Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 360, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1899 — Page 7

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1899.

Indiana Trust Co.

CAPITAL $1,000,000 The largest, most convenient and strongest Safety Vaults In the State. Absolute protection against fire and burglars. The cost of a box for one year is? only $5, which is less than 10 cents a week. Special department for women. Policemen on watch day and night Office: In the Company's Building. 8 XABIAU STHCET, JiEW YORK. Fisk&Robinson BANKERS Government Bonds and other Investment Securities DA P. VET EDWARD TISC 00 RGB n. ROBINSON. Mubir Hew York Stock Excaaar. SAFC DEPOSITS. S. A. FLETCHER& CO.'S Safe Deposit: Vrmlt 3U Eait Washington Street Absolut safety against fire and burglar. Policeman day and nijrht on guard. Dsined for afe keeplnsr of Money. Uonrld. Wills. Depds. Abstracts, Silver Plate, Jewels and valuable Trunks, Packages, etc. Contains 2,loo boxes. Kent 95 to 843 per year. JOHN S. TAIUiIGTO..........Mana?er. COMMERCIAL RECORD. LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE. A Slow Business on Saturday, Most of the Houses Cloning: at Noon. On the wholesale streets trade on Saturday took on a holiday aspect. Some business was transacted In the forenoon, but after noon nothing was doingr. On Commission row and with the produce men there was a good morning trade and quiet times in the latter iart of the day. In prices there was not a change, and conditions are such that steady prices are likely to continue to the close of the year. The local grain market was fairly active. Considerable corn is coming in. and but small quantities of other cereals. Track bids, as reported by the tecretary of the Board of Trade, ruled as follows on Saturday: Wheat No. 2 red, 69-ie, track; 67ic on milling freight; No. 3 red, foVa'u 'foijc; December, 6Jc; wagon wheat. 6'jc. Com No. 1 white, 31c: No. 3 white (one color), 21c; No. 4 white. 2SS0c: No. 2 white mixed, Jic: No, 3 white mixed. 3oc; No. 4 white mixed. Oats No. 2 white, 6c; No. 3 white, 2i',ic; Io. 2 mixed. 24Vic; No. 3 mixed, 23c. Hay No. 1 timothy, SIKtflLtO; No. 2 timothy. Inspections Com: No. 3 white, 10 cars; No. 4 white, 3; No. 3 yellow. 5; No. 3 mixed. 5: No. 4 mixed. 9; total, 32 cars. Oats: No. 3 white, 1 car. Hay: No. 2 timothy. 1 car: No. 2 Dratrle. 1; total. 2 cars. Poultry and Other Produce. . (Prices paid by shippers.) Turkeys Young, selected, over 12 lbs, 7Uc per lb; turkeys, young, hens. 7c; toms, 10 lbs and over, 7c; turkeys, culls, 4fi3c: turkeys, hens, old. fat. 6c; turkeys, toms. old. fat. 4c; springs. 2 to 4 lbs, 6c; hens, 5c; cocks, 3c; ducks, full feathered, 6c; geese, full feathered, choice, 5c; geese, picked. 3c. Cheese New York full creams. 143 lc: domestic 8wlM. 16JM7c; brick. 13c; llmburger, 141715c. Butter Choice roll, 14Hc per lb; choice, solid and broken rolls, 14c: poor. No. 2, 6floc Eggs Fresh. 18c per doz. Feathers Prime geese, 30c per lb; prime duck, 10017c per lb. Heeswax 30c for yellow; 25c for dark. Wool Medium, unwashed, l?019c; tub-washed, VyQUc; burry and unmerchantable. 5c less. HIDES. TALLOW. ETC. Green-salted Hides-No. ;L 10c; No. 2, 9c; Not X ealf. lie; No. 2 calf. S4c. Grease White. 4c; yellow, 34c; brown, 2c Tallow No. 1. 4c; No. 2, 4c. Bones Dry. 112013 per ton. TUB JOBBING TRADE. (The quotations given below are the selling prices of the wholesale dealers.) Coal and Coke. Anthracite (all sizes), $7 per ton; C. & O. Kanawha, $4.25; Pittsburg. $4.23: Raymond. l.2i: Winlfrede. $4.25; Jackson. H; block. $3.50; Inland City lump. 13.75; lump coke, 11c per bu. 12.73 per 25 bu: crushed coke. 12c per bu. fZ per 25 bu; Elossburg. S3 per ton; Ccnnellsvllle coke. JS per ton; smckelem lump, It. 50. Canned Goods. Corn, 75cQ 11.25. Peaches Eastern Standard. Mb. 2S2-2i; 3-Ib seconds. fl.902: California standard. S2.ld432.40; California seconds, l.902. Miscellaneous Blackberries. 