Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER ' 13, 188D.

XEff rCRLTCATIOXS. 'fho series of papers on American railways, which haro been running in Scribbler's Magazine, have attracted wide attention by their variety and tbe ability with "which they treated a large and interesting subject. They are now reprinted in a work entitled "The American Jiailway: Its Construction, Development, Management and Appliances." The work is not all by one hand, the different chapters beint: written by various apecialiats in dillerent branches f railroad knowledge. Thus we have

Tht Building of a Kaiiwav." by Ihomas Curtis Clarkw. civil eugiuven "Feats of isojrart. reCharles tic TailwAv: "Kaiiwav Management." by Gen. 1 P. Alexander, president Georgia Central Tail road: "Safety in Kail road Travel." by 11. (i. Prout, editor The Kailroad Gazette: "Kailway Passenger Travel," by Gen. Horace Porter, vice-president Pullman Palacecar Company; "The Freight-car service," by Theodore Voorhees. assistant superintendent New York Central railroad; "The Railway in Its Business Kelations." by Arthur T. Hadley, professor Yale College; and other chapters by experts equally well known. It is a book of "permanent Interest .and value to others beside railroad men. The work is handsomely bound, copiously illustrated anil contains numerous maps and charts. Thero is an introduction by Judge. Cooley, and a full index. Half leather, octavo, U ISew lork: Charles Scribncrs Hons; Indianapolis: liowenMemll Company. "Sfprza," a new novel by William Walilorf Astor, carries the reader to Italy as tho ruime author's "Valentino did. It . is not modern Italy, however, but that of middle AZes. Mr. Astor seems to have made a close study of this period of Italian history and to be thoroughly at home in it. As to Sforza," it is bard to say which side of tho iook is tho uiow prominent, the historical or tho romantic. The environment, the. manners and aspect of the Milan of the fifteenth century, thefetett, fights, intrigue, astrology, disuisen, murders, love and adventure which centered around one of the most important political events of Italian history are dvpicted with so much vividTies, and the subject itself is so romantio that one is at a loss to determine whether -A 1. . . A Al At. Al A: - ll. . A : . A K -1110 iniiu ur iuo ucuuu ui ui aiuijr iuo more interesting, New York: Charles icri brier's Sous; ludiauapolis: Bowen-Mcr-inll Company. "The Lily Among Thorns," by Kev. Dr. William K. 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' "To the Lions," "by Rey. Alfred G. Chnrcb. is a tale of the early Christians. In the guise of a talo in which ancient characters and personages are introduced, a thrilling story is told of the persecutions of the early Christians, ending in the condemnation of certain ones to be thrown to the lions. To some extent historic lines are followed. Illustrated. Cloth. $1.25. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. A pretty gift-book is a volume entitled "Wedding Hymn." by - Mary Mathews Barnes. The verses are very pretty, being a sort oflnvocation or epithalamium for a young bride. Each stanza is specially illustrated, this part of the work being done by Dora Wheeler. The book is printed on heavy calendered paper and handsomely bound.' New York: (i. P. Putnam's ons; Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. "Wyndham Towers" is the title given to a poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Written in pure and stately blank verse, it treats of personages and events of byfrine times in Kn gland. The style and treatment seem to partake of the dramatists of tho Elizabethan era, and the pictures of English medheval life are strong and graphic. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.; Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company.' "Standishof Standisb," by Jane G. Austin, is an interesting and well-written historical novel, in which the famous captain of the Plymouth colony figures as the hero. The atmosphere is that of early New England colonial times, and the coloring is distinctively local, and m harmony with the feriod treated of. Cloth, $l.ii. Boston: lough ton, Mifflin &. Co.; Indianapolis: ;Powen-Merrill Company. "Hints and Helps for Those who Writo, Print, Teach. Read or Learn," is the rather ambitious title of a little volume by Benjamin Dretv, which contains some rules and directions concerning spelling, punctuation, composition, capitalization and proof-reading. It is a useful book for learners. Boston: L.fefc Shepard; Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, "Florida Days," by Margaret Deland. is a pleasant