Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1889 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1889.

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iLctered at tha Fortoßire at Indianapolis u aecond class milter. TERMS PER TEAR: Pirgle copy (Invariably in Advance.)-.....-. IH 00 '" Veask democrats to bear In mind and select their wtj tat paper when they come to take aubscrip'tiensand make np club. Agetits making up clubs wnd for any Information ieired. Addess THE ISWASATOUS SENTINEL Indianapolis, ind. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28. The Ray We Celebrated. The day of dedication of the soldiers' nd Bailors' monument has cotne and pone, and it will be long remembered by all who witnessed its pa.sape here. In every respect the ceremonies and the demonstration were successes. The crowd was immense. Indiana was most larjrelyrepresented, but hundreds of visitors from other states joined in celebrating the great event. The decorations were profuse and beautiful. The parade was creat in extent and interesting in composition. The old veterans were fo numerous as to provoke from an astonished youngster the remark, "I don't see how many of them could have been killed." The speeches were patriotic, eloquent and appropriate. The poetry and music were good. The weather was superb. The crowds were well l laved. The transfer car was reruoeJ. The police noted intelligently. Every one was in pood humor. In short, it was a great, bis, larpe cnormou3 SllCThe etfbrt to pive a political cast to the event whs a conspicuous failure. Notwithstanding the effort of tue Journal and various republican schemers, the people, ami -f pecially the soldiers, recognized the fact that the purpose of the assemblage was the dedication of the soldiers' and s ailors monument, and that President Harrison's visit was merely a circumstance of that important event. Nothing oecurred to pive offense to anyone, and it was demonstrated that the people of Indiana, despite th ir reputation of being all partiKin politicians, have the good sense to conduct a common enterprise without letting partisanship be introduced. The monument commissioners are to be congratulated, and most of all Mr. LaxcsTVU.E, on the happy passage of the dß,: They have conducted the work placed in their charge with fidelity, skill and inteerity. They have proven satisfactory to the whole people. They have been chiefly instrumental in makirp the first great public demonstration in connection with their oflice all that could be desired. They have added n"v strength to the popular esteem in which they were already held. "We extend to them our best wishes and hope that they may all see the monument brought to a prosperous completion. Inartistic "Work. The best educators thron shout the state auree that the introduction ot" the book will prove very di-at-drous to tho schools, and they are all opposed to them. There in not a county bonrd of education in tc entire atme that would use the books if left free to eiercise a choice. There is not a ainale member of the state howl who would, of his own fre will, introduce them into the schools under his charge. The more they are examined the worse they appear. The render re full of misspelled words, nn.l the arithmetics full of wrong answer to the problems. It is now cettine hard to find a democrat who defends the book. Even thee who undertake to defend the law refuse to say nnvthintj in behalf of the books adopted by the board, la this 1 do not class TllK fati.nki. and paper of that kind, for they have a habit of dofending whatever is bed. Nothing can be too had for Tin-: kn tinkl to refuse t support am! defend it It defends the bad from principle. 'ili;ui llriiry Switt, th' Cincinut'ti V"iumrrci(il (Jnzt'tf. We dislike to criticise a professional gentleman a? to his manner of practicing Lis profession, but we must say that this is not a gixnl example of the sweeping lie. The first part is excellent. It is equal to ti e standard set by the debater who said, " "ir, there is not a single scientist at the present day who hoi l. that the world is round, nor does there remain one of the arguments on which that delusion was b fed that has not been exploded." The central portion of the statement, however, h bad. It should have been "not a cor-rectly-s pelled word tan I? found in the readers, and all the answers given to the problems in the arithmetic are erroneous." Th following sentence should have been, 'no democrat now defends the books;" ?t:d th; concluding reference to the news papers hould have been omitted entirely. The intelligent republicans Mho read Smith'- articles would never have known what any democratic papers said if this f.;li-li oiit'-ssion had not been made. We had thought that William was developing into an artistic liar, but if he can do no betler than this he had better consolidate his imagination on his Sundayc hoo! clas.s. A "Bloody Shirt" Convert. President II r:iMo,a "southern policy" has made one convert to democracy if it perer makes any more. Nome time since Mr. .1. M. (Jcii.li vms, a Putnam county boy. who was educated at the Danville pormal college, went to White Nprinps, I Ia., where he took a portion under J. L. Skipwortit, president rf the Florida normal school. Aft'r Haiirion's inauguration, in the due course of rewarding party werkers with government positions, he appointed a man named Morrison postmaster at White Springs and Mr. Mokriv5 is so touph a character that a howl of indignation went up from both republicans and democrats. The normal school declined to transact any business with him and sent their letters to a neighboring fown to I mailed, whereupon Morrison bad Skipwortu and ("J villi a mm arrested nnder the civil rights bill for "conspiring to deprive one C. L. Morrison of his rights as a citizen and his emoluments as postin ater." The arrested parties were taken a hundred mile away from home to Jacksonville, and there had a hearing before a V. S. commissioner, who at once released them, as the law had no application to the case. The most ridiculous feature of the farce was that the republican postoflice inspectors, Lairh and Peer, made the prosecution in entire good faith, e upposing that a man was under obligations to mail his letters where he lived. The arrested parties are naturally somewhat annoyed over the matter. Mr. Gtiliiams writes, inclosing an account of the trial, from the Florida Tim-Union. lie says: I have never voted any bnt the republican ticket. In future, however, I shall vot to rid the county of such icoundrehj as hato Leen

