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TELEPHONE 72.

The surest way for a girl to get "pretty" is for her to break into the newspapers.

Our European monetary commission is a conspicuous gastronomic success, anyhow.

Chicago is a good summer resort if one is looking for a summer of red hot variety.

Davit' Eennett Hill is still in doubt as to what he must do in order to be politically caved.

Popocracy propagates pessimism not because it is patriotic but because they hope it will pay.

Jerry Simpson acts like a man who has grown tired of circus buffoonery misnamed statesmanship.

With all its obstinacy in political error the dear Rockville Tribune cannot fall in ii#ith the socialists.

The Watsonites cannot understand how it ts that Weyler's fiat money does not bring peace and prosperity to Cuba.

Republicans are protectionists during the campaign and they vote that way ev-Jiy time they get an opportunity.

The gold Democrats are organizing for business in Iowa, Kentucky and Ohio. They have a mighty good thing to push along.

For the time being at least ther appears no reason for fear that anybody will suffer from cold because of the miners' strike.

The Japan Herald talks about the Hawaiian situation in a manner clearly proving that it does not know who Uncle Sam is.

Is is truly a pity that Thomas Jefferson is not here to call down some of the rank imposters that are masquerading in his garments.

An exchange remarks that inventors of airships have trouble .n making a landing. Yes they have a foolish habit of landing too hard.

It is a curious fact that Mrs. Edith M. Staples of Chicago, the woman who was with Charles B. Nelson when he was shot, cannot be induced to talk.

Those fellows who are trying to convince people that times are no better now than they were before the election are engaged in an uphill business.

Bryan says he is a Moses. Whether he is or not it is almost certain that the country would have been far better off if he had never found his way out of the bullrushes.

Ex-Governor Altgeld does not love this jcauntry a bit. He thinks it is the most miserable place in existence. And still the hydrophobic mouther won't move away.

Now Germany has discovered that the annexation of Hawaii to the United States •will be prejudical to German interests. Still •we guess Emperor Billy can grin and bear it.

The two Republican papers at Rockville, Ind., the Republican and the Parke County Journal, have contracted a severe case of the Democratic habit. They are quarreling •with each other.

Mr. Chapman of Ohio, Popocratic candidate for governor, is staggering under the weight of his love for the miners. He began to stagger immediately after the convention nominated him.

Grover Cleveland wants the fires of true Democracy kept burning. It must be a blamel sight cooler at Gray Gables than here or Grover never would have hit upon •uch a figure at this time.

REDEEMING ITS PLEOGES. In November last the people voted into power a party that had promised in its platform the boo,us of protection and sound money Nosponerhad. the victorious organization been* installed ita office than the first ety was, 'talcen in the direction of the redemption of the first pledge of'the platform. President ^cKinlej^called a special session »f congress and laid before it an urgent request for the hurried adoption of a tariff bill to take the place of the deficit-breeding measure bearing the name of Wilson and Gorman. Two weeks later the house passed Ihe Dingley bill and it was sent to the senate on March 31. The measure passed into the hands of the senate finance committee and was considerably changed before it was pre*ented to the upper house as a whole. Six weeks have been consumed in its discussion and now it has been passed by a large majority and Is in the conference committee room ot t-h® two houses. The bill in its final form will in all probability pass both branches of congress and become a law by the end of the present month. thu» "Will bate Milled die first

pledge made by the $epu^lican party to thd fffepytfj fs people.

The money question comes next. Presldent McKinley said in his Inaugural address that he purposed that prompt action should be taken in this matter and it is highly probable that a commission will be appointed to study the subject before the adjournment of the extra session. Next winter the recommendations of the commission will come before congress and such legislation aa shall be enacted will put our monetary affairs upon a sound and permanent basis. Meantime, the confidence of business" men in the stability of the currency is unshaken. They recognize the desirability of a revision of our financial system but are in no hurry for it to come about. This Administration will in due time fulfill its pledge in regard to money just as it has done in regard to the tariff and then the people will have increased occasion for congratulating themselves on the wisdom they displayed when they' voted against the financial heretics and the tariff smashers.

