Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1894 — Page 4

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, r EDI BSD A 3IOTCMNG. DECEMBER 5. 1894.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. (Entered at the rontofflce nt Indianapolia as aecoud ein maller.)

TEIIKS PER YEAR. Single copy (In Advance) 91 0 "We nnU. denioerata to bear In wind nd aeleet their own state paper when they come to take anbacrlptlona and make np vlnbs. Agent niaklnx P clubs aend for an j- information deal red. Addreaa THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, Indianapolis. Ind. WEDKSVV, JlECKMHEIl S, ISill. If the republican party wants a liquor law that can be enforced it now has the opportunity to male one. And now Uncle LI Hung Chang la to be Impeached. We desire to extern! to Mr. Chang the assurance cf our opinion tnat he is not getting a square deal. The republican party now has the opportunity to have saloons closed at any time it deems proper by simply passing a closing law that can be enforced. Boston demands Investigation and ac'tlon by the great powers of Europe in regard to the Armenian massacre, and the demand li one that will meet the approval of civilized men everywhere. ,' The French fur traders are blaming the !' financial depression to the nw high tariff law of that count ry- It n,a' h( remarked, however, that France did not suffer very finuch from such panics before she adopted gold monometallism. ' Mr. Carnegie explains that wh-n he sail "it was a disgrace for a man to die rich he did not moan it to apply to a man who merely left a competence. John Sherman cannot take oITensa at this. A man must 'be the judge of his own competence. The republicans are all agreed that the tax law, election law, seh xd book law, etc., must be amended, not in "an injurious way," of course, but so as to improve them. And wh n the time comes it will be found that the amendments will destroy the power of the law.- for good. A mosa interesting occurrence was the sala in New York City on Tuesday of J4.873.5l9.7S of western farm m rtgages. They had been taken by the Equitable mortgage, companj of Kansas City, and deposited by it as security f r its debenture bonis. This is another remind r rthat tha farm mortgage is not altogether a myth. The new Constitution of New York prohibits any public official from accepting free transportation, and provld s for punishment to both th facial and ;h comp my furnishing trarip trtation. This would b a. rather serious thing f r the New York police force, especially if "Greater New York" materializes, but It is hardly probably that any law will ba p.iss.l applying to New York policemen. The people in the neighborh od of Davenport, la., celebrated Thanksgiving in a practical way by the opening of the first section of the Hennepin canal. It is five miles in length and connects vvi:h the buckwater of Rock river, which gives a total opening of navigation for fifteen mile?. This Is through one of the richest portions of the Illinois coal fields and transportation cf coal by barges will begin next summer. At the present time ons jnav go from Chicago to pavenport by water, but as it is COO miles by that way and or.ly 1S5 by railroad the journey is not popular. Mr. Hess, the new clerk of the supreme court, is making himself "a putrid ulcer on the body politic" when he undertakes to make newspapers pay him 10 cen;s per folio for ccpy'.ng supreme court decisions. They are rr'nted by newspapers solely for the benefit o' the public, and the laws make them open to tha Inspection of the public. It Ls perfectly proper to charge for copies made by Mr. Hess or his clerks, but to charge people for miking their own copies Is an outrage. However, If the people elect a 10-cent man to office they may expect a 10-cent administration of the office. The Journal's efforts in favor of the school book octopus are evidently appreciated by its organs in other states. The Milwaukee Sentinel quotes the Journal's statements as evidence that "the Indiana experiment" has proved a failure. We would assure our Milwaukee namesake that it is wholly in error. The Indiana experiment ls a great success, and so far as heard from it comes nearer solving the school-book question than any plan that has yet been tried. Indiana has a proud record1 of success In reform legislation. It leads the country in every branch of such legislation that has been undertaken.' Secretary Smith of the interior department gives utterance to many suggestions on the Indian problem in his late report which do credit to hi3 sense of Justice and his clear Insight of the problem with which he deals. One point on which he is particularly strong Is that of forcing the Indians to take lands in allotment before they are really prepared for it. As a matter of fact, a great deal of this form of Indian civilization is due to the efforts of white men who wish the reservation lands thrown open to alleged settlement and actual speculation. The true rule for management of Indian lands Is to use it for the advantage of the Indians, and when they are ready for citizenship to eell it for the best price that can be obtained for their benefit. Postmaster-General Bissell puts In a weighty word against government ownership of railroad?, which he insinuates is championed by the stock and bondholders of a class of roads that are In a chronic state of bankruptcy. It would require an enormous Issue of bonds to make the payment for tha roads. The payment of Interest on these bonds would have to be met out of the net profits of operation, or taxes would have to be increased. If tho cost of transportation were diminished, as asked by the advocates of government

