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striking L son ! in Municipal Government
F Jrished by London.
EMINENT CITIZENS IN MINOR OFFICES
Time end Abilities Cheerfully Given t the
Solution of Local Problems
PICAYUNE WARD IlEERS UNKNOWN
. Nor Doa the BrJath of Scand.l Taint Of-
foiol Prooeedlng
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LONDON COUNTY COUCIL IN SESSiON
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. A JollrkRhlo 101ly ( of HOlltahlo Men
( UI'IIIthu ; : 1'llle Int.re51s-lh1ner ,
1111 UISCI."lul ! - ThoIVllccl
W0II11 UI the Stc. :
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LON1)O. nec 22.-Speclal ( Corresponll.
meo.-"Vhy ) arc you a member of the
1.011101 county courcl ? There Is the long
lesslol once a week , all then the committee
work five lays out of the seven must make
great inroads al your tlme. "
. " 10 yoU want to lwow the real reason ? "
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$ "I do. "
'VehI , I will tel you , but you must not be
offendel. "
( ( enled. ,
"Ovrr hair I century ago my father spent
three years In the United States. On his
return he declared that the greatest evil he
met with there was the Illlferelco of men
oC education and fortune Isplayell In Public
!
! ! Publicec
affairs and their unwillingness to hold local
and other omces. lie Contended that unless
- a change took place In this respect the reemm
public Ise ( was In danger ali free Institu-
tons lust colallse , Being an Englshman ,
and a radIcal one at that , he stuck to hIs
theory ' through life , and as one oC his boys
I hall thIs idea dinned Into me all my lIfe .
Almost the last words my father spoke to
me before his dlath were to the effect that
my brother anti m'sel would be let ( fairly
i. . well nit and , that he expected we should \\'lr
, shirk our duty toward the state. OC course
I regard Ita very high honor tu be a member
of the I.oliun county council , greater than
to be In Parliament , but I have always taken
a personal Interest In local affairs In far
humbler capacItIes anll ( alwa's shall. "
Thus spoke 1)r. G. n. Ionsta ! F R. C.
P. , and author oC one oC the most valuable
oC modern works on "Stules In Statstcs , "
This conversatIon took place on the
visitors' platform oC the London county coun-
ci , where I had been listenIng to the Ils- (
cU6slon oC maters nppertalnlng to the munl-
clpll government oC OOO.OOO Ileople
hardly had Dr Longsta uttered these
words when J. Fletcher Moulon , Q. C. M. P. ,
came up , and , shaking hands , asked le what
I was doing there
' ; Responding , Yankee fashion , I said : " \\'hat
1 are you doing here ? "
V "Oh I nm un alderman , you know. "
I had met Mr. Monlton , who Is a political
economist of note and a Jurist ot reputation , a
few evening previous ns the leader In the
debate at the Political Economy club These
are only two Instances that came under ImmedIate -
medIate notice , but they serve as striking
illustrations of why England Is Car ahead oC
. the UnIted States In the government of ,
.d1 citles. Then these gentlemen
¼ ctes. gentemen both proceeded
to point out some oC the persons who make
r up the most strictly democratic boy of
!
' legtslators In the worl-the London county
council. The body at which John Burns , the
labor leader , said : " 1 would rather be a
doorkeeper In the temple oC the London
county council than clwel In the tents oC
ParlIamentary Procrastination In the imperial
house or Comnnls at 'estmlnster " ;
Hero Earl Hosehery , Prime mInister of
England , comes and sits silo by side with
Den Tiett and John Burns The Ilrlml )
peer of England , howard , duke oC Norfolk , Is
a member o the county council . and Is proud
to take part In municipal legislation. Wel
known statesmen , cabInet ministers , moma
_ _ & . bers ot larlam nt , polItical economists like
Lord Farrar , president oC the Royal Statise
Stats.
.t tcal society , and the gentlemen already men.
e toned : len oC high social position , such ns
Lord Carringon , the earl oC Iche5tcr. Mr.
Irobyn and Hon. Mr , 10nsonby : men oC sd.
ence , like Sir John I.ubbock At Spring Gar.
dens may be found giants In almost every
branch of human atalnmentsl , ever
jurists men famous In medIcine In letters ,
In war , In Innnce , and as leaders oC the peo-
: ple. proud to put after their names "L. C.
: C "
TiE WAY TUry WOHK.
They assemble every Tuesday afternoon ,
to say nothing oC Innumerable committee
commlteo
meetIngs live lays In the track , In the most
' _ mater oC fact way putting their best
t thought and much oC their valuable time
Into the questIons of the tme
" questons water and gas sup.
r'q ply oC London , the paving of streets , the
management of trafc , the Improvement at
tramways , workmen's iltveiilugs , lodging
houes , sanitation , industrial schools , theaters -
ters and Imle hails , parks , protection
against which ecter flrc . bridges Into ant sovernment all other protecton These
qlJcstons. whel discussed with the earlest-
ness nlHI ( ( absolute freedom from all personal
interest wo timid here , bring these len Into
much cloer relations than national legisla
tiomi. Dulles antI earls amid natolal may be
found fighting side by side with the humblest -
blest labor
lenders for the same measure of
, municipal reform. The council , to be sure ,
has a liberal majority . but I Is by 10 means
r always divided ou part lines . There I , I
believe , one COllon ground on which all
these men meet , namely , that oC absolute
honoHy of luirpose . Mistaken , some of
them may be os to the wisdom of this Ot
the other POliCY , hut rich 01 poor time breath
oC suspIcion ot a job or time taint of action for '
ICtol
tIC-lntlrcst hns never clouded tIme atmos- '
11hero eC the l.onlon , county council cham.
counci
. bers , and levlr \\1 so long as the llresent
Jeronlel Is mailtalne ! .