draiin? citizens of high standing nearly a hundred miles from home for no cause except opposition to a dirty wretch of a postmaster that the lowest negroes do not respect. I .was told that Senator Kill Chandler is pushing the matter. A postoflice inspector was my informant I hope yon can make some use of the article. It will certainly help atop Bill Chandler's "bloody shirt" tirades. We expect more of "Hi LL's" persecutions, but we have all the good citizens of this and adjoining counties behind us. and we think we can hold our own until Senator Rlackbvrx can get another chance at Chandler's ear. The article is too long to reprint, and it would not have the effect that Mr. Gvilli ams imagines. If Mr. Gvilliams will recall the number of times he has heard the "bloody shirt" theories exploded without being at all impressed by the explosion, and how he continued to vote the republican ticket and believe in a lawless, anarchical South just the same, he will realize that his case will not havo any widespread effect in restoring proper ideas in the North. There are hundreds of men who are fighting the South just as actively most of them much more activelythan they did twenty-live year apo. The farther they get from the battlefield the more bloodthirsty they become. Our theory is that the best course is to let them hVht on undisturbed. It seems to amuse then, and it hurts no one else.

Who Is Kctponelble? Is a parent responsible for the trainin? of his child? Is an intelligent citizen in any decree responsible for the training of the chili Iren of neighbors whose poverty or ignorance deprives their offspring of opportunities equal to thoso of more fortunately conditioned families? Is a state responsible for refusing equal opportunity of education to all its children, rich and poor alike? If these questions be answered affirmatively, and they must 1 so answered by all rational men, there is a frightful responsibility accruing to the people of Indiana, who stand idly by and see the children of thisstate steeping their brains in flashy, sensational literature and make no movement to restrain or correct the evil. It is, perhaps, hardly possible to stop the publication and sale of this trash. It is possible to give tho children of Indiana access to better reading matter free of cost, and to turn their minds to more wholesome channels. The current number of the T.ihrnry Joi'nifil contains an article on this subject that ought to ring like an alarm-bell in the nicht throughout our commonwealth. The writer, George E. Hardy, is an experienced teacher, and his paper, which was originally read before the New York state teachers' association, was received with warm approval by the most eminent educators of tho Empire state. His description of the dime and half-dime "libraries" and weekly story papers is accurate and startling: Grossly improbable and sensational incidents ore described in vulvar English, plentifully besprinkled with coarse and slaiipy expressions. Not infrequently scenes and places that are the resort of the vicious anl abandoned of both scs;-s tire speciously portrayed in a manner inttMnL'd purposely to make thm attractive to the you nr. Iioir. h:tie or maudlin virtue, hysterical sentimentality, impossible Kurewdreds, und even impudent immorality are the trademark of their character. Through the medium of their paes more especially now, when ailt-ed detective stories are in vorne tciidercitiidrtnnre introduced to scenes nl their innocent mind debauched by incidents that would hrir.L blushes to the cheeks of their elilers. The jails, the shims, the sewers, in ehor' erery purli:u of crime is ransacked by the (lifted author of these studies in their search for new sensations, and auony i lit-'rally piled on n'ony to tickle the already jaded palates of their child readers. Shocking as this pictures, it is iliterally true, as anyone may see who will take the trouble to examine this literature, samples of which may be found at almost any news-stand. To adults it may not bo fatally injurious. The effect on the youthful mind that has its growtli through these slimy marshes is truthfully portrayed by Mr. Hardy ns follows: Like dram-drinkine, it has become a dissipation, and before lone it will become a necessity. He lives, or rather dreams, poor child, in a world of unrealities, peopled only by the monstrous and ridiculous creations of his pcnny-dreadiul. lie ha been robbed of his intellectual visor; his passions have been stimulated, and his will power weakened. He is rapidly nnirenjoini a dnntrerous transformation, and the pityof it is that all too frequently his natural protectors, be they parents or teachers, stand idly by as he drifts alon?, seeinir no harm, stretchin lorth no helping hand. If parent could only see and understand the mas cf vicious books and papers that is to be found in the hands of their children, then perhaps they mifrht realize that there are graver contagions than those communicated by bacteria and microbes. And be it remembered that reference is not made here to obscene literature, which, thank" to the many energetic societies of noble men and women, has well-nigh disappeared from circulation anion? the young, but to the vast and villainous aggregation of the so-called "libraries" and story papers that yon can find oh almost every news stand in the city. These are the agencies which, in the word of Tknnyson "Feed the bud. Unit roo of bur hood With the dra'noue of the sewer, S-iid th drain into 1 1 1 hnmtain, I.-st the ftreaai should t.-i-uo pure." When the fact that a single one of these boys' and pirls' periodicals claims a circulation of half a million copies weekly is taken in connection with 1'ishop Putter's proposition: ''It is merely an axiom that people will not be better than the books they rea l," it will be realized that this situation is not only full of langer to individuals, but is menacing the welfare of the whole community. There is probably not a reformatory or penitentiary in the country where the effects of this pernicious evil cannot be demonstrated by example. Is there any remedy for the evil? Mr. Hardy thinks there is, and while conceding that young people will not devote much attention to what are known as "goody-poody" books, he states as tho result of his ex&erience that an antidote will le found in "healthy, bracing books, where the lessons presented arc not objectionably obvious, and where the moral comes in as it were by the way." looks bringing thus into the lives of our children more of love for Gun and country, a higher regard for truth and purity, and a greater respect for authority, will make a successful appeal to right thinking and rightdoing, and ofier to them strong incentives to ioftier ideal. It is by providing generous opportunities for the readiug of books of this character, and by tcaehing the children to reaJ them properly that, 1 believe, the crave problem of moral education in our public schools can be solved. The means for accomplishing so desirable an eud are already at our hands. I refer to th? well-selected and properly used school library which oucrht to be found in every schoolLouse in the land. No greater source of good, no more important factor in the whole educational machinery of our school system, ontside of the teacher himself, exists than a judiciously selected and widely used school library. It would scarcely be practicable to have a library for every school-houso in Indiana, as is done in the district schools of New York, but there is no reason why each school child in our state should not have access to a good, free, public library. There is no reason why the township librarivs of this state should not be revived, I rehabilitated, and put in useful condition.

