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(A *» »■» WXHAJtgrous rum) the Monroa doctrine

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declining vigor. We have done something that Germany has yet to do — that 'Is, we have solved the problem of self-gov-ernment. We have a free people and a free press. We know nothing of the odious tyranny of militarism. There ls .no lese majeste with us. The old gospel of liberty and equality Is still believed in. Among our best citisena are those who have fled from German tyranny — men who could not be persuaded to go back to Germany except on a visit, and who

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OM OMapaar, Noe. iti. Cl. f? and tIM. Call ang of theee number*, or eimpir TUB NEWS, nag ask for the department you wane J»ew Company. Kdttortal Rooms, ft; Countlag Boom and Subscription Department, 1*1. AN UNEDIFYING QUARREL Governor Durbin must now see, we think, how inadvisable It was for him to write such a letter as he did. when he refused to honor the requisitions for Messrs. Taylor and Finley. Governor Beckham could hardly fall to answer Governor Durbin’s denunciation of Kentucky. And so we bare thfiv unedtfytng controversy. As a letter writer we confess that Governor Beckham seems to have rather the better of it. We hope the controversy will now end. Most Indianians approve of Governor Durbin’s action; few of them will believe that his action was the result of any bargain; and most of them will regret that be did not confine himself In his reply to a simple, dignified refusal. without berating Kentucky. • While Governor Beckham’s defense of Kentucky does him much credit, yet it hardly meets the issue. For everyone knows that the soberest and steadiest community sometimes loses Its head. There has been something of that In this case. Moreover, there is a sort of lawless Violence in Kentucky that is almost peculiar to that State. What we mean Is shown by the order of Judge Cantrill requiring the disarming of every man who came into the court-room during the Powers trial. It was found that many carried pistols. How they use them in quarrels and feuds is known to all the world. As to the question of Judge Cantrlll’s fairfeeea, the Impression has certainly got abroad that he was determined to convict the prisoner. It Is certain that the Kentucky Court of Appeals found that be had admitted evidence that ought not to have been admitted. But Governor Beckham takes Issue with this view, and he points pot what he says Is a perversion of the record by Governor Durbin. The point Is as to Judge Cantrlirs instruction concerning the testimony of accomplices, and If Governor Beckham states the facts, it Is true that Governor Durbin’s statement of the substance of that instruction is entirely erroneous. \ Of course, no good purpose can be accomplished by this recrimination. Its only •ffect will be to prolong the bitter feeling In Ksntucky, and ao to delay the surrender of Taylor and Finley. As far as we can see the case has reached a deadlock. There is talk of resort to the courts, but it does not seem as though much could be accomplished In this way. The people of the two States — which have for so long |>een friends and neighbors — ought to try to keep their tempers, and thus contribute to the creation of better conditions. We Brc sure that the people of Indiana do not grant to protect criminals, or even to prevent the fair and impartial trial of men charged With grave offense, no matter What opinion they may entertain an to

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be possible to prevent frauds at the polls. It must not be forgotten that machine rule In Pennsylvania and Philadelphia includes a corruption of the ballot to a degree that Tammany never attained. There were gross frauds in last week’s election In

Philadelphia.

An example of them Is given by the ledger thus: The Third ward was represented as giving nearly GOO votes more to the Republican ticket than it gave to McKinley; the Fourth ward likewise; the Fifth 70 votes more; the Sixth, nearly BOO more: the Seventh 400 more; the Ninth 300 more; the Tenth nearly 700 more; the Eleventh 200 more; the Fourteenth nearly 100 more. But these are decreasing rather than Increasing In population. Yet here at a municipal election they poll a total of 3,500 more votes than were cast for

feel that this Is their home. The plain I McKinley, although in the whole city the

Song of Life.

Maiden of the laughing eye* F’rtniroae-klrtleU, winged, free. Virgin daughter of the *kiei>—

Joy!—whom god* and mortals prise.

Share thy smiles with mel Yet.—lest I, unheeding, borrow Pleasure that to-day endears

And benumbs the heart to-morrow, Turn not wholly from me. Sorrow:

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um not wholly from me. Let me share thy tear*!

Give me of thy fullneae. Life!

Pulse and paeeton. power, breath. Vision pure, heroic, strife— Give me of thy fullness. lif*!

Nor deny me death!

