Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1893 — Page 4

THE. INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER ö, 1 8U3 TW ELTE PAGES,

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. 6. E.MOPS9, BEN A. EATON, Prsaldcnt. Vie Protocol, n. McCarthy, crttsry sad Tresiurar.

tEntcrrd ml the Postofllce mi Tndlav polls mm second class matter.) TERMS PER YRAR I Slagie eopr (la Advance) fl OO We ask democrats to bear-In pilnd and select their own state paper when they come to take subscriptions and make up clubs. Agents making- up clubs send for sBf Information desired. Address TUB IXDIAXAIOLIS SEXTISEL, Indianapolls, Ind. WED.ESDAV, SEPT. O, lWOS. It Is tru that both Senator Stewart und Senator Jones of Nevada advocated n. gold standard in 1S74. but possibly they had other men to write their speeches for them then. There Is not a law on the national statute books that was put there by the democratic party. Just wait till we can get. a democratic tariff law passed and (rood times will be the result. Mr. Ell Perkins asserts that 25,000 glovemakfrs are Idle at Gloversvllle. N. T. Sir. Torter's census says the population of Gloversvllle. N. T., Is ll.StVl. This Is convincing evidence that Mr. Perkins ought to restrict his efforts to tlnplate statistics. Says the Journal: "That Important commodity called labor is higher than it, was in 1857 all over Europe." What? Pauper labor of Europe getting higher Wages under free trade? The Journal should make further Investigation before advancing so heretical a proposition. The interesting fact has been disclosed in the pension office that Tanner and Raum "side-tracked" about 200,000 claims for pension under the old laws for Injuries received in the service In order to make a showing under the disability law. They' made the showing In time for the election of 1S92. That monumental fraud. Col. A. L. Conger, Is out with a statement that the Diamond plate glass company will have to reduce wages if the tariff Is reduced. Tliis is the company that announced that it had shut down on accvuint of prospective tariff reduction when it went Into the rlate glass trust a few weeks ago. The sixteen days devoted to "tariff hearings" are just sixteen days too much. The government has published a large volume of tariff hearings of 1S90, which were of no earthly use to any one. If there Is any need of such information why not Include this volume; of 1S90 In the record and proceed to business? Down with the McKinley bill. There is nothing like having a Joyous disposition. The Journal triumphantly calls attention to the fact that the two republican representatives from Indiana voted for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law and asks, "Who are the friends of honest money?" Inasmuch as all the republican congressmen voted for the Sherman law in 1S90 and all the democrats voted against it, the Journal should amend Its Interrogation to read, "Who are now the friends of honest money?" The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad (the Monon) has Just made public Its annual statement for the year ending June 30. 1893. As compared with the preceding year It shows the following results: Increase of gross earnings $378.784 Increase of expenses 240,919 Increase of net earnings 137.8Q3 Increase of fix! charges 23,593 Increase of annual surplus 114,2t8 Heaven help the poor railroad presidents. The Sentinel Inadvertently classed this among the roads whose assessments bad been reduced this year. This was an error. The reduction was made last year. The unfortunate Pennsylvania railroad, whose tax assessments In Indiana have Just been reduced, shows for July, 1893, an Increase of net earnings of $137,242 over July, 1892. The following Item of its statement Is especially Interesting to Indiana: All lines west of Pittsburg and Erie for July, 1893. as compared with the same month in 1892. show an Increase In gross earnings of $140,259; an Increase in expenses of $119,547: an Increase In net earnins of $20,712. The seven months of 1893v as compared with the same period of 1892. show an increase in gross earnings of $704,218; an Increase in expenses of $641,173; an increase In net earnings Of $C3.045. Heaven help the poor railroad presidents. It is stated that Emma Goldman, the young lady who has been recently uttering some very Incendiary sentiments In New York City and elsewhere. Is a Jewess. This Is probably true as we notice that one of the Hebrew organizations had practically expelled her and cut aloof from her as it did not wish to be suspected of dividing with her the very anarchistic sentiments which she undoubtedly holds. The Hebrews who come to this country generally are too patriotic to Indulge in the vaporlngs so freely put forth by a limited class of foreigners. That was a grand eulogy uttered Sunday In New York by Julius Harburger, the grand master of the Independent sons of Israel, in speaking of the patriotism of his people. He said: "The Hebrews of this country are 'the most loyal and freedom-loving people within its borders. They abhor this anarchistic class who call themselves Hebrews, and are so continually abusing the sect of which they form a supposed component part. The religion of any sect should not be used by wage-earners In this free land. Once and for all these Russian anarchists must understand that they are in America and not In Russia ; that their vaporlngs will not be tolerated her; that free speech 1 ac

corded to each and every Individual, but seditious and treasonable utterances will and must be punished. If they do not desire to live in this home of the free let them go back to their barbarous, uncivilized land, where they have Inherited their blasphemous desire to undermine the stability of a liberty-loving land." .

