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12 THE ' INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 'QH3. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL SfJSPAY. DECK.MKEU 17. 1803. WASHINGTON OFFICE 515 Foartecnth St. Telephone Call. ruelue Office 233 Editorial Rooms 212 TKII3IS OF SUUSCItllTION. DAILY BY MAIL, Pj!Tt only, nne month ..., .70 1 aily only, three months 2.00 1 'ally oul jr. ne year m.oo I'nilj. hicluiung buml:iy, one year lo.oo fcuiiday ciily, ouo year... 'j.oo wnn rvuxisuiKD cr agents. Dally, per week, by carrier is rr t-uiula-. ulnjrle copy .1 eta laUy and sunuay, per week, by carrier.... 20 cts WEEKLY. Itr Year . $1.00 IUriaced Katei to CI aba. Fnlmhe with any of our numerous agents or end subscription to the JOUKXAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, - iSDiAXarous, iMx rtnori enllnir ht Journal thronsh the malls la tie United Mates khould put on an einht-pare paper CKK-( ETiMtflpe Mtamp: u a twelve or sixteen rape paper a twcm knt pontage stauiy. Foreign post gt Is luiuaUj double these rates. 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Now that a man has confessed that ho voted a Democratic ticket in Albany, X. Y., upon another man's name, for a dollar. It may be assumed that repeaters take lit tle risk, and, consequently, that frauds are numerous. "Hands off of public school money" 13 to general a cry that It is not worth while to waste time and talent which can be used for anything else in organization to pro tect them. The cry of possible danger rouses the mass of people. Th more one thinks of it the lcs3 reason there appears to be for shutting the peo ple out of the part of the national Capitol occupied by the Senate through fear of mur derous cranks. Such precaution publicly an nounced will draw them thither. When a considerable premium is offered for a four-per-cent. Indianapolis bond it is useless to assert that the volume of money In the country is inadequate. The trouble is with the circulation. There is nothing to call it into the channels of business. European statesmen are doubtful if inter national action to punish Anarchists can be made practical, because, with present ex tradition treaties, those guilty of technical political crimes cannot be extradited. Bomb-throwing Is not a political offense, but a crime which should make the offender, an outlaw. The Journal is in receipt of some original verses entitled "An Empty Sock." The Thymes are not up to the standard which this paper endeavors to maintain In its poetical department, but the sentiment of the refrain, which declares that on Christ mas morning "You'll not find a present in your sock," Is too grimly true to be funny these hungry Democratic days. It Is said to the credit of the delegates to the convention of the Federation of Labor that many of them are opposed to the resolu tions approving the rardon of the Anarch ists by Governor Altgeld. As the matter was entirely foreign to the purpose of the t organization, the resolution will be regarded as a declaration in favor of sustaining vio lent opposition to the enforcement of law. Mr. Youmans, of Michigan, is contesting a. seat in the House upon the ground that he was defeated by the lies of his op ponents. He was charged with' being a Catholic, which led many to vote against him. If Mr. Youmans Induces the Ilouse to take his view of the matter, and a man can bo unseated because he has been lied about in the canvass, few Democrats will Bit in Congress hereafter. Tho Journal has received a pamphlet which contains the partial text of the de cision of the New York Court of Appeals In setting aside, the decision of Mr. Horn blower, the President's nominee or the Supreme Court, which that tribunal stig matized as "illegal and unjust." Such characterization of the opinion of a. lawyer by the highest legal tribunal in a State will not be without Influence with the Sen- ators. A year In the penitentiary 13 very Inade quate punishment for a man who, when in trusted by tho people with tens of thou sands of dollars, steals them or permits others to do so. Such, an offense is the gravest in the line of thefts, and should re ceive greater Instead of less punishment than the offender who steals a few dollars worth of goods, or even a horse. Breach f trust of itself should be heavily pun ished. When President Gompers declared that the men who are responsible for the present condition of the people must accept the so lution which organized labor presents or be confronted by Anarchists, he made a most ill-advised speech. Moreover, the An archist who threw the bomb In Paris, of whom he was talking, was neither starving nor houseless. Mr. Gompers's threat was that of tho man who places a pistol at the bead of his victim and says: "Your money or your life." In an article entitled "Tobacco and Cloth ing Workars." In the Social Economist, by George Gunton, It la shown that while ma chinery does not play so important a part In these as In most other industries, the standard of living of both the cigar maker and tho tailor ha had a downward ten dency for years, and the prospect of bet terment Is not one of 'the Immediate future. Mr. Gunton Is a man who has spent years In factories and mills, but now Is one of the most practical writers on economic topics In the country. He has always said that labor-saving machinery has not tend ed to- reduce wages. What he says about the cigar maker and tailor, while he does not cite it to prove his conclusions rela tive to labor-saving machinery, supports his statement' that such machinery tends to sustain rather than reduce wages. TUB TWO MiW EGIAM)S. During the present week the descendants of New England lrf'the larger cities of the country will celebrate "Forefathers day" with banquet and speech. The country pro duces no more eloquent orators than those who annually turn aside to extol early New England, and properly, because the coun try owes much to the character and Insti tutions of early New England. The day they celebrate is the anniversary of the landing of the pilgrim fathers at Plymouth; but the dominant spirit of early New Eng land was that of the Puritans. Doubtless the former were really the wiser and bet