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This la a pretty good showing, so good, indeed, that there seems to be no reason for Insisting that we should abandon the free wool policy. It will be observed that the large Increase of the sales of foreign wool have not lessened, but have increased

the demand for domestic wool.

On th# general subject of prosperity tha case is almost as strong against Senator Sherman. Dun’s agency, which Is extremely, and sometimes unaccount-

Tetophon# Calls i Edttsrial rooms *73! Business

SATURDAY. OCTOBER 12, USE

"THE SUBSTITUTE.”

Baginning October 28, and continuing for four consecutive Saturdays, The News will publish a stirring foot-ball story by Walter Camp, the famous foot-ball player and writer, brilliantly Illustrated by H. A. Ogden. It is written In Mr. Gamp's moat vigorous manner, and will thrill the heart of every boy who loves feot-baU. Dlofc Goddard, the hero, la a boy’s boy, every Inch of him, a manly, plucky chap, whoea modesty and grit win him tha favor of tha great athletes at a big university. How he played with the famous taami and made the decisive touchdown at the fall games Is splendidly told. H. A. Ogden, whose bandaoipe pictures add much to the value of this story,'to closely Identified with Mr. Camp, having Illustrated all of hta athletic articles and stories published In the Century liaER^

gin# and St. Nicholas

THE CUBAN JQ VEST JON.

The story that the United States Government had notified Spain that she “should act promptly in her efforts to

Boys should remember the date—Satur- ^ cruB jj th* insurrection In Cuba” was pre-

day, October 26.

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SENATOR SHERMANS VIEWS. Ths country Is always interested in what Senator Sherman has to say on public questions, for he is recognised as a man who possesses more of the elements of genuine statesmanship than almost any other man In public life. JU a ryle, too, ha la moderate In his opinions and In his way of expressing them, and quite capa-. ble of appreciating the honesty and sincerity of those who do not agree with him. For many years he represented the old-fashioned, conservative Republican theory of protection, which was, Indeed, the only theory held by any large number of men Until McKinley began to tell us that the higher and heavier the taxes, the moire prosperous the country wouldi | be. No man has said harsher things of this doctrine than Senator Sherman. Almost every, claim that has begn made for ft can be most effectively answered in ^lahguage WMch he has used on more then one occasion. For example, he has shown conclusively that the tariff was a tax, that It increased the price of the goods upon which It was Imposed, and that, as a general rule, It was paid by the consumer. He has eulogised freedom of exchangee In eloquent terms, and many times has he warned his associates In Congress against the tendency toward excessive and extravagant protection. Senator Sherman has thus given many exhibitions of Independence, and. therefore, his opinions on any subject are en-

titled to great respect. ,#

They are entitled "to respect In spite of

tHe fact that of late years he seems to

lost somewhat of his courage and enee. "He has come more and to take the straight party view, and the proseat time he to following pretty

closely In the wake of McKinley, a man who is immeasurably his Inferior In every way. We do not believe that the Republican party will * consent to Identify Itself with McKinleylsm, for there ave (many Republicans who, while protectionists. insist that the extreme doctrine la not necessarily a part of the party creed. But Senator Gherman seems to have developed into a pretty stanch McKinleylte. Hto speech before the recent Republican •oaventloa In Ohio proved this, and his interview of yesterday at least point! in the same direction. He admitted that '•times are better than they were.'* and that "business eondlUgns have improved over what they have been’ 4 ; but he did am think that there had been any “substantial revival” or that there could be a “premiss of return of general prosperity under the present circumstances.” He

evidently meant to imply, and the Interviewer so understood him. that the present tariff was the obstacle In the way of the return of prosperity. He said that it depended on the President whether the so entry get any relief from the next Congress in the way of an increase of tariff revenues. But he declared that “whatever Is done must he done on proeeoUve lines" and that It there were any tafttt legislation it would have to include

h duty on wool.

