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1 THE IKDIAKArOLIS DAILY SENTINEL SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 8 1885-TWELVE TAGES. Sita Se W itine Is the largest and best newspaper published in Indiana, CONTAINING-104 COLUMNS. Fret fron Partisaa PsIJiIm ail Seetarlta Bias. On all subjects of public Interest it er presses its opinions according to its best Judgement, with a view only of promoting the BEST INTEREST OK SOCIETY. It contains the cream of tbe news from quarters down to 4 o'clock Sunday morn ing, excluding only that which is prurient or Immorally sensational. In few words, the B cud ay SaarnsxL is devoted to that class of news, literary and miscellany, proper aad necessary to make it what it is, THE PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE, specially adapted to the home. The Bcwdat ScfTisxia influence will be given in aid of the Elevation and Advancement of Woman to the true position which la hers by virtue of natural justice. Price, 52 per year; twenty cents per month, delivered by carrier; five cents per copy. TWELVE PAGES. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8. OFFICE 71 and 73 West Market Street. LtAT draweth near. Ir you know of any Bufierins among the poor try and relieve it. Haetford, Conn., has SIGt.e.w.OOO in rested In banks and Insurance. DcRiRi the past week we seem to have been -ttlDg the lack numbers of our re markable winter. Those who have money to inve3t are hav ing much trouble to know how they can tafely and profitably Invest it. Tiik expense of seeing the elephant in Jeffarson's time, was, according to that state man's diary, but twelve and one half cents. Those were the good old times of Democratic economy. It Is suggested that there are no nice little stories about the return of "The Prodigal Daughter." The son can return and have the finest veal served up for him, but the daughter must stay away. Aw impartial observer ot the industrial find commercial eituation is apt to conclude that protection is about as welcome to a country as a donation party of hungry par ishioners to a struggling pastor. It is said that the Hon. John L. Slnsger has come to the conclusion that if it costs :?107tokick a bcrse, he will hereafter con fine himself to knockirg down servant girls, Jthe latter amusement costing nothing. Ton the eight months since May 1, 1SS1, the receipts from saloon licenses in Chicago, neuer the Illinois high license law, amounted to $1,400,000. The receipts from licenses of every other description amounted to only $200,000. It Is now thought that the reason Mrs. Dudley did not kill O'Donovan Rosea out right was because she shut her eyes when she pulled tbe trigger. There are certain things at certain times a woman will do though the heavens falL A BcrraLo man advertises "busses" for sleighing parties. In Indianapolis sleigh riding parties furnish their own "busses," -with sundry delightful squeezes thrown in. These laka city folks are enterprising, but think of offering to sell kisses. Tiik imports of foreign merchandise last week were about equal to their general aver age, the total being $7,41l,703, of which -?,3l7,430 represents general merchandise, and the remainder, $1.072.273, dry goods. Since January 1 they aggregate 135,445,877, compared with $12.G1 1,351 for the corre sponding period of 1SS1. Axother victory for women has been (cored, the Loyal College of Surgeons, Ire land, having decided to admit them to tbe inrgical degree on tbe same terms as men. A n effort was made to narrow the privilege so as to exclude women from the fellowship and higher offices of the college, but It was defeated by a very decided vote. Ir there is any thruth ia the report that 40,000 Irishmen have been thrown out of 'employment in England because of the dynamite excitement, it Is difficult to see how the peace and comfort of the "United Kingdom have thereby been advanced. The effect cf such a proscription would be to In crease the number of desperate men; to add fuel to the fiamea already almost beyond ccntrol. Tna Journal otElucation ia disposed to believe that the ill-health of the children Is more largely attributable to the lack of proper care at home than to inadequate hygienic provisions in the schools, and suggests that the physicians, before making complaint against school boards and school teachers, should look to the indiscretion of parents in permitting the children to indulge In fash ionable follies. The Philadelphia Star is advised that a President is a big thing. When he goes out Le is recognized by every one, from the statesman to the bootblack; he has the finest hours in town, and so much power that the highest must bdw down to him. He gets I5O.C00 a year; his house is given to him; it Is furnished and lighted and warmed at the Government expense. Nearly all the eer Tants are paid by Uncle Sam. It is a good thing to be a President. A flOERiBLr trailio in white babies, who are seid to Chinese dens for ?X apiece, has teen discovered in Bin Francisco. Four of these babies have btzn discovered, and it is Altered thrra b a euch larger number in the hands cf the Chines. They are all fe polj chiLZrcn, tad are illegitimate. One theory is that these female children are pur chased by Chinese speculators and sent to Chins, where they are raised until twelve years old, when they are sold to rich China men for large sums to be placed in their harems. THEN AND NOW. A venerable paper, bearing imprint of l4l', has been furnished ui by a friend that we might read a letter of correspondence of that year from his pen. He had been all the wsy from Boston to New Orleans, part of the distance by rail, part by star and the remainder by river