Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1891 — Page 3

DOUBLE DICK AND JOE; The Poorhouse Waifs.

BY DAVID LOWRY.

CHAPTER XXlll—Continued. •“See here, young fellow—this Is a •square deal, now.” “Perfectly sauaro,” said Dick quietly. “We’ll get the rhino right away as ■soon as the gal's found.” “You’ll get It to-morrow before ten. If she’s discovered through your aid tonight.” “That’s the cheese. Now then. 'There's a rookery round In the alley .here—old—no matter, we’ll show you where it is. If it’s the way wo think, •why, the gal’s hid there. But see here, young feller, it don’t suit us to go in if >it can be helped—if the place is pulled!” “Pulled?” “Yes —raided.” “Raided?” “Yes—gone through as clean as a •whistle. ” “Gone through?” “Well, you are fresh. Tom, let mo •tackle this feller. He means the bobbies will come down on them. ” “The bobbies?” “The p’lice—don’t know nawthin\ at Jill” —with a contemptuous drawl. “The p’lice 1 said. If they arrest everybody after we’ve been in and got out, they’ll blame us —see?” “I understand very ■ well—why didn't you say so before?” said Dick dryly. “You can go in. You’ve got to lot on ” “Never mind—l’ll manage that. But first, I want to borrow a shoe box—and ■blacking brushes.” “O! he's playing it down fine, Pete.” “Yes, he is—he’s not so fresh as he looks. We’ll get you the things—ls you’ll pay interest on ’em. ” Peter disappeared and speedily reappeared with the brushes and box, and Dick followed them to a few yards of the •door of the house where he had reason to believe he would learn something of Joe. When he entered the place, the smell •of vile tobacco almost overpowered him. The air was thick with smoke. There were other vile smells. One or two looked at him sharply as he lounged in, and one man —a man with a very brutal face—eyed him as if he would kick him Into the street. “Hello, baby, what are you after?" this coarse fellow demanded. Dick did not answer. Instead, he looked at the unpolished shoes and boots; in the room, and, going from o*e to anther, said: “Shine, shine, shine!” “Shine the devil!” said one ruffian. “1 will, if you pay for the time lost,” said Dick, whereat even the mam who • scowled at hi.m laughed loudly, and Dick, going to the greasy bar, said: “Gimme glass beer.” He munched a cracker, and a piece of sausage, and kept his eyes and ears wide open. He heard —saw all that •transpired. Nobody dreamed that the bootblack, sidling around, looking at the horrible woodcuts on the walls, and whistling softly to himself, was noting •every movement—listening to every work uttered. But so it was, until Dick found an opportunity to scribble the note, and to •toss it in to poor Joe, whose cheeks were wet with tears. He managed it very adroitly, indeed, and he was not too eager to run away once he found the •opportunity to fling his warning note in to J oe. He remained long enough to see the meaning shrugs exchanged by Mr. Jenks and his fellow conspirators, to hear all that was said, and then he went all around the room, crying “Shine, shine!” until he was repulsed, when he coolly ■opened the door and walked out

CHAPTER XXIV. DOUBLE DICK’S DEEP MORTIFICATION— “A PROVIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE.” To return to Old Isaac’s, pay the other half-dollar and another on top of it, dress himself, and set out for Mons. Dufaur’s occupied very few minutes. Dick was in a perspiration with ex•clteraent; he was running, in his haste, when a stern voice hailed him. “Hi! bi! there —stop thief —head him Off there! Stop that boy there!” Dick halted and looked back. An old man grasping a grip-sack was running after him, shouting “stop thief!” after him. A crowd gathered in a minute. It was wonderful how speedily the street was 'blocked ud by the people. They flocked from all quarters, A policeman appeared—two, three policemen—all bearing on poor Dick. One seized him by the shoulder •roughly. Dick shook his arm. The policeman scowled at him. “isone o’ that, my boy,” said the policeman, angrily. “What have I done? You’ve no business to touch me—l ain’t a thief.” “You ain’t?” “No. And if you don’t let me go you’ll pay dearly for it. Den Brown and Mr. Duckett will mako you sweat for it if -you arrest me. ” Dick was unabashed. Ho looked at tho officer boldly. The officer grew white with rage “Shut up! Shut up your trap, or I’ll make you!” By this time the old gentleman had ■reached the boy’s side. “Now, see the iix you’re in for stealing ■my wallet. Mr. Policeman, I guess you needn’t take him up if he’ll promise ■never to do it again. * The crowd laughed, and the policemen —there were three of them together now —smiled. . “Come along,” said the man who ■grasped Dick’s arm. “No, no! Let him off. Just take my wallet from him. It’s not worth while putting-yourself to any more trouble ” Tho crowd roared, and the policemen •gathered around Dick as they pushed forward. “I’ll go with you quietly,” said Dick, “but you’ve all been warned—Mr. Buckett will make you pay for this. * “W ho’s Buckett?” demanded one of the office! s. “He "owns the circus, an! he’s got plenty of money. ” “What do you know about Buckett?” Tho officer gave Dick a shake —“none of your humbugging. ‘Buckett!’ I’ll Buckett you, talking about Bucket." “He’ll make you shake more than you you shook me. I tell you he hires me, ■and he’ll make you all sorry for this. ” “See here. ” said the farmer, “let him go—only take my wallet from him.” “I never saw your wallet, sir. You’re mistaken, sir.” “Well —maybe I am. ” The farmer plunged his hand into his pockets, and shouted, “It's all a mistake —ft’s all a mistake! I put my wallet into the wrong pocket, that's all—here it is ” He held it up, the crowd saw it, and began to jeer the officers. The officers made demonstrations that scattered the crowd right and left, and soon the way was dear. Then they .consulted each •other and turned on the farmer. “Are yon sure you’ve got your «oney?“ “Haro it ia—you ean-look, officers*