OX WITH TARIFF HEFOHH. It Is decidedly encouraging to note that the public demand for speedy action on the .tariff Is almost as unanimous as for the repeal of the Sherman law. It comes from republicans as well as from democrats. There Is a general recognition of the fact that the relicy of the country on this question was decided by the election f 1892, and that it is best for everybody that the new system should be put into operation as speedily as can properly be done. One of the most notable evenTs In this connection is the recent action of the Manufacturers' club of Philadelphia, which has long been a special stronghold of protectionism. It was announced a few days ago that this organization, over the remonstrance of Its president. Mr. Dolan, and several other members, had adopted resolutions denying that the present stringency was due to financial disorders, and advocating no interference with the tariff. This report Is now contradicted. It is said that such resolutions were Introduced and discussed, but Indefinitely postponed. Mr. William Woods, vice-president of the club. Indorses the position of President Dolan and says: The fear of tariff legislation did not cause the present condition of stoppage anions the textile mills, but the "silver scare" and the "monetary fright," through a shrinkage of certain classes of collaterals, have caused a closing up of bank accommodations, a distrust, a hoarding of money, and the natural consequences, a non-payment of maturing accounts, a countermanding of orders which had already been placed for future delivery; all of which necessitated a curtailment of production and a stoppage of factories. This Is a very clear and very sensible statement, which we believe will be indorsed by the great majority of the business men of the country. Everyone knows th.it the first manifestations of this trouble were with the banks, and not with the factories, and the bank disasters were precipitated by the withdrawal of gold from the national treasury, and the fear that the government might not be able to maintain specie payments. Mr. Woods further says: In the present condition of the Industrial Interests and the stagnation of business from the loss of purchasing power of the masses, the wisest thing congress can do Is first repeal the silver purchase clause of the Sherman act, and then, continuing in Its present session, take up the tariff subject, and. having in mind the Judgment of a nation which loves Justice, bo guided In its political actions by reason and by sentiments of patriotism, and as early as practicable furnish that measure of relief which would quiet the apprehensions of capital and give early employment to the thousands who are soin to suffer through the enforced stoppage of our varied industries. Although he puts the statement In the language of a protectionist, he acknowledges that the passage of a tariff reform law will "give early employment" to the thousands who will soon be suffering from the stoppage of mills caused by the financial stringency. We believe that this too will meet the general approval of business men. The country Is in the condition of a man who has had a sudden and violent attack of Illness. It Is past the danger point, but it is weak. It needs a tonic. That tonic Is a tariff for revenue law. It needs a tonic that will first act as a purge, relieving the system of the protection poison that has permeated it. Let the medicine be administered quickly. The majority of the people are agreed as to what should be done. There Is no necessity for calling in any more doctors. What the patient needs Is medicine, not advice. The doctors in charge will not change their opinions after consulting with others. They will give the same medicine anvway. Why delay it? Why let the patient suffer? Give us the medicine and let It prove for itself whether or not It Is what Is needed. LA nOIl'S ADVANTAGE. The esteemed Richmond Palladium kindly concedes that "The Sentinel states the difference between a tariff for revenue and a tariff for protection very frankly," for which we return thanks. But having done us this favor it proceeds to make Itself obnoxious by adding these misleading words: It Is simply a question of whether we shall buy our supplies from the product of foreign labor or American labor; whether the government, for the purpose of .filling its own coffers, shall encourage our people to employ foreign labor while It depletes the pockets of American laborers by withholding from them the labor Imported from abroad; whether the government of the people shall turn Its hand against the people by legislating in tho Interest of foreign peoples at the expense of its own people. "If the rate Is put so high that no goods are imported the government would receive no revenue at all," says The Sentinel; therefore, that the government may receive revenue the American worklngmen must be discharged and foreigners employed. The American manufactory must be closed and the European manufactory reopened and set to work. Foreign Industries must be fostered and home industries discouraged. It is indeed a very simple question and The Sentinel states It fairly and frankly. The Sentinel does not make reply to this because any reply Is necessary for the Information of worklngmen. There is no class of American people that Is better informed on the tariff question than organized labor, and no class that Is more generally opposed to a protective tariff. The worklngmen know that high tariffs do not make high wages or steady work. They know that such tariffs Inevitably result in trusts and combines by which production is cut down to the limits of the "home market," and in shutting our manufactories out of their proper field in the markets of the world. They know that the profits of the tariff go to the manufacturer and the mine owner, and not to the employes who do tha work. They know that wages are kept up in this country 'oy organization and the political power of worklngmen, and not by the tariff. They know that the Carnegies and Fricks get labor as cheaply aa they can, and that the treat

