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STATE >'EWS AND GOSSIP. Misss Nevada Miers. of Greenskirg, Elopes with Her Father's Nurse. Proceedings of the Sanitary Convention at ♦Seymour —Testimony in the Carpenter Case —Minor Note*. INDIANA. A Creensburg Liirl Klopes with Her Sick Father’s Nurse. Special to tkc Indianapolis Journal. Grkensburu, March 13.—Yesterday Mis? Nevada Miers, a popular young lady, was missing from home. Her parents and friends were shocked when they received a note from her saying that she and William Minor had gone to In dlanapolis and would be married and return home to-morrow She was tho last unmarried daughter of a large, wealthy and highly respected family. The father, Thomas S. Miers, is confined to his room by partial paralysis, and young Minor lias been the hired nurse for him for two or three years past. It seems he has not been idle, and has won the affections of the daughter while caring for her father. She is a sister of Hon. Robert Miers, of Bloomington, and had a good home with all the comforts of life lavished upon her by kind friends. Tho community, as well as her family, is much surprised. but they w ill no doubt be welcomed hack by her parents. State Sanitary Convention. Special to th* Indianapolis Journal. Seymour, March 13.—Lust night at the session of the sanitary convention. Dr. X. N. Shipman, president, delivered an address on The Proper AVay to Teach Sanitation.’* Mrs. Virginia L. Oppenheinier read a paper entitled ‘ ‘Sanitary Cooking.” which was freely discussed. This morning Dr. M. L. Boas presented a survey of the Jackson county poor-house, its management. etc. Dr. J. M. Moulder, of Kokomo, read a paper entitled “The Influence of Tobacco and Alcohol on the Human Bace." Dr. E. S. Elder, of Indianapolis, presented a very interesting and able paper on ’’The Objects and l ses of State and Local Boards of Health.” The afternoon exercises were opened by discussion of Dr. Elder’s paper. A paper was read hv Dr. T. A. Graham, of Jeffersonville, which was received with great favor. Subject: “What the People Should Know About Vaccination.” Dr.JJ. W. Hervey.of Indianapolis read a paper on •*The Influence of Habits on the Public Health:” Dr. S. H. Charlton, of Seymour, made a short address upon the sanitary survey of Jackson county. The programme for to-night consisted of magiclantern illustrations upon the “Nearsightedness of School Children,” by W. Cheatham, M. D., of Louisville. Ky.; “What We Breathe,” illustrated with microscopes, by. Joseph Gardiner, M. D., and H. Stillson, M. D., of Bedford. The following resolutions were adopted by the ronvention upon tho death of Dr. Yandell, of Louisville: “The painful duty devolves upon ns to demonstrate <>nr sorrow and sympathy in the lose of a j*reat and noble man. Lansford P. Zandell is dead—in whose death not alone Kentucky, but this entire country loses a worker in the prout field of sanitation, whose promises were just beginning to be fulfilled, whoso past was well spent, whoso future life foreshadowed much greatness. Iu commemoration of this sad event, be it •Revived. That we. the members yf the Indiana State Sanitary Society, place amid the records of our first convention the mournful fact ot‘ our fallen brother's sudden end. in order to constantly remind us. in the future, of the old familiar truth. And be it further ‘ Resolved, That we tendev our most heartfelt sympathies mid condolence to the bereaved wife, children, brother and sister, and that a copy of the above be sent to them, and published in the columns of our late brother * journal (t he Louisville Medical News), in the American Practitioner, and in the Indianapolis Journals”

Politics ill Orange County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Orleans, March I!).—Political matters arc beginning to take tangible shape in this county. The Democrats held a mass convention at Paoli on last Saturday. Tlio principal interest centered in the judgeship, the contest being between Francis M. Wilson, of Bedford, present incumbent, and John W. Buskirk, of Bloomington. The convention instructed for Mr. Buskirk. Judge Wilson's friends are exceedingly hostile and forcible in their assertions of trickery, etc. It now seems that Buskirk will secure the nomination. Republicans are looking upon the quarrel of ho Democracy with complacency, confident i hat they can bring out a man who will bo sleeted. The man most prominently mentioned is Hon. William Farrell, of Paoli Ho is acknowledged by all i air ties to be a man eminently qualified for tbe office. His abilities as a lawyer are second to no man in tbe district, and he is a dignified, temperate and honorable gentleman. Sir. Farrell does not ask for the nomination, and it is not known that he would accept it. However, a strong demand is being made by friends in all of the counties to have him do so. Successful ltobbery Near Rockville, Special to tbo Indianapolis Journal. Rockville, March Id.