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TUESDAY, JANUARY A DW.

Tax Illinois senatorship is attracting great attention m Washington. What more interests the people of this region is the Indiana senatorship. It baa the fascinating uncertainty that attaches to a prise puzzle. On tha eve of the meeting of the legislature it can not be too strongly insisted upon that it is aent by tha people to make law*, and to attend to other needed allairs of the •tate, and not to waste time and public money ip the chicanery of politic*. It is said district uesembiy 49 of the Knights of Labor will probably go to pieces; that about 20,000 of it* 100,000 members are suspended and that there will soon be open revolt against the order. The sooner the better, we shoaUl •ay, for the welfare of the Knights. This assembly has been a trouble* some matter from the beginning and it is already a question of whether it belongs to the order or the order belongs to it. POI.ICK PltKSIDENT PENDLETON says “Our policy will not be directed by the churches, the newspapers or the bar-rooms.’' Better not have a policy. The president of the United States—the late Andrew Johnson —was not big enough to carry out a “policy,” a police president can not hope to be more successful. There is a straight and narrow path—the path of the law. The police commimioners need have no trouble over their duties. They havfcjjoniy to order the laws to be enforced. It is highly probable that the reported tilianoe between Germany and Russians to non-interference with each other’s designs is a foot. In case Germany gets into a war with France Russia is to keep hands.off, and in sane of a Busso.Ausirian trouble Germany is to be quiet. It is reported at Vienna that the German government has assured Count Knlnoky that the statement that a treaty had been concluded between Germany and Russia to the detriment of Austrian interests is not true. This is about as good evidence as can b« obtained that if is true. There would be no need of such assurance if there were no probabilityjto tha contrary. Gorman arms would be of little account if German diplomacy could not provide room to wield

them.

DECEMBER'^ tire losses, as figured by “Rough Notes," show a material decrease over November’s. The total in this country and Canada were $10,632,84S, of which Canada’s part was $433,000. Indiana’s looses were IlSS.tfiO. To these reports mnst be added ten per cent, a* a margin for the small fires that are not recorded, So that the total is over $12,000,000, briDging the losses for tile year here and in Canada up to $117,000,000. Compared with former years, and taking into account the rapid increase ot wealth, "Rough Notes” thinks this loss is not ezeeasive, and that the insurance Joss to companies is not likely to prove unusually severe. Still the fire waste of the country ia appalling, and should attract the attention ot the political economist. Reports ray that *‘G. O. M.” Gladstone “wipes the earth” with Baron Tennyson, so to speak, in his review of the latter’s new “Looiztley Hall,” in which ha mourned decadence and deplored democracy. Gladstone gives a long list of what has been done., during this time in wh.'ch Baron Tenn^sogi declares chaos has been coming.

Here is a sample:

in forty yeans, slavery has been abolished Tue ritors ot iho oUl cmuiual code have disap-peare-t. The coiubination of law* which prevented the workitg population lioiu obtain.up th* best price lor tlielr labor has been repealed; the abuse* of ?S»e poor-law have been done away with; the laborer has a better security for libs and Bmb. and fuller assurance of the compenration of survivors in ca e of death; the scandals of labor in mines and tactoriuS have been removed or reduced. The peoi-le have good schools, and are under legal obligation to use the privilege. Postage has been cheapened, and information through a free press, which was formerly cut ot! from the multitude by a stringent tax. la now at easy comuuvod. They are more tightly taxed, and taxes are pnid to the state for heedful gtR-ernmem, instead of to the wealthy klames for enhancing the price of article* and Interest. , We can’t yet boast of the latter. We American people still pay taxes to the wealthy classes for enhaneing the price of artieles and interest. Indeed, w* have Sadly retrogradsd in this in fifty years, for these taxee are new at such rate that fifty years ago aavon* who had predicted fhut the wealthy el asses would so encroach ut«.u tha peopla would have been voted a lunatic. Ia a time of profound peace, and with an averflowing treaanry, these taxes are piled np at an avenge rate of about 45 per ceat. •f the valae af tha goods ia order to turn

THE rNDIAJNAPOUS TUESDAY, JA^HJARY 4, 1387.