manufacturing concerns have for years been Importing low-priced foreign labor in order to break down the rates of wages gained by labor organization. The reduction of the tariff will not shut down any mills. If It did It would merely demonstrate the fundamental labor evil of a protective tariff, which Is that it takes labor out of more remunerative channels and puts it Into less remunerative channels. This will probably be a novel proposition to the Palladium, but It is Just as simple and true as the other statement. Suppose a capitalist wants to start a new Industry In this country. He says to congress, "I cannot make this article unless you put a tariff on the foreign product. If you will tax It so that the price will be Increased to a certain point I can manufacture it. At present prices there would be no profit In It." What does that mean? It means that labor cannot engage profitably in that Industry. The tax does not make the labor any more valuable. It merely raises a fund by which the labor loss is compensated. The labor Is taken out of channels In which It Is profitably employed and put Into channels where a tax is necessary to support it. That is no benefit to labor, because all taxes ultimately fall on labor. The most favorable condition for labor is perfect freedom freedom of employment and freedom of market for Its product. This it can . never have so long as that which is to be exchanged for Its product is shut away from it. Other countries can make some things better and cheaper than we can. We can make some things better and cheaper than other countries. It Is best for labor that It should be employed In those things which it can do best and most profitably, and that there should be as free Interchange as possible of the products.

state n.iKS rnorEn.H The esteemed Journal comes to the aid of the New York Tribune In maintaining the miserable quibble about "wild cat. banks." but the Journal Is less adroit than the Tribune. The latter paper dealt only In Indirections, but the Journal undertakes to pro e that a "free bank" Is a "state bank" by this ingenious argument: The Sentinel plays on the word "state bank." It is true, as it says, that "the State bank of Indiana" did not fall, but It Is also true that the free banks, a large number of which did fail, were also state banks in the sense that they were organized and operated understate laws. The state was as much responsible for the free banks as it was for the state banks rroper, and while the latter were pretty good, the former were thoroughly bad. The free banks were not "private banks" in any proper sense. They were organized and operated by private citizens. Just as the national banks of today are, but they nre organized and operated under a 'a v and rules and regulations prescribed oy the state. They were creations of the state as much as the national banks are of the general government. Exactly. And if the democratic rarty had declared for the re-establlshment of the United States bank the Journal would have Insisted, we presume, that it meant national banks. Now It kindly construes the democratic platform to refer not to "state banks proper," but to state banks "in a sense," and thereupon charges that the democratic party favors "wild cat currency." And to add Insult to injury, it says that The Sentinel "plays on the word 'state bank.' " This Is the most cheerful bit of Impudence that has occurred In this section for several days. "State banks" means "free banks." and "free banks" does mt mean "private banks." This Is valuable Information. Will the Journal kindly mention a private bank In Indiana that is not "organized and operated under a law and rules and regulations prescribed by the state?" The free banks were private banks "in the sense" that the state had no interest in them or responsibility for them more than It has in the railroad or insurance companies of the state. The democratic platform is plain and simple. It says: We recommend that the prohibitory 10 per cent, tax on State bank Issues be repealed. The law to which reference Is here made covers all sorts of banking Institutions except national banks, and It distinguishes between state banks and banking associations created under state laws. It reads: That every national banking association, state bank or state banking association, shall pay a tax of 10 per centum on the amount of notes of any state bunk, or state banking association, paid out by them after the first day of July, The makers of the law made the distinction and the makers of the platform made the distinction. It was repeatedly explained In the columns of The Sentinel during the campaign, and the Journal never had the courage to tell its readers that any construction but Its own was put on this plank. It continued to howl all through the campaign that the democrats favored "wild cat banks." without so much as Intimating that there was any difference between "state banks proper" and state banks "In a sense." And now what does the Journal suppose it gained by its attempted deeeptkm? How many voters does it Imagine were deluded by its misrepresentations? On the other hand. The Sentinel plainly told its readers that "state banks" meant "state banks proper;" that we favored no state bank Issue that was not guaranteed by the state. The campaign was made in this state on that basis, and the Journal probably remembers how ' It resulted. We do not believe there is an Indiana congressman who would' vote for the repeal of the tax on the Jrsues of free banks, or private banks, or wild cat banks, or anything else that is a state bank "in a sense." A CIUK FOR OEnil YMAXDERS. In addition to voting for a governor and other state officers In .JTov ember the state of Ohio will vote on the adoption of a constitutional amendment In xegard to the districting of the state for legislative purposes. The system propoied