2-lb. fcifciwc; raspberries. 3-lb, Jl.25Ql.20; i ineapples. standard, Mb, ll.SCOl-90; choice. $292.10: cove oysters. Mb, full weight. Sc; light. 603tioc string beans. S-lb, 90&!5c; Lima beans. J1.2t-tfi.25: reas. marrowfats, 95cQll: earty June. $1.2031.15; lobsters. $1.8332: red cherries; avcaU; strawberries. fw90c; salmon. 1-lb, 60C&J1; 3-lb tomatoes. SO I5C Candles and Nuts. Candles Stick, 6Vi&7c per lb; common mixed, tv.7c: grocers' mixed. 6c; Banner twist stick, ic; cream mixed. 9c; old-time mixed, 7c. Nuts Soft-shelled almonds. 131Sc. English walnuts. 12 14c; Brazil nuts. 9c; filberts, 11c; peanuts, roasted. "2 so; mixed nut. 10c. Oils Lins-u. 4C&45C per gal; coal oil. legal test. 7614c; bank. 40c; beet straits. 50c: Labrador. 0c; West Virginia. lubricating, 20330c; miners. 40c; lard olla, winter strained, in brls. 40c per gal: half brls, 3c per gal extra. DrngK. Alcohol. $2.43S2.'); asafettda. 25330c; alum. 2', arte; camphor, S7f12c; cochineal. 5jfi0."c; chloroform. S."'a5c; copperas, brls. :Kc; cream tartar, pure, 30Kc; Indigo. fcGsOc; licorice, Calab., genuine. ZZQidc: magnesia, carb.. 2-oz. 2022c; morphine, P. & W.. per ox. $2.3032.55; madder. 14 Clfic; oil. castor, per gal. Sl.C4trl.10; oil. bergainot. per lb. $2.65: opium. $3.3. : quinine. P. & W.. per oz. lKi:c; balsam copaiba. 5fj6c; soap, castile, Fr.. ICQ 16c; cola bicarb. 2'ttfSe; salts. Epsom. 14t?4c; sulphur flour, 2H&5c; saltpeter. 10 fillc: turpentine. Klitoc; glycerine. 17020c; Iodide potassium. f2.SOf2.60; bromide potassium, K60c: chlorate potash. lttrJOi; borax. 9-J?12c; clnchonldia. 37t42c; carbolic acid. 32335c; linseed Oil. raw, 53c; linsed oil. boiled. 54c. Dry Goods. Tdeached Sheetings Androscoggin L. T'.ic; Berkley. No. . c: Cabot. K'.vc; Capitol. o',c; Cumberland. 7ic; Dwlght Anchor, ic; Fruit of the Loom. 8c; Farwell. 6V: Fitchville, CVjc; Full Width. 54c: Gilt Edge. 52c; Gilded Age. 4c; Hill. 7c; Ho.e. 7c: Linwood. ?-c; Inmlale, So; Peabody, 6ac; 1-ride of the West, llc; Ten Ftrlke. 6c; Pepperell. 9-4. 20c; Pepierell. 10-4. 22c; AndrocogKln. 9-4. 2vc; Androscoggin. 10-4. 22c. Urown Sheeting Atlantic A. 64c; Areyle, E4c; Boott C. 5c; Puck's Head. 6c; Clifton CCC. 6Vc; Constitution. 4-inch. 6?c; Carlisle, 4-inch, 6c; Dwight's Star. 7c; Great Falls E. 5'tc; Great Falls J. 5c; Hill Fine. 7c; Indian Head. 6Vc; Pepperell K. 6c; PerprU, 10-4. 2jc; Androscoggin. 9-4, ISc: Androscoggin. 10-4, 20c. Prints Allen dre9 styles. 4Vic: Allen's staples. 8c: Allen TK. 5c; Allen's robes. 5c; American Indigo. 4Hc; Arnold long cloth. B. 74c: Arnold. LLC. V; Cocheco fancy. 5Uc; Hamilton fancy. 5Hc; Merrlmac pinks and purples, 6c; I aciflc fany. 5c: Pimjwm' mournlnfr, Rc; Flmpson's Herlln solids. 5V.c; Simpson's oil tin Ish. 6c: American shlrtlns:. 2c; black white, 4He: grays. 44c. Kid-nnlsfhfd cambrics Edwards, 4c; Warren, lUc Slater. 4c; Genesee. 4c. Cra'n Paffs Amoskeag. $11; American. $14; Hsrn 3ny. $11.50; Stark. S16. Ginghams Amoskeag staples. C-jc; Amoskeag dress. 7c; llats. 54c; Lancaster, 5l2c; Lancaster N'ormandirs. 7c: Renfrew dress, 7c. Tickings Amoskeag ACA. l')'jc: Conestoga UF. 12Vv. Cordis 1. Sc; Cordis FT. Sc; Cordis ACE. lfirc; Hamilton Awnings. 8c; Kimono fancy. 17c: L-nox fancy. ISc; Muthuen AA. sc; Oakland. A.F.. 6c; Portsmouth. 11c; Susquehanna. I2Vc; fchetucket SV, 54c; fchetucket F. 64c; fcwift lUver, 5c. CIrocrrles. Coffee Good. 10312c; prime. 12014c; strictly prime, HlCc; fancy green and yellow, UQ22c; Java. 2Mf32c. jtoasted Old government Java. 524tr32c: Golden Itio. 24c; Hoiirt.on Santos. Z4c; Gtl'led bantos. 2tc; prime Ban ton, 23c Package coffee, city prices Arioa, 10.6..C; Lion. 10.15c; Jersey, ri.foe; Caracas. PU5c: Dutch Java blend, 14.5c: Dlllworths. 1)..V; Mall Pouch. 9.65c; Gates's blended Java. l'.65c; Jav-Ocha. l.50c. bujixs-Cit prices; Dualnoes, 5.11c; cut loif.

