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THE SUNDAYJOURNAL. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1889. WASUTNGTOX OFFlCE-filS Fourteenth Bt P. S. TJxith. Correspondent.

Telephone Cusess OSce Editorial Boom... ..343 ' TEIDI3 OF SCBSCIUPTIOH. . v U 1 TT. JJAIA.. One yrar, Tritbont Sunday One year. wltH Hao.Ur.-----montU wiUioat banday e.o . Fix month Bfv t iindif 3 00 months. 5cnndaT 3.W WXXXLT. Reduced Hates to Clubs. Fnbrcrrbe witn ny of our numerous agents, or sen ubscri puons w Uie JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, j n rammMnication$ intended for publication in flu t ter mutt, in order to receive attention, be aecoSpaniedty the name and addrtet of the vriter, TWELVE PAGES, The Sunday Journal hat doable the circnlation of any Sunday paper In Indiana, price fire cents. , TOLSTOI AHP HI3 CTTAMPI0S3, Mr. Maurice Thompson has brought upon himself the wrath of many admirers of Tolstoi by presuming to dissent from the unlimited eulogy of him which is prevalent in some literary coteries of this country. The latest champion of the Russian novelist is Prof. George T. Gadd, of Yale University, who finds it altogether impossible to comprehend the grounds upon which any one can refuse to agree with him. Prof. Gadd enunciates the law governing literary art to be that any phase of life, including the worst, may be a proper subject of portrayal if its "better meaning" is made to appear. The moral and spiritual degradation of Anna Karenina "which- is wrought by her crime, the abject wretchedness and hopeless misery which she is made to recognize as its results, ore, in the opinion of Professor Gadd, a sufficient reason for her existence in the pages of a novel. Sin may be presented in almost any guise whatever so long as it is made to appear with sufficient clearness that its wagt a is death. The lives of harlots and adulterers may be presented for the contemplation of pure women and innocent maidens so long as they are used to point moral. We doubt whether the school of realists or naturalists would exactly relish such -defense of their art They are apt to exclaim, "Not such aid or such champions." If there is anything that is tabooed in that school of literary art it is the story with a moral. They hold the mirror up to nature, reproduce it, and give us transcripts from it, but they never undertake to make nuro justify any preconceived theories of morality. If nature ia moral, bo arc they; but we have the wore, of Renan for it that nature does not care for chastity, - and writers who accept that dictum will not explore nature very far, or thoroughly, for evidence to the contrary. Such inferences a3 are favorable t6 good Lprals must be made by readers of their ) writings, each for himself, and are such only as mayje gathered from the facts of nature as they are presented by writers who do not write as moralists. Facts are not selected by them with a view to the foundation of such inferences, but rather as they serve to exhibit and delineate character, good and bad; and it is only a selection of facts, a mere segment of nature, that can be given by any -one of them. The law of Prof. Gadd ia not the one by which families are governed, or that by which society regulates its daily walk and conversation. It is not so objectionable as the law of "art for art's 6ake," forwhich realists and naturalists actually contend, but, for the purposes of evil, it will almost equally suffice. The lives of harlots and adulterers are not considered proper subjects of conversation between the 6exes, and can hardly be fit subjects of the books that are read by men and women, which ought to be sufficiently clean to admit of discussion by them. Alphonse Daudet's Btory of Sappho certainly has a wholesome moral. It was written expressly for the perusal of his son after he should have reached the ago of twenty jears, and it shows very effectively how an illicit relation, lightly and thoughtlessly assumed, wilh the expectation of renouncing it whenever it is desirable' to do 60, may ultimately bind one with fetters of iron and leave its mark upon liim forever. Madame Bovary, by Gustavo Flaubert, is another realistic novel, which i3 ranked by Mr. W. D. Howells, - who is the founder of the Tolstoi cult in this country, with Anna Karenina as equally great in that line of fiction. It also has a "better meaning in the downfall and horrible death of a foolish cud wicked woman. But the parent who would put Sappho and Madame Bovary into the hand? of his children, and corrupt tho purity of their minds by making them acquainted with the details pf unknown vices, simply for the purpose of convincing them that sin is wicked and unprofitable, and the way of tho transgressor is hard, would, at least, adopt a method which is quite different rxom that employed in Sundayechools for teaching precisely the same lesson. There are many things in nature which have a good enough meaning, but arc screened from the light because it is decent to do 60. There are subjects connected with surgery and therapeutics which are loathsome in themselves, but are properly treated in books, and 'magazines, and reviews, that are devoted to them, and the literary treat7 tnent of them serves an excellent purpose. Nevertheless, it is clearly unfit fcx the consideration of any but the specialists for whom it "Js intended. It is not purified or -deodorized for general readers by the excellent purpose which it serves. Medical literature is for the professional . consideration of the men and women who have given their lives to a scientific ctndy of the matters involved in it, and Che rest ct the world Is concerned only In tho rerdta of their investigations. In CHittz? wo rr Lcc- the . result- of

vice and have the benefit of that knowledge without cultivating a familiarity with its minute details. , Possibly these

