Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUll&U; SATURUAY, AUGUST 1, 189 k

THE DAI L Y JOURNAL I

SATUKOAY. AUGUST 4. ISO!. WASHINGTON OFFICE-HI J PE.USYLVAMA AVENUE Telephone Cnllw. XiuinrM Office Ldi'orUl K-mii.......2r2 TERMS OP SUISCUIPTIOX. DAILT DT 3LVIL. TMi!y only, one month f .7i Jai'y jiiij", three mouths..."." "ir.O'.i I'aily only, one year ..... 7.7. jMily. InclutUue humlay, one Year lo.oo fcun-Ujr unly, one j car .... ..." .7." 0J WI1EX ltliXIsdlED BX Afikvr. Pally, per week, by carrier l.'eta SunLv. simile copy Oct Uailj aud Sunday, per week, by" car;ier7.7.7."....2b ct WEEKLY. lr car... fl.OO Reduced Rnte to Club. ? nbscrib nith aiij zZ iur numerous street or Mnd unbscriptions to tlo JOUKNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY. I N VIS HA POLLS, I N L. Terns wmling tae Journal through the mall irtle United State MiouM put on an lj;hr-paKe paper a OSE-cxvr TKwtaee kUmp; uaiwdf onUt--n-pae ppi rwmKST postage stauip. 1'orriga postage 1 usually double the rates. r7"AIlromiunnication intended for implication iu hi paper must, m onler to rr-ive attentiou. b acri OijrauJeU by the name ana aadreiM of the writer. TUB INDIANAPOLIS .lOl'HXAL. Can W found at the following piarrPARIS American Exchange in Paris, SG Boulevard ' tie capurlnen. NEW YOKK-Gilaey House ami Wmisor UuteL PHILADELPHIA-A. V. Kenible. 3733 Lancaster avenue. CHICAGO Palmer lloue, AuUtorium HotcL CINCIXNATI-J. It. IIawley & Co.. 154 Vine street ' X)UISYILLR-C. T. Devriug. liurthweal corner of Tnlni ami Jefferson street. fcT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union De p(t. WASHINGTON1, 1. C.-IUsti House and ESjbitt House. ; i The Sugar Trust continues U hold the key of the deadlock and control the trust Senators with a rod of Iron. The professed Socialist wants everything In sight, and he quickly becomes an Anarchist her ",e cannot get It. The Democratic party seems to be Imitating the example of that man In Massachusetts who dug his grave and cot Into It, If the President had the power to prorogue Congress when it has demonstrated Jts Imbecility, now would be hi3 opportunity. While the Democratic factions are fighting over a tariff bill, gold continues to flow out of the: country and the treasury turplu3 continues to dwindle. It may be a campaign of education that Governor Tillman .md Senator Butler, of outh Carolina, are engaged in. but it is education In the wrong direction. Members of the Whisky Trust and speculators Inside of the ring are chuckling over , the fact that the sugar scandal eerves to divert attention from their operations. Debs has discovered that "the organized elements of society are opposed to strikes." The ml3take he made was in thinking that organized labor could overcome organized society. Having regretted voting for Mr. Cleveland three times and favored the Increase tf the United States army, Mr. Debs may lose Ms popularity with the element of misrule. , If the million people owning sheep had formed a trust and contributed to the Cleveland campaign fund the values in eheep and wool would not have shrunk 35 per cent, By the time Mr. Debs has got through with all the indictments pending against him in various federal courts he may not Xre as "chipper" as he used to be, but he frill know more. At last accounts Senator Hill was away head In defending President Cleveland, .with Senator Vilas a poor second. The Wisconsin Senator means well, but he fioesn't know how. Tt P really too bad that the school officers of Wayne county should persist in refusing to turn over 529,000 and thereby keep Green Smith out of his 12 per cent. ;rab. amounting to $3,4SO. The English people are said to be aroused over the cruelty shown by the Japanese in the sinking of the Kow Shing. Yet they were Englishmen who shot Sepoya from the mouths of cannon. It may be possible that the persons who attempted to desecrate the grave of Andrew Jackson felt that the disinterment of Ills bones might in some way impart much needed sense to his successors to the party name. The chief desire of the Democratic conserves on the tariff bill svems to be to force one another into a corner where a bodyblow can be administered that will end the match. Again we ask. why does not referee Cleveland call it a draw? A New York iper publishes an interview with Mr. Simon P. Sheerln, of this State, In which he says: "The Democratic partywill make a good fight in my State, and it stands a splendid chance to win." He should have added, "a good drubbing." But for the President the conference committee would have agreed upon a tariff bill several days ago and it would now be a law. It is Mr. Cleveland's meddling with the legislative branch of the government which is causing the delay and uncertainty of txhleh business men complain. If any one thinks that the Hoke Smith crowd has let up on the pensioner he is mistaken, as nearly every day demands axe made for new evidence and pensioners are ordered before the examining board, which puts So In three Democratic pockets. Such is the statement cf those who know. The Journal will be rleascd to give the Sentinel th. name, of the lawyer of Democratic leanings who told the Journal Informant that Attorney-general Smith told him that he wrote or was responsible for the articles in the- Sentinel assailing federal judges for issuing injunctions and the ser'es of somewhat anarchistic editorials which followed. The nomination of James K. Watson- as the Republican candidate for Congress in the Holman diitrict. he not an aspirant whea there were four candidates in the f e!d, cither of whom would have made an excellent standard-bearer. Is a modern instance of the position seeking the man ' which Ls highly complimentary the young rum, who will nuke things exceedingly

lively for the fossilized statesman ?ho has come to believe that the Fourth district Is his In the same sense that the feudal lord in olden times held a portion of the earth by Virtue of a power which could not be questioned. The people of the Fourth district have stood by Mr. Holman these many years, but at each succeeding election It lias been more difficult to whip them into his support. While Mr. Holman ls easily the ablest Democrat from Indiana in the House, he is getting old and feeble, so that it Is time to have another man selected for the next generation. Mr. Wat.'on Is young and vigorouf, and is admirably fitted for the Holman succession. The people of the Fourth district should know that Mr. Holman has lost his grip in Congress a fact which was made very evident when Speaker Crisp, upon the demand of all the partyleaders In the House, deposed him from the chairmanship of the appropriations commlttee the really first committee in the House to the head of the Indian committee, which is not above a third-class chairmanship. Two years ago Mr. Holman received lVm votes, the Republican candidate 13,928, the Prohibitionist 788 and the Populist 421. A plurality of 3,0uo is something to overcome, but It Is a Republican year, and Watson Is a very taking person. There is no end of trouble In the next three months for Uncle Holman.

