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The Louisville Courier-Journal says, "Every Democrat registered is under adouble obligation to cast his vote for the Democratic nominees." A Houble obligation to vote ouco is all right, but what we object to in Southern Democratic methods is the single obligation to vote double. The Governor of Maryland has issued a warrant, on the requisition of theGovernor of Mississippi, for the arrest of Kilrain, and that individual will probably soon be on his way back to Mississippi. Now if Sullivan can bo captured and both men sent to jail it would be a fit conclusion of the whole business. p m : A rnorosiTiox to embody the Australian ballot system in the Dakota Constitution has been defeated on the ground "" that-it was special legislation. This was right. Whatever merit the system may . have the Constitution is no place for it. ;'.It can be secured by an act of the Legislature, and that is the proper way. There is danger that the new Constitutions now being framed will bo marred by a good deal of this sort of special legislation, though in the present instance the mistake was avoi ded. . ;'."We have heard a good deal about the financial responsibility- of the new Indiana School-book Company. Tho law requires the successful bidders to file a bond to tho acceptance and satisfaction of tho Governor, immediately on the award of tho contracts Tho contract was awarded early in July. No", bond has been filed and yet tho syndicate is Fending circulars over tho State threatening local school boards with prosecution, unless they buy the syndicate's books. They had better comply with the law themselves before attempting to enforce it against others. Let them file n bond. - The shocking murder of Gen. A. E. Jones, of Cincinnati, has ono .feature of resemblance to tho McDow-Dawson murder. Tho murderer has confessed to the killing, giving all the details of tho tragedy, and the main facts are corroborated by circumstantial evidence. Iut, like McDow, ho insists that the killing was dono in self-defense, tho deceased having struck him first. There is nothing to corroborate this part of his story, and it is improbable on its face, but tho only other witness of the tragedy being dead, it will bo hard to disprove; If tho murderer adheres to this statement, it may raise a reasonable doubt in the minds of a jury that will save him from tho gallows. These technicalities and subterfuges of tho law aro pretty well understood by criminals. TnE Journal hopes the Soldiers' Monument Commission will revise the pro'posed inscription for tho corner-stone o as to excludo all reference to the cost of the monument or tho source from whence tho money came. Any re fere nee of tho kind would bo out of place and in bad taste. Tho government has erected thousands of headstones at the graves of unknown soldiers. Suppose it should inscribe on each ono "erected by a gratefnl government at a cost of dollars." Tho monument is to be a Work of art, a costly one, indeed, but the cost is not tho most important factor in its value. If any one wishes to learn tho cost or by whom it was erected let him learn it from some other source, but do not let the gratitude of the common .wealth be marred by mixing it with the dollar mark. Such a thing would grieve the judicious for all time. TiiEitE is a woildof significance in thostatement of a commercial traveler in the iron trade, as published in the Sunday Journal. Referring to the recent tfdvauec in iron, and to tho general sense of security felt among manufacturers, he gays: "Tho Southerners aro interested in iron, and they aro mostly Democrats, but they have enough confidence in the Republican party to base their business speculations on it, if they do talk differently." This is a high tribute to the Republican party. Money talks and when business men show con

fidence enough in a party's economic policy to base their investments and speculations on it, no higher tribute could bo. asked. Tho fact that heretofore these Southerners who base their business confidence in the Republican party have still voted with the Democracy shows tho force of habit and prejudice. Their judgment, intelligence and interests point one way and tradition and prejudice another. In the end tho former must conquer, and Southerners .will vote for the party that commands their confidence.