-Florence Earle Coates In Harper's Magazine.

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truth is that Dr. Wagner is an Ignoramus. But, seriously, we would warn any of our European friends that If they are counting on the disloyalty of the Southern States, they are leaning on a broken reed.

BOY CRIMINALS. In the last twenty days some thirty boys have been before the police judge, charged with petty larceny, forgery, loitering and throwing stones. Most of them were found guilty, fined and flogged. In other cases they were reprimanded and discharged and their parents reproved for neglect No one of these boys was more than thirteen, and one of them was as young as eight The great majority were white. It seems to us that this bare statement of facts reveals a most serious condition in our city. Policemen and police judge are at a loss to know what is best to do. It will be recalled tltat, some months ago, Judge Daly called attention to the Increasing number of youthful criminals and misdemeanants. It was he that began the practice of releasing those found guilty If the parents administered a sound flogging in the presence of the police. Judge Stubbs Is continuing this practice. Both he and Judge Daly believe that there Is great risk to a boy's future in committing him to the workhouse, and that It is better, if possible, to keep him at home. We fear that there.is growing relaxation of parental authority, and that the sense of responsibility for their children In many fathers and mothers Is much leas acute than formerly. Children are allowed altogether too great liberty In roaming the streets, and too little care Is exercised in regard to companions and playmates. Teachers, preachers and papers can do no more Important work than in seeking to quicken parents to greater solicitude for their boys. Parents ought to be as careful In proteoUng their boys from evil Influences as they are their girls. It Is seldom that girls of tender years are brought before the courts as Incorrigible or for the commission of'crime or misdemeanor. But hardly a day goes by but some boy hardly out of the knlckerbocker age is haled before the police tribunal. We urge the pulpit and the Babbathschool workers to give attention to this growth of demoralisation among our boys. At the same time, we suggest that the curfew law be more strictly enforced and that lads be warned off the streets when night falls. But most of all we urge the parents themselves to closer supervision and to a keener sense of their duty.

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A STRANGE ILLUSION. (One of the most remarkable Illusions In the whole history of politics is that which leads the people of Europe to believe that then Is the remotest possibility that the Southern States may again seek to break pway from the American Union. The latest illustration of this Is furnished by »n article In the Kolonaale Zeitschrift. signed by Dr. Hans Wagner. Leaving out af account the silly abuse of President (1 and the still sillier' charge he is aping the German Emperor, we gome to this. Most ludicrous of all is Roosevelt's tlesrmlnatkm to make his country play a ole among the nations. He overestimates the capacity of his people. The land is unstable by reason of its polltice, spoils politicians and mixed peoples, whose patriotism is the patriotism of the dollar. It cuts but a sorry figure among the family ot the nations where might, glory and love of country have existed for centuries. The mosaic picture which the United States essays to palm off on the world as a union has not yet stood a sufficient test. It is uncertain If the recently un-willingly-annexed Orient will not break Its bonds when It Is strong enough. The Southern States will stand aside. None can say that America s boasted commercial supremacy, developed on the hothouse plan, may not wither in a night. A body Infected with all theee sores le unfit to play a great part. President Roosevelt may please his own family by setting himself up as physician extraordinary, but the family of nations only smiles. Of course, such abysmal ignorance must be treated with infinite charity. But nevertheless we can not help remarking that It Is axnaslng that any German should make such a mistake about the Boutbera States of this Union. We could understand how the Spaniards could think that If war should break out between them and us the South would ally Itself Wtlh Spain. But the Spaniards are a stupidly proud people, knowing little of what la going on tn this present world. So It was not to be wondered at that at the first blast of war they should expect Joe Wheeler and Fltshugh Lee to array themselves under the banner .of Spain. But that any German should

