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Not Perry, Never.
Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal
The report in the Washington news OF
one of our contemporaries that Perry s.
Heath is to be made the scapegoat of the
administration will cause a merry laugh.
In the first place, the administration il
not looking for the animal at all; has no
use for one in its business In the next
place Mr.. Heath does not wear that kind of
beard. He is Johnny on the spot and
every other occasion except that, and then
he is missing by a large and constantly in
creasing majority He may have known
Nicely and may have recommended him:
but it was Nicely honest. not Nicely up to
his elbows in things that ne had no clear
title to; not Nicely fighting extradition to
Cuba Mr. Heath is probably honest by
nature, but if he were not he has a head
too long for any bride that spells dis
honesty is the best policy. This suave and
delightful hammered Indianian has not
mounted into the place of first assistant
postmaster general for the sake of saving
off the branch while he perches on the
part that falls when the bark is cut
heard his countrys call, beckoning him
away up yonder, and he knows that q clean
record is to be priced at least above such
petty stealings as the sinful Nicely is
charged with
No; Perry s. Heath was never intended
to be a scapegoat, nor will any politician
who has need of such an animal camp on
his trail for one moment in expectation
that the willy Indianian can be hitched to
meanors. The real goat might eat circus
poster and admit that he had attended
the performance to take the children, but
Mr.. Heath, never
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TO suppress the prevalent disorders. In his
response TO the citizens who have petit
toned him 10 interfere the Governor al
ludes to the good service which the mayor
can perform. Unfortunately, a Stephens
Legislature took the control of the police
out OF the hands of the mayor and vested
it in a board appointed by the Governor
Practically. Governor Stephens is in con-
troll of the police of st. Louis and the
sheriff's posse. Not long ago Governor
stephens declared that faction of the
Democratic party was responsible for the
disturbances in st. Louis, yet he has taken
no steps TO compel the anti-police board
faction to keep the peace. In fact, there is
reason to fear that his refusal TO use his
authority to restore peace in st. Louis will
encourage the hoodlum element to greater
lawlessness- After all. much cannot be ex-
pected Of Governor who writes his name
Lon"
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II the eloquent Invocation Of Rev. Dr.
Lasby had been submitted to Mr.. Kern
and the managers of the Democratic con-
vention before 1t was delivered and given
to the reporters, they would have used
the condemnatory blue pencil upon the fol-
lowing sentences:
We look on the right hand and behold
prosperity; on the left, and 10. plenty
abe ands. We look in front to the future,
and the skies rosy with promise
The Democratic managers do not desire
to behold prosperity the right hand
nor plenty on the left. Some of them will
go forth to declare that the skies are dark
with calamity. The thing that troubles them
most is the general prosperity of the coun-
try, and those of them who are simply
dernagogues would welcome industrial dis
aster. The temporary suspension of a few
iron mills causes some Democratic papers
to cry out with ill-corcealed delight and
to make predictions of disaster which
they would welcome. About two years ago
Mayor Taggart was reported as saying
that il was not much use TO fight the Re-
publicans as long as the times continued
good. In other words, industrial disturb
ance and disaster is essential TO Democrat
&c success.
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INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Census enumerators say that men de-
cline to tell their ages where women prove
delightfully."- frank. Another campaign lie
nailed.-Marion News.
1t is suggested that Governor Beckham
deputize the Lafayette Morning Journal to
serve that warrant on former Governor
Taylor.-Lafayette Call.
The doughty Colonel Hamid is still dis
counting the peremptory notes which our
charge d'affaires is handing him now and
then.-Anderson Bulletin.
Judged by the hastiness of their retreat,
the Beers must have wonderfully weaken
ed their forces when they sent three en-
voys to the United States.-Lafayette Cour-
Ter.
For the benefit of the outside world we
trust that the census now being taken will
show that only a small per cent. of the
people of Muncie have been to Cuba--Mun-
Gle Times
The enlargement of Mr.. Bryan's front
porch is all right. but 1t is too bad that
the process was not extended to his views
on the great questions of the day.-Logans-
lort Journal.
