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The president and Patti were received in the Chicago style yesterday and last evening.

There seems to have been a misunderstanding in the police department. A gambling house was raided last night.

The Philadelphia Press tears away all the honor of "subsidy" in this paragraph:

Communication Is the lirst need of trade, and the (iulcker congress gives it with South America the better. Who ever heard of a retailer refusing tu "subsidize" a delivery wagon? Tills Is all a South American steamship line will he.

Don't imagine that the raid on a gambling house means a change in the policy of the police authorities in the enforcement of the law. It was a new house, and evidently the proprietor didn't know the ropes, which are somewhat complicated becauee of the number of persons having hold of them.

•Speaker Reed named several of the important committees of the house one week from the day be was elected speaker. This is a great improvement over the Carlisle plan by which all the machinery of legislation was blocked until after the holidays. The appropriation committee will thus be enabled to provide the house with work immediate ]y after the holiday recess.

Judge Frnzer's point as to the "mon opoly" objection to the new school book law is a strong one. In fact the objection was so weak that it suggested the strength of the law. The act of the legislature give every one the fullest opportunity to secure the contract for supplying the books. The Indiana company had no more of a monopoly than had the contractors who built our new Normal school building.

With all due respect for the civil serv ice reform idea we desire to object to that operation of it by which a Democrat is kept in a federal ollice nearly a year after .Republicans come into power and is thus provided with prestige and money to secure a nomination on a local Democratic ticket. This is exactly what has hap pened at Chicago where the collector of internal revenue has been nominated by the Democratic party for drainage commissioner on a ticket proposed by Mike McDonald.

Cincinnati bankB have turned into the United States treasury a million and a half, with which Mr. Windom cau buy bonds and save the people '2 per cent. in interest. This sort of adminibtration of the treasury department recalls the remark that public oOice is a public trust. Mr. Cleveland's loan of nearly tifty millions of public money to the banks was carrying out the idea that public ollice can be administered as a private snap for favored banks.

Uur Kockville contemporaries have often referred to the wickedness of this place, and we have belived that nowhere were there people so free to throw stones as in Parke crunty, bujj. that trial at Kusedale yesterday is calculated to dispel that belief. Parke county juries have become famous for verdicts of big damages against the railroad companies in suits taken from this county, and now it seems that a Parke county jury is capable of going to the extreme of leniency with prize lighters from here.

The "reform" movement in Chicago which put the Democracy in power, has brought Mike McDonald to the front again as the absolute boss of the party in that city. When the reformers were begging for votes for the Democratic ticket it was promised that the Mike McDjnald element should not have any inlluence in public alT.iirs. Mike joined in the ruse and said he was out of politics. Now every newspaper in the city is begging the people to defeat his ticket for drainage commissioners. At the next election in Indianapolis we will see _Coj* furnisETng a parallel to the Chicago experience.

A list of strikes this year with the number of men involved is going the rounds of the fre9 trade press with an introductory statement that this distressful condition of the workingmen has been brought about since the victory of the protective tariff party last fall. For •the best of reasons no comparison is made with the last year of the Cleveland administration. Any exhibit of strike statistics at any time is appalling, but it so happens that all the recognized authorities make a most favorable showing as to strikes this year as compared with last year. The New York World is hon est enough to tell the truth as follows:

The industrial and trade outlook Is x?ry en (.•ouraslng labor Is unusually well employe*! we hear of no Important strikes anywhere: bank exchanges are larger In volume, both In the cities and throughout tue country there Is an increased demand for Iron, and a general advance In the price: the medium of exchanges is abundant awl cheap.

Cashier Silcott was a boodler before he went to Washington to handle large amounts of money for Sergeant-afc-arms Leedom who at home had taught him the art of unscrupulous politics. Silcott was from Lieedom'a county, Adams county, Ohio, and the testimony is universal now that Silcott was a boodler in politics. Leedom therefore should hare been on his guard, even though the cause for watchfulness had not been greatly increased by Silcott's notoriety as a plunger at the races and in the gambling houses. And also, comes Congressman Allen, Mississippi, the Southern wit, who tells much that he knew of Silcott gambling losses during the last year, is a very funny story he tells—but he should have told it to Leedom a year ago. One good Democrat, zealously guarding the honor of the Democratic administration of the house's official affaire, certainly should have performed that duty toward another good Democrat. The outcroppings since Silcott ran away suggest that there may be still more serious shortcomings than now known to the general public.