boats. "Think of It!" is an exclamation of his letter, "I have trav eled 1 (jO miles in twelve d3js and stopped three times. What strides of progress cur country has made. I predict that some day one can traveue the entire distance from Boston to New Orleans within eight days." The personal letter which accompanies the paper lays: ''You will doubtless smile at my prophecy of thirty-six years ago for another reason than did your f.ither, who was my friend; he did not think the feat could be accomplished.' The paper referred to makes editorial com ment on its New Orleans correspondence, in the course of which it remarks: "Truly, it is a fast age we are living In." "We wonder what a Boston man in our day wculdthrnkcf being twelve days, or even tight, between his city and the World's Ex position. The line of travel which did not lend him in the Creecent City within three days would be pronounced so alow as to be unwertby of patrcnage; and ye t. the editor of 18 iu thought "it was a f 43! age he wa lining id." If we consider tbe tedlousccs and incon venience of travel in that era cf railroading, what an impatient people we Cnd ourselves to be. It seems almost ungrateful for any in our day to complain of slowness in travel. But the Cincinnati merchant breakfasting at heme who is not in Chicigo, over 300 miles distant, for an early supper, will be lieve himself wronged by the railroad. The three to six months across the plains, for the mover from Boston to California in 1849, has bsen reduced to less than seven days, aad yet the tourist calls it a tedious ride. An Indiana Congressman end his wife, thirty-five years ao, required frcm six to eight dayr to make the trip from their home to Washington. Bat a daughter of theirs, when starting for the capital city a few weeks since In a palace sleeping ctr, expressed horror of the iedious ride (of twenty-three hours) ahead of her. It is ours that is the fast age, but still It hardly keeps pace with our desire for epe-d. And perhaps thirty six years hence our day will be looked back to a 3 a alow one, jest as we lock at the year 18 10. A LAY SERMON. Bev. Heber Newton, of New York, is at It again. In the course of his last Sunday's sermon he said how frightfully beyond the disease of insanity is the vision of orthodox hell. But he fails to tell us what consti tutes orthodoxy in these latter days, and that is the most important of questions. We listened to a sermon recently from the pulpit cf a Presbyterian Church, which will be generally accepted as an orthodox church, and yet the preacher took occa sion, publicly, to criticise the West minster Confession, and to show by as log ical course of Bible reasoning as can well be devised that the church to day is not th9 church of the past. That God has always fed His children first on milk and then on meat, that the same things can not be preached or practiced now that the early Christians preached and practiced. lie showed how King David died cursing his enemies and laying injunctions upon his son and suc cessor, Solomon, to slay them, while Christ and St. Stephen died asking Cod to forgive their slayers. The minister ably showed that religion should keep pace with civilization. The utterances now made from week to week concerning hell and kindred subjects by the eo called orthodox clergymen, would, In the days of the Pilgrims, have condemned the propounders of them to obloquy only second to that visited upon Tom Paine. After all Is not the religion of Christ one of love and not of hell, and is it not better for preachers to view the- ulogy from the eternal philanthropic instead cf tbe eternal vindictive stand point? Dots not modern civilization point rather to boundless ccean3 of benevo lence than towards lonely lakes of molten glass and burning brimstone? Horrible hell hurled at the heads of hungry heathens for hundreds of years bas divided Christians into almost innumerable factions, who have wasted much of their powers for good in waging war upon each other. How woula it do to practice Christ's doc trine of charity modified and broadened by a spirit of modern civilized benevolence for a few.centuries now. and see if the Great Teacher's prayer for a union of his followers can not be realized? UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. Both the opponent of the free school sys tem and the stickler for university instruc tion at the State's expense are infected with the old world spirit of goneby eras. Eu ropean civilization, with its crowned royalty and titled nobility, has frowned upon scho lastic instruction ot the common herd while fostering learning for the favored classes. The American idea deprecates any lean ing to class or caste in legislation, or in any benefits or privileges under legislation. Is this idea strictly observed in the making of appropriations by a State for the support of a university? The common school system represents the idea, for it places instruction within the reach of all classes and conditions. The facilities extend to the country as well as the town, to the extremely uoor as well as the rich. By go ing to the doors of the children Instead of having the children come to its doors, it reaches universality. But the university, although its tutltion Is ,ree,is beyond the en joyment cf the poor tor the reason that transportation and expense of boarding can not be paid. Necessarily, then, the univer- sity becomes a class institution. Its benefits are as exclusive for the children of the rich as U the laws, in specific terms, gave them the monopoly. It ia a higher educational privUtge fcr the b&hcci alone cf a cl&a who. iZ they can pay the gnsttr, csst ot .UtLbs from home at the university town, do