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this mornlns very suddenly. She had been In town marketing the day before, and Pemed in her usual health when she retired for the nlghL A few minutes before ahe died she awakened her husband on account of a severe pain In her head, but before he could arouse the family she was dead, probably of paralysis. A few years ago her mother died In the same manner. Ttto A teed Women Dend. VALPARAISO, Ind.. April 22. Mrs. Elizabeth Frame, aged eighty-three, and Mrs. Harriet Thatcher, aged eighty-eight, pioneers, died here to-day. MUST PAY FOIl TUB LOTS.

Decision Xhnt 3In Interest "Hooraer" In the Gaa Helt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., April 22. Special Judge Eeauchamp, In the Howard Circuit Court, Saturday, made a ruling that will be of Interest In the booming towns of the Indiant gas belt and elsewhere. A year ago, to secure the location of the Great Western pottery works In this city, three hundred town lots were sold at $200 each, the proceeds to go as a donation and for the purpose of conducting a gas pipe line to the factory. When all were subscribed for the purchasers held a meeting at the courthouse and decided by means of a drawing the lots that were to belong to each subscriber. lAter, when the Democratic panic struck the town, some of the subscribers refused to make the deferred payments on the lots, resisting on the ground that th drawing for the lots was in the nature of a lottery, and. therefore. Illegal. The court held that the drawing was not an essential port of the contract, bing an after Incident that could not invalidate the purchase. By this ruling all lot purchasers must pay their subscriptions. GAVC "WAY TO PASSION. Mra. Schmidt Call for Vengeance on the Court That Convicted Her. Special to the Indianapolis Journal KOKOMO, Ind., April 22. There was a dramatic scene In the court room here Saturday, when Mrs. Augusta Schmidt, the wealthy German woman was arraigned to receive a ten-years' sentence for killing her tenant, Oscar Walton, last October. On hearing the momentous words the woman excitedly Jumped to her feet and called down the wrath of the Almighty on her enemies, invoked vengeance on all connected with the trial and predicted an evil fate for them. She left the room shaking hr fist at the court and with curses and imprecations for all her enemies Compliment to 31 r. "Wood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 21-As showing the confidence the Republican county central committee has In the candidacy of William R. Wood, lor Congress, from this county, the committee passed a resolution requesting Mr. Wood to make the selection of delegates to the Kokomo convention, June C, and then rassed a resolution asking the voters of the several townships to vote for and Indorse the names suggested by Mr. Wood. The Republicans in Tippecanoe county are believed to be In better Shape than for years. There Is no backbiting, no sore places to be healed, and the party Is working as a unit. Intent on rolling up the largest majority ever given for the Republican ticket In the Battleground county. Democrat Huchre Themselves. Special .to the Indianapolis Journal. CANNELTON, Ind., April 22.-Saturday, April 14. the Democrats held a primary election In this city for the purpose of nominating a Mayor, treasurer, clerk, marshal and three council men. The primary passed off very quietly, bo Quiet, In fact, that the board failed to have tJve nominations certified to and filed. The result is that the election commissioners now refuse to put the names of the Democratic candidates on the ticket. Therefore the Democratic party will have no ticket in the field at the May election. All the Democrats are up In arms and a wear vengeance. Sink Hole I'nder n Itnllrond Ilrltlge. Special' to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFORTE, Ind., April 22,-The Chicago & West Michigan railroad bridge, over the sink hole In Lily lake. In this city, went down again last night, carrying: with It 150 feet of the track. Nearly one hundred carloads of pine logs have been put in this Fink hole, but. so far, have had no more effect than to hold up the bridge for a few hours. Twenty cars of timber was brought from Michigan to-day and a force of fifty men are at work putting It In place. The sink hole appears to be bottomless, as ninety feet of piling readily disappears from sisht. fi ile Ul NMiiinnn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., April 22. This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Mr. William Gelle, a prominent young business jnan, and Miss Emma Massman, daughter of a leading contractor, met, by agreement, upon the street and went to the residence of Dr. S. II. Charlton, where they were united in marriage by Rev. J. F. Haird, of the Presbyterian Church. The parents of the bride objected to the young people keeping company, and they were married without thMr consent. They It ft on a wedding trip East at 3 o'clock. nv Chapter of I). A. It. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 22. Saturday afternoon there was organized In this city a elvipter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The meeting was called by Mrs. Robert S. Hatcher. The following officers were appointed by the regent, Mrs. Robert S. Hatc.ier: Secretary. Mrs. John O. l'errin. (formerly Miss Rates, of Indianni lis); treasurer. Mrs. Gordon Rail; registrar. Miss Nellie C. Smith; historian. Miss (J neve LI. Reynolds. Tl e chapter was named for the illustrious Frenchman, Gen. Lafayette. C'nirJiiiiMMl for- SKS,(MM. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. April 22.