Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 1895 — Page 12

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Sixteen Rages - S3 The country will be pleased to hear that the President is in a healthy condition, but it would be doubly glad if he same could be said ofthjk national finances. i(!f The averasre price of sliver , bullion during: the year 1854 was 63V;j .cents an ounce. Now It is 63 cents. The gain is said to be due to the fact that the stock of silver bullion In New York is very lov.y consequent upon the closing of many mines. . ' , ' The .resolution of the Illinois Federation of Labor to the effect that the rentals of land and Improvements should be taken to pay the expenses of government Is rather more socialistic, than Henry,, George would approve at the present time. During the first ten days of September the deficit in the national finances averaged 3G9.324 per day. From the 1st to the 10th of October the average deficit was $823,926 per day. Yet the President and Secretary" of the Treasury do not , eecm to be concerned a little bit. Just now there la considerable discussion as to the place of holding the national conventions of the leading parties. A central location and sufficient hotels to accommodate those who attend should be secured. No city should be considered which cannot present such Inducements. There may be some portion of South America -where the two prize fighters may be permitted to pummel each other, tut rather than keep them before the public as Is now being done it may be well to bribe some State to let them havejt out on condition that both will be silent for a season. Rev. Dr. Storrs says that the lack of funds.1 for the foreign mission board is due to the exhaustion of large legacies made a dozen years ago and the hard times. Is it not possible that people may be coming to the conclusion that money expended in trying to Christianize China and India has brought very Inadequate results? Chicago has grown wonderfully In the past ten years, but even the most strenuous claimant of Increased population would not say that it bears much relation to the increase of money for the support of schools, namely, from 51,572,S73 in 1SS3 to J7.500.00Q in 1S93, which is 100 per cent. During the. same period school attendance has increased from 60.00O to 180,000, or 200 per cent. It Is hinted that the administration will demand an apology from 6reat Britain for Lord Saclcville's attack on Minister Bayard. This would be most absurd. Lord Sackville is not in public life nor, and if he chooses to scold Messrs. Cleveland and Bayard the BriU Ish government is not responsible. If the administration wants to show some spirit and backbone there are plenty of better opportunities than this. The Debs resolution which came before the Illinois convention of the Federation of Labor with an approval of his railway strike was changed, after two hours' discussion, to a preamble and resolution practically accusing that remarkable personage of falsehood. The truth Is that Debs has been hostile to the Federation over a year, yet he seems so potential that the leadt-rs appear afraid to try issues with him, as has the Illinois convention. ' - , According to the report of the United States School Commissioner for 1SD2-5 the number of schoolhouses was 228,426, valued at J2S$; 433.033, and conducted at an annual cost of $163,000,000. There are 260,934 female and 122,036 male teachers. The public schools alone are attended by 13,51018 pupils, and the whole number of pupils enrolled in schools and colleges is 22.5 per cent, of the entire populatlon. The schoolhouse seems to be in no Immediate danger from alleged foes. Henry Lyons, who was hanged In Chicago on Friday, was the son of a drunk ard and a poverty-stricken worktngman. He was twenty-seven years of age and had been arrested over two. hundred times between the age of nine and his last conviction. Before he was finally arrested for the murder for which he was hanged he had been sent to prison for burglary twice and for criminal astault. When he committed his final crime he had served one term in the penitentiary! and twenty-one In the house of correction. The mistake was that he was not kept in prison when it was discovered that he would commit crime as often-as he had opportunity. eaMSMBBmsnsMasMnnsNwSNi x The statement of Theodore Durrant, vrho 13 charged with ' the murder of riL-cha Lamont, that he did not knorv -tzX tn alibi was until after his trial ! rrn, ciows that he is a creat liar or c::-tl:-ly fmcrant' younj man; ,T "3 li CZ-3 direct -1 a cccl Czz cf

circumstantial evidence' tending to how that he tried to manufapture evidence to prove his whereabouts on the afternoon and evcnlnjr of the murder. If he did this he certainly knew what an alibi meant. But if he dids not know Uhe meaning of the word -he was much too Ignorant to be a medical student, and