Under the Goebel law nothing is left
to chance" said Henry Watterson, editor of
the Louisville-Courier Journal. To this may
publican officials in the Democratic courts
of Kentucky the spirit of the Goebel law
still prevails. For the defendant there is
no chance whatever.-Marion Chronicle.
General Otis is not a popular hero but he
is just as deserving of honor and glory
as Dewey and Lawton. His services have
been protracted, arduors and most valu-
able to the country. But they do not pos
sess the uniqueness and brilliancy OF the
exploits of the splendid sailor and soldier
and hence will not win the applause or
the people.-Madison Courier.
c. L. vallandigham was rebel sympa-
arrested and tried for treason. He was
found guilty and was sent into the Con-
federate lines, and compelled to live and
associate with rebels. Frank Burke made
utterances similar in character in his
Kleyla Theater speech, and he should be
arrested and sent over to the philippines
and be compelled to live with and associate
with the Tagals. Vallandigham gave the
rebellion great announcement, and Frank
Burke is giving the Tagals the same kind
of encouragement.-Tipto Advocate.
After we have been reading so much
about Democratic violence in Kentucky,
it seemed quite natural to hear that a
pistol was part of the proceedings at the
Democratic primaries in the Fifth ward
last night. When we remember that this
is Indiana. peace-loving. law-abiding In
diana, we realize what the effect OF De-
mocracy is The primary is the nrst stage
of our system of government, and IL not
kept pure, popular government is delu-
sion and a fraud. What kind of party
management can flow from pistol-con-
trolled primaries is a grave question yet
to be answered by the DemcoTats.-Terre
Haute Tribune.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Russell Sage, the New York financier,
says that the new enterprises which will
spring up in South Africa as consequence
of the rehabilitation of the Boer republics
will, In his judgment, prove such an at
tractive investment for capital that the
rates for money will be materially adj
vanced
Some time ago, when 1t was enormously
announced that Senator Hanna had
fibrous growth on his knee. people all over
the country sent him nostrums to cure the
supposed trouble. Later a New York paper
started a report that the Ohio boss was
drinking mineral water TO cure rheumatic
govt and now he is receiving water in
TASKS, bottles, demiJohns, Kegs and par
rels.
Marcus DAILY, the copper king. tells sew
eral amusing stories about man In New
York bearing the same name. The other
day this person We, 4 to a real estate agent
In search of house, was treated TO cham
payne and. expensive cigars, and, after be-
ing shown only the most luxurious houses,
explained that he wanted something lit
tie cheaper. as he was making only SO
week.
Julian Ralph has the happy faculty OF
making warm friends wherever he goes.
Robert Barr ran across the genial Ameri-
can correspondent just as the latter, in
company with a large number OF British
officers, was about TO leave London Tor the
seat of war and says that 1t was evident
that Ralph was already high IN the favor
of the military men with whom he was
hobnobbing.
John ID. Rockefeller said. in an address
before New York Bible class. the other
evening: THE pursuit of riches is not
wrong thing. On the contrary, gold is one
of the mightiest agents for the doing of
good, and though there are bad rich men
just as there are bad poor ones. / believe
that most wealthy persons lock upon their
money a sacred trust which they hold
for the good of their fellows.
The students OF the Leland Stanford Uni
versity in California. stirred UP great
commotion recently by placarding fences
and walls in the vicinity OF the college
with peculiarly designed posters advertis-
ing play TO be given by the undergradu-
ates- The posters were printed in two sizes
OF type. ingeniously arranged TO read two
ways One way described the play. and the
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Correspondence New York Post.