ter men, but the wiser and better are never so numerous as those who are not so good, consequently, the Puritans dominated the Massachusetts colonies, which, more than the oth-r colonies, gave them their peculiar character. In many respects they were the best men of their times. Their religion was a reality, and it made them strong and even severe characters. As much as men ever did, they lived for their religion. True, they came to Massachusetts to enjoy re ligious freedom as they saw it; and, as they saw it, any religion but theirs was soul-destroying and must be suppressed. Frequently the orator, on these commem orative occasions, in eloquent flights of the Imagination, claims that the Puritans came here to establish civil and religious free dom. It 13 a beautiful claim, but it lacks the element of evidence to support it. Pur itanism for nearly a century was a theoc- racy, and for many years its xlergy was as intolerant a hierarchy as ever perse cuted heretic. It resorted to imprisonment, banishment and death to repress and pun ish heresy to quite as late a period as other ecclesiastics. In 1660, when Charles II was restored to the British throne, on complaint of the Quakers he directed Governor Endl cott to cease persecuting that sect, which was done. Thereafter no man was banished, Imprisoned or whipped for any sort of heresy. At the present time people In the newer country speak of New England blue laws as if any such existed now. The Puritan element still exists in New England, but years ago the descendants of the early Pur itans were the leaders in promulgating re ligious opinions as radically liberal as those of their fathers were positive and severe. Probably because the forces of action and reaction are equal in the world of mind as well as in the realm of matter, the New England which Was the home of the strict Calvlnlstic Edwards theology has become the center of the liberal religious thought of to-day. The strictest sect of New Eng land Congregationalism at the present time Is more liberal than Presbyterlanism in the West. Andover, which Is, perhaps, the most influential theological seminary In New England, has a president and a faculty teaching dogmas for which they would have been expelled fifty years ago, and banished, if not hanged, in the days of Mather. There fore, It is in no sense true that New Eng land stands as the representative of the strictest Calvinism at the present time, but Is the center of what Is called the most lib eral and progressive religious thought of the age. The causes which have led to this radical change would be a more Interesting theme for discussion than the wearisome reiteration of the fiction that the sole pur pose of either pilgrim or Puritan In coming to New England was to establish popular government and civil liberty. VISITISG STATESMEN IX GEORGIA. The press dispatches gave some account of the visit of a party of distinguished Democratic statesmen to Augusta, Ga., a few days ago. The party consisted of Vice President Stevenson, Secretary Her bert, Secretary Hoke Smith, and two or three Democratic Congressmen. There was a rubllc reception and speech-making galore, but one Incident was omitted in the dis patches. This was the visit of the party to "champion" Corbett's exhibition. The exhibition was given In the Exposition grounds and consisted of a bout between the "champion" and his trainer "Professor" Donaldson, In a sixteen-foot ring and In ring rostume. Th3 Augusta Chronicle says the visiting statesmen "were given the seats of honor on the platform and they ap peared to b3 by no means the least inter ested of the spectators." The contest con sisted of three rounds and was not "to a finish." Tho Chronicle reporter says: Corbett. who looked positively slender alongside his burly foe, got away from him like a cat, dodged every blow aimed at him, and struck Donaldson wherever and as often as he pleased." At the conclusion of the exhibition the champion was brought up and introduced to the statesmen. "All shook ' hands cordially," says the report, 'and each said he was glad to see him." Secretary Hoke Smith asked Corbett when he would fight Mitchell, how much he weighed, and how much he had trained down for the fight. The champion kindly informed the Secretary that his fighting weight was 190 pounds, and that he was In good condition. The Secretary said, "I hope you'll win," and the champion replied that he would do his best. "Then," says the re port, "Corbett shook hands again with Vice President Stevenson, who again as sured him he was glad to see him." The Vice President does not se?m to have been quite as well Informed in regard to sporting matters as Fecrttary Hoke Smith, for he made no inquiries concerning the cham pion's fighting weight or the effect of his training. But he held up his end at the hand-shaking. The Chronicle comments on the incident at some length editorially. "It was a unique sight," it says, "possible only, perhaps. In Democratic America, and yet every man In the va3t audience that filled the grand stand and the grounds In front, felt prouder of hit country and of the common sense of IU rulers when he saw these men, high in au thority, grasp Corbett's gloved hand and smile approvingly on this perfect product of the 'manly art of self-defense. " It con gratulates the country on. having a Vice. President who is a big enough man to be above conventionalities and who "knows that a man cannot more surely endear him self to his people than by being one of them, and In all proper ways joining In their pleas ures, sharing their hospitality and giving evidence of solicitude for their welfare and happiness." It congratulates the visiting statesmen on having seen a "fistic encoun ter" under such favorable conditions, and when. In fact, they were "so clcse as to see the play of every muscle, the delivery of every blow, and the taunting smile of Champion Corbett as his antagonist's blows passed harmlessly by his head, and his own fell thick and fast wherever he pleased to locate them." Some administration artist ought to make the incident the subject of an historic painting. TUB STItAXGBXESS OF FACT. Readers of rovels go to fiction for enter tainment, and when