Bloomington Courier, Volume 15, Number 18, Bloomington, Monroe County, 23 February 1889 — Page 2

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t THE COURIER. KING SOLOMON'S MINES.

BY H: J. FEIiTTJS.

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.

BLOOM1NGTON,

INDIANA

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It is a broad statement, but the

thorfcv oi Hugh McGulioch is good, that

; no ban kin the United States the capital

4 of "which was a cash reality, and whose

v manftffflra were: not thieves, or the bor-

; rowers of Us money, has ever failed.

All bank failures, he asserts, are fraudu

lent; and all who are responsible for

such failures are betrayers of trusts, and

should be punished as criminals. It is a good fact to bear in mind, and to use as

a teat .in all possible future collapses

Banking on a sound basis is absolutely

secure; it is not a ventur in vhich depositors may be or may not be swollowed

n railrtre. "It is not a failure, out a

rascality, when the bank breaks.

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IjJDIANA STATE NEWS. ihGoshen wants a normal. Plenty of ice at Michigan City.

Hog cholera rages near Alfordsville.

The mad dog scare has reached Brook-

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; New Lisbon wants new school build-

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Anderson is having, great temperance

revivcl.

Marion claims to be the beet lighted

county seat in America.

The Goshen Fir Department is grow

ing rusty from inactivity.

.Allen county'Twill have sixty-five pre- throwing, but like Zulu "bangwan,

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cincts under the Andrews election law.

Knox county has two religious fanatics, father and daughter, who claim to

have been sanctified, and that they will

live forever.

Fort Wayne suffered from a $100,000

fire Saturday morning. The buildings

occupied bv Louis Fox : Uo.f Wm.

Hennintrand Skelton. Watt and Wiet

were destroyed.

' The United States Fish Commissioner

has notified Judge Hord, of Sbelbyvxlle,

thit .4,000 additional rainbow trout will be shipped to that place for distribution

m the Shelby county streams.

The miners at Blackburn, in Pike

county, have been on a strike for several

week, due to a reduction in wages, and

their brethren at other points are sup-

pointing them in the "walk-out

liaporte produce dealers complain of thf stagnation of the butter marfeet, and attribute the cause to the vast quantities of oleomargarine whieh are manufac

tured and sent out as genuine butter.

Thursday, at Roanoke, John SchoefFs team indulged in a runaway and dashed into a Wabash passenger train which

was nassin&r at . the time. Boch, horses

were killed and Schoeff was fatally in

jured. " i

Hheinhardt Farbrick; of Adams

county, on Saturday, while hauling saw-

logs endeavored to prevent his horses from running away; the log was thrown

from place, and failing over, crushed

him to death.

Medarysville fishermen were electri

fied this week, bv . discovering that

great numbers of fish had taken refuge

in a small creek near that place. Wagon leads were taken out, the fish: weighing

from one to ten pounds.

John Callasan, of Hammerle's Station,

track-walker for the Big Four Railway

company, was killed a few days ago while

at his task, and it is said that this is the

seventh death of a. simitar character in

that neighborhood during the whiter.

; There is a Ittramp camp" on Mill Run, near the Patterson place, in Clark

County, and nightly from one score to

many more can be found camping there.

They are usually too strong to be mo

lested, and the farmers are affrighted.

Asa result of the Murphy temperance

meetings at Anderson, .on Sunday $500 was subscribed toward fittingup a reading-room. The amount will be increased

to $1,000, and as a starter, it is proposed to purchase the Anderson Library As

sociation.

The Federal Grand Jury adjourned

Friday. No indictment was returned

against Dudley. The Indianapolis News

says that out of the hundred or so who

nave been indicted tnere are a numcer

who are anxious to save themselves

and will turn on Dudley. It is believed ; , now that it can be shown that saveral

persons have acted on the advice of the

alleged Dudley letter.

Truett & Scott, grocers, of Crawfordsville, having been annoyed by petty

tmevery, nxea a tnreao in such a way

as to show-when an attempt was made to

steal the hams exhibited on the outside.

Soon there was a "bite," one of the firm

CHAPTER VHI-Continubb. ' AN ALAND. About half a mile from the gates of

the kraal was a long stretch of rising

ground sloping gently upward from the

road, and on this the companies formed

up. It was a splendid Bight to see them,

each r company about three hundred

stron?, hargincr swiftly up. the slope,

with flashing spears and waving plumes,

and taking their appointed placo. By

the time .we... had come to the slope

twelvosuch companies, or in all three

thousand six hundred meu, had passed out and taken up their positions along the road. Presently we came to the first company, and "were able to gaze in astonishment on the most magnificent set of

men I nave .ever., seen, xney were an

men of mature age, mostly veterans of

about forty, and not one of them was under six feet in height, whilst many were six feet three or four. They wore upon their heads heavy black plumes of Sacaboola -feathers, like those which adorned our guides. Round their waists and also beneath their right knee were bound circlets of white ox-tails, and in their left hands were round shields about twenty inches across. These shields were very curious. The frame-work consisted of an iron plate beaten out thin, over wnich was stretched milk-white ox-hide. The weapons that each man bore were simple, but most effective, consisting of a short and very heavy two-edged spear with a wooden shaft, the blade being about six inches across at the widest

part. These spears were not used for

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stabbing assegai, were for close quarters

only, when toe wouna mniccea oy them was terrible. In addition to these bangwans each man also carried three largo and heavy knives, each knife we;ghing about two pounds. One knife was fixed in the oxtail girdle, and the other two at the back ot the round shield. These knives, which are called "tollas" by the Kukuanas, take the place of the throwing assegai of the Zulus. A Kukuana warrior can throw them with great accuracy at a distance of fifty yards, and it is their custom on charging to hurl a volley of them at the enemy as they come to close quarters. Each company stood like a collection of bronse statues till we were opposite to it, when at a signal given by its commanding officer who, distinguished by a leopard skin cloak, stood some paces in front, every spear was raised into the air, and from three hundred throats sprung forth with a sudden roar the royal salute of "koom." Then when we had passed the company formed up behind ua, and followed us toward the kraal, till at last the whole regiment of the "Grays" (so called from their white shields,) the crack corps of the Kukuana people, was marching behind .us with a tread that shook the ground. At length, branching off from Solomon's Great Road, we came to the wide fosse surrounding the kraal, which was at least a mile round, and fenced with a strong palisade of piles formed of the trunks of trees. . At the gate-way this fosse was spanned by a primitive drawbridge which was let down by the guard to allow us. to pass in. The kraal was exceedingly well laid out. Through the center ran a wide pathway intersected at right angles by other pathways sonrranged as to cut the huts into square blocks, each block being the quarters of a company. . The huts were domeshaped, and built, like , those of the Zulus, 6f a framework of wattle, beautifully thatched with grass; but unlike the Zulu huts, they had door-ways through which one could ?ralk. Also they were much larger, and surrounded

with a veranda about six feet wide, beautifully paved with powdered lime, trodden hard. All along each side of the wide pathway that pierced the kraal were ranged hundreds of women, brought - out by curiosity to look at u& . Thefle women are for a native race, exceedingly handsome. They are tall and graceful, and their figures are wonderfully fine. The hair, though short, is, rather curly than wooly, the features are frequently aquiline, and the lips are not unpleasantly thick as iff

the case in most African races. Bet what struck us most was their exceedingly quiet dignified air. They were as

weli-bred in their way as the habitues of a fashionable drawing-room, and in

this respect differ from the 2ulu

women, and their cousins the Masai

who inhabit thev district behind Zanzibar. Their curiosity had brought

them out to see usf but they allowed no rude expression of wonder

or savage criticism to pass their lips as

we trudged wearily in front of them.

