Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1890 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1890.

THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1600. WASHINGTON OFFICi: 313 Fourteenth St. P. 8. lift ill. Correspondent. Telephone Call. finlsness Office..!. 238 I Ertitorll Booms 112 TKltMs OF SUII8CIUPT102. 1UILT BY MAIL. One jeer, without bandar ............(1100 Out year, -with Bnndaj 14 00 Bix lioutfcg, wtthont Sunday 8.00 Bix mouth a. -wiiii Sunday 7.00 Tbree month, without tranday 3.00 Three months, "with Sunday . JW0 One month, without Sunday J-no )ne month, with bunday 1.20 Eehvered by carrier in city, Scents per week. , wma. Per year ..rLCO Red need Rates to Club. eotacTibe with any I our numerous agents, or end subscription to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, IMjIAJUPOLIS, iND. ' Persons sending the Journal through the malls In the United btatesshonld put on an eight-page paper iChUMT poataAe stamp; on a twelve or sixteenjage i&p-r a tmto-ckt poatage stamp. Jforelgn tostsge is usually double these rates. All eommumeaHont intended for publication in Oils paper mutt, in order to rtceire attention, be accompanied ly the name and addi cts of the writer, THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can be found. at the following places: If A BIS American Exchange In Paris, M Boulevard. Ce Uapncines. HEW yOBK Gllsey House and Windsor Hotel PHILADELPHIA A pT Kemble, Lancaster avenue. CuicaqO Palmer House. CIH CINX ATI-J. P. Hawley A Co.. 1M Vine street. LOTJISVILLE-C. T. Deerlng. northwest corner Third and j sfferson streets. CT. LOU 1 8 Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. O. Biggs House and Bbbltt House ' Thus far one Republican and one alleged Republican paper oppose consideration of the federal election law.

In his message the President used the phrase "impulsive legislation" in regard to silver legislation. It is a good phrase for Republicans in Congress to remember. All the orId hates a liar, and that is yrhy the free-traders will be unmercifully beaten in the next general election. The recoil of the last campaign of lying it ill be tremendous. It has been a good while now since any Democrat has had the hardihood to exploit the exploded theory that the price of wheat is fixed by the Liverpool quotations. Three decades of protection have given America pretty satisfactory markets of her own. . Evert pensioner, as he receives the recognition of his service in a few dollars at the pension agency, these days, should bear in mind that the Cleveland press in New York city, withoat exception, is assailing the laws which put into his hands the check that he receives. It is. given out that the Hendricks Club will invite Grover Cleveland and Governor Hill to , the banquet they propose to give some time in January. As neither could bo induced to attend any entertainment at which the other was expected, perhaps this is a shrewd device to keep both of them away. Its principles are the life of the Republican party. By them it will stand or fall. It were better to change the name of the party than to repudiate them. The people are likely to do a heap of thinking within the next two years, and there is little danger of & repetition of this year's impulsive mistake. "The truth is mighty and will prevail." What with the anti-lottery law already in force and the election bill certain to become 'a law, the Atlanta Constitution seems to bo very unhappy these days. Its rabid opposition to both measures is perfectly natural, and proceeds from the same cause as the objection of a ; thief to the laws for the protection of property. They seriouslyinterfere with his business. . Replying to an inquiry concerning tho manufacture of tin-plate, Mr. McKinley says: "I have just received a letter from a large manufacturing concern in Chicago, which has entered into the manufacture of tin-plate in consequence of the passage of the tariff bill, ami the manager informs me that he will furnish me within four weeks tinDlate of his own manufacture." It is hardly to bo expected that the free-trado organs, whose editors have been so frantically demanding protection for their, literary productions, will have the grace tojthank tho Republican President for urging the passage of a copyright bill, or the House for passing it. This mfcfnro is not the iiist undeserved bless'n: conferred by tho same party on the free-traders for which they have shown no gratitude. When a Republican candidate for Congress having 3,500 plurality is counted out because the ballots with- which he was elected are less than a sixteenth of an inch" narrower than the size specified in t?if. Jaw, as was the case in South Carolin i, it is time there should be a federal