Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1887 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUBNAIh MONDAY, JANUABY 3, 1887.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1887. The Indianapolis Journal has long enjoyed the distinction of being the leading newspaper of Indiana, and occupies a position araonj the (nroit journals of the country equalled by no other in the State. The experience of the past has clearly demonstrated the necessity for such a paper in this fieM. The Journal lias spared no effort or expense to giro to the public a wiJc-awaLe, aggressive newspaper, and it now coroe3 before its readers better equipped to serve them than evr before, and with the assurance that the high standard of excellence it now inaiutains shall not be lowered in the future. The near approach of the session of the National Congress and the State Legislature and the important questions to be considered by both bodies, make a first class newspaper indispensable to every person. The Journal's reports and reviews of the proceedings of each will be fall and accurate, prepared by its own correspondent and reporters. The work before the incoming Legislature will attract more atfention than has been bestowed npon a like body in many years, and is of the most important character, involving, as it does, the election of a Uuiged .Slates Senator, the govcrntui-nt of the State institutions, and other matters of unusual interest. The Journal enjoys facilities for receiving and publishing the news of the day in every way superior to those enjoyed by any other pancr in Indiana and equal to any in the country, being a member of both the great press associations, the reports of both the Wes'.ern Associated aud United Tress being received at its owu office, and presented to its readers to the fullest extent. The Journal is represented at Washington and Now York, and other lartre cities, by tried and efficient correspondents of wide repulualion, who will furnish it with full and extensive accounts of all natters of public interest. 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ST. liOriS Union News Company, Union Depot ana fxjuu.ern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. House. C. Riggs Hon so "and Ebbitt Telephone Calls. Business Office. 235 I Editorial Rooms 242 .Mtmticr of the Gentrut Asi'mbtj wanting the Journal luring the regular tension shnu'l leare thrir stibwiptioiu. tsitl: din-'tio.ta otto irtiere the.g detircto recrirc the aper. at the Journal Comitinj-room. I i w wmmmmm a w It is reported from Lafayette that the Salv?. tion Army is rapidly increasing in Indiana. Hon. William S. Holman 13 on the ground, ready to shy his caster into tho senatorial race. "Jim Cummixgs" will have several years of uninterrupted leisure in which to continue his meditations on tho ait of humorous letterwriting. 0 tho G't day oif the new year tho Democratic State officers disgraced themselves, and attempted lo put a disgrace upon tho people of the city of Indianapolis, by the appoint-

mert of Sterling R. Holt and It, C. J. Pendleton to be Police Commissioners. Sterling E.

