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THE DAILY JOURNAL.! BY JNO. C. NEW & SON. For Rates of Subscription, etc., see Sixth Pa?ft. MONDAY, AUGUST THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. On be found nt the followingp’aces: LONDON—American Exchanpein Europe. 4(9 Strand. TARlS—American Exchange in Paris, 35 Boulevard des C'npucineg. NEW YORK—Fifth Avenue and Windsor Hotels. WASHINGTON. D. V.— Bieiitano’s 1,015 I’euusylvania avenue. CHICAGO— Palmer House. CINCINNATI—J. C. Hawley A Cos., 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE— C. T. Hearing, northwest corner Third ami Jefferson street*. FT. LOUlS—Union News (,'umpanr. Union T>epnt. Has anybody observed the similarity of the names Shapira and Sapphira? The characters are identical. Mrs. Langtry will sail for this country Oct. 16, and will open the season Oct. 29 at Montreal. She Expects to play in Australia next August. The Irish World will start a fund for the defense of O’Donnell, Carey’s assassin. It will do O’Donnell no good, but will materially benefit his attorneys. O’Donnell’s days are _____ Monsignor Capkl denies emphatically that his mission to this country has any reference whatever to the status of the Catholic Church in the United States. With tickets to his lectures selling at $1.50 each no doubt should exist in the mind of anyone as to the good man’s actual mission. Before Professor Swift, of Rochester, had time to deny that his supposed new comet was not a comet, after all, a Washington lady came to the front claiming that she made the discovery two nights ahead of the Professor, and asking for the reward if any attached to such a find. It isn’t always well to be ahead of time nor too swift. A Connecticut minister has been detected in the delivery of sermons that had open printed and were not his own, and though he explained that it was because his wife was ill, he has been forced by the indignant people to resign. The sermons were better than those he gave when his wife was well, hut some congregations never can be satisfied. _ Hon. A. C. Mellette, formerly of Indiana, now a resident of Dakota, has been chosen a member of the constitutional convention, and it is probable he will be the presiding officer of that body. Mr. Mellette is a rising man, is the possessor of fine abilities, and will worthily discharge the duties ot any position in which the citizens of Dakota may place him. It is estimated that the total movement of freight last year on all the railroads of the United States equaled 39.302.209,249 tons moved one mile. The force expended in this work would be sufficient to transport one ton 427 times as far as the distance of the earth from the sun. The value of this freight is placed at $22,000,000,000. It is difficult to gain an idea even from these figures. That must have been an awe-inspiring and impressive sight at Chautauqua when Joseph Cook quieted untimely applause in the audience by swaying his arm majestically and Baying ‘ Peace, he still.” Joseph ought to make brackets with his finger.3 to let his uncultured audiences know when the laughter find applause come in. If that sort of stuff is to become attached to Chautauqua it will not take long for Chautauqua to fall into public contempt. Very much Jocookerj' will ruin it for sensible people. To the great chagrin and disappointment of many “ladies” in attendance at the trial of Frank James, that ungallant person sits with his back to the audience. His admirers, however, will be pleased to learn from correspondents who rudely went around in front of him tfiat, while the prisoner undoubtedly takes note of every detail of the case, “he never smiles nor stares nor frowns Dor seems bored.” Also that “his is the placidity of a deep lake,” and that “lie chews tobacco all the time in a calm, ruminative manner.” It is something to know that Mr. James can endure his trial for murder without being bored. At a Salvation Army meeting at Baltimore a lad went forward under conviction. After kneeling a few moments lie seemed to come to himself, and got up and started out of the house. The “captain” shouted for the people to “stop that hoy,” to arrest him and not let him leave the hall. In the uproar the boy escaped. A policeman was sent after him, however, and soon had him slated at the station-house on a charge of disturbing the meeting. Fortunately for him gome cool-headed witnesses interposed, and had him released. It would seem an impossible tiling to “disturb” a Salvation Army meeting unless a six-pound cannon should be fired point-blank at tin; pulpit. The army wiil have to go. Tiif interview with Judge Black a short time before his death, the substance of which is published in another column, and which, had he lived, would doubtess have taken the shape of a formal reply to Jefferson Davis, Indicates that implacable and unreasoning hate that actuated all the old-time ante-war Democrats for Abolitionists. Black’s peculiar views regarding the “treason” of Abolitionists will make no difference with the facts *s related in history. The true record of the Toutliern rebellion and its suppression can-

