J i f i 1 V Gtarrteon 3ournal. A CAIUli ). iU rroy. IAXBI605, KB. The next European coucert will be In China. A good deal of the "higher criticism" music Is bo sublime that it is ridicu lous. Mark Twain has learned from sad ex perience that book publish. ng id no Joke. Still. soiuebsxiy should warn the kaiser to let go of the stick when he lets off that Chinese skyrocket. If the European powers do o )t quit fooling around their Oriental powder magazine somebody iii going to get hurt. As the setting of a jewel is a great deal, so the g who may be pretty as a picture, uardly looks well in an ugly frame of mind. I,ots of ol!k-e -holders try to carry their precinct on their shoulders, as it were, merely to provide some protec tion to their necks. The beauty of the submarine "yacht" Just launched at Baltimore, is that if caught out in a gaie all hands can go below and take their ship with liiem. No more sealskins will be passed as the custom houses, as the law is low "aterpreted. But then the cat as a fur iearing animal we have always with If England should ask Germany, "How soon will you retire from China?" the response may he. "Please fire the date of your evacuation of Egypt." The New York Tribune prints an edi torial warning about "The Hanger of Bank Notes." We haven't mid it yet, but presume the greatest danger about bank notes Is their scarcity. A restored old print of what is now greater New York, when It was a small Dutch tishlng settlement, bears the name "Novum Amsterdamum.' To an uninitiated reader this name might at first sight look quite threatening. A New York woman Is seeking lim ited divorce from her husband because he has been mute for tive years, while permitting nothing but pork to come tnto the house for food. In some way a this woman should appear to have been having a fat thing of It It Is e solemn fact that the salary psdd one of the foot -ball coaches at one of our great universities the past sea son exceeds in amount that paid to any college professor who undertake to teach the collegiate idea how to de velop Itself on strictly Intellectual lines. The great Irish race horse. Galtree More. In a recent race, Is said to have won $W,,IK in eighteen minutes and nine seconds. Rockefeller, the great Standard oil magnate, has made big in me In very quick time, but as a rap Id money maker Galtree has the lead. 1 read them one would suppose that the eulogies delivered In Congress over deceased members were heard by a large audience full of deep emotion. As a matter. 9f fact they are generally delivered to almost empty seats, or more . kely printed by leave without having been delivered at all. This Is one of the time-bonored pious frauds practiced by Congress. It Is not regnrded as quite manly for a large, strong, rich man to seize a small, weak, poor maa by the throat and compel bim to pay on the srot for an act which the big man declares has injured him. Perhaps what 1 not high-minded In an Individual is praise worthy In a government. Nevertheless G-ermany's virtual bullying of Hayti does not seem altogether admirable. Rev. Dr. Kdward L. Stoddard, rector of St. John's, the most aristocratic Episcopal church In Jersey City, hug announced, as reported, that he will start a dancing class In connection with his church, and be prepared to furnish instruction In the terpslcho rean art at the unprecedeatedly low price of (i ceuts a lesson. He very properly wants to know why the devil should get all the acknowledged ad vantages of dancing. In splt of all feverish haste to be rich, uiaugre all Klondike crazes, and all sociable craze pursued by those who expect or hope In some magical or Indefinable way to live off society, with little personal effort. It is still a truth, and ever will be truth, that the rewards of this world will go to those who earn them by slo-w, patient, steady Industry; l7 careful, prudent, calcu lating endeavor; by painstaking appli cation, temperate living and alow sav ing. It la Imperatively necessary tht pub lic wlatea bt roused to the necessity f taking a stern view of all abuses of trust So far as legal restraints can 1ms made more searching and efficient, tbls should be none. So far as offenses which are specific can be subjected to sever penalties, this should done. Bat the IsjilspeiamMe prerequisite to Ist prortnsrt kt a thoroughly aroused pub lic MaHsMwt With this, the legal rcsssalM. se far as practicable, will be aw to fee ararkted In cauiae tt Oasa, aad. waat to man to tfcs ke aferead. far lea tntwiaw all di lug comments on the Kaiser, are be coming more numerous In Germany. About seven hundred persons were convicted of this offence last year. A socialist editor has been se4it to Jail for a Jet about the Kaiser's trousers; and a young girl has recently received a six months" senience for criticising the workmanship of a printed portrait of the Kalier. Persons sentenced for this crime are no longer treated as po litical prisoners, but are put Into prison garb, their hair is clipped, and they are ChaiU.