Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1893 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1893 TWELVE PAGES.

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BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. S. E. MORS, President. BEN A. EATON, Vice President. b. McCarthy. Secretary and Treasurer. (Entered at the rontoffice nt Indianpol la (rrnnil riant matter.) TERMS TEH YEAR I Sinicle eopy (In Advance). fl OO IVe nnU. democrat to bear In mind and eiert their own täte paper nhea tber eoroe to take aubacrlpIlona and make np elnha. Aft-enli milking np club send for nujr Information dealred. Addreaa THK IXDIVXAPOMS SESTISEL, Indianapolis Ind. TWELVE PAGES. WEDNESDAY, XOVEMBE 21, lf3. The Indiana democracy will be found doing business at the old stand next year. Just as usual. Mr. Assassin Prendergast writes to the people of Chicago, "I do not see how they can spare my death." So far as we have observed there are no indications of an overwhelming desire to ppare it. The new Belgian constitution lmpofes heavy penalties on all citizens entitled to vote who refrain from voting. It holds the electoral franchise to carry a duty as well as a privilege. There is a point in this which is worth the consideration of Americans. The contract has been let for the completion of a railroad from the Pacific to the Atlantic slope of Mexico, across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. This will not only make a material change In Mexican commerce. but will probably turn asida a considerable part of the Panama transportation. The Lafayette Courier notes a growing impression that the "Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks is one of the most distinguished and capable leaders of the republican party in Indiana." This is correct. Since the retirement of Harrison, Fairbanks is the biggest frog in the puddle. Moreover he has a "bar 1" that makes him more available than any republican in sight. It is gratifying to record numerous movements male recently in Indiana to relieve hunger and suffering. A large meeting was recently held in Terre . Haute for the purpose. The ladies of several towns in northern Indiana are moving In the same direction and a band of Richmond Indies recently established a soup houo in that city. "The poor ye have always with you." Foot hall is petting to lo rather a dangerous game. The game cannot be altogether eliminated from risk to arm, head and limb. 1-ut the tendency seems to be in the direction of increased roughness and recklessness and even what almost resembles brutality in some instances. It is" worse in England than in the United States. Last season's report shows several fatal results. "Easy does it," as old Capt. Wragsre used to say. Recent jury verdicts in Indiana invite comment. At Lapnrte the grand jury refused to indict the brakeman whom the coroner insisted was responsible for the lives of the twelve persons killed last summer at Kingsbury. and at Bedford last week one man for killing another was sent to the penitentiary for only two years, while Homer Waggoner received a three years' sentence at Franklin for stealing a suit of. clothes from his own brother. He surrendered voluntarily to the sheriff Friday morning, pleaded guilty and In the afternoon learned his fate a little later. The Sentinel with pleasure records another instance of an Indiana farmer foiling card men. The farmer's name ls Louis Mullendore. He resides on a farm near Franklin. Two strangers recently called upon him and wanted to buy his farm. They soon after tried to inveigle him into the old three-card monte swindle, but Mr. Mullendore was too sharp for the rascals and finally they had to give it up. They soon disappeared after the three had reached Franklin. Farmers, be on your guard against oily strangers who wish to buy your farms for cash. The Crawffirdsville Journal wants the republicans to promise "to enact a law which will make gerrymanders forever impossible." There is only one law that tan do that, and that is the constitution. When the republicans get ready for a change in that The Kentinel will join hands with them, but any talk about permanent cures of gerrymandering by mere statute law is the rankest of hypocrisy. Any statute can be repealed or amended, and will le when party advantage can be made from it. The one remedy for this, and several other evil which are still more serious, is a constitutional convention. The Sentinel has been advocating one for months past. Referring to our illustration of a double standard by the three thermometrlc standards, the Anderson Democrlt says: This is very ingeniously contrived, but does not fit the case, unfortunately. As a matter of fact none of these systems of measuring temperature ls a standard by act of congress The people" have a right to choose their own temperature measure the same as they do their drinks. There is another difference between a themometer and a money system. In the taw of the thermometer it exercises no Influence over temperature, merely measures it; In the case of rr.or.ey it acts directly on values, the object which it is designed to measure. See? If the Democrat understood The Sentinel to Intimate that heat measures are in all respects ' imilar to value measures It ls mistaken. There are great differences between them, and the one ifiure iniDorUnt Una those mentlonei

!s. that no 8tandar of value ls- " possl-

bly can be, fixed. A foot, a bushel, or j a degree of temperature, ls a fixed thing. A dollar, of whatever substance comI po.ed. will vary in value. Our point la merely that a double standard may be made by making two standards interconvertible at fixed ratios. The result will be one standard, but it will be a double standard. A SPLEXDID ME ET I M. The democratic conference Thursday was an occasion of great satisfaction, of general reassurance, and of the utmost harmony of sentiment. We say reassurance because there had been some fear, on account of the claims and predictions of the small portion of the democratic press representing what is sometimes called the protection wing of the party, that possibly congress might shrink from the full redemption of democratic pledges to the people on the tariff question. That fear was quickly dissipated by the strong and earnest words of Senators Voorhees and Turpie. They gave the fullest assurance to the democrats assembled that the tariff would be reformed in accordance with the pledges of the democratic platform; that