Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNALTOMPAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1895.

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T1IC I.NDIAXAI'OLIS JOURNAL Can be found at the following ilaoe TAli 15 American LxiLiugv la i'aria, 33 Boulerard fie purine. JiKW VUliK OUey llouae, Windsor Hotel and Actor liouae. riilLADKLFHIAA. P. Keiablc, cor. lahcwter are. and luring st. CHU Aio i-aiiaer liou. Auditorium Hotel and P. . O. tiCoKl Adams t reek CINCINNATI J. K. llawley ft Co., 154 Tina street. LOUISVILLE C T. Detricff. northwest corner of Third ahd Jefferson Ms., and Louisrille Boole Co., Fourth are. ST. LOUIS Union Kews Company, Union DepoC WASHINGTON, D. C Rlggs House, Ehbltt flous, WluarU'a Hotel and the Washington Kews Kxchange, lUh street, bet. I'enn. are. and t atreeC. Embassador Ransom and Judges Springer and Kllgore, who cannot draw salaries for the present, realize that office la a public trust. At a time when watermelons have scarcely a value in money, a very low value Is set upon human life when a person Is killed for stealing one. The rise of cotton $13 a bale has hit the silver movement, based upon the theory that cotton is cheap because silver Is, between the eyes, as it were, in the South. Amateur politicians and Presidentmakers are doing a great deal of predicting since the Pennsylvania convention of last week. The real politicians are sawing wood. Those papers which are yet Jesting over the civil service resolution of Senator Quay are edited by men who would dcubt the staying qualities of the conversion of Saul oZ Tarsus. Sovereign's order to boycott the bills of national banks went into effect yesterda, but as yet no cases are reported where such money has teen refused by a Knight of Labor. It was not the Democracy, of a Kentucky county which repudiated the Bound-money plank of the State platform, but' the Democracy of a county ia 3Ir. Brice's province, of Ohio.' For an invincible. boss, Mr. Piatt, of ew.York, is having too many of his followers knocked out in conventions to sustain his reputation. HPpssibly he has Cone out of the business without giving notice. The continued silence of Senator Voorhees and his success in beating off the interviewer prove that he sees that great danger lurks in the unnecessary espousal -of the 16 to 1 dogma at the present time. ' If .what Debs and Howard say of exMayor Hopkins is true, and there can t3 little doubt regarding their accuracy, that perron as Mayor of Chicago was mainly responsible for the railroad troubles of July, 1804. Even . If he were as good a man for Mayor as Controller Trusler, Mr. Taggart cannot be as good a Mayor as the former, because he has so many Irons In the fire that he cannot give ii his undivided attention. " ' 1 , Now that Mr. Debs has accorded the honor of the railroad tie-up of July, 1S34, to ex-Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, the public Is devoting too much space lo the man who confesses himself a lieutenant in the movement. $ ' Colonel Bradley has taken the proper and prudent course in refusing to take any further part in the joint debates in Kentucky. He would ln all probability be refused a hearing half the time, and, besides, he was running the risk, of being mobbed. ' The Atlanta Journal is very enthusiastic over the old soldiers' colony which has purchased land in "Wilcox and Irwin counties in Georgia, and says that thQ old Confederate soldiers have given a most cordial w'elcom to the federal veterans. Among the resources of the colonists the Journal mentions $600,000 a year of pension money, which Indicates that Hoke Smith, whose organ it Is, intends to cut oft all the pensions. if there should be any doubt as to which of the two candidates will make the best Mayor, the Journal suggests that a committee consisting of two of each party be constituted to examine the official records of both so far as they affect their fidelity to the -public trusts with which they have been invested, with a view of ascertaining which has been the most faithful and prudent public servant, and make a written report. There could be no better criterion of the respective fitness of the. two' candidates than such a comparison would afford. Professor Charles - Eliot Norton, of Harvard, has taken occasion to declare that "the men, or the most of them, who are now In the front rank of the Grand Army are the men who did the talking and not the men who did the fighting." This statement very naturally followed one declaring that the "minds of the mass of Americans are still in the prehistoric, or at most the mediaeval age." These are strange sentiments for a professor in the country's oldest university to utter, but there is no accounting: for the opinions of that Exclusive type of mugwumps found in Very small numbers in the Eastern cities. , The Hinshaw murder trial promises to be a celebrated case. At present the drift of local opinion is against the accused, though It was strongly In his favor at first, but this proves nothing more than that the public is swayed by eentlment and prejudice. So far as people outside of the grand Jury room are concerted, nothing more is known of

the crime and its motive than at first, so that no good reason for the change of opinion can be given. The clrcum-

stances of the affair, however, are such as to arouse the most intense interest in the community, and the trial is the one topic of conversation in Hendricks county. Till; LKSSOV OF LABOR DAY. An hour before the labor organizations started their procession yesterday morning, the sidewalks along the line of march were crowded with tastily dressed and intelligent appearing women and neatly clad and bright looking children. Because of the Interest which they manifested in the expected procession It Is fair to assume that the women were very largely the wives and daughters, and the boys and girls the children of the men In the procession, or of men who are connected with the. labor organizations. Their presence In so large numbers and the Interest they manifested in the occasion were the only Indications that they belonged to the families of the members of the labor organizations. In their general appearance and dress there was nothing to distinguish them from the women and children which other occasions might call to the streets as spectators. These thousands of intelligent appearing and well-dressed women and children, who are largely dependent upon the wages of worklngmen, speak volumes in praise