Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1889-TWELVE PAGES.

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House. -Klggs House and Ebfcitt Telephone Calls. rlneeaOrace ...233 Editorial Booms 242 TWELVE PAGES. The Sunday Journal has double the circulation of any Sunday paper In Indiana. VPrlce fire cents. HI THE If AUTRE CT PKOPHEOT. In a contribution to tho Journal in another column, Rev. David Swing takes the case of Joseph A. Moore a3 a text for a dissertation on the follies and extravagances of social life. Tho premises on which he bases his remarks are - hardly correct, as the persons most intimately acquainted with Mr. Moore's affairs do not ascribe his downfall to family extravagance or fondness for display. Tho conclusions, however, as generally applied, are just. The tendency of people in all classes of society to live in a manner "which conforms to luxurious tastes and tho customs of their neighbors, rather than to the size of their incomes, isoneof the evils of (.tho times. It is destructive of individual content and happiness; it undermines morals; it is a constant source of r crime and public and private disaster. I How to overcome it is a problem that : preachers and social philosophers may ; well consider; but after all, tho solution 'lies in tho innate good sense of the pecpie. themselves. "When they can be ; made to realizo that the simplicity of ; poverty is more to bo desired and more respectable than the pretense of 'Wealth, 1 which deceives no one, then will the j silly rivalry of display and tho effort to AiW3ina!nir meajisconoto an end. ' A SOCIAL PROBLEM". In the courso of an article rebuking young men of the Catholic faith for their tendency to spend too much time in saloons, the Freeman's Journal says,?inci- . dentally: "Generally speaking, - the ; women of tho United States, without re- : gard to their religion, are betterread, ; more refined, more cultivated in all reAspects than their brothers." It adds that this is "probably thocaso With all countries of recent growth where 'family I life has not yet taken on, settled forms." 1 Whether or "not the .first statement is ; correct as to women generally, is a matter of opinion; that it is truo of young women, and will be cquaUy'60 of the, rising generation, can hardly bo disputed. Tho . explanation suggested is, however, hardly correct, nor thoinfer- - ence that, as tho country grows older, tho conditions now callinsr for the edu cation of women will change. Itl ;is not tho "recent growth" of the country that gives women superior educational advantages, but tho progress of civilization and a general enlightenment Cthat affords opportunities which they were formerly denied. So far from being .peculiar to tho United States, the same state of affairs is noticeable in England, 1 .and to some degree in other countries where family life took on "settled f ornis'. Jong since. Tho older tho country the slower tho progress in this direction, not because tho young men have more leis- ; we for education, but becauso of tho 'difficulty of removing ancient prejudices Against' granting equal privileges "to women. For various reasons, often tluH disinclination of tho boys and youkgr onen to continue in schools oftener thoj necessities that call them into business . early, both in old and new countries, 'many more girls than men are profiting :by advanced courses of study. This is true -in all classes of society. Laboring people, twelve or fourteen years of age, will give the daughters tho advantage of at least a year or two more. Sons of men who could amply afford them every opportunity, drop ozit of school in their callow youth and go into business or be come gentlemen cf leisure, while their Uisters are given years of training at 'homo and abroad. This condition of things is attracting tho attention of social philosophers, and they aro considering what manner of creatures tho com- - in man and woman will be. Already ono result is noticeable in tho dissatisfaction of educated young women with tho average young man of society, whom they find to bo a very inane person - The scarcity of cultivated young men in fcociai gatherings compared with those whose range of thought and conversa tion is limited to baso-ball, tho theaters and kindred topics, is matter of common complaint. Thc number of such young women who remain unmarried has also been noted and accounted for on the ground of their distaste for life-companionship with inferiormen. What is to be the ultimate consequence if tho disparity continues or increases, is the problem. Other con derations aside, it is not probable that i tho girl of this or Any other period will dccocti ioq mzmy accomplished or 2: --in than U Wood for her; nor is

it likely that the sex having once tasted of knowledge and enjoyed its pleasures and power will lapse into ignorance. Neither is it probable that highly-educated women will be content with uncultured husbands. It has often been said that "intellectual men are better suited with wives who know nothing outside of domestic duties;" but it is doubtful if this is a rule that works both ways doubtful if a woman who is appreciative of intelligence, who i3 acquainted -with the best in literature and art, who is of keen and refined mind, will beyf-atislled with a clod. Doubtless tho matter will, in time, regulate itself. Pe.rhap3 it will be through a grand combined movement to educate young men to an equality with their sisters. Perhaps tho tendency of young women to earn thelr own livelihood will eventuallytake them out of school in equal numbers with their brothers at the same early age, and so adjust tho balance. In the meantime, .the question puzzles the scientists.

