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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1889.
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With all tho many benevolent insti
tutions, public and private, in Indiana,
the needs of the aged havo been singu
larly overlooked. Tho proposed home
foraged and indigent members of tho
order of Odd-fellows, though limited in
scope, is a move in tho right direction,
and if built will doubtless be followed
by others, where old and helpless men
and women, not belonging to particular
organizations, can find refuge. .
Two of the busiest men in Ohjo just
jtow are millionaire Thomas and million
aire Brice. Special telegrams in Cincin
nati papers announce their appearance
here and there, at intervals which sug
gest long jumps and constant travel.
While Thomas drops in quite unexpect
edly at one place and is closeted several
honrs with tho local Representative,
Brice arrives unannounced in another
place and states that ho will remain a
day or two to "meet the leaders of the
party." The one who succeeds in seeing
the most men will bo Democratic Sena
tor.
TnE Republican newspapers of Kan
sas doubtless know their own business
best, but' at this distance it 13 difficult to
see just what is to bo gained by resist
ance to the movement for resubmission.
If the people of Kansas favor retention
of prohibition, a vte would settle the
matter more quickly and more ex
peditiously than anything elso can. If
a majority are against it, they will have
their own way in time, and resistance
will accomplish nothing more than to
prolong the struggle. In either event,
it docs not look like good politics to
make a party question out of a purely
uoral issue.
It is not exactly clear why the third
party Prohibitionists and the Union La
bor party of Missouri should protest so
vigorously against the feature of the
Australian ballot law lin that State
which provides that no party not polling
8 per cent, of the entire, vote- at the last
election can put a ticket in the field.
The same provision exists in the Massa
chusetts law, and it is not reported that
tho Prohibitionists there "kicked to
anv noticeable extent previous to tho
late election. hatcver tho chance may
bo in Massachusetts, there is no proba
bility that the thirds party could over
capture more than 3 per cent, of tho Mis-
souri vote 11 u nau a ncKei.
The Mormons under examination at
Salt Lake City do not mind a little mat
ter of testifying falsely under oath
when, so far as they know, there is no
way of proving their perjury; but when
it comes to swearing that they are not
polygamists, when tho plural wives are
palpable circumstances and likely to bo
brought into court, tho case is somewhat
diiFerent. I hen their consciences be
come suddenly tender, and rather than
tell a lio the' go to jail, knowing that
the' are not likely to stay there as long
for contempt of court as under a charge
of perjury or polygamy. They assume
an air of martyrdom in going to jail, but
they go as a matter of policy.
The assertion made in behalf of the
ex-confedcrates by Governor Fowle, of
North Carolina, in a speech at Fayettc
villc, that, if they had opportunity, they
would distinguish themselves in defense
of the stars anttstripes, is one frequently
made by Southern speakers and writers,
and indicates a belief that, only through
another war, in which they will bo on
tho right side, can they as ex-rebels
thoroughly, redeem themselves in the
eyes of tho world. There is no doubt
that, in case of a war brought against
this country by a foreign power, these
soldiers of tho Confederacy would fight
bravely and well for tho government
they onco sought to destroy. However,
as there is no prospect that they will
havo such opportunity, and it is hardly
worth while to encourage war for their
benefit, these citizens must find other
means of proving their loyalty, and the
waya cro not few if they will look for
them carefully.
Each day brings a fresh surprise from
Brazil. The adoption of universal suf
frage ehows they are fully imbued with
the republican idea, and prepared to
follow it to its logical conclusions. From
a monarchy to a republic wa. not a
longer step than this to universal suf
frage, including, of course, tho recently-
emancipated slaves. A similar experi
ment in this country, under mote favor
able circumstances, has been attended
with considerable friction, and v t if it
was to do over again it is doubtful if
any better way could be found. The ar
guments in favor of an educational qual
ification of the right of suffrage aro
plausible, if not strong, but hitherto they
havo been outweighed in this country
by the stronger ones iu Javor of an mt
restricted ballot. That tho same view i
should bo adopted iu Brazil shows that
tho leaders of tho new movement at
least entertain very advanced ideas in
'regard to popular government and
human rights. It is a singular fact, how
ever, that, notwithstanding the exist
ence of slaverv. mcenreiudice has never
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prevailed in Brazil to tho extent that it
has in the United States. The social
and political rights of negroes receive
better recognition there than they do in
our Southern States.
HASHYILLE'3 JACKSON CLUB.
The non-partisan National Andrew
Jackson Club organized at Nashville,
this week, is one of the humorous polit
ical developments of a somewhat dull
season. For, notwithstanding it, is non
partisan, it is political, very political.