of the intelligence, the Industry, the thrift and the selfrespect of the wage-earners of the city. It shows that they provide well for their families, a virtue which is the basis of good citizenshp. It shows that, In spi'.e of hard times, the intelligent wage-earner is able to support his fam ily in a condition of 'comfort which would be regarded as luxury in any other country. It shows that the pub lic school is fast eliminating what are. In other countries, class distinctions in appearance, dress, etc. The men who appeared in the procession bore evidence of beinsr in comfortable circumstances. well clothed and well fed. 1 In view of these facts, if any man, In speech, delivered a jeremiad, he did not find a text In the turnout of the la bor organizations, in the appearance of their families, or in the Joyfulness of. those who found in the recreation of the day that pleasure which is not to be found among those .who cannot ob tain the comforts of life. If any person who earns his bread in the sweat of his tongue bewailed the oppression of the task master or deplored that the poor are growing poorer and thai the mass of Intelligent and industrious ' men and women in this country who work for wages are sinking into a conditon of hopeless poverty, there was abundant refutation in the evidence of thrift and comfort in the crowds of well-dressed and happy people who made Labor day a real holiday. In all that contributes to make life enjoyable the wage-earn ers of Indianapolis and of all the grow ing cities of Indiana are Incomparably better off. than they were twenty-five years ago. SOME RAILROAD FIGURES. Poor's Railroad Manual for 1834 pre sents some interesting facts, but none which would influence a person to put money into these properties as an investment which Would afford liberal or regular returns. The total capital stock at the close of the year stood for $5,073,629,070. It Is said to be largely watered, but, whether this is or is not true, only $1,777,363,667 was productive. That is, nearly 63 per cent, of the railroad stock of the country did not yield any return upon the investment during 1894 the largest per cent, of unproductive stock in twenty-five years. The amount paid as stock dividends was $85,278.66?, or 1.66 per cent, on all the stock, or 4.80 per cent, on the productive. The average interest on bonds in 1834 was 4.11 per cent.; in 1887 it was 4.71 per cent; in 1883, 4.73 per cent. The reduction in the; cost of the transportation of freight which has been going on during the past thirteen years covered by the figures of the Manual is remarkable. In 1882. S60.490.S75 tons of freight were moved, for which the railroads received $485,778,341, which was an average of 1.236 cents a mile per ton. In 1894, 673,121,747 tons of freight were hauled at a cost of $700,477,409 equal to 0.851 cent a mile. This is a falling off in the cost of hauling freight of 21 per cent, in thirteen years. Had the rate per mile per ton which prevailed in 18S2 been maintained the thirteen years, the railroads would have earned $10,423,997,369 instead of the $7,856,765,284 which thev did receive. If, in 1894, the rate per mile per ton of 1SS2 had been received on the 673,129,747 tons hauled that year, the; "railroads would have collected on freight. $269,924,952 more than they did. -The falling off on freight in the thirteen years is equal to more than 5 per cent, per annum on an investment of $3,000,000,000. If the rates of 1883 had obtained, the railroads would be a first-class investment instead of the poorest possible the country over. These figures, which a're absolutely correct, are commended to the consideration of those who have been led to believe that the railroads of the country are money-making monopolies and that the government should purchase and run them in the interest of the whole people. So long as they do not pay a fair return on the money which they cost, is it not a better policy to have them run as they now are? POPL'LAR RESPONSE TO -JUSTICE UREWEK. The American Bar Association did not fully indorse the address of Justice Brewer, in which, he criticised the delay and uncertainty in the administration of Justice, but the comments and approval of many newspapers indicate that the people are In full accord with Justice Brewer and that they regard the evils which he pointed out as. very grave ones. Justice Brewer's criticism applies particularly to the prosecution of criminal causes. In such cases. Justice Brewer says, there should be no appeal, for the reason that "we can trust a jury to do justice to the accused with more safety than we can trust an appellate court to secure protection to the public by a speedy punishment of the crimi nal." Yet an appeal is the regular pro ceeding, even where a good case is made by the prosecution. Upon some triv ial technicality, not touching the real evider.ee which has been presented as to the guilt of the accused, an appeal Is granted , and sentence and punishment stayed. On the second trial it Is impossible to get all the Important witnesses, and in the majority of cases tho cul-

prit, who should receive the severest penalty, gets the lightest which can be imposed, if he is not permitted to escape punishment altogether. The Impression, in fact, the belief, is very general that punishment for the commission of the gravest criminal offenses is a matter of chance, with the chances in favor of the accused, many of whom are generally believed to be guilty. To this beliaf, which is entertained by those who are criminally Inclined, the alarming increase of manslaughter is largely due. We speak of the "pistol habit" as if the cheapness of that weapon were responsible, but it Is a mistake. The pistol is used because the policy pursued by the courts in regard to the crime of manslaughter carries the impression that assaults upon life are not grave offenses, and that the chances being h.rgciy in favor of a trivial punishment or escape, the risk of shooting Is assumed. Now that a Justice of the Supreme Court has called attention to the evils and danger Incident to the present, methods touching the trial and punishment of criminals, the public will be sure to make more earnest and constant demands for radcal reform In dealing with persons accused of grave crimes. In fact, Judge Brewer's address is tho first which attracted popular attention or elicited any interest. This is because the people generally believe thai the Judge has assailed a great evil. TEXDEXCV TO ORGANIZATION.

