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CREMATION IN JAPAN.
A Country Where Turning the Dead Is a
National aud Economical Custom.

Country Where burning the Dead Is al
National aud Economical Custom.
Pail Mall Gazette.
In the House of Commons, the Home Score
,tarys0pPosing bhe bill introduced by Dr. Came
ron, urged against cremation the elder ma
Itens, more particularlyItbe Greeks, bad never
adoptedithe practice }Fhere;is one nation, NOW
the oldest empire in the world, where cremation
is an established usage, .aDdawhere the govern
ment, with shrewd appreciation of sthesadyant-i
ages of SANITARY laws, have of late. years care
fully fostefed it. This is Japan, sYvhere erenla
tories. ablishments underg government control,
are tosbefou in3al the chefseit In Toxic
the principal place fofsaremati0n is situated at
3ShenF5o b.faaehed through long lines of
Igbusy streets.
After an hours drive through lane of busy
life. tweaame toathesslept,h ouse where the dead
awaited the last service of the living. It. stands
"a little tfromstbe main read, sbnilding of
lsa;singlestory, with an innoeentl0okifg. tall
chimney sand might eseonnectedi with,a pottery
or a.smaH ir9nHfoundry. Weswere first received
in he3hQuse of the manager, where tea was
| served in priceless porcelain cups of Kutani
ware Thefurnaee,ei 80; imposing asname may
be used for process so simple, stood "a few
i PAGES from thehouae. On entering it there was
nothing to beiseans but. what appeared to be two
butterztnbs resting npania few fagats of wood.
There WerestM0 cavities about two Inches deep
and la8fQet long in the stone floor, and these
were filed with shayings According to munich
pal law, burning is ohe done before half past
8 in thegeYsning. 1t still wanteisten minutes to
that time, but under the circumstances the
manager thought eWould she safe in anticipating
the hour, and the shayiDgs Wegefiped.
One of stheinen, 5kneelng before the growing
fame famed it with ia piece sof wood. It
caught the dry fagpts, sgreedily licked the sides
1.-The tub, rose high in the air then, Wtthaa
horrible thud the head of the barrel bunst out
piece of wood lying by in readiness and from
hatever mi ght. have protRuded 1T is the
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subject before, 4 answered simply that Ibid moi
know.
Let us go out them said he, 'and look al
Dobhin7 So We went out.
In the first place, remarked the professor,
we will examine his hind deg whoa, Dobbin!) if
You .piease% and, sliding his hand downward
gently, he picked up Dobhins foot very much
after the manner Of ablacksmith.
his joint, he continued -that you see bend
ing backward, near the middle of his leg is not
knee at all-Tknees do not bend backward lis
called the hook or 'hough' and corresponds to
our ankle Stand oniyour toes, and your ankle
will work precisely like it,
Where is his knee, then9' said /, drawing
nearer.
Here it il" said he, pointing high up near
DobbIn's body. Don't you see it bending for
ward like every other knee? 1t is commonly
called the 'stife.in
But urged ayou began by asking about
the fore4knees. Now they surely bend forward
.tust like ours. 1 should think your question
ought to have been directed to- his hind knees.
The gray eyes twinkled again with the same
curious smile, as the professor requested me
kindly to piacenly hand onpne Of 'Dobbirrs fore
knees
This did, as ] supposed, when 1 was again
taken abaek by being asked what jlint of my
ownzbo aycorTespo ndent withsthe, joint under my
hand.
Istartesi to say ,asneee Of course but re-
-flecting that my forellegs were arms, I Thought
saw the point, and confNentially answered,
ttelbown
'Butyeur elbow, observed my friend bends
Just the other ayaytn
'.Thefact is; headed that what your hand
is on, is neither knee or an elbow but a wrist
The elbow is up here near his body, and bends
backward just as yours will if you get down on
all foursn
I-ateHee assumed a, horizontal attitude for i
.was'not TO. be.eonyineed without experimenttha
my elbows would bend that way. But they did.
'aAnd now ?, said the professor, wiekedly, as 4
arose and brushed sundry bits Of twigs from my
differs from the horse. in-I" bnt 4 interrupted
him with laugh, inseH- defense, declaring that
it was enough for once to have learned that al
horse always walks on tip4ee, that his hind
knees are his ankles and that his foresk knees are
mot knees, snorieven elbows, but wrists.
''tAnd yet, said the professor 1.-THE horse is al
laFger4a animal than the cat"
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BIBLE HOUSE, New YoRK, July "a.
Prohibition without Party.

