Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1889 — Page 4

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LOUlSXJiiJon Keirs CompaxT, Union Depot and m gontaern Hott-L IVAsnrxGToir. d. cnisgs now and Ebbitt Telephone Call. Saatnew Office... 238 Editorial Booms. .....242 TWELVE PAGES. p The Sunday Journal has double the circulation of auoy Sunday paper in Indiana. tTrice five cents. I THE EOBEET ELSEMEKE RELIGION. ( Not to have read Robert Elsmero is to , iot be up in current literature. It, for Jthe nonce, has the run, and in spite of Adverse criticism or stately ignoring, it jhas been read and will be. It is a clever English novel, cultivating a literary field 'not altogether new, yet not worn bare by repeated plo wings. It is atheologico- , romance, the romance not being very romantic, and the theology being neither pew nor profound. As a work of art it Jias merit, yet it is not faultless. As a love story it is a flat failure. Its women ja're too unwomanly. They fall in love, ike natural women, get jilted by their lovers as natural women often do, then love again and get jilted again, then love and get married. That, "we submit, is straining a point. It is unwomanly, at least it is un-Americanly. ,The hero, Robert, i3 a natural character. ?Ie is a young, well-educated clergyman, crthodox in opinions and zealous in his calling. He marries well; that is natural, and he and his well-educated bride settle down to business in the most approved style. He preaches well, and by hia industry in miring with tho people of his flock he is rewarded by increasing interest in religion and morals in his narish. The picture of his home life dur,-. ing these early years is a charming one, land not unnaturaL The mutual help of goted husband jindwif e, astt each evolea to me wotk tji meir caiuug; 'tfceir studying together, praying together and together rejoicing over the good which is apparent in their combined efforts in the parish, is a picture to bo ad201x0(1 "Christ near them, and eternity, warm with God, enwrapping them." I Within the parish lives a " 'squire." Be has a large mansion, and a large libra jxy. Though not in sympathy with Robert, lo cannot help rejoicing m, at least, the material improvement which has fol lowed the reformation of so many of his tenants and poor neighbors. He is kind find respectful to the young clergyman and invites him to use hia library freely. The young man accepts. And here the story is natural. His reading has been, (hitherto, chiefly, if not exclusively, the 'course prescribed for theological students. His devotion to his work; and a 'persistent use of the weapons thus furnished had given him a prominence m6ng men of his own age, and he was already cultivating the idea that he --veould afford to be independent of tho Jea'lingstrings of orthodoxy. The books of tho 'squire's library gave occasion to break away from the stereotyped thought ,pf tho church. The 'squire, himself a free thinker, adroitly calls his attention to this work, then that, until theyounginan becomes quite surcharged with a spirit of rebellion against tho doctrines of the J gospel as he had learned them. He was rot tempted to renounce Christianity, for no substitute was offered for that, but could he not modify his views as to its central truths! This ho 'does, and the Fauthor of tho story, much truer to lifo 'than she seems to have designed, tell3 tho consequences. The young man seizes tapon the ideas which were new to him, Land appropriates them as though new flight had shone upon the facts and docftrines of the New Testament, all oblivious to the fact that ajl down tho centuries these same doubts and disbeliefs bad come to the front a thousand 'times, not so much to bo refuted by ari.gament as to die of their own inanity. In all the centuries it has proved a sorry substitute for the vitality of the gospel, as preached by tho early church and believed by the inartyrs and confessors L-crho had accepted the Christ as a divine Xerson something moro to an merely a Ifrood man. Perhaps the most life-like picture prawn, by the author is the moral and Spiritual condition of her hero after ho . had fitfly abandoned tho teachings Tinder whose inspiration he had ' Tvrousht finch results during the first years of nis pastorate. He becomes morbid in temper, though remaining zealous in at least one branch lot Christian labor. He becomes an enthusiast in works of charity, and seems to desire to make up, by this, the power lie had lost in discarding tho power of God unto salvation; which inheres in the cross of Christ.' The picture of these years is not calculated to enthrone in the hearts of men the emasculated gospel ho preached. HU personal unrest, after ho had fully renounced, the doctrine of a livwe Savior, as compared with his jtnco and joy in bis earlier life, is not calculated to commend hi new faithSor unfaith i those ho seek o lcZtT ngurte the hero ol a ro-

xnanco, but as the victim of his own

folly. That is not the religion the toil ers of this world need which besprinkles its path with "doubts," "agony," "re-? morse," "depression," and the like. The religion which a divine Savior teaches abounds with love, and joy, and peace, and hope. If the writer's aim was to commend emasculated theology, she most signally fails, when she make3 her hero her victim, rather say to his wife, who had appealed to him to believe that their love would not end with life. "I know nothing I know nothing." Let Robert Elsmere be read, if any ono can find time and patience to worry through it. If it teaches any lesson in theology it is that a departure from the faith as delivered by Paul and his co-laborers, and a3 taught by the martyrs and confessors of the early ages does not lighten the burden of life, . nor throw a ray of hope iuto the beyond. Let the magicians transform their roda into serpents, if they wish to, but while Aaron's rod swallows their rods only honor, not confusion, will come to tho truth. A POETICAL PERIODICAL. For