ownership, taxes would have to be increased. In all probability the class operating the roads would have even more control over the government than the companies themselves now do. No such form of socialism can be profitably undertaken under a republican government SILVER AND WAGES.. In commenting on the discussion of the silver question by the Transmississippi congress the News says: Commodities have been cheapened, it is true, but wages have been advancing for years, even In England, which is today the great monometallic country of the world. Is this a bad hing? Will any sane man maintain that falling prices and rising wages are things to be deplored? The News la one of the few gold monometallic papers of the United States, and for the enlightenment of the community It ought to furnish some evidence In support of these statements, which are so commonly made concerning wages by mono metaliist writers. That there has been a large increase In wages since 1S50 is unquestionably true, but it is not true that there hii3 ben any advance skice 1S73. The two periods stand in most remarkable contrast. The latest and best authority on this subject In the United States is the report of the senate finance committee, which shows the relative movement of wages as follows: Index Index Number Number Year of Wages. Yfar of Waces. 1Vi2 S.S 1VT2 1"2.2 W.3 91.8 173 1W.3 yr,.s 174 ir.o P,"Vi I.H.U IS-"", 1KI.8 1S.V W.2 1x7 i:.2 ixr.7 f.9 l:W.4 M.5 17S 1 l.5 iv. w.i inT'j i:::.9 WiO lm.O ivi) 141 iv;i io.s iw nri.5 1.4 iwj 1: 9 lwi.t 7,.2 iv VI If... 7 l- ".t Ki.S isst i:,2.7 ; r. w.j iv.- ir2.7 1 :";; V.& lxvi 1"'" 9 18.7 117.1 1W r.:5.7 l; 114.9 lv; lit. 5 1SS9 156.7 1ST) 1.1'!. 7 Urn i:.H.9 1S71 147.8 lvot 11.7 That is to say, from 152 to 1872 wages increased 61 2 points, and from 1S72 to 1S92 they increased h2 points, but it is absolutely certain that the -fail of wages in this country In lSf2 anil 1S:3 excceloJ this nominal increase from 1S72, and that average waes are n w lower than in 1S72. Tint wages In the bran.hes of industry in which workmen are not organized have decreased is shown by the perodi cal reports of the department of agriculture on farm labor, the last of which shows the movement to have been .as follows:

2,5 U J 5.2 :?Ci 1 J c YEA It. " .Ü- . 'I1 X ti w t. -1 Ä v r ; : ls7.- 'NU 49 $1 70 Jl "K it; 1 30 m ivs2 1 is M 1 4s ij I is 0.; 1 40 01 lvS j IS 21' 1 "I! 0 I" 90 ! H S4: 1 V 1S92 1 IS C,0: 1 rt'! 9-.

If there are any better authorities than tht;f on the movement of Am -rican vai; The Sentinel would be pleased to have them produced. As to England the statistical reports are not so complete or satisfactory, but they show the same results. Mulhall gives the movement of wages in various Industries In Great Eritain during a part of the period as follows: 1S72. 1SS3. I toots Ll is P.uildinsr ! 27 SO Carriacre 27 20 Clothing 24 L'i". Cottons 22 19 Food 19 11 Class 29 29 Linen 13 12 Machinery 2S 29 Metnls 2S 31 Printing 2S 23 Printworks 2."i 20 Shipbuilding 2S 33 Woolens 19 20 Averag-e 24 23 From 1S50 to 1S72 the increase r.f wages in Great 1'ritain is beyond question. In an address before the Industrial remuneration conference in IKS."., Lowthian Bell gave statistics showing that from 1S50 to 1874 wages in the industries specified increased over 41 per cent., and that from 1S74 to 1SSI wages in the same industries decreased over 9 per cent. For the general movement throughout the world the average wages of able-bodied seamen oui;ht to furnish a fair gauge. The Year Eojk of Commerce gives the following comparison ns to thvm: 1S75. 1SS9. Mediterranean 70 60 North America 70 CO South America fi," co Africa C GO India C.r 0 Australia C3 60 Average C7 CO So far as money measure of wages is concerned, there has certainly been a de1 crease of average wages in the past twenty years, but when measured by purchasing power there has been sin increase, because of the much greater decline in the price of commodities, liut It must be remembered that this does not apply to debt payments. It must also be remembered that these figures are averages for regular wages and do not take into consideration the days lost. The era of silver demonetization has been prolific of panics and failures, which produce stoppage of work, and therefore great loss of wages by loss of time. It has also been an era of remarkable loss of wages by strikes against wage reduction, and workinmen know by sore experience that it has not been an era of prosperity to them. In general, a reduction of prices of commodities is not injurious, because It usually results from Improved machinery or improved processes, but when prices fall from a fluetuation of the money standard, as they have ! in the past twenty years, the results are i 1 necessanly injurious to all lines of buslness. THE ORIENTAL AVAR. It is evident that the war between China and Japan is now practically closed, and that the remaining features will be chiefly in the field of diplomatic controversy. China U whipped beyond all hope of retrieval. AH that she can now d ) is to make as good terms as possible and devote herself to more enlightened measure. for future self-defense. The terms of peace must, of course, be largely dictated by Japan, and from present appearances they will consist chisfly of a large war, indemnity and the abandonment of the suzerainty of Corea.

