Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1895 — Page 6

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TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1895.

NO MORE EAST TRAINS

PENSiSVLVAMA WILL SOT BEGIX A. TIME WAR AT FllESEXT. The "KIlel.erboeIer', Xot Stealing Any of It Traffic D. J. Maclcey'a Quest fur Funds. "

From a semi official source it is learned that the Pennsylvania and the Vandalla lines have decided, for the present, not to put on a faster train to meet the competition of the Knickerbocker express over the Uig Four and the Vanderbllt lines; at least the new train will not be put on until spring travel sets in. The oflicials of the former lines have decided that the business between St. Louis and New York would not, at this season of the year, justify putting on so expensive a train &3 the one proposed, and for the present trains 20 and 21 will be the fast trains of the Vandalia and the Pennsylvania people. These trains are seemingly doing about as much business as usual at this season ot the year, which would indicate that the well patronized Knickerbocker express la drawing business from other of its competing lines between St. Louis and Kew YO'-k than the Vandalia and the Pennsylvania. When fast trains between the West and East are spoken of, but few persons think for a moment what advance has been made in that direction. One has to gx back only to 1870 when the first through fast express train was put on between St. Louis and New York, and it was forty-nine hours in making the run, stopping six times for meals and allowing one-half hour for each stop. Now all the food is furnished by the dining enr, and the same line is covering the same distance in twenty-nine hours and twenty-seven minutes. Its chief competitor, the Big Four and the Vanderbilt lines, thlch run slxty-flve miles greater distance, We making equally as good time. Kailrond Bnildlns in 1805. Railroad projectors and civil engineers who keep In close touch -with new railway enterprises express the opinion that 1895 will see much more railway building than there was in either 1893 or 1891 In Indiana there are half a dozen roads, varying In length from sixty to 123 miles, which are located and rights of way secured most of the distance, and In several cases subsidies have been voted pending their being built this year. While none is very important and probably when built will be absorbed by one of the Etrong lines, they mean the revival of railroad building In this State, and that this feeling extends beyond Indiana is evidenced in the following from the New York Financial Chronicle: "The year now closing has been in every way an extraordinary one, and no industry has felt the unparalleled depression in trade more than the railroad industry. It will not be surprising to hear therefore that the record of new railroad construction for the year is the smallest for a very long time past.' Both the Railroad Gazette of this city and the Railway Age of Chicago have issued statements showing the new track laid, and both agree in making the total very small, though somewhat larger than seemed likely when the figures for the first six months -were published last July. According to the Age, 1,919 miles of road have been built during the twelve months, and according to the Railroad Gazette the aggregate has been only 1,761 miles. In either case we have an addition of less than 2,000 fnllss, which for this country is a marvelously small amount of new construction. But nearly every condition was unfavorable to such undertakings, and no other result could have been expected. The Gazette says the new mileage for 1894 Is apparently the smallest actual amount of new road built In any year since the civil war. In one quite recent year, namely, 1887, the addition for the twelve months -was 13,000 miles. It would be well for those who have done so much since that time to discourage the building of new lines to reflect upon the part played by this falling off in new construction work In bringing about and Intensifying the existing depression in trade. The Gazette Is of the opinion that In the coming year there will be more activity. It says that thare 'has been a considerable revival already, and that in the past few months quite remarkable progress has been made In resuming active -work on projects which were delayed by the financial djpresslon, so that there is every indication that all over the country new railroads of local Importance will be taken up and pushed to completion. We think every one will Join us In the wish that this favorable prospect may be realized." Stacker'! Search for Money. Three months ago D. J. Mackey went to Europe to arrange for placing some bonds to build an Important road which has long been one of his pet schemes. He has just returned, and the Terre Haute Express says: "Railroad officials who have watched the rise and fall of David J. Mackey are wondering what was the result of his trip to England, iiefore his departure the newspapers were full of information relative to the scheme Mr. Mackey had to construct a road in the West; also to manufacture steel ties. It was annonced the Kvansvllllan was to make a trip to Europe, the purpose of which was to float bonds of the new company. On Mackey's return from abroad he was seen at the Union Station but would eay nothing concerning his trip. He has maintained the same silence since