.ic; no. z yeiiow, ac: iso. s yellow, 30'ic; No. 4 yellow, 27fj:'Jtic; No. 2 mixed, 2hc; No. 2 mixed. 30c: No. 4 mixed, Zl'72'c: ear corn. 2(c.

S 3c; powdered. ( Cc; XXXX powdered. S.3Sc; iUr.dard granulated. 5.25c; f.ne granulated. 5.25c; granulated. 5-lb bags. .32c: granulated. 2-lb bags. &.32c ; granulated. 5-lb cartons. 5.32c: granulated. 2-lb cartons. 5.22c; extra fine granulate!. 5.2sc; tubes. 5.38c; mold A, 5.51c; confectioners A. 5.01c; 1 Columbia A Keyf tone A. 4.76c; 2 Windsor A American A. 4.7Cc; 3 ItlJgewood A Centennial A. 4.76c; 4 Phoenix A California A. 4.70c; 5 Empire A-Frar.klln H. 4.C3c: 6 Ideal Golden Ex. C Keystone B. 4.T7c: 7 Windsor Ex. C American B. 45lc; 8 RMgewood Ex. C Centennial B. 4.4Sc; 3 Yellow Ex. C-Californla P. 4 38c: 10 Yellow CFrankMn Ex. C. 4.21c; 11 Yellow Keystone Ex. C. 4.13c; 12 Yellow American Ex. C. 4.07c: 13 Yellow Centenial Ex C. 4 07c; 14 Yellow California Ex. C. 4.01c; 15 Yellow. 4.01c; 1$ Yellow. 4.01c. F!our Packs (paper) Plain. 1-32 brl. per 1.000. $3.r.o; 1-16 brl. $3; brl. tt: vA brl. $16: No. J drab, plain. 1-32 brl. per 1.000. i 25: i-I brl. $5.50: brl. tlO: ; t,rl 20: No. 1 cream, plain. 1-32 bH. per I.0O0. V; 1-1 brl. $.75; 4 brl. $14 50; trl. Kf 50. Extra charge for printing, $1.1031.15. Pnlt In car lots. 9.Vf?fl: small lots, flrl Of.. Fpt-es Pepper. HlSc; allspice. 15aic; cloves, Kfre: faia. lfisc; nutmegs. Ti'c per lb. Pesrs Chr.lce hand-picked navy. $:2.10 rr bTi: Lima, California. (tugf jir lb. Screened Ileans $l.li&2fo!asrs and Frnips New Orleans molasses1, fair to prime. 2S323c; chcice. 25S40c; syrups. 13 Pice T.uisiana. 4464c; Carolina. 64354c. Shot fl 401.45 rer bag for drop. T id 6 fnr preened bars. Wooden ware No. 1 tub. $7.75ft7.S0: No. 2 tubs. 25: No. 3 tubs. J5 75 T5: 3-honp raI1. $150 Bl f: 2-boop palls. doutl wa-htosrdi. $2 2:2.75: common wa?hboards. il.Zl.'Z; clothts I Irs. r0f?Or r,er box. Wool r)rtF No 1. r-er 1.000. K 2"2.50: No. 2. f2-r2.75; No. 3, $2 753: No. 5. $3 253.50. Twine Iferop. 12171Sc per Ih: wool. SlOc: flax. WG20c: paper. 25c; Jute. 12f?15c: cotton. l25c. Flour. Ptral-ht grades. $3.403.CO; fancy grades. $3.W 3.75: fatent flour. $44.50: low grades. $2.2533; spring wheat ratents, $53.25. Iron and 5teel. Par Iron 253.zTc ; horseshoe bar. 33Uc; nail rod. 7c; plow slabs. 4.50c; American cast steel, 9311c; tire steel. 2334c; spring steel. 4435c. Leather. Leather Oak sole. 22332c; hemlock sole, 2C3 2Sc; harness, 32Q40c; skirting. 3SC2c: single ttrap. 3J341c; city kip. 6Gi85c; French kip, 90c3 t.y: city calfbkin. 90c3$M0; French calfskin. $l 20S1.S5. Nnlls and Horseshoes. Steel cut nails. $2; wire nails, from store. $3.25 rates; from mill, $3 rates. Horseshoes, per keg. $i; mule shoes, rer keg. $4.50; horie nails, J4tJ5 per box. Darb wire, galvanized. $3.35; painted, $3.25 Produce. Fruits and Vegetables. Apples $2.5032.73 per brl for cooking; eating apples, $3(l..t. Bananas Per bunch. No. 1, $1.5031.73. Oranges California Navel, choice, $3.23; fancy, $3.75; Florlia. $.5'i per Pox. Lemons Messina, choice, 360 to box, $3.50; fancy, 14. Cocoanuts 50c ier doz. Hickory Nuts Shellbark, $1.63 per bu; large, $1.25 per bu. Potatoes 50c per bu; $1.30 per brl. Sweet Potatoes Jerseys, $4.23 per brl; Illinois, $3.75. Turn'ps $1.25 per brl. Cabbage $1.30 per 100 lbs. Holland seed. Celery 2fc 25c per bunch. Yellow (Hob Onions $1.35 per brl; white. $1.73 per brl; red, $1.75 per brl. Honey New white. l5.c per lb; dark. 13c. Navy Beans $2.10 per bu. Cauliflower $1.5MJ1.75 per doz. Cranberries Jersey, $2 per bu box: $6 per brl; Hnwcr and McFarland cranberries. $7 i-r brl. Onions (Spanish) $1.75 per crate. Grape? New York, 9-lb basket. 14c; Tony Catawba. 124c. . Cider New. J4.M per brl: half brl. $2.50. Florida Tomatoes $2. 509 3 per C-basket crate. Provisions. Paeon Clear sides, 40 to 50 lbs average. 74c; 30 to 40 lbs average, 74c; 2") to 30 lbs average, 7ic: bellies. 25 lbs average, 7c; 18 to 22 lbs average, 74c: 14 to 16 lbs average, 776c; clear backs, 20 to 25 lbs average, 74c: 12 to 16 lbs average. 74c; 6 to 9 lbs average, 7?c In dry salt. 4c less. Hams Sugar cured. 13 to 20 lbs average, 1041 loc; 13 lbs average. lOUfrllc; 12 lbs average, ll'fill4c: 10 lbs average, 113114c Lard iTettle rendered. 74c: pure lard, 7c. Pork Bean, clear. $14.50; rump. $11.50. Shoulders IS to 20 lbs average, 7c; 13 Iba average, 74c; 10 to 12 lbs average, 8c. Seeds. Clover Choice. $4; prime, $3; English, choice. $435; alslke, choice. $738; alfalfa, choice, $4.25 64.50; crtmson or scarlet clover. $3.7534.25; tlmothv, 43 lbs, prime. $1.3031.35; light prime. $1.35 1.40; choice. $1.2591.30; fancy Kentucky, 14 lbs. Western millet. 604375c: common millet. 40360c. $1.10; extra clean. 60875c: orchard grass, extra, $11.10: red top, choke. 80c3tl 40; English bluegrass, 24 lbs, $1.1531.75; German millet, 65385c; Live Stock. EAST BUFFALO, Dec. 23. Special. 1 Ranpom. Mansfield & Co.. live stock commission dealers, report: Cattle Receipts, 65 cars. Market active and 10c to 15c higher for common to fair grades of butcher stock, with best steers fully 25c to 30c stronger, but no very choice to extra steers, for which there was a good demand, were on sale. The best 1.150 to t.280-lb steers sold at $3.403.00; fair 1.040 to 1.120 lbs, $.Vfi3.30; light to medium butchers, $4.2534.83; choice to extra shippers and export steers, 1,4"0 to 1.550 lbs. quotable at $5.751i6.60 prime fat heifers, $1.75fio; light to good, $3.5az4.65: poor to fair fat cows. $2ft3.50: good to choice. $3.60 4: bulls steady; choice butchers and heavy, $3.!KKy 4.3'; sausage to fair, $-t. 4013. 85; stockers and feeders dull and generally lower; good feeders. $44.23; stockers. $3.50ft?4: common to fair. $2.50 3.40; stock heifers, $2.5'3: milch cows steady for good fresh cows at $26355; late springers not wanted; veals, $3.5o37.50; extra. . Hogs Receipts. 7') cars. Market stronger for Rood welsrhts; pi?" and lljrhts dull. Best mixed and mediums, $l.33fi4.40; heavy. $4.40; Yorkers, $4.30(14.33: lights. $1.2314.30; pigs. $4.2034.30. Closed dull for pigs at $4,1544.20. Some unsold; bulk of grtod weights sold. Sheep Receipts, 30 cars. Market active and higher. Lambs, tops. $3.90fi6; culls to good, $4,5045.80 sheep, top. mlxd, $lfr t 25; culls to good. $2.?34'3.'J0; wethers, $4.1034.75; yearlings, $4.5o5J4.W. All sold; closed firm. HE KNEW LAWTOX WELL.

