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THE TmOOTCT.Yff DAILY EAGLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1888 SIX PAGES. HE EMPLOYS ONLY UNION HEW. A LOST HANDKERCHIEF, For the Recovery oi Which Mr. BroWA WAS A BAD RISK SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOHER 13, 1S88. PERSONA! MENTION.

Misa Emily Faithful has received from tho Queen of England a portrait of Her Majesty, with an autograph. General Sqhofield is living at tho Ebbitt House In Washington. A salary of $7,500 a year doesnot go very far at tho Capital. Tho engagement of General Boulanger's daughter to Captain Driano is announced. Bishop Bissel, of Vermont, is fast regaining his health.

CURRENT EVENTS. and other occasional parties, are supported by tho regular politicians. Perish the thought. One would rather believe that many citizens who never would dream of throwing away their votes on a Prohibition ticket subscribe to the causo for fun, or from pure good nature, or because they sincerely believe in temperance, regard a man who goes about proclaiming it as a truly good man, and dislike to disoblige a truly good man. Be this as it may, tho Prohibitionists nro going on with their conventions and elaborating their canvass as if the receipt of cheeks of four or Ave figures was an every day occurrence.

If they pledge all tho candidates they are nominating to vote the ticket they will at least make some show at the polls. under all efforts to invade its rightful prerogatives is a hopeful sign foT the community. It is an unmistakable token of healthful activity on tho part of a large body of enterprising and reputable citizens. While not necessarily promotive of Republican success it luakes for clean politics and good government. Upon tho majority it exerts a restraining and corrective influence.

To the minority it furnishes a stimulus that cannot fail to inspire to renewed and enlarged endeavor for the achievement of legit imat and honorable Tesnlts. These are considerations that the more progressive antl upright Republican lenders, in conference or out of conference, can profitably bear iu mind. They will find, as tho unerring result of every experiment on which they cm bark, that it is safer to trust to the people at largo thau to any clique or coterie, that "everybody is wiser thau anybody," and that schemes to muzzle or manacle 20,000 enrolled voters are bound to react disastrously on the schemers responsible for their projection. The Independent Position. Among the political indications which give reasonable promise of Democratic success at the polls this year is the unwavering allegiance of the Independents to President Cleveland.

Extreme partisans of the opposition affect to regard the course of their for against conductors and brakomen of the Union Paoiflo Railroad, most oi whom reside in this city. They ran from this place to Green Biver in chargo of freight trains. They are aocused of robbing theBe freight trains of valuable merchandise in transit between San Francisco and EaBtern cities. The robberies aro supposed to cover a period between twelve and fifteen months and thousands of dollars' worth of valuables are missing. Four prominent business men are involved.

DOES IT MEAN CONSOLIDATION 1 The Northern Pacific Cooking for an Entrance to Chicago. Milwaukee, October 13. President Colby, of the Wisconsin Central Kail road, and President Willard, of the Northern Pacific, arrived hero by Bpecial train from St. Paul yesterday afternoon. President Colby ia authority for tho statement that Bome arrangements will be made by which through trains will bo run over the Wisconsin Central and Northern Pacific roads.

This announcement has strengthened tho conviction that the two roads are to be consolidated eventually, thus giving the Northern Pa cifio an entrance to Chicago. Mi'. Colby states that tho matter of making arrangements haa not yet matured sufficiently to givo tho details to the public. At the Central offices the opinion is ox pressed by some that the lines will never be managed aB one system, but that closer and profitable traffic arrangements will bo made. A NEW OIL WELL STBUCK.

Cleveland, October 13. A special from Findlay, gives an account of the striking of an oil well near that place, which ccUpses anything in the history of the Ohio field. It is estimatod to flow 9,000 barrels per day, and has been visited oy hundreds of people. Tho ground in all adjacent territory is completely saturated with grease. FIKE IS A ailCHIOAN TOWS.

Kalamazoo, October 13. Tho Laminated Wood Manufacturing Company's plant, located at Kendall, Van Buren Comity, a four story brick building and its contents, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A ramo store and dwelling across the Btreet were burned. Loss about insurance about $10,000. FULTON STREET CLEANING.

Tho Merchant Said to be Entirely Satisfied With the Work. Done at Thoir Expense. To the Editor of the. Brooklyn Eagle Tho article headed "Cleaning Fulton Street" which appeared in your laBt evening's issuo states that tho businessmen on lower Fulton street, who had that part of tho street cleaned at their own expoiiBe, arc not entirely satisfied with tho man nor in which it was done and that thoy have recently obtained the assurance from tho City Works Department that the regular contractor would do the work under liiB contract. And, fur thermore, you state that the merchants have can celed thoirold engagement with tho street cleaning men and that tho cleaning would be now done under the, sharp eye of Superintendent George H.

Sterling. Mr. Thomas Cassin, it seems, has taken the matter into his own hands and I hardly think that Mr. Thomas Cassin can properly speak for tho business men of this section who havo the Btreet cleaned, as Mr. Cassin ia not among the members forming the association.

I wish to state, in justice to tho Street Cleaning Company, that the work iB now being done and haa at all times boen done in the most thorough and satisfactory manner possible and that our firm would look at the day which would terminate this street cleaning contract with a Borrowfhl eye, as never in our long businoss experience in this Bection qf tho city have we seen the streets so thoroughly clean and nice as they aro now. We know too well that after December 1 no Btreet oleaning of any kind done in the City of Brook lyn, and when the Department commencos to clean again, sometime near the Spring, that it takes nearly three months to get the accumulated dirt off tho pavement before you can really see tho pavement stones again. I do not think I am mistaken wken I say that this sentiment prevails throughout this Bection of the city and that every merchant interested will acree with me that the street cleaning, as it done now, is the greatest benefit that this locality has over seon. Even a casual observer must admit that no street cleaning department con trolled by any city government has ever dono anything like it and that every dollar merchants spend for this purpose i worth $5 to them. Herman Liebjiann, of Licbmann Bros.

Owings. BnooKLTN, October 13. 1888. CONGRESSMAN WHITE'S ACCEPTANCE. Preparing for the Business and Trades men's Barbecue at Bidgcwood Park Grand preparations aro boing made for tho Business and Tradesmen's barbecue, which is to take placo at Bidgcwood Park on Tuesday, tho 30th instant.

A meetins of the Committeo of Arrangements was held last evening at the resi dence of Richard G. Phelps, at 1 01 Lewis avonue. James Welk presidod and Frederick A. Welk re corded. A communication from Congressman 8.

V. White was read, notifying tho committee that ho accepted the position tendered him as presi dent of tho movoment. After some little discussion Frederick Oooheu ivas chosen grand marshal The following well known citizens wore named as vice nresidents: John J. Allen, General B. F.

Tracy, J. Feuld, W. Whitlock, M. J. Dady, ex Alderman Birkett, Captain Noonan, J.

H. Taylor, E. B. Bortlett, C. S.

Higgins, E. D. Bcrri, E. A. Kennedy, L.

W. Emmerson, D. Aruott, M. Zeh, G. Kenneth, G.

Forrester, A. Benson, John Beitz; Louis Nicot, North, W. Walters, J. Fan in gton, F. F.

Williams, H. Berean, F. SUitx, A. Suydani, J. H.

Shultz, J. H. Kuapp, F.W.Wurster, F. Jlossotta, B. Peters, I.

W. Pickford, W. H. Beard, A. Ammerman, A.

J. Newton, J. Johnson, M. Tomlinson, W. H.

Leaycraft, H. Palmer, Ira Buckman, C. S. Mall, S. T.

Maddox, H. Hamilton, Supervisor Hobbs, S. Bui roughs, J. Butler. J.

Jenkens, E. F. Linton, I. Fisher, Ditmas Jewell, F. Sporry, E.

F. O'Connor, J. Jordan, J. Moore, Hacker, J. T.

Moenger, G. J. Collins, J. Martin, S. B.

Butcher, C. A. Moore, E. Nathan, D. Bald win, W.

