Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1893 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA-STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL 26. 1893-TV EVLE PAGES.

NDIAXA STATE SENTINEL

BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. E. E. MOIISS. President. llstcrtd at ll FoitoTlre at Tnllanapolis M seiond claa matter. I Trims i rn ykaiu fjrf repr (In variably in AitTsnce.)... Ill 00 Ti f r drrootrr.m to licit In i.iluj ani lrr ttv-f r ci1!! state j.a or when the com to tuks sutfcr!p. t.ti. anil mal up civil. AprrU irakOip p clut.a n1 for anr Information iiu. AtiutuTiii: imjian a polls sintinel Iinlian'H)!!.. irnl. TWELVE PAGES. WEDNESDAY, AVK IE i.V.. 1K03. NOTICE OF HEMOVAL. On or about May 1 The Semtinel will remove to new quarters at 23 North Uli noia-eL, where it will havo one of the most complete, convenient and handsomely equipped newapaper offices in the country. This location will be of easy accoss to the bueinesi heart of the city and will be a welcome change to Tue Sentinel's patrons. We would with becoming deference suggest to the Chicago authorities that tho genoral public doesn't fenr tbo "influx of thieves and robbers," which is so worrying the authorities, as it does the Lome talent. How do tno "balance of trade" cranks explain the fact that with the McKinley tarltNaw in full operation the balance is till against us? Only a couple of years ago tiuty wer assuring us that this woulJn't occur if wo put op the tariff few nutdiei. The 1 n ir a n a rot is Skntim l dorlarea that thn uationnl encampnie nt of tho i. A. P., to b held in that city, is "to be tu Indianapolis allair, aud Indianapolis wi I got nil tho credit." It has always been characteristic (f Indianapolis to want tho entire earth and a fence around it, and she sets up a tremendous- m juull if any other point secures a pebble. The encampment now being defined "'an Indianapolis a sir" that place uhoul I get a move on itsVI and cut send to the people in other parts of tht statu apps.'ils for help. ' it uyc tHZ'llr. Thero you go again. Not only is Indianapolis not isndinir "uppoilh" for help to other parts of the state, lut it is refuting help from outbids when it is offered. Your long career of republicanism seems to have m ado it impossible for you to ceo anything diatinrtlv. PiioK. F. i. n, who has an earthquake theory of his own which has been laughed at more or le.a in scientific circles, foretold to the day the recent dreadful cataatrophe on the inland of ante, lie will probably be listened to with moro attention in the future. Prof. 1 .w.n publishes lint of "critical days" tvery year. Increased intlutnco of tho sun and tho rooon on the fierv liquid of tho earth's interior forms tho criterion of this theory. That it has attracted the attention of perrons socially interested by the nature of their habitation or the work they engage in appears significant. For some time the miners of England have been publishing in their journals and on the bill boards, rear the mine, Falh's perilous periods. The coming critical days for EV;t are, according to tho professor's list. May 15, Sept. 10 and 2", Oct. 25 and Nov. I'd. Any information concerning the purifying of drioking and cooking water is acceptable. It is not generally known that iron p urities water. The filthy water of the river Scheldt is made lit for tiseat Antwerp by being passed through revolving cylinders containing email pieces of iron. Fiiuen pounds of metallic iron will purify I.OOO.OoO gallons of water. Tho water thus treated is t-aid to be completely freed from germs, bacteria and ether objectionable mature. English and French chemists find that the contact with iron reduces tho orgunic matter by from U to s.j per cent, and albuminoid ammonia by from U) to '.) per cent, and all trco ammonia is removed. The name process has proved Bucces-jlul with the Delaware river water, which receives the sewage of the large city of Philadelphia, The experiment proves that drinking water is all the better for its passage through iron pipes. That alle and f nlightcned journal, the Laporte Anjw, is opposed to capital pun ishment alor.g with the great majority of the people of Indiana. In a recent i-sue it says: Tho New York houe of reireeentatives by a vote of "S to 10 favored a measure to abolish capital punishment. The Indiana Loupe Dassed such a measure, but unfortunately it was not pushed through the senate and made a law. However, civiliration has spread until it is next to impossible to get an Indiana jury to consent to hang a man, and there have been but two or three men killed in this barbarous and revolting manner in this state for thirty year. The people of this state generally regard hanging as a relic of barbarism, and it will toon have no advocates among a Christian people, but the law permitting it should be repealed even if it is a dead letter. It is a blot on our civilization. The Arj'i is right in declaring that the law should be repealed, even if it is a dead-letter. As long as it stands on the Btatute books it is a safe-guard to the murt derer rather than a menace to him. The popular aversion to the death penalty all too frequently prevents the inlliction of any punishment whatever. Portions of the religious world have been eomewhat agitatea by the reported discovery at Mt. Sinai of the oldest and only complete copy of the four got-pels in IdJiyriac. Prof. Hap.kis writes tho following additional particulars, which a full translation has revealed; "Mrs. Lewis allows me to state that the text of the new gospels will contain tome interesting surprises. For instance, the lajt twelve verses of St, Mark, of which a few traces appear in Cureton's edition, are entirely abaentin the Sinai copy, and noaubatitute is ofFered for them. It is ponaible that thia transfers the evidence of. the old yriac version to the opposite side in the dispute as to the authenticity of the last twelve ver.-ca. Another reading which will interest many biblical scholars, and which, I confess, pleases me, is that in the angelic hymn the reading follows the old-fashioned text, against modern editors, and reads 'good will to men' instead of the enigmatical 'to men of good will.'" Thse carious discoveries should always betaken with ''a grain of aalt." Some time ago there cacao a story over the

country from an old chap in San Francisco, who had brought tho news through Asia and across the Pacific, that portions of Noah's ark had been found above the line of pemetual snow on Mt. Ararat. It Bounded fakish. aud died with ita birth.