Charles Denny's Tribute to the Late Warrior Otis Defended. Washington Letter. Charles Denby, of the Philippine Commission, la an admirer of the late General Lawton, and at the same time a defender of General Otis. He was the storm center of a crowd at the Arlington last Tuesday, when General Lawton's untimely death was the topic discussed. "I knew Lawton well," said Colonel Denby. "He was from my State, Indiana, and our acquaintance and friendship began many years ago. Lawton was one of the bravest men I ever knew, and also of the most uncomplaining. He was a born soldier, but his bravery partook of foolhardlness. "I never met a man who seemed so utterly devoid of any sense of personal fear as General Lawton. He exposed himself needlessly at every engagement in which he tok part- I remonstrated frequently with him about it.. 'Lawton.' I said, 'a commanding officer has no business to be on the tiring line. Ills life is too precious. 'I guess that you are right,' he said, 'but I go to the front to encourage my men. I will not send them where I am not willing to go myself. "Those were the words of a brave man, and somehow the people love a man who goes to the front. He seems to appeal to their Imagination. "If General Lawton had lived he would have undoubtedly succeeded General Otis as military governor of the Philippines. I do not mean that Otis would have been recalled, but he would have been directed to look after civil affairs exclusively. Lawton fully expected, when he sailed for the Philippines, to be made military governor. I do not know what caused the delay in his appointment as such, but it made no apparent difference with General Lawton. He went ahead and cheerfully obeyed to the letter e ery order that Otis gave him. "When I returned from Manila last fall." Colonel Denby continued. "I observed a strong prejudice against General Otis and a general disposition to crucify him. If Otis had gone out on the firing line and recklessly exposed himself. Instead of staying in Manila, where he belonged, I presume that public sentiment concerning him might have been different. "There never has been any good reason, in mv judgment, for the recall of Otis. If he has been at fault it has been in undertaking to do too much. lie has never been particularly friendly to our commission, so there Is no especial reason why I should defend him. I will say, however, that I regard him as a most remarkable and able man. "When the people come to understand Just what he has accomplished and how much he had to contend against I think that they will change their opinion of him. "He has been the Governor of over ten millions of people for more than a year. When he took hold nothing but chaos confronted him. There were no laws of any kind. Otis has had to make new laws, administer justice, preserve order and put down the insurrection. In addition he has practically supervised everything, even to the receiving of foreign consuls and deciding whether this or that cargo should be permitted to la:d or not. How he has managed to get along without breaking down altogether almost passes my comprehension. I believe that he should be relieved of some of his burdens as a matter of humanity." Don't Know Kvrrythlnjr. New York Mail and Express. It is said that New Yorkers are provincial In some ways, and, indeed, it is true in this age of multiplied knowledge and presses that there are so many departments of human enterprise that the average citizen in either town or country simply does not undertake to master all. Not long ago when an ofllcial commission, made up of prominent members of the business community, was holding an inquiry relative to the proportionate decline

of commerce at this port a broker, testifying as a witness, casually spoke of winter wheat. One of the members looked interested. "What do you mean by winter wheat?" he inquired, "wheat that is harvested in winter?" The witness looked surprised, but he explained. It was noted that the other members of the committee did not seem to be surprised. Maybe they knew what winter wheat was, but the intent expression on their countenances would go to indicate that they were learning something new. SOME GOLD BRICKS

Wnrnlne Affrnlnnt Investment In Wa- ' tered Stock of Trustit. Chicago Bonds and Mortgages. In these times there are more fre-iuent transactions between those having investments, or alleged Investments, to disposs of and those having funds, n large or small amounts, to Invest, which transactions illustrate the "gold brick" method, than most people are aware of. For instance. In the current financiering of the trusts, the susceptible portion cf the public is invited to purchase the stook3 of the several trust combines onrtnized to control Immense industries, the future profits of which are represented by the shrewd and generally unorincipled promoters as sure to mater.alu, without much delay, in the fattest kinds cf d:vidends; and the moral gucrante which they offer to investo.?, in the almost Inflammable prospectuses Issued to bait and catch the credulous and unwary, may well be compared to tne go'u bricks which, in late years, have in a slightly more concrete form, proven the nuluoemont for the perpetration of Incredible swindles upor creed y simpletais by knaves whose villainy was not greater in its turpitude but far less harmful in its effect on the gullible part of our population because It robbed the people of millions instead of thousands of dollars. The prospectus of the trust is the gold brick that lures the man who yearns to be hooked and strung on the line with those who "get rich quick." How handsomely it Is gilded! Just thickly enough to avoid the revelation of fraud by the ordinary tests, the thinnest effective covering to conceal the Inner composition of brass, gall, perfidy and other base qualities. The bare, unadulterated truth is this, that when one of these trusts is born the owners of a score or more of old plants used for the manufacture of some ueful product some of them good ones, others poor or Indifferent are, in the first instance, "gold-bricked," or enticed by some of the unscrupulous gang called promoters into a consolidation, or combir.e, by each owner conveying this respective plant to a new corporation formed to effect the purposes of the conspiracy, and after such conveyances are executed the new company the trust Issues a capitalization of stocks and bonds equal to several times the real value of the properties conveyed, and is divided up among the former owners of the several plants according to a plan of percentages that will give to each just as small an amount of the stocks as they can be persuaded to accept, the balance reserved from this division going to the aforesaid promoters as payment for the ingenious, rascality, called services, by which they have evolved and resolved the main scheme into being. The promoters, by the gold-brick method, succeed in convincing the several unsophisticated owners of the original plants that they can, by going into the trust, dispose of their old and partially worn-out plants and their competitive business for twice or three times the real value thereof, and this proposition is fraudulent in principle both in theory and in practice but the natural or unnatural greed of man comes to their rescue and blinds their eyes, and emasculates their conscience, and they go in. The promoter's art Is here demonstrated In its most affecting and effective refinement. Properties worth, say a million dollars, are then consolidated and owned by one company the trust and eight or ten millions of stock are issued, the promoters pocketing one-tnird or more of the beautifully engraved sheets of certificates, and the seductive prospectus is printed and pcattered broadcast, the trumpet of the devil toots and the real work of selling gold bricks to the public begins. We observe, with no small degree of satisfaction, that many of these gigantic corporations, called trusts, but which are, In' fact, great modern conspiracies in business, are showing unfailing evidence of the kind of top-heaviness described above and their natural failure to rob the public, first by the sale of their almost unlimited issues of water-logged stocks, and secondly by their unnatural attempt to raise prices, which Is another gold brick feature so far as its effect or its intended effect upon the public can be measured, will fall as the spirit and action of the body ceases when the body dies. We are informed, and hope truthfully, that in most instances of these trust organizations the excessive" Issues of their stocks are still held by the promoters and the men who were originally duped and enticed Into the schemes whereby they accepted the stocks of the trust In exchange for the properties they put into the trust with the design of unloading them upon the public by a sale of the stocks taken. No doubt there are blocks of these dropsical shares now owned by speculators in Wall street who will suffer loss. But we do not pity them. However, we do not withhold the token of a Christmas spirit and would remind them that the true value of things in this world is made known to men by honest losses rather than by illgotten gains. They purchased goid bricks, that they might sell gold bricks, and if they cannot be sold, but remain on their hands, they have that most excellent advantage afforded by established moral law, that any man may cherish the lessons of experience and be guided in his future thereby. To the public we sum up with the mot conscientious assurance that the stocks of the trusts are nothing but cartloads of the worst sort of gold bricks. Illches In the Transvaal. Youth's Companion. The yield of these Kimberley diamond mines is said to average about fifty-five hundred carats a day. They furnish ninety-five per cuit. of the world's diamonds. Mr. Kunz, of Tiffany's, estimates that so far nine and a half tons, worth three hundred million dollars in the rough and double that when polished, have been taken out of the Kimberley "yellow" and "blue." On a nominal capital of less than twenty millions, the De Beers Company pays annual dividends of 50 per cent. Put the record of Kimberley should not oLst-ure the fact that elsewhere in South Africa there are "infinite riches In a little room " For instance, the largest diamond known to exist was found at Jagersfontein, eighty miles away a gem two and a half inches long, one and a quarter inchoi thick and two inches wide, weighing 971 carats, or nearly half a pound of avoirdupois. And In many pound avoirdupois. And in many notably in the Witwatersrand region of the Transvaal. When the present war began, the Transvaal was yielding annually about sixty million dollars' worth of gold or more than one-fifth of the world's production, of which, by the way, the United States is credited with nearly sixty r-iiriicns. Conservative authorities have estimated that, carried down to a depth of four thousand feet, the Rand mines will yield In all more than three and a half billion dollars' worth of gold, of which almost a third will represent clear profit. The old phrase of "a king's ransom" seems thin and meaningless when one realizes the enormous wealth destined to be controlled by the victor in the present struggle. Spenklng of Antogrnphi. Xew York Mail and Express. I take it that Hall Caine is too much of a man to mind having a good story told at his exper.se. I am reminded of the story by an incident in Henry Irving's career which the Philadelphia Itecord relates. The Record states that once at a dinner given to Sir Henry by the Philadelphia Art Club for two solid hours he was kept busy placing his signature upon the white clay pipes belonging to the members of the club. While Hall Cain was in this country half a dozen years ago the Aldine Club dined him. Among those invited to meet Mr. Caine was one of the most popular of our American authors. Soon after the dinner began dinner cards began to circulate with requests for autographs. The author in question whispered to his neighbors: "I'm going to send my card up to Mr. Caine as soon as I can. for I am down for a speech later on, and I want to be able to say that I've read something that Caine has written,"

THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH

CRITICISMS AND IIOPKS OF THC IinLEAGIEHED AFRICAN CITV. The Authorities Suddenly Awake to Their Precnrlon Positionincidents of the Fighting. Letter in London Standard. Ten thousand British troops beleaguered by Boers! Such a mischance has not befallen since the Indian mutiny. To say that the enemy has given us an unpleasant surprise would be a mild expression of our feelings. When we set out on Mond.iy to give them battle near Lombard's kop sve never dreamed that within forty-eignt hours we should be practically prisoner, surrounded by the enemy, with the railway and the telegraph in their possjsson. It is easy to be wise after the event, but the most indulgent critic of the military operations in Natal can hardly help wondering why no attempt was made to destroy the line north of Ladysmith. Had this precaution been taken we might have gained one or two days' grace, and the Boers would not have retained a speody and certain means of transport. The argument that we shall require the railway in a few weeks will not bear examination, for when the Boers retire they are not likely to show us the same consideration. However, recriminations are useless. The Boers are sitting on the hills around us. Their guns are in position and command the town, the camps and the forts, fto doubt they are convinced that we ara at their mercy, and that in four or five diys General Joubert will be receiving the submission of General White, his staff and the survivors of the garrison. They are nearly three to one, their guns are heavier and have a longer range, the town lies at their feet, and our only means of reaching the western plain is held by a strong conmando from the Free State. Despite these apparently desperate conditions, it would be wrong to say that we have any doubt a3 to the issue. Thanks to Colonel Ward and to the untiring energy of Major Morgan, we have provisions to last through a prolonged siege. The arrival of General Buller at Cape Town, moreover, encourages hope that in a few days the pressure will be relieved, and that the JJoers from the Free State will be on their way to defend their hearths and homes. Meanwhile, although we are conscious that the fate of South Africa does not depend on this small column, we are prepared to resist to the last. BOER SUREWDXES3. In a previous letter I have described the course of events that has brought us to this pass. The fight at Lombard's Kop characterized officially as a reconnoisanco in force was really a pitched battle. Our plans were admirably laid, but the Boers have never been at a loss to discover our intentions. With customary shrewdness and celerity they changed their position during the night. Our attack failed, and we were driven back into Ladysmith under the fire of the enemy's guns. For a moment the situation looked hopeless and had the Boers followed up their success they might even have taken the town. Happily, they are content to fight at long range and to keep to the hills. Still more happily, the naval brigade from the Powerful arrived at the critical moment, and, getting their guns Into action, knocked out Long Tom, whose exploits at Dundee had caused many people in Ladysmith to think of their souls for the first time. - We elept soundly enough that night. At dawn on Tuesday the roar of Long Tom from Pepworth Hill, nearly six miles away, reminded us that the Boers are early risers. A few shots fell In the town, f iling a Kaffir; but the firing ceased as suddenly as it began. General Joubert had sent a flag of truce with a letter, granting us permission to bury the dead and to remove the wounded of the Gloucester regiment and the Irish Fusiliers. Then, for the first time, we heard the true story of the disaster that had befallen these battalions. On Monday morning, while awaiting the attack on the Boers, I was told by two men of the Gloucester regiment that they were the sole survivors that their comrades had been either killed or captured on the previous night, after a stampede of the mountain battery and the ammunition mules. The story seeemd so improbable that I hardly needed the advice of a member of General White's staff to receive it with caution. Yet it was in substance a true version of the most deplorable incident of the campaign. The fate of detacned columns during the war of ISSO-'Sl seemed to have been forgotten, and on Sunday night 900 men, with the mountain battery, were sent to seize Nicholson's Nek, about six miles from town, on the west of Pepworth hill. The object of this movement was to protect our left flank during the assault on the Boer position. In order to reach the Nek the men had to pass through a very difficult country. Their guides were trustworthy and knew every inch of the road. But the Boers were evidently acquainted with our plans and were waiting on a kopje about two miles from Nicholson's. STARTLED IN THE DARKNESS. Moving as cautiously and as noiselessly as the nature of the ground would allow, the doomed regiments were suddenly startled by a volley out of the darkness. The surprise was complete. Confusion seized the column. Terrified by the noise and the blackness of the night, the mules stampeded with the mountain battery. Dashing through the ranks with the guns trailing behind them, the maddened animals scattered the men in all directions, hurling some into the ditch and injuring others. The mules carrying the reserve of the small arms ammunition also caught fright and, lashing out on all sides, ran amuck among the men. Before they could realize what had befallen the two battalions were in a state of hopeless disorder, and their guns and reserve of ammunition were Hying through the darkness across the veldt. Colonel Carlton and Major Adye did their utmost to rally the men, and succeeded so far that they were able to seize a small kopje on the left of the roau. Here they were allowed to remain undisturbed during the night. The nours before dawn were spent in securing the position with intrenchments and bre-astworks of stone. When daylight came they found themselves upon a hill exposed to fire from three large kopjes on which the Boers had established themselves, and were waiting until they had finished their breakfast before making an attack. The trap was well laid, and. having once surrounded his prey, the Boer never hurries. He did not begin until the guns on our right flank at Lombard's kop were heard. The fight was brief, but desperate. Our soldiers held out manfully until their ammunition was almost exhausted, and surrendered only after forty-four had been killed nnd eighty-six wounded. The Boers took 870 prisoners. While we were burying our dead and bringing in our wounded the bombardment of Ladysmith was suspended, and the people began to make preparations for their departure. There was a rush for the trains, and the platform was crowded with women and children. Among the first to leave were the members of the Town Guard. As long as the enemy kept at a respectful distance the Guard courageously turned out every afternoon on parade with their rifles, but when the critical hour arrived only ten could be found. Although many people went south, no order was issued for the town to be cleared of civilHans, nobody imagining that the Boers would succeed in cutting our line of communication. It was not until Wednesday that the authorities awoke to the fact that we had in our midst a large number of persons whose antecedents and sympathies were Moubtful. and who might be useful to the Boers as channels of information. Nonresidents and unauthorized people were accordingly told that they must depart. This precautionary measure was followed by the arrest of several Dutch and German residents whoe movements had laid them open to suspicion. There can.be no doubt that spies were numerous, and that every

