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BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

EVANGELIST HARRISON is said to BE- paid SEQ
o week for his work in New York.
A coLoRED preacher near Macon, Ga, has
committed to memory the entire Bible.
THE mustache- brush of fine camel's-hair, in
shape like a small hat brush, with back of ham
mered silver. is a favorite gift now from the
groom to his best man.
Mr.. FRANKLIN SIMMONS. the sculptor. Will
return to Romei in October. He has just finished
. statue of Lonefellow for Portland. Me-. and is
at work on q bust of Hannibal Hamlin for the
Senate chamber at Washington.
JUDGE HILTON employs about two hundred
Saratogisns at Woodlawn most Of the year
identifying the estate. The money his SARATOGA
hotels earn and as much more is all spent thera
New York is about to be redeemed and TO
generated. Fresh battermilk ("churned tbs
morning and kept in porcelain Jars) is cartd
about the streets ana sold at 3 cents n glass;
IL iss much more palatable and wholesome
drink than beer.
OLD silver-baired bsaux who were wont IA
the years agOne to sigh over the love dltties o!
y. z. Willis VIII experience a return OF theii
old heart gatherings when they read that the
poets daughter. Mrs. Dr.. Eddy, occupies a posi-
ton in Harvard College.
LITTLE Arthur Herber,s, Of Chicago. is Q
marvel of euridition for his years Although
only ten years old. he has read through the en-.
tire IliAd. OF Homer. in the %oricina. Greek. arc
can translate = passage from any part OF it &c
curately and without hesitation
Robert KOCH had no standing among ths
medical fraternity Of Germany at the time h
discovered the cholera microbe. Outside of hii
few pa,ieu IS nobody knew him. Witness the
reward OF 81 ceess: Now he is Herr Gebeimei
Medieinai-Rath Professor Doct or Robert Koch.
Here is a prescription for sun-burn that must
be e~ffectual: Ii you are red rs a boiled lobster.
throw wells and physic TO the dogs and get your
self 8 tpe. healthy brown; and II your face
smarts. or has n tendency 10 peel. use \ towsl
wrung out OF boiling water and laid over II
twice or thrice.
GEORGE H. BoKxR, author OF "Franeessa da
Rimini, is passing the summer months il
studious visits 10 the most frequerted resorts
He Is said to be gathering material for . story
OF the comsdie humane order. and the club.
mans friends are positive that ~ will prove &c
be The great American novel that the critics
have been predicting for the last twenty years.
A WATCH dial now being made at the Walt
ham works has, !; 10 said, instead OF the twelve
Roman numerals on the dial. twelve small
silhouette hgures. One o'clock 10 represented
by n youne woman with a babe in he- arms
A = the child Is larger. at 3 II IL in short clothes,
and 90 goes on until ~ . o'clock the babe - q
schoo.by. and the woman disappears. At9 hs
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WHISKY TAX AND wHIsKY-DRIKKIge

The Chicago Tribune presents an array OF
fig 1res to show that the consumption of whis-
Ky has greatly decreased since the imposition
of a federal tax upon the product in 1850.
The figures were scarcely necessary. Every
man and woman of intelligence knows that
there has been a decrease in the use of intox-
icating liquor, bat few will agree that this has
been mainly due to the revenue tax. They pre-
fer to take a more sensible view, and ascribe
it to the influence Of a public sentiment
against habits that were once re-
garded with a degree of liberation.
The reform in this direction did not begin
with the establishment of the internal-reve
nue system. Certainly the Tribune will not
argue that this tax had any prohibitory ten
denotes during the years Of the war. 1t was
during those years, when men were removed
from social restraints and subject to nwo
ed temptatio ms, that liquor flowed more freely
than ever during the history Of the country.
1t was the habits formed during that period
that reused the temperance sentiment which
swept ov er the country in such a wave in
later years. This temperance movement,
so long IS it confined itself to
educating the public and avoided politics was
wonderfully beneficial. Had the great organ
izations which were formed to carry on the
work continued to labor in the same line, the
popular feeling might now be such that the
politicians would bow to ii, and the end for
which they are working be many years nearer
accomplishment. AS it is. the educational
features have been abandoned to a large de-
gree, but the earlier lessons were not lost and
the result is perceptible to any close observer.