details are valuable to a student of psychology; and moral phenomena. It may be as important for him to have an autopsy upon the conscience of an adul teress, like Anna Karenina, as, under other circumstances, it would be desirable for a physician to hold one upon her stomach and kidneys. But there is no reason why the details of the investigation, in one. case or the other, should be spread abroad as a contribution to general literature, which finds a large 'majority' of its. readers among women and the youth of both sexes. We are not all specialists, students of moral disease and morbid anatomy, nor is it desirable . that we should all give ourselves to the study of these things. Excessive analysis is the weakness of Mr. Howells; but when it occupies itself with a provision of the details of salacious sins for the general reader it becomes something worse, although amoral may be inwoven with them. A CIIEI8TLAN PBXSIDEffT. The great body of Christian people throughout our country, indeed, throughout the world, may contemplate, with pious satisfaction the recent utterances of President Harrison at yie Log Cabin celebration. The occasion was a rare one, really commemorative of the founding of a great church in the United States. The Log College was the precursor of Princeton College, the propaganda of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The place itself is full of historic interest relating to colonial and revolutionary, times. It seemed especially fitting that the President of the United.States should make some remarks on such an occasion. The church of his people and of his early adoption, there was nothingperfunctory in his presence. He was in no sense an appanage, a mere showing card, but was one with the heart and motive of the assembly, and bis presence and utterances as simple end natural to the occasion as though he had been leading tho prayer-meeting or conducting tho Bible-class of his own home church in Indianapolis. The fitness of his speech, the deep natural seriousness and solemnity of a nature that has touched life at all points possible to man; in the home, the college, tho field of battle, the Senate of his country, and, at last, in tho highest position a human being can attain on this - earth the joyous yet solemn celebration for which his twenty thousand hearers were gathered, all tend to make President Harrison's words worth of especial criticism and attention. As always on serious occasions, and nearly every occasion is serious to such a nature, the words spoken were fitting and worthy, apples of gold in pictures of silver. There was the light and graceful introduction, in which, with the impulses of a true and natural orator, he was feeling the pulse and getting the attention of the vast audience. The trivialities past, tho personal factor due to natural curiosity was overcome " hritl the strong .and earnest voice rosp in power and intensity as the real motive of the occasion became apparent. The essential things that should be said on such an occasion were put forth with seriousness and power, as the Methodist hymnal advises the singing to be done, "with the spirit, and with the understanding also." It is this element in a man's nature that holds hini unswerving, and which all people, whether adherents of any creed cr not, respect and admire. No such nature is ever accused of hypocrisy or cant. For the great body of the people arc religious, if they are not sectarian. The commanding . fact in every man's life is, after all, the 'moral nature and sentiment, and it cannot be resisted or ignored. The people, love and revere a leader in whom the moral sentiment is both nature and grace, and the expression of it common and simplo to the man a part of-his daily thought and conversation. This spirit is shown in the remarkable words of President Harrison, at the Union Statiou, on leaving for Washington to assume the duties of President: I shall presently, cease to be your neighbor for a time; and those years, though- not many, will not improbably close the earthly career of some of those into whose faces 1 now look. This parting is to me f nil of pathos. The occasion is too solemn and too touching for speech. But the bright day without gives testimony that even winter days may be genial nuu full of sunshine; and this, I hope, has been and will be realized by every one of you. 1 shall lean upon you, and upon that great company of our patriot anu God-fearing people whom you represent. And again in the beautiful acceptance of the Bible given by the Tippecanoe Club, of this city: 1 cannot hope to escape just criticism in tho discharge of the onerous and complicated duties which are soon to devolve upon mc; but I do hope that I shall escape fatal error, and hat it will appear, when my in adequate ana brief work is done, that 1 have set before me, as the pole star of mv public life, a patriotic purpose to promote tho true fclory of our country and tho high est good of our people, uod bless von. every one. May tho consolations of this Holy Book fill your lives with peace, and make the last the best day of all your hon orable lives. THE BABY MONARJH. As all mankind loves a lover, so truly does all mankind love a baby. Even as existent in history only", the infant man has his admiring constituency.' Among the tombs at Westminster, according to chroniclers, is that of the infant Princess Sophia, fourth daughter of James I. It is one most frequently visited and most generously wept oven and Fuller complains that this representation of a sculptured babe sleeping in her cradle has won more attention and admiration than all the magnificent monuments of Westminster. ..So, too, hath tiny John I of France, a twelfth century king of but live days1 earthly pilgrimage, left in that brief abiding a touch on history's page which still grants him many loyal subjects. The latter-day infant, heir of all the ages, has the same mysterious and indestructible hold on tho consideration and affection of the world. Although with imperious depravity ho keeps it up o nights with his colics, and keeps it down daytimes with his whims, this irresponsible lord of all things has never lost his potent record of kingship. Although a monarch born, ho ia a true and

industrious leveler of all ranks, as well a the blest tie that binds. To well-