People who travel about the country, either occasionally or frequently, are apt to wonder why so many other people are traveling. With unconscious egotism they assume that it is not possible for the multitude to be animated by as important reasons for journeying abroad as they. Inasmuch as it is not easy to. arrive at the causes of the unrest if the travelers are taken Individually, it may be as well to settle speculation by the assumption that everybody seen on the trains Is going to a convention of some sort or other. If this theory does not account for every tourist it covers a sufficient number to answer every purpose. For pretty much everybody In the wide United States attends a convention in the course of the year. This summer a great body of Christian Endeavorers swept across the country and took Boston by storm; as many Knights Templars followed In their footsteps a little later; the teach ers of the country assembled at Denver, the Knights of Pythias went to Reading, the doctors of the Mississippi valley gather at Detroit this week, the Grand Army will assemble at Louisville next week, and so the movement keeps up. Continually there is a rushing of or ganizations back and forth across the land. Everything is done, or sought to be done, by organisations by the mass rather than by the Individual. The human unit as such is nothing; he must Join himself to others of his class be fore he can accomplish anything. This, at least, is the theory, though doubters point out that the actual work of the world, the work that tells, is really done by individuals laboring independently. But the theory holds sway; the majority accept and act upon it, hence organiza tion and the gathering from far dis tances of large assemblies of people, hence crowded railroad trains and the solution' of the question: "Why and whither do they go?" The organizations and their meetings seem to grow un wieldy, and the importance of their pro ceedings . is not always discernible to the spectator, but the system is the or der of the day, and until a better and less ponderous one is evolved, mankind In mass will doubtless continue to sway to and fro upon the earth and cause the gods and the unorganized remnant to wonder. The recent elections in E:wpc have indicated that the positive form of socialism advocated by Karl -Marx is beginning to lose Its hold upon the popular imagination. In Great Britain it is very evident that the worklngmen voted with the Tories, and only one advocate of socxal'sm was elect!. In France, at the election of cousals-geniral. not long since, the Socialists suffered an overwhelming defeat. Even in Italy the re cent elections showed x falling off in the socialistic element. In Germany nlr.ne does the heresy hold Its own. In this country, only a small element m tne larger cities, composed largely 'of unthrifty and uneducated foreigners, call themselves Socialists. Mr. Hardie, who was recently defeated as a candidate for the House In England, will not find any support for ,hls socialism outside three or four large cities. In the labor parade' in this city yesterday it is not probable that there were a half dozen men who would have preferred to carry the red flag, of socialism. The remarks of a correspondent In yes terday's Journal on the. proposed bicycle ordinance are sensible. As a general thing. riding on sidewalks is not to bo approved, but to make a hard and fast rule forbid ding such an act would be unjust to wheelmen In the present condition of the streets. Wherever the roadways will permit the rid ers prefer to use them and it is only in passing from one smoothly paved street to another that sidewalks are resorted to. This fact is recognized by the public and there is no general complaint by pedes trians that their rights are interfered with. There is a disposition in certain quarters, however, to treat bicyclers as a class hardly to be. tolerated and to be restricted In every posible way. In discussing the form of. an ordinance the idea Is put forward that It is to be for the regulation of wheelmen only, whereas It should provide equally for their protection. It must be conceded, in the first place, that the wheel is no less a vehicle. than the four-wheel carriage to which a horse is attached; its owner pays a license and is entitled to use the streets. Many teamsters and drivers refuse to acknowledge this and maliciously use every effort to Interfere with and annoy the riders, or at least take no pains to turn out or otherwise accommodate them. The wheelman is the one likely to suffer most through a collision with vehicle or pedestrian, and instead of dashing recklessly about, careless of whom he runs down, he Is most anxious to avoid accident. There is probably not a rider in the city who is not willing to submit to reasonable regulations as to speed, lights, bells, etc., but If an ordinance is necessary it should not consist entirely of restrictions upon wheelmen. Their rights should be provided for. W. H., Princeton, Ind.: The list of works In library catalogues relating to Norway and Sweden is long, and a number may be classed as good authority on the particular periods of which they treat, but it Is difficult to name as "best" any one book covering the entire ground. Tho best book on Norway in English, however, is said to b Boyeson's "Story of Norway," in the "Story of the Nations" scries published by Put-

nam. 'The Scandinavian Races." by Sinding, is a good epitome of facts, but is a work not readily obtainable. Bjornsen and Ibsen are good portrayers of Norwegian social life.

