Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1889 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1889.

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Variety of Views as to the Cause of Slim Attendance at the City Churches. After All, the General Opinion Is thai the Summer's Heat Overcomes Religions Fervor Sermons of Dr. Te vis and Pro t Adlinson. While among the eighteen different ret?ious denominations represented in this tity the pastors of tho various churches bold their respective positions by virtue of different constructions put upon the doctrine of the Scriptures, there is one point ' upon which nearly all agree and in fact 'bout the only point. This is tho undenia'hlo fact that church scrvico is apparently held at a discount during the mid-summer months.. Remission of sins by immersion is preached from liaptist pulpits, Calvanistic theories from Presbyterian divines, end the plan of salvation as laid down by Vesley is advocated by the followers of Methodism, but doctrines vanish and opinions agree when the pastors are asked to concede, among one another, that July and August do more to diminish congregations than all the church factions stirred up in ft year's time. "Why is it, anyway" remarked one of the leading pastors in the Jcity, yesterday morning, to a lay!man, after he had worried through a half hour's discourse before a mere handful of his members, '''that peoplo always think the arrival of hot weather is a license for slaying at home, or, at least, away from church! I have had lotsof trouble in my time over theological problems and doctrinal technicalities, nt there is a question I have never yet heen able to eoWb to my complete satisfaction. I often ask myself: Are my sermons different in summer from what they are in "winter! But I cannot see a particle of difference in them. The only way I can explain it is that the difference is in my people." This pastor, however, evidently sought tfor the cause on the wrong side of the altar.frail. Why are people Jess attentive .to their religious duties in summer than wintert' was a question put by the reporter to representative Indianapolis divines yesterday, and the almost universal reply, rin substance, was: "The cause lies Jin a misconception of duty on the part of the people themselves.". One minister was willing to concede that to some jcxtent the preachers are to blame, for, he thought, sermons should be shorter and I based less upon theological eni annas during that portion of the year in which a listener 49 CUIiljnJUCU IU UiVlUC illS UlbCllllUU uo ttween the preacher and a palm-leaf fan. The tirst cause for this existing fact, this minister thought, is, then, with his own calling. But a second and more potent was given. According to it hot weather, as a first proposition, is more enervating on tho human system tban cold. This will be, , -f A .! 1 granted oy every citizen oi inuianapoiis over one year of acre. But the conclusion reached from this fact was not so clear to the reporter, namely, that enervation of the system should result in a disregard of religious duties. "But that -is about the fact in the case," continued the jmnistcr. No matter how pious a jnan may be or what he thinks of his Bible, tbat will not make him any cooler under a broiling sun. Faith will do a great deal, lut it wont make ice out of perspiration. 1 would sugcest, then, that the religious Tople bo given tho nenetit of. the doubt. Let us say that they are too hot to sit in a crowded church rather than accuse them xf loosing faith in rt ligion. We are safe, at any rate, in putting it on that ground." "1 take a peculiar view of the question," aid another minister to the reporter, "and I may bo wrong. Anybody who has lived in a city any length of time knows that .every 6ort of amusements are going full blast in the winter time. Theaters, saloons, gaming-houses and other resorts are made as attractive as poseible because the proprietors know tbat voung men do not care to saunter up and down the streets when the thermom eter is twenty degrees below zero. The church-goinci public alsoknowsthat winter is the devil's harvest tiuae, and they are epurred up to a more active warfare. Of course, crime exists in the summer. Beergardens and such places are at their highest round, but then they are not so numerous , nor so popular as the winter wine-room or theater rail. That is the secret of the winter revival. Everybody has been drowsy during the summer in religious work, and with tho physical activity which is increased by a sharp, crisp day, comes added vigor in church work." - Still another minister who Was consulted had an entirely different idea, and one which seemed to be the most popular. "It is style, pure and simple," ho said. That is exactly tho wordstyle. People have .come to think they will be looked down upon in. the community if they don't 'pack tip their chattels once a year and get out of town. The same thing exists in the church. It is style, you know, to disappear from the Tew about the Qrst of July, and then along in September some time to come marching in with an evidently increased supply' of religious fervor. If the pulpits would come out strongly against this it wonld disappear to a great extent. Preachers need rest as well as anybody else, but their pulpits ought to be supplied. Whenever I am overworked, 1 rest a Sunday, but I get a 1 supply in ray place. I repeat it, this idea of shutting down our churches is unadulter- . ated style, and is, I think, injurious to tho good of the cause." Still others have different things to say about the summer attendance. Iow do you find your membership holding out these wirni days?" the reporter asked a prominent layman in another church. "Well sir," he almost ejaculated, "we are just getting along splendidly. Wo havo larger congregations than ever before.. You ought just to have been here this morning. The house was crowded, and with an additional twenty-live we should have been compelled to open np our gallery. Have you never heard our pastorf Nof Well, just come around some of theso mornings f and you will see what is the reason we aro having no falling off this summer. I tell you, sir? our pastor is a regular Talmage." This kind of enthusiasm is indeed contagious, and if the preacherof a church can inspire his people with such feelings they will certainly be less incliucd to stray away to tno seaside