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AS TO CIVIL S I
EXTENSIONS OF GREAT RMPOR-
TANCE MADE.
Several New Orders Just Issued-Chan-
ges in the Customs Service , the Post-
otflee Department and Other Branches
of the National Government Ordered-
Extenslona of the Classified Service
-Under Consideration.
New Civil Service Rules.
WASHINGTON , Nov 5.-The president
has signed several orders of great im-
Iiortance in connection with the civil
Service reform movement , making -
ing important extensions of the clas-
? - sifted service to offices heretofore un-
clasifiea and revising existing classi-
cations in branches of the service
. already classified , so as to bring
within the classification many places
heretofore excluded. These are as
follows :
First-A revision of the customs
k classifications so as to bring within
the service all employes not serving
I
merely as workmen or laborers , with-
i out regard to compensation. Heretofore -
tofore this service has been classified
on the basis of compensation. All
.employes receiving a compensation
of less than $900 have been excluded
from the classification , and therefore
I not subject to the civil service rules.
' This action of the president brings
1 the classification of the customs service -
vice into harmony with those of the
'other branches of the service.
(
Second-An amendment to customs
rule 1 , extending the classification to
include all customs districts in which
there are as many as twenty emt t
ployes. The present limit is fifty em-
ployes and under that limit eleven
customs districts have been classified.
The extension of the classification to
include all districts in which there
are as many as twenty employes will
, bring into the classified service certainly -
tainly eleven additional districts and
probably several more.
Third-An amendment to the classification -
ification of the department at Wash-
I - ington so as to include in the classified -
ified service , and subject to the civil
e service rules in all the departments ,
messengers , assistant messengers and
watchmen. ,
Fourth-An amendment to the civil
service rule abolishing the right of
' transfer , uupon non-competitive examination -
ination , of persons appointed to excepted -
cepted places after one year's service
in such places to classified non-ex-
1 cepted places. Hereafter persons appointed -
pointed from the outside to excepted
' places iii any branch of the classified
II J service cannot be transferred at the
end of one year into the places coy-
, I\ \ ered by examination.
' Fifth-An order extending the classification -
sification of the postofice department
i so as to include in the classified service -
vice to the department the clerks employed -
ployed in the offices of the postoflico
inspectors.
Sixth-Amendments to the postal
I rules withdrawing from the excepted
class a very large proportion of the
places now excepted from examina-
I tion. This will transfer from the
excepted class in the classified post-
office to the non-excepted class prob-
. ablynotless than 1,500 places , the
whole number of excepted places in
classified postoffices now being in the
neighborhood of 2,300. Hereafter it
will not include more than 700 or 800.
Seventh-An amendment to the department -
partment rules withdrawing from the
I' excepted class in the department of
agriculture the chiefs of the divisions
of entomology , economic ornithology
and mammalogy and pomology and
4 the assistant chiefs of these divisions.
t Eighth-An amendment to the Indian -
. ' dian rule providing for the appoint-
Is went as assistant teachers in the Indian -
dian school service , without civil service -
vice examination of graduates of the
t normal classes at the Salem , Ore. ,
Santa Fe , N. , ll. , Haskell Institute ,
Lawrence , Kan. , Carlisle school Carlisle -
lisle , Pa. , and Hampton Institute ,
t Hampton , Va. , upon their certificates
of graduation , but before they can be '
advanced to full teacherships they
shall be required to pass the regular
civil service examination.
.
Ninth-Allowing appointment without -
} out examination for not exceeding
' thirty days to places which may be
' , filled by non-competitive examination -
tion in the departments. at Washington -
ton in cases of emergency , pending
1 an examination by the commisson.
No appointment made under this
I authority can continue longer than
thirty days.
The president has had these
t , changes under consideration for some ,
time and before his return from his
vacation notified the commission that
, i immediately upon his return he would
t consult with them in reference there-
t to.
1 Other important changes involving
t an extension of the classified service
f are still under consideration and only
await arrangement of minor details
I through conference between the civil
service commission and the heads of
various departments.
