Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1889 — Page 4

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But if the operation of this animal essence i3 so powerful as to make tho old young, may it not produce other effects of a different and less desirable character! When diluted lamb-fibro pumped into his circulatory system causes tho elderly man to forget his staiduess and stifthess and inclines him to frisk like tho lamb, may it not be possible that other qualities of tho young sheep have been also transmitted! Timidity, stupidity, "sheepishness" and the tendency to follow their leader blindly, are traits that few men would seek to encourage in themselves in these days, when self-assuranco and brazen effrontery are winning cards in the great game of getting on in tho world. To engraft lamb-like qualities on a ruffian would, of course, be beneficial in case any surgeon so far forgot his duty to tho community as to undertake the rejuvenation of a man of this kind. But lambs aro not alone available as fountains of life for decrepit humanity. Rabbits aro recommended by tho distinguished French scientist, and young pigs and Guinea pigs arc said to be equally good. Tho youth and health of the animal being the main considera tions to the doctors, thero seems no reason why they may not as well utilize puppies, or kittens, or calves without thinking of possible secondary consequences. Society, as a whole, might. perhaps, bo improved by encouraging the growth of lamblike dispositions, but how about piggishness and the headlong stubbornness of the calf? And who -would care to incorporate feline traits into his character, or tho peculiarities of the bull-terrier, or awful thought! tho rat-terrier? Even the rabbit, though it be possessed of the astonishing shrewdness ascribed to it by Uncle Reinus, is not likely to bo admired as a model by men who want to be made over. It will bo urged that the animal nature cannot thns be transmitted, but will any ono say why not? If youth can pass from the lamb to tho man, why not tho rest! It is not enough to say that becauso man does not come to resemble the sheep through eating mutton, or piggish from indulgence in pork, that therefore the theory of transmission fails. It has never been held that roast lamb was more rejuvenating to the diner than ' beefsteak cut from a mature' "critter," but according to Biown-Sequard lambjuice, sent into tho veins direct, will .' turn timo backward in its flight from ! twenty to thirty years. If it is so powerful in one particular, why may it not .be in another! At all events, tho point is ono worth attention from the man about to be operated on. A wise choice of the animal whose essence is to be in corporated into his system may bo of the greatest importance to his f uturo career. A COLUMBUa OF THE WEST. Tho people of Indiana have a greater interest in the early French explorations of tho valleys of tho Mississippi and Ohio than is generally known; and too little credit is given those who first saw the Wabash for their pioneer efforts in opening the Hoosier wilderness. Tardy recognition is now being accorded ono of the most remarkable of tho men who aro connected with Indiana's history, and one who has been underrated and overlooked by his own countrymen. Judge Lambert Tree offers to erect in Chicago a monument to this Columbus of the West, and now, after two hundred years, Robert Cavolier La Salle is to bo remembered in tho laud which he did much to introduce to subsequent explorers and traders, and ultimately to settlers. Chicago is perhaps as fitting a place as any for this memorial. If some of tho schemes of this interesting Frenchman could have been carried to successful consummation, the history of tho entiro West would read differently. An exam ination of tho man's work, his wonderful courage and irrepressible energy; his hopefulness and ability to recover from reverses, make the story of his life read iike a romance. One of the most re

markablo plans conceived in his fertile

brain was that of forming a settlement in Illinois, and surrounding himself with an army of savages. In tho history of America's redemption from savagery and wilderness there is nothing moro striking than this. La Salle had allowed his imagination to run away with him in many of his enterprises. In tho beginning of his important work he had dreamed of a passage to China through a river he heard of from the Indians the Mississippi as leading to the southward through the heart of the con tinent. He built the Grifiin, tho first ship that spread sail to the breezes of the lakes. In 1CT0 he descended tho Ohio, and in 1C82-3 became familiarwith tho topography and geography of Indiana. He knew the Kankakee before it became the famed paradise for sportsmen, and the "Ouboche" was a route