in search of alt breezes while the less fortunate ones are under the necessity ot drowsing away their Sabbath hours over the morning paper or under the soothing influence of a deep-producing sermon. No, it is not all the time tho members who aro to be so ranch found fault with for not being more prompt in their duties during tho heated Feasou. It is just as was said to tho reporter yesterday by one who can speak with some certainty on this point. "You ee, the preacher, being wide-awake, keeps hisrueniberR in a healthful condition, and tills themwith sutlicient enthusiasm to tide them over the hot seabon. Then tho audience grows better, and that inspires tho pastor. Dont you seo what a reciprocity of action thero is? How each works on the other aud strengthens tho other?" Of course, a good many whose means will permit such a thing havo gone oti to take a vacation, and some of the members take a very charitable view of it. Said one: "I don't think we ought to try to keep them here just to till up our pews. I think the peoplo ought to go away and take rest, if they can, tbey need it Yet this summer we cannot notice a decrease of mom than 5 per cent, in the usual size of our audiences. They are about as good as they were in the winter term, even. I notice that there is, perhaps, a less falling off during the summer timo here in Indianapolis than is the case in other cities whero I. have been. There is one way, and only one, o far as I can see. to keep up a coiibtuiit interest, and that is tn preach at tho people. We must have good gospel sermons, in which thero is loyalty, to the Hcriptures if we want to interest and hold our audiences. It will not do, it seems to ine, to undertake too much of a popular effort, ho called, but to strive to make the gospel popular by the proper interpretation of it." To tell the truth, the ministers are a rather hard-worked clas, at least some of them are. This is, hawever. oftentimes from choice, Some aro unwilling to take any summer vacation whatever, and tho continual application from one yt ars end to another will eventually tell on tho workman. Said a minister, yesterday, in answer to the query of the reporter regarding his summer attendance: I am having f ood audiences. My people ottered me a onr weeks' vacation, but I am not going to take it. I shall pet some one else to till my Eiupit occasionally, and ia that xuannei do

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both on my congregation and myself. Some r 1 x l cau go away ior me summer; out iuer aro those who, for various reasons, are deprived of tho privilege, and they need attention. We have just cushioned the seats in our church, and fixed the auditorium up generally, and of course that has assisted in giving us a better attendance. We must give our listeners good, crisp sermons on Sopular topics if we would hold them, ome preachers have the idea that the winter is the time to put in the extra efforts in their work, but it seems to me that it is in the summer when we should do our best work. It is most needed then, I believe." Pluck Will Win. At Fletcher-place Church, yesterday morning, the pastor, Dr. Tevis, had for his theme, "Pluck," the text therefor beingtaken from the third chapter and thirtyfirst verse of Judges. The text, he said, exhibits the pluck of Sham gar, a son of Anath, at a time in the history of Israel when only a prompt, courageous spirit could succeed. Following the example of their neighbors, God's people had gone after other gods, and had run wild m the things of tho world, while the altars of true worshipers had ceased to send up the smoke of incense and sin offerings were no longer made, and the anger of God was kindled. As a result the laud wjis desolated by their enemies. The people had taken the law into their own hands, and bands of lawless marauders, corresponding to the "white caps" and "lynchers" of onr day, were running riot, and all kinds of injustice and cruelty were being practiced. Honest men were afraid of their lives and sought by-ways in going among their neighbors, being constantly terrified with the thoughts of the danger of being pounced upon by cutthroats. It was a terrible state of affairs, and all was brought upon the people by themselves. They had disowned God, and had been winking at the idol-worship aud outlawry with which they were surrounded. It had become lashionable and the multitude could see no harm in it. The old laws of Moses were more exacting than necessary, anyhow. As tor the Sriests and tho judges, they had cried anger until the children were beginning to sing it, and rebellion against God had come to be the order of the day. "The same characteristics," said the Doctor, "have belonged to human nature in every age of the word's history. Those terrible times were the righteous judgments of God, as baptisms of fire and water upon ns are now. We are too busy with baseballs. CTan-na-Gaels, and prize-fights to seo anything less than a Conemaugh Hood, and that was a mere accident which will not be repeated in .hundreds of years, albeit a cloud the size of a man's hand is occasionally . seen iloating in tho sky Portentous of a coming storm. In the very height of Israel's danger and excitement Sham gar was plowing in the field, surrounded by his servants, when suddenly GOO Philistines emerged from the woods and came upon him with the yells of savages. Instead of Hying for life or begginc for mercy, as any man without bu perior pluck would have done, he grasped with firmer hand his ox-goad, and, made strong by a sense of right and a determination to defend tho honor of the God of his fathers, he and his servants defended themselves until the last man of the 000 Philistines had mingled his blood with his fellows, and the newly-plowed ground had drunk it in. "The pluck with which men and women grapple with the difficulties that are sure to meet them in life's journey will shape and color their future. Difficulties will meet us ip the common vocations of life as tbey did Sham gar.' It was a time when only plucky men were disposed to plant and till. Aud thero are times in the history of nations and churches when such men as Shamgar are needed when it takes superior pluck to face the wrong and do the right. I would there were more of such men and women nowadays. What a new impulse they always give to the waning energies of . those around them. What a multitude of the Philistines of discouragement surround the young men and women as they toil for an education, or to fit themselves for an honorable profession. But with pluck they will succeed. Men and women without pluck are always blaming their snrroundings for their failures. Shamgar had only an ox-goad, and what he had he used, .lost people who fail blame their instruments, when they ought to blame themselves. Hear them say, If I had an education Tf I had different home surroundings.' 