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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Prnduce.

Produce.
NEW YORK, July 90 Flour - Receipts,
22,570 pkgs; exports, l,S25 brls, 1888 sacks;
moderately active heavy; sales, 1880 brls.
Corn Meal-Steady and in moderate demand.
Wheat-Receipts, 1890; exports, 1855; sales,
2,424000 futures, 114,O00 spot; spot market
less active, unsettled and heavy; No. 2 red,
S79&(lsSc store, s9@S9lSc afioat SS91G901sc
(. o. b.; No. red. S214c; No. red 81 No.
white, 94lz@95c; ungraded red, Sl11@S9Ac;
options-July advanced early, on few foreign
shorts covering, 1Lc; afterward ruled weak,
with the advance lost other months were mod
erately active, chiefly on local account, and
closed steady at 4Gssc decline; July, SS(g
$3.50; Sept, s. Lice, closing, S5c Oct, $40
s6I4c, closing S534c; Nov, closing s694c;
Dec, s7MGSsl4c, closing S7s4c; jan, closing
SS1sc; May, 9215G93c, closing 92l9c. Stocks
Of grain, store and aaoat, July "a: Wheat,
1126624 bu; corn, 324, 419 bu oats, LOSS, 066 bu.
Corn-Receipts, 375500 bu; exports, 10000
blu: sales $4,000 bu futures, $4,000 spot; spot
market irregular; higher; closing heavy; fairly
active: No. q 1880 elevator; 44l401441Sc afloat;
No. 3, nominal; ungraded mixed, 42A@43 9-l6c;
steamer mixed, nominal; options, fairly active
and 1sd5sc higher; steady; July, 44@441sc,
closing Ale; Aug, 435sd44c, closing 1870;
Sept, 43JsG44c, closing 1880; Oct, 400
4i9sc, closing 44I<c; Now, 4iAc. Oats-Re-
cepts $4,000: exports, 1907 sales, ID, 900 futures
O7,spot; spot market higher; moderately act
@2s lice, closing 275Sc; Sept, 275sc; spot,
No. 2 white, 33lS@34c; mixed western, 20
@29c; white do 3lG40l9c; No. ? Chicago, 2sA
d29c Hay-Firm; in demand. Codee--op-
tons opened steady; FOOLS points mp; moder.
ate trade; sales, So, 900 bags; SPOT Rio, steady;
fair cargoes, I've. Sugar-Raw dull NOM
inal; refined quiet; steady; &c lower; c, 90
0o7c; extrn G, 7I4@7lSc; white extra g, 7sSal
75sc; yellow, 7Ca7kc; of A, i4-l6@S1sc;
mold A, SAc;. standard A, sHci confec'
eKc; powdered, g5sc; granulated, ss4c;
cubes. 90. Molasses-Foreign quiet Eggs
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Fruits and Vegetables.

Observation-Disclosures per 100.
Blackberries, homegrown, s596; shipped stock,
s2dS per stand.
POtatoes-New potatoes, 81 per brl.
Sugar Pears-S1Cd150 per bu.
Huckleberries, S2.25@2.5O per "a OTIS.
Professionalism bushel boxes, 75c; fancy, 75c9
e0c.
Cabbage-Louisvie, 40d50c per Dbl.
Onions-Southern. S2d2 p per Dbl.
Cooking Apples-S2C0250 per brl.
String Beans-Greeu, sound, bushel boxes H.00;
fat, 75c6s1O0
Currants-S566 per stand.
TOmatoes-Sew, One-third bushel boxes, $4,000.
Furnishes per stand.
Corn-6d10c per dozen.
Grapes-SI per 2-pound baskets
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Rheumatism.

PEING due to the presence Of uric
Il acid in the blood, is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. Be sure you get Ayers and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
acid is thoroughly expelled from the
system. We challenge attention to this
testimony -
about two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
govt, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, 1 saw by an advertise
ment in a Chicago paper that a man had
Deen relieved of this distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. / then decided to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
II regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to state that it has effected a
complete cure. I have since had no re-
turn of the disease. Mrs. r. Irving
Dodge, 10 West 125th ST., New York.
Zone year ago I was taken i'll with
infiammatOry rheumatism, being con-
fined to my house six months. came
out of the sickness very much debili-
tated, with no appetite, and my system
disordered in every way. / commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla and began to
improve at once. gaining in strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
Z cannot say too much in praise OF this
well-known medicine" = Mrs. L. A.
Stark, Nashua, n. II.
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED By
Or. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles, IS. Worth IS bottle
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The Mhent YieId in Clay.

