Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1883 — Page 3

ARRANGING A NEW POOL. Western Distillers Want the 'Whisky Supply Still Further Reduced. An Appeal to Congress To Be Made—Favorable to a High-License System—A Talk with President Miller. The executive committee*of the Western Exjiort Association was in session at the Bates House, yesterdaj*, endeavoring to consummate the arrangements for the new pool determined upon at the general meeting of the association. Among the prominent distillers preseut were: C. Fairbanks, Terre Haute; P. E. Iler, Omaha; H. B. Miller and W. H. Miller, Springfield, 111.; T. T. Gaff, Cincinnati; Adolph Wooiner and John H. Francis, Peoria; James Walsh. Cincinnati; Edwin Stevens, Cincinnati; 8. Tuescher, St. Louis; George J. Gibson. Samuel Wooiner and J. B. Green hut, Peoria; W. H. MoCormiclc, BeardstowD, 111., A. Bevis, Bt. Louis; Henry Schwabacher, Peoria; Peter Barth, Milwaukee; C. J. Fellows and W. H.Cooning, Cleveland; Moses Bloom, lowa City; Jonathan Abel and D. O. Kush, Chicago, and John Begges, Shelbyville. The session was devoted to the consideration of rules and regulations for the government of the proposed new pool, and to the arbitration and adjustment ot differences oetween distillers belonging to the association. SUPPLY JTXCEEDB DEMAND. It has been found by tbe distillers that the manufacture of whi6ky is In excess of tbe demand, and, to regulate the production aocording to the market, it is essential to the interest of the manufacturers that the running capacity of all distilleries in the Western Association should be reduced. Uoder the provisions of the pool now in operation the production lias been restricted to 40 per cent, of the capacity, but even this throws on the market a supply which is in excess of the demand. The old pool will expire on the last day of this month, and the new one is to go into effect ou the Ist of September. It provides that the production during the next year shall be limited to 25 per cent, of the running capacity of the distilleries—a reduction from last year of more than one-third. There are seventy-six distilleries in the association, and the proprietors of all except three have agreed to join in the new pool. If these three manufacturers can not be influenced to nnite in the new arrangement before the end of the montn the proposed pool will be declared a failure by the president of the aaso elation, “Buffalo” Millar, ana will be abandoned. A resolution was adopted asking'Congres to extend the time for taking out of bond the whiskv now stored in the Keutucky warehouses and allow at least two years longer. In the rules and regulations the system of financial operation of the association is adjusted and provisions are made for regular reports from each distillery, so that there may be a perfect understand ing of the work. It was resolved by the meeting that hereafter the distilleries m the association would manufacture none but unadulterated goods, and it was claimed that a better variety of alcohol would be made than can be produced in Europe. The associatian adjourned yesterday, leaving it in the power of the president to declare the pool in force or null, according to the ultimate decision of the three members whose consent to its provisions has not yet been obtained. IN FAVOR OF HIOH LICENSE. In a conversation with four or five of the leading whisky men at the Bates House, last evening, Mr. Miller, the president of the Western Export Association, remarked to the Journal reporter: “We are opposed to prohibition,but we are in favor of regulating the license law.” “Yes,” added another leading distiller sitting in the group, “we arc in favor of high license. We will work for it and wo will vote for it.” “A license that will give a revenue large enough to support the public schools, as it does Jn Omaha,” commented still another. “The license law is the onlv sensible kind of legislation,” spoke up a St. Louis man. “Why, rlanm it, if the question of prohibition ever comes up in Missouri, I’ll vote for it for them.” “But I am afraid that high Mcense would eventually result in prohibition ” sugg*)te.l an Illinois distiller. “Ths high license simply draws their teeth,” Mr. Miller said. “Tne public wants high license, nnd we must be on the popular side with the public.” A THREATENED DISASTER. The conversation turned on the subject of the production of whisky, and one of the most prominent members of the association re marked to the reporter, “There are now 52,000,000 gallons of whisky in the warehouses of Kentucky, and by an act of Congress requiring it to be bonded within three years it will be thrown on the market during the next fiscal year, which euds iu June. The tax on this 52,000,000 gallons of whisky will amount to about $15,000,000, which the distillers of Kentncky are required to pay to the governmet. It is not only unjust and unwise to force them to bond this immense quantity of liquor, but it is likely to prove disastrous.” “In what way is it likely to prove disastrous!’' “It will in all