Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1887 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STAT-fc SENTINEL,', WEDNESDAY MORNING1 DECEMBER 211887.

BY TV. J. CKAIQ.

TERMS PER TEAR. Elit'.e Copy, without Premium-. n oo 500 Clubs of six lor. nr . v riAmMnti tn Iwar In mfnd inil select their own Slate paper when they come to take lubscriptlons ana make up clubs. Agents making np clubs send lor any Informaklon desired. Address INDIAN ATOLLS 8SNTINEL, Indianapolis, Ind. Old Bill Chakdleb thinks he can make Ihe States of South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana go Kspublican by Btatute. HaxsY Sage will erect a $00,000 monument to Henry Ward Beecher. Plymouth Church will also erect a Beecher monument. Now, it is in order to call the roll and see if some distinguished divine has Bot been overlooked. Massachusetts' old Hoar intimates that he will investigate Judge Turpie'a claim to a Beat in the United States Senate. Any little talk of that sort will be agreeable to Boston and his dog, as also to the trick male and the trained ponies. That's all. Thebk is no mistake about the efficiency of the ltfe-savine service of the country. Oflicial reports show that during the past year there were 352 vessels requiring the aid of the service. Oa board of these vesj sela were 6,327 persons, and all but liftyve were eaved. Ir it would not be contempt of court, we would like to ask Judge Irvin if old Ritter, that mi generis critter, fools around his court much when Democrats are on trial? If so, will the Judge respond to an urgent demand to have the old coon show his books. A good many fool Republicans axe of th opinion that all the Southern negroes are Republicans. They make no allowances for the growth of the negro in intelligence and Independence. In 1831 thousands of the most intelligent Northern white Republicans refnsed to vote the Republican ticket. They said the party was corrupt and nnworthy of cofidence. The Southern negro Beems to have arrived at the same conclusion. The illness of Master Workman Powderly, should it prove fatal, or should it withdraw him from active work, will result disastrously to the Knights of Labor. There is no man to taxe his place. It will be found, we think, upon close investigation, that the troubles of the organization began with the salary question money matters. Thousands of the Knights could sot see that any man's services were worth $0,000 a year. Takx any county in the State the Commissioners get together and levy a tax lor county purposes, which, when collected, dafraya every legitimate expense of the county and gives a surplus, say of $20,000, for which the county has no use, and the taxpayers know, by the report of the Treasurer, is locked np in the Treasurer's safe. Is it not fair to assume that such a pressure would be brought upon the Commissioners as would resr.lt in reducing taxation to the absolute needs cf the county? Suppose they refused to accede to the prudent demand of the taxpayers of the county? Is it to be presumed the Commissioners would be re-elected? It is not likely that Congress will reduce the tax oa diamonds, which is now 10 per cent Urs. John Jacob Astir, who died a few days since, owned diamonds Talced at $2jO,000, upon which ft tax of 10 per ceDt. was levied and paid amounting to $25.000. The husoand of Mrs. Astor is worth $100,000.000, and is therefore quite indifferent about the tax imposed upon diamonds. Eat when it comes to woolen blankets, which poor men are bound to have, it will be found that the article to tbe amount of $250,000, the value of Mrs. Astor's diamonds, would be taxed $150,OOO, making a difference in favor of diamonds of $125,000. A tax of 10 per cent, on diamonds is virtually tree trade, but no one hears Republicans shouting theselves hoarse on account of free trade in diamonds. Diamonds are a luxury, and ought to be taxed as high as sugar, salt, rice, and other essential articles. A meti50 of the younger element of the 8tae Democracy is to be held at Indianapolls on January 11th. The object is to perfect plans, as we understand, for aggressive, continual and effective wore dming the ensuing campaign. The meeting should have a general attendance from all parts of the Slate, and we believe will have. Those men do the most effective work who are the best drilled, both in a political as well as military poiut of vie w. r-Crawfordsville Review, The probabilities are that the meeting January 11th will bs one of tbe largest and most enthusiastic ever held in this city. That much la expected of "the younger element of the State Democracy" is true, but the oiler element it not Ignored. Demo crata, without reference to years.are invited sind expected, an 1 they are coming com Id with their experience and Influence to Klve advice and point the way to victory. JWery county in the State should be represented, and Democratic editors will be on liana to take cotes, which they will print. Tita New York Star predicts that when Congress aets to work reviling tbe tarier for the purpose of getting rid of the surplus, the result will be, in substance, as follows: Hrst-Tba free list will Include all tbe ores iron, lead, zinc, copper and also salt, coal, lumber, wool, jute, hemp, marble, stone, and otbrr raw materials used la manufactures iu this country. This free list will effect a reduction of bout tn.ooo.ow. Hecond The tax on sugar will be cut In two in the middle. Tula will throw ott '127,000,000, unless an Increased consumjllon shall result from the reduced taxation. It may, however, be si q med that the receipts from sarar will be t.'O.ooo.OOO leas than at present. Third The placing of tropical fruit n pon the free Hit and the lopping off of taxes above W perner will make a further reduction of. say, WO"").'). Fourth There will be secured by the r) a-iff-fc above sucnated a decrease of $ I0, ( (XI (Hi in tie farl.'l taxes. Supposing that it e achru.e is to effoct a savin of i-HJ.OoO, ' L!ch Is as jirrat a reduction as Conj i-s Is Itktly ti make, the contribution to 1 ' w general rtductioa which tbe protectee xiiaonfitctarfi will be reiulril t9 malt

will not be more than $10,000,000. This can be accomnliahed by revising the taxes npon manufactures so that the minimum d uty shall be 40 per cent ad valorem and the maximum duty CO per cent. A minimum duty of 40 per cent it "high protection." We submit it to the Judgment of the people whether it ia not enough. We predict that, if the taxes as they stand yield $100,000,000 a year, for which the country has no legitimate use whatever, and the taxing of which is robbery, 'pure and simple, the reduction will exceed $50.600,000. The demand is to take from the pockets of the people as much money as the Government needs, and no more.

