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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

believe that it will PROSTATE nine-tenths
of the laborers of the land that it will
destroy those who assist us in paying
taxes, in building school houses. in erect
ing churches, and in sustaining the flag
and honor of the nation. Plenty will
we think, be succeeded by want; in
dustry and virtue give place to idleness
and vice; prosperous villages be made
desolate. fourishing establishments per
ish public and individual debts in
creased. | appeal. then. TO the gentle
men on the other side of the chamber
l appeal 10 them in the spirit and wis
dom Of their ancestors-to forbear. >
DO. | implore them and YOU. Mr.. Presi-
dent leave the American laborer as you
behold him. peaceful and happy, enjoy
ing the reward of honest industry. and
feeling the conscious pride that he is
contributing TO his country's wealth and
power. Drive him not, ] beseech YOU
to want and madness. Leave him as
YOU find him. contented and A good citi-
zen, and we shall return to our homes,
one and all. with the blessings Of thou
sands on our heads, and the blessings
of heaven on our country.
Curiously enough the passage of the
bill was followed by the most prosperous
period the country had ever known, and
the most prosperous for the masses of
the people that it has Yet known. New
ertheless there are prophets who are now
repeating this doleful prediction, almost
word for word, in regard to a similar
measure.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
4 PARsI ToMER oF su.ENcE.

The surroundings and situation Of the
Bombay dokhmas are dignified and beau
tiful. When our carriage stopped, we
walked up gradual rise, gravel paved
and tree-edged, to a uncovered lodge.
Here We were eagerly seized upon by
one Of the half-dozen gate3leepers who
are glad to act As guides to the curious.
We went on and UP. passing groups OF
graceful. luNuriant trees and beds Of
brilliant ill-asSorted flowers. Our guide
took us into a little house in which ia
kept model Of the dokhma. From this
YOU learn what the inner construction
Of every Parsi dokhma is for into no
dokhma are You allowed To look
ON the bottom Of the tower Is a thick
flooring of lime. \ few feet above is the
grating upon which the bodies are laid.
This grating is divided into three tiers
not above each other. but inside each
other. Each tier is divided into the same
number of sections. These sections are
formed by iron rays that spring from
the center OF the tower 10 its outer cir
conference or wall. Hence the apart
ments of the inner tier are smalsr than
those of the center tier-those Of the
center tier smaller than those OF the
outer. The outer tier is reserved for the
bodies of men. the inner tier for the
bodies of children. and on the center tier
the swooping Vulturcs find the bodies
of the Parsi women.
Only the attendants Of the dokhnla
They pass quickly up 4 narrow aisle that
runs from the doorway and lay the dead
upon the appointed place. They tear
the sheets rapidly from the body, for The
vultures are waiting. and they DO not
wait Jamely. only one article is left
upon the coTpse-the kusti. The attend
ants hurry away. and the vultures, with
hOrrid cries. rush down upon their prey
The Vultures are kept and bred by the
attendants OF the doShmas for the pur-
pose Of cleaning the flesh from off The
bones of the Farsi dead. They are only
a few hours at the longest in executing
their grewsome task The dokhma ia
roofless. When the rain falls il washes
the dust Of the crumbling bones down to
the lime flooring. From there il grad
ualy drains away and is absorbed again
into tho economy OF nature I'm Il way
absolutely harmless to the living
4 few yards from the tower Of silence
is "A white stone. 1t is kept clean and
shines up from the green grass. Nea rer
the dOkhma than this store no one may
go save the dead and professional at
tendants- 1t is the stone of parting
the stone of goodbye, of everlasting
farewell
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
EFT CETERA.

