Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1894 — Page 12

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 25. 1891.

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The Southern press as a rule Is seemingly more severe upon Breckinridge because of his reputation as a Southern man than it otherwise would have been. The unwise counselors who are advising the President to sign the seigniorage bill for party reasons forget that he serves his rarty best who serves his country best. The exposure of one prominent hypocrite like Breckinridge brings more reproach upon the churches than could a score of Ingersolls with his "Mistakes ofl Moses." As Commonweal Coxey is proprietor of a grindstone quarry it is fair to assume that he has an ax to grind. At the proper time he will exchange the commonweal for the Coxey wheeL If Chairman Wilson has not read a word about tariff matters in Washington since he has been in Mexico he will need & formal introduction to his bill should he meet it in the Senate on his return. The soul of Louis Kossuth, like that of John Brown, seems to be marching on. The llres of freedom which he : lighted more than fifty years ago still burn in the bosoms of the Buda Pesth students. "Industrial Army of the United States" is a queer name to give to a body of men which will be mainly composed of tramps, loafers and drones. The name seems to have been selected on the paradox principle. The defense In the Pollard-Breckinrldge case will try to prove that the plaintiff was old enough to fully realize the Infamy that attached to her conduct The defendant was twice as old. yet he did not evince any such realization. The bill before the Massachusetts Legislature making it a misdemeanor for one man to pay for the drinks of others created consternation among the dealers until they were informed that it would not be seriously considered in committee. If Colonel Breckinridge should be renominated and re-elected to Congress it would be necessary to prefix the traditional Hon. which goes wltha Congressman's name with 11?. By the way, what a meaningless handle t? a man's name Hon. is when a whited sepulchre like Colonel Breckinridge can wear it for years unchallenged. Michigan, forty-six years ago, abolished the death penalty in favor of Imprisonment; for life. It is one of the most conservative States of the middle West, and is fully up to the average in morality and Intelligence; nevertheless, the statistics show UmlI the crime of murder has increased more rapidly in Michigan than in neighboring States. The interference of a judge who had nothing to do with the case of Prendergast was a sort of leniency which may be regarded as immunity by scores of cranks who are watching the outcome in this case. The man who has the continuity of purpose to plot and murder is a murderer and should suffer the penalty, not so much as punishment as to hold other cowardly cranks in check. During the past year the per capita consumption of spirits and beer in the United Kingdom was LIS gallons of the former and 36.43 gallons of the latter. The retail cost of this liquor was $573,737,023, or $17.M per capita. In 1S02 the drink bill of the United States was L01i.804,3&4, or $15.54 per capita. But this 13 one of the things in which we can afford to let some other nation take the lead. To send the addle-pated Coxey bogus checks and pledges of assistance which will stimulate a few hundred weakimlnded. peo ple and vagabonds to assemble in a small city, involving in danger the property of its citizens. and which will help to start those people on the road to Washington, involving suffering and local assistance, may be regarded as a practical joke; and it is, if encouraging men to start upon a fool's errand which will, by' reason of hunger, make them a terror to communities through which they pass, contains th element of fun. Fortunately, right-minded people do not see It in that light. Several prominent newspapers have recently called attention to the socialistic tendencies of several of the more recent teachers of economics in colleges, of whom Prof. Ely, of the University of Wisconsin, is the tnest prominent and perhaps the leader cf the new school. It is a sort of an Intellectual fad. this state socialism, It is no in

viting field for the thinker who shuts himself up In his study to devise plans for the battering of the condition of mankind. Men who mingle with the world and who know more of mankind and the mainspring of its action take no stock in the theory of managing the railroads of the Nation by a popular vote. State ownership of railroads has prevailed to some extent in one or two States, but the. roads have 'been run into deeper bankruptcy. The New York Journal of Commerce, speaking of this theory, which has been espoused by a number of alleged economists in colleges, says: "The grotesque heresy has captured the imagination of economl? professors In ol .er of our seats of learning, and the opsnness with which some of them are ventilating their theories Implies a singular indifference 'among those who select their 'faculty' as. to the doctrines their teachers disseminate." Perhaps trustees of colleges have ccme to the conclusion that it makes little difference what Is taught in economics, and this view accounts for their singular indifference.