his return to Evansvllle, and as the construction company has scarcely been heard of since Mr. Mackey came back the general opinion is that he failed to place the bonds of the company of which he is president." The II. & O. Branching Oat. In addition to the Baltimore & Ohio's purchase of the Monogahela branch It has also completed a deal for the West Virginia & Pittsburg road, which extends from Clarksburg to Camden, on the Gualey, a distance f one hundred miles. This gives the Baltimore & Ohio a direct line to Pittsburg from the latter point. The plan is to extend the line from Caimderi to Charleston, through the Interior of West Virginia, where it will connect with the Chesapeake & Ohio, giving the Baltimore & Ohio a direct line through the most valuable coal and timber sections of West Virginia. Both these lines have been run In connection with the Baltimore & Ohio since the completion of the State-line branch. v Kovcmlier Accidentia The record of railway accidents published by the Railroad Gazette shows that in November there were 146 accidents in this country. In which twenty-two persons were killed and sixty-six injured. Of these accidents, fifty-nine were collisions and eightyfour derailments. Over-loading cars Is again becoming too often the cause of freight wrecks. Of those killed seventeen were employes and five trespassers, not a passenger being killed. Of those injured forty-seven were employes, fourteen passengers and five trespassers. 1'crnonal, Local and General Jfotew. C. E. Schaff, assistant general manager f the Big Four, arrived in the city last night and will remain over to-day. J. Q. Van Winkle, general superintendent f the Big Four lines, yesterday gave a dinner to his clerical force, numbering fourteen. It is stated that the Indianapolis, Decatur & Western, according to its mileage, sella more mileage books than any other Indianapolis line. Its book is honored by a number cf important roads. J. II. Hildreth has been elected as president ot the Padueah, Harrisfourg & Chicago, which proposes to construct a road from the Ohio river, opposite Padueah, north through southern Illinois. Col. Samuel Jones has just completed his thirtieth year of service with the Louisville & Nashville, and for several years has represented both the freight and passenger department In -the East. The Pennsylvania and the Southern railway yesterday put on a solid vestibule train to run between New York and JackliiEioii Suffer untold miseries from a ene of delicacy Uiey cannot overcome. BRADFIELD'S y Arousing to Female Regulator. 'SSKSZ ACTS AS fl SPECIFIC. It causes health to bloom, and joy to reign throughout the frame. . IT NEVER FAILS TO CURE. "My wlf hat been andT treatment of lending physicians ttirea ye-irn, without Ix-nellt. After using tbrv bottl!of I(Mr riixD Femalb Kioixatoh U an do ber own cooking, milklnir and wanning." Ji VS. Ubvan, Henderson, Ala. UBiDFUXD BEGCLATOB CO., Atlanta, Gft, WiavtoaosUatSLCQvevleta

sonville, Fla. The train leaves New York at 4:30 p. m. and arrives at Jacksonville at 7:05 next evening. II. C. Parker, traffic manager of the Lake Erie & Western, who was called to Fostoria, O., on Sunday, to bury his mother, is expected home to-day. His father, who is past eighty, still survives. Since, the Chesapeake & Ohio took hold and made Newport News an ocean shipping point It has developed into a very important business center. Fifteen hundred men are now employed in the ship repairing and dry docks at that point. General Agents Brown, of the American Express Company, Phillips, of the United States, and Henderson, of the Adams, state that their respective companies did the largest business this holiday season of any year in the last five years. Under the new Constitution of the State of New York Chauncey M. Depew, president of the New York Central, will be obliged to pay fare when riding over It, he being a State officer, having held the position of regent of the university since 1877. . The new Governor of Texas, states that he will appoint to the Railroad Commission of that State Hon. L. S. Ross, who was Governor of Texas for four years previous to Governor Hogg's term. L. L. Foster, one of the commissioners, retired on the first of the year. To-day winds up the season of the holiday travel except for students, and it will long b remembered by passenger men as one of the 'most satisfactory of many years. Trains have been heavy, have been run on time, and a remarkable exemption from accident Is reported. It was blue New Year's day with ticket agents and the scalpers, the new rules of the trunk lines and of many of the Western lines, under which they will pay no more commissions, being a savage cut at the income of some of the agents and the scalpers. Of the trunk lines, the Erie, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Lackawanna paid the largest commissions; among the Western lines the Chicago & Alton, the Wabash and the Missouri Pacific. The Pennsylvania yesterday opened for business at Philadelphia two immense storage houses, one for the storage of hay, the other a flour warehouse. The latter building is four stories high and cost $60,000. This building will be used also for storing canned goods. The growth of the hay trade, the flour trade and canned goods has reached such proportions that the business could not be accommodated In the regular freight stations of the company. REFERENCES REQXIRED.