-The $73,000 dun.i!;e suit against the Wabash railway, brcu:;ht by tho Lcgansport Manufacturing Company. bxckfd by twenty-three- insurance companies, has been compromised for ii6,(A0. A year ago plnnLfTs wagon factory was destroyed by lire, alleged to have been started from the spark of a passing Wabash engine. -The case was trl?d here last term at an enormous expense, and resulted in a disagreement of the jury. Iloyce and Slunlicr Matched. RICHMOND, Ind.. April 22. George Boyce. of this city, light weight champion of Indiana, and Charles Slusher, of Louisville, light wight champion of Kentucky, have bet n matched to li-rht In May for a purse of Zl.'i at 1-3 pounds. Slusher is the man who whipped Yokes In Kentucky recently. His bickers think him a world beater. Royce also has a good record. The fisht will be near Cincinnati. Gold Found in u Gravel Tit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind.. April 22. Gold has been discovered In a gravel pit recently opened on George Dulin's farm, six miles east of this city. Some of it has been sent to an expert to be assayed. Several California forty-niners" have formed a company and xpect to work the find. Shot Four llenr and Humped. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. April 22. A letter has been received from Albert L. Farquahar, who was reported to have been eaten up by bears In the Rig Horn basin. He states that he was on his way from Bismarck. N. D.. when he waa attacked by seven bears in the Big Horn basin at the place where his horse and wearing apparel were found. He shot four of the bears, but was compelled to swim the river to escape from the three remaining. He said he was afraid to return to the spot for his gun and clothing. Victim of n lleeout Tornado. WEST PLAINS, Mo., April 22. Late reports from Summervllle, the scene of the recent tornado, make more serious the rej.rt sent out from here. The town Itself was not Injured wry much, but In the country the damage was Kreat. Mr. Val Keel and three children, her hired girl ond hired man. named Matsinger. were killed. Five dwellings and many other buildings wer? blown away, and a large number of Kcple more or less injured, some. It Is ought, fatally All State DUpensarlett Killed. COLUMBIA. S. C. April 22. At an informal meeting of the dliensary State board held yesterday orders were sent out closing all dispensaries In the State. The meaning of this Is that for the present the State authorities give up the light and bow to the decision of the Supreme Court. All the State constables have been ordered to report here and will probably be discharged fxuxn servica.

AMONG THE NEW BOOKS. (From the Bowen-Meriill Company.) The Yellow Aster."

The "moral purpose" novel Is an evolution ' of the latter part of the nineteenth cen- , tury. It is a fin de slecle product The early masters of fiction and the later one?, i until within recent years, did not trouble ; themselves to Inject a great moral purpose into their novels. They wrote to entertain, not to Instruct or reform. There Is not a semblance of a moral purpose in any of Scott's novels, all of which will outlive any of those of the new school. The same Is true of Thackeray and Bulwer, Charioite Bronte and George Eliot, and cf nearly all the masters of ficVon. They were content to paint life and to write good storle without attacking some imaginary evil or trying to promote some unnecessary reform. They did not Invito readers to be entertained and then, having got possession of them, try to give them a hypodermic injection of medicine. A prime objection to moral purpose novels is that they are mostly Immoral. It is not meant that they are distinctly wicked and willfully vicious, though some of them barely escape this charge, but that they are, for the most part, morbid, abnormal, cynical and pessimistic. They deal more or less with subjects which are not discussed in polite society, and often they deal with them in a way that Is more suggestive than delicate. There is reason to believe that the pruriency In them attracts as many readers as the alleged moral purpose does. A prurient taste In literature may not be worse than a taste for decayed meat or stalo eggs, but it la no more a healthy taste. Moreover, If a novel must have a moral purpose there are plenty of clean ones. Other things need reforming besides such as are not discussed between ladiea and gentlemen. The latest addition to this school of fiction Is "A Yellow Aster," by Mrs, Mannlngton Caffyn, who for some reason or other assumes the pseudonym of "Iota." Tlds Is her first published novel, and perhaps she wanted to pee whether It would be a success or not before It was published. If notoriety and readers argue success "A Yellow Aster" 13 successful, though whether it will survive long or win a favorable verdict from discriminating readers remains to be seen. The moral purpose of the story is foreshadowed in one of the earliest pages of the book, where a little boy Is made to refer to "life's discipline, which father says I'm learnin' when you whip me," and declares that he "belongs to higher orders nor beasts and birds." It is only little boys In books that talk that j way. The evil attacked in "A Yellow Aster" is that of girls growing up to be young women without knowing how to love. As this is not a widespread evil, nor likely to become epidemic, there does not appear to be any urgent necessity for setting about to reform it. One is inclined to believe that the trouble with most girls Is that they take to love too naturally and too early. To expose the danger of young women growing up without