MB. CARNEGIE Off TEUSTS. Tho North American Review for February contains an article on "Trusts," by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in which ho presents his views on that subject in an interesting fashion. And they are interesting views, for Mr. Carnegie is a very bright man, a clever thinker, and possessed of a great deal of practical wisdom. The key-note of his article is contained in the opening sentence, where he says: "The great laws of the economic world, like all laws afiecting society, being the genuine outgrowth of human nature, alone remain unchanged through all these changes. Whenever consolidations, or watered stocks, or syndicates, or trusts endeavor to circumvent these, it always has been found tho result is that after the collision there is nothing left of the panaceas, while the great laws continue to grind out their irresistible consequences as before." From this stand-point Mr. Carnegie, as a business man, regards trusts as natural outgrowths of tho business world natural in their origin, but unnatural and predestined to failure in so far as they attempt to reverse, resist or control the laws of trade. Trusts have their origin in a love of gain and a desire to control markets and prices. In a general sense they aim at a monopoly, either of some product or manufacture, or its transportation. They are a natural outgrowth of accumulated capital and high commercial conditions. "They are," says Mr. Carnegie, "confined to no country, and are not in any way dependent upon fiscal regulations. The greatest trust ot all just now is the copper trust, which is French, and has its headquarters in Paris. The salt trust is Ergiish, with its headquarters in London. The wire-rod trust is German. The only steel-rail trust that ever existed was an international one which embraced all the works in Europe." If they have not existed in this country until recent years it is because tho accumulation of wealth and the high commercial conditions in which they find their origin did not exist here until comparatively recently. As trusts are essentially selfish and monopolistic in tendency, it follows that they antagonize all other interests and invite opposition. Herein lies their remedy and cure, viz.: competition, as a uusiness man, recognizing the irresistible laws of trade, , Mr. Carnegie regards competition as the natural ending and ultimate cure of combination. "There can," he says, "be no permanent extortion of profit beyond tho averago return f ronv capital, nor any monopoly, either in transportation or manufacturing. Any attempt to maintain either must end in failure, and failure ultimately disastrous just in proportion to the temporary success of the foolish eftbrt. It is simply ridiculous for a party of men to meet in a room and attempt, by passing resolutions, to change the great laws which govern human affairs in the business world, and this whether they bo railway presidents, bankers or manufacturers." He has no confidence in the long life or continuance of any trust based on opposition to the natural laws of trade, and predicts that even the Standard Oil Company will go tho way of all tho rest. Free competition will, soon or late, crush them all through tho resistless power of the natural laws of trade. REFLECTIONS. rasinon changes m literature as in garments. The channels of thought and sentiment shift as much and as often as those of a shallow stream. The novels that entranced the world a few genera tions ago are hardly read now. Much of that which was considered very fine poetry in our grandfathers' day has passed into oblivion. A few great masters, who thought and wrote for all time, still survive the changes of fashion, and always will, but the most succumb and give way to a new school which, in its turn, in due time will yield to another. So runs tho world away. Times change and wo" change with them. It is only the great masters in literature, as in art, who can stand the test of changing fash ions. No doubt most of the novelists ana poets ot to-day will do lorgotten a hundred years hence. A very few may survive, but the great mass will have passed into oblivion. Who will bo the survivors? That is an interesting ques tion which the candidates for famo would like to have answered. Greatness is not always recognized by its contem poraries. Even Shakspeare was not re garded as a great poet, much less as the world's' greatest poet, while , he lived. None of his neighbors or contemporaries had any pfceper conception of his genius or any idea that he would be crowned as one of tho immortals. There is no reason to "believe that ho had any such idea hini.self. He thought his Sonnets and his Venus and Adonis his best works, and if ho had any expectation of enduring fame it was based on these. He, no more than his contemporaries, thought his dramas would achieve immortality. In fact they were not collected or published in book form till several years after his death; and even then they were chiefly prized by actors and managers for their acting qualities. Perliaps if Shakspeare had strained after immortality he would

not have achieved it. No doubt some

who are now straining more than he did will fail to achieve it. DB. THEODORE L. CUTLEB OK THE "VOICE." The Journal noticed, at the time, tho infamous slander of the Voice on the venerable Dr. Cuyler, of New York, in attributing to him a speech he never made. The Doctor promptly cfilled the attention of tho editor to the falsehood, but instead of making an honorable retraction, it published a part only of Dr. Cuyler's letter, omitting tho most im portant parts, yet re-alhnning the gravamen of its charge that Dr. Cuyler is a moral coward, and that he want only assailed tho W. C. T. U. In reply to this slanderous attack, tho venerable Doctor pays his respects to this mouth-piece of slanderers in tho March number of the National Temperance Advocate, from which wo clip tho following paragraphs: I havo been an unswerving prohibition ist since I edited a prohibition journal in Trenton, thirty-seven years ago, and stood and ecclesiastical assemblages. t The prohibition of the saloon was successfully main tained in those nays, irrespective of party or creed. At the organization of the Republican party, I enlisted enthusiastically under the hannerof Free Soil and Fremont, wrote campaign documents for the "Pathfinder," and would sooner havo been suspected of Mormonism than of wagging my tongue in favor of returning fugitive slaves to bondage. In ISSi 1 dropped a quiet vote for uovernor St. John, and one week before the election. at tho request of a fewbrotherFrohibitionists, I signed a circular in his behalf. That solitary step was about the beginning ana the end of my very brief foray into "thirdnartv" politics, for I verv soon returned to my old and settled conviction, that it was not the wisest way for me to promote the great object that lies so near to my nean. Kverv temnerance man must bo iruuled bv his own judgment and conscience. While I applaud tho zeal and honor the' sturdy con victions or my remperanco Dretnren in uio third party, 1 cannot ally myself with you, for three very strong reasons: 1. Long observation has taught me that wherever and whenever prohibition has been successfully enacted, it has not been by a separate, distinct temperance party. 