Tte refugee class which went South from
Kentucky, Tencessee acd Virginia, nun
bered tecs of thousands. The object of ma ty
in raovina was to prevent their slaves from
making the acqaaictacce of tha Unio
armies. Others df aired their famiiifs safely
distant from pcisible danger. Actuated by
the latter, some who had do flares to lese,
and who wero very poor, joined the refugee
rat ks. By l;;t Georgia acd Alabama wers
orsrran by these immigrants. Then as
Sherman advanced toward Atlanta the
population on his lice of march abandoned
their homes acd took to il'ght ahead of him.
It was there that the term "runagee" was
caiced. This was intended to distinguish
between these who emigrated in good time
and those others who waited until the enemy
were in sight and then scurried away. In
nothicg else was the faith of the people in
Generali. E. Johnston better illustrated
They D6lieved with each day that Johnston
would drive Sherman back on the next, ani
so very many of the villagers and towns
people bstween Chicamauga and At
lanta sat UDon their packed
trunks deferring moving in the vain hope
that Johnston would, row, repel his antag-
i onut ana tney 09 pmi.rgsd to &ta at home.
Bat, anon, word would como that General
Johnston was falling back, and then the
household gocd3 would be dumped into the
wson and the household gidsand goddessss
seated among them, when the driver's whip
would crack, and with regretful glances at
the good home which was to be in ashes be
fore their reluin to the spot, the "ranagee"
were away on a tonr cf uncertainty and
haidebipa.
Tho little city cf Rome was declared by
the newspapers ta be eafely within the dan
ger lice Sherman might reach Daltoa, Ring
gold and even Calhoun, but there were too
many mountains and watercourses protect
icg the namesake of the Eternal City.
Among the nr.ble Romans was cna Chirhs
H. Smith, a lawyer with a numerous and
interesting family. Ad.ptingfor a pseudo
nym the rame of a ha'f-wlttod bat
cccdhumored fellow-townsman, "Bill
Am," Mr. Smith g7e to print a
series of canca'ure letters upon occurring
events which brought emiles upon many a
.face that had causa to be wrinkled from care ;
for these wcrs daik and porlentous days.
"Bill Arp's" experience as "The Roman
Runagee" should be in permanent print in
some volume of humors. The Romans were
told positively up to a certain day that
Johnston would staad at Adairsville and
that Sherman would be sent pell-mell north
ward. But suddenly news came that John
ston was sgain retreating and Rome to be left
unguarded. Then the fathers, Arp among
them, went down and burned the bridges
spanning Rome's Tiber the Ktowah and
kneeled upon its southern bank to express
gratitude over its bsing thus saved from the
"foal invader," for the" stream was too deep
to be forded. Eutin the midst of their de
votions one of the fathers si rings up with the
exclamation: "Good sakei, btys! Dj you
reckon them Yankees can swim?" The sug
gestion caused a panic, and the father l er.
dered the Romans, great and small, to eml-
i i Tat, and thf nniiH Amin V.
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to leave was Arp's old bachelor friend,
Big John" (Underwocd), who weighs! 4X)
and cwned co carriage. He found the livery
stable turn-outs a!l engaged and every neigh
bor actively ergaged in greasing ths wheels
cf his own vehic!e. Bat about sucset Arp
saw 4,B;g John" teated in a smll cart with
shafts behind a very small ateer in harness,
the equipsge weeding In the direction where
Sherman was not. It was dawn the follow
ing mcrnirg before the Arpa father, mother
and nine joarg childran rolled away in a
wagon. Four miles out thsy overtook Big
John, who had traveled all night and only
prcgreesed thus far. H!s team was halted at
a farm house, where he hai borrowed an
augur and was boring a hole through the
dash-beard of his cart. This done, he drew
the tail of his little steer throo-h tho augur
hols and t'ed a knot in the end, inside tha
dash, "ily harness is weak," he explained,
"but if Back's Tail doesn't break I am going
straight to the top of Stcne Mountain,
where co Yankees can ever climb." As Bill
Arp bade him good bye he fell into medita
tion, in which he composed ths following
lines to his friends:
Farewell, John, farewell;
l, bow it paius ray heart
To fee thy chances of C6Ctp3
Huns ox oat steer aud crt.
Methtnks I fcj taec no.
With axletrees ail b;ok9,
ADd epoae with nary hub at all,
And hubs with uary tpoke.
lint though tha raud is dep.
