Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1889-WELVE PAGES.

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Its latest issue- contains f8ome humorous thoughts, which are the janore impressive becauso the writers are so utferly unconscious of perpetrating anything amusing. One of thecontribthan a D. D. need think of breaking into the Review takes up the question of woman's position in and relation to the church, and discourses on it at length. There is nothing inherently . humorous in this .subject. On the contrary, it is a very serious matter, and the reverend writer evidently feels it so. die is, plainly, much disturbed about woman's position, not the. one she has in the church, but the one he is afraid she .wants and thinks she ought to have. He is proud nf woman; he is even partial to fher. lie is glad she has a soul to save . and has come into the church to save it; but he warns her that, having saved it, she roust be careful not to meddle with sacred and scriptural male prerogatives in her effort to rescue other sinners. She may go just 60 far and no further. lie does not flatly take the old ground that woman is inferior to man; taught by experience, perhaps, he is too wary for that. Ho pats her on the shoulder, in a decorous Presbyterian way, of course, and tells her that alio". has high abilities; that her powers are even equal to those of man; V.f tr into rtnt tr lifr lin'f. if. la novor. theless, her duty to be dependent upon and subordinate to man in all her churchly relations. St. Paul, as an inevitable sequence, is called upon to prove these propositions. It is the old, threadbare controversy with an addetflement. Into its merits the Journal w;Jd not enter for all one Sunday's advertising is worth. Opinions will bo reserved until the matter gets into politics, or, like tho Andover question, into tho civil courts, and it will merely chronicle the progress of the disputCr The new element is one of fear. A note of alarm runs throuph the entire discourse and betrays itself helplessly. "What the D. D. is afraid of is that women will not obey the injunction to bo obedient andhumble. In his exhortations there is none of tho assurance of earlier writers tb at the religious sex is easily controlled. He urges upon women the duty of submission and humility, and tho suppression of self-will and pride. The highest degree of love, be declares with great truth, is reached only through self-abnegation and self-sacrifice; but with something of a non sequitur, he draws the conclusion that women must be subordinate, and never ask to enter the pulpit. This is his great fear; this is tho secret of his earnestness and eloquence. Ho does not venture to say that she is not qualified to preach, but . that she must not preach. Ho is willing to recognize . her as a huniblo sister in the church, ; as a sweet and gentle worker in her proscribed sphere; sho may even, under proper restrictions, be made a deaconess, itliough be is doubtful of the wisdom of this; but preach she never shall, if ho , can help it. After the contributing D. D. has demonstrated to his satisfaction the need of female subordination, an editorial ecclesiastic takes tho matter up, and lets tho cat clear out of the bag. Tho brethren, it appears, are agitated not only because they suspect women of cherishing designs on the pulpit, but because in their organized capacity they possess a power that threatens masculine supremacy. Tho editor argues that women must be kept down, and then proceeds to 6how that prompt measures axe necessary, and that great danger impends. Says this ordained guardian of Presbyterian interests: "Women have worked out for themselves a wholo series of institutions which, whilo tho church sleeps, may perhaps grow fatally to overshadow its official and authorized cendes." This is dreadful. Women ere naturally and ecripturally subordinate, but they have gone on organizing riL: izz2j cocieties, temperance unions.

benevolent enterprises of all sorts, on theirown responsibility, which are likely to be greater than the church, which, in fact, already form an auxiliary hardly second in importance to the church itself. "To shut our eyes to the dangers inherent in these gigantic voluntary associations would bo as silly as it might prove to bo suicidal," continues this priestly alarmist; "independent and voluntary agencies show, sooner or later, that they have both independence and will of their own." Various tentative suggestions are made as to the best method of incorporating these institutions into tho church structure proper, so they may come under male authority, but no definite conclusion is reached. : It is plain, however, that tho brethren will lese no time in taking active measures to retain their supremacy once the danger is made clear to them. Should tho women, who constitute two-third of the church membership, come to realize the power they have in their own hands, they may. suddenly conclude either to incorporate the church into their societies or to withdraw and set up for themselves. In the latter case, the ordained pastors and lay brethren would be left supreme, but in a stricken minority that would hardly permit the sense of superiority to afford them any satisfaction. It is a critical situation, and the non-partisan public will look with interest to tho outcome.