H. Lyon, H. Batterman, E. H. Hobbs, H.

Bay and G. W. Harman. The arrangementB will be completed at another meeting to be hold on Thursday evening. 1IE1NEMANN APPEARS AGAIN.

lie Wants to Explain, but Husband Budd Cuts Him Short. Mrs. Lilian Budd, who last Tuesday gave her residence as ISO Willoughby street, wherohow ever, bIio is not known, instead of appearing against her husband, Henry Budd. in 'Judge Walsh's Court thia morning, ent Cigar Dealer Adolph Heinemau, of 473 Fulton Btreet, with a note in which she stated that she wished to with draw her complaint. Heinemann is the man who has taken such a warm interest in Mrs.

Budd oase since tho start, and who stated in court the other day that the woman was his wife. When Budd stepped up to the bench to day his Honor said, "I havo a letter here from Lilian Budd. What relation do you bear to tho person of that name?" "I am her husband," waB tho reply. "Well," continued tho judge, "I do not know that this is her signature. I will adjourn tho case until the 20th, and will Bubpena the com tdainant." Just at thi3 point Heinemann, who had been keening out of sight, came forward and said "Your Honor, I would like to make an explana tion in this "I desire no explanation from 3 011, sir," said Budd, very Beverely, and Husband Heinemann went no farther.

FIREMEN ON TRIAL. One of Them Fined Five Days' for Absence Without Leave. Pay Commissioner Eiinis had these offending mem hors of the force hefore him on trial: Bobert Condin, of Engine 24, was accused of having absented himself from duty without per mission. He was unable to justify himself and tho Commissioner fined him five days' pay, at the same time giving him a warning not to appear flcrain. John Silk, of Truck 3, used abusive language to tho foreman of the company, who resented it by arraigning the offender before the Commissioner.

Silk escaned with a hue of one day pay. Bobert English, of Engine William Flaherty, of Truck 5: ThomaB F. Ennia, of Engine 20, and John Farrell, of Engine 3, were found guilty of neelect of duty. They were not serious offenders and the ConvraiBsioner let them off with a sharp reprimand. HE STOLE A PAIB OF SnOES.

John Littlo stolo a pair of shoes yeBterday after noon from in front of the store of Jacob Simmer maun, at 704 Broadway. Ho was caught by Charles Diehl, one of the clerks, and this morning Justice Nacher. sitting for Justice Kenna, sent him to the Penitentiary for four mouths. WASTED IS BBOOKLYS. Charles W.

Hagedorn, who formerly lived nn Wvckoff Btreet, this city, was arrested Thurs day in Philadelphia for having attempted to pass a bogus check on John Wanamaker, the dry goods dealer. The police say that Hagedorn is wanted here on several charges ot swindling. FIFTY TEABS A PASTOR. Bev. S.

M. Haskins, D. rector of St. Mark' Church, Bedford avenue and South Fifth street, commences tho fiftieth ear of his rectorship of that church to morrow. Music appropriate to tho occasion will be rendered by the largo surpUficd choir, assisted by an orchestra of twelve pieces.

L00KIXG FOB MBS. B0SSITEB. Mary Donohuc, 70 years of age, was found wandering ahout iu lower Fulton street last evening, and was taken to tho Second Precinct Station nouse. Sue said she wanted to find her niece, Mrs. Boasitcr, who she thought lived in Dutch town.

One of tho most unpleasant features about office holding is the greediness with which people clutch at tho minor offices. Here have the Republicans been having them all in tho Navy Department for a quarter of a century. Yet, their papers are now complaining because, under the examination rules, Judge Endicott directs that Democrats who aro equally fitted with Republicans shall have the prof erenco in filling vacancies that may occur in the service. Boston Herala. Ob, What Yellow E.incn.

Beatoro it to iU wUtoneat with PSLS's Pear line. Tiy it is Very Anxious. Inn nrtlrtTOM vpflf.ortlav'fl TIaot.p MV AT IU LUluiui. v. rf u.v Brown, of 177 Montague street, advertised a lib.

eral reward ior tuo i eovuiiu, unu uuu handkerchief lost by him Thursday night. As a rule linon handkcrcmeiB are not buuu. ii. uu; vwusuw to call for the display of enorgy and outlay of caah exhibited by Mr. Brown iu his search for this missing handlcerchiel, BO a repunor caumi to see him on the subject.

He explained Iub anxieties in this way: The nononcicmui been brought to him from Paris by a gentleman friend of his, and although its intrinsic valuo might be only $1.50, yet, owing to its associations, he was willing to give a liberal reward for its restoration. He was at a party Thursday ovon ing and hail thrust tho beloved article between his dress coat and whito silk vest, and in that elUBive manner near to hantiitercnieis it nau uia appeared. Mr. Brown yesterday placed advertiso anxiety to recover the lost souvenir will not be unappreciated uy the donor. WARSEll MILLER flOIXG TO FLISHISG.

Next Tuesday evening Hon. Warner Miller is tc visit Flushing as the guest of tlio Rov. O. E. Cobb, of the Reformed Church.

Mr. Miller will speak in the Opera House in tho evening. Republican leaders in the county are dissatisfied with this arrangement. They think Mr. Miller's coming should havo been made a county event, and that a meeting should havo been held at Jamaica, which peo pie from all parts could attend conveniently.

PAKSOS 01S.V GOISO TO ALBANY. A telegram from Albany to tho Eaole last nighi stated that tho Third Presbyterian Church had extended a call to the Bev. Charles E. Dunn, of Hempstead. This morning Mr.

Dunn said that he had accepted the call and would inako public announcement of the fact to morrow. BUSINESS NOTICES. STERLING SILVER WEDDING PRESENTS. Tho largest line in tlio city of STERLING SILVERWARE. Fancy pieces in cases, Borry Bowls and Spool.

Cotfeo Spoons, Fish and Salad Sots, Ladles, Pio Knios. 4c, 4c. In Tablo Spoons, Tea Spoous, 4c, tho nowest osj dized and other patterns in Ereat varioty. Soiid Sih er Hair Brushes, 1Vhlsk Brooms with solid silver handles. From a Sugar Spoo" in case at 54 to a largo trunk of tnhlo silver at $300.

WILLIAM WISE 4 SON, 239 FULTON STREET, OPPOSITE CLARK. ESTABLISHED 1.S.'54. "SEGURUS JUDICAT ORB1S TERRARUM." APOLLINABIS. APOLLINAHIS. APOLLINAHIS.

"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS." The filling at the Apollinaris Spring during tho JttM 18S7 amounted to 11,894,000 BOTTLES. Of alt grocers, druggists and minoral water doalar BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Ij AW OASE PRINTING. LAW CASES PRINTED WITH DISPATCB, AT BROOKLYN EAGLE JOB PRINTING OFFtOR CM INA, OI.ASS, arc. INNER SETS.

8S8 F.F.E TTTTT 6SSSa EH Basa3 eee SSS, '683" IN THEIR SALE INAUGURATED BY BROTHERS. WILL CARRY AN EXTRA LARGE STOCK OF TUB OLE PIECES WILL BE SOLD AT THE SAME PURCHASED. SETS OF ANY NUMBER OF PIECES DESIRED, TRA FOR THE PRIVILEGE. FROM A FEW SETS ON THIS PLAN FOR A AND THE BELIEF THAT IN SO DOING THEY CSTS HAS LED THEM TO MAKE A GREAT TO EXTEND IT TO THEIR ENTIRE STOCK. ON THIS PLAN TO MORROW.

AND THE NUMBER GAINED. PRICES OF A NEW AMERICAN SET' OFFERED DINNER PLATES $2.00 DOZ. BREAKFAST PLATES 1.75 DOZ. TEA PLATES 1.50 DOZ. SAUCE PLATES 00c.

DOZ. BUTTER PLATES 00c. DOZ. SOUP PLATES 1.75 DOZ. PLATTERS 1.50.

1.00, HOC, 50c, 30c. COVERED DISHES 1.00 VEGETABLE DISHES 300. SOUP TUREEN 3.00 SAUCE TUREEN 1.00 GRAVY BOAT 30o. SALAD BOWL 1.00 PICKLE DISHES 30o. TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS BREAKFAST COFFEES 2.25 3.00 SOLD IN THE SAME WAY, INCLUDING THB BROTHERS, CLARK STREETS, KI.YN.

