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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
PROHIBITION CONFERENCE.
Many Papers Read During the Session on
Pertinent Questions.

NN~NNN~f ~
Pertinent Questions.
II may be said in all candor that Fri
day was "womens day at the session
of the State prohibition conference.
Judge Walkers court room was filed with
women aud few representatives OF tho
male portion OF humanity chung 10 tho
outskirts. There was not a sufficient num-
ladies present, and requisition was made
upon those dust-begrimed articles OF fur
niture that have long reposod unSought
for in the upper regions oi the court house.
Chairman RatcliBc. large man with n
good-sizcd voice, called the meeting to or
der and stated the objects OF the state con-
ference. Most OF the forenoon session
was devoted 10 telling what n model
county chairman should be like, in
which tho women took part with fair
degree of interest. Mr.. ID. L. Marsh of
Frankfort read pertinent paper upon the
subject, and among other things said a
model county chairman should not be adj
dicted 90 the use OF tobacco. The ex-
preston OF this sentiment called forth
loud applause.
Taken as n whole the conference was
very much like the Prohibition league,
which recently held n meeting in Judge
Hsrper's room and whose light went out
under the brilliant glare OF the county
central committee. One speaker yester-
day said that the disorganized condition of
the prohibition party is due to the fact that
the male and female adhcrents are per-
sons OF principle and not sentiment.
A half dozen or more iive-minute pa
pers were read during the day. followed in
each case by ample discussion, and music
was furnished by a male and female
ouartet
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
REBELS WILL SOON BE PATRIOTS.
NJ Their successfuI Campaign Against The
Government Continues.

NJ Their Successfni Campaign Against The
Government Continues.
Burxos AyRrs. Jan. 3l.--War news con-
tinues To filter from Chilli into this re-
public, but il must be admitted, the inior-
nation received seems TO come, in the main.
from the CHILEAN government. Naldivia,
the port OF Corral. and the seaport town
OF Valdivia, sixteen miles from the mouth
OF the Callacalla river are now blockaded
by the war vessels OF the insurgents. The
insurgents war ships are also blockadng
the island of Chloe and the Chloe Archi-
peligo, their ships patrolIing the gulf of
Ancud and thus cutting of all communi-
cation between the island and the main
land. One rebel vessel is lying off Ancud,
the capita! of the Island OF Chloe. In
surgent marines from vessel have
occupied Ancud. The Chloe Archipelago
consists OF about sixty small islands with
a population of $4,000 souls. The insur-
gent war ship which was anchored off
Ancud recently, left that port in charge
OF the marines she had landed and steamed
away 10 capture another port. While this
vessel was absent ship having govern
ment troops on board appeared off Ancud.
She hoisted the British flag and tried I'M
der that bunting to land the troops she
had on board. The insurgents, however,
detected the stratagem aud opened fire
upon the government vessel The latter
replied with rapid fire guns and small
arm fire, but after a sharp engagement,
the government vessel was disabled and
had 10 leave the port of Ancud in the
hands Of the victorious insurgents.
President Balmaceda is now said TO
have announced his willingness to nego-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
Senator CAntrsLE's conclusion is this:

II is the confirmed and incurable habit
Of the party now in power to dispose OF
the public money in wasteful and ex-
travagant manner, and there is no reason
10 suppose that il will cease TO pursue this
course until the treasury il exhausted.
What was two years ago the richest public
treasury in the world will be substantially
bankrupt long before the term OF the
present administration expires.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04

THERE is good deal OF anxiety all over
the state about the fee and salary question,
and considerable mpatience is manifested
at the apparent delay in reporting back u
bill. We can assure our friends through
out the state that the legislatures is wasting
no time upon this matter. The fee aud
salary committees of the house and senate
are working night and day TO perfect a
Just and reasonable measure OF reform
one that will meet the demands OF the
people and completely fulfill the promises
made by the democratic party in the last
campaign. A good bill will be passed an
honest bill, a just bill. The people are
terribly in earnest in this matter, and
every senator and representative under
stands this fact, and will govern himself
accordingly. II there are any who are not
in complete sympathy with the reform
movement there arc none, We think, suf-
ficiently reckless to throw any obstacles
in its way.
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higher paths of craftsmanship, and his
name will never suggest exalted concep-
tons of public duty or official morality.
However, his death is a serious loss to his
party, and he viii be remembered for
many amiable and attractive personal
qualities.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04

PAY all officers fixed salaries; all
fees TO be turned into the public treasury.
This is what the people demand; this is
what the democratic party promised. The
demand will be met the promise will be
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
Two Dollars, Please.
detroit Free Press.