Nei.her of thise will constitute any great hardship to China, as it already has more territory than it can well control, and it has resources which will make a large indemnity a liht burJ.n. In fact it seems very" clear that this war will be of much greater advantage to China in every way than any indemnity that can well be asked. China has suffered greatly, not only in this war, but in general interests, from the childish aversion of the people to "foreign devils." and their resistance of foreign innovations. If this war shall have educated them to the advantage of foreign methods of war. and fned them from their

idea that they are the wisest people on earth, it will probably promote their civilization by the adoption cf the modern triumrhs of peace also. If it shall develop the construction of railroads it will bring to the world a valuable commerce, which will more rapidly advance the education of the Chinese to the beneli;s of our civilization. There will, naturally, result a development of thr country's resources which will add to its wealth far more than all the expense of the wa. The advantage to Corea is assured. It has always held close relations of commerce with Japan, tmd freed from Chinese control it will necessarily be largely under Japaneso influ?nee if not under actual control. It is hardly necessary to say that Japanese control is the best control in eastern Asia. Japan has amazed the world by its phenomenal advances in the last ten years, and is now on a basis of equality with many of the high-rank nations in the liberality of its form of government and the wisdom of its economic policy. Its people have demonstrated their high character and patriotism, and our government has done no more than justice in making its pi-nding treaty with Japan on the basis of treaties with firstclassj powers. Unler its influence Coxa must advance rapidly from the exclusive policy that it has maintained under Chintze influence. It is a country of great natural resources, but the holding of many of them as monopolies of the crewn, anl its persistent opposition to foreign intercourse, have prevented their natural development. W do not doubt that the future historian will find this war an important factor in the devibnment of the world. Mit. CIIAIIIi:itS'S SOHEll SECOND TIIOl (JUT. Pi-ohaMy the most startling occurrence in Indiana politics since the election is the declaration of Smiley N. Chambers against the reapporti inment of the state by the coming legislature. As Mr. Chambers says, a reapportionment will be uncons itutional, but why a little thing like that shoull affect him any more than it does the other I airs of the republican party is a problem that calls for equations of several decrees. As Mr. Chambers says, it will be impoli;i to outrage the feelinrs of decency an.1 propriety of the people by a palpable vio1 ati n of the phin intent of the constitution : but why should that affect Mr. Chamb.-rs or any other republican politician? After the vicious assaults on the constitution made by th? 'ast republican supreme court in the II ovey patronage cases, and in taking Jurisdiction c f the legislative apportionment case, there weuld seem to be but little room for complaint of republican legislative deflino' of the cor-titution. And Mr. Chambers has never been- suspected of being weak-kneed in regard to taking partisan advantage, espechlly rince his immortal defense of the Dudley letter. ' What then is agitating Mr.' Chambers? Of course outsiders can Ynercly surmise. It is worthy of consideration that Mr. Chambers is a leader of the Harrison faction in this state. Mr. Harrison is a candidate for re-election. It is probable that Mr. Harrison and his intimate advisers are not relying on fairy dreams f or the results of the campaign, and that they, therefore, anticipate a hot campaign in Indiana in 189r. and realize the importance of carrying this state. They are not looking for any miracles. They know that a fool legislature can destroy all their prospects. They know that the reapportionment which will b? passed will be a gerrymander of the most reprehensible character, and that the people cf the stata will resent it. Hence they desire to restrain the enthusiasm of republican patriots f or "reform" in this and other matters that would make it more difficult to carry thj state f r Harrison in 1S96. And an ahcr consideration is that in fixing up their gerrymanJcr they will offend the republicans who are thrown into democratic districts. This will be esiecially forcible as to the congressional districts. Every congressman-elect is solicitous that his district be arranged so that he may be re-elected, but unfortunately no district can be strengthened without weakening some other district, and thereby raising the ire of its