GOVERNMENT BY WOMEN. 'The Oskaloosa idea grows slowly. Oskaloosa is tho Kansas" town which distinguished itself a year ago by electing women as Mayor and members of tho City Council. Returns from Wichita, showing the election of a liquor-dealer as Mayor, seemed to indicate that Kansas women were not living up to their privileges, but further reports indicate a better state of affairs. The women of Wichita got left, but honors are easy, for Oskaloosa comes up smiling with its female officials all re-elected, and followed by Cottonwood Falls with a female Mayor and six Councilwomen. The history of Oskaloosa for a year is the liistotory of a great triumph for womankind that is, if the successful intimidation of the male sex is, as is commonly supposed, the object of the women suffragists. For the Oskaloosa men seem to be thoroughly cowed. They have, with great good sense, it is true, put on a brave face, and accept their subordinate condition with apparent good humor; but there is reason to suspect that apronstrings, which not only hold them in proper .order at home but are long enough to restrain their movements "down town," must saw across the masculine grain, and occasion much secret rebellion of proud spirits. In tho first place the Oskaloosa Mayoress and city. mothers abolished saloons and drinkingplaces. They then proceeded to have sidewalks built. Now, it is well known that the soul of the average man, property-holder or not, rises in revolt when the building of sidewalks on his street is considered. Oskaloosa men protested after the manner of their kind, but it did them no good. The walks were built, and they paid for them. Then cigarette smoking was forbidden, questionable resorts closed up, and an ordinance passed forbiddingboys tobe on the' streets after 8 o'clock, p. m. Several other reforms, involving limitations of masculine liberty, were established, and ono by one the men accepted . them. They simply had to accept them. Their 6tate of subjection is shown by their action on the tobacco question. The women wanted to prohibit tho uso of tobacco, but found no law for that, nor for the issuing of an order forbidding expectoration in public places. The men could not be deprived of their rights and privileges here, but. the matter caused so much local agitation that in order to have peace many confirmed to-bacco-chewers are reported to have sworn off, and others expectorate decently into the gutters or convenient cuspidors. Tho women of Oskaloosa can wear trailing dresses on the streets without fear of contamination from the hated weed. The millennium, at least a.female edition of it, seems to have dawned on Oskaloosa, and will doubtless be established at Cottonwood Falls. Time only will tell whether the Kansas man will continue to submit to this usurpation of his time-honored power, or whether ho will rise in rebellion, snatch the reins of government and resume his right to get drunk when he likes, and to eject tobacco juice when and where he pleases. Tho eyes of the country are on Oskaloosa and Cottonwood Falls. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS. The growth of agricultural experiment stat ions illustrates the practical tendency and rapid development of modern ideas. Tho object of theso stations is by practical experiments, conducted by careful, scientific methods, to make discoveries and ascertain results that will help the fanner in the culture of his soil and his mind as well. The first experiment of tho kind was . organized nearly forty years ago, in Germany. It was so successful that from that time tho organization of scientific research, with the aid of government, became a necessary and permanent branch of agricultural business. Iu 1856 there were five experimental stations iu Europe; in 1801, fifteen; in 18C6, thirty, and now nearly one hundred. They aro all conducted by scientific men, and persons trained in careful research, and aro engaged in seeking answers to the questions which intelligent agriculturists are asking as to the tillage of the soil; the nature and action of manures; the culture of crops; the food and nutrition of domestic animals; tho production of milk, butter and cheese; the diseases of plants and animals, and, in short, whatever the farmer ought to know and experimental science can discover. The idea has developed with equal rapidity in this country The first agricultural experiment station in the United States was established in Connecticut in 1875. The example was speedily followed elsewhere, so that in 1SS0 there were four, and in 18c0 some seventeen of these institutions in fourteen States. Tho appropriation by Congress; of $15,000 per annnm to each of the States and Territories which have establishejl agricultural colleges, or agricultural de

partments of colleges, has led to the establishment of new stations, or the increased development of stations previously established under State authority, so that there are to-day forty-six stations in the United States. Several of theso have sub-stations working under their management. Every State has at least one station, several have two, one has three and Dakota has set tho Territories an example by establishing ono .within her boundaries. These forty-six stations now employ over three hundred and seventy trained men in the prosecution of experimental inquiry. The appropriation by the United States government, for the current year, for them and for the offices of experiment stations in this department, is $595,000. The several States appropriate about $125,000 in addition, making the sum total of about $720,000 given from public funds, tho present year, for the support of agricultural experiment stations in the United States. The amount of valuable information and scientific knowledge annually disseminated by these stations is enormous. In a recent government publication on the subject, from which these facts are obtained, the Secretary of Agriculture says: "Of all the scientific enterprises which the government has undertaken, scarcely any other has impressed its value upon tho people and their representatives in the State and national legislatures so speedily and so strongly as this. Tho rapid growth of an enterprise for elevating agriculture by the aid of science, its espousal by tho United States government, its development to its present dimensions in the short period of fourteen years, and, finally, the favor with which it is received by the public at large, are a striking illustration of the appreciation on the part of the American people of the wisdom and usefulness of calling the highest science to the aid of the arts and industries of life."