— -The house of James Martin, near Bridgeton, this county, was burglarized, yesterday evening. A stranger came to the house and asked for his supper. While the ladies were out ho went into an adjoining room, where Mr. Martin was lying on a sofa, pulled a revolver, and ordered him to turn over his pocket-book quickly and save further trouble. He then made the ladies wrap up the silverware, and made good his escape. The pocket-book contained over SOO. From the description given by Mr. Martin it fits Charley Roberts, the burglar who escaped from jail last week. The county commissioners have offered $l5O for his capture. He is a dangerous man. Mr. Martin has offered SSO reward. No Terror in a Ticket-Punch. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. * Huntington. March 13. —Hast night two men robbed a passenger on the west bound through train on tlic Chicago & Atlantic road, near Lima, Ohio. The conductor, Mr. Little, being informed of the matter, started after the thieves, who 'jumped from the train at tho railroad-crossing, and attempted to compel the men to surrender at tbo point of his ticket punch. The men, however, saw into the punch business, and, each drawine a revolver, gave the conductor toundor--tnmi that they would stand no foolishness and left him. The robbers only secured a small amount and did ‘not find slip passenger's roll, which he had sewed up in his clothing. The Overflow at Lawrenceburg, Special to the ludianapolis Journal. Lawrenoebcro, March 13.—The people are •feeling much more comfortable than last night. ■The river came to a stand this morning, and, •since the Miami has run out, lias fallen au inch or so. The river is at a stand or falling nearly nil the way up. There is, however, a big rise in ,4lie Seiota, which will keep the river up for a few days, and should there be heavy rains, an additional rise can be expected Only two or three

dozen houses were submerged here, but many people moved in expectation of a big rise. The committee here lias received $14,070 in money from all sources, which amount will be expended in replacing and repairing buildings. Cincinnati sent $3,800, New York $1,500, Indianapolis sl,200, Philadelphia SI,OOO, the other amounts ranging down to one dollar. The committee appointed for that purpose estimates the damage to property whose owners are not able to replace it at nearly SIOO,OOO. A Discomfited Burglar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Seymour, March 13. —Last night Nathaniel Champion, jr.. a saloon keeper, who lives over his saloon, while ascending the back stairway to liis residence, was attacked by some person who struck him over the head with a ear-coupling pin, knocking him senseless. While the robber was searching him Champion revived, and summoning his strength, kicked the robber in the stomach, tin-owing him to the bottom of tho stairs. The noise aroused tho family, who came to his rescue. Tho robber made good liis escape, hut did not secure Champion’s pocket-book, which he claims contained between SSOO and soo°. _ Wabash Agricultural Society. Special to the lnriianupolit* Journal. Wabash, March 13.—The Wabash County Agricultural Society to-day purchased three lots adjoining their present property, aggregating about six acres. Tho grounds proper will at once he extended and a half-mile track made. The improvements will all be completed in time for the annual exhibition, next September, when Wabash county will have one of tho prettiest and most convenient grounds in the State, comprising twenty acres, almost in the heart of the city. The socioty is in a flourishing condition and its future is surely a bright one. Dr. Dreese Acquitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Goshen, March 13.—1n tho trial of Dr. C. L. Dreese for complicity in the malpractice for which J. D. Foster was recently sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, the jury, late last night, returned a verdict of not guilty. Dr. Dreese is a young physician of unblemished char:icter and high standing in the community, and his acquittal is received with general satisfaction. Tlio defense was conducted by .T. M. Vanfleet, of Elkhart, and Jo K. Defreos, jr., a rising young attorney of this city. An Alleged Forger Released. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wabash, March 13.—8. A. Tyner, of Carroll eouuty. Tenn.. forged the name of S. J. ITeilnnd to a SIBO note on Feb. 7, and sold the same to J. W. Ownby on Fob. 10 for $l4O. He was arrested in Lafontainc, this county, on last Saturday, and jailed here. Own by came yesterday with a requisition, hut by some means Tyner was released, and Ownby returned to Tennessee thi3 evening without his man. Tho officers at Lafontaine have acted strangely. Death of a Hermit. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Edinburg, March I,3.—John Fox. aged sixty years, who has been living the life of a hermit for the last thirty years, in a little one-room hut on Samuel Cutsinger’s land, one and a half miles northeast of this place, was found dead in his hut at a late hour this evening. He had not been seen for several days, and one of Cutsinger’s workmen went to his liut, where ho found liiintdead.