movement on our part was immediately made known to the invaders. ABUSE OF THE RED CROSS. When these sources of information were limited, the Boers did not scruple to abuse the privileges of the Geneva Cross. On Thursday they sent in an ambulance with some of our wounded in order to effect an exchange. The ambulance, instead of halting at "our outposts until it could be taken over by our army medical corps, was allowed to enter the town. The driver was afterward recognized as a German gunner, who made the most of his time to discover our vulnerable points and to judge the ranges. He roamed the town at his own sweet will, and went so far as to offer Transvaal money at the stores. When told that coins bearing the effigy of Mr. Kruger were no longer accepted, he Impudently replied, "Oh. you'll soon be compelled to atke tnem in Ladysmith." The consequences of this extreme indulgence were seen next day, when the town was subjected to a severe cannonade. Nor was this the only Instance of the manner in which the enemy have taken unfair advantage of the Red Cross. I dismiss many stories which, though apparently authentic, have not come under my personal observation. For two flagrant abuses I can vouch. On Monday, while the Boers shelled one of our ambulances, which happened to be at some distance behind a field battery, they protected a large laager of their own by stationing an ambulance in front. Again, when Intrenching themselves in the hills around the town, they masked a gun with a Geneva Cross. Only after the ambulance was removed did we discover that it contained a gun, around which a breastwork of bowlders had been built. On Wednesday we expected the bombardment to begin in earnest. Duyng the night our stores of ammunition aiM provisions were distributed over the town, and a depot was established in the old camp. A few shots were fired from our 4.7 gun, but hostilities were suspended as soon as It became known that our wounded Gloucester and Irish Fusiliers were being brought in. The day was spent in making emplacements for the guns. The banks removed their books to Durban and closed to the public, the military authorities having commandeered the cash. The price of bread rose to 1 shilling a loaf. It was reported that fighting had taken place In the direction of Colenso; but this rumor was discredited when the mail train from Ladysmith was signaled as having arrived at Maritzburg. Again we slept undisturbed. At 6:30 o'clock on Thursday morning the Boers sent half a dozen shells into town to remind us of their presence. Gunnery Lieutenant Egerton had both legs shattered by a shell, and was carried out of Cove Fort In a dying state. Hitherto the investment had been incomplete. Ladysmith, as I have said in a previous letter, lies in an amphitheater of hills, with a broad plain on the west watered by the Klip river. This open country the Boers, according to their habit, were at much pains to avoid. The Fifth Lancers and the Sixty-ninth Field Battery seized the opportunity to make a raid on a Free State commando which was moving in this direction. They caught the Boers at breakfast, shelled them out of their laager and returned with sixty horses. Once more the heavy artillery on Pepworth hill opened on the town, and two batteries were sent to reduce their fire. Meanwhile, two trains were dispatched south. The second, which left after noon, carried General French and his staff. At Pieters they had to run ine ganlet of the enemy's Mausers, but they managed to get through safely to Maritzburg. At 3:30 o'clock the telegraph wire was cut, and we realized for the first time that we were in for a siege. The effect of the day's cannonade was insignificant, though one or two houses In the main street were shattered to fragments. Fortunately no one was at home.

