Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1891 — Page 4

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-THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1891.

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A rule that does not work both ways the previous question in one end of the Capitol at Washington. It is worthy of remurk that most of thoHe who oppose honest free elections favor free silver coinage. The eager Democratic place-seeker is making the days of the Democratic legislator a burden to him. His name is legion that is, the Democratic placeseeker. Foubteek million dollars of dividends and interest will be paid in Boston this week, and many more millions in New York all of which go to ease up the money market. For more than a month now the majority in the United States Senate has been controlled by the minority. Democrats and mugwumps regard this as a great triumph of free government. TnosE people who have predicted a deticiency in the treasury will find evidence of their prophetic aptitude in. the fact that the receipts duriug the month of December exceeded the expenditures by $11.00G,C97. The Chicago Tribune correspontjfjnt, who was arrested in Mississippi; ffirown into a loathesome jail and $fially chased out of the State for writing the truth about the murder ofytue Carrollton postmaster does not think very highly of "home rule" in Mississippi. ' In time of vuc we all have our fling w4rtrgufe'army officers, but when trouble comes they are always on hand and do effective work. So far as known West Point hits never developed a coward. It seems that a man may part his hair in the middle and still be a hero. Congress has often been characterized as a school for the development and cultivation of gab. In order to make it impossible to transact any business whatever the previous question should be abolished in the House and then both branches could talk themselves to death. When Mr. Cleveland went out of office the national banks held about 800,000,000 of the public funds. Jan. 1, 1891, tlu- amount held by the banks was $24,19t).82, which amount, inasmuch as the government uses these banks as depositories for the transaction of its own business, is not excessive. - "When nearly every Democratic Senator is ready to vote for the free coinage of silver, regardless of consequences, in order to defeat the federal elections bill, it is fair to assume that they not only fear that the measure will interfere with the suppression of suflrage, but that the suppression is of vital importance to the Democratic party ' The tin-plate produced in the world last year amounted to 362,500 tons, of which the United States bought and consumed 309,000 ton?, or nearly threefourths of the whole. And yet there arc those whoare angry because the Republicans in Congress have deemed it wise to make an eftbrt to manufacture a portion of it at horn . . The Augusta Chrouicle prints a formidable array of statistics to prove the material wealth and progress of the South, and says a national election law would destroy all this prosperity. The idea that honest elections are fatal to 'material prosperity is peculiar to the South and those who advocate the kind of "home rule" prevalent there. TnE receipts of the treasury from all sources during the six months ending Dec. 31 were 8211,000,000, or $18,000,000 more than for the corresponding period of the previous year. Present indications are that the revenues of the fiscal year will reach $390,000,000, against $103,000,000 the year previous, notwithstanding the loss of $15,000,000 on sugar during the quarter which will begin April 1. TnE speech of Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, on the federal elections bill seems to have atirred up the Democrats as thoroughly as the speeches of Charles Sumner were wont to do twenty-five or thirty years ago, and the language used in denouncing Mr. Hoar is much the same as tnat used to berate his predecessor. Rut Hully Brooks and his cane are no longer in fashion in Washington. If the Republicans in the Indiana Senate should attempt to prevent the transaction of any business and consume the session in talk the Democratic majority would, of course, promptly apply the previous questiou. Why should not the same parliamentary rule apply in the

Senate of the United States! There is no reason under heaven why it should not, and it is only a question of time when it will be. Its adoption is a parliamentary necessity. If not done at this session it will be done at some other session, and if not by a Republican majority, it will be done by a Democratic majority. The opposition to it is frivolous, illogical, insincere and dishonest.

