Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1887 — Page 6

G

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL SUNDAY, JANUARY 0, 18S7-TWELVE PACrES.

4

! ! n 1! 1 1 1 ( ' P f .1 i I iii! f Mi A i V

TIIE SUNDAY JOURNAL.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1887, WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth St P. S. Heath. Correspondent. J TWELVE PAGES Telephone Call. Bu&'neM Office 233 Editorial Rooms 242 The Sunday Journal has double the circulation of any Sunday paper in Indiana. Price fire cents. M ember $ of the General Awmbly wanting the Journal during the regular $etion thovld leave their nbcripfionii, tvith titration! onto where they deiireto receive the paper, U tin Journal Counting-room. PRESERVING THE MATERIALS FOR HISTORY. Now that America is becoming old enough to have a history, we begin to appreciate the value of it and the importance of collecting and preserving historical materials. Nobody thinks of writing the biography of an individual until he has become famous, or perhaps till he dies, and by that time it is often very difficult to obtain the necessary materials. The materials for history or biography disappear very rapidly unless some person specially interested in the work makes it his business to collect and preserve them. Sometimes the 1 Individual himself does this collects the ma terial for his own life, and leaves it behind him in autobiographical form. Bat more often it happens that those whose records are best worth preserving, and whose lives the world is most anxious to read, make no preparation whatever for the work, and are utterly careless about preserving correspondence and other materials. If a man's friends could know a long time in advance that he was destined to become famous, probably it would be different. Suppose, for example, that Shakspeare's parents or his friends, in early life, could have Joreseen iho destiny awaiting him could have 'lltS'vn that, dying, he would leave behind him a name before which all others would pale their ineffectual fires how careful they would have been to preserve every record of Lis personal life, his school life, the books he read, the occupation of his boyhood and youth, his more serious studies, his youthful loves and follies, his mental development and everything relating to his early(life and character. As it is, the world is iu almost total ignorance on all these points. Possibly it is better so. Perhaps Shakspeare's great personality might suffer if subjected to that kind of a light. But if his parents and his early companions and teachers could havo foreseen the fame of the man they would very surely have preserved everything they could concerning the boy. - Somewhat similar is' the case" of Abraham Lincoln, "of whom the world never tires of hearing. Most of his biographers have bridged over his boyhood and early life, simply rehashing one after another a few stale incidents or doubtful legends. How easy it would have been to preserve a complete record of his early life, or at least the materials for a comparatively full biography, had Ihoso who lived with and near ' him realized hov valuable such material would one day be. True, those who lived with and near him then were) mostly very illiterate people, but they were not devoid of shreAvd sense or of appreciation of the fitness of things, and if they had known that the .long-legged boy and the bony, broad-shouldered youth would be President of the United Statos during the most eventful period of its history, that he would sign the proclamation freeing four million slaves and die the greatest martyr to the greatest cause-, save one, in human history -if those plain, illiterate people could have foreseen hi3 destin, they would have found a way to preserve materials for the history of Lincoln's early life. Thanks to the zealous, loving and exhaustive . research made by his latest biographers, Hay and Nicolay, all that

ex. Is has been collected and preserved, but it "ia sanctuary considered themselves right- ., is comimratively meager, at best, and requires ully exempt- from-this law, so that only the

no small amount of padding to give it form and substance. As with individuals so with nations and communities, the collection and preservationof materials for history is apt to be neglected until much that is valuable has been lost or destroyed and that which remains is exceedingly difficult to get together. Oblivion works incessantly. History, is made every day, but it is also lost every sy. Something new is monentarily happening and something that has happened is momentarily being covered up. The human race in its march of progress is ever making new tracks, but those It leaves behind arc quickly obliterated. The materials of history disappear very rapidly. This is the testimony of all historians and of every person vho has undertaken to collect materials for the history of a State, county or pommunity two or three generations old. Persons who have attempted this are astonished to find how little interest is taken in preserving the most valuable records of current history and how soon they perish. There roght to be in every State and in every r frunty of every State an historical society, one if whose objects should be the collection and reservation of materials for local history. There was a meeting of gentlemen in New fork a few days ago to listen to a statement from Mr. B. F. Stevens, an American gentlenan residing in London, in relation to manutcripts and documents concerning America, to be found in the public and private archives Burope. The meeting was attended by lutiber of gentlemen distinguished in literary Ind social circles. The Critic says; " " "For years Mr. Stevens has devoted - his blsuro hours to the examination of the docu r.snt relative to America7 which are to be Ub,nd In European libraries, and his researches tq revealed, the enstes ot."a Rstoaifihjjj?

