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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1891.
i
. SAVINGS OF THE THRIFTY
Taxation a3 It Helata to tho Great
Ltisinesa of Buildlm; Associations,
If labor Dincaltles Are Seen Adjusted There
Will IL a Very Largo Bomber of nouses
Erected ThU Season Notes.
, "l noticed an interview in Fridays Jour
nal with a wealthy tax.payer." aaid a bnild-
Jng astoclation secretary to a reporter yes
.terday. "in ir hich was stated that tho in
creased Iery, nnder tho cow tax bill, will
J work a hardship npon building association
members, as it means a direct tax of 6 cents
in every $100 of hnilding association money
loaned in the State. A recorded mortgage
aot, ha 6? yp. is tho on fomi of credit that
:apnot escape. J haYo teen Questioned by
great many inemhers as to tho troth of
"his assertion, and find, upon looking np
.he Ian-, that the gentleman is In error. It
twroald ho well enough If all of the twenty-
pre thousand association members of this
Jclty knewcxactly npon what legal grounds
thsy stand. Tha law under which
'all associations are taxed is as
follows; Building, loan -fund and
parings associations ahall be listed and
assessed in tho following manner: Beforo
tho first day of J nno of each yoar the sec
retary of Cvery building, loan aedflavinga
asaociation shall rile with tho auditor of
tho county in which such association was
organized, a duplicate statement, Terifled
,by said secretary, showing the amount paid
into said association by shareholders upon
bharesof stock issued by it up to the first
day of Apnl preceding and thsn outstand
ing, and also the amount loaned np to said
date to shareholders and secured oy mort
gage upon real estate Jited tor taxation.
And the auditor shall deliver said tat
ment to the proper assessor, whobhall pro
ceed to assess aid association for taxation
with the amount shown to have been paid
into said association np to said
first day of April upon outstand
ing shares of stock, less the
nmonnt shown by the statement to have
been loaned to shareholders upon" said
morfsrase security- so listed for taxation,
and neither said association nor the share
holders therein shall be liable to other tax
ation upon said shares of stock,1 "
"The ISO building associations in this city
cake a exeat deal of profitable business for
local attorneys," eaid a well-known mem-
her of th bar yesterday. "Each associa
tion, of course, has a legal adviser, who
passes upon all abstracts submitted to the
'association by prospective borrowers.
Then, too, he acquaintance developed is of
great value. Some attorneys do little else
than look after building association busi
ness.. I know of one who is the attorney
for no less than twenty-six organizations
of this kind, and quite a number of attor
neys number from three to ten on their lUt
of regular clients. There is quite a rivalry
among the abstract firms to get the patron
age of associations, gome firms receive the
entire business of an organization and do
the work at a reduction on that account"
Eighteen montha ago the building-association
business of this city was entirely
in tho hinds of tho local associations. At
' that time a xmraber of business' men, be
lieving one organized on a larger plan
could do an extensive business, established
tha National Building and Loan Asaooia-
tion. The company has done a large and
profitable business. It hfci forty local
boards in as many towns and a total of one
hundred agencies. It confines its opera
tions almost entirely to this State, having
esa than two hundred shares in force out
ide. The success of tho first comer in
deed the format-on. tho folloirintr Fohrn-
ry; of tha Fidelity association. The ner-
eonnei of the directorship consisted largely
of Stato oftk-ers. The company has
done an extensive business from
tho start and is now operating
in twenty States. Fie eeriei of $l,0tt),0uo
each are in force, one of which is com
pletely filled. In common with all the other
Nationals of the State, money is not loaned
outside of Indiana. Many of the surround
ing States nro making laws hostile to for
eign corporations that loan money, and the
associations are. of conrne, cautions about
incurring unfriendly legislation. The third
organized was the Indiana Ma trial, of
which cx-Jndge Mblack is president. The
projectors of the company were wide-awake
bnsiness men. and a large number of shares
waa written from the start. The associa
tion has now 150 local boards and 8,000
members. At its home ofilce, in this city, a
lfrt;o force ii kpt constantly employed in
attending to the clerical work of tho busi
ness '
No class of people are hotter posted as to
tha prospects for building than tho secre
taries of the Building and Loan associa
tion. It is to them that the prospective
builder goes first of all to ascertain wheth
er funds may be had. A Journal reporter
who talked with a cumber of secretaries
yesterday found that this season will sur-
Eaj tha record in the number of new
on?e built, provided the difilculty be
tween tha contractor! and carpenters can
be speedily adjusted. Scores of men Teady
to let contracts are holding oft waiting to
eoe tho result of the strike. This applies to
the builders of email homes as well as to
mora retentions residences. With anything
like ft fair start there will be hundreds of
homes built this spring and summer in the
city ajjd aaburbs.