election law which will prevent Biich outrages. That is, if this peoplo is going to continue the business of government upon the popular basis. Fifteen election officers in Jersey City, of the seventeen indicted for ballot-box-stuffing in 18S9, have been convicted and sentenced to tho penitentiary for periods of eighteen months. It is not necessary to add that every one of them is a Democrat. If the example of the Indianapolis Democracy is followed each of them will be vindicated, when he serves his term, by be--ing elected to the City Council or some other office. Senator Turpie. expresses the remarkable opinion that the supremacy of the white race in the South, "has been given, granted, voluntarily ceded to those deemed for the time most worthy of its possession." For a man who can speak seven languages this shows .'a singular ignorance of every-day history, the shotgun methods, the counting-out process, etc. Perhaps, however, the time required for tho study of languages leaves no opportunity for the gathering of generaljnformation. Editor George William Curtis, of Harper's Weekly; would like to rejoice with his light-brained and heedless Democratic brethren who are so loudly proclaiming tho overthrow of the Republic-

an party, but ho is restrained by the facts in the case from falling over himself, and is also moved to utter a word of warning to his party. "It would be a stupendous blunder," he says, "lor tariff reformers to suppose that their victory in 1693 is already won. That victory ' will depend npon the candidate and upon Democratic conduct in the meantime." George William is evidently deeply impressed by the disposition and ability of ,the Democracy to make a fool of itself.

THE INDIAN 3 ASP THtilB SEW CHAMPION. The pathetic championship of the Indian by Senator Voorhees reminds one of the performance of a comedian when he attempts tho role of tho tragedian. The condemnation of the treatment of the Indiaus by tho government as "a crime, revolting to man and to God" would have force if made by a conscientious man and if it were based on facts; but it is mere bathos when made by a man who has been silent all these ', years' regarding tho Indian policy, and who is accustomed to climax his stumpspeeches with a proposition to hang manufacturers like Carnegie 'without judge or jury. Mr.Voorhees's talk about dispossessing the Indian of his home is nonsense. The Indian has no home, and he wants none in the sense that civilized or half-civilized peoples have such. Indeed, much of the present diiliculty has its origin in tho attempt of the government to persuado him to have a home by allotting him 'land as his own to cultivate and become selfsupporting. The Messiah craze . and the ghost .dances which are at the bottom of the present troubles are the instigations of such leaders as Red Cloud and Sitting Bull, who see in the allotment of land to Indianjjn severalty the end of their prominence and power. The country heard of these manifestations, of unrest long before the reports of lack of food were made. There ha9 always been difficulty in-feeding tne Indians. There has been, and maybe now, dishonesty and incompetency in the agents charged with that duty. On the other hand, it should be remembered that even white people, when fed at the public expense, are always complaining of the insufficiency of their, food. There was never more complafnt made than when that bright and peculiar star of reform, Call Schurz, with his own selected reformers, controlled the Indian Bureau. It is a great undertaking to issue rations to thousands of Indians scattered over a wide territory, and to keep an Indian, who is a natural glutton, stuffed to stolid content with meat and bread. It has been the policy of the government of Democrats as well as Republicans to break up thb tribal relations and make the Indian self-supporting, as far as possible, but the noble red man objects. He will eat his seed-corn and eell his plow for a Winchester. Ho has been spoiled with the idea that a continent was his, and that if others tako the lands for cultivation they must feed him and allow him to remain a picturesque savage. The policy of recent administrations has been to gradually Teduce the rations and lead the Indian to cultivate the soil, and to help him to do it. " In consequence of this policy, when he is away from tho reservation attending ghost Cdances and wearing war-paint, he may not get the government rations, and there may be a shortage at the reservations; but practical .people will not believe that Indians who carry Winchester rifles and are well prepared for the war-path are suffering general starvation. The administration will soon ascertain if the reports that the Indians are starving