not be written by men like Black and Davis. They were in position to give interesting views of the inside workings of Buchanan’s and former Democratic administrations and of other matters, but they are not the men who could be disinterested enough to write history that will stand the test of time. Davis’s work will be valuable only as giving the partisan views of a man whose judgment was distorted by the crime of slavery and the heresy of State sovereignty. Black’s otherwise careful discernment and discrimination were warped by an unreasonable antipathy to that sturdy class of loyal Americans who, for the sake of pleasing the slave barons, were denominated and denounced as Abolitionists. The interview, however, will be read with interest. The American Protectionist has been studying the political situation in Ohio, and the result appears in a telling cartoon published in the current number. Mr. John R. McLean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, appears ns the holder of the bag containing the $50,000 cat, and the editor has just allowed the animal to escape. Mr. Foraker is a witness to the transaction and seems well pleased, while Judge Iloadly is seen in the background, mounted on a long-eared mule, starting for Alabama. The $50,000 cat has had an immense run and Beems to have done its perfect work. There is a dreadful uncertainty about the finding of oil in the oil regions, which even the infallible hazel-wand men cannot entirely remove. Near Washington, Pa., a hole In the ground 4,300 feet deep has just been abandoned, the owners having finally decided that it would be nothing but a “duster” if it were run through to Chino. On the other hand, some men boring for oil in a sort of desultory, half-hearted way, near Zanesville, 0., have been made happy by striking a vein of lubricating fluid at a depth of only thirty feet. Oils well that ends well. A Maine court and a Maine couple are all In a muddle. Bouie time during January last P. G. White, a Penobscot lawyer, applied for a divorce on the ground of incompatibility. His wife did not think their little matrimonial spats Justified the petition, and undertook to contest the case, claiming that outside parties had influenced her husband. The case went against her at the April term, but she took an appeal, the jury having decided that while the evidence hardly Justified it, a divorce ought to be granted. Exceptions were carried to another court, but they were overruled at the June term. Soon after this a meeting was arranged between the pair, and on the sth of this month a complete reconciliation was evidently effeoted, for the pair went to reside together, and are now living as of yore. The decree of divorce can not le completed before the October term, and now the question is, What will the court do about lit Some time ago a naughty Denver paper published a poem with Madame Modjeska’s name attached thereto as author. It wasn’t very much of a poem, but other papors copied it, and home were mean enough to say that it was better than anything the Madame could write, and was merely an advertising scheme concocted by herself and the editor of the Denver paper. The Brooklyn Eagle was one of the skeptical ones, and in reply to Its derogatory comments, Count Bozenta, husband of Madame Modjeska, writes a loftily indignant letter denying that the poem in question was written by his wife, and repelling the Imputation that ahe would engage in any scheme to secure advertising. And just the same the Count lias, by the publication of hi 6 letter, secured a column of free advertising for his talented spouse in a manner which must make euvious rivals gnash their teeth. In the vast arruy of children’s toy’s designed to Instruct as well as amuse, doubtless no duplicate will be found of a device which is thus advertised in a native paper of India: ‘’The wonderful python. These reptiles are made of horn and ean be lengthened up to sixty inches. They are made expressly to teach children what hell is, and wliat it contains—as even an old man would be frightened at its sight. They are put in boxes measuring about one and one quarter inoh. We would recommend parents to buy one for each of their children, as they are not only a toy, but a toy from which benefit may be derived.” A ghastly discovery was made, on Friday, near Lexington, Kv. While hunting plums they found the skeleton of a boy, with a rope in such a position as to prove that the lad had committed suicide by hanging. The remains were identified by the clolhiug as those of a colored lad named Grimes, who disappeared on the 13th of May last, since which time, no trace of him had been had. He had done something for which his father threatened to chastise him, and be had evidently hanged himself. His parents supposed he hud gone off with horsemen, and gave themselves no uneasiness concerning him. A “cottage” at Newport is ruthor a pretentious affair, Judging by the vhlu* set upon them in the tax duplicate. That of John Carter Brown is thought to bo worth $822,000, and pays a tax of $5,260. Others are valued as follows: George P. Wet more, $576,900; Catherine