THE DIFFERENCE. The N'ew York Tribune has a correspond, ent who atks for information concerning tbe "difference between a Republican and a Democrat." The Tribune proceeds to tell the difference by saying "it is the same diflerence essentially which has existed in the past between a Democrat and a Federalist;" that is to say, the Republican party of to-day is the Federalist party of the past, and the Democratic party of today is the Democratic party of the past. To put it tersely, for the.purpose of illustration, Aaron Burr was a Federalist, and subsequently a traitor. Thomas JeSerson was a Democrat. The Federalists wanted Burr for President, but he was defeated by Jefferson, an important fact in history which the Tribune overlooks, but to mike a point against the Democratic party the Tribune says: "The Federalists desired to arm the National Government with requi site authorty over the States,so as to insure its preservation. The Democrats opposed such legislation as involving a dangerous degree of centralization." That is true of tbe Federalists, and equally true of the Republican party of to-dsy. The Federal party passed the alien and sedition laws, tbe Democratic party repealed them. These laws were infamous, and were swept from the statute books of the Republic by an indignant people. Mr. Jefferson, in one of his messages to Congress said : "I cennot omit recommending a revisal of the laws on the subject of naturalization. Considering the ordiary chances of hurr an life, a denial of citizanship under a residence of fourteen years is a denal to a great proportion of those who ask it.and controls a policy pursued from their first settlement bv many of these States, and still believed of consequence to their prosperity. And, shall we refuse the unhappy fugitive from distress, the bospitility which the savages of the wilderness extended to oar fathers arriving in this land? Shall oppressed humanity fino. no asylum on this globe?" Thomas Jefferson, the father of the Democratic party, was not a Know-nothing, nor is the Democratic party of to-day. And this constitutes a diflerence between the Democratic party and the Republican party, which the Tribune should have stated. The Tribune, in giving its correspondent information relating to the difference between ' the Democratic party and the Republican party, says: "The Republican party was recruited from the ranks of the Whigs and Free Boilers,'' and adds: "The Whigs and the Republicans have demanded unceasingly CDnstructive legislation for the nurture and maintenance of home manufactures. The Democrats have wanted no legislation of this eature; and whenever a tarriff system has been established they have endeavored strenuously to overthrow It." "It appears that as far back as 1S01, sixty years before the Republican partv was spawned, Mr. Jefferson said to Congress: "Agriculture, manufactures, commerci and navigation, tne four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thrirlng when nost free to individual enterprise. Protection from casnal embarrassment, however, may sometimes te seasonably interposed. If, in the course of yoarobsar rations or inquiries, they should appear to need any aid within tbe limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of their importance is a sufficient assurance they will occupy your attention." In this, it will be observed that the Democratic party from the first, has been alive to the needs of agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, but not for tbe purr ose of building up monopolists at the expense of the people, as Is true of the Republican parly. The Tribune says the ' Republican rarty demanded legislation caiLsta system of human bondage degradng alike to masters and sie res. The Dem:ratlc party from tbe beginning of its his- ' ry until the E mancipation Proclamation i-.s opposed to such legislation." If this i true of the Democratic party, it is also "vcrly true of Abraham Lincoln, who de, ami if he could save tbe Union without ' eelng a single slave be would do that, or be could save tbe Union by freeing some ,.'jitm and leaving the rest in "human, ondfltre," he would do that; but Mr. LinAn did not issue h's Emancipation Procuration because human bondage was de jading to anybody. It will be observed '.iat tie Trlbane has bitten off more than .:is able to nusticate successfully, since i every comparison It makes the Demo--atlc party stands as much above the .lepublican party as Chimboraz above a ant hill. But the Tribune thinks, .Toubtlesa, that it has tbe Democratlo party 'n a tight place wbenitsaya that "Under Republican tariff legislation thousands of industries have been established and American progress has become tbe marvel of Cbilstendom. Tbe Democratic party stands to-day for the repeal of that