Tin; i'iio(iiu:ss of tub camiwicjx. Most of the county nominations and all except two of the congressional nominations have been made by the Republicans of Indiana. The reports from all of them indicate that these crises in party affairs have been passed In a manner which will insure harmony during the campaign. The difficulties In the Tenth district, which were so threatening for a season, are now at an end. Harmony is assured, and fresh, enthusiasm as a reaction from the period of contention. In all the other congressional districts the nominations were made unanimous, and tha unanimity was real. One of the noticeable features of the congressional nominations is the number of candidateswho are young men. In this class are Mr. Henry, of this district; Mr. Hemenway, of the First; Mr. Hardy, of the Second; Mr. Tracewell, of the Third; Mr. Watson, of the Fourth; Mr. Overstreet, of the Fifth; Mr. Johnson, of the Slxthand Mr. Hanley, of the Ninth. Their nomination refutes the charge that the Republican -control In Indiana ignores young men. Never has a party in Indiana, or, Indeed, in any State, put In the highest positions of leadership so many conspicuously young men. Nor were they selected because they are young men, but because there have grown up in Indiana a host of young Republicans capable of party leadership who are the promise of Republican ascendency in the State in the years to come. While the campaign will not be formally opened until the first week in September, the nominations being made without distracting differences, the work of the campaign is silently, but effectively, going on in every part of the State. Already county and township committees are well along in their work, and more local clubs with a larger and more effective membership exist to-day in Indiana than were at work the last weeks of the campaign in any previous year. Much literature has already been sent out to aid in a campaign which will ba essentially a campaign of education. Chairman Gowdy and Secretary Seeds, of the State central committee, have been carefully perfecting the organization, getting in touch with the local committees, having already devoted two months to the work, which cannot be clone effectively until after the State nominations are made. Never were there so few differences for the State committee to attempt to placate as at the present time; indeed, as a matter of fact, there are none, now that the dissensions in the Tenth district ure so happily settled. The conference of last Tuesday showed that all the members of the 'committees, their advisers and candidates are entirely in accord in regard to issues which shall b? presented. For the first time in the history' of a party which has cither shaped the policy of the government for thirty years or prevented their opponents from meddling, the Republican party goes to the people prepared to show that experience has vindicated its statesmanship und its wisdom. The Republican speakers will assail their opponents with facts and not with epithets in all the schoolhouses of Indiana. Meantime every Republican who reads the Journal can be doing missionary work as he' attends to his affairs. The earnest and intelligent Republican can win his man this year if he makes It a point to look for hhru It Is a year when the Republican can go Into the byways and the hedges to get recruits without compelling them to come in. AX IXCOXCM'SIVK lXVESTKiATIOX. The report of the Sugar Trust Investigating committee is a sugar-coated document. It wa3 evident from the beginning that the committee did not intend to bring out anything damaging to any Senator, and It succeeded admirably in avoiding such a result. Whenever it struck a hot trail or got dangerously near damaging facts It retreated or took a new tack. Under these circumstances nothing, but a whitewashing report could have been expected, and that ls the kind of report the committee has made. Even Senator Camden Is exonerated from the charge of having speculated in Sugar Trust certificates on his testimony that he could not tell whether his signature to a written order to a broker to buy live hundred shares was genuine or not. Senator Camden Is a business man. and It is absurd to suppose that he could not tell whether he had given such an order or could not identify his gnature. On the strength of his weak memory the committee concluded that the order was a forgery. It is difficult to reconcile the report of the entire committee, which was concurred in by the Republican members, with some statements in the supplemental report submitted by the minority. The main report says: Th?re has been no testimony presented before your committee, and your committee has been unable to discover any, tending to show that the sugar schedule was made up. as it then stood in the proposed amendment

to the tariff bill, in consideration of large or any sums of money paid for campaign purposes of the Democratic party. This leaves the Impression that there was no evidence that the Sugar Trust had sought, by contributing to the Democratic campaign fund, to acquire "a pull," so as to have the sugar schedule made up in its Interest. Yet the supplemental report, submitted by Senators Davis and Lodge, says: It is a matter of complete indifference to the trust what duties are levied upon suerar so long as the form is ad valorem and a sufficient differential is given in favor of refined sugar. The Sugar Trust, by the evidence of Its president and treasurer, has contributed freely to the State and city campaign f'.mds of both parties, and their contributions have been made in years when national elections were held. This is a thoroughly corrupt form of campaign contribution, for, such contributions being given to two opposing parties, are not for the purpose of promoting certain political principles, but to establish an obligation to the giver on the xart of whichever party comes into power. The trust does not give to political parties for the promotion of political principles in which it believes, but for the protection of its own interests, as appears by the same testimony. The fact that it gives to both political parties is sufficient proof of the purpose of its contributions and of their dangerous nature. For these reasons the undersigned have felt It Important to lay before the Senate and the country the fact that the sugar schedule as it now stands, is. according to the testimony, in the form desired by the trust, and to point out also the methods by which the Sugar Trust reached what it desired and obtained a substantial victory. Here is a distinct assertion that the evidence showed that the trust did contribute to the campaign funds of both parties, and that, as a result of its contribution to the Democratic party. It "reached what it desired and obtained a substantial victory." The main report and the supplemental report do not consist on this point. The Journal is of opinion that the verdict of the public will be that the committee has succeeded in concealing a great deal of truth. TIIH XATUtAL-fSAS OUTLOOK.