are true, and if it is the fault of ftgents'or contractors the evil will bo remedied. If it is due to an inadequacy of the appropriations or supplies, Congress can see to,, that. If the policy of attempting to civilize the Indians by allotting them lands in severalty and assisting them in buildiug houses and in tilling tho soil is to be continued, it seems necessary that all the leaders like Red Cloud and Sitting Bull should be isolated taken away from tho tribes and cared for by themselves. If the "root-hog-or-die" policy is to be abandoned, and the Indian is to be supported as a national pauper, it is due to those who support him that he be taken where it can be done at tho leaat expense, where he will have no Winchester and cannot go on ttie war-path whenever his , allowance of beef is not sufficient to enable him and his dogs to live in a constant condition of bestial surfeit. To tho minds of many the present disturbance is additional evidence that tho better policy is to turn the supervision of the Indians over to tho army to men trained' to command, with executive capacity, and whoso position removes them from the temptations which beset men who are liable to removal. THE ELECTION BILL AND THE ALLIANCE. The federal election bill is in no sense a sectional measure. It, applies to the North as well as to tho Sodth, as does the present federal election law. It involves merely an extension of the theory of the present law. It is based upon tho positive provisions of tho federal Constitution giving Congress complete supervision of the election of Representatives in Congress. If such a law should take the election of such officers out of the hands of local governments, it would be warranted by the express provisions of tho Constitution. Consequently, such a law cannot be sectional. If it Is denounced as sectional because it is likely to be demauded mor frequently in the South than in the North, then those who make sectional 'the objection admit that there are more violations of tho laws regulating suffrage in the South than in tho North. Moreover, their denunciation ' amounts to a tacit admission on their part that they are hostile to free elections and honest counting. There is reason to believe that the mass of people in tho North, and particularly the farmers, believe in such laws as will insuro fair and free elections in every State in the Union. Therefore, when the managers of the Alliance convention denounced the pending election bill, designed to insure fair elections in every congressional district, they did not speak the sentiments of tho Northern farmers, but of tho South ern Democrats and Northern Democratic politicians who uiao elections unfair.

by gerrymanders and incite election officers to stuff ballot-boxes. The Southern Democratic element in the Alliance convention appears to be controlling matters. Their practical indorsement of. the suppression of suffrage 'in the South, under the thin guise of hostility to sectionalism, is unfortunate.

WASTED, AN ELA8TI0 CURRENCY BTBTEH. For a short time before the report , of . the Secretary of the Treasury waB made public the statement was widely pub-, lished that he would recommend the issuing of a two-per-cent. government bond, redeemable on demand, and, therefore, always convertible into currency. The object of such an issue was said to be to act as a regulator of the currency, absorbing it when there was a plethora"" and drawing it out of tho treasury when there was a stringency, thus imparting to it something of the elasticity which is essential in any system, an which is measurably lacking in our present one. The Secretary made no recommendation on the subject, but there are expressions in his report which show that his mind has been dwelling on the lack of elasticity in our present currency system, and that he recognizes the necessity of some change. Thus he says in one place: ' ' In my judgment the grayest defect in our present financial system is its lack of elasticity. The national-banking system sopplied this defect to some extent by the authority which the banks have to increase their circulation in times of stringency, and to reduce whet money becomes redundant; but,,by reason of the high price of bonds, this Authority has ceased to be of much practical value. In another place, referring to the operation of the silver law, the Secretary 6ays: "One thing is certain, that it has been the means of providing ;a" healthy and much-needed addition to the circulating medium of the United States' If the comparatively small increase of the currency caused by recent silver coinage constituted "a muchneeded addition," the Secretary must have reached the conclusion that the volume of currency was too small before the