Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1894 — Page 7

THE INHIANAPOUS NEWS. MON DAT, DECEMBIE 24. 1894.

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act aatliortsftix police of Wm Inhabitants ted to the forthcomaad Is now hetag elrcu>

Aa ihunea of petltlontrs. If Sail as to the deslrabUtty of act. It would sorely be ranoved the nind any one who acQumlnthtoMstt wlUt the records ot that oftn this ettt.Nrtiers tt exists by virtue

IHt a meeHlaliMti Miw. Tfie newsiaiper artialia flufjwtot ntht upon the work of Ipmioe madw Buchanan, which have appaoMd ^ randton for the last tour years, wettd. u aiuherid up. make a fair-sised volum: within that •volume would be net a few^ but inaay, brief snatobes of htanan history, more startUnsr than oould be found In notion, and the manifest nett tlukt * woman's gntdins hand and heul aas played in them would inspire with a eenee of sxwtitude any sympa-

thetlo reader.

The world at huse hes but a faint oon-

' what, goes on in that sphere ogalsba as the “criminal ctr-

—..w ^ — the j variety of chamcters hrw^t there clrcumstences. and of tha iitoaU»thibleii«sutta thag may and do flow from a wise exercise of the bene-fiomat-Wtrlt amohg the unfortunate. The reeord mook. and the annual reports of otw^aatron ahow that during her incumb««ey of leae than four years there have coBte under her obarge 1^46 women, girls and children, constating of criminals, inaaae unfortunatos, loet children, tost old women and those who have sought shel-

ly at the sliitlOhdiotiaa.

Of these, by .far the greater number

iers against the law, d from the hardened Idren, hardly as yet tuatlOB. A large proportheir teens. Just at the

the protecting sympathies of a r h«arti. wa nnd amatl children.

at the slAtlOtidi these, by far

itofa slated as offer a^ this class danw crttoinal to mere cl

leallidng thetf | tfaiDLgsn g^rls .

thtesBoid or he#ly entered upon a lift of shams. In the Ron.«rlailnal class were many lost, abandoned and rescued cbtldren. and over two hundred adult InnoOi#t unfortunatsh. Bo much for the sta-

tistics and the pdsstbtUtles.

Turning ftmn! these formal tabulated staleaMntx to the newspaper articles above referred to, chrodlding the events sf the tunes, w« begin to understand, in a way, what this iftoucb of 2.866 unfortunate human beings with one woman has oasant. There wh fluid the nrany-Umee reiterated history (Of sou4s burdened with shaane^ despair and rsmorse, finding ref-

uge In th( motbsriy 1

practically for the first time, perbajis, reestving the deft inIntatrAtiODs of a tender, maternal hand; and we And the hslpiass, young and old, strengthened by a sense Of human ktn^ip brought into their lives. If We om in a position to go beyond these swift nswspsper gUmpses and follow the sflor hlstmdes. We wilt find in that unchronlolsd provlbce an Inspiring proportion of rsolsifnea lives and a galaxy of thoso who by letter or other token give svidsnM of itoldlng grsJdtude. It almost assms UkS s flood of li^ flowing to and from one. center.. ^ Few boittions, perhaps. affoM such 0f>* portunltiea for UTs powertul exercise of a womsa's Influsacs as does that of J^Uce mhtrsfl. The woman. It need scBromy be said, <aust be onb out of many, but given the one who is strong, wise and symp^thetle, she, in a sense, is tha door between two worhla By reason of,her first 'touch with the tihusflw which society mfut Wiihss to rsaahi and which are brought to her by the strong arm of authority, she may be aptly iigund as standing lU the outer court, exiiendlng the first welcome to ail who will .attempt, howsvsr feebly,

to sntSr A b«dte4 hfe.

It should be doted In passing that the nsatronshlp heni and Its wwk is a jnmuautiit to tbe eftanlsed women of Indianapolis. a sagacity strangely tregsniTrllnr tw of the) masculine lawchiiere, who Wen tuppoeed to have all the pSlkli^ wlpdom, the Woman’s Club «md ISs JleHdlah Wi-C T. U. insisted that the sfQoO he created, and. thanks to that

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am. S. COTTMAN.

