Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 July 1896 — Page 3

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PEAEL FISHER CLARE

CALKS INTERESTINGLY OF HIS UKCStrAt KNXBBFBI8K. *J$ 3 .paa a Sea Farm Where He Grows Ftarli—

Stocked By the Deep Sea Waters.

James Clark of Queensland, Australia, is

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the -peart fishera

(tnid the owner of the only pearl gherl farm tin the world, saiy-3 the Sani. FranCiSOO Cal'l. ,,t

Mir. Clark's "pearl"(Shell faifm" 4s stocked with 150,000 -pearl shells .whiok toe ooHected from the "deep sea Tyatere. [He toeii'eviea -that he cam grow pearls iand shells. It is a nervy thing. Nobody toas ever (attempted 'it. 'Mr. Clark ts on a lour of the world 'to investigate the (various pearl ffishe-ries. iHe has 'all the facts and- figure® oonearning them at Ihis fingertips. He Is •much Interested in the extensive pearl (fisheries din the Gulf of California, hut Of course only in, am, abstract way, a5 (he has mo money Invented in them.

The king of pearl -fishers employs mo less tham 1,500 me®! and 250 vessels. Of rtihe army of 1/500 tmem 250 -are skilled (divers. The vessels used -are of all sizes, the 'average cost of -each being bout £600. "1 have been fifteen years engaged dn rpearl fishing," said -Mr. Clark last might. "iMy fisheries are in the Torres straits, in the -north of Queensland. -I began in iai small way, and ihave given the pearl /fisheries my close attention during all tth'ese years. My experience had led ime to the belief Ith'at, with proper intelQigence to the selection of a -place, one ©am raise pearls am'd! pearl ©hells as (easily as one can raise oysters, but of course to do -this yiou .must kinow how. I started ia 'large pearl ehell farm three years ago, amid have stocked it With shell which 1 ob'tainefdi -in many instances fair out at oceam, in the deep water. To grow shells successfully, according to my experience, thus far, the •water im-ust not he -too. deep.

Demand For Pearls.

"There la one -thing I am- sure of -and that 'is tihat, ino (matter how many pearls are produced, the supply -cam never equal the demand -amid, therefore, there 4s ao danger of amy 'combine among the peart ifis-hers of 'the globe. Tt is for the purpose of 'finding ou-t all I cam- in regard! to the pearl fisheries of the different parts of "the world that I have mow set out on this trip. I keep pretty -well informed in regard to the peair-1 fisheries in all part's of 'the country. Your great fishery "in the Gulf of California is the "biggest on«'o$i the American comt'ineint and practically the only one, excepting that of 'the Gulf ct Mexico'below the gulf. .Jii "I want to .get a scientific partner in connection wfth my -pearl shell farm. I •want a man who knows science .amd who (also 'knows as much as possible about peainls and shells. This is ome of the other purposes of my trip. "With the big fisheries on tmy 'hands amd the mew farm which I have started, I have rather more to d'o than I 'can well attend to, so I meed am associate 'to Took after the term where the mew pearls are growing.

An Exquisite Specimen.

.••'"The pearls that are -grown in the Torres straits* are all of the color that you see here. This beautiful silver pearl •which you see on my scarf is a good il-

luistirattoni of thie 'kinid we produce. There is only one color, in cBact, and it Is the most -desired amotng -purchaseins. This terge oval pearl you -may think BO-metMwg abnormal in its way, 'but we get imamy of them. There is- mo quesiffon 'but that the Torres fisheries produce the finest peatrts 'to ibe 'had. The ma-rket shows that. They 'bring the. highest pri ces."

Mr. Clark is a mam of medium height amid middle age. He is said to be a imulti-millionaiiire and 'to have acquired, his oo'lasea'l fortune since he bega-n peairl fishin-g -a few years ago. He has a -redd'i'Sh 'beard, al clear gray eye and'a quiet, confident way of talten^ t'hat is very interesting.

pearl ^hell farm," he •comtinued,

•'occupies a stretc'h of water tern miles long amd about five mules wide on the edge of the Torres ft raits-. The wateir 4« shallow, for it is only in this kind of -water 'that shells can be successfully matured Amy experienced paarl fisher cam -tell at a gilaince from the surrounding shores whether or not he has 'the toest fishing grou-nd.

The Yield.

"Iif the slhoires are high a:nd ru-gged, i't imdicates that the waiter is deep' and teold, The sh-olls do not attain the greatest size there. Besides .this, it is hard on )i$Mr d'ivers im going down so deep for them. "Where the shores are -low and receding land the water warm, there are •to be found the finest shells amd the biggest pearls. "I ship my shells to 'London in my own vessels. The sthelil® are used far scores of different purposes mow amd land there is iai greater demand for them' «ach year. They go to London i.n my vessels by humdreds of tons. "The pearls are marketed in London o/nd iPlairis imaimly. The catch each jyears rums, 'jjougbly speakl-ng, from $200,000 worth up to almost five times that. There is a constantly growing demand for them. I have been in 'the •business long enough -to ascertain that tor a certainty. "It is he-cause of this th-at I am mow ifrrying to malce pearls amd shells by my farm, which I have established «.nd stocked by a "portion of what I have caught."