Holt is the man who took a hatchet and smashed a ballot-box, in a partisan effort to reverse the verdict of an eletion, and steal an oftlce from the legally-elected candidate. His colleague in that procedure 13 occupying a seat stolen for him by crimes that should and will land their perpetrators in the State prison. Mr. Pendleton advertises himself, in advance of his acceptance of the commissionership, as being in favor of a "liberal" policy, which means the violation of law in the interest of drunkard-makere and public crime and disorder. Both appointments, in the light of the f act3, are scandalous and indecent, an insult to .law-abiding people, and should not be allowed to stand a day beyond the accession to office of honorable, law-observing and self-respecting State officials. MADE A FOOL OF HIMSELF AGAIN, And so, Mr. Bayless V. Hanna, of Indiana, has broken out again perhaps in view of his wild antics it would be more appropriate to say has broken loose again. His attacks seem to be periodical, like Minister Manning's, except that when Bayless gets that way instead of going to bed like Mr. Manning and sleeping it off, he seizes a pen and writes himself down an aspiring idiot. Mr. Hanna's appoint ment as a foreign minister is the one great joko of this administration. Most of its other blunders have had an element of tragedy about them in the extent of the interests sacrificed or involved, but the appointment of Mr. Hanna to represent the United States government abroad wa3 simply and purely farcical. Here in Indiana, where he has been known for a generation or two as a harmless old chunk of Democratic driftwood, useful to fill up with at General Jackson banquets or to sing songs on convention days, the idea of h-3 going abroad in a representative capacity caused a roar of laughter, and, since the appointment was made, he has managed to renew it at pretty regular intervals. Of course the.re is an element ot national humiliation in being made lidiculous before the eyes of the world; but the administration must have its joke, and, hero at home, Bayless is known as such a harmless old idiot that no person would think of holding him to a strict accountability for his acts or words. If he would only content himself with talking ho might make a fool of himself as often as he pleased, and the world might not hear of it; but, when he is seized with a desire to make a fool of himself, he insists upon putting it in writing. lie has as great a disease of writing as Jim Cumminjrs a regular cacoethes scrib endi the difference being that, while the latter's ha brought him to the penitentiary, that of Mr. Hanna does not bring him to an, asylum for imbeciles, H13 letter to the ex-President of the Argentine Republic explaining his non attendance at a diplomatic reception given by the latter, ij his latest and one of his most ridiculous epistolary jserfonsauc&S.' "It seems Bayless was invited, and intended to be present, but being inappropriately dressed for the occasion, was politely excluded. He found relief in writing the ex-President a letter which, for innate idiocy and elaborate architectural asininity, is doubtless unequaled. In some unexplained way the letter got into print -in Buenos Ayres result, as usual, a general guffaw of laughter at the expense of Mr. Hanna and the government ho represents. Of course Mr. Hanna is obliged to make a fool of himself periodically, and the adminis tration must have its joke; but they ought not to do it literally and figuratively at the public expense. BUSINESS PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH. Probably the most remarkable business showing of the year will be that which comes from the South. Two trade journals, the Manufacturer's HecorJ, of Baltimore, and the Tradesman, of Chattanooga, Tenn., have been collecting statistics on the subject. Advance sheets of these publications for Jan. 1, 18S7, present a remarkable exhibit of industrial progress. The greatest has been in the iron and steel industries, and of these principally iu Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, but the activity has not been confined to these industries or States. Among the new enterprises reported from the South during the year are 23 iron furnaces, 50 ice factories, GS foundries and machine shops, 1 Bessemer steel-rail mill, 2G miscellaneous iron works, 8 stove foundries, 24 gas-works, 34 electric-light companies, 11 agricultural implement factories, 174 mining and quarrying enterprises, 1G carriage and wagon factories, 9 cotton mills, 23 furniture factories, 42 waterworks, 5S tobacco factories, 02 flour mills, 443 lumber mills. The reports from ten southern States show an increase in the iron output, since 1880, of 503,200 tons, and the Chattanooga paper says: "At the same rate of gain they will have at next census nearly one and a half million tons annual capacity, but the indications point to a capacity of two million tons annually at that time." With the development of the raw iron industry there has been a corresponding growth in some branches of iron manufacturing, as stoves, steel mills, nail mills, etc. In 1880 Tennessee had eighrj-ffltrysail machines, Alabama none. Now Tennessee report3 115 and Alabama eighty-two, with a combined annual output of 420,000 kegs, against 100,000 in 1SS0. These figures represent a great influx of capital to the South and a very healthy activity in business circles of the favored localities. It is evident the natural resources of the South are just beginning to be developed and the indications point to a coming

era of great material prosperity in that section. This has been delayed a long time by the unfavorable conditions that have existed there, moral, social and political. Evan now these are far from being wholly removed or reformed and the material development will still be retarded by them. But light i3 breaking in. Commerce itself i3 a civilizing agency,