to tho south which ho saw would be a most important connecting link between French Canada and French Louisiana. "With eyes as interested as tho eagle ones of Cortez, that Keats speaks of, he saw tho glories of tho West Central States before the value of tho acquisi tions in America were realized by the French king. Yet of all tho projects of Sieur de La Salle, that of tho great Indian con federacy was the most stupendous. What might not an ambitious man do with a host of bravo warriors at his back! With such allies all manner of expeditions might be undertaken, and endless conquests made, in the name of "His Most Christian Majesty." It is of interest in Indiana that this wonderful adventurer really secured all of the Indians for his confederacy; and, until his murder in Texas, and tho subsequent relocation and distribution of the allied tribes, the Wabash country was without inhabitants. The Starved Rock community, on the Illinois river, is a feature of Western history about which little is known; indeed, so vague is the most completo information in respect to its origin and decline that it has not been given the attention it merited at the hands of historians. The men whp came with or followed La Salle into the Western territory were all of them interesting characters, and brave, good men, but La Salle, with his originality, his optimism and ceaseless energy, was in advance of tho most of them. Judge Tree's memorial is a life-size statue in bronze, made in Franco from designs furnished by the donor. It is offered to tho commissioners of Lincoln Park, and will be accepted as a matter of course. There will the bronze figure look out over the lake which the sturdy adventurer visited long ago, and down which ho camo to Indiana in a canoe when the States and cities of the North west were undreamed of, and when tho French tongue promised to be the one that should prevail in Indiana and Illinois. NEEDLES AND PINS. An interesting supplement to tho essay of ono of our modern authors on the "Total Depravity of Inanimate Things7' might be made out of tho queer doings of the needles and pins of this country. Scarcely a day passes that the newspapers, in tho discharge of their high and solemn duty to the American people, do nothavoto chronicle the singular and mysterious performances of these small and apparently innocent implements of housewifery. Wo are credibly in formed that some enterprising journals maintain, at large expense, the space of a column or more which is exclusively devoted ' to tho daily exploits of the way ward nccdlo and tho eccentric pin. Space is given them that once was occupied by ophidian or ichthyological legends of an imaginative sort, which, being much less wonderful in their de tails, have had to surrender their longestablished precedence in the annals of sensationalism. Many persons aro in a state of great bewilder ment as to what will be their next freak, and some of these persons are in not a little anxiety lest they become the victims of their acupunctural pranks. A man becomes thin and cadaverous and is conscious of declining health. His physician runs a thermometer under his tongue and applies a stethoscope to his luugs; gazes hopelessly into his mouth, and vainly thumps him in front and rear, but is unablo to discover any caueo for his debilitated condition. Finally tho invalid is invited by . an itching in his big toe, for instance, to make an examination of that part of his anatomy, and, upon doing so, finds tho point of a pin protruding from it. The pin is extracted, and tho man speedily regains his normal state of health. No one knows where tho pin came from or how it got there, but it is supposed to havo been via the esophagus or a perforation of the epidermis at some timo in the remote past. Such an explanation is not, however, altogether satisfactory to those who are intimately acquainted with the depraved nature of pins. One who has unexpectedly encountered them in the seats of chairs on the most inopportune occasions, or about the waists of seductive maidens in critical moments, is thoroughly convinced of their pure diabolism. Readers of history may find this evil opinion of them corroborated in the accounts of Salem witchcraft and the good old days of Cotton-Mather, of pious memory. It was a common occurrence for the sorcerers-and witches of those days to vomit pins, which were often bent and deformed, as a result, it was generally supposed, of their crooked practices. These vomitions were universally regarded as tho most conclusive evidence) of a league with the prince of darkness, for no other imaginable reason than that pins were looked upon as peculiarly diabolical implements. Nausea of that sort was promptly diagnosed as a caso of demoniacal Dossession, and it must bo admitted that the treatment of it was somewhat heroic. It consisted, in 6hort, in burning tho afflicted person at the stake. Its effectiveness for tho cure of any particular case is undeniable, as it was thorough, radical and complete, and really left nothing to be desired. Nevertheless, wo aro not prepared to recommend jt as a remedy for tho disease which seems to af

