Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1880 — Page 5

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STATE FINANCES.

Not a Dry Discussion, tut an Interesting Explanation of State Finances. An ExhauatW Speech on the Subject by Judg Lcwla Jordan, Made at Indian, apolij, August 12. Judge Jordan spoke as follows: In a peech d!1vered before the Democratic Convention of Marlon County in 18 I "aid that "the discussion of Nation! questions has for years eD grossed the minds or the people, and that we bave eagerly looked for the day when this should no longer be necessary." That day has not arrived; bat In the present canvass the Democratic party of Indiana can -well afford to point with pride and satisfaction to the excellent record mule slme It assumed control of the ssa'e Uovernraent In 1872. "While the election of Thomas A. Hendricks as Governor was tne occasion of reit rejoicing to his political friend, bit administration w so wise and pare that our political opponents have cheerfully accorded to It the praise It so richly merited. And Ills a matter for congratulation that the administration of Governor Willhims has maintained the high standard of bis predecessor, so that IndlaD stands to-day at the head of all her ister States In the pure and economical a -1 minist rat inn of her State Government. I claim that Governor Hendricks Introduced reforms which have been of great and lastlLg benefit to tt tax-pavers of the ite. and to some of these I will call your attention. REFORM 15 KIEHXO ACCOC5TS Prior to M75 there had been much conf'islon In keeping the accounts of the State, jid on the 6Ui of September, 1S75, Governor Hendricks addressed a letter o Hon. B. 11 Shaw, Treasurer of State, calliua, bis attention to the act establishing a Treasury system, and requesting him In his official report to make the exhibit contemplated by law. The Treasurer cheerfully compiled with the request, and new books were opened by the Auditor of State, which cleaily tet forth the various accounts with the particular fund to which they belong. This was the commencmentof a reform In keeping the aeeounta of the State, which wh perfected In 1X77, when the Legis lsture. at the suggestion ot the Democratic State officers, adopted a financial year commencing on the 1st cf November. To this financial year all the Departments and Institutions were required to conform, so that now anv taxpayer oi the State can take np the Auditor's report and in a few moments learn what have been the expenditures of the State for the year, and on what account the money has been paid out. A COMPLIMENT. A few weeks since the Indianapolis Journal said that "Indiana and Iowa rank about alike for economic administration." This was a compliment, coming from an opposition paper which the Democratic administration of the At seven years well merits, and which the figures so funy substantiate. After reading this compliment I concluded to look Into the financial condition of the State more cloelv, and I need only say I waa interested and delighted tn the Investigation. Every citizen oftheötste will be proud of the fact thst the ordinary current expenses of the State, including all our Institutions, are very little more than those of a city of lOO.WU Inhabitants. But let me give you the figures: The current and onli nary expenses of the State eovernment for the year ending Oetcoer 31, 1ST!, as shown by therejKrt of the Aniitor of state were as ioi.ows: Executive and admlnls. 855,520 21 Benevolent institution, to wit: Insane Hospital Ili.7(.M 7(i Iesf and Dumb institution e-i.im i Blind Asylum .......... House of Uft'uKP female Reformatory Soldiers' Orphans' Home.... 1 2:J2 43 42,S 0 UU 27,X 4H -$,119,95 07 PE5AL I5STITCTI0X3. Btate Prison South S "0,s0 8.1 State Prison North Si ,540 45 $105,401 28 JUDICIARY. Salaries Supreme Circuit and 8uperlor Judes; Prosecutleg Attorneys; Sheriff's ml esge In con-vor-lnir nrisoners to States Prison, etc 1193,403 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Ptate University 23.0CO 00 State Normal School.- A,m 00 Purdue University : . ,tv.l 00 btate Board of Kdnc Uion 1,500 00 83I.C0O 03 AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 60CIKTIES. State Board of Agrieulture...5,0 "0 State Horticultural society aw w S 6.101 00 State printing State Board of fciu'izallon Ke pairs on State buildings, 19 811 31 HS3 60 rents, etc , ......... Bureau statistics-. 