addition was made. .In regard .to;, the lack of elasticity in our present system he is outspoken and explicit. His. view on this subject is shared by leading bankers and financiers, and ' business men generally, whether they express.it in the Same way or not It is probable, that the prime defect of our ; present' currency system, and the real cause of rnostof tho popular dissatisfaction : on the subject is not so much a lack of vol? umo as a lack of elasticity. For nine or . ten months of the year thero .is Jan' abundance and,, almost, a plethora of currency, while during two or three months there is a stringency. The stringency comes in the fall of the year, when the crops have to be moved. The regularity of the occurrence leaves no doubt as to its cause, but, as yet, no ' way has been found of preventing or guarding against it. Secretary Windom says: ' . Tho demand for money in this country is so irregular that an amount of circulation which will be ample during ten months of... the year wjll frequently prove so deficient during the other two months as to cause stringency and commercial disaster. Such stringency may ' occur without any apecu lative manipulations of money. though,uii-; fortunately it is often intensified by such: manipulations. The crops of . the country, have reached proportions so immense that their movement to market, in August and September, annually causes a dangerous absorption of money. The lack of a sufficient supply to meet the increased demand during those months may entail heavy losses upon the agricultural as well as upon other business interests." Though financial stringency may occur at any time, and from many causes, yet nearly all of the great commercial crises in our history have occurred during the months named, and unless some provision be made to meet such contingencies in the future like disasters may be confidently expected. The fact that a inoney stringency is caused by abundant crops suggests the singular condition of financial disturbance being created by an increase of wealth. Each year's products represent an enormous increase of wealthy and yet the necessity of moving and marketing them causes a periodical stringency in the money market, which invariably leads to 6erions financial disturbance,' if not almost to a panic. As long as the surplus currency is held in the reserves of banks, which the law requires them to maintain,'it constitutes the basis of a vast credit system, on which, the business of the country is mainly done, but . when it-is drawn out to bo used in actual exchanges great stringency ensues. ' This shows the inability of our present currency system to adjust itself promtly and readily to the demands of business. In other words, it shows a lack of elasticity. What is needed is an automatic system under which the volume of currency will not be too great during tho idlest months of tho year,' and will still bo ample for the busiest months without the necessity of drawing on tho bank reserves and creating an annual stringency. The bank reserves are needed to maintain credit, and should not bo drawn out just when credit is most needed. The corner-stone " ahd mainstay of business is not currency, but credit. Both are necessary, but a financial system is fatally defective in which an increase of currency can only bo obtained by withdrawing tho support of credit. Tho timo when the country wants the bank reserves is the very time when tho banks need them, and as both cannot have them there must be a pinch somewhere. It does not follow .that the remedy for the difficulty lies in increasing the volume of currency. Even if it could be demonstrated that the country needs more currency it would not follow that the present difficulty would be cured by' an increase, however large. We might even incur all the evils of an inflated currency without" securing the benefits of an elastic one. WThat is needed is elasticity without either inflation or stringency. This is the problem to tho right solution of which the best financial wisdom of the country, in and out of Congress, should address itself, v One might assume that tho free-trade editor whoso paper advertises woolen dress-patterns for 09 cents does not read the advertising columns," but thoso who know him better know that such fact would have no influence upon him, since they know that ho assumes that it is evidence of wisdom to adhere to a freetrade theory announced a century ago by a theorist, that the duty is always added to the price. ; If his theory wcro

true and his statement of the duty -on woolen goods were correct, the dresspattern retailed for 99 cents here is retailed for 20 cents in England. As a , matter of fact, that grade of goods is sold as cheap here as there.