probability bankrupt nearly every distilling company in the State and it will completely demoralize the whiskv market. It may cause a panic. It will withdraw from the productive industries ot the country $15,000,000, which will be locked up in the vaults of the United States already overflowing with money which ought to be put into circulation. Asbury’s Future* President Alexander Martin, of Asbnrv University, was in the city yesterday, attending the meeting of the trustees of the nniversity, which was held in the afternoon at Meridian-street Church. Dr. Martin stated as his opinion, for which lie no doubt has good ground, that even in the event of the failure of the committees to raise the requisite amount of money to secure the munificent endowment granted by Mr. DePauw on this contingency, that that gentleman would deal generously by the institution and give it something. The amount of the donation, however, will probably be m proportion to the proportion of the entire fund subscribed by the University’s supporters. Nothing of importance was accomplished at tbe tneetlug. Appointed by the Governor. The Governor yosterday appointed John R. McMahon, of Muncie, prosecutor of the Twentyfifth judicial district, composed of Delaware and Randolph counties, to fill the vacancy oaused by the death of Thomas H. Spence. A complimentary benefit bas been tendered Messrs. Hibble and Snapp, the well-known blind musicians, to take plaoe at Pfsfflin’s music rooms to-morrow evening. Several prominent amateurs have volunteered their services, and a good evening's enjoymeut may be expected. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. China is said to be negotiating for 100,000 rifles from the German government. Governor Blackburn is pardoning an average of one murderer a day from the Frankfort penitentiary. Moorebouse & Godson, dry goods merchants of Toronto, have assigned. Liabilities, $215,000; assets, $29,000. Potatoes throughout western New York have been attacked by black rust, and the entire orop of that region is in peril. Robert Miller, a colored porter, was fatally shot, at the Union depot in St. Louis, on Tuesday, by William Allen. The shooting was accidental. Two Irish families and three Gorman paupers, assisted emigrants, were returned ro their native countries by the authorities of Buffalo ou Tuesday. Two young ladies, Mamie Karros and Mattie litidrte, on the way to a Sundav-schooi picnic, were drowned in Silver lane, New York, ou Tuesday. Two brothers named Cowan, living thirteen miles west of Austin. Tex., quarreling about catlie, drew their revolvers. One of the brothers Was killed. A cvclone visited Kassnn, Minn., on Tuesday, which wrecked many structures, killed two parlous and injured several others. Hailstones

, fell which measured ten inches in circumference. It is feared the storm was felt at other points, j but no news can be obtained, the wires be. h down. ' Stanley Waterloo, a newspaper man of St. Louis, and now managing editor of tho GlobeDemocrat, has been appointed by the mayor park commissioner. The next meeting; of the Association for the Advancement of Scieuce will be held in Philadelphia, and Professor J. P. Leslie, of that city, has been elected president. Kountze Brothers state that forged drafrs purporting to be issued by the First. National Bank of Omaha, Neb., upon Kountze Brothers, New York, are id circulation. Kirtland Fitch, the defaulting cashier of the Second National Bank, of Warren. 0., left Bosi ton for Ohio yestereay, in custody of Sheriff Hoyt, of Trumbull county, OUio. A collision of freight truins at Turner Station, seveu miles west of Kansas City, demolished both engines and several cars, and caused a loss or $20,000 to the Santa Fe road. At Nevada, Mexico, recently, a woman killed her child, cooked the corpse, and gave it to her husband as food. When tiie man discovered what he had eaten he became insaue. The old settlers’ reunion at Fort Madison. Ta., I to-morrow, will be graced by the presence of five Hue aud Fox braves, who accepted an invitation to visit their former hunting-grounds. Both ends of the Northern Pacific will connect to-morrow a few miles west of Mullen tunnel. The golden spike will be set ou the Bth or September by President Villard and Jay Cooke, Mrs. Jane A. Madegan has brought suit against file New York World to recover $20,000 damages for libel, growing out of an article characterizing her house at Coney Island as a vile den. The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago to begin business. Capital, $1,000,000. A canal boat, loaded with 250 tons of coal, both boat and cargo owned by its cupt&iu, John 8. Schmadeke, was capsized and sunk in Gowanus Cove, New York Bay, on Tuesday. Loss, $5,000. George Stephen, a director of the Canadian Pacific road, has lately erected in Montreal a mansion costing $1,000,000. He and Donald Smith have given $50,000 each to hospitals aud schools. The sixth annual session ot the American Bar Association has begun at Saratoga. General Alex. R. Lawton, of Savannah, delivered