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THE DAILY JOURNAL " TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1880. T7AMIINGTON OFFICE 13 Fourteenth St. F. S. IlCJVit. CorreiKntcnt. NEW TOKIv OFITCE-101 Temple Court Corner rirkman ami Naiwau Rtivets. Ti:n.ns of srnscniPTioy. DAILY. 0a year. viiho.it Snne'ay ....... ..$12.00 One yrar, with HunLty trx month, without un!ajr. ... :t motittiA, with MindarThree momh.s Ithmit Miiiday....... TLre- ionthv lth Sunday 14 (X) H. OO 7.00 3.1 H) a.fo I. no One niontJi, without Miutlay., One month, witri Mincur.... WEEKLY. Reduced Rates to Clubs. Fnbmrlne wit!i any of out nomerous agent, or senOl nncriptK'ns l T1IEJOURNALNEWSPAPERCOMPANY, IXDIA.APOLM, IM. TIIK INDIANAPOLIS JOUKXAL Can tv frnnd at the following iUee: LONDON American Exchange in Europe, 419 .Strand. rAKLS-AinrTican Exchange In Tarts, 33 Boulevard des CapuciUf. NEW YORK-Ctilsey ITou.se ami Windsor Hotel. riTILADELPIIIA A. r. Kcmble, 3735 Ear-caster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer II on.. CINCTNNATI-J. T. Ilawley & Co., 151 Vine street. 1HTisviLEE C. T. Peering, northwest corner Third anl Jefferson streets. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and tioutheru IIotfL WASHINGTON, D. C.-llig?s nouso and Ehbltt House. Telephone Call. Business Office.. 233 Editorial Rooms 242 Tni5 is the day wo make good resolutions. And to mako good resolutions is something, even if wo break them day after to-morrow. The Eighteenth ward is going to "vindicate" Sim Coy by re-electing him to the City Council. Simultaneously with this act of vindication it will brand itself "with indelible disgrace. "What is now its misfortune in having a rascal and a convict for a representative will then be Its own deliberate choice. Wno pays tho Republican party is a epoils party? According to tho New York papers tho name of but ono man is yet mentioned as a successor to Postmaster Pearson, of that city. The New York postoffieo is a good office, too, and Sir. Pearson, there is every reason to believe, does not expect to keep it. Gex. Clinton B. Fisk, lato Prohibition candidate for President, has been dropped from tho rolls by a division of the Sons of Temperance at Newark, "N. J., for failure to pay his dues. Ho lost interest in tho order because it failed to adopt tho Prohibition hobby. Yet, perhaps, its members are sincere friends of temperance reform. Jr isn't much of a Stato that- cannot present at least two citizens who are ''eminently qualified' for positions in President Harrison's Cabinet, while every really enterprising State lias four or five with more or less powerful clahns'', upon the several places. A lack of timber to choose from is certainly not keeping tho President-elect, up o' nights. ' j TnE elaborate canard concerning an alleged outbreak and revolution in Mexico shows the talented liars are not all on this side of the Rio Grande. For a beginning in the way of a journalistic sell it was quite a creditable performance. Mexico enjoys a tropical climate, and if she encourages this industry she may be ablo in time to produce special correspondents equal to thoso of the United States. Sni Coy has sent word from the penitentiary that he wishes to be returned to the Council, and leading Democrats of the ward hasten to announce that it "would bo folly for any candidate to oppose him. Inasmuch as every man who votes for him signifies his approval of tally-sheet forging in particular, and election frauds in general, and sets liinisclf down as Coy's tool, it is to be hoped, for the credit of tho ward, that the assertion of leading Democrats is untrue. The Philadelphia Times read tho riot act to the Democratic leaders who still talk of preventing the Republicans from organizing the next House. It assures them that the next House is Republican, that tho Republicans will organize it "regardless of quibbles or clemi-semi-quavers of officials who attempt to manipulate returns,"7 and says if Democrats have any sense left they will not try to prevent it. Of course not, but that last "if leaves tho door wide open for Democratic deviltry. Postmaster - general Dickinson's order classifying tho railway mail service places all the employes, except tho general superintendent and assistant general superintendent, under the operation of the civil-service law. Tho effect will be to retard tho reformation of the service, and to prevent tho prompt appointment of experienced men to their old places. Democratic incompetents now in the service should not be too jubilant, however. Tho law does not prevent their summary removal, though it will embarrass tho selection of their successors. TnE Methodist ministers who have constituted themselves censors of public morals and manners by ostentatiously oriposing the inaugural ball are making themselves ridiculous. The inaugural ball is a very harmless affair. The term ball i a relic of the past. If it were called inaugural reception, or inaugural soiree, it would be all right. Usually there is some dancing at tho inaugural entertainment, but it is of a very dignified and decorous kind. There is dancing, also, at many social parties attended by Methodists, and even in the houses of Methodists. The super-sensitive ministers who are trying to organize a panic on the subject are falling into the common error of imagining themselves tho authorized custodians of other people's consciences. This sort of thing might liive done very well a hundred years pgo, but the world moves. The recommendation of Police Superintendent Travis that the coming Legislature make the Indianapolis work-house a work-house in fact, as well as in name, is a good one; but, speaking of police re-N forms, one improvement can be made