it would not be a revision, but a deep, thorough, clean-cut reformation; and that It would be 'done speedily. Senator Voorhees informed the meeting that as soon as the tariff bill came from the house It would be put through the senate committee with all possible celerity; and gave his opinion that the republican senators would not risk opposing it by dilatory and obstructive tactics. These remarks of the senators were deceived with hearty applause, and were the subject of general congratulation after the meeting had adjourned. The senators were equally explicit as to several other matters. They assured the meeting that the infamous system of coercion, fraud and plunder commonly known as the federal election law would be wiped off the statute books without delay. As to pensions, it was stated that the pension bureau had already withdrawn largely from its theory of suspension in cases believed to be violations of law, and that no pensions would be dropped except for cause shown. It was asked that in cases of romplaint for suspension a statement of the facts should be forwarded to the senators. All of these, as well as the expressions of confidence in the future of the democracy in Indiana, were re ceived with general approval. In one matter we do not believe that the remarks of Senator Voorhees met with approval,- and that was the proposition for Increased coinage and circulation of silver on the present monometallic basis. Neither the reception of the remarks at the time, nor the subsequent discussion of them, indicated an agreement in the sentiment. If we understand the sentiment of the democrats of Indiana, they want not more money, but better money. The stock of money now in the country is estimated at JU3.SS per capita, the circulation $24.47 per capita, both in excess of anything formerly known. There is money enough, but it is not the right sort of money. Monometallists say they want a dollar that Is as good In Asia or Africa as it is in America, Blmetallitfts and the great majority of Indiana democrats are bimetallists want the same thing. We do not have it now. Our eagle, our half ea,gle, our quarter eagle, are equally good everywhere. When we pass our own boundaries our dollar is worth f3 cents. We want that dollar made good everywhere. There is only one way to do It, and that Is by international agreement. Mr. Cleveland has stated very plainly that he favors international bimetallism. Mr. Carlisle has said the same thing. The democratic party is with them on that proposition. We want the dollar restored and rehabilitated. Congress should move steadily in that direction. It is evident hat the United States must make some concessions. It must come to the prevailing coinage ratio of 15 to 1. It ought to come to the five-franc value ($.96) for its dollar. These are comparatively small things. But the great point is the restoration of silver as a standard money throughout the world. We have made a step toward that end by stopping the attempt to accomplish it by ourselves. We want no more attempts of that kind, or of a similar character. What is needed is a world reform, and the United States, under democratic control, ought to lead in securing that movement. FAY Oll TO .ONE. While a few democratic papers are talking about protection to industries of the localities in which they are published It is reassuring to note that the great body of the democratic press is not led astray by any such narrow and unsound considerations. The democratic doctrine of tariff reform ls not selfish. Its professors do not ask anything from others that they are not willing to give themselves. Tariff reform Is a principle which depends for its Justification on benefits done to the whole people. It is the enemy of class legislation. Its object is to do away with special favors to anyone, and to give as great benefit aa can be had to the people at large. It is therefore . inconsistency of the clearest kind for a man or a paper to profess to be a tariff reformer and at the same time ask for ; XTOtectlon to a local industry. That is

protectionism. It la not McKlnleyism, because it does not go so far, but it is a meaner and more selfish protectionism than that of McKinley. It is protectionism of the kind that demands all the benefits possible for self and refuses to aid others in similar robbery. In the line of standing up against local demands we commend the Pittsburg Post as an example. It insists that bituminous coal should go on the free list, and shows that it would be better even for the coal operators if this were done. It says: If we put coal on the free list the Dominion will repeal Its duty on coal, and this will largely increase the coal exports from Pennsylvania to central Canada. We know that some of our coal operators expect the best results to our local interests from an increase of coal exports across the lakes to the province of Ontario following the repeal of the Canadian tax. We can supply that part of Canada cheaper than Xova Scotlo. As It is, we send considerable quantities of bituminous coal to that section of the Dominion. Free coal will not affect the wages of miners, but it may inconvenience some of the big coal corporations of West Virginia and Maryland who supply New England. The cost of fuel (and of raw material generally) is driving manufactures from Xew England to the West and South. The people there merely seek to hold their own, and ask for free coal to enable them to do ao. The Post is equally clear that Pennsylvania has nothing to fear from the coal mines of the South, from "the fact that the natural foreign market for Alabama coal is the West Indies and South . America and Mexico. The official report shows th:it we last year exported from this country to the West Indies, and sold there in open competition with the coal of the world, 46.000 tons, and that we sent to South America 43,000 tons and to Mexico 115,000 tons. And even in parts of Canada the owners of American coal mines undersell the Canadian coal, and reciprocal free trade in coal between the two countries will largely increase our exports. The Canadian duty Is 60 cents a ton and the American 75 cents. Free coal will be advantageous to sections of both countries, and will not affect the " wages of American miners, as the Canadian miners get fully as good wages as those on this side of the line. If there is any force in the argument for free raw material It applies with peculiar force to bituminous coal."