TBE BOND QUESTION. When there is a good reason, disconnected with politics, for a certain action, it is hardly fair to attribute that action to political motives, even though they may exist. In the case of the proposal to fund the Taggart temporary loans It Is known that there is serious opposition which is not prompted by political motives. And It is perfectly clear that there Is something to be said In favor of the position of those who doubt the wisdom of the bond issue. Last night the Democrats voted solidly against the ordinance appropriating the money to pay the temporary loan* — which money was to be raised by an Issue of bonds for the authorisation of which an ordinance would have been presented last night tor second reading had the appropriation ordinance carried. So really the bond question was the one Involved last night. The Democrats voted against the appropriation. The minority report of the finance committee set forth some strong arguments against the mayor's policy. It was pointed out that the temporary loans were made against taxes, that there was enough money in hand to pay them, and that the proper thing to do was to pay them out of the treasury. Of course this will make necessary other temporary loans to replenish the tax fund, and this wfll have to be kept up till the tax levy is raised or special taxes levied, or else the city government will have to be administered with an economy far more rigid than that to which we have been accustomed. But the Democrats Insist further that an Increase In the bonded debt is needless, and might be harmful, in that It would bring the debt perilously near the constitutional limit and thus would make It Impossible for the city to borrow further no matter how great might be the emergency It is quite possible for one to differ honestly from this view, but there seems to be no reason to think that It la not. or may not be honestly held. Of course, there Is no question In anyone's mind about paying the elty*» debts. The sole dUferencc to as to method.

Republican vote fell oft 40,000 from the McKinley vote. When to this Is added that these wards are peculiarly those that are In the most complete control of the machine nothing more need be said. But the machine has had a blow, as may be seen by comparing the vote of this election with the presidential election. According to the returns, the Republican plurality fell !h one year from 115,000 to 36,000, and this not on a short vote, but on one that exceeded the total cast at the presidential election. It la difficult to analyze figures that are known to be false, but says the Ledger, It Is certainly encouraging to find that, according to returns made by the gang, with the full vote drawn out, they lost 80,000 of their plurality. If once the forces of reform In Pennsylvania can get control of the legislature, they could deal a death blow to the machine by amending the election laws as provided for In the conetitutlonal amendments that were adopted In this recent election. But these amendments are simply permissive. The Legislature Is not required to take any action. And nothing will be done until

the reform forces get control.

I saw two clouds at morning. Tinged with the rising sun,

tnd in the da,wn they n And mingled into one;

I thought that morning cloud was West, it moved so sweetly to the west. 1 saw two summer currents Flow smoothly to their meeting. And Join their course, with silent force, In neace each other greeting; Calm was their course through banks of green. While dimpling eddies played between. Such be your gentle motion. Till life's last pulse shall beat; Like summer's beam and summer's stream. Float on. in Joy. to meet A calmer sea, where storms shall cease— A purer sky, where all Is peace.

—John Q. Brainsrd.

Rondel.

In the street of By-and-By, Stands the hoetlery of Never. Dream from the deed he must dissever Who his fortune here would try. There's a pathos In the cry, As of Impotent endeavor; In the street of By-and-Br, Stands the hostelry of Never.

Grave or gamesome, low or high. Dull or dainty, cross or clever, You must lose your chance forever, If you let It forth to fly In the street of By-and-By. -W. E. Henley.

Governor Beckham seems to be reaching for his hip pocket. By going Into Porto Rloo to organize labor, the American Federation of Labor is interfering with the plans of syndicates to get their labor cheap. The cause of civil service reform is looking up. A Chicago court has just Imposed two fines of 11,000 each on men who furnished ' the civil service examination papers In advance to candidates for the police force. If such things can come from Chicago, what may not be hoped for elsewhere? The subject Is very pertinent for local application. We have now had our city charter ten years. It contains a mandats that the mayor shall establish rules by which the merit service shall prevail In the city service. Yet with the exception of an attempt under Mayor Denny, of which little or nothing came, every mayor in ten years has deliberately Ignored the mandate of the law. We are to-day having the whole public service of the city turned up in order to find places for spoilsmen. New York Is not going to take any chances. A gun that will shoot twentyone miles is being erected as a part of her defenses. The Roosevelt administration would enforce the lesson that men are appointed to office to attend to business and not to look after the Interests of any political

party.

The Filipinos have yet to learn that they call not surprise American soldiers twice In the same way. It Is intimated that the Board of Works would be willing to tax the Interurban car lines less if they would accept a shorter franchise. Such a policy would have been the sensible thing to adopt in the first place. Little Is known about interurban traffic yet or how the conditions of the next few* years may affect It. The science of electricity is yet in Its infancy and constant discoveries of new and better utilisations of the force are being made constantly. Conditions might be such at the end of the next ten years through cheapened processes of transportation that interurban companies would be able to pay & much higher tax than has at present been suggested. It would be fair to the companies now to treat them with consideration, and, at the same time, a short franchise would guarantee the protection of the future rights of the city. If g lower tax and a shorter franchise for the interurban lines can be brought about, by all means let It be

done.