iUtowt Oar iomid of Health. Th the Editor of ^lie IndtaaapoUs News. It Is said tteii masterly Inactivity aftsots '^s Department of Pubito Health -and Charttiea X remember that when hoflpttal and dlspensaiy appointments wgrs to be mads the members of the board «Bto also about a score of doctors mOdhttM great interest in, ahd aedtned to hav# plenty etf tline to attend to the matflu'. I would that tMs deep tntm'est prevailed In regard to health affairs. The board doee not hold meeSihge as li should do. and inquity develops the fact that two weeks have jpAssed and not a minber Ims shown bis face at the health ofBoe. The aanttary bOleefra are likely not to have 4 vwy detp interest in their work With ibis exssttple before them. But our health boeds have always done much lees In a saidtary.way than they should have dons, and this points tothe faot that the Beard of Health should not be composed

bappstts thsA public health affairs suffer When put Into his bands. Ww Is ne«Fed Is a reform In the matitr. Hesitli bo«^s are out of date. A “commissionar of bsaltb” Is what a eltg Bke this naeda A man thoroughly tmued In aaaittfy science, one who must give hla whole pm* to the work, is wanted. Tbs law should require that he be an expert, and It should provide that he be free as far da possible from all poUtieal tnfluences. His political power should be cut down to the minimum, so that he might be free to give the city his untnuatosled services rractlcing pMsicianS should not be elS lbls to the office, for Ip the drst place eg are not likeiy to be sanitary exgarta any mori tb^h they are dental expwrta. Sanitary science is a branch of medicine, but so Is dentistry, and so Is opihklmology. it must be specially studiii^ltke other speclalues of medicine. TOere are departments provided In many universities where it Is taught, and if it is nscsssary for a physician to hs from a school before he is fit to prscMss. tt itketrlse seclhs necessary that proMsstonal sanitarians should be trained. There Is another reason than lack of ^Mtolal knOu^ge and training, why a praetlctog physician should not control our sanitary affairs. Individual professional Interests and college complleattena enter Into the health office with the tnjuaagement as now constituted. The elty has only the same interest in the medical ooilegesl that it has in the manufaetortes, and no more. Yet these medical colleges dmnatid representation on the city’s health board ae a right. They have a bustnsas side; why, therefore, did they not ask tor reptesentatlon on the Board of Public Works? Proteasional medical Jealousy tends to hamper a health board composed of pmctttieneni. FiAt and hearty co-operation will not be given by the o«its. This would rot be the cum. when the commltaioner Ik 4 man wblh is not engaged in medical praetioa, and' wiso does not intend to m engage. On ev^ count it appears that opr health department, as now constttued. itoouid he changed. Three practicing physiciana do but sorry sanitary work, because lb«y, are not trained sanl- i tartaiw, sad, also because being active 1 nractttlonera' they atrmdy have their I bands full And so can not Let the charter he changed. Qlve our beatth affairs iBte the hands of an expert itv that line. Bequtig him to glv^i his enttre time to the work. Take from him ail possible potttlcai cntangleinetits. and tlx the iaw so that be can not advance or retard the nwdiatt coUdges any more than the tac* tlona Keoipr* hfin to choose his ofBpon^trom a c4Tll service Hit of eligtbtes. ana when they are once tratnM. 1^ theta boM their places during behavior asd efficiency. If we do this tae win have done a good and prever t^tag kflff kto elty WlXt be kette^.

ABtatldBa Owtyaaey, K^tka EdiMr cf The toUsiiapaits News. &m» ttot 1w*h att offlcM] wsd pofmSir mpploa' of the currency queOtlOn wW^ is ottwAtvwbtod by the factsf undtotaaod the matter, though I tagylbg wtady m *hrot, «p« of the floaoslif iigiknils Ilf tha Oovermaent, author to Congress, is to prepare jgrtn and maimenr, the ilMBBttg Of Qm Oovw&iiiMit to pay the