Iu the fiifct place, it wants to protect the
country against the spoils system, and,
perhaps, because Andrew Jackson was
the father of the snoils system, and one
of tho most violent partisans ever
known, it chooses his name to conjure
with. The club has also discovered
that tho government is in danger of dis
integration from other unusual causes,
aud has sternly determined that the
"federal Union must and shall bo pre
served," at all hazards, but tho language
in which this discovery and conclusion
are expressed is as far removed as
possible from the style of the immortal
Jackson, and would, it is much to
be feared, meet with the profound con
tempt of that blunt, plain-spoken states
man. The rallying of these non-partisan
gentlemen to save the Union from fall
ing to pieces is a very noble act, but just
why, with their sentimental way of ex
pressing themselves and vague ideas of
the manner by which they are to pro
ceed to the rescue why, with these pe
culiarities, they should tamper with the
sacred name of the virile Jackson is one
of those things no mere partisan can
even guess at satisfactorily. However,
by its works we shall know it, and per-
hapsafter the Jackson Club has gathered
up tho fragments of the Union and
patched them together a grateful coun
try will understand and appreciate it
better.
ANOTHER CLEVELAND LETTER.
We are indebted to the Starkville, Miss.,
We.ekly Clarion for a proof slip of the
following interesting correspondence, to
be.printed in that paper next week:
Oktoc, Miss., Nov. 8, 1339.
Hon. Gr-r-r Cl-v-lnd:
Dear Sir As corresponding secretary of
the Oktibbeha Club for the Promotion of
Honest Elections and White Men's Govern
ment, I am directed to inform you that at
the reeular meeting of tho club, last Sun-
rday night, you wero unanimous! elected
an honorary member thereof, and tendered
the-freedom of the city at any time you
may see lit to honor us" with a visit. In
conveying this pleasing information permit
mo ro say that, although not old enough to
carry a musket during tho war, there is no
better Democrat in old Oktibbeha than
yours truly, Jefferson D. Burns.
J. D. Burns, Esq., Secretary, etc:
Dear SirI have the honor to acknowl
edge tho receipt of your note informing me
of my unanimous election as an honorary
memberof the Oktibbeha Club for the Pro
motion of Honest Elections and White Men's
Government. 1 thank you for the honor,
which I feel confident is intended more, as
a recognition of the great principle 1 repre
sent and my humble services for the Demo
cratic party than for me individually.
Principles are everything, men nothing;
moreover, eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty. I observe that by the last census
report Oktibbeha county had a popu
lation of 5,100 white persons and
10.8C9 colored; yet I am pleased
to note that in the last presidential elec
tion your county gave a Democratic ma
jority of OW. 1 infer from this that your
ing public opinion and advancing the ob
jects which it has iu view. A like devo
tion to tho principles of Democracy in all
parts of our beloved country will eventu
ally put an end to the reign of ignorance
and superstition. Should I visit Missis
sippi in tho near future I will certainly
avail myself of your invitation to accept
the hospitalities of Oktoc. Yours very
truly, Gk-v-r Cl-v-l-sd.
Whether tho school books furnished
by the State monopoly come up to the
contract standard in mechanical execu
tion and appearanco is of the smallest
possible consequence compared with tho
question whether the law is right in
principle and what influence it will havo
on the schools and thokschool system of
tho State. Tho discovery of a few de
fective books among thousands would
not bo at all surprising, and, on tho
other baud, if every one came fnlly up
to the contract standard, it would prove
nothing as to the merits of the law,
which, in tho opinion of the Journal, is
radically wrong in theory and pregnant
with mischievous results. As a matter
of fact, tho books aro notoriously in
ferior, aud will work a steady degrada
tion of the schools, but 'even this is of
less consequence than the fact that tho
law violates tho plainest principles of
local self-government, and, under the
false pretense of remedying a wrong,
deprives the people of fundamental
rights. Time will show that it is wrong
in theory, expensive and burdensome in
practice, and a fraud in every essential
respect. Then the people will repeal it.
"The King is dead, long live the
King, finds a new version among Bra
zilians, who are saying, "The empire is
dead; long live the republic.7' When
the news of the revolution was first re
ceived Brazilian statesmen at Washing
ton would not believe it; now they all
agree that it was inevitable, and tho
best thing that could happen. They
are all original Republicans now, and
will be happy to have their appoint
ments and commissions confirmed by
tho new government. A cablegram
from Plymouth, Eng., says the officers
on a Brazilian man-of-war iu that port
"did not hesitate to express joy at the
abolition of the crown from their hats
and buttons." And so it goes; nothing
succeeds like success.
Many persons will think the petit jury
system has never been better vindicated
than by a verdict jufr returned in Louis-'
ville. One Michael Vierney, a freight con
ductor, brought suit against the Standard
Oil Company for damages received under
tho following circumstances; A car loaded
with naphtha aud attached to a train
under his control, developed a leak on the
trip. It was night when it was discovered,
and Tierney, unaware of tho dangerous
contents, entered the car with a lantern to
investigate. An explosion followed, by
which ho was badly iujured and disfigured,
llosiu d for damages, alleging negligence
on the part of the oil company to give
notice or warning of the dangerous con
tents of the car. Tho jury, after being out
less t&an five minutes, returned with a
verdict for $25,000 damages. Tierney's
counsel bad taken the precaution.to have
his wife and children in court when ibe
case went to the jury, and when the ver
dict was received he thanked the jury,
while a little babe crowed in his anus.
