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when General Grant said “no* he did not mean “yeV anil no one ever thought of overpersuading him. It has been falsely reported that Grant used Jiro'ane languace when among his boon companona. Never, from the beginning of the war to its close, it is believed, did he utter a profane oath. His personal staff were unanimous in testifying that they not only never heard him swear, but that he never was guilty of vulgarity. In these respects he was singularly pore in mind —unlike many military men of note. At the battle of Ohattanooga the writer had opportunity of teeing the great commander in the excitement of the fight He was unlike Roseerans in the habit of general display. He had few staff officers about him for mere ornament Grant and his staff were often dismounted and quietly standing in Fort Wood. He did not turn to hi* adjutant general, and, with ages tore, give his commands in a loud voice, but, dropping on one knee, would take out his pocket order book and write his own order in pencil. There was a bright and intelligent look upon his face as he asked a question or two for further information when a staff officer reported from a distant part o." the field: he was never brusque or offensively abrupt with subordinate officers. His demeanor was kindly. On that day he seemed clearly alive to the situation and to require little explanation; his orders were promptly given; he seemed to trust his more immediate subordinates, Sherman, Thomas, Howard, Hooker, Sneridan, and to expect the results which followed hi 9 orders and the consequent movements. There was grandeur in the very scenerj'; grandeur in the military achievements—the sublimitj’ of a great victory. Grant rose to the occasion, as he had done before, and ns he did afterward in the groat battles in Virginia. One element of his greatness was his equanimity. And now in these last lingering, soul-trying days does not that same calm, self mastering steadiness of spirit show itself/ Others nmy give a different analysis of the character of the great hero; but to many who have beeu near him this supreme quality will be attributed to his unwavering "faith in the Unseen. Faith has had a large place in his character—faith in others, faith in himself, faith in God. fiK ANT ON Til K POTOMAC. Dll Hold Upon the Soldiers—lncidents of tlie Wilderness Campaign. G. K . in Bouton Journal. ‘•The Army of the Potomac is a fine one, and has shown the highest courage. Still, I think it has never fought its battles through.” This is what General Grant is reported to have said upon his arrival in Washington in March, 1864. lu the light of history the remark was a true one. It also bespoke the character of the man, for when fighting had once begun in the Wilderness on the sth of May, it never really ended until the surrender at Appomatox. The glorioa*K>ld Array of the Potomac thus demonstrated to the world that all it had needed during its rag years of hard fighting and comparative failire, was a leader imbued with its spirit. The mo were ready, but they never had until now a chief who could fight battles through to decisive results. General Grant came to us on the 24th of March, while we lay in and around Co’pepper Court- house. The regiment to which the writer belonged was then a part of the Second Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps. The First Corps had been consolidated with the Fifth, and the gallant General Warren was in command. Our camp was about two miles from Culpepper, in which village Grant established his headquarters. Two (lays after his arrival ho reviewed our corps. Such was our introduction to the hero of Fort Dotielson and Vicksburg. After the review was over the men gathered in little groups about, the camp-fires and dis cussed the new commander. The tenor of comment, as n**ar as I can remember, was in the -t—f jrtfiat o? confidence, but the belief seemed to be quite general that t-lie Western armies, under Grant, had not up to that time been called upon to faee such brave troops and such skillful generalship as bad ♦he Army of the Potomac. “Let him try Lee awhile,” remarked one soldier, somewhat derisively. “He’ll sing a different tune inside of three months." We were not then fully aware of the persistent and systematic fighting habits of our new General, although we were familiar, of course, with his brilliant career in the West But somehow we seemed to think that other qualities than those he had already shown were needed to fit him to cope with Lee, particularly that of greater stx-ategic skill. . This was the natural outcome of our belief that we had borne harder knocks than had our Western brethren. But we soon learned that Grant could plan as well as our adversary, and fight as well, too, and as the army of the Potomac turned southward after its bloody repulse in the Wilderness all caviling ceased", and a feeling of entire