Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1889.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1889. WASHINGTON OFFICE 513 Fourteenth 6U P. S. Heath. Correspondent. NEW YORK OFFICK 20 i Temple Court, Corner Beekman and Nassau street.

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CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI J. P. Haiey A Co., 154 Vine street LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlng, northwest corner . - Third and Jefferson streets. BT. LOUIS Union Neiri Company, Union Depot tnd Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. CRlggs House and Xbbltt House. Mr:. Becktold, of St. Louis; Bccms to have as much trouble getting into tho Sentinel as Postmaster Jones did. Mr. Becktold can get in "when ho learns tho "ELECTIlOCUTION,, is a word somebody has invented, and somo of tho Eastern papers are using, to describo the process of official death by electricity. The inventor should bo caught and used by tho experimenters to test tho'prdcess. Two postal clerks in Virginia, survivals of tho last administration, havfe refused' to mako their runs with a colored clerk, recently appointed. They should be promptly accorded the martyrdom they are evidently seeking. TnE President will leave Washington for Bar Harbor about the middle of next week, spending a day in Boston on his way to Maine, and attending, the dedication of tho rilgrim monument at Plymouth. There is a good deal of patriotic inspiration in that part of the country. TnE discussion by New York editors, scientists and medical men, over tho subject of executing criminals by electricity instead of the rope has taken a tone that seems to indicate deep personal Ceding on the matter. At times tho arguments, pro and con, border on the pathetic. Bishop McQuaid, of the diocese of Rochester, has just returned from Rome, where ho had several personal interviews with tho Pope, and says the reports of tho Pope's ill health are greatly exaggerated, and that few men of his age carry their years as lightly. Nevertheless, the Pope is eighty years old. A St. Louis editor, who has been hearing from the benevolent Mr. Becktold that ho is about to furnish cheap schoolbooks to Indiana, suggests that some reform of the 6ort is needed in Missouri. When the editor looks into the matter a little further ho will find that, though Becktold & Co.'s books may not be highpriced, they belong to the category of goods described in British phrase as "cheap and nasty." The Soldiers' Monument Commission cts have received a letter from Private Secretary Halford stating that tho President will attend the corner-stone laying if he can possibly do so, and leading them to believe he will come. This announcement will add very greatly to the general interest already felt in that event, and should encourage the commissioners to mako their preparations on a broad and liberal scale. TnE Democratic party is opposed to all trusts and other combinations in restraint of trade. If a Democrat occasionally gets mixed up with these combinations the fact remains that his party is the only one that lights him. Sentinel. . . The innocent publio should understand that this does not refer to the new school-book monopoly. This is not only a combination in restraint of trade, but an attempt is to be made to compel the people to patronize it by threatening them with prosecution if they daro to buy of anybody else. There are somo Democrats "mixed up" with this combination, but wo do not observe that the Democratic party is fighting it. The organ of the school-book monopoly quotes an article from tho Cleveland Plain Dealer which contains the following: "Tho public schools should have the very best books, and should have them at tho very lowest rates consistent with merit in contents, material and binding, whether those rates arc paid by tho State or by individuals." Tho foregoing sentence should have been eliminated. It i3 dead against the monopoly, which proposes to furnish notoriously inferior books at a rate which, according to Mr. Becktold, of St. Louis, still leaves three profits ono to his firm, one to the Standard Publishing Company, and one to the Indiana company of middlemen. It hurts tho feelings of Democratic editors of tho country to discover that the Influence of ex-Senator Powell Clayton in Arkansas is as strong a ever, and increasing, and they accuse hitu of making political capital out of his brother's assassination. These editors are such fastidious, sensitive creatures. They know that Colonel Clayton's murder was n cold-blooded political affair, instigated by Democrats of prominence, and committed by Democratic ruffians who are instructed to believe that a Republican has no rights that they arc bound to respect. These editors know that tho murder was the direct outcome of Dem ocratic methods in Arkansas and other

Southern States, and that it was only

