Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1889.

COLLEGES OF TIIE STATE

President Martin, of DePauw University, Kesigns, but Will Eetain a Chair. Other Resignations in the Faculty A XotaMe Meeting of the Trustees and Alumni, and Soma .Eloquent SpeechmaHnff. Graduation Exercises and the Kesnlts Accomplished at Wabash College. The Closing Daj at larlham, m ith Some Comparisons Between Old Times and the Present Methods of Management Special to tli TnCanapolia journal. Green-castle, Juno 19. The sixteenth annual contest for the Cloud prizes in declamation occurred this morning at 10 o'clock, in Meharry Hall. Great interest "was manifested, and the contest Tras an unusually fine one. The prizes consist of three cash donations, the first, $35; the second, $25, and the third, $15. There -were eight contestants. The first teas awarded to Will H. Wise, of Ielphi, -who declaimed "Spartacus to the Gladiators." The second, to Miss Ina F. Johnson, who spoke "Spartacus to the Roman Envoys," and the third to A. W.Moore, of Plainfield, who gave "Significance of Bunker Hill Monument." This afternoon was devoted the aluminal exercises, as follows: Report of committeo on necrology by the secretary. Address of welcome to the senior class by T. G. Dnvall, A. B., class of 'S3. Response by -Miss Alary Roth. Ph. B. An address to the class of 89 by Bishop John T. Newman. JLL. D, Tho programme was interspersed with mnsic from the School of Music. In the evening, at 7:30, the Aluminal Society assembled m west campus, and at 8 o'clock repaired to Meharry Hall and listened to, an address by Jesse W. Weik, A. M., '73, on "Abraham Lincoln." A poem was also given by Edwin S. Hopkins, A. M., '73. ; - The annual alumnal banquet then took' place in Ladies' Hall, with the following roramme: Toast-master, Hon. Mark L. eMotte. '53; Welcome, Frof. T. L. Nell", 'S3: "Early College Life." Prof. E. . Edwards, '53; Tne Sheepkin," Augustus L. Mason," '79; "College Love Aflairs," Col. John W. Kay. '48: "Asbury's First Daughters," Bishop Thomas Bowman; "The College Bell," Kate S. Hammond. '82; What to do ou Arriving at Grcencastle."Heber Headen. '69; "What to do on Leaving Greencastle," FlorencH Allen, '88; "Out in the World," Newland T. DePauw, 79. Much sincere regret is expressed here Over the unexpected and iinilnftirttd rpaitma. nuu oi ux. Alexander ju&rtin irom tne presidency of the university. This action has been contemplated for soma time by him, but it was only when he felt that the university had passed through the crisis of tho many recent and important changes that he fully determined to resign as tho iead of the college. The matter was frequently discussed with his family and the institution's chief benefactor, and owing to the great amount of work connected with his duties he thought best to sever his counec- , lion with tho headship of tho university. TIi nt.irft ftrlmini atrntinn Vioa Kaan "with the most signal success, and under his Jarge experience and ripe scholarship the institution has grown rapidly. His long experience as an educator and his eminent executive ability have won for him entire confidence, so that perfect harmony exists, of discipline, order and marked advancement have characterized his entire administration. His many friends, both students and citizens, appreciate the fact that DePauw has lost a wise and efficient executive. He will, however, retain the chair of mental and moral science and Christian ethics, o that his presence and influence is not lost to the students. A committee will meet in Augnst next to name his successor. Prof. Parr, dean of the Normal School, has also resigned to accept a position in St. Cloud, Minn. Professor Parr ranks among the most prominent educators of the State, and is also a man of remarkably strong intellectual ability. In his departure the college loses a thorough and diligent instructor, ami a man of snlendul nhilittr- T)r. M. M. Parkhurst resigned the chair of practical theology. The business of the trustees was completed this evening, but all their work is not given to the nubiic as yet. Professor Tompkins, of the Normal School, was made dean of the school, to succeed Professor Parr. A petition was sent to the trustees to abolish Sunday-afternoon lectures, but it was not granted. The Alumni Society, at its meeting to-day, elected the following officers, viz.: President, Miss Martha J. Ridpath: vice-president, Hon. 