Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1895 — Page 4

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It will be time enough for Mexico to talk about annexing Cuba when Cuba herself Indicates a desire or willingness to become a part of that country. - The fact that four of the leaders In the recent riots In China have been beheaded by. order of the authorities should increase confidence in the honest disposition of the latter to punish the perpetrators of the outrages. The New York Democracy adopted a resolution in 1875 declaring "The presidency is a public trust, not a private perqultite; no third term." There are some Democrats in New York now whose memories do not run back to 1S75. It is not likely there will be any trouble over the decision of the Attorneygeneral that the United States government Is not bound by the game laws of "Wyoming. The Governor of Wyoming may pout a little, but he will not declare war. . The names are published of thirty federal officeholders who, as delegates or Democratic convention in Ohio, and the list does not include nearly all. Mr. Cleveland's famous order of 18S6 has evidently fallen into Innocuous desuetude. """VBMlSSSSaSSMBSMSBMMSBMMMB) The London Post is right in saying, that "the Waller case Is one of the most cent history of civilized states has afforded." It is so flagrant a case that this government ought to have been much more prompt and determined in demanding reparation. vi kuimiciy nit? iit'puuiauii majority ' la Pennsylvania is so large and secure that it is toot' likely to be endangered by the factional fight now going on. yet the " party, either" in Pennsylvania or elsewhere, does not gain anything in dignity from a fight that involves nothing but personal bosslsm. The present agitation of the money question had its origin, as every unhealthy and unnecessary, agitation of that question has had, in the Democratic party. From its organization to the present time it has never meddled with the money question except to injure thcpublic credit and. damage business. The announcement by Spanish newspapers that the government has relinquished Its intention of sending 25,000 additional troops to Cuba indicates that it was unable to carry out the purpose. Whether its abandonment is due to inability to raise money or to mutinous feeling among the troops and reserves, it is equally indicative of a failing cause; A Berlin cablegram says that Emperor William, on being shown a copy of the Figaro containing a letter from a General in the French army accusing a German official of stealing during the German-French war, became indignant and said the French officer was a liar. Just now, while Germany is celebrating the victory of 1870, is not a good time for Frenchmen to make such charges. Colonel Romero, the Mexican who killed his antagonist in a duel, was sentenced to prison for three years and four months at hard labor; to pay all the costs of the trial; to pay the dead man's funeral expenses; to pay a fine of 51,800 or serve three months more in prison, and to pay. in monthly installments to his antagonist's widow and children $4,500 annually for eighteen years. The severe punishment and the strong public sentiment approving it probably mark the beginning of the end of the dueling custom in Mexico. An , elderly Philadelphia citizen lately testified that his wife did the courting. asked him to marry her, and procured the marriage license and the services of the minister. Then she drugged him and got .the title of his property in her own name, and this is what he wants the court to give back to him. The case has not been disposed of, but if the law is not what Mr. Bumble said it was the decision will be that inasmuch as the plaintiff was seventy-five years old when the marriage occurred,- he was old enough to protect himself and no legal relief can be afforded. According to a New York paper, a business man of that city who had been spending the summer in Europe and found his return delayed by the crowded condition of the steamships. Is on his way home as a steerage passenger, his affairs on this side demanding his Immediate attention. Important business and the. scarcity of funds will probably aerve to make many a tourist who ttarted out "first class" acquainted with the discomforts of steerage trai-I on their return. Next year, it is safe to may. travelers who so abroad will pro- " ride In advance the way of retreat. The St. Taul Pioneer Press gives some fzct3 concerning the savings banks deposits in Minnesota which have an Int:rc:ti2j tearing on the condition of Cia T7crLn;j classes. At the close of

1891 the deposits in these banks throughout the State amounted to 18,786,878. That was a period of good crops, good business and good wages, and at the close of business . Dec. 31, 1892, the deposits were $10.69.564, ar increase of nearly $2,000,000 in one year. The Cleveland panic followed; and during the year 1893 the deposits, instead of Increasing, fell off $1,100,000, and the end of 1894 showed a further shrinkage of $120,000. The similarity between the reports of savings banks In Minnesota and In New York and other Eastern States shows that the hard times which came in with the Cleveland administration were national and not local. A SEW CRt'SADU PROPOSED.

