Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1889-TWELVE PAGES.

THE SUNDAY JOURNAL. SUNDAY, JUNE 0, 1889. WASHINGTON ornCE-513 Fourteenth SU P. 8. nATH, Correspondent. 2mT TORK OFFICE 204 Temple Court, Corner Ectlcnan and Nassau Streets. Telephone Calls. Bagtne Qgf 238 1 Extort! Room -.242 twIlve PAGES. The Sunday Journal has doable the circulation of any Sunday paper la Indiana. Trice fire cents. The Journal's Johnstown Fond Contributions for the relief of the Johnstown raiTerers continue from all parts of tho country. The magnitude of the disaster and the amount of aid demanded instead of paralyzing seems to stimulate the charity of the people. Those of Indianapolis are doing their part. The organization at the scene of suffering is such that the funds are applied in the most efficient manner, and those who contribute can have the satisfaction of knowing that their contributions go -where they will do the most good. The J onmal fund, yesterday, reached 51,563, and a third remittance was made of $000, making $1,400 to date. We will continue to receive and forward such sums as xnay he 6ent in. Following is a statement to date. received J one 3 $470.25 received Jane 4. 459.80 Jleceived Jane 5 279.00 Jle ceived Jane 6.. 47.50 lieceired June 7.. ..... 100.00 Yesterdays JUctiptt. X. G. Crawford, Hacjrhvllle... $1.00 lira. E. K. Jtmes, Indianapols 2.00 p. Jameson. Indianapolis...... 3.00 Cash. Indianapolis 15.00 Additional "Yandalia local freight office, yard and shops Indianapolis....... 30.00 Ttcbert Zener, Indianapolis.... 5.00 Clerks Indianapolis Postouioe. 45.0O C WV Fairbanks, postoffice.... 50.00 Employes Indianapolis veneerwork 20.00 Employes Acme Hilling Co.t Indianapolis. 10.75 Adams & Williamson, I mil anapolis 25.00 206.75 Total. ; $1,563.30 June 4 Remitted toWm.McCrary, chairman relief fund, Pittsburg, Pa. $300.00 June 5 Remitted as above... 300.OO Jane S Bemitted as above... 300.001,400.00 Balance for next remittance. $163.30

PBOXTT-EHABUQ. The profit-sharing idea seems to bo . gaining ground in this country. Tho proprietor of a large cotton-mill at Fall River, Mass., has announced by circular tho employes will share tho profits for the six months beginning July 1, next. .Everyman, woman and child in tho company's employ, therefore, throughout that period, is to receive in cash, on or before Feb. 10, 1$90, a proportionate share of an amount not less than 0 per cent, of the cash dividends declared and paid to stockholders during the same time. There is an element of justice in profit-sharing that seems to commend it as tho best solution of the labor qtfes-1 tion. In order to be successful and yield the best results, a profit-sharing experiment must be organized and conducted on strict business principles, and with tho same close and careful management that should characterize every business undertaking. There is no royal road to success in business, and profit-sharing certainly is not such a road any more 'than it is a panacea for all the evils of our social system. But the results that have been attained where it has been fairly, intelligently and conscientiously tried justify the belief that it is founded on correct principles, and contains at least the germinal idea of a satisfactory solution of the great labor and wages problem. A VICTIM 0rDEHTISTB7. The pteservcr of relics was present r.t the New York centennial the other day. He has been present at a good many centennials of one sort and another 'since the world began, and has flourished extensively at odd times between them. Like death, he has all seasons for ' his own, and like the poor he is always with us. He has furnished us with enough pieces of the true cross to build a wooden bridge to tho moon, and enough bones of tho 6aints to enrich a manufactory of fertilizingmaterials. He is never so happy as when ho has obtained possession of a saintly finger, or a pious toe, or a nail, from either of these extremities,' and he revels in a fragment of the human epidermis, or a few strands of the hair wherewith the human being is ordinarily thatched. As we havene7er had -'ray saints in this country; "except those vho edit the New York Evening Post and Nation, and they are still alive and -htt'king which, x by the -way, is their principal occupation we, who do not go abroad, are deprivedof the sad and tender ministrations of those seductive persons who, in other lands, sell the bodies of their most venerated saints in rninuto subdivisions, with all the relKous consolations that are properly 'thereunto appurtenant, to the highest bidder. . But tvo have our own relic-monger, for all that, and ho is not a weakling by any means. Although he is engaged in an enterprise which is an infant industry in comparison with that which is carried on abroad, he has rot felt the necessity of demanding a tariff on foreign relics for his protection. He has a corner in every museum in the country, from the Smithsonian Institution down to the show-case ih a Tillage postofiice. Jlfia rapidly transforming the old home of Washington at Mount Vernon into a : big reliquary, which he is filling with mementoes of our first President and his family. He has furnished sightSeers at Washington, Philadelphia and New York with so many suits of clothes that were worn by Washington on various occasions", as to create the impres- " lion amon e strancers that he was either a dudo who never wore the came suit twice, or a dealer in old clothes whose stock in trade has been extensively distributed among his admiring countrymen. But tho Amprimn relic-monger ex celled himself at tho New York centennial by contributing for the delectation cr the wcrthipers of the Father cl his Country a set of false c::lthit had been worn by him. Tho r ' kj rzzCLs of bona fide teeth which I;r 2t--3 tha furniture of other jaws, i criminal" owner, unfortunately, y (r-rtriitcd his name to poster--rr:?d that they were

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spring and-had a hinge -to unite the upper and lower parts of the set at the back of it. These details are not exclusively, for the benefit of our tooth-carpenters, as one might suppose, but are really an important contribution to tho biography of Washington and the history of the time in which ho lived. They throw an electric light on some of tho obscure places in revolutionary annals. The serious, not to say the grieved and really pained, expression on the face of Washington, even in moments of repose, has been often noted by his contemporaries. It has been erroneously supposed by them that it was produced by his frequent meditations on the possible ills which threatened his country, the cabals of its enemies or the unprovoked calumny from which even that great "man was not exempt. These purely conjectural explanations of the pain and grief which were depicted in his countenance have been accepted with great unanimity because there has been no way of getting at the exact facts by any sort of scientific process, which is the only mode of investigation that is acceptable to the present generation. But the relic-monger has furnished the facts for a closer observation by the scientist, and the two have made the whole matter as plain as day. It is now evident to any one that it would have been physically impossible for a man to look pleasing or pleased with such an instrument of torture in his mouth. Men . have endured tho thumb screw and the rack with fortitude who would have succumbed to the refined ingenuity of the dentist.