Tiieke are preachers and preachers, Some
are content to depend upon faith and works
or on brains and eloquence to advertise the
world as to their calling, while others seem
to thiuk tho cut of their garments an essen
tial feature of the sacred profession. Sow
comes the chaplain of the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, and complains because he is
not permitted to wear a uniform befitting
his rank. His case was referred to Commo
dore Harmony, who decided that as the
Chaplain was a Conzregationalist, using
tho Episcopal form of service, and preach
ing in a non-sectarian church, ho should
wear the usual dress of clergymen, without
any gold lace or epaulets. As an all-around
view, this is decidedly sensible. The chap
lain" at Annapolis must bo a weak brother
if he thinks a uniform would give dignity
to his calling. -
. Tue destruction of fifteen million acres
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of rice in China means a good many hungry
Ckinaraerif Writers on domestic economy
are accustomed to say, by way of dispar
agement of the prodigious appetites of
Anglo-Saxons, that a Chinaman or a Hin
doo will subsist comfortably on a "hand
ful of rice a day." The contrast is less
striking than it seems at first thought,
since a "handful" of rice, when cooked,
makes a very substantial quantity of food,
but, all tho same, the ruin of fifteen mill
ion acres destroys a vast number of daily
rations. ?v
Br special request tho Journal will state
once more the facts concerning Vice-president
Morton's alleged connection with a
saloon license. Mr. Morton recently erected
in Washington a large building to be rented
in apartments or flats. He leased it for
this purpose, and the lessee, wishing to.
keep a stock of wines for the nee of his
, renters and guests, took out a retail license.
There is no public bar in the house, but oc
cupants and guests may order wine. Mr.
Morton's connection with the affair consists
in being the owner of tho building.
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The other evening a Kansas City physi
cian kissed his wife in a theater and was
promptly arrested and fined $5. At tho
same time' Congressman Tarsney's pretty
wife was kissing.'one by one, a whole com
pany of youthful militiamen standing ,up
in a row. Instead of beiug arrested she
was highly praised forthe performance. The
jintutored stranger would experience .dif
ficulty in figuring out just what Missoun
etiquette requires in the way of kissing.
Perhaps the reason tho British delega
tion to the maritime conference is trying
to railroad business through so fast is be
cause the members want to get homo in
time to hang up their Christmas stockings.
They can't have any "yuletide," or "was
sail bowls," or "greens," or giant "joints"
of roast beef, or other prooer observances
and accompaniments of the day in this
blawsted country, you know.
, NoRTn Carolina seems to have cele
brated with considerable zest the centen
nial anniversary of her full membership in
the Union. A change must have como over
the spirit of her dreams since she made
euch a strenuous effort to back out, a quar
ter of a century ago.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: '
Please state how it came about that Alaska
was purchased, when and by whom. Header.
GOLDHMITH, Ind. . ;
It was purchased from Russia byi'the
United. States government iniJbCatjthe
instance of William H. Seward, then Secre
tary of State. ' I
ABOUT PEOPLE ASP THINGS. .
Hexrik Ibsen, the Norwegian play
wright, pronounces his last name "Eyeb-
sen.
General Abxer Doublfday is one of
the three surviving officers of the garrison
of Fort Sumter at the time of its first ; bom
bardment.; The Presbyterian Church at Chaumout,
Jefferson county. New York, has extended
a call to Rev. William N. Cleveland, brother
of ex-President Cleveland.
In England, while a man is strictly pro
hibited from marrying his deceased wife's
sister, there is nothing to prevent his mar
rying his divorced wife's sister, even while
the divorced wife is alive.
Prof. John Stuart Blackie lives in
Edinburgh in a house overlooking the
Leith; a charming house, with a big wel
coming hall and one of the most richly
stocked libraries in the northern Athens.
Baron Hauksman, wTTo re-created Paris,
has written his memoirs in four volumes.
lie is a vigorous old man bf eighty. He
says that the best proof that he did not
profit by his improvements pecuniarily is
the fact that he is living to-day upon his
wife's fortune.
The Rov. Dr. Bartol, who has just retired
from the pulpit he has made famous in Bos
ton,' is one of tho richest divines in the
country. Ho made his fortune by lucky
investments in land along the Massa
chusetts coast at points now popular as
summer resorts. "
The household of Mr. Bracket t, Governor
elect of Massachusetts, is arbitrarily ruled
'by a daughter of the' ago of fourteen
months. The rest of the family are Mr.
and Mrs. Brackett and a bright boy of ten
years; but they are of no account when
Miss Brackett is about.