To the enterprising city of Anderson belongs the credit of originating an idea which, If properly launched, may lead to surprising results. It Is said that a Knights Templar delegate from that city to the Boston conclave will endeavor to commit the order to the work of righting the Turkish wrongs in Armenia. The plan, as formulated by the Anderson knight, is to get the conclave to make a request that knights in every civilized country In the world make a united demand on their powers to bring such a pressure to bear against Turkey that the outrages in Armenia shall be forever stopped; in case o'f a refusal, to declare war, and then inaugurate a modern crusade against the unspeakable Turk and wipe his nation off the earth. This would be' a new crusade of Christian against Infidel, and would furnish a most dramatic closing scene to the nineteenth century. It has been several hundred years since the last of those great mediaeval expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans came to grief so long, Indeed, that some have doubted whether the crusading spirit is not entirely extinct. Modern times, and 'especially recent years, have seen some remarkable Instances of great religious movements and organizations of a peaceful nature, but nothing of a military character or at all approaching In spectacular effects a combined movement of the Knights Templars of the world against Turkey. One effect of the crusade would be to give vent to the military spirit In the United States, which ha9 been accumulating now for twenty-five years. Of course, not all of the knights would respond to such a call to arms, as many of them have business engagements which would prevent their leaving home, but the membership is so large that if even a small per cent, enlisted it would make an army that would strike terror to the Sultan's heart, and with their striking uniforms and nodding feathers they would appear more terrible than any ordinary army with banners. It is to be hoped ' the Anderson idea will be vigorously pushed in the Boston conclave. Its adoption could hardly fail to become a theme of international comment and cause a complete change in the current of European politics. ADVICE TO THE LAWYERS. During the last two days the State Commlsioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation have been in session in Detroit, and to-day the American Bar Association convenes in the same city.' The first meeting was attended by commissioners from twentyeight States, who discussed the necessity of uniformity of legislation on certain subjects among the different States of the Union, and the other will include hundreds of leading lawyers from all parts of the country. One of the conclusions reached by the State commissioners was that a bushel of onlor.s should weigh in every State fifty-two pounds, and a recommendation to that effect will be " urged upon every State legislature. It remains to be seen what conclusions the Bar Association will reach, though it is announced that its session will last three or four days and terminate with a banquet. The Journal is of opinion that the most important subject that cculd engage the attention of these eminent lawyers or of any legal association is how to secure a better system of criminal law, and, pending that, better enforcement of the present ones. Crime in this country Is on the increase, and the enforcement of criminal laws is growing more and more nerveless. The papers of yesterday contained an account of the lynching of four;, murderers in a town in California by a' band of citizens who "feared that the law would not be carried out." Lynchlngs are becoming disgracefully frequent in all parts of the country, and nine-tenths of them are due to this cause. Rather than submit to the continual outrage of seeing crime go unpunished, the people take matters into their own hands and make a crude and often brutal but honest attempt to do Justice. As those who make, construe, apply and execute the laws are chiefly lawyers, the legal profession is largely responsible for this alarming increase of crime and consequent demoralization of society. To devise and apply a remedy for this great and growing evil is a matter of vastly greater importance than uniform legislation to fix the weight of a bushel of onions. If the Bar Association which meets in Detroit to-day adjourns without taking some action and making some practical recommendations on this subject, it would .better not have met. MISS ANTHONY'S "STUDIO." A Rochester (N. Y.) dispatch announces that Miss Susan B. Anthony is' fitting up a studio for herself in the attic of her residence in that city. This information is quite as surprising as would be the statement that Susan had established a boudoir and could be found within reclining upon a fauteull. What does she want with a studio? The commonly accepted definition of the word is an artist's workshop. Now, Miss Anthony Is an artist in her way, but she is not a painter of pictures. Perhaps, now that she has reached a time of life when she may fairly enough consider herself entitled to the privilege of following a natural bent, she is about to study art. The thought of this pioneer In the suffrage cause putting cows on canvas or neat, little flowers on teacups is one not easily adjusted to the common conception of her stern and serious personality and the right-angles of her character. Sentiment and imagination, as evidenced in "art work" of the feminine variety, have an Incongruity when associated with the name Anthony. Still, if in the afternoon of life hc has a disposition to abandon the longhand energetic pursuit

of the elusive ballot and give herself a season of play, who can blame her? And if she should develop artistic genius and choose to depict scenes from her somewhat stormy life, what an addition such pictures will make to the museum which shall some time contain relics of the suffrage crusade. But all this is in the nature of speculation about the contents of a letter while its envelope is yet unbroken. Further reading of the dispatch unfolds the fact that Miss Anthony's "studio" is presumably Intended for a "study," and that she is about to collect and assort the valuable autograph letters and other historic documents which have come Into her hands in forty years. She announces that she Intends to remain more at home hereafter and give up the traveling and speaking that have occupied her time for so many years. She has an army of young lieutenants who are able to do that work, she thinks, as well as she. Her leisure will be used In editing her papers, with a view, perhaps, to future publication. This occupation is much more in keepng with the Anthony Idea than that of painting pictures. It is possible that her studio may contain a fauteull, but from its easy pillows Susan will issue orders to the suffrage cohorts like a general from his tent on the field of battle. This bold fighter has not won suffrage for herself, but she has helped gain it for other women, and in the struggle she has earned respect for the cause and honor for herself where first was only scorn and insult. She deserves repose and a period of resting on her laurels, and the public will regard her kindly as she takes her ease in her attic. THE FUTURE OP CUDA.