LAI BEBMON ON THE GREAT DIBABTES. From thousands of pulpits to-day and in tens of thousands of social circles the late Johnstown calamity will be dis cussed, in its moral bearings, and opin ions will range all the way from the absurd agnostic notion that there is no God, and that all such events and all events are fortuitous, and that there is no Supreme Mind concerned in mundane affairs, to the not less absurd notion that it and tens of thousands of -similar occurrences are divine visitations as punishments for individual or social sins, or that they are the work of the devil in the gratification of his malice toward man. When will men learn to read such occurrences in the light of reason and common sense, and in the light of Bible teaching as well! In the first place, the event itself is ex ceptional only in its magnitude. In other words, it is merely a concentration of e very-day occurrences, and because concentrated it attracts attention and elicits comment. Hardly a day passes in which, in some place, there is not a calamity, either to single individuals or to single families, or to small groups of families, which in all its essential de tails is as destructive and harrowing to the immediate sufferers as the worst case that occurred at Johnstown. Even at the very moment of the Johnstown horror there were scenes, only a few miles distant, both on the Potomac and the Susquehanna, that were as calamitous to the individual sufferers as anything at Johnstown houses were washed away, and life was lost, in one case a whole family; but these have attracted hardly a passing notice, though to the immediate victims of that flood, the loss of property and of life was not less than to tho Johnstown sufferers. The difference is in the aggregation of such calamities, and it is in favor of the Johnstown dif ter. for this has attract ed attention and elicited words and deeds of sympathy, while these others, and tens of thousands like them, quite as deserving of tender words and prompt relief, go unnoticed. A single house may be consumed by lire or washed away by a flood, leaving the owners utterly destitute, or a single family may be robbed of its stay by the death of its head by violence or by disease, and the sufferers are left to sheer begging or to unrelieved want. Tho difference, if any, is in favor of flood-submerged Johnstown or flameconsumed Chicago. The individual sufferings in neither case were greater than the individual sufferings in tens of thousands of local oases. It is the concentration of daily mishaps the world over into one view and into one short space of timethat gives to the Johnstown disaster its unenviable pre-eminence. But why are such calamities? That question implies a more extended discussion of causation than would be proper in these columns, but we may venture to say: first, that it cannot.be because of sin in general, for there were floods and earthquakes long before there was any man to sin; nor on account of individual sin, for, aside from the fact that innocent children and matured virtue shared the same fato as the most abandoned, there is a direct rebuke to this fallacy in the teachings of the Christ in the case of the victims of the tower of Siloaui. Least of all do such occurrences contradict the teachings of the Christian Scriptures, that God's watchful care is over his children for good. At least one daily paper lias seized upon the touching incident of a mother committing her child to the flood on a frail plauk, with a fruitless prayer for its preservation, as evidence that there is nothing in prayer. Such an inference can be drawn only by one who ignores or despises the whole teachings of tho Bible on tho subject of prayer, and of course on everything else that is distinctively Christian. It is not our purpose to answer such an objection. Volumes would not convince him, much less a short statement suitable to a newspaper, if he has read in vain .the book which life's daily experience opens to all who will read. The'book "is there," but f - he is not compelled to read it. It might do him no good if he should. His intel lect may bo too towering to 6toop to such a volume, "but the "Bacons, the Lockes and the Glad stones of the .world have .read it with pleasure and . with profit. We need not dethrone tho All-Fathernorlose faith in his tenderest' regard for man because by such a combination of causes within a small territory, hundreds or even thousands of lives pass out almost instantly, and millions of property is destroyed. The scarlet fever has invaded many a family group of three or four, or

more, and in a few days or a few hours, even, that hoiue is childless. Is this any better or any worse than tho flood? Flood, or flame or. fraud has left many a good man utterly destitute, of ten involving life. also. Is his case any better or worse than the victims of the Johnstown flood? The great lesson of ibis calamity is an unusual and intensified declaration that at best human life and human possessions are insecure. An immense reservoir may break at any time and carry destruction in its path, but mountain clouds, often break where there is no reservoir, with equally fatal results to a few and often to many,' and in the same way. This is a law of the material world. It may be distasteful to us, but it is an inexorable law none the less. Human life must end. Even when not ended by what we call calamities, the greater part ends early; only the few live.to old age, and old age is not always desirable. Perhaps, after all, the most valuable and most instructive lesson of such disasters is that the material elements have not ceased, and probably never will cease, to assert their forces upon the material structure of the earth. Earthquakes yet occur, because the force that causes them yet .remains a force, and who knows when or where it may next be developed! Tornadoes and floods are not the special inheritance of any land

