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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

Der Sofbdten Iammt Ieinew 9aule, be,
ben feften 8oben unter ieinen 9ufeR
perlpren bate, cine unfreipillige ReiIe
in bas gerabe tuaherleere 8ett oes
8a9es gema4t bate. Diit erftdunten
8liden erbober ii9 iofort ,RoB uno
Reiter unb mdften ii6 5ur 8erubis
gung 4uer bdran, ben Ibbans ipieoer
su ertlimmen. Gin gopote, Der. dufs
geI9redt bur6 bic Gabaleaoe, on Der
seseniiberliesenben Selspanb entlang
sntflob. bra9te etipas 2ehen in bic
ReiieseIelli6aft. pop. pop, pop, lieB
ii9 zines Seben RsOolper pernebmen,
gum @srbrub 9tGler sinsen aber ale
3ussln febl. unb Der GoHots ents
i9liipfte in eine Der SelsIpdlten. Ole
beiben nd9fen NGhte boten niht oiel
bes Ingenebmen; beim erfen gia9tlas
ger mar tsin WaFer 5ur Sano, betm
arpeiten feblte ss an iegli4er 5euerung
unb frDItelnb bradte man bic 9ta9ts
itunben auf barten 6elien iiBeno gu.
Der tpeitere 2tufIties bra9te bic Rei>
Ienben auf sic Spibe bes pindl Rnnge,
lpo bic berrlibe 9lusiiht fir bic ourh>
ssmadten Strupaasn hinrsi3eno sRt>
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

Gin fd1ugfsrttetr mt
miter. Sdauipi,ler I ipislt gum
srTten Wtale ben Srdns Moor, pirS
dber in Der 9er3peiflungsicsne i'm
fiinften gttt bei ben lebtsn Worten boil.
itdnoig aussesiidt, Statt ben Bid
in bic Scene su ri9ten. tpirtt er ibn
unter fib auf bas aii9snbe Publitum
i'm parauet unb fpri4t: n6or' i'd eu4
siI6sn, Nattsrn aus benz Ibgruno9"
- Aus bem @erihts a /.
Sieb gum Riatsr, Der tbm fdarf in's
9etuiNsn rsbeD: Nun bDren Sic aber
bulb auf! mir f9le9tsn &erle iorgsn
bod nur bafiir, baB bic Serrsn bonn
Seridt ibr eutes 9GustOmmtn baden!
= @tpfeGpuntt Der Cite l.
t.it. MatroIs: Sisr, fansen sic
auf, bier baben sic sinen Rettunsss
siirteI. = Sunses Mdbaen (o.m gr'
trinfsn nabe): 9aben sic ni9t einen
tpeibsn, bic brauns 6urbs pabt ni4t ~
meinsm bIausR alsib! 4
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& sSnbianerbefu II 6.

m0slia gu MAIDEN. sic Ialugen fir
bic @rmiib:ten ein 3elt auf unb began=
men fosleid nit bem Serridten Der
Ma5l5eit. gtm Ra9mittag fanben Ii9
eine Qnsabl Qpa6en Elm, Inn ben Diff
eier, Der ibnen ni9t unbetannt, gu be-
griiBen. Der Mari9 bes nG9iten Sas
ges fiibrte burb bic Relerpation, i'm
Sbale bes 9ilafluies entlang. lleber@
al iab man bic Rotbbduts bei frieDlis
der @rbeit beiadftist, bic eritaunt bic
10 ielten bel ibnen seIebenen Buffalo
Sr!eiers" anitarrten. Der Weg sins,
na6bem bas Sbal berlaisn, bur4 eine
biigelige 9esenb; als man Die lebte Der
tlsinen &uppen erfties, fab man in Der
sSerne bereits bic 9ebdube Der Sdn
Carlos Isentur unb bic tpeiBen 3elte
Der bort ftationirten Sruppen. go9
Dor Ginbrud Der Odmmsrllng selanste
man bortbin unb ipurOe nit isiirmis
ihem Subel bon ben &amsraben ems
pfangen.
Oa bic 9esenb bon bier aus bem
Commando bon Sort Grant niht mebr
gsnau bstannt mar, 10 erbielt basIelbe
nun einen Siibrer aus ben ReibeH Der
Sfficiere Der Qsentur. Osrfelbe, ebens
falls elm lieutenant, bate ben gr0bten
5beil IeiHes 2ebens an Der @ren5s 3us
sebradt uRb in Solse bes itetisen 9ers
febrs NIT BEN RotbbGuten fat gang
peren WeIen unb Sitten dngenommen.
8eIonbers seiste fid bies auf benz
MarI6e, ben er nit bem gan5en Snz
itintt, Der bem sSnbidner eigen, leitete.
gs mar fpieber briidenb beib, beIonoers
als Der Mari9 bur6 eiuen tiefaus9ez
fAnittenen Canon ging, in benz ii4
audi ni6t Der eerinsite 2uft5ug be-
mertbar ma9te. 3nn Slid traf man
gerabe I'M bic Mittdgsitunbe, uls man
f6on benz 8erourifsn nabe fhien, an
einsn tleinen Bad. an bem fir bieIe
Rudt bas Eager aufseidlagen tprrhe.
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9luf benz U2 arr BE.