The disturbed condition of Cuba and the possibility of its acquiring independ--ence has started general discussion as to the future of the island In the event of its separation from Spain. The London Times declared a few days ago that Vfor obvious reasons annexation to America (meaning the United States) would be regarded with little favor by British statesmen." The Times did not say that Great Britain was looking toward Cuba with - longing eyes, but no doubt if a favorable opportunity should offer she would be entirely willing to add the island to her colonial possessions. The . subject is also under discussion in Mexico, where the government organ, a few days age, took ground against the annexation of Cuba to Mexico, alleging the negro population as an insuperable obstacle. The National, another newspaper published in Mexico City, thinks annexation to Mexico would be much better' for Cuba than annexation to the United States. "It is easily understood," says the National, "why the Cubans desire separation from Spain, even at the cost of falling under the domination of Americans, for the present situation humiliates them and deprives them of their rights, while at the same time it imposes all classes of duties. But It is not conceivable that they should prefer to exchange the ful political liberty they would enjoy as Mexicans for the inevitable political ostracism they would suffer if allied to the United States." It is calculated to make Americans smile to hear that Cuba would be so much better off, and especially would have so much more political liberty, if annexed to Mexico than she would if annexed to the United States. We believe Texas has never regretted her transfer from Mexico to the United States. Another Mexican newspaper, the Financier, favors the annexation of Cuba in case Spain relinquishes her hold on the island, because "Thus Mexico, would become Imperial in domain, and with the addition, of Central America would constitute a barrier to Anglo-Saxon aggression from the north." . The unanimity with which all parties to the discussion make the United States a prominent factor of the situation shows they recognize the controlling reasons why, if Spain relinquishes Cuba, it should be annexed, to the United States, and the strong probability that it will be. This probability grows out of such considerations, geographical, commercial and political, as render it unnecessary for the United States to make any special effort to try to control the course of events. When the proper time comes Cuba will gravitate to the United States naturally and inevitably. The movement for annexation will come from Cuba, Just as it did from Texas, and as it does now from Hawaii. If Cuba asks to be annexed to the United States, as undoubtedly she will if she succeeds in gaining her Independence, neither Great Britain nor Mexico will have any right to object. The statement was recently made that the German Emperor was greatly surprised at the rapidity with which a certain mechanical change was effected on one of the United States war vessels at KleL The change was made at his re-( quest at midnight, without a moment's warning, and took two minutes and forty-five seconds. The naval authorities at Washington have information that the same operation on a British war vessel after preparatory notice had been given, occupied fifty-three minutes. The contrast accounts in part for the Emperor's openly expressed admiration for the American ships. A Chicago preacher of the modern sensational school preached, last Sunday, cn "The Ethics of Bicycling," and took . for his text, "Behold, he wrought a work on the L wheels" Jeremiah xvlil, 3. He might as well have taken any other of the many verses in the Bible in which the word "wheel" cr "wheels" occurs with as little reference to the bicycle. The whole verse In Jeremiah is: "Then I went down to the potter's house and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels." The Chicago preacher had probably heard of another one who, In preaching against a reigning fashion, took for his text, "Top knot come down," the verse being: "Let him which la on the housetop not come down." Tho farm editor of a Detroit paper calls Its readers' attention to the cruelty of placing a frosted bit in a horse's mouth. It assures them that the animal suffers great pain. The timeliness of the news furnished is what makes some papers so useful and popular. "Whether the discovery made by the Philadelphia detectives at Irvlngton throws any light on the mystery of the Holmes murders or not, It Is certainly to their credit. As. a piece of persistent detective work it has seldom been equaled.' A monument was unveiled yesterday in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in honor of 206 Maryland soldiers who fell In th battle of Lon island. Aug. Zl. 177G, and whose

remains are buried within the city limits of Brooklyn. The incident recalls the promptness with which the patriots of the revolutionary period hastened to the . common defense, irrespective of colonial lines. The School Board is still grinding on the scheme to extend the superintendent's term of office to five years. No such plan was thought necessary during the Incumbency of r uperintendents in whom the public had entire confidence. The monument regents have declined tho offer of a United States flag 30x60 feet on the ground that they have no place to put It. Why not erect four more poles and float the flag from each on alternate days? Secretary Morton is giving his attention to the native grasses of the country. They cover a great deal of ground and there Is danger that he will spread himself out too thin. Calling a bull fight "a fiesta," as they did In Colorado, is akin to calling a prize fight an athletic exhibition, but in each case the real nature of the affair is unchanged. The four little electrlo lights which are supposed to illuminate the monument are about as appropriate and effective as four tallow dips would be at the base of Mount Blanc. HUDDLES IN THE AIR. Autumn. . These are the days in the morn The farmer takes the townward track; He brings a load of "roas'n years," And takes a load of peaches back. Impudence "I wish I had a place in your heart," said the summer young man. "Yes?" said the summer girl. "Yes, indeed. It Is so delightfully cold." Xo More Material. Gates The only time I ever use .whisky is when I am getting, a tooth puljed. , My wife will not altow .me to touch it under any other circumstances. Barnes Had any pulled lately? Gates No. Haven't any left. Invidious Comparison. "My opponent means well," shouted the young orator at