Association Tiate.
The Standard association reports having
S3:uo funds ou hand to loan. Anew series
v.iil probably bo started in about two
months. Series aro started as often as de
manded, by would-bo share-holders.
The St. Clair, one of the few associations
on the old terminating discount plan, is
having a tine mice ess iu Keeping its funds
constantly loaned. It is almost two years
hi and has had uninterrupted prosperity.
The German-American Association wrote
its rim share of stock tbo first day of last
October, and has had uninterrupted suc
cess since. Its local boards are active, and
the prospects for a steady and profitable
growth are excellent. '
The Union Mutual, organized about the
samo timo as tho German-American, has
l.fXW shares in force, has loaned 12,000 in
this and adjoining counties, has seven local
hoards, and coutines its business to this
State with the exception of a small mem
bership in Illinois.
Tho Occidental association has began a
new series with ISO shares subscribed. The
demand for money is brisk. This associa
tion has not yet felt tho effects of the labor
troubles, as its membership is largely re
cruited from employes of tho breweries
and other establishments not affected by
the existing disturbance.
An association will soon be started in tho
extreme nontheastera part of the city.
Meetings will be held at the tin-shop at the
corner of Spruce and Prospect streets. Tho
boom that this section of tho city has en
joyed for tha pnst few years has caused a
iare demand for building funds. A pro
gressive association can do a large business
when established.
The Oak Hill Savings and Loan Associa
tion is one of tho latest candidates for pub
ic favor. It started Uec 27, lbOO, and has
been highly successful from the ontset. Its
directors number seme of the bent-known
citizens in tho northeastern part of tho
city. Lester E. Campbell is tho secretary.
The aftjociation will build a number of
lioufes this spring.
The Shelbr-treet association is one of
tho smaller lights, but it is doing a good
buHine:a in a modest way in the southeast
ern part of tho city. It has loaned about
211.1.00, built a number of houses and had
foreclosures. Tho secretary. Arthur V.
Urovtn. thinks tho shares will rrature in
About two years, having run about five
years and nine months from the start.
The tna, one of the most popular asso
ciations in the city, sold 3.230 on its last
c.Uo nb'ht. Tho prospect for building the
cornier tarja is reported excellent, the in
quiry lor la heixis fully as good as last
- tzr, wbirh '-3 tho t-naerone. ThoEtna
!a ta;iu-r.ll tfcs nicn-y ottered it on do
w- . . - i
. orc--t. iau-rett 101 lis
use. with tho prirllogo of repaying tho de
positor at Any time that money begins to
accumulate. By doing this the association
avoids the holding of idle funds at an ex
pense to Itself.-" The present plan was
adopted after a practical test of the usual
plan of receiving pald-np stock and holding
it at the depositor's pleasure.
Tbo East Washington-street association,
at its. meeting Wednesday evening, told
SS.SOO. The uorei plan of charging no
premium is practiced with great success.
A straight six pur cent rate of interest is
charged on loans. The result will, of
course, bo that th association will run pro
portionately longer thap those charging a
premium. Money has been sold far in ad
vance TheFhcenix Saving and Loan Associa
tion expects to start its first series April a
A preliminary meeting will bo held to
morrow evening attbeothcoof C.B. Feible
mau. No. W) Hast Market street, to issue
shares and sign articles of incorporation.
A number of shares havo been subscribed,
and the association expects to begiu with
a largo membership. The shares aro $200
and weekly dues 50 cents.
The fourth series of tho Dania Associa
tion is now iu force, with a largo number of
active shares. A now series will bo issurd
in April, for which there is already a brisk
inquiry. The shares are $v00 each, with a
straight premium of 18 cents a week. This
assures a good rate of pro tit to the investor
and is not burdensome to tho borrower.
The directors believe that tho first serif
will mature in about four years and a half
from date, or in aevea yeara from time of
starting.