The report of the Natural-gas Supervisor for this State is at once a surprise and a warning. Familiar as the public has been, during the last few years, with the exploiting of natural-gas towns and the location of new factories, it is still a surprise to learn that over $300,000.0)0 have been invested in thi3 State in manufactories as a direct result of the discovery of natural gas, while millions of dollars worth of the fuel have been used for domestic purposes. The cheapness of the fuel and the ease with which it was obtained furnished a tempting opportunity for the exercise of the American habit of wastefulness, and upon this point the Supervisor makes some statements that should serve as a warning. There is now no longer any dcyjbt that the supply of gas is being steadily lessened, and, within a limited time, will be practically exhausted, at least for piping purposes. The supply is indicated by the pressure at the well, and the Kupervlsor says this has fallen from 320 to 210 pounds, the latter being the average pressure at present throughout the field. As an initial pressure of from 223 to 250 pounds is absolutely rfecessary to force the gas any considerable distance through pipes, it is obvious that the supply Is rapidly approaching a point of exhaustion when it can no longer be delivered except with the aid of artificial pressure by pumps, and experience in other States shows that this is soon followed by complete exhaustion. "At the rate of pressure reduction that is now going on," says the Supervisor, "and by a continuance of the present extravagant and wasteful method of consumption, it is only a question of a very short time when artificial pressure will have to be used to force the gas through the pipe lines. The use of pumps for artificial pressure is fraught with most serious risk of reducing the gas pressure below the water pressure and so destroying the wells." It is estimated that during the first four years after the gas was discovered the waste amounted to more than $20,000,000, and while this has been greatly curtailed it has not by any means been entirely stopped. The Supervisor estimates that, taking the entire field, at least 50 per cent, more gas is used in domestic consumption than is necessary to produce the required amount of heat. Every resident in the gas field and in the outside cities and towns now supplied with it is deeply interested in putting a stop to this wasteful consumption of a fuel the duration of which is evidently limited, and all ought willingly to co-operate to that end. In view of the fact that the business of supplying natural gas cannot last many years longer, and of the further fact that the people of Indianapolis are getting it cheaper than those of anyother city In Indiana, the proposition to tax the gas mains seems ill-timed and inequitable. The tendency of the price of corn is up,vard for the natural reason that the prospects point to a short crop. Corn is higher than wheat because, for all Its uses, there will in all probability be less corn than wheat. A few weeks ago a class of wouldbe economists were declaring that both corn and wheat were lower than ever because gold was scarcer. Now that corn ls rising while .vheat is falling it must be evident that the gold theory of these economists has little to do with the rise and fall of wheat and corn. Now, we know, or should know, that corn ls rising because the prospect i that there will be less raised than there is a demand for. And we should know that wheat is falling because there is more in sight in the world than people have money to purchase. The supply exceeds the present demand. Still these theorists who ignore natural causes and plain facts ill insist that wheat falls because gold is scarce, while they will pass the phenomenon of higher corn in silence. Sometimes one Is led to suspect that these theorists are not strictly honest. It is somewhat remarkable that on the day that the Pullman wcrks were started an appeal was Issued to the public for aid to keep the strikers and their families from starving. The starting of the works afforded an opportunity for all the strikers to return to work at wages which, if lower than they formerly received, , ought still to be preferable to Idleness and begging. If the Kolb party managers have Invited Sovereign, the preacher of lawlessness, to Alabama to help them, they deserve defeat. If there are any persons in the combination calling themselves Republicans they also deserve disaster. Any control Is preferable to that which makes such men as Sovereign an ally. If Mr. Dunn can prove to the Consumers' Trust that It has made money and can

make It In the future, and show where that money can be got hold of, it will doubtless be very grateful to him. As it ls, men who are better informed regarding the Trust than Mr. Dunn, and having no more interest in It. assert that the corporation has not the money with which to make the extensions necessary , to. supply its customers the coming season. " ' 1)1 RULES IV THE AIR.

