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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1893.
THEB0AIU) OFTHADE'SWOBK neb aid as the mission can render. Theotbees of tbe mi ion aro in tho charityrooms of the Plymouth Baiiding.
their number all day just to hold themhack. The Vermont colonel remarks thatupon that ooeasion he was convinced that"lien-Hor- y was a courageous leader and atrue gentleman." He has not changed hismind.
The intimacy between whiskers and thewind was noted by Chancer, who has thisline in "The Shipman:" "With many atempest had his heard been shake,"
Zola has been turned down by thoAcademy again. Mr. Zola is the GeneralWeaver of Frenoh literature.
was made touching its condition, it be-
came more and more apparent that thoinstitution was not only solvent, butcapable of proceeding to business. Thisepisodo should tend to confirm confi-dence in all the regular banking institu-tions of Indianapolis. They are man-aged by men of experience who havethose conservative theories regardingbank management which insure finan-cial stability. At all times, and speciallyin seasons of doubt, it is a great advan-tage to a community to know beyond areasonable doubt that its banks aresound, and that money is safer in themthan in private hands.
bearing on tho question. Sunday trains,freight, passenger and mail, run on nilthe roads, and have been doing so foryear past, without reference to theworld's fair. It is quite likely that Sun-day travel will be heavier than usualduring tho next few months on accountof the fair, as travel on every other dayof tho week will be, but the trainswould run all the same if the fairwere not open on Sunday. Theworld's fair is a very small factor in thequestion "of Sunday railroad work, amere bubble on the stream. Tho Jour-nal would be heartily in favor of a greatreduction in the amount of Sunday rail-
road work, as it would be of any move-ment that looked to a more general ob-
servance of Sunday as a day of rest fornil classes of men, but it cannot seethat that reform would bo promoted aniota by closing the fair on Sunday. Itmay bo remarked, by the way, that thegovernment which has niado 60 greata show of Sabbatarian virtue in itseffort to close the gates of tho fair onSundays, is itself a wholesale sinner inthis regard, since it stipulates by con-
tract for the ' carrying of the mails onSunday and compels many thousands ofpostal clerks and postoflice employes towork on that day. Tho position of thogovernment on the Sunday closingquestion has been thoroughly Phari-saical. Next to the railroads it hasdono and is doing more to break downthe observance of Sunday as a day ofrest than any other organization or in-
fluence in the land. It would have ap-
peared more consistent if it had stoppedits hundreds of Sunday mail trains andreleased its thousands of postal cmployes from Sunday work before tryingto close the world's fair on Sundays.
The Journal docs not believe that theAmerican Sunday will euffor any detri-ment as a day of rest from Sundayopening of the fair, or that Americanworkingmen aro in any immediate dan-ger of having their days or hours oflabor increased. On tho contrary, thetendency of things is distinctly in thoother direction.
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A CONFIDENCE GAME. ,
"There will bo no assault on pensions"was the declaration of a prominent In-
diana Democrat, who is himself a vet-eran, to a Republican veteran aboutthree months ago. He then proceededto give his reasons. During tho Na-
tional Encampment it was ascertainedby Democratic veterans from those inattendance that the soldier vote wastending toward General Harrison more'decidedly than it over had towtrd a Re-
publican candidate, and that, unlesssomething was done at once to stop themovement, the Democrats could hopofor nothing in any of the close States oftho North. A very secret conferencewas held to consider the matter, andrepresentations wero mado to men whowere near to Mr. Cleveland which ledthem to fix np some sort of a statementto the effect that Mr. Cleveland, ifelected, would not assail the pensionsystem, regarding it in tho nature of asettled question. This statement wasput in the form of a pledge, and, someweeks before the election, all Democraticvoters in this State and in others, whoare veterans, were privately seen andassured that Mr. Cleveland was allright. At the same time an annex ofthe Democratic national committee,run under tho auspices of an allegedDemocratic veteran association, sentout thousands of circulars setting forththat it was better for veterans to dividetheir vote nnd that it was much to theiradvantage to vote for Mr". Cleveland.The result of this effort was that manyveterans of Democratic predilections,who would have voted for General Har-rison early in October, were won backto the Democracy by the assuranceswhich tho Democratic conference atthe time of the encampment caused tobe made to them, ostensibly in the nameof Mr. Cleveland. Tho Democrat fromwhom this information comes said thatnearly every Democratic soldier in Indi-nu- a
was seen and won back to Cleve-land. He also expressod tho opinionthat, but for that special effort, Indianawould have gone Republican. It nowseems that those Democratic managerswho engineered the schemo did nothave authority to speak for Mr. Cleve-land, but played a sort of a green-good- s
game upon several thousand veteransin Indiana.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
THE DAILY JOURNALTUESDAY. JUNK 20. 1693.
