Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1901 — Page 4

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MAURICE THOMPSON. IB tfca death of Maartea Thompaon th« •tat* lores on* of her moat dlatinjrjUhed Bfiinrn He died at tbs very hi*ht at hia Jama, whec people In unnumbered thanaaada were raadtnff and applaudin# bis •AEm of OM Vlaoemi**." . In any rail *f tbs men who bare reflected Nooar on Indiana, that of Mr. rhamrann moat have a blyh place. Ha I* all oar own, toe, batnc a nattvo of tbs State. With the main inaldant* of Ms career our raaflen are mi liar He was a Confederate soldier, w.»«d foagbt bravely for a oanee In which dM sincerely believed. After the war be returned to Indiana as a civil engineer. Later as lawyer, member of tbe Legislature, delegate te tbe St. Louie convention of MW that renominated Mr. Cleveland, aad State Geologist, be won a prominence with some people that hie Nooks could never have given him. let now the only thing that people think of is bis literary career. And that Is tbe ■min part of him. Mr. Thom neon has written much and welL In our opinion, his poetry is, as S rule, better than hie prose. Yet In the weakly "grind” — for he was regularly «s the staff of the New York Independent — he turned out much eaoelkmt work. He wfU. too, it seems to us, rank higher as an essayist than as a writer of stoma. His taste was flne and his literary instinct true. He had the true poetic feeling and the artlstto temperament. Mr. Meredith Nicholson. in his recent volume, "The Hooslers,** ears of Ids ctylo: ”Servlie descriptions he doea not give, but against backgrounds traced with great dsllsacy and beauty he throws suddenly aad for a moment only some fleeting spirit of the woodland. There Is In his lahffaage the continual slight novelty' which Is Indispensable In poetry that Is to haunt and taunt tbe memory.'* Mr. Thompson was a alassloist of tbe sevtu* type. He had high Ideals and he tried to live up to them, end was impatient with those who he thought were cheapening the literary art. though a classicist, he was, as against the realists, a tomantloist and in hie younger days h« was a formidable foe to tha realistic method, it is not necessary here to enumerate the many books written by Mr, Thompson. Th*y cover a wide range. Poetry, flotion, critical eeeaye, poUtlcai articles, Seseys on nature — and these are •Krays not only good, but full of Infinite charm — we have all these from the pen at Mr. Thompson. What could be move delightful than hie "Witchery of Arch--ary" and hie many later essays descriptive of the Joy of forest ranging and • open air life! He was an honest, oon•oteotlouB workman, a thorough scholar, • trained man, a lover of his profession AAd a true poet. On* thing more le to be said that is greatly to our dead mend's credit. He was a lover of his country, and bta whole eeuntry. There was never any doubt abtut hia eontplete reconstruction, ife laved the United Bta tee, its flag, and Ha fauna And as w* have just been celebrating Lincoln's birthday, we can not 4e better than ctoee with an extract Thompeon s beautiful poem, "Uni‘s Grave”: OM soldiers true ah. them att men can trust, Wha feught, with wusetsnee clear, on euhet sMes Whs bearded Death and thought their cause was Just; Ihstr stain lew honor oan not be denied; Ail patriots they beyond the farthest doubt; King tt and elu* it up and down the land, Aad let no voice dare answer It with sneers. Or skat Its mtaniikg out; Ktag It and sing H. we go hand In hand. ' OM Infantry, old cavalry, old cannoneer*. And K Vtrgtnla'o valaa shall rtng again To battle-yell of Moahy or Mahon* If WUdar'o wild brigade or Morgan's men Omo more wheel into tine, or all alone A Bheridan shall rtda a Cleburne fell.~ Tboro will sot bo two flag*•above them flying, Net both la oaa welded la that pure flame Upflartag in us all. When kindred unto kindred, loudly crying, NMly aad sheer In freedom's holy name! tirSAVAGJNCEr TFe hope that those members of the Indiana Senate wh* yesterday voted to Mddla the State With a normal eehool that It does not need, are reading the Washington dispatches thoeo days. There la hardly one of them that does hot make It Mohr that the really reapon•Ihle Republican leaders are greatly •lamed ever the wlokudly extravagant appropriation a that this Ooagraae seems determined te maka The application of tha lesson to our own case to sharp and direct. Our Legislature Is traveling the •ante read that Oongreaa la traveling. The Senate has passed a bill to pay tlto.WO to the Vlncennee UnlvervHy, though tt to admitted that the claim has »o legal baste And yesterday, by a vote •f b to IT, the Senate passed the bill pro riding for the Establish meat of e Manual school at Muscle, in spite ef the fact that the beet authorities agree that tkere Is no heed for tt at alL Senator * > a r k» aald In hie speech opposing the hUl that tt weutd seat over thh.ftd te •Itllp the Institution. It will coot annual Uy eoaae MkOOD te run It, and dm State doe# not need another normal eoMoeL Xa other words, the passage ef tbi* bill %r the Senate ia a piece et extravagance fsr which there to netther JuatiAaaMoo MOT excuse. It is only fair te aay that Ototeen Democratic Senators voted for tha btlL Though this doe* not excuse the Republicans, who ooatrol the Senate and •e could have defeated the measure. H doea show that the spirit of extrava•aaoe seems te be the oontremag feetor. not to Republican or Demooratle peltttea, but te the business of lawmaking. Men are lesa aad lees disposed to look at tha public business aa they look at their rw*L And members ef Congress and of State Legislatures, no matter to what tatty they belong,. act a* though .they