WAS COLUMBUS A JEW? The ghost of Christopher Columbus will not down. It should seem that after life's fitful fever and several centuries of repose in the grave he might be permitted to rest quietly on his laurels, but he is not. Tho proposed celebration in 1892 of tho four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America has already started discussion as to the nativity and nationality of the discoverer, and from tho way it opens there is no telling where it will end. It has not been long since an American consul shocked the Cuban authorities by offering to pay a largo sum for the privilege of exhibiting Columbus's bonc3 in the United States. The indecent ofler was indignantly declined. No doubt the authorities thought the bones had been rattled enough already, for they were buried- aud removed four times before they reached their present resting place in Havana. Some time, when we acquire Cuba, they will come into our possession, and if thought advisable can bo quietly and decorously removed to Washington. v It is a curious commentary on the uncertainty of human fame and human history that neither tho birth-place of Columbus nor tho date of his birth is known with certainty. Genoa is his commonly accepted birth-place, though several other places have laid claim to the honor, and ono party to the present discussion asserts that ho was Corsican instead of Genoese. As to the time of his birth authorities differ fully ten years. These details are not of much consequence, but all true friends of Columbus must nnito in defending his claim to be the real discoverer of America. Wo cannot afford to have our national traditions destroyed, our folk-loro abolished, and our school-books rendered obsolete by admitting the claim of any other person to that honor. Rut perhaps tho most curious and interesting claim recently brought to light is that Columbus was a Jew, or of Jewish origin. This claim is made seriously, though where it originates is not stated. A London cablegram in the Sunday Journal says: The Jewish World, without indorsing this "daring suggestion," says that "tho name Christopher was frequently adopted by converts, while tho surname Colon was borne by a distinguished family of Jowi9h scholars. Christopher's brother Diego bore originally the name of Jacob, which sounds suspiciously like a Shem Kadosh." Further it mentions that "Jews figure prominently in the history of the discovery The plans and calculations for Columbus's expedition were largely the work of two Hebrew astronomers and mathematicians. Two Jews were also employed as interpreters by Columbus. One, Louis de Torres, was the first European to set foot in tho new world." There is nothing inherently improbable in the suggestion. The Jews have always been a cosmopolitan people, and at tho period of Columbus's birth were scattered all over Europe. They largely controlled its trade and commerce. Tho great navigator's father was a woolcomber, and, fqr all that is known, might have been a Hebrew. The race has furnished some of tho greatest names in commerce, literature and art; why not also the greatest of navigators and the discoverer of the new world? The suggestion is at least sufficient to rouse investigation. Along with all other doubts as to Columbus's birthplace and identity it should be settled in good time for tho great anniversary of 1892. Ton some timo past a Democratic "tariff-reform" meeting has been advertised to be held at Rloomfield on tho 27th inst., with Senator Voorhees as the principal speaker. Tho meeting came off on Saturday, and Mr. Voorhees spoke his piece. In order to make sure of getting his speech the Journal sent a shorthand reporter to tako it down, and in order to show what kind of a speech tho Senator makes when he has not written out his remarks in advance and does not know there is a reporter about, wo print it. Wo think most people will agree that a more demagogical speech never was delivered. From beginning to end it is an appeal to the ignorance and prejudice of his audience, full of falso statements, vicious suggestions and communistic appeals. It never onco rises to tho level of respectable argument or accurate statement. Tho Senator's favorite idea of tariff reform seems to be abuse of tho Republican party and weeding out rich men by ban m n c Theodore Roosevelt offers a striking contrast to those self-styled civilservico reformers whose blind zeal in behalf oi their favorite cause leads them to abuse and put obstacles in the way of the only party through which the reform can bo established. Air. Roosevelt's manly declaration that he means to work hard for three years to improve the civil service, and will then resign to work for tho election of the Republican presidential ticket, shows that he understands thoroughly that the reform is a change of S3'stem that must be brought about gradually, and is to bo accomplished from within, and not by petty faultfinders without tho party. His course should commend itself to certain wouldbe reformers in Indianapolis who, by their grumbling and misrepresentation, aro playiug into the hands of tho Democracya party which they have had ample proof has no sympathy with reform. . The recent unearthing of an extensive system of frauds in the German Navy Department proves anew that official scandals and corruption are not confined to any government or people. We have had some in this country, but no more than others. American citizens of foreign birth are apt to draw comparisons between this government and those of Europe favorable to the latter in respect

of honest and efficient administration. Probably no government in Europe is more carefully administered than that of Germany, yet recent disclosures show that ring frauds and official corruption may exist there as elsewhere. The navy frauds are very extensive and embrace a number of high officials and government contractors. There is nothing to gloat over -in such revelations in any government, but they should remind a certain class of critics that official frauds are not' peculiar to the United States.

