Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1884 — Page 5

BUDDHA AND GEN. BOOTH. Gloomy Conditions Under Which Jiarnum’s White Elephant Appeared, The leader of the Salvation Array and the Difficulties Experienced by Those Who Are Desirous of Suppressing Dim. * Correspondence of tho Indianapolis Journal. London, Jan. 19. —Nearly two months of the alleged winter have gone, and what kind of weather do you think we've had? One sprinkle of snow, frost enough to make ice only two or three times, and the rest so mild and springlike as to suggest the idea that nature has turned completely topsy-turvey. Fires barely necessary and overcoats and wraps carried more for ornament than use; vegetation thriving, the grass quite green, the trees and hedges ready to burst into bud in some places; violets in great profusion, and the birds singing as cheerily as though mating season were here—this is the situation as I write. Even the highest and coldest latitudes are feeling the touch of this ethereal mildness. At latest reports there was not a vestige of winter’s covering on the top of old Snowdon, and the guides state that such open weather has not been known there before, at least not within their experience. Such is the English winter of 1883-'4, the first the writer has spent here for fifteon years. “Lucky fellow,” somebody says, as he puts down his paper and buttons up to face the fierce cold that is probably prevailing about this time in tho American latitudes. But don’t bo rash, friend. You have heard but one side of the story. I've spoken of spring’s mildnessThut have I said anything of the sunshine and brightness that are commonly associated with that season? If so, I deserve flogging; for the fact is that here in London we have seen so little of the sun and sky lately as to almost have forgotten how they look. For a full month the established order of both night and day has been gloom and darkness. The few peeps old Sol has taken at us were made at such long intervals, and lasted so short a time, that it is feared he is on his ear about something, and I am quite sure we are. Many days we have had when gas has been a necessity from early morn—but stop; I am making a mistake. Early morning is a luxury we know nothing about. If 9 o’clock give you any show for beginning business by daylight, you may count yourself particularly happy. “Is it cloudy,” asks some tantalizing querist. Rather; in fact, quite a good deal so, and the clouds come down so low that they touch the ground. That is, it is cloudy above and murky below—a fog liaagiug about continuously which at once chokes your lungs, blacks your faces and completely runs the most beautiful of dispositions. No wonder the spirit of murder is abroad! No won der the air is rife with threats of dynamite. If the Thames dragged, I shouldn’t be surprised to hear that hundreds of suicides had been found. The only wonder to me is that the gloom has not, long ere this, converted the whole metropolis into one vast lunatic asj lum. BAHNUM’S BUDDHA. Such are the conditions under which Barnum’s Buddha has suddenly swooped down upon us. Don’t think mo irreverent. “Buddlia” is the name of the white elephant that is resting at the Zoo for a while, preparatory to its trip across the Atlantic. As nearly white it is, by the way. as the apology for daylight which London is now having, resembles the genuine article. From the brightest skies and fairest landscapes and most gorgeor* temples, comes this sacred beast, to find a temporary home, if not its grave, in a big town where the buildings look as dismal as sepul chers. and the sky is suggestive of a funeral pall, and the people, but for the artificial spirits they imbibe, would he about as cheerful as a set of undertakers working for uncertain pay. I have not heard that Buddha has expressed himself regarding his surroundings, hut who wouldn’t give a penny for his thoughts, or for the thoughts of his Burmese attendant. That reminds me. The latter has been interviewed, not, however, on the weather, but on the elephant. The conversation was conducted in the Burmese language, and a little of what was said will interest your readers. They will gladly pardon me, lam sure, for not giving it in the original tongue. “Well, Radhi.” said the interviewer, “how does his lordship like it? r Suddenly, hearing his own language spoken, the attendant's face gladdened. “Is he quite well?” continued the querist. “His heart is filled with delight,” said Radhi. “What kind of a temper has he?” • “A temper of sugar-plums, a disposition of oil. There is not a bad thought in him.” “Will he let strangers touch him?” “Why should he liavo any cause for fear?” “None whatever. The fear is all on my side.” “What! afraid of my elephant! Ho is all sweetmeats. ” Then Radhi catechised the interviewer. “Shall I get iny pay here?" he asked. “Os course you will. This Sahib (Mr. Davis, Barnum’s chief man) has the heart of a father and mother toward you. His integrity shines like the sun.” “It has happened very well, then. By and by I shall go back to my people in Burrnah with my money.” “But Buddha will never go back,” observed the interviewer. “But is that his namo—Buddha?” asked Radhi. “Yes; the Sahib Davis has said that is a good name and that Is what it will be called.” “And is Buddha to dance here?” “Dance! no, he is not going to dance. 