bear. The objection is well taken in both case*. The state lives and grows by the labor, in one form or another, of its lawabiding, tax-paying citizens. It is raieidal, to the extent of it* operation, to allow that necessary labor to be weakened or repressed by n competition emanating from the state itself. The mischief may aot be serious ia any special lin* of work or anle of th* products of labor, hot its tendency is bad, and nothing else. Tolerated In an incipient condition because it doesn’t harm any better business much, it may become a fixed policy and pursued without qualification when its effects may b* widely felt. Precedent has its force here as it has among all man in all times, and the argument of n long maintenance of each policy grows stronger for ila continuance as it grows longer. Now is the time to arrest the evil, or the chance if obvioualy covered np in any competition of convict labor or max,ufsctures with the labor and product of good citizen*. Tut News to ingoniotp y di-houest In its figures and eoncluskms —(Indiana Phalanx. We might say to this as Horace Greeley once said to tome “free trade” statement of Wiiliam Cnllen Bryant’s, “You lie, you villain, you lie,” but we shan't; we shall say ■imply that The News presented no figures of itself, but those of a prohibition newspaper organ, the Voice, as we saw them quoted therefrom. They showed the steady growth of the number of regular saloonkeepers in the prohibition states named—in Vermont one in every 5S0 of population, in Maine one in 624, in New Hampshire one in 256. The conclusion from this showing we repeat is that “prohibition would seem then to be productive chiefly ,of hypocrisy.” It certainly ien’t, by these' figures, productive of sobriety, revenue or immunity from the liquor traffic. The Phalanx’s retort to the figures of its prohibition co-worker, the Voice it thus summarizes: The average in the five nominally prohibition states is one to every 451 population. The average in the tour highest 1 cense states is one dealer to every 234 of population. ’ Granting this to be true forargument sake which otherwise we do not grant, can’t the Phalanx see what a crushing retort to prohibition it has made? In five prohibition states it admits tfiut there is a dealer to every 451 people while in four high license states there is one to every 231. In the latter there is no profession ot prohibition, in the former there is, and yet in the former there i« just a* much liquor sold as is demanded, probably. All that is sold in the latter state brings in a large revenue. No revenue conies from that ia the former. Verfly, if tbfo isu’t a fearful iudictmcut of prohibition we don’t know what such indictment is. Confessed hypocrisy and no revenue, versus honest statement and great revenue. Which causes u* to “return to our mutton:” Local option and high license are the correct way to deal with the liquor traffic. Disadvantages of Canada to American*. [Cblcoao Herald, i Charles Shaw, manager of the Toronto Grand-opera house, bus Iteen in the'city this week nettling tHwne Detroit score* with John McConnell, of the Columbia theater. Shaw was' relating to McConnell how he fared when lie entered into the pamdise of Amercan fugitive banker*. “When I got as tar as Windsor, oppoiie Detroit,” sa d Shaw. “I went to a saiooit for a drink. I had been told tlmt whisky wn* five cents a drink all over Canada, but I didn’t seek it for that reason. However, I went up to the bar, called for a drink and threw down a quarter of a dollar. The bartender returned ten C?nt*. “ 'How is it,’ I asked, ‘that you charge me fifteen cents?’ '“You are an American.’ the bartender returned. ‘ We always charge Americans fifteen cents—natives live cents.’ “I raid nothing, but pursued my way to Toronto. The mortiing I arrived there I went into a barber shop for a shave. I had made up my mind before not to open my mouth, but that infernal Canadian barber succeeded in getting me to talk, and when I left his chair he gave me a fifteen-cent check. •“How is this?’ I asked of the boss. ‘You advertise in your window a shave for ten cents.’ '“You are an American, from the states,’ he said. ‘We have two sets ot checks. One for Americans and one for Canadians. You must not think xtrange of it,’ he continued. 'A man who can rob a bank of $iJ0,000 shouldn’t kick about a nickel on a shave.’ "J protested that I had not roobed a bank or anybody else, but he said, as he went back to his chair,'Oh. that’s all right; they all say that.’ And I had to live in Toronto several weeks before I got the benefit of Canadian prices.” A Hardly Earned (420,000. (New York letter.] The man who earns $20,000 the hardest of any man I know ia a celebrated tea-taster down town. To-day you see him and he looks like any other man, but if you see him in a month hence he will strike you as extraordinary. Ilia hat will theu appear to be four sizes too small, and to be perched on his head Hke a marking-pot on a barrel. This ii said to be because Im has been poisoned by hia business, and the lower part of his lace and head has swelled out of all proport ions to hi* crown and his hat. He only washes hi* tongue with the tea and then suits it out, but in the course ol doing this a thousand times a day for several weeks (he strong drug does its work, and then he" has to lie off for a lew weeks and shrink bis head, ready to begin again. Forty-’Six Rer Cent. [Boston Herald.] Do you know what a tariff of 46 per cent. —the average rate of oar wonderful tariff on dutiable goods—means? It means that for every dollar’s worth of dutiable foreign goods you buy, you pay in the United States treasury forty-six cents. This would be ail right, if the government needed the money, but it does Dot. A large part of this is unnecessary taxation. It is not needed even for protection. In 1861 Senator Morrill thought that even an average rate of 28 per cent, was more than protection needed. Why Not Use It In All Things? [Shetayville Repuolictn.] The Newt might have added that the civil service system for licensing our school teachers in Indiana would come under the designation of “an-American” as well as the ooe reterred to. Our teachers are all licensed by competitiveexaminationtandali acquiesce in it as a good system. It i* satisfactory and no one would have the hardihood to demand ;hat teachers b* licensed by the spoils system? If "to the vietors belong the spoils” be such holy doctrine,why not make it apply all around, to everything and everybody.

[Tor The ludtaeapotls News] Our P turn loir. Statues.

Betwixt the cradle and th* grave, Man grasps a phantom ch»el in hi* hand

W (th which he i

FOKTUNBS FOUND AND LOST.

Which takes

stick

from day The block,

toils upon a phantom block,

it* shape hem

:cs,

to day. although he knows It not.

Unhappy Experience of a -Hay In Search of a Wind-Fall—How to Make Money.

eneeth his coaatsuit

. *»v., the chiral, and the arm that atrikea,

All ate imperfect; therefore is the work Likewise tmperk-et, hateful and defact-1. The block we may not alter, tor its Saws And beauties are as prim tl as the tiilis And a* immutable; out we can grind

Smoother the chutetb edge, and teanft, at times,

A surer skill to guide the patient arm.

—(C. A. Buskirk.

[For The Indianapolis News.) Counabial 4 oniplicattoos.

When Konelosko Kogeiberg

Cotzebue.

is b

wedded Kali'

then

Had

The question rote of keeptns

Within the town of Kalamazoo.

But Mrs. K. declared at once

That such a thing could never be, for she had always set her hopes

On residence in Kankakee.'

The matrimonial sky grew dark. Each argued on with stubborn pi tick And scorned the calm advice of friends

To compromise ou Keokuk!

But soon a wiser plan prevailed

And icttlng former b:asi

The

Ac

-{Win. A. Caldwell Philadelphia, December, 1336.

And letting former bias go

aey bought their tickets, checked their trunks.

And took the train for Kok <mo!

“SC It A I**."

Mestayer’s new play will satirize the to-

boggan craze.

Thiscoomry leads the world ia dog and

buckskm gloves.

. The richest velvet dresses are being made

in severely simple taste.