Hot even when old Infadoos with n

gave chase withhis revolver, and on the I surreptitious motion of the hand point-

second snot aioppea veorge uorst, a well-known citixen, with the ham in his

possession, Mr. Borst claimed he was

taking it aa a joke, and he readily gave

pona.

Patents were Tuesday issued to the fol

lowing xnaiana inventors: ituiay, Jr. T.,

and A. n. Snyder. Houth Bend: ante-

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ea out me crowning wonaer ot poor Good's 'beautiful white legs," did they

allow the feeling of intense admiration

which evidently mastered their minds

to find expression. They fixed their dark eyes upon their snowy loveliness

(tiood's sain is exceedingly white), and

that was all. But this was auite enough

rustic fan; Caldwell, W. L., Indianapolis, for Good, who is modest by nature.

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advertising device; Creed, W. HJ,Manilla,

gaie; xLosgiana, lnaianapoiis, ear

wheel; King, C. Qi. Montesunoa, dump

ing car, Mawhood, J. D., Richmond,

roller mill; Parry, D. M. and T. H., Indianapolis, two-wheeled vehicles; Van-

uamp, ixM tveneva, breast yoke;

xoung, j?. a., Aurora, wagon brake.

The Kokomo "Kida- the crack Py-

miau division nas oeen suspended by

te Supreme Chancellor for ita lailure ' to obey orders. The commander reiterates the charge that the division was

not fairly treated, and that no apology

wiJiimiiiaue xo me luogea in . conse

quence. The division will appeal to the Supreme Lodge, and the commander

claims that at the proper time evidence will be forthcoming showing that the division was robbed of first honors at

- the Cincinnati contest. -

The sensational murder trial which 1 . : r ii .. .

iiw uu wcupymeuie anennon ot a

jury at Marion for several days, closed

Thursdav night with a verdict of guilty against John Sage, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. This case is an exceedingly peculiar one. His divorced

wife is a life prisoner in the Raforrnainrv.

Previous f o her marriage with Sage she

. was the mother of a child, and her name

was Etna Cunningham. Sage paid her

attentions, and according to her storv

proffered marriage, conditioned that the child was put out of the way. Several

times he urged her to kill the little one,

to which she naturally objected, but

finally her scruples were overcome and

ue pusneu ner son into : a running stream of water, and saw the . little one drown while she stood looking on. Her

mamage with Sage followed that evening.

xn ume suspicions were aroused concerning the fate of the child, and eventually she was tried and convicted of the murder, . she taking the blame entirely upon herself and rnaking no effort

' to inculpate ner husband; The child

was drowned in June, 1882. As long as

cage remained single she endured her imprisonment passively but last Septeccber, upon receiving notice that fie

had brought suit , for divorce-which

was granted he having become enam

ored of another woman in Blackford county, she confessed his; connection with the crime to the Matron of the Reforraa'ory, and in this way it reached the attention- ot the authorities. Last Tuesday she was taken to Marion to giveher testimony, which she did in a manner which seemed to convince the iary. The defendant did not make a

good impression. His memory was sin- thing of his brother's

guxnriy ucicumvo xeiuvo w iue lcbumony he had given in the inquiry made by the Coroner of Blackford county, and when questioned about having advised the woman to kill the little one, he could only answer, "Not to my recollection." The woman had been returned to ths Reformatory, and Sage will b remoyed to Uie Pnaoa Korth.

When w got to the center of the

kraal, Infadoos halted at the door of a

large hut, which was surrounded at a distance by a circle of smaller ones. "Enter, sons of the stars," he said, in a magniloquent voice, "andHeign to rest awhile in or humble habitations. A lit tie food shall be brougt to you, so that

ye shall have no need to draw your

be t tight from hunger; some .'honey

an eomemiiK and an ox two. nrH a

fe heep; not much, my lords, but still

a hitlciood."

'I lis arood," said I, rTnfadoos. we are

w etiv with traveling throueh realms of

air: now let us reBt."

Accordingly we entered into the hut.

which we found amply prepared for onr

comfort. Couches of tanned skins were

spread for ua to rest on, and water waB

placed for us to wash in.

Presently we heard a shoutincr outside.

and stepping to the door, saw a lin nf

damsels bearing milk and roasted meal-

ies, and honey in a pot. Behind these

were some youthsdnving afat voung ox. We received the gifts, and then ona

of the young men took the knife from hb girdle and dexterously cut the oxs throat. In ten minutes it was dead.

skinned, and cut up. The best of the

meat was then cut off for us. and the rest

I, in the name of our party, presented

to the warriors round us, who took it off and distributed the white men's

gift."

Urabopa set to work, with the assist

ance ot an extremely prepossessing

young woman, to boil our portion in , a large earthenware pot over a fire which was built outside tae hut, and when it

was nearly ready we sent a message to Infadoos, and asked him, and Scrazea.

the king's son, to join us..

Presently they came, and sitting down

upon little stools, of which there were

several about the hut ( for the Kukuanas

do not in general squat upon their haunches like the Zulus), helped us to

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gecenrouga our dinner, jne old gentleman was most affable and polite, but

it struck us that the young one regarded us with suspicion. He had.toerether

with the rest of the partv.been overawed

by our white appearance '. and by our

magic properties; but it seemed to me

that on discovering that we eat, drank,

and slept like other mortals, his awe

was beginning to wear off and be replaced by. a .sullen suspicion which

made us feel rather uncomfortable.

In the course of 6ur meal Sir Henry

suggested to me that it might be well to

try and discover if our hosts knew., any-

fate, . or if thev

had ever seen or heard of him; but, on the whole, I thought, that it woula be wiser to say nothing of the matter at that

time.

After supper we filled our pipes and

lit them; a proceeding which filled In

fadoos and scragga . witu astonishment.