Arkansas Baptists Alarmed.
h , LITTLE Rocx , Ark , Nov. 5.-The
: state Baptist .convention in session at
Lonoke last night unanimously adopted -
ed a resolution expressing alarm at
the coming power of the Roman Cath-
oliq church over congress and the
' Federal government , and denouncing
, t all legislation giving federal rev-
.enues in support of Roman Catholic
or other sectarian schools.
Died From Ills Wounds.
S ATCmSON , Kan. , Oct. 5.-W. H.
Earley , night agent of the Chicago ,
Rock Island and Pacific road at Whit-
}
' .ing , Jackson county , who was shot by
i a robber early Thursday morning o ,
.died yesterday.
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L % REGULAR DAILY VICTORY.
.Japanese Forces in China Capture a
, ' ? own Gnarding the Road to 9fonkden.
LoNDos , Nov. 5.-The Japanese legation -
. gation has received a dispatch stating
that Field Marshal Yamagata has captured - 1
tured Funs Wang Ching , a city in the I
, t Chinese province of Imo rung , near
the Corean frontier. The Chinese defending -
fending the place fled toward Mantien
Lin. .The capture , is important ; for
it leaves the mountain road to Mouk-
" .den open to.the Japanese and the
I Chinese are unlikely to offer further
resistaZi to , theadvanco'of th 'Jap
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ALL RUSSIA MOURNS.
Cities and People In Black for the Dead
Ruler.
LONDON , Nov. 5.-A special service
to celebrate the accession of Niclio as
II to the throne of Russia was lleld
today in the palace church a % Ljv
adia. It was attended by the new
czar , the czarina , the green of
Greece , the duchess of Sase-Cobnrg-
Gotha , Princess Alix of Hesse-Darm-
stadt , the grand dukes and grand
duchesses now at Livadia and the
chief officials of the district. ,
The celebration of the accession of
the ttow czar to the throne ended at
midnight and today all Russia is being -
ing bedecked with mourning em-
blems. On private houses these will
be removed after the funeral , November -
ber 17 , but on public buildings they
will remain for six months.
The correspondent of the Daily
News at St. Petersburg' telegraphs
that tbough the Russians have not
the same way of showing mourning
as the Western nations , it is evident
that the death Qf the czar has made a
greater and deeper impression than
might have been expected. The
streets are crowded with a multitude
of people , most of whom are clad in
black , who In whispering tones discuss -
cuss events. The theaters and schools
are clpsed. The churches are crowded
with people who wish to pray for the
soul of the dead czar. From other
towns reports are received besting
testimony to the spirit of deep mourning -
ing that prevails. The Russian court
will mourn for six months.
A dispatch to the Chronicle from
St. Petersburg says that in order to
save DeGiers , the Russian foreign
minister , who is pressed by business
and who is in ill health , Mr. Breckin-
ridge , the American minister , in presenting -
senting President Cleveland's message -
sage of condolence , also represented
all the other ministers in St. Petersburg -
burg , except tike British minister ,
who personally called.
The service in the St. Petersburg
cathedral yesterday was most frn-
pressive. Toward the close the metropolitan -
ropolitan took off his miter and read
passages from the bible , including
the duty of obedience to the king.
At that moment the whole congregation -
tion knelt , vowing allegiance to
Nicholas. After this a large number
crowded around the tables and took
the oath of fealty , which pledged
them to spend their last drop di blood
for the czar and the country. The
ceremony lasted an , hour and was
equally noteworthy for the magnificence -
cence of the vestments of the clergy
and the brilliancy of the costumes of
the officials and ladies. There was
not a sign of mourning from the beginning -
ginning to the end , but after the
ceremony the mourning was resumed
and St. Petersburg is like a city of
the dead.
