Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JODRNAL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 18S7,

the Queen of Sheba. There are in the assortment a maenifieent rair of diamond ear-rinzs, 100 beautiful silk dresses of as many different designs, and countless pieces of Chinese bric-a-brac, and thirty or forty fans of the most exquisite workmanship, besides a great array of gold acd silver ornaments and idols, which only Chinese artisans ran produce. Mrs. MitViewirz pave a reception to the members of the Chinese legation this afternoon, at which she was assistsd by a party of lady friends. The presents were brought out and admired by all the ladies, and there were no doubt some of. them who forgot that the tenth commandment applies to the products of China as well as to the poods of any other nation. Tea was served In Chinese cnr, brewed from leaves sent directly by the Viceroy to Mrs. Mitklewicz, and those who were permitted to Kip say that tbore never was such tea drawn at an American reflection before. Mttkiewicz is rot to have absolutely plain sailing iu his ventures. Mr. Turnbull, the inventor of the telephone which pave the Count the leverage on the Chinese minister, was in the city to-day. He brought with him an acrreement signed by Miikiewicz, which sbows that he has been frozen out by that enterprising person. Mr. Turnbull railed at the legation and was cordially received by the attache who happened to be in at the time. Mr. Turnbull explained his mission, and asked what could be done about it. The attache read the agreement, and remarked that whatever benefits are to be derived from the concessions should be shared by the inventor of the telephone. Then, in a very neat, diplomatic manner, he remarked that the arraneement had all been made in China; that the minister here had nothine to do with the case further than to see that theerms were complied with by the eeotleman to whom the prant has been piven. He could see no way in which the Usation could benefit Mr. Turnbull, and he bad no suggestions to offer which might be of service. Mr. Turnbull returned ' to Baltimore. but as he is a man of means and a preat deal of pugnacity, it is not likely that he will consent to see the reward of his genius reaped by another- without exhausting every means available for securing bis rights. Thre is a rumor current to-night, which can not be traced to any particular source, to the effect that one reason which led ex-Gorernor Porter to tenif r his resignation aa Assistantsecretary of S ate, was an offT which he has received of a p"ition on the directory of the contemplated Chirese National Bank. Gov. Porter could not be found to confirm or deny the rumor. ASSISTANT SKCRETARI PORTEU.

ills Apparent Honesty Proves Too Much for the Present Administration. Vt'sflifrston SpeHsl. The' long-looked-for resignation of Assistant Secretary of State Porter has come at last. The assistant secretary said last night that he left the department with the best of feeling for all its officers and employes. He further said that he was influenced by the condition of Mrs. Porter's health and other purely personal and private reasons. Governor Porter will return to his home in Tennessee. This is all that the outgoing Assistant Secretary would say, but there are grounds for believing that other :mses than private affairs have had something to do with the resignation. Governor Porter has been . about the only person connected with. Mr. Bayard who could be reached by the general public, and hia popularity has helped to smooth over the unpopularity of the Secretary of State. A rear sgo.'when Envoy Sedgwick was sent on bis famous mission to Mexico, the assistant secretary was the only person in the department who would not lie about the matter. At different tiroes it has been reportd that there was friction between Secretary Bayard and Assistant-secretary Porter, and because the latter was not made aware of things that it was bis right to know. It is certain that the Apsiatantsecretary knew nothing of Mr, Bayard's plans for having fish commissioners appointed to act with official representatives of the British gov ernment When the cable dispatches were first firinted Got. Porter boldly said he did not beieve them, because he doubted the power of the President to appoint web. commissioners. Inasmuch as Messrs. Cleveland and Bayard had already determined on their course this kind of talk from a high officer of the State Department ebagrined them intensely. It probably hastened the change. A few days ago, when Sheriff Matpon's attorney came on with the papers for McGarigle'a extradition. Assistant-secretary Porter did cot even know that the subject had been laid before the department, though it should have come before him. The question of successor to Mr. Porter is as yet unsettled. Third-Assistant Moore iB a Delaware protege of Mr. Bayard's, and he may be shoved np a notch, but the place would be a good one for some out-of-a-job politician and a new man will be given the prize. A year apo John Oberly was willing to sacrifice himself, and he is now more anxious than ever to get out of the Civil-service Commission, but he will hardly reach the State Department. IRISH BE.NEVOLENCE. Annual Meeting of the Catholic Union The Members Call on the President. Special to tu Indiananolis Journal. Washington, Sept. 8. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union to-day elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Michael Glennan, of Norfolk, Va.: first vice president, J. J. Behan, of Kingston, Pa.; second vice-president, Rev. Father William Waisb, of Memphis, Tenn.; secretary, Martin J. Griffin, of Philadelphia; treasurer, Rev. James Henry, of St. Louis; executive committee, Walter Walsh, of St. Louis; Wm. H. Kelly, of Columbus, O.; M. B. Harlow, of Alexandria, Va. Resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with the cause of Irish home rule and gratitude toward the leader of the Irish party in Parliament, as well as scorn for the system of landlordism in Ireland, which is denounced as worthy of a government which, in the light of to-day, is so blind as to attempt to govern the Irish people by coercion." The work of Gladitoae in the cause of home rule was recognized and applauded; also, the efforts to promote the study and preservation of the Irish language in this country. At 4 o'clock the delegates proceeded to the executive mansion and were received by the President in the East Room. President Glennan, of the Union, then stepped forward and addressed the President as follows: 'Mr. President Permit me to remark, in behalf of the members of the convention of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of the United States, that they are exceedingly gratified in having the honor of paying their respects to the chief magistrate of this great republic. Loving the church and its teachings, and deeply attached to the land of their nationality And ancestry a land whose people are aching to enjoy the blessings of liberty and home rule, such as is seeured to the people of this country they are the more proud of the fact that they are American citizens, who rejoice in all that tends to add to the glory, and renown and prosperity of the republic, the only government on earth that guarantees the blessings of civil and religious liberty." The President responded by expressing his gratification at meeting so many of the representatives of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Uuion, the more so from the fact that it was benevolent in character. It did not matter how well a country is governed, there always remained those who could only be reached by sncb associations as this union represented. Their work had the effect to make people better acquainted, arouse the humanities that lay dormant in their natures, and tended to good. He closed by expressing his desire to take each by the hand. Secretary Griffin introduced each delegate by name. The delegates then returned to their hall. Columbus, O., was selected as the next place of meeting. After some unimportant business the union, at 5 o'clock, adjourned. Til 13 DOCTOKS. Inoculation, for Yellow Fever A Criticism of Certain Allesetl malcontents. Washington, Sept. 8. The doctors' congress met in general session at 10 o'clock this morning. The Chair appointed a committee of one from each nation represented, to fix on the place for holding the next meeting. Dr. Atkinson, of Philadelphia, one of the secretaries of the congress, read the following abstract of the proceedings of the section of public and international hygiene: "After the reading by Dr. Domingos Freive, of Rio Janeiro, representative in the congress of the Brazilian government, of a paper entitled 'Vaccination with tb Attenuated Culture of the Microbe under the Microscope,' the following preamble and resolutions were adopted by the section: "Whoreas. Inoculation against yellow fever, if it I .roves iucc'stful after farther examination. i ca'ouated to bendrit the huinau race throughout the world; anil. Whereas, The facta presented by the experiments of Tr. Domingoa Frwive aiEord a reasonable assurance of It protective influence in liio Co Janeiro; merer ore, "Unsolved. That this sfc'ion racommend eo-opura-ftire investigation of the results obtained by yellow

fever inoculations as a protectior against that disease, sn'l that adequate appropriations by the governments represented in this congress be made for that purpose. - Uesolved, That this action be communicated forthwith for consideration in the general session of the congress." A resolution was adopted indorsing the proposed celebration in Washington, in 1892, of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. Professor Martin, of Berlin, was called to the chair to preside dnring the delivery of the address of his colleague. Professor Unna. of Hamburg. Dr. Unna's address embodied a plea for the more thorough study of skin diseases. Ee was given a vote of tbauks, and the general ression adjourned. The unfavorable comment and criticism that have appeared in some newspapers about the proceedings of the International Medical Congress have excited the indignation of many of the delegates. Prominent members of the executive committee, speaking of the matter, say that these criticisms were answered by Sir James Grant, of Canada, who, in answering the vote of thanks to Dr. Unna. to-day. made a speech in which he characterized this as one of the most important congresses ever held, and tai'l that it could take rank among the highest scientific gatherings ever held. Dr. J. B. Hamilton, the secretary-general of the congress, says that "the attempt to disgrace our country by belittling our foreign guests, and decrying the scientific aspects of this congress, is only viewed with utter contempt by the delegates, and no mnn dare sign his name to the statements that have been sent from this city by malcontents." The committee appointed to report upon a place for the meeting of the congress decided to report in favor of Berlin, Germany. The meeting will occur in 1890, the day and month to be hereafter determined. The report will be presented to the congress to-morrow for adoption. A great number of the visiting doctors, their wives, daughters and friends, surged through the immense inner court of the new Pension Building to-night, from 8 o'clock to midnight They were there to attend the so-called banquet to the medical' congress. It was in no sense a banquet only luncheon being served to those who were able to reach the table. Fourteen hundred bottles of cbampaene of American manufacture were consumed with unexampled rapidity. The Marine Band piayed popular selections throughout the evening. Between 7,000 and 8.000 people, fairly well dressed, promenaded around the lower floor and balconies, and the affair was as successful as was possible with this crowd, so unmanageably large. MINOR MATTERS.