1,!)SS 97 1,138 11 Total current expenses 1750,!5 50 But In order to determine the exa"t amount of this Mim which is collect-d from the people lu the shape of taxes, there should be deducted the earnings of the several Institutions, which are now required by law to lo paid into the state Treasury, ana iso tue aocnet lees, in surance fats and tax, as follows, to-wit: Earnings of the Insane Hospital S 1,152 4 i.arnmzs ot tne lMsar ana uamo in stitution - "6 22 Earninzsof the Blind Asylum 291 7 Earnings of the State Prison North...- 3.S"4 74 Earnings of the State Piison South 67 Wl 71 Earning or the Home of Refuge S.iU!' 71 Earnings of the Female Prison 29 5o Docket Fees 27,17 8 Insurance Fees 12,487 to Insurance Tax . . 21 07 1 Making .f 131,9:0 7i It is proper to say that at the time the Auditor filed bis repart theacounts of the Northern Prison were not all In, but as the amouut earned by the prison about balances the amount of expenses, the result Is not changed. WHAT THE STATE COVKRSMEST COSTS TUE TAXPATERS Deduct the $161.930 73 from the $750,9SV60, and we have $jm),0H 77, which represents the true amount that it cost the taxpayers of Indiana last year to administer our State Government, support our benevolent, penal and educational Institutions, nud py the expenses of the Judiciary and State printing, the latter Item alone under a Republican administration costing about one-tlxth of this amount. This record is without a parallel in the bHtory of this State, ani no otner state In the Union can beat It. It Is the result of the wise, prudent and economical adminlstratioa of the State Government inaugurated by Governor Hendricks nnd successlully continued by Governor Williams. THE RECORD Of LAST TEAR BEATEN. But excellent as Is the record for the year ending October 31, 1S7S, the present fiscal year of the State will make a better showing. The law reorganizing the benevolent Institutions passed by the last Deglilature, after a bitter opposition by the Kepub-tcan members, did not go Into force and effect until half of the fiscai year had passed, and It ws only during the last hair of the year that the new Bard organized under It efficiently carried oat it provisions, and saved thousands of dollars to the taxpayer of the State. The nonest administration of the benevolent boards and the savings effected In other departments will keep down the expenditures of this year to what they were lust, although we h-ve this year to provide for the new insane Hospital for Women. In other words, the SAVINGS will pay the additional expenses caused by the opening of this splendid Hospital, and no Increase of taxation will be necessary to support It. Well may the people of the State, without regard to party, be proud of our State Government. SOMETHING NEW. It is a trite saying "that there is not-aln t new under tne auu." You know that not a dollar can be taken out of the State Treasury witnout an appropriation is first made by the Legislature. At every session an appropriation Is made for the different departments and institutions, and the expense can not exceed the amount appropriated. The rale Is to spend every dime appropriated ; but this rule was badly fractured laut year by the officers composing the present Democratic administration in our State. If the saving faai been only In on department it would not have attracted much attention, but I propose to show yon that economy has been practiced so uniformly by tke Governor. State officers and members of the Boards controlling the Institutions of the Btate.tftat it may well be said that we have something new in Indlaaa to be proud of. ' APPROPRIATIONS NOT USED. The following appropriations were Hot exhausted last year, and the figures given represen t the amount saved : Insane Hospital, W0,460.55: House of Refuge, 110,500 : public J Tinting, 10,850.89; Blind Asylum, 15,'M.ti; Governor's military contingent

e xt en ses, 13,714.87; Deaf and Dumb, 14,793.61; Governor's civil contingent expenses, SJ.ÜU.72 fuel and lights, I007.S7. Soldiers Orphans' Home, It 1 4.67 incidental expenses. State Library. r7.17; books and binding, 12174; State Board of Equalization, C167.40;JvernotJe office expenses, i5 32. In this connection let me say a good wci-a for the Legislature. When that body met.ablll appropriating $125.000 for pay of members and fxpcnsM wa passed unanimously, but both