The New York Chamber of Commerce having resolved that the federal government, the State of New York and tho city of New York shall furnish all the money required for holding tho World's fair at that place in 1892, Philadelphia warns the citizens that the plan will not work. The New Yorkers are respectfully informed that the West will oppose congressional aid to the amount demanded, and that if tho fair is to be a success it will be necessary for the people of the city to go down into their own pockets as Philadelphians did in 1876. If congressional aid cannot be obtained, no one will be surprised to hear New York call upon the country at large for contributions. Its course with the Grant monument warrants such expectation. The tricycle, that vehicle made especially for women because of the belief that the bicycle could not be adapted to their use, has failed of popularity, chiefly, it is to be supposed, on account of its weight. Certainly it cannot have been a question of propriety that prevented its rise, since the two-wheeled machine for women has sprung quickly into favor. All the objections urged by overly-fastidious people against the tricycle apply to the other, but these objections resolve themselves into nothing when the utility of the machines is shown by practical demonstration. Women's bicycle clubs are common in New England towns, in Washington the machine h&s ceased to be a novelty, and in Chicago surprise is no longer aroused at the sight of a young woman spinning along the crowded boulevard at the fashionable hour for driving. In the latter city, as in Indianapolis, the running of. wheels on sidewalks is forbidden, but, unlike Indianapolis, the law is there enforced. The riders wear a costume similar to a tennis dress, the wheel is of the low, "safety" variety, and there is nothing in the appearance to on'end any tasie but that which objects to innovations on general principles. It will not belong before so useful a vehicle comes into general use among women and girls everywhere, and is accepted as one of the conventional and convenient means of transit. "' Belford, Clakke & Co., of New York, publishers of Belford's Magazine, write to correct the statement recently made in the Journal, that the Magazine had been. discontinued. It has not been discontinued, but has, they say, only changed its editors and its policy, and in future will be independent instead of Democratic, ;This periodical, without its distinctive f reotrado features, will bo tho same in name only, but if its new editors establish a' high literary standard, and are genuinely Independent in politics, a new class of readers will be found for tho periodical, and 'success be greater than when it was issued as campaign literature. . o AVhex the new electrical road, invented by the Anderson genius, gets into operation, traveling "like a streak of lightning' will no longer be a figure of speech lTJI$ takes one's breath away even to think ofj being conveyed across the country at fhd rate he proposes; but until such scheies are proved failures it is wise to treat. theui with respect rather than, by jeering -at; them, to risk repeating the expericicepf the fathers who scoffed at the promises of "steam-car inventors. t Ma. Adrian Hill, the Anderson inventor, who claims to have devised an electrical motor that will shorten tho tune of transit between that town and Indianapolis from an hour and a half to fifteen minutes, is a man to he encouraged. When roads are built and his fast trains running to Anderson, Muucie, Kokomo, Lafayette, etc., Indianapolis will annex these surrounding suburbs, and make something of them. Southern industries are looking up., A couple of traveling ginseng merchants, in Kentucky, have been making big money by purchasing the root at market rates and then, before selling again, boring out the center and filling it up with lead to increase the weight. Subscriber, Indianapolis: Edward Bellamy has too recently conio into prominence in the literary world to have a place even in the latest biographical dictionaries. Address his publishers, Ticknor & Co., Boston, or Scribuers "Book Buyer," for information. To the Editor ot tho Indiauapolis Journal: Can you inform ino or tell me where I can obtain a statement of tte whole amount of taxes paid annually by the people of Indiana? fleENCfcit, lnd. l.NViUIRLK. Assuming that reference is made to State, national,' county, township and municipal taxes, there is no means of obtaining even an approximately correct estimate. To tho Editor of tlie Indianapolis Journal: I have often heard the Nicaragua canal ccherne dicused, but nobody scenis to know why the Americans have held back ko long. There muet have been something Lu the Miay. What wapiti Madison, lnd. A Keadlk. The magnitude of the undertaking and the difficulty of bringing about public and private co-operation in the enterprise. ABOUT PIQPLE AND THIXGS. Queen Victoria is very anxious to make a visit to India. Theatrical Manager Augustin Daly is seriously ill in an Francisco. The French government will, within a year, take control of all the telegraph lines. Goveunok Lakkahek, of Iowa, will retiro from public life at the close of his present term. Benjamin Franklin was the first to discover that storms in this country travel from west to eat. , ; Secretary Blaine has 'spent twentyeight years of his life in Washington, and has never, joined a club. Buffalo Bill has written to a friend in Colorado that he has received a proposal of marriage from twenty-seven wealthy l'arisienues. Manager Arbey discredits the report that Mary Anderson is in a private insane asylum in England. It is believed that the actress will never return to the stage. Mr. CuNiNOHAME-GnAiiAM'is about to move in Parliament that after the death of the Queen the kingdom shall be abolished and a radical democracy established in England. Pkixce Ferdinand of Bulgaria intends to assume the title of King on the 14th of August, the anniversary of the day on which ho look the oath of allegianco to the Bulgarian Constitution. J. C-WiiiTTAKF.il, the ex-West Point cadet, who figured as tho victim in the notorious ear-splittiug episode several years ago.