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HOME TRADE AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. President Tanner, of the Indianapolis board of trade, is the first representative of Indiana business interests to make public an objection to holding the world's fair in the West. The reason he gives for his opposition is one that has been considered very generally in a quiet way by business men of this city as well as Indianapolis. Mr. Tanner says:

It will be a very bad thing for Indianapolis and all other jobbing points In the state If the fair goes to Chlc«o. I believe It will take a million dollars' worth of trade from this city and corresponding amounts from such cities as Terre Haute, Lafavette, Fort Wayne, Evansviile, Richmond and transport. Chicago Is the strongest competitor we have for Indiana trade. If the world's fair Is held there a large number of country merchants of Indiana will visit that city for the lirst time and Chicago jobbers will sell them bills of goods, get them in their debt and In a majority of instances make permanent customers out of them. I think that our house alone would lose trade amounting to thousands of dollars If the fair should go to Chicago.

Mr. Tanner discusses the loss of trade from the standpoint of a jobber only. Wouldn't the retailer be the immediate sufferer? It would be the loss of his trade that would entail the most serious loss on the jobber. We have no doubt that during the months of the world's fair, if held in St. Louis or Chicago, there would be a direct and large transfer of trade from all trade centers in Indiana to the city where the fair was being held. Many visitors would postpone their purchases for home and self until they made the trip to the big city.

The only offset is the problematical enhancement of the general prosperity in the state. That the fair would bring millions of dollars from a distance there can be no doubt, but what proportion of it would come to Indiana, and how long would it be before the distribution gave us the full recompensing benefit?.

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Wouldn't Beacfit the Boozt. Seedy Simmons—In my face good for ths whisky?

Barkeeper—No, I do not think It Is. I think If they got together the whisky would get decidedly the worst of It.

He Kuew lirown.

Watts—Have you heard the story Brown Is tell log on himself? Potts—A story about himself and a young woman wasn't It?

Watts—Oh, you have heard it, have you? Potts-No but 1 know the kind of stories Brown always tells.

Selfishness.

Yabsley—It Is a pity that Thompklns stammers so badly. Wlckwlre-It is. Really. By the way, I have heard that stammering can be cured by practicing singing.

Yabsley-So have I. But for Heaven's sake don't tell Thompklns so. He rooms with me.

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Only an Idiot can go through life without making any mistakes. The talk of the phonograph Is not on the square it is on a cylinder.

The unhapplest woman on earth Is the one who has nothing to worry about. Many domestic breaches are caused by Hie discussion as to who has the better right to wear them.

The favorite actor of the baldhead set Is not some "fairy" as so many people suppose, but Har rlgan. See?

As detectives are still looking for the missing Clarence Toot, there is some likelihood of Ills being found-In a horn.

TlioC. O. D. man hastens to remark that It was naturally to he expected that the Bev. Dr. Puniess should be Inclined to smoke. Similar comment may be expected from all over the country.

Now that John L. Sullivan has resigned from Journalism, the papers are Insinuating against his literary abilities. John may be a poor speller, but In the art of punch-uatlng he is perfect.

EXCHANGE ECHOES.

Chicago Inter-Ocean The Democratic governor of Montana has taken the bull by the horns, and may Und It neither easy to let go nor to hold to them,

Baltimore American It Is a comfortable fact that the American plays which have achieved the greatest and most lasting success are those which have preached strong sermons of virtue and charity. It Is creditable alike to the stage and the audiences.

Chicago Tribune The chief of police of Costa Rica is about to model his department on the New York plan, having personally Inspected the workings of (iotharu's police department. Is It possible he has never heard ot Chicago's present marvelous "foorce?"

Albany Express The new departure made by the government means that the war as well as the naval establishment must be Increased. How far behind the age our army Is In some respects will be found In the statement that nearly every power has adopted the three battalion formation for lnrantry. Persia, China and the United States are almost alone In adhering to the single battalion system. The United States can not aflord to keep so far behind, and the Improvement of the army must keep pace with that of the navy.

Toledo Blade: The message will act like the beat of a long roll upon a slumbering camp. He has thrown down the gauntlet to the Bourbon and free trade foe. and challenged them to combat. They will accept the gage of battle while the Kepubllcan hosts, shaking oil their apathy, will rush to the fray with newly-lnsplred rigor. There will be no more inaction, no more lack of support of the Republican executive. Benjamin Harrison, In his first message to congress, has shown him self a worthy leader of a mighty cause, and no Republican wlio really bslleves In the principles of his party will fall to giTe lilm a hearty and unwavering support.

