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THE IKDIANAPOUB KEW8, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900.

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to m aonMOTkat higher tax lery than we have bad ta receot years aa a regular tblnc- With the growth of Che city ta all dtswctJans, the densaarte for tn protaeOo«. polka servks. straet regain and cleaning, and all ta* net, are Vkaly to grow at * more rapid rate than the taxable wealth. Bat this fact emphertnw the need Of the strictea*. economy In the ereeadttnre of ctty moneys. The lower we can keep oar taxes, the smaller we caw keep oar'debt. the more economically we can conduct our public bustneea, the greater e/fra ntagcs we shall offer ewer neighboring eittes and the more people we ffbatl attract.

IMPERIALISM WANING. m a* issue seems to be

%saijsU. wshkik. st least as far as the West is concerned. It Is exceedingly difAiuH to make a noratal, optlnoetic American—and the normal American fortunately is optimistic—beHere that the republic Is, or ever can be. In serious danThis country has been through many j grave crises, and somehow It has j rays come out of them strengthened

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*h ft from the rest of Hie world. It U P^MaUcalty knposelWe. therefore, to make feel that the mere attempt to suppress «a Inuutsoctlon In our new territory Is going to overthrow our Institution*. Four years ago Mr. Bryan made th» most direful predictions of what would happen If, the gold standard was not overthrown The mon^y question was to M/. Bryan both a financial and a moral queation. He declared that the happiness and prosperity of the people, and the perpetuity of free Institutions, were bound UP In *he triumph of silver fiv. r and over ngsln he dw laml. not simply that he stood f<»r the prosperity of thifr people, but for the maintenance

of a government of. tor a«d by th* peo- | ^ rampalKn lh< ^

( penses t.-nd to Increase But apart from j all this there Is a widespread susidclon that much money Is used for other pur-

ple. We now know that he was mistaken. During the years of th< M'i.Tntay administration the emtrrtry has been highly prosperous Materially, we stirelj have nothin* to comptain of. Every prediction that Mr. Ilryan made in thta regard has been Miown to he fr.’ae. M'we than that, republican Institution* have not suffered from the gold standard. Bo |U«ar t» this that Mr Urran htrasetr hchad to discover another en«M.v to free govcrnnaoit — ncmeiy. iin:te«lali*«. If th«*se Rl<»omy irophe * hir.e been : mb<ttikeu ome. they *>• y''be m xtaken again The man »fk« argaed that the rapubllc would full a victim to the greed of thoae seeking to estnldtsh the gold ^standard Is now asserting that It will lx* destroyed by thoae #< -king t* suppr. n the lasarree^ini' In tlie Pldlipidnes. Why believe him In one case more than In the other? The people are very little disturbed about Imperialism What bothers them a good deal more is th* probable action of Mr. Bryan with reference to th# money question. And on that they ran get no light. They know that free silver 1* not essential to their prosperity, because they have had pnaqterUy without It Thu* there does not »e«m to be *m>

spyctnl reason for a ohange.

fu one sense the Imperialist Issue »• prdcllcally ellmlnstsd alrnady. K«»r tf Mr. Bryan should lx* elected President he would hove to'govern the Filipinos ns- they arc now governed, at h ast MU Congress authorised him to adopt a different pcdlry. Me could not abandon territory formally ceded to the American tluVermnent. He would he bound by the treaty gulls as much as Mr. McKllaley is. Further than that ht proposes that ws should establish a stable government In the archipelago, and, of course, tht* means that the government woukl hav#

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THE CITY FINANCES. Th* ITouucH last night passed the ap|iroprlaUon ordinance as reownmended by the mayor, with a few minor reductions, amounthiK in the aggrognte to ll&.OOO. The tax rote for next year Is Axed at 71 Hpf* on the hundred dollar*. The rate this year I* W cento The average rate for the two years Is therefore fifit, cents. But this Is not quite ecruptte, because a temporary loan of -nearly Kuu.uuo has been neewsary, and the eatlmatea for next vear take no account of Hite. The tax rat# has been made high euaugli only to meet the regular; current exp-nsee of

pi* «lty.

,I This makes all the more glaring the unfortunate demagogical action of the city administration a year ago In Axing the to* rate at t» cents. It mu« have known—Mr. Johnson, the Comptroller, ts too competent a man not le have known pk that the city could not get through the year on that levy. To be sure. H la constantly asserted that the administration expected that the special brewery tax would be re-established (as tt ought to have lieen. and would have Wen c\ l *#Pt for Jtepubllcan *T»eanut" oppostkpd that It hoped for a apeclal ftox on gws main*. But even If both taxes had been levied th# t»-oent would still hav* toft a doitett of

t*thing more than

Fitoin no raaaonable, business-like ixvlnt tf view, therefore, ean the tax rote Axed y««r ago, be justifled or defended. we shall recover from the effects that piece of demagogy, we do not »»• The right and wise thing would to wipe out the temporary iudebted•t once; and not let It hang over ctty Indefinitely. It aeenu utterly leh tor the city to bo paying tntereet money to meet current expense#, the same time we are face to face \ either a conalderably enhanced tax or with the necessity of Increasing Indebtedness of the city, to no Question that we must tanand enlarge our Are equip All InveaUgatlons show that la lmperatt\-e to meet the of our growing city, estimate of the sum needed tot the moat urgent requirements 1.000, Moreover, as we have fully »ted, large improvements are the hoapitol tf we are going proper room and care to the ck and afflicted. The wise way these demands la to borrow the Bat in doing that, provision for ent should be made. The city not to go on borrowing for any the debt when it falls due. other thought In this connection.