8. A. Hays; recording seceretary, Mrs. A. L. Lockridge; corresponding secretary. Prof. Chas. Dixon; treasurer, Mr. H. S. Kenick. MIL TVEIK'S ADDKES3 ON LINCOLN. The address of Mr. Jesse W. Weik, A. M., . of the class of '75. was probably one of the most interesting of this commencement reason. His subject, "Abraham Lincoln," .has been with him a topio of special study for several years, and his talk reveals some entirely new and startling facts in tho great President's life. Mr. Weik has just completed and has now in press a biography of Lincoln, known as Henidon's Life of Lincoln." The following is part of tho speech delivered here: A charm which will endear him to every true American will always cling to the name of Abraham Lincoln. History never furnished the record of any life that more fully exemplifies than does that of Lincoln the truth ot Burns' oftrepeated couplet. "The rank tbut the guinea's tamp, the man's the cowd for a' that." ilia boyhood struggles and the triumph of his maturer years afford a contrast rarely to lo round in tho annals ot history; and the little ehool-boy and the grave student alike In the year to come will atudr that life with everIncreaslnfir Interest. On the subject of his early history Mr. Lincoln was strangely and extremely reticeut. On other topics he was free and communitatiTe, but once make an inquiry Into his origin or descent and heclo.edup like a clam. What his great secret or reason -was we shall probably never know, it may occasion some- surprise to state that It was over a year after his great debate with Douglas a contest which gave hlra national Eromlnence. and less than nix months prior to Is nomination for the presidency, that he would consent to the publication of any of the facts of his life. Even then the details he furnished for . they were furnished in his own handwriting, being a few items scarcely covering two whole sheets of note-paper, and which failed to state what his mother's name was, or whether his parents were ever married were of the most meager and unsatisfactory nature. After his nomination he was reluctant to furnish the publicwith any further information, and it was at last found necessary to tend tho editor of one of tho leading newspapers in Chicairo to Fprincfleld to obtain, if ho could, the data for a campaign biography. Being made to face the question he Ptlll objected, and it was only arter a private interview in which the presidential candidate made certain disclosures whic h the biographer 'ever afterward refuned to divulge, that the materials for the publication were obtained. "It is a great piece of folly," protested Lincoln and I now quote from the biographer's manuscript to make anything out of tne or my early life, and besides, as Judjre Davis would say, it won't pay. it can ail be condensed into a stngio sen can make out of it. After a picture of Lincoln's early struggles to secure an education from the few books within his reach, Mr. Weik continued: There wero recently placed ia my hands a series of letters written by Lincoln, shortly after attaining his majority, to a young lady wboe rrace and lovely bearing had charmed his fancy and awakened his latent passion. In which not a mistake in syntax, punctuation, and only a ingle one and thnt a trivial omission in orthography can be found. The words are appropriately chosen, the thoughts clearly expressed, and the style forcible and elegant. Without inxnngln?on your patience, I lwg to read a section from one of these letters. Alter an apology for e.ldresning hi dear Mary, whoe cause lay nearest his heart, he approached the subject of his thoughts in the following delicate and elcsant ityle: "You must know," he writes, "that I can not see you or think of you -with entire indifference; and yet it may be that you are mistaken in reran! to what my real feelings toward you ore. If I knew yu rer not I should not trouble you with this letter. Perhaps any other man would fcnow cnouga without further information; but I eonider it my peculiar right to plead Ignorance, end joox Doundsa duty to alio v Xh$ pltx X want

tence. and that sentence you will nnd in Gray's Elegy: The short and simple annals of the poor.' ' That a my life, and that's all you or any one else-

