Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1888 — Page 2

ELECTION ECHOES.

Chicago TlBM*. Chamey M. Depew is authority lor tae statement that General Harrison owes his elevation to tbe of the United States primarily to the effects of a dinner party in Chicago. Mr. Depew made the assertion bv inference this morning in an interesting narrative bt the inside workings of the New York delegation at the Chicago Conventicp. Many persons have heard of the dinner to the JSew York delegation after his withdrawal from the Presidential contest on the second day of the convention. <«But the effects of that dinner had not been made public’"’"until Mr. Depew told of it to-day. “After the first day’s balloting," said Mr. Depew, “it was apparent that the West was so much opposed to the candidacy of a railroad President that there *fw£s no show for me: so I determined to withdraw. < Then the important question was: Whom should the New York delegation support? Their preferences were numerous. Some insisted on voting for Blaine to the end, and others wanted to break for Sherman, Gresham and the other candidates. As chairman of the delegation I called a conference of the four delegates-at-large, who, of course, controlled in a measure the course of the delegation. We met— Senator Hiscock, Thornes C. Platt, Warner Miller and myself. I spoke first an.fi proposed that Benjamin Harrison should be supported, as lie was the most available roan on account of his record as a soldier, his record in the United States Senate, and. I conless, I urged his id<>p tion by us on the i-cntimental ground that be was the grandson of Old Tippeeanoe. “Mr. Platt favored another man. Senator Hiscock had a different choice, and Warner Miller wanted a third man* §till 4 we were all willing to surrender onr preferences in favor oi the others for the good of the party. No, I won’t tell you the preferences of the other delegates. I only say that I alone favored Harrison. A long discussion ensued. I did my share of the talking, you may be sure, and theresult of the discussion was that the four of us agreed on Harrison. “Then I called a meeting of the whole New York delegation. All were present. I told them of the action of the delegates at large and asked their opinions. Fifty-eight agreed with us and twenty-four differed. No amount of persuasion could convince them that Harrison was the man to win. Here was a snag of large size. New York wanted the honor of naming the President: still it could not be the deciding factor in the convention unless after my withdrawal it would go solidly for some Other candidate. “ What did I dp? Well, I thought the matter over for an hour, and then invited the delegation to dinner. I did not try to convince the recalcitrants.-I simply gave them good things to eat and good drink to enlighten their understanding. And behold the result. By, the timethe dinner was ended every mother’s son was shouting for Harrison. This result was largely due to speeches by Senator Hiscock, Warner Miller, ExSenator Platt and Senator Fassett, who, after the first conference, heartily supported Harrison. The rest is ancient

history. New York voted tor and he was nominated by acclamation. The dinner solidified New York’s vote. What's tbe matter witn a good dinner as a political factor?” asked Mr. Depew, laughing heartily. MRS. CLEVELAND NOT AT ALL CRUSHED. /Washington Evening Post. A lady who was at the White House on Tuesday night says .that there was no more>nervousneßß displayed by Mrs. Cleveland than by any other lady in the group. All were deeply interested, and the rest of them aid not attempt to control a feminine impatience when it became evident that the revelations of the evening were not going to be entirely happy. But Mrs. Cleveland was “true grit” all through. She chatted and laughed and entered into the discussion over Miss Endicott’s approaching marriage as if that were the uppermost subject in her mind.., As the evening wore on the ladies, with true womanly sympathy, began to get all possible comfort out of the situation, and endeavored to buoy up the hopes of the men. They all separated a half hour alter midnight and went home with the certainty of defeat Mrs Cleveand her mother were brave and smiling to the last and neither showed by the least word their great disappointment INDIANA POLITICS. Chicago Inter Ooean. Indiana has always been a study and a puzzle to politicians; in no State does a new idea meet with more encouragement: thus in 1844 the State gave Birney, the first “Liberty” candidate, 2,106 of his 62,300 votes, and in 1848, when Van Buren appeared as a “Free Soil” candidate, he received 8,109 votes in Indiana; and the first of the “free” or “independent” Democratic candidates received 6,929 Hoosier votes; Fillmore, as the “American” candidate, received 22,386 votes, add Fremont, the first candidate of the new Republican party, received 94,375 ballots. When Weaver was nominated by the Greenbackers, Indiana east 12,986 votes for. him, and in 1884 it gave 8,293 to Butler and 3,028 to 8t John. This inevitable presence of a minority of impressionable voters ha