behaved baby . demands for himself and for all his court free passport into the laud of sociability. .Reserve cannot exist in his presence, and the barriers of caste are often knocked flat and lifeloss by one thrust from his pudgy little toes. Foes have been made friends, and strangers have been dragged into acquaintance through the mediation of the . bald-headed tyrant from Noman's Land; and his bland, little, idiotic smile has been known to spread an air of genial comradeship over a car-load of people, whose previous unapproachableness had almost made frost-pictures on the windows. As his sense of good fellowship and genuine courtesy has united friends and families, so, too, it has had great influence in the binding of peoples and nations. The infants of all America u administrations have had their standards flocked to by ' adoring adherents of all parties, and the grandson of the grandson has not lost in public popularity by reason of his apparent indifi'erence to established codes of offensive partisanship. The universality of this admiration of the infant, regardless of age sex, or previous condition, is just now speakingly attested in current accounts of the life and habits of the three-year-old King of Spain. It is charming to read of his Most Catholic Majesty's great fondness for General Juan de Cordova, and his natural juvenile fashion of greeting him noisily across tho church, even at the solemn moment of the elevation of the host. Equally pleasant is it to learn that the small dictator refused to have; his wetnurse paid off and dismissed when he had outgrown her ministrations, but insisted upon her retention as a permanent member of his household. What other pretty, chronicles of his daily doings come across the waterl Every morning, at St. Sebastien, he steps upon his royal balcony to listen to the regimental band, ano holds quaint converse over the railing with the crowd of children that cluster to greet him. He appears on the sands, and romps, and paddles and makes mud pies, in Spanish, to his heart's content. At noon he lunches at his chateau, and when tho royal guard turn out and salute him with a bugle round, his Most Catholic Majesty frequently and jovially diverts them with a good imitation of their blast. This tiny king weighs thirtyfive pounds, is in splendid health, and goes to bed every night at 8 o'clock, like any little, sleepy-eyed, every-day American boy, his mother being present to hear his prayers and tuck him in with a good-night kiss. Blessings on these baby kings, in Spain, America and everywhere. All these lordly youngsters wear upon their baby brows the unspoiled round and top of sovereignty, and whoso will not kneel to do them homage is fit for treason, stratagem and spoils. A Boston gentleman has in his posses sion the following letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne, written while he was holding an official position and in great fear of losing it. In 1840 Hawthorne was appointed surveyor of customs at Salem, and was re moved in 1849. The letter is as follows: - Salem, March 5, 1819. 1 am Informed that there Is to be a strong ef fort among the politicians here to remove me from office, and that my successor Is already marked out. I do not think tbat this ought to be done; for I was not appointed to office as a reward for political services, nor have I acted as a politician since, A large portion of the local Democratic party loot coicuy on me lor not Having used the Influence of my position to obtain the removal of Whigs 'which I might have done, but which I in no case did. Neither was my appointment mado at the expense of a Whig, for my predecessor was appointed by Tyler in his Utter days, and called himself a Democrat. Nor can any charge of inattention to duty, or other official misconduct, De Drougnt against me; or, it So. I could easily refute It. There is therefore no ground for disturbing me, except on the most truculent party system. All this, however, will be of little avail with the hang-wasfers the vote-disturbers the Jack Cades who aasusne to decide upon these matters after a polltlaal triumph; and as to any literary claims of mine, they would not weigh a feather, nor be thought worm weiguing ai au. But it mots w me that an Inoffensive man of letters, having obtained a pitiful little office on no other plea than his pitiful little literature. ought not to be left to the merer ot these thick- , skulled and no-hearted ruffians. It is for this that l now write to you. 'mere are men In Bos ton Air. Kara 8 cnoate, xor instance whose favorable influence with the administration would make it Impossible to remove me,, and whose support and sympathy might fairly be claimed In my behalf not on the ground that I am a very good writer, but because I gained my position, such as it is, by my literary character, ana nave aone noming u xorreii mat tenure. There is a touch of pathos in this, and one cannot help wishing that tho gifted romancer might havo been left undisturbed in office, though the world might have suf fered by it, for 6omo of his best literary work was done during the few years after hit) removal. During the three years that he held this office he blocked out and part ly wrote "The Scarlet Letter," but did not finish it till after he went out of office. It was published in the summer of 1850. and mado the author famous at home and abroad. It was his first great literary suc cess. During the next two years he wrote The House of Seven Gables," ;The Blithedale Komauce" and a second series of 'Twice-told Tales." No doubt this was more literary work than he would have dono if ho had remained in office. In the spring of 1S53 President Pierce, whose campaign life he had. written in 1S52, appointed him consul at Liverpool, and he held that lucrative position four years. ATauis letter to the Philadelphia Press, from Mrs. Leonora Barry, member of the Knights of Labor delegation sent abroad. contains the following; AU along the route we saw evidences of wom en's rights with a vengeance. . Women stood manfully sldo by side with men in the fields and gardens, binding grain, making hay. digging and picking. Finally, wo saw, ineni yoked into the small carts that haul .the produce about the streets. I am sure tbat at every stage of the jouruey the v?omen of the expedition were more ana more thankful tnat tney were Americans. American women do considerable grum bling, because it is an American privilege, and because they catch the habit from their husbands and brothers; but, like the men, they do not mean half they say. It is only when they go abroad, however, and compare their lot with that of foreign women that they realize how soperior is their own condition, and how much they have to be thankful for. The career of Sir. Jeflery, who recently resigned the position of general manager of the Illinois Central railroad, furnishes a good lesson for boys who want -to make something of themselves. Thirty-threo years ago Mr. Jaffery was a fifteen-year-old boy with little edncation, and no special advantages outside his own ability. At that timo he was engaged as a boy of all work about the office of the superintendent of machinery of the Illinois Central road. the late Samuel J. Hayes. He was told to report at the room of his employer at 6 o'clock in tho morning. He was there promptly, asking what he should do first "You may begin by blacking my boots," aid Mr. Hares. That was the first work