Quite Fll. Watts I don't like the idea of holding the primary '.n a saloon. Potts Why not? Isn't a saloon a sort of primery? '" Sic Transit. Sadly he fays his scepter down; Sadly he puts his crown away; Back from the seashore, Back to town. Back to the counter at one-iifty a, day. Ho WnM 3IlHtiiken. "Lady," began Mr. Dismal Dawson, "you see before you a man whose name is mud; m. u, d, mud." "There must be some mistake in your calculations," replied the lady. "It takes water to make mud." Getting; Rack to Earth. "Well." remarked old Mrs. Peppers, "I guess Mary's honeymoon Is over." "They haven't quarreled, have they?" asked Mr. Peppers. "Oh, no.' But she has written home for her old clothes." 1XUIAX V CROP ITEMS. Adams Earl sold from his Benton countyfarm &.000 bushels neV crop oats at 30 cents. Lafayette Courier. Joseph Conkllng has threshed 16,000 bushels of wheat in the Benham neighborhood that has averaged over twenty-six bushels to the acre. Delphi Journal. John Lowe, of near Gilead, reports an average wheat yield of thirty-seven bushels to the acre on a field of twelve acres, machine measure. Akron News. ! While some of our neighbors are burning up for rain, we are blessed with copious showers, and a splendid corn crop Is assuredNewton County Enterprise. A farmer said, the other day: "The Democratic party has . forced wheat down to half price, and God Almighty, to get even with them, has doubled the crop." Union City Eagle. Wheat threshing is about over. The crop has been a large one, the yield being from twenty to thirty-five bushels per acre. As a rule, the quality of the grain was good. Middletown News. William Bridges, Thomas Bridges, W. H. Mcllvaine and their company, composed of fifteen farmers, threshed an average of thirty bushels per acre from their entire acreage. Franklin Republican. The yield of wheat in this county is unprecedented. Mr. I. H. . Worstell, living on the Zimmerman fain, east of town, reports twelve acres producing r00 .shocks, whic'.i threshed 4S0 bushels. Hartford City Times. Most of the farmers have their harvest secured, and the hum of . the thresher is heard in all directions. Those who have threshed report wheat yielding exceedingly well and of excellent quality. Brookville American. " - '.-. - From thirty acres. on his farm on Katharine creek Adam Keller yesterday threshed 700 bushels of whent, and from the same number of acres fS0 bushels of oats. The oats were badly frozen In the spring. Columbus Republican. . The farmers of Wayne county are about ready to pray for rain. The drought Is verysevere, the worst for several years. Corn, clover and potatoes are suffering for want of moisture, and A hard rain would save a portion of these crops. Richmond Item. The hay crop on Robert Whlttenberger's farm, kouth of town, was a line yield. One hundred and fifty tons were harvested from forty-six acres, over three tons to the acre. At $10 a ton. this is a better paying crop than any kind of grain. Peru Republican. Will Wllden's fifteen acres of peppermint, in the marsh west of the city, promises a large crop. The 'usual yield is thirty-two pounds of oil to the acre, and the product is worth about 'l a pound. Mr. Wilden has also twenty-five acres in Kosciusko county,' and talks now of planting one hundred acres. Goshen Times. Rather than take 46 cents, some of the farmers are feeding wheat to their hogs. Those who make careful calculation say they can make more money by selling corn and feeding wheat. They estimate that one bushel of wheat In feeding hogs is equal to two bushels of corn, and that at the present price for hogs they can get 73 cents pr bushel for wheat, by putting It Into pork. Attica Ledger. , For two or three weeks past farmers of Franklin county have been threshing out their wheat. The yield is large and the quality first class.- At the beginning of harvest they had hopes of getting 13 cents a bushel of the $1.23 promised on the election of Cleveland, but. later on, under advices of but 46 in Chicago, buyers refused more than 43, and owners fear that the price will go down to 40 cents. Brookville American. The drought of the past two weeks, just at a time when corn was starting and needed rain, has cut the crop, according to conservative estimates, several hundred bushels. In many portions of the county fields of corn are almost literally cooked, the blades having turned brown and wilted be yond all redemption. The fields alon .the river and creek bottoms are not so badlyInjured, but the fields on the uplands look bad. rsoblesville Ledger. ABOUT PEOPLE AXD TIIIXGS. Live fish liave been safely transmitted by mail from India to London. Ediscn, of electric fame, has a certain disbelief in doctors generally. Whenever his liver is out of order he attends to the matter personally by reducing himself to a vegetable diet. The Shah of Persia is in many ways a peculiar man. Of his likes and dislikes there is no end. For one thing he will not sit at a table on which either salmon or lobster appears. This is the latest , story of Congressman Elijah Morse: "I don't object to the newspapers writing. lies about me, but I hate to be caricatured by a man so cowardly that he writes under a sombii que." There are now three women physicians on ths sanitary corps of the New York Board of Health Drs. Alice Mitchell, Helen Knight and Frances G. Deane. They are under the same rules and are required to do the same amount of hard work as their masculine associates. A monster mosquito, perfectly bald and with only one leg. has been discovered in a swamp near Okala, Fla. Instead of a piercer a saw-like protuberance extends from its head. With this it saws off the horns of the unfortunate cow that may wander near its den and devours the marrow, which it digs at with its fan-shaped foot. Cats have . been trained in New Zealand to pursue and destroy rabbits, which are so plentiful as to bo a nuisance. White tomcats with pink eyes make the best hunters and retrievers. Maltese tabbies have been taucht to point the same as a field dog. While standing In a rigid position, with the right fore foot raised, they growl in the most frightful manner. There ls said to be much bitterness in the South over the proposal to erect a monument to John Brown at Harper's Ferry. Many Southerners say that the proposal is an insult to the whole South, anl an effort is to be made to have the Legislature of West Virginia forbid the erection of the memorial. The Richmond Dispatch Is especially savage in Its opposition to the project. The Rev. Dr. Griffith John, an American missionary at Shanghai, says that the opium habit of the Chinese will tell against them in case of war. A native writer, speaking of the enormous deportation of opium from India to China, says: "Jt is not only thus the foreigners abstract so many millions of our money, but the direful appearances seem to indicate a wish on their part to utterly root out and extirpate us as a people." Sarah Grand's home is in Kensington, a London suburb, where she occupies a small flat on the seventh floor of a house that has no elevator. Both her pen name and her name by marriage (Mr. C. R. McFall) are displared on the door. She received 5Sl for The Heavenly Twins." and i-'AAi m,"re to meet the bi'l of the country printer I who was about to .publish the book at Mme.