-d like common etliainals. The New Y'ork Times points out some of the causes of the growth of the pen sion list in the fact that there are 7.000 firms of pension attorney in the Uni ted States, while more than 4J,uuO law yers make the securing of pensions their chief business. That some of these though not ail. by any means are unscrupulous, and resort to corrupt methods to win the success of their clients goes without saying. As a con sequence of the zealous but dishonest work of some of these the Government is robbed of millions in the course of a year. Kecause he was growing blind, Emil Cbr.stuer eoiiiitted suicide in New ork. "J'i hard to lose one's eight; hard i.ot to see the beauty of the flow ers In spring, the snow in whiter, the sunsets of f iil and the verdure of sum mer; hard not to see the grandeurs of which others speak and the glories over which friends grow enthusiastic; and yet, Christ i..er was foolisli for commit ting suicide. Stent may be man's most precious faculty, but there are other things ia life, and existence can be treasured even without the faculty of sight. The bl'n 1 man can smell the f nigra nee of the flowers he cannot see, he can hear the joyful prattle of a be loved babe upon his knee, the music played by loving fingers, and the kindly-freighted words spoken by affection ate lips. lie can feel the sympathy of hearts that beat In unison with his own, he can hear the thoughts that have brought contentment to men more sore ly afflicted than Job, he can hear, feel and see with the mind's eye love the otily real tiling worth feeling, seeing and hearing in Me. Yes. 'tis hard not to see, but the man who would consign himse'.f to an eternal grave, because he oanot see, must !e woefully ungrateful to God and nature for the other facul ties given to life. One of the chW Industries of Ken tucky, the distilling of liourbon whisky, has been reduced to a desperate condi tion by the overloading of the market with Inferior and adulterated stocks turned out by the so-called rectifiers. A year ago the big Monarch failure be gan the depreciation, and the more re cent assignment of Richard J. Mon arch, brother of the Monarch who fail ed last year, still further demoralized the distilling business. The Monarch have been in the distilling bulnt twenty years or more and the first one who failed had Increased the capacity of his plant from .'W,000 or IOkxi bar rels jie-r annum to 80,000, and was mak ing an effort to iaereae It to 100,000 when be failed. The trouble began in 1KJ3, when the production reached 40, 35,8T gallons, or double the consump tion. With the panic of that year the price of whisky fell and many distil lers were mined, while others have been in a crippled condition ever since. The depreciated vaiue of genuine whis ky is due to two caise, adulteration and overproduction, the former being the most Important Certain rectifiers, it Is said, from one gallon of pure bour bon are able to produce four or five gallons of a fiery finid that not one. drinker out often can tell from t) gen uine. With the consequent decrease In price the real distillers find them selves forced out of business, and pure whisky Is becoming a scarcer article. Several weeks ago a bank In Indiana was visited by burglars, who blew open the safe and secured a large sum of money. A famous pack of bloodhounds were brought from Indianapolis and turned loote upon the robbers trail. The man hunt lasted only a few min utes. Suddenly the leading dog began howling dismally and refused to go farther, and it was impossible to con tinue the chase. A prisoner In JaJ! afterward turned State's evidence and gave Uie police all the facts concerning the bank burglary and the subsequent