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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1889.
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WASHINGTON", D. C.-Biggs Houae and Ebbltt
I louse.
"Now that I am buck, and am your leader
again. I promise yoii my best effort, and If
yon will stand by me as before, I promise you
that when the smoke of battle rolls away we
shall a rain be found triumphant. Sim Coy
to the local Democracy, in hit speech accepting a
renomtnation for Council.
We are clear in the feeling and Judgment
that It will not do to give the Democrats con
trol of the city legislature, for when they have
control all history shown that It is their worst
element and not their best which rules." In
dianapolis Xerg. ,
Tote only the Republican ticket printed
on white paper with block ink.
Get ont tho voters, and get in tlio
votes.
TnE mau point is to pet out the Re-
publican vote, ana that is sometmngm
which every one can help.
The election of a Democratic Council
means the removal of the saloon license
and an era of free whisky.
If anybody offers you a Republican
ticket printed on ichite paper, with blue
ink, reject it. It is spurious.
Vote for Shufelton in the Eighteenth
'ward and get rid of tho disgrace of being
represented in Council by an ex-convict.
The people of Indianapolis never hear
of Judge Sullivan except as he bobs up
now and then to ask them to vote him
into office.
After castingyour own vote for Coburn
and Taffe try and take time to persuade
sonie lukewarm or tardy neighbor to do
tho same.
A vote for the Prohibition candidate,
toAIay, is a vote in the air. Tho saloon
element would like to see a large Prohi
bition vote polled.
A faith that is worth having is worth
practicing; therefore all Republicans
who are 60 from principle should go to
the polls and vote.
Absenteeism from the polls on clec
, tion day makes a citizen a political nulli
tya cipher on tho wrong side. There
fore, be sure and vote.
- - If the workingmen of the Eighteenth
ivard want to be represented in the City
, Council by one of their , own number
'they have the opportunity.
No doubt every Republican who goes
to the polls to-day will vote right, but
the poiut is to see that they all get there.
If they do, Coburn will get there.
It is tho vote that is cast that counts.
Every Republican entitled to vote 6hould
go to the polls to-day, and give duo
force and effect to his convictions.
Vote for Preston Truster in tho
Twenty-first ward. lie has been an in
, defatigablo worker for tho best interests
of his ward, and deserves re-election.
: ; A fair political promise can bo turned
into a disappointment by too many indi
vidual failures to perform individual
duties. Therefore, be sure and vote.
The man who votes for Sim Coy, a
saloon-keeper, tally-sheet forger and
ex-convict, to represent him in the City
Council disgraces himself and the city.
The new law prohibits the hiring of
wagon-drivers to bring voters to the
polls, but it dors not prevent any person
from going with his own vehicle to fetch
a voter.
Nothing can prevent the election of
General Coburn but Republican ab
senteeism from tho polls. It will bo a
. shame if he is defeated through Repub
lican apathy.
In view of. tho probable absence of
hired wagons, tho friends of General
Cobnrn should be on hand with their
own vehicles to-day, and see that every
Republican voter gets to the polls.
A formek member of tho Council, who
is familiar with tho history of tho tiro
department and watches it closely, says
it has been much better managed by tho
present chief than it was under Webster,
and that Dougherty is decidedly the bet
ter man of the two for chief,
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Conundrum for the Sentinel: Isn't it
better that a councilman should not bo
able to write his own name than that he
should write other men's names too
freely, or be too frisky with his pen in
the matter of tally-sheet figures! We
pause until after election for reply.
TnE Sentinel says tho Democratic
campaign fund exists only in the Jour
nal's imagination. It is altogether likely
that tho amount is considerably less
than it would have been had the Senti
nel not made that unlucky break in
ublhhiDga list of law-breaking saloons.
The proprietors of these are understood
to havo withheld their contributions
after this, but others had paid in their
money before. There was a fund. Where
has it gone? .
"TT e are clear In the feeling and Judgment
that It will not do to give the Democrats con
trol of the city legislature, for when they hare
control all history shows that it is their worst
element and not their best which rules. Ju
dianapolis Xrvx.
SPUMOUS TICKETS.
The Democratic managers last
night put in circulation a ballot
headed "Republican Ticket," bear
ing the names of the candidates for
Mayor and clerk, aldermen in the
Fourth district, and that of Mr.