7 CIMENT EVENTS.

The plans for arbitration of the miners' strike are already shown to be ineffectual. It is not a gracious thing to say when everywhere there is a demand for a speedy and peaceful settlement of the strike by arbitration but the fact is' that arbitration in this instance as in many others is a delusion and a snare. The Indiana operators who have talked with the state labor commissioners have said enough to make It plain that they will not consent to arbitration and it is equally well understood that De Armifr and Kelley of Grape Creek, for instance, will not consent to arbitration. There is no real need of raising false hopes and therefore it may be said that the arbitration scheme has failed in the beginning. The cause of all the trouble in the mining industry in the past few years has been due to the action of a few big operators like the two. named who somehow or other manage to get men to work and keep them at work at the lower scale of wages. Consequently, these operators can undersell the operators who pay the uniform scale price for mining. And, just as consequently these latter operators say they must have the lower wages or that the other operators must be made to pay the regular scale. For several years the effort has been made to accomplish this latter object. It is no more likely to be accomplished now.

The Indiana operators know that this is the situation and of course they will not agree to submit to the decree of a board of arbitration. Jt is the old story. Those who have nothing to gain and can be losers by' arbitration will not arbitrate. The side which has nothing to lose and can gain a point will consent to arbitration. The: operators do not have any idea that a board of arbitration would declare for lower wages but there might be a decision for higher wages. The miners know that with the sentiment that wages are now too low, when operators themselves say wage£ are as low as they ought to be, that the board would not declare for lower wages and that possibly the finding might be for higher wages. Therefore the miners are willing to arbitrate.

The seizure of coal in transit by the railroad companies is beginning early in the strike. It is significant. It means that there is no such big supply of coal as has been claimed "by' the' operators. The latter Always claim a big supply, but it is probably true that this strike caught them more or less unawares. The miners organization decided on the strike some time ago and kept the fact secret. Some of the operators perhaps suspected it but unquestionably the great majority of them made no preparations for it. Usually for a few weeks before the expected strike considerable coal is mined and stored.

The suggestion that a combination be entered into by the miners and operators of the competitive states to limit the output of coal is one that is full of possibilities for good and evil for all. engaged In the coal industry. The admitted purpose would be to restrain trade to the end that the price of coal might be advanced and thereby afford an opportunity for increasing the wages scale. That sounds very much like a violation of law. It will be recalled that not long ago Indiana and Illinois operators held a conference for the purpose of entering into an agreement tt allot the output of the two states to the end that prices might be maintained. The plan fell through because/some of the llinois operators were fearful on the score that they possibly would be amenable to the Illinois anti-trust law which is very restrictive and provides punishment for offenders that might ie severe on a coal operator. The discussion of the proposed limitation of the output brings the subject of the strike to the gist Ot the situation, however. The men in the coal Industry can, if they were as busy as they would iike to be. supply the year's trade in eight months of the year.

Most of the suggestions from outsiders and by newspapers are made without knowledge of what the trade has gone through in the past few years. Many attempts hr.ve been made to arrange uniformly of wages. The old interstate agreemeat went by the board in 1886, and since then there has been a steady grinding down of prices and wages until now it is admitted on all hands they are as low as they can go. It has be?n the operation of the inexorable law of supply and demand and the many attempts to stiy the downward tendency in the past eleven years are now regarded weak and sure to have been futile. The great difference between the coal industry and other industries in which a similar shrinkage his beengoing on in the past few years is that it has brought the wage earner down to a plane which makes his condition harder than that of any other class of labor.