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without recourse to tho Legislature. This is the substitution of a covered "black Maria'' for the present open wagon used to transfer prisoner to the station-house, the work-hoiihe,aud other points. A load of criminals of both sexes crowded into this vehielo and drawn through the frequented streets, a target for hoodlum jeers, and a shame to decent people, is a degrading and demoralizing spectacle. Youthful, but not hardened offenders, boys, perhaps, guilty of some minor transgiessiou, are likely to have a senso of disgrace from being thus pilloried in sight of the public, that may prevent a reform otherwise easy of accomplishment. There is no excuse for the open wagon, and it should be done away with as soon as possible. OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR. Tho year 1889 is1 our real centennial year. We have been celebrating centennial and liistoric anniversaries at intervals since 1870, but this year is the real anniversary of the complete birth and formal beginning of the government. It did not grow in a day and was not set in operation without great difficulty, many delays and much friction. Tho Constitution was a slow evolution, its ratification by tho requisite number of States was not easily obtained, and the practical inauguration of tho government tested to the utmost the wisdom and patriotism of its friends. The darkest days of the colonies were during tho period after the revolutionary war and before the adoption of tho Constitution. It only covered six years, from 1783 to 1780, but they were very dark ones. The government established, or attempted to be established, by the Articles of Confederation, was a dreadful failure, but perhaps it was necessary to pave tho way for a better one. Tho Confederation served its day. It was better than no government at all. During its existence the American people suffered distress great in comparison with tho periods before 1773 or after 1789, but it did, at least, maintain tho union of the State3 during a critical period. "The hand could not have been altogether nerveless,' says ono writer, "which caught tho scepter as it dropped from the hands of tho King and transferred it in safety to a government of the people." So let us not call tho government of tho Confederation utterly bad. Besides, it furnished tho machinery for calling tho constitutional convention. This was recommended as early as 1783 by the Legislature of Massachusetts. Tho idea developed very slowly. At first it only contemplated the establishment of interstate trade regulations, but gradually the idea widened until it embraced the formation of a federal government. It matured slowly. Ono by one the States appointed delegates to meet those from other States, and finally, in February, 1787, the proposed convention received the sanction of Congress.' Rut the delegates did not get together till the next Maj, and then there were only fiftyfive of them. Rut our Congresses and conventions were small affairs in those days. On the 23d of December, 1783, Congress had by resolution informed tho States that less than twenty delegates, representing seven States, had been present since Nov. 3, and that at least two more States must bo represented to ratify the treaty of peace with Englaud. The treaty was finally ratified Jan. 14, 1784, by only twenty-three delegates sixteen less than the present delegation from New York alone. Tho fifty-fivo delegates who met in May, 1788, to suggest improvements intho existing form of government ended by 1 framing a new one. With the usual wisdom of that time they made Washington President, though ho had been reluctant to act as a delegate. The proceedings and debates of the convention form one of the most interesting passages in human history. The Constitution, nearly in its present form, was finally adopted by tho convention on Sept. 13, transmitted by Washington to Congress with a letter on Sept. 28, and by Congress submitted to the State Legislatures to be by them submitted to State conventions. Little Delaware was the first Stato to ratify it, on Dec. 7, 1787. Other States followed, New Hampshire, the ninth, being June 21. This gave the Constitution life though New York, and Virginia ratified after New Hampshire. North Carolina refused to ratify without a bill of rights and certain amendments, and Rhode Island rejected the Constitution by a popular vote, and did not come into the Union until 1790. It was not adopted without opposition in any State. Tho anti-federalists of that day opposed it on the ground that it created a strong federal government. A little later tho anti-federalists became known as Democrats. The Democratic party of 1889 had its prigin in opposition to the Constitution of 1789. During the fall and winter of 1788 tho people were practically without any national government. The Confederation was dead and the new government was not yet inaugurated. 