A requiem mass for the repose of
the soul of the late czar of Russia
was said yesterday in the Russian
church here. The walls of the church
were draped in black and silver and
the interior was illuminated by hundreds -
dreds of wax tapers. The Russian
ambassador , M. De Staal , all the staff
of the Russian embassy , representatives -
tives of nearly all the foreign diplomatic -
matic corps and a large number of
ladies were present. All the ladies
were on one side of the church and
the gentlemen occupied the other
side. The whole congregation knelt
and all held lighted tapers in their
hands. This , combined with general
weeping , clouds of incense and the
doleful chanting of the priests , produced -
duced a most solemn effect
TRADE SITUATION.
Dun's Weekly lrevlow of the Business
World.
NEW YoRK , Nov. 5.-It G. Dun $
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says :
The last week of October , with an
election near , cannot indicate much of
the true condition of business. In
some trades the season is too far ad
vanced for great activity and in others -
ers the supposed effects of the voting
hinder operations. But the volume
of production is well maintained , and
in one or two branches increased ; no
monetary difficulties disturb. Bread.
stuffs are a little higher and no material -
terial decline appears during the
week in manufactured products. At
present the volume of business transacted -
acted is on the whole smaller than
last year and much smaller than in
1392 , though a presidential election
was then close at hand.
Corn has advanced four cents , with
Western receipts about a third and
exports about an eighth of last year's.
Yet pork and hogs are somewhat lower -
er , with lard about the same. Wheat
is three-fourths of a cent higher for
spot and one cent for December , and
it looks as if strength in corn had prevented -
vented a further decline.
Dr. Simmons Given Three Years.
ST. LouIs , Mo. , Nov. 5.-Dr. C. F.
Simmons , president of the Simmons
Medicine .company , and superintendent -
dent of the Centenary Methodist Sunday -
day school , was yesterday convicted
of assault to kill on John McBain , a
clerk in his employ last June. The
punishment was fixed at three years
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The verdict caused considerable sur-
prise. A motion for a new trial will
be made.
Bens Oppose a Vote of Condolence.
BUDA PESTII , Nov. 5.-Several Hungarian -
garian papers suggest that opposition
should be raised to the proposed vote
of condolence for the Russian nation
which it is proposed to pass in parliament -
ment , on the ground that Russia has
ho parliament to which such a message -
sage of sympathy could be addressed.
The Liberals , however , intend to support -
port the motion of condolence , which
will be proposed by Dr. Wekerle , the
premier.
MUNCIE , Ind. , Nov. 5.-As the Big
Four limited , which brought ex-Pres-
ident Harrison back to Indiana to-day
crossed the state line at Union City ,
it was met by a majority of the
population of that little place.
Mr. Harrison spoke briefly. A
crowd at Winchester , where the train
made a stop , wanted a speech but
there was only time for theex-press
dent to bow his thanks. At Muncie a
committee of citizens met General l
Harrison and escorted him to a stand
erected' in the court house square
where at least 5,000 enthusiastic p o- .
pie sssembled. He spoke about
twenty minutes.
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pti + ( ten °
AMERICAN CATTLE EXPORTS.
( secretary Morton Gives Out Iaterestlns
Figures.
WASuINGTO : , Nov. 2.-Secretary of
Agriculture Morton furnished yesterday -
day the number of cattle exported to
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
during each year since 1874 , together
with the value of the cattle in dollars ,
each. The statement shows that the
United States sent into the United
Kingdom of Great Britain only 123
head of cattle in 1874 , while up to the
present date in 1894 , the United
States has already furnished Great
Britain 345,734 head. The United
States sentnofresh beef into England
until 1877 , when 49,210,990 pounds
were sent and returned to the farmers
of this country $4,552,53. This year
we have already shipped into the
United Kingdom' 193,331,293 pounds of
fresh beef , which brought $16,659,814.
Germany took no live cattle from
the United States until 1878 , when
that empire received 1,171 head from
the United States , valued at $87,648.
During the year 1891 Germany received -
ceived from the United States its
largest number of cattle , 5,223 head ,
, $ , in 1893 , Germany
received only 419 head , valued at
$41,800. Thus far in 194 she has received -
ceived 3.069 head , valued at $295,79.