Deatli of Roland Payne. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Franklin, March 13.—Leland Payne, a prominent citizen and member of tho Christian Church, and a business man of this place of thirty years' standing, died at 8 o'clock to-night. He will be buried here on Sunday morning. Suicide of a Farmer. Special to tbe Indianapolis Journal. Monticello, March 13.—Thomas Pearcey, an old farmer of Round Grove township, committed suicide, on Tuesday, by taking laudanum. No cause is known for the rash act. Minor Notes. The West murder trial, at Logansport, terminated in a verdict of acquittal. Five thousand, two hundred and fifty-seven persons have joined the temperance movement at Richmond. . Hon. Thomas S. Brisco has been appointed deputy prosecutor for Blackford county iu place of James Williamson, who resigned. Joseph Johnson, of Franklin, employed as a section hand on tho J., M. & 1. railroad, while on his way to work, yesterday, on a hand-car, died suddenly of heart disease. An old nogro named Walkins, living near New Albany, was found lying in a rail pen, on Wednesday. with his feet and limbs frozen. Ho was conveyed to the county asylum. The Corydon Democrat contains*nearly a column of announcements of Democratic candidates in that county. Politics in and around the old capital is getting decidedly warmed up. George W. Chambers and William Butler have been arrested on a charge of “shoving tho queer.” Both men reside at Silver Lake. Kosciusko county, and have been under surveillance by officers of tbP secret service for some time past. Henry Rueld & Son. grocers. Jeffersonville, made an assignment to Eakin & Cos. for the benefit of their creditors. The losses sustained by the flood are said to be the cause of the failure. The assets are said to be about $3,000 and the liabilities about SO,OOO Maggie Watson, residing near Corydon. has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement. She, in some manner, it is alleged, got possession of SI,BOO pension money belonging to her mother, at whose instance she was arrested. She gave bond, and will be tried the Ist of April. During the progress of a storm, Mike Rorick, of Buck Creek, Tippecanoe county, was instantly killed by a flash of lightning, and a compan ion, Tom Powell, was prostrated, and for several minutes was dead to all intents and purposes. Powell afterward revived, and on going to where he last saw Rorick, found him beside the fence dead. The men had been at work in the woods chopping, and were on their way to the house. Tho electric current loft no marks of any kind on Rorick. Lafayette Courier: Professor W. H. Ragan, of Purduo, has been highly and unexpectedly lion ored in an appointment as superintendent of the Division of Pathology, in the World's Fair at New Orleans, commencing in December next and continuing until May. 1885. The premiums in his department amount to SIO,OOO, besides various medals. We congratulate Mr Ragan and the university upon the honor thus bestowed. The emoluments are in keeping with the place—sl,ooo and traveling expenses. Mr. Ragan will bring to this position (if he accepts) every requisite qualification. ILLINOIS. Progress of the Carpenter Murder Trial— Mrs. Dukes on the Stand. .Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Petersburg, March 13.—Twenty three witnesses were examined in the Carpenter murder case to-day. The father, inether, brother a..d sister of the murdered girl testified, and tho latter contradicted herself, on cross examination, repeatedly. There were no sensational features to-day, and the sixteen newspaper men, representing thirty papers, have been unable to un earth any new features to-night. Fanny Dukes, sister of Zora. testified that Zora went to work at Carpenter's in January,

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1883, and in a short time afterward wore silk dresses and fine shoes. Carpenter was iu the habit of going to the witness's house with Zora after night. One morning he came while Zora was staying there and said lie had a place for her to sew. Zora left that afternoon and did not return nntil the next day, when she was in eougiany with Mary Conway.of Peoria. The witness aftei-ward went to Dakota to live. Carpenter gave her money to go with. Henry Ardens testified to seeing Carpenter in Peoria on Aug. 14 with a woman whom he believed to be Zora Burns. A Hutchison, Kan., dispatch says. “A brother of Zora Burns passed through here yesterday with Dowd Cribbage, the lover that Zora was expected to marry here had she lived five days longer. Cribbage is expected to give important testimony.” Foot and Mouth Disease. Effingham, March 13. —Rumors are published of the appearance of the foot and mouth disease in this county, but one or two isolated herds, which were supposed to be affected, when visited failed to show symptoms of real contagion, and no alarm is yet folt. Governor Hamilton, of this State, has heen urged by the Wyoming Stock-growers’ Association to quarantine cattle of this State against infected cattle in Kansas, and saysjie will issue a proclamation to that effect within one or two days. Strike of Railway Employes. Danville, March 13.—A large number of employes in the servico of Howard, receiver of tho Danville, Olney & Ohio River railroad, have .struck on account of non-payment of wages for January and Fobruarv. The receiver is largely in debt for supplies and rental of engines, and as objection is made to further issuing receiver's certificates, it is thought lie will bo compelled to stop operating the road. Brief Mention. R. M. Foster, a farmer living near Yandalia, committed suicide on Wednesday. C. J. Hanks's dry good house at Peru was closed by the sheriff on Wednesday. The liabilities are placed at $20,000. Wiley Turbeyville, who long kept a hotel at Newman, dropped dead iu the office of his hotel on Wednesday from neuralgia of the heart. The wife of Deputy-circuit-clerk .T. B. Little, of Rockford, fell into a coal bin to day and fractured her skull. It is feared she cannot live. The State Board of Agriculture reports the value of the crop and live stock products of Illinois, for 1883, to be $250,578,000, or a decrease of $07,404,000 as compared with the previous year.3 It has developed that George H. McClellan, prominent merchant of Peoria, who mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago, is both a bigamist and embezzler. The amount misappropri a*ed is placed at $12,000. At the meeting of the directors of the Heater Company aud the rolling-mills at Kewanee, the two companies were consolidated under tlio name of the Haxtum Steam-heater Company, and the capital increased to $500,000. W. B. Davison, of Decatur, is charged with false representation to enable a Mrs. Bird to secure a life insurance policy in a company he represents. A warrant has heen sworn out against him by the company's manager. The village of Secor, on tho line of the Wabash railroad, was visited by a destructive fire on Wednesday. One hardware store, one dwelling house, one restaurant and three saloons were destroyed. Loss, about $15,000, with little insurance. A few days ago B. F. Shipley, the superintendent of Fayette county, was expelled from office by the board of supervisors on a charge of habitual intoxication. Yesterday formal charges of drunkenness were preferred against P. C. Reed, the superiutondi*t of Bond county, and he will be removed.