DA5GEBS OF UNLIMITED BILVEB COINAGE. There are a great many people in the West, and among them many farmers, who unhesitatingly declare that they are in favor of free and unlimited coinage of silver. When asked for a reason the farmer will say: "The unlimited coinage of silver will increase the volume of the currency to a great extent, because all the world will bring its surplus of silver to us to be made into silver dollars or their representatives in parjr. Such an immense inflation of the currency will of necessity enhance the prices of farm products and we will have more money to spend and pay off what we owe.-1 On its face that seems a conclusive 1 reason, but is it! Let us test it. Admit that the free coinage of silver would result in a great expansion of the currency and that the prices of wheat and other farm products would be decidedly advanced what would prevent a similar advance in the prices of all the "store" goods which the farmer is compelled to purchase in order to live! Let the farmer turn this idea over in his mind and then see if his reasons in favor of free coinage hold good. But there is another consideration. A large expansion of the currency enhances prices both because of its abundance and of the speculation which plentiful and cheap money always stimulates. When the currency is so expanded that it accumulates in banks and investments cannot be found, rates of interest fall to 2 or 3 per cent. At such times there is a surplus of money. Suppose that while money is plentiful there should be a wheat or corn crop largely in excess of current consumption, as was the case in 1889, would plentiful money make a higher price for the surplus! Will any currency make high prices and quick sales for any merchandise of which there is more thuu can be consumed! Can more raoney in the country cause people to eat bread und meat beyoud what will satisfy them under ordinary conditions! Another and more important consideration: Will the unlimited coinage of silver certainly result in the expansion of the money supply of the country! To-day all of the currency of the United States, except silver dollars and silier. certificates, is upon a goJ .bftsis. ft practically rests Aipoii 'the gold coin and bullion jf..fne country. Assume that thefC-fs $500,000,000 of gold coin there is probably more. In intrinsic value the gold dollar is worth from 12 to 15 cents more than the silver. The speculators and capitalists throughout the world having money to purchase silver bullion in large quantities will hasten to our mints to have 85 or 00 cents' worth of silver turned into a legal-tender dollar. There will be neither farmer nor wage-earner in the crowd having silver bullion. It is a fact that the cheaper dollar will drive out the dearer and better.. People hoard the best. Early in the war gold and silver disappeared as money because the government's notes were not redeemed in coin. Fractional paper currency had -to be put out, not because silver coin had been lost, but because it had been hoarded withdrawn from circulation. The free coinage of silver would enhance the price of silver, but not to the extent that it would be as valuable as gold, dollar for dollar. Every commercial nation is grasping and holding all the gold it can get, because it is the money of commerce. Therefore, the moment the redundant supply of silver bullion could be turned into legal-tender dollars the holders of gold funds would withdraw them from circulation. The legal-tender greenback would be sent to Washington for redemption in gold, of which there is $100,000.000 to redeem about $350, 000,000 of greenbacks. Capitalists and banks wonld lock up their gold funds, as 6ome people have been doing during the late half-panic. Gold would command a premium as soon as the government could ' no longer redeem greenbacks with that metal. The hour that it commanded a premium it would cease to be money and become merchandise. When it censed to be money one third or onehalf of the money of the country would no longer be a circulating medium, and the currency would be contracted by hundreds of millions, instead of being expanded by the free coinage of silver, for the reason that enough silver funds could not be provided at once to take its place. If the hoarding of forty or fifty millions of gold Hac nearly caused a panic, what sort of a panic would come when $500,000,000 of gold coin should cease to be money! Let us all think this matter over before wo shout for unlimited coinage of silver. TO IMPROVE THE STATE FAIR. For some years past there has been a growing feeling that the State fair should be made more thoroughly representative of the varied industries of the State, and more attractive to the people. The original idea of the State Board of Agriculture was that it should represent only the agricultural Interests of the State, and the fairs have been held down to this ulan very rigidly. It is altogether right that the agricultural interest should be the principal oneaud the main feature of the fair, but there is no reasou w hy other interests should not find a representation on the board. As now organized the board represents no other than the agricultural interest, and does not represent that in the most satisfactory manner. Being a self-perpetuating body, and a sort of close corporation, the board has fallen into narrow, hide-bound ways. It needs new blood, new ideas and new methods. The movement lor a removal of the fair grounds, which is timely and important, should be supplemented by one for the reorganization of the Agricultural Board, if not on a new, at least on a broader basis. New grounds are needed, and that