Thy wit will never fall;
Try faithful teer will pull thee on.
if thou wilt hold his tail.
I have heard and read of panics and have
seen one or two. as when annoancsment is
mede in a convention cf strong mindei
women that a wild mous9 is loose in the
hall. Bat the liveliest panic I wai ever
familiar with was that inarefagee wa$on
train about a mile in length, when one of
Wneeler'j Confederate cavalrymen in a
scimpiah spirit of fan nut the train and
dashed past it down the road, shouting that
aregiment of " Yankee" cavalry waj just
ahead and coming to capture the
refugees. The negroes were as bally
frightened as the white people, and, their
excitement toon ail'dcting the teams, there
was confasion, which every minute besams
worse confounded. In the wild e Horts to
turn in the narrow road one cr two wagons
were upset acd the mules of one wagon ran
into and became entangled with those of
another. The women fell to screaming, tha
children to crying, dogs to barking. Chris
tians to prayicg and drivers to sveariog.
Some of the wagoners in the middle section
of the train threw down a fence and drove,
Jehu-like, across a field of growing corn.
Others left their wagons to tbe care of the
cole red drivers and betook themsslves to the
woods ljing on one stda of the road. Wneel
ei'a man who canted tbis 8;are, with its at
tending confasion, would have found it uq
eafe to returnpaet the wagon train when,
two hours later, it wai learned that thers
was no Federal force within twenty miles
acd none at all in front.
Ii recallirg the experiences of the refu
gees in 1600 1 .", they appear to hve been
among the very wcrst suilerera by the war.
They were couipo-ed of old or diiaV.ed men,
women and children, and their colored de
pendents. Tbera were great nurubars of peo
plo who had enjoyed every comfort in life,
tiampmg on and ou ai I have described,
camping like gypsies, even in midwinter.
Scmetimcs a mother wai alone with her
children and servant, the husband bslng in
the ranks or fcavicg fallen in them. F tal
lies who up to tbe outbreak of tha war had
lived and loved, and had been happy in
tranquil homes, had become nomads among
strangers, with enly deeolaticn behind them,
hardships tbeir present lot and tbe darkness
of uncertainty before them. They were in-
nccent cf acy share in bringing cn or of
ccctlnqicg tbe dreadful conflict, bat though
innocent, the creel hand of vtar had driven
Hem fiom home and stripped it
of all its comforts. And next t)
tbe graves dug in the South by
the same cruel hand, tbe most pathetic
eventration cf the war was the return of the
retogecs to their former homes. The lice of
march of tbe armies of Sherman and John
ston from Dalton to Atlanta ras Uftabroid
land of charcoal a ad a:he?, with only chim
neys standing as sentinels to guard the rains
that had been made. When Sherman had
swept onward to the sea, and ths Confederate
forces gone from North Georgia, the refugees
began returning. There were women and
children, as well as o.d men, who plodded on
foot, having lost the teams that moved
ttentavayacd tbe ia lrcad beintora u?.
MDy of the returning ones found the bolle!
tcarrtd tree top3 upen their grounds, the
ou!y shelter to welcooae tteai.
Itsras a trying experience that of the
refugees of the war. But perhaps it was ser
viceable in littimr them to endure the priva
tions tbat lay bsfcre them wh le toiling to
rebuild and retrieve. Bot certain it is that
the Cherokee country, between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, which sulTered mo3t devasta
tion by tbe war, is now the most beautiful
'and thrifty region cf the South.
He was only twenty-eight yean old, and,
with his heavy head, was a thoroughly mod
ern young man; te had no idea of not tak
ing advantage of all the modern convenien
ces. He regarded the missive of mankind
open i arth as a perpetual evolution of tele
g?ams; everything to him wa3 very much
the et me. he had no eenee of proportion or
quality; but the newest thing wös what came
nearest exciting in his mind tbe sentiment
of ifjppcr. Description of a journalist in
Henrj James's "The B3stonianp," Tne Cen
tury. Robbed by Two Uoys.
Mrs. Cameron Allen, cf 24 East Pratt
street, while wslklcg down Meridian street
yesterday afternoon had a satchel soatched
out of her hand by two boys who were
standing at the elley opposite ths
Blind Asylam. The boya ran west
through tbe alley to Illinois s'.rest,
acd ercspfd. The satchel contained
six eilver dollars and a pair of gold specta
cle, which belonged to her husband, Rev.