The new law creating a state labor commission provides that the governor appoint two commissioners, one of which shall have been for not less than ten years of his life an employe for wages in some department) of industry in which it is usual to employ a number of persons under a single direction and control, He is to be affiliated with labor interests as distinguished from the capital ist or employing class. The other commissioner shall have been an employer of labor in a like department of industry and io affiliated with the employing class as distinguished from the labor interest.- They are allowed a stenographer. The law says: "It shall be the duty of the said commissioners upon receiving credible information in any manner of the existence of any strike, lockout, boycott or other labor complication in the state affecting the labor or employment of fifty persons or more to go the placd where such complication existe, put themselves into communication with the parties to the controversy and offer their services aa mediators betweer them. If they shall not succeed in effecting \tx amicable adjustment of the controversy :n that way they shall endeavor to induce the parties to submit their differences to arbitration, either under the provisions of this act or otherwise, as they may elect."

If the disputants consent to arbitration the law provides a comprehensive method. The two commissioners And the iudga o.t thei,

Circuit Court are to constitute the board ta which may be added two other members, one to be named by the employe and one by the employes. Both parties to the controversy are required to enter into an agreement In writing, stating the issue to be submitted. It shall have the effect of binding eacb«party to abide by the decision of the board. The law provides how this agreement is to be signed, by committees of the men or representatives of their organizations.

The sittings of the board are to be in the Circuit Court room and the Circuit judge is the presiding member of the court. In passing it may be said that he would be the firiai judge of the controversy irt most cases. If.tbq two commissioners are selected tas pre*-, scribed it is most probable each would tvote With the interest with whicht he has been, affiliated. The judge is to have'power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, etc asi itf a trial court.

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Any person who was a party to the controversy may present to the Circuit Court a petition showing that the award had not been complied with and stating by whom and in what respect. The court then makes, a rule for the accused parties to show cause within five days why the award was not obeyed. Upon hearing all sides the judge shall determine the question presented and disobedience may be punished ai for dontempt of court. Such punishment 'shall not! extend to imprisonment except'.iti. cases "of wilfull and contumacious disobedience.

If at the end of five day6 Ot effort en the part of the commission to get tti€ pfeftieS to arbitrate there has been failure id •'secure an adjustment of their differences! then the commission is empowered to cohdhct an investigation of the facts attending the controversy. 'in^his"investigation the commission may call on the attorney general of the state}««f a deputy to-be present. The commissfonlain isdue subpoenas and if not complied with the offender can be taken before the judge of the Circuit Court and be punished for contempt of court. Upon the completion of this investigation the commission is to make a report to the governor who shall, give the report to the public unless there is good reason for not doing so. An employer has the right to submit in writing facts which have a bearing on the controversy but which he does not want made public and this document is to be kept secret.

The commissioners are to receive $10 a day and traveling expenses while absent from home.

NOT IN HIS CUASS"."

The Conductor Discovered Too Late That He Tackled the Wrong: Man. Mike Moran was for many years a passenger conductor on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago and was well known to the old time railroad men Who made their headquarters about ,Fort Wayne. Mike Kelly, now a passenger conductor on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania, was his brakeman. Moran prided himself on being a great boxer aitd always oatfried a set of gloves in the baggage car. One of his favorite schemes was to catch a tramp riding "blind baggage," bring him into the car and compel him to box with him, and the poor tramp always got the worst of it.

One night Moran found a tramp on the "blind end," and dragging him into tho oar produced the gloves and told him he must fight for his ride. The tramp protested ho knew nothing about boxing and would have no show with Moran anyhow. But Moran insisted and said if he did not put on the gloves he would give him a beating and throw him off the train.

The tramp began to cry, and Moran tossed him about the oar until he exclaimed that he would put on the gloves if Moran would not hurt him. Kelly, who felt sorry for the fellow, assisted him in putting on tho gloves and encouraged him by telling him that if Moran got in a square lick at him he would break his jaw.