Apple Trees in Bloom

James Hedricks, living on the Lukia-mut-e, reports apple trees in bloom and the air is laden with their perfume. The hard winter which has been prophesied has not yet begun in Oregon.^-tPottland Oregonian.

JUDGE BREWER, OR KANSAS.

Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 4.—The president to-day sent the nomination to the Benate of David JoBrewer, of Leavenworth, Kan., to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United Statee. There are some interesting factB about the appointment of Judge Brewer. The first and most important of these facts is that the president selected, from among those brought prominently to his consideration, the man in whose behalf least pressure has been exerted.

Leading lawyers of the Eighth judicial circuit will bear witness to what is about to be stated. WheD they learned that Judge Brewer's name was before the president, they wanted to write letters in his behalf. They consulted the judge, and he frankly told them he preferred they should not do so. His wishes were respected. The president has strict ideas about the proprieties in the matter of judicial appointments. There is reason to believe that he noted the absence of the usual political pressure, and that it was on© cf the things which prompted him to look favorably upon Judge Brewer.

The appointment came about in the most natural way. Some time after the death of Stanley Matthews, Senator Plum, during a call upon the president, mentioned Judge Brewer's name, and spoke of his fitness for the vacancy. The president replied in a manner which showed that the appointment was not likely to be made for some time and the n-atter'was dropped. Subse quently the president began to make in quiries about Judge Brewer. He sought information through Senator Plumb, Secretary Noble and others. Attorney General Miller also interested himself. Among those he applied to for an expression of opinion as to Judge Brewer was General John B. Henderson, of Missouri. It is hardly necessary to say that the responses were most kindly to Judge Brewer. The inquiries instituted by the administration were very thorough. They extended beyond personal information. A collection of udge Brewer's moat important decisions was made recently, and they were examined with care by Judge Miller. This was not in the nature of an examination as to Judge Brewer's legal qualifications. It was to see if he had any pet hobbies, or to be plainer, it was to discover if he was a crank in any direction. The nomination to-day shows that the finding was favorable to the judge.

The inquiries of the administration respecting Judge Brewer|s qualifications were pursued very quietly. Even the Kansas senators did not know how seriouely the judge was being considered until they went to the president to urge a Kansas man for pension commissioner. The president explained to them why he could not consider that claim. For several weeks the choice has been between Judge Brown, of Michigan, and Judge Brewer, of Kansas. The Michigan men were very importunate. The Kansas people kept away from the White house. A letter never intended to reach the eyes of the president is said to have turned the scale. The letter was from Brewer. It was addressed to a friend, who -is also a friend of Judge Brown. As the story goes, and it is one of the best relating to patronage which has been told since this administration came in, Brown and Brewer were classmates. This mutual friend wrote to Brewer, telling him how much interested he felt in both of his friends and former school fellows. Judge Brewer replied in a manly, straightforward strain. He wrote that Brown was a good fellow, every way qualified, and he heartily hoped he would get the appointment. He went on to say that if he stood in the way at all, he would gladly waive any consideration of himself in the interest of Brown. Perhaps the mutual friend let this letter reach the president in the interest of Brown. Perhaps he wanted Mr. Harrison to know what a generous, whole souled man Brewer was. At any rate the president saw the letter, and it was not long after that he made up his mind to appoint Judge Brewer.

The last step taken before the nom ination of Judge Brewer was made was to consult some of the justices of the supreme court. Justice Miller was quite earnest for McCrary as an Iowa man, but he gave Judge Brewer a first class character as a jurist.

The elevation of Judge Brewer to the sureme bench vacates a circuit. Somebody to-day started the fairy tale that Secretary Noble would follow the example of McCrary in resigning a cabinet position to take a circuit judgeship. There is nothing in it. The circuit judgeship, from present indications, will be filled by the promotion of District Judge Shirae, ot Iowa. This will be urged by Mr. Justice Miller and the Iowa del egation, and will probably be conceded

Special Dispatch to the lobe-Democrat. LEAVKNWORTH, Kan., December -1.— News was received in this city this afternoon that Judge D. J. Brewer, a citizen of Leavenworth, had been.appointsd an associate justice of the supreme coutt of the United States, and when it became known there was great rejoicing among all classes of citizens, irrespective of party. The selection is especially praised by the members of the bar, and they will banquet the judge at an early day.