the District of and that hr the terms of th* eusitflutl— ttself. Coneaa has the power “to exsretoe exclusive legislation, to all cases whatsoever," over the District of Columbia. Ha tbea went as to eoadeau tha Fwto Rtcaa perplexities Involved hi the mo* problem i tt already existed He ctmeiwded ms: “For God's aafca. tbea. don’t let i take any stop which wIB farther complicate the attmtSon.” But pot a word about the North Carolina

. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.

We ar* surprised that our Democratic friends do not make more of the persistency with which the Republican national chairman Is seeking money. Money, money, seems to be the burden of kls plea. Perhaps the Democratic managers ere Just es active in their efforts to set money; but they are not e© conspicuous In their quest for the golden fleece, and we do not bear so touch about it. But Mr. Harmae movements leave a trail of golden run or* At New York he was praying — or should it be preying? — for larger contribution*. ^ at Philadelphia he was upbraiding the ■ Ufflaltby manufacturer* for their llllberJ alitr: at Chicago he ha* been pointing to the empty party chest, an** wramlng the rich men of the danger that lies ahead mile** there *haH be a generous prevision

of the sinews of war.

Of omireo there is need of considerable sums of money by campaign managers of ail pertle* for perfectly proper expenese. Many orators expect now to be paid; corps of editor* and statlstleton* are employed. vast quan title* of campaign "literature” are prepare*) and have to be mailed, causing large expenditure for postage; telegraph bills are heavy; music and torchlight proceeslon* and rent for hall* add large

poses, about which "practical” politician* look wise and say little. And it t* generally believed that the Hon. Mark Hanna 1* an eminently “practical" poll(id an. It I* not nurpriMlng, therefore, that h!s seal to urging contribution*, and the large demands he 1* making should provoke oemment and rouse wonder. Why ehould so much money 1»* demanded to run campaign when the question* at Issue arc of so momentous Importance? Should we not appeal more to reason and less to the pocket ? —

G/YE HIM AN EVtN CHANCE. The declaration of the Afro-American council In favor of the migration of negrnew doe* not meet the approval of the Boston Herald. Their natural home, the Herald say*, is In the Bouth, and they are not In a poslMon to leave it a* yet They are too poor, too uninstructed to take cm themselves the re»pon*lbilllte« of new surroundtngs. When some years ago the suggestion was made' that the negroes colontae In Kami**, the Southern white population was up In arms again# t tt. One of the great arguments was that the riimnte of Kansas was so Inhoapilahlq to colored people that they never would be able to flourish there and this, tt wplte of the htetorle struggle over slavery In Kansas. No one then thought that the climate was ioo Inhospitable for the colored man. The truth of the biiHines* 1* that the colored man can live anywhere In this country. Otherwise, how come* It that all over the North there are large colonies of colored i>eople? There ts hardly a northern city without its contingent of thousands of colored people. Where do they eome from If not from the South' And they are coming constantly. They shift as any class of population shifts, less, perhaps, than the white population does, for the reason that the Herald speaks of — the poverty of their condition. But thoae among them who are young, who may be adventurous, who have the qualities that make migration among any people, are certainly a* capable of getting along in the North us they are in the South The great thing that the colored man tteads la self-reliance and the conviction that thrift is at the bottom of Improvement. Many of them know this. There Is not a community In the North that has not example* of colored mea that years ago came from the South, utterly poor. uneducated and friendless, who, to-day. are self-sustaining and have aomathlng ahead for a rainy day. Give the colored man the same chance that the while man has. Do not attempt to preach a gospel that there is some special cause, condition or nature of things that applies to him that does not apply to all of the human family alike. The Republicans seem to take to the paramount issue pretty well. Speaking last night at Buffalo. Mr. Cleveland s old home, the Hon. Charles H. Orosvenor said Tn an evil hour the Almighty withheld His smiles from us and let ns'elect Grover Cleveland and a Democratic Congress. I suppose it was for some good purpose, but I could never flgure out why." It Is sneers and fleers of this sort that make even the sturdiest gold IV moo rat Inclined for a moment, at least. to “chance" Bryan: If there is anything more exasperating In American political speaking and thinking than the complacent assumption of Httle Republicans like Orusvanor that all virtue, all patriotism and all capacity for government are lodged in Republicans hands, we do are iodgedvjm Republican hands, we do not carry th* election this fall without the aid and votes to unnumbered thousands of Democrats that have the utmost confidence in and respect and regard for Grover Cleveland. By what fatuity to Judgment Is such a man as Orosvenor allowed to bray out his insults to them and their revered leader?