Brazil, July 24-lspeeial.l Some thrashing
Of wheat has been done in this county, and the
yield in nearly every instance exceeds the ex-
pectation and estimate. A gentleman from the
south end has given us number of cases in
which this is the outcome Of the thrashing.
One man got eighty sacks in which TO put his
yield. thinking he had plenty, but had TO
get twenty more. One piece, which had been
variousy guessed at from 1870 TO $50 bushels,
produced 200 bushels. Reuben Schiele's crop,
on the old Warren Boone place, averaged
thirty-six bushels to the acre.
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a DiscouraginC Outlook.

EVANSVILLE, July 26.-[Special. There is
great uneasiness in this section of the country
on account of the danger of serious injury to
the wheat and oat crops from the continued
wet weather. Should the prevailing rains con-
tinue the wheat and oats, most of which are in
the shock, will sprout and be ruined. Potatoes
are growing well, tobacco is promising and
corn is doing splendidly, except in low ground
where it is sticky. Fruit does not promise
,roI
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Poultry and Produce Market.

Shippers are now Gambling their eggs and deduct
ing the loss General market dull. Heavy receipts
POultry-Hens, s@S19c; spring chickens, &c;
ROSTERS Be- turkeys, toms. 5c hens 10c geese $3.50
per doz. ducks. &c.
Eggs-Candled, per dozen, 10c.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 146i5c; fair to good
creamery, Hale; extra choice country, 66Sc pack
ing stock, 4G5c; good country, 697c.
Feathers-Prime geese, CSC; mixed and duck, Zoe.
Rags-S1 per cwt
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Fourht with Hntchets.

BRAZIL, July 25.-TSpecial. flames and Ed
ward Thompson, brothers. of Stanton. two miles
west of here, engaged in q fight yesterday, III
which hatchets were used freely. Both were
horribly cut and mangled. James has not been
seen since the fight and it is thought he took to
the woods where, weakened from the loss Of
blood, he is unable to return. The other
brothers condition is dangerous. Their mother
stood by during the fight, Mortified, not know
ing at what moment one or the other of her
sons would drop dead at her feet
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Three pad Rndie. Fonnd.

LAPoRTE, July "a - Especial - A Lake
Shore conductor reported here this morning
the finding of the bodies of three unknown
men-two white and one colored-between
the B. & o. and L. S. tracks, at Pine, small
station west of here. The bodies were in a
state of decomposition, showing that they
had been dead for several days. The cause Of
their death is a mystery. All three of their
heads were crushed, and it is supposed that they
were murdered while asleep, and that the deed
was committed by tramps.
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- EAard Onned br the Trnst.

|-s-->sTFl.LE, July 2s.-[special. The
Hamilton county school board decided yester-
day to continue the old school books, until
forced by the law to use the books OF tho Indi-
ana school book company. Their excuse for
not using the books is that the maps Of the
geography are not accurately made. They
passed the following resOluton Resolved, that
this county continue the use os the readers,
arithmetics, Biographies and copy-books now
10 use until the time, for which they have been
adopted shall have expired or until we shall be
compelled by law TO use some other.
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IN THE WORLD OF TRADE
GRAIN.

Inspections were cars against 81 for Saturday
Receipts we're generally of poor grade
Wheat-Prices are slightly off, in sympathy with
Chicago. No ? red, new, Tie; No. 5 red, 7i@73c;
rejected, 6Oc.
Corn-Demand fair and market strong. No. 1
white. 3s1zc: No. white, 3S1zc; No. white one
color 3Sc; two color, 3715c; No. mixed 3515c; No
mixed, 35c No yellow, S514c; No. yellow, S419c;
ear 341Z(d35c.
Oats-White grades in demand; mixed grades con-
tinue weak; No. white, 2S19c; No. white, 2613
(d27c; No. 2 mixed, 24c; rejected, 21625c.
Bran-s l@9.25. shippers paying SS.5099.
Hay-Timothy-ChOice, SD; No. /, S11.50; No. 2
not wanted. Prairie-NO. l, S7G7.50
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A Reward For squirrel scaIps.

WEST FORK, July 23.-[Special- During
the late term Of the legislature a law was
passed to protect the squirrels OF Indiana. The
law makes it a misdemeanor to kill or hunt
squirrels between the last day Of November
and the first day of June Of each year. SPUR
Tels are a pest in southern Indiana To offset
the evil effects Of the law, j. d. Doolittle a
wealthy and public-spirited citizen of Crawford
county offers reward Of 1919 cents per head
for all squirrel scalps killed and delivered to
him during the six months between the first
day Of uuo and the first day of December of
esch year, ard promses TO keep up the reward
vnie he live the present law exists.
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A Plucky Woman.