flict our land at this time. Fighting the devil with fire has never appeared to bo the most judicious way of overcoming one who is represented by all reputable and authentic tradition as being habituated to that element, and it is evidently the devil or his agencies that must bo overcome in order to prevent the spread of the present malady. Decapitation is an effective cure for the toothache in individual instances, but it does not extirpate the disorder, and is hardly fair to the patient. On the other hand, Ingcrsoll and other liberal theologians have made it so extremely difficult to ascertain the precise whereabouts of hi3 satanic majesty that it is practically impossible to administer any remedies to him, and they must necessarily be limited to his agencies. In this emergency, perhaps tho best we can do is to accept a hint from our friends, the enemy in Prohibition camps, and urge a prevention of the manufacture and sale of pins, and tho abolition of them teetotally and forever.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF LANGUAGE. That the future of tho English language should be subject to serious concern in two English-speaking countries simultaneously is assuredly somewhat promising. The London News but lately announces its belief that America is making tho English tongue of the future, and that, as American will doubtless be tho language of the world, Americans should gravely ask themselves if they are making that language wisely and well. This critic deprecates not only the "wishy-washy, everlasting flood" of slang and newfangled terms which is sweeping over press and general literature, but the meaningless and unholy perversion of noblo words to fantastic - and ignoble uses. In tho same vein, N. A. Campbell, in the North American Resview for July, issued a spirited call for an American Academy of Language, to protect tho mother tongue against the unavoidable impress made by foreign elements, and the more censurablo influence of domestic ingrates, who elect themselves to coin queer words and take other unpardonable liberties with the national medium of thought-expression. It is this writer's intelligent idea that such an academy a choice assortment of American immortals, representing every section of the country, and including linguists and scholars from tho best colleges and universities would win the respect of the Nation and establish a standard of orthography and pronunciation which would reconcile the differences of lexicographers and bo accepted authority for all America. He foresees that the scholars of England would co-operato with this institution, and advises, for its financial foundation and sustenance, the appliance of a part of the much-discussed government surplus tho whole to be a national monument to national culture, wisdom and patriotism. Surely tho sentiment of both English and American critics must find harmonious echo in the heart and head of every true lover of "tho well of pure English." ' Even in vision alone there is : solace in the hope that at the hands of tho prospective American Academy tho perennial dialect-maker of tho American magazine may be furnished a bare bodkin of reproof or disapproval with which to make his unregrettcd quietus. Under that wise administration, too, doubtless, all distorting dictionary-readers and eccentric word-builders may find them selves high and dry on back shelves of second-hand book stores, with none so poor to do them reverence. Sinners of this class, however, are not native to America only. It was an English novelist who wrote of "a bosky-looking spot, tho residential umbrage of another peer," and also of "the lurching rever berations of tho firelight." Amelio Rives's linguistic delirium tremens are too familiar to be quoted, and Edgar Saltus's most remarkable heroine "a fetching young woman, with eburnean 6kin, and iserino eyes, whoso stockingless feet tinkled on the floor" "bells on her toes," no doubt "and who paced the room, restless as a panther, lashing tho furniture with her skirts," is, beyond cavil, a de ranged creature, for whose confinement to fictional boundaries a nervous reading public cannot bo too thankful. If, in addition to securing unity, preventing sectionalism, and abolishing dialectwhich three valuable offices aro be spoken for tho American Academy by its projector it can bo guaranteed compe tent to do battle with the lingual f antastics born of a certain new school of fiction, its speedy materialization