or of any period. We may not relish these material laws, but they are laws none the less, to which we must submit. We need not construct dangerous reservoirs, but we cannot prevent cloud bursts, nor great floods, nor hide from the cyclone, nor certainly build where the earthquake may not shake us. In short, this world is not yet so finished as not to need occasional touches from the agencies that have contributed to its present condition, and probably it never will be. Floods, and earthquakes, and cyclones, and frosts are as much a part of our physical economy as are gentle showers, and evening zephyrs, and genial suns, and we must take them as they come, uncomfortable as they are. SEVISED PATRIOTISM. Decoration day is no sooner safely and creditably off the public mind than the annual agitation of the question of fireworks on the Fourth of July sets in. This perennial discussion, owing to the mild winter,' no doubt, has protruded its head even earlier than usual this year, a Vermont town having already come forward with a proposition to have a quiet time on the approaching day we celebrate, the same to be attained by forbidding the sale and use of fire-works for the reason that such a course will not only be conducive to quiet nerves and the general peace of mind, but also preservative of life, limb and much valuable property. This peaceful, not to say pastoral, programme will, no doubt, find many hearty indorsers among patriotic citizens throughout tho Republic, whose love of country is so vigorous and vital that it does not feel the need of the stimulus furnished by the noiso and hurrah of the orthodox Fourth of July. On the other hand, the small boy, the parent of the small boy, and the numerous casual observer who desires to see the small boy, as prospective citizen, early ' and thoroughly wellgrounded in the active, as well as tho passive, elements of - patriotism, will all present their enthusiastic and perhaps indignant demurrer. In point of fact, the Fourth of July without visible and audible celebration, minus powder and hurrah, fizz and colored lights, booming and bursting, is not the traditional and genuine day. The spread-eagle of rhetoric, the flags which float out in graceful phrase, are not enough, and the ob ject lesson of the active celebration, even though it be garnished by the loss of the small boy's eyebrows and thumbs, or the occasional blaze from a misguided rocket, cannot be spared. With foreign immigrantsmany of whom bear with them the leaven of foreign lawlessness already too perniciously present in this country crossing the ocean at the rate of eighteen knots an hour, and being dumped .upon bur shores by boatloads; the good old-fashioned Fourth of July, with all the clamor that it includes, is not too vociferous an emphasis of this country's ideals in citizenship; Notwithstanding the deadly assault of Mr. Eugene Field on the Western Association of Writers, it is preparing to hold its fourth annual meeting, at Warsaw, Ind., July 9 to 12, just as if nothinghad happened. The Journal acknowledges the .receipt of an invitation to attend, together with a programme of the proceedings. The -latter embraces a real feast of good things, literary and 60ciaL There will be papers, essays and lectures on subjects ranging from grave to gay by some of the best known writers and thinkers in Indiana, and some from outside the State.' The literary exercises will he sadwicbed with social features arid music, in which the citizens of Warsaw will act the part of hosts and entertainers. Some of the beautiful lakes in that neighborhood will be visited, and the meeting is likely to prove both profitable and pleasant. The scope and object of the association are indicated in the following. Tbe purpose of the Western Association of Writers is to encourage in our section of the Union au earnest, pure literature, that shall be thoroughly American In character, without being narrow, sectional or provincial. The association does not assume in any sense to be a dictator. It simply desires to be a helper, by giving its support to tho worthy efforts of We stern writers, whi ther in the field of general literature, in the broader realms of intelligent journalism, or in tha special fields of scientific and educational work. And. while devoted specifically to the interests of Western writers, the association desire to extend the right hand of fellowship and a hearty pood will to all worthy literary workers throughout tho Union and in other countries. Member." and friends of the association are invited to come together in the spirit" of mutual concession and harmonious union, to renew the bonds of friendship, widen the circle of acquaintance, and in many ways to rather Htrencth and inspiration from the interchange of thought und sentiment Iffthoold be borne In mind that a the associa tion is not restricted to professional writers, no one in connecting himself or herself with the or gantzation makes claim to being literary" or adleted to Uterature." beyond what an earnest Interest in and desire to promote the progress of Western letters would indicate. Persons wishing to attend or obtain in formation concerning railroad rates, etc, should a ddress Mary E. Card will, corre sponding secretary, KewAlbany. The development ot Alaskan resources and of our interests in the sub-arctic re gion is likely to become more and more an intareiiftncr feature of national oro cress. Here is a case in point. Congress, at its last session, appropriated $15,000 for the establishment of a permanent relief station at Point Barrow for the nse of shipwrecked

sailors of the arctic whaling fleet, and as a base of supplies for thoso in' peril. Point

Barrow is tho most northern cape of Alaska. Under this authority the Secretary of the Treasury recently appointed ta superintendent of the station, and directed the purchase, in San Francisco, of a suitable house and supplies. These have been purchased, and are now on the way, in United States revenue cutters, to Point Barrow. A Washington dispatch says: The house'is large enough to Accommodate fifty men. and has rows of berths around the main room, In the center of whica is the ap paratus which serves both for cooking ana beating. Attention has mainly been directed to the strength of the structure, and to securing warmth by double doors, heavy shutters and other devices. In addition, the present signal station at Point Barrow can be utilized for accommodating more men, so that enough supdies have been purchased and taken no th to ast one hundred persons for a period of. twelve months. These supplies include various kinds of food, bedding, clothing, coal