'if I had better example,' etc. Not a bitof it. Look to God and your own spirit, and have pluck." The Religion Tbat Satisfies On. ' Prof. A. W. Adkinson, vice-president of the Dakota Methodist University, preached at Hall-place M. E. Church j-esterday morning and evening! His morning discourse had as the text, a clause from Matthew xi, 7, "What went ye out to see!" He said he wished to impress his hearers with the fact that what we find is largely governed by what we look for. It certainly is not always true that we find just what we are looking for, otherwise there would not be so many disappointments in the world, and life would not seem so much a failure to many. It is true that the character of our rinding in every department of life is largely governed by the character of our seeking. The botanist, as he goes to the fields, the meadows, alone the val leys and over the hills looking for specimens of plant life, will find them on every hand, and will lind them full of beauty. No little flower is going to be able to conceal its inner loveliness under the rougher and more uninviting exterior. His friend who goes through the same gardens, meadows and fields, and over the same hills, but who is merely pursuing the work given him as a task, will not see a tithe of what tho botanist does, because there is nothing in his soul that responds to it. "Hugh Miller, working iu the quarry," continued the preacher, "found all about him foot-prints of the Creator. A companion working by his side saw in those rocks only building material. While this is true of material things, it is more true of the immaterial. You look at tho rainbow and say it is wonderfully beautiful, but it is a scientific fact that no two persons see the rainbow exactly alike. The nearer we stand together tho nearer we come to seeing the same phenomena. We see no material substance, we simply get the impression that comes upon the eye. We may say to a blind man, "Look at that rainbow' Ho turns his sightless orbs toward the sky, but he sees nothing. We see just what we aro capable of seeing. What we see is determined first by our position and secondly by the power to receive the impressions that come to us. Let us examine our religious experience and see how far that experience has been affected by the false notions of what that religion should be. I do not believe thero is one here who is devoid of religious experience of some sort. There is no one in tho city but has heard the church-bells ring, or has been in church, or has in some way met religious influences. Some of these things may have made impression upon them, and they are not devoid of Christian experience, though it has not made Christians of them. "It is one of the boasts of our Christian religion that it satisfies. In that respect it differs from all other religions. Converted heathen have said this time and again. We do not say there is nothing more can ever be desired. We do not mean to say if a man is converted he does not want anything more. Afterall, while we come again to the feast of tho Lord there is something that satisfies for all timo. But you may say you expected to find in this religious experience joy, peace and gladness, and have not found them. Why have you not found themf I do not know unless you have not looked for it in the right w ay. We are not to be carried to heaven on flowery beds of ease, and yet that is a theory upon which many of us seem to proceed. The religion that our Savior taught was to do something for the$ Master, and then again he taught us 'inasmuch asye did it unto the least of these ye did it unto me.' This religion of ours is one of activity. Wo are to do something, and if you havo not had as much pe.icej and joy, and gladness in your heart as you think yoa ought to have had, it is becauso vou havo not done enough of these good things for the Master." In the evening, Professor Adkinson, in taking as his theme "The One Thing Needful," preached a sermon to the young people. A Church Reopened. The; Sixth Presbyterian Church was opened yesterday morning, ' after being closed three weeks for renovation and repairs. This church, at tho corner of Union and McCarty streets, is in a populous neighborhood and has a growing congrega

tion and a prosperous Sunday-school.. It now looks clean and brieht within aud

without and is practicallv new. Tho floral decorations yesterday, to mark the reopen ing, were specially beautiful ana artisuc. being the work of the Altas Guild, a society composed of the young ladies of the church, lhe morn in service was con ducted by. the pastor, Rev. J. E. Drown, who took as his text 1st Corinthians in, n "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ' From this text the preacher dwelt upon what should be preached and what should be believed. The choir is composed of Theodore List, director; Wm. C. Woods, Mrs. M. Laird, soprano; Mrs. J. L. Brown, alto, anjl the innsic was special to the occasion. The Sunday-school J. C. Buchanan, superintendent has an average attendance of 200, and the church is practically out of debt, as it owes but 10, the most of which was collected yesterday. The evening service was conducted by Rev. R. V. Hunter, of the Seventh Pres-1 byterian Church, his congregation uniting with that of the Sixth for the occasion. Sirs. Robinson's Plans. Mrs. L. O. Robinson, tho well-known evangelist, has been conducting a very successful meeting at Greenwood, ten miles south of the city, dnring the past two weeks, preaching two or three sermons a day and thoroughly interesting the local congregations in the work. She will close the meeting, in all probability, to-morrow and spend speveral days a Acton. About the 1st of September she will start West on an evangelical' tour, visiting Illinois and Iowa, and finally California. She expects to be absent several months, and may visit many places not now included in her plans. A Gift to Dr. Cleveland. Yesterday