number of them covering the years from 1772 to 1874 not less indeed, including duplicates and triplicates, than 95,000. Printed in book form they would fill about 100 volumes of 1.000 pages each; so their publication, which Mr. Stevens had once hoped to procure, may be regarded as out of the question. The next best thing would be an index to them, and this Mr. Stevens has begun to make. The period of most interest and importance to historians of the United States is probably that which extends from 1763, when France re

linquished the Northwestern Territory to England, to 1783, when the Revolution was concluded; and it is this period to which Mr. Stevens has paid most attention. He now desires to be authorized by government to prepare a complete index to the manuscripts nhd other documents in England, France, Holland and Spain, relating to American affairs during the twenty years in question an idex that shall give a general notion of the contents of each document and tell where it is preserved, and, if it has beea published, when and where. Such a catalogue would fill fourteen volumes of a thousand pages each, and a supplementary chronological index would fill four volumes of the same size. The whole work would cost the country about one hundred thousand dollars." This enterprise is of national interest. The value of such a collection to American historians would be incalculable. It is an attempt, tardy, but not too late, to rescue and put in accessible form materials of the greatest value, and which owe their preservation more to good luck than anything else. It is to be hoped the necessary funds may be forthcoming for prosecuting and completing the work. AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES. The First Presbyterian Church of Meadville, Pa., is about to be forced into litigation on grounds which are probably unparalleled in ecclesiastical history, beveral vears ago an aged citizen of the town died and left to the church, in trust, the sum of $20,000, the interest of which was to bo used for the benefit of the poor of the congregation and for "other beneficent objects" not definitely specified. The trustees took possession of the money, but when the question of disbursement of the interest came up it wa3 solemnly decided that there were no poor in the church. Now it sometimes happens such instances, in fact, are probably within the knowledge of every reader of the Journal that the finan cial prosperity of a religious organization be comes a matter of pride to the membership, It is not unfrequently the case, also, when a society is known as a "rich church," the de vout poor are not drawn to it in large num bers, an apparent doubt existing in their minds as to whether its house i3 really meant to be a place where, because "the Lord 13 the maker of them all," the rich and poor can meet and worship together on terms of equal ity. It is seldom, however, that people with no treasures, save those laid up in heaven, give one of these financially fortunate but frigid churches so complete a go-by that not one of their number is found within its walls gath ering up the spiritual fragments. The Meadville church is, indeed, the only case of the kind on record, so far as known. The entire absence of the needy and suffering, in this instance, may possibly be accounted for on the theory that a membership in the organi zation insured to its possessor such speedy at tainment ot worldly blessings that penury became prosperity before charity could be thought of. . This explanation is hardly prob able, though, in view of the fact that, with piety at such a premium, the portals ef the house of. worship would have been crowded constantly with prayerful paupers, anxious to have their temporal " and spiritual condition bettered by the single and simple act of becoming First Presbyterians. This con tinual presence of the indigent would necessi tate the feeding of the hungry and clothing of the naked, even though the wants of each be but temporary. The Meadville church did not have these people within its doors. The Master once said to his disciples, "The poor ye have always with you." By what process of reasoning the brethren in this Pennsylvarich could address the throne of grace accept ably fromits comfortable pews, it is difficult to say." It might be thought that after the discovery of. the lack of poverty among them the aroused , . members .would,, for very shame's sake, have gone into the highways and' byways to . search for " the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and" would have bidden them to the spiritual feast which, it must be presumed, was always set, and that after these ? were gathered in their bodily wants would be supplied from the fund in store. Did these. snug saints do anything of the sort? Far from it. Having sanctimoniously congratulated themselves on the fact that the membership included no one aa ve those well-to-do in pocket, they cast about forther benevolent purposes to which the money might be applied To the secular comprehension it seems a self-evident proposi tion that a church which includes no destitute persons withiu its bounds ought to pay its own bills. The First Presbyterians of Meadville, however, argued differently On the principle, doubtless, that charity begins at home, it was decided to apply the in terest of the aged citizen s bequest to the payment of the pastor's salary, to repairing the church building, and to settling the running expenses in general. Thd heirs of the testator regard this application of the fund as improper, and are preparing to test the J matter in the courts, with a view to recover ing the sum for their own use. Great excitea ment and indignation prevail in church circes on account of this proposed action and a j determination is expressed to contest the I claims of the presumptuous heirs to the bitter end. If, in the course of their zealous in ves tjgations and search for precedent, the tnthxea should chance upon certain