has been elected principal of tho colored graded school in Sumter, S. C. During tho past few years he has been practicing law in that city. John G. WiiiTTiERhas gone to the White Mountains for a month, his feebleness having necessitated the change! Although ho is not ill. his friends are reported to be concerned about his condition. The Shah of Persia has acquired the democratic habit of shaking hands with crowds of strangers. He is not as .skillful in this as an American President, but he does very well for an indolent Oriental. Zola is said to he the best paid novelist in France. Mrs. Humphry Ward has just been offered $5,000 for a story of 30.000 words, and John Strange Winter refused an oiler of $2,500 for her next novelette. The little house in a delightful park between Second and Third avenues, ut Ninety-first street, in New York city, where Washington Irvin lived while he was writing "Astoria," has just been occupied by a German club. : The late Theodore D wight Woolsey, expresident of Yale, provided in his will that such books from his library in Latin, Greek and German .ts the committee of tho Yale University library may select be given to that institution. The famous Schiller archives, which were long kept at Castle Greifensteiu, were presented recently to the Grand Duchess Sophie of Sachsen-Weiinar, by the nephew of Schiller, the Freiherr Ludwig of Gleich-en-Husswurm. The Grand Duchess immediately placed them under the management of the guardians of the Goctho archives in Weimar. Hereafter these two collections of mementoes and manuscripts of the two greatest German poets will be exhibited together. A recent close inspection of the comet discovered by Mr. Barnard, of Lick Observatory, in September last, shows that its body is evidently becoming disintegrated and the fragments are to be seen streaming behind the comet in the' form of a tal), directed not from, bnt toward, the sun. The comet, which is 1&5,000,000 miles from the earth, is still fairly bright, and were it not for the fragments which . are seen to follow it, would seem to be in a perfectly normal condition. An act of heroism on the part of tho United States vice-consul at Kanagawa, Japan, has just been reported. His name is G. II. Scidmore. On the 15th of June a Japanese subject, Hiravocho Michome, jumped overboard from the American steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, with tho intention of committing suicide. He did not struggle in the water or make any effort to save himself, and it was with great difficulty that Mr. Scidmore, when he leaped from the launch in which he was riding, was able to get hold of him and haul him alongside. Though very pale and very much fatigued, he said: , "Take the Japanese aboard first." He was finally drawn aboard himself, and ringing cheers greeted him as he was landed. say! A b tunning name for the Btranjrer man. Whose steps you desire to stav. And one that is built on a winning plan, Is the good American "Say!' J?ome fish may rise to the simple "Sir!' And others to "Hi!" or "Hey!" But the sleepiest wight is 6ure to stir At the sharp salute of "Say!" j Say what! you say It may be naught, Or may be the time of day; Hut a foreigner, tramp or prince is caught, Kever fear, by the shout of "Say!" Pittsburg IMspatch.