baaror of the obllgiaibn, upon tits demand. the sum of money eheraln specifle<t: and to imp this mroodse in payment and aaUafaotlon «g Ctovtrnment tndebt•dneu to the amount dealguated by tne promise. And further, tbat when any such (Aittgattba la afterward prueentert and the amount thereof paid to the bearer, the same or Its dbpilcate Is “retsaued.^' NirW, I oonCess, aome uncertainty aa to this term “reisaued.” i take It that whenever the condition of the treasury is suoh that payment of a Government debt can not at the time be made, the promise to pay is used. Now the complaint Is officially made that these promiees, by reason of being “retssued," are again and again presented for redemption, so that the redemption fund can not be maintained. But In what respect Is the Government any worse off by reason of this than It would ba without It? Have not all the outstanding promises satisfied Ooveinment indebMnsas, Which would have been defaulted but for their use? And will nor such defaulting begin very soon If the reissue process should be slopped ? I should suppose that whenever—if ever—the revepnea accumulate In the Treasury so that indebtedness could be met, payments would be made without resort to the promises to pay. And, further. that, as the promises should be redeemed, tha necessity for reissuing no longer existing, certainly no official would hold funds in the Treasury and satisfy maturing Indebtedness with the promises. Just because the law authorlalng them and the use of them stood upon the statute in the term reissue. Of course, so far aa the silver purchasing folly has contributed to the depletion, there Is probably no further remedy except the heroic one of redeeming silver certificates with silver instead of gold. And may It not be the fact that the officials themselves have fallen into an unwarranted regard for the maintenance of gold and silver parity, and thus have brought upon themselves and the country the conditions of which they complain? And, furtherthore, may not the officials have stepped beyond the legitimate bounds of their positions? Both executive and Treasury officials may very properly concern themselves in regard to the Government’s obligations and its means of meeting them. But of what legitimate* concern can it be to either of them as to whether the currency is elastic or inelastic? Or, in fact, as to whether there Is any currency at ati or not? As it aimears to me, the only legitimate concern of the financial officers Is the extinguishment of the* Government debt as rapidly as it can be done without distress. They certainly need have no fears that civil financiers will not zealously care for all affairs of the currency, elasticity and Inelasticity included. Lebanon, Ind. W. R. STOKES. Restralnlag the Llawor Traffic. To the Editor of Tlis Indlanapollg News, I beg leave to reply to an article published in The News last Monday, written toy W. H. Lamastn-, under the misfit title of “The Voice of the People.’’* The .selection by the writer of the first clause of ^he Latin maxim, "Vox Popull Vox Del,” would indicate the opinion of the writer to be that what he had to say was “the voice of God” as well. In this he was mistaken—It was simply the voice of ego-

tism.

Hts first assertion is, that “prohibitory liquor laws are wrong and unwise, etc.’’ Before the civil war in this country, four•Iten States otfthe Union had adopted these wicked and ^nwise prohibitory liquor laws. And since the war Six States of the Union have adopted similar laws; and since Novemlber 2, 1880, there have , been held in this country nineteen prohibitory amendment elections. At these elections 1,676,608 voters oast tbelr ballots In favor of these lawa and 814.193 other voters assented to such laws by remaining away

from the polla.

Again. Mr. Lamaster says: “It can not be denied that the right to sell intoxicating liquors is as absolute as the right to sell coffee and tea, etc." Now, In the face of this assertion, stands the historical faot that for «0 years the laws of Ehigiand have Teguteted, restrained and prohibited this absolute right to sell Intoxicating liquors In a series of acts numbering more than, f60. In this country, besides numerous constitutions inhibltous of this absolute-right, similar restriotlve laws have been enacted in every State of the Union. • In addition to .this, the highest court of the Nation. In the cms of Crowly vs. Christinson 0*7 U. a Ret. 86>, denied this absolute right to sell intoxicating 11quqrs In the following ianguage: “There is no Inherent (absqlute) right In a oltlzen.thus to sell intoxicating liquor by retail! It is not a privilege of a citizen of

a .^te, or of the Uniti^ States.”

What court ever decided that a citizen of a State, or of the United States, had

no right to sell coffee or tea?

Princeton. Ind. W. M. LAND, (•The writer of the above is not the first to malce a “misfit” In the application of the phrase, "Th^'woice of the people.” That is a heading which The News sooietlmes puts over communications Intending It to apply to all of the communications that follow, such utterances being “the voice of the people,” as con-tra-distinguished from the voice of the newspaper. It applied sio more to Mr. Lamaster’s communication than to the half-d6zen others which were grouped

under it—Editor "nie News.) Pirote<*tlo»i For tho Fox.

To the Editor of The Indlsnapolia News. In the name of the Bands of Mercy orgai^ed in this State and city, and for the flake of the rtelng generation of girls and boys,* I protest against the fox hunt now in contemplation. If a fox is a destnrctlve or unnecessary animat, let him be killed as speedily and mercifully as poflsible, but Tor men to amuse themselves with the terror and torture of a helpless creature wholly in their power is a relic of satage ancestry too inhuman

for this enlightened age.

’Thousands of our noblest men and women all over the land, unite with me in this belief, and if the itoltlts of Daniel Webster, whose first plSa Was for the life of a woodchuck; and of Abraham Lineoln, who diimiouated from his horse and left his friends tbat he might restore a tiny bird to Its nest, can know that prominent citizens of their beloved country devote the hallowed (Christmas season to such orutal sports, they must feel their lives were lived In vain. Christ, who was born among the animals. Instead of In the abode of man, must weep with pity at such a celsbration of His

lesson that we can teach the young

is so Importaot-as the lesston of kindness, for this includes all- A lesson in cruelty Is a stafl ih the Toad toward criminality, for all crime arises from a want of regard for the rights of ©then,; that animals have rights Is a fact recognized both by the law and the gospel. I would ask the gentlemfe In question to

ponder these words of Longfellow: Among the noblest in. the land.

