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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1900)
A GAIN FOR MORALITY WHAT THE PLATE COLLECTION CENSUS SHOWS. Mnrlcml Incrrnio In Contributions Shtmn That tlio Can so of Itollclon Hun Hlmreit Mborulty In the 1'roiuorltr of the 1'erloil. The results of the plate collection census Instituted by the American Pro tective Tariff league show the extent to which the cause of religion and mo rality has chared In the great increase of prosperity which came to the people of the United States directly following the election In 189C of William McKInley - ley as President of the United States. This unique and Interesting collection of statistics is valuable , instructive and gratifying. It proves beyond ques tion that a gain In the material wel fare of a country carries with it a gain in the spiritual welfare of its people. It proves that it is not true , as some enemies of protection have claimed , that the Interests of the Christian re ligion are best promoted by poverty , want , deprivation and suffering. It proves the contrary , and every person ought to be glad of what It proves. In the limited time allotted for the collection of these church statistics It Is not surprising that no larger num ber than 123 reports were received from twenty-four states and territories In answer to the Tariff league's Inquiry aa to the difference In the plato collec tions during the Wilson tariff year of 1895 and the Dlngley tariff year of 1899. The surprise Is rather that so many as 123 church organizations con sented to make known the facts re garding the amounts realized from plate collections. From the returns received , embra cing eleven different religious denom inations , it appears that there was during the Dlngley tariff year of 1899 a marked and substantial Increase in the sums of money deposited on the plates and In the contribution boxes as contrasted with the 1895 low tariff period of poverty and depression. The Increase for 1899 amounted to 29.58 per cent. A very creditable showing for "McKinloy and prosperity" In the churches , Is it not ? The largest number of reports came from Ohio , where the Increase was 86.95 per cent. In but four states out of the twenty-four reporting was a de crease shown In one case of 25 per cent , In another 8 per cent , In another 4 per cent , and In the fourth 2 per cent. It would be unfair to name thcso states , as in each case the number of churches reporting was small , and It is certain that returns from a larger number would have produced a very different showing. The denominations reporting the largest gains were the Reformed , Christian , Episcopal , Lu theran , Methodist. United Brethren , and Presbyterian , In the order named. Wlmt Will Th y Do ? Word cornea from New York that Col. W. J. Bryan will In all probability be the Democratic presidential nom inee. His recent visit there seems to have settled the matter. Four years or so ago , when he visited the metrop olis In 1S9C his presence sent a shiv er through the financial centers. Prices were affected in the exchanges as If a great disaster or a colossal failure had , taken place. It was the only case on record where an Individual visiting New York caused general demoraliza tion in the markets. But It Is differ ent now. His visit there a few days ago did not have the slightest effect In the exchanges. On the whole , they were glad to see him , and will prob ably be much more so after he is nom inated. They are , perhaps , fully aware of what is in store for him after he gets on the track and more. They have an Idea that the gold Democratic press will desert him ns it did before , so they really have nothing to fear. If they don't desert him what an awful dish of crow some of them will have to eat. And If he should be nominated on a silver platform with a gold basis , what an immense amount of crow ho will have to swallow. No matter how it Is fixed up , crow threatens to bo a fashionable dish In this country In No vember next. Crows are usually In very good condition during that month , and when properly cooked they are not euch infernal bad eating. Pcorla (111. ( ) Journal. Wlmt Will Thov I > o ? Word comes from New York that Col. W. J. Bryan will in all probability be the Democratic presidential nomi nee. His recent visit there seems to have settled the matter. Four years or so ago , when ho visited the metrop olis in 1896 his presence sent a shiv er through the financial circles. Prices were affected rn the exchanges as If a great disaster or a colossal failure had taken place. It was the only cnso on record where an Individual visiting New York caused general demoraliza tion In the markets. But It is different now. His visit there a few days ago did not have the slightest effect In the exchanges. On the whole , they wore glad to sec him , and will probably bo much moro so after he Is nominated. They nro , perhaps , fully nwaro of what Is In store for him after he gets on the track and more. They have an idea that the gold Democratic press