Everything Is conducted with the largest
Possible , degree of publicity . All reports ,
from commitees are prlntCI In full In ad-
vance oC time regular meetings oC time council
arll laid before Iach member oC the councIl
coancl
and the rellresentntves oC the press. The
day I attended time council
alenell counci was discussIng
time report at the contmnltteo
comnmemidimig
" the purchase by the corlnlteo oC cOlmenlllg I.olion
the eight great water companies , Imivolvlng
Ilvoh'llg
.omethlng like $1&0.000,000. The question
was being threshell Olt II all Its queston . . ,
goll debaters : some for , and others Ollposld' '
to t the Ecimeine. I was struck with the ab-
sorteD oC even a hilt nt the possibiiy of
either PolItics or self Interest
110ltcs Ilterest entering Into I
this enormous transaction. To
transacton. refer to the
Ilolslblly oC a job or deal would have I
wou'
a bern equivalent to throwing a hOlh shel i
Into time orderly anti sedate gathering at
Spring ( hardens . And yet , as 1 have shown I
In a Itevlous letter , there are members oC r
this council , and oC time very committee , dealIng -
lug \ Ih these matters , whose weekly Income I
ranges from $15 to $25. ; amid who are con
tented to represent the labor Interests oC tin
county , both at tprllg Gardens antI Westminster -
minster , for this I U I. oc course Ilero Is
no salary attached to time olce of I.ondon
county coulclor , Al must undertake It at C
a Ilublo dut ) 'fhose Americans Interestell lS I
In good government who happen to have a
friend In the i.ommmlon county council should ,
. "hen In 1011101 , drop II , observe time methods -
ode , and IC invited , be sure anti P.\rtske of
. a bit of thin bread sail butler , a , lce ot
.t leed cake anti a cup DC tea At the table
you lay rub uII against the duke oC Nor
Calk , er a mll who has worked at the
bench : you lay drop down In a chair Iext
on cmllent lan oC science or an organizer :
of workmen's clubs You may touch elbows :
with sOle oC the greatest swells In tb a
klpgdomu wih len acculoled to court lte tl ,
or you lay do the honors oC time table wili
men who blaek their OWI boots. or one
tblng ) ) 'OU ( ia ) ' feel auurell-thouch there
II much carneat talking , there are no Jobs
attest , It spay abu b" worth while to
aloat 1 I\sy whie muon -
len-
tion that unless
tOI unlel some good friend points
theism out . you will not be lkely to know
Whether you hal been hOlored by hones i
labor or tithed aristocracy for neighbors. Try
It once.
A \SCJNATNG STUDY. '
had , I the time and the space there could
he no more fascinating study just now than
that oC municipal government In I nlland ,
and oC the men who administer local aalrs.
Not the dry details of water anti eM and
omtrzet budgets , hut or the human side oC the
problem , Even theM few observations maybe
bo oC value at a thre when the greatest
prohlem before the American people Is the
complcated clueaton oC munIcipal govern-
ment. To my mind there Is but one solution .
Men oC ellucalon , of wealth , oC affairs and of i
high character especially the hatter , must ;
take hold oC these matters with earnestness
and vigor. Corruption In local government
poIsons the whole body Politic. The source
oC all power Ilst bt clean or al'ls more or
less polluted. The apasl of virtue tlt In
New York has overthrown the Inost corrupt
gang that ( ever fastened IA fangs upon the
throat of a free government IUSt bo folo\\ed
by constructive work oC tIme highest order or
the vantage ground wIll bo lost and we shall
miseries again find our metropolis II shallows mint ! In
The Cather oC Dr. I.onlstar referred to In
tIme opening IlasPes oC thIs letter was a
friend of henry Clay , and oC lany oC our
old-tme stateslen ali heroes. I Is 10W
user half a century sInce the words , chronicled
above were spollen. )0 ) they not como hOle
to Alericun elt7ens today ? And especially
still they not sting and burn some oC those
men of afrairswlmo , have been offering Ia'or-
elect Strong DC New York advice about who
shoull be arpolntell to thIs elUde anti who
shoulll bo chosen to nllmlnlster this dlpart-
ment , hut w ito lied In horror when he said :
"Why , ) arc the Itn I ha\'o Picked out
for thes Particular trusts " I honest gov-
ernment Is worth having It h worth tucking
! ne Personal sacrifice to maintain. I Nosy
Yorll Is to bo crystallized and Ilde into one
greater munIcipality the personnel 1C the
council or board who administer a trust
whIch wouM then hardly bo second to that oC
the county oC Lenten must be cOlnosel1 Oc
men as lmlglm In character nHl disinterested
In aim as time body herein enentiommed. Other-
wlso the second failure wIll he greater amid
more tar-reaching In Its Injury to popular
govelment than the frst , '
INNEHS AND 1)ISCUSSIONS.