knowing how to love is a little like organizing a movement for the Instruction of ducks that will not swim. In order to create a heroine Incapable of love the author creates two parents devoid of parental feeling, and makes them bring1 up their children, a son and daughter, in a ridiculous and impossible way. Without going Into the details of their method, it Is enough to say that It results in turning out a young woman entirely devoid of natural feeling and incapable of love. She is gifted, beautiful and dangerously fascinating, but entirely lacking In feminine Instincts. She possesses all the requisites necessary to Inspire love In men, but does not know how to return It. Finally, when a real manly fellow who loves her to distraction and whom she likes in a distant sort of way, askst her to marry him she consents, assuring him at the same time that she does not love him, and that he must not expect her to. When he says, "My darlns, you know I hive no Idea hew I shall enjoy giving you lesson3 in love," she replies coolly: "Will you? I doubt It. I tell you I have no taste for the cult." The rest of the story is largely glven to relating the marital experiences of the couple thus unnaturally mated. There is a good deal of bright conversation, some Interesting situations and some skillful dealing with delicate topics. Finally, after much playing at cross purposes and various tribulations, the husband goes off to Africa to die for love of a woman who persists In being a freak. After a while a boy baby arrives, the younrj wife's mother dies, her heart is touched, the sentiment of motherhood springs up within her, the scales fall from her eyes, her sex asserts itself and she discovers how to love. Then she writes to her husband to return; he comes back broken In health to find her oversowing with love, and the curtain falls on a happy though sad reunion. This meager outline does not do Justice to the story, which really shows originaiity and strength, and In spite of its faults Is genuinely interesting. Its plot Is Impossible and some of the leading characters are entirely outride of human nature, and yet the elements are so skillfully handle! as to make an Interesting story. Still, it is pervaded by the atmosphere of morbidness and unnaturalness that seems inseparable from moral purpose stories, and some passages barely miss being repulsive. The following: shows tne orin of the title and gives a glimpse of the heroine's cnaructer and style of talk. After their marriage her husband, who is an admirable character, bantered her in a pleasant way about her former suitors: She dashed a quick, untranslatable look at him. and smiled. My lovers? They weren't lovers at all; they were explorers, experimental rhl'o-o-pher3. They had the same strong yearnin; for me that a. botanist has lor a blue chrysanthemum or a yellow aster. If a man could succeed in getting this thing he would go mad over it an 1 put it la tne best house in his grounds for all hn rriends and nelnbors to admire; but do you tain he would love It Ilk an ordinary f-v.'tet red rose that he can gather, an 1 rmei , at.d care3, and bury his no.e In. ana wear near his heart? Not he! "Do ou think one of these men eer wanted to touch me?" sae went on calmly, taking liltie Mrs of wine, "or t) ruj'l- thi hair round my forehead, w.iica is the.r lnvarlaoie habit in novels, or to lay hL-s hand on myi hire shoulder t.iey do that, too, I have read or to clas. m to Ms breast, the ciimax to thes; p'e.t l.ttle customs ot theirs? Goodness! And imagine my feeings if one had! But they dian t even want to; and yet they were rny slaves, to do with precisely as I liked." There Is a good deal of this sort of morbid talk, and one is relieved when it all ends in a sunshine of old-fashlcned love. Chicago: Charles II. Sergei Company. Prof. Common' INrw Boo!. "Social Reform and the Church" is the title of the latest work by Prof. John It. Commons. It contains seven essays on the following subjects: "The Christian Minister and Sociology," "The Church and the Problem of Poverty." "The Educated Man in Politics." "The Church and Political Tioforms," "Temperance Kefowi," "Municipal Monoiolies," "Proportional Representation." It will be observed that several of the essays deal with the relations of the church to social problems. Although himI is not blind to tne faults and shortcomings of the church in this regard, and he criticises them frankly and severely. He hoM3 that "the church, If it is to represent the cause of Christ, must instantly grapple with the social ills of the day. Marriages and divorce, intemperance, crime, pa up rIsm and poverty, wealth find luxury, the relations of labor and capital, all come under the great complex laws whi.-h rvyulatft the duties of man, and therefore are of eo.utl important? with the more distinctively rellctcus functions of the church ns expressed in th- worship of ' Ood." The essays on "Municipal M oiopoI Iks' and "Proportional Representation deal Intelligently with some or ;reat Iolltlcal problems of the day. i'rofrssjr :iy says In a preface to the work: "Next in importance to the direct instruction and