and goods for the natives to be exchanged lor fresh provisions. The primary object of establishing the station is to encourage the arctic whaling' industry. - Point Barrow is only about one hundred miles from the whaling grounds, while tho nearest point of relief heretofore has been eight hundred miles distant. The establishment of this station will make an outpost of civilization at the mostextreme northern point of United States possessions, where shipwrecked American whalers and sailors can always count on seeing the flag and finding relief. It will undoubtedly prove a valuable life-saving station. A meeting recently held in Washington of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions elicited some interesting facts relative to Catholic work among the Indians. The Catholic Church has always been active in its educational and proselyting work among the Indians, and the bureau above named is one of its agencies. It was organ ized several years ago, mainly through tho efforts of Mrs. General Sherman. Through the efforts of a parent society in Washington and auxiliary societies throughout the country a large fund was raised for the education of Indian children. It was this fund to which the Misses Drexel, of Philadelphia, recently made such a large contribution. The society has schools for Indian children in nearly a dozen different States and Territories. To be more specific, there are thirty-eight boarding schools and sixteen day schools under the control of the bureau, having an attendance of 2,787 boarding pupils and GoO day pupils. It is said the satisfactory manner in which the children taught in the schools have been cared for has elicited much commendation from the officials of the Indian Bureau. The last plenary council of Baltimore gave considerable attention to the Indian school and appointed a committee of five prelates, the Archbishop of Baltimore being the per manent president, to look, after the inter ests of the Catholic Indian missions. Wo have no figures at hand to show what the Protestant church is doing among the. Indians, but it must bo wide awake to equal the efforts of the Catholic. A recent reply to a query in the Journal statca that the government only supplies tombstones for soldiers buried in national cemeteries. This statement requires qualification. . Upon application of the commander of any post otr the G. A. R. the assistant quartermaster-general of tho United States, in charge of cemeteries, will, furnish blanks upon which to make requisition for stones for marking graves of deceased soldiers in any cemeterydelivered at the nearest .railroad station, free of cost. A communication addressed to the Quartermaster-general, U. S. A., will reach the proper hands. Ift is our impression, however, that the last appropriation for this purpose has been exhausted, and that requisitions mado now cannot be filled until after the meeting of the next Congress. , About two years ago, while traveling in Mexico, Charles Dudley Warner discovered in a shop, in au unfrequented city, some specimens of decorated pottery rivaling in brilliancy tho famous Italian work of the middle ages. Tho method, of producing these effects had been; reckoned among the lost arts, and much time and money have been spent in tiying jto discover it. Mr. Warner learned that the ware was mado at the time by Indians in a sechided spot in Mexico. Miss Y. II. Addis took up the clew, and after a year of investigation learned the secret of the brilliant lustres in a remote town of Guanaxuato. Having mastered the process, she is preparing for the benefit of art and artists to tell the story of her discovery in an early number of Harper's Magazine. Tnc troubles of the transcontinental railroads increase. .The through freight charges on the Canadian Pacific are so low that the American roads say they cannot live if compelled by the interstate-commerce law to he governed in their short hauls by those rates. They propose, as tho only remedy, to seek an early amendment of the inter state law exempting them from the law when a competitor is not bound by that law, as the Canadian Pacific is not. Railroads competing with water transportation are now exempt. Meanwhile transcontinental rates are likely to rule low. ) Attorney-general Miller, who is taking a breathing spell from official duties and renewing his acquaintance with his family 'and old friends in this city, looks as if publio life agreed with him. Being accustomed to hard work, it sits easily on him. He says that in all the appointments made or to be made under this administration the two requisites are that the prize-winner shall bo, first, a good man; second, a'good Republican. That's the kind of . a President General Harrison is. It may he mentioned as an illustration of the liberal tendency in religious circles that the members of a female Bible class connected with one of the Protestant churches of this city have raised a small fund for the service of the Roman Catholic priest. Father Conrady, who is now doing benevolent work among the lepers of the Sandwich islands as successor to Father Damien. . Under the new liquor law of Massachusetts the number of saloons in Boston has been reduced from a little less than three thousand to a little less than eight hundred. Speaking of its effects, the Boston Traveler of last Monday says: "The licensed saloon-keepers obeyed the law yesterday; their places were closed, and there was very littio drunkenness in Boston." ' The French Minister of Foreign Affairs is delighted with the World's Exhibition, now going on in Paris. Speaking of it iu the Chamber of Deputies, the other day, he said: "It is a pledge of peaco and a witness of the strength of the Republic, whose policy is as free from boasting as it is free from weakness' To the Editor ot the Iiitllasaolls Journal: Please state the amount of liquor used for medical, mechanical, scientinc, drink and ex ported In 1S5U, and same In IbaS. s. c. k. Ekix, Ind. The exact statistics desired are not ob tainable. The total consumption of distilled spirits in the United States in 1S50 was 51,833,473 gallons; in 1800 it was 89,908,651 gallons; in 1S8$ it was ?5,45,ST2. The con sumption of domestic wines increased from 1.600.003 callons in I860 to 81.680.523 in 1SS3.

