Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1883 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24, 1883.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24.

Th municipal debts of Illinois aggregate tha snag turn of t5L.727.283. Gi5iiL II AKCtKTK is expected in Ciucinraati in the early part of February to establish a branch of the Loyal Legion. Lxttkr postage will probably be reduced to two cents, beginning with the 1st of July. The Senate pissed the bill yesterday. Th Iowa Supreme Court yesterday detided unconstitutional the prohibitory liquor law lately voted upon in that State. Chocolate lovers will be interested to Vrunw that chocolate cakes are now made from peanuts, without a particle of choco late In thm. Twk New York Democratic Congressmen, -nder the leadership of B. S. Cox, are boomim? Mr. Drsheimer for Speaker of the Forty-Msh-.h Congress. t, Ohl Loislature is wrestling with I in nor Question. The conclusion is that h.nanstiuHion will have to be amended rxfare anything can be done in the way of reform. Geoegk Schiller, proprietor of the bir of th Newhaii House, Milwaukee, has Deen arrested for Ettling fire to the hotel. There were indicaom of the gatheric of a mob around the Jail where he was confined last ttlgrtt, It looks as if the regular racket in France hant to beszin once mora. A few years of oaietia Taris is very oppressive to Frenchman. Old I'lon-Plon understands the nn?ätion hnd French humor or he would never have issued that manifesto. Miss Jemxie Flood is the wealthiest young LaJv on tbe Pacific Coast She is worth oTerl2.500.0tK) Young men, don't all "go "West" oq the strength of this, because she is .i K "hnmplv and sensible, and then the walking back will prove long and lonely Governor Bctler, of Massachusetts, gives every man who calls upon him a hearing in (ffice. The fashion has been to keep- cal ers in an outside room until the Governor cot ready to be paraded before them and hear their requests a la Czar. Cut ler is tabooing all such nonsense. Nixetee State Legislatures are now in session, and tir more are to convene during the present month. The "assembled wis don" will have a lively time this winter in making new laws and patching up old one?. Tt;nnil notion? seem to have broucht less relief in thiä respect than it was supposed they would. Tax Sin Francisco papers chronicle the f ari that a suicide mania has overtaken the tom-cats of that city. One cat deliberately Iakl its head upon the pavement and held it obere until an express waßon rolled over it. It is to be hoped that such catastrophes will continue to occur until the nights are no lnnmr mirf hideoas bv ut concerts in the .back yard. A JUDICIOUS BANKRUPT LAW. To begin with, tne Constitution of the "Cnited States provides that "the Congress shall ba-e power to establish uniform laws on tbe subject of bankruptcies throuahout the Unittd States." That settles the consti tutionality of the matter. The simple fact that tbe Constitution confers upon Congress the power to do a certain thing is proof positive that that c ?rtain thing ought to be done when circumstances are such as to require it t& be done. This power of Congress to es t&blUh unif rin laws on the subject of bank rmntsi i the same as that to - c- - collect taxes, borrow money, regu lar mniKM. etc It is one of the powers t be exercised when circura stances are such as to require its applies tion. It will not do to say that there exists ao necessity for the exercise this power now, nor will it do to assert that Congress is not qualified t enact a judicious bankrupt law. Xor yet, will it answer the demand to assort that there are not thousands of cises in the Uaited States meritorious cases of bankruptcy, which ought to be settltd in a Coirt spec a'ly provided for their adjudication. It may be said, and d jubtless with much truth, in regaid to the bankrupt lwa hitherto enacted, that they were defective. We da not doubt it. But we hold it to be directly at variance with every sentiment of justice, bfciusa defective laws have been enact d that further effort shall not be made to trame laws which meet the requirements rf Government The experience f the United States in enacting and repealing bankrupt raws ought to be of great -value t legislators in framing another law for the settlement of bankrupt estates; sjnd since the Constitution cmten power upon Congress, and since it is well known that an absolute necessity exists for its exercise, we are clearly of the opinion that a general bunkr apt law ought to be passed. "We are aware that tie objtction is made to all bankrupt laws -that dishonest men take advantage of them to defraii'.hf ir credit rs. If legislators were to act a p n mch an objection, cr urge it as a reason for no -ction at all, their mission wiili be g-mu I rever. No one eipects an irr.llhi law rrzalatine human affairs in any departm-nt. It is impossible, however, with experience, wisJora, and all other help which the age affords, to approximate jist-ce, and no greater insult culJ be o.Ttred the law makers of the land than t j object to a general bankrupt law became forsooth, it will not be perfection in all of in provision. The question at once arises, are honest mei to te denied relief because bad men may sometimes escape the puniohment due their acU? Ae honeit bankrupts to be held io -everlasting bondage because here and there a villain will work through tbe meahes of the law? The ßjrures show that since 1309 there have hnea -bout 85,000 failures in the United States. It is not to be eupthat a majority of these jv t - ... j:At in va.t msiontT

ixi'ures were mBi.uüoov, - - j - t . . . J? casta the unfortunates gave up their him William E. Chandler, Secretary o the at to their creditor, and went forth ut- Navy, and George Bliss, and these .three terly broken down ia fortune, having noth- worthies have concluded to , maka the NaiaXTbatthoir ability to riss again, pro- tional Republican i pay, without regard to "! . I .Ii w nld hj re- public orinion. Tfcs Boston Globe remarks

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comes in the Iniquity, what good does it do creditors or society to keep such bankrupts under the harrow? What interest is subserved? In what way is justice honored? What right is cloven down?