Grand's expense, she having despaired of selling the manuscript, which rive publishers had refused. Ouida writes, In reference io the exclusion of her novels from the Astor Library, together with the works of Fielding and Smollett: ' I am gratified to Ik? excommunicated with Fielding and Smollett It is lamentable that such bigotry should exist."

SIIHEDS AXD PATCHES. It often happens that a dog without teeth barks the most. Ram's Horn. It is to be hoped that August does not come to us with the record-breaking habit. New York World. When gossips begin to "put two and two together" the result is usually about fourteen. Albany Argus. Even the most successful effort to bear the wheat market must go against the grain. Buffalo Courier. It begins to look as if Senator Gorman had some influence in the House as well as in the Senate. Baltimore Herald. It is hard to believe that a Congress which acts so like sixty is really only the Fifty-third. New York Evening World. Democratic Congressmen find it pretty warm in Washington, but wait until they go back to their constituents. Philadelphia North American. As a rule, the man" who boasts that he believes in always calling a spade a spade, occasionally calls things spades that are not spades. Puck. George (seriously) Do you think your father would object to my marrying you? Ada I don't know; if he's anything like me he would. Tid-Blts. Even Debs is sorry that he voted for Cleveland. His reasoning is not verysound, but his conclusion is all right. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. If Denis Kearney loathes the Chinese as he used to tell us he did. now is the time for him to save his money, hasten to Japan and buyT a snickersnee. New York Advertiser. 'Cukumstances altahs cases, shoh," said Uncle Eben. "De man dat likes to hyah bisse'f holler in a argyment doan seem ter git no satisfaction 'tall fum de soun ob his voice drivin cows." Washington Star. The Rhyme of the Reformers. Their free-trade rockets filled the air With burst of pyrotechnic glare, And smell of sulphurous kind. Till people -closed both eyes and nose. And thus were led to many woes, As blind men lead the blind. And when, to their surprise, they won, And trooped their way to Washington, , Each winked his weather eye, And straightway ran to take by storm The "star-eyed goddess of reform," And whoop her up for pie. They rent their linen for1 free trade. With shout, and roar, and gasconade, Till all the air was blue; But found protection best agree With interests that pertain to "me," And free trade best for "you." As Don Quixote fought the mill. They charged on the McKinley Bill, To swipe it on the ground; But Rosinante's legs were lame. And now they lie In dust and shame. And yet the mill goes round. They scouted reciprocity. And shouted "fraud," ..vith frantic glee, That bade the welkin ring: But found that, shaped by their control With Canada, for Whitney's coal ,'Twas quite the proper thing. "We'll string Carnegie up!" they cried, And all the demagogues replied, "O hang him' high, we beg!" But when their wrath received a "check" They quite forgot to stretch his neck, And only "pulled his leg." They worshiped the "Anointed One," -As Aztecs bowed toward the sun; And to his call of need. No sound of teocallis drum E'er bade its votaries gladder come. Nor gave them nimbler speed. Alack! alas! ah, woe is me! Down fell their idol, Grover C, With dull and sickening thud; . And, as it lay upon the sod. They kicked their fair Carrara god. And found it stuffed with mud. Their House, whence news reminds us much Of "Holland taken by the Dutch," Is in a sorry state. And spite of needful lAork undone. Will neither shoot nor yield the gun. But bids the country wait. Their Senate, wonderful and weird. From Gorman's brain to Peffer's beard The tariff has discussed. And set the compass of its quest. First south by north, then east by west. But always toward a trust. And so the good old ship of state Seems drifting helmless to her fate, With battered hull and keel; . But bide your time and do not fret, For next November we will set New pilots at the wheel. Nemo. A XOVEL IIAPID-FIIUVG fil. Invention of nn American Submitted to u Xnvnl Ordnanre Uoitnl. Washington Special to New York Tribune. The board of naval officers of which Commander Sperry Is the senior member Iras before it a novelty in 'the way of a rapJdllre gun. The inventor is an American named Robertson. The weapon is ingenious In many respects and differs from oi'hers now undergoing trial in many essential details of mechanism. It has two barrel.. eacn or wnicn is thirty inches long, and is chambered for the 30-cahbre cartridges adopted by the army for small arms. The barrels liave a yp-ead of one-sixteenth of an inch to give a depression of eighteen incflies at a distance of two hundred vards. The mechanism is so arranged that the barrels can be iired together or singly. Using both barrels 'the rate of discharge ls about four 'hundred to five hundred shots a minute. The gun is operated by 'a crank at the side of -the breech. To discharge ithe old shells the barrels move forward slightly, making an opening ithrough which the empty cartridges fall. In this respect the gun Is decidedly novel, as the barrels and breech medharrism In other weapons are strongly secured together. While working the barrels move forward and backwtard. springs throwing out the empty cases and putting in place charged shells. In operation the lock remains stationary, the firing pins going through the block and striking the cartridges in both barrels simultaneously. The barrels are held together by blocks which edide in the side frames, acting as guides. In case of heating by rapid firing they are readily removed nd replaced. No cooling device is lifted, the excessive heat escaping to the rear to a large degree during the forward motion of the larrels. The feed Is a species of link belt, the links being composed of two layers of brass and the cartridges forming she coupling Dins. i Turning the crank revolves the belt and i oirries cartridges to the breech of hMh barrels at the same time. Practicallv the limit of rapidity of fire is the capacity of the gunner who turns the crank and the man who refills -thf belt. The operation of feeding is simple and novel. The