Carxercn Allen, now deceased. Mrs. Allen
deicribea the boys as being well dreed, and
about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Mexican Orchestra.
Arrangements have been consummated
for Ihe reappearance cf the celebrated Mex
ican Typical Orchestra ia this cily oa tbe
29th icst, when they will give concerts af
ternoon and evening at riyraouth Church.
Their previous engaeaisat here wai so lim
ited that ttey were gone before the majority
ot iLeater potrs even knew tbey were cere.
Ttoie who did attend tbeir concerts were
mere than delighted, for they wers original
and highly enjoyable.
Preparing to Decorate.
The seven local posts, G. A. R , and (Jar
man veterans will unite in the decoration
ceremonies on Decoration Djy, on Saturday,
Äfty 30. Arrangements are making with the
Big Four to run special trains from the
Union Depot to the Crown Hill switch.
Tickets will be put on sale the day before,
and the revenue derived therefroai wid be
devoted to paving ihe expenses, which
pronJee to bs large. Mayor Mcilas'er will
deliver the address.
Dr Wilson Appointed.
Dr. W. If. Hauler yesterday handed in
his resignation as Director of the Soulhern
Prison, to take effect June 1. Taa Governor
has appointed Dr. R'cfcard J. Wilson, of
Salem, to lupply the vacancy.
County Settlements.
The following counties tettled with the
Treasurer of Slate yesterday: F.oyo, $10,.
264 45; 8pencer. $13 9-37.20; Orange R0.V.5;
La port, $33C34.i7; Lawrence, $12611.81;
Gibson, ei9.ir).4y;.
YOUNG MB. Slliril.
Ifovf UU Advent Bronght a ach Joy to
a ralhcr'a Heart,
Followed by an Experience Replete
With Grievous Disappointments
Characteristic Incidents
of Babyhood.
' If there one thing more than another
that breaks a man all up; thattakeshis ap
petite, tours his 6tomach and ruins his di
gestion ; tbat robs life cf all its pleasures end
keers him continually opprss-el arith the
tear that he is losing his mind, it is ths
re sponeibility tbat attaches to the work or
brirging up a baby." And as Mr. John
Smith thus delivered himself he sank
tack on a chair acd lcoked the very pictnre
cf wretchedness. For tho purpose of this
article it is sot necessary to say who Mr.
Jchn Smith is or just whera he resides, but
we content ourselves with losing his iden
tity in the great family of Soaiths, to which
he belongs and cf which he is an honored
member, end give an account of his trials
acd tribulations eubätantially as related by
himeelf in conversation with a oin tin el rep
resentative who asked the causa of the
strange ren ark which forms the introduc
tion hereto.
A tl BAP CF FAMILY irnTOKY.
Mr. Smith ij working upon a moderate
ealary, aid it as cot until ho was
tolerably advanced in life that he
Ihocgtt be could venture into wedlock,
ailhoofcb he cfien considered the subject
and wondered hov it vtai tbat men, who
were cot ss well paid as he, ncanpged to get
alocg and snpport a family. Finally he "met
hia fate" in a bright eyed, aweet-tempered
young lady, many 5ears his junior, and no
man was happier than Mr. John Smith
when he found his love reciprocated. The
union was followed by thoss a'plratioos
eo natural to the married etata,
acd though Mr. John Saiith wai
supremely happy in his nev
relation he imagined that he would be in
finitely mere bo could hs tea himself re
flected in the person of a little Snith, who
would be his heir (when ha mads hs for
tune) acd on whom he could lean for eup
jortwheu the almond tree should flourish
acd ail the daughters ct music should be
brcujjbt low. At the end of two yean Mrs.
' Smith preeentcd her husband with a boy a
real, live, bald hraded b3by. "Just like his
Mber," the ncne declared; and for ths first
time since his marriega John was so trans
ported with joy that he felt like going down
town atd bdrg "one cf the boys." This
inclirulicn was overcome, however, by the
memoTV cf his good resolution, and he de-
terrrtacd to stay at home and take advsotags
of the fi frt opportunity to trotyoangMr.
Smith on hia knee.
MP. SMITH LEARSS nOW.
