Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1892 — Page 2

©he Drmocrnt DKCATL’K, IND. K. BLACKBURN, - - - rtTßLTHnr.it. It there wctc a “strike* a., a clock factory now, one could sec weighty reasons for It. Full many a can of purest kerosene Doth expedite tho slowly kindling fire) Full many a Bridget, Muggle, or Kathleen Doth by its aid Join the celestial choir. A FEW theatrical men are talking of abolishing bill boards. If they could do away with board bills it would be more to the purpose. Bernhardt, Langtry, Patti, and Mary Anderson are writing books They will be offered to the soap trade at a liberal discount for use as premiums. The man who has the courage to fail in trying to do right, rather than succeed in wrong, istlmreal hero, no matter whether he wearfc a paper cap or a crown on his head. That war cloud in Europe has become so dense and threatening that there is no telling what might happen if an American rainmaker with a few bombs should go over there and begin experimenting. Puck has been cut off the list of papers in the reading-rooms of the Boston Public Library, because it is nbt considered healthy reading for the young. Boston takes life too seriously to laugh at jokes. After a flve-years’ term in the penitentiary. Mr. J. Finley Hoke, the thrifty bank cashier who robbed a Peoria bank of $200,000 and fled to Canada, is now free and can go where he pleases with his money. Forty thousand dollars a year is a good salary for a man to earn in prison. When men, weary with the world’s battle, return to the shelter of their own home, they need the kindness, the refinement, the high cultivation, 1 the usefulness, the gentle piety which woman as she was meant to be knows how to afford him. The cultivation of a woman’s mind cannot be a cultivation proper to her—to her constitu tion, her marked gifts, her work in the world. The latest thing is a “repairing outfit” of shoemakers’ tools that enables the thrifty father of a family to do his own shoe mending and dispense with the services of cobblers entirely. The worst thing about this invention is that it seems to be the work of some experienced shoemaker who wants to get rich at the expense of his brethren. The numerous accidents which befall people who confide in the happy-go-lucky ministrations of boy drug clerks ought to serve as warnings, but they do not. Some additional legislation seems needed before the public can feel certain that no ignoramus or person of immature judgment will be found in the position of a dispensing clerk. Children cannot be allowed to clerk. The conduct of that spirited girl in a town close to New York City, who publicly horsewhipped a man because he had followed and accosted her on the streets on every possible occasion for three years, will meet with general approval. But it is too much to hope that it will serve as a salutary lesson to the race of “mash- . ers.” Those unworthy persons are possessed of such overweening-con-ceit that each thinks such a mishap could never occur to him. Yet horsewhips are cheap and American girls are plucky. What will Stanley Africanus say to the news that Emin Pasha claims to have discovered the real and only Simon-pure sources of the, Nile? There is a touch of bitterness in Emin’s triumphant announcement, as much as to imply, “Oh, yes: you thought a bug-hunter couldn’t find sources! But here they are, and all the others are spurious.” Having thus set his trademark at ihe springs of ancient Nile, Emin is getting warlike, and talks of engaging the Mahdi of the moment in battle. But't were well to be prudent, for the Mahdi is f a bad man with a bad eye, and he and his have already brought more . than one white exploring expedition to grief. That ancient suggestion that railway accidents be avoided by strap-I ping a member of the board of directors to the engine might not, it appears, prove effective after all. The ex-president of the road and his wife were on the Monon train which met with a serious accident at Crawfordsville, Ind. In the reports of the disaster, which was a horrible one, the - statement is made :ibab’“it was due to a loose rail, two, section-hands being at work on it at the time.” That the condition of. the rail should have been known and still no effort to warn ap approaching jiassenger *’ train is a startling.evidence of the happy-go-lucky system which prevails on too many railroads. ■ Stanley is lectnri*,! in Australia, . antj-tells an jnteryj.e.wer . there that ——’ “Emin Pasha is. an~ utterly Indecisive ■ man—a man with no mind of his own ; fc-a man just .writed. for instance. f„ r ! a lady’s afternoop tea ]«irty." The fact that immediately after escaping' from Stanley’s janizaries; Emin maik. his way back. depths of the African jungle whence he had been “rescued,” while Stahley .has ever since been dangling at the apron-strings of rich wnmhn oh the