The directors of the Eqnltable are about
to declare tho regular semi-annnal divi
dend, which is reported to aggregate 7 per
cent. Fourteen per cent, profit a year is
not a bad investment, the members think.'
Tne dividend is credited on the books of
depositing members and paid in cash to
those owning paid-up stock, decretarr
Dynes is at work npon his semi-annual re
port, which will show three thousand
shares in force. The labor troubles are not
seriously affecting this association.
The Homestead Association has a unique
plan of keeping np with the demands of its
borrowers. If money is not on hand a
temporary loan is, made ontsido for tho
benefit of the borrower. The latter pays
whatever rate of interest is charged for the
temporary loan and pays, in addition, tho
regular premium to the association. As
soon as the demand for money abates tbo
temporary loau is taken up by'tho associa
tion, and both interest and premium from
that time on are paid It by the borrower.
Tho Homestead, at one time, had more than
$12,000 losned ahead iu this way. A steady
protit is assured the investor, oa by this
plan the accumulation of idle funds is im
possible. . NEVER LOST RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
nnerOriswold'sFaithlnTfachinrsofChris-
tianity Held Firmly Through Bis Career.
. It was never thought, even by those eloso
to him, that A. Miner Griswold, the humor
ist, was at any time moved by religious
sentiment or faith. His was, apparently, a
life into which neither worries, disappoint
ment or trials entered. Around the board,
among men as they come and go, or with
only a friend or two, it was always "Oris."
Some knew he carried a burden of grief,
but no one, no matter how near in friend
ship, could offer him sympathy. It was
his own kindly heart that bore all the tor
ture, with never a word of complaint or ap
peal for mercy.
Among bis intimate friends was Mr. Eli
jah V. Brown, of this city, editor of the
Ram's Horn. They were together on the
Cincinnati Saturday Night, at a time when
Mr. Brown was an infidel. No man mourns
tho death of Mr. Griswold more than Mr.
Brown. As a remembrance of the humor
ist he treasures a letter from him. dated at
tho Texas liftings office. New York, Aug.
17. 1888.
'Your little pamphlet, From Ingersoll
Tars: to Beulabland " wrote Mr. Griswold,
"fell into my hands tho other day perhaps
you sent it and I have read it through
tears, I must confess. Every, line breathes
the very essence of truth and sincerity. It
has impressed me more than any book on
revealed religion that 1 have over read, and
it is a wonderful soul experience that is re
lated. Though I have lived au apparently
careless, often a dissipated life, I wasnever
at any time an infidel. I havo always be
lieved 1 n a future life, and trembled at tho
thought of tho indgment, yet thero are par
allels in our lives. Youth of poverty; an
austere, religious father. Mine was a
Methodist lays-leader for fifty years. Se
vere punishment for small offenses; obliged
to go to meeting and Sunday-school, which
I hated, and to read Sunday-school books.
The Holy Land was always my detestation
on account of having it drummed into me
by tiunday-echool teachers and books. God
was a monster to mo iu my youth; the
demon of my dretms. As a child I would
dream of him and wake in terror, to crtep
to my mother's bed and ask her to protect
me. - Hell I believed to bo my portion from
earliest years, and I havo hnd dreams of
visiting it, after excesses in drink; but that
is common, 1 think, to thosa who sutler tho
effects of excessive drinking.
"But theso things didnot make mo an infi
del, though I was never a profeaaed Chris
tian. It is a subject I haveratheravoided. I
never liked to hear the truth of the Biblo
derided or denied. I remember it shocked
me when I learned that you were an infidel.
You told me, I think. I "had less respect for
your mentality, I remember, and whon you
took part in the celebration of Tom Paine'o
birthday in Cincinnati I was quite dis
gusted, and yet I was probably groping in
darkness quite ns much asyourself, although
not an avowed disbeliever. I hardly know
why I am writing this to you now, for I
never wrote such a letter before to any per
son. The work of my life has been trivial
humorous writing and lecturing but my
thoughts have not been, always. They are
generally serious, and often gloomy, par
ticularly as regards the futuro life, which
I never doubted. I have a simple little
prayer that I have repeated almost nightly
from childhood, and do yet; but I cannot
say that I am a Christian. 1 ask myself
sometimes, "Can 1 be a professed Christian
and edit a comio paper! Would my con
pcienco allow me to do itf Would Chris
tians commond it!" Y'etl never wrote on
impure lino, or advocated an impuro thing
with my pen in nil my life. It seems thut
humorous writing, anil editing, and lectur
ing are all that 1 can do. I am glad yoa
havo found peace and the rock, old friend.
