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The Knights as INSTRUCTORS of Traffic.

AAo go DOS~ WA ia 4E0AkC
Brooklyn Union.
Neither the Gould roads nor any other are so
intrenched in the affections of the public but the
public would in every just cause lend their en-
ployes its sympathy, and compel proper conces-
sions touching questions Of wages and hours of
work. But when the Knights declare war, with
or without excuse. for the general purpose of
conquest-for this is what it is, the demand be-
ing that the employees and not the employers
shall decide who shall be employed-it may seem
a glorious campaign for the cause of labor,
and all that. but the commercial world
is finding itself so embarrassed that it will re.
fuse to become enthusiastic about the ''great
principle" involved. Steps will be taken to force
the roads. on penalty of forfeiting their charters.
to serve the public. The railroad managers will
make efforts to employ men to run trains. If
they are obstructedt the duty of the police, of the
militia. and, il necessary. of United States
troops. is to protect life and property from de-
struction. If it comes to this, instead of gain
ing new concessions, the Knights of Labor will
be practically. If not actively. the Instructors of
traffic and disturbers of the peace. This is ut
terry at variance with the purpose of the organ.
~ization, but it will be the inevitable result of
persistence in the present course.
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Minor Notes.

The recount Of ballots cast at the Howard
county Republican primaries, TO determine the
result for sheriff, gives Dir. Wright five majority
over Captain Sumption.
Israel Noal, the oldest resident OF Logans.
port, died yesterday. Mr.. Noal came to Cass
county sixty-fve years ago, when there were but
q dozen log cabins in the county.
Christian Bonnet, at Lafayette, was sharpening
tools at a grindstone, when the belt slipped of,
catching his hand and stripping the flesh from
his fingers.
John Koehler and Miss Nettie Sullivan, an
Jefersonville, and were married by Esquire
Keigwin. The father of the young girl followed
but did not arrive in time.
President Cleveland sent q letter, Enclosing
500, to Mrs. Peter Scott, of Cambridge City, who
has recently borne a triplet of girls. MIR. Cleve-
land declined to suggest names for the children
on account of his lack of experience in such mat.
tiers.
Mrs. Mary Watkin Walker, of New Albany
has received a letter from her husband, Fred
Walker, the artist, now in Paris, which was sunk
on the steamer Oregon, and taken from the YES
sci in the mails rescued from it by the divers.
The letter was much faded, but was sufficiently
legibls to read.
Several stores ia Trafalgar were burglarized
on Wednesday night The jewelry story of Mr..
Ragsdale was broken open and 5000 worth of
watches and jewelry taken. A quantity of cut
lery. revolvers. etc, was taken from the hard.
ware store of c. NJ. Eaton. The dry goods store
of G. W.. Buckner was also rified of dry goods.
The postofice was in Buckner's store, but the
loss in it is not known.
The graduates of the Plainfeld public schools
held their annual banquet at Gu;lford Hall,
Plainfield, on Wednesday night. About thirty
couples of the alumni were present Toasts
were rendered and responded to by different
members of the several classes. The evening
was enioyably spent in Teasing, promenading
and social conversation. Among the invited
guests present were Professor A. E. Rogers,
county superintendent. and wife.
G. Woke, of Napoleon, O., agent for the n.
and G.. W. Seed Company. of Delta, O., who has
been working Adams county for some time past
selling what is known as the hybrid barley, has
left for parts unknown. having in his possession
about 5000 of the company's money. He had
succeeded in 9isposing of about 81, 900 worth of
the barley. which sells at SIS per bushel, and
taking the farmers notes for the same. He sold
these notes to Mr.. j. T. Bailey. of Decatur, who
notified the company of the fact.
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The Carrollton Massacre.

