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-TBS VKlOy AJfD EQUALITY OF THE STATES. VOLUME XXX. INDIANA, INDIANA THURSDAY, MARCH 31, NUMBER 48. "I is vrm.isnao TUORBD.T ft.NKLlN SANSOM, Editor Church R.R., Indiana, TKKM8 OX on a In alliance. I per jesr wen not pali 1 A I KATK8.

AilmmMr.itorV 1. a a regularly frnn i.iru-e- B.IHII' or i i i i 3 lf.i..-tH,,,,onl, PA may nue anil cnllrrt the imntial. the iwr 'ii'in tht- i.nlrw or nut. tin' pajawnl. lil- or the until I JNDIAilA MMANVH KAII.ROAlt.

NOV. l.STKkN 9T.VKDAHI) Leave Indiana at O.as ami B.lo a.m. and 4.t«» ArfR'e at Imllniu at S.SO and ll.lua.m.; and p.m. HUUTHWAR1). PROTECTING SHODDY.

THE TARIFF ON WOOL AND WOOLENS DEGRADES THE STANDARD. 1'roduftloii of "Cheap and t) Train No. 80 tin' Ull ii-Klnm ifflirwnh Bulli-r branch, arriving Untie) 10.3» a.m at Alli'Kheny city 10.UO a.m. Tram Mo. HO loavlnx Indiana at us ,1.111., lllnlrivlllo Inti'rwtlon i Jiihni.

town Ace. Wi-it, at 3.in..urrlvliiK ui run burgh ai dy industry him Iwon phenomenal. Shoddy is rt compi'ehenslvo term, and in common parlance all tho various wool subatitntea used in nnmufuctuviug, except cotton, cow's hair, etc. There two chisses of shoddies; the 1 iirst is made from the wnslo pieces of woolen 1800.. 18U7 1888 Ohio medium.

Port Philip. Cents per pound. Cents per pound. 88 1870 404-6 IStl 603-5 603-5 1870 488-5 1874 48M 51 Wl 434-Ji 47M 351-6 431-S 514-A EB1-5 MM 451-5 41 doing Train Unlontown Id i.t liieeiiHuum) at a i At a i train rorC'oniu-lhTillo with Day a a i i i Mnlat yoikls left over in tho manufacture of 1HSJ 18IX) ISfll 0 umer on prtn .1,1 IVMIK Ami Our Agents. (I I' li.ni'- .1 II rim at a i 41 lurk Kuw.

i riaou. i jus Cor ttth mil riie'luut Cur nun Areb rhom.i«. uaml HiJUCurnilok I i o'eiot-v. M. at Kl AN-rhtircli Htrei-t Her.

DiTld eirrv sabbath at 11 M. roacly inatlo I'lothing, and tho secoiul I from old woolen rags collected from the ash barrels arid refuse heaps of our largo cities. Cut like other industries, the shoddy industry hits grown to Btich an extent that thero huve boon added now to Ino products which m.eoniM*tln« at hlalrsvllle with fonnorly went under the general niuuo at 7.00 p. in. for a 1 Blalrivlllc AH, arriving at Illalrnvlllc I wtlimat til Oft.a in.

a i rnniiecti i Mall wanton WottrVtin.atUI.'ilnvllto.t I i Train No. 8t Icavlni) Inill.iiia nt 4.RO p.m. YM llomar, B.IMI: lllnok Lick. J4 Illnir- I I'llKnTKIU Church liny tawvlewievery it I I A and 7 I. Churi-h U-v evury JCV I I I A I I t' Krv I M.iv.

Htrt'ft; cr i Klrntr. A.M.:»r«rj A.M and P.M. ITI1EBAN--Ulttb stteefi it I I A A i 7 P.M. LimiSKAN i -oak .1 "MUI to.ii lli.rni.in 7 I 1 M. i It at ios I I I IU H-l 'mrcli Uov a 1 iY 7 MllOOl -I" CltBlSl' I UI'H I iisuppliwl.

Chi Church 't Ha I' M. I U-. N- -113. If. A A Muuit.1 mmitb.

lie, No. at 7.0O p. points along writ f'cnn to Duller JuiictliHiiiiii' with trallnon A V.B. (or Oil renlun. No.

H4 train I'linnccti at BUIrivlllv Inlgrseetlnn with 1'hlliiilelplila lixprnin u. and Johnitown Accxmnindatlnn riot ivv tt.la. Unlng Writ i Mull at i i i nttaburg at I p.m. PaiswnttiM' local uolnlH ci'twron Orneiiibuiilli anil I i burK must oh at MreiMiihurx ami IIIKO Ureonttburg Aeuuinmodatlon. NOKTIIWAIU) Train No.

HI leaver Inlpricctlni'r .10 a.m.: II lid, urtlvlnmil Inilla. tutixUj rwn 7 u'uluck V.Sl. Arc.inum.*l». U'lfl, I a.m. Train No.

83 leaving lnt-rtoet in 10.40*.m. Icavi'i Illalnvlllc, lO.S'J· Hlackl.kk, 1I.OO; Homer, 1 I.H'k.l ill Indiana. 11 m. Connrctlontioni Ki. at B.OS, .1 nd I'aclflc Kxp from the East; anil Ihiy Kxp.

and Mull riom hi at anil Went. Pi'lin i rokn my, nt uuui-tviik. Train tpavlna B'm u.tiu p.m.. toavi9 Blalmllle, II. Ill: Hlaukllck.U r6 7.