and that of malt liquors from 101,316,009

gallons in 1S00 to 707,587,056 in 1SSS. The consumption of distilled spirits decreased from 2.S6 gallons per capita in 1800 to 1.23 gallons per capita in 1888, while the con sumption of malt liquors in the same period increased from 3.32 to 12.43 gallons per capita. To the Editor ot the Indianapolis Journal: Could you eive me reclne for a mixture to pre serve leather, as buggy-tops, harness, etc.1 ULES HALL, ina. J. R. R. Melfand mix eight ounces of tallow, onefourth ounce of lampblack, two ounces of beeswax and one gill of neatsfoot oil. A little glycerine will improve the mixture. If neatsfoot oil is not handy, castor oil is a good substitute; and either of these oils, with lamp black, makes a good leather wash. TO the Editor of tfte .TnAlanapplis Journal: About how much. 'coal Kill an ocean steamer use In a laj I. FbajtkC K0CKV1LLE, Ind. . The consumption, ot ' coal depends, of course, on the size of the steamer and tho rate of speed, but they will run from 200 to SOOtons. To the KAitof et the Indianapolis Journal: To settle a dispute, nlease name the counties that occupy the four comers ot this Ssate. F. I H. Lake, Steuben, Switzerland and Posey. A map is a pretty good thing to settle such di s pntes. . BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT. It is stated that the Princes Murat claim an indemnity from Italy of $10,000,000 for the confiscated estates of King Joachim. It is understood that they were offered $0,000.000 and that they refused that amount On the walls of Andrew Carnegie's li brary is this inscription: He that cannot think is a fool, lie t b at -will not is a bigot, lie that dare not is a slave. President Carnot, of France, is very fond of Americans, and is cultivating sedulously the society of our countrymen now in Paris. At his receptionsmore Americans are to he found than in any drawing-room in Europe. Lady Ely, who has just resigned her po sition as lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, has been a constant companion of her Majesty for forty years. Lady Ely is an accomplished linguist, and she bad charge for j'ears of the Quoen's private correspond ence. Pundita Ramabai. the christianized In dian woman, has begun her school in the Bombay district, India, with one childwidow and three unmarried little girls. The object of her lectures in this country was to gain funds to aid her in establishing a school in India. It has come out that "Monte Cristo" and other famous works ascribed to the elder Dumas were' largely bv August Maauet. The revelation was made in a will case by. the administrators on Maqnet's estate, who declare that they have Dumas' written acknowledgement of the fact. Lewis Price, a keen-witted colored man. contrived tobuy a residence on Capitol Hill, the fashionable quarter of Denver, Col., and was quietly making preparations to occupy it, when ex-Senator r. P. Hill, who owns and lives iu the mansion next door, bought him out at an advance of $2,000. Clerks in the postal service say: Never use a square envelope. Women are more in the habit of using them than men. A square envelope, large or small, but especially large, is anathema in tho eyes pi a postal clerk. He likes an oblong envelopeof a moderately large size a government No. 4 or 5, corresponding to tho station ers' No. 0. In 1815 an English collector, Sir Thomas Phillips, followed the track of the allied armies in France and bonght up all books, manuscripts, etc., that he could lay his hands on, believing that one day these collections would be immensely valuable. The French government . is now offering fabulous sums to his heirs for many of the historical manuscripts iu this mass of literary material. Rev. T. 0. 8. Huntington, son of Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, has been working as a common farm-hand near western Onondaga. His health was shattered by his labors at the Five Points, New Yorlc, and he took this means of regaining it. Though unknown for some time, his religious endeavors soon created so much sensation among the farmers that his identy became knowu. One of the very few ante-bellum lawyers still in active practice at the Washington bar is Walter D. Davidge. Though considerably over sixty, he is as active as a young man. He is rather slight, under the medium height, but with a smooth, impressive, intellectual face. His eyes are black, and his hair curly and snow-white. Ho dresses altogether in black, and might be taken for a clergyman. Mr. Bryce W11.8ON, late of tho Seventyninth Highlanders, and one of the few survivors of the battle of Waterloo, has just died at Perth. He enlisted in the regiment as a piper, and, alter being preseut in a few engagements, played to the Seventyninth on the field of Waterloo. He also took part in the entry of the victorious British army into Paris, where he was quartered for some time. The Queen Regent of Spain has just sent Mrs. Cleveland a photograph of herself and her little royal son, with her autograph upon it. It is said, that this lady dislikes having her picture taken, and did it this time as a particular compliment to Mrs. . Cleveland, but the . shops show that sinco this son was 'bofn she has overcome this aversion a good .many times. Pictures of her of an earlier date are very rare. ' The latest enterprise of British capital is the organization of a stock company to . raise the French vessels sunk in Aboukir bay by Nelson in 1798. Tradition says that the Orient,, on board which young Casabianca stood on the burning deck, contained millions of specie and two silver gates taken from the great cathedral at Malta. That was before the time when Napoleon thought it necessary to order tho army to be religious. Kinglake, the historian, author of "The History of the.Invasion of the Crimea," is seriously ill, and his age precludes his recovery. Kinglake, when a young man, was a suitor for the hand of a Mrs. Howard, a rich London widow. The widow preferred to receive the attentions of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, afterward Emperor of France, and Kinglake never forgave tho wicked Frenchman. His history of the Crimean war was made the vehicle of