Just the sort of a stolidly dull person w'uo might commit a cold-blooded, murder. . Tlin LAMEUSASD MADISON. The death of Mr. A. C. Lanier, of MadIson, removes the last male representative in . this State of ' a family whose connection with the commercial and social life of Indiana for three-quarters of a century was conspicuously honorable. Madison Is one of the. oldest towns In the State, having. been first 'settled, in 1S0S. It was a thriv'ng village before Indianapolis was. laid out, and a prosperous little city while the capital was still a straggling village. 'With river and steamboat advantages it was for many years the State's principal port of entry and the gateway through which a large immigration passed. Madison had wholesale and Jobbing houses long before such a thing was dreamed of in this city. It .was at one time one of the largest pork-packing points in the country, and had the largest single killing and packing establishment then in the world. It had several of the largest flouring mills west of the mountains, besides other mills, foundries and factories of considerable importance. During its palmy days the wharves of the city were covered with merchandise and its streets crowded .with busy people. For many years it was by far the most Important commercial point in the State. With this early business prosperity came an early social development. Many of the best families who came to the new State settled in Madison. As wealth accumulated the culture of the people Increased. For many -years the society of Madison was the best to be found in the State, and though its com mercial greatncM has departed, its ' people are still noted for intelligence,- culture and worth. In this prosperous and refined community the Lanier family settled In 1817, a year after Indiana was adrnltted to the Union. The founder of the family, James F. D. Lanier, was a lawyer, and practiced his profession 'for many years. Later he acquired bankfhg interests, became president of the Madison branch of the old State Bank, and in 1S48 went to New York and established the banking house of Wlnslow, Lanier & Co. He was always proud of Indiana and deeply interested in the honor and welfare of the JState. His patriotism and public spirit weie often exemplified. At the beginning of the Mexican war Madison furnished three companies of volunteers, and as no adequate provision had been made for clothing and equipping them Mr. Lanier tendered (Governor Whitcomh a sum of money sufficient for this purpose until they should be mustered into service. He rendered the State very. Important financial services during the late civil war and at many other (lmes. His patriotism was of the highest type, and there was no limit to hl3 public spirit. Alexander C. Lanier, who has just died, was the son of James F." D. Born in Madison in 1820,. he lived there till his death. . A sketch of him which has already appeared in the Journal shows that without noise or ostentation he lived a noble, beautiful and useful life.' From childhood to manhood, and from manhood to old age, his life flowed on steadily with ever increasing respect from all who knew him. And thus he bore without abuse' The grand old name of gentleman, Defamed by every charlatan And soiled with all ignoble use. WHAT BECOMES OF COLLEGE-BRED AVOMEXf A woman writer-in the Nineteenth Century presents some interesting facts bearing on the after careers of univer-slty-educated women In England. The subject is one of some interest to parents as well as to . the young women themselves. Parents are always concerned about the future prospects andcareers of their children, and if there is any underlying principle or law of averages controlling or affecting the destinies of youns women .who are getting a higher education the. young Women themeelves are certainly interested In knowing it. . The facts presented by the writer referred to are obtained from the reports of the principal women's colleges of Great Britain and Ireland. There are two such colleges at Cambridge. One of these, from 1371 to 1893, graduated 720 young women. ;Of this number, leaving out sixteen who have died arid thirty-seven foreigners who returned to their native countries. S74 'are now engaged In teaching, and forty-seven of these have married Of the' remainder 230 are living at home, of whom 10S have married; five are 'engaged in medical work, two as missionaries, one as a market gardener, one as a bookbinder, two or three are working at charity organization, and the others mostly In secretarial work. Statistics of the other college at Cambridge show that of 333 young women who obtained degrees 123 were engaged in teaching, forty-five were married, two were missionaries, six were in government employment, four were physicians and six were dead. The statistics of these two colleges are a fair type of those of several others which are presented, the aggregate result being that out of 1.4S6 women eradicates 208 have married, CS0 are . unmarried and engaged in teaching, and the resf are in different employment or living at home. . Judging: from these' facts it would seem that the larger proportion 'of university educated women do noi make marriage their career in life.'.' Making due allowance for the possibility that perhaps they ar& not as attractive to men as are less highly educated women, it is still fair to conclude that they care less for marrying than docs the other class. - This view is sustained xby the fact that the. percentage of marriages among tless .highly educated women is greater than amonsr those who have taken a university course.' It must be remembered that education makes wonen more critical in "their' Judffment of men,' more fastidious and harder to please, and to this extent, morq apt to remain single from choice in the hope of finally finding their Ideal, which, by he way, few persons 'of cither sex ever do. ... But if bljhc? education lessens a wem-

ing. It gTeatly enlarges the sphere of her activity and opens many new careers for her. Marriage Is honorable for man or woman, but there are many other careers for a woman besides matrimony, and especially for highly educated women.