ool ltottil Xeoill. Much has been said by Tin: Sentinel in the past regarding the country roada of Indiana. Much yet remains to bo said. It is a eubject which can never be exhaustod, and the more it is discuased the more there is to diucurs. It ia fruitless, it sometimes seems, to undertake to educate the people up to a knowledge of their Heredities in this direction. Those nio-t interested cannot be made to see their true position, and it sometimes ceomo ns though it would be cheaper to send the entire population to Europe to tdudy the road quention there from tho point of actual solution than it is to keep them here end try to make the point clear. Centuries ago Europe golved the road problem, and solved it so thoroughly that tho public ways thta constructed have never needed improving. They are ns good today aa they were hundreds of yeara ago. All that is needed is a few repairs each year. Tho cost is very alight. Contrnat this with tho condition of the roads in this country. The American who claims to have laid the wholn world at his feet has reaflon to hang hii head in i-bame at the exhibition. At a recent agricultural convention it was stated that 200,(HM ,(()() had ben spent upon the runde of l'enn-yl vania and that it re.puiros nearly ?7.(MM,0O0 o year now with nothing to fhow for it. Kit cords jlo,()oO to maca lamie a mile at that rapt it wouldn't take long to macadamize a largo portion of the roads in each county. This holds good in Indiana. Tho only diU'ereuro between Pennsylvania end Indiana is that the former has more hills and mountains. I'nder ceriniu conditions that would nmkti the cont of building much more, and in others much Ich. It isn't likely that there would bo very material difl'i-renco iu tho cost, takinu the State as a whole. The. curious thing about the proposition to change the rouds by improving them is that tho agricultural population thono who would be meet directly benefited are the cues who are nto.-t opposed. Citits fulvtd the question for themselves long ao. Ttiey havo nuked no pity Irom tho ruial districts, tuking that, rather, in a natural increase of property values. This name increase nHi-d the rural lux-payer, became cities axitist in paying the state tax, and tho more tnxahlo property and the higher it is taxed tho less outlying districts are culled upon to pay toward running the government allaire. Though this is true it is impo-siUo to impress it upon the mind of tho average inhabitant of tho rural regions. Eecauso city men are in favor o( improving tho roads nut because it will call for a few cents in cash out of his pockets he oppoHes it, and uo law can be put through the legislature favoring any radical change from the system of building roads which has been in operation for four hundred yeara. Tho objection is apparently basod upon the first cost, the amount of monoy which must be raised at first. This disposition always antagonizes any forward movement und prevents an intelligent administration of present laws on tho eubject. It needs a progresaivo feeling, a determination to carry forward in spito of opposition. This is always the battlecry of obstructionists in anything, and it has been no worse in tho matter of ronl building than it has in ell other forward movement.. The onpo-i-tion will be overcome in this cace, and the American peoplo will yet caino to be constructed as good roads as ever existed, notwithstanding tho assertion in rnaJo that this nation cannot be expected to emulate Europe in tho matter of road building, it is to much younger. There is no eeuse in allowing an engineer or anyone else charged with tho rs'piitdte authority to draw funds from the täte treasury in unlimited sums to build unlimited stretches of roads, however Kood, in some particular locality. What is wanted is the enactment of a law which will permit the lovying of a tax for th( coüstruction of ao many specified miles of macadamized road each yer.r. The statu of New Jersey has the best road law that Ptands on any statute book, end that is eubstantially the plan provided for in that etato. It needs before this, howover, such a thorough education in tho matter that no ono will protest against it. It would eeein as though this education might be furnished without special effort in tho dillicultics experienced each spring and after each rain. Put the grandfather submitted to the abuse, and so strong is conservatism, that, perforce, because grandfather hauled wheat to mill through the mud his descendants haul wheat to market through the eatne mud. If that rule wero followed to its logical conclusion we should be carrying our grain to the old grist mill, with a single est of slowly revolving stones, instead of grinding it by the thousand bushels in the finest equipped mills in the world. This grandfather business is altogether too tiresome for the modern man to follow. The only means of education is the constant discussion; keeping the matter ever before the people. That will accomplish the most and it is the only way to accomplish anything. If the agitation is continued the generation growing up now will understand ita own necessities and will construct better highways. Until then it is to be feared that the