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The Washington times., 1894-11-17
TENDING TO LOWER FIGURES
Entire Market Very Quiet and at
Times Absolutely Dull.
SUGAR LED IN THE TRADING
Also Showed Losses at the Close-Grangers
Only Were Not Appreciably Affected by
the Depression-A Half Per Cent. Declines.

NGw YORK, Nov. 16.-Speculation on the
stock exchange to-day was unsettled,
with the tendency in the main toward
lower figures. The Grangsrs, however,
did not share In the general depression
to any appreciabe extent, the last prices
made being unchanged for Burlington and
Quincy and Is lower for st. Paul and Il for
Rock Island and Northwest. The entire mar
ket was quieter than of late and there were
periods Of absolute duluess At the opening
break tone prevailed and during the greater
part the first hour prices moved downward.
AT ii o'clock the market became firm, but
quickly lapsed into inactivity and depression,
steadying toward noon. During the afternoon
there were occasional rallies, but the trading
was mainly on descending scale. In the
final dealings fractional recoyeries were made
and the market closed iirm, but compared
with yesterdays closing sales at decline of
15aH per cent.
Sugar led in nearly every movement Of the
dNy as well as in the transactions. An ad-
vance OF g per cent. was made in this stock
In the early trading but co-equal with the
publication OF a statement to the effect that
German retiners can sell this market at fig
ures with which Americans cannot compete, q
break in the shares of per cent. was effected.
There was some fair buying after this story
had run its course which brought about re-
covery OF l]5 per cent, OF which =. per cent.
had been lost at the close. leaving gain OF s4.
Sugarp referred declined q per cent.
There was selling of the coal stocks on re-
ports Of strained relations among the coal
carrying companies. The bears took advan-
tage of the unfavorabe rumors to hammer
the shares in the late afternoon. In the early
dealings Delaware and HUDSON rose l per
cent, selling of ~, and rallying y. New
Jersey Central opened Il per cent lower. fell
on an additional r. advanced II, broke ~.
and closed at a recovery of per cent but q
per cent. down on the day Delaware and
Lackawanna fell off IL, without any recov-
cry. Reading lost 7S at the opening, ad-
vanced a.
The other principal losses on the day are
Pullman, 114; Manhattan. 11s; Minneapolis
and st. Louis and Colorado Fuel and Iron,
IL; Richmond Terminal preferred, Il; and
New Jersey Central. General Electric, Denver
and Rio Grande preferred, Richmond Term
inal common, and Tennessee Coal and Iron,
y. Laclede Gas preferred shows an advance
OF IL and DistiIling, 4 The other changes
are small fractional declines.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Live Stock Marker.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16-Beeves-receipts 4,54S
head; SO cars on sale. Market slow, 10c. lower
Native steers, poor to prime, 35oa4 80 per 100
pounds; oxen, 2.OOa4 10; butts, L75aa.so: dry
COWS, I.1Oa2 70 European cables quote American
steers at 915a1lI4c per pouud, dressed weight
Refrigerator beef at 6S4aS94c per pound. No ex-
ports to-day; tomorrow 1,Sl6 beeves, 1,3S sheep,
and 3,400 quarters of beef
Celyes-receipts 250 head; market slow but
steady Veals-poor TO prime, 500aS. 90 per 100
pounds: grassers, 200a275 Western calves
next TO unstable.
sheep and lambs-receipts 10,100; thirty-nine
cars on sale Market ka14 lower, but fairly
active Sheep, poor to prime, 200a3.00 per 100
pounds Lambs, common TO choice, 3.00n4 co.
Hogs-receipts, 1900 head; market weak Ma
tive cattle 75a2 20 for COWS and bulls: 3.50a5 90
for steers: Westerns and Texans, l75a475 and
140a3. 40, respectively.
For heavy hogs the market displayed stoady
tone, while light and lght-mixed lots were weak
to nickel lower Sales of the former were at
450a4. so for common TO choice, and from 4 25 to
450 was paid for poor to prime light. The bulk
OF the 260 to $50 pound hogs sold at 460a4 TO- and
f. 40a4 so bought the greater part of the hogs
weighing under 200 pounds
Sheep and lambs-Sales were from 75c to 8. 90
for poor to choice sheep, and 150a3 75 for lambs.
These figures show decline for the week of
25a50 per 100 pounds.
Receipts-Cattle 5000; calves, 800; hegs SO, 900;
sheep, 5000
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Washington Stock Exchange.