will be devoutly wished. CONCERNING THE LIVER. If the Journal were to construct an old-fashioned riddle it would be: What is that which everybody has and i obody could be without, but which most people are always at war with, and wishing they could get rid of! Give it up! The liver, of course. That was a wise and witty answer to tho question whether life was worth living, that "it all depends on the liver." We are told that the brain is the seat of intellect, the heart of the affections, the stomach the source of vital energy, and good digestion the secret of health. But all these are subordinate and subject to the liver, which is at the same time tho laziest, the most capricious, tyrannical, relentless and despotic of rulers. There seems to be something radically wrong in tho relations of mankind to their livers. No doubt the original design was all right, and, in tho division of labor and distribution of functions, the part assigned to the liver was rightly adjusted and cheerfully assumed. Probably the original man did not know ho had a liver. It is pleasant to think that before the fall Adam never suffered from, a torpid liver, never complained of biliousness, never had malaria, with the concomitant symptoms of soreness, goneness, mental inertia, physical worthle3sness, loss of appetite, suicidal propensities, homicidal feelings toward Eve, bitterness against all living things, desire to kick the cat, animosity towards the sunshine, hatred of flowers, and general degradation of feeling. If Adam had ever felt that way there would surely be some record of it, and as there is none,. we are at liberty to assume that he and

his liver were at peace. The liver rebellion, which has contributed so

much to human misery and placed mankind at such an immenso disadvantage, did not begin till after the fall. Why it should bo permitted to continue is as inexplicable as the existence of evil. No doubt it is for tho greatest good of the greatest number, but its victims may be permitted to wish that this great end might be at tained in some other way. Fer aspera ad astra is an encouraging and elevating sentiment, but persons who aro doomed to work out their salvation through a torpid liver would no doubt prefer to reach the stars by some other route, or even bo content with a lower level and better lives. In this malarial cli mate, and especially in this malarial weather, the torpid liver holds undisputed sway and scourges its victims with uusparing hand. Nearly every person one mcefrs is its abject and miserable slave. Malaria in all its dreadful types is the liver's favorite line of attack, and it invariably succeeds in making a man miserable if it has to fight it out on that lino all summer. If Doctors Brown-Sequard and Hammond would direct their scientific eflorts to discovering something which would do away with livers, or at least render mankind independent of them, the modern world would hail them as its greatest benefactors. A typographical error came near causing serious results in St. Louis a few days ago. Mr. Frederick S. BrownelL of that city, part owner of extensive car-works, is also a gentleman of high character and well and favorably known in church circles. Therefore, when one of the city papers announced that he had been granted a patent for a faro-box attachment church circles were shocked and business men were amazed. St. Louis is not noted for puritanism, and professional gambling flourishes there in regular river fashion, but the idea of one of the pillars of respectable society giving countenance to the vice by inventing a faro-box attachment was a little too much. When Mr. Brownell saw the item, he was as angry as a gentleman of his respectability and Christian character could afiord to be, and in his wrath threatened to sue tho paper for libel. "No matter what useful thing a man may invent," said Mr. Brownell. "the papers pay no attention to him whatever; but let the report once get abroad that he has a patent on a faro or thimblerig attachment,' and the newspapers and an indiscriminating public jump on him. Row I understand why my pastor looked at me in such a sad and reproachful manner to-day. 