TEE CALL TO PRATES. President Harrison's proclamation recommending that the people of the country hold special religious services on April 30, the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, should be everywhere observed. The old and objectionable habit of boasting of everything American is giving way to an even more reprehensible fashion of depreciat ing the advantages and privileges of American citizenship, and the occasion offered by this anniversary for teaching lessons of patriotism, and showing the true glories and benefits of life in this free country should not be lost. There is everything to rejoice over, everything to be proud of, everything to give thanks for at the end of this first century of the Nation's official existence. When Wash ington became President the attempt of the young country at self-government was looked upon, even by the most earn est patriots, as a doublful experiment. It is doubtful no longer. At the endof the civil war it ceased to be an experiment. lne nation that began as a "cradle of liberty" has within these hun dred years earned its right to tho name by making liberty possible to every man and woman, black and white, within its borders. It has opened, its doors to the oppressed of other lands; it has afforded its people means for enlightenment; it has put them in the way of prosperi ty and wealth. It has granted them a religious liberty unknown elsewhere. It has kept peace with other countries, and has permitted its people to devote them selves to their own pursuits untrammeled, save where such pursuits might conflict with the common good, as a result of these advantages have come great cities, immeasurable industries, unexampled prosperity and happiness, both national and individual. So accus tomed have Americans grown to their privileges that they are inclined to un dervalue them. This coming centennial day is a fit time to halt and consider seriously the blessings of American citi zenships, and to give thanks for the privilege of living in this land of freodom and enlightenment. Queen Emma, of Holland, is forty-two years younger than her royal and now im becile and disease-stricken spouse. She married the King in 1879, when she was twenty-two and he sixty-four years of age, and was severely criticised even by royaltyworshippers for thus selling herself for a title and power. "She has in some measure redeemed herself since that time by her devotion to her husband, and during the past few months, when his physical and mental condition has caused him to be a repulsive object she has given him every attention. It is likely, however, that she feels by this time that she paid dear for her crown. The young woman who thinks of marrying an old man, even though he be vig orous a nd "well preserved," should take into account the possibility of being re quired to wait long, before her own youth is gone, upon a feeble, perhaps, helpless and childish wreck. An ailing, decrepit old man must have many mental attractions to make him agreeble to people in general. and when the mind fails with the body only those who render service through love can find the task other than irksome and dis tasteful. The wife who married him for money or position cannot have this per sonal love, and her service must be a pen ance. Only tho wife of his youth or his children can mingle affection with the care. Unless the young woman has a talent for nursing and a fondness for the society of dotards she will do wisely to marry a man of her own rather than of her grandfather's age. Even queens are not exempt from the rule. A bill has been introduced in the Illi nois Legislature establishing a police and firo board in Chicago. The commissioners are to bo appointed by the Governor. The Chicago Tribune says the people are not disposed to favor the bill It adds: Thev have had too much experience with boards which breed rincs and rottenness. There are too many boards now, and their tendency is to extra varanco and waste or public moneys. The Mayor of the city is responsible for the maintenance of order and tho enforcement of the law. He thould have control of the police department an ex officio superintendent. The recent election in in is ciiy suouiu not. luuuence the action of the Legislature in this city. Mr. Creirier ought to be given fuU power and full onIortunity to maintain the law and enforce it. Ie will be held to fuU responsibility for faUure to do so. The Irish World, commenting in terms of the strongest approval on the appointment of Mr. Patrick Kgan as minister to Chili, recalls tho fact that Bernard O'lliggins, an Irishman, was one of the leaders in the Chiliau war for the establishment of a republic, and when victory was won was chosen as first President He retained that ; high position from 1S17 to 1823, and the cs-

teem in which he was held is shown by the fact that the principal ornament of Santi

ago, the capital of Chili, is an equestrian monument raised in honor of his public service and Christian virtues. Another Irishman, Gen. Patrick Lynch, was an ad miral in the Chilian navy and general of the army, while a third, Arthur Pratt, was one of the heroes of the struggle for inde pendence. The latter achieved great famo and popularity, and monuments in his honor are found in many cities and towns of Chili. There is no danger of Chili objecting to an Irishman as minister from the United States. A SIXGUT.AR controversy has arisen in Xenia, O., over the act of a saloon-keeper who had made an American flag painted on sheet-iron and lettered with his saloon sign and hung it in front of his place of business. This use of the national colors roused the indignation of some good peonle. and they demanded the removal of the sign. The saloon-keeper took legal advice in the matter, and his lawyer has instructed him to let it remain where it is. The persons opposed claim that there has been a decision in the United States Court against such use of the American flag, citing a case where it is said Hostetter, the patent medi cine man, was compelled to discontinue the use of paper flags on which his advertising matter was printed. It is claimed by the friends of the 6aloon-keeperthat the