Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1889 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1889.

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since become 6o historic, was signed hy tbe adult colonists. It is given precisely s it was written at tho time, including punctuations: In name of God, Amen, We whose names are titderwritten. th lojall subject of our . dread ftovcraipne, Lont King James by ye grace of liodof Ureat Jiritaine, France fclniand Kin, leiender of the Faith, ic, Ilarein? nudertaken lor ye glorie of God. and advancement of y CliriPtlan faith and honour of our Kins fc countrle, a voyairo to plant ye first colonle in ye cortherne parts of vii-frtnla, doo by thes presents solcmly and mutually, In je presence of God and one of another, covenant s combine ur selves tojreather in a civil boiy iolitick. for our better ordering & rcaervath)!i, fc furtherance of ye ends aforc.aid: and bf vertue hearof to enact, cenlltute and frame ruch just & enuall laws, onlinancej, acts, constitution. fc office?, Xrom time to time, 03 shall bo thought most xneete and convenient for ye trenerall good of ve Colonle; unto which mo promise nil due submission and obedience. In witness -whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd, yell of November, in ye year of ye ralgne of our sovtraigne Lork Kiiijr James of England, France !t Ireland ye eighteenth. and of ecotland 3e liftie-fourth, AnoDora. lCL'O. The signers of this compact then continued. John Carver as Governor of the colony, to act until the following New Years day. which came upon March 2T, according to the I'iljrriras' reckoning. There is a tradition that the Mayflower was driven into her harbor at Cape Cod, Nov. 22. bv a serere storm, but this histori

ans deny, recording that "she seems to have iiad pleasant weather, for immediately after anchoring sixteen well-armed men went on shore to explore and others to procure tire woods, while thev climed the hills ' and took observationsof the surroundings." 2s'ov. 25 Captain Myles Standish, with mneteen men, went ashore again and made an1 other exploration, which lasted several days. Dec. 7, another exploring party went ashoro, and on the ICth a new expedition started in the Mayflower's shallop, with interactions to follow the shore ana look for an eligible harbor. Dec. YJ fonnd the party on Clark's islaud, in Plymouth harbor. .This place had been nameil Plymouth by Capt. John Smith about five lrears before tho arrival of tho 'lMgrim3. who had his map of the place in their possession. Dec. 'JO happening on Sunday, the explorers did not pursue 'their investigations on that; day, tho rec;ords of the party showing that "on the Sab1ath day wo rested." On the 21st they 'ttonnded and explored tho harbor, and on ,this day occurred the technical landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth. William Bradford, atterward Governor, who was one of the party in the shallop, and who acted as historian of the colouy until his death, recording that "on Monday we sounded the harbor and found ittit for shipping, and marched into the land and found divers corn-rields and little running brooks a place lit for situation; at least it was the best we could rind." Owing to shallow water there were but few places where a landing could bo effected from .the shallop without wetting the feet. But one rock could be seen for miles along the shore. This was a bowlder weighing, perhaps, half a dozen tons, while behind it rose a hill abont thirty leet in height. Tho stouo was afterwards to bo known as "Plymouth Kock." Dec. 23 the shallop and her crow returned to tho Mayllower, twenty-five miles away. Dec. Dti the ship arrived in Plymouth harbor. Dec. 0 it was voted to establish 'the colouy at Plymouth, and the first regular landing from the Mayllower took place on this day. Twenty of the men went on tihoro to build barricade for protection against the Indians. They slept on shore. It is related that on tho same day "tho women were set on shoro to wash their clothes." . The identity of tho person who first-set foot upon Plymouth rock is to this day a matter of some uncertainty. One historian ays: "We are supposed now to generalize the anecdote. The lirst generation doubtless knew who came on snore from the ship In the first boat; the second generation "related it with less identity: the third and fourth with still less; like the stone thrown cn tho calm lake, the circles well defined at tirst become fainter and fainter as they recede. For the purposes of the arts, how ever, a female figure, typical of faith, hope and charity, is well adapted." The honor i navmg been the lirst person to step upon Plymouth rock is claimed for Mary Chilton by her descendants and also by those of John Alden for the latter. There are others who declare thaf'thoy havo little reasou to think that Mary Chilton ever saw it, or I that John Alden, first or last was ever upon . it." Notwithstanding these contradictions, the majority believe that Mary Chilton was the first known person to place her foet upon the rock. Tho first technical landing of tho Pilgrims at Plymouth, therefore, was on Dec. 21 (now style), and the permanent landin cr on Dec. CO. The "old style" of dating, adopted by the Pilgrims, has been the cause of much confusion in tho minds of sncceeding generations. In A. D. 323 tho calendar was "set right." The world then went on allowing CO5I4 days to each year, which was an overallowance of eleven minutes ten and onefourth seconds. This small error grew to euch an extent that in A. D. 