Patient-"1 never feel we'll when first
get up. Can you tell me how to enjoy a
good breakfast ?"
Doctor-"DId you ever try eating il, sir?"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04


One OF the leading democratic members
of the Indiana congressional delegation
writes the editor of THE SENTINEL from
Washington, speaking of matters before
the legislature:
a failure TO redeem our pledges will
have disastrous effect upon our party. l
was much pleased with your editorial on
the Richmond hospital affair. Competent
boards must be chosen and competent
men selected TO manage these institutions
at all hazards
This is the feeling of ninety-nine out of
every hundred democrats in Indiana. Yet
the mere selection OF competent men 10
fill the boards is not all that is desired.
With very few exceptions the men who
are now in charge OF our institutions are
entirely competent, but the system under
which they are working is defective. This
system should he thoroughly reformed.
There should be controlling head over all
the institutions. The executive OF the
state should have direct supervision OF
them. So long as the present defective
system is maintained so long will the
benevolent institutions OF the state fall he
low the highest standard and the party in
power be compelled to shoulder the re-
sponsibiity for al abuses in their manage
ment, real or imaginary, oitener, perhaps,
for the latter than the former.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

+. A. MCFARLAND. Camden: We have
no means of ascertaing the high and low
water mark of the river at Cincinnati.
You can obtain the information from the
observer OF the U. 5. signal station at
Cincinnati.
INVESTIGATOR, Bargersville: A. l..
Drummond is chief OF the secret service
department. Green goods men were capt
ured last June at indianapolis by a
deputy Z. S. marshal
]. f. b.. Eden, Ind. We do not know
the names of any persons who buy old
coins. -t
:, The claims Of Salvation Oil are more
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
UndoubtedIy logical.

Yale Kecor0.
Jack-"What's the best way to get hold
Of Greek roots ?"
Jim-"Dig. of course"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
PEoMlsE AND FRGDio-

fFohlsb AND fhAHlN-
TtoN.
Mr.. GARFfEtLD in
1872, when he was chair
man OF the house cum
mittco on appropriations
speaking for his party,
rnd apOligizlng eyoa
then, long before the
time ~ the hea West OK
penditure, for the cost 81
the government, said;
"itis manifest that the
necessity OF expendl-
lures does not Keep mace
with the nero Increase
OF numbers. and. while
tho total sum OF moneys
expended must nects-
sarily be greater from
year 10 rear, the amount
per capita Ought, In all
well regulated govern
ments In time OF peace,
10 grow gradually lesi."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04
rnr DECENTRALIZATION

THE PEHFOHIAFCE.
Senator CARLISLE
shows that while tho
population In 1880 was
only s.Ntcen times ~
great NJ In 1870. Yet ox-
penditurcs were more
than i3J times A. great.
la isi0 the expenditures
por oapita we're - cents;
IN 1890 they were sAl0.
While tho population
was nln0 times ~ great,
the per capita expenses
OF tbs government were
forty eight times AZ
great. And the ratio ot
increase Is constantly
becoming larger, al
though this IL u time Of
peace. Tho expeudl'
lures for tho fiscal year
1891 arc greater By ~ per
cent. than for the pre-
osding year. although
tho population has In
creased only ~ per
aAaN
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04

containing $50 animals-an average of
q per cent.-had to be killed, and in fif-
teen other herds IL per cent. showed
signs of the disease.
These figures give US some idea Of the
danger that constantly menaces us from
an unlooked-for quarter and the necessity
of adopting some means of preventing the
spread of tuberculosis in cattle. There
are few people so situated that they can
guard against this peril individually, and
the system OF inspection before spoken of
would seem to be the only safeguard.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04