sign is not a flag, because it is made of sheet-iron. Tho claim that a decision of the kind re ferred to has been made in the courts is probably a mistake. There is no law on the subject. It is gratifying to learn that Edwin Booth's illness is not of the serious character first reported. Evidently it was not an attack of paralysis, as stated by the at tendant physician and believed by Mr. Barrett, or he would not be able to appear on the stage again within a week. That it must have been an alarming seizure is ap parent from the impression made on those who saw him. Its nature, however, proba bly receives sufficient explanation in the statement that he is addicted to an intemperate use of tobacco. Twenty strong ci gars a day are quite enough to account for any case of vertigo or other sudden illness showing irregularity of the heart action. The warning will doubtless be impressive enough to lead the great actor to a more moderate indulgence in his favorite luxury. It is rather curious that news from Stan ley and Emin Pasha should come crowding in so fast after the publication of the first long-delayed letter. It is not unlikely that some of the reported information will prove to be without foundation. Enough is definitely, known, however, to indicate that as a "relief" expedition Stanley's venture was not entirely a success. Emin Pasha not being in any pressing need of relief. The geographical and scientific results will, however, probably, be of sufficient importance to justify the financial outlay of the various societies and individuals contribut ing to the enterprise. j Some recent failures in the examinations in chemistry at Cornell University, on the part of female students, induced the professor to remark that f 'the -feminine mind is not capable of grasping the truths of chemistry." Iow, perhaps the professor will kindly explain what there is about the truths of chemistry that makes them impossible to be grasped by the feminine mind. Aro they too large or too small, too high or too low, too practical or too ab struse? Let us have the true gauge of the feminine mind. During Emma Abbott's visit to Louis ville, last week, ono ,oi the city, papers, wishing to 6ay something pleasant about her amiable disposition, said that while playing in the East sho was called, one night, to 6ce the sick child of a friend, and to satisfy the little one, sang "The Last Rose of Summer." According to the paper relating the incident the child immediately died, but the inference drawn by the writer was very complimentary to Miss Abbott. Major Stewards missfon to New York to raise money for the confederate home at Austin, Tex., has been a failure, only $1,500 having been realized. The Atlanta Consti tution, in an editorial of somo bitterness, calls on the Major to come home, and says the South will take care of its own veterans. Tho Constitution proposes a new subscription to raise $50,000 for the home, and heads it with $1,000. As an example of what can be accom plished under difficulties the famous Rhode Island yacht designer, llcrreschoff, has been totally blind since the age of fifteen. Notwithstanding this he probably leads his profession and has amassed a large fortune. His hands are his eyes, and not a yacht leaves his Bristol establishment that has not been felt from bow to keel by its sight less designer. It costs something to prevent home-rule in Ireland. Tho British civil-service esti mates relative to that country, recently presented in the Houso of Commons, show that the cost for tho current year of the Irish police force is 1.439,371 more than seven million dollars. This is the sum needed by Dublin Castle for keeping less than five millions of people "in order." TnE Washington Post tells of a Kentuckian at the capital who, when asked if it was true that the people of Kentucky were "bibulous," replied that they were not "bibulous" much, for there were very few Bibles in the State. Probably if asked if Kentuckians were often crapulent ho would have admitted it was a good State for "craps." The authorities of the town of Madisonville, KyM have passed an order making it unlawful for a "cornet or brass band to meet for the purpose of learning new pieces of music within 800 feet of a dwellinghouse." Such an ordinance is certainly in the interest of the publio welfare, but it should include cats also. A "Bible convention" is something new in the way of religious meetings that is, it is new in name, but is probably the old "re vival" in modern guise. Mr. Moody, who is conducting such a convention in Chicago, knows that the pill which the wary natives of that town will swallow must be sugarcoated. The recent heavy frosts afford delayed opportunity for the annual howl about the killing of the fruit. Let us have the fruit all killed and over with as soon as possible in order that we may get ready to dispose of the usual crop when it comes. The Van Cott who has been made post master of New York is not the celebrated evangelistic widow of that name, but it is possible that in his own peculiar and political way he may prove to be as great a re vivalist as the good sister. W. O. Bradley, of Kentucky, who de clined the mission to Corea, is the hero of the day. Verily there is more talk over one sinner who declines an office than over ninety and nine good men who accept. NomiNG has been heard yet of that remarkable Denve bank robber. If he was

not Tascott himself, as some suspect, he has evidently gone to join that elusive Chicago worthy, B BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT. Mrs. Robert Lincoln used to be known as "pretty Mary Harlan." Ciiauxcey M. Dkpew has resigned his position-as president of the famous Spellbinders. In Boston natural history gardens are to be established in connection with the public park system. The National Educator says that the singing of answers by school children produces a 6ing-song style of reading. Joseph Pclitzer will soon return from his year's residence in Europe, improved in health bnt still unable to see. It is 6aid that he is hopelessly blind. A Dakota hustler who recently arrived at the City of Mexico told the cabman to drive him to the "Halls of Montezumas."

