THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.
TWENTY-SECOND YEAK. OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING , M Y 28 , 1893-TWENTY PAGES. . NUMBER 2-12.
BLOODY HIGHBINDERS
Diabolical Methods Thai Tcrrorizo Chinese
Residents on the Ooast ,
MEN KILLED FOR OBEYING THE LAW
The Ohineso Millionaireo of San Francisco
and the Rich Six Companies ,
rMOHE THAN 8225,000,000 , , SENT TO CHINA
What the Six Companies Are and How They
Rnlo Celestials.
OPENLY DEFY STATE AND FEDERAL LAV/ /
, Chine-no Lotteries Which Net 830,000 n Dny
Wlmt It' Cent * to HinncKlo a I'rotty
Chinese Mnld Ahjvct Chi
nese Mliivcry ,
SAN FIUXCISCO , Cal. , May 20. [ Special to
THK Bnr. . ] Ono of the most interesting men
In the United States nt the present time is
Hon. John C. Qulnn , the United States col
lector of Internal revenue for the southern
district of California. Ho is the man who
has been makin. ? the fight In California for
the restriction of Chinese Immigration nnd
who , had Secretary Carlisle not withdrawn
the provision that the Chinese must _ register
themselves by photograph , would" by this
time have practically stopped the immense
amount of smuggling which Is continually
going on by the organized Chinese of
America. Probably no man in California
knows as much about the Chinese as Mr.
Quinn , nnd certainly no ono heretofo're has
had the nerve to enter into a'day and night
fight with them for the preservation of the
| J1 American laws. I had n long chat with him
the other night about these people and the
wonderful power that they hold on the Pa
cific slope. Said ho :
"Tho people cast of the Rocky mountains
do not understand the Chinese question ns it
exists hero. This is the battle ground of thoraces
races of the Occident and the Orient , and
San Francisco is the head of the govern-
ment of the Chinese of America. It is hero
that their rulers live nnd it is hero that they
look for law and punishment. They have no )
respect for American laws nnd they do as
their Chinese rulers dictate. Hiirht hero in
San Francisco the Chinese own property
which is worth moro than $75,000,000 , nnd of
the ready cash In circulation on the Pacific
coast they control at least $15,000,000. They
furnish more than one-third of all the labor
wo use , and they have so woven themselves
in nnd out through our Industries that we
are almost dependent upon them. When the
Geary act compelling the Chinese to register
themselves was passed It was my duty to en
force the provisions of the bill. I saw that
wo had to keep the Chinese that were nowhere
hero , for u time at least , and at the same
time keep out the hundreds of thousands of
coolies who were trying to got in. As soon
ns the act was published n cry went up from
the sand lots , or the hoodlum element , tnat
the Chinese must go. At the same time
there came word from the vineyards and
fruit growing districts of California that the
wholcsala deportation of them would ruin
all such industries. The result was the
problem how to keep out the coolies nnd
keep in the present Inborcrs. "
The Chlnrao ns Fruit Growers.
"I should think that you could have gotten
outsldo laborers for the vineyards , " said I.
"Tho thing lias been tried , " .replied Mr.
Qulnn , "but no workers seem to bo as good
as the Chinamen. , Down in Fresno not long
ngo 3,00(1 ( negro men and women wore brought
from Tennessee and Alabama to work in the
vineyards there. The Chinese were dis
charged nnd the negroes put In their places.
In less than a month thcro was not a negro
nblo to work , and the raisin growers having
lost thousands of dollars , fell back again on
the Chinese. The nicking of grapes in Cali
fornia is by no means nn easy job. The sub-
Irrigation of the soil nnd the hot sun , which
runs us high as 103 degrees in the shade ,
makes the work so terrible that only coolies
Kin stand it , and it wilted the negroes. It
is the sumo in the orchards. Train loads of
boys and girls were sent to the country to
' lake the place of Chinese fruit pickers , and
In two weeks the orchardlsts had houses full
i of sick children nnd the Chinese ugain ut
work among their trees. On the deserts In
southern California and Arizona the rail
roads have to use Chinamen as section hands ,
as whlto men cannot stand the terrible sum
mer sun. The Chinese know that thcro is a
certain class of work hero that they alone
can do. They uro not fools and they usk und
get us high wages us whlto laborers. "
How the American ChlneHu lire Killed.
"Tell me something nbput the Six Com-
panics' , Mr. Qulnu , " I said.
"Tho Six 'Companies , " was the reply ,
constitutes the most wonderful organization
1 have over heard of. It rules the destinies
of every Chlnse In America with nn iron
hand. It has defied for years and is now
openly defying the United States govern
ment. During this present trouble It raised
( IU5.000 in contributions of $1 each from the
Chinese in less than , thirty days , und this
money was asked for und given with the un
derstanding that It was to bo used to defeat
the operations of the Geary law. "
"When wore the Six Companies formed ? "
I naked.
"No whlto man knows , " was the reply ,
"And I doubt whether very many Chinese
could tell you. You can't mid the records of
the companies nnd no ono but their presi
dents and secretaries know where they Are ,
Their books are kept in u cipher which can
bo read only by themselves , and all their
work Is done In secret. The Chinese In
America , you know , como from six different
districts In China. They uro in reality six
different people , haying no moro points In
common than the different Indian tribes. 1
am told that the Six Companies were organ-
lied at first to curry on the business between
the different tribes of Chinese in this coun
try , to settle thuir disputes without recourse
to the courts , piihish the offenders , tuku euro
of the SICK , and above all , send bones of the
Chinese who died in America back to China.
This they do today , but they have grown
from u Binull organization to n great power
nnd great wealth. They have the power of
llfo or death over the Chinamen hero. Were
1 to tell you that the Six Companies have
sentenced not one but twenty men to death ,
und that the sentence. In every case has been
executed , 1 would tell you only what such
men ns O. P. Harton , n newspaper reporter ,
who has made worn among the Chinese n
specialty for ten years , has time nnd aguiu
published over his own Mguaturo. "
_ Slllllont for Uhlim.
"How do these Six Companies stand lu
China ) "
'Thoy nro recognized by the Chinese gov
ernment us the real jiower of thut empire vhi
this country. The Chinese consul general is
an ex-officio member of their executive com
mittee und counsels with their president.