representative. On the whole there is some political sagacity in the Chambers idea, provided, of course, that the republicans can, by good behavior for the present, carry the state in 1S96. If they can carry the state at all, their present advantage in hold-over senators will insure them the legislature, for notwithstanding all the complaint that has been made of the present apportionment it is certain that a plurality of four or five thousand would carry both houses for any party. A gerrymander in 1S97 would not be cf importance to the Harrison faction if they had at that time the control cf the federal patronage. Hence, from thrir standpoint, and with their hopes, it would be better to let the "reform" rest until they are safely intrenched. The question of policy is a largo one, and it is not surprising that on taking second thought the republican leaders are beginning to hesitate as to highhanded measures that have usually characterized their policy in the past. FEE AND SALARY DECISION. The decision of the supreme court that the fee and salary law of 1S91 Is unconstitutional as to county treasurers virtually holds it also unconstitutional as to auditors and recorders, for these officials also were omitted In the enrollment of tho bill as to Shelby county, and it ls on this omission that the law is overthrown. It is somewhat difficult to say Just what ls the prese-nt condition of the law. On its face it would seem that the fee and salary law remains In full effect as to clerks and sheriffs, and not In effect as to treasurers, auditors and recorders, though the court docs not expressly state this to be the

law. The court holds that portion of the law which refers to the amount of fees to be collected is in force, in the Lake county case concerning the amount that can be colleted for filing a. mortgage, and presumably therefore It does not contemplate the overthrow of any part of the law except so much as refers to the salaries of treasurers, auditors and recorders. Still more perplexing Is the question as to how thise officials as to whom the law Is unconstitutional are to be paid. The court calls attention to the fact that it does not decide thl3 question. In one case it decides that the act is unconstitutional In so far as it provides a salary for recorders. In the other it decides that the portion of the act which fix"S the fees to be collected by recorders is constitutional. But this portion of the act also provides thaS the fees so collected shall b. paid into the county treasury and that they shall belong to the county. Unless this ba held-unconstitutional the officials will have neither salaries nor fees. All former laws in conflict with this act are repealed by the act. It is not to be suppoped, however, that any court would bring about a situation that would practically destroy the administrative department of the government, and therefore it may be assumed that it must eventually decide that the treasurers, auditors and recorders are entitled to take the fees provided by law to be collected by them in lieu of the salaries unconstitutionally provided. This would of course cause a general readjustment of compensation already received, but that Is trifling as compared with the calamity of losing the law. We regret that the court could not have seen its way clear to another decision. sic; All PRICES. The esteemed Journal makes an extraordinary display of cheek in the following statement: Our !ate enemies of th? democratic press who devoted themselves to beating down the price of sugar before the event of Nov. 6 seem not to care that prices are advancing. If this be true we wou'.d suggest to the Journal that it shou'.d make some change In its market quotations. The last published by The Sentinel, before the election, were its quotations for Nov. 4. These and Its quotations for Nov. 23 compare as follows: Nov. 4, Nov. 29, 1894. 194. Hard sugars 4 ,'. r.'i 4.405'i Confectioners' A 43447g 4.7.1 Soft A 4-V? T'8 4.irfr4'i Extra C 4'4U 3.srU4s Yellow C 3-;'i4 2M'-i?, Dark yellow VtfiZ 3.40i 3'2 If the Journal can find any advance of prices in these quotations we should be pleased to have It pointed out. And furthermore, the present trices are sti'.l far lower than those of ).a;t year, the comparison being as follows: Nov. 29. Nov. 29, is94. Hard sugars :'n r.i 4.40-5 5U Confectioners' A 4r;5i 44 4.7.", Soft A 4i;.'