morning, while Dr. Cleveland, of Meridian M. E. Church, was in his study, C. E. Coffin and 1 A. J. Beveridge called upon him, and, on behalf of the congregation, presented him $G00, explaining to him that tho amount was to meet expenses during the vacation ho was about to take. At the close of the morning service, the Doctor alluded to the visit to his study, and very feelingly thanked the congregation for their gilt, lie will leave to-day with his family for Cape Cod, where they will spend vacation. Services In Military Park. The Military Park gospel temperance meeting, yesterday afternoon, was attended by over a thousand people. Speeches were made by F. W. Douglass, Israel Hogeland, Airs. L. E. Scott and Rev. Fensler. Next Sunday's meeting will be addressed by Rev. William Telfer, pastor of California-street M. E. Church. Services at the Reformatory. Religious services of a very interesting character were held at the Female Reformatory yesterday by Miss Grettie Holliday. ' MINOR CITY MATTERS. To-Day's Doings. ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT INDIANA LEGION Armstrong's farm, near North Indianapolis. KNIGHTS OF FRIENDSHIP National encampment; morning and afternoon. REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN Court-house; evening. EDEN M USEE Curiosities; afternoon and evenlug. battle of Atlanta cyclorama Market street, between Illinois and Tennessee; day and evening. ' Personal and Society. Dr. Theodore A. Wagner and wife have returned home from Europe. Mrs. Li May Wheeler becomes associate editor and Miss Jennie Neal stenographer, of the Budget, published in Springfield, O. Mr. E. S. Frailey, wife and son hate returned, home from Wayne and Holmes counties, Ohio, where they have been for the past two weeks, visiting relatives and friends. MARTINSVILLE. L. R. Tlckuor and wife, of Inlinnatolia. are vlaltlnsr his uncle, John 8. Rooker Hon. Calorrall, wire and eon, of Bloomington, visited the family of John Stovens lat week Jmnf F. Cox and wife, of Columbus, spent last vel turned home from an extended vMttoMrs. Georjria Younjr, of Iiidianapoli. Sbe was accompanied by her daughter Edna, w ho ha been attending school in .. London. Canada.... Albert tiall. of Indianapolis, has been iu this city several days, drinking artesian water, and looking up a desirable piece of property for a summer home. ...Mr. fttaats and family, of Indianapolis, hve removed to this city for the benefit of the mineral water... .Mrs. arah Hackney and daughter Clara, of Idaho, are visiting W. E. McCord George li. Marshall and family, of Greencastie, are visiting7 Samuel Tucker Mrs. J. K. Scott is visiting in Indianapolis.... Murray Bain has returned from a month's visit lu the Last.... Mrs. L. 8. Ay res aud children, of Indianapolis, are In the citv....Miss Marv Bain is visiting relatives and friends in Bedford. Ex-rostmaster Jones, of Indianapolis, is vlsitiug his sister, Mrs. O. V. Clapper. . . . Mrs. W. P. Greenhow, of Vincenucs, visited Mrs. C. , Goss last week Cards are out announcing tho wedding of Mr. Harry Scearce and Miss Mattie Comer, of Moorcsville, to take place on the rth juot. ...j.uo iuuu vt lug me ih'iuc vi me ucw arnv al9 at the artesian well during the past week. viz.: L. Bhelbyvillc; Patrick Fenley. Bloominsrton: J. W. Buskirk. Mrs. Busklrk, Bloomington; Mr. Hittlc, Mrs. Gallup, Greensburg; Mrs. M. Dollen, Cincinnati; a F. Childers, Uaughville; Luther Jackson, Robinson: James M. Trotter. North fialem; Henry Litel and wife, James Cral Hon, James Whltcomb Riley. Mrs. Balka, Jerry Shea, Geo. Myer, Judge Koht. N. Lcmb, Mrs. J. W. Cooper, Miss T. W. Kolt, C P. Lamotte, A. n. 8chenck, Wm. Grand, B. B. Minor, Mr. Heath, A. C. Cotton, Cnns. P. Ruschaupt, Mrs. Lydia A. Feniple, Wm. L Davis, Miss Kate ireinbeiu, MRs Mary Ingersoll, Mr. Givens. Jsunea II. Edeu, J. M. Myers, Harry Lang, A. L. Cowers. Mrs. G. M. Wellwan, G. M. Gaylor, Mrs. Lliza It. Johnson, Mrs. Mary C. Watson. Miss adie Blair, A. P. Wenger, a. M. Meeks. John L. Booth, W. . Teckenorock, of Indianapolis. . THE ETER-KEADY REVOLVER. A Young Colored Man Accidentally Shot In a Frolic, Yesterday afternoon some negroes at 11S Wabash avenue were having a hilarious time and raising a good-natured pandemonium. They were brandishing knives and razors in the attempt to see who could bo the most war-like in the crowd. At tho height of this dangerous fun John Cook grabbed an old rusty revolver that had not been used for a long timo. Pointing the revolver at Joseph Dickson, a youth about eighteen years of age, he pulled the trigger, whereupon tho weapon was discharged, the ball taking ellect in Dickson's neck. At last accounis Dickson was yet alive, but could not recover the spinal cord having been injured. Shot III m in the Breast. John Cassady, of the Spriugdale dairyfarm, yesterday shot Harry Krauser, living a short distance east of Woodruff Place. Some two months ago tho boys had a light, but the difficulty had apparently been smoothed over, uutil yesterday, when Krauser called uuon Ca&sauy for the purpose of seeing a revolver, with a view to buying it. Cassady, according to his story, went upstairs to get the weapon, but upon returning was knocked down, and while in that position was again struck. Ho also claims that Krauser said 'Til kill you," at the same time making a motion to draw his revolver. At this juncture Cassady, drawing hisrevolver, leaped to his feet and tired, the ball taking ellect in Krauscr's chest about three inches below the heart. Cassady immediately surrendered himself to the police, claiming that h had done tho deed in selfdefense. He is twenty-two years of age, while Krauser is but eighteen. Krauser will probably die. Labor Day Preparations. The delegates appointed by tho different labor organizations of the city to make arrangements to celebrate Labor day met yesterday afternoon, at Labor Hall, and elected C. Sullivan president, John Bodeumiller, secretary. It. E. Groff, financial secretary, and August Tanim, treasurer. Tho Langstaff. Transportation N. Dugan, II. Hedderich, K. Jones. Printing W. K. Klinesmith, August Tamm. George Horn. Privileges John Dodenmiller, (Jeorgo W. Stumph, A. Simons. Music O. H. Stivers, J. D. Compton. William Hall. 15. M. Gosney, of the Brick-layers' Union, was selected as manhal of ihn day, his aids to be chosen from the labor unions. The place for holding the picnic has not yet been .elected.