It ras teveral days before Urs. Smith
would trust the baby with the Impatient
father, and even then ha was interdhted
from raising It up. "Jost let him lie that
way," sto would ssy, as tho placed the little
ffllow cn her husband's lap, 60 wrapped up
tbatcotblng waa v aib!e but its face And
thfie it Jty, the very picture of innocence
and beauty, uiicCLfcicus of the wealth of
love that wss b;stowed upon it, or
that eo rcany fond hope? were cluster
irg abcut "its youcg life. But this
was not John's idea ot holdiog a baby, and
ore dsy, when its mother wa3 not watchlne,
John uncovered its lead and held it up
rgaicst Lis brtest tricg to sss into tbe
depths of its bazel eyes. Just at this mo
ment young Mr Soiith's hesd fell forward,
acd tbat portion cf his dinner which
cculdn't conveniently lay on his stomach
was deposited cn tbe bo:om of his father's
ebiit To msko matters worse, Mr. Sjiith
had neglected to take his shirts to tha laun
dry till they were all soiled, save
the one he had cn, and he had that
rrcrniog cent them to the wash af
ter changing. That day John turned his
collar inside out, put on a 2arge tie to hide
his shirt frcnt. cleaned the lacteal iluid from
hia vest and, after nightfall, came down
tewn acrt purchased a new shirt. After that
experience ha held the baby according to
Mrs. Smith's direction?, acd when he wanted
tn lfin Ir Intn (Ko "lientha nf ita ha?n1 orr a a
he alwajs Imagined that he could do eo to
better advantige when it lay flit upon hia
lap.
A FIT OF ZCOSOMY CURED.
At tbe end of two weeks John concluded
that it was the part of prudence to practica
economy in his household, and the nune
was dismissed, Jchn tayingto Mrs. Smith:
' Now, if you want anything In the night, -just
call me. I am perfectly willing to help
yen, aid I thick we had better begin to
economize fr our boy's sake." So that
night whenever the baby cried John was on
his feet in an instant, warmed the cloths for
tbe baby and poured out the soothing sjrup.
Mrs. Smith was so much impressed with his
assiduous attention that she could not re
gain from remarking: "John. I do know
you are the best man in the world."
John begj?ed her cot to "mention it,"
er d it wasn't long before sbe saw the justice
cf followintr his advice. That night young
Mr. Smith Ttaa very wakeful and John fund
himself in & very thepy mood when at his
work text day. Ha hoped to get a good
night's rest, however, and went home end
retired csily, bet this lime saving to Mr.
Emiib, 'AIa ," (he loved to address her in that
wsj) "if jou really need mein the night, call
rce This charge in the order was cot noticad
by Mrs. Smith, so she called htsr bsttsrhalf
federal tints dr.ricg the night, and alto
gether Mr. Smith lost another night's re.t.
By this time ycurg Mr. Smith could hare
n.o?s coiiciban any three bitif s ia towJ,
aid re bf r.n to keen tbe y.eople for a square
arcned all awake. The third night Jjhu be
tock himee f to an adjoining roooo, bat If fs
no order to be called in tha event tbat he
was needed. Mr. Smiti felt sighted aa John
clcted the e'eor, for ehe failed to see why he
should leave Ler to take cireof tbe baby
alone wten the had lest more sleep than he.
Forannocr she werried with young Mr.
Smith, but f.cding it impossible to qiiet
him, ehe went to her husb:nl's
room end aked him please
to go to tbt drugstore and get some soothing
syrup. Jchn couldn't well refuse this, and
oif be went. When he returned he handed
Mrs Smith the bott'e, took a look at young
Mr. .njith, wfccee facs presented tbe appear
ance cf an segregation cf corkecrews, and
aein went to bed. In another hour young
Mr Smith bad developed evaoptoms which
a'sirxcd h!s cother. ted esMa ehe
vcntund to her husband's" b'dsiie.
' Jcbn," ea:d she, "won't you eo for the
doctcr. 1 believe tha baby is really ill."
An hour wis consumed in getting the doctor
to the bouse, and Mr. Smith was just in the
ect cf getting into bed when his wife en
tered the room and said he would have to
go to tbe dreg store acd have a prescription
filled. "Why In tho deuce didn't he briog
medicine with him?' was the snappish
answer as the husband proceeded to don bis
clottes fcr the third trip out. But it was no
easy matter to cet a cleik up at 2 a m , and
Mr. Smith rattled the dcors, banged oa the
windows and shouted through tha
keyholes of three drug at.rea be
fore he could reuse c'.erk. By
tbis time he was thoroughly around
himeelf, and, as the clerk appeared at the
deer, he exclaimed: "Why In tbe daace
uon'tycu ccmewhen a man ca'ds you? D
yen thick a fellow can stand here all night
ted bang around your door3 just fo: fun?