Since settling in Leavenworth he has been honored by election to many positions of trust and responsibility. In 1861 he was appointed United States commissioner in 18G2 he was elected criminal and probate judge of Leavenworth county in 18G4 he was elected judge for the First Kansas judicial district in 1S68 he was elected county attorney for this county, and in 1S70 he was elected associate judge of the supreme court of Kansas, to which position he was re-elected in 187S and 1882. In 18S4 he was appointed by President Arthur to the, position of the Eighth United Slates circuit, which position he held ever since.

Among the minor positions that he has been elected to and filled are: Member and ptesident of the school board for two years superintendent of the eity schools for three years, from 18G5 to 1868 secretary of the Mercantile library association for four years president of the Kansas teachers' association, and trustee of Mount Muncie cemetery association since its organization, in 18G6.

He was married on October 3,1801, to Miss Louise R. Landon, of Burlington, Vt., and has four daughters—Harriet E., EttaL., Fannie A. and Jennie E. Brewer—the eldest of whom was recently married to A. C. Jetmore, of Topeka. While on the bench the judge gave decisions in many celebrated cases, and seldom, if ever, have any of his decisions been reversed, and under his administration the once bankrupt Missouri, Kansas .fc Texas railroad :'s now on a paying

The appointment of Judge Brewer to the supreme bench gave general satisfac­

TTTR TERRR HATTTE EXPItESS. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBEK 10, 1889.

tion in SL Louis, Bays the Globe-Demo-crat, though there were many wfio would have been glad to have seen Mr. Henry Hitchcock nominated, while not a few regretted that Judge Thayer's politics would probably bar his promotion to the circuit judgeship made vacant by the transfer of Judge Brewer. Others, however, argued that except in the matter of judicial honor, a place as district judge was better than a position on the circuit benob, as while the circuit judge gets 16,000 a year and the district judge only $3,500, the former has to travel and pay his own traveling expenses. In a circuit which reaches from the Mississippi to the Rockies and from the Red river of the south to the Red river of the north, this item of travel is something considerable.

Local knowing onee, however, have figured everything out. It is averred that the programme is to make Judge Isaac C. Parker, of Fort Smith, now judge of the western district ot Arkansas, to succeed Judge Brewer as oircuit judge, and to appoint the Hon. Lafayette Gregg, of Fayetteville, Ark., who was the Republican candidate for governor of Arkansas in 1884 to the district bench at Fort Smith. This would be in the nature of reward for faithful Republicanism all around.

FECONOIVIITES THINK OF MARRYING.

They Are Fa»t Passing A way—Their Society in Danger of Btcomlnff Extinct.

The members of the Economite society. who occupy a settlement near here, are seriously considering the feasibility of returning to the institution of marriage, says a Beaver Falls (Pa.) special. There are now but about thirty members of the organization left in the quaint little town ot Economy, and they are all well along in years. For a long time the rule forbidding the mar riage of members has been 6trictly en forced, and time has so reduced their numbers that the question of disposing of the many millions of dollars of treasure which the organization has accumulated and of perpetuating the Bociety itself is becoming daily more important At the opening of the coming year a dozen new members will be admitted to the society. Several of these afe married. About the same time the proposition to raise the ban so long placed upon the marriage rite will be considered. It is learned that a majority of the present members favor the ides, and unless something occurs to change their minds the change is expected to be made. The society lives in the Town of Economy, on the banks of the Ohio, and has become celebrated for the frugality of its members, its enormous wealth, fine farms, quaint homes, and good citizens. Jacob Henrici, its leading spirit, is a white-haired patriarchal man past 80 years of age.

SAID TO BE TRUE.

Why a Bhptist Minister Refused to Bap tlse.

The following is a true story: says the Boston Courier. Two young ladies of this city were desirous of joining one of the prominent Episcopalian Churches, but as they had been taught that immersion WBS the true form ot baptism, they wished, on joining themselves to the church, to be baptised in that manner. They stated their wishes to the pastor, and he expressed himself entirely willing to administer the ordinance in that form, but as there were no convenience in the church edifice for the purpose, it would be necessary to go outside—to the frog pond on the common, or the pretty lakelet in the public garden. They looked upon this proposal with horror. They could not think of it, could not think of making Buch a spectacle of themselves. "Then," said the genial pastor, "you had batter go to a Baptist Church for the purpose, and after baptism, if you desire it, you will be received into the Episcopalian fold."