The average of foreign immigration for. the last eight years was 57 per cent, higher than it was for the eight years preceding, and statistics show that 50 per cent, of the increase was of persons without any occupation or training. There can bo no doubt that this steady influx of unskilled labor has contributed materially toward depressing wages in this country. ' Investigations made last summer by the committee on immigration demonstrated the necessity of stringent legislation looking to the exclusion of undesirable emigrants. A bill introduced by Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, goes further in this direction than any yet proposed. He says: It adopts the plan of requiring a consular certificate as a condition precedent to immigration, bnt it differs from the others in making the whole certificate more thorough and definite, and shutting out illiterate persons as well as those who are physically or mentally unsound and liable to become a publio charge. The most dangerous enemy to free government is ignorance. We have that problem to deal with in sufficiently large, proportions without opening our doors to the illiterates of other countries. We have a right to ask that any immigrant to the United States shall be self-supporting and of good character, and also shall know how to read and write the language of his native country. It is a fair test, and would exclude that very large portion of our present immigration which is unfortunately totally illiterate, and undesirable on that account, as well as others. This law would make it difficult for an undesirable immigraut to come to this country, but it would not stop any honest and industrious person wno desired to come here in good" faith to become an inhabitant and citizen of the United States. Wye cannot close our doors entirely against foreign immigration, but we certainly have a right , to exercise some discrimination as to the character of those who shall enter the national household. Criminals, paupers, imbeciles, Anarchists and illiterates should be " rigidly, excluded, and no person should be admitted who cannot produce a certificate of good moral character at borne. - - ' ' Congressman-elect Stewart, of Illinois who beat Payson in a district heretofore largely Republican, is telling how he did it, : He says that after accepting .the nomination and stipulating that no Democrat should canvass the district but himself, he filled half a dozen packing-trunks with goods and articles of common use, to each of which he affixed three marks one showing the present price, another tho pretended price before the passage of the McKinley bill, and the third what the price wouTd probably be if there were ub tariff. With this outfit he went into every township in the district. He would go to the school-houses in each neighborhood and spread his goods out to be examined by the people. He made no set speeches, but would simply walk around among the assembled crowds and explain tho burdens imposed upon them by the McKinley bill, at the same time practically illustrating what he said with his stock of goods. He says it worked like a charm. The people went home full of indignation at the, supposed wrongs inflicted by the McKinley bill, nursed their wrath till election day, and then voted for Stewart. One can easily imagine how that kind of a trick would work once, but it would be interesting to know what Mr. Stewart's constituents will think of him when they discover that his trunks were filled with lies, anil .that he himself is a political trickster and mountebank. " The authoritative announcement that Governor Hill will not be a candidate for the Senate may be assumed to mean that he proposes to be an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Being Senator would not deter Mm, but as it is not probable that the Democrats will elect the next Legislature or that following, it could be urged against his candidacy that it would involve the loss of a Democratic Senator. This announcement will prove a serious disappointment to "Cleveland men in general, and to tho mugwump elementin New York which has urged Hill's candidacy for the Senate with zeaK It also goes to show that tho report that Mr. Cleveland and povernor Hill have buried the hatchet is not true. Two men can attend a funeral as pall-bearers without being warjn personal friends, and that seems to be the basis of the story of reconciliation. In many instances the legal feo that attorneys are permitted to charge for their services in securing a pension are far from being adequate remuneration for the labor involved, but in so many more cases the work is merely a form, and the balance of profit is largely in favor of the attorneys. This is true of original pensions. WThen anjncrease is sought the services required are nominal, and of the ten-dollar fee, $9.25 may be regarded as'a clear gain to tho pockets of the agents. No especial blame can be attached to them for demanding all the law allows for their work, and they will undoubtedly make a vigorous effort to prevent the passage of the bill to cut the fee on. increase down to $1, but, in view of the facts, the measure is one that will meet the approval of the public and should become a law. There is no more contemptible trait of human nature than that which induces somo men to jump on to one they have helped to pull down, and to fling mud after a person they have vilified with words. The removal of Chief Dougherty from the head of the fire department brings out this despicable quality in a conspicuous manner. If the removal of Webster waa a mistake, the service of Dougherty was entirely creditable, and the renewal of the attempt to hold him responsible for a catastrophe which no human intelligence could have foreseen or avoided is base and cowardly. For the rest, tho city will be fortunate if the affairs of the fire department continue to be as well managed as they have been by Chief Dougherty. Whatever truth there maybe in Senator Yoorhees's claim that the Iudians arc desperate from hunger, his present indignation, like everything else he says or does, is plainly for partisau effect.

The present Indian system has existed for many years It was tho same during all of Cleveland' administration, and if the Indians are starved now they were then. Mr. Voorhees seems to think it takes starving Indians a long time to get desperate, and that they require a great deal more to satisfy them under a Republican administration than it does under a Democratic. .