L. Wolfe, $310,400; Elizabeth A. Gainwell, $385,100; John N. A. Griswold, $278,000: Mary A. King, $273,600. Three others are valued at over $200,000 each, and in along list the values descend to the paltry sum of $50,r00. A CURIOUS test of the relative value of beer and water as beverages is about to be made in England. Farmer Thomas has bet $250 that he can do more and better work in the harvest field, supported by his favorite ale, than can his neighbor Richards, whose drink is oatmeal nod water. The contest is exciting much interest in England, many Londoners are to be present, and ihc temperance alliance have engaged an artist to picture the scene. Gen. Jitrai. A. Early, with no appreciation of the marvelous and romantic, denies unqualifiedly that he found a babe ou the battle-field of Man asses, and that now that said babe has developed into a marvelously beautiful young lady, tlie belle of Rlrhmoud, and the only support and comfort of the General’s two maiden bisters. That lie was pretty enough to be true, and should have been adopted without a dissenting voice. “Sun umbrellas have been recommended for the English soldiers in India.”—Exchange. The objection is that the enemy would be. sure to borrow them, and render the army hors du combat. A mountain near C'happaqua, N. Y., gives forth dense clouds of smoke that smell like sulphur. Hut the natives wore mistaken. It was caused by a burning peat bog ou top. That was all. A RESPECTABLE merchant in New Jersey who neglected to pay his poll tux wheu due, was seized and carried off to jail the other day with*

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out having time allowed him to put on bat or coat. And yet there are women iu New Jersey who persist in wanting to vote. TnE New York Graphic asks: “Can a workinsr man marryl” Os course he can, if begets the girl’s consent. _ Shame on the Courier-Journal. It says: “Every woman canuot be lovable. All peaches ar© not sweet.” General Kktciium is one of the officers to look after smugglers at New York. Suggestive name. A Louisville poet speaks of a “wingless flight.” _______________ ABOUT PEOPLE. It wns Mr. Spurgeon wbo said that the New Testameut revisers were “better Greek scholars than they were English scholars.” The Queen of Denmark, mother of the Princess of Wales, Is an accomplished painter, and has lately presented the little village of Kiitmoller, In Jutland, with an altar-piece, entirely executed by her own hands. Susan Anthony says there are 1,000 women practicing medicine in England, and that, so far as she has been able to learn, “they kill as large a proportion of their patients, and receive as exorbitant fees for so doing, as male practitioners.” The French national subscription for a monument to Gambettanow amounts to $50,000, and the Alsace-Lorraine subscription for tbe same purpose, to about half that sum. For the monument. to General Chanzj, at Mans, $20,000 has been subscribed. Jefferson was the champion absentee President. He was away from Washington 796 days in eight years. Monroe is next, with 708 days in eight years. John Quincy Adams was absent 222 days in four years, aud Washington 181 days in elirbt years. Some time ago a dispatch was sent from St. Louis to Memphis, addressed to “Jumes Giles, pie clerk, steamer Magenta.” There was no man named Giles on the beat and the message was not delivered, whereby a lawsuit ensued. The person meant was James Gllespie, clerk of the Magenta. Mr. D. L. Moody will conduct a non-sectarian convention of Christiau workers, clerical aud lay, in Cliioago, on September 18, 19 and 20. Mr. Sankey will be present, and will lead the musical exercises. At the close of the convention the two evangelists will return to the East, and about Oct. 1 they will sail for Ireland. Victor Hugo’s letter iuclosing his contribution of S2OO for the relief of the 'lschia earthquake sufferers was characteriatio. He wrote: “I give to Ischia a thousand francs. The catastrophe of Ischia is more than un Italian catastrophe; it is more than a human catastrophe; It is a universal catastrophe. I feel touched; I send uiy mite.” A Charley Ross case, in which a Scotch lad was stolen from a wealthy family, has come to a conoinsion In his identification, thirty years later, In the Hueuos Ayres army. On being restored to his aged parents he could not speak their language, and was far removed by coarse experiences from the refinement to which ho had been born. The Rothschild of Russia, the richest of the Czar’s subjects, is Baron de Steiletz, a little, old, sbrlveled-up, sore-eyed and ill-dressed man, who is a baron by courtesy only and has no family but an adopted daughter to inherit his millions. His grandfather migrated from Hanover and took up his residence iu Russia during the reign of Alexander I. Lucy H. Hooper wants Charlotte Bronte’s Americau admirers to raile S3OO to put a handsome memorial window in the church where sno Is buried. This would not only be a tribute• to her genius, but would be a quiet nehuke of English indifference, and especially of ' the ingratitude of her widower, who kept the $30,000 Charlotte Bronte had earned and married