The ladies were delighted with the suggestion, and as soon as convenient, called upon a prominent Baptist pastor and made known their wish to be bap tized. "Certainiy,". replied the pastor, "but there are certain preliminaries to be gone through before baptism, certain preparations to be made. It is a solemn ordinance, one not to be lightly submitted to, and, by the way, it appears to me strange that you have not previongly consulted me, that the preparations so necessary—" "Oh! we are alrdady prepared," said the young ladies. "Already prepared?" "Yes we do not intend to become members of your church we only want to be baptized, as we believe immersion to be the proper form of baptism. We are going to join the Episcopal Church." "Oh! that's it,"said the pastor, rising: "then permit me to inform you, mv dear young ladies, that we don't wash Episcopalian sheep here."

A Dead Man for it Driver.

A hansom cab went bowling along Fifth avenue, New York, Sunday afternoon,'with a dead man for a driver. G. B. French, a dramatic agent, was his passenger, but he was not conscious of the situation. Passers-by noticed that the horse was forging ahead with utter disregard of the rights of other vehicles, and many drives turned aside to avoid a collision and cursed the unfeeling occupant of the cab's high seat. Then Mr. French began to suspect that the driver was drunk. With the help of others, to whom he called, the horsa was stopped, the driver hauled down from his perch and a patrol wagon summoned to take a drunken man to the station house. A doctor came-- by and saw that the man was dead and his body alreaUy cold.

Speaker Feed and the Minority.-

Speaker Reed is credited with a tart •aying in reply to some Democrats who wanted ex-Speaker Carlisle to make up the minority membership of the committees. They explained to the speaker that Mr. Carlisle, by the caucus action had been made the official representative of the minority, and should therefore look after its interests. "I have a faint recollection," said the speaker, "that on two different occasions when my party waa in the minority the courtesy of saying something about placing them on the committee was asked of Speaker Carlisle and refused. I am now in a position where I can clearly see the wisdom of his course, and I shall have to go on and perform the duties delegated to me, without abdicating them to anybody."

A Mate Among Ten Thouiand.

Mike Hines, known as "Soda-water Mate," on account of his never having taken a drink of whisky during his thirty years' feervice on the Mississippi river, is ^ead at --New Orleans of heart disease.' r,-

Do you suffer with catarrh? You can be cured if you take Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier. Sold by all druggists.

RAILROAD NEWS NOTES

General &nd Personal Mention of ^General and Local Interest.

The engine house of the E. &, T. H., on Poplar street, is undergoing repairs. Saturday Superintendent Charles E. Fuller, of the Vandalis, celebrated hie GOth birthday.

W. T. Lysle ha9 been appointed master of transportion on the T. H. & P., with headquarters at Dacatur.

Charley Bensinger will begin work as an apprentice in the erecting shop this morning under Foreman Ball.,

Logan engine No. 102 was sent in for repairs Saturday. »No. 21 has been put on that run during the meantime.

Master Mechanic Shanks, of the Wabash, has tendered his resignation. He will be succeeded by Edward Jamison.

C. & E. I. engine 27, which is being overhauled in the shops at Danville, has been equipped with the Canadian smoke consumer.

Switchman Joe Beuey, of the E. fc T. H., has resigned and will leave Wednesday evening for Chicago, where he has secured a position with the C., M. & St. P.

All passanger engines on the T. H. it P. are being turned in as fast as possible and havincr snow plows attached to their pilots. No. 8 is the latest one thus equipped.

There has been no improvement in Engineer Record's condition the past few days, and his physicians will hold a consultation to-day to decide whether or not his leg will have to be amputated.

Friday afternoon Harry Krugg, of Crawfordsville, received notice of his appointment as a railway postal clerk, to run between this city and South Bend. He will take UD his new duties Wednesday. The salary is SSOO for the first six months and after that $1,000.

Since the adoption of the new card by the Big Four calling for faster time all heavy freight trains leaving this city for the West have required the assistance of a "push" engine as far as Sanford to make up the time lost in climbing a hill near there. It is the intention of the management to cut down the grade on that stretch when spring opens up.

The Ticket Sales Commission*.