and well-written hook about Florida life and scenery. Barring a tendency to exaggerate and idealizetho natural attractions of the country and climate, it is a very readiblebook. ft is beautifully illnstrated and handsomely bound. Boston: Little. Brown &. Co; Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. In "The Political Problem? Mr. Albert Ftickney discusses some of the current social and political problems of the day, with a view of discovering the evils and weaknesses of our present system, and suggesting some necessary changes aud reiorms. It is a thoughtful and suggestive book. New York: Harper fc Bros.; Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. Young mothers will find "Cradle and Nursery," by Christine T. 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has for its sub-title "A Story of Niagara." This it gets from the fact that tho scene is laid in that vicinity, and some of the characters Hit to and fro between Bnflalo and the falls. It is a harmless story. PhiladVlIhia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.; Indianapolis: iowcn-Mcrriil Company. ."Osborne of Arrochar,"a novel by Amanda M. Douglas, is the latest addition to a long series of popular novels by that prolific author. It is published in . uniform style with her other works. Cloth, S1."A Boston: Leo &, Shepard; Indianapolis: liowen-Mernll Conipauy. "Dormates, a Tale of tho Fishing Banks," is a tirst-rate juvenile story, by Kirk Monro, author of "Flamingo Feather," etc. Illustrated. Published in Young People series by Harper fc Bros., New York. Cloth, SI. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company. DAVIS'S LATER MISTAKES.

The Southern Leader' Failure to Improve Opportunities That Were Offered. Chicago nerald (Dem.) Without considering - the question of secession at all, there were two occasions in the life of Jetierson Davis when, if he had been the great man that his admirers would have us believe he was, he might have shown it in a manner that would have satisfied the world. One of thesojvas after Gettysburg, when it should have been clearly foreseen that the cause of the Confederacy was lost. Every life that jras sacrificed after that battle was uael&sly exacted, because tho men who were at the head of the Confederacy could not or would not acknowledge defeat. It is' not conceivable that if Davis and others near him had taken strong ground in favor of a surrender at that time they could have been successfully antagonized. From that point on to Appomattox the South fought a last-ditch battle, its armies growing ainaller. its guns answering only in defense and its movements being governed simply by a manifest desire to extend the resistance to the inevitable as long as possible, The other occasion was after the close of the carpet-bag era, when, with the white people of the South once more in possession of their home governments and tho rights of all citizens fully secured, Mr. Davis might have done much to reconcile his people to the new condition of affairs and to relieve the tension that existed by reason of the bitterness of such extremists as himself on both sides of tho line. The powerful aud eloquent words that he might have spoken were never uttered. . The man who is held up to us as the greatest and best of the South lacked even the quality of good nature. He was dogged, pertinacious and sullen. He had no capacity to perceive that with an odious institution ont of tho way the South was destined to a prosperity greater than it had ever before known, lie saw nothing but the defeat of an idea, and the world in .which that idea could not obtain tfaa to be forever and forever a barren waste, peopled only with regrets and repiniugs. Other conspicuous Southerners saw the folly of this course and long ago proceeded to make the best of a situation which, on investigation, they discovered to be not so very bad after all. For every patriotic word, for every generous sentiment, for every national aspiration and for every fraternal greeting to which Ruch men have given utterance there have been appreciative responses from the North, but from Jeflerson Davis there have come only defiance and mockery. It is noj at all 'likely that even the South will long regard as a really great man one whose character contrasts so unfavorable with that of so many of its more worthy sons. KELXIK JILY. Something1 About the Olrl Who Is Going Around the World In Seventy-Five Days. Philadelphia Inqulrer.l Nellie Bly is a young wt)man past the school-girl age. and not yet at the quarterpost of old uiaidistn. She is, so far as appearances go, a very ordinary, every-day young