felt that the more they can get out of the public for tbe benefit of their own constituents the better. The warning of Senator Hale delivered yesterday to the United States Senate ought to cause some searchings of heart. Tbe Maine Senator said: There is nothing no thankless as to object when schemes and Interests are organized to toot the treasury The tretnendous expenditures constantly before our eyes are so demoralising to our minds that we are incapable of understanding and appreciating them. When the people once realize the situation, those Who ore responsible for these exp*idttnres will cadi upon the rocks and mountains to hide them from the wrath of the peopto When we get to the end of this Congress and figure up the appropriations they will be found to be larger — yea, very much larger, than they have ever been before by an American

Senator Chandler declared that *he Reps bUcan party would be overwhelmed for Its extravagance. Indeed, the situation to full of periL It need not be Imagined that the people do not know what la going on. They are watching things very closely, and they will have some score* to settl# when they are again appealed to te pass Judgment on the work of their servants to both State and nation.

AN ANGLO-GERMAN ENTENTE. It la now said that there Is a thorough understanding between Great Britain and Germany covering both the Chinese situation and the Transvaal wax. The story la that the two powers have determined te act together In China against any power or combination of powers that favor* the partition of the Chinese empire. If that la the ease, and If the British and German governments, honestly ns* their Influence to save the Integrity of China, that end will undoubtedly te accomplished. And though our Government will hardly make any formal combination with any of the European power*, It Will certainly do all that It can to save the Chinese empire from disruption. Thus, for tills one purpose at least, •ur support of the supposed Anglo-Ger-man combination can te counted on. It is aaid further that the agreement between Great Britain and Germany commits that power to the policy of nonintervention in the Bouth African war, and that Great Britain will, as far as Gcimapy la concerned, have np absolutely free band. This does not seem to te a matter of much importance, for the only chance there ever was for Intervention was that two or more powers might combine to stop the war. Probably this r *u!d not have teen accomplished except by a concert of all the powers — and that Is practically impossible to bring about. Unpopular as England is on the continent, there are so many Jealousies among the power* that It is an extremely difficult matter for them to combine even against the most hated one of them. Bo Great Britain wee never In any real danger— except from the Boer* themselves. Yet the morel influence of Germany, frankly exercised In behalf of Great Britain, would not be without tt* effect It would at least make the English peoplf feel more comfortable, and at the same time have a disheartening effect on the Boer*. In this c onnection there ts an intefeetfnfaiory from BE Petersburg that the United fltnte*. 'Russia and France are to complete sympathy, and that the ends thuy are seeking to bring about are the same. We imagine that utir Government w<H not find it difficult to maintain friendly end sympathetic relations with all the powers. But it would hesitate long before tt entered into any closer relatione. The Bt. Petersburg story ts tnterenting — and that ts all that can te said of tt.

buildings for tbe blind, and of a permanent residence for tbe Governor, be had not expressed an opinion .as to tbe site for the Governor's residence. If the Governor expresses himself as in favor of better buildings for the blind and a permanent residence for tbe Governor, It *e«ms to us that he might go further, and angs." that it would be wise for tbe State* representative* to leave the State's park alone, and instead of cutting up one of the three small parka that belong to the State here, preserve It Intact and secure a Governor’s residence near the park. More suitable building* for the blind Institute also might be further explained. There is ample room in the present ground for any improvement of the building that is peeded, and as for location, no place that could be foona can eauai it. A confmunication from a graduate of the school, in urging, aa every one does who has an Intimate knowledge of the needs of the institution, that It te left where it ts. recalls that In his student days % most valuable part of his education was that which he got in attendance on lectures. concerts, churches, etc. No humane man, after sober consideration of the subject, it seems to us, could find it in hia heart to recommend the banishment of these unfortunate people to the solitude of a suburb or a small town.

tionary signals to te put up. In other words, the Legislature as tt ia lending now, under tbe dominance of counsel both In ana outside tbe body, will disappoint Its friends, please its enemies, and make trouble for itself and the State. It is time to put up the cautionary signals and turn about face.

It is now up to the Houoe to kill tbe Mnnc-e white elephant. The House very properly struck from tbe Mil to establish & Tillage for epileptics the provision that the village should be located within six miles of Columbus.

The organized attempts to burn hotels put Cibicago in the lead.

The: song of the legislator—"Ton helu roe opt with my special institution, and I’ll help you out with yours."

We doubt the wisdom at selling the strip ef ground fronting on Military Park. The Friendly Inn. which occupies a portion of this strip. Is really a State Institution, supported by Indianapolis. Almost every night the place is crowded with needy men from all parts of* Indiana. Probably the majority of them are not residents of Indianapolis, but simply wayfarer* seeking work. The ground is worth only a trifling sum end the Friendly Inr. would probably te dispossessed and compelled to seek new Quarters, which It can not afford.

