Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1894 TWELVE PAGES.'

EDIAXa state sentinel BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. S.-E. MORSS. BEN A. EATON, President, Vios Prtidenk b. McCarthy, Secretary and Treasurer. (Entered at the Poitofflce at Indianapolis as second class matter.) TERMS PER YEAR t Single copy (In Advance) 1 00 We ask democrats to bear In mind and select their own state paper vrhen ther come to take snbscrlptlons and make up clnbs. Agents maklnz up clubs send for tnr Information desired. Address THK IDLVKAPOLIS SEXTISEL, Indianapolls, Ind.

TWELVE PAGES. WEDXEJÖ1T MAT 2, 1S94. Mr. Hogan's army seems no match for ßse regulars. Toor candidate -I must and hall c." -B. Harrison. T1 Sncome tax 1 the permanent tax trfttbe near future. A P. A. opposition seema directed fegainst . Hebrews as well as catholic a. The Hebrew candidates fared badly ftt the hands of the A. P. A. in the convention. Sir Julian Pauncefote Is a blmetalllst. Dvery English statesman will be with him In leas than five years. Tbe prinotple trouble with the Comtxxaxrweal army appears to be that It .has too many generals and not enough 'privates. It is now whispered that John W. Cocoa made his trade with the wrong man, and Ins chances for getting that fl,000 a year are very slim. Bradstreet reports that Indianapolis is one of the two cities showing: an Improvement In business. Good friends of Indianapolis will pee that this statement Is not lost sight of. The expert of the United States geological survey declares that there Is no decrease of the supply of natural gas in Indiana. It 13 quite evident that he had xio ordinances which he wanted amended. Perhaps, now that the trouble Is all over, the defeated candidates fared better than the successful ones. They, at least, know by this time what knives were whetted for them. The winners will not be quite sure till November. Uncle Dick Thompson Is the author of several pamphlets bitterly attacking the catholic church, and Benjamin. Harrison "made knownothlng speeches when he was a tow-headed boy." They both felt perfectly at home In the A. P. A. convention. The latest argument against the income tax is that the parties originally taxed would not pay ft, but would shift It to others by increasing rents, etc If so, why are they making such a kick about it? "Why not pay it and proceed to shift? Indiana Is the only state where there (s plenty of natural gas for manufacturers uses. And that is why Indiana is the coming manufacturing state. Even if gas should give out, Indiana has enough oil and coal to last for a thouEand years. The Journal la highly Indignant at Pension Agent Spencer because he gave his sister a Job. Yet Mr. Spencer's predecessor, a republican, gave his three eons places In his office without a word of protest from the able Journal. The Journal's attitude would be funny If It were not contemptible. The esteemed Journal denounces Frye and his army as tramps and criminals, and yet In the very same column says that the recent republican convention recognized "the duty of the government to protect American labor and wages." And, by the way, Frye's speeches sound like plagiarisms from the Journal. His able argument that he and his army protected the country in time of war and therefore the country must support them now has been standing matter in the Journal office for years. This whole Coxey movement is the legitimate result of republican paternalism.. At this very moment a lot of capitalists want the government to issue bonds to huild a Nicaragua canal for them. "Why not as well these deluded people ask the government to build roads? There are more Americans owning wagons them owning ships. REPUBLICAN STATE PRINCIPLES. In state affairs the republicans abandon their opposition to all the great democratic reforms except the tax law. They have the impudence not only to condemn that law, but to talk of "the reckless and extravagant administration of the financial affairs of this state." Let us see about that. "When Governor Hovey came into office in 18SS the total state debt was J5.770.608.31. When he went out In 1892 it was $$,830,613.12 an Increase of over $2,000,000. When he went nut the new tax law came in, and since then there has been paid off by the state $710,000 of that debt, although the railroads have refused to pay their taxes. As soon as the tax cases are decided, and ihe railroads have to pay, there , will be a further reduction almost as great In amount. As to extravagance and "multlpllcation of offices" it is to be noticed that the platform declares for the extension of the pension system to the state and "the establishment by the state of a suitable soldiers' heme for the reception of such soldiers, their wives and widows, as may be overtaken by adversity." It declares for "non-partisan ' control of the benevolent and reformatory Institutions, although the trejeat aystexa tl fcujoexvisloa ..by a

non-partisan board of state charities Is working to the perfect satisfaction of every one In the state, and has entirely relieved these institutions of the mismanagement that formerly existed. We have had an example of "non-partisan", government in Indianapolis under Mayor Denny the provisions of the charter to