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TIIK lNOlAXAI'OLI JOUllNALCan be found at th following pLices:IAIIIK American Exchange in Pari, 30 Boulevard
" CapuctueH.KLAV YOKK-OiLs- ey House and Windsor Hotel.
X'lilLADL'LFHIA-- A. 1. Ktmble. 3735 Lancasteravenue.
CHICAdO Palmer House.
CINCINNATI J. K. Haw ley & Co., 13t Vine street.
LOUISVILLE C. T. 1 orlag, northwest corner ofThird and JetfVron 6trt-eta- .
BT. LOUIS Union 2ews Company, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON'. D. C IUggs Honse and KbblttHou
Tin; 1,031 Doinocrato who sought thetwenty-fiv- e Indian agencies, for whichMr. Cleveland has wisely named armyofficers, haven't been 80 mud with thefederal array since LeeV surrender.
It has been intimated that Mr. Cleve-land friends are 'striving to so absorbthe attention of the. country in tho sil-
ver issuo that tho tariff may be forgot-te- n
and ignored. My this be the case.
A few inouths ago iorty-fou- r coun-
ties in Kansas possessing pnorhousesand farms were withoutn single pauper,end yet, if the Pefters and the Simpsonscan be believed, Kntisaiis are hurryingto the poorhotisea hy thousands.
Tiikke are a great many 'very hungryDemocrats, but no one of average abili-ty seems willing to take the place thatMr. Mount desires to leave.showinfrtkatthey tear the stigma which lias attachedto hauling down the American flag.
In 1680 the umouut of United States"bonds held in Europe was $537,000,000.It is estimated from the checks for in-
terest on bonds sent abroad that $18,-500,0- 60
of tho national securities areheld abroad.' This ia one of the resultsof the Republican policy.
Tm: sixty clerks dismissed from theland bureau is not the economical meas-ure that the announcement implies, butwas necessary because the appropria-tion is exhausted. They will not getback, but new men will bo taken whohave passed civil-servi- ce examinations.
The repeal ol tho Sherman act, de-
sirable as it is, will not prevent tho ex-
port of gold. "'So long as wb pur-chase $10,000,000 a month vt merchan-dise) in foreign markets more than weBell those markets, gold niust be scrapedup and shipped to square the books.
The nx used by Mr. Gladstone inchopping down trees on his estate ofHnwarden is to bo placed on exhibitionat the world's fair. If the managerswish to attract a crowd of enthusiasticDemocrats, they should exhibit the nxused by Fourth Assistant Postmaster-gener- al
Maxwell in chopping off thoheads of Republican postmasters.
If thero was an adopted son in thoBorden family who left under a cloudBorne time beforo tho murder was com-
mitted, why has he not been hunted upand accounted for? It looks very muchas if the detectives nnd police had con-line- d
thtir tHurts entirely to trying tolix the crime on Lizzie Borden. Havingadopted a theory, they disregardedvry thing that could not bo niado to
sapport it.
Lat week, when trio President didnot appear at the Whit Houeo for twoor three days, tojulyish correspondents,to appease the ollice seekers' wrath andput the Anointed One right before thocountry, telegraphed that Mr. Cleve-land was suffering from an attack ofrheumatism. Now tho correspondent ofthe ollicial organ, the Now York Times,declares that the President remained inBecluftion because thero was an unac-countable "run" of plnci seekers andtheir friend which he wiU-- to chock.
The international congress of bank-ers and financiers, which is to meet inChicago to-da- y. will embrace a largoamount of financial talent. Tho Gov-ernors of forty States and Territorieshave appointed delegates, almost all thobankers' associations and clearinghouses will be represented, and over1,000 hankers of this and foreign coun-tries have signified thoir purpose to at-
tend. Of course, the conercsa can donothing but talk, but its talk ought tothrow some light on current financialproblems.
Goveknou Matthews, who has beenInvestigating the situation at Robey,laid to a reporter of a Chicago paper,"Thero will be no more rprizo tights inmy State." This is the right kind oftalk, and it i to bo hoped the Governorwill stand up to it. Thero have beentwo prize fights at Robey already, inspite of the Governor's Assurance thatnorio should occur, but tho people willgive him another chance to make hiswords good. All that is necessary is tosee that the law is enfored, and that iswhat a Governor is for.
The comparatively small amount ofmoney drawn out of the Capital Rankyesterday, when it was reopened forbusiness, and tho faith which its regularcustomers showed in the institution bymaking deposits, are very encouragingindications. As a matter of fact, thorowas very little cause for the bank toclose its doors. If it hnd been able, atthrt time, to hnve nmdo a statement ofits condition, it is not probable that itwould have been forced to close. Everyday eftcr it was closed that a fitutewent
THE ACTII0KS' HEADING.
Invitation to the Afternoon Reception Mr.bherlsy in the City.