another woman, A gentleman who was very intimate with the late Judge Black says the dead Jurist’s literary productions will be published in book form, and will ooiuprise three large volumes. The first volume was ready for publication before bis death and the others will probably be compiled soon. Literary men are already familiar with the grent force displayed in everj'thing the eminent jurist wrote, and will welcome these volumes as valuable acquisitions to their libraries. An American lady was traveling in Europe. She stopped at a Frenoh inn in Nonunndy, aud, being the best French scholar iu the party, she was deputed by the others to arrange for lodging, etc. In vain she aired her best llnguinistio attainments. Not a word could the clerk understand, and for aught she know his replies were in “heathen Cliinee.” In desperation she said, with great distinctness, “Do—j’ou—speak— English?” He brightened at once, and said, “Land sakes! I guess l do! I was brought up ten miles from Bangor, Maine!” Some time ago the Secretary of the Treasury ordered the removal of Mr. Boughtou, keeper of the light-house at St. Joseph, Mich., and the appointment of Mr. Platt to succeed lnm. Mr. Bougliton has informed the Treasury Department that he does not propose to give up his place, and the officials are in a quandary as to what Is best to be done in the matter. He Is in possession of the light-house, and refuses to allow his successor to take charge of it. Is looks as though legal measures will have to be resorted to in order to put Mr. Platt ip possession of his office. Cardinal McCloskey has been resting at Atlantic City, where his chief diversion is riding in an open carriage. A correspondent describes him as above the medium height, and well proportioned, though uncommonly slight. Clear, deep-set eyes burn with a steady glow under heavy, bushy brows. A head, ample and strong, is crowned with beautiful silvery hair. His brow and cheeks have been deeply touched by time; but among the lines none are more clearly marked than those of firmness arouna the mouth. The rather thiu lips are mobile, amt nothing can be more assuring than tbe Cardinal’s smile. “So engrossed was Judge Black’s mind,” says the Philadelphia Record, “during his life with the many duties which such a career as his crowded upon his attention, that he paid little heed to his personal appearance. Unless the fact were forced upon him that his wardrobe demanded replenishing he would never notice it. He never ordered a suit of clothes himself, and disliked to change un old and comfortable suit for a stiff and new one. His clothes were made by a Philadelphia tailor, who was compelled to resort to strategy to capture the Judge wheu a measure was to be taken. A member or the family always looked out for these things, aud usually the first intimation the Judge had of a new suit would be when it was sent to him, and further persuasion had to be employed to get him to put it on.” Every child that is unfortunate enough to be boru in Madagascar on Friday is carried to the nearest wood, laid iu a shallow hole, und left to its fate, Friday being held iu Madagascar, as in many other countries, to be un unlucky day. By a very different process of reasoning certain children born ou Sunday are also doomed to death by exposure. Sunday being a lucky day, it is considered that Sunday’s bairns, whose fathers hold high rank, will, If they are allowed to grow up. become dangerous to their progenitors, and they are. therefore, put out of the way lest trouble should ensue. Twins, too, are killed, and every infant whose birth has caused the dentil of its mother is destroyed, because, according to tlio law of the Sakhalavas, it

is a murderer. And whon a child Is born at midnight It is customary to place it next day upou a path by which oxen go to water. If the beasts do not touch It ou their way the infant’s life is saved; but if a hoof or a hair brushes it, no matter how lightly, the child is slain. Mr. llenry James, in noticing tho fact that Alphonse Daudet, the novelist, has been accused of portraying living persons in his novels, declares that “the temptation to ‘put people into a book’is one of which every writer of fiction knows something, and I hold that to succumb to it Is not only legitimate, but iuevitablo. Putting people into booksis what the novelist lives upon. The only question in the matter is a question of taste. The operation must be judged by the manner iu which it is performed. Daudet has been aocused of doing the thing too boldly, and I believe that two or three of his portraits have provoked a protest.” A very' handsome young laity, whose name is A. W. Rich, from California, and ou her wedding tour, has created quite a sensation iu Saratoga. Bhe is stopping at the Grand Union and is to be seen walking up and down the piazza of the hotel for hours at a time in cumpauy with a beautiful little black-and-tan dog. She seems to oe wonderfully foud of this pet. The little creature was made a wedding present aud cost S4OO. The lady ordered for the dog earrings and a gold collar of special pattern. The earnngß are worth $2,000 