aame old mud holea will remain to take dollara from tho pockets of the farmers. Ijet I'm II-.V l'oactf. Alleged enterprise on tho part of a contemporary during the pa-t week has created considerable discussion. It has also excited varying emotions in tho breasts of those who read iL Tho article referred to was one three columns long on the eubject of the first bombardment of Fort Sumter. Looked at aa history it may be valuable matter, but looked at in the light which the running comments gave it there may be a question about the advisability of ita publication. If it was done to perpetuate a historical memory the object was perhaps commendable; but if it was done, as the Grst blush would indicate, to arouse memories which bad better slumber, then it won injurioua and should never have seen the light of day. The truth is, but many seem to be unable to comprehend it. the war is over. There may be a very few who would like to return to tho old order of things, bot

their number is so infjniteesim.nl that thev are unworthy serious notice. They represent a fo.-siiizo 1 age, and have no part in the times of the present. Sumpter was the beginning. Appo.natox ought to hav been the end. Unfortunately it wasn't, and Fome are still fighting the Kflinr. old battles and carrying on the same old skirmishes that wero so much a part of the hictory from the orgin of the republic down to 1 si 1.1. The batties were fought on Southern aoil by brave men. Each side believed that it was fighting for a principle, and both were willing to give their lives to support that principle as they understood it. Tho humblest man in tho land knows what isduo resulted from tho resort to arms. There is a class of men who want to continue lighting as long as they live, and delegate the work to their sons when they can do it no longer. Thoy seek every opportunity to stir up the old sectional feel

ing which once existed. They seem to want to havo tho strife continued without cessation until tho old ruon havo paKsed away. Then they aro fixing mat ters eo that the same agitation shall be continued indefinitely. All this is wrong. Tho young men who have grown up since the war care nothing for such discussions. Thoy tnow nothing of it but history. They understand and appreciate the principles fought for and auttlu i ; but they do not euro to h.tvo the old jealoUHioa and hatreds conntantly thrust iu their faces and have tho invitation to roll them under their tongues aa sweet moreels exteuded to them on every occasion. Thvro is too much to think of in the present. Thia generation is making hintory and has little time for the discussion ot bygones excepting as the tluua long p.isped nuv havo a bearing upon the lite of the present. It is very gratifying that tho old soldiers are not parties to this matter. Thoy aro willing to bury old animosities nudlet tho dead bury their dead. The young men who have arrived at the age to pay taxes are remembering the struggle to the extent of contributing their Khare of the :; :'(),( km 1,000 neccfury to ninke up tho pension roll. It. would please them, however, if tho matter could be dropped there. Thero should bo no North and no South. All that has panned nwuy and a new era liss dawned. If the older men, who delight in relating paet experiences and redicurdng ancient occurrences, could only think eo it would bo vastly belter for the country to let tho waves of oblivion cover it all and forever bury it from sight. Then will tho nation move forward barinonioiihly and keep Mcp in tho march of material progress. Put just us long aa the war is fought over, just ho long as rputah:o journals persist in opening their columns to the diHoussion of historical events, commenting upon them an if they wero something to bo laid up agaimt a suction or a part of tho people, just so long will there be sectional dil'crences and race questions end all sorts ef diabolical disturbances occurring -to mar the harmony of national unity. Eotua havo peace. Eet us bury the munket and the cannon in tho graves of those who foil on tho battle fields. Eet thm take their arms with them to the fields of glory if they want to, but don't fight over tho battle. they settled here for all otornity and sealed tho deeds with their lives. State Representation. We publish today a second letter of Prof. Commons of the Statu university on tho subject of legislative reform, in which he further advocates hi proposition for proportional representation, at least as to the election of senators. We commend it to our readers as well worth their careful consideration, in this letter Prof. Commons broadly assorts that tho chief morit of his Hcheme is that it discontinue district, or local, representation And puts in its place state representation. He place this even higher than the object of de stroying the gerrymander, and hi chief argument for it is that it would tend to put a butter clas of men into the legislature. If this point could be established it would indeed be a weighty reason for tho chango, but can it? What sort of change could we expect in the men nominated? For whatovur system of election you may have tho character of tho legislature must depend very largoly on the nominations