THE mtlTISH IIAXK SCARE. One of the most significant of events in the past few weeks is the scare over the condition of the Hank of England. The facts in the case are not definitely known, but the cashier has been removed, and it is rumored that his removal was due to irregular proceedings in a substitution .of securities held as collaterals by the bank. That this should cause a fear of the stability of the bank among Englishmen seems strange at first, for the bank has been the synonym of stability in their minds for many years. When the extraordinary financial movements of the past twenty years are remembered it is not strange that the English people have developed a feeling of suspicion and a lack of confidence that reach out even to "the old lady of Thrcadneedle street." There has been crash after crash without any warning. Unanticipated and unprepared for financial disasters and financial panics have fallen on the English people, and the great bank of the nation has been put to its unnnost endeavor to save itself. The people have seen and known these things. They have begun to realize that something is wrong, and there are plenty of able and eloquent men In England to tell them what is wrong. At the recent international monetary conference at Brussels Sir Guilford L. Molesworth, the delegate of British India, said: During the seven years, 18S3-D0, the Rank of France only changed its late of discount seven times, whilst the Bank of England changed.it sixty-two times, the variations in France only amounting to 2 per cent., whilst those in England amounted to 4 per cent. Mr. Goschen, In the house of commons, said: "I feel a kind of shame that on the occasion of two or thre-e millions of gold being taken from this country to Brazil, or any other country, it should immediately have the effect of causing a monetary alarm throughout the country." During the past summer we have seen the most remarkable efforts on the part of the Rank of 'England to protect its gold reserve, the change of rates of discount having been both rapid and extreme. At the same time the telegraph reports have shown that the bank's rate of discount has almost always been above the rate on open market, showing that the effort was greater than was called for by the ordinary demands of trade. It is well known to all business men that ordinary trade always suffers from such unusual fluctuations in the price of money, and hence the tradesmen, who suffered loss, had their attention strongly called to the bank's movements, and have become ready for a scare at any Indication of anything wrong. The present scare is so serious that the London Times has urged the directors to abandon the ,sual custom of keeping all bank matters private and to make a full public statement of the difficulty. Fach of these crises is an urgent appeal to the English public to join in the movement for international bimetallism. As Mr. Reith put it to the great bimetallist meeting at Manchester, on Oct. 27, Ur: We are met tonight to demand that the great blunder committed in 1873 shall be repaired, that the cause of these momentous dangers shall cease, and that In the future, as In the past, silver and gold shall be united, and form together one measure of value for the International trade of the world, so that these distracting fluctuations may be ended, and the cruel and unjust appreciation of gold arrested. In a word, we ask that the government shall take measures. In concert with the other great nations of the world, to arrange one money for the commerce of the world that ls, that the queen'a shilling, the queen's rupee, and the quern's dollar shall run as freely as the queen's sovereign in every iart of the queen's empire, and of the world. And this we demand as a necessity that will not brook delay. At the same time mark this, we are only asking what a royal commission has unanimously declared to be R practicable method of dealing with International currency. It may then be asked, why does not

: England indorse the demand for international bimetallism? The answer ls plain. No people on the face of the earth ; are more thoroughly wedded to their ; customs than the English. It would be I almost unendurable for an Englishman I to admit that England was wrong and

any other country, especially France, was right as to anything. Moreover, England ' has maintained gold monometallism, practically, for a century, and naturally, though erroneously, attributes English commercial precedence to this fact. You cannot expect a man like Mr. Gladstone, who has fairly soaked in this idea all his life, to change his mind readily. You cannot expect the bankers of England, whose traditions and whose life-long teaching have been to this effect, to give up readily what they imagine to be the lesson of experience. The surprising thing is that the sentiment for bimetallism has grown in England as rapidly as it has. The large vote in support of it in the last session of parliament is conclusive evidence of the tremendous force of the events of the past twenty years in educating the English people. This very thing was foreseen. That much-abused bimetallist, Ernest Seyd, knew the English character and predicted the course of English sentiment with an accuracy hardly surpassed in divine revelation. Writing in 1871 he said: It is a great mistake to suppose that the adoption of the gold valuation by other states besides England will be beneficial. It will only lead to the destruction of the monetary equilibrium hitherto existing, and cause a fall In the value of sliver, from whi h England's trade j.nd the Indian silver valuation will siwier more than all other interests, grievous as the general decline of prosperity all over the world will be. The strong doctrlnarianism existing in En gland as regards the gold valuation Is so blind