Ssles-Regular call-l2 clock m-Washing-
ton Loan and Trust, at 123; at 123. Riggs Fire
Insurance, 100 at ~ Commercial Fire Insur-
nnoe, 40 at4 Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company, 10 at So.
District of Columbia Bonds-2o-year fund IS,
10g bid 3O-year fund is, gold, 10 bid.
Water stock Is, 1901, currency. III bid Water
stock Is, 1903, currency, 1e0 bid. 365s, funding,
currency, ll4la bid 1875 asked S16s, registered,
Miscellaneous Bonds Washington and George
town Railroad cony. Gs, 1st, IS0 bid. 1876 asked
Washington and Georgetown Railroad cow
IS, I'd, 1870 bid. l35 asked. Metropolitan Rail-
road cow. Go, I0134 bid, l04 asked. Belt Rail-
road 5s, 80 bid, So asked. lexington Railroad
6s, l02 bid, 104 asked Columbia Railroad 6s,
series a, l13 bid Washington Gas Company
6s series B, ia bid. Washington Gas Com
pany cow. 6s, 15O bid, Z. S. Electric Light
conv '5s, 125 bid Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone 5s, l00N bid, l03 asked Amer
lean Security and Trust 5s, F. and A. 100 lid
American Security and Trust IS A and O., 100
bid Washington Market Company 1st 6s,
imp 6s, 109 bid Washineton Market
Company ext IS, 1t5 bid. NJ sonic bal Associ-
alton 5s, 103 Did. Washington Light Infantry
lst6s, l0*14 bid Washington Light Infantry I'd
rs, 99 bid
Narional Bank stocxs-Bank of Washington,
800 bid, $40 asked. Bank of the Republic, $50
bid, 80 asked Metropolitan, 2s0 bid 500 asked
bid 200 asked. Second, 1857 bid $50 asked. Citi-
zens 100 bid. Columbia, l35 bid, $50 asked.
Capital. 115 bid. Wes End, 10 bid, 115 asked
Traders, 105 bid. Lincoln. 98 bid, 10434 asked.
Ohio, 7434 bid
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies-National
Safe Deposit and Trust 125 bid, 13I asked.
Washington Loan and Trust, 122 bid 1875 asked
American Security and Trust 1877 bid, I4O
asked. Washington Safe : epusit, 100 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Washington and Georgetown,
$50 bid, 80 asked Metropolitan. so bid, SIS asked
Columbia, SO bid, to asked. Belt. % bid,
so asked lexington, 33 bid, 40 asked George
town and enally town, IS asked.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks-Washngton
Gas, 4734 bid, As asked. Georgetown Gas, 81 bid,
81 asked. L. S. Electric Light, 1294 bid, 132
asked
Insurance Stocks-Firemens, SO bid, as asked.
Franklin, 43 bid Metropolitan. 6s bid.
Corcoran, 81 bid, 15 asked. Potomac, 6S bid.
Arlington, $50 bid, 165 asked German-Ameri-
can, 170 bid. National Union, IL bid. Is
asked. Columbia bid. Riggs, bid, 71s asked.
Peoples, 53S bid, asked. Lincoln, IA bid, "a
asked Commercial, bid, asked
Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estate Title, i08
Did, 1lS asked. Columbia Title IA bid, S14 asked.
Washington title, S14 asked District Title, ID
asked
Telephone Stocks Pennsylvania, So bid.
Chesapeake and Potomac, 50j4 bid, So asked
American Graphophone, Az bid, 51s asked
Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 80 asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks-W ashington Market. 10
bid IL asked Great Fails Ice, 1o5 bid. 145 asked.
Bull Run Pauorana II bid. Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat, "a old, 100 asked Lincoln
Hall, S5 bid, 100 asked Merganthaler Linotype,
122 bid $50 asked
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