These companies have for years tukou
clmrgo of the moneys of the Chinese of the
Pacific slope from Alaska to Guatemala and
of the United States , and they have con-
Stoutly on deposit au enormous amount of
tuonoy hero. Their deposits in the banks of
Ban FruucUco often ruu up u high as $3,000- ,
000 of gold coin , and within the last forty
years they have shlpjicd out of this country
to China the enormous sum of fjcr.,000,000 In
gold. This money was made up of the sav
ings of Chlncso laborers anil the profits of
Chinese mcrclmnts , and If today the Chi
nese Avero son ! out of the United States they
would carry , iw y with thorn more than
tf > 0,000,000 of money. My figures for these
sums are front the banking houses of San
Francisco , Los Angeles , Portland nnd from
the different oDlccs of the Six Companies.
They are an under estimate rather than nn
overestimate. "
OrgnnltetL Crime In Snn Frnncico. !
"How do thfso companies work ? " I asked.
"They do their work openly to a great ex
tent , " replied Mr. Qulnn. ' "ihey act as a
court foe the ) Chinese , nnd the Celestials
como hundred si of miles hero to San Fran
cisco to have tha presidents of these com
panies settle their troubles. There Is no ap
peal from them , The Chinamen who refuse
to obey them will certainly 'disappear , ' and
no ono but the Six Companies will know
what has become of them. As to their
business there is no doubt but they have
been engaged for years in smuggling opium ,
the Importing/of / Chinese women for immoral
purposes anil the Importing ot Chinese
laborers in defiance of the exclusion act. It
Is estimated that a handsome Chinese girl
of IS to 14 years of age Is worth when landed
in San Francisco clear of the customs
ofllccrs $ lr ) > 00 , , Whlto men nro hired to
perjure themselves in swearing that these
girls were born. In America , return to China
for an education nnd then como homo ago In.
Hundreds of women hnvo bcrn brougnt In
this way nnd the Six Companies pay the per
jurers nnd hire the lawyers to defend the
cases , The reporter Harton , to whom I have
already referred , ran two wnlto men to the
earth about sx months ago. They had Just
landed a Chinese girl aged only 10 .years.
The men wens arrested und the plrl was
found at a disreputable place where she had
boon taken Immediately after being landed.
The perjurers and the girl were bulled out
of Jail by money furnished by the Six Com
panies and n lawyer WAS paid by the same
organization. It is estimated that It cost
the companies between $5,000 nnd { 0,000 to
land tills girl nntl the companies stick to
their own people to the last. They sp.irc no
expense to accomplish their ends and they
are honest In carrying but the most immoral
of their contracts. "
The tirant Chinese Lottery.
"How about , the Chinese lottery ! " I asked.
' 'This is one of the great sources of reve
nue for the companies. They run lotteries
in every city JinQ town in the United States ,
Canada , Mexico , British America aud
Alaska. The lottery Is honest as far as the
drawing is concerned. It is a Chinese affair ,
nnd a man can win , if he happens to mark
the t right number of spots on his ticket , $10-
000 ( for the paj'ment of 25 cents. A drawing
is i held twice A clay , morning and evening ,
nnd It Is estimated that the Six Companies
make $20,000 A day out of it. This lottery is
corrupting S.in Francisco. Tno whites as
well as the Chinese engage In It. The police
have ] tried to break it up. and both the city
and state have passed laws against it , but it
does a greater business today "than ever. "
.Souicithlni ; About the Illghbliidorg.
"Suppose a Chinaman refuses to obey the
Six Companies , Mr. Quinn , " said I , "What
happens thent"
"In the llrst place he is ostracised , " was
the reply. "Next begins the persecution
that will ruin his business if ho is a mer
chant , or cost him his place if ho is a laborer.
All help In time of sickness or financial
trouble will bo denied him , and fourth , his
bones will liiive to lie after his death in alien
soil instead oE being boded , cleaned , scraped
and polished and sent back to China. This
means disbarment from the heaven of Con
fucius forever. So much for lawful persecu
tion. If hU crime of disobedience is im
portant enough it may cause his death , and
this will bo brought about by the highbinder
societies of the Chinese , or the tongs , as
they are called. The Six Companies claim
that they have no connection with the tongs ,
but not long sigo when two of these societies
were engaged In a murderous war upon each
other and the Chinese consul general and
the Chinese merchants Joined with the po
lice to stop their murders the Six Companies
refused to do a thing or give a dollar to hin
der the crime or to punish the guilty. "
Killed for Ohoyliic the Law ,
"What are the highbinders ! " f asked.
"Tho Chinese highbinder , " was the reply ,
"is a Chinaman who never works , but lives
off of the earnings of bad women and the
proceeds of 'blackmail. Ho doesn't need to
have a man's pccrot to threaten him , but ho
has merely t go to him and say , -Unless you
pay the highbinder society $500 or more , ns
the case may be , before Saturday night , wo
will kill . ' Thcro is
you. no half-way measure
about It , and should the merchant thus black
mailed cause the highbinder's arrest his
doom is sealed. The highbinder cares noth
ing for the la\v. Clothing himself with a
coat of mail made either of line steel chains
or of twenty or thirty thicknesses of news
paper quilted together and made into a gar
ment that covers the entire body from the
throat to tha thighs , ho arms himself with a
long barreled revolver and knife and goes
into the street nnd waits for the man ho is
to kill. When the man comes along ho be
gins his worlc. regardless of the presence of
the police , and ho finishes It , though ho may
Itnow tie Is to hang for it the next uay. This
sounds horrible , but such things have been
done in San Francisco , and will , I doubt not ,
bo done again. Only a few weeks ago ono of
these men namrd Leo Sing killed a China
man named Vik with three policemen in
sight of him. ! ' .c had drawn the
black bean of the society , which
sentenced him to kill this man Ylk ,
and ho killed him. There were four men
killed by tha highbinders because they had
registered themselves and had urged other
Chinamen to do the same in other words ,
to obey the lnws of the United States. The
highbinder society held a meeting nnd drew
lots as to who should kill the men , and they
were all killed uccordinir to the drawing. Do
you wonder Unit the Chinese are afraid to
fight thclrown people rather than the laws
of the United States ? I have had opposition
of this kind to contend with over since I
have been luoftlco out hero. I have promised
to protect the Chinamen who obey the laws ;
but what can you do ? Ills an outrage , but
how can you help It ? Yon have to light or
ganized crime and organized money. "
"I supposa the Chinese of this city are
very wealthy ? "
Twenty Chinese Mllllonnlroa.
