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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-19
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-19
How Combinations Are Possible.

The next legislature VIII elect TWO sem
etors General Bates term expiring in 1891.
This makes deals and counter deals possi-
bic and complicates the situation greatly.
The problem which confronts Taylor is
whether il IL wiser for him TO form a
combination with one OF the other middle
Tennessee men, appoint him to the short
term and then make a combined fight for
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-19

10 FtIy dWNWdIU SIT % TOT WdIIt OF
them, is from the works of a stand
ard author. Perhaps you have read
it. Look forit. Ifyou don't find it
just guess at it, you may hit it. See
exact terms in the advertisement.
THE CONSTITUTION.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-19

Thomas Slater has 4 message for every
man in an article headed ''He Sends II
Free on page 9. Don't fail 10 read it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
THEFT OR PLAGIARISM.
An Indiana Preachers Discovery of
One of His Sermons.
NaW York Comm ercial AdNertiser

n! Rev s. " Leeoh. p p; well-known
Church, residing at Charlottesville, Ind,
lshed by the Fleming Fl. Revell Company,
Of Chicago and New York, and also by the
Western Book Concern of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, there is a remarkable
instance of plagiarism. In the Homiletc
of September 1873 DR.. Leech published a
sermon d entitled Joy Among r,t the angels
now appears in the book entitled Revival
Themes published by Revell, but as from
the pen of a certain Mr.. A G. Brown. The
solitary difference between the discourse
published by Mr.. Leech nine years ago and
the one now published by Mr. Brown is
that Mr.. Brown has left out one-third of
DR.. Leech's sermon. But in every other re-
spect it is the same sermon. DR.. Leech has
submitted the two sermons to DR.. Funk
and DR. Gregory, the associate editors of
the Homiletic who say: I'VE regret to be
obliged TO state that we have examined the
two published sermons with care and find
Mr.. Leech'S statements concerning Mr..
Brown't plagiarism true The two sermons
agree verbatim ct literatim ct punctuatim.
This surely is theft and not plagiarism.
This delinquency of Mr.. Brown reminds
us of story related by New York clergy
man. For some time there had been sys-
tenn widely prevalent in England of obtain
clergy, and sometimes by ladies, and litho-
graphed so as to have the appearance of
manuscript sermons. These sermons were
often preached by men who had not either
the leisure or the brains TO produce their
own compositions In cathedral city in
the south of England there resided Canon
Brown connected with the cathedral chap
ter, and a Mr.. Brown, Methodist preach
er, who thought he had a perfect right to
prefix the title Rev" to his name. But
Canon Brown considered that only the
clergy of the Church of England had the
sole prerogative of using this clerical title.
1t happened that Rev. MIR. Brown fire.
uuently opened by mistake a number of
letters intended for Rev. Canon Brown, but
he always sent them to the cathedral dig
nitary with an humble apology. This mis-
take frequently occurred. At last the Rev.
Canon sent the following caustic message;
1.-THE Rev Canon Brown presents his com
pliments to Mr.. Brown, and accepts his
apology, but he would remind Mr.. Brown
that if he would not lay claim to title to
which he has no legal right such mistakes
as these could not occur.
But Brown the Methodist had his revenge.
Some months afterWard package OF htho-
graphed sermons came, addressed to Rev.
Mr. Brown" and were delivered at the
house of the Methodist minister, who
opened it. Mr.. Brown Immediately sent the
package to the cathedral canon with this
note: Mr.. Brown, Methodist preacher, re-
grets exceedingly that he has opened the
package of Autographed sermons by mis-
take but if the Reverend Canon Brown
would not attempt to exercise sacred
office for which he has no intellectual quail
ifications such mistakes as these could not
occur"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
IN THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.
Customs, Manners, Prices of Labor
and Articles of Food, Etc.
n Noblesville Ledger.