President Cleveland's strike commissioners,
after looking over the whole field and pre-
Bumably giving careful consideration to
everything they found there, have been un-
able 10 suggest any other more effective
remedy for eliminating the most threatening
feat'sirs Of the relations between employers
Ead en-, loyes than a. System Of compulsory
arbitration.
There is nothing new, Of purse, in this
proposition Of compulsory arbitration but it
) noteworth circumstance that ali political
Dconomists who have studied the question
have fEally arrived at practically the same
penclusion. After cor onsidesing the pro and
son Of every other suggested mode OF eQuit-
ably adjuoting the irrepressible conflict be-
tween capital and labor, and so arrange 1t as
10 best conserve the interests of the public
they have all reached the sane point: Com
pulsor. arbitration.
The Presidents commissioners propose
the creation Of permanent United s.-s>s
strike commission OF three members with
duties and powers Of investigation, and g.
commentator as to disputes bet Teen r-<-
roads and tnoir empIoyes, similcr to those
vested in the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion ns TO rat@s, ETC., and the courts are to
enforce the decisions upon the coroorations,
or employees as the case may be- Parties to
4 dispute are to be represented upon the com
mission by representatives selected Is each Of
them.
II the principle Of arbitration crn be. as it
is, successfully applied to the settlement of
information. difficulties; If it can be brought
into still more direct action in the adjust
ment Of Differences between railroads and
shippers Of freight, there would seem to be
no good reas'.n why it N ght not be bene-
feialiy employed in harmonIzing the conten-
tons arising from tine to tin 6 between IN j.
roads OF other large corporations nd their
emplo~es. The general p bic has the great
est interest at stake in the matter, for by any
strike Of considerable proportions the pub
lie suffers even more than the parties directly
interested.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
One Friend of Labor.

The only daily newspaper of this city that
had the manlIness to give an honest opinion,
editorially, on the report of the strike COM
mission. was The WARRINGTON TIMES. Those
papers that had so much TO say against Debs,
and organized labor in general during the
exciting times of the late A. r. L. strike, are
now strangely silent. The report, which
makes such a clear exposure Of the real causes
which led to the strike. and suggests the
same remedies that have been advocated by
organized labor for years, seems to have COM
pletely knocked the wind out of the calami-
tous, bowling, cuckoo editors. They know
that they cannot successfully condemn the re-
port, and they are not honest enough to ap-
prove it.-Labor Advocate.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Mr.. NILLETT is UP TO DATE.
he Talks Of Placing a SIb-station AT No
1911 Pennsylvania Avenpz-Car-
rier at Tennallytowu

rier at Tennallytowu.
The question OF filing the place of the
present superintendent Of the Georgetown
mail station is now under consideration by
Postmaster WIllett He could not say yes
terday at what time the change would be
made.
Tho attention OF the postmaster has been
occupied partly within the past day or two
with petitions. oral and written. Cor the estab-
lishment OF two additional stations. One Of
these is proposed money orSer and registered
letter station on Pennsylvania avenue. He
said yesterday that he considered the petition
one Of merit from the business standpoint and
from the view of extending the facilities of
the pos -ofice wherever practicable.
II think 1t very necessary" he said, ''that
this additional station be established, mas
much as with the exception of the station az
Gilman's there is no branch Office between
Fifteenth street and the Navy Yard. l shall,
therefore, recommend that this new station
be established.
AS to the location he said it would be at
Ogram's drug store, No. 1911 Pennsylvania
avenue.
The other increase of facilities is proposed
branch Office in Tennallytown. the location to
be selected. This will neccs.itate the discon-
tinuance OF the fourth-cisss Office there. There
will be provision made for a carrier at the
new Office. Postmaster Willett is confident
that both OF the changes suggested will be
made within reasonable time.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
SCHEMES OF PAWNBRoKERs.
How Barber PAID Quarter TO Look at a
Glass Diamond"