in all cases to do right, and most particularly so In nil cases with women. I want at this particulic time, more than anything else, to do right with you; and if I knew it would be doing ri;ht, as I rather suspect it would, to let you alone. I would do It. And, for the purpose of making the matter as plain as possible, I now say you can drop the subject, dismiss your thoughts if you ever had any from me forever, and leave this letter unanswered without calling forth one accusing murmur from me. And I will even pro lurther. and say that if It will add anything to your comfort or peace of mind to do so. it is my sincere wish that you should. Do not understand by this that I wish to cut your acquaintance, I mean no such thing. What I do wlh is that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself. If such further aequaintance would contribute nothing to your happiness, I am snrc it would not to mine. If you feel yourself in any degree bound to me, I am now willing to release you, provided you wish It; while, on the other hand, I am willing and even anxious to hind you faster. If I can be convinced that it will In any degree aid to your happiness. This, indeed, is the whole question with me. Nothing would make me- more miserable than to believe you miserable; nothing more happy thau to know you were so. In what I have now said, I think I cannot be misunderstood; and to xaako myself understood Is the only object of this letter. If It suits you best not to answer this, farewell. A long life and a merry one attend you. But If you conclude to write back, speak as plainly as I do. There can be neither harm nor danger in saying to me anything you think, just in the manner you think IL "Your friend, Lincoln." What man could have analyzed the situation more shrewdly, and conducted his side of the case more judiciously than this young swain! And yet when we reflect that his entire attendance at school never exceeded ten months.that up to tliis time he had ln a great measure been denied access to books, that his life had beeu spent in the loneliness and obscurity of the backwoods, surrounded by superstitious, Ignorant and unlettered people, we are forced to conclude that nature had endowed Abraham Lincoln with more than ordinary intellectual cnpaclty. and that God had set upon his brow the seal of his greatness. Here followed nn account of Lincoln's career as a lawyer, and debater, and presidential candidate. The speaker reproduced as a specimen of Lincoln's oratory a paragraph from a stump speech delivered at a little town in Illinois hi the fall of 1S58. After an extended account of his career in the presidential chair, tho speaker closed with the following: As the leader of a people in a great civil war, Abraham Lincoln will occupy no Insignificant place, for the American rebellion is the most Impressive chapter in the history or the nineteenth century tho most powerful drama, the mightiest conflict, with tne grandest of modern armies, in march, in siege, in battle. From Donelson and fchlloh, from Vicksburg and Gettysburg, from C'hickamauga and Mission Ridge, from Atlanta and Franklin, from Maslivllln and Winchester, - from Petersburg and the Wilderness, from Five Forks and Richmond, the bloody panorama moves along. Palm Sunday, that beautiful day when the Savior of mankind In the glory of bis humility rode into Jerusalem, has arrived. Grant, representing the ndollty, the love of liberty and nnlou, and the unwavering resolution of the American peole, receives the sword of the unfortunate Lee; a arbarous feudalism yields to Christian civilization. The national ensign once more floats in reassured supremacy over tho public domain; tho Union armies have triumphed and their victory ordains that tho Constitution shall stand and the Nation remain one. Intheuiidstof the rejoicing over the return of peace; the flaunting of flacs, the ringing of bells, and tho booming ot cannon, comes the crowning catastrophe of tho drama. The climax, as emotional as any creation of fancy, marks a sorrow extending far beyond the boundaries of tho Nation and touches the heart of all civilization with grief at the Iom of tho benefactor and friend of humanity. Weary with tho stories of state, tho great chieftalu, seeking the relaxation of amusement, sits peacefully in tne gallypalnted theather, watching the play. A pause in tho scene a pistol shot, and the shriek of "murder!" wrung from the heart of womau, follows. A stage-mad avenger, brandishing a dagger, and cryinif "Sic semper tyrannU,"'lcajw from the President's box. A moment