that effect being flagrantly violated, and the offices appropriated by republicans without regard to the non-partisan provisions. The gerrymander Is condemned, but only the "democratic" gerrymander. No mention is made of the republican gerrymanders, which were far more atrocious than anything the democrats have ever done. The declaration for legislation for the protection of life and limb of employes of railroads, mines and factories is the most glaring false pretense. The republicans refused to adopt such ' legislation when in control of the national government, and all the legislation we have for that purpose in Indiana was enacted by democrats in spite of republican opposition. The legislature of 1S89 alone passed more laws for the protection of employes than all thu republican legislatures that ever met In the state, and among them the very efficient law for the protection of coal miners, which is now in force. The republicans would have been wiser If they had avoided state issues altogether. They cannot make a single point in that direction. BIMETALLISM AXD RETALIATION. The scheme of Senator Lodge for imposing a discriminating tariff on imports from countries hostile to bimetallism, which was adopted in the Indiana republican platform and advocated by Mr. Harrison, is objectionable for the same reason that free coinage by this country alone Is objectionable. It is based on the mistaken Idea that this country alone can control the commerce of the world, as the free coinage idea is that It could control the money of the world. Money is merely the medium of commerce, and the same laws of international power that govern one govern the other. If it were possible for this country alone to govern one, it would be equally able to govern the other. The experiments of Mr. Harrison and his co-laborers in attempting to control money by the Sherman silver purchase law seems to have had no effect in enlightening his mind as to the futility of mere national action in this matter. Put while this Is true as to this country it is equally true as to England. That country cannot control either the commerce or the money of the world, If the remainder of the world agrees that it will have something that England does not want. At present we have reached a condition under which nearly every country on the globe, excepting England, desires bimetallism, and it is conceded on all sides that England alone stands in the way of universal bimetallism. It the remainder of the world should unite to restore bimetallism England would be powerless to resist it. A bimetallic league composed of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, Central America, South America and the United States could easily and safely establish bimetallism and could protect itself against England and Germany and their dependencies by imposing discriminating tariff duties, but ro one of them alone could do it. Nothing could be more absurd than the exaggerated Idea of the importance of England, which 13 held by many Americans, and especially by Americans in congress who ought to know better. England's commerce la enormous because, under free trade, England has become the carrier and the middle-man of the nations, but there is a vast difference between England's commerce and England's consumption. England imports largely from this country, but not for home consumption only. The population of England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland with the adjoining Islands, and including the army, navy and merchant marine, is only 3S.105.000. Those people consume no more than any other equal number of people on the average. They buy to sell. For example, we are told that England furnishes the great silver market of the world, and yet England exports more silver than it imports. For six years past the total imports of silver to England were $230,000.000 and the total exports were $350,000,000. In each of those six years the exports were greater than the imports. There are only two classes of articles that England imports largely for consumption and . those are food and raw materials for manufactures. These England Is obliged to buy from other countries and England always buys In the cheapest market. England does not buy grain of the United States on account of a disposition to favor this country, but because grain- can be bought here advantageously. We wonder what some of these gentlemen, who are so impressed with the importance of England, suppose would become of the rest of the world and of this country In particular, If by some earthquake or other convulsion England should disappear under the ocean. Do they really Imagine that our farmers would all be ruined and the country bankrupted? Would we "be left without any foreign market for our products? Far from It. There would, of course, be a temporary shock, but the commerce of the world would speedily readjust Itself, and the Industries of this country and every other country would proceed as before. The remainder of the world can get along without England very well, but England cannot get along without the remainder of the worldIt may be added that the policy now belnjr followed by the United States is a policy of coercion a policy of the United States alone refusing to attempt the impossible task of restoring gold to iU former relations to silver and to prices. The policy is working weil. Both En . eland and Germany have shown In the

past six months greater evidence of intention to abandon their former position than at any time within twenty years past. In this connection we would call attention to a letter of the Hon. George W. Cooper, printed elsewhere in this issue. In which he states that In the opinion of the British minister to this country the movement of sentiment in England toward bimetallism "almost presents the appearance of a revolution." We have several times said that Grcver Cleveland would yet prove a . better friend to silver than any of the alleged "silver men." We believe that his policy will speedily result in the establishment of universal bimetallism.