.4 4.16f'4Si Extra C 4 i- 4 S.sr.'i t'i Yellow C 4141 3.fi0"'3:i Dark yellow 2:hfi'&ä 3.40-5 3'2 The price of sugir .amonuts to but little except as a refutation of the Journal's prediction of an immense increase in the price of sugar, and Its dolorous pictures of a "dear breakfast table," and the refutation of these is so complete and overwhelming that one would imagine that the Journal would prefer to indulge in silence on the subject instead of trying to create a false impression now. Its facts and deductions are more inconsistent than an Iron Hall equation. FOLLY OF EXTREMISTS. There is something almost pathetic in the pertinacity of men who blindly Insist on a policy that will defeat their own purposef, and there was never a stronger example of it than is furnished by the free coinage men of this country. It is not properly a thing to be ridiculed. It is a fault of earnest men too earnest men. Hut it is extremely unfortunate In its results. The vast majority of the ieople -in this country are either bimetallists or silver monometallists, and the vast majority of the latter honestly imagine that they are bimetallism. The gold monometallists are comparatively but a handful. If the men who really desire a circulation of gold and silver on a basis of equality could be brought together and made to understand each other the cause of bimetallism would acquire such an impetus that nothing could stop it, but it seems utterly impossible to obtain even an approach to any kind of understanding. The dissensions of Americans who desire a restoration of bimetallism form the greatest obstacle to its restoration. In the meeting of the free coinage men at St. Louis, Mr. W. J. Bryan, former representative In congress and chairman of this meeting, declared the position of himself and probably that of nine-tenths of his hearers, as follows: There wore three projnositions to be met, the question of ratio, the limited coinage of silver, the coining of stiver alone or with the aid of foreign nations. To theso propositions he had but this answer 16 to 1 on unlimited coinage and by the United States, without the aid of any nation on earth. All bimetallists will consent to his second proposition unlimited coinage for everyone recognizes that' bimetallism cannot be maintained even by the united nations of the earth without ftee coinage, but by his other two propositions Mr. Bryan at once drives from his company the entire force of bimetallists and shuts himself up with the silver monometallists, who are much the less In number. "What does Mr. Bryan gain by that, and what good purpose can he serve by such a declaration? Suppose

that bimetallism could be attained by this 1 country alone, what reason can be given for objection to France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, South America, China, Japan and Mexico joining with us? What harm could come from their uniting with us in the movement, even If their assistance were not necessary? Mr. Bryan must certainly know that hundreds of thousands of his fellow-citizens believe that their assistance is necessary; and what policy is there in this declaration of warfare on the largest class of men who desire bimetallism? ' And, further than this, why should Mr. Bryan insist on a ratio of 16 to 1? It may

be claimed that it was the ratio of the fathers, but, in fact, it was not their ratio any more than 15 to 1. Indeed, we had the latter ratio longest, and it was selected on the most rational grounds. When the ratio of 16 to 1 was selected it would have been wiser to take 15l to 1, but political considerations) governed and the wrong ratio was adopted. Mr. Bryan certainly ought to know that if bimetallism is ever accomplished it will be at that ratio. More than $l,250,000,tov0 of the silver coin in existence is at that ratio now. It is the coinage ratio of France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Holland, Central America, South America, Cuba, etc. Why should any friend of bimetallism object to h? The United States has a coinage ratio different from that of any other country on the globe. Is it to be imagined that all other countries will change their ratio and ncoin their money in order to adopt our ratio? If we want bimetallism we must come to the common ratio, for it has demonstrated beyond the possibility of question that bimetallism cannot be maintained so long as different countries have different coinage ratios. It i3 a known fact that the actual circulation of silver in this country cannot bo made to exceed $100,000,000. If any more silver is to be coined it should be coined at 13i to 1, and the old dollars should be taken up. The seigniorage alone, if coine-d at 152 to 1, would furnish all the silver money that could be used by the people and the old coin could be retired altogether. We would then be In a position to talk international bimetallism and that is the only bimetallism that can possibly exist to the remainder of the world. That ratio would do everything for the free coinage men that 16 to 1 could do. Why not try it? Why not make some step toward compromise with bimetallist? Free coinage men can gain nothing by building up barriers between themselves and the bimetallists.