And yet It has not been many years since Senator Sherman wae of the opinion that Ihe effect et a wool tariff was to lower lh« price of wooL it is significant to note Jn this esonectlon that under the present free wool tariff the sales of wool both foreign and domestic, in the Boston market during the past week have been very large. The Boston Commercial Bulletin •aye that "domestic wools are more MMMbd after and are In better condition.”

obtained. The

are LIKWO pounds dopounds foreign, es ‘ domestic and 6,417.-

week. and 2.690

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favorable conditions — or rather conditions which are "not entirely favorable" — nevertheless reports that there is "an immense volume of businees, not much exceeded In the largest month of an exceptional year — 1892 — and with evidence that In several Important branches the volume has surpassed that of any previous year.” So much for the present and the immediate past. In regard to the future this authority is somewhat dubious. “Thera is,” It says, "a growing uncertainty about the near future of industries.” It notes a tendency toward a decline in prices, and the probability of a decreased demand, especially for woolens and Iron products. But we are assured that ’’money markets are neither strained nor threatening, foreign exchanges no longer raise apprehension, all fears about the northern crops are passed.” Moreover, the production of pig Iron has been the largest In the history of the country. On the whole, there seems to be no necessity for any radical change in the prerent tariff In the direction of increased protection. The country is doing very well. The only new legislation needed is legislation which will bring in more revenue. In enacting it, ordinary business prudence requires that care should be taken to disturb Industries as little as possible. This can be done without getting into a flglrt over the wool tariff. There Is not the slightest necessity for raising any controversy over ths question of protection or free trade. It is too early yet to condemn the free-wool experiment. The result, even if it has not been all that tariff reformers hoped, has yet been, on the whole, fairly successful. At least It has not proved a failure. If the leading men In Congress on both sides will treat this question of revenue as a bi sfhess, rather than a political question, It can tw Cfettled very easily. The country has a right to expect Senator Sherman to take the lead In such a move-

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posterous on IJs face. It reads vary strange to-day in the light of AttorneyQeneml Harmon’s letter discussing the question of the obligations of ths psople of this country to support their government In Its efforts to maintain neutrality between Spain and the Insurgents. That letter Is an eminently sound document Whatever one may think of the merits of the case, there can be no doubt that so long as we are at peace with Spain, no citlsen of the United Stated has any business to take sides in the fight, further than to express! his opinion. All this has nothing to do with the question of recognising the belligerent rights of the Insurgents. Whenever they have demonstrated their right to such recognition. It can be given without in any way antagonising Spain. When that time comes, and there are many people who think it has come already, it will he the duty of this Government to give recognition. But until that Is done It will be well for the Cuban sympathisers to go a little slow. And even after belligerent rights are accorded to the insurgents. It will be the duty of neutrals to t»at the parties to the struggle with absolute impartiality — unless indeed we desire to make the Cuban cause our own, and go to war With Spain. The pass is very simple. It Is stated by ths Attorney-General in terms so clear that there can be no excuse for misunderstanding. is ^

NEW YORK AND TAMMANY. Things are so fused and confused in New York that many conscientious voters are gping to have a hard time to know what to do. It seems to t>3 admitted on ail hands that the fusion ticket is ty sort of craay-qullt construction, In which the effort has been to recognize every element antagonistic to Tammany. While there are good men on the ticket, there are others who are machine politicians of the familiar New York stripe. But this year the safest course for men who want to do the best thing possible for the city, doubtless, is -not to examine into the merits of .the particular men too curiously, but to fix attention on the central fact that the ticket is in opposition to Tammany, and on that simple ground to vote for it That is substantially Dr. parkhurst’s attitude. He feels that the most pressing duty this year is to emphasise the defeat administered to Tammany a year ago. With that great object In view it is not wiss to scrutinize too minutely the instruments at hand for

its accomplishment.