THE CHEAT SPIRITUAL FESTIVAL. Above all other Christian festivals Easter typifies the highest spiritual element of humanity. Commemorating the resurrection of the crucified One It also marks a point at which all men and women not wholly lost Jn worldllness must make pause and think of those things which 'pertain to the higher life of the soul. The affairs of this life are absorbing. The pursuit of wealth, the pursuit of pleasure, the cares, the anxieties, even the Joys of living, draw the mind from contemplation of the things which make for righteousness. Within certain limitations this 13 better so, since the discipline of active life tends tt more wholesome development of character than continual meditation upon abstract holiness, but it Is fitting that lure and there along earth's dusty highway each traveler should step aside and consider the meaning of It all. Easter symbolizes the emerging of the soul from the trammels or the flesh Into an existence whose freedom and Joy and glory can only be dimly comprehended, but Into which all Christians hope to enter. The faith In this heavenly future may sometimes grow weak, but in the Easter season it is strengthened. The rejoicing of the cevout has its effect upon the worldly, but, apart from all formal observances, the day Itself has a significance that impresses itself upon the most careless of beings. It Is not the members of churches alone, nor those of formal religious professions who monopolize religious beliefs. In a general sense all the people of all Christian nations are themselves Christians; that is, they cherish a belief more or less firm in immortality and a hope that they may some day reach the abode of the blessed. Into whatever byways their, minds have wandered they come back at last to the faith of their mothers as one for which they have found no satisfying substitute. And their mothers taught them that Christ rose from the dead on Easter day, and that because lie lives they shall live also. Memories, associations, early teachings and a secret confidence In the truth of the beautiful story all go to set the day apart from other days of the year. It is easy to believe in immortality with the traditions of Easter in mind; easy, too, because it comes with that ever-returning miracle, spring. When the grass grows green, the buds swell, the flowers bloom, and earth Itself is born again it is not hard even for the skeptical to believe that the human being has at least the permanent attributes of the rose that dies but blooms again; to believe that this life is but a phase of existence, and that "death is the life eternal." The celebration of Easter is the celebration of the gift of Immortality, and the flowers and the music and the prayers are meet tributes to Him who made known the gift to a dying world. Not all the pride of Intellect, nor all the accumulation of knowledge oan so lift up the soul above the weariness of the world as an acknowledgment, even for the day, of the beauty If not the truth of the Idea symbolized. JUDGES AS LAW BREAKERS. The respite granted Prendergast by the action of a judge who has nothing to do with the case, and after the proceedings and decision of the trial court had been affirmed by the tribunal of last resort, cxposes the weakness of the enforcement of 9 criminal law In some States in this country. Last October Prendergast murdered Mayor Harrison in a manner which betrayed a plot and its execution. He may not have been of scund mind in the usual acceptance of the term, but he could attend to a small trade In newspapers, discuss current political topics, and never showed any signs of positive Insanity. He was simply a disputatious, disagreeable person, with the usual amount of self-esteem and arrogance of the crank. He knew that he was committing murder. There was not a particle of doubt regarding his guilt, and there cculd be none regarding his mental responsibility. He was as responsible for the

murder of Mayor Harrison as was Guiteau of President Garfield, or, indeed, Wilkes Booth of Lincoln. He should have been tried, convicted and executed within thirty days, not to gratify publla vengeance, . but to terrorlza scores of cranks, more or less sane, who would find in leniency displayed to Prendergast evidence that murder can be committed without incurring the death penalty. The whole matter of his mental condition was gona over in the trial court. and the preponderance of opinion was that he realized the nature of tho crime he had committed. Now, when the Supreme Court had affirmed the sentence, a couple of lawyers step in and find an inferior Judge who grants an order of respite. Could there be a greater travesty upon courts and the administration of Justice? And in the courts that sort of thing appears to be recognized as a judicial proceeding. If it is, the judges in one court can be used to annul the Judgments and defy the Jurisdiction of other courts. If It is law for an inferior . Judge to set aside the decrees of the highest tribunals of the State, then it cannot be far outside the law for a mob to break into a Jail and set a prisoner at liberty. It Is this sort of performance by men who have Judicial power which has led the mass of well-meaning people to regard with favor the execution of murderers by mobs. It is ,the Reeling that the courts