China's Empress may learn the knack of moving capitals.

During the course of his speech yesterday Mr. Bryan was asked what he thought of the North Carolina situation. In response he suggested that his questioner ought to read the Sulu treaty — i though that had anything to do with it — and said that the Republicans had disfranchised the negroes in the District of Columbia years age! He known, to course, that everybody, white i well as black. Is "disfr&nchtoed" in

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The Cotmcil tost night acted wtotoy ta renewing the special brewery tax. Tills ight long ago to hav* been done. The is also to he further consideration to the proposed tax on natural gas mains. Hanna without a campaign fund? He certainly can't be serious! When Germany demand* that the leaders of the recent troubles be given up for punishment Li may hare reason to think she is becoming personal.

Mr. Bryan yesterday at Fort- Scott, tn discussing the Increase to the army, suggested that it might have been intended to meet such emergencies as the one that bad risen in the anthracite coal regions, and said that the only domestic reason for the increase in our armed strength was “to suppress by force that discontent among the people which should be cured by legislation.” There Is no foundation In fact for this statement. Mr. Bryan knows that the bulk of our army to fighting in the Philippines, thousands of miles away, and that la providing for the Increase In our military establishment there ws* no thought In any mind of Industrial disturbances at home. Surely. therefore, such an intimation from a candidate for the Presidency is in the highest degree reprehensible.

The Boers are still fighting, but the last ditch must be near.

Every prominent Democrat that announces his intention to vote for Bryan takes pains to say that be does not agree with the candidate tn some things. Evidently Mr. Bryaa is a pretty bitter pill.

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And although the thoughts return that her co??: Tr.g drove away. The nmembennee to her laugh lingers with me through the day. ftd tt cksacea. as I write, I stay take a crumpled sheet. On the which. Ood kneweth why! read my fancies twice as sweet. -Victor Hugo.

Germany wants to punish the Chinese as an object lesson. This may be the wise thing to do. but when German missionaries go back they will hare hard work to reconcile scripture with the conduct of their own Christian country.

The Best of Life.

Not tn; life's heat ts cooied. The headlong rush stowed to a quiet pace. And every purblind pasaioa that has ruled Our noisier years, at tost Spun us ta ram. and weary to the race. We care ao more who toaea or who wine— Ah: not till alt the beat of life seems past The beat to life begins. To toll for only fame. Hondciappinga and th* fickle gusts to pratoe. For place or power or gold to gild a name Above the grave whereto All paths will bring us. were to lose our days. We. on whose ears youth's passing bell baa toifodL In blowing bubbles, even as hlldren do. Forgetting we grow old. But the world widens when Such hope of trivial gain that ruled us He* Broken among our childhood's toys, for then We win to self-control! And mail ourselves tn manhood, and there rise t'pon us from the vast and windless hight Those clearer thoughts that are unto the soul What stars are to the night. —The Spectator.

Certain coal operators say that the miners will be driven In through starvation. and the wish seems father to the thought.

Mr. Bryan wants "a financial system of our own.” Why not have a language of our own? Why show our dependence by using the same tongua that Great Britain uses? Why not have a law of gravitation of our own, or why not establish our own solar sy*ten>? We are not Independent enough try half.

Mr Bryan ha* yet to tell us what advantage* a silver standard possesses over the gold standard.

A declefon from the Supreme Court as to the relation which our new possessions bear to this country would go far toward demolishing a great many campaign speeches.

Mr. Bryan's experience on many a hard-fed Held has made him very sympathetic with the soldier.

It is difficult to see how any one can seriously believe that we are In danger from militarism. This alarm has been raised many times before In our history. Many men remember the fear that prevailed at the close of the civil war lest the vast army then tn the field should. If not control the Government that had called It Into being, st least refuse to disband quietly. The fact that it did disappear without leaving a ripple behind has often been spoken of as remarkable. A* indeed It was. The point to this Is. that we are never likely to have a larger or more powerful and efficient army than that which put down the rebellion, and we certainly shall never again see conditions In which the military will have so good a chance to triumph over the civil authority. That was the supreme test, but we came through it unscathed. How foolish, then, H 1* to talk about the dangers of an army of a hundred thousand men, and that, too. among a people less military and more industrial than was the case a generation ago. Our army as a whole ha* always had enough to do. No troops In the world have seen severer service than ours have seen on the great plains of the West. And during the past two yean the army has had its hands full in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. We have soldien in these three regions. In Alaska. In China, and In this country, and wherever they are they are upholding the dignity and honor of this nation, frequently amid the greatest difficulties, and are standing by the flag with devoted patriotism. We have no more soldien than we need and we never shall hav*. The American army to made up of American cttlsens who lore their country and are proud to serve her. The election of Bry*n would mean uncertainty for the business world, at least. The Howards and McGees, who killed each other In Kentucky, yesterday, are, we are told, "among the best known people in their county.” They are now, surely; their reputation Is almost International.