will be a great improvement as far as it goes, but new blood and new management are also Deeded. It is suggested by some who have been giving the matter consideration that a bill be presented to the Legislature providing that each of the State Agricultural and live-stock associations meeting at Indianapolis during the month of January each year, viz.: the Horsemen, the Short-horn-breeders, Jersey - breeders, Wool-growers, Swine-breeders, Poultry-breeders, Florists, Bee-keepers, Horticulturists, Tile-makers, and the Commercial Club and Merchants' Exchange of Indianapolis, be empowered to annually elect one member, and these men to be known as the Indiana State Board of Agriculture. This would do away with the present old-fogy system of a self-perpetuating board, and would place the representation of the different agricultural in Teres ts in the hands of the various organized societies, thus insuring capable representatives of each interest. It would also admit other interests, and insure a broader basis for the fair, thereby making it more attractive and useful. Something of this kind ought to be done. -

CONTROL OF ISDIAN ATFAJE3. A Washington special to the Journal indicates that Congress will, at an early day, transfer the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department. This change has often been suggested and supported by 6trong arguments, but by open or secret opposition has been defeated. The opposition to it has come from various sources. First, the Secretary of the Interior is opposed to cutting off a largo, and important -bureau of his department. It would, of course, to some extent, diminish his official prestige and power, and this is something that no official likes. Then it is opposed by many Congressmen who see in it a loss of patronage; for if the bureau were transferred ' to the War Department there would be no Indian agents to be appointed, and a considerable amount of political patronage besides would be done away with. Finally, Indian agents themselves, and probably the contractors . for Indian supplies, are opposed to a change which would break up existing arrangements. The Journal is of opinion that the change should be made, at least in part. We believe it would result in great improvements in the Indian service and be along step towards the solution of the Indian problem. It was quite, natural that in the beginning the Indian Bure'auJ should have btfen "altACiiCti tG the InteriQr"l)epartmen t. As a branch of domestic affairs to be conducted on a peace footing it seemed properly to belong there. But time and experience have shown the inability of the Interior Department to handle the Indian question, or at least to handle the Indians, as they ought to be handled. Perhaps it is not so much the fault of the Interior Department as of out, system under which everything is made to bend to political patronage. The theory of the present Indian policy is right, but its administration is defective. It has been . so for .years. It is no worse or different now from what it'bf8f jbWn' for along time. In fact, it was far worse twenty or thirty years ago than it is now. The theory of the present policy is that the tribal relations of the Indians should be broken up; that their lands should be allotted to them in severalty, that they should be compelled to abandon their nomadic habits and encouraged by every possible means to adopt those of civilization. This policy. t is right in theory, but it needs vigorous1 enforcement. The weak points of the present policy , are the Indian agency system, the contract system, and the failure to govern the Indians with - a firm hand. The fre-, quent change of Indian agents is demoralizing, and the salary, $1,500 a y ear, is too small to secure honest and competent men. As long ago as 1874 the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in his annual report, aid: Scarcely any t. vice in the government is more delicate and difficult than that of an Indian agent. Surely the government cannot atiord to appoint a man to this duty who Is not both able and upright, and who can be kept strong in his integrity. And yet the governmeut otters for such service requiring such qualifications the satn of $1,500 per annnm as pay of an ageut and the support of his family in a country unusually expensive. Can it be that the government intends either deliberately to maim and cripple its service, or to wrong honest; and efficient officers? 1 respectfully repeat and urge tbe recommendation of last year, that the salaries of Indian agents be increased to at least 2,000 por annum for the eastern agencies and $2,500 for the remote. There has been no change from that time to the present. The agents are appointed through political influence, and are not always suitable persons. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has nothing to do with their appointment, and i3 in no way responsible for them." Some of'them are good and true men, and some have proved very capable, but there are exceptions. The agency system, in connection with the contract system, opens a door for abuses and fraud. The transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department would do away" with political agents and with frequent changes, would lessen the evils of the contract system and bring the. Indians under firmer control. If the Indians are to be civilized they should be disarmed until-they can safely be trusted with arms. It is evident they cannot be now, and they ought not to be permitted to have them. The Indian schools and educational measures should be left in charge of the Interior Department. These constitute an important feature of the Indian policy, and are well managed by the present Commissioner. Under his administration the Indian schools have been brought to a degree of efficiency never before reached. Mr. Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia, secretary of the Indian Rights Association, under date of Dec. 23, 1690, writes: The testimony of General Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who baa just returned from a ninety day' tour of observation; of Hon. Daniel Dorchester, suEerinteudeut of Indiau schools, who has ren almost continuously in the field for ni ire tban a year and a half: of General Whittlesey, secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners, and of Prof. C.C Painter, of the Indian Rights Association, both of whom have recently retnrned from a visit of inspection, and of others who have personal knowledge of the subject, is explicit and emphat

ic . at to the gTeat improvement that has been wrought in tbe government schools, their present satisfactory condition and the hopeful outlook for the future. We have endeavored to follow carefully General Morgan's course in the administration of the Indian schools, and in those parts of the service which have been committed to his care. Our observations have led us to believe that his course has been anite free from partisanship, and that he ia deHerving of the earnest support of the public. The education of young Indians is a matter of great importance, and is probably the only means of ultimately civilizing them. This part of the work should be left in the control of the Interior Department, while the corralling, disarming and controlling of the Indians should be turned over to the War Department.

MR.FisniiACK was not quite correct in the statement made in his lecture on Friday, night concerning the admission of colored men into the various trados and occupations.' It is true that certain classes of white worki ngmen are so affected by race prejudice that they refuse to admit negroes to an equal industrial footing with themselves, but this is not the case with the carpenters in Indianapolis. Several contractors employ both white and colored carpenters, and a number of the latter are, or have been, members of the local union. White brick-masons have not yet outgrown their narrow ideas, and refuse to work with negroes, but this difficulty has been overcome by enterprising members of the latter race, who have themselves become contractors and employ men of their own color. In a city with so large a colored population as Indianapolis this plan may be worked successfully in other trades, and in this lies, perhaps, the solution of the labor difficulty. Employers and people desiring work done will not allow a matter of color in the workman's skin to stand in the way of making a satisfactory contract. " That seems to be a bona fide movement of negroes from the South to Oklahoma. Rev. Mr. Foster, who heads the first party of emigrants, numbering twenty families from Mississippi, says: "This is but the beginning of a tremendous exodus of colored people from the South. Thousands of them will leave the Southern States within the next sixty days. Wo look upon Oklahoma as our haven, where political ostracism is unkuown and where every man can cast the ballot of his choice without fear from any source." The attention of Senator Voorhees is called to this threatening state of affairs. He has made several great speeches against the right of colored men to migrate from one State to another, but they seem inclined to disregard his vociferous protests. Something ought to be done to compel the colored people to remain in the South, where they enjoy the benefits of "home rule" and white man's government. A friend in Missouri sends the Journal a copy of a local paper containing resolutions adopted by the Farmers' and Labor Union of Potosi, in that State, reviewing the political tendencies of the Farmers' Alliance and declaring it to be "thoroughly imbued with . Southern Democratic principles and that we believe it an attempt by the South to gain by ballot what they lost on the field, and that by duping the farmers of the West and North." The- resolutioDS further declare that in view of recent events "we do not consider the Farmers' and Labor Union a suitable or congenial home for Republicans and that we, as practical farmers and Republicans, renounce all allegiance to same." Republican farmers who do not wish to be used as political cat's-paws should steer clear of the Farmers' Alliance. It is distinctively a Southern and Democratic