not need the special tuition gratuity. But there Is something more than this po litical criticiem on State University educa tion. There is positive satire on the Latin irscribed 'sheepskin" in the more univer sal success ot men who never bore off grad uation hoc oi. Examine American biog raphy snd it will be discovered that our foremost stitesnien, lawyers, philosophers and orators have been men who never en joyed high-grade college instruction. The I T rTcr icr t KP? Itt riT?o?na1 HmmKt v'b'" luwaguv, i)UI- euasive tongue and aggressive spirit which fcave distinguished our country's halls of legislation have most frequently come frcm "leg school houses," or other temples of learning whose curriculum was not so high ss that of the average Indiana common schcol. A REPOhTER'S LUCK. Stanley Huntley, a former Chicago Trib une reporter, has now an opportunity to be the beau chief cf all the Sioux tribes. Hunt Icy is the author of the famous Spaopsn tfjie papers. He had been Eent into Mon tana a few years ao to interview Sitting I Bull. He then became acquainted with "Little Knife," tbe hereditary chieftain of the Teton Sioux tribes, who, shortly after the acquaintance began, sprained his ankle. It kept growing worse, and It was thought bis time bad come. The medicine-men set up an alarming beating of drums to drive &ay the evil spirits aad pave the old man's way to happy hunting-grounds. Hearing the noise Mr. Huntley went down into the camp, and on leain icg the difficulty bound tbe old man's ankle in oil and leaves. He took care o! the lavage for several days, and at the end of that time put him on his feet as well and sound as before the accident. To show his gratitude "Little Knife" adopted Mr. Hunt ley as his son, and presented him with several ponies and a tepee, and made much of him while he remained. "Little Knife," however, died afterward, and soon his suc cessor, "Young Antelope," followed him to the happy hunting ground. Under the Indian laws the adoption of Huntley by "Little Knife" makes him the suc cessor of "Young Antelope," and be thus succeeds to the chieftainship cf all the Sioux tribes. Huntley's Indian name is Wauk-per-wau-kau (translated, "Ths Holy Leaf.") Thus does a newspaper reporter strike a bonanza, but perhaps he may not appreciate it enough to accept it. A Fargo special pa j s that it is not known whit Huntley proposes to do, but that his install ation as chief, if he accepts, will be one of the grandest festivals ever known along the frontier. THE CARRYING TRADE. The following table represents the number of vessels engaged in transporting American grain across the Atlantic, and the Nations to which they belong: Nationality. So. Steamers. .... ...... C61 urni&n.. German. S5.0:rj,8T2 CiL!,:) 5,071.778 i,9i7,;r4 1,833,205 49S.4C3 2U.8G3 107,959 ... 216 Belgian 73 C) 51 16 5 2 French. Dutch . i anish Italian.... pflD IsIa .UM Portuguese m MIH Total......... 1,123 42,06t,7JJ That Is, of 1,120 steamers engaged in oce anic grain carrying, United 8tates merchants owned not a single one. Besides these, there were 101 ealling vessels carrying grain, and of these American merchants owned two. respectfully referred to American states men. Tne New York Sun inquires for ths author cf the following lines, and pronounces it "one cf the most beautiful poems in the En glish language." Who la the author? Le massa ot de bbeopfol' Dt guard de sheepioi' tin, Look out in de rloomcrin' meadows NN bar de Ion? nlbt ruin boijin ho toe call to de hire' in' stiepaM Is my sbeep, is ck-y all come lu Oh, den Fays de hirelln shepa'd, Tcs's eouic, dcy's tiacic nad tarn. And Kine, dcy's to' ol' wedda's, iut de rcB' dey'i all brims 1". Uul de rc&' dcy's all truu m. Pen do mapa of de sheopfol Pol guard de s heenfol Ma. Goes down la de ftlooraerln' nealows, har do long ni.;bt rain begin So be le down de ba'i ob da heepfol. Tallin' sei', Come In, Come In. Callin' sol'. Come in, Como in! Den op t'ro do glcomerin meadows, T'io de col' n!ght rain and win. And up t'ro' de gloomerm' rain-pat Wha'r de sleet fa' pie'ein' thin. Da po los' steep ob de thccpfol Deyall comes gaddcrin la, De po' los' sheep ob de shoepfol Dcj all comes gadderin' lu. Lee Ltxn, of "Wabash, was the principal in a shooting matinee yesterday, and he eeems to have come elf victorious. His as sailant is described by our correspondent as "Bill Hickey, a Chicago rough." The lat ter was dying at latest advices. Aw observing exchange is lead to remark that nothing surprises a man more than be ing killed when he expects to kill somebody. Gexebal Gbakt called on the President elect yesterday. CUKREXr THOUGHT AND OPIXIOX. A political farmer is rarely a prosperous man. When political excitement runs high the crops suffer. Nashville American. Morr of these mills are expected to be run on lull time and without any reduction of wages. Paducah (Ky.) News on the thirty-one Legislatures in session. Thk disgraceful occurrence which took place in O' Donovan Eossa's sanctum in New York is a class of political assassination to be sincerely deplored. The American Celt. Tu eck is no sense In pretending that this bogus butter, called by whatever name it may be, is fit to eat, for it Isn't, and the men who make it know it Isn't. Cleveland Sun day Journal. Nixetef.5 bills have been presented In the Arkansas Legislature for the regulation of railroads. Meantime the papers in that State continue to acclaim that the pressing med of Arkansas is more railroads, Nash ville American. Ml Ibvixg wsites of American audiences in the Fortnightly Review. He says the dominant characteristic is impartiality. He has other pleasant things to say. Mr. Ir zing has acquired the thorough respect of the American