the Joint debate, "but the trouble is with him that he is a back number. Gentlemen, though it palna me to say it, the honorable old party with whom I have the pleasure of debating this evening Is as much out of date as a street-car mule." - AD OUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. . . The First Baptist Church .of ChVlnnati gave a real estate mortgage to Rev. M. C. jeckwood to secure notes for $2,500 unpaid saiary. The first mulatto to receive the honor of knighthood was Sir Conrad Reeves, the Chief Justice of Barbadoes. He is of slave descent on his mother's slle. Foreign papers say that the Queen of England has painted a portrait of the German Emperor, which she intends to present to that monarch. Critics pronounce the likeness excellent. " John Dolman, of Philadelphia, who has' Just died, abandoned the stage for law thirty-five years ago. Ills career was interesting from the fact that he achieved distinction in both professions. , Chief Jus-ticb Fuller of the United -States Supreme Court, said, the other day, in the course of an interview: "If we want to live to a green old age we should stay in harness. The dry rot of aimlessness eats out existence." A claimant for the honor of being the youngest grandmother in America is Mrs. John W. Pierce, of Boston, whose age is twenty-eight. She was married at the age of fourteen years, and her daughter became a wife when only .twelve years old. Abbe Tolstoi, the son of the famous Russian novelist, has 'met-misfortune re cently. He went to Rome a short time ago, and soon (became one of the sights of the city. His photograph was in all the shop windows, and people stopped in the streets to look at the blonde-bearded bearer of the great foreign name. He had visited the Italian capital to announce his conversion to the Itoman Catholic Church, believing that he was called, to aid in bringing about the union of the Greek and Catholic Churches. But he was excommunicated by the Russian synod, and then the Vatican, from political reasons, ordered him to leave Rome. Tolstoi, however, returned to the capital secretly, and the Vatlcan, In order to try his sincerity,, had him placed in a monastery at Grotto Ferrata. A few days ago. however, the Abbe apparently grew tired of his new surroundings, and escaped to Russia, F. B. Sanborn has sent to the State Historical Society of Kansas the following information as to the burial place of John Brown, etc.: "The graves of John Brown and his big ttnen are as follows: John Brown, Jr., at Put-In-Bay island, Ohio, and Owen Brown on a hilltop'- near Pasadena, Cal.; Edwin Coppoc at Salem, 0.,'and his brother Barclay at Pilot Knobb. Leavenworth county, Kansas: Copeland and Leary at Oberlln, O.; C. P. Tldd at Roanoke island, N. C; Osborn P. Anderson at Washington, D. C; Cook is buried at Brooklyn Cemetery, New York; Hazlett and Stevens lie at Eagleswood. N. J., where Mrs. Spring provided for their burial. Their graves, says Col. R. J. Hinton. 'have recently been Identified, and are now cared for.' Those killed at Harper's Ferry Kagl, Oliver Brown, J. G. Anderson, William and Dauphin Thompson, Leeman, Stewart Taylor, Shields . Green and Dangerfleld Newby were partly buried at Harper's Ferry, after undergoing neglect and outrage, and partly carried off for dissection at the Virginia medical cailegcs, one or more." From each the solemn statement comes On highway and on byway: There's but one way to run this earth, And that, of course, is "my way." '. , Washington Star. I Jest Keep a-Livln Along-. Some folks they keep huntin for sorrow They sigh if they're right, or they're wrong; But this day's as good as to-morrow. So, 1 Jest keep a-livin along! I Jest keep a-llvin along: I Jest keep a-sing'n a eong; There's no use to sigh While the sun's In the sky; So, I Jest keep a-livin along! When the Lord made this world, was I in To give Him directions? He knowed I wouldn't know how to begin it, eln' nothln' but dust by the road. So I Jest keep a-llvin along. An I can't say the Lord's work is wrong; I never will sigh While He's rdnnln the sky; I Jest keep a-livln along! I'm thankful for sua and for showers; The Lord makes the winter an May; And He'd hide all the graves with His flowers ' If folks didn't weed 'em away! So, I Jest keep a-livln along. Still thankful for sunlight and song; I know, when It's snowin', God's ros.es are growln'. So, I Jest keep a-llvin along! Frank L. Stanton. Am to- Deer. Philadelphia Record. The New York Evening Post thinks that at the present price of hops, which barely pays the cost of picking them, there can be no excuse for uBln hop substitutes In the brewing of beer. Surely not, nor any excuse, either, for adding a dollar a barrel to the price of the beverage as the Chicago brewers have Just done. Didn't Know the Difference Kansas City Journal. Oklahoma papers Intimate that Mr. Coxey imbibed too freely of intoxicants while in that territory. It Is possible that Oklahoma, people can't distinguish between a great Populist reformer and a man with a Jag. Colorado Justice. Kansis City Journal. Justice in Colorado is of that severe kind which often shows up at prize ftghts. It stepped in and put an end to the bull fight proceedings just aa soon aa the fun was all over.

OUTDOES 1 DONNELLY

PROFESSOR BACON" HEADS A SOCIETY OF THAT NAME IX INDIANA. He Has a Cipher Which Proves that Dacon Wrote Nearly All tie English Literature of His Period. Indianapolis Letter In Philadelphia Times. Indianapolis, In common with other towns,- has had many Shakspearean societies, but never until recently a Baconian Society. The cipher now Is with us and has apparently come to stay. In one respect, at least, ' the Baconians lead tho Shakspeareans they have at their head a man named Bacon. This was thought appropriate and a prime necessity; but all the Bacons In town believed in Shakspeare's authorship, bo a gentleman of that name was secured in Jay county. He was a school teacher here and a rampant advocate of the Idea that Francis Bacon was the author of all literature produced in England from the time he could scribble his name to the day of his death. In his country home he was called Professor Bacon, and is so recognized here. His baptismal name was James Francis Everett Bacon. He had long been a student of the Shakspearean poetry, when all of a sudden his eyes were opened and the cipher appeared in letters like suns. He thereupon dropped his initial and penultimate names, and called himself ever after simply Francis Bacon. This was a rare catch for the society, for nothing in the Shakspearean line had ever boasted a William Shakspeare. Professor