What Metropolitan Stores Do AVhen They Decide to Give Credit. New York Sun. In the middle of one of last week's "busiest days a tall, rather haughty-looking woman called upon the superintendent of a big Twenty-third-street dry-goods store and said she would like to open an account there. "I have Just returned from the West," she said, "and anust make a number of purchases." The superintendent received her with politeness. After asking her to be seated he said: "Please give me your name and address?" Having written these down he added: "Now, please give me your references." She had them ready, too. "Thank you," he said then; mat will do. We will make an immediate investigation of your references, and be prepared to open an account, if they are satisfactory, by the close of the day." "But," said the woman, "I want to get some things right away. If I have to wait I'll be put to a lot of fuss and bother." "Oh, no; not at all," said the superintendent. "You just order what you want, and I have no doubt we will be able to deliver your goods to-day. It doesn't take long for us to make the regular inquiries, and there is no reason why there should be any remarkable delay In the delivery of your good3. I shouldn't be surprised If they were delivered Just as quickly as if your account had been running.1 The woman was not at all satisfied, and was inclined to be Indignant. "It seems to me," she said, "that there Is a lot of fuss and red tape about this. I never had any such trouble in Chicago. Here are my bank book and check book. They ought to be sufficient to prove my trustworthiness." "My dear madam," said the superlntenddent. "I have not the slightest doubt that you are entirely trustworthy, and that we shall be very glad to give you credit. At the same time you must realize that we have to go about this business in a systematic way and even while we are morally assured that a customer Is entirely satisfactory, wo cannot omit the usual precautions. If we did we would slip up and we could not afford to sell our goods as cheaply as we do. Our caution protects you and all other customers as much as it does us, for, inasmuch as our loss is very slight, we can afford to sell goods cheaply. If you could realize how many audacious attempts are made to swindle us and how much care has to be exercised to discover the artful dodgers who are constantly getting up new schemes to fool us, you would appreciate the need of our acting with the deliberation that we do in your case. I assure you that we will use every effort to expedite matters, and, if it is necessary to do so, we will deliver your goods by special messenger." ' The woman went away satisfied. Nowadays retail merchants are much aided in investigating the trustworthiness of persons who apply to them for credit by a firm which devotes itself to r investigating the credit of all New York citizens, and which iflsues at stated intervals a directory containing the names of those whom it finds worthy. This directory Is confidential and never is seen by the customer. Not every firm is as cautious about extending credit as the one mentioned above. In fact, one of the largest dry-goods houses in New York is continually making efforts to extend the number of Its credit customers. Every time a customer purchases goods to be delivered C. O. D. a special clerk hunts for the name of the customer in the directory referred to, and if 4t is found there the goods are delivered, and no bill is sent until thirty days have elapsed. The obIeot of this is to attract the customer by an unusual show of attention. Other firms agree to give credit to any respectable looking applicant, but make their Investigations before they deliver the goods, and if the results are not satisfactory break their promise. The superintendent of one of the leading dry-goods stores said: "Most of our customers are required to give references if they w;ant to open credit accounts. Some people, ' however, are so well known in New York that they do not require any references. We have a regular department for investigating references, and everything is done on a thorough system. Sometimes crooks, who appear respectable, apply for credit and give excellent references. Then they order goods and ask that they be sent to some other address than the one they have given. We were fooled a number or times in that way before we discovered their game, i'hat wa3 slmplv this: They would give as their own the names and addresses of persons who were eminently respectable, and the names and addresses of some of the acquaintances of these people for references. Both would prove satisfactory. Then they would order goods sent to other persons and charged to them. Of course, they . would never be heard of after the goods were delivered, and the persons whose names they had used knew nothing of them. To overcome that sort of swindling, strangers, who give satisfactory references otherwise, must also be identified before we will deliver goods to them at ot.ier addresses than those found in the directories as 'belonging to the names given us." The Dreadfnl Hetty Green. Springfield Republican. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America, who spends all her time in dodging taxes and flying from one cheap lodginghouse to another to escape robbery or assassination, is still in constant terror of the poor-house. She told her washerwoman recently that she needn't mind about 'Washing more than the bottoms of her skirts, where the dirt shows, "and," said she, "when you make out your bill be sure and d?duet one-half on the skirts, as I will not pav for unnecessary work." The washerwoman thought it was a joke, but found the next week that there aas no joke about it. The deduction had to be made. When one of her buildlrgs on Broad street was bsing repaired she kept tab on every man. One morning a painter was five minutes late. "You're around pretty early, ain't you, Mrs. Green?" the man asked. "You're Just right. I'm around early,' she responded, her cold gray eye fastened upon his. "If I didn't watch you all the time, you'd soon be owning this building, and I'd be doing the painting." The man was never late after that. And Then She III ashed. New York Recorder. ".Axe you ever at chapel in time for morning prayers?" asked a Vassar girl of a Harvard man with whom she was comparing notes on college life. "Ves." "How do you manage It?" "Why, I have a four-minute limit." he replied. "I jump into a pair at trousers and a sweater and am there on time." "How delightful! They won't let us girls came that way er -that ?s, I mean, if wo were boys er no. I don't er" "I know what you mean." "Sir!" Hood's Sarsaparllla, acting through the blood, reaches every part of the system, and la this way positive? cures fiaUuvlfe

CHINA'S RULING HOUSE ' i; ; r : . . vr.I' StCCESS OF THE JAPANESE MEAXS ITS PROBABLE DOWNFALL.