they fail to be enter tained they grumble at the quality of the literary wares served up to them. Many complaints of thi3 sort are heard in regard to the novel of the period. For some reason most of the stories produced by contem porary writers fail to. satisfy the Action reading public, which has become exacting through familiarity with works of ac knowledged masters of the romance-weaving art, and will not be content with com monplaca efforts. They are not always able to formulate their objections, and would probably hesitate to declare a preference for one variety of tale over another for a story of adventure as opposed to a sub jective or psychological study, forinstance. But, whether they recognize the drift of their taste or not, it Is comment enough on current discussions over the respective merits of different classes of novels to note that they invariably turn with relief to the works of a past generation of writ ers Scott, Dickens, Thackeray. George Eliot, Wllkle Collins and a host of minor lights. They are novels of Incident, all of them, of adventure, of tragedy, of passion. Over them Is thrown the glamour of, Im agination and Interwoven In the narratives are threads of humor and philosophy and pathos all the elements that enter into the modern realistic novel, yet with results far different from the bold commonplace of the latter. But when the criticism 13 made that the novelist of to-day is too introspective or treats of dally life without the imaginative power to redeem its dull ness, the answer ccmes from the authors themselves that modern life, accurately pictured, cannot show adventure and inci dent, but must be a representation of the commonplace so far as outward events are concerned. Existence to-day is tame, they say; there are no wars wherein men can distinguish themselves; there are no lances to break for ' king, or for ladies fair; all Is sordid or of petty significance. They must give what they see. And yet in the face of this argu ment people who do not write novels be lleve they discern In the dally events of this commercial age all the elements of thrilling romance. Take, for example, the occurrences of a week as chronicled in the Journal. There is the case of Dr. Meyer, in which the unfolding of villainy and crime shows a daring beyond any thing ventured by the fancy of Gaboriau, and which would offer a wonderful field for the skill of a "Sherlock Holmes." There is the'amazing career of Rev. George Frederick Burgoyne Howard, who for years lived a double life that of a pious shepherd and a beguiling confidence man with great financial profit The materials of a society romance of high degree may easily be evolved from the marriage of the American beauty, Adele Grant, to the Earl of Essex after an earlier engagement to Earl Cairns, whom she subsequently threw over because, even though a lord, he was too Intellectually feeble to be en dured. Nearer home is the Wagner case, whore a web of circumstantial evidence has been woven that may convict a girl of one of the most tembfe crimes on local records. There Is the story reported from Crawfordsvllle of a woman who per secuted her divorced husband for years by burning his houses and barns, poisoning his stock, killing his poultry and wreaking her malignant hatred in other secret but Ingenious ways. These are not all the suggestive happenings, but they are enough to show that it is not necessary to go to tne last century for Incident nor to resort to character study exclusively. Real life of whatever period has in it action and adventure beyond the power of the most skillful fiction writer to evolve from hl3 Inner consciousness. MUIDER I1Y POISOMXG. A prominent criminal lawyer once said that his experience had almost led him to believe that the safest way to commit a murder was to take a pistol and go into the most crowded street of the city and shoot down one's victims in the presence of as many witnesses as possible, for the result was sure to be as many different tales of how it happened as there were per sons who saw or heard it. And a lawyer who is defending a person charged with murder desires nothing better than a multi plicity of tales out of which Jie may weave Inconsistencies and contradictions and raise doubts to befog the jury. Poison, which used to be considered the safest mode of committing murder, because the most difficult to discover and expose, is now one of the least safe. The resources of modern science are such that it is next to Impossible to administer enough of any poison to cause death that Its presence in the stomach or other organs cannot be demonstrated beyond any doubt. The mi 'croscoplst and the chemist, with their in struments, their retorts, their little glass bottles, their circular tubes, their acids and their tests are the sleuth hounds of sci ence that make murder by poison about as unsafe for the murderer as for the victim. Sometimes It is difficult to find the missing link that connects the poison with the poi soner, but generally circumstances supply this. Especially Is this true In the case of ignorant persons, who, not knowing the ea3e and certainty with which the presence of poison is demonstrated by modern scien tific method- are not very careful to con ceal their tracks while administering it. If, however, the poisoner Is cunnlrlg enough to do this, he or she may still escape, for, so far as the ends of Justice are concerned, It is of no avail to prove the presence of poison in a victim's body unless it can be traced to the hand of the person who ad ministered it. Nevertheless, it is probably true that nowadays poisoning 13 the least safe way of committing murder. The New York Sun thinks patriotic Amer icans should regard the preparations which the provisional .government of Hawaii Is making to defend itself against the United States with pride and shame "pride be cause these m?n, many of them, are of our own stock, and have been doing In Hawaii what their ancestors did in the American colonies in 1776. Shame, because the force against which the Hawaiian re publicans have been taking precautions Is that of the United States, the mother coun try of many of their number, the natural friend, ally and supporter