Der 9arnifon begleitet, elmer bei9perz
li6en unD anItrengenben Reiie entesz
gen. 0oran ritt Der 2ieutendnt, ibm
fplgten i'm @dniemari9 bic anbsrsn
Splbaten; ben S9lub bes 3ugss bilz
beten bic Sreibsr nit ibren pflssebss
foblenen, bic ii9 bei Der Sibe nur unz
germ bon ben tiiblen StGllen trennen
ipollten unb INNER tpieber na6 beNels
ben suriidftrebten. Die Sonne itieg
bDber uno bOber am Sirmument unO
brunnte nit ibrer gansen &raft sur
@roe nieber; Der feline, gelbs 6taub,
ipelder bon ben Sufen Der pfsrbe aufz
getpirbelt parb, biillte bic gan5e Goz
lonne in eine unbur9brineli6e Wolte
unb lieb ii9 binter bsrIslb.n in biden
S4i4ten auf pflanaen. 9rGier unb
Strduder nieber. Sn benz retnitsn
8lau pranste Der StmmeI, pbne mit>
leiospo1 eine Wolte gu seigen, bic bic
Reifenben sessn bic Dtrtunsen Oss
gliibenoen Sasesgeitirn bdtte i9iibsn'
tDnnen. 0eit ab, am fsrnen Soriz
sonte, tpintten bic 9ipfel Der Sierra
9onitus, mebr unb mebr IN Der beiben
pibrirenOen atmofpbdrs perI4ninbeno.
Ha6 elmer Stunbe Weges purbe Der
erIte Salt semudt, um bic @urte nd6z
sufdnallen unb bic 2aiten feIter su
paden. Giner nad bem anberen ipurz
ben bic 2uiteIel bon ben Srsibern eins
gefangen unb ibnen bic GaIten nit benz
betunnten nOiamonb6ita" pieber sus
rehtgebunoen. SEPT ert0nte Der Ruf:
r9lGIes befsitist, 2ieutenant!" 9lGes
Ihpang ii9 in ben Sattel unb Der
Marid in bic Serge nabm ieinen In=
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+ eItT6niiren Der 8 q Il.

5eFf9niiren Der 2aF.
fang. Solanse man iia nod in ben
porgelagerten Siiseln befanO. blieb al=
ies gu Yferbe, als aber bas 9elGnbs
INNER Teller tpuroe unb beinube in
.inem Wintel bon as 9rab emporitieg,
lisB Der Siibrer bic Manni4uften abz
Iteigen unb gu Sub murI6isreH. Die
Solouten bdnoen ben Sbieren bic 3iz
gel iiber ben SDpfen SuIammen, tparz
fen bic 9arabiner folbendufpGrts iiber
bic S6ulter, nabmen CUR Stdrtung
eineR orbentli9enS9lud aug Der 5elb>
flaIbe, f9oben ii9 BON Reuem &autas
bal in ben dumb, uno ii9 an ben
S6pGnsen Der pferbe feitbaltenb, be-
gam Der gufitieg in bic Wolten. Sc
mar tein leiates Slid @rbeit; abges
fe6en BON Der iteilen Boiaung. bic err
tlommsn perben mubte, purps Der
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