0 “But is not ho going into a show?” “Oh yes; but they will not mako him dance. He is going to be shown to the people just as ho was worshipped in Burundi.” “What! Will the sahibs do poojah to it—prav to it?” “No, not exactly; but they will protend to, just to show how it is done in your own country. The Phoongyes are coming, the idols and indullas are already here, and there will be real salaaming to Buddha when all is ready.” At the word salaam, Radhi turned to the elephant. put his two hands together and bowed reverentially toward the great beast. “That is how it is done,” said he, “and when he was coming from the palace of the King of Burmah all the peoble cried out to him ‘S&laara!’ l ßaia of Raias,’ and salaamed to him.” Let those who want to know the real color of this “white”'elephant, smoke a cigar and then look at There they will have it exactly. But a frout view shows patches of paler skin, aud these, in tho estimation of millions, are the outward aud visible sign of divine sanctity. Os course, that impertinent meddler with old-fashioned notions, Science, has to have its say on this point, and it gravely tells us that these dkeolorments of the skin are marks of a disease something like leprosy. But will Mr. Barnum stand sucli talk as this? Compared to Jumbo, Buddha isasmall elephant, being ut least four feet shorter than that monster, and much less imposing in general appearance. Nevertheless, good judges pronounce him a “beauty,” and I suppose we muirt accept their verdict, though, for my own part. I must say I have never seen auythmg about elephants that I considered par ticularly captivating in the way of good looks. ANOTHER WHITE ELEPHANT. Brora Buddha, the white elephant, to General Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, is not such a long leap as may at first appeal*, for in many respects the latter resembles the former. He is mysterious—by some almost worshipped and by many others looked upon as a humbug, and, withal, much given to Creating a sensation. He is, furthermore, as elephants proverbially are, and especially those of tho “white” species, very hard to manage. The authorities and very many of the pious folk i all the publicans and sinners would like to

squelch him, but they cannot. He is always bobbing up, and is constantly putting something new on tho boards. The wrinkle this week was a great “salvation wedding.” Many marriages might consistently be spoken of in these terms, but this was a wedding performed according to the rites and ceremonies of the army that goes by that name. The place was Exeter Hall, and the high contracting parties Sergeant M. Deborah Lydia Parkyn and Commissioner Railton, the intrepid warrior who, four years ago, in company with seven hallelujah lasses, invaded the United States. His campaign there was not crowned with anything very striking in the way of success, but in the field of love he seems to have been more fortunate. Now for the wedding ceremony. Most brides like to have the minister “make it short,” hut in this instance no such request could have been made, or, if made, was not complied with, for the fact is that the entire proceedings connected with the wedding lasted about twelve hours. Four thousand people were present, all admitted by ticket, and such a scramble as there w r as for these precious pieces of pasteboard! A little after 9a. m. the singing and praying began. Some songs had been specially composed for the occasion, one of these being entitled “The Marriage Supper of the Lamb.” The throne of grace was vociferously besought for upwards of an hour, and if the newly joined pair do not have a prosperous voyage it will certainly not be from an failure on the part of friends to inform the Divine Being how he must deal with them. Everything was stagy and sensational. “I hand you this ring,” said the General, “to put upon your wife’s finger, as a sign that the Salvation Army looks upon this as a salvation wedding.” “I put this ring upon your finger,” said tho groom to the bride, “as a continual sign that we are married under the solemn pledges we have this day given to live and fight for God and the Salvation Army.” The couple had to de“We do not seek this mar riage simply to please ourselves, but that we believe it will enable us to better serve and please God, and work in the interests of the Salvation Army,” and were required to promise “always to regard and arrange their house in every way as a Salvation Army soldiers' (or officers’) quarters, and to train every one in it to faithful service in the army.” Then, more praying, moro singing, and some speeches, tho leading addresses being made by Mr. and Mrs. Railton. Finally came the inevitable collection, and then every one was happy, for if