legislation the foundation of the Nation's present prosperity. Tbe Republican party stands for tbe protection of thoe Industries by legislation, and also for the protection of what should bo the most lacrod Interest In tbe sight of ere ry trne man the American home." The Democratlo party observes that under Republican tarlfl legislation the Government Is robbing the people of at legist $100,000,000 every year that It hat no um for and uo right to collect, and tbe Democratlo party says the robbery must cease; and what is peculiar about It, the most Intelligent portion of tbe Republican party Indorses unequivocally tbe Democratic policy. As for tbe 'American home," the Democratlo party I determined that the Government shall erase stealing any part of the hard-earned dollars of the busbsnd and father or the wife and mother, aoLB or daughter, and In this earnest and honest endearor, fewest RrptbUcans will

aid the Democratic party. The Tribune statea one great truth for which we give it

credit. It says: "What the Democratic party haa boen in the past it remains to day," and the people, after Investigating its grand record and making notes of the diflerence between the Democratic party and the Republican party, quite unceremoniously kicked the Republican party out of power. THH ISSUE. President Cleveland is everywhere complimented on account of his masterly message. Bays the Alta California: "The message ia a stirring appeal to American manhood and not to political partisanship. It is a plea for that personal unselfishness which looks beyond the personal pocket to tbe general welfare. It is an argument for the return cf the government to its proper functions and the recall of its invading influence frcm the control of those fields of private enterprise wherein tbe individual should find his energies unfettered.' The Chicago Tribune announces that the policy recommended by the President is the de mand embodied in the platform of the last Republican National Convention held at Chicago in 1834. The platforms of various Republican State Conventions are quoted by the Tribune to show that a large element Of the Republican party is inclose alliance with Mr. Cleveland's declaration. Men of thought aad study, of broad cam-prehension-no- politicians speak of the nie in term i of the highest commendation. Bays Pre 3i de it McCcsh, of Prince ton C.ilee: "Ths massage ia by far the au.f et document of its kind that lias been s.-nt to Congress wltbia many years, and at otce stamps Mr. Cleveland ai a stater man. He realizes fally the paramount necessity for stopping the continual piling up of the surplus, and has taken the most heroic means at his command to bring about this end. Ills message, as I read it, deals more with the immediate necessity for action npon the question presented than with the details of the methods to be pursued in reducing taxation. He recognizes tbe fact that to day the workiC(cmen of the land are bear tnz a burden which is far heavier than tbey should be asked to carry, and it is with a view of relieving them with the least delay that he makes the recommend ations embodied in his message." It would be an easy matter to fill columns with similar expressions of approval, coming from Republicans as well as Democrats, indorsing the message of President Cleve' land. The President makes square issue. There is no sophistry, no duplicity, no jugglery, no partisan ; legerdemain, cone of the tricks of the demogogue, There Is neither hedging nor dodging, it is cutting clear from doubts and misgiv ings; startling truths are etated, a remedy is clearly pointed out and demanded. What is tbe issue? Simply this: Reduce taxation on the necessities of life to the extent that not a dollar shall be taken from the people that the government does not ceed.;it is this issue that commands almo3i universal 'approval; it is an issue with which to go before the people and win a victory, and the more it is discussed, the more emphatic will be the approval of the people. MARRIAGE. It is not our purpose to write of marriage in any so-called "holy bonds of wedlock.' We speak not of the wooing nor the win nlng of "Love's young dream," nor of that ruaturer affection, that, in later times. baptized the home in ineffable beauty and glory. Shakespeare says: Marriage in a matter of more worth Tnan to be dealt iu by attorneyship." But in these latter days, In altogether too many instances, marriage is a species of attorneyship, or, more properly, of receivership. The hnsband finds his business in a bad way things look rqually, creditors press upon him. He is not incline 1 to pay. No berth terms need be employed such as rascal and its brood of synonymns. Such terms would mar the structure of this article, but the reader cm put them in where he thinks