Mr. Bryan Is Just simply opposed to things. It ts to be observed that the SenttneP doee not dwell upon the free silver part of. Mr. Bryan s letter with any special emphasis. If. as General Orosvenor asserts, all the hard times of the last few years were due to *Clevelftnd‘s administration, the Galveston storm, the reason for whose visitation he confesses he does not understand. might as reasonably be attributed to the McKinley administration. If the Republican party is to receive credit for bountiful rains and good crops, tt ought to be made to assume the responsibility for cyclones, also. Did,Mr. Bryan omit all mention of civil service reform In deference to the wishes of Croker?

The trade with Porto Rico to Increasing. If she were placed on even terms with us she would have little to complain of. From the things Mr. Bryan thinks he will do If he becomes President, he must have some imperialistic notions about the powers to that office. Just what constitutes a “superfluous force” is a nice question for the powers In China to determine. A very few Russians, for instance, are a plenty.

SCRAPS. A telephone company In Tennessee haa prohibited the smoking of cigarettes by its employes. There are 104.638.104 gallons of whisky now ripening in bond in Scotland, an increase of more than 70 per cent, over the amount held five years ago. The fruit crop In Switzerland is the best that has been known for the last thirty years. For want of pickers most of the cherries were left to rot on the trees. The University of Bonn prides Itself on haring been the alma mater of the Hohenzollerns and other German reigning house*. Some of the English princes have* else studied there. *T think that I’ll be married on my birthday,” said Miss Tommey. "What!” exclaimed Mtss Frocks, holding up her hands in consternation, "and lose one entire' set of presents!"—Detroit Free Press. At the last general election in Great Britain 3.876,000 votes were cast at an average cost of 82 cents a vote for legitimate expenses; in the English counties the cost was 31.22 and In the boroughs 60 cents. The Philadelphia Directory shows nine n en who bear the name of Thomas Thomas and eleven known as Robert Roberts. But William Williams outnumbers them both, as there are eighty-six citizens thus named. Berlin's highest building, apart from the churches. Is the 318-foot high chimney of the electric elevated road powerhouse Only two church steeples surpass it, that of the new cathedral, 330 feet, and that of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial church. 340 feet. In a special report on Uganda, recently issued. Sir H. H. Johnston says that the Bantu-speaking peoples care little for beads and not overmuch for wire, but they are greedy for cloth and for almost every manufactured article, from a phonograph or a gramaphone to a brougham. Uruguay’s population, according to the census taken March 1,- is about 900.000. For ihe whole of the republic, except Montevideo, the official returns are; Uruguayans, 309,165; foreigners, 90,199, and 8 per cent, added for the possible omissions, making 647.813. The present estimate for Montevideo is 252.713. ' *T think." said little Frances, who had been studying her history lesson, "that it wonld be very kind of Queen Victoria if she would die this year.” “That to a singular remark," said Frances's mother. "What do you mean?" "It would be such an easy date for future history classes to remerfiber.”—Pittsburg Chron-icle-Telegraph. London s lord mayor has received over 37,500.000 in public subscriptions In the nine months of his tenure of office. The contributions are: For the Transvaal war fund. 33,000,000; for the South African refugees, 1860,000; for the City of London Imperial Volunteers. 1585.000; for the Indian famine fund. 31,790.000, and for the Ottawa Are fund. 3770.000. A unique clock has been made In London tor the Shah to Persia. Not only to the Teheran time shown, but the time In twelve other cities of the world. The center dial, which Is the largest, shows Teheran time, while the smaller dials spow the time at Pekin. Washington, Yokohama, Bombay. Samarkand, Constantinople. Vienna, Rome, Berlin, Paris, St. Petersburg and London. The Emperor of China is assisted by a cabinet, a council of state and the six boards. There Is no prime minister, but there are six chancellors, who mediate between him and the subordinate officials. The Emperor, like the Sultan of Turkey, attends to all details. The chancellors are assisted by 600 scribes, translators and other officials, half of whom are Manchus or foreigners. Minnesota furnishes a good Illustration of the radical change that has been brought about in the dairy industry in a few years, tn the substitution of cream-ery-made for farm-made butter. At the recent State fair there were only ten entries of individual butter, against 240 from creameries. In the State there are between 790 and 890 creameries and perhaps 100 cheese factories, the majority of both being run on the co-operative plan. Moat of them are of recent establishment.—New York Post. An illustration of th* evenness in the growth of population during the past ten years Is given by Rochester and St. Paul, two cities In different parts of the country which have little tn common, but share th* general growth and prosperity of the country at this time. Ten years ago Rocheater had a population of 133.986, and Si Paul had 133.136. After ten years. Rochester now has 1C.435 and St. Paul 162.632. The Increase of population in the two cities has practically been the same; but between 1889 and 1890 Rochester gained 47.000 and St. Paul 92,000.—New York Sun. Lumbermen are cutting down th* big trees of California. The Mariposa grove is protected, but a report lately made to the Department of Agriculture says that most of the other groves are In process or danger of being logged. The finest of all, the Calaveras grove, which has the biggest trees, came Into possession of a lumberman last April. Some to j these trees are from 4.900 to 5.000 years old; older than the Pyramids and most of the temples of Egypt. Congress can save these groves by making national parks of them, and an effort will be made to have It done next winter. But It will have to be done quickly if it to to succeed. It comes near being sacrilege to put these venerable monsters through lumber mills. Every month nowadays some of them eome down.—Harper's Weekly. Complacent groups of bareheaded women now walk through the streets In the evening, usually on their way to and from the theater*, and look at the natives wearing their hats with an expression of mild surprise that a great j city like New York should be so far behind In the fashions as not to know that It is good form at night to go without headgear in the streets as well as at the theaters. For these women are all visitors to New York from cities where this custom has been accepted for several years. In Boston, Washington and most of the towns outside of New York women look upon a hat on a summer night not as unnecessary, but rather the mark of & failure to keep up with the last word tn modes. New Yorkers are accustomed to their mildly patronizing attitude when they come here In the autumn, but have so far refused to follow their example.—New York Sun.