The first window-felass ever made in this

this country was manufactured at Pittsburg, j cover and appropriate the wealth. Alter a

The day after the state fair closed was wet and dreary. A few stragglers were wandering around among the derbis of tha lata exhibit. One of these was a solemn, sordidlooking man who walked about, turning over boxes and piles of trash with bis boot, and seemingly looking for aometbing which he did not expect to find. He bad wandered out into a corner of the grounds, remote from the main liuilding ami entrances, and was eping through the “remains” ot an “expire*?’ hitch stand, obscurely located, it was a neighborhood much frequented by horse men and others interested particularly in stock. It wat said, alao, that a quiet gatue of cards could be found there while the fair

was running.

In a forlorn yet eager way the sfranger looked about like a tomb-searcher. He stooped over and stirred np a bunch of ztraw. There was sometning hard umjerneath. The man straightened bimscit in surprise. There came a mingled look ot fright and guilt over his luce. He reflected, and, as no one was observing him, he took Iresh courage. It was a public place and he was not trespassing. He threw aside the straw. A strong box of unusual pattern was disclosed. It was closed aud hyavy. He removed the lid, and there, in shining stacks, was a fortune in sil-

ver dollar.'!

■ The stranger was stupefied. Whose money could it be? Why was it left thus exposed? Would he be justified in taking it? No one could ever know it he did. Besides, somebo<iy else who had n > beiurclaim wouM die-

a'a., in 17D5.

A widow in Oakland, Cal., h« atied a newspaper for libel because in its obituary notice of her husbuitd it spoke of his having

"gone to a happier home."

The last words ot the late ex-Repreacntaliye

William Kimmel, of MaryitiOd, were: "lam nearing port, but tear not the breakers; the

Captain is aboard, and all is well.” Miss Susan B. Anthony has become the

sole proprietor of the "History of Woman Suflraee,” which has been to lau r ously compiled by many enthusiasts in the cause.

strong wres+te-w-iin his conscience, he decided to take an officer ot the law into his confidence, but it was by a compromise that put money into his purse, for to make sure ot a. few sample reminders be put a handful ot the coin into his pocket. The bulk ot the money he restored lo the straw pile aud in the gathering gloom of nightfall stole away

in search of a constable.

That night there were lamps flickering in the grounds as the money-finders searched out the box of silver concealed ia the straw,

mpttea oy manv eninusiasts in me cause, i Ihe package was found and there, sure General Si.ermitn. it now appears, does not e n 1 ou “ h - the man made good bis word by ex- — • ’ • r - -• I hibiliug to the ofiicer’e greedy-eyes the un-

counted wealth. The ofiicerclosely inspected

like New York any better than St. Louis. He has bought the large double house built by Secretary Stantou in Washington, and

will go there to live.

Dr. Edward Beecher, an elder brother of Henry Ward Beecher, formerly president of Illinois university, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination Wednesday.

Dr. Beecher lives in Brooklyn.

Jinks—Hello, Klinks, did you get a Christmas present for your wife this year? Klinks—Yes; 1 bought her a washing-ma-chine. What did you (ret yours? Jinks—A new patent nickel-plated, lead-weighted

spittoon.—[Omaha World.

It is said the insertion of the white of an egg into the eye will give instant relief iu cases similar to those noted recently where pepper had been thrown into people’s eyes.

the coin. He bit one or two pieces, measured their ring, and weighed them over and over iu his paims. “Why,” he said at length, “thia coin is counterfeit! I remember now having seen some ‘shovers of the queer' in a tent in this neighborhood during the fair. They took alarm and fled leaving this stuff behind. I shall have to confiscate this to the govern-

ment.”

Some weeks later the man who mi le the discovery of counterfeit and was s-o rudely bereft ot his windfall, fell into straitened financial circumstances. He had felt his disappointmeut keenly for lie was a poor man. It occurred to him to re-examine the sample coins which he had prudently reserved. They were exact facsimiles ot federal money.

The same remedy may also be used when | gurelv they were genuine. Yet to pass one, lime or dirt has entered the eye. | if it should be counterfeit, ns the officer had The ditficulty of sighting rifles in the dark 1 said it was,, would swing the penitentiary

in warfare na- been ingeniously overcome by the useof luminous pamt. A small luminous

that would awaken popular interest la the enterprise. The governors thereupon voted their approval and confidence and appointed a meteorological committee, consisting of G. W. Sloan, A. J. Halford and J. R. Carnahan, which was instructed to act in coniunction with the railroad committee in securing toe co-operation of the railroad* in carrying signals. A. M. Fletcher, G. W. fcloan, L. B. Martiridnle and V. T. Maiott were chosen delvcate* to the National Board ot Trade, which meets at Washington on the 17lb tost. The committee to whom it had been referred re|w>rt iu favor of asking the legislature to pass resolutions approving the proposed uniting of th# national expositions to celebrate the discovery of America and the adoption of the constitution. LET ’EH GO, GALLAGHER.

The NVir Police Commissioner* Orgamz* and Make Colbert Superintendent.

bead is clipped on to the rifle over the foresight and another over the rear-sight when used nt night iu reply to an enemy’s fiip, forming two luminous sights. A lonely Skating Rink met a Toboggan Slide the o;her day. "How are you tecling?” asked the Rink in doleful tones. “I ajn hunky,” replied the Slide. “I am iu fast company and making Barrels of Moneyl” “Come and sec me iu about Two Years from now,” said the Rink, "and we will Condole together. I have Been There Myself.”—[Phila-

delphia Cali. ’

The firm of Armour & Co., of Chicago, slaughtered, during the year 1886, 2l»0 lions, and during the same time thej so!d of the various products manufactured and dealt in by the tirrm over $50,000,000 worth. This is entirely outside of their immense speculations in options, etc., ou the

Board ot Trade.

j A nastor iu a state adjoining this, preaching from the text, "Beware of covetousness,” said: “Last Sunday night the coliyetion iu this house amounted to $1.80 and the do lur was thrown iu by a Baptist brother from Richmond, Va., who happened to be here and did nut kuow any better. The other 600 oi you dropped in the 80 cents.”—[Richmond

Religious’ Herald.

