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THE SUNDAY JOUENAL. BY JNO. C. NEW & SON. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1884. The Son day Journal has the largest and best circulation of any Sunday paper in Indiana. Price three cents. FORWARD FROM THE CAMPAIGN. The end of the campaign is near, and doubtless it will bring a feeling of relief to many, tired of the endless succession of campaign argument and personal vituperation. Four more days, or a week at most, and the Nation will resume its wonted placidity, leaving the excitement of political contest to take up the no less important but less exciting duties of national life. Each good citizen, after his ballot is cast and the business of selecting public officers is done, will go his appointed way. The mechanic will return to his shop, the operative to the factory, the blacksmith to his forge, and the professional man to his office. Tjie American peoplu have multiplied duties besides that of determining the policy of the country and choosing the men to see that it is carried out. The ten thousand avenues of thrift and industry will quickly swallow up the crowds around the polls; the hilarious and boisterous crowds that shall rejoice on Tuesday and Wednesday nights next, on Thursday will join with the other thousands who will have been disappointed in the outcome of the election. On Wednesday morning next ten million voters will have done with active politics, and be ready to resume their regular vocations. The country will go back to its usual serenity and all will be well, let us hope. It were well if all be done decently and in ®rder, and it is to be hoped that margins will Sot be narrow enough to tempt desperate and Unscrupulous men to violence or indefensible attempts after the balloting shall be concluded. It order to continued prosperity and good feeling the Nation wants peace. Every man engaged in legitimate pursuit has interests in common with those of all other houorablo citizens. The country’s welfare demands mutual concessions and general good will. Men will differ in politics. Some inherit prejudices that are hard to overcome; they can’t readily adapt themselves to the new order <yi things—can't accept the logic of the inevitable. The world rolls over and the Nation makes progress only to leave many behind—not in person but in views. The necessities df today, born of the Nation’s reformation, do not appeal to tiio approval of the men wiio obstructed and who sought to prevent the onward march of events in the line of higher civilization. But the people, as an entirety, are able to meet and discharge every now I uty as it arises. The now generation of roters deploy into the field largely freed from

ancient prejudices, and can be relied on to vote without that degree of prejudice that sways old men whose judgment is perverted by the resentment of defeated ambition or hope deferred or destroyed. There are yet many who are embittered by the loss of property in human slaves; there are thousands who resent the idea that the fallacy of State’s rights, to the extremity of secession, was pro nounced against in the arbitrament of war. Others still are swayed by what they are pleased to call interference with their personal liberty. But the voters just coming to man's estate are free from all this. Imbued with the true spirit of Americanism, it is safe to say that the interests intrusted to them will be sacredly kept. The Nation grows in individuality with every year, the people become more really homogeneous, and their ambition is to secure to America every advantage that advanced civilization and enlightenment affords. In this view the people may rest assured that in the end all will be well, and that after election they may rest on their oars. But there yet remains a duty to every wellwisher of his country. The privilege of voting is a solemn duty, and no good citizen can fail to vote without failing to discharge his obligations to organized society. There must be some choice between candidates and between policies. These should be carefully and conscientiously considered and impartially passed. Since no man is too mean, too wicked to want a vote in elections, no man should be too nice, too good to cast a vote in favor of what he conceives to be best for the Kepublic. The upright man’s vote is the salt of politics, without which its wholesomeness would be destroyed. The upright voter's work must be done on Tuesday next in going to the polls, and not only voting, but in giving his influence to induce others to forego their prejudices and to vote for the good of the country—for those measures conducive to its prosperity, and those men who will honor the offices to which they are named. This done, and the vast army of men can go about their business once more, animated by the feeling that they have discharged their duty as citizens and will continue to enjoy the benefits of good government.