Bacon was secured instanter. He is now president of the BaconIan Club and Incidentally does , clerical work at a sawmill for a living. I have heard of the books being written by Dr. Owen, of Detroit, and his gigantic labor, for ten long years, In delving for the cipher, and knew that if any man in the wide world had anything of interest to say on this matter Professor Bacon hal. I called on him at the sawmill, but he was busy checking off logs, and requested that I go to his house in the evening. Which I did. He Is tall and bald-headed, wears spectacles, a straight standing collar, scarf tie and a dark frock coat has nothing of the air of vastness or variety, but the concentrated look of a man ruled by an idea. "Professor," I said, "while Bacon may have written the Shakspearean plays, isn't Dr. Owen rather broad in claiming for him all the works of Robert Greene, George Peele, Christopher " Marlowe and Edmund Spenser?" "The truth is," returned the professor, "Dr. Owen is Just beginning to see what Francis Bacon really did. He has been ten years at it, I understand, and is now but fairly on the threshold. I have given twenty years to this matter, and know more about it than any man living, perhaps. I have positively thought the hair off the top of my head, and have 'written many volumes, but have never had the means to put my manuscript in print. If I could do that, and the people would take the time to read it, the world might appreciate the merits of Francis Bacon. Some day I may do this. One of my most dazzling dreams is already realized in being made president of this society. My name had something to do with It, to be sure; but my fitness was also considered. From an obscure country place I was called to the metropolis. The transplantation was very abrupt, and I quailed before the fierce light that was thrown upon me. But thus far I have stood the test. I am past' middle life now, and am greatly concerned about the publication of my writings on Bacon. Then there is another consideration. They will never be printed in English; every word must be translated into Latin. That, you know, added immensely to Verulam's labor, and it must not be said that I shirked where he plowed on. Like him, I only seek to convince the learned; let the fools have Shakspeare." WHAT BACON DID. "Professor, I grant you Bacon was a great man that besides his work as a mem ber of Parliament, Attorney-general, Keeper of the Seal and Lord High Chancellor, he wrote seven big volumes, Including the 'De Augmentls,' the 'Organum, 'Maxims of Iaw and fifty-eight essays. His works, I believe, comprise 211 treatises philosophical, historical, religious and political to say nothing of the Shakspearean plays and the Latin translation of his philosophy. This was a pretty good life task In itself, considering the time piven to it was leisure time snatched from the duties of state. And if you pile Shakspeare on top of this you've got a tremendous load. It's putting Ossa on Pellon. But to clap Greene, and Peele, and Marlowe, and Spenser on top of Shakspeare is enough to break Bacon's back. His Lordship himself, if alive, would see . the improbability of such a thing, and would not thank his ardent friends for their interest." "You don't know Verulam," said the Professor. "From the dawn of Intellect genius has grown, and it found its culmination in Bacon. After that it deteriorated for a hundred years, but is now again on the upgrade. Bacon was the greatest type of universality, and I positively affirm that he not only wrote the works attributed to him, together with the Shakspearean dramas and those Dr. Owen mentions, but that the Ciceronian commentaries of William Belden, the mathematical treatises of Henry Briggs and Henry Saville, the poetry of George Chapman. John Donne, Fulke, Grevllle and John Marston, the agronomies of Edmund Gunter and Thomas Harriott, John Florio's grammar, the printed sermons of Robert Bolton and the "Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity of Richard Hooker, the dramas of Thomas Decker, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson and Thomas rash, ana tne political speecnea of Walsingham were all written by Francis Bacon. You turn tan. ao you? well, tne truth is more startling than fiction ever." . "But," I protested, "this Is too much, and how do you account ior itr "It is not too mucn tor Verulam," returned the 'professor, calmly, "and I gather it all from his own blliteral alphabet in the 'De Argumentis' the one he devised at Paris In his youth." "But," said I, "Bacon did not devise that cipher at all. It originated with Porta, and was printed when Bacon was an Infant. He stole It, which is pardonable; and he lied outright in saying it was his own, which is not pardonable." This disconcerted the professor. He recovered himself, however, and replied with equanimity: "We will not discuss that. The origin of the cipher does not In any way affect Its value. And I find It In all the writings I have mentioned. I can best illustrate this by the Shakspearean epitaph multum In parvo to which Mr. Black applies the cipher. It is but four lines long. In th first Sir Francis" introduces friendship, 'vhlch he links by one Titanic stroke with :he Infinite. The second line I would call a subordinate a pause, so to speak, subsequent to a flight. The third most sweetly embodies the blessing that may en sue from forebearance, and then, with start ling abruptness. In the fourth line with the scream, as it were, of a mighty spiritlaunches the dead man's curse on the disturber of his bones. This is the epitaph: THE FAMOUS EPITAPH. Good friend, for Jesus's sake forbeare To dig ye dust encloased here. Blese be ye man yt spares these stones And curst be he yt moves my bones. "It is evident to the student, and the student only, that no les a brain than that which conceived Lear and Macbeth produced these lines. If they could by any possible device be given Jo Shakspeare his name might worthily be coupled with those of the gods. But it Is impossible. These letters are in the epitaph, bayeftara war. The blliteral alphabet consists of 'a and b' changed through five places. For Instance, 'a Is written aaaaa, and b' is aaaab, and so on. Now, the letters above, as you see, give us this combination, 'Fra Ba wrt ear ay, as Mr. Black has it. "Professor." I interrupted, "while there is a 'w In the letters referred to there Is none in the epitaph." The Professor frowned and looked irritated. "You don't understand," he said. "The blliteral alphabet supplies the omission. We want a w and so we wrlto babaa, and there It is. Please do not interrupt me with such trivlalties. So we have Fra Ba wrt ear ay. Could anything be plainer? "What! You see nothing in it? I don't wonder the world Is in damness. But I'll be patient By the addition of a few letters the first three words are 'Francis Bacon wrote,' and by prefixing and suffixing tho last two are 'Shakspeare's plays.1 These, understand, are Mr. Hlack's enervation.. but I refer to them because the Fra Ba wrt' is in all the bocks I have mentioned. I am already miles ahead of Mr. Black and Or. Owen. Now, in frreene's dramas 1 find 'Kra Ba wrt ene ay;' in .Decker's 'Fra Hi wrt ker ay: la Middleton a "Fra Ba wrt eton tiy. and In Grevllle poetry 'Kra Ua wrt ville et. It's 'Fra Ba wrt, Fra Ba wrt, hre. there and everywhere. TSie literature of Elizabeth and James teem with Fra Ba wrta. In the astronomical treatise of