escape of the men. lie soys the blood hounds were thrown off the scent with out any trouble by rubbing an onlos on the shoes worn by the burglars. H adds that no bloodhound can be induoed to follow an onion trail. If tbls dis covery Is verified, wast Is to become af the terrible man-hunting bloodhounds, which ever since the days of "Uncle Tom's Oftbln" have figured so extea slrely In saffron literature? What is to become of BUsa and that wonderful trip oa the gosvtlng ice? Who hence forth will be thrilled by the blood-curdling baying of the hounds L. U. E. when be knows thai Ella could easily bid de fiance to pursuit by using a lowly but slf-artlve onion? The play must be revised. The river of Ice may as well be left out altogether. Just at the critical moment when the approaching hounds are In full cry Eliza the new Ellaa-shal.' ojn a luacli basket, out an onion, wave It triumphantly and cry "Saved!" Juett aa the curtain falls. Why not? If the stage hopes to keep abreast of the age It most pay attention to those realistic dMalls which, com Maad, make perfection In dramatic art. last a Blight Difference. Ttmklns-Isn't Llghtley an Aagto- asanlsc? gimkias-Na; just a piss a, areryday .ericas lunatic. The maa who teila eu be to aa Caal he aalr arista. THE BOOMING CANNON RECITALS OF CAMP AND TLE INCIDENTS. BAT- (oriiTori of th Rebellion Relate Many Atansloc and Startliat: Inci dent of Mircbn, Camp I.tfa, Forair iog Kxperirncei and Hattla fcceaea. Sam Tiivi. When ilie Lord tails up earth's heroes To slaiid before his face. Oh. many a name unknown to fame Shall ring from that high place! And cut of h grave in the southland. At the just God's cull and beck, .ShaH one nam rise with fearless eyes And a rope altout bis neck. I'or men have swung from gallows v, h".-e s.til were white as enow. Not li'.n they (iie nor where, but why. Is wii.'it God s records show. A a. I ea i!:r. 1 mighty leiiger Is writ Sam I 'avis' limine Fur honor's Mike he would not make A coiiij.r.'ii.ic with ahame. The pre.-it worij lay before him, I ".r lie u its in his yoiiih, With l"ve of life young hearts are rife, J it-1 lieiter he loved truth. He f. ii. Kiit f'-r his convictions. And v-!o n 1 (' Mood at bay, lie nut'J . i tiinch or stir one inch Fro lioi.t.r's i.arrow way. They offered life and freedom If he uciihl s.i ak the word; In siient pride he gazed aside As iii.i- v. ho lis.! tot heard. 1 hey argue, 1, pVaded, threatened It as hut w listed breath. "I,ct come uhut must, I keep ray trust," He k.!1, and latjj.'lii'd at (loath. He would not sell bin manhood To pup hu-e priceless hope; Where kii j, ilrait down a Mint and rr"H II lie li.gtiitie a rope. All. grave! here was your triumph? All. It at hi here v. as y oil r sting '! He showed von how a man could bow To doom and slay a king. And God, who loves the loyal I'.iiause they are like him, I doubt riot yet that soul i-hall sit Amor.it Ins cherubim. O Fouthlnnd! Iling your laurels; And add your wreath, O north! Let ei,ry claim the hero's name, And tell the world his worth. Confederate Veteran. limp ' enteiice-l to Ilie. I'.W men have had a loser escape from death tlmn Col. Lamb din P. MiUigan, who is now Jiving In retirement 'n Huntington, Ind. UurinR the war Col. Mllligan was arrested on a charge of treason against tne gov- eminent of the F n 1 1 e d States, States, was tried by court martial and sentenced to lie hanged togeth er with two com panions. The exe cution was to have taken piace on a Friday, and on Thursday his sentence, was commuted to Imprisonment for life, tiie commutation being granted by President Andrew Johnson. Col. Milligan has lived in Hunting ton since 1M.". Before the war he was one of the ablest lawyers In the Mate. lb- has leeii a life-long I omcrat, one of the Andrew Jackson kind. He was l.rsonaliy a'.uainte.l with Old Hick- ory, and they belonged to the same po litic al school, so far as the qiies-tions of titwince, (tanking, tariff, etc., were con cerned. Col. Milligan stood by Presi dent Jackson with the utmost earnest ness -and steadfastness during the la'. ter's light against the re-hartcring of the I'nitis-1 States Bank, and he is full of reminiscences of that thrilling time. Col. Milligan has ahvavs had an In herent dislike for the liast and every thing Iiastern, contending that the lia.si was the oppressor of the West and South. Accordingly when the