ono of many of like character. They know that they have themselves said nothing to discourage such methods, and have offered nothing in the way of criticism upon a condition of affairs thathas prevented the arrest and conviction of tho murderers. Nevertheless they have a certain sensitiveness regarding tho matter. They would like to have Powell Clayton ignore the affair. Since he cannot bring the assassins to justice in the courts they think it would be in better form if he would cease to agitate tho subject. Such agitation is not only offensive to a refined Democracy, but may tend to tho speedy overthrow of that party's methods and the protection of any Republican, black or white, in the .exerciso of his political rights. Mr. Clayton is very inconsiderate of Democratic feelings when he makes "political capital" out of his brother's murder, but ho is doing a service to his State

notwithstanding. THE SUGAR QUESTION. The United States is not the only country that levies a duty on refined sugar. The duty in this country is 3 1-2 cents per pound. France levies a duty of 5.47 cents per pound; Germany, 3 1-4 cents; Austria, 4.36 cents; Italy, 5.81 cents; Belgium, 4.60 cents; Spain, 5 cents. In . all these countries, except Germany, the duty on refined sugar is higher than it is in tho United States. They all levy a duty on raw, or brown sugar. Tho object of both is to protect and develop the sugar industry. Somo ,Euiopean countries, in addition to the duty on imported sugar, pay a bounty to encourage home production. Austria, France, Germany and Holland pay such bounties, tho special object being to develop the beet6ngar industry. Under this policy the production of beet sugar in Europe has increased from 200,000 tons in 1853 to nearly 3,000,000 tons in 1887. The development of this industry is attracting universal attention in Europe, and tho countries which are interested in it do not hesitate to levy duties on imported and refined sugars as their interests dictate. The United States should be governed by the same rule, tho solo question being whether the sugar industry can be developed here byprotection as it has been and is being in Europe. Tho present duty on refined sugar is not nearly as high as it has been under previous tariffs. From 1819 to 1843 it was 10 cents' a pound. From 1842 to 18G1 it was C cents a pound. Since 18G1 it has never been higher than 5 cents a pound, and in 1883 it was reduced to the present rate of 3 1-2 cents. Tho present clamor for tho repeal of the duty on sugar is of very recent" origin. Popular hostility to the Sugar Trust, and to all trusts, is well founded. That and all other trusts should be broken up and abolished by the most direct and efficient means possible. They are all combinations in restraint of trade, intended to limit production and increase prices. As such they are opposed to public policy, and the Journal believes they can be reached and smashed at common law if the proper course is pursued. There is no certainty that the repeal of the duty on sugar would smash the present trust, while it might Indefinitely postpone the development of the sugar industry in this country. There is not another country in the world that possesses such facilities for the growth and manufacture of sugar from cane, sorghum and beets a3 the United States. It would be the height of folly to abandon the idea of developing the industry and to become permanently dependent on other less favored countries for the whole of our enormous consumption. If the industry can be best developed by aprotective tariff duty, that shouldbe retained. It it can be better accomplished by a repeal of the tariff and the substitution of a bounty, as many believe, then . that should be done. But tho primo object to be kept in view is the development of sugar production in tho United States. THE SWEETWATER HAHQDTQ. The double lynching at Sweetwater, Wy. T., presents some features not usually found in such incidents, and bearing more or less directly on territorial politics. One of the victims in this case James Averill was postmaster at Sweetwater, and the other was a woman, Kate Maxwell by name. In addition to their other occupations, they were cattle-thieves. Wyoming has had female suffrage for many years, and the fact that Miss, or Mrs., Maxw'ell has been following such a course of life as 13 to her dying with her shoes on shows that the possession of tho elective fran chise cannot bo depended on as a preventive of vice among women any more than among men. It cannot, of course, be assumed that female suffrage had anything to do with making a cattlethief and desperado of Kato Maxwell, or with contributing in any way to the tragic end of her picturesque career, but it is at least evident that the possession of the ballot had not elevated her much, and did not prevent her elevation by tho cowboys of tho vicinage where she had been depredating. The incident establishes the right of women to bo hanged as well as vote in Wyoming. Mr. Averill, the other victim, was evidently not well versed in tho postal laws and regulations. Theso do not au thorize postmasters to appropriate or brand other people's cattle. They are exempt from militia duty, but not from taxes nor from the penalty of crime. A postmaster who steals cattle does so at his own risk, and in Wyoming the risk is very srreat. The hanging of Postmaster Averill creates a vacancy in the Sweetwater office, which tho department will no doubt fill immediately with some com petent person who is presumably not a cattle-thief. Mr. Averill was probably one of tho surviving relics of the late administration who had not jet succumbed to the . tidal wave of civil-service reform. Ho seems to have been very much concerned about the management .of tho 'office, for his last Words wercaprotest against the appointment of a certain man' as his successor, and the executive committee promised to Use their influence for another candidate. The circumstances I under which the vacancy has occurred