The men squared off—at least, Moran did. The tramp held his hands as awkwardly as a schoolboy. The conductor made a vicious drive at the tramp's nose, and then something happened. The tramp seemed to have eight hands. He punched Moran in the faoe, staggering him back, and landed another on his ear that spun him around so that he could plant a third one on the other ear. As Moran reeled tbe tramp rained in blows and tumbled Him in a heap in the oorner. Beforo he could get to his feet he struck him full in the mouth, sending blood and teeth in all directions, and a left handed upper out laid out the conductor on the floor as limp as $ rag. It was some time before he recovered. "Any more of you duffers want to do a little sparring?" asked the tramp. I "Excuse me," said Kelly. "I am not in your class." And the baggage man wasi of the same opinion concerning himselt Kelly ran tbe train to Chicago, and it was several days before the conductor made a presentable appearance. It developed that the supposed tramp was Billy Edwards, afterward the champion lightweight pugilist of the world. He had been in a prizefight near Fort Wayne and was escaping the police disguised as a tramp.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

MOSSO'S PLETHYSMOGRAPH.

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A Wonderful Invention Which Records Brain Movements. Professor Angelo Mosso of the University of Turin has invented a machine, called a "balance," which, worked in conjunction with his plothysmograph, makes it possible for him to make many wonderful experiments upon the working of tbe human brain. Eoth are based upon the simple principle that "the laore mental effort the more blood needed in the brain." Emotions, thoughts and ideas need different quantities of blood, and whatever is required the brain draws from the body.

The plethyBlnograph is along glass tube into which the arm is inserted nearly to the elbow. The tube is then filled with water and sealed at the bottom. Communicating with this tube is another tube, the second very slender and standing upright. It is open to the air, and the water in the large tube overflows a little into the smaller. Under the influence of some thought or emotion, the blood flows to tho brain, and the vesseds in the wrist and hand contract and the water in the small tube passes back into the larger, the amount varying according to the strength of tho emotion. The opposite is the case when a person sleeps.

Tho balance is an instrument of wood and metal large enough to hold a man comfortably stretched out with head slightly raised. It rests upon a fulcrum, and is steadied by a heavy counterpoise of metal, firmly held by lateral bars. An arrangement of weights keeps the normal center of gravity in the middle of the "bSlanoe," and tho whole is held in

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rium. It oscillates with the breathing, but balances so that the couob is held horizontal. The slightest varisftion in brain effort causes tbe "couch" to Incline onb way or the other. In any intellectual activity the legs become lighter and the head heavier. In sleep it inclines toward the feet, but the slightest stimulation of the brain causes an inclination toward the head.—Exchange. 1: •RAYING FOR RAINf

A -Pathetic Picture of Marocoo In Time vt: of Drought. Day by day tbe villagers—men, women and children—left their thatch bute and visited the tombs of the local saints, crying, "God have mercy upon as God have mercy upon us!" Aqd there on tbe hills, where some clumps of palmetto and a few whited stones mark the last resting place of a saint, they stood and prayed. But no rain came.

So the townspeople, dressed is g&MTlfi-

In the mosques and tombs, went out to pray. Up tbe long,narrow street ot Tangier theypaseed, a line of white robed figures, singing as they went. Over their heads wafed the soarlet and gfreen and gold embroidered banners. Barefoot they went, thejgreat men of the city, and the merchants, and the halt, and the blind, out across the wide sok, between the aloe hedges of the cemeteries, nntil the town w&a left deserted and solitary. Then they went Sup the rough paved track that leads to thje^tAmb of Tangier's patron saint— Sidi Mohammed el Ha j—until the procession /was hid from sight among the lentiscua apd wild olives and naught could he seen-of it but every now and again a peep of some waving banner. And the wind wen^-round to the east and blew hotter thaix ever, and the drought Increased.

The faces of the men and women in the country grew morn and more sad, for hunger already gnawed at their hearts, and the future—they dared not think of it. The price of wheat and barley rose steadily. Every afternoon, led by the basha of the town, the people passed out to pray, barefoot and singing, but the hot east wind blew the flags to and fro aB if in laughter and scorn. The tourists said tbe procession was very pretty and oriental, and they hoped it would pass the windows of the hotel every day as long as they staid. But one day a still bot silence reigned over the land, and the flagB of the procession clung as if in fear to the poles, and not a breath of wind stirred. Far away from the town one oould hear the singing of the people as they prayed. —Saturday Review.