of incredulous susIcnso and theu the deluge of people! Chairs, railings and curtains plvo way; strong men rush madly forward, trampling the weaker ones under foot; women scream and faint, and then comes the blood-curdling mixture of horror, confusion and terror. The stase suddenly tills to suffocation with a dense and motley crowd, like son. horrible carnival; there are t-creauis, and tears, and calls, and loud confused talk. In tho midst of the pandemonium of execration and senseless hate, the trie. ofararty of soldiers endeavoring to clear the house; tho Infuriated crowd; the stage, with its painted wings. Its spangles and ga3-lierut; the actors and actresses, in their jraudy costume, shivering with fear, and their tears coursing down and fast wasllng away the rouge on their faces. In the nild.t of this tumultuous ncene. bereft of life, and quietly sinking away, sits the great Emancipator. All the noise, all the confusion, all tho terror is lost to him. The lifeblood from those veins, the sweetest and richest of the land, drops slowly down; the head bends forward, the great rifrht hand relaxes its grasp on the chair-round, and the eyes are closed. At lemrth the body is carried away from the scene, and as the burden is borno carefully, quietly, down the halls and across the street, the crowd falls bark in sacred terror. All uifc-ht long, surrounded by family, friends and attendants, the body, with a mind already one, lies quietly and peacefully breathing; as the sad vigil continue tho eyes become tflav, tho hands cold, and death's ooze begins iu little bubbles on the lips; at daybreak a few sudden and convulsive gasps, a shudder of the manly frame, and the soul of Abraham Lincoln goes forth to God and to glory. The great heart of humanity throughout tho globe responds in sorrow at this saddest sacrlflco upon the altar of human rights, and the world weeps as it never before has dono since the days of Calvary and the eios. A lust man has died for the unjust, that before the law as before the throne of omnipotence, all men should be equal. Looking down the long vista of futurity, we see the colossal figure of history; with pen uplifted she inscribes on the scroll to the right, "With malice toward none, with charity for all," and to the left, "A government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." The glorious briglitnS4 0f that upper world, as it welcomes the faint and bleeding srlrit of Abraham Lincoln, breaks through at his exit, flooding the w orld below with Its golden litrht and Illuminating every brow with the hope of a fair to-morrow. It is but the dawn of a day growing brighter as the grand army of freedom follows in tho march of time. Exercises at Wabash College. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Crawford villk, June 19. To-day was the occasion for the liftj'-iirst commencement at Wabash Colleeo, held in the Music Hall. There were fifteen graduates in the 6enior class this year. No flowers were allowed to be carried upon the stage for any member of the class. Thus each member of the class was placed upon an equal footing in this respect. The programmes were printed upon brown wrappiug paper, such as the meat-6hops use, and wero printed in Latin. During the past year, ending Jnne 1, prizes have beeu won by tho following persons: Baldwin prize oration, $40, by A. A. McCain, of Crawfordsville; representative to the intercollegiate contest, A. A. McCain; Baldwin Greek prize, 40, by O. S. Hoffman, of Chicago. Junior prize essays: First, W. E. Willis, of Eutield, 111.; second, A. D. Cunningham, of Kirkpatrick. Sophomore prize declamations: First, W. Jennings, of Greenwood: second, H. E. Lucas, of Veedersburg. Freshman prize declamations: First, H. Little, of Denison, Tex.; second, E. D. Kandolph, of Lafayette. The freshman French prize was awarded to J. L. Hasbrouck, of Lthngham, 111. The trustees conferred the following decrees: Doctor of divinity, Kev. K. J. Cunningham, of Crawfordsville; doctor of philosophy. Prof. A. 1. Keil, of Hanover College, and J. N. Koso. of Washington, D. C; master of arts, Walter Evans, city, Johu W. Ferrin, of Petersburg, 111., Stewart Mackibben, Pcntwater, Mich., and Rev. Kobert Jeffrey, of Portadown. Ireland.. The following persons were in attendance at commencement: Gov. A. P. Hovey and W. 11. Koberts, of Indianapolis: Kev. M. L. Haines. Indianapolis; Prof. A. P. Keil, class T6, Latin profejor in Hanover College; Kev. G. L. Macintosh, '84. of Winamac; JamesF. rtntesmau, '84, of Belleville, Kan.; John D. Thomson, of Lafayette; C. B. Landis. 