EMPLOYMENT A3SD SOnRIETV. The confession of a man who was apprehended during the past week for a flagrant? breach of trust contains some features w hich may 'be Instructive., He pleads in extenuation of his offense that he had been drinkfnff'heavily! for some time and was under the' influence of liquor when he was Induced to commit the crime by a conipanion of like habits who suggested the theft and shared the stolen money." They were what are known as "rapid," if not dissipated, men. It is no use to conjecture why they were so. But such they were,. and any amount of restraining or prohibitory laws and faithful enforcement could not have made them much different. They found in dissipation he sort of pleasure they wanted, and they woulcf have it. -.- . " . . There isbut one remedy for such dissipation as makes men so reckless, and that, is in the hands of those who employ them. There Is every 'reason to believe that the officers of the cdmpany which must bear the loss knew something of their employe's failings. Those who came in contact with the man knew his habits, consequently, if the officers of the . company did not, it was their fault, and a fault which makes them indirectly responsible for the embezzlement. The man had been In-their employment for years, and probably had been efficient, but that, fact. In connection with the knowledge that he patronized 'bookmakers" and spent money freely in dissipation should not have led them to intrust him with, thousands of dollars. They should have said to him, at the outset,' that if he persisted In such practices he must find employment elsewhere. . If, with such warning, he had continued . his reckless course, they should have discharged him. Very much the larger part of the. abuses of trust could be prevented If employers would resort to such positive measures with employes who can reach their money or injure their business, if they are fre quenters of places where chances are taken with money or are hangers-on of resorts which promote dissipation. More than law and temperance society, the men who hire can bring to bear upon well-meaning1 young men1 in their employ the Influences which will save them from dissipation. This opinion is not mere conjecture; it is a deduction from the experience of men and general observation. Railroad managers, for the most part, will not employ men of Intemperate habits or men who are habitual drinkers to run trains. Some go so far as to give notice that they will discharge men who spend any part of their own time about saloons. The result is that the great body of railroad employes are men of steady habits, and particularly those who count years'" of service, promotion and good wages. Thirty years ago, ln the larger , towns,, newspaper compositors had the reputation of being a very intemperate class of men. At the present time, while many are not abstainers, as . a class they are a 'very temperate body of men. This is due to. the fact that hundreds of the best foremen will not retain on their lists the names of men who are so heavy drinkers that they cannot be relied upon for good work. Many temperate men of the craft who support families in comfort and who save a little money object to being associated w'lth men who squander their earnings and leave families without support. Industrial considerations have largely wrought this change in thirty years. The young man knows that to be "steady" istessential to employment and advancement, o he pursues the course which is. for his interest. No legislation, no enforcement of laws and no temperance society could have effected such a change or have so elevated the standard of character of so large a body of men 'as has the discrimination against men of intemperate habits in-the composing rooms of. newspapers during the last quarter of a century. And it may be added that in all lines of business the practical requirement of temperate habits has done more to promote sobriety than all other agencies. It can do vastly more. Applied to young men when they go into employments, the requirement' of absolute sobriety can be made, much more potential. - GOOGOOS AND GAROOS. As lexicographers seem to have adopted the practice of admitting slang phrases into good society after a probationary term of popular usage, the next great dictionary of the English language may contain the words "Garoo", and "Googoo." At first glance they might be taken for the inarticulate sounds of an infanf Just beginning to 'take notice of things and realize its gums, or as an ambitious attempt by Professor Gamier to open communication in the monkey language: But they are neither. They are an evolution of New York politics. The Googoos are the Good Government ClubSy or ultra reformers who rarely ever find a candidate good enough to rivote for, and the Garoos are the. Ger man-Americans who would like to reform municipal politics -in every respect except enforcing the Sunday Jaw". The Googoos have bolted part of the fusion State ticket on the ground that it is not up to their standard, and the Garoos Indorse it with a reservation in. favor of Sunday beer.. : ' As political coinages go, these are not bad words. They are all the more ex.prcssive because they do not mean any tning in 'particular, anu yei mere is a suggestion of "'meaning., or, at least, of appropriateness; in their sound. In both a . respects they resemble the word "mugwump," which, from the moment it sprang into being, in response to a longfelt want, struck everybody as a word that proved its right to exist. New York has contributed her full share to the coinage of words which ha ye found place more or less lasting in our political vocabulary. "Locofocos," as a designation of the Democratic par ty, originated in New York, and for many years was in general use through out the . country. Occasionally even now an'old-schcol Whig is found who "prefers the word to any niodern designation. Of course, NTammany and Tanunanylr: are of New York origin. The antl-elnr-ery men were first called "Carnbumers" la New York, as the crr--T fallen

free speech, free labor and free men"