CLAY PIPES.

One English Family Has Made Them For About Three Hundred Tears. It is difficult to state with any degree of accuracy when tobacco was first introduced into Europe, but it is generally believed that Sir Walter Raleigh took it to England toward the end of the sixteenth century. With the introduction of tobacco came the need of tobacco pipes, as before tobacco smoking began the smoking of herbs and leaves, even for medicinal purposes, was not at all general. It is stated that at Braseley, in Shropshire, the first clay pipes were made, and, although many are made in Glasgow r.nd elsewhere, the Braseley cl^y pipes are the best known among old smokers the world over, and their manufacture is still continued by descendants of the original makers.

The clay for making the pipes is and altfftys has been obtained from Devon and Cornwall, the absence of coal in these districts and the abundance of it in Braseley having offered sufficient inducement to thei early manufacturers to settle there Pipemaking in the early days of its introdi]0tiob was a very different matter from what it is new. Then the greater part of the manipulation was performed by the master, and 20 or 24 gross were the largest quantity ever burned in one kiln. This required about a ton of coal. Each pipp rested on its bowl, and tlic stem was supported by rings of ijfeolay placed one upbn the other as th*T!'iln became filled. The result was that at least 20 per cent werb warped or broken in the kiln. "At the present time the preliminary preparations of the clay are made by men, but the most delicate part is almost entirely intrusted to th6 hands of women. The pipes are placed in "Baggers" to be turned after the Dutch mode, and from 850 to 400 gross in one kilfl are not an uhcotnmon quantity. The breakages amount to not more than 1 psr cent. One collector has a splendid collection of old clay pipes, the oldest of them, from their trademarks, hailing from Braseley and being dated as long ago.-as the year 1600.—New York Sun.

Best Housed Community In the World. There is a greater concentration of wealth in the state of New York than elsewhere, the average per inhabitant being 40 per cent over that of the Union at large. This is partly shown in the prodigious value of house property, including public buildings, which averages $810 per inhabitant in the state of New York against (420 for the whole Union. The six middle states taken collectively give an average of $060 of house property per inhabitant, which is double the ratio found in Great Britain, and hence it may be affirmed that the people of these states are, on the whole, tbe best housed community in the world.

The average wealth per inhabitant has Utmost quadrupled in 40 years, a marvelciis proof of the progress of these states a'nd unparalleled in Europe, for MoCulloch liys it down ttoat only prosperous nations ten double their wealth in that .interval. The accumulation in tbe middle states per Inhabitant has been $10.20 per annum Higher than in New England and exactly double tbe average accumulation yearly in Great Britain in tbe interval of 1860-05. Agricultural wealth forms only 15 per cent of the total in the middle states, Whereas it is 85 per cent in the whole of the Union.—Michael G. Mulhall, F. S. S., in North American Review.

A Wonder Worker.

One of the greatest, medical discoveries is Dr. John W. Bull's Pills for the cure of indigestion, sick headache, sick stomach and constipation. They do not purge violently, but gently promote internal cleanliness without debilitating the system nor do they nauseate the stomach. Dr. John W. Bull'^ Pills (60 in a box) cost but 25 cts trial box, 10 cts., at all dealers, or by mail from A. C. Meyer & Co., Balto., Md. Buy the genuine Dr. John W. Bull's Pills.

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Longost Bridal Tour on Record. George Glasson Lizotte, formerly an officer in tho French navy, and Miss Harlan, daughter of Austin Bishop Harlan of .Tulietta, Ind., were married nearly seven years ago, since whioh time they have been on one continuous wedding trip. IIre. Liaotte, who is1 a nieoo of General Lew Wallace, fir si' met Mr. Lizotte in New York, wHere' she was traveling with the general. Immediately after the wedding the couple started on their bridal trip, whioh has been continued unbroken until quite recently, when they stopped to visit the bride's old home at Juliette while en route from Alaska to Nova Scotia. During their trip they bavo visited 1,480 townt and cities in the United States, 235 in Canada and 45 In Mexico. They have rid den over every line of railway iri these three countries, on every boat line and on every stage line. Both of them are enthusiasts for traveling, and they purpose to keep it up indefinitely —Chicago Chron icle. r- •••.•• v,a arTry Graln-Ot Try Grain-**.