are used to aid men guilty of crimes against life to escape the punishment their due that Is mainly responsible for lynchIngs and like lawless demonstrations. In

this county how many men are there in Jail accused of or known to be guilty of murder? We shall have less murders, homicides and shootings If the Judges will see that laws are enforced and not evaded, either by delays or failures to enforce sentences. THE I'll ICE OP FARM LANDS. The Lawrenceburg Register, whose editor is also a banker, says: We predict that the man who owns a farm will, in five years hence, realize onethird more for It than he can at present." Even now, in the midst of what may he called close times for money, the inquiry for farms is increasing in this part of the country at least. Our exchanges show a larger number of calls for moderate sized farms than has been noticed for some y3ars past, while the. "for sales" o: farm property are exceptionally few. Don't be la too much of a hurry to get rid of your old farm, is the advice we give to young men. Stick to the farm. There 13 wisdom in this advice. The best Judges of real estate and land values believe that Improved farm property has reached bedrock prices and Is almost cer-' tain to show a material advance In the next few years. The depreciation of farm property during the last two decades has been due to a combination of causes. First, the value of farm lands, like all other values, was greatly Inflated for a few years after the war, owing to the depreciation of the paper currency which gave a fictitious ... value to all kinds of property. The return to specie payments and the gradual .restoration of normal conditions caused what seemed to be a shrinkage of values, but which was really only a restoration of the equilibrium. Another thing that has contributed .to the depreciation of Improved farm lands in the older States has been the steady emlE rat ion to "the new States and Territories. As long as government land could be had for $L23 per acre it was a great temptatlort to the owner of an Improved farm in Ohio or Indiana to sell when he could realize enough to buy a farm five or six timers as i large In one of the new States and still have plenty of money left to stcck it. Under the impulse 'of this emigration and more land fever thousands of farms in the old Stales were offered for sale at much less than their real value, with the result of forcing the prices down to an abnormally lowpoint. But the conditions have changed. About all the good government lands have been disposed of and 'the owners ofllra-f proved . farms in the new States are not anxious to selL The era of cheap farm land is passed, never more to return. The' tide of Wer.tem emigration has subsided, and will never run banks full again. There ls( even some migration from the '.new States back to the old. The demand fdr improved farms in the older States is Increasing and Is likely to Increase for years to come. Still another cause that has contributed to depreciate the value of farm lands has boen the unhealthy desire for city life which his s been so prominent, a feature of -American life in the last twenty or, thirty, .yeaa,, J Without undertaking to account for thTsif is an undeniable fact. According to - the United States census of 1SG0 out of a popular tion of 31,443,321 there were living in cities 5,072,25C, or 16.13 per cent of the entire population, In 1S90 out of a population of 62,C22.250 there were living in cities 18,235,6701 or 23.12 per cent, of tho whole These figures illustrate very forcibly the increasingtendency of population towards cities, durr ing the last thirty years. The result of this, combined with emigration, is that many counties and townships throughout the North had a smaller population in 1SD0 than, they had in 1SS0. It needs no argumenVjto prove that this must have helped to depreciate the value of farm lands. But this movement of population towards the cities, like the Western emigration movement! has spent its force and Is subs.dlng. There