LAWYER HIRED BY THE DAY.

Be Faithfully Kept His Contract and Quit Precisely on Time.

The followtaig is told hy the Sam. Francisco (Bu-Metin of the late Rufus Loclcwood, who was a't on« time well known in Terre (Haute:

With the name of Rufus Lockwood 1® recalled to mind one of the most extraordinary geniuses .that the etate of Cailifornia ever ..produced. It is in any years mow &i'nce Lookwood held sway In the counts of San Francisco. He was. In his '•day, tpesrh-aps 'the best Jatwj"«er i-n the state, and) it was only because of his ut'ter indifference ito pecu niary ma Wens that he did1 snot leave a largo fortune Jbehind- him.

X#ook!wocd went a.t ome time to Horaoe Hawes, a very dlstfcD^uis-hed lawyer. and the author of the consolidation act which -is now in force. Hawes had a reputation for close figuring, and ILockwood 'knew it. He said: "Mr. Hawas. iT-H hire myeetf )to you for one year from d*a)'.vi st a salary of S25 a day, payable every wight." "AJS rigbtt," sai^ (Hawes, deiighited

to engage 'the services of the brightest miand &n the ^tate at so low a figure— for the salary woe not a great one in those days—and 'the "bargain was sealed, at wias il-l o'clock in the moraj,Tucr. jgiit Xrom ibh&t itime oA dc is sa!4 1

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Hawes •never m-iesed an, opportunity of (remCmding Locktwood of 9i5e bondiage. He wowld aay.to the -presence of others, "Lookwood, go ietdh ithiaA book Loekwood, d'o this or that," etc. Xxxskwood never said a (word, tout did as he was bidden, and Hawes enjoyed: his triumph.

FLnaJly dt catoe to (the day when the year's engagement term inated. There was a most important lawsuit on haaad, which' ILockwood) had -made a careful study of -no one to the state oould .possibly have hamdJied it as he did'. We'll, oil the day to question' Lockwood stood! iai •court, an array of law •books to front of him, and exipou.nded' his vfievre in masterly: fa&hion. Sudi-den-lv he looked up ait the clock and saw that it -was the hour oi 11. Closing the 'book from iwhich he was quoting, he turned to Hawes, who was sitting (beside*h-im, and said: "Mr. Ha-wes, a year ago today at thte hour, I contracted to wionk foe you one .year. My ifcimie's up, the contract ig -caacefledl and* I am g&jng.'"

Thus did he repay his -master for the •humiliation heaped! uipon ham. Hawes •was in ithe greatest -conaterna-tion. He could! mot possibly take up -the thread of the case where SLockwood1 had left it, and he beglged and implored Ih'im 'to iprooeed. IBu't jLockwood! irememtbe.recf, and he turned a deaf ear to all persuasions. He kept 'hip word the contract had expired. ,,

REPUDIATION LEADS.

Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas has been appmpriateiy placed in charge of Candidate -^Bryan's caimpaigm. He jwas e'lectiea chairman elf the "Democratic" "national com.mittee, -wthiefh. makes .him. 'Ohe ileader and manager of the campaign by virtue of his office^

Ailkamsajs as -a state is a flagrant practical repudiationist, -unless a iharsher 'word would mare fitly deisciribe its char after,, comments the Chicago Chroni-cle. -But' wihethier it is imere repudiation or is girand larceny the crime is -without a iparailieli in the h-istory oif states. lArkansas' borroweid'" t?he Smith son fund, bequeathed to the United iStates for the purpose of funding and maintaining the ©mithsomian iinstitutiom'at Wa-sJh.in.gton: Not a cent of ithe pirlnci'pal or interest ever ha© .been paidi

James ''ISTniithspp, an Bn^iaSiima® of wealth, buit of" illegitimate birth, a bachelor and, of oonirse., wit-hiout lawful kim, died in 1829. He bequeathed his entire If. or tune, -amoumting 'to. £100,000 ($500,000) to t'he ^milted States to found' at Washington "an esbaMLshmemt for •tihe increase and diffusion of knowle'dge •among imen." The establishment wa® to he oateLd tlhe ISmiithsonian institution.

Andrew Jackson was piresident and cailled1 't'he attention of congress to 'the fact Chat the .bequest had been rtiade. The imoney -was paid over to t'he United States in gold 'sovereign®. It 'became •a serious question as to how the -money 'ShO'U-M 'be invested a't the best rate of interest, but especially ith'at it sluould be secure.

Congress), after a long dehate in botih ihouiseis, die term im-ed1 that -the money should ,be loaned to the state Which would pay the highest rate of interest on -it's bonds for the amount.

