Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1889.

THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, JULY 1C, 18S9.

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NEW YORK OUsey Ilouse and Windsor HoteL pniLADELPIIIA-A. V. Xemble, 3733 Lancaster avenue, CHICAGO Palmer Ilouse. CINCINNATI J. P. Ilawley & Co., 154 Vina street. V -XX)tTVIIXE C. T. Derlng. northwest corner Third anl Jeaersoa streets. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. WASIIINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt Houwe. The present school-book monopoly ig th lineal successor of tho school-hook ring that fattened on the people bo long. It is, however, more vicious in principle, and will ho more damaging in its results. It will not take long for the people to discover that it is a worse evil than the old ring. Its object is to speculate in e chool-books at the expense of the school system. When tho people discern its true intent and purpose they will demand free text-books and no monopolies. i Mr. Richie, a politician of Lima, 0., and Hon. Calvin Brice's next friend, assures the public that Mr. Brice is not a candidate for senatorial honors, and "would not accept a Cabinet position even if offered him.w It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that the rainbow chaser's next friend must have had a Democratic Cabinet of tho dim and distant future in mind when he made this remark. Tho probability of an offer of this kind to Calvin from the present administration is remote. His premature refusal of senatorship and Cabinet portfolios has a suggestion of immature grapes. The world's historians in coming ages will havo no complaint to make of the lack of trustworthy and circumstantial data relating to the civil war of 18C0-C5. With a hundred or more volumes of official records from which to draw their facts, the students of the year 2500 will have a more accurate knowledge of this war than the school-boys of to-day have of, say, the siege of Troy. Some of this true history, too, will recite tales not less thrilling and stories of heroism and adventure not less remarkable than thoso related by the imaginative chroniclers of ancient Greece. There are heroes and giants in these days, as well as in those of Ilorner, but it requires time's perspective to enable the world to see them in their proper proportions. Donn Piatt has resigned the editorship of Bel ford's Magazine. During the last presidential campaign this magazine was conducted as a distinctively Democratic organ, and was particularly violent in its advocacy of free trade. Mr. Piatt announces his resignation in a card, in which he says, among other things, that he could not honestly belong to either the Republican or the Democratic party "because, ono represented the organized greed of the country and tho other the organized ignorance." By saying that the Republican party represents "the organized greed of the country" Donn means that it represents protection. Then, what does he mean by saying that the Democratic party represents the organized ignorancel Of course, all intelligent persons know that to be a fact, but the question is, what does this late editor of a Democratic magazine and ardent advocate of freo trade mean by it? What could he mean except what the words plainly imply, that tho so-called principles of the Democratic party are false pretenses, and that for its existence and success it depends entirely on the ignoranco and prejudice of its followers? The commission appointed by the President to negotiate for the opening of tho Cherokee outlet will meet at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, on the 27th inst. As the time approaches there are indications of complications which may retard the negotiations and possibly prevent their success. First, there is an important dispute as to the, ownership of the land, or a largo part , of it. It seems that by a treaty of 1SCG, the Cherokee Strip, amounting to about 0,000,000 acres, was ceded to tho United States government, on condition that it be used for the settlement of friendly tribes. A few tribes were located in tho eastern part, and the stipulated price, 49 1-2 cents an acre, was paid for these lands. Then about 4,000,000 acres -wcro set apart for the Cheyeunes and Arapahoes, the same price being paid. Two years later the Cheyenne and Arapahoes were removed from the strip to their present reservation, west of Oklahoma. They still claim a right to tho lands in the Cherokee Strip, for which they had traded to the United States government valuable lands in Kansas, and they have retained counsel to enforce their claim. This question of title between tho Indian tribes will have to be settled at tho threshold of the negotiation for tho opening of the lands. Meanwhile, tho Washington authorities learn that tho Cheroktes arc negotiating with a wealthy cattle syndicate to lease them the entire tract for fifteen years at tho round rental of ' $440,000 a year. The Cherokee Governor backed by an active Indian ring, is iu favor of this lease,

and trying to advance tho scheme so as to head off any negotiation with the government commissioners for opening the outlet. Altogether, tho commission is likely to encounter a very mixed state of affairs. It consists of ex-Governor Washburn, of Wisconsin; ex-Governor