WINoNA, Miss, March 25.-The regular term
of the Circuit Court convened here on Monday,
With Judge Campbell and District Attorney
I~;rantley present. To-day was made a special
~ for investigation of the riot of
ne 18th inst, at Carrollton, and fifteen
illnesses were summoned on the matter, but
rom the short stay each made in the
:rand-jury room, it seemed probable that no in
formation was obtained, and the opinion is ex-
pressed that after a thorough and searching in.
vestigation, no clew to the armed force of a week
ago can be found. The Judge gave the grand
jury a very emphatic charge to look into this
matter, and District Attorney Brantley is said to
be seeking information from every source, but
the hurry and excitement of that day were such
as to preclude all Identification.
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Graves something more helpful toward his doing
something. Myself a graduate of an industrial
college, my experience leads me heartily to ap
prove Of manual training as set forth by Prof.
Chas. Ham. Professor Holcomb is right in de-
ploring the institution of a manual course at the
expense of the intellectual, but this is not neces-
sary. The State is not expected to produce
scholars, but citizens and workers. Discard
your rhetoric, English literature and themes,
political economy and psychology, and in their
place offer a thorough training of hand and eye,
beginning back in the grades, and YOU will find
that the boys will stay with you, if you will
at the same time treat them like men until they
show they don't deserve it.
1 do not wish to claim that the positions /
have taken in this communication are %unassail-
able, for a one-sided statement can never be per-
fectly just; but the ideas which agitated my
young brain ten or twelve years ago, yet seem
to me to have something IN them.
A FRIEND OF EDUCATION.
INDIANAPOLIS, March %, 1886.
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Board of Trade Banquet,

COLUMBUS, o., March 25.-The Columbus
Board of Trade tonight gave a banquet to the
members of the General Assembly, and the
State officers. The guests numbered about 400.
Judge Thurman, who was to have responded to
the toast, Tho Capital City," sent his regrets
and the information that he was suffering from
q severe sore throat, and that the ~ailraent was
inclined to become more serious. Among the
regular speakers of the evening were Governor
Foraker, Lieutenart-e governor Kennedy, Speaker
J. G. Entrekin. Supreme Judge Selwyn N.
Owen, Hon. j. j. Sullivan and Dr. Byers. The
speeches were eloquent and pointed, and the
banquet was a success in every way.
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French Colonixa.ion IN AmerIe..

Boston, March 25.-An Ottawa, Ont, special
10 the Herald says: prince Bonaparte, the as
oirant to the French throne, has sent the first
.nstallment on 5000 acres of land in the new
french colony at Lake Temiscamingue north
4 Lake Mepissing. The deed will stand in the
name of his wife and children. Several eccles-
~iastlcal and civil dignitaries have also large
tracts, and are directing emigration from France
in that direction.
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Commissioners Blacks Disabilities.

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
An earnest inquirer after truth. resident in
Pike county. a land of Democratic majorities,
wishes to know what are the physical disabilities
of Hon. Commissioner Black. From the limited
information that invades this Democratic terri
tory, we learn that the aforesaid FL. c. b. draws
a pension of 800 per month. / want to know
how far below the hat he is crippled; and if he is
totally disabled, how he can be strong enough to
draw a salary as Commissioner.
PETERSBURG, Ind. j. Gus WEAVER
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The Oregon,s Boats.