'STj. of the Idphi Journal; Fred Cook, 'SL Evansville; Hoy. O. A. Smith. '83, of Frankfort; Dr. C. F. Colbum, 'SI, of Richmond: C. A. Steel, of Ilichmond; Otto (ireshani, '81. Indianapolis; Professor Collet, of Indianapolis. STATISTICAL NOTES. Since the issue of the catalogue of 1887-SS there have been three deaths among the alumni Joel Henry Wells, class of '47; Frank F. O'Ferral. class of '70; Alonzo A. Kogers. class of '70. The senior class next year will contain forty-one members. There were twelve young men entered the college when it was first opened on Dec. 3, INtf. President Tuttle has been at the head of tho college for twenty -eight years. President Tuttle, assisted by Mrs. Tnttle, held a reception in Ceuter Church to-night. This past year there has been an attendance of The previous year the number was 212. There are thirty-seven weeks in each yearof term time. In the college library there are 27,500 volumes. There are four private scholarships: The Wyatt scholarship, from the bequest of Miss Salina Wyatt, oi Crawfordsville; tho

Tichenor fund, from the bequest of Gabriel

Tichenor. of Cincinnati, botn of tnese Doing onlv for the use of students who aro to be ministers. Besides these, there are the beo nests of Jas. M. Haines, of rew Albany, and J. C. Baldwin, of Orange, N. J. j Th larcest class consisted of twenty four members iu 7G. Tho classes of '73 and 74 had twentv-one members each. in'77and '88 there were twenty each and in '80 there were eighteen. . t The first death among-the alnmni ocenred in 1841. and was Ebenezer Palmer. The last death was Joel Henry Wells, in 18S0. . . Of the alumni, ninety-three are dead. One died in each of the years, 1844, 1HT0. 1S53, 1S.4. 1855, 185C, 1S57, 1862. 1870, 1871, 1831 and im Two died m the years 1&4V, 1803, 1806. 18G7. 18. 1S7S. and lsSfi. Three died in 1872, 1873, 18S0 and 1S8S. Four died in 1883 and 1885. Five died iu 1861, 1874. 1S77. 1S82 and 18S4. Six died in 187b. Seven diedinl8C8 and 1887. The junior class this ye.ir issued a neat pamphlet entitled, TneOuiatenon." which is about the best production of the kind ever gotten out by any former class. The following couuties are yet entitled to scholarships: Adams, 3 years; Brown, 5; Crawford, 5; Floyd. 3; Grant, 3; Hancock. 3; Henry, 2 1-3; Hamilton. 1 1-8; Jay. 2; Martin, 5; Morgan, 5; Marshal. 2; Noble, 2 2-3; Ferry, 3; Pulaski. 1; Pike. 3: Ripley, 4; Starke, 3 2-3; Scott, 1; Spencer, 5; Steubeu, 5. The fall term commences on Sept. 11. Since Dec 3, 1633, over 4,000 young men have received instruction in Wabasa College. The college was founded on Nov. 21, 1832, and the first faculty consisted of Caleb Mills, John S. Thomson and E. O. Hovey. The first class graduated iu 1S32, and consisted of two members, one of whom is yet aiivei Kev. Silas Jessup, of Kockton, 111. The other member, Kev. A. C. Allen, died inl8S3. All the members of the classes of 1848 and 1853 are yet alive. They are all dead of tho class of 1844. this being the only class but what some of the members are alive. Of the class of 1845 one member is alive Dr. Ben Dunn, of Macomb, 111. Professor Campbell held a receotiou at his residence in the afternoon, in honor of Governor Hovey. A large number of persons called to pay their respects to tho Governor, and music was furnished by the orchestra. ' Closing Day at Earlham. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Ricilmoni), June 19. Jacob Dunn gave an excellent address before the alumni association of Earlham, Tuesday evening, though no living human being conld tell when he got through what he had been talking about. There was no subject announced; simply an "address from Jacob Dunn, State Librarian, class of ,1874." The writer will always be in a chronic state of thankfulness to Jacob Dunn not for his acephalous address, nor for his history of Indiana, nor for his straightening out of . the State Library and pouring out his young life and eloquence to found a township library on every six miles square of Indiana. All these are noble; but what touched the writer's heart was to have Jacob touch him tenderly on the shoulder, about 10 at night, after his address, and ask him if he would not go out and sit on the stone steps of Parry Hall, and have a 6moke. What