capital and labor are missionaries, manufact ories are evangels of liberalism and the gospel of trade is the gospel of progress. Ail true friends of the South will rejoice at the evidences of her prosperity. A REMARKABLE DREAM. There has been a vast amount of theorizing in regard to dreams. The learned and the ignorant, the scientific and the simple in all ages of the world have speculated on the sub ject. The result is a mass of vulgar superstitions and learned conjectures, none of which shed much light on the subject. "Whatever progress mankind have made in other respects they have made very little in unraveling the mystery of dreams. To account for the remarkable revelations and cases of foreknowledge that occur in connection with dreams i3 still beyond human power. The following remarkable case is in point: A short time ago a man by the name of Conklin, living near New Haven, Conn, called at the residence of a Mr. Henry Walters, in a village on Long Island, and introduced himself by stating that about fifty years ago he hadlived in the house now occupied by Walters. The house at that time was owned by one Capt. Samuel Lord, for whom Conklin worked. Lord is long since dead. Conklin stated that he had come to visit his former place of residence on account of a dream. He had dreamed that while living in the old homestead two of Captain Lord's daughters buried $9,000 in gold and silver coin under the stairway in the cellar, the money being placed in a keg and buried about two feet below the surface of the ground. It is not stated whether the daughters are still living or not, or whero the money came from. Walters, although a practical man and not much of a believer in supernatural revela tions, was so impressed with Conklin's dream that he assented to the suggestion that they dig for the supposed hidden treas ure in the cellar. Conklin seems to have Deen incredulous to the last, liie two men went into the cellar and began to dig in the spot designated by Conklin's dream. It must be remembered that fifty years had elapsed since Conklin had lived in the house, and he had no knowledge whatever of the burial of the money beyond what was re veaied to mm in ms dream, me two men seem to have realized tho peculiarity of the situation, for they locked the cellar-door se curely before proceeding with their work The dream located the keg of money about two feet below the surface. They dug a large hole, six feet deep, without finding any trace of the keg or the money. At ""that point Waft err "said " 'let's q uit. ConSTa "satd "agreed," and they quit. The question for dream interpreters to answer is, what had be come of the treasure? The comparative statement of railroad traffic at this point during 18SG and previous year3, published on another page, presents some interesting points for railroad and business men to study. We may remark, by the way, that in no other city in the country ard by no other ofiiee than the Journal, can a comparative statement of this kind be published. " Its compilation represents the continuous work of years, and readers will readily understand that the collection of these statists .s from year to year involves much labor. The statement shows that the number of loaded freight cars received and forwarded at this point during the year 18SG was 818,842. At the moderate average of twenty-five tons to a car this would represent an aggregate of 20,471,000 tons -a traffic equal to the tonnage of a considerable fleet of ships constantly arriving and departing. It will be observed that the movement of loaded cars in 188G exceeded that of any previous year except one, and the traffic last year would have been still larger but for the scarcity of cars to do the business. Comparing the traffic of last j'ear with that ten years ago wo find the number of cars received and forwarded in 188G was 312,570 greater than in 187G, showing that the development of the country and the growth of railroad business go hand in hand. The figures show that the business of the Belt railroad was larger last year than in any previous twelve months, having increased from 280,333 cars in 1832 to 491,797 in 18SG. This steady increase shows that the Belt road is equally valuable to the railroads using it and to the city, as the transfer by it of nearly 500,000 loaded cars in a year is a great help to both. So:.ie enthusiastic admirer of Mrs. Logan having suggested that the Illinois General Assembly would be doing the handsome thing by electing her to the office made vacant by her husband's death, it is now in order for the champions of woman's rights to take up the idea and nag that Legislature. The probability is, however, that Mrs. Logan, expert as she has shown herself in furthering the General's political ambitions, and familiar as she is with public life and public questions, would bo the first one to protest against any such plan, if there were the rernotost possibility that it would be carried out. She has not been known as a "strong-minded" woman, in the sense in which the term is commonly used, nor as one who sought prominence f ar its own sake, but has been admired for her devotion to her husband, and the skill and shrewdness with which she advanced his ia-

terests. To figure in political IKe on her own I

account, were such a thing possible, would be a very different matter, and one for which she would doubtless have little inclination. Br a singular coincidence, Mr. Gladstone 's article reviewing Tennyson's last poem ap peared on Gladstone's seventy-seventh birthday. The full text of the article has not reached this country yet, but some of it3 salient points have been sent by cable. Be- I plying to the poet's insinuation that the world is retrograding, Mr. Gladstone enumerates some of the legislative achievements of the last fifty years, thus: "Slavery has been abolished, the rigors of 1 the old criminal code have disappeared, tho

combination of laws which prevented the1""1"" UCi" 81ve' " - & I r n 1 1 -r. .