The Evening Rattleshlp Boomer is animated by a singular animosity toward the Journal's very able and estimable correspondent, Mr. Frank G. Carpenter. Each of that gentleman's weekly letters causes it to rage violently and claw the air. The source of the enmity Is not clear, but It is tho general supposition that it lies in. the fact that Mr. Carpenter, who is writir..? up the great men of the country, did not besrln with the staff of the B. B. The friends of Captain Hilligoss, one of tho board of control of the Reform School, will be s.-mused, if not surprised, to notice his appearance in print with the title of chaplain, as he did in the Journal of yes terday. It doesn't need a scientist to account for the earthquake along the .coast south of New York on Sunday. morning. A real live duke had Just come to town; hence the tii-up. Irvington should not be too greatly elated because it has suddenly become a center ofc attention. There are others Philadelphia for example. Holmes had a taste for quiet spots. I1LUI1LES IX THE AIR. Xatural Query. 1 "I see you've, advertised for an energetic bright night watchman." , "Yes. Are you looking for the placer "I dunno. Am I expected to lay off on dark nights?" A Promoter. "You say he is a promoter? What is his line, do you know?" "I couldn't say positively, but I have a suspicion that he deals mostly in filling ror pneumatic tires." Certainly. - Though the new woman essay a masculine garb, Scorning feminine flounce and feather. She's merely the old woman modified Not different altogether. The Cheerful Idiot. The public-minded boarder had been reading up on tho city parks. "Now, I would like to know," said he, .'Iwhere in the name of common sense Shoestring Tark is?" "It must be." said the Cheerful Idiot, "Somewhere near the. foot of the city." MAGAZINE NOTES. The portrait of Alphonse Daudet in the Bookman will suggest to the summer, girl a wish that he would disclose the secret of his fluffy, hair. The fnzzy halo outdoes that of Paderewskl. Current History for the second quarter of 1895 covers all topics discussed in the dally press from argon to religion. It Is an exceedingly well-arranged record of tr.e events of the year and is a useful and convenient book . of reference. It is published by Garretson Cox, Buffalo. The .handsome .pictorial periodical Sun and Shade Issues ' a souvenir number devoted to illustrations! of yachts, including the Defender and the Valkyrie. There is also a fine photograph of the challenge cup. The de-sign on the cover is an appropriate combination of trident, sea weed and shells. It must be disenchanting to yoiing readers of an entertaining semi-historical serial in St. Nicholas to be informed through an editorial answer to some curious correspondent that the leading personages of the tale whose fortunes they had followed so eagerly were wholly imaginary. Such inquirers should be suppressed. The cover of theJeni'iess, Miller Monthly for September is adorned with the picture of a comely young woman astride a horse after the fashion now practiced by some enterprising ladies in New York and Chicago. People who become accustomed to woman on the wheel will not be shocked when she rides a horse man-fashion. "A Case In Equity,":. the complete novel In the September Lippinott, is a clean, wholesome story : of 'American life with interest sufficiently sustained to hold the attention of the ; summer reader to the end. As much cannot .be said for Julien Gordon's short story. which is a morbid tale with an unhealthy, hothouse atmosphere. ' ' The Tall Mall Magazine Is the most pretentious of English magazines so far as its typography and illustrations go. One or two fine color prints, appear in each and evidently no expense, is spared in this department. Some of the literature is of rather a lurid order but the two titled editors perhaps gauge accurately the wants and taste of their select circle of readers. The American edition of the Bookman ia to some extent a reprint of the English magazine, but It contains much new and original matter and is altogether a most satisfactory all-around- literary Journal. Among American writers to whom attention is given in the current number are Edward V. Townsend, author of "Chimmie Fadden," and Henry B. Fuller, author of the "Cliff Dwellers' Nancy Huston Banks, who writes the biographical sketch of the latter gentleman, .shows in this, as in former contributions or xne mna, a disposition to indulge in not altogether discriminating eulogy A writer Is much the better served .who is unappreciated rather than overpraised by the critics.. SHREDS AXD PATCHES. When a man asks you to be candid, he will probably be satisfied if you are complimentary. Puck. Blnx calls his doctor his biographer, for the reason that he is at work upon his life. Texas Slf tings. . The notion grows that foreign missions, like charity, had better begin at home. Philadelphia Record. ' Money talks, and sometimes when it is used Indiscriminately in politics Jt talks too much-Detroit Tribune. The' theory is gaining ground that nature made the twilight for people to learn bicycle riding in Chicago Record. From her waist up almost any woman looks as well in knickerbockers as she would in skirts. Washington Times. He It makes me a better man every time I kiss you. darling. She Oh. my, Harold! How good you must be now. Tit-bits. "Why don't you marry that girl? She is a real pearl." "Ah. yes. but I don't like the mother of pearl." Fliegende Blatter. To Improve the golden moment of oppor tunity, and catch the eood that is within our reach Is the great art of life. Johnson. The Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette nomi nates Quay for President. .Why not nomi nate him for the Whole Thing President and Vice? Chicago Tribune.. Every candidate for the presidency Is in mortal terror lest Governor Altgeld should say a good word for him. Buffalo Courier. Now is the time to come from out the privacy of your back yard and greet everybody with a Just-got-back smile. Philadelphia Press. The Cause of Mugwumps. MaJcr Handy. The late Emery Storrs. the witty Chicago lawyer, once told me, while we were campaigning together in Maine, that made dishes are what makes mugwumps. "Yoj never knew a mugwump," he said, "who ate his dinner In the middle of the day and dined on wholesome, well-cooked food without any entangling foreign alliances. High ly ppiced dishes eaten at late nours makes pessimists, cynics and mugwumps. Gratifying. New York Mail and Express. Six locomotives, built in the United States, have been sent to Valparaiso for the Chilean State railway. This is grati fying. But when we are Informed that these locomotives 'are to displace those of English construction, which have proved utterly inadequate, we are more than gratified. Xfw Calling: for the Xevr Woman. Philadelphia Times. A new woman out st has Invented a new calling for women. She is professional companion for women whose hus bands are away. 8he will go to a house and be company for a lone woman at $5 a week, or she will go out for the night while husbands arc away for ? cents an evening.