Gunter It is different. There it Is 'Fra Ba wrt unter G.' with a double signification, tho G standing for galaxy under a galaxy, an! wherever this occurs the stars are thickest, as If to throw exceptional lisht upon It. In one place I find it near the sun, and In another right under the moon. It's like the verse which. Mr. Donnelly calls an Index finger pointing to Bacon-fed and Shakes in 'Henry IV. " "Professor." I said, "this Is astounding. I don't think Bacon could have wrote all ycu say if he had lived thrfe times as long as he did. And. furthermore, some of the books you mention do him no credit." "My dear sir, he had the energy and application of ten Napoleons. As to the quality of the work, a universal man Is not always at his best. The Shakspeare plays were written at great altitudes. Much of the other effusions was thrown off merely as recreation." SHAKSPEAREAN PUZZLE. "Your head Is evidently Jull of this stuff, professor; and, knowing little about it, I can't dispute you. But I have noticed some significant things In Shakspeare. Referring to the sun, he says 'the almighty sun, 'the all-seeingx sun, 'the sun that makes all things shine' meaning, maybe, the planets; while of the earth he says 'the close earth. the meagre cloddy earth, 'the dungy earth etc. And where thi sun, moon and earth are brought together he says 'the sm, "the moon and the little O, the earth Romeo exclaims, Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy center out. Now, whatever Interpretation may be put upon this passage, the exhortation, though figurative, is to earth to find its center." The professor looked amazed and stared at me in open-eyed wonder. "What does all this mean?" he asked. "It Indicates a belief in the Copernlcan system. Bacon rejected that. And while Shakspeare, in poetic fervor, may have been erratic, the philosophic Bacon was always as the needle to the pole." "See hre, my man," returned the professor, "if you had your hat on I should say you were talking through it. As Richard says of the little duke, 'So wise so young do ne'er live long." It was evident Professor Bacon had little regard for any opinion of mine. I ventured to ask him why Bacon did not acknowledge such stupendous masterpieces as "Hamlet, "Othello." "Lear" and "Macbeth." At this he took the floor with long and rap'd strides and lashed himself Into a passion of eloquence. "Good God, sir;" he exclaimed, "that was in the sixteenth century an age when the odors of the flesh of burning human beings filled the air: when free speech led to the scaffold and the stake. To speak was to die. Had Bacon claimed those plays his head would have rolled from the block." "Yes, I know; Donnelly says the same thing, but I thought you might have had some other reason." ."There is no other reason," cried the professor. "But Mr. Donnelly offers an invulnerable argument for Bacon, and he does it in one line: 'My lips are no common, though several they be. That, says Donnelly, is the technical phraseology of the law. None but a lawyer could have written It. There are many such passages In the plays: therefore, the plays were written ,by a lawyer. They are the greatest literature known to the world and they were written at that time; therefore, they were written by the greatest lawyer. Bacon was that lawyer. Seer "Professor, I see nothing. At thi3 he smiled and .continued: Tt Is useless to talk of Shakspeare as author of the plays. He drank liquor and his father kept a sterqulnarium. Drinking might not, of itself, be an absolute preventive, for poets have been known to drink. But you can't get over the sterqulnarium. The effects of a sterqulnarium will last ten generations, and as this was kept by Shakspeare's father, the alleged poet was Jam up against it." It will be hard for any enthusiast to outreach the professor, for, as will be seen, he has given Bacon about everything written In his time.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S SURNAME. The Union, of the Houses of Welf and AVettln. Baltimore Sun. The 17th of August was tho one-hundred-and-nlnth anniversary of the birth of Victoria, Princess of Saxon-Saalfeld-Coburg, the mother of the present Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. For it is her. mother whose name was given to the infant who, on May 24, 1S19, made her appearance at Kensington Palace as the only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, and. fourth son of King George III, afterward to be known as Queen Victoria of England. Her father dying in 1820, and neither George II, nor his two other brothers, the Dukes of York and Clarence, having surviving legitimate issue, the daughter of Louisa Victoria eventually became heir-presumptive to the throne. As to Queen Victoria's maiden name, that Is the name derived from her father's family, she Is a member of the old house of the Guelphs, or Welfs, famous In German history since the days of Charlemagne. Louis the Pious, his son, then Emperor of Germany, married Judith, the beautiful daughter of Welf the First, son of Count Isenbrand. From Welf, who died In 824. that is to say only ten years after Karl the Great, descended the kings of Upper Burgundy and the German line of the Guelphs, to which the Hanover line that succeeded to the English crown, in 1714, belongs. Thus Queen Victoria before her marriage was, in democratic parlance, a Miss Welf. Like her own daughter. Empress Victoria, the dowager widow of Frederick of Germany, the present Emperor's father, more than one of the princesses of the Guelph family have worn the imperial purple, but only one male member of the long line was an Emperor, namely, the eon of Henry the Lion, Duke of Sixony and Bavaria, Otto IV, who was ruler cf the German-Roman empire from 1208 to 1215. His mother was Mathlldes, the daughter