725 the calendar was between three and four days behind the true reckoning, as shown by the nn. At the time of the discovery of America by Columbus, the difference had increased to nine days. In 1582 Pope Gregory, finding all fixed ecclesiastical observances falling ten days behind their seasons, corrected the calendar by adding ten days at the same time guarding against future errors by establishing the rule that years ending with two ciphers were not to be leap 3ears, except when the number was an exact ranltiplo of 400. All nations in continental Europe, except Knasia and Turkey, adopted the new rule, which was known as tho "new stylo" of reckoning, while the previous manner of reckoning was known as the "old style." By the "new style" the year was made to commence on Jan. 1, instead of March 25, as formerly. Tho English peoplo were not inclined to countenance the innovation of Popo Gregory. It was for this reason that tho Pilgrims, on lirst landing at Ply mouth, reckoned the day as Dec. 11, 1620, but the sun then reaching his winter solstice, showed it to be really tho 21st. By making a leap year of 1TU0 the national miscount was increased to eleven days. It was not until 1752, that by order of Parliament tho new calender was adopted by Great Britain and her colonies, uy calling the day after Sept. 2, the 14th. At the same time the beginning of the year was changed from March 25 to Jan. 1. It was for these reasons that the Pilgrims used donble dates so frequently, as, for instance, "March 20. 1070-7." This would be 1CT6. "old style," because it wonld lack five days to complete the 3oar, but in the "new style' it would bo 1U77. The system of double dating has not been practiced in tho colony since 1752. May 27, 1S50, the present Plymouth Pilgrim Society changed the date of observing tho day of the landing of tho Pilgrims from Dec. 11, "old style," to Dec. 21, "new style." Jan. 2, 1G21. the work of building the town actually began, nil able-bodied persons leaving the ship and assisting in getting material for the construction of houses. This work continued until all tho Pilgrims had roof9 to cover them, although twenty men slept in one house. Much sickness and mortality prevailed among the colonists, not so much because- of the unhealthy climate, but on account of the unwholesome food, which had become hardly fit to eat as a result of the-long vovage from England. The Pilgrims also suffered ereatlv on their exploring expeditions for want o! proper . doming ana shelter during the winter. By the close of the first vear of the Pil grims' arrival fifty-one. or exactly one-half ot ineir nunioer liau iied, including Uov. Carver and Rose Standish. Nov. 2. 1821, just one year after the day on which the passengers on tho Mayflower tdgutcd Cape iod. the English vessel Fort una arrived in Plymouth harbor from tin e port of the same name in Eucland. Sho brought thirty-nve new colonists. Dec. 23 the vessel sailed lor England with a cargo of beaver SKins, lumoerand sassafras, being the first shipment from tho new colony. The vessel aud her cargo were captured by tho French before she reached port, the v'hsel beiuc subsequently released, ivhiln the cargo was appropriated by the captors. The colonists had received by the Fortune a patent for their land from the Council for New England. It was drawn np in tho name of John Pierce and his associates that it might bo in the name of some resident of England. The patent, which is yet preserved m Plymouth, is dated June 1, lol (oia siyiei. ana was the first grant mado by the new rsortu Vir ginia, or New Enirland corporation. Tho document bears the seals and signatures of the Duke of Lenox, the Marquis of Hamil ton, the Earl of Warwick. Sir rerdinando (forges and one more which cannot now be deciphered. The signature of the Earl of Warwick is remarkably distinct and well preserved. The patent was lost for many years, but was subsequently recovered. It only remained in force for oneyear, when it T 1n l v 0"tlier one, through the efforts of Johif Pierce, which was not so lavorable to the interests of the colonists. rbo Mayllower sailed for England April 5, ifi:i, and arrived after a nassiiru of thirty -ona days. It is not known that sho

ever revisited Plymouth, but she came to Salom in 1G2U with a number of pilgrims from Leydeu, bound for Plymouth. She was heard of again at Cbarlestown in lfiSO, but no mention is made of her in the Plymouth records after that year. An ineffectual etlort was made by ill-disposed persons to prove that she was subsequently engaged in the slave trade, bnt tho untruthfulness of their statement has been shown by the fact that the vessel which was used as a slaver was of 850 tons burden more than twice as large as tho glorious Mayflower of happy memory. It has also been proved that there were sixteen vessels of the same name m different ports about the time mentioned. - . The first marriage in the colony occurred May 22, 3021, Edward Wiuslow, who had been a widower seven weeks, marrying Susanna White, who had lost her bnsband less than twelve weeks before. The marriage was not regarded as being at all indecorous, Mrs. White having been left with a large family of children, while it was desirable that Winslow. like other able-bodied men in the colony, should be at the head of a family. Josiah Winslow was the result of this marriage. Fifty-two years later ho became the first native Governor of an American colouy. The colony suffered greatly from famine in 1G22, while in 1C23 a worse famine prevailed. In Jnly the ship Anne, 140 tons.