REPinLICA NATIONAL, PRINCIPLE!. The republican convention adopted our proposal of Wednesday morning for a platform, as follows: The republican party. In state convention assembled, unites with the A. P. A. In denouncing the democratic party for all the results of McKinleyism and Shermanism. They have put a few more words In it. but that is all there Is of It, so far as national affairs are concerned. Rhody Shiel made an effort to get a plank into the. platform to the effect that the republican party would not bar a candidate on account of religious views, but the committee on resolutions said that it would be objectionable to the A. P. A. element, and as half of the committee were A. P. A.'s it went out. Rhody threatened to appeal to the convention, but the party leaders took him in hand and he laid down and let the A. F. A. walk on him as usual. Meanwhile the committee inserted in the platform the following plank taken from the A. P. A. declaration of principles: We demand a rigid enforcement of all existing Immigration laws by the national government, and demand such further legislation as will protect our people and institutions, against the influx of the criminal and vicious classes. This is the "knownothlng" declaration of the order. It will be observed that it not only calls for the rigid enforcement of existing Immigration laws, which cover "contract labor," but also demands "further legislation" to prevent the immigration of "the criminal and vicious classes." This is not a proposition to prevent the Immigration of "criminals." That is already covered by our extradition laws. It is a proposition to exclude "classes" which are "criminal" or "vicious," and there Is no difficulty in understanding what the A. P. A.'s and other republicans mean by "criminal and vicious classes." All persons who In any way support the obnoxious principles of "rum, romanism and rebellion" belong to those classes. All catholics are "vicious" by direct declaration. We are informed that they all vote as the pope directs them, and are all Interested in overthrowing the liberties of the country. Under the "rum" specification, "the beer-drinking Dutch," "the whisky-drinking Irish," "the wine-drinking French and Italians" are all "vicious" to the republican party. Poor people of all kinds are "vicious." The only foreigners who are not "vicious" are the titled dudes who come over here to marry the daughters of millionaire beneficiaries of the republican protective system. Having openly allied themselves with the A. P. A. in this manner, the convention adopted the second part of the plank we submitted to it, as follows: We denounce the present attempt of a democratic congress to overthrow and destroy the American industrial system, a course that, with the general fear of a violent readjustment of the country's business to a free trade basis, has increased the national debt, has plunged the country into the most disastrous business depression of its history, has closed large numbers of banks and factories throughout the country, has thrown an unprecedented number of American citizens out of employment, has compelled thousands of able-bodied and industrious men to humiliate themselves by asking for charity and has filled our broad land with free soup houses and food markets. There is not a person of ordinary Intelligence in the country who does not know that this Is an absolute falsehood, for these reasons: 1. The democratic party came into power by an election held In November, 1S92. Its principles were as well understood then as they have been at any time since. There was no Indication of any panic or any business depression for more" than six months afterward, and for three months after Mr. Cleveland's inauguration. If "fear" of a change in the tariff had been able to produce any panic it would have appeared before it did. 2. At the time the panic came on congress was not in session, and there was no prospect that it would be in session for six months. No change could be made In the tariff law until it met. 3. When the panic came on it began with the failure of banks not the suspension of manufacture or commerce. There was not a man thrown out of employment In the country until the failure of banks and the consequent withdrawal of loans by other banks in preparation for "runs" forced manufacturers and merchants to suspend for lack of money. Precisely the same thing occurred in Australia, both in protection and free trade colonies, and there was no proposal for any change of. tariff in any of them. 4. It was universally urged by the republican press at that time that the panic was due to the Sherman silver purchase law passed by the republicans in li'JO. John Sherman himself declared that this was true, and pleaded In excuse that they had been obliged to pass that law In order to avoid a free coinage law. 5. The McKinley law is still in force. It gives higher "protection" than the republican lariff law that was In force when the great panic of 1873 came upon the country. There was no "fear" of any change in the tariff at that time, but it Is noteworthy that that panic followed cn the heels of another great "financial scheme" which was also the work of John Sherman. The remainder of the platform on national Issues is of no significance except, perhaps, the Eilver plank, which Is a condemnation of the financial policy that has been steadily followed by the republican party for more than twenty