3. I am conscientiously opposed to your proposal to burden woman with the trust, duties and responsibilities of the ballot and of civil ofliee. 3. As the president of a non-partisan society ior ine promotion oi oom toiai ausuneuce and the suppression of the liquor traffic, I do not feel at liberty to identify myself with any partisan organization. V here suppression is absolutely impossible I ire for anv or everv method to cripple or curtail it. Therein I aim to follow exactly the example of my distinJ;uished anu world-honored predecessor, the ate Hon. Willam E. Dodge. Wherever I can hit the drink-devil I hit him, whether the voice of my conscience agrees with your Voice or not. For example, last year that insolent champion of the saloons, David B. Hill, flung down his challenge before the people of New York. He is tho very embodiment of the saloon oligarchy; to overthow him would have been an object-lesson for all dangerous demagogues, lho one man who could possibly defeat him was Mr. Warner Miller, who stood on a platform of "high license." Without uttering one syllable on tho right or the wrong of high license, I exhorted all good citizens of New York, irre spective of party, to support Miller and crush Hill. Thousands of sincere Prohi bitionists including at least one of your third-party leaders voted as I did, anu xor tne same goou reason. njiai I claim to bo honest independence you denounce as inconsistency and compro mising cowardice. lour "worKingnypoiuesis" is a Keely motor; it won't work. Your narrow policy for combating a gigantic evil, after neariv twenty years oi experiment, has worked no letter. Excellent motive is unavailing without excellent method. Gentlemen of the voice, after forty-five ears of unselfish, unpaid and untiring laors for our reform. I shall not submit to the crack of any dictatorial whip, or allow you or any men to ueiame me wun im punity, l win giaaiy co-operate witn every "union" male or female, with every order, and league, and society or political ATfroniintiATi Trt 4 It a tiTnmntiftn AT trtf CO. cred cause; but no man shall charge me with treason to the negro's ireetfcmi, or with insulting Christian womanhood, or with disloyalty to the great temperance enterprise, without receiving an indignant blow on the lips that utter the calumny. TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES. The township library bill, which was introduced in the House and Senate on Friday, is an important measure and should receivo prompt and careful attention. The township library is an institution established many years ago as a part of the educational system of the State, though its legal or actual exist ence is probably unknown to the major ity of citizens. Owing to a diversion of the tax supporting it to another purpose and the failure of the State to make fur ther provisions for its maintenance, it has come to exist merely as a tradition in many townships, and in others is but a fragmentary collection of literature of little use to anyone. This long-continued neglect of this im portant adjunct of tho schools is a re proach to ,the State, and should bo remedied as soon as possible. The bill introduced provides for the levying of a tax of one-fifth of a mill on each dollar of taxable property in the township an addition hardly appreciable in amount to the individual and bearing no recog nizable proportion to the benefit to bo derived. Citizens who pay for their daily and weekly newspapers, without grumbling, as a matter of necessary ex panse, and who buy paper-covered literature on the cars at 25 cents a volume. are not likely to complain, when, by an outlay of 20 cents on every thousand dollars of their property, they gain ac cess to hundreds of dollars' worth of books. An important feature of the bill is the ono providing that where a public library already exists in the township the tax shall bo diverted to its use. This affects the Indianapolis City Library as well as the libraries in a number of the larger towns of the State. As is well known, the Indianapolis library is in bad financial shape. It is in debt; the present fund is insufficient to maintain it properly, and unless relief is had it will soon bo badly crippled. This tax would double the fund and remove the present difficulty, though it is perhaps liardly sufficient to meet all the needs of the institution. This diversion of tho tax necessarily confers the privileges of tho library upon all residents of Center township, but this is not an objection, and can certainly meet with no opposi tion. Other features of tho bill specify tho manner in which the township libraries shall be arranged and conducted, their place of location, etc In one particular an amendment seems desirable. Tho State library board is made the purchas ing board of the township libraries, be ing required to deliver into the hands of tho county commissioners of each county "such books as it may deem proper." It is well enough, perhaps, to have these libraries in a manner a part of the State library system, but the needs of differ-

ent localities vary, and it is not reasonable to suppose that the State board can, of its own judgment, make selections to supply these separate wants or would take the trouble to inform itself concerning them. Some one locally interested should be allowed a voice in the selection of the books, possibly the county school superintendent, who, by a provision of the bill, is required to inspect the libraries and report their condition from time to time. In other respects the bill is unobjectionable, and should meet with favorable consideration.

