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Y X 7 ILLIAM BRYAN has
V sent the following letter of ac-
V V ceptance to the notification
committee of the Chicago convention
Hon Stephen M White and Others
Members of the Notification Committee
of the Democratic National Convention
Gentlemen I accept the nomination
tendered by you on behalf of the Demo
cratic party and in so doing desire to
-assure you that I fully appreciate the
-high honor which such a nomination cou
f ersnnd the grave responsibilities which
accompany an election to the presidency
of the United States So deeply am I
impressed with the magnitude of the pow
ed vested by the Constitution in the Chief
Executive of the nation and with the
benefit or injury of the people that I wish
to enter the office if elected free from
every personal desire except the desire to
prove worthy the confidence of my coun
try Human judgment is fallible enough
when unbiased by selfish considerations
and in order that I may not be tempted to
use the patronage of the office to advance
-any personal ambition I hereby announce
with all the emphasis which words can
express my fixed determination not un
der any circumstances to be a candidate
for re election in case this campaign re
sults in my election
Indorses the Platform
I have carefully considered the plat
form adopted by the Democratic national
convention and unqualifiedly indorse each
plank thereof
Our institutions rest upon the proposi
tion that all men being created equal
are entitled to equal consideration at the
hands of the Government Because all
omen are created equal it follows that no
citizen has a natural right to injure any
other citizen The main purpose of gov
ernment being to protect all citizens in
the enjoyment of life liberty and the pur
suit of happiness this purpose must lead
the Government first to avoid acts of
affirmative injustice and second to re
strain each citizen from trespassing upon
the rights of any other citizen
A democratic form of government is
conducive to the highest civilization be
cause it opens before each individual the
greatest opportunities for development
and stimulates to the highest endeavor by
insuring to each the full enjoyment of
all the rewards of toil except such contri
bution as is necessary to support the Gov
ernment which protects him Democracy
is indifferent to pedigree it deals with
the individual rather than with his an
cestors Democracy ignores differences
iin wealth neither riches nor poverty can
Jbe invoked in behalf of or against any cit
izen Democracy knows no creed recog
nizing the right of each individual to
iworship God according to the dictates of
his own conscience it welcomes all to a
common brotherhood and guarantees
equal treatment to all no matter in what
church or through what forms they com
mune with their Creator
Having discussed portions of the plat
form at the time of its adoption and again
Iwhen your letter of notification was for
mally delivered it will not be necessary
at this time to touch upon all the subjects
nbraced in the partys declaration
A Dual Government
Honest differences of opinion have ever
existed and ever will exist as to the most
effective means of securing domestic tran
quility but no citizen fails to recognize
at all times and under all circumstances
the absolute necessity for the prompt and
vigorous enforcement of law and the
preservation of the public peace In a
government like ours law is but the crys
tallization of the wiil of the people with
out it the citizen is neither secure in the
enjoyment of life and liberty nor protect
ed in the pursuit of happiness Without
lobedience to law government is impossi
ble The Democratic party is pledged to
jdefend the Constitution and enforce the
jlaws of the United States and it is also
pledged to respect and preserve the dual
scheme of government instituted by the
founders of the republic The name Uni
ted States was happily chosen It com
bines the idea of national strength with
the idea of local self government and
igests an indissoluble union of indestruct
ible States
Our revolutionary fathers fearing the
tendencies toward centralization as well
as the dangers of disintegration guarded
against both and national safety as well
ias domestic security is to be found in the
careful observance of the limitations
jwhich they impose It will be noticed
that while the United States guarantees
to every State a republican form of gov
iernment and is empowered to protect each
1 State against invasion it is not author
ized to interfere in the domestic affairs
of any State except upon application of
the Legislature of the State or upon the
application of the Executive when the
Legislature cannot be convened
This provision rests upon the sound
theory that fhe people of the State acting
through their legally chosen representa
tives are because of their more intimate
acquaintance with local conditions better
qualified than the President to judge of