. SCRAPS. Soldiers In the Italian army are each allowed half a gallon of wine every week. Oklahoma has $250,000,000 of taxable property and Its public Institutions are valued at $12,000,000. T. T. Johnson, of Los Angeles, Cal., has one of the finest pigeon farms In the United States. He has 15,000 adult birds. The Income tax In France Is collected In twelve monthly installments, although the ratepayer has a right to pay It down In a lump sum. In the West the rural delivery mail box is fast coming to rival the railroad switch target as a mark for every foolish owner of a firearm to shoot at. The official entomologists of Georgia predict that within a few years the Empire State of the South will contain more than 100,000/000 fruit trees. A Henry County (Mo.) justlc* of the peace offers to marry any couple for $2 and gives the contracting parties an opportunity of working out the costs. In the year 1899 the German Imperial post received 2,022,912 letters and packages which could not be delivered; only 984,732 could be returned to the senders. The soldiers of the United States army, who receive $13 a month, are best paid In the world. Those of the British army, who receive a shilling a day, are next In no previous municipal election In New York has there been the same number of meetings and the same number of speeches as have been delivered on both sides this year. A Swiss teacher at Ecublens has found 128 swallows' nests In fifty-four houses. There were 786 young ones, the average nest having five, though some had only three and a few had six. First Artist—Congratulate me, old man. I’ve just sold my masterpiece to Banker Parvenuo for £1,000. Second Artist—Glad to hear It; the miserable skinflint deserves to be swindled.—London Tit-Bits. Fifteen handcuffed convicts on their way from St. Joseph to the Missouri penitentiary gave this yell each time the train stopped: ‘‘Two-years, five-years, we-wlli stay; didn't like-St. J.oe anyway." Ten thousand English sovereigns, after lying for nearly 125 years at the bottom of East bay. Lake Champlain, have been recovered and are now deposited In the Allen National Bank In FalrhavBn. The pay of the officers of the German army is very small, and no one can obtain a commission unless he has a sufficient private fortune to yield him an income of at least 500 marks ($125) a year. The American hop fields employ about 240,000 men, women and children as pickers alone, for there are seventy-two million hop vines to be stripped, and the crop in a good season is worth $16,000,000. D. P. Simpson, a horse buyer in northwestern Kansas, has adopted a new plan of buying horses. He pays so much a pound. Good drivers are quoted at 11 cents per pound, farm horses 10 cents, and ordinary plugs 6 cents. The skin of the musk-ox, which Is a denizen of the "Barren Grounds" and the Arctic region of Canada, has taken the place of that of the extinct buffalo for sleigh robes. It varies In price from $60 to as low as $6 for a poor article. In 1875 Fred Wellhouse, the Kansas "apple king," was a wage-earner. He knew a good deal about orchards, .however, and began on a small scale to raise fruit. Now he has 1,240 acres of orchards, and his apple crop this year Is 00,000 bushels. Chief Lenana, of the Masai tribe. In

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JOEL BARLOW. Joel Barlow was born in Redding, Conn., March 24, 1754. He entered Dartmouth College In 1774, but soon moved to Yale, where he graduated In 1778. He delivered the commencement poem, ‘Prospect of Peace.” He fought at White Plains and in 1710 became chaplain of Poor's brigade of the Massachusetts line. When the army was disbanded he settled In Hartford, studied law, and was admitted to the bar In 1786. He founded, with Elisha Babcock, the American Mercury, a political and literary weekly, and joining the Hartford wits, wrote much satirical verse. In 1787 he wrote his epic, "The Vision of Columbus," which made him famous. Later he lived In France and in England for some years, one of a circle of artists, poets, wits and pamphleteers. In 1811, this country being apparently on • the verge of war with France, be was prevailed on to accept the post of minister to the French court. After nine months' diplomacy, he was Invited by Napoleon, then absent cn his Russian campaign, to meet him at Wilna, Poland, where a treaty would be s-fned. Barlow sot out, but on reaching Wilna, found the French army in full retreat on the town from Moscow. Becoming involved in the retreat, he was overcome by cold and privation and died at Yarmlsica, Poland, December 24, 1812. From the Hasty Pudding. T« Alps audacious, through the heavens that

rise,

To cramp the day and hide me from the skies: Yc Gallic flags, that o'er their bights unfurled. Bear death to kings and freedom to the world,

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The purest frenzy of poetic Are.

