Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1889.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, AUGUST 26. 1SS0.

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NEW YOP.K Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. pTKemble, 3735 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer Jlonsa. CINCINNATI J. P. Hawiey A Co.. 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLEC T. Deerlng. northwest corner Third and Jefferson street. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. CL-Bigga House and Ebbttt House. Scmmek has been knocked out in August, but it may show up strong in September. Present indications point to quite "a spell", of hot, dry weather. This, if it does not continue too long, will be the making of the corn crop. The opposition displayed by railroads, md certain newspapers under railroad domination, to the workings of the interstate-commerce law, are a pretty fair indication that the commission is doing its duty, and that the public is getting its rights. lFthe law's delay does not intervene, the trial of the persons indicted for the murder of Dr. Cronin will begin in Chicago to-day. Interest in the case has somewhat subsided, but the disclosures of the trial will probably revive it. It will be a celebrated case, and the trial will doubtless occupy several weeks. The City Council of Guthrie, Oklahoma, has given the municipal career of that place a bad start by granting a franchise for twenty years to a lottery company similar to that of Louisiana. One of the first things for the Territorial Legislature to do when it comes into existence will bo to make such concerns unlawful. mmmmmmmmm.mm A nuNDRED acres could all be utilized in giving an exhibit of American agricultural products, and Chicago scored a strong point in her own favor by offering that space in the world's fair to Secretary Rusk. If unlimited space were the only thing to be considered, Chicago would be without a rival in the contest for securing that exhibition. The Phoenix woolen-mill at .East Greenwich, R. I., being caught on $100,000 of Gideon P. Brown's paper, went into tho hands of a receiver, and the Springfield Republican promptly ascribes the failure to tho workings of tho wool tariff. The Republican is nothing if not logical, and it doubtless considers Brown's ' stupendous embezzlements, wild-cat speculations and criminal flight all due to this same terrible tariff on vool. Trie Philadelphia Record, opposition organ, advises President Harrison to take a fresh start and "thrust aside tho epoilsmenwho have thus far monopolized his timo and attention." On the other hand, spoilsmen are complaining that he is unpardonably and unaccountably 6low in tho distribution of offices; that he pays no attention to their demands or advice, and they "cannot get his ear." It is mighty hard to please everybody in this weary, fault-finding world. Tho Burestway for tho President to accomplish this task is to go ahead and please himself and his own sense of right, as ho has been doing. "The end will crown his work." Republican primaries will bo held tomorrow night in tho various wards to nominate candidates for City Council and elect city committeemen. The action of the primaries will have much to do in determining tho character of the municipal campaign and tho result of the election. It is hardly necessary to remind Republicans that they are not in a position to handicap themselves or assume any unnecessary weight in the coining election. In order to carry the city thoy must deserve to carry it, and to do this they must nominato candidates whose election will be a better guarantee of a good administration in city affairs than any the Democracy , are likely to put up. , Candidates and committeemen alike should represent an aggressive campaign on lines that will call out a full Republican vote. The Republicans are entitled to tho entire credit of the $250 saloon tax, which will add nearly $50,000 a year to the city revenue, and they should omit no opportunity to claim the credit. The issue should be pressed for all it is worth, and it is worth a great deal. Republicans who arc interested in the success of tho party should attend the primaries and aid in securing good nominations. Scientists are turning their attention to practical matters more and more. Entomologists, for instance, instead of confining themselves to classification of insects, are experimenting with methods of destroying tho pestilential "varieties. Mr. Kiley, of the Department of Aprriculture, has mado nevcral important discoveries in this direction, which have been chronicled in the Journal. Pro f. Galloway, a botanist in the game dopartment of Kovernment service, has produced a remedy for pear blight and upple mildew, which will, if its claims arc sustained, be of inestimable value to fruit-growers. Experiments of all sorts, which individuals find it impossible to

make, aro being carried on by the agri