Germany took no fresh beef from the
United States until 1837 , when it took
9,398 pounds , and in 1894 all Germany
took of fresh beef from the United
States was only 1,066 pounds , valued
at $ SO
In view of the above facts , Secretary -
tary Morton said he did not think it
worth while to exploit or magnify as
a matter of any importance the loss
of the German market to American
cattle and meat producers.
KANSAS BETTING LIVELIER.
'Twenty-Thousand Dollars Said to lie
! toady for Populists.
TOPEI A , Kan. , Nov. 2.-J. A. Simpson -
son last night wired $1,000 to Smith
Center , to be put up even on governor
against that much Populist money.
This makes $2,000 the Republicans
have' put up in Smith Center. At Republican -
publican headquarters it is claimed
that Simpson has been authorized to
draw on Republicans throughout the
state in various sums , aggregating
$22,000 , which has been posted for
Populist takers.
A stranger who gave his name as J.
A. Roberts , and his residence as Denver -
ver , this morning deposited $10,000
with E. V. Small , a Topeka banker ,
to bet on Lewelling even. He afterward -
ward went to Republican headquarters -
ters and challenged B. N. Simpson or
any other syndicate of Republicans ,
to cover the amount. The man
was so plainly dressed and
so mysterious about his inenti-
ty that the Republicans doubted
his sincerity until they learned from
Small that he had the money. The
Republicans began to scrape around
to raise the money to meet the propo-
sition. Secretary Bristow said the
Republicans would surely raise the
money , and that unless Roberts
should back out the bet will be taken
before morning.
Roberts also offers to bet 510,000 or
40,000 more , a forfeit of Sly@00 to be
deposited all once , and the whole
amount by Saturday. Asked if he
would bet anything less than $10,000 ,
he said that he had come to cover
the big sums the Republicans had
posted.
THE DRAYTON DIVORCE.
Mrs. J Coleman Drayton Denies all the
Allegations Made by tier Husband.
TRENTON , N. J. , Nov. 2.-The answer -
swer in the James Coleman Drayton
divorce suit was filed yesterday after-
noon. Mrs. Drayton denies the
charge of marital infidelity by her
husband and accuses him of having
deserted her without cause. She
makes specific denial to each and
every allegation in her husband's bill
charging her with criminal intimacy
with Hallett Alsop Borrowe , and
says that she was never guilty of such
with Borrowe or any other person
whatsoever , either in New York , London -
don , Barnardsville or any other place.
"Tile charges , " she says , "are whQkly
untrue and a most cruel and unfounded -
founded imputation. " On the contrary -
ry , she says , she has always faithfully
regarded her marriage vows , and has
been true and faithful to her vows as
his wife.
SKELETON OF A MASTODON.
Work of Vnearthini it Is Progressing
Slowly at Huntington , Pa.
HUNTINGTON , Pa.Nov. 2.-The work
of unearthing the skeleton of a mastodon -
todon , recently discovered in a bog on
the farm of George W. Swayno near
Shirleysburg , this county , is progressing -
gressing as rapidly as the dangerous
condition of the soil will permit. One
tusk , 4 feet7 inches longand the base
of which is 16 inches in circumference
and hollow to the depth of eight
inches , besides two molars , weighing
five pounds each , several ribs and a
portion of the vertebrae have been
uncovered. All the bones are in an
excellent state of preservation. It is
believed the entire skeleton will be
found. Scientists from all parts of
the country are making bids for the
valuable fins , but Farmer Swayne is
holding off until the work of excavation -
tion has been finished.
No More Free Passes.
ST. Loves , Mo. , Nov. 2.-Traffic managers -
agers of Missouri lines yesterday
agreed to discontinue the issuance of
passes to shippers , or to others , with
a view to influencing traffic , and to
maintain the rates fixed at a similar
meeting held some time ago. It is
said that-these rates have been fairly
well adhered to since the agreement
was made.
Germany's New Imperial Policy.