Metaphorically speaking , I you want to get :
down to the bone of any question oC
economics end scrape I attend the monthly
dinner oC the Polical Economy club-that
Is , providing , oC course , you Ire Cortunate (
enough to get an Inviaton , It was o\'er
twelve years ago when I first attended a L
meetng of this cub at tic Inns of Courts (
hotel and the personality oC thin club has
undergone consIderable change sInce then ,
though Its abIlity has not been Impaired ,
ThlH Is one of time most famous clubs In the i
wo rld . There Ire only thIrty-five members
anll about I dozen honorary immemlrnrs Foul r
of these members represent , respectively , Ox-
fo rd . CambrIdge , glinburgh and the limit
versiy oC Iolion. and consists oC Profs
Ellgeworth , larshnl , Nicholson and Foxwell .
'rhe other honorary lembers become so
unler a rule that inembers oC the club be-
co mr.ing cabinet mInIsters , thereupon are
ta ken off the regular roll of membership and
be come honoral members. Vliers , Glad -
st one , Goschen , carl oC Kimberly , and
Chllers all became honorary members before
1882 , but sInce my fornmer visit Shaw
Leevr ( Iunlela and DaHour , thenl regular
members , have been promoted.
OC the old members of the cub I still fin ti
Charles 1orrlson , elected 1858 , Lord Thrlnf ;
Sir Edward Walln , Lord } 'lrrar. Sh , John
I.ubbClt , Ht. lIon. Leonard Courtney , WI ] I-
Iam Fowler , Lord Welby , leny R. Grenfel
ot the Dank of Enland , Robert GIen , John
Macdonel of the Times , Lord Fizmaurice ,
Lord Brassey and one or two others. Sever
ten out oC the thlrty"fve members oC twelve
years ago representng the new blood an drain
brain of British economic thought have been
electL > sInce then to nil vacancIes caused by
death and promotion. Among the new members I-
h ers may be found the nnmes of ProC. Fox-
w ell . Henry Slgwlck , Charles Booth , Pro t.
Marshal , herbert Gbbs , J. B. lartn , Mont 0
Ferguson , Fraser Rae and others
QuestIons which BritIsh statesmen would
not care to discuss publIcly are oren Ils-
cussell Cram every point of view at thee dim 1-
n ers. In some cases no two members oC
the club agree. UnanimIty of disagree
m ont only malles the debate more Inte estng
amI the summing up by the gentleman who
lrds l more picturesque. No matter how
Important I the rule oC the club Is that no (
debate shal ever bo reported and no notes
arc ever taken. Another rule Is that to be
a membr oC time Political Economy club you
must revuso tim general order oC thing and
do your thinking In your chair anti not on
your cct.Vhle permIssible , dress suis
are nol as a rule worn. I I statesman
wishes to free his mInd and to say what
he really thinks on a given question this
unlquo monthly dinner In the Inns of Courts
nlords laCe vent for surplus strm , I
wi never be reported anti IndIvidual vie vs
exprssed wIthin the portals ot this hospl-
nble club wIll never bo brought up to confront -
front or embarrass I statesman steering
cautously cl amid the rocks oC practical legis-
l atlon .
WIDE RANGE O TOPICS.
hero are some of the qu stons discussed :
On what economic grounds can the demand
for a "living wage" be dotened ?
Is the English system oC poor relief based
upon sound economle principles ?
Is there any Justlcaton on economic
grounds for legislative interference with the
crc migration oC labor Into this country ?
What Is the effect oC credit on prices ?
have the bases oC political economy ben
affected , and I so , tu what extent , by the
moler develolJlent of cmbinaton and co-
operation ?
In ! England I you walt to know time ques-
tions statesmen arc preparing to grapple wih
watch the discussIons ot the Polical Econ-
omy club. Glance over the questions on
time meetng 11aller and note the names oC
the Ilroposers. It Is a sure Index. To thee
interested In ImbUe affaIrs there Is nothing
so Interesting ns the courtly amid Informal
debate ot these intellectual giants on topIcs
oC current Interest
The qnoton UIJ the ether night when I had
the good fortune to alenll was lS follows :
'ro what extent Is the policy oC the suer-
chanlise marks acl economicaly defensible
or its working economically advantageous 7
Mr. J. Fletcher Moulon opened time ques-
lion . Them sum anll substance oC the discussion -
emission ns It appeared to me was that this
socalell "merchandlso marks act" was In
fact passed In cbemhiemmco to
ebellence a growing feeling
on tIme part of a consIderable number oC
11eol11e In England that obstacles should be
11ut In the way oC absolutely free foreign
Importatons. Before its Ilassago the cheap-
est and nastiest goods male In all parts oC
Europe were admited with the names oC
some oC the best known Britsh firms blown
Into the bottle , as It trere I the firm did
not object , or rhaps I should say It tbe
Irm was In collusion , this public swlnle
was allowed . Many ot the goods may have
been exported ngaln and solil
sell as Briish goods
gods
In our own country , Those who urged thnl
the merchandise marks act was purely an
act to protect the Britsh public from fraud
and , had no economic slgnlcsnce ( protection
signifcance ) were met with the unanswerable
question why should It not bo extended to
time United Kingdom and compel every one
who mark their goods to tel the truth
about their origin and manuCaeturo. Those
who saw In this legIslatIon a dIstrust oC
the tree trade theory when applied to its
Culest extent undoubtedly came out aheal ,
At least I thought they did .