make this a peculiar case, and it is to bo hoped the administration will make no

mistake in selecting Mr. Avcrili's successor. Extra pains should be taken to get a good man, and, if possible, to avoid giving the Democratic press any cause for complaint. For obvious reasons we do not think it would be wise to defer too much to tho wishes of the persons who hung the late postmaster. It would not bo good politics, and might lead to further ccmplications. OUR AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. The agricultural experiment stations established py tho government in various parts of the country are doing a good work in making investigations relating to the culture of farm products, trying new varieties of grains, vegetables and fruits, and making tests which are too tedious and expensive for the individual farmer to carry out, but which are all for his benefit. The Indiana station, at Purdue, is taking rank as one of the most successful and practical of these institutions, the superintendents of its different branches being remarkably well qualified for their respective duties. The recent entomological bulletin issued from tho station, and giving tho result of Professor Webster's investigations relating to insects destructive to plant life in Indiana, has attracted attention, and is regarded as valuablo. That tho station lias gained a reputation in another direction a letter to its director, from the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, testifies. This gentleman writes that in the investigations relating to wheat and its culture no station has made more satisfactory experiments than that of Indiana. Ho then asks the value of certain varieties for general distribution, and if any of those tested at Purdue are worthy of purchase. Ho also states that it is tho intention of the department to purchase 6ome foreign wheats, to be tested by experiment stations, and asks for suggestions. Since the receipt of this letter Secretary Rusk has ordered 150 bushels of seed wheat from the Indiana station for general distribution, thus giving practical proof of tho estimation in which it is held by this veteran agriculturist. Tho farmers of Indiana, who hardly appreciate the importance of this enterprise, should give close attention to its experiments and encourage it in every way possible, as a matter of profit to themselves and the State. The prospectus of tho North American Salt Company, or, as it will soon be known, the Salt Trust, is published.' It is an English and American combine for. the purpose of controlling the product. and price of salt in tho United States. It is incorporated under the law of New York. The.Supreme Court of that State ouee decided a salt combine illegal. It was in e fleet a trust composed of the salt manufacturers of New York de signed to control production and prices': In passing upon the question of its legality, the court said: "This court has held repeatedly that the purposes which were attempted to be accomplished through tho corporation were illegal. The end to be attained being illegal, the contracts and agreements entered into to secure the end must be equally so." In a case involving the same principle, the Supremo Court of Ohio said: Public policy unquestionably favors competition in trade, to tho end that its coin-, modities may he offered to the consumer as cheaply as possible, and is opposed to monopolies, which tend o advance market prices, to the injury of the general publio. The clear tendency of such an agreement is to establish a monopoly and to destroy competition in trade, ana for that reason, on grounds of public pslicy, courts will not aid in its enforcement. It is no answer to say that competition in the. sait trade wag not in fact destroyed, op that the price of the commodity was not unreasonably advanced. Courts will not stop to inquire as to the degree of injury inflicted on the public: it is enough to know that the inevitable tendency of such contracts is injurious to the public. Why should not the Sugar Trust and the new Salt Trust be attacked in tho same way? There is tremendous power in the common law, if it is courageously used. The report that Mnrat Halstead is suffering from an incurable disease and that his days are few should not cause anxiety to his friends until it is authoritatively confirmed. It is as much as a public man's life is worth to fall ill, however moderate ly, in these days when tho reporters of sen- . 6ational newspapers are lying in wait for anything with which to startle their readers. The unfortunate citizen is certain to bo represented as having Bright' disease, cancer, heart diseaso or some other fatal malady assailing his vitals, no matter how much he and his physicians may deny it. If he is so injudicious as to read the published accounts of his physical condition, he proves himself to be of strong mind not to bo overpowered by his imagination and nervousness and brought to tho state so vividly described. 