cultural stations established in various parts of tho country, and aro of great importance. The time has gone by when farmers can afford to sneer at the scien tific workers in their field as they were once accustomed to do. The announcement that a laboratory worker has dis covered a method of tanning leather that will make it six times more durable than the ordinary system of curing shows that other lines of business are not neglected by the modern scientist. In every direction ho shows a disposition not only to investigate and classify, but to make practical application and good uso of his discoveries. Scientific students of this sort should be encouraged, that their tribe may increase. THE MEANING OF THE MONUMENT. The suggestion that the monument now being erected in tho Circle should bo diverted from its true significance and meaning will, of course, receive the approval of those who attach more importance to fancy than to fact, and with whom a play of the imagination outweighs the truth of history. But it will meet with no encouragement from those who believe in dealing fairly with the living, as well as the dead, and in keeping the truth of history free from impertinent afterthoughts. The question is, whether the monu ment is erected In honor of Indiana's soldiers and sailors in the late civil war, or whether it embraces those of rdl the wars in which men of Indiana have been engaged, including the early Indian wars, the war j of 1812, the Mexican war, etc. The assertion is made that the monu ment is "as much to the men who marched under the leadership of George Rogers Clark, in Y778, when he captured Vincennes and Kaskaskia from the British, and rescued the northwestern ter ritories fiom their grasp, as to the men who followed the flag of Grant." Again, we are told that "the struggles under General Clark, at Vincennes, in 1777; those under General Harrison, at Tip pecanoe, in 1811; tho Mexican war, in im and 1817, and tho civil war of 1861 to 1865 this monument is to the memory of them all." Tho question may not be one of great consequence, but if it is. important enough to elicit a ialse claim it is im portant enough to call for a refutation of it. Tho claim has not a particle of foundation or support, outside of the imagination of those who make it. Since the question is raised, wo challenge those who make the claim to cite a single record, act, expression, resolution or proceeding of any kind, by any organization, society or individual prior to tho corner-stone laying giving any color of foundation for tho claim. During all the years in which the monument was 'discussed before its erection was au thorized it was never once suggested, nor even remotely hinted, that it should be a monument to "the military spirit of the past." No other idea was thought of than that tho monument was to be to Indiana s soldiers and sailors in the war of tho rebellion, and to them alone. The other suggestion is full of absurdity and rank with injustice. Indiana had no soldiers in the Indian wars nor in tho war of 1812, because 6ho did not become a State till long after both. The Mexican war was a war of conquest, intented to acquire territory for slavery, and tho part that Indiana took in it has never before been ueemeu wortny oi mo suggestion oi a State monument. The only war in which the state nas won nonor or renown was in tho war of tho rebellion, and in that war she covered herself with glory. The attempt to place other wars on a par with this is a violent distortion of tho truth of history, and a degradation of the ideas which the monument represents. The first suggestion as to a soldiers' and sailors' monument was in Governor Morton's message to the Legislature in 1867, in which he made the following rec ommendation: "That the State erect a monument in memory of her hrav soldiers who perished in the rebellion. We cannot pay too much honor to the memory of the men who died lor tneir country, mis monument over looking all tho country around would be the first object to greet the eyes of tho traveler as he approaches the capital, and in the language of the great Webster, when he Laid the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill monument, at Boston: 'Let it rise, let it rise, till it meets the sun in its coming; let tho earliest light of the moraine gild it. and parting day linger and play upon its summit." To this monument each county in tho State should be requested to con tribute one block, bearing such inscription as it might choose in commemoration of its dead, and the part it had in tho war." Nothing was done till 1875, when the matter was brought up at a soldiers' re union in this city. At this meeting a committee of thirteen was appointed to present tho matter to the public and to the Legislature. This was done, and a meeting was held in this city Dec. 7, 1875, to perfect tho organization. Contributions were solicited and a consider able sum was raised. A few years later the movement was adopted by the Grand Army of the Republic, and the ma chinery of that organization was used to raise funds. In 18&1 the Republican State convention adopted a resolution favoring the monument. In 1885 a com mittee of the G. A. R. issued an address to the Legislature, in which they said: 'We make no humble appeal to you to furnish the means and build a monument; but we point to graves of unknown Indiana soldiers on every battle-field of the late wan to a country saved from disruption and made unprecedently prosperous, and the marvel of the world by the valor of tho Union soldier; to the old ling with not ono star missing, and then