confidence took possession of the men. It was to be a hard campaign, but it promised to put au end to the war, and that was what we wanted. The whole situation was summed up in a remark lhi heard upon every hand: “It’s to be a Kilkenny fight, but our cat has got the longest tail.” I distinctly remember the good impression I got of Grant one beautiful April day in Culpepper, when, having a day of liberty. I sallied iortn to get a peep at him, and waited for hours . bout his headquarters until he should show moelf. He came out finally, and sat down in rat of the house, and, walking slowly by sev•al times, l was able to study his face almost as uch as I wished to. He was smoking, of iirse, and, to my mind, bore more of the api -arance of a man spending a few days’ leisure ra the conntry than of a ereat commander charged with a mighty responsibility. Ho was in undress uniform, and bad I not seen him at the review, and thus become somewhat familiar with his face, I would not have been able to distinguish him from others about the house. He •was even less pretentious than many of his staff. While I was passing for the last time ho called his orderly and ordered his horse to be saddled. His tone and manner were so unaffected and natural that I became delighted with the man, and hurried back to camp to tell mv comrades. “Well.” said one, “that’s all well enough, but trhat do you think of him, anvwayt" My reply was something like this: “To tell the truth, hoys, there isn't much style about him, but he's a man of business; you can depend on that” Grunt always rode a blooded horse, and his •taff and other followers found it difficult at times to keep up with him. The Thirteenth Massachusetts Kegiment, attached to the first brigade of our division, which passed the winter of 64 at Mitchell s Station, relate with mueh gusto an incident which occurred when they were reviewed. The brigade was in line waiting when off in the distance they beheld a solitary horseman coming at break neck speed. As he drew near the commander of the brigade saw that it was Grant “Attention!” he cried, and the order was instantly obeyed. Grant rode at slightly reduced speed down in front, drums were beaten, arms presented and flags were lowered, and then he was off again as rapidly as became. By-and by Meade and his stiff came along, their horses panting, and rode methodi rally down the lina As the last one reached the left of the regiment tho men burst out into aloud laugh. Early in the evening of the first day’s fight in the Wilderness we received a small accession to •ur membership in the shape of a detachment which bad been guarding a signal station upon Garnett's Mountain. One of the men was the writer's brother, and as the all-absorbing subject among us was Grant* 1 proceeded right away to enlighteu his darkened understanding, supposing him to be ignorant of the personal appearance. at any rate, of our great leader. “I'm not ao green as you suppose, ” said he. And he then proceeded to tell us how he and tho men in the detachment, while stumbling about in the forest n search of the regiment, had accidentally ucouutered the hero from the West They vd seen a man sitting upon the ground, whit rag and smoking, and iny brother, who was in iurgo of the detachment, asked the silent hittler as to the wfiercabouts of Itobinson s * vision. In the coarse of the conversation he that the man was Grant himself, although he bad not mistrusted it on his ap proaeb from the unpretentious surroundings. The General kindly directed him to the division, and was very cordial in his maimer. From that time forward my brother became an enthusiastic admirer of Grant At one time during the fierce fighting in the Wilderness our division was moved to the right to help check ao avanre of the enemy. When we arrived at the threatened point, the troops were in some confusion, and one gun of a battery •ras being slowly hauled to the rear. The o fficer

in charge was weeping as though his heart would break. **Oh, my guns, my guns!” said he. “They have taken toy guns!” Then he appealed to us to help him. Just then Grant rode up. The officer turned to the General, and begged him to send in a division of infantry to recapture his lost guns. Grant addressed the officer in a reassuring way, saying: “Never mind. Let them have them. It would cost more men than they are worth to get them back again.” Before me lies a letter which I wrote to a friend at home amid the roar of battle at Spottsylrania Court House. It is dated May 18. 