belt being entered in the rear of the feed wheel and between ft and the recoil plue. the first cartridge is laid in the notch of the wheel. A revolution of the crank move. forward the barrels, Lrtngs the -art ridges into place, cocks the firing mechanism, returns the barrels to position and releases the firing pins. The shells being fired, further revolutions repeat the Deration and carry the feed belt, with the empty cartridge cases, through to the other Fide of the gun, where they are stripped from the wheel without the action of an extractor. It requires only two men to work the gun. which weighs about twenty-five pounds. The weapon has many othe-r novel features which ihave attracted the attention of ordnance experts. Pernicious lucliana Republicans. New York Press. Ex-President Harrison's determination to take an active part In the campaign in Indiana is the prompting of what is known in administration circles as offensive partisanship of the first degree. As a matter of fact, however, the entire Republican Darty o? Indiana it in a state of more or less pernicious activity this year. Jnit So. Washington Post. When Mr. Harrison takes the Indiana stunaD we may confidently expect to have our attention called to several flaws In the Cleveland administration.

A MUNICIPAL PROBLEM

HOW THE STREET-RAILWAY QUESTIOX WAS SOLVED BY TOROXTO. The rruiirhlMCM lluught by the City niul Resold t Prlsnte Purchaser Under Strict Conditions. Albert Shaw, in Review of Reviews. The original charter of the Toronto street railways was granted in 1SS1. The tairtyyear period terminated in 1S91, and the municipality, instead of renewing the franchise, exercised its alternative right to purchase the property of the retiring company. The purchase price was determined by arbitration, the sum falling a little short of $1.rO0,O00. The city thus became possessor of tracks, cars, horses, stables and everything which had been used by the street-railway company in the carrying on of its business. The municipality, however, had no Intention to operate the local transit system on its own account. It merely wished to be in the best possible position td jk,vant a new franchise upon terms that would secure the largest benefits to the municipal coloration itself and to the citizens of Toronto. Accordingly the Council, before attempting to dispose of its investment, carefully determined the conditions of sale. Tnus it was decided that the pur2 laser of the new franchise should, first, pay the amount awarded by the arbitrators to the reti:li:g company. The purchaser would be expected to replace horses with electric power and to lay additional lines wherever and whenever the Council might d'rect ander the supervision of the city's engineer. 7ue puichaser would be required to pay into the city treasury $S00 a year for every mile of single track ($1,600 per mile for double track), besides a percentage upon gross receipts. The entire supervision of the system from every point of view was reserved to the city's engineer acting under direction of the Council. Thus the city authorities expressly reserved the right to determine the speed and service necessary on each line or part of the system, besides, as already said, asserting the full right to order the extension of the system in any direction. It was determined that while single cash fares should be '5 cents each, tickets r.hould be sold at twenty-five for a dollar or six for 25 cents, and tMt tickets for use on morning and even!. , cars, intended especially for people going to and from work, should be sold at the rate of eight for 23 cents, and should be valid for use between 5:& and 8 o'clock in the morning, and between 5 and 6:30 o'clock p. m. Furthermore, it was stipulated that school children's tickets, good for use between 8 o'clock in the morning and 3 in the evening, should be sold at the low rate of ten for 23 cents. All fares to be good for a ride from any point on the street-railway system to any other point, thus requiring a comprehensive system of transfers. Further specifications were adopted touching the general character and style of cars, the duties of conductors and the mode of operation in the streets. It was particularly specified that cars '. were not to be overcrowded, and that a "comfortable" number of passengers for each class of cars should be determined by the cityengineer and approved by the City Council. As to workmen employed by the company, it was determined that no man should be required to work in the service of the street railway for a longer period than ten hours per day or than sixty hours per week, or no more than six days per week, and - that no adult employe in the service of the company should ever be paid less than 15 cents an hour. TERMS OF THE FRANCHISE. The 'advantage of the method employed by the Toronto authorities was obvious. Instead of gaining ail these points by a process of haggling and bargaining with some particular company, the city first acquired absolutely everything that pertained to the street-railway system and then calmly arranged the conditions under which it would be disposed to entertain the bid of a proposed purchaser. The city had strengthened Its position by having obtained from the Ontario Legislature the permission to operate the street-railway system on Its own account If it should prefer to do so. Now, the average street-railway "magnate" of the United States on the one hand, and the average American alderman on the other, would declare that a purchaser could never be found for a street railway franchise hedged about by such conditions. But let us see what success Toronto had in marketing its franchis?. The arbitration which fixed th price to be paid the retiring company was completed in April, 1891. The conditions which would govern the sale of a new franchise were made public in May. In .June the terms of a sale were practically agreed upon, and on Sept. 1 the bargain was formally completed and ratified. The purchasers agreed to all the conditions and reservations required by the corporation. They assumed the city's place in compensating the retiring street railwaycompany; they agreed to pay $S00 per annum oer mile of single track, or $1,600 per mile "of double track, to the municipal treasury; thev further agreed to