BERLIN , Nov. 2.-It is stated that
Prince Hohenlohe has come to an
agreement with Emperor William
which will change the imperial polk-
cy in sever-al important respects. The
first visible sign of this is the issuance -
ance of an order to establish agricultural -
tural bureaus in connection with the
German embassies at London , Washington -
ington , Paris , Vienna and St. Peters-
burg. This step is looked upon as
evidence of a stricter protective aura- .
roan policy which is known to have
been contemplated . for some time
past-
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GRAND OLD PARTY.
BRITISH REJOICING OVER THE
NEW TARIFF. '
The Downfall of Reciprocity Pleases
Them Immensely-Our Farmers Taxed
by Canada-Mr. Wilson Took Care of
His Own District.
The New Tariff helps Thom.
The comments of the British papers
on the new American tariff and its
effect upon British interests show that
they are far from being. displeased
with Democratic "tariff reform. "
From Wales comes the statement
that "the reduction in the tin-plate
auty has led to a marked revival of
prosperity at the tin-plate works" over
there. Many of the mills which were
closed have been reopened and largely -
ly augmented. In a recent issue the
Birmingham Post says that "British
manufacturers are looking for a large
and immediate increase in American
imports of English woolens , " that
"the impulse given to the woolen and
other textile branches by the new
tariff may be expected to act beneficially -
ficially upon other branches of English
trade by furnishing increased employment -
ment to the factory hands and augmenting -
menting the profits of their em-
ployers. " The Sheffield Telegraph is
immensely pleased over the abrogation -
tion of the reciprocity treaties by the
new tariff law. It regards the action
of Spain in restoring heavy duties on
American products as "a good omen
that other parties to this class of
treaties may promptly take the initiative -
tive in tearing them up. This ought
to be specially advantageous to Shef-
field. " The Telegraph thinks that the
indirect benefits of "the closure of
McKinloyism" may be even more pronounced -
nounced than from "the enlargement
of trade with the United States. "
French and other continental papers
are also elated over the better American -
can market for European products
and the destruction of the reciprocity
arrangements , which will enable our
foreign competitors to regain what
they have lost on account of these
treaties.
Yet the doctrinaires in this country
have contended and still contend that
the McKinley law was a curse to the
United States and a boon to foreign
producers , says the Cincinnati Times-
Star. They make this assertion in
face of the conspicuous fact that foreigners -
eigners considered themselves badly
handicapped by the McKinley law , not
only so far as the American trade was
concerned , but also in the trade of
those Spanish-American countries
which entered into reciprocal commercial -
mercial relations with the United
States provided for by the reciprocity
section of the McKinley law. Speaking -
ing of the claim that the old tariff was
a good thing for Europe and a bad
thing for America , ex-President
Harrison in one of his car-platform
speeches pointedly asked :
"If , as they pretend , the old tariff
was to the advantage of England ,
France and Germany and a disadvantage -
age to us , in the name of common
sense , how does it come that these
nations are not able to bear with more
equanimity a policy that injures us
and helps them ? "
The doctrinaires are in a maze of
absurd befuddlement on this subject
that only illustrates their incompe-
tency to deal with the ordinary , practical -
tical questions within the province of
statesmanship.
Free Trade for the Oilier Follow.
Attention has been called to a paragraph -
graph in the tariff law , as Mr. Wilson
approved it in the house , which is generally -
erally overlooked and which increases
the duty on cut nails from 18.6 per
cent , on an ad valorem basis , as it
1
stood under the McKinley act , to 25
per cent. This is an amazing performance -
formance , in a bill aiming to reduce
duties and making its heaviest cuts in
the metal schedule. The explanation
is that the manufacture of cut nails is
one of the principal industries in the I
city of Wheeling , and that Wheeling
is the principal center in Mr.
Wilson's own district. Thus , wherever
you touch one of these Democratic
"reformers , " you find that his views
of a tariff are , indeed "for revenue i
only , " but the revenue must accrue to
him. They hoot at Gorman and
Brice for helping the sugar trust.