LONDON, March Pin the House Of Com
mons, to-day, Mr.. Donald Horne Macfarlane
asked the government whether it was true. as
reported, that the CunarG steamship Oregon. at
the time she was sunk, had an insufficient sup
ply of ife-boats aboard.
Mr.. Mundella, President of the Board of
Trade, answered that the Oregon at the time
had S78 passengers, and boats capable of carry
tons were largely in excess Of the statutory re-
quirement. and added that no ship carried boats
sufficient to accommodate all the passengers.
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To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
have just read with much interest your full
report of the High-school inquiry, but among
the many mature and wise opinions expressed. I
notice nothing from the standpoint Of the boy.
Having been a boy myself not long ago, and not
having forgotten it yet, and also with lively
recollections of my former High-school suffer
ings, I make bold to advance a few ideas which
seem not yet TO have been touched upon.
One point which influences boys to abandon
the High-school is the fact that the High-school
course of study, as now arranged, is but an at
tenuated college course, averaging about one
year behind the average Estate University, !"
where the boy will go if he choose to take a
complete course, Tor his parents choose for himl,
and if he cannot take the full course he leaves
the High-school for labor, business, or a bust
ness education. A boy who enters the graded
the eight grades, of a year each, without set
back Of any kind-and it must be admitted such
a case is rare indeed-is qualified to enter the
High-school at the age of fourteen years; he is
also qualified, in years and ability, to enter the
preparatory department of some State college,
where tuition Is also free, the absence from
home desirable, and where he may find manual
or industrial training suited to his bent. At the
same time the boys parents say, "Oh, well, the
High-school is good enough for his sisters" and
so we graduate only girls.
Another cause for a boys leaving the High
school is because he cant stand it." as | heard
one of them say. Most High-school teachers
overlook q fact that most college instructors are
quick to recognize, viz: That if a boys judg-
ment and reason are sufficiently developed. at
the age of fourteen to seventeen, to'enabie him
intelligently to comprehend intricate demonstra-
tons in algebra and geometry, or readily to
grasp and assimilat the truths of physics and
physical geography, land our teachers must ex-
pect this to be so, for they require these studies
in the first and second years. then the boys
manliness. developing out Of his judgement and
reason, leads him to resent being treated like a
child; in short, q continuation of the regime
under which he came up through the grades. to
the bitter end. 1t is true, girls do not like it
any better, but they are in the habit of endur
ing, and continue to endure; while they prove
tractable, the boys rebel, gain their parents
sympathy, and abandon the High-schooL And
in too many such cases does It prove that the
boy, deferred from entering q college by financ-
ial or other reasons. puts q much to be regretted
cad to his education then and there.
The fable of Achilles and the arms applies to
the present age az well. The course of study in
our High-schools, and more particularly the ap~
p~lication thereof. Is yet TOO effeminate; the boy
has outgrown ii before be has reached il and
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Shelby, an American. The duel was the result
Of a dispute on the relative merits Of French
and American female doctors. After a stormy
alteration between the disputants. Nine. Val
sayre threw her glove in Miss Shelby,s face, and
a duel was forthwith arranged. The weapons
were sworda. Miss Shelby was slightly
wounded on one arm. The four seconds were
Americans. The latter expressed themselves
satisfied that the duel had been conducted fairly,
and that Frances honor had been upheld.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-26
Mastodon Remains Found.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NATION, March 25.-While digging q three.
tooth ditch on his farm, five miles northeast OF
this city. Henry Neimeyer discovered the re-
mains of a monster mastodon. He found q mum.
Der of teeth four inches square,. with the enamel
in a perfect state Of preservation. and hard as
quartz rock. The jaw bono was decayed 30 that
1t crumbied when exposed to the air. Further
excavations will be made when 4 competent man
can be secured from tho University Of / LIMOS to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-26
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

The Other Side Of the Telephone Question.
To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Your correspondent, Subscriber skillfully
pleads the cause of the telephone company, un-
der the guise of ssus subscribers, whose service
is not to be discontinued" He wants the Coun-
Gil to wait until "our contracts are legally termi-
mated" Pray, my friend. when will that be9 I
venture that if we allow the telephone company
the privilege Of selecting those to whom service
will be rendered, the next meeting Of the Legis-
laturs will find the company encumbering our
streets with its poles and wires, and claimingthat
1t Is filling unexpired contracts. Subscriber
inadvertently discloses a fact, which is not to
the credit or either himself or to the telephone
company, when he says that II am told the con-
tracts terminated March 81 are mostly those
who were in the combination last July" If that
IS so, the Council should not delay ordering the
franchise revoked at once. If the telephone COM
pany propose to discriminate against any class of
our citizens and tax payers it should not be toll
Grated for a moment. In asking for and accept
its charter it agrees to furnish telephone service
to all who may desire 1t and who comply with
the requirements. Because 474 citizens and
taxpayers combined to see that the
telephone company obeyed the law of the State.
it is proposed to discontinue their service and to
continue giving the service to "us subscribers"
who were not in the combination. not because
'us subscribers" are willing to pay more than
the Ala who are to be discontinued, but because
we lacked either the disposition to have the law
enforced, or the courage or money to join with
the 474 who paid their money and used their in
fuence to compel the company to obey the law.
The company very generously announced
that they would be compelled to wind
up their business, but that in order
to the public, physicians
telephones would not be taken out until the last;
yet | know of one physician who was among the
very first to be notified that his telephone would
be taken out March 81. The company is very gen.
erous in taking out instruments for those who
do not desire them. Why can it not allow the
474 telephones to remain where wanted until
the service in the city is discontinued The
reason is that the company have neither the de-
sire nor intention to quit business in the city,
but want to bring the law into disrepcte by an
noying those who combined to secure its en-
forcemenr, and ut the same time hold the territory
against any company that might want to do
business and comply with the Law. The COM
pany voluntarily rescinds its part of the contract
when it declines to furnish service to those who
are wiling to pay for it, and having thus ignored
its agreement, let the City Council at once re-
woke its franchise and grant a charter to the
company that has the disposition and ability to
comply with the law. Then "us subscribers"
and the 44 whom it is proposed to boycott will
be happy. ONE OF THE Ala.
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Attempt to Poison a Family.