public. He came here, submit ted himself on his merits, was found to bs a genuine artist with only high aims to serve, and has been warmly appreciated. Nobody begrudges the money he has made, for he has something valuable to etil He proves hlmeelf a gentleman by not depreciating ths country which has honored him. Chicago Current. Florida has become to the United States wbat Italy is to Europe, a sanitarium for invalids In winter, and a resort during that period of the year for well-to do people de sirous of escsping the rigors of the frosty sea son in the North. New York Daily News. The mission to St. Petersburg Is sali to ba the hereditary possession of Pennsylvania, acd in m!ght be added that aftsr the way the vote went in this State lait November a very cold place would be a proper place for a Pennsylvania Democrat, Pittsburg Chron-ic'e-Telegraph. There are ever so many of Grant's terse sentences running through the article; it is all well written cn its face It is a master piece but there Is an undertone of bitter ness, sud here and there cantiousneas, which is net like the old man. Salt Lake Tribune on the Century article. At this day and age we need more carpen ter schoolmasters, less of tochnology. A knowledge of mechanics and mechanical movements is ct more use as well as orna ment In a business training than an inti mate knowledge of the definite article or Greek verb. Southern Trade Gazeste. 1y5amite has yet failed to show that It can keep a roof over aDy Irish tenant or put bread in any Irish moath. It may terrorize Lcrulon; it is a wild and idle dream to ex rect it liberate Ireland. It matters not how much tbe Irish people may condemn it, they mnit "utter for it Wheeling InUlligeJcer. GC5KKAL llo?Fci:ASji' son is a Catholic prieet and his two daughters are nuns. GovKuxoß Clzvelind is a second cousin cf the pcet, Edmund Clarencs Stedman. Mr.s Ella Whkeles Wilcox Is desperate ly fond of roller skating, even more than cf writing poetry. L. B. Hamlin, of Augusta. Me., eighty-five years old, enjoys skating on the ice as well es any of the boys. Te55ye05 says: "Men are God's trees." Then dudes must be ripe thistles soft on top and Elim in the body. Miss Cleveland, sietsr of the President elect, promises to become popular as the future m:stres3 of the White House. A Wkstebn pspcr says: "Mary Ander son's kisses remind an actor who plays with her of the time when he put his tongue to a frozen lamp post when a boy." The Lishop of Mississippi, Dr. William Mercer Green, is in his eighty-eighth year, jet on a recent visitation he preached nine teen times, baptized eight and confirmed thirty-three persons. The death, a few days ago, cf Charles Downing, the poraolojist, excites but little cotice yet he was the most tasteful and suggestive of the men who wisely give their time and attention to the pleasant calling cf developing Nature's beauty in fruits, and attractive carden and lawn work generally. Jofr-n Billixg, who has abandoned house keeping and removed to the Windsor Hotel, New York, is now aboufrhixty-iive years old and begins to feel the burden of life, irre spective of its probabilities. He has been lecturing twenty-four seasons, and has fur nifbed a New York weekly a half or quarter column miscellaneous contributions every week for the last nineteen years. There is no prettier girl in New York State than Mis3 Mary Talmage, eldest daugh ter of the Brooklyn divine. She is of a pale, claisic, blonde type of beauty, petite in stature, very vivacious in manner, and stylish in dress and appearance, besides be ing a finished scholar and a great favorite in young society. It is also alleged she p33 ecises all the literary tastes of her father. Ths millionaire who looks the millionaire mere than any other in New York ia Mr. William B. Astor. You could not pass Mr. A s tor on the street without feeling that he was a very rich man. He Icoks tomethicg like Kaiser Wilhelm. He Is over six feet tall, I should say. and st?ut In proportion. His complexion Is tUrid, his eyes small and blue or gray, his nose long and rather sharp, and he wears short, gray side whiskers that lie close to his ears and a gray mustache that 13 clipped short, so that it will not interfere with his soup. He walks up town every diy from his oßice, and although he sticks his bead out in front of him and is not particu larly straight, thero Is an air of exceptional prosperity about him that Is cnmistakabls. (.IIOUOC ELIOT. BY C. H. REEVE. "More new books?" said a young friend to me, as I was opening a bundle just left by the express man. He continued: "I thought your last purchase would last you all sum mer. I saw among them George Eliot's works. Have you read them? How do you like them? I have heard so much about them that I would like to read them as soon as I finish my more serious studies." I re plied that I had read the most of them. The question "how do yon like them" as sumed a serious aspect to me. I felt it a duty to answer, but what should I say? I had often tried to form in my own mind a distinct idea of what I thought of them and had never succeeded. More or less of her personal history came -before me, and the impressions made as I read from time to time changed, and the more I analyzed the more I failed to reach a satisfactory conclu sion. Here was a young man just entering on the responsible part of the journey of life, and the answer might be important to him In many ways wholly unconnected with Miss Eliot and her writings. Profes sional criticism is one thing, while the im pressions left on the minds of the hun dreds of thousaEds of readers cf the works criticised is a very diflerent thing; something the critics' 7iewa would not affect though