She knows all the gossip and will tell gos

sip ior w cents a nignt extra. In families wiirrt; mere is a young woman with a oeau, wno Is liable to be talking in a lowtone until 10 o'clock In the - parlor, and than hush Up until She Is awakened hv the front door slammins about midnight, the woman cnares a dollar a night straight. nmKing no reduction vfor long-time conuacis. The Prophet. Tormented bv thirst of th unirit I was dragging myself through a gloomy aesert, When a six-winged seraph At the cross-roads appeared to me. v 1th fingers light as a dream My eyes he touched; And my eyes opened wise, ' " I.Ike those of a frightened she eagle. My ears he touched. Ana roarlne and noise filled them: And I heard the trembling of the heavens. And the hlarh flight of th angels. And the movement of the creatures beneath tho sea. And the growing of grass in the valleys. And he laid hold of my lips, And tore out my sinful tongue, ... Sinful, frivolous and cunnlnz; And the sting of a wise serpent. Between my unconscious lips, '' With bloodv rizht hand he Dlanted. And he cut through my breast with a sword, Ana looK out the trembling heart, And a coal, blazing and flaming. Into the oien breast he thrust. Like a corpse I lay In the desert. And the voice of God called, me: Rise up. Prophet, and see, and understand! x-nieu ma oi .uy VWU, Going forth over sea and land, Set men's hearts afire with the ord. ' Translated from the Russian of Pushkin oy c. A. Dana. DRILLING A FLEET. The War in Which the English Navy In Trained. Naval Correspondence London Times. ine drilling of a '.fleet Is a fascinating w BUKes""5 as noining else can, the subordination of great force to the control of a sinsly will. A fAtv ir9viv colored flags flutter to the main truck of me nagsnip, remain for two or three mln utes, and are suddenly hauled down. Tn stantly the huge ships begin to turn, to sweep around in great curves and to rearrange themselves in a new formation. Or scattered cruisers nearly hull down on the horizon respond to a summons, and in half an hour come firing baek-'to'ihA fleet, take up their appointed statipns; and. cuiuorm xo its movementn. The ea?e -With which the 11.000 ton battle ships' rswing round to their helms, the speed with .whim they take up their new stations, the quick response ami tne regularity or movement are extraordinarily impressive. For a shoregoing parallel to this fleet one must Imag ine twenty-one cavalry regiments manoueving at a canter, each individually responsive to orders rapidly transmissible over long aistanoes. nut on snore it wouia be impossible, except from a balloon or a com manding hill, to take in the movements at a glance. At sea one can follow the evolution of each ship. A mistake, a loss or gain of distance," a superfluous or an inadequate turn Is immediately seen and such signals as "retaliation badly executed," or "Clytemnestra keep station" quickly fly from the flagship to be read by tne whole fleet. unquestionaoiy an admiral wields a power for which a general cannot hope. A public rebuke is a. thing to be avoided, and even if this s not forthcoming any small lapse will be noted by a hundred pairs of eager eyes. Moreover, a comparatively small mistake may involve disaster. We may club our cavalry without real harm, but the contact of two of these great ships moving at ten knots may mean the loss oL one- or both. The drill of a fleet is ;an .eminently serious undertaking, and the accuracy of this drill Is the measure of the maneuvering power of the whole assemblage , of,, ships. All turns, therefore, upon the capacity, of the captains and their training. Merely to keep station in cruising formation, follow ing in the wake of a leader, is by no means easy. Attention never for a moment relaxed ano the judgment which comes only with long experience are alike required. Helm and speed need perpetual alterations. and the requisite changes must be carefully estimated, or the ship will continually oscillate to starboard or port, in advance or astern of her station. In evolutions, how ever, many more qualities must be brought into play. The theorist talks glibly of "turning circles," and affects to believe that the handling of a ship can be reduced to mere geometry. The turning circles of each snip arc, or course, recorder! in every chart house, but a variety of other condi tions arise. The evolutionary qualities of other ships must be observed. VV Ind, tide, speed, or even the crossing of the wake of another vessel materially affects' the turn ing circle. Here is no mere question of re ferring to the signal book and giving cer tain aeflnlte words of command. All the conditions constantlv varv: judgment is noeQed at every moment; the education of the eye in estimating distances and exact knowledge of the capabilities of the ship are alike called for. The mere theorist will. in fact, find hlmseir hopelessly incompetent, and the efficient handling of a snip implies qualities which It is not given to every one to acquire. It is an art- rather than a science, ana us possession largely determines tne ngnting capabilities or c. navy. AX AFRICAX MISSIONARY. Xot n Cheerful Outlook for a tared Young 'Woman. CnlNew York Mall and Express. A very accomDlished young woman. Miss Margaret Mellville, is about to leave our and under the ausp;ces of the board of foreign missions for a district in. the in terior of Africa, which twenty years ago was unknown to the civilized world. The opening of the Dark Continent by the gret powers of Europe a few years ago has cre ated a new and magnificent field for mis sionary effort, and nearly every missionary, society has been taking advantage of tne opportunity thus offered. Miss Mellville goes to Chlsanba. ia Central Africa, which is some 300 miles from Penguella, in Lower Guinea. It Is nearly upon the eauator. and has a climate which has been compared to tho domains of Satan, with an apology to the latter. There is a mission school in that place, and It has done some good worK in breaking down superstitions and In spreading a knowledge of the Enzlish language. There is a grave doubt in the minds of some of the missionaries in that district as to whether these people can be Christianized In the true sense of the word. They are affectionate, kind, gentle, but they are -more nice cnijaren in tneir intellectual and moral nature than like grown human beings. The trouble lies not In teaching tnem moral principles ana doctrines, but in the more preliminary work of developreligious notions. The languages of this disirict are extremely low and degraded, and