'The only safe course for Mr. Halstead, if he wishes to recover, is to refrain from reading the Cincinnati Enquirer and papers of that charactor. But can he do it? Habit is strong, and the exigencies of politics and business have compelled a daily perusal of that interesting but not accurate sheet for many years. According to the London Court Journal Poet Laureato Tennyson has received a command to write a poem on the subject of the coming marriage of Princess Louise. Tennyson must feel that the necessity of grinding out verses appropriate to each" important event in the royal family imposes a heavy burden on his old age. He has written many such poems, and but ono had in it any touch of inspiration and genuine feeling, all the rest being perfunctory. It is not likely that he will bo moved on this occasion to utter anything equal to his greeting to "tho 6ca king's daughter from over the sea," in which he declared that "Saxon, and Xcrrnan, and Dane are we. But aU ol us Danes In our welcome el thee." Tinsis the camp-meeting season, and, judging by the number of people who have gone and are preparing to go to tho wooded aisles and leafy tabernacles, tho old charge that religion only flourishes in cold weather seems to ba losing force. It id, of course, not to be assumed for a moment that any other influence than religious ardor, or tho hope of spiritual good leads the crowds to these places. Mi:s. -George II. Corliss will erect a fine building for the Youug Men's Christian Association at Newburyport, Mass., as a memorial of her late husband, the famous engine builder. Rustler" Averill's request to the Wyoming vigilance committee just as he was about to be swung off, that they would

not permit a certain man. whom he named,

to succeed him as postmaster, may be re garded as the American passion strong in death. If he couldn't have the office himself he wanted to control it. ABOUT PEOPLE AND TILINGS. Messrs. Irwin and Abram Garfield, sons of the late President, have entered the 1S03 class at Williams College. Francis Parkman, the historian, has gone to his summer home at Jamaica Plains, Mas3. He is as fond of roses and horticulture as his brother historian, Bancroft, and is fonder still of rowing on a lake just in front of his house. . . It i3 now claimed that the actual feat of sending a portrait of tho person using the telephone wire has been accomplished abroad. The portrait appears as a shadow ou a ground glass as in the photographio camera. Edison is working out the idea in this country. The name of Midison University, Hamilton, N. Y., is to be changed to Colgate University, to avoid confusion with tho "University of Wisconsin, at Madison. Wis., and also to do honor to the William Colgate family, who have been lavish with gifts to to the college. "Who is shef" is one of the minor questions of the hour in New York. "Whom can 'Eddie' have married!" The Eddie in question is Edwin Gould, Jay's son; for Edwin is said to have been secretly married. It is further said that he is now in Europe with his bride. "Who is she!" Cardinal Manning's silver jubilee testimonial now amounts to a total of over 6,000. Among tho "heretical" subscribers are Sir Charles and Lady Dilke (who contribute o0j, Sir John Lubbock. Sir Algernon Borthwick, Mr. Mundella. Sir Francis Sandford, and Mr. F. D. Mocatta. The monument to. Miles Standish, at Duxbury, Mass., is nearly completed. It is to be 110 feet high, and stands' on an eminence 300 feet above the level of the 6ea. Navigators will note it as the first prominent object as they enter Massachusetts bay. It can bo distinctly seen fifteen miles outside of Cape Cod. The Shah of Persia is growing tired of sight-seeing. He is not the man he was on his last visit to England. He is more irritable and likes to sleep a great part of tho time. Some who have seen him think that he is suffering from some organic disease. At all events, his lack of vigor is very pleasing to the English people, who prefer him in a quiet state. The sale of the Angelas has started anew the much-debated question, Who was really the pioneer artist in the villago of Babizon, the location of the famous Babizon school! At a little inn kept by a peasant named Ganne, forty years ago, Diaz and Gerome.both left their work in the interior, but it is said that before them a painter named Martin stopped a year at Babizon, and started its fame. According to custom Premier Bismarck always remains standing when talking about affairs of state to the Kaiser. As the old Chancellor suffers from rheumatism, this is not an easy sacrifice to ceremony, but he has such a deep-rooted respect for loyalty that he refuses to give in to the infirmities of age in this matter. The Kaiser, however, never remains seated when Bismarck is making his reports. The Duke Charles Theodore, of Bavaria, who mastered the subject of eye diseases and their treatment, in order that he might serve the poor, has returned home from a long sojourn at Meran, where ho treated over one thousand cases, including nearly two hnndred in which operations were necessary, among patients of the humbler classes. His wife accompanied him and acted as nurse. A "noble duke" indeed. The roll of years is beginning to tell ou Mrs. Emma D. E.N. Southworth. the famous story-writer. She is now seven ty-two years of age, and, although