The; President's message that the | thanks of Congress te tendered to Ad- ' miralj Sampson for Ms services during | the Spanish war, following the precedent l in the case of Admiral Dewey, ought to • te acquiesced in without debate.. Because ! of th4 unfortunat* Samp^on-Schley controveTsy one of the most accomplifehed ! naval' officer* in modern times, together ! with |the officer* and men under him. have been abroSutely ignored by the repreaenfatlve body of the United States. Ii is a monumental case of the Ingratli tude of republics. There is no necessity i for ■ the relative merits of Schley and ; SamiAon to te raised In this connection, j It Is simply a <iyi-stior. of iccognizing j A dm r - 1 Mtrvfct If any one j doubtjs the value of these services he j oughtj to read Captain Mahan's book to ,i know what they are. Captain Mahan, who ik to-day the foremost authority and j greatest living writer on naval affairs, j w ho. during the Spanish v r r. was on 1 the advisory board. Is certainly eorape- ! tent ko speak He is without prejudice | and above partisanship. Congress ought I to repair the wrong that it has done, and ; that speedily, by heeding the message of

j the President.'

Haij it come to this, that every normal I student must have his own building? Th«j primary election law was the pari amoUnt State Issue In the last campaign. but it is not receiving half the attention '■ that S* paid to the voting of special ben-

i eflte ko towns.

The stream of private pension bills Is becoming wider and deeper. The Appellate Court decided yesterday that a natural gas company was responsible in damages for flres caused by the "coming up” of gas, unless It proved that Its regulators were In good condition, and that it had maintained a proper supervision over the pressure. The decision, it seems to us, is clearly right. If it stands it will have the effect of making the gas companies exercise some slight care in the matter of regulating the pressure. As it Is now the whole burden is thrown on the consumer, who has to exercise the most scrupulous and unremitting watchfulness to prevent his house from being burned down over his head.

Atalanta.

Whan spring grow* old. and sleepy winds Bet from the South with odor* eweet, I see toy kwa to greea. cool groves. ■peed down dusk aisles on shining feet. She throws a kiss and bids use run. Ic whlspero sweet as rosea* breath; I know I can not win the race. And at the and. 1 know, is death. But joyfully I bare my limbs, Anaotnt me with the tropic breese. And feel through every sinew thrill Tte vigor of Itippomenea. Ok race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring. And cared not when at last we lost For Ufa or death, or anything! —MaalHee Thompson.

Diana.

She had a bow of yellow born Like tte old moon at early mom.

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three arrows strong and good. ; to feathered cornel wood.

Like purest pear! her left breast shen# Above her kirtle's emerald zone; Her right was bound in silk well knit. Lest her bowstrings should sever it. Ripe Ups she had and clear gray eyes. And hair, pure gold, blown hoyden-wise Across her face, like shining mist That with dawn's flush is faintly kissed. Her limbs! how matched and round and flne. How tree like song! bow strong like wine! And timed to music wild and sweet. How swift her silver-sandalcd feet! £ ingle of heart and strong of hand. Windlike she wandered through the land. No man (or king or lord or churll Dared whisper Joye to that fair girt. And woe to him who came upon Her, nude, at bath, like Act eon! So dire his fate, that one who heard The flutter of a bathing bird. What time he crCwsed a breezy wood. Felt sudden quickening of his blood; Cast one swift look, then ran away Far through the green, thick groves of May; A feared, lest down the wind of spring He d hear an arrow whispering. —Maurice Thompson.

‘ IVhen Senator Lodge begins to criticise his party, things are in a pretty bad way;

! indeed.

SCRAPS.

.Anyway, Kansas did not produce the ‘'Greet Commoner."

The war in South Africa is not yet entirely terminated, but the capitals of the enemy and his principal lines of communication are in my possessions and measures have been taken which will, I trust, enable my troops to deal effectually with the forces by which they are still opposed—Albert Edward, on the optnlng of Parliament. By his naive use of the possessive pronoun the new njonarcb lets his subjects understand that he understands that he has come Into his own. Also, ‘‘entirely terminated” ts good, very good.

Judge Hollister's Injunction was a solar plexus deliverance.

ONE CAUSE FOR EXTRAVAGANCE. In the House debate on appropriation* Wednesday some light was thrown on the methods that are responsible for extravagant appropriations. Mr. Richardson, the Democratic leader and late partner of Barcas In the publishing bust mss, called attention to the large appropriations that were being made. He pointed out that the appropriations four years ago were about 1470,000.000, while those for next year would te almost toti.ouo,fK>\ And this Is a very startling showing. But unfortunately for Mr. Richardson be was forced to admit that he himself had voted for the river and harbor bill, for a bill establishing a soldiers* home in Tennessee, his own Stale, and for the payment of a certain claim, the Implication being that all this money might have teen saved to the Government. Whether these items were well chosen or not we do not know. But the po.nt made by Mr. Richardson’s Questioner, Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, has great fovea, whether or not it applies to Mr. fcicherdson. Mr. Moody said: The gentleman and I agreed on the nereselty for holding down appropriations. The trouble is that ho always votes for them, while I vote against them. There are many members of both Houses to whom these word* apply. They are all In favor of economy In the abstract, but when It cornea to voting against something in which their States at district* are interested, they are u»uaJ- !$- found wanting. It is easy for a member of Congress to vote away the people's money when by so doing h* can moke himself "solid” witb hi# constituents. More than this when he gets some scheme through for his own State or district he feel* under ebltgatlon to support the scheme# of other men who hare helped hia scheme through. Everything. therefore, combines to breed a rplrii of extrmvagancA The only possible checks on it are moral courage on the part of tha Representative, and four ot purtehment at the hands of an outraged people And this latter Influence ts Lot potent, for there are few constituencies that would punish a Representative that secured big appropriations for tnem. It may he. as is eo often the case, that thing* wilt have to grow considerably wore# before they begin to grow tetter. It trouid eeem that the people ought to he eiarmad when they realise that the appropriations for one year amount to almost tMCJAl.OOO. ThU evidence of the recfcleseness of their servant*, and the tnoreamng pleasure ot taxation ought to arouse the people to the neceeally for reform.