working population from obtaining the best price for their labor have been repealed, the auusn u me puor law uus ueou uouo awny l C 1.1 1 r j I with, the laborer has a better security for life and limb, and fuller assurance of the com pensation of survivors in case of death; the scandals of labor in mines and factories have been removed or reduced, the people have good schools, and are under legal obligation to use the privilege. Postage has been cheapened, and information through a free press, which was formerly cut off from the multi tude by a stringent tax, is now at easy command. They are more lightly taxed, and taxes are paid to the state for needful government, instead of to the wealthy classes for enhancing the price of articles and interest. Added to these are tho removal of religious disabilities, the abolition of church rates, reform in the laws of marriage, abrogation of tho university tests, benefits conferred on farmers by the ground and game act, the repeal of the malt tax, flogging abolished in the army and the press gang in the navy, purchase has ceased to be the means of obtaining military promotion, posts in the civil service have been opened to character and talent, without distinction of class, and right has begun though with a checkered history to assert itself against wrong in tli9 government of the Irish people.'' This enumeration relates to England alone, and certainly shows great progress. If the scope of Mr. Gladstone's article had led him to cite the evidences of progress in other countries, the showing would bo still more remarkable. It is quite clear that in this ar gument the statesman has the advantage of the poet, for the very good reason that he has the facts on his side. The Cincinnati Enquire correspondent says: "Notwithstanding all claims to the contrary, there will really be but one candidate for the senatorship before tho Democratic caucus. That will be Senator McDonald. Of course, members may, in the caucus, vote for indi vidual preferences, and there will be some complimentary votes cast, but all over the btate Senator McDonald is recognized as the man upon whom Democrats will center. In the Republican caucus Senator Harrison will be the choice. Of course there will be a strong fii;ht made against him, notably by friends of Porter, and by members who do not like the benators s methods; but to beuar tor Harrison, more than to any other one man in the Republican ranks, is due the recent Re publican victory in the State. For that rea son he will be renominated and led to the slaughter." This is all very nice; but the facts are, as everyone knows, that there are, at least, half a dozen candidates on the Democratic side for the senatorship, while no Jxepubacan is, or has ever been, mentioned in connection with the office, except Senator Harrison. The "strong fight against him" has so far been confined exclusively to Democratic sources, and there it will continue sine die. A St. Louis paper says General Logan made no concealment of his belief that West Pointers "were disposed to monopolize every thing," and adds that, notwithstanding Gen. Sherman's statement to the contrary, he never acknowledged his error, for the reason that there was no error to acknowledge. This being the case, the departed General would doubtless share in the opinion entertained in certain quarters that the hesitancy of the managers 01 tne tooiaiers xiome to olter a place of burial for his remains is owing to the fact that they want tho earth for West Point ers particularly as haste was made last year to tender a burial spot for Grant. Several petitions have been received in Congress, and referred to the proper commit tee, asking that privates in the army shall, after twenty-five years of service, be eligible for retirement. An act authorizing retire ment after thirty years of service was passed at the last session of Congress, but it is generally admitted that thirty years' service is too much to exact of a soldier before permit ting him to retire. Twenty years of service entitles a soldier to admission to a soldiers' home, with or without discharge. The status of the interstate commerce bill is given by a member of Congress, as follows: "The interstate commerce bill in its pres ent position cannot be amended except by recommitting it to the tormer or to a new con ference committee. If that motion faib, then it must be passed or defeated by a single vote. Tnere will be no hurry in taking the vote. It will be discussed fully. There will be time for people interested to present their views, but only by written or printed arguments, which should be sent to benators. I am my self in an undecided frame of mind, aud will carefully consider arguments, especially upon the 'short caul aud 'pooling clauses. A LETTER from Mexico says capitalists can there find lucrative chances for the invest ment of their money in many business enter prises, but that for the man without capital the country is one to avoid. This may serve as a hint to the "labor" statesmen who want to get rid of capitalists, and yet are not quite , . , " .,, ., . , prepareu 10 auops me meznoas oi: rue iinarcnists. Let them banish the objectionable pos sessors of wealth to Mexico, and thu3 give labor a clear field. The President acted unwisely in taking part in the Xew Year's reception at the 'White House. The dispatches show that the effort caused him great pain and it may cost him more yet. The exactions of Washington society might have been disregarded. The