Speaking of sending policeman Turner,
of New York, to Congrees, it may be re
marked that Baronet Whitehead, late Lord
Mayor of Lomlon. began life as a commer
cial traveler, while Sir Henry Isaacs.. the
present Lord Mayor, was at one time in his
early career an operatic singer. ;
The almanac of tho Paris Illustration for
1800 prints a fine half-page portrait of ex-
President Cleveland and labels it "M. Har
rison, le nouveau President des Etats
Unis," and uses an equally good and equally
large portrait of Thnrman for "M. Morton,
le nouveau Vice-president," etc.
The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, brother of
the late Henry Ward Beecher, is nearly
sixty-si? years of ago. Ho has been pastor
of the Congregational Church at Elmira,
N. Y since he was thirty years old. His
wife is a woman possessing remarkable
executive ability. She is a granddaughter
of Noah Webster, the lexicographer.
The Liverpool Mercury remarks; "The
rrince of Wales constantly dots a neat
thing in a neat way. Intellectually he may
not be one of our greatest geniuses, but ho
has not only tact, but a wonderful capacity
for exercising picturesque courtesy. At
Cairo, ou Saturday, the idea occurred to
him to head tho British .troops, and. at
their head, to salute the Khedive of Egypt,
at the head of the Egyptian troops. It was
all done on the spur of the moment. It
came as a surprise. It delighted tho
Khedive."
Harry Beard, the artist, who died Tues
day from the inhalation of gas in a New
York hotel. Sunday afternoon, was well
known by his work in the illustrated pa
pers, aud belonged to a family of artists,
bcinir son of James H. and nephew of Will
iam H. Beard. Like them he was a painter
of animal life, less literal than his father,
and lrrs satiric than his noted uncle. Tho
circumstances disprove .the suspicion of
suicide. A thumb-screw turned tho uas on
two burners at once, and ho had lighted
only nib of f hem, evidently not noticing
the fact about th thumb-srrow. Finding
nim in this condition, somebody turned his
pockets inaide out, and gave u list of tho
contents to the reporters a shameful pro
ceeding, as it was perfectly well-known
who he was.
Op all the gifts which the Duchess of
Sparta receivea at her marriage, that of her
brother. Emperor William, was the most
splendid, being a diadem and necklace of
large turquoises, all selected stones, set in
magnificent diamonds. One of the presents
of Empress Frederick was a silver tea
service which once belonged to Queen
Anne, and which, being a perfect specimen
of the household plate of that period, is
worth moro than its weight in gold. The
Queen gave a tea service of rare old Derby
blue china, the sugar-basin being of rock
crystal.
There is a rich family of the name of
Lofting, in England, whose fortune was
founded by the thimble. Tho first ever
seen iu England was made in London, less
than two hundred years ago, by a metal
worker named John Lofting. The useful
ness o tho article commended it at once to
all who used the needle, and Lofting ac
quired a large fortune. The implement
was then called the thumb-bell, it being
worn on the thumb when in use. and its
shape suggesting the rest of the name. This
clumsy mode of ntilizing it was soon
changed, however, but the name, softened
into "thimble," remains,
An opposition academy planned by the
Brothers Goncourt is to be established in
Paris. Fictionists will be elected by pref
erence, but poets will not be excluded, and
Alphonse Daudet, Theodore le Banvillo and
Emile Zola will be tho first of the ten not
forty members who are to compose the
new institute. It will receive young and
struggling literary men. who will be en
abled by its aid to develop thoir talents
ind to work at ease, each academician re
ceiving an annual allowance of 81,200. In
addition to this, there will be o tie red a
quinquennial prize of $1,000 for the best
prose work.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
Since the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union has split in two the last word
of its title would eeem to be of no further
use. Philadelphia Times.
There is less talk among Republican
members of Congress about repealing the
civil-service law than there was a month
or so ago. The fact is that a man who goes
to Congress, aud wants to stay then, must
make up his mind that the civil-sorvice act
has come to stay also. Philadelphia Press.
The system of internal revenue has now
no prominent apologists. It is to be hoped
that Congress will act promptly in this
matter, and at once lighten the unneces
sary and always odious excise tax, which
takes from thirty to thirty-five millions
from the people annually, when not a dol
lar of it is required. Boston Advertiser.
We can heartily wish the -uew republic
success if it shall deserve it. But we should
not like to be held responsible for its fut
ure. Some monarchical governments are
not yet ripe enough to become republics.
any more than some of our own Territories
are fit to become States. Let us hope that
Brazil is an exception. Detroit Tribune.
Between alien leauues of murderers for
Eretendedly political purposes, aud Mormon
ordes of murderers for pretendedly relig
ious purposes, the Republic is threatened
with a nw torm of danger. One thine is
plain, Monnonism and statehood cannot
exist together in Utah. Mormonisra must
go before statehood comes. Chicago .Inter
Ocean.