organization. Of course the Sioux war is a bloody one; it could not be otherwise from the nature of the Indians engaged in it, and all the protests of sentimentalists cannot change the matter. What can be done with savages who have no respect for a flag of truce! What can be done with a warrior who, wounded to the death, will shoot down the Samaritan holding a cup of water to his burning lips! How can you handle beings who will kill soldiers engaged in burying the Indian dead! A Sioux Indian in warpaint is as dangerous as a rattlesnake, and there is no such thing as safety in his vicinity until he is dead. t Matrimonial Disadvantage. - There are certain disadvantages in marrying a foreigner that tbe young American woman does not take into consideration when she delivers herself and her fortune into his keeping. Among these is the difficulty of getting a legal separation. Notwithstanding the jokes of the funny men it is not probable that tbe question of divorce often enters into the calculations of any girl about to marry the man of her choice as one of the possibilities of her future; nevertheless she knows that if this man abuses and neglects her the law will come to her relief if the offender is a citizen of the United States. If he ia not, her situation is different. There, for instance, . is Mrs. Burke-Roche, daughter of Frank Work, a wealthy broker and a member of the New York Four Hundred. The "Honorable" Burke-Roche ia a "swell" 'Englishman, who cut a wide swath in New York society a few years ago, ana ended by marrying Miss Work, who was envied by all her associates. The couple went to England, and lived upon money supplied by the wife's father. When that gentle. m:.T grew tired of the extravagant demands of his son-in-law, that interesting personage brought his family, now increased to four, back to New , York aud left them. Daring the past year the wife has been living in New Jersey in order to take advantage of the divorce laws there. The case came up in the courts recently, aud tbe testimony of herself and her father was to the eflect that the husband never contributed a cent to tbe support of herself and their three children, aud bad finally deserted her. This was sufficient to secure an absolute divorce, but, unfortunately, Mr. Burke-Rocho's lawyers put in an appearance at the !at moment with tbe claim that, as his wife, the petitioner, was a oUizen of England, she was not entitled to relief under New Jersey lava. This plea seems to have been effectual, for, although the report went out that the divorce was granted, no decroe baa been entered on the record. The interesting husband does not want his family, but evidently has hope that the future will give him an opportunity to secure another portion of his

father-in-law's money, and his action is in accordance with this idea. Nevertheless, Miss Work's experience is not likely to deter other young women from succumbing to the fascinations of other "honorable" foreigners in search of fortunes. ' The Chicago Inter Ocean has something to say concerning the proposed removal of some of that city's large packing establishments to Lake county, Indiana, and the real-estate speculation caused thereby. The first public announcement of the proposed removal was made Nov. 1, 1S90. The Inter Ocean says: The effect upon the market was instantaneous. Value?, already tlxed hith iu vague hypothecs, hardened aud then advanced, and Lake county lieoaoie the seat or tne greatest property activity of the year, not barrio even tbe held opened by the world's fair decision. Acres that sold for (50 Jan. 1, 1P90, are now held at fl.OOO an advance unprecedented, time considered. In the business history of Chieago. While tbe project it still the theme of public discussion, its detail are w ortiiy of presentation here. Swift, Armour and Morris, the tbrce great packers, purchased 3.630.86 acres on Lake Michigan au i Little Calumet river for $650, 17S.90, with the avowed intention of establishing their plants thereon. The land came from various owners, of which R. W. Hyman, Jr., of thl city; was the largest. Mr. Hynian conveyed 1,100 acres for whicii he received $250,000. The land had cost him a year previous $32,000, of which sum he had paid one-half in cash. HI p roll t was $218,000. An immense amount of rumor has recently been circulated regarding the outcome of this great purchase ty t?wif t. Armour and Morris. Various considerations have been mentioned as opposed to tbe establishment of stockyards across the fetate line. No valid objection has yet been offered to the change, however, and it probably will be made, although time will be required to perfect the improvement designed by the promoters of the enterprise. Preliminary work nas already commenced", and railroads are preparing to form connections with the tract. Whether all, or even any of the smaller paokers wUl f oUow the "Big 3" to their new home, is still ao open question. Negotiations looking toward this end are now in progress. In face of all objections to the chan ire on the part of Armour, Swift and Morris must be asserted the statement of these gentlemen that they bought for use. not speculation. The distriot adjacent to the new stockyards site has been the field of great activity. At Tollestou demand for property has been more than active. Even at Griffith, ten miles removed, there has been good movement, which still continues. .'These purchases may be made in good faith, and the large establishments referred to may possibly be removed to Lake county, but there are too many contingencies in tbe case to justify outsiders in regarding it as a fixed fact. It would be entirely in accordance with Chicago methods to work the scheme for a big speculation and for the manipulators, when they had made their pile, to draw out and leave innocent purchasers to "hold the bag." m f The Augusta, Ga., Chronicle-Sprints the lollowing letter written by th poet Wb ittier to Miss Rutherford, principal of a female school at Athens, Ga.:' Amesbukv, Mass., Nov. 22, 1890. 