John Quin-oy Adams wrote at the •time t'hrat hisimind wasjfi'l'ledi witfh anxiety 'lest the (Smitlhson money "should be sq.uamdered on oormorants or wasted 'Uipon •electioneerinig 'briber,y."

The 'highest rate of interest om t'he money 'to be lent -was offered by the state of Arfcansa®, through Corcoran, t'h'e Washington banker. Arkansas got the money—the igoMem sovereigns paid thrciug'h the Bank'of 'England to the United S-tates. State bonds were issued to the 'United States

ifor

tlhe amount.

Both' principal and interest on tfhese bond® remain unpaid. The -bonds and coupons are molding in the treasury vaults. Having possession of the money, Arkansas figuratively snapped its fingers im the face of the government.

Congress has appropriated direct the im'oney from year to year for tfh-e support of the (Smithsonian ttmstitutetion*. The principal and interest of the debt Which Arkan-sas mow owes to .tlhe United States is $2,500,000. This sum 'has been •made up by the taxpayers of the country at large, who are the victims of this colossal irobbery.

Arkansas is in its right place as leadeT of the (Bryan column, with one of its senators 'managing the -campaign.

It must be remembered that this was mot an ordinary theft. It was larceny of trust funds bequeathed to tihe country to be expended for the 'benefit' of -humanity. Here was a crucifixion of mankind on a "-progs'" of stolen gold.

RANKIN FEARS A BOLT.

Thinks Straight-Out Populists Will Nominate a Ticket. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Terre CHuatie, Ind'., July 19.—Before Morton C. Rankin, national treasurer of the (Populist «aomm:.tftee, left here thes morning for St. Louis he said. "The local Democrats, are filled with tlie same spirit that is, actuating the national Democracy. They might, have met us half way yesterday and offered to fuse. We would have -been satisfied w'th ome or -two an'.mor places on. the -ticket but no, they 'think they can hog everything this year on the issue -we made ifor them and had no use for us. INow we will hold a county convention and place a full ticket in -the field. It 'ifi the same way as to the national ticket. We had1 a million votes in 1822 and a million and a half in 1S94. The Democrats thank that by adopting our issue they oan get al'l these votes and keep all the offices for them-seives. WeLl, we will see atoout that. I don't think the St. Louis convention will indorse the (Democratic ticket. The ^Southern delegates wVSl be opposed to it. and in some of the Western sta'tete the sentiment is all against such action. There is one fact in this -connection -that the people do not seem to understand. Jn the South and in some states in the West the People's party and -tihe Democratic party are the only parties which put •tickets in tihe field, The People's party in those sections does not see how they can form an alliance with the party they haw to fight all the time, especially "when all he local offices are considered."

Mr. tRamkin is apprehensive that there will ibe a 'bolt at St. Louis. There will he very strong pressure to secure the indorsement of the Bryan, ticket in flill amd there well be other influences which may cause a genera! break-up of the convention. It is his hope 'that the advocates of the "midd'le of ithe road'' policy will "be in the majority and that the bolt widl be by the silver people, who have tout ithe one issue in common! with the People's party, but if the followers of Senators Stewart capture the convention* and indorse the Democratic tfiofcet the "middle of the road" faction will hold another amveniifcoa and pSace & ticket in the field on t&e Omaha sl&tfonn.

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21,1896.

HANDS OFTWO WOMEN

PALMS OF KBS ITKINUCT AKP MRS. HOB ART EXAK1XKD.

Wife of the Republican Candidate For President Haa the a Dictator —Mrs. Hobert's Palm.

Every wofmani dm "the 3 amd is more or less Interested! in (MTIS. Wlliiaan- •Md^.ialey and Mrs. Garret A. IHCbart, whose •influeinoe upon the -femtatae affairs of the -nation, will toe very ©reat, providing that their, reEipectJive hudbamds are not bowled over -by 'the (Democracy, tbe PopuHfits, or other "deaftte-dealinig enginee to political hofpes-

A (New "York woman who has Ibeen well acquainted with iboth -Mrs. McKinley arad iMns. Hobart for years and who is something of an- expert palmist to an amateur way, told1 a writer in the Chicago Trfbume reoen'tly what she had learned) of the characters of the ®wo ladiies as indicate(d by the lines of their 'left hands. a® event of IRepuhlitcan. suocass Mrs. Hdbart will he a (greater figure ia Washington Qife than usually tfalls ito the lot of thle vice (president's wife, because of the iillmeas of fMirs. MSoKimley, whose small fphystoaL strength would ndt 'be equal to the continued strain of crushing xeiceptionis, hamiquet-s, and- social function® of all -kfn-ds which the wifie of the IPresident .is expected to give. 'For this reason (Mrs. Hobart is quite as important to 'feminine eyes as Mrs. IM-dKdnley.

Mrs. McKinley's Hand.

(But aibout thte hands. In the first plaice (Mrs. McKinley's .hatnd -is not partficulajrly small' or very lar-gie. It is the average han-d) of 'the average American) woma-a. IS-he w^ups. a No. 6 'glove antd! doesn't try ito squeeae it i-nto a No. 5%. Her hands ajre:-thini amd' .white, "but she woul'dl be 'better pleased it ifchey were fatter and ha'cMpore color.