In this connection It should be noted that the decision of the Good Government olube to keep their ticket in the field greatly complicates ths situation. The Evening Post deprecates this decision. It thinks that the dubs have gone outside their proper field of effort in making nominatloMt It says in this connection: In the first place, the conversion of ths Good Government clubs into a working political party is a distinct departure from their original program. When they were set up, they were intended to be, or at an events by most people expected to be, an Influence for good government In their respective districts, a means of political instruction and enlightenment regarding the various municipal problems, and critics of candidates and measures. The notion that they were to nominate candidates and run tickets themselves, entered nobody's head, or at all events the heads of ver? few. In the character of educators and critics they,were and are most useful. In turning themselves into a party, with a ticket and candidates, and trying their strength at the polls, and inviting people to take Ijeart by counting them, they are giving way to a very common but often fooli^kand rrlsefclevous American impulse - taPkEpulse which creates all the "organisations,” from which the city has suffered so much. It Is very difficult to get even a doaen Americans together tin a room for any work of reform, w*th1 out having to face a proposal to become a party, and select candidates, and make

•'claims.”

The Post also does well to remind the clubs that they do not exist for the sake m giving their members "a ahanae to fire#

their souls about sin and sinners.” If a | square and milo after mils of streets man have that notion, the Post continues: j whose neatness and beauty rank them

Politics is not the place for him. He has no right to get the praetor to fling him to the beasts, or pinch him with Lot irons, at the expense or to the detriment of his friends and neighbors. A great, wicked city can not be reformed on the primitive Christian plan. We have trouble enough without supporting a lot of young martyrs. Politics, under a popular government, is in the last Analysis the art of persuasion. It consists mainly in per-

with the best in towns of greater wealth

and population than ours.

At no time in its history has this goodly city seen an era of prosperity and progress to equal that which it now sees. At no time has its future seemed so bright, so promising. At no time has it held out to all sorts and conditions of people With a serious purpose in life so many Induce-

suading your fellowmen to act with you in I ments as a phace to live and a place to do

certain matters of common concern. But

it contemplates your failure as one of the normal possibilities of public affairs. It contemplates Incessant difference of opinion, and assumes that when you can not get what yon -want, you will accept what you can get, and keep striving. • • * The sound rule of political action under a popular government is always to preach and work for the best thing, but do nothing to impede or prevent the second best That Is good sense and good politics. There is no use in thinking that New York may be converted into a suburb of paradise at one effort; the gospel of political righteousness is to be preached in seasoq and out of season, but in meeting crises as they occur, in winning vantage ground under present conditions, the children of light must not completely Ignore the dictates of worldly wisdom. In insisting on the immediate acceptation of the counsel of perfection there is practical certainty of losing the possible good which Is at hand. More than for any other one thing reformers should pray for the saving grace of common sense. Just now in New York the thing to do Is to kill Tammany and to kill it dead. Dr. Parkhurst sees this, and works to that one end. The Good Government clubs, by their course, make that simple end less easy to attain. “NO MEAN CITY.” The running review of building operations in this town, which we gave yesterday, is something to be dwelt upon with pride and’ satisfaction. It showed unmistakably a progress In solid prosperity which Indianapolis has at no other time In Its history equaled. At no other time has there been any one building erected here to surpass one of a half-dozen which, are now building, or Just completed. The Indianapolis Gas Company building, the Scottish Rite building, the Lemcke building. the Indiana Trust Company building (which has yet hardly its finishing touches), and the Arcade are structures that would rank In the first class In any large city.- The Arcade Is, indeed, a unique and beautiful structure. Besides these buildings two, and perhaps three, others of the same character are In prospect for the next building season. Meanwhile, in private residences almost the same characterization holds good. There have Indeed been built in Indianapolis eingle houses more expensive and ornate than any that have been built during the season which is just now closing, but in qo other season have there been built so many houses of a high class. The general standard of dwellings here is advancing. Architects note it. There were more houses fcostlng from $12,000 to $20,000 built this season than ever before In the town’s history. There were more costing from $5,000 to ^10,000. While there has been no lack of small cottages, there has been a large increase of houses costing from $2,000 upward; houses that have all modern conveniences. Just as in the business center the new structures are setting a standard of comfort, conyenlence and ‘luxury, which the old-time buildings will not supply, so In residences thfre Is a standard demanded that five years ago was not demanded. The result is that all over Indianapolis beautiful structures are going up. In the newer parts of the town there are many quarters that will compare favorably with the best In towns that are larger and wealthier than Indianapolis, while, as we have noted, the new business buildings would be notice-

able in any city.