the people who are not satisfied with the poetry column of the newspapers and the small proportion of poetry in tho literary magazines, a new periodical has appeared which is devoted entirely to verse. It is called "The Magazine of Poetry a Quarterly Review," and issues from that very unpoetical place, Buffalo, N. Y. In all its mechanical features the magazine is attractive, being well printed on good paper, and its portrait illustrations well executed. As to contents there is certainly some very good poetry, but there is also a con siderable proportion which it seems hardly worth while to give such luxurious settine. The nlan on which the collection of verso is made and tho pre cise purpose of the book is diffi cult to determine from anything that appears between the covers. It is a compilation entirely, no new poems being given, although an offer of prizes is made for the "best original poems" contributed to future issues. The work is mostly that of American writers, but is not confined to them, space being given to Jean - Ingelow and one or two other foreigners. Contemporan eous writers . are not alone included, for there is Crashaw, who died two hun dred and fifty years ago. The range may be called wide, beginning, as tho collection does, with Richard Watson Gilder, ending with Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and including Anna Katharine Green, Harriet Maxwell Converse, Walt Whitman, Robert Gilfillan, John Boyle O'Reilly, Obadiah Cyrus Auringer, Mary Morgan, Eliza Allen Starr, Alfred Tennyson and many more. Some of these names will not be recognized by persons who have felt themselves fairly familiar with poetic literature, but it is perhaps a hasty judgment that would set itself up against the decision of the individual who collected the verses and declare that any part of it is not po etry. A man whohan the courage to edit a masrazino made up purely of verse, and the faith that it will fill a long-felt want has also, it is to be suspected, a keener appreciation of poetry than the casual reader, and ees beauties in what seems to others rather commonplace. At ail events, it is rash to say that there is not a place in the reading world for 6uch a publication, or that the taste for concen trated literary sweets is not sufficiently wide to support it. As every editor knows, there'is an enormous production of poetry, but whether the consumption is equal to it remains to be seen. Time alone will show. THE CENTER 0? POPULATION. To the Editor ot the- Indianapolis Journal; Will you he eo kind as to give the method by which the center of population is ascer tained, and oblige. W. A. uexny. MART15SBCRO, Ind. ; : The center of population, as defined in the Statistical Atlas of 1874, "is the point at which equilibrium would be reached were the country taken as a plane surface, itself without weight, but capable of sustaining weight, and loaded with its inhabitants, in number and position as they are found at the period under consideration, each individual being assumed to be of the same gravity as every other, and consequently to ex ert pressure on the pivotal point directly proportioned to his distance therefrom." In short, it is the center of gravity of tho population of the country. In 1680 the method of determining this center was as follows: A point was first assumed, as nearly as possible to the true position of the center. Through this point a parallel and a meridian were drawn. The center assumed was at the intersection of the parallel of 39 degrees with the meridian of 84 degrees, SO minutes, which lines were taken as the axes of moments. A north or south moment is the product of the population by its distance from the assumed parallel; an east and west moment is the product of the population by its distance from the assumed merid ian. In the first case, tho distances were measured in minutes of arc; in the 6econd case, it was necessary to use miles, on account of the unequal length of the degrees and minutes in different latitudes. Tho population of the coun try was then grouped by square degrees, that is, by areas included between con secutive parallels and meridians, as they are convenient units with which to work. The population of 100 of the principal cities was then deducted from that of their square degrees, and treated sep arately. Then the population of each square degree was assumed to be at its geographical center, except in cases where this whs manifestly an incorrect assumption. In these caea its position was estimated as nearly as possible. The population of eaeh square degree, and of each city north and south of the assumed parallel, was multiplied by its distance from that parallel, and the sum of the north and of the south moments made up. Their difference, divided by the total population of the country, gave a correction to the latitude, the sign of the correction being positive if north, negative if south. In a similar manner the east and the webt moments were made up, .and from them the correction in longitude was made. A summary of these computations is given in the cen-

eus report for 1880, Volume 1, page 31. The center, as then fixed, was in Ken