-Hartranf t, of Pennsylvania, and Judge Wilson, of Arkansas. REPUBLICAN REORGANIZATION. Circumstances have rendered necessary a reorganization of the Republican State central committee in this State. The appointment of the chairman, tho treasurer and two members of tho committee to important federal offices removes thcra temporarily from participation in active political management. An executive order, as well as the spirit of civil-service reform, requires this. In 1877 President Hayes issued tho following circular: Executive Mansion, June 22, 1877. Sir I desire to call your attention to the following paragraph in a letter addressed by me to the Secretary of the Treasury on the conduct to he observed hy officers of the general government in relation to elections: No officer shall he required or permitted to take part in the management of political organizations, caucuses, conventions or election caravaltme. Their right to vote and to express their views on publio questions, either orally or through the press, Is not denied, provided It do i not Interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purwses on otlicers or subordinates should be alowod. This rule is applicable to every department of tho civil service. It should be under stood by every officer of the general government that he is expected to conionn his conduct to its requirements. This order was issued six years before the enactmentof thepresent civil-service law. It continued in force duringltepublican administrations, and was continued, in a different form, by President Cleveland. It was this order that forbado "a display of obtrusive partisanship," and said: "The influence of federal office-holders should not bo felt in the manipulation of political primary meetings and nominating conventions. The use by these officials of their positions to compass their selection as dele gates to political conventions is indecent and. unfair,' and proper regard for the proprieties and requirements of official place will also prevent their assuming the active con duct of political campaigns." Theso orders show tho action of former administrations. President Harrison has not yet issued any order on the subject, but the spirit of previous ones is still in force. It effectually debars federal of fice-holders from taking an active part in the party organization or the management of political campaigns. Thus, while Indiana Republicans havo reason to be gratified that several hon ored and popular party leaders havo been appointed to importaut positions under tho government, they must also recognizo the fact that such appointment practically shuts these gentlemen outof active participation in party man agement and deprives the party of their valuable services. This makes neces sary a reorganization of the central com mittee, and some of the district and county committees will havo to be reor ganized for the same reason. This reorganization should be completed at as early a date as practicable, with a view to re-forming the party lines and preparing for tho campaign next year.. At the meet ing'of the central committee in this city, on tho' 19th inst., tho chairman and members who have been appointed to office will formally withdraw from the committeo, and their places will bo filled by persons eligible for active political service. It hardly needs to bo said that these selections, both in the State and district committees, should be made with care and in full recognition of the magnitude and importance of next year's work. It should be the aim to infuse into tho reorganized committees as much energy and aggressiveness as possible. It should be distinctly under stood in advance that the place of committeeman or chairman of a committee is ono of work and responsibility, and that whoever takes the places must bo preparea to meet nis auties moro than half way, and discharge them with a will. This has been the custom of our committees, and the record must be maintained. Tho election next year will be one of great importance in its bearing on State affairs, and of special interest in its relation to tho national administration. Without foreshadowing tho issues at present, it is enough to say they will bo of a nature calculated to affect our Stato politics for many years to come, and bearing very closely on tho fortunes of tho Republican party in the State and Nation. 'It is tirao to begin to prepare for this important struggle, and the first 6tep In order will be tho effective reorganization of the central committee. The Journal hopes that Republicans who como here on the 19th inst. to par ticipate in that reorganization will come in a spirit of unselfish devotion to the interests of tho party, and of earnest determination to labor for its continued success. BASE-BALL AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. The base-ball question is receiving considerable attention from ministerial brethren of this city, and tho opinions expressed in the pulpits have given rise to animated discussions between tho friends and opposers of the national game, and are being used to bolster up the arguments according as they seem to apply. Carefully considered, how ever, the views advanced by Dr. Cleve land, who frankly and vigorously recom mends indulgence in base-ball and other athletic sports, do not essentially differ from thoso of Dr. Keen. As reported. the latter denounces the gambling features and other corrupt accompaniments of the League games and of other popu lar sports as now conducted, but does not oppose the sports themselves. Dr. Cleve land is so convinced of tho advantage of out-door amusements and healthful athletic contests to participants and spectators, that ho would havo every ono who needs relaxation and invigoration patronize the League games for the good that is in them. By so doing he does not belittle tho evils of pool-selling or drinking, but rather, by encouraging the attendance of the reputablo element of society, seeks to overcome these evils. As it is now, the larger number of men I who go to sec, and who get tho keenest

enjoyment from the games, neither bet upon the result nor "treat" their friends at the close. Why should not this class