and the collar, which is studded with emeralds and pearls, is worth $3,000. This lady and her pet ure not ouly tho talk of the town, but have created the greatest sensation known here for years. A London letter says:“There is a prevailing impression here that your Miss Chamherlaine will get herself very rauoh talked about, and m no very complimentary way, if she does not drop out of the society of the Prince of Wales. Prudent mammas here would prefer that their daughters should contract the smallpox rather than attract the favor of his royal Highness He is a deadly upas-tree, aud smites the poor girl who thinks to rest under the spreading branches of his admiration with the poison of the vilest scandal. Miss Chamberlaino is a beautiful girl, with all the wit and self reliance that characterize your fair maidens, nut these will not protect her. Tuis Is hard for a loyal Briton to say, but it is the truth.” SPIRIT OP THE PRESS. The Franco-Prussian war revealed the sad fact that France did not possess a single military genius. None has appeared siuce then, and the French war department Is a stupid and clumsy machine. If the French government is wise it will not go to war with China.—New York World. In view of the uses to which the.fmllitHry system Is put as the coercive eugine of a trade system which blights every interest of every nation on which it falls, the prayer of all who have tho best interests of humanity at heart will be: “Good Lord! Still further increase thedemoralizatlon of the British army!”—Chicago Inter Ocean. There is a simple remedy for illicit distilling in tne mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Let the tax on whisky—which at present is ninety cents per gallon—be reduced one-haif or to fifty cents per gallon, as lisiß been suggested by noted eeonotmsts who have, carefully studied the subject, then the gain by unlawful work would not pay lor the risks fucurred.—New York Herald. The reform of the primary system seems to be impossible so long as preliminary political action is left to voluntary associations of citizens and to irresponsible management. Tho only effectual remedy we can see for the evils of the caucus system is to supersede it altogether by a preliminarj- election for the choice of candidates held under the sanction of law and regulated by State authority, as final eleotions are now regulated.—New York Times. France has got herself Into serious trouble. When a man has been badly beaten by his grownup neighbor, and undertakes to “encourage his military spirit” by pounding a small boy up a dark alley, public sympathy will not go with him If he succeeds. But if he fails, everybody will consider him served righr, and his military spirit will oe effectually discouraged by the discovery that he cannot whip even an antagonist whoui he has carefully chosen with a view to an easy conquest.-New York Times. Half a dozen cars of early corn will bring more money in New York than a bushel of shelled corn in Kansas, and au acre of first crop peas ia worth as much as twenty acres of wheat, in Minnesota. But the workingman does not improve bis chance to make suoh crops and bring up his family in the open air. Some of his class are aunuafiy breaking away from teuemeut houses and estaoli.shmg themselves on farms; but the great mass seem to prefer misery in New York to comfort in the country.—New York Herald. The public protection requires public intervention. This tlie country must sooner or Inter have in its dealings will the railroads. The faot that meu comparatively so powerful as the merchant:' have found it necessary to combine only accentuates the general need of the uncombined masses for protection. The great need of the country to-day is for a class of public men whose convictions of public duty and whose public sympathies are so keen that they will do for the common weal wlmt these merchants have done for themselves —Chicago Tribune. It is true the negroes are densely ignorant and ure largely without any schooling. But it is perfectly certain they cannot reoeive education at once, ami it is equally certain that if they could it would destroy whatever reliability und system there are in the industrial relations of the blacks to the soil. Education should come to these people as new and better modes of life come to them. The desire must be awakened hi them to seek an education, and to at least in part pay' for it before it can be expected to be useful and valuable to them.