was first used by an anti-slavery con vention held at Utica, N. Y., In 1848. The terms "boodle" and "boodler? orig inated during the investigation of frauds In New York city. In 1S50 the New York Whigs who followed Millard Fillmore on the slavery question were known as Silver Grays.' while the Seward men were called "Wooly Heads." The term "Stalwart Republican" probably origi nated In New York, being first aplied to Roscoe Conkllng, and that gave rise to the term 'Half-breeds." A New, York Democrat was author of the phrase "To the victors.belong the spoils," and a New York Republican first announced "An ir repressible conflict." ' If time sufficed, no doubt other political phrases of New York origin might be recalled. "Gopgoot and "Garoo" may not become permanent additions to the language, but they are likely to have their day. . A Regimental History. - During: the late war a. regiment in the field coull have no more useful officer than an intelligent, conscientious and soldierly chaplain; there could be no person about a command more positively useless and none who could bring greater reproach upon re gion than the inconsequential chaplain. The frontispiece of the "History of the Fifty-eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry" is a full-page picture of Chaplain John J. Hight, of that regiment It is a face at once masterful and refined. The clear-cut-features, the firm mouth, the resolute, quick eye, the fine forehead, declare a man of Individuality and power. At the head of a division he would have been a leader; as a chaplain he .was, by Instinct and example, a soldier, promoting discipline, Inspiring manliness, preaching a stal wart Christianity and ministering to the sick and "wounded with a" woman's tenderness. He was near the front in battle, caring for. the wounded and addressing words of hot wrath to skulkers. Such a chaplain Mr,,' Hight must have been; but, beyond the service ' rendered- the men of the gallant Fifty-eighth during the conflict, he rendered a greater ervice-to It3 dead and living and their posterity by keep ing a diary during ail those days. That diary is. the warp and woof of cne of the most valuable and Interesting histories of organizations in the late war, making, a book of 573 pages. While in the service Chaplain Hight wrote from day to day, or while the Impressions' were fresh in his mind, over two thousand sheets of manuscript, which he sent home from time to time. It was his purpose to prepare these sheets for publication while he lived; but so useful and zealous a man found too much to do as Methodist preacher and associate editor of the Western Christian Advocate to' make the revision. Perhaps it is well that he didvnot revise for publication himself, as it is probable that. In his maturer years, he would have toned down the expressions, the Judgments and the criticisms of an intense patriot, written while the battle was going on.. It la fortunate that the work of revision fell to a man so admirably qualified to perform It as Gilbert R. Stormont, editor of the Princeton Clarion, and past commander of Indiana Department cf the Grand Army. He has been able to condense the two thousand sheets of manuscript . so as to retain the war flavor and spirit of the man who wrote in the field. At times,' whole pages must have been condensed, while again the diary of the writer is transcribed. The Fif ty-eiRhth 1 Indiana Infantry was raised in the counties pf Gibson,, Pike, Spencer, Dubois, Daviess and others in that vicinity, late irt. September, 1861, under the direction of Dr. Lewis, of Princeton, where it was mustered. Cel. H. M. Carr, of Crawfordsvllle, was the Ffty-elghth's first commanding officer; George P. Buell, of Lawrenoeburfr. lieutenant colonel; James Embree, of Princeton, major, and Lee Yaryan, of Richmond, adjutant. The regiment left Princeton for the seat of war Dec. 13, 1851, passing through Louisville as the gateway to the South. From that time until the end of tho war this regiment was in the field. Falling Into the hands, of good officers it became one of the most effective regiments in the various organizations to which it was attached. After it veteranized, it was assigned pontoon service, '.the late . Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Moored a well-known resident of this city, being Its commander for 'a long time. After Its assignment to that special and arduous duty, Shlloh was the regiment's first battle.: Then It was in the siege of .Corinth, and, in succession it saw the Stone river campaign, Chlckamauga. the siege of Chattanooga, being in Wood's division that went, up the sides of Missionary ridge. It was In the winter campaign to relieve Knoxville, so full of hardship. It was-in -the; Atlanta campaign with Sherman, and" "marched to the sea and saw the end with Johnston's surrender in North Carolina. . .'' ' ' The diary of a very prosy person who was with the Fifty-eighth during these yeara of marching, countermarching and fighting could not be without interest today; but this history is made up from the diary of a man of rare mental powers,, or quick- perceptions, and Whose soul was flred with patriotism and zeal for his Master's cause and Impatient of the seeming delays which postponed the final result of the war in which he had an abiding faith. There Is no attempt ' to , describe campaigns or. depict great battles, for . that is the work of the historian of after days. The book is simply the biography, so to speak, of - one good .regiment. Its many marches are described by one who partlc-. ipated while suffering the fatigue and privations which come to every command In the field, related In the midst of them, and includes descriptions of the numerous battlefields on which r he was present. The book. contains the notes of what a regiment did in battle, and what it did from day to day. " The reader who has been through campaigns is carried back to them, "while the .reader who lias not shared the dangers and privations wonders that such things could .be endured and survived. This zealous chaplain went wherever he thought duty called -him at the front In battle, at the hospital looking after the sick, among the men with whom he was In full sympathy, looking out for their wellbeing as far as possible, and promoting military discipline by example. In all these positions he was wide-awake, and wrote what he saw. ' In this diary are depicted all the fears and anxieties of a loyal man In the army who heard ; the reports of treason in Indiana. He records the vote of the Fiftyeighth in camp the day of the State election at home in October, 1S54: "For Morton, 435; for McDonald. 34." He rails at the Indiana Legislature which "disfranchised these men because they are fighting to preserve the Union." In that portion of the, book devoted to the "march to the sea" will be found that which cannot be found elsewhere-;- glimpse of the life of a regiment In that most remarkable movement. : The Fifty :eighth- Indiana has been fortunate in the zeal and persistence of some of its members and friends In that it was the first to erect a monument in Princeton in honor of-. Its dead, and now in a regimental history which preserves in a most remarkable form. the story if its deeds of valor and its privations in the war for the Union.-' ' Mr. Stormont has shown the possibilities of a country newspaper office la the publication of so large a volume. It is a piece of work which.'would do credit to a city publishing house. ' The book CAn be obtained of Mr. Etcmont. Tlia rcr'.rr.cntal association' has rLiru'-ta the cz' cf thi-publicatlon. I! c"1 c! t!3 c::r:i c! r r:n:z:3

which Indiana seat to the war had a history like that of the Fifty-eighth, it might defy the ravages of time. There is yet time for many to be written, but no time to sptre. J .'... While a few narrow critics In the medical profession have attempted to show that bi