We answer, none whatever. The enlighta eced civilization of the age aemanas that a general bankrupt law shall be enacted. That great caution should exercised in framing such a law we admit. The machinery should be rnnpie and the laws so framed that the great bulk of assets should go to pay debts rather than fees, an t the penalties should be severer when fraud is attempted, but when a man honestly fails in business, gives up his property as directed by law, makes a full surrender of his assets, he ought to be set free and be permitted to try it again; and the fact that some rascal may escape the penalties prescribed should not be permitted to arrest the efforts of Congress to give the country a judicious bankrupt law. THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY. In the march of intelligence, which is the grand march of the age, the dynamite fiend, the counterfeiter, the bank roDDer ana wrecker, the incendiary and burglar, and so on through the list, manage to keep abreast of the scientist, inventor and thinker in all departments of business affairs. Such re flections are suggested by the disappearance of a package containing the snug sum of $5,000, said to have been placed by the First National Bank ot Indianapolis, in the custo dy of the Adams Express Compa ny, to be taken to Muncie, a distance ot abou sixty miles. When the package arrived at its destination it was not money f 5,000 but a mass of muslin. The money package did not go to Muncie. Why? That's the rub. Thereby hangs a tale. That's tbe mystery. It is won dprfnllv fruitful of reflection. The bank indorses its employes. The Express Com nsnT with eoual cmohasis vouches far the E J " 1 integrity of its clerks and agents. Notwitb standins which one Or the other of these concerns harbors a thief ; an adroit villain; acultured scoundrel. Where is he? Who is he? The bank has investigated, and so has tbe Express Company, but the mystery is not solved. The thief, whoever he is, whether employed by the bank or the Ex press Company, has managed to win the confidence of his employes. He is solid with the bank or Express Company not a shadow of suspicion exists, so far as the public knows. If the money left the bank then an Express Company employe stole iL If it did not leave the bank then some bank employe is the thief. He is not a sneak thief in the common acceptation of the term. It is safe to say that he has pleasant social surroundings. Does not drink. He probably is married has an affectionate wife and prattling children, and moves in "srood society." Sail he is a thief. and if caught will 'go over the road. Xow, then, what interest has society in such matters? Why should society shudder? Who's hurt? The bank is rich, and the same Is true cf the Express Company. They can pay the $5,000 if required to do so by the Courts. Somebody has got to lose. Suspicion is disarmed. The mystery is not likely to be solved. So far as known every body is honest, and yet there is a thief in the employment of the bank or the Express Company. The history of the ease, as told by the bank aud Express Company, forces that sort of a conclusion. Is it to be believed for one moment that the thief, whoever he mav be. is living within his in come? What is the history of bank wreckers. who are occasionally caught aad sent to Piison? They speculated. They were anxious to become rich. They wanted the golden stream to be quick and powerful Why ? Well, they wanted to move in "good societv" Thev wanted to own an aristow cratic pew in a fashionable Church. They wanted to be recognized by the cod-fish aris tocracy. They wanted to be Invited into 'Struck ile" circles, where the votaries of vulgar ignorance riot like maggots in cream cheese. To gratify these ambitions they must speculate, and to speculate they must steaL The thief who has possession of the $5,000 belonging to the First National Bank it would be safe to wager anything from a pebble to palace, is a bucket shop speculator undersl a ads "puts" and 'calls, "long," and "shorts." "margins" and "corners." and possibly drives fast horses and dresses in purple and fine linen. "So ciey" is very much like the whitedseDUl chers we read about. It is particularly pretty on the outside, but within is full of rotteneaa. Money unlocks its doors. Money iaanassDort to recognition. Money! Get money; steal it, gamble for it, rob banks, savings banks,, benevolent institutions. Money! Get it by forgery, perjury; got money. Let mystery profound as death ob-cure the methods, and "society" will bid its possessor welcome, HUB3ELLISM IN A NEW GUISE. Mr. Frank natton, the present First As sistant Post Master General, has concluded jo euibark in Washington journalism, and in r. innection with his duties as First As sistant Pos: Master General, has become the editor, and, in part, proprietor of the Wash-1 ins?ton National Republican, andis "making use of the Postoffice to push the circulation of that precious sheet," so says the New York Evening Tost, and adds: He (Hatton) has prepared a highly-commendatory