IT,
- 80 49, - yo ts'
AS one VINO mas poem laenVped Wlth4tanper-
ance work in its several phases; las ,oneiYvho has
haar a so,,an ,,ears. os an .vlo bos
= ~ 80
spent seVeral thousand ooliars tso:erea0e promo
tory sentiment; as one who was7a member of
the prohibition party j write Won. protesting
a.o;,,a4 AZ, - ,,,o,,,t;a., -a,ts.
ols = - : 'io.i p'siss
In Indiana
Party is one thing. prohibition another The
ultimatpm of tapnerance ,aforn, 4 .eorst;tn-
=, ~,
elonal pronlp4llop. hulss never WAS, newer e''p
be brought about by party action. Organic law
with marty color will he no law at all
srr,s -
ne
apouI q 2tssse MlsnoSt party aeIloh. rveIy
proltpls9ry law III Sour oes1ss -
2 parsy Jaw canuos 70 sltVlSeu.
a. ..S
NJ, 20 i saA9 " y PARRY
lls ss!le caH ee aols ~ 5Nti'sllf
% 4ssueo. w sellellhei.s no la.
nsahy paasS "a AAaLss's sn ' wv
;InsliS-Aeen ~ noW: Ao . ooa SI AlSrsllaitoW1
Wa ,,at ta @ ~ plolssse
AZ oo Viio W.. NY S'le
raeed and asad fo slI;n @,o ea u aiad
reseeu anu Jaed isr pesf was paatsn
te = law
been ~ sno an that ,o,Ia oeaI
y. 9hsg 70
RreleraDie 70 pnonlIp .Le WY because sen
snat = o,,,. ~,
roo. "a y1ut 2.age - e PI!antolsfpn
I srss Il
T. io1S ~ 0ne Slessyss y
s.a 90 ~ r. Ios u
q We s1eels q
nv MO ~ t WY yen
oney @ Il hepapean party ass
ony i Lore SsaIs INA PROMISED
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.Ehe1udengasse at Franlefort.

F.ltII ldtIIsbuugtb. -
Visitors to Frankfeet-oa- the4Main this sum
mer will find that one of, the sights marked for
them to seein the guide-books has Disappeared
The Judengasse, of which there has only been
one side standing since 1872, is now under final
septcncee0f destruction, and in few weeks
time there will not be one stone standing of it
on another The street. to tell the truth, was
much. 80 as many other parts.of Frankfort; but
it was an interesting historical monument,
dating back to themiddle Of the fifteenth century
when it was the exclusive Jews quarter, and
was safely walled in, the gates being shut
Sundays and holidays, as we'll as on the oc-
casions of the Emperofs visits to the city. 1t
wasIo only IN 1908 that these gates were denaol-
ished and the restrictions on the Jews removed
Since then the Frankfort Jews have spread
throughout the city; only the poorest and most
wretched were leftin the Judengaese, and its
destruction will be an undoubted sanitary inn
praVement
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Knees ana lRlbows.