THE STRIKE COMMISSION". Harper's Weekly Is very much Incertred over the report of the Pullman strike commission, which It condemns a3 a revolutionary document In the deductions made from the evidence, and the remedies suggested. In a sense this charge is true, but it does not necessarily follow that the report is to be condemned. The Weekly says: The most momentous stage in every revolution is that which takes place silently in the popular mind, and of which all that follows In upturning institutions and reconstituting societ- is but the necessary sequence and expression. If the mass of our citizens think as these commissioners think, this first chief stage in a socialistic revolution is already far advanced, and the transformation of our nineteenth century civilization into something widely different, and as yet wholly unimagined. is a process which cannot long be delayed. Every stud.nt of history and of economics will concede the truth of this, and he will also admit that it is the very best way in which a revolution can come. The only excepfion that will be taken is to the statement that following the suggestions would produce a condition "wholly unimagined." This is an absurdity. The commission suggest. government ownership as worthy of consideration. This is not a thing "wholly unimagined," for it is in actual existence In several of the civilized nations. It suggests arbitration. This Is not "wholly unimagined," for it is In existence in several foreign countries, and in some states of this country. And New Zealand, which is one of the most advanced countries on tha globe, will soon have compulsory arbitration, which goes beyond the commission's recommendations. But unquestionably there Is a momentous change of mind in progress In this country, and it ls in progress simply because the people are paying some attention to the labor question. This country is, in fact, half a cjntury behind the more advanced nations in its labor legislation, and it is certain to make advances now that the attention of the nation ha3 been forcibly called to the necessity for advance. But while the recognition of the movement by the Weekly Is not strong, the arguments it uses in criticising this manifestation of it are weaker. For example, it says: One or two examples of their method of reasoning will suffice. The report shows clearly that for about eight months prior to May 1, 1S94, the Pullman company had kept Its men at work on contracts for building cars which cost them, for materials and labor at the yards, $52,069 more than they received for them, or 3.66 per cent. That is to say, for the sake of keeping Its hands employed, it paid them every dollar their labor added to the value of the material used, and $32,000 besides. . AC the scale of wages In use up to June, 1S93. the company would 'have paid during the eight months in question $60.000 more than it actually paid. What i3 the conclusion? Simply that the com pany lost $52.0i0, but that Its men lost $60.000, an unfair division of the loss. These practical economists deliberately suggest that the company ought to have lorne "three-quarters of the loss," instead of less than a half; it ought to have paid wages to the amount of $32.000 more, and reduced the "loss" of its workmen to $23,000. in other words, it is severely censured for having given its laborers a pure gratuity of $52,000, at a time when its entire capital was earning nothing, because it did not give them $S4,000. This is ludicrous. The company lost $"2.000 not from cost, but from previous prices, and It lost this $52.000 to whom? To the purchasers of the car3. The men lost $60,000 to whom? To the company. Every cent of wage reduction was so much direct gain to the company. It lost $52,000 and gained $60,000 by the transaction. It made $3,000 more than it would have made In the ordinary course of lousiness without either reductions of prices or wages. It made ?S,000 more than it had been making on the same work in the most prosperous times. And then it boasted of its philanthropic spirit In reducing prices to keep Its men at work, and the Weekly ls evidently one of the victims of its false pretense. The commission, does not condemn the company for not giving the men $54,000. It merely urges that a reduction of wages to the amount of $15,000. or one-quarter of the $52.000 reduction In prices, would have been more Just than the reduction made. And in view of the high plane of philanthropy on which the company pretended to stand, the commission is clearly right. The action of the tin-plate manufacturers in employing non-union men at Demmler and Pittsburg is simply an evasion of a contract. A written agreement as to the

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A CHEW TO CHEW, A SMOKE TO SMOKE. A Anti wage scale had been entered into by the union and the manufacturers and the latter violated it. The men have brought suit for the enforcement of the contract, and the companies seek to escape responsibility by employing non-union men. The American Manufacturer calls attention to the fact that the agreement contains no agreement not to employ other than non-union men, but it wa3 an agreement made with the union for a term of one year, and it was the understanding of all concerned that union men were to be employed. It remains now to be seen whether the yearly contracts cf unions are of any value in law. Ex-Secretary Foster made the following Interesting confession at Cleveland a few days since: The repea! of the force bill by the democrats was one of the best things