will desert him as it did before , so they really have nothing to fear. If they don't desert him what an awful dish of crow some of thorn will have to cat. And if he should be nominated on n silver platform with a gold basis , what an immense amount of crow ho will have to swallow. No matter how It Is fixed up , crow threatens to bo n fash ionable dish In this country In Novem ber next. Crows arc usually In very good condition during that month , and when properly cooked they arc not such infernal bad eating. Peorla (111. ( ) Journal. Triumph * for Kopnbllcim I'DIcy. ! The great and constant gains in the sales of American manufactured goods In the rest of the world is n magnificent tribute to the foresight and courage of the Republican party. By Its judicious tariff policy the Republican party saved n large part of the American market to the American producer , and this course caused a home competition which en couraged the invention which has de vised labor-saving appliances , while It has at the same time advanced the pay and shortened the working hours of the workers , giving them both the tlmo and the stimulus to the mental im provement which has made thd Ameri can worker moro intelligent than any other in the world. Here are the secrets In the Increase In the sales of American manufactures in iMiropo and Asia. Americans have better machinery and more skillful la bor than are found In other countries. England , In seeking a superior grade of iron and steel bridges and the work ers who can put them up In the quick est and the best fashion , comes to the United States for them. Franco , Rus sia and other European countries buy most of their new locomotives of the higher grades in the United States. Thus this country Is growing , in n continually Increasing degree , to be a workshop for the world. As a con sequence , the number of idle workers in the United States at the present time Is smaller than It ever was before. The country has attained a higher degree of prosperity than ever was known In the past. Hero are triumphs for Re publican policy which will gain hun dreds of thousands of votes for the party in the election of 1900. Erie Dis patch. Wide Distribution of UonefHn. Word conies from St. Paul that the lumber cut of dealers In that city Is the greatest that has ever been In the city's history. This means not only prosperity for the lumbermen , but also for the carpenters , the stone masons , and all who are employed In the buildIng - Ing trades , who will be called upon to work up this lumber Into stores and houses ; it means more demands for employes on the part of the new busi ness firms which will occupy the new stores ; it means also increased com fort for American worklngmen , many of whom will occupy the new and bet ter houses which will be built with a part of the lumber , they having been enabled to improve their conditions of living by reason of the Increased work and the higher wages which have come to them as a result of the giving back of the American market to the Ameri can producer. Very BirniiRo. A shoe manufacturer In Brockton , Mass. , stated one day this week : "To morrow I shall open in London , on a principal street , one of the largest stores In that great city for men's shoes. Other American manufacturers prc able to compete with the best { > Mlucts of the boot and shoe Indus try in Franco and Germany. " It is very strange how all such things ns this come only in Republican times , and yet the Democrats say that Repub licanism has nothing to do with U. DCS Molnes ( In. ) State Register. Smoke Tolls. Consul Warner , nt Leipzig , Germany reports to the state department that a number of Saxony textile manufactur ers declare that they cannot sell their goods In this country with the presenl competition here unless they remove their plants to Uncle Sam's domain Smoke always tells where there Is fire St. Louis Drygoodsman. THE LAD AND THE HATCHET. m PAPEH , PULP AND TARIFF , Doubtful IZxpadlfinojr of Removing All 1'rotoctlvo Dutlcn. In moving for the removal of all tariff duties from paper and paper pulp mportcd Into the United States , as a neans of destroying the co-called mo nopoly In the domestic production of > aper , certain claims are advanced by he publishers which , If based on n cor- ect knowledge of nil the facU and conditions , would seem to bo unan swerable arguments in favor of the > reposed change of tariff schedules. Jut It docs not appear on careful ex amination that theao claims nro sup- ) ortod by the facts and the conditions , t does not , for example , appear that ho placing of paper and pulp on the To list would have the desired effect , hat of cheapening the prlco of the product , for the very obvious reason : hat the prlco of newspaper is now cheaper in the United States than in any other country. In fact , the ad- . auco has been greater In paper prices n Europe than in this country. The paper on which newspapers nro printed is dutiable In the Dlngley tariff at three-tenths of a cent per pound , or about 15 per cent of the present prlco