The last words of my dear old father, one
of the bent and purest of men, were. T see
the Hock." as a most heavenly smile lighted
up his face. Good man; I believe he did.
and I have thought his prayers follow me,
for, like yourself, I have passed through
many dangers. Fleaso write to me, my
friendand prey for me."
KOT HCCB OF THE BLACK BACH
Mr. Fortune Thinks Our Climate Ts Doinffllcch
in Changing the Color of Bis Feopie.
T. Tboraas Fortune, tie colored news
paper man of the New York Sun, who re
cently interviewed Wade Hampton, of
Sonth Carolina, was talking with a Journal
reporter on the subject of tho black race.
"There is not much of the black race left
in this country." said Mr. Fortune, ''and to
call us the negro raco is' every day getting
to be more and more a misnomer. There
are negroes in South Carolina and in some
other places in the South, but' compared
with the great body of our people they are
few in number. I have been in a church in
Charleston, S. C, where tho congregation
would atrike almost any visitor that might
drop in aa being Caucasian, tho variation
in color being no greater than in a strictly
so-called white congregation. There are
many who are classed a colored who do
not belong to our race at nil people who
havo blue eyes and hatr without any curl
in it.
- "I think," continued: Mr Fortune, "that
the climate has had something to do with
theso changes of tojor and has greatly
aided tho change mrenght about by racial
mixing. I believn that a few hundred years
in America would greatly modify the color
of tho race, and us Africa has mado them
black America might, in tho course of aa
many centuries, make them white."
Mr. Fortune, being drawn out by the re
porter, ventured to say it was not improb
able that in less than 200years a very black
mau, unless he came from some other land,
would bo ft raio eiuat iu this country.
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING
Stories That Are Going the Bounds and
Notes Ticked Up About Indianapolis.
A Railway Official Who Insisted on Baring Ills
Salary Kednced Extraordinary Fillow-Figkt-Press
Club's Saturday MghU
A few months ago a great cry of surprise
went up from the newspapers of the coun
try when a New England railroad president
declined an increase of salary from S12.000
to 20, COO per year with the statement that
the company was already paying him all he
was worth. That sort of thing may bo
very uncommon in New England and
throughout the world, but Indianapolis
had oven a more striking incident some
timo ceo, and fx0 "fuss,, was made about it
at all. The New England man declined a
raise; the Indianapolis man asked for a re
duction, and insisted upon having it
"Uncle Billy" Jackson, as he is aflection
ately known to all the railroad people be
tween the Allegbeuies and the 3iississippi,
is a railroader from away back in the early
part of the century. He first be
gan his career with the old Mad
ison & Indianapolis line, when Madison
was a thriving river town, everywhere con
sidered the best point for business in the
State, and Indianapolis was a comparative
ly new place on tho map, struggling for ex
istence as a city. He staid with the road
through all the various changes and devel
opments, until it finally became a link in
tue great Pennsylvania system. When the
Union Kailway Company was organized in
this city he finally severed bis long connec
tion and accepted the office of treasurer of
the new corporation at a salary of $3,000
Eeryear. Only those on the inside know
ow much the Union Compauy's magnifi
cent success has been due to his practical
ideas and careful financial management.
Ho staid with tho company and worked en
thusiastically until some months ago, when
bo suddenly tendered his resignation. A
meeting of the directors was immediately ,
called but they would not hear to accept
ing it. They told "Uncle Billy" that he was
altogether too valuable to lose, but bo
protested that he was growing old
and the responsibility onght to be placed
npon younger shoulders. But the directors
demurred; a man so old in the business,
who knew its details so thoroughly, had do
right to get out of it Ho was badly tveeded
and must stay. The treasurer took a fw
davato think oyer the matter and finally
informed the directors that he would stay
with the company if they would reduce his
salary from S3.WX) to $1,000 per year. The
direo tors again demurred, but he insisted
that this waa the only condition upon
which he would stay. The point was final
ly conceded, his salary was cut down to
51,000 per year and "uncle Billy" reraaius
with the company, one of its most active
and valuable officials.