that could have happened for the republicans. Of course we could not repeal it, but it is one of the best things that couid have happened for us that our opponents did so. Johnny Davenport of New York got a good thing, $S0,000 a year, out of it, I think, for a long while, but he was the only one who was benefited by it that I know of. If Mr. Foster will come to Indianapolis he can ses another United States official who nude a good thing out of the federal election laws, and also several scoundrels who escaped merited punishment by means of them. FERSOtJALS. "Old Tom" Tudor of Mt. Olivet. Ky.. celebrated his eightieth birthday last week by marrying for the seventh time. Henry Mosler, the artist, whose picture of a Breton interior was the first work from an American bru.h to be received in the Luxembourg, returned to America the other day after an absence of twenty yearn An English paper says that the archbishop of York recently wrote to the incumbent of a rural parish suggesting that a "Quiet Day" should be held there. The following was the reply: "My lord, in this parish we have too many quiet days; what we want ls an earthquake." Duches3 de In Rochefoucauld ls counted one of the cleverest women In FrancoAmerican circles in I "art a. She ls a daughter of St-nator Mitchell of Oregon, and was married to the duke In 1S92. People say ßhe "looks and speaks like a Parisian," which ls a trouble compliment. Henry Irving has a passion for old armor; Edward Terry Is a successful gardener; Weedon Grossmith amuses himself with the brush; his brother George Is an amateur engine-driver; Mme. Modjeska's embroidery is famous among her Intimates; Mary Anderson models well in clay, and Sarah Bernhardt paints and fences. Trof. J. Estltn Carpenter of Oxford, England, who is now lecturing In this country, is a son of the distinguished naturalist, 10r. William B. Carpenter, a grandson of Dr. Lant Carpenter, the noted English unitarian clergyman, and a nephew of Miss Mary Carpenter, the philanthropist. Prof. Carpenter holds the chair of new testament literature an oriental languages In Mansfield college, Oxford. Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Lnmont and Mrs. Bisseil will go to Baltimore the first week in December to be present at the great doll show which ls to be held at the Academy of Music in that city for one week. These ladies will act as judges of the show. The doll show ls for the purpose of Insuring to the children of the slums of Baltimore a happy Christmas. Mrs. Potter Palmer will have on exhibition at the show the wonderful collection of dolls she purchased1 from the world's fair last year. When Conan Doyle sets sail for England early next month In order to reach his kinspeople by Christmas, he will g3 direct to Switzerland to Join his wife, who is there for her health. He will remain In the country of the Alps for a month or two, resting from his American lecture tour. Next autumn, that Is, In October, 1805. he will return to America, Incidentally to resume his lecturing tour, but principally to try the effects of our climate upon Mrs. Doyle's health. It ls the novelist's Intention to take his wife to Colorado for a stay of several months while he visits the cities of the Pacific coast on & professional tour. CO.VGiESS. About the time the foot ball season Is over congress will convene and the kicking will go merrily on. Kansas City Times. When Senator Gorman says that congress will do no business except to pass tho regular appropriations this winter he speaks with authority. Tho-e popgun :ils may as well be laid away on the shelf. Boston Advertiser (rep.). No democratic member of congress will tell what his party proposes to do at the forthcoming session of that body, for the reason evidently that no one knows. All present signs Indicate that it will be a modest and quietly conducted funeral. N. Y. Tribune (rep.). The coming session of congress will be a short one. but it will be long enough to pass all the needed legislation. No political measures should claim the attention of either house. The members should attend strictly to business. There is nothing that they can accomplish politically. The people have attended to that part of the business. St. Paul Call (dem.). There is not time at the short session to discuss the tariff, and the reopening of the question must cause its redlscussion In extenso; and the country ls tired of it and has called for a halt and a rest Long enough at least to recuperate before we go further. The reopening of the tariff discussion will mean simply that all other legislation will be killed. It will be impossible to discuss any other matter as long as this inexhaustible subject 1 before congress. New Orleans Times-Democrat (dem.). A roet's Snd Fate. Said the editor: "This poem's Full of tire; don't return it. No wood to spare. And coal ls dvar. And therefore we will bum it!" And as he sat and wanned himself The bright flames leaping higher; He briefly wrote This little note: "Your verse Just teems with flre." Atlanta Constitution. Profesnlonnl EiiK-nccmeiit. Brush (to man sitting next to him at foot ball gam?) "Do you enjoy foot ball?" Min "Yes." Brush "Are you a player?" Man "No, I am a surgeon." It Certainly Did. Mr. Andrew Carnegie thinks the country's currency system Is all right. It appears to have worked very well in the case of Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Chicago Tribüne. Love' Labor Lost. She "George, all is lost." George "Why?" She "Papa has oiled .those squeaky shoes you sold him yesterday." Syracuse Tost.