to tho capital of In diana, where there stands not ono stone to mark tho heroic ace of the State or to commemorate the deeds that havo made her famous, and brought such blessings to tho people, leaving you to take such action re garding the erection of a monument as your patriotism and public spirit xaan inspire." There is no reference here to Indian or Mexican wars. In 1887 a bill was iutroduced in the Legislature which had been drafted by the G. A. R. committee. and tho bill finally passed in its present form. The entire discussion pending its passage showed that it related to tho soldiers anil sailors of tho war for the Union. Tho appropriation was mado with, that understanding. Tho sum of 821,000, which had been raised by the etlbrts of tho G. A. It., was added to the monument fnud with the same understanding. From tho begining of tho monument movement to the present time, in nil the discussions, proceedings. reports and addresses there has been no

reference to any other war than tho war

of the rebellion. The suggestion now made for the first time that the monument is to represent tho soldiers of any other war is calculated to destroy its moral significance and historic valne. As well assert that it commemorates the virtues of the mound builders. Tho only soldiers ard sailors that Indiana desires to honor, or has occasion to honor, are those of the war for the pres ervation of tho Union. Tho honor duo these heroes must not be sacrificed to a fancy, nor must the idea which tho monument represents be dragged down to the level of an Indian skirmish or a rnero war for conquest. A REPENTANT PROHIBITIONIST. The Prohibitionists of Albemarlo county, Virginia, find themselves with out a representative on the national third-party committee. Mr. R. H. Rawlings, of that county, was a mem ber, but he has resigned. A copy of his letter to Hon. Samuel Dickey, chairman, tendering his resignation, has been given to his local paper for publication. Mr. Rawlings's recapitulation of his experience in the third party is brief; but pathetic. Two years ago he was, he relates, Prohibition candidate for theLegislature in Albemarle county, and,rhfter spending $35, received 39 votes.ii:Last year he and his wife were both delegates to the national Prohibition conven tion, and helped to nominate Fisk and Brooks. They went homer,from' Indianapolis full of enthusiasm and worked lor the nominees, placing tne Voice, prohibition organ, in the hand of every one who would receive it7,ih the congressional district, and spending about $500. The result of all thflabor and expense, ho says, was eighteen votes for himself as elector on the Ffsk and Brooks ticket. Out of fifty ministers to whom he had sent tho Voice only two voted for Fisk. From contemplating the above facts Mr. Rawlings not.unnaturally concludes that he was wrong; that it is useless for him to throw away his vote, and that it is his duty to abandon prohibition, and "in future advocate high license and work in the Republican party, which is tho representative of that idea." In conclusion ho says:,, Having now an apple orchard of sixty acres and a vineyard of 100 acres, I can give everv brother visiting mo a glas9 of wine or apple-jack, as ho may prefer, though I havo not toucneu a drop oi euner since Cleveland's election, when I got very. drunk in joy of that event. Now no nioro Cleveland and Lee. but Harrison, Mahdno and protective tariff to the brini to boom Virginia. 1,1 "What reply ho received, if any from Chairman Dickey is not known, nor how many similar letters havo reachfVl that official, but signs on every hand indicate that a change of heart has not niflected Rawlings alone. Everywhere thirdparty men, who aro earnest in their desire to promote temperance, are coming back to the Republican fold, while those who were members merely to aid the Democracy aro returning to theh. first and only love, tho party of tho saloon. Tho third party is slowly but 6iirel disintegrating. - A war recent, like that of the rebel t; Mi ' in which so many soldiers "fought, bled, and died," and which has left us the legacy; of the G. A. K., a grand army of pensioners, oftice-scekers based on the fact and various other things, naturally is tho source of the' most powerful impulse toward biiifding this monument. But tax-payers of Indiana did not undertake it to them alone. ,They might have done it, but they didn't. 'Thoy build to all tho soldiers and sailors of. tho State, aud had there been no rebellion ihoy; might, and probably would, have 'built a" monument to those who fought and-fi itr the Mexican war and the earlier : warn. Other States havo such monument It was probably only because Indiana wjis so backward iri those things that we did; ,iiot, like them, havo such a monument: beforo the late rebellion occurred. We did 'not, and so we are building one now for all. Indianapolis News. 'l , Barring the flippancy of the allusion to the war of the rebellion, and to its legacy "of tho G. A. R., a grand'army of pensioners, office-seekers andi-various other things," wo remark; that it left other legacies. It left a legacy of a government preserved, a Union restored, slavery abolished, the Constitution , established and tho flag recogniz;e4 and honored throughout tho country and tho world. Considering the blessings" and benefits resulting from the war, it.is surprising that any paper should attempt to belittle the services of those ! who achieved them. mim j The suggestion that Indiana owed a monument "to those who fought and fell in the Mexican war7 is just a little too absurd for serious treatment. 