that when the time of depression sets in there will be this special feature: The economical authorities of the country will refuse to listen to the cause here foreshadowed; every possible attempt will be made to prove that the decline of commerce Is due to all sorts Of causes and irreconcileable matters-, the workman and his strikes will be the first convenient target, then speculation and overtrading will have their turn. Many other allegations will be made, totally irrelevant to the real issue, but satisfactory to the moralizing tendency of financial writers. The great danger of the time will ! that, among all this confusion and strife, England's supremacy In commerce and manufactures may go backward to an extent which cannot be redressed when the real cause becomes recognized and the natural remedy is applied. Never was a bolder prediction than this ventured by a financial writer. Never- was one more exactly fulfilled in every detail, thus far. Having seen so much of fulfillment it is almost impossible to doubt the correctness of the opinion of the writer or to fail to look for the climax of the movement as he predicts it. The Sentinel accepts his conclusion as tiuth. England must face about and accept international bimetallism, or English manufacture and English commerce will be crushed. The end of this matter is comparatively close at hand. We urge our readers to keep the prediction in mind, and watch how certainly the laws of trade will overthrow this greatest folly of the century. KANSAS RKrimiCAMSM. There is no true American whose heart does not beat faster when he turns his thoughts to Kansas. It stands out against the horizon of history as the state that has produced more racket and more grasshoppers than any state in the union, not to mention John James Ingallc, Jerry Simpson and Mrs. Lease The country will therefore hail with joy a new work defining the exact position of the republican party in Kansas, with casual reference to the location of the United States, the situation of England and other foreign powers, and other interesting and valuable information. It is entitled "Whither Are ' We Drifting?" and purports to be the product of "W. P. Hackney, ex-state senator of the state of Kansas and chairman of the republican state convention of 18i)2." It is therefore official, and as it was hurled into the world on Oct. 27, 1S93, it may be assumed to present Kansas republicanism in its latest phases. It is evident from passages of the bcok that the author does not refer to any physical drift of the country, for he says: To the south of us opens up a vast virgin field where, manufacturers are unknown. There lies the Greater Antiles, Mexico, Venzueln, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. Brazil, Paraguay. Uruguay, Argentine, Chili, Guatemala, Fonduras. Salvidor, Nicarauguay, Costa Rico, Yucatan, Central America and Panama, silver nations with their guano. Silver, indigo, cocia, sugar, coffee, banannas. cochineal, mahogany, vanilla, Peruvian bark, from which quinine Is extracted. India rubber, dye woods, salt peter, tropical fruits, etc., all of which we need and must have and none of which comes into competition with the American farmer, manufacturer or laborer. To the west of us are the Sandwich, Caroline, Phillippene, New Guinea, Rornoo, Sumatria, Ceylon and Java islands, the latter having a population alone of 23,000,000 people, Japan, Slam, China, Arabia, Persia, Georgia, Turkestan and Afghanistan with their hundreds of millions of people, with few if any manufactories, silver nations, who bid us to give them our surplus for their products and which do not come In competition with us in any way. Ry an examination of reliable maps and charts it will be seen that we still retain our old bearings, and, therefore, have not drifted at all in a physical way. The author apparently refers to a political drift, and as to this he ls not so specific as might be desired,' and therefore leaves the impression that we are drifting In several directions at one and the same time. He opens his remarks in great depression: To the student of peoples and governments, the signs of the times are ominous. To those who have long burned the midnight oil. "pondering over the rise and fall of nations." our future looks gloomy indeed. History Is but a sad record of bljody wars and mercenary statesmanship an epitome of the treachery of men and the butchery of peoples. Along the shores of the great ocean of time, may be seen here and there, the broken wrecks of man's oftrepeated efforts at self-government, evidence of his incapacity, treachery and brutality. Aa he wanders along through these aad reminiscences of a dark and dismal

past his feelings gradually assume the form of Indignation and he breaks forth: Oh, 'shame! where Is thy blush? Oh, gold! what crimes and outrages against the people have not been committed in thy name? Have the hearts of our leaders turned to stone? Have the years lu which they have held office corroded their consciences that the sufferings of their victims appeal to them in vain. Verily our humiliation and degredotion is complete and indescribable! And yet as he gets past the w reckst rewn shores of antiquity and revels in the warm sunshine of the McKinley bill and the Sherman purchase law, his spirits revive and he concludes in this eloquent strain: We have an opportunity to become the greatest nation on the earth. Providence stands with open arms Inviting us to embrace her. Shall we do it? I say yes, up boys and at them. It is impossible, in the limited space we can give, to do Justice to this really remarkable book, but we can truly say that no republican In Indiana should be without it. Mr. Hackney may be addressed at "W infield, the Athens of Kansas, and will doubtless be glad to favor any applicant for a copy.