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- Nervous, Anti-Dyspeptic THE OMNIBUS. 'I wish we had more literary people like Blank." "Great Scott, he's never hai anything published." "That's Just why." Chicago Inter Ocean. "A directory of American literary societies" Ls in prices. of compilation, under the supervision of Mr. Appleton Moyan. president of the New York Shakspeare society. German mineralogists have discovered" that tome of the gold mines that were, worked by the liornans in Central Portugal will still yield a handsome profit if properly conducted. Snow is already several feet deep on the lower slopes of the mountains in Oregon, and "Washington, and some of the summer roads over the passes have been abandoned for the season. It ls computed that 100 years henca Europe will have 7s0.000.000 of Inhabitants. Asia l.OOO.OOfl.ooo, while America will have reached f.S5.(Mxa.ow'. Australia 20.000.0'M) and Africa lC0.O00.0o0. Maude "How did you ever manage to cure that young man of his love for you?" Marie "Took him shopping one day and l?t h.m watch me while I was at j, bargain counter." Chicago Record. The Bachelor "I'm waiting for the Interesting w man of thirty thit the novelists talk ab ut." "Well, you won't fm-1 her in New York. All the women under sixty are not over twenty-two." Life. Mound City, Mo., has a thirteen-year-old boy who weighs 242 pounds, and Casco, Me., a twelve-year-old girl who weighs 22" pounds. This may serve to Introduce thn one to the other, and who knows what may happen later? Georg "I wonder why It's s easy ti get engaged to a ptrl in the summer?" Jaok "I just tell you what, Georg, after a girl sees herself in a summer biardinghoue I., king-glass whe'll accept most anybody." N. Y. Weekly. Curious spheres, disks anl slabs of stone, perforated in the center, have been found at Fwambo and other places on lh-3 table lands between Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika. Tha natives, who cannot cut stone, describe them as "works of God." N. Y. Sun Miss Elders "These women who are afraid to tell their age disgust me. Now, I'm n t afraid to tell any one that I am twenty-eight." The Bev. Mr. Peters (warningly) "Yes. Miss Elders, you may not be afraid now. But. remetnler. you will be held accountable for it in the day of Judgment." luck. "We disapprove of cats catching birds," says the Kennebec (Me.) Journal, "but when they take such chances as did the LewSston pussy that leaped from a thirdstory window, snatched an English spo.rrow from a telegrarh wire and struck the ground right side up anil safely, we are almost glad to learn she kept her prty." Engrossing Clerk Samuel M. Barton has completed the copy of the constitution of Massachusetts, called for by a resolve of the Last session of the general court. A steel box. suitably engraved, will b prepared for the reception of the authentla copy. The mahogany casket that now hold.4 the worn-out sheets of ihe original copy will still be retained and placed In a conspicuous corner. Boston Transcript. One of the humors of club life in New York lies in the absurdities growing out of frequent changes In the staff of servants. Old members find themselves challenged as strangers by officious new bellboys and hall porters, and house committeemen are driven to despair to find new boys to fit the uniforms of the boys that are gone. The staff of most clubs usually displays several woful misfits. Dover, N. H.. one of the prettiest of the smaller cities of New England. Ls one of the largest consumers of pnuff among all the cities of the country. The popjlati on Is something like 10.000, and last year more than five tons of this form of tobacco was used there. The habit of Fnuff dipping is not uPual In New England, an I it was brought to Dover, so it is said, hy soldiers Just after tha war. and has Increased to Its present proportions. The dying Eooraomlte society of today was strong and flourishing when the duks of Saxe-Weimer visited it about 1S25. Elder Rapp, a hale man of seventy, lei hLs 700 disciplea as priest and prophet, If not king. Even then there were few marriages ant births In the community. Th dake was pleased to note that there was a bowl of flowers upon every machine? Ln the great factory of tho: society, and sixty of the gi: !sj sang for him the hymns that were used by Rapp and his followers. Dr. Franz Stuhlman. who accompanied) Emin Pasha into th- heart of Africa, saw much of the peoplo called I'ygmifs. Ha looks upon them as the rem nt of a primeval race, which at one time occupied the wh le of tropical Africa and southern Asia. Tney have lost their original language and have been encroached upon by surorunding tribes, even within the demsa forests to which they retired, until they are met with only in scattered remnants. No trace of degeneracy U to be found amng them. A book-worm or some such creature his left his mark upon a volume cf the "British Annual Register" of the year 1S10 In a club library of New York. The worm ate its way through seventeen leaves of the volume, and for much of the way its path has outlined something very closely like the crouching figure of a cat, with one ear erect and a short tail. This figure Is repeated upon eight or ten leaves, and then gradually becomes less clearly dt fined until the progress of the worm Is marked by a single small hole. Sixteen years ago. Mrs. Ellen Jones Jumped from the Newport ferry b.at while mentally unbalanced. Despite th-3 untiring efforts of relatives no trace of the body was found during all these years until three days ago. H. C. Garrison of North, Bend overheard Edward Walker oX Addvston remark that he woull like to discover the body of Mrs. Jones, as he was a friend of th family, which had never given up ths hoje of finding the body. Garrison told Walker that about sixteen years ago. three weeks after the drowning of Mrs. Jone, he recovered a body of a woman on the bank of the Ohio, and buried it at North Bend. Th-a body wan exhumed and found to be that of Mrs. Jones. The üreedr Illov. It was her birthday. To his breast He drew the little dear. And on her willing Hps he pressed A kiss for every year. And then he said, "For kisses, My, From your lips I so hunger. You musn't pout to hear me say, I'm glad you are not younger." ; Truth. The Girl on the Itleyele. Oh! Maiden on the wheel, rejoice. For truth it is to tell Who makes of you his willing cholc Must surely love you well: And brave. Indeed, is he who durst. For he has seen yon at your worst! M. S. Bridges ln Puck. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder A Pure Qrap Cream of Tartar Powder.