Information Imparted by the? essays is the significance which they have on account of the fact that they unite political and economic reforms, looking at the former from the standpoint of the latter." The present work fitly supplements an enrlier one bv the same author, "Distribution of Wealth," and. like that, also, is calculated to set men thinking on new lines. Certainly there is exeat need of an awakenlne: on the questions here treated of and this work is pretty sure to contribute to that end. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Miscellaneous Hooks. Tersons of gool general education who wish to obtain an intelligent idea of the science of geology and of the history of the earth on which we live, without going too much into technical details, will find a book to their wants in "The Story of Our Planet," by T. G. P.onney, professor of geology in University College. London. The work Is not intended as a text-book on geology, of which there are already many, but rather as a n-ork for general readers, dealing with scientiHe questions and facts in a popular st vie. The plan on which it has been framed is generally similar to that adopted by Sir C. Eyell In "The Principles of Geology," but it has the advantage over that in that it brings the discoveries and conclusions of science down to date. Geology is a vast and Interesting subject, and "The Story of Our Planet" presents it3 main features and conclusions in a most satisfactory manner. The text is aided by numerous illustrations. Cloth. ?". New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 31 East Seventeenth street. Probably no man in the United States has made more special occasion speeches than the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, and, as everybody knows, he always makes good ones. An even forty of them are published In "Life and Later Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew." The biographical sketch, by Joseph P. Gilder, which serves ns an introduction, is brief, occupying less than twenty paores, yet in that brief space it presents a wellcondensed outline of Mr. Depew's career, and gives one a good idea of his personal characteristics and habits of work. The speeches cover a great variety of topics and show a wonderful ranee of Information and culture. In them the orator touches a great many subjects, and none that he does not adorn. There is a photograph frontispiece of Mr. Depew. Cloth, giit top, New York: Cassell Publishing Company. In "Our Manifold Elves" Sarah Grand, author of the much-talked-of "Heavenly Twins," appears as a short-story writer. This volume contains six stories, which, the author says In a preface, "are simply what they profess to be studies from life." They all appeared originally in English

magazines, somewhat mutilated, the author says, and are now restored to their original form. They are strong and realistic, with the undertone of seriousness, if not Eadness, that characterizes all the author's writings. Some of the characters are suggestive of those in "The Heavenly Twins," and the stories themselves are dramatic and Interesting, though It goes without saying that they will not add anything to the author's fame gained by her celebrated novel. Dr. J. G. Holland ("Timothy Titcomb"), though not the greatest of American writers, was one of the most popular. His name was for many years a household word, and he has great and lasting influence with the plain people. He worked in various fields of literature, and his work was alwavs conscientiously don A memoir of him, entitled ".losiah Gilbert Holland." by Mrs. H. M. riunkett, is a faithful presentation of his life, character and works. The history of his early struggles and of his various educational and literary labors presents much to admire and much that Is Inspiring and encouraging to literary workers, old as well as young. The biocraphy of Holland was worth writlnjy, and the author has done the work weil. Cloth. 0 cents. Scribner's Sons. The Temple edition of Shakspeare to be published by Macmillan & Co., GG Fifth avenue, New York, begins with "The Tempest." It will contain thirty-seven small 1G mo volumes, each containing a complete play, carefully printed In black and red, on hand-made paper. The text Is that of the Globe edition, carefully amended from the latent Cambridge edition. Each play will be prepared with all possible care, both as regards correctness of text and perfect typography, and each volume will have a full glossary, with a. brief preface and notes. Altogether, this will be a dainty and desirable edition of Shakspeare. Price, 45 cents per volume. Volume III of "Orations and Addressee of George William Curtis," edited by Charles Eliot Norton, embraces Mr. Curtto's historical and memorial addresses. There are fourteen of these, embracing a wide range of literary and patriotic subjects. They contain a great store of valuable Information, and as specimens of line literary workmanship it would be difficult to cite their equals. This volume, like each of the preceding ones, has an excellent Index. The completed work will be one that every lover of American literature will desire to possess. Harper & Brothers. An Interesting picture of child life in the Land of the Rising Sun Is f.. vnd in "The Wee Ones of Japan," by Mae St. John IJramhall. The author is an American who has lived some years in Japan, and made a close study of the family and social life of the Japanese. The present work is not confined wholly to child life, though mainly so. It gives the reader pleasant glimpses into Japanese households, with the educational methods, art training, soclr.l functions, studies and plays of the children, it Is handsomely illustrated. New York: 'Harper & Brothers. A second edition is published cf "The Stickit Minister and Some Common Mf-n." by the Rev. S. R. Crockett. The volume contains twenty-four short stories of marked originality. They are stories of Scotch life, and deal, for the most part, with plain, homely people and incidents. They seem to be studies from real life and are redolent of the soil. Tho author has a flowing