for the Illinois Central' railroad which tho

late general manager had'io dp. For eighteen months the boy. blacked his employer's boots, made his bod, and did the menial work about his room. In his spare time he was given odd jobs, about the machine shops. This was not pleasant work, and most boys would refuse to do it, but it led to something better. After while the lad was taken into the machine shop, where he learned mechanical drafting, practical me chanics; then studied mathematics and engineering, and, to make a long story short. was promoted from one responsible posi tion to another, till he became general superintendent, and then general menager. The lesson for boys is too obvious to need pointing out. Indiana has produced another author. He lives in LaPorte and has published his autobiography. He calls it 'Twenty Years of Hus'Iing.". Tho period referred to covers his adult life, which seems to have consisted chiefly of hustling from one thing to another. A LaPorte paper says: Ho be gan by sheep-raising, then dealt in sheep pelts, next handled a patent right, afterwards engaged in the manufacture of soap, which was followed by selling prize soap with a circus, farmed eleven days, conducted a fruit-stand in Chicago, learned telegraphy, engaged in the jewelry and spectacle business, resorted to peddling. was a successful insurance agent, embarked in the agricultural implement busi ness, then in the grocery business, next had a billiard-hall, acted briefly as a news paper reporter, spent six weeks as a horsetrainer, was a horse-trader, handled fur niture polish, entered into partnership with a clairvoyant doctor, tried being a hotel landlord, acted as his own waiter, hauled coke, became an ' auctioneer, was a show man three days, exhibited ; a talking-ma chine, turned phrenologist, sold needles, met with great success wholesaling jewelry, and is now connected with a car-seat company' It remains to be seen whether the gentleman will leap into fame as an author. Madame Modjeska, in a recent inter-' view, expresses herself as strongly opposed to the "star" system, and says nothing so embarrasses an artist as indifferent support on the stage. Whatever it may be to the artist or "star,"' poor, support of a good actor is exasperating to the public It is an eyil that has long been endured by American theater-goers, and Edwin Booth, with whom Modjeska is to play this season, has been one oftthe greatest offenders in this respect, having for years traveled with notoriously poor companies. Some improvement has been made in this respect under the Barrett management, but even Barrett has hitherto paEf more attention to cos tumes and stage settings than to securing good players for minor parts. It is to bo hoped that Modjeska's ideas on this point have had their influence in making up tho new company. The City Council of Casper, Wy. T., re cently passed an ordinance making it unlawful for any woman to enter, frequent or remain in the bar-room of any saloon in that town between the hours of 7 a. m. and 10 P. ii. It was at the same time made un lawful for any woman to use vile, profane or indecent language, or to act in a boisterous or lewd manner, or to smoke any cigar, cigarette or pipe on the streets of Casper, the violator of either of these ordinances to be punished by fine. In view of the fact that the women of Wyoming have long en joyed the full rights of suffrage, and of the further fact that no explanation of these remarkable enactments has been made, an inquisitive and suspicious public is begin ning to wonder if the enfranchisement of women necessarily leads them into the habits indicated in the ordinances. It begins to look as if public opinion in regard to the fresh-water clam might have to be revised. Heretofore that particular form of animallife has been regarded as about the most useless in the whole list. The salt-water clam, though often in the soup, is entirely respectable, but his fresh water relative has stood for everything worthless. But now that people aro find ing pearls of great price hidden away ia the shells of Wisconsin clams they will begin to rise in public estimation. A dispatch printed yesterday said one pearl had been found for which $3,500 had been offered and refused. An animal that can turn out a gem worth that amount of money is bound to command respect. Perhaps the freshwater clam is about to be vindicated. Rev. T. W. Henderson, the colored preacher of Chicago, who is organizing a negro exodus from the South, says of tho great exodus from Mississippi to Kansas in 1S72: At that time I was editor of two newspapers in Kansas. We got over sixty thousand colored people to move to the State, frave most of them a .a i i - M a . i uiuie nuu lueu buiu iiieiu iuiij mrea 01 lauu, each on hve and ten vears'time. It was a great success. Many of them are now rich; all aro well-to-do, and they did not freeze to death, as the wife of tho Governor of Tennessee feared, when talking to me, that tney wouia. It would probably be a mistake to sup pose that G0.000 mules . were distributed as an act of charity. Perhaps the price of tho mule was added to that of the land-owner. The main fact is, that the colored brethren paid their way out and aro doing well in their new homes. Editor Stead, of the Pall Mall Gazette, is quoted as saying that "a man should no more undertake journalistic work as a means of making money than he should become a minister of religion through mercenary motives. The aims of a journalist who is worth anything must be higher than that." Perhaps Editor Stead knows some one who entered journalism with the intention of becoming wealthy. If so, he knows a man who has been badly left The great majority of editors who "mold public opinion" for glory and, incidentally, for their board and clothes could hardly be expected to associate on equal terms with a man of such mercenary motives. The current issue of Harper's Weekly contains a fine engraving of our soldiers' monument with au appropriate description. But it must be added that the surrounding buildings as given in the engraving, do not bear the remotest resemblance to anything in Indianapolis. The town of Sandwich, Mass., celebrated the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation a few days ago. Some of the original sandwiches from which the town derives its name are still occasionally mot with at railroad-station lunch-counters. ARErouT from Zanzibar says Captain Wissmann has started forMpwapwa. What of it! Nothing, except tbat Mpwapwa is a good word for people with unruly tongues to bear in mind. They will havo to think twice before they speak it An exchange says the drama in this country is making great strides. If this meant tho female drama, judging fr,om the playbills, what's to hinder! TnE widow of President James K. Ptolk received many visitors on her eighty-sixth birthday, last Wednesday. Her mental vigor is remarkable. John Sullivan, of Boston, announces his Intention of running for Congress. He thinks be will have no trouble in setting a