Thomas J. Kivler, who was crushed fo death by a full of rock in a mine at Nauticoke, Pa., on Monday, was the eighth member of his family that had been killed in the mines there. The others, all of whom resided in the same house, were killed- in the great accident a year ago, when twenty-six lives were lost. Thomas was the sole support

of his aged father an 1 mother.

At a concert the other night a young chap who sat next to me faittifuiiy consulted his program and criticised every singer in very awkward terms. Having listened to enough of his gtiff I quietly said to him: “You seem to know considerable about music; are you a musician?” “No, not exactly,” he replied, “but my sister makes piano-covers for Cory

Brothers.”—[Providence Telegram.

"1 have put your name in toy will aud you will get $10,000 when 1 die.” This was the Christmas surprise tiiat a Wall street man gave his confidential clerk. And he added ‘Now, I’m in pretty good health and

I doom open before him. He resolved therefore (for his needs were great), to melt down one or two pieces and take the bullion to a jeweler. He quickly put this thought into execution. Tremblingly, be awaited the jew-

eler’s decision.

“It is pure stiver,” was the verdict.

Again bad a fortune slipped through the poor man’s hand. The treacherous officer had deliberately appropriated the money, seeing that it was good. He must be hunted down and exposed! Bent on this purpose, the unhappy man went forth, frothing with

rage. «

Yesterday afternoon Commissioners Holt and Pendleton met with Schurmanu at the residence of D. E. Snyder, and the two former came with the program fully rehearsed and the business of the meeting was quickly aecomplisaed. The board organized by continuing Mr. Snyder as secretary and electing Mr. Pendleton as president, and then Pendleton nominated Captain Colbert for superintendent, which was approved by Holt, after which Sergeant Quigley was made aa acting captain. This accomplished,Messrs. Holt aud Pendleton adjourned to meet at the police roll call, where (he last named made a K^eech, in which be was careful to have no ideas beyond the broad ass rtiou in the management of the police that no church, newspaper or saloon should shape the pn icy et huusett and lioit. lie also enjoined on the patrolmen not to communicate anything to the reporter* without the couseiu of their superior*. This latter was interpreted as a threat to boycott the reporters tor any unpleasant editorial expressions of the papers which they severally represent, bat alter ward he was gracious enough to consent that this expressiou might be some* what modified, and he so instructed the new superiutendeut to that effect. My lord, however, is credited with saying that "it the newspapers do not go to criticising us, they can have privileges at tne station house; but if they make v/ar on us, they shall have no news from there.” The men were iheu dismissed to their respective beats, Mr. Travis, who had made a very acceptable superintendent, returning to Ins former position as sergeant. Tne promotion ot Mr. Colbert to the superlntenuency burns the bridges behind him, so to speak, and if there is a turn in the ma- agemeut of the police force lie can hardly hope to he restored to his old place. With the advent of the new regime the old rumor is again given strength that claim will be made that no man can be appointed to a position in excess of four years, and that this coming spring, when the force shall have completed the lourth year ot its organization, there will be a general rearrangement, and opportunity will then be taken to decapitate a number of serviceable men who have made themselves objectionable to the liquor element in a conscientious attempt to enforce the law.

Manner* In Sweden.

Id Sweden, if you address the poorest per-

knadreds of million* a year into the pockets j p^mj°a UdJ on'‘the stafrV'all

§f th* nriiloQ&ire monopiv - s.

The consultation of a couiiuitte* of th# Knights of Labor with the 'cgistative repre* aantative* of this county scams to have tamed upon the question of regulating the competition of cannot labor with honorable labor. Th* Knights were not opposed to tbe policy of Banking convicts support themsalves, as far aa practicable, bat naturally thought it unfair that they should bo used by the state t* obstruct tbe labor and means of support of good citizens and hoaeat men. Consequently they objected to the employment of this form of labor on eontrneU that would bo taken by lowor bids Irom better men, and objected to the introduction in market of tha products of eonviot labor at lower prices than those af haaaat labor eenld

j hotel must do the same. To enter a store or bank with one’s bat on is a terrible breach of good manners. When a train leaves a platform or a steamboat a pier all tbe lookers on lift their bate fo th* departing passengers and bow to them, a compliment returned by

the travelers.

Jfavte* t ost More. To sbow*bow enormously the cost of a firstolas* iron-clad has increased of late in England, Lord Brassey states that tbe propelling machinery of the Howe has cost $.515,000, as against tbe $316,000 of the Devastation; and tbe latter ship has no hydraulic machinery, which in tbe Howe adds to the expense to the tuna of $373,000. “Do** your mother kuow you're out.” s*M a boy to bis brother who did not go to school because he had caught a bad cold. ‘ Yes, she doea.” was the answer, ‘ for Dr. Bull’s Coush Syrup has ‘knock*? my cold info a cotkad ha!.” Urn buuttbt ■ AVeeut bottle.

Artistic Needle-Work.

The American Association of Paioters are exhibiting at their gallery in New York a perfect copy of the famous Baycux tapestry which was made by Queen Matilda, wite of William the Conquerer, and her ladies. This copy was made bv some ladies ot Staffordshire, England. The tapestry represents the battle ot Hastings and other 'events just before the Norman conquest. The American

association, generally considered

this; , _ ^ ^ ...... .... . K ,. don t intend lo die very soon, so I will help I opossum in market and a tew stray “critters”

you out in the meantime by paying you 6 per cent, interest on the amount. Here’s « check lor $by0 to pay the first year’s in-

terest.”