'Faro'-box attachment; well, that's decidedly rich. Suppose, now, you call that a faro-box attachment, and you have the whole thing." Being connected with car-works, he had invented a fare-box attachment. A typographical error did the rest. Almost every day records some new api plication of electricity as a motor power. One of tho most recent is its use in "blowing the bellows" of church organs. This is now done in several New York churches with great success. The advantages of tho new motor oyer others are said to be many and obvious. The small space that the motor occupies, the evenness of itsblowing, the facility of its control in starting and stopping, as well as in regulating, and the little attention required, are the special advantages cla imed for it over any other power used for this purpose. It runs with practically no noise, is free from heat or odor, gives no trouble from frost in the coldest weather, and is always to be depended upon to do what is asked of it. If an organ is built for power, its attachment is the work of a moment. If built to be run by hand it can. easily be transformed into one ready for power. Henceforth the organist can bo independent of his worst enemy, the human blower. With an electric motor he seats himself at his instrument, presses a button within reach of his hand, the motor reVolvos, the bellows rise and fall, and the organ, obedient to his touch, gives forth its music in praise of the works of man as well as of God. ' Human nature is full of surprises, and sometimes reveals high qualities where they are least suspected. At Memphis, a short time ago, two typical moonshiners from the mountain region of East Tennessee were convicted of illicit distilling and sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment. They represented to the court that the sole dependence of their families was the little crop they had at home, begged leave to return and work it, cut off the grass, promising to return and take their medicine at whatever timo might bo set. The court released them on their own recognizance, naming Aug. 1 as the day for their return. On that day, before noon, tho two men reported to the United States marshal and went cheerfully to jail. "Why didn't you keep your freedom when you had it?" one of them was asked. The mountaineer looked at tho questioner for a moment and leplicd: "How could we? Didn't we give our word as we'd come back?" It is a pity the government has to punish such men for illicit distilling. This is an off year in politics. There is no national campaign and no State campaign of any special interest, but, oddly enough, there is an amazing amount of politics in tho newspapers. To read them, especially those of the brand whose editors assume to stand on a plane far above party. it might be supposed that this was near the closo of a presidential year. These high moral organs could not be more virulent or mendacious in their remarks if the election took place next week. The' party papers have a great deal to say on the same subjeet. but are willing to vary the theme. Still, political topics will come to the front and attract public attention to a curious extent. If interest is kept up at this rate the general absorption in the subject three ycars'later will be something unprecedented. If but the Journal taboos politics on Sunday. Tin: days when to be an avowed Christian was to bo a martyr passed by in tho civilized world long since, and it is a common remark that, so far as public sentiment is concerned, it is easier to be a Christian than a sinner. Young and ardent followers of the Master have been heard to express the wish that their faith might be tested by persecution. These earnest souls may modify their wish -when they read of the sufferings of the Christians in Albania. To desiro to vie with the ancient saints and martyrs is one thing; to put themselves in the place of men and women who are robbed, imprisoned and brutally abused today, because of their religion, is likely to be quite another and less-ent icing thought. Martyrdom is apt to be coveted only when it is not one of the possibilities. That was a very circumstantial story told by a sea captain at Panama about encountering and shooting the tea serpent

He describes tho appearance, movements and dimensions of the monster very accurately; then relates how he was attacked with bomb-guns, how he lashed the sea into a foam after he was wounded, and then, with a great convulsion, sank in deep water to be seen no more. ; Yes, sank, and there's the rub. The captain's story fails at the end, for with the Eerpent at the bottom of the sea, what proof have we that it was not a mariner's midsummer tale? Tho captain is fibbing. The sea serpent is not dead. Crushed to earth, it will riso again, and will be seen, pursued and killed by other mariners. L the interesting account given by United States Consul Jones of his visit to