civil war broke out he was looked upon with sus picion by the -.ple of the North. Vv'hen It lieeame noised about that the a nil-war secret society, known as th Knight of the Golden Circle, had ef fected an organization In Iluntlngtou County, many persons looked upon Mil ligan as one of the leading spirits In the movement, it was charged that the or ganization was military In character, and that the Huntington County lodge was thoroughly organ'zed, officered an 1 ready for active military service for the Sout.h. Milllgan's Idea at that time was that the Northwestern States ought to pull away from the East and unite with the South In order to escape the oppression of the East. It was his old hobby. The Knights of the Golden Circle were supposed to be organized for the purpose of carrying out the de sign of forming a Northwestern Con federacy, and this drew forth the in ference that Milligan was one of the leaders. This agitation had reached Its height In IMV'1 and Uto entire population was burning with the fever of excitement. when Milligan was placed under arrest by order of the Federal government. t barged with treason and conspiracy looking lo the formation of a Northwest Confederacy. He was taken to Indlan- npolin, where, with a Ir. Bowles and Stephen I. Horsey, also arrested on similar charges, he was tried by cout martial. The trio were found guilty and sentenced to death. All 'luring the trial Milligan bad con tended that the court martial had no Jurisdiction to try the case, because martini law had not been declared la Indiana. IJIs position was that It was a case for the civil court of Indiana to try. I'pon this theory bis attorney worked after the sentence, In bopea that they would be able to ssve tba necks of the men. In the meantime Pre sidant L4neata bad been assassinated aad AadlwW 1 Joiitisou had become the Chief Execu tive. Oliver P. Morton was Governor of Indiana. The week for the execu tion finally arrived, and then Gov. Mor ton dispatched an agent to Washington to plead for a commutation of senteuces of the three men. On the day before that fixed for the execution the com mutation was granted, and soon after ward the condemned men were remov ed to the Columbus (Ohio) State prison, lifforts were at once legun to seeura the freedom of the condemned and a year and a half later the Fulted States Supreme Court took up the case. The court decided that the trial by court martial was Illegal and that the pris oners should at once be liberated. Ac cordingly the prisoners were sot free and Immediately returned to their homes. No sooner had Col. Milligan returned to Huntington than he Instituted pro ceedings to vindicate himself He filed a suit in the Federal (oiirt.s against the uioiiiUt of the tc'l'i.-ry commission who had coiiios the court martial and several others, who, he claimed, had been instnii -eoi:: in causing his arrest and Imprisonment, lie demand ed $U."..ihnj damages. Among the de fendants named in h;s complaint were Gov. Alvln P. Ilovey, Gov. Morton, Gen. .lames It. Slack, of Huntington, and others. After the ca-e had proceed ed for two year? a doi-i-ion was finally given by the court, and Milligan was awarded damages in the sum of $." and coat. This vindicated him, so he said, and Milligan was cotirou; with the re sult. It was only a few years ago that the last of the in the case were paid by the government. Gallant I'hil Stu-ridari. In his Campaigning with Grant, In the Century Magazine, Gen. Horace Potter pays a glorious tribute to (Jen. Sheridan, the famous cavalry leader. The occasion was the appearance of Kheridun just before the surrender at Appommox and while Gen. Iae was ia tin- McLean coinage awaiting the ar rival of Gen. Grant. No one could look at Sheridan at such a moment, says Gen. Porter, with out a sentiment of undisguised admlrae tion. In this campaign, as in others, he bad shown himself possessed of mili tary trails of the highest order. Hold In conception, self reliant, d it m oust ra ting by hi- acts that "much danger makes great hearts most resolute," fer tile In resources, combining the rest- ' lessnesH of a Hotspur with the patience of a Fabitis, It Is no wonder that he i should have been looked upon as the i wizard of I he battle field. Generous of j his life, gif'ed with the ingenuity of a ; Hannibal, tiie dash of a Murat, the; courage of a Ney. the magnetism