But how are these worse than Murphy -
phy , who must have collars and cuffs
looked after ? Or , than Wilson himself -
self , the apostle and paragon of reform -
form , who preaches pure doctrine and
is as rapacious a grabber as any of
them when it comes to a matter affecting -
fecting his own district ? Many humbugs -
bugs have found the Democratic party
a congenial home : but Mr. Wilson deserves -
serves to. stand pretty close to the
head of the list.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Farmer is Not to Be Caught.
"There , that is the cheapest suit of
clothes you ever bought , " said a merchant -
chant to a farmer. "Oh , no , it isn't , "
replied the farmer ; "this suit costs me
twenty bushels of wheat. I have
never paid over fifteen bushels of
wheat for a suit before. " . The Democratic - ,
cratic "cheap" dodge is evidently not
fooling that farmer very extensively.
-Kansas City Journal.
( ) uestion and Answer.
What did the Democracy promise
to do ?
Make everybody's ship come in.
What has it done ?
Scuttled everybody's ship.
Gn purpose ?
No ; by stupidity. -
The soldier's interest Money.
Since the beginning of the civil war
the 4otalpensions paid to soldiers have
amounted to $1,727,000,000. This
is a large sum , but it is 4300,000,000
less than the amount paid as interest
on the public debt. Thus , as the
1
Rochester Post Express puts it , "The
men who loaned themselves to the
government get less than those who
merely loaned their money , and the
latter get theirmoney again. " Of the
two' kinds of service , that which the
soldier gave'was far the greater. Let
there be no more complaints about the
cost of soldiers' pensions. They are
essentially unpatriotic.- American
Cultivator. .
Our Farmers Taxed by Canada.
When the Republican administra ,
tion under President Harrison made ;
overtures to Canada to join. in reciprocal - )
rocal trade relations under the reciprocity
rocity provisions of the McKinley law , .
the proposition was met by a cold re-
buff. The Canadians felt that they
had the best of it ine laws already
existing. The Canadian farmer was
protected even above his neighbor on
this side the line and they proposed to
have it remain so. Canada believes
in protection , and believes that no
protection is worthy the name that
does not protect the tiller of the soil-
the basis of all wealth and prosperity
on the American continent. The Democratic -
ocratic free trade policy gives no recognition -
ognition of this fact , however. I
The farmer of the United States is
told that what he most needs is access
to the "markets of the world , " and
that the only way to get to Them is
over the prostrate industries of ours
own country. Canada gets its benefits -
fits of this policy with the rest of the
world , but still keeps up its bars
against the farmer on this side. Its'
lawmakers know how to take care of
i
their own and they are doing it. I
Make note of the way in which the
farmer of the United States is taxed
for such of his products as he may
want to sell over there. If he sells
eggs to the Canadian he must do so
despite a Canadian tariff of 5 cents a
dozen. He must calculate on 4 cents
a pound for butter ; 1j cents a pound )
on live hogs and 2 cents on pork and
beef ; 3 cents on cheese ; 10 cents a
bushel on buckwheat , rye , oats and
peas ; 15 cents a bushel on wheat ,
beans and potatoes ; 40 cents a barrel
for corn meal and 7J cents a bushel on
col'll.
These are some of the more notable
evidences of the way the Canadian
farmer is protected by his own government -
ernment while the Democratic congress -
gress is opening the doors for the admission -
mission of Canadian products to the
United States in competition with our
own producers. Every farmer should
know it.-Kansas City Journal.
me or the Other.
The Birmingham Age-Herald insists
that the new tariff "affords ample
revenue to meet the expenses of the
government economically adminis-
tered. " The official statement is that
from September 1 to October 18 the
deficit amounted to 418,975,199 , or at
the rate of 4403,727 a day. If the
revenue is ample , then there is only
one way to account for this deficit ,
and that is the government is not being -
ing economically administered. The
Age-Herald can draw us into no argument -
ment on that point.
Advlco for Cotton l'lauters.