r....,.,.,..... ;;, outlook for celebrities, pr chasing the almighty dollar to its lair in the lecture bureau, suggests that the psoudo-American explorer is snapping and snarling at the heels of a great man. New South Wales Is fortunate in the possession of a jurist who for a clear insight into the principles of justice out-Daniels Daniel. Tho biographical encyclopedia dodge for making money out of the vanity of men is as popular in that antipodean region as it is here. Into the court of this worthy judge came, the publisher of “Australian Men of Mark,” suing a subscriber. The defendant pleaded that he had subscribed for the work on the representation that it would contain his bigraphy, but found it did not and refused to accept it. Tho judge, however, took a comprehensive view of the case and ruled all contracts for the work void on the ground that its title “Men of Mark” was a humbug and a fraud, as the biographies were those of nonentities willing to pay the price. Carried to its logical conclusion that decision would make life miserable for theatrical managers who advertise competent actors and clever comedies. While the horrible and criminal railroad slaughters of late are receiving such universal condemnation, there is another matter directly connected which should be denounced, and for which prompt remedy should be provided. Immediately after the disastrous rear collision at Hastings, word that it had occurred flashed over the country, and thousands, whose relatives were imperiled in the accident, were eager to learn the fate of their loved one. Many of those who came out of the wreck alive hastened at once to telegraph assurance of their safety to those so anxiously awaiting it. But the operator at Hastings would receive no such telegrams. He coolly and unfeelingly refused them, saying that it was in accordance with orders from headquarters. Fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, were at home stricken with fear, and enduring the ’agony of terrible, suspense, but nc word of comfort could be sent them. The railroad company had ordered otherwise. Had the wires been burdened with messages for surgeons, medicines, nurses, and other means of relief, there might have been some excuse for the cold-blooded order, but no such explanation is offered. When a corporation becomes thus soulless, some way should be found to force upon it a semblance of feeling. We have been inclined to give to Dr. Leslie E. Keeley no small credit for the good he has apparently done in curing thousands of inebriates of the drunkenness. It makes no differerfqe whether his remedy is truly bi-chkwide of gold or permanganate of potash; it does the work he claims for it, and thousands testify to his sincerity of purpose. But there must be something malevolent in the man’s make-up, after all. He announces that he has been highly Successful in the prevention and cure of the grip, and, unlike his attitude on the jag specific, he is willing to disclose to the public the remedy he uses. But horrors! It’s assafeetida! The Doctor’s prominence in the medical world insures that a multitude of people will adopt his suggestion. And just think of the stupendous Joke he will enjoy! We can all remember when, in our school days, a bag of assafeetida hung around the neck was an infallible protection against measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria, chicken pox, or whatever else may have been prevalent. It surely was a protection, for no one with the olfactory-paralyz-ing odor was allowed to get within gun-sho£ distance of anybody else, sick or well, unless the second party, taking advantage of the similibi similibus curanter idea, was also fortified by the magic bag. And now’ Dr. Keeley proposes that four grains of the unspeakably stinking stuff should be taken four times a day, by any one who either fears or experiences the grip. And hundreds will do it: So whenever you meet a man who smells like a combination of bi-sulphide of carbon, glue factory, and the modern society girl, you may know that; Keeley, the exerciser of the drink l demon, has scored another victim. After all, we shouldn’t wonder if it was a long-headed scheme on his part. He may have pretty thoroughly exhausted the, supply of inebriates, and be alarmed at the prospect of empty infirmaries. And if he can induce a part of sober mankind to adopt his cure, for the grip, there is certainly nothing that would