words addressed to the Laodiceans, they might reflect with profit upon, the fate

that was threatened that ancient church be cause it said, "I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing," and knew not that it was "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." As before remarked, it is not probable that many chr "aes are in like condition with the one in Meadville, but such as have sympathy with it will look with interest upon the outcome of the trial; though, after all, no legal decision will affect the main point of interest. H0WELLS AND DICKENS. W. D. Howells, author of "The Register," other equally profound literature (heaven save the mark!), again takes up the lance against Dickens, in an article on Christmas literature, in the "Editor's Study" of Harper's Magazine for January. Though reluctantly conceding to Dickens the credit of having and humanized and consecrated it to the hearts and homes of all." this ereat "Sir Oracle" of the literary world pronounces upon the "very rough magic with which this miracle was wrought. In the lisht of more modern days Mr Howells finds the Christmas stories "preposterous inventions," "monstrosities," in which the pathos is false and strained, the humor largely horse-play, the character theatrical, the joviality pumped, the psychology commonplace, the sociology alone funny. Of the "Chimes" and the "Carols" he has made the astonishing discovcry that they are "airs which are no longer heard in the politer literary centers," and ends with the paralyizinsr prophecy that all Christmas literature 'will ultimately "find its way down through the ranks of the resthetical poor, whom we have always with us, to the final rag-bag of oblivion." These astonishing opinions of Dickens coming from Howells are strongly and amusingly suggestive of that other literary man who affirmed that his books would be read when Shakspeare was forgotten, and to whom the retort came patly: "les, but not till then." When Dickens is forgotten the commonplace may succeed him, but not till then. "Tiny Tim" alone is worth all the creations of Howells's pen and the Christmas stories win sun be round upon the library shelves of all "politer literary cen ters" an hundred years hence, when the "rag bag of oblivion" will be full to bursting with the Lemuel Barkers and Manda Griers, whose weak remarks filled tha popular novel of the ninteenth century. SALE OF FRANCHISES. There is a law now in force in the State of New York which provides for the sale of fran chises by the local authorities of any incor porated city or village, the same to be "sold at public auction to the bidder who will agree to give the largest per centage per annum of the gross receipts of the company or corpora tion, with adequate security for the fulfill ment of the agreement and for the commence- 1 ment and completion of such road, according to the plan or plans, and on the route or routes fixed for its construction within the time designated therefor." The principle on which the law is based is undoubtedly correct, viz.: that valuable franchises should be paid for by the corporation receiving them. All exclusive grants carry with them exclusive privileges, often involving a greater or less surrender of rights by the public, and constituting valuable property for the grantee. Such franchises should be paid for in some way either by the payment of a fixed sum in lump, or a continuing royalty. In the city of Baltimore every street railroad company is required by the terms of its charter to pay one cent on each fare taken that is one cent out of every five received by it to the city for a park tund. With tnis fund the citv has purchased and improved Druid Hill Park, one of tha largest and finest in the United States, and it is maintained in a most liberal manner by the fund derived from the street railroads. The principle should be applied to all grants of franchises in cities and towns. "Perhaps there is no fairer way of applying it than by the sale of the franchise at public auction, as is done in New York. Abraham Lincoln and II La Wife. The statements made by Adam Badeau concerning the unhappy married life of Abraham Lincoln follow with singular relevancy after the chapter in Hay and Nicolay's Life of the martvred President, which treats of his remarkable be havior immediately succeeding his marriage en gagement with the lady who became . his. wife, Mr. Lincoln at that time passed through a period of gloom which so affected his spirits, and caused i ; i . eucu a sinking coaDge in nis manner as to alarm bis friends. Some were of the opinion that his mind . was slightly unbalanced at this time, and some 9 aa oiograpners nave been inclined to accept this view. Hay and Nicolay, however, make light of the episode, and ascribe it to the results of malaria and an abnormal sensitiveness which led him to doubt his ability to make the woman of his choice happy. Accepting this theory, the dismal forebodings indulged in by the then young Illinois lawyer were rather a ludicrous development of feeling. It was an unnatural state of mind, however, for a lover to 5 fall into, and it seem likely, in view of later occurrences, as well as confidential disclosures at Jhe time. that his misgivings as to the future had other foundation than lack of , confidence in himself. y The ardent lover who has secured his sweetheart's nromise to marry him is apt to feel a faith in the future happiness of both which no doubt can darken for a moment, and no amount of reasoning can dis peL If, after he has gained the promise, he comes to doubt the strength of his own affection or of hers, or recognizes the uncongeaiality of their natures, then the prescience of a clear mind may and must cause grief, and bitter re gret to its possessor. If Mr. Lincoln, as seems possib, saw at that early day that he had made