wherever party government exists. It legislators are elected on a general tieket thoy must bo nominated by a elate convention. Would not that give tho lobby an opportunity to concentrate ita forces on the nominating body, whereas row the nominating bodies are so widely dispersed that tho lobby roaches but few of them, and must take its chances on getting control of the memher after he is elected. Prof. Commons thiuks that they would be "abler and more representative men, the leaders of politics and political thought throughout the state." Why? Such men couid bo elected now if they desired the office. Their neighbors know their qualifications and would nominate and elect them. As a matter of fact the "leaders of politics and political thought' now name the candidates as a usual thing. A state convention could not bo easily select such men as could the local conventions. The reader can test this for himself. What do you know about the political leaders, or indeed about the deEirable material for legislators, in Jay, or Noble, or Pike, or Franklin, or in any other county in the etate beaide the one you live in? If a state convention nominates candidates for either branch of the legislature it will have to take thorn from different parts of the state, and how are the members of a statu convention to know who to eelect more than you do? Obviously one of two things would result; either the selection of such candidates would fall into the hands of a few men, or tho representatives of the counties in convention would name their men; and waeee no reason why either of these could be considered an improvement on the old eyetem. We understand "Prof. Commons' idea to be that men would probably be selected who have attained some reputation throughout the etato for their ability, but such men have usually attained such reputation through displays of such abiiity in professional buninses lines, and therefore have so remunerative occupations that they cacnot be induced to leave them for the work of legislation. Unless some greater inducement could be ofTered we hardly think that mere nomination by a etate convention, and election on a general ticket, would cause a change in their sentiments on thia subject. We hold strongly to the belief that if i legislative districts could be brought to

nominate and elect the men whom the people of thoe districts consider beet they would usually bo found to ho the bet for the entire community. Conceding that there hi been (nn alteration in our governmental necessities since American government originated, it by no mean follows that the principles of representation havn changed, it is truo that corporate power lias become dsneerou.', but how can it bo met? There mint be public sentiment lirat, and then legislators must bo elected who will voice that sentiment. Put who is b't fitted to name auch men, their neighbors or the people of the entire stato? Is it not clear that thooe who have the host opportunities for knowing men will ordinarily have the boxtj judgment on the subject? No matter what problem is to be met, if tho candidates aro to bo selected with reforenco to that prob

lem they should be selected bv men who know them. This is one of the chief reasons for local representation. It not only insures a knowledge of local wants by the representative, hut also insures, or ought to inaure, a knowiedgo of the representative by the people who elect hitn. There ia, no doubt, a great deal of carelessnoHM in the selection of legislative candidate. They aro usuaIIv named last by the convention, and too frequently are selected to "balance the ticket," to satisfy a faction, or to appear a disappointed rundidale for aomo other ollice. The correct remedy for that carelessness seems to bo naturally the cultivation of a mom intelligent eonlimcnt ne to the importance of law-mnking. Until that ia dono we doubt if any remedy in the form of government or in tho mauner of election ran bo of great value. It seems almost incrodlbht that tho great tnaaac of the people could come to a state in which they regarded legislation as a comparatively unimportant mutter, but it is true. There in, in fact, nothing more important to them than the luws tinder which they must live, and yet the average voter pays more tttention to almost any man on the ticket than the candidate for tho legislature. The legislature, in conauqiieuce, is not so dignilifd nor eoif-renpocting a body ns it should be, and it is hardly necensnry to suv that it is not so well fitted for its work in it should be. Wo do not hcHitute to ay that tho larger part of tho blame for unsatisfactory legtNlatinn should bo put on the people who compluiu f it. They aro the lirst offenders. Thoy fail to noiniriato proper men. Thoy fail to tiled proper men. Thev do not tnko the inter est in legislation that thoy should take. Thoy do not hold legislative oiletideri to tho atrict accountability for their shortcomings which is necessary to miles any representative system successful. Put, to return to the proportional representation, while wo question its applicability to tho election of legislatures we aro of the opinion that it can be utilised in other lislds. It is certainly the bent plan