the necessity for Federal assistance
Those who framed our Constitution wise
ly determined to make as broad an appli
cation of the principles of local self-government
as circumstances would permit
and we cannot dispute the correctness of
the position taken by them without ex
pressing a distrust of the people them
selves
Cconomy
Since governments exist for the protec
tion of the rights of the people and not
for their spoliation no expenditure of pub
lic money can be justified unless that ex
penditure is necessary for the honest
economical and efficient administration of
the government In determining what ap
propriations are necessary the interest
of those who pay the taxes should be con-
suited rather than the wishes of those
who receive or disburse public moneys
Bonds
An increase in the bonded debt of the
United States at this time is entirely with
out excuse The issue of interest bearing
bonds within the last few years has been
defended on the ground that they were
necessary to secure gold with which to
redeem United States notes and treasury
notes but this necessity was imaginary
rather than real Instead of exercising
the legal right vested in the United States
to redeem its coin in either gold or silver
the executive branch of the Government
has followed a precedent established by a
former administration and surrendered
the option to the holder of the obligations
This administrative policy leaves the Gov
ernment at the mercy of those who find
a pecuniary profit in bond issues The
fact that the dealers in money and securi
ties have been able to deplete the treasury
according to the changing whims shows
how dangerous it is to permit them to
exercise a controlling influence on the
Treasury Department
The government of the United States
when administered in the interest of all
the people is able to establish and enforce
its financial policy not only without the
aid of syndicates but in spite of any
opposition which syndicates may present
To assert that the Government is depend
ent upon the good will or assistance of
any portion of the people other than a
constitutional majority is to assert that
we have a government in form but with
out vital force
National Bank Currency
The position taken by the platform
against the issue of paper money by na
tional banks is supported by the highest
Democratic authority as well as demand
ed by the interests of the people The
present attempt of the national banks to
force the retirement of United States
notes and treasury notes in order to se
cure a basis for a larger issue of their own
notes illustrates the danger which arises
from permitting them to issue their paper
as a circulating medium The national
bank note being redeemable in lawful
money has never been better than the
United States note which stands behind
it and yet the banks persistently demand
that these United States notes which
draw no interest shall give place to interest-bearing
bonds in order that the banks
may collect the interest which the people
now save
To empower national banks to issue
circulating notes is to grant a valuable
privilege to a favored class surrender to
private corporations the control over the
volume of paper money and build up a
class which will claim a vested interest
in the nations financial policy Our Uni
ted States notes commonly known as
greenbacks being redeemable in either
gold or silver at the option of the Gov
ernment and not at the option of the
holder are safer and cheaper for the
people their national bank notes based up
on interest bearing bonds
The Monroe Doctrine
A dignified but firm maintenance of the
foreign policy set forth by President Mon
roe and reiterated by the Presidents who
have succeeded him instead of arousing
hostility abroad is the best guaranty of
amicable relations with other nations It
is better for all concerned that the United
States should resist any extension of Eu
ropean authority in the Western hemis
phere rather than invite the continual irri
tation which would necessarily result
from any attempt to increase the influ
ence of monarchical institutions over that
portion of the Americas which has been
dedicated to republican government
Pensions
No nation can afford to be unjust to its
defenders The care of those who have
suffered injury in the military and naval
service of the country is a sacred duty A
nation which like the United States re
lies upon voluntary service rather than
upon a large standing army adds to its
own security when it makes generous pro
vision for those who have risked their
lives in its defense and for those who
are dependent upon them
The Producers of Wealth
Labor creates capital Until wealth is
produced by the application of brain and
muscle to the resources of this country
there is nothing to divide among the non
producing classes of society Since the
producers of wealth create the nations
prosperity in time of peace and defend the
nations flag in time of peril their inter
ests ought at all times to be considered