A few days ago a daughter of John Spatt, of Smithvillo, died of childbirth. She was but sixteen years of age, and died without disclosing the name of lior seducer. It now transpires bee sister, who is but thirteen years of age, is' soon to become a mother, and physicians express the opinion that there is no possibility of the remaining daughter surviving the ordeal. The term of office of twenty State appointees ends this month. It devolves upon the Governor in consequence to appoint four trustees for insnne hospitals, one for each of tho asylums at Kankakee, Jacksonville, Anna and Elgin; one trustee each for the deaf and dumb and blind asylums, at Jacksonville, the school for feebleminded children, at Lincoln, the charitable eye and ear infirmary, at Chicago, the Soldiers' Orphans' homo, at Bloomington and the reform school at Pontiac. There are also to he appointed four members of the State board of education, four trustees for the Normal University, at Normal, and two for the Southern|Normal, at Carbondaie. Losses by Fire. Middletown, 0., March 13.—At half past 11 to-night the large depot of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis railroad was discovered on fire, and was consumed, with considerable freight belonging to factories. Loss, SIO,OOO. Pittsburg, March 13.—The carriage-house and cooper shop of Fraumenheim & Villsack's brewery were destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock this morning. Loss. $5,000: covered by insurance. The residence of William Walls, at Walls’s sta tion, on the Pennsylvania railroad, also burned last night. Loss, SB,OOO. Grand Rapids, March 13.—8 y the fire yesterday morning, it is now ascertained, Ferdinand Sehuffler and a lad named William Denooyer were burned to death, being cut off from escape from the sixth story erf the carpet sweepor factory by flames aud smoke. Schufflor was a married man, the father of several children. The remains are supposed to be deeply buried in the debris. Labor Troubles. Halifax. March 13.—The manager of the Halifax cotton factory has notified the operatives that after next Monday they will only have fortyfive hours of work per week, instead of sixty, as heretofore. Fall River, March 13.—Notice, posted in the carding and spinning rooms of the Barmtby Mill, states a reduction will be made on March 17. The carders will strike if tho reduction is over 10 per cent. Picker bosses are paid $1.25 per day. In other mills the pay is„sl.so. PiTTfmuRG, Pa., March 13 —The railroad coaltrade tribunal, appointed to fix the mining rate for the summevr months, met this morning, and after effecting an organization and discussing the question informally, adjourned for dinner. The minors committee has gone to Jilie Third pool to endeavor to got tho men working at the reduction out. Fatal Saloon Row. Mansfield. Pa.. March 13. —A serious fight occurred in the saloon of William Daily in North Mansfield, last night, during which Edward Summer and Charles Thornburg were probably fatally shot The affray resulted from an attempt of tho proprietor to eject Summer and Thornburg from the saloon. Tho men resisted, when a general melee followed which was participated in by a half dozen persons and it is not known positively who fired the shots. Tlio Kansas Legislature. Topeka, Kan., March 13.—1n obedience to an almost universal demand from every part of the State, and in view of the enormous interests at stake, Governor Glick has issued a proclatnation convening tho Legislature iu special session on March 18, to consider the cattle plague now existing in several counties. Reception to Mr. ami Mrs. Blaine. Baltimore, March 12.—A reception and dinner was given James G. and Mrs. Blaine tonight by Henry G. Davis and Mrs. Davis, of West Virginia. Among thoso present were Mrs. Senator Harrison, of Indiana. Business engagements in Washington prevented tho presence of Senator Harrison. “Be candid, doctor,” said the patient, when found with a bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. “You know it is a good medicine,” aud tho M. D. loft in disgust.