H. IA. Ballard, in Good Cheer for July.
We had been speaking Of the.laek Of accurate
observation among people. tho professor and I,
land had expressed surprise that SO lew per
sons are able to't6ll how many toes q common
house cat has ON each foot, Some Guessing five
and others four, and neither being correct, when
the professor suddenly asked mo the following
question:
How is itthat the fore. knees of a horse bend
forward just as ours do, while his hind knees
bend backward justsas ours do notp
1surmised from an sofldl CLEAN Of my friends
eve, that his question was in some sort crooked;
but as could not think precisely how it ought
to sbesannended, and rs ! had not thoughtdf the
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london Notes and Queries
fntlze early part Of the 'sizteeuth eentuyy, lust
before7the Reformation, the ounce Of silver WIS
worth 6s 4d., or in other words, the shilling 1f
Henry VIII was in intrinsic value i O5 the mod
ern coin. The wages of an ordinary lahQEer
were Gid. perday. The rents Of cottages xaried
from rs. Sd. tO,4s per sannum- dSix s0r eight
days labor WAS tthera6ore, isuficient4O pay the
years rent. AT tine present day asking an agfi-
cultural laboref's wages at10s a week, and cot
tage rent at 3. ayveek, or go ayear, it requires
forty days labor to nay the yearly rent No
doubt the cottages at that tmewere mere novels,
but fear large number at the present day,are
little better About the same period wheut was
IS. 3D. per quarter the price Ola pig IS. Sd, and
of COW, los. A. lahorer earning SD Aay, 'oriss
3d. per week, could purchase quarter Of wheat
withRf0ftnights labor, which would noW ne
quire three weeks, or a pig with one weeks
work, which would certainly now require the
labor of three. Leaving out view the cost .0f
clothing and of the higher. Agreements which mod
err. habits require, there can be no doubt that
the common people sbeforethe Reformation en-
joyed anamount Of rude plenty which has never
since been euualed.
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LETTERS FROM TEE PEOPLE.


To the Editor of the Indianapolis journal:
In his reply to Secretary Chandler, Hon.
Thos. A. Hendricks uttered base falsehood,
and he knows it He says: Il have not thought
of or considered this as case of politics. Now,
Mr.. Hendricks knew full well when he was pen
ming that sentence that it was a falsehOod. Why
didhe notspeak about it long ago, fit justified
it, instead of leaving it for campaign weapon
for himself and his corrupt brethren 1t was
nothing more nor less than a bid fer wotes--an
unsuccessful sone.sat that-f0r himself and his
pet reformer, Grover Cleveland. Mr. Hendricks
should reform himself out Of the habit Of telling
;untFuths. i. w. HAINEs
AAoNTEzuSfA, Ind. July II
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,gamaenls Legs and Looks,

WhenaDelilah clipped of Samsou'sleehs THAT
mighty afhlateiatsonce t'beoame qas other men,
If itc0uld be proved that the possession Of lux
uIia1ti hair would 'snablelm men TO tear open aions
jaws Hisepck ~ Go. Wouldsb driven wild Ia the
to meet The SlHlaand AS ftis sthe Balsamip pre-
vents Bour hair from falling gout, and. restores
the original color If faded oFigray Besides it Is
q gfaatiaddition to tho toilet table, ssimplv IS
dressing
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UNIoN Cry, Ind, July Il.
pio Lewis Not Dead, But .speaketh.


To the Editor Of the indianapolis journal:
During my thirty years labor on behalf Of
physical education, Ihavebeen the subject Of
much amiable criticism and Eota little misrepre-
isentation but;have never said a word in reply
4Justnow certainsp paragraphs are in circulation
which may hurtm work One before me- from
IA leading journal, says: 'tDio Lewis has utterly
broken down in health and retired to his farm,
4oniLong island Two pleasant notices of the
death of her husband have been sent to my wife.
These illusions to my death and broken health
seem inaccurate. lam alive, was never in finer
health, and have never done as much work at
any other period of my life
The public will care little about my health
therefore will tryto give this card passing in
-terest by a word or two about hayfever. For
many years / was one Of its most unhappy vic
Tins The mountains failed, but labor on "a
farm has cured me. Not only is it true that peo-
pie who work in the open air rarely suffer from
this vexing malady, but among many sufferers
whom 1 have advised to spend asunafner in farm
work, notpne, Il think, has failed TO find a cure
or signal relief.
by women is traceable to their table temperance
Many lawyers, clergymen and other sedentary
men, eat as grossly including meat during hot
weather as farm laborers, comforting them
selves with the thought that mental labor re-
squires strong feeding Whatever the proximate
cause Of hay fever there can be little doubt
that table excuses create the susceptibility.
DIo LEWIS.
BIBLE HOUSE, NEW YoRK July Ia
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.PnEzIas .AnsMerad.