The Kukuanas were - evidently uBaequainte4 with tha divine twas-ol tobaecp

smoke. The 'herb was grown among them extensively; but, like the Zulus, they only used it for snuff, and quite failed to identify it in its new form. Presently I asked Infadoos when we were to proceed on our journey, and was delighted to learu that preparations had been made for us to leave on the

following morning, messengers hav

ing aireaay jeu. to miorm xwaia the king of, our coming. It appeared that Twala was at his principal place.

known as Loo, making ready for the great annual feast which was held in the first weok in June, At this gather

ing all the regiments, with the exception

of certain detachments left behind for

garrison purposes, were brought up and paraded before the king; and the grand annual witch-hunt, of which more by and by, was held. We were to start at dawn, and Infadoos, who was to accompany us, expected that we. should, unless we were detained by accident or by swollen rivers, reach Loo on the night of the second day. When they had given us this information our visitors bade -us. good night; and, having arranged to. watch turn and turnabout, three of us flung ourselves down and slept the sweet sleep of the weaiy, whilst the fourth sat up on the lookout for possible treachery. CHAPTER IX. TWALA. It will not be necessary forme to detail at length the incidents of our journey to Loo. Ittooktffo good days' traveling along Solomon's Great Road,which pursued its even course right into the heart of Knkuanaland. Suffice it to say that as we went the country seemed to grow richer and richer, and the kraals, with their wide surrounding belts of cultivation, more and more numerous. They were all built upon the same principles as the first one we had reached, and were guarded by amplo garrison of troops. Indeed, in Kiikuanaland, as among the Germans, the Zlus, and the Masai, every able-bodied man its a soldier, so that "the whole force of the nation is available for its wars, offensive or defensive. As we traveled along we were overtaken by thousands . of warriors hurrying up to. Loo to be present at the great annual review and festival, and a grander set of troops I never saw. At sunset on the second day we stopped to rest awhile upon the summit . of mmo heights over which the road ran, and there on a beautiful and fertile plain before us was Loo itself. For a native town it was an enormous place, quite five miles around I ; should say, with outlying kraals jutting out from it, which serve on grand occasions as cantonments for the regiments, and a curious horse-shoe-phaped hill, with which we were destined to become better acquainted, about two miles to the north. It was beautifully situated and through the center of the kraal, dividing it into two portions, . ran a river, which appeared to be bridged at several places, the same perhaps that we had seen from the slopes, of Sheba's Breasts. Sixty or seventy miles away three great snow-capped mountains, placed like the points of a triangle, started up out of the level plain. The conformation of these mountains was. ..unlike that of Sheba's Breasts, being sheer and precipitous, instead of smooth and rounded. Infadoos saw us looking at them and volunteered a remark . . ''The road end there," he said, pointing to the mountains known, among the Kukuanas as the "Xfareo Witches." " Why does it end?" I asked. "Who knows?" he answered with a shrug; "the mountains are full of caves, and there is a great pit between them. It is there that the wise men of old used to go to get whatever it was they came to this country for, and it is there now that our kings are buried in tho Place of Death." "What is it they came for?" I asked

eagerly.

"Nay, I know not. My lords who come from the stars should know," he answered with a quick look. Evidently he knew more than he chose to say, "Yes," I went on, "you. are right, in the stars we know many things. I have heard, for instance, that the wise men of old came to those mountains to get bright stones, pretty playthings, and jellowirou." "My lord is wise," he answered coldly, VI am but a ehild and can not talk with my lord on such things, My lord must speak with Gagoolthe god at the king's place, who is wise even as my lord," and he turned away. As soon as he was gone, I" turned to the others and pointed out the mountains. "Thre are Solomon's diamond mines." I said. . TJmbopa was standing with them, apparently plunged in one of the fits of abstraction which are common to him. and caught my words. "Ye3,Macumazhn ," he put in, in Zulu, "the diamonds are surely there and you shall have them since you white men are so fond of toys and money." "How do you know that, TJmbopa?" I asked sharply, for I did not like his

mysterious ways.

He laughed: "I dreamed it in the

night, white men," and then he too

turned upon his heel and went. "Now what," said 8ir Henry, "is our

black friend at? He knows more than he chooses to say, that is clear. v the

way. Quatermain, has he heard anything

of of my brother?" - "Nothing; he has asked every one he has got friendly with, but they, all declare no white man has ever been seen in the country before." . "Do you suppose he ever got here at all?" suggested Good; "we have only reached the place by amiracle; is it likely he could have readied it at all without the map?"' "I don't know," said Sir Henry, gloomily, but somehow I think that I shall find him." Slowly the sun suhk, and then suddenly darkness rushed down on the land like a tangible thins. There was no

breathing space between the day and the night, no soft transformation scene.

for in these latitudes twilight does not

exist. The change from day to night is as quick and as, absolute, as the change from life to death. The sun sunk and the world was wreathed in shadows.

But not for long, for see in the east there is a glow, then abehtedgapf silver

light, and at last the lull bow of the crescent moon peeps above the plain and shoots its gleaming arrows far and wide, filling the earth with a faint. of refulgence, us the glow of a good man's deeds shines for awhile upon his little world after his sun has set, lighting the traveler to a fuller dawn. Contnuod next week. - The House and Senate conferees on the omnibus territorial admission bill have reached a conclusion. Tho bill,as agreed toby the conferees, fixed the names of the two Dakotas as North Dakota and South Dakota. The people of South Dakota are to vote upon the adoption of the Sioux Falls Constitution May 14, and the location of the capital is to be settled by election. On the same date, the residents of North Dakota, Washington and. Montana, may vote for the election of delegates to constitutional conventions and for a full list of State

officers. On the first Tuesday in October the people may vote upon the constitutions proposed by the convention, and if adopted, after the President's pro- '

clamation to that effect, the Governors of each may order an election of members of the Lsgislature, and of Representatives in Congress. The Legislatures may meet and elect two Senators each, in (imeto take their seats at the beginning of the first regular session of the Fifcy-first Congress, in December next, at which time the Representatives shall also be admitted to sr-ats. The provisions apply also to tho Senators and Repreuentatives from South Dakota, A special agent of tho Government who has been investigating the. Indian Training School at Genoa, Neb., has reported to Washington that gross irregularities have been discovered in the, ac-

counts ot .tiorac imaae. im flnperin- f rterson

fcmdeftt , WOO Id

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Tht Senate devoted tho forenoon of the 18th to

considering Byrd's bill to create n department

of geology ima natural resources, n proposes to tftkc from the Governor the power to Appoint the Geologist, the Mino Inspector find the Oil Inspector. 3t provides 1 hat tho Geologist shall ho elected bv tho -General Assembly,- and the Mlnoimd Oil Inspe ctors shall bo appointed by him. The Mine Inspector is given authority to employ an assistant. The expenses of the department are limited to $10,000 annually. The bill was opposed by DoMotl and Sears because

the change was unnccctsarj , was merely lor the purpose of placing Democrats in tbe positions, and would increase the expenses of tho ortlco about S3.000 a year, Senator Sears said that ii it could bo shown that there was any demand from miners for such legislation he would vote for tho bill. Harness opposed it because