pay percentages of their gross receipts from all sources whatsoever, as follows: Oitail gross receipts up to $1,000,000 per annum, 8 per cent. ' " Between fl.O'JO.OiiO and ' $l,500,0u0 per annum, 10 per cent. Between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 per annum, 15 per cent. Or. all gros receipts over $3.0u0,000 per anum, 20 per cent. Thev bound themselves further, if the city should at any time release them from the requirement of issuing eight tickets for X cent.T for use at certain hours of the morning and evening, to pay 2 per cent, of the gross receipts in addition to the Percentages above named. These percentage payments were to be made monthly, and t'e. city's officials were to; frave the fullest right of Inspecting the books- and accounts of the purchasers. AN EXAMPLE FOR US.. Thi contract is the most complete and satisfactory municipal franchise that has ever been granted In America. It ought to form v. model for the cities of the United States. The street-railway companies of this country can afford quite as well as that of Toronto to make just such returns to the public for their privileges. Already the Toronto street railway is a source of very considerable revenue . to the city treasury, and the rapid development of the system, both as to its mileage and also p.a to the volume of its business, is constantly increasing the municipal revenue Iron that source. But the advantage to the public does not accrue alone from the ,sha7e of receipts that goes into the city treasury. The 3-cent worklngmen's tickets, the 21,2-cent school children's tickets, anf the 4-cent ticket for general and unlimited use, constitute in the aggregate an enormous concession to the public. The transfer system, moreover, is a strong point. The protection of the employed men against longer hours than ten per day and sixty per week and against lower wages than b cents per hour, secures practical immunity from strikes and dissensions and must be considered an excellent example. To dwellers In most of our American cities the provision against the overcrowding of cars, and the authority of the Council to require for every portion of the system a fully adequate service, will seem not the lease interesting and important feature of the Toronto system. At the termination of the charter the city will have the privilege of purchasing at actual value, to be determined by arbitration, everything that is essential to the operation of the system. The city engineer has authority to prescribe the character of the rails and materials user! by the company, and in all matters that affect paving and the use of the streets the city retains full control and has made conditions that are altogether favorable to the public. In discussing the Toronto street-railway franchise, too much stress cannot be laid upon the fact that these numerous conditions were not imposed upon any existing comptny, but that they were made an integral part of an exclusive franchise rat was put up for sale to the bidder who should, besides agreeing to the absolute requirements set forth in the city's specifications, offer the highest percentage of gross receipts. The syndicate or purchasers was made up of capitalists from both sides of the boundary line, some of them being officials of street-railway companies in tho I'nltfd States and thorouehlv -- perienced. They knew what they could afford to give, and made the purchase as a profitable Investment. The operation of Ktreet railways In Toronto Is not a whit more profitable than in a large number of any one of which is entitled to terms quite a favorable as tnose mat me bus ne$ like Mayor and Council of Toronto have st-cured for their municipality. The Toronto Railway Company, Indeed, is in one respect at a serious disadvantage No Sunday cars are permitted to run. and thus there is a total stoppage of business for lifty-two days m every year. The u?5

of a local transit plant for only 313 days niLte . 'xt day s means a very serious nfTerenee In the annual volume of business and In the amount of net profits. XEW MEXICO'S M.KEPY ;HAS. After Entlnsc It llore, Cnttle nod Sheep Are Overcome Iy Sleep. Silver City (N. M.) Letter in New York Sun. Over in Lincoln county. In this Territory, there la a peculiar kind of grass known a sleepy grass. It has the property of putting to sleep ttny animal that eat of It. Sleepy grass grows among the other grass, and Is eaten by all kinds of stock readiiy. Its existence was unknown for yean alter settlements had been made in Lincoln county, stcx-kmen and others noticed that animals would sometimes stand motionless for an hour or twx at a time, but it n?vr occurred to them that the eause of this apparent resting was a distinct grass. Tha discovery was finally made by one of a ;arty of travelers going from San Antonio, a small station on the AtChison. Topeka & Santa Ft railroad, near Socorro, to the Recos valley, in Lincoln county. The trip is a kng one, ami a portion of it is over some of the roughen country in New Mexico. Water is not plentiful along the route, and for miles there 1s hardly graa enough to feed a Jack rabbit. Wh'le on other portions of the route there is rank growth of grass. It was one of these fertile places, a veritable oaI in the desert, that the discovery of sleepy grass was made. Th party halted about noon for luncheon and the team was unhitched and picketed out to graze for an hour or so. The horses commenced eating with a will, for they were hungry and there Is no more tempting' grass to a horse's appetite than tl black gramma which is io be found In nearly all pan of New Mexico. They fed for a few moments and then suddenly stopped, and, holding their heads about on a level with their shoulders, stood as motionless as if they were carved of Ktone. This behavior was pw in accordance with tn Ideas of one of the party as to what hungry horses ought to do. He went to where the horses were standing and found them fast asleep. On speaking to them In a loud tone both awoke and commenced . fating as if nothing had happened. They had eaten only a few mouthfuls when both were sound asleep as before. By this time .the remainder of the party had become interested. . The horses were awakened several times only to fall asleep after each successive arousing.