read ever so carefully by the readers ct the books criticised. What did I think of George Eliot's novels, was the question. I hardly knew. I had read and re-read some of them, and I had not one single recollec tion or feeling an mingled with p&in or sad ness in connection with any of them when I thought of them. Itomola, Adam Bede, Daniel Deronda, the Mill on the Floss, and others, came up before me like the ghosts of Banquo's descandents before Macbeth and the witches, and left wonder and pain as they severally bad when I read them. I 'bad felt that it was a misnomer to call them novels. There were no real elements of a novel iu them if taken as a whole. They were not dramas there was no plot, They simply grew. They were not histories. They were eesaya, LT anything based on im portant facts. Escayi attached to a story. They could not be read as essajs or stories sift W cU Am. tTio i&a I been read tbe next would be entered on with mingled feelings of dread and hope if regarded as a novel dread of dire catas trophe, and hope that it would bs free from it and fuil of sunshine. Bead as an esay the story could not be followed. Tbe mind would be on the stretch to lollow the characters, while bsing con stantly drawn aside to consider the philoso phy. At no time could it be free from a de sire to consider and argue the multiDlicity of serious questions presented to follow out tbe rew channels of thoaght constantly opening cn this hand or that. A vulgar com paiieon made the reading like dressing for a tall, then oscillating between the dancing in tbe ball-room and the etcdy of abstruse mathe matical problems in the dressing-room, with an occasional interruption to witness some painful or wonderful scene, lam totally unable to find a clear comparison. I was dispese d to think they were failures as nov els failures ss essays while the matter in tl em, ee parted and put In different shepe, would make both of the very highest order. Tbey seemed like an effort to blend philoso phy ocd nmance, and spoiling both. Had tbey done an v good? Had tbey done any barm? Confound them! I wish I had never read tbera, was the feeling I ecrreiimeB had. Yet, on an attempt at analysis, I askfd myself all sorts of questions. Had she not accomplished in perfection wbat no other writer had been able to do? Had she not pictured life as it is in reality and leftnothlng to imagination? Had she rot analyzed character as no one before her had ever succeeded In doing? Hed she net condensed more social science into less space than ever had been attempted by the most astute professors, and then with unparalleled ingenuity put It in such shape that it would be read by millions, in stead of reaching only the scholars aDd rust ing cn tbe shelves of classic libraries. I could not decide. The impressions of pain and suffering and wretchedness had confr rated me at every step as I moved along with her characters. Tne meanness, the bitterness, viciousness of humanity, often blessed with the best that life can give of material sur roundings, side by side with the goodness, tbe tense of right and jastice, the noblest eecrifices, the most ennobling thoughts and ects rewarded by trouble, misfortane, decep tion and injustice at every turn. Ignorance and weakness supremely happy, knowledge and strength supremely miserable. Here and there a little reward for a Dinah Morris or an Adam Bede but what an ocean of wretchedness and sorrow are crossed to reach it? Here and there a sort of happiness like Mis. Cassaubon after years of mistakes and inconsistencies. Here and there a semi pleasant life like JMr. Irwine's, but wbat per sonal EacrlCce, and floods of sorrow from time to time, leave bitter memories? What devilish fatality is it that puts such patieccs and poverty together as we find with Mrs. Mors; snch poodneis and misery as centers in Philip Wakem; such stuidy lense ot jes t'ce and dire misfortune as 'all to the lot of Mr. Tulliver; such infernal spite as vents its malice on Maggie Tulliver and sends the rranly Tom to the bottom of the river; while a vagabond like Bob Jakln with only a lit tle gratitude and generoäity In him to offset a world of knavery and an educated villlan like Stephen Guest, get through life swim mingly and enjoy about all there is in it? Why does she bring such people before us mixed up with the analysis of human char acter under all phases and circumstances, with history, philosophy, science, theology, so put together that only pain and wonder remain to us when we lay down one of her books, end then call it a novel? Why is it that eome poor girl is betrayed and her life crushed out, in nearly every one of her works? Why is some noble character re warded only after suffering the gravest ir-justice and when but a narrow margin of life is left, while often, he or she goes down under the vilest injustice? Is it because ske brings before us that which is about us on all aides, but which we only tartly fee? Does she mingle with tho pain we feel when following her a something, that makes us jndge more correctly, look at life more rationally, weigh human motives ii ore impartially and enables us to deal more with facts and less with romance, edept oureelve8 to our surroundings a? they are and strive less to act as it they were as our fancies would have them? How could an Atheist or a Fatal ist write such things as she has written, or paint such eceres in words as she Las pre- sented to us? Has she left us sceptics in doubt when we lay down her books? Am 1 6erry I have read her writines? Ha3 she ncWbown us vice and what led to It began with its incubation and followed its growth; and all along shown how it could have been avoided? Has she not shown us