"Yes ; there are ut least twenty million
aires among them , nnd the 27,000 Chinese of
San Franc is TO have their hands on nil the
Chinese money in the United States. As to
rich men , take , for instance , Wong Fut , ono
of the twenty Chinese millionaires of San
Francisco. Ho owns a little store on Dupont
street , nnd the room ho occupies is only
20x50 , but ho has branches in every town In
southern California , and he has establish
ments in Denver , Salt Lake , Kanr.as City ,
Omaha , St. Fxjuis , Chicago , Minneapolis , St.
Paul , Indiannpolis and New York , Ills
branches In these other towns have smaller
branches radiating over the whole country ,
and hu gels reports from every ono of them.
The Chinese in Now York aud WashIngton -
Ington report to the Six Companies here Just
the same as the man who lives n few doors
away from the company's offices. Wong Fat
himself controls moro than 2,000 laborers
and the most of these have been smuggled
into this country. It costs a Chinaman fCOO
to bo smuggled into the United States , and
hi ) pays this money over to the Six Compa
nies out of Jiis wages. Ho Is lundcd and
rented out by the companies to ono of these
rich Chinamen , Wong Fat rerents him lit
&SO a monlh to some ono else and of the
money ho enrns the laborer gets only from (4
to $3 a month till the StiOO duo the Six Com
panies is paid. If ho is sick , however , ho is
taken care or , and if he dies his bones uru
sent buck to China ,
Tliu MUtako lit tu
"I think that the greatest mistake that
has been made in the Geary
act . was the removing of the provision
' '
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photographs. A China-
nnia'n will malni iimself'lnany way in order
to lit any description needed , and ono of the
most skillful Chinese doctors In the United
States was employed to help along the
smuggling. This was Dr. La Po 'iol , who
uhad n practice of something like (100,000 a
year , about pno-thlrd of which he eot from
white people. La Po Tal made moles , scars
[ aud uulrlii * to hold hU countrymen la this
country. Ho dl < Hl only n few "weeks " ago and
ho was buried with great honor. The
photographs , however , beat the Chinamen ,
Being of nearly the same height and looking
much the same they can make' themselves
correspond to other men's passports , hut
they could not mnke themselves look like
other men's photographs. The smuggling of
them nets the Chinese largo fdrliiries 'every
year , and I don't wonder that they fought
the law. What will be the end of It I can't
tell. What I have said to you Is nothing In
comparison with what I might say. The
whole situation Is nn outrage upon America
ana American civilization. "
FIUNK G. CAiirr.XTEii.
J.AJIUK ANU rxnvsTiir.
The strike in the Cherokee coal district of
Kansas throws 5,000 men out of employment.
A folding stetl measure compospd of a
number of folding links of different lengths
pivoted at the end Is n now Invention.
One-cent pieces nro being Introduced in
Oakland. Cal. , for the first time , The small
est legal tender formerly used was 5-cent
pieces.
According to reports , the explorers of the
Nile have already unearthed enough to show
that n largo number of our great modern In
ventions are simply lost arts rediscovered.
The strike at Hull , In England , which has
lasted for some months and has necessitated
the employment of the in Hilary to suppress
violence , has. ended in exactly the same man
ner ns the yet moro famous and moro widely
spread Australian strikes of 1S91 , nnd 1BW
the defeat of the strikers.
Wood pulu is rapidly becoming ono of the
most universally used of manufactured arti
cles. Not only Is It found available for mak
ing many of the necessities and conveniences
of man's life , aside from newspapers , but it
is also > appearing in artistic colllns in which
to bury him. It is I interesting to note that
there nro very few areas of spruce lumber
in the United States west of the Adlron-
dacks.
The experiments whleh-nro being made In
the use of anhydrous ammonia as a motive
power seem to indicate that the now system
will prove ono of the most economical yet
tried. The expanding power of ammonia ,
when the liquid Is converted into pas , is far
greater than that of steam , and the com
parative cheapness of the former commodity
serves to render the ammonia process nn
economical ono.
An English rainmaker now operating In
India has an apparatus consisting of n rocket
callable of rising to the height of a mile , con
taining a reservoir of ether. In its descent
it opens a parachute , which causes it to
como down slowly. The ether is thrown out
in n fine spray and its absorption of heat Is
said to lower the temperature about it suffi
ciently to condense the vapor and produce u
limited shower.
The iron capacity of American furnaces is
discussed by the Iron Ago In n penetrating
article which points out that , while the ag
gregate f capacity of all the furnaces is 14-
550,703 gross tons , only about 0,000,000 tons of
this can be kept going with No. 1 Iron at
$ M a ton , so that at current prices this is
the capacity of the furnaces. There is 2,000
moro which can bo produced at $15. and
equal amounts at $10 and $17. Practically ,
then , the live capacity is " ,000,000 tons.
The Lake Superior Iron company has by
timely liberality established relations with
its employes that cannot , result in anything
but mutual prosperity. Until recently the
wage earners ou the company's rolls toiled
for ten hours each day and received what
was generally regarded as satisfactory
recompense. With that condition the com
pany might have been content , but it was
not. It proposed a reduction of each work
ing day to eight hours , nnd , strangely
enough , did not propose any reduction of
pay. Very cheerfully was the scheme in
dorsed by these whom It was primarily in
tended to benefit , for they hold a meeting
and notified the management that they
would endeavor to do as much work in eight
hours as they had previously done in ten.
A very pretty effect is gained by printing
a photograph on marble , which can bo done
in the following way : An unpolished plato
ot marble must bo coated with a solution of
benzine , 500 parts ; spirits of turpentine , 500
parts ; asphaltum , fifty parts , and pure wax ,
llvo parts. When this is dry the plate is ex
posed under a negative , which will take in
sunshine about twenty minutes. Develop
with spirits of turpentine or benzine and
wash In plenty of water. The next step is
to cover the plato where It is intended to be
loft white with nn alcoholic solution of shel
lac , and Immerse the same in any dye which
is soluble In water. After awhile , when
enough of the coloring matter lias entered
the pores of the inarolo , it is taken out and
polished.
The graduating class of the Kansas City
High school numbers 117.
At the coming commencement of Koanoko
college , Virginia , a full-blooded Choctaw
Indian , said to be ono of the best speakers
in his class , will be graduated.
The Association of Graduates of the IZcns-
seluer Polytechnic Institute will moot in
Chicago during the week commencing July
31 , the engineering congresses being held ut
that timo.
Some Important changes are contemplated
at Cornell next year. The one that will at
tract most attention is the decision to change
the policy toward graduate students and
hereafter charge them tuition. The change
will go into effect a year from next fall.