The sale of seats for the Preai Club en-
tertainment, which is to be given at theGrand Opera House to-morr- ow nlght,openedvery promisingly yesterday morning, andthroughout tbe day tbe sale was large. Theauthors' reading will prove a strong draw-ing card. Mr. Douglass Sberley, the tsi-lent- ed
author, of Louisville, who is on theprogramme, reached the city list night nndis at the Denison. Mr. oang Allison willbe in to-da- y.
The invitations to the reception, whioriis to be tendered the prominent gentlemento-morr- ow afternoon, have been somewhatdelayed by the printer, bat they will be inthe mails to-da- y.
CAR ACCOUNTANTS GALORE
Convention of tbo Rational Associationlargely Attended Yesterday.
Officers Elected for the Year Method! ofWork DUccssed Next Meeting at
0M Pcint Comfort
The eighteenth annnal convention of theInternational Association of Kailway CarAccountants convened at the Board ofTrade rooms at v:45 yesterday morning-Owin- g
to the unavoidable absence of thepresident and vice presidentof the assooia-tio- o,
Mr. S. II. Church, of the Pennsylva-nia Company,' chairman of the executivecommittee, presided.. The associationopened with an address of welcome byMayor Sullivan. Ollicers were then electedfor the coming year.
Presldent-- S. II. Church.Vice Prei(leut-- H. L. Sielght.Secretary L. P. Hochrist.Executive Cinmltiet C. P. Chesebro, J. R.
Cavunagh, W. V. Wheatlcy.A large number of tho delegates brought
ladies. The total number of people num-bered about one hundred and thirty. Amotion to change the namo ot tha associa-tion was defeated. The reports of o flic enwere rec: vVd and referred. The reaigatioi'iof Vice President Hale was received wjthexpressions of. regret Ho has been prmoted to a position in which tho handlingof cars does not figure in his work aud thiawas the reason of his resignation. -
The afternoon Was spent largely in passingupon the revision of tbo constitution andby laws.as reported from the committee. Thechanges made were not of great impor-tance. The "per diem" method of account-ing tor service of cars occupied a shorttime in discussion. The present system ison tbe mileage basis . and dependsupon the honesty of the road using tbe oar.It is impossible to keep track of a car,it is said, npon tbe mileage basis. Thqrewas ono instance during tho year when itwas discovered that a road in New Eng-land had been systematically swindlingother roads with whioh it did business outof large sums of money, lieititntion wasmade after tbo discovery,-nn-d $SU.ooo WHineeded to square tbo accounts. This Lamado the subject ono of. great interest justnow, and it is probable it will result in aretnru to the per diem system, iu which acomplete account can be kept. Tbe sub-ject was referred to the American Batlwu7Association.
Mr. S. H. Cburob, of the Pennsylvaniaroad, read a paper upon the subje t of pool-ing in the ownership and use of box cars.He sought to demonstrtto how thia ideacould be used to advantage by railroads,giving each tho use ot cars whennot needed by tbe other members ofthe pool. Tbe discussion showed that theplans suggested did not strike the conven-tion as altogether leasi bio under presentconditions. It was admitted, however,that the scheme might bo mado to workwell on a limited scale. It was held to haimpossible ot execution generally unlessthe present system of car service can bochanged.
The convention decided to meet at OldPoint Comfort on Juno 19, :8.)L Tho even- -ing was spent socially. The ladies of theparty were given a ride over tho city incarriages at tbe expense, of the Big Fourroad. The gentlemen wero entertained atthe Denison House by Mr. Cavanagh. ofthis city. The convention will finish itswork to-da- y. Among the entertainment!provided aro a banquet and a hall.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Charles Milton, a Contracting Carpsnter,Drinks Poison Disappointed in Business.
Charles Milton, a contracting carpenter,attempted eelf-destrnctio- n, yesterday, in alit of despondency due to disappointmentin business. His last contracts resulted inhis Wing money, aud. having a family ofchildren, including a babe, dependent uponhim. he became disoouragod. He dfanlc m
quantity of chloral hydrate during thaevening and lay down upon the lounge intbe sitting room of bis house, corner ofWilkins and Locust streets. His wifethought he was only asleep until she heardhim fall from the lounge to the floor, andthen she found she could not arouse him.Dr. C. I. Fletcher was called in. and afterfour or five hours' work succeeded in bring-ing him to consciousness. Itisnow thoughtthat ho will recover.