cycle riding was Injurious to women, the weight of intelligent judgment Is decidedly in its -favor. As a new form of exercise, combining a certain degree of Interest and excitement with physical motion. It ought to be approved by all who prefer natural hygienic methods to medicine. .A medical writer in the Sanitarian says: . Aside from all consideration of pleasure which the bicycle affords as an open-air recreation, it possesses great value as a conservator of health. This is because It Is so wonderfully adapted to promote abdominal respiration with a minimum of muscular effort. Everything about its construction and use favors this effect. The weight of the body Is rolled along instead of lifted, as in walking; the legs move more rapidly, and their range of motion is more extended, bringing into action all of the large and powerful muscles, causing the blood throughout the body to circulate more freely and abundantly: the position of the arms is such that the respiratory muscles of the chest are more or less fixed, and their freedom of action curtailed, obliging the increased respiratory effort, made necessary by the quickened circulation, to involuntarily assume the abdominal form. For these reasons, as a form of exercise suitable for persons of every phase of health and strength above that of being a bed-ridden Invalid, it Is unapproachable. This writer holds that a form of exercise which compels increased respiration of the abdominal type and makes a' demand for a larger supply of oxygen, which, through the muscular effort expended, Is utilized for purposes of nutrition, cannot but be beneficial. This, of course, . presupposes a Judicious use of the bicycle and an avoidance of overexertion. In this, as in all other things, excesses Injurious. The . Electrician, published In London and the oldest illustrated journal in England of that character, devoted nearly two pages to the reproduction of an illustrated article from the Electrical World of New York, descriptive of the electrical department of Purdue University at Lafayette. In an editorial paragraph, the Electrician calls attention to .Purdue as follows: An engineering teaching institution, where the enrollment , of students irt the electrical engineering department alone is over two hundred, can well afford to do things on a more liberal and magnificent scale than even the best of Kngllsh institutions of a similar kind. Some years ago an English profes-sor of engineering amused his audience by boasting that "within the last year his civil engineering students had Increased four hundred per cent." 1. e., from one individual to five! In another column will be found a brief description of Purdue University, the engineering school of the State of Indiana, U. S. A., which rejoices in the above-stated abundance 'of electrical students. "To do things on a more liberal and magnificent scale than even the best European institution of a similar kind" Is as high praise as can be bestowed. It Is all the more valuable coming, from a British journal. It wilf dodbtless surprise some of those who think that they know all about Indiana to learn that it has, in a new branch of practical science, one pf the first institutions in the land if not in the world. Gen. William J. Landrum, who died at his residence In Lancaster, Ky., yesterday, served In the Union army as colonel of the Nineteenth Kentucky and as a brigadier in the Army of the Tennessee. He was an excellent citizen, a man of unspotted integrity and purity of character. A gallant soldier, a gentleman of refined literary taste, a poet, a musician, , and, withal, a very capable and thorough man of business. He was for some years chairman of the Republican State central committee of Kentucky. " By permission of New York Central officials Mrs. Ballington Booth; the Salvationist, rode on an engine from Toughkeepsle to Syracuse. She gave as her reason for doing to that she wanted to get experience of ali phases of life. "I think," she said, "that in riding with an engineer, upon an engine goirjg its regular run, I will see much and hear much that will bebf benefit to me In my work. I will see the technical side of a railroad man's life.'.' At least her motive was not frivolous. The divorce between Mrs. Amelle RivesChanler and her husband Is'what Is some times called a limited one. In other words, it is merely a legalized separation. .It does not divorce them from the bonds of marriage or permit either of them to marry again, but authorizes them to live apart. In New York full divorce is obtainable only for the scriptural' cause. BUBBLES IX THE AIR. The Winner. 'TIs not the manjjf fine-wrought mind Who yanks along the ship of state, - .But rather he(who time can find To help the boys make up the slate. Grateful.' You have been real good to' me, . Mr. Sheriff," remarked the murderer as he stepped on the gallows, "and if I get a chance to put In a good word for yqu where, I am going. I'll do it.", , . . - Proof of It. "Missv Perrymead seems to be quite popular." . '. ; "Seems to be? She Is. I happen to know that her expense for carbolized rosewater alone runs up to six or eight dollars a week." ' " " Well, Well! He, gazed at her with a two-thousand-voU Intensity. "tso you have a past?" he hissed. "Oh, yes," she airily answered. "Two or three of 'em." - . However, . on consideration, he .concluded that he was willing to become her third or fourth husband. . - LITEHARY SOTES. James Payn and Andrew Lang have both taken to giving lists of books they have "stuck in" and couldn't get throueh with out an effort. Among them are "Gil Bias." "Don Quixote," "Marcella," and Dombey Miss Mary E. Wilkins has for the first time written an introduction for a book. It is a charming letter to little children in verse, and will soon appear in "The Ara bella Ind Araminta fetories," by Miss Ger trude smitn. , . , , ' Three books by Americans announced for publication in London are George Flem ing's "For Plain Women Only." Harold Frederic's "Mrs. Aioert tirunqy Observa tions in Philistia." and Mrs. Pennell's "Feasts of Autolycus. . .Ernest Hartley Coleridge, who is engaged on a new biography of his grandfather, the poet. Is endeavoring to compare all the published letters with the original autograph copies, and makes an appeal to collectors for the use of any letters they may possess. Mary Cowden Clarke, the" author of the "Concordance to Shakspeare," will. in June next, be eighty-six years old. Douglass JVrroJd once complimented her In this wav "On rour first arrival in Paradise, mndnm. vou must exrect a kiss from Shaksnean even though your husband should happen to be there." ; Prof. Mommsen intends soon to visit Rome, and to stay there for three months at the least. He has informed a friend that' he wishes to put a finishing touch to certain works which he hopes to publish soon, and that some important researches In the library and archives of the Vatican are necessary to their completion. The English papery have been making themselves very-usy of late over a report that Mr. Thomas Hardy's serial novel, now runnlns in Harper, had been expurgated by ths editor. ' I'.r. Hardy, much lerj disturbed t-an fcia c:..:.2U3 rn:cr; wnica to ta r r-- ' j - . . 4 -J . . -w .