not been taken into propet account, while too much importance has been given to the so-called floating voters, the minority of purchaaables. The truth is that considerations of personality have always weighed heavily in Indiana. In the elections of 1824, 1828 and 1832, Andrew Jackson, as the incarnation of ttaeantt-British sen timent, received rousing majorities his vote being 7,843 to 3,095 for for Adams and 5,315 for Clgy in *1824, 22,237 against 17,652 cast for Adams in 1828, and 14,552 to 15,472 for Clay in 1832. When Harrison, with the-patriotic glamour cf Tippecanoe upon him, appeared as a candidate he received 41,281 of Indiana’s votes in 1816, against 32,480 for Van Buren. The State reverted to Democracy and Polk in 1844, and in 1848 gave Cass a very small pturalitv. Pierce carried it in 1852, and Buchanan, despite of the large vote cast for Fillmore in 1856. The magnificent personality of Lincoln impressed it in 1860, his vote being 139,033 against 115,6<9 for D0ug1a5,12,295 for Breckenridge and 5,306 for Bell, thus giving the first Republican. President a clear majority over all candidates. Lincoln carried the State by more than 20,000 majority in 1864. Grant by nearly 10,000 in 1868, and by nearly 20,f 00 in 1872. Tilden took it by more than 5,000 in 1876, Garfield by nearly 7,000 in 1880, Cleveland, or rather the personality of Hendricks by more than 6,000 in 1884. It,is absurd and unjust to attribute the changes to the sole and corrupt influenceof'the “floater.” The State is a peculiar One.

CABINET PROGRESS USELESS. There is a great deal of wild talk about Cabinet appointmi nil, and according to tiie theories of some of the enterprising newspaper men, who are losing no time in settling the whole matter for the President-elect, there are no fewer than fifty men who are certain to be among the administration advisers of the new ruler. Much weight is given to the statement of John B. Elam in an interview at Chicago, that a California man would probably be one of the Cabinet officers. Simply as speculation it may be safely said, it is believed, that if a California man is appointed, he will be either M. H. De Young, editor of tbe San Francisco Chronicle,or M. M. Estee, and the position will probably be Postmaster General. There is some significance in the unanimity of opinion. here that the financier of the administration will be John Sherman. Of the Indiana men wno will be given recognition, John C. New is believed to be foremost. It is expected that Chairman Huston will have strong political influence, He is one of the original Harrison men, and he shares largely jn the glory of the victory of this State, for it was, in a good measure, due to his management of the campaign that the party was saved from defeat, in recognition of the fight that he made there will be a great demonstration in honor of Mr. Huston at Connersville, bis home, on. Monday, and it has been announced that the Presidentelect will accompany him, but it is not positively known that be will" go; it is improbable. -After the victory two years ago, when there was a demonstration in honor of Mr. Huston, he was accompanied to Conuersville by General Harrison. Mr. Haston was one of the leaders of the fight for General Harrison's to tire “United -States-

Senate. In speaking of that contest during a conversation witn a News reporter Mr. Huston remarked, “ After the election of Turpie, I said to Mrs. Harrison that I believed that it was decidedly to the General's advantage, and that in less than two years I believed that it would be demonstrated that I was right in my view. If he had been elected, the office would have been an obstacle to his political advancement, because, with Indiana as a doubtful State, it would have been deemed advisable by the party that he should remain in the Senate.” THE SITUATION IN.DELAWARE. In'er Ocean. Delawareis the second smallest State in the Union, but in the result of the election last Tuesday she promises to cut a big figure and make almost as much noise as any of her big sifters. With anr-area less than double that of Cook county, and a population less than that of the old Fourteenth ward in this city, Delaware has held a place in politics which, like the names of her three counties-r New Castle, Kent, and Sussex —reminds one more of a shire in England than a free State in the great Republic. Its representation has been more like that of an English district, hahded down from generation to generation by two families. The names of Delaware, Bayard, and Saulsbury have been so closely identified that one represented the State as well as the other, but the election on Tnesdav has started a revolution there which promises to Americanise this little pocket borough of the two most influential families in the little amimonwealth The story of this revolution reads like a bit of ancient history of feudal ttmes. Early in the 50‘s the Saulsburys—Gove and Eli in Kent, and Willard in Sussex county —had complete control, of the lower counties. The Bayards ruled Newcastle. The two families made a compact by which they .were to rule " the State. The Bayards were to have tbe United States SenatorYrom the North, and the Saulsburyß were to have the other Senator and State offices. • With such a power in their' hands, it