It is a disgrace to Indiana that those libraries have been allowed to fall into their present state of decay ; and especially is it disgraceful to tho treneration of citizens, now in middle life, who had the. advantage of those libraries when they were in good condition. Nothing could be of more importance to the moral and intellectual development of the state, and yet when a bill for this purpose was introduced before tho last legislature, and its desirability urged by all the daily papers of the city, not a half dozen citizens could be found to use their influence to secure its passage. What stupor has fallen on the moral people of this state ? Are they oblivious to the reform that can Imj wrought in morals and intelligence by a tax of 20 cents on a thousand dollars, or do they object to that infinitesimal burden? If they are capable of arousing to practical work, they will lind no more profitable field for their labors than this. If not, who is responsible? Protection In France. Now comes information from Frnnce that the agricultural population is clamoring for higher tariff duties on grain, and that, mufaeturcrs, taking advantage of this popular movement, are joining with a demand for higher duties on their products. This was to bo expected. It i a repetition of the folly that Iihs been perpetrated in this country. France established her protective system in 182, with the design of increasing the price of agricultural products and raw material?, fostering the industries that pave these products, and it reading exports of manufactured goods. In 1SS4 it had become apparent that the desired results had not been produced and the protectionists demanded higher duties. Tho foreign trade was steadily decreasing. In one year the imports had fallen off 720,0tX,000 francs, and the exports 4n",00,0(X) francs. The tariff was accordingly raised in !S8-". Tho new schedule was found to be unavailing also, for while imports decreased the decrease was net in the agricultural products. The tariff on wheat was raised again in 1SS7 and once more in At the same time the production and export of sugar was stimulated by bounties, and the result was the formation of a 6ugar trust that took possession of the double benefits of tariff and bounty. Put notwithstanding the increase of the tariff the obnoxious imports continued to grow. In the imports of wheat increased 20 per cent., of barley 19 per cent., and of oats 77 per cent. At the same time the foreign trade has fallen off since 1SSI in the enormous sum of 1,102,000,000 francs. This is the decrease in w heat in what is known as the "special trade," which excludes exports of French productionsonly with imports. Including the reshipment of products of foreign countries and goods in bond, the decrease is over 500,000,000 francs more. It is not at all eurprisinz that the French people want something done, nor is it much to bo wondered at that they think tho remedy is higher duties. It is tho old experience of the opium-eater who increases his daily consumption of the fatal drug to secure temporary relief, and continues to do so till his system is wrecked, and no relief can be hoped for except through tho tortures of total abstinence and gradual cure. With the price of food largely increased, and foreign trade largely reduced it is not surprising to find that the land is rapidly passing from the hands of tho many to the hands of the few, as was shown in our columns a few days ago. It is the inevitable result of a protective policy that tho riches of the rich should be increased, and the poverty of the poor be deepened. Especially must this be the case when a country is attempting to force the production of articles that nature has unfitted her to produce advantageously us is now true of France. The pension office has inade a long step toward loading the bumnnr element on the backs of the Union veterans by its new ruling that a dishonorable discharge does not interfere with the granting of a pension. It is probable that the mass of the soldiers, whose pride is their faithful service and honorable discharge, will not greatly appreciate this addition to the ranks of tho pensioners. If the present "liberal" policy continues, the camp-followers, cotton speculators and other reprobates will be taken in also. It is to be hoped that enough of the surplus will lie left to pay the pensions of honorably discharged soldiers. If it be not impertinent, we should like to know when Mr. IIarrisov is going to remove the deposits from the national banks, as he promised, and use the surplus in purchasing bonds, as he declared he thought the proper thing. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