1.1st of Indianians Whose Applications for Pensions Have Been Granted. Washington Special. Pensions have been granted the followingnamed Indianians: Mary, mother of Clark Cook, Brighton: Wm. Young, Greencastle: Charles Anderson, Columbus; Philip Horsentine. Snodd's Mills; Warren Wagner, Logansport; Henry Stone Crook, Worthington; Henry Lawrence, Reese's Miils; Jas. Coy, Nineveh; William Patterson. Worthington; William Allen, Shelbyville: Wm. Caster, Napoleon; Frank Lesperance. Crown Point; Tnomas Lonergan, Lafayette; Elijah Smallwood. Guthrie; Alonzo Merritt, Kempton; Henry Ellis, Palmyra; Mark Sawyer, Fort Wayne; Isaac Mufllay, Mentone; Joel Zeak, Jonesboro; Thomas Richards, Lafayette: Thomas Laws, Sparta; Richard Ltreene, Jeffersonville; Margaret, widow of Thomas Ryker, Crawfordsviile; Mary, widow of James Carson, Jeffer6onsville; Robert M. Galbraith, Indianapolis; Walter Prather. North Vernon; Daniel Buzzard. Hebron; George Carpenter, Goshen; Abram Black, Carlisle; John Harris, Alfredville; Henry Rawlings. Temple; Wilber Peterson, Granville; Benton McCafferty, Washington; John McNay, Indianapolis; George Day, Serpio; James Ryand, Monon: Vincenz Sanitcht, Madison; George Sleeth, Indianapolis; Joseph Kouhn, East Germantown; Robert McNew, North Vernon; James England, Evansville; Thomas Cole, Attica. General Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Sept. 8.f-Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles, of Indiana, who has spent several winters in Washington, has been appointed to a clerkship in the office of the architect having in charge the construction of the new congressional library. The salary attached to the position is at the rate of $900 per year. Ex-Congressman Ward, of Lafayette, Ind., has decided to locate permanently in Washington and practice law. There are quite a number of bis former colleagues in the House of Representatives who have opened law offices here, and have been making money. Judge Ward has concluded that he ought to be able to do as well, and has fitted no an office in a prominent location, and hopes to be equally as successful as the othera. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Omaha, yesterday, Jacob Albire fatally wounded hia wife and then killed himself, by shooting. The crime was due to jealousy. . The property in the State of New York of Stephen W. Dorsey, of New Mexico, has been attached upon the application of Peter L. Vanderver, upon a claim of $1,000 for services as an attorney, with interest at 12 per cent. John Gale, colored, aged forty, a resident of Brooklyn, was struck on the temple by a baseball while crossing a field where some boys were playing, and died last night. Charles Miller, who batted the ball, has been arrested. During the tornado in the Schoharie valley, Wednesday, several persons were injured. Hop yards were devastated, crops were ruined, and some stock killed. Fifty barns were unroofed, and Alfred W. Gifford's house, at Southhorne, was demolished. Full particulars of the fire at Newberg. Ont., on Wednesday, show that nearly fifty familiesare left without shelter; that not a business man escaped the conflagration, and that only two or three carried any insurance, and these only for a small amount. At Shenandoah. Pa., yesterday, Henry Becker, aged seventy, was shot and fatally wounded by Nicholas Knebels. The latter had been paying unwelcome attention to Becker's daughter, and was ordered out of tha house, but refused to go, and during a scuffle Becker was shot. There is not much hope of Becker's recovery. The vein of salt struck at Ellsworth, Kan., in the well of the Ellsworth Mining Company, at a depth of 730 feet, has now reached a thickness of 155 feet and the bottom rot yet reached. It is pure rock salt, very strong, and pronounced by experts superior to any other discovered. It is elaimed to be the thickest vein iu the world. The Governor and Council of Massachusetts held a meeting on Wednesday, at which Gov. Ames announced that qe had received and accepted the resignation of Hon. Wm. S. Gardner as judge of the Supreme Court, and nominated to the vacancy Judge Marcus P. Knowlton, of Springfield, at present on the Superior bench. Two more of the Balb-knobbers indicted by the United States grand jury at Jefferson City, Mo., for whipping government homesteaders in Douglas county Jackson Sllvey, sr., and R. E. Deouy the former the father of one of those found guilty on Wednesday, were tried yesterday and also found guilty. Application for a new trial will be made for all of these men. There are six other Bald-knobbers yet to be tried for the above offense. Shakespeare With a New Flavor. Boston Herald. Now would be a fitting moment to "revive" a Shakspearian play. Wi th all this advertising Donnelly is giving the old man, tnoee theatrical managers who say . Shakspeare has ceased to "draw," might make some money. The public would flock to the familiar dramas to see if they showed any material difference through being called Bacon's instead of William Shakspeare 's. Any cook will tell yon that the addition of the former improves the flavor of many a dish, and adds zest to tame meats. Why, then, should the world complain if a dissatisfied Westerner hits on this means of making a talk, and of reassuring our faltering interest in "Romeo and Juliet" and poor dear. "Hamlet. " Injudicious Advertising. Toronto Globe. The latest advertising dodge is to strew about the sidewalks bogus purses, from which bogus bills stick out, the idea being that the people who pick them up will have their attention drawn to the advertisements printed on them. "I dont' think much of that scheme," said a gentleman who is not wholly insensible to the charms of money. "Do you think I am going to patronize a man who trifles with my finest feelings." Itetlaced to a Cipher. Chicago Tribune. There are rumors thatTh: Nast is to be the chief caricaturist of a new Democratic illustrated weekly. As a political power Mr. Nast can now be represented allegorically by an arithmetical symbol which brings him within the peculiar field of research wherein Mr. Ignatius Donnelly reigns supreme. Senator Voorhees. Denver. Col., Sept. & Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, epoke to a large audience to-night, at Mammoth Rink, on the subject of "Thomas Jefferson. " He was afterward tendered a reception bv the Greystone Democratic Club. ; He goes East to-morrow.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of Various Kinds in the Two States. Distressing Experience of a Young; Man Who Was Injured in a Runaway Two Railway Men Arrested for Trespass Gleanings. INDIANA. Two Days and Nights Without Food or Shelter, and Subject to Keenest Pain. Special to the Indianapo"j Journal. Bluffton, Sept. 8. A singular accident occurred about four miles north of here last Monday afternoon. Charles Shelly, a young boy of seventeen, had been hauling gravel from the Murray gravel pit in the forenoon. In the afternoon he loaded s load of wood to bring to Bluff ton, and while driving through the woods the wagon wheel struck against the root cf a stump, throwing some of the wood on the horses' heels. At this the team became frightened and unmanageable. , Young Shelly was thrown forward between the front wheel and a stump and had his hip dislocated, besides receiving other injuries to his lower limbs. The horses then ran about one hundred and fifty yards, ' where they were brought to a standstill, having buried the iron on the end of the wagon-tongue so firmly in a tree that they were held fast until yesterday, when discovered. Shelly was in the midst of a large woods and was unable to either walk or make himself heard, and lay there two days and nights without shelter, water or food. He had dragged himself about half a mile from where he was injured, and was found yesterday at noon by parties who had gone in search of him. He was partly conscious when discovered, lie was brought here and had bis injuries treat ed. It is tnought he wi.. recover. Charged with Larceny. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Peru, Sept. 8. John Boyer, of North Grove, a few miles south of this city, last night borrowed a horse and wagon of Mr. Weaver, of the firm of Miller & Weaver, grain merchants at that place, with the intention of going into the country a few miles. In place of doing so, Boyer, during the night, proceeded to help himself to a quantity of the firm's timothy seed, and early this morning was in this city endeavoring to dispose of it. He took a friend into his confidence who thought more cf Weaver's friendship than Boyer's, and divulged the scheme. Boyer was arrested and is now it jail alongside of his brother, who was committed on account of the troubles recently had by the Panhandle railway people at North Grove. Railroad Men Charged with Trespass. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Sept. 8. Trouble has been brewing between Josiah C. Palmer and the management of the Evansville & Indianapolis railroad for some time. Palmer is one of the wealthiest farmers in this county, and claims a portion of the right-of-way of the road. Yesterday he caused constables to serve notices on the railroad employes, warning them against driving their trains over his land. The notices were, of course, disregarded, and this morning Palmer filed an affidavit against Michael Craft, conductor, and Thomas Parks, engineer, charging them with trespass. The men were arrested at noon, but were released on their giving bond for their appearance on Saturday. Montgomery County Fair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawfordsville, Sept & To-day is the big day of the county fair. There were over 80,000 persons on the grounds, coming from all parts of the county, and also from towns within a radius of thirty-five miles. In the bicycle races yesterday, Herbert Willute won two mile races in 3:59 and 4:30. The races were also interesting. Lura Nave, of Attica, J. N. Foster, of Ladoga, and J. W. Watson were judges, and H. S. Braden was the timer. The 2:25 trot was won by R. M. Lewis, in four heats, the best heat being made in 2:33J. The 2:30 pace was won by Independent F. The State University. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Sept 8. Indiana University opened this morning with a surprisingly large attendance, all previous figures being excelled. The total number in the college proper is 310, as follows: Freshmen, 150; sophomore, 90; junior, 60; senior. 40. This is much the largest senior class in the history of the institution, as is the freshman. The preparatory attendance is also unusually large. Dr. Jordan is being congratulated on. all sides for the great success of the new year. All the new professors are here and on dutv, the faculty being much larger than ever before. A Five-Dears' Sentence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Columbus, Sept 8. Some four or five years ago Marion Fox, of this county, shot and serieusly wounded Mrs. Mary Pitman, hia sister-in-law, because she refused to elope with him, as she alleged. Fox escaped and has since been in the West, until a few weeks ago, when he was arrested in Kansas City and brought back. Hia trial began yesterday, and to-day the jury rendered a verdict of five years in the penitentiary. Gas at Morrlstown. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mobristown, Sept 8. Trenton rock was reached at Muth's well here, at 3 p. m. The drill was withdrawn when it merely penetrated the rock, and the gas burned five feet high. At four feet in the rock the blaze is twelve feet, through a six-inch pipe, with all indications of a gusher. Minor Notes. The fourth reunion of the Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry will be held at Muncie, Oct 6. Trenton rock was reached at Amboy yesterday, and at a depth of five feet in the rock natural gas blazed to a height of twelve feet Wednesday evening's west-bound passenger train on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway struck and killed Charles Logan, a track laborer, who failed to get out of the way of the train in time. Deceased was sixteen years old, residing three miles from Warsaw. The One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers has formed an association. Ex-Lieutenant-governor Hanna was chosen president, and W. Edgman of Portland Mills, secretary. 'Comrades are requested to send their names and addresses to the latter, in order that a complete roster may be made. On Wednesday morning, Nicholas Ditlinger and John Cuitis were dangerously burned by an explosion of natural gas at the Wagoner plow-wotks, in Vernon. The men were working in the furnace under the boilers, arranging the pipes for burning the gas. In some manner the gas was prematurely turned on, and was ignited by a candle. Fortunately help was close at band. Tne cries of the unfortunate men were heard, and they were pulled from the furnace. ILLINOIS. Effingham Threatened with a Salt far Possession of Its Dasioess Quarter. Effingham, Sept. 8. Considerable excitement was created here to-day by the appearance of E. C Batterton, an attorney from Springfield, 111. , who is loosing np the title to eighty acres of land in our city which comprises its best residence portion. He is representing some minor heirs, who, he claims, own the title to the land in question and who will take immediate steps to establish their claim. No definite information as to the nature of the claim can be obtained, Mr. Batterton being reserved in his conversations. He filed a number of old deeds to-day for record as a preliminary step, from which it is learned that the alleged title dates back about thirty years. He leaves for Vandalia and Belleville to-morrow to collect further evidence in his case. The news of his visit has created great excitement among the hundreds of residents affected, and a long siege of litigation is promised. Edgar County Fair. Special to the IndiauaDclia Journal. Paris. Sept 8. The Edgar County fair has been in progress here this week at the society's grounds. To-day was the big day, and fully fifteen thousand people were on the grounds. The display of horses and cattle exceed any former occasion. All other departments are well filled. Art Hall is indeed a thing of beauty. The large displays of oil-paintings and needlework are alone worth the price of admission. There are eighteen herds of cattle on the grounds. A herd of Brown Swiss cattle, a new

breed, attracts universal attention. To-morrow is the last day. and will conclude with trotting races. The attendance all week has been large.