hearing in that body or making people pay attention to what he hts to' say. John is undoubtedly right If his voice is not loud enough, he has other means of bringing the people around him to time. BREAKFAST-TaBLE CHAT. Christine Nilsson writes to Figaro, of Paris, to say that she is not suffering from deafness or loss of memory. Judge E. R. Hoar, of Massachusetts, President Grant's Attorney-general,' celebrated on Tuesday the fiftieth anniversary of his admission to the bar and the fortieth anniversary of his taking a seat on tho bench. The Bishop of Salisbury has got together the ': 6eals of twenty-one out of thirtythree Catholic predecessors and thirtythree seals belonging to the twenty-seven Protestant incumbent ot the see after the Keformation. The betrothal of the last unmarried niece of Leo XIII with Count Saltatore Salimei. a member of the Guardia Nobile, will soon be announced. The Count having po fortune whatever, tho Pope will give hu niece a dowry of $20,000. Mrs. William Sowders, who formerly conducted a fish and game business, has been a member of the Louisville (Ky.J Board of Trade, in her own right and several other women are members by virtue of their partnership with men. Mr. Leonard, the new United States consul at London, Ont, is said to have made friends rapidly since his- arrival at his post of duty, and has made such arrangements as will materially facilitate the transaction of business at his office. Eben Appleton's refusal to loan the only original Star-spangled Banner has caused the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the women who made it. in ISM, to set to work to make another one, to be raised on Fort McHenry during the coming celebration. "General" Booth, in opening a new Salvation hall, in Liverpool, defied any one to point out any authorized doing of the Salvation Army not justified from the Bible. They had 2,700, societies, and 8,000 officers, for the most part self-supported, and the annual income was not less than $4,000,000. Johns Hopkins, the founder of the university that bears his name in Baltimore, entered the same city at the age of nineteen with 32 cents in his pockets and died

worth S7.000.000. He worked harder to to make the first $1,000 than he did to make all the rest. The bulk of his wealth was made as a private banker. : ' r. The Rev. E, D. Hammond three years' ago became pastor of a Baptist Church in Pittsburg. Since then he has very largely increased the membership of the church, and has built a $25,000 ediuce. But some of tho members recently discovered that he was a smoker, and the discovery so impaired his usefulness that he has deemed it expedient to resign. At the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Shaw IngersolL daughter of ex-Governor Ingersoll, of Connecticut, and George Griswold .Haven, jr., on Wednesday.it was discovered that the ring had been forgotten. The bride's mother loaned hers to her daughter, and the ceremony proceeded. Shortly aft erward, the groom presented the missing . ring, anu me wnoie ceremony was repeatea. The weather stains that have for thirty ; years accumulated upon Senator Broderick's monument a twenty-feet marble shaft over his grave in a San Francisco ; cemetery are being removed by order of senator r air, who was an ardent admirer of Broderick. In view of the recent death of Judge Terry, who slew Broderick, the. renovation causes no little comment. - The heirs f W. W. Corcoran have just deeded a valuable lot in Washipgton to the Baptist Homo Society. This 6ame piece of landhadbeen given to the society by Mr. Corcoran coupled with the condition that they should build a home upon it This they are unable to do, and tho property would have reverted to Mr. Corcoran's heirs but for their eenerous act. A very extraordinary society, called The Order of the Mystic Circle," has just been organized in Philadelphia, and will soon be duly chartered. Its objects are the Erotection and relief of unfortunate hnsands. And only those men are eligible for membership who have wives who make their lives unhappy. Tho society already numbers' 200 members, and it is said it will soon have a membership of 5,000. Cardinal Manning is a slight, graceful, delicate, gracious, dignified man, wearing no insignia of his princely rank in the church, except a email red hat Like all intelligent Englishmen, he is deeply inter-: ested in the United States and our Institu-1 tions. He regards this country as the future homo of the greatest number of Englishspeaking people. His home is a plain brick house, the chief attraction of which is a magnificent library. He is the most abstemious of men; dining off- of a potato and an egg. His position obliges him to attend 'dinner parties, but he never touches the luxuries of the table. " " SamueLv Colt, the inventor of tho revolver that bears his name, was originally a blacksmith, Tough, uneduoated, coarse, but a genius in', his way, A company was formed for the manufacture of pistols, but Colt had. so terrible a temper and was so unreasonable that no person could get along with him, so he bought out the company for a song, and set up for himself. A lucrative contract from the government during the .Mexican war was the foundation ox a magnificent fortune, lie bought a large tract of swamp land near Hartford, Conn.1 and, by spending a liberal amount in draining, he brought these useless lands up to the value of $1,000,000. "Lucky" Baldwin, of California, has been a blacksmith, a farmer, a stablekeeper; he has kept a hotel, a grocery store, and a theater. He was a boatswain on a St Louis canal, became a traveling tradesman; crossed the plains, and did a -rattling business in tobacco and rum among tho saints at Salt Lake City. Fin all ly he reached Sau Francisoo, where the first thing he did was to start a temperance hotel. Then he became a brick-maker, and made money. Ophir stock was ruining everybody at the time. Baldwin tried his