arrived from England, and ten days later tho Little James, a 44-ton pinnace, also from En gland, came to anchor in Plymouth, Doth craft brought 100 persons, many of them relatives of the earlier settlers. At the close of 1623 about 180 emigrants in all were living at riymouth. The first law entered in the colony's recordbook was enacted Dec. 27. 1623. .It is rendered all the more important because of the tact that it is the hrst order issued by the General Council for a trial by jury in America. The original document, which is now in the archives of Plymouth county, in tnat town, is as xoirows: Orders a creed on at several times for tho gen eral good f the colony, and the better government and preservation of tho same. it was ordained lvtn day or Deccmb Anno 1023, by the court then held, that all crimynall facts; and also all matters of tresaa&es: ana debts between man, and man should be tried by the verdict of twelve honest men, to be Impaneled by authority, in forme of a lurve upon then oams. Rose Standish. the wile of Mvles. had died Jan. 29, 1620, presumably for want of proper food, as did many other Pilgrims about that time. Bradford merely referred to the fact, and the circumstances attending her death are conseonentlv not known. About tho end of September, 1623, Captain ruanuisu married a young woman named Barbara, whose family name is not given by historians. In 1627 the colony made the hrst law establishing a custom-house. Tho original document, which with many others is at present preserved in tho county building at Plymouth, is as follows. It was ordained the said of March. ifi2H for the preventing wcarcltj', rs al.o for the furdcrlng of our trade, that no corne, beans, or pease, be transported, iiubarkcd or sold to that end to be conveyed out of the colony without the leave and excuse of the Governor and Couusell: the breach whereof to be punished with los of the goods so taken or proved to be sold; and the peler fnrder lined or punished, or both at the discretion of ye (Jovnr. and counsel. In 1627 the construction of a canal across the Cape Cod isthmus was first considered b3' the Pilgrims, and tho question became one of much interest in Massachusetts. June 1. 1627. the division of all tho cattle in the colony took place, in accordance with the agreement made by the colonists among themselves before leaving England, whereby their joint partnership was to continue for seven j'ears after landing, when the division of the original capital and profits was to be made. The colonists were divided into twelve companies, ami the cattle divided among them. Thoo drawing each lot were to have the use of the stock for ten years, when the animals with one-half of their increase, wero to revert to the colouy. . The Council forXew England sent over a new patent for the Plymouth territory in 1630. It defined the grant as coextensive with the present Massachusetts counties of Plymouth. Barnstable and Bristol, and also included the island of Khode Island, .but an adverse claim being made against the granting of the hitter place, the Pilgrims yielded their claim. This patent ran to William Bradford, his heirs and associates, thus leaviug him to decide who should lm his associates, if any, or to make himself lord of tho manor and hold the other colonists his tenants and subordinates. This patent wa sivrned by the J-2;iil of Warwick, president of the Couucil for New England, and is to-day preserved among the" Plymouth registry of deeds. It was lost for many years, but in 1741 was received from private hands. The first legal execution in the colony took place in JfX)..when John Billingtou, who came in the Mayllower with the lirst Pilgrims, and who was regarded as a dangerous person generally, was put to death for shooting and killing John Xeweomen. In 16: 6 the firt revision of the laws took place. The first recorded law had been that of 1623, establishing trial bv iurv: the second in 1620, forbade the exportation of food and lumber without an official permit. In 1628 thatched roofs wero ordered to be changed for those of boards. In 16S2 fences were ordered forcultivated land, and every man was required to keep fire-arms. Drunkenness in one's hoube was made finable in 1633. It was also provided that Plvmouth should be the colonial capital, aud tho home of the Governor; that juror receive six pence for each case tried before them; that wills be proved within oue month before the Governor aud council, and that a man's widow should be his administratrix. There were no criminal Jaws, tho Governor and council being irivcn much discretion in cases of a criminal nature, together with trial by jury. Tho smoking or "drinking" of tobacco, as it was termed, was in 1638 forbidden on the high way or out of doors within one mile of a dwelling, or while at work in tho fields. In 1661 Kalph Smith, of Cape Cod. while on watch for whales, having lied about seeing one, was lined 20 shillings. In tho same year William Kandall was fined 10 shillings lor tolling a lie. James Eeouard, an innkeeper of Taunton, in 1634. lost his wife bv death, whereupon his license was taken away because "ho was not so well fitted as beforo to keep an inn." A confederation. called "the United Colonies of New England," formed of Massachusetts. Pljwoutb, Connecticut and New Haven, was established in 1643, after a discussion which lasted six years, and which had been com menced by Plymouth. Each State was to annually choose two church members as its commissioners. Each colony was to retain full control of its internal aliairs. The Pilgrims suffered a severe loss about harvest-time- of lG5b in the death of Capt. Myles Standish. About i631 he had removed to a tract of land between a high hill and the shore at Duxbury, a few miles from Plymouth. The hill is now known as Captain's hill, on which stands a monument 110 feet in height, surmounted hy a statue of Standish. He suffered irreatly dnring the last months of his life, his dwath being caused by gravel and strangury. While the exaet place of his burial "is slightly in question, it is almost certain that the grave is in the old cemetery at South Duxbury, and is marked by two three-cornered stones. Many memorials of Standish were uufortunately destroyed in the burning of his house in later years, but his sword, which is known to have been in the possession of tho Saracens in G37, an iron pot, a pewter platter, which were brought from England by Standish in the Mayllower, as well as a fragment of a quilt which belonged to his wife Kose, are now in possession of tho Plymouth Pilgrim Society. The death of Standi ih caused much mourning throughout the United Colonies of New England. William Bradford, who had been chosen Governor of the colony thirty-one times, and who was regarded with the greatest reverence and affection by the Pilgrims, followed Standish to his final rest. May 19, 16.77, aged sixty-seven. It is chiedy due to Bradford's having kept a rough history of the colony that so many facts concerning tho doings of tho early Pilgrims aro known. Unfortunately many of his notes and his letter-book were lott or destroyed, making the history of tho colony on many important points incomplete. Tho first free school in New England established by law was started in Plymouth, in 1072, the excise derived from the fisheries at Cape Cod. amounting to 33, having, in 1670, been offered any town which wonld keep a free colonial school, classical as well as elementary. It was decided that the Plymouth school was entitled to this sum. Boston. Dedharn and other places had for a lone time maintained free schools voluntarily, but not, it is claimed, under authorization of law. Time soon healed the differences which had existed among the colonies, and in 16!3 a charter came from England, which combined Massachusetts Bay, New Plymouth, the Vineyard Arehipelago, Maine aud Nova Scotia into the royal province of Massachusetts, thus bringing to a close the existence of Plymouth colony as a separate oh cial bodjr.