The darky of South African cities is
about the most homelike thing l have
seen since left home. He is not the darby
of the North, but the darby of the South,
lazy, ragged and jovial. I saw a couple
this morning A gray and woolly-haired
old uncle drove pair OF pony
bony little mules. with their wreck
of harness tied up with bits of
rope. hitched to ramshackle old
vehicle which threatened a wreck at every
Jolt On the seat behind him sat fat old
aunty. with handkerchief tied around her
wooiiy pate. My lips puckered instinctively
into a whistle of "Old Virginny Nebber
Tire" They were the real thing. and might
walk the streets of Richmond or Charles
ton without attracting any more attention
than they did here. But IL is two 10 one
that they spoke Dutch. and IL is any odds
that uncle never heard of n mint julep and
that aunty knew no more about beaten
biscuit than she did about electrolysis. The
darby of the country is more of the orig
inaf bird. A very small piece OF cloth will
make him a full suit. But the town darby
so far as appearance goes. might as well
be anywhere between Washington and New
Orleans as in Pretoria.
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FOOtnOtes.

An intellectual woman is one who can foist
bread pudding on her family without being de-
tected.
What makes work so hard Is that we are
always hurrying through with II to get more
time for play.
Thanking some people for favors Is ucklish
business; IL may remind them to solicit greater
favors in return
The main thing which keeps the world In Its
orbit is that men and women have different
matters to worry about
The chief difference between town and country
is that in town people are afraid to plant sun
flowers in their front yards.
When woman takes a new frock to dress
maker she sometimes asks If she can't have 1t
the next afternoon at half-past o'clock.
Even when politicians wife doesn't under
stand politics he never has time to find it out.
Scratch cynic and you discover conscience
less and hasty generalizer.
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pings. One cannot help wondering. how
ever, what would be thought OF thousand
or so of women who should attire them
selves In fantastic costumes and march
around the streets. We always feel a
thrill OF pride when we see the knights
Templars with their long. white plumes
and the Odd Fellows with their purple
feathers waving in the breeze and an fhe
various orders decked out In their glitter
ing regalia. walking up and down &c be
admired; but We never can refrain from
asking ourselves why IL Is that women are
supposed 10 monopolize all the vanity IN
the world? And then we reflect that. after
all. we have progressed only a little way
from the big "Injun' in his war paint and
feathers. and that among all the nations
OF the world and throughout the animal
Kingdom the male is the spectacular figure
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Golf takes on new dignity and impor-
lance when a clergyman discourses Sc
riously of the moral side of the pastime
and shows that such moral side exists. This
the rector of Holy Trinity Church. Brook
lyn. does in the Outlook. He does not even
oppose Sunday playing. though ne looks at
il with some misgiving as an experiment in
regard TO the day. He makes this sugges-
ton as an offset to the possible demoraliz-
ing influence of giving up the entire Sun
day TO the game:
Might II not be well for the golfer TO stop
at church and say his prayers of Sunday
morning on his way to the links? He can
leave his clubs in the vestibule. The sex
ton will look after them. AT that early
hour, while as yet his mind Is fairly free
from the intoxication of his game, IL may
be we'll that the spirit of the holy place
will so steady him that he will go out a
better man. will find fuller satisfaction In
his game. viii treat his caddie with more
consideration and will count his strokes
more carefully
Verify. times have changed when Sunday
pleasures. even with church duties first at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-07

The extreme liberality of Congress in re-
cent years in making appropriations for ex-
positions has given rise to suggestion.
originating I'm Philadelphia, that Congress
refund TO that city its outlay on account Of
the centennial exhibition OF 1876. On that
occasion Congress appropriated $500. 900.