A good story is told of an occurrence at
Maxiukuckee. At the time there happened
to be nobody but men at the hotel, in fact
its only guests were a little party of promi
nent business men of Indianapolis. As
they are gentlemen of considerable age and
great . dignity it is nocessary to designate
them merely as one does points in geometry.
A and B, both men very well along in
years, occupied one room jointly. Late one
evening as C, who is something of a prac
tical joker, was passing the room tha
door was standing ajar, within he saw A
standing in a small toot bath, with a wash
bowl at his side, taking a sponge bath. He
was standing with his back to the door
and it struck C as too good an opportunity
to miss. Tiptoeing silently in he seenred a
pillow from the bed, took excellent aim, let
So and tied. The soft missile struck old
lr. A squarely between tho shoulders and
he went sprawling. The foot bath was
upset, the wash-bowl broken and there was
a terrible mess.
C glided swiftly back along the hall and
dropped into another room where be heard
voices. Thero he found B, the room-mate
of his victim, and several others just finish
ing a gamo of cards. He interrupted
them with, "I just heard a big racket
down in A'a room. Wonder if any
thing could bo the matter with
the old eentieman!" Visions of heart dis
ease and paralytic strokes at once began
to float before the eyes of the group, and
they decided to investigate at once. They
filed down the hall, and old Mr. B. was the
first to enter tho room, in which every
thing was quiet as death Ho had but
gotten within tho door when he was felled
tothefioor with a stunning blow in the
face from a pillow, and old Mr. A danced
into view in the samo costume ho
wore for bathing purposes, with tho fringe
of hair about his hend bristling straight
up and screeching and jumping about liko
a wild man from Borneo.
"You will, you wilir he yelled whack!
"Break my old neck, will you!" whack!
"Smash me in tho back, will youf"
whack! whack!
"Why, A, old man, what on earth's tho
matter?" gasped tho astonished B, as soon
as ho could get his breath.
"Matter!" ho screamed. "Oh! Youknow
mighty well" whack! "what's the mat
ter!" whack! "Smash me in tho jbaclz,
will you!" Whack! and ho continued to
dance about in a frenzy.
There was only one conclusion to he
drawn. Evideutly old Mr. A. had gone
crazy; he was a raving maniao of tho most
dangerous type. The crowd rushed upon
him and overpowered him, though he
fought like a caged tiger. Finally they got
him on the bed, and part of them held lum
there, while others scattered iu search of a
physician. After the old gentleman had
become exhausted he quieted down and
told of tho "dirty Irish trick" ho supposed
his room-nnte had played upon him. Ex
planations and apologies followed, and the
next day's fishing party went on as usual.
xesteraay arternoon a Journal man
dropped into a wholesale dry-goods house.
The button man took h61d on him. "I
want to show you pearl buttons manufact
ured in tho United States that is. at New
ark, in tho Statoof New Jersey," he ex
claimed. And he did. Card after card of
American-made pearl buttons the very
kind of buttons the meromention of which,
coupled with the name of McKinley, al
ways throws an afternoon paper of this
city into tits. The button-man explained
that tho best buttons are made out of the
thick and intermediate parts of' the shell,
while the poorer grades are .. made
from the thinner parts. The poorer are
thirds and smoked buttons. "There
has not . been a single pearl button
imported since tho 1st of last October,"
said the button mau, "but it will be some
time beforo American buttons can supply
tho trade. It will bo a much larger in
dustry than most persons are aware of.
There will bo a demand sufficient to keep
fifty factories of various sizes going, to em
ploy four millions of capital and fifteen
thousand men. Last fall some men tried to
bnug in pearl buttons without duty. Thoy
had buttons without holes in them, and
tried to pas thrm in as poker chips. The
little game Md not work, and they had to
pay a duty of 2 cents a line on them."