1864. It was written with a pencil, and is now scarcely legible, but I can read enough of it to see that it speaks in enthusiastic praise of Grant. It relate* the incidents of the march from Robinson's Tavern in the Wilderness to Spottsylvania, and says that Grant, and Meade, and Warren rode at the head of out regiment all night. We left Robinson's Tavern at 9p. M., and on the way passed Hancock's men sleeping on their arms. The men were aroused from slumber by the clatter of hoofs, the tramping of feet and the rattle of dippers and side arms, and as we told them we bad Grant on ahead the broke out into load cheers all along the line. Grant is reported to have said that the cheering would “pay the rebels for their yells the night before. ” Before daylight the next morning we overtook the cavalry, skirmishing with the enemy at Todd’s Tavern. A horseman rode out of the forest and cried out to Adjutant Wehrutn: “What regiment is this?” ‘"The Twelfth Massachusetts.” “Order them to deploy on the left of the road. What regiment conies next?" “The Ninth New York,” “Order them to deploy on the right of the road.” “By whose order/" asked the Adjutant. “Sheridan!” replied the horseman, as he rode away as rapidly as he came. I shall never forget how sharply each word was bit off by the fiery cavalry leader—Grant's able lieutenant —or how impatiently he cried, “Quick, quick,” as he disappeared among the trees. On the march to Hanover Court house a man belonging to the Thirteenth Massachusetts was walking by the roadside while Grant and his staff were passing. The man had an old coffee-pot in his hand filled with water. The coffee-pot was covered with grease and soot, and looked anything but inviting. Grant sangout: “Gotsome pood water there, my man? ’ “Yes, sir,” replied the soldier; “I can recommend the water, but not the receptacle. ” “Oh, that’s all right,” said Grant, in a pleasant way; “the water is just as good.” And he raised the old black coffee-pot to his lips and drank as heartily as though it were a silver goblet It was tho simplicity of General Grant, as displayed in the incidents noted above, and in many more that might be told, as well a* his great generalship, that endeared him to his soldiers. THE GISANT KELICS. A Varied and Costly Collection, Full of Historic Interest, New York Commercial Advertiser. The noble feature of General Grant’s library, in Wie rear of the drawing room, is a large cabinet of antique oak, with shelves laden with various choice and more or less costly gifts presented to the General during and since the war for the Union. No piece of furniture in the United States of America contains a display of curiosities at once so flattering to the owner and so rich in historic interest. Among six or eight gold-headed canes, the most interesting is one given by the ladies of Baltimore, and formerly owned by the Marquis do Lafayette, with whose name, as well as with General Grant's, it is inscribed, bearing also the farther inscription: “Presented to Gen. U. S. Grant, by the ladies of Baltimore, Fortibus honor.’’ It is unneccessarv to state that the General has always cherished this interesting gift with special affection. By its side lies the handle of another cane, which was broken off years ago at Washington during a struggle with a lunatic. The General’s use of that instrument as a weapon was exceedingly dexterous, and resulted iu the speedy discomfiture of his assaiiiant. In this cabinet are to be seen several small, oblong caskets, containing the freedom of the principal cities of England, Ireland and Scotland; formally presented to General Grant durirg his late visit to those countries. The handsomest, most costly and most elaborate is the goid one offered by the corporation of the city of London. At one end is a figure-of Liberty, w ith the United States coat-of-arms; at the other, the figure of Britannia, similarly treated. Very clever repousse work represents St. James’s Palace on one side and the Capitol of Washington on the other side, accompained by the legends, “Dominie dirige nos” and “E pluribus uuutn.” The freedom of the city of Dublin was presented in a small hex of boxwood, set with emeralds, amethysts and other precious stones, bound with gold, trad mounted on wheels. On the inside of the wooden box containing the freedom of Stratford on-Avon, aninscription informs tho spectator that the trophy was “made from mulberry wood from the tree planted by Shakespeare at New Place, Stratford-on-Avon.” A silver casket, with much repousse decoration, is engraved with the announcement, “The city of Edinburg to Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1877.” A silver repousse casket, gilded, contains tho freedom of the city of Glasgow. “We have had our boxes gilded just for a little change," said the chan man of the committee of arrangements to General Grant. All these caskets are small, the largest of them not exceeding eight inches in length, four inches in width and six inches in height, and contain parchment scrolls, carefully engrossed, in which the freedom of the several cities is regularly and conventionally bestowed. At Stratford on-Avon Mrs. Grant received a beautiful album, filled with photographs of interesting scenery. The “Royal Burgh of Ayr,” not to be outdone by the cities, contributed a