of men have as strong an influence upon the respectability of the game as tho smaller number of gamblers and dis reputable hangers-on? Dr. Keen is too wise to denounce open-air amusements and physical training, but admits that "Christian athletics" are allowable. Under this somewhat pecu liar term he classes the gjmnasium, tho Athletic Park and tho holiday excursion. Now, it is not improbable that young men of not wholly sanctified proclivities may be sinful enough to bet on the re sults of games in the entirely safe and eminently respectable limits of the Christian's Athletic Park, and youths, not wholly free from the influence of Satan, have been known to wager small amounts on the length of sermons or prayers while under the sacred church roof; but no minister would, therefore. close the park or the church or look upon either as a corrupter ct' morals. The truth is that, though a line must be drawn in these matters, it should not be one that would prevent an encour agement of already popular amusements or interfere with the enjoyment of their best features by the general public and the consequent improvement of some attendant peculiarities. Tho saint who in theso days holds himself aloof from the sinners not only misses a great deal of fun, but loses opportunities to benefit himself and his less saintly fel-low-men. Good men attend League games of base-ball, horse-races and the like with harm to no ono and often to manifest advantage. Other equally good men remain away; but let these latter be careful that they do not impute a natural disinclination to Buchamusoments to righteousness. The Charleston World takes issue with the News and Courier concerning the verdict in the McDow-Dawson case, and concludes an able review by saying: In conclusion we might add that we have no hesitation in saying thit nine ont of ev ery ten of all classes of citizens of Charleston aro of the opinion that the verdict was the only one possible upon the evidence ad duced at the trial. It might also bo further stated, that not one of these same citizens, had Dr. McDow been on trial for his gene ral character, would have defended a ver dict of acquittal. Hut they do defend a verdict of acquittal for murder, because, like fcll sensible men. thev base their opin ions upon the evidence, and not upon bias or prejudice. That is, undoubtedly, a correct view of the case. The defense of McDow was very adroitly and ably conducted, and, as the case went to the jury, they were fully justified in finding the verdict they did. Perhaps abetter one would havo been "guilty, but not proven," but, that being out of tho question, they wero bound to acquit the defendant. Hun dreds of glaringly unjust verdicts have. been found in South Carolina without exciting censure or comment among the people who are so indignant about this one. It happens that in this case tho victim- was a prominent man and tho slayer an unpopular one; hence the effort to make n scape-goat. Under tho law and the evidence, the jury could not honestly have found any other Verdict. than they did. . We havo read with care the statement sent by Thomas J. Morgan to the Providence Journal, explaining the militarv record to which we have heretofore called attention, W e regret to find it incomplete. New York Times. Of course. What could be expected from a paper that indorsed the appoint ment of Frank Thorn, a Buffalo ward politician, as superintendent of the coast survey, and pronounced that of Prof. Mendenhall unfit to be made? General Morgan's vindication is as complete as Thorn's incompetency was apparent. TnE people who have been killing Mr. Blaino off for the past twelve years aro still at it. Mr. Blaine was pale and in such a physical condition that he was likely to go out of life at any moment quito twelve years ago, according to these prophets of evil, and by the same authority he is in the same fix now. Meanwhile, the public need not worry. It will be time enough to mourn for Mr. Blaine when ho has shown signs of men tal decrepitude. About this time of year look out for oceans of advice on the subject of keeping cool. The newspaper writers hove begun on the matter already, and will keep it up to the closo of tho season; bat the gist of their talk is to keep calm. "Keep perfectly tranquil," says one. "and you will be cook Nothiug heats a man up quicker than get ting excited or worried. Lay aside care and trouble if you would insure comfort and freedom from heat." The beauty of this advice lies in the application of it. It is so easy to bo calm when business is in a tangle, or when business demands atten tion, if bills would bo met and credit pre served, for collectors are inevitable as death, and postpone np visits on account of tho weather. It is so easy to be entirely tran quil when one's bank account is overdrawn. and the outgo exceeds the incomea catastro phe as likely to occur in the summer as in the winter months. It is so easy to be serene, and therefore cool, when the family of country friends come to town, and expect to be shown the sights, with the mercury at ninety in the shade. It is conducive to comfort of mind and body when word comes from a distracted maternal parent that little Johnny has gone swimming in the river and, of course, is drowned. Coolness follows tranquillity, no doubt, when uninvited disease gripes one 's vitals if tranquillity can be had. A frigid state may be secured under all these cir cumstances, and the other thousand and one trying' complications of life iu July ami August, if conditions are favorable, but these conditions do not exist in Indianapo lis. The advice was never intended to apply in a climate where tho summer atmospbero rises to a furnace heat at 8 a. m., and remains there until 4 a. m. of the day fol lowing. It is possible to be cool by being calm m regions where the thinnest gar ments are not a burden, and when butter five minutes from the ice-chest is not a liquid; but it is not possible to be cool, however calm, where the perspiration oozes out of every pore merely from tho exertion of walking across the street. The advice so freely tendered is suitable for regions where the weather is not really hot. In Indianap olis it is hot. A current item says that the authorities of William and Mary Collcgo at Williams burg. Va have received a letter from R. W. Gilder, editor of the Century, and his sister, in which they say that they have in their possession the old bronze sun-dial which was taken from the institution.