they will fit and do the most good. Bat to the subject. The hnsland owes and won't pay, because he lacks the courage to be chief mourner over the failure of his plans, the demise of his fortune. Tbe way is clear to an honest man. His debts are so much, his aS9ts so much. In the one case he pays pays as long as he can in tbe other case be refuses to pay and now comes in the "attorneyship," or the receivership of marriage. It Is found to be the case frequently when the basbaad, to use a term, Is "dead broke," the wife is splendedly "fixed," and necessarily the husband also. He can ttand on the corners nt tbe btrects and snap his fingers at his creditors with a blandness of InGnlte proportions. Can it be possible that marriage was ever designed for the pepetratlon and consummation of such business operations? Uow does it compare with certain Irregularities, such as Mr. Harper of tbe Fidelity Bank committed? It will be found In numerous Instances that the impecunious husband of the rich wife has Iota of cub, engages In speculations, travels, dresses handsomely, while his creditors experience many privations, resulting from this "attorneyship" or receivership of marrlags Cut there Is no remedy for It. Tbe law is on the side of the herolo wife of the poverty-stricken husband, and though others may snller, there Is bread and mest in tbe larder of tbe shrewd and unfortunate man, whose opnient wife, in the wealth of hU love, will see to It, that In storm and shine he Is made comfortable, and should ahe ever conclude to ask the courts for a divorce, she will not be able to "set out" in her complaint that her "hobby" did not provide for her and the children. Manifestly, tbe subject Is one which might Druden tly eugae the attention of Investigators whose mission Itistodetsrmine whether tbe world Is becoming better or worse, and whether Hatau'a klngdout la tumbling down' or being strengthened. The investigation might take a wide rane In ethical sclencs and moral pblloiopiiy. If tbe hnme Is supported by raney obtained by processes whloh will not bctr Investigation, the qanttou arises, cau honest children be reared In that sort of a home? Will their instruction savor of that high -toned morality, that Inflexible championship of lutein ty required of

American citizens? It may not be deemed advisable for the pulpit to attact such a question indeed it may not be popular nevertheless, euch matters are np for de

bate, and while bo much is being written about moral aid immoral tendencies, social infelicities, reformatories, etc, a aide issue might occasionally be discussed with profit. WOOL; W hen the number of farmers engaged la wool raising Is compared with all the farmers In the country, and the small proportion they bear to our population n considered; when it is male apparent that. In the case of a large part of those who own fcoecp, the benefit of tue present Itarifl on wool is Illusory; and, above all, when it must le csnceded that the Increase of the cost Ol living caused by such tariff becomes a burden upon those with moderate means and the poor, the employed and unemployed, the sick and well, and the young and old, and that It constitutes a tax which, with relentless grasp, Is fastened upon the clotnlnz of every man, woman and child ia the Und, reasons are suggested why the removal or reduction ol this duty should be Included In a revision of the tar IGT laws.-rresidcnt's Message. In the State of Indiana, there were in 18SG, 1,053,003 Bheep. In 1830 there were upwards of 103,000 farms in Indiana, and it is safe to say that In 1336 there were 200,000 farms In the State. It will be seen, therefore, that the average number ol. ehsep to tbe farm in 1S3G was 5.2. Suppose these Bheep produce six pounds of wool annually, the total product for each farm would be thirty pound?. This wool is prottcted by a tax of ten and twelve cents a pound, say, an average of eleven cents per paund. This would give the farmer protection to the x tent of the enormous sum of $3.30. The farmer having disposed of his wool and pocketed the amount gained by the tax, finds in a short time that himself and family require a supply of woolen goods The President in his message says: When be faces the trade&man for that purpote he discovers that be is obliged not only to return in the way of increased prices, his tariff profit on the wool he sold, and which then, perhaps, lies betöre him in manufactured form, but that he must add a considerable sure thereto to meet a farther increase in cost caused by a tariff duty on the manufacture. Thus in the end he is aroused to the (act that he has r id upon a moderate purchase, as a iesult of the taria scheme, which, when he sold hU wool seemed so profitable an increase In price, more than sufficient to sweep away all