A. M. Bobertson was giving his experi
ence as au amateur detective. "Some years
ago," said he, "I sold a large amount of
goods to a man who had them shipped to
Clinton. A few days later suspicion was
aroused that the buyer was not exactly
straight and I went out to Clinton to see
about it. On arrival there I could find
neither the buyer nor tbo goods, nor could
I get any information as to the where
abouts of either until, just as I was about
to take the train home, a man dropped the
hint that he had seen a number of boxes
marked in another name for shipment to
Indianapolis. On arrival hero I succeeded
in tracing tho goods to one of tho depots, to
find they had been re-shipped to a little
town in Iowa. I telegraphed to attorneys
there, and received the reply that the
goods had again started on a new trip, this
time to Chicago. I went to Chicago, and.
after looking about for several days, waa
ready to give up the chase, when a faint
clew suggested that they had been shipped
back to Indianapolis. I got back here as
soon as the train could carry me. to find tho
goods had been shipped to Louisville. So
to Louisvillo i went just in time to catch
them beforo they were put. ou the train for
Nashville. I was not allowed to take the
goods, but they were sold at auction and I
bought them in at such a price that I came
out whole. Prosecute the thielf Oh, no;
glad to come out as well as I did."
A gentleman, who has had some experi
ence with brass bands and orchestras, re
marked that it was no easy thing to prevail
upon the leader of a mnsical organization
to fnrnish music suited to an occasion.
"Dnring the national pageant, at Tomlin
son Hall." he remarked, "the orchestra
played 'Annie Launo'as an accompaniment
to John Alden'a courtship of PrisclllaAuld
Lang Syne on the landing of the Pilgrims,
and other Scotch airs, equally inappro
priate, to the other tableaux. I was re
minded of tho fiddler, who engaged to fnr
nish appropriate airs as the scenes of a
Biblo panorama were shown to an oudienco
who, as tho picture representing the rais
ing of Lazarus came on, horrified the lect
urer by striking up, 'Come, rise up, William
Biley, and go along with me.' Sometime
ago I was at a medical college commence
ment, where a medal was presented to a
graduate. for skill in surgery, and the
orchestra gave as an accompaniment to
the ceremony the air of 'Carve dat 'possum,'
which was grotesquely horrible in its ap
plication." Now and then even tho chemist, with
deep, dark thoughts a-boiling in the alem
bic of his hrain, will have his iittlo joke,
distilled from tho mysterious profound. "I
have been a protectionist until to-day," re
marked Ansel Moffet recently. "Now I see,
m looking over tho' McKinley bill. that,
while thereis a tariff on tho food products,
a-p-a-t-i-t-e has been put on the free list."
The reporter thought this a misspell, but,
on examination he discovered that apatite
is another name for the natural mineral
known as phosphate of lime.
ADVANCE OF ELECTRICITY.
Much Time Dsvoted to Street-Kailroad Experiments-
Froblem of Beating to Be Solved.
Electricians are devoting much of their
time to experiments in adapting electricity
to street railroading. At least that is the
opinion of an inventor who talked, to a
Journal reporter yesterday upon the sub
ject "The plan now is," said this gentle
man, "to make a road with a conduit simi
lar to that used by CiLIe cars something
that will entirely do without all poles and
over-head wires. The latest alleged inven
tion iu this line is the so-called alternating
current motor. Inventors have been at
work on. that problem for a long time.
Many experiments havo. been made, but
there is as yet no practical motor on that
system. It is claimed that when produced
the power may bo carried from one gene
rator to another machine and transmitted
cue hundred miles or more from the source
of power. Just now tho field of electric
labor is so occupied and such advance has
been made that inventors speak of three
years ago as 'tht old days' of electric sci
ence. A new application of the electric
current will undoubtedly bo perfected
wherby storage batteries will be made
cheap and at the same time effective. This
will go far toward settling the street-car
question.
"The next problento bo attacked is that
of heat. The heating of buildiuga by elec
tricity will come in a reasonable time and
at a reasonabln cost. Some of the most
valuable applications of the fluid depend
upon oue little thing the action of a cur
reut traversing an , insulated coil of wire
wound round a spool or bobbin upon a rod
or bar of soft iron passing through tbo coil,
and commonly called its core. As the cur
rent traverses this coil the bar becomes
magnetized, and is called an electro-magnet,
tho magnetism ceasing when the cur
rent ceases. The action of the current is to
draw this soft iron bar in toward the cen
ter of the coil, and this movement of the
bar is taken advantage of to operate many
devices. Nobody knows why the bar moves
in the direction it docs, but the fact that it
does is a most important one. Mr. Brush
takes advantage of it to regulate the feed
ing of the electrodes, or carbons, which
make his aro lamp."
CLASSES OF ITALIANS.
Genoese Provident, Uomans Extravagant and
Laborers from the South Rugged.