Nanking, the ancient capital of the Chinese empire, ho says of the American missionaries residing there that "the diflerent sects and their hostility to each and all others have a confusing effect on the mind of the heathen, and induce him to stick to his original gods." This is a serious charge, and should put Christian churches and missionary societies upon inquiry as to its truth. If true, it indicates a state of things discreditable to the churches and injurious to Christianity. If not true it should be refuted. ' The Boston Globe, in exploiting a new method of executing criminals, says: "If the criminal were placed on a chair in a glass case, air tight, except for a small opening at the top, and a stream of carbonic acid gas poured m upouhim, it would cause him first to sink gently into unconsciousness, and as the glass case became entirely filled with the gas life would be come extinct." The Globe's plan lacks completeness. It neglects to provide the criminal with a swans-down conch, Havana cigar and fresh bouquet to alleviate his agony. Oscar Prettybad and Moses Toold, young Sioux Indians at tho Wabash Manual Labor Institute, are causing the authorities much trouble by their bad conduct If the authorities will persist in giving younfc Indians such names as Prettybad and Toobold they ought to have trouble. The boys are trying to live up to their names. Call one of them AdamFinefellow and the other Jacob Kisingyoungman and see what effect that will have. Dwellers in Florida who are fortunate enough to possess pet sand-hill cranes have discovered that they are alert night watchers. No tramp or thief can approach the premises without hearing a clear buglenote of alarm. The cackling of a goose saved Rome, and the cry of a sand-hill crane performs the same service for the Florida hen-roost and smoke-house. Plereafter let us hear no more of the hanging of the crane. ' - A physician has discovered fiye kinds of poison in cigarettes, but none of them seem to accomplish the desired result. To the Editor of tho Indianapolis Journal: Please 6tate If there Is a premium on silver twenty-five cent pieces of the issue of 1853. Makco, Ind. A Header. In the hand-book issued by C. W. Stutesman, of Bunker Hill, Ind., silver quarters of 1S53, without arrows, are valued at $2.50 each. ' BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT. General Butler is at St. Johns, N. B., keeping house on his yacht, the America. Ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland will, spend the latter part of August with Dr. Joseph Burnett, at Deerfoot, South Doro, Mass. The finest private collection of coins in Boston is said to be owned by a man who made a fortune baking beans. It is valued at$100,000. A concise prayer said to have been offered by an earnest New England deacon, was as follows: "Lord, give us grace to know Thy will and grit to do it&' A country paper in West Virginia apologizes for having given a bride's age as fifty instead of twenty. What vengeance tho insulted woman wreaked is not mentioned.' The stealing of an umbrella on a clear day is ' held to bo a theft by an Omaha judge, but the stealing of the same article on a rainy day is said to be justifiable on the ground ot self-dsfense. Piunck Wahawax, brother of the King of Siam, is engaged in translating the 'Arabian Nights' into Siamese. The translit inn i a liittir ml f 1 i uhoi? in 1111 tti 1 iv. which are described as extremely well printed and illustrated with good engravings. The Baltimore American editorially de clares that-Mr. Robert Garrett's restoration to health is now assured. He attends to his large correspondence, and on Lis return this fall to Baltimore will resume active business life and take personal charge of his large enterprises. The Princess of Wales adds to her many other accomplishments that of being an able and competent musician. Not infrequently at private concerts at the St James Palace she plays in the quartets, lier musical talents are the more remarkable as she sutlers from slight dealness. Feargus O'Connor, the noted chartist agitator, in a speech to the British Commons once referred to tho possibility of ieeizeouu uecomiug sovereign, whereupon Sir Robert Peel dryly observed: "The honorable gentleman would then certain ly enjoy the confidence of the crown." On Sundays, when on the imperial yacht. Kaiser William othciates himself. The crew is drawn up on the quarter-deck, and in front of a provisional altar, covered with the war ensign ot the German navy, the Kaiser reads, in a loud voice, a sermon. and concludes the service with wine Col lects and the Lord's Prayer. John Tyler, son of tho dead ex-Presi dent, is gradually sinking. His entire body has boon paralyzed tor nearly a year, and he is finally giving way to the consequent inanition. When in health he was tal ented, witty, learned and companionable. or several years pasi ne nas held a sine cure in tho Treasury Department. When Mr. Andrew Clark entered London Hospital as an assistant he was in poor health. . "Poor Scotch beggar," said one of tho faculty, "let him have a place: he can not possibly live mere than six months." He is now, after these many years of emi nent service, Sir Andrew Clark, perhaps tne most famous pnysiciau iu xugiano. If reports are" true, Emma Abbott has had made the costliest dress known to the