You can easily fill the public eye il you
only have the dust.-Texas Siftings.
To enjoy warm spring sit on a hot
lat-iron placed on chair by your wife
Texas Siftings.
When did her husband die7" Last
week" "Why is she i'm half-mourning?"
"Oh, they were divorced. Puck.
There is no bigger fool in the world than
the man who is expecting to get to heaven
because his wife belongs to church.-Ram' $
Horn.
Ward McAIllster asserts that the reason
why American heiresses marry foreigners
is that American youths are too busy to
marry them.
Mark this: You do not attract attention
in heaven for your piety every time you
buy dish of ice cream to help the church.
Rams Horn.
Mabel-..Do you not think Mr.. De Little
a man of small caliber?" Grace-"Perhaps,
but I'm sure of one thing; he's big bore"
Brooklyn Life.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich being told the
other day that Boston hlue-stocking had
called him efTeminate, retorted, 80 am,
compared with her"
Lowell. Mass. the Spindle City. uses the
water power of the PawtuclSet falls on the
Merrimac and makes $4,000 miles of cot
ton cloth every year.
In an old NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. harmoni-
Gus the color of everything is" Margaret
Eyes. excepting the sexton. Why doesn't
Ire stained glassesT'
Il know I'm a little irritable, John; but
if 1 had to live my life again I'd marry
YOU lust the same HIM, 1 have my
doubts about that "-Tit-Bits.
us the bishop a broad man and liberal
In his views?" ooh my, yes He's abroad
most of the time and in giving his views
he is most prodigal. Harlem Life.
The Rev John McNIiller, a Scotland di-
vine. has announced from his pulpit that
he will not baptize children whose parents
fail TO subscribe to the church fund.
Brotherly Love.-Pastor-"Ou church is
just like one family" Mrs. Candid-"Yes.
indeed l notice there is a good deal of
quarreling among the members. Puck.
Lady Juene says that claret is no longer
the only wine drank at London dinners
Champagne has superseded it and the diff
ference in the morning is worse than ever
In Scotch asylum there is a woman
whose one form Of insanity before she was
incarcerated consisted in having her
horses shoes of solid gold and nails cost
ing $500.
Ex-senator Charles Z. Farwell OF Illinois
arrived i'm Chicago more than fifty years
ago in search of work and he has resided
there ever since He Is now one of the
wealthiest residents of that city,
a woman lawyer from Detroit Is deliver.
ing lectures before the ladies of Chicago
on parliamentary procedure She is said
TO be a pretty woman and graceful
speaker. and is rapidly educating the Chi
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
ORIENTAL oBsEaUIEs.
An English Travellers Description OF
the ParsI Towers of silence.

I had heard so much about the horrors
OF the Parsi method of entcmbment that
in spite of my perhaps morbid dtsire
to see and understand all the characters
istic phases Of eastern life l was almost
nervous as we drove 10 the outer gate
of the beautiful gardens that inclose the
last resting-place of the Parsis who die
in Bombay.
The dokhma--to give the correct name
TO the round Parsi sepulchers that We
call towers of silence-the dokhma is al
ways placed on high ground The sani-
tary reasons for this are very. obvious
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
4 Euroncnn Ifonin.

The theories of certain social reformers
re to be seen in actual working i'm the lit
tie community of Klingenberg-on-t Main
in Germany. In the neighborhood of this
town are valuable pits Of fireproof clay,
which the authorities I'm DAYS gone by
were far-sighted enough TO retain as pub
lie property instead of allowing them 10 he
owned by individuals. They are worked by
The municipality for the public benefit.
The result is that hlingenberg is one Of
the happiest places in Europe Not only
do the profits on the clay suffice 10 cover
al local and imperial taxation. but there
is considerable surplus. the bulk of which
Is divided among the inhabitants in adj
dition a present Of IL marks is made this
year TO every young man who is beginning
his military serVice.-lsondon News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

Prof. Ely, the leading American author
ity on taxation. says Of an income tax:
is the tariff less inquisitorial? On en-
tering an American port you must open
your trunk and exhibit all YOU have, and
in case of suspicion your very person is
property tax less inquisitorial? BY no
means. The income tax asks one cues
ton. while the personal property tax, if
really inforced. demands every item of
personal property. and involves an ex-
posture of all assets and liabilities Any
thing more inquisitorial cannot be con-
ceiVed -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
THE COUNTRY,s DISGRACE.