the president’s address. Sixty-five new members were elected. Vice-president Reid, of the New York, New Haven 6i Hartford road, said yesterday that the rumor that his road has leased the New England road was an absurd canard, gotten up apparently for stock-jobbing purposes. William Bkelton, while attempting to cross tbe high trestle work at pier 14, Philadelphia, on Monday evening, with a sixteen-months-old child iu his arms, lost his balance aud fell to the ground. Both were fatally injured. The Comptroller sos Tennessee, in accordance with a recent law, has notified seven railroad companies that he will at once proceed to assess them for taxes which accrued prior ro 1875. The amount involved is at least $1,000,000. At GAtes, Tenn., on Tuesday, on the ChesaBbake8 bake A Ohio railroad, a party of three negroes eat Wade Bherwood to death with bludgeons and placed tbe body on the track, two trains running over it. All were gambling and quarreled. Dr. F. W. P. Butler, son of the South Carolina Senator, was thrown from his horse while riding with a lady at Lancaster, on Tuesday, and then the animal fell upon him, causing coucussion of the brain. There is but little hope for Lit recovery. Another chapter in the dissensions of the Union College trustees was made public at A1 bany on Tuesday, it being stated that a letter (not for publication) has leaked our, in which Howard Potrer, the New York banker, charges Dr. Trumbull Backus, tbe eminent Presbyterian clergyman, with dishonest and illegal practices in using his position as trustee for personal motives. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. ) Office op the (.thief signal omen, \ Washington, Aug. 23, 12:55a. m.S For Tennessee, and the Ohio Valley—Partly cloudy weather, and local rains, followed by clearing weather, variable winds, shifting to northwesterly, rising barometer, stationary or lower temperature. For the Lower Lake Region—Partly cloudy weather aud local rains, followed by clearing weather, westerly winds, rising barometer, stationary or lower temperature. For the Upper Lake Region—Generally fair weather, winds mostly westerly, rising barometer, stationary or lower temperature. Local Observation*. INDIANAPOLIS, Allg. 22. Time. Bar. Th. Hum Wind Weather K’H 6:24 A. m. 29.94 77.4 76 8 Fair X0:24 A. M 29.93 86.0 55 8W Clear 2:24 P. M. 29.88 91.0 47 W Fair :24 P. m. 29.87 87 5 53 W Tht'ng 10:24 P. M. 29.94 75.0 74 8E Tht’ng. 0.24 Maximum temperature. 91.0, minimum temiv eraturt, 73.7. General Observations. War Department, ( Washington, Aug. 22, 10:25 p. ro. S Observations takeu at tne same moment of time at ail stations. x i~ 1 i 1 II ! ®5• x —a station £ 5 : : r r* ”• ; ; = ; j 2 i •’ X • | n . at J ! I : ae • Bismarck, Dak... 30.03 53 W Clear. Cairo 30 04 81 8W Thrl’ng. Chicago 29.99 70 N\V Clear. Cincinnati 29.95 77 SE .01 Fair. Davenport, la 30.02 64 NW Clear. Dead wood 30.02 49 NW clear. Denver 29.96 68 Calm Clear. Des Moines 30.08 60 N Clear. Dodge City ..30.01 61 NE ...Clear. Ft. Assinniboiue Fort Butord Fort Concho 30.01 70 8 1.92 Th. st’ui Fort Elliott Fort Sill. Galveston 30.00 80 8 Fair. Indianapolis 29 94 75 8E .24 rhrt'ng. Keokuk. 30 01 65 NW Clear. La Crosse 30 01 62 W Clear. I^eavenworth 30.09 66 N . Ciear. Little Rock, Ark.. 29.97 81 Calm Clear. Louisville 29 94 83 8 Clear. Menuihiß 29 99 S3 SW Clear. Moorhead 30.00 53 W Clear. Nashville 30.00 80 W Clear. North Platte 30.05 58 Calm , Clear. Omaha -• 30.12 60 N Clear. Pittsburg 30.00 75 8 .05 Lt. rain. San Antonio Shreveport 29.98 79 8 Cloudy. Springfield, 111 30.01 70 N Cloudy. Bt. Loins 30.03 52 8 .46 Thrt’ng. Btookton 29 97 77 8E .06 Cloudy. St. Paul ...30.00 66 W ....Clear, Vicksburg 30.03 76 8 IClear. Yankton. D. TANARUS..., 30.12 60 NW jciear. New Orleans 30.03 79 Calm .01 Clear. Las Animas 29.94 59 E Clear. Fort Smith 29.96 83 Calm Clear. Balt Lake City... 29.98 73 N Clear. Fort Blliiuga. | New Underground Telegraph Company. Albany, Aug. 22. Articles of incorpora tion have been filed with the Secretary of State of the “Electrical Conduit Construction Company,” with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The incorporators are H. W. Pope, vice-president of the Manhattan District Telegraph Company. New York; A. B. Chandler, of the Fuller Electrical Company, New York; 11. W. Fairbanks, su peri n ten dan tof the Postal Telegraph Company; C. A. Brown, manager of the Western Electric Company; 8. F. Kneeland, of New York; Professor Elisha Cray and I). N. Hurlbut, of Chicago. The object of the company is the construction of underground telegraphs and telephone, which, under the natent owned by the company and praised by the most eminent and practical telegraphers, can be done with greater economy than by any yet ; known. The invention is tiiatof Don. Hurlbut, a well-known telegrapher of Chicago. Burnett's Coooame Softens tlm hair when harsh aud diy, Bootnea the irritated scalp, Affords the richest lustre, Prevents the hair from falling off. Promotes its healthy, vigorous growth.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 18S3.