It is to be hoped in the interests of civili
zation that Brazil is not to be nlunced into
civil war. and that the new government
will not prove td have seized power for
themselves rather than for the people. But
until events demonstrate the contrary, the
circumstances under which the provisional
government came into existence will place
it under the suspicion of thd world. Pitts
burXispatch. "NKshould not for a moment entertain
the notion that it is beneath the dignity of
an ex-President to take up any honorable
pursuit.. He is simply a citizeu after he has
served as President, as he was before, and
if he engages in any active pnrsnit it should
be taken as a mere matter of course. To do
anything with ex-Presidents would be to
make a deplorable denartnro from repub
lican ideas. Chicago Times.
The South has raised tho gravest issue
that has confronted the Nation 6ince tho
abolition of slavery. That issue must be
met t in a manly way. The fear of "negro
domination" may frighten a few feeble
minded Democrats and mugwumps in the
North, but wo warn our Southern friends
that neither this nor any other fear is suf
ficient to warrant the infamy of a rape upon
the ballot. Frank Leslie's Weekly.
. We heartily favor the reduction pro
posed by Postmaster-general Wanamaker.
We have nothing but contempt for the
mean charge of some papers that he is tak
ing advantage of the opportunities of his
position to make the distribution of goods
easier for his great dry goods store in Phil
adelphia. "What he is here seeking is for
the advantage of the whole people, and we
can think of no one that has any reason to
object, unless it be the express companies.
New York Independent.
D03I PEDRO'S PRIVATE1 LIFE.
His Education and Habits, and How lie
Passed His Time.
New York Tribune.
Much has been said in the last few
days about the political and histori
cal side of the life of Emperor Dom
Pedro II, of Brazil, now an exile.
But his private life is less known to
Americans, whom he visited, however, in
1876. At that time, when he was not scru
tinizing with deep interest tho marvels ex
hibited at the centennial expositiou.or when
he was not traveling through the United
States, which he admired and lauded so
warmly and frankly, he liked to stay in
New York, where ho lived at the Bucking
ham Hotel. Here, as in Paris, where he
often rode on the top of omnibuses, Dom
Pedro was fond of entering a horse car and
having a chat with his neighbors in the
public vehicle, which was an easy thing for
him, as he spoke perfect English.
The knowledge of many languages was
but a small part of the scholarly acquire
ments of the Brazilian monarch, who was
as much of a savant as of an Emperor, and
who had been received, not on account of
his title, but as a reward for his numerous
scientific works, as a member of the famous
Institute of France and of most of the Eu
ropean academies. His education was be
gun by tho venerable Bishop of Cnrisopo
lis, and by the famous Liberal leader,
Audrada Sylva, who had been recalled
from exile, where he was sent again by
his ungrateful party. Dom Pedro, when
one year old, lost his mother, Leo
poldine. an Austrian arch-duchess, and a
sister of Marie Louise, the second wife of
Napoleon I. He was only five years old
when, in 1831, his father, Dom Pedro I, ab
dicated in his favor and left Brazil. The
poor boy was thus left quite alone in tho
world, and he felt himself still more iso
lated when, at ten years of age, he heard of
his father's death in Portugal.
No wonder, then, that his character was
predisposed to a serious and even a sad
view of life; that he was a meditative and
gravo young man. His intelligence became
precocious; he was anxious to work and to
study; so much so that he got up at night
sometimes and relighted the lamp which
had been carefully put out by the worthy
Bishop, his immediate tutor. The qualities
and strength of mind he acquired caused
therecenM, tired of exercising power amidst
the difficulties of that timo in Brazil, to ad
vance tho epoch of his majority, aud to
roclaim Dom Pedro II Emperor three years
efore tho ago fixed by law for declaring
that minority has ceased for Brazilian citi
zens. He was only fifteen when his reign
began practically for him.
Dom Pedro is tall, robust and of splendid
bearing; his hair and beard have grown
white prematurely. His blue eyes Have a
deep look; his face, frank and open, in
spires a great sympathy at the first glance,
lie speaks easily, and listens with polite
interest, ilia residence at Rio Jaueiro.
which is his own property, as is his castle
of Petropolis. is called San Christovao.
The imperial palace, former residence of
the Portuguese viceroys, was in a dilapi
dated condition, and the Parliament in
tended to rebuild tiop the uso of Dom
Pedro, who declined, saying; "How can
we think of building a palace, when wo
have not enough schools and useful estab
lishments." During tho summer, which in
the southern hemisphere corresponds to
northern winter, the court resided at tho
castle of Petropolis, situated northward of
Rio Janeiro, a half dav's journey. T his is
a charming place, which reminds one of
Saratoga, or Lnii in Europe. It is built on
the sida of a mountain, and surrounded
with a real villge, composed of villa U.
loniring to the high society of Hio Janeiro,
to tho members ol tho diplomatic torn
and of the aristocracy of the Brazilian
provinces.