VIII H. Craig, in Noblesville Ledger.
But now as to the modes and means of
living Let it be understood that the very
few rich live in the height of fashion and
of the great mass of the MeXicans, prob
ably nine-tenths of them. Their homes are
dobe houses. Most of them have no floors,
no beds. no stove, no chairs-nothing that
food for the most part consists of tortillas
and frejoles, which in English means corn
cakes or "slap-jacks,' and beans. Meat
and wheat bread are luXuries. 1t is said
a Mexican can live on cents day. They
have no modesty, no ambition, and
live like hogs and with the
hogs. AT one place l saw three children
sitting upon an old sow that was lying
down at the front door. At another l saw
a horse hitched under the front porch. The
union labor man in this country sick nigh
unto death. Common labor gets from 1242
to 3I12 cents day; factory handS, of12
cents; brick and stone maSonS, 10 TO $l.2o
Il day; college professors, $50 month, eX-
cept in the city of Mexico. where they get
some more. These wages are paid in Mex
lean silver, which is now not worth half
what our money is. On the other hand,
buy are very high and out of the question
for MeXicanS labOrerS. to buy. TO Illus
trate the difference between the conditions
and manners of living there and here,
let us suppose the case Of a common lab
Orer or factory hand We will suppose that
they are employed regularly-not true here
nor there at all times. In fact, it looks
like the whole population down there was
out on a holiday jaunt all the time as very
few are seen at work. Let the wife of the
day night with the earnings of the week
say %50-to buy provisions for the coming
week. The second column represents the
Mexican price for same article. The order
1 lGI fFl lfNK
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
THE BOARDER RESENTED 1T.
As "a Result He Was SIashed by John
De Long or His Friend.

John De Long went to boarding house
last night on North Delaware street and
sought TO engage room anG board for
fellow-employe at the Indiana bicycle
works. De Long had formerly boarded
there and asked the lady of the house If
he could not get a room for himself and
his friend The lady informed him that
there was no objection so tar rs she was
concerned. but there had always been
trouble when he was there before ana she
would prefer that he stay away. When she
told De Long that il was on account OF
James O'Brien that the trouble occurred.
De Long insisted upon having room as
signed him O Brien happened to be sitting
in an adjoining room and ne resented the
insult offered By De Long. He entered the
room and in a moment he mixed with
De Long and the latters friend. When the
police arrived an hour later there was no.
body TO arrest but O'Brien, and he was
sent to the police station charged with as
sault and battery. lie had q deep cash in
the right cheek and another in the left
made by knife in the hands Of De Long
or Els friend. The lady of the house could
not tell which made the wound. She said
both Do Long and his friend had knives.
O'Brien could not say positively which one
cut him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The estate of Gail Hamilton, according
to an inventory filed, amounts to $31, 029.
The Rome Tribune regrets that the sue
cess of the Turks lis a distinct victory
for boomers"
Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, the authoress, is
quoted as saying: There is going to be a
reaction from the aggressive, athletic,
sporty woman to the old-faShiOned woman,
and when the old-fashioned woman comes
in again she will stay in.
The will of Mrs. Ellen B. French, of
Beoit, Wis, bequeaths 5000 to Belot Col
lege, on condition that no vivisection shall
ever be practised in any of it's departments
but if the stipulation is violated the trus
tees are to pay over the amount to the
American Humane Education Society of
Boston.
well-known English actress is reported
to have identified herself as the original
of the woman's figure in the picture of Mr..
Burne Jones, underneath which Mr.. .Rud-
yard Kfpling has written the descriptive
lines, more frocible than complimentary,
"A rag, bone, and hank Of hair >
Hence the prospect of an action for libel.
Richard Grant White was a great stickler
for calling spade a spade. Very worthy
and well-behaved and even intelligent
men," he used to say keep bars and tav-
erns, but If they do let them say so. When
I see sample room over a door, feel
respect for a barroom, and as if | could
keeps a grogshop."
Rev DR.. Hopkins, of the First Congrega-
tional Church, of Dubuque, Ia, preached
a sermon last Sunday night, in which he
took strong ground in favor of the Sunday
newspaper. He thinks the changed cOndi-
ton of the times has made 1t necessity
and that it has come to stay. Once he was
opposed to it, but he has changed his mind
and is now in favor of it.
William II. Collins, of Hartford, who
on Monday completed the fiftieth year Of
his connection with the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad, began life as
a blacksmith. but fifteen minutes after he
commenced work he met with an accident
which left useless his right hand and arm.
He then took a position on the railroad at
so cents day, and has been with it since.
Queen Vctoras watermen are dis
gruntled at having no part in the jubilee
procession. the more so that the Queen has
never made use of her state barges. She
has two of them. kept at rockingham
which should be rowed with two water
men to an oar. The uniform consists of
scarlet jacket, waistcoat. breeches and
stockings. with remarkable black jockey
cap and low shoes. On the front and back
of the jacket is an enormous royal badge.
The barge has only been used once, when
the Prince of Wales and the KhediVe Ismail
OF Egypt were taken by water TO Rich
mond.
There are three sisters living in Salem,
direct descendants of John Endicott, the
first Governor of Massachusetts Bay col
ony, whose ages aggregate Z73 years. These
venerable women are Miss Susan Gray and
Mrs. Caroline NJ. Newhall, of 70 Essex
street and Mrs. r. G. Abbott Of ! Orange
births having been on the following dates
Mrs. Abbott. Dec. ., 1903; Mrs. NewhaH
Sept. p. 1896. and Miss Gray. Nov. %. 1897
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