narrative style, genuine humor and pathos, rnd possesses the art of crowding a great deal of dramatic action nd filing into brief space. Cloth, $l.o0. New York: Macmillan & Co. "Portrait and Figure Painting" Is a work on art by an artist and for artists. The author, Frank Fowler, has written other works which have been well received by the profession, and in this one he treats of portrait and figure painting in all their phases. The book ought to be very helpful to those desiring to perfect themselves in the line of art indicated. It is published in Art Amateur Handbook series, edited by Montagu Marks. Illustrated. New York: Cassell Publishing Company. Cloth, 32. Although California has been much written about it continues to furnish food for comment. "lieyond the Rockies." by Dr. Charles A. Stoddard, Is the record of a spring journey in California, Tht author is n. good narrator, and be describes in a pleasing style many interesting places which he visited. The book is calculated to inspire a strong desire to visit California. The photogravure illustrations ui? excellent. Cloth, $1.5'J. New York: Charles Scribner's Son?. "A Costly Freak," by Maxwell Gray, is not as good a story as one would expect from th? author of "The Silence of Dean Maitland." The plot of this novel is thin and commonplace, and the principal character is too goody-goody. The story is well told, but It could have been told In very much less space. Its redeeming features are the good description of two English clerical households and the social life of an English provincial town. Cloth, ?1. D. Appleton & Co. "The Expert Waitress," by Anno Frances Fpringsteed, contains a series cf papers which are intended as a working model or practical guide for servant girls in pantry, kitclu-n and dining room. It contains many valuable .suggestions for mistresses as well as for maid.;. Harper & Brothers. Laird & Ih Chicago, publish "The Century Cook Bock." by Jennie A. Hansey. P.csidcs a collection of carefully tested receipts for cooking it contains useful suggestions in regard to many matters of interest to housekeepers, with some practical hygienic directions. Harper & F.rothers n:v and revised edition of William Black's novels is continued by the publication of "Stand Fast. CraigRoyston." The volumes in this edition are printed in clear type, on good paper, and substantially bound in cloth. In "Oxford and Her Colleges" Gold win Smith gives an outline cf the history of Oxford University and its different colleges. It is written with n special view of interesting Americans. Macmillan & Co. George I. Putnam, author of "In Blue Uniform," publishes a new story. "On the Offensive." Like the other. It is an army story. It Is varied and adventurous in chr.ructer, including nmontr Its exciting Incidents a hunting trip and an expedlUon

against the Indians. The story has a thread of sentiment and romance, and presents, with rare fidelity, an Interesting picture of army life on the plains. Cloth, $1.25. Scribner's Sons. KIOT IN FLORIDA.

One A. P. A. Agitator Kun Out of tlio State and Another Cowhided. PALATKA, Fla., April 22.-George Dunford, a Canadian, has been here several months representing the A. P. A. and has made remarks about the Catholic Church which aroused a strong prejudice against him. East night a fight occurred between H. G. New-beck and Dunford, in which the latter was badly disfigured. Marshall Nix, recently from North Carolina, espoused the A. P. A. cause an 1 Is alleged to have made serious remarks against the morality of Catholic priests. This aroused the indignation of the Catholics, and this morning George E. Munde. C. J. Rogers and H. G. Newbeck sought Nix in his room and gave him a cowhiding. His screams were heard several blocks. A crowd collected, but no one cared to Interfere. Nix was ordered to leave town, but stopped and was again cowhided. Meantime a crowd of one hundred men seized Dunford and hurried him to the outskirts cf the city. What they intended to do to him no one knows. Sherirf Hagan. who had heard of the troub!?, sprang Into a buggy and started after the crowd at a gallop. Single handed he commanded the peace and told the crowd to desist else ho would use a shotgun. The sheriff seized Dunford. put him in the buggy and drove him to the depot, where he left for Jacksonville to sail from there on the steamer John G. Christopher .tomorrow for New York. Nix was advised to leave Palatka, but refused, and is now under the protection of the sheriff. It is rumored that he will be mobbed to-night. The Brooks House, where Nix is stopping. Is guarded by th sheriff and police. Sheriff Hagan says enough has been done, and If any demonstration is made to-night somebody will get hurt. Nix denies having said what has been imputed to him. He says he simply quoted from a book written by a priest, who had renounced the Catholio faith. Palatka Is agitated over the affair, and it is deeply regretted by the citizens. Several collisions between citizens were prevented by mutual friends. Nix will institute legal proceedings against his assailants to-morrow. WEATHER FORECAST. Generally F"nlr nntl Slightly Warmer In Indiana To-Dny. WASHINGTON, April 22. -For IndlannGenerally fair; winds shifting to easterly; slightly warmer. For Ohio Local showers, but generally fair during the day; northwest winds, becoming variable; slightly warmer in western portion. For Illinois Generally fair a east winds; slightly warmer. Local Observations. Inmanai'OMis Ind., April 22.

Time, Bar. Ther. R. II. Wind. iWeutLer. Pre. 7a.m. 30.02 45 R5 X'weat. Lt. Rain. T. 7 km. 3u.o: 4!) 5U N'weat.lCiear. T.