drive the balance to drink any more quickly or persistently. Cotton in Turkestan. Turkestan is beginning to develop her resources in the matter of growing cotton, - Just as the Southern States are giving less attention to the staple, and more to other crops. Turkestan produced 97,200,000 pounds of cotton last year, but her erop this year is 30 per cent greater, reaching 126,000.000 pounds. It is expected that a still more rapid development will take place in the future,as laborsaving machines have been introduced, and more attention than heretofore is being given to irrigation and planting. —Philadelphia Ledger. A; HrrntMng Brush for I’otntdm. It is next to impossible to wash | potatoes perfectly clean by hand. The use of a little scrubbing brash, i such as m>y be purchased at from 5 I to 10 rents, Will soon make their ; jackets fresh and clean, so that they will ix fit to be brought on the table Old FnrnHure Keatored. , Cracks In furniture may lie filled with Indian red or burnt umberto get the desired shade. When dry it will take on equal polish. [J

' WE EAT MOKE SUGAR. I ’ REMOVAL OF THE DUTY LOWERS PRICES. I A Reduction In I’rlcc Causes an Inereaso In Sugar Consumption—Falling Off in 1 tlio rig Iron Production—High Tariff I UothodH. * —— How Free Sugar Works. Free sugar is continuing to tench the people tho tnith about tho tariff. Messrs, i Willett * Gray, of Now York, tho groati est authority in the country on sugari . statistics, have recently published their ; . annual statement showing the sugar consumption of tho United States, and . i their figures show how the cheapness of [ sugar has increased tho consumption of . that article. Raw sugar became free on April 1, 1 1891, and during the remaining nine - months of the year the consumption of i sugar was enormously increased. The . total consumption for three years was as follows: Tons lf»9 1,439,791 , lt-91 I.SW.W* The increase of 1891 over the previ- . ous year was 363,263 tons, while the in- ' crease of 1890 over 1889 was only 83,030 ' tons. Expressed in percentages the . matter stands thus: Last year wo con- . Burned 23.86 per cent, more sugar than in 1890, but in 1890 we consumed only 5.76 per cent, more than in 1889. In 1890 we consumed 54.56 pounds of sugar for each individual; last year, with free sugar three-fourths of tho year, each one of us made away with 67.46 pounds. This Increase of consumption was directly caused by lower prices. On the very day that tho duty was lowered 2J cents, granulated sugar fell 2 cents per pound, and prices have since been from 2 to 2j cents lower at wholesale, and still more at retail. The people now i plainly see that they hive for years been paying a big tariff tax on sbgar. If they will study the following table of prices, rememberings thei sugar ean be relined as cheaply here as anywhere, they may confirm their suspicions. The prices in London ard taken from the quotations in tho first issue of the London Economist for each month. The ; prices in New York are from tho Amer- ; ican Grocer, and are averaged for each month: PRICES GRANULATED SUOAB (CIS PER LB.). 1689. Eng. U. S. Dirt. Duty. January 3.63 7.05 3.52 B.UC March3.4l 7.25 3.84 3.00 June 4.93 9.06 4.13 3.00 September3.6s 8.12 4.47 3.00! November.3.Bs 6.92 4.07 3.00 ; December2.Bs 6.81 3.96 3.00 1890 January 2.97 6.48 3.51 3.001 March3.o9 6.31 3.-22 3.00 Jun0..3.09 6.50 3.41 3.00 September..3.s3 6.62 3.09 3.001 November 3.2) 6.21 2.92 3.00; December 3.22 6.04 2.82 3.00 L January ..3.09 C. 20 3.11 3.00 ; March 3 22 6.50 3.28 3.00 < June 3.29 4 15 .86 .50, September. 3.29 4.35 1.06 .50 Add about j eent per pound to the ; duty for the cost of importing sugar from England, and see how nearly the home price corresponds to the foreign price, with the duty added. From 1887 to 1890, inclusive, over $220,000,000 duty was col-1 lected on sugar. Add to this the increased i price on the sugar produced in this ' eountry(about one-eighth of all consumed here), and it is seen that the consumers 1 of sugar have been paying $65,000,000 a I year of tariff tax, besides the whole- I salers', jobbers’, and retailers' profits on this amount, a total of between $5 and $6 per family tax on this one article., But this is not the only salutary lesson to be learned from the duty on sugar, i This duty well illustrates the power 1 granted by tariffs to home manufacturers i to levy still further tribute upon con- I sumers. Previous to April, 1891," the ; average duty on raw sugar was about If |. cents. As our refiners get their raw I sugar in the same markets as English | refiners, and as the cost of refining is I nowhere less than here, the price