tucky, eight miles west by south from the heart of the city of Cincinnati. Later calculations, it is understood, will bring it to a considerable distance northwest of that point, and within the borders of Indiana. A DOMESTIC QUEST1QS. The housekeeping problem, after be ing a perennial subject of conversation among women, after having been dis cussed from every possible point of view in the numberless periodicals of the "domestic" class, and in women's, clubs everywhere, has at last reached an importance previously attained only by politics and religion, namely, the atten tion of dignified magazines presided over by male editors. The North American Review turns from controversies on the tariff and theological bouts and in quires of women whether or not housekeeping is a failure. Five women, all notable housekeepers, reply to the ques tion, and one answer would stand for all. They "Shirley Dare," Marion Harland, Rose Terry Cooke, Catherine Owen and Maria Parloa all agree that, while keeping house may havo its drawbacks life in a boarding-house, the one alternative, is an abomination, and that in comparison housekeeping is a glorious success. This, it will be ob served, is hardly a satisfactory answer. The ladies do, it is true, go further and adduce many reasons why housekeeping ehould be, and inferentially, in each of their own cases is, the most comfortable, economical and satisfactory method of life that can possibly be devised; but this again is hardly sufficient proof that it is so in every instance, or even in the majority of cases. On the contrary, there is reason to believe that a different condition of affalts i3 accountable for the existence of the problem and its present prominence.! . The matter, after all that these women have said, resolves itself over again into the servant-girl question. They, as individuals, have solved it in one way or an other, but their solutions are not applicable to every case. They have conquered the servant by being themselves thor oughly accomplished and expert in all a servant's duties, and the best advice they can offer to the troubled housekeeper is to do likewise, and, if necessary, become the maid-of-all-work herself. This advice is good in its way, practical knowl edge being as desirable and as essential to the housewife as tho servant; but this does not make good servants, and the cases are comparatively few where complete independence of "help" is possible, let mistresses be as skillful as they may. The prospect of relief, such as it is, seems to be in the direction of domestic training-schools, such insti tutions being in operation or in process of incubation in a number of cities. They are usually established under the auspices oi some woman s cIud or association, and -are intend ed, primarily, for the ,benefit of girls who desire to enter domestic service. It has been found, however, that girls and women who have had no opportunity to learn to cook, do market ing and the like, take advantage of the opportuity, and receive instruction for the benefit of themselves and their own families. A full course of training is given inall the household artsomitting the modern "decorative" features and a diploma is furnished to each graduate. Whether this is to be tho solution of the question, it is yet too early to determine, but if not, soino other method will be evolved through the discussions in re views and elsewhere. Homes are bound to exist and housekeeping to go on, servants or no servants, and someway of rising superior to thehousehold tyrant will certainly be discovered. THE DIVORCE EVIL. Perhaps the greatest scandal of the age, in this country, at least, is the loose ness of the marriage-tie, and the fre quency of divorces. It is an evil of gigantic magnitude and far-reaching consequences, striking at the basis of society, morals and government. Among all the dangers to American society and government there is none greater. No subject more imperatively demands the attention of law-makers and courts than how to check the evil. Marriage and divorce laws should be far more strict than they are, and more strictly construed. Not only are the laws too loose, but they are often loosely administered. Courts should remember that there are three parties to every marriage contract the contracting par ties, the State and society. If the mar riage contract only affected the parties to it like an ordinary trade there would be more reason in the practice which lets tho parties dissolve it at pleasure. But this is not the case. Society has a deep interest in enforcing tho marriage contract and maintaining the bonds of matrimony. It is the duty of tho court to protect society as far as possible in this matter. There is also need of a higher standard of social mor als and more wholesome public opinion on the subject. The marriage tie is en tered into much too loosely. Many per sons marry too young and too thoughtlessly, incurring the gravest responsibil ities of life, and entering into the most sacred and binding of all contracts with as littlo serious thought as if it were a picnic or a mere matter of convenience. All this bespeaks bad home training and a low standard of social morals. The divorce evil is one of the giant evils of the age. TnE London Daily News, a few days ago, had a sarcastic but good-humored editorial on English and American humorists. It poked fun unmercifully at Mr. Howells, and intimated that as he did not know what constituted true hunjor, his opinions on the question were not worth anything. The article continued, in a ' bantering strain, to contrast Josh Billing with Dan Chaucer, Uncle Remus with Burns, Charles Dudley Warner with Sydney Smith, the Danbury News man with Tom Hood, John Phamix with Charles Lamb, Lowell with Henry Fielding, the Burlington Hawkeye man with Dickens, Bret Harto with Thackeray, Aldrich with Oscar Wilde, aad concludes thus: There still remains tho heroic form of Mark Twain, against whom wo do not propose to set up any rival. Mark's way is so peculiarly his own that wo can't find his parallel, but it may be

hinted that Jonathan Swift and Dr. Oliver