years. They have nothing to say on the obstructive policy of the republican senators who are now playing into the the hands of democratic traitors in order to retain the odious bounties to the sugar, coal and Iron trusts. They have nothing to say of Tom Reed's "victory." They have nothing to say of the republican effort to prevent the taxation of greenbacks. The platfoim 13 calamity and knownothingism, and it stops there. RETRini TIO. One of the most striking events in the republican convention was the defeat of Judge Coffey. We have no desire to "hit a man when he is down." but there is a lesson In this matter that is of the utmost importance to good morals and good government, and which ought not be lost to the people of Indiana. We all remember the bitter fight for control of the "spoils" which was inaugurated by Governor Hovey five years ago. We all know how, in" mad exasperation, he set up a claim 'tof the constitutional power of appointment of officials in direct conflict with the plain terms of the constitution, and in defiance of the uniform practice and uniform construction of the constitution by all departments of the state government for forty years. He found on the supreme bench three judges who upheld his claim Berkshire, Olds and Coffey more accurately, they held that these officers should be elected by the people, and thereby gave the governor the temporary right of filling the "vacancies." There were at that time two judges on the supreme bench in whom the people had great confidence, and justly so: Judge Elliott, a republican, and Judge Mitchell, a democrat. Both dissented emphatically, and with an unusual vigor that left no question as to their sentiment. Judge Elliott said that while he believed theoretically in lodging the appointing power in the governor there was absolutely no authority for so doing. He said: "I have searched with all possible care, but I can find no decision which sustains the position of the relator." "I find no conflict, but entire unanimity, for In every case that I have seen it is affirmed that unless, expressly prohibited by constitutional provisions there is a class of offices which the legislature may create and fill by appointment." Judge Mitchell said that the reasoning and conclusions of the majority of the court were "radically unsound and in open conflict with all the previous decisions of this court, and with the practical exposition which the constitution has received since the first organization of the state government, and that they are also In direct antagonism with the decisions of the courts in every other state where like questions have been considered." This was in the first case. In the second one, when to accomplish the desired results It was necessary to abandon that first decision, and to hold that it was "language inadvertently used," these two judges simply said they dissented, and left the court to wade, out of. this mire as best it could. It was soon well known that republican lawyers, as well as democratic lawyers, felt humiliated and outraged by these decisions. The democratic party arraigned these three judges in its party platform. The republican press offered a feeble defense, but in response to a challenge to produce a single reputable republican lawyer who would defend these decisions it fell into silence. There was no defense to offer. We call attention now to what we said at the time: No people ever forgot or forgave a judge who bartered his judicial integrity for party favor, and none ever will. It is true that a great political party has placed itself before these men to shield them, but in a little while a time will come when no political party is Interested in defending them or In attacking them. They will stand alone to receive the verdict of disinterested men on the naked question of right and wrong. The time will come to thtm when they will realize their situation in all Its awfulness, and in the blackness of darkness of that hour they will receive their punishment. We did not expect that time to come so soon. We had anticipated that party services of this character would be duly rewarded by the hypocritical purists of the republican party, and had expected to appeal to the people from that reward of party service. One of those judges has passed beyond earthly punishment One has left the state. The third has now another lash added to his scourge In the reflection: Had I but servel my God with half the I served my king, he would not in mine Haveafeft me naked to mine enemies. So far as politics is concerned the incident is closed. We leave Judge Coffey with his conscience.. But to every jurist In Indiana the lesson should remain open. Never make a decision for political effect. The temptation is often very great, but it never pays. The judge cannot afford It. The party cannot afford It. It Is evil, and evil only. NATHANIEL SPRINGER IlERRY. In the death of Ex-Governor Nathaniel Springer Berry of New Hampshire there passed away One of the last and also one of the best representatives of that rugged type of New Englanders who figured so conspicuously In the affairs of the nation fifty years ago, and who did so much to shape its destinies. Like most of New England children at the time of his birth, which was almost a century ago, there was no silver spoon In his mouth, though he had the advantage of a splendil ancestry, self-reliant and courageous. His grandfather was a captain of infantry during the revolution; his father was a ship builder of Bath, Me. But he was scarcely six years old when his parents died and he was left alone in the world. The apprenticeship, so much in vogue then, naturally followed, and he became by trade a tanner and currier. Naturally his opportunities for securing an education were very much limited, but to the boys of that day an education, simply because . it did not come easy, seemed more desirable, and he got it after he was a man grown. During a business career of thlrty-flve years Mr. Berry made a reputation for himself as

a business mam and as student of putH