AROUSING SECTARIANISM. In its desperation, the Democratic party seeks to make Mr. Blaine responsible for the declaration of Dr. Burchard, who, in addressing Mr. Blaine last week, among other things said: “We are Republicans and don’t propose to leave our party and identify ourselves with the party whose antecedents have been rum, Romauism and rebellion.’’ The shriek which, by pre-arrangement, the Democratic press has raised over these words indicates the straits to which it is reduced in its attempts to win back the Irish voters who have deserted the Democratic party by thousands, and under the guidance of honored leaders, such as Finerty. Devoy, Ford, Morrison, Scaulan and others, have pronounced with all the ardor of their nature for Blaine and Logan. Mr. Blaine replied courteously to ,the ministers who called on him, but not a word in his reply implies the slightest approval of the improper language used by Dr. Burchard, who has never been accepted as Mr. Blaine’s mouthpiece. It is due also to Dr. Burchard to say that he has promptly disowned the desire to express any hostility to the Roman Catholic Church in what he said. In a campaign such as this, full of excitement and turmoil, no public man is expected to analyze public addresses, and no one but a fool would hold him responsible for the declaration of overzealous partisans. It should be borne in mind that as soon as Dr. Burchard and his friends bad retired, Father O’Neil, of this city, presented a gold-headed cane to Mr. Blaine, expressing at the same time the friendly sentiments which many Catholics profess for the great American statesman. No one supposes that when Mr. Blaine accepted the gift and thanked Father O’Neil in polite terms . that he departed for a moment from the broad, independent position he has held throughout this campaign in regard to all religious denominations. James G. Blaine would not descend to sectarian bate to secure any position, however high. We believe that rather than sneer at his Roman Catholic fellow-citi-zens, he would lose a hundred presidencies, lie is a gentleman in the truest sense of the word, and has never descended to scurrility to assail “rum,” “Romauism,” or even “rebellion.” Mr. Blaine's whole career belies this contemptible attempt to fasten on him hostility to the Catholic, or any church. His own mother was a Roman Catholic, and one of the noblest of his many noble acts is a letter in which he refers in gracuful terms to her honored memory, and refuses to allow any one to assume that because he is a Presbyterian in faith he entertains the slightest animosity to the Catholic denomination. His broad, generous nature revolts at the suggestion of sectarian bate. He is as truly American in that respect as he is when he desires to see the national flag float on the ocean and strives to shield Americau industry from ruinous competition. Throughout his whole career Mr. Blaine has been the fiiend of religious freedom and popular rights. Irrespective of creed, Irishmen have flocked to his standard and that of the gallant Logan, who is an Irishman’s son and inherits the martial ardor and invincible courage of his race. They know that Mr. Blaine has never evinced bigotry throughout iris long and honorable public career. They know that lie enjoys the esteem of Catholic clergymen, who expect no special favor at his hands, but who turn

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with loathing from Cleveland, whose narrow intellect and immoral life should repel churchmen of all denominations. —There might be some force in Dr. Burchard's sneer if the Democratic party were really- in favor of Catholicism. It is notorious that the Know-nothing movement derived its strongest support from Democrats, and that Mr. Grace, when candidate for mayor of New York, ran 20,000 behind the regular Democratic ticket because he was a Roman Catholic. In like manner, and for like reason, did New Y T ork Democrats scratch the name of Francis Kernan when he was a candidate for Governor in 1872. The Republican party alone puts religious equality intopractice, and stands by- its nominees whatever creed they profess. THE PULFiT’S DOTY. The thought recurs, how far may the Christian pulpit go in temporal affairs? how far follow sin outside the pews? Is the duty of the church done when the minister whispers sweet words of comfort to the elect, and does nothing to save the lost, either by counsel or warning? Is the feast of Belshazzar to go on to its disastrous climax, without the finger of God appearing against the palace wall? In days of old, the writing was there, and Daniel, a servant of God—a preacher, if you please—was not afraid to stand up in the midst of the revelers and interpret the direful sentence. It was Belshazzar, a man who despised the church, had nothing to do with it, and was in no wise amenable to it by any pledge or obligation he had taken upon himself, who was cast out of Babylon and suffered the destruction of his city. The great head of the church seems to have interfered with temporal affairs then, and to have overthrown a kingdom whose “polities” he did not sanction. In later times God reached forth from the heavens and struck down one high in office, a man of influence in the government, but whose life was not what it should be. The man, Saul, of Tarsus, deputed to go down to Damascus to bind the heretical Christians, was stricken blind, and a great light shone round about him. The greatest politician of his day was cut down in the zenith of his power. The Savior of men has been compared to a shepherd, that is gentle with his flock, tenderly caring for the lambs, and leading them beside the still waters and making them to lie down in green pastures. Yet it was Jesus, the gentle, the redeemer of men, who, turning aside from His followers, said: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves.” These are strong words, and, doubtless, the scribes and Pharisees did not take kindly to this “unwarranted” interference with them. They must have complained that Ha did not confine himself to ministering to the saved, feeding them the bread of life, and making things pleasant to such people who from any cause had allied themselves with the church. Throughout the Bible we may find instances wherein the prophets of God left the churches and went down among the people to warn and expostulate with them, condemning their sins unsparingly, and pronouncing the wrath of God against them unless they abandoned their iniquities. The destruction of Tyre and Sidon, of Nineveh and of Jerusalem, was predicted because of the sins of those in high places. The political and social sins of princes and kings were proclaimed against in number less instances. Babylon was given over to the sword of Cyrus, not because Cyrus was a church member, or because it would please, or edify, or comfort any who held membership in the church, or who, as interested outsiders, were solicitous lest something unwarranted be done.