Ex-Governor Ames will present to ttio
town of Easton , Mass. , a now high school
building which will cost about $00,000 when
completed. It will bo built in the colonial
style , and besides the recitation , auto and
dressing rooms It will have a chemical and
mechanical laboratory.
John D. Rockefeller has given $150,000
moro to the University of Chicago in order
that Martin A. Uyerson's gift"of $100,000 ,
conditional on the raising of100,000 more ,
might become available. About $ luO,000 lias
been raised already , so that thcro now remains -
mains but $150,000 to complete the $500,000
needed us an equipment fund.
Joseph S. Spinney of Brooklyn , whoso
will bequeathed one-third of his. entire
estate , after some minor bequests were
paid , to WcMoynn , was not a graduate of
the college , but ho hud for years been in
terested in Its welfare , nnd at the time of-
his death was a trustee. The regular sopho
more Greek prize was sustained by him.
The 143di anniversary of the b'lrth of
Stephen Girurd was celebrated in Philadel
phia on Saturday last as Founder's day at
the college whicli perpetuates his name. It
was a holiday and n Held day for the colle
gians , as well ns for the alumni , and the pre
sentation of a national flag to'tlio Institu
tion by Lafuyotto post , Grand Army of the
Hepubliu of Now York , gnvo a touch of real
patriotic spirit with the memorial interest of
the time ,
'Well , how do you like going to school ,
Wondelllno ! " inquired her mother , "Tho in
tellectual discipline pleases mo very much ,
mamma , " replied the near little Boston girl
who had Just returned home after her llrst
day at school , "but the methods are some
what crude , and the teacher impresses mo
as ono who has not wholly succeeded as yet
in the struggle to overcome the disadvan
tages necessarily resulting from defective
early education , "
The forthcoming annual register of the
Johns Hopkins university , compiled by
Registrar T , H.xBall , will give some in
teresting statistics showing the progress
and widespread reputation of the university.
The total millibar nf students la 551 , an In.
crease of four over last year , Of these
317 uro graduated students already .holding
degrees. The faculty shows an Increase of
seven teachers , the total number being
seventy-two , or au average of one for less
than eight students.
An explosion of a storage battery is de
scribed In the Electrical World. Seven Ju-
Ileus cells being charged with a 10-ampero
current at 110 volts were disconnected while
in circuit in order to/put in another cell. At
the Instant the connection was broken there
was a vivid flash , followed by a loud ex
plosion. The middle cell was completely
wrecked , and several persons standing near
were thrown back and covered with ucld.
The explosion was duo to the spark caused
by breaking the circuit , igniting the unconi-
blucd hydrogen and oxygen gases in the cell.
HONORING TIIESOLDIER DEAD
Keeping Fresh the Hemory of the Men Who
Fought for the Union ,
ORIGIN AND MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY
A Holiday the Uitn of Which Nn Other
Nation 1'omeMei An Object Lesion In
Loyally anil rnlrlotlsm Touch
ing Storici.
In one of the most , Impressive Decoration
day addresses ever delivered these words
were uttered : "When the war was
over , in the south , whore under warmer skies
and with more poetic , temperaments symbols
nnd emblems nro better understood than in
the practical north , the widows , mothers nnd
children of the confederate dead went out
nnd strewed their graves with llowcrs ; nt
many places the women scattered them im
partially also over the unknown and un
marked resting places of the unbn soldiers.
As the news of this touching tribute Hashed
over the north it , roused , as nothing clso
could have" done , national amity nnd love
nnd allayed sectional animosity nnd passion.
It thrilled every household where there was
a vacant chair by the fireside and nn aching
void in the heart for n lost hero whoso re
mains had never been found ; old wounds
broke out afresh , and in n mingled tempest
of grief and Joy the family cried , 'Maybe it
was our darling 1' Thus out of sorrows com
mon nllko to north arid south came this beau
tiful custom. But Decoration day no longer
belongs * .o these who mourn. It is the com
mon privilege of us all , and will bo celebrated
as long as gratitude exists and flowers
bloom. " * .
Thus Chauncoy M. Dopew. in his Decora
tion day address In 1871) ) , told brleily of the
origin of the customer strewing graves with
flowers , nnd John S. W Isc , in a speech made
some years ago , declared that the tendcrcst
nnd most touching legtiey of the war was
that sentiment of common pity and hu
manity to which the women gave expression
in a southern cemetery , when they decked
the graves of confederate and federal sol
diers witn impartial hand.
The custom was at 'first rather slow In
taking root , and it was not until the Grand
Army posts throughout the union , by com
mon consent , iixcdupon the yoth day of May ,
the time of the blossoming of the flowers , as
n day when they shdulp dedicate themselves
to a simple ceremony ? pf paying tribute to
their lost comrades by Strewing their graves
with flowers. The custom mot with such
iwpulur approval that pno after another the
legislatures of the different states set apart
the day legally for : such observance , and
now , as Henry Ward Beecher said only a
year or two before his Ucath , there is prob
ably not a cemetery itrthc land which will
not reveal on the e s of Decoration day ,
either by little Hags orfiowcrs , that it con
tains the dust of , ono wno gave his life in the
civil war.
The suggestion that upon the battle fields
of the south thcro should bo plots of ground
consecrated as burial places for soldiers who
fell upon these fields' seems to have been
spontaneous. It was n popular demand rec
ognized by congress,4and legislation was
early procured , as a Result or which a na.
tlonal cemetery lies contiguous to every Dat-
tlo field of importance. Appropriations nro
made by the government every year for the
maintenance of thcso * cemeteries , and visit
ors see in the little . marble head stones-
thousands and thousahds of them at Frcd-
ericksburg , in the Chickahoinlny region , at
Chlckauiauga , at Arlington , at Gettysburg ,
the visible evidence of'the terrible mortality
which this stupendous contest involved.
No other country possesses such a holi
day. On the a.'JOO battle fields of the civil
war over 100,000 were killed , 71,000 lost their
lives in the prisons of tile enemy , 200,000
more died in hospitals from wounds or dis
ease and 12o,000'others were so wounded in
battle that they died after being discharged
as no longer capable of. service. It is the
memory of these thousands of heroes that
the Grand Army recalls in its ceremonies of
Tuesday.
The llrst formal orderestoblishing the day
was issued on May 5,1868 , by General John
A. Logan , commander-lu-chief of the Grand
Army of the Hepublic. Now Jersey was the
llrst state to take legislative action on the
day and Now York the first to declare it a
legal holiday by the government. Congress
adjourned as a mark , of respect to the
memory of the illustrious dead.