Despise It not. ye bards to terror steel'd. Who hurl your thunders round the epic field; Nor ye who strain your midnight throats to sing

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And speak of raptui - . 1 sing the sweets 1 know, the charms I feel, My morning incense and my evening meal. The sweets of Hasty Pudding. Come, dear bowl. Glide o'er my palate and inspire my soul. The milk beside thee, smoking from the klne. Its substance mingle, married In with thine,

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Oh! could the smooth, the emblematic song Flow like thy genlai Juices o'er my tongue, Could those mild morsels in my numbers chime, And, as they roll in substance, roll in rhyme, ty fame; _ ear, All barda should catch It, and all realms revere! Assist me first with pious toll to trace Through wrecks of time thy lineage and thy race; Declare what lovely squaw, in days of yore (Ere great Columbus sought thy native shore), First gave thee to the world; her works of fame Have lived indeed, but lived without a name. Some Tawny Ceres, goddess of her days. First leam'd with stones to crack the well-dried

sing not you. A softer theme I choose, virgin theme, unconscious of the Muse ut fruitful, rich, well suited to Inspire

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Joys'that the vineyard and the stiUhoure bring;

Or on some distant fair your notes employ, ik of rapturee that you ne’er enjoy.

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shower.

Through the rough sieve to shake the golden

In bolllnr water stir the yellow flour; The yellow flour, bestrew’d and stlrr'd with

haste.

Swells In the flood and thickens to a paste, Then puffs and wallops, rises to the brim, Drinks the dry knobs that on the surface swim; The knobs at last the busy ladle breaks. And th* whole mass its true consistence takes. Let the green succotash with thee contend, Let beans and corn their sweetest juices blend.

Let butter drench them in Its yellow tide,

long slice of bacon grace their side; ‘ * * s’ AW

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mouth has often tried; their virtues much the

fabric, as allied their fame. New England, where the last Receives a dash of pumpkin in the paste. rive It sweetness and improve the taste. But place them all before me. smoking hot, The big. round dumpling, rolling from the pot,

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A belly soft the pulpy apple hides;

The yellow bread whose face like amber glows,

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ELOPED TO NEW YORK. Reputed Millionaires Son Wins a Ft. Wayn* Bride. FT. WAYNE. Ind„ November l2.-John Pulz, Jr„ reprwwntin* himself a* the aon of a New York millionaire, and M1m Anna Roehrs, eighteen year* old and handsome. the daughter of a drayman, eloped to New York last night, at which point they- will be married, after which will come a trip abroad, where they will join his parents, who are on the continent. The acquaintance began In Indianapolis, where both chanced to be visiting, and Mr. Pulz came to this city to pursue his wooing, spending much of his time at the Wayne Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roehrs, while they were not particularly opposed to the contemplated marriage, knew nothing of the proposed elopement until the couple were well on their way. They also knew nothing concerning Mr. Pulz save what be himself represented. He gave his home at New York city, and feald that In the summer he was connected with the People's market, at Tannersvllle, N. Y. All of his mall bore the letterheads of the firm. The parents of the bride report that their only opposition was based on the reputed wealth of Mr. Pulz. and the belief that their daughter would be happier Mf she married in her own station of life.

SKELETON IS UNCOVERED. Girl of Fourteen Evidently Murdered Year* Ago. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] COVINGTON. Ind., November 18.Whlle digging in a gravel pH on the outskirts of town, a farm laborer uncovered the skeleton of a girl of perhaps fourteen years old. She had evidently been murdered. There was a hole In the skull behind the right ear, and the red hair was matted with blood. The hair behind the head was tied with a leather string. The body was burled only three feet below ‘■oil. The gravel pit is on the Crawfordsville road, over which many movers drive. It is probable the girl belonged to some of these wagon travelers. Bourke Cockran's Lecture. [Special to The Indianapolis News.] BLOOMINGTON, Ind., November 18.The date of the Hon. Bourke Cockran’s appearance here, In the Indiana University lecture course, haa been definitely fixed for January 17. Know* Good Poetry. [Atlanta Constitution.] In his column in The Indianapolis News our friend Meredith Nicholson had five poems in the Issue of Wednesday. They are good poems—all of ’em; but even Br’er Nicholson will find It no holiday If he intends to keep up that hallelula lick!

