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Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
Wednesday, January 27, 1886.
BIENNIAL SESSIONS.

Not long ago James G. Blaine opposed the popular biennial sessions idea on the ground that annnal elections are very educating to the voters. When the biennial sessions ques- tion was up for settlement in this State Sem ator Hawley took the same ground. The question is now before tho people of Massa- chusetts, and Senator Hoar steps forth as an advocate of annual elections.
 Senator Hoar tells the people of Massachu- setts that within the last thirty years the march of events has brought about two great changes in the circumstances of the State. First, there has been received into the body of citizenship large number of men born in other lands, of races which have never had the discipline of self-government, who need every opportunity which we or our ancestors have ever enjoyed to train them in all the duties and offices of American citizenship Second, it is no longer possible, so far as a majority of the people are concerned, to en- joy the advantages for political education of the town meeting, because the State is fast becoming cluster of cities. He says: The greatest problem which presents itself to her | statesmanship to-day is to devise some means
 
 that training for citizenship, never to be got from schools CT books. which the town meet l ing and the town office gave to us and to the generations that have preceded us. The in habitant of the city never debates in 8 pub lie meeting the question on which he is to act. He scarcely ever votes any public 1 question of legislation or administration, ex- I cept indirectly when he elects his represen- l tative There is no lawful way in which he I can even exercise his constitutional right of i instructing his representative. He can only refuse to re-elect him.
 This is all true, and is deplorable, but it is | difficult to see how an annual election of members of the legislature. would be reme- | dy The Boston Advertiser exposes the | weakness of Senator Hoar's argument when | it says: AS matter of observation and ex- periencs it is only once in awhile that State l elections produce any discussions that are particularly valuable for their educational in fuence In general, State issues, even in 1 years when no national election is pending, receive very little attention, except such as the newspapers may indulge in. Take the | last campaign for an example. We do not believe there were five Republican meetings | in the State for discussion, and there were | hardly more Democratic meetings. It would l have been useless to attempt to hold more. | The people were not sufficiently interested in | the election to attend meetings.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
Death Rates and Occupations.

lfrcul CnamDeFS
 The death rate of different occupations yields some curious results. Taking as basis of comparison the mortality of all males of similar ages in England and Wales as one thousand, the death rate of the class mentioned is compared with this as stand ard When the rate of the examined class exceeds this number that class forms an e2- ample of unhealthy occupations; when it falls short it belongs to the healthy occupa- tions. Thus the first place among healthy occupations is held by ministers of religion, the death rate of this class being 556. Next we have gardeners and nurserymen, who stand at 599; farmers and graziers, 631; az ricultural laborers, 701; schoolmasters, 719; the other trades which follow closely on these being grocers, coal merchants, paper manufacturers, lace and hosiery manufactur-
 CTS, wheelrights, shipbuilders and ship l wrights and coal miners. The figure of mor | talitv for all these trades is under 775. On l the other side, that of the unhealthy occupa- tions, the first place is held by the trades which are concerned in the manufacture and l distribution of intoxicating drink and l which, is well known, entail many temp | tations to drink it to excess The list of un- healthy occupations is headed by the class of | inn and hotel servants, whose figure mounts
 up to 2,205, being nearly double that of the
 medical profession. The highest places next
 to them are held by general laborers in Lon 1 don and by costermongers, hawkers and l street sellers. the former class with 2,020, | the latter with 1879. It is probable that both are largely made up of broken men, the wrecks of ether callings. Innkeepers, pub
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
COMMUNICATIONS.