the tariff profit he received upon the wool he produced and sold. Take an average farmer; the question arises, what artic les of woolen goods does be require for himself and family every year? To make the estimate low, assuming tbe family consists of the farmer, his wife and three children total five persons. It is safe to eay the family will require twe pair cf woolen blackets, ten pair of woolen hose, one suit each of woolen goods, out and out, including overcoats for the farmer and his two boys, and two woolen suits, out and out, for the wife and daughter. Tbe next question is, what will these articles cost and bow much are they taxed? Ssy two pair of blankets cost 15, tax 05 per cent. t-1.2r Bay ten oair woolen hope. cost tax CO per cent, l.so eay three fuits of clothes, Including overcoat and unCerware (ott f ?0,tax CO per cent, 1S.00 ay two tuiu out and out for wile and daughter costfiO.taz CO percent, 12 00 Cost -158, tax 8)3.05 Tbe farmer bus to credit tax on imported wool wfich be received while he sold his produce flO Out of pocket f'H.75 The 131.75 has gone into the pockets of the manufacturer. The farmer was enabled to sell als wool eleven cents a pound higher by virtue of the import tax, and the merchant was able to sell his goods from sixty to Bixty five cents on tbe dollar

higher to the farmer by virtue of the same tax cn imported wool. Now, suppose tbe tax on imported wool should be reduced to, eay, five aid onehalf cents a pound, the Indiana famer, instead of receivicg 3i;0 mote for h's wool, would receive only $1.05 more; but on the other band, instead cf paying manufacturers J 1.7.3 tax profit on what he purchased, he would pay only $15 87, and would be the gainer just that much. Our figures are usod simply for illustration. We do not know the amount of woolen good purchased by Indiana farmers any year, but we aisunid that it is not less than $53, and with regard to the amount such goods ara taxed for the benefit of manufacturers, the following figures are authentic: Woolen drtM goods costing 21'i cents Kjiiare jard abroad S2 IS Wi.olca U toktlug 67'. Ccut.i a poutd febtoad 87 00 oolenblanketcostln(r;6centperpou 1 71 3J ooleabUiikets'OftM:ii;f.5ccnt8pcpouad 71 61 (odd moil dnwRtu "l ii Wooliu 1ohI and dolmans 71 M Flantcls costing not over 30 cents jer pound . 70 C2 F.aDtielft not costing over 40 tents per pound 71 12 flannels fotitJog over t0 couts per poind. . "i Qi oolcn hosiery not costing over HJ cent, a i ouud 7j CO Woolen jams ya'ucd above (9 ecu '4 and not over frO cent per pound 70 C4 Manufacturta of wool or worted valued not over 80 renU per pound 73 82 ool blankets valued above :u cents and not over Occut per pound C7 90 Wool blankets valued above 0 ccutiaud not over 0 rents per pound W 45 Wool blankets valued above SO coats per pound C 8s V oolen cloth valued over HO cents a pound M 67 Mixed woolen drets goods citing 1) cents ijuare yard - C7 8" Mixed woolen drc goods cotllng 81 cents rtiare yard M M Flaunt Is tositos 40 t cuts a p-tiud.... 6 oo Hann la coMinu 0'J Cents a pound O 0. Wool bau cotiiog lea tbau CO ceula a pound.... M 21 Wool hats costing tu emu and not over so ceuts a pouud... O 39 Wool bats coating over 80 ccnU a pound .. CO 7D Woolen hOKlery valued above 80 aud not over 40 rents a pound . CS 83 Woolen bonlery over 40 cents aud not over M rent a pound C'i 29 W oolen hosiery over oo rents aad not over MM't'titN a pound GA 83 Woolen hosiery valuod over cents pound f0 7 Woolen honlory valued at :'J cents and not OVf MDcetit P" Pound M HO Woolan hoaW-ry valued at 40 Cotit and not over GOrrtil per pound C) 21 Woolen bolcry valued above J cents aud not ovt r 80 cents per pound M M Woolen homcry valued over 89 touts per pound. CO 87 Woolen abawls valued at SO couta per pound - '3 1, Woolen ahawla wholly or partly of wool.... CO 37 Matiufactiirrs of wool exovvdliiK HU eni per pound C9 14 orated gootis valued auovej.w cents and tjotat'ovo 4tirt't per pound , 61 M Wrktei ,ooia valurd above 41 cent and tiot atoveiO re:it per pound A7 01 Worsted goi da valued eoove ho tuta pvr por.ud 01 75 In tbe foregoing It. will be observed that for any article iixn-.ed, the tax tätiges front 00.11 per cent, to H7 pr cent., and this tax Ihe.farruer is required to pay on any article na rued ou the list. Intelligent farmers and their wlvM.can make their own calculations, which If they do, they will see that the manufacturers of woolen f aoda art

shearing them much closer and more frequently than the farmer shears his sheep. The purpose of the Democralic party is not to have free trade in wool, nor Is It to continue a policy by virtue of which any farmer who purchases woolen goods is most shamefully robbed to enable manufacturers to build up, in a few years, colossal fortunes. INDIANA'S CROP YIELDS.