forttie election of members of tho national houso of representatives tint has been suggested, and unions some better plan should bo proponed we confidently expect to seo it adopted for that purposo. It might pocsibly bo used also in the eleotion of a etato senate, though there nro somo dillicultios and dangers in tho wsv. As Prof. Commons very justly tbvrvc:, "At present no one ein tell just w hat our state senates do reproMeut." Prehv. tho division of the state iuto fo'ir or liv districts from which senators ho;ild be elected on tho proportional hania inltht b s of somo service in giving tho eunato a more satisfactory character. Money Is Mimy. Fecrotary Caicmm.k's etatament concerning tho financial situation will '.mpoae of any of the alleged "uneitsiueia" concerning the gold balanco on hand in tho treasury that may havo existed. In two days the gold, in oxcei-s of tho J 100,000,000 reserve fund, has been incrouaod frora $10,000 to $.ST,lM0, and tho coin treasury notes are becoming so scarce that ? 100,000 f l the gold purchases of Thursday wero paid for in gold notoa. Arrangements havo been made for further gold supplies from the West, where thero is an abundance of the yellow material, and where, as has boon published lrom day to day in tho telegraphic news, do;:ens of bankers are ready to turn their gold over to the government at any time. It is absurd to suppose that thero is any need for a financial crisis on account of gold shipments w hen, as Mr. Caui.isi k points out, there is in this country 740,000,000 of gold. The only possible way in which any injury could come would be from a senseless panic in which all holders of gold would withdraw it from circulation. We do not believe such a panic could arise. The people know that the national government is perfectly responsible and that every dollar it issues is just as good as a gold dollar. It is also becoming mora clearly understood that this financial flurry is the result of efforts of a lot of gold speculators who imagined they could force the government to issue bonds by shipping gold out of tho country. Their opportunity was given them by the republican party. So long as Mr. Cleveland w as in offico, and indeed so long as the laws were unchanged by tho republican congrosa, there was not the slightest possibility of the national treasury being affected by the operations of gold speculators. On Sept. 30, 1SSS, the gold in tho treasury was J3:52.3.0,228, not including the $100,000,000 reserve. Notwithstanding tho extravagance of the new administration, co serious reduction was made until the McKinley law and the Sherman silver law were enacted. On June 30, 1800, there was f 320.033,1 4 j gold in the treasury, not including the fl0a.000.0i10 reserve. In lees than three yeara that magnificent accumulation of Mr. Cleveland's first administration has been frittered away. What did it? Pepnblican protectionism, republican "financiering," republican billiondollarism. These have made it possible to bring the national treasury within the reach of tho gold speculators. Put tho speculators have different men to deal with than thoeewho have played into their hands heretofore, and they have already met with counter-checks that they did not expect. Their run on the treasury might have been successful had it not been for tho precautions of Secretary Cakmsle. Anticipating this action he at once begun accumulating gold. When he took olHco the gold in the treasury was only 087.000. Py April 1 ho had increased it to $8,000,000. This broke the run. The issue of gold certificates has been stopped. The reserve

fund is available for redemption of all greenbacks presented. The secretary boldly announces that he is in position to meet any emergency. lie says: No order ban ben made to stop the payment of gold upon theae notes coin treasury noteaj nor haa any ono been authorial to say that such an order would be issued. Tho purposo of the government to preserve its own credit unimpaired and maintain the parity of the two metals by all lawful means will not be abnudoned under any circumstances. Tho country will therefore be justified in renting easy. There is, and hits been, no financial trouble impending that can not bo handled by a ürm executive.

In this connection it may bo added that the common impression concerning tho 'reserve fund" is largely erroneous. No law of the United States ever croatod a reserve fund for the redemption of greenbacks. The authority for such a fund comes from tho gold coin ceriificate act of IMS-, which contains the following proviso: That the aecretary of the treasury ahall suspend the iaiuo of such gold certificates whenever the amount of gold coin in the treasury reserved for tho redemption of U. S. notes falla bolow ono hundred millions of dollars. This has boon contruod to moan that such a fund must bo established and kept on hand, but the language of the provislm clearly rfC0gnl.ei llint th fund may fall below that amount, and evidently, a:i a matter of precaution, provides that tho inane of go'.d certificates' ihall ceaao at euch time. The house commit tee which reported on this subject Inst hi miner recognie 1 this fact, and declared that iu cue the reserve should