woman, rather slight in form. leanmg to eccentricity in dress, masculine in her tastes and ideas, and a man-hater from way back. That may sound strange, but it is true nevertheless. Beyond business relations with the male sex, Nellie Bly has no farther n for them. She has never been in love with any human being on earth except hpr mother, and to make this mother comfortable and happy is the one thought that actuates her in every undertaking. Nellie Bly is a Pittsburg girl. She has been engaged in writing for newspapers little more than three years. Her first attempt to gain a livelihood with her pen was made early in 1886, on the Pittsburg Dispatch. The young woman, is not what may be called a graceful writer. At times she is given to verbosity, bnt as a rule handles her subject entertainingly -and with vigor. Her ideas are, for the most part original, and she has never yet.f ailed in an undertaking. She receives on an average two hundred letters a week. Out of this number not less than half a dozen are from women who have conceived an affection for her. and beg for a personal interview. A dozen more are from men making love or proposing marriage, and the rest are begf;iug letters and threats. The name 'Nelie Bly" is neverused except as a signiture. About ten young women in different parts of the country have claimed to be the Pinion-pure Nellie Bly, and have gained a temporary notoriety. In some instances hotel bills have been contracted in that name, and the bills have been sent to the real Nellie, who, by the way, never settles them. P Nellie Bly is now on her way to Hong Kong, in her trip aronnd the world, in which it is proposed to circumnavigate the globe in seveutv-tive days or less. Her real name is 'Pink' Elizabeth Cochrane. She is familiarly known among her old-time friends in Pittsburg as 'Pink,' and in that rity she has been living with a brother. A. P. Cochrane, manager of the Kevere Kubber Company. Her . father was Associate Judge Cochrane, who is now dead. OUR DIPLOMATIC S EH VTCE. A Former Minister Ilecotnmends One Era bastador for All of Europe. lion. Robert MoLe&n, in the Indepeope nt. I do not think the diplomatic service need be a graded or professional service, nor do I consider it at ail objectionable that appointments should bo determined, as now, by politics; but I am of the opinion that a much smaller number of diplomatic officers than are now employed would bo sufficient to represent the United States abroad. One embassador could be accredited to all the first-class powers in Europe, with a secretary of legation, or interpreter, at each embassy, who wrroM act as a charge d'attaires in the absence of the embassador. One minister plcnipotentiaiy could represent tho Unitf-d States in all other European countries, with secretaries of legation, or interpreters, in charge of the legation in his absence. In Mexico one minister plenipotentiary, in Central America one, on the west coast of South America one, aud on the Atlantic coast another, with their respective secretaries of legation, or interpreters, in charge during thetr absence, would, in my judgment, suffice. In the East not more thau two ministers would be necessary, with legations similarly organized. It has long since been conceded that consuls and consular agents should be paid fixed salaries and their fees turned over to the government. The foregoing replies sufficiently indicate on what lines I think tbe diplomatic and consular services should be reorganized, by which much greater efficiency, as well as economy, can be effected. Nor is it as novel as some may suppose." I have been myself accredited, at oue and the same time, to live Eastern countries, with tho powers of a minister plenipotentiary at each, to-wit: China. Japan. Cochin China, Korea and Siam; and I am very sure that, with the facilities afforded mo by my government in the way of transportation. I was able to represent my country effiqieutry in each of these countries. And it is not at all unusual in Europe to find one diplomatic representative accredited to several courts. As Many Hare Hefore. Albany Journal. According to the present outlook the Knights of labor will unite with tho Farmers' Alliance. This means a strengthening of both orders; but the organization will bo so vast that it is likely before many years to fall to pieces of its own weigh t.Catarrh Is caused by scrofulous taint in the blood, and is cured by Hood's Sarsnparilla, which purines and enriches the blood and wives the w hole system health and strength. Try this peculiar medicine. It Is prepared by C. 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lUCE'S OEOGHAPUY.