“Why In thunder don’t you know what you are doing, making all this racket, and blocking up the streets, shouting stop thief?” “You ought to stay in your cabbagepatch, old man.” “Or get yourself a new head before you oome to town again.” After delivering themselves of theso opinions, the officers sot Dick free, with an admonition to “be more careful in future” (?)? then went about their business. The crowd had dispersed almost as speedily as it had gathered, and the farmer and Diok were left almost alone, “See here—l’m awful cut up. I am, sure as you live, my boy. You run agin mo so hard—and I’m afraid o’ thieves — and when I clapped my hand in my pocket, and missed my wallet ” “Don’t say any more—it’s all right now. I don’t blame you. Most any one would do the same—only I ain’t that sort of a boy, and it raakeg me feel mean to be stared at by a crowd." “You said you wero with Buckett, the circus man.” “Yes, sir; I am. ” “Do sayl And now—what do you do in the circus?” “I am not at liberty to toll. ” “Phew! Sho! now—that's queer. You dassent tell! Well, I can tell who I am, and what I’m hyer so I’m goin’, and ail about It. I’m on my way home lickety spit—my name's Job Wonder, and ” “Wonder!” “\ r es —Wonder. Ever hoar it before?” “You are the man that came to see Joe.” “Yes, I be—just that man. But what do you know about Joe?” “Don’t go home —not now. Go along with me to Monsieur Dufaur’s—quick. ,joe’s in trouble. I’ve just come from her. ” “What’s the matter, eh? Anything serious? If there is, I’m not going home till it’s straightened out. 1 may as well hang over to-morrow; I’ll not leave Joe in trouble ” As they hastened to Monsieur Dufaur’s, Dick endeavored to explain the situation to the farmer, but Job Wonder couldn’t grasp the truth; the perfidy of the lawyer’s clerk, the audacity of the scheme were not comprehended fully by Job. But he was terribly excited on learning that Joe was abducted —held against her wishes —and in the power of a wretch who was evidently capable of any crime. “Dod blast ’em all, I say!” he exclaimed time after time, as Dick narrated, in outline, all he had learned in the disguise he had assumed. “Dod blast ’em! I’ll not leave New York tin I’ve put the hull gang of them in the penitentiary!” “I’m glad its happened this way, ”said Dick as they neared Monsieur Dufaur’s. “There’ll be such a lot of us When we go ’round there with the police that they’ll all be capture!, I don’t want one to get away—l want thorn ail arrested. ” “Y r es; and I’ll see they are all punished, if there’s any law in York State. You make up your mind to that! Why, it’s a providential interference—my meetin’ you. Blamed if it ain’t. Yes, after this I’ll believe in Providence. If I hadn’t thought you —no matter—l’d been to the depot by this time—like as not trav’lin’ home.”