of paper. This is a much lower rate of duty than that which Is Imposed on almost all other lines of manufactures. On wood pulp the current rate of duty amounts to about 17 per cent of the normal value of the pulp. Not an ex orbitant rate on either paper or pulp , It must bo conceded. The tariff on news paper is now practically the same as It lias been for the past twenty or twen ty-five years. It is practically the same as It was under the Wilson law of 1894. In view of all these facts and condi tions , It is not easy to see Just how the manufacturers of paper nro unreason ably protected under the Dingley law , nor is it any easier to see the wisdom of depriving of the advantages of pro tection a giant Industry which has grown up aa the result of protection , and which has demonstrated In a nota ble degree the advantage of the protec tive policy in constantly lowering the cost of the product to the consumer. Such , as a matter of indisputable fact , Is the history of paper making in the United States ns regards the steady cheapening of prices. What It ntennt. A most impressive Illustration of the true character of the prosperity of this country Is furnished In the annual statement of one of the leading life Insurance companies. In the report of this company , which makes a specialty of "Industrial" Insurance that is , the insurance of workingmen and their wives and families on the plan of small monthly payments It appears that during 1899 the company wrote a to tal of about $222,700,000 of new busi ness , which was by many millions of dollars the largest Increase In Its his tory , and was a larger Increase than that shown by any other life insurance company in the world. Consider for a moment the signifi cance of this showing. The increase In new insurance of close upon $223,000- 000 in 1899 came almost entirely from wage earners. It means that during 1899 money was more plentiful than It had been for many years among those who work for wages ; that 1899 will long be remembered as a year of suc cess and prosperity , after conditions causing for a tlmo great uncertainty in the financial world ; that during this banner year of Dinglcy tariff and Mc- Klnley prosperity factories and mills opened their doors to give employment to millions of idle hands , and gladness found Us way into the hearts and money Into the pockets of the people. That is what it means. Who I'nys ? The Medlapolls News thinks the question of a tariff or free trade be tween the United States and Porto Rico "will probably give come of the friends of high protection an oppor tunity to learn whether or not the manufacturer or consumer pays the tariff. " It will shed very little lighten on the subject because conditions vary. Sometimes the consumer pays the tax , or part of it , and sometimes he does not. Much depends upon the article and upon the amount of the tax , and the demand and supply. There is no fast bound rule to govern the judg ment. As n principle , a protective tariff ( not "high protection , " as the News calls it ) fosters homo competi tion , and it has happened that the home product , as In the case of thread and other goods , could be bought for a less sum than the tariff tax , thus ef fectually disposing of the assumption of Mr. Cleveland that "tho tariff tax is always added to the price. " Bur lington Hawk Eye. A llcncllt to the Iliimnn UUCP. The effect of protection is merely to limit the area of competition to a people ple subject to the same laws and gov erned by the same aspirations. But , as the creation of the greatest steel and iron Industry In the world and the tre mendous success of other manufac tures witness , the Imposition of heavy protective duties has not worked to stifle competition In this country. On the contrary , it has enormously stim ulated It , and while primarily benefit ing Americans the protective tariff has Incidentally conferred a benefit upon the entire human race , or at least that part of It which Is Influenced by the decreased prices duo to Improved proc esses of manufacture and the consequent quent expansion of production , San Francisco Chronicle. Item0inlt r d. Oh , yes ; the vague Impression Is i still with us that our laborers were duly warned in 18'J2. But they voted to i I turn themselves out of work. Result : ' soup house and semi-starvation Wilson , Tariff. Oh , yes , we remember U ! J TRIAL MUST PROCEED A Oontinuauco for Dlnsmoro is Abso lutely Refused , THE CASE TO COME II' MARCH 12 SulUtnn Declines Ktrn to llrur Arcutiiont for Postponement I'rlmtnnr Tukon lluck to Kcnriiry DUimtrouft Wreck on it Union I'lkulllc Brunch MU- ct'llunoou * Nobriiiikii Mutter * . LEXINGTON , Nob. , March 12. Frank L. Dlnsmorc was taken before Judge Sulllvnn , and his attorney , Nor- iis Brown , asked for permission to present arguments for a continuance of his case beyond next Monday. Judge Sullivan would not even allow the motion to bo argued , but said at once : " 1 told you that this case would bo trlet1 on March 12 , and March 1.5 it shnll be tried. " It was not ten minutes