A prejudice now exists against the man who
drinks that was hardly known fifteen or
twenty years ago. Where his habits were once
apologized for they are now condemned. The
dissipated man has no standing in respectable
social circles; and, by the way, when the
habit of intoxication became questionable it
received a severe blow. The man suspected
of weakness in this particular is looked upon
with distrust in business circles, and many
employers refuse to tolerate workmen who
are addicted to drink in their establishments.
A great and wholesome change has taken
place in public sentiment in this regard, but
it is childish folly to ascribe it to any other
than a natural growth of intelligence and a
moral sentiment that could not fail to be
been doubled, or made five times as great,
this fact alone would not have lessened the
consumption of whisky in any very p~ercepti-
BILE degree.
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wears . college gown and mortar board. and at
10 he - parting from the woman ~ her death
bed- AT IL be is a middle aged man. and At IL
he 10 old aud deerepst
Mr. CoSYBEARE. whose suspension from the
House of Commons the other day created no
little excitement IL "a English representative
OF the American genus crank. Is Is bis proud
distineiion that be has probably asked more
questions. introduced more bills. made more
speeches ard had moro conversations with press
correspobdents than any other member in the
same space OF time
A WASHINGTON physician possesses Q curios-
iy in the shape Of . kitten that has pink teeth.
These teeth are artifcially eolored by putting Q
little madden in the food given to the animal.
The madder discolors the bones, but has no bad
effect on the general health Of the cat. At first
the bones become Of q light pink tint. like the
inside OF q shell. but tho shade gradually deep
ems with time. The discovery was made about
fifteen years ago By 8 French surgeon.
CLERK RETTNEYER. OF Lewisbure. Pa, Was in
love with q Chicago girl, AID they 'corre-
sponded" But the love making stopped many
months ago, because the young man did not re-
ceive an answer 10 his "las, letter. He was too
highstrung to ask an explanation. Last week
he received the answer 20 his last letter, and .
note Of explanation accompanied it A CON-
mercial traveller. while riding on q Maine rail-
road. purchased q magazine published in Chit
cago. and between the pages he discovered the
letter addressed 70 Reitneyer. 1t Was sewed
fast. 1t had n stamp upon il, but no post
mark. The N was myst;fed, and, upon
reflection. sent on the letter as directed. Is
seems that the young woman worked 10 a bind
cry. and that she had placed the letter between
the pages for safe-keeping. Forgetting tha: she
had not mailed il. she concluded that her lover
had left her. The correspondence has been re-
sumed.
THE farmer sat In his easy chair
RsSween the fire and the lamplight's glare.
bis face was rudy, and full. and fair.
-Washipoton posf
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So. Louis Globe-DeDOcrat
Benjarain Harrison has shown himself 20 be n
worthy leader OF the Republican party. He 10
familiar with It's history. m sympathy with 10
principles. aud fully competent 20 clearly act
eaectually set forth 10 any sutieaee its tendsn-
eies and policy. Few men are better acquaini-
ed with the record Of tho Two great parties than
BENJAMIN Harrison. Daring bis service m thu
Senate he showed himself 70 be fully convsrsAnt
with the broad, national issues OF the time.
The country never had 9 more careful. earnest
or conscientious legislator. Hs instincts were
always true and his IDEAS lofty. Public spirites
and patriotic bis record aeundAntly proves hing
10 hare been. With HarTisons csuse and Harri-
sons intelligence ana discrimination the party
hiss nothing 20 fear from any speech Which hs
may make during The canvass
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ID you think Michigan q doubtful Stater-
and let the enemy steal a march on US. We can
carry the State for Harrison and Morton. bus
we will have to work to do IT, IL We simply sit
still aud say the State is going Republican We
might be deceived, because the Democrats To-
tend to make o vigorous campaign. W. r.