General Booth were over to fail in introducing a little ceremony of this kind into any of his assemblages, a general suspicion would arise that things were going wrong. So wags on this marvelous organization. It has queer ways, and often, as in this instance, resorts to questionable methods for keeping public interest alive. Still, it is doing much good, and, as an American bishop said recently, “has more vitality in it than any church in Great Britain.” It is fiercely opposed, but it seems to grow, and is never so happy and hopeful, apparently, as when its enemies are trying to crush out its life. A report just issued shows thirty-four buildings to have been erected during last year at a cost of SIIO,OOO. These provide sitting accommodations for 40,000 people, and sixteen others are in process of construction which will seat at least half as many more. Your readers will not have forgotten Mr. Charles Russell, Q. C., leading counsel for the defense of O’Donnell, and they will remember his recent visit to the United States in company with Lord Coleridge. He has given his impressions of our country. Being a.i Irishman and a Catholic, he very appropriately addressed an audience of his fellow countrymen, the meeting being presided over by tho Catholic Primate of Ireland. His opinions are on the whole favorable. He regrets having found so many Irish people in the large cities where they are so hard worked and so poorly paid, and he has a few words of censure for us in reference to our treatment of the Indians. Beyond this he speaks only in praise. He very much admires the spirit of equality that prevails, and says that we are well mannered, good tempered, generous, and tolerant of opinions differing from our own. So we may courteously lift our hat to him. H. t. A NOVEL CEREMONY. A Christian Maiden Renounces Her Religion to Wed a Hebrew Lover. Bradford {Pa. ) Special, A novel ceremony, and one seldom witnessed in this country, took place in this city to-day. Peretz Fragner, a prominent Hebrew tobacconist and manufacturer of cigars, became engaged to be married to Miss Carrie Wilcox, a handsome and accomplished young Christian maiden, whose parents reside in the city. According to his faith, no marriage was binding unless solemnized by a rabbi, according to the rites of the Hebrew Church. Tho rabbi refused to perform the ceremony unless the maiden renounced her faith and joined the Church of Israel, and, rather than accept the alternative, tho maiden consented. In consequence, to-day, in one of the Jewish synagogues of tho city, before an immense congregation of Christians and Hebrews she publicly renounced her faith in Christ and His teaching, and accepted the doctrine of Judahism. The ceremony was solemn aud impressive. The parents of Miss Wilcox were present, and their eyes, together with those of most of the audience, were suffused with tears, either of humiliation, sorrow or sympathy. Alter the renunciation and reception into the new fold Mr. Fragner and Miss Wilcox were united in marriage, according to the Jewish rites, by Rev. It. S. Weil, of Temple Beth Zion. The happy couple left on the evening train for Buffalo, Niagara Falls and a trip through Canada. ABOUT MIXED MARRIAGES. Private Dalzell Congratulates Fred Douglass —The Latter’s Response. The following correspondence has passed between Private Dalzell and Frederick Douglass: Caldwell, 0., Jan. 30, 1884. The Hon. Fredk. Douglass: My Deai* Friend—Though it may seem late in the day to do so, I bog to congratulate you on your marriage, and to wish you and Mrs. Douglass long lives and great happiness aud prosperity. You remember when you and I were iu the Garfield campaign together, I used to tell you that you wore a great man, and that the vast crowds that assembled to hear you everywhere proved it by their presence and their boundless cheers and praises. You always denied that you were great, and protested that you wore only an ordinary man. But now that all the newspaper world is about your marriage, and making more editorial fuss over it than it has done over the marriage of any crowned head iu fifty years, I hope you will no longer persist in yoxir deprecatory protestations. Your friend/ J. M. Dalzell. MR. DOUGLASS’S REPLY. Private Dalzell. My Dear Six*—Your kind aud generous letter did not surprise me a bit. In fact, I was looking for it, and should have been surprised if it had not come. Mrs. Douglass, not less than myself, sincerely thanks you for your hearty congratulations and good wishes. Yes, the newspapers disregard all my protests against being considered a great man, so I have come to the conclusion to let them have their way without further contradiction. I think the material upon which they base my claim t-o greatness will soon bo exhausted, and that they will perforce, be compelled to own that I am but an ordinary man, and havo done but an ordinary thing, and that they have beou fools to make so much of me and it. I think this is about the last sensation of which I can possibly be the cause. Ido not know what I