CHAPTER XXV. DOUBLE DICK TURNS THE TABLES ON IKE. “I’ve found her!” Dick shouted whon he was admitted to Monsieur Dufaur’s, with Job Wonder stamping along at the boy’s heels. “Thank heaven!” exclaimed Madame Dufaur, who was pacing the room. “Thank heaven! My prayer is answered. I was afraid the poor girl was lost to us forover. ” “Where is Monsieur Dufaur—where is Ben and Mrs. Brown? We want to be quick and take a lot of police, or they’ll run away. ” “Bless me, how the dear boy runs on. My husband —why, he was here this minute, but Mr. Brown I have not seen this hour. ” “We can’t wait on him, we must go at once. You come, too. ” “Me! Mo! I cannot go with the police, child; but, yes, tu be sure I will go; why not? To save the poor child, perhaps. ” The door opened at that instant and Monsieur Dufaur stood on the threshold. Madame Dufaur flew toward him with outstretched hands. “She is found—found. ” “Where —where is she?” “Come at once,” said Dick. “Get the police to come along—there’s a lot of them. ” “But where —where is she?” demanded Monsieur Dufaur, looking meanwhile for h:s liat and cane. “Your hat is in my room—your cane is in the dining-room. Oh, we are on our heads this night,” said Madame Dufaur as she placed her hat on her head and glanced in a mirror. “Come, come. ” “Yes, and get the policemen,” said Dick. “Oh, yes, I wilj be sure to have the officers; but just tell me which way we are going. ” Dick gave him the necessary directions as they set out. As they were leaving the house they met the clown and his wife, whose faces were downcast, but on seeing the others they instantly brightened up. “You have heard of her," said Ben. “We are going to rescue her,” said Madame Dufaur. Then Dick was called upon by the clown to relate the facts again briefly. ■ The clown grit his teeth. “We’ll teach them! We’ll make it warm for them before we are through with them!” Meanwhile Monsieur Dufaur had secured a squad of police, or, rather, the officer he took into hio confidence had assembled his fellows ouickly. and then, while they were on the way, a plan es operat’ons was mapped out; each one understood e .actly how the rescue was to be conducted. Meantime fortune smiled upon Ike Jenks. He had no difficulty finding his friend the notary, to whom he explained what he wanted. The notary was thinking of a fee that would swell his month’s receipts largely, and did not scruple in the least as he listened and nodded. He accompanied Jenks to the house Joe was confined in, and was introduced, as Joe was induced to believe, by the exercise of extraordinary strategy. When Ike appeared in the room with the notary, ho was beaming with joy he endeavored to conceal. He realized fully the demand ot the hour. While his bride was under duress — a prisoner, and fearful—it ill becamo him to exhib.t joy; so he pulled on a sober face as he said: “Wei!—this seems a dull sort of marriage, but it will soon be over.” “A mere formality,” said the nogtary in a low tone, designed to reassure her. “Yes —but unavoidable. Well, we are re4dy now; begin,” said Jenks. But to his amazement Joe turned her head aside. The notary looked at Jenks; Jenks looked at the notary, and a scowl settled on his face. “What’s the matter now?” Still Joe was silent. “Why don’t you speak?” “Because I don't want to. ” “But you must now tho notary is here." “I won’t. ” , “You won't! Why?" “I won’t do anything. ” “See here now—there’s something at the bottom of this. You’ve been thinking since I went out, and changed your mind.”

“Yes. * “Well, 1 haven’t chaflge4 mine. IT you don’t Want to go taok where yo* came from, you’ve get to go on with tha marriage ” “I don’t want to get married. * “You must, though. ” “And I say I won’t!” Joe's eyes were flashing now. She confronted him with red cheeks, defiance in every action. “You go on and marry us.” said Ike to his friend. “I can t It takes two to make a bargain. ” Ike whispered in the notary's ear. The notary shook his head. “It is a dangerous business. If she assents, all right. If she refuses—that's the end of it" “Carso you!” exclaimed Jenks, seizing Joe in his rage. He had grasped her wrist and twisted it so that It pained her. "Help! Help!” Joe shrieked. As if in response to her cry, the outer door was burst open and a rush of feet was heard. The next moment the door of the room the notary, Jenks and Joe were in was thrown wide open, and Dick stood before them. Behind him stood two policemen—the same that had been called upon by Job Wondor when he cried, “Stop thief!” Joe rushed forward and grasped Dick’s hands. “I knew you would come; I knew it!” Ike and the notary left the room and found in the outer apartment two other policemen, while two more guarded the entrance. The occupants of the bar-room were silent, sullen, vengeful. They glared at the newcomers—at the officors—but held their peace. Ben Brown and his wife, Monsieur and Madame Dufaur, Job Wonder—these stood in the foreground, and Joe in turn extended her hands to all saying she “never, never could forget their kindness to her.” A policeman tapped Jenks on the shoulder, saying, “Come, we’re ready now.” “Ready 1 What do you mean?” exclaimed Jenks. Then ho said something in a low tone to his companion. “Of course I’ll make no resistance, but 1 warn you all I shall proceed against you for false arrest. And don’t you influence my wife to go away. ” “His wife!” Madame Dufaur elevated her hands. “Yes, my wife,” said Jenks boldly. “She is my lawful wife —here is the certificate.” [to be continued.]

Don’t Be Afraid to Praise.

One of the greatest evils of our modern life is the fear to give credit where credit is due. We are always ready to oriticise, but never to praise. We love to point out a mistake, but how loth we are to applaud a thing well done. The employer withholds the word of praise from his employe. He either fears an application for more salary, or the risk of spoiling with praise. How short-sighted is such a policy! What is there more stimulating in the hard business world of today than honest approval openly given ? Many a man and woman is there today in factory, store, office or bankinghouse to whom an honest “you have done well” would mean more than any addition to salary. Everybody’s goal is not the almighty dollar; some of us thiuk just as much of a hearty word of approval. A good man or a good woman is never spoiled by an honest word of praise. There are enough people in this world ready to criticise and find fault; let yon and I, my dear friend, counteract matters and be ready to give the word of praise when occasion requires it. In your business, be frank and open with those you employ. If a man does a thing well, tell him of it. And when you go home, keep your eyes open, and see whether your wife is not wearing something or has put something on the table which she knew would please you. Notice it, and tell her you do. Don’t let her imagine vpur pleasure—your wife is no more of a mind-reader than you are. We do not want to leave too much to be inferred in this world. Some things are best left to the inference; but there are others whioh will make this world better, brighter and more beautiful if told “right out in meeting.” If you, as husband, withhold honest praise from your wife, she, unconsciously, perhaps—for habits at home are contagious—will, in turn, withhold it from your ohildren, and they w ill transmit the spirit to their children. Each of us is more of an example to others than we sometimes think. A wise writer has made famous the proverb that the smallest action in our lives is reflected in some one else, and there is a great deal of truth in the old saw. We are all of us an example to some other follow creature, and a trait in us is often transmitted, and made immortal to succeeding generations. And thus, as others are apt to do as we do, let us do well.— Ladies' Home Journal.