It is a record to be repeated In detail with pride and satisfaction. There are three obvious deductions from it. One is that Indianapolis is a well-to-do community. This is a fact, which The News has insisted upon repeatedly. No better proof of it could be offered than the story which we have Just told. The business depression, which began more than two years ago, touched Indianapolis and Indiana very lightly, comparatively speaking. It was felt of course, but using terms comparatively, it interfered little with the thrifty habits of our people, and little diminished the store which they had laid away. The expansion in building’is a sign that this business depression has passed, and that we are feeling a steady and healthy revival; and this Is in accord with the general condition of the country. So we have the gratifying proof with us of the^ thrift and prosperity of our community and of the sure if slow return of good times. Another thing to be noted is that Indianapolis has not been harmed by the enforcement of law. We allude to this possibly somewhat Irrelevant deduction, because it has been gravely asserted in recent days that the course of our dty administration in compelling the liquor interests to obey the law, which they (the liquor interests) were chiefly Instrumental in framing, has been detrimental to the prosperity of the town; that It Is driving trade and travel away from the town. We did not believe it when these assertions were made. We do not believe it now. We do not know of any record that will prove It. All the record that wo have is of the town’s steady prosperity. It Is a good place to live in. It to a good place to do business in. It is a community that is self-respecting and law-abid-ing, and Its efforts to compel the lawbreaking element* to have respect for the law« have not been harmful, but helpfuL It is to be noted finally that the condition of prosperity as Indicated *ttll shows In an unusual activity of building for this time of yoex. There have Been few autumns in which building permits have been more numerous; tn which more new buildings were under way; more old buildings refurbished. This latter quality has indeed been a rotab.'e feature in the improvement of the past year. As we h&ve had more fine private residence and business buildings this season than, in any year in our history, so there has been more renovation of old buildings, tearing away of old fences that hide the lawn from the streets and disfigure both, more general renewal of surroundings; in short, a great advance in the whole standard of living. As we are getting better streets and better sidewalks, so the residences and stores which front on these streets have been renewed in a way to make over the whole general appearance. There la sow Ie Igtlanapolto square after

business in as it now holds out. At no time has it spoken so muon encouragement to

all as it speaks now.

Senator Sherman believes that we ought to have more protection. If you do not believe him ask McKinley. He will tell you so himself.

The election Tuesday, repeats with emphasis the lesson taught by the similar election two years ago. That lesson is that an increasing number of people vote in municipal elections solely on. local grounds. Men are more and more coming to understand that there is no sort of relation between our municipal politics and national issues. The great questions now agitating the national parties are those relating to the currency and finance, to tariff and revenue, and to our attitude towai^l foreign relations. Any man of sense, if he stop and) think, knows that no one of these questions can. have any significance in our municipal affairs. It is Just as absurd to ask a voter to cast his ballot for a certain candidate for mayor because he believes in tariff reform or protection as It would be to urge him to employ a carpenter because he was a good Methodist. There are men, and plenty of them, who will vote for candidates for city offices just because they are of this or that national party, but the point is that there is an increasing number who will not do this. These vote for the man who they think will make tne best mayor, or whom they like best. Tuesday's election made thia fact absolutely clear. Doubtless Democratic politicians will assume that the city Is now Democratic. But that conclusion does not follow at alL Next year when men are called upon t<j vote on national issues. Republicans who this year voted for Mr. Taggart for mayor, or who staid away from the polls will be found In all probability voting the straight ticket. The most that oaa be said is that the city is fighting ground for both parties. The members of the old Board of Safety were all printers. Of the new board, one is a merchant, one a contracting builder and one a contracting painter.