A Chicago drummer tells of a merchant in Walnut, Hi., who, being prosperous and a heavy buyer, is well treated by the cormaer* cial travelers, and has many a cigar ottered to him. He always take* the cigar, saying: "It's against my principles to smoke in business hours; I’il light this alter supper,” and when he gets a hundred puts them in a bo£ and sells them to a train boy ou the Burimgr ton road for half price. The recent death of Dr. Archibald A. Hodge recalls this anecdote illustrating his methods in the class-rooms: Once while he was a professor in the theological seminary be asked a student for a definition of eternity. The student need not have been ashamed to coufess his-, inability to answer that question, but, alter some hesitation, he replied that he used to know the definition, but had forgotten it. "O, my, my, iny!” exclaimed Dr. Hodge, bringing his hand down forcibly upon the table. “What a calanuity! The oniy man in the universe that ever knew what eternity is has forgotten.” HRborne L. Roosevelt, one of the largest organ builder* in this country and in the world, and an inventor ot electrio appliances, died Friday in New York, aged fortysereu years. He identified himself most particularly with electric inventions as applied fo organ manufacture. Among the organs that he built was the one m the Garden Citv cathedral, and also the one in Grace church. New York, each of which has twenty mile* of electric wire in it. He also built the Trinity church (New York) organ, and the organ in the main buildioc of the the centennial exposition. He also established factories in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Mr. Roosevelt invented several important details of the telephone. Mrs. Elizabeth Lichtenberger, of Newark, N. J., whose husband deserted her ten years ago, is now seeking a divorce, having discovered her husband’s perfidy iu a curions manner. Lichtenberger, on December 31, 1676, kissed bis wife good-night and said he was going out to get shaved. He ha* never returued. Two months ago Charles Yoight visited a tailor and during his visit told a curious story ot one Lichtenberger, a brewery workman, of Council Bluffs, la., who had drawn the Incky cud ot a wish-bone, and shortly after married a pretty maid-*ervant. Tbe tailor knew the supposed widow Lichtenberger and her story; the description of the Council Bluff* than tallied with that of the miming husband, and Voight, being shown Mrs. Liehtenberger’s daughter, raid she was tha image of the happily-married brewer. This satisfied Mrs. Lichtenberger No. 1, and she has since learned that her husband is the father of twocbtldrao in Conncit Bluffs. She says she will follow her truant hnsband to the ends of the earth, and meanwhile tbe divorce proceedings go on. The winter of our discontent can be made glorious summer by always keeping in the house a botU* of the celebrated {joe's Couch Balsam.

,. ■ ........., j . vt....... the first

s # 0 »' art association in America, now add China

_ , , , , . ,, , , * and embroidery exhibits to their painting Trade had been thriving. Merchants had | ex hibits. The Indianapolis Art association not done so much bu-ine.'S since the days of j tnis year W1 |j do )ljC 0n j an „ ary n the panic. It was doubtless because he had j tf,ev open a three days’ display of laces and

made bo much money if late that caused the j embroideries.

A New Organ for the Negro.

The Argus, a new weekly paper published in the interes.a of the negro race, stalwart republican in politic*, and with Ben D. Bagby as editor, has made its initial appear* ance. Mr. Bngby takes a new departure in carefuliy avoiding tbe word colored in speaking of his race, using instead the word “negro,” and for his motto he quotes from Frederick Douglass: “The republican party

is the deck; ail outside is the sea.” The Let%er>Carner*’ Social.

The letter.carriers’ club gave its first entertainment last night at Pfaffiin’s hall. Rector J. S. Jenckes made the opening address. Vocal and instrumental music was furnished by Miss Abromet, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Bailey and .Miss Meredith; and Messrs. MeAroy, Keilehcr and Miss Nellie Smith and Miss Anna Lutz gave recitations. After tbe completion of the program, the evening was de-

voted to dancing.

Suit to Recover Stock. Robert Martirfdale lias filed suit against the trustee ot the Island Coal company, Mary aud Bernard Schweitzer, for the possession of several shares of stock. Judgment was obtained and an execution issued, bat. nn aBsignment ot stock was made to L. L. Norton as trustee, it is claimeo, before a sale could be made, without consideration aud tor the purpose of defrauding piamtifl'. limpr ctiou ol Mine*. To the Editor ot The Indiana poll* News.

pea green grocer to dream of fortunes «« above related. Upon awakening, he realized tiiat money is made by giving ntiention to business, and he therefore arose and inserted an advertisement in The News that he was selling all kinds of tame fowls, dressed, at

12ic jier pound at retail.

A scarcity of fresh eggs at this season is to

be expected, and the retailers’ advance to 23 @27c per dozen was not a surprise. Fancy country butter also fetches an improved price, hut the market is so loaded with in* ferior stuff—not to speak of oleo. and but. terine—that tbe consumer may have this edible grease at his own figure. Fancy creamery and. Jersey retails at 35c and a

good grade of the country article at 2.5c. New Bermuda tomatoes are not serfonslv

interfering with the trade in the canned goods, yet they are not without purchasers at 25c a pound. They reach this market quite iresh-iooking and for such weatiier as tnis seem about as much in place as seersucker conts. The supply of grapes is yet ample and Catawba* are selling at 12ic,with Malagas at about twice that figure. Some grocers and fruiterers are selling the latterat 20c. Florida oranges of many size* and prices are to be had. the range in value per

dozen being from 20 to 50a. _ Large game (fowls) is distressingly scarce.