are even indications of a reaction. The substantial advantages of farm life and the unsubstantial attractions of city life are becoming better understood. , It Is likely that the next few years will bring a 'decided movement of population from the cities to the country. For these reasons the Journal believes that the depreclaiion in the price of farm lands in the older States has reached its limit, and . that for many years to ' come the movement will be in the other direc-' tlon. The owner of a good farm in any Northern State had better hold on to it. It will never be worth less than it is today, and the chances are it will be worth considerably more before ten years have passed. A DESIItAIJLE LITERARY CIIAXGE. A floating paragraph announces that the novel has passed out of favor in France so completely nowadays that . all leading publishers are refusing new books la 'that line. In many respects France has led the world in this line of literature. French novelists are masters of the form of narrative which holds the unflagging attention of the reader to the end, they excel in subtle delineation of character, and in the representation of certain of the grosser human passions they are unsurpassed. As literary artists thsy have no rivals, and yet their novels, with all their merits, are extremely unsatisfying to the Anglo-Saxon taste, whatever they may be to native French readers. - For the most part it has suited even the greatest of these writers to depict phases of life with which the mas of people have no sympathy and only recognize as truthful by observation and not personal experience. No doubt Immorality exists in hlsrh life in France as elsewhere, but it is hardly possible that vice is the rule; yet If French novels are to be believed the Frenchman of the upper classes is habitually unfaithful to his wife, the wife is on the alert for the attentions of) other men, and conjugal felicity is the exception. Upon the same authority the lower classes may be assumed to be addicted to depravity and are virtuous only by compulsion. . Balzac, Dumas, Zola, Flaubert, Daudet, Maupassant and the rest unquestionably made their studies from life, the tales are realistic to an oppressive degree," but, skilled as they are, these authors do not take a wide range. It would not be strange If a reaction had set in against these novels. and that French readers had grown weary of never-ending representations . of illicit

passions and of the long procession of licentious men and women who have traveled through these books for so many years. But even if this be so It Is idle to say that the day of the novel Is over In France. The novel will live there as it will in England and America while the ever varying panorama of life continues to unroll Itself

before the eyes of literary artists. When they learn that virtue is not necessarily colorless, but that love and tragedy and thrilling Incident may accompany a life of purity; when they discover that the parade of vice is not artistic, and that vice is but one and not the leading element of human life; when they learn that they, can be equally realistic while they depict goodness and . truth and loveliness as well as evil when they have gained this knowledge they will produce novels of another sort, but :not less grsat than those which have made their fame, and the French public will not reject, but will read them gladly. The Bluefields Incident illustrates the happy faculty which British war vessels have of being in the right place at the right time. The Cleopatra arrived at Bluefields in the very nick cf time to protect British and American residents and . prevent what threatened to be a bloody riot The Americans hailed the landing of British troops quite as gladly as did the English residents of the place. The Kearsarge had been ordered thither, but, as everybody knows, was wrecked on the way. That was an excellent reason for her not reaching Bluefields, but the Cleopatra was not wrecked. It is this knack of getting there and of turning up in the right place at the right time that has made the British navy so feared and respected throughout the world. Our naval authorities and commanders would do well to take lessons of the British in this regard. The Chicago Herald has been trying to make political capital out of the fact that the Illinois Steel Company's works in South Chicago have resumed operations. One of the workmen writes: "If you will take the trouble to investigate the matter you will find that although the Illinois Steel Company has put at work about one-half the usual force employed at their works here, the persons so employed have had their salaries and pay reduced