virtue and what reward it ha3 if any? Ha? she not shown us the weakness and the strength of human nature and the spriegs that underlie its thoughts and acts, as no other novelist has ever been able to do and in a way that prevents comparison with any other writer? Haa she not done what the pulpit and the stage have failed to do shown Ü3 human life as it Is, without one particle of romantic coloring, and yet, with all the real romance it ever feels or knows tavc in imagination? Has she not shown ns tbe best there is in womanhood, and also the meanest atd lowest it is capable of, and every grade between the two, and in every relation? Has ehe not fchown us the perfection of a life that was lived with belief in a God and a hereafter; in His special guidance and un failing justice while she shows no other li'e so perfect? Has she not given us the sub limity of eloquence, pathos and love in the Eermons Bnd prayers of Dinah Morris? What preacher or writer ever left a more holy in fluence on their hearers or readers than she has left in her writings about this heroic character; even mingled as it is with scenes so full of pain and sadness? What writer ever started two such streams as she did in Daniel Deronda? Flowing eide by side, full of rushing currents and deep waters, utterly unlike, always in view, always separate, one rising and falling in the effort to mingle with the other, yet each flowing in its own channel to the last; the one steady, strong, unvarying, the other turbulent or quiet, furious or shallow, clear cr turbid alternately, bearing along on them tbe wiedom and folly, the virtues and vices, the hopes and despairs, tbe blisses and miseries, the beneficences and crimes of life in contrasts we can not lose sight of and that leave their impressions for a lifetime? And so on ques tions come to me, and I do not know what I think cf George Eliot's novels. She seems to have lived in a world of thought that was peculiarly her own. Her writings stand by themselves apart from these of all others, haying nothing in common. In the years to come she will be better understood than sbe is now, and she may take her place with the excepteonal children of genius, like Shakspeare, among the most profound ob servers of human character. Two Ileantles In Washington. Albany Journal. I Mrs. He'yar, wife of the second Secretary of the British Legation, wore a white satin enwrought with gold brocade, in which I first saw her at Mrs. Berry's party. Her beautiful shoulders, bust and arms were very clearly indicated by the shortcomings of her dress, and sbe carried two immense bouquets, that of English violet fully equalling a large cabbage in size, snd perfuming the entire ' parlor. There Is a great difference of opinion as to this young matron's charms, nearly all women whom I hear express themselves denying her any claim to beauty of counte nance, though conceding her a superb yet delicately moulded figure and a distin guished manner She is a blonde. Her face conveys an air of the utmost In difference to the female sex. Men surround her in crowds, and she rarely crosses a parlor with less than two favored escorts. Her hus band is a hearty, handsome young English roan, not at all troubled at the admiration of his queenly wife. rGlobe-Democrat! A very pretty woman who has reappeared In Washington this Year Is lire. George Spencer wila t ths ffrxiCi getter, Irca Alabama. Six years ago society was exnitsi when tbe Senator went over to New York, mariied Miss Nullen, a member ot a theater company there, and brousht his bride here. She was a Mississippian by birtn, and related to several Generals of the Confederate and Egyptian service, and is atill a very beautifel woman of the elender Spanisn type. As eLe appeared the other day, raktngsorue afternoon calls upon ladies in the same hotel where she is staying, she was the striking figure of tbe occasion. Sbe wore a long black velvet dress, an immense black Rubens bat covered with black plumes, very long black glove, and carriel a large fan cf black ctrich feathers, which, In Its graceful motions, seconded tbe wonderful play of her large dark eyes under the thin arching brovs. She held a whole company of ladies spellbound and fascinated, and that is tbe last and nost crucial test of any pretty woman's tal ents. When she sat down they formed a semicircle before her, and she carried them with her by storm. Except for an oc casional question they let ber have it all her own way, and she was as bright, epark lingacd fascinating to all those- womm and bewitched them as completely with her err lies and her black eyes and clever talk as if tbey had been so many susceptsble men. MIC TALBAGE ON 'D VXAS1ITE." II r gain the Lt11 of Destruction Is Old and Defends the Irish People, New York Ilcra'd, Jan. SJ.J Mr, Talmage talked of dynamite to a large aDd appreciative audience last evening. He said : "All Christendom is sbating with the dynamite ague. People talk as tboagh murder on a large scaie and particularly of officials was a novelty, and that this species of night shade was unknown to the present generation. The recent explosions iu West minster Hall and the House of Commons was a very mild attempt as compared with the Guy Fawkes dastard y, and far back in the line of Englbh, French and Kussian Kings it was the exception whn one of them died in his bed. The devil of destruc tion is an old deviL Call it what you will, socialism or anything else, sometimes it shows Itself by throwing vitrol in the face, by crashing a cart-wheel against a carriage, by shooting down a President, or sometimes by attempting to blow up a Parliament House. Toe philosophy of the whole matter is, that large numbers of people, who