by those who stand in official positions
The Democratic party has ever found its
voting strength among those who are
proud to be known as the common people
and it pledges itself to propose and enact
such legislation as is necessary- to protect
the masses in the free exercise of every
political right and in the enjoyment of
their just share of the rewards of their
labor
Arbitration
I desire to give special emphasis to the
plank which recommends such legislation as
Is necessary to secure the arbitration of
differences between employers engaged In
Interstate commerce and their employes Ar
bitration is not a new Idea It is simply an
extension of the court of justice The labor
ing men of the country have expressed a
desire for arbitration and the railroads can
not reasonably object to the decisions ren
dered by an impartial tribunal Society has
an Interest even greater than the interest
of employer or employe and has a right to
protect itself by courts of arbitration against
the growing Inconvenience and embarrass
ment occasioned by disputes between those
who own the great arteries of commerce on
the one hand and the laborers who operate
them on the other
Immigration
While the Democratic party -welcomes to
the country those who come with love for
our institutions and with the determination
and ability to contribute to the strength
and greatness of our nation it is opposed
to the dumping of the criminal classes upon
our shores and to the importation of either
pauper or contract labor to compete wltb
American labor
Injunctions
The recent abuses which have grown out
of injunction proceedings have been so em
phatically condemned by public opinion that
the Senate bill providing for trial by jury
In certain contempt cases will meet with
general approval
Trusts
The Democratic party Is opposed to trusts
It would be recreant to Its duty to the people
of the country If It recognized either the
moral or the legal right of these great aggre
gations of wealth to stifle competition bank
rupt rivals and then prey upon society Cor
porations are the creatures of law and they
must not be permitted to pass from under
the control of the power which created them
they are permitted to exist upon the theory
that they advance the public weal and they
must not be allowed to use their powers for
the public Injury
Railroads
The right of the United States Government
to regulate Interstate commerce cannot be
questioned and the necessity for the vigor
ous exercise of that right Is becoming more
and more imperative The interests of the
whole people require such an enlargement
of the powers of the Interstate commerce
commission as will enable it to prevent dis
crimination between persons and places and
protect patrons from unreasonable charges
Pacific Railroads
The Government cannot afford to discrim
inate between its debtors and must there-
fore prosecute its legal claims against the
Pacific railroads Such a policy is necessary
for the protection of the rights of the pa-
trons as well as for the Interests of the Gov
eminent
Cuba
The people of the United States happy In
the enjoyment of the blessings of free gov
ernment feel a generous sympathy toward
all who are endeavoring to secure like bless
ings for themselves This sympathy while
respecting all treaty obligations is especial
ly active and earnest when excited by the
struggles of neighboring peoples who like
the Cubans are near enough to observe the
workings of a government which derives
all Its authority from the consent of tho
governed
The Civil Service
That the American people are not in favor
of life tenure in the civil service is evident
from the fact that they as a rule make fre
quent changes in their official representa
tlves when those representatives are chosen
by ballot A permanent office holding class
is not in harmony with our Institutions A
fixed term in appointive offices except where
the Federal Constitution now provides oth
erwise would open the public service to a
larger number of citizens without Impairing
its efficiency
The Territories
The Territorial form of government Is
temporary in its nature and should give way
as soon as the Territory is sufficiently ad
vanced to take its place among the States
New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona are en
titled to Statehood and their early admis
sion Is demanded by their material and polit
ical Interests The demand of the platform
that officials appointed to administer the
government of the Territories the District
jof Columbia and Alaska shouid be bona fide
residents or tne Territories or uistnct is en
tirely in keeping with the Democratic theory
of home rule I am also heartily In sym
pathy with the declaration that all public
lands should be reserved for the establish
ment of free homes for American citizens
Waterways
The policy of Improving the great water
ways of the country is justified by the na
tional character of those waterways and the
enormous tonnage borne upon them Ex