Dom Pedro liked Petropolis so much that
he used to leave it only on Saturdays to go
to Kio to preside at the Ministers' councils,
which were held at 8 r. M. on account of
the heat in that tropical climate. The Em
pror got up at 6 o'clock, though ho retired
very late at night. His first occupation in
the morning consisted in reading the news
papers. At 0 he breakfasted in the "Yan
kee fashion," as he nsed to sav after his
sojourn here. He ate so rapidly that his
guestr, anxious to answer the innumerable
questions ho constantly propounded to
them, ofter left the table hungry. Onco he
was to open a railroad, aud he had taken
along with him the embassador of a great
European power. The latter, invited to
breakfast with tho Emperor at the buffet in
the station, saw Dom Pedro getting np after
a few minutes, during which the dipfomato
had kept answering the questions asked by
his Majesty. The embassador had to fol
low his Imperial host wish an empty
stomach aud wit a long jour
ney yet to accomplish. But be
fore leaving the table and follow
ing the Emperor, who had already turned
bis back and was moving in the direction
of the train, the fain; shed guest rapidly
seized upon cakes spread oil the table,
forced them iuto his pocket and raanad
to eat them, without being seen, during the
remainder of tho trip.
Every morning the Emperor used to htld
andiences and listen to everybody who
chose to present him a request. Aside from
these audiences daily given to savants,
artists, merchants, etc., Dom Pedro re
ceived once a week, in the palace yard, the
lower classes, or, rather, the poor and those
in want, to whoi.i he distributed money
from big bags held by two chamberlains.
After the audience he entered his carriage
and paid visits to schools, hospitals, naval
ships, barracks, etc. In the evenings the
Einperor worked in . his library or went to
the theater, always with some member- of
his family. His life has been a patriarchal
one, and he has won universal esteem for
his public and private qualities.
A TWO-CENT SWINDLE.
Unique Method of Cheating Uncle Sam Out
of Postal Duet. " .
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NewYorKEtar. ,
A man who would beat the government
out of postage is pretty small. But the fact
that it is comparatively easy to avoid the
payment of such a nominal postal tax by
taking advantage of a department regula
tion has led to such swindling where you
would hardly expect it," said Frank T.
Smith, a well-known down-town clerk,
who used to be in the postal service, to me
yesterday.
Eacb year," he continued, "the number
of letters dropped into the pockets at the
postofficc without the necessary stamp
atlixed is surprisingly large, and every suc
ceeding postmaster has endeavored to de
vise some wav of preventing Kuch ac
cumulations. Much delay has been caused
by this seeming negligence or carelessness,
and the services of Several clerks have
been employed in ascertaining the names
of the senders of this mail. The depart
ment rule is to return all such letters for
postage, and where business addresses are
not printed on the envelopes the seal has to
be broken to get such names. The fact
that such is.' the rule has developed a
..picayune style of swindling. Two down
town brokers, it is said, have carried on a
correspondence for several months without
investing a cent in postage. Their method
of mulcting the government is unique. For
instance, Mr. John Smith wishes to com
municate with Mr. James Jones. The ad
dress on the envelope will read;
: ; :
If not deuveredlrL , :
ten days return
tf . ' :
Jamc3 Junes,
James street.
New York City.
John Doe,
Broadway,
City.
No stamp is affixed, and when the clerks,
in sorting the mail, discover this letter
they toss it on one side, after first stamping
it in red ink, Returned for postage. Nat
urally, the postal clerks believe that Mr.
Jones is the sender, and the letter reaches
him. The address, John Doe, is, of course,
fictitious. In this way they have kept up
a correspondence for months, afid Uncle '
Sam's gray coats have been performing
messenger service gratis."
SIGNS OF WAR.
The Peaceful Declarations of European.
Statesmen Do Not Abate the Scare.
New York Snn.
The war scare in Europe is by no means
cured by the pacific declarations of emper
ors and statesmen. A pamphlet, entitled
'Belgium and the Coming War" has just
appeared in Brussels. It is calculated to in
crease the uneasiness, for it not only deals
with the question of old treaties, both
secret and open, according to which it is
claimed that Germany has the right to oc
cupy certain forts in Belgian territory on
the outbreak of hostilities, but it severely
criticises the condition of the Belgian
army. The writer is M. H. Girard, formerly
a major in the engineer corps and a profes
sor in the military school of Brussels. Ac
cording to his argument, when the war
comes, Belgium will be obliged to choose her
ally, not according to her preference or her
interest, but according to the difference
of a few hours between tne arrival oi tne
Germans before Liege and that of the
French before Namnr. "Judging from the
experience that I acquired personally," he
says, "during our mobilization, in 1ST0, and
from the results of my studies, pursued
during fifteen years as a professor in the
military school, 1 feei'sure that, by reason
of the organic defects which I have re
ferred to, our army will not be able to take
the field before the fifteenth day of mobil
ization. The German and French forces
will be mobilized by the seventh day, per
haps the sixth. Belgium can therefore be
completely invaded before we can get
ready to fire a single gun. The fortifica
tions of Antwerp can only serve to interne
a hundred thousand Belgians, under the
guard of an equal number of French or
Germans, to send them to Germany or to
France as prisoners of war without having
fought, or after having fought without a
chance of success; and thus our brave and
unfortunate army will become the laugh
ing stock of Europe."