the nnpointees would be responsible to no one. and it would be impossible for tho Governor, if incompetent or dishonest men should bo placed in the positions, to remove them. Byrd and, LoRsdon spoke in favor of the bill, the latter asserting that the responsibility of tho Legislature was enough, and that there was no reason why the Governor should have more control over the Mino and Oil Inspectors :han over tho State Treasurer and State .Auditor, Bvrd said tho bill would not Increase the expense of the ser vice more than 91,300 a year. Johnson denounced the bill as nothing more than a pnnism measure, which ought to be eutitled "an aot for the perpetuation of tho Democratic party," It was a subterfuge for tho purpose of putting in office men wno had been repudiated bv tho people. The principle was bad. It deprived the Governor absolutely of power to correct abuses that may develop. He referred also to tho dishonesty and outrageous abuses in the prison tinker the management of trustees elected by the Legislature. The same pernicious system had filled tho Insane Hospital with thieves and scoundrels, who, up to this hour, continued in control of tho institution because the Governor had no power to remove them, as ho had pairlv endeavored to do. Why was the school-book bill, the elect ion -reform bill, the mechanics' -lien bill, the building-association bill, ana other. equally important measures, hold back, while the political bills were being inpidlv advanced? He appealed to tho fairness of the majority to defeat the bill, which it could not be deniod proposed a continuance of a most pernicious system, from which the public had already suffered much. The discussiou continued in the afternoon. Burke, replying to Johnson, spoke in defense of the Democratic patty's administration of the public -Institutions of the State. Th 5 debate took a wide range politically. Ilubbfll, went into the records of the two parlies generally, and made no reference to the pending bill. The bill after further discussion was resic. the second time and engrossed. Eight new bills were introduced. In the House The bil; appropriating $15,000 for the use of Pnrdue University and the bill for an act supplementary to the voluntary association law were engrossed. The bill giving cities and towns authority to construct and operate natural gas wells was passed. Committee reports were presented favorable to the bPl relating to tho publication of legal advertising, fixing the compensation of tho Reporter of the Supreme Court at $4,000 a year and depriving him of all fees; empowering the City Board of Education to establish manual training schools; giving natural gas and oil companion power to condemn real estate. The indefinite postponement of the following bills was recom nenaed; Relating to printing; regulating fees end salaries; concerning general election; concerning the salaries of Conntv Auditors: concerning the fees of Justices of the Pence; relating to th government of the State University; concerning County Superintendents. Reynold's local option bill was indefinitely postponed, the Democrats and Covert and Nugent, Reps., voting aye, and 41 Republicans vontngno. The Senate bill making separateju-

dicial circuits of Hamilton and Madison counties

was passed: also, the Senate bill appropriate

1S7,500 for the construction of new buildings

lor the Home for Feeble Minded Children. The

bills to apppropriate money for tho expensps of the State government for the fiscal year ending Oct; si. 1SS9; to authorize the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer of State to bc-irow money; defining

the 2'itn and creating me ;im.- judicial circuits: and the bill-to divide tho State into judicial circuits were passed. The Senate on the 34th passed the Andrews election bill, or rather the substitute. Its pro

visions have been given ir. these columns and

should the House pass it the bill will be nub

lished in full. Serena of the Senators explained their votes. The principal objection to tho bill seems to b'e the enormous expense it may entail on the counties, in some instances, it was said it would reach !rom320,00C tog-'O-COO. The vote resulted in 35 ayes to 32 nays; the nays being Alford, Boyd, Biehouski, Carver. Casters, Cronk, Pemotte, Grose, Iveuncdv, shockney and Thompson, of Jasper, Rep ublicans, and Burko, Democrat The House bill creating a Supreme Court commission was called up, with, a favorable minority report. Joh ison opposed tbe bill because it wasunconstitutional ana unnecessary. Cox advocated the bill because it was necessary tho Supreme Court should have some relief. Hays opposed the bill and Barret demanded the previous question. A political snarl resulted. Hubbell raised apoint of order. Chair sustained it. Barrett appealed from thisdecision of Chair, Appeal! sustained. The bill was ordered engrossed. The B-;aver Lake bill was taken up and failed of passage for want of a constitutional majorityayes 20, navs 1 . In tho House, the bill to make eight hours constitute a day's work was rossd. The bill applies to nil classes except agricultural or domestic labor. The House spent manv hours in an attempt to repeal the telephone law, which it

nnmiy succeeded in doing by a vote of 59 to 26. Other bills passed bv the House were: To amend

tho charter of EvansviUe; to abolish the ofiice of water works trustees in towns of over 12,000 in

habitants: to create tbe f2d indicia! circuit: con

cerning the purchase of toll roads; to define the

ot nog cnoiera. The Senato on trie lEith wasted much gas on Boyd's natural eas bill. The Bill was reported upon favorably by. the committee, together with an amendment which makea it unlaw! ul to pipe gas out of the State. The original bill makes it unlawful to abandon as wells without first plugging them; , one section makes it unlawful to consume more gas than is contracted for, another section defines the methods by which lands may be obtained and used by gas companies. Shockney in opposing the amendment mating it unlawful to pipe gaB out of the State saidjthat it wauld.be absurd to take a stand over the Indiana gas holes and say that nobody but Indianians should enjoy the benefit of the product. It reminded him of the opposition to railroads down in. Jackson county, where it wais maintained that railroads should not be permitted to pass through because the trains would scare the cows and turn the milk sour. The amendment was adopted. 1 he bill together I .with a bill relating to the protection of land against gas companies was eventui ally made the special order for Tuesday. Dresser's bill to appropriate $76,000 for the' use of Purdue University was passed. Thirty thousand dollars of this amount is for the current expenses of 1890. $15,00;i is for a new dairy house, an implement house, an addition to tho experime:atetation, a veterinary department and improvements on the farm; $15,000 is for additions to the shops and chemical labratpry and S15,000 for building and eqniping the school of electrical engineers. Many bills were advanced on the calender. Adjourned until Monday. In the Bouse the bill authorizing the school commissioners of Indianapolis to issue bonds for $250,000 to raise money for the construction of new buildings was passed. A long debate followed the report o):. the committee favorable to the Pleasants bill relating to text books for the public . schools. All the bills on this subject were re ferredto a special comraittee.of seven to report next Tuesaay. The Bigham bill to control the police force of Indianapolis was passed. No discussian was allowed and the doors vrere locked that Republicans might not escape. Other bills passed were: To establish a board of State charities; fo:r the encouragement of agriculture and making an appropriation; to index certain bond records; to change the name of the Female Reformatory to "Reform School for Girls and Prison for Women" and making an appropriation; to provide for the appointi'ient of a Supreme Court sheriff; concerning the adulteration of vinegar; relating to the care and custody of orphan children; relating to gravel roads: to provide for the incorporation of associations without pecuniary bene

fit; to provide for the examination of

teachers in cities of 5,000 or over; relating to drilling of natural gas and condemning real estate. The Senate was not in session on the 16th. The blouse was without a quorum but the fact was not discovered. Mendenhail, K., offered a resolution to the effect 'that Governor. Hovey.be per

mitted to retain his Private Secretary.

and that this Democratic General

Assembly did not force Green Smith

upon mm as ins rnvate Secretary.