T-he fl'nigiers/^frtl^.'ieft haJi-d are somiewlhat berft. ®b&-ij^ex finger has- dnmumera'ble little scraltidhes on ithe top and outer edige. There are mo such marks on the imd'e^ iflmiger of the right hand'. This means torfche person versed dn the lamgu*age of the (hand that the lad'y sews a great deal, not swith a machtoe •bu't with her fingers. lMms. iMldKlndey's fingers are pliant and -taper m^tiiceaTa-ly. ©he has the ideal hamid of the pianist.. The tlhumib is -UTV usually long, -exten'ding 'far beyond .tihe base of 'the index finger. This ds regarded as a goodi 'Sign' by palmists. It i-nd'iioates imtellectual power of an- umusual degree, and also shows more logic than will, promising great ability to reason and make plans, the -Mmd of plans that other people are 'to 'follow. It is a eigni that all -people placed1 in, executive position's should- possess-.. ....

Finger of a Dictator.

Mrs. DVCdK-iihley will doubtless te surprised to learni that the lenigth of her first finger -indicates a. strong power to command in lfa»t, she has -the finger of a dictator.

In the matter of .limes the one most prom'iment is that usually designated •the heart -lime. It is clearly 'defined, extending from the base of the second) finger the whole toreadth of the palm. This indicates an affectionate disposition and an ardent love of home and domestic happiiness. The friend® of Mrs. (MdKdmley -are quite sure to agree with the palimist in, this particular diagnosis eveni if they disagree with her in all other matters.

The life line of 'Mrs. McfKimley ie long, but 'broken in many places. These breaks are indicative of many attacks of .illness,, tout the ifacfc that the lime runs 'into the wrist argues a long life. The lime is more clearly marked toward the enid, showing that to later life her health will 'he more robust than formerly.

The head line Is clearly marked. In-, dicating powerful men'tality. In most oases with per-soms of unusual initeTeotualitiy the head line curves first one. way and then the other. This is a! sign, of imaginative faculties.

Altogether the (hantf 'indicates practical qualities anld a love of system. That 'Mrs. IMlcKiimley is systematic almost to the superlative degree was shown In early life, when she was the cashier in her father's bamik. I't is ome of her 'few tooasts that she never 'came out at the end of the day's "business either one cent toeMnd or ahead. 'Her father* -Mr. Sax ton, also said t-halt she was -the best cashier he had ever employed all of Which goes to show that her love of system is mot of the ordinary kind.

Mrs. Hobart's Palm.

(Mrs. Hobart's hand is more plump, and a trifle larger than that of ,Mrs.' MdKimley. The wife of the New, Jersey statesman wears a 6% glove, and she f-reely. sas® that she wouldn't toe surprised if she had' to change to a 6% soon.

The line of d'estimy in her hand is the most clearly 'marked. Her "friends maynot toe -aware of it, but according to this line Mrs. (Ho-bart has great deter-' mination of purpose, verging on :the point of stubbornness. This is an admirable quality -for the wife of a -man. entering upon a battle like, that which now confronts Mr. Hobart, and i't may toe that this trait in her disposition, will be of considerable service.

Mrs. Hobart's hand indicates frankness and almost toluntmess, tout she also has the quality of self-conitrol and that of tact. (From this it can he inferred that if she is 'noticeably frank at .times her frankness will' be of the diplomatic kind and will never toe exerted at an unfavorable moment. .Mrs. -Hobart should find food for joy in the fact, as would any true woman,' that she will always be youthful, of course not in years, but ,in her capacity for enjoyment. She does not allow trouble or disappointments to worry her. She has the envia'ble quality of remaining cool and- level headed under any crisis or emergency, something, which should1 toe of vast service*to her when the heat of -the -campaign brings the venom in politics to the surface.

From the palmtst'«s stand-point, both Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Hobart have "good" hamds, but nothing out of the ordinary corn-pared with tens of thousands of their fair American sisters.

HIS POLITICAL SUICIDE.

Candidate J. M. Boblnson lg Oat For Silver —The Campaign In Allen County. Special to the IndlanaDolls Journal

Ft- Waiyne,

Md.,

July 18.—^For tihe

-past week ex-Senator R. C. Bell, chairman of (She late Indiana state Democratic convention, has been insisting broiagh the papers that James M. RoSb•'.•nfcm, Democratic candidate for congress, define hii© position on the stiver queeiXcm. Koibinson dodjg«d the question in every way poeeiibae, but at length was driven into am iribewtew. Wherein he still evaded the leading qoegt&Ki. Be2! wwuflM wot "let up" and went alfter him again, t&neiatenfaig to put a siAver ctandddsaJte in t'he fteSd if he did! not oocae •jart "sqwswre^toed" Dor aUiver. Ttois jm&roams IfrzerW uft j^a'da «olii

•wflith, exMbttkm «tf veadeneas not often wiftne&seJd, cajne out for eftvr«r Ithe fonowiocr car«i: sir—I' cannot Bee -how amy one •can masruavtemsrta'nd! nsy position on tbe sSlver and. other queStionsL I indorse and will madoitl&'in fbe prfcucipies am•noumoed in our state and natix»aA piatforrte. Tine -voters otf eveffy amity Dn •bhfts didtrBct w-ill hear from me om these queatioais upom tbe ^tump.