We propose to give without charge
to our readers the following recipe to
make money on cotton , and we will
guarantee that if all follow the advice
they will come out first best nett year ,
viz. : Buy cotton futures now for
next year to twice the number of bales
you raised this year , and then plant
your whole crop in corn , peas , sorghum -
hum cane , goobers , hogs , beeves ,
cows , sheep , etc. , and only enough
cotton to keep seed for the next year.
Try it-Eutaw ! , Ala. , Mirror. '
A Reason With hair on It.
The report of the labor commissioner -
missioner of Ohio show that
2,394 representative manufacturing -
ing industries , lochted in forty-six
cities of the state , which paid out in
wages in 1892 $50,835,383 , paid in
1893 only $43,903,857 , a decrease of
$6,933,516. Yet Chairman Wilson
says tariff reform has only begun.
The Subject of His Anxiety.
Two years ago the workingman was
greatly wrought up because he was
made to believe he was paying two or
three cents too much for his dinner
pail. For the past year and a half he
has not been concerned about the cost
of his pail ; his time has been fully occupied -
cupied in trying to find something to
put in it.
A Tariff Speech.
Lean Jimmie Jones of Tennessee :
My friend , this tariff question is really
not the intricate matter it has been
represented ; in fact , it is as simple as
the alphabet. Now , what would I do
in regard to the tariff ? Why , simply ,
this : If the tariff is- too high I'd lower
it , but if it was too low I'd hist it.
'Tis a fllaxlm All Should Heed.
"You will never miss the water till the
well runs dry. "
Is a song they used to sing u3 in the days
gone by :
But the striking way to put it at the. present
day.
Is "you'll never miss your wages till you.vote
them away"
Five-Cent Cotton.
Cotton is down to five cents. a pouna
on the Southern plantations , and is
steadily declining in price. Bo.v do ,
the Southern cottoh planters. like the
results of the Cleveland administration
and of the Democratic massacre of
American industries.-N. Y. Txibnne.
A Brilliant Success.
Is the present national administra
tien a success ? '
Yes.
In what way ?
In piling up- debts , publio and pri-
vate.
Outing Dangers.
Mrs. Baxter , on an outing-Oh.
Isaac ! Isaac ! Come quick ! Leetle
Yacob has fallen into dor rifler.
Mrs. Baxter-Oh , mine goodness
chraciou9 ! Mit dot tre-tollex 'suit on !
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1Tow to Repair Mirrors.
For repairing mirrors accidently
scratched clean the bare portion of the
glass by rubbing It gently with . fine
cotton , taking care to remove any traces -
es of dust and grease. If this cleaning
is not done very carefully" defects will
appear around the place repaired. j
With a point of a knife cut upon the i
back of another looking glassa portion t
of the silvering of the required form ,
but a little learger. Upon it place a
drop of mercury-a drop the size of a
pin's head will be sufficient for a surface -
face equal to the size of a naiL The i
mercury spreads immediately , penetrates - ; I
trates the amalgam towhere it was cut I
off with the knife , and the required
piece may now be lifted and removed
to the place to be repaired. This is the
most difficult part of the operation.
Then press lightly tee renewed portions -
tions with cotton and the glass presents ,
the same appearance as when new. ,
The Burlington's New Short Line.
The Burlington Route is a notable exception -
tion to the general run of western railroads.
During a period when railroad building
in this country has been almost at a standstill -
still , it bas been steadily pushing forward
its northwest extension and now takes
much pleasure in announcingits completion
to Billings , Mont. 893 miles from Omaha.
At Billings , connection Is made with the
Northern Pacific Railroad and , under a traffic -
fic agreement with that company , business
of all classes is exchanged there , or , more
properly speaking , routed through that
point to and from every station on or
reached via the Northern Pacific and Bur- ,
lmgton Systems.
This Now Short Line-for that is exactly
what it is-reduces the distance between
Omaha , Kansas City , St Louis and the territory -
ritory south and southeast of those cities ,
on the one hand , and Montana , Northern
Idaho and Puget Sound points , on the other ,
all the way from 50 to 473 miles. It thus
becomes an important factor in bringing
the vast scope of country served by tllo
Northern Pacific into closer relationship
with the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys.