gone over the earth more will be expected
of this country. and a poor display win be
really disgraceful. 1t would be better to
have none than a meager showing. A bill
which has passed the Senate and is now
pending in the House provides for the APP
pointment of a commission, headed by a
high commissioner, of experts, and for a
liberal appropriation toward an American
exhibit. Since it now appears that Speak
er Reed thinks it best to let the House
have little light work to do just to keep
it's hand in, he can do no better than to ar
range for the passage of this measure.
Colonel Davis is being urged for the office
of high commissioner. in case the bill be-
comes a law, and, in view of his expert
ence and knowledge of American resources,
his acquaintance with foreigners and his
executive ability, the appointment would
probably be a wise one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
MILLION-DoLLAR MONUMENT.
Plan to Erect 1t at Washington in
Memory of the Privates.
RaItimora Aynarioap

There are many beautiful and costly
monuments which have been erected TO
generals and other officers, and also So
called soldiers monuments. but not one
monument distinctly erected and dedicated
to the enlisted men of the army and navy
the character OF the monument now pro-
posed to be erected
Grand Army place was so named from
being the site of the National Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
held in Washington TOUR years ago. and
the idea of the erection of the monument
there and then took shape. The site is
what was formerly known as the White
House lot and lies to the south of the
White House in the neighborhood of the
Washington monument. The incorporators
OF the association named include thirty
Wel-known veterans of the war. The
change in the administration-the election
of President CleVeland-caused halt in the
proposed plan, it being thought that Mr..
Cleveland might be ininicaI to extending
government aid toward the erection of the
monument. Several days ago the directors
held a meeting and it is now proposed to
go ahead with the plan, which, in the first
instance, cOntemplates the raising of $780,
O@. and, so far as may be, by popular sub
Scription, not only am 0ng Grand Army
posts, Women's Relief corps, Sons Of Veter-
ans Daughters of America, but from the
public at large.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
STREET-CAR FARES.
A Movement of Wide scope to Effect a
Reduction to Three Cents.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