from the tlmo Dlnsmoro was taken from me cell to apply for a continuance until ho was returned with a refusal. S. 1. Punk , sheriff of Buffalo county , and Special Deputy Arnold then took the prisoner to the train , and ho was con- eyi'd back to Kearney , where he will be held until today. The case Is at tracting wide attention and many vis itors will be In the city this week for the sole purpose of hearing the trial Dinsmore took his refusal for u con tinuance very calmly. Wreck of H Stork Train. BEATRICE , Neb. , March 12. The special stock train on the Union Pa cific which left Kansas City for Val paraiso , Neb. , met with a serious ac- citiont at Rock Cut , seven miles south- eiu-t of Beatrice. Thirteen cars left the track , two loaded stock cars were overturned and one lumber car was completely wreck- t d. The tops of the cars had to bo torn off to let the cattle out. Many ci.ttlo were badly Injured and several hp'l to bo killed. Four cars are com plete wrecks on either side of the track. Rails were broken and bent and ties for 200 yards were ground Into splinters. The accident was caused by a broken flange on the head stock car , the wreck occtirlng In the center of the tialn. None of the train crow were hurt. Wrecking crews were sent from here and Marysvllle. Program for the Unvolllpp. COLUMBUS , Neb. , March 12. With favorable weather this city will en tertain a very largo crowd next Thurs day , that being the date chosen for the unevlllng exercises. The monument ment recently erected In Frankforl park to the memory of the soldiers ol the civil war will be formally accepted by the committee and then officially turned over by Baker post to the city An extensive program has been ar ranged and all railroads have made a reduced rate for the occasion. Depart ment Commander J. 10. Evans , Gov ernor Poynter , Adjutant General Barry and other distinguished visitors will be here and take part In the exer cises. Grand Army posts from a num ber of towns In this part of the state will be here. Siiuilljxix Ncur Drcutiir. DECATUR , Neb. , March 12. Dr. ROBS of this city reports a case of smallpox nine miles northwest of here on the reservation. The name of the patient Is Gallup. The doctors hero were busy vaccinating many residents of Decatur. Will Imiiuuch ( 'onnty .liulpc , CULBERTSON , Neb. . March 12. Articles of Impeachment were drawn to be filed against C. W. Shurtleff , county judge. The complaint con sists of about twenty specifications , leading with nls neglect to seal the ballots after the Brown-Crews contest. On COCK to ICttntileky , EWING , Neb. , March 12. Shade On , the C-year-old pacing htallion , with u recoid of 2:10 : , and owned by Mr. J. N. Kay of Ewlng , was shipped to Lou isville , Ky. , via the American Express company , March 8 , at which place he Is leased for the coming season. Mr. Kay accompanied him. Will ItnlHU SiiKiir ItcctM. CULIJERTSON , Nob. , March 12. Ed Ewel , representing the American Beet Sugar company of Grand Island was In the city. The company has leased land to plant thirty acres of sugar beets for Itself , while the fann ers have contracted to plant over 100 acres. ArrcKloil for Slo.illntCoul. . AINSWORTH. Neb. , March 12. Do loctlve Fred M. Hans of the Fremont Flkhorn & Missouri Valley railroai. brought In five more men from Long Pine for stealing from the rnllrouc company's wards at Logn Pino. They were br&ught before Judge C .W. Potter - tor and pleaded guilty. Frank Farrei va fined J5 and costs , John Harris .f.'i and costs ; Samuel Oliver , ? 20 ; A White , $5 ; Z. Musfelt. $10 and costs Don't get into the habit of relating your troubles to your lolntions. MU A nil Ainpiitutud. NEMAHA , Neb. , March 12. The eight arm of Johnson P. Hoover has been amputated on ammnt of a can- i-er. Hoover Is a prominent farmer and stock raiser. To Sun for Shortage COLUMBUS. Neb. , March 12. The county supervisors have Instructed the county attorney to proceed against the bondsmen of J. W. Lynch , the ex- oounty treaKuro'r , whoho original shortage - ago waa 130,000 , but which was re- duced to $13,000 by Lynch. DOARD MAY flX RATES , Hits rull Authority to ItcRUlnte for Telnpttunu 31 c nc a. LINCOLN , Nob. , March 9. The BU- iremo court ndjourneu lust night after mu. 'ing down decisions In Bovontoon CUHCS , among thorn being the case of the Nebraska Telephone company against the State Board of Transporta tion , Involving the constitutionality of the act authorizing the board to fix and regulate telephone rates. The court decided that the act In question IH In no respect contrary to tno con stitution. The decision of the lower court in retiring to enjoin the board from fixing such rates was affirmed , leaving the board and Its secretaries free to go ahead with the consideration of complaints now pending , the prin cipal one of which was fllod by John 0. Yolsor of Omaha. The opinion was written by Judge Sulllvnn. In the CUBO of The Hee Publishing company , plaintiff In error , against the World Publishing company , the court holds that because tbo danlnges