J. M. Robdn&on.'*

Bell "anhouittoes that he is sa!tisfi«d) at tost and- now Bobtesom cam depetod on tfhe soiild Vote of the silver raaen. This

Rtjibirison In an mJbarmsBjng

feund deaiigi^muis position. He will lose aeariy every G-ewmam Detnuoorat in the district, besides all the gold- Deimtatoraite, and' these coimtolned far otftmumlber the silver men amd PopuilMs and. umdJou&it«d5y insures the me-ielleicit'kim of Mr. Lfei'g'hty.

Tihe campaign is Tjegimnimg to warm up to Allen daumity. The danger of the silver exditistime-nt is- •fast disappearing am-d ipuSblic sent'imen't is makimg itself "vary materially feit in opposition to the Ohtoago jMfatform. The farmers have read up on -th-e question and are being -comvinoed1 that free coinage would reSRiflt- dlisadtrouisJy to a£H cla'sses of 'buisinees and lalbor, amid- for that -nsiaso-n amicl tlhe anarchistic features of the Chiicago platifonm, they are mow coming to the 'sanpiport Of hard money amid mamy oif itaiietm, as well as leading Dertattaraits of •tlhe disltnitat, are acbvooatiitug the adv-isa-bdl'ity of plaidi-ng a -gold Democratic ticket in the fieildl The Tippecanoe cltufb, am influenitiall organizat'ion- of young RepuMicams wihBtih did great service during 'tlhe laiSIt two oanmpaSiglnis, was reorganized ilaeit ndgiht. The mew organization stiamfe ouit with 250 name's and1 Will dtxutole it 'by the firsit of Aiulgust.

SHORTER SILVER CATECHISM. •Whenever fhe silver question is discussed the example of Mexico is cited by one side or the other. "What hajs been- Mexico's experience as~:'a silver •Standard country from time immemorial is well set forth -in, the ^-subjoined catechism reproduced: froaft editorial columns of the New, Yofk fW^rld:

Q. (Mexico (has been a silver standard country far four centuries. What is lie -present .monetary condition? A. It is on a silver speoie 'basis.. Ten.hanks tesud- motes—1$28,4/27,000 in ati'l. The specie (^aver) reserve to pay them is $30,|OflM)00. There is $15,000,000 in silver dollars in circulatioin, and t'he country -has about $55,000,000 of money in- use, counting to gold and subsidiary silver. The population, is 112,100,000—$4.60 per capita. There are no .government notes.

Q. What has 'become of the $3,321,000,060 coined! by its eleven mints? A. It has' been exported as fast as it was •coined, as 'bullion, to pay- for imports, atrlte commercial'price a-s bullion-/ ,3. What is a Mexican dollar eqaaJ to in our silver coinage A. $1,094. dt contains 406.'39 grains •of fine silver ours 371.25.-

Q. What is it wor'th in Mexico in gold? A. Exactly 68 cent® when.silver is -worth 68 cents per ounce as bullion and 63 cents for a legal tender—S cents being the cost of coinage, dt fluctuates from day to day as bar silver fluctuates in London.

Q. Then a Mexican dollar is -worth no more' in Mexico than it is anywhere else in- 't'he world—its market price as bullion? A. Yes S cents, the cost of coinage. It ihas no ot'her fiat value In Mexico.

Q. Then its practical "free and unlimited coinage" adds .nothing to its val\e? A. Only the legal -tender fiat value in Mexico of 5 cents over the bullion value. If free coined this would disappear and it would only 'be -worth in Mexico its weight in silver.

Q. What is the cost of living in the City of Mexico? A. About one-fourth •more than in -N'ew York City—in Mexican money. Hotel rates are $5 per day. Cabs cost $1.'50 per hour. Street car fares -are 6% cem-ts. 'Rents are higher than in iNew York City board is dearer •res'taurant m'eals cost -more.

Q. What is the cost of food? A. Flour, 5% cents sugar, 19 cents beef, 6% cents pork, 8% cents coffee, 34 cents tea (cheapest), $1 cheese, 25 cents. All staples imported cost gold prices in addition -to dutiet.

Q. How much of this Mexican silver money cam a man earn? A. The ©treet car companies .pay conductors, drivers and collectors from 50 cents to $1 per dae". The highest wage paid blacksmiths is $2.50 book-binders, $1 carpenters, $1.50, engine drivers, $1.50 ha-r-.ness makers, hatters, locksmit'hs, silversmiths, plumtoers and turners $1 Tnrachinists, $1.76 bricklayers, .stone cutters, house painters, $1.25. .Many work for half these rates.