of King Henry II of England. When Queen Victoria, in 154'). married Prince Albert of Saxon-Coburg-Ootha she took, of course, his surname. The family name of the Prince Consort, for so he used to be called as the husband of the English Queen, was Wettln. This is the genealogical designation of all the Saxon princely lines. While the members cf the Imperial house of Germany go by the surname of Hohenzollern, the Austrian dynasty by that of Hapsburg and the Bavarian rulers are known as WIttelsbach?r, erery line of the reigning families, as well as of the mediatized petty princes of Germany, has its peculiar citizen surname, as it were, mostly inherited, from times of yore, when the German freeholder politically was the equal of the mightiest vassal. The Wettlns, an old line of Germin dynasts, were called after Wettln, one of their ancestral estates in Saxony; Dietrich I, Thuringlan. is the founder of the line. He fell, in 982, in a battle agninst the Saracens at Basentello, Calabria Holy, vnder Emperor Otto II. All the various princely lines of Saxon dynasties trace back their descent to this brave warrior, the first of the Wettlns known in history. Like her mother, Louisa Victoria of Saxon-Saalfeld-Coburg, Queen Victoria's consort, was a Wettln. Without her crown and sovereignty the Empress of India would be simply "Mrs. Wettln." Despite the fact that the- mother of Queen Victoria lived twenty-four years after the tatter's accession to the throne, and had some influence upon her early education, an Influence which, indeed, almost vanished after the Queen's marriage, she left hardlv more than her name to her great daughter. Most of her character, kindly, simple and unpretentious. Queen Victoria derived from her father, the good, homely Duke of Kent. He was famous in those rather roysterintr days for his domesticity, and It is the following episode in his life, whose account may properly introduce the question of the Queen's Christian names. One of the biographers tells us how a traveler who, in the late bleak days of March, 1S13, traversed the high roads that lie between Amorbach, the capital of the tiny principality of Leiningen and the Dutch sea coast, might have encountered an olJ-fashloheJ. heavy traveling coach, driven by a tall, stout, bald", red-faced gentleman. He would scarcely, however, have Imagined that this ccachman was no less a personage than the Duke of Kent, fourth eon of the then reigning English sovereign, George III. If he were indiscreet enough to peep into the carriage he would have seen that its occupant was a lady who still possessed much youthful grace and beautv. though she had passed her prime. This lady was Victoria, of the house of SaxeCoburg, widow of the Prince of Leiningen and the wife of her amateur coachman who was driving her thua carefully himself for fear of those untoward accidents not rare in prerailway days. The Duke was anxious that an expected child rtioull be born on English soil, for it was by no means improbable that this chill would some day sit upon the throne of England. Her blrth-In the old. shabby, brick palace - In Kensington, May 21, 1S!9 solved many troublesome questions of succession. There was some trouble in finding a name for the baby. The father wished to call her Elizabeth, thinking that from Its glorious tradition it would prove a name to please, the people should she occupy the throne. Uut the Prince Recent, who warodfother, together with the Emperor of Ru-sia, save only the name of Alexandria to the clergy. The father pleaded that another namo be added, and proposed the feminine form of the Regents' own name, Gecrglna. But the Regent raid that his name could not come lit the second place, and as the Emperor's must take precedence. If the baby had to have another name "to sjlve her her mother's." t"-o the Princess came to bo called Alexandria

lctorla, and In infancy was known &J tha I rtneess 'Drina, a name the dropped after .uacce!,sicn' tOT -Vie not an- ner mother sto be rccond to any other one. Aug. li. the anniversary of the mother, . Wias K)rn on lhat date ,n i:sG. Queen Victoria has never let pass without devoting part of it to memories iboth swe-t and solemn of the one who gave her birth and name. Princess Louisa Victoria. "Many a silent tear," a German court lady tells us. I have seen drop from the Queen' eyes on that day over an old album and ita yellow leaves, which recalled to her the daa of her yctith when her Majestv waa EhJi i m her mothcr"8 protection a happy child.

RUSSIAN ARTELS. Labor Organization That llen-an TritTa Itnlds of 31edlnernl Cossack. New York Sun. Whenever anything has to be done among the Russian laboring classes the nrst step Is to organize an artel. This is an association of persons who unite their capital and labor, or only the latter, for a certain piece of work or other undertaking, and who are mutually responsible. They are not mere labor unions: some are for building railroads or working mines, for cultivating land or cutting wood, but others are for arranging picnics and balls, and even for begging. The Institution dates back to the tenth century, when the Dnieper Copsacks formed themselves Into bands to plunder the surrounding country; then associations for hunting or fishing, and, in time, for other purposes. All artels are organized in the same way; a number of men agree to work together and share of the profits or losses. They pledgo themselves to act fairly to one another, to IOk out for each other's Interests, and to stand by one another. The earnings and expenses are shared equally among them. They choose one man among them to be tneir starosta, or leader, and put the entire management of affairs in his hands. His authority Is absolute as long as he holds the orn,ce- Any member who refuses to obey his orders Is expelled from tho association, and forfeits his share In it. but at the end of six months the starosta must give an account of his management. All grievances are considered, and, if he is Judged unworthy, he is removed. The position is one chiefly of honor, as he receives only a small sum more than the others. Some of the artels are permanent, others only temporary, but perhaps more interesting. When the snow melts all the laborers in a village who are not needed to till the village land form themseivta Into an artel and send out their starosta to find where work is needed. The starosta agrees with some landowner that his artel fhall do a piece of work, the ploughing and sowing, or perhaps all the farming, and In return receive either a sum of money or a share in the crops. The artel then goes to the estate and is