Facts in Short Order.

The male of the silkworm moth travels at the rate of one hundred miles a day. The average cost of constructing a mile of railroad in the United States at thq present time is about thirty thousand dollars. The number of passengers carried by all the railroads in the world averages six millions a day. It would take all the Lancashire cotton factories four hundred years to spin a thread long enough to reaoh the nearest star at the present rate of production of about one hundred and fiftyfive million miles per day. Teachers’ salaries in the United States annually amount to more than sixty million dollars. To effect the respiration of a carp, thirteen thousand three hundred arteTies, vessels, veins, bones, valves, etc., are necessary. In average condition, a turnip seed may increase its own weight fifteen times in a minute.

A Familiar Proverb.

Ancasus, King of the Leleges in Samos (an island in the Grecian Archipelago) planted a vineyard; and so heavily did he oppress his slaves, that one of them, it is said, prophesied to him that he would never live to taste the wine thereof. When the wine was made, tne king sent for his slave, and said: “What do you think of your prophesy now?” The slave made answer, “There’s many a slip ’twirt the cup and the lip.” The words were scarcely uttered when Ancseus was informed that a wild boar had broken into his vineyard, and was laying it waste. Anoseus, setting down the cap untasted, hastened to attack and drive out the boar, but was killed in the encounter. “I began keeping a diary this year—an honest diary—and I wrote it in French, but I’ve dropped it.” “Why?" "My wife has began taking French lessons.”

STEEL RAIL COMBINE.

HOW IT HAS REDUCED WAGES THIS YEAR. Meeting of tho Combine In Philadelphia to Arrange Particulars and Prepare lor a Future Boom—Free Trade In Labor Only—Plate Glass and the Tariff Socks tor McKinley. How It Works. The Iron Age, under the heading of “The Coming Boom,” says: “A discussion of the situation with many thoughtful and experienced members of the iron trade leads to the conviction that a notable rise in the prices in the leading lines of iron and steel must be expected. A consideration of the condition of affairs in the rail trade would point to the conclusion that a notable rise in prices cannot well be expected during the ba’ance of this year, but tho anticipation of requirements for 1892 may lead to the beginning ot a boom before this year is closed. " In order to take comp'ete advantage of the coming boom, the “Steel Rail Trust" hold a meeting last woek in Philadelphia, at which arrangements were made for the admission of the Maryland branch of the Pennsylvania Steel Company into the combi no. In conseauonce of this a new allotment was made. The year now drawing to a close has shown the great strength of the combine. It has been abie to maintain the combine prices of ?30 per ton at Eastorn mills and s3l per ton at the Western; without a break, and in spite of the fact that the price of rails has been maintained, and the raw material has fallen, it has been able to reduce wages. There are six companies in the trust,, which, in fact, embraces all tho mills in the country. Theso are the Illinois Steel Company, Carnegie Bros. & Company, the Cambria Iron Company,, the Pennsylvania Steel Company, tho Bethlehem Iron Company, and the Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company, Since January last, all have reduced wages as follows: The Bethlebom Iron Company reduced wages 10 per cent. Feb 7. Tho Lackawanna Coal and iron Company reduced tho wages of its workmen an average of 20 cents per day, Jan. 1. The Rsnnsylvania Steel Company reduced wages on an average of 8 to 10 per cent. Feb. 1. Tho Illinois Steel Company reduced the wages of its workmen on March 6. A strike ensued. Carnegie Bros. & Company cut down the wages of their workmen 10 per cent Thus all but one member of the com Dine have cut down wages since Jam 1. Immediately after the meeting of the' combine in Philadelphia Carnegie Bros. & Co. published the following notice In. their mills: “To our employes: As provided In. our agreement, we hereby notify you that we desire to end it Dec. 31, 1891, and that we will be ready to make a new sliding scale agreement with you at any time after Oct. 10, 1891, to take effect Jan. 1, 1892. The contemplated changes are rendered necessary principally by the introduction of many mechanical improvements and advanced methods of manufacture, by which the output has been very much increased since our agreement wept Into effect. “(Signed) Carnkoie Bbos. ” That the above means a “sliding scale” downward seems evident It shows, also* that the trust is resolved that its workmen shall have no share In tho new boom anticipated by tho combine. Protected by a prohibitive duty on rails and closely united to maintain prices, the “steel rail trust” has absolute control of tho consumers of its products and of the workmen employed by It.