much of his animosity. The illness of Mrs. Gen. P. H. Sheridan is causing much auxiety among her friends. Since her loss she has not rallied in spirits as those nearest to her have wished. The late General's estate included mnch nonproductive property, which has been a drain upon his widow's reduced revenues. The government pension of $2,500 a year is about the largest single item of income. The fund inaugurated by George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, and other admirers of tho departed hero, is growing, but tardily. COL. John H. McClellan, an octogenarian citizen of Gettysburg, went in for the spectacular even at his funeral, which occurred last Monday. In accordance with his wishes the ceremony took place in his opera-house. The body was laid in front of a drop-curtain showing the scene of his boyhood, himself, and his favorite horse. When tho throng of people had viewed the bodv it was conveyed to the cemeteryt as he nad directed, in a clean, plain spring wagon. He was a bachelor of large means, and as yet no will has been found. James L. Babcock, the man who is to receive over $."500,000 of his late uncle's estate upon condition that he marries within the next five years, is in Savannah, Ga. Every mail still brings him assorted offers of the hands and hearts of ardent maids and widows. A Savannah girl offers to marry him, accept a. moderate dower, and start off for Paris immediately after the ceremony never more to annoy him. Mr. Babcock is resolved to win tho half million legacy, but has not yet chosen the lady who will assist him '

A GREAT SIOUX CHIEF DYING

Sitting Bull Ending Ilis Days Amid Grief and Disappointment in His How a "Medicine Man" Becomes the Leader of a Great Tribe of Indians Ilis Part in the Custer 3iassacre, and Ilis Fall. Bismarck, D. T., June 8.H is rumored that Sitting Bull, tho great Sioux chief, is dying at his home in the Grand river valley, lie is ending his days in sorrow and disappointment. His- power has passed from his hands, and the old man's heart is broken.'. ; ' ' . T,. ..r - Tho stpry bf::Sitting..Bull'8 fall from power is one.of the-most pathetic in Indian history He is hotaYtnost pec-pl'e suppose, a warrior;1 he C never was fa -fighting man, even in his youth. He began life as a "medicine man." He is the sCn of Four Horns, one of tho, four supreme chiefs elected by the Sioux nation more than a generation ago. Four Horns, if living, is now a very old man. With the feebleness of advancing years he fell from power, as always happens with Indian chiefs. Indians will not submit to the leadership of a man who is feeble and decrepit. Sitting Bull himself must be . now nearly sixty years old. , The Custer episode marked the zenith of his fame, and the beginning of his downfall. He always ascribed the outbreak of the Indians on that occasion to the failure of the government to fulfill the conditions of the Black Hills treaty, and its interference with the free movement of the Indians over the country iu search of game. He maintained that the Sioux Indians inherited from the generations that, preceded their title to tho land they occupied, and that the government had virtually recognized the validity of this claim. He contended that at tho time of the troubles that culminated in the Custer massacre, neither he nor his people ever signed a treaty with the government. . . "The government," he said, tracing with his finger a square on the ground, "mado a mark and said, the Indians must live here' and when we moved off we were pursued, and all that I did was to try to defend my wives, my children and my people." Sitting Bull always professed to regret the death of General Custer. Generally he was very loath to talk of the Little Big Horn tight, but when he did he always protested that the killing of Custer was an accident; that if he had been recognized in time his life would have been spared. He professed to be a great admirer of Custer, and probably was. Undoubtedly Sitting Bull was the most wily and astute Indian in the Sioux nation. With no name as a warrior to help he gained ascendency as a "medicine man" a prophet, a preacher,- a teacher, a politician. He is Hurk-papa and divides the chieftainship of that band with Gall. Ever sinco tho Little Big Horn tight there has been a bitter rivalry between the men. Gall com-, manded the Indians on that occasion. Sitting Bull remaining in his tent, making incantations, distilling "raodicines" and indulging in the foolery that was supposed to exercise great influence over the fortunes of that battle. After the fight Gall wanted to make peace with the whites. In this desire he was supported by Humph, Low Dog, Crow King, Two Bears. Big Head and the warrior element of the tribe generally. Sitting Bull was for holding out and retreating. With him were the supposed "wise men" of the tribe. He contended that if they could get across the line iuto the British territory they could compel the govern-, ment to make better terms with them. These opposing policies split the court into two hostile factions. The disagreement culminated in the surrender of Gall, Crow King and a large number of other followers. Afterburymg the hatchet Crow King went to Standing Rock, where ho was made much of. He is to-day regarded as the foremost man in the Sioux nation. Endowed with a superb physique strong, agile, courageous he is an ideal Indian. His unquestionable honesty, patriotism and devotion to the interests of his people have won for him the sincere respect of the agents und officers and officials at the agency. Sitting Bull's policy led to far different results. -He remained in British territory until his followers were reduced almost to the starvation point, maintaining that Major Walsh, the commander of the Canadian mounted police, had promised to make good terms for him with the United States at Washington. The scarcity of food, the lack of game, and the absence of any indications of the concessions that were expected from Washington caused the Indians to murmur and show signs of dissatisfaction with Sitting Bull's leadership. hen his fortunes were at the low ebb, Sitting Bull received the information from an Indian runner