brancnes oelni? practically uemocratic, that DHrtv controlled the expenditures, and $ - SW.78 of the appropriation was not expendtil. No charge of extravagance was ever mde, against the Legislature, but on the contiary it Is entit ed to creait lor rigiu economy. What a beautiful and pleaslog pyramid .here Azures will make, and they should be W ritten on the blsckboad of every chool hou iu the State. The record Is so good the fl nres will bear repeating in ine mversw "o r given before. The ainonnt saved by th le-tmaiiir is so unusual the figures should Da given the place oi coaor auu support, mi PYRAMID. J67.40. '.97.17. 414.57. 07.37. 3.1M.72. 3,714 K7. 4,793 7. 5.1W42. 10,358 tW. 10,5(0.00. 38.919.70. 108,928 17. this pyramid will gladden the heart of the taxpayer, and Is so grand lu its proportions that the farmers of Indiana will see it and congratulate themselves that no additional hills of corn and potato or acres of wheat and Oat need be raised 'his year to pay state taxes. I challenge our Republican friends to show such a record when they had conti ot of tbeStat government. They ustd up every appropriation made, although they were much larger in many case6 than those of 1870. STATE TAX. The annual tax levy for State purposes in Indiana is 12 cents on the 1' Oof assesed pioperty. In consequence of the riged economy practiced by the present nlmiiilni ration In ail departments of the public service, a surplus accumulated In the treasury. In other words, the 12 cent tax levy was more than enough to meet a'l the current expenses ot the State Uoveminent, aul I be L-gtsiature wisely approprl ated :äj0 OOi of this surplus to aid in building the State House. It will thus be seen that the savings of an honest administration con tributes largely to the building of the Capitol, and to a considerable extent relieves the tax payers of a special tax for that purpose. This result is in striking contrast with the management under Republican rule. The Legislature which elected O. P. Morton to the euaie, fixed the tax levy at 15 cents on the riuo. THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS. The Hospital for the Insane, the institutions for theeJueitiou of the blind and the deaf and dumb are known as the three benevolent institutions of the State. The people of our Stat have contributed liberally tor building np aud supporting these noble charities, and are justly proud of them, bnt at the same time tbey demand that tney shall be conducted with proper economy. There Is no more excuse lor wasting public money under the pretense of charity than there is for any oth-r nurpos. The time has passed when the Boards controlling pubMc institutions can tie extravagant ami hope to escape censure be carise they are administering a public charity. The law reorganising the institutions pissed by the last Legislature provides that the Governor shall appoint the members of the Boards, and he thus becomes responsible to some extent for their propei management. This I think is a great Improvement, as the administration in power should have the privilege or selecting its own officers The increasing expanses of the benevolent Institutions attracted the attention of Governor Hendricks, and tn his last message to tbe Legislature he made use of the following language: "I call your particular attention to the recommendations ot the Auditor of Stat In respect to the management of the benevolent lustitutious. I agree with him that tbey should be much more economically administered. The expenses should be reduced at leattin proportion to tbe reducei cost of the supplies and to correspond somewhat to the babits of close economy which the people have b?en compelled to adopt in their private expenditures. The Governor argued the question at length, but very liuie attention was paid to his advice. But public attention had been called by this message of the Governor to the extravagance in the management of these Institutions, and there was a general demand tbat some reforms should be Instituted, and the result was a law passed by the last Legilature eranlzlng the Boards, ami now let us se what has been tbe result in the way of economy. THE INSAKK HOSPITAL There wss saved of the appropriation last year the sum of f4,455.5i, although tbe new iaw was only In force during the lint seven months. From a calculation made by the President of the Board. . I find that in former years It required an expenditure of S 2,0 9 10 per month to maintain odo Hospital with an average population ot 745 persons, while ucderthe present law and new management the old Hospital, which is now used exclusively for man and the new Hospital for women, tbe expenditure is only 113,718.13, with an average population of 1.061. In other words, it costs only i,bo9Ui more per monin under the pr sent law to run both Hospitals than it cost to run one under theo'.d law. It would be unjust to the Board, and tbe officers In charge of tbe Hospitals to attribute this result exclusively to the passage of the :aw, for they have aided, by their honest and efficient