Burt, who has been nominated by the Demo-
Gratis for Governor. occupies q very anomalous
position in politics. to say the least He had
the temerity TO c~riticise the Mills bill in m open
letter before his nomination, but after his nom
instion he made a speech swallowing the Mills
bill, platform and all. as they 20 together. His
recantAtion Was a subject of much surprise. To
be able to blow very hot one day and cold the
next 10 not n wonderful feat in these times. be-
cause many have exhibited great proves in
that line; but frequently, as in his case, IL IL too
sudden and creates uncharitabls IN 10
certainly places him IN o very inconsistent att.
tude before the people. He - = prominent man
outside Of bis political affiliations. being presi-
dent Of the Salt Association Of the Saginaw
Valley and largely interested in timber. He n
q very rich man. and his action OF course created
considerable Comment His Democracy, too. 10
of recent date, aud on that account And for tho
reasons given, / do not think hs will receive the
cordial support of the Democrats voters. He
left the Republican party because Of . quarrel
with ex-Congressuan Uorr over the appoint
ment OF Q postmaster 1t Saginaw. The result
was that Mr.. Burt assisted TO elect Congress-
man Tarsuey over Mr.. Horr. This was the be-
ginning of his detection from the Republican
party, aud finally ne ceased to act with it alto
Gather
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pal sprinkling by an adjunct of the Are
department. supplemented by sPrinkling-
carts. But there is little use crying over
spilled milk. All that can be done is to learn
from experience how to do better when the
opportunity ia next presented. In The mean
time, the city must swelter in heat and be
buried in dust tor this summer and fall, and
can only look forward to the passage Of a law
by the next Legislature that viii unite the
hands Of the City Councils in time. 1t Is to Dc
hoped, for next SUMMED.
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Columbus Republican.
Mr.. Coles says be will supper: General Harr,s
son because be knows he has 3 heart, and = good
big one. and continues: 81 met sn old soldier in
Columbus who was crippled no so badly lie could
hardly walk ABOUT, caused by being IN the army.
lie had entrusted his pension claim 70 Matso1
aud oth.rs. but could get no pension or any sat
i~sfsction sbout it. Mr.. Harrison being In
Columbus &C that time, he concluded 20 try him.
He asked me IL / knew the General. aud asked
ne 10 introduce him TO Mr.. Harrison. which L
did. Mr.. Harrison list tened very a,tentivsly 20
the story Of his troubles. and when he had hn-
ished tears were trickling down Mr. Hsrrisonis
cheeks. He took out n memorandum and toek
tho soldiers name and address. and soon after
ward returned to Washington. Not very long
a.terward the solGies received his pension
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tHItaRO JUufuhIs
printed on colored cards for general circulation
spurious tables Of lying statistics. relating 10
labor. wages and production. and full of false
differences where the fguses are not false. For
instance, IL alleges that wages Of mule spin.
ners" In cotton mills are sl.57 per day in Eng
land and 81 % In New York. These 'spiuners'
art women. and their wages 10 England are 20
cents a day. In New York they receive 81 .
day. The card Gays that ~sorten' ara
paid a. 20 . day In ENGLAND. and 10 New Jersey
so cents o day. In England wool-sorters get
$3.50 q week. and they Get sl2 a week In New
YORK. IL says that the labor in n barrel OF
salt is IA cents. and the tariff is 81 cents. tho
the fact being that the cost Of the salt is ak
labor. from boring the salt wells TO the cooper.
age or the barrel that contains IL These lies
are numerous, and they are also gross aud scan
daloua
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QUERIES AND
HAERlsoS's REMOVAL By JACKSON.

III AthSO
When General Jackson went into the presidertiL
chair be turned VIA. H. Harrison on. OK Office. What
Office did Harrison then occupy J. w. CLARKE.
ARLINGTON, Ind.
He was minister to the Republic OF Colombia
ECLIPSE OF THE Sun.
Give day and date Of the total eclipse Of the sun
several years ago. AsBURY Linz.
LIsssBUEs, Ind, July "a.
The latest total eclipse Of the sun visible in
this country occurred Aug. :, 1863.
THE COY JURIEs
Please say wha. il the politics Of the grand jury
that found the Indictment against the Coy gang, AID
afso the jury that sentenced him.
MARION COUNTY. July "a. CONSTANT READER
The Grand jury stood eight Democrats TO
twelve republicans, aud the the trial jury. i've
Democrats to seven Republicans
THE ELECTION coSsPIRAToRs
To settle a dispute. / would like 20 know who al
those election forgers were md Their place % resi-
dsuce. A kEADEK.
WaTsrKA. II. July %.
The men charged with complieity in the In
diAnspolls tally sheet ~forgeries were eli residents
OF Indianapolis, aud all Democrats Two.
Simeon Coy, saIoon-kseper. and w F. A Bern
hsmer. . lawyer, we're convicted and sentenced.
and are row In the penissntisry. Several others.