mistake and, as an honorable ca, saw

way of escape, his dejection of spirits was one of the most pathetic incidents of his history, and one whose sadness was emphasized by his subsequent recovery of cheerfulness and the carrying out of his pledges without sign of hesitation..

MINOR MENTION. A Washington letter says young society la dles there are opposed to the extravagant purchases of flowers made by young men for them, and will hereafter decline to receive from those who proffer bouquets on occasions where recent custom has seemed to demand such attentions. rrti m J -V,.,W1. rrt mllftYl Ams move i a goou uue, uu " in the way of discouragement will be necessary to induce the average young man to discontinue a custom which is so great a drain upon his pocket-book. A gift of flowers, under many circumstances, is a most graceful and accepta ble offering; but when made solely out ot compliance with a social law no sentiment is associated with it, and it becomes burdensome, not only to the giver but to the lady who receives, as well, if the rule that no expensive presents can prop erly be accepted is to obtain among ladies. Another move toward reform in this direction is indicated bv the costume of Mrs. Cleveland, who is described as wearing a 6ingle rose in her , irv. corsage at tne JNew I ears recepuon, iu enormous bouquets of roses which it has been the habit of many ladies to wear on festive occasions for some years has had a tendency to vulgarize this most beautiful of flowers, the more so as the size of the bunches was merely an indication of their cost, and in no wise increased the beauty of the collection. A return to common sense in this particular will be gratifying to those true lovers of flowers who prefer to associate with choice blossoms other than sordid thoughts. Among the items in the German Civil List this year, or, as we would say, sundry civil ap propriation bill, is one of 30,000 marks $9,C00)f which is the annual stipend of an infant child of the Crown Princess which has not yet made its appearance, but is due and daily expected. The child enjoys this income until it is ten years old, when the amount is increased. This privilege of being born with a silver spoon in the moutlfis accorded only to babies who are royal by divine right Yet thousands of American babies who come into the world without knowing where they will get their next meal are ju3t as happy, and, for. that matter, just as royal, too. Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia, says he re ceived the news of his hrst nomination lor Governor, in 1857, while he was working in the wheat field on his little farm. Be was not a candidate, and never dreamed of the honor. The story spread that he was nominated while working, like Cincinnatus, in his fields. Subse queutly several ot his opponents offered to buy his farm. They wanted to sow it In wheat, thay said, and work it when the next convention was held. San Francisco ministers are discussing the question "Who Was Cain's Wife?" while Boston theologians are trying to settle the second probation problem. There may be a second chance for sinners or there may not; but it is not goinsr too far to say that preachers who will spend their time in this age of progress and intelligence, in wrangling over the identity of Cain's wife, are likely to have but one chance, and that a slim one. There is a familiarity about tho name3 of the gentlemen self-elected as officers of the State Board of Agriculture for the' ensuing year that suggests certain highly disrespectful comments made on that body by the late Mr. George Harding. Editors of the New York papers have at lust got a chance to achieve fame. The proprietor of a traveling combination which proposes to give "illustrations of journalism" with the stereopticon, has asked for their photographs. Rev. Mtron W. Reed is announced to lecture on "The People," in this city, next week. Some curiosity is felt as to whether it means ihe people who voted for him last November, or those who didn't The fact that it took Secretary Lamar thirty years to catch up with the woman he wanted to marry confirms the popular opinion that he is the slowest man in the Cabinet The final result of the divorce proceedings brought by the Marchioness of Queensbury will determine conclusively whether or not the Marquis of Queensbury rules. BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT. General Sherman is said to have a fear that he will be the next of the war heroes to die. The working women of Chelsea have presented Lady Dilke with a splendid album as a memento of affection and respect. St. Louis Chronicle: Angel darling "Mamma, where did baby tome from?" Fond mother "Papa bought him in the market" A. D. "Why didn't him div 10 cents more and dit one wif hair onl" Ex-Governor .Smith, of Virginia, got his title "Extra Billy," a Washington Post writer explains, through his once getting extra pay for increasing the number of trips on the mail route for which he was contractor. The witty Senator Ingalls? of Kansas, who does not love the honorable Joe overmuch, remarked once, as the Georgia Senator read a speech from manuscript, that he reminded him of Moses correcting the proof-sheets of the Pentateuch. The Czarevitch of Russia, who for some time past has been in ill health, is said to be recovering. He recently went twice in one week to the Theater Maria to witness the performance of the celebrated danseuse, Mme. Sakalowa, accompanied by bis imperial parents. Mr. Gladstone's birthday gifts included, among other things, a red kerchief for his neck, 5 lBifc . dozen bottles of his favorite jam, one mutton and three mince pies and a box of oills, the last named from the husband of the wcroan who forwarded the mutton pie. John Ruskin has recently presented a beautiful stained-glass window to he Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic), Coniston, England. John Ruskin says he cares nothing for creeds, but that he does care, for the needs of his fellowmen, without distinction of creed. The late Humphrey , Moore, a well-known second-hand book dealer of Baltimore, left nearly his entire fortune, about $100,000, for benevolent purposes, the major portion being for the establishment of an institution for public discussions, entertainments and other popular educational gatherings. Mr. E. H. Fitler, who will probably be the next Mayor $f Philadelphia, has won much public favor by such small" yet significant details as always having his sidewalk cleared of snow, and ashes spread over the ice. People think that a man who is public spirited in small things will serve them well in greater affairs. In the first number of Murray's Magazine Mr. Matthew Arnold contributes the first part of an article on General Grant. "L too," remarks Mr. Arnold, "had seen General Grant .n England, and did not find him interesting. If T ..i L truth, I should say that I thought him - ordinary