How a Barber PAID Quarter TO Look at a
Glass Diamond"
The east side, between Lexington avenue
and Second avenue and from Fifty-ninth
street north, is suffering just at present from
petty swindlers in the shape Of pawnbrokers'
"cappers," says the New York Herald
Scarcely day passes but some clerk or as.
sistant is swindled by them, and the amount
is generally so small that complaints are no,
made 10 the police.
Bar5er-shops offer a fine field for these
swindlers. Grocery clerks have also been
cheated, and in some instances the employees
Of the haberdashers ave suffered. The swim.
dlers generally appear as if thsy had been
i'll in health and fortune for a long time
Their clothes arc frayed and .ney have gen.
orally diapidated aspect.
young knight of the razor in Lexington
avenue told me that lie had been swindled
out Of = by one man and out of Is cents by a
pawnbroker. He was shaving customer a
week or 50 ago. when seedily attired man
entered, and, waiting an opportunity, dis
played pawn-tickets showing an advance OF
500 or watch. S19 on diamond ring, and
smaller amounts on other articles
de y -crou 10 1t me have the ticlTets for
-. and / thought if pRwnbroker would ad-
vance $50 Oh a watch it must surely be worth
three times a muSh. Pawnbrokers. | know.
only advance cns-third of the value OF goods,
al most SO l paid him the S2, and the next
day went 10 the pawnbroker's -Hop.
I may he green, but tat watch couldn't
fool me. 1t was OF brass, thinly washed with
gold ID worth about s.. That pawnbroker
must have hired the man to take the tickets
around, for he wouldn't have given 81 on
that tine-piece I wouldn't pay $40 and
interest TO e. it ont and l am out g.
at wasn't ! ng after thF' that / lad evil
sence that pRwnbrokers stand in with these
men. shcbby individual came in ere and
told story OF taisfortu He mac been COM
PEELED 10 pawn a die nend ring, he said. for
S95. Ii was half a carat diamond. be said
and he showed me a ticket. he said could
ms .Se~t the ring if l wanted before buying the
ticket, so ! went with him to pawnbroker 6
near Seventy-ffth t--et.
"'Hsre's man to see tn ring he said
To the pRwnbroker. handing him the ticket
" L Will show you 'le ring il you give me-
fifty ceuts.' said the pewnbroker
II told tne pawnbroAer l wouldn't give
fifty cents to see the ring. but l offered him
quarter and he showed me- the ring L,
was one of these glass affai=s that you c.
buy for ten cents ~ the Bow ~y. | wouldn't
buy it and left, bLt he had my quarts Rnd
have heard Of other quarters he has made in
the same way. It's pretty easy way TO make
mOnEy-e exhibiting ten cent rings for quarter
q sight''
"Nhile was in the barber chop man
entered and wanted to sell pawn ticket for
q pair Of erousefs for 81, but no one woaL
buy"
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Booming,
Steadily Booming.
THK
TIMES
Grows Day by Day.
Watch 1t.
PAY OF THE FIREMEE.

Nearly forty thousand names are already
attached to the petition 10 Congress for an in
crease Of the pay OF members Of the ire de-
partment. and ii is quite probable that this
number will be largely augmented before the
first Monday in December. The fact that the
taxpayers themselves ask that this increase
be made speaks volumes for the justice Of the
request.
There is no class of public servants whose
time is so completely devoted to the require
ments of their positions and whose active
duty is as exacting and perilous as are those
OF the fremen. They must be ready day aud
night; there is hardly such thing as 'oI
duty" for fireman. When called to a fire
their lives and limbs are in constant peril,
yet none OF them was ever known TO hesitate
q moment to risk both to save either human
life or property.
If there were no other considerations than
these it would be but isir to grant the
request for such pay as wi. enable man 10
lay aside q triGe against the day when illness
or misfortune may oveuake him and render
him helpless to earn living for those de-
pehuent upon L4Il- BhI II IS represented
that one-half of the increase asked for IS ~
20 TO the establishment of a fremen's relief and
pension fund, from which men disabled by in
juries received while in the line Of duty or in
capacitated for work by the decrepit1de Of
age, may receive pension to make them
comfortable for the remainder Of their days;
or, if worse should befall them. that their
widows and orphans may be shielded ir0m
want
Considerations Ike these should induce
favorable action upon the petition referred to,
which expresses the wishes OF the people OF
the District,
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
"Tbe Times" viii Do Its share,