The. resolution was ordered returned to its author. Bills were engrossed as follows: Fixing the salaries of certain

county and township officers; authorising the purchase of ten acres of land for the use of thfi Insane Hospital in Cass county; providing for Ihe appointment of a humane inspector in cities of 29,000 and. over; for the organization of an interstate fair; appropriating money for the payment of the claim of the.National Vuicanite Company for paving Washington street in front of the State House; amending the law relating to the regulation of JAii) Insurance Companies; creating a lie a for labor performed; concerning elections; relating to trespassing and partition fences; authorizing County OommisHoners te pay rewards for tho apprehension or detention of any

wiltr of talon vi appropriating

y Afcd JFteh &ftok;

xation; declaring that twenty-five j ears shall constitute a life sentence; concerning the duties of County Clerks; relating to the institution for Feeble Minded Children. Hot words passed between Bigham and Ifoster, called, forth by an unfavorable report on the bill to reduce the pay of county officers. The bill went over. . In the Senate, on the 18th. numerous

bills were introduced. The bill reducing the legal rate of interest from 8 to 6 per

cent,. wan indefinitely postponed. Bills engrossed: Concerning duties of county

clerks; rolative to location of county

seats; concerning election of county clerks; concerning hunting on wet and overflowed lands; to prohibit use . of dynamite in certain cases; concerning taxation; in relation to the vacation of cemeteries; to establisn Arbor day; for purchase of ten acres for the use of the Logansport Insane Hospital, to exempt $1,000 homestead and other property from execution; to authorize persons having claims against the State to bring suit in the Marion county Superior Court; to fix the residence of railroad corporations, and many others.. The House on the 18th, working without a quorum, enerroseed many bills, among which were: Against treating in saloons; regulating deposit and trust companies; concerning legal advertising; increasing the tax on dogs; concerning gravel roads; concerning the building of switches, and a host of others. Among the bills introduced was one providing for a State boiler inspector, board of examining engineers and the licensing of stationary engineers. The general appropriation bill was introduoed and referred without reading. AVhite's bill regulating the practice of medicine was reported unfavorably, and after long debate report was approved. A bill to reinburse Rep. J. T. Beasly, of Sullivan, in the sum of $500, the cost of bis contest two years ago, was introduced. The bill prohibiting the use of screens in saloons was indefinitely postponed. The bill creating a sinking fund in cities of 10,000 population, and in outstanding indebtedness of $100,000 was passed. Passed, also, the bills legalizing the in corporation of Scottsburg, and the town

of Poseyyille, and tbe bill providing

that land owners ehau remove ob

structions from ditches. Among the bills indefinitely postponed were: To

prevent slander; concerning highways;

relating to crimes; to .provide for the

uniform mode of doing township busi

ness.

The morning session of the Seriate on

the 19th was devoted to consideration of

the Boyd and Tiramons natural gas bills.

The Boyd bill, which provides regulations for use of natural gas, wasaraended

and engrossed. Timmon s bil,wlnch provides for condemnation of property

needed for right of way pipe lines, and for assessment of damages to be paid

land owners, was passed and sent to the

Governor. Johnson introduced a civil

service bill. The loiiowing Dills were

passed: To provide for the crossings of railroads; declaratory of the meaning of the word "mining" as embracing petro

leum and natural , gas; to authorize boards of commissioners to negotiate and eell bonds to complete court houses in certain cases; to pay to eight trustees of Clay county for moneys lost by fail-

tiro of the bank in which they deposited public funds; concerning orphans

domes for destitute children, beveral bills were engrossed and others read a third time. The bill to increase the liquor license was laid on the table by

a party vote.

The House was occupied by consider

ation of Fosters bill fixing salaries to be paid county officers instead of fees,

which was down as a special, order.

Foster made a lengthy speech in its sup

port. Pleasants moved to recommit the

bill. Lost by vote of 67 to 25. After

further discussion it was engrossed. The

school book bill was up for consideration. The following bills were passed:

To organize an interstate fair; to appropriate $60,000 to the Indiana University; to provide for election of justices of the peace, and reducing number of jurors in such courts to six; concerning the duties of supreme court reporter and reducing his emoluments; to provide for the election of trustees for the State hospitals; to pay claim of Cornelius Loy; for the relief of Edgar Hibbard; for relief of Q. C. Rugj to encourage construction of levees; concerning taxation, relating' to railroads building branch lines, to appropriate lands lor railroad purposes; to fix salaries of certain township officers; to authorize the purchase or condemnation for public use of the

shares of bridge companies.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The House has passed and sent to the Senate fifty-nine bills, and the Governor has signed' six House and eight Senate bills. Dr. H. Z. Leonard, of Logansport", is circulating a petition, demanding an investigation of the Insane Asylum and other benevolent institutions of the State. The Democratic membersof the House determined in caucus last night to-pass the bill abolishing the office of President of Benevolent Boards, . and three Trustees will be elected for each institution. Senator Hudson has introduced a bill which proposes that all legal advertising in each county shall be divided between the two leading partisan papers, but that not more than one-half the present legal rates shall be paid to each publisher. Petitions are circulating among the farmers of Clay county asking the Legislature to lav an embargo . on the

importation of dressed beef into the State, claiming that it is making the

raising of beef cattle unprofitable. In-

dinapohs Kews.

Judge Zollars some , time ago said tha

ne would not accept an election as a

member of the proposed Supreme Court Commission, because the s alary is i i -n ft -r . . .

inadequate, ijx-uongresaman juowry is credited with being the only candidate

in the Fort Wayne district for the po

eition.

A bill has been introduced in both the

Senate and House directing the County

Commissioners to levy and collect a tax

ot one-hfth of a mill on each dollar o

property for the support of Townshij

Libraries, which shall be kept open at

least one day in each week. The pur

chase of now books from time to time is

required.

xne legislature acted lavoraoiy on. bills calling for an expenditure of $354,-

500. Of this $187,500 was for the construction of the new. buildings for Feeble

Minded Children; $100,000 for tho Normal School buildings at Terre Haute:

$60,000 for a library bullchne at Bloom

meton; and $27,000 for the Reform

School at Plainfield.

The Temperance Union... of Indiana

particularly tne "department ot narco

tics." of which Mrs. L. Loftin is the

Superintendent, is urging the Legisla

ture to pass the bill forbidding the sale

of tobacco to boys under sixteen , years

oi age. otansucs are supplied mem

bers showing the harmful effects of tobacco on mmd and body. It is claimed that a cigar contains enough poison to kill two men not accustomed to ita use. There are twenty thousand lunatics in tbe country and of these fifteen thousand owe their insanity to the use of tobacco.