Trusler, candidate for Council in
tho Twenty-first ward. This ballot
is. printed on white paper, with blue
ink, and the name of Trusler is
heavily scratched. Similar spurious
ballots will doubtless be circulated
in other wards. These ballots will
be offered to Republicans who may
be dissatisfied as to the candidate for
Council, but if they are put in the
ballot-box the Democratic judges
will hold that the blue ink is a
"distinguishing mark," and de
mand that they be thrown out, the
elector thus being defrauded of
his vote for Mavor and clerk. The
genuine Republican ticket is
printed on white paper, with black
ink, and voters should scan their
ballots closely in order to guard
against fraud.
The genuine Republican ticket is printed
on ichite paper tcith black ink. Do not
accept a ticket printed with blue itik.
THE SALOON TAX.
From tho beginning of the present
campaign tho Democracy have at
tempted to dodge the question of trjo
saloon tax, In fact they have dodged
it. Their convention maintained a
cowardly silence on the subject and
nono of their candidates have dared to
define their position in regard to it. Of
all the issues involved in the election no
other equals this in importance. Other
questions present some interesting as
pects, but nono to compare with this. It
is a question of direct personal concern
to every property-owner, every tax
payer, every parent, every good citizen,
and every honest voter. On this most
important issue of the campaign, involv
ing moral and financial interests of great
magnitude, the Democracy havo main
tained a cowardly silence.
It is the intention of tho Democracy,
if they get control of the city govern
ment, to repeal the present ordinance
and reduce the tax to $100, thereby cut
ting off at a single stroke a revenue of
$50,000 a year. The city cannot afford
to lose a revenue of $30,000 a year, espe
cially when it is derived from so just and
righteous a tax as this.
Under the pressure of a hot fire,
an attempt nas Deen made to de
ny that the Democrats intend to
repeal tho present ordinance. The
denial is a lie on its face. Their
cowardly 6ilence on the subject, their
close alliance with and abject slavery to
the liquor interest, their assessment of
the saloons, their whole plan of campaign
shows what their intentions are in regard
to this tax.
The record shows that they have op
posed every saloon tax ever imposed by
the city. Every Democrat in both
branches of the Common Council voted
against. the first tax of $52 a year, im
posed in 1883. Every Democrat in both
branches voted against increasing the
tax to $100 a year, in 1885. Every Dem
ocrat in both branches voted against in
creasing the tax to $250 a year. If their
votes had prevailed, the city would havo
lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Their record shows their intentions. If
they get control of tho city government
they will repeal the present ordinance
beyond any doubt. That is the objec
tive point of the Democratic campaign
on the part of those who are furnishing
the sinews of war.
"We are clear in the feeling and Judgment
that It will not do to give the Democrats con
trol of the city legislature, for when they have
control all history shows that it Is their worst
element and not their best which mles." 7;t-
dianapolis News.
A BIT OF HISTORY.
, A correspondent asks if any of tho
Democratic members of the Legislature
from this county voted for tho bill in
creasing tho saloon tax to $250. Yes,
two Democratic members from this
county voted for tho bill, viz.: Messrs.
Gabriel Schmuck and Eh Ileiny, and
thereby hangs a bit of history.
It was not a part of tho Democratic
programme in tho last Legislature to
permit the passage of the bill increas
ing tho saloon tax, but they were afraid
to cast a solid party vote against it.
After considerable discussion in caucus
it was finally decided that a few Demo
crats should voto for it in the House,
with tho understanding that it should
bo defeated in the Senate;- Messrs.
Schmuck and Ileiny were detailed to
vote for it. It was thought their voting
this way would tend to placate the anti-
saloon influence in Indianapolis, and
that, being known as "Liberals," they
could staud the pressure from the saloon
element and explain the matter satsfac
torily to their Democratic constituents.
This was the decision of the caucus.
Messrs. Schmuck and Ileiny accepted
the detail as a matter of party duty and
voted for tho bill on its fiual passage.
J V . a
Out pi imy-seven democrats in
the House, thirty-eight voted
against the bill, and it is but fair to say
that Messrs. Schmuck and Heiny voted
agaiust their convictions. They were
acting under caucus orders. Tho bill
passed the House by a small majority.
and instead of being defeated in the
Senate, as was intended and expected,
that body passed it and it became a law.