Fill tbat" acd as he epoke he slammed
his band down oa the top of a show cate
aid broke the gl&isinto a thousand pieces
"Don't mention it' said he, as be saw
tte ruin he had wrought. "I will pay tbe
bill. I bavs a notion to buy a drug stire
an j how, ycu infernal clerks are so kard to
get op;" and with this h paid fl'ty
cents for tbe rreticine and 175 fir ths
g'aee. As might to imaeined, Mr. Snlth
did not return home in a very good hunor.
and this was not improved when he foand
the baby ileepirg, and Mrs. Smith said she
tbonght it could get alorg without the med
ir.ice "Butwiai's tha matter, John? ' she
aked, ss Ehe saw blood on his hand. "Oh
nothing," he replied, "I just killed a dra
clerk, that's all," and with this comfortta;
remark he rf ain retired at 3:30 a. m. John
had jnst fallen into a sound sleep
when he wa awakened by some one pulling
at his shoulders, and, looking up, Mr
Smith ea'd: "Jchn, what ia tha cams of
gocdce&s did you do with tha medicine? I
can't find it anywhere, and tha baby needs
it." John rubbed his eves, yawned and
finally ccmprehecdad what was wanted.
But what had become of the medicine? A
lock for an hoar about the room, out in tha
hall, and the baby screeching like aCjnun
che all the time, failed to develop anything,
acd Mr. Smith was just on the ere of goirg
down town sgsin wben he found the pack
age in his vest pocket, just where ha had not
bought of looking. As this discovery was
made, the baby a?a!n fell asleep, and Mrs.
Greith said ehe weuld cot waken him to give
the medicine, but she was "mighty glad it
was found; medicine is so awful hizh."
"Ves,"he replied, 4 that oaly cost . Jj."
and with this he called his wife near ths
table, and placing the msdicloe u?der
the foil glaie cf the lamp continued:
"Yon see that, don't you? Well, that's tha
medicice. Now. If there is anything more
wanted, pleasa say so before I go to bd."
"Well, John," she rep'.ied. "you know I told
you last night that I didn't think there
was coal enough up to last till
morning and the fire is nearly out. I am
afraid the room is too cold for the baby."
John uttered a cry cf anguish, lit another
lamp, went to the cellar with the coal backet
and lisa'ly- mar aged to trudge up stairs with
a bucket cf coal. By that time the baoy was
af a'n awake, and John, despairing of getting
aoy more sleep, took the yoang gentleman
up and succeeded in coaxing him off to
sleep after a half hour's cry. The three
nights' experience waj perfectly satisfac
tory, acd Mr. Smith conclcdsi that ha
wculd not begin to ecocom'zs until young
Mr. Smith should aatgrow his colicly tea
dercies, and that day he hired a nurse "for
three years, cr during the war."
TAKING A IH'GQY RIDE.
Several weeks passed away, and during
this tirxe John kai considerate fcleep, not
withstanding tha constant attendanca of a
nurse. Mrs. Smith's eyinpathnic disposi
tion naturally pecluded the idea of resting
until the baby was ptr!ec!ly com'ortaVe,
arid its slightest movement wa3 enou-?! to
waken h'r, whih aoy restlessness niied
her with fears for its afety
and made sleep simply impossible.