It i* pretty evident that there is a eom- | bt nation between the rcck'pRB Republican t Senators and tbe Democratic Senators. | The three Mg job* that have #o far been p*»*«jti by tbe Senate — the Coldmbu* 1 edierbe, the Vincennes University grab and the Munde white elephant — have owed their success as much to DemoI era tic votes as to Republican. Evidently, therefore, there ia setnc sort of understanding between the Benoorats and part of t he Republicans, There Is grave danger jn such an unhallowed alliance for scheme-pushing between the parties The Republicans control the Legislature. No mutter what is done, nor with what votes, the RepubUcana will te, and rightly, held responsible. If they act together they ran pass any measure or defeat any measure. As we said yesterday, it Is time that the conservative, sensible men of the Republican party begin to make themselves feit. As It is, the party is in danger of making a record which will render its path exceedingly difficult two

years from now.

General Weyler appears to be the same

! bold, bad man.

A bill ha.® been introduced by Senator i Barlow appropriating $40.3*0 for the pur- i cha.se of the State Fair grounds in Indl- | anapolis. HYhy should m t the State t Board of Agriculture purchase the i grounds? The amount involved is not greet, but every item of expense will ! swell the appropriations, which threaten to be very large.

In hi* address to Parliament. King Ed- I ward did not forget to call attention to j

that little matter of salarv.

Senator Thompson's bill to empower Indianapolis to elevate the railroad tracks ought to na®'*. Prepared by the city attorney anti Introduced by Senator Thompson, there te presumption that the measure I* all that is needed to give the city this power. Whether or not tt may be expedient to exercise the power in the near future is quite another matter, but the right we certainly should posses®. Tt is a right inherent in police powers, end tt was certainly Intended In the adoption of the charter that It. wLh similar rights, should te given. Other cities have such rights. They have teen exercised. Courts of last resort have passed on them, and It has become a settled principle of law that. In the exercise of police* powers, cities may demand the elevation of tracks. It was supposed that our charter did include this grant. The present bill will simply make tho charter what it was intended at the first to be.

King Edward unites with his generals in regretting the Boers,

There will te no “miH” in Cincinnati, for the military might be a-bout

Certain changes for the tetter have been mode in the firemen's bill, in the way of cutting out certain proposed officers, that hardl> seem to be needed at the present time, and in reducing the proposed saJaries. All the good features of the bill as to conditions of entrance Into the service and the grading of the men pre(retained. The bill in its present form, if the salary scheme which It contains be made compulsory, would Increas- the expense of the department about $20,000 annually. The salaries, as proposed, do not seem to be excessive.

Senator Burns Is opposed to erecting monuments to Hackk-mon and Lawton, because Indianapolis has enough monuments already. This may be a logical deduction, but It takes circuitous mental processes to arrive at it. However, if the Senator Is acting on the theory that enough of anything Is enough, nobody can quarrel with him, for the proposition is almost axiomatic.

i; The deadlock in the Montana Legisla- : ture no longer worries Mr. Clark.

To the Senate: Look out for House bill S5. introduced by Representative GauntL It may be all fight, and again It may not be. A little Investigation of the subject will harm no one.

1 —' The Board of Public Safety is doing well to consider the proposed new fire alarm system carefully before deciding to adopt it. There is no doubt but that the Gameweil central office system is admirable and would be a great improvement over the one now in use; but can not the present system be repaired so as to be perfectly safe for a few years longer, ard until the city is better able to pay for a new one? %Te understand that the superintendent of telegraph ha* already arranged some of the circuit* now In use so that alarms can te received accurately, but perhaps not quite so quickly as before. With the expenditure of & few thousand dollars, could not a simple, but safe, system along this plan be fitted up? Would it not be wise to have some experts, who are entirely unprejudiced, examine tha fire hiarm system and report as to what could be done to put it in such shape as to moke it reliable for a time? It would perhaps not have the embellishments that a new central office system would hare throughout, but it might te a saving in the end. This, with the changing of some of the most important fire alarm boxes to those of later designs, seems feasible, and might be adequate for some time to come. The expenditure of te,0<» at this time should be carefnUy | considered.

Judge Hollister, of Cincinnati, decided yesterday that a prize fight is a prize fight — a proposition which is, one would think, sufficiently simple. As to whether the court had the power to enjoin the threatened unlawful act there will be some difference o£ opinion. The Judge held that the case was one for Injunction. and by the application of that extraordinary remedy a breach of the law has teen prevented. It seems to be quite as proper to enjoin prize fighters from the perpetration of a crime or a misdemeanor, for which they could be punished afterward, as it was to enjoin Debs from the doing of violemt and unlawful acta. We have learned that the remedy by in junction is much broader than was once supposed.

The pomp attending the opening of Parliament by King Edward somehow reminds one of Rathbone in Cuba.