to such a figure that the former positions are hardly recognized. The fact of the matter is the mill Is running with greatly reduced numbers and at a cut in pay of from 25 to 50 per cent." ' Postmaster-general Bissell does not approve of the postal carriers' bill, which prohibits the removal of carriers without public investigation of charges that may be ;made. against them. He says: "It would be 'demoralizing to the service, obstructive to the prompt and rigorous enforcement of the postal laws, and unjust to the carriers." The, Postmaster-general thinks that in the case of ordinary charges a carrier should be entitled to a fair hearing and investigation, but that the power of peremptory removal in cases of crime or neglect of duty is necessary to maintain the discipline of jthe service;'. i The New York Herald, which helped elect 'a Democratic President and Congress, is making frantic appeals to the latter not to ruin the Democratic party and the country. , "If two or three months more are to be wasted In useless debate," says the Herald, 'then good-bye to the Democratic party. Business will continue to suffer, the people will grow more dissatisfied and the Inevitable consequence will be a tidal wave of popular indignation against the Democrats at the next election." The tidal wave is already In .sight, and nothing can stand before it The experiment of using convicts for the building of roads has been so far successful in New York that an effort will be made to extend 1L A bill has been introduced In the Legislature providing for the appointment by the Governor of a highway commission of three members to serve for five years. Tha commissioners may widen or close existing roads, and the State engineer and surveyor shall furnish maps of the same. Whenever a road has been completed through a county it shall thereafter be a county charge, and each county may use the labor of tramps and paupers in maintaining it. On the requisition of the commissioners It shall be the duty of the superintendent of prisons and those having charge of the several penitentiaries of the State to detail not less than two-thirds of the male persons in their custody to labor on the highways designated by the commissioners at such times and places and In such manner as the commissioners shall direct It shall likewise be their duty to provide suitable quarters and guards, the necessary working tools, to provide and clcthe the persons so detailed, and in all respects to maintain such persons in like manner as is now provided for their employment and maintenance in the several Institutions to which such persons are committed. . The advantage of this kind of employment for convicts is that it benefits the public without interfering with free labor. It may be that in this direction lies the solution of the convict labor question. A few days ago a paragraph appeared in the Journal stating that Mr. Clay Whltely, of Indianapolis, had in his possession a Bible which he took from the library of Gen. Stonewall Jackson at the time of the burning of his house at Lexington, Vtu, in June, 1S64, by federal forces under General Hunter. This statement came from Mr. Whltely, who further said that he took the Bible as a keepsake;' that he had kept it all these years, and was about to return it to Mrs. Jackson as a memento of her husband. It now appears, from a note addressed to the Journal . by Mrs. Jackson, that Mr. Whltely was mistaken in certain of his statements. The lady received the Bible, but, finding no name or other indication that it ever belonged to General Jackson, but that another name, "T. P. Lewis," is written on the flyleaf, she has returned the book to the sender. She says, too, that General Jackson's houso in Lexington was never burned, but is standing to-day; also, that she was not in Lexington at the time named, but in North Carolina. It is probable that Mr. Whltely was misinformed at the time as to the ownership of the house from which the book was taken, and that the later inaccuracies grew out of this error. The death of Kossuth has revived many interesting reminiscences concerning him. During his three years' imprisonment from 1S3S to 1S4L for political reasons, he was cut off from all communications with his friends and was denied the use of pen and ink, and part of the time of books. In the second year of his Imprisonment ha was allowed to read, but as all political books were interdicted he selected an English grammar. Walker's pronouncing dictionary ami Shokspeare. Without knowing a single 1 word he began to read, "The Tempest" He