every dollar OF which was repaid by the
city OF Philadelphia. this being the only
case of the kind on record. Since then
Congress has appropriated for various ex-
positions upwards OF $1,000, ooo all Of which
has been a gift to the cities that got 1t. OF
course. the Philadelphia proposition is not
TO be considered. but 1t furnishes a new
reason for putting end to such appro-
priations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-07

The Turkish minister at Washington has
ment to certain articles written by United
States Consul Merrill. at Jerusalem. and
published in the Christian Herald. of New
York. in which the Turkish authorities at
Jerusalem are severely criticised and the
assertion Is made that they wink at murder
and other crimes. Even If this were true
the publication Of the fact by representa-
tive OF the United States government over
his own signature was gross breach of in
ternational propriety and will probably
lead to the consurs recall
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Pri.ed by stamp Collectors.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Anything that attaches special interest
to a particular issue of postage stamps i'm
mediately enhances their value among col
lectors.' said a New Orleans philatelist-
"If it is true that Nicely sold a quantity
of 'surcharged Cuban stamps after he
had been ordered to destroy them by the
government the price of all specimens ex
tant will go soaring instanter. The news
papers say that he disposed of some of the
surcharged 2-cent stamps for as much as
20 cents apiece, which leads me to believe
that certain spectators had an inkling
that something was wrong and bought as
many as possible for the purpose OF hold
ing them until the bomb burst At any
rate. very few surcharged Cubans have
been seen on the market up to date. but
am willing to bet that they will be as
plenty blackberries from now on. Even
counterfeit stamps are occasionally priced
by collectors. Some years ago, as you
may possibly recall. the secret service Off
GERS discovered very dangerous counter
felt of the ordinary red 2-cent letter stamp.
The plate from which ii was printed was re-
markably good and the slight deviations
from the original could only be detected
by the aid of glass. What betrayed the
fraud was the bad qaulity of the ink, which
would rub off and smear If the stamps be-
came damp. AS soon as the counterfeits
were detected the officers went to work
with great vigor and soon gathered in the
plates and practically all of the issue that
remained unused, but a few found their
way into the hands of collectors and are
now held at very fancy figures. OF course,
they are not offered openly on the market,
because that would be in violation of the
law, but anybody who is willing to pay the
price can easily secure a specimen. The
same thing is true of the bogus revenue
stamps which were used by the wholesale
last year in a Pennsylvania cigar factory
and created such a big sensation when
their existence first became known. 1 was
offered good 50-cent specimen the other
day for IS. Such curios dangerous
holdings, being liable at any time to con-
fiScafinn !"
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EXPANSION OR CowARDICE.

Senator Teller's recent speech shows
the difficulty of finding any tenable
ground of opposition to the admin
istration's Philippine policy or any half
way house between expansion and cow
arl.ce Mr.. Teller is able and honest,
man of conscientious convictions and
strongly opposed to what, in the cant of
words, he is opposed to the present policy
of the administration in the Philippines.
and his speech was an attempt to find some
ground on which he could oppose il as
politician without disgracing himself as
patriot and stultifying himself as an Amer
lean. In his effort to reconcile these an
tagonistic positions Mr.. Teller made adj
missions which completely justify the
course of the administration. For example,
he admitted that he was one of those who
believed that American sovereignty at
tached to the Philippines. by the laws of
war;" he said. I'VE occupied those islands.
When we became masters of the island of
Luzon we became practically masters of
should any American denounce the deter
mination of this government to establish
its rights as imperialism? If the islands
are ours, as MIR. Teller admits, why not
establish and confirm our title? Again.
Mr.. Teller said: az see no way to surren-
der the Philippine islands" OF course. he
meant no way that would comport with the
honor and dignity of the Nation. for as an
anti-imperialist and opponent of the adj
ministration. Mr.. Teller would not advo-
cate a policy of dishonor. as many Demo-
Gratis are either knowingly or ignorantly
doing when they urge our withdrawal from
and abandonment of the islands. But Mr..
Teller. hunting for solution OF the Philip
pines problem and for ground on which he
can oppose the policy OF the administration.
the Philippines" Finally. near the close of
his speech, he declared fatty that he would
not support the Republican policy of estab-
fishing American authority and govern
ment in the islands, and then. as If to save
his reputation for Americanism, he added.
And / do not want to give up the islands
either They should be a source of great
advantage TO Us. They stand in the great
pathway of the commerce of the worIc
and they can be of immense value TO this
country
II as able man as Senator Teller cannot
fnd any ground on which to oppose the adj
illustrations policy in the Philippines
that is consistent with our undisputed own
ership of the islands and with the rights
and the honor OF the Nation. no person can.