lie affairs. He dabbled In politics some, but never in machine politics. He was In the best sense of the term a Christian' statesman. He carried his religion into his business and into his. politics, and was one of those who honestly felt that the truer a nation -was to its God the truer it was to its people. Frequently, up to the year 1S40, he represented his town in one or the other branch of the state legislature. In 1S40 Mr. Berry was a delegate to. the democratic national convention at Baltimore. -He had imbib-d the New England prejudice against slavery, and the action of that convention drove him from his party, which he had served faithfully and well for twenty-two years. Returning to New England he became foremost in the organization of the free soil party, and was its first. candidate for governor, receiving enough votes to prevent an election by the people. At four succeeding conventions he was nominated and when the party merged into the republican party in the spring of 1S61 he was elected governor by the latter party and re-elected in 1863. During the war he was one of the stanchest supporters of Abraham Lincoln and never for a moment would listen to any talk of compromise or concession. He had come to the point where he regarded slavery as an institution which must be crushed out at any cost and had little patience with even the mild conservatism of even men like President Lincoln himself. Since the war Mr. Berry had never failed to take an active part In the politics of his state, though he velwed with dismay the growing tendency of the corrupt practices of political machines. There was probably not a time in his whole career when he would not have lost fortune and position and influence rather than do a dishonorable act or have one performed in his behalf. His life was one of perfect uprightness. In his personal habits he was as clean as in his political life. He had none of the petty vices with which most men are afflicted and to this he was wont to attribute his hale and hearty old age. Years after he had passed the ninety mark he was as sturdy and rugged as most men at fifty, and to his plain and simple life, with his easy conscience, was attributed his success in keeping off the scars of hard work. As previously stated. Governor Berry was one of the best representatives of that rugged New England type which has given so much of character to the people of the United States. It Is sad to reflect, though the reflection is inevitable, that this type Is rapidly passing away. It was a type built of brawn and sinew and reared on hard work. It learned comparatively little from book, but much from experience. It took the ten commandments as its guide In all things and it lived without reproach and with honor to itself, to its country and to its God.

A MORAL MAN. The arrest of one of the delegates to the republican state convention on a charge of attempted corruption in the bank cases was not so startling as it would have been before the celebrated Dudley campaign. Arrests for corruption have become somewhat familiar to the truly good party since that time. We have no desire to prejudge the cases of these arrested parties, or to prejudice them in any way, but the certificate of good moral character offered by Stannard is so remarkably indicative of republican spirit that it deserves comment. He says: As to morality I never drank, smoked, chewed, or indulged in any bad habits in my life. To another reporter he confides even greater evidences of his purity: I am a peculiar man in that I have never drank tea or coffee. It is difficult to see how anything could be added to this roll of virtues unless we could be assured that this delegate from Lawrence county never chewed gum or ate peanuts in public We do not m3an to commend the habits which he has not. There are certainly some very good objections to drinking, chewing and smoking, and it may possibly be that drinking tea and coffee is not without injurious effect, but when a man, confronted by a penal charge, recites virtues of this nature, the necessary inference is that he is accustomed to make display of them in proof of his high moral character. We can almost see this immaculate person going Into the synagogue no, not the synagogue, for his A. P. A. sympathies would probably prevent that, but into his ordinary place of ostentation and repeating the time-honored prayer: God I thank thee that I am not as other men are. extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I iossess. He certainly would not be elected a delegate from a county where republicanism is so highly respectable and moral, as it Is In Lawrence county, unless he made a rrrand stand play of this style occasionally. Of course Lawrence county republican delegations are usually for sale, but they are always moral. We recall one occasion on which delegate after delegate from Lawrence went to a republican state candidate until finally he became exasperated and told the last emissary that he would not give a dollar to them. But they were all moral hypocrites of the ideal republican stamp men who prided themselves on their respectability, their lack of vices, their patriotism, and their freedom from all taints of "rum, romanism and rebellion." We love these cheerful rascals from "the trusted man with the necessary funds," xemplified by the longtime republican treasurer who has just pleaded guilty to robbing his own bank, down to the gentleman Immediately !n charge of the "hlocks-of-five." They are so Ingenuous and confiding as to their good qualities. Greece has for many centuries needed a shaking up, but that which it la get

ting at the present time is possibly a little more severe than ' is absolutely called for.