0nth6 14th of July, 1788, tho last Congress of the Confederation being stiU in session, announced tho ratification of the Constitution and made arrangements for tho day and place of its inauguration. This was at New York, on tho first Wednesday of March, 17S9. This happened to be March 4, and from that day the real birth of our present government dates, though the first Congress did not organize till April 6, and Washington, who had already been elected President, was not inaugurated till April 30. It may be mentioned as a singular fact, illustrating the languid iuterest felt in the politics of the period, that the Stato of New York did not take interest enough in the organization of the government to appoint electors to assist in choosing the first President. In later years she has not been so indifferent. Her inaction in 17S9 might have been owing to the strong anti-federal feeling that existed in the State. Two of her delegates in the constitutional convention left it in disgust more than a month before its final adjournment, and Alexander Hamilton was the only delegate from New York who signed tho instrument. The New York Legislature adopted it by only four majority, the vote being 31 for to 27 against. Even this ratification was qualified by nn intimation, inserted by the anti-federalists,

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that if certain amendments desired by New York were not adopted within six years she reserved the right to secede. NEW YEAR'S LITERATURE. For some mysterious reason New Year's literature is apt to have a lugubrious tone. Poets, preachers and moralists mourn over the "dying year," "lost hopes," "plans unfulfilled,7 "broken resolutions' and all the miscellaneous miseries of tho preceding twelve months with a unanimity that tends to east a gloom over the. future. They regret tho past and are not cheerful about the future. These lachrymose and depressing utterances are wrong in principle and are commonly without just provocation or sound basis in existing woes. At ail events, tho Journal is not in sympathy with melancholy views at such a time, and certainly not this year, of all years. Itbelievesthat the past year was one for its readers and particularly tho people of Indiana and Indianapolis to rejoice over. Prosperity has attended them from tho first to the last. The seasons have been favorable to the fanner, business of all kinds has steadily improved and no class of industrious citizens but has fairly prospered. Circumstances have brought the State into a prominence which has already resulted in material advantage through the investments of capitalists and manufacturers whose attention was attracted to the region. The introduction of natural gas has not only made life easier and better worth the living to a vast number of individuals but has added to the financial prosperity of many. Towns and cities have started a growth not likely soon to be checked, and there is every cause to rejoice over what has been accomplished, and over tho promise of the year just ahead. As for tho Journal itself it looks with content and satisfaction upon the year ended and with cheerful confidence upon that to come. It has no lost hopes, unfulfilled plans or broken vows to lament over. Very early in 1888 tho Journal selected its candidate for the presidency and set itself to tho work of pushing his nomination and election. It is needless to remark that its efforts in this direction left nothing to regret. It is proud of its year's labors, not only for its owu sake, but because of the certainty that they have advanced tho interests of the State and the general prosperity. Indianians who by reason of political prejudice cannot rejoice in tho success of the Republican party yet have a secret gratification in the fact that a fellow-citizen has been placed at the head of the government. In all this tho Journal takes pleasure, and, because of it, extends congratulations to its readers. Looking at the past, and at the future, and then at this issue of the Journal, who can deny that "now is tho time to subscribe!' It seems our work-house is a misnomer called a work-house because no work is dono there. No wonder tramps and petty criminals drift here in' the winter months, and are glad to get thirty days; in a work-house where there is nothing to do but eat and sleep. No doubt they regard this capital punishment, as tho boy said when lie was shut up in a pan-' try full of preserves. To call such a system imperfect would be another misnomer. It is thoroughly vicious. The work-house should be made a place that tramps and petty criminals would avoid instead of seeking. To do this, as has been well suggested, the commitments should be made for much longer terms than is now done, and the inmates should be kept at hard work. Such a system would combine punishment, reformation and pecuniary profit. The present system has none of these elements. Tho so-called work -house is little more than a winter resort for tramps. Under the present law no city or incorporated town in Indiana can impose a saloon tax of more than $100 a year. The restriction is plainly in the interest of saloons. If it were removed or placed at a higher figure, many cities and towns would impose a much heavier tax than they are now permitted to do, thus decreasing the number of saloons, diminishing tho evils of the traffic, reducing the expenses of city government and the burdens of other tax-payers. " There should be a united demand from cities and towns throughout the State for tho repeal of the present limitation. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Mr. Gladstone, it la declared, Is going to write a magazine article upon the subject of the pig, as known to liomer. Miss Rosa Barreda, one of the acknowledged belles of San Francisco, is said to have the blood of the Incas in her reins. Alpuoxse Daudet is credited with th creation of a happy synonym for dotage. , lie characterizes it "anecdota go. ( Qceen Victoria has begun her efforts towards economy by dismissing her corsct-lacer. Hereafter sho will have her corsets fastened by tho maid of tho back-stairs. The rumor comes that Mme. Patti has been offered the Cross of the Legion of Honor by tho French government. Patti ought to take it. It will cost her only a song. The late Duchess of Galliera gave $10,000,000 to the city of Genoa for a hospital and other public works. Her husband also gave it $5,000,000 for harbor improvements. Lord Randolph Churchill will be in NewYork shortly and will pass a few days in society before continuing his journey to Brazil, where he will spend a month or two. His wife will aecom.pany him. - A marble bust of David Davis, made from a death-mask, is to bo presented to the State of Illinois by Messrs. Leonard Swett, Robert T. Lincoln, and others. It will be placed in the Capitol at SpriagtiehL It is semi-oiiicially announced that the Duko of Sutherland will be married to Mrs. Blair at Pensneola, Fla., on February 20. The wedding wiU bo strictly private. It is not likely that any of his relatives will recognize the new Dachess. Hon. Reuben R. Thrall, of Rutland, Vt, attained the ninety-third year of his age on Sunday, -lie is probably the oldest practicing lawyer in the United States. Last March he was In court and answered his eases on the call of the docket. Mils. Newtov, one of the four women who were given the Crimean medal, which Queen Victoria personally pinned on her, is still living in Toronto. She was a nurse in the Crimean war, and was shot through the kree in a trench before the,Redan. Rebisso's model for a statue of General Grant at Chicago represents him on horseback. The horse baa all four feet to the ground and ears pointing forward. The terrace and pedestal have coft $30,000, and the bronze statue will cost $23,000 more. MR. David M. Sioxr, of the New York Journal Of-CoTlf.T ' . iT.-. "v ..-, V' .. ; i . it';irot hi p rtr 2 1 ir. ';-."- Jitry. With h ;r? rrt J tl'.'H, to: n. eiuiUl t -t he

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has not either written himself or carefully edited, has gone into his journal during the last twentynine year. Mrs. Cleveland has taken to wearing tho Hading veil, but he ha added to that . article a few clever improvements of her own. The, heavy cloud of gauze which bangs around licr face Is gathered in cround the top of her hat and under her chin. Tho thick screen thus made la an effectual protection against tho impudont gaze of curious eyes. "Jack' Loo an, the son of Gen. Joh6 A. Logan, has an utter abhorrence of politics and political life, although he is an ardent Republican. Ho Is managing a stone-quarry and eoalt mines at Youngstown, 6., for his father-in-law, Mr. Andrews, Young Logan has & passion for fast horses, and drives a trotter that steps away from anything in tho Mahoning valleyi The distinguished Wagnerian conductor, Herman Levi, whose death, with many touching obituary remarks, was reported last summer in nearly all the leading papers tn either hemisphere, Is now entirely convalescent,, tmd has resumed his duties at the Munich Opera-house no has all the obituary notices pasted in an album, and they afford him vastly amusing, if somewhat monotonous, reading. The most prominent brigand in China, Ho Ta Lao-hu, has been captured and kUled.1 He was a giant, being 7 feet, 2 inches in height and broad in proportion. Ho had been concerned in a great many robberies and a large number of murders. Li nung Chang, Viceroy of China, made up his mind that this buily ruffian must be checked in his career. Ho Ta Lao-hu made a bold fight against the troops sent to arrest him, but was fatally wounded during the skirmish MONSIGNOR LE COMTE ASTOINEPIERRE DE FOLkozic Poiioski is the name of a distinguished priest and linguist, who is the guest of the Catholic clergy in Waterbury, Conn., for a few days. The reverend gentleman speaks scarcely a word of English, no comes from Rome on a special mission directed by Tope Leo's vicar at tho Propaganda, the object of which is to look after the spiritual welfare of the Russian, Polish, Italian and Hungarian children of tho church in this country, whose ignorance of the English language is a serious drawback. General Grenfell, who is in charge of of tho English forces in the Soudan, Is a portly man about six feet in height. He wears a long, di-oop-Ing mustache and is never without a cigar in his mouth. There are those who say that he has a wife and family In Cairo, but he himself denies ( that he is married. He is a man of great person al courage, and in tho recent engagement before Suakiui exposed himself freely to the Arc of tho dervishes. From this distance, however, it would seem as though this were not a very great exhibition of bravery. Mr. George W. Cuilds, of the Public Ledger, Philadelphia, walks daily to his office from his home in Walnut street, a distance of over a mile. His passage along Philadelphia's chief thoroughfareChestnut street partakes of the nature of a public reception, and many are the greetings, nods and hand-shakings to which the "First Citizen of the Quaker City" is subjected. His constant companion is Mr. Anthony J. Drexel, the well-known banker, and their daily walk has become so prominent a feature of Philadelphia life that the spectacle has been familiarly dubbed the parade of "Me and Tony." Among the celebrities of New Orleans is Gen. Philip Regis do Trobiand, formerly editor of the Courier des Estats Unls in New York. Ho went to the war in 