award ed in the lower court wore in GXCBBB of the loss sustained by the plaintiff the judgment of $4,000 should bo re versed. The condition Is made that If a romlttltur for 13,000 Is filed the Judg ment will be affirmed. The case of George 13. Hobbard against Auditor Cornell , asking for u writ of mandamus compelling the ap proval of his claim for salary for ser vices rendered as deputy food commis sioner , was continued until the next sitting of the supreme court. This cnso was set for hearing this week and the attorneys on both sides wore prepared to submit their arguments to the court. The continuance waa grant ed on the application of Attorney Gen eral Smyth to give his former law part ner , T. J. Mnhoney , an opportunity to appear In behalf of the butterlno mak ers of Soutn Onmlm , Syrup I'rotn Sugnr IJentn. FREMONT. Neb. , March 9. John \V. Schmlt of this city has succeeded in making a syrup from sugar bt'ots which ho thinks will prove u strong competitor with cane and other syrups and molasses for coolclng purposes. It is of about the same consistency and a little darker In color than the bout grade of New Orleans molasses and contains no granulated sugar In sus pension. Mr. Schadt , who Is familiar with the beet sugar business In Ger many , lias spent considerable time ex perimenting with the manufacture of beet syrup and has found the most difficult problem to bo tno removal of the mineral salts and alkali , which made It unfit for cooking purposes. Ills process does this without spoiling the syrup. The beets are llrst thor oughly cooked and the Julco extracted. This Is then treated by super-heated steam , passes through a chemical pro cess and Is evaporated to the proper consistency. _ t _ Opportunity in AihunCP , CHADRON , Neb. , March 9. A now' plan of employment which some of the young men of Dawes county are tak ing advantage of on a seven years' con tract Is to engage as sheep herdsmoii on the plaint ! for large flockmnstcrs. The terms nro to work for ? 10 a month and board for the first year. They are to get $20 per month for the second year , $25 for the third year and flvo dollars per month Increase for each subsequent year , making the salary $55 per month the last year. Under the contract all their savings Is to br. put Into the business as an Investment. At the end of seven years a judlclotm saver will have a herd of his own. Th j employer also secures the best lullor at low wages for several years , and will be enabled to let his herder Invest at the present high prices , Clio tendency of which will bo downward. I Not In tlin Cravo. CHADRON , Nob. , March 9. Four years ago two brothers In Dawson county died and were burled on the table land near Chadron. About the holdldnys an administrator of the es tate oT the two brothers came hero , had the bodies taken up and sent to the old homo In South Dakota. When they were unearthed the caskets were neither rotted or molded and had lianl- -ly lost their polish. The bodies were almost as natural as the day they were hurled and the hair was as perfect ns If just combed. The burial robes wore not Injured , and all showed that the moisture of rain and snow fall had not penetrated the earth the depth of the grave. Not u 1'lnilKiiif ; Ituronl. CHADRON , Neb. , March 9. The trial of the George Cell murder case brought out the fact that within the history of UawoH county , Including the time before It was divided from Sioux county , there had been twenty-two murders committed and theie hud not been a single conviction in all that time ; that Dawcs county had had more murders than any county In the state , with the exception of Douglas and Lancaster , In which the cif.es of Omaha and Lincoln are situated. York 1'rupnrlii ) ; for I'lrt-incii. YORK. Neb. , March 9. York people will bang up $1,500 In casb puise to be awarded at the coming Htato volun teer firemen's tournament , which Is to be held here the last of July. The citizens of this place are already mak ing preparations for showing the visit ing firemen the biggest time they ever had at a state tournament. I'nllN Ofiid I'rnm BRADY ISLAND , Neb. , March 9. Mrs. Able , wife of Charles Able , living eighteen miles north of hero fell dead from a wagon Just as thy wore start ing from this place for homo. ArrmtiMl for l.ltiior | Selling ALBION , Neb. , March 9. Alton D. White of St. Edward , Neb. , who was fined about $ MOO at the February term of court for Belling llqnora with out a license , was arrested and liquors found In his possession. He was brought to Albion , put In Jail , waived preliminary examination and the Bond Surety company of ornaha furnished bond for Ms apearanco at the next term of district court and ho woa ro- loused from lull. WATERING THE LAND HOW IRRIGATION IS PROGRESS ING IN IDAHO. Hoietnforn Arlil Koslorn Dolne RnpliU ? Transformed Into Unrdont Formers * Hooletln * In ninny tnnUuco * Own the Irrigating Work * . ( Boise , Idaho , Letter. ) Most of the people who farm In the rainfall regions suppose that the Irri gation of land Is a complicated process and