Although he count himself the least;

That man I honor and revere. Who, without favor, without fear. In the great city dares ,to stand The friend of every friendless beast.

MARY O. ELSTER.

The lasMne anil iietter Attendance. To the Edltw of The Indianapolis News. I read Dr. Thomas’s letter in The News in regard to sepatole Institutions for epileptics. In my twenty yrors* experience in insane hospitals I have often wondered why epileptics were admitted to the hotai>Ua]s at alt and turned loose with patients suffering from acute dementi.a or melancholia. Kplleiiitlos, as a rule, are cunning, treacherous and to the last degree unreilabie. They ought by all means to be kept gepsrate from other patients and be under the care of attend, nts not under twenty-five years of. age. Boys aro not fit for attendant^ under ajiy ciroumntancea. Attendanto are born, not

made.

It has too often oceotred that people are employed through some political pull or some friend of the board. 1 believe there ought to be a tew prohibiting the board of truatees re=#mmendlng anv one directly or Indirectly for appointment. Favorltl.*® i» always shown to such employes. People sdiould be employed upon Ihelr merits and capacity to perform the duties pertaining to the position they are to fill and not becaiise thi*y vote a cert^n ticket or can Influence others to do likewise. BUD. IndianapoRa, December i*, im. A Farther Chanfle- siiMnrp^ted. Tt* th* Baitt# Of The IndlanapoUs News. Merely by way of suggestion: Would It not be wen for t|je street railroad company to suppiemettf its new crossing order by reversing the^resent system of nmnlng Ul0.'a«»7 Tlbil is. to have the car* keepno the left Instead of to the right. Peppl* could learn such a system In tune, and theti,wheh they have learned it, the system could be changed again. .. MUD. . Tfce Mifltlatoe. Washinttiik |*nst. It is a plant both strange and-good And men observe irifh wonder That where it most Is understood 'Tl» very much etood under.