PiZAnno Cxkar keeps a peanut-stand in Newark, N. .1. Whitelaw REin, minister to France, has rented a cottage at Dieppe. IT is rumored that Queen Victoria thinks of bestowing the Order of the Bath on Thomas A. Edison. ISkcy. Blaine will not return to Washington until the latter part of September. lie is in good health at present Tub queen of Italy is an ardent student of Volapuk. She is a subscriber to Siura'. the organ of the new languaire printed at Milan, and is said to read it with ease. John 11. P.. J.atrobe of Baltimore is the oldest lawyer m the L uited States practicing his profession. He is eighty-six years old: graduated at West Toiut in 1S22 at the head of Lis class; soon retired from the army and studied law; was admitted to the bar sixty-live years ago, and has been in active practice ever since. Donx Pl-iTT, who is nothing if not eccentric, bays the ordinary member of congress cares nothing for books that he never had a book if he had he would not be a member; therefore, when any biil to assist what a prominent senator called "them literary fellows" is brought before congress it is promptly voted down. Mrs. MACKAY was s young, pretty, dashing widow when she attracted the attention of J. V. "Maekay, who was at the time a miner working for iM a day. She married him, and when Flood, O'Brien and Maekay struck Bonanza mine and became millionaires ten times over, Mrs. Maekay went to Baris, and soon began to nourish as the most brilliant and roost extravagant American woman that has ever bloomed in the gay capital of republican France. Her costumes were so rich and expensive that even I'arid was dallied and astonished. Diamonds that an empress might have envied were worn in profusion by the splendid American, and her banquets were so luxurious that even the fastidious Lucuilus might have been satisfied. AyeWs sjarsaparilla, by purifying and enriching the blood, improves the appetite, aids the assimilative process, strengthens the nerves, and invigorates the system. It i, therefore, the best and most thoroughly reliable alterative that can be found tor the old and young.

JERUSALEM TO JERICHO.

BETHANY AND THE WILDERNESS. Another Palestine Latter From Mr. English Elijah's Cave The Apostle's Spring The Fountain of Ellsha Tr of Zacrheus ltedooln Itobhers. JERicno, Palestine. Ppecinl. A day of absolute rest was found to be necessary following tie long excursion to Bethlehem and Hebron, after which I was again at work preparing for a trip to Jericho and the historic valley of the Jordan. My young Scotch feilow-traveler being still in Jerusalem, I induced him to join my party, and together we rode away giyly one fino morning, accompanied by "Sasoor," the dragoman; "Hamed," the muleteer, and two fierce-looking Bedouin guards named "Moussa"' and "Abdul," who mado a pictures' jue appearance as they strode along in front, armed with their long, old-fashioned rifle?, highly ornamented with numerous brass rings placed ahmg the barrels. Tiie chief ambition of the ldouin is to cover his gun as completely as possible with this brass ornamentation and his horse with flowing trappings of bright colors; then wrapped iu his camel's hair cloak with head covering of "Oafcah" and "Agni" r.nd perched ujmx his clumsy Arab saddle with knees drawn ud almot under his chin, he makes a striking looking figure. In this instance we were to pass over the roughest mountain road that the sun ever shone upon, where the little Syrian horses had to pick their way carefully among tho stones, never moving faster than a walk, and our Dedouin escorts were not mounted but walked on in front of our little procession as it moved along tho narrow path in singlo file, and it was remarkable that although we covered some twenty-five or thirty miles a day, they never seemed tho least fatigued. The Jordan valley has long been noted ns the part of Syria most likely to prove dangerom to the adventurous tourist, and therefore an escort is always taken here. These guards serve a twofold puriose, first ns a protection against wandering Bedouin marauders of all kin is rather numerous iu this part of the country, and secondly, being furnished by the chief of one of the principal triles, through which the traveler passes he is certain of immunity from the members of that band, at least, the sheik finding this an easy and convenient way of levying blackmail. In other words, the traveler is given to understand that by employing guards from that particular tribe its members will certainly not molest him while they otherw ise in all probability would ami at the same time they will do their best to protect him froth others, and some guardianship is undoubtedly nece.-sary o er the bleak, dismal and dangerous roadsthat load through the mountains of Juden, when robbery and violence are of frequent occurrence, especially as the Jordan is neared where the tribes are dangerous and troublesome owinc: to the easy with which escape may be made into th wild regions of Moab on the other side of the river. As wo rode along through tho most desolate and forsaken part of the route and had just posted a band of scow ling Bedouin rnflians who looked a if they would cut a throat for ha'f a dollar, and an Indiana one for even less, 1 was comforted by being toM by Sasoor that if attacked by any considerable prty our guards would not protect us by hgnting but would run away as fast as thei- legs could carry them. 1 expressed a deeded hick oi appreciation of that kind of protection untfrit was explained that it attacked by numbers two guards could accompusn nothing by resistance but by hastening to the nearest government station w ith information of our capture and by what tribesmen the authorities would immediately place tho shick of that tribe under arrest, holding him responsible for the acts of his subjects, thus forcing our release and the restoration of our property, so, after all, running away was apparently the best possible thing to do under the circumstances, but somehow I felt a littie sad to think that I was not the fellow who was to do tho running. Throughout all these Turkish countries there are established stations where two or three "basiii bazouks," or soldiers, are stationed as a sort of police force, but they are so few and far between as not to be of much service, except as a means of conveying information. F.aeh division is under an otlicial called a "mudir," whs is a combination of judge, chief of police and commander of the district. In ordinary affairs becomes pretty near being supreme in his own immediate bailiwick, and an arrested man who hns money enough to "see" the mudir seldom gets up to Jerusalem for trial. As we left Jerusalem we rode once more over the Mount of Olives and came to Bethany, where we halted long enough to see the "tomb of Luarus" w here Jesus "called Lazarus out of his grave and raised him from the dead," and the house of his sisters Martha and Mary, where "they made him a supper aud Martha served" and the gentle "Mary took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very cotly, aud anointed the feet of Jesus" (John xii, 2-17.) Continuing on by the "Apostles' spring," the only source of water for manv miles of our journey, we come at midday to the "Khan of the Good Samaritan," located at the place where tradition says the "inn" stood to whieh "a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed," removed the wounded wayfarer who "went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves." (Luke x, "(.) Here we stopped for lunch to find that the place was still sustaining its scriptural reputation, for only the night before the keeper of the khan had fallen "among thieves" and had leen robbed of all his valuables by a wandering band of cutthroat Circassians. The villians had not only taken all the poor man's money, but had cruellv tortured him to make him reveal its hiding place, after which they lied across into Moab, where a large tribe of them had been transported by the Turkish government because of rebellious doings in Turkey, They left the unfortunate custodian," gagged and bound, only to be released on- tho arrival of one of our party who had preceded us only a short time, Mr. Ungar of Jerusalem, who had recently opened a small hotel at Jericho for the accommodation of tourists, and who here joined us for tho rest of the day's ride. We comforted tho poor fellow as best we could, but instead of pouring wino into his wounds, after the manner of the good Samaritan, we opened a suspiciouslooking flask and poured some into his stomach, where it, no doubt, was much more appreciated, notwithstanding he was a devout follower of the prophet, and, therefore, forbidden tolook upon the wino when it was red. This additional circumstance was hardly calculated to inspire us with an idea of the absolute security of the road: and to add to the consequent feeling of unpleasantness, Sasoor related how an English gentleman had been robbed over ou the Bethlehem road a few days before; how .Sir Frederick Henniker, the author, was almost murdered on this very road some years ago, and other entertaining tales of ransom, robbery,