lie bad heard the phrase, and supposed it was the name of a hotel. Miss Nellie Gould, the "wizard's" eldest and favorite daughter, has the neat sum of $0,000,000 to her account. She is very charitable, and is interested in several homes lor sick babies and poor women. Pat Fekney, the popular Irish comedian. who, not long ago, gave $10,000 to the Duchess of Marlboroueh's fund for the re lief of misery in Ireland, is now so reduced in circumstances as to be upon the verge of starvation. Edward S. Roberts, backed by the lit erary and scientific forces of Boston, is a candidate for the governorship of Alaska. TTa i O. 41 5 1 AT-1 rxr lor'' liimualf n nil tin. written much about Alaska to the edification of Boston. Sir Percy. Florence Shelley, son of the famous poet, has talents of his own. He is an enthusiast for music and for private theatricals, and has composed the score to some of his father's songs, and has written more than one play. In place of the yellow button which usually surmounts the ton of the cap of a mandarin of high rank, the Chinese minister at Washington wears a magnificent opal as large as a pullet's egg, surrounded by a circle of two-carat diamonds. A scientist has promulgated the theory that natural gas will gradually turn blonde hair dark. He says the gas generates an ammonical vapor, which combines with the sulphur in the hair chemically and produces suipnuret ot ammonia. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's husband is on the road a great deal selling goods while his wife is at home writing poetry. He carries in nis traveling vause twenty-seven pictures of his wife, taken by different photographers during her rise to poetical fame. Arrangements are being made for a Bismarck museum to be established on Unter den Linden, not far from the Hohenzollern, JJerlin. The Chancellor himself has expressed his willingness to contribute some historical treasures, and an appeal will be made to the public for gifts of keepsakes and mementoes of him. Mrs. Hodgson Burnett is to receive $7,500 a year for her work in editing the children's department of a syndicate of English and American papers. As her revenue from "Little Lord Fauntleroy" aver ages 1,500 a week, it will be seen that Mrs. Burnett's lines have fallen in pleasant places at least as regards financial matters. M. Ren an, the French writer, is described as short and fleshy, looking like a goodnatured priest with his broad, clean-shaven Rabelaisian face, large nose, small gray eyes, and well-shaped mouth. He lives in an apartment at the College of France. His study is a room of average size, full of books and with a table in the center facing the window. His favorite companion is a large Angora cat. That everlasting "marriage-with-a-de-ceascd-wifeVsister" business is still vexa tious in England. Here is Miss Ethel Huxlev. daughter of the illustrious scientist. engaged to her late sisters widower, the Hon. J. Collier. They can't be married in England, of course, so next month the whole Huxley family has to go over to Christiama lor the wedding, which is allowable under Norwegian law. Among those present at the obsequies of Admiral Jaures in Paris, was Marshal MacMahon, who wore the uniform of his rank as marshal of France. While returning, on foot, to his residence, he was recognized by tho people and met with a great ovation, shouts being raised of "Long live MacMahon!" kThe Marshal appeared affected and surprised at this demonstration. Tho people thronged around him to such an extent that tho police had to make a way for him through tho crowd. John T. Holmes, of Baltimore, has pre sented to President Harrison an interesting relic of his grandfather's campaign. It is a handsome pitcher of gilded china, orna mented on one side with a picture of Mr. Harrison, and on the other with a picture of the old log cabin. On the door of the cabin is a placard: "To let in 1841." The pitcher was bought during the first Harritnn Pdmrioiirn lr Afr TtnA II Ineflir 4ha father of Mr. Holmes's wife, and it has been carefully treasured in the Holmes family eversince. Edgar Saltus, the pessimistic, atheistic. realistic writer of fiction of the French school, is small, slender, dark and mel ancholy, and prides himself on his lack of manners, his total depravity, and his tailor. He is one of the best dressed men of his generation, and although handsome enough to find favor in the eyes of most women, he is convinced, says, the New York Epoch, that in the drawing-room, as in the literary nem, mere is noiuing iiko unaauiterateu wickedness to carry a man to tho summit of nineteenth century success. Edith Sessions Tupper, writer of songs and vers de eociete, is the daughter of a member of Congress. Her husband, Horace E. Tupper, is a railway man, and is closely related to Sir Charles Tupper, of Canada. Prior to her marriage Miss Sessions aspired to a theatrical career, and actually spent some time in histrionic studies, fitting nerself for the role of Esmeralda, in Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's play of that name. She is tall and fine-looking, with clear, expressive eves, nne skin, and a wealth of brown hair which, when unconfined, reaches t.o the ground. On his famous Bechuanaland expedition Sir Charles Warren was far from popular among the officers and men under his com mand, and hit brusqueness frequently amounted to more than rudeness. On a certain occasion he censured one of his staff for some trifling neglect or other with more than usual severity, and after he had finished speaking a dead silence prevailed the stall officer had actually nothing to say. "Why do you not speak, sir?" exclaimed Vvarren, impatiently. "Because, sir, I am in such a devil of a rage I dare not trust myself to reply!" promptly answered tho subordinate. Little Miss Krarer, tho Esquimaux, lectured in Philadelphia the other evening. She gave an interesting account of the customs and habits of her people in Greenland. She said that many Greenlanders of the present dav were really descendants of ship-wrecked Icelanders. Miss Krarer is but forty inches high, stout, with dark complexion and hair. She sneaks English fairly welL with a peculiar guttural accent. While lecturing she wore her native costume of white bear skin, made into trousers and body, but all in one piece and buttoning at the back. Her first remark to the audience after thus arraying herself was: "Now I look pretty, don't If" Miss Kate Field, who kept her shrewd eyes about her as she journeyed through one of the Western prohibition States, communicated some of her discoveries to a select audience of Washington journalists the other day. One was a "Prohibition -whisD broom." which looked as innocent as any whisp-broom in the world. When she BlcyiifU iuiu it rwUPo njr bwio iu uuj it, being curious to know what the name meant, the salesman inquired, "Will you have it with or without!" The explana tion was given by unscrewing tho top off lue nanuie anu raising inc wisps so as to show a good-sized flask concealed there.