Q. Then the cost of living -is much higher and wages of craftsnfen^ .much lower tham with us? A. -Decided,ly. A craftsman in Mexico receives practically one-half American wages and his living in the same way •^s„h^re costs

much

'more. rsfc'Ti-ll" ft: Q. How is it with laborers? A. They g-et from 37% to 50 cents per day in this Mexican silver money.

Q. And how do they live? A. At less expense than a farm htitse in New England." and not so well, John Bigellow onoe remarked. "The laboring cdasses," says a Mexican newspaper, "regard themselves as a plant, which mtoves by extraneous aids only, and has

•no

power of volition, and no desire ito exercise it if it had."

•-1 .% Mnnon and Jtrvnn. "Billy" Mason, of Chicago, was aft Ceretralia, 111- 'the same evening with "'Billy" Bryan, of (Lincoln, Neb. The Ch ilea go Billy got in a crack at the other Billy's great hit about the "crown oif thorn-s" andi the "cross of gold. A di&paitch say^: "And .tih'ls fr.om( ai Democrat," said Mason, "a Democrat whose party has toeen engaged in shaking d.'.ce for undershirts and giving us vinegar on a sponge to drink for the last four years. Like Pontiu® Pilate of old he washes h!l9 hands in the presence of the multitude and seeks to divest himself of responsibility. He talks of crucJfyimg does he? (Does he not remem'ber 'that there would have been no crucifixion if Judfcs had hot got. stuck on silver? judas has betrayed his party into the iPopul'iSitic giarden Of Gt'theeemane, but thah-k God -the jingle'of silver willTiiot betray 70,000,000 Ameirican people.'

Theft did thie populate of Centralia yell. It yelled itself out of voice, and the echo of the yells could be heard at the station, where the boy orator was waiting for his train.

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THE "MONEY POWEB"

IS THK DEP(»IIOB INSTEAD OF THIE 7f BAKKBK.

TJhree Banks 'Wtticb Have 6^80 Deposits Under Sl.OOO—Some Interestioc Figures.

Along with tb« agitation ol free silver and the other, and petfiaps more dangerous, isms of -the Cteicago pdatfonm comes that well known shibboleth of the demagogue the cry against "the money power" in general and banks in particular. Since this sort of 'has been given standing by the capitulation -to it of a once great party, and can to ear -upon almost any street •corner some curbstone orator telling how the people are .being tyrannized over by '"-the anoney power" and the banks.

It might -be just as well to stop to examine into what this "money powefr" is and what 'the banks are doing, suggests the Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis is perhaps not a fair sample, for here so much of t'he savings of the people go into 'bufldingassociations that the email depositor d-oe® not wiefld so large an influence upon the -destinies of the banks as he does elsewhere, tout even -here ie ts the real "money power."

There are .but five banks in the city. They are not ow-ned and controlled ,by millionaires, but toy business men who have but little more capital ffhan that owned by the numerous manufacturer® of t!he city. Laws have been enacted which require banks to keep Jarge sums of money dying idle in -their vaults. From this no profit accrues to them. It is "kept there for the purpose of protecting deposits. When A manufacturing concern Is incorporated the money paid in .by the stockholders is placed in t'he plant, raw material, etc. When a bank incorporates, a large -portion of Dhe money paijt in by the stockholders goes into its vaults, to secure 'the savings of depositors,

Wlhenoe, then, comes the working material of 'banks? From the depositors. Inquiries made a't three of the banks in this city show that there are €,059 depositors having accounts of $1,000 or less. It is estimated that these deposits wil'l average 1500 each. At this estimate, flhere is $3,029,500 due to 6,000 men of moderate means in this city. These 6,000 imen constitute about 'threefourths of 'the total depositors. The other one-fourth carry accounts running from $1,000 up. The larger depositors do not place their money in the banks for-safe keeping. It is checked out almost, as rapidly as deposited. But the small depositors are t'he men who put their money in banks for safe keeping rather .than hoard it im trunk tills and •bureau drawers, -where it might toe found and stolen by prowling thieves at Any moment. In ohe bank it was estimated that the smai'l depositors do not draw checks against their accounts oftener than once a week—some of them not more than once a month. It is there mot to 'be checked out and' spent at will, but 'to provide for some contingency. The toan'k is chosen toy such depositors rather than the building and loan associations .because the money •may be withdrawn at will. It is a little more difficult to get at than rf hoarded in the trunk till, but this inconvenience is more than offset by the security the depositor -feels. Neither 'thieves nor fires have any terror for him.