by Win G. A, Nos ll58, 1859 {partiallyl ll6l,
1162, l163
BY Lille D. T., Julietta, Nos 1855 1902
By Grace, New Brunswick, Nos 1l58 ,lI59
&partially), l161, 1852, 1853, Il64.
By See u. u. Maywood ILL.,, Nos 1I5e, 1859
fnearlyl, l160, l161, 1l62, 1863 ill64
Thegame is won by See u. U.
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TILE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
THE PUzzLE sDRPARTmENT.

Everything relating to this department must
be addressed to W. II. Graham, West Scarbor
ongh, Cumberland county, Maine. 'OrigiRal4cen-
itfibHtions and answers to each weeks puzzles
are solicited fremalll
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Orr Prizes.

4. We affer-asgame for the first complete list
of answers this week
2 Wetofer package of fine address cards
for the next best list
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Original Puzzles.

In brightness, not in9gloss;
1n7transfgure, NOT in move;
In ascertain, mot in prove;
In favorable not in kind;
in establish notsin find;
In slaughter not in sxiil;
In testament, mot insMill;
Ineelebrated, not in famed;
Not in yGelped, sbftiinnamed;
In fascinate, not in charm;
lnmoderate, not inmaEm;
In frivolous not in light;
Indarkness notin night.
heHhole was 1thet name Of a celebrated Ipoet
and philosopher. GRACE.
New BRUNswI0K, Ind.
NO. llS0-<EIppEN BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
Find twenty-five names,)
Itbeing late he ran against the sofa, landing
on the cage containing my pet dove, running the
cagesand over the mirror he fell which,he broke
increasing his pain. Being in a. hush remained
there till they passed, and itwass aimob, II learn
ed .at1ast Helen and Isabel babe me good hye
Coming back in the fall made asboat, and put
ting a sail on her, i embarked for another coast
DO not take a nap lest You be suddenly sur
pHised Pa lost his umbrella in "a. gale, narrowly
escaping himself, andhis watch he did losein
seagerness to catch the train going the aotherdav
to Norwich. Was it a lyresbirdq No twas a
raven. certainly .knowsthe difference. From
every direction, more and still more Merescom-
ton tar owe my life, VIC. McGINals.
MARTINsBURG, Ind.
mo. 1l81--ENDGSSA.
i am composed. of fifteen letters
My1, 3, o, 6 is aeuill.
My ~, 10, 8, 5, 6 is an immense expanse of
water.
My 2, g. A. II is a circle around the sun or
moon
My19, S, 10, 7, -, g lisa remission.
My 2, 49, IA is to hasten.
My whole is colered delegate from Indiana to
Chicago. DEpL4
JAMESTOWN, lad
NO l182-cRossrwoRD ENIGMA.
In cat, not in Kitten
In glove, mot in mitteE;
In man, not in boy;
In tim tnatint0Y;
In come, not go;
In reap, met in sow;
In claim, not in money;
Ny whole, you will find, is;VeRy funny.
KN4GHTsToWa, Ind 3D.
NO. l183-HALF-soUARE.
i. "A tree. 2. The lesser white heron. 3. To
pull 4 Part Of a table. 5. A proposition. 6.
A letter WILL G. A.
NOAH, Ind.
NO l1S4-gRoss-woRD.
In joy, not in glad;
In youth, not in lad;
In keep not in hold
In tin, not in gold
In glitter, not in. shine;
In thee, also in, thine;
lnsfaEmeRs n0tipl yeomans.
Ny whole was q deity among the 5Greeks;anh
Romans. DELL.
NO. 1lS5-eHARADE
My first is an iron case for Nesting,
My second is a musical instrument
My whole is an article to convey smoke.
ANSWERS in three weeks
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awe win Paw the Cotton Tax. .