One of the most common political dodges of the past summer has been the circulation of false stories of the revocation and suspension of pensions. The Goshen News was recently imposed on by one of these, and establishes " its claim of being an independent newspaper by publishing the following communication In Its editorial columns: There appeared In the News of recent date, the following: "Grandma Day cf Eourbon, seventyseven years old, had her twelve-dollar pension taken from her under the ruling of Hoke Snlith. She was drawing a pension on account of the death of her husband." This Is a fair sample of the villianous misstatements and gross misrepresentations of a partisan press. The truth of the matter is that Mrs. Angeline M. Day, the old lady referred to. was pensioned as the mother of Martin Day. under certificate No. 368,954, at the rate of $12 per month. Her pension was suspended, "with a view to have the pensioner's guardian. William F. Day, render a final accounting of all the pension money received by him as such guardian, and to turn over to the proper court all money that may be still due to his ward, and that he be dischaiged from his trust and a new guardian appointed in his stead, who should qualify in a good and sufficient bond of not less than $1,000." This was done for the purpose of protecting Mrs. Day in her rights and forcing the guardian to turn over moneys he had wrongfully used, and which were given to him for the benefit of a helpless pensioner. It was reported to the pension office that the guardian had not properly accounted for the moneys paid to him on the old lady's account, and that he had misappropriated the same. Hence the action of the pension office, which was solely in the interest of a worthv pensioner. JOHN J. FREELAND. We congratulate our Goshen contemporary on this manifestation of fairness. Mr. Overmeyer made a happy comparison, in his remarks to the democratic conference Thursday, when he described the democratic party as the liberal party of America. The liberal party in England has been aptly called the party of "enlightened discontent," and it is the great commendation of the democratic party that it may be described in the same words. It sees existing wrongs and desires to remedy them. It is the party of reform, and therefore the party of progress. It is not content with what good there is in the world. It wants more good and less evil. This is not complaint for the sake of complaint. It is the aspiration for better things. It Is "enlightened discontent." That is exactly what has made all the progress the world ever knew. Here We Have It, Straight. T.e Figaro,, in some respects the most important Taris newspaper, published In its Issue of the 9th lust, a leading editorial signed by G. Labadie-Lagrave (nearly all editorials In the French journals are signed) on the assassination of Mayor Harrison, which expresses pretty well the general French view of that event. Following Is a translation of the article: "The mayor of Chicago has proved a victim of his omnipotence. A man who exercises almost unlimited dictatorship In a city of 1,500,000 Inhabitants and disposes at his pleasure of 9,000 public posts, is dangerously exposed to the vengeance of place-seekers, disappointed in their ambitions. "The principle of the separation of powers, which is the first and last word of our governmental system, ls almost unknown on the other side of the Atlantic. In the municipal organization of most of the larpe cities of the United States, the rapid growth of which has astounded Europe, the American democracy has seen fit to delegate to a single man very extended powers .for a very short period. "The mayor of Chicago is elected for two years by universal suffrage. If we would obtain some Idea of his omnipotence we must suppose the functions of the prefect of the Seine and of the prefect of police combined in the same person. We note, however, one distinction: the powers of the mayor of Chicago are In fact free from any serious check. He ls not obliged to account to the minister of the interior, neither to the governor of Illinois, who exercises over him an authority merely nominal; on the other hand, he does not (?) have to solicit the support of a municipal council composed of sixty-four politicians of minor importance, elected for two years and paid by the day. "This body does not possess any real control, except In the matter of finances, and It ls divided into committees, whose functions are surrounded by such narrow restrictions as to paralyze any attempt on their lKtrt to encroach on the jurisdiction of the mayor. Only the administration of the parks enjoys an absolute autonomy and is directed by a personnel organized under a special system, and not depending in any way upon the municipal authorities. It Is. perhaps, for this reason that the park commissioners, whose employes are not appointed and removed ! alternately at short intervals, following j the shlftlngs of politics, have been able to give Chicago those marvels of verdure known as Lincoln park and Washington park. "With the exception of this department, which Is Independent of the municipal authority, the mayor absolutely controls the affairs of the city. He disposes at his rood pleasure of 9,000 positions of every ' class. In reality he Is nothing else than a temporary dictator charged with the distribution of places.. As a rule he puts only too much zeal Into the performance of this task. "Mr. Carter Harrison, who has ' fallen ! from the bullet of an assassin, was one of the politicians who, during their career, redeemed by their administrative talents the disfavor attached to their profession. : Chosen mayor of Chicago for the first timo In 1S79, he had liberally applied the j American maxim which ordains the dis- ' tributlon among the victors of the spoils of the vanquished. But after having paid . this tribute to the customs of his country.

