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next day they each received COO blows with
the bastinado in the presence of their father,
His wrath, however, was by no meai4-
quenched. Like other fathers who have to
mourn the wickedness of unrepentant prodi-
gals, his indignation grew hotter and hotter
wrecked the virtue Of his sons. He
applied to the basha to arrest all the
Jewish women of bad repute to
whom he attributed his chldren's ruin. The
basha called the Jewish sheikh, furnished
him with a force of soldiers, and gave him
warrant to arrest every Jewess whom the
Jew Amiel reasonably suspected of compile
ity in the ruin of the young Jews who had
just been bastnadoed. The Jewish sheikh,
apparently nothing 10th, took the soldiers
and that night hauled out of their beds the
eight Jewesses whose suffering has Mortified
Europe. OF these eight, one is declared to
be Jewish girl of unimpeached respectable
ity as, indeed, is not unlikely. A Jewish
police des mGurs improvised in Morocco
can hardly be expected to escape the blum
ders into which the police charged with such
duties constantly fall in more civilized
lands. Of the other SEVEN they were, to say
the least, no better than they should be-
Next morning the whole eight wer6
stretched fiat in the market
place, face downward A moor held
each hand, another stood upon their shout
ders and they were severely logged by re-
lays vi Solulers. One OF them is SAID 10 nave
gone mad during the process. When it was
over, the wretched women were bundled into
jail, pending their expulsion from the town.
The American vice-consul himself a Jew, in
terfered, and they were released. That is the
whole story, and a very disgusting and hor-
rible story it is but anything more abso-
lutely different from persecution" could
hardly be imagined. The man Amiel was a
Jew; his sons were Jews. The arrests were
made by the Jewish sheikh at the suggestion
of the Jew Amiel, and the punishment was
inflicted on the Jewesses by the Moors solely
at the request of the Jews. Whether Aniel
is fitting person to represent" this coGn-
try, even in the humble character Of an in
terpreter, is another question.
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A CORRESPONDENT writing from Dorset, Eng
land, declares that during the recent long-con-
tinued rains a certain sheep there became an
animated field of timothy. II had been fed on
hay, and the prolonged rains sprouted the seed,
and ''along its back green grass began plenti-
fully to spring up" This is similar to an Incl
dent in the life of Uncle Billy Mason, bluff
old Scotchman, who, at an advanced age, still
lives on Eagle creek, about four miles west of
this city. At an early day, when deer were still
plentiful in this region, he was ouy hunting.
Running short OF bullets, he rammed down a
peach stone. With this ne shot at a buck, ard
was morally certain that he hit IL between the
horns The deer got away, and he had for
gotteb about the incident, when, four years
later, he shot and killed buck that had a fine
peach tree sDringing from the center of Its fore
head. 1t was in the early fall, and he gathered
three and a half pecks of nice ripe peaches from
the tree. Mr. Mason will cheerfully confirm
this account, and he Is of the opinion that had
he killed the buck day or two earlier he would
have realized full busbel of peaches, as a few
doubtless had been knocked off by the branches
of the trees in the forest through which the deer
usually ran,
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a stertorous, asthmatic breathing, which gives
the whole performance an exceedingly ludicrous
effect. He Is now preparing a new sermon on
Samson" in which some startling enunciatlons
may be expected.
MRS. LANGTRY sent the buffleather shoes she
wears when she is Rosaind to the shop for re-
pairs in Pittsburg, The fact having been ascer-
tanned by the Pittsburg ladies at the Central
Hotel, they prevailed upon the accommodating
shoemaker to be allowed to try the shoes on.
Much 10 the disgust of the fair experinenters
only one lady was found who could get her feet
into Langtry's No. 4s.