It is now n legal holiday in California ,
Colorado , Connecticut , the Dakotas , Iowa ,
vania , Hhodo Island , Vermont , Wisconsin ,
Nebraska ani Wyoming.
The llrst formal and national observance
of the day was the occasion of much fine
oratory at different points , but looking back
over the list of speakers it will bo seen that
only a few survive that occasion. May 30 ,
180S. General Garfleld afterwards presi
dent was the orator at Arlington , whore
the flowers were so profuse that it was said
they had rained down from heaven. The
teacher-soldier said on , that occasion , among
other beautiful sentences , these memorial
words :
"If silence is over golden , it must bo hero
beside the graves of Ki.OOO men , whoso lives
were more slcniflcant than speech , nnd
death was a poem the muslo of which can
never bo sung.
"I love to believe that no heroic sacrifice
is ever lost ; that the characters of men are
molded and inspired by what their fathers
have done ; thut treasured up in American
souls are all the unconscious influences of the
great deeds of the Anglo-Saxon race from
Agincourt to Bunker Hill. It was such an
intluonco which led u young Greek 2,000 ,
years ago , when ho hoard the news of Marathon
then , to exclaim 'The trophies of Mlltladcs
will not let mo sleep,1 "
The object lessons of history are better
and inoro instructive than the written his
tories which must remain to many but
sealed books. There is uochild , no foreigner
unknowing our language who will not
understand the tribute of flowers and
Hugs on a soldier's grave and so loam by
intuition a lesson off love and loyalty to
patriots.
Many touching stories have been told of
scenes witnessed on Memorial day , says the
Detroit Frco i'rcss. , Ono of these is of a
family that ' 'adoptodr a grave and went
oven to the lepglh of removing
the hcadstono whlgh contained only
the words , "Fcdoj-al Soldier , Name Un
known. " They then substituted the name
of their own soldier ' of whoso place of
bu-Inl they had noVocord his remains never
having been broughthomo and they finally
consented to the belief that ho whom they
mourned really slept , In that grave , Per
haps the boy who found an unknown sepulcher -
chor far from home lias not slept unwatohcd
there. '
"And had ho not lilijh'honor ,
The hlllMdo for hlk pall.
To llu In stuto wlillo npKols wait
And stars for tancra tall.
And the dark rock pines like tossing plumes
Ovur hU blur to wn-vp ,
And Uod's own hand In that lonely land
To lay him in the crave. "
There is another story of a little old
woman in a widow's ' dress who , on Memorial
day in a certain well known cemetery , goes
about among the soldiers' graves , measuring
each ono , and when she liuds ono just the
length of "Harry's" height , she empties the
basket of flowers she carries upon it and sits
down beside it , and guards it fiercely from
every Invader , She is attended by u military
looking man who wears the empty sleeve ,
and when any ono would disturb her he
touches ills forehead significantly , and" they
leave her in peace.
.At the old farmhouse where they used to
scrape lint , or "sow on Sunday , " as they tell
with bated breath , they uro engaged now in
the moro peaceful avocation of picking
flowers uud sorting them for Memorial day.
This Is no transaction of commerce. These
llowors are plucked with the dew on them ,
by rosy-cheeked maidens to whom war ls
but a remote sound , but loyalty to their
country's dead a vitnl principle.
It was an Athenian custom to wreathe
with flowers the monuments of these who
had fallen In battle.
"It Is a happy fate to Ho entombed
in thodcpp recesses of a well beloved land , "
Memorial day can never docrenorato into a
mere pleasure-loving observance with such n
historic background to preserve our heroes'
memories.
"Sloop , corriradcs. sloop and rest
. On this Held of the grounded arm ,
whore foes no moro molest
Nor ( entry's shot alarm !
Host , comrades , rest and slcopt
The thoughts of men shall be ,
As icntlnols. tokrop
\ our rest from danger free.
Ynnrsllent tonli of green
Wo deck with frncrnnt lloworsi
lours has the snlTcrlng been.
The memory shall 1m ours , "
*
units A.-\I > tixim ,
Ex-Congressman John A. Blnghnm of
Ohio , who took a leading part in the Im
peachment proceedings ngnlnst Andrew
Johnson , resides at Cadiz , O..land nt the ago
of 77 is in full possession of Ills mental nnd
jihyslc.il faculties. He has been out of pub-
lie life slnco his return from Japan in 18S5 ,
to which country ho was United States min
ister under Mr , Arthur.
Among the distinguished citizens of Phila
delphia past IK ) years of ago Key. Dr. Fur-
ness is ono of the most remarkable of pcrson-
ages. Ho takes long walks like n boy with
out fatiguo. Ho hears well and can read at
night even In the cars without glasses.
About the only evidence of ago ho experi
ences , and that does not bother him much , is
the familiar one of the loss of the sense of
taste.
"Old Glory" illustrates Its power anew. A
railroad corporation attempted to confiscate
a piece of the yard belonging to n widow in
Chester , Pa. The relict , moro power to her ,
nailed the stars and stripes to u tree , ana
shouldering a gun Invited the raiders to
"haul it down If you dare. " They daren't.
At last accounts the widow and the Hag re
mained in possession.
Fanny Davenport having purchased the
Dura Wadsworth house at Duxbury , Mass. ,
ono of the oldest edifices on the south shore ,
has had it razed to the ground and will build
on the site n summer house nt n cost of about
$30,000. The house Miss Davenport occupied
at Canton , Pa. , will bo sold , but the home
stead where her father lived and where , for
many years , the Davenport family reunited
in the summer , will bo kept in the family.
Miss Mary Abigail Dodge , known as "Gall
Hamilton , " and her sister , Miss Harriet
Dodge , are paying n visit to Carlisle , Pn. ,
to collect information regarding the ancestry
of James G. Blalne , whoso biography Miss
Dodge is to write. Coloned Ephraim Blame ,
the statesman's grandfather , who was com
missary general of the revolutionary army ,
is burled in the old graveyard ceded to the
town of Carlisle by John Penn. The old
Blaine family scat is about u milo north of
the town.
A pilgrim from Poscy countylndlanacomcs
to the rescue of Chicago and effectively re
futes the charge of universal extortion at
the World's fair. He shows that a visitor
may live on the fat of the White City and do
the show for CO cents a dav. This is exclu
sive of lodging , but as the Poscy county
tourist is of economic bent , a bench on the
lake front will not increase the total. Food ,
the chief enemy of u big purse , ho circum
vented by securing , gratis , milk nt the milk
exhibit , fresh rolls at the yeast exhibit and
buttered crackers at the butter exhibit.