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TIE DUST AND WATER OCTOPUS.


During these hot SIMMER days, when ev-
erybody is sweltering under the heat. blinded
by he glare of the sun. and annoyed BY the
clouis of filthy dust; while scores and nun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of per-
ishaLi. goods and household furniture are be-
ing injured or destroyed, and disease en-
Seudered ard propagated by the flying dust,
ii viii be vel to remember that If the Jour
mas advice aud appeals bGG been listened to
the streets wonid be now sprinkled and In
dianapoLs would be a cool, comfortable and
Clearly city. According TO the Councils re-
por;, the principal and insuperable obstacle
to the introduction of street sprinkling this
season was the fact that the water works com
pany bad the city in so tight a grip that i was
impossible TO procure water rates permitting
the sprinkling Of the streets al practicable fg-
ures. The Journal was the only paper in the
city that pointed out this very condition OF
things at the time the water octopus" was
winding its tentacles about the city.
But the warnings OF tie Journal passed
UNDECIDED. No Outcry was raised against the
w~a,er-works octopus There were no dem
asogues then to rend the air with their bla-
tAnt shouts about the octopus NJ daily
warnings were uttered TO watch the Water
works Company No communists got
up public meetings to bulldoze the
Council and 20 intimida'e public
sentimeat. The Journal was not
then, as 1, is no, now, engaged in cheap dem
aeoey. or in the display of petty malice We
plainly stated the simple truth. snd the fact
il now patent 10 everybody. indianapolis
could have sprinkled streets II . reasona-
bic. prudent contract had been entered into
with The water works company. and the City
Councils had enterprise enough TO inau-
gurate the perfectly feasible plan Of munich
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Z YIRLn CHARITY

The plan, 80 long in vogue in New York
and other Eastera cities, OF giving little chill
dren from the tenement houses a few DAYS
outing IN the country, is being tried in St.
Louis Arrangements are made. by what is
kaosn as tho "Children's Aid Society with
farmers IN some neighborhood not too far dis
tAnt and q party Of little ones is sent ont TO
yenain fO- = week or two. or as long as their
hosts are willing to keep them. This
removal. even Cor so brief a time. from
the oysrhsated. crowded and in-ventilated
homes and the resking alleys is Of great bsne-
sts pals and puny waits, and often. no
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not made here pays = duty. very well Let him
pay a duty. We make every grade OF goods
necessary 70 elothe our people comfortably. svea
elegantly aud ehesply. We do not trouble our
minds about the cost % living 20 Amsricans who
despise America gOois Good Americans 10
not cespise American prodnet& Let the wear.
sr OF oroadeloth pay for IL
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nemnnr.,in Enthn.ia.m-

Lebanoa Patriots Report Of Democratic n.sting.
Mr.. Curry appeared on tho stand aud an
nouneed q telegram that should cause q cheer
from every one present The dispatch was then
read announcing the passage OF the Mills BAL.
which caused q ringing cheer. After the cheers
had subsidized one delegate turned 20 bis mega
Dor and asked what the Mills oil wa IA.
MAS answered. DAN ifI.know. but u - q good
thing for &C. when they botn took oct Their
bsndannas and ehesrcd again
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
The record Of Allen g.. Thurman has been
searched. aud he 10 found 10 have been more
fay0-Able 20 Chinese immigration than - nov
agreeable for the Democrats 10 tax about In
1879 Thurman. referring 20 Chinese lmmlera-
ton, said, ia the United States senate. Ia
might be advantageous As furnishing q Get %
ehsap AM e~ficisnS lAborers'
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The Harrison Habit.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
General Harrison got OF another very good
speech yesterday. Whether be nas heard from
Quay - an open question Perhaps Quay has
10 objection 10 good speeches Yet GOvsrnor
Beaver IS = good talker. aud Quay wrote hims
Dear Beaver. don't talk TIE HArrisons
have. however. been In the habit Of having
their own wsJ.
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PhGlsdeIphia n orth American.