Dr. J. H. Baxter. Surgeon-general of the United States army, who died Yesterday, furnishes rather a remarkable illustration of the uncertainty of human plans. It was the one ambition of his life to become Surgeongeueral of the army, and he devoted many years of professional toil and social scheming to accomplish it. He was the. physician of the Garfield family, and, by singular ill luck, as he thought, was absent from Washington when Garfield was shot, thus compelling the employment of another physician. Dr. Bliss, and thereby probably postponing Baxter's promotion. It came at ,last, however, after other years of working and waiting, but in a lew months after gaining the goal of his ambition he is 6triskcn down and dies. Verily, "what shae'ews we are, and what shadows we pursue. A cable dispatch, widely published by American newspapers a few days ago, spoke of the "well-known morganatic friendship of the Marquis of Hartington and Duchess of Manchester," thereby doing grave injustice to the noble-hearted , and longsuffering American woman, the. present Duchess'of Manchester, Cousuelo Yznaga, of New York. Lord Harrington's morganatic friend is the dowager Duchess of Manchester, mother of the present Duke, wHo has lived apart from his wife ever since he gaiiled notoriety in the London concert halls and bankruptcy court as Viscount Mandeville. The selection of Hon. William Dudley Foulke by the trustees of Swafthmore College as president of that institution is a proceeding upon which they are to be congratulated. Mr. Foulke is well fitted for such a position. In addition to the necessary educational qualifications he is possessed of energy, earnestness and attractive social qualities possessions hardly less essential to a college president than the primary one of intellectual ability. In the performance of these new duties Mr. Foulke will find an outlet for his active energies and prove a valuable acquisition to the institution. Colonel Cody, sometimes irreverently, called "Buffalo Bill," understands Indian character, and knows how to bluff them; A few days ago, when he entered Sitting Bull's domain on a special mission, he was met by a delegation of Sioux, who said: "This fine weather was giveu to us by Sitting Bull." "You tell Sitting Bull," replied Buffalo Bill, "that I will have snow here in twenty-four hours." Snow began to fall during the night, and Sitting bull's worshipers experienced a decided loss of faith in his supernatural power. That was a dreadfnl fate that befell the aged mother of Senator Turpie. The thought of 60 sad and painful an ending to the life of one who had safely weathered the stcrms of ninety years is peculiarly distressing. There seems to be as much uncertainty about electrical execution of criminals in New York as if the performance of the act depended upon lightning from the clouds. To the Editor of tbe Iiirtlanapolis Journal; Please explain the meaning of the name "clearing-house" as mentioned in the papers, and the operations of the clearing-house associations, j. n. A clearing-house is an institution known only in cities where there are a number of banks doing business with one another and the public. At the close of each day's business the mutual claims of the various banks are settled in thjo clearing-house,', where a balance is struck showing the balance in favor of or against each bank on the day's transactions, as against the other banks. A clerk from each bark goes to the clearing-house with checks and drafts on the other banks, which are distributed among the clerks of the banks that must pay them. The checks and drafts which a bank takes to the clearing-house are called creditor exchanges, while those which it receives from the other banks represented there are called debtor exchanges. If a bank's creditor exchanges exceed its debtor exchanges it is a creditor bank, and must be paid the difference; if the reverse is the case it is a debtor bank, and must pay the balance. The balances are paid by the debtor banks to the clearing-bouse for the creditor banks. The net result is a complete settlement of the day's transactions among the banks and a great saving of time and labor. Tbe operations of the clearing-house are directed by a manager who is employed and paid by the various banks. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Please state whether Oliver P. Morton, exGovernor of Indiana, has a son, and rive his name. Roxie. Kokomo, Ind., Dec 3. The late Governor Morton left three sons, all of whom are living. Tbeyoungest, Oliver T., ia a resident of Indianapolis and a lawyer by profession. . . BUBBLES IN TUB AIR. n Found Out. Passenger Which of the fool questions you hear every day tires you the mostf Conductor That one. . ' Sometimes He Is. Tommy Paw, what's a pigmy! Mr. Fig? A pigmy is a small man. Tommy And is a big man a hogmy? Conclusive Argument. , He For all the outcry made about prize-fighting it Is not a bit more savage than foot-ball. She Why, how you talk! Some of our very best people play foot ball. ' . Simple Justice. Watts Wonder what these scientists will do next. Here's one of them setting out to learn the lanuaKe of the monkey. Potts WelL that Is only fair. The parrot stated her side of the case long ago. . A Call for Blood. The Colonel What do you think of