casket also. This oaken cabinet contains, besides the sword presented to General Grant by his staff officers after the battle of Shiloh, the sword presented by subscribers assembled at the Sanitary Fair in New York City during the war for the Union, the sword presented by the General's friends in Jo. Davies county Illinois, with a circle of diamonds around the end of the golden scabbard, the body decorated with Moorish designs, alternating with the names of battles in which the General was victorious, ft is a beautiful object. Tho gold medal voted in Congress “by a grateful country,’’ after the opening of tho Mississippi through the capture of Port Hudson and Vicksburg, is preserved in a golden casket. Upon the top is a ert.np of cannon covered by flags, surmounted by the American eagle. A small plain table of gold is a miniature sac simile of the table on which General Lee signed the articles of capitulation in the presence of General Grant. The lower shelf presents a varied and inviting array of meerschaum pipes and cigar-holders, in the midst of which repose a gold-enameled cigar case and tobacco bowl, presented by the King of Siam. Seven or eight honorary medals, attached to ribbons, and intended to be worn as decorations on tin. breast, are conspicuous attractions. A marble bust of General Grant, presented by the workmen of a well-known marble-cutting establishment, stands on a pedestal in tho front room; and in the library hangs a medallion representing, cheek to cheek, the heads of Washington, Lincoln and Grant. The dining room is simply and quite charmingly furnished iu white oak, with the General's monogram stamped on the baeks of the chairs. The visitor goes away from the house with the impression that, many and valuable as are the testimonials in it to the General's worth, they are not nearly so many nor so valuable as might justly have been expected or as certainly would have been found at tho residence of a successful foreign soldier—the Duke of Wellington, for instance. Pronunciation Settled Writer in Atlanta Constitution. I had a call from Mr. George W. Cable, the other day. and asked him for the pronunciation of his books. “The GramUssiuies,” he said, “is pronounced ‘Grandisseemes.’ The "iss i roe'of the Latin is Gallicized by the Creole who Gallicizes everything. Dr. Sevier is pronounced ‘Seveer,’ and was formerly written ‘Xavier,’ as I learned from members of tbo family in Tennessee. " ■ ■■■ ■■ 1 —— • Valuable News. Minneapolis Tribune. Minneapolis people have already made several small fortunes out of the war news from Afghanistan Educated and Experienced. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is prepared by C. L. Hood & Cos., apothecaries, Lowell, Mass., who h*ve a thorough knowledge of pharmacy, and many years practical experience in the business. It is prepared with the greatest skill and care, under the direction of the men who originated it Hence Hood's Sarsaparilla may be depended upon as a thoroughly pure, honest and reliable medicine.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1885.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States. The Inquiry as to the Death of Magdalen Bruckner—Accidental Killing of a Logansjiort Merchant—Gleanings. INDIANA. Continuation of the Inquiry Into the Death of Magdalen Bruckner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Muncie, April 13. —Excitement resulting from the mysterious death of Magdalen Bruckner, on Saturday morning, increases rather than diminishes, and circumstances seem more clearly to indicate that she came to her death by foul means. The coroner's inquest was continued to-day. The testimony of William Bruckner, the husband, was taken. It was in direct contradiction to the ante-mortem statement of the dead woman, whose last words were, “Bill poisoned me.** He still insists that she prepared the deadly dose, and after trying in vain to induce him to drink, drank it herself, stating at the time that jt was the last drink she would ever take, and that she would leave him “to associate with the woman he liked better.” She referred to a woman of bad reputation with whom Bruckner is said to have been too friendly to please the wife. The attention showo this young- lady by Bruckner aroused the jealousy of his wife, and many brawls and domestic dissensions were the result, one of the worst of which occurred the night before she drank the fatal cup, It is suspected that the girl above referred to knows more about the cause of the death of Magdalen than she would care to have made public. The intimate relation existing between her and Buckner gives rise to the keenest suspicions, and both are kept under surveillance. The grand jury is now in session, and will closely and searchingly investigate the matter before adjourning. In the meantime the coroner’s investigation proceeds. No arrests have been made. Death from a Pistol-Shot Wound. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, April 13.—John Saulsbury died this morning, at the city hospital, from tho effects of a pistol wound inflicted on Saturday by Wm. Butler. Saulsbury .ai been working on he farm of C. R. Bemeut, on Diamond island, a few miles below here. Deep enmity has for sometime existed between him and Butler, who is a foreman on the farm. On Saturday Saulsbury was ordered to do something, and refused, at the same time applying a vile epithet to Butler. The latter drew a pistol and shot Saulsbury, the ball passing through the left arm and into the breast near the heart. The wounded man was brought here, where he received medical attendance, but without success. Butler is not yet under arrest, but will be brought up tomorrow. Accidental Killing of A. T. Skinner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Logansport, April 13.—This community was shocked to-day by the announcement that A. T. Skinner, a well-known grain merchant, had killed himself. He was cleaning a shotgun, when the weapon was accidentally discharged, the load lodging in his abdomen. He lived but a few minutes. He was a young man of fa.mily, and came here from Mexico, this eight years ago. He carried SIO,OOO life insurance; $5,000 in the Travelers'Accident and the same amount in the Penn Mutual. Death Bather than Arrest. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Monticello, April 13. —Rudolph Kepher, who wounded a constable in Jackson township, Saturday, with a pitchfork, attempted to commit suicide this morning. It appears that the old man locked himself up in the house and defied every one, holding the officers at bay, until this morning, when he sent for a ’squire and learned that he would be put in jail if he surrendered. He then went up stairs and shot himself in the head, inflicting a fatal wound. He was still alive at last reports. Death of Dr. Alfred Patton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, April 13. —News of the death of Dr. Alfred Patton, formerly a citizen of this place and for a number of years identified with the State University, trustee of the public schools and associate editor of the Vincennes Sun, was received yesterday. The event occurred on Sunday, at Ferry, Miss. Suicide of an Insane Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincennes, April 13.—Monroe Snyder, a son of John C. Snyder, a farmer in Sullivan county, on Sunday, in a.fit of mental aberration, committed suicide in the -woods near by his residence, in the vicinity of Paxton, about twenty-three miles north of this city. He leaves a widow. A Broken “Bucket-Shop. M Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, April 13.—The “bucket-shop” which has been in successful operation here for some months past has gone under, leaving numerous speculators to mourn over the departure of advanced margins. The prospector has left for other fields. Minor Notes. A. J. Farris, of Rockport. has been sent to the penitentiary for five years for forgery. The Democrats of Danville have by vote decided in favor of Archibald P. Pounds for postmaster. Dr. T. C. McCrea, for fifty two years a prominent and respected citizen of Logansport, died yesterday. A printer named McCarthy is under arrest at Seymour for stealing sl3 from the office of the Daily Business. The man killed on the J., M. & I. road, near Jeffersonville, has been fonnd to have been Moffett Colter, of Frankfort. Ky. A mail sack thrown off at Seyraonr from the J., ML & I. mail car on Saturday night was taken from the platform and rifled of its contents. Mrs. Sarah M. Tipton, of Logansport, widow of the late George T. Tipton, has died after an illness of several months. Her funeral will be held to day. Charles Brown, Edward Emmett and Michael Kelly, three United States prisoners, arrested while robbing the postoffico at Jeffersonville, have escaped from the jail at New Albany. The Democrats, of Greenfield nominated a city ticket la*t night, as follows: For mayor, A. J. Herron; marshal, Benjamin Porter; treasurer, James A Flipp: clerk, J. Quinn Johnson; eouncilmen, Ebenezer Tyner, Fielding Scott, and Thomas Todd. The Republicans will hold their convention next week. ILLINOIS. A Safe Blown Open aiul Four Hundred Dollars In Cash Secured. Special to tbo Indianapolis Journal. Marshall, April 13.—This morning at 3 o’clock a heavy explosion was heard, seemingly near the southwest corner of the square. It proved to be at John Black’s grocery store, where all the front windows were shattered to piece*. On entering the etoro it was found the safe had