a , vuj(, vtu nuu Bueuh aq expresa'on. of r-a-

tUniut And Aen nweetcess in the eyes, which

the portraits in the memoirs show, escaped me. A strong, resolute, business-like man, who by possession of unlimited resources in men and monev and by the unsparing use of them had been enabled to wear down and exhaust the strength of the South this was what 1 supposed Grant to be this and little more." Some of the papers talk about Henry W. Grady as if , he were wholly unknown prior to the dinner of the New England Club. He had already reached the pinnacle of fame. For the whole of last season he was president of the Southern Base-ball League. The mightiest umpires trembled when his great name was reverently whispered. It is an old but true story that the Duke of . , , rwacW n . nrf oomn 7" ! .Z;." acclench & Qaeensbury.w The London Dead Letter Office has just reported a companion to it in the case of a letter intended for the 1'nnce ot Wales, and addressed to "Albert Edward, Esq., Marlborough House." The Connecticut Legislature is nothing if not original. The nomination for Chaplain of the House was made as follows: "I nominate the Rev. H. P. Smith, of Hartford, for Chaplain of this House. Generally the position has been filled by Hartford clergymen. Mr. Smith is presented as the unanimous choice of the Republican Representatives of Hartford county." Chicago News: We are heartily glad that Sec retary Lamar is married, and we wish him and his bride all prosperity. For the last four years the Secretary has been little else than a namby-pamby old sentimentalist, and his time has been largely employed in paying fulsome compliments to silly girls and idiotic women. Mrs. Lamar will be just the tonic the indolent and impractical old gentleman needs. Thr Prince of Wales recently took two subscriptions to the third Eclipse stakes of 10,000, to be run at Sandown Park in 1889, which has secured the larcest entry ever known for an English prize. The possibility of winning this, prize will be a great relief to Queen Victoria, who has been advancing "pennies" to her son to hejp pay his debts for several years past. The ex-Empress Eugenie, since her arrival at Naples, has occupied apartments that command a magnificent view over the bay. The Empress will, in a few days, leave Naples for Posilipo. a village on the bay a few miles distant, where she will reside at the beautiful villa Delahunte, whence she will proceed to Sicily at the besinning of February. She will not return to England till the beginning of May. When Circusman Cole sold his stock in New Orleans, the other day, three dun riug horses that he ha3 owned for years, went with the others by mistake. Mr. Cole at once bought them back, saving that he would never consent to have the horses become the property of any one who would make them work, and that he had decided to put them to a painless death. He proposed bleeding them to death, but W. B. Leonard, a liveryman, suggested that the use of chloroform would be a better and less painf nl mode. This was finally decided upon and a reliable man procured, who was to have performed the operation. They were all collected in the circus tent. There were Cole. Leonard, the riders and the clowns, the ringmaster, the tumblers and leapers and the three pet duns. Calling the little mare by name he told her to kiss them all good. The intelligent animal, stretching forward her head, kissed each one. This was mor than they could stand, and the sacrifice was put off. Cole had no place to take them to, so Mr. Leonard promised to find some one who would assume charge of them, under a guarantee never to work them, but to keep them in good order until old age should claim them for the grave. Anna Judic's revival of "La Belle Helene" in Paris reminds the World, of London, that the original "Belle Helene" and unrivaled, queen of Offenbachian opera bouffe, the beautiful Mile. Hortensefechneider, is living at Passy with her son, who bears the title of Prince de Talleyrand, thauks to a curious bargain made by his mother years ago. Once upon a time Schneider fell in love with a fellow-actor, and there was born to them a boy. Soon after this, a young Talleyrand, age sixteen, came to court the beautiful Hortense. One day the youngster got into difficulties, and asked Schneider to lend hira $10, 000." "Very good," replied Schneider, "service for service; recognize my child with the due lefal formalities, and I will lend you th money." 