management, to secure this large saving to the taxpayers, and are entitled to the thanks of the people of tbe State. It will be tbe crowning glory of the present Democratic State administration thst the Counties bave been relieved of tbe care and expense of many of their incurable insane, and tbat they have bave been made comfortable in our State Hospitals, and tbat this noble work cf humanity has been accomplished with very little additional cost to the people of the State. CCST OK CLOTHIXG FOR INSANE. But It Is not alone In the current expenses of the Hospital that a large savlDg has been made. The clothing purchased tor patients and charged up to the respective Counties co6t 01 per cent, less than formerly, and this saving interests the citizens of every County In proportion to the number of Insane persons fiora the County. Under the old law the amount derived from the Countlei became part of the fond belonging to the Institution, and was used by the Board in addition to regular appropriation made by the Legislature. Tne new law changes this, and the amounts paid by tho Counties for clothing goes directly into the State Treasury. ThH same provision of the law now applies to all Institutions of the State. Tiie Legislature was urged by the Democratic State officers to adopt it, and thousands of dollars are annually saved to the County funds. This Is only on a of many re f. rms that have been made under a Democratic administration of the Slate Uavernment. THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION. The unexpended balance of tbe appropriation for this Institution last year was 14,733 7. Tbat this result was accomplished by the new law and the change In management there can be no doubt, for toe former Superintendent estimated that It would require C2,ir00 more than the appropriation to get through toe year. Under the new management it was not needed, and there was saved of the appropriation the amouut before stated. In 1877 this Institution expended tt!,881 62, ani this year the expenditures will not reach 150.0(0, thus showing a saving of about 15,000, which oan be placed to the credit of the new management. The change tnjthe Supnn tendency was severe ly critic sed by the Re publican papers at the time It was made, but tbe result has shown that the taxpayers ot the State have been greatly benefited by It, and the efficiency of the school has not been Impaired. The ablest teachers were retained and consulted by the Superintendent In regard to the management, and through their counsel thessbool has steadily Improved. Perfect harmony prevails between the Superintendent aud teachers, and the Institution was never in better working order or tne children more contented and happy. INSTITUTION" FOR THE BLIND. The Blind Asylum has been managed with tbe same economy that bus prevailed at the Insane Hospital and Deaf and Dumb Institution. Theie was returned to the State Treas ury last year J),lW.4U of tbe appropriation. As In the management of the other Institutions, so In this. Tne new law was not in torce until tbe latter part of tbe year. The Trustees say In their report that "the amount covered Into the Treasury is quite large, and with tbe exception of a small amount covered into the State Treasury one year ago. Is without precedent in the financial history of the Institution." Nine months of the present fiscal year have passed, and, estimating from the expenditures for tbat period, the savings this year will be 17.437.36, thus reducing the expenditures about one-fourth. - THE BENEVOLENT BOARDS AND CPERINTEN DENTS It Is a matter for congratulation that the

members of the B',nv.lent Boards and tbe Superintendents or ihe Institutions are all gentlemen r& character, and that they bave PJTon5 'nusual bulty and faithfulness to the Irfcbarge .'t their duties. Their worsi a.aks for HXt and reflects credit upon themselves and Utft party which selecte! them for their responsible duties. .THE H0CSE OF REFTGI. y.ext to the benevolent Institut ions the House CA Ketuge at Plain tiled occupies the most