CHICACIO, December 9.—Chairman Blanchard, of the Central traffic association, has written a letter to Chairman Abbott, of the Western states passenger association, urging the co operation of the Western roads in the movement to discontinue the payment of commissions on the sale ot passenger tickets. The matter will be laid before the meeting of the association to-morrow.

AMUSEMENTS.

This evening the charming comedienne, Miss Victoria Yokes, supported by Thearle & Cooper's comedy company, will appear at Naylor's opera house in "The Rough Diamond" and "Hubby," two very funny, wholesome and bright comedies. Miss VukeB is a very charming actress and has met with great success on her tour so far this year.

All the costumes'used in the second act of "The Pearl of Pekin" at Naylor's to morrow evening, are real court cos tumes, and were not made for theatrical purposes. They are marvels of the Chinese art of embroidery, and in soma instances a single dress contains millions of stitches. "The Pearl of Pekin" not only claims the prettiest female chorus but also the tallest and shortest male chorister in the world. The former is 7 feet 7 inches high, the latter under 3 feet.

Tho Milwaukee Trunk Find* an Owner

CHICAUO, December 9.—The owner of the bloody trunk, which Police Captain Schuettler went to Milwaukee to see walked into Chief Hubbard's office today and proved property. He is ti porter in a Chicago hotfcl who went to Mil waukee to look for work and left in a hurry to avoid a lawsuit. He described the property in the trunk, supposed to belong to Cooney, the Cronin suspect, and the contents of the mysterious letters, convincing the chief and captain that he owned the trunk and also that he was innocent of any more serious crime than that of jumping a board bill.

The President Gains F.enli.

Rhody Shiel was one of the few who saw the president. Rhody remarked to the president: "General, you are flssh ier than when you went into office." "Yee, sir, I have gained flesh and, in fact, have been obliged to have some more cloth put into my garments. But abundance of flesh doesn't signify great vitality and while I may be fleshier than formerly I have felt the severity of the newous strain to a considerable degree." —[Indianapolis News.

Indiaua Census Districts.

For the purpose of taking the census Indiana has been divided into six districts. The following is the fourth district: Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Monroe. Montgomery, Morgan, Oven, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo and Warren counties. The following is the first district: Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Kuox, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey. Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties.

Eloctrllicitlon Delayed.

NEW YORK, December 9.—Chas. McEivaine, now in Sing Sing prison, under sentence of death by the new mode for the murder ot a Brooklyn grocer, waa informed Saturday that his counsel had filed a notice of Bppeal, which proceedings will act as a stay of proceedings. The electrical apparatus is now in perfect order, but it will be several weeks before the prisoner's fate can be decided, everything hinges on the result of the Kemmler case.

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The Price of Christmas Diamonds.

LONDON, December 9.—Diamond merchants, wholesale and retail, claim their prices have reached bottom, and that the rise of 10 to 15 per cent, in the retail trade within the last six months will be steadily supplemented. The reason is that the Da Beera syndicate controls twenty*nine-thirtieths of the output, and is in a position to control the supply, *nd. consequently, prices.

A Good Definit'on.

Teacher—What iB meant by the expression, "mother tongue?" Boy—It means that the old man don't have much to say about the house—[Texas Sittings.

At Home.

Sunday Evening Caller—Are the folks at home, Bridget? Bridget—Yis, sor, the ould man's gone away.--[Iime

EXPRESS PACKAGES.

The Little Soldier.

"When I'm big I'll be a soldier. That's what I will be: Fight for father, fight for mother.

Over land and sea'."' And before him on the table ... Stood In bright arraj All his lltle wooden soldiers

Eeady for the fray. Then he charged his little cannon, Singing out with glee, "When fm big I'll be a soldier.

That's what I will be."

By the firelight sat the mother, Tears were In her heart. Thinking of the swift time coming

When they two must part.

Soon the shadows fell between theui,Soon the years Hew by: lie had left his little mother,

Lett her—perhaps to die. ,3-' All the laughter gone forever, All the sunshine fled Only little mother praying

By his empty bed.

'5"'! in Then there came a dreadful battle, And upon the plain

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Crept the little mother seeking, Some one 'mid the slain, But she never found her darling lu the white moon gleam, For the little cannon tiring

Woke her from her dream. -gfsj All a dream! He stood bealde her, Singing out with glee, '•When I'm big I'll be a soldier, S That's what I will be!" |L. L. Moiloy In Temple Bar. The autumnal fogs are reported to be heavier in London than during any fall since 1S69.