still bright and active, requires constant-attention, owing to defective eyesight. The authoress lives in Yonkers, at the home of her son. who has a lucrative medical practice. Her regular yearly income is 10,000, and, with this and the royalties on her many books, she is able to live comfortably. COMMENT AND OPINION. The protective policy is not and cannot be made a narrow, selfish contrivance, for the exclusive benefit of one . kind of producers, or the producers of one small section. It must bo strictly national, as it is, and governed by supreme regard for the welfare of the Nation as a whole, or it cannot exist at alL New York Tribune. The President of the United States ought to be allowed the privileges of an ordinary church-goer, at least. He gets all the politics he wants during the week. The newspapers give him all the advice he can possibly digest. The ministers should forget, or try to forget, that he is in the congregation, and talk neither to please nor to offend him. Chicago Times. There would hardly be a more striking illustration of the benefits of genuine protection to the consumer than this commodity salt J affords, but it is, after all, only a fair example of the normal and necessary tendency of a tariff levied with intelligent regard to production. Had it not been for the tariff our domestic salt-works could not have been developed. Chicago Inter Ocean. TnE Grand Army veterans should not bo deprived of the privilege of gathering at Milwaukee simply because nine officers of the organization were disappointed in an arrangement for which they claimed there was amnio precedent. Let all who can afford the expense and spare the time go to this encampment and tnjoy the reunion, with all that its entertainments and pleasures imply. Chicago News. It might be better, perhaps, if offices sought the men and not the men the offices, but this, under our system, is out of the question, hence there are always a great many otlice-6eekers, and their business is quite legitimate and altogether honorable. They are not to be sneered at by anybody, and certainly not by those who sought the ladder by which they climbed into office themselves. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Is there anything wrong or unjust to him in warning other railway corporations against employing a man who has once proved untrustworthy, and at the cost of human livesT We think not. Every locomotive engineer and fireman in the country, and every brakeman and trainman, is as much interested as tho traveling public can be in keeping incompetent fellow-scrv-auts off the railroads on which they work. New York Sun. The system of raising large sums of money in excess of the government's needs has, since about tho middle of 18S7, when the last of the matured bonds were redeemed, been illogical and mischievous, and the Republicans must do what tho Democrats failed to do devise some sensible schtme to prevent the accumulation of a surplus by the government by leaving in the hands of tho people the money not needed to meet the national requirements. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The New Third Auditor. New Albany Tribune. At last the appointment of Cant. M. M. Hurley to be Third Auditor of the Treasury has been made, and again the President has hit the nail on the head. In this appointment the south part of the State is recognized, an ellicient political worker is remembered, and an industrious, painstaking and valuable official is secured for the important work of an important Treasury bureau. Major Hurley is a personal acquaintance and friend of the President, and, besides the strength that tbis would surely give him, he was strongly indorsed for tne place to which he is now appointed. His indorsements were from members and ex-members of Congress, State officers and ex-officers, and other Republicans of Indiaua and leading Kc publicans and officials of Ohio. Illinois and other States. Louisville Commercial. Tho appointment of Capt M. M. Hurley, of New Albany, to be Third Auditor of tho Treasury will be indorsed by everybody around the falls as excellent aud well deserved. Captain Hurl3"'s career as postmaster at New Albany and in the freight department of the Pennsylvania railroad since, have brought him into personal contact with tho business community, aud his long service as chairman of the Republican committee in the Third Indiana district has

made him well known to all the politicians. Few men are better kpown in this section, and few held in higher esteem for energy, integrity and capacity. . CANADA AND ANNEXATION. A Question Which, Senator Hoar Thinks Will Settle Itself in Good Time From an Address Before tne Massachusetts Clnn. Annexation to this country must from the necessity of the case be a Canadian Suestion. Tne people of the.United States id not conquer the other people. They did not subject theni to our institutions against their will. We don't propose ever to have under the flag vfssal states or subject citi-" zens. I think thorn are many'consideiations which will make our Canadian brethren desire to bo united to us. In the first place, it seems to me absolutely impossible that a hostile or different commercial system or fiscal system or tariff can . he maintained with that great country that has got filled