(Henry Norman.) Rwu this day, September 1*. IKS. at Leicester, , RaglaaA What graduate of Harvard. LSI. agitat- ! ed public sentiment for the national preservation of Niagara Falls, which resulted in their subsequent purchase by the State of New York? Who contributed to the Fortnightly, the Spectator, and other magazines after his graduation, but did not enter journalistic work proper until 1SS6, when he joined the editorial staff of the Pall Mail Gazette? Who made a tour of the world for the Pall Mall Gazette. 1889-92? Who has traveled over the entire United States and Canada, explored Japan. Siberia, Korea, China. Siam, the Malay peninsula (In which he went through a tract of land hitherto unexplored) and Egypt? Who joined the staff of the London Daily Chronicle In 1892, becoming literary editor, and having charge of the famous literary page of the Chronicle? Who was sent to Washington at the beginning of 1896. during the Anglo-Amer-ican dispute concerning the Venezuelan boundary, and whofce labors tn the cause of arbitration received the personal thanks of President Cleveland? Whose dispatches'from Athens in 1897, preceding the Turko-Greek war attracted much attention? Who severed his connection with the Chronicle tn February. 1899. and forsook Journalism for a Hampshire farm and literature? Who will probably shortly add other books to this list: "An Account of a Harv’ard-Greek Play”; "The Preservation of Niagara Falls,” 1881; “Bodyke. a Chapter in the History of Irish Landlordism." 1887; “The Real Japan," 1892; "Peoples and Politics of the Far East," 1895; 'The Near East," 1898.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. A Soldier’s Statement. To the Editor of The News, Sir: 1 was discharged from K Troop of the Fourth United States Cavalry on May 23, having served a three-year enlistment in the regular service. Of this time twentyone months was spent in the Philippine islands. It has been said that the soldiers were not rationed and clothed as the law demanded. This statement Is false. There were times when men were hungry, but that was when the conditions called for quick execution, when rations would have hindered speed. Our quartermaster and commissary officers worked hard, and saved neither thn* nor money in the performance of duty. The American soldier has been accused of brutal treatment toward the Philippine people. I know that kindness has been shown those people by our forces, only to be betrayed. We have sent able officers into all towns under our control to establish civil governments. They have called in the wise men and have elected mayors, given each city number of native police, etc. In every way we are holding out the hand of welcome, the promise of kindness and fair treatment. While in many cases we know the men we trust will not be true to the oath of allegiance, but will take up with the next band of lawless marauders. But we have done our duty; we have allowed peaceful natives to live within our lines, when we knew among them were spies and soldiers tn civilian clothes. Our smiling friends to-day, but troublesome leaders of some ambush to-morrow. When we consider all the sacrifices this country has made, all the loyal men and officers who have fought In our cause, believing hi the enduring principles of our country, and the eternal justice of her deeds, It is an insult to receive, even the criticism of small men. They continue to sav what is riot true, and they know It. But they place their own personal Interests above those of their country. Such men have excited and kept burning the fire of hope among ambitious men in the Philippine islands. Without support in this country, they would long ago have demanded peace. Aguinaldo and hts leaders know well that It would be the beat for their people to have us as friends and helpers tn the experiment of government, but they wish to rule everything. There are many officers and men in our army who deserve the gratitude and respect of every American citizen. A word for our dead hero. General Lawton. I have seen him ride out between the lines to Investigate the positions of the enemy regardless of'the storm of bullets falling around him. The country had no braver, nobler son while he lived, and In dying as he did, he crowned hts life with the roblest and bravest deed. Another man who has no superior ts General Belle, now’ General Mac Arthur’s chief of staff. He is a man who has been repeatedly promoted for his valor and good Judgment. General Belle is loved by all our boys in the islands. Genera! Otis as governor-general proved himself a most devoted public servant. Such men, and such deed*, call for universal praise, for encouragement and love, not the criticism of ignorant, or unscrupulous men, for the strength of a nation Is the combined force of Its purest and wisest men. W. B. BOATRIGHT.