of i sugar here, even under the old tariff, 1 ought not to have exceeded the foreign ; price by more than 2 cents per pound, j The refiners, however, were protected j by a duty of three cents and by cost of . transportation from Europe about | cent . per pound. As is well known, the leading refiners formed a trust in 1887 which prevented internal evmpctition by (losing up many of their refineries, by limiting the production of others, and by coming to "understandings” with the most of those not in the trust. In this way, as is shown by the above table, they kept the price on an average of About 3J cents a.bove the foreign price and obtained a clear profit of about 1J cent per pound or between $26,000,000 and $30,000,000 per year. That the profits were exorbitant was demonstrated by fife Senate Committee, of New York, which investigated this trust in 1888. Now, with raw sugar free, the prices here and in England should agree. But the refiners are still protected by a duty of J cent and the cost of transportation. Hence the price is kept about 1 cent | above the price abroad, while it is csti- j mated that the refineries in the trust' made about $5,000,000 in 1891. But this 1 profit is unsatisfactory to men accus-; tomed to a far greater one, and on Jan. 13 the stockholders of the American I Sugar Refining Company approved the ; recommendation of the directors to in- ; crease th<rcapltal stock from $50,000,000 ; to $75,000,000. It is well understood ■ that the $25,000,000 increase is for the I purpose of buying up the independent; plants. The President of the trust said, in an interview: “We want the $25,000,000 to enlarge our plants. Whether our system shall be increased by purchase or by construction remains to be seen. At the present time thdre are four large concerns outside of file American company. They are the Revere Os Boston, and the Spreckles, Harrison, and Knight of Philadelphia. ” There is really, however, but little competition from any except the Spreck- I les company. The trust will feel more ( secure when it has no rival, and when it > is able to buy up and close up new rc- i fineries, as it is supposed to have done with the one recently built in Baltimore, i Some unknown persons are said to ha,ve j gotten control of the stock of this com-, pany and to have mysteriously closed it. j The remaining duty of 4 cent on re- . fined sugar is yielding no revenue to the , Government and serves no, purpose except to enable the sugar trust to continue to exact large profits from the conBumcrß of sugar. — High arlff Method*. Ever since the war tariffs were enacted it has been , characteristic of the high protected trusts and combinations to use all means possible and to resort to the mostunscnipulous rtethods to re*taiD the advantages already secured, or Lr> obtain still more favorable ones in the form of high tariffs on competing foreign products. During the wqri l when the Government found it necessary to tax manufactured products to Increase , its revenues, these interests were able to have the tariff raised to offset such tax. Said Mr. Morrill, who had charge of thedax bills in the House during the war: “If we bleed manufacturers wo must seo that the proper tonic is administered in return,” 1. e., givetkem power to bleed the people. - Thfa policy of bleeding the people was. lustlfied during the war by the necessities of the revenue. When, however, the war was over and the internal taxes were taken off, thus stopping “the bleeding of the manufacturers," these very manufacturers were powerful enough to . "-A'

I secure the retention of tho war tariffs u i they wore, and in many cases to have them increased. In this way their power the people has been increased and'psrpotuatod. Now that the people are awakening and are gathering their forces preparatory to a campaign to reduce tho “bleeding" power given by high tariffs, these high tariff beneficiaries are perfecting their organization, known as the American Protective Tariff League, so as to bo able to resist any reduction whatever in their tariff brivilegcs. Knowing that tho present administration is favorable to their cause; they do not hesitate to : use the officers of tho National GovernI ment to assist them in. accomplishing their ends. The following extracts from a circular letter to now postmasters sent by Mr. Wilbur F. Wakeman, Secretary of tho League, will show how unscrupulous are the methods resorted to. Nkw York, Doc. 29, 1891. Dear Sib—Accept our congratulations upon your rocont appointment Situated as you are you can aecompllsli the test results for tho oaussqf protection of any one In your locality. rJtls our