THE WOUNDED IN WAR. Chance of Recovery Far Greater than in the Past. London Mail. If in recent years the conditions of the soldier's life on active service have vastly improved, there has been an even greater improvement in his treatment when he is wounded. In the early eighteenth century practically no attention was paid to the wounded. In 1741, for example, in the expedition against Carthagena there were hospital ships, but there were neither nurses nor attendants. The miserable sufferers were literally left to rot; nothing was heard but "groans and lamentations and the language of despair" in the charnel houses where the dead and dying lay packed as close as they could lie. Wellington, with his sterling common sense, saw that, taking the meanest view, it was bad economy to allow British soldiers to die miserably of neglect. He established In the Peninsula regimental hospitals, and though, without question, the sufferings of the wounded were still terrible and the care far from that which is shown in our day, the improvement was very marked. Men at least received some medical attention, and to be struck down was not to die wretchedly. In the Crimea a step backward was taken. Our whole organization collapsed. The awful hospital at Scutari, till Florence Nightingale appeared on the scene, was more deadly to our army than any Russian rain of bullets. To be sent there was almost equivalent to a sentence of death. There was no proper ambulance corps; no such thing as hospital ships; there were actually no trained nurses In the miserable establishments at Scutari and Constantinople. Betwee-n November, 1854, and February, 1S55. 8,898 British soldiers died in these terrible infernos, and it may safely be asserted that 95 per cent, of these lives would be saved by the medical system of our day, while perhaps GO per cent, could have been saved by a proper use of the knowledge possessed in 1S54. To-day how great is the change! Not only does the modern small bore inflict a far less serious would than the old musket or Minle ritie, but the advance in surgery is such and the care shown to the sufferers is so great that the chanees of recovery are all in favor of the wounded. In the old days men dieu from blood-poisoning, gangrene, erysipelas, shock, hemorrhage, or the severity of their wounds. The risk of blood-poisoning and gangrene has been almost entirely removed by the use of the precautions which modern shrgery compels. Shock and hemorrhage must kill as of old. but the shock caused by a bullet of the calibre of a lead pencil, drilling a clean hole, is vastly les3 than that inflicted by the huge bullet of the old musket, sixteen or twenty-four to the pound, and is less than half as severe as that caused by the Martini bullet. The Snider, again, made a wound which was from four to five times as bad as that of the modern small bore. Certainly men could not against any of the old rifles have been shot through the head and through the abdomen and yet be on the road to recovery, as are several men so wounded In the present struggle. A greater boon and saving of life than even the diminution in the size of the bullet is the use of antiseptic or aseptic surgery, with which operations can now be performed with absolute impunity which would have been fatal In the past. In the American civil war and Franco-German war as latehat is to say, as 1S70 wounds on the knee were almost invariably fatal. They are now treated with complete success in most cases. At that date operations on the abdomen cou.d not be undertaken, whereas now they are performed every day. Lord Lister may be said to have saved more lives by his great discovery of antiseptics than any man living. In the present war the treatment of the wounded will be Ideal. Skilled surgeons at the head of their profession have volunteered to give their aid in South Africa, while the army medical staff is excellently organized. Great hospitals and comfortable hospital ships are provided and equipped with every requisite and every dainty for brave suffering Thomas Atkins. The stream of presents that wi presently elescend upon him will prove to him that he is not. as in the past, sent far away to fight, overlooked and forgotten, but that warm hearts at home are ever thinking of him, and that prayers "to Him who made this world of strife, and gave His children pain for friend," are going up for his sake. Pensions for Veterans. Certificates have been issued to the following named Indianians: Original George W. Butler, Dugger, $5; Archibald O. Moulder, Seymour, $S; Richard Tyler. Lebanon. $S; James Williams. Shoals. J6; William IL Garretson, Iva. 6. Restoration and Increases John Vance, Hartford City. $G to $14. Increase John W. Harvey, Avoca, $17 to $24; Joseph A. Dunlap, Indianapolis, $J to $12; Isaac J. Miller, New Haven, $10 to $14; Andrew J. Simons, Winslow, $3 to $10; David Klinger, Switx City. $14 to $17; Thomas Fritch, Indianapolis, $5 to $S; WilUaa Garcjd, Pin 3 Villus. $13 to 1X2; Co-

lumbus T. Parker, Tond Creek Mills, $12 to C4; John George. Leopold. $21 to EO; Daniel Greenfield. Columbus. $12 to $17. FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