lithographed puff of it, addressed t tbe Unite 1 States Postmasters, a capy of which he b&s feat to each Republican member of tbe Hauie asking Mm to iiga lt. His paper has stoadil? oppoeed the fctar Rute prosecutions, and sbased the prosecuting officer?, supported all the leading abuses which have brought dUcredlt on the party, and lately announced that theCommlistonern to be appointed under the Civil Service reform bill would eil tbe offices to the candidate. A more shameless or disreputable sheet of apolitical kind d. not exist. ThatUahould be salted by a United States officer, aud that be should bj using the Poitoflloe to canvass for it is ag-eatscandaL Tbe President know now full wt 11 whut kind of persons thefe IVtofflce politlcUai are, and ha will Joubtle s before long tako Mr. Ilattou's caw in band. The editorship is clearly as much as that officer can attend to. Here we have the statement from high Republican authority that this man Hatton, utterly regardless of all the proprieties of ! official conduct, uses his office to pusn nis rnvaie enienwiees. r . . . He has associated with I at Republican member, of Congress have

b sen furnished with letters, partly written

ana partly lithographed, and requested to sign them, and to send them to the 46,000 ostmaaters In the service ot the United States, for which purpose envelopes with the proper addresses are provided. Foiowing is tbe text of tbe letter: Hocsi or RsraxsixTATivBS. . WasHiMGTOic, D. C, Dec. , t3Z I Poatmaater: Deab Sie The National Republican newspaper baa recently pasted under the control of Mr. Frank Hattoo. wbo has associated with him an aole corps of assistants. Insuring a well and ably edited paper, treating In a broad, comprebenalre and patriotic manner the vital political questions of tbe day and adrooatlog In a fearless and earnest manner the principles of tbe Republican paity and what shall appear to be for the best in terests of tbe country. Tbe Republican will gl re a complete and detailed report of tbe proceedings of Congress and transactions in all tbe branches of tbe Government, Including tbe appointments. promotions and diamlasals la tbe public aerrloe. consider it tbe best paper ever pubuabed In Washington, aad one that can very materially aid in promoting tbe interests oi ue mpuDiicao party in my Bute. I therefore earnestly request you to gtre sucb personal attention at you can in securing subscriptions or in enlisting tbe services of some lire. acUre person as an agent. As lib eral commissions are allowed to agents tbe work will not necessarily be gratuitous. Yours truly. Here is the First Assistant Tostmaster General using his office to obtain a circula tion tor his newspaper, and is doinirjtina way that the 46,000 Postmasters will readily u nderstand means business. The average Post master, In the opinion of the Globe, "will enthusiastically agree with the Congressman that the National Republican is the best paper ever published, and will be teized with a consuming desire to read so able a journal regularly. He will also evince great interest in the mental welfare of his Repub lican neighbors, and endeavor to place in their hands a pater that treats tbe vital political questions of the day from the broad. comprehensive and patriotic standpoint of the officeholder. Mr. Chandler's great eherne for increasing the patronage of the Naval Department, for instance, will be made to appear to be for the best in terests of the country, and will be treated in a manner as comprehensive as Mr. Chand ler's appetite for spoils. The Republican Congressman who would not cheerfully recommend to his constituents a paper edited by Mr. Hatton could not reasonably expect to find much consolatory or pleasant reading in the column devoted to 'appointmenti and dismissals in the public service.' The Evening Post thinks Mr. Arthur will, at an early day, take Mr. Hatton in hand and permit him to devote his entire at tention to the duties of editor. We hardly think such will be the case. We rather incline to the opinion that Mr. Arthur will encourage Mr. Hatton to make his paper influential by using the Fostofllce Department In that direction, in tending doubtless to make the National Republican his official organ. The fact that Mr. Secretary Chandler is interested is well calculated to give color and character to the surmise. At any rate the business indicates how utterly rotten and demoralized the entire Republican machinery has become, and how important it is that the Democratic party 6hould assume contrel at the earliest day possible. CREEDS AND THE BIBLB. Just what is to be tbe outcome of the dis cussion relating to the sacred authencity of the Bible, the value of creeds and the posi tion occupied by the Church as a teacher of infallible truths, is well calculated to excite deep solicitude in the ranks of thoughtful people. It requires no argument to show that creeds as they now exist are losing their hold upon the respect and reverence of the people. The Church itself no longer asserts that its creed is to be