that his favorite daughter, Minnestema Sleeping Water a name conferred upon her by the whiteshad run away with an Indian buck, who had subsequently abandoned her. These tidings well-nigh broke Sitting Bull's heart. With all his faults he was an affectionate father, as most Indians are. Minnestema, the llower of the Hurk-papa tribe, was his idol, and his pride was stung to the quick because the Indian who had so shamelessly deserted her was a man whom he despised. Humbled, despondent, broken in spirit. Sitting Bull decided to surrender. When he got to Standing Rock agency, under the shadow of Fort Yates, he found his great rival, Gall, had gained complete ascend ency over the Indians who had followed his fortunes. He had to endure the mortification, also, of seeing 'a number of .those who had heretofore adhered tohim gooverto his enemy. He resorted to the arts of the medi-cine-man to recover his popularity. He indulged in incantations, . he .prophesied evil, he negan . an agitation- in the camp against his rival, but his spells and his oratory, had alike lost their potency. He only played into the hands of .his enemy. The government officials got wind , of the mischief that was brewing, and after a conference with Gall - and Some" other chiefs inimical to Sitting Bull, they decided to take steps which would plainly show Sitting Bull that his power was gone. They placed Four Horns, Sitting Bull's father, a decripit, imbecile old man, in command of the camp. Sitting Bull began to hatch a conspiracy. The government decided to nip it in the bud. The steamer General Sherman was sent for and Sitting Bull and one hundred and fortv-eieht of hisneonle. including his two wives and their children and his two famous fighting nephews, were placed on board as prisoners of war and taken to Fort Randal, several miles distant from the' Standing Rock agency. But .before Sitting Bull embarked a dramatic scene took place. He determined to make one more effort to regain the prestige he had lost. Three thousand Indians were, gathered around. It was a large audience. Sitting Bull drew his knife from his sheath and offered it, with his tomahawk, to Captain Stowe. who was in command of tho transfer expedition. At the same time he made a speech, ostensibly intended for the Cantain, but really addressed to the assembled Indians, with the purpose of arousing their feelings. He posed before them as a hero. After handing tho Captain his weapons be said that by thepe signs he Surrendered (he was already a prisoner of war), and, throwing himself prostrate on the ground, he henought the Captain to take his life, to inflict i any torture ho pleased upon him, but to spare his people, and deal with them kindly. The appeal did not elicit the rehouse that Sitting Bull had hoped for. Instead of applauding, most of the Indians laughed at him. As a hero and patriot they had no faith in him. In their eyes he had only rendered himself ridiculous. With the buit ends of tho soldier's ninskets he was pushed out of the camp into the steamer. At Fort Randall, thronch the Herald's correspondent. Sitting Bull sent a message to the government, promising that if ho were allowed to go back to tho place of his birth 011 the Graud river he would wear white men's clothes and endeavor to persuade his followers to do the same thing. He said that he hud come to the conclusion that there could be no more fighting on the part of his people, and that the next generation of Indians would have to become like the white men around them and learn to till tho earth and master the mechanical arts. After a while Sitting Bull was permitted to return to Standing Rock, and later was allowed to go to the Grand river vallev. This valley comprises the traditional sacred hunting grounds of the Sioux Indians. It is the richest of all the Indian ossessions iu North America. Sitting Bull milt lor himself a little "shack" 'on the Grand river, about fifteen, mile from Stonewall creek tho place where he was born.

With the exception of a trip which he made to the East, accompanied by some of his people, he has lived at this place ever since. But it has not been ns hitting Bull tha9 once stood high in the estimation of his Ifeople. The tour h of civilization ha undermined the faith of the Sioux in their medicine man. When he went to the agency to receive his rations he was no longer hailed as the "great I am; he was always treated with a certain measure of respect, but it - was the same as that accorded to other chiefs who had never been famous. At tho great; Sioux council, which was held at the time the Dawes commission visited Standing Rock, to get the consent of the Indians to the opening of tho strip of country lying between tho Missouri and the Black hills 11,000,0(X) acres in extent all amplv demonstrated how completely Sitting Bull had lost his ascendency. Gall called him names to his face and practicallv drove him out of the camp. It is probable that Sitting Bull has been brought low, not by physical ailment, but by the mortiricatioa occasioned by his loss of political power. He- has always been a selfish man. who nought influence, not to better the condition of his peoplebut to gratify his pride, m WILL PEFY O'CLE SAM .. . . r Canadian Sealers Will Be Backed by British Cruisers in Their Raids on Behring Sea, . . . .'- Victoria, B. C, June 8. A lawyer here, who has professional interests in connection with the Canadian sealing fleet, has given expression to the following: ' "There will certainly be Ferions trouble; if tho United States fleet attempts the seizure of British vessels this year. Without reference to the British war ships. presence, tho scaling captains will not, if halted by United States cutters this year, 'round to, pull down the Union Jack and tamely surrender in midocean. They willon tho contrary, assert their rights, and force must be used to capture them. That force will