John Lafountain, who died near Huntington, Ind., the other day, was a grandson of the last chief of the Miami Indians.

At Easton, Pa., a farm hand, during a somnambulistic fit, hitched up a team and plowed a field and then went back to bed again.

The London crossing sweepers say that women are not charitable. It is of no use asking ladies for a gratuity, as they will never give.

Six hundred persons are reported to have invested in a lottery got up by a Sun Francisco paper, and the only winner drew a yellow-covered novel.

Mobile is jubilant over the opening of her harbor to large sea going vessels. The government has cteepened the channel by dredging to the depth of nineteen feet."

At Waterville, Me., a 1,000-pound weight dropped from the clock in the Unitarian Church, crushing tha costly church organ beyond the possibility of repair.

Jimmy McPhansteel, a4-yeara old son of B. C. McPhansteel, a prominent merchant and manufacturer of furniture of Greenville, Texas, while playing accidently bit his tongue, from which he bled to death.

Terrell county, Georgia, reports a rattlesnake fourteen feet seven inches long, eleven inches around with thirty-nine rattles and a button. The skin has been stuffed, and will be sent to the National museum or to the Smithsonian institution.

A resident of Murfreersbaro, Teun., presented a ticket issued in lSoo at the Nashville &, Chattanooga railroad the other day, and rod a in a palace on the same piece of pasteboard that would have secured him passage in one of the clumsy coaches thirty-four years ago.

William Lawson, of Cincinnati, slipped on a banana peel and fell heavily on his back. He wns severely stunnsd, but on regaining consciousness it wat found that he was not injured in any way, but that his gold watch was completely ruinsd. It was in his vest pocket and apparently had not come in contact with the curbstone or pavement, but the jar had shaken the works so that they were useless.

French animosity against the Germans bubbled up vigorously at the recent election of a successor to the late Baron de Witte, the foreign associate of the institute. Professor Momsen, the historian of Rome, and Professor Curtius, the historian of Greece, both Berliners, were the competing candidates. Both were pretty sparchingly discusEed from an essentially French standpoint, and at last Curtius was elected.

Captain E, S. Drake, a prominent farmer of Marlboro county, South Carolina, has gathered the phenomenal yield ot 254 bushels and forty pounds of corn from one acre. This beats the world's record. The highest yield heretofore that is on record at the national department of agriculture is 212 bushels and a fraction, rnised by Dr. J. W. Parker, near Columbia, in 1S53 Captain Drake is competing for a $1,000 prize.

A Romeo in Palatka, Fla., one night last week went to serenade his best girl, choosing selection from "Pinafore" as an opening piece. In a voice trembling with emotion, and tendency to split on the light notes, he began: "Farewell, my love, light of me—" when a fourpound brick, wafted through the midnight air from the old man's bed-room window, lodged in the very vitals of the guitar, and the concert stood adjourned.

The smallest, simplest and best protected postoffice in toe world is in the Strait of Magellan, and has been there for many years. It consists of a small keg or cask and is chained to the rocks of the extreme cape, in the Btraits opposite Terra del Fuego. Each passing ship sends a boat to take letters out and put others in. The postoffice is selfacting and unprovided with a postmaster and is, therefore, under the pretection of all the navies of the world.

Elmer Wilson, of Mobile, ate a hearty dinner on Sunday and afterward picked his teeth with a* wooden toothpick. A piece of wood got lodged between bis teeth causing him some annoyance. Failing to get it out he used a pin, which caused the gum to bleed freely, and did not dislodge the sliver. At last he took a penknife, and by an awkward movement plunged the blade in between his teeth and broke it off. Lack jaw set in and he died in a few hours.

A young man of Warsaw ordered a dress suit from a tailor, who agreed to deliver it on a certain day. The latter failed and hence a curious lawsuit. The plaintiff alleged that he had arranged to go to an evening party at which he had resolved to offer his hand to the daughter of the house. Because of the failure of his dress coat he could not go, but hie rival went, proposed, and was accepted, and the plaintiff considered himself damaged to the amount of the lost bride.

Most of th» old housps on each side of the Tiber, at Home, have been removed, fine embankments of masonry have been erected, slightly deepening and widening the river to an average width of sixty-five yards, and on top ot the embankments on both sides esplanades are formed as on the Thames embankment at London. One of the new bridges crossing the stream is thirteen yards wide, and near it, at either end, stand new buildings seven stories high, completely shutting out the views of the Janiculum and San Peitro hills.