implicitly obeyed. Tue time when a blind adherence to creeds was regarded as essential to udvatiorf has passed away forever, and now the demand is that creeds shall be revised. amended and improved. Orthodox clergy men are becoming heterodox. Creeds are now declared to be entirely human productions, and, what is still worse, productions of an age when men were influenced by spirit of bigotry, which warps and distort. truth, fetters mind faculties and antagonizes liberty of thought and conscience in direct conflict with the simple precepts of the Gospel. But j ust here, where it is very eenerally conceded that creeds should be revised, another difficulty, for midable in its proportions, confronts revisers and reformers. By what standard of com mending authority shall the creeds be revised? Manifestly, all eyes are turned to the Bible. Bat, unfortunately, those who see the necessity of revising creeds, see with equal distinctness the importance of revis icg the Bible. Men of acknowledged learning and piety, orhtodox in heart and thought declare 'he Bible to be full of - u w errors. They see that the Bible has been tampered with to an extent that makes it an uncertain guide, and that, unless the Bible can be improved, there is little probability that anything better than human conclu 810Ü3 can appear in the creeds of the future With alarming frequency, in the opinion o some people, great minds in the orthodox army of teachers are proclaiming their diaent from certain standard declarations. which have hitherto been regarded as abso lute!" true and tue foundation of the tbe Church. Henry Ward Beecher is con ttiTitly quoted as having abandoned the creed of his Church. Now comes Rev. R. Heber Newton, an Episcopalian divine, said to be a "Biblical critic," a "gifted writer and an attractive speaker," who not only takes strong grounds against creeds, as they now exists, but declares that the Bible is simply "a remarkable contribution to the world's literature." He holds that it is a "wrong use of the Bible to consider every thing true, because it is in the Bible," and maintains that "the growing knowledge of man, concerning himself and God, is the real revelation of God," and hence the inference that the Bible no longer an swers the demands of the present age, what ever mav be said of it in the past The New York Herald, in commenting upon Mr, Newton's position, entertains grave doubts that "the best scholarship will approve o his conclusions," and adds: "Biblical criti cism is a subject which only the ripest learn Ing can intelligently discuss, and it is mani festly beyond the reach of the multitude. We axe not unjust to any one when we say that opinions on such a grave matter must be shaped by the best thinkers, not by the second best. Mr. Newton', position is not a fortunate one in this respect,

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the reverent believer will not give him credit for the large measure of faith which we are sure he possesses, while the sceptic will laugh in his sleeves because his own doctrines are being i preached in the Christian pulpit In this controversy we have no particular fears for the Bible. It has taken care of itself so long that we do not expect any immediate disaster. It is like good wheat bread you may rail at it as much as you please, but when you are downright hungry you are always glad to get it" It Is quite possible that what is called the "lipest learning" is ust what has brought about the present deplorable situation in Church creeds. It is difficult for people to comprehend tbe fact that infinite wisdom would put forth a revelation which tne multitude" could not comprehend and which must be expounded by ßnti wisdom; and it is quite likely that this thing of the finite wrestling with the io finite is just what has brought about the troubles which now environ the Church. The probabilities are, and there is no little satisfaction in the belief, that the final outcome of the businees will be to set aside creeds and rely upon the simple precepts of Christ, who always spoke in a language that the . multitude could understand, and which did not require the 'ripest learning" to interpret Christ didn't care much about the "ripest learning." He did not choose graduates of theological institutions to expound His doctrines, and, as consequence, the poor, the outcasts, the men in nignway ana neage, unaersiooa what He said. Bat since the "ripest leani ng" has concluded to monopolize all the teaching, things have grown from bad to worse, and are not likely to improve until all creeds are demolished and hair-splitting disquisitions are made to give place to that sort of learning which distinguished the Galilean fishermen.. CÜRBENT KOTES. Akthost Trollopb s pen earned him over 500,000. A "boss" carpenter of Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the gentler sex. Senatob Ben Wads used to say that religion without hell was pork without salt. Tsn thousand looms. 