VERA, THE NIHILIST. Presentation of (>9oar Wilde’s New Drama— Estimates of the Work an<l Its Performance. Now York Time*. The story of “Vera” is this: A young girl, the daughter of a peasant inn-keeper, finds that her brother is a Nihilist who lias been doomed to perpetual industry in Siberia. This young man, about whom and about whose past as a turbulent Nihilist we know nothing, is brought with many of his brother Nihilists to his father’s inn, where lie and Vera recognize each other. There he tells her his fate, and writes upon paper a most diabolical oath, which he desires her to accept. In this oath she is forced to renounce love, honor, duty, womanhood—and, strangely enough, and for no reason which Mr. Wilde makes lucid to us, she renounces these things. But her will is not as potent as her heart. This truth supplies the whole dramatic quality and value of the play. Vera joins a band of Nihilists, who meet on certain nights in Moscow. Among them is a young student named Alexis, who loves her passionately and unselfishly—as dearly as he loves liberty. Vera, too, loves him in the veiled secret of her nature. But she has sworn to avenge her brother, and she has already become known throughout Russia as “Vera, the Nihilist.” At a meeting of the Nihilist, conspirators a troop of Russian soldiers entered their house, led by the chief of police. Tbe Nihilists are seemingly lost, when Alexis appears and saves them by raising his mask. He is at once recognized as the Czarevitch by the officer. A scene between the Czar and his son follows, in which a lively argument upon the rights of peoples and kings is held, and which ends with the death of tbe Czar, who is shot by one of the Nihilists. Alexis then becomes tbe Emperor of Russians, and attempts. with praiseworthy sagacity, to relieve the people of their burdens by careful and moderate measures. He is, of course, denounced as a traitor by the wild-eyed Nihilists, who, with a promptness which does credit to their executive skill, doom him to death. Vera happens to be the person who is chosen to kill the young Czar. It is understood among her companions that, when she shall accomplish her act, she will throw her bloody dagger into the street, in order ihat the brotherhood of destroyers may begin a war dance as soon as possible. Vera finds her way to the Czar’s room. He is sleeping. She is about to assassinate him. At the last moment her love overcomes her. she stabs herself, and throws her dagger out of the window. The Czar embraces her while she is bleeding and dying. This is without doubt, the one pathetic and dramatic scene of the play. The fine poetic charm and the strength of this final situation redeem, one is almost willing to say, the other four acts of “Vera.” Yet this would b<j saying too much. The Nihilism which is presented in “Vera” is a stupid and tiresome element of the work. These rabid fellows who talk like lunatics, swear the most preposterous oaths, and act like children give no dramatic force to the play. It should be observed clearly that they do not act—they talk. They yell their theories of liberty. They argue and quarrel. What one asserts another is bound to repeat. The monotony of the second and fourth acts of “Vera” is simply depressing. The everlasting garrulity of these Nihilists, one is forced to believe, is like the constant babble of tbe brook—only less musical. In the third act the Czar and his son have a vivacious dispute, which carries on the peculiar argumentative purpose of the play. Fortunately, the Czar is disposed of before his loquacity ends. Mr. Wilde’s play is, in fact, an energetic tirade against tyrants and despots; it is full of long speeches in which the glorv of liberty is eloquently described; each of the characters lias his “preaching” to do, and each does it with extraordinary vigor; the play is, we may, suggest, a kind of pulpit from which Mr. Wilde utters his declamatory dictum upon freedom and the rights of man. But all this does not make a dramatic play, and “Vera” is notdramatic. Yet there is constantly suggested in it a dramatic motive which is not shown concretely. Tbe first act or prologue, for example, opens well as an exposition. It is then felt that the drama lies between Vera and Alexis, in their love and tragic passions. But the body of the play does not exhibit this drama, which appears only in the last act. This fact, and the fact that the Nihilists are dull liaranguers, kill the interest of the play, which seems hollow and unsatisfactory. Yet there is a great deal of good writing in “Vera,” and Mr. Wilde exhibits cleverness and wit in a character like Prince Paul—which is considerably sharper than M. de Talde in “The Danicheffs.” But his cleverness stops short of dramatic art. His play is unreal, longwinded and wearisome. It comes as near failure as an ingenious and able writer can bring it. We do not think that such a play can be popular. The Play aud Performers. A DULL PLAY ON A TEDIOUS SUBJECT. New York Tribune. In a technical sense the play is defective for lack of sequence in the* acts. One act does not flow naturally out of another. The five of them are interludes, hitched together —by what Bulwer once called the subtle nexus. That is, the connecting link has to be supplied by the reader or spectator. Then, too, the incidents are forced, even for a melodrama. The behavior of the Colonel toward the pretty bar-maid Vera, in the first act, is contrary to all that was ever known of soldiers or of human nature. To make a woman the leader of a national insurrection was foolish. The Czarevitch would not be a Nihilist, or if he were he would not declare it. There is no adequate reason for his disclosure of himself iu the throne-room. He acts from mere gasconade. There is a silly use of documents all the way through. The exposition of the character of the Czar is childish and ridiculous, and that sovereign talked so much and so badly last night that everybody was glad when he got shot, and only wished he had been shot before. Tbe omission of the heroine from the central act of