was impossible for the Bayards and the Saulsburys to even keep their comfort in peace. There were freqnent clashings. When Senator Bayard went into the eabinet the trouble in the home catfip became more pronounced, but Bayard was allowed to select his successor for the Senate, and George Gray was elected to fill the unexpired term. In 1886 the Bayard faction broke away from the old compact and tried to elect E. R. Cochran for Governor, but they were beated by the Saulsbury men, who also threatened to revenge the interference in State affairs by electing one of their men to fill the seat of Senator Gray. As this threatened the supremacy of Thomas F. Bayard, who expected to reclaim his seat in the Senate when lie should leave the cabinet, a truce was patched up by force of necessity, and the Saulsburys elected the Governor and the Bayards elected the Senator. The third terjn ttf Senator Eli Saulsbury will expire March 4, 1889, and recently another Democratic faction sprung up with James L. Walcott, a Dortegeqf “Uncle Eli" at its head and backed by Bayard and Gray to revenge themselves upon Saulsbury for opposing Gray’s re-election two years ago. Walcott controlled the primaries in Kent county, and succeeded in having nominated for Legislative candidates, men opposed to Saulsbury in thecounty where “Uncle Eli” lived. Then the fun began. They exposed family secrets and factional methods, and the Saulsburys placed between the devil and the deep sea, cut loose from party following and voted for the Republican candidates with the hope that they would return the compliment and vote for “Uncle Eli’s return to the Senate. But the Republicans played giod

politics and in Sussex county went on a “still hunt” and sent seven Republicans to the assembly to unite with the eight from Kent. The Saulsburys have pulled down the temple upon the Democratic party, and the next Legislature will be controlled by the Republicans who will have a majority of two on joint ballot and elect a Republican United States Senator, the first that ever hailed from Delaware. The compact is broken, never to be renewed, for the Legislature will provide for a Constitutional convention which will clear away this old class distinction for suffrage which enabled Bayard and Saulsbury to hold the State against a m ijority of the legal voters, and Delaware becomes what she has only been in name for generations, a free State in the Union. One of the most interesting Congressional contests waged in the recent canvass wag that between Nathaniel P. Banks and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Both are well-known and highly picturesque ch aracters. Banks was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives ever elected by the Republicans, ws3 subsequently- Governor of Massachusetts, later on Major General of Volunteers during the war, snd several times member of the House Of Represen-

tatives since then. Higginson was an old-time Abolitionist, commanded the first negro regiment which was raised for service in the Union army, and is a historian literary critic and miscellaneous writer of considerable celebrity. The contest between these veterans, which was for election in the Fifth Congressional District of Massachusetts, was close and exciting, but Banks was the ~rictor. —— _ -T 11 ■——— m : 1 m Worth a Year’s Subscription. A note by a minor is void. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. A note dated Sunday is void. A contract with a minor is void. It is illegal to compound a felony. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. A contract made with a lunatic is void. Notes bear interest only when so stated. Signatures in lead pencil are good in law. A receipt for money is legally conclusive. Principals are responsible for their agents. The acts of one partner bind all the others. -The law compels no one to do impossibilities.

Besieged by Bears.

A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette reports that civilization is apparently a failure in the district of Olonez, in Russia, where the bears have obtained complete mastery oi er the peasants. After conscientiously eating all the horses, cattle; sheep, dogs, and poultry in the neighborhood, the bears arranged themselves into besieging parties, and quietly settled down to watch every village for miles around. Not a peasant dares to leave his hut; starvation is threatened over a vast tract of country, and, according to latest advices, the unfortunate moujiks were eagerly looking out for a relief expedition from the nearest garrison.

Does it Pay to Advertise?

Xewpori'Hoesisf - Our experience is that it pays to advertise. A few weeks ago we advertised that a Republican had authorized us to state that he would bet SSO on Indiana, SSO on New York and SSO that Ben Harrison would be elected President of the United States. The said Republican won allthree oftfaehfetß, and-we are the said Republican. You bet it pays to advertise.

THE ANNEXATION QUESTION.