Uncer these circumstances she began to
grow pale and wan, and John's anxiety on
account o! her health grew more and more
sei iocs till be became really alarmed. One
bright afternoon he got leave of abs?nce
from his business and proposed to give Mrs
Smith end the baby a genuine surprise by
taking them buzgj riding. He had long de
sired to take his young hepsf al in the neigh
borhood of the residence ot Miss Strah Jane
Firefly, to whom he had paid eouie
attention In his younger days, but who. the
gce&ips said, had rejec ted h!s suit. So John
wanted to show her what a tine boy he hl
and how hsppy hs was, but hedida'ttell
Mr?. Smith tbat his reasons for taking her
riding were in part a desire to avenge hiui-
telf on Mi33 Firefly. Mr. and Mrj. Smith
arid tbe baby started out ander the most
favorable auspices, that is the baby was
&s!eep and had ridden several squares before
he showed any signs of waking When
John eaw tbatycurg Mr. Saiith wai aoat
to wake up ha turned the hore upon the
street that frocted the Fi re 11 y rea
der co and touched him with the whip. Tn
baby began to kick and yell and
John ordered that the sbawl should be takeo
from around his head, saying be would stoo
crying ai coon as he saw tha light, bat ea
cietly glad that the child had made so good
an excuse fcr uncovering him juit as they
reared Miss Firefly's. As soon as the shawl
v as removed young Mr. Smith was atrusk by
tie cool breeze, and in ie3pocss ha eet up a
yell tbat brought the pecple to their front
dcors, acd none sooner than Miss Fire
fly, who staid there the most of the time
anyhow. John grew red in the facs and
whipped the horse into a fatter gate, but the
faster he diove the .louder the baby cried,
and as they parsed Miss Firefly, the ba'oy had
reached a high tenor, and tbe psopte in
greater cumbers than ever came flocking to
their doers. This was a grievous disappoint
ment to John, and to make the matter worse
he was stopped by two policamen and in
vited to appear the next dsy and answer to
a cfcaTge cf fast driving. Too proud to mike
an explanation, he Eettled at long range,
and it will be many moons before he asain
surprises his wife and baby with a buggy
ride. "Take him in and keep him there till
he learns some sense," said John grnlliy
as be placed the child ia its rnotner's arm i
when they reached home. "If I surfer many
mere disappointments in this way 111 go
raving mad," and he sent the bugv to the
stable, feeling that Miss Firefly could notrea
much in the child o envy, and after all he
hadn't made his happiness as apparent to
her as he had expected.
SECURING A PHOTOGRAPH.
The rext day John received a letter from
his eged mother, who lives in a distant coun
try town asking tbat a photograph of her
grandson might be rent as soon as possible
"I am growing old," she said, "acd I d?:re
above all things to ees a picture of tha child
upon whom the family name depends."
Jchn did not fear that the Smith nam a
would ever run out, bat this was his mother's
fancy and ha wanted to gratify her with a
picture cf hia boy. Besides, she had a araill
piece cf property wheie she lived, and John
thought aha might make young Mr. Smith
her sole heir if she tcok a fancy to him on
account of his picture. So that night John
and bis wife be.'d a long coasulta
ter, but Mrs. Smith, naturally timid,
was afraid to undertake ecch a thin;
as having the baby sit for a pictura. John
mtt all cf her objection?, and finally closed
tte artument by aying, "Weil, you know
he is geed every ether day, aud as to mor
row Is his gcoi day, we'll have tho pictures
taken." That night John dreamed Oat the
ptc'ograpbs had te.-n taken succ?s'.f ally,
end wben they cams horns tbey were so li'e
like that ttey actually smiled when looked
npon. And then, bo changed the spirit of his
dream, old Mrs. Smith met with a fatal
eccidcot, but her will was made la faror cf
tbe baby acd he bcw htd the nucleus
about which to gather his fortune when be
became cf ege. John awoke next morning
highly pleaied with the indications fir a
geed "sitting," though he could cot helo
feelirg a little sad on account cf ths part
that his mother would play if tha dream hxi
properly foreshadowed the events. So th
b?by was arrayed in its brsbib and tuck and
tregtllery realeJ without accidentoraa
nojatce. Several customers were present
acd, under the barber shop ru!e,
the baby had to wait its tarn,
even in a photograph gallery. It
eccn fell asleep aud when its
turn came Jchn insisted that it should ba
waked up, claiming that it would look like
a corpse if taken as'cep, as Its mother S3?
gested. The wakening process pat tha child
in a bad humor, acd an hour was lost in
trying to work tho corkscrews out of its
face. Finally it was p!acei inthecoair,
acd the little bell, the handker
chief and a dozen other contrivancs3
biocght into requisition to gat him
to remain qui All failed, and Mrs.
Smith tcoh tho chair with the baby ca her
lap. This wan no better, acd John took the
child, placed it upon tho chair, and t Id the
artfst to "shoot his tools," saying, "I'll pay
fcr them, co matter what tbey look like.1'
The ertfet protested, and atked if thev could
not come back again. "Xo," replied John.
this Is hia geed day, and confound me ff I
don't have a pielure of eome ort." Ta
artiat tock the p:cture. and a week later sent
them to the house, and beauties thy were.