of freedom, the natural enemy of monarchy. In Massachusetts, where every city votes upon the question of license or no license, the Springfield Republican, In noting the changes in the cities from year to year, last year for license and this year for no license, comes to the conclusion that the opinions of a controlling element of the voters are not fixed, but vary from year to year because they have not much choice between the very strict license law of Massachusetts and prohibition as agents for the restriction of the liquor traffic. A few months ago, when Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Jr., announced to her friends that she was going to restore her husband's fallen fortunes by engaging in the millinery business, she received much praise from the New York press. The Jenkinses fol-. lowed her about, interviewed her in re gard to her plans, wrote admiringly pf her pluck and enterprise, and called her a "no ble woman." The extent of the free adver tising she received led to the belief among outside observers that a woman who could so skillfully "work" the New York papers must have a business ability that would in sure success In her new enterprise. This turns out to have been an erroneous im pression, for now, just in the midst of the fashionable season and being a society woman, Mrs. Field catered only to the fashionable circles comes the announce ment that she has applied for a receiver for her establishment. According to her statement, she started out with the assur ance from her partner that the profits on her investment would exceed SO per cent. This wicked partner was a man, and, wom anlike, she trusted him only to discover that, although her trade has been good, the profits have somehow not materialized, and that the accounts were In a badly mixed condition. Consequently, she wants a re ceiver in order that she may know where she is "at." There is but one moral to this tale. Wicked partner or not, no woman or man can safely operate a business in which they have served no . apprenticeship. Each calling has its own intricacies that are only to be understood by experience, and a woman who goes into business with no more knowledge of its complications than society women usually have Is almost fore ordained to failure, since her Ignorance of commercial methods... is likely to be more dense" than that car.mant who Is almost sure to have had some business training. Tho Journal notes with pleasure that its recent appeals to local musicians to form a permanent organization for higher musical culture are likely to lead to practical re sults. The movement for the organization of an oratorio society has already evoked a degree of Interest among local musicians and patrons of music which leaves no doubt that, under proper management, It can be made successful and profitable. We con gratulate the friends of musical culture on the prospect of this difficulty being re moved, as, from the character of those en gaged in it, no doubt can be entertained that the movement in that direction will succeed. For lack of local organization among musicians the extent and quality of vocal talent is not fairly realized by the community, and the singers themselves lose a benefit that comes from personal asso ciation and a united practice of their art. Such an organization, being continuous and under constant and regular training, has many advantages over such a body as the May festival chorus, which has an uncer tain existence and but a brief period of drill each year. An oratorio society. If properly conducted, is likely to become a nucleus for great musical events, and. at least, serves to encourage the growth of musical taste and talent. This has been the history of all such organizations, as, for Instance, the Apollo Club, of Chicago, and one needs only to be fairly established here to prove its value. Emil Frey, President-elect of Switzer land, was on a visit to this country for the purpose of familiarizing himself with agri culture when the war broke out. He en listed in the Twenty-fourth Illinois, was made sergeant, subsequently lieutenant, and later captain in the Eighty-second Il linois. He was taken prisoner at Gettys burg and was one cf the officers held as. hostages in retaliation for the treatment of a confederate officer. Two nights of last week the thermometer registered from 15 to 40 degrees below zero in different parts of New Kngland. The oldest inhabitant was satisfied that the climate is not changing much. California is rejoicing extravagantly be cause it is now sending brain food to Bos ton. By brain food it means codfish, which are now being shipped from the Pacific coast to the Hub. ISUUIILES IX TUB A I It. More Information. Tommy Paw; why does parrots live so long? Mr. Figg To give them time to repent, I guess. Too Mack for lllm. "I thought Belle was to marry the Ken tucky colonel?" "No; the engagement is off. She asked him to drink her health in a glass of ice water." Still Within Hie Limit. Mrs. Jason You air about as low down as a man can get, I reckon. Hungry Hlggins Lord, no! One of us fel lers got to be the Populist Governor of Kansas. m Another Holdup. Watts My wife tells me that you were telling your wife that you were hold up for 510 night before last. Potts Yep. Watts Did the fellow have a gun? Potts Worse than that. He had a straight flush. LITE II A It Y XOTES. Mrs. Parnell Is busily engaged In writing the life of Charles Stewart Parnell, her de ceased husband. The romance which Joaquin Miller Is pre paring to publish is to be called "The Building -f the City Beautiful." Ex-Prei'.dent Harrison Is much Interested In tho subject of military instruction in schools and colleges; and has written for the Century a short article advocating a plan recently suggested by Lafayette Post, G. A. R., of New Y'ork. It will appear In the January number. The Forum has taken a new departure, and a radical one, In reducing Its price from 50 to 25 cents a copy, and from $3 to $3 a year annual subscription. Mrs. Edwina Booth Grossmann Is writ ing some reminiscences of her father, Mr. Edwin Booth, and begs her father's friends who possess letters from him to send her transcripts of such as they may wish