When = writer says that when q man buys
three calico dresses for hrs wife be pays q tarif
tax OF city cents. be either means that the man
buys calico not made here or he deliberately fall
SHEA III he means that the consumer OF goods
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from the family circle, bu, she imbieed so much
Of the New Ensland spiri, Of Independence at
Wellesley, ard Is so much Interested in The
higher mathematics. that she wants 70 make the
ventura Hes decision is altogether commend
able. and thore is no reason why IL should
cause "a social sensation IL would not any
where except at Washington. and would no.
there but FOR the atmosphere OF false artist oera-
ey which has been created by the wealthy ma
bobs and Southern lords who now control things
o. the capital.
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MINOR MENTION.

One OF the lsrges: steamboats, in the world has
Just been launched st Rosch's ship-yard. in
Chester, Pa. IL is called the Puritan, aud 10 in-
tended for the Fall River line-a line of travel.
by the way, whose Injuries no one who has ever
snjoy ed. soon forge,s. The Puri,an's principal
dimensions are 40 feet over al. f~fty-two feet
beam and twenty and one half feet depth Of
hold. She will register 1850 tons. and when
completed the bill for her will be $500, 600.
She will have engines Of the vertical beam type.
with al Indicated horse power of 800. to drive n
pair Of ieath.rlng paddle wheels at the rate OF
twenty revolutions per minute. by which IL is
hoped to get a speed of twsnty-ons miles an
sour. She will have 90 rooms
SOMETHING OF Q sensation has been caused IN
social circles a. Washington BY the announce
ment that Miss Breckenridge. daughter OF
Colonel and Congressman Breekinridge. Of
Kentucky, will be a teacher in the Washington
high-sehool next winter. Miss Breckinridgs
graduated from wsllsslsy College. Ia Massa-
ehusetts. 10 June. with the highes. honors ia
mathematics aud has warmly eommenda,ory
letters from the faculty OF Wellesley. Her par
snts are not anxious TO have her branch out
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Telephone Calls.
Business Ofcs..-.---23S Editorial Rooms.--..z
TWELVE PAGES.

The sunday Journal has double the circu-
istion OF any Sunday paper In Indiana.
Price five cents.
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IT may interest some readers to know that
when Mrs. Belva Lockwood met with her New
York friends to confer about the plan OF CAM
paign Of the National Equal Rights party. she
WAS arrayed in q baby blue cashmere dress,
with ruchipg at throat and wrists, 'emphatically
no corse,s," full blown pink roses and rhine
stone 1t is safe to say that Belva is
ahead Of all other candidates in the matter Of
toilets, whatever she may be in the way Of votes.
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Is Jersey City high license has increased the
saloon tax revenue sl39. l49, and decreased tae
number OF saloons over 20 per cent.
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Gaily did Harrison
Come from bis home.
Whilst be was yet q youth,
Not twenty-one,
de joined cur gallant band
On our frontiers.
Harrison-Harriscn.
Give hin three cheers.
Huz=a for Harrison,
Success 90 him.
He makes the Democrats
Look rather slim.
He IS the peoples man.
Away with our fears.
Observation-Disclosures
Give him three cheers
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The ~reigning wonder is. if 30 msny patriotic
citizens turn out in this melting July weather,
and travel long distances to see General Harri-
SOD. how shall the multitudes be measured who
shall come on like pilgrimages when September
breezes blowl
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htS many more details; but, without folio
'ng il further. it is enough to quote the pl
iietion that the Democracy will find Gre
Harrison 1.-THE int] too deeply enshrined
The hearts of his eountrymen. thousands
whom have served under him in most tryi
periods Of their eountry's history. to DO
nored or defeated by their attacks" and
hope i, viii prove equally true Of Harrison {
seccnd-thus completing the parallel.
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UNDER . change Of air and the careful treat
msut &C is receiving General Sheridan seems to
Do slowly recovering. 1t is not likely he will
ever be a we'll man again. but he will probably
be able to resume his official duties with COM
p~arative safety. His physicians now say mis-
sole trouble is valvular disease Of the heart.
One of them atis, "He is On the high road to
recovery from his serious illness, and we look
to have him on his feet at an early day.
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PRoF. w. f. BLACK. an evangelist Of the
Christian Church, now laboring in Illinois. but
formerly a resident o. Indianapolis, is reported
a. saying that hecan not stand on the Republic
an platform this year. 1t will occur to some Of
the friends of the Rev. Mr.. Black that il this
report is true, his political convictions must be
very powerful. indeed. to permit him to stand
on the same platform that holds thsIndianapo-
lis Sentinel.