TiE WOMAN CRAZE.
When will this woman Claze end 7 Those
who do not want to enter Into some phase or
other of time woman questIon lust soon stop
going to the theater. Here Is the bill oC
taro we must choe from this sldo oC the
Atlantic : "Tho Old Orl , " "Ilebehlious
Susan , " "The \\'rong Girl , " "Charley's
Aunt , " Time Shop Girl , " "The Other Girl , "
"The Lady Siavey , " "The New Woman , "
"Tha \\'Ifo of Dives , " "Tho Same Girl , "
"That Lively emale , " "The Pat Lady "
Unlea Mr. IrvIng soon comes to the rescue
or the Christmas pantomimes clear the
boards of this unutterable trash legitimate
drama will for the moment ha\'e
wi \ totally dIs-
appeared 1 Is true wo have the "New
Boy , " a 11 the other night I went to see
leerbohm Tree and Mn. Campbel In the
much-discussed "John-oDreams. " Unlike
most oC this class oC plays , "all
Is well" at the close . Neverthe.
less there has been a great outcry here about
It and pllYI oC like character. All sides
hlv aired their several notons In the columns -
umns of the London Times , the disgusted
" 'lirItIsIm Matron " the " " <
"lrlhih , "Society Woman , the
"Innocent maid" from the suburban districts ,
the "up to date girl , " Mr. Tree himsel and
several dramatc critc at moro or less note
The whole was trrmlnated by a ponderous
and wordy leader In the Times , or which the
following may be sate to be the wile con-
elusions : "The modern society play cannot
be reckoned as an Indication of healhy feelT
'ing among the plaY'Kolng publc , It Is not
to be complained oC because I recognizes
evils which we all know to exit In the
world , but because It sel'cs these evils for
exclusl\e contemplation , gives them a proml'
notice which they do not possess In actual
life , and necessarily leaves out oC account
al that makes life sweet and cleanly In
theIr despite. In ) toporton os they gIve a
distorted view of things , these plays are ball
art , and they arc doubly ball because they
exaggerat the evil amid show a depraved
prererence for dwelling upon ( iepravlty. "
One wrier to the Times bursts Into verse ,
concluding :
In olden days the melodramas bristled thick
with crime , I
With Ilrcer , , drink and forgery , ali people
doing ( tine. }
lint the history of ladles who go mnoraliy
Ultr '
Is the motive of the elevating drmn of
tOda } ' ,
There let II resl A little more oC the ohl.
fashioned drama would , In I } ' oplllon , be tic-
ceptable Henry Irving stands alone unmoved -
moved hy this Insane desire to make e\'er-
thing "up to date. " The reviews alI high
cass magazines often sufer In quality nn this
nceolnt For the loment In tnglammml both
!
current Ilcratlro rind the drama mined n
thorough course of tiisinfectimmg . Of the tor-
mer It may be sold :
The new hoolls , tIme new hooks , the great
neurotic school !
That never let the Curies sleep , the fervid
pnsslonR col ,
Bo rcnl ! they en' , anti lust and strife thick
erowd the horrll stage :
AlI ever } ' loathsole Ill or life Is "coil } '
to their page.
" 'h } ' not return to :
Thin oM hooks the old , books , the mother ,
loves thel hest :
They leave no IJlter taste behlll to haunt
the ) 'olth(11 hreall ,
They bId U9 hopI , they bll us lilt our hearts
with vlslonl fllr :
They to not Ilmh'ze the will with
Ilroblems of IleslJlr.
Amid so with the old pllYs.
LOCAL TlANSIT ,
Thomas Lowery uf : lnneallls , who waD
here time other day , tells me that the jog trot
omnibus transi uC l.olllon Is the most eX
pensive system oC street trlvel lu the world
lie Is Ilroubtell ) right Semite of the fares
charged to be Slre , arc as low as 1 penny
(2 ( cents ) . but the } ' run up to I Ilence or 10
cents , when you travel any distance. As a
rmmie , In Iondon , when yom arc In a hurry you
wal ( , When I ha\'o lelsuro I like to take
tn omnibus , anti , perched on the top enjo }
a talk with tIme drivers , who are oen rare
characters of the true cockney t'pe. Mr
Lowery sid he could soon clear some cf
cear
t.ese . streets IC they woull consent to It and L
give a much more satisfactory system of
conveauce. Nevertheless the Iondon
ommmmml bits Is u BrIt lab I mmstl tmmt iou , which , 111
the sacred house of Lords cnnot be
abolshe ! by a resolutIon. .s timings go t
here they pay their drivers very wel , hit
none too svcli . AlY green fellow cannot -
not drive a London omnlhus. For u long
day's work of sixteen hours they are paid I
8 shillings-about $2 . B ' ' . .
shilngs-about per day. By ne\'er taIlng
a hollay some at time drivers do very wel- :
better than New York drivers. The average
pay Is about $110 to $1.05 per day. The
system Is wrong here , because . unlIke our
street railways at home , the principle Is to :
mall people pay a hlgler tare the Curther
they live from town thus defeatIng the
furdamental lea oC gtvlng poorer people a
chance to live In the country , where rents
are low. The noton oC carrying a man ten
or eleven miles for I cents his not cntcred
the Drltsh mmmimmtl.