The Territory of the Empire Extended During; the Past 250 Years The Pigtail and Its Origin. New York Times. The success of Japan over China in. the war now rapidly drawing to aa ent,Li likely to result in the disappearance of the Tartar-Chinese dynasty which has controlled the government of the country for the last 250 years. It was in 1644 that the victorious Tartars, having taken possassion of Peking, proclaimed Teen-ning Emperor under the title of Shun-che and adopted the name of Ta-tsing, or "Great Pure," for the dynasty. Tsung-ching, the last Emperor of the Ming dynasty, committed suicide upon being informed that the foreigners had conquered the imperial city. During the eighteen years that Shun-che sat upon the throne he subdued most of the northern and central portions of China, but the maritime regions of the south held out against the invaders, and one of the leaders, by means of his fleet, carried devastation along the whole coast. The spirit of resistance to Tartar rule was In some parts crushed and In others exasperated by ' an order that all Chinese adopt as a sign of submission the Tartar mode of shaving the front of the heal and braiding the hair In a long cue. Hence the pigtail. 1 '' This order was resisted by many who preferred to lose their heads rather than part with their hair, but the mandate was gradually inforced, and has now for more than two centuries been one of tfce distinguishing marks of the Chinese, though to this day the natives of Fuh Kien, near the seaboard, wear , a kerchief about the head to conceal this badge of rubm:ssicn. The inhabitants of this province (Fuh Kien) and of Kwangtung held out tho loi gest against the invaders. They captured Canton, where the adherents of the late dynasty had Intrenched themselves Nov. 26, 1650. Some time after Canton's subjugation, Ching-Chi-lung harassed the conquerors with his fleet, and his son, Ohinar-Ching-Kung, or Koxinga, ravaged the coast to such an ex,tent that the Emperor Kcnghi in 1C65 ordered all the people o retire three leagues inland in order to prevent Chlng-' Ching-Kung from reaching them. This command was generally obeyed, and, as WilliamB says in his "Middle Kingdom," affords a striking Instance of the singular mixture of power and weakness seen in many parts of Chinese legislation. It might be supposed that a government which could compel Its maritime subjects to leave their homes and towns and go into the corntry at great loss might have c-sily armed and equipped a fleet to defend those towns and homes. Koxinga, finding himself unable to make any Berious impression upon the stability of the new government, went to For mosa, drove the Dutch out of ealandia, and made himself master of the .sland. Shunchl died in 1661, and was succeeded by his son, Kanghi, who was eight years old at his accession and remained tinder guardians until he was fourteen, ".nen he assumed the reins of government, pnd exercised the power vested In his iiands with a prudence, vigor and success that have made him more celebrated "thin almost any other Asiatic monarch. It was In 3861 that Louis XIV had assumed the sovereignty of France at about the same age, and for fifty-four years the reigns of these two monarchs ran parallel. EXTENDING THE EMPIRE-. , ' During Kanghi' s long reign of sixty-one years he extended his dominions to the borders of Kokand and Badakshan on the west, and to the confines of Thibet on the southwest, simplifying the administration and consolidating his power in every part of his vast dominions. He devoted much of his time to literary and scientific studies under the guidance of the Jesuits. The dictionary of the Chinese language published under his superintendence proves him to have been as great a scholar as his oonquests over the Eleuths show him to have been on able general. In many respects he showed himself liberal toward foreigners, and ithe country was thrown open to their commerce for many years. Almost the only national misfortune that visited China while he sat upon the throne was an earthquake at Peking, 4n which 400,000 are said to have perished. Kanghi was succeeded in 1722 by his eon Yung-Ching. He endeavored to suppress Christianity and restore 'the ericien't usages, which had somewhat fallen into desuetude during his father's reign. Yung-Chlng is regarded as a usurper. He is said to have changed on the billet of nomination -the figure 4 to 14, he being the fourteenth son, and the fourth being absent in Mongolia, when he was soon afterward arresfted and Imprisoned. - ' Kien-Lung succeeded Yung-Chlng In 1736, and proved himself no unworthy successor of his grandfather Kanghi. Like him he reigned sixty years, and for most of that period in peace. Some local insurrections disturbed the general tranquillity, principally among the aborigines In Formosa -and Kweichau, and in an unprovoked a'ttaok upon Burmah his armies sustained a signal defeat and were obliged to retreat. It was during his reign that the Mohammedan standard was first raised in Kansuh. ,Et the Mussulmans were unable to staiid against the imperial troops; their armies were dispersed; ten thousand of them were exiled, and effectually to prevent a renewal of the outbreak every Mohammedan in Kansuh above the age of fifteen was put to death. During his long reign Klen-Lung . exhausted the resources . of his empire by building useless edifices and keeping up large armies. He received embassies from the Russians, Dutch and English, by which the character of tthe Chinese and the nature of their country became better known to Western nations. These embassies greatly strengthened ah impression of -the Chinese that they were superior to all other nations, for they looket upon them as acknowledge ments on the part of the governments who sent them of their allegiance to the court