up along our borders. In the next place, I do not see how this notion of what is called commercial union can ever be practiced, although many wise men think it posiible, and I have very great deference for them. I do not think that one tariff under two administrations can be conducted by two peoples like the United States and Canada. I do not think it is possible for the people of Canada to maintain the political relation with Great Britain and at the same time have absolute freedom of commercial intercourse with us. Undoubtedly the unsettledportionsof Canada, and they are by far The greatest portions, are objects of gTeat desire to us if we could acquire them honestly and peacefully. The towns on Puget sound Tacoma aud Port Townsend are the natural outlet for a large amount of trade from British Columbia. ' - The cities of St Paul and Minneapolis are tho center of trade for Manitoba and all that portion of Canada, and the only outlet for commerce and the only source of manufacturing supplies for the eastern Canadian provinces is Boston and Massachusetts. These places are connected with' us by river and railroad; but separated from us by the valleys and surfaces of the earth. Although these provinces are separated from each other by an almost insurmountable barrier. Great Britain is attempting, at a vast cost, to make artificial connection btween her Pacific, Atlantic and central provinces. But tho whole thing is Hying in tho face of nature. Why should riot Manitoba ship her wheat to Minneapolis and St. Paul just as much as Dakota! As our population grows, we desire, for the sake of maintaining the high standard of wages, to have great agricultural resources in order to have cheap land for agricultural, employment that the laborer may never be reduced to starvation wages. It is desirable that the people should have this vast northern territory for the overflow of people. That coun0y does not get settled for some reason or other under the present institution. We speak of British Columbia as of greatest importance, becauso of the few people who occupy it. There are not 0,000 people all told in British Columbia. At this moment there are not 00,000 white people, all told, in Manitoba five years' growth of the single, city of Miuneapolis. Thus, Minneapolis, of larger population, is infinitely of more importance to us than British Columbia or Manitobia. Why, they do not equal, both together, in point of wealth, population or influence, two of the many wards of Boston which we might name. It is, therefore, a matter of tho future and not of the present that these populations are matters which interest us. I do not suppose there is an incident in history where separate people and nations were brought together by a sober calculation of their commercial interest Holland and Belgium tried it, and they held together for a little while, but separated again. England andScotland were brought together at the time of King James, but were soon separated. This annexation of Canada will come in time. There are many forces which will bring her to us; with every invention; every improvement in transportation, with every cheapening of freight, with every means of intercourse, with the telephone, and telegraph, and railroads, all are mighty attractions which are pulling her irresistibly this way. But at the same time there are obstacles, which have been enough to keep Europe divided into sixty nationalities at the present time, with which we must contend and which we must overcome before this annexation takes place. It takes in the province of Quebec, where there is the practical rule of a great religious body. That is not in accordance with the desires of the people of the United States; and whether the people of Quebec will, on the whole, take up tne idea, and whether the church, to whom the population is so devoted and loyil. will think it to be for her interest and will give her consent to the bringing in of the proposed Constitution of the United States, we cannot tell. A TITLED HUCKSTER.

Prince Murat's Checkered Career in New Jersey How He Scattered His Love. Trenton (N. J.) Special. Aside from the fact that this city was tho scene of a fierce and decisive battle of the revolutionary war, in which tho troops were led by the immortal Washington, Trenton is a city of historic note. It was here that Prince Murat, of France, lived in wealth, and where he struggled for bread in tho loneliest walks of life. Ho was driven from France by enemies, and sought refuge in America, first taking up his residence with his kinsman. Napoleon Bonaparte. at Bordentown. The old mansion where the two Frence noblemen dwelt, though it has fallen somewhat into decay from neglect aud age, still stands on the summit of a high bluff overlooking Cross wick's creek. tho wonderful and picturesque beautv of which has been so graphically described by Dr. Charles C. Abbott in his work entitled "Upland and Meadow." It is surrounded by magnificent specimens of American forestry, with wide-spreading branches and deep foliage, and is now known as Bonaparte Park. As far as the eye can reach, stretch the Bordentown meadows, reniarkablo for their luxuriance and picturesqueness of vegetation. It was in this beautiful place that Napoleon and Murat dwelt. They wero both fearful that