'Jtf'jany Northern State has ever thought it worth while to commemorate its part inthat war by a monument, we do not 7 recall the fact. Certainly there was very little reason why Indiana should do so., f Before tho visitors of monument day are fairly out of tho city the Evening News goes out of tho way to oiler a grave insult to tho Grand Army of' the Republic. Does it forget that the "President of tho United States, Secretary Rusk, Generals Coburn and Mansofifhe speakers of tho occasion, Gen. Lett. Wal lace, all, in short, of the distmgiiished; men present on Thursday, are members! of tho Grand Army? Either this, tor 'its insult was deliberate and intentional,' and meant to include the persons mentioned as well as the thousands of . honorable men who fought in the ranks; and came from their labors in private life to do honor to their fallen comrades. In any case the outrage is inexcusable, and will hardly bo forgotten. Successor to Dr. Hayliss. Mr. Amos Shinkle, chairman of the book committee, who, with tho bishops, are charged with the duty of electing a successor to the late Dr. Bayliss, editor of tho Western Christian Advocate, has called a meeting of the committee, at Cincinnati, "Wednesday, Sept. S, for "hat purpose. The law of the church requires the presence of at least two bishops, and the concurrence of a majority of those present, in the election of the successor. The successor will serve until the next General Conference, in May.l&G. Already there are speculations as t't the 1 nan -wlio iatobe chosen. Ohio, of course, is ready to furnish him, as Ohio always is, whilo Indiana, which furnishes a larger patronage to the Western, proportioually. than Ohio, naturally enough wants to bo occasionally recognized in this department of church work. It is more than forty years since an editor has been elected from Indiana, during which time sho has been loyal to the Western, in season and out of season. The Jotir-

nal has already noticed that Rev. Dr. Rawlins, of Spencer, has been mentioned for the place, and now the friends of Dr. G. L Cnrtiss, of the theological department of DePauw University, are pushing his name without having consulted him. Dr. Curtiss is a man of varied attainments, a ready writer and an excellent preacher, with a rare aptitude for details. He has tho advantage of being comparatively young, being less than one month older than the late Dr. Bayliss, who was confessedly in the vigor of middle manhood; eo that if, as usual, Ohio must have the plum, it will not be becanse Indiana has no man competent; for either of these learned men will bo equal to the task. It will be seen that while tho book committee elects, it is with "the advice and consent" of tho bishops, two of whom, at least, must bo present, and a majority of those present must "concur" in the election. At the timo appointed, five of the bishops must be absent. Bishop Vincent must bo in Dakota, Foster in California, Andrews in China, Bowman in Washington Territory, Walden in South America, and Fowler will hardly have returned from Europe. Of the pther Bishops, five begin conference on the 4th Bishop Hurst, at Brazil, Ind.; Merrill, at Xenia, O.; Warren, at Burlington, la.; Foss, at Bay City, Mich.; Ninde, at Pekin, 111.; leaving only Bishops Joyce, Mallalieu, Fitzgerald, Newman, and Goodsell so unengaged as to be present, unless, possibly. Bishops Merrill and Hurst may be sufficiently near to reach their conferences after the election. . JTiik Chicago papers and. correspondents qI the ontside press have made more of the elopement of Mrs. Mike McDonald than the eBcial importance of the persons concerned iyrranted. McDonald himself owes his prominence entirely to the fact that he was a-notorious gambler and a leader of the liyless element. If he is not actually engaged in gambling now it is becanse he has rande money enough in the practice of his reputable calling to enable him to retire from business; if he is less of a political ward " boss than was the case some years ago it is not of his own choice. He belongs ty.that class of society in which vulgar and criminal escapades are of common occurrence and to be expected. It is not a matter of course that a professional gambler's wife should be untrue to him, but in this instance the woman came from the same social grade, being the sister of a farodealer and frequenting his establishment. Once before sho eloped from her husband under disgraceful circumstances, and was evidently a woman of very easy morals. The grief of McDonald over the departure of his wife seems to strike tho Chicago Heart as something uncommonly pathetic, ;bu.t it is extremely doubtful if their sym:pathy would flow as liberally if he and his 'family were living over a beer saloon instead of in a handsome house on a fashionable street. In spite of house and money, .however, it is a low crowd all around, and ;ihe Chicago tears metaphorically shed ;6ver the bereaved husband are decidedly maudlin.