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out his knowledge, "tnougn. "-"f'm:d lauea to tee me iin-Mi " - of the alterations, if for any. we i , , abridged In the magazine, x yy think the novel a not un"lC4Vl'Mhi;, , .v, .-o ! fami v circle, to nici the magazine is primarily addressed. Thrr are many signs that" George Liior. docs not at present enjoy much popularity among novel readers, and one of me mew nterestinz come from London. -where, ai a book auction recently, a llrst eauiu.i "Felix Holt" was knocked down for cents. The auctioneer said that a tev, ears ago the book would have sold for niiy lmes as rnucn. -Anthony Hope Hawkins, the autnor oi The Prisoner ot Zenda," "The iw;iy r-u5 " has an aversion to potr'. He says that It requires an eff." of 'J on his part to read verse, and he e ; rw it if nan be avoldeo.There are many people who i". JI Mr. Hawkins K wise, nut tne fl will not be among them.' That Tennyson hadnM good manners is the contention of Mr. Sherrard. and this young man in support ot ----- the storv of a visit paid by his motner m her youth to the laureate's wife. Tennyson came into the room, looked very gloomy, and, in fact, snubbed the assembled company If one may Relieve Mr. Sherrard. Commenting on this tale. Budget says: "The absurdity - u ing to trick out Tennyson as a aravin.,Viorn Ic rrtlnbA tn all WnO Knew him. It is, moreover, a species f fawnJ"f upon him which he would have been the first to resent. His manner to men ana women was frankly boorish. He did not mean unkindness; but so it was that he protected or merely amused himself, une may devoutly hope that in the biography which his son is preparing with Infinite industry. and which is now neanng compieuu". encouragement will be given to the alf -ness and flunkeyism which attribute to tne poet social qualities which he never possessed, and which probably It was better for his art, and, therefore, really. better for society, that he was without" . ABOIT PEOPLE AXD THINGS. The highest salary paid to a governess Is probably, that received by Miss Ltta TT?.fv. r?nrHTn eovprness to the young Princess of the Austurias, f.ister of the late Queen of Spain. Miss iiugnes receives J4.0CO a year. Grace Hawthorne, the famous English actress manager, who has been a great globe trotter, remarks that the absence of either morality or immorality m japan doubtless accounts for the perfect happiness of the Japanese. Elevator etiquete Is thus, laid down by a Boston paper: "Only in private residences is it 'good form for' gentlemen to remove their hats in an elevator In the presence or ladles. In hotels and business Duiiamgs there is no more obligation ror men to pare their heads than in a street car or a railroad train." Guerrita, who is now the first bull fighter in Spain, has appeared in thirty-eight fights this season and is engaged for nineteen more. He receives ji.l-jo ror eacn appearance, and, as his expenses average 1400 a performance, his clear income amounts to over $60,000 a year, besides the presents made to him. Mammy Pleasance, the wealthy San Fran cisco colored woman, Is r dying. It was Mammy Pleasance who championed the cause of Sarah Althea against Senator Sharon, and supplied her with the money necessary to prosecute her suit. Mammy is said to be worth more than a quarter of a million of dollars. An interesting letter, the last written by the American explorer Glave, news of whose death on the Congo was received In June last, has recently been brought to light. In it Mr. Glave claims to have discovered 'the veritable tree under which was placed the heart of Dr. Livingstone. The tablet sent by .Mr. ana airs, isruce was xastened to a tree six miles from the real tree. Although Hetty Green, with all her $60,003,000, dresses as cheaply as a shop girl with $3 a week, she Impressed the Washington reporter who saw her In the national capital the other day. as a woman who would shine in fine raiment. "The truth Is," says the Post, "that Mrs. Green is- not only attractive, but exceedingly fine looking. In manner she is as vivacious and sprightly as a young girl, and to look at her rosy cheeks and her hair, with hardly a trace of silver in -It, one would not believe tnat she had celebrated her sixty-first birthday. Arraj'ed in rich garments she Would attract much atention. The Rev. W. .Williams, In his "Personal Reminiscences of C. H. Spurgeon," tells an anecdote about the great preacher as a smoker. Some gentlemen wrote Mr. Spur geon. saying "he had heard he smoked. and could not believe it true. -Would Mr. Spurgeon write and tell him if It really was so?V The reply sent was as follows: "Dear I cultivate my flavors and burn my weeds. Yours truly, C. H. Spurgeon." A German newspaper man recently succeeded in getting into Prince Bismarck's bedroom at Friedrichsruhe. AMunich Journal publishes a description of the apartment. A weighing machine is one of the most interesting things therein. The Prince weighs himself In his night clothes every morning. By the machine is a register that records his weight daily. He is anxious to reduce his weight, and has succeeded of late in so doing. Queen Sophia of Sweden Is one of the most enthusiastic friends and promoters of the Salvation -Army. The Salvation Army Is also receiving tokens of imperial favor at St. Petersburg. Among the