Maximum temperature. 55: -minimum temperature, 42. The lollowiriK 1 a comparative statement of the temperature- and precipitation. April 22, lS'Jl: Tem. Pre. Normal. 55 o.l2 Meau 4S T. Departure trom normal 7 0.12 Ilxceos or deficiency since Apr. 1 Ml 0.24 Excess or denciency einco Jan. 1 4ui 1.05 PlU8. C. P. R. WaPI EMtAKS. Local Forecast Official. United States Weather Uureau. THE IHA'B AXD HUFF1. They "Were Revolutionary Colors, bat Not Alvrnyn Worn by the Soldier. Boston Transcript. Blue and buff being, by common acceptance of the world, the color badge of the American cause in the war for independence, it Is peculiarly fitting that they should be worn on the anniversary of the great event that opened that struggle. The popular conception of the continental army is of a host clad in blue and buff, but the truth is that while some regiments were so clothed, there was, by no means, at any time in the war, a formal and general adoption of this combination as the distinguishing colors of the service. At the outbreak of the war the colonists went to the neld in any garments that came handy. IjOcal military corps often formed the nuclei of the new regiments, ani their uniforms colored the organizations. Thus a srood many of the Connecticut militia, having been provided with red uniforms In days when they were still loyal to the king, wore them when they turned out to light his troops. When from the motley host gathered about Hoton Congress began to organize the continental army, properly so called, It was found necessary to provide for uniformity of clothing and equipment. Congress made a singular choice when it decreed In 1773 that the uniform coat of the lin? should be brown. While Congress could make laws and provide regulations, It could neither make nor provide cloth even of so common a color as brown. The States tried to procure brown cloth enough to comply with the requirements of Congress, but soon gave it up. Some corps, it is true, wore brown coats, but they were few in numbers, and on the earlier parades of the continental army soldiers in blue, scarlet, gray and green, and soldiers in no uniform at all, might be seen. The popular conception of the continental army as clad throughout in blue and buff is matched as an error- only by tha other popular conception of lt as a host made up of rustics. Despite its motley and sometimes ragged regimentals, lt was as military as any army that ever marched. Those wire no rustics that stormed Stony Point and made the swift, stealthy march from the Hudson to Yorktown. The leaders and the subalterns of such an army had abundant opportunities to realize the imiortance of uniformity of appearance among the troops. It was esptcially brought home to them while some of the Maryland continentals persisted In wearing a uniform that in all essentials was identical with that of the enemy. At last. In 1773, Congress referred the whole .matter of uniforms to Washington for decision and settlement. "Washington thereupon issued a general order, In which he fixed the uniforms of the line a3 follows: The N'p'.v England regiments, blue faced with white; New York and New Jersey, blue faced with bull; Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, blue faced with red; North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia, blue faced with blue. This scheme is readily explainable. Washington desired that the troops of the respective sections of the country should be easily distinguishable at a glance. If only a portion of the continental arrav wore blue and buff there was one man w ho wore it from the earliest days of the war, and that was Washington himself. The commander In chief's uniform was blue and buff, and his stately ligure ...predominates the color scheme of the revolution. The combination appears to have been a favorite with Washington. Col. Asa I:. Gardner, who, some years ago, wrote learnedly of the history of uniforms, has contended against the opinions of some other investigators that Wat-hinr'on's choice was expressed In the selection of blue and buff in the uniforms of the "First Armed Associates" of Alexandria, Va., a patriot corps, of whieh'hf was ex officio colonel. The uniform of Washington's body guard was a blue coat faced and trimmed with buff, red waistcoats and buckskin breeches. In ITS'), when, in consequence of our alliance with France, our cash and credit were Improved, Washington continued his project of uniforming the army and prescribed blue and buff for the fier.eral ofheers and their staffs. When the French army camo over our troops must have looked very smart and trim. Whence came Washington's liking for blue and buff which led him to choose it for his own uniform Is not easy to trace. It has been suggested that the combination may have been the colors of bis own family; that it may have been adopted with regard to th pollti(il significance thev had i-ississi-d from the days of Wi'ilam J 11 p.r.d the VM;s. The regiment that was particularly William's own was dres.-wl In blue and buff, the latter deemed a modtication of orange. Still another suggestion is that Washington thought that in a cv.mtry and nt a time when so rniny men wore buckskins or buff leather small clothes and blue coats, the combination of the two colors could be easily and economically made in a uniform. Howevvr we may regard these theories, the fact remains that the United States has d-cided to regard the favorite colors of Washington ts the colors of the American cause. The colors that were good enough for Washington are good enough for all Americans to wear on a patriotic occasion. AY It Ifcky by tin ev I'rorcx. ri:oiiIA.. 111.. April 1-2. News of the remit of xj. oi i merits of Jollier:! Takamlne I at the Manhattan distillery', which was I suppressed on the occasion of the annu-il I meeting of the Whisky Trust, was made public to-day. Ite;-orts of the recent extensive tests at the Manhattan distillery were submitted to the directors. The figures show a saving of 15 cents per bushel of grain, or 3 cents per proof gallon, with . a still further saving in refining and. finish.-