by the amendment Is a most excellent one and if adopted it will certainly lelleve the state of Ohio of the disgraceful gerrymandering that has been Indulged in of late years by the politicians of that state. The first important feature of the amendment Is a provision for an apportionment commission of four members, two from each of the two leading political parties of the state. These are to be selected by caucuses of the members of the legislature, the republican members selecting two republicans and the democratic members two democrats. The persons so selected are then to be formally appointed by the governor. These commissioners are the ultimate authorities and must of course agree en the apportionment. This insures reasonable fairness In the work of the commission, as neither party has a majortlty. The commission is limited In Its work by certain restrictions which remove almost entirely the possibility of unfairness. The basis for apportionment is the last national census, unless the legislature shall provide some other method for ascertaining the state's population. The total population is to be divided by 100 for the representative ratio, and by thirty-five for the senatorial ratio. Each county is to have one representative: each county having one and three-fourths of the ratio is to have two representatives; and each county having three times the ratio is to have three, representatives, and so on. To this extent the duty of the commission is purely clerical, but in addition to this the commissioners are required to divide counties having more than one representative Into the proper number of representative districts. In making this division the constitutional provision proposed Is: "Each representative district, in counties entitled to more than one representative, shall be composed of compact territory bounded by election precinct lines, and as nearly equal In population as practicable; and each of such districts shall be numbered." The division of the senatorial districts offers greater opportunities for the exercise of "discretion," because It Is necessary to Join counties to form the districts. There Is, however, some limitation in the provisions as to large counties. "Each county having a population equal to three-fourths of one senatorial ratio shall aonstltue a senatorial district. Each county having a population equal to one senatorial ratio, and onehalf over, shall be divided into two senatorial districts. Each county having a population equal to two and one-half ratios shall be divided Into three senatorial districts, and so on; but no election precinct shall be divided in the formation of a senatorial district." As to the smaller counties the provlson Is that "each senatorial district shall be composed of compact territory, as nearly equal in population as practicable, and except as to districts in counties entitled to two or more senators, shall be bounded by county lines." These prov'isIons probably afford the best safeguards against gerrymanders for legislative purposes that have yet been devised, in conjunction with the single district system. The discretionary power of the commission Is reduced to the lowest possible point, and the constitution of the commission almost certainly insures fair play. We venture the prediction that if the amendment Is adopted the system will give general satisfaction. San Francisco Is beginning to prepare herself for a grand display at the coming mld-wlnter exposition, and being a city of wonderful and magical resources, the people who attend the groat fair may prepare themselves for a series of surprises. Among the novelties already talked about is one designed by Edward Green of that city. He hopes that It will rival the Eiffel tower of Par and the Ferris wheel of Chicago. It is a colossal statue of "Justice," 150 feet high, supporting an immense pair of scales, the extremities of which are designed to be in the shape of cars capable of holding fifty people each. The beam is a truss 300 feet long, oscillating like a walking beam, thus lifting the cars to a hlght of 350 feet. If that walking beam should break and drop a car full of passengers 350 feet justice would bear a dismal reputation In the future. However, we do not care to throw any cold water on an enterprise of such majestic expectations. Like the parrot at the show when some one touched off accidentally a keg of gunpowder, we wonder what they will do next. In a letter to the colored democratic convention at Washington, Mr. George T. Downing called attention to the fact that the sons Of all the noted old abolitionists were democrats. He might have added that most of the abolitionists who are still living are democrats. The most prominent abolitionist of Indiana was George W. Julian, and he has been voting the democratic ticket. On the other hand ante-bellum democrats like Albert G. Porter and Lew Wallace, together with pro-slavery Whigs like Uncle Dick Thompson, are herding with the republicans. The truth Is that no man In whom the love of freedom is thoroughly Instilled can ever swallow the Iniquities of a protective tariff, and that Is the Issue on which most of the abolitionist stock came to the democratic party. They are having a silver famine In Italy. All the small silver coins have been drained away by the demand for silver In France, and the shopkeepers are charging a premium for changing a five-franc piece. One firm has issued token money stamped with Its own name, and the newspapers are denouncing the government for not furnishing more small coins. The Trlbuna says: "We have returned to the state of