"Prohibition Bibles" and "prohibition canes" aro sold in the same way, being simply cases for liquor. , , Fair maid of rpring. The winter rude Has taken wing, 1 Has fled in fear And left thee here. Spring lass itude. Washington Post,

FAVORITE FOOD IN LENT. Some of the Superstitions Prevalent About I'ggs Precautions to Be Taken. London Queen. "To hang an egg laid on Ascension Day in the roof of a house." 6ays Reginald Scott in 1584, "preserveth- the same from all hurts." Probably this was written with an eye to the "hurts" arising from witchcraft, in connection with which eggs were supKsed to possess certain mysterious powers, n North Germany, if you have a desire to see thA ladies of the broomstick on May Day, their festival, you must take an egg laid on Maundy-Thursday and stand whore four roads meet; or else you must go into church on Good Friday, but com out before the blessing. It was formerly quite an article of domestic belief that the shells must be broken after eating eggs, lest the witches should sail out to sea m them; or, as Sir Thomas Browne declared, lest they "should draw or prick their names therein, and venificiously mischief" tho person who. had- partaken of the egg. . North Germans, ignoring this 6ide of the questiou, say: "Break the shell or you will get the ague;" and Netherlander advise you to secure yourself against the attacks of this disagreeable visitor by eating, on Easter day, a couplo of eggs which were laid on Good Friday. Scotch fishers, who may be reckoned among the most superstitious of folks, believe that contrary winds and much vexation of spirit will result of having eggs on board with them, while in the west of England it is considered very unlucky to bring birds' eggs into the house, although they may be hung up with impunity outside. Mr. Gregor, in his "Folklore of the Northeast of Scotland," gives us some curious particulars concerning chickens and tho best methods of securing a satisfactory brood. The hen. it seems, should be set on an odd number of eggs, or the chances are that most, if not all, will be addled a mournful prospect for the hen wife; also they must be placed under the mother bird after sunset, or the chickens will be blind. If the woman who performs this office carries the eggs wrapped up in her chemise, the result will be hen hirds; if she wears a man's hat, cocks. Furthermore, it is as well for her to repeat a sort of charm, "A' in thegeethir. A not thegeethir." There are many farmers' wives, even in the present day, who would never dream of allowing eggs to be brought into the honso or taken out after dark, this being deemed extremely unlucky. Cuthbert Bede mentions the case of a farmer's wife in Rutland who received a setting of duck's eggs from a neighbor at 9 o'clock at night. "I cannot imagine how she could have been so foolish," said the good woman, much distressed. And her visitor, upon inquiry, was told that ducks' eggs brought into a house after sunset would never be hatched. A Lincolnshire superstition declares that if eggs aro carried over running water they will be useless for setting purposes, while in Aberdeen there is an idea prevalent among the country folks that should it thunder a short timo before chickens are hatched they will die in the shell. The same wiseacres may be credited with the notion that the year the farmer's gudewife presents him an addition to his family is a bad season for tho poultry yard. "Bairns and chuckens," they say, "dinna thrive in ae year," the probable explanation being that the gudewii s, taken up with the care of her bairn, has less time to attend tcfthe rearing of the "chuckens." Besides the divination practiced with the white of an egg, which certainly appears of a vague and unsatisfactory character, another feature of fortune-telling with eggs is in vogue in Northumberland on the eve of St. Agnes. A maiden desirous of knowing what her future lord is like is enjoined to boil an egg, after having spent the whole day fasting and in silence, then to extract the yelkj fill the cavity with salt and eat the whole, including the shell. This highly unpalatable supper finished, the heroic maid must walk backward, uttering this invocation to the saint: Sweet St. Agnes, work thy fast. if ever 1 be to marry man. Or man to marry me, - I hope him this night to seet. If all the necessary rites and ceremonies have been duly performed, the girl may confidently count upon seeing her future husband in her dreams dreams which, we should presume, as our Yankee friends say, would bear a strong resemblance to nightmare. , . AFRAID TO MARRY. ' Why I. Y. Williamson Remained a Single Man Couldn't Face the Crowd. Philadelphia Record. There is a romance connected with the life of the late philanthropist, Isaac V. Williamson, which formed a great commotion in social circles in Philadelphia a third of a century ago. Mr. .Williamson remained a bachelor all his life, but it wan a narrow escape, for it was only the excessive timidity of the man which caused him to shirk at the last moment. Since his death the circumstance of the millionaire's only love venture has been recalled, and the story told below is vouched for by several of his friends