to add to her publication. Mr. Howells's new play Is not new so far as date of composition goes, for it was written several years ago. It is said to be in the style of Ibsen, and is the story of a man who can't agree with his wife or whose wife can't agree with him. An English, critic writes of Hawthorne's "American Note Books" as "that inex haustible storehouse of psychological prob lems." This Is apropos of the fact that the germ of the Jekyll and Hyde idea was found in the "Inexhaustible storehouse." Christian Reld, the well-known story writer, is the daughter of Col. Charles Fisher, who held the largest contract on the Western North Carolina, section of the Richmond & Danville system. When the State became bankrupt he lost all he had fmt into his work, and his daughter brave y set out to repair the family fortunes by VTitlng stories under the abovo nom de plume. Mr. John Elliott, the painter,, and his wife, Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, will sail for Italy on the 30th of December to spend the winter and spring in Rome. Mrs. Ter ry. Mrs. Elliott's aunt and the mother of Marion Crawford, is said to be the oldest American inhabitant of Rome. She was living there when Hawthorne wrote "The Marble Faun," and her first husband, Thomas Crawford, the sculptor, figures con spicuously In the story. Nikola Tesla's work in this country in advanced electrical developments and inves tigations is so extensive and has already attracted so much attention In Europe as well as here, that its publication in book form has become necessary in order bp meet the demand for information on the subject. The book has been prepared by Mr. T. C. Martin, editor of the Electrical Engineer, of New Y'ork. and past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and It will be issued by that journal on Jan. 1. AIIOI'T PEOPLE AXD T1IIXGS. Of the 130 papers published in the interests of anarchy, the great majority are issued in Spain. A Maryland farmer, living near Chester town, went to the world's fair. When he got back he tried to construct a Ferris wheel of his own. Now he is insane. Horace Greeley Perry is the remarkable name of a young woman who boasts of be ing the only woman editor in the State of Minnesota. She is also the youngest editor, being only twenty-one years of age. A collection of 3,300 etchings belonging to King Ferdinand of Portugal was sold two weeks ago at Cologne. King Ferdinand was himself an etcher of talent, and many royal galleries contain specimens of his work signed F. C. (Ferdinand Coburg.) Christine Nllsson's bedroom In her Mad rid home is rather eccentrically decorated. Its walls are papered with sheets of music from the various operas In which she has performed. Her dining room walls are cov ered with hotel bills she has paid in various parts of the world. Reginald De Koven, according to his wife, has a decided aversion to red-headed wom en. If he meets or sees one, even on the street, he will not write a scrap of music for at least twenty-four hours, for fear it will be "hoodooed." His faith In the bad luck that red-headed people bring him is astonishing. Dr. Von Gnelst, the famous professor of law at the University of Berlin, and one of the greatest living authorities on the English Constitution, has become president of the German society to prevent the spread of anti-Semitism. He delivered an eloquent speech a few days ago, lamenting the influ ence of the anti-Semites in Germany. A novel but idiotic proposal has been made, to Mme. Severlne. That lady having started the idea of a charity fete for, the Paris poor, Mme. Bob Walter, the lady who performs the serpentine dance in a cage of Hons, offers to go up in a balloon with the lion tamer, M. Georges Marck, and his Hon Caesar. It seems impossible that foily can go further. According to an advertisement contained in the Danish Government Gazette, pub lished in Copenhagen, two big volcanoes are for sale. They are situated in Iceland and are the principal attractions of the island. The owner asks for them the sum of $400 apiece, not an excessive charge for anyone who is in real need of a healthy, well-behaved and active phenomenon of nature. Lord Coleridge tells the following anec dote: "Browning once sent me a volume of his verse and asked me how I liked it. I replied that what I could understand I heartily admired, and that parts of It, I thought, ought to be immortal; but that a3 to much of it I really could not tell whether I admired it or not, as I could not under stand IL 'Ah, well,' he said, 'if a reader of your caliber understands 10 per cent, of what I write I think he ought to be con tent. " A high caste Hindoo artist who is visiting San Francisco admits that he does not like or understand the music of Europe and America. He says the piano, the harp, the violin, the clarionet, and many kinds of bugles, all mercilessly played together, cre ate the most bothersome noise. "American readers, especially ladies, will rM'cule and laugh at me, and take me for a man void of music." Still he thinks he knows what good music is when he hears it. The music of the Hindoos is all simple melody. They have no liking for alto, bass or tenor parts. Who is it will not dare himself to trust? Who is It hath not strength to stand alone? Who is it thwarts and bilks the inward Must? He and his works, like sand, from earth are blown. James Russell Lowell. The fakir from the gay Plalsance now seeks the Golden Gate, But first he purchases a stocktig just as well to state . Of Oriental rugs, and dirks, and scarfs, and sclmeters, All made In old Connecticut by union la torors Detroit Tribune. SHREDS AXD PATCHES. Cheerfulness 13 health; its opposite, mel ancholy. Is disease. Haliburton. Jagson says the only way to elevate the stage Is to lower the curtain. Elmira Ga zette. Our idea of something tiresome is a book written by a college professor. Atchison Globe. Queen Lll has evidently changed her mind about carving that melon. Pitts burg Dispatch. "Did you dread proposing to me, John?" "Oh, no. I had been told beforehand that you wouldn't accept me." Life. What this administration appears to want more than anything else is a rudder. New Y'ork Commercial Adertiscr. Mr. Cleveland