Art Ht Sr. .JolitiXThe annual exhibit of the art work dona
at SL John's Academy, dnricg the year,opened yesterday, and will coutinne opento the public till Saturday morning. Thopupils show the largest collection ever ex-
hibited at the school, and tbe variety isalso unusual. There are oil and water col-ors, pastol and crayons, china painting '
and embroidery. On one table is shownsome excellent plain sewing, dono by theboarding pupils. Tbe walls of tbe largeroom aro covered with piotures of all sub-jects and sizes. Portraits are a prominentfeature of the exhibit There have beenseventy-cu- e in the art department duringtho year. Miss Julia (iroenwal.lt ranksfirst, and sbe has made some very excellentpieces, in several kinds of painting. Aroyal Worcester vase is very-good- . MisaNina Ward also has epeciii talent for artwork. Considerable skill is shown bymany, in each department. Thn exhibit isfree to the public till Saturday at StJohn's. on Maryland treet, Fridavevening the commencement exercises willhe held.
Wild Story of Dmsinlt'ng a Cmr.
Last night, shortly before midnight, awild-eye- d individual rushed into Lsnbarn's road house and insisted upon tele-phoning for an ambulance. Ho told ftweird tale, to the ellect that three maskedmen had wayUld an Irvington car andthrown dynami:o into it, killing or fatallyinjuring two men. Inve stigation failed tothrow any light npon his story, and thestranger was put down as the possessor ofau unusually lurid "jog."
Flower fr ! I'rl.onerw.A delegation from the Young People's So
cietv of Christian Endeavor swooped downon tho jail yesterday morning with basketsof flowers for the prisoners. Each inmntaof the place was given n bouquet and atong-boo- k.
Service were held iu tho interior oftho cell-roo- Inquiry was infc.de for AuuieWagner, and sue was presented with twobouquets.
Fir Marted by lttt.Eats chewed some matches in a bedroom
of tbe James House, on North Alabamaatroet. yesterday afternoon and 'caused afive-doll-ar blaze, which the fire departmentextinguished.
Halt Club' Tour.The Indianapolis olnb will start out to-
day on its tour ot tho State, playing atMuncie, Lebanon and other points. Shep-ar-d
and bchaub will bo tho battery at Man-CI- O
to-da-y.
Its Statistics Show the City Has IJad aVery Prosperous Year.
lIOYement Toward ConTertin? the MorrisProperty Into "Morris Park" Other
Business of the Governors.
The annual meeting of the board of gov-
ernors of the Board of Trade occurred lastnight at headquarters for the purpose of in-
stalling eleoted ollicers and for the electionof the secretary and graia inspectors. Thenewly-electe- d president, Mr. James A.Wildman. was installed in his chair by theretiring president. Mr. Murphy, and. in as-
suming the gavel, mads a short and pointed address. After thanking the board forthe honor conferred upon him, and pledg-
ing his best strength to the service of thoorganization, he proceeded to speak of thoprosperity of the city. It is a matter ofcongratulation, he said, that the bankwhioh was recently in trouble hasagain opened its doers and ia pre-
pared to merit and to enjoy the con-
fidence of the business public Itdemonstrated that the city is in a tpendldfinancial condition, and he ventured to as-
sert that no city of its eizo in the countryis in hotter financial form. Thero is less ofthat common feeling of opposition againsttho capital or leading city of a State thanthere used to he against Indianapolis.Evidence of this was. found in the easewith which capital from other cities of theState was induced to join with the capitalof this city in the organization of the twolane financial concerns whioh have beenrecently organized. Ho was glad, he said,to take note of this good feeling towardthe city. He bespoke a reciprocal feelingof interest in the welfare of other cities ofthe btate, and urged the members of theBoard of Trade to give visitors in the oity acordial welcome and manifest the interestthat hospitality dictates.
inferring to tho city's record in the pastyear. President Wildman pointed ont thatthero were 2,700 now houses built during,the year of ltrj2, at a cost of S3.500.00il. Ofthese 1,754 were built by building and loanassociations, or nearly two-third- s of tbewhole. There are about one hundred efthese associations in the city. The num-ber of real-estat- e transactions during thoyear was 5.775,, involving a change cfnearly Sll.OOU.OO0L A jobbing trade wasdone in thi city last year amounting to229.000.000. The figures showing the in-ore- ase
iu the banking business over tbeprevious year are as followw:Total Increase in capital ...$200,000Total Increase la surplus 1!30,S84Total Increase In loans 1.075,110Total increase iu deposits 1,443,5 ttO
Bank clearances for the year18!-- J were $215.08,389.2!)Ifyi wero 214,'JG5,loi.30
Being an increase of $823,267.99The number of freight cars received and for-
warded at this polut, for the year was 1,270,585,of which 794,385 were handled by tho llelt rail-road.
One hundred and twenty passenger trains ar-rive and depart from the Union Station, daily,carrying '2b,Ui)0 passengers every hour.