"jJARDENBERGH KING. A RRR DDD EEH NIT AA ft HHHH A A RRR KB HB II AAA NN A A DDD EIQ NN BBB r.KB RRR hug nan HHHH GO GGG BBB BBB KB Knit BBB BBB BBB Aft 444 NN GGG r.am GGO II NN ii liiiN KK II NN it NN FULTON STREET, CORNER CLINTON. FINE CARPETS AT BOTTOM PRICES. AT D. MCGUIRE'S OLD ESTABLISHED DRY GOODS STORE, 703 Fulton fitreot, near Fort Greene placo, There will be offered to day and all next week immense lots of new and tteasonable goods at lowest prices in twenty five yoars: BLANKETS, COMFORTABLF.S( TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS, TOWELS, TOWELINGS, WHITE QUILTS.

uau. i.i i. HOSIERY. UNDERWEAR. BLACK SILKS, BLACK VELVETS, BLACK CASHMERES, CLOTH S'UITINGS, WOOL PLAIDS, CLOTH FOR BOYS' WEAR, WOOLEN SHAWLS, MISSES' SHAWLS.

CLOTH SKIRTS. PRINTED CALICOS, GINGHAMS And hundrods of othor things wanted Uro'vory house, hold. Superior goods at lowest price tho standing motto. knts' rvusisutyti COOBS. jARL fc WILSON.

EARL 4 WILSONS' JIENS LINEN COLLARS AND CUFFS ARE THE BEST. FOR SALE EVERV WHERE. TRADE HKB P. KB KKlt AA A A 44 A A 4t US IV A WV VW VV VV MARK. IIOTEI S.

A IUKRIOAN HOTEL. IH 30 FULTON ST. BROOKLYN, near forry. Newly fiirniHhcd rooms; ooa nccommoUti(inn for per mnncnt tvnd transiont guests 50 cents per rtlf(ht, igt.oO por VitioV aii'i upward; iilicnvlly managon all nthtt lor jfenilciuen only. i.MAKINUK.

Prop riot or. JEL.AWAJiK WATKK GAP, CATARACT HOUSK, M. TUCK ICR. and baantiful mountain resort; near river; boating, hshinjc; no bar; no malaria; no ir.oqul toei; superior earvico; 350 feet piazzas; KAtl loads; liveries reasonable. Excursion 3.c0, via D.

and W. K. 47 weekly; coach al depot. MOHEGAN LAKE. MOUNT PLEASANT HOUSE.

Rates for September moderate. High ground, Econery. perfectly healthy four miles from the Hudson very accessiblo to iw Yytk J.i WALTER R. JONES, MOII I AN, FINANCIAL I LOANS ON UU ACOU 1 (J XVI vi i''" to(mlt mt 'in rt.I at, corner Rem sou. uemsou, A wwi i rirto 83.500 5,000 and 610.0UU to Maos" Larr.

88 Tilt. Birbctt's Employes Deny Chnrffeo made Against Him. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle Wo. the undorsignod carpenters, plumbers, steam fitters and nainters. working on James W.

Birkott's building, 380 Jay street, emphatically deny that Mr. Birkett employs non union labor, as stated in the issuo of October 5, 1888, of a local paper. The Internation Tilo who had the contract to furnish and set tho mantois, Bent non union men to set them. As soon as Mr. Birkett was informed that thoir men were non union men ho ordered the International Tile Co.

to take them away, and they did so. lioBpectlully, T. LiNEsBuna, Geo. W. Hwoues, M.

H. Matheson, H. W. Fhankltn, G. M.

Keating, Tnos. J. Smith, Michael Mubphv, G. A. Onnz, Geo.

W. H. M. Birkett, Geoiige Bibby, James Whitley, A. J.

Smith, William Sands. I bfii sbv certify that James W. Birkett has em ployed only union men on this job. B. Beatty, Walking Delegate of the uarponiers oi iuuub County.

Brooklyn, October 0, 1888. DOWN ON LONG ISLAND. A Lady's Hip Broken Some Interesting Church News. Mrs. Herman Hawkins, of Brookhaven, fell from the railroad platform and broke her hip.

Bishop Littlejohn will preach St. Paul a Church at Patchogue on Sunday evening. Bev. D. H.

ChappcU has voluntarily ceased to be pastor of tlio Methodist Protestant Church at Eastport. Conference, now in session at Patcr son, will assign him to a new charge. The gross receipts of tho Suffolk County l'air were $3,100, a falling off of $300 from last year. The Rev. Dr.

Moore has entered upon his for tieth year of service as rector of bt. ueorgc Episcopal Church iu Hempstead. BUSINESS NOTICES. BLANKETS. BUB BBB A A.

A. A A A A AAA NN EKE TTTT SSS NN K. K. KK KE SSS SSS A A NN BBB LLLA AN NN EEE JAMES McCREERV GO. ARE OFFERING THEIR CELEBRATED BRANDS OF FINE CALIFORNIA BLANKETS: "SILVERADO," "SANTA RITA" AND "SAN BENITO," AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: 10 4 ll 112 4 13 4 14 4 SO.i'iO $0.75 $8.00 $9.50 S10.7.) SANTA BIT 0.00 7.25 8.50 10.00 11.

SAN 0.75 8.25 9.75 11.2.") 12. THESE GOODS HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED BY US FOB MANY YEARS, AND ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THEIR BEAUTY AND DURABILITY. ALSO, FULL LINES OF EASTERN BLANKETS BANGING IN PRICE FROM $1.50 PER PAIR UP WARD. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY COLORED BLANKETS AND A GREAT VARIETY OF FRENCH FLANNELS IN EXCLUSIVE AND NOVEL DESIGNS FOR LADIES' HOUSE ROBES. JAMES McOREKRY A BROADWAY AND J1TH STREET, NF.W YORK.

CillPfA, GLASS, Ac. kLNNER SETS. ODD NTt NN RBH RRR NNNNNNE nilNNNNNNKB ItRR I) DIINNNNNNK UDD II NN NN IK14 AN ENTIRELY NEW DEPARTURE OVINGTON INSTEAD OF SELLING BY THE SET, THEY BEST SELECTED PATTERNS, FROM WHICH SIN RATE OF PROFIT AS IF AN ENTIRE SET WERE BY THIS PLAN CUSTOMERS MAY SELECT WITHOUT BEING CALLED UPON TO PAY EX MESSRS. OVINGTON BROTHERS HAVE SOLD NUMBER OF YEARS AND THEIR SUCCESS ARE SERVING THEIR CUSTOMERS' INTER EXTENSION OF THIS PLAN AND ULTIMATELY OVER TWENTY PATTERNS WILL BE OFFERED WILL BE INCREASED AS THE SPACE CAN BE AS A SAMPLE OF THE PLAN, THEY GIVE THE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS MANNER: DINNER PLATES 92.00 DOZ. BREAKFAST PLATES 1.75 DOZ.

TEA PLATES 1.50 DOZ. SAUCE PLATES 90c. DOZ. BUTTER PLATES COo. DOZ.

SOUP PLATES 1 75 DOZ. PLATTERS 1.50. 1.00, SOc. 50c, HOC COVERED DISnES 1.00 VEGETABLE DISHES SOUP TUREEN 3.00 SAUCE TUREEN 100 GRAVY BOAT 30C. SALAD BOWL 1.00 FICKLE DISHES 30c.

TEA CUPS AND SAUCERS 2.25 BREAKFAST COFFEES a.00 MORE THAN TWENTY OTHER SETS WILL BE FINEST AS WELL AS TnE CHEAPER GRADES. OVINGTON FULTON AND BROO NEW PUBLICATIONS. SOME DELIGHTFUL NEW BOOKS. SECOND VOLUME NOW READY. COMPLETION OF THOMAS STEVENS'S AROUND THE WORLD ON A BIG" YOLK.

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OLIVER DITSON 4 BOSTON. a B. JWISOH 4 887 BBOAIWA Y. Km Ylfc have to be originated. It may De inn there are few persons who possess suuu wonderful vitality as that shown by the unfortunate Hegeman, and it is not probable that after puncturing their brains with bullets men will get into the habit of taming a drink and sitting down to dinner; but is this impossible Surely it is to be regretted that Hegeman did not leave a diary of his feelings between the time he shot himself and the moment ho expired.