a joy and relief after two days of declamations and orations a perpetual feast of reason and flow of soul, interlarded with board meetings, social converse and the good things of tho table, to sit down with Jacob liunn. and, under the inspiration cf a good cigar, and of having spoke a good piece with which no friend conld pick a flaw, to hear Jacob tell of Earlham as it was when ho attended. '71 to '74 when the boys walked on one side of the drive and the girls on the other; when there was no Bound of music in the houso where now there are live pianos; when the boys could not go to the circus or to a play of Shaksneare without coming before tho superintendent;' when, in fact, tho college was ex-, erting a mild reformatory intluence on such exuberant natures as Jacob's and bringing them to a moral and mental con-, dition in which they conld save the couutry when they were in the mood and times were lit. Jacob spoke very particularly of this last item saving the country in the closing part, the "application" part, so to sty, of his address. He started out by bhowing tho awful condition to which tho race for wealth brings a man when he pursues it for its own sake; how, after all, happiness, "our being's end and aim," is not in it: how much better is the state of the grasshopper, who is a philosopher, and not a money bags, than that of the honey bee who stores up food that he never uss himself, and finally diesnfter a life of toil without having eni'oyed the beauty and poetry of the world, lb advised the students to dip into nature, to know something of whatoveris, the star, tho chemic force, the bug, the plant, all thought and all objects or all thought: to go into their libraries and commune with the kings of thought; to learn the best that has been said and thought in the world. And then, when the avenues of life opened, they would walk along In peaceful calm, and would find and enjoy their way and destiny. They might turn aside if they wished to do good and help build wp the township libraries: they might study civics and economics: they might study local politics, the greatest of studies in a republic, and "so purify thein that barrel of Jay Gould's ducats conld not be dumped into the State on the eve of a great election and change the result." Mr. Dunn was thinking very deeply here, and. seemed very much affected, as also was his audience. They eat painfully and solemnly silent as the awful state of our common country was portrayed, and the ways of political purity andsalvation werepointed out. The address was, in brief, a sterling address to youth, logically put. and beautifully expressed. It was warmly received, and will probably carry more conviction and do more good than any single address of this commencement week. But Jacob's memories do not run farback when compared with the older ones. Dr. Pri tenant, of Georgetownt 111., told how, thirty years ago. the tailor camo from Richmond and cut olF the sinful collars to their coats, at a quarter each; how only the children of r nendfrcould attend the school. Others told of other changes, that wore real progress, and insisted that there was more sincerity of heart among the youth now than then, for the letter killetn and the smrit giveth life. Tho second division of the class gave their orations . Wednesday morning to a larger audience than that of the day before. The names and topics were in yesterday's issue. The essay of Miss Anna Wildman, of Indianapolis, was given with a tiro and feeling worthy of the subject; "Our .National Lebt to uratory." uon Carlos Barrett, of Spring Valley, 0., handled the subject of divorce aud personal purity withont gloves and made a strong Ilea for the restriction of divorce. "The 'eignof Science," by E. O. Wooton, of Glens Falls, N. V.. was a summary of the discoveries and progress of a half century, and advocated the general principles of evolution. "The Comparison of Nations," by M. Frances Moore, of Richmond,- put America at the head of tho procession, with England, France, Germany and Russia bringing up the rear in the order named. Miss Moore has a fine presence, and is a natural speaker and one of the leaders of the class. The vocal music bv Misses I. Frame, Delia Newsom and Mrs. H. C. Johnson was a fine addition to the programme. Tho address of Hon. Hobbs in conferring tho degrees was of rare sweetness and tenderness, pointed with briefness and good sense. The advanced degree of master of arts was granted to Fred R. Hathaway and Nellie E. Johnson for theses aud original work. The honorary degree of doctor of philosophy was given to Robert Underwood Johnson, associate editor of the Centnry 'Magazine. 