has restored neither Queen Lily nor confidence. As a restorer Grover is not earning his salt. Kansas City Jour nal. The Democratic platform seems to be under the weather now, but it will loom up again after awhile. Atlanta Constitu tion. When people are slow and behind the times there is nothing like counting them to bring them to their census. Rochester Democrat. There are excellent reasons for believing that the administration is about to make a flop on the Hawaifan question. Wash ington Post. It doesn't matter much if everybody thinks you are an ass so long as you get the lion's share of the .good things of life. Boston Philosopher. Cranks are not allowed In the galleries of Congress, though they have frequently displayed themselves on the floor. Louis ville Courier-Journal. Now that Mr. Richard Watson Gilder approves of Lincoln's literary style we all may admire unreservedly the Gettysburg oration. Boston Journal. It was three hard-boiled eggs that knocked out the g. o. m. At his age their yolk is not easy to bear, and in this re spect his hone rule may be changed. Philadelphia Ledger. It now looks as If LUIuokalanl's new purple and gold recoronation gown will be out of fashion before she gets word from the White Ilouse that the time ha come to put It on N't w York Sun. SAYS HE WAS ANXIOUS Mrs. Wetk oske Tells of Interviews Koesters Tried to Have with Her. . Dr. Hnrty Testifies on tbe Subject of Poisons A Number of Witnesses in the Warner Murder Trial. At the convening of the Criminal Court, yesterday morning, Mrs. Anna Wetkoske was recalled and her cross-examination con tinued by Prosecutor Holtzman. The wit ness said she went to Rorst's drug store the second time before she became ac quainted with Mrs. Bergman, and It was about two weeks after the arrest of the de fendant; the witness said "Mr. Borst ought to know, he is smarter than I am." At this point the cross-examination was inter rupted by Mr. Spaan, who objected to the prosecutor whlpsawlng the witness back and forth over ground that had been cov ered several times In the cross-examination. Continuing, the witness said she first heard of the poisoning and arrest of the defend ant , from a lady in front of the New Y'ork store, and it was about two weeks after this that she went to the drug store the second time. She said she did not know the date of the paper In which she read the account, after reading which she went to the drug store. She never talked with Mrs. Bergman about the poisoning case. When the latter came to wit ness's house she was always crying about her injured husband. The witness did not re member exactly but thought It was early in the week and at an early hour In the day that she went to the drug store the second time. AT BORSTS STORE. The first time she went to the drug store, when she purchased the poison, she looked at the clock because she must return home by 11:45 to prepare dinner for her husband. She said It was 11 a. m. when she returned home from the drug store upon the occa sion of her second visit. She changed her dress the morning of the second visit to the drug store because she was going up town. She said the elder Mr. Borst was In the drag store at that time, and she did not see the young man. Counsel for the de fense thought tho witness was mistaking the visit alluded to, and when the witness was Interrogated It developed that she thought the question referred to the occa sion of the visit when she purchased the poison. Being set right as to which visit was meant, she said she believed the young man was in the store when she went there the second time. She said when she entered the store the elder Mr. Borst was standing in the rear of the store, near where "he takes in the money.". She said he spoke to her first, and asked what she wished, and she purchased 10 cents worth of borax. After purchasing the borax, the witness asked Mr. Borst if he did not re member of her having purchased the poi son, and he said he did not; that he knew Annie Wagner too well, and added, "She's a nice one." The witness said Mr. Borst toUl her she ought not to think anything about Annie Wagner, and the witness re plied, "I know when I got the poison;" to which Mr. Borst replied, "And I know J when she got it." The witness said she told Mr. Borst she bought the poison on May 22, and he said he did not remember her, as he did not know her, but he knew Annie Wag ner so well because so many had died at the Koesters. She said she read In the paper that no one purchased poison in his store on that day but the defendant, and she knew that she had purchased poison there on that day. The witness said she testified before the grand Jury that she asked Mr. Borst if he remembered the day she bought the poison and he said ha could not remember. She denied that she testified before the grand Jury that she told Mr. Borst it might have been the week before Annie Wagner pur chased poison that the witness purchased it. She said she did not tell Mr. Borst that she did not remember whether she bought the poison from him or his brother. The witness said she asked to be ad mitted to the Police Court once during the preliminary hearing and was refused ad mission; when she did ' finally succeed in getting Into the room the preliminary hear ing had been concluded. She did not re member how long it was from the time she read of the poisoning in the German paper till the preliminary hearing was had in the Police Court. The witness said Mrs. Tanner told her she ought not to mix up in the case- and be dragged Into the court. She also said that Mr. Brown, of counsel lor the defense, had told her at his olfice to tell the truth, whatever It ndght be. This was before the trial in the Police Court On redirect examination, the witness said she was acquainted with Mrs. Tanner, and that she met the latter upon the street one day and she (Mrs. Tanner) suggested that witness should not help Annie Wag ner. Mrs. Tanner said she understood the witness had been to see Mr. Borst, and advised the witness to say nothing about when she purchased the poison. The wit ness said that Mr. Kosstei sent a woman to her house on Wednesday and wanted her (witness) to come to his house. She