9 Dear Friend I think the biography of myself by F. H. Underwood, TJL D., Is a tolerably correct account of my life; I Inclose a copy of a letter I wrote a few years ago to an inquiring friend, which may offer thee some hints. I shall see thy Englih Authors" wbeu 1 am able to return to "Oak Rude." I beg thee to understand that 1 had no hatred for the slave-holder or the bouth. I never doubted that they were as humane as any people could le and bold human beings as property negotiable commodities. But as a Quaker, a member of a society which, from a sense of duty, set all its slaves free one hundred years ago, I have always hated slavery. No one can rejoice more truly than myself in view of the increasing prosperity of tbe South. I am very truly thy aged friend. Jous G. Whittiek.

The benefits of the May Music festival, in an artistic and business way, have been thoroughly demonstrated. No local enterprise of recent years has done more to advertise the city among the best class of people in other towns or to develop the artistic sense of our own. The festival should, by all means. b? repeated from year to year, and to this end it is to be hoped the local chorus can be indnced to continue its services. The chorus ia one of the best in any Western city, and it would be a pity to let so fine a musical organization ' fail from lack of individual interest. On every account it ia to bo hoped the appeal made to the chorus for a renewal of their meetings will be generously responded to. Tub story that a woman who fell on the street in New York the other day was killed by a hat-pin piercing her brain gave opportunity for the editors of the country to moralize on the folly of women who persist in using such dangerous articles. It now turns out that it was a hair-pin and not a hat-pin that did the work, but the editors will keep . silence, for not one man of the lot will venture to suggest that women should do without hair-pins. A dispatch from Lockport, N. Y says that "a barking machine in the Cascade wood-pulp-works exploded Friday nigbt, wrecking part of the mill and seriously injariug three persons." Of course, "a barking machine" is a dog, viz.: an iron .bar, with clamps or fangs to hold a heavy object in place. But how could that kind of a dog explode! '. The tattered condition of the flag that floats over Grant's grave is said to excite tbe indignant criticism of all visitors to Riverside. Tbe visitors should restrain their indignation and give thanks that any sort of a flag ia allowed to hang tbere, inasmuch as it is the only monument New York ia ever likely to give him. The natural-gas town of El wood, in Madison county, has been enjoying a fine boom recently, and has actually been fortunate enough to experience two earthquake shocks not felt anywhere else. This was a distinguished compliment to Indiana, and especially to Elwood. That Mount Carmel air-ship project tseems to havo been all wind. It was to have.been sailing all around the country two or three weeks ago. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Please slate the year toe gold interest-bearing bonds of the government were issued. Was it a compulsory actl If compulsory, whyl GBLEXTOW5, Ind. Rkaokr. They were issued at different times under acts of Congress passed in February, July and August, 1SG1; February,' 1802; March, 18C3; March, 1804; June, 1864; January, 1SG5, and variour other dates. The issuing of the bonds was only compulsory in tbe sense that it was necessary for the government to raise money. , BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Squelched. He Do you ah believe in the liberty of the press! the Of course. And it is a liberty I would advise you not to take. Conclusive Evidence. "For all we Know there really may be a maa In the moon," said the leather drummer. . "There i." said the hardware drummer, who was still indignant over having been sent to the top lloor. "I leaned out of my window and had quite a talk with him last night A Liberal-Minded Wife. Mrs. Watts I don't know what I should do if I thought Mr. Watts ever gambled! . Mrs. N. Peck Ob, I shouldn't worry about that I think that after a wife gives her husband tils weekly allowance, he should be allowed to do as he pleases with it It ia a great strain on a married couple's happiness for the wife to bo too strict " fi. The IteeolL That his suit for her hand might more rapidly thrive. With a lover's unwisdom, he taught her to drive; Which the same, since their marriage, fills him with remorse, , For she daily demands he shall buy her a horse.