plan to have at hnml one ofllagfl correspondent of the league at ev<®T poetoffice, and through him secure Inffi-matlon. obtain tho distribution of our documents. and exert every legitimate influence In fuvor-of protection and reciprocity. It Is impossible for us to tear all tho expense of t his work, for this Is a big country. Every Intelligent voter should receive complete Information showing the benefits of protection. We wish to have you act ns our confidential fligont and correspondent to assist in this work. Wo oxpoct that each correspondent will either personally.or with the aid of friends, furnish at least $5 before the next election for circulation of our literature at his homo. If you do not feol like personally contributing tho amount suggested ask friends to help. -They will do It. If you accept wo will outline a plan to secure tho co-opbration of others. Will you aid as our correspondent? It Is imperative that every friend like you put his shoulder to tho wheel and work i In season and out of season uiftil” the election of 1892. Yours verv truly, Wilbur F. Wakeman, Soc. This is nothing but blackmail, pure I and simple. Shall it bo allowed to succeed? McKinley Trices. The Association of American Manufacturers of Cutlery asked permission of 1 the Ways and Menns Committee to propose a schedule on cutlery for the McKinley bill. Their request was granted, and the duties which they wtAted were enacted into law. These duties, comi par&l with those of the tariff of 1883, are ■ j as follows: I Pocket Tariff of cutlery. JBS3. Value 'F doz— Uc. McKinley bill, i 50c or less... JiO 74 * 10 ''- 50c to SI 50.. 5J - “P lllß - ; 51.5.) to S 3 ... 50 - 83 r loß ’ | S 350 Z —H6 minus. How this trust or association, as they ' politely call themselves, has taken advantage of the new duties is shown by ■ the following letter of a cutlery dealer: i To the Editor of the Evonin r Post: Sir—l notice in your issue of the Sth Inst a letter from X and Y. relative to a stated ' ment which appeared in the Press that “no ■ one has heard of any advance in prices of i cutlery In consequence of the McKinley 1 bill.” It is a well-known fact that about ; the time this bill went into effect the Asso- , elation of American Manufacturers of Cutlery was holding frequent sessions in New 1 York with the view of “regulating” prices, ‘ and as a result of their conferences I subI mltsome figures giving the details of a few patterns of American knives as follows, the prices I paid for them prior to Oct. 8, 1890, and that which was fixed by the association at various times afterward: Price prior toI Oct. 8 VO. Oct. 10, VO. Oct. 18, VO. Jan.2s.Vl. ; 81.6 - per doz.., 81.75 *I.OO ® 2.25 ; 291 perdoz.3.lo 3.47 8.50 i 8.75 per doz 3,95 4.05 4.50 ■ 4.2sperdoz 4.50 5.13 6.70 7.65 per doz 8.4> 9.00 10.09 I These are no special cases, but a similar ! advance took place over the whole line of ; several hundred patterns, and as the Mc- ' Kinley bill became operative Oct 6, 1890, it : is significant that within four days a mark--1 ed increase in American goods was an- ' nounced. When they reached the January prices I had but little Interest in them, as I I was convinced that the burden-bearing ! consumer would rebel and either make the 1 old'knife w hittle a little longer, er gowlth- ; out, if asked to purchase at the retail j prices which would pay the dealer a profit on the above costs. As an Indication of the “we-are-on-top” position which tho Association of American Cutlery Makers assumed, I will add that I was solicited to purchase goods at the advanced prices; with the guarantee that, if within a revsottablo time I could buy from any member- of the association at less price, I should he reimbursed any excess I had paid. Cutler New York*. Jan. & The Steel Kall Trade. In reviewing the steel rail trade tor 1891 a prominent high-tariff trade journal says: “The past year has been a quiet period in the steel rail trade, but the year has been marked by at least one event of great importance, namely, the removal of the most formidable antagonist of the i rail combination. As the result of longI continued negotiations, which several times 'threatened to miscarry, the Scran- ! ton Steel Company was consolidated ! with the Lackawanna Coal and Iron ■ Company last spring, and the actuating ! spirits of the Scranton Company were i placed beyond power of opposing the : combination for a period of ten years. ; It cost a nice snug sum to do this, but it ; was evidently considered as worth what ■ ft cost. “One year ago the rail trpde was in a ■ disorganized and demoralized condition. The combination was in a state bordering on collapse, and