So much for the Belgian scare. On the
other hand, Crispi is the coming man of
blood and iron, according to the French,
for they appear to be even more afraid of
him than they are of Bismarck. The Ro
man correspondent of the Paris Matin says
that during the recent elections in France
80.000 Italian troops were massed along the
Alps, and all the reserves of the Alpine reg
iments were called out. The Italian states
men believed that tho . Boulangists would
triumph in the election, that then things
would be upset generally iu France, aud
that, consequently, an excellent opportu
nity would be aff orded to attack her. The
troops massed along the frontier were
ready to march ou the first signal from
Berlin. In the army it appears the opinion
is gaining ground every day that a war
with France would be a great and a good
thing for I4al'. But, srys theMatin's cor
respondent, that is not the general belief of
tho people of Italy.
The Paris Siecle claims also to have proof
that the statements of the Matin's corre
spondent are.exact; that Crispi is spoiling
for a fight, and would like to have it at
any cost, but the price of it. after all. is tha
precise thing that troubles him. Italy is
already overburdened with tho expense of
her war preparations, and it is more than
probable that a war with Franco would
not be popular. All signs point to battle,
and we aro left with only tho poor hopo
that when the struggle begins it may not
be so terrible as the appearauccs indicate.
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National Control ef Election.
Fort Wayne Gazette. m
There are somo things which can be clone
which would be right in the abstract, but
whoso expediency is a matter of question.
For one thing, the Nation may take the he
roic course of forcing an observance of the
law in reference to equal rights. We are
told that this would lead to war, and that
in such a war we should have to tight
Northern Democrats, as well as Southern
rebels. Of course, it can be answered that
this was done already from lsfd-bo.and that
the victory remained with those who were
true to the Constitution and the Union.
What has happened would, no doubt. haD-
nen acain; hut is the Nation prepared to ac
cept tiie alternative, war orequal rights for
tno coioreu man m me rjoutni A clause
in one of the amendments provides
mat ii me rigui oi sullrage is
abridcred in ant section the repre
sentation oi mat section in our national
legislature fihall bo correHtondinirlv
abridged. Shall - that course be, taken?
That would abandon the colored man. aud
at once leave him nhorn of his civil rights
in every .Southern Mate. And besides that.
lite abndgiutiiU of rcprccuUitiuu would bo
fought almost to the point of open war.
Tho Eolith are determined that every tiegro
shall be counted in when the ratio of rep
resentation is fixed, but counted out when
it comes to choouiir tho Keprescntative.
The scheme of federal control in con
gressional elections looks to the, brst of
these methods of settlement, tho enforce
tnent of tha right of snfintge for tho negro.
We are near to the time when the agitation
must begin, and it would rot bo surprising
if. after all that hes been said about tariff
revision, tho most exciting debates of the
coming Cougress would be over this ques
tion of national control of congressional
election. '
The Negro Mast Protect Himself.
T-a-wrf ncebnrg Pro.
Can any legislation or administrative
action whatever anything but time ed
ucate the negro to take care of himseltf
Can the government, or any agency what
ever, take care of a man who. won't take
care of himself! And. as a purely partisan
consideration, is there, any gain to tho Re
publican party in seeking an alliance with
a voto as uncertain as the negro vote may
be? If, after twenty-tio years, the negro
will not strike back aud kill
a white for every negro killed, when
can you set the time at which,
if yon put elections under national control,
tho whites will not be able to corral all tho
negrot'j of any voting precinct in the
swamps on election day and release them
after the polls aro closed? It is easy
enough to Bay that the men who do this
might bo brought before the United Siates
courts, but the auswer is that the jurie
would not convict. There must at least lo
some hunting ability in men who expect
equal rights and fair play in a republic.
Paternal governments may protect the
weak, but in republics "ho who would be
free himself must strike the blow."
The Keason for Hallway Consolidation.
Nebraska Journal. t
It is estimated that the cost of operating
the railroads of the United States can be
reduced one-third by 6implv cutting off the
niKu-saiarieu omciais anu extra acents
wherever it is possible to do so. This in-.
volves consolidation to tho extent of hav
ing tho work of thobilicers and agents douo
by a single set of men. instead of bavintr a
full stall for every road. From this comes
quite a saving, and consequently a reduc
tion in rates, when roads are regularly con
solidated. As the railroad buslucssof tho
country becomes more settled, we may look
for something of this kind to bo done ou a
large scale, although it hardly seems possi
ble to successfully unite many offices un
der the presont system. It is asserted
with confidence that the service will not be
at all impaired by the proposed change.
An Abominable System.
St. Louis Glo&e-Democrat.
Absurd talk about the Goodloe-Swone
tragedy as the result of "the spoils system
in politics" is still going on in the papers.
The Goodlo(Swopo tragedy was the direct
result ot tue abomniable "system" not
more prevalent, perhaps, in Kentucky than
elsewhere of carrying concealed weapons.