It would seem, therefore, that the preachers of to-day have precedent for ‘ ‘meddling with politics,” if speaking against advertised sin can be so termed. It has not yet come to be generally understood that the church dare not rebuke sin except in general terms. If so, then may any body, fresh from liaisons and licentiousness enter even the sanctuary and kneel at the altar to partake of “the body and the blood,” for no man could say him nay. We take it that it is the man of God’s duty to cry down sin wherever found; to speak against, not only murder, but the murderer. Certainly there is ample warrant for such action, and the safety of not only the church but of society, ns distinguished from barbarism, is dependent upon the pulpit's work against sin in all the world. THE SOUTHERN VIEW. Probably the people of the North who were loyal during the war could now meet and converse, on ordinary topics, with General Beauregard, or any other ex-confederate, without being stirred by the old animosities. Even they who bear the soars of wounds received in the first battle of the war, and the friends of those who fell at Manassas and elsewhere, can look with toleration, if not entire forgiveness, upon their old enemies—so long as the latter do not flaunt themselves. To that extent the bitter feelings and hatred rising out of the rebellion are buried. It may be doubted, however, whether Union veterans and the mothers of sons who lie buried in Southern soil are prepared to read with calmness, and in the spirit of meekness and conciliation which the South demands, the story of the battle of Bull Run as told by General Beauregard in the November Century. It is calculated to make the blood boil in the old-time way to hear described, in perhaps an unintentionally boastful way, the methods by which knowl-

edge of the movements of Union troops and the intentions of the government was obtained from Washington. Treach ery among confidential clerks and trusted employes in high places was more than suspected at the time, but the day has not yet arrived when the certainty of such betrayal and the details of its accomplishment can be received with the same absence of feeling with which one reads reports from the Soudan. The placid and assured manner in which Gen. Beauregard asserts that “the moral and material forces actually engaged in the war made our success a moral certainty,” but for the timid policy of Jeff. Davis, is not calculated to soothe the old soldier who believes that he fought for the cause of right, nor the patriot who is so prejudiced as to think the day has not even yet arrived when the moral strength of the country'is in the solid South. A perusal of the Century article will go far to convince the average Northern reader, not of rebel proclivities, that he is not yet “reconstructed” to the degree considered desirable by the unreconciled Southern brethren. MINOR MENTION. Sunday is a good day— To get over the fit of jealousy inspired by the fact that the best skater at the rink was redheaded and freckled. To try to understand why it is that pretty girls neve” “hog” the crossing in muddy weather, and only the snub-nosed and homely fail to “keep to the right.” To realize that only Republican saloon-keep-ers are arrested by the “non-partisan” police, and to exercise charity enough to believe that it is but a coincidence. To make up your mind that the political party that delivered the Nation from dissolution is better fitted to control its affairs than is that organization that fathered the rebellion and defended slavery. To be so patient and loving that, while you realize that Sunday is four-and-a-half times longer than any other day, it won't seem a minute too long, and will close with a well-tempered regret that its restfulness and peace could not continue. To give a serious, patriotic thought to the needs of the Republic, and to resolve to vote for men and measures that will best promote its vast interests. The candidate that can safely pass the Sunday review will do to trust. To rejoice that all men are not seducers, because a seducer so declares in defense of a libertine. There is a vast array of honorable men and virtuous women in this Nation, the salt that saves it from debauchery of savagery and lust. To feel thankful that you are allowed a voice in shaping the political destinies of a great people, and to determine that your voice and influence shall be for good. And, above all, to resolve to vote, realizing that the worse elements of society are ever alert to serve their evil purposes. To realize that you are one week further along on the journey toward the unseen world, and to endeavor to fully appreciate the need of so living and so dying that you may enter upon its mysteries with clean hands and a heart free from the bitterness of evil deeds.