MUBPHY AND' HIS CEITICS

Ills Work in the Temperance Cause Termed a Failure by a Religious Editor, But the Eloquent Evangelist Says that Legis lation Never Saved a Drunkard He Is Not of the Scribes and Pharisees. Last evening a Journal reporter showed Francis Murphy a copy of the Western Christian Advocate, of July SI, pointing out to him an editorial headed, Strange Words from Eloquent Lips," in which the editor. Rev. J. H. BayUss, D. D., attacks Mr. Murphy for his strictures upon Prohibitionists. After calling the gospel tem perance evangelist to account for some of hisntterances against prohibitory methods, the article continues: "The fact is, not that prohibition is a failure, bnt that Mr. Murphy's work is almost such. We might use strong language on this point, but we refrain from it. As a matter of fact, Mr. Murphy, with all his power, and his gifts we nave already characterized, has maue no more impression upon the awiui Hood of intemperance than a child would make on the t Ohio river by dipping water from it in a pint cup and pouring it on the sand at tne rivers side. A part of the water thus dipped out would lloat away by evaporation, and enter the river no more; much of it would go back again into the stream. Sucn is 3ir. Murphy's work; intense, persistent, wearisome, discouraging. By it a few are saved, for which let us thank God; but it takes a sanguine nature to do Mr. Murphy's work and not despair. Prohibition in Kansas has done more to drive out intemperance than a thousand Murphys could do in a period ten times as long as the history of prohibition in Kansas. Ho spoke bravo words in Cincinnati awhile ago. but what single saloon closed on account of itf While Mr. Murphy made his most fiery appeals, tho awful scourge of death swept on. Saloon-keepers, some of them, approved his method, because it ignored tho only weapon which they fear." Tho temperance evangelist read the articlo and said: T continue to believe that the plan of absolute prohibition by legislative enactment is wrong m principle. It is the house built upon the sand and when the rain and storm of temptation come upon men prohibition is impotent to deliver.them from the power ot the enemy. I believe it the gospel of cowards and of tho unmanly that declares the inability of man to control himself and resist temptation. There are a great many people who are thoroughly smcero and honest in thtir advocacy of the prohibition of the liquor traffic by legislative enactment. They believe that if they could get a law pjissed prohibiting tho manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor, there would be no more liquor manufactured, and no more sold. That sort of thing has been put in the balance, weighed and found wanting, for there aro lew States in the Union that havo not. at some period, tried prohibition aa a remedy lor this evil. Men who are sincerely desirous of removing the evils attending the manufacture and sale of liquor declare that prohibition has aggravated theso evils instead of removing them, and that legislate e enactments of this character, like Moses, always die within sight of the promised land. T do not wish to be considered as calling the people who believe in the Mosaicnl treatment frauds aud hypocrites in any Kcnse, but the Jaws that have been enacted in tho hope of removing this evil aro acknowledged, bv those most competent to judge, to have been utter failures. They have been forced upon the people, and they have failed, even under what seemed the most favorable circumstances, therefore. 1 believe such laws .ire entitled to he called frauds. Senator Ingalls says of his own prohibition JState of Kansas: Snles for the specified purposes are confined to druggists, who are hedged about with thestringent provisions ot tho "pharmacy act.'f the pen alties for the violation ot which are ingeniously rigid, and have not been exceeded for severity since the code of Draco. Physician prescription s,nilldavits aud signatures tor the identification ot the purchaser ami specaic.it ion ot the disease tur which lie. needs tho pernicious lluid are required, and evasions ale punished w ith line, forfeiture ami imprisonment. 1 he sale of bitteir. elixirs and other concoctions containing alcohol has lumouMeulv increased. Ma laria, indigestion and other disorders havo developed in localities previously consideren salubrious, and then is probably no town of 1,000 inhabitants where a bibulous but discreet inquirer, if properly vouched for. cannot find at his hotel, or the elb. or in the cellar of a friend, a bottle of beer or a flask ot w hi.Hky. "Sena tor lngal Is also gives some testimony that bears on the other side, but this in sufficient to sustain mv tMisition on tho question, aud I commend to Dr. Baylissthis statement of the distinguished Senator. It is evident that a great many people in the State of Kansas drink liquor, notwithstanding the prohibitory enactment. There certainly is more Pharisaism in a community that has asked for prohibition aud been given what it asked, to go on drinking and procuring drink in this covert, sneaking and unlawful way than to go in openly and at the front door. "There is no soul in legislative enact ment to save men. Legislative enactments regarding the infirmities , of our common humanity have been instrumental in de grading men and in binding their dead sins to their own living bodies. Men have had to drag them around during their existence. ami when they bad satisfied the law and all its demands and had come out of bondage again they coutl not leavo their sins behind them. Society refused to receive them, or to repose any trust or confidence in them, 'the only sovereign remedy for sin. and the drinking of liquor is a sin. ono of the most stubborn