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ing. The product is claimed to be much purer and better. Several of the company's distilleries will be fitted up for the process as soon as practicable, and the company is now having Mr. Takamine draw the plans. These patents are expected to prove of great value to the company which controls them. BIG FOUR EMPLOYES, Meeting at Which the 'cw Schedule Was Discussed. MATTOON, 111.. April 22. A meeting of the Drotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Krotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Ilrotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Urakemen was held here to-day. The brotherhoods Interested were those employed on the Big Four and Peoria, Decatur' & Evansville roads, and the object of the meeting was to determine upon the reduction of wages which both companies will endeavor to enforce next month. Representatives of the various organizations were here and it was the Fense of the meeting that the schedule of last summer should be restored. It is probable that if the demand of to-day Is not complied with the St. Louis division of the Rig Four and the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville will be tied up for some time to come, as the employes are determined upon a settlement as per contract of last fall. The ultimatum of the men was submitted this afternoon. The officers have not yet expressed themselves. Another meeting will be held to-morrow when the ultimatum of the railroad companies will be considered. A "HEATED" DEBATE. Fiffht in a Country School Results in the Death of Two Persons. LIMA, O., April 22. At a country school debate near Winchester a fight broke out, in which Nathan Mansfield was stabbed in the back and injured so badly that he died in, a few hours, and Ed Carroll's skull was crushed with a club. The fight started among some of the smaller children, and before It was terminated everybody in the house was mixed up In It. Eva Kratzer, the teacher, armed herself with a stick of wood, and dealt Henry Steinman a blow over the head. Six persons beside the two who were almost instantly killed had to be carried home, and the greatest excitement prevailed. The dirctors of the school district have sworn out a score or more of warrants for the participants. . TIIItEU HUNDRED A YEAIl. Tlint Is the Sum AYliIcli Some Methodist' Trenchers Have to Subsist On. New York Tribune. Methodist preachers are proverbially an ill-paid lot. and they always feel that the phrase "as poor us a church mouse' applies with peculiar fitness to them. It is one of the denomination's frequent assertions, however, that Its work is largely among the poor people, who cannot afford to give their pastors large salaries. In the old days when living was cheap the salaries were really not so small in proportion to the living expenses as they are now. Then' a Methodist parson with a salary' of $400 could, if he had a country pastorate, live comfortably, keep a horse, send his nine or ten children td school and manage to lay by a penny for a rainy day. There are plenty of the "old stagers" left among the Methodist preachers who went through those times and who are now living frugally on the amount which they laid by. Salaries among the Methodists have advanced somewhat, but they are still extremely low. The country parsons look. upon their city brethren as rolling In wealth and luxury, yet not a single Methodist pastor in this city receives as high a. salary as $3,000 a year. This seems incredible, but it Is a fact, though It must be remembered that a parsonage Is almost always provided and Is furnished in some way or other, comfortable or uncomfortable. The Rev. Dr. J. R. Day, at whose church. Calvary, the conference which adjourned on Tuesday was held, has received $1,500 a year. Then comes Dr. McChesney. of the Madison-avenue Church; Dr. Price, of St. James, and Dr. Talmer, of St. Paul's, with $4,000 a year each. The Rev. George W. Miller, of St. Andrew's, has received JU-OO and the Rev. Mr. Iglehart, of the Park-avenue Church, $3,000. These are the salaries which seem princely to the faithful, plodding country preachers, who are toiling up In the Catskills or somewhere In Delaware county for a trifle over $300 a year. Outside the men before mentioned there are only thirteen preachers In New York district (comprising the most of this city, part of Westchester and the stations along the Hudson to I'eekskill) who receive as hiffh as $2,000 a year. Twenty-one of the seventy-one pastors in the district receive less than $1,000 a year on which to support a thriving family and appear as a clergyman must. Rut It Is not until one comes to the country districts that the really meaner salaries are found. The case of the preacher who applied for full connection with the conference at Brooklyn last week is still fresh. Somebody got up and said that the applicant owed money, and so ought not to be allowed to come in. Then a committee found out that the man had only $3U" a year salary; that out of this sum he had to support himself and keep a horse, and on Sundays had to ride thirty or forty miles to preach. They decided to let him in. In the New York Conference such small salaries are by no means infrequent. There is one preacher In the PouRhkeepsle district who receives $270, and out of sixtytwo preachers there are twenty-eitjht