The claims Of Salvation Oil are more
than substantiated by its almost miracu-
lous cures.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-04

Mr. FRANKLIN MACVEAGH of Chicago is
one of the great merchants of the country,
a man Of ripe scholarship, keen student
OF affairs, a close thinker and vigorous rea-
soner. He is brother OF WAYNE MAC
VEAGH, who was attorney general in
HAYES cabinet, and his antecedents are
strongly republican. In a discussion OF
the reciprocity humbuo before the "Sun-
set club" of Chicago few evenings since,
Mr.. MACVEAGH was especially happy. He
said:
Reciprocity sounds we'll. In fact, it is
illogical, not overmoral, seemingly OPP
pressive in its effect, utterly superficial,
hopelessly impossible, and, 10 this ex-
banding nation, petty beyond measure.
When we quit our isolation and admit the
necessity Tor flee trade with a few nations
we give up all that mas made the protect
i've policy an intellectual proposition.
Reciprocity is merely the first hating
place of beaten policy. Protection Is
willing to throw over principles If it can
save the spoils. Protection must pass
away. Let us hope that it may pass away
while there still linger about it some of
Its old-time pretensions to patriotism, and
willie there is still some chance OF being
remembered as the old robber barons of
the Rhine are historically remembered
with 4 tinge OF romance concealing their
crimes. Why should this
country, this young favorte child of nat
ure, waste its dignity and forget its mis-
sion in petty schemes OF reciprocity
Take the taxes from our ships and leave
them free to catch all the favorite winds
OF heaven take the taxes from our goods,
and wherever there is sea there will be
our flag and wherever there is port there
will be our commerce. In such COM
merce there will not only be riches, but
the more just distribution OF riches. Out
OF this unrestricted championship there
will come to us all prosperity, civiliza-
ton and manhood impossible under
system of repression and impossible to
those who deny the brotherhood OF man
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
Horace Greedy.

Horace was a feeble, sickly child, Of
ten under medical treatment. His
mother was particularly tender of him,
and he was kept close to her side.
From the spelling-book on her knee
he learned to read, as well as to be en-
tertained, before he could fairly talk,
and at an earlier period than he could
remember in his later years. BY u
singular adoption to the changes of
motion on his mothers part while spin
ming, he acquired the unwonted facil-
ity Of reading with the book in almost
any position, sidewise or upsidedown,
as readily as in the usual fashion, with
out at that time thinking it anything
unusual.
The first book which he read conse-
cutively through was the Bible, under
the guidance of his mother, when he
was about five years old.
By his eleventh year he had read
SHAKESPEARE, and by his fourteenth had
read the principal histories and poets
accessible.
While only in his fifth or sixth year
Horace was told by a blacksmith, who
observed the interest with which the
child gazed at his work at the forge,
that he had better come and learn the
trade with him. The response was in
slant and decided: mo, Pm going to
be q printer"
When only eleven years old he I'M
dertook to realize his dream. Hearing
that an apprentice was wanted in a
newspaper Office about five miles away,
he applied for it in person. He was
(he says properly Orejected on &C
count of his youth, but it vas a sore
Disappointment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
Household EcOnNusy-

Besides the purchase, care and prep
aration of food one mast remembeJ
that there aer q :hundred ether WAYS O.
economizing in the household. Time
to the housewife is money, consequent,
~, purchase such machines as will
save both. Che cannot afford to beat
eggs with a.fork when for ten cents a
beater can be purchased that will do
the work in n tenth the time. A
farina boiler is a necessity as there is
no danger of searching and wasting
food. A meat chopper and braising
pan enable Il to use the cheaper
pieces of meat. There are many 9TH
er machines which r of great use
in intelligent hands but as women !
not machinists many excellent machi-
mes come to grief from lack of under
standing. Unnecessary or fancy uten-|
sils should not be INDUCED in.--Janua-|
ry Table Talk. + ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16