'Hie exercises closed with nn address to the class from President Mills, at their special request, which was read by Prof. Trueblood. and written May li, Irom Rugby, England, after visiting the 400 lads who are still feeling the influence of the great master, Arnold. The address was learned, and yet simple and eloquent, and in every sentence breathed a strong feeling of duty, love and devotion. He told, them heart-life couuts in scholarship, that the emotions shonld btand with the intellect, and that religion should be the supreme motive of the soul. With all their getting, get wisdom, for knowledge comes, and wisdom lingers; and closed by praying that the peace of God, which passeth knowledge, might ever reign in their hearts and minds. Following the reading there was an address by the president of the board, Mr. Evans, of Indianapolis, and an appeal in behalf of the endowment fund from Mr. Jav. which was liberally responded to by I friends of the school The benediction.

was pronounced by Rev. Hobbs, the graduates received the presents and congratulatious of their friends, and retired to the

great aining-nall, where lour nundrea covers were laid and a sumptuous banquet spread, and the most successful commencement of Earlham College passed into history. NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN. Even the Nlckel-in-the-Slot Ides Was Used by Priests 2,000 Years Ago. New York World. The universal nses to which the nickle-in the-slot machine have been put has set the professional inventor to work cudgeling his brain with the result that to-day the petty shopkeeper is in a fair way to be superseded. A man no longer has his tongue made sticky bv licking a postage-stamp, he deposits a nickel and draws forth two steel engravings of George Washington moistened to a nicety in their passage over a wet sponge. Does he want perfume he drops in his money and takes his choice of odors. Chewing-gum, sweets, his weight, life insurance policies all may be had with no more waste of force thau tne weight of a dropping coin. He no longer carries a bulky opera-glass to the theater, but drops in his dime and rinds his glass waiting for him. It has been thought that these various devices might have been suggested by the innocent-looking affair in the front end of a bobtail car which furnishes a conductor to the street-car company and which has been the canso of so much profanity, expressed on the part of the men and supEressed by the gentler sex. It has even ecn accused of being guilty of murder. It is doubtful whether any inventor responsible for any of these devices conld be convinced that he was not the first one to think of the contrivance, and if one told him that the principle was known and in every-day use more than two thousand years ago, or over five hundred years before the beginning of the Christian era, he would probably entertain serious doubts as to the sanity of his informant. Vet such is tho fact. The Greeks and later the Romans had a religious ceremonial of purificatian, or as they termed it, lustration. This was performed in various ways, originally by water; that is. ablution in what was known as lustral water. Later the ceremony took the form of sacrifices. The times when lustration was demanded were several, but probably the most common was just prior to entering a temple. For a long time common bowls were used for this purpose, but later the rapacity of the priesthood evolved a method by which a forced contribution could bo exacted from the worshippers without tho objectionable way of having an attendant refuse all who would not nay. This device waa operated on exactly the same . general principles that characterize the machine of the present day; that is, the dropping of the coin in itself being the force which suppled the water. The device was fashioned as follows: A large jar was provided, and inside and forming a part of it was a smaller iar, attached to the side of it. This smaller jar was divided into an upper and lower compartment by a false bottom, with an orifice in the center. This orifice was closed by a valve attached to a rod. This inner vessel was filled with tho water, and