200,000 spindles and thou sands of employes are idle la Philadelphia and vicinity. Nearly sh,000,000 worth of catile are now mzlnz in what six years ago was wild Indun country in Texas. An exchange says that there Is a pronounced re vival of the prohibition sentiment in Kansas. There generally is after the holidays. Gloves are now made from codfish skin. Three seven-pound codfish skins make a close fit for a Chicago girl's paw. Salvi51 was entertained in Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening, by tbe Penn Club. About 150 prominent geDtlemen were present Senator Anthony affirms that tbe practice of placing drunken Kavl officers on tbe retired list has made that list almost aa Inebriate Asy lum. Maok Bueke, of the New Orleans TimesDemocrat went to work in a stone yard as a com mon laborer just after the war. neu now supposed to be worth 1600,000, and to be looking toward the United SUtes Senate. This country managed to dispose of 95.000,000 gallons of beer laat year. It cost $250,000,000. but nabody thought of that until the beer was put away. It would be Interesting to know bow many of the beer drinkers feel a ubit better for their potations. Rev. Joel Btrlisq ame, father of Anson Bur lingame, died last week lu Illinois, at the age of elKbtv-three years. Bo well preserved were his faculties that only two days before his death be was able to take a walk os several miles, and transact business as usual. Ksv. Dr. HiCKS, of Washington City, who fur nished spiritual consolation to Guiteau in his last hours, is still holding on to the asasin's skeleton, and is demanding 12.000 from the Government Medical Museum for the same. He should be permitted to keep the precious relics. The Acalemy of Sciences decided that raw meat is easier ot digestion than that which is eooked. In prescribing it preference should be given to flesh that has been lrozen, as very low temperatures destroy the eggs of the many parasites, which often lnfost meats of all kinds. Ma. Ecoee Bivort is striving to organize' direct express trains throughout Europe. He proposes that tbe whole roiling stock of these trains shall be uniform, and plaeed at the disposition of the different Companies, who would have to supply only engines and drivers. All changes of carriages would be obvia'ed. Pbesident Bonsey. In an annual address to the Illinois Stafe Bar Association, Insisted that the Jury system had become vitiated by anoma lies and absurdities, which have become Incorporated with that method of adjudicating. He pronounced emphatically against making Juries the Judges of law In criminal cases. The genial Robert Collyer has been trying to tell the New Yorkers "How to be young at eighty." What the men of that rapid-paced city need la a prescription for being young at thirty. There are more prematurely old, gray, bald headed, burnt-oat, used up" men of thirty or forty in that city tbsn in any other in tbe world. Thk King of Portugal, has had Ajuda Talaoe. bis town residence, connected with tbe Lubon Telephone Exchange, and may claim to be tbe first European monarch who hss become a subscriber to a public Telephone Exchange. A spe cial private telsphone system la now being establlshod between the Klrg's library and the various Ministries and the Opera. Thk Australasian Modical Gazatte gives an socount of the warm springs at Kotorua, Hew Zealand, which are said to benefit rheumatic and gouty people. At all events tbe delighted pa tients have discarded the Maori names of the springs Whangaplocro, PupunltaDga, etc. and subsUtuted "The Pali killer." "Madame Rachel," "The Lobster Pot." "Priest's Bath" aud "The Oil Bath." The resident medical oßleer says that the number of visitors to the waters is doubling each year. The town of Laogholm, la Scotland, was long famous for a curious iron instrument called the Branks, which was fitted upon the head of a shrew, and, having a prong which projected Into the mouth, prevented her speaking. Tradition in Langholm goes to show that lu application was attended with excellent effect, and Dr. Plot, the antiquary, says that be much prefers it to the ducking stool, which not only endangered the patient's health, but also gare the tocgue liberty between every dip. Ma. Gi'ndebson, Vice Consul fo? 8wcden and Norway at Bordeaux, has bit unon a novel way of seeding messages from the sea. The ancient bottle is alwsys liable to break eage, and the receat pretty Inventions of ships or buoys aro found too expensive and troublesome in practice. Mr. Gunson employs the small colored balloons made for children, which cost only a thllllng a dozen and can be carried empty. He throws the message inside and throws the lnflatedjballoon overboard. It travels rapidly before the wind, keeps the message perfectly dry, ana la a striking object at some distance great advantage as regards the chance of being picked up. One was recently tried, with a lettar Inside, off Dover, where one of the inventor's ships was aground, and two hours afterward the letter was posted In Dover by an unknown hand.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