fall below that sum the amount should be "restored from the current coin receipts of the gov ernment not otherwise appropriated." In other words, this reserve is always available for the redemption of trensury notes, and any uso of It for that purpose is net an evidence of weakness in tho treasury, but merely a fulfillment of tho legal purposes of tho fund's creation. E.vsti:i:n newspapers are publishing letters from Chicago to tho effort that tho ho tel kopers of that city are manifesting a disposition to push their demands to ex orbitant rates. Tho New York Trifinm; in connection with tho correspondence re ferred to, says: It is not a pleasant story which our correspondent in Chicago has to tell repardin.1: thtt grat ing disposi ion manifested by somo landlords and hotel men, but it ia well to let the truth be known for the benefit of intending visitor. Tho inci dents nairated may not bo typical; they certainly are auggostivo. if Chicago doesn't wish to get an exceedingly bad num.", its journals and public opinion generally must frown most severely upon ail such iimnifestations of rapacity and greed as those described. If thete s intiy truth in theeo charges representative men of Chicago should reo that an m l bo put to theui. Visitors wiil expect to pay a good round price for 6-comiuodatiuiH at the world's fair, but it will not be pleasant to Chicago ears after the great exposition is over to hear dis agreeable stories from all over tho coun try that people had been systematically impoM-d upon by hotel men, shop keepers and everybody else that had anything to f 11 tor money. The reputation of tho city ia of more valuo than a few extra doihii. Sia ati'I! Stani oud proposes that Gen. If u:i.!-'s -J.",0oO per year lectures at the senator's university shall be in favor of internotion.il arbitration. This will rejuiro a radical change of front on tho part of the i x-president. His administration was ciiaructcried by a manifest deairo to embroil this country in war with some other nation some littlo 2x4 South Amer ican republic always preferred. Perhaps, however, now that Mr. Hakioson isn't seeking ro-elsction, he isn't quito BO belli cose as ho was. KEirr.ucAN papers view with alarm the tendency to wipe out the sinecures and get rid of the barnacles around the departments at Washington. Put tho rest of the country, which ia very much tho larger part of it, takes to thatsort of thing with a rulish. Tho government has altogether too big a pay roll already and any movement to reduco its size will meet with hearty approval by honest people of all parties. Tun people who have been lamenting the sugar trust flag incident in Hawaii will bo gratified to learn that Judge Cooi.f.y of Michigan has announced his opinion that tho treaty-making power of the United States as to annexation ia lim ited to countries adjacent to us and har monious with our form of government, neither of which is Hawaii Princeton must hang her head in Bhame in presence of the superior barbarity practiced at Wesleyan. ET CETERA. At Mentone, France, the other day Sir Arthur Sullivan got up a concert and Mme. Christine Nilsson sang at it. for the benefit of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Tiik Bhootings at Cluny Castle, which Andrew Carnegie has rented from Cluny Macpherson, extend over 12,000 acres, and afiord excellent snort. The old castle, in which Sir Kobert Peel lived at the begin ning of tho century, has been altered and enlarged during the last two years. Col. A. L. Conokk of Ohio, formerly member of the republican national committee, ears : "We are going to renominate McKinley and elect him, too. Gov ernor KcKinley's friends are not making any plans for 181'b. The presidential elec tion w ill take care ot itsail. Mil. Glastose, the hale and hearty old man, already beyond tho allotted four score years, still sleeps, aa he always has, in the old-faehionod state bedstead of mahoganv. with the stuffy canoDy and hang ings, which the laws of modern hygiene prescribe aa most dangerous to health and longevity. Ex-Governor Magrath of South Carolina.who died atCharleston afew days ago, eighty years old, was U. S. district judge for his state in 1800. and his resignation the day after tne election of Abraham Lin coln as president was tho firat act openly significant of the secession already deter mined upon. Heur Knurr, whoso groat one-hundred-and twenty-two-ton gun was placed in position in Jackson park on Saturday, haa arranged to spend 1,500.000 on hia world a fair exhibit In this princely ex penditure he ia encouragod by the kaiser, who earnestly requested him to represent German industry in a titling manner. Without a peer, Dr. Bull's Cough bvruo.

THE SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS.