been blown open. Over S4OO in money was secured besides several notes. A considerable quantity of goods was damaged by the ex plosion. The total loss was above S6OO. Proceedings of the Legislature. Springfield, 111., April 13. —1n the House, this morning, only a few members were present Suitable joint resolutions were adopted relative to the death of Representative Shaw, and a committee, consisting of Senators Darnell and Snyder, and Representatives Longford, Gray and Humphrey, was appointed from the House. The House then took a recess till 11:55. No business was done in the Senate, except to concur in the joint resolution relative to the death of Representative Shaw. In the joint assembly, 13 senators and 43 representatives answered the roll-cad. Mr. Morrison received 19 votes; Dr. Robbins of Quincy, 2; John C. Black, 1. The session then adjourned. Strike of Coal Miners. Stbeator, April 13. —At a meeting of several hundred miners here this afternoon it was decided not to accept a reduction of five cents per ton, making tho rate seventy cents for summer and eighty cents for winter. The result is a strike of about 1,000 miners, employes of the Vermillion Coal Company. Brief Mention. The body of Joseph Riddlack, who has been missing for six weeks, has been found in the river at Joliet. A. Toole, foreman of Bradner, Smith & Co.’s paper-mill at Rockton, was caught on a shaft and whirled around forty times before the machinery could be stopped. His clothing was torn nearly off, and his head and face were pounded against the stone wall. His skull is fractured in two places and three ribs and his jaw are broken. He has a “cast iron" constitution, and the physicians think he may recover, in spite of his terrible injuries. WAITING FOR THE FACTS. [Concluded from First Page.] sel completed that could get within range of the long-range guns of European floets before she would be knocked out of the water. It is said by the same authority that the Russian government has offered to buy of Mr. Roach the three cruisers—Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, and to take them just as they are, if the United States government does not want them. The Atlanta is so far advanced that she could be gotten ready for sea within three weeks, if necessary. Secretary Whitney is absent, and those in authority decline absolutely to speak upon the subject of Mr. Roach’s letter. There is a precedent for releasing a contractor from his contract in a similar case. In 1867 Congress passed an act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to turn over to the builder the ship Dunderberg, on payment of all money expended upon her. THE EFFECT UPON TRADE. America Will Not Reap All the Benefit Resulting from War. London, April 13.—The Bullionist says the imminence of war will provoke a lively discussion us to the probable effect upon American trade. All American securities have advanced upon the assumption that grain shipments must immeasurably increase, and that otherwise an important stimulus must be given in various directions. Before following the movement too readily, it would be well to inquire into the relations of trade between the two countries. So far as wheat is concerned, which seems to form the main point on which the more hopeful feeling of tho speculators is based, it should be remembered that there are other important sources of supply. To say nothing of what can be drawn from Australia, the growth of wheat and corn in India has developed in a measure to make us almost careless of what America can do. The visible supply of grain in the United States is at the present time large, while the stocks in Great Britain are moderate. This, it may be said, favors the theory upon which American securities have latterly risen, but as a set off, the quality o£ the American growth is not exactly suitable to our requirements. What is principally wanted is red wheat, and it is perfectly well-known that the bulk —say eighteenths of the supply afloat —consists of white. Under these circumstances, then, it is difficult to imagine that our cousins across the Atlantic can very successfully compete with India and Australia both of whom occupy unquestionably a position of advantage in at least the point of quality. It is the universal impression among London financiers that both the banks and outside markets are considered unusually well prepared for all contingencies implied by a state of war. A BAD CREDITOR. Tlie Closeness, Meanness, and Injustice of the General Government. Washington Letter in Cleveland Leader. Os all creditors the government is the closest, meanest and most unscrupulous. It never pays a debt unless the mau of whom it borrows has a cast-iron contract in writing, and for services rendered it in all hours of need, without such a contract, it will laugh iu the giver’s face, and refuse him the pittance which may keep him from the poor-house. No Scrooge, with, all of his hard fisted, stony-hearted miserliness! No Ralph Niekleby with his cruel heartedness, could rival the United States government in its business dealings. It keeps its debtors out of their money for generations, and when at last it does pay them, being forced, it throws the money at them as you would a bone to a dog, retaining the interest