' for cycilng to have talen
'he rage c'clng seems ( rm
hold here with Increasing fury A marvel
bus exhibItion oC the latest novelties In this
direction was gIven at the Crystal palace
last week and I wish I had space to describe -
scribe it. Mr. Hurst has caught the latest
Cad In that direction , on the wheel as It I
were. What the next development In I :
we man's attIre wi be I should hardly care
to prophesy RODERT P. PORTER.
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JlELIHLurlS ,
New York City has 122 churches ot all de-
nominations. These afford I seating capaciy
for 400,000
The churches of the town of Enll , Old ,
have no bells , and so the town fire b(1 Is I
rung to reml11 tIme worshIpers of the ser
vices.
Hev Dr. hooker , vice rector ef the
American college at Rome , has been at ( -
poInted secretary to Mgr. Satol , to succeed
Dr. Hector Papl. Dr. Hoollr Is the son of
Myron H. Rooker edItor of the Press an
Knlekerboclter oC Albaoy , where Dr. Rooker
was born thlrt-lhree years ago.
The American Bible society has obtained
at the sale oC the Livermore Biblical lbrary
In Doston I nur her of rare old bibles , Including -
cluding a copy oC Crunmer's bible , printed In i
Lndon II 162 , and a copy of WyclIffe 'a
translatiomm of the New
translaton Testament , printed In I
1731 I Is one of a limited ellen at 160 ;
volumes !
Evangelist Moody 15 doing a great work
at Lowell , Mass. He his been obliged to I
close the door of his tabernacle against aU
ChristIans In order to admit the crowds of
sinners that come to hear him pre ach. --Mr _ .
Mooy talles the very novel view for these
dnys that his mission Is not to cal the
rIghteous , but sinners , to repentance.
Mrs. S. G. Shel has been appelnled assistant -
ant pastor of the South Congregational church i ;
of BrIdgeport , Conn. She resigned the se c-
retarshlp Oc the Brlgeport Young \\omen's
Chrlstaln association to take the new p1cc ! 0.
She Is said to be more efectve In saving
sinners than the male pastor .
Time Evangelical association has a memher-
ship oC 133.313 , and 2,310 churches and hat is ,
worth $4,7S5,680.
Dy tIme new treaty between time Unit ed
States anti Japan entire religIous freedom
and protection Is guaranteell to missionaries ,
and every part oC the country Is opened to
Americans for travel or for business.
The First Parish , In Dorchester , Mnss" ,
over which Rev Eugene H. Shippen was re-
centy Instaled as pastor , Is the oldest church
!
or relIgIous socIety In Boston. I Is Unitarian -
rian , alhough In one usually weU Inform Cd
!
relgious weekly It Is set down as Conrega-
t lonai . I Is more than 2&0 years old alil
has i had only elcven pastors In Its history ,
Hev. Solomon Cesar Malan , who died
rececUy at Bouremouth , ngland , was on (
ot the greatest linguists of the age. In mit ii'
ton to French , German , Latin , Spanish , Itt ml -
Ian I and Greek , he was master of Hebrew ,
Sanscrl , Chinese , Armenian , Coptc , Sync ,
Ethlople , Japanese ancl many other lan-
guages. In the Bodleian library nt OxCord
Is I a volume containing a luahn writen by
him h In more than eighty languages.
Rev Dr. Ieammdemline Presented to
Holy TrInity church In Phiadelphia the sum
of 115,000 with which to purchase a slnmer
10me for thO connected with the parish
who are unable Inanclaly to pay for an oi itt-
i ng . As the new property will be able toe -
c onunotlate fifty persons at I time the church
hopes i to Increase Its work anti send there
next year at least 400 persons. The plan of
worlt Is to send marrIed women all chlllren
and shop girls principally 01 these outi log
ripe
Time famous "Soller's Pocket liible" of the I
arm ) ' oC Cromwel , of which a copy was s old
In I Boston lest month for $1,000 , Is about to
he l reprinted , wih an 'introductiomi by Lord
" 'olscley ,
Preachers and people In parts oC the northwester -
western states are at outs and one side or
other must give way before maters ! are
smoothed otmt Hop raising Is one of the i
principal Industries oC the distrIcts affect ! ,
and several oC the religious bodies ha\o
lately l condemne In conference time raising
oC hops barley ali other cereals for brew ing
or distIlling purposes as "an alliance wih
the salon and Satan In his work oC ruin nnd
dallton , " and they have declared that no
Christian Ihould be connected wih the hi mite
nes I would mean agricultural revoluton ,
and probably financial ruin to the 10p and
harley ( districts for the farmers to become
god Christians , according to the stalllarli oC
the Dalltsts and other evangelcal bodiem
-a- !
Mr. J. IC. Fowler , secretary and treasurer
oC the orlln& Mil , Canal and Stoclt ci mn.
Ilany , oC Corinne , Utah , In speaking of Cia sot-
be rIal I'S Cough Remedy , rays : " ( consider It
the best In the market , J have used many
kInds . but fInd Chamberlain's most prompt
and effectual In giving relief , and now keep
no . other In my home. " When troubled wii
' cold or cough give this remtdy a trial , and
've assure you that you will be more than
.lleased wih the result. .