Tbe r'gbt eye was entirely gone, and tbe
left eye was situated exactly ia the
middie ot ths f:r?hfaJ. Th nw
wsa etacdirg squarely ort tha Ift
cheek, tbe mouth ss wife oan under
the burrcf tha riebt ?sr and the chin bil
entirely disappeart-d. After looking at ths
half deren fcr a bort tirxe. John pni
them over to his wi' without remark. 3o
gired long acd jr,tiy upon them arid
icckirg op, ra?d: Well, that embrniderrl
drcts lock nicely, sr. yh jw." This wa-j too
much for human e'.d:tar,ce, and Mr. 8raitti
left the honse inadrjpeatemood fröm?hich
he fcurd relief only n unbosoming himself
fo the first man met and who hap;sieHl
to be a Sentinel repv-ier. Ia concluding his
ttory Mr. Smith nio: .'I hare written
mother, saying tba inr artist is spending a
few months in Eor. pp and that ws will have
photcgraphs cf tK baby raken as soon at
be returns, being . wiiling to trust any but
the very best tale: I in o important a matter
as taking a photcMi'h of our bey. think
tbat will be eatlsfe ct tv for tha prejent," hi
added, ' but at a:;y rale I'll not try tha ex
peiiment egaln very aon,"
Placed Under Bonds.
BcsaKIepfer jesterdsy instituted surety
of tbe peace proceedings egsdnst Frank Fen
eyerin 'Squire l eibleman'a Court, and also
began an ectlou against him ti estaV.ish
the paternity cf her child. Ilsa wai a
witnees a few days esro ia the tame court, at
which time the ttfl lied that ehe was Feney
er's wife, and that they were living to
gether cn South Pennsylvania street.
Uer maiden came as Seuera aud sua
lived. a few miles froru the
city. She afternW.j married a man camel
Klepper, fmrn who ta sos was dir.ircsi aid
by whom she had to children. Yesterday
she and Feneyer hd a quarrel, he saymr he
was gcirg away. i-e raid if he intended to
abscdon her she ehou'd file a?ain?t him,
uron which he srnre that if so did aha
would be a dead tvotc&n the same diy. The
'Squire bound Frncit orer on the first r.hrgi
in the sum of -''00, d on tbe second in te
pnmrf Not bicg able to give bond
Frank went to jail, list says he abandoned
his wife to live with Hr.
The Tare et Shooting Aesoclatlon.
The Indianapolis Ta-get Shooting Assoya
ticn met yesterday and organized by elect
ing the following chicere:
Fresident Georpe rian.
Vice President -tiecr.e Uannfekl.
FecrtUry Wlliiara vxicKel.
i:xccUlveC.mmiPt'- V. F. Kcpf.Jon Rtuch,
II. Smith, ticortre i'ia:v. ieorge MrtTife;d, Ileary
r.UFie, A. M. Alex; -U r. P.obert Klo;, Chrnu
Brink, John Ut:egel J. i:. Korbe, C d. MueUer,
George Keyer. F. Wetz. J. L. i:iecr, V. A. Sfns,
Ffcilip Zapf, Eruit Mttiui. A.-M. kurta, Joe Ca
balztr, fcincst Kitz. Ai'jst Kürlncr, Willlaai
VUcgtl.
The Kxecutiva 0n;rmttee has ben given
charcocftbe appr aching shooting tourna
ment cf the Vs!ern Sharp SbootorV
League, to be held :n this city from the M:h
to the 21st, IdcIdhvi?, cf next month. Thsre
will be over 1.0C0 delegates to tha tourna
ment, and will be nco nf the larcent delegate
meetings held in the Mississippi Valley.
St. VUcvat'a Fair.
The fair held tor ;he benefit of St. Vin
cent's Hospital during the week at Mason ;a
Hall cloeed Javt nfght. The fair has brer
very successful, and has attracted large
crowds, that of last evening bei' g too dtnss
fcr comfort Amorg the articles won lait
night were a blsc'i silk dress by Mrs. Bur
gentbal, a handson e doll by Mrs Barzooa's
daaghter.ababy dre by Müs Mary Pohtman,
a baby carriage rcha by Mm. S. Mcehl and a
parcel picture by H.I!. Stout The most
vopularbaby was that of John Tohtncan, the
gift being a bsndkx baby cab. The fancy
dell was won by J. Wecheler. There was a
miscount on tbe caair, and it will be an
nounced To-worrov. Ihe vote on tha veil
was l ieferst. Pa rick's Church. 2 nit for
St. John's acd 5,C;" fcr St Joseph's Church,
Tke receipts durit e the week will foot up
between ? 1,000 and ?5 000.