murder, etc., until I became more anxious than ever to exchange places with that guard who was to run away in case of attack. Mr. Ungar, who is a Hungarian gentleman, but born nnd reared in Jerusalem, had a shot-gun strapped to his back, without which he said he never passed over that wild road, and I kept as close to him as a brother for the rest of the way, after his assurance that the average Bedouin had a wholesome respect for the man who carried a gun and was not slow in using it. However, we made the trip without interference of any kind, although to go over that mountainous path alone would he enough to frighten a man to death, even if he knew it was uninhabited, for a more desolate, forbidding country it is not possible to conceive. This is tho barren region where, "In those lays, came John the Baptist, preaching in the w ilderness of Judea, and saying: Uepent ye, the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Mat. iii, 2.) It has been well described as a "dreary, repulsive, horriblo solitude," and it is not hard to comprehend that the early Jewish prophets, who fled to its wild caverns and bleak hills, partook somewhat in the character of their writings and religious teachings of the severity and desolation that surrounded them. These awe-inspiring mountain rock and gorges are dotted with caves and holes high up in the most inaccessible places where religious hermits and enthusiasts, fleeing from the haunts of men. have taken up their wretched and solitary abode, "far from the rua Kling crowd." Among the most rugged and uninviting of there yawning ravines is the "gorge of Cherith'f where Elijah the prophet is satt I to have sought seclusion at the command of the Lonl and been fed by the ravens w ho "brought him bread and flesh in the morning ami bread and flesh in the evening and he drank of the brook." (1 Kings, xvii, (.) After a beautiful view of tho Dead sea, the valley of the Jordan and tho magnificent mountains of Moab heyrmd, we descend into the plain of Jericho and stop for a cool and refreshing drink at the "AinesSultan," or "Fountain of Elishn," the spring that the prophet "healed" ami math good when "the men of the city" of Jericho appealed to him, saying, "Tho water is naught and the ground barren." (2 Kings, ii, Hi). This is one of the best authenticated biblical sites, and there is little question that it is the identical spring of Elisha above referred to, ami as we hail been riding all day under a scorching sun, the cooling draught from its waters, made sweet and wholesome by the words of tho prophet, called forth our choicest blessings on the memory of the holy man. Above the spring the site is shown of the house of "liahab, the harlot," and her family, the only human beings spared by the merciful Joshua when lie captured Jericho by blowing down its walls with his rams' horns and "utterly destroyed all that was in tho city, loth men and women, young and old." (Joshua vi, 21.) Joshua may have been a man after the Lord's own heart, as we are taught to believe, but I confess that it is hard to accept the doctrine that a just ("od could look with much favor on tho slayer of babes at the breast and children in the cradle, sparing only the hie of a traitress and harlot out of all the city's population, whoso only olTense was the desire to seize their lands and worldlj possessions. It is not difficult under tho circumstances to find sympathy with the descendant and relatives of these poor people, the Canaanite refugees, who, when driven from their homes, according to ancient lioman authority, erected the Pillar at far away Tangiers, whereon was inscribed the cruel indictment: "We are the Canaanites; we are they that have been driven out of the land of Canaan by the Jewish robber, Joshua." In the neighborhood of the Ain-es-Sul-tan there are a few scattered mounds and remnants here and there, all that is left of the great capital of Canaan that stood here previous to its destruction by the Israelites and the later curse placed by Joshua upon any that should rebuild it. Its location was a most beautiful one, with the clear outlines of the mountains of Moab and fiilead for a background, with their charming but indescribable tints of lightnest rising far away beyond the Jordan, and yet in this deceptive atmosphere appearing so close as almost to be within touch.' By the way, there is nothing in Syria more remarkable than this peculiarity of the atmosphere that enables one to see points at an immense distance, and yet apparently eo near as to be only a few miles away. Towering high above old Jericho stands the "Quarantania," the "high mountain," which is alleged to be the scene of the forty days' fast and the Savior's temptation by the devil. Its top is now occupied by a community of 1 reek monks, who spend "the greater portion .;f their time in fasting and prayer ami never indulge in meat or animal food of any kind. Another one of the sights about Jericho is the "Tower ot Zaeeheus," which is supposed to cover the spot where Zaeeheus "climbed up into a sycamore tree" to see the Savior as He "passed through Jericho" (Luke xix, 2.) Continuing on a little further beyond the fountain through the thorny "Nubk" and "Balm of Ciilead" bushes we come to the wretched Arab village of New Jericho, where w e are glad to alight at the nent little hotel of our host, Mr. Ungar. The proprietor informs us that he has not established his hostelry here without difficulties, the Arabs stealing even-thing they could lay their hands on, besides making several night attacks on his house during the past eumuier. I could hardly make claim to a feeling of exhilaration when he pointed out two round holes in the window panes of my room aud informed me that they were made by bullets during the last of these raids, in which some of the attacking party were badly wounded by a rifle in the hands of his plucky (ireek man of all work. However in the interest of the surroundings and the enjoyment of comfortable quarters, we soon lost all thought of unpleasant considerations, and like David's messengers, after their unpleasant shaving experience at the hands of tho "son of Nah ash," as described in First Chronicles, were ready to obey the royal command, "Tarry at Jericho' until your beards be growu." Will E. English. TROUBLE IN WAYNE.