The Commercial Club OBznmtttee. In pursuit of Ha purpose to preeerrs fit. Clair Pork and the Institution for the Blind, called on the Governor yesterday and learned that he had nothing to do with the bill before tha Legislature; that while be waa to favor of more suitable

F. Hopkineon Smith threatens • revtvml

of Unci® Tom's Cabin.

If this Legislature Is amenable to disinterested advice, it should be told that tte wisest thing it can do Is to do nothing, as nearly aa possible Instead of being a reform Legislature, It promisee to be a reactionary one; instead of baing prudent, it promise* to te prodigal. It 1« called on to father scheme* that oan net te explained away, and that will certainly raia® a crop of dissatisfaction to te reaped two years from now. If the Legislature will take a word of advice, that word would te, go alow. It ia time for cau-

The House of Representative® refused even to limit the amount of subsidies that townships may vote to railroad*. The bill of Senator Charles, to limit the subsidy a tewnahip might vote to a small amount, waa Indefinitely postponed by the House In accordance with the report of the committee on county and township business. This report was concurred In without discussion. Thu* tb® Layman bill, which proposed to do away with the subsidy business altogether, and the Charles bill, which proposed to lessen the evil, are both beaten. This action Is a good thing for tbe specuiatlv® individual* who want to build railroads with other people's money, but it Is not • good thing for the people of the State. Unless there la a change pretty soon, this legislature will make a record to which even a party convention will refuse to “point

j with pride."

Senator Hale says that ail the ealdlers now In the Philippine* will be on the pension Hat In five years. The expense. therefore, of sending out troops and Tnamtsintng them la only the first

cost of war.

-To lose the fight after she thought it was won is enough to give Columbus a fit, • !

The area of Venezuela te larger than all Europe, leaving out Russia. Before the discoyery of sugar, drinks were sweetened with honey. A new ordinance in Seattle, trash., prohibits side entrances to saloons. Sixty-seven per cent, of Portugal's Inhabitants can not read or write. There were granted by the Patent Office during the past year 2S.41S patents, Chattanooga te rejoicing over the arrival of a steamboat from Pittsburg with 210 tons of freight. A bill before the Legislature of Nebraska declares sunflowers and cockleburrs a public nuisance. Mtextefippl has a total population of ever 1.600.00), and yet the total vote of the State last November was under 60,000. The typical Moro te never unarmed. He fights equally well on toot, on horseback. In his fleet war canoe, or in the water, for he swims like a fish and dives like a penguin. The Mohammedan year te lunar. The civil months of the Mohammedan are adopted to the lunar months by the eyvie of thirty years, in which nineteen have ;.»4 days, and eleven have 355. According to the rabbis. Solomon had a beard three feet long Among the Jews the beard was considered synonymous with wisdom; the longer the beard, the greater the profundity of intellect. The empty mall-bags not having been returned from the Congo for some time. It was found on Inquiry that the sacks were regularly being stolen by the natives for presentation to their wives, who ured them as petticoats. A little more than one-sixth of the amount annually expended for pensions poes to the Bouth. Of the nearly 1,000,(<4) pensioners of the civil war, 179.513 were residents last year of the fifteen Southern States (Including Maryland and Missouri). Among the many changes necessitated by the death #f Queen Vlctorle, one. which is not unimporiant. te the prltfllng on all leqal documents of *‘<God Save the King!" ior “God Save the Queen!” This change a.one, it 1s estimated, will cost something like $2,000,00u. Probabiy the smallest monarch in the world reigns over the Hindu vacsal state of Bhopaul, and governs a people of more than a million souls. This dwarf is a woman, Djlhan-Begum by name, but although she Is about fifty years old. she does not appear larger than a. child of ten. But one person 1s alive who sat in the House of Commons when queen Victoria came to the throne, it Is Eari Fitzwllliam, who. when Viscount Milton, was elected a few months before William IV died. At the diamond Jubilee there were several survivors of pre-Victorian Parliaments. Many varieties of colored marbles are also found on the mountains surrounding Carrara, In Italy. Two varletiea of blue, dove-colored marble, known as “Bardiglio” and "Pavonazro,” are well known In the United States, the latter especially being largely used and commanding a high price. Clara (exhibiting photograph)—How do you like It? Hattie—It's perfectly lovely. “You think it a good likeness?” “Oh, no; it doesn't look a particle like you, you know; but I wouldn't mind that, Clara; you are not likely to have such luck rgaln if you cat a thousand times."— London Tit-Bits. The present King of Ita‘ly Is an enthusiastic collector of coins. When he was Prince of Naples, and had more time to himself, this coin-collecting was one of his chief hobbies, and not even the cares of kingship have made him give It up. His collection is one of the finest in the world, but it is limited to one country— Italy. The a use of aluminum is growing, an 1 Its price Is decreasing. With the exception of Iron, zinc and lead. It la now said to be the cheapest metal on th# market. Twenty years ago the world’s output was about five tons and Its price about $30,000 a ton. Now the price is less than $700 a ton and the output is reckoned at five thousand tons. An adulteration of coffee la now being practiced that consists In taking the worthless coffee beans, those which are “dead,” or not folly matured, and have been separated from the good beans, and In polishing and painting them with a solution of red point. The result la a beautifully browned berry, which ia not easy to detect as worthless. The United States coast and geodetic survey will soon publish an atlas of the Philippine islands, which will contain thirty mai>s that have been made by Jesuit missionaries in the islands. This atlas will also contain three lists of geographic naifces, amounting in all to about 6,000. which have been prepared by the various geographers at work in the islands. It ia estimated that there are about 400,000 Angora goats is the United dUtes, and that our annual production of mohair Is about 1.000,000 pounds. Although very little has teen sold or written about Angora goats during the last forty years, they have teen extensively bred in the Western States and Territories. especially In Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Florida, California and Oregon. "Strang* a* It may seem, the trailing skirts that women are now wearing have almost ruined our business,'' confided an toteillgant etreet beggar. “The greater part of our revenue ordinarily comas from women, but since they've taken to these long skirts for street wear, they are forced te bold them up, and that keeps cna hand constantly occupied. It takes two hands to open a purse and I have often seen women stop aa though about to E ye something, but this would necessitate King go of th* skirt, and they have passed on again. Yes. we have to study all these thing*.”—Philadelphia Record.