after the lower compartment was filled the weight of the water closed the valve. The upper end of the valve rod was attached to a lever, having for its fulcrum a pivotal point on the circumference of the inner jar and ending in a tint, spoon-like attachment directly under the center of the lid. The cover of the main jar was provided with a slit through which the coin was dropped on to the spoon and hy the force of tho blow lifting the valve and permitting the fluid to pass through the lower compartment and out through a little stopcock provided for the purpose to the waiting dovotee. When the weight of the coin had increased the angle of the lever, the coin dropped into the hottom of the jar and the "machine" set itself for the next comer. These jars were in constant use in the various temples of Athens, and if the ancient Greek had a tithe of the curiosity of the modern Yankee they were doubtless the source of a considerable revenue to the X ncsthood, who controlled the monopoly. ?TeW. Thing lu Marine Propulsion.' Scientific American. A new and interesting experiment in marine propulsion is to be tried soon in this harbor. Wo allude to the new water-jet boat invented by Dr. Walter M. Jackson, of this city. The vessel is 100 feet long. 100 tons burden, with a boiler intended to yield. 1,500 horsepower, applied to a Worthiugton pump, and used to eject a small stream of water a three-quarter inch iet from the stern post, at the keel line. The water is to issue under the enormous pressure of 2,500 Counds to the square inch, aud a speed of etween thirty aud forty miles an hour is expected by the owners a velocity far in excess of any other craft afloat. Tho stern water jet issues from a faucet which takes the place of a rudder. Tho faucet is operated by a lever in the pilot-heuse. A jet pipo also extends from the main pump to the bow. where a similar faucet is located. also connected with the pilot-house lever. Thus the pilot has absolute control of the vessel. m Better Late Than Never. Philadelphia Press. American to Englishman When Victoria blushes, why is she like a famous poker hand!" Englishman (promptly) "Aw, giveitup." American She turns a royal flush." Englishman Aw. A week later midnight (Englishman starting up in bed) Ha. ha! ho. ho! GoodI royal flush. Joke. He, he! And so on. ' m A Kind of Succotash 6t. Panl Pioneer-Pre. William Dean Howells is writing some dialect in Harper's Magazine. It is a kind of succotash of Bostonese patois and Louisiana rice field lingo. The Safest AND most powerful alterative is Aycr's Sarsaparilla. Young and old are alike benefited by its use. For the eruptive dis eases peculiar to children nothing else is so effective as this medicine, while its agreeable flavor makes it easy to administer. "My little boy had largo scrofulous ulcers on his neck and throat from which he suffered terribly. Two physicians attended him, hut he g.ew continually worse under their care, and everybody expected he would die. I had heard of the remarkable cures effected by Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and decided to have my boy try it. Shortly after he began to take this medicine, the ulcers commenced healing, and, after using several bottles, he was entirely cured. He is now as healthy and strong as any boy cf his age." Wriliiam F. Dougherty, Hampton, Va. "In May las, ray yonpest child, fourteen months old, began to have sores pather on its head and body. We applied various simple remedies without avail. The sores increased in number and discharged copiously. A physician was called, but the sores continued to multiply until in a few months they nearly covered the child's head and body. At last we began the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. In a few days a marked change for tho better was manifest. The sores assumed a more healthy condition, the discharges were gradually diminished, and finally ceased altogether. The child is livelier, its skin is fresher, and its appetite better than we have observed for months." Frank M. Griffin, Long Point, Texas. " The formula of Ayer's Sarsaparilla presents, for chronic diseases of almost every kind, the best remedy known to the medical world." D. M. .Wilson, M. D., Wiggs, Arkansas. Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J. C. Aycr & Co., Lowell, Mm. Prlc ii ; six bottlss, $5. Wort fcotUs.

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