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Books Akoat Chrlotsaas. Adams. Law Against Keeping Christmas in Massachusetts. K 4804. Two volumes. Aldrich. Christmas Fantasy. A 171. Allen. Hotly and Mistletoe. In D 6071. Andrews. Christmas Under the Commonwealth. I 8496. Baden. A Christmas Box. A 7872. A Christmas Child. A 7874. Balestler. Life and Sylvia. B 484. Bangs, Halt Hours With Jimmie Boy. BB S84. Beard. American Girls’ Handy Book. P 6720. Bishop. A Christmas Crime. A 801. Brand. Christmas History, Customs, Etc. In D 3788-1. Butterworth. The Christmas Book. B 1287. Caldcott. King Christmas. Q 8410. Campbell. Fifty Christmas Gifts for Small Fingers. In P 6752. Carpenter. Christmas In Ceylon. In L Century. Their Christmas MeeUng. Vol. Chambers. Book of Days, Customs, Etc. D 3aMi-2. Christmas Box. B 1716. Christmas Geese. AB 7620. Christmas Holidays at Chestnut HIIL B 5699. Christmas in Song, Sketch and Story, y 7475. Christmas In the Country. B 2801. Christmas Stories. B 1717. Christmas Stories From French and Spanish W’riters. AG 9162. The Christmas Tree. Q 8486. Clarke. Little Miss Weezy. B 1790. Cottmas. Christmas Eve at Beelers. A 1873. Dickens. A Christmas Carol. A 2258 and 2259. Christmas Stories. A 2259 A Christmas Tree. A 2271. Sketches. A 2292 and 2293. Dtdge. Red Letter Days. B 2327. Doran. Old and Young Christmas. In 61S0 D. Dyer. British Christmas Customs. In 1 844J* Edwards. Christmas In the Desert. In D 4853-1. Everett. Observances of Christmas Day. In D 6392. Every. Girl’s Annual Christmas In Olden Times. In B 7636. P.nley. Christmas With Grandma Elsie. B m». Forbes Christmas Day on a Growler. A 2927. Christmas in the Khyber Pass. D 6626. Christmas in Very Common Lodgings. A 2927. Frapan. A Christmas Story. A 2987. God’s Will and Other Stories. A 2987. Fuswell. Good Wishes at Christmas, In D ffi80. P m. Gaskin. Christmas Storm and Sunshine. A 3102 Qentlem.an’8 Mag. Library. Holiday Tlme-s of Old. In D 4925-1. Goodwin. Christmas Observances in New England. In K 4343, Hale. Christmas in Narragansett. A 3431 Christmas Walts in Boston. .A A S487. Our Nev/ Crusade. A 3440. Harper’s Magazine— Christmas in Canada. In Vol. 68. Christmas In Devonshire. In Vol. 61. Christmas In tSermany. In Vol. 18. Christmas in Old Albany. In Vol. 62. Christmas in Sweden and W'est Indies. In Vol. 42. Christmas In Former Times. In Vol. 70. History of Christmas In Germany, England and America. In Vol. 68. . Christmas Literature and Christmas Story. In Vol. 86. Christmas Story of a Little Church. In Vol. 78. Christmas Mystery In the Fifteenth Century, In Vol. 78. Christmas Shadrock. In Vol. 78. Christmas on the Hearth, In Vol. 16. O. W. Curtis on Chrlatmaa In VoL86. P, ^7. Christmas Throughout Christendom, In Vol. 46. A Christmas Present. In Vol. 82. A Christmas Party. In Vol. 86. Harris. The Christmas Bister. A 357L Harte. Chrisitmas Gift that Came to Rupert 2613. Hawthorne. ’The Christmas Banquet. A 9142-2. Hervey. History of Christmas in England. D 3787. Holmes, M. RedtaXions for Christmas. S 2636. Horn. History and Custoins. In D 3841-2. Howell. Christmas Every Day. B 4306. Hugesflen. Crackero for Christmas. B ■1344. Hunt, L. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. D Tia). P. 319. Hurst. L. Christmas In the Fatherland. In L 4272. P. 18. Hurst. Christmas In Indika, In L 2543. Irving, W. Christmas. In D 7231. Jewett. Patty’s Dull Christmas. B 4680. Johnson. Christmas in the Country. In B 4602. P. lOB. Jueserand. English Christmas Song. In* I 8529. P. 213. King. Christmas Story of a Little Church. A 4646. Lyall. Their Happiest Christmas. B 636. Mobte. Christmas Eve. In D 7706. P. 35. Manning. Coming of Father Christinas. Q 8318. Markham. Around the Yule Log. B 5627. Maurice, F. D. Christmas Day and Other Sermons. W 7311. Memorial History of Boston—Christmas ^ Observances. In K 4496. Mitchell, S. W. Mr. Kris Krlngle. B 6975. Molesworth. A Christmas Child. B 6004. Mbrris. In the Yule Log Glow. D 4^. Paget. Christklndchen. In D 8831, Parry. Keeping of Christmas Among the Germans. In L 4242. Peary. Arctic Festivities. In L 823. P

93.

Perry. Ju Jus ’^Ihristmas Party. B 6848. Riddall. Customs of Christmas^ In D Rlia. Nebsey’s Christmas. B 7456. Roe. Christmas Eve In War Times. In A 6678. Safford. Christmas Country. B 7725. Scannell. Christmas in England. B 7735. Christmas in France. B 7736. Christmas in Germany. B 7738. Christmas in Italy. B 7737. Seely. Christmas Day at Centerfltt. A TlXNX Smith. A Christmas. In D 9161. P 111 Smith, Anna. Katie’s Christmas Lesson J3 8277 Tom’s Memorable Christmas. B 8278. Stevenson, L. A Christmas Sermon. D 9275. Stockton. Christmas Before Last. A 7653. A Christmas Wreck, A Stories of Christmas and Caster. B 7716. Story. Christmas Holidays in Rome. In L 4535-1 Stowe. Footsteps of the Master. W 8272. Strutt. Sports and Pastimes, P 5781. Thackeray. The Christmas Book. In D 940S-5. TrolIo|)^ Chritmas at Thompson Hall. VanDyke. The Christ Child in Art Q 1338. Wallace. Glnevra. B 9460, Warner. The Burden of Christmas. In D 9750. page 175. Carl Kriuken. B 9511. Wiggin. Bird’s Christmas Carol. B 9680. and Smith. Story Hour. B 5682Wllkins. Christmas Jenny. A 8682. Young Lucretla. A 8683. Williams. Come Christmas Day. In M ’Tt, page 237. Wilson. Christmas Dreams. D ^4. Yotige, Mistletoe and Holly. In M 357. Poole’s Index for Magazine Articles. R