A School-Ilook "Which Is ow Canting Serious Trouble for Its Author. Top Letter In New York limes. Among the treasures of tho Kansas H?storicaj Society is a '.rebel' geography which was compiled in lt)2 by Gen. John 11. Kice, then a prominent Georgian, bnt now equally prominent s the editor of the h'epublic in Fort fccott Monitor. Since ho came to Kansas and entered, the political .arena, General Kice has had to endure many attacks based on this publication. Quotations from its pages have been "ased on many occasions, and there is good reason tq, believe that these have but recently been used effectively by his enemies in opposition to his appointment as collector of internal revenue for the Kansas district. The book which has proved so disastrous to the political fortunes of its publisher is well print d and of regulation school size Its cover bears this inscription: A system of modern peocrapby compiled from various sources and adapted to the present condition of the world, expressly for the use of schools and academies, in tbe Coiif derate Mates of America, iu which the political and physical condition of the Htates composing the Confederate States of ' America are rull treated, and their progress in commerce, education, agriculture, mechanic arts and internal improvements prominently set forth. The preface includes this paragraph: Thiais the only work In existence which approximates doing Justice to the country now composing the Confederate States of America, its actual condition and resources having been studiously concealed by every Yankee work. This edition 1 Issued without maps, to supply a preying demehd for it, for, with mortitlcaion we uiun state that suitable maps cannot now be procured m the Confederacy, liut it Is believed that many teachers and pupils will prefer tci without tlie tnapH than to continue tbe furtner use of Northern compilation!, with the. many imperfections and studied omissions relative to our country. . General Kice must have had one of those 'Northern compilations' before him when he began work on this geography, for its genexal plan is very like that o'f its predecessor. In his definitions, however, he shows mncb originality. Under the division, '! he Kaces of Man." this question occurs: "What is said of the black race!': This is the reply: , The African or black race Is found In aTl part of Africa, except on tb a northern coaitk and In America, where they have been hroutfiik and humanely reduced to their proper normal condition of slavery. In the political section of the geography the following appears: 'Give examples of enlightened nations. The Confederate States, the United States. England aud France.' "What is the best example of a republican government in the worldf .Tho Confederate States of America." - Twenty-three pages of this unique publication are devoted to "The Confederate States of America proper, and the story begins with this paragraph: This new government M hich claims a place'in the family of nations, the Independence of which it is resolved to maintain by the indomitable bravery of its sons. Is composed of the following States that have seceded from the old iroverntuent of the United Utates, and Territories that have cast their fortunes with them lu a strugcle for freedom and Independence, to wit: Virginia, Isorth Carolina, outh Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, ' Arkansas, Texas, Missouri. Tennessee, Kentucky; the Territories, New Mexico, and Arizona, and Indian Territory. Maryland cannot properly be placed in tho list of confederate States, yet we have iu this treatise placed it at tho conclusion of tbe confederate Btates, -as wo are eattstled Bhe will ally herself with them to soon as free from the 6hackles of deepotisni with which she is now. bound. ' . Then comes this bombastic utterance, which typities the true Southern spirit of that day: Under the Influence of slavery, which is the corner-stone of her povernmental fabric, and au Indomitable spirit of self-reliance in the hearts of the people, the Confederate States lias lust commenced a career of tcreatnesa to be rapidly . augmented by the development of her vast ajrrl-. cultural and mineral resources, of which the, world may le envious, while the Industry and' genius of her citizens will soon rate her second to no nation in the extent of her manufactures of raw material of her own production. - 4 Slavery is expressly recognized in tho Coustitntion, as it is In the Word of God, and practiced j in all the States and universally approved of by : the people. - i In the description of South Carolina occurs this paragraph: FortEumter, Inf Charleston harbor, Is noted for having been treacherously occupied by a company of United btates soldiers under Major Anderson, In violation of the pledged faith of the federal government, on the 24th day of December. 