prominent position oi the statd l nstitutious. It was established for tho reformation ofjeve nile offenders, and now contains 33U boys from ail parts of Ih State Being a member of the Board ot Cvntroi. I shall not institute a comparison of eipendliures with former admlnls trailons, but will merely slate tbat for two years In succession SlO.OtO of the appropriation has not been used, and 20,0 0 has been saved aud returned to the Treasury. 1 have maintained ever since I became member of the Board tbat the same economy should be practiced lu the nianapment of tbe institution as a prurient bnsinesK man would use in bis private affairs, and I think 1 may -ay, with mt laying royst-lf liable to criticism, tbat the institution Is conducted on that principle. TIIE FEMALE REFORMATORY. While a member of tbe Board of Visitors of his Institution. 1 recommended to tbe Governor, in my report, tbat the Female Reformatory and Prison mould b governed exclusively by women. The lawSt cas changed, and lam happy to know that the change was a wise one, and that tbe Institution is economics ly and ably managed by a Board of Ladles, aaMsted by excellent lady officers. Tnere Is no politics in this Institution, and 1 hope there never will be. TUE SOLDIERS ORPHANS' HOME. The Legislature, at the last session, provided that this institution should gradually be merged into an At-ylum lor Fceb;e-Minded Children. Institutions of this character are In succdfsful operation In many of the Slates, and the Legislature acted wisely In providing for thin uniortnnaie class in our State. Tu Institution was opened In November last, and is now In succe slal operation. The same Board appointed by the Governor controls the Orpuans'Hoine and the Asylum lor KeebleMlnded Chi Iren. Tnere was saved of the apfropriatlon lor the Soldier' orphans' Home ast year 1411.57, but the Superimendent tsays In his report that while the average expenses are apparently as largo as iu former years, tt 90 000 was expendtd iu the construction oi an extension ot the main builuing, lor cisterns aud other improvements, milch cows, eta , aud when this amount is deducted a fair reduction In actual expenses is shown. THE STATE PRISONS. The Legislature makes appropriations for both pris ns. and all tbe earnings are required to he paid into the State Treasury. Tbe reiorts show that the amounts paid into the Treasury as earnings about equal the amounts drawn out, so that In point of fact the prisons are self sustaining. Judging from the reports tbe Erlsons are well managed, and have efficient oards and officers. As a citizen of the rotate I very much regret that tne excellent law for the government of tne prisons, introduced by Senator Wlnterbotham and passed by the last Legislature, did not become a law. It was presented too late to tbe Governor at tbe reg ular session, and the biannual tquabb'e about the Prison Buard prevented Its passage at the special session. The Governor appoints the Boards for all tbe other institutions In tbe State, and this prison bill gave him tho power to appoint the Prison Boards, woicb, in ray judgment, would be a ureat reform, and or dinarily secure better men for this posltiou. I would not have you draw an luferer.ee that the present Boards are not composed of good men, for I Know some of them personally, and know them to be well qualified aud honorable gentlemen. STATE EDUCATIONAL INPTITUTIO 6. Trustees for the State Xormal School at Terre Haute, Purdue University at Lafayette an Agricultural Co lege, and for the Stale University, are appointed by the Governor, aud the gentlemen selected have all been qualified for tue )ositloii.s, and these Institutions are well managed and doing a great work for the people of Hie State. The oniypoint that I desire te make is that under Democratic administrations they have Increased In proficiency, ana are a credit to the suite. INCREASE OF SCHOOL FUND AND O3MM0N SCHOOLS. The people of the State are pnvud of oar mag. nitlceut school fund, aud the number and proficiency of our common schools Foreeven years the fund has steadily Increased, and is now X,C(.5M.!W. In addition to the interest denv.d from this fund, every County in tbe täte has been liberal inlevlug special taxes for school purposes, and last year this tax amounted to $l,113.2u3.i 2. It is a gratifying lact that while there has been an Increase in the number of chikirm attending the schools and in the nurube 4 days taught, the per capita cost of coruuu n school education in this state bus tor several years been decreasing. No better evidence can be produced to show tbat the common schools ot tbe state have been In safe hands for seven years. There are still a very few persona In tbe State who have never etij yed tbe benefits of common schools, and who charge that the Democratic party uoes not favor eduction. To eni ghten these and to gratify those wbo Ui&e an Interest In tbe progress of our school sstera, I have collected the following racts. by which It can be seen at a glance that there has been an in crease in attendance. In school houses and teachers, in number of rchoel days and in the value of houses, grounds, etc., since 1872. COMPARISON.