was engaged for a fortnight in getting through the first page. He made a rulo never to go on reading anything without perfectly undemanding what he read. "Look," he said, afterward, "what an instrument in the hands of Providence becami my little knowledge of the English language, which I was obliged to learn because forbidden to meddle in politics." Ten years later, when he visitsd the United States, his knowledge and command of pur English were the theme of universal comment Colonel Breckinridge is strictly orthodox

and points with pride to his good standing in the Presbyterian Church. Once there was an old colored man who had "experienced religion," but frequently backslid. When led into temptation he would He. steal, get drunk and commit about all th3 sins in the calendar. On one occasion he rose in class meeting and confessed that he had been worse that usual lately. "Ise done had a tough time shore 'nuf. Ise parsed thru de deep waters and dey's obercome me. Ise done broke all de commandments, but bress d& Lord I ain't lost my religion." Colonel Breckinridge claims that he has not lost his religion. Signs of ' an early summer accumulate. The sea serpent has appeared off the New Jersey coast. UUUDLES IN THE A lit Rising In Rank. Small Boy Hey, mister! Hungry HIggins Say, young feller, don't call me "mister." I'm a major, now, In Gineral Coxey's army. AYnnled to Know. "See here," said the busy man, after the beggar had reeled off his tale of woe for about fifteen minutes, "are you expecting to be paid for this story at space rates?" Sisterly. Sweetness. Minnie I shall never marry any man who drinks. Mamie Isn't that a rather risky vow to make, dear? What assurance have you that any sober man will ever propose to you? An Up-to-Dnte Journalist. From the Plunkville Bugle: "We trust that our readers will pardon the entire absence of any local or telegraph news in this issue of the paper, but the truth of the matter is that our coupon business, by means of which we are disposing of groceries, dry goods, choice literature, fine Jewelry, dressed lumber, burial caskets and corner lots at the lowest rates ever known has grown to such proportions that our entire force of editors, reporters and compositors has been busy wrapping and directing the goods." LITERARY NOTES. Walter Besant's new novel has for its title "The Inquest of Office." Conan Doyle is to read from his works in this country next season, and H. Rider Haggard is said to be contemplating a similar campaign. Marietta Holley's last book, "Samantha at the World's Fair," sold through forty thousand copies the first three weeks after its publication. The title of Sarah Grand's new book, which the Appletons have published, it now appears, is "Our Manifold Nature," not "Our Manifold Lives." - . A life of the late Lucy Larcom is being prepared by the Rev. Dulaney Addison, of Beverly, Mass., who asks (for the loan of letters in possession of her friends that may be helpful to him. New York Commercial Advertiser: The poems of James Whltcomb Riley, his publishers say, sell better than those of any other poet The Hoosier poet has become very popular with the masses in the East Mr. Edgar W. Nye, better known as "Bill Nye," will leave the lecture platform in April, well satisfied with his gains, but very tired of the continued travel and hard work. He has decided to devote himself entirely to writing hereafter, and will stay at his North Carolina home. Maarten Maartens, the Dutch writer, whose real name is J. M. M. van der Poorten Schwartz, visits England every year, and usually stays with Mr. George Bentley, the head of the well-known publishing houge, who lives at Upton Park, Slough, only a short distance from Windsor. Mr. Schwartz writes English like a native. Prof. Richard Ely, of Wisconsin University, is about to issue a volume on socialism. This work, which has been In preparation for several years, will treat the subject historically, descriptively and critically. It promises to be a notable addition to the literature of this topic, which is already one of the most important questions of the day. Mr. G. W. Smalley suggests in the Tribune that American and English publishers adopt the French custom of printing second, third, fourth thousand on their books, instead of edition, which Is vague and may mean anything from three hundred copies to one thousand. "Then we know where we are," he says, "and a pretty accurate test of the popularity and commercial succesa of the book is supplied." Basque is a language without a literature. One of the few books published in it is a translation of the "authorized version" of the Bible, the translator of which was the late Prince Luclen Bonaparte. But now it appears that the Basques do not under stand tne maiect wmcn tne