Data From the Annual Report of the Statistical Bureau, State Statistician William A. reelle has completed the compilation of the annual crop reports for 18S7, which has been unusually full, and the figures given are as near perfect as is possible to obtain. Nearly every sort of vegetation was more or less eßected by tbe drouth, but corn and Irish potatoes suffered most. On account cf the decrease in the production the prices ou nearly all products ranged correspondingly higher, so that, after all, the producer has not lost as much as was at first supposed. The following are the figures given in the report, together with the corresponding table of last year: VHXAT, 137 l.3 Acres sown 2,79i,i9G Product lu bushels SJ,0'JG.r57 lV-6,317 15.41 a32.41J.73i Average yield per acre 13 9 Value ol crop............. 80,l01,42t cocs. Acres planted..." 3 23.9;i 3.229.415 lCs.217.6 S3 51 5'.j,7W,5")l Product in busbeli 7J,0i".(i:)l Average yield per acre 21.0 Value ol crop....... - $31,537,922 OATS. Actes sown ... wt.lt iu OUtlUl 872.261 2S,o), 1U2 A2 47 8,215,7;) 13,577 2.5.f!71 21.75 :.4,5j1 3G.5S1 522,321 11 27 $251,160 6 953 105,734 &63.410 13,263 15i.lJ S 100,74 210,515 86,060 45,941 191, sSS 21,378.'.M i7.7 I7.313.C9j Atrfe j cid ter t.cre.. V.i'iUL cl c Up BARLEY. Acri's trv n 17.:!11 Pr .:r.c t iu bu-lid- 34J6 ;3 . v.. .,.,. jjtij rK-r acre 1 Value of cioji 223,033 RYE. Acres aown. Product lnbusbejs Averaee yield ptr aero 8i,8-i 4GJ.7W 13.0 Value of crop $256.020 UUCULYVHEAT, Acre fown C.4G9 l'roduct in bushels 69,375 Value of ciop . ft3,503 FLAX SEED. Acres sown 1'ioduct in busbels 14,870 1O7.2H0 Value of crop 8U7.W. CI O V EH SEED. Bushels of clover 6eed ...... 2G1.23I Value of crop... 81.U0.457 TIMOTHY SEED. Busbels of timothy seed... 43,55 Ya.ue ol crop.......... S31.3S1 CLOVER HAY. Acres sown 1,121.314 Products In tons .m 1.72S 776 1,075.717 1.770.5iS Value of crop. 817,237,700 I14.1G4.222 Tixornr hvy. Acres sown...... 1,269,870 l'roduct in tons 1,543,5? 3 Value of crop 51S,522,G9; 1.205.71C 1 21,241 $17,29 2,2V.) 72,055 5,3'.V2.021 Sl.7'J7,310 3,003 222.3.IJ $133.131 22,131 17,872.470 81,421,110 inisu POTATOES. Acres planted T7," Average yield per acre 3i'2 Product In bushels 2.2KU30 Value ol crop Sl.lfivOCj SWEET l'OTATOE. Acres planted 3,211 Product In busnefs 167.3S7 Value of crop 82U0,16 TOBACCO. Acres planted 7,150 Product lu pounds- 3 "22,196 Value of crop 332.229 WILD CRAvS AND OTHER LANDS Acres wild grass land 2,C9.i,9H0 Acres idle plow land 540.550 Ac'a newly cultt'ted land 151. C-vJ Acrts timber land 3,761,676 2,011.917 C74,m 1J3,01 4, OOO.i. Jo HRAIS TII.E. Full returns from all counties in the State Fhow a total of 21.028.687 rods in operation in lvi7, an Increase of 1,570,S03 rods lu one year. The dralnpe lu tbe B!ato. exclusive of open ditcbe a, represents C5.712 miles, or enough to iraverte tLe euUre Slate, from north to south, 3 9 t mes. AN ELECTRICAL PARADOX. Drawbaugh's fiew luveniion to be Used as an Army Picket. IlARRisni RCi. Ta., Decembdr l'J. Daniel Drawbaugh, tbe supposed Inventor of the telephone, is now at wore on an invention by which the presence of large bodies of men on laud and bhips cn the ocean can be detected. It is an electrical machine, and Drawbaugh claims that a general with this new contrivance in his tent can tell by its peculiar motion if the enemy is near, and prepare to give him a warm reception. The commander of a war vessel can also tell the approach of any vessel, hostile or otherwise, the resistance of the water on the apprcarhlDg vesel causing sufficient friction to establish a current that will cante the indicator to siund the alarm. Drawbaugh refers to his latest discovery as an "electrical paradox." The instrument consists of what Mr. Drawbaugh callsa microphone and arecia teringdlal. The mlcropüone is placed ii a hollow iron tnbe, which is hermetically sealed. The microphone, when it Is to be UPtd on land, is attached to an iron screw with a wide thread, by means of which it i&fcunk firmly into tne earth. An insulated wire, which may be buried or run over tree tops as the emergency may necessitate, connects with a galvanic battery, and tbe registering dial, which may be placed miles away. The practical working of the Instrument is intended to do away almost entirely witn the piefcet lines of an array. To give n instance, a comraandin? oflicar mty sit in his tent supplied with his registering dial and keep informed of the approach of a largo body of troops fron any direction by a proper distribution of the sakes containing the hermetically sealed microphones, a dozen of which may be used, as the situation demands. The instant the sir or earth vibrations caused by the tramp C f ft et or tbe sound of voices all'ect tbe n.icrophone, that instant tbe etlect Is shown on tbe face of the dial by the turning of tbe ceeJli from the zero point. Tlia I'realitent'a Common Henae, American Grocer. The American Grocer is a business journal