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Saturday the Last Day •OF THE MILL END SALE Every day of the MILL END SALE has meant better bargains for you in things you_,nced. This last day we Intend to be the best of them all. The Mill Ends must be sold. These are the means we take to clean them out: j*

3*c

6iC

WASH GOODS CLEAN UP Standard Calicoes In indigo and Harmony prints, all dark colors, 6c

value, clean up price, a yard

36-inch Percales In decided stripes. * 10c quality, Saturday, a ff r yard Dark ground Satines. Windsor and Simpson goods, worth l$V4e. A .If Saturday, a yard U4V Ginghams on center bargain tablelast day of the greatest Gingham

value ever given, Saturday, yard

UNLAUNDERED SHIRT SALE The best opportunity you have had in a long time to lav In a supply of Shirts, the best made White

Unlaundcred Shirts at—

19c, 29c, 39c and 49c Fnlaundered Colored Shirts of Garner’s best pereAles. In the newest patterns, made perfect and flt guaranteed, one pair cuffs to match OVC

Collars 8c each, 6 for 45c.

Cuffs 10c a pair, 6 pairs 55c.

—East Aisle.

DRESS GOODS

Mill Ends of Press Goods, all the j odds and ends left go Saturday at j!

prices to clean them up.

—West Alele. j MILLINERY

Children's ready-to-wear Hats that ! were 75c, Saturday, to close, ' each ! Ladles’ Untrimmed Hats that sold j for $1.25, Saturday, to ^Qf i close J x t, | Any Trimmed Hat in the department, were $S.50 to $12.00, to $2.98'

—Second Floor.

LACES

All the short lengths that have accumulated during this past sale. Including all good, desirable goods, some Liberty silk, fancy figured Mousaellnes, Valenciennes. Torchon, Oriental Lacea. in fact, everything in the lace line, to close them out at bk marked price. All of our Columbian Torchon Laces which we had during this sale, worth 8c and 10c, to close at, a Ar yard Our buyer, who la now to the Ea*t. sent us a Job of 8,600 yards of Torchon Laces, 4 and 6 inches wide, with insertions to match, none worth less

than 10c. Saturday, a

yard

—Center Aisle.

KNIT UNDERWEAR

Surplus of Ladies' Jersey-ribbed Pants, 25c quality, while they He last lit Ladies' silver gray Jersey-ribbed wool Vests and Pants, 75c kind, / lQe Saturday, a garment.... JyC ChUdren's natural wool Vests, also some pants, sizes 28 to 34, were 80c to SSc. last chance for these, at, a -I <Tgarment I f C Ladles’ fast black knee tights, open and closed, the 75c kind, special 39c

,5c

for.

-Balcony, East Aisle.

close at

DOMESTICS Mill Ends of Sheetings. Pillow Cas- j Ing, Shirtings and Ducks at one-third | off. JM Unbleached Sheets, ready A ^f to use, Saturday, each Mill Ends of Outing Flannels In a | 9c quality, to clean up, a x - [ yard OL Silk Floss Pillows, light as down. | end odorless, at all prices up G P/• from..,.,. * J*' Metalized Cloth, 32 Inches wide, for wrappers, waists and saeques, lOf 39c quality, this sale, a yard I~W —Basement. DRAPERY MILL ENDS Must Go Remnants, of different kinds of fringe cords and odds and ends from our workroom, Saturday, each piece, 1c to f»c. Big assortment of Swteses, Net Screens, etc., mostly short lengths, marked at >4 of Mill prices, or 5c to r»oc About 500 Upholstery Squares of all different kinds of materials, worth $1 00 to 14.06 per yard, sale price, Qper square y Vv Short lengths of Denims. Cretonnes, Arabian Cloths and Novelty Drapery Stuffs, to clean up at »4 of regular prices. -Third Floor. PICTURE DEPARTMENT We have secured just 19 burnt wood Pictures at a very low price. Come see them. Here's the values; $40.00 pictures for...910-00 $15.00 pictures for 95 OO $10.00 pictures for 94 410 $8.00 pictures for 9B 4IO $6.00 pictures for 92.00 . $3 00 pictures for 91 04) These pictures are works of art and vou can not afford to miss the opportunity. —fiecond Floor.