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal
Theabove declaration was made by Colonel
Grayin 1876, evening after the eleetion,
when it was telegraphed that Tilden waseleeted.
"A motley crowd gathered Pearl street, when
Air. Gray mounted a goods box and made a
speech or harangue. Now we will pay the
cotton tax" How win those brother Demo
Gratis, who complained our debt tall caused by
the Democratic partly, like have added hun
dreds of millionsin the shape of false Southern
elaims9 Iweuld not charge Gray or a large
part of his hearers, with being entirelyasober at
the time. There was a goodly number of the
old Goden Circlers there, and such "a howl as
they sent up was enoughto chill the blood IN
any Union mans veins. 1--WE will pay the cot
ton tax. Brother Union Democrats, think of
lit. SILENT NEARER.
1ISIoN Cry Ind .I1ilv II
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NO. 1158-James e. Blaine
No. 1l50-1 Polka 2 Shade. 3. Poet.
4. Tramp. 5. Skinlk g. Lilly. 7. Homer.
No,alIG0--- Il
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No. 1161-W alter melon.
No. 1i62-Argentine Republic.
No. 1l63-T nberose.
No. T164 Victor sewing machine.
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FREE ADVERTISING.
How 1t Is Easy to Make Show of Business
Basis of Nothing.

Indianapolis Sentinel.
Home advertisers understand their business and
fully posted as to the best mediums in which to
advertise their business and for that we give
below comparative statement of the number Of
inches of advertising in the daily English newspapers
printed in this eity--Times of Monday.
The comparison referred to above is between
newspapers that get pay for their advertising
and one that publishes free advertising as a bo-
nus to obtain other advertising. In proof of
this we give below, and the Times will not deny
its commences, literal Endorsement on the
back of one of the Times advertising contracts
made with an East Washington street merchant,
who informs us that he used the twenty four
squares in the Sunday Times as a gratIty and
bonus rendered him on a short term, low priced
contract made with the daily Times This is
the Endorsement, viz; Twelve squares extra,
two times when desired"
An Illinois street merchant has a contract with
the Times bearing an Endorsement of similar
import. and reads three times instead of two.
This last named firm had a large doublecolumn
advertisement in the Sunday issue of the Times,
that is claimed to contain the seven hundred
inches Of advertising, probably one Of the three
free insertions promised. Also a jeweler, car
pet-dealer, a carriage manufacturer and Others
of this city have gratuitous advertis-
ing Endorsed on contracts, given as a bonus to
advertise in the daily Times. Thus does this
enterprising t2) contemporary attempts to lift
ITSELF by a bogus display of seeming business
over the high fence of newspaper prosperity by
simply Juggling on its bootstraps. 1t is a very
thin and dishonest pretence.
indianapolis News.
The Sentinel is sorely Furnishing the Times
over its foolish boast of printing a larger guam
tity of advertising than any other city paper.
The object of the Times boast is to have some
one infer that it is thought to be the best adver
Using medium. The Sentinel pricks that bubble
by showing that large amount of the advertis
ing is done in the Times for little or no pay.
Well. this does make a difference; but then,
neighbors, you both do err in supposing that the
public. is at all misled by these, things A great
deal Of time, and money also, has been devoted
to the fixing" of public opinion, but after all,
the dear public has marvellous way of dropping
onto the bottom facts.
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POLITICAL NOTE AND GOSSIP.