they might some day be surprised by their enemies, and so provided manv avenues of escape. Almost as soon as they began occupancy of the mansion they constructed a secret underground passage running from the house to Crosswick's creek. At the mouth of the creek where it empties into the Delaware they kept a trim little schooner in readiness for instant llight should occasion demand. The plan was to proceed by the underground passage, which is still in existence, and board the yacht on emerging at the stream's margin. - The fears of the Frenchmen, however, were without foundation, for they lived at Bordentown in peace until Napoleon at last received word that it would be safe for him to return to his native country. Prince Murat, however, decided to live in America, and after Napoleon had departed he engaged in the wildest carousals. He frequented the bar-room and passed his time in all kinds of dissipation, gratifying every passion. In a short time he had run through his fortune, and in order to maintain existence was obliged to go to work. . His relatives in France hearing of his drunken habits refused to aid him, and so he moved to Trenton and took up his abode in a modest little dwelling on the site now occupied by the New Jersey steel and ironworks. No one ever dreamed that the seedy 3'oung huckster (for he drove a huckster's wagon) would ever be restored as a prince of the empire of France, and the Eoor laborers who extended him a helping and, and occasionally lent him small sums of money when ho was "short," never anticipated being repaid, as they were in a verv substantial manner. Tho Prince maintained a hand-to-mouth existence for nearly a year, selling fruits and irarden truck for a Lwing farmer. Finally he went to work altogether on the farm, which is about two miles from this city and known as the Harlan estate. The principal duty of the young Frenchman was to drive into town with milk. Ho was of qtiite a sentimental nature, and made love to all tho pretty girls along his route, and proposed marriage to at least a score of them aud was refused iu every case. Ho was seedy-looking and not altogether eoinely, and the girls undoubtedly preferred the dashing city youths. Perhaps had they known that he was a prince of the great French empiro they would have acted differently. Finally tho Prince received word that his kinsmen were no longer unfavorable to him. and that a fortune and vast estates awaited him in France. He made all haste to beam his new life- He returned to France, came into his possessions and mar ried happili'. lie nad two nons and two dauehter8. The two latter married Italian noblemen. The eldest , son came to tbe United States aud settled in tho South, de

voted himself to scientiCc pnrsuita and wrote essays on tho institutions of America. ' rhere are, perhaps, a fow impoverished old womemu Trenton who now wish they had married the milkman of forty years ago, whoso youutr son is now thought to beabnlhantcatohf.jrrich Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, of this city. - - - PROHIBITION IX 3IAEXE. The Law Has Existed for Thirty Tears, bnt Saloons Still nourish. Jltlwankee SentlneL Occasionally an exasperated Prohibitionist in Maine complains of the open and per sistent violations of the prohibitory law. Such complaints, as General Doyrouce ex plained, are for local readersT Unfortunately for the cause, tho local papers fiud their way into the broad world, and the broad world is astonished to find that after thirty years of effort to suppress it by legislation, the liquor traffic goes on in Maine very much as it does elsewhere. For thirty years prohibition ban been the law of Maine in respect of liquors. Last; week tho Banger Whig and Courier, edited by that ardent advocate of prohibition. Congressman BmteIe, made the astonishing confession thui during all these years there has bo?u laive number of saloons in open operation iu that city: in fact that "the city istuid rtho ruleot the saloonx" During tho stnh o tho lumbermen, tho Mayor ordered it! 3 se.looas to close, which they did until U:o friko passed, and now they haveopcied again, or m the words of the Whig am). Courier, "the rura-shops of this eity snnied their devastating work in our midst," or again, "tho drunkard-mills of the city are - again running on f-ll time and grinding out their sicken ii.g cr!- t of inebriates. n In a later issne. t paper announced tMt "the tide of intoNication is again flowing unchecked thi.ngh our streets." In the Saturday issue the leading editorial closes thus: "Tho rr.loous may exult in - their fancied stmrih. but the power of public opinion is !itor than they, and it will rind voice tin-"-; - the pulpit, the press, and the hume, lujiif tho laws for the pro. tection of society fcliall bo recognized and obeyed." So, after thirty veara iff law and- agitation, the prohi hi tioti la w are not "recognized and obeyed" and tho prohibition people are still waiting for tho power of public opinion. The Reorganized Committee. Kokomo Gaztte-Txlbu:ieL The reorganized Republican committee meets with general favor here, as every