THAT story told of che Emperor william has
its application in every m4H's rte. He has his
uniform on even at hone, hut he unbuttons his
coat and takes it easy when not in sight of his
sOldiery. The moment he hears the fife ana
drum, however, he buttons up his coat and
stands stif1y at the window until the troops
have passed by. Upon being asked why he was
at such pains TO button even the last disagree
able button at the neck his reply was: "Let me
tell you, 1t is the button left unbuttOned that
is the ruin of an army"
BEFORE Gen. Mcclellan left Fortress Monroe,
where he had been spending some time, last
week, the veterans of the Hampton Home pre-
scented him with large banner of royal purple
satin, edged with gold fringe. 1t bore one side
the national and the inscription: "The
Hationa. Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,
March 3, 1865. The Nation to her Defenders"
The reverse bore these words: presented to
Gen. George B. Mcclellan, Local Manager, by
Veterans of Southern Branch" The inscriptions
were wrought in silk and gold thread embroid-
cry, the work of the inmates of the home.
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on familiar footing with them, Mr. Talmage
may have humorously told something of the
kind. but more than that is improbable.
The same correspondent then turns sharp
ly upon the people about him, and says:
little has a great deal of weight in this
country. | do not refer particularly to Green
vile, but in the whole South. To be plain
Mr.. is almost as bad as to be a niger. Cen
erals, majors, captains, judges professors and
doctors abound, but to be plain Mister is
awful to contemplate. If a man was in the
war and fired a gun he is forever afterward
major if he ordered gun to be fired he will
always be called general, and if he ever saw
| a gun he is captain for life. have met no
less than thirty-sx judges and sixty sheritfs
in one county. If man can tell piece of
limestone from chalk he is a professor, and
any man who has ever seen, heard of, made
or taken a pill, is doctor. All druggists
here are called doctors, and if man should
be lucky enough TO own a farm and six mules,
he is sure to be called colonel. There are
hundreds of men here who fought during the
war, but have yet to meet man who served
as private soldier"
Th ere may be great deal of truth in this,
and doubtless is, for the same conditions
exist 70 great extent in the North. 1t has
come to such pass that a man cannot teach
at crossroads school-house without being
dubbed professor, and if he runs for Office
and is defeated he becomes "Hon." or
Judge" as the case may be- While the
South runs to colonies and majors, the
North has ridiculously long roster of
professors" and "honorables." The title
business is wofully overdone everywhere.
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Leavenworth Dispatch to Globe Democrat.
1t is custom prevailing among the Pota-
wattomie Indians, who are quartered on
reservation in Jackson county, cbout fifty
miles west of here, that when one dies his
property and widow shall go to his brother,
If he has one. The custom is usually hon
ored, but there had just occurred case in
which the widow objected. NWahk-Tate,
who is not dead Indian, but nevertheless
vouched for as a good Indian, happened to
be the surviving brother and being without
a wife or child urged his suit, but was refus-
ed. From that time he became
changed man, and following
the evil examples of his white
neighbors, took to strong drink persisting
therein until he became deranged, and be-
came such terror to his tribe that he was
brought before the probate judge at Holton,
adjudged insane, and placed in the county
Jail until the authorities at the State insane
asylum could be communicated with. While
on the reservation NWahkTate did some
curious things. Killing cat, he placed it
within the skin of wildcat and carried it
around in his breast until he met some one,
when he would shake the dead animal at the
person, which would greatly frighten some
of the more superstitious Indians. A num-
Der of years ago a member of the tribe killed
a man and preserved his heart. This article
fell into the possession of N-Wahk-Tate, who,
after becoming insane, ate all OF it.
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THE burial services OF the late Postmaster
general Howe were held yesterday at Keno
sha, succeeding which the remains were
taken to Green Bay, Wis The ceremonies
were simple apd impressive, as became the
life and character of the sincere and upright
man in whose honor they were held. The
New York Times paper not given to undue
praise of men, speaks of Mr. Howe in man
ner that is grateful after reading the false
and finical stuff printed in few of the unco
guild "independent' papers The Times
says;
He was honest, outspoken, candid and
firm. But with all the rugged virtues which
he took from the good old New England
stock from which he sprung, he mingled n
genialty and Christian gentleness which
softened his character while living and
which leave a pleasant fragrance about his
memory now that he is dead. The world OF
politics had moved on beyond him when he
took place in the cabinet. He was no
longer fitted for the later methods of poll
tics. But up to the latest hour of his long
life he strove manfully to do his whole duty.