None of the party had even seen horses act so, and all agreed that something they of the party began a search, and the plant which is known in Lincoln county as sleepy grass was discovered. The story was related by the travelers to an official of Lincoln county, and since that time the effect of this grass on animals has been observed by many persons. Horses, after eating of it. In nearly all cases sleep standing, while cows and sheep almost invariably lie down. It has occasionally happened that travelers have stopped to allow horses to feed in places where the grass grew pretty thick and the animals have had time to eat a considerable quantity before its effects manifested themselves. In such cases horses have gone to sleep on the road. They- fall asleep while being hitched up, and it often requires a sharp cut with the whip to rouse them. They start off at a good pace, which gradually slackens until finally the heads droop and they come to a stop, sound asleep. A loud word will sometimes suffice to start them again, but oftener the whip is needed. The effect of the grass passes off in an hour or two. and no bad results have ever been noticed on account of It. If a horse be allowed to sleep until th effects pass off, he appears to be very much refreshed, and v I'd travel a long distance without apparent" fatigue, but If urged to go during the pe.lod of drowsiness which follows eating sleepy grass he seems to b wearied even after the inclination to sleep has passed away. Cattle on the range frequently come unon patches of this grass, where they feed fur perhaps half an hour, and then fall asleep for an hour or mort. when they wake up and go on feeding. The programme Is re-v peated perhaps a dozen times, until thirst obliges them to go to water. Sleepv grass is found in several localities in Lincoln county, but has never been reported In anyother part of New Mexico. Whether. l!ke the pony, it contains opium, or whether it sleep-producing property is due to kome other substance, has not been determined. HOLD OXTO FARM LAXDS. The Advice Which un Eastern Flnancinl Authority tJIvr. United States Investor. During the last year a great many persons have come into possession of Western farm properties through foreclosures. A the present owners, to a large degree, are resident of the East, their only desire is to rid themselves of these holdings as soon ni possible. A word of caution to such persons may not be out of place. Real-estate values in the West are greatly depressed as a result of last year's panic. In manylocalities it is difficult to find purchasers at any cost. Now there is reason to suppose that Eastern holders of Western lands mav b deceived by sharpers, making use of this very state of affairs. These lands are worth something to-day, and later -on they will be worih a great deal more. It all depends on the ability of the present holders to carry them until times improve. The danger Is that certain parties with long purses and long heads will magr.lfy the unfavorable side of the situation for the purpose of frightening timid investors Into throwing over their Western lands at merely nominal prices. A word of caution to holders of Western fa rm lands is timely, for a number of reasons. In the first place, there is every reason to believe that the worst that can be ajjprehended in conn c. Ion with the Western situation has been fully discounted in the drop in real-estate prices which has already taken place. Owners of lands should be on their guard agiinst any and all attempts to convince them that prices will go lower. The chances ire that values will enhance rather than depreciate. In some localities there is alreidy reiwrted to be a better demand for farm pi'opoi ties. Prices are bound to be low for several vtars, but, there Is good reason to believe, with an upward tendency. The financial uepresslon in the United States will undoubtedly keep immigration down to a low point for a considerable period. The fact, however, must ever be kept In mind that this country is the center toward which the population of the whole world is tending. Coming years, therefore, must inevitably witness a strong demand for farm lands In the United States. In this connection it is well to bear In mind that about all the good government land has been disposed of. and that farms are not going to be obtained as cheap In the future as In the past, other things being equal. A great deal Is being said at this time regarding the sharp competition which the Amcrlcp.n farmer is coing to encounter in the future as the result of the opening up of new agricultural regions in various rtrts of the world. It can be saf!y said, however, that in the long run this country will be ab'.e to hold its own. Temporarily, the American agriculturist mayexperience hardshio. It may evn be admited that prices of cereals will permanently remain on a low level. The situp.V.ozi will adjust itself in time, and if toe farmer Is obliged to take lower prices for his wheat and corn he will obtain whatever commodities snd services he may require at correspondingly reduced rates. It is id'e to attempt to demonstrate that America is about to take a second plac as the great food-producing country of the world. This fct should be kept in mini by holders of Western farm lands. Whatever may be the status of their investments to-day. it can safely be asset ted that five years hence will witness prices considerably in excess of those now obtainable. Cheap Street-Cnr Fare. Philadelphia Telegraph. An electric street-car war in Savannah has driven fares down to the lowest issible figures, and the Inhabitants now rile no matter how short the distance is they have to go. On short trips the fare i.s 1 cent and on long trips 2 cents, and the president of one of the companies threatens to make all fares 1 cent. He i-ays that his company has actually taken in more money during the last two months thj.i during the same months last year. The increase in travel has ben very nearly double what it was. The rnotormen on the electric cars are naturally opposed to the cent rate. "My arm." said one of them the otber day, "is almost worked off new stoplng the car at every corner along the whole route This working u brake-handle is no ery thing, and when we have to do It so constantly it soon wears a man out." .The war is to the death. To quote a director of the oldest railroai: "We are In this light for business and we are here to stiy. It Is only a question as to which line can hold out the longest, and there is no doubt In my mind as to. which line that will t. We were here first. The other ieotle came hi and built roais paralleling our lines, w hich, by reason of competition, made both lines unprofitable Mr. Morton Taken Xo Chances. New York livening Sun. Ex-Vice President Morton sa he will accept the Republican nomination for the governorship. The other disappointed candidates can t get after his scalp with any hoie of success. He take his ambrosial locks oft before he goes to bed. The Only One. Philadelphia. Press. . - , One of our contemporaries wants to know If there is any one who really thinks the chanc from Harrison to Cleveland was a good thing. Why, cf course lhe:e is, CltVfland think? o.