1 8JO, and subsequently for the surrender of said fortress to the forces of outh Carolina on the 1 3th day of April. 1861, alter a terrlflo bombardment of thirty hours. ' ' " Viewed in the light of the present, the following allusion to the Indians of the Indian Territory is extremely amusing: The Indian tribes have entered Into treaties, offensive and defensive, with the confederate States, and the Territory Is guaranteed to them for a peaceable and permanent resirter.ee, and the inhabitants stand in tho relation of "wards' to the confederate States government. These Indian tribes pay considerable attention to education. They print books in their own languages: have luilt churches and school-houses; own farms, and many or them are large farmers. They are all slave-holders many owning quite a Ivrge number. Slavery Is established by their own laws. For these attainment in civilization they are Indebted to the exertions of Zealocs Christian missionaries. Virginia is eulogized for operating an extensive iron foundry, "where large amounts of heavy ordnance and small hrearms are made.' Several other of the Southern States contained at that time manufactories of percussion caps and other munitions of war, and this fact is elaborated upon by the geographer. . All in all, this confederate geography is exceedingly interesting, and its valuers a relic will increase as the years go by, ' , ' . TAIUFF DIFFERENCES IN CONGRESS. Republicans Hetter Agreed Upon Their Policy than the Democrats at the Last Session. Philadelphia Inquirer. Our Democratic contemporaries fear from what President Harrison has said on the subject of the taritl that neither ho nor his party has any very well defined views regarding what shall be done ' It struck us rather diilerently. The President did not attempt to go into details in his recommendations. That was far from necessary. On the,- main question there is no material diiierence of opinion within the Iiepublican party. The message follows with singular closeness the, declaration of the last national platform upon which the party nnited last year. - That there will be some diiiere;ices in the smaller matters of detail may be expected. Neither party has ever been fully agreed on every item of a taritl schedule. The grotesque way in which the Mills bill in the last Congress was patched to secure the support of Democratic members after weeks of etl'ort in secret caucus to make it suitable to all was a forcible exhibition of Democratic differences. How many Democrats are there to-day who agree with Mr. Cleveland's declaration, while President, that the internal revenue tax should not be disturbed? Un less all signa are at fault many Democrats. in the present Congress will be found voting with the Kepublicans for the repeal of a considerable part ot this tax, as suggested in President Harrison's message. The tobacco tax is pretty certain to go by practicallv cpuimon consent. What our Democratic friends should magnify rather than the dtllerenccs regarding details is the wide difference between the two parties on the general question. One is for tariif revisiou on tbe lines of protection, while the other has been attempting to force a policy that would result in breakins: down protection, and was so iutended. We do not doubt that there is a nearly unanimous desire for u revision of the tariff. The Kepnblican party is pledgea to it, and the country accepted those pledges and indorsed the general policy indicated when it elected General Harrison and a Republican Congress. That is the policy to which the attention of Congress has been directed in the message now tinder discussion. There is no reason to suppose that the Republican majority will have anywhere near the difficulty in adjusting local and persoual differences that tho Democrats of the last Congress had. General Seweli Talks of Harrison. rhilailf Inhla Inquirer. - General So well was asked what he thought of President Harrison's administration. 'General Harrison is a lawyer of far more ability than he generally cets credit for." he said, "and I have told him that Then one of his Cabinet officers had examined into the claims of a candidate for otiice he ought not to worry himself over the conflicting claim of several candidates for a single place. Hut the President is utrictly conscientious in b's desire to get the best men in every branch of tho public service, and he gives very much of his invaluablo time to settling personal struggles for otiice, and must natuiallv make enemies, but he will have a civil service of his own, which will give to the country four years of as clean an administration