frince maae use of. This Incident bears out Voltaire's saying: "The Basques say they understand each other, but I don't believe them." ABOUT PEOPLE AND! THINGS. Mrs. Amanda Smith, an American colored woman. Is delivering temperance lectures in England under the auspices of Lady Henry Somerset One of the reasons which Mrs. Josephine Marie Whitney, of Marlborough, N. Y., gave for wanting to be divorced from her husband is that he fed chewing tobacco to the baby. Good Friday Is a full legal holiday in Pennsylvania, as it is also in Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota and Tennessee. In all the other States, including New York, this great day of the church Is in law wholly secular. An illustration of the feeling toward the man who so recently was regarded as an honorable and upright citizen was furnished at Savannah, Ga. One of the speakers at the banquet of the Hibernian Society mentioned Breckinridge's name, and it was received with continued hisses. A man in Paris wrote to Irving fori-a, loan on the ground that his resemblance to the English actor had become burdensome to him on account of the frequency with which he was mistaken for the actor. Henry mailed him a shilling and advised him to end his . misfortunes by havng his hair cut At Talbotton, Ga., a negro had an eating match. He succeeded in disposing of eight boxes of sardines, two dozen eggs, two pounds of crackers, two pounds of cheese, one box of salmon, three bottles of pepper sauce, and was stopped by the spectators for fear that he would make himself sick. The city of Glasgow, in Scotland, has a multitude of bow-legged and knock-kneed children, made such by an almost exclusive diet of potatoes, they not getting bread, which contains the elements that stiffen and strengthen bones; and the same lack occasionally produces the painful specimens of rickety hunchbacks to be found in Amer ican tenements. For the first time In a century and e half Easter Sunday this year falls "Lady" day the anniversary of the nunciation of the Virgin Mary. This fixed date in the ecclesiastical caien2. festival occurring always on M, while Easter, which Is depender, moon and the vernal equinox, as early as March 22 or as late Viscountess Aokl, the wife ' appointed Japanese envoy toa German lady of noble blrtl disgust of her relatives, ma' lovely little Japenese envoy, n Junior, for the saice or the. he enjoyed as tne likaao r abroad, ana likewise for prestige appertaining to th'i b&ssadors. In a neglected, almost fcj the village cemetery at Ba: said to have been the first d( axunciai tee in in tne uoii

early as 1900 Harris would cut off the human tooth, kill the nerve, bore a hole and insert a hickory plug, to which he attached the tooth of a sheep. He first called It a "pivot" tooth. When Neal Dow was chief of the Portland volunteer flre department some of his men complained about the strictness of his discipline. One of them appealed to th Mayor once, saying: "Mr. Dow is altogether too strict. At the fire the other night he ordered me to go between two buildings and thrJr walls were likely to fall at any moment I wouldn't go." "And what did Mr. Dow da when you refused to obey?" asked the Mayor. "He was fool enough to go himself." "Twas Easter services: her fair and soulful face Seemed quite the person itlon of both plty and grace; And to this day, when memory her wineome presence brings, I think the thought her face first brought: an angel, minus wings. But was it prayer she offered as in loveliness she sat? Ah, no! She simply asked n friend, "Where did you gat that hat?" Puck.

SHREDS AND PATCHES. All human power Is a compound of time and patience. Balzac. Words are an amazing barrier to the reception of the truth. Sydney Smith. One day at a time. It's a wholesome rhyme; a good one to live bj, a day at a time. H. H. Jackson. Before any man can tell a lie he will make some kind of an excuse to himself for doing it Ram's Horn. In a nutshell, Breckinridge's defense is: "I am no worse than eome other people." Philadelphia Inquirer. Breckinridge's defense is contained in Genesis, third chapter, twelfth ven;e. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. A man may be absent-minded about almost everything, but he never forgets his debtors. New York Journal. Lord Steyne ought to have pleaded tht he was led astray by Becky Sharp. New York Commercial Advertiser. When a man past fifty hasn't had any bad luck for three days he begins to quake and tremble. Atchison Globe. Mrs. Wing's second husband attracts more attention that "the second Mrs. Tanqueray." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. We gather from the Democratic press of the country an impression that the tariff bill Is not a popular measure. Washington Post , . It would be an act of gentle courtesj- for railroads to give excursion rates to Tammany gentlemen leaving town. Washington Star. The field being pretty well covered by Popull9t Governors, only one large circus will travel In the West this year. Kansas City Journal. Love isn't the only thing that makes tha world go round. Old Soak pays he knows at least ten drinks that will do it. Philadelphia Record. Misfortunes are the sort of disguised blessings that we feel like taking a shotgun to when they knock at our door. New York Tribune, George Washington has been eulogized In the English House of Commons. It took a hundred years but he got there Just tha same. Philadelphia Press. One never hears an apology nowadadys for the administration or Congress. They've both got past the stage where apologies do any good- Philadelphia Press. . THE MARION COUXTV BAR U 1857. Thomas D. "Wnlpole. Quite a number of the most successful and distinguished members of the old bar came to Indianapolis after they had achieved marked success in other parts of the Statt "Governor 7 Baker had been a leader of the Evansville bar; Thomas A. Hendricks and Abram W. Hendricks, Judge Roache, Joseph E. McDonald, David McDonald, Oscar B. Hord, Martin M. Ray, Walter March, General Dumont. Thomas D, Walpole and Oliver B. Torbet , we-e leaders . in their respective circuits befo they came to reside here. The rapid grow of the city and the Increase in lltlgatl and the fact that the United States cour and the Supreme Court held their sesslo here drew to Indianapolis men of ablll: from. all parts of the State. Thomas D. Walpole possessed some remarkable characteristics. He had been king of Hancock county for some years, and occasionally went to Shelbyvllle, where he disputed the primacy with Thomas A. Hendricks and Martin M. Ray. He was not at his best when he came to Indianapolis, and In his new field he did not possess that almost absolute sway which ha was wont to exercise over the Juries of Hancock, where he Itnew everybody. H!s personal appearance was such as to attract attention wherever he might be. Of medium height hair reddish and inclined to curl, face clean-shaven, florid complexion, long-bodied, short-limbed, somewhat inclined to corpulency, a short stepper, wear- ' Ing the regulation . broadcloth dress suit, ' ruffled shirt bosom, a silk hat with brim high, exposing his capacious forehead, and a pair of eyes always twinkling with intelligence and mischief. He had a habit In his speech of dropping the final "g" in . words ending in "Ing." Tom Corwla always did it, and it 13 quite common now with educated Englishmen. Some called It affectation, but with Walpole it was a habit that had become second nature at least I remember an instance when it occasioned a great deal of merriment in the court room. A' criminal case had coma here for trial from Hancock county on a change of venue, and the Hancock lawyers came over with it Judge David Gooding and Walpole were pitted against each ether. Walpole's client Andrew J. Dennlson, was charged with shooting at tha prosecuting witness, and perhaps wounding him with Intent to commit murder. Tha plea was self-defense, and the shooting occurred upon a country road. A woman who lived near the place saw part of tha transaction or heard tho firing of the plrtoL. After her examination in chief she was turned over to Walpole for cross-examination. Rising from his ceat at the end of the long table furthest from the witness stand, and thrusting his hands Into the pockets of his tight-fitting- trousers, ha walked toward the witness while he asked; .this question: "Madam, whereabouts . im- ' mediately precedin' of the hearln of th flrin of the pistol did you see Andrew J. Dennlson last?" W'xle resumed his seal and waited for an .tswer. The witnes was confused and hesitated, whereupon Judge Gooding interposea, saying: "I da not understand your question, Mr. Walpole, and I do not think the witness does." Walpole arose again and said: "Well, madam, to bring myself down to the comprehension of Judge Goodln', was he goin up or com In" down the hill?" Governor Hendricks once toll me that when In his prime and on the circuit Walpole was the most .dangerous antagonlthe had ever met before a country Jury. liV family. He knew what difficulties tha family. He knew what difflcutles the Jurors naa naa, 11 any; uitrir rm&iuu rwriwi iixtkns and everv fact which m!f glVC HI! UUllC fc lien A dislikes, their passions When a hostile witness he would. In a surj could be ca colleague? acte thl Ir.

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