can do next to gain so boundless attention as the fact of my marriage has gained me, and already, like Woolsey. I am bidding farewell to all my greatness. There are a miiiion of people in this country of mixed blood—mainly the children and grandchildren of white men by colored women. I kuow a colored woman here in Washington who is tho mother of ten children by one of our late most influential citizens, but no noise was made over the fact, simply txMxiuse the woman was his conexibine, and uot his wife. It would seem that what the American people object to is not the mixture of the races, but honorable marriage between them. Is this reflection too severe? Perhaps it is, but does not the storm of criticism to which 1 have been subjected seem to justify it? You will be glad to know that your old co-worker in the Garfield campaign is neither Appalled nor crushed by the adverso storm now beatiug upon him, but is, in fact, quite cheerful and happy. I am delighted by what you tell me of your prosperity and success in your profession. Long may you flourish. Yours truly, always. FItKD. Dolulass. Washington. D. C., Feb. 1, 1881. Acid Phosphate. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Imitations aud counterfeits have again appeared. Be sure that the word “HorsfordV’is on the wrapper. None are genuine without it.

THE IN D TAN A POLLS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1884.

THE STUDY OP HISTORY. Comments of tlie Press Upon the Expurgated Style in Indianapolis. AN INJUSTICE TO THE PUPILS. South Bend Register. It is injustice to the pupils of tho public schools to ignore tho most important crisis in our country’s history, and no mere sentimentality can excuse it. The history of the late war is no secret to the men who fought its battles, nor to those who watched and prayed at home. Its causes and its lessons are indelibly impressed upon their minds, and from them no repetition of its horrors may be feared. But if generations come up without an adequate understanding of the issues settled by the late war, witli no conception of its cost of life, and treasure, and sorrow, it was fought for nought, and history will again be likely to repeat itself. Let the school histories include the war of tho rebellion. THE NINTH WONDER OF THE WORLD. Warren Republican. Why is not the history of the rebellion a part of the history of the country, and why should it not be taught the same as the history prior to the war? Such a thing in the South is not to be wondered at. but such a thing to be perpetrated upon the enlightened people of a city like Indianapolis in aland of Bibles and civilization, is the ninth wonder of the world. Do Democratic leaders expect to instil Democratic principles into the rising generation by such a mode of teaching? What is there about the history of the rebellion that the children of the North should not know? MIGHT HIRE A HALL TO TEACH HISTORY. Louisville Commercial. Senator Ben. Harrison lives in Indianapolis, and yet it is reported that the history of the lato war has not been taught in tlie schools of that city for the past eleven years. The history of the United States up to the close of the administration of that Union-saving patriot, James Buchanan, is, however, in the hands of the pupils. Someone should hire a hall big enough to accommodate the children and tell them about the war and the soldiers, and, above all, about that untiring, self-sacrificing friend of tho Union soldiers, Colonel Daniel W. Voorhees. OUGHT TO STOP WORK ON THE MONUMENT. Attica Ledger. The Indianapolis papers very properly call for the loyal members of the school board to state where the blame lies, why the children were not taught the cause of the war and its results, the most prominent piece of United States history. Indianapolis ought to stop work on the proposed monument to the men who took an active part in the omitted history, until the children are taught a lesson on loyalty —until they are told why these soldiers are honored with this monument. It is a discovery that brought not only astonishment but deep humiliation. INDIANAPOLIS DISGRACED. Plymouth Republican. Indianapolis stands disgraced in the eyes of tho civilized world. The school board of that city does not allow the history of the past twenty years taught in the public schools, because some of the actors in tlie late civil war are living and the minds of the children might be prejudiced. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, Robert Toombs and Edwin M. Stanton, are placed on the same footing and consigned to oblivion for the present. If there is another place in the world so far behind the times as Indianapolis, we should like to hear from it. THE COMMISSIONERS JUSTLY ATTACKED. New Castle Courier. “History as she is taught” in the public schools of Indianapolis is exciting much comment in that city. It seems, owing to the fault of somebody, that tho history of the United States is taught without any reference to the war of the rebellion; that is, all that portion of tlie text-book referring to the rebellion is skipped. The school trustees are being attacked on overy side, and justly, too, for allowing this to be done, but iu most cases they plead that they were not aware of the fact. Either liorn of the dilemma is bad enough. THE SORT OF HISTORY TO TKACH. Indianapolis Saturday Herald. There ought to be, and we think there is. a public sentiment in this community which will compel the authorities to have the history of the United States, up to the beginning of Arthur’s administration, taught in all the public schools of the city. After whipping the rebels we don’t believe in blotting the noble achievement out of memory nor denying the children of tho knowledge of what their loyal fathers did. And if we had tho selection of the book we should choose the one which called things nearest their right names. IS THERE ANY FIT HISTORY? Terre Haute Express. The whole subject, therefore, resolves itself into the question as to whether there is no history of the civil war suitable for the youth in the public schools. If not, then wo are in favor of chartering a competent historian to w r rito a history from which the scholars in every public school may learn that there "was a war of the rebellion; that tlie rebellion was put down, and that slavery was abolished, and tho injury to anyone’s feelings in giving the facts regarding that war ought to cut no figure in the matter. TRUTH MUST PREVAIL. St. Louis Globe- Democrat. It has just been discovered at Indianapolis that boys and girls in schools have been for ten years brought up in ignorance of the history of the lato war. If the record could be obliterated iu this simple way some people would be highly pleased; but, inasmuch as it is a fact that the States which conspired to destroy tho Union were soundly whipped, it is well enough to have tlie rising generation informed of the causes and consequences of the struggle. Truth must prevail, though a thousand copperheads wince. THE DISGRACE IS OVER. Wabash Plain Dealer. The great events transpiring from tlie first election of President Lincoln to the close of his earthly career are a blank to tho children of the Indianapolis schools, and even some of the .younger teachers are ignorant of them, and the men who controlled them, as Hottentots. How. why and by whose authority such a state of things has been allowed to exist is not determined but it is certainly a disgrace that the people of the capital city will not long tolerate, now that their attention has been called to it. A PIECE OF TREASONABLE PRESUMPTION. Michigan City Enterprise. The fact has been made public that in teaching the United States history in the public schools at Indianapolis, for tho past several years, that portion relating to the late civil war has been suppressed, and only that par£ ending with the administration of Buchanan has been taught. The citizens are justly indignant about tlie matter, aud feel that they have been greatly outraged by the commissioners. It is a piece of treasonable presumption before unheard of. SHOULD BE STAMPED IN EVERY MIND. Owen County Journal. The school children have not been taught the history of tho late civil war, in the schools of Indianapolis, for a number of years. This is wrong, because the unvarnished truth concerning the nation’s history for the last twenty-three years should be stamped in the mind of every child going to school, as much so as the record of the struggle for independence, for the late civil war decided that the Union of States was a fact. WK NEED A MONUMENT. Greencastle Banner. It would seem that they are in absolute need of a soldier's monument over at Indianapolis, and that quickly. Let it be erected in the most public place, and then the school children massed around it and told for*what the Union soldier, which it typifies, fought and died. It would alw> be well to tell something of tlie tragic events thi*ough which he passed, and the causes which led thereto. AN INFAMY AND SHAME. Peru I’opubliran. The history of the United States ends with the administration of James Buchanan, and tho grand achievements of the last twenty-three years are unknown to the youth of the capital city who have graduated from tlie high school. This infamy has been suffered for a dozen years, and it seems tho school board didn't know it. and even now can’t toll who is responsible for it. It is a shame. TO BE TREATKD WITH SCORN AND CONTEMPT. Brookvi lu American. It is to he hoped that tho matter will he thoroughly investigated, and that the names of those who caused this suppression of that part of our country's history may be known, so that