the play makes a dreedful hiatus in the interest. The sketch of manners at the court of St. Petersburg is silly, and the colloquy of the ministers and courtiers would disgrace the pen of a school-boy. Finally, tbe style throughout is florid and sophomorical, and unworthy of a scholar. Buch fustian as Mr. Wilde causes to be uttered about liberty would hardly have been acceptable even in the uirnid and shrieking old Fourth-of-Julyorationsof thirty or forty years ago. Mr. Wilde’s text, also, sometimes shows a good memory. Ilis best sentiment—the line about enemies—is taken from Sheridan, and not improved in the filter. His best imagery is from the Bible. He has produced a dull play on a tedious subject; but it is a play that ‘may he sharpened by Judicious pruning and made useful “on tbe road.” Miss Mary Prescott’s performance was marked by much pugnacity of temperament and a bard, flint-like manner of delivery, angular movements and metallic vocalism. Miss Prescott was adorned in costly raiment, sometime of ugly colors, and at moments in the representation she spoke with quite n feline volubility and shrillness. Asa disturbance the acting of this lady is effective; but it lacks tenderness of spirit and grace of style, and is deficient in discretion, balance, polish nnd fine intelligence. A common

mind aiming to handle uncommon mental and spiritual forces—love, patriotism and the conflict of passion and duty—and doing this with a sort of animal vindictiveness—that is Miss Prescott’s Vera. A PLAY FOR THE MARKET. New York World. This is obviously enough a play for the market. There is ample evidence in it of that literary facility and literary taste which every tenth man of cultivation ha.s, or ought to have, in our day. Its language successful- , ly avoids both the errors and vulgarisms of non-expert writers, and its construction follows the improved canons of the theater. But all this may be said of countless plays j that have sprung up from time to time out of our play-house atmosphere. Its distinctive merits are on the side of success rather i than the side of dramatic excellence. It is ; shaped to the measure of the the theater with shrewdly calculated adjustment, and its dependence on a central female figure shows how sagaciously its fabricator kept in • v ew the exigencies and contingences of an itinerant season. If it was not written for Miss Prescott, it was fashioned to her, and i Miss Prescott, not Oscar Wilde is the sufficient cause of its continuance. THE CHARACTER OF VERA. New York Timei. Mr. Wilde offered “Vera” to Miss Marie Frescott because Miss Prescott, in his judgment, seemed to be adapted to a character like Vera. The character is oppressively pedantic, and Miss Prescott acted it with a sort j of pulpit eloquence. She preached it, and that is about all one need say of her per- | formance. She is a conscientious and ambitious actress, who is unable, it seems to us, to discriminate between the expression of I feeling and declamatory noise. She has a ; good voice, which she does not know how to use. Mr. Lewis Morrison, who is an excellent and a very intelligent actor, tried desperately to make the moralizing Czarevitch interesting. Mr. G. C. Boniface gave a performance of the muddle-headed Czar—nn emperor fashioned "out of Mr. Wilde's animated fancy. Mrs. Langtry in England. London Truth. Mrs. Langtry’s appearance at Drury Lane, on the first night of “Freedom,” excited great interest among the audience. She looked uncommonly well, as youthful as ever, and apparently by no means overburdened by the weight of the spoils she has brought from America, amounting, it is said, to £30,000. Her intention of giving a matinee at the Gaiety, before leaving for the provinces, has been denied by the gossips, out, on Monday last, she was to be seen in her little single brougham returning from that theater, through the thick of the Bradlaugh mob, who were shouting and patriot acting up the Strand. So it is to be hoped that she has not yet given up all thoughts of playing in Loudon. CHINESE MARRIAGES. A Georgia Couple Hasten Matters Before the Law Prevents. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21.—A discussion of the Chinese question has been again precipitated by tbe marriage of one of Willie Loo Chang’s friends to one of tbe first llowers of Caucasian womanhood. After the marriage of Willie Loo Chang, an outcome of the Waynesboro disturbances, several legislators, chief of whom was Mr. Jordan, of Hancock, determined to break up the mixture of races by making such marriages unlawful. A bill on the subject has already undergone preliminary readings, and will in a few days be called for final action. This made a slight commotion in the Chinese colony in Augusta, who found that immediate action was necessary. A well-known magistrate was called upon to perform the marriage ceremony, and upon arriving at the location, flfound Jim Chang, a Chinaman, and Miss Mary E. Jones, a well-developed, shapelylooking white woman, surrounded by many friends, among them the mother of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Loo Chang, and others. After the nuptial knot was tied, congratulations were given. The bride received handsome presents, among them a SSO Chinese fan. A big dinner was spread. The groorn runs a grocery store, does a good business and is making money. Tbe courting was all done in two weeks. Mr. Jordan now expresses a determination to call up his bill and push it vigorously ere other yellow manikins secure white-faced wives. Kansas Temperance Camp-Meeting. Kansas City, Aug. 22. —The Journal’s Parsons, Kas., special says: The temperance encampment began the work of organization to-day. A good number are on the grounds to-night, and to-morrow promises to be a big day. Distinguished strangers from abroad are coining in, and Friday, the Governors’ day, will be a notable one. On that day Governor Glick, and ex-Governors Robinson and St. John, will be present. Tbe distillerymen of St. Louis have a short-hand reporter on the grounds to take a report of the speeches made.