Tobacco has no food value, and seventy different diseases, the W. C. T. U. claims

are traceable to the use of the week.

Mr. -LangstiuTs bill to make eight

hours constitute a legal day's work for

all classes of mechanics and laborers.

excepting those engaged in agricultural

and domestic labor, was passed bv the

House. Thursday morning. Any person.

firm or corporation violating the provisions of the act may be fined $500. Extra compensation for overwork, b$

agreement between employer and em

ploye, is permitted, but where more

than eight hours of labor is exacted or

received without such agreement the penalty may be imposed. There. was no discussion of the bill. Mr. Langataff made a speech on eight-hour labor a few

flava uso. . He is credited with tiavlnii:

a

as necessary, for the protection of over

worked laborers: "Why, gentlemen, . I know hundreds of workingmen in thiB city who have never seen their wives and children."

Mr, Foster's telephone bill has been

reported upon, favorably by the Senate

Committee on Judiciary, it proposes

to limit the rental charges for tele

phones as follows: Towns and cities having a population not exceeding 10,

two, m resmences $3, in lactones anu

in all other places $3.50.. In cities hav

ing a population of more than 10,000 and not ixceeding 20,000. in residences $3,

in factories $ .50, and in all other places of business $3.50. In cities having a population of more than 20,000 and less

than 40,000, in residences $3.50, in fac

tories $5, and in all other places of busi

ness $4. And in cities having a population of over 40,000, in residences , $4, in factories $6, and in all other places of business $5. Senator Johnson introduced a civil service bill this morning in the Senate. It provides for the appointment of three Civil Service Commissioners by the Governor. They shall be appointed irom the three political parties which polled the largest number of votes at the last general election preceding their appointment. They shall elect a Chief Examiner, who shall hold competitive examinations at stated intervals, and appointment to all appointive offices, in the State public institutions shall be conditioned upon a successful passage of the proper examination. , Different clauses of the bill give the preference in appointments to honorably discharged soldiers, make promotion deEeudent on merit, and fix a time of pro ation for the appointee before his position is permanently given him, and prohibit political assessments. The Pleasants bill requires the State Board of Education to "compile or cause to be compiled" a series of text books, embracing the branches of, study that are now pursued in the common schools of the State. The Board is, given authority to fix the remuneration of the persons employed to compile the books. The work on the books relating to at leaat two subjects shall be., completed within a year from the time the bill becomes a law and the text books on at least two additional subjects shall be completed each year thereafter. The Board is to have power, in all cases, to designate what cuts and. maps shall be used. The mechanical execution shall be equal to that of the books now in use. The copyrights shall be secured by the Board. The printing of the bookg shall be done under the supervision of the Commissioners of Public Printing and Binding, who shall advertise for prof osals and let the contract for a period of ten years to the lo x est responsible bidder. The contractor must , furnish a bond for $50,000 for the satisfactory execution of the work. When the

new books have been compiled the

State Board of Education shall issue an

order requiring their uniform use in the schools, but the order shall not take .effect, until the expiration of a year. In defininethe method of distribution of

the books the bill requires that the School Trustees shall certify to the County Superintendents the number

of copies required, and the County

bupenntendent snail tnen make a re

quisition for them upon the Superin

tendent of Public ; Instruction at the

same time filing with the County Audi

tor a duplicate of the requisition, upon

which the latter shall issue a warrant

upon the County Treasurer in favor of the Countv, Superintendent, foi the

amount, payable out of a revolving fund

to be created by the County Commis

sioners. The State Superintendent will

make.monthly reports to the State Audi

tor of the number of books sold by him

and-pav into tbe State Treasury the

money received. The bill provides for

theappropriatian of $20,000 to ..be. used

for defraying the expenses 61 compiling

the books, and: $ou,000 for a revolving

fund. The books are to be furnished to

school , children , at cost. In a brief

speech Mr. Pleasants explained the bil!

j and answered some of the objections

to it

THE CABINET.

We give the following from the Iudi

napolis News for what it is worth:

Secretary f Sta J&mM G. Blaltis, of Maine.

Secretary of Trawury William Windom, of

Minnesota. Postmaster Gneral John I'ennsylyaaia. Secretary of Kavy John Illinois. Steratary f War Jeremiah sin.

of interior--3.

of

WanaratJcer, K. Tnsxoac,

Rusk, of WlMon

of

Secretary

Missouri. Attorney Indiana. Secretary Maw York.

W.

Nble. oi

Gtntral W. H. ST. Miller, ef

of Aariounure Warner Millar, oi

This is tho Cabinet ot the Harrison

administration. If it appears within

the next few davs that there is any good

reason why one er two of. the men who

baye been doubtfully . chosen ahould

not be taken into the circle of presidential advisers, changes may be made, but

it is understood at this time, after having carefully considered all information con

cerning them that could be obtained. It . is not the intention of the

President-elect to make anv changes.

However, it is still within his power to leave out any or all of the men named

excepting Mr. Blaine without breaking

any promise, and ail offers of Uabmet

positions will, it is said, be held under

his control for a few days longer. It is

with this reservation that intimations

of his intentions, have oeen communi

cated to the gentlemen who have been

chosen. In making his selections Gen

eral Harrison has been extremely cautious, but still he has disregarded politi

cal influences that would have had determining force with other men. Back of the Cabinet there is supposed to be an idea peculiarly General Harrison's

own, and in that idea there is a principle. The key to it all will be found in his inaugural address, in which will be

very strongly emphasized the Civil Ser

vice principle, which, it has been deter

mined shall characterize the administra

tion throughout, from the Cabinet down

to the lower branches of public service.

Such of the Cabinet selections as have

been anticipated by the public have

bee severely criticised already, and there

are indications of insurmountable

trouble ahead of the Administration. It is understood that General Harrison found very soon after it became , known that Blaine had really been offered the Secretaryship of State, that a great mis

take had been made. Some of the men who were regarded as the best friends

of the Maine statesman expressed disapproval of the appointment, and one of the most notable of the number, it is

said, was Uhauncey Depew. The most popular of the appointments will, it is

believed, be that of ex-Governor Hash,

which will please the Grand Army. Mr.

Miller will hardlv be a satisfactory rep

resentative of Indiana ma political way,

because he has no acquaintance with

the Republicans of the State. He wall

be valuable, however, as a counter-irri

tant for Blame. It is understood that

the situation in New York is bad, : and

it is not improbable that a howl will go

up trom all along the line, extending

from New York to California, and taking

m a sona soutn.

General Harrison and party will leave

lor Washington. Monday. February 25,

probably at 3:10 p. m. .The party will comprise General and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. McKee and (two) children; Mrs. Lord, sister of Mrs. Harrison, Pri

vate Secretary Halford and perhaps one

or two others. Mr. and Mrs. 5en 1).