imam ens. ueorge Clark. Bnhtwood:

E. Wade, Plainlield; Mrs. Laura C. Freeman.

orth Madison: Mr. Cole. Brooklyn: W. E.Teal.

xouo wing standing conmmices were cuoseu: Speakers-N. Kerz, J. F. White. J. Wilson. Grounds II. Weber. W. J. Smith. William

AX INSANE MAN'S FREAK.

He Cuts His Throat and Then Wanders Into the Country Several 3liles from His Home. Saturday afternoon John Mitten, Hving at 18 Greer street, disappeared. Ho was, nntil recently, a cutter for Nicoll, he having been so employed for more than ten years. For sme timo past he had been acting in a rather singular manner, so mnch so as to cause his friends to fear that his mind was becoming deranged. Arrangements were being made to have him removed to Dr. Fletcher's sanitarium for treatment, and it was for the purpose of making some inquiries about the removal that Mrs. Mitten left her husband for a few moments to run across the streetOo a neighbor's Saturday afternoon. When she returned her husband had disappeared, and she learned from a little girl of the neighborhood that ho had been Feen going down street with a handkerchief tied about his neck. This circumstance, coupled with tho fact that blood was found on the lloor, and a carving knife was missing, led to tho belief that tho man had attempted suicide. All trace of Mitten was lost save that he was seen by a colored man at a grave-yard where a child of his had been buried some time aco. lesterday afternoon he was brought into the police station, having been taken in by the trusteo of Warren townsnip, eigni nines and a half east of the city, on tho National road. Once in tho station, he became very violent, and it took several strong men to hold him while Dr. Hodges sewed up the gash made in the throat with the knife the day before. An insanity inquest will be held this morning at 9 o'clock. Mitten is a sober, steady man when in health and highly respected by his friends. AN 1NDIANIAN IN PORTUGAL. A Land of Flowers and Charming HomesDelightful Combination of Nature and Art The following comprises tho most interesting extracts from a recent letter written by Mrs. Jose C. Gomes (formerly. Miss Louise Hatcher, of Lafayette, Ind.), wife of the secretary of the Brazilian legation to Portugal: Lisbon. Portugal, May 24. Lisbon is a quaint old place, and reminds me in many respects of an Italian town. The city is built on the slope of a very steep bill, consequently much walking is out of the question, but the viewsaro superb. The streets are paved with cobble stones, and have narrow sidewalks, while gardens and houses lire hidden from view by nign wans, just as in Italy. But a peep through an open gateway reveals such wealth of blossom, just as the heavy iron doors guard such treasures of wealth and luxury that ono prudently reserves judgment for a closer acquaintance. We searched in vain for a suitable house. After much tribulation we succeeded in linding a new one in fact, not yet com pleted with every modern improvement, in a delightful location and just opposite one of the entranoes to tho Park of Lstrellas. We took the rez-de-chausseoas in that way we obtain possession of the pretty garden, etc. Tho cardeu, which is surrounded by a high wall, is bounded on all three sides by the gardens and lemon groves of neighboring houses, so that nothing interferes with tho view, and the front of tho house overlooks the terrace of the Count S , whose grounds are perfect The marvelous luxuriance of all growing things simply amazes me. Smallhous9 aro entirely smothered in heliotrope, and geraniums form enormous hedires. Clumps of caila lilies are in every little yard, and the roses! They grow on trees and vines here, and a rose-covered arbor is as common a sight as a honeysuckle one with ns. Tho olivo-covered slopes and cactusbordered routes are my delight, and I have become acquainted with many llowers that I never saw before. The houses, which as. a rule are low three stories at most are blue, pink, green or yellow, and recall my childish recollections of Havana; Ours is green in front and pink at the back, while the garden wall is pink with a blue border, and the steps leading from the idass door to the garden are bright green. The salon, a lovely room, was the bluest of sky-blues, doors and all, and the proprietor held up his hands in dismay when we had all that glory hidden by a golden brown. I would like to tell yon about the "vaiuas,, or tho fish women, and the picturesque garb of tho country' people, about the wise-looking donkeys and their burdens of fruit and vegetables, and about a hundred other things, but I will not bore you by turning my letter into a "guide to Lisbon." Posted about on tho walls are demands for "Jack, o Lstripador," which highsounding title, reduced to plain English, means "Jack the Kipper." It appears that the authorities havo reason to think that ho is in Lisbon. A few days since we went to Cintra, and never have I seen anything more beautiful, llj-ron calls it the "eighth wonder of the world," and declares himself unable to describe the beauties of this "glorious Eden." One must seo it in order to believe that such a paradise exists on earth. We drove to the rustle of Pcna, winding round and round the mountain, through lovely parks and orango groves, a splendid panorama unrolled below us, until we arrived at the castle, on tho very toninost peak of tho mountain, and so built that it seems a part of the living rock. It is part Moorish, part Arabian, and is like some enchanted palace. It is hero that Don Fernando, tho artist king, and father of tho present king, retired with hi3 beautiful American wife, tho Countess" Edla, for whoso sake ho threw a crown away, and where their days wero spent as in a fairy tale. Countess Edla. though now lifty years old, retains traces of her wonderful beauty, and is much by tho royal family. foie.taking tho train an hour distant) we loved and respected In the evening, uofor Lisbon (Cintra is dined at tho hotel Kunes, aud I was surprised to see bowls of lemon3 on the dinner table. 