Ask your grocer today to show you & package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAl.V-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but is made frOin pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. One-quarter the price" of coffee. 15c and 35c per package. Sold by all grocers.

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tie? Did papa object* Bertie—No, but he said: "It's all rigfct You'll soon And out it's useless to kieX when Nell's head set on anything.'*— Bar tan Life.

AFFAIRS OP THE BAIL

INDIANA, DECATUR A WESTERN WILL BE MADE l'AKT OF THE O.H. D.

Receipts of Railroads Rival Receipts of the Government—General News of the Railroads,

All litigation affecting the charter and and title of the Indiana, Decatur and Western Road is at an end, as the highest court in •Illinois has decided in favor of the company,

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Tho Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton syndicate has completed its purchase of the stock of the reorganized company, and now has a clear title to the property. The road, which extends from Indianapolis to Decatur, III., a distance of 153 miles, will now doubtless be made a part of the C." H. & D. system in the near future. If not before the annual meeting of the C. H. & I), next fall, then at that time the absorption of the I. D. & W. will take place, and the jurisdiction of the operating and traffic officials of the tJ. H. & D. will be extended over the I. D. & W.

It comes from a reliable source that it Is the intention of the C. H.'& D. syndicate to extend the I. D. & W. west, very likely to the Mississippi. This will not be done, however, until time are better.

The bondholders' committee of the Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield, by which name the present Indiana, Decatur and V'*stern was known before the reorganization, has announced -that the final distribution on certificates will be made to the bondholders on and after the 1st of the present month.

The amount distributed will be 39 per cent, or $390 on each certificate, which, with the previous distribution of bonds, is equal to par and 5 per cent interest compounded every six monthB since the firot default oceured, vhich was )n April, 1S89. If it had not been for tha litigation which was pending, the I. D. & W. would have been made a part of the C. H. & D. system before now. The favorable decisions have, however, cleared the way for the absorption of the property by the C. H. & D.

Improved Signals Will Prnvent WrpcUs The recent accidents on the Vandalia ar.di I the Chicago & Northwestern dtnphaaize the necessity of still further improving signals by some emergency arrangement by whinh, as in the case of the Vandalia(or the Chicago & Northwestern, every man of the train crew can be brought to his senses. An experienced railway official of Pittsburg sa^s tthat railroading will nevfer be made perfectly safe Until an arrangement is introduced whereby in case an engineer fails la vlfttect a danger signal or misconstrue orders the extended horizontal arm of the semaphore will intercept a rod on the cab roof and make an automatic emergency stop. He says this will have to be done some day if they keep on burdening the minds of the engineers with top many orders, and at the same time requiring them to make faster time with heavier trains, necessitating greater attention to the condition of the engivie. He thinks that the plan devised by some of the Eastern roads in having an extra man on the engine to look after the water ahd the machinery, leaving the engineer to look after the signals and the running of the machine alone, is a capital one and ought to be more generally introduced, and especially when several extfa sections of express trains are to be run over a road where the men are not used to a heavy traffic.

Rivals tiovernntent Receipts, The auditing department of the great American railroad corporation rivals in respect of its records and transmissions a governmental department. The earnings of all the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad in a year average about $130,000,000, and the gross earnings of the Vanderbilt system amount to rather more—$15,000,000 from the New York Central, $21,000,000 from the Lake Shore, $10,000,000 from the West Shore and Nickel Plate, $33,0nc,0')0 from tbe Chicago & Northwestern, $13,000,000 from the Michigan Central and about $15,000,000 from the collateral lines or systems.