circulating among business men of all thadea of political belief, in every State and Territory in the I'nion. Consequently we have no parllaau politics, although we and our subscribers, if the communications we receive are any Indication, take a warm itittrrst iu politics which have a bearing npon the welfare of business. A few months ego, Inn e seemed to be npon the vrrye of a financial crisis, and buaiccBi men wer being squetzed by money lenders because sa much of the circulating rwnllnm of tbe country was locked up in the Treasury eurplna, we said it ta the dutv of tvrry business man to impress npon his member of Congress that the reduction of onr revenue was a necessity paramount to all others. This opinion is now emplasled by the annual menage of President Cleveland to Congress, In which he Ignores all other topics aud menlions (Ms alone. The sturdy common arm. of President Cleveland will mmr better illustrated. The writer of this article opposed hi election to tbe Presidency, but we are free to confess that he has made, thus far, a good and patriotic President of the whole peon; that be has been exceptionally level iieadei on mot subjects, and, while we do not agree with tiim on all points. If be were again a canciOete for President to day we should feel list the boslnees interests of tbe country would be safer in bis bands than in thosa of any member of the opposite party who have thus far been prominently men tioned. Ileroaau and Dlphtharla, Paorta Tranaorlpt. A well-known dootor aaya that the fames of kerosene, Tfuen a, Ump M tarned. 19",

are likely to cause diphtheria. The New York Board of Health a few years ago decided that to this more than any other cause the prevalence of this disease was to be attributed. This is given as accounting for the fact that diphtheria begins to spread with the advent of short days and long nights, eemi-lightcd all night, and the windows being closed, or raised but slightly, the atmospheric condition ia Bimply deathly. A turned-down kerosene lamp is a magazine of deadly gas that the healthiest lungs cannot safely be exposed to.

GREAT ENGINERING FEAT. Tbe California and Oregon Koad Com. pletcd After Blanj Delays, Ashland, Oregon, December 17. The California and Oregon RaiLrond C was completed to-day. This event represents twenty-one years cf railway construction almost steadily pushed through the project of surmounting the mountain ranges of Northern California and Southern Oregon. The accomplishment, undoubtedly, is regarded by commercial circles of the Pacific coast as the most important In its significance since the completion of the first overland railway system in May, 1307. It affords for the first time all rail communication between the cities of the Pacific coast and places under the control of one railway corporation, an unbroken line from New Orleans to Portland, Ore., a disstance of 3,000 miles. Its proprietors contend for the system from the strategic land point, that tbe completion of the Northern link is of vital importance to the National government as a defence measure in case of war and the rapid concentration of trcops. Special trains from San Francisco and FortJand brought large numbers of prominent gentlemen to witness the driving of the last epifce. Th party from Oregon inc nded the Governor and other State officers. There were large crowds at all pCMHs to greet the California train, and gre: t enthusiasm was manifest. Leaving P.eu.iing for the North the heavy train was drawn up the steep approaches of the mountains by tbre powerful engines, recching Sissoh at 7 o'clock In the morning, 4,000 feet above the sealeval at the bate of Mt Shasta, which rises 10,403 feet above Sisson. Tbe train wound around the great butte, descending into the Shasta Valley. A t thlj point the stupendous character ol the engineering difficulties in compassing the Sh ast a range began to be re vealt d. Ascen ding Klamath range, the railway forms loops, the track itself rising in the tiers, the road at one point traversing eighteen milf s in accomplishing an air-line of onethird that distance. In the forenoon tbe Siskyou tunnel was re ched. This pierces the mountain for 3,310 feet, and Eoon efter leaving it the Companion tnnnel, 1,400 feet in length, was entered. This last tunnel delayed the construction of the road two yesrs. At 4:45 o'clock the train reached Ashland, where the ceremony of driving the last spike was observed. Mr. Crocker struck the blows which completed the road and simultaneously fixed cannon in Portland and San Francisco. The President cf the day, Hon. H. Davis, representative of the municipality and tbe chamber of commerce, of San Francisco, spoke briefly. After prayer by Itev. F. G. Strong, Governor Pennoyer, of Oreqon, epoke. The Governor said the people oi Oregon and California joined in congratulations upon this auspicious occasion making a new era In the history of the two conjoined States. Joseph I. Leffins, of