Was he particu larly cheerful and in what respect does cold lead as applied to the brain diner irom uiu effect of alcoholic substances inaeea, is worth while to inquire whether by shooting himself three times in the brain a man can uot continue to live and at the same time feel as though he were enjoying tho exuberant effects of a cocktail If Mr. Hegeman's experience helps to solve this problem it will not have been undergone in vain. Mr. Blaine's reception at Indianapolis is magnified by the organs anxious to profit by it and minimized by the organs desirous of belittling it. The Eagle sees no reasons to doubt that it was enthusiastic, for Mr.

Blaine is the leading Republican and there are many of his faith who admire him in the Hoosier State. Governor Hill's reception in the same Commonwealth is also most cordial and par. ticipated in by thousands. Both parties are holding immense meetings. Both are confident.

One is going to be greatly disappointed. The probability is that it will be the Republican party. It is always difficult to vote a change of Pedoral Administration. There is no reason why one should be voted this year. Each party is at a disadvantage in Indiana.

Mr. Blaine reflected on the entire judicial system and the justice of tho entire people in the State, in a letter to William Walter Phelps, over three years ago, when he declared that he could not get a fail trial in a libel suit in Indiana. General Harrison is personally not popular, as votes have often shown. On the contrary, by gerrymandering and by abuses in State government, the Democrats have been put at a loss, in late years. The contest will be very close, but, as there are more Democrats than Republicans in tho State, the former party ought to carry it.

Martin Kennedy's suit against tho trustees of Greenwood Cemetery raises the question of the purity of the water which is supplied to visitors in tho burial ground. Greenwood's supply is obtained partly from a reservoir and partly from wells. The charge is that the well water has been infected by the bodies in the cemetery or by tho metal on the coffins. The answer to this put forth by the cemetery people is that no foreign substance could get into the pipes. But could not the pipes absorb the foul vapors and thus contaminate the water Whatever the result of the trial its progress will be watched with interest, for if the water given to those who visit Greenwood is not fit for use that fact ought to be known.

The blame for the appalling railroad disaster at Mud Run is thrown on Engineer Cook, who either did not see or would not heed the danger signal on the rear car of the train into whih he ran his locomotive. Was the engineer color blind, or insane, or intoxicated, or was he so fatigued from long continued work as to bo hopelessly incompetent for duty Of course it makes very little difference now what answer is given to the question, but tho fact that some sort of an agitation should bo started iu favor of insuring greater vigilance on the engine. The fireman is supposed to help the engineer in keeping a lookout, but he cannot always do this. It would not cost the railroad very much to employ men whose sole duty it should be to keep an eye on tho track ahead, thus aiding the engineer and increasing the sense of security. What good are danger signals if they cannot be seen The strike in Chicago has virtually collapsed, the employes of the West Side roads having declared their willingness to return to work pending settlement of the trouble in other sections of the city.

Perhaps in time the laborer will learn that, although he has a perfect right to quarrel with his employer if he desires to do so, he has no right whatever to prevent other people going to work on the terms he has rejected. If by destroying property he seeks to injure the employer who has refused to comply with his demands he is committing i crime, in demanding punishment for which the whole community should be concerned. Wo want no rioting in American cities, and the sooner the principle is established beyond dispute that interference with the right of the individual to earn a liv ing on any terms he may choose is not to be tolerated, the bettor it will be tor society as a whole. There are evidently too many gentlemen at the. Navy Yard who are anxious to reap the credit of supervising the work on the cruiser Maine.

It seems to bo a ease of too many cooks at the broth." Captain Robloy D. Evans is a clever man. He built a bridge and by Mr. Whitney was made secretary of the Light House Board, which is one of the choicest appointments in the service. The wisdom of the policy of assigning a line officer to superintend the building of a ship may, however, well be questioned.

It would bo just as sensible to assign a man who has spent his life constructing ships to the work of navigating a vessel. A little moro common sense at tho Navy Yard these days would do no harm. Most of the Democratic Congressional Conventions which met in New York last night adjourned without making nominations. However much the party may be divided on the mayoralty question it is indispensable that there should bo harmony of action on the Congressional nominations, in order that tho next House may be Democratic, and give to Mr. Cleveland, if re elected, that support which is essential to the carrying out of necessary reforms.

Of the men nominated last night Mr. Asahel P. Fitch is perhaps best known to Brooklyn people because of his withdrawal from tho Republican party and the advanced stand which he has taken for Tariff reform. Mr. Fitch is a recruit of the best type, and his nomination is but a slight tribute to his worth and ability.

The Minnesota Republicans are evidently frightened. Realizing that tho grand old party is being deserted by the farmers who are unwilling to swallow its Tariff doctrine, they have resorted to the stale device of crying fraud and forgery." It will do no good. Beside, if the Republican leaders want a lesson in the art of forgery they need go no further back than the Folger canvass in this State. But perhaps they are expert enough as it is. Warden Brymer, through the medium of an interview published in yesterday's Eagle, furnishes the public with an interesting insight into the administration of Raymond Street Jail.

While that building, in construction and arrangement, is by no means au ideal prison, it fairly answers tho purpose to which it is devoted. Under the direction of Sheriff Rhinehart and his enterprising coadjutors, the management of the institution has been greatly improved. There is no occasion for repetition of the scandals which reflected on past administrations in tho methods adhered to by the present custodians of the jail. They have earned a generous share of popu lar appreciation by bringing the conduct of the institution, in point of excellence, fairly in line with that of the Kings County Penitentiary. Major Pangburn is a comedian.

Voters laugh with comedians, but do not vote with them. General Harrison continues to make commonplace speeches and President Cleveland keeps right on vetoing objectionable bills. This is the daily work of each. There, is no reason why Mr. Cleveland should not be continued at his work' and General Harrison" be permitted to continue his talking.

To day the President vetoed James M. Wilbur's claim for $45,615.67 for alleged extra work on tho New York Post Office, which competent experts, one of them selected by himself, had before decided was worth but $1,214.90. The President is willing to have the proper sum properly ascertained and duly paid. He is not willing to pay the exorbitant figures. Another veto is that restoring a pension to a woman who formerly had it, as the widow of a soldier, but who lost it by marrying a man quite able to support her.

The President's performance of his duties is the best campaign document in circulation. An Important Accident Insur ance Decision. The Treasurer of the Association was Justifled in Refusing Payment of Arrears "When the Insured Was Infirm and Sick. Chicago, October 13. Judge Anthony rendered a deoision on an im portant question in accident insurance yesterday.

Mi b. Libbie A. Fairman sued a life and accident association to recover $5,000 on the death of her husband. Tho association refused to pay tho death benefit, because Fan man was alleged to have been in arrears for hia certificate and was in a very infirm and sickly condition and hence a bad risk. Mra.

Fairman claimed that her husband's brother tendered tho arrears of dues to tho treasuror, but tho latter refused to accept them. The Court ound favor of tho defendant and held that in doohning to accept the arrears, un less Fairman consented to a re examination, the treasurer was justified. He held that the tender of arrears while Fairman was infirm and siok was like making an application for new insurance. EMPEROR FREDERICK'S DIARY. Much Commotion Caused in England by Jls Publication.

Copyright, 1888.1 Losnos, October 13. More expenses, increased estimates for the army and navy, an uneasy feeling for the future and a well founded mistrust or all nations Europe those are the predominating topics of discussion in Eugland to day. It is nothing novel that alittlo printed matter should creato a good deal of commotion, but tho consequences of tho publication of Emperor Frederick's diary havo been diverso and far reaching. The general tonor of the extracts has caused people everywhere to regret his untimely death, acquainted the world with tho trne nobleness of the man, awakenod in Germany a controversy that will furnish students of history with an exhaustive subject for study and aroused England to a terrified comprehension of the estimation hi which sho was hold in 1870, and tho probable feeling of other powers toward her at the present day. That Napoleon after tho battle of Sedan, should coolly propose to unite the French and German armies and recoup their respective governments for the expenditures and loss of life which they had endured by conquering and pillaging England could only slightly increase the ovil opinion of him which tho English have entertained for a score of years, but that tho Crown Prince, the Bon in law of then Queen, should chronicle such a proposition without the faintest comment upon it and intimation that he regarded it as peculiarly atrocious has almost unsettled tho British mind.