be had proceeded to direct, with Indisputable ability, the affairs of the municipality. Several times re-elected, he had the opportunity to give satisfaction to a very large number of his supporters and his friends, and this first duty of every good politician once accomplished, he had consecrated himself entirely to the management of the public Interests. During his first sojourn at the municipal palace he contributed no little to the organization of the police force which thereafter made Itself famous by Its valiant bearing upon the occasion of the anarchistic bomb-throwing In 1SS5. "It ls true that after having furnished the instruments of combating the Ultrarevolutionists while he was in power, Mr. Harrison felt constrained to protect them when he went into the opposition. For a day came when the wheel of fortune turned and when the former dictator of Chicago was retired from municipal affairs for quite a number of years. "After this Interval the chase for public employment was resumed more ardently than ever. Not only the heads of bureaus, whose emoluments attain a respectable figure, and the police justices, who receive $5.000 a year, wer replaced, but even the modest posts of police sergeant were flung to the bands of hungry politicians. "Mr. Harrison's Immediate predecessor, Mr. Washburne. endeavored to institute a reaction against these abuses (?). At the risk of alienating his best friends, he refused to engage In the distribution of spoils. The prestige of the black suit and the chain of steel (the insignia of the guard3 on duty at the entrance of all public offices in France) being unknown in America, Mayor Washburne was obliged to condemn himself to a regime of the most vigorous confinement in order to protect himself from the pursuit of the office beggars. The door of his work room became more difficult to open than the lock of a safe-deposit vault whose combination has been lot, and by a curious challenge of the democratic manners of the new world, access to the mayor of Chicago was. for a time, infinitely more difficult than the most suspicious potentate of the extreme orient. "We know the rest. Mr. Carter Harrison, installed again in the municipal palace, did not take, refuge like his predecessor in the corner of a ceil, the mysterious road to which no person knew. He assumed no disguises in returning to his domicile; following the patriarchal customs of the Washingtons, the Jeffersons and the Lincolns, he opened the door of his residence to all visitors; and he has met the fate of President Garfield. Once more the detestable spoils system has borne fruit. It produces, upon the heels of victory, a Guiteau or a Prendergast who has been denied his share of the booty and who takes revenge upon his chief with the deadly revolver."

IX THE COI KTS OF KIHOI'K. Behind the Scenes with the Xohillty of the Old World. Dr. Playfair, who has just been attending in his medical capacity, the arrival in the world of the little son of Crown Prince Ferdinand of Roumania, is a brother of Lord Playfair, who is now in this country, and is married to a Miss Russell of Boston. Another brother. Sir Robert Playfair, is British consul general at Algiers, and as such is known to many American visitors to the north coast of Africa. The Playfairs may be described as a family which, though of humble origin, is of very lofty associations, their connection with the royal family dating back forty years ago, when the present Lord Playfair first became so intimate with the queen's husband, the late prince consort. It is Dr. Playfair who has brought quite a large number of the members of the royal family of England into the world. Indeed, it was for him that London Punch suggested the title of "Lord Deliverus." It is his brother, Lord Playfair, who has acted as instructor and, to a great extent, supervised the education of the prince of Wales, the duke of Edinburgh and their respective children, while Sir Robert Playfair looked after the royal family in particular, and the British aristocracy in general, when they have sought health and recreation in Algeria, which possesses one of the most delightful climates in the world that is, in the winter. Dr. Playfair's duties as physician accoucheur to the royal family that is his official title under which he figures as a member of the royal household is no bed of roses. In the first place, the royal house of England is of such a prolific character that he is kept pretty busy either attending to confinements of children of grandchildren of the queen, and secondly, the ollice is one of great responsibility, so much so, indeed, that the presence of a cabinet minister at the birth is required by statute. The least thing that goes wrong leads, of course, to blame, being thrown upon the doctor. Sir Richard Croft, the physician accoucheur of Princess Charlotte of Great Britain, the only daughter of King George IV, committed suicide before he was held accountable for the death in childbirth of the Princess Charlotte a death that resulted in placing of Queen Victoria upon the throne. ' And it is to the German accoucheurs who attended the first confinement of the now widowed Empress Frederick of Germany, that Emperor William is indebted for his withered left arm. This was