seldom possess a thousand words, these representing the simplest fact and relation. Several of their languages have no word, whatever for "God." "heaven," immorality," "righteousness." "morality" and kindred conceptions. The missionary has to educate them up to a standard in which a knowledge of these ideas can ho imparted. The work Is not unpleasant, as tnese poor children or the tropics are extremely docile and obey with a patience that suggests the attitude of the hound toward his master. The land itself Is very beautiful, being a rolling country with many rivers, and covered by a vegetation whose beauty has been extolled bv every traveler. It is. however, very unhealthy, being filled with fever and other malarial diseases. There are five missionaries at Chlsanba and ten in the adjacent territory, but so far away that practically they are no nearer than we are in New York. There are no other whites Vithln several hundred miles, so that the lot of the brave girls, who go there to evangelize the heath-. en may be readily Imagined. They are all aware of the magnitude of the task they attempt, and most of them when they go volunteer for life. This does not mean a long time, because almost everyone of our race who goes there seldom lives more than two or three years. No finer illustration of religious heroism could be afforded than the hundreds of missionaries who have gone to the Dark Continent among the enuatorial regions and there given up their lives for the gospel which they desire to carry Into the darkest corners of the earth. Why Fortunate f Hartford (Conn.) Courant. Benjamin Harrison is very fortunate In som of the enemies he has made. Their dislike Is a certificate of good character. Yes, Indeed. Kansas City Journal. The Kentucky county which refused Col. Bradley a hearing can be depended on to stuff the ballot box p.gainst him. There' Xo Telllnic. Kans?s City Journal. We trust that the esteemed French editors will not feel called on to break Into prison and lynch Waller. ' What In Home Without a Hatch? Philadelphia Press. Pity the poor accused men who have such wicked partners! What is a Holmes without a Hatch? . Political Sofrgcstlon. Kansas City Journal A Quay presidential hnnm mlht h floated on the ;he platform. "We alivavs l!-ht on our feet. ." 1

PROTECTING DUKRANT

THE ALLEGED MlItDERKIl CO.STAXTL.Y GUARDED I1Y KEEPERS. Cranks, Male and Femnle, "Who Visit . the Prlaon for the Purpose of Attempting to Take His Life. San Francisco Chronicle. The guards at the county Jail are keeping their eyes wide open foi cranks w ho might possibly attempt to inflict injury on Theodore Durrant. They are in constant dread that somebody may either enter the prison upon one rrctext or another and accomplish his crazy purpose before he can be stopped. No man, or woman either, can pass through the big Iron gates unless he or she is well known to Chief Jailer Sattler, or unless a permit signed by the sheriff Is presented.. Even then the person who gets in is closely watched when passing Cell 29, the one in which Durrant is confined. The prisoners' and "trusties" are also watched, and Durrant Is kept apart from the others as much as possible when hejs taking his exercise. If a man with a permit from the sheriff presents himself and asks to tee Durrant the name of the visitor is always taken to. the prisoner. If Durrant does not wish to be seen, no amount of persuasion can influence the turnkey to let the' visitor go to Cell 29. If Durrant Is willing to receive the visitor, a guard stands close by in readiness to make a spring the Instant the caller should attempt an overt act. The only time when the jailers relax their vigilance is In cases where the visitor is a newspaper representative or a known friend of Durrant s. The reason for this watchfulness is that several people whose conduct placed them under suspicion have asked to be allowed to see Durrant. One of they was a woman, who called at the Jail a week ago yesterday. This woman Is a well-known character on the streets, for the reason that during her walks abroad she is invariably accompanied by two huge mastiffs chained together at their necks. The woman carries a small whip that she does not hesitate to lay on the backs of the dogs when they become unruly. The turnkey at the gate knew the woman by sight, and was surprised when she asked for Durrant. ' "What business have. you with him?" the gate tender asked. "I'just want to see him." was the reply. "Have you a permit?" "No." "Then you can't see him." A BLOODTHIRSTY WOMAN. The woman begged so hard that the turn key adopted a ruse that has worked well in numerous other cases. He pretended to ask Durrant if he would see the woman, and, leaving her standing outside, he closed the gate. In a few minutes he opened the" gate again and told the woman that. Durrant was too sick to see anyone. She looked disappointed, and in a minute astonished, the jailer, by asking him if he thought Durrant was guilty. l nave no opinion one way or (the other." wts the answer. "But you must think something about It." was the woman's next remark. "But I. don't." he answered. "I am not paid to have opinions." " ell, I .have an opinion," said the wom an. "I think he is guilty, and rd like to get in there and cut his heart out." The woman spoke in an excited manner. and there was a glitter In her eye that caused the jailer to shut the gate in a hurry and thank, his lucky stars that he had not let her. in. Other women have been In the Jail and expressed a wish that all sorts or harm might come to Durrant. He Is not popular with the female prisoners, either. Nearly every woman who leaves the Jail en route to San Quentin prison, or goes back to the world, expresses the hope that Durrant may soon go "across." Scores of men have tried to enter the jail on different pretexts with the purpose of seeing the notorious prisoner. Most of them have taken a refusal and walked away peaceably enough, but a few tried to make trouble. . One man, a big fellow. dressed in rough clothing, attempted to enter the jail by force. Tne turnkey shoved him back and slammed the gates. The man pounded on the sheets of iron that barred his way and made such a row that the men on the inside turned a stream of water from a hose on him through one of the windows. Even this did not aulet the man. his noise became so unbearable that finally four strong guards made a rush, dragged him down the steps and threw him into the middle of the street. Quite a number of men. upon turning away disappointed, have said that they would give much to have