To bo sure it is very doubtful that Louis Napoleon could have delivered the goods. Paris was resounding with exe cratiouB lagainst tho army ot Bazaine, tho only ono intact, would hardly have fraternized at the word of command with the Prussians, who were cntting their throats the day before, but tho comments of the press on tho off hand line in Frederick's diary reveal the humiliation in England at the matter of courso manner in which her ruin was spoken of and the certainty of buccosb which appeared to be entertained of the united efforts of France and Germany. The Times comes to the conclusion very late in the day. It would seoin that Englandis detested by other powers envious of her wealth, trade colonies and freedom from conscription, and the Spectator finds only one power in the world, the United Statea to wit, which would not greet with cynical indifference, if not with positive delight, an invasion of England and the disruption of the gigantic British Empire. In the present state of feeling no money or efforts will bo spared to render impassablo the little strip of water that is more to bo depended upon by England than all Hie red coated men at her command tho English Channel.

THE RIVER BANK CAVED IN. Considerable Property Destroyed and a Prominent Citizen Drowned. VicKSDuno, October 1 3. A serious slide in the river bank occurred here yesterday, resulting in the loss of ono life and tho destruction of conBiderablo property. About 4 o'clock 4 large section of the wharf landing at South Vicksburg, which had been loosened by re cent heavy storms, slipped away and crashed into the river.

Superintendent Harrison, of the dum my line, waa standing in a freight car winch naa been left on the wharf at the time of the acoident. Tho car washurlod down tho embankment and Mr. Harrison, unable to extricate himself, was carried to the bottom of the river and drowned. Mr. Harrison was ono of the most prominont men in the city.

He was a native of Greenville, b. and waB at one time president of tho Vicksburg and Ship Mand Kailroath THE DIAMONDS WERE NOT THERE. Mysterious Disappearance of a Bank, rupt Jeweler's Stock. Dayton, October 13. A sensation haB been occasioned here over the diaappearance of a large amount of jewelry and rlinmrmdH from the safe of Charles M.

Piccaro, a maniifacturinif jewelry and diamond merchant, Piccard failed Borao time ago and tho sheriff took possession of the stock. Yesterday several re nlnvin suits were brought by diamond brokers Writs were issued and an officor was sent to lovy on tho goods. The doputies charge, on open ing tho safe, found that the diamonds had disappeared. It is believed that entranco was gained and the valuables spirited away. As but two persons had the combination to tho safe tho offender will probably be discovered.

INDICTED FOH KMBEZZLEMENT. Belleville, October 13. A sensation was created yesterday when tho St. Clair County Grand Jury returned an indictment into court charging Clovis Soucy. ex supcrvisor of Cahekia Township, with the embezzlement of $10,000.

Soucy is one of the best known men in the county, and has been supervisor of the township for ten years. It ia asBt rted that he has been short iu the above sum for several years, bnt the facta were not discovered until a few weeks ago. The money was secured by the sale and leasing of lands. Soucy was arrested and released on bonds. He claims to be ablo to explain matters at tho proper time.

THE TBADEUS' BASK FA1LUBE. Chicago, 111., October 13. The investigation into the Troders' Bank failnro ao resumed yesterday, Gtakicr Tallmau boing on tho stand most of tho afternoon. Not much information of general interest was elicited from him and the examination was finally adjourned until this evening. Letters testamentary on the estate of Joseph O.

Butter, late president of tho bank, were issued to Mrs. Caroline W. Butter, tho widow, to whom the estate waB left. The widow estimateH tho value of the property at $50,000, and says it may be much lesB. Judge Knickerbocker required her to give a bond of $100,000.

SHEBMAS WILL CO OS THE STUMP. CrscrNNATi, Octobor 13. A story has boen going the rounds that Senator John Sherman would not tako the tump for HarriBon and Morton. The Ohio statesman was in tho city last night to attend the Eepublicon Club celebration at tho Cincinnati Centennial today. He said when questioned about tho matter: It's all fudge.

General Harrison is a puro and able man and ho has my hearty Bupport. I will probably make some speeches in the State. I shall do all in my power to aid tho election of HarriBon and OIBLS CHA110ED WITH ABS0S. Adrian, Mich October 13. At the session of the Circuit Court yesterday morning five girls from the Industrial Home were arraigned charged with arson, the offense consisting of an attempt to burn Creswell Cottage on September 30.

The girls all pleaded guilty. Tho Court gave tho cnlprits a week in which to get their parents and rieuds here to speak for them and will pass sentence Friday next. A FBEICIIT HOUSE BDBSED. St. Louih, October 13.

The Vandalia's freight houBo In East St. Louis was burned at 5 :30 this morning. Fifteen freight cars and 300 bales of cotton were destroyed. Tho East St. Louis Hotel was badly damaged.

Loss, $60,000. This is the second destruction of the Vandalia's freight house within a few years. Thero was a panic among the guests of tho hotel, but all were got out in safety. A LUMIiEIi FIRM FAILS. Ashland, October 13.

J. M. Lane lumbermen, at AVashburn, made an assignment yesterday to T. S. Clark, of Grand Ilapids, Mich.

Lane Co. took one of the Hood Maxwell mills and other property a year ago, when that firm failed for $500,000. The affairs of the company aro unknown and the assets and liabilities cannot bo obtained. TUBEE OHILDBES BUBSED TO DEATH. Mexico, October 13.

Minnio Boyd, aged 7, was burned to death Thursday night at her home, her dress catching fire from a grate. Tho smoke suffocated her two baby sisters. The father was at work and tho mother away from the house at the timo. A BUSISESS BLOCK BUBSED. Valentine, October 13.

Fire Btarted in the rear of a hardware Btore here shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning and destroyed the finest business block in town. The United States Signal office waH among tho buildings consumed. The loss is insurance small. A YABDMES'S STB IKE ENDED. Albany N.

October 13. The strike of the yardmen in the New York Central Bailroad yard at West Albany was ended by the "company acceding to the demands of the men for an increase of wages. The blockado caused by the strike is being raised. THEX BOBBED FBEIOHT TKAISS. Bawlins, October 13.

Tho sensation of tho hour is tho work of the grand jury of tho county during the last thrco day. They have found twenty ona indictments TUis Paper Has tlio Largest Circulation of any Evening; Paper Published In the United States. Its value as an Advertising Medium is tliorcl'urc nj parcnt. Eagle SSrancU Otficcn .1,3 Avenue, Near Fulton Street, t35 Fifth Avenue, Near Ninth Street, and 44 Broadway, Brooklyn, E. I.

Advertisements for t7ie vcek day editions trill be received up to 11:30 o'clock A. and for the Sunday edition up to 10 P. M. on Saturdays. THE LAST DAY TO K12ISTEIt.

Tuesday October 23 Chaplu and The New York Times. The esteemed Time differs from Mayor Chapin, who has insisted that the best way to gain a Democratic Presidential victory is to eleot the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. Mayor Chapin, however, has had more experience in laum ing tor success than the esteemed Time has had. The Mayor became a voter in March, 1869, but a year before that he had labored to indueo men to. vote for Hointio Seymour, whilo the Time was supporting Grant.

In 1872 the Mayor supported the Democratic candidate for President, while the Timet was again supporting Grant. In 187G, the. Mayor labored to elect Samuel J. Tilden, while the Times was working for Ilayes, in whose behalf it invented the method successful fraud. In 1880, the Mayor advocated General Hancock, while the Time was for Garfield.

Iu every State election since he was a voter, Mr. Chapin ha supported Democratic candidates and the Times has done so very rarely. Experience renders Mr. Chapin an older and better judge of what is best for Democracy than the Timi can be held to be. Aside from, that fact, another one is to Mr.

Chapiu's advantage. He wishes the Democratic party to succeed, because he behoves in it. The Time? professed wish for piu tirtl Democratic success is based, not on belief in the Democratic party, but on distrust of the Republican party, in a very few respects. Mr. Chapin not only believes in Democracy and hopes for its success, but he believes in the whole of it and wishes all of it success.