by their crime cr by being lazy own nothing, are mad at those who by their wit and en ergy are In possession of large resources. Tbe honest laboring classes have never had anything to do with these crimes. And as on the same night in Washington they attempt the life of Lincoln, Johnson, Seward or Stanton, or on the same Saturday in London, when innocent women and chil dren are enjoying the great sights In the House ot Commons, the desperadoes attempt wholesale massacre. As yet the authors of the recent outrages against the House of Par liament are unknown, but on groundless suspicion 5,000 Irishmen in England are turned out of employment. Such unfair measures will never stamp dynamite with harmlessnees. There is not an honest Irish man on either side cf the seas who favors the acts which took place last Saturday in London. When the shattered House of Commons (bail be repaired and her na tional Legislature with calmed pulses assem bled, they can in one week, by useful enact ment, do more by careful study of the Irish difficulty than can ever be obtained by this excited expulsion. Let the darts ot justice fly, but let them strike the right mark. He Tho acht It Wo aid Do. IChicago Ilerald.l 'I want a divorce from my wife," said a Washington street broker to his attorney, "but I don't know how to begin it." "Any ground for scandal?" asked the at torney. "No; oh, no " 'I)id she ever hit you?" "No; her temper is quite even." "Did she ever blow out the gas?" "No she let? it burn. Mayae tnat would be grounds, eh?" 'No," said the attorney. "In that case she would call to her aid the gas company, and we would have to struggle with a mo nopoly. That wouldn't do." "No," said the applicant sadly. "D d she ever scald any of the children?" asked the attorney, brishtening up. "Haven't got any to scald. I suppose it wouldn't do to say she scalded the children of the next door neighbor. "No." "Then I don't know whst to do or say." Tnen both men looked thoughtfally out ol the window for nearly eeven minutes. "She arank out of the finger bowl at the hotel when we were on our bridal tour," said the husband, hesitatingly. "If you get the date and witnesses." said the lawyer quickly, "I think that will be Sufficient under our law." Then they went out together and called for two schooners of beer. AN INFIDEL WIFE. The Wife cf a P., C. and St. L. Conduct or Elopes With Another Man, And the Guilty Pair Are Found To gether at the Farmers' Hotel, thld City The Lothario Arroeted. William Woods, of Columbus, 0., was ar rested yesterday evening by Patrolmen Clarke and Pope a 3 a fugitive from justice. The arrest was caused by Eli D. Miner, a conductor of the P., C. and St. L., who also resides in Columbus, and who charges the prisoner with seduction, his wife being the victim. It appears that the prisoner Is train-caller for the Pan-Handle Itoad at the above point, and some time ago formed an acquaintance with Miner's wife. Some days since, this lady informed her husband that she intended to visit her mother In Oiceola, Iowa. To this Mr. Miner made no objection, and his wife scon started for that point, as he supposed. Woods disappeared on the same day that Mrs. Miner departed, and rumors were afloat that he had gone off with her. These reports reached the ears of her his band, and he came to the conclusion that there was tome truth in them. He went to Osceola at once and found that hin wife had net been there; further that her mother was dangerously ilL Feeling convinced that something was wrong, Mr. Miner left imme diately for this city, arrivin? here several days ago. He at once inatituted a search for his missing wife, and about noon yester day happened to drop Into the Farmers' Hotel, where he observed a trunk with her came marked on it. Going to tbe book, he found that Mrs. Miner and Mr. Woods had registered as man and wife, and had been occupying the came room for several days. He remained about the hotel for several hours, and finally went out in search cf a policeman. At the depot he found the above mentioned olucers, and ordered them to arrest Woods, which they did as above stated. Miner says he will no longer live with his wife, and it Is quite probable that she will return to her parents. An attempt was made to Interview Woods at the Central Station last night, but he pos itively declined to talk to the reporter. It was learned, however, that the altered se ducer was married but a few weeks ago, and has relatives residing In Knightstown, Ind. He has been in the employ of the railroad company for some time past, and has borne a very good reputation in Columbus, where he haa resided for many years. He will be retuzstd to tht placu t9-xsxr7 LEGISLATIVE SOTJSg. Short lots In Both ttmrbes of ther Legislature Yesterday. The Senate Committee on Prisons Visit the Michigan City Institu tionOther Notes. Both bodies rf the Legislature a Ijoumei at nocn es?erday, to mett at - o'clock Moa dsy. Directors of tbe prisons end Trustees of the bfcevoientinstitulioriS will beelected at 2:J p. m. to-morrow. Mr. Ocodirg is opposed to compacts bs- tren Insurance comranfei and bas intro duced a bill to prevent them. The pariies to the Knlgbtston Home controversy have employed attorneys and tbe disclosures are expected to be sensa tional, dirtv and costly. A bill introdoced by Senator Killlgas em powers County Commissioners to cpen books for subscriptions to erect soldiers' monu ments and to appropriate money for tbe same. When the Houee assembled yesterday there were but sixty-three membsrs prewnt, and the aid of the Sergeant-at-Arms had ta be invoked. Five wandering etatesmon were corralled and the House proceeded to bus! -nks?. T. W.Tomlinson, of Lo?aisport, has