of Peking. The presents were regarde'd as tribute, the embassadors as deputies for their masters to acknowledge the supremacy of the Emperor, and the requests they made for trade as rather another form of receiving presents in return than a mutual arrangement for a trade equally beneficial to -both. In 1795, after a reign of sixty yeara, KienLung abdicated in favor of his son, and retired with the title of Supreme Emperor, while hl3 son, Kia-King, had that of Emperor. During the reign of Klen-Lung the relations ft the East India Company with his company had been the reverse of eatisfactory. All klnd3 of unjust exactions were demanded from the merchants, and manyacts of gross Injustice were committed on the persons of Englishmen. So notorious at length did these matters ibecome that the British government determined to ' send tn embassy to the coart of Peking, and Lord Macartney was chosen to represent George III. He was received most graciously by the Kmperor, but the concessions he sought for were not granted. INTERNAL DISSENSIONS. The character of Kal-King was dissolute and superstitious, and his reign of "twentyfive years was much disturbed toy secret combinations against the government, ' and by Insurrections and pirates in and about the empire. A fleet of about six hundred piratical junks Infested the coast of KwangTuiv? for several years, and were at last put down by the government taking advantage of internal dissensions among the lead.43. The principal scene of the exploits of this fleet was the esturary of the Pearl river, whose numerous harbors and channels afforded shelters and escape to their vessels when pursued toy the Emperor's forces. Meanwhile the conditions of the foreign merchants at Canton had in no wise Improved. The mandarins were as exacting imd unjust as ever, and, in order to set matters on a better footing, the British government dispatched a second embassador, in the person of Lord Ambert, to Pekin in 1816. He refused to perform the "kowtow" before the Emperor and was dismissed from the palace on the same day on wh'ch he arrived, without seeing his Highness. Destitute of all royal qualities, a slave to his passions, and the servant of caprice, the Emperor Kia-King died in 1820, leaving a disturbed country and a disaffected people as a legacy to his second son, who succeeded him under the name of Tau-Kwang. His reign was marked by many local insurrections and disasters in one quarter or an-, other of his vast dominions. A rebellion in Turkestan in 1828 was attended with great cruelty and treachery on the part of the Chinese, and its leader, Jehangir, was murdered in violation of the most solemn promises. . An. Insurrection in Formosa and a rising among" the mountaineers of Kwang-Tung in - 1830-32 were put down more by money than by force, tout as nea.ca is both tho end and the evidence

of good government in China the author!- ; ties are not particular now it is brought about. ' The rapid Increase of opium smoking among his people led the Emperor to make . every effort to restrain this vice by prohibitons, penalties, executions and other means, but aU in vain. In 1837-38 the collec- . tive opif on of the highest oflicials was taken, after hearing arguments for legalizing the importation of the drug. It was resolved to seize the dealers in it. who were chiefly Englishmen. This act resulted in the : war with Great Britain, and in the opening . of China to an extended Intercourse with other nations. In 1840 the English fleet cap- ; tured Chusan, and in the following war the ; Bogun Forts fell, in consequence of which operations the Chinese agreed to cede Hong- '

Kong to. the victors and to pay them an J indemnity or $6,000,000. In 1843 a final treaty : was made, by which the four additional ports of Amay, Foo-Chow-Foo, Ningpoand Shanghai were declared open to foreign trade, and an indemnity of $21,000,000 was to be paid to the English. Nor was the remainder of Tau-Kwang's reign more fortunate than its beginning. The empire was completely demoralized, rebellious outbreaks were of frequent occurrence, and the imperial armies were powerless to oppose them, in 1850 Tau-Kwang "ascended on high," and Hlen-Fung, his son, reigned in his stead. The devastations of the rebels laid waste the southern half of the empire, and then approach to Peking in 1863 was paralyzed by floods and want of supplies more than by the Imperial troops. A second war with Great Britain in 1858-60 completely broke down the seclusion of China, and at Its conclusion an Inglorious reign of eleven years ended at Jeh-ho in August, 1860. Emperor Hien-Fung was succeeded by his five-year-old son. Tung-Chl, the government being under the control of two Empress Regents and Prince Kung, his uncle. Benefitting by the friendly relations of the English authorities engendered by the return of amicable relations, the Chinese government succeeded in enlisting Major Gordon (the famous "Chinese Gordon"), of the Royal Engineers, in their service. In a surprisingly short time thi officer formed the. troops which formerly had been under the command of an American named Ward Into a formidable army, and without delay took the field against the rebels. He quickly succeeded In quieting the TalPlng rebellion, destroying the Mohammedan rising in Yunnan and Kan-Suh, and opening up diplomatic Intercourse with treaty powers. With the measures of peace which were then restored to the country, trade rapidly revived, and prosperity everywhere was reawakened. Just as the young Emperor began to exercise his authority he died of smallpox, in January, 1875. As Tung-Chl died without Issue the succession to the throne passed out of the direct line, nd a cousin of the dead Emperor, a son of Prince Chun, the seventh son of Emperor Tau-Kwang a boy only four years old was chosen