Messrs. Schmuck and Heiny are partly
responsible for tho enactment of tho
law, and yet they deserve nono of tho
credit which belongs to those who
honc&tly supported the measure, for they,
only voted for it under party dictation.
In other words they surrendered , their
personal views and corfvictiona to what
was supposed to be political expediency,
and voted for a measure they did not
approve in order to carry out a caucus
programme. ,.
"We are clear in the feeling and Judgment
that It will not do to giro the Democrat con
trol of the city legislature, for when they have
control aU history shows that it is their worst
element and not their best which rules. In
dianapolis Xetcs.
TJie Republican ticket printed on white
paper with blue inkf which will be offered
in some of the wards to-day, is spurious,
and any man who puts one of them in the
box will lose his vote.
CONCERNING PERSONAL ABUSE.
The Journal accepts the compliment
conveyed in the following extract from
an editorial in the Sentinel of yesterday
relative to its treatment of Judge Sul
livan: v
That the organ of the opposition, unscru
pulous as it is known to be, ana always
ready, npon the slightest pretext, to impugn
tue motives ana condemn ine actions oi
Democrats, ban not said a sin trie word in
derogatiou of Judge Sullivan's character
and ability is conclusive evidence mat lie
is absolutely unassailable. If the Journal
could have found a llaw in his record, it
would have made the most of it. But it
has been unable to point to a single word
or action in Judge Sullivan's career which
malice itself could magnify into a cause of
objection to him.
The unscrupulous organ referred to is
the Journal, and the fact that it has not
abused and vilified Judge Sullivan is.
cited in proof of his invulnerability and
as a reason why he should be elected
Mayor.
It would have been as easy for the
Journal to attack Judge Sullivan as
it was for tho Sentinel and News
to attack . 'Republican candidates,
and it could have done so with
as much justice and truthfulness;
That it has not done so is not so much
proof of his invulnerability as it is of
the Journal's superior decency m re
fraining from personal defamation and
assassination of private character. Tho
Republican candidates are equally re
spectable and equally invulnerable, but
they have not received like treatment
from the Sentinel and News.
The Democratic candidate for Mayor
is a thoroughly reputaoie gentleman,
and his personal character and record
aro above reproach. But the same is
true of General Coburn, and the has the
additional merit of far surpassing Judge
Sullivan in respect of experience, fit-
ness, quaiiiications and training lor
tho office of Mayor. What is of still
more importance, he is in good company,
and has a following and support of in
telligent and law-abiding citizens, while
Judge Sullivan is backed by a disrepu
table and law-defying element. ; ..
It is not surprising that tho . Sentinel
should congratulate itself on the immun
ity of its candidate from personal attack
in a campaign which has been made
especially memorable by tho assassina
tion policy of its ally, the News. - What
ever the result of the election may be.
the campaign will be remembered as pne
which the evening organ of Democratic
reform has made unique by personal
abuse and individual defamation, TJpo
venom with which it has pursued men
who disagreed with it on public ques
tions, and the recklessness of its assaults
on their personal integrity and motives
have presented, perhaps, tho most re
markable example, on record of the de
gree to which tho licentiousness "of the
press may be pushed under tho ; false
pretense of serving the public.
'TVe are clear in the feeling and judgment
that It will not do to give the Democrats con
trol of the city legislature, for when they
have control all history shows that It is their
worst element and not their best which rules.'
Indianapolis Keics.
Pearson has cost the people of Indian
apolis a good deal or money during his
career as councilman. Sentinel.
He has been instrumental in putting
more money into tho city treasury than
any other member of the Council or than
any man who ever was a member. As
the author and introducer of the ordi
nance levying the first saloon tax of $53
a year, the one increasing it to $100 and
the one increasing it to $250, he has
added literally hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the city resources.
The News asserts that no man's per
sonal character is injured when he is
charged with dishonesty as . an official.
It follows, then, that if ex-County Clerk
Sullivan, a representative member; of
the Democratic gang which the News is
supporting, had embezzled only public
funds of which he was custodian, he
would remain a gentleman of unim
paired integrity in tho estimation of this
remarkable paper.