18GI as colonel of tho Fifty-fifth New York Regiment, and when peace was restored was a major-general by brevet. During tho struggle between tho political factions of Louisiana in 1874 ho was prominent as tho head of the United States troops sent to New Orleans by the federal government. After retiring from the army ho bought a handsomo place in New Orleans, where he lives among his flowers and pictures, for he is an enthusiastic florist and artist The Grand Duke Paul, of Russia, the youngest brother of the Czar, has announced his intension of presenting marriage portions to a hundred young women, at Athens, to eelebrato his betrothal to the Princess Alexandra, of Greece. It is understood that the wedding will take place toward the end of May, at St. Petersburg, and tho Duko and Duchess of Edinburg will probably represent the royal family of England on this oc'cationV The Grand Duke is building a splendid palaco on an estate near Athens, which ho purchased a few mouths ago, and he will, in future, pass half of each year in Greece, as the climate suits his health. Here is the gown which.it is said, upon authority, Mrs. Whitney will wear upon New Year's day: A satin, thick and rich in color, a delieato water-green. Tho front shows embroidery in seaweed-like arabasques of gold, wi'th a hint, here and there, of brown and pink. Tie courttrain is of plain satin, long and full, and lined throughout with white satin. The corsage is green, pleated in Louis XVI fashion. A scarf of green crape will be caught to the left shoulder by a diamond spray. It will flow thence under tho arm and down the front, caught here and there with other jewels, in a fashion at once tho delight and despair of all beholders. At the neck a fichu of old Venetian ioint will cross upou the bust, and fasten under a knot of pink ribbon. An association which calls itself "La Ligue du Matin" has been established in Tarls. It numbers among its members not only French women of the highest rank and distinction, but al.?o many American ladies who have married titles, such as the Marquise de Talleyrand-Peri gord and the Duchess de DJno. The rulo of tho club is that the member shall pledge herself to rise at 7, except in case of illness, and take a bath of cold water, and, if she Is a riding woman, have a morning canter in the bois. Luncheon is encouraged as an entertainment to replace in a measure the frequency of dinners, and dinners begin at G:30. All their balls and receptions begin at 9 and are over by midnight, and the most dissipated must not allow herself to bo out of bed later than 1 o'clock. On the evenings when members go to neither ball nor opera they are expected to retire before 11. to an exctted clergt. Oh. why object to dancing at The inauguration hall! The festive waltz can never hurt A gentle soul at all. Just look about, ye inln!stt-s Go interview the ladies; You'll find 'tis but the dancer bad Who runs the risk of hades. The moral of which seems to bo That he who cannot do it Should stmisht eschew the giddy whirl Lest later he should roe it. For others, those who graceful are, "On with the dance:" the cry. They'll bo the ones to lead the hosts In the happy by and by. And to conclude the rhyme is bad; All ye who never dance Rememler: Iloni honi soit. Good sirs, qui inal y pense. crarlyle Smith, in New York Press. COMMENT AM) OPINION. What the nation wants in the way of investigations of Southern election frauds in the next CoiiCTes8isnot bloody-fehirtism, but tho truth. The true course of a paternal government is to promote the settlement of public lands by honest and industrial toilers. Technicalities in regard to titles in their canes should b w eighed with the justice that is tempered with mercy and generosity. New Y'ork Graphic. A max who really and tndv accounts himself a minister and steward of mysteries must desire a motley audienee, and even a changing one: and his people should desire it for him and be willing to pay in person and in purse whatever is required to make it possible. New York Evening Post. , The increase of blunders in the Postollice Department from the last year of President Arthur is amazing, and the official reports of tho last three years show that the matter has been roing from bad to worse. Something is demanded to restore the efUcsency of the service. Boston Advertiser. ; The printing of tickets is a necessary part of tho agencies and maehhwv for carrying on an election, and hence ghould.be the work of tho city and State. Tho expense of this printing should no more be covered by political or private contributions than the expense for advertising when elections arc to take place. New York Press. . f What De Lesseps and his company want to see just now is persons who have enough confidence in the scheme to put up a much monev as has already leen sunk in ,the cnterrri.. Without at least this amount) of monev work must soon stop and the whole project collapse. This money cannot be obtained. St Louis GlobeDemocrat. j Considering the enormous increase of nonproductive population, along with more deslrablo cla. nnd the instruction? f a national campaign the chief issue of which was a great financial problem, and the' fact that there has been widespread investment of money in small home by the wage-earning classes, and this statement of our national fiduciary operations exhibits a most gratifying view of the real stability of our