The contest in the senate over the con-
firmation of Mr.. Peckham's appointment
as justice of the supreme court has
ended in his defeat. owing to the votes
OF republican senators having been cast
against the confirmation. They have
gone on the theory that it is good pol
tics to oppose the administration and
promote the fractional fight against it..
even at the awful cost of delaying the
business of the supreme court. building
up Hillism and Maypardism and
strengthening the abominable doctrine
that a candidate for the supreme bench
must be politically acceptable TO the
most corrupt elements of his own party.
Possibly IT. is good politics. but what a
Terrific fall 1t is from the high standing
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
DcSIlnir.

it was night. a large. fevcrish. 2paI-
Inc moon sWirled reclllessly through 12l0
turquoise sky. while far below ON a dank
green pavement, by the side OF a gloomy
stone mansion, "A melancholy emerald toad.
with silver scales and beryl eyes. hoped
in dramatic sluggish strides From the
moSs-sheathed branches OF a bare tree in
the luminous distance somber owl with
an evil CLEAN i'm his topaz eyes. broke the
dismal stiffness by horrid discordant. black
and gray boots. In the orange bed cham
Der Of the mansion a 1.-THE, graceful, dark
haired girl was hrOOding.
Her lanRuorouS eyes were fixed as III in
duh despair: her midnight tresses were
tossed in wierd confusion; her clear cheeks
were of unearthly pallor and her slim. elo-
auent fingers clutched in desperate passion
the olive green canton flannel sofa
which she sat. Suddenly she arose. stepped
forward three PAGES, flung her symmetrical
arms upward and cried in a wild but only
pa Ssably good shrek.
''Oh. heavensi Edmund Russell saws a
woman of my complexion should wear
moonstone and diamonds with white china
silk and 7 have only 6 cents 10 my namei"
N. y. World.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

The St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat makes
a wicked and unjustifable assault ON the
memory of one of Americas greatest
statesmen by asserting that John Sher-
man is lin certain sense the Daniel
Webster of today" Daniel had his lit
tie faults, but he never worked his ma
tive land for the benefit of Wall-st. He
was a patriot. an orator and a friend of
the people Would he were in the senate
now in the place of one Of the present
Massachusetts senator's.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
MIR. COOPER on THE INCOME TAX.

record of her democratic representatives
i'm congress in the present session. They
have stood up for democratic principles
like men. and have exerted a strong in
house. The democratic party of this
state is entitled to congratulate itself on
having selected such able and reliable
men TO represent the state. Among other
by them we note as deserving special
commendation the recent remarks of Mr..
Cooper on the income tax. which dis.
posed Of the chief objections made TO
that part Of the Wilson bin in a very
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

We are panied to hear that the sugar
trust will be ruined by the competition
of German pauper laborers. who are kept
in business by a government bounty of
about 61a per cent, unless a duty is
put on refined sugar But if Germany
can afford to hire people to make sugar
and sell it to us for less than it costs
us to make it. why should we kick? Let
Germany pass the sugar, but it may be
remembered in this connection that the
German bounty ends by express limita-
ton in 1896.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
= Prnfonnd PhiIoInwi.f.

4 little Brooklyn girl astonished her
mother the other day by her proficiency
in pathological pursuits. Mamma said
she. there are three kinds of "bys'' aren't
there?'' What do YOU mean. my dear7''
responded the mother ia surprise. Well"
sweetly lisped the little one. there's one
by when you so by some one on the side
walk. and there's another when YOU 20
to the store to buy something. and there's
by goshr' The mother was not long in
reaching the conclusion that her daughter
needed a little careful instruction in the
minor morals.-N. y Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

The Louisville Courier-Journal resur-
reefs the following prediction of Reverdy
johnson when the low tariff of 1916 was
under consideration In congress:
I venture 20 say. though not in the
habit Of making predictions. if this bill
passes, the days OF democratic progress.
forward, upward. every way but down
ward. are at an end IT will
ruin not only the hundreds of thousands
engaged in the labor Of the land but
the value OF the land itself: IL will bring
ruin to the manufacturer. ruin to the
agriculturist. ruin TO the planter, ruin
10 the public credit ruin to the peace.
comfort and virtues of the people. We
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
Temnorn 1Iufnnfnr.