Rev. Hugh Price Hughes was one
of the prominent figures at the recent
Methodist Ecumenical. AS is well
known, he is mi of the great London
preachers. While he was over here
he went IN a lecturing tour. lie
tells the following himself:
1.-THE committees who had un-
dertaken the arrangement of his
~itineracy were inclined to make the
most of his Academical degree, and
whithersoever he went the full title
The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, M.
A." Haunted OF chapel doors and
gave an air of dignity to small bills
circulated among the congregations.
One day it fell to the lot of a deacon
in a rustic parish to announce the ap-
proach of the celebrated London
divine. On Sabbath next he said,
carefully scanning the written an
nouEcement with which he had been
provided, the Rev. Hugh Price
Hughes's Ma will occupy the pulpit
in this church, and he added, look
ing cherfully and hopefully round
the congregation, I'VE have no doubt
the old lady will give us a telling dis
course"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
ENTERPRISE

Sometimes the young man of enter,
prise sgoes West" and sometimes hi
shows his good sense by staying al
home.
Herbert Stevenson had q ~tiatterino
offer to leave the inland town where
he was a clerk, and come to the me-
tropolis on a higher salary. It is al
ways flattering to a young man to be
wanted in the great city. But Her
bert reasoned in this wise: In my ma
tive town I am we'll and favorablv
known. The reputation of my father
and grandfather is q heritage that
would avail me comparatively little in
New York; while her in Nit is of
priceless value to me. All my rela-
tives and friends are bere. Mis- a
growing place; its facilities for manu-
featuring purposes are good, and I can
make money right here in time, and
probably sooner than in New York,
where promotions are slow and where
permanent success and gray hairs
come together. I can live we'll on less
money in M than I can in New
York, and when my new venture in
manufacturing, which I am planning
for, Is an assured success, I can live
in New York or anywhere else that
I choose.
A great deal of what some young
men delude themselves in thinking
enterprise is mere restlessness, and
and they 60 from place to place like q
rolling stone, and though they may
be rounded and polished by attrition,
they gather no moss.
LET well enough alone" is a good
motto to consider when changes Of,
radical order are proposed. There is
no gain without some loss, but it is
balance the loss and gain be-
fore taking steps that cannot be re-
tracted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
The Meanest lar

Bill Nye put it exactly right when
ne said: A man may use a wart on
the back of his neck for a collar but.
ton, ride on the back coach to save the
interest on his money until the cor
ductor gets around, stop his watch at
night to save wear and tear, leave is
and It's without a dot and. cross to say
ink; pasture his mothers grave to
save corn-but a man Of his sort is q
gentleman and a scholar compared
with the fellow that takes u newspaper
two or three years ana when he is ask
ed to pay for it, puts it back in the
office and has it marked 'trefusedn
When a man wants his, paper stopped
he ought to pay up and inform the
editor that his paper is no longer
wanted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
After All.

Grief is strong, but joy is stronger;
Night Is long, but day Is longer.
When life's riddle solves and clears,
And the angels in our ears
Whisper the sweet answer low
(Answer full Of love and blesSing),
How our wonderment will grow
At the blindness of our guessing;
All the hard things we recall
Made so easy-after all!
Earth is sweet, but heaven is sweeter:
Love complete, III faith com2leter,
Close beside our wandering ways,
Through dark nights and weary days,
Stand the angels with bright eyes;
And the shadow OF the cross
Falls upon and sanctities
All our pain and all our loss.
Though we stumble, though we fall,
God is helping-after all!
Sigh then, soul, but sing and signing
To the happier things replying;
Dry the tears that dim thy seeing.
Give glad thoughts for life and being;
Time is but the little entry
To eternity's large dwelling,
And the heavenly guards keep sentry,
Urging, guiding, halfcompelling,
TIL the puzZling way quite past,
Thou shall enter hat last!
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Southbound trains, whether delayed or not, have
absolute right Of track over NOrthbound Trains Of
the same class.
JNO. Z. WINDER, l.. 7. MYERS,
General Manager. General superintendent.
T. ". Whisnnnt, Superintendent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
NoRTHBoUND.

BETWEEN MONROE AND ATHENS
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Does the Moon Cause Earthquakes!