responsible not only for its work, but for the safety of the crops and the farm buildings during the appointed time. If the crops are burned each member of the artel is personally responsible to the proprietor. They keep watch over one another to see that the artel Is not cheated of work due to it or losses by their carelessness. The starosta acts as overseer, caters for the men who live and at together while the Job lasts, and divides tho money among them equally after deducting the expenses. When times are hard, artels are formed for begging, and go from village to village asking for charity which Russians dislike to refuse for fear of offending the saints. St. Petersburg has thirty exchange artels with three thousand members, who load and unload all the merchandise lhat comes to the city; some supply banks and commercial houses and railroads with clerks and messengers; others provide waiters. A man is thoroughly examined-before he is admitted into a permanent artel; physical strength and. In some cases, mental capacity and trustworthiness are needed, as the whole artel recomes responsible for any crime or blunder he may commit, and looks out for him for a year If he is sick. New members pay an entrance fee varying from 15 cents to $750. Though the poorest and most Ignorant peasants can form an artel, no association formed under government patronage has ever proved successful. FOHGOTTEX FORTUNES. Immense? Sums Deposited in Danlcs for Which No. Claimant Appear London Tid-Blts. "To say that there must be at least $2,500,000 lying in London banks which has been forgotten or 1& awaiting claims from relatives is no exaggeration at all," said a bank manager to one of our representatives the other day. "If an Investigation could be made," he went on, "it would likely be found that this unclaimed sum was nearer $5,000,000 than $2,000,000. A most curious case was that of a wealthy merchant la Leaden hall street whose forge tfulness was a byword. Ten years ago he put SuO.OOO In bank to his private account and immediately forgot all about it, having neglected to fill up tno counterfoil in his deposit book. A few months ago while tearing up come old papers he came across a penciled note bearing the words, 'Bank, $50,000 and a date which he was unable to decipher. He maae Inquiries into. the matter and found that he was wealthier than he thought by $50,000. with Interest. How he overlooked the amount it is difficult to say. He is still noted for the haphazard way in which he keeps his private accounts. "The old woman who forgot the existence of a legacy of $1,000 a year from her master was another Instance of carelessness. Here the old lady, a one-time housekeeper, could hardly read or write. When she received a letter from her late master's solicitors to the effect that the legacy would be paid quarterly on application at a city bank, the lucky woman for a fortnight was none the wiser. Thj& Important look of the seal on the envelope and the fine note paper caused her to make Inquiries, and a friendly neighbor, after much effort, spelled through the letter. The old lady, who was In poor circumstances, could not believe the good news, and so, without going to tho bank, she decided that the letter was a hoax. Five years passed away, when her only son, a soldier, returned from India, One Gay he accidentally came Across the letter, read it. and asked his old mother the particulars. But her mind was a complete blank on the subject. However, the son made inquiries, and the result was that his mother and he found $5.0W awaiting theiri at the bank, and the promise of $1,000 a year during the forgetful old lady's lifetime. . , . "Old misers who have amassed small fortunes have more than once destroyed their bank books and all evidence showing they were possessed of money, and in this way one well-known bank once benefited to the extent of $40,000. None of the relatives of the old man knew of the oil roan's fortune, and such things are never the concern of the bank. The money was kept in the depositor's name for five years, when it passed into the bank's own account. No doubt, if a claimant came forward they would give up the money, but they would probably fiercely fight the case If the evidence on the other side showed any weak loopholes. At present there Is money in different banks ia the metropolis which never will be claimed, for naturally a bank Is not Inclined to go to great trouble la finding rightful owners if they fall to corns forward of their own account." TELEPHONE LITIGATION. The Dell People Try In if to Protect Their Bights. Cincinnati Times-Star. The fight that has Just been Instituted by the American Bell Telephone Company against the National Telephone Manufacturing Company, both of Boston, to test the validity of the Berliner patent. Is likely to excite considerable Interest in this count ry. The fact that all telephone companies outside the American Bell are codefendanta with the National company emphasizes this statement. The rait la the first one brought by the Bell Telephone Company under the Berliner patent. The plaintiffs recite that Emlle Berliner was theorlglnal inventor of certain improvements in telephony which he assigned to the American Bell Iclephone Company, and which patented improvements the National company Is now infringing. The plaintiffs demand that the defendants shall explain the construction of the telephone which they are selling, and shall pay over to the former all profits which have accrued from the sale of the instrument the patent of which they nave Infringed. They further demand that the National company shall be enjoined from making or selling any instruments infringing on the Berliner patent. Some' of the other companies included in the charges agalnrt the National are the Bay State and the Century Telephone Company. The hearing is set for the first Tuesday of next month. 4 Our DaKsllna: Attorney-tieneral. ( New York Sun. The last heard of the Hon. Judson Harmon, the I'elhim of the Cabinet, he was proceeding with a motion of lithe and sinuous Krace from Nantucket to White Sulthur Springs, accompanied by a valet, three hundred and slxty-slx hlrta. six lawn t fan Is suits designed by Sr V. Lelghton, threo weeks' rations of duck trousers by Carol us Duran. anJ various oihor Impedi-ncRta of the seaon. and preceded by u detachment of mounted Cupids carrying palm branches and broom.-, -one but the Consecrate Cz serve the Fair. Their Only Eiuuru:;rr:icn t. St. Louis Cilobe-Democrat. There Is nothing to encourage tny Democratic statesman nowadays, oxct-pt the rcr.slbiiity of having a uvw-teat ciar tot hiuu