The following appeared in the editor
ial columns of the Sentinel yesterday:
Mr. F. W. Schaefer. the remocratic can
didate for Council in the Third ward, is a
thorousrhlv reputable citizen. The
Journal's charge that Mr. Schaeferever kept
a disorderly nouse is uueny wunout louu
dation. He was for many years in tho
grocery business, and his store commanded
the best class of trade.
' A good many residents of the Third
ward who are cognizant of the facts had
a hearty laugh over this.
General Coburn should have tho
vote of every Republican in the city able
to get to the polls to-day, and of as many
of his friends and acquaintances of the
opposite political faith as fitly appreci
ate his eminent worth and public serv
ices, and can rise. 'Superior to all merely
partisan considerations when the oppor
tunity is offered to secure such high
class ability to serve the city in tho ca
pacity of Mayor.
. The News declares that when it ac
cuses men of all sorts of dishonest offi
cial acts it is not an assassin of char
acter. Men have been convicted and
sent to the penitentiary for committing
dishonest official acts, but on this theory
their characters are not injured, since
they were convicted as officials, not as
men. Wonderful aro tho contortions of
tho wriggler when it tries to wriggle
out of a hole.
Fon a man who aspires to bo a great
party leader Hon. Roger Q. Mills is talk
ing entirely too much. A shrewd man
in such case would not show his hand in
advance, as he is doing. However,
there is no reason to bo surprised at the
courso of either Mills or Bynum in be
traying the plans of the congressional
minority. Neither of these ambitious
gentlemen Js likely to become a great
party leader.
A good business man is prompt to ac
cept an advantageous oiler affecting his
interests. When a man like General
Coburn, proved by time and experience
vo be qualified for tho highest public
station, consents to servo the people of
Indianapolis in the capacity of Mayor,
they should with one accord recognize
that they have much the best of the
bargain and close the contract with
alacrity.
When Major Robbins was Superin
tendent of Police the News said of him:
"Out of his own mouth ho is condemned.
Ho certifies to tho possession of the
ability to enforce the law, yet he doesn't,
do it. On the contrary, possessing this
power, he specially permits law-breaking."
He resigned under this imputa
tion, and now tho News is urging his
election as a "reform" member of Coun
cil. Last year over 23,000 women registered
and presumably voted at the Boston
election of school officers. This year
only 1,673 were registered. The differ
ence is accounted for by the fact that a
sectarian question was involved in the
election of last year, and no question out
of the ordinary this year. Moral: If
women aro to be kept out of politics keep
religious questions out.
The best the Democratic organs can
say for Judge Sullivan is that he was
born in Indianapolis, and has lived here
for forty-two years. These facts are
not much of a recommendation when it
is remembered that he never, in all those
years, displayed any interest in tho
city's prosperity, and never figured in
any movement looking to tho public wel
fare. Judge Sullivan, Democratic candi
date for Mayor, is no more "respecta
ble" than Mr. Gabriel Schmuck, and his
personal character is no better "certifi
cate of reform." Yet when Mr. Schmuck
was a candidate the News opposed him
on the ground that, if elected, he could
not control the bad elements of his
party. Could Judge Sullivan do so?
If the people want the $250 6aloon tax
continued and the saloons regulated and
controlled they must elect a Republican
Council, Board of Aldermen and Mayor.
It is a question between the city control
ling the ftaloons and the saloons control
ling the city, with, the added feature of
retaining or throwing away a revenue of
$75,000 a year. ..
It took about ono week of the cam
paign to dispose of the more respectable
of tho Democratic arguments. Since
that time the Democratic ammunition
has consisted wholly of plain lies manu
factured to order. Such of these as were
worth while to notice have been proved
to be lies.
Six members of the present Council,
who voted against the $250 saloon tax,
are candidates for re-election, viz.: Coun
cilmen Burns, Coy, Hicklin and Markpy,
and Aldermen Clark and Reineeke. If
re-elected, they will all vote to repeal the
tax, and so will every other Democrat.
"JVe are clear in the feeling and
judgment that it will not do to give the
Democrats control of the city legis
lature, for when they have control all
history shows that it is their worst ele
ment and not their best which rules."
Indianapolis News.
"We aro clear in the feeling and judg
ment that it will - not do to give the
Democrats control of the city legisla
ture, for when they have control all
history shows that it is their worst ele
ment, and not their best which rules."