said it was a woman who brought the mes sage. The witness refused to go to Koes ters's store, and when she saw him yester day (Thursday) he asked her why sne had not reported the purchase of the poison sooner. She saw Koesters at the house of the woman who came to her as a messen ger from him. She said she did not know at that time that shs was to see Koesters at the woman's housa. The woman sent her little boy and little girl to the witness's house, and they told her their "mamma" wanted to see her at her (the woman's) house. When she went to the house she saw Mr. Koesters there and told him If he wanted to talk to her about the case he would have to come to the court and do his talking there. The name of this woman who took so active a part in getting tne witness and Koesters together aid not ap pear, from the testimony, and she was al ways alluded to as "the woman." Mrs. Wetkoske was excuesd till Monday morn- ine' DR. HURTY'S TESTIMONY. ' The next witness called was Dr. J. N. Hurty. He was called to testiy as an ex pert. He said he was an analytical chem ist. It .was twenty years since he began the study and had practiced analytical chemistry for twelve years. He had made tests for poisons. He had served a time as city chemist. He aid he knew toxin poison was that poison which came from toxines and said it could form in bodies ater death or could form in food, notably, milk, cheese and Ice cream. The witness said It would not necessarily follow that all of a family should die of toxin poison ing because they had eaten of food that con tained it. A hypothetical question was then put to the witness. He was asked, "Suppose a child should come home from school com plaining of beinK sick, that she had eaten cheese and vomited all night, that a phy sician was called in about thrty hours aft erward and found a pecular nervousness and a desire to escape light, suppose the child died and the. undertaker washed the body with a fiuid known to contain arsenic and placed upon the face clothes saturated with the fluid which cloths came in con tact with the eyes, nose and mouth and suppose upon a qualitative analysis it should be shown that there wasl arsenic in the stomach, where would you say the arsenic came from?" The witness answered that he would say that arsenic came from the fluids, used and the cloths. He also went further and said that if arsenic had been In the room and had not been used In the embalm ing fluid or upon the cloths he would 6ay that it was absorbed by the body after death. The witness said that It was on ac count of this high penetrating power of arsenic that a chemist did not permit any arsenic to be present in the laboratory while making his tests. He said if com pound tests were used a chemist would ko from one laboratory to another so as to prevent the absorption of ars-enlc from the air. He said arsenic was very volatile, and if cloths containing arsenic had been placed upon the face it would Invalidate any analysis that might be made, as the anienic in the stomach would probbly have come from the cloths. In answer to questions by Mr. Holtz man the witness said that he could not say how many times-he had testified as an expert. He said expert witnesses were usually paid for their tervlces and added that not only had he not received a cent in this case, but had positively refused to receive any money. The State did not a?k the witness any more questions, and he waa excused. A NUMBER OF WITNESSES. The next witness called was Dr. Barne. He said he was a physician and micros coplst and understood a microscope; ho was the teacher of the science in the Col lege of Physicians and Surgeon. He eitdl the objective In a microscope was th glass next to the object to be viewed. 11 said the first glass was called the eye -piece, and that It took experience to know how to handle a microscope. He raid his microscope was a good one. and that hm had loaned it to Dr. Eisenbelss. He aid it had two objectives, a one-fifth and a three-fourths. He said the magnifying power of an objective was determined by several means. A micrometer is general r used to determine the power, lie , sail there was a great deal of difference be tween a one-sixth and a three-fourth ob jective. He said a one-alxth objective with his one-inch eye piece would magni fy about five hundred diameters and a one fifth would make it four hundred and seventy-five diameters. He said the share of an arsenic crystal could not be deter mined with the naked eye. He said that Dr. Elsenbelss had called him up by tele phone a few days ago tnd s.sced the size of the objectives in witness s microscope and he told him their size. He said h was at Dr. EIenbe!ss"s ottlce when he loaned him the instrument and had a con versation with him. In which Dr. Elsen belss had said that he believed the de fendant was guilty of poisoning the Koes ters. The witness said there were other poisons besides arsenic that present per fect octahedral crystals. He said that Iodide of mercury under some conditions presented perfect octaheJral crystals. The witness was then questioned very closely and explained in detail the difference be tween a compound and e. simple micro scope. Cross-examination: The witness said he had talked with the attorney about the case and suggested some questions to the defense. He said Dr. Eisenbeiss and him self were on good terms. The witness was then re-examined by the defense and said he had had tests made of Mill & Laoey's embalming fluid; he saw the tests made, and they revealed arsenic. The witness said he had established a school of enbalmlng, and had conducted It for about one year. He had made a special study of enbalmlng. Dr. Hurty was then recalled, and testified that he had made an analysis of Mills & Lacey's embalming fluid, and gave the Ingredients contained, among which was arsenic in large quanti ties. Mrs. FInnaman was then called by the de fense, and testified as to the character of the defendant She said sho had known Annie Wagner for about two years; that the defendant was employed by her (wit ness.) The witness said a death had oc curred in her family- whi. the defendant was employed there, and that the defendant was afraid of the corpse. She