A Valuable Animal Drops Dead. Sjjeciat to the Indianaoli Journ Paris, Sept 8. A? the Edgar county fair, now being held in this city, a free-for-all trot was on the programme for this afternoon. Mr. J. C. Jones, of this city, had a five-year-old mare, Sunshine, in the race, and in the second heat she dropped dead just as she came under the wire Last season Mr. Jones refused an offer of $1,000 for her. She had a record of 2:38. but at the fair at Terre Haute she showed a 2:27 gait She was sired by Dr. Herr. Brief Mention. - The Governor has appointed Judge Jameson, of Chicago, and Lieutenant-governor Smith to represent Illinois at the Philadelphia constitutional centennial. The grand jury of Grundy county has completed its investigation of the Babcock shooting and discharged ,tbe witnesses. No indictment has yet been reported, and the conclusion of the jury upon the case is not known. At Rock Island, eight years ago, a policeman named Rosenfield was beaten to death by three or four drunken ruffians. Two of the murderers, Barney Heany and John Cavanagh, were sentenced to Joliet for life, and Pat Heany to a term which has just expired. The Governor has pardoned Cavanagh. who left the prison with Pat Heany on Wednesday. Barney is still at Joliet. The sixteenth annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Illinois, was held in Ottawa on Wednesday. High-mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock. Mgr. A. Bessonies, V. G., of Indianapolis, delivered an address relative to the evils of intemperance. The president, the Rev. John A. Fanning, -made his annual report concerning the work in Illinois. The next annual session will be held at Sheffield tbe first Wednesday in September, 1888. The officers for the next year are: The lit Rev. J. L. Spalding, spiritual director; the Rev. J. A. Fanning, B. 1)., of Ohio, president; Patrick Burk, Joliet, vice-president; James Ford, Ottawa, secretary and treasurer; William Quinlan, Chicago, delegate to national convention. DAINTY UNDERWEAR. Such. Sincerity a Good Test as to True Ladytike Qualities. Savannah Mews. To the French belong the palm of daintiness, or. in other words, having everything as fine, ornamental and well-rnade which is not intended to be seen save by the wearers as if these same things were garments always the most observed. It is the same principle which in statuary or painting we call true art, or sincerity in art The true artist makes the drapery of bis statues fall in as graeeful folds at tbe back, even though the the figure is to stand forever in a niche. So, too, the .well-bred woman, who likes to know and feel that her underwear is well made and beautiful. There is no doubt that a woman respects herself more, and therefore others respect her, who is dainty. On tha same principle that bread and butter, cut extremely thin, served on a Sevres or other delicate porcelain plate, tastes better than the self-same bread, cut in "hunks," taken in hand or laid upon some coarse kitchen ware. These are not trifles: these feelings are the very root of ali that goes to make np refinement and cultivation. The French were the first to attract attention to the beauty of good teeth, and the first to introduce the manicuring finger nails. French underwear has a world-wide reputation. Some of the prettiest and dantiest I inspected this week; it was a portion of a bridal trousseau of an American heiress. There were nndervests of pale pink, blue and cream silk. Most of these that are to be purchased lose their color in the laundry. To obviate this the vests should be hand-knit to order of some of the well-known knitting silks; they will hold their color perfectly in this way. Night dresses, chemises and and drawers are all made of white China silk, trimmed with real lace. Valenciennes seems to be the favorite, or old-fashioned thread lace, which is durable and "does up well." These night-robes are so beautiful that they may be U6ed as robes de chambre. and indeed in Paris the ladies often do receive intimate female friends thus attired in their own apartments, and gossip mildly over a cup of chocolate. Sets of three pieces also come in plain colored China siik, which material is much softer and cooler than surah, and washes as well as any silk pocket handkerchief. One of the most useful and dainty articles of this troBseau is a dress-waist protector, which is intended to keep the linings of dresses nnsoiled. They are better than corset covers, as they do not go around the waist at all. Corset covers are warm at best. These dress protectors are made in tbe shape of a half handkerchief, with just a strip to go under the arms. To hold it in place tiny linen tape is attached to the point at the back, at tbe waist line, and is brought round in front to hold down the two front ends. Small lace bnttons fasten these together. Of course a half circle is cut out of the throat to make it fit the shoulders properly. They are trimmed all around with tbe narrowest thread lace, and vre made of the finest linen lawn or wnite China silk. A DOUBLE LIFE. The Flight of a Servant Reveals the Fact of Her Intemperance. Brooklyn Eagle. A curious instance of double life was recently disclosed in Brooklyn by the flight of a servant from the home of a family on tbe Hill. The girl came to America with her father and mother some years ago, and her parents having died of alcoholism shortly after their establishment here, she was left an orphan, without friends or resources. It was a perilous position for a girl to be placed in, but if temptation ever came to her she never yielded to it. and it was but a few weeks before she obtained employment as housemaid and children's nurse in the home before mentioned. She was given employment without tbe exaction of recommendations, and amply justified the trust placed in her by her modesty, her industry, her intelligence