Wolcott will go with the Presidential

party or soon afterward.

AN HONORABLE RECORD.

THI PRESIDENT (REVIEWS ADMINISTRATION.

HIS

Its Salient Features Wlnat Ho Hna Aocom- . pushed und Sought tq Accomplish Tho Dlfflioltis Overcome. The Baltimore Sun of Thursday published the following special dispatch from Washington, giving a review of President Cleveland's administration based upon conversations with the President: liess than three weelca -of President Cleveland's four vears' occupancy

oi tho White House remain and the record of his administration is practically made up. A reviev? oi! the aalimit.

feature of the administration; of what it has accomplished and sought to accomplish, and of the . difficulties with which itt lias had to contend, is t herefore appropriate at this time and not without value to the country at -larger The key-note of Mr. Cleveland's policy irom the beginiaing has been to give the people a practical, businesslike admi nistration, irrespective oi personal considerations. No one who has talked wii;h Mr. Cleveland; who has observed tho perfect candor and openness of his language on this point and has watched the animated play of bis features when, discussing it, as the writer ban done, can fail to be convinced of the earnestness and 'sincerity of his purpose, ibis high sense of public duty and his devotion to the beat interests of

the people. There? is orobablv no

American in public life 'who has a deeper, more genuine sympathy with the people, and there never nas been a President. more accessible or one who surrendered so much -of his time to gratify the natural curiosity, and interest of -the bone and sinew of the land in their chief executive as Mr. Cleveland. In conversation with the writer he remarked with feeling that his afternoon receptions, or handshakes as he. calls them, we:re the pleasantesl; incidents of

nis me. tie aerives a genuine enjoy

ment trom meeting people who come

from every section of the country, not

in search of effice, or with any favor to ask, but merely for the sake ofexchangirig a pleasant word? or two with the

President. The elese of Mr. Cleveland's administration finds him as busy and perhaps even busier, than when he was inducted into office. There Js, now a mass of work before him which will tax even his robust energies .to dispose of before inauguration day. He woirks as bardas

any department clerk, becs.use he iB not content to take things for granted, but insists upon informing himself as to

every question he i& callen . upon to

decide. The pressure of official and social duties throughout the day is so gTeatthat he is seldom able to address himself to the documentary work and correspondence, which is accumulating

upon nis aesK aurmg aimosc every nour. ..ni;i a ninnu n Vw Avwi u

Among the mourners goinai forward

at a church revival m Jeffereonvule

Sunday night was a young man who had

not been conspicuous tor his Uhristian-

ike character. The members gathered

about him, making his case one of spec

ial prayer, mn wnue tne intercessions

to the throne of grace were most;, im-

pressive, suddenly tne nre Deus rune

and the young man bounded from their

midst as if propelled by a catapult. However deeply he may have been concerned for his future welfare, , ho could JMt mislf fcha impale to rtm to th$

until 9 o'clock at night, and he is seldom

able to retire before 2 or 3 o'clock in the

morning. He is in the office again by 9:30 in the morning, and from 10 to 11

is busy receiving mepibers of Congress

ana meir constituents. .

Much of the time is consumed, unnecessarily, bv the want of consideration

displayed bv Congressmen in introducing persons who call merely to pay their respects. The afternoon receptions were

set apart for thiscrasn of visitors, but it often happens that an influential constituent bobs up at the Capitol, and the

member from way-back or some other district, wishing to impress his im

portance or 'influence upon so valuable

a supporter, or to tickle the latter's

vanity, fays: "Oh, come along, Til take you. to see the President," and does so during the hours set apaH for official

business.

xne president , nas never com-.

plained of this inconsiderate treatment, Imt he was greatly ijratifted and impressed by the conduct of the late Eepresentata ve Burns oi Missouri who al-

wavs presented' his constituents, who

merely wished to see the president, at the public receptions. Notwithstanding his patience under these exactions, and the fact that almost his entire time during the day has been given1 up. to .the public, the president has been criticised for being exclusive," and the complaint hail been freely, made that he would not giv-n the representative men of his party tbe ojpportunity of consulting freely with him. "There has never been a time," said the president on thiB point, Vwhen I have not been willing and anxious to talk with . members of congress and leading men in the party." It in known to bin friends that!the

President feels acutely the charge

that he has held aloof from men whose

character and position entitled their

opinions to weight, and has been dis

posed to take the bit between : his teeth and acton his own responsibility. He

has all along been animated by a hign and serious Bense of hiB duty to the people, and this has often prompted him to a course of action in opposition

to the wishes or opinions of personal friends. It is the secret, too, of his laborious devotion to matters of routine.

He expresses himseir very moderately on the latter point and shows no dispo

sition whatever to exploit Jus industry.

"It may be because lam awkward at it,V he said to-day, ''that Ehave to work

so hard."

It may be stated that the President is

thoroughly satisfied with 1 he practical

outcome of his administration and its effects on the fortunes of the Democratic

party. He is very earnest in predicting

a, great future for Democracy and m as

serting his unqualified devotion to the party, said he, "and it was never in better shape than it is at t resent. When we consider, the condition in was in before the tariff isssue was formulated, the

want ot unanimity, tho wide divergence of viewB on many points, and. the hearty

united support it gave me during the campaign, who can doubt that its status bas been improved and that it has a

glorious future before it."

Thepresident is as nrnv now : as be

ever wiis in the opinion taut, tarm re-,

form is the great living istsue for the democracy. He regards it as an issue in harmony with the spirit and tradi

tions of the partv, and one involving

enormons benefits to the people. He

believes that sooner or later the toiling

masses will be thoroughly aroused to an

indignant perception of the burdens un

uistly imposed upon them oy the tariff

laws, and of the fact that the taxing power of the nation is being recklessly used for the benefit of a favored class.

He does not tolorate the idea that the

democracy was beaten on the tariff

issue last fall. "Had. certain conditions

been eliminated from the campaign." he

said, "we would have; won a decided

Victory.

So far as he is individually concerned,

he has no regrets at lying down,. his

trust. He thinks . the defeat of the democracy is to be deplored because of

the injury resulting to the public inter-

eats but personally he experiences a

profound sense of relief at the prospect

of speectv release from the ordeal to

which he has been exposed during the past fou r years. The stiain has been so great that no man of less robust health

and rugged virilitv could liave with

stood it. One of the most trying fea

tures of his position ban been that, in

iu the discharge of hia official duties, he

has beesi called upon so frequently to

offend persons, whose friendship and

good opinion he valued. . Mr. Clevfe-land's-sjmpathies are warm and easily

roused. The insensibility with which

has sd'often been accused is a supposed

trait of character which has no existence.