A IHTW TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION. t There has recently been effected, in this city, a temperance organization which promises to be far-reaching and very beneficial in its influence. It is called "Tho Knights of tho Home." It is a secret organization, ono feature of which is that the names and numbers of its membership are ric to be puMished or in any way made public. It has but one purpose, tho .enforcement of laws against saloons and whatever tends to injure the home, and to procure, from time to time, and as rapidly as possible, better laws, not only against saloons but against gambling and prostitution and whatever destroys tho home. It is to do Kept entirely aiooi from party politics, yet to mix in politics enough to secure officers that are in sympathy with its purposes. If we understand its character, it is to figure as the uncompromising opponent of tho Liquor League, and using the same weapons the ballot and money. Though the roster of its membership is not open to tho public, wo are; at liberty to say that tho following aro the officers of tho Indianapolis council: President, E. G.. Cornelius; vice-president, R. N. Lamb; treasurer, Samuel Sawyer; secretary, T. A. Goodwin. Its plan contemplates a branch organization in every township by mid-summer, and the organization of a State council as soon as ten subordinate councils are organized. Persons wishing to know more about it may confer with any of the officers above mentioned, by letter or otherwise. Those who want to inspect the constitution for the pur pose of joining the local council, or for organizing elsewhere, will obtain a copy by applying to the secretary, by letter or in person. The ritual, as the rituals of all secret organizations, is strictly private. A great deal is said about the influences of civilization, but the less said about the influences of New York civilization over the Indians in that State the better, if the report of a legislative investigating committee is to be believed. As the Lake Mohonk conference made similar statements two years ago, and as legislative investiga tions are not likely to discover anthing not patent to all people, the probabilities are that nothing but the truth is reported. Sev eral tribes of Indians are on separate reser vations in that Stato, and, being protected by ancient treaties, govern themselves and are not affected , by legislation. Tho government of the Onondagas is found to he corrupt and vicious, and the reserva tion a "nest of uncontrollable vice." One interesting tribal regulation is that tho chief shall be deposed as soon as he becomes a Christian. The Tonawandas are pagans, and but few of them can read or write. Tho Shinnicooks are indolent and shiftless, and the Allegheny and Catta raugus tribes likewise. A compulsory school law, tho allotment of the lands in severalty and several other reformatory measures are recomnsnded by the commit tee, but it is evident that they are uncertain as to what is the hest course. One thing is plain, that for New Yorkers missionary work, if not charity, should begin at home. The London Globe undertakes to correct what it calls a popular belief in England that Americans always speak of Englishlisbmen as "Britishers." If 6uch is the popular belief in England it only shows what absurd beliefs sometimes prevail. As a matter of fact, the word "Britisher" is very seldom used or heard in this country, even in jest, much less in earnest. The Globe says very seriously: "Nothing, how ever, will expel from English minds the belief that tho American calls every En glishman a 'Britisher.' Tho case may be paralleled. Another fond belief in England is that it is the correct thing to call an American a Yankee. Now, in reality, tho word Yankee has an absolutely limited sphere of application. It may be applied correctly to the New England States, and, by admissable stretch of the language, to Northerners generally, but as a synonym for Americans as a nation it is an absurdity. No American would speak of a Texan, for instance, as a Yankee, yet we often see this mistake made in popular writings." This is put forth as valuable information. The bill to prohibit the sale of cigars, cigarettes, snuff or tobacco in any of its forms to any person under the age of six teen years, now pending in the Legislature, was presented at the request of tho W. C. T. U. and prepared under tho special direc tion of Mrs. K. Lof tin, superintendent of the department of narcotics. It is a matter of common observation that the uso of tobacco is increasing among boys and that it is injurious is beyond question. The detrimental effect upon both body and mind is recognized by medical men everywhere and in many schools and colleges in Europe and this country its use is forbidden. Even in Germany, where the men are such in veterate smokers, boys under sixteen found 6moking on the street are placed under ar rest. Cigarettes in particular are harmful, and the crusade of the anti-tobacconists is directed especially to them. Whether this bill, if passed, would prove effective or not is a question, but some way of checking the evil 6hould be devised. FAsniON changes even in precious stones. Cameo, formerly in great lavor and very valuable, has now gone out. The finest cut cameo now would not bring one-tenth tho price of ten years ago. Rubies have steadily increased in value. Topaz has been in little demand for several years, but is expected to come in again soon. Coral, formerly very popular, has gone almost en tirely out of use. The popularity of amber, on the other hand, is steadily increasing. Tho various kinds of imitation diamonds are very popular, especially tho Rhine stone. Ask your jeweler if this is not true. If you have no jeweler, ask some other person s. An Englishman who has just returned from a hunting excursion to the far North west, says big game is fast disappearing in that region. "Not a buffalo did I 6ee," he says, "even in the wildest parts of Wy oming, till I cot up into Manitoba. There I saw a herd of partially domesticated buffalo, about thirty in all, owned by the war. den of the penitentiary of Stony Moustaju