modern dressmaker. It cost $4,000. This is more than three times as much as Sarah Bernhardt's boat govrn, which cost ?l200, and nearly seven times as much as Mine. Doche paid, cU. for all the costumes she used iu creating tho "Dame aux Camelias.", When Mrs. Anna C. Parks, one of the inspectresses at the New York custom-house who on Tuesday caused tho arrest of the Italian w oman, in whose bustle was found a peck of dutiable jewels, was asked why she suspected the culprit, she answered that she marked her out for search because she knew that Italian women don't wear bustles. Wm. R. Dickerson, principal defendant in the suit growing out of the forgery of the will of the Philadelphia millionaire. Robert Whittaker. and sentenced to tha eastern penitentiary, in Pennsylvania, for ten years, win ne released next Saturday, his time having been commuted two yars and one mouth for roou behavior. Dickersou was au accomplished lawyer; in fact, too accouipiisntu ior uis own good. "Thk bcQavior or the Shah's retiune caused the worst possible impression at all the houses he visited last week," says the London World. "Lady Salishn tv verv nearly lest patience at their irruniblinc: about the position of their rooms, but it -is fcutisiactory to know that their penitent

endeavors to convert drawing-rooms and corridors into dormitories met in more than one case wit ha courteous but firm resistance." In the old grave-yard at Kittcry, Me., there is among the many quaint inscriptions on the stones this one, relating to "Margaret Hills, consort of Oliver Hills," who died in 1803: I lost my life In tho raffing seas A pov're.ijru r,od docs as he please Tko Kittery friends they did appear fc my remains they barfed here, Red rain fell recently in the Province of Lublin, Russian Poland. The 6hower lasted for about ten minutes.' The peasants, who mistook the red liquid for blood, became panic-stricken and crowded the

churches, where they were quieted by tho pnesis. cevcrai uoiiies oi tno red rain were sent to chemists and microscopists in "Warsaw for examination. For several davs atter the shower all the surface water in .Lublin was of a dark pink color. Commodore Klbkidgk T. Gerry has a bad rep ntation among stenographers. The other day, when he testified in the Kemmler reffreuce case, the official stenog rapher got close to him so as to catch his words with the least possible difficulty. tiv ut-gan taiKing siowiv. out wnen Jlr. Cockran COt nr. him nA fh rnclitmsin. lawyer-Philanthropist became warmed up in the defense of the electrical execution law, he rattled oiF his sentences at an amazing rate. A count showed that ho epoke at stretches at the rate of over son wnrdaa minute. King Alexander, of Servia. savs a Lon don Times writer, is not yet thirteen years old, but he is precociously developed and looks as English boys do at fifteen or six teen. It seems but a short while ago that he was being photographed in a sailor's dress and knickerbockers, but now. in his colonel's uniform, he stands as tall as tho three Regents, and has acquired a good deal of self-possession. He has bright features, but not an intellectual face. His loreneaa is jow, ana little of it would be seen if he did not wear his hair closecropped. He has large, soft eyes and a quick, pleasing smile, but a physiognomist I J A. 1 a 11 t 1 I m wuuiu say mui me mourn anu nose snowed, indecision of character. . . There was a rich girl in Dubuque Who was wooed by a moneyless Duqne, But she paid, "Please, your Grace, I don't hanker for place." And his ardor received a rebuque. -New York Herald. . WIDOW PRATT'S GRIEF. The Cause of, the Deacon's Death,, and the Unique Manner in Which It Is Commemorated. S&eclal to the Indianapolis JournaL Lambeetville, N. J., Aug. a Not three miles from this town, in a farm-houseis the most curious memorial of a man that was probably ever prepared. It is the strango tribute to tho memory of Deacon Elisha Pratt by his wife. The deacon was a very jolly man. and one of the main props in tho local Methodist church.' He was not only jolly, but very fond of society. He was never 60 happy as when ho had his houso full of company. The ministers of tho church, who traveled more or less, loved to stop over night at the Pratt residence. Pratt was a prosperous farmer. His acres were many, and his crops were nearly al ways profitable. His house was one of tho long, comfortable mansions of New Eng land type. Pratt built it after the plan of the old Pratt homestead in Vermont, where the Deacon was born. There -were plenty of big bed-rooms with capacious feather mattresses. Not only was tha deacon jolly and fond of society, but ho was a mighty good liver. In fact, hewa considerable of a gourmand, and if he hal a bad habit, it was of over-eating. Rum did not bother the Deacon much, becau&o