'he documents were forthwith drawn np, and the boy was recognized by tho young Talleyrand as his son. Naturally, the family heard of the affair, and legal proceedings were instituted to nullify the act, but the tribunal could do nothing; the mother said the young man was father of the boy; the young man said he was the father; and so the actor's child became Prince de Talleyrand, and Prince de Talleyrand he remains an unfortunate, epileptic, half idiot, the only crease in the rose-leaf bed on which Hortense Schneider, rich, amiable and still charming, passes the evening of her life. CONCERNING WOMEN. Dr. Kate I. Kelsey holds the office of city physician in Menomonee, Wis. There are six women students in the collegiate course of Columbia College. Denmark, Sweden and Norway have now each of them a woman's rights periodical edited bv a woman. 1 The students of Bryn llawr College for Women have decided to wear the Oxford cap and gown. Dr. Dorothea Lummis was recently elected president of the Homeopathic Society of Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Sarah W. Starkweather is serving her second term as superintendent of schools in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Mile. Heykel has just received the degree of M. D. from the University ot Helsingford, in Finland. She is the first Finnish woman thus honored. ( Mrs. Stanford, of California, Is erecting in Albany, N. Y, a home tor the aged poor, and a day nursery for children of poor working women, as a memorial to her parents. A small memorial volume entitled "Ann Phillips, Wife of Wendell Phillips," has recently been printed for private circulation among the friends of the great orator and his noble wife.. Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, whose model of Iolan the, beautifully executed in butter, attracted so much attention at the Centennial Exposition, is now a sculptor, with a studio in New York citv. The Mount Holyoke alumna) propose to raise "Mary Lyon fund," as"a tribute to the oldest institution ior tne education of women. It will be presented to tne seminary next June, at the fiftieth anniversary. At the last meeting of the Woman's National Press Association held at Willard's Hotel Washington, D. C, Susan B. Anthony "gave an interesting and practical talk on the subject of "Woman s Influence on the Press." The Woman's Temperance Publication Association has issued the initial number of the juva?!l2 temperance paper which was announced some freens ago. It is called "The Youn Crusader," and is edited by Miss Alice M. Guernsey, of Vareham, Mass., who has for years been known an efficient worker in the, W. (5. T. U. Mrs Margaret R Parker, of England, who was the founder of the Woman's British Temperance Association and first president of the International W..G T. U., has been made an organizer fcj the world's W. a T. U. She is now traveling westward through the United tVu? w U ProaWy viait the Sandwich Islands before her return. There are five ladies enrolled in tho law de partment of Micuigan University this vear. One is a young girl from the Sandwich Islands, the granddaughter of an honored missionary of the Congregational Church. Her father, who is a plninentlawyer on th jw has fostered her natural bent towardTegaliQyinrpradtical way, introducing her into the details of his work at an early age. She intends to practice at ner home. Two other ladies are married and are the classmates of their husbands, with whom they will practice after their course is completed. t Rev. Florence Kalloch was ordained in the Universalist Church eleven years ago, and entered at once upon her ministerial work. For the past seven years she has been pastor of a large and live parish in Englewood, a town neai Chicago. Miss-Kalloch is VWntl lSl