School Hook Commissioners I'lnish Their Work. The important work of tho state board of school book commissioners in its thorough study and consideration of tho question of awarding contracts for supplying the various e.hool text booka fur tho next five yearö was concluded Friday night. In view of tho vital importance of the matter to the schools throughout tho etato, the board for several days hss been unremitting in its examination of various classes of text booka under consideration and in every department of study the books have been closely scanned with regard to their fullness d detail, simplicity of expression and cor rectness of statement. Th board finally reached the conclusion last night that the arithmetics and geographies now in ' use aro giving auch excellent satisfaction that it was desirahlo to make a second contract f r live years with the Indiana book company. The board ordered a revision oi tno writing books, aod on the basis of that revision, made arrangements to renew the five-yeur contract. The consideration of the readers was postponed until tho board's next meeting, on tho 15th of next month. The contracts for furnishing all the othor text books havo three veara to run and, under tho n lvico of the attorney-general, tho board did not take up their consideration. An important Hep was the discussion of procuring an intermediate grammar. That this was n very desirahlo innovation was uniformly conceded, but final actiuu w us deferred until tho May meeting. "Ihe books now in use," said Prof. Smart of Purdue university to aSiNtiMt. reporter la-d night, "have for the most fart proven their worth by uniformly giving the largest degree id satisfaction. I consider it would prevo a most tinwiso thing to make any ewenplng changes." BLOODY SHOOTING AFFRAY. Half n Doon Mexican Killed Near 1'IkimiIk, Ar It. Puo'MX, Ariz., April 21. A bloody shooting scmpe, just across the lino in Mexico In reported, in which Frank Posry and William Prook, miners., figured. Prook was arretted by n Mexican id-criH", who started to prison with him. Prook drew his pistol nnd shot the Mexican shoritl dead. Pearv struck another ollicer over the head with a pistol anil euco oded iu keeping tho pose nt bay till Prook escaped. Peary was captured, but on his witv to prison escaped and haa not been heard of since, in tho melee half a dozen Mexicans woro killod by the Americans. HE WAS NOT DEAD. gorge. .Io!Icr.niivi:i Jlowa. Twenty years ago Victor Eippo'd, a gold miner, visited bis people in toe southern part of Pike county, and invested in a PJO-acre farm, besides which bo loanod considerable money to responsible par ties. The caro of his property was in trusted to his brother J-red. Several months later, whilo in Oregon, ho sent for 150, which was forwarded to him. This was the lust heard of him. In INSl or IH.S:! his sinter brought suit for the ap pointment of an administrator, claiming that Victor was dead, and Fred Eippold was selected by tho court. 1 red contended that his brother was not dca 1, and so matters drilled for several years, aud until the other heirs brought suit against him for on accounting and partition. The court appointed a commissioner and the lands were sold, Fred becoming tho pur chaser. Tho proceeds wero divided among the heirs, l.u-t week Victor Lippold suddenly reappeared, and called for an accounting of the trust. He was sur prised to find that in tho eves of the law he was deid. Of late he baa been in Ida ho, whero ho accumulated considerable means. The heirs w ho wero ao eager to realize will bo compelled to disgorge. M.mifVi'to of .letvmh ltiiMds. Bvrlin 'rres(.nitcnt lontl n New.. In view of the increasing anti-Jewish movement in Germany, 210 rabbis of the country, our Perlin correspondent tells us, have issued a manifesto, in which they declare that the doctrines of tho Jews are founded on the scriptures. Tho ethics of Judaism, which aro sacred to its followers and are taught in the schools and prouched from tho pulpits, command as follows: "To esteem in every man (.iod s image; to evince the strictest truthfulness in trade toward everybody : to keep most faithfully every oath and promise which has been made to anvbodv. cither Jew or Christian; to be charitable toward every body of whatever confession ; to obev the laws of the fatherland in faithful devo tion; to promote the welfare of the fatherland with all one's power, and to co-op erate in the spiritual and moral perfection of mankind." I'n necessary Frills. St. Louis Ton-Ms- atch. Ambanaador Sir Julian Pauncefote might have transacted his business with Mr. Cleveland just as well w ithout putting on velvet and gold laco. Tho American people would like Sir Julian in a plain coat and breeches aa much as if he were to wear the most gorgeous apparel known to the empire, which is not enlarged by a foot by the splendors of a magnificent am bassador in a Jef'ereonian republic. Petition Carry No Wright. Holt Sml'h'i Atlanta Journal. The petition business is greatly overdone anyway. ueuouDtit a single important office has been or will be awarded at Washington on a petition. Usually very littlo attention is paid to petitions for the good reason that the appointing power understands how little thev mean. The Sentinel" Kuixtrr, AnJiTsoa PeinocrsL The Indianapolis Sentinel is preparing to remove its newspaper to a new home. We hope The Sentinel's rooster may always have a good vantage point whence to observe the worm crop. The I Irn to n. Harry "Why did she reject you?" Jack "Pecause 1 said, 'sweets to the sweet' when I kised her, I suppose." . . - Alt Harry "How could that atfect her; Jack "Oh, I'd run out of cloves!"