ABOUT PI0PLE AXD THINGS.

Ida. Lewis, tbe famous life-saver, has been offered a chance to go on the stage as the heroine in a life-saving see dm, but she E refers her station in tbe Newport lighton so. Seruius Stepnaik particularly admires, among Americans, William Dean Howells, Edward Bellamy and Edward Everett Hale, as having a deep interest in human welfare, apart from racial caste. Clarence V. Gkkathouse, formerly a San Francisco uewspaper man. after being appointed to a Japanese consulate, has succeeded in winning the favor of tbe King of Corea and has been made Deputy King. AMOSTcnrions indication of the lingering of superstition is an agency which has been inargurated u Paris for the supply of the "fourteenth gUvst" . Dinner parties of thirteen may be increased at short notice. MRS. DOLril, the wife Of the Oregon Senator, is one of the pretty women of Washington. She is a brunette, of tine fire and. handsome face. She is a farmer's daughter, aud was a dairy-maid iu her youth. Adirondack Murray, who is pleading for the preservation of American forests from the rostrum, does not regard tbe lumberman, but rather tbe sportsman woo idly builds destructive tires, as the chief destroyer. Sergius Stkpniak objects to the word Nihilist. "The revolutionary movement in Russia," be said to a reporter, "has been misuamed nihilism, but there is no reAl meaning to the word. The idea ol all Nihilists is for universal suffrage and all reforms that will help the masses." Anastasius, the chief of tbe famous Greek brigands, whose cheerful habit it is to kidnap harmless travelers anoS keep them on short commons till a ransom ia Eaid. is described as a type of perfect Urek: eauty, a very cultivated man, who sp-aka four languages, and has the manners of courts. Justin Huntlv McCarthy, the younger of tbe name, is one of the most versatile writers, not only in the Irish party, but about London. Poems, historical studies, vers de societe, political squibs, tales, articles and a play as successful as "The Candidate" there seems to be nothing in the way of ready writing to which tbisyouug man cannot turn his hand. Miss Lilian Baird, aged nine years, is becoming famous as tbe youngest problemcomposer in the world. She has a tine instinct for chess, which has been cultivated by much practice, and an hereditary talent tor problem-cimposing. Her first problem, composed before she was eight, baa been printed in about twenty chess coluuis in England, Germany and America. Miss E. O'Duffy, a young woman about twenty years old, is one of the' largest importers of and dealers in wild animals in this country. ho is the daughter or a Dnblin druggist, and has a natural liking for tbe business. ' Miss O'Duiiy is not the first of her sex to enter this' calling, fur some of the most successful d'-alcrs in birds and animals in Europe are women. Til Eonoi'C Wkld. fatuous as an antislavery lecturer, is eighty-eight years old, bnt remarkably vigorous for one of his age. Mr. Weld olosely resembles the poet Bryant in looks, clthoogb Mr. Weld's eyes are always u pi if red, while in the portraits of the poet tbe eye are downcast. His snowwhite hair and beard, which he wears very long, give him a patriarchal appearance. As a . writer and speaker. Premier do Fre j cine t, who has just been elected a member of the French Academy, has an elegaut and lucid style. He excels in clear statement, an orderly marshaling of facts, and delicate though striking inuneudo. In arguing most he never seems to argue, Luc generally compels his hearers to deduce the conclusions at which he wishes them to arrive. What the present generation regards as discoveries in Africa were well known to the ancients. Herodotus said there were dwarfs in Central Africa, but for centuries learned professors l.iiihed at tbe ancient historian. )n Cbaillu. Stanley and others have shown that the old Greek knew what he waa writing about. Strabo told of the great lakes in . tbe middle of Africa, in which