COMMENT AND OPINION. If English monev is to bo obtained on the ' hope that a trust or combination can rule tno dry goods trade, it is only necessary -to remark that an extraordinary lot of fools in England are seeking the opportunity to be parted from their money in the promptest manner. Pittsburg Dispatch. No act of Tanner can be justified simplv because Black did tho same thing. If it cannot stand on its own merits it must fall. The question is not whether Black did it, but whether ,it- Is right in itself. That is the standard that must be applied, and that is what ho himself asks. Philadelphia Press. The only forcible argument against an educational restriction of the suffrage is the dauber that it would weaken the stimulus to provide for popular education; but it has not had that ellect in Massachusetts. The desire to elevate aud improve the character of the people and to diffuse the ad-' . vantages of. education would still prevail. New York Times. The business of hangman is profitable, and under the law it is necessary, and yet it is hard to get any competent man to go into it; and when one is found heusuallj' travels from place to place, perhaps from State to State, to do his detested work, so few are his competitors. Men shrink away, women turn pale, and children are terrified '.when they encounter a known hangman. New York Sun. It is the monomania for cheap coal and cheap everything that forces workers to strike against starvation. And of all tho people on the footstool who are victims of this mania for cheap.tbings the free-trader ranks first and most offensively. They do not choose to see that cheap products mean low wages. They want to eat their cake and have it. . It cannot be done. Philadelphia North American.! The submission of international disputes to a third power can never be, in the present state of European politics, a practical means of avoiding war. The enormous increase of devices for the effective destruction of life and property, and the diplomatic entanglements in which all European powers are bound, are the strong arguments of the age for international peace. New Y'ork Commercial Advertiser. Missionaries to heathen lands long ago discovered that it was almost a hopeless task to attempt to convert a barbarous people to Christianity' without taking measures to improve their general condition. Hence, the establishment of schools, the sending of skilled physicians and other efforts to bring all the resources of civilization into action in order to prepare tho f:round for the reception of the seed of reigious truth. Louisville Courier-Journal. If the salt union means to double the Erice of salt in this country, or more, as it as dono in Englaud, the tax on the people would average fully 20 Cents for each inhabitant and probably more, but it is yet to be proved that such an advance or any other can be maintained. Tho available deposits in this country are very numerous and large, and the duty on imported salt may not appear to Congress a desirable . one to retain, if the producers combine to shut up part of the American works aud to tax consumers. New York Tribune. THE STATE PRESS. JVhat Its Editors Are Saying About Cnrrent . Politics and the Fieorganized Committee. Lawrenceburg Press; "Smash the trusts!" is an easy line to write and it sounds taking from a spell-binder on tho stump, but it will take very, able statesmanship to 6mash the trusts without smashing something else. , Columbus Republican: Welare opposed1 to trusts of all kinds, but we insist that the right shall be made against the trust which is the cause of the adraucc in price of sugar and other articles the prices of which are controlled by the, trusts, and not against the tariff", which is not the cause of any advance in price. Greensburg Beviewr Attorney-general Michener, as chairman, will give to the committee strength and enthusiasm. He is familiar with all the details of tho work of the committee, and is certainly a good man for the place. He is a tireless worker, painstaking and shrewd, and will prove to be a gallant leader in the conllict. Marti nsville Republican: ' The selection of Hon. L. T. Michener as chairman of the Republican State central committee meets with much favor by the' Republicans throughout the State. Mr. Michener is an able man, level-headed, good executive ability, active, alert, a hard Avorker, good organizer and a stalwart Republican. New Casjfcje Courier As. to Frank if. Millikan, srjretary of the Republican State central committee, the Courier can assure the Republicans of Indiana that "he is all right." A gentleman of fine appearance and good address, sociable, bright and entertaiuiug in conversation: in business quick, comprehensive, methodical and thorough: in politics shrewd, far-seeing, courage jus and remarkably close-mouthed,

ho presents a combination of all the good qualities required in the position, and will, without doubt, not only mako himself useful, but next to indispensable in the pLvre. Lafayette Courier: Of all tho trusts yet formed the Salt Trust is the most aggrcssi ve, boldly asserting its plan ' of organization and defining its objects in a comprehensive printed prospectus. It will be n, bright and shining mark for Congress to aim at when it goes a-gunning for combinations that are inimical to publio interests. Rensselaer Kepublican: The choice of L T. Michener to be chairman of the Republican State central committee gives universal satisfaction to tho Republicans of the State. There is no man better fitted than he to conduct to a successful conclusion the great coming struggle of JK) for the redemption of Indiana from the infamous rule of tho gerrymander brigands. Hendricks County Republican: There is not a better orgauizer in the Union than Attorney-general Michener. His record as a private citizen is without a blemish, and he probably knows more about men and politics than any other man in the. State. With the new organization in charge the Republican party in Indiaua ought to sweep everything in l&X), and once more rescue the Legislature from tho venal ' and corrupt minority. Rockport Republican: The Indianapolis Journal recommends the idea of extending the circulation of good Republican newspapers among that class of people who do not read them, as an important step looking towards the next 'campaign in this State. This is right. The silent influence of the good paper is worth more than all the shouting of the "spell-binders" during the heat of a campaign, and all the enthusiasm of big rallies. Lagrange Standard: At first thought, when President Harrison called so many of the leaders from this State, it was feared their absence might impair the Republican strength in the next campaign. But all such fears disappear with L. T. Michener placed at tho head of the State central committee. There could not have been any other man chosen known as well all over the State, and in whom the Republicaus have more confidence for ability and vim as a leader in a campaign contest.