.1' The late Mr. Maybrick had his life injured for $25,000 in a New York company, ,'10,000 being assigned to his creditors and the remainder to go to his wife. A member of the company rocently stated that they j would probably contest the payment of ) the widow's share in case she was con victed. She has since been convicted and her sentence commuted on the ground that, though she undoubtedly attempted to poison her husband, some doubt exists as to whether his death actually occurred ae a result of her efforts. This raises an interesting legal question in case Mrs. Maybrick l brings suit against the company, as she will rrnbably do. Such a suit would involve a review of the evidence in the mur der trial, and the public will then have an opportunity to make up its mind again as to her guilt or innocence. The insurance company will confer a favor on the comfmunity by paying over the money on de mand, and thus saving a newspaper repetition of the unsavory details. One of the curious incidents in tho Mayt bnok case is the receipt by the authorities ,01 letters lrom women of apparently respectable condition in life, offering to be hanged in place of Mrs. Maybrick. It is to oe oDserveu in xuis connection mai Jirs. t.Maybrick was condemned to death for havVing killed her husband. It is also to bo , noted that no man volunteered as a substi tute for any of tho four male convicts lhanged in New York on Friday for the mur'er of women. This would seem to indicate the existence of a deeper sympathy in j the female mind for husband-slayers than 'Js possessed by male members of society for wife-killers. The answer to certain doimestic and social problems might be found in these facts if any one will take the trouble to study them out. '(f Our. Edison is being greatly lionized in Paris. French bands play Yankee Doodle 'wherever he goes, and the Academy of Science paid him the rare ' honor of an in vitation to attend its meeting. In return i ho presented tho academy with a phonof graph, with a sufficient number of cylinA 1 A A ,aers 10 record every ining saia at tne meetings. The beauty about the phonograph is that it speaks all languages like a native. We believe Edison does not claim to be a great linguist, but his indention is. . Now that Secretary Rusk has given Chicago a lift by saying he wants the world's ? fair of 1693 to be held in that citybecauso ' it affords plenty of room foivan agricultural ' display, New York must hustle around and get a Cabinet indorsement or be left behind. It ought to be easy enough to get Secretary Tracy to declare in favor of New York harbor as the only place suitable for an exhibition of American shipping. Sinck a porter was instantly killed at Lake Minnetonka, the other day, by the explosion of a revolver in a trunk which he had dropped to the floor in the playful fashion so popular among porters, the world is more than ever convinced that every ill results in some good. His fate will serve as a horrible example to the whole baggagesmashing fraternity. Some New Jersey faith-cure people, who had a picnic last week, were poisoned by the ice-cream, and were carried home in a collapsed state. Physic liberally administered brought them around. Faith seems to be a good thing up to a certain point, but when tyrotoxicon gets its grip on the vitals spiritual forces lose their efficacy. How wiU the g-old plutocrat and thoWaUutreet contingent of the O. 0. 1. receive the declaration of Mahone's convention in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. St. Ixula roet-Dlspatcu. Evidently the Virginia Democrats think -well of it. for in their panic of fright they inserted the same declaration in their crazy-quilt platform. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: riease Inform me -whether or not the Catholio pctool buildings and trrouiids lu this city aro aubjeot to taxation. 2. Doe the law exemptin); church property from taxation include auy property other than the church proper! ClTV. II. L. K. The law says, 'every building used for religious worship, the pewi and furniture

within the same, and the lands whereon such building is situate, not exceeding ten acres, when owned by a church or religious society or in trust for its use" shall bo exexempt from taxation. Also, every building used and set apart for educational purposes by any institution or by any individals, association, or corporation, together with the land on which such building is situate, not exceeding forty acres. These provisions cover all buildings and grounds used exclusively for church and school purposes. One day has been Legitime's and the next IOppolyte's, in Hayti, for a good while now, but, according to appearances, the see-saw business has ceased, and Hippolytc's "day," just dawned, is likely to bo long long, that is, in the comparative 6ense understood in referring to Haytian dynasties. To the Editor of the Indian&polis JournalTo settle a dispute, state which way the statue of Governor Morton, on the Governor's Circle, faces; whether east, west, 6011th or north. Bbazil, Ind. A Header. It faces south.