Twfi I.IcK, 7. to, arrive' at I i a a iu 11.in. from riill.idclulilu K.X|. and Johnstown AeC. from and M.ill I x)) from Kant At llUlriville i in City, a i i i a Ulalrsvlllu p.

in. CONNECTIONS traln'cuuneuthitf Indiana lollows: Mall, ami l)i Kxp. a.m. i Julmowh Ace.3.40, and I'lilln Evp ni. Trnltnleavi' Allcithcny City lor Wot.

lun. lt.lt Slnll at U.An a. in it I p.m., and i a' Through pawpnOTM lor Indiana llrnnrh, 1 i.iir; (nun i a 7 Ftp at 9.70 i 1,1 in I and at 11 .11 lr.iv,' York at 8 (N) p.m.) fiirllicr i i i i i i rnti'i linn- tuiilf.i. i'nli on iiuuiiti or Choi SV.ilt. Aiti'iit WcHti-in irlct, i Klltli Avenue.

flttsMiru. Pu. .) tt. Wool), i i a I'ai9. AKvnl.

41M no 831-6 1154-5 U04-S 31 873-5 M4-5 42 1162-5 821-5 331-5 831-5 834-5 1 vmilng. Vuanell -r. f. A. m-'pts every Bvi-nluii iiiC.uiininnliiiiM Ha'l ludlaua Uini' Hi' I Imprmcil Ordrr ol n-- ant and third Krl.Uy of 'shoddy." Chief among these nro are nuule from uiixcJ i-ottiin nntl Woolen goods bytlio npplicti- tioit of an ucid which eats out tuouottoii, ItfiivitiK tlio woolen libers intnut though much impaired.

At tho same time extracts riro subdivided into two llrst, thoso Wade Troni watte pieces of cloth not In use, just as now shoddies uvo produced, and second, those made t'rnu old inixod rags njckod from nil conceivable pluctM. Still another in used to (lescribe ft certain class of sJioddicH. This is inungo, which applies to tho libers proihiceil from hard or sii- perllno rugs by machinery specially adapted for the purpose. bo great has been the improvement in machinery usud for working up shod- dies, mntuji) and cxtruotu that they are now, used in nil classes of goods, and lire so disguised as to be detected wilii jjrent difficulty. Tho growth of the shoddy industry c.umot bo butter shown than by com pardon of tlio census figures since 1660.

Tl'o following table shows the number of establishments, the capital invested, the imbiber of workmen employed and the value of the products during ench C'-nsun year: psuibllsh- Cupl- Work- Prod- liunis. till. EMIII. net. IKWI an SIIW.MIO I.1IL-UW Port Philip fleece has averaged higher for thirteen years and lower for twelve years than Ohio medium fleece.

For the twenty-five years ending in 1890 Ohio medium has averaged 41.48 cents per pound, and Port Philip flecco41.08 cents per pound, showing a difference in favor of tho former of .40 cents. If we eliminate the prices for 1871 and 1873, when speculation was rampant in this country and wools were contracted for on tho sheep's at from 05 to 70 cents per p-mnd, vro arrive at the following averages for twenty-three years: Ohio, 40.2o cents per pound and Port Philip 40.52 cents per pound, showing a difference in favor of the latter of .20 cents per pound. During the whole period both wools have risen and fallen together. From every point of view this showing is a remarkable one and deserves careful contideratio7i on tho part of thoso who believe that the wool grower in the United States c.ui derive good results from a high duty on Now York Commercial Bulletin. MAKING GAMBLERS' TOOLS, QUEER TRADE CARRIED ON BY A CHICAGO MANUFACTURER.

Borne of tin Odd ImplcmtuU Vied by (aro boxes taken INDIAN NAMES. r.l.l.'K WAP BAII.nWAO Hnu, ewiil il P.U-H month In Cunningham i W. Mf 1 II KI.U i Mri lp; frviidrnl. llliUH, Kfi- rt-'O Mm. Ur i I.

rnanlMr. Mr i i Conntg K.IUn. 11, K. SUiau, -Noili inor. l)i i A To take effect Monday, Juno 8.181)1.

Dully except itniidqifP NOTKHWAKD. 7. Train leaving Bcllwoml.at 8 a. Coii- jort. 0.14: Mahllffl-y, 1O.I5; I'lllnilltllllil'-y, U.ooj Hiirallu, I I i m.

1A. Train IravhiK in. port, 4.43: Mahaltvy, 5 nn SOUTUWAUD. Train Icavlnie nhafTey, V.O6 C'oal od, ll.l'i Ipurt, arrives at lirll i tti Mci.r )gor. C.

Kan- jJrt Bl i 1 rnl' Coroner W. Mllltir. AlLA M.ihalTey.:i.r,4:Uoulport.4. rj.iirrUe.i.u H. WCHKl.8.1/1 p.

m. Ponnsylrnnla Railroad at BctUvomiKjulward: Tin anil T.ri'J o.m; 12.D:l. B.OO anil O'li) p.m. Weilward: .1 3 13, 7. HO and 8 Iliiftalu, Konhr-ititrtiiid 1'Knbiirii IUIIrin.1 Trains at Arrlvu ll.ni a.m.

rt OO in. taave, O.OOa. 12 10 in. CamDrla anil OlrurlVliI Kallmad Train" leave La for Mlncn, 4.1 ami 1O.2O a Arrive ut IA from a 4ft ii.in and a t'u'li frrak Iran McOcen (or Ulr-n Ompbell at 5. no and Hi.lH) a.

in. from lilon Campbell at flloa.mam! a 26p.m. A. Bell wood, Pa. fie In Milt Muck.