Duck* are held by game dealers at $1 a pair (mallards.) Some wild geese are to be had at 15o a pound. Tilts is also the price ot wild turkeys. Venison i* still quoted at 25c, and choice cut* of antelope and bear meat at 30c. There has been an; over supply of

are offered at SOO^TSe, without takers. Raitroao Notes. The Bee Line wiil open a ticket office on South iilinois street. F. Hall will heresfter fill the office of chief engineer of the L. ( N. A. A C. Tbe office ot engineer of maintenance of way has been created on the Vaudatia and Ben McKeen appointed to fill it. J. W. Hewitt has been appointed assistant j traveling auditor of the Bee Line and associate roads with headquarters at Cleveland. The general supposition is that E. H. Scott, now general agent tor the I., P. & C. bondholder* will be general manager of»the line when reorganization is perfected. At hi* req rest John McKenna, of the I., D. <fc S., is already considering a proposition to become general master mechanic of the J., P. <fc C. C. E. Doyle will probably become superintendent. P. A. Lynn, Indianapolis aceut, has Oecn mentioned for the position of general freight agent, and the important increase in .the company’s business due to Lynn’s efforts in this city, amounting to nearly $2,(X)0 per month, is cited as a supporting reason for such an appointment. The present general freight iigent of the division, Mr. .-sweet, if an applicant for a continuance under the reorganization, would, of course, have a claim. Mr. Scott is qnoted as saying that tbe present arrangement with the \Yaba«ii, contiuqed tor tbe month as noted in The News, i* to be only temporary and is no way binding upon the future operation of the

road.

In your issue ot January 1, appeared an article > the bad condition in mines in the starq | f

e inspector slates, why dc

Th* Groat Danger.

To the Editor of Tbe Indianapolis News; I beg leave to express my very great satisfaction at th* ton* of your third paragraph. first column, second page of Wednesday's Issue, your brief comment on Judee Woods's decision, etc. It has tne right ring. Now ia tbe time for th* people of Indiana to come to the rescue and support of th* doctrine ol ' honest elections and law counts.”

Let tbe prosecutions go ou again** both zanga—

tramping down ati mere technical ba if the Orange county gang were guilty

ing voter*, and the Marion county gang were guilty of deftandlng voters by fa! e count or iorg-

if the Orange <

barriers -and

ere guilty of corrupt-

ing returns, let tnem keep company together behind the strong bars for the greatest number of years possible under th* laws. I am a democrat—devoted to th- triumph of the p mclple* of my party. But doe* the Coy-Beriiharaer-Perkins-

Sulbvan gang believe tli*t anv party—however

ISM |

o o

IM

orcour-B. appearanoe* miy oeceive. ami tnev. in truth. m> ie of thcra me» are guilty. But certainly

true and sacred it* i rmciplc*—can succeed under such a load o odium a* they are burdening aud scekm.- to impose unon the democratic pany. Of coup-*, appearances miy deceive, amt that, in

Otelr com.net since the becitiningof the Investigation ia regarded by the public ns equivalent to

square con tf«eton to all that is charged Greenfield,-Ind., Deceiut>er .tO. Dejiooiat.

'

It the food is not properly digested it becomes corrupt and poison* the sy-tem it Is intended to

nourish. This s indries ion.

-.My wife has suffered for many years with Indi(te*tion. A her trying everything else recommended, she tried Simmons Liver Kcgulator. Iu three days after taking it according to directions, she was in perfect health; she does not suffer at all. and can eat anything she wants without any of her previous symptoms. W. C. M'Bebs, Bain-

bridge, Ga.’’

MANY Til A'KB To our friends end strangers for their liberal paDonat;* lor C'hri-tmus ikhbK Wo shall endeavor to sustkiu our claim of belnc tbe leading dcnie * in Brass Good*. Coa! Va.-e*. Table and Pocket Cutlerv. Bo er's Plated Wale, boys’ and youth-' Tool Chests iiud 'fool* complete. HcldkuranD A FtGATt. South Mer:dum St.

AMUSEMENTS.

| lCKS GttAND OPERA HOUSE.

TP-MCHT, Wednesday Matinee and Evening, THE Hit OB THE nEA-ON. "ERMLNIE!” The mo*! mnemfleent production of Comic Opera ever witneteed In America, by the NEW YOI.K CASINO OPERA COMPANY. Regular prices. Secure your seats ia advance

.LCKfcON’S GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

Three nlphts. beeinnins January 6, the DLttnguisUed tragedienne, JANAUSCHEK, In a Grand Production of MEG HERK1L1RS.. Saturday Matinee—‘'MOTHER AND SON." Regular prices, .-eats uow on sale.

n.NGLisrrs opera house.

Thursday. Friday,

and Saturday.

S, 7 and

THREE NIGHTS

and

Saturday Matinee. | . January 6, 7 and 8. Bartley Campbell’s crest romantic spectacular

dram*. "CLIO!"......

Fifty people in ti e production M’LLE ADE1.E COHNAI.BA. the norlit’* greatest prima ballerina assmuta, and ria |d refined corps rie ballet. The strong New York nud B slim cast, headed by tbe powerful romantic and Hbaksbearoan actor, MR. JOHN L. BUi:LEIGH, as Fabian, ft ‘

Nliiio’s Oarden theater (N. Y.) scenery. Tickets at the popular prices of till* lb 35c 'fic, 15c—now on sale at box-office.

eater-SOc,

{&' Hilt)

&4KlH c POWDER Absolutely Pure.

■ never varies. A marvel i

rbsaX* IGSWalls!.. N. yT

^NERVOUS

& Brain law , Const Italian 1

SCOTCH OATS ESSSNCI, Iffttwre**# Kfcrrft Brain “ - - -

d for ovftrwork**<l I

mended for ovftrwm k**d Doctor*.Lawyer rfvtlc P*‘rrou» J’ valid*,]nrhriftUri* end PRICE, si PER BOTTLE. ALL 1

NEW YORK STEAM DENTAL CO., ^KSl|^HpnftJMpfe'' j" upward t'lC;' ! H‘rS3 ^mjuuu**' tur.sis’i.^.’ss ed. Kliieen years’experience • A. P. HERRON, Manager. Rooms I sad 4 Grand Opera House.