and taking advantage of every quibble of the law. Look at the French spoliation claims, which were due nearly a century ago, and which Congress adjudged valid from time to time during every decade since then. Yet babes have been born, have grown old, and becoming enfeebled, have died in poor-houses, while the government was withholding from them the money which, in an international treaty, she had promised to pay * This year those claims have been at last passed * but tho original debtors have all died long ago, and their children’s children will receive a part of what their grandfather’s should have had years and years ago. I could cite other instances, enough to fill this paper, of the injustice of this beautifully free and equal government of ours. There are filed away up there in the Capitol, claims—and just claims they are—which, if the Nation • had time to consider them, would cause it to hold up its hands in horror at the cruelty and meanness. of the benevolent old man called “Uncle Isara." There are thousands of them, and they come up before the committees of every Congress every year, only to be pushed aside for other claims, which contain some provisions which will help certain members in their respective districts, and for jobs of bigger fish who can afford to pay big prices to keep the little ones out of the congressional waters. These claims contain all the elements of romance. Their truth is stranger than the imagination of fiction, and their pathos often brings tears to the eyes of the tenderer-hearted congressmen on the committee. One member told me lately that he had left this committee because he could not stand the effect the work had Upon his feelings, and others there are who would do what they can. but in the presence of such picayune buncombe loving statesman as Holman and Randall they are helpless. Randall and Holman cut down a messenger’s salary, or defraud a man out of the pay for services ur supplies he has rendered the government, and the hard-hearted, money-making, taxhating public throw up their hands and call it statesmanship. The government sells a lot of old carriages, and its officers walk down the streets of Washington instead of riding. Again they throw up their hands and cry “statesmanship!” Grover Cleveland gets up at 7in the morning and at Bhe is working at nis desk! He does no more than the President before him, and his duties as chief magistrate are no greater. But the people, accustomed to judge only by the outside, accustomed to save at the spigot and waste at Uo bung, bulges out its eyes, throws up its hands, and worships the statesmanlike habits of the ruler. It is a small kind of greatness, don't you think)

BLUNDERING LEGISLATION. An Omission of the Enacting Clause Leaves the State Board of Health as It Is. The bill passed by the Legislature providing for the reorganization of the State Board of Health, which was intended to effect the election of anew secretary es the board instead of the present incumbent, Dr. Elder, signally failed in its purpose, yesterday, through the neglect or oversight of the Democrats. Before a bill can become a law it must hare an enacting clause. The Constitution of the State of Indiana, Section 1, Article 4, says: “The style of every law shall be: ‘Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Indiana,” etc. As this clause was left out, the purpose of the bill is not effected, and the old board will proceed as usual. Dr. Elder will continue to be its secretary until the Legislature can convene again to pass* the bill in a legitimate way. Dr. Boots, of Greenfield, who was appointed by Governor Gray as a member of the board, cannot, of course, take nis position, and the whole scheme falls to the ground. Under the old law the board, composed of. four members appointed by the Governor, chose its secretary, who composed its fifth member. The new bill provided for a reorganization of the board, which should be composed of five persons, the secretary not being a member. The failure to use the enacting clause was not discovered by the Democrats until a few minutes after the Legislature had adjourned; but Ovid Jameson, one of the Republican representatives from this city, discovered the omission a short time before noon, yesterday, and immediately notified Dr. Elder by mail of the fact The mistake, however, was discovered too late to be rectified. The Democrats are much chagrined at the error, but blame nobody but themselves. The whole matter is looked upon as being a good joke, as well as a piece of flagrant carelessness. The board, as it now is, consists of Dr. Lomax, of Marton; Partridge, of South Bend; Leawright, of Lafayette; Fritsch, of Evansville, with Dr. Elder as secretary. It will be governed by the regulations of the old law until the Democrats can pass another, next Legislature. PERSONAL MENTION. Hon. Will T. Walker, of Scottsburg, is