they may be treated with scorn and contempt by those who take pride in the glorious triumph of loyalty over treason recorded in tho history of tho {Southern rebellion. WILL DECORATION DAY BE RECOGNIZED? Lafayette Journal. The Indianapolis school board refused lo have tlie history of the United States during the last twenty-three years taught in the public schools for fear tho pupils might bo prejudiced against secession and rebellion. We suppose they will not recognize Decoration Day by suspending tho school sessions on. that day for fear the pupils might be prejudiced. A SWEEPING CONDEMNATION. Greengburg Review. There must be an intelligent company on parents, people and newspapers at Indianapolis. For eleven years those teaching i ho history of tho United States in the public schools there have stopped at 1881, and those parents, etc., have just discovered the fact. They must he highly interested in what is taught their children in the schools! A GREAT MANY SHORTCOMINGS. Mishawaka Enterprise. The Indianapolis papers are making a vigorous protest over the discovery that the history of the late civil war is not included in the historical studies of tho public schools. It appears as if there were a great many shortcomings in our vaunted free-school system as at present man aged, and public sentiment demands a speedy and radical change. A DISGRACE TO THE STATE. Greonsburg Standard. The fact that the history of the United States is not taught in Indianapolis schools later than Buchanan’s administration is a disgrace, not alone to tlie capital city, but to the State at large. In a land where learning is free and knowledge sought, to withhold historical facts from the school children of to-day should be a crime. HISTORY ELIMINATED. North Manchester Journal. Indianapolis people are, to use a common vulgarism, on their ear, over the discovery that the part of the history of the United States referring to the rebel’ion has been eliminated by tho teachers, and has not been taught for some* time. The full history of the war, together with its causes, should be taught in all our public schools. A VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION. Kentland Gazette. Tlie school authorities deserve to be driven in disgrace from their places by an outraged public. The most important events in the whole history of the republic are to be kept from tho rising generation. Could stupidity go further? Are there greater fools in tho broad universe than the Indianapolis school board? THE WHOLE HISTORY SHOULD BE TAUGHT. Logausport Pharos. It does seem a little strange that, if the history of the United States is in the course of study, the whole history of tlie country should not be taught. The history used in the schools should be impartial. And of the many text-books on this subject there are several in which events are impartially narrated, A DEMOCRATIC VIEW. Hancock Democrat. The Indianapolis Journal is mourning because the school board of that city will not allow the introduction of bloody shirt literature in their schools. When the scholars learn how to read, they can subscribe for the Journal and secure that kind of literature at a small cost. ANOTHER POINT TO BE TAUGHT. Seymour Business. It may be well for the patrons of tho Indianapolis schools to examine the spelling books. It may be that the children in that city are taught to spell Nation witli a small n. The Indiana Soldiers’ Monument. Brookville American. Several liberal contributions to the Indiana soldiers’ monument fund have been made public through the columus of tlie Indianapolis Journal. It was altogether proper that Senator Harrison should make the first contribution to the fund, and he gave one hundred dollars. The proprietors of the Indianapolis Journal have given tho same amount. Three other parties, including the publishers of the Terre Haute Courier, havo each subscribed fifty dollars. Wo want to throw in our mite when a chance is given us and mites are in order. New ( astle Courier. It seems to be tho universal sentimont that a monument should be erected to th© memory of tho soldiers and sailor; t Indiana. But sentiment will not build it. Let all who are able contribute liberally lor this purpose. Send Uni ns true ted Delegates. Washington Gazette. The sentimont to send delegates uninstructed to conventions is daily gaining ground. There are many reasons why this should be so. We never know exactly what vre want until th© development of all the circumstances. To tie a delegate’s hands by instructions is to restrict his ability, when he becomes acquainted with all the circumstances, and in + hat way we bind our own freedom in conventions by having our representatives bound. We never know what we want, until we know all about it. Blindness Becoming Barer. Philadelphia Ledger. English statistics gives an encouraging indication in the steady decrease of tho number of blind persons returned in the census since 1851, when an account was first taken of them. According to the latetest return there is one blind person for 1.138 of the population. The decrease in the number of the blind is attributed—with how much reason it is hard to say—to improvements in tho surgical treatment of affectations of the eye and tho diminished prevalence among children of smallpox. Southern Opinion of Phillips. Charleston, 8. 