which they offer to restore to tho college. This is all right; but did Mr. Gilder and his

sister explain who took the dial from the institution? Tins is the dry season, and the New York Commercial Advertiser is still kicking up a dust in the effort to find out the author or authoress of the Arthur Richmond papers. Nobody cares a straw who wrote thoso papers, but everybody remembers that nearly every one fitted its subjoct like the paper on the wall. ABOUT PEOPLE AND TIIINGS. Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court, has gone to Block island for the summer, as lor a dozen years past. Tiikee boys of Jackson, Miss., recently saved a girl from drowning, and the grateful father gave them five cents, telling them to divide it among them. The Rev. H. R. Haweis comes out strong ly in the St. James's Gazette in defense of the Shah, who, he maintains, is not nearly sucn a oarbanan as he is represented to be. Maurice B. Flynn, the young New York contractorand politician,who died recently, used to boast that his father was "the best grave-digger that ever was in KinderO'Donovan Rossi, has shaved off his beard, cut his hair, and now looks something like a Christian. Jnst now he is in mourning over the disappearance of his son, wnom be describes as an outcast, aged thirty-one." John M. Brosius landed in Atlanta four years ago with $150 in his pocket, and a chest of tools which were made in The sahie man to-day is worth over o00,000. The fortune wa3 made on two patents an axie ior a wagon and a sewing macliine. Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, is a direct descendent of Robert Bruce, and has in his family archives a deed signed by that" monarch conferring upon one of his ancestors the title to a small estate at Clackmannan, which has ever since remained in the possession of the family. Senator Joe Brown's son, who is an Atlana lawyer, thus delivers himself: "Our great question at the South is the negro. I don't believe anybody knows yet what is the best solution of the negro problem. I havo come lately to think that if it is left alone it will solve itself better than statesmen can solve it." Colonel II. Beck with, of Philadelphia, has the credit of having given the since famous bonanzo king, Mr.. Mackay, his first employment in minine. Colonel Beckwith was at that time superintendent of a Nevada mine, and became subsequently a partner of Flood. O'Brien & Mackay in their operations at Virginia City. lie long ago retired on a competency. No daughter of the late Emperor Frederick has the gift of beauty. The heredi tary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen has hand some shoulders when seen from behind, and so gets her head painted in profile, with her back toward the painter. Princess Sophie is said to have the face of a "child staring at vacancy while it holds a spoonful of pudding in its mouth." George Law. whoso phenomenal drunks in queer company are the subject in periodical newspaper comments, is said to have been on another spree at Long Branch, during which he was fleeced of $30,000. His appearance on one of these festive saturnalia with a couple of tough companions is said to have suggested the mirth-provoking "razzle dazzle" song in Hoyt's "Brass Monkey." K. W. Johnson, a livery stable keeper, of Amsterdam, while out in a buggy saw the cloud-burst which delnged Johnstown, N. Y., and says that it was not a meeting of clouds which caused the precipitation, but the overtaking of an immense white cloud by an immense black one. the black one making a spurt by the aid of a current of wind, and piling up on the white one. In about five minutes a large farm was converted into a lake. ' David Kimball Pearsons, the Chicago philanthropist, who has given more than $700,000 to colleges and societies, is one of the busiest men in Chicago, in spite of his sixty-nine years. He spends his time between his city office and a beantiful suburban home at Hinsdale. His wife is thoroughly in sympathy with his ideas and plans of doing good with his money while they are both alive. He looks fifteen years younger than ho is, and talks concisely and to the point. The report that the Ober-Ammergau Passion Play has been spoiled is all fudge. "The rustic flavor of the whole aftair," says a critic, 'which was one of its chief, charms, is gone, together with the devout atmosphere which pervaded tho performance in tho old time." The village is, on the contrary, unchanged in its id3llic stillness; the villagers are as reverent as ever, and tbe fact that they are to have new scenery and new dresses for the plan's production next year proves nothing against their reverence. It proves merely that the old scenery and costumes were getting worn out. At the Women's Congress now in progress at the Paris exhibition, presided over by Mile. Deraismes, the "greatest woman