nature where Individual initiative provides for what the state leaves unsatisfied. While private persons, commercial men, and others have protested at the want of email coin the authorities

have remained silent; but now that the people begin to provide for themselves ; in other ways the authorities prick up i their ears, sequestrate, and fine." An- :

other paper, the Voce Delia Verlta, advocates cutting the ten-franc and five franc notes into quarters and using them for change. Italy ought to buy up a few Colorado silver mines. Early spring advices Indicated a failure of the pfach crop, but recent returns show that this is rather a phenomenally productive season. Southern Indiana, notwithstanding the continued drought, Is yielding abundantly and the same may be said of southern Illinois and Michigan. Conservative estimates place the Delaware crop at 5.000,000 baskets. The season Is but half over and already Delaware has furnished 2.500,000 baskets, which Is said to be much greater than the big crop of two years ago. At one town, where the railway failed to furnish transportation, the holders sold their peaches at 1 cent per basket. Montana and her energetic populace did not weep long over the silver outlook. As soon as India had taken action ore the silver question and apparently terrorized the silver states and territories generally Montana began to look for gold within her mountains. It was not long before the quest began to be generally rewarded. During the first week In August $90,000 of the yellow treasure was dug out of the Montana mines as against $62,000 during the corresponding week of last year. According to advices from Congressman Martin the pension office will revoke a large number of the suspensions of pensions and make Investigations instead of requiring the pensioners to make new proofs. ET CETERA. Capricious Richard Mansfield grew tired of his yacht. Her Royal Highness, In a month and sold it. Ex-Secretary of the Interior, John W. Noble of fft. Louis, Is trying to rid himself of rheumatism at Richfield Springs. "Daisy Bell" has become as great a nuisance in London as "After the Ball" here, but there is said to be little danger of "Daisy Cell" becoming an American mania. Swans keep water from weeds. A lake at Furghley, which gave constant occupation to three men six months In each year to keep It comparatively clean. Is now completely clean by two pairs of swans. Angelo Torrlahl, who was for several years conductor of Mapleson's Engllsli ipera company, and who had since been a well known musical Instructor In New York, died suddenly a few days ago aged flxty-flve years. Foraln, a famous French caricaturist, arrived in America last Sunday to see the American people and the fair. He Is fortyone years old and Is the only caricaturist who was ever awarded the Legion of Honor for his work. That honor was given him last month. Robins are very fond of a chlnaberry, similar to a cherry, which grows in Florida. Thy pick a hole in the skin and draw the Juice with as much relish as an old sailor drains his grog cup. Soon, however, the little robin with a flutter falls to the ground intoxicated. The swellest people at Narragansett amused themselves last week by giving and attending "a charity concert," given for the purpose of furnishing a mule to a deserving and indigent colored person, said to be the father of thirteen children and to be employed on the Tyson estate In Maryland. Nearly three centuries ago a wealthy London maid bequeathed money with which to buy grain for the pigeons, one bushel to be thrown from the steeple of St. Martin's every day. The old maid's wish has been carried out and every day at noon the bushel of grain is thrown to the thousands of pigeons that gather. What Is Electricity? Mr. S. F. Walker answers this question as follows In an electrical Journal: "As far as the writer Is able to understand the matter now, electricity Is, simply the motion of the molecules of the different substances which are the subjects of electrical action. Just as heat, light and sound are, and the only difference between these forces Is the rate of the motion. The motion of sound, as we all know, Is comparatively slow. That of heat and light Is very rapid. That of electricity would appear to be somewhere between the slow motion of sound and rapid motion of the heat waves, whose motion Is slowest that Is slower than that of light. "And It would appear that the wonderful adaptability which electricity shows for every kind of work is due entirely to the position which its rate of motion occupies In the scale of the energies. It would also appear that the reason this wonderful agent lay dormant for so many ages and is even now only partially developed, is very largely, at any rate, because we have no sense which responds to the particular periods of vibration comprised within the electric range." Thliicc Chemists Do. Chemists now turn scrap iron into Ink, old bones into luclfer matches, the shavings of the blacksmith's shop into Prussian blue, fusel oil into oil of apples and pears, the dralnings of cow houses into fashionable perfumery, beggar's rags into new pilot coats, cesspool filth Into ammonia and tar waste into anallne dyes and saccharine. RAMS HORN'S. All work- is hard work to a lazy man. A vacant mind makes the devil a good workshop. When we are fighting God's truth we are opposing God. Tho golden calf never grows into a cow that gives milk. Polishing a rascal's head never makes his heart any whiter. No man Is a Christian who would not rather suffer than sin. A hungry man never calls for cake. What he wants is bread. Every day of a Christian's life there Is new music in his heart. Before the devil can be chained the saloon door must be shut. A fool can ask questions, but only the wise can answer them. The man who Is ashamed of his religion has the wrong kind. Every good man's life convinces some sinner that the bible is true. The man who does bad work robs himself while he Is doing it. When truth fights It Is always under a flag that means something. The devil hates no man as he does the one whom God can trust. No matter how much religion we profess, all that counts Is what we live. It never puts the devil back an inch for a stingy man to talk In church. The man who owes God most is the one who has done the least for men. Christ never encouraged anybody to wear a long face and call it being pious. t Cur Nervousness and Constipation. Dr. Shoop's Restorative Nerve Pills sent free with Medical Book to prove merit, for 2c stamo. Druggists, 25c Dr. Snoop. Box X. Racine. Wis.