The Objec* of the G. A K To the Editor of the I udiananolis Journal: In your issue of To-day 1 fiiid under the heading “The Grand Army’s Object,” an answer to the question, “What is the object of tiie Grand Army of the Republic?” The prominent (?) member of whom the question was asked responds as follows: “It is tbe real army of the United States. It is an association of veterans who are ready to fight for the government in case of war.” Why did not onr “prominent” member give a correct and true answer to the question? First, let me remark that the Grand Army is not the ‘‘real army of the United States.” It has no connection with the army of the United States. In the second place, we are under no more obligations than any other citizen to “fight for the government in case of war.” Our “prominent” member winds up bis remarks by saying: “Our country is the sole object of our organization.” Wonderful declaration. If he will turn to the first page of the rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, he will find the following to be the objects of the Grand Army: 1. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory aud history of the dead. 2. To assist, fiuoh former comrades inarms as need help aud protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen. 3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States oT America, based upon paramount respect for, and fidelity to, the national constitution and laws; to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions; and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal right* and lust ice to all men. These are the objects of tiie Grand Army of the Republic. My object in referring to tbe matter is to show to your readers that the Grand Army of the Republic is neither a political nor military organization. While this is true, we are at liberty to join militia companies or the regular army, and still retain membership in the post to which we belong. A Rkaoeil Brazil, Aug, 22, 1883. L.Tannrr, druggist, Tanner, Marshall county, saj s: “Brown’s Iron Bitters sells well and given food satisfaction.”

THE SCIENTISTS. The Next Meeting To lie Held in Philadelphia—The Officer* Selected. Minneapolis, Aug. 22.—The Association for the Advancement of Science concluded its business in the sections yesterday. The number of delegates in attendance readied 310. During the session 175 members have been added. This morning J. C. Arthur, of Charles City, la.; Prof. Henry Chandle, of Ripon, Wis.; Dr. Lester Curtis, of Chicago; Freeman H. Spencer, of Cleveland; Prof. Thomas French, jr., of Urbana, O.; I)r. Elisha Gray, of Highland Park; Lewis H. Ilosea. of Cincinnati; Prof. David S. Jordan, of Bloomington; Edgar Larkins, of New Windsor, 111.; Prof. Thomas Moses, of Urbana; Prof. S. W. Robinson, of Urbana; Prof. C. G. Wheeler, of Chicago, were, among others, elected fellows. The next place of meeting will be Philadelphia, on Sept. 3. and the committee w r as given authority to make the date earlier if deemed advisable for the better accommodation of the meeting with the British association. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. J. P. Leslie, of Philadelphia; general seor' , T>r. Alfred Springer, of Cincinnati; a'atstuut e. 8. Holden, of Madu son, r \ is. 8 .etion A—President, H. M. Eddy, of Cincinnati; Secretary. J. W. Hough, of Chicago. Bection B—President, John Trowbridge, of Cambridge, Mass.; secretary, I>. C. Hodges, ol Salem, Mass. Section C— President, John W. Longlev, of Ann Arbor, Mich.: secretary, Robert B. Warder, of North Bend, (). Section D—President, R. H. Thurston.-of Hoboken. N. J.; secretary, 8. Burkett Webb, of Ithaca, N. Y. Section E—President, N. H. Winched, of Minneapolis; secretary, Eugene Smith, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Section F—President, E. D. Cope, of Philadelphia; secretary, C. E. Betsey, of Ames, la. Section G—President, D. G. Wormeley, of Philadelphia; secretary, Roinyn Hitchcock, of New York city. Section H>—President, E. 8. Morse, of Salem, Mass; secretary, W. H. Holmes, of Washington, Section I—President, John Eaton, of Washington, D. C.. secretary, C. W. Smiley, of Washington, D. C.; treasurer, William Silley, of Mauoh Chuuk, Pa. Mr. Rhodes Hovering Around Niagara. Buffalo, Aug. 22.—Captain Rhodes is still hovering around the city, but gives no special time for bis published intention to swim the whirlpool. He is reported to have purchased a large dog, which he is awaiting to set his armor and encase it in preparatory to sending the canine through the rapids as an experiment. No faith is placed in Rhodes here, where he is best known, nnd is looked upon as a sensational nuisance. •The man who knows nothing of Mrs. Lydia E. Pmkham and her sovereign remedy for womeu is wanted for a juryman. The fact clearly proves that he does not read the papers.