luck at it, and came out a winner of $18,000,000. Ho is now sixty years old, tall, dark, wiry, nervous and energetic. Henry Labouchere, M. P., and editor of Truth, has had a romantic and interesting life. Born in London in 1831, he was educated at Eaton and Cambridge. Leaving college, he set out on his travels and arrived in Mexico, where he fell in love with a lady of the circus. He joined the company and became a sort of Ouida hero. Growing tired of his life, ho came to the United States and found his way to St Paul, then a cluster of shanties about which the Chipoewas roamed. Becoming fascinated by their wild, roving life, he hunted with them for six months. - He next brought up in New York, where he thought ho would go into the diplomatic service. He became attached to the-British legation at Washington, but at the end of two years he was dismissed for enlisting American citizens for the Crimean war at the same time with Crampton, the British minister. He next appeared at St. Petersburg, then at Constantinople. Finally he became a journalist and member of Parliament for Southampton.Home again, home again, From a foreign shore; . And oh, it fills my soul with joy To get square meals onee more! New York Journal. Clothes Don't Count. Boiton Herald. A sporting authority observes that the young man who appears at tournaments on tho tennis ground draped with an elegant silk or satin. sash of florid hue, twenty-four inches wide and forty-eight inches long, with cap and tie and blooming blazer, with shoes to match, cigaretted And shampooed, is not the man who wins the game or who makes it popular, manly and healthful. The dress ot the real contestants in a great game is unpretentious and modest A pair of white flannel trousers, a coarse linen or cheviot shirt, a air of light and expensive 'shoes, a straw hat or well-worn cap, and the attire of the tennis expert is complete. Their costumes are not attractive, but their playing is. It is a good deal the same in all the other walks of life, whether it bo work or play. Clothes don't count

THE SCHOOL-BOOK' DECISION

JudgeWood3 Passes Upon the Questions Raised as to S wintonXGeography. He Holds That Undcrthe Law the City School Commissioners Can Replace It with the ' Book Issued hyBecltolcL ' . Yesterday afternoon J udge Woods handed down his decision in the school-book case, virtually deciding the issues involved in favor of defendants. The decision comprised within thirteen . closely written pages of manuscript was as follows: The bill of the complainants is to the effect that in May, 18SS, tho Board of School Commissioners of the city of Indianapolis entered into a contract with the complainants, whereby, on terms stated. Swinton's geographies were adopted for use in the schools of the city, for: the term of six years, that the complainants havo fully complied with . the contract on their part but that the commissioners, supposing themselves bound in law to such action, are about to adopt and introduce, to the exclusion of complainants' books, books to be supplied by contractors under a certain act of the Legislature of Indiana, of date March 2. 18S9, Acts 18S9. page 74; that said act besides being ia violation of the Constitution of the State, for reasons stated, is invalid in respect to the contract of the complainants and Board of School Commissioners aforesaid, and in violation of the Constitution of the United States, becanse, if upheld, it would impair the obligation of . contract. The bill shows that at the regular session of the board, on May 4, 1888, a resolution was passed that Swinton's geographies be adopted, provided satisfactory terms could be obtained with the publishers, and that after conferring with the board tho complainants signed and submitted to the board at its session held on the 18th day of May, 1888, the following proposition: This , paper is to certify that if Swinton's geographies be adopted by the School Board of Indianapolis, Ivlsou, Blakeman. Taylor Sc Co., as publishers of said books, will fnrnlfh them to the pupils ot the public- schools of Indianapolis In accordance with the following conditions: 1. Swinton's Introductory Geography to be given in even exchange for all Uuyotfs Elementary Geography presented by such exchange upon an agreed date acceptable to both parties to this agreement 2. The same of Swinton's .Grammar School Geography for Guyofs Intermediate Geography. S. And 8winton's Grammer-cbool Geography ; to be given for a copy of Guy ot's Elementary and ' 35 ceBts, if presented at date mentioned above. 4. A donation of 250 copies 'of each book, Swinton's Introductory and Swinton's Grammarschool, to be made to the School Board. 5. The publisher's to furnish teacher's desk in every case with a copy of the books used in her grades. 6. Introduction rates of 40 cents for Introductory and 90 cents for Grammar-school, to continue for one year. 7. Regular prices after one year to be regular wholesale prices, subject to any deduction that may, for any reason, be made in said books by the publishers. The prices are in no case to be increased during the term of use of such books In Indianapolis. I visox, Blakemax, Tayloii & Co. At said meeting it was moved by a member of the board that said proposition be adopted by said board, and the agreement concurred in, which was then and there done, as fully appeared from the files and records of the board. At the threshold, manifestly, is the inquiry whether the complainants have the contract right which they assert If not, they have no cause of complaint against the respondent, and no right in this court certainly, to bring in question the validity in scope of this act of the Legislature of the State under which, it is alleged, the respondent is about to take action in hostility to complainants' interest By tho seventh clause of Section 44G0, tho Board of School Commissioners are empowered to establish and enforce regulations for the grading of and course of instruction in the schools of the city. In this clause, helped out possibly by complications from Section 443C, must bo found whatever authority there is for making such a contract as the one in question, and considering tho principle that grants of power to municipal corporations ' aro to be construed strictly, it is not clear that the board had power to bind itself bv a stipulation that the books adopted would continue in use for a stated period of years. This power to select or adopt books was given mainly, at least for the bene tit of the publioandto be used as occasion should require, and it is not consistent with , the design that in a single exercise of it ' the board abrogate or annul it by stipulating that it should not for a time stated be exercised again. If this could be done for six years, it could for sixty. ..But whatever the power of tho board in this respect may havo been, the proposition submitted by the com plainant and accepted by the board, consti tuting whatever contract there is between them, do not show an agreement that complainants1 books shall be used for the term of six years, or for any definite time. ' Indeed, I am not clear that, by this transaction, the board can be deemed to have oome under any obligation to the complainants whatever. It seems rather to have simply exercised its authority to adopt and,.