Joseph Francis , who died a few days ago
at Osage Lake , N. Y , , has been buried be
side his wife nt Minneapolis. The tablet
over his body bears this inscription :
"Joseph Francis , the father and founder of
the United States life-saving service , 1812.
Founder of the American Ship wreck society ,
1843. Inventor of the corrugated metallic
llfo car , lifeboat , otc. Heccived' the thanks
of the Forty-ninth congress. Honored by
the Fiftletn congress for services to human
ity. Honored , decorated , rewarded and
knighted by the crowned heads of Europe.
Born March 12 , 1801 ; died May 10 , 18'Ja. "
Speculation regarding the significance of
the disappearance of the name "James
Gordon Bennett , proprietor , " from the
columns of the New York Herald is set at
rest by a lengthy explanation in that paper.
"Tho Herald today , " we are told , "is at the
height of its prosperity. " Financial reasons
are not , therefore , the cause of the change.
The proprietor has in view "tho formation
of a co-operativo society , ono for the sole
benefit of members of the Herald staff , "
which Is explained to moan every employe
of the paper , from the managing editor
down to the porters. By this menus Mr.
Bennett proposes -'to avoid any postmortem
interference by politically biased courts
under the guise of proceedings for the legal
construction of a will. "
A Hint Uiu Milliulmir.
"You don't call Miss
on Cutting any moro ,
I hear. Blubber. "
"No. "
"Did she reject you ? "
"Not exactly , but when I first began callIng -
Ing there was a mat at the door with the
word ' Welcome' woven in it and a motto on
the wall that read "Lot Us Love Ono An
other , " Later I noticed that the door-mat
was changed for ono that said 'Wipo Your
Foot' and a motto declaring that 'Early to
Bed and Early to Hlso Makes You Healthy ,
Wealthy and Wise , " hud taken the place of
the other. "
Winter' * I'rlzo I'onltion.
Contentment is a virtue , but oven In the
matter of virtues it is necessary to bewnro
of counterfeits. A fond father was ques-
tloning ills son about his standing at school.
"Oh , " said Bobby , " 1 have a good deal bet
ter place than 1 had last quarter. "
"Indeed ! Where nro you ! "
"I'm fourteenth. "
"Fourteenth , you little lazy bones ? You
were eight last term. Do you call that a
botterplaco ? "
"Yes , papa ; it's nearer the stove. "
The Avcraco Patent ,
Yankee Blade : "How are you finding
business , doctor ? " was asked of a physician ,
"Capital , " ho replied ; "I have all I can
attend to. "
"I didn't understand that there was much
illness about. "
"No , there Isn't. But wo physicians do
not depend upon sickness for an income. Oh ,
no ; most of our money is made from people
who have nothing the mutter with them. "
The Appeal to .Statistics.
Harper's Bazar : "I am told , dear , that
Jack U'lttlepato spent most of his eastern
vacation in your back parlor. Aren't you
giving him rather a dangerous amount of
encouragement ? "
"Why , no , dearest , ho Is merely a boy. To
bo sure ho Is u your older than I , but I shall
bo out next winter , while Jack has two moro
years in college , nnd it will bo six years
after that before ho Is able to earn much of
an ; thing. So practically ho is six years
younger than I , and that makes him 12. It
is absurd to talk of encouraging a boy so
young ns that.
Diminished Cnolnens ,
Washington Star : The lump of ice was
very small , and as ho tenderly received it
into Ills own hand Mr , Barxon remarked to
the man : .0y
"There's ono comfort about it all , to anyone \
ono who likes to bo on good terms with his
fellow men. "
"What's thatl"
"Thcro ain't near as much coolness be
tween us as there used to be , "
In Holland the following names for the
months nro In use : January Lnurqmaand ,
chilly month ; February Sprokclmaand ,
vegetation month ; March Lent inaaml ,
spring month ; April Grosmaand , grass
month : May Blowmaand , flower month ;
111
Juno Xomernmand , summer month ; July
Hooymaand , hay month ; August Oost-
maund , harvest mouth ; September Herts-
maand , autumn month ; October WynJ
iiiuand , wine month ; November Slagmaand
slaughter month ; December Wiuterumand ,
winter mouth.
The valo'liptorlan at Ynlo this year will bola
William Iluynolds Begg of Hendorsonyillo ,
N , 0
ANNEXATION WITH CANADA
Discussion of tbo Question of cm Alliance
with the Dominion ,
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH COUNTRIES
Great Difficulty Kipcrlcncoil In ( letting nn
lloncit r.xprcuMon of Opinion ou
the Sultjrct Kiiglnml Could
Anoril the l.om.
OMAHA , May 20. To the Editor of Tit'
BEE : When n Canadian visits this country
ono of the first questions ho is asked is ,
"What do the people over thcro think of nn
ncxntlont" Americans are iilmost univer
sally of the opinion that Canada will sooner
or later-come Into the union , but there can
not be sold to bo any tnovuincnt In the
United States in favor of political union of
the two countries. Americans are content to
wait until Canadians manifest a desire to
substitute the stars nnd stripes for the union j
Jack. Among Canadians thcro is , of course ,
a great diversity of opinion , nltliough It Is
generally admitted that annexation would
bring to Canada Increased prosperity ; that it
would enhance the value of her real estate ;
that It would lead to the development
of her mineral resources ; that it woulu
enable her farmers to get better
prices for their agrlcultur.il products. One
would Imagine that to convince the pcoplu
that annexation would add to their material
prosperity would bo all that would bo ncccs-
sarp In this commercial ago to make nnncxn-
tionlsts of them , but sucli Is lar from being
-tho case. It is probable that nt least two-
thirds of the peoiflo of Canada are thoroughly *
convinced that the country would bo more
prosperous if annexed to the United States ,
and yet it is extremely doubtful whether
one-third of their number could be induced
at the present time to vote for the change.
The attitude of the politicians nnd political
leaders is no less anomalous. It is perfectly
safe to assert Unit n resolution favoring
political union would not receive the support
of half a dozen mo.nbcrs of the Canadian
House of Commonsandyct the writer of this
article lias been nssuro.1 by more
than ono member of parliament
that the opinion that annexation
would bo a good thing for Canada is not only
held almost universally by the liberal mem
bers of the house , but is shared by n ma
jority of the conservative members as well.