fainted while looking at the corpse. E. C. Busklrk was then called, and tes tified that he was the police Judge before whom the preliminary hearing of the d fendant was held. He was asked if the de fendant was admitted to bail, but the ques tion was objected to by the State, and the objection was sustained. . . Charles Cylnerzoll was theft "called by the defense as a character witness, and tes tified that he had knwn the defendant about three years; that h knew her in Ger many, where she lived upon a farm. He said her reputation in the old country was good, but he had not known her in this country. , -V Mr. FInnaman was thern'called, and tes tifld that the character of the defendant was good; that a death had occurred in the family while the defendant was era ploj'ed in the family, anil that she was afraid of the corpse. Mrs. Sophie Mlngus was next called, andl said she had known the defendant, but not well enough acquainted with her to speak to her. She said her reputation was good. In answer to the questions by Mr. Holtz man, she said she had heard the character of the defendant discussed among women as they gossiped. The record of the will of Frank L. Koes ters was then offered and admitted Into the evidence without objection. Mr. Spaan then said that all of their witnesses were not present, and asked that court be adjourned till Monday morning, and it was adjourned till that time. hooks. It Is most Interesting at this time of year to go Into the book stores. It Is a delight to ramble about among the books, looking lovingly at tbe old ones and questlonlngly at the new. It is almost as absorbing to stand In an obscure corner and" watch the people coming and going. Here Is the hard working father who reads only the news papers, but who has been told by Johnnie and Mollle to please get them books for their Christmas gifts. He asks the clerk wha to get and gazes admiringly at the row placed before him thinking proudly hor pleased his children will be. There Is the cultivated o!d gentleman In sisting that books are not so well bound as they were forty years ago. He examines the title page notice how few people do that slowly turns the leaves, gently rubs his hand over the cover, taps upon it with two fingers while asking the price and goes away carrying It in his pocket. Here Is the school girl w ho reads the fir? 1 4 paragraph to see If the story starts off well, who says pettishly, that she hates a preface and never reads It, who adores Mary J. Holmes and cannot endure George Eliot. Now comes a small boy wanting a Christ mas books for his mother. He knows that she belongs to a Chaucer class and goe3 away happy when tho clerk persuades libn that a volume of the Canterbury Tales Is Just what he is seeking. And here comes a woman In a sealskin cape of the latest cut iho stops before a counter full of treasures and whose expression never changes wheth er she be looking at a copy of Miltoi or of Whltcomb, Riley. One cannot help won dering what will become of her purchase, if she does purchase, whether It will Ile vnread on an onyx table or be sent to the minister for a Christmas present. Near the fur cape is a cloth jacket, anl above the Jacket a serious face. Now there, we say, Is a real book-lover. She re moves her gloves before handling one, she looks It over from front to back, smil;s Just a little, moves on appreciatingly 110m one table to another, and buys Just what you had expected her to. Now comes the mother, who has been told by her daughter to buy a book on natural history. "1 don't know what It is; xny daughter said she wanted a Viook en natu ral history, that's all I know. Now, I should think she'd rather have 'eweiry or some fancy thing, but no, sir, nothing, but a book will do. Do you sell many these hard times? Y'ou do? Well, well." See the rosy little girl counting out pen nies and nickels for a volume of Carlyle for her father. Further over is a well-dresied man look ing at leather-bound copies of Shakspeare. We feel certain he has never read a. piay. or he could not look at it like that. How awkwardly he handles it! Near him is the minister. v.-ho wishes he could buy out the store, but goes away with, only one small volume. The clerk pays It is no wonder he liyn so sparingly, as he gives more than half his salary bay. Oh, the happiness of the genuine book lover. Never did an angler lar.d a thln- intc trout with naif the thrill that comes when one has thought of ways and means, counted one's incomings and outgoings until ha finds that there is enough left for a new volume. There is a i-efudar ?prin in the step, an unusual ereetness in the walk as he enters the book store door. There is a. sparkle in the eye end a flush on the cheek when the treasure is rlac4 on the ihelf at home. Between the man who is able to buy as many and hm often as he chooses and the one who forms his library a single book at a time there is all the difference that lies between ung a seine and using u rod for rthlng. Who can examine each particular fih when he has a net full? Hut the man with the rod watches and waits, an i dreams and longs until he has linded his prize. Then h gloats over it. weighs it. notices each rainbow tint, aoh gleaming !.. So the l.ook buyer. He draws his :hnlr to the fire, xuijusts his spectacles, holds his treas ure close and says, "Give me a nook and a book, then Jet th proud world pin round." MAY W. DONNAN. The Peppermint Industry. South Bend Tribune. The pierTn!nt industry of northern In diana VhI southern Mr'gin. which hae grown cccsldwble proportions wI'Mn a tew y?3LT8 unuer a rocctlve tariff, re ceives i black eye ;ro::i the Wilso.i MIL This revision of :he tariX which stabs so many American lr.usries clear to the heart, reduces the duty cn ;-v;rcrmlnt oil from tl per pounl to Z pi r cit ad valo rem, which at the indent prices would be 50 cents per pound. Much of the waste swamp lands In this region h,ve been re claimed and made to bring valuable re turns through peppermint growing. If this feature of the Wilson bill becomes a law. It will force those who have invested large ly in peppermint f.eM tnd JUtiiUnr PP? ratus to abandon the industry entirely and give the firtlgncr. full control of it sxl