How to Settle the Silver Question. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 It seems as if there might be an easy way out of this question, simply to let the gov ernment be honest in the matter and not to make silver dollar worth eighty cents and tell us to trust in God for the other twenty which they intend to cheat us out of. Then if it is money let all who deal with govern, ment take it as such and let government receive it as money in the same way they receive greenbacks or gold Of course, government bonds which were issued payable in gold must be paid in gold according to agreement, but in future take care not to make any such bargains. Then let silver be legal tender for all payments. public and private If such a course were pursued, why would not silver dollar be as good, and go as far, a gold one9
 GONE WHO WALKS AND TALKS ABOUT ToWN.' )
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licans, spirit wine and beer dealers fellow with figure of 1,521, and brewers with 1,361. In support of the belief that these high rates of mortality are chiefly due to al- coholic excess, Dr. Ogle has compared with them the mortality assigned to diseases of the liver, the organ through which such ex- cess chiefly declares itself, and has obtained results which are entirely in harmony with those of the trade returns. Next to the trades concerned with alcohol the highest rates are furnished by occupations which in- volve the breathing of dust-other than coal dust-and especially of dust of sharp and gritty character or largely composed of mineral matter; next those in which there is exposure to lead poisoning, with plum
 bers, painters and 6lemakers. The earthen- ware manufacturers, who are much exposed to mineral dust, have figure of 1, 742; file makers, who work upon leaden cushion, reach ,667, and plumbers and painters, who are also exposed to lead reach ,202. It will furnish remarkable contradiction to a pre- vailing impression that butchers have high death rate, their figure of mortality amount ing to 1,170, the causes of death among them being partly due to the diseases of in- temperance, and partly to phthisis and other maladies from which they have long been supposed to enjoy an especial immunity.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
sher1dan,s second Marriage.

lEIOIu tIlo OeHlleHldn MdSazlLe.1
 Miss Ogle, young girl of good family
 which counted in it's ranks t:admirals and no less than three Sir Chaloner Ogles"-was daughter of the Dean of Winchester, who kept up the old state in equipages and main
 tained the dig ity of the church. Sheridan at this time, though once handsome, was quite unattractive; his face all blotehed and infa1ned with constant dissipation; his mouth and chin coarse and drooping, always the result of drink The marriage was owing to foolish silly rencontre. At 8 party at Devonshire House, where Miss Ogle was seated at the table, MT. Sheridan came up close to her. It seems the young lady piqued herself saying smart and rude things and everything that came into her
 head. She called out to him, 'Keep away, you fright, you terrible creature!" and this
 though she was not acquainted with him.
 By this silly woman, says Smith, this sillier
 man was piqued. He wished to show his
 power, so after some contrivance he ob-
 tained word CT two more from her; at the
 next party a little conversation. Then she
 gave out that, though 'such monster" he
 was very clever. So it went on until the young lady thought there would be much ecat in the conquest of so celebrated a man. i1eT .1atn6r T6IuSeu Ills cOuS0Lb uHleSS tue suitor settled fifteen thousand pounds on her, which seemed 8 prohibitory condition. But Sheridan contrived it. As MT. Richard son described tito the amazement of his friends and the confusion of the dean, it was found and paid down, Sheridan laugh ing loudly and boasting that he had outwit- ted them, though he had indeed only out witted himself The lady had five thousand pounds. The sum, Moore says, was raised
 ''by the sale of Drury Lane shares" Un- fortunately this transaction was not to be so immaculate. Moore, consulting Miss Ogle's sister on the transaction, learned these par ticulars ''I mentioned with respect to the settlement he had made upon her sister, that I rather believed it was by getting the Lin leys out of Drury Lane and taking possession of the private boxes he raised that money. She said she had always understood that he had injured some persons in order to make the settlement good but whether it was the Linleys or what were the particulars of the transaction she did not know" In another place he mentioned having been told by one of the Linleys that Sheridan had persuaded | the Linleys to part with their shares in Dru ry Lane tor annuities which were never paid He thus got the disposal of everything, the l sale of private boxes, &c., all into hii hands"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27

Republican administration, or even Demo- cratic one, not absolutely governed by the gold-bug plutocracy, it would be possible to argue the question of suspension on its mer it's; but in the present situation the people of the West understand that to give an inch will be at the risk of losing mile.'
 Concerning the poison wall paper question which is now agitating Boston, chemist of that city says Formerly greens were the only arsenical colors, but within the last ten years an extensive use has been made by paper stainers of compound of arsenic and glycerine. That enters now into almost all colors, and especially into the most delicate tinted papers. A richness and softness is secured by this compound that defes com petition. Tinted book papers of the most delicate tints and of the highest cost owe their richness and delieacv of tint to the glycerine and arsenic solution. Hence the importance of putting wall papers and tinted papers under proper surveillance.
 Of the various novelties in clock construc- tion none have excited more general interest, perhaps, than those which consist of plain glass dial suspended by fine thread or wire, having the motive power-an ordinary watch movement-concealed in the central boss of the hands, or in the enlarged counterbalance of one of them. Another contrivance in this line of note consists of two circular plates of glass, mounted in metal frame or border, and connected by slender column, or foot, to pedestal. In these the figures are marked on the front plate, which is cemented to a brass rim, toothed a crown wheel, and driven by a pinion, the stem of which rises from the works in the pedestal. The neces- sary hour wheels, to give differential motion of the hands, are hidden between the center bosses of the hands and the brass washer on the back plate. Where three glass plates are used, the short and long hands are fixed to the second and third plates, and two pin ions drive the toothed rim of these two plates.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
Discounts.