Canadian Buaincmand Workingmen j Anxious for It. t : ‘ v^. 1 . Montreal, Nov. 10.— Nothing strikes the American visitor to western Canada more forcibly than the growing belief that annexation with the United States is the only salvation for one of the richjest countries, in the world, so far as natural products are concerned, and after a few weeks’ sojourn among theTlntelligent portion of the community occupying the garden spot of Ontario between Toronto and Windsor, there is no doubt that fully three-quarters of that district are strongly in favor of a severance of the ties which have bound them to a monarchy 3,0 0 miles distant for more than a hundred years, and a dilating with' a country whose geographical situation has preordained the change which must come, sooner or later. - •. /{■

A well-known Conservative who is very close to the Government, said in conversation with a reporter of the Sun less than a week ago: “The spot in which to feel the Canadian pulse in regard to the annexation question is in such cities as Toronto, London, Hamilton, and where th« manu facturere are almost wholly in favor of the scheme. Naturally you will encounter here and there a rabid John Bull only a few years in the country, with loyalty written in every line of hiß countenance, who would be threatened with apoplexy were he asked for an opinion upon the question. He would vote it downright treason, and assure you that the Canadian people were more than satisfied to be a portion of the tail to the British kite. Then again, another class from which strenuous opposition to such a scheme would be expected is the large number of officeholders under Government whose occupation would be gone the instant this country became a portion of your great republic. Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir Hector Langevin, the Hod. John Carling and other Ministers would deprecate such a movement. truth of the matter is, nearly ever y Canadian in politics nowadays is in search of a title, great or small it matters not, and they are all mightily afraid to utter a word which would meet with the disapproval of the British Government. These gentlemen have been Interviewed on the annexation issue, which»has grown up of late to such proportions that it is folly for them to ignore it, and have always looked askance at any project having that end in view. “What will become of this country in the next decade if our National debt continues to pile up as it hqs in the past? Think of a debt of $200,000,000 weighing us down, and the United States, with a surplus in their treasury, anxious to take us into their fold, enhance the value of our property, develop our rich iron, coal and phosphate mines, our magnificent timber lands, and a dozen other enterprises which have remained stagnant odlv because of a lack of capital. “If the people of Ontario are in favor of annexation, those of Manitoba, Quebec, and the maritime provinces fairly demand it, and there is no question in the minds of unprejudiced observers that, were the question put to a vote tomorrow, there would be a decisive opinion in favor of the union. It is coming. We may have to pass through the pre-

paratory school of commercial union, bat when Canadians have had a chance to observe the workings of the project there will-belew demurrers. Ask any Canadian who depends upon his hands for his daily bread where he can obtain the higher wages, n Canada or the United States, and he will gaze upon you, as though you were demented. Take the case of the Grand Trunk Railway employes as a criterion. The average pay of conductors, engineers, firemen, brakemen, switchmen, and other employes increases 20 per cent, the moment the line at Sarnia and Port Huron is crossed. Those doing service between Port Huron and Chicago receive 20 per cent, more wages for doing the same work that their brethren on tbe road between Sarnia, or more correctly Point Edward, and Montreal. A more forcible illustration of the difference of the financial condition of the countries could not be advanced. “This is not only true in almost every trade, but for years the pick and flower of our young men have, immediately upon learning of the superior inducements held out across the border, left the land of their birth and become naturalized citizens of the united States, and no small contributors to the prestige which that country has attained in the commercial and financial world,” “Is annexation strong in Manitoba?” “You should visit Winnipeg or any of the Northwestern cities and hear for yourself a few of the opinions which the people of that province have been at great care to give pub’icity to. They are more than outspoken* in. their denunciation of their restricted railroad facilities, and there will be another rebellion up there unless the Government handles this Red River Railroad question very gingerly. The farmers of that country declarp that it is time to complain when they are compelled to send their produce thousands of miles eastward over the Canadian Pacific at ex> orbitant rate in order to reach a market purely liocanae the Government ‘is interested in the road. They contend that they can secure better prices at tt^e

adjacent markets of St. Patti and Minneapolis, where the milling interests are second to none in the woVld, and assert with much vig#that they will market their products where they can obtain the largest return independent of the Government. The Canadian Pacific refuses to permit the Red Riveyr road to cross its tracks, and has placed an armed guard to see that its behests is heeded, and there is no telling where the affair will end. If this country had an able champion—a fearless, resolute man, who would not become discouraged at obstacles which would be thrown in his way at Ottawa—annexation would not be five years, no, nor three years distant. It is time we were through with the farce of paying a foreigner a stupendous salary to do nothing except wear, the empty title of Governor-General of Canada.” .