The action last week of the Masonic Grand Lodge ol Ohio, in declaring that the selling of intoxicating drinks should disqualify any one from initiation into any lodge of the society, is creating considerable surprised comment throughout the country, though why this should be is not exactly clear. The universal testimo ny of Masons, when interrogated by outsiders, is to the effect that the teachings of Masonry are not only highly moral but are likewise religious to a degree not surpassed by the churches. Indeed, it is not uncommon to meet with members of the order who regard themselves as absolved from church duties because of their regular attendance at lodge meetings where the same excellent principles are, as they claim, inculcated. The wonder expressed, then, at the decision of the Grand Lodge, seems to indicate either the existence of a widespread doubt as to the truth of these claims or that a large body of people not within the sacred limits of the society are vile scoffers at what is great and good. The honest doubters will naturally inquire why, with their boasted lofty morals, they have never thought to bar out liquor-sellers from their ranks before; while the scoffers will desire to be informed why the men who drink whisky are not dropped also. Whatever the explanation may be, however, the one step of the Grand Lodge in the direction of temperance will commend the order to many persons who have hitherto been able to see no purpose in it other than a present wish for hilarious social enjoyment, and a future intention of the members to have brass bands at their funerals. The first stop taken, others in the same direction may follow. A helpless world sometimes gets its revenge upon the funny man, but it is seldom that retribution overtakes that peculiar style of humorist whose stock in trade lies in grotesque and hideous contortions of his countenance. Fate is apt to be frightened away from such individuals, but one case is at last reported where the guilty man did not escane. Ho lives in Pennsylvania, and his name is Cole. Cole is, or, was, a jolly soul, who has a wide local reputation as a humorist derived lrom liis skill in facial contortion. Cole went on a hunting expedition with two companions the other day, and to entertain them while they rowed a boat across a lake he began to screw his face into unnatural shapes. Ho screwed it so far that he threw his jaw out of joint and remained with his mouth wide open. The good natured companions thought this a peculiarly ludicious grimace and laughed heartily. They laughed even more vociferously when, after a long time, Colo succeeded in explaining that he could not get his mouth shut. They laughed as they guided him leisurely over a somewhat circuitous road to a distant doctor. The doctor set the dislocated jaw, explaining at the same time that it would not be well for several weeks and would probably remain in such a concondition that it could not be “monkeyed” with in future. And then Cole’s friends laughed again and have not yet recovered from their hilarity. As for tlio contortionist, having no proper sense of humor, he fails to enjoy the joke. The daughter of thelate general Meade, of the United States army, is at present an inmate of the Home for the Friendless in St. Paul. Minn., being in extremely reduced circumstances through no fault of her own. A year or two since she was a widow with considerable property. While spending a season in Paris Bhe met an attractive young man calling himself Moon, who was represented to her as an entirely correc* and worthy American gentleman. After a rather brief acquaintance she married hi m and, returning to this country, the couple went to

Minnesota to reside. Last summer Mr. Lodge, a resident of Dublin, Ireland, who chanced to be in St. Paul, met Mr. “Moon” and recognized him as one McAfee who had married and deserted his (Lodge's) sister, who was still living in Dublin. McAfee was arrested and has just been sentenced to a term of three years in State's prison for bigamy; but before his duplicity was discovered ho had succeeded in making way with all his second wife's money. Joseph Marco, of Caledonia, Minn., had served about six years in the State prison on a life sentence for murder, when he fell sick, and on report of the physician that he was dying of consumption was pardoned by the Governor. Once free Marco recovered from his ill health with astonishing rapidity, but was no sooner ready to enjoy life than he was arrested on another old charge of murder. After his arrest he failed again in health, and was soon so reduced that he was carried into court by two offi cers to make a plea of not guilty. He