of his presence roused his tp..is to individual i heroism, and his unconquerable col- ' umus rushed to victory with all the. j confidence of Caesar's Tenth legion, i Wherever blows fell thief's?, there wsa ! his crest. Despite the valor of the de- fenne, opposing tanks went down be- ' fore the fierceness of his onsnUt, never j to rise again, and he would not pause j f. ;'.! tie fohls of his banners waved I above the strongholds he had wrested j from the foe. Brave Sheridan! I can almost sco him now, his silent clay j again quickened into life, once more rid- j Sng Rienzi through the tire of hell, leap- ! ing opposing breasi works at a single bound, and leaving nothing of those j who barred his way except the frag ments scatter! In his path. As long as manly couragp is talked of, or heroic deeds are honored, the h-nrts of ai grateful people will beat ressnslve to ithe mention of the tallsmauic name of j Sheridan. The Old S-oldier. The pleasan:-st of talkers Is the old soldier. Always there Is meat In hl words, and almost al ay he la modest, i I Between him and the modern Is the difference between tiie man who has iKtn and done and the man who has read alout It. The w'-nisi of the war were so trenimidous and lis cataclysms so frequent that time cannot dim tbeir recollection of them. They are still as fretsh in the mimks of participants as ore the things of yesterday. A veteran once told me that not a day passed over his head that he did not unwit tingly recall a half dozen battle la which he had borne his part. Tbuei it Is that la any company of men who were mustered out In lbJ5 the talk in variably reverts to that period. The old soldiers are dying with increasing frequency, as Is the nature of things, but Htlll there are enough left to make any gathering notable try their prea-ein-e. Charles Lever says that so long as humanity exists men will do three things make war, make love and gam- j ble and they can't be legislated out of It Certainly, although we be all ad vocates of peace, we dearly love a war rior and we exalt his horn. We love him for the things be has done, we re mifcl blm for his bravery, we look with veneration upon his wooden leg, and we listen with pleasure to Ills re-pcted tales of suffering and daring.--Chicago Times-Herald. Grant'a Leaaon to a Prntrjr. Gen. Horace Porter, In his "Cam palgnlng with Orant," In the Century, relate nn anecdote telling how Gen. Granl aided a drover In turning his cat tle. Gen. Porter adds: He knew, ol course, that the man did not recognize him. If he had suppnd the man was lacking In prvper military respect, he would perhai have administered to him the same lesion winch he once taught a soldier In the Thirty-flint I 111 nols, wnen he commanded that regl ment An offlcpr who bad served under him at the time told me that Col. Grant, as be came out of bis tetrt one morn ing, found a stropping Mg fellow powt. ad aa sentinel, who nodded his bead good-naturedly, smiled blandly, and Mid, "Howdy, Colonel?" Ills com mander cried, "Hand me yonr piece," and upon taking It, faced the soldier aad came to a "present arms;" than feaadtof back the musket, be remarked, "That Is the way to say 'How do you 4' to your Colonel." BRIEF GLANCE AHEAD STYLES FOR COMINQ SPRINQ AND SUMMER, Dreaaca for Early fprtnc Will Cloaely Keaemble Those of the Winter A Pafe Guess on Skirts and Ovcrakirta for Nit Summer. Fura Will Be Worn Late. New York cor respond tire: HEAT !s the wo man who can be economical In the fneeof nil the temp tat!on to extrava gance that beset her. Groat she should be consid ered, sltiCI" Jut when she fi eli that the exiH rw" of win ter clotlca is over, when the winter cloak or fur Is de cldod c n and bougiit, the winter dress In service along come the Jan uary bargains. Hut 1-e caret til: look-- don't purchasi- He wary of iiargains for next winter, be shy of advance and hehtnver goods for the summer. Re member that you have on hand come held-over summer things of your own, and that early in the fall there will be a held-over sale when you will be able to get winter tilings almost as reason ably as now, and the dealers will have had the risk of storing and holding them. Far more urgent to economical folk are the rigs to he made right away for wear In early spring. They may not differ much from the present winter; dresses so much Is the best of lin k, j but by the