TILLER CAPTURED. The St. Louis Express Robber Arrested, and the Stolen Money Recovered. Milwaukee, March 13.—Prentiss Tiller, the Pacific Express Company’s agent at St. Louis, who decamped with nearly SIOO,OOO a few weeks ago, was arrested at 10 o'clock this morning, by a Milwaukee detective, and SBO,OOO in money recovered. A young man looking like a tramp, with a small mustache, brown hair, slightbuild, unobtrusive features, and about 135 pounds in weight, bought a trunk at the store of Carpel & Scliram, on Tuesday, and asked to have it shipped to G. H. Pachen, Detroit, Mich. He left a valise, which he asked to have placed inside the trunk, to save him the trouble of carrying it. When about to put the valise in the trunk the clerk dropped it and the clasp hurst asunder, the bulging contents rolling out upon the floor. On gathering up the bundles he found them wrapped in the Pacific Express Company's labels, and closer examination disclosed that every package contained a prize, the total amount ingto nearly $90,000. Thepolice were notified, and with a description of the man traced him to a cheap boarding-house in tho third ward, hut lie was not at home. They found his trunk and seized it, as the boarding-house keeper said the man was frequently out all night. The police continued searching the city, thinking he must be on a spree. This morning he returned to the trunk store to ask about the valise and was arrested. He has been at the Third-ward hoard-ing-house since March 8, but it is not known whether or not he hoarded anywhere else before that. Besides the money there was a large amount of valuable jewelry in the valise. The money was placed in the Merchants’ Exchange Bank. The arrest caused a great crowd to gather at the Central police station, but tho prisoner was carefully guarded and could be interviewed only briefly. He was loud in saying he had no accomplice, but at the same time added that it remained for the company to prove that he stole the money. He was very happy and proposed the police should close the doors aud charge the crowd an admission price to see him, as a curiosity. He was identified by Chicago aud St. Louis agents who were in*the city, having been called up from Chicago when the money was found yesterday. Tiller was taken to St. Louis by the 4 o'clock train in charge of Detective Shiel, of St. Louis, and Assistant General Manager Shepard, of the Pacific Express Company. The News at St. Louis. St. Louis, March 13.—Inquiry of the Pacific Express Company officials hero regarding the arrest of the man at Milwaukee, this morning, supposed to he Prentiss Tiller, throws very little light on the matter. They are very reticent, and little information can be obtained. It uiay be said, however, that officals and detectives here believe that after the robbery Tiller's accomplice took charge of the plunder, which, he being a stranger, was easily taken out of the city. The arrangement evidently was that the accomplice should divide the spoils and send Tiller's portion to him by express to Milwaukee, addressing him, of course, in an assumed name. Tiller reached Milwaukee on the morning of the Bth but there made the troublesome discovery that lie had forgotten the name he was to" assume in inquring for the express package. In this emergency lie telegraphed to McFadden, at Sherman. Tex., asking what was the name the valise was to bear. The telegram was intercepted, and McFadden, who had already been located, was carefully watched to determine whether he would answer. He did not, and his arrest occurred a few hours later. Meanwhile, tho express authorities hero were notified, and. on Tuesday evening, a detective started from here for Milwaukee. It would appear that Tiller succeeded in reealling the name he was to assume and got possession of the valise before the detective arrived, but mot with disaster a few hours afterward through the trunk store episode, which occurred at a time when it was said the whole detectivo force of Milwaukee were looking for him, knowing him to bo in town. The express officials here will not acknowledge or deny that the arrested man is Tiller. A dispatch from Sherman, Tex.. says McFadden was taken before the court, this morning, when his counsel moved to quash the proceedings, and the case was continued till this afternoon. Steps have been taken to obtain a requisition from the Governor for McFadden, and the papers will probably go down this evening. A Detroit dispatch says the directory shows no such person in that city as G. H. 'Pachen. to whom Tiller directed tho trunk shipped from Milwaukee. The presumption here is that it is the assumed name of Tiller himself, and that he intended to call for the trunk here.