to reign under the title of Kwangsu, or "Succession of Glory." Affairs continued to be conducted by the same regency as before, now still more conversant with the new relations opening up with other lands. Li Hung Chang, - who had long been one of the prominent statesmen of China, and who had taken a prominent part with Colonel Gordon in expelling the Tal-Plngs, became Prime Minister of the government and virtual ruler of the vast Chinese empire. The Emperor reached his legal majority In February, 1887. and after he married, Feb. 28, 1889, the nominal control of the government came into his hands. DAXCIXG IX HIGH SCHOOLS. Bat the Boys and Girls Do It Separately and Teachers Are Present. Cleveland Leader. Dancing in the public schools Is again up for -discussion. A resolution adopted by the Methodist ministers at their meeting Monday protesting against the practice has reopened a debate which has waxed warm in former years. Several school oflicials were asked to give their opinions on the subject. They willingly responded. It was their unanimous judgment that, as now conducted, dancing affords the highert school pupils a means of healthful recreation. Director of Schools Sargent said that he had heard no complaint from parents regarding the matter. Should a sentiment against dancing be expressed on the part of the parents, he announced. It would be given careful consideration. Principal E. L. Harris, of the Central High School, remarked, when asked for his opinion, that. he regarded the privilege of dancing as a means of keeping the 1,700 pupils of his school off the street at recreation time. "There is a regular system followed regarding dancing," said he. "The teachers are present at that time as well as during other portions of the day. The time when dancing is indulged in is about ten minutes after luncheon. In recreation hours the boys and girls do not dance together. Mondays are reserved for the senior girls, Tuesday for the Junior girls, Wednesday for the boys, Thursday for the C girls, and Friday for the D girls. Waltzes and two-steps are the favorite movements. The senior classes have been accustomed to holding their class parties in the building. Would It be better to leave it thus, having the teachers with the pupils, or would it be better to force the pupils to go to some hired hall? The second floor of the school building at these parties is reserved for those who do not care to dance. An effort was made once to have cards Introduced as a part of the programme of amusement for the parties, but they were tabooed. There is no promiscuous dancing in the building. What there Is ta done in order, the teachers mingling with the pupils." "Have you received any complaints regarding the practice?" Mi1. Harris was "None at all," he replied. "I have advised girls that if their parents were opposed to their dancing, they should not dance. If the sentiment be against it, I have not heard of it. As soon as anything of that sort interferes with work, it should be stopped, but as yet I do not think it inteferes." Principal Johnston, of the Wrest High School, said that about 15 per cent, of the girls danced at that school. "One of the girls," he added, "seats herself at the f)iano, and the others enjoy a waltz. This s always at lunch time, and It lasts about twenty minutes. The boys are not permitted to dance with the girls. They get their recreation in the basement and on the grounds. The boys are excluded entirely from the second floor, where the girls dance. Then twice a month the classes take turns, staying after school and having a dance together. I am invariably present at these parties, a3 are also certain of the other teachers. The senior class has dances more, frequently than the others." "What is your opinion on the subject In general?" the principal was asked. "My opinion Is," he replied, "that it is a benefit rather than a detriment. It is the only means of exercise for the girls. It improves the manners of the boys, and the girls gain by it dignity and grace." "Have you heard any complaint regarding it?" "Yes, several times. But in all these cases the parents told me that the girls danced more out of school than they did In school. The majority of those in the community are rather in favor of it than opposed to it." Director Sarsrent said that no particular action had been taken, either allowing or prombiting aanemg. tie naa never received complaints from the patrons of the schools on the subject. "So far as I have knowledge," he remarked, "it does not interfere with the work in the schools. If there are those who are not In favor of the custom, they have not made known the fact to me. At the reunion of one of the classes of the Central High School not long since I remember that several prominent Methodists took an active part In the arrangements." "Was there dancing at the party?" "Yes. Dancing was one of the features of the evening.' "Did any of the Methodists dance?" "I think they did; some of them, at least." The director said that as a rule dancing was discountenanced in the grammar schools. Concluding, he said: "If there should be a generally expressed desire that dancing should not be allowed, that expression would certainly toe given the fullest consideration." TIIE UNIVERSAL tXREST. Signs of the Times Indicate a JVevr Era Is DuTtnlna-. New York Journal cf Commerce. Everywhere there exists a strange feeling of unrest. Strange no less for Its vagueness than because few living men can recall a parallel to it. It is not a distinct form of distrust, nor yet of apprehension; it is simply an indefinite consciousness of a general shifting of conditions, without any clear conception of the probable out come of the changes. The times are whody kaleidoscopic, and the fleeting changes are seen as through a glass darkly. The