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Mr.. Charles Major. who wrote story
called when Knighthood was in Flow
er," regarded as remarkable by easilv-
suited readers. has a paper on historic at
mosphere in the June Scrbner. But
there is no earthly reason. MIR. Major 70
the contrary. why an historical novel should
have a correct historical atmosphere. Such
an atmosphere may make hisory: IL
doesn't make literature.
Is the historical novel literature Per-
haps it is; perhaps it isn't. The historical
end of it in no wise enters into the sude-
ment. And whether IL be literature oil nor
does not concern many OF us. who read an
historical novel. such as Dumas wrse.
because 1t is rafting good story. May
of Mr.. Majors arguments are sound a
applied TO novels in general, but there /.
no reason why he should select the his
torical novel as text for his sermon; be-
cause the only real difference between such
a novel and the ordinary kind is that the
historical novelist takes his plot from his
tory, whereas the ordinary novelist evolves
it from his inner consciousness"
There is, however, certain atmosphere
that an historical novel must have. IL IL
is going to catch us for a reader-the at
mosphere of the wayside inn. There must
be a clean, sanded floor, a cracking fire
on the hearth, and before il fowl roast
ing on a spit. There must be. too. a
traveller In a cloak, with a ready napier at
his side, warming his hands by the CHEEKY
blaze, and bunch of conspirators over i'm
one corner, cloaked to the eyes. IL con-
venient the traveller should be accompa-
MED by masked lady of unquestioned high
birth and breeding. This atmosphere We
insist upon; the novelist can pump in as
much other hot air as he pleases-
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Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The Indianapolis Sentinel announces that
Helen Cougar Twill soon take the stump in
opposition to the imperialistic policy and
explain to the women of the Nation that
portion of the Sulu treaty which unblush-
ingly recognizes and protects the lustfuI
institution of polygamy." 1t is TO be hoped
that the announcement is correct. Politics
promised to be little dull this summer
and lacking I'm spice. Something in the
way of a sensation is needed. and no one
can impart IL better than Helen Cougar.
In the campaign of 1883 she wrote a letter
saying that she proposed Ito roll up her
sleeves and go into the campaign and help
carry New York and Indiana for the Dens-
ocrats." She ''rolled up her sleeves" prob
ably, but the Democrats did not get either
Indiana or New York. But that has not
made Helen Cougar any more modest. She
has now undertaken another large con-
tract, and while she may not fulfill the
conditions she is pretty certain TO add 10
the hflarity of the Nation
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The Republican national convention. soon
TO meet In Philadelphia, will consist of s34
delegates. of whom S04 will represent States
the District of Columbia. The list of dele
gates contains the names of many distin-
guished men. including nineteen United
States senator's and many members of the
House. There are 15S delegates instructed
to vote for Mckinley. but. as all the unin-
structed delegates will do the same thing.
that is a matter of no consequence. Many
OF the States. without instructing their del
egates. passed resolutions in favor of the
denomination of the President. which are
equivalent to instructions.
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other read: DIR. Jordan (the president OF
the university will wear boomers on the
quad tomorrow"
Mayor Caldwell of Columbus. Ind. in an
interview said that. at his suggestion, a
congregation in his town was about TO
build roof garden upon its church. Rev.
o. G. White, pastor of the Christian
nounced that the new structure, TO be inn
mediately erected by his congregation.
would adopt the same plan and that roof
garden for summer services and other re-
ligious gatherings would be laid out along
the lines suggested by the Hoosier mayor.
She had eaten one canvas-back duck,
And this is what / heard
When / pressed her to have another: mo,
eat no more than bird,'
Detroit Journal
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The Journal Is compelled to retract all
the good words II said for Governor
Stephens. OF Missouri. when he declared he
would use all the power conferred upon
him TO put end 10 violence in St Louis
incident TO the strike OF the employees OF
the street railways. Three weeks have
elapsed since he made that declaration.
tinued, business has been paralyzed. and.
because OF the violence OF the hoodlum
element. II Is not safe for women to ride
on the limited number OF cars that run
Now, when the Governor Is asked to use
the militia to suppress rioting. he declines
on the ground that the police, with the
shsrirs posse OF 1850 men. should be ample