speaker in the world." an interesting paper on the "Industrial Women of Sweden" was read by Mme. Fries. They are bank clerks aud managers, even professors in boys' high-schools, working jewelers, watch--makers, and engaged iu every sort of woodcarving. The education of nearly every Swedish girl who was not bora to fortune was, the lecturer said, in a great degree industrial. There is no doubt, the speaker added, that, the Swedish woman will soon receive equal political rights. COMMENT AND OPINION. Not until the whole rank and file of the host of office-holders are brought fully under tho civil-service retaliations can the main work of the reform really, be said to have been accomplished. Boston Journal. It is not necessary for the government to run the railroads. The press does not want to see it, at least till the spoils system is knocked out. But the people can make the railroads run themselves, and make them run themselves right. Now York Sun. A CHILD is not leafning the catechism when he is learning the multiplication table. If these two branches of knowledge can be imparted during separate hours of the day by one teacher, under one roof, they can bo imparted during separato hours of the day hy two teachers under two roofs. Boston Advertiser. The springs of American democracy are as pure as they ever were. There is no plutocracy. We warn Pittsburg not to submit to pseudocracy. not to believe in tbe rule of lies and humbug. There are quacks, and cranks, and liars, who pretend to bo anxious about them; and all liars are frauds. New York Sun. They can get more satisfaction by going to Milwaukee, greeting their old army friends, and passing rousing resolutions taking the hide off the roads fortheir meanness, than by staying at home and depriving themselves of so much pleasure and the railroads of a few dollars. Have the reunion and settle with the railways afterwards. Chicago Tribune. It is this intensity of business activity, this desire to accumulate that is at tho bottom of our material success as a people. There is a push and drive about us that is without its counterpart among the inhabitants of other nations, and it is to this that must be attributed the tremendous advance in wealth that our country has made, as set down in each census return. Boston Herald. Our system of popular education implies equal advantages for all classes, and not one pnnil in ten ever gets as far as the high-school. The day may come when we can atlord to try the experiment ot adding to the fundamental studies; but for the present it is certainly wiser to improve the methods of teaching than to increase the number of things to be taught. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. If the Governor of Mississippi wants tho country to believe he is in earnest let him take hold of the citizens of his own State who otliciated at the fight the sheriff who was bribed at the ring, and the railroad company which violated one of the sections, or several f them of the Mississippi lawbooks. When he docs this may bo tho

orth will, admiring bis plnck. seize these braised and wandering thumpers aud hand them over as they desire. Chicago Times. Most Socialists seek to hedge by providing some system of universal work, hut it should be obvious that whenever subsistence is assured to all, it will be demanded, work or no work, and since in such conditions the idle element must rapidly come to the front, it will certainly in the end give the tone to the system, and render all work repugnant to the masses, with the prompt efiect of national bankruptcy, famine brigandage, anarehv, and '' final military dcspotism.-i-New YoTk Tribune. ( . ; A FIGHTING COMPACT. '

The Strange Agreement 3Iade by Ben Wade; Zach Chandler and Simon Cameron. W. A. MacB- in CincinnaU Enquirer. The death of Simon Cameron at the ma tured age when recently gathered to his fathers gives to the public for the first time an extraordinary compact entered into by Benjamin "Wade, of Ohio; Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan, and Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania. A compact of solemnity wherein each, even to the death, conven anted the one to stand by the other. A most remarkable episode of the antebellum days. So much by the way of prologue. Two nights ago Lstrolled into the Grand Union HoteL As I was well in the lobby I heard my name spoken, and turned to greet Col. Samuel F. Barr, who. for a quarter of a century had been Senator Simon Cameron'a pri atesecretary. A man grizzled with years bi finds now his physical condition such as -requires his living in the tropics in lis winter and in the cold climate ot Maine in the summer. Colonel Barr was oa hiswiy to his summer abode at Seal Harbor, Mo. "Sit down," he 6aid, "and I can now toll von something important and startling in history which I have long