process of transition does not alone apply to all the civilized populations; it is equally universal in its application to all the phases of the life, end institutions of the several nations. Looking back for only twenty years men are conscious of having traversed a vast distance from their former modes of thought and life; and yet thev have but the faintest idea of what it ail means, and what Is to be the end thereof. They are, therefore, anxious and watchful as a marine without compass. Much of this transition is the result of the great projsress in scientific research; which, as it broadens man's knowledge of the system and forces of nature, correspondingly increases his powers and elevates his intellectual conceptions. New knowledge of nature evokes new theories and Ideals; and changes of ideals Introduce new formative influences in a multitude of directions. Philosophies change their thesis with an enlarged knowledge of the physical universe; and changes of philosophy may become revolutionary In nWdes of thought. A more scientlfio study of history, the deciphering of the buried languages, the unearthing of the

monuments of remote antiquity, the discovery of ancient records, have producea among thoughtful men a wide reconstruction of religious beliefs, with no unimportant changes in the attitude of church institutions and methods of work. The general extension of popular educattion has Introduced a new factor in legislation and government and in the hitherto Inert power of the masses. Government has become less an exponent of the will and Judgment of the educated classes and more an exfiression of the narrower knowledge and the ess trained Judgment of the masses. Legislation is therefore directed toward diminishing the privileges of the ew and Increasing those of the many. Socialism has become the assertion of a steadily growing desire among the masses to secure through law what they conceive to be a more equal distribution of the results of production, the method proposed being a general transfer of private capital to state ownership and administration. AU the symptoms of the times suggest that we are in the midst of the birth throes of an era which will toe the embodiment of a higher intelligence, a higher manhood and a more magnificent wealth; with what consequent changes in social relations must mainly depend upon how far these drifts are impeded by meddling legislation. The halt of enterprise attending the present phase of transition is little more than the effect of a temporarily unmanageable superabundance of products. It has come as the first consequence of a stupendous and sudden evolution of industrial production. There can be no possible question that imports the highest ultimate good to every class of men in every interest of life. Two methods of adjusting this oversupply seem to offer: One in finding new sources of consumption; the other in abating the existing hurry and overwork in every department of life. Both patience and sacrifice may be necessary before the new adjustments are effected; but the final result promises good for all. PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY,

Or Why Old Kick Had Buralar-Proof Lock Pat on the Gates of Hadea. j uuge. Hades was anxiously awaiting the return of Its master. The fires were banked and trade was almost at a standstill owing to the agitation against admitting fire worshipers. Mrs. Satan, who had been left in charge, had ruled the place with an iron hoof, and the assistant chief devils, their assistants and the multitude of minor devils were all on the point of mutiny. At last, when things were nearing a crisis, Satan appeared, looking weary and dejected. "Where have you been, dear?" anxiously asked Mrs. Satan. "To New York," gasped Satan; and he passed his hands across his face as if to wipe away some horrible nightmare. "That's where Dr. Parkhurst lives, isn't it?" "Yes, and I'm really sorry for him, because Say, are the gates locked and barred?" ' "Yes; why?" - , Oft T.nnifpr to nut a nitrht chain and an extra padlock on, will you? And say, don t you dare let a xvew lorner in nero on any account. Do you hear?" "Why not, pray? Are they not "Why not?" asked Satan, and there was an anxious ring to his voice; "why not? Because they'd be corrupting our morals inside of a week." And Mrs. Satan hurried to carry out her husband's instructions. For Revenue. Philadelphia Press. A tax of $1 a barrel on beer was recom- . ..aa v.. n Tov!,l A Well a itn the Democrats- two years ago. It ought to be im- . , a . . 1 V. T7 HVt posed. rne oreweries owuea uy jL,iiSiilt capital in this country are steadily mak-.ng money, and there is every sign that the business is prosperous. Such a tax would give the treasury nearly enough revenue, if the Income tax yields as is expected. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. Young Girls'Sensitiveness and modesty. often puzzle their mothers and baffle the physician. I hey withhold what ought to be told. Lydia E. P ink hams Vegetable Compound saves young girls from the dangers ot organic dis turbance. It relieves suppression, retention, or irregularity of menses. Nature has provided a time tor purification. If the channels are obstructed, the entire system is poisoned and misery comes. What will cure the mother will cure the daughter their organism is the same. FLANNER & BUCHANAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS. We have removed to new ami nommoilinim 1 1 ter. Perfect privaoy aul convenience .ismite:!. Cliniicl autl Morgue in charge vtluily iitteinl.tul 17:2 North Illinois St. .SPEARS William Crooks Spears, son of the late James Spears, of Lafayette, Ind., and brother of Mrs. Bement Lyman, :at Lake Geneva, Wis., December 28. Interment at Lafayette. tnXAXCIAlj. LOAMS Money on mortgages. C. Jj. SAYLES. 