son. where she received her degree of A M, Afterwards she graduated from the St. Law. rence University, in New York. Last spring six months' vacation was granted her, which she spent in California, not in idleness, howbver, as she preached an lectured frequently and established churches in various localities. Some years ago two or three ladies of Harrison, burg, Va., who visited the almshouse regnlarlr

wcrn Kisntii uiauav w; .vkiuk iron) the paupers constant complaints of bad food and ill. treatment Failing to induce the authorities to fully investigate, one of the ladies one day unexpectedly appeared In the almshouse kitchen where the manager was serving out a supply o'f well-picked bones for the paupers' dinner. To his great disgust the lady persisted in Catherine the dinner into her basket and carrying it bom j , ' ' , , , w&o 10 De mepeciea oy uer bui iukcu uusoana. k . . ; . a i rrL i ' "W w - "-.iimr presented at a meeting ot the Town Council, with wa8 e ?r !na eL7.,l"S7L VL-1 o a we" d" me result oi a prompt uiswarjjo ui administration at the almshouse. PUGS, TAHBIES AND CANARIES. Diversified Clinic at the Veterinary Depart raent of the Pennsylvania University. ' Fhilxdelphia Press. "Doctor, is my pug any better to-dayt" The questioner was a young lady who had called at the Veterinary Hospital of the University ot Pennsylvania. The doctor led her into the dog' ward, where a dozen dogs howled and barked in unison as the door was opened. "Pug's" cage was opened, and he hobbled out as far as hU chain would allow to greet his mistress. A month ago the dog broke his right fore leg, and was taken to the hospital, where it was decided that it must be amputated. The operation had ' been successfully performed, and yesterday he had sufficiently recovered to betaken home, both dog and mistress looking equally delighted aa they went out of the iron gate together. A dozen dogs of all sizes remained in the ward each in an airy and comfortable cage. They were a big bulldog; a collie with acute bronchiu breathing like a hlaet-f nrnace; several assorted , dogs with the mange; a fox terrier, blind in both eyes from cataract, and a valuable young setter with auricular catarrh. All the dogs are tenderly cared for and scientifically treated for their ailments. Pets of all kind?, from a St Bernard to a canary, are brought to the daily clinic. A black-and-tan terrier, recently discharged from the hospital, had one of his eyes replaced fey a glass one which looked so natural that no one except the dog could detect the deception. A ? canary was recently treated for cancer in the throat, and discharged with its health resovered ' and its voice restored to its original strength and clearness. s Yesterday a little dog was brought to the dime f apparently paralyzed m bis hind legs. Drs. ?r Huidekoper and Zuill examined him gravely f and sent dog and owner home with a prescript tion and the assurance that the dng would be ; well in a few days. Their diagnosis showed that the supposed paralysis arose from Indigestion. -In the dog's ward a black cat, "Jim," Is a permanent resident. Jim makes friends with every new patient, however, surly and averse to cats ' he may be. He sleeps with them in their cages, -and as he makes a tour of the ward every dog wags ins mi in auecnoniive gromiug. In other wards 6iek and injured horses, cattle and swine are cared for. A card bearing a diag- i nosis and a clinical report from day to day is posted over every patient's cage or stall for the information of students who do duty as resident physicians. i)r. Rush S. Huidekoper, dean of the veter inary department of the university, has been devoting all his spare time to the dissection of the elephant "Dom Pedro," which died at the "Zoo" some time ago. He is preparing material for a treatise on the anatomy of the elephant, to be published in the spring. As the work pre presses, photographs are taken of the various muscles and organs, to make illustrations for . the nook. The purpose of the work is to settle many disputed points in the anatomy of tha elephant, and wiil be a valuable addition to the science of comparative , anatomy. Dr. Huidekoper has already discovered several peculiarities in the muscular system' of the elephant which will be of great Interest to students, Recollections of George Eliot. Olive' Harper, in New York Mall and Express. Shortly after having met Jean Ingelowsoms other kind friends arranged to take me opt to St John's Wood to