0., ' ewg and Courier. It is to bo hoped that he was satisfied with his work and its consequences. There was no lengths to which lie would not go, and he surely had his fill of bloodshed, rapine and ruin. Atlanta Constitution. It is a hard matter to overlook his prejudices, hut easy to credit him with honesty. This is no light thing to say of a public man who gave shape and direction to the most corrupt political party the world has ever seen. Darning Up Against Floods. Terre Haute Express. In the midst of political Ichemes to admit a flood of foreign manufactures we should have another looking to the feasibility of darning the Ohio and Mississippi fb>ods. While it is always more easy to destroy than to build up, it is possible to repair the wiiste of improvidence, and a work that may require an ago to accomplish cannot be begun too soon by the government. Fearful Degeneracy. Chicago Times. Senator Anthony attributes bis recent illness to the excessive use of cigarettes. The fact that a member of the United States’ Senate is a smoker of cigarettes is one of tin; saddest proofs yet observed of the decline of American statesmanship. Fitz John Porter’s Case. Plymouth Republican. Everybody knows that a murderer or other criminal tried twenty years after the commission of a crime has ninety-nine chances out of a hundred to escape conviction. This is Fitz John Porter’s case. The Least of Two Great Evils. Louisville Courier-Journal. Fred Douglass's new father-in-law and motherin law are said to be nearly heartbroken. Except a son, there is nothing more to be dreaded in a human family than a daughter. A rivulet hearing along impurities deposits them in the little eddies and wherever the current is impeded or broken. The blood, bearing poisonous acids, deposits them wherever the circulation is difficult and broken—as around the joints. You cad mollify the pain that ensues by ointments, but you cannot cure rheumatism till you expel the poison from the blood and system —removo the cause. This is the mission of Athlophoros. Mrs. S. A. Pease, of Nevada, 0., writes: “My friend suffered indescribably from rheumatism for four months. Had it been the Lord’s will she would gladly have died. It is remarkable what two bottles of Atblophoros has done for her. She seems like herself again.”

MYERS’S DISGRACE. The Letter He Wrote as Secretary of State Generally Denounced. Indianapolis Saturday IL-nild. Captain Myers, Secretary of State, certainly has ’em. Richmond Palladium. The people of Indiana now find themselves unable to decide whether their Secretary of State is a plain fool, an extraordinary Smart Aleck, or a simple ass. Indianapolis Saturday Review. W hen Secretary Myers undertakes in his official act to commit the State of Indiana to a vil lification of the late President Hayes, he is doing an unwarrantable and disgraceful thing. Warsaw Times. If ever a man has belittled and disgraced the position he holds, it is W. R. Myers, the Democratic Secrotary of State of Indiana, and sucli will be the decision of respectable people of whatever party. Chicago News. Iti reply to a polite letter of inquiry from the National Prison Association. W. R. Myers. Secretary of the State of Indiana, writes and publishes an ungrammatical letter coarsely abusive of K. B. Hayes, president of the association. We do not believe that Myers could degrade himself by anything he might say or write. Columbus Republican. Not content with insulting the association, he must have his answer published and spread his own shame, and that of the State which ho disgraces, as widely as possible. There is not a decent man of his own party, no matter what his opinion may be of Hayes, who will not denounce as shameful the writing of such aletter under such circumstances. Kokomo Tribune. The reply of Mr. Myers was an outrageous insult to the people of Indiana. He has, of course, the right to his own opinion of ex Presi dent Hayes, hut as Secretary of State, iu a communication signed officially, when lie gave utter a nee to tho language above cited he ottered a direct insult to the people of the whole State, and showed that he did not know the first principles of decency or courtesy, thus domeauiug the State. New Castle Courier. That a person holding so high a position should write a letter so vulgar and indecent, and then parade it in the public prints, is a disgrace to the people of Indiana, and especially to the Democratic party which elected him. But water cannot rise higher than its level, and Myers is only a coarse, vulgar foilow, who at public meetings held by him has not hesitated to use profane language in the presence of ladies, and whose instincts are altogether low and ignoble. Washington Gazette, Whatover else may be said about tho other Democratic officers, the Secretary of State is undoubtedly a dirty, contemptible, indecent official. He has not good breeding, and does not possess the qualities of a gentleman. The official correspondence with which the insult is coupled is a shame upon the State. Indiana has been insulted, It is the duty of the people of the •State to retire this smart Aleck to private life at the first opportunity. 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