Just to illustrate things : The Now Short
Linesaves
294 miles between Omaha and Helena
22.4 miles between Omaha and Butte
371 miles between Omaha and Spokane
54 miles Lotween Omaha and Tacoma
49 miles between Omaha and Seattle.
The Now Line has been constructed in a
most substantial manner. Excellently ballasted -
lasted , laid with the heaviest steel upon
more than usual numLer of ties , it equals
the best and oldest portions of the Burlington -
ton System.
People whose opinion is worth having ,
pronounce it superior to any now track ever
built in the western states.
The train-servico will consist of Pullman
Palace Steeping Cars , Reclining Chair Cars
( seats free ) , and Standard Burlington Route
Day Coaches , Omaha and Lincoln to Billings "
daily.
As a Scenic Route , the Now Line taken r
high rank. .
The rich farms of eastern and central No- i
braska ; the more sparsely settled country
that lies between Ravenna and the boundary -
dary line separating Nebraska and South
Dakota ; the canons. peaks and swelling
meadow-lands of the Black Hills , the wonderful -
derful "Devil's Tower" the irrigated districts -
tricts of northern Wyoming ; Custer Bat- r
tlofl&d ; the picturesque windings of the
Little BigHorn ; the glorious valleys of the
great Crow Indian Reservation-all these
are seen from the car window. i
Charmed by a Snake.
Snakes travel a good deal on their
reputation. They scare birds and small ;
animals so they become helpless. We
all know this to be a fact. And then
when they get in a tight place with a
man they try to run a bluff on him.
A lawyer in our town once meta rattle
snake down in the Ozarks and began to
experiment , or rather to let the snake
experiment , to 'see if there was anything -
thing in the snake charming theory.
He said that the snake's eyes got brighter -
or and brighter , and his scales became
glistening , and his body seemed to
swell up a little thicker , and the whole
outfit became so engrossing that he
finally ran away from the snake in a
dead scare and didn't get over it for a
good while after. lie told me that it
was his belief that if he had kept company -
pany with that snake much longer he
would have lost his wits.-Forest and
Stream.
Look Out for Cold Weather
But ride inside of the electric lighted ,
steam heated , vestibule apartment trains
of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
wayand you will be as warm , comfortable
and cheerful as in your own library or
boudoir. To travel between Chicago , St.
Paul and Minneapolis , or between Chicago ,
Omaha and Sioux City in these luxuriously
appointed trains is a supreme satsfaction ;
and , as the somewhat ancient advertisement -
ment used to read , "for further particulars ,
Leo small bills. " Small bills ( and large
ones also ) will be accepted for passage and
sleeping car tickets by all coupon thcltot
agents. For detailed information address
Geo. H. Heafford , general passenger and
ticket agent , Chicago , Ill.
Nickel Steel the Coming Metal.
Though nickel was used for coin two.
centuries before Christ , it is only recently -
cently that the discovery of its alloy
with steel has brought it into general ,
commercial prominence. The tonsil.
strength of this alloy-nearly one-fifth.
greater than that of ordinary steel ,
while its difficulty remains the same-
will doubtless cause it to supplantcom-
mon steel in many places where great ,
strength is required. Forinstance , the.
American Atlantic liner Paris has been ,
supplied with aspare length of shafting
of this alloy. It is said that this cast
ing has a tonsil strength of about 00- ,
000 pounds , thus leaving existing British -
ish or German steel shafts quite a respectable -
spectable distance in the rear. The
production of nickel has increased within -
in 10 years from 1,000 tons per annum
to over 5,000 tons , while before 1876 not-
more than 600 tons were produced in
any one year. The most noticable. increase -
crease has been in the manufacture of
nickel steel , ostensibly for armorplatc3.
and guns , but it is not likely that its
use will stop here , especially as the )
price tends steadily downward-Age
of SteeL
business
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