THE GRACE OF WOMAN.

colxtess xonn.iiKow discusses PRACTICAL PHYSICAL CULTURE. The Daaa-er of Overstraining Doth Jttrte and Muscle Open Air Exercise Versos Gymnasium Training Too Little Attention Tald to FoodFat Producers. These closing years of the last half of the century mirk a radical departure in woman's status in every department of life. She is gradually assuming normal relations with man Joining in his sports, entering into his business enterprises, and in almost everything displaying unprecedented mental activity. The Roman matrons of old. in conformity with their own training, taught their children to be stoics in the matter of physical endurance. Not content with stoicism, however, athletics were intro- j duced to round out the body to a greater degree of perfection. Who has net j heard of those wonderful Roman gladiators who were famous for their prowess In all manly sports? The ancient Greeks and Romans were noted for the symmetrical outlines of their forms. While the development of the male members In this Important particular was religiously attended to the females of the family were not neglected. The sculptured marble representing the Venus de Mllo presents overwhelming evidence of this fact. According to the standards of artistic measurement every line and curve was absolutely correct. The poise of the head denoted both strength and beauty, but the waist, judged by the fashion of the present day, would of course be considered ridiculously large. The figure of the Greek woman was allowed to retain Its suppleness unconflned by band or corset. To this fact may be attributed much of its beauty. At that remote period gymnasiums were not erected for the use of men alone; the women of the time were cared for In the same way. The difference between the sexes lay In the tact that the men made public their wonderful strength superinduced by athletic trainingwhile the gentler sex confined Itself either to private gymnasiums or to the pursuance of the exercise in the quiet and seclusion of their homes. This state of things continued for many centuries, and the results of the practice are perceptible even to the present day in the descendants of those historic races. It Is undeniable that the Greek women, especially renowned for beauty of face and form, owe much of their gifts to the physical training which their ancestors received. Time passed, and Innovations began to creep In, and while men to a great extent kept up the practice It fell Into disuse among women. The history of mediaeval times tells us that woman's sole duty was to make herself as beautiful as possible and to be thoroughly trained in all the arts involving the use of the needle. Athletic exercises were entirely relegated to men. It being considered Inelegant and even vulgar for ladies to employ their time In such a "base," masculine manner. The "mannish" woman the one who would row a boat, drive a horse or take part In a boxing tournament with her brotherwas looked upon as an abnormal creature worthy only to be shunned. In speaking thus of that past era I refer particularly to the higher side of social life, for among the peasantry In many of the continental countries woman has performed more than her share of manuil labor, which may indeed be classed as a form of athletic exercise. A couple of centuries or so ago, when the pilgrim mothers landed on these shores, notwithstanding the fact that they had left comfortable and even luxurious homes, they willingly shared in the labors of their husbands. Many a milk white hand, which had never known aught but Idleness, was turned to such good account that the struggle for exist jnce In the virgin land was greatly reduced. As a result of their self denial, perseverance and the rugged health which outdoor labor engendered, a sturdy race of native born Americans was given to the world. Among savage tribes It has always been customary to train their women to take active part even In warfare. In the newspapers of today we frequently see accounts cf the amazons of Zululand and other African countries. These women, whom the necessities of the time force Into the field of battle, and who from their childhood undergo a thorough training for the purpose, are said to fight with greater desperation than husband,' father, brother or lover. They are more agile than men, and consequently quicker In their movements. Tiey are also more fearless, less calculating as to results and of equal physical endurance. The courses of training which are pursued in the gymnasiums of modern civilization are to a certain extent beneficial to young women, but a greater danger lies In their liability to overstrain both nerve and muscle. The same form of . gymnastic exercise Is not suitable for all persons nor for both sexes, but should be regulated according to the physical status of the applicant. For instance, take a growing girl who has sedulously devoted her time to study. Through stooping the chest has probably become weakened and the shoulders In a measure rounded. What, then, can be more pernicious or hurtful than the attempt '. suddenly to draw the latter into a normal position? If this is undertaken at all, it should be done gradually and judiciously. Judging from the large number of athletes among men who meet with an early death, it is evident that the vital forces of masculinity through an excess of athletics may be expended within a very brief period. A similar rule applies to women, but practically to them the conseiuences need not always be so disastrous. They seldom Indulge the sport with the same violence, and are therefore not placed under the same continuous strain. Open air exercise is profitable to both sexes alike, and women, by taking a brisk walk during the cooler hours of the day. with the shoulders thrown back, the abdomen drawn in and the chest expanded, will find it easy to engender a rugged and healthy constitution. To obtain the full and proper benefit from this exercise care should be taken that the clothing Is not too tight nor the shoes too small. The walk at first should be only for a short distance, being gradually lengthened until the maid or matron Is enabled to cover several miles of ground without fatigue. English women have thoroughly understood and pursued this method of exercising for many decades. Hence, while their figures may be slender, their coloring and physical condition are of the best. Thousands of American girls are now learning and practicing this secret of beauty with the most satisfactory results. Rowing, lawn tennis and the various other. outdoor sports, are equally beneficial If Indulged In moderation. Even base hall" has been attempted by a certain class or our young women, but to the more advanced elements of society this means of exercising would be naturally somewhat repugnant. . Bicycling I cannot honestly recommend for women. The present methods of dress are certainly opposed to this method of exercise. The lower limbs alone are kept In motion, while the upper portion of the body Is thrown forward In a stooping position, thereby contracting the chest and giving undue play to the nether extremities. Another fact derogatory to Its practice Is the danger of accident, especially on public