rails were selling at S2B per ton at Eastern milk, with a slow market. It took two or three months to dispose of the Scranton Steel Company and straighten matters out, and then all was plane sailing, with S3O as the fixed and unalterable price. Uni til within the-past three mouths, trade has been very quiet, but the last quar- ■ ter brought liberal purchases by the ! leading railroads, and the trade may i now be regarded as in a very satisfaci tory condition, considering the low price 1 of pig iron and the very fair price of rails.” When the duty on rails was reduced in 1890, from sl7 to $13.44 per ton, some of the manufacturers pretended to be alarmed at the prospect of English com--1 petition coming in to cut down the large profits they were making. A representative of Andrew Carnegie’s steel rail mill told a newspaper reporter that-If the domestic rail makers were to hold distant ports of the home market, like Texas and the Pacific States, no reduction in the duty could be made. The protectjve duty of sl7 a ton, he claimed, was none too much. „ But the duty was cut down to $13.44, and what, was the result? Was the rail trust hurt? On tho contrary, it went on with its old game of putting prices, just as if nothing had happened .This they could wqjl do,’as the duty is still orrtof nil-proportion to the actual differj enco between the cost of making rails 1 here and In England. Z A Failure McKlnleylem. The American Manufacturer, a prominent protectionist trade paper, of Pittsburg, has been making an. estimate of the amount of pig iron produced i® the Urtlted States in the year 1891. It places the production at mzahist 9J02J03 gross tens in “Here We have a falling off <ff ■ -• < -V. ■

——■■■ if I lll—we ceptod as th*> best gauge of the prosper* ity of a country. All other groat Industrie# are dependent upon the iron Industry; when they flourish they make a demand for iron, and tho iron industry must also flourish. If the McKinley law has brought to our Industries the prosperity which was promised by the MoKlnleyltes, why does not tho Iron industry show the effects of tho prosperity? Why has not tho great tin-plate industry come-to the rescue of iron? Tin-plate is composed almost entirely bt iron, and if McKinley’s tinplate tax had built pn the promised industry the consumption of iron would not have shown such a marked falling off. The falling off in the production of iron last was entirely in the first six months of the ybar. When the idle furnaces began to go into blast again in May and June,* well-known protection organ had thb effrontery to point, to this i* one of the achievements of the McKinley law. But a wise mAn J (refers to wait to see tho end before ho übilutes, lestf it should - turn out that there was really nothing to jubilate over. Tho end in this cose is enough to cause a touch of dismay in the heart of the most stalwart MoKinleylte. Tho average weekly oapnoity of tho Iron furnaces in blast last year was only 157,750 tons, against a like weekly capacity in 1890 of 176,784 tons. The same journal already referred to has an account of the failures last year in the iron trade, where it finds “some interesting but gloomy facts." It says: “In Pittsburg tho pressure has been particularly powerful, and several largo firms have been compelled to yield. One old and honored iron firm liquidated its liabilities, aggregating about $1,000,000, and retired from business. Two companies, with liabilities aggregating about $2,500,000, were forced to ask extensions, and two other companies went into the hands of receivers. A dozen other concerns engaged in various branches of the iron trade throughout the State, came to grief during 1891. There was one heavy failure in New England, half a dozen In the West, and a few small ones in the South.” When is McKinleyism going to make tho country prosperous? Yield of Wheat. Our Agricultural Department at Washington places the yield of wheat for 1891 at 611,730,000 bushels. The largest previous yield was 512,--765,000 bushels in 1884, or 98,965,000 bushels The value is placed at $513,472,711. The nearest approach to this was $497,030,142 in 1879, or $16,442,569 less. In 1887 the value was only $310,612,000, or $202,859,751 less than the value of last year’s crop. The amount of corn harvested is placed at 2,060,154,000 bushels. This yas never exceeded excepting in 1889, when the total was 2,112,892,000 bushels, or 52,738,0Q0 bushels more. But the value this year is placed at $836,439,228. The highest value of this crop ever before recorded was $783,867,175 in 1882, or $52,572,083 less than the value of last year’s crop. The yield of oats