Durrant alone in a oulet spot for a few minutes, and others have expressed a desire to have him on one end or a rope wniie tney punea at the other. The jailers believe that such peonle wo"M Injure Durrant if they were given the chance. That Is why such watchfulness Js maintained. The greatest fear the Jail ers have is that the subtle brain or a crank will originate a ruse to outwit them. The knowledge that It might D posmoie for somebody to send an iniernai macnine to Durrant Is a source of great trouble trt tvx sninrds. X'o article, no matter how Innocent 1t appears-to be, is sent to Durrant's cell before It has been thoroughly examined. GUARDING THE PRISONER. During the first few .days of Durrant's travels back and forth from Jail to Judge Murphy's court crowds gathered on the sidewalk in front of tho jail to see him depart and return. The rabble little knew that quite a number of the quiet-looking men who mingled with them were deputy sheriffs, and that the right hands inserted in the side pockets of their coats rested on cocked revolvers. Three deputies were in addition to the half dozen who kept a clear ' path from the Jail door to the buggy" in which Durrant rode. Another thing the crowd did not know was that at each" window of the Broadway front of the jail stood a deputy sheriff with a Winchester rifle in his hand. Scouts stationed along the street slgna!ed the return of the prisoner, and the peoole at th iaii made ready to protect him if nec essary when he alighted from the buggy. He would have been a sorry man when those deputies got through with him who had raised a hand against Durrant. The thinned down to about a dozen or so of the morbidly curious, and there are not so many omceTs arounu, um there are enough to -afford ample protection to the prisoner. , , . With the excepnon oi a i- . t,i. r-f ,m family, no woman has ei called at the Jail to see Durrant on friendly purpose bent except the young woman who tries to give him flower? in the court room, and sits and sigh throughout the interminable session. It was thought at first that Durrant or hls;peopie Knew ucr,-uyi they disclaim the honor. " The first time l ever nrr, ca uironf "wj last rnurway in vuuu. nru she tried Ho give me a bunch of sweet peas. I noticed her looking at me. and when she smilel and bowel I returned the salutation. thinki he mieht be someooay j Knew and whose face I 'had forgotten. I am con vinced now that I do not Know ner. it is pleasant for me to know that somebody wishes me well, but I wish the girl would keen away from the court room. Her at tention are annoying." ' A week aeo yesterday the girl entered Dur rant's life for the first time. She appeared at the county jail with a bunch of sweet peas, which she askei permission to sens to Durrant. The- Jailer told her that h wouM rot take the nowers until sne ioia h'.m who she was.- She said the nowers wer s(nt bv Durrant s mother, me jailer knew she was telling an untruth, anl sent her away. The sheriff I. going to make an effort to fin! cut the girl's Identity. If he learns she is oply a simple-minded girl who tioew not realize the position she is placing her?elf in, he will '.nform her parents of her conduct and or ler that she be kpt out of the court room. If sh proves to be in full possession of her mental faculties, and desires to remain 1n a pos'tlon that mi'v bring her unpleasant publicity, the sheriff will afford her exceptional opportunity. To-morrow will begin tn rourtn week or the Durrant trial. If Juror Brown is dlsm'ssed. and the nrobabilitles are that he will be, there will te oniv eignt jurors in the box. That will leave four Jurors vet to be secured, unless District Attorney Barnes insists upon having fourteen Jurors sit in the case. In the iunt or juae .uurpny's openlv expressed doubt upon the constitut'onniltv of the fourteen-Jurymen law. th i district attorney says that he will probably not ask for th empnelment of more than the usual number. If Barnes sticks to that ! reMnHnn the Inn nhmild he romnletei hv i next VrMav n that the taklnr ef tetl- ! hwAnir ma hwtn th Mlowlne Mnn.lnv. order Issued bv Juie Murphy 'ox Frlday--a for three hundred tale'emen.' .

That makes one thousand citizens who hav been summoned as Juror. Of tfc seven hundred who have already rrj-pended. less than one-fifth have been exam:ne1 as to their qualification?. The others have beer excuse! by the court on various pretexts. The attorneys on both s!3es think the jurr will be secured this week, and that It will not be necessary to subpoena any more citizens. The lawyers are also of the opinion that the citations for the editors of th newspapers to answer contempt of court charges will he lsuel immediately after the Brown matter Is disposed of to-morror morning. 16 TO 1 OX THE STAGES.

The AatonlAhiiiir. Drama Involved Out of the Horr-IIarvey Debate. Chicago Chronicle, Monday. When young Mr. Murphy and the younger Mr. Miner stepped before the vociferous audience at the Chicago Opera House last night Mr. Murphy assumi the audience that he was "over-whcl-lummed." His feelings were justified. Mr. Harvey, who sat a box at the left of the stnpe, also showedi signs of weakening. To sit through "The Silver Lining" is more likely than net to overwhelm any but a firmly anchored Intellect. To have written it Is to have done a ILL- V f - l. . - . . 1 . W t . . . T lauifi wiucii, ?ae uuuer i.i'" ia uimuiq circumstances, would send reason tottering from its throne. Mr. Murphy got off eas.ly. He exhibited no remorse last nisht. la fact, he seemed more than satisfied. Hia evening clothes fitted extremely w.ell, a red. red rose snuggled against his breast" and, his smile was large and reassuring. Mr. Murphy, having assured the audler.ee that he was "over-whcl-lummed," promptly regained his composure and called for Mr. Miner. Mr. Miner, being in a convenient corner Just behind and to the left of tho proscenium arch, had no difficulty in coming to the assistance of Mr. Murphy. They clasped hands in a manner most touching, and stood before the audience in tab'eaux vivant, "The Author and His Angel." This Mr. Murphy said was iu fact the case. When he had become master of. his emotions he said to the frantic audience: "I desire, ladies and gentlenen, to assure you that the ideas set forth In this play are the ideas .1 hold. John Jefferson has spoken my thoughts, has said the things I believe, that I hold dearest." John Jefferson, it may be noted. Is the hero ia th play, and In that capacity gives utterance to a great many sentiments of an exalted nature touching