Indianapolis News.
Do the citizens of the Eighteenth ward
consider that by voting for a man who
has been convicted of a serious crime
and who has never shown any signs of
repentance for that crime they cast
doubts upon their own honesty and in
tegrity?
If the people of Indianapolis know
when they are well off and are duly alive
to their own interests, Gen. John Coburn
will be elected Mayor to-day "by a major
ity which will require four figures to ex
press. '
The evening organ of Democratic re
form never said a truer thing' than that
"all. history shows that when tho De
mocracy have control, it is the worst
element and not the best which rules."
"We are clear In the feeling and judgment
that it will not do to give the Democrats con
trol of the dry legislature, for when they
have con trol all history shows that it is their
worst element and not their best which rides."
Indianapolis Xews. '
Authorship of "Looking Backward."
It is really a mark of literary distinction
to be charged with plagiarism, since a writer
must havo achieved prominence before
such a charge is made. Somebody lately
accused Mrs. Burnett with having stolon
the story of "Little Lord Fanntleroy" from
a manuscript sent her for her inspection,
and now Edward Bellamy, author of
'Looking Backward," is selected as a tar
get for a similar accusation. Vera Zaro-
vitch, who contributed a serial story called
"Mizora; a Tale of Civilization," to the Cin
cinnati Commercial, in 1880, now comes to
the front and declares that Mr. Bellamy
has perpetrated an atrocious literary piracy
by adapting her story to his use.
She quotes from her work and his, and
traces several points of .resemblance in
character and situations, showing that if
Bellamy read her story he must, at least.
have gathered some ideas from it. She no
where makes it pla'n, however, that tho
central idea, the nationalization of labor,
was her own. She asserts that Houghton,
Miulin & Co. have aided and abetted Mr.
Bellamy, her reason for this belief being
the fact that they refused to publish
her work, even at her own expense, and
took especial pains in copyrighting the
book in order, as she says, that Bellamy
might be made a party to' the defense in
a?aso suit was brought. The fact that
they declined to publish her book
was not, necessarily, a proof that they
were aware of possible complications. It
was rather a rellection upon the merit of
her work, a hous of that character not
wishing to issue an inferior book with or
without its imprint. At all Tents, what-
ever the facts may be, it is at least certain
that "Mizora" was. a literary failure ami
attracted no notice, and that if Bellamy
used any part of it he so transformed it
that it caught public attention.
The rivalry between St. Louis and Chi
cago does not stop at insinuations concern
ing bigfeet and manipulation of population
directories. Ever since tho Cronin murder
Missouri's big viUage has been on the hunt
for a sensation equally as mysterious.
Whenever a murder or robbery occurs, it is
shrouded in mystery for a day or two, and
then it silently drops into a common-place
occurrence. This was tho case with the
graphic story telegraphed over the country
on Sunday night regarding the assault and
robbery of a prominent citizen.
TnE Clan-na-Gael shows evidence of ap
proaching dissolution, tho Cronin faction
and the Nationalists having begun a war
fare on each other. The world will lose
nothing if the quarrel results in the way the
mythical Kilkenny fight is alleged to have
ended. Patriotic Irishmen do not find it
necessary to join a society that has been
accused of so much crime. There are other
organizations which. v have accomplished
much more for the cause of Ireland, to
which it is an honor to belong.
Washington real estate .dealers belicvo
the world's fair will be located in that city,
and already have formed a syndicate for
buying up all available sites, hoping to en
rich themselves thereby. How quick Po
dunk and Tailholt will make use of this
specimen of avarice as an argument m fa
vor of locating the fair at their respective
points. -
A girl named Gudbjorg Bjarnardoptis,
of Reykjavik, quarreled with her lover,
and sailed for the United States to get rid
of him. Any girl who would miss an op
portunity to get rid of that name is cer
tainly insane, and should never be admit
ted at Castle Garden.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Please state the amount our covernmcnt paid
last year In pensions to disabled soldiers of the
late war; also, now does It correspond In amount
with the pensions paid by the leading govern
ments of Europe. Mrs. C. E." Price.
tT. HERNICE, InO.
The United States pension appropriation
for the year ending , Jnne 30, 1868, was $80.