THE DOLLAR MARK. A Vigorous Protest Against, the Proposed Inscription on the Soldiers Monument. Lafayette Courier. Tho corner-stone of the monument is to be placed in position on the22d day of August next, accompanied by imposing ceremonies by military and civic bodies, and by persons high instate and federal authority, including the President, himself the embodiment of patriotism and true Americanism. In anticipation, of that event it has been officially announced that the following inscription for the corner-stone has been decided upon: : Erected by Virtue of an Act : : of ; : The General Assembly, : ; Approved March 31, 1&77, Appropriating : : $200,000. : : Contributed by the G.-A. R : And Citizens, $22,000. : : . Aug. 22, 1880. ' . : ' ............ ........... . In the name of mercy, and justice, and decency, it is to be hoped that the decision regarding the inscription may be reversed before it is too late. Nothing is more offensive than an ostentatious display of wealth or poWer, or the bestowal of charity for the benefit of the advertisement. What would be thought of a private monument bearing the inscription: Erected to the Memory of John Smith By His Bereaved Wife AIAUY. ; nAt a Cost of $750.3 : ; 4,The Lord Loves a Cheerful GTver." : With one accord everybody would join in the verdict that the inscription was au offense agaiust every sense of propriety a vulgar and heartless exhibition of riches, a humiliating confession of ignorance and boorishness. It is hardly likely that anyone will dissent from that opinion, and it is pertinent to inquire why an inscription essentially similar would he less offensive on a monument consecrated to tho unselfish heroes of the war. The services they performed nor the gratitude the people hold in remembrance of their deeds ought not to be and cannot be measured by paltry dollars, and to attempt it is to make a display of bad taste that is both inexcusable and wicked. Because the Legislature voted an appropriation of $-00,000 ja no. good reason why that body should be specially mentioned. It was the people's money, and it is sufficient to have it said that the monument was "erected by the people." without parading the cost. The greut shaft is designed to perpetuate a glorious memory, to mark the most important epoch in tho first century of the Republic, and to mar it at the very beginning with a sordid, soulless sentiment in which $ marks stand out most conspicuous, is to commit an act of desecration for which no reasonable apology can be ottered. . A HAITI' MARRIED LIFK. Mrs. Gladstone a True Helpmeet to Her Husband for Fifty Year. London Special. Mrs. Gladstone's career as wife and mother has been pointed to for years as a model. The dependence of husband and wife on each otber in all circumstances has been noted. The statesman has found in his spouse a true helpmeet, who sympathized with all his aspirations, with confidence in all his movements, and one who, in tho darkest moments of his long life of political activity, has looked to the future to bring him success in all his projects aud vindication of his motives. An amusing anecdote is told in illustration of this wifely, unswerving faith. After the late general election, when the appeal to the country had resulted adversely to Mr. Gladstone's Irish polic', Mrs. Gladstone was found somewhat depressed by a visitor at Hawarden Castie, while the Grand Old Man was serenely at work in his study up si airs. "Never mind," 6aid tho visitor, sympathetically. "There is One above who will bring things right in His own good time." "Yes, indeed," replied the good lady. "He will bring things right; but he will forget all about his lunch if I don't call him down." Mrs. Gladstone nursed all her children herself. She looked after them from infancy, and cared for them in every way as if she had not been the lady of the castle, who was able to command any amount of assistance that she might require. With their little ones Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone have always been the most tender and affectionate of parents. When out of office Mr. Gladstone taught his elder children Italian. The girls were educated at homo by governesses, English, French and German. The bovs all went to Eton, and afterward to Oxford. Blessed herself with a perfect constitutionand unbroken health, Mrs. Gladstone has watched over her husband with the skill of a nurse and the vigilance of a guardian angeh She knows tho limits of her own skill to a hair's breadth, and the moment they are passed she calls in the doctor. Noris.it only in the maladies of the body in which she lias displayed invaluable qualities. .She has carefully kept Mr. Gladstone shielded