politics, money -.and tb Christian religion. Continuing, Mr. Murphy in his own proper person and his own lovely brogue, saU: "I want now to assure you that the money, of Just one man has gone Into this rlay Its production Is not the result of contribu tions from any faction of men or politicians. iv- fHenrt Tom Miner, is the man whos generosity is responsible for the production and mgrnlflnl mOUntinST of my Pla". The angel being thus cordially announced made hi3 appearance, and the handclasplng Incident was perrormca to mc srii u'6 of the audience. .... "The silver lining is the puDiic s oja friend, the Horr-liarvey debate with a scenic investiture. Concerning tne norrHarvey debate. It were only kuhi 10 x nnthin? Tim scenic investiture Is rather pretty, and when parts of it neither recobble nor fall down no complaint ara Justified. Last night the nervousness inscenic investiture. A fence fell down with, a most alarming clatter, ana upon aviuer natinn when the hero leaned hcavhy against a sturdy oak, the monarch of the forest shook from the ground up. Thes startling phenomena will doubtless bo overcome when the horse kicks down the fence and the hero that staggers the oak growmore familiar with their respective surroundings. . -Th silver TJnlnc" is announced by ths card as "the new American social rlay; a. - story of rural life in Illinois." The action centers around the Jefferson fcAmesteart in Pike county. Illinois, and lt sennenrefi are marked by the varying mooda of the barometer, as, for instance, act 1 la shadows:" act II. "c ouds." act in, "aai clouds;" act IV, "the silver lining." In Ie poetic fashion it may dc stateu mat. um ; play deals with trouble, more trouoJe. U whole lot of trouble, and ends w ith a case " of "foiled again." . "'t In the first act a most effective tramp re-i cites his woes and demands food at tHe name oi larincr .oiii uturisuu, . county. Having eaten heartily he talks at considerable length of agnosticism, mar-' riage as a merely chic contract, the declinein property values and other matters such as tramps" are given to discussing. A pert' and buxom bloomer girl offers her sympathy, whereupon the tiamp says, "Oh, don't pity me; I hate sympathy." He then drinks from a villainous-looking black bottle and in apostrophlzlnz it says, "Oh, good old , friend, how often you have saved me from suicide." The black bottle which has interfered with the proper course of event is pocketed and the bloomer girl retires in confusion. There appears In quick succession John Jefferson, candidate for Congress on a freesllver platform; Cyrus Russell, president of 1 rr a 1 Hank" Hnrnn Rnthemnn Whf ha come from London to build a railroad in Pike county; Virginia Russell, the banker's daughter, and Kate Overton, the village -school mistress, originally from Chicago, and the possessor of a dark past. Miss Russell evinces symptoms of love for the free silver candidate, her father : would have her marry the baron. To frustrate the free silver man's schemes, the banker talks of foreclosing a mortgage he . holds on Bill Jefferson's farm. The sonand candidate says "My God" several times, Miss Russell mounts a horse with some difficulty and at genuine risk of breaking her neck get off the stage, not before she hast wrecked some twenty feet, of Bill Jefferson's fences. The banker, th$ baron and the schoolmistress with the dark . past get off the stage by separate routes.' leaving the free sliver candidate to smoke, a perfect. This he does, remarking that "We have put our heads in the . lion's; mouth." He refers to the mortgage. V" At this critical Juncture the curtain falls and the free silverites on the far side of It unite in prolonged cheers. As though there were not sufficient trouble In sight, the first violin then played "Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt." The second act opens with the singing of that other popular favorite, "Home. Sweet Home." by the schoolmistress with the dark past. It! is sunset by jumps and Jerks, and the schoolmistress stands at the window of a pretty box scene the farmhouse parlor of Bill Jefferson. Bill Is asleep by the fire, but is . awakened by the singing of the school, mistress. He tells her not to cry, and dries h'.s own eyes. The bad. bold, black baron enters and the schoolmistress recognizes him as the man wno at some period of her life has. evidently not been nice o her. They talk a long time in private about It and th schoolmistress says that womn sin from love and men from folly. To this the, baron says "Pah." three tlms. The school-, mistress tells him to beware, . leaves the room and slams the door hard. The baron has bought the mortgage and says he will' let Bill Jefferson and his son John off. easy if John will promise not to vote for free sliver when he goes to Congress nor to aspire for the hand of Miss Russell.. The baron Is thereupon thrown out of the house. The tramp reappears and announces at sound of the baron's name that he will cut him to pieces when he sees him. This unchristian-like remark he Justifies by stating that he Is the husband of the woman the baron wronged. Later it is pretty, near proved that the woman is the schoolmistress from Chicago. The tramp is shipped off to Dwlght, where he apparently belongs. In the third act he turns up sober and. washed, which is a great gain from a san ltary as well as artistic point of view. He denounces the baron, proves that noWe man as a r.ar and Is shot through the breast for his trouble. Rill JefTetsntrs homestead Is bought In by the banker's daughter, a mob of sympathetic strikers and a troop of militia on thlr way to strike duty in Chicago appear on the srene. and engage in fisticuffs In the prfpence rf the ladies. The curtain falls amid frantic applause. Iter on the characters appear in ahington and arrange all thir differences tr their apparent . satisfaction. Free silver and virtue ot a heavy heel on gold buga and all villains irrespective of politics. The I ae of u Conference. The Realm. From Plymouth, where the Wesleyan Methodist Conference has been In ness.on for the past three weeks, there comes a a-ood story. Two boys were discussing the appearance of ?o many cierlcal-loking per sons In tho Hiree:. tn ays. unai are ail those narscn here forT "Why." saa the other, "to swap sermons, of course. "Life's Grand Street Sous. rM(,ai.n nunatch -mcagO DifcpSlCn. An Indiana man Is accused of having ten lves simultaneously. That filw evidently believes that "lift's grand swett song" should t be a feminine choriu

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