Baldness ought not to come till the age ot 55 or later. If the hair begins to tall earlier, use Hall's Hair Renewer and prevent baldness and graynees.

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COMPOUND EXTRACT

PF

VA

The importance of purifying the blood cannot be overestimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good health.

At this season nearly every one needs a good mcdiclno to purify, vitalize, and enrich tho blood, and Hood's Sarsaparilla is worthy your confidence. It Is peculiar in that itstrengthens

and

builds up'the system, creates

an appetite, and tones tho digestion, while it eradicates disease. Give it a trial. Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.

IOO Dbses One Dollar

w. w. w.

Warm Weather Work!

All Newmarkets. All Cloth Coats, All Jersey Jackets. All Misses' Cloaks,

At

O

Or

:i

All Children's Cloaks, All Plush Sacquesand Coats All Short Wraps, All Seal Garments,

E S S

UP TO JANUARY I.

Every cloak is marked at just what we paid for it, or les3 in some cases, and at these prices will be offered for the remainder of this month. The reason is the slack demand on account of the warm winter so far.

A Wonderful Chance.

L. S. AYRES & CO.,

Indianapolis, Ind.,'

Agents for Butterlck's Patterns.

"VTAYLOR'S OPERA HOUSE, i-* WILSON NAYLOR lUHAdKR A FASHIONABLE KVENT!

Tuesday, December 10,

First appearance hereon her starring tour of the charming coiiipdiftnne MISS VICTORIA

YOKE

Supported by Thearle Cooper's Comedy Company, In a double bill of comedy.

"THE ROUGH DIAMOND" and Y."

Sale now open. Prices $1, 75. 50 and 25 cents.

NAYLORS' EXTRA,

THE ADVANCE SADE

PEARL

OF

PEKIN

Opens This Morning At Button's Book Stors. BE ON HANDS EARLY. GiT"Prices—$1.25, #1.75, 5)and 25 cents.

TIME TABLE.

Trains marked thus (P) denote Parlor Car at 1 thi -rains note Buffet Cars attached. Train* mark

iitltuo umirvtM

IUIID ,u

tached. Trains marked thus (8) denote Sleeping Cars attached daily. Trains marked thus (B) de- .... tllllM run dally. AU other trains rnn dally Sundays excepted

VANDALIA LINE.

T. H. 4 I. DIVISION. LIAV* FOR THK WBI.

9 Western Express (84V) fi Matl Train Fast Line (P4V)

1.42 a. m. 10.21 a. m. 2.10 p.m.

J.10 p. in. V.U4 p. m.

1 yait Mali 11.' IJCAVX FOK THK KAST. 12 Cincinnati Express (S) 0 New York Kxpress (8AV) 4 Matl and Accommodation 30 Atixnttc Kxpress (P4V) a Vast Line

l.SfJ a. m. 1.51 a. m. 7.IS A. Ul. 12.47 p. m. 'J.H'I O. M, 5.05 p. m.

AHKIVK FItOM THK MAST.

9 Western Express (84V) 5 Mail Train I Fast Line (P4V)

Ka*t Line

1.80 a. ni. 10.15 a. in. 2.1" p. M. 3.05 p. in. 6.4ft p. IU. 9.00 p. m.

3 Maii and Accommodation 7 Jfast Mall AKKIVK FROM THK WK3T. 12 Cincinnati Express (S) 6 New Ywrk Kxpress (84V) •JO Atlantic Express (P4V)

1.20a. in. 1.42 a. m.

l'i.

42 p. m.

2 10 p. in. 5.00p. ui.

T. H. 4 L. DIVISION.

IJCAVX FOK Tint NORTH.

No. EI South Bend Mall 6.00 a. m. No. 54 South Bend Express 4.00 p. m. AHRIVX FROM THK HORTH No. 51 Terre Haute Express 1100 noon No. 68 South Bend Mall 7.80 p.

HOLIDAY GOODS.

There Is nothing more suitable present than a nice pair of

SHOES or SLIPPERS.

They can be found In endless variety at the leading low price shoe store ot

E O A A O

1105 WABASH AVENUE.

tS~Ladles' Rubbers at 25 cents a pair.

C^ATFCFJC-OWWOOD CAM FT? A VP' I2SUERIDIANSTC. INDIANAPOLIS-IND'

1'ocket Pin Cushion Free to Smokers of