Owing to tbe election qf George W.Sloan us vice president, there was a va-cancy on the hoard of governors. It wasfilled last night by the eleotiou of Gen. IL8. Foster for a term of four years. He andW. B. lioltou having received an eualnumber of votes, it 'was determined hy lottnat General Foster should serve tho four-ye- ar
term and Mr. Hoiton the two-yea- r
term. J. E. McGettigau was the othermember who drew a two-ye- ar term. Thenew members eleoted outside of those aroJohn V. Murphy. E. B. Martindale. Wil-liam Scott, John P. Wallick, Albert Gall.Ford Woods, Edward Hawkins, C. S. Den-ny and J. E. Shideler.
Proceeding to the eleotion of those off-icers whom it is incumbent upon tbe hoardof governors to eleot, the vote was uuani-mot- is
for Jacob W. Smith for secretary,and for Edward Duuu for chief inspectorof grain, aud for John lleiner for assistantinspector of grain. The president was in-structed to appoint a coin mitten of five,who shall recommend for election at thenext meeting the. standing committees. Hwas also directed to appoint a committeefor the purpose of selecting those commit-tees which are composed of members of theboard outside of the board of governors.The president was made chairman of thotwo committees when meeting jointly, inorder that one member shall not be selectedfor two or more committees. The an-nouncement of these committees will bemade to-da-y or to-morro- w. The bond ofJohn Ostermnn, treasurer, for 25,000, wasapproved and accepted. It bore tho namesof John W. Murphy and M. O'Connor.
Mr. Soott ollered a suggestion In refer-ence to tho tract of ground laid out in lotsrecently by General Morris. He said thatit bad been suggested to blm by several oftho good ladies of thn city that tho tractcontaining fifteen or sixteen acres, .wouldbe a fine place for a park, and on inquirybe had satisfied himself that the groundcould be bought by the city on very longtime at low interest. He thought that
I perhaps a special price might be obtainedif a name in honor of the present ownerwero adopted. Mr. Tauuer putthe idea iu tbe shape of a motion, to refertho subject to a special committee, andsaid that he wished to go further. He saidthat tbe ground lying between Scholield'smills and the Michigan road, on both sidesof the creek, would be a very attractivespot for a park. Tho ground could bebought at a cost much cheaper than thoMorris property, but be said he was iufavor ot the purchase of that also. A voteof thanks was extended to the retiritigpresident for the faithful and impartialmanner in which ho had dischargedhis duties. The vote was a ris-ing one, and unanimous. Beforo ad-journing President Wildman calledattention to tho faot that there is awide field of . usefulness for the organiza-tion. He would leave, he said, the remarkof a young member, which ho had heardduring tbe day. with tbe board, to theellect chat the present building should bsold and oue erected that would be a creditto tho city. It is a subject, he said, thatought to receive tho earnest attention oftbe members. The members of tho boardand representatives of the press were thenInvited to Sherman's to partake of"light and cool" refroKhments. Hereice cream and strawberries, claretpunch and cigars were served.The postprandial speeches were made hyGeorge W. Sloan, vice president; by Mr.li. O. Hawkins and by Mr. Tanner. Thelast said that ho bad come to tho con-clusion in traveling in Europe that incountries having a better climate and aricher soil than our own. their failure to bogreat and to equal our own Nation is duoto the inferior quality of the people. It isnot all our form of government that makesthis Nation great, but it is because our menare the bravest and our women thn fairestand best in the world. The company thenrose aud adjourned.
FKES1I-AI- R CAMP.
Bummer Mission for Mck Children Will BeOpened To-Morro- w.
Tho summer mission for sick childrenwill resume operations for tho season to-
morrow. The Citizens Street-railroa- d Com-pany has granted free transportation andspecial cars. All schools of medicine arerepresented in tho physicians' committee.The grounds have been put in capital order.The llorists have contributed llower beds,and an ample snpply of hammock, swings,teters. cots and baby carriages havo beenprovided. The hospital tent has been re-
furnished with all neceftnury articles. Thebathiiia facilities nr the same as lastyoar,barely sufficient, but clean and wholesome.All the wood work hus h.id a new coat otpaint and everything looks as fresh as thedaisies.
The committee hat engaged the servicesof Mrs. J. C. Harding as matron, Miss MayD. Curno as nnrse. Mrs. Nora Mnrry ascook. John D. Head as constable and Mer-rl- tt
Kates as messenger, a force suthelent,lt.is thought, to run the mission adequate-ly and well. All visitors at Fair view ParKare urged to visit the ciup aud to con-tribu- te
to its support. Tbe committee willfeel gratnful to any one who will bring totheir notice cases of sickness calling for
BUBBLES IN TllK kiJL
A tw Plea.Watts What right has Jlggsby to be applying
for a pension!Potts lie claims he lost Llsvoloe in the Salva-
tion Army. f
On tho Wrong Scent.Editor Have you written that editorial on tho
preservation of tho American Sabbath yet)Bub-edit- or Not yet. I have been hunting
through tho Bible all alternooa to hud where itis mentioned.