this idea of hypnotizing a gentleman so he cannot drink whisfiyt Poyou think it could be worked on you, Majahl " V The Major It might be, Cnnnel I might be taken unawares. But no scoundrel could do such a thing to me and live. o, sab! ABOUT PEOPLE AND TUINGS. Ex-President Cleveland has purchased the Ebezener Holmes homestead, at Marion, Mass., where be spent the summer this year. Grace Greenwood has been before the public for many years, and has had au eventful and successful career. She is now. a yictim of rheumatism. Mil Antonio de Navarro and Mrs. (Mary Anderson) de Navarro, who are at present in England, will return to New York for a few days in January. Loiin CiiiEF-jrsTicE Coleridge, of England, Is nearly seventy years old, and rejoices in the receipt of comfortable salary of $40,000 a year from tho crown. Liei t. J. M. Hawlky, U. S. N whose gallant offorts saved the Nipaic from de

struction in the Samoan hurricane of March, ISSy, is about to assume duty at tho Annapolis Jcademv. Just at present he it making a brie visit at Maiden, Musk. Mrs. Letitia Tylek Semple. grand, daughter of ex-President Tyler, has given a collection of old oil paintings which bolonged to the Tyler family to William and Mary College. Before leaving California for tho East Senator Stanford arranged for shipping ono hundred fine horses from the Palo Alto Btables to New York, where they will be sold at auction. Edna Lyall, the novelist, ia hardly thirty. She is a demure and unassuming little womau, who talks slowly, and with hesitation. Much of her literary work is done on a type-writer. The united crosses of England and Scotland were first used on the flag in 1C0G b7 order of King James, then sovereign of the two countries. In that year some differences having arisen between the ships of the two countries at sea, the King ordained that a new Hag bo adopted, with the crosses of tit. Andrew and St, George interlaced. In England men uo not become doctors as readily as the' do here. Medical student in London are compelled to go through a course of four years' study, hospital attendance and lectures before being Sualiticd to appear for filial examination, ly an order of the general medical council of England tho term of preparation has been extended to live years. There is still more and more hope fol the bald heads. A number of physicians in this country and one in Philadelphia have successfully used Thiersch's, method of taking hair from one part of tho scalo, where it will grow again, and grafting it on spots that are hopelessly bald. - o hair has been transplanted from one head to another and nourished luxuriantly. Queen Victoria does not usually retire to bed until 2 o'clock in the morning. But whenever, as often happens, a messenger arrives from the Foreign Office in London with political views of consequence at 6 o'clock in the morning her Majesty is always np,' ready to discuss the news with, Sir Henry Ponsonby, her secretary. She is never remiss in the transaction of pubiio business. Edward Bellamy talks of starting a new nationalistic paper in New York. In view of the result of the recent election ho believes that such a paper would ha.vo a living support on circulation. Hois optimistio and sees all things coming bis way, lie says while Gould's grasp of the railroads seems to tho unthinking a tribute to individuality it only shows that the roads should all be under one control the gov ernment. A venerable survivor of the Twentyfifth Congress, which was in 6esdion as early as 1SS7, has been found in Judge Richard P. Marvin, of Jamestown, N. Y, John Qulncy Adams, Jam K. Polk and Millard Fillmore were his colleagues in the House. It is thought that Judge Marvin is the sole survivor not only of that Congress.' but of the New York Assembly of 1836, of the New York constitutional con vention of 1846 and of tho Supreme Court justices chosen in 1S47. ' Miss Kate Drexel, of Philadelphia, now "Sister Katrina," of the Orrter of the Blessed Sacrament, will be a resident of Washington during the greater part of next year, informing herself regarding the education of tho Indians and colored people, while her institution for training mission aries to labor among these people is in process of erection at Andohesia, near Philadelphia. She will also build a school fof colored children near Washington. Mis Drexel hes already spent at least $C00,OvXJ for the work among the Indians. Bisnop Talbot, of Wyoming, was to preach in Philadelphia last Sthiday. A. rough-looking Western man, probably a miner, who overheard an announcement by some clerical-looking personages to this effect, addressed them as follows: "If" yot genta will tell me the church he preachea at to-morrow I'll go to hear him if I have to walk twenty miles. When 1 waa out in. Wyoming I came across him several times. I ain't no church man. not I, but Talbot ir a man as you is bound to listen to. Out West there ain't a parson or priest as ir liked or has the iniiuence be has. Why, he. could run for Governor with a unanimous vote, or President, either, for the matter of that. He is about the most popular mar. thereabouts." A distinguished old one-legged colonel Once Ftarted to edit a joloncl, But soon in disgust - He gave up he was 'bust' "For," said he, "the expense is InfoloneL New York Ban.