where throughout Indiana. Attorney-general Michener's acceptance of the chairmanship is particularly gratifying, and insures a magnificent organization of the Republican forces of Indiana and a victorious consummation of tbe campaign in 1890. M. It Sulzer. of Madison, as vicechairman; F. N. Millikan, of New Castle, as secretary, and Joseph 1. Irwin, of Columbus, as treasurer, complete a roster of com mittee officials that cannot well be im proved. Ylncennes Commercial. Hon. L. T. Michcner. who sacceeds Treas urer Hustou in the position of chairman of the State central committee, is well known to tho Republicans of th's State in tho capacity of a party worker, as well as a Mate official, and it is an undisputed fact that he was universally regarded as tho only man amply competent to fill the posi tion to which ho has been chosen. He is a lold and swift worker, ready in expedients, full of zeal and energy, unswerving in purpose when ho feels ho is iu the right, and knows no such a thing as surrendering to the enemy. The Need for Vacations. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. N All overworked men and women need. more than auything else, a change of scene, air and surroundings, and can best get it in a vacation jaunt If they get sufficient to eat and .a reasonably fair placo to sleep, they can well afford to do without ordinary luxuries and put up with some discomforts for the 6a ke of tho good t bey will inevitably get from the change. The stufiy room at the seashore, or the unplastered apartment in the mountains, can bo easily endured it tho day's exercise be judicious. A contemporary well says that the ideal vacation is that which supplies temporarily what is generally absent. To the man of sedentary habits this would be physical activity, and to the man of out-door pursuits it would be pure rest If these are purchased at a price which all can atlord, the purchasers can invest in them in the knowledge that they are doing right. Those British Investments. Philadelphia Ledger. It is not quite clear that any great amount of British capital is being invested in the syndicate purchases of breweries, iron-mills, etc. A little ready money is reJuired, but as 6oon as the purchase is elected shares are issued for three or four times the original value of the property, and Americans aro expected to pay enough for them to furnish all the capital required. The chief investment made by the English "capitalist" appears to be "cheek." Displeasing to the Critics. Philadelphia Press. The Democratic organs have another ground of complaint against Kussell Harrison in tbe fact that he lately dined with Queen Victoria, In the estimation of the able exponents of Democratic malice it was bad enough that young Mr. Harrison should be a gentleman, bnt that he 6hould accept the hospitality of the Queen is really carrying matters entirely too far. A Question of Barls. Leavenworth Times. A month ago the Eastern Democratic papers were booming Cleveland fora second term. Now they have dropped Cleveland and taken up Whitney. No cause is assigned for this sudden change, but it is supposed that the leaders must have caught a glimpse of tho ex-Secretary's barT aud reflected that tho ex-President hasn't any. First Catch Your Hare. Lafayette Courier. This is not the time for Indiana Republicans to discuss the question as to who fml1 h Atfptel United States Senator in the event the General Assembly is right M'V.sv J1,tt-rr 4tin l.Aiir ta T" 1 A . ii tt anI profit by tbe old recipe for cooking a hare, which kindly advises the catchiugof the hare as the first important step in the pro ceeding. The Immortality of Cats. Bt. Paul Pioneer Press. A dow n-east lady, whose top story should be placarded "attic for rent," firmly believes in tbe immortality of cats; and the Boston Globe, in a half colnmn editorial, queries. "Are rats immortal!" Well, the Lord forbid! There would be a stupendous bolt from Christianity to atheism if this question should be decided in tho affirmative. Take a Warning from the Flj. Boffal) Commercial Adrertisr. There are flies on Dubuque, la., to a depth of three inches. They live a short life, but a merry one. In the afternoon they are born on the sand-lots; they make a night of it around the electric lights of the city and die cumbering the ground and leaving a bad smelL Take a warning from a fly, and don't give way to lux-u-ry." We Have All Seen Them. Jfcw Yore Tribune. " Some of the third-party organs aro pos-' eessed of & blackguard vocabulary which their adversaries never acquired, and which they would be ashamed to use if they had, and it i not made either savory or efficacious by the pretense that it is employed in the service of "God, and borne, and native land." Free Traders and rrofpertty. Milwaukee SentlneL It must break the free-trade press all up to have tho Dun mercantile agency declare and prove that the volume of business continues remeTkably. largo for the time of year. FrosUrity is mighty bard to beat under a hign-tariff administration. Alters the Case. Milwaukee SentlneL The New York Herald tells its readers that "no matter what your success may be, never loseyonr head." But suppose vou area fourth-class postmaster with Clarkson at tho guillotine? s Ex-Prrldent Cleveland's Kzpectomtlons. Minneapolis Tribune Ex-President Cleveland is fishing near Syracuse. N. Y. Though remote from civilization, it is said that iu spitting on his bait he expectorates twice ouce for fish aud i ouce f or luck in lfctti.