Ohio Wool-Growers Revolt.

S. B. Carlton, a prominent farmer and wool-grower of Ohio, is one of many Republican farmers who declare they will not vote for McKinley. He says: “Tho McKinley bill is ruinous to the interests, of the wool-growers. The depression in tho wool market is due not so much to the change in tho schedulo of the wool tariff as it is to the increase of the duty on woolens. The' shoddy manufacturers are protected by this duty and the wool market is depressed. “I would not favor tree wool with a high tariff on woolens, for that would be injurious to the wool industry. I would, however, favor froo wool if tho duty wore taken from woolens. “I sold my wool this year for 28 cents, and it was of a better grade than wool which 1 sold, before tho McKinley bill went into operation, for seven and eight cents more per pound. The cause of this depression in prices is due to the McKinley bill. I have always beon a Republican, but will- vote against McKinley because of his infamous bill.” How will Senator Sherman bo able to explain his vote on the McKinley wool tariff to Mr. Carlton and other Republican Ohio wool-growers? During the debate on the tariff of 1883 Senator Sherman said: “In 1807 the price of wool was 51 cents; in 1870, 46 cents; in 1875, 4.1 cents; in 1880, which was an abnormal year, 48 cents per pound. This was the result of the policy of protecting the wool-growers, as it is in all industries, to gradually reduce the price. Under the operation of the existing law (tho tariff of 1867) the price of wool has gradually gone down.” Lest tho Senator might feel tempted to deny that he said anything like this, let him turn to his file of tho Congressional Record, where he will find it on page 2201 of part 3 of volume 14.

Free Trade In Labor Only.

When manufacturers go to Congress and advocate high duties tho Inteiests of their workmen are predominant They do not ask for the increased duty for themselves, but solely for their employes When the duty is increased the mask drops off and their true alms are revea'ed. This fact is well exemplified in the case of glove manufacturers who secured a large increase in the duty on gloves. Where the workmen come in is shown in the following advertisement which appeared in the Berliner Bericlite, a leading Gorman newspaper last March: ”A long-established, large glove manufactory in Gloversvllle, State of New York, wants ten glove makers. Price for cutting one dozen gloves (Dolllrtis’ Leder), 3.50 marks. Funds advanced for passage. Further Information of R. A. Wlrbel and Ca, Haynau i Sihl.” Verily, Wm. D. Kelley, the leader of the high-tariff party In Congress, told the truth when he said in 1872: “Yes, men are on the free list. They cost us not even freight; we promote free trade in men, and it is the only free trade I am Drepared to promote.”

Political Reciprocity.

Tho political “reciprocity” of tho high-tariff advocates Is working out its legitimate resu ts. It has been lauded by high-tariff organs as the means by which our merchant marine is to be rejuvenated and now markets for our surplus farm products are to be provided. Its sham character has, however, begun to show itself. It was never intended, evep by its author, to be anything but a political dodge by which attention was to be drawn from the real object of the McKinley tariff, which was the protection of the “trusts” and combinations from foreign competition. Soon after the Brazilian rec procity treaty went into effect » lino of steamers was put in operating between Baltimore and the most important Brazilian

,r ' l '' l ' * -orts. At the time the high-tariff paeablished this fact with flaming head fin,. 3 as rst faults of reciprocity. After -*L ,Jt »u?»ths’ trial the company has di9teen-* inuotl no * oi " 'he reason that it doe* nJ 1 * pay- ;. It 3 ''fh® 10 history is btf'#hothor Illtn>.. rat °. n of t,le difference betVeon political aw practl ' cal commercial undertaking!.

SOCKS FOR MR. M’KINLEY.

Hl»TarlffI.«»(l» nn Irlsli Lml to Make Mint a Present. Samuel D. Frmv camo to this country from Belfast, North Ire.and, six years ago He liked the American climato and tho American people, but he could not endure American stockings. Ho longhd for the comfortable, homo-knit hosiery of old Ireland. And so finally ho wroto to his mother in Ireland to send him somo stockings, t-he was glad to please her boy, and so she knittoi six pairs of Irish stockings and sent them to her son Hut she didn’t write about them, for sho wanted them to be a surprise, and tho first young Frew knew of tho matter was when a balky document arrived from tho custom-house. It was as follows : Samuel D. Fi»w to the Murrlu European and American Express Company, custom-house brokers and forwarding agents, Dr.: To spealSo duty on one pouud manufactured woolat W-) cents. 8 .SO To ad valorem duty on artioles valued at 83, at 60 per oent 1.50 Belmbursementa, charges, and freight 50 United States bonded storage and labor SI Cartage, shipping, or delivery S 3 Postage, eto .03 Custom-house entries, eto .50 Total ... . ....83.21 When Frew looked at tho bill he thought the custom house was at fault; so he went home and hunted up a tariff book and figured out just what the tariff ought to bo. Hero is tho way ho made it: Ad valorem duty on articles valued at £3, at 40 per cent. 8 ,80 Speoiflo duty on one pound manufactured wool at 85 cents. . ~ 85 Total *1.15 Frew wont back to the express office indignant at the thought of being so imposed upon, and handed the clerk the bill as he mado it out Tho clerk looked at it and laughed. “Oh, that was under the old tariff bill,” said he. “This other bill is made out according to Mr. McKinley's new tariff laws.” “You won't accept my bill, thon?" said Frew. “No,” answered tho official. Frew thought for a moment. Then he called the clerk aside and whispered confidentially: “You tell that d d McKinley that he can have my stockings. ” The stockings are still at the custom house, and after the expiration of tho required time they will be sold at public auction same as tho Astor drosses wore. —New York World.