PENNYROYAL PILLS .“CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH.” Tha Original and Only Uesaalao. and alwtja a«tUM«. fervftrftftf wftrtfclcftft ImttfttSaftft.

rupture sanitarium. Physicians who have seen the effect of tbe VMi-

cated Bon Pad Truss and Unlment upon rupture, admit that It will cure *11 mild cose* and many ol the worst case, of Dlreci and Kcrotal Hernia

without scarcely any pain. For circulars call

nit scarcely any pain. lor circulars call on or address Banl'arliini. room 4, 77J4 East Market

street. Indianapolis. Ind.

of BOURBON”

•a

L^lWKEjSTC E, OSTROM <fc CO.’S Famous "BELLE liiP 31

IS DEATH TO MALARIA,

Chills and Fever,

Typhoid Fever,

INDIGESTION,

DYSPEPSIA, SURGICAL

FEVERS, BLOOD

POISONING,

Congmnption, Sleeplessness Or Insomnia,

and

Dissimulation of Food. 10 Yean Old. No Fusel Oil AUolutely

Pure.

THE GREAT

APPETIZER.

tile l icU are as 111

delay nt* sussotio;

the lime lor lu

uapeetor states, why .1 is and remedies fill :

If !

oe» he ,

near 1

the l;me lor tue governor to appoint an inspector j oi mines for the next two year*? The unties are crow'fed, poorly veufliated, »nd not lit tor human j boiuas to Work in, so says our uius;* Inspector. ! According to tne r vls d statutes ot 3SS1, ihere is | required one hundred cubic feet of air per man ! employed in each maie, if there late over ten ! men employed in the miiie, which is a suffice ut ! amount to' expel all noxious gases and make the j mine ventilation good in any coal mine in the sta e. tf It ts properly conducted around the work- i lags m tire mine. 1 beiieve it is the dutv of the m.ne jji'-p.jetor to see tti t the amount of air required by the statute* is traveling in the mines, or, us The sews says, "file against the* owners of said mine and C"iui el them to afford reasonable security iorthe lives ot their men.” In this way, i it may be, we wilt find out whether out mind ! ventilation law is like a train of cars' standing without any locomotive power to move them, j Milfnaiia is a practical miner, so says your j reporter, i’erhups your reporter doea not know j what constitutes a practical miner, or a miner fit iorthe position of state yatne inspector for tire st de of Indiana as required in o'her states. Does

THa Will certify that I have examined the samol# of BELLE OK BOURBON WHISKY received irom Lswrenc_', (Mrom A- Co., and fou.id the same to be perfectly free from Fusel Oil and all other dele e ions substances and strictly pure. I cheerfully recommend the same or Family and Medicinal purposes. j, p, Barnum, M. D., Analytical Chemist, Louisville, Ky. For sale by DRUGGISTS, WINE MERCHANTS and GROCi-Ra everywhere. Price, tt.26 per Bottle. If not lotnid at the above, half dozen bottle*. expre«* paid, in plain boxes, will be sent fo any

address in the Luffed States or Canada, on receipt ot six dollars.

LA WHENCE, OSTROM & CO., Louisville. Ky.

WJiolerale Dfetrlbujinp Azcnt*: J. R. Ro.«s A CO., proprietors Uoss’s Aromatic Tonic; J Kiefer A

& Co. Fam.ties supplied by J. T. Power, *ole agent tar Chase 2

Co.. dnijisWs: Geo. Woodford

Sanborn's Coffees.

-SKVICKAL-

d y ^ ^ m: o sip In operation in the city are equipped with STEEL PULLEYS. STEEL ■ PULLEY AND MACHINE WORKS, 70 to S7 Sotxtlx Pennsylvania tstreet.

he have a

what a cubic mot

the varioi

knmvfedxe of chcm.siry so as to tell

of I

dus gases are lesti in all <

r is composed oi, or what jip aed of that are found

more or less in all our coal mines in the state? Due* he have a know.edge of ina'hetuatic* nect-v sary to give the correct measurement ot ume of air truveiina in a mine with a

: oft

the vu!-

i a cenai

e?

Dues

pleasure in the wu er-vnuge

a knowledge of the geology of our state? Does he have a knowledge ot surve ying, so that

ue I

ensure in the wu ei tv a knowledgei

tie can loll if the plat of the uiitie is correct? It ability and competence were paid more atumion j lo in the selection of amine inspector and less ! heed paid to the wishes of uniK-rupuiou* politicisnt, perhaps we would have less trouble every time the legislature meet- 1 , bnvitn! amendments j to our mine veaiiteiioo law brought lot warn that

ARE THE BEST FOR OYSTERS.

GAS STOVES.

i ame:

ciuued that

State Meteorological system.

Professor Smart, of Purdue university, and Sergeant Cassidy, of the government meteorolo.'ical service, addressed tbe governors of the Hoard of Trade last night on tiie stale weather system and its connection with tiie board. Professor Smart, speaking of experiments made at Purdue, referred to the bene-

fits farmers derived in establishing the suita- j and «ii raining bllity of certain kindof grains locertain soils, i boards in tbe v

are inadequate. Let us take a lesson from tiie grenfe-i eo-.i-prociuoiig.-tiue in the Union. They nad trouble every time the leeis! tore met with

ndraents U> the mining Isw. and tfo

sw. and they con-

the proper way lo do wav

to appoint « commission to draft a mines' resulatioti act, cotupo-ed ot so many oue.a-

nd -o many competent tamer-

ou that there

an

rill

:amer».