A Credit to Ills Kmce.nungry niggins (after reading the "etiquette"
column) tfay, pardner, now would you go aboutcarving a duckf
Weary Watklns I wouldn't carvo no duok; nomatter what he done. Do you take ine feracooul Pd paste him wid a brick.
The Trlvtalistlo ovel.Thompson sat idly on the grocery counter,
his heels swinging sadly, slowly, and ever andanon striking the pine planking; with a dull. In-
consequential thud which sounded as dismal asthe beatings of a purposeless heart. On the oncewhito painted shelves, within his Held of vision,but making no impression on his mind, werorows of tin cans containing tomatoes, peaches,corn, core oysters or cooking applet; their con-
tents being denoted by gaudy labels printed inthe primary colors. A box of dried and dustyherring occupied a corner, and sent forth itsodor to compete with those of tho kerosenebarrel and spice caddies opposite From a dis-
tant Held came the sound of a patent self-bindi- ng
reaper, drawn by threo bay horses,driven by a man who would have been five feetnine inches tall, wero he straightened out. Theman woro a 30-ce- nt rye-stra- w hat, the widebrim of whlca Happed up before, or flappedup behind, as the slight hay-sccnte- d summerwind veered and shif d. On the dim and dingypanes of tho little gxoery wiudow a bluebottletly crawled slowly to the top, only to Hy back-ward when the highest point was reached, land-ing at the bottom to once more begin its purpose-less ascent. This aimless lnsoct Thompsonwatched with a bitter consciousness that ittypified,' to an utmost degree, the toils andstruggles of man under tho irou heel of a modernbut wornoat civilization.' From advancesheet of the ffreat realistic novel, "An Idol ofMud," by special permission of the author,Wilhelm Clean Tote els.
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
Jo8F.ru Nicola, a Penobscot Indian, haswritten a 175-pa- ge book telling of the do-
ings of his tribe from way back up to thepresent year.
John Lk1)Vaiu, the great traveler, saysthat among all nations women adorn them-selves more than men, bat that whereverfound they are tho same kind, civil, hu-mane and tender beings, inclined to becheerful, timorous and modest.
Arthur Balfouu says that bis greatestpolitioal help eomes from his sister. MissAgues Balfour, who is his housekeeper.Each day she devotes a fixed amount oftime to reading the newspapers and mark-ing what is uselul for his perusal.
A good story is told by Dr. HohertsonKiool of the late ir Henry Moncrieif. Thelatter had a parrot.wbioh was always pres-ent at family worship. In the morningSir Henry followed the old Scottish cus-tom of singing the metrical version of thePsalms straight through, two verses perday. The 119th Psalm, of oourse. tookmany days, and he always commencedby saying: "Lotus sing in the lllthPsalm' At last the Psalm was finished,and next day Sir Henry began, "Let ussing in the PJOtb Psalm." "Let us sing.'said the parrot limly, "in the lPJthPsalm."
Emilise Phescott, ot Maine, deservesfirst place in the ranks of women who havepronounced ideas on dress, and the courageof their convictions in wearing them. MissPrescott cuts and makes all her suits, eaohrequiring about ten yards. She has housetrousers and street trousers, and wears overthem a saok reaching to tho knees and ashort jacket, all of the same materialgingham in summer at homo and wool inwinter. In eaoh sack there are eight pock-ets. She is a genius in all kinds of sawingand piling wood, and no novio in carpen-tering. She is a poetess as well, and hasLad several poems published which arestriking and unique, like the writer.
A Bom hay man has constructed a bed-
stead priced at 10,000 rupees. It is thus de-
scribed: " It has at its four corners lourfull-size- d gaudily dressed Greoian dam-
sels those at the head holding banjos,while those on the rigfit and left foot holdfans. Beneath the cot is a musical box,which extends the whole lengtb of the cot,aud is capable of playing twelve differentcharmtng airs. The inusio begins the mo-ment the least pressure has been broughtto bear from the top, which is created byone lying or sitting, aud ceases the momentthe individual rises. While the music isin progress the lady banjoists at the headmanipulate the strings with their lingersand move their heads, while the two Gre-cian damsels at the bottom fan the sleeperto sleep."
FrtnM east, and west, and north, and south.With cousins, brothers, pas and mas,
Drefited in her best, by word of mouthTo tell of Drifting" and "Tho Htars,"
Now cometh that sweet child of fateThe curly, glrly graduate.
Chicago Mail.JVKR AGAIN.
O month of June! o redolentWith scent of blooming roses.
When girls who ride on bicyclesGet freckles on their noses.
Detroit Tribune.
MUKDEE AT GKAFE CitEEK.
Thomas Duncan Flanges a Knife in theBreast of Wilis Lalftrty Turing a Fight
Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal.