known, but which up to the hour of Simon Cameron's death was a sealed book." Thereupon Colonel Barr proceeded. Said he: "In the vear 1858 days which were trying and full of passion Senator Cameron was a member of the United States Senate. The events which led up to and culminated in the great civil war were then the subjects of debate in the senatorial arena. Seward, by consent, was known as tho leader of tho Republican forces. "The portentous situation, the threatened dangers to tho South, and the extension of slavery had the effect of arousing to tho quick tho passions of the Southern Senators; indeed, so much so that there was a tacit understanding among them, if not a preconcerted agreement, to suppress, through bullying and otherwise, the contingent from the Northern States. Sumner had already been stricken down by Brooks, and the expectation hourly was of personal trouble. "One day in Jnne, I think it was, Seward delivered an elaborate speech on the Kansas or some other bill equally important. It occupied some hours. Tne Southern Senators listened to it with anger and contempt Upon its conclusion Bob Toombs was put forward to answer it. and in a method peculiarly his own he did answer it. At or near the close of the speech he advanced with threatening gesture to Seward's seat, and in a heated peroration, pounded upon it with ponderous blows, aiming at the New York Senator taunts and shafts which created intense excitement. To the amazement of many, Mr. Seward, instead of resenting the insult heaped upon him, endeavored to turn it into pleasure by otFer-' ingMr. Toombs his silver snuff-box for a pinch, which he haughtily refused. Toombs then retired to the circular space in the rear of the seats, placed his thumbs iu the arm-holes of his vest, and gazed upon the galleries, courting ' the usual applause. While in this position, Simon Cameron, advancing to where ho was, slipped his arm into that of Toombs, and said: 'How is it,' Senator, that you do not make a speech, such as you have just aimed at Seward, at niysolf! ' '' " By God.' was the quick response of Toombs. 'Cameron, I believe vou, would fight.' .; ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' "Distrusted with the situation, Cameron disengaged his arm, and going to the desks. respectively, of Ben Wade and Zach" Chandler, requested them to meet - with him at his rooms, near the Capitol Building that same evening. It was 8 o'clock when they met. Cameron -advanced the idea that the bullying of the Southern members must be met and checked. All agreed likewise that while Seward was the ostensible leader of the party, he was woefully lacking in physical courage. These three determined men then entered into a compact solemn and binding. It was that whilo neither should go out of his way to provoke a quarrel, that each would resent an insult with a challenge. Each likewise appreciated that, while the sending of a challenge was abhorrent to the Northern mind, and that the passing of it might injure, if not absolutely ruin, them at home, it was the only alternative left. Further, it was agreed that if a challenge became necessary there was to be no waste of words. It was to mean the Bladensbnrg dueling ground, in the very environment of the Capital City, and tho lapse of not over twenty-four hours beforo the encounter. And then, to dramatically further cement a bond between them, they likewise solemnly agreed that if one fell in a duel the two remaining were to draw lots, and upon whom it fell he was to challenge and right the adversary who had killed his friend; and if the second fell, the one remaining was to likewise send a challenge, and either fall himself or avenge the death of the Other two. They separated about midnight, full of determination. "And now," said Mr. liarr, "the record of tho remarkable agreement is in existence. 1 have given you the details with the hope that Senator Don Cameron or Senator Kugeno Hale, the son-in-law of Zack Chandler, both of whom ore joint custodians, may give it publicity. The events leading to it are of interest, and I supplement the recital. "In the year 1873, just about fifteen years subsequent to the time of the compact. Senator Simon Cameron w:ts again a member of the United States Senate. He was chairman of the committee on agriculture, and 1 was his private secretary. Mr. CamerOi'e committee-room was in the nature of an open house' with the latchstring always out. One day as Mr. Cameron sat in the room there entered it together Ben Wade. Zach Chandler and Senator Frelinghuyten, of New Jersey, afterward President Arthur's Secretary of State. The conversation, from a commonplace one, drifted to the scenes of fifteen years ago, in which the three Senators had been conspicuous actors. Frelinghuysen and myself listened with acute interest to the recital which I have already given