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British East Africa, gets the small sum

In the last Council the Republicans blocked financial propositions of the Democratic mayor. In the present Council the Democrats are Inclined to play a return engagement. Governor Beckham charges Governor Durbin with having senatorial aspirations. Now, how could he have suspected it? The new constitution, which will result in a large reduction of the colored vote was adopted in Alabama yesterday by substantial majority. Thus the work of legally disfranchising the negro, despite the Federal constitution, goes steadily

forward.

All except a very small sugar-grpwlng Interest In this country will agree with Senator Lodge that “reciprocity with Cuba is first and most Important for political as well as economic reasons." — The

Journal.

What a shocking utterance for a protection organ! Would the Journal destroy a promtolng Infant industry In its own State? If no reciprocal relations with Cuba are adopted the northern part of Indiana might have a sugar factory. Think how willingly the consumers of the rest of the State would chip in to support it! Really, the Journal Is becoming heretical.

think this, to Indeed astounding. The y —— truth, of course, is that we have here an | THE STRUGGLE IN PENNSYLVANIA. tadlssoluble Union of Indestructible j Interest In the New York election over

The average city "statesman” acts on the theory—first politics, then the city.

•tpiea. and that there to no section more MgrmJ to the old flag than the South. then our critic thinks that Mr.

"overestimates the capacity of Indeed, that would be a

shadowed interest in the

election. Besides, the victory was for decency and reform in New York, while It was a victory of machine rule in Pennaylvanta and so there to a tendency to dismiss

The Democrats of the Council had a perfect right to kill the bond ordinance

Pennsylvania jf they were convinced It was the right

thing to do. but it to a matter for deep regret that party lines should be drawn on financial matters. Politics Is ever

with ua.

to do. This people has never the question. This is hardly fair, nor does

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anything that It did not and to-day It to the terror of If not of the military merchants are pushing their here, and Europe te so that It to talking about alliance against us. . We itf«ag enough to btoek Gerijo*. and to stand off the GerManila harbor. Only the ice thought It advteebie Jovemment before It sent klsh waters, and at the

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it give a correct view. Although the result In Philadelphia was disappointing, there is encouragement In it for the forces of reform. The Philadelphia Ledger, whose Independence snd ability have never been questioned, says, for example, that the situation in Philadelphia has never been better than at the present time. The Democratic adjunct to the Quay-Ashbridge machine, which has for years blocked all reform movements, has been practically eltminaud. In it* place has risen a strong

minority party polling between 99,000 and 160,690 unpurchiMbie votes, a party strong enough to contest supremacy with the Republican organisation once It shall

Governor Beckham need not have gone to the trouble to pronounce a high encomium on Kentucky. “There she stands,” we know, but that does not alter the fact that in a terrible and disgraceful political battle one of the candidates for Governor was shot down by a cowardly assassin, and that the condition of party polltice in that State for the last few year* would disgrace any community. The people of the city are consuming

a great deal of smoke any way.

Congressman Watson has been

gested for Governor. The idea Is not fascinating. and it becomes less so the closer you approach It; but It hints of the pos-

sibilities of machine politics.

of $32 per month as ruler of that country. He exercises absolute power, which is based on superstition, for he is principal medicine man, as well as coramander-tn-

chief and king.

It is said that automatic machinery for the saving of labor Is not used in numerous German factories because the government desires to keep as many people employed as possible, and the manufacturers do not want to incur the displeasure of the government. At a county fair In Kansas a man lost $18 at a sure-tking game. The wife saw the man lose his last cent, and, marching up to the desk of the grafter, grabbed a handful of money from the box. told him she had to have It to live on, and walked away to the music of the crowd's

cheers.

A revivalist named A. Wagge has been preaching In Roanoke, Va., and advising the farmers to burn their tobacco crop in order to avoid burning themselves in the next world. Matthew Searce, a wellknown young farmer, emptied eight bams which were filled with fine tobacco, piled it In one Immense heap, invited his neighbors In and then set fire to the whole crop. It was valued at $8,000. New York was named in honor of James, Duke of York, In 1664, at which time it was captured from the Dutch by the English. It then Contained a population of about 3,000. The first settlement on Manhattan island was made by the Dutch In 1615. and the first public wharf was built as late as 1658. Less than 300 years have paesed aince the first occupancy of the spot on which now stands New York, and In less than two and a half centuries her population has increased from 3,000 to

3,500,000.