I Is stated that Mr Thoml A. EdIson ]
has already expended nearly $1,000,000 11
his eperiments to find I commercial method
oC reducIng low grade ores by electric .ity ,
Should he Inaly succeed , hI says It wi be
}
his greatest electrical - . invention .
Co' k's Imperial. World's fair "hIgi test
award , excellent champagne : good mffeni 'es-
cerce , agreeable bouquet , delicIous flavor . "
T hEY PAINT TilE EMPIRE RED
Obsorvnnce of the NntioDal New Year loll-
nol-
. aayinOhliia1 ,
I
DITIAY OF TIE WHOLE PEOPLE
.
HcmnrkRblo Fcnture.t time nnT Thl7 Cel-
imnmtto-limmrmisltlji . fIr ! t't'inter-Mamtm-
10th Coat 1.1011" - % 'tmstlng
811111thy on limo .Jnl' ' '
.
( CoP > hhteI , 181 , 11) Frnk 0 , Carpenter. )
The Chinese will celebrate New Year day
this year with quite as lueh enthusiasm a
they ever have In the past , 10twlhstalln
theIr terrible 11nlhmelt by the Japanese
t tOOhIS. The majoriy oC the Chinese people
In i fact , hardly know that a war has been
goIng on , and 10thing could make them give
up t their New Year celebration. I occurs
later l than ours nld comes on the edge of the
spring. I Is , however , the great festival oC
the year and It Is a sort of ourth oC July ,
Christmas , birthday 011 Sunday mlxell up
tobether. I Is the blrtlay oC the whole
Chlneso llcoille. livery man , womal III
chlll II the emplro Is a year older al New
Year day , and all trot nboul anti wish each
other "many hapII ) ' return " I Is time - only
Sun ay that the Chlneso have throughout the
year The worlling people labor from ten
to twelve hours ever ) ' day amid they put In
thirty old days every monlh At Now
Year nl lay oft for a rest , ali for about two
wecks the ) do nothllg hut cl. cat aUIl
amuse timemaselves lor tel days before the
Non' Year the countr goes wid In prelJam
tion. The stores al have low 11rlces anll
new goods , ali the bargain counters are
thronged quite a9 much as they arc In
4tmttrica . Every one buys Ilreqents amid all
who can get a new suit for the occmtsiomm
Those who eamm't bmmy , borrow or rent , and
the Chinese emi New Year dress In satns ,
fmmrs and silks. I Is about the onl' day In
the year when the whole ChInese peoille are
comparatvely clean. lIvery I IJerson Is SUII-
Posed to take I bath the day before , ali thla
for the majorl } ' oC the people Is the anI ! } '
lmo they get bathell during time year.
A NATIONAL PAY DAY
New Year Is the natolalpay lIar. All ac-
celnls must be squared 111 at that time . anll
the man who camm't rise enoulh to pay his
dtbts has to go Into bammlcrmiptcy The laws
arc such that the creditor can enter the
dehlor's house and tall what he pleases IC
there Is no setlement , ant familes club together -
gether and make all sorts of compromises
to keep up the business reputaton ot the
chamm I was In ChIna Just after New Year
this year and I found lots of banlmlpts I
Is a great day for time IJwnbrollers , ant their
shops are crowded wlh people who want to
pa ) their debts and 'retIcent their best
clothes , In order to trot them out of pawn
before New Year. 'fherl ! arc crowds who
want to pawn other Ullngs ] In order to gel
money to pay thclr debts ; and the Chinese
prohably patronize the pawn shops at this
time oC the year moro , than any other people
In the world Pawnbrplers receive very high
rails of Interest and tlle ) are protected by
time gorernmnent. Speaking ot bankrupts , the } "
arc not permitted to begin business agaIn
url some settlement Is made , and when I
wanted to buy some pictures In Shanghai I
was told that the artst who IIpt them was
a bankrupl and that l\c \ equId not open until
he got more money. ,
AN 1MPIRE pAINTED RED
The Chinese pant thlr \ whole country red ,
figuratively speakIng , on New Year , In more
sense of the word than I one. Red i thc
color wIth them whlch..denotes good luck and
prosperity , and all the New Year cards and
InvltnUol are on paper 't1thls ' 'color _ ' 1Every
chid gets Us New Year's ' present ' wrapped
In red ) and red
paper Inscriptions are paste
over the doors of the houses These Inscrip-
tons bear characters pra'lng for good Ccrtun ,
wealth and happiness , and they are posted on
each sIde of the outer doors of the imoues.
New pictures ef Chinese generals are . pnt
on the front doors , and time houses are scoured
atj mae clean. Among other things , eggs
are dyed red , and are offered to time gods ,
{ nd dinner parties are gotten up In bright
'ernmlilIen. The red used Is that which' you
find around our firecrackers , and the Chinese
spn ! more In firecrackers on New Year
than we do on the ourth ot July , The
night before every one Is firing off packs oC
crackers , and there are all sorts of fireworks ,
Including birds and fishes , and scenes of all
kinds In lre , The firecrackers are used al
scare 0 ( the evil spirits , and h rdl' anyone !
goes to bed the last nIght of the old ye3r.