as this 'country has seen since the days of John Adams. It is a pity always," continued General ijewell, "to spoil a good story, but the man who made out of the whole cloth that story about my being taught bv Senator Kirk, of Essex county, to dip Stilton cheeso in old Otard brandy, and then initiated the President of the Uuited States in the art aud mystery of Stiltou cheese and brandv, has onljr one element of truth in it, and that is the single point that there was such a man as Senator Kirk, of Newark, N. J., but I never took a glass of . brandy with President Harrison, and I never knew him to either drink brandy or to eat cheese. It is true that I went hunting with the President, and fonnd that he was a good shot and had more courage and endurauce than I h?d crouching behind a blind and waitinc for an early-

A.vr.AA4Uj UiUtt U A UU.UOl HONEST CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM. Republican Postmasters Who Understand and Obey the Law In Letter find Spirit. Philadelphia press. m Two striking proofs have been given during tho past two weeks of the intention of the Republican party to enforce the civil-, servico law honestly and vigorously. Within that time declarations have been made on the subject by the postmasters of two important offices, both of whom were appointed by President Harrison. The first utterance was by Postmaster Field, of this city, and it was made public by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, chairman of the civileervice commission. Said Mr. Roosevelt: Mr. Field de&irm me to say in his behnlf that he wishes every repntable citizen of Philadelphia who desires to serve the government in the classified service of the postofhee to come forward and bo examined, lie wishes to make it clear that neither Jn appointments nor removals will a man's politics have the slightest consideration, lie iU6a it known that the only recommendation for otiice will be titness for olnce. This is clear, straightforward and comprehenpive. .It covers practically every pointfor which the advocates of a civil service based ou merit alone have contended. It is also the declaration of a roan whose word is as good as his affidavit, and who has built up a reputation for integrity and business ability which any man mighfj envy. There is nothing of the vote-catching cry about it, and the country confidently expects to see, and will see, it honestly and consistently lived up to. The other declaration on the subject comes from Postmaster Newell, of Milwaukee, who took charge of hi office a few weeks ago. His avowal is as broad and signiiicant as that of Mr. Field. He says: The government has seen lit to appoint me postmaster, and In return the government Is jutiCed in expecting from me the very beet service. For this purpose I expect and Intend to have only the very beat quality of help. Capability and fitness, nothing else, are to determine the tenure and the appointment of every employe as long as I am here. All other considerations are out of place. This or that person way be needy or may have the backing of public men. 1 Hhall not be guided by any consideration of that kind. Here are two statements relating to the stand taken by two important postmasters on tho enforcement of the civil-service law. They evidence a disposition to deal honestly and candidly by the question, and leave room for no evasions and no subterfuges. The whole four years of Mr. Cleveland's administration will be searched in vain for any such outspoken utterances. Not one can now ie remembered. Collector Troup, of New Haven, and Postmaster Jones, of Indianapolis, were loud enough in their declarations that every Republican official under them must go. and that only Democrats would be appointed, but no encouragement for civil-service reform came from the men Mr. Cleveland appointed toofiice. These 6igns that the Republican party proposes to . live up to its pledges will disconcert the plans of the ex-Republicau free-trade organs. The purpose or the latter is to make it appear that tho Republican party is no more in favor of civil-service reform than the Democratic party. In this 'way they hope to attract enough of the re'speetable vote to the Democracy to covey up the record of that party, and so commend it to honest men. lint the two decisive declarations in favor of civil-Bervice .reform given the past two weeks will undo all their arguments. Even the flowing rhetoric of Mr. George W. Curtis would not avail to conceal the force of such strong utterances. ' BISHOP WALDEN. .Ills Itecent Episcopal Visit to South Avuerla i ca IYonperlty of the Itepabllcs. ' VVork Tribune. I'ftishop J. M. Walden, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, arrived in New Yotk by ,ihe .steamer Finance from Kio Janeiro on Saturday, having just completed atonrof eoiscopal visitation among the amnions