In his day he had done the State some
service. And the solid virtues which he pos
sessed can never go out Of use"
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THE curious statements made that, accord
ing to size, France is receiving a greater in
flux of immigration than is the United States
During the first quarter OF this century there
was no immigration, and France was purely
French. In the early part of the last
half of the century Q85O a small
but steady stream of foreigners began
to set in. Their proportion in 1861,
however, reached only 1.33 per cent. to the
whole population; in 1881 the proportion
had reached 3 per cent. In each year the
increase reaches 40, 600. NJ. Beaulieu calcu-
lates that if it continues to increase in the
same proportion as the last two years for the
rest of the century, one-fourth of the adult
population will be aliens. Abundance of
capital and good wages are the attractions
that draw, and Germany furnishes nearly all
the immigrants.
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AN Indiana correspondent thus speaks of
the late Legislature in this weeks Western
Christian Advocate:
Upon the principle that the Lord COM
mended the unjust steward, who had done a
smart thing in making himself friends at the
expense of honest dealing, we must COM
mend the liquor-sellers of Indiana on their
wisdom in getting rid OF Hon. John b. Con-
ner, the chief of the Bureau of Statistics.
Mr.. Conner as a member of the Indiana
Legislature, had secured the passage of a bill
organizing a Bureau of Statistics. He had
displayed such familiarity with the question
of statistics that he was at once put
at the head of it. Now Mr.. Conner is a man
of no mean proportions mentally or physi-
cally, nor is he circumscrbed by narrow
bounds in his vision of things material. Go
ing patiently through the figures he found
1851 licensed dogs in the State, with a
probability that there were quite as many un-
licensed. Investigating the relation between
dog ana sheep, he found that there were
80, GAL sheep killed by dogs during the year.
This was considered hard OH the sheep, but it
gave no special offense to the dogs to have it
published. But Mr.. Conner being of an
inquiring turn of mind asked questions
concerning men as well as sheep, and the re-
suit was that in Marion county alone the
cost for crimes connected with liquor causes,
was $73, 34016, more than the receipts from
fines during the same period. This was not
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thing like ten years he has been treating his
alleged contract as so much waste paper, do
ing what he pleases, or rather not doing what
he pleases We are in favor of the Council
looking out for the interests of the people
for awhile. There is not line, nor word,
nor a syllable in the charter of the present
company to prevent the Council from char
tering another company justwhen it pleases.
The thirty day clause, so much talked of,
has nothing to do with that
The city is inhibited from granting
any charter infringing upon the rights and
privileges conveyed to the old company, and
these the proposed ordinance saves fully.
What they are is question for the courts to
determine and not for dozen councilmen
who, by their votes stand in the way of the
only possible satisfactory definition of these
rights The people will not rest satisfied
under an odious monopoly fastened upon
them by the votes of twelve councilmen. If
that monopoly be declared by a competent
court they will abide it until they can bet
ter themselves. But indianapolis, its streets,
its people, its future for twenty-five years,
do not belong to twelve councilmen whose
official life lasts but a petty twelve months
What is demanded is breaking of the al
legged monopoly, and this must come sooner
n late
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-29

GOVERNOR PATTIsoN, of Pennsylvania, has
determined to remedy the evils attending in
sane commitments as far as possible. To
accomplish this he appointed commission,
consisting of the most eminent philantnro-
pists and medical specialists in nervous dis
orders to draw up bill regulating the ad-
mission Of patients to these asylums and
their protection while inmates. This bill
has been carefully prepared, and is a sum-
mary of the best legal enactments concern
ing the insane in this and European coun-
tries 1t is now before the Pennsylvania
Legislature, and If it becomes q law will
probably be accepted as model to be imi-
tated elsewhere. While many OF the ac-
counts of the incarceration OF sane people
are probably untrue, there is no legal OBJ
stacle preventing such commitments nor is
there adequate means for the easy release OF
such persons through their own endeavors.