ET CETERA. Walsingham, Englanl. claims to be the healthiest place In the world. China has an academy of manners that prescribes etiquette for the whole empire. A ton of steel is worth more than its weight in gold when ma3e into hair springs for watches. - Horse3 are so plentiful in Chili and Buenos Ayres that it is not uncommm for beggars to ride. Christopher Grove, a nlnety-three-ye3r-old resident of Bethany, Ind., is cutting a new set of teeth. "I have quite an affection for you!" said the spriniT weather to the bare throat. Cleveland Plain Dealer. There- Is talk of running trolley observation cars across Niaeara falls, suspended fifty feet above the water. The Mohawk Indians will not allow so much as a blade of grass to grow upon the graves of their companions. Of the twenty-six barons who slrnl the Magna Charta three wrote their names and twenty-three made their marks. Kossuth took a grim pride in his voluntary poverty. "These hands of mine," he once said, "are empty and clean." An alloy that adheres so firmly to glass that it may be used to solder rleces together Is made by a French chemist. Prince Bismarck was never liked by Von Moltke, if his posthumous writings are to be taken as a proof of the statement. The Roman father had unlimited power over his children and could put them in chains, sell them into slavery or kill them at will. The Japanese method cf lacquering is sail to be at least two thousand years oil. Pieces made ten centuries ago are still exhibited. Edith "I thought you and Mabel were fast friends." Nellie "We used to be." "And you are not now?" "So." "What was his name?" X. Y. Weekly. He "You told me that you sincerely hoped for my welfare." She "Oh. no, Mr. Sticks, you misunderstood me. I sal 1 I sincerely hoped for your farewell." Harvard Lampoon. Mrs. Crimsonbeak "One-half the world doesn't know how the other half lives." Mr. Crimsonbeak "But. it isn't the feminine half that is ignorant." Yonkers Statesman. Mrs. Popleigh "Henry t are you crazy? Take that mask off. You are frightening baby so bad he'll not go near you." Mr. Popleigh (complacently) "That's why I put it on." ruck. "Miss Ol igirl is in a race at Bluntley for speaking of her as a regular chromo." "Don't blame her. Everybody in town knows weil enough she is hand-painted." Buffalo Courier. "I'm glad Tompkins has struck a streak of luck at last." Smith "So am I. What is it?" "I don't know Just what. I only know that he talked to me for twenty minutes without asking to borrow $3." Chicago Inter Ocean. Mrs. Grimes "Henry, Willie is teasing me evry day for a sweater. I wish you'd get him one." Mr. Grimes "A sweater? What's the matter with the buck-saw?" Boston Transcript. Judge "Well, doctor, what is the condition of the burglar's victim?" Doctor "One of his wounds is absolutely. fatal, but the other two are not dangerous, and can be healed." Fliegende Blaetter. One of the Napoleonic princes. Prince LojIs Napoleon, is serving in the Russian navy. He speaks Russian like a native and Is the strictest disciplinarian in the service. The marines dislike him. "What do you do." asked the novice in finance, "when the market senls prices up to where you don't want them?" "What do I do?" echoed the operator with unlimited resources; "I grin and bear it." Washington Star. Charles M. Ffoulke of Washington intends to present twelve of his tapestries, representing scenes in the life of Christ, to the episcopal cathedral which is to be erected in that city. They have been in a Roman palace ever since they were made, until Mr. Ffoulke purchased them a few years ago. Dr. Franklin used to advise the young men of his acquaintance to choose their wives from a "bunch," giving as a reason that several daughters in a family Improve each other mentally and morally, prevent selfishness, and from emulation acquire more accomplishments and knowledge than a single child spoiled by parental fondness. In one of the fights with McClellan on the Chickahominy, the late Senator Vance's regiment was advanced as skirmishers. The firing was close and sharp. Just in front of Vance, who commanded the line, a rabbit Jumped up and scurried to the rear. "Go it, rabbit." said he, "go it, Molly Cottontail! If I hadn't these stars on my collar, I'd be with you." The duchess cf Hamilton has had a large stable built for her cows and goes there dally, according to English papers, to milk her favorites. She also makes the butter, it is said, which is used on her table when she has guests. The stable is built of marble, and cost a large sum of money. The duchess has had gloves made especially to use when milking the cows, in order that she may not soil her fingers. When Neal Dow was chief of the Portland volunteer fire department some of his men complained about the strictness of his