that the art of doing It can only bo Required after years of experience , whereas , ns a matter of fact , it Is about the easiest and most simple work the western farmer has to do. In most canon the children attend to it under the direction of their parents , and any boy of 10 or 12 can do a man'd work when it come * to irrigation. The western farmer la wholly indif ferent ns to rainfall. Ho doesn't do- pcnd upon it in the least. The water that inloresta him Is that which flows down Into the valley from the molt ing snows in the mountain ranges. These waters ho diverts Into great canals which run along the rim of the valley about the Irrigable lands and nro tapped at stated Intervals by what arc called "laterals" or sub-dltchca which ( low from farm to farm and out of which the farmer takes the water for his fields. In some cases the waters of these mountain streams are acquired by the community of farmers along their course , each one holding as many shares of stock In the co-operatlvo canal schema ns ho owns acres of land , and being entitled to so many Inches of water for every aero of his ownership. This Is the usual plan. But when the construction of the main canal , owing to engineering difficulties , U too oxpen- clvo a plcco of business for the farmer to afford , irrigation companies under take the work and build the canal Into portions of the country whcro largo areas of land are to bo reclaimed. These Irrigation companions are "com mon carriers" of water and furnish it for a nominal price per ncro per an num to the farmer. Sometimes thcso Irrigation companies own largo tracts under their ditch which they sell In small farms with the water right , to settlers at a nominal prices per aero. In other Instances they do not own land nt all , leaving that to bo acquired by the settler under the various acts of congrcF. : . , Perhaps no portion of the Union is now n'tiklng such nctivo progress in irrigation development , or Is receiving BO lurce a quota of immigrants as oouthorn Idaho. Therp nro mllUops. ot unoccupied acres In that state which" only await scttlernqnt to become aa productive as the lands upon the Nile. Efforts arc being put forth by the stnto authorities to bring the advantages of thcso lands to the notice of the eastern fanner , and the several railroads of the state are engaged In the work. Perhaps the easiest and the best way to acquire Information Is from the General Passenger Agent of the Oregon Short Line at Salt Lake City , from whence conservatively prepared pamph lets descriptive of irrigation meth ods and containing reliable informa tion about the various localities now open for settlement , are being mailed free. free.Tho The time Is certainly not far distant when the unoccupied public domaln'bf Idaho will be entirely taken up , a con dition which will be most unfi.-tunato to those who delay taking advantage of tlia rare opportunities now offered. - IIoiiHcholiI A prominent Eastern manufacturer , with a $10,000 a year family on bin hands , undertook ' to establish a sys tem of bookkecc'plng In his home. He bought a gilt edged , kid covered ac count book and all that went with it. Ho explained single entry bookkeep ing to his wife , and she agreed to hoop the accounts ns directed. There were oily two entries In the book when the husband banished it. They wore : "Received $250 from M " "and spent It all. " Hhoo , riy ! Street fakers nro selling models of house * Illes so natural that , when they are fastened on , a necktie , the Impulse of the friend of the man wearing the fly Is to brush It off. Then < he fly wearer laughs , and that Is the joke. Municipal Unfit Ilotiar.i. Under n state law the voters of Now York cities may direct the municipal authorities to erect a public bathhouse. Buffalo provided one In 1897 at a cost of $14,800. It was used last year by 81,791 ! persons , and Its running ex penses cost the city $2,370. The SyiiM' " " " ' " " QiiiH'ii. Rev. Arthur Robins , chaplain In or dinary to Queen Victoria , says of the queen : "Nothing could be more touchIng - Ing tjhan the personal concern her majesty has In the condition of every member of her household. Every home of every retainer has something In evidence of the sovereign's sympathy. Not the humblest servant can bo sicker or sorry without her solicitude find ing some expression of commission suitable to each Individual case , nn-l nuiny la the time that I have seen the i oyal lady In her own carriage making her own Inquiries at some humble suf ferer's door. " "Uiirlu .liilin" Should Have It. John Campbell , of Warren , 0. , a first cousin of the president and familiarly referred to aa "Uncle John , ' Is a candi date for postmaster at Warren. Ho is the proprietor of a famous eating house and is said to boar a remarkably close resemblance to the president. His father was a brother of the presl > dent's mother. Kim * IIIH Klrriitor for Fun. William B. Bradbury , the millionaire hotel owner of San Francisco , amused himself for an hour or moro every day by running the elevator in his hotel.