is stated at 738,394,000 bushels, and the value at $232,312,267. In 1889 the yield was 751,515,000 bushels, or 13,121,000 bushels more, but the value was onlj’ $171,781,008, or $60,531,259 less. The highest value of the oat crop in any year before the last was $200,699,790 in 1887, or $31,612,477 less than that of last year’s crop. Adding the highest values of these three crops for previous years, that of the corn crop in 1882, the wheat crop in 1879 and the oats crop in 1887, we have a total of $1,481,597,107, against a total value of sl,582,224,206 for these three crops last year—a difference in favor of last year of more than $100,000,000. Comparing with any one previous year the difference, of course, would be much greater. In fact, the value of these three crops last year was greater than the total value of all cereal crops together in any previous year, the nearest approach to it having been $1,470,957,200, or $111,267,006 less. When we deduct the amount of the annual expenditures of the General Government from the value of the annual grain crop we And nearly a third of it gone. Disappearance of Copper Coins. The dne-cent pieces coined by the Government seem to vanish and no one knows where. During the year 1891 Government coined nearly one hundred millions of pennies, and the cost of them is about a tenth of a cent each, and the coinage of these pieces continues. A penny changes hands in trade ten times as often as a dime, and they are of so little value that little care is taken of them. The country once coined 800,000 halfcents, and they have all disappeared. Os our larger old copper pennies, nearly the size of the silver half-dol-lar, 120,000,000 remain unaccounted for) and we rarely see one of them now. Three million of the four and a half million bronze two-cent pieces remain unaccounted for, and 2,000,000 of the nickel three-cent pieces are still outstanding, arid we now rarely see one of them. From these facts the small copper and nickel coins seem to be nearly all profit to the Government, as a majority never come back to be redeemed. A large amount of the fractional currency issued during war time has never come back to the treasury for redemption. Peculiar to Vassar. Vassar is probably the only college that has a fund to be used in giving its students “good times.” For several years past a sum, has been given the college by a New York gentleman to be used for such a purpose. It is known as the “free money,” and when parties of students start for a dhy at Lake Mohonk or some of the other beautiful places along the Hudson it Is the “free money” turns the wheels. Thk Chinese Government has not yet made a reply to the demand of European governments and the United States in relation to the persecution and killing of white men there. Sooner or later the Aryan may. find 1 it best for himself and the world to . take .possession of China, as has been i done with India. It would be the easiest thing in the world to do this. The Aryan Is in no mood to tolerate much nonsense from the Chinaman, and will not tolerate much more. E Before resolving to buy nothing ’ that you can possibly do without, but to save your money Instead, just ~-paasfr and-eoßsider the effect that > such a resoiutioh universally kept ■ would have. t —— . s Nioht brings out stars as sorrow • shoWR US truth. ~.x ■

- —- CARPETS AND INFECTION. A Fravantabla Klak to Which Kxery Family ta Kxpoaad. In tho wonderful progress In the science and practice of hygiene that has come about during the last ten years, It sooms strange that so little attention has been directed' to tho contamination of carpets, an evil of which tho effects can only bo serious and extensive. Formerly hospitals woip ornamented with carpets, but tho teachings of bacteriology speedily made it clear how and to what extent danger lurks In these so-called comforts, and in hospitals, at least, are a thing of tho past. What is true of a hospital is certainly true, though to a less extent, of the home. Wo know that every nook and corner net rcadily reached in tho dally or frequent dustings Isa nidus foftho lodgment, growth and development of disease gonns, and perfect sanitation would require tho reduction of these ad minimum. Os all such depositories, none can bo more productive of harm than carpets. Here is an excellent bed for the breedlhg of germs, and In thecaso of fluids, as, e. g.. expectoration, fortheir subsequent drying and dissemination as dust. The very warmth that commends the use of carpets Is a potent factor hi tho preservation and multiplication of tho bacterium. This is but one aspect of the question, though a serious one. Carpets