CLovERDALE, July 25.-As Mrs. w. Scott
was starting for home yesterday in buggy
with Der children her horse took fright and ran
away. throwing them all out breaking Mrs
SCOTS arm and dislocating her shoulder. The
children were not much hurt. Notwithstand-
ing her injuries Mrs Scott rode with her hus.
band to this place, a distance of four miles. and
DIR. Mullinix set her arm and shoulder, after
which she rode back home.
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New school Books For Auep.

Fort WAYNE. July 26.-[special. THE
twenty township trustees Of Allen county and
the Fort Wayne school board met to-day at the
court-house, and were addressed on the subject
OF the new text books by the Hon. X. G. Bell
of the Indiana school book company Ar
raneements were made for acquisitions for the
needed books. The city schools led of with a
reouisition for 900 books.
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The New school Book. Adopted.

GREENCAsTLE, July 24.-TSpecial.I-It was
resolved to-day by the county board to adopt
the new school books published by the Indiana
company. The change will be made complete,
instead of by gradual introduction, at the fall
openinp of the schools.
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board of Director. Flected.

HUNTINGTON, July 25.-lspecial. The an
nual election of the board of directors Of the
Chicago, Dayton d Cincinnati railroad was
held here to-day, and l.. Pettilligan. c. f. Bry-
ant. :. T. Day, J. g.. Pride of this city. Hugh
Dougherty, ;. r. Williamson and l. C.. Daven.
port OF Button were elected. Indications are
very favorable that the road will be built
within a year. Its terminals will be Dayton,
o., and this city.
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5000; French kip. s7OaHO5; city calf skins, eOe
soc; French calf skins, s19L75.
Hides-No green, &c; No. green, &c; No.
green salt, &C; No. green salt, 31zc calf same
hide; No green salt kip, bc No. green salt kip, &C.
Lambskns-40d45c.
Tsllow-No. 1, &c; No. ?. SIC
Grease-Brown, PIG; yellow. 254c; white, sc
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A Thirty. .poIIar Flrs nt Muncls.

MUScrE, July 25.- Especial Fire at 7
o'clock tonight destroyed Smiths bending
works. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000
Smith is in Switzerland with his two daughters.
and will return home immediately. One hun.
dred and fifty men are thrown out Of employ.
ment. The poor condition Of the water-works
is charged largely with the responsibility.
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Instantly Killed by tho Gar.

CAMBRIDGE CITY, July 24.-Tspecial. This
morning, while attempting To board a moving
train on the Panhandle railroad, George Ham
mond, supposed to be OF Greenville, o., was
instantly killed, his neck being broken and one
arm and one leg cut of. Deceased was about
twenty-five years Of age.
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Seeds.

The following quotations are the selling prices
Prime timothy, s1.5091.55 per bu.; German Millet
75@s5c per bu.; Hungarian, 7Oa75c; common mill
let, 65@70c per bu; blue grass $4,000 per bu; red
top. 759soc per bu. orchard grass, Sl4O91.60; En-
glish blue grass. 10c per ID.
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SEYMOUR, July 26. - Especial - Patrick
Sheedy's large new barn near here was de-
stroyed by FIRE this morning. together with this
years crop Of wheat the old corn, four horses.
two mules, all OF his tools, farming implements
and harness. Loss, $500. Insured for 81 200
in the Phoenix Of Brooklyn. IneendiarH.
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A Pioneer Dead.

BRAzrI. July 2k-Ispecial.l John Sneed, q
pioneer, died at his home at Harmony OF hemor-
Thage OF the lungs last night aged sixty years.
The deceased had been Lifelong, uncompro.
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missing democrat, at one time the most promi-
nent and influential man in Van Buren, town
ship. For several years, at the close of the
sixties and beginning of the seventies, he was
township trustee.
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Id1ana Postmasters.