Itf72. 1S79. 631.51!) 708,101 45 451 503 bVZ 9 080 tf.617 12,1 13,5. 9,030 9,294 70 3 14 35S 81 LS0 110 l'

Enumeration Admitted into echools...., School nouses. ITtät h rs Districts In which schools are taught - Districts without schools.... DHti let graded schools .. Township graded schoo b.. School da vs......... .... Value houses, grounds, etc.ti,199,4& 51178,705 We have in Indiana more than half as many common schools as there are elementary schools in Kn eland and Wales, there being 17.1tiöof the latter. The schools have greatly Improved In character and efficiency, and progress has been the order of the day. C0XCLUFI0N. I have now presented to you the financial condition of our state and the record made by your pub ic servants. I submit to your candid j udgment whether there is a better, cheaper or more economical Sia'e Government In tbe Union. If you answer impartially and unbiased by parly feeling you must say that all the requirements of cood government have been fuuy met by the pres9nt Democratic state Government of Indiana Then where is tbe necesMty f- r a change? There has been system, order and economy Introduced into every department ot the public service, and we have as the result t good State Government thst oqr people, wllhout regard to party, are proud of. Our resources are more varied than any Sta'e in the Union, and must continue to attract capital and labnr, and now we can add the Inducement of a good and honest Slate Government and low taxation. You will soon da called upon to select your pub ic servants. The Democratic party, tbat Is now so tnccessfu'ly admlnls erinx the affairs of nur Slate, has nominated for Governor Franklin Landers. A distinguish d Republican has recently said, lu discussing the civil service rules of the general Government, thai "tbe efficiency of Mien regulations has been distrusted mala ly because they have teemed to exalt mere educational and abstract tests above general bu-lness capacity, ana even special fimes for the particular work In band. It seems to me that the rnles which should be applied to tbe management of the pubdc service may properly conform in the main to such as regulate the conduct of success: ul private business." Al r. Landers b as been a successful farmer and business man, and fils the b'll for Governor. Of his election there can be no doubt, and Indiana will continue to be governed on business principles. Frince Bismarck has the true smoker's real affection for his pipe. He has a special pet pipe, the bowl of which fell to pieces the other day. He showed so much sorrow over this destruction of his old friend tbat his family carefully colli cted tbe fragments and sent them to Berlin to be put together. Tbe work ai eki.ltnlly executed, and tbe Prince ia again enjosics: tbe ellent and soothing companionship of his favorite. William E. Chandler's Newspaper on Garfield and Patterson. I From the Concord Monitor, Feb. 20. 1873.1 The Republican party can not and will not take npon itself th sine of Colfax or Patterson or Ames or Kelley or Garfield. Rather it will be true to its mission, and place the seal of condemnation upon them iL . If Spin doesn't apologize for insulting the American flag, we can ruin the Havana cigar Industry by refusing to send brown paper and cabbage leaves to Cuba.

VERY LONG AGO.

Listening In the twilight, very long ago. To a sweet voice tinging very soft and low. Was the song a ballad of a lady bright Saved from deadly peril by a gallant knight? Or a song of battle and a fl vlng foe? Nay, I have forgotten 'lis so long ago. Scarcely half remembered, more than half forgot, I can only tell you what the song was not. Memory nnfaithful has not kept that strain. Heard once in the twilight never heard again. Every day brings twilight, but no twilight brings To my ear that music on such quiet wings. After autumn sunsets, in the dreaming light. When long summer evenings dtepeu into night, All that I am sure of is that, long ago. Some one sang at twilight very swtet and low. cni'KCH am) rci-riT. According to the highest authority it is strictly orthodox to do good on Sunday. A short sermon, riht to tho point, is better than a long sermon without the point. 'Under whose preaching were you converted?" said fl man to his friend. 'Tobody's," was the answer. It wa under ray aunt's practicing." Rev. Dr. Field argues ably for more practical preaching. He says that ''how to live so as to get the most and highest satisfaction out of this world, and be best fitted for an endless life in Heaven, is the problem for which people everywhere look to religion for a solution." But, unfortunately, few of thorn rind it in the religion presented in most of the churches. A London Catholic newspaper states that in the year 187! 