—St. Louis Republican. Government Telegraphy. Valparaiso Vidette. The economy of lessening the present rates of telegraphing, carrying or other service is comparatively’ of but small importance. The great benefit of governmental management of work is to be looked for in the opportunity the public thus will have for the employment of ail such as ought to be at work, yet fail to find and keep employment. The appropriate employment of all such would be almost a sure prevention of both crime and pauperism. It will furnish all with comfortable homes and ways of earning livelihood by honest labor. We don’t hope to see such ultimate perfection of the government, but only some faint steps in that direction. A Bigger Mouth Than Hoadly’s. National Republican. Some of the readers of the Republican doubt the assertion that “the Democratic nominee for Governor of lowa has a ‘bigger’ mouth than Iloadly.” It does not seem strange that such a thing could be, but “pity ’fcis, *ns true.” The lowa candidate says: “I am in favor of a saloon on every hilltop if necessary, and on every street, and every thoroughfare, and in all public places—tbe more public tbe better,” —and the able Democratic editors in that banner Republican State are driven nearly frantiegin their efforts to explain away that able effort of his able jaw. Telegraph Editors in Danger. Kansas City Journal. Mike Sheridan’s thrilling dispatches from the Yellowstone have established his reputation as a correspondent. The information contained in yesterday’s message to tho effect “that the wind almost broke the ridge-pole of the tent” is positively alarming. lie should not give us these electric shocks so suddenly. We hope Michael will draw it milder hereafter. Our telegraph editor has the heart disease and a family. The Value of Arbitration. Huntington Herald. The Herald is on the side of the workingman every time, and when we advocate arbitration we do so believing it will result beneficially to him every time, and we further believe that the day is not far distant when this method will be the most popular one employed to settle the deputes between labor and capital. The one is mutually dependent on the other; the one cannot exist without the other, and the conflicts must be settled in a way satisfactory to both.

STATE EXCHANGE TABLE. Topics of Current Interest Discussed by the County Press. Views on Politics. Finance and Tariff, with a Few Pungent Remarks About the People’s Railway Company, Tlie Old Soldiers and the Encampment. Crawfordsville Journal. There seems to be some complaint on the part of a good many people because the encampment managers at Indianapolis charged old soldiers fifty cents admission to tho grounds. This complaint is not confined to the people, but a good many newspapers have taken up the cry, which keeps it moving all along the line. Before making such a vigorous protest they should thoroughly understand themselves. The encampment was in no sense an old soldier affair. It was emphatically an encampment of the State militia. One day wa9. however, set apart as Grand Army of the Republic and old soldiers’ day, and an invitation extended to all the old soldiers to be present, The invitation distinctly stated that “all members of the Grand Army wearing the bronze badge will be admitted to the grounds on that day free of charge.” There were doubtless many old soldiers there who could not be distinguished from old citizens, and, of course, the officers had no othsr alternative but to charge them the admission fee. Those who wore the badge were admitted free according to promise. There was no act of bad faith on the part of the managers, as all can readily see and who understand the matter. And it is no fault of the managers that it was not understood, as all the postersand circulars they sent out distinctly stated what courtesies would be extended and that those wearing the badge should be tbe recipients, and ouly, too, for one day. A Method in Their Madness. Greonoastle Banner. The address, or prospectus, of the People’s Railway Company, recently issued from Indianapolis, was, on its face, the product of a diseased a;.a erratic mind. On reading it we had no idea that the slightest attention would be given to this crazy project, and supposed that the scheme would end with its publication. But not so. There seems to be method in the fellow’s madness, and the matter is being pushed with all the energy that cheek and an evident dishonest purpose can give it The proposition is to build a narrow-guage railroad, owned by the people, intersecting all parts of the country, which i3 expected to absorb the business of tbe present wide-guage roads, and so put an end to existing monopolies. However desirable such a consummation maybe, it cannot be reached through this “People’s Railway Company,” which is apparently a fraud. No papers of any character are giving it countenance or support. Its agents will probably soon invade this part of the State, and we warn our readers to have nothing to do with them, Every dollar paid them will be that much money thrown away. Money in Elections. ' Andrews Express. No man can be so foolish as to believe that political campaigns are run without money. No one doubts that the Republican party spent lots of money in the last presidential campaign. But we are led to believe by the opposition press that tlie Democratic party put no money in the Indiana campaign in 1880. Tlie people are not advised how much they expended; they undoubtedly spent all they could get, and the Republican party did all they could to counteract its influence by the same means. Ask a local candidate in the last election how much he put into the county pool, and if he tells you the truth you will be astonished. The everlasting clack about the use of money for campaign