EDITOR TIMES: During the last session of
Congress much was said there and in the
press about reduction in the price of gas
Suddenly all quieted down and the gas mo-
nopoly held the fort. Conclusive proof was
given that the people (not citizens of this
city were furnished with a poorer article of
gas than other places, and were charged
more for it. 1t may not be possible for us,
an unrepresented community. to obtain JUS
tice, but we can kick and THE TIMES can
also aid in that great national right.
Is it possible that the gas monopoly have
us tied hand and foot, and the money to hold
US down? Let THE TIMES come to the relief
of the people in this and its advance in the
good estimation of the people will be even
more rapid. o. CoRwIN SABIN.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
JILTED NORA KILLED HERSELF
She CoolIy Asked a Druggist Who Sold
Poison to Her bow to Administer It


Poison TO Her How to Administer It
An inquest viii be held at O'Clock this
afternoon in the case OF Nora Jennings, a
eolored girl OF eighteen years. who died yes
terday morning as the result of a dose Of
trough on rats"
The mixture was bought at Schools drug
store, at Twenty-seyenth and streets. the
girl explaining that she wanted 10 exterminate
the vermin in her home, and coolly asked the
druggist how 10 prepare the poison
Then she swallowed the preparation at the
home OF Rosie Boss. at No. 2516 Twenty-ifth
street northwest. about $50 o'clock. but did
not die until O'Clock yesterday morning. A
note was LEFT by the suicide in W ich she de-
elared her intention ana asked that her father.
Wesley Jennings, of No. 1910 Fourth street
northwest. be notified, adding that she desired
her body to be sent to her mother at Martins
burg, ". Va
The cause for the act is said to lie in the
fact that Sam. Walker, of No. SO Tenth street
northwest. had Tilted the girl. as just before
she swallowed the poison she remarked that
she had asked him TO send her rings back,
and that he had broken of with her.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
A ROORBACK.

Pm roorback, al;
/ came TO town On nomination day
Iook possession
Without rep esson,
And hsre i m going TO stay
was Matched in the glorious burst of spitt.
OF q paIsy politician
Whose single air. and mission
IS to hsa. suspicIon
On mis- opponents position.
Ny tail feathers bloomed in a rinPle night,
And my pro d rsd comb and my spurs all brigh
are cleaning and harp for my campaign fight
An loud my lIILriart crow
My airy, roorbeck crow,
My demopubulist cr-w
Cuts shrill the air, clarion cloar
Upon the listening public ear,
or what DO ] care
If records lay bare,
And candidates sauirm and below
For the intensely inie iigen oter-
Oh, tire Guilnless. gullible voter
He believes me- he worships and receives me,
Says ! Cow true,
m prophet, too.
And oiher salubrious things
Let them call T. campaign lie
a cal ard net wor b reply
take it u in a PickEi- Lian sense.
And ssorn lem AL with scorn intense,
and kee, to5ting right on with my crow,
Ay airy, back crow,
My demopubulis crow;
Tho more they fght mo the stronger grow.
Lloyd Darlington
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
New York Cotton.
Liverpool Cotton Market.

demand, prices easier. American middling 81.
Tie sales of the day wore 10000 bales,
of which 1000 were for speculation and export,
and included $500 American. Receipts, s 900
bales including 500 American Futures opened
steady, with a moderate demand and closed
Guie at the decline. American niddling. L m. c &,
November, 57-d4d az 5S-6td: November and De-
cember, 57-S4da2 5s-64d: December and Janu-
airy, 5S-eId sellers; January and February,
59-64d buyers; February and March, 2 61-64d,
sellers; March and April, 62-64da2 63-64d; April
and May, 3da3 l-64d; May aud June, 3-64d
value; June and July, 3 4-64d, sellers; July and
August, 3 5-ty4a3 6-64d.
The tenders of to-day's deliveries were 400
bales new dockets and 100 bales old dockets
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Is 1t Because Maj. Moore is Away?