you. At its close 1 said: 'It strikes me that you should do something to perpetuate such a stirring event in history. It will certainly be a heritage to your children, and a record of which they will feel proud.' There was a disinclination ou tho part of every oue of them to further discuss the subject, whereupon I said: 'Gentlemen, 1 have been myself profoundly impressed. I think I can put in writing tho record of the event.' " 'Well,' said Cameron, 3'ou may do so, and we will see about it later on.' "Thereupon;" said Mr. Barr, "I prepared a statement embracing every detail of the famous agreement. Of this I made three copies. In a few days thereafter I called those who were parties to it into the committee-room and read it to them. Each agreed that it was a strictly accurate narration. I then asked the three Senators to sign the three copies. After an interchango . a? i i oi some conversation cacu uiu sign tue three copies with this understanding: To each was to be given a copy, to be placed with his private papers, no one of which was to ho made public until after the death of tbe last survivor. A copy was then given each Senator. lh protracted lite of Sen ator Simon Cameron, the others having long since died, has up to the hour of Cameron's death kept this event of history a secret. 1 do not know what Senator Don Cameron will do in the matter. The copy retained by B en ade ought to be with his executors. The copy kept by Chandler, his son-in-law. Senator Eugene Hale, has, because I have had conversation with him in relation to it, and he has told me he has not only read it, but has it. There is now no prohibition against its being made public since all the parties to the agreement are now in their graves." The Shah Is Not Thln-Sklnned. Pall Mall Gazette. Something is known in England of tho Shah's conduct at table. Here is a story bearing on this point. On one occasion tho Shah hai dinner at the house of his grand chamberlain, and a huge dish was placed before him bearing -a pile of eurly cucumbers (of which the Peraian aro pas

sionately fond almost worth their weight in gold. Tho hah said never a'word. bnt

oegaa to put nirascit outside oi as many oi these cholera-provokers as ho could safely v v uiu itvi i vuu;in ui hua.cia v. guests bepn to indulge the hope that their turn would 6oon come, when his Majesty quieuv anu solemnly stowed t.ne remainder away in his bosom and pantaloons, and left tee table literally loaded! A BEAR IS TILE TOWER. Bruin Captures a Switch-TIouM and Affec tionately lings a Railway Employe. Philadelphia Record. A wild bear in Possession of the sicnal tower and running tho trains on the 2rew York division of the Pennsvlvania raihoad was the strange sight that nearly drove the rightful occupants of the tower into tits a few nights ago. lhe bear came from tho Zoological Garden, and the tower was that just back of the garden, on the curve which tho railroad makes at that place. E. W. KORe, tne telegrapn operator in the tower, and Samuel Foster, an assistant yard-master, were dozing in thotowerabout3o'clock on Sunday morning, when there came a soft pit-a-pat upon the stairs. They did not notice it, nor did they see a curly head that was poked in at the door and looked curiously around. Something in the inspection may nave uispieasea mm. ior Buuueniy me men were awakened from their napping by a deep growL Before Foster, who was lying in a corner, could get up, the bear had put his big paws around his neck and began to squeeze him affectionately. The terrified yardmaster shrieked, and the more ho shrieked the more the bear hugged him. Foster was beginning to grow purple in the face, when Rose, who had recovered his presence of miud. started in with a broomstick to vanquish the bear. This drew his attention from Foster, and an instant later Roso was enjoying a vigorous hug. The hug lasted so long that liose began to think his last day had come. The hug still coutinued, when the men suddenly remembered that the early morning express from New York was due, and that the signal had not been set for it. "Give the signal to No. 12," gasped Rose, to his companion. Foster, who was a very badly frightened man, managed to crawl from his corner ana see that the signal was properly set. Then he grasped tne tele-, graph key, and while Bruin looked ou in astonishment, he startled everv operator along the line hy flashing over the wires to Broad street: For heaven's sake send assistance to No. 3 office! Grizzly bear In possession of tao tower. Has full coi.trol of signals snd switches. Send eix men with rifles. As the telegraph operator sank back exhausted, the bear lett Foster and returned to his first victim. Ho moved slowlyt and both men gTasped tho opportunity to jump over him and dash down 6tairs. As they turned the key in the lock of the door at the bottom they