cordial responses sent by the Emperor Nicholas in person to the messages of condolence which he re ceived from abroad at the time of his father's death, and of congratulation on his marriage, were dispatches which he himself addressed to General Booth. Samuel C. Booth, , the mineralogist and naturalist, who, died recently at Longmeadow, Mass., began life as a poor farmer, and was obliged to employ the most of his time until vhe was fifty years old In gaining a competency. Though denied the benefit of collegiate instruction, he devoted himself to scientific books and to the study of natural phenomena with such persistency that he became recognized as an authority In his chosen branches, and was able to leave behind much valuable .Information on scientific subjects, and a collection of rare minerals. His daughter. Miss Mary A. Booth, has received recognition both in this country and ia Europe as a mlcroscopist.' ' . The miser, who doth store away Each penny he can earn, , Will find upon-the Judgment day lie money has to burn. Philadelphia Record. SHREDS AXD PATCHES. . We live no more of our time here than we live welL!arlyle. The fool fancies that he ds at liberty to think, but he is not. Galveston News. . 'Waste of s .time Is the most extravagant and costly of . all experiences Theoprastus. ' In In ternationaf marriages It is the American who pays the taxes. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The' marriage of pugilist might be called an Interesting scrap of society news. Philadelphia Record.V Corbett may have a strong constitution but still he Is not proof against Fitz. Philaaeipnia itecoro. We are always complaining that our days' are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. Joseph Addison. It Is due the Methodist Church to state that Governor Altgeld Is only a brother-in-law to that denomination. Kansas City cir. All our arctic explorers "have enjoyed one Important . advantage; in their . deadliest perils they always keep cool. New York Ledger. "Did your uncle remember you in his wilir "Yes. dear old fellow. He left me his best wishes in. a special codicil." Harp er s jsazar. The twelve Apostles would have a hard time getting Into a Fifth-avenue church unless they could make some arrangements with a tailor. rexas outings. "Afraid of Fitznozzle?" screamed prcf. Roarbett. the champion of champions, 'afraid of -him? I'd fight him with my dyl ing Dreary: leveiana fiam ueaier. "Are you in favor of director Indirect taxation?" "I'm in favor of nor.e at all. t am the only man whose position rn the tariff can be understood. Texas Sittings. . When farmer Dresser wrung the neck of the rooster 'that was scratching In his rrround. he declared that he was the man :to Ulllri cock rctln. Eostsn Transcript. "I will withdraw my cult," rec-rlied

and found that it corresponded with ths sum on his pawn ticket. Eoitcn Hc Journal. Teacher Can any one explain how tht earth is divided? Willie (with very important air) Between them that's got it and them that would like to have it. Harper's Round Tabic. I - To walk and live unreduced within arm's length of what Is not your own, with r.cthing between your desire and its Kratlnatlon but the invisible law of rectitude th!s Is to be a man. Horace Mann. Probably the most thoughtful daughter In the world lives in Atchison. Thousa twenty-five years of age. she still wears her hair down her back to kep her mother looking young. Atchison Globe. "THE FBEE-TRADE CONVENTION. Our political readers need not to alarmel by this title. It refers to no convention destined to endanger the Wilson act. We have to bring forward the history of the interesting and important convention of September, 1S31, which has unfortunately been forgotten by some of the leaders of opinion in ourown time. It Is not ?o much as mentioned, however, in Colonel Benton's "Thirty Years," In Bryant and Gay, or ia the "Critical History." It represented the .antagonism to the tariff of 1S2S, as felt by the planters of South Carolina and b3- the merchants in the foreign trade of New York. It was ridiculed, with futilo and ignorant misapprehension, by the newspapers which represented the American system in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Pennsylvania was the stronghold of the protective system: But the ridicule was misplaced. When the convention met two hundred and two delegates represented themselves a very large number for those ante-railway days. Fifty-one were from Virginia, forty from South Carolina all but two or three from Charleston twenty-three were from New York city, eighteen were from Massachusettsmost of whom were from Boston sixteen from North Carolina, fifteen from Philadelphia, and these were the only delegates from Pennsylvania. The other delegates were from Alabama, New Jersey, Georgia, Maine. Connecticut, Maryland,