Goldsmith and tho Eev. Laurence Sterne were perhaps as funny as any who write in American comic papers." All this goes to show that English and American ideas of humor are very different, as are English and American humorists. English and American comedy and come dians are jnst as different. American humor is much broader than English, and very much funnier. Much of that which passes for wit and humor in England is very dreary stulf. Some of the English authors named by the Xews were famous humorists in their way, hut their fame is not exactly that of funny men. The Sentinel's soul is glad and rejoices mightily over the publication in its col umns of certain things which it is pleased to regard as 6coopsn over its respectable local contemporaries. Several of these things were not "scoops" in any sense of tho word, the Journal having published tho facts as soon as they were positively known to anyone. In regard to tho announce ment of John E. Sullivan's defalcation and departure for Canada, however, a matter over which the Sentinel particularly exploits itself, the Journal is free to ac knowledge that the Sentinel's facilities for obtaining the facts were far superior to its own. Mr. John E. Sullivan was its own man, so to speak. He was the leading member of the local Democratic ring which dictates the action of the State Legislature and tho course of the party organs. He and his friends wero on familiar and confidential terms with the editor of tho Sentinel, and, as tho latter could do nothing without his knowledge and approval, it is but reasonable to infer that he, in turn, would not take such important steps in his career as those recently chronicled without giving due notice to his friends. "Due notice," in his opinion, probably did not consist of an advance announcement that ho meant to rob tho county and "skip," but it was no more than simple justice that ho, should favor his newspaper friends by giving them a chance to "scoop" the other papers. Somo news papers would not be proud of possessing such advantages, but the Sentinel is not one of them. It is just too happy to live because it happened to be on such intimate terms with a rascal. TnE New York Times tells how eight po licemen, armed with their clubs only, routed and chased a mob of throe thousand persons in the streets of that city a fes days ago. It says: At 5 o'clock there was not an officer in sight for a block in either direction. The few strikers then banning about saw their opportunity, and in about two minutes had secured crowbars and were teanmr ud the rails. The crowd eathered around them. and when the fourth rail had been torn up fully 3.000 people stood around and howled wnn glee, in tne meantime word nan been sent to the stabler and roundsman O'Brien and eight men started for th mob. They A. i t " 1 1 A 1 t A. , Bwuug ineir sucks, rignt anu ieir, nor sioprtinzto arrest an v bod v. but sminlvlhittinf?. The mob acted like sheep, each getting in everybody else's way ns the officers chased them up the street. It was a clear case of every man for himself and the night stick 111 1 mo luiiumost. , upwaruoi a score or men were left in the wake of the mob, stunned or with bad head wounds. People in tha houses were apparently with the strikers. for cans, bricks, and even small articles of furniture were thrown from windows and roofs. Is one of th officers were hit wrlh sufficient force to be disabled. It took ten minutes' hard fighting to scatter the crowd. The incident shows that a mob is always cowardly and that a few brave policemen can always disperse them, even without pistols. In skillful hands and at close quarters the club' is a'very formidablo weapon. ...... The sprions announcement is officially made that there is to be a change in the swallow-tail coat not chango in the pockets, nor yet a change from old garments to new, a la Aladdin, but an altera tion in style. The clothiers' official organ realizes the importance of the matter, and the fact that it is not a subject to be lightly approached. The paper acknowledges that a mere suggestion of an attempted devia tion from the stale and accepted style of evening attire will "put the more conserva tive society men up in arms against tho movement on general principles." It is also admitted that "tho pen which records a desire for something different in the form of a dress coat is a fire-brand which lights discord in the 6erene atmos phere of acceptability accorded the broad cloth garment, which reigns supreme." Thus forewarned the awed reader is pre pared for tho worst. It is discovered, on further perusal, not that the tails are to be cut off the swallow-tail, nor that it is to be cut more decollete than heretofore. The important divergence from the "conven tional suit" is that the garment is to have a velvet collar. Thero now, you owners of dress-coats; what do you think of that? It has been discovered by the Magazine of American History, whose editor has been mousing among centennial chronicles, that the present mild season had its counterpart 100 years ago. The winter of 1789-00 was so warm in New York and vicinity that farm ers plowed their fields in January, as they have done in the same localities this year. People who are fond of noting coincidences will be inclined to regard this as a favor able augury for the second century of national life. They must adjust their theories, however, to include the preceding century, for it is also announced, by tho same au thority, that the winter of 16S9-90 was also warm. A volume in possession of the Wis consin Historical Society gives an account of a voyage up the Mississippi in that sea son, la which the fact was mentioned that no ice was found in tho territory that is now Minnesota. Among tho recent visitors to the city was Col. Joe W. Dwyer, of New Mexico, form erly an Ohio man, and, of course, a politician. Two years ago ho was a candidate for Delegate in Congress from New Mexico, against Antonio Joseph, a Spanish-Amer ican, and present Delegate. Dwyerjsays ho made first-rate speeches to the greasers, and had an interpreter go along and translate them into Spanish. Joseph followed him up and said: "You have heard this man talk. He speaks only English. How, then, can he possibly do anything for the Terri tory in Washington, knowing no Spanish? Why, he will need an interpreter to trans late his English speeches into Spanish in the House of Representatives, in order that he may be understood." The Mexicans swal lowed it all, and Joseph was elected. A touko man living near South Bend died, a few days ago, immediately after eating oyster soup at a church festival. The local paper says, "Oysters in the form of a stew are said to have always affected him strangely, producing a burning sensa tion in tho stomach and a choking sensa tion in the throat." This is a solemn warn ing to managers of church festivals. The only way to mako sure there is not an oyster in the stow is to straiu it before serving. A Chicago engineer is aboct to. ask authority from tho New York Legislature to be allowed to turn Niagara into a generator of electricity for tho benefit of tho surrounding country in general and himself in particular. His plan fs a tunnel forty-two