continued to grow worse until a suspicious doctor began to investigate, and found that the prisoner was feeding upon hard soap, cakes of which he carried in his pockets. Since being deprived of this daintv, Marco has once more become robust, and it is anticipated that he will be able, not only to stand trial, but to spend another series of years in the penitentiary without physical inconvenience. Reverend Dr. McDonald, of Atlanta, is greatly disturbed in his mind over the conduct of the New York ministers who called upon Mr. Blaine, for the purpose of assuring him of their moral support Says the reverend doctor: “No intelligent man can conceive it possible that the Divine Redeemer would or could have been associated with such a crowd for such a purpose. I could just as readily think of him being with John Brown at Harper's Ferry, or at the firing of the first gun on Sumter.” If the excellent but misguided Dr. McDonald should be informed not only that the thousand intelligent clergymen who waited upon Mr. Blaine believed that the Lord was with them, but that they are one and all of the opinion that the soul of John Brown is actually “marching on” in glory, he would doubtless be ready to lie down and die. And yet such are the cold fact3. Commenting on the killing of a Brooklyn hoodlum by a young schoolboy, who turned upon his tormenter and pursuer with a pocket-knife and stabbed him, in self-defense, the New York Commercial Advertiser says that, in spite of its boasted reform administration, Brooklyn is the worst-governed city in the Union. Gangs of halfgrown ruffians constantly roam the streets, undisturbed by the police, and make the lives of children, and particularly of decently-dressed and well-behaved lads, miserable by their outrageous attacks. The paper adds, however, that “the civil-service examinations are carefully conducted in Brooklyn, and it is believed that every street sweeper there can spell ‘parallel’ with the proper number of l's. ” Mr. George William Curtis should move to Brooklyn at once, and observe the workings of his beloved system.

A New Jersey woman, whose husband is a railway engineer, went down to the station at train time the other day, armed with a rawhide, and artistically “flaxed out” the wives of two of her neighbors who were accustomed to flirt with her spouse. Besides disposing of her two enemies, she also put to flight several impertinent persons who endeavored to interfere. One masepline witness to the scene walked away, saying: “I hereby renounce Belva Lockwood. Petticoat government is too aggressive for me.' Beiva’s followers are really not thoughtful about such little matters. It is understood that New Jersey women are unanimous for Belva, and this one doubtless regrets that she dill not postpone her whipping matinee until a day after the election. Scene in Indianapolis school, Friday: Dramatis personae, teacher and primary geography class. The topic being New York State, the city of Buffalo was mentioned. The teacher then asked, “What man prominent before the people lives at Buffalo?" A dozen hands went uo, and one little fellow evidently anxious to air his knowledge, was asked, “Well who is it?” The reply was prompt and proud, “Buffalo Bill!” The gravity of the teacher was well-nigh upset, but seeing another hand still waving, she concluded to give the second boy a chance. “You may tell.” “His name ain’t Buffalo Bill,” he exclaimed; “it is Mr. Buffalo. ” That settled it. A milliner of East Liverpool, Ohio, who lost her voice twelve years ago, and has since conducted her business by means of pantomime, suddenly recovered the use of her vocal organs, a day or two since, when one of her assistants spilled a bottle of ink on some satins and velvets. Her first words, uttered in a stentorian voice “Deni you, girl”—had the effect of frightening everybody out of her shop. They came hack, however, and she immediately began to tell them that her bonnets and hats were imported, and were of the very latest New York styles, and to put up the prices until the shoppers wished she had remained dumb until the dull season set in. Mu. Labouchkre is not pleased with our own Mary Anderson, and speaks disnaragingly and disrespectfully of her Juliet He says her appearance in that character will prove the most absolute fiasco any London theater has ever seen, and that at best Mary is but a passably good looking American miss. Mr. Labouclierc's displeasure is attributed to the fact that Miss Anderson declines to attend his Bohemian parties. The real trouble seems to be that, unlike most actresses, American or otherwise, Miss Anderson is literally a miss, and is not possessed of several husbands