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Grammar Sohol Prlduya S 2780. Griswold. Posts and Poetry of Axnsrica. C 582. Gustafson. Mig luid Other Poems. C 4816, Guthrie. Christmas Cards: Parcs, C 4817. Hall. Poems of Home and Fireside. C 4371. Harrison. Cap and Gown. C 4449. Havergal. Compensation. 2 vols. ' C 4498. Hayward. Poems of Xmas. C 10. Heman. W’orks. C 4568-2. Hempstead. Random Arrows. C «85. Herbert. Poetical Works. C 4634. Herrick. Poetical Works. C 4666-2. Poetical Works. C 4666-1 Holland. Marble Prophecy. C 4787. House. Poems. C 48w. Hopkins. Poems. 8 2727. Horton. Songs of the I*ow2y. C 4845. Jackson. Verses. C o(B6. Keble. The Christmas Tear. C 6260. Kendrick. Our Poetical Favorites. C 29^1. Kingsley. Poems. C 5303. Kipling. Departmental Ditties. C 5310. Lang. Ryhmes a la Mode. C 6502. Laroom. Poems. C 3.5^. I i^jbrarv of Relifrlous Poetry. C 670. 1 Speaker. S 2919. , Longfellow. Poems. C 5790. I Lowell. Poems. C 5818. Macdonald. Hidden Life. Mackay. 1001 Gems of Poetrv. C 406! Claus. Page 79 In S Mars ton. Poems. C 6089. Mason. Christmas Legend. C 6120. Matthews. Tempi Vale. C 6133. Milton. Ode on Christ’s Nativity. C 6351. Monroe, Poems. C 6460. Morrison. Songs ord Rhymes. C 366. Neshlt. Lays and Legends. C 6735. Newell. Poems. C 6749. Newman. Verses on Various Occasions. C 6752. Our Children’s Song. C 540. Parker. Cabin in the Clearing. C 7036. Parson.s. The Lesson. C 7036. Poems. C 7060. ^ Peterson. Poems. C 7176. Platt. Western Windows. C 7232. Poetry for Children. O 179. Proctor. Poems, c 7444. R'ce. Holiday Selections. S 2850. Riley. Afterwhiles. C 7735. Russell. Poems. C 7906. Ryan. Poems. C 7920. Sangster. On the Road Home. C 8043. Sears. Forest Runes. C 8271. Sill. Poems. C 9003. Sladen, ed. Australian Poets. C 311. Stevenson. Ballads. C 9106. Stoddard. Book of Easter, etc. C 9114. Poems. C 9115. Thomas. Lyrics and Sonnets. C 9385. Thompson. The Humbler Poets, C 415. Tlmrod. Poems. C 9420. ’Trowbridge. The Lost Earl, C 9468. Book of Gold. C 94a5, Vaughan. British Poets. C 956a Venaible., Poems. C 9570. Very. Work.s. C 9-580. WeBlej'’8 1*061138. C 9746. W’hitman. Poems. C 9760. ! W'bWney. Pan'ries. C 9768. W’hlltler. At Sundown. C 9776. Bay of Seven Islands. C 9779. Winter. My Witness. C 9832. Younger American Poet.s, Poems. C 292. Wooteey. Rhymes and Ballads. C 9te6. Verses. C 9854. AT 'THE OMIBCHES. Cbrlstmaa Sermons Preaebed By Many Ministers Yesterday, 'The announced programs of Ohristmas music and Christmas sermons at the churches yesterday proved attractive to the people, and the attendance was unusually large. In many of the churchee the altar decorations were slgnlfloant of the time of 'the year, and holly, chrysanthemums and mistletoe had a prominent place. In Fletcher Place church. In the morning, the Rev. R. R. Robert.* preached from the text, “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call hls name Immanuel" (Isaiah, vil, 10-14), and be told Hhe stony of the birth of Christ. In the Second Pre^yterlan church the Rev. Mr. Milburn preached from the text, “And Hla name sfivall be called wonderful” (Isaiah, lx, 6), giving a review of the work of Jesus Christ on earth, and concluaing wiah the beatitudes, in the evening Archibald Bradshaw filled the pulpit. in Plymouith church, in the morning, the Rev. F. E. Dowhurst preached a sermon for children. It was more a story than a sermun, entitled. “The Wise Mch ui the We»i, and How Tney Searcdied For Christ.” In the Meridian-street M. E. church, Dr. C. N. Sims preached on “The Divine Exairi^jle of Man. ' He chose lor his text, “Tito word was made flesh and dwelt among us, ana we beheld His giory as ot the -oidy begotten of the h alher, full of grade and truth,” John vill, 14. In the Memorial iTtSbyterian church the morning sermon was on "Bringing Gifts to Christ.” In the evening the suojeci was, “The Witness of Prophecy to Christ” ’The sermons were preached by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Ballard. In the Universalist church the Rev. H. O. Somers spoke on “The Meaning of the Salvation of Jesus.” In the Second Lutheran church the Rev. Mr. Worman preached on "The Prince of Peace.” In the Roberts Park churchj the Rev. T. I. Coultas preached on "The Advent and Work of Christ.” In the (ientral-avenue Methodist church, in the evening, the Kev. E. F. Bfown, editor of the Ram’s Horn, preached on “Follow me, and he arose and followed Him,” Matthew lx, 9. In the Donney-avenue church, in Irvington, the Rev. J. W. Comfort preanhed from the text, “God hath visited Hls people," Luke vli, 16. Growth at Meridian Street. Meridian-street Methodist Episcopal church has bad an unusual growth in the past few months. More than a hundred men and women have united with the congregation. Revival at Roberta Park. Special evangelistic services will begin Thursday night In Rolierts Park church. A JAPANESE VIC-TORY.