Uncle Tom. To the Editor of The News, Sir: Since you published my article In The News of the 11th Inst., I have had several Inquiries as to some of the name* in the "key” to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” I do not find the name Reynolds nor Noble in the "key,” nor in the two'volumes of Mrs. Stowe's novels. Mrs. Stowe says in the "key” about Uncle Tom: “The character of Uncle Tom has been objected to as improbable; and yet the writer has received more I confirmations of that character, and j from a greater variety of sources, than of any other In the book.” She says many people had said to her. ‘T knew an Uncle Tom in such and such a Southern State." AH the histories of this kind thus related to her would of themselves, she says, if collected, make a small volume. Joslah Henson (the real Uncle Tom) did not have the death-bed scene of Uncle Tom. but another character, whose name Mrs. Stowe does not mention. The scene was related to the author of an actual scene by an eyewitness The original Uncle Tom lived until 1882. To read the “key” to "Uncle Tom's Cabin” would sicken the stoutest heart. But Mrs. Stowe had to publish these testimonies. etc., to prove that Uncle Tom's life and the brutality of slavery were true. (Note—Hereafter readers of The News desiring answers to their letters will please inclose a stamp.) MRS. CULBERTSON. Knlgtotstown, Ind.

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t we guarantee to wear. Very pretty styles In black, old rose, red, blue and heliotrope! Other* in more dressy styles at.. We Sell “The Faultless” French Flannel Waists. —Second Floor.

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Our milinery Showing Such a display of pattern kata, bonnets, etc., waa atoer before seta in Ibis section of die country. Paris, New York, London and Berlin hare aach cxxj tribe tad its choicest styles. There, combined with the cnatksns of our own artist milliners, make a showing to h* justly proud of. We want you all to take advantage of this display and are toe atylto prevalent for to* coming season. —Second Floor.

SHOES Every shoe worth its price. Ladles’ new round toes, kid top*, lace and button, styltoh too fin and up-to-date shoes Misses' spring heel, patent leather tips, lace and button shoe*, toe OR sizes UVx to 2. a pair Boys’ solid leather, serviceable shoes, sizes 13 to 5^4, for fll 65 Sizes 10 to 13. for $1 35 Special in ladles' shoes, welt soles, lace, low heels, riel kid uppers, were 33, while they too last —Rear Main Floor. LACE5 AND VEILING5 Lawn tuckings. In black, pink, light blue and yellow, lace and insertion trimmed; Just a few pieces at less than H than former value, 18 OKr inches wide, a yard — A bargain In veiling, black, with white dot, all black, brown, navy. f reer In Tuxedo, plain and chenille otted, worth up to 50c, fir for 0 —Center Aisle. HANDKERCHIEFS Ladles’ pretty embroidered, hemstitched handkerchiefs, with dainty embroidered corners, worth 15c. each A new line of convent embroidered handkerchiefs for ladles, in a variety of patterns, an extra fine sheer a gL. linen ..****' Dark blue bandanna handkerchief a Just the thing for hat trim- 2Ar ming, each rears. —Center Aisle. RIBBONS Satin and gros grain; also, fancy striped taffeta ribbons, 1 inch Rf. wide, all new shade*, a yard Fancy stripes and corded ribbon, full SVs inches wide; also, plain taffeta in ail the bright new colors, lAr was 25c, now. a yard a*wu SPECIAL—Plain taffeta, beat quality satin taffeta; also, double-faced satin cord edge and moire taffeta, to 5 inches wide, was 39c and 46c ribbon, now, a — . —West Aisle. BLACK DRESS GOODS On Center Table. 34.90 Skirt lengths, $2.75 Among them are plerolas, cheviots, pacquin serges and brilliantlnea. —Center Aisle. UMBRELLAS A large assortment of ladles’ 3t>Inch black union taffeta umbrellas, tight roll case and tassel, with all the best and latest style bandies, including sterling ailver, natural wood. Princess of Wales, Dresden knobs; also long barrel, Dresden and horn handles, a 32.00 to* totfk value, for ipi.CTU A better one, tight roll union taffeta, with a fine assortment of to* fkQ handles, at Ladies’ 26-inch, colored changeable silk umbrellas, in green, garnet and navy.tight roll, with care. An* Princess of Wales handles, with ribbon tassels, splendid value, ..$1.98 —Right of Entrance. MORRIS CHAIRS See the ones we have in oak and mahogany finish, carved postt and arms, assorted color* $10.00 of cushions, at— FU)or . BLANKETS Warmer things for the** cootor nights. Special price*, too. 1<M tf™ y and tan cotton blankets. 59c a pair 10-4 heavy dark gray, with light blue and red borders, a 7Hc pair - ^ 12-4 whit* cotton blankets, slightly soiled, were 31.«. for, a, $1.25 pair ^ 11-4 gray wool blankets, $2 50 the heavy ones, a pair •w*" v 10-4 all wool plaid blanket* and all wool scarlet ones, a $3.50 Stivers up to 36 and 18

DRAPERY BARGAINS Extra Spaclal for Thursday.