The Chinese say that the man who sis up
the last night o the old and sees the first
sunrise oC the New Year for tea years In
succession wl certainly have a long life , and
there are all sorts of New Year superstitIons . ;
10W TiE BOYS TAKE IT !
Time children oC China all expect to get
something on Nosy Year , and they generally :
,
receive presents oC money In the shape oC
copper cash , wrapped In red lapar. On the I
last night of the year they run through the I
streets , shouUng out geol resolutIons for time I
next. One says , "I wantto sell my laziness , "
and another says "I am ready to sell my
sel
Cal ) " , In order that I may b wIser next year , "
They go out with their fathers to male New
Year cals , amid , where families can afford I
II they give their children nosy clothes In I
honor of the occasion. They carry lanters m
through the streets , and the } " have baloen-
like fishes of paper , whIch are tell to stcks m
over their houses In honor oC the occasiomi
All men who have hall chidren during the
year buy lanterns all hang them up In sign m
oC rejoicing over their good luck. There are
games eC all sorts , and many of the boys come
out wih new kites. Them Is dancing In the
streets , and ther are jugglers and Ilme
museum shows and all sorts of theatrical en -
tertalmmmmments The people have festivals and i
there are family reunions. The rivers arm
covered wIth oiled paper which 15 set on fire ,
and the harbors becole Inmlng masses
verywhere there are shrines , with burning
Joss sticks before them , and the people fain : I'
go wild .
CHINESE NEW YEAR CALLS .
An people receive visitors oa New Year
day and the relatIves who call are taken :
Into the ancestral hal , mind they worship the
aneestora DC the fatally . After this the young
people go In arll pay hbmage to their Ilrents
"
and eider brothers , nn"l then go to their
schoolmasters ana te ohel The cmperor
has 1 New Year recep \ loii' In PekIng , and It I
may be thaI the fore'gr ' , p w1 be recel\ed
this year , alUloulh the ' 'lilve not been In the
past. 'Che emperor sits ' 01\ \ time dragon throne i
and the Ilrllces and all the officers go In an Ii
get down on their 1pe and hump their
heads on the ground hefere him , The day
after New Year the ofcialS all go to the temples -
plea to wershlp , and for about ten days after : -
arer-
ward there are all 10 tjm t pt New Year core
10nles , 'ho second dar , Is cale ladles'
day , and Ir the weath is l goo the women
go out Into the cauntrymltorptenics . They dress
In the brightest oC . . their faces '
/l\ face are
paInted ! In honor oC tt pccaslon and their ]
little feet are In cosiy shoes. They wear
n great many clothes , IIU' ' I j Is waddl cotton -
ton and not coal ando that Ileells China
ivanmim ,
I ' tim
wlmJ I I 1IIlNA.
' l'INA.
Time winter Is . 'a1
Tie now a Its worst In the
Chinese empire , a 11 % the whole northern
country Is frozen up sold , Tils means a
great deal more there than It does lien e .
Time rivers , which forimi the only mimeat
reans
,8 ,
oC travel outside oC dirt roads , are froze
up , and Peking , the capitl , Is shul oft from (
the rest of the world for four ronths oC the
'ear. 1 Is reached by the wilding Ielho
river , which
10ws Into the Yelow lea neur
the Take forts Tlen.Tsln Is fifty mies ! It ii.
land , and this Is a city oC 1,000,000 people ,
Peking Is abut eighty mies north of I I ,
and thl only conveyances are rude Chinese
carts. Letters which go to Peking II the
winter hmas'e to travel overland several hundred -
dred mlea after they reach China , and they
frt go . to Shanghai , auth are carried by pony ;
A NATION IN SIErPSKIN ,
Nearly all the northern Chinese drcis In
sheepskin during the wimmter Qnd cats oC
this kind anti Jacltets and pantaloons oC
quilted cotton make up their cbithmes : The
colder It gets the more glmentl they put i
oil , and I girl , who. In the wInter , looks lii lee
the Cat woman of the circuit , may slow )
. "
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FURNITURE *
, . * CARPETS , H'
- YTTE are now disp1a'iilo in 0111' warerooms
. tlThI displaying
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- J-I WE a steck of Furniture . Carpets and
- , tj Stoves that covers the whole 1it of
. . . . prices , from the lowest to the best.Ve
: ' have elegant Oak Suits , beveled glass ' , highly
- polshedl , from $15.00 and upwards. Parlor -
' lot suits ill all coverings from $25.00 and
ir
.15 . Cat \Ve have hand i11
upwards. ( Caqets-- Oil al
I makes of Carpets , from ( the lIoqletles to
. the Ingrin. In fact , everything tl1lt you
; ; ; in first-class House It
can , see any frst-cass Carpet I
: Price , $22,50 ; worth $40.00. wi be to your interest to see our litics .
\Vhy : ? Because we save you from 25 to 35 per cent. on each purchase.
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W e wi open a accOuniUl r < l if L \ is u J o so. CREDIT GIVEN
ri J MA JThD )
Senl 100 in postage for I
for)1JPJ4J )
big agents Catalogue. Peninsula Stoves Sol e dd
nlso Estat Onl1 Hontol's.