Strange though ii is, the only opposition
to reform in this matter comes from the
superintendents of asylums. a fact that indi-
Gates to a greater degree the need of some
such legislation.
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A YOUNG MoRMoN,s TROUBLES.
Appealing to a Lawyer to UnraveI the
Mystery of His Identity.

Mystery of His Identity.
Salt Lake City Tribune.
A short time ago bright-looking Danish
boy stepped into lawyers office, and laying
down a S. bill on the desk, said:
81 want you to tell me who l am" Z
ut seems that you are funny boy" re-
piled the learned gentleman"
mo, not funny at all" replied the youth.
cts a very serious matter for me, and I
want you to unravel it. About twenty years
ago wealthy Danish lady, being a widow,
came over to this country with her two
boy. The father married both the widows
daughters. One year after, the Norwegian's
boy married the wealthy widow. The result
of that marriage was another boy, and, if 1
am sure, l am that boy The Norwegians
boy died. The Danish widow was
widow again, but the old Norwegian married
her, too. After that the old lady died. and
one year ago the old gentleman too, after he
had made himself the owner of his third
wifes property. Now, when 1 claimed that
property, my sisters said Stop, you can't be
the heir at alll' You are our late husbands
grandchild. By her marriage with him you
became your mothers grandchild, too, and
after she died we became your mothers, and
you never can inherit the property before we
are dead. That's what my sister-mothers
say but l think that can't be right, and
there must be some mistake in polygamy.
Now, sir, please tell me where l am, and who
l am"
The lawyer, thrusting his chin into his
neck, answered pathetically, you are Q
polygamistakep
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what the Bureau of Statistics was instituted
for, according to the liquor league, hence
they proceeded through their representa-
tives, to reorganize the bureau so as to dis
pense with the further services of Mr.. Con-
ner, and to put in the chief secretaryship of
the bureau a Mr., Foster, the efficient secre-
tary of the State Anti-prohibitory League of
Indiana; served Mr.. Conner right enough.
Mr.. Foster will confne his inquiries to dogs
and sheep, mules and asses, and let men and
crime alone. We commend the worldly wis
dom of the Indiana liquor-sellers, though
possibly some old farmers may ask why is
this change made. There may be day of
judgment for such deeds done by such q
body as that Legislature"
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FREE.rRApE COMPETITION.

"In 1882 the Bessemer steel works in this
country produced 1,696,450 tons of ingots;
i'll the same year the English works produced
1873, $40 tons. In the same time the United
States turned out l, 1874 $40 tons of steel rails,
while England produced but 1926, 1856 tons.
In the light of these figures is it not most
ridiculous to talk of English producers
crushing out American producers of steel
in case the tariff is reduced?' York
Herald.
In view OF the fact that England is not
producing the half of what its capacity
would permit there are many who fail to
see how it can be ridiculous to fear English
competition. With free trade established
with America there is nothing whatever to
prevent English manufacturers from reopen
ing every idle mill, and making and selling
rails at figure that would close every mill
in the United States Even with the disadvan-
tage of having q. high protective tariff against
them English rolling-mill men have made
and sold rails in America. They have paid
duty of $2S per ton on steel rails and sold
them here. The explanation is easy
England is so situated that it must manu-
facture or starve. With a greatly over
crowded population there is not land enough
for all. So it must Of necessity keep thou
sands of factories and mills going in order
to keep actual starvation and ruin from
to this, it has no choice and having no
choice it must make its wares at figures that
will allow it to sell abroad. In other words,
England is obliged to undersell the world or
be driven to bankruptcy. This is the COM
petitor, and such its condition, that free
traders wish to bring into competition with
] American manufacturers and mechanics,
And not England alone. But all the
rolling mills of Germany, and of con-
tinental Europe generally, would be
free to cut the present prices now paid in
America OF course, business would finally
readjust itself, but not until great suffering
and distress had been felt everywhere. The
men now employed in rolling mills, the oper-
atives in cotton and woolen-mills, those in
glass factories and other establishments OF
that character, could go to the West and take
to farming and we could feed the world.