Adveat of the Gay Seasoa The Drama sad Oscavr Wild A. Mstw Torksr as II Is Social KUqastts, ste. New York, Jan. 19. The gay season is upon us, but so varied Is the gaiety that one can not particularize as to the events. This week opened with the French ball, and, as I told you in my last letter it would be, so it was, a lively affair. I won't say what I have heard; it would cot be what I think proper. Thursday night the "Old Guard" ball was the event This is one of the few public affairs that may be styled respectable. It was a grand night for the white-haired remnants ot the brave and gallant home guards of a quarter of a century agone. If I have time I'll tell you about it in another letter. Quite a stir has been created by one Os mond Tearle, an actor and an Englishman; also a mtmber of Lester Wallack's company. The only thing I can say cf or for him is that he is a fair actor above mediocre. lie arrived from England about two weeks ago; drank too much, and insulted American actors generally. He received a set-back. and the papers, one and all, have been ful of the pros and cons of the affair ever since. Imagine the thrashing of such men as are actors to-day creating the slightest notice from our people out in Indiana. Thank heavens they are not of us yet! By the way. have you noticed the tendency of the present day drama? New York is full of dramatists (?), and each is the best Every drama that has been pre sented to tne people Here lor three years past has contained a scandal in which fe male virtue is dethroned. Only few exceptions. Sitting in attendance at a number of these plays, I have looked around me and won dered at the superlative ignorance or incon siderate impertinence in gentlemen escorting ladies, to witness such productions. To be as charitable as possible I try to believe them so ignorant as not to understand the force of the words they hear. They Mallory urotneir they ot the numerous "Hazel Kirk" are actually abused by certain newspapers here because they keep the stage of the Madison Square Theater free of indecency. May their sense and respecta bility reap them a rich harvest a better crop each year. Speaking of theatrical matters, reminds methat Oicar ude wrote aplayahen here, but it never saw the light of day. He was no fool, that fellow. He made money, and was a very shrewd man generally. J ust as soon as he eaw be could make no more money in America heV'hailed a mast" and boarded her fpr"merrie England." Good bye, Gjd bless you stay there! Possibly bandy Wilde had teen enough of the great ftew lorker. It so, I don t blame him for eoing. I've studiously ob served these people, all classes and as gov erned by all manner of circumstances, and they come nearer the despised "Yank," as "Johnny Keb" weald call him, than any people 1 ever saw. oelhn, mean and cowardly. I often vent my vencmon thm. when referred to as an "infant cf tbe Golden Circle" or "Hoosier," by reminding them that they sent more soldiers t j the War, did less fighting and reaped fewer honors than anv mate in the union. I some times admit that in the- lieDublican Counties or localities of Indiana a tew may be found who are not up to the standpoint, but only in Republican Precincts. They are as a class, I mean New Yorkers, the greatest liars I ever came in contact with; and, more than that, if you accuse them of deceit or falsehood they won't deny it Now, a man who is cowardly enough to lie and too mean to stick to it is about as near nothing as he can possibly be. And teln8h! Why they'd tell the Almighty to wait if they had to miss a hot dinner to get to Heaven. If there's a New York'r in Heaven who, having the opportunity, would return to earth, about the first thing be would do would be to complain that the clouds were damp. Then he'd go into Wall street and bull the market with sanctity. hoping to mske enough money to square the diversion when he returned and sought his neglected harp. Now I'm not profane in this, l m giving you an outline of a New Yorker's disposition and inclination. Hut to be more serious. The other day a work on "'Social Etiquette" was handed me for review and com ment, and I confess that I read, all. told, about three pages of it One word stopped me. Speaking of the manner in which a hostess should receive her guests the author says: "Bat a thoroughbred lady," etc. Oh, wings of Mercury support us! A 'thor oughbred" lady! Etiquette! According to this authority I would bs perfectly f.ee to tell a lady that 1 am a "cross between the shamrock and blue grass," because my father was born in a place called Ireland and my mother in Kentucky. There's no such thing as etiquette! Politeness is the sane when exercised by the hob-shod yeoman as it is a feature of culture, and for substantiation I silently point to the old school centleman. But these people! Their etiquette would disgust you. A gentleman can not pay a civil compliment besides not knowing how without fawning like a dribbling idiot; nor can a lady reeeive one without locking as though she had been to sea for a week and hadn't