and a disposition in consequent accord with Bohemianism. That Governor Cleveland has a sister who is a frequent contributor to the “Christian at Work” is, to tho mind of the Springfield Republican, evidence to show that he is not a bad man. This excellent reasoning is only married by tne fact that Sir. Cleveland is not a good man. If the sister had only addressed her communications to her brother, ho might now be a Christian at work himself. For the sake of the Republican’s argument it seems a pity that this was not the case. The engagement ring, to conform to the latest agony, should be a sapphire, with a diamond on each side. The engagement is usually tho latest thing preliminary to tho ring and must be the agony referred to. Signor Pasqcalinq Brignoli is dead. He was not a thing of beauty, but the echoes of his silvery voice will, to the many who have heard him, remain as a joy forever. The son!:; of the old residents of Atlanta must be stirred mournfully within them by sad recollections of “days forever past,” when they read the reports of a suit now in progress iu a court in that city over a note given thirty yeara ago

In payment for a slave woman "Emma.” Th woman died years ago and there are no mor* slaves to barter for other notes. The reflection Is harrowing to the hearts of those who dwell not in the present but in memories of the halcyon days "befo' the wah.” BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT. Montkfiore means ‘‘hill of flowers.’* Celery shipments from Kalamazoo now average forty tons per day. It is said that all the Presidents of the United State# have had blue eyes except General Harrison—and h# didn't live long. In the twenty years ending In 1883 the lottery players of Italy turned into the royal treasury $275,000.000. Count Cavour called the lottery “the tas on fools.” A churgh bell at Saratoga recently rang 104 times one stroke for each year of its existence. This is the only instance on record where the age of a Saratoga belle has been tolled. Excavations are of daily occurrence on the battlefield of Austerlitz, with the view of finding certai* boxes containing a million of francs, said to have bee# buried there by Napoleon’s generals. Baltimore Herald: A Kentucky man recently threw a glass of water in a friend's face and instantly killed him. It is supposed that a few drops of the fluid entered his mouth and were swallowed. When playing Lady Macbeth, Bernhardt, alway# kept to the literal historic accuracy of the piece, and appeared on the stage with her feet as heaven fashioned them—an exploit attempted by no one else. An ingenious woman has devised a plan for gettin# satisfaction even from her spouse’s sonorous snores. When he gets well under way she ties a mouth haft; monicou under his nose, and she declares the music is lovely. The gold medal which was given some 3*ears ago to the widow aud sons of John Brown and has sine* been deposited in the bank at San Jose, Cal., is to be sent to Owen Brown, the son now living, at the age of sixty, on Put-in-Bay island. Lake Erie. The fire-engines in Italian cities are still the same little hand-pumps used in the beginning of this century; not a single steam fire-engine exists on the peninsula, owing to the rarity of fires, but a movement is now on foot to introduce steam engines ac cording to American style. A dealer in cod-liver oil in Marseilles advortise# that his fish are caught in a safe and quiet harbor, where marine monsters cannot enter to frighten them into diseases of the liver. “They live there,” he says, in peace and comfort; their lives are healthy, and this is why my cod-liver oil is the best." An English surgeon says that shaving is a deadly practice, and if steadily indulged in shortens life by several years; and Arabs believe that washing the face is simply au indirect form of suicide. It is not, therefore, without reason that the tramp looks with noble scorn upon these practices of a degenerate civilize tion. An old soldier writes to the London Truth that the survivors of Havelock’s column, which saved the presidency of Lucknow, with the loss of sixty officer# and seven hundred men, have never received a clasp. Truth asks if this does not contrast strangely with the medals and decorations “which have been lavished upon troops in Egypt for putting to flight a few trembling fellahs." The people of New Orleans are alarmed lest the Mississippi river shall some day make a headlong rush to the Gulf through the Atchafalaya and leave the city au island town. The steady enlargement of the Atchafalaya is viewed with grave apprehension, as such a deflection would irreparably injure not only Now Orleans, but all the