Swollen Rivers. Petersburg, Va., March 13.—Recent rains have caused a heavy rise in the Roanoke river. All low lands are submerged. Farming operations on low grounds will be greatly retarded. The Appomottox river at this point is still very high. Rain has fallen all the morning. False Pretenses. Nashville, March 13.—Louis Layman was taken to St. Louis, to-day, in charge of a detective, on a requisition of the Governor of Missouri. Layman is wanted in St. Louis, on the charge of obtaining SB,OOO worth of mules from parties in that city, under false pretenses. Waiting for tlie Pay-Car. Sherman, Tex., March 13.—A posso loft this afternoon for Whitesboro, whore it is reported au armed mob is waiting to rob the pay-car of the Missouri Pacific railway. Steamship News. New York, March 13. —Arrived: Wyoming, from Liverpool; St. Laurent, from Havre. Southampton, March 13.—Arrived: Salier, from Now York. Colors in Relation to the Hair. Art Amateur. Colors favorable to the complexion are not always favorable at the same time to the hair, but flowers and other ornaments will usually supply the remedy. .Black hair has its depth and briiliancy emphasized by a scarlet, white or orange flower; but a dull red near it tends to render it dull and brownish by extension, that is. by imparting a portion of its own hue, a well known effect m some colors in certain connections, on others iu immediate contact with them. Xu light brown hair, light bluo serves to bring out tho golden tint very effectively if in contact with or very near it. For a darker brown, light blue is also a good color, if in quantity. In smaller proportions a deep blue does very well. If it be a little dull or dingy, a pale yellowish green will be found serviceable. W ith tliose who had auburn hair it used to be the rule to put a scarlet flower or ribbon against it if it was considered to boa little too decidedly inclined toward red. Os late the golden rod has been in vogue, and, instead of seeking to counteract the reddish tendency, a bluu flower with pale green leaves, or some corresponding ornament. has been employed to enlianco it. Purple, employed carefully, may bo used to advantage occasionally. Purple also agrees well with flaxen locks; but with these very little color is best, and that should be selected according to the peculiar shade of the hair. Blue enhances the goldcn'hue. A Questionable Order. ftl il ivaukeo Neuti lial. Commissioner of Pensions Dudley has issued an order to the special examiners in tho field forbidding them to discuss politics, or take any part in political matters while away from Washington on official duty. The order is" said to have been issued iu consequence of information reaching the Pension “that some examiners have engaged in po. .tical discussions and indicated their presidential preferences. General Dudley thinks that these men should confine themselves strictly to their official duties, and bo entirely divorced

from politics. The purpose of the order may be good, hut it is doubtful whether an American citizen, who happens to be in tho service of the government, should he forbidden to express freely his political convictions. POINTS FROM THE STATE PRESS. The Fitz John Porter Case—No Call for the Organization of a Prohibition Party. The Merits of the Fitz John I’orter Case. Lafayette Courier. With all the rascally juggling of orders which has characterized Fitz John Porter’s presentation of his case, with all the foreshortening in maps and falsehood about the darkness of tho night, etc., the fact cannot be obscured that if he had been half as loyal to Pope as Longstreet was to Jackson, tho latter would have been utterly the Army of the Potomac and the people of the North would havo been cheered by a glorious victory, and the war would have been shortened a year. Because he did not do tnis—because lie did not perform liis duty as a soldier in a great emergency, the old copperheads and rebels who now constitute a majority of Congress propose to insult every loyal soldier in the country by restoring him to the army with a rank greater than the mass of officers who performed inestimable services during the war, and a free gift of SIOO,OOO. If this is done it will be an infinite outrage. No Call for a Prohibition Party. Lafayette Journal. There is no call for the organization of a prohibition party this year. Temperance Republicans will have nothing to gain, but much to lose, if the}’ fall in behind such prohibition leaders ns are at the head of the present prohibition movement. They and the cause they desire to build up will be betrayed, and the only result will be the defeat of the Republican party. No Republican can afford to lend himself to any scheme of prohibition gotten up by Democratic leaders for tho purpose of giving the Democracy an advantage. The leader of the movement, Mr. Stoll, lias been a life-long Democrat, a pronounced opponent of prohibition. He has no interest in the temperance movement beyond a purpose to divide and distract the Republican party. Lasker and the American Hog. Terre llaute Express. Bismarck’s action in the Lasker incident was taken almost the same day the commission on the American hog product made its report fully exonerating the hog from the charges that had been made against it and upon which charges Bismarck had excluded the product from Germany. Tho delay in the passage of any retaliatory measure by Congress was owing to the determination to first be possessed of" the authentic information which tho commission was empowered to obtain and report. The report is now before Congress and tho return of the Lasker resolution has served to revive interest in the several proposed retaliatory' laws. The prospect is that after the Lasker matter is disposed of retaliation will be considered. Keep an Eye on tlie Conscientious Voter. Union City Eagle. No man who docs not command tlie confidence and support of the groat mass of independent voters, who care much more for principles and men than they do for purely party measures, should risk the defeat of liis party from any selfish motives, or for personal aggrandizement. The strict partisan will accept whoever may he named by his party without hesitation, while the independent voter will support none who are not deserving, trustworthy, and reliable. These are facts which have been fully demonstrated. and if not recognized and obeyed in this important campaign now opening ruin will be bo sure to follow. Keep the conscientious voter in our ranks, and all will be well.