The discounts or rebates for merly advertised still hold good, namely 10 per cent. on all Cioakings, Astrachans, Cloak ing Pushes and Cloths: roper cent. on all plain Colored Woolen Dress Goods, and IS per cent. on Fancy Woolen Dress Goods.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
CO1Ored Silks.

All our $1.25 to $1.5o Col ored Silks cut down so that o5 cents is now the highest price for the best of them, and many of them (short lengths or slow colors) are 75c, CSC or soc.
 All our $1 Colored Silks reduced to 75c, soc or 38c.
 All onr Summer Silks re- duced to far below any former prices. Reductions also on Colored Satins and Fancy Silk goods of all kinds.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
Mems Goods.

A quantity of odds and ends of Fancy Half Hose that have been 38c, 42c, soc and 75c put altogether at 25c pair.
 The 75c Scotch Mixed Shirts and Drawers now 62c. White all-wool $1.5o Draw CTS reduced to $1. Drawers only.)
 A few Fancy Shirts and Drawers reduced from $I.5o to 75 cents.
 A lot of remainders of Fancy Silk Scarfs, old prices 75c, $1, $1.25-all now soc.
 Some real Cancels Hair Shirts and Drawers of very fine quality reduced from $1.75 to $I.62.
 Genuine British Half Hose, full regular" r"-3 pairs for 45c. Real Castor Gloves down from $1.3S Cat which they were cheap) to $1.25,
 Berlin Brace down from 75c to soc.
 Armstrong Brace down from 88c to 6oc.
 A lot of Norfolk and New Brunswick Shirts and Drawers, full regular make, at $1.75 for all sizes. We have sold these at $2 for the smallest size, with a rise of JOG size.
 Another lot Norfolk and New Brunswick, full regular made, Drawers at $I, reduced from SIPS.
 Scarlet Shirts and Drawers at SEC that were the leading $I article in town.
 Glastonbury Shirts and Drawers at 75c, advertised by others as a great bargain at Soc.
 White Merino Drawers large sizes only, a remainder o1 two lots at $I and $1.25, put together to close at 75c.
 Linen Hemstitched anc Printed Handkerchiefs, one o1 our leaders at 18c, will bt closed out at 4 for soc.
 Another lot of the 25c Hem stitched and Printed for 21' each.
 Please observe, this adve1 tisement is written the 2oth o January, and every item as ad vertised is in stock to-day. Blu IS it is to close the lots that w make such prices, you mus come before they are closed i you wish to profit by them, a we cannot replace any of then at the prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27