1889. or Democratic m t uk.iuuu -' confessing in a higher degree than . i ""JJ? iidencc of the country and of the worU.-bufiJio General Harrison represents .the V"g earnest feeling of Republicans wrjvl ei wtaw gartl to all sorts of attempts to defeat th, 2nln results of elections. He fVV time., and he will be the leader ot i 1 tuai w truest, and boldest, and best i" tho Ke.mhlican ism that will demand a free vote count everywhere and at all times. ew ovK Mail and Express. Lv considering tho verdict of the WnljJ the South should be left out It ,,rrhlvo ihg but fraud and Intimidation. .fKS a majority for Harrison of nearly y votes. The South gave much larger mg0lJ for Cleveland: but considering a;l the "fJL-Vdo any fair-minded man claim that the "g? policy of the latter was indorsed N-Oimuia itc publican. Speculation- in securities and ntojrn ims mado it easv to build too iany railroads, ino new railroads invited settlers and the Pln Jr new farm. At the same timo. excessive fpccjj latiou in products arrested tho cKi ?h?r thcin. and thus a surplus greatly needed In pother lands has been retained in this country, to Repress markets and to lessen the rewards or industry. New York Tribune. AniGHWAY for ships between tho two great oceans bounding the Eastern and eetern limits of the Republic would certainly bo a grand cent In the commercial history of t"o world. That such a canal will eventually be built is ' jJ as anything can be. Iit not to tho Interest of this country that it should be built by American engineers with American money, under an American charter? Omaha Republican. To whom is the negro of the South indebted, for his miserable existence, his i?norauce, his condition! The men who nought and sold Mm and waxed fat on tho fruit of his labor .dhl I all this in violation of divine .law an?'. rights. They are now complaining and hoggin for sympathy, lint they oiler no concessions, no assurance of any sacrifice whatever of opinion or prejudice. This docs not solve the problem. Detroit Tribune. The Democrats have missed their opiwrtiinity in tho treatment of this question admission or Territories. Had they acted promptly and s.ncerelv: there would have been a certain amount of political advantage which they would have derived from their policy. As the Territories aro certain to come in, the Democrats, if they had .so chosen, nibzht have obtained a little credit for facilitating their admission, or might, at least, have caused their long injustice in keeping them out to be, in a measure, forgotten. As the situation now presents itself, this question is one or the most pressing which the Fifty-first Congress will be called uion to consider, and it furnishes one of the strongest reasons for desiring a special session of Congress at an early date. Boston Journal. NEW YEAR'S IN EUROPE. How It Is Celebrated In England, Franc and Germany. Hartford Times. New Year's day holds a prominent place in the popular calendar. For many centurifH nist it. hnt been tho custom of north ern nations to watch tho goinff out of tho old year and tho coming in of tho new with, demonstrations of merriment and conviviIt is a rare case that an English family fails to sit up on tho Last night of the old vear with a few iutimato friends, awaiting the stroke of the midnight hour, and then drink to happy new year with each other over a cheerful glass. Tho custom of systematic New Year's calls, as it still prevails to a great extent in this country, does not exist in England. The day is observed by a few visits among nearest relations and intimate friends, but most particularly by festive family gatherings in the evening to keep alivo and cultivate mutual good will and kindly feelings.' The custom of making presents on New Year's day has become almost obsolete in England: that is now almost entirely conlined to Christmas day. Since the arrival of tho German Prince Albert, the lato consort of Queen Victoria, in England, Christmas dav or Christinas eve was made the great festival of the winter season. The celebration of that day, th Christmas tree, the giving of presents and the observance of the day, as a children's festival, princiSally, in memory of tho birth of tho child esus, are exclusively of German and Scandinavian origin. Prince Albert was probably tho n'rst man in England, with the exception, perhaps, of some scattered German immigrants, wlio lighted a Christmas tree in England for the pleasure of his children. Prom tho court the practice spread rapidly downward among all classes of society to the very humblest; and thus tho observance of New Year's day, as a holiday, fell almost into oblivion, with the exception of the few simple remembrances mentioned above. In business life the dav is observed as a. legal holiday "bank holiday," as they call it but even that is confined almost exclusivelv to large wholesale houses: tho retail trade is carried on as briskly as on every other day of the year. In a very dittereut wav the first day of the year is observed in 1 ranee, particularly in Paris, where to this day the custom of giving presents is kept up with surprising vigor. Indeed, the day is especially recognized from this circumstance by the name "Jour d?Etellnes,, day of presents in stead of being denominated by its proper name "Jour de Pan." These presents consist of a variety of objects, beautiful iiowers, dainty sweet-meats in costly boxes, and gloves in elegant cases plaj'ing the principal parts; jewelry and other tokens of attention aro by no means out of place. During the wild days of the 6econd empire this fashion, liko everything else, was carried to reckless excess. It was estimated by some sober-minded statistician with