While the -depositor feels secure, his money is doing double duty. The money he places in bank 'today tomorrow pays the week's earnings of the machinist working in t'he foundry. -His employer, perhaps, has sold supplies worth thousands of dollars to some reliable customer, tout has not yet received t'he cash therefor. It may be that 'hi® -account at the ibank is exhausted. In that case he borrows the money placed in -bank the day before by the small depositor. And BO 'the money of the

man

who was afraid oi tnieves

passes from hand to hand •tfcrough a long series of channels before it is redeposited by some small tradesman) who has received it in payment of

-machinist's

the

weekly grocery bill. The

depositor, meantime, has been protected toy the laws .which require the bank to keep a sufficient reserve on hand to meet his checks as soon as presented.

These may be commonplace and prosaic details, but a little more consideration of such homely things will open the eyes of the curbstone orators who spend their time in denouncing the present order of things at every street corner.

Suppose that all the banks ..n'-Indiam-apolis were to toe 'legislated out of'business. What would be the result,. Six thousand small' depositors of this city •would Put $3,029,500 back in the trunk tills and it would toe out of circulation. The employer, with no place to borrow •money for his pay roflls. could not discharge his indebtedness to his machinists on Saturday night. Children would' ,cro -hungry and everybody would know

-what

a contraction of the money market •really means. It is the depositors an not the bankers who really constitute the money power of this, or any ot'her community, and the demagogue who crfes "Down with

the

money power.

really crying down his neighbors.

TWO MURDERS FOR A QUARTER.

Exciting

Incident

In Salt Lake City.

A party of travelers at the Anderson were swapping stories, says the Pittsburg Posit. Several of the men had told of adventures they had' had* or exciting incidents they ,in various parts of the

.would vtlck trp for hto ilghta. Wh«a he had eatea his meat he went to desk and paid a quarter, two tons. The. proprietor demanded four. Th«t half-breed said ibe knew ithe rates of the house, and would not pay more. The landlord threatened {him, hut $|' was an empty threat, for the haflTbreed could have eaten him up. But, the proprietor followed hffm to -the Idbor and) attH demanded more money, thr® customer refusing to pay another cent.' The city (marshal and chief of -the departmesnlfc were passing and the restauramt "keeper "complained to th-ena that he wa& toeing robbed. They sa£2 the haUf-torced would hsuve to pay. Sla kJeciared toe would not. He said he ^, always -paid1 what was honest, and he. .. exhibited a pouch of gold dust- as evldentae -that he was aftxle to pay his way. He declined to be robbed. 'You must pay or we will you,' said

!ihe

-marshal.

1 wonU pay anything more, and you won't arrest me.' declare^, the mam. "Quite a crowd' 'had gathered! aad. the officers saw they must do some^ ,. •thing to maintain their own dignity,^1 so they 'laid hold of .the big man. Ha. shook them off as a dog would sha'ke a nat. The marshal reached for hia" pistol.. Bu/fc he was not quick enough. "The half-breed carried, slung aoross his "back, a sawed-off shotgun. He was quicker than the marshal and had this leveled before It-he officer had drawn, his revolver. '•Don't come wear me.* he (warned. 1 am doing no one am injury and I •won't allow any one to-d-njtire me.' "The manshal and the Are ohief •made a rush for him. The bfe fellow "brought his sawed-ofD gun "barrel against the marshal's shoulder, iflred and (blew th'e whole left side off the officer. The fire chief, who was -behind the marshal, was badly woundeijr toy the seme sthot. "Up 'to -that time the crowd had taken mo part in the row. Bu-t as soon as thto officers fell -the mob closed in. The 'half-toreed /was overcome in a jiffy by* sheer force of m-umbers. -While sotne were conquering himi others had! elippedl the traces off a mule that was hitched near, had fastened them to-' gether amd when the 'big fellow was mastered they were ready for htfm. "With a whoop ithey put the noose. around his neck and dragged him to 'the edge of 'the town and hanged' him. 1 ibeliieve he was dead before t/heyj strung him up. "That excited the Mormons so they1 warJted more Gentile tolood, and we (had .to get out otf town. I have not 'been back since."

ABOUT PEOPLE.

Yvette Giuiilbert recently refused the offer of a l&rgie •SaTary frOm a Berlin manager and was warmly -praised by the Parisian press Dor her "patriotism." She &3 nkjiw quoted as saytag that stie did not decline the offered engagement on account of "patriotism" at_a44, toiit as, a matter of tousiniess. —:(o):— iSir Henry Irvintg, at a recent little din« ner, said to a oertirtrv dra.mati-st: "•Never mind about ,tlhe "Sir.' To me you're 'Smi'Jth' taaild "Js you I'm 'Irvimg.' —:(o):—

Sir George and Lady iBaden-Powell will start soon .for the actic regions in j-jacht. Their first intention was to Coitow in the itrabk of Nanisen, tout .theiy have altered itfrteir pia-ns, and will first taike sotae em-imert as'tron'oimers to Nova Zembla to observe the coming eclipse of the sun. —:(o):— "Hungry Joe," the famous funko man. recently rer-eased from a BaJ'tfimbre prison. must mfort t-o the New York -police every morr^ing a-s long as he rtirtfains in »lhva't cfity. —:(o):—