On the Other Side.

There are some people that believe in law and disorder. '

Gorman continues to tell the Maryland people what a pure, true and wise patriot he Is. He is really the "monarch” of patriots, if you take Me word for It; In the report of a speech delivered by him at Snow Hill, the other day, the first pen sonal pronoun occurs twenty-five times in a half column. One of the funniest things he does is to dwell upon the arduous labors he underwent In getting a majority in the Senate for the tariff bill. It will be remembered that the principal reason why it was difficult to get a majority was Gorman’s own recalcitrancy.

Gorman to making a wry face, btft he is not going to coil for help as long as there Is a straw to catch at.

Comptroller Johnson has the right idea when he proposes to audit the bills for election day services in accordance with Judge Brown’s interpretation of the law. Whatever an officer’s personal views may be as to the wisdom or unwisdom of a particular law, his duty to to execute the law as It to.

Superintendent Colbert talks well. Now let us see how he acta

Lord Sackville publishes to the world that he was offered $2,000 a week to gcJ. Into a museum. The price might now be increased and' be called a bargain.

There is at least one encouraging feature about the city election, and that is the smallness of the Prohibition andPopulist votes. IA municipal election is not for the purpose of expressing oner’s adherence to any particular fad or counsel of perfection. It is for the very practical purpose of choosing men to conduct the city’s business for the next two years.

The new administration will not be in real working order until it gets a Board of Works.

Perhaps Rockefeller and Yerkes want the rising generation taught that the end justifies the means. They do not propose to put money into a university and get no returns. That is contrary to their business principles and practice. The longer Mr. Taggart delays hts remaining appointments, the more disappointments and the bitterer he will make. That was Mr. Denny's experience two years ago. We think the small allowance appropriated by the Legislature for the purchase of books for the State library .should not be drawn upon for the acquisition of “commercial” volumes like the socalled "Encyclopedia of Biography of Indiana.” Eighty dollars for a publication of that sort, when there are many real books that are needed by the library is worse than waste of public money. The only way left to pull off the prizefight, it seems, to to get the principal* involved in a politiical discussion. Then they will not care who trie* to prevent it. Tom Platt has so arranged It that the reformers will strengthen hi* cause if they win. If they lose the cause of bossism will be triumphant. There is nothing amiss with the working machinery of Tom Platt’s political intellectuality. The 6t. Louis Globe-Democrat draws a lesson from the Indianapolis election, and warns the party against over-confidence. Such a warning is superfluous in this locality. _________________

St. Paul’s Church Steps. To the Editor of The Indian*poll* News: I notice in your issue of yesterday where Mr. Pendergast, the building inspector, says he is glad to see The News speak of those projecting steps from the addition to St. Paul’s church. At this I was very much surprised. Mr. Pendergast notified me of the projecting steps. I told him only four or five days ago that we were going to take down the steps and move them in. Hence I am again surprised to see *hat he says there to no remedy other than by legal process. W. H. COOPER, Chairman of SL Paul’s Church Building Committee. The Largest Store in the World. San Francisco declares that it will soon have the largest store in the world. A big department store, to be called the Emporium. to now being built there which will cover six thousand feet more space than the noted Bon Marche, in Paris. It to to contain, besides the multitud.nous departments found in ihe big stores of most big cities, a cycling school, a barber ahop, a bank, and a candy factory.

We go our ways in life too much alone,

-Ives too far from all our kind;

W* hold our

Too often we are dead to sigh and moan. Too often to the weak and helpless blind; Too often where distress and want abld* We turn and pass upon the other aide. The other side Is trodden smooth and worn By footstep# passing idly all the day;

Where lie th* bruised ones that faint and

mourn

Is seldom more than an untrodden way. Our selfish hearts are for our feet th# gulds— They lead us by upon the other side. It should be ours the oil and wine to pour Into the bleeding wounds of stricken on*; To take the smitten and the sick and aofb And bear them where a stream of blessing

runs.