Relative Hardens and Iteneflts Under the Hoer Government. San Francisco Evening Post. Aside from the abstract contention as to the moral right of the British to interfere in the affairs of the Transvaal Republic, it Is Interesting to read the arguments of the outlanders based upon the economic conditions prevailing among the Boers. In a recent review of these conditions by the London correspondent of a New York commercial and financial newspaper It is denied that the war now existing between the Transvaal and Great Britain is simply the outcome of capitalist agitation. The supreme aim, it is claimed, of President Kruger and his followers has been to establish a petty oligarchy and hold in subjection the Intelligent representatives of European nations resident in the Transvaal) who supply the vast bulk of the state income, which has been chiefly expended on the Boer minority and partly misappropriated by corrupt officials. It Is shown that under a purely Boer regime land in the Transvaal was not worth more than a farthing or a penny an acre. The.advent of British subjects created a vigorous demand for land for mining, building and other purposes, and the price of land rose steadily to 50 cents an acre, then to $1.23, and In not a few cases to $2.50 and $5 an acre. The proportion of areas in the possession of the Boers is C3 per cent., and that in the hands of the British Is 35 per cent. But the records of the government Dues Office in Pretoria show that the aggregate value of the land held by the Boers stands at 33 per cent, of the whole, and the aggregate value of that held by the British forms 67 per cent, of the total value of the lands of the Transvaal. All the farms and private lands In the occupancy of the Boers were originally valued at $4.6GG,()0. while the unearned increment added by British purchases and holdings has brought up the value now to about $30,000,000. This is exclusive of all lands occupied for mining or town sites. In the matter of taxation it Is shown from the public balance sheet of 1806 that the revenue Irom blacks amounted to $750,000, cr 3.070 per cent.; from Boers, $1,813.520, or 7.447 per cent.: from the British. $21,862,975, or 83.4S3 per cent. The expenditure of this revenue, the total of which Is $24,432,493, is divided Into a general expenditure, benefiting Boer and British alike, and a special expenditure, non-British and wholly Boer. In the first column the figures are $3.91,365; in the second column, from which the outlander is absolutely excluded, the figures are $12,577,433, a total net expenditure of $18,403,720. In another form the Boers give and receive $12,577,453; a balance of profit amounting to $10,757,i35. The outlanders give $21,862,975. they receive $2.958.1S0, and the balance of loss to the outlanders is $1S,904,?J5. The conclusion arrived at by the outlanders, and especially by the British, is that they have been subjected to the grossest injustice and oppression at the hands of the Boers. They claim that the one persistent object of the Boers seems to have been to wring excessive taxes out of the foreigners who were in the majoritywhile denying them a voice in the legislation and in the expenditure of the public revenue to which they most largely contributed. From the outlandoV point of view there is certainly much to be desired in the administration of the fiscal affairs of the Transvaal Republic, but whether the war now on for the purpose of remedying these evils will accomplish its purpose is r.ot so clear. THE RESULT IN NEBRASKA. It Contains No Element of Satisfaction for Democrats. Populist Journal. The official count of the vote In Nebraska confirms what the Populist Journal has all along maitained that it was a victory for the Populists, but nothing to brag about by William J. Bryan and the Democrats. In fact, it is very plainly evident that had not Mr. Rich been the tail of a Populist kite Mr. Rich would have been poor Indeed. The vote is as follows: Silas A. Ilolcomb, Populist, for Supreme judge, received 109,320; M. B. Reese, Republican, 95,213, a majority for Holcomb of 15,107. J. L. Teeters, Populist, for regent of university, 101.104; Edmond G. McGlllon, Republican. 90,464: Charles G. Smith, Prohibition. 5,695. a plurality of 10.640 for Teeters. Edson Rich, Democrat, for regent of university, 96,297; William B. Ely. Republican. 94,411; Albert Fitch, Prohibition, 4,437; plurality for Rich, l.SSC. It will be seen that Mr. Teeters had a majority of 4,945, while Mr. Rich had a majority against him of 2.551. Now, how can any one claim that this is a victory for Mr. Bryan or the Democratic party? Any one at all acquainted with politics can clearly see that only the fear of losing their votes deterred the Populists from defeating Rich. It was not love for him nor his party that elected him. Mr. Holcomb is one of our ablest men, and, knowing his antipathy to Democratic doctrines as we do,' we are surprised that he accepted a fusion nomination at all. It doubtless was only for what he deemed best for Nebraska that he did it. Many mldle-of-the-road Populists, as true men to our principles as ever lived, are urging him for the nomination for President. It is doubtless true that only his accepting a place on the fusion ticket will defeat his nomination. He is opposed to the theory of the Chicago platform on the money question, and regards redemption of one kind of money in any other kind, whether with gold or gold and silver, as ridiculous nonsense. Mr. Holcomb believes in the Omaha declaration of principles. We are almost ready to say we are surprised at the Republican party papers that they concede a Democratic victory in Nebraska. They even go so far as to place Ely as opposed to Teeters and McGlllon as oposed to Rich, which is untrue and unfair to our party. It is still another witness to our contention that the Republicans prefer a Democratic victory to a Populist victory. We ask them that they give us a fair hearing before the country. Honesty demands it at their hands. We do not expect fairness from the Democratic party, but as between Populists and Democrats surely the Republicans ought to be fair enough to give us an even show. There Is one thing in the Nebraska election that, it seems to us, would strike terror to William J. Bryan If he were not so bigoted as to refuse to see it in Its proper light. It is this: With a real, simon-pure Populist ticket in the field next year, and on the ballot in Nebraska, where will the orator of the Platte find his vote? That such a ticket will be out and on the Nebraska ballot Is as sure as that the earth will stand at that time. Then where will Bryan be? Does Advertising V yt Collier's Weekly. "Once, when I was publishing a paper in St-attle, I convinced a man in the most emphatic way that it paid to advertise," said an old journalist. "He was a fairly prosperous merchant, and I had tried for a long time to get him to insert an advertisement in my paier. " 'Oh, it's no use!' he would say. 'I never read the advertisements in a paier, and no one else does. I believe In advertising, but In a way that will force Itself upon the public. Then it pays. But in a newspaperpshaw! EverylK)dy who reads a newspaper dodges the advertising pages as If they were poison. " -Well. said I. if I can convince you that people do read the advertising pages of my paper, will you advertise?' " 'Of course I will. I advertise wherever I think it will do any good.' "The next day I had the following line stuck In the most obscure corner of the paper, between a couple of patent-medicine advertisements: 'What is Cohen going to do about It? "The next day so many people annoyed him by asking what that line meant that he begged me to explain the matter in my next issue. I promised to do so If he would let me write the explanation and stand to it. He agreed, and I wrote: 'He is going to advertise, of course. And he did." SSSSBSBSBMBSSBSiaMSSSBMBBSSBSSSSSSBBBBBBBSBSBSBiaBBBB An Era of Doubt. Washington Star. "I guess I'll throw It away," said the fair girl despondently. "What are you goins to throw away?" "My autograph alburn. Affairs are getting eo that people don't txrllsve In any Elrr.-tv::3 ur.t!l y:u tzxo c" 3 in a vtzii 1:1 c! I . ll'JLr c V

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Louis fast ex. a c....ll.lo 4.C4 f?nnsulvania I Jnes. Trains sua by oaaarai Tu&s Ticket offices at station and at corner Illinois snd Washington Streets. hiladelDhiaand New York S.3 10.00 Baltimore and Washington S S3 1..00 olumbus, Ind. and Louisville S 0 ll.SO Richmond and Columbus, O T7.15 f3.15 Piqua and Columbus. O. .............. .T7.1S Columbus and Hirhmond..... tT.U Columbus, I nd.A Madison O-un. only) ISO Columbus, Ind. and Louisville ....8.80 Vernon and Madiaon..................TB.M Martinsville and Vincennea.. 8 00 Darton and Xenia 8T3 a .00 7.oa 9.1 0 15.40 t5 40 4 .SO 7.13 Pittsburg and Kat .2S 10.00 Ioganport and Chicago all.SS 3.30 Knightetown and Richmond fl,15 Philadelphia and New York 2.30 Baltimore and Washington 2.SO Dayton and Hpnngtield ' 30 hpritigfleld ; 2.30 Columbus. Ind. and Madison. ...... .t3.30 Columbus, Ind and Louisville. .....4.00 Martinsville and Vincennes f 4.20 Pittftburgand Kast !i.OO Philadelphia and New York. 7.10 Iayton and Xenia 7,10 Columbus. Ind. and Louisville t7.10 Logansport and Chicago 11.55 VAM)ALIA LINK. Terre Haute. Bt. Louis and West 7.1& Terre Haute and C Louts accom 7.23 'lerre Haute, fct. Lmiib and WeC. 12.30 Terre Haute and Effingham acc ....t4.00 Terre Haute and St. Louis fastmail.7.O0 Hu Louis and all Points West 1 1-20 12.20 12.20 12.20 6.60 tio.is ils fio.u 7.10 7.1 7.10 7.oo Ltt 7.05 4.40 2.20 .t 10.00 aao S.23 The Businessend Of Advertising It Is the hope of reward which at all times sweetens labor profitable results are the hope of every business da facto, the very life of every business. Advertising is the " business man's lever for largest resulte It must, there fore, be strong. Competition has made Advertising an imperative necessity to business. in placing your buplnefs for the coxa Ing year remember that The Journal Offers to the readers every day In the year a clean, compact and real news paper, with no crude Illustrations, no padding and no attempts at sensationalism. 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