A UAH WAKES UP

iJaglemuiat fitxiierieatfes That Sg«tl Hla Teaiiter aad the Flavor * of Hlfl Breakfast. You waks up on a eold. gloomy morning and, unless yon are different from most of ua, you wish you could sleep a little longer. But It won't do; buitneu ealUi you. You shiver as you stand in the cold air o£ yonr bedroom, aqd, while yon are dressing yourself, you cough three or four times. If you hurry at your toilet the cough comes on agtiin, and when you go out in the street aftw breakfast you have another paroxysm. Are you on the verge of galloping consumption? Not a bit of it. But causes yw may not have been eonscloos of hav'e weakened your whole twdy, and the cough is nature's call for re-enforcements. Because it is not a melodious call is no reason why it should be neglected. A body tried by sudden changes of temperature is best protected not by overshoes and mufllem atone, but also by a ifiediclnal stimulant of guaranteed purity. The people who wrap and bundle themselves, may hack and sneeze ail winter. Those who use Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey are rewarded for their prudence by freedom from coughs, sore throats and attendant miseries. Not because Duffy's Pure Malt acts exclusively on the throat and lungs. Every organ in the body feels its helpful Influence. Free from the least taint of foreign matter, it is never confounded with common whiskies, and it is not necessary to explain that Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey is prepared both for family and medicinal purposes.

Particular w* FITSI! That’fl one of our «trong«t points—we are so exceedingly par^cular about the fit—K>f every suit, overcoat, and pair of pants that leaves our stores and that, too, with these prices, Pants - - - - $3.00 Suits - - - - $13.25 Overceats - - $10.25 All Made to Order.

You can pay three times as much, and get no better fit— or goods—or style. 8

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by Df. J. Van Dyck, Electro Surgeon, Park Hotel, IS Circle street, Indianapolis. Ihd. 22 years' experience: over 10,000 cases cured. Owing to the demand for his services in •Boston and New York. Dr. Van Dyck will positively close hla office here Januayy 1. and will treat,a,^ who call up to that date for fl per sittfbg. Every lady who has this blemish who has any regard for her appearance, should not lose this chance to get rid of a life-time trouble. Pimples, Blackheads, Liverspots, Freckles, wrinkles and all facial blemishes cured. Treatment, fl per package until January 1. Be treated at once. Hours, 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays, 10 to 1.

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Tlie Chinese Defeated With Heavy Loss Near Uai Cbena,

Chrlstinus Poems In—

Adams. Through the Year With the

Poets. C U5-12.

Aldrich, Mercedes and Later Lyrics.

C 1097.

Arnold. Poems. C 1270. BaKer. Baker's Doxen. C 1413Beers. Poems. C 1615. Blake. Verses Along the Way. C 1817. Bolton. Songs of a Life-Time. C 1874. Boyeson. Idyls of- Norway. C 1386. Browne. Bugle Echoes. C 347. Browning, E. Poems. C 20^-2. Browning, R. Poetical Works. C 2093. Ohristmas Eve. C 2090. Bruce. Homestead Poems. C 2102. Carletcm. Farm Ballads. C 2322,' Farm Legends. O 2324. City I^egends. C 2:S!. Cary, The Settlers’ Christmas. In C 2364. Chadwick. Book of Poems. C 2440. Chambers. Ia>tos Flowers. C 5280. Charles. Hawthorne Blossoms. C 2476. Lyrical Poems. C 2477. Christmas Selections. Poems. C 228. Coates. Children's Book of Poetry. C 480. Encyclopedia of Poetry, C 542. Coleridge. Poetical "Works. C 2040-2.