Election night I skirmished about the lower districts to see the sights, and one of the most interesting was the burning of family plunder. From time Immemorial aimost it has been the custom in the old wards for the mistress of*the house to use election night as the occasion for & general cleaning out of the lumber-room. All the worthless trash that has collected in closets and corners is then cast into the street to be destroyed in bonfires. At other times the police exercise a strict surveillance.—New York Press. , A Kansas lawyer was recently broken of the habit of writing his name all over every blank piece of paper he sat down before. When trying a suit he would scratch his name over all the papers on the table in front of him. One day a friend of his got hold of a slip of paper on which he had written his signature, and over it wrote a promissory note for $10,000. He took the note to a local banker and asked him to present it to him for collection, which was done. He didn’t pay the note, but he stopped writing his

name on everything.

Army and navy officers in Germany are not allowed to marry unless they have a certain private income and must make g deposit of 60,000 marks cash (17,600) with the government before the marriage can take place. This to deposited to their credit In the public treasury, and they receive 3 per cent, interest a year. At the M death of the officer the principal is re- •«*- funded to his family. The purpose of thi*

the government from tbe

And all of Indian that the bakepan knows,You tempt me not—my fav’rite greets my eyes, To that loved bowl my spoon by instinct files. CARBOLIC ACID THROWING. Beautiful Young Woman Victim of a

Brutal Assault.

RUBSIAVILLE, Ind., November 12.While Miss June Clark, making her home with the family of John Grayson, in the outskirts of this place, was in the act of entering her gate, shortly after dusk, ahe was assaulted by an unknown person, who dashed carbolic arid into her face. Instinctively she threw up her arms, and thereby saved her eyes, but the lower part of her face was badly burned, and her arm was severely injured. Miss Clark is a popular young woman, eighteen years old, and without known enemies. Tnere Is no clew to the Identity of the assailant, and so sudden and unexpected was the attack that she is unable to s&y whether a man or a woman attacked her.

rule is to protect the government from the burden of destitute officers' families, and also to protect the officer against courtmartial. for the regulations prohibit him

from incurring debts.

TROUBLE IS ALL OVER. Turkey and France Are Friend* Once More. PARIS, November 12.—President Loubet presided at the Cabinet council to-day. The Foreign Minister, M. Delcasae, read the letter which the Turkish Foreign Minister, Tewfik Pasha, wrote to M. Bapst. councilor of the French embassy In Con-_ stantinople, notifying him of the signing of the imperial* irade providing for the execution of the Sultan’s engagements with the French government, and announced that he had notified the Porte that diplomatic relations between France and Turkey had been resumed, and that Admiral Calllard's squadron had left the island of Mltylene. Health, Strawboard Refute and Fish. To the Editor of The News: Sir—I have been interested for several years In the topics, which have recently been attracting a greal deal of attention. I know something about them, and it is

this:

1. The farmers in the vicinity of the polluted streams are not selling their lands at reduced prices, but hold their farms 25 per cent, higher than ten years According to Mr. Hurty the strawboard refuse breeds maggots, files, bugs and bacteria, all of which is good food for

fish.

8. The counties in which strawboard factories are situated are noted for good health and a low rate of mortality. 4. All of the fish caught in Indiana, outside of Lake Michigan and the Ohio river, If equally diatributed, would not give a fin to each inhabitant. 6. Taking tbe salary, fees. etc., of the fish commissioner and his deputies, every pound of fish caught in the lawful season, by lawful methods, costs the taxpayers about one dollar per pound. 6. Mr. Hurty. who to secretary of the State Board of Health, Is not, as many suppose, a physician, and his medical statements and theories are not binding upon the medical profession. PISCATOR ANILITICUS.

The WellDressed Man has an advantage socially and in business over the men who wean ill-fitting clothes. We are adding constantly to the number of welldressed successful men of Indianapolis. $20 and Upward will buy a handsome well-fitting Business Suit, made to measure. A limitless variety of choice fabrics from which to make your selection.