I wiil assure you that there is nowhere In the world a more satisfactory mining lar to all concerned than the law iu Pennsylvania, it require* a rigid examination of mine inspectors

tui ail muuiig busses by tbe var.

11s? 1

■e various cxamiiiin • is, as to a brio.ty and

He said that these experiments saved the | Infp^diey''a; 1 sctorife* a ^ 1 * Wlae ' ir *

arions distrieti mora By aud 1

farmers tneexpen-e ot individual experimenting. It was the same with iruit-liearing trees. A state weatiier service, with Purdue as its center, would be invaluable to farmers. There were already forty weather stations in the state, but thirty more would not be toe many, in no section was it more difficult to forecast the weather. Indiana was the center of atmospheric battles. He then spoke of the systems Pennsylvania, Illinois and Minnesota had adopted, and said it was

g. j hey answer ratisfactoruy a c-enaiu p?-r nt. of all questions or they uo not get a ceniflite for either Inspector or mine bos-. I have 1.0 doubt but that would be the best course tor us to pursue. It would be a blessing to the miner!, and the 01 era tore of the state and elevate the coal m.ning industry to its proper level wnh otfier states; for surely we are not up to our sister states In management of our mines, or we would m ine more coal than we do. I leel safe lu asserting that we do uo: mine more than one-hairof the '■oal that we consume, and at lea-t a million tons of what we do mine Ii consumed outside of our state. We have 7,000 miles of coel lands in

-ua , state, we nave v.ioki mites ot com lanus in our

proposed, m connection with the increase ot i state, as good as in anv of the stale*, except trie facilities, to have railroad trains carry sig- ' enthracite of Pennsylvania, and there i* no doubt indicating in detail the exact s.ate , t j, e va i Qe 0 f property to the state would be mo.

te government signal*

jceef to ioor.

of the weather. The were about fo be redu

Sergeant Cassidy said he had been aent out by the government bureau to bring the matter before the board of trustees of the state. All that was asked was oo-operatioa and indorsement. It meant no expense to these institutions, but only an expression

terialiy enhanced and an industry that has added many millions fo the wealth of our coun-

try be more fully developed.

Brazil, January S, Pgp Boxo PCBI-KO. People who sigh for the good old times forget there were many discomforts then. When Job had his boils fit. Jacob* Gil was not known. Now

it heals all pains.

I'-’o TCindline R«»qviirwA. No Coni to CarTT. No JL.n'hnm to Kemoww. fta* Engines from Q hone-power 0% We aril fo as* consumers iu this city only. On exhibition and for rale by me GAS COMPANY Na 47 South Pennsylvania Street.

BOARD OF TRADE

RAILWAY TIME CARO. Jeff, MM. A Ind. Depart: 4:13 am, 1:10am, iiopm. «:Upm. Active tO Uain, 11 (/Gain. o tipm. ri:4*om.

Vnndnim Line.

Depart: 7a»am. Urn, iriepra. torwpni, llpm Arrive: 3»43am. 4:U*m, WlMam, Afopra, SiUpto.

Owe., CeL. Cin. A Ind.

Depart: riSuam. < Aiom, 7:3Jam, I Islam. MPura 7:*lp ii. Arrive-. e.5tem, Usbam. zpao. StUpm, raft

pm, Khstnm.

Lrightwood Division—C.. C. t C. A L All the shove trains stop at Brightwood. The following iralu* run 0 anj from Brigntwood onlft Depart: i opm. teraipm. Arrive: 4:loam. Cincinnati, Wabash dt Mlebigaa. iConusction mad* via Be* Lute at Andersen) Depart: 4:jj am, Uan aaMOOpta. Am rad MM an

LCOpm. kMSuiu.

On.. Ind.. St. la ft Chi.

Cincinnati Division.

Depart: S:40am. 4Juam. IlSBain. t-ASpm, fMpaa. Arrive: ifettam. ll: tiaa*. 4:45em. MMSpas. Udooaa

_ Chicane Divlsten.

Depart: 7J0nm Lsripm. tnopm.tkaspA. Arrives

foam, IBUnin, fctf.pm. StWom. fit. Louis ft PtttetHSrw. . 430am, 11 Mam, 4Mpm. 4:S4pm.

t'Aiorn. 4-OOpm. *4tpra, tOdOpm.

Cbicaco division, via Kokoma

Depart: ti:lA*m. H JOpm. Arrive: MOaia ISfipra

Wabash, fit. Lwais SS PaoUla.

Depart: 7:Lam, 2:Upm. TXMpoa. Arrive: UUa^ "^^SS-npoM. ft Tlneooaea. 4 Depart: Tdiew, 1:40pm. Arrive: KWuara, 4:4epm. Cincinnati, Haun)|oa ft ladlaaapolt*. Depart: 4CU*m. fciMam, SJOpm. »3Bpnj, Arrives

•Mam, lirahun, 4A*pm, i«:-ispfe.

Indiana, BloomingUMi ft fVastern. Depart: 7.warn, risjoen, 4-.i4pm, U*W pm. Xxriem

4 Sunni, lOfiOam, SdSpm, ttttpm.

fleer sre TtflftMh

Depart: SdSam, Sdipm, MSpfih Arrives Tfltasft

U&pm, MftSO pm.

Indianapolis, Decatur A fiprlngfleld.

6 *' p “’ **•***« "•■^ Indlaaanolle ft M, Lenta.

Depart: 731ms, iLMam, MSSpa, lojopm. Arrives

S2Uam

Chicago, fit. Dei-art: 4 Mam, Arrive: MOam, 1

Sffoam, leant, zraipm,

fioe

I Michigan Cfitr 1

SMIpa^UdSpna a—* 1

LouUvUta, Mow Albany ft Chioagev Chicago mod Michigan dtr DSvhtoa Depart: 11 “