about thirty miles west of Winnipeg. Of this number only a dozen are of pure blood, as their owner is crossing the breed with a

hardy race of long-homed. 6haggy-haired Scotch Highland cattle, the result being a runty little beast, of uncertain temper and indifferent beef, but with wonderfully long, fine, glossy and thick hair all over the body. This hybrid is practically selfsupporting, savexf or the need of a little hay in the depths of winter, and is destined, the. owner thinks, to supply a high-priced, beautiful and durable pelt at trifling cost, to replace in part the once common, hut now vanished, buffalo robe." It seems that the progress of civilization is likely to interfere with the supply of certain classes of wild animals for our menageries and zoological gardens. Tne rapid de velopment of the South African colonies is playing havoc with tho wild animal trade in that quarter of the globe. It is said that gnus and sable antelopes havo retreated to the wilderness of the ' upper Zambesi; baboons are no longer found in the neigh borhood of Cape Town, and before the next twenty years the agents of Barnum & Co. will have to fall back upon the villages of Brahmini, Hindostan, where some fifty varieties of monkeys still exist and levy tribute on the native fanners. Perhaps if civilization is going to cut off the supply of wild animals and close tho menageries its progress had better bo arrested, for what would civihzation be without" the circus and animal show? Mr. G. T. Bedford, of this city, 6ends to the Journal a copy of a poem written fortyeight years ago by his uncle, Mr. S. Bedford, on tho death of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison. The writer who died at his home in Ohio at an advanced age shortly after the nomina tion of Benjamin Harrison, was an ardent admirer oi "Tippecanoe." Tho verses in honor of the dead President indicate this warm admiration and his grief at the Na tion's loss, and close with thefollowinglines which, in the light of recent events, may be regarded as almost prophetic: But let us hope as time rolls on To see another Harrison; Borne wn still worthy of such sire May fill our hearts with fond desire: Borne worthy patriot blessed with skill Who may consult the peoples' wm And cause the Nation to admire And say the son exceeds the sire. Lord Wolseley, who has seen a good deal of fighting under varied circumstances. thinksthe religious fanatic the most determined fighter of alL "Pride of race," he said, "patriotism, fervid loyalty, intense love of liberty, in fact, all tho noblest and strongest feelings of the civilized European are weak and poor when compared with the religious frenzy which can convert the peaceful Arab camel-driver, near Suakim into the most terrible and most dreaded foe." This is also the testimony of history. Regions wars have always been the most furious. The scientists of California are at war over a very dry spell of weather in that State during the month of January a real ly unusual happening, as nature is generally lavish with her moisture in the early days of the year. The recent eclipse, ac cording to tho discussion, seems to he the most popular theory advanced as the probable cause, although certain phases of the moon's caprices are put forth with equal force by the weaker side of . the argument TnE National Shipping League, which sent a delegation here on Friday to confer with the President-elect relative to restor ing the American merchant marine, favors a subsidy to any vessel built and owned wholly in the United States of 30 cents per gross ton measuement for each thousand miles navigated, and pro rata for less dis tance. Tho thirty-cent rate to hold good for ten years of the vessel's lifetime. TnE Springfield Republican thinks it very unkind for the Journal to head an article "A Talk About Soups," when it is so near the 4th of March. The Journal is not responsible for the soupy-slang inferenco drawn by its contemporary, whicru'throueh its mugwumpian eyes, does not seem able to distinguish between a food compound and something intended for a bath. TnE new United States gunboat Yorktown has proved a complete success. She has developed on her speed test an excess of 650 horse power over the contract requirements. This means a bonus of at least 05,000 for William Cramp & Sons, the builders. Persons who keep a sharp lookout in the political skies may expect to discover, some new stars on the American flag beforo long. Popular petitions foran investigation of tho Insane Hospital have begun to come in. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: ( Whr ilrtAS mnsh ir form t th Knt-Tvi tne river or on iop oi me waxen -w - - - B-r V V hVS J tOXSTAXT HEADER. On the top. BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT. At tho recent municipal elections in Great Britain, it is said, 2.000,000 women were registered ana voted. Mrs. Lucas, of St. Louis, now in Paris, says 6he never even thought of marrying Boulanger. and the General savs he is not aware of ever having had the pleasure of seeing airs, iucas. Record was recently made of tho death of Senorita Castelar, sister of the wellknown Spanish statesman. She was seven-ty-threo years old, ana had presided over lier brothers homo ior many years. Mrs. S. V. White, wife of the Congressman irom urooKiyn, has conscientious scruples on the subject of prohibition, and olio is Oiiiu tu uo iuu uiiij uusicsa m v asUington ttIio has refused to serve wine to her guests. A peculiar old man, known only as Boxem Brown, has long made a living by ped dling coffins through the Territory of New Mexico. He travels with a team of mules, a big wagon and about twenty cheap coffins oi assoneu sizes. A strong fire-proof room has been con structed outside Hawarden Castle, and in this will evidently be deposited an enor mous mass of corres pondence extending over ana