unter Gtr3ten. @rfer
ar5t: .Ssit es Elm Sall, Der cine Gons
fultation notbpsuhig madt?" - 3pei.
ter alrst: sd beHte. Der &Iisnt TT
iebr reid"
S6netbergspi5t =
Sdnsibsr: rSSunss. glib mir nal ben
3pirn bort beriihsr." - Snnse: nNes.
5err Meiitsr, Sic ipollsn ii4 am Gnbe
gar aufbdnseul"
= MibptritunOeL YGrdus
lein g(malie. molten sic bic Wieine
perSsn2" - mWifen sic ni6ts Bel
ierss9" - rOoh - aher bic hdbea
mir ale stnen &Orb segsben!"
@erf4nuppt .@ie. i'd
Ipu S5ueu ben Rod liefern, uuo bic
Soie pollsn Sic bel eiRem anbera
Shneioer MAIDEN ldiien2" = -Ha.
polleR Sic ben gaRaeu S4ubsn aQein
tragsu. Reiitsr2"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

y q n g du pe TT Ws II We'
9lbgeIe6en bon sinem tleinen Salt,
.paro ben sansen Sag binbur4 bic
!Reiie forteeiebt; enbli4 geeen 9lbeno
errei4te man oas erIebnte SagesSiel,
Sort Sbpmas, mo man BON Der 8arz
niion nit offenen 9trmen alfgenoms
men tpuroe. 9lm nd9iten Wprgen
9ing es ieboa ihon pieOer peiter, man
itieg nun langiam BON Der Sode6ene
binab in has Sbdl bss 9ilafluFes.
ilnbermutbet traf man auf elm tleines
2aserfeuer, I'm ipsl6es man mebrere
fpiloausfebenbe &erle gelagert fab. Sn
ibren sroben Sdlappbiiten, rothen
Slanellbemben uRb pirr berabbGnsens
ben Saaren madten bieis eben ni6t
eerabe einen iebr pertrauenertpedenOen
Ginbrud. 9lls ie bic @ntommenben
erblidten. iprangen Te f4nea in bic
SObe unb traten in ftrammer. militdz
rii6er Soltung Dor ben Officier bin.
Gs paren resulGre Solbaten, bic iih
bier duf einem 8soba9tungsppIten be-
fanben. 9oaerfreut, 8ameruoen 10
unperbofft in bieier @inObe anSutrefs
fen, tbaten Iie ibr 8eites, Inn oenIelben
bic 3eit Der aait 10 aagsnebm wie
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16
lDie ie fidJ fanoen =!

sd belize Sttilie,
@in obne Samilie. =.
Su9 einen perebrten
Gsbenssefdbrten,
9bu' slpii4en Dreibig uno 8isais
fteb'n
Bin absr INNER nod aart unO i4Sn!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

MarI9 nod febr burh ba8 loIe Gelss
gerDG unb bas bibte llntergebiifh ses
binbsrt. S6on nab turser 3sit iparen
bic Sbiere i9aumbebedt unb ben Wten'
Tten trpff in biden StrDmen Der
S9peiB DON ber Stirn berunter. Doa
an Elm Salten mar nitt gu benten. ebs
man ni9t etne grDBere Selienplutte er'
reidte. gnbli9 trdf man auf eine
Folde, unb 9l[len tonnte ieBt bic 70
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

rSsrrie, tpelde Sunsfer
&ommt ba bon rns'fdbr!" :
yrO @ott, ipel4p elm Mann!
gr fdaut MIDI i4on an!"" -
sd beige Serr Seine,
Bin muttsrieelenalleins." -
rrS9 beige Sttilie,
Bin obne 5amilis!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

Srau: a6sr WGnndsn, 0u T9lsppit
9sin 9anses 9spdd ielbit, tpesbaIb
bds2
Mann: Odmits ni6t pieber 6siBt,
i6 tomme NIT ksren Sdnbsn bon Der
&eiIe 5uriid.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1895-08-16

feren bas pfnbspubseus basu be-
HuBenb. Ra9 einsenommener Ma6l'
,eit purbe Der Deg tbalabpdrts fprts
geiebt, Der sunGdit nod peiter i'm Gas
non sntlans fiibrte. 8ulb aber trat
man in Die frsie Sodebene binaus.
SAT- I9ien es bier, als OBJ Die Come
beute nit berboppslter 8rdft ibr 9lmt
bsrri6tste. Die sun5e Gbene flims
merte unb entIanbt. elm blenbenoes
2i9t, bab man taum bic auSen aufs
aubaIten permo9te. Oa5u fam nod
Der feline altaliIde Staub, Der iibsraa,
in ole SsfTnunseR einbrang. .-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