known to civilization, and upon which even invention of legislation has been tried and failed the only sovereign rem edy is the gospel of tho Lord Jesus Christ, who came to save us from our sins. He came to seek and to save that which is lost. Ho .ound the man who had his dwelling in the tombs, who had utterly exhausted the patience of the authorities in the city until they had driven him out. They utterly failed to save him. but Jesus Christ saved him. lie was never lound in the police court alter that, and the same is truo of tho un fortunate woman who was dragged before Christ by eight or ten lusty scribes and l'harisees. She would pave been storied to death under the Mosaic law. But Jesus Christ, with the new law of love, mercy and torgiveness, saved her, and every sinner under the stars who is to bo saved will be saved by tho same blessed means of gospel teaching." FARJIEUS' INSTITUTES. Members of the State Board of Agriculture Sot in Sympathy with Plans Outlined. It has been intimated that the bill which passed tho last Legislature appropriating 85.000 for a series of farmers institutes in the various counties of the State is being manipulated in the interest of the Democratic free-trade organization. If this is th'. case, it is not likely that the scheme will be very successful, inasmuch as there is very little prospect at present of farmers institutes being held under that particular bill. The legislation, it is said, was secured under tho direction of the Democratic managers, and the lirst act of the commission appointed under it was to appoint 1'rox. . C. L.atta, of Tur due, as a lecturer and general superintend ent. at a salary of some Sl.'JOO per annum Tho next movement was to call upon tho members of the Board of Agriculture to organize the institutes in their several districts, preside over them, and aid in collect ing money in the vicinity of each one to assist in defraying the expenses of each meeting, lo this proposition the members ot the Board of Agricnlturo very promptly demurred. They argued, in the first place, that the people wnere the institutes were to be held would naturally wish to have something to do with . their direction, and would not caro to have outsiders, either of members of the State Board of Agriculture or of the commission come in and assume control. Secondly, a member of the board going into a community and trying to raise money for one of tho farmers' institutes mentioned in the bill wonld naturally be met with an inquiry as to why money was wanted from private citizens when tho Stato had mado an appropriation of 3,000 for that very purpose. Tor these

reasons the members of tho Board of Ag

riculture declined to accedo to the nrst call of the commission. The next aec of this commission was to issue a circular signed by President Smart, of Purdue, Prof. II. E. Stockbridge and Frof. V . C. L.atta, giving uirections and regulations concerning the institutes. I his circular was published in the Journal on Tuesday last, and sets forth that Professor Latta will superintend and conduct tho corre spondence relating to institutes, ana win attend as many as possible, and assist in conducting the same, and that other prolessors from Purdue will he sentasonen as possible, but that their expenses must be paid out of that portion of the fund de voted to local expeuses. Tho co-operation of the members of the Stato Board of Agri culture is again asked in making all local arrangements, ana each member ot tne Stato Board of Agriculture, or tho proper county organisation, will be expected to provide, among other things, as lollows: a suitable place of meeting for the institute, printed programmes, and all other necessay local advertising, and chairman of the institute. He must also select and pay expenses of all institute workers from aoroaa as tar as tnis may oe necessary. It is not likely that this proposition, being essentially the same as that continued in the first demand, will receive any more favorable consideration from the Stato Board of Agriculture. President Davidson, of the board, who was in the city yesterday, expressed himself unequivocally apainst it "I have had experience enough with farmers' institutes," he said. to know that they cannot oe run successfully without considerable expense. Under the arrangements made by the commission there will only be about $40 for each county, and this means that tho farmers must nut their hands in their pockets and provide for the institutes lttney are neiu in ine way piuposed, 1 do not propose, for oue, to ask the farmers in the counties of my district to do this when they have beeu led to believe that the State has made an appropriation for the p urpose, and I believe a majority or the members of the" board Ieei as i uo about it. If the fanners are really to pay the expenses of the institutes thev would. naturally prefer to run them to suit them selves. Besides this, I understand that tne Attornev-general has ruled that no money can oe pam out i me nppropnauou unui all the institutes are held, which means that unless the entire ninetv-two counties have institutes held in them the appropria tion will be unavailable. It is not a very promising outlook, and the gentlemen who ;ot tho bill through are in better shape to ook after it than I am. They have drawn tne cJepnant ana ougnt nor ro onjeci 10 taking care of it themselves." A Democratic Scheme. W. II. S., In Commercial Gazette. Kx-Governor Gray induced tho General Assembly to make an appropriation to help pay the Democratic campaign expenses for next year. That was the most cunning trick of all. The agricultural members of tho Legislature wero first worked up to tho belief that their interests were ignored under tho laws, and that if a