ABOUT FE0PLE AM) THINGS. Hadje Hassein Gnoou Kuan still has American newspaper clippings sent to him in Europe. John W. Mackay, in behalf of Mrs. Mackay, has denied emphatically that his wife has ever helped Boulauger. Mr. Gladstone says that he brought his children up without constraint. They have never been governed at any period of their lives by force." Mart Anderson values a dagger given her by Lady Martin (Helen Fauci t) the most highly of her theatrical properties. Lady Martin always used it when playing Juliet. A Boston woman imported quill pens from Germany at 25 cents apiece for three years before she discovered . that a man in the same block furnished much better ones for5cents. -- Mrs. Thomas Pelton. of Washington, Me., is such an enthusiastic fisherman that, although in her seventy-sixth year, she landed 176 speckled trout this season herself. Competition is invited. The first prize of $500, which was offered for a design for the Iowa soldiers monument, was awarded to Mrs. Harriet A. Ketcham, of Mount Pleasant, la. The model is a bronze equestrian 6tatue of heroic size. An ancient stone in the grave-yard at Litchfield, Conn., bears tho following inscription: Under this store lies Solomon Taylor, Next to him is Gates, the whaler; Further on down deep In the inua Is all that's mortal of Uncle Dud. TnE late Felix Pyat, in the days of his literary foppishness, used to change his shirt and white gloves twice a day, and was notable for the adroit way he knocked off the necks of bottles so as to prevent the possible contamination of his wine by tho waiter's fingers. The Emperor of Germany rode recklessly at tho recent Aldershot review. His seat on horseback is described as the reverse of good, being loose and bnckety, the sort known as "wash bail." However, his left arm cannot be useless, as he more than once pulled his horse on his haunches with it. Like his colossal gift to Russia, Baron de Hirsch-s smaller gift of twelve million florins for tho intellectual condition of the Jews in Galicia has come to nothing, tho plan not having met with the sanction of the Gnlician authorities, who object to tho foundation being administered by trustees in Vienna. Miss Lois Royce, the young schoolteacher who lost both her feet in consequence of her heroic fidelity to her pupils during a blizzard, can now walk on the artificial feet sent her. She is doing well in her studies at Cornell CoHVge, Mount Vernon, la., where she is taking a four years course. Hamilton Fish, who is now an octogearian, was Governor of tho State of New York forty years ago, and was a member of Congress eight years before that time. His last public service was as a member of President Grant's Cabinet, in which he held the position of Secretary of State for both of Grant's terms, and as such negotiated tho treaty of Washington. A few days ago two Arabs were f onno. at Castle Garden, one of them named Ben Josef and the other Mohammed Ben Abdel Hirmir, who had come hero to 6eek employment as camel drivers. The penniless Arabs were in despair when told that there was no such industry as camel driving in New York, and that they were unwelcome guests in the land of the star-spangled banner. Tho collector gave orders that they should be sent back. Victoria Yokes is stopping at hersister's flat in New York, while Rosma Yokes is in Europe recuperating, and selecting a few more pieces for her coming tour. The only two members of the Yokes family now surviving are tho youngest, since Jesse and Fred are both dead. The extraordinary popularity of the family, both socially and dramatically, in America, has led Victoria to follow in her sister liosina's footsteps, so that two light comedy companies will tour the country this year bearing the name of Vokes. Mrs. Lamadrid's one-cent coffee stands for the poor of New York are a great success so far as the good they do goes. She gives excellent food for the money, and is enabled to do this by doing her own mar keting and making the best bargains with the dealers'. The stands, of which there are six, cost between two and three thousand dollars a year. Mrs. Lam ad rid says that so far her greatest trouble has been with the men in charge of the stands, who, following the devices of Wail street, water the stock for the sake of selling more coffee and soup. Alexander Dumas is sixty-six years of age. He began to write at seventeen aud at twenty-six produced that "Dame aux Camellias," which first caused his countrymen to admiro him. His stylo is simple and natural, and ho has a rare knack of treating hazardous matters with dramatio effect and an uncertain amount of decency. He has a knowledge and a power of handling the problems of modern society in dramatic form rarely equaled and scarcely ever surpassed. He has been convicted of plagiarism and decorated with the Legion of Honor. He has originated many a phrase whichAas lived. Edgar Fawcett, the novelist, is a small, clean-shaven man with a large head and a deprecatory, almost piteous manner. Ho is high priest of the Union Club, and his Saturday nights opposite Brown's chophouse aro altogether unknown ; to the younger generation of litterateurs. He writes with great quickness and facility, and always with exquisite correctness that English language of which he is so fond and so proud, and ho is pathetic on the subject of growing fat. Tie is as well known as any other man about town, and he parts his hair in the middle. He has a few quaint mannerisms of the more-hearsed kind, and ho is a bachelor. Ho dresses smartly, and has generally a grievance on hand. COMMENT AND OPINION. Tnrc-cryof "negro domination" in the South sounds very ridiculous when the fact is considered that the whole colored I copulation of that section has only one tepreeentative in CongTess. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The people -want no sumptuary legialation. Muvtne best public sentiment ilocs demand a better regulation of the liquor traffic, and. a juster compensation for the prolits it makes and tho expenses it puts upon the community. New York World. Had a Democratic House assented to a larco reduction of revenue, such as the Uefirjlican Senate .voted for, there would isvo been but little surplus since July 1 to hJ restored to the channels of commerce, '"he primary cause of all financial dittiilt v connected with the surplus, therefore, s the partisan refusal of Democrats in

Congress to take any patriotic step not prompted by their partisaa interests. New York Tribune. English statesmen havo a natural desire to protect the rights of theOuecn's subjects in Bearing sea and everywhere else. Our government wants nothing that docs not fairly and squarely belong to ns. Clearheaded representatives of both nations will confer, and, though there may bo a little sharp talk, the odor of gunpowder will not be in the air. New York Herald. Our mugwump contemporaries have been plunged into grief by assistant Postmaster-general Clarkson's statement that he has scalped 15,000 Democratic postmasters up to date. Nevertheless, we do not see that their woo has any restraining effect upon tho energetic Clarkson. He is too busily engaged 111 enforcing tho wholesome policy of reform. Philadelphia Press. There is something fairly ghoulish in tho delight which tho free-trade papers appear to take in such occurrences as tho strike among tho coke-workers atConnellsvillo. Yet 3very one knows that tho tariif is not tho cause of tho strike, but that tho removal of the tarriff from iron manufactures would be a very serious blow to tho coko producers. Boston J ournai. There will bo few to deny the usefulness of millionaires when it is seen that but for them schools, hospitals and other institutions which are eternal instrumentalities of good would be far less plentiful than they are. The small donations of many givers have built cathedrals, but thev havo not founded libraries and colleges. It is to great riches than one must always look for great charities Chicago Tribuue. It is not denied by the Democrats of Virginia that they bribe the colored voters and falsify election returns. They admit it and justify it on the score of the alleged necessity of avoiding "negro domination.' But does it never occur to them that they aro familiarizing the young men of the South with a most dangerous form of crime and imbuing them with the idea that the end justifies the mean sT New York Press. Senator Wade Hampton and the leading Democratic organs are verv positivo that "the President's policy is greatly strengthening the Democratic party in the South." Strangely enough, coupled with this sentiment there is bitter denunciation of President Harrison. If he is doing them such admirable service why do Democrats bnrn his appointees in erhgy and exhaust the language in denouncing his administration? Chicago Inter Ocean.