of his church in South America. Iho visit was made in obedience to an enabling act passed by the last General Conference providing for the organization of ail tbe work of the church in Chili and the regular missions in the Argentine and sister republics into a conference. The organization was not made, the Bishop not rinding the legal number of ordained ministers in the field. Bishop Walden sailed from New York on the 10th of last July. He went to CoSon, thence by rail to Panama, thences by the Chilian line to Valparaiso, thence to Buenos Ayres. by the Pacifio Navigation Company's line, thence to Rio Janeiro by the Royal Mail line, thence to New York by the United States and Brazil Steamship Company's line, touching at Barbadoes, Martinique and St. Thomas. He went down the west coast in order to examine the selfsupporting missions established by Bishop Taylor at Guayaquil, Callao. Lima, Ique2uo, Conuimbo. Valparaiso, Santiago and loucepcion. Among the regular missions of the Methodist Church in the Argentine Republic. Urnguay, Paraguay and Rio, Grande do ttul he spent sixty days, and on shipboard seventy-four da vs. He returned in capital health, and with enlarged ideas of the present prosperity of the South Americau republics and their future greatness. In the course of a conversation with the Tribune reporter, be said: I went to South America as well informed. I suppose, as the ordinary man, but found that 1 knew nothing about tbe conntry. The United States ought to have much larger busiuess interests in Uruguay! Paraguay and the Argentine Republic, bur it can be had only under the Has of the 'United States, and this caunot be without government subsidies. There are five steamship lines One French, one German, ono Italian and two. British plying between Buenos Ayres and Europe, and not one between that port and the United States. I saw little or nothing of the revolution in Brazil. In Rio Grande do Gull talked with several persons about the political outlook of the country, and they ali told me that thero were less prospects of a change than at any time withiu ten years. At Pernambnco, where we touched on Nov 16. we heard of the revolution and 'saw a little excitement on the streets, bat it was all over by noon. When we reached Para, a week later, all was quiet and indicative of aoquiescence, but there were no signs of enthusiasm' A w National Park Proposed. Philadelphia Press. The sugcestion that the historic ground at Valley Forge be purchased and set apart for a national park is worthy of senons consideration. A bill with this object in view has been drawn by CoL Theodore W, Bean, of Norristown, and forwarded to Washington. It proposes that the government appropriate $25,000 to the purchase of the fcite of Washington's headquarters and adjoining historio acres. This country is too careless of its memorials. Private subscription has preserved many of them from the hands of the destroyer. In this instance, considering the almost holy associations which cluster around Valley Forge, it is proper that national aid bo given to preserve this spot as a heritage for all time to the American people. Where We Draw the Line. Et. raul rioneer Tress. Eternal interests are the care of the churches directly, and not of the schools. If the Roman Catholic body is ever to win in this country the place to which the virtues and services of its members ought to entitle it, it must renounce uneqnivocallv and forever the idea that the public school can ever become, through the most specious of pleas, the instrument of doctrinal education, or the church thus insiduously reunited to the state, between which tho voice of the people has pronounced an irrevocable decree of divorce. Danger In the Mail Service. Philadelphia PreM. Considering the constant danger which apparently menaces the employes in the railway mail service, it is surprising to hnd that less than 3 per cent of the total number employed meet with accidents. During the last fiscal year out of the S.Otx) government employes engaged iu this

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branch of the postal service only ten were killed in railway accidents, w hile 1S5 were injured. It is possible that the substantial construction or the cars furnished for the use of the department may have something to do with the infrequency of fatal accidents to their inmates. The death rate is inconsiderable compared with that in other departments of regular railroad employment " BEAUTIES AT THE CAFITAL. Under This Administration Washington Becomes a City of Fair Women. Washington ept'eiai. . The pretty girla of the country have captured the capital. They walk by the hundreds every afternoon along Pennsylvania avenue. Their sweet, rosy faces shine oiit from the galleries of