tbe Nile probably took its rise, and 1,'JOO years later tpeke and Burton, Grant and Raker demonstrated the accuracy of his knowledge, Allow me," writes Mr. John O'Hart to the Evening Telegraph, of Dublin, "gratefully to acknowledge not only the receipt of the munificent 'annuity lately granted to me, as a humble Irish author, by Mr. Georgo W. Chi Ids, of Philadelphia, Pa., United States, of America, but also his later voluntary arrangemeut by wbich the said annuity shall continue during her life to my wife if she survives me. May this uplendid benevolence be remembered by the Irish-American people in the United States toward Mr. Childs. if it ever be iu their power to serve him." Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the American dentist, whose success iu hobnobbing with nobility and cleaning its teeth has brought him more fame than his professional skill, is a man of medium height, inclined to bo stont He has a 'large bead, oh which the hair is still thick, and his foiehead is high and full. He has a Roman nose, deep-set gray eyes, a mustache and loug side whiskers. He is about sixty years old. lr. Evans's house is the center of the American colony in Paris, and he still, despite his long residence abroad, an enthusiastic American. He has received more tban two hundred decorations all that it is possible for Germany, Russia and the leading countries of Europe to confer on him. And he is still willing to plug a decaying molar. An amusing story is told of Archduke iuugene ox Austria, wane on a visit recently to a small hamlet in Hungary. Feeling the necessity for a sLve, as ordinary mortals at times are wont to do, tbe prince had tbe manager of tbe little hotel at which be was staying send for the best barber in tbe town. Overjo.ved nttbeprivilegeof shaving a member of the imperial family, the knight of the strop arrayed himself in all his Simday finery and went to the hotel. Although somewhat timid, he succeeded in placing bis Imperial Highness in tbe chair and covering his face au inch deep with lather. But at this point his Dulgetty spirit forsook him, and. razor in hand, he began to tremble at the traditional aspen leaf. "Your Imperial Hizbness." be mustered conrage to say, "the honor of shaving you has so excited me that 1 am unable to proceed with my work." Ashamed of bis failure, the poor fellow rnbed from tbe room. The Archduke langhed heartily, but was obliged to remain in his uncomfortable position until a more courageous colleugue arrived to complete the unlinisbed shave. Cleveland's Had Break. Washington Post (Ind.) There is no great set-back for Major McKlnley or the cause be so ably Advocates in this record of last November's election. It would have been much more to the credit of the ex-President had he recognized the phenomenal run of the Republican leader and seen fit to hav e tendered to him the proper credit. Major McKiuley would have done this had bd been placed in a positiou similar to that of Mr C leveland's. He showed his magnanimity in that line when he accorded to Governor Hill tbe honor of having inspired his party to tbe efforts wbich led to his (iicKiniey'si defeat, if such it may be called. The American people admire roagnauimitv in theri pnblio men, and they alno like them to bt candid Why .Matthews Was Killed. St Louis Globe-Democrat. The mnrderer of Postmaster Matthews nt Carrolltou. Miss., has beeu re'eased on tbe ground that he acted in self-defense. In other word, the crime is excised because the victim had tb effrontry to be a Kebublican ofllciat in a Democratic community. , Would Free Tral Have Heen Hetter? Atlanta Commotion. The progress of the South duriug the past vear has been phenomenal. What would it have been under a Democratic administration! The mind fails to realize the stupendous possibilities. The Financial Problem Solving Itself. ' . Roche.ter Dmncrat-Chculrl. While financial legislation lingers, business interests are working out their owa salvation.