discipline. One of them appealed to the mayor once, saying: "Mr. Dow is altogether too strict. At the fire the other night he ordered m to go between two buildings and their walls were likely to fall at any moment. I wouldn't go." "And what did Mr. Dow do when you refused to obey?" asked the mayor. "He was fool enough to go himself." STREET PICKINGS. A pretty girl got on a street car yesterday and when the conductor came to her for fare she handed him what she thought was a folded transfer ticket which she took out of her glove. He rung the register mechanically, and when he got on the platform looked at the check. Then he blushed and looked at the girl, but she was looking out of the window. He read the paper auain and forgot to let three old women off the car, he was so excited. The pretty girl motioned at him to stop the car and he took off his cap with a stunning bow as sh left the car. She seemei surprised, but made no remark. When she got home she took out her folded car ticket from her glove and looked at it In amazement. Then she blushed too. This is what she had given the conductor, a bit of newspaper bearing the.se verses of Frank L. Stanton's: For you Love's own dear land Of roses fair and free; And if you will no hand To give a rose to me. For you Love's dearest bliss In all the years to be. And !f you will no kiss Of any love for me. She has the habit of carrying bits of sentimental poetry in her glove; but no wonder the conductor was astonished at receiving so marked a declaration. She now takes another car line and he looks in vain for her. Two things have gone completely out of style the use of scents on the handkerchief and kissing one on the mouth. If one loves the odor of violets, orris root or any particular scent, tt must be used In sachet bags, put where clothing is paekej. but never sprinkled upon the handkerchief. As to kissing, watch any two women kiss each other nowadays and one will notice that they kiss upon the cheek or forehead, but never on the mouth. There Is every reason why they do not kiss upon the mouth. Firstly, nearly everyone has made a study of hygiene and knows that it is not always healthy.to kiss the mouth. This should be strictly enforced in regard to babies. It is said that the society, man now kisses

his wife, daughter or sweetheart upon the bang? Or back of the ear. as every girl now has a hairdresser and keeps her hair shampooed and also, as most every one uses cosmetics, sometimes put on with glycerine or face washes, back of the ear is the safest place to imprint a kiss. There is no danger of ruining a heme-roade complexion or having one's mouth taste like ric powder. X mdy who has attained cor.sllerable wealth was ealline on a new neighbor yesterday. She is much given to bragging and' was going far beyonl any previous efforts. The neighbor seemed to be taking it all in seriously, but you can never tell much about a woman. Finally Mrs. Swell siiJ: "Oh. Mrs. Cool, you have such a pretty little home. You ought to be very proud of your home. Why. I C3n remember when I didn't have much better than this myself." But her back hair nearly feil down when Mrs. Cool respon3ei: "Yes, I think it was when you worked In my aunt's kitchen!" The call was shorten ed perceptibly. Queer what things one will do an 1 say in the midst of excitement. Two ladies were recently crossing a slippery floor when one of them sullenly slippei anl fell. It was so sudden that she did not realize what Was the matter, but looked up at her companion In the greatest sympathy and said: "Why, my dear, did you fall? Are you hurt?" She knew some one had fallen, but could not tell which one It was. There is a coolness between two ladies who were the best of friends until yesterday. Thn Mrs. X . who has been away, was telling her friend thr following: "Oh. I must tell you my awful trouble. When I c.nne Lome my dear little dog was so glad to see me that he fell over la a fit and I sat down and crlel like everything." And when her friend burst out laughing, instead of crying also, she was too indignant to speak to her. "If Christ Came to Chicago. 40 cents." This is the slrn that stares in the face passersby In front of a Massachusensave. book stand. A wag passing yesterday was heard to facetiously remark, "That's a of a cheap trip." He passe 1 on demurely in the crowd while a minister, who happenel to overhear the remark, gave some unheeded suggestions to the bookseller. The oren cars have appeared upon some of the lines, but riding upon them where the track is n-"t sprinkled is torture to any person and especially to tho.ce with weak throats and lungs. Ciouis of dust from the asphalt pavement fill one's eyes, ears, ani lungs la a manner that is nearly fatal to bronchial and throat troubles. Let the car tracks be sprinkle 1.