Au3S71 Junction, DeKaIb county, Newton
Matthews, vice John Harris, removed.
Brice, Jay county, John J. Brown, VICE ".
II. Hutchins, resigned.
Lamb, Switzerland county, George F. Simp-
son, vice W. H. Lamb, resigned.
Marmont. Marshall county, Henry w. Speyer.
vice John F. koontz, removed.
Miller, Lake county, William G. Cook, vice
James II. Ansher, removed.
Moorefeld, Switzerland county, Orinda ii.
Ricketts,, vice John NJ. W. Riley, removed
North Salem, Hendricks county, George W.
Robbins vice William II. Fleece removed
Roanoke, Huntington county, James w.
Hart vice W. @. Aberdeen, removed.
Straughn. Henry county, James l.. Willis,
vice c. 4. Bingham, removed.
Star City, Pulaski county, Jacob Mirlck, vice
John VI. Whitmer, resigned.
Tasweil Crawford county, II. ;. Screnk, vice
James II. Taswell, removed.
Brook, Newton county, Joseph Merchant,
vice Nancy A. Pendergrass, removed.
Manilla-RUsh county. Red Haehl, vice
Jasper r. Van Cleave, removed.
Ssxton-Rush county, John A. Jones, vice
William Rhodes, removed.
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On the produce exchange to-day the butter
market was fairly active. Fancy creamery, 10
@16Ac; fine, l3lS@lic; finest dairy, 1l@l2c;
fair to good. 9dlOc. Eggs-lic.
CINCINNATI, July 29.- Flour Dull;
family, $325@3.60; fancy, SS.SjCa4. Wheat
II, 700 Corn--Easier; No. mixed, 37iE@3Sc.
Oats-Easier; No. 2 mixed, 25lsc. Rye-ln
light demand No. ., 46c. Pork-Easier at
$il.371S. Landowner; S5.S5@5S71s. Bulk
Meats-Nominal; short ribs, 500 Bacon
Steady; short clear. S675. Whsky-ln good
demand; sales, LOO brls. finished goods on
basis OF Sl.02 Butter-Steady fancy cream
cry, 10000; choice dairy, Sdi0c. Linseed
Oil-Steady; 60@62c. Sugar-Wcaker; hard
refined, 909ssc; New Orleans, 7i<0gsl1c Eggs
Firm at l0c loss off. Cheese-Steady; prime
10 choice Ohio Eat, 7aSc.
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revolver yesterday, shot himself in the leg.
The doctor probed for the ball. but could not
find it. The leg has swollen to twice its natural
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Wool.

Unwashed medium and common grades 25c; I'M
washed coarse, 2O922c; bury and cotted, 1792Oc;
tub-washed, Soc.
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Moukeyinc with n Pistol

MONTPELIER, July "a Especial - John
Baker, a young man living short distance
east of this city, while foolIng with bulldog
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THE EVENTS OF INDIANA.
COL. BARKER ACQUITTED IN PIKE.
Disastrous Fire at Muncie-Freight Wreck
ar Frankfort-A Plucky Woman-DueI
With Hatchets-Wedding Postponed
-FOrger Arrested-sIinor Items.

PETERsBURG. July Especial. The jury
in the Barker murder trial at o'clock p. m.
brought in a verdict of not guilty. Barker,
during the presidential campaign, was away
from home good deal eanvassing. His father
and brothers had their suspicious aroused by
the frequency with which one Grant Beck,
who worked on the farm, visited Mrs Barker
during her husbands absence, and claimed
that they caught Mrs. Barker and Beck in a
compromising position. They told Barker
what they had seen, and he left her immedi-
ately, instituting suit for divorce. On the
night of April 80. as Barker coming out of
the postoffce, he met Beck, who threw his
hand around to his hip-pocket as if to secure
revolver. Barker pulled a revolver and shot
him once in the head and twice in the night
breast, which resulted in his death. The
grand ~ returned the Indictment or murder
10 the j degrees.
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LIVE STOCK MARKET.

UNION Stock YARDS
INDIANAPOLIS, July %, 1885,
CATTLE-On light receipts prices were well maih-
tanned, though not quotably stronger
Choice shipping steers of 400 TO 1000
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

n
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has
duly qualified as administrator OF the estate OF Amos
W Craig late of Marion county, Indiana. deceased.
said estate rs supposed 20 BE- solvent
CHARLES A. RINGER, Admir-.
W. W. Woollen, Attorney. Sl-st
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hides. Leather and TaIlov

Hides, Leather and Taiiow.
Leatber-Oak sole 2793fc; hemiock sole, zt02sc;
harness, 2533c; sklrtng, 33a35c; black bride, per
doz.. s60l6S fair bride. s5Q@0O psr doz city kip
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Nominally unchanged. No. > spring wheat,
zoe; No. 3 spring wheat, nominal No. , red.
79c; No. corn, S65sc No. , oats, 22l4c; No. >
rye, 4S643I4c; No. ? barley nominal; No.
haxseed, $1.33@1.34; prime timothy seed, Sl.44
al. As; mess pork, per Dbl, $l0.j0@l060; lard,
per 100 lbs, S6.O2l s@6.05; short rib sides
Iloose), S535Cd5.45; dry sailed shoulders tboXedl
s.. 12ISCd5.25; short clear sides (boxed), $3.50
5S7l<: whisky, dstllers' finished goods. per
gal, $l.02 sugars. cut-loaf, unchanged.
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Articles. Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-11-13
JUNlDR LEAGUE AEAVYWElGHTS