Danville. 111., Jnno 10. While a crowdof men were drinking beer in the woodsnear Grape creek, last evening, an alterca-tion arose between Thomas Duncan andWilse Laiiorty. Lailerty was the aggressorand had Dnncan hard pressed, when thelatter drew a knife and plunged it intoLntlerty'a breast. The wounded manwalked home, nearly a mile away, anddropped dead in trout of his door. Thecoroner's jury refused to hold Duncan, say-lu- g
that it was justifiable homicide.LatTerty leaves a wife,
Voluutary Tributes.New York Press.
Lx-Presid- ent Harrison is having a thor-oughly good time at the world's fair, andhis countrymen, regardless of party, willbo glad to near it. He is finding in thoWhite City concentrated aud beautifulevidence of the skill, industry and wealthof tho Nation, which reached during hisadministration the highest point of itsprosperity. His long rest at his Indianapo-lis home, after tho personal bereavementsanrt ollicial trials of his residence in theWhite Hons, has lifted him once moro forcontaot with men and aftairs. and it is apleasure to know that as a private Ameri-can citizen be is receiving the tributeswhioh the people voluntarily accord tonigh character and a life tilled with faith-ful labor and brilliant achievements.
Tims to Prevent t Price FightO&loago Bscc rd.
Governor Matthews, of Indiana, declaresthat he will put a stop to prize lights. Itis respectfully suggested to the Governorthat his sherilis ought to be advised thattho time to prevent a prize fight is before ithappens, nut utter it's all over.
The advocates of the free coinage ofsilver who aro so fond of quoting thoexample of Franco as a bimetallic coun-try should not object to the adoption ofthe policy of France in regard to silver. '
Franco .has not coined a legal-tend- er
live-fra- nc piece out of new bullion foryears. France has not had its mintsopen for the free coinage of silverbullion for many moro years. It has allthe silver that its people need. Thevaults of the Bank of France are as fullof silver as are those of the UnitedStates treasury. Tho silver coin is usedat its bullion value as a basis for papnrmoney. Are the free-coina- ge peoplewilling that the United States shallcease tho purchase of silver bullion,
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coin that it now owns, and tiien pursuetho policy of France? That would giveus about as much silver as France has.and by adopting the policy of that coun-
try it could be carried for domestiotraflio on a gold basis.
Statistics recently collected by tho Na-
tional Board of Underwriters show 'thenumber of tires per one thousand of potmla-- 1
tion in several European cities durinalByi,as follows:
London. .08 per cent.; Paris, .43; Berlin, 2.55;6t. Peteraburr, .f7; Constantinople, .05; Vienna..71; Hamburg, 1.17; Glasgow, .htf; Wariaw, .22;Koine, .7(5; Marseilles, 1.13; Milan, 1.15; Leeds,.75; yheftield, .2H; Turin, .88; Copenhagen. .80;Dresden, 1.21; Ldinburn, 1.43; Belfast, .22.
For the twenty-fiv- e largest cities of theUnited States the number of fires por onethousand of population during 1S02 was:
New York. 2.24; Chicago, 2.4G; Philadelphia,1.34; Brooklyn, 1.0; frt. Louis, 1.0;; Uoton,1.69; Baltimore, 2.40; Butfalo, 1.61; Cincinnati,2.5; Detroit, 2.46; Cleveland, 3.64; fcan Fran-Cisc- o,
1.5)6; Waftblnirton, 1.32; New Orleans,2.72; Minneapolis. 2.8; Newark. 1.83; Louij-vill- e.
l.Ot: Jersey City, 2.66; tit. Paul, 2.51; Oma-ha, 1.57: Kansas City, 4.30; Provideuce, 3. .36;ltoehester, 1.71; Indianapolis, 2.6'J; Columbus.
A comparison of these figures reveals thesuperior building methods and precaution-ary measures used in foreign cities. It willbe observed, by the way, that Indianapolisranks well up towards tho top of the list inits percentage of fires to population.
Hon. Chaunckt M. DnrKW, who is en-thusias- tio
in praise of tho world's fair,m tikes a suggestion in regard to its pos-
sible etJect on the financial . situationwhich is worth thinking about, fie says:
There will bo in Chicago during the next fourmonths at least 200,000 persons eauh day spend-ing not less than $5 apiece per dlein. The aver-age will be much higher. This represent only ex-penses there. To that must ho added the moneyspent tn preparation for comine and upon trans-portation. This will urine out of hiding pi aces, andold fetoeklnK. aud afety-dpos- it vaults vastsums which will be put in active circulation, thobenefit of which will bo felt throughout theland. 8o far, only the people within a radius ofa few hundred miles have visited Chicago. ThoseIn the diMaDce have been the pa Avengers on tholimited trains. But as the knowledge of whatthero is hero and a comprehension of what willbe their misfortune to miss it roea through thocountry there will be a movement unprecedent-ed in our hiatory toward Chicago. Lvery one
.who haf, or who can bec or borrow, enoughmoney to git here and back homo again is com-ing, and as soon aa this demand becomes evidentthe railroad companies will meet it by cheaperservice.