Most of tho Italians of this city came
from northern Italy, thoso who have been
longest hero being, as Christopher Colum
bus was, Genoese. A Journal reporter, in
conversation, recently, with Father Guido,
an Italian priest, of Pittsburg, head of the
Order of Redemptorists in this country
and a very intelligent man, was given some
information of the characteristics of these
people. "I am a Roman," said the Father,
"but I know Genoese well. Kv&p yonr
eyes o.i the fruit-dealers who have tho lit
tle stands on your street corners. They are
frugal, iudnstrious people, intent upon
making money. Go to the stand any hour
"f the day and until quite midnight and
you will find somebody there attentive to
business and watching tho till. The whole
family is interested in the success of the
business. If the husband is not there it is
the wife, or a daughthr. or a sou. All aro
equally vigilant. You will find, too, that
their names appear on the tax list; that
they are accumulating property.
"Now, the Romans aro of quite a different
temperament; they are not so serious aud
havo not thef accumulating talent of tho
Genoese. In my part of the country when
we wish to express the idea that a person is
close or unduly economical we do not say
be is 'stingy or 'avaricious,' but simply
shrug our fehoulders und say 'he is n Ge
noese.' A story is current to the effect that
Genoese mothers, to curb the appetite of
their youngsters, will give them a slice of
lemon before luncheon time that their
teeth will be on edgo so that they cannot
eat. But there is no doubt about their
peaceful, quiet, thrifty ways and that they
make good citizens wherever they go. The
class of laborers that comes to this country
from southern itally is not really Italians.
They are descendants from Greeks. They
are small and rugged, with a great capac
ity for work,, and the animosity they arouse
among other laborers is clDvliy because of
their industry, three of them doing as much
work as five ordinary laborers of any other
nationality . .
PRINTING TRESSES IN SCHOOLS.
An Institution That Claims Attention of Pu
pijis ty Its Novelty aud Object Lessons.
The most practical novelty ever intro
duced into tho public schools of this city is
the printing press now used in each of the
eight schools that are presided over by
supervising principals. These presses are
small, each accommodating a chase, tho
form in which tho types are to be printed
from, being 5I2 inches by Sn inches, with
the letter quite large sixteen point. "Tho
first trial of tho new idea." eaid Professor
Alford, of school No. 28, which is located on
Fletcher avenue, "was in my sohool. a lit
tle more than three months ago. and the
success of the experiment has led to the
purchase of seven more preeses, that are
distributed among that many other schools.
The children are delighted with the new
system, and take great interest In the mat
ter we print Suppose the children are to
have a lesson not in the books, an object
lesfon or something of that kind. Instead
of placing it upon a blackboard, the teacher
sets np the t$ pis. prints the necessary num
ber of copies, in large, clear letter, und dis
tributes them among the scholars."
That will be better for tho children's
eyes than blackboard exercises, willit not!"
"Undoubtedly. The work done upon the
press is entirely supplementary to that
with the books. Now and then, when a de
sirable piece of poetry comes along, or a
new song is to bo learned, it is put into
type, printed, and every pupil has a copy in
which each one takes more'' interest than
would be the case were it printed outside
the building. Another, thing we do that
we consider an impressive way of convey
ing instruction. '1 he teacher will take an
object and give ft lesson upon it, drawing
MVLQl!
IS THIS
TIE
WORLDS.
' have had three wagons
o
. hauling freight each day
this week. Our stoe and storage building is crowded full. We are com
pelled to ?get another building.
Freight Depot While we are handling more freight for your store
than all others combined, and appreciate it, still we must make room for
other freight.
World's Fair We shall do the best we can, sir.
"HELLO ! Is this the World's Fair store?"
"Yes, sir."
"This is the C, St. L. & P. Railway. . We have telephoned you thre
different times this morning in regard to the freight of yours in our freight
depot. We have 368 rolls of Straw Matting and Carpet which is in our
way and must be taken away.
Store Sir, it is impossible for us to remove them for a day or so.
We would much prefer paying storage
The above are two of the many telephone calls we are receiving from
the different freight depots. We are showing the largest line of
FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRAPERIES,
LINOLEUMS, QUEENSWARE, OUTLERY,
TRUNKS, CLOCKS, PICTURES, AND
EVERYTHING FOR HOUSEKEEPING
We must make room for the above goods. Prices only will do it.