Instead we look about—the wnv Is wide— And so we pass upon the other side. O friends and brothers, gilding down the

years.

Humanity is calling each and all In tender accents, bom of grief and tears! I pray you, listen to the thrilling call! You can not. In your cold and selfish prlds. Pass guiltlessly upon the other side. -Buffalo Nswa This World.

THE SLFFRAOE M SOUTH CAROLINA

Prof. R. Ogden Doremus, Bellevue Medical College, New York City, “Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder to pure and compounded correctly.”

This world Is all a fleeting show For man’s Illusion given; The smiles of Joy. the tears of wo*, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow— There’# nothing true but heaven I And false the light on glory's plume, A* fading hues of ev**n; And love, and hope, and beauty’s bloom. Are blossoms gathered for the tomb— Thereto nothing bright but heaven I Poor wanderers of a - * stormy day. From wave to wave we’re driven. And fancy’s flash and reason’s sway. Serve but to light the troubled way— There’s nothing calm but heaven! —Thomas Moore. ** SCRAPS. ”

Two George Washingtons recently had

a fight in Higginsville, Mo.

There la talk of lighting Winnipeg by

the falls at Keewatltn, 129

power from

mile

es away.

A hundred years ago all naturalists taught that the pelican fed its young with

Its own blood.

In Dalmatia it is an exceedingly auspicious omen for a cat to sneeze when a

bride enter* her new home.

Gen. Cassius M. Clay has tired of having governesses in his house for his young

wife, and has sent her to schooL

Wild turkeys are reported to be plentiful near Americus, Ga, One drove near the town had forty, to it a few Says ago. There are now twenty-five women in Chicago who are practicing lawyer*, and fifteen more will soon be admitted to the

bar.

FTofessor Lancianl call* the hand of the street sweeper “the assassin's fist.” The assassin aforesaid, he says, fills the air full of disease-bearing dust. Attorney (to witness)—Mr. Chalkey, if I mistake not, you said a few minutes age that you sold milk for a HvingT Witness (guardedly)—No, sir; I said I wae a milkman.—Texas Siftings. Parishioner—Do you think there is any valid objection to fishing on Sunday?. Pastor—I do. A man whoi goes fishing on Sunday often finds it very difficult to tell the truth on Monday.—Truth. "Well, we have a feminine attorney among us now.” said one lawyer to another. "Yes.” was the reply. "What relation to she to* us—a sister-in-law?”—Pitts-burg Chronicle-Telegraph. The Russian thistle grows unchecked in many Nebraska counties, and th# overseers, who are charged with extirpating them, are, in sparsely settled ooundia, resigning from a hopeless task. Argentine, Kas., had public rejoicings the other day over the city’* securing a supply of clear, cold, “real" water, from a big well. The city has been using the aemi-liquid of the Kaw river. Philadelphia has made a new departure in the matter of night schools, and hereafter one of the schools will be devoted to a course of lectures on the history and working of our political system. The FVench Minister of War Las sent a circular to military commandlers of districts and to prefects to have a sharp lookout kept on strange pigeons, and to send all that may be taken to the military pigeon depots. The birds are to be kept until It be ascertained whether or not the stamps on their wings were made with the Intention of hiding the localities to which they belong. A class of students, holding a grudge

Chsiisston News sad Courier.