19c

HOSIERY

Ladles’ fast fancy colored, full seamless cotton Hose, with double heels and soles, 12%c quality, Satur- 7day, a pair...... v Children's fast black, full seamless cotton Hose, with double knees, heels and soles, the 15c ones, for— ©c a pair, 3 pairs'350 Ladles' fast black, full regular made cotton Hose, with high spliced heels and double soles, the 25c ones, at. a pair To clean up all the odds and ends of ladles’ fancy lisle thread Hose, all the finest qualities, worth up 7 Or to $1.75. while they last, a pair... / vU

—East Aisle.

RIBBON CLEAN UP All we have left of our Mill End Ribbons. 1V4 Inches wide, in plain taffeta, gll good colors, worth 124c. Saturday, to clean them up, a *1 /> yard * l It* Inch Satin Gros Grain Taffeta and Moire Ribbon, in black and colors, 80 and 10c qualities, a

PETTICOATS

Made of good fast blade deep flounce, with tucked ruffl*. at —.l..

Another Petticoat mad* at good fast black sateen, with deep flounce, with 4 small rufflaa. Saturday jjq Petticoat made of mercerised •atssa. with deep knee flouhe*. with five

small ruffles, lined and stiffened -

Pretty flannelette short Skirts, 'kft60c, Saturday, each.....^^«J“t

$1.25

..$1.69

were

each..

—Second Floor.

BOYS’ WEAR Boys’ winter Tam O'Fhanters In brown and gray mixture*, war* | P60c, clean up price Jv There to a small lot of Caps toft from the big sale of last week that sold aa high as 56c, to clean tham 1* up the price, each — ..Jv Boys' Suits In blue, brown and gray, sizes s to 15. except the 10a. 11s and 18* worth from $4 to 86, this saleffi G 4Q at...— —... Floor.

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Baby Shoe* In assorted color*. Q. to clean up, a pair TV Infanta’ kid hand-turh Shoes to too* and button, worth 60c, to closer IQ/* a pair - JOV Boys’ and Girls’ Shoes, light and heavy soles, sopia with extension soles, all stses. worth $1.50 and "•*> 98c

yard.

-Weat Aisle.

HANDKERCHIEFS Children’s unlaundered Initial Handkerchiefs, Just the thing for r. school use. Saturday, each DL Ladies' unlaundered Initial Handkerchiefs, all pure linen, very sheer quality and every letter, extra 1 C/* good, each 1 31 The last of our ladles' sample Handkerchiefs that sold for 10c, while C/• they last! to-morrow, each.., Jv —Center Aisle. UMBRELLAS Children’s School Umbrellas. 24-lnch English gloria, with steel rod and natural wood loop handles, Saturday, each Ladles’ flne gloria silk Umbrellas, with steel rod and frame; assorted handles, good value. $1.00 Men’s 28-lnch, full sise. 8-ribted, mercerised, cloth Umbrellas. with opera and Prince crook handles, with long silver swedge, Ari each ....4>l«Uv —Right of Entrance.

CANDIES Chocolate Drops ..... Cream Filberts Butterscotch Fancy Wafers Cocoanut Bon Bons

.59c

• • j 20c • 16. [ 12Kc e lb. -Basement.

special Saturday. & pair.

Ladles’ “Nerve Ease* Shoes, mads In flne black vtcl kid, with kid tip*, a specialty advertised shoe at $100, hate

only, all alxes, &

pair.

.$1.98

-Rear Main Floorv

JEWELRY AND TOILETS Purse* worth up to 860, clean Fup price, each •Jv Belts worth up to tLW, choice d rwhile they loot, each.., ~.8«Jv

5C

top Hat Pina, with

100 Crystal rations, 8 Ir urday, each

assorted stone seta, each

Plate glass Mirrors, the to* 17f* one*. Saturday fof —.8«v Bridal Rose Toilet Soap, 15c * | A« box, for ..—-aVV All-bristle Hair Brashes. ■*!- >1 * urday, each v 8 oa Violet Toilet Water, T6e ‘l Or

kind, for

—Center A tela

CHINA DEPARTMENT

al Vases (optic), gold decoInches high, Sat- 1A r

3h ivt Decorated thin China Bread t Q r and Butter Plated • dosen..— Chin* Teapot Stands, •star* | A/. day, each .* v,v Flint Water Oteasas, bell d Qr shape. Saturday, • dosen..«..».»< ■ FV

H0U5EFURN1SHIN0S

If you want th* h«it good* ** th* least money don't mto# these. A tu\\ elo* galvanised Water Folk

regular 25e kind, now— 2 for 250. each 12Ha

A 4-eewn Parlor Broom, made

dally for us, a toe broom,

for.

jTc

Large galvanised Wash Tube, i C r worth 70c,' for JV 10c flne smooth Roiling Pin* PSaturday, each Jv To induce our customers to try our 83c Empress Coffee we will gtv# 1 lb, of «o coffee and »4 U». 10c tee* IQ/* worth 68c, the 2 for 4 lb. package of Palrbonk** Gold Dust, the 26c kind, 15c Everything on bargaje toy counter now goes for 2c and 6e, Worth up to 16a Skates for less than half priaa i Qf some were RAO, now, a pair wyv —New Basement.