of the Knights of Labor, has shown himself well qualified to lead the laboring men in their efforts to better their condition. He speaks words of wisdom when he says that ''the petty strikes and boycotts into which assemblies rush are deplorable in the e1- trsme."
 This country is growing old. Three Mass achusetts towns will be 25O years old this year, Springfield in May, Dedham in Sep tember and Scituate in October. Lynn and Duxbury will be 250 years old next year, and in 1889 Taunton, Barnstable and several other places in Southeastern Massachusetts will take their turn. Albany, New York, is arranging to celebrate her 2OOth anniversary this year.
 An area of about four and one-helf square miles forms the nucleus of the whole oil bearing region of the Caucasus. The naph- tha- bearing beds consist of sand, caloareous clays, ,marls, and in places conpact sandstone, often of great thickness and penetrated by bands of pyrites. As in Pennsylvania, the naphtha is in some places associated with salt water, which gives much trouble in driv- oOAS AAOANS- SAesSOe@A O'SA N1 about 40 feet above the surface of the Cas- plan, and depth of 700 feet below that great lake has been reached by the borsrs.
 The Japanese have great faith in vaccina- ton. They have just enacted very strin- gent law on the subject, for, besides ordinary vaccination in the first year of infancy, it provides for at least two subsequent revac- cinations at intervals of from five to seven years, so that by the time child has reached it's fifteenth year it will have been vaccinated three times. Besides, during epidemics of smallpox, local authorities have power, when they deem it necessary, to order the vaccina- tion of all the inhabitants of their: districts, irrespective of the vaccination required by law.
 Attention having been called by the Prus- sian sanitary authorities to the fact that cases of hard hearing not infrequent in the higher schools, an investigation was ordered I by the secretary of public instruction the result of which is that, of the students in the | higher schools of the kingdom, 2.1S are l troubled with defects of hearing. But the fact was further elicited that 80 per cent. oi these, or "A of the total, were already af fected when they entered school, and that
 with only O.31 per cent. of the pupils in the lower schools and O.44 per cent. of the stu
 dents in the higher schools does the disease l develop after entering.
 | The Chicago Tribune frankly gives it's req
 sons for advocating the unlimited coinage O | silver. It says: '"Taken by itself, and con
 sidered on it's own merits, it would not b.
 difficult to satisfy the people that suspen
 sion of the silver coinage would be prudent
 but they are willing to run some risk in con
 tinuing it, rather than play into the hand
 of the eastern money power at time whei
 it has absolute control of the national treas ury" And again 'If the country had
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Hon. T. V. Powderly, the highest officer of the Knights of Labor, has shown himself well qualified to lead the laboring men in their efforts to better their condition. He speaks words of wisdom when he says that "the petty strikes and boycotts into which assemblies rush are deplorable in the e1- trsme"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-27
Itching Diseases Cured.
Cut1cura Remedies.

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-03
COMMERCIAL,

Business thus far this year has been full y up to-
il not ahead of former years, and nOtwithstand-
ing labor complications and the multitudiuous
crcakings in some quarters, things are improving.
There is liberal movement in staple goods in the
dry goods line aud dress fabrics adapted TO spring
and summer are meeting with good sales, while
prices are steady. The weakness In sugar Is as
marked ever, a decline of Lice from Saturday 5
prices being noted. Cohees and canned goods are
firm. Timers stocks and hardware are all active.
Oils doing fairly. There are no changes in
hides, leather, tallOw and grease. Green and
dried fruits, strip and molasses are fairly ami
mated at steady prices. The egg market is dull
and lower Light receipts and good demand has
advanced prices for poultry. The seed trade ruled
quiet, both the demand and offerings being light.
Clover was in good request.
GRAIN.
wheat-An grades viii bring full quotations.
Receipts fair. Futures quiet. Markets elsewhere
are firm and prices steady.
Corn-Reeeipts fairly liberal, and we note a de-
eided improvement in the grading some No. 2
grades appearing for the FIRST time in many weeks.
Inquiries are good, and sales of No mixed were
made on Change at Soc I. o. b. Markets at other
points are firm and quiet with very little doing.
Oats-steady at quotations. with light receipts
The following table shows the amount OF grain
In store at this point:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-03
Eastern Exchanges.

MEMPHIS, March New York exchange sell
ing at nc premium.
BALTIMORE, March Bank clearings, $685.
776; balances sl97, 1867.
PHILADELPHIA. March Bank clearings to-
day. S9,67S ESQ., balances, 81, 204, ITO.
NEW YORK, March Clearing house state
ment: Exchanges, SllS,9 81 1886; balances, s5,373
l3l.
ST. LOUIS, March blank olearings 81, $50, 675;
balances, s634, 59S; exchange on New York steady
at 25@50c premium.
BOSTON, March Clearing house statement
for to-day: Exchanges, ell $40 AS; balances, 81,
AZ, 1885, money, per cent; exchange on New
YORK, par
III MaIsn ed o7d ne assoeiated banks clear
being due TO monthly settlements Tomorrow
will show much larger increase. A heavy tone
prevailed ia New York exchange, a fair quotation
being soc discount per $1,000 Money rates re-
main firm at 56J6per cent on demand, with only q
small supply at the inside figures Time favors
run from 6(G7 per cent, there being more ban <
loans made at these figures than anything lower.