Poems. C 2639.

Coles, Poems. C 2647.

Cone. Oberon and Puck, C 2679.

Craik. Poems. C ffi27.

Poems &'W and Olds G 2826.

’Trial of C 2947. ram EHcStoSl. ^ ti^g. .'mes and: J^jdes. C 310K.

Is ioung. C 3106,

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Emerson, ed. Parnasiws. C 42(k A Thanksgiving' Story. * C 3WW., Field. With Trumpet and ,l*npn- C 3615. Field. Second Book of Versa. ’ C 4140.

O'.MW. Lyrics. C 4915

Ooodale. All Around tlifl Ygar.

Apple »lo8.«crr.t. C 4140,

Gofdrn Book of Choice Reading Gordon. The Feaat of Vlrg.iis,

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London, December 24.—Dispatches from the Orient tell of another desperate battle on Chinese soil and another victory by the Japanese invaders. The first cablegram announcing the battle was from Yokohama. It read: "General Kasura on December 19, attacked General Lung’s position seven miles w'est of Hal Cheny The position was defended by ten thousand Chinese, who were routed after four assaults. The losses are not slated.” The second dispatch was from Tokio. It .said: “Advices received here confirm the report of the defeat of General Lung after a hard light that lasted five hours." A dispatch irom Antong later ^ays “The Japanese force consisted of four regiments of infantry and five batteries I of artillery. The latter bombarded the Chinese, who had established themselves in the village of Rung Wasai, The infantry then thrice charged through the Chinese lines. The fighting was stubborn, the combatants meeting hand-*o hand. T’he light was the fiercest that has yet taken piace. The Chinese loss is es timated at five hundred killed or wounded. The Japanese also suffered severely, Oo«v» anti Bees Ou Christmas Eve. "Old reports and traditions tell funny stories about bees and animals on Christmas eve." Let the young boys and girls, readers of The News, be up late to-night— Christmas eve—and, before and after 11 p. ra., see the cows and cattle. If not tied shpri, see if thej don’t all quietly kneel before 12. If two or three In number they will cluster, bat eight or ten kneeling will form a circle or elipse, with eyes and uplifted faces tow-axd the center. If you carry a lantern near them, their big c/es will roll, astonished at your sacrilegious intrus.on. Five minutes before midnight go quietly and gently to the bee-hive. Three minutes before 12 the easy voice of one or two sentinels may say "AU is well.” 8con dozens, then hundreds, are found In unison, till at the stroke of 12 every member is on duty In moaning song or

story.

The kind guide or gentle auntie will tell the children, perhaps, that the cows give praise and thanks for the babe of Nazareth, and that the bees are singing a song—the pong of Bethifchem. I.

Yhsttfiaby was gave h^Csstorta. /ben was a €hdd.4&ci crioA|^ (testoria. v’tste site bnesme .1^1. she cla&g^ Castoria. .-/bcMtato bad

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to find jast what you want for a ('brPtmas pre ent at Marey’a. as we have sceh a large stock to select from and the prices are so low that ycu wiU be surprised bow men .’ ; resents you t an get for a amalt amount. Cui Glass at whole ale pricea Watches troiu |3 to Clocks irom 79c to 4350. . MARCY, K W. Washington Street.

FOR THE llOLIDATS Buy yourself a nice tailor-made Suit and Overcoat for less than cost of material. We will save you Irom ®10 TO on aaj OVERCOAT or SUIT. Perfect fit guaranteed. RUBKN’S

tt West Washington 8t. Open every night this week.

,Not ex iggerating a bit we s,ay we have more Rockers than any two stores combineci.

Must Have, Because % We Show All the Styles ^ .Vj^ Our prices are right and our

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“CLEANLINESS IS NAE PRIDE, DIRT’S NAE HONESTY.” COBImON SENSE DICTATES THE USE OF SAPOLtO

A. Ohristmas Present would be k READING LIGHT or DROP LKjHTfor gas We have greatest variety, from 75 cents up. o. CO.. Marion Block .... Comer Meridian and Ohio Streets

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The Princess Aline

BY

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

COMMENCES IN

Harper’s Magazine

For JANUARY

THOMAS HARDY'S new zovH, Heart* Insurgent (costmoafiMi of “ The Sim{detoos''’ ooder a new title); JULIAN RALPH*5'fi»t p»per oo the Nfw South, eutitied Ckaiifllton and tho CarolUias. with 27 iltuMrafifow; AMD FIVE SHORT STORIES are among ebe anaay ether atriking featitna.

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