What is needed in every city and town in
the country is an association of goodciti-
zeus wuu win mane it meir nusiness to 6ee
that the laws against carrying concealed
weapons aro enforced. We have societies
for the Prevention of cruelty to animal.
and for naif a dozen other pnrposes, not
one of them as laudable or as beneficial
the purpose of a society of thi kind would
be.
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The Servant" Has the Softer Job.
Washington Post.
The President of these United States can
leave the capital of the Nation for a week's
duck-rfhooting and the entire 00,000,000 peo
XIo whom ho is supposed to govern will
take no further interest in the matter, if
they hear of it at all. than to wish hi in
success, or a professional liar at command.
if the ducks wont bite. hen a continental
rdouarch goes larking he wears bullet
proof armor, is guarded from the people by
ranxs ox soldiers, nues in oomo-prooi cars
and keeps a private chemist to taste his
food for traces of poison. TAiis isthe differ
ence between being a servant of the people
and an, absolute monarch.
Hope for Brer Gray.
New York Telecjam (Dem.)
Facts and figures give no basis for this
Campbell vice-presidential boom. He has
made a good fight and won tho day. but his
rerformance has been duplicated by Allen,
loadly and Bishop in recent years, and the
btate has swung back into the Republican
column with chrouic precision each presi
dential campaign, in lbo, when Haves
was at the head of the tic&et, Ohio reached
ttfer lowest Republican majority for Presi
dent. Let the Democratic brethren reason
together, and they will drop brother Camp
bell before tho poor man s mind is affected,
and train their guns for a f Vice-president
on the State of Indiana.
Leon Abbett for President.
German town Independent (Dcm.)
Leon Abbett. of New Jersey, is spoken of
as a presidential possibility, lie is a strong
man, from a State that never wavers in its
party allegiance, and would be a welcome
change from the wrangling factionists who
are forced to the front every four years by
New York. Democrats everywhere aro
tiring of conceding everything to a Stato
that shows so little of a national spirit as
to be willing to defeat a candidate for
President from within its own borders for
the purpose of aiding the canvass of some
petty local official
The Insurrectionary Season.
Omaha Republican.
The South and Central American revolu
tion season was opened day before yester
day simultaneously in Brazil and Gante
mala. Tho Brazilian army turned his
weapon against the government, arrested
him and threatens to hold him in durance
until be (the army) has established a repub
lic. In Guatemala the revolutionary force
began to revolt before he had taken his
midday siesta, and was caught napping,
so to speak. The other nations have not
yet begun their annual insurrection, but
doubtless they will bo heard from before
tho year is out.
rault-Finding Ex-Soldlera.
Mnncie Times.
The ex-soldiers who are holding aloof
from the Grand Army are notable examples
of the fanlt-tinder. Tho fault-finders aro
greater friends of the soldier than any
soldier organization, to hear them tell it.
but when it comes to defining what, they
are in favor of you never hear them chirp.
Good Protection Argument.
Anjnsta Chronicle.
The prosperity of the cotton-mills of Fall
River during the past six months, and, in
fact, during the entire year, is without a
parallel in the history of Fall Bivcr manu
facturing. Never has there been a year
when the dividends were su largo as this. .
D'ye ailnd That, Mr. Gray?
Chicago Tribune.
We protest against this studious ignoring
of the claims of Br'er Grady, of Atlanta.
Ga., ( t the Democratic nomination for
Vice-president T he eloquent champion of
the new South uiwrt not be thrust abide to
make way for c n.or& Buckeye accident.
Where MlUn ti'ork la Needed.
Baltimoro America n.
Most of the reliciocs assemblages seem to
ignore the fact tir-t tho greatest field for
missionary effort t '-ay is in the big cities,
where thousand L e cever been inside of
a church, and iouol know what Christi
anity means.
"Wty Tlmrmen Villi Not He Senator.
2IinnpjoUs iTilmoe.
How would Jndse Thnrman do as a Sen
ator from Ohio again? He was uot too de
crepit to be worked iu the tread-mill this
fall, or to be puiJ 1 to the front in the
campaign of 3H?'A But perhaps ho hasn
the price i
Th ' ' OKe Plutocrats.
Memphis Avalo iC.) .
Three goo t : ':'.' re ?id to be candidates
forth Ohio . MiTiUTrttJp Brice. McLean
and Thomas. M Len1 denies tho soft im
peachment, but Bil'yO seems to be ready to
De led to the sacri.'iee.
In Iletter Huslness.
Washlnjrtmi Tort.
Indiana is keeping quiet as to politics,
the attention of the people being ansorbed
in contemplation of plans and specification
for a uew residence fur Axtell atTe
Haute.
W ith the TrtrlO aud OtUtr Things.
rhuaU!: hi Inquirer.
Our Democratic, friends who want t
know whai U likely to be done aro referred
W Uio last Republican national platform.