at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Frank A. Boyd, of LaPorte, is visiting Mrs. Geo. W. Sloan, on North Meridian street. Mrs. Joseph E. Moore and Mrs. F. H. Hale will have charge of the art exhibit at English’s. Col. R. S. Robertson, Judge R. S. Taylor and Judge L. M. Ninde, of Fort Wayne, are at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Michael Sells, in company with James McKee, is rapidly improving, at Hot Springs, from a severe attack of rheumatism. Last night Rev. D. R. Vanßuskirk and wife were given a surprise party, by about fifty of their friends, in honor of the thirty-third anniversary of their wedding. One of the most enjoyable social events of the season was the entertainment of the german, last evening, given at the residence of Mrs. Jno. C. New, in honor of her niece, Miss McMahon. About thirty couples were in attendance. The favors were unique and pleasing, the music all that could be wished for, and the other appoint ments tasteful and elegant The dancing was continued until a lato hour, and a most enjoyable evening was spent by all. Miss Belle Smith gave a most delightful progressive euchre party, for Mr. and Mrs. Austin Smith, of Cincinnati. The guests were MrsJ John Ramsay, Mrs. Carl Swigate, Mrs. Fisher, the Misses Lulu Wiles, May Sells, Edith Elliott, Anna Wilcox, May Wright, Bessie Stone, Messrs. Frank West, Parry Wright, Sam Brundage, Foster Reynolds, Ben Nichols, Carl Swigate, Will Sharpe, Charles Myer and J. Fisher. The favors were particularly pretty and unique. Hotel Arrivals. Grand Hotel: T. B. Buskirk, Paoli; Mr. and Mrs. Sutton. Michigan City; J. B. Evans, Fort Wayne; C.W. Hartley, Goodland; H. H. Lancaster, F. B. Hart. Lafayette; Dr. J. W. Finch, Jamestown; W. B. Overman, Rockville; C. H. Aldrich, E. P. Conkling, E. Bostwick, Fort Wayne; Thomas Bennett, Monticello; W. A. Owen, Franklin. Another Street-Car Robbery, Late last night Jay Ross, driver of street-car No. 59, on too Massachusetts-avenue line was accosted at the crossing of Seventh street and College avenue by two roughs who, asking the time of night, snatched the money-box, and escaped before the driver knew what were their real intentions. The box contained about sls. Attacking the Administration. New York World (Dem.) It is rather funny, not to say unfortunate, that Mr. Bayard should have selected as minister to the court of St. James a man who was identfied with a most odious transaction—one that smirched the commercial name of America in every foreign land; and that he should have picked out as minister to Italy a man who publicly denounced the late King Victor Emmanuel. Upon second thought, this is more unfortunate than funny. How the War Began. New York Commercial Advertiser. “Who’s there?” says I. “Giers,” says he. “Krnnoff,” says I, spaking the language. “Komerofl,” say* he. And that’s the way the fight began. El Mahdi Hendricks. Philadelphia Press. Wo suspect Mr. Hendricks of being the Bogus Prophet of this administration. The Good Old Man. Troy Times. And lo! Ben Butler’s name has had a rest Wants the Pacta Known. Mr. Editor: I and my neighbors have been led so many times into buyiug different things for the liver, kidneys and blood that have done us more harm than good, I feel it due your readers to advise them whec an honest and good medicine like Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic can be had. Yours truly, As Old Subscribes. The meanest man in this country at this writing is one D. S. Grimes—no relative of old father Grimes, we trust —of Colorado. Grimes is an acknowledged artist in his way, and prepared for exhibition at New Orleans a scene in alto relievo taken from the mountain scenery of the Centennial State. It was a perfect miniature reproduction of Colorado scenery, with railroads, bridges, trestles, farms, orchards and forests; a good piece of painting and carpenter's work, and has been admired by thousands. It was one of the prettiest displays of the exposition, and reflected great credit upon him who devised it Maddened because no sufficient appropriation was made to pay for it he made his way to it by night, telling the guard that he was commissioned to make certain alterations. Once at it he quickly knocked it to pieces, and wrecked it beyond repair. It is a pity that one so gifted in art should be so asinine in revenging himself in such manner. He was placed under arrest, but it is hardly probable that anything like adequate punishment will be meted out. mm mm - ■ ■—— mmrnrnm —— “Blood Will Tell.” Yes, the old adage is right hut if the liver is disordered and the blood becomes thereby corrupted, the bad “blood will tell.” in diseases of the skin and throat, in tumors and ulcers, and in tubercles in the lungs (first stages of consumption) evep although the subject he descended in a straight line from Richard Cceur de Lion, or the noblest Roman of them all. 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