from all the minor worries of life. Mr. Gladstone is fully sensible of what he owes to his wife, nor has he made any 6ecret of the fact that his continuance in public service was clepeudent upon the health of his partner in life. Had sho broken down and become an invalid ho would have retired from the service of his country. It would have been impossible, he felt, to carry on the work of the government, and. at the same time, to have attended to his duty to his wife, nor could ho have stood tho strain if she, who had been throughout as a ministering spirit, instead of aiding him, had become a tax upon his vitality. Tho self-denial of Mrs. Gladstone is bevoud all prai- It no doubt seems very'dazzling and imposing to be the wife of a Prime Minister, or even the wife of the leader of the opposition, but the wife herself has a somewhat hard time of it. The absorption of a Prime Minister in the work of the nation lea vea him very little tiincfo domestic intercourse. Mrs. Gladstone has been known to remark that when Mr. Gladstoue was in office in London, during the season, it was quite a treat to her tolie invited to ft friend's house to dinner together with her husband. She always then tried to get seated next to him, 'when," she said, "it is at least possible for me to have some conversation with my husband; otherwise I e nothing of him." Well Named. Nebraska State Journal. Democratic editors have given a certain sort of nu an colic, now prevalent in the Eastern States, the uaino "Harrison ri."

It is very suggestive. It indicates the ort of pain in . the stomach tho Democratic brethren experienced Jast November. . 3IILLLVTS A"GELTJS.M

It Will Be Kxhlbltel In Aruerlc After Being Shown In Pari. New York Sun. James F.Sutton, of the American Art Association, who bought Millet's great picture, "The Angelas,"" after the French government failed to secure it at the price at which it was knocked down at tho Secretan sale In Paris, on July 1, arrived in, town yesterday from France, on the steamship Lahn. Mr. Sutton was enthusiastic in praise of the picture, but said any patriotic American who could appreciate patriotism in a Frenchman would be 6orry that France was not to have the picture. "The French made a great mistake in not keeping tho picture," said Mr. Sutton, "and they are aware of it now. Anton Proust, of the government, told me that nearly oOO.OCO franca were subscribed by the people, but tho government could not afford, for political reasons, to pay the remaining 2."i3,000 francs necessary. The critics of Proust, and thoso with him, declared it was extravagance for a government to pay so great a sum for a picture, and the coverumeut yielded to the J pressure. It's a very sad thing for art in i mucr iuai n is IO oo XUKCU lruiu iud country, for 1 believe the picture is the greatest picture ever painted by any artist. The religions sentiment in it, combined with the landscape, make it a masterpiece, and I never went up to it but I felt like bowing my head. So popular is tho subject that lilty-cent lithographs of it are scattered all over France in the peasants cottages, while a remarque proof of an etching by Waltner was recently sold on the other sido for $2,000. "When it became doubtful whether tho French government would buy the picture," continued Mr. Sutton, "1 contracted with 51. Proust to take it at tho price I offered. I have understood since that another Americca was willing to pay tho same price if I did not take it. Who he is 1 don't know. As I learned that the picture was mine only a short time before starting for New York, I only had time to put it m a safe deposit company's vaults, and could not make any arrangements for exhiting it, It is iay intention now, however, to place it on exhibition in Paris, for the benefit of Mme. Millet, who lives with her daughter in Paris, and is quite poor. 1 ran down to Barbizou from Paris, by the way, hoping to see Millet's house and Study, but the little place has been bought and incorporated in a big estate adjoining Millet's place, and everything in the house has been scattered. Access to it is denied, and it looks as though no one lived in it. 1 shall exhibit .the picture in Paris as soon as I can be sure that no speculation will be connected with the benelit for Mme. Millet," "When will 'The Angelus' be brought to America!' "Ah, that I don't know about," said Mr. Sutton. "The duty of V0 per cent on imported paintings stops me. Otherwise I should have it here soon. In the first place, to the knock-down price of 553.000 francs (110,G00) tho government adds a fee of 5 per cent., as is customary, which brings the amount to 5S0.G50 francs, or $116,120. The duty would be $34.8o9. making