Imllaua. Pa. olBcht.ii HOOD, A A I' LAW. "et' 1 lutllauii, ra. A.

FFJir.it, A I A A MI I'll Indiana. Ka. 1. KTI't A i AT LAW. mcp i Hun.

A r.i)rlur. Intliiina. ra 1 in Vi.rlrr t' T-. I A I A A A AW. yfllod Initlana.

I'a. i. Jifief Hf Library, four! Hniiw. N. A I A I uioevn i i i A.

W. lor. A I I A A I. oil I i i- 1 HI.II;. M.ini ti.

MII.U mOCHKATf.lt PITTM- HA1LWAY VOMPAK V. THE8HOBT LINE Butwpen BnlTalo, liocheiler, Snllilnuncn, Rraillnrd Ridxway, and ull point' In tlw NOKTII. BAST and WKST. on and alter Nov. tr.iim will arrive and depart from Pnnxnutawivy dally, excfpt Hiinday, lollows- O.UO A Kochiler M.ill-K..| liiiHoH, ttrockwuvvkll, Hldxw.iy, lllllTnlo, and 12.3O H.

--Arrollllnodilllon-- For DulU.H KrOuwuy, burr. F.lt Jewptt, and roiini'ctlnii ut Fall 1 Cnfk i lini.li' I I Allridieny Vnlli'y It for Hrookvlli-. Niw HfthlclR'ni Hank, i i i i i I'lttslMiig Mixed train' 'or Du HoU anil Inti-rmr-dlate tlnllonn Iriivi' at I OO in and '2 p. in. in.

Mixed Iniln from 2 i AiToinmodiitlon front Uriidroril. ') I', ni MuM from llulT.il.i and 7 oo m. 'tralu from i)u- MnUnw, A riiiixHutawni-y J. P. (Inn.

l'i AKI. It.iolimter York. We- W. (Icn'ISu lira it ford. I'a From a product of in this industry liiwincroMcd until, according to the census of 1880, tho product is, or un increase of 2.187pm 1 cent.

Though tho growth of the woolon industry aa si whole, including the bhoddy industry, has been considerable since 1880, it has not been iu proportion to the growth of the shoddy iudii- try. I 1800 tho value of the woolen goods produced in tho United States was 1)04. In 1890. according to tho iost census, tho valuoof woolen goods was showing an increase since 18.il) of 415 per cent. The value of tho shoddy product in 181)0 shows an increase of 84 per (icnt over that of 1880, but the woolen industry as a whole shows an increase! of only 20 I'i'iU in IW)0 over tho pro.l- Nothiiitf will show better the grout growth of the shoddy industry and its present extent than the figures from the census of I In the following table, is hliuwu for each of the large woolen products tin 1 amount of wool utiod and the amount -f shoddies, extracts, cotton, hair and other stibstHiiUs for wool: Suball- IVrcout.

uti'd tuti'8 URcil substl- I'oundH. PoundH. tutcH. Wonlun Uu.1 Worsted itotxls 07,701,474 7.C74,2(H 7J Wmil hats Knit 0.064.011 D7JOU.KJI 0.1 u.a 03.3 unlltllltlt AU ii him will promptly jtul wiv if AT IWDIABTA COUNTY DEPOSIT BANK, TotliLs, I8W1. This great growth of the shoddy industry fully bears out tho declaration mado by tho n'annfaclnrers ii 1888.

when they protested against the Mills bill, which put wool on the free list. In tho circular which they issued they said: "Our industry would be ruini'il (by freo wool) and we and those di'ix'iuluiit upon us would suffer. There is only one way to avoid this loss to ourselves, utid that is by the defeat of the candidate of tho freo trade party, Grover Cleveland. We have determined in tliu coiiiinit election to support tho candidates if tlio protection party, Harrison and Morton. Their election wo consider to ho indispensable to the maintenance of our business." Free wool would bo tho death of shoddy.

WOOL PRICES HERE AND ABROAD. VVhut llio Tariff Cost)! tho Vamicr. As uu example is always bettor than an argument, I will present to tho reader an actxiol transaction under the McKm- loy bill, which has boon furnished me through tho kindness of friend in New York. Ho says, under date uS Feb. 17: "1 received a shipment thU week from Mart- chester containing number of of dress goods, mostly all wool, and some woolen und worsted cloths, also cotton warp ilrpss goods.

Entered value, Packing is accountable for if 19 of this, the value of tho cloth being I p.iid Of course tho public at large, will eventually pay Una." Let us study this concrete exauiplo for a moment: Wo boo that oloth und dress goodb of the value of cost the importer sum ho must get back from tho consumers of (ho goods with his protito upon tho transaction. Tho goods imported are among tho necessaries in our country and climate, and not tho'inere luxuries of those who are rich or extravagant. Tho farmer or the laborer buys those goods for his wife and children, and believes when he puts down on the store counter a doll.tr of his cniuiugH that he is getting it dollar's worth of goods, when in fact he is paying more than half of tho money for the tax and the profits of tho tax of several middlemen that havo been bocretly wrapped up in tho go'ods. These goods are also largely made in this country. They would not be imported unless they could bo sold here for cost find tax and a fair profit on, both.