Plate Glass and the Tariff.

The plate glass Industry Is a striking illustration of the fallacy of tho Republican party’s promises. For tho last ten years tho magnates have gone to Congress at each session of that honorable body and pleaded for an Increase in the duty on that article At each session it was granted, Congress no doubt thinking that the plate workers recoived handsome wages for their skill, and, of course, tho pleas that these magnates gave strengthened this bel es. If a commission could bo appointed by Congress to inquire into the condition of the plato workers and the wages that are paid thorn, It Is likely enough that Congross would reduce the tariff. * * * The time is coming when the men that work at this industry will' bo given an opportunity to go before Congress and give their owntestlmony. If this doesn’t have the effect of roduclng the tariff, it will have one good effect, and that is it will show Congress that the plate-glass magnates are the biggest liars in tho country, and it will also bo able to furnish that body with tho wages paid In this country and the amount of work that is done. It will also- be ablo to furnish the wages that are paid to- the men engaged in this industry in Europe, with the amount of work done. * * * If there is anything more wanting to convince Congress of the injustice of the plate-glate magnates, or if they are influenced by their arguments, lot this fact bo borne in mind, that plate glass can be mado cheaper in thiscouutry than it cap be made in Europe * ‘ * In America tho supply is a little short of the demand. Under this state of affairs competition is shut off. Tho glass trust is able to charge what they please for plate glass. Now, if there was any fair reasm why tho war tariff should bj continued, it would bo all right, or if the American manufacturer could not compete with tho European manufacturer, there would be sotn t excuse for this tariff; but when we havo every advantage over our competitors, there Is no excuse for us to fear thorn. When we havo now machinery that turns out nearly double the Amount of plato glass made by the old stylo machinery, aided by natural gas, low wages, long hours, and getting more work out of our men, it ought to be apparent that wo could outsell tho European in any market in the world. —National Glass Budget, official organ of Flint Glass Workers’ Union.

Predictions and Reality Regarding Tin Plate.

During the debate on the tin D ate duty Senator Allison assured his fellow Senators that as soon as It was cortaln that tho duty would be Increased mills would be erected to make tin plate. Said he: “There are a number of establishments which could immediately onter upon the production of these tin plates, or at least within averybiief period, probably within thirty days, and wo have assurances, and believe from examination and investigation, that within the time fixed for the taking effect of this new bill [le s than ono yoar| there will be in this country a sufficient plant to manufacture all tho t'n plate that we use. I have no doubt of it. ” A whole year has passod since : tho McKinley bill became law, and the only tin plate mill claimed by the advocates of the duty to bo ndw turning out tin plate for commercial purposes is that of the Apollo Sheet Iron Company. What this mill amounts to it shown by the following letter to tjo/. Campbell, of Ohio, from a resident of Apollo. He writes as follows: “Deah Sib: You of course have heard of the great tin-plate manufacturing establishment at Apollo By an effort I have secured a couple of samples, and will inclose you the same. There are two qualities, as you will discovor, and not a particle of tin In either Their building Is 7x!>, with a high board fence about it. With a couple of other gentlemon, I tried to get in, but was told that they did not allow any ono inside the mills. I asked for a sample of their tin, which they could not refuse.» , A large manufacturer of grain bags made from imported burlaps has stated that the enormous wheat crop in the great West and Northwest has caused an unusual demand for bags In which to carry wheat and corn from the farms to the market He is now shipping a carload of grain begs every week to Kansas City. Here the tariff gets in its work. A carload of bags weighs 34,000 pounds, and the duty of 1% cents a pound amounts to $390 on the carload. This has, of course, to bo paid by the last man who buys the bags—the fanner. Vandyke Sqcibleb, the painter, say* he is wedded to his art. Can’t she get a divorce ? A '