heard the bear thump against it. Rushing over to the Zoological Garden, from which place they supposed the strance visitor had escaped, they yelled loudly for assistance. Lfoking back on their way they saw Bruin in the tower trying to move the switch-levers. A sleepy keeper was aroused after considerable cllort. and the party laid siege to the tower. There was a pretty struggle between keeper and bear for a time, but the former came oil victor. Tho bear was led back to his pit and put in irons. Foster has been off duty ever since, and Koso still starts nervously whenever he hears a footfall on tho tower stairs. This Thing Has Got to Re Stopped. Nebraska State Journal. ; The capitalists of merry England are try ingto buy up this country. We have already seen a syndicate gobbling our great breweries with the intention of getting us into chancery in respect to our-liquid refreshments, and now it is announced that another has been formed to buy up our flouring-mills. This thing has got to bo stopped. First we know Johnnv Bull will bny up our newspaper offices and finish hy purchasing an oi our ciguiy-iour. seats in the national Senate. Free-Trade Argumentative Point. Rochester Democrat and Chn nicle. If a wheel comes off the wagon, or if tho baby has the croup, the Democratic papers hasten to proclaim that another illustration has been given of the evils of a protectivo tariff'.- The Buffalo Courier, for instance, with incomparable logic, insists that protection must be blamed because the United States makes such a poor display at tho Paris exposition. Free trade must be hard pressed for argumentative points. To Keep from Going to Work. Brooiln Standard-Union. Marriage has become a mania with a large class of girls, especially those earning" their own livelihood, and in its pursuit they stop not to consider; they look neither to the right nor to tho left. Question? as to ;i man's disposition, character, predilections, don't bother them so long as ho is pleasing to their eye for thero is little of heart in the matter and so long as he will keep them from going to work. Two Democratic Candidates. Troy Times. A wing of the Democracy of Boston is seriously thinkingof running tho champion prize-fighter for Mayor. Appropriate. The uruiser is an aumirauie representative ot the ideas which animate the aforesaid element. It is too bad that Kilrain is not in a position to be run for a political something by the plug-uglies of Baltimore. On Monopoly vs. Many. South Bend Tribune. So it seems we are to have. neither free school-books nor freedom from school-book monopolies. Before tho law was passed w bad many monopolies to deal with and got the best school-boaks made. Now ono monopoly has tho people of Indiana by tho throat and will cram down them the poorest 6chool-books in tho country. Ilenry George and the Single Tax. Iowa State Rcitcr. It is said that Henry George's visit to th continent was shortened somewhat by his daughter's illness in.l'aris. She had an attack of scarlet fever, and was quarantined in an apartment for which the thrifty Parisian landlady charged him $12 a day. He is not so much in favor of the single tax now as he used to be. An Exchange of Courtesies. SpriBfield Republican. The Governor of Mississippi can sav to the Governor of Louisiana, "It is a long time between arrests," and the Governor of Louisiana can say to the Governor of Mississippi. "Our theory of government is intact." Brice's Rainbow. Philadelphia Press. Chairman Brice is quite confident that he can carry tho new State of Washington for the Democrats. Washington, it is well to remember, was the western terminus of the rainbow that Brice went after last falL Don't lie Too Sure. Boston Journal. John L. Snllivan is unquestionably a big man now-a-days in somo people's estimationbut we are not quite prepared to believe the report that he is to bo put in the field for Mayor by the Boston Democracy. - m New York Injustice. Philadelphia Press. The grand jury of New York has indicted a poor lone woman for bing a common scold, while the editor of the 2ew York Evening Post is not even mentioned. Of such is the irony of law! m e ' Might rerUh of Thirst. Louisville Courier-Journal. Prof gullivan would not die of confinement in a Southern prison, but he might perish from thirat. t Prodding Them Up. -Philadelphia Inquirer. If Congress is to be called in October it is time the mugwump papers were beginning to help tho President with his first annual message. The Judge lias No Regrets Now. Bochestcr Tost Expross. . Maud Mullcr was fined $15 the other day in Kansas City for being drunk on tho street. The judge wasn't a kind to Maud as ho used to be. Free-Trade Trusts In England. Chicago Journal. The free-trade strikes in Enpland are extending. The free-trade trusts in England are raising prices and playing the deuc generally.