Tennessee, Rhode Island and Mississippi. The Massachusetts delegation consisted of the following gentlemen: Henry Lee, Samuel Swett, John L. Gardner, Henry Williams. Edward Croft, William Goddard. Ebenezer Breed and William Foster, of Boston; T. S. Pomeroy, Horatio Bylngton and Theodore Sedgwick, of Stockbridge; George Peabody. Pickering Dodge, Joseph Ropes, Thomas P. Bancroft, Gideon Tucker, John W. Rogers and Isaac New hall, of Salem. Massachusetts men will observe that among these names are those of some merchants of distinction and public men of influence. As in most such delegations, there were two or three who were more or less cranks. But there were many lead ers ,of opinion. The proceedings of the convention were conducted with dignity and unanimity. It met on Friday, the SOth .of September, 1SU. Albert Gallatin nominated Philip Barbour for president of the convention, and he was chosen. On Saturday what was called a federative committee was appointed, con sisting in most Instances of two delegates from each State. The members from Massachusetts were Theodore Sedgwick, of Stockbridge, and Henry Lee, of Boston. This committee was instructed to prepare drafts of a memorial to Congress and the American people. On Wednesday, at 4 la the afternoon, their address was finished and was read. It was favorably received, but exception was taken to that part of it which' declared a 'tariff unconstitutional. Mr. Gallatin did not think the tariff uncon stitutional, and he proposed to omit these passages. , Thirty-two members voted with him and one hundrd and forty-nine against him. Among the Massachusetts members Theodore Sedgwick and Joseph Ropes voted with Mr. Gallatin. The question was then put on "the adoption of the wide address, and it was adopted by a vote of one hun dred and fifty-eight in favor and twentynine against it. The twenty-nine were substantially those who had voted with Mr. Gallatin on the amendment. On motion of Mr.- Berrien a committee j was appointed of one meihber from each State to prepare a memorial to Congress to collect evidence In support of it and attend personally at Washington to urge the Injustice and unequal operations of the tariff. This resolution was passed by a vote of one hundred and ninety to two. The Pennsylvania delegation Insisted on bearing theentlre( expenses of the conven tion, and refused all participation ox payment by other portions of the convention. They received the thanks of the conven tion. The committee of one . from each Stats was appointed, and Mr. Henry Lee, of Massachusetts, represented this State there. The convention finally adjourned, after a session of a week, on the 7th of October. Those inquirers who were curious to know why Mr. Henry Lee, of Massachusetts, received the honor of a vote for Vice President from the Legislature of South Caro lina in the next year wUl find their answer In the prominent position which was accorded to him in this convention. It is amusing to see now that the New York Inquirer of that date says definitely that the Massachusetts delegates were more extravagant than those from South Carolina. "You will be surprised when I tell you that the South Carolina nulllfiers are sane, reasonable men when compared with those from Boston." "There is a comical anecdote told of three true-blue Southern nulllfiers laying hold, one of each arm and a third by the tall of his coat, and keeping one of the red-hot Boston nulllfiers quietly in his Eeat, in spite of his attempts to make a flaming speech. A Southern nulllfler only believes that a single State has a right to nullify a tarjff law. The Boston nulllfier goes much fvrther: D n the Union!' says he. 'Who's afraid? Not only a State, but a town, a county, nay, a single man, has a right to nullify a law of Congress and secede from the Union. " We find this anecdote In Mles's Register. Mr. Niles says: "We wish to be considered as placing little confidence in what is said In the New York Courier and Inquirer, except vshen speaking against itself or the party that it happens for the time being to adhere to." This is. Mr. Niles's uncomplimentary reference to Moidecal Noah. EDWARD U. HALE. Marriage nncl the British Arlatocrnt. Grant Allen, in North American Review. The ideal wife of tho aristocracy does not exist. The British aristocrat has no ideals. He was bom cynical, with a goodhumored, matter-of-fact, man-of-the-world sort of cynicism, and he carries his congenial creed unabashed through the world with Vilm. He sows his wild oats in many fields; then he marries, for thf settlements. His wife is rich, or beautiful, cr both; sh lives In society. He and she go their own ways forthwith; and those ways usually landtone or other In the divorce court. Occasional v both of them reach that goal together. They smile and part, after rearranging the settlements, which form the practical basis; thence they drift into the world once more, and begin again da capo. Their ideal is to enjoy themselves; in their ewn reckless way they usually attain It. The Absent-Minded Mathematician. Harper's Round Table. ' Another "absent-minded man" item has been received. This cne refer to Ampere, the famous mathematician, who was rod for his absent-mindedness. On one occasion, it Is stated, that while walking along the street ho rairtook the back of a cab or a blackboard, and as a blackboard was Just the thing he needei at the time, to s;ive a problem which had beT vexing his. mini for some moments durir.:; his walk, he mad use of it. Taking a iUce of cha'.k cut of his pocket he proc?edcC to trace cut i number cf algebralcai formulae cn th - csl back, and .followed Jie taoving 'boa tl" 1:r the space of a quai-.'-r of n Liour-1t!jout noticing the prc,res (if tho cani : ru.ee. As to whether the i'iman charaV IiIti by th2 ccur: cr ty tirfcr.r, cr cVw-Cvl tit