Just what the men would do who have mil
lions invested in expensive mill plants is not
so plain. No longer in use the mills would
undoubtedly rot down in time and leave no
unpleasant reminder of the busy past. The
capital once employed in their opera
ton could be invested elsewhere, in
farming, too perhaps. Some may
deem it ridiculous to dread competition
with people who are compelled to under
sell, but there are many who are sincerely
opposed to making the hazardous expert
ment. England will bid under America be-
cause it will be obliged to, and it will be a
sorry day alike for American and English
workngmen when the wages of the former
are cut down to level with those of the lat
ter for then will the latter be obliged to &C
cept still less. If this view of the inevitable
result of free trade be laughabe in the eye:
of free-traders, they are possessed of very
| grim ideas of humor.
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DUKES the Infamous, will doubtless lose
his seat in the Pennsylvania House of Repre-
sentatives. Among the letters submitted by
State Treasurer Bailey to the committee was
one not yet published, more severely reflect
ing upon the character of Miss Mutt than
those which were admitted in evidence
Dukes is in Uniontown, and declines to
leave, and there are rumors of probable VEN
geance either by Miss Nuts brother or her.
self
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If the Greenville, S. c., correspondent
OF the Philadelphia Press tells the truth, it
would be well enough for Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage to return home as soon as possible
or, failing in that, to not come back at ALL
He is now lecturing through the South, and,
apparently for the purpose of ingratiaing
himself into the good will of his auditors,
he has told some pretty tough stories of life
with truth. At Greenville he is said to have
used the following anecdote to illustrate the
character Of The Northern people:
''IIe told of a man who was invited by a
friend to take drink but who declined,
saying, No, | thank you won't drink but
you can give me cigar and five cents Il
don't believe said Mr.. Talmage, that you
have any such mean, contemplate men in
the South but that's the kind of men we
have in the North, where / come from
This, TO use theatrical expression, brought
down the house,; there was storm OF cheers
and applause, TO the apparent delight of the
speaker and to the disgust Of the small party
OF Philadelphans present"
IL is hard TO believe that Mr.. Talmage
made-use of this unqualified misrepresenta-
ton. 1t is 50 far from the truth that there is
no truth in it, The man who would dare
make a demand for cigar and five cents,
except in the broadcast humor, would receive
the contempt Of all his fellows, and even if
one such could be found it is idiotic to hold
him up as a type. In his efforts TIC put his au-
dience in good humor and to bring himself
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WHEN we read Mr.. Johnson's remarkable
reasons why there should be no competing
line of street cars in a city, as published in
the columns of the News, we are moved with
wonder at the awful temerity which per-
mitted Mr. johnson to go to Cleveland and
operate a competing line. But, probably,
according to The Johnson-News ethics, what
is good for Cleveland cannot be good for In
dianaDolis
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A FARMER living near Paducah. KY went to
his etern al reward few days ago, but just pre-
vious to his departure informed son that he
had saved ST. 900 for each of his children. Be-
fore he could tell where the money was hidden
death stilled his voice, and now the seven sons
and daughters are hunting diligently for the
treasure. True to Kentucky instinct, they
searched in jugs, and have succeeded in finding
two containing a small amount of gold. They
are hopeful of finding the rest Of the money, but
there are so many jugs that progress in the
search is SLOW
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MIR. BOONE, of Waynesburg, Pa, nephew of
the Kentucky statesman. Daniel Boone, and
aged ninety-three, thought of walking out to
Missouri this spring, to visit his son. The son
who is wealthy, wanted him TO ride, but the old
gentleman said he was afraid of ''them 'tarna
steam Ky ars," and preferred to walk. Death,
however, has interfered with the pedestrian
tour, and Mr.. Boone can now visit Missouri by
the aid of wings.
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DURING the recent investigation of the
Dixmont Insane Asylum in Pennsylvania
the legislative committee has discovered that
Weather Prophet Virgins was once patient
there. Could any further evidence of bad
management in that institution be wanted
other than the fact that they let Virgins go?