President, though not critically ill, may easily

become so by a little overexertion or undue exposure in his present condition, and while hi3 death would not imperil any public inter est or interfere with the regular and orderly administration of the government, it would be a public calamity. He should avoid unnecessary exposure, and certainly his "receiving" on New Year's day was such. CHARLES P. Armisted, the colored Chicago lawyer, who will probably be appointed United States minister to Liberia, comes of good old Democratic stock. He was born a slave, and is a great-grandson of Governor Baker, of Vir ermia. His tather was a free man but his v.: . . . t j. s:i:. ionowea ners. lnese are some of the pleasant reminisefinepa of DAmv.rtAvin ifa JrUn J " simplicity. The Catholic priest who preached the fu neral sermon of the late Alderman Masterson, in New York, said: "He was, so far as I know, an honest man. And no matter how strong our Nation may be, it is honest men more than able men who are needed as the saviors 01 our liberty. Ihese are true words, and might well be laid to heart by statesmen of high and low degree. Dr. Aveliso and his wife were brought over to this country a3 "labor agitator?," and they seem to have been unexpectedly successful. Labor is deeply agitated over the bill of expenses which the communistic couple have turned in. Twenty dollars' worth of wine in one day, where beer was plenty and cheap, is a little too much for the workingman to con template with calmness. Stick a pin in the big howlers for coast de fenses and a new navy, and you will puncturo a dancing attendant on the painted harlot of protection. Vincennes JNews (Dem.) How about Secretary Whitney and Grover Cleveland? Fancy Cleveland dancing attendance upon the painted harlot of protection. He fairly waltze3with the star-eyed goddess of free-trade. The New York World has a valuable Indi ana correspondent who, m discussing the legislative possibilities, says: "The lifo of the Indiana Legislature is 100 days." It is such chunks of information as this that tends to scatter deep ignorance over the face of the earth. A gifted correspondent, trying to illustrate the power of creative genius, says: William F. Cody, the celebrated Indian scoul, once said that the beat description of buffalo hunting ever written was the illustrated account published in Harper's Magazine by Gen. Lew Wallace, the author of "Ben Hur. let it is ab solntely certain that General Wallace never saw a buffalo-hunt until after the article was pub lished, and the only buffalo he had ever seen w3 one mangy, disconsolate little buffalo caif in a pen, doomed to be drassred around as part of a little troupe of vagabonds pretending to give Illustrations of life on the plains. From the crude elements in that starving bull calf and in a longhaired mountebank upon a sore-backed horse he evolved the real and breathine buffalo, pursued by tireiess hunters on the plain." This reads well, but the question naturally presents itself to an inquiring mind, is it true? Our talented fellow-citizen, General Wallace, has the floor. Will the Indianapolis Journal kindly tell a suffering public what relationship, if any, exists between Mr. Samnel Perkins and one Eii, wBobe surname is also Perkins! Colfax Courier. Not having the family tree at hand, the exact relationship cannot be given; but it is reasonably sure that the gentlemen mentioned are not one and the same, although last week one of them did lie in jail. , ABOUT PEOPLE AND TJILVGS. In no year since the beginning of our govern ment have so many prominent government officers died as in 188G. The eminent Chinese scholar, Prof. James Lecae, ia goinc to bring out a metrical transla tion of the Psalms according to the Hobrew text. They fought like brave men, Ions and well. They filled that room with oaths and vsiro. They conquered Then the stovepipe Cell, Ere they could build the first coal fire. Dansrille Brpezo. Professor Kolemniv, one of the most emiuent 6urgeons of St. Petersburg, recently committed suicide because a young woman on whom he performed an operation died from what is supposed to have been an overdose of a cocaine solution given her by his direction. . John C Reid, who has been for sixteen years the managing editor of the New York Times, was yesterday presented by his newspaper friends with a $400 ring. Among the donors were Charles A. Dana, Henry G. Pearson, Amos J. Cummines, Thomas L. James. William H. Robertson, Truman A. Merriman, Rufu3 Hatch and Thomas C. Acton. The Berlin Borsen-Courier says, .apropos of an offer of a German bouse to engage a trained velocipede traveler to make a tour of the leading German sugar refineries and machine works. that the representative of a prominent Berlin firm has completely renounced railroad traveling, and calls on his customers, even those of Switzerland, exclusively on the bicycle. NICELY BUILT. Your girl may be fragile A delicate dear. And loil ou the sofa all day, But when you would hug her, Use forty-horse power; Because she is built that way. St. Paul Herald. The South American journals say his Majesty Dom Pedro was recently much amused, on land ing at ban I'aulo, by being received by an Italian gentleman with a hand-organ, 'who played the national air. The Emperor listened with gravity to the musician, and then asked him in French to play "L'Air pour l'ltalie." The musician did not know it, but proposed to play the lirazuian air over again. And the .Emperor listened to the repetit ion with apparent delight. The works of Pouchkine, the national poet of Russia, will be issued on the 1st of January by the Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg. The daughter of Pouchkiner Countess Nathalie de Lrsumberg, morganatic wife of tha Prince of Nassau, recently asked the Czar for the Dro'oneatlon ot her hereditary rights. His Majesty wrote on the margin of the paper: "Refused: tbe demand after half a century is inopportune." I'oucnKine, tne uyron or itussia, as will be remembered, was killed in a duel in 183G. A fashionably dressed lady enterea a bobtail car in Philadelphia, the other day, accepted aseat which an obliging passenger vacated for her accommodation, and noticed that a gentlemanly appearing man, who sat directly across the aisle, wag extending his hand toward her cordially. Without taking the trouble to determine who the supposed acquaintance might be by a closer scrutiny of his features, tbe lady grasped the extended hand shook it vigorously, at the same time going right along settling her draperies to her critical satisfaction. When this was accom-