EDITOR BULIETIN:-Mr. as. ii.
W." in your issue of yesterday
seemed as if he was very much
grieved because, ain the game of
Saturday the Valley Boys were
overmatched in weight by the boys
in the Punahou nine without the adj
dition of Bissel and Perry" Now,
weight has very little to do with the
success of q game of baseball. If
all the "fat boys" in town were TO
form league and compete with
any of our junior mines, they would
be badly beaten. AS to age and
weight being necessary to sue
cess in this game say it is not al
ways so. AT the last Sunday School
picnic held at the Oahu College
grounds, q nine which was nearly
three times heavier and almost five
times older, were beaten by nine
of youngsters. SO Mr.. IS. ii.
IS" objection on these grounds
cannot hold good.
Mr.. Bissel is indeed q college pro-
fcssor, but he devotes very little
time to baseball, as most of his pre-
cious time is taken up with matters
of greater Importance. Mr.. A..
Perry does belong to the Hawaii
League; but it may be fairly said
that the success attending the organ
ization of the Junior League was
due to his energetic efforts in form
ing mines in the various schools.
What prompted him to do this is
undoubtedly the great interest he
has always taken in baseball mat
tiers.
The Junior Nine League have
met and have approved of Messrs.
Bissel and Perry beng members OF
the league. In conclusion l woult
say that the Iolani nine is not wholly
composed of boys attending that
school at present; Punahou, how,
ever, has willingly supplied two
mines with some of its valuable
members. Il. h.
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INTERNAL Development.

The IIilo Record advocates lib
eral national policy in the matter of
roads, telegraph facilities, agricul-
ture and home manufactures. 1t
states that "it is only within year
that carriage or wagon could go
a mile either way ont of the town of
Hilo;" also, that Kona, only fifty
miles from Hilo by the mountain
road, is further from that town, in
point of time, than Honolulu. The
Record advocates the construction
of certain reads, saying they would
open up large tracts of farming land
to market. There is certainly room
for the profitable expenditure, in
works of internal development, of
many times more money than the
revenues of the kingdom can afford.
1t has been generally agreed, in
public discussions upon the subject,
that the country should not go into
debt except for public works that
will repay the expenditure in the
future. An equally wise PROPOSE
ton, it will doubtless be universally
conceded, is that neither ordinary
revenue nor the proceeds of loans
ought TO be lavished on schemes OF
only theoretical value. Public mo-
ney should not be risked on tho
plausibility of mere adventures
prospectuses. In aiding new indus
trial enterprises probably the hes
method is to pay subsidies temper
ariiy for substantial results, or, t.
be more strict, in addition on
guarantee that the subsidized under
taking shall be maintained for Ger
tain specified period.
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QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS FOR
MOBILES.
BY A MECHANIC.

EDIToR BULLETIN 1T is gener-
ally supposed that one of the main
planks in the native platform will
be, the modification or total aboli-
ton of the present qualification
which restricts the vote for Mobiles
to the possession of 5000 dollars
worth of property, or as an equiva-
lent, an income of 80 dollars n
month.
The present amount is so moder-
ate, that any sensible reduction
would practically amount TO its abo-
lit:on by transferring the entire vot-
ing power for the two houses to one
class of voters.
The question that naturally pre-
sents itself at the outset of such a
step is: What is the function of n
second chamber in Legislature, and,
is it necessity?
When the English Barons at
Runnymede forced the charter from
King John, it is plain that they did
not intend their privileges to perco-
late through lower strata of beings;
but events forced them to~divide
with the common people, and time
has proved that in the. development
of the commons lfes the mainstay
for the security and splendor of the
British system of government. But
even in England to-day, the centre
of radicalism as it is, sheltering as
it does thousands of political out
casts, exiled by every monarchy in
Europe, whose radical ferment
borne on the wings of free speech
carries it's leaven through Britain to
the uttermost parts of the earth
even there with q restriction for vot-
ing for the House of Commons, be-
tween which and manhood suffrage
as we have it-there is great
gulf, and with an intelligent Anglo
Saxon community who in politics
and love of liberty are "native ant
TO the manner born'-even ir
England to-day, no sane man pro-
poses that the House Of Commons
alone should rule.
Let us see what other young ant
thriving countries are doing in thi
respect, and how our own Chamber
might be improved under our pre-
sent qualification. Let lis alst
briefly take retrospective glance a
what has been, in order that w
might calculate the more devoutly
that chaos might not come bac'
again.
(To be continued.)