ABUNDANCE OF CORN.

The Largest American Yield on Record. Washington Special. The returin of the yield of the corn made to the Department of Agriculture indicate a yield per acre quite as large as that of 1885 J and larger than any other crop since that of 1880. The aggregate gTown on a larger area, will exceed that of any previous American product, being very close to two billion bushels, or about thirty-two bushels per capita, which lias been exceeded in •previous years. The corn surplus States average yield is as follows: Ohio, 35.2 bushels; Indiana, 35 bushels; Illinois, 36.2 bushels; lowa, 37 bushels; Missouri, 31 bushels; Kansas, 27 bushels; Nebraska, 36 bushels. These seven States produce 64 per cent, of the crop aggregate. The general average will fall somewhat under 27 bushels. There is a good supply of maize in nearly all parts of the South, so that comparatively little will be required from the West. The yields of the A:Untie States are moderate; seriously reduced by frost on the northern border. After three years of low yields, potatoea give an average of about 80 bushels per acre, or nearly the rate of yield of 1879. The averages of prominent potatogrowing States are as follows: Maine, 110 bushels, New York, 82; Pennsylvania, 82; Ohio, 80; Michigan, 75; Illinois, 80; lowa, 90; Minnesota, 95; Dakota, 80; Nebraska, .80. Tbe yield has been increased in the South. It is high in the Northern belt Territories. The total product on the basis of these averages is about 195,000,000 bushels, or 61,000,01)0 mere than the estimated product of 1887. The average yield of buckwheat is approximately 12 bushels to the acre, and the crop nearly 11,000,000 bushels. The average for New York is 11 bushels: Pennsylvania, 14 bushels; Michigan, 12.5 bushels; Indiana, 11.4 bushels; Illinois, 12.6 bushels; Wisconsin, 9.5 bushels; Minnesota, 11 bushels; lowa, 10.8 bushels; Missouri, 10.7 bushels; Kansas, 9.6 bushels; Nebraska,.ll.3. Hay is a crop slightly above an average yield, or 1.22 tons, per acre. It has been nowhere seriously injured by drought. There is a strong tendency to increase of area in the South, and the yields upon cultivated areas rather than natural meadows are relatively large.

Tales of Many Cities.

Savannah is now the largest cotton port in the JJnited States and Norfolk second. Jerusalem is rapidly growing as a trade centre. One hundred thousand dollars’ worth of objects of devotion in mother-of-pearl and olive wood are exported to America and Europe every year. Vine cultivation is being extended, and the price of land has risen sixfold within a few years. A company in Paris is being prepared to supply cabß with [electric lights, aigrettes for the heads of the horses and the coachman and footman, and exterior and interior lanterns for the cabs, says the Paris Register. The accumulators are very small and portable, and will furnish a brilliant light for from four to six hours. An Austrian Pompeii has just been unearthed near Zara. Zara is the Capital of Ihe Austrian Province of Delmatio. Thousands of coins of the Diocletian period and of ether early times, rare specimens of Grecian and Roman sculpture and Byzantine architecture were discovered along the Dalmatian shores. temples, catacombs apd other evidences of a busy and highly civilized community were unearthed •

Building a Politician.

A farmer had a son who showed no special aptitude for business, and he was puzzled what to do with him. He concluded to try an experiment,so he locked the boy in a room in which there were only a Bible, an apple, and a dollar. A few minutes later he stole quietly to the foom. He had made up his mind that if he found the boy eating the apple he would make a good farmer. H he- were reading the Bible he should be trained for the pulpit, and if he had taken the money his success as a broker,the father thought, was assured. Upon entering the room be found the boy Bitting upon the Binle, eating the apple* with the dollar in his pocket The boy became an able politician. a :_ '■*- T " '* ■ . -

ASLEEP.