1 hey proved to bo sweet lemons, peculiar to tho country. Had thev been oranges I would have found them delicious, but was surprised not to find the acid taste promised by their exterior. The diplomatic corps is verv nleasant here. We were invited to a ball at the British ministers, the closing ono of tho season, but did not attend, as I did not care to go out until next season. Louise Gomes. Will Soon Take Charge of Ills Office. Philip M. Hildebrand, tho new surveyor of customs, has received his commission and will take charge of his ofliee as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. In the meantime he will be at the customs office getting an insight into the duties of the position. The deputies cannot now be named, as the appointments must come from Washington. Assaulted His Employer. John Quarterman and Jos. M. Turner were arrested yesterday for as?ault and battery. Quarterman had Turner in his employ in a carpenter shop and discharged him. 'Yesterday Turner assaulted Ouarterliian in the Union Station, and a tight, ending in tho arrest of both parties, was the result. Found IIIui Playing Oontz. Al Patterson was arrested, yesterday, on a chargo of having stolen a suit of clothes from the son of J. W. Murphy. Tho officer found him playing oontz with Jas. Staton, who was also taken to the station-house on the charge of gambling. ' A Xuroe Gives Some Inside Points. rhlUulelpLla Inquirer. A Philadelphia hospital nurse says: "It is odd how deep in human nature the sense that tattling is dishonorable is rooted. Now there are little things that happen in every great hospital that should not happen. When tho nurse's eye is not ujMm attendants they may at times in irritable moods say harsh things and handle somo patients "harshly. Hut it in the hardest thing in the world to get patients, and particularly the male patients, to tell about anything of that kind that happens. It is our duty. f course, to win their implicit confidence, but there is an innate false senso of honor that will make many of them keen back the truth because they don't like to "tell on" anybody. Then sometimes, toocertaiu inmates behave stubbornly and violate rules. They may be threatened or treated roughly by an attendant. When tho nurs tries to get out of them anything about bucu treatment, they won't tell, because V

they know that they did a little wrong themselves. You can't get their confidence so that they will tell everything that hap?ens between thera and their attendants, 'hey like to do little things they are told not to. So do the attendants and nurses, too, and for that matter the chief nurses themselves, and the doctors, and superintendent. All of ns are humau in liking to escape once iu awhile from our own rules. Seel Tbat little laxitv is tho beginning of all breaches of discipline and sometimes leads to the most serious abuses."

TOO FEEE WITH HER PEN. An Unpleasant Incident Connected with the National Meeting of Teachers. XashviUe Special to Louisville TJourter Journal. There is a little racket here over a letter by Mrs. Flavia Caniield, wife of the newlyelected president of the National Educational Association. The night after her arrival here, ten days ago, she unbosomed herself to a friend inTopeka, Kan.,herown home, concerning the South, in a most uncomplimentary way, criticising the drawling, etc., of Nashville women, and expressing surprise that a Methodist minister down here knew enough to quote Emerson in his sermon. She said that Kentucky seemed unkempt and uninteresting, the towns small, poverty-stricken and dirty. At the stations the people were sunburned, sad and stolid creatures; men chewed tobacco, women wore sun-bonnets, and negroes were plentiful, ragged and dirty. Tobacco warehouses were conspicuous, and she seldom saw a well-kept and prosperous-looking farm. At Nashville, she says: "I went to the largest church here a Methodist one. The minister was an invited micst of the ono in charge, and much to my surprise ho gave a hne liberal sermon." 5She went to ride on the dummy, where the conductor asked several colored girls to take the colored car, and 6he thus moralizes: "They left the tram with indignant faces and did not go at all. I discussed this incident with a Southern woman who sat next to me in the car. 'Those girls ought not to have been allowed to enter the car,' she said. I asked her if the colored people often demand equal rights of this sort. Oh, no she said. as a rule the negroes are right obedient. They know they have to be.' You see the color line is drawn sharply, and is sometimes resented. We will see more of this, no doubt, as the meetings go on. The race question is the question of our time, I believe. The blacks are increasing faster than the whites. It is only a question of time when they will outnumber the whites two to one. "They are strong and sturdy, they are being educated and nave tho ballot What is to hinder them from having the power in their hands some dayt May I then be in some convenient corner in the sky to look on the spectacle of black heels on white necks, 'cursed be Canaan, will do now, but it won't last