plantations between that city and the mouth of the river. “Foe my own part,” writes John Fiske, “I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the 9ense ie which I accept the demonstrable truths of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work.” “Coming from Mr. Fiske,” remark* the Boston Transcript, “this is surely a remarkable statement, for Darwin wrote of ‘the vague and contradictory probabilities’ of a future life.” This is the reason why cats wash their faces after meals: A cat caught a sparrow, and was about to devour it, but the sparrow said: “No gentleman eat# me till he has first washed his face." The cat. struck with this remark, set the sparrow down and began to wash his face with his paw. but the sparrow flew away. This vexed puss exceedingly, and he said: “As long as I live I will oat first and wash roy fac# afterward.” Which all cats do to this day. When both parents have eyes of the same color 88 per cent, of the children follow their parents in this feature, and of the 12 per cent, born with eyes other than the parental color a part must be attributed to intermittent heredity. More females than males havo black or brown eyes in the proportion of 49 to 45. With different colored eyes in the two yarents, 53 per cent, of the children follow the fathers in being darkeyed, and t>o per cent, follow their mother in being dark-eyed. Herds of elephants usually consist of from thirty to fifty individuals; but much larger numbers, oven upward of one hundred, are by no means uncommon. A herd is always led by a female, never by a male. In localities where fodder is scarce a large herd usually divides into parties of from ten to twenty. These remain at some little distance from each other, but all take part in any common movement, such as a march into another tract of forest. These separate parties are family groups, consisting of old elephants with their children and grandchildren. Most people in this country pronounce the word “been” to rhyme with “sin” or “din.” In England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Nova Scotiai and south Africa, it is made to rhyme with “seen" and “between." Where did the Americans get their pronunciation of this word? A traveler who has been looking into the matter has discovered that this queer pronunciation originated in Lincolnshire, England, and the old local usage has not been driven out to thir day. It is said that many of ihe Lincolnshire pro viucialisms were transported to this country, whorl they took root and flourished. The Russian government has forbidden the use ol the names of members of the imperial family by any but first-class steamers, it being held to be an offenss against the Emperor to call a dirty cargo boat Alexander 111. The chief of the St. Peteisburg police haa also ordered the proprietors of all hotels, restaurant! aud tea houses to romove the portraits of the Emperoi and other members of the imperial family from theii public rooms, because their customers do not alwayi show the proper respect to the representations of thl imperial features by taking off their hats immediately ou entering and leaving the premises. One of the phenomenal literary successes of rece#? years is Liaine’s “Twenty Years of Congress.” Tljj author thought that an edition of 50,000 copiej vrould be very large, while his more satiguine publishers placed tho sale at 100,000. The reality has sur* passed them both. More than 200,000 copies of thl first volume have been sold, and it is thought that another 50,000 copies will be needed to fully satisfy the demand. The book has been sold on its merits, for it was got up in costly style, but with nothing meretricious to catch purchasers. It is about the only instauce on record in this country of a politician writing history without a trace of partisan feeling in it, and we have no doubt that this is the chief cause of it# great circulation. A New You.K paper thus relates one of tho incidents of the great dog show which has just closed in that city: ‘Mrs. Charles Wheatleigh, who has kept faithful watch for the last three days over the pug which she has on exhibition, was happy and contented last night, for the blue ribbon waved over the, keimel of her pet Tu-Tu. When the pugs were judged the first prize was awarded to Punch, owned by John Hammond, and the second prize to Mrs. Wheatleigh s Tu-tu. Mrs. Wheatleigh entered <t protest against the awaid. claiming that Punch had been ‘doctored up ’ Upon examination it was found that a white spot oh Punch'd bre£-t had been dyed to oorre S pond wij)i the rest of the body. Tbo j° b bwm <lo “ m nicely that TiWj’idtres wore obliged us ® a scope to detect the fraud.*