288,000. This is a much larger amount than
is expended by. any other government for
the same purpose. England paid out, last
year, in military pensions, $4,500,000.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
I notice in the Journal that , neither Olvmnia
nor North Yakima received a majority of the
votes for capital, and that another election will
be necessary to detoruiiue. When will tho next
election be held, and will there be other places
besides Olympia and North Yakima in the race!
Peru, Ind. .-J. P. Hand.
Ellensburg was also voted for, but none
of the towns received a majority, and a
majority, not a plurality, being necessary
to decide the question, a new election must
be held. The date of the election will
probably bo fixed by the Legislature.
To the Editor of the Indianaiolis Journal: r
Ilna a lunnn a lamil rliht tn rnt. nkn ha.
. ovu . sh . ijuy , v tviv niiu uai Aw
sided within a ward since the 9th day of Sentem
ber! 8cbsckiber.
The Constitution requires thirty days'
residence in the ward or precinct "immedi
ately preceding the election." From Sept.
9 to Oct. 8 does not make thirty days.
ABOUT PEOPLE ;A5I .THINGS.
President Hayes's tirst diplomatic ban
quet cost him over $5,000, exclusive of wine.
A statue of Wilkie Collins 13 to be placed
in Westminster Abbey, it permission to
place it there can be secured.
Dr. Albert Shaw, chief editorial writer
on the Minneapolis Tribune, has accepted"
the chair of political economy in Cornell
University, lie will move to Ithaca at
once.
Speaking of his separation from Law
rence Barrett and his future plans, Edwin
Booth savs: "We are both vounirmenand
there is no telling what may happen." , He
is now a little over nity-six. v
An American has been discovered in New
York who gives lessons in Turkish to his
pupils at their homes two hours a week for
the ma gn in cent sum of cents, lie is ac
quring a fortune rather slowly.
It is related of the late Colonel Tomline,
a very ricn .bngiisnman wno collected
books and pictures, that he would not per
mit a book above a certain size to enter his
library, nor a book: written by a clergyman
or a woman.
Robert Bonner onco paid Tennyson
$5,000 for a poem which made only twenty
lines in the New York Ledger. This was at
the rate of Six) a line, which is a price that
would almost seem beyond the value of
any written production.
A, C. GuNTEit, in the last year or so, has
probably earned more by his pen than any
other American writer. Not long ago he
said that be nad made from "Mr. Harnes
of New York" and "Mr. Potter of Texas,"
in two montns, clear ot expenses, $37,000.
The daughter-in-law of the poet Tenny
son has entire charge of thedairy connected
with the poet's estate on the Isle of Wicht.
Bvastrance coincidence, the son-in-law
of James Russell Lowell has a famous dairv
at boutnoorougn, Mass., ana supplies the
poet's table, too.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's
youngest boy is the original of her famous
character of Little Lord Fauntleror. Her
eldest son is described as "outdoing in cuss-
edness any live boys in the neighborhood."
His mother has not written huu nn vet.
though she has often been obliged to "turn
him down."
George Bancroft, the historian, is pas
sionately fond of roses, and at his houses in
Washington and Newport he has some of
the finest specimens of these beautiful
flowers. His mother, before him. was also
a worshiper of these matchless blossoms.
and it is probable that his taste for them is
inherited from her. .
An old observer of presidential life in
Washington tays that each new president
begins his term by spending more money
on hospitality dnring the first year of ofiico
than during any of the succeeding ones.
The expenditure decreases gmduallj, it is
said, uutu tne fourth year, when the ordi
nary president begins to think more about
savinz money for the cominc rainv dav
than about spending it for dinners and re
ceptions.
Ten years ago, says Dr. Riggs, of Wash-
ington, there were twelve homeopathic
physicians at the national capital, while
to-dav there are thirty-live. Among tho
patrons oi mis mcinoii i me ireaimenr, oi
disease are Secretaries Blaine and Windoni.
ex-Secretary Bayard, Senators Call and
Kenna. Assistant Attorney-general Mont-
?:omery, and many others. Lx-l'resident
lariield and Chief-instice Waite were both
pronounced in favor of homeopathy during
ineir uvea.