purposes is simply a blind on the part of the Democracy, and the tactics of the culprit who robs you of your pocket-book and gives hot pursuit to an imaginary thief. Tlie Government Telegraph. Terre Haute Express. The use of the telegraph would be efficient in the money-order department in the telegraphing of money. The present charges for telegraphing small sums are exorbitant. There may be a complaint that we ape the English, who have adopted postal telegraphy, postal savings banks, and a parcels-delivery system which delivers parcels up to seven pounds weight. While not disposed to imitate, it is not likely American speed will neglect anything to promote rapid transit, fast mails, swift expressage and reliable, cheap telegraphing, provided it is practical. Tbe question is not one of sentiment, but of practical economy. Tlie talk of paternalism and overgoverning is purely sentimental. The discussion of expediency, utility and ways and means is the practic and one. Jeff. Davis iu History. Lafayette Journal. We are not perhaps far enough removed from the war for a philosophical history to be written, hut the place to be assigned to Jeff. Davis in the annals of the country will not be difficult to find. When the history of the rebellion is written without prejudice and with sole regard for its truth, the name of Jeff. Davis will be placed in the category of tbe assassins of governments. Wherever the love of liberty holds a place in the human heart, wherever slavery is abominated, there the name of Jeff. Daivis will be execrated. His hands are stained with the blood of the slain, and he will be remembered only as Benedict Arnold is remembered—lor his treason. Rascally Bank Managers. Warren Republican. In these days it is one of the most common things reported that another bank has failed on account of a rascally cashier using the funds in wildcat speculation. Tne people can no longer feel sufe when depositing money in a bank, for depositors, under the present monetary system of the country, are the individuals who suffer. The condition of things shows a strong tendency to an unsettled time when a general stampede will be made upon the banks and a crisis be preeipiteted upon the country, crowing directly from a loss of confidence of the people in the men managing the hanks. Workingmen's Wages in England. Vernon Banner. Laborers in England are paid less than onehalf tlie wages that laborers in this country receive. Tlie Democrats are in favor of free trade so as to force our laborers down to the English level. As long as the masses of the people can be kept poor and ignorant, kings, lords ami aristocrats hope to rule. The Democratic leaders in this country have always been aristocrats and in sympathy with the rulers of the old world. Os coarse they favor free trade, poverty and ignorance. Money iu Elections. Anderson Herald. There is but one cure for the evil of using money in elections. We must educate the public to look with scorn upon it. We must cease to look upon it as a peccadillo to be passed by with a scornful or knowing laugh. We must have a public sentiment which hates the dirty scoundrelism which soils and ruins the source of powerat its primal spring. Let every good citizen labor to build up that saving virtue in tbe public heart. Democratic Disharmony in Ohio. Bhelbyvllle Volunteer (Deni,) It is very clear that to win Ohio the Democrats need tlie warm assistance of each of the senatorial aspirants and all their friends, but they have certainly forfeited all claims upon those of Mr. Pendleton, who are numbered by the thousands in the Buckeye State. They wiil no doubt succeed iu defeating “Gentle-

man George,” but bis successor in the Senate will not be a Democrat, either for or against civil-service reform, but a Republican about the size of Mr. Charles Foster. So. looking over the whole field, we can see nothing iu these Cincinnati doings to cause rejoicing to any Democrat. They have undoubtedly sounded the death knell to all hopes of Democratic success in Ohio next October. Why Mr. Bcharrell Was Removed. Corydon Republican. The Democratic directors of the State Prison South invited Rev. T. G. Beharrell, the chaplain, to step down and out. No complaint of misconduct or failure to discharge his duty efficiently was made against Mr. 8., but his politics happened to be Republican, and the anomaly of a Democratic preacher appeared to view, and a change must needs he made. They couldn’t bear the idea of a Republican preacher dispensing the gospel to so many Democrats, when one of their own political brotherhood could be found to keep the “boys” firm in the faith. Criminal Destruction of Property. Steuben County Journal. it seems strange that men will commit such acts of vandalism. Every dollar’s worth of property thus destroyed makes worse the condition of the laboring man. That which tends to injure financially the tve 11-to-do farmet affects also the day laborer who is looking to him for employment. Only the most ignorant persons will attempt the destruction of such property or even of any labor-saving machinery. The man of wisdom knows who ultimately is