- as a -condition :. of its action to have '; exacted ' of ' tho complainants a promise to furnish the books at the prices stated "during the term of use of 6uch books in Indianapolis," that is to say, so long as such books should be used in Indianapolis. That the understanding at the time was that the board was closing and binding itself to do nothing beyond the adoption of the books is indicated in the first sentence of complainants' proposition. "This paper is to certify that if Swinton's geographies bo adopted by tho School Board of Indianapolis, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., as publishers of said book, will furnish them, etc.," and in the entire document, and in the resolutions adopted by the board, there is no suggestion of a condition, covenant or promise that there should be, after tho adoption, any further action or liability on tho part of tho board. Practically, the action taken was simply a grant by the board to the complainants of the exclusive privilege or right to furnish to the pupils and patrons of the city schools the books specified upon the terms stated until other books, instead of these, should be adopted; that is to say, during the pleasure of the board, and in this view te doctrine is applicable that a grant of franchise aid special privileges ars always to be construed most strongly against the donee and in favor of the public (Trimph Co.'s Illinois, 90; U. S.. t3; Slidell & Grandyear, III U. 8., 412; ISO U. S.. 1.) But aside from this doctrine, and conceding that the complainants have the contract1 which should be interpreted by the ordinary rules, there is in it no such ambiguity or incompleteness as to admit of extraneous evidence to explain its meaning or to enlarge its scope. The atli davits, therefore, introduced on the propositions of complainants that the parties intended a contract for six years must be rejected, and the intention must be deduced from written proposition of complainants and resolution of acceptance by the board, and from these, as already stated, it does not appear that any term of use was stipulated. The requirement in Section 4430, that no text-book adopted by the county board shall be changed within six years from the date of adoption, in no manner helps out the claim of t he complainant for a contract or privilege for six years, because that provision has no application to cities, and even if applicable, it could lend no force to the contract, because by the unanimous consent of tho county board, change could be made at any time. ' . It is suggested, however, that by its bylaws tho board can make no change of textbooks except at its April session, and consequently there can be no action upon tho subject now, except it be under the act of the Legislature, and, therefore, the validity of that act is in issue, even if plaintiffs contract is for no definite term of us. The sulficient answer to this is tbat by the terms of the law changes may be made at any time ny a two-thirds vote of the members of ths board. It follows, then, that the apSlication must be denied, and it is so orered. Grateful for the Care Given Illm. The following letter was recently received by the president of the Indianapolis Orphan Home from a one-armed boy, a former Inmate: MAKXEYEii House, RENSSELAER, Ikd., Aug. 13, 1889. $ My Dear Miss Brtd&baw, President of Orphan nomes I expect that you hare forgotten me. I am the one-armed boy who came to the "Home" about three years ago. Do not think that 1 have forgotten the dear old orphans' home, for many things are as fresh in my memory as if they had occurred but yesterday, l iUll remember you

and your kind acts and' advice, i sra a member of the Methodit Church, and if I can get a good education I thall enter the work of God an a tuininter. People ar no kind to rte I know that God Is at the foundation of all their loTe. How nice yon kind ladles treat the children. Iran look back

.with happlneM to the davs spent In the home, and it is a home, it is almost heaven. I hope some day that the L'ttie bands that have assembled at that der home may all flock together before the throne of Gvd. x mast close for this time, please write to me and tell me all about the home. Yours very sincerely, Lewis II. IIamiltox. THE COLUMBIA CIXLV Its Spacious lloine on the Circle with Everything to Add to Comfort and ric&sure, During the last political campaign a nam ber of local gentlemen of Republican tenets banded themselves together for the purpose of temporary organization, but the association proved of such mutual interest and benefit that its members agreed to become permanently organized, and were accordingly incorporated under the name of tho Columbia Club. Tho objects which led to tho formation of the club aro not confined to tho furtherance - of political' purposes, but embraco literary and scientific pursuits and the enjoyment of social intercourse. Steps were at onco taken to procure the best available location, and the Spades property, a handsome and commodious residence on the Circle, was purchasod. This building has been renovated and furnished in a luxuriant manner, and rearranged more in accordance with the requirements of the club. As it now stands, for convenience and comfort it will compare with any clab-houso in tho West On admittance the visitor is shown into the reception-room. This room is intended for the especial use of strangers, and is very handsomely furnished with a suite of oak. Brussels of au elegant and quiet design covers the floor, and the art of the decorator has been taxed in the paper and panel covering of the walla. It is replete with every convenience for the use of the guest Leaving this room and turning to the right from the entrance, is