Kino Otto, of Bavaria, narrowly es
caped being killed a short time ago in his
castle of Fnerstenried. While passing
through the dining-room, the chandelier
fell from tho ceiling, and just crazed tho
head of his Majesty. An attendant, who
stood near by, was badly wounded. Tho
rooms of the castle have since been ex
amined, and, with two exceptions, declared
unsafe and unfit for habitation. Tho King
is now confined in these two rooms. His
condition is-xonsidered more hopeless than
ever.
Says a literary gossip: l chanced to see,
a few days ago. a letter written by one of
our large publishing houses, addressed to
Jay Gould, in which tho ofier was made of
$50,000 cash and a royalty of 40 per cent,
on all copies that would be sold of the
work, for a volume of reminiscences to be
written by the noted financier. I say 'writ
ten' I should have said 'dictated,' for the
use of a competent stenographer was in
cluded in the offer. - But a proposition in
volving J50,W0 is probably a very insigniu-
cant matter in Mr. Gould's eyes, and ho has
not as yet even ventured a reply to the
letter."
A few weeks ago Prince Kismarck en
tered an ordiuary inn in the neighborhood
of his estate of Fried richsrnhc and pur
chased a glass of cognac from the bar
tender. In addition to the liquor, ho or
dered the waiter to bring him some of the
well-known blpck bread which is snch a
favorite in northern Prussia. As soon as he
left the room, where tho by-standers bad
watched him in awe-stricken silence, a cit
izen of Hamburg, who happened to be
among the number, rushed to tho owner
and purchased the cognac class, tho plate
and tho crusts of bread which remained, for
live marks, these relics will bo placed in
the family cabinet.
Tell us. artist of the pavement.
Is it phalt, or phault, or phelt!
And that's the way In Trinidad,
It is pronounced and spelt!
Bingham ten EeruUican.
I noLi it a religious dutr
To love and worship children's beantr;
They've least tho taint of earthly ciod;
They're freshest from the hand of (od.
With heavenly looks they make us sure
The heaven that made them must be rure.
Thomas CampbeU.
The melancholy days are come,
The saddest of the year."
A little too late to joon by the gate,
And a trifle too cool for beer.
New York Morning Jcmrnal.
COMMENT AND 0PLNI0N
A GOOD consul, wide awake to his conn.
try's commercial and industrial interests-
is worth a baker's dozen of foreign minis
ters in these times.Philadelphia Record.
The London Bread Trnst. or the union of
bakers in Loudon, which has just been or
ganized, expects to make 20 ner cent, a
year on a capital of SVW.OOO, and yet there
were people onco wno declared free trade a
remedy for trusts. Philadelphia Press.
The richt of the neszro to better his eon.
dition is inherent, and in just tho same de
gree as with whites, and it is a right that
is irrepressible. No race once made free
ever has either surmndered its freedom or
failed to demand a full share of the inalien
able rights of man. Chicago Inter Ocean.
In order to ret all of tho advantages of
trade, our government should, by constitu
tional changes if necessary, place itself, in
respect to its creditors, on precisely the
footing occupied by the honest citizen;
that is, show a willingness to pay all claims
for which the court decides that it is liable.
Boston Herald.
WHEN the Dronosition is to retire th
lpiral trnrlpr v h i r h fni tipi r 1 r ttt-elrn
years have been convertible into gold, and
KAVtr llPPTI Blimncsorl in rtvriu. 4n lat- cilva.
take its place, there is little in it to show
how a public benefit would be secured.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
OlTR rtPTiftinna nrn rr vrn in Hiccliarrft rf o
contract or in pursuance of law, and con J
lined to a ' nreserihed cIarr. If nnr nenftinti
lawn are badly administered they will do
much harm as well as good, but it is an ex
travagance to assert anjT such results from
them as have come from the discretionary
pension sysiems oi ioreign courts. Louis
ville Commercial. ,
As a matter of fact the women of this
country who have their way to make aro
conspicuously honorable, modest aud de
serving; too honorable to become depend
ants upon others, and too proud to sacrifico
their self-respect for any gain. Their lives
are a credit to American womanhood, and
their lives are a true reflection of their
character, as all human lives arc New-
York World.