Except for the tax we could buy thorn for tho cost and a fair profit on it. Tho tariff tax which the government mixes with them before it allows them to pass into tho clothing of the people thus more than doubles their cost, and at tho sainu time increases by like amount the price at which similar homemade goods can bo sold to the people. This last is the purpose for which it is levied. The labor cost of producing these goods in this country is not more than 20 per cent, greater than tho labor cost iu Manchester, anfl but for a tariff on wool that actually depresses the value our inttivo increases the cost of the foreign wools needed for mingling with our native grades to make these goods, tho cost of material would be tho same in both countries. Let tho farmer and laborer now sit 'down und tignro out to his satisfaction, if ho can, why a law of congress should, bo made to compel him to give two bushels of his wheat or two days of hie labor for the same quantity of necessary goods that he could, but for such a law, procure with less than one bushel of his wheat or less than one day of his labor.

--Congressman W. L. Wilson in St. Louis Republic. Tne two brace Capt.

Bhippey in raid on the Auditorium Clnb at 11 Congress street the other nigbt, were made in Chicago 1 Henry Hawekotte Is the manufacturer. He was visited one evening by a reporter, who went in the guise of a thrifty gambler who wished to trade an old brace" box, taken from the Auditorium Club, for one of a more Improved pattern. Hawekotte was somewhat guarded In remarks at flrat, but when the well-worn box was fondly exhibited he became anxious to make a bargain. He examined witb interest the box, which he recognized an own work and made more than doien years He quickly pronounced it to be in bad shape. In ouch a condition, he claimed, it was positively clangorous to use in a game, as it might deliver the in an uneven manner and reveal to the that they were playing against a dishonest game.

In order to prove what he said true the brace box manufacturer unlocked a small eloaet and took therejfenm two card which were full of marked for faro and two brace" boxes. The cards wore fitted to the visitor's box, and, sure enough, it refused to obey the pressure of the dealer 1 hand. They were' then placed In Hawekotte's box and one or two cards were dealt at pleasure. Mr. Hawekotte, however, was not exhibiting MB boxes as curiosities.

He bad brought them out In order to make a trade. "The price of the style of box which you have," he said, "when new is Now, this box," showing one ot own, Is of a much later design. new one costs but this one Is second-hand, and I will sell it to you lor Or I will make a new one and will give it to you your box. It will take me In A I I A I A I AT I I A A Pi. i i and Oapttat $100,000.00 Full r-.

tfcflvH, to elieek tu ultsl'i Interrat allowed on time deports. M.mo.v ot nrd made. Qovenimonu a other bnuiilit and Mild. AiUMina hi.nmnK transacted on llboi-iil Ion. i JAMKSM.

WATT, WM. M.8TKWART Canhler. PreMilfnl TOM. R. IIII.DKUK.VM), Aiw't t'aslilm.

DIKEtlTOBH. W. M. 8T1W.HT, DA -HI Wllltl, DR. McCUMNT.

HJMKOM Tituiir, 1)H. J. K.TnOMI«Od. B. IN EW SPA PER 'N, Pretldunt.

JKO. H. TAT t.ou, Cashier. KHKO. Teller.

FARMER'S BANK OF I I A A PA. DOOM or COOHT $100,000 Ueneral it DKPOMlCHItKCKlVKU. Manny roared ami made. Huii'lu. Drafts and othur sncurltles and Jut.

A. MoKnlKht, N. H. Johusl'ili, Ed, Howe Israel Tlioman Win. 11, l'attlmn, Robert Mitchell, 11 II lull Turlir on Wool Muko Waul Here? Demand und supply regulate the prices of wool, as of other products.

But in thu wool trade certain factors enter mTMt luitlttf vrnUuuUiiy of wjte are yowwtai (M- torn in iMunuimuir, tlcumiid, mid there- forc prieeH. Similarly, clmngcuiii lon hy stimulating or decreasing demand nfftrt priiiM with changes in during tho past your Home wools havo greatly fallen in price, while the price of others has been well maintained. 'Each variety of wool produced has OHO for it is better than any Other wi grown. Tho price of wool thwuforo docs not depend upon the hot ween the general demand and supply, but rathor upon tho relation existing batwcen tho demand and supply of each particular variety. The general expression therefore tlmt "wool is up" or "down" carries with it no real Hignilicanco.

Various attempts huvo.teen made to fumpaii' the prices of certain wools in this country and in England for the pur- IJDID ut determining tlio effect of the lunff upon prices, but usually without BiiUsfactory results, for these compari- Uons havo included varieties of wool entirely Thero are two varieties of wool which approach each other very closely in quality, use and condition. In ndd'tion to this accurate records of their prices havo been kept. These arc Ohio medium lleoce warned and washed Port Philip Hcece. The former if a standard variety iu tho United Htnti-B nml the latter in England. For tln'Ku wools a comparison is Vossible.

The following table shows iio uvuntgo yearly prices in gold in Bos- mli and London, respectively. London quotations itro those of Windolor and tho American prices are taken from Muuicer Avory'H wool circular: iiulimtrueteU Frum'h CoiiHumm-n. A local protection organ notes the charge against M. Lafargnc, a member of the French chamber of deputies, of "exciting discontent among the people" by calling for 11 reduction of the now ilutius on bri'twlstnffB. It says thut; by vno uvvdMctt ttso pwei) uf mimy ftrtAelus which has Vnto pljico in Prance, immediately lifter the putting operation, iTob.