why, much to the disgust of the German medicos. Emperor Frederick and his wife always insisted on the presence of English accoucheurs at the birth of their subsequent children. Lord Abergavenny's grief at the loss of his wife, scarcely a year ago. appears to have been as short-lived as it was excessive and extravagant. For I hear of his Impending marriage to Lady Filmer, a very frisky old lady, nearly of his own age, and one of whose daughters is the wife of young Jack Wilson, of Tanby Croft and baccarat trial fame. The marquis of Abergavenny may be described as one of the chief bosses of the Tory party and. like most bosses, has succeeded In niakng Twenties pay. Lord Bcaconsfield promoted him to the rank of marquis in lSTtJ. Lord Salisbury got for him the order of the garter ten years later, yvhile a year ago he was appointed lord lieutenant of the county of Sussex, which added a considerable amount of patronage to that which he already possessed, since he has been known to have had a voice in almost every appointment made by the tories. Irreverently nicknamed "Old Rhubarb" by his future king, the prince of Wales, he spends that portion of his time not absorbed by the affairs of his party, and of the "ridiculous Primrose league, in doing what he calls "routing out the radical vaniint," and in oaiting the ritualists, whom he abhors nearly as much as he does long sermons. His bride to be, Lady Filmer. is the widow of the late Sir Edward Filmer, and a daughter of the second Lord Sandys, and as such an aunt of the exceedingly lively sprig of the English nobility who was known in this country by th name of "Earthquake Sandys." It ls not only as a yachtsman that the earl of Dunraven has achieved fame, and American papers seem to lose sight of the fact that he has cut a prominent figure on the turf. It was in 18S7 that he first took up racing, and started a stable In partnership with Lord Randolph Churchill, having Sherwood as a trainer. The noises of the stable were fairly successful, the Abbess de Jouarre winning the Oakes in 18S9. Strange to say, on the day the mare won. Lord Randolph was in Norway, and the earl of Dunraven was sailing In his five-rater at Calshot castle. After four years of racing partnership, Lord Dunraven bought Lord Randolph's share of the stable, which he now runs on his own account. MARQUIS DE FONTENOY. Col. CInrk, United States army, .writes: For the ; last two years my health has been excellent; this. I think, ls due to my using j Sulphur Bitters, as formerly my health ' was miserable, owing to the frequent ! changes of climate, etc., so incident to a soldier's life. i

FARMERS LIVE I.OXGEST.

Then Mechanics and Judge Telegraphera and Bookkeeper SbortllTed. During thirty-four years and eight months there died in the state of Massachusetts 161,801 men of over twenty years of age, whose occupations were specified in the registry of their decease. The average age at which they died was fifty-one years. The number is so great and the period covered ii so long that by the study of the classification cf the employment of those dead we can get a very fair idea of the comparative ages at which men in different occupations, and in an ordinarily healthy community, are swept away by death. It is noticeable that of all who died the cultivators cf the earth attained the highest aerage age, about sixtyfive and one-half years, and they made up more than a fifth of the total number. We all know why farmers as a class, not only in this but in all countries, should live to a ripe old age. They enjoy good air and are free from many of the cares that beset those living in cities, to say nothing of the constant noise and excittment which destroys the nerves and racks the system.. It is rarely that a fanner dies before his head is gray. Farmers, as a rule, too, do not, to any great degree, indulge In alcoholic leverages. One important fact must be taken into consideration concerning the farmer and his age, which is that the weaklings of th farmer's family do not, as a rule, remain on the farm after attaining an age fitting them for some pursuit. Such are sent to the cities to choose a trade or a profession, and only the strong and healthy ones who are fitted for the work are retained upon the farm. The class next to the farmers in the average of life is that class called "active mechanics abroad." such as bricklayers, carpenters, masons, tanners, millwrights, riggers, calkers, slaters and stonecutters, but the average age of th 12,000 of them who died in Massachusetts during the period mentioned was much below that of the farmers. It was only about fifty-two and three-quarter years, a little over a year more than the average age of all the classes together. Of all these out-door trades the ship carpenters showed the highest pg- more than fifty-nine and the slaurs, who pursue a dangerous calling, the lowest about forty. The average age of all the others of these trades, except the stonecutters and the bricklayers, was about fifty-one, and above Ihe average of all the classes. Next to the active mechanics abroad comeythe professional men, whose average age at death was over lifty-one. Of this class the longest lived were the Judges and jut-tiees, proverbially celebrated for their great years. They