Thieves are still busy in town. as may be
seen by the reports of robberies turned in by
the police. George R. Drue. of No. 110S, New
York avenue, lost an overcoat, hat and a
pair OF gloves from the hallway OF his house.
and Harry E. Rottmer, of Tenth and d streets,
northwest, had book of manuscript contain
ing lecture stolen from him. Five hundred
cigars were stolen from the wagon OF James
T. Simpson, of No. $40 I street northwest.
while his wagon was standing on Eleventh
and streets Charles Stello. of No. 1919
Seventh street northwest, was robbed OF Ii
watch aud chain, diamond and an ame-
thyst ring.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
BALTIMORE Markets

BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.-Flour dun, unchanged
receipts, 1920 barrels; shipments, 4,sS7 bar
rels; sales, $40 barrels Wheat steady-spot,
5614ac63s; November, 56]45G95; January, 59a4a
59l6: May, 6415s64ss; Gamer No red, 5514-
receipts, 59,232 bushels; shipments, 25857
bushels: stock, 1050,574 bushels-aales 2s,09O
bushels: milling wheat by sample, 5919 Corn
firm and faiiIy active-spot, 54a5414; year, 2l6
a5s4: January, 51s4a517s steamer mixed, 5la
51L-receipts q, ,1s9 bushels; stock 900 bush
els; sales, $1,000 bushels; southern white corn,
51a55 Southern yellow corn, 4Sa54l5 Oats firmer
No . white Western, 35l5a36: No 2 mixed
Western. 2215asS}6- eceipts, 2,1o3 bushels;
stock, 19S 063 bushels. Rye steady--No. 2, 53a54;
receipts 1,166 bushels; stock, 29,408 bushels.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
PITCHLYNN ESTATE SUED.
NJ. S. Temple Wants SIS. 900 for Collect
ing the sum of SIO7SII.

ing the Sum of SI07,3II-
II S. Temple yesterday sued Albert F. Fox,
as administrator of Caroline NJ. Pitehlynn, for
$4,000. In his declaration Mr.. Temple says
that in 1883 Peter P. Pitchlynn had owing
him from the Choctaw Nation $500. 600 for
money advanced and services rendered
He died and left the claim to his widow.
Caroline. She employed Temple in the same
year TO collect the money due from the Choc-
taws. He was busy constantly from that time
till November II, 1891, and collected for Mrs.
Pitchlynn S107, ,3l1.30. For his services she at
no time paid him anything whatsoever, al
though he had frequently requested pay
ment
Mrs. PItchlynn died on October 4, 1894, and
Mr.. Temple is one of the witnesses to her will,
recentIy fled
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

RICHARD WATSON GLIDE. has been doing
some good work as chairman of the New
York tene aent house board. Keep it up,
Richard, and don't let 70 :, labo. be ham,
pered by fear that the public is suffering for
more of your verses
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Irishmen Mns1 BE United

LONDON, Nov. 16-Mr. John Dillon, tho
well-known anti-ParneIlite member OF the
House of Commons, delivered an address at
Glasgow, this evening. His speech was de-
voted to pointing out the necessity for union
between Irishmen.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

A sTREET-swEEPING brush is utilized as a
street-car fender in Olange, n. j. We would
be glad to get even hair brush here in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

TIE public need not worry about Papa
Platt. He is not conducting the New York
matrimonial agency for offices and office
seekers in the interest of his health.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

TIE animals at the New York horse show
respectfully Use to inquire whether they or
the women are on exhibition.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

gold that was here about election til.e. ac-
cording to the Republican press. 1t can't all
be safely back home by this time.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

NEWSPAPERS not published in the city of
New York are the only ones that do not claim
to have downed Tammany.
The Washington times., 1894-11-17

MR. CLEvELANI has given his side OF the
Carlisle rumor. n why don't you spea,
for yourself, John?
The Washington times., 1894-11-17
Not pafrineic-

Not Patriotic.
Il am afraid Bu4kIns hasn't much patriot
5m in his composition"
"so?"
''Yes. happened to say to him that tbs
was the greate>t country on earth ar tn,
idiot wanted me to explain why th7,ght
so."-Indianapolis ournal.