A Brave and Timely Utterance. Washington Post. The message as a whole is to be commended for its tone and temper. Thoso who were expecting from the President a wail of despair over the recent political reverses of his party, or a frantic appeal for help in behalf of a Union endangered by Democratic success, will find tneinselvit disappointed. The President takes a serene and hopeful view of the situation. He cal!c no halt on any of tho great principles for which Kepublicans are contending. II r plants his standard in advance of their? temporarily baffled columns. We may even read between tbe lines an assertion of leadership, which, under the circumstances, is brave and timely, and worthy of an oc-. casion that not only calls for the philosophy to accept defeat but for the courage tc retrieve it. I ' s The President's Convincing Logic Cbifago Inter Ocean. The President calls attention to the grow ing non-partisan sentiments in the country in favor "or better electiou laws, adding: "But against this sign of hope and progress must be 6et the depressing and undeniable fact that election laws and methods ars sometimes cunningly contrived to secure minority control, while violence completes the shortcomings of fraud. " Could there be a more felicitous statement of the great underlying fact which has occasioned tho demand for federal supervison of electionsT Again he says: "The path of the elector to the ballot-box must be free from tbe ambush of fear and the ynticements of fraud." These and similar sentences arelogio aglow with tbe rhetoric of persuasion. A Long-Felt Want Filled. Wabash Plaindcaler. Mr. D. Heineman has invented an annunciating machine, to work with or without electrical contrivances. Tho touch of a button throws a card showing almost any question asked, and the question correctly answered, not mixed up with any other questions that may be asked. The invention is entirely new to the public, the Solicitor of Patentf at Washington assuring Mr. Heineman thero was nothing like itn tile in tbe Patent OCice. It is calculated lor no in hotels, railway cars and depott. and is said to be one of thebest patents of the age. It rings a bell, answers questions and dictates at tho same time. Put Cleveland in a Small Hole. Svringflrld Republican Mag.) The Kansas man whom Mr. Cleveland has been 6coldiug in a published interview for making pubic his private letter of congratulations on the prospective defeat of In. calls, says be aaked the ex-President's permiSalOn lO UUUUBU IUO AC in: 4 UUU iOCCITCa this reply: "Common decency demands the defeat of Ingalls." He took this to be an affirmative answer. The Democratic War ou Pensions. AUsntaConsUtntlon. For general rascality and corruption this pension - business stands unrivaled. If there waa anything left in the Treasury trouble might bo saved by authorizing every able-bodied man who is willing to MAvin htmmlf in f i I A hi A ft 1 rl A. V i t mnA draw a certain 6um. In the case of cripples even the affidavits might bo dispensed with. Veteran Republicans Not Weak-Kneed. Chicago Inter Ocean. The fellows who expected too see the Republican flag hauled down and a whito rag run up were mistaken. The veterans of the Republican party have been in skirmishes before. An Opinion Ventured. Boston Trancruu , Front the topics discussed in the message and the President's recommendations, it is probable that tho present session of ConKress will ha quite exciting.