are answerable for yet other evils. Originally devised, no doubt, as much for warmth as for ornamentatioh, they have come to take tho place of that solidity of structure that alone can secure healthful warmth. The flimsy, poorly joined floors and doors of modern dwelling-houses make carpets' a necessity for barest comfort, and have been made endurable only because of these defects. This is the serious aspect of the question in point of remedy. An uncarpeted floor means draughts, cold, and every circumstance of discomfort; and until houses are better built, no matter what elaboration of painting, staining or polishing is bestowed upon the floors, their imperfection of structure would still make rugs or carpets a necessity. We are not aware of any statistics to prove the unhealthfulnoss of carpeting, nor is it plain in what way reliable data could be obtained; yet we are none the less convinced that carpets exert an evil influence, especially in the propagation of our dreaded scourge, tuberculosis. That the sputum of phthisical-persons may be dried, preserved and disseminated in the dust of the room is a proposition that in the present state of our knowledge needs only to be stated to believed. How often has this happened—indeed, is happening every day—and how often such infections pass for casesof family tendency and the like can only be surmised, but there can be little doubt that theory and fact are in close accord. What can be done to remove this evil? Little, we confess; nothing without scientific agitation of the matter. Perhaps a radical cure is not to be expected, but a compromise may be effected. The necessities of our domestic architecture, the warmth insured, and the quiet that carpets secure, will effectually prevent any attempt at removal; but the same objects may be obtained from small rugs, which can be frequently dusted and at somewhat longer intervals taken to the cleaners for thorough ; steaming. Large carpets fastened to the floor, and to a less extent large rugs,, not easily taken up for dusting, should be condemned. A general spread of knowledge concerning the growth and diffusion of micro-organ-isms will do much to secure the needed reform, but until public attention and fear arc aroused nothing can be done. —American Analyst. The Innocent Sufl’ -rfor the Guilty. One evening, hours past the usual time of closing the shop, when the long-suffering Mr. Mlles (an American) was rapidly drifting into a state of starvation from the postponement of his dinner hour, there came in five Frenchmen, one after the other, each asking the following questions:— “What is the price of the little clocks in your windows?” Have they an alarm attached? Do you warrant them to go well?” Upon being answered, they would jlepart without purchasing. The fifth had left, and Mr. Mlles was in the act of rushing off in quest of his muchneeded dinner, when a sixth Frenchman entered. 'fids was too much for the hungry and exasperated American. Without waiting to hear what the comer had to say, he clutched him wildly and said,— “Sir, I know just what you ate going to ask. Those little clocks are American. Their price is one dollar each. They have no alarm attached. They only strike the hours. We will warrant therh for a certain time only.” The Frenchman hurried forth janflL rejoined his wife, whom he had left looking in the window. “My dear," he said excitedly, "they have a regular lunatic asylum in i there.” A KuMlan Doctor. A Russian journal reports an interesting case of a philanthropic physician. Visiting the patients of his ‘ district, the doctor found that in t many instances their sickness was . caused by hunger. To the most needy he prescribed “six pounds of rye flour in doses of two pounds a clay.” He ordered his patient to get the medicine at the drug store of the nearest village, where It would be issued free ■ of chtiige everyday. The good doctor made arrangements with the druggist , to supply the flour at his expense. In this way his patients will be kept i from starvation the whole winter. * Kcsult* nt BuylnK a Hat-Trap. 1 A-citizen of Troy, Ala., recently ! invested "25 cents in a rat-trap. Within one week he had caught forty 1 rats, one calf; and one old setting hen. Now the owner of the calf has sued the trap-setter for heavy dam- , ages, and the owner of the old setting ' hen has broken off an engagement of ■ marriage between his daughter and ■ the trap-setter. Clay Qounty, Mo., will be represented at the World’s Fair by a span f of mules eighteen hands high ard which weigh 3.800 pounds. fc/SS’X ■■ Zj 'S'i ZWr'X-'' /jU. Jib

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