be met by force is almost certain, and then real trouble will begin. As to tho 1 ooject 01 ine untiAh war ships entering the sea, I am convinced that their instructions are the Fame as last year to prevent the capture if they can. and. in case of capture, protest; and, if release is ' not granted, rescue every captured vessel flying the British flag. There i very strong; feeling hero that this year will 6ee.an end of the trouble or the beginning of greater1 and more serious complications. That the' United States will persist in their absurd claims seems incredible, and is in fact nooi seriously believed by even their own peo-1 pie on this coast, who are almost unanimously in favor of opening the sea to the 1 world. Last year our vessels had a walk-( over, and realized a splendid profit. This 1 year they will boldly enter the sea and' boldly claim the right of British seamen, and 6hips on the ocean waters every whero else on the globe, common to all nations." J Another resident of this place, who is in-' terested in the seizure of Canadian vessels inBehringsea two years ago. says: "The! Canadian sealers will go north in a few 1 days, and if asked to 'heave to" will resist! seizure. If overpowered, they will beretaken by British cruisers. Canadian ves-1 sel-owners entered Behring sea last sum I mer, and were not molested, though froqneatiy signteu uy American cutters. They tell confident that the American cutters will again keep out of their way this season. Correspondence is still in progress between the British and Canadian governments relative to the erection of the proposed defenses on the Pacific coast in British Cdlurobia. The forces to be stationed at Esnuimault and Vancouver will be main tained by the Canadian government, i though the armament, ammunition and sub-' marine stores are to be supplied by the imperial authorities. England has also agreed 1 to provide seventy-live men of the Royal; Marine Artillery, including fifteen suh marine divers. A part of the armament ha$ already reached the Pacific coast." THE NAME AMERICA The Popular Idea that It Wat Derived from Amerigo Vei pucci Disputed. New York Star. The hulletion of the Paris Geographical Society, which has just been issued, contains an account, by M. Jules Marcon, of certain further researches which he has made into the origin of the name of "America." As far back as 1875 he published a paper on the same tonic, which attracted much attention at the time, and he has ) since devoted much labor to an investiga-i tion of early historical documents in which new world is named. 1 The popular notion that America was so' called from the Christian name of Amerigo 1 Vespucci is, he says, wholly unfounded, and j ho sums up his conclusions in this way: 1. Amerique is the Indian name of the mountains between JuigalpaandLibertadin tho 1 province of Chontales, which separate Lako j Nicaragua from the Mosquito coast. Tho word in the Maya language eignifles "tho ' windy country," or "the country where the wind blows always." 2. The Christian name of Vespucci was Albcrico in Italian and Spanish. Albericus in Latin. This particular name is subject to an enormous number of variations, as the nomenclaturo and calendars of Italian and Spanish saints of tho period show; but nowhere is there any such variation ot Americus, Amerrigo, Amerigo, Almerigo, etc., and none of these is either a diminutive of a variation in use in Italy, Spain or France, for Albcrico or Albert- 3. Before 1507, when Jean Basin, of Saint Die, published the name, it is not to be found in any printed document, nor even in anyi manuscript of recognized and incontestiblo authority. . M. Marcon claims that his theory of a native origin for the name of America ha been accepted in Spain, Spanish America and, with some exceptions, in tho United States; in France, Germany and Italy it J has excited doubt and surprise, Vnt in tho last named he has the support of the eminent Turin geographer, M. Guido Cora. . There is no doubt that Columbus and Ves- ; rPucci went along the .Mosquito coast at the leetOI mecierr Auieruque, auu iuhi iuo name was reported by the oSicera and men of these expeditions, and Schoncr, the geographer declared in 1515 that the narao was already popular in Europe. According to tho London Times it is beyond question that one edition of Ves pucefs letter on his third voyage has tho Amerig3 in the place of the Christian name. Nineteen editions had Albericns, and subsequent Italian editions had Alberieo. The one with Amerigo on the title page was published in 1500, but M. Mircon euggests that this was never intended to be a variation of Alberieo, but rather an adaptation of Amrrique, a name already -known and applied to the new world, to- VespnccVs name to distinguish him, as we now say, "Chinese Gordon," to distinguish the particular Gordou bv suggesting one of his greatest feats. The paper, which is very learned concerning the geography and geo. . graphical publications of the . sixteenth century, is not yet concluded. . Ileanty Begins In Girlhood. I Paborg Chronicle. e beauty of. women depends on their .ly lives. If . poorly fed in infancy tho nsion of the nerves is rendered uneven. the nerve centers lose tone, and even the brain becomes anirmic This results in uneven or imperfect development. One sido of the face may be different from tho other; there may b3 too much fat or not enough, the eves may be weak or ono stronger than the other. In such cases tho teeth alniobt invariablj' suffer. An L'nameriean Sight. Exchange. A resident of Palatka. Fia.. while in Clay county, latelv, observed in the Hat woods a uovelspectacle. One day about noon he rode past a five-acre field and saw an entire family working it. In the middle of the field was a plow, to whirh was hitched tho old man. assisted by the non and daugher, the mother of tho latter doing the plowing. ' Eiffel Tower Price. New York Tribune. Visitors to the Eiffel tower are charged these prices for going up in tho elovutors: To the first platform, li francR: second, 3 francH; to the top. 5 francs. They are allowed to remain as long as they like, but it is already noted that few care to make a protracted stay. Mtm A Scholar with ft Future. Oil City rtlirr-artt. Infesting the knowledgo of her pnpiU concerning wisdom teeth, a South Mde teacher recently asked the question: "What are the last teeth called that people get!" One little scholar was equal to the occasion and promptly replied: "Why, their fiiba tssth."