who knew him in his money-making days, when he was a familiar figure along Third street. In those days Mr. Williamson was considered one of the beaux of Philadelphia. He was extremely fond of society, and was always a prominent figure in the gay and giddy throngs of people, not only in this city, but in New York and elsewhere. It was his custom to spend the greater portion of the summer months at Sara ta go. where he was much courted, and angled after by lovely daughters and designing mammas. He was everywhere known as the "rich bachelor from Philadelphia," and as he wa3 by no means a bad-looking man, he succeeded in creating a decided impression wherever he went. It is possible that among tho brilliant throngs at Saratoga he first met the woman who, so far as is known, was his only love. Sho was a Philadelphia belle, a member of one of the best and oldest families, a lovely and accomplished woman, wealthy and in every respect a desirable life-mate for the wealthy .young merchant. The courtship was a brief one, and it was not long before tho date of the marriage was announced. The ceremony was to .take place in this city at the residence of the prospective bride's parents. Preparations for the wedding were on an elaborate scheme, and it was widely heralded as the coming social event of the season. The day arrived, and a large and brilliant assemblage of guests had -assembled at the young lady's residence. The clergyman was on hand in readiness to read the marriage service; the bride looked her loveliest; the wedding-supper was ready for the table, and the guests in full expectation, when, at the very last moment, it was discovered that a very important personage was missing the groom. Mr. Williamson was nowhere to be found. Messengers were sent to his house; he was not there, and after an hour passed and still no sign of him the best man, accompany ed by another intimate friend of the missing man, went in search of him in a cab. after vainly inquiring at several of his regular haunts they drove to his office in Bank street Here they found him sitting all alone in the gloomy, dusty little den, attired in his wedding suit, his knees trembling and his brow overcast. He was nearly scared to death. "Don't talk to me. lean never face all those people," was the only reply he would make to all the arguments of his friends. And he had his way. After an hour spent in pleading with the obstinate man there was nothing left for his friends to do but to drive back to the mansion and have the guests dismissed, giving the best excuse they could devise. The bride was nearly distracted for a day or so, but she was soon brought to a realization of the ridiculous side of the matter. The engagement was, of course, broken off, and this is why tho millionaire philanthropist was never married. The lady is still living, and is highly respected bv a large circle of acauaintances. She figured for years in society, and twenty yea kn( ears ago was one of the universally, acowled belles of the city. Women and UmbreUas. Philadelphia Inquirer. Only ono woman in ten knows how to carry an umbrella, and she rarely carrie3 her "knowledge into practice. Every rainstorms proves this. Among men there is a tacit understanding that neither of the pedestriaus need bo wholly uncovered for even a short time. The tilting is, oi course, away from the other pedestrian, and is a

considerate and courteous act, which both sexes could easily perform. But the women haven't time for anything of this kind. Their eyes are fixed upon some distant point, and they strike out in that direction like pedestrians in a go-as-you-please race. Not unfrcquently their lower their heads and charge upon an individnal or a group with results which are often dangerous. If by any chance they collide with persons moving in the other direction, they will glare at the new-comers in n manner which would have made Lady Macbeth' worst srowl seem an angelic smile by contrast. They are equally polite in this matter to members of their own sex, and some laughable collisions often occur, for even they will admit that they have less patience with w omen than with those hated creaturesthe men. m . Strength of the Deril-Flth. Fort Myers (Fla.) Press. , A few days ago. at the end of Naples wharf, a forty-foot pile of about one loot diameter was loosely tied with one hundred feet of cable. The hands suddenly noticed the cable running from tho coil, and before any ono could secure it both pile and cable were moving rapidly to sea. A devil-fish had got entangled in the cable. Boats wcro at once secured and started in pursuit, aud after a two-mile race the3' captured the lino and log, the monster having. become loosened, which fact accounts lor them being able to overtake it. When we consider that this species of ray attains a weight of three thousand to five thousand pounds, and strength to correspond, this is not astonishing. Some months ago the passengers of the steamer Fearless harpooned one of theso fish near San Carlos Bay, and after towing the 6teamer for some time, the engine being reversed, and pulling against liim. ther were compelled to cut the line to prevent! being carried on to Sanibel bar.