feet wide, built fiom shore to shore. Five-

foot pipes are to bo constructed containing turbine wheels, which will operate ono hundred dynamos, so that the electrio fluid can be made available at points far distant. The idea is not new and is undoubtedly feasible, though it would require a largo expenditure to carry it out. The power is there in unlimited quantity. . It js only a question of converting it into electricity and distributing it It seems that one of Queen Victoria's daughters is an artist, or thinks she is, and is desirous of achieving artistic fame. A London paper says: The Frincess Louise Is at work on a statue. which is to be erected in Kensington Gardens and which wul represent her Majesty aa she appeared on that morning in June, 1837, when it was announced to ner tnat 6ne was Queen or England. The Princess Victoria on this occasion appeared In her night garment, with a shawl loosely thrown over her shoulders, and in this costume she appears in Sir George Hayters wellknown picture. This is an ambitious subject and rather a delicate ono to handle, but as the artist is likely to have the benefit of tho Queen's suggestions, they may succeed between them in making something out of it. Tire Canadian government has issued a report of trad o statistics for 1888 showing that tho aggregate trade with Great Britain during tho year amounted to 79,000,000, while that with the United States reached $91,000,000. Twelve years ago tho difference was $20,000,000 in favor of Great Britain, bo that there is a chango of $32,000,000 in favor of the United States. Last year Canada imported $7,000,000 more from Great Britain than from the United States, so that there is a change of $19,000,000 in favor of tho United States in twelve months. The figures show which way tho commercial interests of Canada are drifting. It is gravely announced in the New York papers that Mrs. Harrison when on her shopping tours never lets it be known when entering a store that she is the wife of the President-elect. From the fact that 6uch action is regarded as worthy of com ment it is to be inferred that it is the custom of New York ladies of prominence to have their arrival loudly announced by a convenient footman when they enter tho shop door. Mrs. Harrison may lose prestige with the "Four Hundred" by not following this course." Ik his annual report President Eliot, of narvardU nivcrsity, referring to the investigation of the athletic question, says that it convinced those interested that the present system is ono of "general utility," the faculty being satisfied that dyspepsia is less tolerable than a stiffened thumb or knee, and that effeminacy and luxury are even worse evils than brutality. This means that the boys can go on training. A Bill is pending in tho Illinois Legis lature to amend the divorce law of that State so as to prevent collusive understand ings between applicants for a divorce, and also empowering the judge to decreo that the guilty party in a case shall not be per mitted to be married within a certain time, varying from one to ten years, ac cording to the circumstances of tho case. The latter is an excellent suggestion. '.In a recent sketch of Richard Watson Gilder, Maurice Thonjpson says: "An ideal American homo is tho next place to heaven." This is a variation on tho theme "There's no place like home," and hardly equal to the original line. Most possessors of happy homes will cling to Payne's thought; they know what home is and arc less sure of heaven. To the Krtltor of tho Indianapolis Journal: Please nublteh in Dailv Journal the correct way of forming the possessive of Tboniaa, Barnes, Adams, etc. w. v. s. illow Branch, Ind. Thomas's. Barnes's, Adams's. It is tho custom with somo publishers to omit tho final 's" and use only tho apostrophe, as Thomas," but better usage is as given above. Tho words should he written as they are pronounced. The only variation from this rule is in the caso of names containing two "s's" in the last syllable for example Jesus, Moses. BREAKFAST-TABhE CHAT.4 Mas. Burnett, again a Washington resi dent, wears her bronze-red hair cut almost as short as a brush. Ttik Kibo, tho loftiest peak of Africa's loftiest mountain, Kilima-Njara, has finally been ascended by Otto Ehlers. The Empress of China has ordered that Shakspeare shall be translated into Chinese for the benefit of the "Son of Heaven." Tkwfik Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, has but one wife, and no harem, a fact which is by no means pleasing to his sub jects. There are over twenty thousand young women in Great Britain studying music with the idea of some day blossoming into stars. Time has led Count Von Moltke from tho battle-field to the rose garden. He gives most of his time now to the cultivation of his favorite flowers. TnE Rev. Joseph J Synnett, of Montclair, N. J., who was recently promoted to bo a doctor of divinity at tho University of Innspruck, is the first American student who has received that title there. Truth, of Seranton, has discovered that: There are leautifuldrinksthatwereneverdrunk, Ana Deaunrui uoukdu iuhi, were never inunk; There are beautiful fight that were neverfouht. And ueautirui nignis taac were never nought. Mrs. Celia Thaxter, the poet of the Isles of Shoals, has sufficiently recovered her strength to again take np her china pnintinff. Mrs. Thaxter usually naints llowers, and now and then adds a verse in autograph to the painting. Albert Hawkins, coachman of tho White House for Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland, will retire from Washington after March . 