The report of the committee on suffrage, which was made public yesterday, contains nothing new, its general character having become known before Its publication. It Is not subject to eerious objection save in the one provision which identifies It with the famous "Mississippi plan.*’ and which 1s the “hinge" of the whole scheme which it embodies. • • • The important feature of the plan embodied. in the report, of course, to the proIrision that all male persons of voting age who can read a clause In this constitution "or understand and explain It when read to them by the registration officer shall be entitled to register,” and that “until January ^ 1898, the registration shall he conducted by a board of three, to be appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate." 'We have freely expressed our opinion of this feature of the plan, and need not repeaf what we have already said. In our judgment It can not be adopted without lasting discredit to the State and grave Injury to the people of the State in a moral sense. It Is too generally and too well understood to require explanation or examination at this late day. The frank explanations of its framers and promoters make that unnecessary, and should also make the adoption of the feature impossible. If "no white man is to be disfranchised under the plan no colored man should be disfranchised under it. If the purpose is to dLsfranchtoe both white and colored man a better plan can be and should be devised and adopted instead. The provision of Section 5. that "any person denied registration shall have the right to appeal to any and all court* of the State to determine the question under the limitation* proposed in this article,” does not relieve the particular limitation in question of its essentially objecrtonable character. Those who alone would be affected by th# limitation are not to position or condition to “appeal” to any court. As a class they would be offered the form of relief without the fact of it, and the__convention deals with classes, not individuals. If the convention is bound by the “pledges” of the last campaign, it should not disfranchise any illiterates. It it to not so bound, It should not put it into the power of registration officers to disfranchise some and not others, at their discretion. It can not unload its responsibility on the “courts” or any set of men. It will be held to account for its own action, and should bs careful of its own honor and the honor of the State In whatever it does. It would be far better to leave conditions as they are, bad as they are, than to try to correct them by indefensible or doubtful means. We hope that the convention will not adopt the feature in question, and we

do not believe that it will.

The "straight" educational and property qualifications, of general and fair application, are provided to go into effect cn January 1, 1898. Make the date January L 189?, if no other honest plan can be devised. Intelligent white men who want to vote should bs able to learn to read in a year*! time, and those who can not, r,r win not, should be disfranchised for .he good of the State, and could be allowed to So disfranchise themselves without breaking anybody’s "pledge.” The plan

we suggested yesterday, of <

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— professor saw the goose, and cadmly walking up to the desk, addressed the class as follows: “Gentlemen, as you have succeeded in getting an instructor so much better qualified to direct the bent of your ideas, I ibeg you wil pardon me for re stealing the chair.’’—Harper’s Round

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When a soldier is confined ih the guardroom for an offense, a written copy of the crime is invariably handed to the commander of the guard. The other day a non-commissioned officer and a parti of men were told off for a certain fatigue.

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_ . Jj pell to subordination, or I’d; shove you in the wsw iessr*. f”* - Liliuokalani, the deposed Queen of Hawaii, had a good many curious characteristics, one of the most pronounced of which was a perfect passion for the collection of rope knots made by sailors of different nationalities who visited her domain. The result to what is said to be the largest and finest collection of the kind in the world. Every conceivable device into which a piece of rope could be twisted and turned by the dexterous fingers of sailor men from all oyer the world is represented in her cabinet, and «f the opportunity is ever offered to them there is little doubt that the big museums of the world will become active bidders for the unique collection. The Rev. Harry Jones tells a story drawn from Portland prison. On going Into the library, Mr. Jones asked what were the favorite books of the prisoners, and was told, to his surp’rise, that Buchanan’s “Domestic Medicine” was more frequently asked for than any other. As there was a surgeon always ready to attend to the aihnents of the convicts, the reason for this searching after medical knowledge was difficult to find; but he afterward learned that the description of the symptoms of' illness was carefully studied by the Inmates of the prison as a scientific guide in the shamming of sickness. A successful malingerer was relieved of his tasks, and obtained the coveted idle time on sick leave.—British

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The children of the tenements, happily for them, pursue their sports with no sense of their deprivation of fresh air and green fields. From the Third avenue elevated road may be seen, on warm afternoons, a tiny gi ’ 'M | "

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above merriest groups to be found in lower New York is composed of the little maids who gather nightly about an electric light pole to William street, where they take turns

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One of those touching traits of character which, though we may not possess ourselves, we like to see In others, was developed yesterday by a little incident which occurred in the neighborhood of Seventh and Cherry streets. The attention of several passers-by was attracted by the peculiar action of a well-dressed gentleman, who wore a silk hat and kid gloves, and who paused by a slop-bucket in front of a. near-by restaurant In the bucket was a whole loaf of bread, thrown out for some reason, which the well-dressed man picked up and started to carry away, much to the astonishment of the spectators. They wondered at the degree of hunger which could prompt him to partake of such a meal. The meal, however, was destined for the sparrows, and the kind-hearted discoverer of the prize, after breaking it into small pieces, scattered th* crumbs in the street for the benefit of his feathered friends.—Philadriphto. Record. Brass and iron bedsteads. Wm. L. Elder.