Special to the Indianapolis JOurnai.
FRANKLIN, March 25.-An attempt was made
yesterday morning to poison the family of Henry
Sanders. of Stones Crossing. White River town
ship. A quantity of Trough on Rats was placed
in the coffee the family drank for breakfast.
Four members Of the family were made violent
ly sick, but by prompt treatment are recover
ing. A son-in law of Sanders named Champ
lin was arrested on suspicion ana lodged in
Jail to-day under $40. 900 bond. He protests his
innocence.
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DR.. Munhafps San FRANCISCO Meetings.

San Francisco Alta California.
The interest in DR.. Munhalls revival meetings
is rapidly growing. He seems thoroughly capable
Of sustaining it, and each appeal made reveals
new fervors. beauties of expression, or zeal not
noted before. These evangelists need to be men
Of iron to sustain the labors of their intense
calling. 1t Is undoubtedly true that they have
the mettle which made martyrs, or which sus-
tanned those wonderful men whocnose 10 preach,
not by word of mouth, but by wounds self-in-
ficted, vigils, HASTINGS and deprivation. The
same spirit, toned by the intellectual refinement
of this age, is in the mighty works done by our
Moodys and Munhalls.
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A Resort to Dynamite.

LONDON, March "a quantity OF dynamite
was exploded to-day under the residence of
Manager Tyzack, of the Mademsley colliery, in
Durham. The house was greatly damaged, but
nobody was injured. The outrage is supposed
to have been perpetrated by union miners, who
have been locked out of the colliery since Janu-
airy. and whose places have been taken by nom
unionists.
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A new enemy Of the shsep has been discovered
at Hartland, Waukesha county. Mr.. l. ID.
itself to the nose of one of his flock and that an
other Of the Hock had been bled until it sunk to
the floor. That a skunk should thus attack a
flock of sheep is certainly an unheard Of occur
rance
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Business Embarrass,nents.

TORONTO, Ont, March 25.-W. f. Carrier g
Co., wholesale jewelers. of this city. have made
an assignment. Liabilities, SAC. 900; assets NOM
inally the same.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-Coleman Broth
ers, wholesale clothiers here and in New York,
have failed. Assets, 500. 600; liabilities, $38, 900.
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DIR. Munha,l in California,

san FRANCISCO Alta California.
Rev. DR.. Munhail produced a very favorable
impression in his revival sermons on Sunday.
Perhaps we should say it was an unfayorabls
impression upon that element which comes to
scof, but stays to pray. There is something
vastly winning in this preachers way. and We
hope he may win many out Of their wicked ways.
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The Bakery Boycott.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journals.
Would You please give me the number of the
Warmeling bakerya l indorse the act Of the
German lady. MRS. M. j. M.
INDIANAPOLIS, March Is.
No. It's Madison avenue.
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A Gratifying Assurance.