1, 1892, of the now ultraprotcctionist tariff adopted by tlio chambers." How this? Have not tho Frencb people tho Amorican protectionist me that "the tariff is not a tax." or that when it is "the foreigner pays it'r" Have they not read, the labored articles in our protection organs, striving to show that taxed articles have grown cheaper uudor our "ultruprotoc- tionisl tariff?" Minister Reid ought to do sonio missionary work among the tax burdened French York World. Mill Workmen Multluleylxed. Cofrodo Snylor, of the Reading rolling mill, lutvo notified their cin- ployues of a 10 per cent, reduction in wages. The order affects nearly all departments und takes effect immediately. Tho firm employs about 650 When tho leading iron mills of Pennsylvania and Ohio cut down the wages of their workmen early last year tho advocates of tho McKinley tariff declared that in time it would prove beneficial.

Nearly a year and a half has passed since it bocnmo and is it not about time that some of the good results iihorjld begin to appear? Tin riutu The now British steamer Mnbsuclra- upttH, Captain Williams, arrived at SIV.VHHOU curly in March, where sho will load for Now York 8,001) tons of lin plates Thin will bo tho largest shiii- mont of tin plates to (he United States since the McKinloy bill wont into effect. fully a week to get your box in good repair, for it to be badly outof He then deftly took off the Ud, and with the air of one who perfectly familiar with the instrument, proceeded to examine the delicate syrtem of and whereby the dealer Is permitted to govern the flow of the he continued, this la in fearfully bad shape. It isn't fit to put on a table. Might give you away any minute, and that would ruin yonr reputation among faro So you want to buy a new box?" When answered that this the ease he continued: Well, if you want my advice it Is this: Buy the best make. I make a box better than either of these It is not operated from the end wall aa these, but from the shuffling board.

The dealer can contl the without touching the box at all. It is all done by the wrist movement. It is a little more expensive than the ordinary box, but It more than makes up the coat in the safety of operation. "A hall-Inch hole is bored through the bottom of the box and a tongue in the shuffling board works through this to the machinery. It can be locked the same this box, only the lock in the shuffling board.

It tho greatest variety of It can be aet for for the whole thing' or tor It is the greatest box ever made," said the maker, aa he returned and boxes to their place In the closet and carefully relooked tbe door. "I will sell you one ot the latest improved shuffling boards for (135. It is impossible to detect the dealer in manipulation, and the price of the box can be made in one ait- ting." By this time Hawekotte convinced that his visitor was a bona-flde customer, and he volunteered to show his workshop, which was located In the' rear ot the house. In it were all the tools for making the Intricate levers found in the brace box. There were a lathe and a saw for shaping the outside plates, and on the work bench were flies and drills of various sizes and shapes.

On the bench lay the bottom ot a faro box, which was In course of construction. An examination showed that fifteen holes, varying from a quarter ot an Inch to a fiftieth of an inch in diameter had been drilled. Mr. Hawekotte then became sociable, and, sitting on a saw-horse, began to talk ol his business in general. I tell you," he began, it takes lots of work to make one of those boxes.

You see, there are fifteen holes in that bottom now, and I have yet to drill the big one and another. It Is a three-weeks' steady job to make a shuffling-board box. I don't sell very many boxes in Chicago, because all the gamblers own them, and when a good box Is obtained it Is generally kept In good condition. Your box was made at least fifteen years ago. I sell them all over the country.

New York people buy a great many. You see bare is an order Irom a club in Milwaukee for more cards to fit its box. Yes, tbe business Is just as good aa if the city administration allowed tho gambling houses to be open, because in games which 1 are not likely to be visited by the police the keepers are not afraid to use a brace' box. 80 you are connected with a gambling house on the South side? Well, I guess there are a good many games running now. I have sold several boxes lately and have orders for several more." Mr.

Hawekotte was then asked to tell where ft shuffling board boiwagdn opera- The Young Children nre Scut to the Mount-Ins to Find Them. The Nez Perces obtain their names in several ways aside from nicknames. A child is named by his parents from a stock of family held in reserve for that purpose. It may be his father's name and presenting to the tribe a horse, a blanket, or some other valuable thing to be sold at auction, or by making a present to the chief, and then proclaiming his new name. Rut the sacred or vigll.name, as it may be called, one of a different order, and is obtained In a different way.

When a child is ten "or twelve years old, parents send him out alone into the mountains to fast and watch for something to appear to him in a dream and give him a name. His success is regarded an omen, and affects his future character to some extert. If he has a vision, and in the vision a name is given him, he will excel In bravery, wisdom, or skill in hunting, and the like. If not, he will probably remain a mere nobody. Not to every child (boy or girl) is it given to receive this afflatus.

Only those serious- minded ones who keep their thoughts steadfastly on the object of their mission, will succeed. The boy who Is frivolous, who allows attention to be distracted by common objects on his way to the place of vigil, or who while there (succumbs to homesickness, or gives himself up to thoughts about hunting in the woods he has just passed, or fishing in the streams he has crossed, will probably fail in his undertaking. Reubens said that his own vigil was a failure because he was homesick, and could not help thinking of his mother. On reaching the mountain top, the watcher makes a pile of stones three or four feet high as a monument, and sits down by it to await the revelation. After some time--it may be three or four days-he falls asleep." and then, if fortunate, "tt visited by the image ui me iiinm 1s to bestow upon him his name and the wisdom and power belonging to It.