forever." After supper she took a' walk, and says: "The Capitol is on a hill overlooking the city. It seemed very massive and imposing to-night. Seen by daylight I have no doubt it would not look as tine, but wonld appear dingy and tincared for, as everything else in the South does. 1 had a call from two Southern women to-day wives of members of the local committee. The dialects as given in novels are not at all exaggerated; The two women she refers to are the wives of prominent educators, educated and refined ladies who camo to assist in making her stay pleasant. Mrs. Cantield mailed her letter and has since been enjoying herself hugely, the ladies here vying with each other in entertaining her. This morning at breakfast 6he saw tho letter in print and was terribly mortified. She went to her room and has been crying all day. She prepared a card for tho afternoon papers, saying that no line of that letter was intended lor publication, and this statement should mitigate somewhat the just resentment of a generous people, who may see in this letter the ill-bred criticism of a guest upon her host. "I can only say in extenuation," she writes, "that they appear far more severe in print than I felt, and were simply the unweighed and exaggerated utterances of private conversation. No "words can fully express my regret at the occurrence." There was 6o much said that President Caufield called the directors of the association together aud tendered his resignation as president, but it was not accepted, tho directors saying that no one could hold him responsible for what had been said. Tho people here had thought a great deal of Mr. and Mrs. Cantield. Professor Cantield does not entertain his wife's opinions. In an interview this afternoon lie 6aid: "The social side of the convention has been peculiarly pleasant, both as betweeu the educators themselves and between them and the people of the city. From . the personal testimony of hundreds of people, I know they will not soon forget the cordiality and warmth which marks the typical Southern home. Many times have I heard the remark, 'I have never beenin a city where I was made to feel at home tfo soon.' Odr feelings about your hospitality have been formed not from what has been done in the way of public entertainment, but from the ready, hearty way that, private families have taken visiting teachers in their home circles and exerted themselves to make their stay pleasant." ' The Young Man's Sash. Providence Telegram. The broad sash which the young man of the period now wears, is of Spanish and Mexican origin, and as worn by the greaser dude of the iiio Grande, is a broad scarf tied at the side with flowing ends. Sinco they have become fashionable with the American youth the tying in some instances is dispensed with, and tho sash, which presents a broad front, is a delusion and a snare, and, like the butterfly necktie, is made up and linishes in the back, where it is concealed by tho coat in a small belt and buckle to keep it on. For tho young man, whose shape does not allow of his getting along without the use of suspenders, tho 6sn is not "a thing of beauty or a joy forever' If he ties his sash tight enough to keep his trousers in place it will collapse and bo like a limp 6tring in size, and if ho allows its broad folds to encircle, his abdomen loosely then he is in mortal fear that his pants will drop off, so he is never entirely hanpy. 1 saw one real sweet young man on Westminister street the other day aud he had his sash arranged with a sort of martingale. The sash was very broad, and ho had his four-in-hand necktie come down and meet his sash, and pinned to it with a society pin. I wouldn't be surprised if the sash was also pinned to his pants, so that the whole weight was brought on his neck, for he walked with a sort of roundshouldered gait, and didn't look as if he wasjenjoying himself a bit. Leonard Svrett and David Davis. Lewi s ton Journal. Many persons thought it strange that intimate as Lincoln was with Leonard JS wett. he never gave him any ofliee, and Swett was often asked the reason why. Ho always evaded the question, but in a letter to Mr. Herndon, tho author of this book, written a short time before Swett died, tho latter explained this fact. It seems that when David Davis was a candidate for the Supremo Bench, soon after Lincoln's election, ho was opposed by a Senator of reat influence named Urowuing, whom incoln was almost ready to appoint. Swett was a warm friend of David Davis, and, going to the President, he said: "If you will give that place to Davis I will take it as one-half for him and one-half for myself, and will never again ask you for anything." Davis got tho appointment, and Swett was true to his word. He said, not long before his death, that he was always glad that he kept out of othce. Advantages of Private Station. Detroit Free Press. This is the time of the year when no European potentate knows at what moment some brother monarch may dropdown upon him with two hundred trunks and a thousand or so of attendants. It is nice to bo a private citizen. Not Enough Variety. ritUburg Dispatch. Having had pacific news for a week, the European newspapers cheerfully announce the imminence of war. Variety is the spice of life, but ringing thechangeson two bells is not much in the way of variety. Xlayara Falls Excursion, Don't forcet that the excursion to Niagara Falls, Chautauqna Lake, Toronto and Thomand Inlands is via the O., I. & Ky. (I.. 11. &. W. route), Tuesday, Aug. 6, 10. Address Geo. , Uutlor. Gen. Agt, 43 Jacksou Place, for particulars.