thoroughfares. It is a much more serious matter for a woman to be thrown from a bicycle than for a man. This does not aply, however, to expert riders among women, of whom. I believe, the extreme of caricature. The graceful, undulating movements, the lines and curves expressed, are very beautiful, but If practiced to any great extent would give the average society woman a decidedly "stagey" rpearanee. Rhythm and grace of movement are very desirable, it is tru?, but great care should be taken to avoid exaggeration. Every woman is endowed by nature with a certain gr.ice. Let her cultivate it carefully and rationally. An easy carriage is always to be desired, and this can be readily obtained not alone by bodily exertion, but in conjunction with the use of mental power. Conceit, trat Ion Is neee??ary to perfection in all things; therefore whatever the physical part of our nature undertakes should be aldrd by the foc3l!zir.g cf our mental faculties upr.n the same object. This. I presume, may be tercel mental athletlos, for it often requires great patience and practice to attain the (b"cIred end. rtwtn mont.il and physical mhletics a perfect unity and barmony should be established. Hy this simple process a graceful ?nd etiectii combination of forces may be obtained. In the present ag? for women to become perfect human entities too littl attention is pall to food. The love of the saccharine everywhere predominates. This causes the Individual to "take on" flesh at the expense of vital energy. It requires jr.Icy m-uts, fresh vegetables and nc.rmal exercise In the open air, combined with a healthful mental activity to constitute woman truly "a thing of beautv and a Joy forever." COUNTESS NORRA1KOW.