Sacramento, Epoke in behalf of California in the absence of Governor Waterman. OUTSIDE VIEWS. O ow Governor St. John and Uenry George Look at Issues of the Day. New York, December 19. James G. Blaine and Mayor liewitt received special attention from Prohibitioriu ex-G vernor John P. St. John, in C oper Union yesterday. Mr. St. John atdrts el the Min hattan Temperance Association. "The greatt8t men are said to some' lines make the greatest blunders," said Mr St. John. "If eo, tbe reputation of Jfmes G. Blaine for creatness nss been tboro ghly established bv the egregious blunders be has made. Bis last blunder appears in an Interview published in the Tr bine, his personal organ, where he ad vc Cites tbe repeal of the tax on tobacco on tne ground that millions of men use tobacco, and therefore it is a necessity! Mr. Blaine." continued the speaker, "opposes the removal of the tax on the liquor traffic because it would destroy the excellent hlh license laws fome of the States have. Thsnk Uod, we have smoked him out on that." Mr. St. John continued: "The sooaer the h:gh licence laws are destroyed t'ie better. This statesman sijn he onuses tie abolition of the whieky tax because its consumption would thereby beincesed. Then does net tbe euros rule apply to tobacco? Ah, but Mr. Blaine avers tobacco is a necessity, becacse, aa he says, !" out of 103 ue the weed. If there was the same pro tortlon of rum drunk, and gamblers an bla'themers, woald rum, swearing a d grinding homes be necessities, too? We appeal to our boys to throw away the cursed and health-destroying cigarette. lie repre rents a necessity. IJenry George lectured at the Academy of Music last night. "I tbank God." eairt he "for Grovfr Cleveland's message. Itwainot tin mile?e of a Hebrew propbet. A. Hebrew prophet would not cirest a renonlnatlon by the Democracy. Nor was it tl-.e mes?nj:e of a freetrader, It was the message cl a President of the United .states who is inc'infd toward free trade. It is an antlprotection rceesce. Mr. Cleveland is as yet afraid of his hone?. Bat, if I mistake not. when be once lets them drive away tbey wilt carry him much further than he now believes, l am Riad or tne mwage. Why? Because of the great work It is doing aye, the great work it has a'reviy done. It has brought the question of free trade before the public. No longer will tbe discussion be aa to how much to raise or to lower the tariff. It Is now whether it be protection or free trade. I am as glad of Cleveland's bringing this question into politics as I would have been if our most fargnlne hopes bad bren realized in the latt election. And I believe we ourselves have largely contributed toward bringing the question up." Failara to Trap thieves. Ixnukm'ort, December H Special. A futile attempt was made, latt night, 'O capture Walter JI.1I..0 ud Daniel Bcrlbrer, two notorious confidence men. During tbe paat two years these men have practiced their nefarious schemes thrnugk various pari! Of the United Mat. They succeeded recently in securing $'1000 from an old farmer near Rprlngfleld, III. Bcrlbiter was arrested, but he put np ball and ran away. Indictments were returned k'alnst both Haines and Scrlbner, and a hört time a?o requisitions were lnd by tbe Governor of Illinois on the Gotrnor of Mich lean, and Thomas 1U of this city, was diapatched to Canada for th purpose of decoying them to Detroit, but i.e wss unsuccessful. Very recently a $.',(K 10 swindle was worked at Clrclevllle, Ohio, by tbem. Tney got away every tuna. A Man rails 873 1 . KVAMVM.i.E, December 17. Hp 1 William Dilltuau, a iniiur employed at the Firat Avenue mines tu this city, was Instautly killed this ino'iilnR. Ii hat quit work and was being hoisted to tne kurtace in tbe cage when the engtnrer. an Inexperienced colored man, cauted tue eve to be given a sudden ieik, throwing Dllluan out, fallin a dano ( 275 fest. Ills neck was broken in the fall. He waa

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After a hotly contested trial, the case was given to the jury, at 7 p. m. this evening, and after deliberating for four hours, returned a verdict of manslaughter and sentenceing him to 15 years in the penitentiary Ioncie's Gas CuahJoa; Wender. Mckcie, December 19, Special. While all the gas wells opened in this city and connty have been pronounced good and of strength and force equal to the best anywhere, the one just opened, known as tbe "Fay Well," is without a parallel. Its immense roariDg is almost deafening to inhabitants of that locality, and settles the Question, neyond donbt, that Muncie is in the great gas belt. Several of the large manufactories located here will be in operation In the very near future. Brick and stone masons and carpenters are constructing blocks and buildings, regardless of the approach of winter. It is a fact that once introduce! into the household, Pond's Extract holds an undivided place. 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