containing upward oi ttJ.uoo letters. New wonders are being unearthed every day; and a new and rare one has just turned up in Paris, in the shape of " a fine bust of Mme. de Stael, by Canova. It was found in a second-hand shop, where it had lain for years, submerged under rubbish, with its vaiue ail ungnessea. A writer in the Cngregationalist says that the word deacon has fallen into disrepute, because so many reputable writers have made deacons the butts of ridicule and satire. Tho result of this is seen in the reluctance of so many good men to accept it.!. ! J il ' 1 1 , V una ouice ux tne rer fiDgianu cnurcnes. A man named Dronin, who was born in Brittany, on May 15, 1787, died in Paris a few days ago. He fought at Trafalgar. His death was due to a fall sustained while he was under tho influence of liouor. Tho physicians who examined his remains said that he might have lived to be 125 had he not met with an accident It is written of Voltaire that when, in his painf ul effort to learn English, he dis covered that the letters a-g-u-e spelt "ngu," a word of two syllables, but if vou in creased the lensth bv adding two more let ters, ana so got p-i-a-g-u-e, the wora became ono syllable, and was pronounced plag," he threw the book across the room." fairly danced rage, an wished n his

own bitter way that one-half of the Enclish

nation might have the Lord Rothschild is popular in London among the poor, "lie is a good 'un. he is," said an omnibus-driver, passing his palace. "If all the bloomin' swells was like him they should have my wot " and interest" "How's thatl ' " hj, every Christmas he ei ves mv mate and me a brace of pheasants. and so he do all of us wot passes his door. Good old Baron." Mrs. Maria F. Montgomery, the widow of General Bacqn Montgomery, whose death was recently announced, was a fam ous confederOe spy in war times and distinguished herself by carrying dispatches to General Lee. She was once arrested and searched by federal authorities, but dispatches that were concealed in the 6oles of her 6hoes escaped detection. Moncurk D. - Conway, the magazine writer and historian, is in Baltimore making researches in tho records of the Maryland Historical Society. Mr. Conway's rescnt visit to Baltimore may recall to nm one he made to that turbulent city' in tho early years of the war. At that time he had a number of his father's slaves with him, ana a street mob, thinking that he had stolen the negroes, came near making short work of him. An amusing misadventure happened in Paris, recently, to M. Felix Zeim, tho wellknown artist. He had purchased an old helmet in a bric-a-brac shop, and, when he goi nome, mo idea occurred to aim to try it on. It went on easily enough, but, when ho wanted to take it off, he found it impossible to do so. Finally ho was forced to go to a neighboring gunsmith's to have it removed. His appearance on the street wearing this mediaeval relic produced a decided sensation in the usually placid Rue Lepic. It is said that of tho general officers who; commanded in the United States armies in 18C3 not one is now on the active list Grant nalleck, McClellan. McDowell, Meade. Thomas. Hoolcer and Mr.Ph are all dead; Sherman and Fremont aro on the retired list; ltosecrans. who is out of the array, will probablv be placed on the retired Bst by an act of Congress; Schotield, who is now the ranking major-general, was a captain of artillery in 1SU3; and Major-general Howard was first lieutenant. Count Von Moltke is very old, deaf, and a martyr to a bad liver. Yet he carries himself easily, and seems a well-preserved man. Tall and1 lean, he is slightly bent; his smoothly-shaven face has the color of old ivory; the tall brow is surmounted by a blonde wig (although his portraits are painted without the peruke); two gray-bluq eves look at you almost cruelly; the hps aro thin, and the nose long, straight and strong; a pair of long, muscular ears, and a 6mall and closed mouth complete a set of features which give every 6ign of discretion, if not of taciturnity. The true inwardness of tho revolt of the Society of British Artists against their whilom president, American Whistler, has at last come into the glare of day he was the only person to profit by the changes he made. Under the old humdrum rule, the year 1884 brought in $40,000 for the sales of pictures; under Air. Whistler's butterfly, the year 1885 brought but $2,000. When 1S87 came, and the sales were only $7,205. the British heart overflowed with gall, and uruisn artists rose as a man and broke that butterfly on the wheel. Gen. Horace Porter, in his eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, said that the great war President wasn't much of a chamnatme drinker. The General recalled a visit of Mr. Lincoln to City Point On his arrival the General said that Mr. Lincoln was suf fering from ga .ronomic disturbances, incident to most folks who have sailed on rough water. "A young statt-officer, very previous he was," 6aid the General, "grabbed a bottle of champagne and thrust it toward Mr. Lincoln, saving that that was the very thing he needed. No, young man Air. Lincoln said; 1 have seen too many fellows seasick ashore from drinking that very article.'" Col. "Dan" Lamont was an expert on the subject of pie before he ever began his now famous series of pastry seances at the Wrbite House. He was steward of his club at Union College. : A Vermont student one day announced that he would henceforth eat no pie, but, instead, would draw 5 cents a day from the treasury. Lamont's eyes twinkled when he heard the announcement, but he said nothing. The next day at dinner he had chicken pie. the next ovster pie. the next veal pie, and so on for a fortnight The victim made no complaint but at last his patience gave ont and he left the club in hieh dndcreon. Thereafter, when anv member angrily withdrew, ho was said to Mr. T. J. Child, minister from this country to Siam, is credited with a good head for business. He was at home in Missouri on leave of absence