time warm days arc oeca- j l- OKICKl'NMiilt.S aional It will be apparent ho.v essen tial It Is that they possess some touch of spring styles. If these must 1st made now, then the later days of spring ore the ones to ! aimed at, while if they are to be In part make overs, then they may riot be di-omod unsuccessful If the earlier part of the coming se sou becomes them best. For the prom enade It would be dllll'-tilt to devise anything more Jaunty and safely styl ish for an early spring rig than that set Iteslde the Initial letter. It consist ed of a skirt of rough woolen goods plaJded In green and gray, and a blouscd Jacket bodice of gray cloth. On this were an Inserted vest and tiny in serted panels of black velvet, the latter crossed with handsome braid orua- menta. Chinchilla or other fur may be used to edge this vest and collar If you are willing to take the trouble two months later of removing It nnd put ting la Its place some braid finish that will harmonize with that of the fronts. layt next summer's skirts will be trilled, flounced and draped I a safe guess; Indeed, dressmakers are threat ealag to cut up dldos with our spring aotb skirts. But tne entirely plain gtlrt u alow to surrender, and Is atlll 5 Ml M if If -'.-'-" I i 1 i it ! m lfe PAmmiMmems, ! lJrJPf fa wmBEf TO BE WOH LT Tills YEAR. found In mni very rich costomea, Juat as If It meant to die, when it must, tn the very best of company. Aa em ployed in a ceremonious rig ot black velvet It la sketched at the left In th next picture. Keeping la mind th styles that rule respectively for aklrtj and bodices, the bodice of tbla gown was quite as plain as Its skirt Though of the same fine velvet, it was very ;4V V"-- A.SOTHKR LoVf. STATKIt. like the Norfolk jacket !n cut tbe rei vet rrtng formed Into ioxpleats at th top In back and front. These sprani out in the waist and were 'acre blte4 with folded velvet. On the left a!d was a wide fold of white satin plabled with narrow black velvet ribbon, and the stoeti collar was of white satin. Th di-'-ss was a model of the sort whom OF SI'ItlNO. plainness leaves rich material to make lis best Impression. Overnklrta of cloth are going to be on hand with spring, and women will wear them, but how many, what proportion of women, is a matter that Is dilllcult to foretell. Already the simpler forms of this fashion are presented, the heav ier and more claltorate arrangement be ing kcipt In the background for the present. One of these mild forerun ners Is shown beside the costume las described. This skirt was hiillotrope cloth, made with a tablier of lavende cloth, the latter trimmed with orna ments of fine allk braid. Tills trim ming was repeated upon the bodice, which had vest and collar of white satin covered with pleated while chif fon and finished with a low from the same. A purple velvet band belted this bodice, w hose only echo of the tabller's lavender was In any epaulettes of the same goods trimmed with braid. Braid Isn't to be used quite as much upon spring dresses as It has been In the past season. It will be noticed that the braid on this last dress was scant as compared with the quantltlea that so recently were employed, and that the skirt trltnmlng upon the third skirt of this row was black velvet rib bon is also significant of a change that sent good warning on before. Thla last dress was brick red cloth. Discs; velvet rlblKtn ornamented the bodJce in the manner here indicated, and red chif fon masked Its vest and collar. Its belt, also of black ribbon, tied In a bow Immediately above the sklrfa bands, the result being a counterfeit sash effect. Gray is to be a farorMo color for spring gowns. On every hand Is heard the statement that accurately fashionable folk are to wear their furs very late Into una spring. The third of today's p let urea presents s type of garment with which., a woman can make a goodly show, and one that will aurely be worn much later than heavy coats and longer caitea. Midway between collarette and caps. It was of omerald green velvet, over which came a yoke of fur finished wVta. tails, among which wss a fall lsoo Jabot. Stole ends reached neurly to tho knees, and pink striped velvet Uao4 the garment, wtilcdi is made up la sub stantially this manner' In sealskin. lamu e wow or trimmer. It It In of this rut that ftnlsb oi tails wst styllsa ranting placa. Oear rtsst. Maa i y