BY POST AND WIRES

COMES THIS BATCH OF INDIANA NEWS. A Catnlngns 0 r the Week's Important lOcourrencaj Throughout the State Fires, Accidents, Crimes. Suicides, Etc. j —James S. Kevington, aged 86, died at Crawfordsville. —Benj. Fulder fell from a hay mow at South Bend and broke three ribs. —Thirteen freight ears were wrecked near Thorntown on the Big Four. —Annie Ennis had her leg caught in a twister at a woolen mill at Madison, crushing it. —The post-office at Veedersburg was entered, and stamps to the amount of S2OO were taken. —Lincoln Terry, of Jeffersonville, was fined $12.50 for using profane language in the hearing of women. —A large reward is offered for the persons who are suspicioned of setting fire to the Washington Court House. —Wintou Richards, a farmer near North Manchester, went through a bridge with a load of lumber and was fatally hurt. —Geo. Mack got up in his sleep at New Haven, Allen Co., and going out ou the walk fell down into the cellar. His recovery is doubtful. —Thomas J. Study, Richmond, wants SSOO damages from David Baker. Says Baker’s dog bit him on the hand, which is now useless. —W. Dye, a stock dealer of Owens burg, was seriously Injured in a rear end collision of the O. & M. Railroad, a few miles west of Mitchell. —Robert Gray and Mrs. Cross have been running a restaurant at Columbus for six months on the cash plan. Just skipped out leaving S6OO debts. —Leonard Campbell, a brakeman at Columbus, has sued the Panhandle Railroad for $15,000 for injuries received falling from the top of a boxcar. —Mrs. Elizabeth Schlageter, of New Albany, swallowed a quantity of carbolic add by mistake for paregoric. Quick medical attention saved her life. —By the breaking of an axle two cars of a west-bound freight were wrecked on tho Panhandle Railroad at Hartford City, delaying the eastbound mail four hours. —Diphtheria is almost epidemic west of Rockville, near llollansburg and Bellmorc. Within a week four children have died, while several others are very near death. —Tuesday, Oct. 20, tho State Assembly of the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association will meet in Martinsville for a five days’ session. Five hundred delegates will attend. —A stranger, believed to bo Insane, is scaring the wits out of people living in the vicinity of New Market by his eccentric actions. He roams about at night singing, but disappears when he is approached. —John Bond, colored, at. Mitchell, got mad at his mother Just at the close of the war, because sho sold the farm. He went to bed, where he has been ever since, except once when ho jumped up to whip his sister. —Jacob Poss, of Floyd County, while working in a mill, bruised one of his toes. No attention was paid to the injury; blood poisoning intervened and he is now in a dying condition. Every part of his body is horribly swollen, and one eye has burst from Its soc.cet.

—The Farmers’ Deposit Bank has been organized at Montpelier, with a capital stock of $25,000. The following officers were elected: John I*. McGcath, President; F. G. Miller, Vice President; J. 11. Shoemaker, Cashier; Thomas C. Neal, Assistant Cashier. —’Squire Eckels, of Brazil, while intoxicated swore in a number of his saloon friends as deputies to keep the peace. Marshal Allen then created a number of deputy marshals, who arrested the ’Squire and had him fined, after which he turned the tables by having the new-fledged deputies arrested for assault and battery committed on him while placing him under arrest. —Before the State Fair, and at a time when there wasn't a cent in the sock, parties who held accounts against the State Board of Agriculture, nearly wore out the floor of the capitol trying to collect the money. Two or three parties walked out to Irvington trying to raise the amounts from Treasurer Johnson. The board has all kinds of money on hand now and has to send a personal invitation to creditors to come after amounts due them. —The wife of Samuel Blair was fatally burned by the explosion of a keg of powder, at her home, just south of Brazil. The powder had been lying about the house for a number of months and seemed to have so completely lost its explosive power that, notwithstanding repeated former efforts to burn it op, it had always failed to ignite. On the fatal occasion referred to Mrs. Blair touched tire to it, when the entire mass exploded burning and blistering the entire body from head to foot. Her recovery is not thought possible. —Walter Kceing, the German musician who eloped from Wabash with one of his pupils, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for stealing the horse and buggy in which the couple drove away. —Scenic Park, on the Silver Hills, Floyd County, is the camping-place of a band of gypsies and Turks. They have with them forty horses, one polar and two cinnamon bears, two monkeys, one baboon and a trained Shanghai cock that out-crows any fowl of the kind in Southern Indiana. —Dixon Williams, the evangelist, missed the step getting in an omnibus at Vincennes, and will have to cancel his engagements because of a broken leg. —.Johnnie Ruff, a 5-year-old son of Mr. F. W. Ruff, a prominent merchant of Evansville, met with a fatal accident. The little fellow, with two older brothers and several other companions, was “teetering” on a dray, when the child was thrown off. The . heavy shaft-pole of the dray struck him in the adomen, causing internal injuries, which resulted in his death hour later.