Kahn... Tailoring Co

A RING like that Is a sparkling reminder of what is to be seen tn our assortment. We shine by our diamonds and our unquestioned reputation for reliability. With us appearances are never deceptive. Fashion smiles approvingly on our bright array of novelties. One glance begets another, and seeing provokes admiration. No cheap goods, only short prices here.

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HARPER & BROTHERSl Franklin Sqimra, New York.

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INDIANA’S GREATEST DRY GOODS EilPORlUfL

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BLACK DRESS FABRICS TWO ITEMS OF GREAT INTEREST

All-wool Melton Cheviot, 88 inches wide, weighs 28 ounces to the yard; suitable for long coats, suits and separate unlined skirts; * a '| gf

$1.78 the regular price, to Wednesday buyers, a yard

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Heavy all-wool Granite Cloth,' crisp and good to wear, shakes dust easily; it to rate of the fashionable cloths this season; good value at

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89c; Wednesday, a yard....„.

The Popular | Coats at $13.50 Made of all-wool black kersey, lined throughout with guaranteed satin; has coat or storm collar; handsomely stitched. Others up to $76.00. , —Second Floor.

PETTIS DRY GOODS COMPANY

I to not use price ticket* in my show window at IS NORTH ILLINOIS STREET. I have made many sale* because admirers ot articles In my window found upon inquiry that the price was "so much less than” they had expected. C L. ROST, Diamond Merchant

....BY THE USE Of.... You oaa dispense with artificial light to dark rooms.

BUILDERS’ SUPPLY CO., 342 E. Wiafc. St AGENTS FOR INDIANAPOLIS. Telephone 614 Old or New.

GOLD FOUNTAIN PEN 79c

We have just put on sale a Fountain Pen with rubber barrel and gold pen at tbe above price. Now is your chance to buy a good Fountain Pen cheap.

THE BOWEN-MERRILL CO. INDIANAPOLIS.

The Knabe Piano

is preferred by such great artists a* Sauer. Sternberg. Sherwood. Hamburg. Slitinski and hundreds of others of lesser note, as well aa by the vast majority of musical people everywhere. Purity of tone, equality of scale and elasticity of action have placed it In a class of Its own. In fact. KNABE PIANOS have crested a standard that regulates Plano values. Sold In Indiana only by THE STARR PIANO CO., ' 13 W. Washington Strest. ladlaaa's Representative Plano House. Aftar Nov. 15, 138-146 N. Pennsylvania St. New Pianos for rent at $3.80, $4 and $8 per month.

PACIFIC OIL COMPANY 120 acres located in Sunset (HI Digtrict, Kern M-Mupciiy County, California. Headquarters Jg* iff- 8 ***—" BalIdin «' IwW Capital Stock $800,000. 500,000 Shares, fully paid, nonassessable, par value $1.00 per share. VrmMsnt, c. A. Paquette, Sup’t Big 4 Railway. KJlliLrCE & Vlc^President, C. M. MoCabo, Counsel for Big 4 Railway. Secretary and Treasurer, S. A. Townsend, Traveling Freight Agent Peoria and Eastern Railway. nirprtnrz ^ above Ilam * d ,nd & Elliott, Vice-Prea. uircLivrs Diimond 0iI Qj . Wm Bland> Agent Peori| £ Eastern Ry.; Leon Phipps, practical oil man, aix years’ experience California oil fields; George Easton, Member Board on Sales and Prices, Los Angeles Producers’ Ass’s. Commenced drilling well No. 1, in January, 1901. This well is now flowing 60 barrels daily, which is being sold at the well at 75 orate r*r bwrel net This one well alone earned last month a 5IX PER CENT. DIVIDEND on the issued stock and stock we are now offering. Shares in the Pacific Oil Company are an investment—not a speculation. Continuous moderate dividends are what we aim at rather than occasional large dividends. A limited amount of treasury itock out of 100,000 iharti set apart-for meeting final payment on this property can now he had, whils they last, at 30 CTS. A SHARE Stock already sold has been taken by conservative hi men, end an opportunity is now offered to join them in an ment on favorable terms. We are not selling stock for prospecting undeveloped land. Wt HAVC A PRODUCING PRI For mape, prospectus, particulars and local address ,; PACIFIC OIL COMPANY, I 139 ttsvsnsen Bld'g. INDIANAPOLIS,