Tho Fldelitr Building and Sarlngo Union. To Whom It May Concern: We, the directors of the Fidelity Building and Savings Unlcn, having had ottr attention called to certain derogatory statements made by one Di J. Barnes, of Cldcagp, with reference to the condition and legal workings of the Fidelity Building and Savings Union, of Indianapolis, Ind., desire to say that we have made a careful examination into the charges made, and desifie to assure the stockholders that there Is no foundation whatever for such statements. D. J. Barnes is not a member of the Fidelity Building /and Savings Union, and has not been for over three years. He at one time took out some stock in the association and secured a loan; he afterward transferr it by sale to another party, so that : has no interest whatever-in the association. We desire to say further that the association has loaned over $1,600,000, and necessarily will have, and is having, some foreclosures; but we can assure the stockholders that we have implicit faith in the character of the loans, and that no ' one will lose a cent on account of property of this cHaracter. As to the charge that officers of the association have withdrawn money for outside purposes, and hypothecated any of the securities for any purpose whatsoever, it Is absolutely false and without any foundation whatever, as no money has been borrowed, or securities used In any Kay, except in accordance with the by-laws of the association. Some of the officers have borrowed limited amounts to improve property, the same as other shareholders, giving approved freehold security to twice the value of such loans. We can further say that no such officer* are delinquent In their monthly Installments or . interest and premiums. The financial standing can not be impaired by withdrawals, which are net now larger than At any time within the past three years** The financial standing of the association is beyond question; it stands now, as it has always stood, ready to meet all of its' obligations, as well as to make large quantities of loans to applicants who can furnish acceptable security. Respectfully, j: b. patten, o. z. hubbell, A. M. SWEENEY, J. R. HENRY, E. J. ROBISON. J. H. SLATER, G. W. COMBS, I. P. LEYDEN, C. M. YOUNG.

THESHAKERS DO THEIR DUTY “If a man discovers s valnabl* medicine,” said. Horace Greeley, "it is his duty to adverlis* It." Yes, and at once; for * offering demand* the (ueedleat relief possible. But let the man first be sure. Suffering had better wait than, be deluded by fals* bopea Medicine, like surgery, must often seem' cruel In order to be really kind. On this principle the Shakers, of Mt. Lebanon. N. Y., withheld their great Indigestion and dyspepsia remedy from th* public for several years. With them right-doing 1* •verythlng—money, comparatively, nothing. Henc* the popularity and success of whatever they offer for aale. Having satisfied thetaselves of th* merit of their medicine by employing it in th* worst case* of digestive disorders in their own vicinity for years, they did their duty—they advertised It, under the name of the Shaker Digestive Cordial. In all cases where there is distress after eating, pain in the stomach chest and back; aversion to food with the resulting symptoms, such as headache, furred tongue, eructation of gas, with weakness and loss of flesh, etc., the Cordial ha* a momt happy effect. Being Itself a digested food with power to digest otter foods, it relieves the weak and possibly Inflamed stomach of the labor it Is In no condition to perform, gives new strength to the body and presently restores to the digestive organs their normal vigor. . Taken Immediately after eating this remedy insures the digestion of the meal and prevents the fermentation of the food, which la'the sew res of most of the afflictive symptoms which accompany dyspepsia. It ta also as agreeable to the taste as it Is potest .as s medicine. To show their own confidence In It, and to hasten Its universal adoption, the Shakers authorise druggist* to sell trial bottles at the nominal pries of ten cents.

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