Huebandrnen at War.
Ccrydon R. Shiroer and Charles Hartman,
farmers of Warren Township, have managed
to ret itno the courts, tbe farmer being de
feccact in a replevin suit and the latter de
fendant in surety of the peace proceedings.
Shim er took np a cslf ai an eatray Friday,
wbich Hartman afterward claimed to be his
acd sccased Shimer of knowing it Words
ensued and Hartman invited Saimeroat to
be whipped. The latter was averse to accept
ing the Invitatici, pattty beciu-e he has
never recovered frcra the eSects of a
goring by a bull last f!l. Ha then fi'.od
ag&iLit Hartman, who retaliated by bring
ing an action in replevin. Both men are
busy planting corn, and for this reason tha
cises aie set for next Fri Jav.
Tho Art Excurelon
"Will leave Indianapolis and Chicago sim
ultaneously July 2 for tbe Alleghanies. Mr
Schilling, of tho Chicago Art Institute, is
cow goiDg over the ground prospecting for
the loveliest places along the line, and select
leg the hotels, arranging for tbe best ac
comodations. The circulars will ba out in a
fewdajs. Everything indicates a rarfect
success as regards the parties in numbers
acd quality ; as to the pleasure and profit of
the excursion that goes without saying. Miss
Ketcham will be vUd to give any informa
tion pmonally or by letter. Art School,
'M North Pennsylvania street.
Beady for Business
Ihe new Virginia Avenue Elat is receivla; l!e
fiulbinz toucbe, in J will to formally oi?ael to
the public next VtdaiMlay evenluj. tbe 2Jth
Itst. This la the lire l, fincjt and bett lpt I
to the purposes for widen It was built of aoy rink
In the Sate. The Uructuro ta 153 feet in length
by it o feet in width, yf.ih. a ktm;j mriACO of ISO
by :5 feet. Tl:c iraMr.g capacity 1 aror.t 1.0 JO.
and mis can hi easily incrca ed it found nccea
fary. ILe building Is well ventilated nJ 1'gbtM,
tfcere LelER windows oa 'ach sid;. Ei?Tit pr-
Icrs ar,d toilet reoni b tu br.cn fi:teo upfrt!e
laoies and a line s mr kinrooia prepare i fir tbe
grnthxrci. All convenience for tne comfort of
patrons Lave been in'.'.j attended to
Chutch Organized.
Sixteen persons at Urighlwood met night
befcre last and cranlz?d a Metholut Epis
copal Church. A new church edif; it to be
erected as toon as possible Mr. Ssyres was
elected Chairman of the Beard of Trustees,
hlr. KlMott Chairmen of the Ba:dof Slaw-
aidr. acd Dr. Lampion Superintendent of
the Sunday-school.
The Light Artillery Wins
Trustee Em at Kilz yeaterday received a
C is patch from Captain Ccrlis, who is r.or at
New Orleans, tajiug that the Indianapolis
Light Artillery had ben waded the rirat
pr:zelnlhs drill toornarcent in that city
yesterday. The friecds of tbe orgau zit o
wi:l be giad to learn that tha boys succeaJei
so well.
Impure Water.
Considerable interest is bein,' a-3u1
among cur citizens by the City Health Qu
eer's reports as to irapnre water in shallow
wells throughout the city. It is not gener
ally known, but it is a fact, a'.tested to by
seme of our mostrepu'.aMe citizens, as wet
ai physiciacs, tbat the Mrriil Wa'er Tari
fjirg Fountain Spray Tamps are anterior to
any otter device for drawing and purif jio
water. With the fountain apry attainment
below tte platform, a constant epray ts
thrown tack, purifyicg the air and w&'er in
the well. Where thia pump is used no f jut
air cr damps, nor bugs, water lie?, wgz,'.e
tbecsaed lg;ed wormi cr other infects ara
faucd. It will pump more water with leas
power than any ether pump. It is tha only
sncMcntumpin tke world that contv;tly
can ice air to the bottom of the well or eis
Urn. ttertbv purifjlcgthe water. AUrea
the Merrill Tump Company, 220 Suth Me
ridian street, or llr. Charles Krau, tna Sa.
pfrinlendcnt, at the same plscs. Telephone
4. cn