The Democratic Third-Party Scheme. Columbus Republican. The Democrats of Indiana are now quietly but busily organizing a prohibition party. There are enough cranks who will sell themselves for a few dollars to hoad such a movement and then insist that all true temperance men must go with them. They know that if a prohibition ticket can be put up that will poll 10,000 votes, that at least 10,000 of them will come from the Republican party. All real temperance men should give the bastard a wide berth, as it is simply a scheme to place the Democracy in power and will do the temperance cause far more harm than good. Value of tlio Educated Ballot. Muncie Times. Thoro never was a time in the history of our country when an educated ballot was so much needed as now. With so many demagogues and political bosses and schemers, it is important that every man know for himself whereof he casts his ballot. The character of the administration is greatly dependent upon tho character of the ballot cast, and for this reason, if for no other, the State should compel him who casts it to educate himself at least in the primary branches. Regulating the Railroad Traffic. Fort Wayno Gazette. The national government will have to rogulato the railroad traffic of the country. There is a disposition on the part of some persons to institute hostile legislation against the railroads of the country. The law in question was undoubtedly promoted by such motives, and was justly set aside. When people once learn that there is no money to anyone in promoting such hostile legislation they will discontinue the same. The Tariff aud Coal. Cloy County Knterpriße. Should tho tariff be taken off of coal it would not be at all surprising if, in tbe space of a few months, even the Chicago and Northwestern market would be supplied by English coal, to the ruin of the Brazil district. That market can also be reached by water, and tho cost of float ing coal clear from England to Chicago would probably be less than the freights now paid to the railroads from this district. Democracy and Civil-Service Reform. Lafayette Journal. The Democratic party never fails to call for civil-service reform in its platforms, and never neglects to give it a kick whenever an opportu nity offers. This is the Democratic method of dealing with the subject, and always has been. Whatever of credit is due on account of actual civil-service reform is due to the Republican party. Luther Benson's Third Party. Kokomo Gazette. By and by tho truth will come out, and Benson will'be shown in his true light. His efforts hero and elsewhere to get up a split in the Repub+ic an party on the temperance question will prove fruitless. The Republicans have “caught on his game.” A Cry to Let Up. Richmond Palladium. It is time for the Indianapolis Journal and all other Republican papers to cease hauling Secretary of State Myers over tho coals about that Hayes letter. Even a political corpse has some rights wliich the press aud the public are bound to respect. Who Determine Political Issues. Brazil Register. The people, and uei the politicians, determine the issues of campaigns. Tlio party that ascertains what the people want, and regards that want iu its declaration of principles, is wise and will succeed. How to Raise a Storm. Terre Haute Gazette. If Congress is anxious to raise a storm that will shake the country from center to circumference and relogate to eternal private life evory man who votes for the proposition, it had batter try reducing the tax on whisky and tobacco. It Is, Indeed, Time. Charleston News and Courier. ft is time to make Cash, and all who go with him. understand that in South Carolina, in this year of grace, all murderers stand on the same footing, and that a high-bred ruffian shall have no more privileges and immunities tlian a bully of low degree. Genius Debased. Detroit Times. Tho most unkindest. cut of all for the paragrapher is to see his brilliant sallies used to fill u: between patent mediciuo puffs.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Imprisonment for Debt. To the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: William A. Butlers was imprisoned at Chicago on Tuesday for debt. I also notice that in Now York they have a prison sometimes called tho “debtors' prison.” Is imprisonment for debt made lawful in this country? Under what circumstances can a prisoner he held as they wera in the old Marshalsea? One Who Pays Up. City, March 12. The G. A. R. anti Politics. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Ido not deny saying in Chicago, last week, something with reference to the Grand Army of the Republic of Indiana lieing regarded as an. order influenced by political managers. As published iu the Inter Ocean, the reporter has unintentionally got these remarks somewhat mixed. He was seeking opinions on different subjects connected with Indiana polities, Democratic as well as Republican, and our conversation covered a good deal of ground, and out of the mass of it he summed up a general statement. On the question of probabilities of nominations for Governor by the Republicans, I said the machine politicians, owing to some objectional points relative to temperance made against one of tho prominent candidates, had lately brought out a distinguished gentleman who had a fine record as a soldier, and were “booming" him; that old soldiers, as well as active politicians, were forcing this boom, which had caused some to charge that the Grand Army of the Republic was being used to heip on tlio movement; that many Democrats regarded this order as one that could bo used for political purposes, but about that I knew nothing, further than such Democrats as belonged to it had disclaimed tl* fact. 1 did not make tlie statement that the order was an anti-prohibitory concern, for that would have been absurd, in view of my knowledge that such men as Captain Eli F. Ritter and Major .James R. Ross, who hold antagonistic views on that question, are both active members of the order. That part of my conversation referred directly to active comity political workers, and