15 Jiast Mantel street. LOANS Sums of J60U and ovtr. City property and farms. C. E. COFFIN & CO., 90 Last Market street MONEY TO LOAN We have plenty of 6 per cent, money to loan on Indiana farms. C. N. WILLIAMS & CO., Crawfordsville. Ind. TO LOAN Money to loan upon ral estate mortgage in amounts rtqutred. Interest pjoderate. No commission charged. M'GILLIARD & DARK, 83 and Si East . Market street. MONEY TO LOAN On farms at the lowest market rate; privileges for payment before due. We also buy municipal bondsr THOMAS C. DAY & CO.. 72 East Market street. Indianapolis. LOANS 6 per cnt. money on improved real estate in this city only. (No loans made outside.) Borrower has the privilege of prepayment semi-annually. No delay. Reasonable fees. JOHN S. SPANN & CO., 80 East Market. WANTED Traveling and local salesmen to carry sample of our oils as sido line. Only reliable men wantea. xnt'iiii uiu cumPAN Y, Cleveland, O. , WANTED Two good life insurance solicitors to canvass for a Mock company on the assessment plan. Liberal terma to the right parties. E.. cara Journal. WAN TED A Ken t s make $3 dally. Marvelous invention; retail 2a cents; two to six sold In a house; sample mailed freev FORSHEE & McMAKlX. Cincinnati. O. AOENT3 Wanted to handle aluminum novelties. Sell at slKht. J25 per week easily made. Send 10 cents for sample. Circulars free. NOVELTY INTRODUCTION COMPANY, 200 State Btreet, Chicago, 111. AGENTS WANTED talesmeru we nd samples, allow liberal salary and .cpenses or commission to proper applicants; staple seller; three stores out of five will order. Address, with stamp, Lock Box 420. New York city. . .t'l ? FOR SALE Williams Typewriter; new (standard machine). Will sell at a dis count of $30 from retail price. Call or' write &60 North Alabama street. I

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY SAWS AND HILL SUPPLIES. Afpi'TXTC! is. C. A C., Marmraouirvr a t 1 IVirNO Kepairersot CIRCULATOR, iaCUT. RANI) Ami all other SAWS Belting, Emery Wheals sad Mill Supplies. I Hindu Htreet, on kquaro oata UdIod Station. SAWS BELTING and EMERY WHEELS. Sjteciltie at W. B. Barry Saw & Supply Co 132 B. Fena. 8t All kinds of Saws Ue pal red. . . Nordyke & Marmon Co. tfeSTAll 1831.1 Founders & Machinists Mill ami Elevator H til ler Indianapolis. Ind. Roller .Mllti, MLUUearing. Belting. Bolting clotli, (iraiu-cleautng UaoUlnarr. Middlings Pimtiers, PorcaUle Mids. euj eta i'c street-Mr lorsioclt yards. THEOiOK STtl H. Successor to Win. C. Anderson. ABSTRACTER OF.TITLES SH EAST MARK KT ST. .'- , P1IYSICIASS. DR. C. I rLEIXrliR. RESIDfc-NCE 573 North Meridian strssi OFD ICE 30U South Mendiau street. Ollice Hours U to lo a. iu ; i to 4 p. iu : 7 to 8 p. in. 'ieiryoouea OUioo, ro.Hdeuut), HI. , DR. W. B. FLETCHER'S SANATORIUM for Treatment ot Nervous and Mental Diseases, 124 JCOKTH ALABAMA bT. DR. J. A. SUrCLlr'FE, burgeon. OFFTCK 95 East -Mar net street- Hours 9 ta l S.W.; 2 to3 p. in.. Sundays excepto L U'elepuoasiil DR. BRAYT0W. OFFICE 2 E. Ohio; (ro il 10 ti 13 and 2 t I. KliistOKNCJIibOtf KaaU WasUlugtOU 8S. House Teieououe uibo tuiep.ioue LliL DR. SARAH STOCKTJa, 227 NORTH DELAWARE Sl'rtKKT. DR. RlBECCA W. ROGERS, -DISEASES Of WOMKX AND Clii UUA&SOFFICE 19 Marion Blook. Offlce Hours: 9 ta J a a. m.. a to 5 p. in. Sundays: 4 to 5 p. la, at Haskieuce, 440 jN'ortlt Meridian street. DENTISTS. DENTIST East Ohio 6t, bet. Meridian and PennsylTaal. OrTlCIASS. "fitted GROUNO ' m r i r t mi A r lLT CT 1NDIA.NAPDLI5-IND, ' BRASS FOl'SUKY AD FINISHING SHOt. PIONEER BRASS W0R'S. Mfrs. sihI Dealers in all kln lsot Brass Oou l. heary nd light CastiiiirA. Car Boarins a speoUUr- R air and JOO wore prorapny iw3u;ioii m am SEALS AND STENCILS. STENCILS,STAMPSi DfE UAUIiE&.LnCkAS Oil. 15 &MERIDIAN ST. Ground Floor. SAFE II E V OSI TS SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT. Absolute saret against Fire ami Burglar. Finest siid only Vault of tlte kind lit the State. Policeman &tj and night on guard. Deaigued (or thes.i(e Ce U, of Monejr, Bonds, Wills, Due ls, Abstr-iolS, il Tcr l'late. Jewels and valuable Trunks and Paoa ; to,, etc. ' S. A. FLETCHER & CO., Safs-Deposlt .lOllN 8. TAKKrSfif W. Iurr. CHICAGO AND RETURN VIA PENNSYLVANIA LINE ACCOUNT OF National : Cycling : Exhibition Tickets will be sold Jan. 4 to 12. good returning until Jan. 15, at rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan. Leaving Indianapolis dally at 11 a. m, and ll:2o p. m. , . Arriving at Chicago 3 p. m. and 7:10 a. m. Buffet parlor car on day train and Pullman sleeping car on night train starting from Indianapolis, and can be occupied by passengers as early as 8:30 p. m. Ticket offices, 48 West Washington street, 4C Jackson Place, and Union station. GEORGE E. ROCKWELL. . District Passenger Agent. VANDALIA LINE. "Dul y. 1 Daily except Sunday. From Indianapolis Iave. Arrive St. D.uis Accommodation....... K:Hilai I7:piu Ht. Jxmus timt Iine I1:50 am 8. pm Trains 21 and 30 ViA mm "3:20 pat Terre Haiue Accommodation... t4 00 piu tl'OOaia Kvmmville Exprcstt H iOpin 3:aia!u fet. Louis Kx press 11:20 pin -Mam Traiut KMiuect at Terre Haute !.r K. Jts T. li. point. Kvaimviile sleeper on liiir'it train. Met pin. and minor cars are run ou through train. Dining cars ou 1 rlus '.-O and 21. Best Line to Cincinnati morning train Willi parlnrc.tr. wluon leaven Indianapolis daily at H O) a. i m ind urriru. u, i r i . t r. . . F i VSo'VLI 1 1:2(1 a. m. This U Ui Business Man's Train to Cincinnati. Iave. Arrive. Cincinnati Kxptess 3:40 ant 1:16 am H i . vimii KS'irees.... K-tmaut 1 1 1 :4 aiu Cin Dayton and Lima acc..."lo:f.o ura t7:30 pro, inMVHtlbule Limited 4 oo pm fl0:53piu Cin.. Toledo and leiroit to::iinii lV!:3Uaiu Daily. IDatly. except Sunday. Sunday Journal By Moil, to Any Address. Two Dollars per Annum

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