The Old Soldiers Not At All Tleased With CoL Iudly's Appointment. To the Editor S'r: It looks to the O. A. IL men of Wayne county as if W. W. Dudley is at the head of the pension department. From what can be gleaned from our republican friends there seems to be great dissatisfaction in their ranks, .especially the O. A. K., in regard to the formation of the examining pension board of Wayne county. Dr. J. R. Monk of Cambridge City is an old soldier and a member of the G. A. R. On account of his work in the last campaign, and believinsr him to be thoroughly competent and the man for the place, the G. A. R. men and republicans generally over the county wanted him to be on the pension board, and consequently sent in numerous petitions asking his appointment. The doctor received favorable replies from Congressman Browne, stating that he would recommend him for the place, which he did, and so the doctor rested very easy over the matter. It was also understood that Dr. King, another G. A. IL man and a member of the democratic board, was to be retained. Now comes on the scene the owner of the board, who has been oue of its members for a number of years and has his own notion about tiie. formation of examining ension boards. He proceeds to Washington, C, to who-u Le knows to be the fountain

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Caustic Burning, corroding, destroying the texture of animal flesh. Vettei' Dictionary. Detergent Cleansing, purging Webster's Picüccwy.

Chemical analysis will prove that Pcarlinc has no caustic qualities, but that the ingredients of which it is made have been so skilfully manipulated, that Pcarline stands to-day the greatest household detergent known. Science applauds it ; its rapid adoption by intelligent and economical housekeepers, who use many millions of packages each year, is proof positive that science and chemistry are right. These facts should lead those who do not ucc Pcarlinc, to try it at once ; directions for easy washing on every package. Tk T'culivTS and icine unscrupulous prr:tis are oi'er--,Za" "Z 7i Y f insinuations which thev Is im t I c l'ccrlir.e, cr "the JLJ Y'V CiL samea-, rtarlir.o." IT'S FALSE t"i;y czs ret, and besides arc danjero::s. FEABLINE is rever ped. died, but sold by all good grocers, Nl Manufar.u-eJ c:i!y by JAMES PVLC. .'ewTork.

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As an animal pilnternon ronhnr ti i no eonil. In th reproduction rr rcto etrh'r.?of tht Rrewf rrnsfcrpl-ce, trie rncrrover lim f l lifuüv fo'low 1 1 ln m ri -rf"' rer.ci' ct ! artist. Eich lion Is live. sn1 we 'eem to b lovip t tio rrb'l'T.tln tfc tr u tfe lir. Strength In repose ejurartf-rlrps th proi-p Tb nMv rrrt lin'1v prTorfre.i foeM end neck of the lion, wiMi n luczv mrio, n' rvni'diWe ltmhs l.vlM sr chc-1 r:i' Ii t!- frc pround wirij the eliws rlr.iwn tn'o th oftiv pirt 1 -vs r. mi'Vf niiMt c-i'lrril. Th lioness lies b'l.le Irs rnte Ith hr bind rpurf r f-iüv cx'pr1. it. rr lirxi erect bur vr:itC!.rul Cf her wh' a. Itcpoe iq ln'uspd Into ti f of c irh snimM. vMbt n r"-D"ir.r lrpi lr r A softncFs o th vs nriy oortrnvs th I.ln f T'orr' a er'-xt rtl h b-n v1itn hr'h In poetry an1 pro of mohr und cf f.im'lv ttf. r.ur w ni.,inm " th-1 nnp'Krt to the llercf.st and mljh'lst of lv.r. Yet nil nttir tVln. ni vrh' n w r.-.v p thi r1r-rr. re Mß t-lii nlst. im. porirayd 'bn sm lnfinnr t wrr)c. wMSi nT'rs th ffrnrrv, r,rT'. Tho liclplc-i tvhc'tn ir fhr. anl th tstncr o' lov rd irn?rMn in 'Ii rf-ct 's told In a novl and rhirniln" inrT by im p'fttirf of h Mo- roh h, oun. Th Tnrrl. O'is tonn anl bcnitv nf thl ct orhivsiflon. 'Th T.Iti pt nm'' t. h rric cf i'ni ronhenr'R n unrer year, and ts not equillcd as an an'.raal picture by anything yet r'" ' tüe artistic von ' Tin's masterpiece w ill ha riven with cadi now subsc-ription to or renewal oi THE. WEEKLY SENTINEL for onlv 1.15.