The London Times reminds Mr. Glad
stone that a good many years ago he said
that no man should be prime minister after
reaching the age of sixty. But the grand
old plead in justihca ton of his
change of opinion the logic of Benedicl:
when / said i would die a bachelor I
did not think / should live till I were mar
ried- st. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

The democratic newspaper men Of In
diana met in Indianapolis last week. The
Sentinel of that city stated that without
exception the reports were most graft
flying to democracy and that there was
nothing discOuraging in any Of them.
What would discourage democracy any
how 2-Delphi Journal
We really do not know, but We can
assure our esteemed contemporary that
the Delphi Journal would not. under any
ina einable circumstances.
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twelve PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2I. 1894.

It is pleasant to note that the New
York Sun gives a hearty Endorsement to
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Now if the En-
auirer will indorse the Sun we will know
that the republican wing of the demo-
cratic party IL in full harmony
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

so far than that of providing them with
work and wages! And if the money has
not been SO used. where is it, and why
has it been withheld from the state
treasurY2''
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

notwithstanding the fact that the VIII
son bill is going to ruin the iron in
terests Of Alabama. the Birmingham
Age-HeraId announces in one recent is
sue that the Birmingham rolling mill
company has signed agreement with
its men under which 1000 men, idle since
last July, go TO work today; the Morris
mining company is preparing to open
its mines and start it's furnaces: the
Shelby iron company has just blown in
another furnace at Shelby; the Howard
Harrison iron company has just sold
one hundred thousand dollars worth of
iron pipe TO Austin. Tex. Under the cir
cumstances the Age-HeraId might drop
its calamity apprehensions for a few
days and try to look pleasant
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21
Mhen Money Comes EsnecinIIr HANDY.

Parents should exert themselves to save
a little money TO keep them in old age. It
will save their children the trouble and eX-
pense of shipping them from one child TO
another. Old people who are poor seldom
have a steady home.-AtchisOn Globe.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

The ''cabby' watched the theater door,
With determined and malignant air,
And he grinned the rain did pour.
For he knew it meant double fare
Chicago Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

South Carolina has been running the
liquor business on its own account now
for many months and it is conceded that
much money has been made by the state
or by somebody. The newspapers of the
state are asking the question, Where
has the money gomez" of Governor Till
man. the chairman Of the state board of
control. In his article on the dispensary
system. published in the North American
Review for the current month, he says:
1 have had prepared tables covering
the operations Of the state dispensary
and of the county dispensaries up TO the
31st Of October. the end OF our fiscal
year. a careful examination of these
figures will show that the dispensary
has been more than self-sustaining.
The gross sales to consumers for the
past four months, under all the diff
culties and obstacles, have been 1885,
643; expenses Of state dispensary, $T2.-
&c., expenses Of the county dispensaries,
$50, 1854; net profit Of state disDensary
SO. 19s; Of the counties, S20.295.
Under the scale Of prices fixed by the
state board, on whisky now sold in
South Carolina, there is a handsome
profit
Now comes the Charleston News and
Courier and asks Where is the money?
Where has the handsome profit gone?
What has become OF this money? Not
a cent it is stated, upon the very
highest authority. has been turned over
10 the state treasurer toward the pay
ment OF the general expenses of the
state and the reduction OF taxation
as was promised by the advocates or the
dispensary law. Has it all been used
for the hire Of the 'constables2' Can
II be possible. indeed. that the doubtful
have cost the state an average Of nearly
$4,000 a month. and that the dispensary
system has answered no better purpose
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

Dr. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills
sent free with Medical book to prove
merit. for &c stamp. Druggists, 25c. DR..
Shoop, Box Y, Racine, Wis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