The name of Reuben's father, a former chief, was Eagle Who Knows All Languages." In his dream, a great eagle, holding in his talons some animal he bad killed, came to him and aaid: You see I have killed this animal. I am all powerful among birds.and other fear me and know my name. Like me you shall be powerful and subdue your enemies as I have this animal, and like me you shall have wisdom pud renown. My name Is Eagle, who knows all languages, and that name shall be yours." This name was also Reuben's, which he obtained in tbe usual way by inheritance, since he was unsuccessful in his vigil. Upon his return the child is never questioned by his parents about the success or failure of pilgrimage, probably because the subject Is regarded as sacred.

But yean after, when the boy has become a man, and had done something to distinguish himielf, he discloses his name in council, and may refer to the particular monument he erected on the mountain. In this way can be explained such names as Around the Neck," or Eyes Around the Neck," where a wolf or a bird of prey has appeared to the watcher with those trophies of the hunt, and has given him a name conveying the idea of power as exhibited in that way. There are many ot these little monuments referred to on the mountains in of American Folk Lore. THE WOMEN OF DAHOMEY. REMARKABLE FIGHTING QUALITIES OF FEMALE WARRIORS.

A Corpa of Threr. In Dahomey peace again reigns. France pays the king ol that country an annual pension, and he has consented to surrender his claims to the port of Koutaaon, which wan the great boiio of contention during the recent troubles. No one can tell how long the king will leave the French unmolested. The French never faced a more valiant savage enemy than these women proved to be.

Time and again they rushed up to the French entrenchments in spite of a storm of bullets which laid hundreds of their number low. The standing army ot Dahomey consist! ol two bodies--a female corps, called the Amazons, and who number over 3,000, are known In Dahomey by the title of "The King's Wives," and a male corps, composed of the palace guards, court criers and other officials, and the male adults in Abomey, the capital. Up to the reign of Qezo, who came to the throne in 1818, the Amazon force was corrposed chiefly of criminals, that is, criminals in the Dahomey sense of the word. Geio, who largely made use of the Amazons to keep his own subjects in check and to promote military rivalry, Increased and improved the force. Be directed er- ery head of a family to send his daughters to Abomey for Inspection.

The moat stalwart were enlisted. King Oelele, his successor, had every girl brought to him before marriage, and enrolled thoso who pleased him. The women of Dahomey, having tor many generations past endured all tho toil and performed nil the hard labor ot the enmitjrv. have for the weaker sex, an exceptional To Old ClMk. I love your dear old fataloned Where the ana buuath the While keep yonr hands their aoleiaa Aa rum my own ancectral race Toward Its later afternoon.

I love to hear your constant Upon the back of granless time. And love to ace the curling moke BlI'ErMdlit 16 his mottled Who croons tbe while he rlewi in Their offspring they come go. Far from the vales of cloistered years The tinkle of your tiny bells A mem'ry wakes, a hope endears, Till youth a gath'ring mist appears, As Time upon Its echo dwells! Afar away, I seem to see A troup ot spirits, grave and gay, And then to hear their mlnlstrelsy. Low voiced and sweet; then, dreamily, I walk the realms of yesterday. And so I love your dear old face.

And reverence, though crude, the art That aids me, with Its touch, to toaee The Btreama that rua unto my race And tack again unto my heart! --W. S. Snyder in N. T. A Wife Worth A good story is told of a certain man in county.

He one day told his wife that he would give her all the silver pieces she found in his wallet which were coined the year she was born. As a result the lady in due course of time had quite an amount of silver money on hand--so much, in fact, that she went to the bank and deposited it in her name. Then speaking to the cashier, the lady said: My husband tells me you are going to pay him some money to-day. AVon't you please pay him in this silver I have Just deposited I I will be so much obliged to you if you will." Of course, the cashier, being noted for his courtesy to the ladies, quickly replied that he would be happy to please her. Asa result the lady has still more birthday Commercial.

Plays (he Piano vri''a Her Toes. That geniuses are strange creatures, not to be regulated by the laws governing the vast majority of humdrum mortals, is an accepted fact the world over. To hear about the knowledge that one Is an absolute genius in such a wholly unorthodox manner that they dare not shine before society must be galling indeed, yet such is the case with a pretty young lady well known among the younger set oi society who possesses a remarkable ability to play on the piano with her feet. Divested of shoes and stockings, it is actually possible for her to play consecutive tunes with her flexible toes, which she uses with apparently aa great ease as tho ordinary pianist does the fingers. te bear hardships and privations as well as, if not better than, the men, and no doubt was an important factor in the causes which led to the formation of the corps.

Us Captain Burton noted, the women are generally tall, muscular and broad, and the men "smooth, full breasted, round limbed and effeminate looking." By state policy the Amazons are considered the king's wives and cannot be touched withiut danger of death. They are sworn to celibacy, a necessary restriction in the case of a female corps, but tbe king has the privilege of taking any of then: number to wife. In peace one of the duties of the Amazons is to escort the palace women when they go to the wells outside Abomey to fetch water. They, in common with the real wives of the king, never leave their quarters without being preceded by a bell, which Is a signal for the men to leave the road. The Amazons are tanght to disregard obstacles, dangers, wounds and death itself; hence they often display a ferocious courage which carries all before it.