And now there is talk of an organized
movement to force the reduction of street.
car fares The movement is national in its
scope. At least it is said to embrace nearly
an the large cities in the country including
ST Louis It originated in Boston where
II is said to assume proportions sufficient to
command attention. Three cents is the fig
I1re set and those engineering the move
ment seem to have gone about the matter
i'm a practical busineSSlike way. In Boston
with Robert Treat Paine, jr., for president.
William L. Ru.al, treasurer, and Charles
M Cox secretary. Among the vice presi-
dents are Or. Edward Everett Hale Thorn
as Wentworth EgginsCn. Robert Treat
Paine sr and Josiah Quincy. There are
ines and on petitions. Appeals have been
sent ont to all of the leading cities in the
United States to form citizens committees,
to hold meetings and collect facts and fig
l,res to be used later on before City Coun-
ellis and State Legislatures.
St Louis is on the list, but the names of
the parties who are intrusted with the mis-
sion of forming a society have not been dis
closed as yet The street-railway men pro-
fess ignorance on the subject. When clip
pings from Boston, Cleveland and Chicago
papers were shown them, proving that So
cieties in those three cities had been
formed. they expressed no surprise. They
said however, that passengers could not
be carried for cents. Captain Robert Me
CuIloch said: II do not think the movement
of the local roads talk of building extern
sicns and additions. but let a society be
formed for the expressed purpose of reduc-
ing the fare. the roads Will not build 1t
will surely have the effect of paralyzing the
street-railWay business for some years 10
country that can carry a passenger Tor 3
cents and even pay operating expenses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

Mr.. Bryan, it should be understood, will
not be here tonight at the urgent solicita-
ton of Mayor Taggart and his friends,
who are now doing their utmost to bring
the Democratic factions together in this
city. If these gentlemen could have their
way about it, Mr.. Bryan would be in Lin
coin, Neb., or at some other point to which
the silver-mine owners might have sent
him. Mr. Bryan does not believe in any
party The Journal says this because Mr.
Bryan has so declared himself time and
again, and officially so to speak, in one Of
the organs of one of the bonanza mine
owners, the San Francisco Examiner, in a
letter dated May Is, which in big type COW
ers two-thirds of the first page of that is
sue Among other things in that letter are
the following statements:
Both the regular Democrats and gold
Democrats know thai the money question
will be a paramount Issue in 1900, and it is
folly to expect that either branch of the
party will give material assistance to the
representatives of the other branch while
this great contest continues Knowing that
they will fight each other three years
hence is it rea SOnable to suppose that thew
can be friends in the meantime? =
There can be no permanent peace, nor
even truce without 4 cessation of HOSTILE
ties, and q cessation of hOstilitieS means
the preservation of the existing conditions
= The regular Democrats have every
thing to lose and nothing to gain by max
ing concessions to those who desire to use
the Democratic name without supporting
Democratic principles.
There is much more in this vein. In fact
the mission of Mr.. Bryan in travelling over
the country at the present time is to pre-
vent conferences and consultations de-
signed to bring the two wings of the De-
mocracy together upon a common declara-
ton of principles which shall make the sill
yer issue less prominent Mr.. Bryan will
be here tonight for that purpose. He will
repeat his story about what he is pleased
to cali bimetallism but which every in
telligent and candid man who has read his
tory knows to be silver monometallism-
His real purpose is to defeat the efforts of
Mayor Taggart and his friends TO unity
the Democratic party on some common is
sue in the pending municipal election and
the election next year which will not in
clude the coinage of forty or fifty cents
worth of the bullion of the silver-mine
owning monopoly into a dollar. Mr.. Bry-
an does not need much of an invitation
but whatever invitation he has is from the
real enemies of Mayor Taggart and his
coterie who Acknowledged his bitter hos
tnity to them when he permitted his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

ton which comes to them and diagnosing
the business situation. Their reports of bus
mess failures during the last few months
are to the same effect. In the week end
ing March 5, in which Mckinley was in
augurated, there were 262 business failures
throughout the United States. "A week later
Bradstreet's said: Business failures con-
tinue to decrease, the total for the week
being 227 against 262 last week and 2S2
in the corresponding week of 1896" March
% Bradstreet's said: THE rate Of CONNER
cial mortality continues on the decline
shown in recent weeks, the total number
Of business failures throughout the United
States being 221 this week. compared with
231 last week, 276 in the like week in 1896"
The indications are that the total number
of failures during 1887 will be much less
than in any year since 1888. In view of this
evidence whoever says business conditions
are as bad now as they were a year ago.
or that they have not improved since Nc
Kinley's election shows that he does not
know what he is talking about.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
Speaking of Harrison.
New York Mail and Express.