We are glad to record the fact that
Farmer Godfrey Of Bartholomew county
recently avoided being swindled out of
large sum Of money by card sharps. That
county has paid rather dearly for it's
experience with this bunco gentry. The
latter is composed OF a very oily. accom-
plished class of rascals, who would de-
ceive the very elect, and when any Of
our agricultural friends is lucky enough
10 escape without any losses to their
bank account The Sentinel takes pleas
ure IN heartily congratulating them. De-
tectives say that Indiana and it's neigh
boring states have been swindled out of
at least half a million dollars within the
last few years. and this enormous amount
has come almost altogether from the
pockets Of the farming classes. One
would imagine that the gold brick swim
die had been so thoroughly exposed that
the sharpers had dropped IL altogether
from their program OF rascalities. but
only recently it was operated successful
~ in Michigan. \ woman was the vic
tim. She bit eagerly and the venture
cost her $1,000 in good hard cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-14

Justice Brown of If Supreme Court, Chief
Justice Richardson of the Court of Claims
and formerly Secretary of the Treasury,
Judges Morris and Shepherd of the Cour.
Of Appeals of the-District of Columbia.
such legal specialists jas, Judge ]. NJ. VIII
son. Joseph ,. Darlington. George E. Ham
ilton, r. Ross Perry, Tallmadge A. Lam
bert and Rev. Rene Holland s. J., as lee
turer on natural laM The twenty-ffth an
nual session of theSIAW School will begin
on Wednesday, Oct6ber~3, in the commo-
dious quarters. Nos. J06 and sos E street.
The occasion will be I6a-ked by appropriate
by one of the faculty. Prof. Samuel NJ
Yeatman, secretary andotreasurer will fur
nish all desired information.
One of the best boarding and day schools
for girls in the District IS Washington Sem
Is under the capable 1ieection of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. T. Smallwood. 1t has competent
faculty, and gives thorough preparatory
and collegiate instruction in English and
German, besides having a finished kinder
garten department.
Finished instruction in vocal music is
furnished in a most agreeable manner by
Miss Katie V. Wilson. whose conservatory
Is at No. 1881 Sth street northwest. Miss
Wilson was a pupil of Mr.. William Shakes
peare Of London, England, and Is specially
commended by that eminent authority.
The Washington Female Seminary, at No.
1926 18th street, enjoys a high reputation as
a place fo1 the instruction of young ladies
in all the accomplishments of modern So
ciety. 1t is advanced in methods, and pro-
vidcs a thorough course of instruction. 1t
commences it, fourth year October 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-14
THE JOHNSTON COMPANY.

stone and treasure house have also been
revealed. The excavation extended down
forty-two feet below the surface to the
foundation of the immense temple. An in
scription on stone states that this founda-
ton was established in the lower regions,
in the neighborhood of the subterranean
waters Nine sarcophagi have been ex-
humed and transplanted entire to the mu-
scum here in Constantinople Very many
crumbled when first exposed to atmos-
pheric influence.
1T is estimated that it will require sixty
volumes to contain all the valuable cunt
form texts and their TRANSACTIONS, with
pathological. archaeological and historical es-
says, with description of Niffer, the GUS
toms of its people, their religion and their
social and political life. 1 am informed that
the first volume of this work, edited by
Prof Hilpricht, has recently been issued and
that 1T has received general encomiums by
eminent European scholars.
The Oldest Semitic Text.
81 am assured by American professors
here that the scientific world now owes it's
oldest Semitic texts to this expedition, and
that they found, over sixty feet below the
surface of the earth. evidence that Niffer
was LOCO years older than scientists had be-
lieved formerly. 1 am also informed that of
the 125 Babylonian kings whose names
and era are known eighty were found de-
scribed on tablets excavated by this Amer
lean enterprise.
INC use VI SldSS iildue III V>lIler &c INITIATE
lapislazuli existed 400 b. C. The list of
Babylonian rulers from 1900 B. c. to the
fall of Babylon C53S b. c. has been made
known by this expedition, and now we are
able. for the first time, to lay a solid foun-
dalton for determining the age of undated
tablets from photography. / feel that the
enterprise end intelligence of our scholars
and public-spirited citizens in so distant a
field as Niffer, and the valuable discoveries
made of the earliest history of our race de-
serve more than Passing notice."