In their public addresses those men grow
eloquent over the glory of British connec
tion , wave the old nag that has "waved a
thousand years the battle and the breeze , "
and denounce as traitors the politicians
whoso eyes are turned toward Washington.
In the seclusion of their club rooms they
laugh as they recall the language of their
public utterances , and wonder how long it
will be before they dare say what they really
think.
About n year ago a political union meeting
was held in one of the towns of western
Ontario , and among these who were ex
pected to deliver addresses was a local
politician whoso sympathy with the
annexation movement was well known.
Ho prepared n speech bristling
with facts and arguments to show
how annexation would buncllt the Canadian
farmer , and took the manuscript alone with
him to the meeting , .lust before the inect-
ing opened , however , ho was shown n letter
from his political chief at Toronto in which
it was intimated that the success of their
party at the next election might bo imper
illed should any of its prominent members
come out openly In favor of annexation , and
a change of front was consequently decided
upon. Ho buttoned up his manuscript in an
inside pocket , and to the dismay of these of
his friends who were not in the secret ho
dramatically began what turned out to bean
an intensely loyal speech with the words :
"A British subject I was born , a lirltish sub
ject I will die. "
As a matter of fact it Is very dlftlcuH to
got an honest expression of opinion in regard
to annexation. The Canadian people love
Canada and her Institutions and nave no
reason to complain of British rule. They
suffer from none of the evils that are sup
posed to exist in monarchical countries. The
governor general , as the representative of
the sovereign , opens the Dominion parlia
ment with impressive ceremony and is sur
rounded by n certain amount of state at all
times , but ho has no real power and never
tries to exert any , and the government of
the country Is practically in the hands of the
people. Disloyalty is an ugly word and to
bo accused of it under any circumstances is
unpleasant , but where it implies a want of
allegiance to a queen , who is in reality dearly
beloved , and u government that allows its
subjects complete civil and religious liberty ,
it is full of reproach. It is
not surprising , therefore , that men
hesitate to give expression to their convic
tions in regard to political union , partic
ularly since it has never been made a jviliti-
cal issue. Hero and there , however , there
nro indications of a deep and .strong current
in its favor. At a meeting held in Montreal
a few months ago to discuss the future of
Canada , a vote was taken which showed
that 1,000 favored independence , and 1,000
political union with the United States ,
which rcaloy meant 2,000 for annexation , ats
independence would undoubtedly lend to
that" and is advocated mainly by these who
desire to express their discontent In regard
to present conditions , without coming out j j
squarely in tuvor of political union. A short
time ace the president of the Slmcoo
Liberal association , a county political
organization , tendered his resignation upon
the ground that ho had hcuomu an annexationist -
ationist and felt that the president should
not hold political views untigonlstio to these
of the majority of his fellow members. In
the discussion that followed ono member
after another arose to state that nltliough
ho had never said much about it his own
views corresponded with these of the
president , and when some one , bolder than
the rest , Dually suggested that u vote betaken
taken , the startling fact was disclosed that
every man of them was an annaxatlonist. It
Is needless to say that the resignation was
not accepted.
Americans seem to have the idea thut the
loss of Canada as a dependency would bo n
sere blow to England that it would bo
looked upon as the signal for n general dis
solution of the British empire , nnd that the
consent of the mother country to the po'iti-
cal union of Canada and the United States
would bo given grudgingly , if at all. This
is probably nil wrong. A careful study of
the situation must convince any ono that
Canada adds greatly to the burdens uud re-
sponslbiilties of Croat Britain , nnd that the iI
mother country derives fuw compen I-
sating advantages from the connection. II.
Canada has neither army nor navy , hut
must bo protected , and to protect -1OJO miles
of open frontier is no small matter. Then ' ,
too , her disputes with the United States
about boundaries and ilshorlcs have been sa
constant source of trouble between England
and this country nnd have disturbed the
harmony that would otherwise have existed
between the two greatest nations of the
world. Canada pays to Knglund no tribute ,
contributes nothing toward the support of
the imperial army and navy , and has never :
manifested any deslro to assist England In
her wars. Inaced , when Kngland was en
gaged In a llfo and death struggle with the .
first Napoleon , instead of being assisted hy
Canadian troops , General Welling
ton , as he marshaled his forces on >
the plains of Waterloo , deplored the
fact that some of his best soldiers were on
the other side of the Atlantic , engagoJ in
that unfortunate conflict known as the war
of 181' ' . Nor does lOngland derive any coin
mcrcial advantage from her political rela
lions with Canada. She no longer controls
the colonial markets , and British goods ,
when they enter Canada , uro subject to the
uamo duty us though they en mo from some
other country. Uttlo by Hula Canada has
been asserting the right to manage her own
allairs , and the ties that bind her to the
mother country are gradually parting. The
supreme court of Canada has much of the
Jurisdiction that formerly belonged to the
British prlry council. The right to
negotiate her own commercial treaties
has been nil but granted to the
colony , nnd about all that now remains to
suggest the Idea of n dependency Is the ap
pointment of a governor general to act ns n
figurehead In the colonial government , and
read nt the opening of Parliament the speech
that has been written for him by the prlma
minister.
But In considering this .question of nnnoxa-
tlon Americans naturally ask whether the
advantages of suoh a union would not Ira nit
on ono side. Without going deeply Into the
subject It may bo said that trade Is never
one-sided , and that If annexation opened up
a better market for Canadian products U
would bo because Americans wanted
to buy these products. Moreover ,
it would glvo Americans nn oxtendcu
market for their manufactures and
southern fruits. Then , too Canada hns
great mineral resources to which American
capital would gladly obtain access , nml
which , If developed , would benefit the whole
continent. Nature has supplied her with
all the cconomlco minerals except tin , but
the artificial barriers to trade which exist bo <
twccn the two countries deprive Canada ol
the greater part of the benefit which she
would otherwise dcrluo from them. Politic
ally it would add to the greatness of the
United States , and glvo to the inhabitants of
the continent an almost absolute security foe
peace. The largo accession to the voting
population of the American commonwealth
would cause no serious disturbance , as the
'
pooplo'uf Canada nro perfectly familiar with
democratic institutions , nnd for yuan have
been discussing nnd voting upon practically
the same questions as the pcoplo of the
United States. Annexation would moan
simply the reunion of the two sections of
ISngllsh-speakhiK pcoplo of America , that ,
but for the historical accident of our having
chosen to remain n colony when the other
declared Its independence , would never hav
been separated. A. Hi'cin Hiri-us.
-t v.iT.tsTitvrin : .