George du Maurier and Alma Tadema We're
students together at Antwerp, and in those
DAVIS resembled each other so closely that
they were hardly distinguishable apart. un-
til Du Maurier lost the sight or an eye
The poet Swinburne is fifty-eight years
old and in the prime of physical condition.
He is an unimpressive figure He is scarce
ly five feet in height his face is CHASTITY
pale. and his head. which is large IN pro
portion to his body. is covered with tnIck
shock of uncombed hair
General lie Prudhomme, Count De Fonte-
noy, who died in Paris the other day, was
the last officer who had the right to use the
single letter ..P'' before his name. This
letter was, used to distinguish the young
men who had been pages of Louis NVIII
and Charles X and atrerward became Or
ficers.
Across the water they sell India rubber
boots for pet dogs to wear while taking
their daily run in muddy weather. They
lace UP the side and are pronounced very
neat and useful. AS their price is So the
set, they are easily within the reach of
those who on occasion pay $500 for the dog
that will wear them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone We're sitting in
a church at Cannes the other day. They
were near the pulpit, but when the sermon
began Mr.. Gladstone turnedi to his wife
and said, irritably. II can't hear" Never
mind my dear she replied In a whisper
l0uQ enough 10 TSdcn the pulpit, never
mind; go to sleep. 1t will do you much
more good
Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, the old
est member of the American House of
Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
is known in this country and England as
one of the wittiest men of the century. He
is a great raconteur, and his supply of
good stories is inexhaustible. He has a
Yankee hunlOr that. combined with great
scholarship, makes his conversation pecu-
liarly fascinat ting.
Mr.. AtlSinson's new and improved Aladdin
oven has the sides OF LASS, and not long
ago Mr. Atkinson showed a household
economics club in Boston how to prepare
a fiye-course dinner on il, that cost only
$1.5n for twelve persons. The dinner con-
sisted of forequarter of lamb stuffed and
roasted. tomatoes, sweet and white pota-
toes, halibut a la creme. bread and raisin
pudding. and baked apples.
James j. Blethen, once Mayor of Oakland,
Cal, is flagman on the Southern Pacific
railway, with a salary of $40 a month.
Blethen was a prosperous mill owner when
he was elected Mayor, and high in the pub
lie esteem a secret meeting of the City
Council over which he presided bartered
away the city's water front, AMI this
brought about the Mayors downfall. His
cid friends cut him. the public boycotted
his business and he went into bankruptcy.
There Is many a slip
TWixt the cup and the lip
So the poets satiricai sing
And the world also sees
That there's many a freeze
'Tvixt March and the genuine spring.
Washing ton Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07

tional principles is that which proposes
to confer the power of appointing ex-
ecutive officers ON judges. Aside from
the grotesqueness of such a disposition
of the appointing power, it's direct ten
dency is and the ultimate result would
be to draw the judicial office further
into politics than it is now. Instead of
encouraging any movement in that di-
rection, the effort should be to divorce
the judiciary from politics much more
completely than it is now. What would
be thought of proposition to confer the
appointment of United States marshals
or collectors of internal revenue on the
judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States? The country would be
shocked at such a suggestion. The APP
bers of a school board or managers of a
city library by judges of local courts is
as distinct a departure from sound prin-
ciples as the other would be.
In all such matters it is well to remem-
Der the maxim, ''Obsta principals" We
should Withstand the beginning of wrong
political methods; resist the first de-
parture from sound principles. Once
recognize the principle that judges may
be clothed with the power of appointing
executive officers of semi-political
character and establish a few prece-
dents in that direction, and there is no
telling where it may end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07