Their chief aim in battle is to carry off a large number of prisoners, human and Jaw bones. They show utter to human suffering. They deny all assistance to wounded prisoners. Reviews or of the are held frequently during the annual custom and are not the playful, that they are in civilized eountriei. In a space used as a drill ground there built a bank of thorny buahea about 1,300 feet long, 20 feet broad and feet high.

Beyond and parallel with this heap Is a house representing a fort. The barefooted female warriors have to surmount three times the heap of thorns Which represent the fortifications, descend into the clear spice like a ditch, escalade the house, which represents a citadel, bristling with defenses, and take the town simulated by the hut. They are to be twice repulsed by the enemy, but at the third assault they are victorious and drag the prisoners to Icing's feet in token ot success. The first to surmount all the obstacles receive from bis hand the reward of for, the king: "We reckon military valor the first of the Geographical Magazine. SwnrUiy Statesmen.

An old-time friend of Thomas Corwin, the Ohio statesman and orator, that Cor win's face was so swarthy that when he traveled to Washington to take seat in Congress he was mistaken for the negro servant of the party with him. Corwin used to boast bis descent from Matthias Corvlnns, great Hungarian, whose name ('-a may have been given him for bis darkness of face. Webster was another man ot swarthy complexion, and an anecdote told of him a month or so ago by an Oregon man who had known him, related that he was once, when a senator, retuacd sion to a hotel on Martha's Vineyard, because the landlord supposed him to be a Y. World. Kotorlaty auad Cr--jsks.

Personal vanity, egotlam, an overwhelming thirst for notoriety and an ab- nomal Idea of one's own ara the underlying for many of committed by so-called to the New York Ledgar. There are some which east bear anything better than obacarlly. Bather than paw through the world on- noticed snd unknown, they will laaort to any trick or commit any crime. As murder in some of moat forms is, of course, the moat certain means ot doing this, they become not from a desire to kill, bat because they must in some way or other tract the public eye. If murders and were kept from the and ears of the world, taJe form of insanity would speedily die oak -'ulntii tfc- tfrf newspaper discussion and diapene, trial and the opportunity to act the martyr to some fancied cause, and the emotional Insanity and crank nrarderer would disappear.

Bensatknal and sensation loving people seem not to that they are doing their beat to perpetaaU and increase the whieh lead directly to the, unsettling of weak -ahaa. and the commission of the moat aUortoea crimes. A DIploraMio "Mr. Simpkins-Harold," aaU, with faltering coyness, white gm sudden start of terror the thought that the year 1882 flashed apou hiao, cays the Chicago "I am bearer of a menage from my father. He come here no longer without stating your in tent ions.

And, Harold, you know It's leap year, and--amd oh! need I say moret" replied the young recovering self-possession and hat, "am I to nndentand that you father charged yon to deliver me an nltiasataasT" Why, yea, Harold, if yon will those newspaper at aooh a moment." "Say to him, then," said the man in a Jorge llontt tone ol votes, that the la grata to me, and that I firmly b-t napaet- ally decline to continue diplomatic relations." In a moment be waa gone. Bat the young gnl did not falter. gratatim IT" she mused. "That might have done a week or two ago, bat Mr. Blame has shown that wheel really serious have ariaan that plea doesn't go.

And I Just reckon, Herold Slmpkina," ahe oontinoed aloed, a rosy flub mantled her plump cheek, that I've got a little batch of diplomatic correspondence, which, when read hetore any court ot bnach-of-proaihw arbitration in tbe country, will bring me in a good big Indemnity, too." vloua to giving Mm an oldei to make one. BeunMfttInto "Do you suppose they would own up yon tbai they -were using a crooked Well, I guess not. They would no more let you know they bad one than you would let them know you were running a skin News. A Profitable Fire. James Russell Lowell brought out his first volume of poems at his own risk--a modest edition of GOO copies.

Small as the edition was, however, it was not small enough, and the young poet seemed in danger of heavy loss; but fate was kinder than the so called reading public." His publisher's warehouse took fire, the books Were burned and they were fully insured! Not only had the poet lost nothing, but boast with truth first hd. it to the insuxanco Companion. She Didn't Understand. A bright little girl, who lives in Hyde Park, asked for second saucer of ice cream the other evening. "I don't think its good for you; ask your father," said the mother.

The girl went into the library and put the question. Not much," said her father, emphatically. Papa says I can have a little," she reported to her mother, with truthful and Innocent A Katnl Objection. Tramping gettin' to be too hard work to pick up allvin' in this country. Ef it wurn't so fur away I'd go to Central Ameriky.

A man don't hev to do nuthiu 1 there. Whole countiy'i covered with Nothln' to do but to lay under a tree all day an' eat bananas. Rusty Bute--Got to pick 'em oH'n the trees, hain't yet "Course." "I knowed thor'wut some drawback." --Chicago Tribune. There this similarity between a janitor and a burglar. They should both know what it is to make a clean hall.