4, and go into tho service of Mrs. Cleveland, to whom he is warraiy attacneu. Fon tho supper to bo served at thoinau guration ball iu Washington there will be provided 20,000 raw oysters, 20,000 stewed oysters, 8,000 chicken croquettes, 6,000 sweetbread pates, wjo gallons of terrapin. ana otner articles ot ioou in proportion. The Queen of Madagascar obtains all her dresses from Paris. Sho is about twenty three years of age, has reigned four years, and is exceedingly popular with , her subjects. Sho has a very 6ad expression, which is said to bo due to sorrow for her first hus band. Gerome, in Mrs. Fanny Field Herine's fine illustrated article about him in the Century, is quoted as accounting for tho present degradation of art thus: "It is easier to Raint three fried eggs than it is to execute tho ceiling of the Sistine Chapel." An interesting relio of the late war is 6oon to he utilized at the Norfolk navy yard. The fine, sonorous bell formerly -in use on board the world-renowned Merrimao is to bo placed in position for the purpose of summoning and regulating the movements of the operatives connected with tho yard. And now they tell of a fashionable boarding-school where young women are taught to enter and get out of a carriage. "A ve hicle with the proper pedal arrangements for this sort of exercise, which determine a lady'sbreedingandclaim to social position; is kept in the back yard of the educational establishment, and the carriage classes are put through tho most arduous training." The information is also given that "another, accomplishment peculiar to this gilt-edged, academy is learning to eat asparagus, ;

oranges, grapes .and other juicy and unmanageable viands in a 6tyle that shall represent the perfection of tahle manners." At a recent dinner given in Washington by Senator and Mrs Leland Stanford, tho center of the table was covered with a scarf of rose-pink satin edged with a narrow fringe and covered with fine duchess lace. The guest cards were painted in water-colors with specimens of the flora of California. AniNT to all traders, -big and Bttle, is

given by a boy who peddles matches near an elevated-railroad station in New York. Ho watches the passengers as they come down the stairway, ana wnen he sees a man with anunlighted cigar he hands him a match, ready lighted, and then offers to sell him the rest of tne dox. AFEWdays since there was sold on tho boulevard of Paris a small cake for 1 sou, which bore this inscription: "Souvenir of the Election of Jan. 27. 18S9 Boulaneert What he will promise Eat and you will find vhat ho will mve." The cakes sold rapidly, for they appeared appetizing, but tho first mouthful told the story. They were filled with hay. ' Miss Nellie Gould, daughter of the Croesus, will have about $30,000,000 enough to gratify all reasonable desires, one would think. She cares nothing for society, and is religious. The Gould family have never been church people until recently, when Miss Gould secured a pew in a Presbvterian church, and gradually, through her influence, her mother - and tho rest of them became regular attendants. A mortar mixer at the new hotel was observed to bo heating his kettle of coffea yesterday in a way which was no novelty to him, but seemed strange to a reporter. He dug a hole in a pile of sand, placing a lump of limo in it. sprinkled Home water on the lime, placed his ket tie on it and banked sand up around it. When 12 o'clock struck ho shouted: "Com to tea, your coffee's a bilin'." -Portland Oregoniaru Zinc, placed upon the firo in a stove or grate, is said to operate as an effective extinguisher of chimney fires. According to this representation, when a fire starts insido a chimney, from whatever cause, a piece of thin sheet zinc, about four inches square, is to be put into the stove or grate connecting with tho chimney. The rinc fuses and liberates aciduous fumes, which, passing up the flue, are said to almost instantly put out whatever tire there may be. The Duke of Argyll has a habit, like Thales, of marching about with his hands folded behind him. Ono day he was in this posture, with a fine bunch of grapes in ono hand, when a monkey, belonging to his coachman, sneaked up and stole the fruit. The Duke did not receive his loss till some time afterward. Thus, even the Dcko of Argyll does not see everything, though most ocoicu cnuaren are taught reverently to believe so. M. Maspero, the Egyptologist, recently brought back from Egypt a royal mummy. The caso had to bo opened at Marseilles by the custom-house officer. Being told it contained a Pharaoh the officer looked up -Pharaoh" in the tariff, but as it was not to be found he decided that Pharaohs being an article of which there was no mention, should be taxed according to the highest scale. So M. Maspero was made to pay as for dried fish. Jacob Tome, of Port Deposit, Md., whoso munificent gift of $3,000,000 to found and endow industrial training-schools in his own town and State is now being discussed. is tho father-in-law of Grant's first Postmaster-general. A. J. Creswelll. Mr. Tom is the chief stockholder of the First National Hank of Washington the one organized by Jay and Henry D. Cook, which went into liquidation in 1873. Mr. Creswell i thn president of that bank. The following story is told , of Professor Gefficken: When he was in Englanda quarter of a century ago ho was tackled at a country houso by a very vehement Englishman, who took the Danish eido of tho Sehleswig-Holsiein question. Professor Gefticken listeued for a time, and then said, "Why should you discuss this question with mef In my house I have a room eighteen feet square that is filled with nothing hut pamphlets ou Schleswig-Hol-liolstein." - Many amusing stories are told of the Coreans, at Washington, and of their unsophisticated ways. They go to all manner of halls and receptions whether they have been invited, or . not. One hostess entertained