Arguments based on rhilanthronv .and.
favoring an untried theory will never de-
. ; . i m i i . y i
siruy private ownersnip oi jana. . n ino
George tax-coufiscation doctrine were phi I-
osopnicauy True, ana sure 10 promoie tno
greatest good oi the greatest number, it
would beat in vain for centuries against
the "earth-hnnger" passion of tho millions
ui ireeuoiu laumies in mis country. i;ui
cago Tribune.
The time has como when all tho covem--
mcnts on the continent can unite in consid
ering the practical benefits to bo derived
from closer commercial intercourse an as
similation of customs regulations, coiuacro
and economic systems, and the establish
ment of arbitration tribunals. What is a
policy of enlightened self-interest for each
and every power is also a comprehensive
and statesmanlike policy for all America.
New York Tribune.
Cliautauaaa's Work.
The Critic
About 150.000 names are entered on the
roll of the Chautauqua Literary and Scien
tific Circle, whoso founders hold that "it is
never too late to begin self-education, and
that education ends only with life." What
the members or tne circle receive is a
course of home rcadine in literature.
science and art; text-books especially pre
pared by weii-Known authors, a monthly
magazine with additional readings and ex
planatory notes; papers (memoranda) for
fixing and arranging facts, not for exam
inations, and a diploma (not a degree) at
the end of the course. It is estimated that
forty minutes a day for nine months In tho
year,, for four 3ears, will enable the aver
age reader to satistactomy complete tbo
course. Under the guiding hand of Chan
cellor Vincent and his zealons "aids there
can be no doubt that Chautauqua is doing
a great educational work in America.
Retired from Politics.
New York Herald.
"I have retired from politics," said Mr.
Eugene Higgins, of Baltimore, the famous
ex-appointment clerk of tho Treasury De-
Fartiuent. "It is an ungrateful business,
think I have had more than my share of
abuse, and am entitled to rest for the re
mainder of my life. The only thing I re-
fret in taking this action is that it may de
ight the mugwumps; but. then, poor creat
ures, they ha e little to live for. Of course
I take a personal interest in the welfare of
ray party, but no more active politics for
me, thank you.?;
Not a Complete Success.
Rochester Post-Express.
It would be a greater loss to the country
to forget one of Abo Lincoln's stories, or
some of the golden sentences m his mes
sages, than to have the whole record of the
Cleveland administration struck with the
black lightning of oblivion, soused in the
waters of Lethe, and buried in & dark cellar
in the remotest realm of Nx and Erebus by
an Ethiopian with a dark lantern, to the
wailing of a black cat!
Hasn't Heard of the New York Meeting.
Buffalo Tlmes.
The Massachusetts Democrats havo
adopted a splendid platform. The failure
of woolen-mills in every community in New
England has aroused the manufacturers
and their employes to the necessity for free
wool, and when wool is placed on the free
list, the key-stone of the taritt iniquity will
drop out and tho whole protection robbery
will fall to the ground.
Illalnlacs Neglecting Their Duty.
Albany Journal.
The Chilian delegate s promptly deny the
fairy tale, started by the New York Sun.
that they are angry over the election of
Secretary Blaine as president of the Amer
ican congress. Well that story's disposed
of; but isn't it about time for Mr. Blame to
resign from the Cabinet auainf lie hasn't
resigned from tho Cabinet hince last Tues
day. -
Mr. DlckIn.oii Crert Truth. .
Chicago JoitrraL
Don Dickinson, th'- Ti'-hicau Democratic
politician, who fijrtuci t Cle eland's most
trusted friend and a .uiirer. declares that
"no man can bo a pnmcrat and a nrotec
tionist at the samo time." Mr. Dickinson
gives it to us straight- .
-- . .
"Why Itallot i: fon.t Is Necessary.
Iowa Ut RegHUr.
All ballot-bo refines are Instituted to
make Demoe ' kve themselvee. It
they would oV;- t Kws now on the
statute books uo innu I-Ration would
be necessary. - :
A Keutotl.y".iLnbort6.
HemphU Avalanche. -
Jamboree, Ky.. i; crt . triple murder.
The name of tho locality fi'.s the crime to a
dot. though quiet peope will object to tho
Kentucky idea of a h(jh old time.
America's Seciet. I nemlcs at Work.
Washington Tress.
Th6 mugwump i papers aro doing their
level best to prove to tho peoplo of Central
and South Amrritt that this Republic . is
their deadly cnciay