INDIANA'S TIIOI SAM) LUCKS. A Singular Group, lint l ittle Knom Even In II Own Mate. A rerson mleht look on the map until he was Mind, fays the New York Sun, without discovering the curious fact, too insignificant from a geographical view to bo taken ir.to account in the collection of general topographical data. that, huddled top-mher in the northwestern corner of Indiana, are more than one thousand natural lakes, ranging in size from ten to one hundred acres. They are all within the bountarles Of Steuben, De Kalb. Lagrange, Noble and Kosoiusco counties. 212 of them being in Noble county alone. Such Is the isolation of this extraordinary group of lakes that the average Indiana citizen, outside of the small area in which the system is situated, is unaware of its existence. It is entirely separate from the river system of the state and corresponds in character with that famous group of lakes in Oraiice and Sullivan counties, New York, and Wayne and Pike counties. Pennsylvania literally great sprinps of crystal water, with bottoms of the whitest sand. The wild charm of mountain environment that is the characteristic of their eastern counterparts is licking, however. In the Indiana lakes, although they occupy the highest situation in the state. Nowhere rise in Indiana is there a lake of any size whatever. These sheets of water are the natural homes of th small-mouth black bass, and ex-Fish Commissioner Dennis of that state dedares that the small-mouth black bass that inhabit the waters of every part of the country came from that group of lakes. Nowhere else on the continent have these fish been cauirht equal in size to those taken from Indiana waters. The largest small-mouth black bass of which there is any record was caught this season in Sylvan lake at Home City, by- Sidney E. Smith of that place. It weighed nine and on-ha!f pounds. East season Dr. Mnyer of Kendall ville took one in the same lnke that weighed nin pounds. Sylvan lake is the largest of the Indiana waters, its natural size having been enlarged by draining to mak it a supply icservolr In the days of canal navigation, it is five miles long and a mile wide. Ari'AHlTlONS IX HISTOUY. Lint of a Few Connected vrUh the Xaraes of Famous Men. Goethe states that he one day saw th exact counterpart of himself coming toward him. Pope saw sn arm apparently com through the wall, and made inquiries after its owner. Uyron often received visits from & specter, but knew It to be a creation of imagination. Dr. Johnson heard his mother call his name In a clear voice, though the was at the time In another city. Count Emanuel Swedenborg believed that he had the privilege of Interviewing persons In the spirit world. LoyolA. lying wounded during the Blee of rampeläna, saw the Virgin, who encouraged him to prosecute his mission. Descartes was followed by an Invisible person, whose voice he heard urging hiia to continue his researches after truth. Sir Joshua Reynolds, leaving his hotis thought the lamps were trees and the tnf n and women bushes airltated bv the hreeze. Oliver Cromwell, lying sleepless on hi couch, saw the curtains open a.il a piganttc woman arpear. who told him h would become the fcreatest man In England. Hen Jonson spent the watches of tht night an Interested spectator of a crowd of Tartars, Turku and Roman catholics, who rose up and fought ' aroun 1 his armchair till sunrise. linstock, the physiologist, saw figures and faces, and there was one human face constantly before him for twenty-four hours, the features and headgear as distinct as those of a llvinc person. li.-nvenuto Cellini, imprisoned t Rome, resolved to free himself by s!f-detructlon. but was det- irei by the apparation of a young woman of won. Irons beiuty, whose reproaches turned him from his purpose. Napoleon once railed attention to a bright Htar he b-l!eve he s.-iw sptnine In his room, and sai l, 'it has nev r deserted me. I see It on every nccirrenee urging me omvard. It is my unfailing omen of success." Nicolai was alarmed by the appearance of a dead body, whih vanished nl came neain at Intervals. This was followed 1 y human f::ces. which came into the room, snd. after gazing upon him for a while, departed. onus ami r.M)s. Quicksilver was first us.vl In the arts In 154'. Ople's father was a carpenter and cabinet maker. Machines for setting type were invented by Mitchell in lv"d. Audiences are not permitted to applaud i Russian the iter s. The tail of ti;e li-nver pave the hint for ie trowel of the mason. All ahim.-'l.s whose habitat Is the arctic eglons turn white in winter. Make a cotton flinrifl covering for the r otn to ue in "brushing up." Silence may give assent, but doesn't far the request for any larger loan. V woman may te vain, "but -i woman it featvth the Lord f-iall tie piaisei." The gain which is madf at the expense of putatiuii should rather be set down at loss. Tranquil pleasures last the lmcst. We te not rittd to bear the burden of great ;y. Uuvee. We are not sent Into this world to di anything Into which we cannot put our hearts. Ruskln. A grocery team Is upset; a pair of ruhVer boots are grounl to atoms, two dozen etgs may bo unbroken. The history of Spain for 2.Y) years in of surpassm-i interest and illustrated by many marvelous episodes. A chestnut tree sail to be 2.) vears !d still nourishes at the foot of ML i:tna t is 13 fett in circumference. Lexicographer Worcester had fojrteen .others and sisters. The youngest of th maining six died the other day. aged ighty-live. Jeffrey Hudson, the smallest dwarf inown to history, was eighteen inches hieh nt twenty, ami grew tliree feet nine after thirty. It has been reported In Washington that the Chinese telegraph system has been connected with the Rü-ian svstem. so that messages may now be sent overland between any part of China. Russia Europe an i by cable to Africa, North and South America and Australia. The who! world is now wired and telegraphically connected. In view of whit Hood's Sarsaparllla has done for others, is it not reasonable to believe that it will also be of benelit to you? y

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