and the almost maternal regard that she had for the children of the family. Her father had been a civil engineer in England, who had given his daughter an education before he came to this country to fill a drunkard's grave, and her manners and apparently her tastes and feelings were those of a lady. She never presumed on the confidence and esteem that were bestowed upon her. and was faithful in the smallest details of her trust Recently the family went to the country, leaving her to put the city house in order and to follow in a day or two. She did not follow, but a letter in her handwriting was received at the time that she was due, and was read by the family with amazement It stated that when the letter was received she would be on the ocean on her way back to England; that she bad saved enough from her wages to buy a steerage ticket and that she intended on reaching the other side to place herself in an inebriate home. The desire for liquor, that she had inherited, was more than she could master; she had secretly tippled during her long service with the family, and felt that she was no fit companion for the children. She begged pardon for her hasty departure, and tendered thanks for the kindness shown to her. On receipt of this letter the master of the house hastened back to town, a prey to sundry misgivings, but among all the pictures, bric-a-brac, costly books, jewelry, and other convertible articles that bad been left within reach, not a thing had been taken. Every room had been neatly swept and dusted, doors and windows were fastened, the refrigerator dried, everything was left in first class order but a half bottle of brandy in the cupboard was missing. The ca?e is strange and pathetic. INTEMPERANCE IN FRANCE. Tbe People Dave Abandoned Wine and Tsnen to Whisky. Paris L etter in New Yorfc Post. One little paragraph in M. Rouvier's speech merits international attention, because it dwells upon a point which is of universal interest For more than fifteen years France, formerly at the same time gayest and most sober of countries', has been on tbe downward road on the question of temperance. The demon of alcohol, and of bad alcohol, ha3 made bis appearance in all tbe manufacturing centers, and has committed ravages in tbe great cosmopolitan capital which would have been deemed impossible a generation ago; in fact, the whole of northern France, comprising a community of some 20,000,000, has been transformed from a joyous, inoffensive nation of wine-drinkers into a community given over to excessos in the baser alcohols. Time after time the Academy of Medicine has pointed out thi3 fact; all the better class of scientific men have fulminated against it, have warned the politicians, have declared that in process of time a change in the French character would be remarked, but this has done no good until M. Rouvier. who is remarkably clever in social and financial economical questions, has had the courage boldly to pronounce against the carnival of intoxication which has followed upon the failures of the war and the industrial crisis of the last fifteen years, and now he says that the government will protect the people against itself, and will restrict and monopolize the sale of alcohol, rigidly excluding all adulterated German and Belgian products, and forcing the working people, against their own inclination, to come back to tbe habits of decency and sobriety, which in France have not been considered inconsistent

with jollity and a certain license for the last 300 years. M. Rouvier will have the support of all conscientious and dignified scientific and medical men. and these constitute an important and influential body iu this country. It should be remembered also that the government has a wide-sweeping . influence on such matters, entirely different from anything which prevails in England and America. .

THE ROTHSCHILD WEDDING. Why the Match Was Opposed Aa to the Lucky Groom. Paris Letter in London Truth. There have been a number of fashionable marriages in tho course of the week, and among the number was one which dragged so long that every one said it was "high time" when it was announced. I mean the wedding of Mllo. Helena de Rothschild and the Belgian cavalry officer. He a rich in names, but until she became his wife he could not boast of being rich in world's gear. The style and titles of the huband of the great heiress in question are Baron Stephen van Nyevelt, van Haar, van Zuylen. Professional genealogists have a deal to say about his ancestors, who doubtless were first-rate people in the corner of the Low Countries in which they lived during the time that that part of the world was covered by Spain. But fame knows nothing about them. This, however, does not matter. The Baron van Nyevelt, van Haar. van Zuylen is a fine, manly fellow, very good-looking, and an accomplished dancer and equestrian. He is quite genuine. Belgians are generally what they look and set up to be. His wealthy bride worships him, and I dare say she will remain satisfied with her bargain. Her relatives are furious, and find fault with her for not having chosen a more intellectual husband. They forget that she was shutout from most things which induce a taste for mental superiority. The men who had climbed to eminence by their talents, and whom she was allowed to see, were all of the fogy age and patriarchs. The marriage of the Baron so rich in "vans" and of the lady so rich in gold did not take place with the accompaniments of ball, music and candle-light, it having been by special dispensation solemnized or, rather, got through in the dingy little sacristy of St Honore d'Eylan. This was because tbe bride did not renounce Judaism and get baptized. A priest cannot marry a Jew or Jewess to a Christian before an altar, and he can only join their bands with maimed rites in tbe sacristy by special dispensation - from