made to bear the burd&u. Prompt Marketing of Crops. Noblesville Republican-Lodger. There is a certain loss of interest by holding, as also of the great advantage of having ready money to make purchases, instead of buying on credit until the crop is sold. There is also the risk of fire or the cost of insurauco. The man who makes it a rule to market his crops as soon as he can has an easy mind, w’hcreas the man who holds for a rise has a very anxious mind. He can scarcely Help wishing for bad crop* elsewhere or a war with Europe to raise tho prices for him. Tlie Democratic Idea. Columbia City Commercial. / “Fill the office in such a way that it will bring success to the Democratic party.” That is Democracy for you. Instead of trying to manage the office which the people unwisely occasionally entrust them with, they always manage the same, or try to, so that th Democratic party only will be benefited by their success. Such men and such a party are unworthy the confidence of the people. A Bewildered Party. ' r Bedford Journal. Never was there a party more at a loss to know what to do than the Democratic party is at present. They are in favor of free trade, and they want a tariff “for revenue only.” They want civil-service reform, and they don’t want it. They want the saloons taxed, and they want free whisky. In short, they are like a swarm of bees flying around hunting a place to settle. Keep the rascals out. Mr. Reed and the Governor’s Chair. Crawfordsville Journal. Mr. Reed has been a successful minister of tbe gospel, but this is not indicative of statesmanship. Many a hod-carrier has been spoiled by trying to make himself believe he was cut out for a lawyer, and likewise several good preachers have been spoiled by entering politics. To save his fame Mr. Reed will act wisely to stick to his high calling. A Sad-Eyed Mouumeut. Muncie News. Our uncompleted, decaying State-house Is a sad-eved monument of Democratic incompetence. What was once hoped would be a thing of beauty and a joy forever has become a ghastly, weather-beaten pile that is likely to bring the blush of shame to every Hoosier face when he looks at it during the slow-moving years. Getting Red-Hot. Hendricks County Republican. The way the Indianapolis Journal I*9 “doing up” the People’s railway scheme is a caution. Fred. Horton’s letter to the Lafayette Times, intimating that the Journal is attempting black-mail, has only added fuel to the fire, and matters are getting red-hot. There are 110 signs of the Journal’s backing down. Anxious to Subscribe, Martinsville Republican. The snug little amount of $104,350 has been subscribed (not paid) to the “People’s railway” scheme. This only leaves the trifling pittance of $359,895,650 yet to raise. Tho “company” should begin work at once. Wo will be one of five gentlemen who will subscribe (not pay) the remaining $359,895,650. The Journal’s Commendable Course. Yeedersburg Reporter. The Indianapolis Journal is dealing out opinions in pretty decided terms against the “People’s railway,” and most bitterly denounces the scheme. The Journal is a wideawake organ, generally in the right, and its efforts in warning the people against this fraud, if such it be, are commendable. A Delusion and a Snare. Kentlnnd Gazette. The “People’s railway of America” fraud, which is to build many thousands of miles pf railway—the headquarters of which is at Indianapolis—is soliciting stock subscritrtions among the gullible—to put down in their pockets. The scheme is not only a fraud, but a delusion and a snare. Charges That are Unworthy of Denial. Plymouth Republican. Indianapolis papers arc devoting considerable space to denying charges of unfairness and misconduct on the part of the managers of tlie recent encampment in allowing Indianapolis companies unfair advantages. Such charges, generally, are unfounded and hardly worthy of denial. A Democratic Wail. Vincennes News (Dem.) Ohio is almost certainly lost to the Democrats. Iloadly is defeated; Pendleton will be succeeded by a Republican; the national Democracy has received a stunning blow; and nil to gratify the personal malice and greed of power of a single man, whose name is McLean. • An Honest Confession. Vincennes News (Dem.) We used to be fool enough to howl for unlimited coinage of silver. We’ve got over that spell of idiocy, and it is to be hoped that Congress will also recover, and proceed at the earliest possible moment to stop tho grinding out of daddy dollars. The Foots We Have Always with Un. Kemlallville Standard. We notice the People’s railway scheme has worked up from Indianapolis to Lafayette. It’s a pity the fool-killer couldn’t keep a little in advance of the .schemers, so that they would have no material to fatten on. Nut Liable to Grow Very Rich. Rochester Republican. That glaring fraud, the People’s railway scheme, is again before the people, hut the gentlemen who are managing it are nor liable to amass a very large fortune out of the project. T.lO Hammer of Thor. Oxford Tribune. The People’s railway swindling scheme 1* knocked to pieces by the Indianapolis .Ton •• nal, whoso arm smites like the hammer or Thor.