perience has demonstrated that continuing
appropriations are in the end more econ
omical than single appropriations separated
by long intervals
The Tariff
It is not necessary to discuss the tariff
question at this time Whatever may be the
individual views of citizens as to the relative
merits of protection and tariff reform all
must recognize that until the money ques
tion is fully and finally settled the American
people will not consent to the consideration
of any other Important question Taxation
presents a problem which In some form is
continually present and a postponement of
definite action upon It Involves no sacrifice
of personal opinion or political principles
but the crisis presented by financial condi
tions cannot be postponed Tremendous re
sults will follow the action taken by the Uni
ted States on the money question and delay
is impossible The people of this nation sit
ting as a high court must render judgment
in the cause which greed is prosecuting
against humanity The decision will either
give hope and Inspiration to those who toll
or shut the doors of mercy on mankind
In the presence of this overshadowing Issue
differences upon minor questions must be
laid aside in order that there may be united
action among those who are determined
that progress toward a universal gold stand
ard shall be stayed and the gold and silver
coinage of the Constitution restored
W J BRYAN
A Chinese Funeral
A well conducted Chinese funeral is
the most f orgeous sight in Asia At tho
front of the funeral procession walk
the noisy musicless musicians Then
come men bearing the Insignia of the
dignity of the dead if he had any Next
come more men carrying figures of
animals idols umbrellas and blue an i
white streamers After them come men
carrying pans of perfume Just be
fore the coffin walk bonzes Chinese
priests Over the coffin a canopy is
usually carried The casket is borne
by about a score of men Immediately
behind the coffin walk the children of
the deceased The eldest son comes
first He is dressed in canvas and leans
heavily upon a stout stick He Is sup--posed
to be too exhausted by grief and
fasting to walk without the aid of the
staff The other children and relatives
follow this chief mourner They are
clothed in white linen garments The
women are carried in chairs They sob
and wail at intervals and in unison
When the burying place is reached the
bonzes begin chanting a mass for the
dead and the coffin is put in the tomb
A large oblong white marble table is
placed before the tomb On the middle
of it are set a censer and two vases and
two candlesticks all of as exquisite
workmanship as possible Then they
have a paper cremation Paper figures
of men horses garments and a score
of other things are burned They are
supposed to undergo a material resur
rection and to be useful to the dead in
the Chinese heaven The tomb is seal
ed up or closed and an entertainment
concludes the ceremony at the grave-
Chicago News f t
Noise
That birds do not mind a noise so
long as they feel safe from enemies is
shown by a pair of pewees who built
a nest last spring and hatched out a
orood in a North Limington Me saw-
mill The nest is on a horizontal joist
within six feet of the end of the car-
riage where the logs are rolled At
the time of the building laying and
hatching three saws were running and
five men aj work In the mUL
CYCLONE HITS PARIS
Violent Wind Storm Descends Upon
the Gay French Capital
A violent tornado swept over parts of
Paris at 230 oclock Thursday afternoon
Paris is much stirred up and excited over
the disaster
A large ward in the Hotel Dieu was
full of the victims two of whom died
and several there and in the other hos
pitals are in a precarious condition The
breaking of the storm was accompanied
by many demonstrations of fright by in
dividuals and by crowds the panic of one
spreading to others The lowering sky
the howling of the tempest and the flying
debris frightened the crowds ip the streets
out of self control Everybody started
to run without much regard to obstacles
personal or otherwise that might come in
their way And there was snouting and
screaming to add to the confusion
The damage to property was widespread
and -serious The first tempest of wind
which did most of the damage was im
mediately succeeded by torrents of rain
and cellars all over Paris were flooded
The tornado lasted about one minute but
in addition to the damage already men
tioned considerable destruction was caus
ed on and about the Pont Neuf the Place
du Chatelet the Observatoire the Tour
St Hacque and elsewhere in the neigh
borhood The greatest damage was done
at the Palais de Justice All the win
dows on the Rue de Harley side were
smashed part of the roof was blown
away and the corridors were filled with
clouds of dust and branches of trees The
sittings of the court had to be suspended
MRS CLEVELANDS FALL HAT
Symphony in Flowers and Colors Re
minds One of Late Leaves
An important order was to be executed