a double drawing, room, also effectively upholstered in an eui. bossed leather suit of walnut sofas and reclining chairs,, while a .full-length mirror adorns the western end of the room. The eastern half is occupied by a largo table covered with theprincipalperiodicals and magazines, which will entice many a member to while away a profitable hour. On the same floor is situated the .diningroom, fitted up with every requisite, and tho kitchen containing ail tho latest and best appliances for the proper preparation of edibles. Ascending the carpeted stairway, the visitor is shown into a very cozily and neatly appointed room, where a member of a studious disposition can. in quiet, gTatify his tastes in this direction, or indite as many epistles as ho wants without fear of being disturbed. Adjoining this room is the billiard-room, a large, fine table occupying the center, with enough cues in tho stands affixed to the walls to satisfv the demands of the most fastidious follower of this popular pastime. Neither have the inclination c those members who -like to indulge in a game of cards been neglected; a room on this floor has been especially fitted up for their benefit On the opposite side of the passage is a smaller room, in which a small party can comfortably ensconce themselves and play whist to their hearts' content. Tho other rooms are tho wash-room and superintendent's room, makinc in all a total of ten. Arrangements have been made to hr a the building lighted by electriciir and this will be done soma time during next week. A sixlight chandelier will then be placed in tho center of the stairway, producing a splendid illnminating effect. The heating and sanitary arrangements have been made tho objects of especial care, and are as near perfect as possible: in fact, nothing appears to have been neglected which would tend to change the building into a model clubhouse. The club is at present composed of 1)00 members, and though this number will undoubtedly be increased, no fear need be apprehended as regards tho enlarging of the building to meet the increase. The property extends some distanco to the rear and to tho north side of tho building, parallel with tho lower and upper rooms run two large passageways, twenty by three feet Jiven now it is contemplated widening them for a number of: feet and changing them into a large auditorium which could be easily done and at no great expense. The location of the club-house is tho most desirable site in the city. It faces the monument and oa any public event or display of importance which would necessarily pass in that direction, the members would possess the full benefit afforded by such an advantageous locality. The club, too, possesses a great incentive to success and long life, and ono which has belonged to but few clubs in tho country, which is that of having purchased the property which will be its headquarters. THE PHILADELPHIA LAUNCHED. Mrs. Harrison an Interested Spectator Tha. Cruiser Successfully Sent Into the Water. Pn i lad E LP ill A, Sept7.--The new steel cruiser Philadelphia was launched at Cramp's ship-yards, this city, at 11:42 this morning. Added interest was given to tho occasion by the presence of a number of distinguished guests, chief among them being Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President, and Mrs, John Wanamaker. The rumor that President Harrison might be present served, no doubt to attract many people, and when the vessel slid off the ways, fully 20,000 persona were assembled in and around the snip-yard. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Wanamaker and party came to the city from Jenkinton this morning and. boarding the yacht Restless, at Walnut-street wharf, were conveyed to the ship-yard, reaching there at 11:15. They were escorted to tho Platform. Mrs. Harrison on the arm ot Tioiaas Dolan, Mrs. Wanamaker with Mr. Harry Cramp, and the others of the party, consisting mostly of Mrs. Wanamakera family, following. A chair was placed immediately under the prow of the vessel, and on this Miss Minrie Wanamaker, daughter of the Postmaster-general, who had been selected by Secretary Tracy to christen the new cruiser, was tested. Sho held in her hand a bottle of champagnecovered with gold lace and colored ribbons. Mrs. Harrison sat immediately behind Mrs. Wanamaker, and was an interested spectator of the preparations for the launch. As the vessel started to move Miss Wans- -maker, who maintained her coolness to a' remarkable degree, took a firm hold on tho neck of the bottle of wine, and as the prow of the vessel glided over her bead, sho struck it a firm, quick blow, exclaiming as sho did so, "I christen tho Philadelphia." Tho bottlo was smashed to pieces and the fluid spattered tho fair christener and those nearest her, Mrs. Harrison coming in for a good scare. Thero was not the slightest hitch, and as the immense vessel glided gracefully into tho Delaware a neat shout went up from the assembled thousands, which was answered by the shrill whistles of the tngs and steamers gathered in the stream. Immediately after the launching the invited guests, including Mrs. Harrison, were escorted to tho ofiicoof the ship building, where a lunch was partsken of. The Philadelphia will be the fifth vessel of that name in the navy. The first two were primitive crafts, and served in tho Revolution until sunk in battle. The third, the most celebrated of the name, was constructed in 17W. and was a frigate, of I.'itt tons, fitted out with thirty-six gunf and carrying VO0 men. In 1SC30 she was wrecked or!" Tripoli and her commandet and crow taken prisoners. After she had been fitted out by the enemy the was recaptured bv Captain Decatur and burned. The fourth'Philadelphia was obtained from the merchant service for the navy and served through the civil war. The new vessel is officially reckoned as cruiser No. 4. and is the fourth in size ot the unarmored cruisers provided for tb new navy. Unliko vessels already constructed, her official test will not be rated according to horso-power, but fixed speed. The contract stipulates a speed of nineteen knots an hour, and unless this is reached, large deductions will be made in the contract price. The cruiser's leusth is olS feet beam 4SH feet, draught 19" feet, and displacement tons. Her main battery will consist of twelve six-inch rifles, while her secondary battery will be composed of two Catlings, fonr siK-ponndcr llotchkis. two three-pounder HotchkUs, one onepounder iiotchKiss and two nxty-tev wdll run