—N. H. Register. DIED. JAMESON—August 22, 1883, George L. Jauiesorn, son of Rev. Love H. Jameson, in the 32d year of his age. C. E. KREGELO, CHAfI. TEST WHIT3KIT, 183 N. Tenn. St. 336 N. Alabama St C. E. KREGELO & WHITSETT, FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMIiRS. No. 77 North Delaware Street. TeleDlione connection at office aud residence. FRENCH PROCESS 80AP! No boiling or scalding, no steam or disagreeable smell in the house. The saving in fuel pays for the Soap. Washing done in half the usual time. Give this soap one fair trial, and you will use no other. For sale by the following grocers: W. A. Richards, Jacob Diefrnija^ Kneater & Cos.. C. A. Dixon, A. D. Heppea, J. a. Black, Win. Clark. O. H. Smith. F. Linder in an, J. u. Thomas, John Halton, C. F. Schwier. Bur by A Baker, J. H. Madden, J. F. Housholder, H Bobbe, Thos. Garobold. John Whitehead, Mrs. K. Dertield, 8. A. Morrell, John Luther, J I). Prinz, J. L. Barnett, E. Hofgan, C. Raileback, J, p. Hauaman, G. W. Van Sickle, Pyle Bros., T. I). Amos <Si Sou, John Jordan, Leek A Cos., J. H. Springer, Joe Morns, Win. Poppe, F. C. Kaple, M. C. Goe, M. Mason, J. A. Given, E. Santo, Chas. Thomas, A. Erbart. C. L. Burton, F. C. Reeder, J. H. Wiley, B. IT. Smith, Pasquare A Cos., W. J. Jamsenno, Schrader Bros. H. Rodewald, J. T. Dumas, 11. Metschriek, J. M. McCullum, Hosbrook A Monroe, L. C. Pullman, J. Dux, P. M. Zismer, Buddeiibaum Bros., Joe Cabalzer, P. SpitzfaUden, P. Zimmer, H. W. Harrman. I*. Guenther, Flaherty A O’Neil, H. C. Hohlt, F. Hofherr, C. Hess, W. Wundrain, Kg one A Cos., L. Sogemyer, IL Mussman, Mrs. K. Blatz, L. Fredricks, John Flicker, W. L. Munson, wanted WANTED— TAILORB—FIRST-CLASS (OAT makers. Apply to MITCHELL, the Tailor, Danville, 111. First-class prices paid. \\T A NTF.D -TH E CHE A P ESI 7 NE WSPAP K R ▼ y in the West, the Weekly Indiana Suite Journal. One dollar per year. Ninety cents iu clubs of lire ami over. \I T A NTED-EN ERG ETK\~R ELT ABLE" MEN f T to sell Trees, Grape Vines. Shrubs, Roses, etc. Salaries and expenses paid. Experience not essential. Mention thin paper. A<l ires* LiiCLARE& HERRICK, Rochester, N. Y. AIT ANTED—HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID ?▼ for all kinds of cast-off clothing: tall and winter clothing, from the smallest babe to the largest grown person; boots, shoes and soft hats from the best families ouly, at 139 Muss. ave. Mrs. E, J. OWENS. Air ANT PERT ENCEIT MEN TO ACT ▼ V as District Agents in Northern Indiana for a well-established standard Life Insurance Company. Address, stating experience ami location desired, SUPERINTENDENT, Room 24, Bryan Block, Chicago, 111. WANTED— LADIES AND YOUNG MEN TO Know wo furnish them with anew ami pleasant work at their own homes, where they can easily make from $2 to $1 a day; the w ork can be done in spare time; no canvassing or peddling, and no stamp for reply. Address F. MILLARD A CO., Manufacturers, Boston, Mass. Box 5234. Air ANTED LADY AGENTS FOR THE M “Queen Protector,” a uew undergarment for ladles, made of s>ft, flexible rubber; *ure protection to the underwear when necessary to be worn. Retails for $2 as fast as agents can show it. Lirge profits. Address, with stamps. Indies’ Undergarment Manufacturing Cos., 9 Sou ill Ma.v street, Chicago, 111. AUCTION SALES. Hunt a M<-curdy, real ESTATE and General Auctioneer*. 38 E. Washington

STRONG FACTS! A great many people are asking what particular troubles Brown's Iron Bitters is good for. It will cure Heart Disease, Paralysis, Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Consumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all similar diseases. Its wonderful curative power is simply because it purifies and enriches the blood, thus beginning at the foundation, and by building up the system, drives out all disease. A Lad " Cured of Rheumatism. Baltimore, Md., May 7, 1880. My health was much shattered fcy Rheumatism when I commenced taking Brown’s Iron Bitters, and I scarcely had strength enough to attend to my daily household duties. 1 am now using tne third bottle and I am regaining strength daily, and I Cheerfully recommend it to all. 1 cannot say too much in praise of it. Mrs. Mary E. Bkashear, i73 i’restmanst. Kidney Disease Cured. Christiansburg, Va., iß3t. Suffering from kidney disease, from which I could get no relief, I tried Brown’s Iron Bitters, which cured me completely. A child of mine, recovering from scarlet fever, had no appetite and did not seem to be able to eat at aIL I gave him Iron Bitters with the happiest results. J. Kylb Moniaocb. Heart Disease. Vine St., Harrisburg, Pa. Dec. 2, tBBi. After trying different physicians and many remedies for palpitation ©f the heart without receiving any benefit, I was advised to try Brown's Iron Bitters. I have used two bottles and never found anything that gave me so much relief. Mrs. Jennis Hess. For the peculiar troubles to which ladies are subjetft, Brown’s Iron Bitters is invaluable. Try it. Be sure and get t’ne Genuine.