With regard to the phases OF the
moons motions, NJ. BIisco found that in
four years, 1886 to 1890, the number OF
earthquakes near new and full moons,
exceeded the number at the quarters
very nearly in the proportion of SIX to
four. In number of exceedingly
elaborate calculations NJ. Brisco has en-
deavored to show that, however the tig-
ures were handled, they always present
the same general conclusions; but there
are not as yet sufficient facts to justify
more than a passing allusion to this
curious speculation. 1t does, however,
appear to be an inevitable deduction
from the evidence, not only that earth
ouakes occur more frequently at the
periods of new and full moon, but that
their frequency increase at the time when
the moon is nearest the earth and dimin-
ish when it is most distant; and, more
over, that earthquake shocks are more
frequent when the moon is near the
meridian that when she is ninety de-
grces from it. NJ. Percy, the French
scientist, tried to figure out some connec'
ton between moon phases and earth
quakes as long ago as 1S44.-!S. LOU
Renuh1jc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
Queer Superstitions.

The Zulus of Africa believe that per-
sons who die sudden or violent deaths
have been killed by the rainbow. All
individuals among them who lose their
lives by falls, drowning or wild beasts
perish because the rainbow has devoured
their ka-la, or spirit. In the New He
brides there is, or was, colony of pro-
fessional disease makers, who live by COL
lecting such rubbish as the skin Of a
banana which man has eaten. The
banana skin is rolled up and slowly
burned, the result being that as it burns
the consumer of the fruit becomes more
and more sick until he makes up his
mind to propitiate the wizards by pres
ents. But even the wizards are not Sc
cure against such influences, and at times
they themselves discover that sombody is
burning their rubbish and so are driven
to appeal for mercy. The custom Of
ringing the "passing bell' took it's rise
from the notion that its sound would
drive away the evil spirits that stood
waiting at the bed of sick man for his
soul. Abyssinian sorcerers attach to the
image Of person whom they wish to tor
ture by inficting injuries upon his like
ness the name of the victim, and to pre-
vent this the people conceal their baptis-
NAL Names Washington Star.
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THE PROMISE CIRCLET.

While young mans fancy is lightly
turning to thoughts of love, young
woman's fancy is turning to thoughts of
an engagement ring.
What shall be the material, what the
style, what the emblem and what the de-
sign of this, the band which is to mark
her betrothal fingera The heart-shaped
designs which were the pride and the
delight of our grandparents have come
in again with all the vchemence of which
the spring season Of 1891 is capable.
Yet there is a certain design for an en-
gagement ring, which is in delicacy of
conception so much above and beyond
the merely ornamental heart shaped ring
that the latter has shrunk into insig-
nifcance by the side of it.
The new design is this: A large, per-
fectly clear, somewhat flat diamond is
selected, and underneath it is placed the
likeness of the dearest boy on earth.
Around the face, as it sparkles forth
from the depths of the diamond, is a
row of tiny emeralds. The choice Of
stones to surround the diamonds is purely
arbitrary. Just now emeralds are chosen
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-06
DRESSING THE NECK.

One of the lessons that women learn
most slowly involves the advantageous
dressing of the neck. We know what
an abomination to the eye is barred bony
and scrawny neck. Yet they are very
numerous and very conspicuous on every
full.dress occasion. What these women
require is a yard of beads, pendant
necklace, ruff of fur, flowers or fringe,
or a collar as near her ear-holes as it can
be fitted. The lines which age first
draws around the throat can always be
concealed by a velvet collarette to which
anything can be appliqued-beads, me-
dalions, miniatures, cuff buttons, flowers,
brooches and even rings. Then there
are passementerie bands in every width,
jeweled with medieval, Egyptian and
modern effects that are very pretty. The
Medici fiat collars, with their broidery of
mock gems, are not expensive, and, if
undesirable, a scarf of diaphanous gauze
may be arttully arranged and pierced
with jewel-haudled dagger or quaint
ornament. The embroidered Canton
crepes are beautiful, and intended to be
worn q la Queen Louisa, close or loose
about the chin, and caught up in the
hairpins at the crown of the head.-De-
troit Free Press.