more inclination for figures than for sentiment that the sum of 1,000,000 francs was not an exaggerated statement in those days of the amount spent in Paris for that day on llowers and candy alone. Calls, not only upon relations and friends, but upon general acquaintances, and particularly upon superiors in ouice, chiefs of business houses, etc., are strictly do rigour. The New Year's receptions at the Louvre were, under Napoleon III, of historic importance. The. lew words he addressed to the Austrian embassador on New Year's day, 1S"V:). led to the famous war during tho summer of that year which changed the maps of Europe. The streets of the beautiful capital present a very livel3r and picturesque appearance. Innumerable carriages, from tho humble one-hoiecabtothc elegant landau, with liveried servants, drawn by fiery steeds, crowd every thoroughfare. Thev are iilled by well-dressed men and loaded with fragrant flowers. Large social gatherings, balls and receptions, public and private, bring the auspicious day to a festive conclusion. The Germans begin to celebrate the first day of the new j-ear on the last dav of tho old. The 31&t day of December, the day dedicated in the calendar of the church to Saint Sylvester, Pope and martyr, is with the vast majority of the people of northern Germany the great festival day, or rather festival evening, of tho winter. Masquerades, private and public balls, and other festive catherings aro the order of the bo replenished ajrain and again for the toasts drank to health and welfare of everybody and everything in the coming new year. On the day itself on the 1st of January the majoriti of the male population of northern Germany sufier from headache in consequence of toasting too freely their friends aud acquaintances the previous niirht. Calls are made on tho day anion" relatives and intimate i iends only, except that in the ponderous bureaucratic system of Germany every government oiliccr is expected to call on somebodv above hini in rank. How it is mauatreVl that all these state employes receive calls of their subordinates, and, in their turn, make calls on their superiors, is a mystery to outsiders. Presents aro not exchanged on New Year's day. That, as has been stated above is exclusively confined to Christmas day. ' The Inauguration Ceremonies. Washington Post. President-elect Harrison takes th verv sensible ground that inasmuch as the arrangements for his inauguration have been made without consulting his views, excepting as to some, minor details, he does not fell privileged to interfere by criticism or counsel, even if he. were so "disposed. He knows, as all sensible people feel, that the occasion is a proper one for a grand popular demonstration, which is not merely in tho nature of a compliment to himself, but highly creditable to tho patriotic instincts and impulses of the people themselves. It is a great event, the solemnization of the act of ten or twelve million voters, and it is but natural that these peaceful revolutions in the government of a free people should arouse their enthusiasm aud intensify the pride they all have in the stability of their institutions. Any attempt to suppress these sentiments, to mako a presidential inauguration anything less than it is or to frown down the great gatherings of tho people at the national, capital in honor of a newly-elected chief magistrate, -were as idle as to undertake to stem the incoming billows of tho Atlantic ocean. Let

affairs. Tho Republican J its new lease of power Justified : by the ur yca

Uigur, jso private nouse, no restaurant or drinking-place, is without a hugh Sylvester bowl of steaming nunch. which fm tn

them c n e, f brn, by the hundred ihensand and biu'r:;- here, let them be hapitably fretted a-1 bountifully entertained. It cost the. government nothing and it does the people good. , tm New York's Vast Shipping Trade. 2Cer York Commercial Advertiser. The forthcoming annual report of tho Chamber of Commerce will show in 1a sinkinir way how large n proportion of the trade if this country 'with loreign countries is done at the port of ew ;i nrk. ih-ttng the

Yorkehareof this was SSil,(l-moro firm half the total. The total imports to tho country aggregated ;sr, ".r,,ieo. or thu amount 510.. W came to this port-moro ftinii live-sevenths of the whole. I he whlo cou try sent $717,037.003 . worth of sroodn S JJ besides re-exporting SX,C11,0S2 of ? merchandise. Of the first sum v ,;v ,,nt ftt 7&V-'H, and of the second this port. AH these figures include coin iVreimi vessels can led S7;r.053.070 of tho men chandise sent to or from this port, while they handled l,ikW,!59of that at all our ports. Lincoln's Private Secretar -e. Xew Y'ork Graphic. The Observer saw Col. John Hay the other night at thellrunswiek.and the yearn arelmUing the author of "Lift 1 Breeched with kindly care. Twenty years ago, when ho was secretary of legation to.iohn Bigelow, then our minister to intico, Colonel Hav was one of the favorites of the boulevards. He hadn't much money, md what ho had he spent like, a prince. A striking contrast to him in this respect v as John G. Nicolav. who had been his associate as Mr. Lincoln's private secretary, and who was United States consul in Pans while Mr. Hav was in the legation. Nicolaj hved on the outskirts of the French capital never went into society, saved every dollar ho made, and had enough soon to pay for on of tho best fetock farms in Kausas. But after all fortune was kind to Colonel Hay. Ho came back to America, married a beautiful and