the embassy at 'dinner, and' when the polite strangers from the Land of the Morning Sun made their dnty call they took seats in the lady's drawing-room, and remained there four mortal hours with an occasional exchange of civilities through an interpreter. The Woman's National Press Association is out with a card saying "that the idea of having any portrait painted of Mrs. Cleveland or any other person has never, in any manner, been presented to nor considered bv 6aid association, nor by any committee of the same, in any way whatever. Moreover, if the association had ever contemplated a thing 6o foreign to its objects and aims, it certainly would have consulted the President ana Mrs. Cleveland before taking the public into its confidence." One of the earliest offenses of the Empress Frederick when crown princess was an open disliko of the German cuisine and her annoyance at the want of comfort and cleanliness in all matters pertaining to the dinner table. Most of the ro3al forks had Rt eel prongs and the supply of table linen was always inadequate and often dirty, so that her inauguration of English wavs into the house, and especially as regarded the cookery, serving and arranging tho dinner table, was one of the most unpopular of her many unpopular innovations. Now that the son, the present Kaiser, has discharged his French cook German cooking and methods will again prevail at the imperial meals. The Emperor of Russia has justdecorated and rewarded a private soldier whose fidelity to his duty recalls the stories of the Roman sentinels who perished in the destruction of Pompeii. When the recent earthquake destroyed a small Russian town in central Asia mis soioier was on duty in the military treasury. Althongh the nouses were crashing around him, this faithful fellow stood motionless, waiting death. The only. sign which ho showed that he appreciated his situation waj the fact that he raised his hands as soldiers do at prayer. Fortunately, a sergeant in the street saw him amid the mins and ordered him to quit his post, which he did right wiiiingiy. ii Oar Reform Legislature. South Bend Tribune. One of the most shameful outrages perpe trated unon the tax'-pavers of this State br the eighty-four Democratic legislators, who bulldoze and contrive everything in tho Legislature, was the annointment of twenty-eight doorkeepers, janitors, spittoon-cleaners, etc., to look after the wants and comforts of tho members. Those Dem ocratic Anarchists while at homo build their own fires, split their own kindlimrwood. black or crease their own boot. brush their own clothes, and never as much as think of having tho "hired man" do any of these things for them. Because they were sent to the Legislature by the peopfe to make laws, they think they have tho richt to do what they please with the peo ple's money, so they are raying out $10,000 ers and janitors. These legislators, who waited upon themselves at home, are now waited upon at Indianapolis at a cost to the people of f JUO for each one for the few weeks they are there. Unsafe tu Investigate Frauds. Cbicaxo Journal. General Goff. who wa elected to tho office of Governor of West Virginia, is collecting eviuenco oi me irauustnat Keens liim out of the office. It i not improbable ihnt n. Democratic assassin mav ston the further progress of th inquiry as it was who was honestly elected to CongTess'from irl-onaflR hilt. WAN tiff r.'liwb'tl nut. nf lii cnm.in in inn rmn ni .utmi 3i. t invrnn certificate of clectiou. and was shot while '1 .1" il. . COlieCling evmence oi iuo crime No, Indeed. rimburg Chronlrte. The man who is willing to give von point ers is not to be found at the bench show.

DECLINE OF THE PHOTOGHaPHTH'S AET.

Napoleon Farcmy Deplores ths Intrctaetisn, of the Dry-riate Process. Special Correspondence IflUanpo!l Jonrnii New York, Feb. 1. "Photography to. day does not give as good results as it gavo eighteen years ago," said Otto Sarony when questioned as to the progress of his art. 'Do we owe nothing, then, to instanta neous photography! 'Don't misunderstand me. I am not CTy ing down the results of inventions that have enabled ns to do all sorts of things by photography that the early photographists did not even dream of. It is undeniable. however, that as a medium of reproducing artistic portraits photography is to-day not what it once was, and this is due in rart to some of the very inventions that are re garded as the most important in the art. Tho dry plate, for example, enables ns to take a negative in from half a second to two seconds. The old wet plate often re quired fifteen seconds or longer, but it gavo more roundness to tho picture and made a better portrait. If we ehould ask customers to sit fifteen seconds now we would soon lose our trade. Modern haste has sacrificed something that wo obtained with ease twenty years ego." ia 'Instantaneous photography would enable you still further to hasten the processes; would it give less satisfactory results than you now obtain! 7 "The time occupied in taking a negative by instantaneous photography is almost in appreciable, say ono-tenth of a secona, one that process is not used in photographio studios. To get a satisfactory portrait un der a sky-light we cut off some of the light and thus touo down e fleets. The instan taneous process needs a strong light, such as yon obtain in the open air. Here," continued Mr. Sarony. drawing from his pocket a small negative, is an interesting little thing that illustrates what I am saying. This is a little interior that 1 took at home on a dark, rainy aiternoon, bv exploding powdered magnesium. I could havo taken it quite as well at mid night. You sco that the furniture is very distinct, and even that miniature of a cherub and the photographs on the mantel are perfectly produced. The boy is a little dim because he ran away when the explosion came. Yes, it is an actual fact that he was scared ofl by the very light that was to take his picture. He was not quick enough, however, as yon