Therefore, now is your opportunity. See the largest line of these goods
ever shown to the people of this State.
WORLD'S
out remarks from the pupils concerning it.
The other day there was a talk about a po
tato. The best sentences brought out on
tho subject were selected and put together
in the form of a reading lesson. Each child
was interested in that printed sheet on the
potato. He recognized the thought that
he and his fellow-pupils had furnished. It
was their own." Superintendent Jones,
who overheard the conversion, here re
marked that tho new method was a great
relief from the humdrum lesson.
"Why then," was the inquiry, "don't you
introduce the printing press into all tho
school buildingsT''
We may be able to in time," was the re
ply, "or it may be where schools are near
together that each school may have a font
of type and two or three use tho same
press. I think, eventually, we will allow
the older pupils in tbo schools to set up the
type, and do the printing instead of hav
ing the work done by the teacher. This
printing method enables tho teachers to
print additional number lessons, and place
them before tho pupils: Of course tho
work of tho press can be extended indefi
nitely." The Irish Loyal Americans.
One sentiment in the speech of Mr. M. F.
Wilhere. at the A. O. II. celobration of 6t
Patrick's day, not folly brought out in any
of the newspaper reports, has caused con
siderable talk among the Irish-Americans
of this city, though nearly all speak ap
provingly of it, "We Irish," said the ora
tor, "arf loyal Americans, lovers of this
Union. If the question arose, if Ireland
should have a government of her own, be
tween that government and -the govern
ment of the United States, every Irish
American would say 'Hurrah for the stars
and stripes; this is my country, this is the
tlae 1 love and will defend.' We are all
true Catholics, but if it should be that his
Holiness, Pone Leo XIII, were restored to
his temporal dominions, and a question
should arise between him and this country,
every Hibernian would stand in the front
rank in defense of the United States, in
defense of bis beloved country, oven against
tho Pope."
Shotting: Ont Dentins.
"Word has been received from Dr. Junius
Cravens,,who, with his family, removed to
Paris, France, sometime since, that ho will
probably soon return to this city and re
sume his residence and tho practice of
dentistry here. It seems that the Chamber
of Deputies has passed a law against dent
ists practicing their profession in France
unless they have had ten years' experience
in the profession in that country, or are
graduates of tho French school. This law
has been framed to shut out foreign dent
ists, especially Americans, who are getting
too great a share of the best-paying patron
age. m v
The Carte of Miserliness.
EprlcirflfcW Republican. ,
The story books havo no more frightful
tale of the curse of gold than is to be found
in the recent death of Hannah McWilliams
and her sickly son David, at Philadelphia.
They actually starved to death in her.
squalid house, and when their bodies were
discovered a bag of dollars was found with
in arm's reach of the dead woman. She
had, moreover, 50,000 safely invested. Her
clothes could scarce be dignified with the
name of rags, and they were tied on with
string. Thb death of another son had al
ready been ecored to her miserliness.
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OPPOSITE STA.TE-PIOTJSE,
B Ril
It Pays Purchasers of
And save from
S.i-j
Sateens at.. 8
Serge Plaids ............ .12J
Kid Gloves 1 .48
Children's and Misses' fast-black Hose .09
Ladies' Dresses . : . .$1.50
Laco Curtajns 1.00
Spring Jackets . . ......... 3.00
Men's Shirts.. .......... 1.00
Store open Monday Evening until 10 o'clock
s:e:dig-'s bjlZa.a.:r
' iGp and in South Illinois Street
E ASTEK-NOVELTIES.
Fancy Eggs, Rabbits, Chicks, Cards, Baskets,
finest lmo of Novelties in tho Market.
At Prices within reach of ALL. "
CHAS. MATEE & CO.
29 and. 31 West Washington Street
ELLO! Is this tlio
JL World's Fair?"
-Yes, sir."
"This is the Big Four
freight office. We re
ceived eight more car
loads of goods for you
this morning. You must
get them out of our way
at once."
World's Fair We
Dry Goods, etc., to visit
25 to 50 Per Cent.
Elsewhere . . ;.12J
Elsewhere . . .20
Elsewhere . . . .75
.Elscwhcro ... .18
Elsewhere . . .$2.50
Elsewhere . . . 1.50
Elsewhere . . . 5.50 '
Elscwhcro . . . 1.50
Tho
FAIR,