THE DAILY Lift STUDY

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43(Susan B. Anthony.) Born this flay, February 15. 1*20. In South Adams, Mass, Father a Quaker; mother a Baptist. Her father was her greatest support to her work He reared her In the Henry Clay eehool of protection, but to-day she measures everything oa the yard-etlck of woman suffrage. Miss Anthony says enfranchisement te possible only through th# slow processes of agitation and education. The vast majority of women must yet te brought to see the advantages of the ballot. She says women pay taxes on real estate, and should be aa interested aa men in public movement*. In sanitary condition*, street railways. pavements, public parte, bridges, school*, etc. The power of th# ballot will enable women to control saloon*. Miss Anthony says it makes her "snort like a war horse'' when men utter their absurd platitudes about woman's sphere, and like Ellhu Root, beg pathetically that men be not "robbed of woman to oui homes.'* To refute the assertion that woman to always represented by her husband, and needs no vote, Mias Anthonv offers instances of Mrs. Joseph Choate and Mr*. Horace Greeley. Mr. Greeley was an advocat* of freedom In work and education, but ridiculed the ballot for woman. Mrs. Joseph Choate, in 1897, was th* first of the women to sign a coll for euffrag# advocate* at SherrV*. Just ts Mr. Greater had thrown bis whole Influence against the ballot for woman In 18«7,*a© Mr. Choate "represented’' his wife to 1887. During her public career, Miss Anthony has received a number of title*.

She has been called the "Napoleon" of the woman movement, the American "Joan of Arc,’’ the “Good gray poet” of the woman’s cause, the “Modern St. Anthony,” the “Grand old woman/’ the "Gladstone among women,” the "Veteran apostle of woman’s right*" the "Leader of leaders." She has also received names not so complimentary, such aa the "Big suffrage elephant,” “Mad Anthony’s raid," etc. But her refrain at elghty-one Is Just as persistent oa the "Nevermore” of Poe's raven. She lives in Rochester with her sister. Miss Mery Anthony. Ought to Have Damages. .[Smart Sot.] Blramons—He says be met his wife by accident. Jlnmons—I hope he was carrying on accident policy at th* time.

Five Paragraphs Newspaper Advertisement*.

Gladstone one* said that I newspaper advertisements gave to him the best Idea of the growth of a nation. Why were they so suggestive? Because advertisements, particularly those in the dally papers, represent more effectively than in any ether way the business enterprise of a community.

In what manner has th# commercial growth of the city of Indianapolis been better Illustrated than to the advertising columns

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What factor has teen more necessary In the development of the many establishments of our oldest firms than tbe

FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS. It requires more than a alight effort to think that gentlemen of th# stamp of Senators Fairbanks and Bsvertdg* could ever agree to replace Robert 8. Taylor on the MtesuMippi River Commtoaien with a politician of th# stripe of Joe Keeling.—

Rockville Republican.

It to to be hoped that th* rumors that Judge R. 8. Taylor to to be tsmoved as a member of the Mississippi River Commission and the place given to a assn of no experience whatever to that line of service will never materialise tote a fact.

—Broekville American.

The appointment ot Mr. BonaeD to tbe Terrs Haute collsotonhip to * graceful and substantial recognition ef hto untiring party service and to on honor worthily bestowed. Few men have put into politics a more indefatigable seal and enthusiasm than Mr. Bonnell, and none ha* besu more thoroughly dsvotsd to the Interests of th* Republican party than be.

—CrawfordeviUs Journal

The appointments of Senator Georgs AOsborn, of Marion, to be district marshal and Judge A. O. Marsh, of Wtooheetsr, to te pension agent, are eases of the office seeking th* man. Neither' was on applicant for th* plao* and th* totter was disinclined to accept, yielding only on urgent solicitation. The compliment te each of thee* gentlemen to oil the mors marked because of tbs fact that other capable and prominent men sought the

places.—Kokomo Tribune.

In th# appointment to tho position ef United States marshal of Senator G. A. Osborn, Morton will loo* a splendid eRlsen, and a family that has a distinct plao* to th* social Ilf* of the town. It to with regret that tt to realised that th* change of duties win moke the r****rol of Mr. Osborn to Indianapolis necessary. But It te with pleasure thM the te«pte who know Mr. Osbora so well, and who honor him *o completely, congratulate him upon the promotion that to his -Im-

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Blind Inutltut# Ground*.

literal us* of printer*' Ink?

And consider th# “want TT 7 ad*." They have cerI y tatniy ministered to tbs A * “wants" of a multitude of Interests. A local advertiser says; "The small-ad page of a newspaper to a sure teat of a paper's popularity. Show me the paper that prints the greatest number of ’want ada,’ and I will show you the paper with th# largest circulation and widest Influence. ”

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tore. daily.

An advertisement to as necessary to th* sucoeas of a business undertaking as tha moisture and sunlight are needed to naBoth needs are constant—

[Rockville Tribune)

It to to be hoped Gist tbe scheme to sell the buildings and beautiful grounds of th* Indiana Institute for th* Blind, now before th# Legislature will be frustrated. The State ha* tong owned Oils place, which besides being of the utmost utility, to one of th# meet attractive In th# United States. N# sordid eommeiclal Impulse should tempt the representative# of the people to sell thee* grounds. They ere. of course, very valuable. being located to the heart of the city, but th# State can well afford te hold them a* a public park. The chance* are that some Job lurks behind the

scheme to sell this property, aad the people of Parke county would do well to require their Representative and Senator to look to thetr Interests In th# matter. In our opinion th# sole should not te made under any circumstance*, and we speak from an experience that wm9 be

worthy of some conslderstloa