when the presidential election took place, and, as soon as the result was announced, he started back to his post at Bangkok on the opposite 6ide of the globe. The journey will occupy several months, ap.i, after he gets there, it will be several mcnths before' knowledge of a chance of administration will reach him officially. It will then require about three months for his resignation to reach Washington, and his successor, when appointed, will want to take some time for preparation before starting on his long journey to Bangkok, meanwhile Mr. Child will bo performing the duties and drawing the salary of minister. "I recall," says Senator Voorhees, "the first state dinner of President Hayes that I attended. I had forgotten the total-abstinence rule, and the earner courses were dispatched before I noticed that there were no glasses save those for water. As the entree camo on, a friend on my left asked me in a whisper if we were not to have a sip of anything. I told him the water was deliciously cold. I would have enjoyed a glass of wine as much as he would. Conversation was slacking, and almost every man at the table needed a mild spur. In a few moments the Roman punch was served. I tasted it listlessly, but instantly discovered that it was Roman punch, indeed. I touched my friend, who had yet to taste his provocative. He emptied his glass with a few dips of his spoon and looked at me longingly. I lifted one finger. One of the waiters understood the gesture, and in a moment other glasses of the reviving mixture were placed before ns well saturated with a grateful extract of grape. Our spirits were immensely improved, and our friends across the tablo tried for many a day to guess the reason of the sudden change from passivity to distinct interest" Proffered Help Against Germany. St. Steven's Review, London, "Eng. The correspondency on the Samoan question between the governments of Germany and the United States seems to indicate that Prince Bismarck has been playing with a high, imperious hand indeed, and a hand which is evidently beginning to lose its cunning. The German Chancellor cannot for one moment imagine that America is to be insulted with impunity. Princo Bismarck no doubt thinks that the Yankee will not dare to take his own part knowing as hemust do, that the German fleet can steam to Sandy Hook in ten days and shell all the towns along the coast from New York to New Orleans; hut mayhap it doos not enter even into the decaying old man's calculations that the tie of blood which binds these islands to Columbia would never permit a German fleet so to operate It is just as well to inform him of this fact, but if he doubts it let him instruct his secret agents over here and there are plenty to ask a casual hundred of Englishmen the question. He will find at' least ninety Eer cent would unhesitatingly reply that efore the Krou Prinz could rain its shower on Broadway the Hen bow and the Inflexible would have first to be beneath the waves of the Atlantic. . , Necessity for Changing the Rules. New York Independent. ' The next Hon;e of Representatives ought promptly to revise and reform its standing rules, so that half a dozen filibustering Congressmen will not have it in their power to blockade tho regular order of business, and virtually force the majority into a compromise with them, as the condition of being permitted to do anything in - the usual way. Democracy made the present rules, and Befmblicans should promptly change them or better ones.

THE VALUE OF IDEAS. - Some Facts Regarding Professional Humorists Their Wit Not Proof cf Happiness, Special Conpondenf e of the I ndianspolis J oorn&L New York, Feb. 15. Thackeray's clown in tears with his little family behind the scenes is not a more pitiful spectacle than is Philip II. Welsh making fun for thousand with a deadly cancer grasping his throat A year or so since Welsh came from a surgeon's operating table with forty jokes ready for publication. He said the anaesthetic set his wits agoing. Since then ho has gone about among his friends, now better, now worse, but never for an instant losing the power to coin the jokes that aro his daily bread. For a long time he has 6poken indistinctly, talked little, and wora a mufiler close about the spot where the cancer was doing its work. His grave, emotionless face was as little like that of the professional humorist as one could well imagine. For some weeks past Welsh has not been seen at his usual haunts. He is ill at home, but his jokes still appear in threw or four publications. The sick man dictates them in incoherent whispers to his wife. Welsh is one of tho dozen men who form the mainstays of the comic papers published in New York, and he is not the only one with the shadow of sorrow on his life. Three years aeo a bright voungman camo to this chv with a wife and baby and a big Newfoundland dog. He was almost penniless, and for several 'days he visited one pawnbroker after another with th hope of pawning the dog. It sounds funny, and perhaps he laughs when ho thinks of it

I sow, but it was a serious matter then, lis lAnew something of mechanical drawing. and under many conditions. He bethought himself of these two things, and carried half a dozen caricatures to the editor of a humorous weekly. The editor 6aw at a glance that the pictures were admirable in spirit but defective in drawing. The letter press accompanying them was extremely clever. "We cannot put these pictures into the inop " cqiil 4Vau1SfnT 'Ktl f liv ,1 a paper." said the editor, "but they can be re drawn by an artist and made suitable for our purposes. We'll pay you for the Ideas and hereafter shall be glad to have suggestions for either drawings or jokes." The draughtsman went away half in delight, half in disappointment Now he earns $5,000 a year by the sale of "ideas. His pictures are never published as ho draws them, though they contain delicate touches that the artists who "improve" them often miss, but his suggestions, whether for drawings or jokes, are never rejected. "Yes, even so intangihloathingasan ideahas a saleablo value in tho market of comio journalism. Suggestions from whatever source are received and impartially judged. Irom $1.50 to $10 is paid for h mere suggestion that, perhaps, has no existence on pa1)er. A yonng man summering at Bar Harjor was pleased with a witticism of his sweetheart. Ho 6ent it to Life- and was surprised to see it appear with an accompanying cut on the first page. When all is 6aid aud done, however, it must be acknowledged that the mass of matter published by comio paper is the work of professional humorists. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that the artists furnish the letter press which they illustrate. As a matter of fact, artists as a rule are not witty, and sometimes they must be watched closely lest they miss some delicate point in tho humor which they aro employed to represent pictorially. Probably no cartoonist originates jk very large proportion of the ideas which he illustrates. ' The suggestions come from the editors, from professional idea-peddlers, and occasionally from volunteer strangers. Eugene S. Bisbee, who has just been engaged to run the funny page of the World, and who has long beeu known as a suggester of cartoons, has illustrated only a small percentage of his own suggestions. J. L Goodwin, ono of the most successful humorists in Now York, never draws for actual publication. Ho suggests letterpress to fit pictures, pictures to fit letterpress, and sometimes both letter-press and picture, but a trained artist always intervenes between him and the public. A very , considerable part of a humorist's work is suggesting the bits of conversation or what not that accompany the small pictures in the comic papers, and very hard work it is. Editors realizo that the pictures are an importantpart of a humorous publication, ; and for this reason clever little sketches submitted by artists without letter-Dress are constantly accepted. These pictures, that may represent anything from a single figure to a landscape or an elaborate interior, are sent off to a professional humorist for comic interpretation. Goodwin, who is specially apt at this work, r has been known to dash off fitting letter-' press within five minutes after receiving a picture. This, however, is exceptional, and the work is usually done by dint of laborious occupation. Welsh tells of being called upon to furnish within an , hour the letter-rress for a picture that he had never seen before. To make matters worse, the picture was not forareg-t ular humorous paper but was designed ta' lighten thecolumnsof an insnra nee paper. The ioke was forthcoming, but Welsh 6pent a sad hour in its manufacture. Humorists and the editors of humorous papers are seldom iiko tno popular conception of such. Welsh, short, dark, and solemn-eyed, could not have been redolent of fun even when in the best physical health. Bill Nye's mouth is as grim as the door of a sepulchre. His perfectly bald head, great nose, gold-rimmed spectacles and overgrown Adam's apple are iust as they an pictured in his illustrated articles. Frank White, the editor of Life, looks like a combination of the amateur athlete and tho man about town. Henry Gallup Paine, who passes upon the merits of would-be funny things 6cnt to Puck, in a grave welldressed young man, who looks as -if he might pass his days in Wall street Taylor, who draws pretty women for Puck, is a tall, gaunt, grizzled man, who could pass unchallenged into a clerical conclave. Wolcott Balestier. the editor of Time, notr abroad, is an idealist, with serious views of life and a decided literary bent. J. Wilson Johnson. The Loss of the Cermanla. ; Nearly five years ago the steamship Germania, of the Lloyd line, departed from Hague bound for New ork. On board were over 1,000 passengers and a highly valuable cargo. The steamship never reached nort. Notiilincs of her were ever heard. anil, although given up for lost several years ago. the particulars of her fate were never known. The other afternoon, while walking along the beach of "Hauler's Haven," southeast of Melbourne, F la.. Frank 1. Hassler found a wine bottle lying on th sands. It was almost covered with barnacles ami moss. On picking it up he found it had been securely corked, bcraping the slimy moss off the bottle, two pieces of paper were seen inside. The neck of the bottle was broken off and the papers withdrawn. One was a blank bill of lading of the steamer Germania, Lloyd line, printed in German. The other paper, was simply brown wrapping paper, one side of which was covered with writing in (Jerman, the characters being almost illegible. After much trouble the following translation was made: "The ftteamship Germania is on fire and sinking. Gale blowing and all boats swamped. All hope is gone. - Johann einbeigg, Stuttgart, Gennany, April 17, 1&4." Plain Cae of Paradox. Nebraska State Journal. The following are headlines from a Missouri exchange, over an article describing an explosion of powder in a blacksxmth-6hop and the results thereof: "BLOWN SKYWARD! "Hall's New Blacksmith Shop Leveled "to thk U hound." How easy it is to accomplish a paradox, to he sure! The writer of the above doubtless meant well, but ' be must have Wen dreaming of home and mother when ho slung his trenchant pen. rfc a . A Cold Day for Grover. Waaliinjrton SpeciaL "Last" doings are now the order of the day. There is always a ghastliness about the closing months of an administration that is not booked to succeed itself. The President cannot look out of his front windows in these days without aeeing the staging in process of c rectiou on Lafayette Square to accommodate the crowds who will flock to tho review of his successor triumphal processiou. The feelings of that man must be pitiable. There is unsparing blame heaped upon him by Democrats here for leading his party to defeat. It thickens the very a'tmosphere, and he cannot i-jr pervious q kU , .

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