Hood'o Sarsaparilla If a peculiar medicine. It U car fullr rrrpared from SarsaparUla, DaadeUon, Mandrake, Doc ripslssewa. Juniper Berries, and other-well-known and valuable vegetable remedies, by a peculiar combination, proportion and process, firing to Hood's Sarsaparilla curatlre rower not possessed by other medicines. It effects remark able cures where other preparations fall. Hood's Sarsaparilla la the best blood purifier before the public. It eradicates every Impurity, and cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Boils, rimrlcs, all Ilnmors. Dyspepsia, BiUousness, Sick Ileadache, Indigestion. General Debility, Catarrh, Iieumtism, Kidney and LlTerComplalaU. overcomes tbat tired reeling, creates an appetite, and builds up the system. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bas met peculiar and unparalleled success at home. Such has become its popularity In Lowell, Mass., where it Is made, that whole neighborhoods are taking it at the same time. Lowell druggists sell more of Ilood'a Saras parilla than of all other sarsaparilla cr blood puri-crs. Sold by druggist. l;sixfor5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD fc CO., Apothecaries, LoweU, J lass. IOO Doses Ono Dollar

CHICAGO -LY-D MILWAUKEE, Excursion Sat unlay, Aug. 3 $3.80 Hound Trip to Chicago $.Z.50 Hound Trip to Milwaukee. Will leave Union Depot at0:S0 p. m., sharp, via C, W. & M. railroad to Benton Harbor, Mich., thence by steamer Puritan, arriving in Chicago 9 a. m., Aug. 4. Tickets good ten days. For further information call on or address O. H. niith, 152 East Washington, or C, W. & M. ticket oiliee, 138 South Illinois. Smith & Brown. Excursion Agents. $$ Xiagara Excursion ,t The C, 1L & D. circular explaining its annual excursion to Niagara Falls, which leaves Indianapolis Aug. l.is the most complete thing of the sort ever gotten out. It gives au outline of the route, all expenses possible to incxir, rates at hotels, etc., all particulers in regard to baggage, stop-over privileges, and everything that tourists could possibly wish to know. Call for on at C, M. & D. ollice, corner Illinois street and Kentucky avenue, or drop a card to W. H. FisiiEit, general Agent, Indianapolis. Time flies and so do diseases of tho skin when tnat incomparable purifier of the cuticle and beautilier of the complexion, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, is used to disperse them. Pimples, blotches, soresand bruisps and the like, arc invariably removed by it. IlilPs Hair and Whisker Dye, black or brown, 50 ceats. kv m, v i . r 0 m Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup should always bo used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little sutterer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as "bright as a button." It is verv pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is tho best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teetfiing or other causes. Twenty live cents a bottlo. liAXK STATK3IEXTS. y EPORT OF THE CONDITION" OF THE MKJLv ridian National Bank, at lixlianajxuis. in th Ktato of Indiana, at the clotjo of business, July 12, 18SU: RESOURCES. Loan nnil discounts $733,137 Overdraft, secured and unsecured i:til.l7 U. h. lxmda to secure circulation, 4 per 1 cent. ion.nno.on Other stocks, bonds aud mortjjspes suoo.oo Real estate furniture and lixturcs 3j,lfti.74 Current expense and taxes paid 73.51 Due from approved reserve aecnta $172,:i9.0 Due from other national banks 34.305.G8 Due from State banks and bankers 2C.956.GS Chucks and other cah items. 1.MG.17 Exchanges for clearinghouse.. 30.0m.0S Bill of other banks J,970.00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents . Vi.40 Specie fi.l.wXMiO Ecfral-tender notes 1C5.0U0.00 545,771.63 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer ih ter cent, of circulation )4 4.500.00 , - - Total $1.465,013.i LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in...'. $200,000.00 Surplus fund 10).oo.oo Undivided profits V02-23 national bank notes outstanding , 90,0vM.oj Individual deposits, subject 5 to check $623.N07 emand certificates of deposit 6'J.(wl.44 Certified checks 3.945.0U Cashier's checks outstanding. 42.7fV72 Due to other national banks... l.M,&?s.4l DuetoHtatebanksand bankers lX,Zi1,7gl,CM4l.42 Total f 1,455,043.(3 State of Indiana, County of Marion, ss: " I, A. F. Kopp. Cashier of the. above-named bank, do solemnly swear that fte above, Mtatement U trutt, to the best of my knowledge and belief. A. F. KorP, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, tills 20th day of July, lKS-j. WM. "WESLEY WOOLLEN, Notary Public. Correct Attest: WM. F. OALLUP, ) J. E. ROBERTSON", Directors. FRED. FAUX LEY, M 1 mm wmmmmtmmn 'GAS STOVES 1,500 now innso in this city. They give perfect satisfaction. No kindling required; no coal to carry; no ashes to remove. Prices from $2 to $16. GAS ENGINES, From one-eighth horse-power up. AVe sell to pas-consumers in this city only. On exhibition and for sale, at the GAS COMPANY, 47 South Pennsylvania St. FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES. PAYMENTS OR CASH. AT MESSENGER'S 10 1 East Washington St. BORN & CO FURNITURE, STOVES. CARPETS. Weekly and Monthly Payments HOTEL ENGLISH, Northwest Sid Circle l'ark. Bent hotel bulMing In Indiana roll. One ot the beat ktpt lioll tor tn priori rnarirrd In the country. lUteforirnicnt2irlay. rry favorable iat4 ?m-n re fml.ir -utom-r ooa itxaiion, rvuma, uau elevator anu au luoucrn coutcu