These figures are large, but they appear still larger when they are compared with the items of federal revenue. The total receipts of the United States government from customs during the fiscal year ending In 1896 were $150,000,000, and from internal revenue taxes, $146,000,000. The two together made made up $226,000,000 of public revenue for the government of the affairs of a nation of 75,000,000 inhabitants, but the two railroad systems referred to represented together receipts of $275,000,000, and if a* third big railroad system were added, the receipts of the federal government would be exceeded.

Roads Cutting Expenses.

The Ohio coal roades will reduce expenses to the lowest possible notch during the miners' strike. On the Hocking Valley four branch passenger trains have been discontinued, and on Tuesday twelve week day f-eights were annulled. The work of running the remaining trains will be divided between two sets of men. The Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking will also reduce e*penses wherever possible. About 80 per cent of the C. S. & revenue is derived from coal traffic.

Showing of the L. & N. Komi. The gross .earnings of the Louisville and Nashville for the company's fiscal year ending June 30 last, which have been compiled by Comptroller Cushman Quarrier, shows that the company earned gross $14.646,576, against $14,324,905 for the proceeding fiscal year. The earnings for the fiscal year just ended show a decrease of $28,869 as compared with those for t'"c preceeding year. The falling off is entirely in the passenger earnings, which show a decrease of 5377 083. The freight earnings for the year show an increase of $321,671, and miscellaneous earnings show an Increase of $26,613.

Knilrnari Jiotc#.

Frank Mills, of the joint weighing and inspection bureau, is quite ill. Louis Whitsell, of the Vandalia shops, wa« overcome by heat yesterday.

The Big Four system on July 3d, 4th and 5th handled an aggregate of 86,622 passengers.

The Pennsylvania will run an excursion Petoskey and M-ackinac July 20th, ticketa good for ten days.

Austin J. Kill?n, formerly in employe of the Vandalia in this city, but now of Zanesville, O., is in Terre Haute.

John Witty, an operator of the E. & T. H., was injured while celebrating the Glorious Fourth. It was a fire cracker.

Two passenger conductors on the Chicago division of the Panhandle were dropped on Tuesday as a result of the work of spotters

The engines wrecked at Vandalia ha^e been brought Into tbe shops for rebuilding. The damage, It ls said, will amount to about $700.

The Vandalia people yesterday received a dispatch from San Francisco silting the Christian Endeavorers, who were In the wreck at Vandalia, I1L, last week, had arrived safely.

V. T. Matott, receiver of the Vandalia, will make a report to the odurt in a few days. Th£ report, it is said, will ahow the road has done a g^dd business since the receiver took charge.

Tha magnigrapb on Wednesday took a picture ot the Big tour Southwestern limit-

ed, near Grant station. The train wa* running at a speed of more than seventy-five miles an hour, the engineer having received orders to make the fastest time possible. The Knickerbocker special was photographed by the magnigraph people in the afternoon.

The Christian Endeavor business is likely to produce some surprises. In the first place, it is said to have broken all previous records of excursion business moving by sleepers. The two big sleeping car companies were utterly unable to meet the demands for cars, though Woodruffs, Mann boudoir cars and other old patterns were repaired and pressed inte service. On many roads chair tars were made to serve aa sleepers^ as were also parlor care. "%.!

THE OLD GAROENER.

TTU iAtrm for Long Words ana the Beaaties of Vatnn. "Do you remember," asked tbe owner of a large oountry place, "a man in one of Stockton's stories whose great ambition vras to own a diotlonary? Well, I have just that fellow in my employ now. My gardener might have furnished the original, in that respect at least, for the obaracer tbe writer was describing. I always noticed Michael's passion for long word*, but it was by accident that he revealed to mo one day how much he woul4 like to have a dictionary of his own in wbloh he might hunt up bis beloved polysyllables. I gave biro one, and after that his conversation was more resplendent than ever. He w^s not always quite sure of his ground, but he Invariably succeeded in producing an impressive result. On one occasion, I remember, my next neighbor had quietly appropriated several bushels of my early bough apples, which grew unfortunately near to the boundary line between tbe two places. It was not a matter worth making much fuss about, yet I should have liked to stop it, and in talking it over with Michael I eaid, half to him and half to myeelf,