Simicri'lleoiirinl. / .
.Shn sweeps the bow across the strings
With iluftitnd fuollu Kruco ,
llcnuntli hurchin the violin
Iti'stq In a nest or lace.
Hvrdrrninv oyo.t , with womlrous depths ,
The drooping laslu-s hldo ,
A rant oppression IRIils her fuco
Till It bi'eius glorllled.
Her rounded arm , half-harcd to view ,
Her s-Imuler , graceful form ,
HIT soft brown liulr , surpassing fair ,
Her lips with color wiirin.
Make her n picture usshuKtunds ,
Lost In the dreamy thlntr
Of l/Is/.fssliR's pliiyltiK lilt what's thatT
Ity ( icorgu ! she .snapped a string !
COXA VltlAl.rTIUS.
Oregon papers report the marriage of Mias
Grace Penney to William Nickel. Ha
wanted change.
The wedding of Miss Marie D.usy Huclr ,
daughter of Mr. Louis Iluck , to Marquis
Spinola will take place June 8 at the bride's
homo in Chicago.
Mrs. Nowlywcd And do you always trust
your husband implicitly t Mrs. lOxpcrionco
( enthusiastically ) Indeed Idol That is to
say , ot course , to n certain extent.
The vitnl statistics published by the state
board of health in Kansas show that thcro
were iU."ji ; ! : children burn in that state last
year and that there were 10,1 IS marriages.
An Ohio couple , parents of fourteen chil
dren , nro in the divorce courts after a mar
ried life of thirty-nine years. Isn't thi
statute of limitations applicable in this easel
Mrs. Brooks There Isn't a good photo
graph of my husband in the house. None of
them have n happy expression. Mrs ,
Hivcrs Didn't ho ever have any taken
before ho was married ?
Mrs. Marie Nevins Blaine has become en
gaged to bo married to her physician , Dr.
William T. Bull , who attended her recently
when 111 at New York. The wedding wiU
take place In the curly part of June.
Mrs. Pardco of Warren , Pa. , is certainly
entitled to n divorce. She declares that she.
has had but ono bonnet in thirty-four years ,
has never been permitted to go a-shopping
or to attend church , or oven to bo prcseut at
her father's funeral.
Husband Do you know that every time a
woman guts angry she adds a now wrinlclo
to her face ? Wife No , Idia not ; but if it
is so I presume it is a wise- provision of nature -
turo to lot the world know what sort of a
husband the woman has.
*
Stopford Brooke , the Boston clergyman , , .
and Miss Helen Ellis , also of that city , arfl j
to be married Juno 5 nt Mr. Brooke's own : "j
church on Berkley street. Immediately ,
after the wedding they will sail for Europe' tjj
where they are to pass the summer month ! j
Ono of the surprises of the present raatrl- '
inonial season in Washington is the recent }
announcement of the engagement of Miss '
Alary II. Eastman and Passed Assistant I2n- *
ginccr F. M. Bennett , U. S. N. Miss East <
man is the only daughter of the late Captain
Hobert U Eastman , U. S. A. ;
A thrifty and doubtless happy father ot :
Junction City , fa. , who cannot altogether bo , ,
blamed for the zeal which ho lias inani- " 4
fcsted , has written to Attorney General m
Olnoy asking whether thetroveriiinent allows *
a bounty on twins , and adding that ho la the . .
proud progenitor of thrco sets , " ;
A citizen of Ohio has sent to the Postofllco
department u protest against the contlnu- -i
nnco In his town of n young woman who has 4
been postmistress and "dono all her court- jj
ing" in the postofllca for seven years. The Tj
trim inwardness of the kink is that the -I
kicker was ono of the mails uiio handled \
without gloves. 4j
A Dansvlllo preacher says hu attended the ,
funeral of a husband once , and when ho re
turned to the house of mourning to console
the wife , the first opportunity slid hud she '
remarked : "Well , Brother , I'll glvo "
you a Job that will pay you hotter before
onij. " And , sure enough , she got married
soon after. Truly , a man doesn't amount to
much when his wife Is a widow.
The engagement of Frederick F. Aycr ot
Now York to Miss Grace Morgan of Aurora ,
N. Y. , has recently been announced. Miss
Morgan is beautiful nnd wealthy and lives
most of the time in Paris with her grand
parents , Mr. and Mrs. Case , who have a
beautiful hotel on the Champs Elysccs , Slid
Is now the guest of her future sister-in-law ,
Mrs. Frederick Pearson , the widow of Com
mander Pearson , U. S. N.
Hot U'hUky.
Indianapolis Journal : "Whisk cy in Kansas.
nn' nil them prohyhitlon states Is I u corker , "
said the man with the ginger beard.
"So I've hoord , " assented the grocor. "
"I'll tell you. Onct I was a soltln' In ole
Dee Sawson's drug store out there , when a >
feller fin up the crick como in an' listed tor i
some of old Doc's best , Dou , hosays ; I'Hovr :
much ? ' . '
' "Oh'bout n gallon of thut thcro dollar
goods.1 the feller says , 'un1 ' if you don't mind , '
I'll take a drink of it right hero. ' ,
"Doc , ho says that he didn't mind , and the *
feller poured out a big slug of the stuff , and '
what do you think ? That there boo/o was ,
so fiery that the heat of it comln' through
his neck sot his Sully Lloyd collar on llro ,
an' nigh most Durnod his head off 'forehe
could put out the bluzo. "
The British householder seems to bo a
queer bird , Tha London Electrical Ityvlew
remarks that the electrlo lighting companies
which have undertaken to exploit the
residential districts huvn been far less suc-
ccssful than wcs anticipated. The house-
holder had his house wired and the lights
Installed , nnd then It appeared that the
height of his ambition was to keep his oleo-
itrio light bills as small or smaller than hla
gas bills. Consequently ho has stayed at
homo every evening and devoted his time to
following servants around to make sure that
all the lights were turned off as soon us they
were no longer needed. This was by no
means satisfactory from the point of vlevr
of the central station man's load curve , and
so the companies , it seems , are holding on
and waiting with as much patience us may
bo for the householder to got tired , so as to
permit the load curve to rise ,
A Mini of Aililrcu.
Mamie Wilkiss-Don't you think Mr. i
Whlrlsfnrn is u man of the most charming
manners and uddrcsa ? .
Young Vandcrlohi I don't know about hu *
manners , but ho gave mo his address and It's
too absurd for anything , Ttiluk of it !
"Chicago , The Earth. "