tho price delivered in New York $150,9y. As the picture, exclusive of frame, is 22-j inches wide and 252 inches in length, it seems that Tho Angelus' would cost $3,500. a square inch delivered in New York. However, 1 propose to bring it over in bond to exhibit it if necessary this fall, as tho Verestchagin pictures wero exhibited in New York last winter. Then I could take it back to France. The picture is not for sale, and it will not be for sale. If it goes out of our hands it will probably bo presented to a museum. Tho Corcoran gallery worked hard enough to get it. Even if M. Proust had bought the picture for the government, I would have brought it over this fall to exhibit with the Barye collection to be shown in tho American art galleries. Thai is now entirely uncertain, owing to the loss of a small fortune in duties if it is brought here to remain permanently. I hope Congress will pass it through the custom-house free by a special act," Oar Lack of Patriotism. ' Book Talk. Mr. Manrice Thompson stoutly condemns the American tendency to disloyalty to our country in the matter of art and letters. "In a word," he says, "we are not genuinely American. Even in our common schools we are taught a supreme deference in the presence of .alien masters. Our liberal freedom has made us too familiar with ourselves, and we have failed to maintain a proper self-respect. A man must have a German name before we will listen to his science; a picture must be imported to insure respectful consideration; a book mnst he written abroad, and have Mr. Gladstone's notice, before wo will read it. This manner of public bias cannot be called lovalty. no matter how many guns wo fire on the 4th of Jnfr." Treated HI in as an 1'quaL Boston Transcript. President Harrison met a League pitcher, the other day, and was treated as a social equal. The pitcher showed no haughtiness, but, on the other hand, was kind, attentive and ' considerate. The common people, who always like to see tho great unbend, looked on with pleasure, for all meu felt that in the courtesy paid to their chief magistrate was an implied acknowledgment of their own equality with the fitcher. The President was greatly pleased, le told Secretary Halford that if tho League pitcher had been an applicant for the San gammon postolhce, ho couldn't have been more respectfuL And that particular pitcher had just been sold for $5,000 by tho Dodge City to the Keokuks, too. No Danger of Its Getting Away. Ohio State Journal. Foster and Halstead seem to bo the leading candidates for Senator. The latter is getting homo from Europe so as to be on deck as soon as Foster finishes his Indiau treaty. In addition, McKinley, Butterworth, Grosvenor and others are keeping an eye on the situation. There will be no more opportunities in Ohio for the Democrats to scandalize the State by a senatorial auction. Wasn't That Enough? Nebraska State Journal. That Jersey judge hadn't the snnd to condemn Mary Brady to the ducking-stool after her conviction in his court as a common scold. Ho lined her $25. delivered her a lecture on the danger of talking too much, and stuck her for $00 costs. Thus are the good old customs of the fathers allowed to fall into innocuous desuetude. Removed for Cause. Philadelphia Press. Ono of President Cleveland's postmature has just been bunged out in the Northwest for stealing cattle. The proceeding will be regarded in Democratic circles as pernicious activity of the rankest sort. Neglecting Tlieir Duty. Cleveland Leader. The opposition organs are not malignin-4 and belittling President Harrison h:iit a much as they did President Lincoln or President Grant at corresponding periods of their administration. Unexpe! Acknowledgment. Charleston News and Courier. The shooting, on Monday morning, ot Oliver Jackson, colored, by Hal Power, the night watchman at the Savannah Valley depot, in Anderson, is a very M-rions matter. Twill ilo Uninonrned. Chicago Inter Oceau. Ohio Democrats are in no hurry to begin tbe tight. Their State convention will be held in Davton, Aug. J7 and f uncial tho following November. No rlowers. Laying Down th Law. Atlanta Constitution. The millions of blacks in the South must co-opcrato with their white neighbors if they look for happiness and prosperity. m m Will djouro Early. News Item. The members of the New Hampshire Leg. :.U..., ,1riU' r,i,lr. !) i'iW tllM klimi instead of a per diem, as heretofore. While Chicago lla llonndles Prairies. . Chicago Inttr Ocean In the first place New York has no place for such an exhibition without going miles away from the heart of the city. Synonymous Nulance. B.iltuncre American. Pugilism aiid alcoholism seem to be eynoxu'iuous. Both arc nuisance.