the House and tli Senate, and their stylish turnouts make you dizzy with admiration as they dash past you in the parks aud in the drives near exPresident Cleveland's home. Washington is a city of homelywomen no longer. The new administration has brought in new blood, and tho crop of fresh girls contains more beauties than the famti uallery of the mad king of Havana in tho palace at Munich. Verily, nature has smiled upon our statesmen's daughters in this year of our Lord 188U. and all that art aud money can do is being done to make their appearance in the next year's social garden one of splendor, of sweetness and light. . Thousands have been lavished upon their, dresses, and lyini; away in the jewel cases of the capital are diautonds by' tho quart and pearls by the peck. The dresses of this year will be finer than ever before, but the girls will surpass tbe dresses and the debutantes will be brighter thau tho diamonds and purer than the pearls. They will be the rose-buds of the capitalthe sweetest, the prettiest, and tlie freshest of their sex. They will come out to us from every circle. The Cabinet will give five, and we will get two from tho Supreme Court families, and another two from the diplomatic corps. Two will have Senators for their sponsors, and a baker's dozen will come from the army, navy,' and resident society circles. tSo many and so fair! A Very Proper Move. , Washington Post. We are glad to learn that the distinguished superintendent of the census is thinking of moving tho center of population from Ohio to Indiana. This is not only a mark of tbe superintendent's deep gratitude to the State which produced a man so well qualified to select an able superintendent of the census, but it is a just rebuke to Ohio for goin Democratic within a few months after that able superintendent had been selected. All things considered, we believe the superintendent of the census is warranted both in removing the center of population from Ohio and in giving it to Indiana. Solomon and the Silver Question. Washington Post. Dr. Talmage preached ft sermon in Jerusalem last Sunday, and, alluding to Kipg Solomon's riches, said: "If wealth and wisdom could have satisfied a man. Solomon would have been satisfied. lie had At his command gold to the value of 080,000.000, and he had silver to the value of 1,029,000,877;" yet Solomon was not happy. The good Doctor doesn't inform us why Solomon was not happy; but one source of. his wretchedness probably was that he haa six billion dollars' worth of silver stacked up in his treasury. m The Crying- Need of Fire-Proof Merchandise. Nebraska Journal. The discussion of the question as to what constitutes a fire-proof building has been ragiug for a week or two in the East. It is pretty generally agreed that a fire-proof building is not tire-proof if it is tilled with combustible material. Instances are given of buildings that have been wholly destroyed by lire, originating inside the walls, though there was not a scrap of wood in their construction. , Common Sense on the Indian Question. Helena (Mont) Journal. We are firmly of the opinion that work must be the great civilizer of the Indian. Ilia farms should be irrigated, so he can raise his own grain and vegetables, and cattle should be given him so ho can raise his own meat. And as fast as he can produce anything which the government now furniHhes him, that article should be dropped from the ration list. Ileasonable Cause for Grief; Troy Times. - British steamships at New. Orleans yesterdav put their lings at half-mast in honor of Jeff Davis. Why shouldn't they? lie did his best to break np tho Union and destroy protection in this country. If he bad been successful British commercial despotism would have had an open field in the southern section of the country. . Speaker Reed Means Doainess. Philadelphia Inquirer. These committees as constituted mean good and effective work, and the fact that they have been announced within a week of the organization of the House may be taken as an assurance that so far asSpeaker I.eed is concerned this is to be a business bedsion. Easily Detected. Washington Fress. To the spectators in the galleries the now members were easily picked out owing to the eager manner in wbich they opened the congressional directories when they were delivered yesterday, in order to see what their names looked like in print. Inanlt Added to Injury. Philadelphia Record. y Col. Calvin Brice has been sent an invitation to the "Rainbow Festival" of an uptown church, with the request that he assume his favorite role, thatof tho "Rainbow-chaser." , m m . The Lateat Taney. Philadelphia Record. As Volapnk is to be taught in the Boston schools, the lhsen cult and the J. L. 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