who have to worry alont with their families on less than $700 a year. In the Kingston district two preachers have to do business on an Income of $3o0; three are allowed to spread themselves on $k0 each, while thirty out of sixty-three can enjoy the delights of a frock coat and a white lawn tie on a sum within $700 for the twelvemonth. It is sometimes the case that the country preacher's salary Is eked out by a "donation" from his kind-hearted parishioners. They flock to the parsonage in a body some night, bring enough sandwiches, and cakes, and pies, and ciler to enjoy themselves thoroughly, turn the house upside down, leave a few clothes, provisions, and, perhaps, a little money, and then go home with the Impression that they have provided a winter supply of food for the dominie's family and have done altogether the neat thing. I)eHti(u ItniiclicrM. DENVER. Col., April 22. The committee appointed by the County Commissioners to investigate the reports of suffering among the poor settlers in the eastern part of the State has returned. Ry reason of the utter failure of last year's crops the ranchers have suffered greatly during the winter because of their inability to secure ful and other necessaries. A majority of these people ore Danes and Russians, and have gone through the winter using buffalo chips for fuel an 1 with almost nothing to eat, roasted wheat for coffee, bare footed and almost naked. The committee distributed food, clothing and s-efd among them, and will send other supplies when necessary. Mr, llilllard Secure n Divorce. NEW YORK, April 22. Mrs. Cora Relle Hilliard has-been granted a divroti from her husbani. "Rob" Hilliard. the actor. In the Superior Court. Mr. Hilliard geta J2T a we:k and alimony, and the custody of their child, Rolrt. All testimony In the case has been kept from r(iorttrs by order of Judge Iildersleeve. Thpre is more mystery alout the name of the woman who wni the euu.e of the divorce than any other feature of the story. Sh? is said to be a married woman, whese husband is a n:an almut town and number of several clubs. She bei-ame infatuated, with the actor. an! has be:n in the habit of following hint from place to place. Allertoit Sues for Millions. CHICAGO. April 22.-Samucl A. Allerton has instituted proceedings in the I'nited States District Court at Sioux Falls, S. D., for the recovery of $3,3 IS,?" from the Humestake No. 2 Mining Comjxiny. The claim which the complainant puts forward was assigned to him by James J. Sullivan, of j Chicago, who purchased it in IS.';, by jiy- . Ing $nv"0 down and promising jp,o. more. , The rrJ.ne prove-1 more cf a l,nanza than was hoixl for by the prosectors, and Mr. j Sullivan's purchase was repudiated. I One Dend nml Tito D1ik. WILLI AM SPORT, Pa., April 22.-Ml?s Miram Wabh was killed and L. P. McClenthan and Miss liailey fatally injured

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COMIKGOR CO. 771,; South Illinois street, Indiana polls. 1 looms to 3, yesterday by a rear-fnd collision on the WilliamsiKirt t North Uraiuh railro.id near I,eimslale. IL-s Walsh, who was tho daughter of the general manasor of th3 road, waa to have been married next week to Mr. McClenthan. CALL. HIM .Mil. SCCHETAUV.M Postmnnter-General IUhkcII SeUlca a Question of 1't iqnet f . Boston Herald. The other day I sat on the sofa In Mr. Bissell's room awaiting a r-rlef auileic, when two gentlemen asked the iUesiion simultaneously in a whisxr: "How shall I address mvself to him?" I aske-l Mr. UK-sell for the correct form. He smiled and replied with a twinkle in his eve: "Different men have different ways of lo:rs it. A few intimate frietvls rail i.io Shan;' tome caller s;y 'Mister Postmastergeneral, others simj ly (ineral, and still others 'Mr. Hissed.' It doesn't make much difference so loiii? as you ttate your business bristly and concisely and tr:n It to an end within reasonable time. Hut thij question has been discus.---! on several occasions, and as there are no doubt a KTeat many people who ar honestly interested In. knowing the pro-r thintf under the circumstances there ought to bv some regular and accepted form. "Mr. Dickinson discussed the matter with, me one day, arid he gave It as his opinion that 'Mr. Secretary l the proper title for any Cabinet o.'licer. I suppose that that 1 alout as good an address as could le chosen. Mr. Hamor.t, the S retary of War, is Mr. Secretary,' Mr. (Jiesham. Secretary f t State, is addressi by the siune title. The Postmaster-general is the stcertary for tho I'ostoillce Department la the President's Cabinet. The Attorney-t-neral holds a similar place, and, therefore. 1 am of the oplrvion that Mr. Dickinson is ri.:lu and that all Cabinet otlicers can projvrly be addressed as 'Mr. Secretary.' " AVIutp UesponnlMlity I.lr. Boston Journal. If the railroads guarantee transportation and the towns and cities along the route supply food, there will le no dit'lculty In mustering Coxey's vaunted host of l'.f) "commonweal' is" In Yv'arhinetop.. Then Congress and th? country would, ind.-ed. be brought face to face with a very grave emergency. The real ris;onsniI!ty fr precipitating the crisis would rest with the weak. short-sifcht.M. cowardly rai'w.iy managers and town and city oitle:r who, to relieve themselves, had turr:."l the w ii 'd motley horde into the national capital. In such a case thev ought to b? held to criminal accountability. A Democrat 1 1 Cnndldntr. r 1 1 1 s Lur g Ch ro n i el e-TY 1 egra p h. It begins to look as thoucli Consr: mn Sibley's bink account would ive the Democratic nomination for tlovernor. Ho Iloonfr Lay l'.ukit Atlanta Constitution. The cuckoos never cackle until somebody else lays the ees.

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