the other day by a Washington milliner
for Mrs Cleveland had written down for
an autumn hat Your own selection
she ordered the milliner The hat when
it reached Gray Gables was of pale green
straw with brown dots scattered over it
These were small knots of grass One
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THE ITEW HAT AND ITS WEARER
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side of the hat was trimmed with stiff
taffeta bows in brown and green loops
of each The other side of the hat was
a mass of snowballs nestling in green
leaves The back was a standing mass of
lace and the pointed top carried out the
brown and green motif in an abundance of
these leaves
With Mrs Clevelands order was one
for small russet shade hats for the little
girls There are trimmed with
and green ribbon
FUSION IN IOWA
Iowa Fopnlists Will Support Demo
cratic Electoral Ticket
The Iowa Populist State convention in
session at Des Moines unanimously in
dorsed the State and electoral ticket nom
inated by the Democratic State conven
tion at Ottuniwa which made Gen T B
Weaver and Horace Boies candidates for
electors- at large The fusion was com
plete in every respect Not a voice was
against it The Ottumwa ticket was
made part of- the resolutions and adopted
on motion of Gen Weaver
Chairman J E Anderson of Foresn
City called the convention to order as
soon as the district caucuses were held
He introduced Dr R E Rose of At
lantic who asked that the country be de
livered from the oppressors Charles A
Lloyd of Muscatine was introduced as
temporary chairman He was a candi
date for Congress two years ago in the
Second District E T Meredith was
made temporary secretary Mr Lloyd
said the Peoples party was the corner
stone of the new temple of liberty
In the afternoon H S Wilcox opened
the session with a speech declaring no
person but an employe of a corporation
will vote for McKinley W H Robb of
Creston fusion candidate for Congress
was made permanent chairman and Ed
Meredith of Des Moines secretary Gen
Weaver as chairman of the Committee
on Resolutions introduced the report
Notes of Current Events
M Alexander Felix Joseph Ribot for
mer premier of France who for a number
of years has been one of the most prom
inent figures in French politics has ar
rived in New York from Paris
Joseph Bullard aged 54 and head saw
yer at Moody Sons sawmill at Muncie
Ind had his brains crushed out while at
his post of duty His head was caught be
tween the carriage and a heavy timber
A disease closely resembling and sup
posed to be Texas fever is rapidly killing
the cattle at Wilton Junction Iowa It
is confined to a region near the stock
yards A rigid quarantine has been es
tablished
The Chamber of Commerce Board of
iTrade and Mayor Sutro of San Francisco
have sent an official invitation to Li Hung
Chang through the Chinese consul general
there to a reception at the hall of the
tOhamber of Commerce should he pass
ithrough San Francisco
An Odessa dispatch to the London Daily
News says that a Moscow electrician
named Kildeschewsky is going to Lon
don to test a new telephone discovery he
has made with the Atlantic cable
Capt A P Cook U S N died in
Paris aged 60 years He served with
distinction during the war under Admirals
Farragut and Porter In 1869 he was
the head of the department of ordnance
at the naval academy and his text book
Tvas used for naval cadet instruction He
was made a commander in 18T0 and cap-
Jtain in 1881 CoxnerstQwnl N xn
nil birthplace
WANT SILVER DOLLARS
Treasury Officials Receive a Largo
Number of Requests Uaily
A Washington correspondent says that
the treasury officials are in daily receipt
of a large number of requests asking for
silver dollars of this years coinage in ex
change for silver certificates or other law
ful money Many of these requests come
from persons who seem to doubt the truth
of the monthly coinage statement while
others ask for shipments of 1896 doliara
with a view to refuting statements that
no silver dollars are now being coined
These requests have been complied with
as fast as received and the treasury offi
cials desire to call public attention to the
fact that when silver dollars are ordered
in sums of or multiples of 500 they are
shipped at the expense of the Govern
ment but when smaller sums arp or
dered the shipments are made at the ex
pense of the person ordering
There is now in the treasury 10506
399 in free silver that is silver which
may be obtained in exchange for any
lawful money but the demand just now
is so keen for 1S96 dollars that it seems
probable that by the beginning of October
the department will be compelled to de
cline to pay out silver dollars except in
exchange for silver certificates or treas
ury notes of 1890
The law requires certain amounts of
silver to be held in the treasury to cover
outstanding silver certificates and treas
ury notes and when the minimum is
reached silver payments would be re
fused even in exchange for gold or in pay