These are the viows of a shrewd andpractical man, and they do not seem un-
reasonable.
Sukvivors of the "Wilder Brigade," ofwhom there are many in this State, will bepleased to hear that tho monument which
I is being erectod in its memory on thebattle field 'of Cbickamanga is makinggood progress. A Chattanooga dispatchsays:
The monument has reached tho height of sixtyfeet. and. wheu tinihed. its iron roof, surmount-ed by u pavilion, will bo one hundred feet fromtho summit of the Glenu hill, near "Bloodypond," the position held by the brigade dutiesthe desperate battle which etided in the occupa-tion of chattauooaa by the Union army underGeneral Hosecrans. Tho basti of tho structure,whioh is of blao limestone, quarried near the his-toric CrHwnsh spring, has at each anle a pedes-tal surmounted by a pyramid of CHnnon balls.On each face are two polished marble tablets,six of which will par tribute to the organizationcomposing the brigade, and two will presentappropriate inscription. In the solid stouo willbo imbedded a large iron aafo containing thoarchives of tho brigade, A spiral stairoaao'leadsup tho center of the shaft to the top.
The Wilder Brigade included the Seven-teenth and Soventy-secon- d Indiana andthe Eighteenth Indiana battery, with twoIllinois regiments.
Laiy MaonI'!. whoover ebo may ho.deplores tho exhibition of professionalentertainers at dinner parties as vulgarand pretentious. When we havo reachedthe civilization we aro striving after soearnestly, the dinner party itself will heconsidered vulgar. People will still tlocktogether for amusement, for social con-
verse and entertainment, out they willdo their feeding at home.
A coloxkl of a Vermont regiment be-
longing to a division of tho Sixth Corps,which was hastened forward to GeueralWallace to keep Early out of Washington,in July. IH'A, has been writing an accoantof the battle of Monocacy, in which Gen.Wallace's handful of men fought four timts
Tho Rev. Dr. Rondthaler, of this city,in a sermon against Sunday opening ofthe world's fair, dwelt with strong em-
phasis on the point that it was an open-ing wedge to the entire abolition of Sun-day as a day of rest. This part of hisargument dealt rather with the hygieniothan with the moral or religious aspectof tho question, and was based on thowell-recogniz- ed principle that all men,and especially all workingmen, shouldrest from labor one day in seven. Ofthe general roundness of this positionthere can be no doubt. Irrespective ofthe moral or religious aspects of thocase, there can be no question that menlive longer and do moro and betterwork for taking at least as much as oneday of rest in seven. When revolution-ary Franco tried to abolish the ChristianSunday by substituting one day of restin ten, physiologists found it was notsufficient. Tho . priuciplo of Sundayobservance, that is, of observing onoday in seven as a day of rest, isas wise and as deep-roote- d as any otherfeature of the Mosaic code, and oughtto be observed more strictly than it is.Unfortunately, the conditions and exi-
gencies of modern life are such thatthis, like many other sound hygienicprinciples, cannot be universally ob-
served, bnt the duty of adhering to it asclosely as possible should never bo lotsight of.
Dr. Rondthaler thinks tho opening ofthe world's fair on Sunday is a decidedstep in the direction of doing away withSunday as a day of rest. "If I wero alaboring man," ho says, "I would mostvehemently protest against an openSunday at the exposition on the groundthat it would most surely bring me ulti-mately into tho slavery of an open Suu-da- y
in my own department of work."The Doctor should have said if ho werea laboring man with his present viewshe would most vehemently protest, etc.It is evident, however, that working-me- n
generally and labornnions through-out the country, which are officered byvery intelligent men, do not regard thomatter in that light. They, as every-body knows, are exceedingly jealous ofany encroachment on any of theirrights, including the right to one day ofrest in seven, and if they saw any 6iichencroachment, or oven a rcmoto sug-
gestion of it, in Sunday open-ing of tho fair they would bovery quick to oppose it. But Dr.Rondthaler says tho workiugmcn whofavor Sunday opening nre entirelyselfish. They do not care how muchSunday work they put on others so theyhave a day of rest and recreation them-selves. 'Tor that privilege," says theDoctor, "they deprive thousands oftheir fellow-workm- en of the first-da- y
rest which tho laws of the land grantthem. Tho cry of a multitude of rail-
road operatives from the ono hundredroads centering in Chicago has gone uppleading for one day in seven for re6t."Speaking after the manner of men, wedo not think this argument will holdwater. The Journal believes there ismuch more Sunday work done by Amer-ican railroads than is necessary, andthat it might be greatly lessened with-out detriment to vthe roads and to thedecided benefit of their employes, butit dots not believe that Sunday openingor closing of tho lair will have any