There Is Danger in the lUas. San Francisco Chronicle, Perhaps the most interesting discovery made by tho reporter was another argument against the practice of kissing, which, it is learned, is also quite prevalent in this city. If a young lady with a sweet, rosebud mouth and a voice upon which phleg-; monis has fastened itself be kissed, phlegmonesis will be the price paid bv tha one who shares with her the dual bliss. There is contagion in her sweet breath and microbes of wondrous form ride to new fields of conquest on her silvery voice and soft whispers. Hosts of subtle, but riotous bacteria sit and wait upon her coral -lip quick to board the mustached one that recklessly approaches. It is thus plain that greater precautions should hedge osculation about in this city and that no kissing should be done until both parties have learned whether or not phlegmonis has clutched the throat of the other. Phlegmonis is a form of tonsilitis. Training Boys for Contortion. Dr. Thomas Dwlght, in Arrtl Scribncr. What, then, is a contortionist! In the first rlace, it appears that a contortionist is a-person who has preserved in his .spine, and in 6ome cases in his joints, the infantine condition which in most cases is merely transient. This implies a great flexibility of the spine in all directions, great powers of twisting it. It is also very likely that there are rrany small individual peculiarities all favoring uncommon freedom of motion. If a yonng boy without any of this special fitness should be trained for contortion, I think he probably would meet with some success, but never achieve distinction. So far as I am aware, children are not educated for this profession from their tenderest years, as they are for several kinds, of acrobatic performances. Their capacity makes itself known by accident, from which it is fa;r to infer that it rests on an anatomical basis. Rejecting Prohibition. 1 Philadelphia Record. . x . The election of a Legislature in Rhode, Island pledged to the re-submission of the! prohibitory clause of the Constitution to a ' popular vote, for tho purpose of expunging it therefrom, is a new evidence ot 1116 606. of the current against constitutional restriction. This Rhode Island verdict is tho seventh successive rejection of the prohib-' itory principle when submitted to the test ' of a popular vote. The uext State to hear from will be Massachusetts, and there are not wanting indications of a like result, , The people of Massachusetts have had a long and fair experience of tho operation of prohibitory liquor laws. They deliberately returned to tho system of license, and are not now likelv to put into their Constitution what they "failed to make effective as a statutory enactment. Generals Killed in Battle. Troy (N. T.) Times. From the discovery of America to 18C1, in all wars with other nations, the record gives A 1 J A 1 tAA- . . . A . tne aeatns in Dattie oi out ten American generals, while from lffl to both sides . eing opposed by Americans, more than one '. mndred general officers fell while leading ' heir triumphant columns. From li'jri to lbfil the killed and wounded upon American 6oil in all battles, combats and skirmishes -added together, as shown by reports, hardlyexceeded the casualties of single battles of the great American conflict. In addition to the vast list of dead from the war must bo added those who died from wounds received during tho war. The killing is still going on rapidly as ever, and men are dropping daily from "wounds received in action" who ought to Uve for long years yet. f j Can't Always Tell. ' San Francisco Chronicle. J There were two young people in the j restaurant the other tvening a young: f gentleman and a young lady. The young.' ady was leaning her elbow on the labia t and her dimpled chin was supported by; her j uanu. cue was looiung at xuni wuu intense earnestness, and the emotion was too deep, for words, apparently. I thought it was' very touching, and that it must be sweet to have a girl look at you like that, even if it was in a restaurant where other people were eating practical dinners. Then I heard him say; k t "We'll get some laudanum as we pass the drug store and put it in it." . Then 1 knew it was tho toothache, but to the sympathetic observer it looked like uuconcealable love. Oddities of the Language. . Washington Fost. . Our French friend who comes in and sits on the corner of our desk and reads our exchanges says he cannot get the hang of tho English language, "Look at zi." he says, "Here is one story about a boy. It say: 'His mother kissed him and be kissed her back. What for he kiss her backf And here is ono sentence worse and worse: 'lie went fishing and his mother whipped him on his return.' My, My! Zat is such a funny langguage." Eternal Vigilance Necessary.' Washlnjrtoa Post. It won't do for our Republican friends to go fooling around much on the supposition that the Democratic parrv is dead. .The election returns in Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere convey lessons that may conduce to profitable rejection if not to ecstatic pleasure. It must not be forgotten that a party in power is always confronted by a party out of power: and that the price of power, like that of liberty, is eternal vigilance.1 Tigs In the Clover. Chicago Xlerald. Mrs. BnggsYou can't get them in tho pen, can youf Mr. Briggs No. The pesky liftle things. There they go again. "These pigs remind me of you, John."t "Why!" "Because they'd rather run round evry where else than go home." Gaa-Malus and Uaa-Meters. New York Telegram. . The astounding information is vouchsafed that gas-mains can be to laid that that they need not leak. After that ths shock of surprise would be les if some exfert should assert that gas-meters need not ie. ; The Editor's Birthday. Elrln (Tex.) Times. To-day was our birthday, and we celebrated the occasion by Setting Up two columns of type, cutting half a cord of wood, rockiug the baby two hours aud cleaning our shotgun. The Spirit Still with Us. Boston Herald. The death of the head of the great distillery at Cognac removes a famous manbut his spirit is still with us. Wind, Anarchism and the Odoriferous Hirer. Chicago Journal. . The discussion of Chicago's charms as a summer resort is iu ordci. .