Queen household numbers 1,000 Ostrich Ostriches are commonly plucked ones every eight months, yielding one pound weight of teathtrs each, but many farmers only pluck nxty feathers at a time, so as not to cause too much irritation and inflammation, wnioh very Injurious to the henHh of tru and lessons the next crop of feathers. Wiling; to Tommy had been unusually naughty that day and his mother had reproved him a dozen including once or twice with a slipper, but he was bad again and she took him in hand once more. "Oh, Tommy, Tommy," she pleaded, with tears in her eyes, "don't you want to be a good little boy and go to heaven when you die?" "Yea, mamma," he replied, stubbornly, but not this Free Press. Power in the Air. One of the greatest scientific authorities, Professor Crooks, of England, now tells us that it been computed that in a single cubic foot ot the ether Which fills all space, there a store of 10,000 foot- pounds of energy which has hitherto escaped notice, and that the latest researches warrant the expectation that this vast and hitherto inaccessible store of energy will one day be made readily available.

A TWfta irvJtftoot to exftmlnaacownKl Jim bat's your nameT" Jim Webster." Whit's your occupation!" drives a dray." Have you got a brother who looks like you, and drives a drayT" "He am dead." What was he before he diedf" fcnrpets Made From Peat. Tho extensive peat bogs of Germany and other Continental countries are now being worked with a view ot obtaining an elastic fibre, which, when free from dust, is used in weaving and other textile fabrics. Formerly this material waa only employed for fuel purposes. Talked Too Miion. Doctor--Yas, medain, I you arc overworked.

Patient--But do look at my tongue, doctor, and tell mo -why It looks so badly. Doctor--Oh, that Is overworked. Ketij perfectly qnlot and It will look better. Tex A Regimental Goat. The royal regiment of Welsh Fusiliers has the privilegrf of passing In review, preceded by a goat with gilded horns and adorned with flowers.

Every Mnrch 1, on St. David's day, niter the banquet, hiu gontship is led thrice round tho table by a boy. In 1844 tho then regimental goat to compensate tho Twenty-third lor their loss Her Majesty presented tho regiment with two of the finest goats from a flock--tho gift of tho Shah ol Per- sia--iu Windsor Park, and since tl.it date the queen ha.i continued to supply the Royal Welsh Fusiliers with goatu as occasion has Mall Budget. A Barren Kxlstcnce. Btrawber--Mangle and his wife have gone out'West, nnd arc living on a ranoh.

Slngerly--How do they like it? Slrawber--He likes it well enough, but she is miserable. I hear the can't tell when her next door neighbor hat a new dress. The oldest bit of slang which can be traced to a historical origin is said to be H5 Is brick." Plutarch, in his life cf Lycnrgus, gives an account ot the visit of an embassador from Eplrus to the city ot Sparta, who xaw much to admire and praise. But he wondered greatly that Spnrta was not a walled town, and asked the explanation ot its lock pi dcfenaivr works. No answer was returned that day.

Early tho next morning, however--tor the Spartans rose at dawn--tbe Eplrote was awakened and conducted to tbe field of exercise outside the eity, where the army of Sparta was drawn up in battle array. "Thnre," said "are the of Sparta, and every, man is a KellBlo-PhlloBOphlenl Journal. A Patriarch. Capt. Isaac Banett, the patriarchal 8er- geant-at-Arms of Senate, to the aab- Ject of much; among visitors In galleries which, were he toMMar it, woabl eawe him unbounded amusement.

Strangers In Washington who fancy themselves familiar with the faces of thavarlosa seoa- ton through tbe (teamed from the press of the country take upon the pleasant task ot Imparting their to favored They point oat Senator ao-aad- 80 here and Senator 8o-and-8o than, almost always mistaking Capt. Dseaett for aome member ot the upper what been honored by repeated repreaantatlon In the comic He hie been pointed out aa almost every senator la ozaee whose hair and beard is gray or white. petition he occupies near the door ot Senate Chamber and in eqaal proximity to the vice-president's chair a taw of these Uttle perplexity; but this circumstance baa been explained by a few of those who have invested him with senatorial as resulting from eccentricity npoa part Kate Washington. Australian Many ol the Australian stations are of magnificent "Old Jimmy Tyson," he is familiarly known, who la reputed to be tlw wealthiest man in Aaa- tralia and worth at least 1,000,000 pouda, 70,000 head of cattle apoa a gle one of and AUion, of New South Wild, Ml two adjoining tUtioni of Merfulmr ud Cononror, an area (renter than Belgium, and In colony If r. William Hallway's Brookonf ol the finest in Australia) 900,000 acres and carries 2S3.OOO aheap, myp Bcribner's.

like the above might be qaoUJ Indefinitely, but It enough to aay that at present the pastoral lands of Aaatralia Include an area somewhat In aneaa of that ot all the Mew England Statea, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, tbe two Virginias, Kentucky and Tennessee combined. OU Ideas Divers, we doe Stut. may bee (in moct) BefrkjeratiOB ot the Tongue; Whereby it to lease apt to move. And therefore wa aae that Nal- doe generally Stut: And wu that in those that Stat, if they driake Vine moderately, thej Bt-jt it haateth; And we see, that they that Stut, doe Stnt more in the ftnt offer to ipeake, than in CoaUna- anco; Because the Tongue by Motion, somewhat heated. In some ahw, It may be (though rarely,) the of the Tongue; which maketh it apt to move, as well Cold; for It an Affect that it cometh to aome and Great Men; it did anto Moaea, who waa Lingua) Praspedita); and many Molten (wee flnde) are very Hen; Choler Bnducing In Sylva Bylvarum," Cantmry IV.

llwr irfaret temecyT My dear," said Mr. to wife, who wu dangtrottaly 111, Klekibaw down and waata to am you." What baa aha tot asked the iWSPAPERI.