That likewise renders him a better judge than the Times of what is best for the party. There is no method in vone in the world whereby the quality of judgment is wisely exercisable which does not require one to conclude, from the facts related, that the Mayor is better acquainted with what Democracy requires than the Times could possibly be. The considerations which control men in the selection of agents, executors, trustees and other important occupants of trusts, which make men successful and sagacious iu business or good determiners of character, of forces, of opportunities or of chances, are precisely tho kind which compel the conclusion that the Mayor understands the welfare of Democracy better than the Times does. If the conditions were reversed, if the question were What is tho worst thing for Democracy to do? How can it most be injured? then the Tim' would be the guide to follow and Mayor Chapin would not. If the primary causes which enter into the decision of the subject be borne in mind, the feat of the Times, in taking issue with Mayor Chapin on the question of which of them is the better judge of what Democrats ought to do will be found to involve the compatibility of what tho newspaper boys call "brevier" with what the political boys call "gall." The esteemed Times cannot specially contend that it is precluded from supporting Hill, as tho Mayor is not, because it differed from him on public questions.

The Time differed from Cleveland and applied scurrilous epithets to him, as much as it has differed from Hill and applied such epithets to him. Tho fact did not prevent it from supporting Cleveland, and does not prevent it from supporting him now. Mayor Chapin and the Eagle and the New York Sim differed from the Governor on his veto of the Electric Light bill, but all three support him for larger reasons than the one entering into or marking his mistaken veto of that measure. Among those larger reasons, and the largest of them, is that the Governor's administration, in the main, has been Democratic, and in his success the success of Cleveland is assuredly involved. It is less than three weeks to election.

The Tfmes should omit its anti Hill articles, for the election will very likely be a cause of great mortification to it. IVo Rosses Need Apply. Some interesting questions relative to party methods in Brooklyn are suggested by the conference of Republican leaders reported yesterday in our news columns. To the orderly and efficient operation of partisan machinery in large cities frequent consultation is indispensable. Tho Republicans have no less right to confer than the Democrats, the Prohibitionists, the Greenbackers or the Labor men.

Even the supporters of Belva Lock wood are entitled to the privilege, in the free air of this republic, of interchanging opin ions, thouah thev canuot vote. No fault can be found, therefore, with the conferees for coming together to count noses or survey the field which invites their ingenuity and commands their exertions. If they had stopped there the least appearance of dissension might have been avoided. Where the leaders endangered the continuance of harmony, so precious at this critical Stage of the canvass, was by venturing on the dangerous experiment of a test vote. In the case of Chairman Baldwin, whose candidacy for Register was approved with hearty unanimity, no test was required.

But with tho County Clerkship it was different. To the aspirations of Captain Kaiser was pointedly opposed tho ambition of an estimable gentleman who rejoices in the musical cognomen of Kuckenbacher. Mr. Kuckenbaeher and his supporters are convinced that lie could discharge the duties of County Clerk quite as satisfactorily as his chief competitor. They are profoundly impressed with the notion that the legend Kuckenbaeher and Victory," inscribed on the campaign banners, would carry the party to a glorious triumph.

Judge of their astonishment, then, when they detected a disposition to put on the shite before the County Convention had an opportunity to pass on the qualifications of their favorite. It is not at all surprising that two of the conferees withdrew. Under the circumstances their withdrawal was perfectly justifiable. By the suggestively close vote of 17 to II Captain Kaiser was indorsed. Complaint is made by his opponents that 2 of the 17 who expressed a preference for him hailed from the same ward and represented the same faction in that ward that many wards were unrepresented in the conference, and that the Kaiser movement was a cut and dried scheme with an obnoxious machine flavor about it.

What ground there is for these assertions we do not undertake to say; but in one respect the dissenters are elearlv in the right. Their denial of tho authority of the conference to prematurely bind the party organization is founded on a correct appreciation of the relation of that body to its constituents. If an assemblage of managers, destitute of delegated powers, should be permitted to forestall the action of the conventions, primary elections would become useless formalities and the ward associations survive only ns instruments for registering decrees in the formulation of which they had no part. It is qvflte within the possibilities that the conference majority had no intention of usurping the functions supposed to reside in the enrolled Republicans of the city and county. To infer that they have learned wisdom from failure of similar attempts in that direction would be reasonable in the Jight of the resentments and chastisement provoked by those attempts.

Now, as in the past, the Republican masses here arc sensitive to the obtrusion of whatever tends to deprive them of their legitimate influence at primary elections or iu local conventions. In no way could they stimulate the spirit of revolt more effectively than by unfairly lying up tho nominating bodies in defiance of jiublic sentiment. That tho Republican organization is restive J. Raynor, alias Fred Carson, a notorious house robbor, has boon arrested in Philadelphia, Order has been restored in Hayti, and General Legitime is to be elected president. Lewis Jenkins, of Macon, tried to kill his Bjveethoart with a knife because sho would not marry him as soon as ho desired.

A verdict of $5,800 in favor of Bev. E. O. Towne, of Cambridge, has been rondered against Choi lea Scribner's Sons for alleged violation of contract. Judge Thnrman reaohed Columbus yesterday.

The post office at Matteawan was broken open on Thursday night by robbers, who took all the money and stamps. James H. G. Wilcox, of Kentucky, ormerly Second Lieutenant of tho Soventh Cavalry, convicted of duplicating his pay accounts, has been pardoned by the Prosldont. A formor warden in Tullamoro jail.

Daniol Goulding, has been arrested for perjury. A delegation of Sioux Indians is in Washington to commit tlio authorities relative to the opening of tho groat Dakota reservation. Tom O'Brien, the well known Now York gambler, has boon arrested on a charge of asBault. Another feud has broken out in Kentucky. Three families aro involved, and two men have already been shot.

The third annual State fair of Texas was opened yeBterday at Dallas. Thomas Wardell, a wealthy St. Louis coal operator, was shot yestorday by atrikei'B. Jules Oppert, the asayriologist, has just communicated to tho Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettros the. translation of a cuneiform inscription describing two eclipsoB, ono of which was observed at Babylon in the year 168, of an unknown local era, and tho other in the year 256 B.

G.Exchange. The diBCU3sion of the question, "Is marriage a failure?" bo agitated tho mind of Windham Btone, of Manchester, England, that ho committed suicide on the evo of his wedding. Lucky escape for the prospective bride. Desperadoes yestorday tried to rob a pay oar on the Black HUIb and Fort Piorro Railroad. Ono of the robbors was shot dead and another mortally wounded.

James F. Farley, of Philadelphia, convicted of murder at Peterborough, Ont, has been sentenced to bo hanged. Hon. James Patton, Collector of Customs for Toronto, was found dead in his office yesterday morning. A rich petroleum well has been discovered at Anderson in Cheshire, England.

There is Baid to be a Blight hope of Millionaire Flood's recovery. Tho steamship Adriatic, which arvivod last night, reports that on Tuesday last she passed through a nevero electric storm. Thero were heavy rain squalls, and blasts of hot wind chang ing to cold. Lawrence Harris, of Piercctovra, Anderson County. S.

C. deliberately trampled under hia horse's feet a girl who had refuaod to marry him. Armed men aro scouring tho country for the ruffian. Naval Cadet A. S.

Euibrey, court marshaled for hazing, has resigned. POLITICAL POINTS. Governor Hill delivered two addresses yesterday in Indiana. Political betting in Now York, according to the Sun, is running about ovon. Mr.

Blaino is at Evansvillc, Iud. The whole earnings of labor in tho protected industries only amount to tl8 in the $100 of oduct. The average Tariff tax is $47 in the $100. If foreign labor (should be twice as cheap as our own labor, a tax of $0 on the $100 would make cood the difference in labor cost. Tho re mainiuc $38 in the $100 is wrung from the earn inga of workingmen, who receive no equivalent in wages or advantage.

rhilaaeipiaa ixecora. There has never been, in Democratic legislatures any opposition whatever to liberal provisions for the colored educational and charitable State institutions. These institutiona are volun tarily established and supported by Democrats. The nartv is in the ascendant by overwhelming majorities and does not have to make these liberal provisions thronsh any consideration ot party ncedB or party polioy. The party has no thought of presently reclaiming the colored people from Republican control.

The boIc object has been to iilighteii the race and fit the colored people for the duties and responsibilities of thoir position. Galveston News. The franking privilego is abominably abused by members of Congress and rascals who forge tho names of members of Congress in order t.n rliutrihiitn campaign literatnro broadcast in tho country at the public expeiiBe. Tho way to cut this corrupt practico up by tho root would bo to abolish the franking privilege. Long ex perience has shown that it is a privilege that cannot be intrusted to tho average Congressman with any guarantee of ita honorable use.