not to members of any society or order. Tlie Grand Army of the Republic, I am assured by those connected with it as officers and members, is not a political organization, and is so guarded by regulations that not only prevent its being so used, but exclude from membership shuns and pretenders, who, to the true soldier, are more obnoxious than the stay-at-homes. Such an organization of comrades of the march, camp and battle-field in the great war for the Union, kept free from party influences, is rather to be commended and encouraged than disparaged by those who have no claims to membership. Its work, now being commenced, to secure means to build the soldiers monument at. the State capital should meet the appro cal and support of all citizens. If I had not other information on the subject, the statement alone of so good a soldier as Ben D. House would have been sumcienttohavo disabused my mind, had I had any false ideas of the order; but I think he might have “come to the front" with a little less of vinegar. But Ido not blame him for striking back at wliat seemed to boa blow at an institution which he holds in such high estimation. Austin H. Brown. Indianapolis, March 12. Attitude of the Temporonce Question. To tho Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Your recent efforts in tho discountenancing and discouraging of the formation of a third party, and the putting of a third ticket iu tho field, are laudable, and should be crowned with success. There is no occasion for it. All issues on which men divide may be, and ought to be, embodied in the platforms of the two great parties, and let the two havo the field, and let men honestly decide between the two. No temperance organization desires to form an independent party. Tlie men who are Prohibitionists have voted, for tho main part, with tho Republican or Democratic parties, and desire to vote on all the questions involved in the coming campaign. The Grand Temperance Council is determined to have no separate political action if it can he avoided, and whether it can be avoided or not rests with the two State conventions that meet next summer to form the platforms of the two great parties. Thousands of men have determined to have prohibition of the liquor traffic in Indiana. They are determined to vote for it, and to vote for no party or men who are not sound on this - question from henceforth. Whatever party leaders may think or say, hero they stand, and will stand. Thousands of them havo affixed their names to a call for a State convention, to ho held only after both the two party conventions, and only iu case they fail to take the posi tion desired. These thousands of men stand thus on principle, for home, for morality, for tho right. They cannot be laughed down. They are not myths. Tin v are not cowards. They are not imbeciles. They are men of opinions, of character, of principle. They are not led about by the nose by Democrats nor by Republicans. They will not vote for tho Democratic ticket unless that party changes its relations with the liquor league, and comes out fair and square for the right. They will not vote for the Republican ticket unless that party gives stronger assurances than it died two years ago. only to dishonor and break them in the persons of the threo Republican senators who voted to not submit the amendment. This is the simple statement of a fact that may just as well be taken into consideration by central committees and conventions in estimating the probabilities of success or defeat. Here is a body of voters, law-abiding, intelligent, moral men, who have no desire to be alienated, but who are ready to let tho Republican party, as a party, go to the bottom of tho sea ere they will vote for it again if it does not set itself right as to prohibition. Caii them fanatics, short-sighted, fools, but remember that they are voters, and that they will not vote save as principle permits, and that a few thousand votes will count next fall, for the State and for the United States * Prohibitionists do not threaten. They are very quiet. It may be well for tho parties to knowintimo just what they mean. It might be a good tiling not to have prohibition in politics; but the whisky leagiio took it there and aro keeping it there by their high-handed moos uros. Prohibitionists do not intend to vote alongside of whisky leaguers for the measures they are promoting. It wouid be immeasureably better if a matter so affecting the very life of the community could be taken out of polities. This they are doing measurably in the South and in Maine by oil parties uniting in favor of prohibition. But how can it ho taken out of politics? It must he voted for if it becomes a part of our State Constitution. A majority of our citizens in Indiana would vote for prohibition, if permitted, at a special election. This the whisky league know. They have, therefore, resolved to prevent any such vote over being taken. Shall the people of Indiana stand tamely by and say, “so mote it be. ’Anything to keep this sacred cause out of politics?" No, it is in politics and will stay there, until it is settled. “IXusettled questions forbid repose to nations” or ko parties. Edward P. Whallen. Vincennes, Ind., March 12. Jeff Davis’s Latest Speech. St. Louis Post-Dispatch rDem.l Reading his latest foolish utterances, one feels that tlie South, like tlio North, would be greatly benefited by a few funerals. Won't Be Crum!-Mothered St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Grandmothers who are still “young.” terrorize their grandchildren into calling them "aunty.” No matter how long yon have been a sufferer from rheumatism, there is hope of a cure since the discovery of Atlilophoros—Hit) champion remedy. Many write to confirm this. Their letters make a verdict which is uuanimons, impartial, strong. As an instanco, Alvin G. Vail, Crawford county, lowa, writes: “I send for $5 worth of Atlilophoros. Tho bottle I used has helped me very much. Pain all gone, but some lameness yet, and well there might be. for I hive hqen troubled for thirty five years with rheumatism.”