Curtain Swiss, 40 Inches wide, good quahty. In fancy stripes, at. a |Q C Plain Denims, tn erode A. 36 Inches

used for floors

I8c

wide, all colors,

and draperies, at. a yard

About 2,000 pairs of ruffle Swiss Cur-

tains, 3 yards long, tn stripe

patterns only, a pair.... Parlor and Library Lac* Curtains, 3 styles of newest make*, all in excellent fine net, were 37; to K {if} your choice, a pair.... W.

GLOVES Two-claep glace kid glove#, embroidered backs, in red, tan. brown, gray, black and pearl, all #$Qc sixes, Thursday, a pair -West Aisle. Side Table. KNIT UNDERWEAR For ladies and children, all kinds, at lowest prices—a few of the specials. Children's jeraey ribbed underveats and pants, fleece lined, all 17r sires, 16 to 34, for. a garment.... ^ Ladles’ combed Egyptian union suits, bust opening/ afl tore.. 4Qc Ladles’ combed peeler union suits, bust opening, finished with silk tape, and lac* at neck, all covered seams, very elaetlc and perfect fitting Qfi/garments, at...,, Ledtes' silver gray non-shrinkable wool union suits, bust open- to* 20 tng, perfect garment, at Ladles' mercerised Hal* union suits. They have the feel, wearing qualities and appearance of pure alik, and at lees than half the price to $2.50 MEN’S UNDERWEAR Men’* fancy black and white striped, fleece lined under- ROc shirts and drawers, a garment. Men’s camalahair undershirts and drawers, warranted un- *7Rr shrinkable, at. a garment A ex'SPECIAL—Men’s full regular mad* camelshair undershirts and drawers, tL.—*- ' $1.50 Boys* silver gray, Jersey ribbed and silver gray, heavy fleece lined undershirts and drawers, all slaee, ORr a garment tot**SHIRTS—SPECIAL—87 doaen men’a light negligee Garners, fast colors, percale shirts, mad* to wear with whit* collar*, were 50c, whll* they 9R r last, alaes M to 17. for Teaks, Four-tn-Hande and Bat Wing tire, mad* to tha newest colorings, 80c silks, hundreds of 2Rr patterns, each tot/u PertectForqioeYergWiHHU.

Wlut the Uteft invention, th* NEMO HIP-SPRING Corset docs*

TT gh J* dfec

thin, hipless

s the hips of the too

'A NWJ'Z. I s TT gives the

Feet of full hips to the

woman.

It reduces

generous form. It gives to every woman a mill* tary erectness and carriage. It has boneless, therefore unbreakable aides. Made of imported French Coutil, white, and drab, and fast black sateen, sizes iS to 30, - • P«ce, $1.75. Miss Conklin, expert corelettene, wool d be pleased to show you the merits of the Nemo Corset. Talk with her before ordering jrour new gown. —Second Floor,

59-inch Damask, In different to n color*, special, a yardReal Battenburg Lace Curtain*, edge and insertion, made of real Battenburg lac* and worth RO Tour choice of 4 style* of Rope . w,r *. .S3- 80 Choice of 10 patterns to beautiful Irish Point Curtain*, would toto RA be cheap at 38.50, for....'..;...' : 4' ,, '»* ,v 1 -Third Floor.

H05IERY

Children's fine ribbed, faat black, full seamless cotton hoee. with double knees, heels and aolea. several different kind*, alres 3 to 8H. were 12Ar up to SBc, choice for atoyv. "The Black Cat” brand to cotton hose for children ts well known as a good wearing 35c stocking. W* hav* a few odd alaes, 8-inch, 7-lnch and 9-tnch, that, to close out. we’ve 8 tomarked - Ladles’ full regular tan cotton hoae, with double heels and tiles, to cloe*. the 19c ones at (3 pairs lor |Qg We bought from a manuafeturer dozen of tadlea' cotton hoae, soma plain black, some with white feet and others fleece-lined, were 35c and 50c quallttea—he needed the money, *o cloaed with u»—your* to-onor- 2Rc row at. a pair - PICTURE SALE Just received, another large shipment of thoae beautiful paase-partout picture*, all new and good subjects. An 18c picture for. 12Vfcc A 36c picture for * 25c A 46c picture for 35c New lot of 11x14 mounted and matted picture*. 3 for .......25« —Second Floor. NEW BASEflENT SPECIALS Full line steel rangee. Sea our line before buying. W* can aave you |8 to 18 on *ach on*. Stove boards and zlnca—get ready— prices 4*c to toe. ] I alaes of trunk*, were toA Afi |6.0ft, choice for.... 8 package* Zublan sealing wax tofor.. ^ Oil heaters for cold snaps- The Puritan is the only one to give entire satisfaction. Cost no more than the

fust as good-

t and 8 quart granite coffee pots, each

$4.50 to $6.00

25c

8 painted hose reelk, were Mo. f ■- choice Toy*, Doll#—A to-lach jointed zvfidoll. was H.», Thursday for VOC Toy sad irons, with stand, Uia ■- act - -...-.O'Typewriter*, a practical machine for^everybody, $1-00 BICYCLB BUNDREES-Thundsy *1 apeclal prices. 1 ot. tube cement, was Sc, flor..., 1C 26c bicycle gripe for ,5c Sc toe clips, a pair * 5c Smoking pipes....$*■ t() $3.50 10 bars Santa Claus aoap Tor..25c Try our Empress coffee, a lb.. 20c Pall bulbs, full line. Now’* the time to plant them. LINENS Large heavy cream Turkish efx_ towellnga, each Open work fringed dollies, e r\bleacbed, all linen, each I VC All linen buck toweling, heavy quality, same as you find In a 26c e to towel, a yard .acre 300 dozen towel*, damask and fcuok, fringed and hemstitched, ^ Ms600 tray cloth*, size 28x37, all linen damask, hemstitched, O.'Xr each reoc

PETTIS DRY GOODS CO. $ PETTIS DRY GOODS CO.