Phila dflphia liecora. The rich people of New York arc laying in their coal now. That ia wise and prudent. The poor people of New York can't do that, bo they will buy it by tho bucket January ana pay at tne rate of about $10 per ton. Trusts aro "privato affairs." New York Herald.

Labor needs nothing. It has everything. Cap ital needa all the protection. Ifobbera need pro tection, and tho robbers whom Mr. Blaino repre senta in this campaign need tho protection of the High Tariff in order to secure J52.30 ot the ne profit on a ton of beams made by laborers who received less than $5.70 for their share of tho product.

Chicago Herald. It is true that wages averago somewhat higher in this country now than thirty years ago. Butt the Bamo thing is true in England and other countries. Whatever rise of wages there has been all over the world is due to the progress of civilization and not to either Protection or Free Trade. Boston Globe.

No workingmau should bo gulled into tho belief that the Tariff has been tho means of better wagea jn this country. The. Industrial West. The proof ifi conclusive that the polit icians have used the Tariff as a moans to rob the people and the manufacturers havo divided tho spoils in the way of furnishing a campaign und. Pike County (111.) Banner.

If the tax imposed on tho people of the United St ates, on the pretext that it ia necessary to maintain the rate of wages, should be paid directly to the workers it would mako them all rich men St. Paul GloDe. The history of Tariff legislation in this country Bhows beyond dispute that no reduction of Tariff taxation ever brought about a consequent reduction of wagea. Tho ups and downs of Tariff taxation have no other effect upon wages than their influence in increasing or lowering the cost of living Philadelpliia Record. CONTEMPORARY HUMOR.

said the father stonily, "dont lot me ever hear of your going to the closet again for cake." "It wasn't my fault, pa." "Not your fault No; if ma hadn't told you, you wouldn't have heard of it." TTllca Observer. Scene teacher with reading class. Boy (reading) "And as she sailed down tho river" Teacher Why aro ships called sho 1 Boy (alive to the responsibilities of his sex) Because thoy need men to manage them. Exchange. Blinks Hello, Jinks, glad to boo you at the clnb onco moro.

Wife gono away, eh? Jinks No, she's got back. PhilaOelpli ia Record. Visitor (at the almshouse) Poor man! I suppose you never learned a trade or profession? Pauper I used to bo a waiter. "Iu a privato family?" "No at a hotel in Saratoga." "My goodness What did you do with your wealth Philadelphia Record. Husband Professor Widehead paid you a very fine compliment after dinner, last night, my dear.

Wife Oh, did he 1 What did ho say HusbandHo said that you weren't handsome, but you were one of tho most intelligent women he ever met. Wifo Professor What 's his uamo. has received his last invitation from mo. Time. Editor, to assistant In one of your editorial paragraphs, Mr.

Smith, you say that seven persons were drowned in Boston Harbor by the upsetting of a catboat. That is not editorial matter, it is merely a statement of fact. An editorial must express an opinion or sontiment. Assistant I hadn't quite finished that, sir; I Bhould have added, "This is truly hoartreuding." Epoch. Bjones (passing the claret) Now hero is something I pride mj self on; I warrant you never have tasted anything hko it before, Dumloy (fervently) No, I never have, BjoncB.

Bjones (growing confidential) And between yon and me, Dumley, I don't bolievo you could find it anywhere else. They've stopped importing it. Dumley I assure you, Bjones, I don't doubt it in tho least. "Amarintha, in accepting me you have made mo immeasurably happy." "I'm glad to know it, Arthur. You are not in the least superstitious, are you?" "No, darling.

Why do you ask?" "Because you are the thirteenth man to propose to mo this Summer." Life. A LECTURE ON HERBERT SPE.VCER To lie Delivered in the Second Unitarian Church. Mr. Daniel Orccnlcaf Thompson, acting preni dent of the Nineteenth Century Club, will lecture on "Herbert Spencer" at tho Second Unitarian Church, corner of Clinton and Congress streets, at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening, October 14. This is the firat of a series of essays and discussion on "Evolution," to bo given on the second and fourth Sunday evenings of each month, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Ethical Association.

Mr. Thompson will bo followed by Eev. John W. Chadwick, Mr. Garrett P.

Serviss, Professor F. W. Hooper, Mr. AVilliaui Potts, Dr. Bos siter W.

Raymond, Mr. James A. Skilton, Rev. M. J.

Savage, of Boston, and others, upon tho various scientific, ethical, social and religious aspects of the evolution of philosophy. The lectures are free and all interested are cordially invited. Next Sunday tho discussion of Mr. Thompson's paper will be opened by Mr. James A.

Skilton, an autograph letter from Mr. Herbert Spencer will be read commending this effort to popularize correct view of evolution, and other makers will address the meeting. Tho Delaware Whipping Post. At the Newcastle jail, Delaware, recently was witnessed one of those spectacles familiar enough in the administration of justice in that State, but unknown to the ministers of the criminal law of any other American community. Seventeen offenders, ten colored and seven white, were strapped to the "post" and subjected to the torture of the cat o' nine tails in partial fulfillment of sentences pronounced against them by the Court.

The officer who wields the lash understands that he is expected to apply it with all the vigor of which his arm is capable. Eye witnesses of lnf fli, rniisrN ineso spuuuicicrj ijuiu htr energy with which tlio puiustmienc is inflicted frequently results in drawing blood and that the back or a vicum wuo receives thirty or forty lashes sometimes resembles a butcher's block. The fortitude with which the torture is endured differs, of course, according to the temperament and physical condition of tho sufferer. Some give no outward evidence of the pain, while others writhe and shriek iu their agony. On the occasion above referred to the prisoners were under conviction of burglary, or attempts at burglary, and larceny.

None had been guilty of tho crime for the suppression of which the press of other States has occasionally recommended the adoption of the whipping post wife beating. Charles Morton, for stealing 200 cigars, received a sentence of twenty lashes, one hour in the pillory and one year in jail. William Holland, who stole a pair of trousers, ten lashes and throe months' imprisonment. Edward Wilson, for burglariously entering two houses, forty lashes, half an hour iu the pillory and one year in jail. The least punishment for a petty theft was five lashes and three months' incarceration.

Among the culprits was a colored man, known to the police and tho fraternity of which he had been a recognized ornament, by the saccharine title of "Sugar Awful." Tho flogging administered to him was the sixth within the past eight years. Ho recoived it without flinching. The theory which is put forward as the chief bulwark of the system of punishment by flagellation is that it has a more powerful de terrent effect than other forms of punish ment. It is contended that the culprit who has been well lashed is less likely to offend again than the victim of confinement in jail or State prison. Whether this theory iS siis tained by the experience of those intrusted with the administration of the criminal law of Delaware we do not know, but in the case of Sucrar Awful" it certainly tailed.

It is possible that his cuticle is less sensitive than that of the average offender, or that lie has extraordinary physical powers of endurance, or in tho last resort he may be cited as the exception which proves the rule. Many years ago, when Lou don was as much alarmed by an irruption of garroters as it is to day by the Whitechapel tragedies, somebody suggested the employ ment of the whipping post. The suggestion met with favor, and after a few of the cap tured highwaymen were exposed to the ex crnnintincr ordeal of the cat o'nine tails the activity of the band slackened and the Eng lish Capital was ere lony: restored to its wonted equanimity. That it Is a barbarous mode of puuishment, that it extinguishes in the victim the last ray of self respect, that it ignores the hope of redeeming tho criminal, which prison reformers and philanthropists maintain should enter into the purpose of every punitive statuto, and that the man who has submitted to the shame and disgrace of a public can never be reconciled to the civilization which decreed it or return to the ranks of his fellow men with the ambi tion to atone for his offenses and become a worthy citizen, are propositions that tho great mass of people indorse. Delaware dissents from this view and stands by her code with a supreme disdain of what she considers the scruples of mere sentimentalists.

She has tried tho institution of tho lash, and it works to her satisfaction. If other States distrust the testimony of Delaware's experience they are free to make the experiment for themselves. The Brooklyn Barbers. The journeymen barbers of the city aie clamoring for Protection. They claim that their business is being injured by the large number of Italians who have established shops of their own, and who, being content with small profits, are in a position to charge less than the standard rates.