ment of warrants on the treasury
The number of standard silver dollars
coined last August is shown by the offi
cial statement to have been 2650000
since Feb 1 last 11212412 and since
November 1893 15169491 The coin
age value of the silver bullion now on
hand and on which the mints are now at
work is 166745200 and it is said to bo
altogether probable that coinage will be
continued at least until the stock on hand
of standard dollars of 1890 has been
increased to about 30000000 where it
stood when the present administration
went into office
2148 PER CAPITA
Circulation of This Country on Sep
tember 1 1896
The Treasury Departments monthly
circulation statement shows as expected
after the big excess of expenditures over
receipts and the big decrease in the gold
reserve and surplus cash in August an
unusually heavy net increase in the circu
lation last month The treasury lost
heavily in gold coin and silver certificates
in August The conspicuous changes in
the circulation during the month were
increases in gold coin circulation of 18
702025 and in silver certificates 14
083223 and on the other hand increases
of 5445804 in greenback circulation
3145000 currency certificates and 2
686008 in silver treasury notes The
total circulation of the country on Sept
1 is placed at 1539169634 a per capita
of 2L48 againsL 1603583028 on Sept
1 a year ago The amounts of the various
kinds of money in circulation on Sept 1
1896 and on Sept 1 a year ago are
shown by the following table
Sept 1 96 Sept 1 95
Gold coin S 463995969 479787653
Standard silver
dollars 53445881 52584843
Subsidiary silver 59699467 60090158
Gold certificates 38867639 49081089
S 1 1 ver certifi
cates 845739S94 323772261
Silver treasury
notes 91262524 109436662
Greenbacks and
currency cer
tificates 270359734 324091753
National bank
notes 215798526 204738609
Totals Sl539169634 1603583028
The treasury money and bullion fund
last month shows a net decrease amount
ing to 2737711 Gold coin holdings de
creased 12810170 silver bullion 2
072018 and it lost 91344 m subsidiary
silver On the other hand its store of
standard dollars increased 1203916
gold bullion 2623145 greenbacks 5
445S04 national bank notes 1881
948 and silver treasury notes 1084008
The changes in detail in August in the
money and bullion fund are shown by tho
following table
In trsury In trsury
Aug 1 Sept 1
Gold coin S119371284 S106561114
Standard silver dol
lars 379852244 3S1056160
Subsidiary silver 16004145 15909801
Silver treasury
notes 34394748 35478756
Greenbacks 109270478 114716282
National bank
notes 11933422 13815370
Gold bullion 30640941 33264086
Silver bullion 118753758 116681740
Totals S82022102O S817483309
AMERICAN GOLDMINES SEIZED
Canadian Surveyors Arrange to Con
fiscate Alaska Fields
Interest has been aroused at the State
Department by the recent action of Cana
dian Government surveyors in so locating
the one hundred and forty first meridian
as to throw 200 gold mines into Canadian
territory This is likely at any time to
precipitate such a conflict of authority as
cannot be ignored by the Governments of
the United States and Great Britain
These mines are now operated by Amer
icans thousands of whom have gone to
the Alaskan fields since the discovery of
gold The miners will not readily submit
to the rules and regulations prescribed by
the Canadian mounted police The offi
cials of the State Department do not in
any degree recognize the survey A con
vention joint committee and treaty will
be required before this Government can
acknowledge that the work has been per
formed Negotiations are now pending
with Great Britain for a convention to
have a joint commission of astronomers
appointed to survey and locate the one
hundred and forty first meridian from
Mount St Blias to the northern limit
The expectation prevails that in view of
threatened disturbances which may ne
cessitate the sending of troops by both
Governments to that region the pending
negotiations on the subject will be press
ed to a conclusion
Edgar M Tomlinson who testified be
fore the Lexow committee in New York
that he paid a bribe to William S An
drews former street cleaning and excise
commissioner to influence his action as a
commissioner of excise has confessed that
the charge was not true and that he com
mitted perjury in making it
The annual report of the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad Company for tha
Iscal year ended June 30 1896 haa just
teen issued The gross earnings were
155118659 an increase o46343LQ3
werythe preceding year
MORAL SUASION FAILED
So the School Teacher Asserted Him
self and Ruled with the Rod
No sir said the newly engaged
teacher of the Pea Ridge district school
to the Board of Directors I do not be
lieve in corporeal punishment It ap
peals only to the brute nature and I
expect to teach human beings I shall
use moral suasion Instead of the rod
I shall appeal to the manly and wom
anly instincts of my boys and girls
All right young feller try it on