recovered. Now every centleman admires a pretty face, bot he never insults tbe reverence due his mother by staring. But the men here never permit a lady to pass them without staring her out of countenance and comfort No wonder the ladies, who would like the exercise of walking, prefer the stage or street cars. And how the men talk! Good Mr. Hercules, hold my hand, please. or I'll get thrashed for slapping some fellow In the face, or worse. Well, the men teem, like Topsy, to have "jist growed." At least the have bo little respect for the sex of their mothers that we were more charitable in thinking so. And the most deplorable part of it is that tbe people 1 refer to are nere called gentlemen. I've time and again been fooled io youDg fellows 1 have met and. walking alone tbe street have asked them if thev bad mothers or sisters, so dis gusted have I become at their indecent and D . . . i vulgar retereices io strange lauies wnom they bad passed. A great flaca this, but, as Jim Rice weuld say. one of those little kitchen utensils you scratch nutmegs on is erfela'er. What did I tell yon in my last letter about the abue Mayor Edson was likely te receive. Well, the very da? I mailed that letter tbe Telegram came out in an editorial headed "The City Betrayed," and with all the oiLer anti-Tammany papers has been eiving him hot shot ever since. Last Fatur djy night the new Mayor, in a speech at tbe Lotos Club dinner, given in nis honor, lusti fied his course by saying that the Democracy bad elected him. and anyone who expected him to antagonize the majority of the pecple, or the greater party of tnat majority, wis hoping azainst hope. Mayor Seth Low, of Brooklyn, was there and uttered a sen tence. Low is a very young fellow, with a good head, and whenever be wants to ?ftv anything, which he thinks the people should know he hires a hall and ells them. fcx-Msyor Grace was there, to. Poor Grnce! He has more enemies than old Joe Lawson had friends. The delight of ray youthful days was to sSe Joe and my great est fear was that he would see me. In conversation the other evening with an English lady, and in answer to a question as to why Americans permitted such impos- . r i A - 1111 J. .J t U tors as jurs. langiry, uscar v iiue, auu utuers of that ilk to find a footing in our midst 1 answered that any patronage we bestowed upon foreigners was only the better to ar nreciate ourselves. She forgave me. but said I needed praying for. I won't chronicle the circumstances, but the verdict in the breach of promise suit Livingston vs. F leming, in Brooklyn, the other day, for $75,000, is the largest award,

save one, in St Louis, ever granted in such

a cae, either in this country or England. Good. In my last letter I said that Ed Thome was playing the dual role io tbe "Corsican Krother?." Lshould have sai. Charles Ed Thome and Nat Goodwin appear this week in the "Black Flag." Goodwin has rejuvenated his character, and is very funny, though not properly so. The people tbe intelligent and Influential people, I mean are quietly pronouncing the name of McDonald far 'S4. Look out for money. Tbe man who has it, and will use it will secure that nomination, or my name is not Bvair. Koads and H.rt Laws. NoETHFiito, Boone County, Indiana, Jan. 18, 1883 I see that our present Legislature is disposed to work on our present road laws. In justice to all concerned, I think they should move cautiously in this matter. Pracically speaking, we have had no road law for the past two years, and to-day on this account we have our roads throughout the State in bad condition. After tri vine the matter careful consideration, I think it would be well enough for us to give our present laws a triaL Let us see what effect twill have. We certainly can improve on the old system of Supervisors. As to the final and ultimate success of our present laws we are not this time able to judge. The farming community are well aware that good roads are essential to tbe prosperity of all classes of citizens, hence we should have the best possible methods adopted for the construction and keeping of our reads in re pair at the least possible expense. A great many persons have become dissatisfied with our present road iaws, simply because the present law had to have time to come into successful operation. Tbe time will soon come when we can see what effect it will have. Until then I think we should remain quiet What is to be gained by return ing to the old system? It would simply demoralize the people, cause dissatisfaction and delays. I think the law might be amended in a few of its characteristic., and perhaps be improved and simplified to some extent. e live in an age of improvement Good roads are demanded; streames must be bridged; hills cut down, and instead of brush and poles we want to substitute gravel or stone; all road work wants to be done with a view to permanacy. Tbe davs of corduroy roads must soon end in Hoosierdorn. Again. I see, some Representatives are fa voring the free gravel road svtreni. On this subject I have to say that free