When, as urged, the journeyman asks his employer to grant him shorter hours and better wages, he is met with the response that the concession is out of the question, in view of the keen competition being waged by the shavers of sunny Italy. How much does a man pay for being shaved during tho course of a year? Assuming that he patronizes a first class establishment und that he submits to the tonsorial torture once a day, his expenditure is $1 a week, or $52 a year, to say nothing of incidental disbursements. Paying out a little at a time, the drain is not so severely felt as it would be if an annual settlement were involved, and most people aro willing to admit that 15 cents is not an exorbitant charge if the barber does his work well. Something, it is conceded, must be allowed for "the dignity of American labor in order to justify tho claim that native talent iu not on a par with tho pauper toil of Europe. This sentimental consideration, however, does not appear to operate to tho advantage of the journeyman, oven though it benefits the employer.

In other words, tho patrons of our barber shops are generously paying for a Protection which does not protect. What, therefore, ought to bo done Should the Government spend part of the surplus in providing a bounty for the barbers, or would it be better to stop Italian immigration altogether, just as wo have excluded the Chinese and thereby put a quietus on the Mongolian laundry trade In behalf of the first suggestion it is to bo said that if it is advisable to encourage home industry by subsidy in one direction it certainly is in another, and the barbers are assuredly as deserving a class of men as the own ers of our steamship lines. Well may they ask, under existing conditions, how they are benefited by the Tariff. They pay high prices for their clothes, for their razors and for the food they eat in the belief that by so doing they are upholding the "dignity" of our workingmen, and yet at tho same time their own business is being cut to pieces, by the swarthy descendants of Raphael and Michael Angelo. Could anything bo more preposterous, not to say more barbarous As to the second succestion, the fact that it would establish an invidious and unjust distinction is suffi cient to prove its worthlessness.

Nor can it be said that appeals to the public to "boycott" the Italian barber would be likely to do any good. Only one way out of the dilemma is there, and that is for the journeymen to form a Trust or conspiracy to mutilate all pa trons of barber shops until the employers come to terms. The scheme will require much delicacy of manipulation, but when the employers realize that customers are being driven away because of their refusal to pay better wages to their assistants they will be obliged to give up the fight. In this way only can tho employer be outdone. Most people would not believe that after a man had fired three bullets into his head, he could remain conscious for fully one hour.

That such a thing can happen, however, is shown by the case of Everitt Hegeman, of Cedar Swamp, in the Town of Oyster Bay. Up to this timo it has been thought that the process of sending a bullet into the brain was sure to result in almost instantaneous death, and the possibility of firing a second shot has been practically denied. Manifestly the theo rists will now have to take a back seat. Be side, some easier mode of self destruction will mer associates with indifference. We are persuaded, however, that no thoughtful Repub ran viiwv without rofrret the refusal of the Independents to return to the party fold.

Concededly the Republicans need all the votes they can get. They have reached a crucial stage iu the existence of their organization. Victory in November would mean a revival of the partisan body of their affection and association. If defeat were not followed by a funeral, it would be because enough mourners were not forthcoming for a demonstration of respectable dimensions. Under tlieso oppressive conditions the transfer of some thousands of votes to their credit would be uu event of the utmost consequence.

Their thankfulness for such a measure of relief ought to equal the gratitude of the Israelites for the miraculous shower of manna in tho wilderness. What troubles them more than anything else is that the transfer will not bo effected this year. Elsewhere, we publish a review of the political situation by Mr. William J. Coombs, one of the best known Independent Reinblieans in Brooklyn.

His attitude fairly defines tho Independent position on current issues. With the great body of Independents Mr. Coombs surveys the prospect not from the low lovel of rancorous partisanship but from the table laud of principle and patriotic conviction. Tho Independents are not after office. They are not seekers for the fleshpots.

Of the spoils system they are the inveterate enemies. Of conservative, economical and progressive administration of public trusts they are the uncompromising supporters. They have shown the faith that is in them not by protestations of their own importance or superiority but iu hard, practical and persevering work for the attainment of commendable ends. That they have not rejoined the Republican party is not their fault. Continuance of the separation is not of their seeking.

If Republicanism had, in the present canvass, proved itself worthy of its best traditions, if it had thrown overboard the tricksters and camp followers, if it liad based its appeal on reason instead of on demagogy, the Independent attitude, might have been reversed. But from the day of General Harrison's nomination, on the reactionary and illogical platform adopted by the Chicago Convention, tho co operation of the Independent Republicans in his behalf was rendered practically impossible. There is not the least doubt of their intentions in the campaign. While a few, from motives of real or imaginary self interest, may recant, tho overwhelming majority of the Independent vote is as solid for Cleveland against Harrison as it was for Cleveland against the magnetic man from Maine. After perusal of Mr.

Coombs' direct, logical and exhaustive statement it is difficult to resist admiration for the spirit displayed by himself mid his Independent colleagues. To the marrow of the Tariff discussion he goes without hesitation or equivocation. He places tho absorbing question of revenue reform in such compact and understandable shape that no room remains for misinterpretation of his luminous demonstration. To the matter in hand he addresses himself not as a novice, but as a merchant of high standing, extensive experience and manifest capacity. What, in common with other clear sighted citizens, he perceives is that the Republican canvass is based upon a fallacious assumption; that it depends for success not on the enlightenment but the deception of voters that it involves repudiation of the lessons taught and the admonitions conveyed by the most illustrious leaders who have adorned the gallery of Republican statesmanship that it hinges neither on argument nor candid representation of actual conditions, but on a silly attempt to scare the masses into declaring against their own welfare.

There is little danger that tactics of this description will avail the party of high taxes and small benefits but even if that party were destined to prevail success would have to be accomplished without the aid of the Independent Republicans. They would rather be right every time than to be temporarily on the winning side. In upholding the wise, firm and honest Administration of President Cleveland they know they are discharging a manifestly patriotic duty. To the Democratic causo the value of tho Independent Republican support is of the highest moment. That its importance is appreciated by all parties to the partisan contention now going forward cannot be doubted by the most cursory observer of campaign developments.

What invests the decision of the Independents to sustain the President, to hold up his hands in the great work he has so manfully undertaken, with the largest significance is that they exert the greatest influence in the doubtful States. Notwithstanding the assertions of heated partisans to the contrary the balance between the principal parties is still so nicely adjusted that neither can afford to dispenso with a large body of natural adherents without courting disaster at the polls. There is every likelihood now, as there has been from the beginning, that the result will turn on the verdict ot wnat nave como to be looked upon as the decisive commonwealths. Happily for the Democratic nominees the Independents in these constituencies are arrayed on the side of Clovoland and Thurman. Nowhere are they moro devoted to the reform cause than right hero in Brooklyn, which, by common consent, is the forefront of the battle and the strongest point in the Democratic and Independent array.

Having failed to cajole or conciliate the Independents the Republicans are striving to see what they can accomplish by deriding and abusing them. They have tried this method ot treatment on at least one memorable occa sion and failed. If the signs of the times count for anvthina, thev are doomed to a repetition of that failure iu tho contest to bo decided at the ballot box. Pecuniary Aspects of Prohibition. The regular parties are bothered more or less to get money enough to pay tho legitimate expenses of putting their candidates in the field, printing tickets and getting out the vote.

The Prohibitiouists, on tho contrary, airily hold their conventions, nominate their full tickets and advance gaily to the polls, although they appoint no financial committees, receive no checks big enough to report in the newspapers and apparently have no fund at all. Various attempts have been made to solve this pecuniary puzzle. St. John received for president in Kings County 1,361 votes. Pisk will hardly get as many, because some dissatisfied Republicans who rejected Blaine and did not want to go over to the Democrats stopped at the temperance halfway house iu 1884.

Fisk may receive 1,000 votes this year, though a fall from that figure would not bo surprising. Now if every one of these voters should give a dollar to the campaign the treasury would contain $1,000, but regular voters averago far less than a dollar. The whole sum would go but a little way toward hiring halls. As a matter of fact the straight out political Prohibitionists of which the public knows anything seem moro likely to need money than to have it to give away. The censorious have even looked upon some of them as ingenious advertisers and business promoters.

How, then, is the machinery maintained HI natured persons say that the Prohibitionists, hko the Labor.