been appointed clerk and stenographer for tbe Knightstown Investigating Committee at a salary of $'3 per day, and a day's work is fixed at eight hours actcal employment. Considering that stenographic court report ers are worth but ?5 per day, this eeems just a little odd. The Hcuse has ordered printed the Sssate bills providing for a temporary loan and appropriating money for the completion and equipment of the new insane hospitals. If Mr. Moody proposed to investigate the Asylums, it would be well for him to begin at once, as they are likely to be completed within the few year a'. THE tEXATE COMMITTEE AT THS 5 OnTIIEr.IT raicoN. The Senate Committee cn Priaons, repre sented by Senators Hoover, Faulkner, Bent, Null, Campbell, of St. Joe, and Marshall, returned yesterday afternoon, alter a very pleasant trip to the Lake City. They were accompanied by Miss Frankie Faulkner and Miss Susie Morgan, and Mr. John Saids, and a numar of others. Both on the cars and at leisure moments while at the prison Senator Hoover's bill for.the encour agement of lifetime convicts in tbe State Prisons was freely discussed and earn estly approved by all members of the com mittee. The bill provides that prisonerj eentenced for life shall be liberated by the Governor at the expiration of twenty-five years from the date of their sentence, less the time earned by good behavior during tbe time of imprisonment. A convict whose behavior had been uniformly good' would, under the provisions of this bill, be released at the expiration of fifteen years and three months. The release, however, would be only provis ional; tbe slightest infringement of law after their release would remand to prison for the unexpired term. Ilev. Mr. McCain, chaplain of the Southern Prison, said that no life time convict who bad been pardoned by tbe Governor had ever committed a second of fense which returned him to prison. War den Murdock gives like testimony as to the Northern Prison. Senator Campbell, of Su Joe, who is one of the ablest Repub lican Senators, made a somewhat strict investigation of tbe prison accounts, and called for vouchers as to time ot convict labor, cot only from the guard! but also from eome of the contractors for such labor; and also made personal exami nation of the Warden's bond. Mr. Mur deck eald that be was willing and ready at aDy time to permit the moet searching in vestigation as to every detail of expenditure and every act cf discipline. And he added that if the Legislature did not think a bond of 0,000 was ample, he was willing to give one for 30.000 or for fcViOO.OOO. at twenty-four hours notice. The Senator frcm St. Joe said he was eatisCed that the present bond was large enough, and good enough, and that the books showed a satis factory management of the finance. Clerk Condon was complimented by members ot the committee on his bookkeeping. The Hon. Henry Manning, of Fort Wayne, one of the directors, was present, and aided the committee materially in their investigation. Mr. George Majors, one of the other dirso- tors, was unfortunately absent by reason of sicknees. Union City. A departure from the old order of things was inaugurated last evening by J. W. Staats, proprietor of the Branham House. The large dining-room was cleared of tablet, and cards of invitation having been Issued to the married people by the order of "Old Liners," under the supervision ot C, W. Bmlta and J. L. Wiggin, about fifty couple of tbe married folks assembled, and with stirring strains of music by Trofesior Will iam Woods' full orchestra, the dance waa cn. No round dances were permitted. "The Irish Washerwoman," "FJcketts HornDipe" and other ancient airs were called for. and the almost forgotten figures of the "Virginia Keel" and "iioney Musk" were revived. Those who preferred less muscular exercise were invited to the parlor, where "progressive euchre" was the order. At 10 o'clock a substantial lunch was served with coffee, after which business was resumed till midnight. The alacrity with which some of the old stagers like Dr. Yergin, J. D. Smith and others went through the changes of the Vir ginia reel was a caution to beginners. Al together it was a royal entertainment. The recent disasters from natural gas ex plosions indifferent parts cf the country, aLd the unfavorable legislation now pend ing against companies controlling the same, haa greatly dampened the enter prise here. It now seems that a system cf electric lightinar for both domestic and atreet purpose will b adopted instead of waiting the cheaper mode of natural gst. G. W. Smith Is about to close a contract for a $2,500 lathe to be used exclusively for turning boxwood wheels for his two-wheeled roller skates. The magnetic lady evangelist from Hart ford City has bsen expected here to assist ia a protracted meeting now in progress at the M. E. Church. She has not arrived yet, but is expected every day. J i sole. The Twain-Cable Entertainment. The "Mark Twain"-Cable readings at Plymouth Church yesterday afternoon and evening attracted large audiences. The same programme was rendered on both occasions. Mr. Clemens Inimitable drawl, attitude aad facial expressions add greatly to the laughter-provoking qualities of his graphic delineations ss be told of a "Desperate En counter with an Interviewer," "Hack Finn and Tom Sawyer's Brilliant Achievement," The Blue Jay's Mistake," and "My Duel." Mr. Cable's humor, though equally enjoy able, is more subdued. It is of a raere deli cate nature, and their ia a vein, ot pathos running through it. His readings include "Kaoul Innerarlty Kxhibits Ills Picture," "Raool Innerarity Announces His liar riage," "Aurora and Hoaora, CcrUhln Bcene," ana ixj 1-0.1 . . J I V