see George ElioC Her housa sat back some little distauce from the gate and was nearly hidden by trees and shrubs, and these gave a rather somber and depressing look to the hall and reception room, as they obsenred them and hardly permitted a ray of sunlight to enter. " At that time she was not married to Mr. ' Lewes, and had cot finished Daniel Deronda, bul was then working on it While wo were sitting in the reception room a tall gentleman with s very smooth, low voice, came in and said that George Eliot was qnite indisposed that day, bat' that she would receive us in spite 'of that fact knowing that the lady had come so far for that purpose. This gentlemau was pbably Mr. Lewes, though he did not say so. We were then led into a still darker and more sr.jless room, which was fitted up as a study. In this room, seated before a glowing fire, though it was May, in a great easy-chair and wrapped and bundled up in a fleecy white shawl, was the famous woman. She had a sort of nubia, also, of white wool thrown over her head, and the ends held nnder the shawl. Her figure was all curled up in tha chair, so that it was impossible to judge of her height or form, but 1 judged her to be rather under the medium height and very thin, as her hands were thin, long and bony. Her face was rather thin and was very long, with the under ; jaw setting out in a very unlovely manner. Her eyes were deep set, and her mouth and nose indescribable, but very ugly in shape. Thoueh her features bore the undeniable stamp of rare intellectuality, they were cold and unsympathetic. Her voice was clear, and every word was distinct, though she spoke in a low tone, and net eyes showed very little change as she spoke, at if she had no deep sympathy, or rather at It she did not care to waste such a sentiment oa anyone but her fictitious characters. Her conversation lacked warmth or vitality, though her apathetic manner may have been due to weakness. Somehow she managed to convey the impression that her mind was too great for her body, and that she was . physically wasting, while her mental faculties burned too brightly. In the course of conversation she said that she thought out her work while resting bodily, and then in tb$ forenoon, while h6r physical condition wa3 at its best, she wrote it down, rarely Writing over sixty lines a day. After she had finished one of her books she immediately left the city and went traveling for several months before she could recuporate her strength. During the visit she was gentle but not sympathetic, was not silent nor talkative, and though, as far ai i was concerned, I did not find any womanly charm about her to love, I was very glad to have seen so famous a woman. She kindly invited us to visit her again upon my return from the continent, but before I came back Mr." Lewes was dead, and I never saw her again. " Percentages on St LouU Eagt-TSoiiud Freights,' - St. Lotis, Jan. 8. Messrs. Depew, Wicker, and Bird, tha PAntlpmpn to nhnm vrna Knbmitted for arbitration the Question of per cent?, for the St. Louis east-bound freight lines, announced their award yesterday through Commissioner Blanchard. . The award will, no doubt be a surprise to many. The arbitrators decided that for live stock the award shall be as follows: Chicago & Alton, 27 per cent; Vandalia, 24; Indianapolis & St Louis. 21; Wabash, 21: Ohio & Mississippi, 7; total, 100. Arbitrator Gaul t's award, from which an ftppeal was taken, was as follows: Chicago & Alton, 23 per cent; Vandalia, 244; Indianapolis & St. Louis, 211: Wabash, 21i:Ohio & Mississippi. 91; total, 100. The award covers all stock shiorcents from Feb. 1 to, Dec. 31. 188G. and will continue in ef fect as the basis of division until changed by new arbitration. Aflftntlltorl Tv R.1Aa San Francisco, Jan. aNear midnicht Ust night a crowd of cat-strikers left their meeting hanand walked up Mason street Fifteen minutes, later a ca of the Sutter-street lino was coming down the hill, and as it crossed MaiftaiT&et thj strikers sallied forth with sticks and $fones s? attacked the conductor, gripman aad the passei7 gers on the dummy. One of the passengers was dealt a heavy blow on the head with an Iron bar, catting a deep gash in the scalp, which bled pro fusely. Simultaneously the conductor on tat rear platform was struck on the head with acini and on the Hiee by a rock. Tho gripiaan wrl out iu severely oruiseu. no

astoqulcdj done that t,o trrcitj - a i - - .-., - .V, j i- ... ; i .......... -,-,M f