The queen Was recently had several Ericston iel-eplhione i-n«truments installed at Winder Castle. These are placed upon her majesty's 'nVl ta-ble, and oomSnunjicate reepp'Otiivoiy with -Lonl SaiKstoury, .tn^r Wc-ime office, Mariborougih house and Bnckinphiamn -palace. Tin a few days tlw r-V^trophone ie ''to toe introduced also into Windsor Cas-tl-e. and toy means of this inRt.ruimenit the queem -will be 'enabled TO hear aill 'tlhe latest entertainments. —:(o):—

J-uan GteLWia, an* aged Mexican, residing in 'Now Tork c'.ty. is cutting a n-ew s*t of 'te^tlh. He cla-t'ms tio t»e W years Old and e)ws that mature proved his mother w'ith f«our setts of toeth dtirlng her life of 103 years.

What

Dnrlnc the Mormon Bnle

-world

when a

Ph'iia.de'lphian manifested a desire to say some'thing. "It was 'back in 18S0," he said, that -was in Sa5t Lake City. The Mormons were then domimant in the territory and polygamy was openly practiced. The moet evil thiing an the eyes of a Mormon was a Gentile. They would •do' you on every possible occasion, and when" they got all out of you 'they could you were lucky to escape with a whole skin. Th'ey hadn't got all I possessed when the incident I am going ±o relate happened. "Near 'the hotel in which I was staying was a restaurant kept by a Mormon. It was a very ordinary plaice except that there were served Boston baked beans of a quality so good their equal could not be found outside the hub. Card rates were 25 cents tor a meal. When it was a Gentile who did not know the ropes or whom the proprietor imagined he could 'bamboozle •the rates were just what he wished to make them. "Well, one day a half-breed' cattle ranger came into the place while I •wais there, and' ate some pork and •beams. He wa® a splendid specimen of manhoocf. I .think he was the to6ggeelt mani I ever saw. But he was tou ill in pro-portion to his height. iHe was a {peaceable fellow. •vftdcnxCiy* but he

Might Have Bern Kxpected.

A -goocD-looking. well-to-do bachelor of Griffin, was /being teased toy the young ladles of a cluto for not being married. He said: ""I'll marry the one of you whom, on a secret vote, you elect to be my wife/' There were mine members of the club. Each girl went i-rito a corner and' used! great ©author* in preparing her Iballot and disguise#! her handwriting. The result- of th'e vote was that there were nine vdtes cast, each girl receiving one. The man remains a bachelor, the cluto Is broken up, and the girls, aR mortal enemies, united in the one determination that they will mc't speak to the man again. —Atuanta Constitution-.

The stwefle yards of ChJeagio are fhe subject of an illufnoted article tn 'tihe London Nam xtw July 11. The "reader Is gravely told c»f look-ing down to fhe cat. tie pens from one of the CMcago "skyscrapere." and is further assured that "even 'thlcoe men wih'a have found fortunes in this "ftuggy* place -prefer to hav« puburbam ca®t -cs in another suburb."

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"Marie Corel!!, the oi'oyeMst, plays well on uhe •marJJ'O'lin. S'iie is ptlxte, thie em. bodiment of gentleness, and cultured to a flan 1-t. She kn'jtws Sth-akeispeare -by rote, but 'her mythical Itendenaies incline to make her a greater favorite of Daoite. —:(o):—

General VJassowsky. tihe mayor of Moscow, Iras -the misfoi'tuine to bet -extrelmely unpopular in Mosctw, and th!at chiefly for -his isomewih'at if-o-rbid-diTng phlyslognxwny •an'd brusquerie of unein and manner. He is usualiy described as tti-e ugliiest ntan in cent paaDoraana o»f tlhe Oberland rewarded cund consatentic-us official. -:(o):-

Christian Almie-r, "oHdest -of the Grindelwald guides and well known to Alpitne clitatoers. -cedelbrated fhtis golden weiJding recently in a ntavel way. Christian Is 7-1 years of age 'amd ibis wife 75. vAteoompanied toy tlwo of their younger sona a-n'd toy "tihe vdTl-a&e doctkr. the sturdy old couple miaide tdhe laecertt at Itlte MaJPier. h'orn, 12,150 feet (high. Starting at a very early Wour on Sunday morning, they reachied the Ma'tteThorm but in 'tlhe evening, 'their salfe arrival there toeing made known fo their fellow villagers toy a signal light, which shone in respOnlse t'o the many rociketis fired toy tihe sympadllhetic villagers -below. Here tlhe veteran a.'JwSb. -eirs and their cam'pamiton-s passed the night, and staritimg sobn af-ter in'idnlghit for the remtaii'nkler of -the ascent tlhey reached the ©ulmmilt at 6:30 on IMJonfcFay iriorniiing. A cJcudless eky amd magniiflcent papioiia.ma of ithe Oberland rewarded their courage and endurance. The aged couple returned safely to Grimdelwald on Monday evening. —:(o):—