2,000 persons renounced Protestantism in England and became Roman Catholics. It also says that seventeen out of every twenty of them were prepared for the step under ritualistic teaching. Bishop Coxe, in a iecently-publishel paper, speaks of persons who, with jeweled lingers, will give ten cents to foreign missions, and then sing: "Love so amzin, oo dirine. Deninoda my lieurt, my lifo, my all." The Churchman fears that the 'Bishop has put the sum contributed too high. Taul Taking up Collections" is the topic of a correspondent of tho Religious Herald, who says: "He did not liko to'have to do the money gathering in person. So he asked the churches to have their contributions all ready when he should come to thorn. It is clear that this is the best way still. Money that is thus given is given without any excitement, or over r rsuanion, or emulation, or outside pressure." The Independent, commenting on what it calls tho 'Dr. Tannors of Religion,' says he is attempting a piece of consummate folly. "The experiment is not worth the suffering and danger. There is no advantage tu be gained from it. The profit is nothing; the danger of death is terrible. 1 he Dr. Tan ners of religion re yet more consummate fools. Thev lof e the pleasures of real life, and they risk utter and eternal death. During the reign of Pius IX. thirty new dioceses were created m the I nited state At the opening ?f this century there was but one diocese here; now there are eixty one, Itesides seven vicariates apostolic. The Catholic populalion is C.l-lV---. rulod bv sixt3--seven bishops and archbishops, and o.W.i prices, who minister in f.40 churches and chapels; 1,13'J students were in theologi cal seminaries last spring, and 40o,204 pu pils in parochial chools. Time has not Liminished the elaims of John AV'esley to the admiration of his fol lowers, and in some respects it has added to Ins claims in the eyes of the world at targe All admit him to have been a reformer of morals and a reviver of religion; but he also anticipated in a very extraordinary manner that reconstruction of society which rny be called the chief characteristic of the present age. It was Wesley wbo, after many years of patient working oq the old university and church lines, formed the local and national association for moral and religious purpose. Religious combination, whether within loeal limits or on a scale to cover the world, was the essence of his movement, which he hoped against hope," and to tho end of his days, would embrace all the faiths and all the forms of which there could be any expectation. London Times. Rev. Theodore Cuyler has the courage to suy an honest word for the Roman Catholics. He says: 4Let us be thankful for their Father Mathcw temperance societies, for their sisterhoods of charity, and for the effective protests which their bishops have made against agrarianism, labor riots and Kearney, ism. Dr. Hodge very wisely said that Romanism is vastly better than rationalism and skepticism.' I have far more respect for a sincere Papist who holds to tho plenary inspiration of the word, the divinity of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of future retributions, than I. have for certain Protestant ministers who are loose on many vital points of theology, und constantly betraying the cause of orthodox religion, which they are sworn to defend. AVeak-backed representatives of orthodoxy are more mischievous than open opposers. 'Be something or nothing old Dr. Emmons used to say, but don't be only soraethingish.' " One Enough, Enoch Arden went to sesj and was gon, so long that his wifo thought he was dead and married another man. In process of time he returned, and seeing his wife happy in her new home, went off again without disclosing his personality to her. Every littlo while there appears in the papers tbe announcement of ''Another Enoch Arden." But we hope there are not so many Enoch Ardens. One Enoch Arden is enough. His story, as -told by the great poet Tennyson, is very touching, but it is very sad. " . - The young man who marrie3 a beautiful girl and lives with her happily, and doesn t go to sea, and doesn't come home after a long absence and find his wife married to another man may be less poetical and less self sacrificing and lees heroic than Enoch, but he has a much better time. SPECIAL NOTlCtfc. Brlc-a-Brc. Ladles are wild about "bric-a-brac," and will talk, talk, talk about them world without end. Such ladles should buy KOZODONT and use it before they descant npon their hobbles, especially if the persecuted one Is a male. It gives a flavor to the conversation. Si'ALdiho's Glck will prevent a break In a five hours' talk on bric-a-brac. o By the use of Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophosphltes the blood Is speedily vitalized and purified, and so made capable of producing a sound mind and a sound body, 0 Thirty Tears' Kxperience of an Old Kurse. MRS. WIN8LOWS SOOTHING BY RÜP is the prescription of one of the best female physicians end nurses In the United States, and has been used for thirty years

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