hen' W. W. Dudley who the other poor fellows thoucht was knocked out by the developments in the lust campaign. Mr. Ptidiey takes the aforesaid owner to the pension oflice and then and there has the appointments made as directed, appointing a man nut a noblier and dropping lr. King and leaving Ir. Monk entirely in the cold. As soon a the G. A. 11. icta beard of the appointments there wus creat irabincr of teeth. Inquiries of who killed I'oc' llobin were made, and the sparrow on hio- return made the historical reply. Now the (i. A. II. men hasten toet up another petition asking the commissioner of pensions to change the ownership of the board at Richmond. This somewhat alarmed the pompous proprietor until he received a letter from the fountain bead of republican authority, f-tatinij: "Ict them send in their petitions. I will take care of this tnd of the line." All this makes our republican brethren very anry, and threats of venceauce in three years are heard on erery hand. Democrat. Jlichmond, Au?. I"! Mrs. Jones hasn't a pray hair in her head and is over fifty. She looks as youn? as her daughter. The secret of it is that she uses only Hall's Hair lie newer. F.ve Harvest recursions. The nurl ncton route, C, B. & Q. railroad, will sell, or Tuesdavs. Aue. 6 and 2D. Sept M a'n-i -land Oct. 8, harvest excursion tickets nt half r.'.tes to points in the t'armiii&rceiotis of the West, Southwest and Northwcut. Limit thirty days. For circulars iri vinir details coneerrir: .' tickets, rates, time of rn'ii. etc., I lor ;- scriptive land folder, cull on j'onr ti ket lueiit, or address I. S. Kustis, lietu-ral iV. 4.-intr ai d Tciktt Agent, Chiotj;o, Li. 4 Tha Itasis of Her Affection. JTime. "What has become of the little r-oo-ile y.n loved so miicb?'' "Oh, the little beast was no lonc-r in :he fashion, so I had him put out of his misery.'' lr. Henley's Tm In vlcorntor. Digestion of food facilitated by taking Dr. Henley's Celery, Leef and Iron. It civis tone to the stomach, and uids nature. I'riee, ;1. For a disordered liver try F.eechim's TilX THE BEST. Grain Bair for the Farmer. A large line "( Grocers Franklin A. A. Jute Grain Haps at cot. Huhest market price paid for Wheal, Corn and ats. LoiiMgniueuts solicited. Indianapolis Grain acd Feed Company, Old .'k'ntinel Building. UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA. SesMnn lsiin Oct. 1 and continues nine months. Complete Courses and equipment for instruction ia letters and Science; in haw. Medicine, riiarmacr, l'.nt;inecrin2 and Agriculture, Lxpenses moderate. For catalogue applv to AVM. M. TIK UNION", Chairman of Faculty, P.O. l.'niveriiy oi Va., Va. 17-U SWARTII3IOKE rohLFfiE, WATITIIMORE, PA. Open Oth Month, 10th. Thirly minutes from Broad St. Xation, Philadelphia. Under the car of Friends, hut all cdhers admitted Full college rnnrne for bnlli exe. Clascal, Scientific and Literary. Ali, a Manual Tramine and a Preparatory N-tinol (2 elaswsi. Ileathful lx-ation. arce grounds, new and extensive huildinsr and apparatus. For Ca'alotrue and full particulars, address. LlVAUI II. MA'.ILU LU I., President WEAK MEM qcar-eä 1 mr' iiaa .furna. Purerer from -routhful errors, early decay, liwt msnHood, etc., wili receive a unpwr ineun of -If cur I kl.K, hy ainlj-Qfc-lp C.J. N Amin, f. o. Ho: Sira, Nw Vol k (liy. FOIl SALE. I" Xrge tract ok heavy poplar timber J land In Tennessee. W. W. Perrott, ZH W. New York-at. Sm OßilGEOs and Timor CTTlErt. ; no kutfej book free, l'r I.RaTioüy A Hcsii, Nu. IM Lira Kt CinciuoAU. (X A IT AN TED FARMS TO SKLL TX TXPTAXA. Mend fall deacrlptibn. M. Arbuckle. ', i:. Mirktt-wi-, '.niian8.ol.a. 21-J