Action of Vincennes Presbytery. To the Editor of The New*. Sir: My attention has been called to the report in The News of September 14. giving the action taken by the Presbytery of Vincennes on the revision question at our recent meeting at Terre Haute. This report is Inaccurate and misleading. Let me give you the correct and official record of our presbyterial action, viz: “The Presbytery of Vincennes most heartily reaffirms Its loyalty to and Its cordial acceptance of the system of doctrine contained In our confession of faith. But owing to the changes which have taken place tn forms of- thought and modes ot expression since these standards were

formulated, there Is serious misapprehension among many of our own people and misunderstanding among others of what Ik most surely believed among us. we are of the opinion that some action ta needed to correct these misapprehension* and to remove these "The Presbytery of Vlncenne* therefore answer* the d u «tion of (^General Assembly’s committee by giving *a Its flret choice an affirmative answer to the thhd question, which reads as follows: Do you desire to supplement our preeent doctrinal standards with a briefer statement of the doctrines most aurely believed among u*. expressing in simple language the faith of the church 111 loyalty to the system of doctrine contained in Holy Scripture mid held by the reformed churches?* Second, the second choice of this presbytery would be an affirmative answer to question No. 2, which is a* follows: Do you deetre a supplemental explanatory statement?Third if In the Judgment of the assembly some substantial agreement among the t/resbvterles can not be reached, we recommend the postponement to the whole subject of creeflal change or revision until God. In His providence, shall bring about a harmonioua desire tor a restatement of those fundamental doctrine* most aurely believed among us The above action was at first adopted unanimously, but on the next day one minister was permitted to change his vote, making the recorded vote Tor It* adoption 27 ♦o 1 GEO. KNOX. Stated Clerk to Vincennes Presbytery. Vincennes. September 17. f Another View from Lockaley Hall. (Chicago Tiro*#-Herald.) I have dipped Into the future far a* human eye could see. Saw the vision, to the world and all the Tvonderre that shall be When the war drums throb no longer, when strife cease* here below. When the men all dree# in shirt waist* and their whisker* cease to grow.

MEN AND WOMEN. Enthusiasm for muelc la leading th* Earl of Dysart to make th* round* of his cottager* and to present a piano to each family where be finds that any of the children show an aptitude for music. -Foreign letter. Dr. Edward Engel, chairman of the stenographic bureau to the Reichstag to Germany, who often rep.;-** the Kaiser'* speeches, say* that Kataer Wilhelm II I* one of the fastest public speakers of the present day. speaking on an average 276 syllable# a minute during one of his public appearances. A rise to 300 la made often when the language la highly spir-

ited.

"Of all-the personal remarks ever mad# to my face," said Adlal E. Stevenson to a friend th* other day, "the most sincere waa probably that of a little old lady tn a far Western city fear or flv# summers ago. She poshed bar way through the crowd at a public reception, planted herself squarely tn front of me, and swept my face and figure with her eye. Then she asked: ‘Are you really the Vice-President of the United State#f 1 have that honor,’ I answered. 'Well,' she said, after a pause and with a dubious shake to bar bead, T wouldn't have thought tt; I wouldn’t have thought

It!’ "—The Independent.

The Emperor of Austria la not a good speaker. At a political dinner recently according to his wont, he said a very few word*, and these ware poorly expressed. Next morning, th* Emperor, e* looking over th* paper, noticed that "hla Majesty had mad* a most I m praetors and Important speech," and In very flowery language followed th* address he was supposed to have delivered. The honest Emperor, turning to on* of bis attend-

"What

ants, asked:

does this mean?"

“Sire/’ replied the attendant, setemnly, “that 1* the speech It pleased your Majesty to deliver last night." "Th# speech I delivered!" returned th* Emperor, thunderstruck. "Kindly go to tha

ass who wrote this and tell him that I may be an Emperor, but l am not an orator I” Paris has been running to see a new pianoforte prodigy, a Spanish baby of three and one-half years, named PapMo Rodrigues Artoia, who, though Ms hand can stretch over only five notes, repeats pieces that he hears and Improvises besides. As he can not strike a chord, he plays the notes instead quickly on* after the other. He began to play a year ago, and has beam inspected recently by the Psychological Congress at the eaepeattlon, which finds that apart from hti music be la a perfectly normal Infant Of course, he can not read a note.

"TELL THE TRUTH” j

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