If Benjamin Harrison could be convinced
that his talents, his diplomatic gifts and the
prestige of his great name would, in the
capacity of ambassador to Spain, bring
about peace in Cuba, independence to the
Cup Gun and the re-establisnment of our
lions, no false pride of former office, would
constrain him to resist the Presidents
urgency. He is a patriot, first of all. Gen
eral Harrisons acceptance of the Spanish
mission would not be the first occasion
when he abandoned home and the comforts
the agent of this government in the delicate
and important post of ambassador to Spain
(fOr the mission is to be made an embassy
and to be successful in accomplishing the
well-known policy of the administration as
to Cuba would be an achievement which
would crown with honor the career of the
first private citizen Of the United States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
Keen-Eyed Astronomer.
Chicago Letter


The Yerkes Observatory is fortunate in
having on it's staff one of the sharpest-eyed
men who ever looked through a telescope
He is Edward Emerson Barnard, the dis
coverer of the fifth moon of Jupiter, for
which feat he received the gold medal of
the Royal Astronomical Society. He comes
to the Yerkes Observatory from Mount
Hamilton. Cal, where he had the excep-
tional advantages of the great Lick tele-
scope. AS an observer he is second to no
living astronomer. The story of his career
is wonder. With the most meager of edu-
cational advantages, he began life in a
Photographic studio in Nashville. A friend
loaned him book on astronomy; he built
for himself a telescope with a one-inch
lens and rough tube; he saved money to
buy a fve-inch glass. and leaped into
prominence as q discoverer of comets. He
went to Vanderbilt University in 1888, and
to the Lick Observatory in 1889 He is a
self-made man in the best sense of the
term, and with the almost boundless posi-
bilities of the greatest telescope in the
world now before him, what advances may
not astronomy make?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

Memorial ceremonies have been spread
over three days this year-a state of affairs
due to the fact that the 3Oth of May came
on Sunday, and through a confusion of or
ders Saturday was observed in some To-
calities and Monday in others. This lack
of uniformity would be avoided by the SIM
pie expedient of conducting the ceremonies
on Sunday when it falls the 30th
Memorial-day observances are of a sort
entirely appropriate to the first day Of the
week, and there is no good reason why
they should be held the day before or the
day after instead. TO be sure. the occa-
sion could not be made one for road races
and general festivity. but as these features
were not contemplated by the originators
Of the Decoration-day plan, their omission
could perhaps be endured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

The Memorial day procession was more
extensive than usual Some of the posts
turned out in large numbers and several
secret orders and the militia added much to
the attraction and the display. Hereafter
those who assume direction of these cere-
monies will be wise if they invite repre-
sentatives of organizations not members of
the Grand Army to take part in making
the arrangements. This is essential to the
proper recognition of the day when there
shall be no veterans able to direct.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
IlluIninatiVe.


An X ray of unusual illuminative power
has been trained upon the obscurity Of
Prime Minister Ralli's understanding. He
the information being backed up by the
other powers, that none of them care a
rap for Greece, but that the pains they are
taking in its affairs are all on account of
it's King and his family. The country and
it's people are of no account ranking as
bores and disturbers of the peace, thunder
than they fight and have not been able
to rule their own concerns since the days
of Epaminondas The conquered always
have a good deal of plain talk as we'll
as other things to put up with, as M. Rail-
is just now finding out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

The New York Evening Sun, commenting
on Admiral Browns playful remark that
he prefers to live in indianapolis, where
he is the only retired admiral, rather than
in Washington, where he is one of forty,
invites him to come to New York where
it would be better to be one of fifty retired
admirals so far as living is concerned, than
to be the only admiral not only in Indian
apOlis, but in all Indiana" 1t is really the
matter of living and the fact of his Off
cial rank that is leading the gentleman in
question to select the Indiana capital for
his permanent abiding place, now that he
is for the first time free to choose, and
the New York paper merely betrays provin-
cial ignorance in undertaking the charms
of the Hoosier metropolis. Two hundred
thousand people, or Whereabouts, can in
form it that there is no more beautiful city
or more agreeable place of residence in
the country. New York is only q place to
stay, not one in which to live.