pikes are a good thing for our ci'ies and towns, yet to the farming community they, are a luxury that we can not well aff rd. In proof of my position I will present the following figures: We have in the btate ninety-two Counties, aud they will average ten Townships to the County, and on an average each Township has 6ixty miles of road. Presuming the above to be correct we can arrive at nearly all the facts From the most reliable statis tics I can procure it costs, on an average, $2,000 per mile for free roads and $L500 for toll roads. In order to pike all our road it would cost $120,000 per Township, or $1.200,000 per County, and for the State. $110,400,000. This would be an enormous sum to raise by taxation, and to keep them in order it would require an annual levy of twentyfive cents on the dollar for the first ten years: after this the amount would have to be increased. I think our present Legislature should move carefully in this matter. They had far better encourage the building of toll roads. Let the Counties of the State first try the experiment of bridging all their streams, and see if the people are not satir bed for tbe time being with taxation. Threefourths cf our toll roads pay little or no dividends, yet they maintain themselves The law that now exitts concerning the building of free pikes is sadly defective, and under its workings the building of roads is expensive more so than they should be. It would be well enough for our lawmakers to over-haul our present free gravel road laws and try to curtail expenses, and stop the cracks and creepy holes. I think this is all we reauire at present In conclusion, l would say let us have as many toll roads left as possible. Buy none As soon as a road is purchased aud made free, that soon it becomes a burden to tbe tsxpayersofa County. If we travel on a toll road we pay only for the ride that we get We pay for tbe benefits as we go; do one is wroneed. It would be far better to enact a law to empower the people to con vert free roads into toll roads, rather than to purchase toll roads and make them free. In t dm (Boone County) we have had an ex perience in making free roads, and have concluded that free pikes are a luxury more to be dreaded than any other evil that now besets us. XeaTH field. BLEW CP. The Boiler ef the Bteamer Josephine Ex plods. Killing Several and Injuring Many. Seattle, W. T., Jan. 13. The steamer Josephine, which left this city this morning for Skagit River, having on board full freight and twenty passengers, blew up this afternoon in Fort Susan Bay, fifty miles north of this point The acting master, purser, steward, fireman and several passen gers are reported lost. The accident occurred while the passen gers were at dinner. The crown sheet went straight up through the forward cabin and pilot house, carrying Johnson, the man at the wheel, high into tbe air, causing his in stant death. Captain Bailey was on deck. and was lost; neither he nor Purser Turner were seen after the explosion. The steward and his helper, David Sparks, were instantly killed while waiting on tbe table. Kavac angh, fireman, was not seen afterward, and is undoubtedly killed. 8. L. Cannon, a com mercial traveler, representing Bates, Reed & Cooley. of New lort. was killed. T.hose injured were: Dennis Lawlor, engineer. badly bruised about the head; Miss Estelle Bradish. of Tacoma, thigh broken; uannan Price, of Bkaglt, an old lady, ankle jammed and otherwise hurt; H. G. Kelly, ot Skagit, leg broken. One or two others were sliphtly hurt. Sixteen persons on boaid escaped uninjured. The boat broke in two places, one sinking, the other floating. Indiana and loggers near by rescued the survivors. Death of a Well Known Citizen. Special to the Sentinel: Crawfokdsville, Ind., Jan. IS. The re mains of Eli Kahn, the well known clothier of this city, was escorted to the I., B. and W. depot, this morning, by the Odd Fellows and Knifchta of Pythias, with the Crawfords ville band, tor interment at Indianapolis, where some of his relatives reside. He was an uncle of Lee IL Kahn, of the firm of David Kahn, of Indianapolis. He was a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knightf of Pythias, and being of the Jewish persuasion will be buried acording to their ceremonies. Infernal Machines Did It. London, Jan. 16. .The beach from Harwich to Aldeburgh is strewed with wreckage from the British thip. "PHde of the Ocean," from Hamburg for New York. A case containing dynamite was found by the coast guard, and the fact that the wreckage is in exceedingly small pieces leads to the conjecture that the loss of the vessel was caused by an explosion of dynamite. Iadictci. Washikgtow, Jan. 16. Tbe Gran Jury this morning reported indictments against Thomas R. Foote and Arthur Payne, both colored, for "corruptly endeavoring to influence a Juror." TLese are the men held by Judge Snell for bavin tried to corrupt William H. Brown, ore of the original Star Route Jurors, by the offer ox promise of 12,500.

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