WROUGHT IRON PIPE AND FITTINGS. Selling agents for National Tube Works Uo Globe Valves, stop Cocks, Engine Trimmings, PIPE TONGS, ( UTTERS. VISES, TAPS, Stocks aud Dies. Wrenches. Steam Traps, Pumps. Sinks. HOSE, BELTING, BABBITT METALS (25-pound boxes. Cotton Wiping Waste, white and colored (100-pound bales), end all other supplies used in connection with STEAM, WATER and GAS, in JOB or RETAIL LOTS. Do a regular sicam-titiing business. Estimate and contract to beat Mills. Shops. Factories nnd Lomoer Dry House* with live or exhaust steam. Pi lie cut to order by steampower. KNIGHT & JILLSON, ! 75 and 778. Penn. 8L

INDIANAPOLIS Machine and Bolt Works.

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Manufacturers of Heavy and Light Machinery, Small Steam Engines. Punches, aud Dies, Planing and Moulding Bits. Machine. Bridge. Roof, Plow, and Elevator Bolts, Lag Screws. Nuts ami Mashers. Taps and Dies. Works. 79 to 85 8. Pennsylvania street.

Summer Toys, Traveling Accessories, Celluloid Collars and Cuffs, Fans and Satchels, Fishing Tackle and Games. CHARLES MAYER & CO. Nos. 20 ami 31 W. Washington Street. FINANCIAL Money to loan at lowest rate op interest. E. B. MARTJNDALE Ac SONS. Money to loan on city or farm property. U. M. STODDARD, Clay pool Building. M~ ONLY AT THE LOWEST KATES OF INteresf. J. W. WILLIAMS A CO., 3 and 4 Viuton Block. Money to loan on eTkst mortgage of city and farm property in Indiana and Ohio. Low luterest. JOS. A. MOORE, 84 Ease Market street. I WILL FURNISH MONEY ON FA RM -i - 1 curity, promptly, at ttie lowest rates for Ion? nr snort time. THOS. C. DAY ifc iU„ 72 East Market street. FO R SA LA IV >R SALE—FARMS. CHEAP. ON LONO credit. Semi for circular. Bine grans pasture for rent, cheap. FUANCIB SMITH Ac CO. 17 OR BALE—AN ABSOR l MEN TOF hamt engines. boilers, and sawmills in good order. HADLEY, WRIOIIT Ac CO., corner Ter/fiGßßee alia Georgia streets. Indiananous. 1 8A I-E OR TRADE—A FLOURING Ml LI >. * located in a live town m one of the best wheat growing sections in Indiana Mi 'i“ now doing a large business. ALEX. MET/.GLR. Odd* fellows’ Hull. an nouncemeS;s iyiJSINESSOPPORTUNITY -ONE-THIRD IN > rerest in a tirwt-ola** manufacturing rstJiLlishuietit in this city; no debt*; an m-iiT' oa/L----ncr preferred. Address Maiiufaeiuiing <o , Journal ollice. rpHIRD w Aid) REPUBLIC AN PIMM \i;\ i 1 hereby designate Finlay, the 21 mat.. trum :: to 8 o’clock p. 11l , lIS the time, and ti e Enginhouse on Sixth street as the place, for holuing the primary for the nomination of a Candida; for council for the Third Ward All Rcpimin-.i a voters of Sid.!l ward arc requested to turn 0n... IdAAC ALLEN, Coiuiinttet mau.

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