THE SENATE AMI THE TARIFF. As the political Taul Revere Senator Hill Is not making much headway. He is spreading his warnings' with considerable zeal, but the democratic press is disposed to throw stones at him. Washington Post Und.). There is no probability of ar.y of the United States senators reading any other senators out of the democrat ic party. It is not apparent just now thnt there is enough of the democratic party in th senate to read anybody out. Louisville Courier-Journal (dem.). President Cleveland's latest epistle indicates that he is getting out of patience with some of trie distinguished democrats In his party, and it can hardly be said that he is to be blamed for his feelings, or for giving vent to them. Boston Herald (ind.). The announcement that the closing speeches of Senators Alirioh and Voorhees would be printed in full on a certain day would not excite a ripple of excitement. The reason is that the public knows that the subject has been fully discussed, and that no speech that has been or will be made will change a vote in the senate or an opinion outside of the senate'. If the bill were voted on tomorrow the vote would be the same as it will be after the general debate an I the debate by paragraphs. To go on with the speech -m a king is a dreary waste of time. What the country is waiting for. and waiting for with a good deal of impatience, is a vote. N. Y. World (dem.). The cool reception Senator Morgan met In Alabama is a lesson for other democrats. If senators could realize tne thorough contempt and anger that is now animating the great mass of the democracy of the union because of th-3 betrayal of trust by the senate in carrying out the pledges of the democratic party, most of them would hunt convenient holes and pull the holes in after them. That la not a very elegant phrase, but we don't know words that express more thoroughly th disgust of the people. Hundreds of thousands of converts have been made the last six months In favor of eliminating the senate from our system of government. The people are well nigh unanimous in favor of electing senators by the popular vote. Pittsburg Post (dem.). Is there a reasonable prospect that the republicans will repeal the income tax if they have the power in the next congress?" Decidedly not, we think. Many of them are denouncing It now as a piece of democratic Iniquity, but there are from twelve to fifteen republican senators who will vote for it at present. In his furious arraignment in the current Forum of the democrats for their many sins. Senator Cullom very deftly avoids mentioning the income tax. He has a campaign on for re-election just now. and it would never do to offend Illinois voters who would like to see the rich Shyloeks of the East hit hard. This is symptomatic of what we may expect it the income tax proves popular in the West, as there Is every reason to think It will. N. Y. Tost (ind.). THE STATE PRESS. The Bulletin harvested a "scoop yesterday. It was a burglary at the editor's own house. Anderson Democrat. They go merrily along hanging negroes, in republican Ohio with greater frequency than they do in any southern state. Laporte Argus. Yes, the democratic party is a little divided on sme questions at the present time, but the republican party is aunit for the spoils of office. Rushville Jacksonian. Our state geologist has disgraced himself and his office more than once, and has used up all the days of grace. He. should be "fired" bodily, and induced to' take the Keeley cure or join Coxey's army. Osgood Journal. Reports from the democratic press cft the country are now about all in, and Senator Hill finds himself about the best damned man this should nut be construed as eulogistic profanity that ha opened his head in the United States senate since the war. Kokomo Dispatch. The Enquirer as a straddler has no equal. It is sensational above everything but is a nondescript in politics. I has claimed to be democratic, but is edited in the Interest of the republican party, and its principal corrvsiondent is a rank republican. Columbus Herald. If there is one thing in which every paper in the country should play the part of "cuckoo" it is to repeat the de mand of The Sentinel that the drunken state geologist be mad? to give up the office be disgraces, and have the p-.wef to disgrace the state taken from him. Lebanon Pioneer. David B. Hill should h inIted to a democratic, senatorial caucus and be made to state explicitly whether or n.t he intends to vote with his party on the tariff bill. If he declines to pledge himself he should not be Invited to any more democratic caucuses. What is more he should not be permitted to attend a democratic caucus. Terre Haute Gazette,