see, and there he is. Tho process probably occupied one-tenth of a second. It is donebybiow inc powdered magnesium across an alcoholic flame. Tho flash is brief, but in tense. It could not be satisfactorily used, however, in producing portrait, for the reason that the photographist would have no opportunity to poso his subject and study in the camera effects of light and shade. "Instantaneous photosrraphy has creatlr aided the amateur, and tho result has been . to drive professional photographists outot the open-air business. It does not pay a photographist to devote himself to ont-door work. I her are too many amatenrsincom-i Petition. I think it is not generally known,; y tho way, that many artists in this country and in Europe are amateur Photographists, and that they use onrarv in aia oi ineir own. x ueue vo iuni ium marvelous minuteness of Meissoniers work is due to the fact that he paints a great deal from photographs. He has been an amateur photographist since the days ot the Albrotype, and I hav no reason to blieve that he has changed his method. "I am told that Jerome also uses nootog-J raphy in his work, and it is easy to believ.! when one recalls the character of luspict-i ures. it seems to me a pexiectly legitimate art. The artist just makes his sketch from i nature and then relieves his model from j laborious posing by working from . rhotoi graphs in the matter of detail. One thing that has been done by portrait painters is not quite so defensible. Last year a foreign portrait-painter with a great reputa tion came over here and painted many portraits of wealthy persons at great prices. In one instance he painted the portrait of a rich woman, and it is an absolute fact that h photographed her on canvass ana paimea overthe photograph. It was regarded as a. naid 1.000 or So.000. Now it is not manvl years since that sort of thing was done hy . a n a m a i 1 puotograpnists in mis country, dih me artists made such an outcry that it was stopped. lt is an amusing thing to seethe a t-i tempts at posing made by portrait painters who bring their sitters to ns for photo-, frranhs. The artist believes that be can ret inst tho right effect by posing the subject xiimseir, ana is surpnwa uniuu matiue negative shows an utterly diflerent- result from what he had expected. Trained photographists understand the art of pos-j ing, ana persons ouwuu mud MiiiMcwiry Eortraits by giving themselves into tho ands of photographists. Wo have found Mr. Cleveland a patient and rractahle sitter. He does not attempt to instruct the operator and the result is a good photograph. Tho same is true of Mr. Gould, Mr. Depewand Mr. Cornelius vandebilt. W have oc-. casionally taken Indian chiefs, but Lava , never been able to poso them. They were , suspicious of the camera and always in-4 sisted upon looking Ktraishtat the instrument. Nothing would induce them to turn their gaze aside. The result was that they were always taken with full face. e found the Siamese embassy unmanageable. They wero curiously aristocratic in their notions and bearing. They never nnbent for an instant, and the result in each caso was an extremely stiff photograph. Fullblooded negroes do not photogTapli well lcause tho shining quality of their skin gives a glaring white where the light strikes, and this contrasts in a rather startling manner with the extreme blackness of the shadows." "Would not photographing m colors aid you in making race distinctions?'' "There is no such thing as photographing in colors, and I see no prospect of its per! fection. What is now called photograph-' ing is merely an effect of lithography. No. the future improvements in photography! are likely to result from th study of pos-1 ing and the managementof light and shade. Jnst now general excellence and novelty ini 6tyle are the photographists' aims." AiVliaMV . m I MAX aa i-Afh. a. . VI A I A. Sorosls In Danger. Special to the IuinanapoUs Journal. New York, Feb. 2. Sorosis is approach i ing a crisis in its history. One of its mleinflexible as the laws of the Medes and tho ( Persians, forbids tho re-election of a president for moro than three successive years. Mrs. Thomas has served out the full limit of her time. Jennie June is a candidate for office. A faction in tho club, of which Hester M.Poole is one of the leaders, threatens open revolt and a split in th association if sh is elected. There are few clubs of men which make any attempt to harmonize 6nch diverse interests. lt'contains conservatives and radicals, fasiiionablesj and hermits, all sorts and conditions of ' women. Mrs. Thomas steered clear of difficulties, but it wonld not be surprising iff the debate oer her successor resulted in ' two clubs in tho room of one before spring. That Sorosis, as now organized, has served, its pnrpose, and might as well giv place to something different, is a sentiment on often hears expressed these days. Eliza Putnam Heatox. The Result of Failure to En fbrc Laws. Cleveland Leader. The brutal assassination of Hon. J. M Clayton in a small Arkansas town is only another illustration of the fact that a man takes his lite into his hands when he asserts his rights as a Republican in th Democracy-ridden South. Political crime are altogether too frequent in the outh and it is hich time that steps 1m taken to stamp out the element that has never been reconciled to tho results of the war. and continues to set the laws of the land at defiance. Inference. Lajrracge SUndanL The Democratic majority in th Stato Senate "inferred" a Republican Senator had bribed a voter, andtherenpon unseated, him. The inference for th people now to draw is that the Democratic majority are a set of political robbers, and are making the Senate chamber a den of thieves. Why IndlanapoUs Is Happy. JCew Terk Graphic. Indianapolis statisticians ficure out the saving to her citizens by the nie of naturalpas at $1,000,01)0 yearly. She can n fiord eveu the luxury oi President on that margin.

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