the Pope. The ecclesiastic who blessed tho Belgian Baron and the heiress on this occasion was Bishop Sisson. I like to see a bride go from the paternal home with all the triumphal circumstance of white satin and orange blossoms, and followed by a long train of brilliantly-dressed and sympathizing friends. There was nothing of this at the triple "van" and Rothschild marriage. But there was that admirable thing without which every bridal is a poor affair a bride's face expressing the most entire confidence in the man she had resolved to take, for better or for worse, against the long-kept-up opposition of the powerful tribe to which she belonged by birth. Tbe position of the bridegroom at Brussels is a good one. He is a brother-in-law of M. Van de Velde de van Zuylen, whose name is familiar to every reader of the Independence Beige, or any other Brussels paper. Viscomte Louis de Thury, one of the bride's witnesses, belongs to the most clerical of tbe Faubourg St Germain families. Mr. Sandford, tbe other witness, is an American, and was in diplomacy. I think, seeing that the newly-married Baroness is one of the greatest heiresses of the day, it is well both for her and the baron that she has taken her own course in getting married and broken with her tribe in doing so. She will obstinately, if she has womauly pride, shut her eyes to his little faults and keep down her own whims and humors when indulgence ia them might tend to weaken the bond which holds them together. The best wives are those who have made a choice against strenuous opposition from their own relatives. The reason is that they would not for the world expose themselves to be reminded of all the evil that was predicted of their willfulness before they plunged into the slavery ofhe ring. BLOODY BATTLES. Borodino Ranks First, While Gettysburg; EasHy Takes Second Place. Louisville Courier-Journal. It is not uninteresting to state what have been the bloodiest battles of the last hundred years, that is to compute the percentage of loss to the numbers engaged. Within the allotted time the Napoleonic battles come first. The battle, of Lodi, Bonaparte's first brilliant success, was simply tbe daring paesag of a brigade, and does not enter into the computation. Areola was tbe most sanguinary struggle of the Italian campaign. The forces engaged numbered about seventy thousand, and the loss was about twenty-five thousand, or about 35 per cent At Rivoli there were eighty thousand men engaged, and the loss was forty thousand, but twenty thousand of these consisted of Austrians who surrendered to Napoleon, so that the real loss was only 25 per cent After Bonaparte's return from Egypt he fought the battle of Marengo. In its results this was one of the most momentous engagements in history, but all accounts agree that it was the worst planned and worst fought of all Bonaparte's victories. There were G0.0G0 men engaged, and the loss was 17,000, or about 28 per cent At the battle of Austerlitz, which by many i3 considered Napoleon's most brilliant victory, the French and AustroRussian armies numbered 210,000 men, and the loss was 40,000, or about 18 per cent At JewaAuerstadt there were 325,000 men engaged, and the loss wa3 40,000, or about 12 per cent At Borodino there were 170,000 men in battle, and 80.000 were killed and wounded, amounting to more than 47 per cent At Leipsic there were 500,000 men in the battle, which lasted three days, and the loss was 110000, or 22 per cenc At Waterloo 140.000 men were engaged, and the I033 was 40,000, or 28 per cent In the Crimean war there were 125,000 men at the battle of Inkermann, and the 'casualties amounted to 25,000, or 20 per cent. At Magenta there were 225,000 men; the loss was 11 per cent, or about 25.000. At Solferino there were 230,0.00, and the loss was 40.000, or 1G per cent At Sadowa the hostile forces numbered 425,000. and 70,000, or 16 per cent were killed and wounded. At Gravelotte there were 450,000 men in the encounter, of whom 35,000, or about 8 per cent were killed and wouuded. At Shiloh the armies numbered 90,000, and the loss was 30,000, or orfe-third. At Fredericksburg there were 180,000, and the loss was 20,000, or 11 per cent At Antietam there were 150.000, and the loss was 20,000, or about 13 per cent. At Chickamauga there were 103.000, and the loss was 30,000, or about 29 per cent. At Chancilorsville there were 150.000, and tbe loss was 30.000. or 29 per cent At Gettysburg there were 160.009, and the loss amounted to 57,000. or 39 per cent. Thus the figures show that Borodino was the bloodiest battle of modern times, with Gettysburg in the second place. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. . The Futile Attempt of Abbe Larrlea to Demolish tho Structure. New York Times. This Frenchman, the Abbe Larrieu, who has attempted to disprove the existence of the great wall of China,- deserves a lofty niche in the temple of liars. According to tbe summary of his pamphlet (Paris, Leroux), published in the London Times, this missionary has the hardihood to declare that he has lived for several years under what would have been the shadow of the great wall had there been one, but that no such structure exists. "Thi3 huge Chinese wall," says the Abbe Larrieu, is a huge Chinese lie;" and ac cepting his statement, millions of ingenuous youth would immediately lose all confidence in thfeir geographies. But the mendacious missionary has been promptly exposed. A gentleman writes to the editor of the London Standard as follows: "Will you allow me to inform your readers that I have sat upon the wall, and that I have, moreover, a photograph of iti" And all the standard and trustworthy histories of China, also, as well as the accounts of innumerable travelers, may be called into coart to refute tbe Abbe. Gen. James H. Wilson, of this city, visited the wall in the year 1SSG. and on