man with cinch. we think 1t not unlikely
that the majority viii call themselves the
School Bored.
On Monday it was moved to these re-
Elections:
ulation of the School Board on the ground
that 1t would interfere with his vested
rights. And he could make a mighty
strong case, too. One thing is 10 be
said in praise of the majority of the School
Board. They do not make any attempt to
deny who controls them.
Tuesday 1t rose to remark that among
the happiest creations of Charles Dickens
is that amable stupid. Mr.. Toots. One of
this young gentleman's foibies was the
habit OF writing letters to himself. to
which other mems names were signed.
Who would ever have dreamed that the
astute Mr. Erenzel would take the asinine
Mr.. Toots for modelg' Also that the in
vestigating committee will be doing good
work for the city If it devises some means
of curbing the irresponsible power of Mr..
Frenzel alias the School Board"
Wednesday was not allowed 10 pass with
out disrespectful allusion to the man who
but few short months ago was pointed to
with pride by the News as the only man
who could save the indianapolis schools
from the bow-wows. 1T IS hardly likely that
he will escape whack to-day or another
by the public, which knows that the News
knew all these things long ago, is, what has
caused its change or heart?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
INDIANA,s CENTENNIAL.

The action of the Commercial Club,
looking to- the holding of an Indiana
centennial celebration in this city on
July 4. 1900, is happy and timely. Cir
cumstances combine to make the sug-
gestion an appropriate one. The first
year of the twentieth century will itself
mark an interesting stage in the worlds
history. In this country it will mark
the beginning of the Second complete
century of our national existence. The
Fourth of July that year will be cele-
brated in an unusual degree, and as that
day will be the hundredth anniversary
of the birth of Indiana as Territory
there will be special reason for its cele-
bration in the capital city of the State.
There was probably something of de-
sign in the selection of the Fourth of
July as the date for the formal organiza-
ton of the territorial government. The
new Governor, William Henry Harrison,
then only twenty-seven years old. was
intensely American. His father was one
of the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence; he had been reared in an at
mosphere of intense patriotism, and had
married the daughter of a distinguished
member of the Continental Congress. He
was fully imbued with the spirit of
American independence. and when he
was appointed Governor of Indiana Ter
ritory he doubtless readily fell in with
the suggestion, if he did not make it
himself, that the territorial government
should be organized on the anniversary
Of the Nations birth. Although APP
pointed Governor in the early part of the
year 1900. he was not sworn into office
until Jan. 10, 1901 and consequently was
not present at the organization of the
territorial government at Vincennes,
July 4, 1900. John Gibson, Secretary of
the Territory, acted as Governor till
Harrison's arrival In 1910 the Territory
had a population of only 24.520. BY the
last census the State had 2,192,4S4, and
by the year 1900 it will have nearly, if
not quite, two and half millions.
1t will be eminently proper that the
rounding out of this century of progress,
the completion of the first centennial
stage in the history. of the State, shall
be fifty celebrated An organization
should be perfected that will embrace
the entire State, and the next Legisla-
ture should be asked to give not only its
official sanction but material aid to the
movement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
EDUCATION FOR THE NEGRO.

The recent negro conference at TuS-
keegee, Ala, brought out some interest
ing facts bearing on the question wheth-
er or not the negroes of the black belt
are capable of common-sense effort for
self-improvement. These unpolitical
gatherings are under the direction of the
colored principal of the Tuskeegee Nor
NAL School, and are instituted in order
to secure an exchange of views among
negroes-not the educated men or stu
dents only, but the farmers and other
workers who have had no school advan-
tages. The aim has been at all these
meetings, which are held annually. to
encourage the colored men to buy land.
to build homes with more than one room,
to tax themselves for better schools, to
avoid lawsuits. keep out of debt, treat
their women better, and discourage the
emigra ton agent. That this advice has
had effect is shown by some of the re-
ports given. Conference is doing I'M
told good" said very intelligent farm
er and preacher of about fifty, who has
attended all the conferences. "Since I
went back home from the first one and
told the people about it, they have gone
acres all told. Much of il is all paid
for. I thank God on my knees for
these conferences; they are giving us
homes One man who could not come
himself sent letter saying that seven
of his neighbors had bought themselves
homes; it had been poor, bad place.
but now morals were improving; farmers
were raising their own meat instead of
buying it; one woman had raised four
hundred pounds of pork with the corn
on her own land. Over hundred in all
were reported as having paid for homes
of their own. The testimony was not
all so encouraging, but in a general way
showed that improvement in morals and
civilization followed the line of the
schoolhouses. Said one man: I'VE are
not what we ought TO be; we are sadly
lacking; but we are a hundred per cent.
better than we were twenty years ago,
ana we are going to be better than we
more truthful 20 own land. and know
that when he gives his word he can't
run away. To own property is to own
character" This last bit of wisdom is
very comprehensive. and when negroes,
North as we'll as South, learn its impor
lance by practical experiment, there will
be no longer a race problem SO far as
they are concerned. Slavery, which de-
priyed them for generations of the sense
of personal responsibility, made them
improvident doubtless they are so by
temperament, also, and it is too much to
expect that they will overcome natural
and acquired tendencies i'll quarter of
a century. That they are already learn.
ing, even in the most benighted districts.
the benefits that will come to them
through thrift and industry, is an en-
couraging fact. The Tuskeegee people
are certainly on the right road. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
PASS THE FEE AND SALARY BILL