wealthy lady, and ever since has been quietly, enjoying all there is of happiness in life that money can scenic Survival of the C. A. K. Boston Iran script. How long tho Grand Army of the Republic may survive, as a distinct and important organization, may be guessed from a glance at the number of Harrison voters of 1$10 who voted for President Harrison's grandson in November. In Iowa there vas a club of 3.000 of these men, and in Ohio the roll of 1S40 Harrison voters reached 6,831. Thft Iowa members' names, ages ai I places of residence, in 1840 as well as t iCC, were published by the Des Moines R gistrr. The ages rantred from sixty-nine to ninttvsven. Allowing for the fa t aat the soldier discharged in l!V might h ;ve been but eighteen years old, while th jter cf lirt must have been twenty-one, t .7;-ear that the presidential election of 1 i will bear, about the same relation to ti e Jrand Army' veterans that the election f VS hereto tho voters for William He uy , Harrison. But after that distant yea, .e "soldier vote" unless we have had m-p.. more wars in the meantime will have c . t$ed to 1 a terror to the politician. Democratic AmusemenTtov(N.Y. Times, Tho most remarkable circumtance inconnect"' with the Cabinet-ma dng business, in which s$ many enterprising newspaper correspondents are engaged just now, is that tin workmen are mainly representatives of Democratic journals. Of course, these shilled mechanics expect the public tobeli vc it somehow they have managed to ir."t into closer touch with the Republican Presideut-clect than any of his ' persona I and political friends and associates. Unless 1 hey have accomplished this feat and succeeded in overcoming the habitual reticence of Gen. Harrison, it must be assumed that their vaticinations rest upon no foundation more substantial than active imagination. Quay' Sufferings. Washington Special. Senator Quay is siiffei-ingMErom tho national reputation he has grned as a politi-, cal manager. -Hundreds of letters awaithis return from Beavtf, the great majori of which aro from office-seekers. Th com from every State and Territory. O s of a number received to-day from Oreg . was addressed to 'Senator Colonel M. Quay, Esquire," and asked for a mod'"' Place, such as appointment , clerk in tV Treasury Department. The bender had probably heard of Higgins, and wanted t bo the successor of the great llaltimore civiservice reformer. Woman's Way. Kansas City Times. . Whil? the New York World is interviewing artists, physicians and clergvmen as to the horrors of 4decollete,?' it niight be a sensible thing to consult a fewwomen. The clergyman may thunder for a decade nnd tho physician for a score of years, but when women are ready to do away with the lownecked dress they will consult merely their ; own whim. Masculine condemnation and i ridicule never had and never will have the slightest effect on women in the matter of dri'-ss. Instance, the sneers at tho high theater hats.

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Better Business for Them. Philadelphia Press. j The Methodist ministers who, doubtlesi: from sincere convictions, are protesting, ' against an inauguration ball forget thatthe real object of Christianity isnotfo: prohibit but to purify; not to make peorl ; better by keeping them away from this or: that art or practice, but bv setting in mo- J tion a life which sanctities all arts and , practices. This is a harder task than drawing a "hook of discipline' and making specihc prohibitions, but it is a thousandfold more efticacious in spreading Christianity and elevating the lives of men and women.

Suggestion as to a Southern Tollcy. BUI Nye's Letter. If some good man would introduce south of Vinson and Dixon's line an automatic door-slammer, which would close a door ami at the same time kick tho lumbar region clear loose in the man who leaves it ajar, you would see a marked improvement in. tho South, and also larire numbers of shiftless men going to the dentists to cet their spinal columns tilled. m . ,. Hright and Gladstouc. Pall MaU Budget. Mr. Wrights personal reconciliation with Mr. Gladstone was, it is said, of a verv touching character. He eent tpeiallv for KW)lisfan' charged to deliver his message to Mr. Gladstone, and tears started to tCo sick min's eves a i v llt n,?ssYe to his friend of so many 3 ears and his leader in so many lights. . New Form for the Charge to th Clergy. 2ew York Tribune. imrlV,11"fbleri:5Tna" wy this foitW to n modern candidal lor the ministry should be worded: 'preach .eience STlFf? -Xh IaU" dictSSS hcit nte. lie instant in season and out of f asL toetht i V all,tJi and hold last to that which is good form." How Trouble flight llaro Been Saved. Boston Journal. If Pcnjamin Franklin had only stuck to his original idea of making, it a part of the ihmftn 1 lKTVvi11 EnplSnd that ; cSnaSS should be ceded to the United State vhit was abdoned?UUl DOt and the " A KISht to Dance. Philadelphia Press. IndHnnr M10 ' tWist ministers of ? to dissuade Gem ral Harrison iif?Sr i. i111 at the inaucuration ball is Sant dSSn-i?in-s clectel Pivsiilentif he can t dance at his own inauguration! TVliy a Kcntucklan Is Needed. IxmlsvUlo Courier J ournaL tr?if;,IiI?rris(m ffcouhl certainly have a &.??tUckiani ln hi Cabinet. SuppoJSi during a Cabinet meeting, there should hnpl l" L?,mllPa dispute fas to some articular brand of rr.sb,t md in vVt. fwekian should be . ! Keu" ' " - Af t ;,v . Chi rago Inter Ocean. ftCc&WYirk ' tics if you i have l u a :,-,4 tzit;amlstaui up rarely under h -r.ri.'iic; u kalt