lived on the average sixty-four years, and lfd all me trades and professions except the farmers, over sixty-five, and those denominated as gentlemen, sixty-eight, the highest average age attained by any of the classes. Tiie deaths in only six different occupations yvere at an average above sixty. They were first, the gentlemen, sixty-eight; second the farmers, sixty-five; third, the judges, sixty-four; fourth, the litjht-house keepers, sixtyeight; fifth, the basket makers, sixtyone, and sixth, the pilots, sixty. In soma countries clergymen are the longest lived, but in Massachusetts they fell below all these six classes, the average age of the 1,100 of them who died during the thirty-four years being only a little above fifty-nine. Of the professional men those set down as students died at the earliest age. the average being only about twenty-three; then came the professors, well over fifty-seven years; then the lawyers, fiftysix years; then the physicians, over fiftyfive' years; public nfiieers. fifty-five. Sheriffs, constables and policemen died at the average age of fifty-three, while actors and reporters were gathered int the tomb before they had completed th-Mr forty-seventh year. The lives of comedians yvere also short, hardly reaching thirty-nine years on the average, and dentist were cut down at an average age of forty-two. The artists aNo died early, their averag age being fortyfour years. The musicians lived only to. forty-tyvo, and the teachers died at about the same age. The merchants, financiers, agents and clerks come next after the professional men, and one of the classes included under this head, that of gentlemen, exceeded all others in its average, over sixty-eight years. The bankers, yvho lived on the average to more than fiftynine years, were the longest-lived of this class, and then came bank officers, nearly fifty-six; merchants, over fifty-four; booksellers, about fifty-three; manufacturers, fifty-two. and inn-keepers and brokers, fifty years. The shortest-lived of their class were the telegraphers, who died at the average age of tyventy-eight. Clerks and bookkeepers also died early, at the age of thirty-six. Railroad aprents and conductors departed this life on the average at about forty years, and druggists and apothecaries at forty-two. while saloon and restaurant keepers were put to final rest at forty-one. Next in order came the active mechanics in shops and the laborers of no special trades, the average of both being a little short of fortyeight. Of the first class the longestlived were the coopers, their average age at death being about forty-nine years. Next to them, total abstinence peopla will be surprised to learn, came the distillers, fifty-eight years. Washington Star. Some off Loor Stone's Lute I'tteranees. The last articulate words that Lucy Stone uttered were whispered In the ear of her daughter "Make the world better." The woman died as she had lived, brave, fearless and hoj.eful to the last "I have not the smallest apprehension." she said. "I know the eternal order, and I believe in it." To a friend who expressed the wish that she might have lived to see woman's suffrage granted, she said: "Oh. 1 shall know it. 1 think I shall knoyv it on the other side. And if I don't." she added contentedly, "the people on this side yvill know it." T some one else, who suggested the possibility of her coming back to communicate with those she had left, she ansyvered: "I expect to be tin busy to come back. Perhaps I shall know about the women voting where I am, and if not I shall be doing something better. I have not a fear, nor a dread, nor a doubt. I think I have done what I could here. I certainly have tried. With, one hand I made my family comfortable, yvith the other" But she never finished the sentence. A Hold llurxtory. A bold burglary was committed in August in a Brooklyn house. The residence yvas deserted for the summer, except for the nisrhtly lodging of the man of the house. The thief secured entrance in the afternoon and proceeded to make a careful toilet. He took a bath ajid dressed himself in a complete outfit from the owner's wardrobe, including expensive underwear, gloves, shoes, necktie, high hat and a natty umbrella, yvhich, he found in the hall. From the cM clothes which he left behind, his size was identical with that of the man whom he robbed, and when in the dusk he came down the front steps and walked away neighbors who saw him supposed he was the rightful tenant, so closely did his appearance resemble that of the other. The felloyv evidently appreciated his opportunities, for he used the fine soaps and toilet yvater he found in the bathroom without stint, though the cleanliness in this case was not next to, Mit a long way offs from godliness. New York Times. ' - No Idol for Her Dolls. Helen was restless and longing for something to do. Her mother mentioned one or tyvo amusements, but they did not seem to fit her case. At last she offered her some "brownie" wrappim? paper, but the suggestion that she cut out the figures and imagine them to be Idols brought forth the indignant reply; "Idols! Well! The bible says that is Just as wicked as it can be. and I won't have any dolls worshiping idols!"

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