—The United Brethren are preparing to build a church at Crawfordsrille. —J. I. Berry, Fairmont, has a radish thirty-four inches in circumference. - —Grant County conies to the front now and says it raised 1,525,000 bushels of wheat this year. —After an illness of seven years. Miss Ella Watson died at her home near Central, Harrison County. —Rev. J. A. Haynes, of Vevay, has been called to occupy thepulpit in the Baptist Church at Montpelier. —Mrs. Rachel Wilson, TIE years old, fell into her cellar at Brazil and received injuries fromi which she may d ie, —Tine DePauw plate glass works will root locate at Alexandria but have- made all arrange meats for Jonesboro. —Bl A. Rice, of Scottsbturg,. was thrown from his buggy and dragged seventy-eight yards. He' in- not expected to live. —Hiram Leiter, of Brazil,, has been appointed State Bank Examiner;. He fills the-vacancy caused by the death of Senator Harry Francis. —M. A. Sheets, near Madison, has an orchard of English walnuts and almonds which Is yielding handsome returns on the investment. —“Rinderpest” has attacked! the cattle in Montgomery County,, and many are dying. This Is the first appearance of the disease in years. —Adolphus Ochletree and Miss Mary Prudy, two Crawfordsville lovers, played “seven-up” during church hours, and were fined for their sport. —Mrs. Wm. Bush and her sister Mm. John Bush, both living with their husbands, eloped from Georgetown with John Kinney and George Reinhart,. —James Rerber, of Waynetown, has been fined sl, disfranchised for two years and given a jail sentence of five days, for stealing one pound of butter. —Nearly three hundred men in the blacksmith department of the Ohio Falls Car Works, at Jeffersonville, have been laid off, owing to slackness of work. —AniosM. Iliatt has sued Joseph Hewitt, both of Delaware County, for SIO,OOO damages, the price of Mrs. Hiatt’s affections, which HewLtt is charged with having alienated. —Michael Koflin, a young Rilish Jew, arrested at North Manchester, has been Identified by Mrs. Alexander Tenty, of Fort Wayne, as the man wlio assaulted her in Columbia City two weeks ago. —Alvls Maxwell, an employe of the United States snag-boat uttho mouth of Deer Creek, near Evansville, was killed by being struck on the head with a log that was being placed in the forcastle to be sawed up. —John Davenport and William A. Donley, two trapese performers of Burnum’s circus, who were arrested in Crawfordsville for robbing a saloon, have been sent to the penitentiary for one year, fined and disfranchised. One week ago John Herron, a well-to-do farmer, residing in the eastern part of Bartholomew County, was accidentally thrown from his horse. In the fall he was injured internally, from the effects of which deatli followed. —The fanners’ institutes in tho southern part of the State will meet as follows: Lexington, Scott County, Nov. 6 and 7; Chrisney, Spencer County, Nov. 11 and 12; Marengo, Crawford County, Nov. 0 and HR Corydon, Harrison County, Nov. II and J 2; Charlestown, Clark County, Nov. 13 and 14. —A cavalcade of masked mert rode up lu front of the houses of Jc4m Wee.cs and James Proctor, at PaoJL . and, calling out Mrs. Weeks and Mrs.\ Proctor, warned them to mend their • gad-about ways or take a coat of tar und feathers. The two wives are said to be young and pretty and are in the habit of going to fairs and picnics with “sporty" men, while their husbands are hard at work earning u living. —A natural-gas explosion at the new residence of John Summerland, County Treasurer of Wabash County, stripped the plastering off the walls and lifted the iloorof the dining-room up two or three feet, smashing a heavy dining table. The explosion was caused by a plumber, who hunted around for a leak in a pipe with a lighted match until he found it, and touched off the gas that filled the basement. The building was quite badly damaged, but the plumber and Mr. RununerlanU’s family escaped injury. —The little 4-year-old son of Robert Kirk, who lives seven miles south of Vincennes, was almost literally eaten up by hogs. The mother chanced to hear the screams of her child, and rushed to find it in the hog lot, down on the ground, surrounded by vicious hogs tearing out its life. She drove off the furious beasts, snatched her boy to her breast and carried him to the house. The child was horribly torn and bruised. Its scalp was torn completely loose, its cheeks were eaten away, and it was lacerated and gashed all over its little body, from the tusks of the swine. It is in a terrible condition, and may not recover. —Jaoob Williams, of Blue *River. Postofflce, Washington County, is aged 24, and he stands seven feet two and one-half inches in his stockings. His foot is fifteen inches in length. —“Blacktongue” has developed among the cattle in Parker County, and hundreds of animals have succumbed to its ravages. The tongues become black and rot away. State veterinary surgeon has been summoned to investigate and the strictest quarantine measures will be enforced. —Farmers in the territory northwest of Goshen are said to be losing their Swine by the hundreds ou account of a malignant disease which it seems impossible to check. —Seth- Coffman, a wealthy dairyman near New Albany, was attacked by a vicious bull while crossing a pasture on his farm and gored so badly that his recovery is uncertain. —Trustees of the Trinity M. E. Church -of Elkhart have brought suit against John Guepe for his proportion of $30,000 which he agreed to pay toward the erection of a church building.