plisbed. she elanced no with a beaming smile ttf-

creet the owner of the well-shaken hand. Tdher astonishment and horror she cazed into tha face of a total stranger. The hand was dropped with startling velocity. "Why, sir," shei ex claimed, crimson with anger. "I" never saw you before in all my life." "I am aware of the fact, madam," was the cool reply; "I only wished to. accommodate you by passing up your fare." A Philadelphia doctor, who was mortified - once because remarks were made on account of his taking a little nip from a pocket-flask, has invented a method of carrying refreshments - that is Hkeiyto be popular in prohibition States. . His invention is a little capsule of rubber, looking much, like a grape, which is filled with wine or liquor, and distended until it assumes the form and semblance of a large and juicy fruit These grapes are filled with a variety of bibulants old rye whisky, brandy, Holland gin, port, sherry, or cordials to the extent of about a pony glassful. The thin rubber breaks as easily as a grape skin between the teeth, and do one would think they were not real grapes. yThe Boston Gazette adds currency to a storj,about Governor-elect Ames, to the effect that he not long ago employed an artist to paint his portrait. The picture represents Mr. Ames seated in ac easy attitude, holding in his hand a newspaper, and the artist, touched by the realistic fashions of his nee, has carefully reproduced part of an advertisement in the newspaper, so that the sitter's thumb seems to point conspicuously to the words "silver-plated." Tha story reminds one of another told of the late Mr. Marsh, of the well-knows dry goods house

of Boston. It is said that he 'once went into a J photographer's to have his picture taken. "1" don't want to be posed," he said: "I'll take a f newspaper, and you can take me just as I look at home when I'm reading, without any fuss or affectation." Tho plan was carried out, and when the proof was submitted to him he was amazed and horrified to find that the iaost prom' inent thing about the photograph was a huge advertisement for Jordan & Marsh, which cov ered half the outside of tho newspaper he wal ,

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COADIEXT AND OPIXI0X. The United Statpa is that's good political grammar. National Republican. It is more blessed to give than to receive. It is likewise more expensive. Somerville Journal. It is lucky the President has no veto messages to write during these rheumatic days. Chicago Journal. A greeting to Anarchists everywhere Heroism is not the outgrowth of a bung. Philadelphia Times. . The silver lining in the cloud that covers ths Knights of Labor is the good sense of its individual members. -Philadelphia Times. Good resolutions are now in order, but don't " make too many at one time. Too much of anything makes one sick. Pittsburg Dispaloh. Protection is America's prettiest badge, and is going to stay pinned to the lapel of Uuc)e Sam's coat as long as he wears a coat. Detroit Tribune. Almost anybody could make a better pro-, gramme for 1887 than 1886 was fnrnished with. At least, almost anybody would like to try. Philadelphia Inquirer. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette is discussing the question of the immortality of women. Cincinnati has a saloon for every 121 people. St Louis Post-Dispatch. The absurd talk of nominating Mr. Grady fop the vice presidency because he made a bright speech in New York might turn the head of a man who did not represent a particularly levelheaded profession. Boston Journal. The rank and file of the Democracy will probably disown the Democratic majority of the special grand jury of Columbus which has found an indictment against seven Democrats for election frauds and forgeries. Cleveland Leader. TnE Democracy should lose no time in encaging the services of the younsr woman in Vermont who "sees with "her eyes shut" Tha Bourbons have been tryins to do the same thins for many years, but without success. Pittsburg Chronicle. Minister Phelps celebrated Christmas in T 3 V,.. -:: j: . u .