Onr golden-haired boy with hia bird oil hit bnait, ' Lovingly, pcncefnlly, sweetly at rest; In hia lightly crowed arma,aa in lore’a fond cares*, Amid thesoft folda of hia navy-blue dress, ArLlea the little canary Whose chirp and aweet trill v. , ■ . : ■■■ Once gladdened hia heart to the te interest thrill. I rom hi* dear little face all ihe aparkle is gone; But the sweetness is left; and so sweet, precious one! . 1 The high, noble brow neath the soft, wavy hair; Tbe lightly closed lids and tbe cheeks round and j. fair; The beautiful month—oh! words can not teU Its expression, although we know it so well. The gold of the hair, tbe dress of dam^filue, Tbe bird’s yellow plumage of delicate hue. There’s naught here like death and why do we weep O’er enr dear little pets just fallen ntLep? Ia the golden fringe of tbe curtain* white Forever dropped o’er the blue eyes bright: *hall we river again hear tbe langbter and song In sweet cadence mingling ail the day long? Ob! can this look be tbe last that is given Buch loveliness rare, fit only for heavinT Fpr heaven? Yes. songsters fill— Wbat is heaven tj tbe boy without the bird’s trill? - Our child with hls blid on hia breast. Lovingly, peacefully, sweetly at rest. Together they came, together they go. Beautiful, innocent, saved irom life's woe. --Eflle J. Cla-k in Good Housekeeping.

THE WORLD OF WOMEN.

.Leading English gunmakera report that they have this season had a large numblr of orders f >r fine guns from ladies. Shooting during the season is said to be now one of the diversions of the Englishwoman of quality, although some pfeter fishing. A morning league lias been founded by some of the more sensible of the ladies of Paris. They are of the opinion and very rightly so, that the custom of society, as regards the hours of social gatherings, are opposed to she laws of health. The members of the league suggest that all balls shall commence at ■ 9 and end at midnight. Dinner parties are to be discouraged, and luncheons given instead. Gen. Boulanger’s daughter wore at her wedding last week a Nile green gown, with & hat of black velvet, relieved by old rose color about her throat and a gray for a boa. She looked very handsome with her golden hair and rich complection. She has her father’s dignity of expression. Capt. Driant wore his full uniform of dark blue and red. He is a young man of ab ut 28, with dark hair, apd of military bearing. The happy couple spoke the fatal “yes” in firm tones and were duly prouounced man and wife. The corset might be made less obstructive, writes a correspondent. It used to be the proper thing to wear an under bodice of shape and thickness to hide or disguise the outline of the contrivance of whalebones and steels. Nowadays nothing of tlie sort seems to be thought necessary. The corset is as prominent as if paraded outside the gown. The fashion plate marks its top and its bottom distinctly, and as for the woman herself, look at the next one you see oh a horse car and you can sketch her corset very accurately on the margin of your newspaper. —— Since the bustle has been discarded, sashes have taken its place. The draperies aredrayvnup onthe sides, but behind the hips rather than upon them, -and there are but few loops in the back, the requisite fullness being given by a sash of soft quality, and tied in very long floating loops and ends. When the figure ißßlim.-thissash-is tied iosmaothialds... around the waist of a basque that has fullness on the shoulders and is shirred into the waist, but with those who are too stout to look well in shirred waists the basque is smooth and the sash is tied and set on behind. A smoking jacket is the latest fad of the fashionable woman, introduced in London, it is asserted, by the Duchess of Marlborough (Mrs. Hammersley), who is fond of a cigarrette. They are cut in much the same shape as a man’s smoking coat, but are fitted rather more to -the figure at the back. They are very

becoming,being turned back at the neck to show the quilted silk or satin lining, which may be of any color that goes well with the complexion. Some of them are lined with fur. Very dainty little wraps they make. ,The fur shows at the neck, of course, and also on the rolled collar. Under the reverse the fronts meet, edged with silk cord. Some are frogged. One was in dark blue cloth lined with gray squirrel, and edged with blue-silk cord. Another was in brown cloth lined with quilted gold silk. “Of course all women are interesting, but it has got pretty well noised about the world that American women are,on the whole, more interesting than any others. This statement is not made boastfully,” continued Charles Dudley Warner in Harper’s Magazine, “but simply as a market quotation, as one might say. They are sought for; they rule high 0 . They have a ‘ waythey know how to be fascinating, to be agreeable; they unite freedom of manner with modesty of behavior; they are apt to have beauty, and if they hgve not they know how to make others think they have. Probably the Groek girls,in their highest development under Phidias tjrwre never so attractive as the American girls, of this period, and if we had a Phidias who could put their charms in marble, all the antique galleries would close up and go out of business.