page 218 of his "China" he has this to say of it: "The Chinese call it the ten-thousand-li-wall.' and if it really had any such length it would be something over 3,330 miles long. . It ia from 25 to 30 feet high. 15 to 20 feet thick, and riveted outside and in with cut granite masonry, laid in regular courses.with an excellent mortar of lime and sand. It is surmounted by a parapet of gray burned brick, 18 or 20 inches thick, covered with moss and pierced with crenelated openings for defenders. The top is paved with a double layer of brick about a foot square. The inside of the wall is made of earth and loose stones, well rammed in. Every 200 or 300 yards there is a flanking turret 30 or 40 feet high, promoting beyond and overlooking the face of the wall in both directions.' The most astounding thing about it is, however, that it climbs straight up the steepest and most ruggd mountain sides, courses along their summits, descends into gorges and ravines, and rising again, skirts the face of almost inaccessible crags, crosses rivers, valleys and plains in endless succession from one end of the empire to the ether from the seashore on the Gulf of Pechile to the desert wastes of Turkestan." Further testimony to the existence and appearance of tho Great Wall may be found in

Williams's "Middle Kingdom," where In volume I., pages 30-31, tbe construction and aspect of the wall are described. Upon the map accompanying Williams's volumes also the windings of the Great Wall are distinctly laid down. There can be no doubt, of course, that the structure exists substantially as has been described for centuries. The attempt of the Abb Larrieu to demolish by a pamphlet the Great Wall, which is supposed to have been built about 215 B. C, must be attributed to one of those curious impulses of mendacity such as produced George Psalmanazar's hoax about ths Island of Formosa, and to which, in these latei

from Ottawa concerning the fisheries dispute, and tbe equally fabulous stories of famine in Labrador. An Intemperate Woman. Art Age. A famous woman-lecturer on woman's right! and temperance talks eloquently up and down the land against the evils of stimulants. "Touch not taste not handle not," is her war cry, and inscribed upon her banner. This lecturer, albeit of robust build and constitution, continually overtaxes hr strength. To spur on her jaded forces she consumes a certain stimulant ia unlimited strength and quantity. Not only does she thus stimulate before coming upon the platform, but even while in face of her audience does not refrain from it She carries the exciting leaves in a regular tobacco box. She, chews tea, habitually, incessantly, as a tobaccosoaked mariner his quid. She lectures against stimulants with her mouth full of of it, lodged as a Bweet morsel under her tongue, or, like a sailor's plug, in her cheek. The juice of the tea plant is her staff, her sheet anchor. Before the juice of the grape she rages and imagines vain things! . Jouioa vs. Donnelly, Boston Herald. The Donnelly-Davidson-Shakespeare-Bacon controversy comes along in the nick o' time. There is little to talk about, and the Baconian cipher business is j nst as good as another. But remember that Ben Jonson, who was one of the most jealoas of men, never raised a suspicion that Shakespeare did not vrita his own plays: He knew him. T1IE FAIR SEASON OP 18S7. Following is a list of county and district fairs' to be held in Indiana tnia year, with tho location, date and secretary's name of each: COUNTY FAIRS. Daviess Washington, Sep. 2ii to Oct 1, Austin F. CabeL Elkhart Goshen, Sep. 20 to 23, Join W. Irwin. Fulton Rochester, Sep. 28 to Oct 1, J. A. Mc.Clung. Gibson Princeton, Sep. 12 to 17, S. Vet Strain. Greene Linton, Oct: 3 to 7, Peter Schultze. Hendricks North Salem, Sept. 13 to 16, S. R. Davis. Howard Kokomo, Sept. 12 to 16. John T. Stringer. Huntington Huntington, Sept 27 to Oct 1, Leoa T. Bagley. Jay Portland, Sept. 27 to 30, L. Ij. Gilpin. Knox Vincennes, Oct. lO to 15, Gerard Reiter, Lagrange Lagrange, Sept. 27 to 30, H. M. Kromer. Lake Crown Point, Sept. 13 to 16, Jno. . Luther. LaPorte LaPorte. Sept. 27 to 30, Geo. C. DorlaudLawjonce Bedford, Sept. 13 to 17. N. E. Strout. Madison Anderson, Sept. 5 to 9, C. K. McCoilough. Monroe Bloomington, Sept 27 to 30, W. H. Seward. Montgomery Crawfordsviile, Sept. 5 to 9, F. L. Snyder. Newton Morocco, Sept 20 to 23, C M. Hanger. Noble Ligonier, Oct 11 to 14. Tohn II. Hoffman. Orange Paoli, Sept 7 to 10, John T. Stout. Perrv Rome Perry Tell City, Sept. 13 to 18. H. D. Stuchrk. Pike Petersburg, Sept 5 to lO, E. P. Richardson. Posey New Harmony, Sept. 19 to 23, E. V. Johnson. Kusb Rushville, Sept 13 to 16, J. S. Lakin. Shelby Shelbyville, SeDt. 7 to 10, L. J. Hackney. Spencer Chrisnev, Oct. 3 to 8, S. D. Groves, Spencer Rockpoat, Sept 19 to .24, A. D. Garling. house. . Steuben Angola, Oct 11 to 14, F. Macartney. Sullivan Sullivan, Sept. 5 to 10. IT. Ooulson. Wabash Wabash. Sept. 13 to 16, John R. Rose. PISTRICT FAIRS. Eastern Indiana Agricultural Keudallville, Oct 3 to 7. J. 8. Conlogue, Fairmount Union Fairmount, Sept 12 to 16, E. Deals. Fountain, Warren and Vermillion Covington, Sept 20 to 23, R. W. Miles. Francisville Agricultural Francisville. Sept 27 to 30, W. A. Brewer. Interstate Fort Wayne, Sept. 27 to 30, W. W. RoekhilL Lawrence District Lawrence. Sept 12 to 15, W. B. Flick. Miami and Fulton Macy, Sept. 21 to 24, J. CofCng. Northeastern Indiana Waterloo, Sep. 26 to 30, W. 11. ijeas. North Manchester. Tri-county North Manchester, Oct. 4 to 7, B. F. Clemans. North Indiana and Southern Michigan South Bend. Sept 12 to 16. C. G. Towle. Orleans Agricultural Orleans, Sept. 20 to 21, Benton J. Hon. Poplar Grove A. II- & M. A. Poplar Grove Sept 26 fcj 30, ft T. Barbour. Sevmoar Fair Association Seymour, Oct. 4 to 8, O. H. Montgomery. 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