I wonder what would be the best thing to do.' 'Well, Bir,' said be, 'this is what I think: You'll just do nothing whatever at present. You'll wait till them late russot apples of his is ripe and tben you'll gather a heap o' them some night end r-r-retallate the compliment.' "Michael always had a grudge against this particular neighbor anyway,

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bis gardening ideas in espfcial contempt. So one day, when I chancod bo tbe first to discover that Mr. bad cot down one of his most 'beautiful hedges to mAke room for something else, I hastened to tell Michael and get his opinion upon the desecration. He had coep, genuine affection for all growing things, and bis eyes glowed wrathfully when he heard of the murdered laurel bushes, even though they gr*w outside of his own domain. 'What do you think of the performance?' I asked. 'Mr. ,' replied the old fellow, speaking slowly and emphasising every word, 'the man that would do that ought to be excommunicated from tho church and denied Christian burial.' Coming from a good Catholic like Michael, I think this will stand as 5 pretty severe sentence."—New York Tribune.

A Relic of Victoria's Accession. A curiosity of special interest in view of the reoent celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee is a silver piece about the size of ft quarter whioh F. C. Rawlings of Brooklyn dug up in tys back yard some days ago. It looks like a coin. On one side is a fine profile of Queen Victoria as ebe looked when she ascended the throne, and on the other side is the date 1887 and a representation apparently of a German soldier on horseback and the ins6rlption above To Hanover.''

A coin dealer to whom the pieoe was shown said: "It isn't a coin, but a card counter, such a6 might be used in any card game where the points are to be kept track of. Such counters are well known to coin collectors. Many of a design similar to this were made about the time Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1887. The German soldier galloping back to Hanover is a sarcastic reference to the fact that William IV, who preceded Victoria on the throne, was king both of Great Britain and Hanover, while the Salic law prevented Victoria becoming the sovereign of Hanover. —.New York Sun.

To Stop Misuse the Flag. A meeting of the general court of th« order of tho Founders and Patriots of America, Colonel Frederick D. Grant presiding, was recently held at the Military olub, Fifth avenue, Now York. On petition it was agreed to issue anew charter to members in Massachusetts for tbe founding of a state society having already an enrolled membership of l8o.

After tfae transaction of routine business a resolution was proposed and adopted calling for tbe appointment of a committee to be known as tbe flag committee, with instructions to devise ways and means to prevent in future tbe use of the American Sag for advertising purposes.

Annual Y. I'. V. V. Convention. The sixth annual convention of the Younjl People's Christian Union of the lower Wabash conference of the United Brethren Church will ue held in the church building in this city for a three days session beginning on the 20th of thifi month. Notice of the programme for the occasion has already been printed. A large number of delegates is expected. The officers of the society are:

President—The Rev.J. B. Cocnett, Westfield, 111. Vice Prr-sident—The Rev. T. E. Foreman, Sullivan, Ind.

Corresponding Secretary—Button Dimmick, city. Recording Secretary—Lizzie Sheets, Ver million. 111.

Treasurer—P. C. Allen, Westfield, Tito

Off On» Kluhiag Trip.

A l?rge party of anglers left the city yes.terday for the cool shades on the banks of Eel river 'n Clay county. They expect to be gone at least two weeks and will enjoy to the utmost the sylvan retreats and the country breezes while away from the hoc and dusty pavements. Among the party were Captain Smith, Louis Tuem'er and Harry Burget.

The members of the Happy Family, or such as could get away, established a cam a up the river from the city about ten miles, where they will remain for two months. Fred Mullin is chief cook and bottle washer*

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Miss Louisa Lamont entertained Tuesday evening in honor of her guest, Mise Viola Wagner, of Evansville. Miss Wagner is a sister of Miss Mary E. Wagner, one of the leading colored society women of this city. After the evening was well advanced tha company present was surprised by a serenade from the Terre Haute orchestra.

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