OUT of a little over !, 900 answers to inquiries
as to presidential preferences received in Cali
fornia 800 were for Tilden 200 for Thurman
and five for Judge Field.
Hon CHARLES A. ZoLLINGER, mayor of Fort
Wayne, has been selected to fill the vacancy in
the Democratic State central committee
ated by the removal of John B. Stoll from the
| Twelfth district.
The few people in this country who still in
sist that fiat money-money made of some COM
modify so cheap that it would not be exported
THE Butler recipe)-should go to the Argentine
Republic, where the Buenos Ayres Herald of a
recent date announced: 'Price of this edition,
&c. gold, year, or $3.50, currency; foreign post
age, extra"
THE Mississippi Legislature has been polled
and found to stand thirty-eight for Tilden and
thirty five for all other presidential candidates.
The Vicksburg Herald thinks that the express
sion of a preference of thirty-eight Democrats
for Ga feeble old paralytic like Samuel j. Tilden"
for the presidency is thoroughly in accord with
some other idiotic acts of the members.
PROF. ELI F. BROWN, one of the oldest and
most prominent educators in the State has con-
sented to stand as a candidate for Superintend-
emit of Public Instruction on the Republican
| ticket Prof. Brown has been identified with
the educational interests and the commonschool
system of the State for more than twenty years.
He is in every respect practical man, and
would make both a strong candidate and an eff
ficient officer.
THE Republicans of the eastern part of the
State will name Hon. w. A. Cullen, of Rush
county, delegate at-large to the Chicago con-
vention. Judge Cullen has served in the State
Senate and upon the bench with eminent ability
| for number of years He is well known to the
people of the State, and, if selected one of the
party's representatives to the national assembly,
would be a worthy and acceptable exponent of
Indiana Republicanism
| PHILADELPHIA Press: Of all the States Indi-
ana seems to be going about the election of dele
gates to the Republican national convention in
the most common-sense. orderly manner. The
State committee met named day and place for
the meeting of the State convention to choose
four delegates at-large and advised the congress
sional districts to elect their delegates according
to the instructions of the national committee
No attempt has been made, apparently, to boom
any candidate for the presidency, although the
| State has some available timber.
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SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITY,


What Assistant Superintendent Mills said
about the suppression of history in the public
schools was, that he suggested to Mr.. Tarbell,
when reaIranging the schedules, that the study
should be restored, and the Superintendent said
he also thought it should be done. There was
perfect acquiescence on the point between
these two officers, according to Mr.. Millss
statement But the assistant was not satisfied
with this, and asked President Brown about
the matter, and that officer said he did not
think it wise to have the history taught, ''be-
cause teachers were not always judicious in
teaching subjects upon which public senti-
ment is divided" This decision Mr.. Mills
repeated to Mr.. Tarbell, and the latter
replied: eff Mr.. Brown thinks we had better
not teach it, guess we had better not" And
the study of history since 1860 was not restored
to the curriculum. This is Mr. Millss state
ment, and it is not difficult to determine
where it places the responsibility for an omis-
sion that has stirred up so much feeling
throughout the entire country. Mr.. Tarbell is
responsible only for acquiescing in the order
of the president of the board, a man who has
been member since the organization of the
board, and who was for years member of the
committee on t-books and course of in
struction, Mr.. Mills being equally responsible.
This is the history of so much of the school
business. We do not know who is response
BILE for the suppression of the teach
ing of certain physiology; but some
body is, and that somebody is most
likely to be found ON the board as the matter
was brought publicly before that body. 1t is
the board which proposes to go ahead and
build two new high-school buildings while
children of taxpayers wanting instruction in
the lower grades are turned into the streets,
or sent down into the cellars for room. The
Journal insists that there shall be no evasion
of responsibility, nor shall there be diversion
by taking up the personal quarrel of an ex-
officer of the schools. The people who pay fo1
the schools look to the school board, and the
school board should not hesitate to cast out
the spirit that seems to have hitherto, at least,
improperly and very unsatisfactory controlled
school administration.