series of agri cultural picnics could be provided, under the name of "farmers' institutes." it would be a good thing. They demanded tho organization of such institutes under the patronage of the State. Now was Gray's chance. He induced or forced the Democrats to indorse tho scheme and appropriate iVM) to carry it out, and the work was put in the hands of .1. Jl, fciuart.the democratic free-trade president of Purdue University. The intention is that tho institutes shall be the means of preaching tarili reform, so called, but of practical ireo tradeJn reality. They ere to be a sort of two-days' freetrade meetings held in different sections of the istate, where, under tho guise of talking against trusts, free-trade doctrino is to be taught. Purdue is supposed to be an agricultural college, bnt it is under the control of President Smart, who, if on oath, could not tell a pumpkin from a hand-saw. He knows but two rules of life. One is to advance himself, and tho other lo do tho bid ding of the Democratic leaders. It is under the management of this distinguished farmer the institutes are to be held. B-r,0VEUX0E GJtAY O ROUTE EAST. Perhaps lie lias Heard of Voorhees's Speech His Welcosne in the Coast States. Pierre Gray, the son of tho ex-Governor, and his private secretary, was standing near tho corner of Washington and Illinois streets yesterday afternoon, watching the throng. He was, perhaps, meditating upon how to stir that passing multitude to carry banners, beat tom-toms and shout for Isaac P. Gray for United States Senator. Young Gray is supposed to have full charge of his father's political aspirations and chances while the old gentleman isrecreating in the "West. Indeed, tho son himself last 3'ear traveled through the Pacific coast States talking, persuading, arguing and thereafter reporting to headquarters all he could observe and learn regarding your Uncle Isaacs vice-presidential possibilities. Young Gray was deep in counting the people yesterday as they passed him when tiie reporter asked him what he thought of Yoorhccs's Bloomiield speech. I have not road it," replied the son of his father with a smile. "There aro pointers in it for tho old gentleman,'' was suggested. "I guess he has read the speech by this time." 'He must not miss tho opportunity to make good use of them." 'Oh, well, father is in tho West, and I do not know that he is giving any attention to politics." "When will he be home?" "Karly next week. I had a letter from him to-day, written at Denver. He will lea vet here and visit my uncle, who lives near Emporia. Kan., where he will remain three or fonr days. That ought to allow him to reach here by the first of the coming week. Hewillmake no stops after leaving Emporia." "Your father has had a pleasant time in the Westr "Yes. He met Indianians wherever ho went, and all were glad to see him. Ho was At Seattle. Tacoma, Spokane Falls and other places in the North Pacific States. At every place the old Indianians and other residents called upon him. When I wasont there, I met many from this State, but father knows many that I do not. In California he was given a cordial welcome, particularly at San Diego and Los Angeles. At the first-named place they gave him special entertainment. J do not know how it was in San Francisco." "Tlin you think he has read Voorhees's speech?" if he has not read it, he will." The Work or Thieves. Early yesterday morning thieves entered the Acme steam laundry. No. 10 West Ohio street, and carried oil nearly $7 in cash. Wacbstetter's saloon, corner South and Tennessee streets, and Burlington's place, No. SU0 South Tennessee afreet, were also relieved of a little cash. Yesterday afternoon a hor?e and buggy, the property of F. H; Greenstreet, was taken from Washington street. - Passed a Had 11111. A young man named Rossington, of Fort Wayne, and a member of the Gatling-gun squad of that city, was arrested there, yesterday, and brought to this city. Ho is charged with passing a counterfeit tendollar greenback, and will bo given a hearing before United States Commissioner Van Buren this morning. Mr. lfossington, it is claimed, did not know the bill was bad, and acted innocently in the transaction. Indiana's Direct-Tax Claim. Attorney-general Michener is in Washington, where he will attempt to secure evidence whereby the State's claim for the return of the direct tax it paid to the government during the war may b strengthened, Will rtoftlgn Soon. George L Adams, of Morgan county, proposes to resign as a Representative in the General Assembly. He has decided to locate in Lincoln, Neb. looking for a Young Man. C. W. Watson, of Kedkey, applied to the police officers yesterday morning for aid in finding a young man named H. U. Bollim,

Sanfords Ginger

GENUINE Sanford's Ginger Is the Best of all krown Gingers. Nt'iiiiui khiULES I HundredioftKoM EnndrtdioftKouKUkdtinu. f Try One Creatlf Improved with awiorwc ntckl on on eia. Easiest riding rehiclcwutt.ThB t prints length en ana anonn ncccnunx to uie wbui put on mrm. Adapted equ.H wll to rouch country or tine City Clr'''" "', - -"'-"irrtlO"! . SraiMEK RESOItTS CEDAR SPRINGS HOTEL Thla beautiful Summer Rescrthaa been purchaaed by aa organized company, and the hotel baa been refurnished throughout. Coaches meet all trains. For particulars address . J. IL GITHENS, Manager "Cedar Springs Co.. New Paris, Ohio. Or G. B. WELLS, 111 South Jefferson street, Day ton, Ohio. whom he accuses of having led his fifteen-year-old daunhter astray. Kollins, it is claimed, had inveigled tne girl into going to Cohimbus, O., last week, where, seemingly, he abandoned her. Ho has since disappeared, and it was thought ho had taken refuge in this city. m m Cruelty to Animals. Sqnire Johnson fined James Hatfield $1 and costs yesterday for cruelty to a horse. In 'Sauire Smock's court George Cook filed a claim lor Si 00 against Frank Kden, James A. Collins and Samuel E. Collins for alleged damages to a horse by overdriving. . Society or Christian Endeavor. The executive committee of the State Society of Christian Endeavor met in the city last night and decided to hold the annual convention of tho organization hero on Oct. 12 and 13. What Is a Term J'olicy. Age 25? A ten-year-tcrm policy in the United States Life Insurance Company will cost the insured only $129.00 each year for ten years. Ho will then have paid the company 1,290.00. Should ho live, what will he then have? Nothiug; absolutely nothing. An j' other reliable company will sell same amount of insurance on a ten-year-tenn policy for $112.10 each year. Age twenty-five. Ten annual pajment policy. Life-rate endowment, plain, in theold reliable Union Central Life Insurance Company for $10,(XXUO will cost the insured $425.(10 each year for ten years. Should he live, what will he have? At ago forty-six ho will havo"$10.000.00 spot cash. Or he can take bond f $21,243.50, with profits, payable to his hoii at his death; or, he can have $J1.00 annuity as long as he lives. Young men, when any man tries to sell you term insurance, say 4Kats." For good life insurance call 85 Vance Block. J. S. Lampeut, Manager U. C. Life. Oxly $2.50 round trip to "Warsaw, for U. R. K. of 1. encampment, good returning on or before Aug. IS. Tickets for sale only at C..W.& M. ticket office, 1S8 fc. Illinois street. Trains leave 4 a. m., 11:55 a. m. and 5:45 p. m. J. B. Harter, Gen. Agt, The Niagara Excursion Via the O., I. & W. railway (great I., B. & AV. route), leaves Indianapolis Tuesday, Aug. 6, and tickets for sleeping-car berths and reclining-chairs can be secured at Union Depot and I., B. & W. ticket office, 42 Jackeon I'lace. 'Call early aud get good location in the same. That will probably be the last excursion to Niagara Falls for all tkue to come at the low rate of $5. Geo. Butler, General Agent. Only $3.50, First-Class, FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO CIIICAGO, To-day, over the direct Pennsylvania short line. Trains leave Indianapolis 11:35 a. in. and 11:20 p. rn.; arrive Chicago 0:30 p. m. and 0:55 a. m., respectively. Indianapolis ticket offices at Washington and Illinois streets and at Union PassPbger Station. Important Notice. The excursion to Niagara Falls, Chautauqua, Toronto and Thousand Islands, via the O., I. &. W. railway (the great and popular I., B. &, W. route), will positively leave Indianapolis Tuesday, Aug. C; 5 the round trip to the Falls. Fleutv of time to take in all side trips desired. Vait for our excursion. For tickets, sleeping-car berths and seats in reclining-chair cars and further information, call on Geo. Butler, General Agent, 42 Jackson Place. JZxcurslon West, VIA V AND ALIA LINE," Aug. 6,20 and Sept. 10. 24 and Oct. 8. One fare for the round trip. For information call upon Geo. Itech. Ticket Agent Vandalia Line, corner Washington and Illinois sts., or write II. IL Dering, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Indianapolis. Harvest Excursions, VIA Missouri Pacific railway and Iron Mountain route, to Arkansas, Texas. Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Utah, Aug. 6 and 20, Sept. 10 and 24 and Oct 8. ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP, For rates aud information address Coko Alexander, District Passenger Agent, 7 Jackson Place, Indianapolis. $3.50 to Chicago, Via Pennsylvania Lines (Panhandle Route). For tickets and information call upon Geo. Kech,Ticket Agent PanhandleLines, corner Washington and Illinois streets, or at ticket office, Union Station. Harvest Excursions to loints West, One fare for roumbtrip. Aug. 6. 20, Sept. 10, 24, and Oct. 8. I., 1). & W. will run an elegant reclining-chair car through to Kansas City. Ticket ollice 134 S. Illinois st, Adve to Mother. Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrap should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little surlerer 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 very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for diarrheca, whether arising from teetliing or other causes. Twenty rive cents a bottle. f Sulttiur's the thing to banish eruptions, complexional blemishes, sores, gont and rheumatism. This great remedial agent is erlectually and inexpensively embodied in Glenn's Sulphur Soap, which is just as beneficial as costly sulphur baths, bold by druggists. . . ' ... Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, black or brown, 50 cents. Pears is tho purest and best soap eyer made. Bkeciiam's Pills cure biliousness and nervous ills. . ; Beecitams Pills act like magic on a weak stomach. Fou a disordered liver try Beechams Pills.

on the Rampaee The old owl Is Justly indignant at the persistency with which rucrcenaty "dealers urr;e upon would-be purcha.crsof SAyroRn'sGiycra cheaxn worthless, and cfteu dangerous giogera as Moar own rap.ke, or "good as ganford's, or "cheaper than SanfordV or "the same, etc., not In tho Interest of health, nut for a few cents extra profit. 'o respectable druggist or grocer is ever guUty of such practices. Avoid all others. B isroKD's Ginger has earned by years of meritorious eivic In the preservation of health and alleviation of human surcriug the rlcrnt tolnit that those who call for It eball io given It without any attempt on the part of ricAlers to force upon purchasers inferior gincers. Eased on intrinsic worth, Sanforis itisGLK.eonipoundedof iniiKrted iriuger, choice nromatles. antl medicinal French brandy, is the cheapest gliper In the world. Ask for Sanford's Ginger With pw! Tr.td-Mark on the Wrapper.

FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES. PAYMENTS OR CASH. AT MESSENGER'S i oi East Washington St. BORN & CO FURNITURE, STOVES, CARPETS. Weekly and Monthly Payments G-AS STOVES 1,500 now in use 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. We sell to gas-consumers in this city only. On exhibition and for sale at tho GAS COMPANY, 47 South Pennsylvania St rtif icial Teeth Without a Plate rihonld interest everyone that has been unfortunate enough to lose any of their teeth. Should you bo one of the unfortunate ones, vf ill yon kindly investigate thoroughly tho principles of restoring all lost, decayed, or broken teeth without the use of an unhealthy plate, at my office, which is located at 3G EAST WASHINGTON ST., OrrosiTE New York Store. A. J. MORRIS, Dentist. BRUSH BRILLIANCY Arc and Incandescence ELECTRIC LIGHTS For particulars address THE BRUSH ELECTRIC CO.. CLEVELAND. OHIO. INSURANCE DIRECTORY HENRY COE. Fire Innurance Agency 13 Murtiiidald iilock. HOLLAND, CUAS. A. 92 East Market The -:tua. The North nrttlsh aud Mercantile, of London. 8UDLOW fe MARSH, Managers, t0a 1. Market St, for Indiana. Ohio. Kentucky, Trunpiuwe and W est Virginia for the Provident vinss Life AsHurabo Society ot New York, fcherpard Jlomans'a plan of uire life insurance, unmixed with bankiug a Specialty. KU U C ATI ONAL BUMMER SCHOOL. ENTER NOW. (ItUbSiUd 15M.) nPIUlPOLIS (Rwtitiwd IMS., rc)USIf!ESS UniVERS.7 w Q) H. fern fit, Whei Flxk, Opp. PcstoSca. JJ szsiLix. rm zzzzis. r&cipi ui rrepictci. Best conrno of BtuinrBS Traiuinc. Jtook-keepinK, TtuslneHft Practice, nankin jr. Short-hand. Typ-wnt. log, Pcniuanti)p atd KnlUh JJranche. tJir1. em ed instructor. I'atronizid by best pfople. Indl. vldual instruction. Open all year. Stnrtenta -ntr any time. Kducate for lucrative 11 turns. .Tim hurt. Exm-nites iu1-rat. Uusin-n inf-n call ou u for help. Most highly recommended. Write for fall information. Catalogue free. THE INDIANAPOLIS SCHOOL OF MUSIC Will open Pept. 10, in the Plymouth Churr.li ba:l.linc. Principal of varioua brancheM have had troia four u elx year with txt Kuropt-an maUrs. The tiXitlencTof Uie Pkeparatoey Lepaktmlnt in puaranted. and the cWrft in nm&lL Address CLAKLNCE rOJIUYTll. No. J 11 Parte avenue. BOYS' CLASSICAL SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Th fourteenth year will beftln fptmfMT Ifi. rn. pares boys for collide, scieotiiic &chol, and for bust. xieaa. A few boys will betaken into the family ot the principal. K. JiAl'OliEll. th- prlucipal. mar be seen or adilread&l. for the present, at 74 tai Walppt tre et. Tte Indianapolis Institute k Young Ladies. Collegiate and Preparatory Department. Con servatory of Mumc tchNl of Art, l'J Teachers. Best talrnt In every department. snpTior acoommtKlatlons In conteiuplau-d new ImildiDg. Address, for catalogue, etc., MK. or MltS. JAMES LYONS, . 477 North reuuiylranla eC, cor. bU Joe sU TENS9ErAKU POLYTECHNIC? INSTITUTE XL Troy, N. Y. The oldest School of Eninef rin k in theUiuted States. Next term begins Sept. l the ltegldter for contains list of gradnaus tor 64 years, with their positions; also course of sturtv, re. qulrtmcuts lor admission, expend a, etc. Candidate living st a diatauce mar he examined at their homea Address DAVID M. UltEENE, Uirector. GIRLS CLASSICAL SCHOOL. Eighth year opens September 16. Prepares for th Harvard Anuex and fr all women' cu'.lejres Kv eilent couraea in Music and Art. Jlandaunui acooronootfailous for bardinr pnpiU. Send fr catalogue. Theodore L. bewail aud May Wright teewall. PnncV pala, Indianapolis, Ind. ST. JOHN'S MILITARY SCHOOL MANLIUS. X. Y. Civil Engineering. Clamica. Bustneas. 1CT. I'.EV. t 1. IIT7NTINUTON, tTrsulent. ET. Col. W. VEUHKCK. SuperluteruV tiL b 1IITEADELrilIA. OKIIMANTOWN. Cati.l-jr W. Chelton Ave. Miss Mary E. fctevcus lloanilnr and Day school begins its 21st year Sept, is. lwi. Aprrove-rby Bryn Ma wr Colic and -Authortlel to prepare student tor It entrance examination luplU paas these examinations In this school. CAYUQA LAKE MILITARY ACADEMY. AUltOHA. N. Y. 350 per year. For illustrated circular address COL. C. J. WKIOUT. D. 6, A. M.. or A. K. M calf in. A. M.. Prlnclpala. fpWO CHOICE bCHOOLS-BROOKE HALL. 1 forfclrls and youuit ladles. Shortlidg Meri: Academy, for boy and youn men. Swithla C. tshort Udjte, A. M. (Harvard Graduate), Media, Pennsylvania (near Fhlladrijihia,)