He has often hesitated between his per

sonal inclinations and his sense of what

was exacted or. turn by tne dicnitv of

his position, tho interests of the public

and his oath of office. He bus had to fifth t for the right at almost avery step ofhisefiicilprgrefi, iind H fa sstns

ally tired othe continuous wear and tear of the contest. It is an open secret that he accepted the democratic nominataon?

last summer with genuine reractanoe.-! ?

and after earnest efforts to escape it. Hih

supposed political aspirations for the; future do not exist. There is no rivaky"

on his part between himself : and Mti

body else. "I am in no one's way," he j says. "I shall bo delighted to bereliev- i. ed" of the cares ot the presidency; On

the 4th of March next, on purely per- f sonal grounds, there. will.be no happier: man in the United States" "". -' . 4

With, reference to the1 civil service k

system he is as firm and decided as in his f ; views on the tariff question.' Hj6 be7! '

lieves that civil service reform has coma i

to stay. He has treated it solely as practical question and has been moefei

hampered and embarraBaea oy tne vagr.;

ajies of sentimental reformers and theo" rists who have been continually nrgiiiff

him to do this or that for mere sen8S' : tional effectwhich he did not regard as -

judicious. He has endeavored to giv?

the civil service scheme a fair trialandi expresses himself as fully satisfied with .: the results. ' . . ' There may be differences of opinion, '

as to details,but hp thinks the examimv f

tions are, on the whole, about the best ; " test of merit that can be devised. V It is f certainly far preferable to the spoils sysK I tern, and he has no fear that it will degenerate into a mere bureaucracy. The worst type of bureaucracy was developed under the spoils system of former aa? f ministrations. When Mr. Cleveland-f came into office he found the depait ? ments filled with, incompetents, who'- : had found permanent: lodgment there through favoritism. His dcubt it-A whether sufficient cleaning out has been -

done to subserve the best interests of

the government and to give wide? scope? . for civil service reform through- its methods in filling the places of inefficient with capable men; " 7: ' The President recognizes fully the : feelings of the great mass of Democratie office-seekers who expected- place and?

recognition, and the .disappointment

and irritation which resulted from hia

inability to satisfy them. It ia a matter'

of deep regret to him that he could ' i not do so, but he had a higher pub lie duty to perform, the purification f and elevation of . the public service; and; elimination from party politics, .aafi far as possible, of the degrading use1- of g "patronage;" an evil that has grown to . gigantic proportions and was steadily inJ t creasing. He is very earnest in adyo eacy of civil service aa beinga thoroughv ly practical reform, and in no sense j undemocratic. He thinks the work of his administration has fixed this te : form as a permanent feature of our sys ;' tern of Government, and that no part can afTord to antagonize it openly. ;r far as his own status in the party, asv affected by his attitude eh tha civil se vice question is concerned, it may be v said that he regards himself as a bettetj " Democrat than many ;of his critics! The President is especially gratiftd at the effect of his administration on the : prosperity and happiness oi the eputhf ern people, both blpck and white! Hef believes in making no distinctions between any of the sections, and hedepro- ' , : cates strongly the revival of animosities '; , which were supposed to be dead and : buried. He is satisfied that the raeev ! ; problem can be worked out by the peo- . nle of that section without outside Jntefe 3 ference. - ; ... '4. He spoke in terms of grateful appre ciation of the hearty and united support accorded him by the members of hi (i' Cabinet. The administration, it mustf be conceded, will go down in history aaf $ unique, in the fact that all ita members

nave puuea togetner, irom Deginnipg to end. and no nei-sohal iealousies or re

sentments have marred the harmony of f !

its deliberations. Every member of tt has been hard-working, energetic, and' wholly devoted to the public : interests, and every department presents an en-', viable record of important reforms"and3 economies accomplished, and of subj stantial results in the effort to promote the pubhc good. No breath of scandal or taint of corruption has attached : to any branch of the public service. In view of the jobbery and scheming.: that permeated every department under t former regimes, and which seemed tof t have oecome a permanent feature inj official life in Washineonj no more hon-f orable epitaph could be applied to the administration now drawing to a close than the emphatic declaration of the v President to the writer: , haTer. nothing to hide." f

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FACTS AND FIGURES.

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xae enure putato pruuuet gi vue coun-

try in 1888 was 230.000,000 bushels, an increase of 93,000,000 bushels over thej crop of 18S7. The principal great potato : producing states are New York, Micbiganf Illinois, and Minnesota, andDakor

ta territory.

The window-irlass consumption for

the last six months of 1888 w the lar; est ever known, and there were 200,000 -more boxes produced than the year pre4 vious. The imports were also heavy, u Tne number of pots were increased dor-'l ing the year from 700 to 1,200. The United States possesses the largv est vault and' the largest deposit off money in it of any government in UeV

world. It can hold $100,000,000, but

the prospects are favorable for a call fort

increased storage of silver. There are about $20,000,000 in half doilara tiiat ddC not budge. ' .- . ' . The dairy interests of the United States represent more than $8,000,000,- f 000. The number of milk epws ia ; stt , mated at 24,000,000, which give aa aR- . gregate milk production of 7,350,000,000. ; gallons. Four billion gallons are usedi for butter, 730,0(,000 for cheese, and; the balance for general purposes. Thef

annual production of butter is 1,8S9,000 ' G00 pounds, and .6,500,000 pounds of4

cheese. This immense dairy herd re- ii .

quires 160,000,000 ares of pasture land

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co support it.

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Iitvinjc on a Penny a

London Hospital. -

Dr. T. R. Allison has' been trying the

experiment of living on meal and water s .; ;

for a month. His daily allowance is one J

pound of whole meal, made into a cake ( with distilled water, and one quart of if ' !

water. : His account of .his ndition 3 -s.-

after a week is cheering. In the first4 few days he felt hungry, but -about the,vt-,; fourth day this disappeared, and he had,4 - no longer any craving for other foo4??f V

His brain was clean his lunfir capacitv

had increased five inches, and both

sight and his hearing had improved. He had lost seven pounds weight, bpy seems to regard this as rather an advan- s tage. Altogether he feels thoroughly

satisneawitn nis experiment.; it is a very economical' one, the Wheat' for

seven days having cost only eight pence; J

JlThis," he says, "is living on almost a4

penny a day and enjoying it,"

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his

What tho Pacific Coast Would Io San Franetseo Chroaielo. : V A Sacramento dispatch says that 10,-

uuii men couia oe Becurea mere xor ser- rz

vice in Samoa' in case of war. No bnej ever had . any doubt that volunteers would be difficult to , obtain; Once -ye'

th& war excitement spread and the

Pacific coast would furnish all the boK

diers needed. What we want in a war

with Germany ,or with any other power except Mexico, is a navy. Given that I

. HI TT Ii 1 Cll.i. -' .l.l

ana tne unucu ouues wouia oe more-

than a match for any of the firat-clasi

Buropean powers, despite theiFereat :