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WASHING COMPOUND THE GREAT INVENTION For Saving Tol Sxpcnsc Without Injur r To The TcxrufieCpLCR Or Hands. I UZW YORK. , AT HOME" BONHEUR. bale of State Lands. rM t or IsriA Ori ictoi AU'iit-'K i r-AiE. t i,iM-u that, in p.iruao.- W tU Notice U hcrrh rro iions of an a t 1-1 IJllttJU .4?t;Uit.'iJ O . . . tn. M.it l In liana, en ti!tu "u am -! ii .u enlr and nu-,; va m.e ' Äteef In.l:a-;a, di"j"Mntr of tho pn-cil thereof, an 1 pr vjrlin for tho r".-erT f tn? p..s"!si.-.n tsr l.m I i of :!ir ;ai' iniw ;'ul!y held and lor thereat of anyo! the und'of iln rat i:diiI sU, rr pcadrj nil in conflict thr-rvwtli and darins ii etv.wz n.-y ." arr roved March y, I will o:'er for sale ! the b i h- -t hid I r, at the curt-bou de-T, in th" eit V of Valparaiso, at from 1 i a. ru. to 4 p M. en Sit unlay, S-fit. 7, !SV!, th follnw irp lcr;U;l r al ftaif. itiiat J in Kort r eonpty, t th !.ve of Iii'!. ana, and auihorizci' to he m14 by s;H art : orthtrst o,nartrof ftoiithwest quarter ef fectia t"w c-l.i :-.i north, ran 6 w:.. . Appriifcaen, ?!'". S uth( t qn.irer of üovth est jnsrlr nf section V ton-ii.hip :a liorth, nii;. fi vm. Appraise meet. Said trad of land ahove i.'cs-rihed ill first bs nlW.-d forra.h. Jf no hid forca-h is receive!, aaii tract of land will inim-diatvljr be r'-o'h r I toTS'.'e on a credit not I f xi-i rive rears. intcrt heiti? paid anntiallr in sdvanT. obid i'or lers tüan Tt appraised a'ue tl.cr(.,f ; h- received. Itlil'Ct ("Ali;;, Auditor ef fat. Indianopoüs, Any. 21, 1" CI "5 QTAIi: OK INDIANA. M.IKMX (WVTT. t: In the Mipenor court ot Marion coutty, Sse of Indiana. No. 3 Complaint, divorce. .Ictm.e f'tto v. liiton 0;n. lt it known, that on the lTlh d.iy cf At,fut l"s:, the nhov-!ian'et plaititiif. hy h, r attorney., ttl.'d in the oliic e ot the clerk of th-' ant ri--r court "of Marion county, in the stale of Indiana, hercorj1 p'si.it :nt the ahovc-imm -d n lant. Lot. -I l Otio, and tin- sui I p:ainti!l havmcr i vj tiled ia Mid ' -'.. rk's office the ml.il tvit of a coioiient rT. !k in ; t bat s.iid d u u laut is tot a r-i Ji nt o; Ui "täte of Indiana; m.d, hen a. taid p'.aiatifj LaTinf I i- indori-iiu !it if. .-i i complaint r-qnirt-d id dc-iiil.-mt to mK s m tid court tid sn-w.-r or dniur t . -rMO on the p;:h d.iy of ,. t. u r, 1--9, Now. ih rciore. by ord-r of vi t court, said defndt lat al-ove named, is htrhy not Kiel of i . iiinir and fend-ncy of aid evoiaim jain li tii.avd thst ti'il he apneir and an-twer or t'in or 'hereto, at th ' r.d:ine of s.vid rv:e on tl9 16 hi 0. ty of ci h-r, 1 ;, the same bein tb rinth u 1 il day if a term uf ad co irt, t h h'rnn and 1. M v th' courl-hoiiM in 1 1 r'tr of lnii-n.iHii:s t: fir't M-t'idar jn Meher. 1"'', said cn! l '-i;n! : nd the mstfer and thin.'S th r in cttitaioM .nl k-ol, wnl ro In ai J aii'l detru inod tu his JlIN E. WILSON, Cerk. T. Frown. Attorney f r Fiaioii.l, 2!-t Vt"i is1; HIT. OF IN Id A N A. MARION" COUNTY. : t! Mincri'.r court . 1 .Uarion eoiintr. In t.fc '.''i. touij'iaict, fore-.-la'.' -l lid, ana. No. .i rn.an "T ti t nal Iriurmce Ciapany of Indiana r. A l't-ih.i:u I". Ciil'py et al. i t- ii kn w i, ti.at i n th I"ih dar of Aujuit.lv-?. thi .-il.. v(-n i led .i.i-rtltl, ty its attorneys, tle4 tie tJ'-e ol th ( erk of the. tviperior Court of "iariol count v, in the ;:a!e of 1 L-riisna, its comtdaist ataiti'ti the a've-nam'd deferdants. a"d the aid jdninli hs:t'f 's' tiU 1 in Shid Clerk's o.toe th ml. l .n; oi a .n;eii nt per-ou. showirc that said i. ! d t.!-. Af ihiu IV Cui.pj-. nrab E Cupf.s-, his y-iM-.u-'. M.-cre anl I era lo re, ti tr riot T'siuent ' f the Mate Indiana, and thst the ca.i'c of aetiop n'lef-d lu the c-jiiiplsint to Ih'.s an on is i--r ih l rec osur- of a raortiaiia on rel etnie in I l i st at and. whereas, aa i platutift hiInp i. ip. .rsemenl on .aid complsint rw)uired M ii I n I i n r ' ii a "r n S',li couri ana answer or oinur iher iy of tictolr, lj Now, tl ol ssld court, taid defendants notified ot are berehe of fa id complaint asain töer acpear aud answer cause on the 'e cf Mid the dirhth in "ICS hecun and he dianaixdis, ot complaint an tained and ali their abeence. A. feidenst ArrLi "VOTICB- Ir il Kenscd the subtH-r.tH-r. Indiana, here1 Eleventh wn: township, in a. Board oi ('omn reyn.ar seaslon, SeleinlHr, 1SS9 and mi!' Iiq sold aai ore to-wit : ls eon. Way ans.

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