he rarely indulged even in a drink ot stanch Jersey applejack. But he was decidedly fond of cider, and he kept it in hid cellar all the year around. It was of a pretty bard variety, and when partaken of in copious quantities, it did tho drinker up in snort order. It was one year ago this month that the Deacon died. He had his honso full or clergymen on their way to Ocean Grove. Pratt invited them to stop over night, and said he would give them a good dinner. None of his invitations were declined, and about a dozen ministers and some of their wives sat around the DeaconTs festal board. Mrs. Pratt, who loved her 'husband de votedly, and, knowing his appetite, catered to it on all occasions, had beaten her record in the preparation of the meal. Itwasnregular old-fashioned New England dinner,. wun modern Trimmings, x nere were hoopi and meats, all kinds of vegetables, including encumbers, pastry, watermelon, grapes,, ice-crenm and hard cider in abundanceThe Deacon was in one of his jollieet muodntj and likewise in one of his hungriest. Hot t J 1 A -1 - 1 ai oeyouu mouerauon, ana even nis gootu wife, who felt proud of her husband's an4 petite because ft was a tribute to her cook-rf tag. was anxious about his health. Shek noted carefully how much he ate of each,-; i l a , j I uriicie, auu ncasuieu it iu uer mina. The party broke up about 11 o'clock. At 5 o'clock the next atternoon Deacon Prat died of cholera morbus. His wife couhl not be consoled for days. The funeral was the largest the neighborhood had witnessed for half a century. Eight of the ministers present at the dinner acted as, pall-benrcrs, and tho other four made remarks, interlined witlx tears, over the coffin. After the body hail been interred for several days, several ente rprismg tombstone makers called on tbeT widow to ascertain what kind of a shaft; she proposed erecting over the remains of the deceased. " Mrs. Pratt said she wanted a very plain slab, as she had a diiferentand and more fitting memorial in mind. So tha craveis marked by a very ordinary piece oZmarble with the mere mention of the di ceased's age and birthplace, and two ancel bearing a soul aloft on it. Two weeks aftecr the funeral, Mrs. Pratt went to Philadelphia and ordered the wonderful memorial; already referred to. It required somo weeks to get it up, and then it was sent to the farm. Here is the best description: that can be given of the tribute to the Deacon. Under a largo glass case . is ai enormous 6iher platter. On this platter. arranged in regular order, are portions of meat, vegetables, watermelon, ciu cumber, ice-cream, pie, etc.. mold ed out of wax. They represent, as near as possible, tho exact quantity of each of these articles that the Deacon ato' the evening before he died. They stand oi the platter in just tho order that tho real duplicates wero consumed by Mr. Pratt. Scattered through the solids aro goblets fall of wax, colored to represent the cider that the Deacon imbibed during the same dinner. Each wax imitation is perfect and looks as thongh it were a real pieco of ineattf or portion of fruit. The quantity represented is enormous, and one feels at cues that any man ought to die after getting away with such a meal. On top of th glass case is a little arch made of wdid siN ver. Above the arch is the silver figure of an angel blowing a trumpet. Suspended from the ceuter of the arch is a tiny tabla of white marble, on which, in deep blacte letters, is engraved the following words: "This is what the Deacon diid of." As ridiculous as this all seems, it was anything but ridiculous to the widow. On, the contrary, she considers it the most profound tribute. The case stands on a taldft in the parlor, the cloth of which is entirely black. Kvery evening since the memorial arrived, Mrs. lratt has closed the parlor doors and sat in front of the wax aggregation of victuals for an hour and wept as though her heart would break. She never goes near the Deacou's grave. She says thero is nothing there to remind' her of Pratt, while beneath the case are the symbols, in perfect duplicate, of the things ha was so fond of when alive. On Decoration day. while other widows in the vicinityr went to the cemeteries and strewed tlowers on the graves of their beloved, the widow Pratt remained iu her parlor and slowly waved over the glass case th flag that the Deacon used to stick out of the window on patriotic anniversaries, sobbing with each nutter of the stars and stripes. When any of her friends or relatives call, they arat once ushered into the parlor nnd made to meekly survey the duplicato of the Deacon's last meal. Were anyone to even gel close to the edges of a smile, it would mean tho instant loss of the widow Pratt' friendship. No grave ever marked a troer or more lasting grief than duos this case wax victual