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A Live Stock Company That Has Keen Liullini; the People. Auditor of State Henderson FriJsy revoked the license of the United States livo stock company of Fergus Falls, Minn, Thero havo been complaints coning ia from ditierent t arts of the s'.ate that this company wos not paving ita locaes and two suits havo been brought for the recovery of claims against the conipauy. Iu both ltist incea ju.igmont was obtained by defuult, the compniiv paying no attention whatever to the suit. J he sworn state nunt of tiio company tile I, Jun. 23, shows the assets on lir-t niortgnvn and del ta otherwise nei'tired to be 72.os2.41, with liabilities id only .rl,o"o. The insurance commissioner of Minnesota iu a letter to Au liior Henderson savs: " I bis company hat no financial standing whatever, nnd I believe it to be a fraud ot tho worst kind. It does not come under the jurisdiction of this department, but is incorporated undtr the general laws of the nUto, und has no security deposited. It doe no business iu this atato. Its business in all transacted in states ns far oil as possible, and 1 get letters regarding it even from South Carolina. I shall endeavor to have the attorney take steps to wind it up. e)vress car adlaz'e. Tho Contents Consumed and Cold 'oln Melt.Ml. A. ni'jt nt'i r., N. M., April HE Marly yesterday morning a Wells l argo express car coming east on the Atlantic A; Pacific railroad caught flro from sparks from the engine nt Hancock siding, and, as tho wind was blowing a gain, tho lire spread so rapidly that the car und contents wero entirely consumed. Tho messenger escaped injury. There were three safes in the. cur and they were brought here today, each containing at least .'.i.poii in -'L'O goal pieces, a large quantity of currency, besides a lot of jewelry, wotches, otc. 1 he safes were opened this afternoon, bndly warped by the intense heat and the currency alrto buftied. The gold is being counted. Many of the pir are badly scorched and a largo number melted to'cthtT. HIS FIMST bHOT AT A GKIZZLY. How lie I Vit Mio-Ii Mi ting M Itli rt King f I lu lli-ir 'I rll-. I'isrovering no bear, I advanced rdowly and cautiously, pays a w titer in 7 Wd iind Smui'i. Suddenly I perceived a rank, peculiar odor ; it reminded me of that 1 encountered at the '.on in Philadelphia in lssj( w hil I stood contemplating some bears in tho pen below. I now knew 1 was Very close to a boar, ami that from the locality it must bo a grizzly. Oh, how frightened 1 wua! I had nover met a gri.zly ; what I should do I hardly k'.iow. The thought of being alon, too, and out of sight and hearing of Hank, all made me quiver liko an aspen. bile thus meditating and looking in every direction and aud trembling from hea 1 to foot. I soon saw the causo of tho odor, standing on all fours, with his tail toward me, digving in a hillside. My heart went like a trip hammer; I could hear the blood rushing up through my carotids, and feel its impact aeainst tho Paso oi my brain ; my throat waa dry, and toy handa trembling aa I grasped my rifle. 1 aurveyed the hugo brute a few aeconds and aaw that he was about eighty vards away. I stood oa tho hogback or ridge anil between tho bear and invsolf was a ravine thirty feet deep and filled with a thicket of underbrush. The grizzly stood on clear ground. It did not tak long to see that I had the ndvantago; this was tho head of the canyon ; to my tight was a black thicket of pine; in front was the animal; to my left the canyon stretched away to tho fake. A email sapling grew where I stood; I let myself down -n my knees nnd toes, nn 1 protected my piece over a branch of the sapling. I was waitiug lor tho Pear to give me an ex-po-ure of its side. The wind blowing briskly from it to ir.e givo it no opportul ,tv to scent ir.e. I felt as I imagine a soltiier h els on tho ovo of his f.rst battle, only more so. I realized fully what a small thinj I should ba in a band to-hand conflict with that wounded and infuriated monster, but I was determined to light if it cost mo my lifo. Pv this time I became more composed; mv nerves had resumed their usual tranquility; I was thinking of what an everIssting shame it would be to my conscience to steal aw ay and let that magnificent Ix'ttst get tr with life, and whilo thus cogitating the bear slowly moved into the position I desired, and when thero with a steady nr.rvo I glanced along tho bluo barrel of pteel and fixed the sights on a lin with a spot about where I thought its heart lay, held it there a second, and pulled the trigger. Pang went the mognificent arm, and simultaneously the grizzly leaped into tho air, uttering a loud, prolonged cry of pain. Through the smoke I saw it fall on one side and quickly recover itself, ita head toward me; with mouth wide open and head erect it began the charge. I threw another cartridge into the barrel. I looked. The bear had reached tho bottom oi the cauvon and was making its way through the brush, blowing and snulhng. 1 cooly awaited its emergence, but it nover came out. Midway the thicket I could see branches quivering, but could not eeo tho bear. At this juncture another grizzlv, larger than the one shot, came out of tho pine thicket to my right and bounded down to the spot of the quivering bushes in the bottom of the canyon and was also lost to eight. I did not have time or apportunity toehootit Immediately behind me ia tho timber I heard the cry or wail of still another bear. This again terrified me beyond expression. I eat there gazing at that thicket one hour by the watch 12:30 to 1:30 p. in., Oct. 10, 1802 and no bear appeared. All was still as death, and, from inaction, I began to pet chilly. No amount of money could have induced me to venture down to those two mammoth brutes in that canyon. I did not know that one was dead and was painfully aware that one at least was untouched. So believing that skillful retreat is as good or better than a poor victory, I decided to return and get reinforcen ents in the shape of Hank. I did eo, and when we reached the spot we advanced abreast, (tueeu in terror at our heels, into the thicket. We found one bear etono dead, but the other had gone. Cures Rheumatism, Salvation Oil, 25c

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