The fee and salary measure is in pre-
carious situation. 1t Is inperatively de-
manded by the people that the system
of remunerating public officers so long
in vogue be shorn of its objectionable
features. The party is pledged to the
enactment of judicious legislation on
this subject. 1t is to be sincerely hoped
that the members of the conference COM
nlittee representing the Senate and
House may he able to agree upon bill
that will pass both houses but. failing
in this. the Republican caucus measure
should prevail. The time in which diff
ferences may be harmonized is perilous-
~ short, and personal opinions should
give way to the will of the great major
ity in framing the BILL
No one claims that the House bill is
entirely equitable. 1t is not, so far as it
relates to State officers whose compen-
sation has been changed while they are
in office; but, so far as county officers
are concerned, all of them We're elected
when the salaries were smaller. as a
whole, than they are under the Van
Arsdel bill. With the present temper of
the House, there is not much reason to
expect that it will recede from the eau
Gus bill. If some adjustment shall not
be arrived at, the law of 1891 will stand
so far as it has been declared constitu-
tional, and 1t is an equal chance that all
will be restored when the Attorney-gen-
erals suit reaches decision. But, what
ever comes, it must be clear to all candid
observers that the people of Indiana are
determined to try salary law. 1t may
not be the better system, but that does
not change the public sentiment. Con-
sequently. if the people find themselves
defeated now, by the lobby of the Coun-
ty Officers Association or other inf1u-
ences. they will be yet more persistent,
and will win.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
A SAMPLE OF CONCENTRATED GALL

Perhaps the most astounding PROPOSE
I ton ever made to a city council is that
of the Gas Consumers Trust to break
it's contract with its patrons and force
them to accept other terms, concerning
which they have not been consulted For
what, in common parlance, is called
concentrated gall" these terms easily
take the blue ribbon against all corners.
The company's managers do not pro-
pose to furnish meters and keep them in
repair, as DO other gas companies. but
they propose that the consumers shall
be compelled to buy these meters. place
them in control of the company, and pay
the company for keeping them in repair
For whatever natural gas and wind the
company can measure through these
meters, the company wants 20 cents a
thousand feet.
1t must be that the managers of the
Consumers Trust, after they have failed
to furnish half of their consumers what
they have paid them for during the win
ter. are now disposed to jeer at their VIC
Tins. Perhaps, because they have SO
frequently said to their shivering pa
irons the past three months, What are
you going to do about it?'' they imagine
that the consumers will submit to any
further outrage which the company may
see fit to intiict.
To enforce this meter requirement
would drive all of the poorer consumers
to give UP natural gas after having
piped their houses and paid an eXorbi-
tant fee for connection. AT the price
proposed, the Trust would get enough
more money from the well-to-do than
would be necessary to keep up the profits
of the company. If the Trust cannot
supply all those whose money it takes
for gas let it say so, and tell them to
provide other methods of heating; but
let the Trust not make the claim that
gas is giving out and must cost more
pretext for compelling the people to pur-
chase meters, and to pay two or three
times as much for gas as the Trust con-
tracted to furnish it for several years
ago.
No doubt the Council will assign this
wonderful proposition for consideration
April l.