was all the comment this speech called
forth and the next Monday when the
new teacher stood before his pupils for
the first time he tried it on
Now my dear boys and girls he be
gon Im sure that we are going to be
the very best and dearest friends I
am delighted to meet such a number of
bright smiling boys and girls and as I
look into your happy and friendly faces
I will that boy in the third row of seats
kindly stop laughing It really isnt
gentlemanly to laugh when one is
speaking
As I was saying my heart thrills
with pleasure when I think of all the
grand and glorious possibilities bound
up in why why is it possible that one
of my largest pupils is making a mouth
at me I am so grieved to think that
will that boy there by the stove sit
down and behave himself
I really do not wish to be harsh dear
boys and girls but you know that is
my duty Didnt I tell you to sit down
sir What You will when you get
ready Then youd better get ready
mighty quick As I was saying I wish
to be kind and gentle but who threw
that mud ball at me Who was it
I demand to know the perpetrator of
such a foul insult If he has a spark
of decency he will who threw that
one If I just order I say order
Here this boy on the front seat you
go out and cut me a rod an inch thick
and five feet long and Ill wear it out
before noon but what I will make some
of these ill mannered louts behave
themselves You act like a lot of In
dian brutes You sit down or Ill
knock you down boy Oh Im not a
bit afraid of you Put me out if you
dare The first one of you that sets
foot on this platform will get knocked
down with a chair Come on Im
ready for you Detroit Free Press
Fortunes from the Sea
But the great romance In this connec
tion lies with the professional divers
One of the most extraordinary instances
of a fortune found in the sea concerned
the wreck of the Spanish treasure ship
Alfonzo XII which was sunk off Point
Gando Grand Canary A singe diver
David Tester employed by the well
known diving experts C E Heinke
Co of Great Portland street recovered
Spanish gold coin of the estimated
value of 100000 The depth from
which this specie was recovered was
twenty six and two thirds fathoms or
160 feet
One of the most difficult operations
ever performed by a diver was the re
covering of the treasure sunk in the
Malabar off Galle On this occasion the
large iron plates half an inch thick
had to be cut away from the mailroom
and then the diver had to work through
nine feet of sand The whole of the
specie on board of this vessel upward
of 1500000 was saved as much as
S0000 having been got out in one day
It is an interesting fact that from
time to time expeditions have been fit
ted out and companies formed with the
sole intention of searching for buried
treasure beneath the sea Again and
again have expeditions left New York
and San Francisco in the certainty of
recovering tons of bullion sunk off the
Brazilian coast or lying undisturbed
in the mud of the Rio de la Plata It is
however an every day occurrence for
divers to be sent from the Great Port
land street establishment to the Aus
tralian coasts to fish for pearls and
likewise to all parts of the world or
rather to all parts of the ocean where
sunken vessels are to be entered and
their valuable cargoes recovered
At the end of 1885 the large steamer
Indus belonging to the P and O Com
pany sank off Trincomalee having on
board a very valuable East India cargo
together with a large amount of specie
This was another case of a fortune
found in the sea for a very large
amount of treasure was recovered
London MaiL
Blown from a Train
I do not suppose that once in a hun
dred times we ever learn the real case
of a railroad accident7 said a man who
is always well posted on such matters
when any one of the principals con
cerned is killed In individual cases
where a man is lost from a train and
his body is found later beside the track
suicide is the first thing suggested but
you can never tell A peculiar accident
happen to a friend of mine He was
traveling Eastward with some friends
He left them for a few moments to go
to the smoking car As he crossed from
one car to the other that was before
the time of the vestibule trains a
strong wind was blowing struck him
and blew him to the ground He was
wearing a large circular coat which
acted as a balloon inflated with
wind and it was responsible for his be
ing blown off the train as well as for
the fact that he landed on his feet un
hurt He walked some distance to the
nearest station and telegraphed ahead
to his friends that he was all right and
would come to by the next train If he
had been killed every one would have
said suicide for the possibility of a
man being blown from a train would
seem to be an absurd idea New York
Times
Yes I realize that Jack was fast be
fore our marriage so I made allowance
for him Yes hut how pray
Well till recently by teaching music
but Im now trying stenography-
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