Atlanta Constitution.
Mr.. Powderly, the head OF the Knights Of La.
Dor. says "the day Of strikes is past" We are
glad to know it. But for Mr.. Powderly our tele-
graph columns would have impressed us quite
to the contrary.
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HOODS Sarsapariila is characterized by three
peculiarities: lst, the combination Of remedial
agents. I'd. the proportion. Sd, the process of
securing the active medicinal qualities. The re-
suit is a medicine of unusual strength, ~effecting
cures hitherto unknown.
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Sneering at NIilburn.

PnIIadeIphia Record. 900
The Chaplain OF the House is kindly undertake
ing to specify the wickedness which he desires
God to put an end to. Probably he thinks this
is an improvement upon the invocation to s'de-
liver US from evil, I" in that it helps Almighty Wis
dom to determine what evil is. The Chaplain is
a poor worm, bat not In his own opinion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-26
Should Restrain Himself.

PhIladeIphia Press. -.
He chaplain Milburni should be warned, how
ever, against the dangers of unrestrained zeal in
his supplications. The majority of the present
House have n habit of turning such men as no
out of the public service on the ground of often
sive partisanship.
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Rhode Island Republican M.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., March 25.-At the Repub-
lican State convention, this morning, George
Peabody Wetmore, of Newport, was nominated
for Governor, Z. Lucius Darling, of Pawtucket,
for Lieutenant-g governor and Joshua M. Adde-
man, of Providence, for Secretary of State;
Samuel P. Colt, of Bristol, for Attorney general
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-26

Steamship News.
HAMBURG, March Is .-Arriyed: Fuida, from
New York.
GLASGOW. March rs -Arrived: Devonia,
from New York.
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Another Humbug.

GAAOGnCE AAuuAOuSs
TO the Editor OF the indianapolis jon rnal:
'Viva la humbug!" or words to that effect. is
the way the poet puts it; but the poet need not
20 to that trouble, for as soon as one humbug is
off another is on anyhow. Like the poor. hum
bugs are always with as. The latest one comes
in the form of a proposition to enlarge the scope
and increase the expense Of our school system
by attaching an amateur carpenter-shop for the
amusement of such boys as may "elect" to take
lessons in saving. and the like, as a part of their
training. This makes an old classical scholar
exclaim: "Cui bono?" which. being rendered into
straightforward American, reads: whats the
sense Of all thatg"
In the first place, the kind of woodworking
that is taught in these amateur shops is not the
kind in everyday use. 1t has about the same
relation to business that the amateur sewing or
cooking has that constitutes a part Of "the course
OF study" of some female schools-never to be
used again. chiefly because it never was intended
to be used. Like the honest Deddler's razor,
when asked If it would shave: ''Shave! No.; it
wasn't made to shave; it was made to sell"
By the way, il those who are troubled about
the question why so few boys who enter the
High-school graduate, would put themselves for
a few weeks in the place of the average parent
they would find that the most of them are com-
PEELED to discuss quite another subject. The
number of parents who can keep two or three
COyo3 " ONOh OACs Az Ai6h yO0E oLbOI
year, is comparatively few. The demands of
food and raiment are imperious. Very few boys
need the amusement of wood working to induce
them to stay in school Working of any kind is
not one Of the in born propensities of the average
boy, yet most of them have to learn to work or
they must starve, as the Scriptures putt But
working is no pastime, ordinarily.
But what is the use Of this branch of educa-
tiona The graduate of our High-school carpen-
ter-shop could not get employment in any car
pointer shop in the city that belongs to the
Knights of Labor, unless he came under the ar
bitrary regulations of the clan Only so many
boys to SO many jours is the mandate, and the
contractor or boss dare not put his own boy in
the shop or on the roof without consult
ing the Knights and complying with their
regulations. IL the boys want to learn to use
tools. let them get a saw and a Ratchet and go to
making a rough fence. aud grow up with the
business. 1t is certainly not worth while to
spend money in teaching the science of wood
working, especially while we have not money
sufficient to build 8 chool-houses enough to &C.
commodate the lower grades in the literary de-
partment. 1t will be time enough to open our
carpenter shops when our graduates can follow
the trade. U.L SEE.