xjwuuwu uj (,'""): uiuutrr, uiwiiicn i wo ueau tiful Vermont turkeys were served. Later advices will probably show that he apologized to his guests for the distinctively American flavoCHi-l of the birda. Philadelphia Press. " ' '

Perhaps it would not be a great misfortune if Mr. Powderly's order about contributions should split the order of Knights of Labor. The socialistic element is very (angry at the grand master workman, and may go off and "flock all aloue by itself." as Dundreary used to say. New York Mail and Express. It Is as certain as anything can be that the material reduction ot the militia in this country would be followed by the organization of a large standing army, which these same fathers of the Republic declared to bo a menace to liberty. These are things for the consideration of ths framers of hasty resolutions aiming to cripple the militia by cutting off a part of its supplies. New York Sun. Our advice to everybody is to accent the law (the interstate commerce bill) in good faith if it becomes a law. and adjust freight and passenger

tariffs at once, as nearly in accordance with its Up- i provisions as possible. , A good deal of rascality i . .i

uiDUk'prui wim sruicii lit ire nil 'l. ritkO-vuvbiUK, much money which now goes to pool commissioners and clerks will be saved; the public will be more fairly served, and the stockholders will get much more reerular, if not larger, dividends. LtQi the bill pass. Isew York SSun. TI1E INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. A PAPER OP GENERAL EXCELLENCE. Princeton Clarion. It is with g eat pleasure that the Clarion testifies to the general excellence of the Indianapolis Journal. It is a clean and respectable sheet as to its typographical appearance, and is a complete newspaper in every respect It gives all the news of the day, and in its editorial department expresses a decided and eorrect opinion OS to ail questions of public interest. Too Journal makes a specialty of Indiana news, and is especially valuable to those who desire to keep posted on Hoosier affairs. AMONG THE FOREMOST OF THE COUNTRY. Muncie News. But few papers, if any, in any State have done so much for their party as has the Indianapolis Journal for the Republican party of Indiana, and as a general newspaper it stands among the foremost of the country. SOUND ADVICE FOR IKDIANIANS. Cory don ltepubllctn. The Journal ia always full of meat, and cvory Indianian should take it Jndge Gresliam's Misplaced "ffcT'derness. Indianapolis News. It is to be deeply, regretted that Jud?

Gresham should be so tender of Mr. Perkins's feelings as to admit him to bail pending his (the Jndce's) ability to hear Mr. Perkinses appeal J from the decision of the lower court Our idea i' has been that an offender must wait unon theNv

law, not the law upon the offender. Mr. Perkins is in contempt of court for refusing to tell what he knows about as bold a case of thievery as ever was committed. The correctness of the punishment has been affirmed once by a higher court Why should tbe punishment be remitted until a still hieher court can pass upon It! If he had been released and an appeal made, would Judtre Greshnra order him back to jail until tha appeal could be heard! The moral fairness of that would be the same as this. Meantime, it is to be remarked that Judsre Gresham's tenderness has stiffened every hack-bone in the gang that has committed this theft. It is a "happy New Year," indeed, among the thieves who have robbed the people of Marion county of th&r Xj right of self government. They will have renewed hope in their ability to stave off and wcai out justice, and go free with the fruits cf their crime. Marlon county stealing-stock has riseu. m Depends ou Circumstances. Fittsbnr bronlc.e. George 11. Wendllng Is lecturing on ''Does Death End All?" It does not if the decedent leaves any money to fleht about

Tod Lifelike. IMttdburs Chronicle. The head of the house will nrobablv draw tha lit... .ill. k It ll A "

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