TILE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT. How the State Press View the Corner-Stona-Ceremonies and the President's Address. Kokomo Gazette-Tribune: The party is satisfied with the President's appointments in Indiauaand elsewhere, aud the kicking Republican flocks aloue. Terro Haute Express: It was well that! President Harrison came back to his homo State. The hearty welcome and indorsement he received will give him courage to go on his good course. South Bend Times: Tho laying of tho corner-stone of the soldiers' monument at Indianapolis was a grand affair one that will long be remembered by tho participants. When it comes togettiugupagrand. patriotic demonstration Indiana Ubually shows up in line style. ' Anderson Herald: It is gratifying to In diana veterana to know that at last tho tardy recognition which the fctate accord the heroes of the war for the preservation 01 me union is 10 ue a snait ot surpassing splendor and superior to anv other lik-, memorial in tho Republic. LaPorto Herald: The President rose in tho occasion, ilo spoke as one inspired, and every word that escaped from his lips was ireignieu wiin wimioiu. and patriotism, and eloquence. We never before heard the President 6peak extcmporaueousl3r, aud were delighted beyond measure with his matter and manner, both of which were happy. New Albany Tribune: There was no on at Indianapolis who did not feel proud of the capital, and proud of his State, and proud of her record in tho war, and proud of the great coming monument, and proud of the President Indiana gave the Nation, and proud of the people that came front near and far to do honor to the great occasion. The day and its doings lifted tho peoplo to a higher plane of patriotic thought and feeling. Columbus Republican: No more appro priato words could have been said by President Harrison if ho had delivered a carefully-prepared speech. He was inspired by the occasion, and his speech will be universally commended as a model one for tho occasion, and in the right spiritand vein. More and more it will appear to the people that the Presidential chair has never been filled with an abler or more patriotic man than Benjamin Harrison. Muncio Times: No such nnmber of exsoldiers of tho State can ever again assem ble, as statistics show that they are dyinf at the rate of thirteen every day. In numbers their places will be filled, but in tho hearts of the greatful people, it is hoped that no honor will ever bo too great, and that no monument can ever bo erected too iiigh to perpetuate the memory, sacrificed aud gallant deeds of the men whu went forth to do and to dio in defense of the country in lt01-5. Frankfort Evening News: If there wero those who thought that President Harrison was losing his grip on tho fctate of Indiana, that idea was dispelled Thursday, as no man ever received a warmer welcome than was extended to him by the countless thousands that had assembled at tho capital. The facts are, he is an honest, capable man, and above all a patriot in the truo senso of the term. Such a man is always close to tho hearts of the masses, and they delight to do him honor. Indiana will stand 03- General Harrison. TIIK NA3IE OF 3IORTOX. One Man Who Was Remembered Above All at the Corner-Stone Laying. Philadelphia Prr ss. Amid all the show and glitter of tho cere mony tho name of ono man must have been present in the minds of all. and that name was Oliver P. Morton's. If it had not been for his genius and untiring perseverance and energy an indelible stain would havo been fixed upon tho records of Indiana during the War of thu Rebellion. There was 110 other State in the North which gavo the general government so much anxiety. Writhin its limits tho treasonable organization of the Knights of the Golden Circle was formed, and had it not been crushed by the iron hand of tioveinor iorton tho conflict between freedom and slavery wouhl probably have been prolonged and thou-; sands of lives more would have been sacrificed and millions of dollars mure spent. The Nation has never accorded to Oliver P.) Morton the measure of praise due h.m for his promptness and vigor in that crisis. Had that conspiracy of secessionists succeeded and the Northern phalanx of loyal' States been divided almost in its center bv' the presence of a treasonable government m Indiana there would have been no soldiers' monument dedicated in Indianapolis yesterday. It is doubtful. aKo, whether Benjamin Harrison would be sittiugnowintho chairof Washington and Lincoln and showing how wortby in all respects he is to be their successor. Tho ex-soldiers of Indiana, as they participated in the ceremonies of laying the comerstone of tho memorial which is to perpetuate the memory of their valor and sacrifices, must havo been impressed with tho change twenty-live years havo wrought m their eorronndings. Iustead of the Mtato only saved from becoming a battle-ground for slavery by the energy of one man they see its loyal sentiment dominant and uppermost. One of its ox-soldiers is tho chief magistrate of tho Nation, another is Governor of tho State and every veterau within its limits feels that his welfare is tho concern of the Nation. m m It Will Ho FinUhed. Chicago Herald. Tho Herald trusts that tho monument dedicated at Indianapolis on Thursdav by the President of the United States may rise to completion an i long decorate the beautiful city in -which it will be the central spectacle. Monuments are not finished when they are dedicated and paid for. hut there is reason to t'il!r that this commemorative undenting u far enough West to progress to iu jad. Not Aslwmtd vlllli Old Home. It is u good thipij to Lave a President, who is Dot ashamed rf his old home, and w ho delights to reti. 4 n take his neigh bors by the hand. President Cleveland, contemptuously avoided ButValo. President, Harrison has takei ou.i of the earliest opportunities for accejmng an enthusiaitie welcome from lidiia ohs.