( ade Into the ethereal type or the living alcelecl
ton as she sheds Jacket after jacket when
the warm weather allproaches. Clothes oC
this 1lnd cannot be washed , and those of the
poorer classes are dirty In the extreme. Th
richer pcople wear magnifcent garments of
wadlled silk lined with fur , and I saw one
imm ami's wardrobe which centalned at least
$1 ,000 worth of costly fur garmmiemits. Time furs
usel , are oC all kinds , and you can get mag-
nIfcent cloaks oC Thlbetan goat , such as
onr ladies use for opera eloa11s for about $ iO
In goid. They have fine sables , but they
are costly , anti a number of 1,1 lung Cltamig'w
nobles had sIlk gowns lned with mink. Time
, fur markets of China are as fine as any In
,
the world There are long streets In Tlen-
I Tsln which are fled with fur stores , and
Ulero Is a square In Poling which Is devoted
to a fur market. Every lornlng about .1
o'clock you may tImid there several hUllrell
wholesale Cur dealers with their goods spread
out on the ground , and you can buy all sorts
ot f skins , from the cheapest of squirrels to' '
the finest of seals There are lots oC sccon-
hand h fur stores , anti old Curs are bought
a mid cleaned and resold.
CHINESE FUEL
The Chinese do not use fire to keep warm
and'it ' Is only In the rarest oC Instances that
ay ou . will find well heated houses. Fuel Is
remarkably scarce and everything Is care-
f ully save ! I saw hunres of women pulIng
Ing I up stubble and gathering straw and old
weeds In order to malte fires . all one of the
chief busInesses along the Yangste-Klang Is
the cutting of the reeds whlcll grow on time low
shores and tying them up In bundles to be
carried Into the cites for sale I saw no
Iron I stoves In China anti the rooms which
they pretended to heat were furnished wih
what are called lngs. These arc ledges , or
p latformns . oC brick , about two feet high ,
which fill one side of the roonm They are
heated by flues , and a fire oC straw Is started
under them and Is kept bunting unl the
rides are hot. The people sleep on the
k eng , but the trouble I found wih them was
that when they were fired up they roasted
me. and as soon ns the fire went out the
leang became as cold ns a atomic. I slept on
them many nights during my Interior trip
and was contnualy aticted wIth I col !
Had the fuel been wood or coal they might
be bettor , but with straw they wee worse I
than no fires at all . The stoves oC China arc I
usually of cay and charcoal Is largely used 1
for cooltng , There Is said to be cal ! :
nearly all parts oC the empire. but only a
lte l Is mined. All oC that brought Into I
PekIng Is carried on the backs oC camels m
and 1 sa\\ many coal merchants who sold mt t
nothing but coal dust. They mixed the i
powdered coal wih dirt and molded I up iI I
Into lumps at about the size and shape oC a
base ball. It was sold by the basket and I
brought high prices.
CHINA'S IMMENSE COAL MINES.
Still , China has some of the largest coal i
fields In the worll , and a German geologist
who has examlnell Into the mater says that L
the extent oC the workable coal beds oC r
ChIna 15 greater than that oC any other
cotmimtry There Is coal right near lankow ,
which Is now being used In the maltng oC : r
Iron , and every provInce In the emllire Is
salll to have coal In it . There Is , imosvcs'er ,
only one mine which Is being operted on
anything like scientfc principles. This Is
at Tong Shan , about eighty mies frol
Tfen-Tsln , and the Chinese have been minIng -
Ing nbout 2,000 tons oC coal a day hero
for years. I vlslel time works last summer
anti took a look ut time miners. They receive
about 63 cents a week , or : cents a day , alli I
the mines pay very well . The coal Is bltumi -
nous , amI It was about the only source of
supply which China hall durIng the trouhle t
with the Japanese. Time ralroall runs right t
through this region , antI II was first bui to
carry this coal to the bea. There Is salll to
be good unthracle coal In the hl11 near
Peking , anll when China Is covered will I
wih
raIlroads coal , w1 be the cheapest of fuel
10W TilE mCH FIIEEZE.
I was surprlsell lt the way the richer :
Chlneso stiffer from time cold 1 almost froze (
during my talk with Li I lung Chang , ald he
wore a fmmr durIng itmterviess'
tlr gown my In m
same oC the Chlneso hOI K which I vhlcll I
there were little bowls oC charcoal In time best
rooms , hut tlro were no signs oC open fire 5
anywhere , ni ! the Chinese Imow nothing of
the JoYs oC the fireside. Their buidings have
many draughts , and the windows all doors
selol fit ss'eli'hmen they get out oC order
they are allowed to remain EO , and nearly al
oC the 01,1 , houses are shabby and dlhlllldate,1 ,
1 took a trip o\'el the ( great plain tram Peking
to the mountains oC 10nl0la on the edge of
stinter mind I nearly Craze to death II the
hole Is. Uurlng ) title lme 1 passell many at
the longols riding on the great wooly
camels which are corman to north Chlnd I ,
and which you find , I think , nowheo else In I
time svoritl , These cleis have wool about a
Coot long , anll I hangs down itt great fringes
from their necks anti their bellies. They hay
two hUIP' , a \1 tler arc usually oC a tan
color Time Mongols upon them were al nII
cestd In furs , and both men and women
were pantaloons Both sexes roe altrle aL'
and they were very Insolent anti rough In I
!
their greetings. They are dirty and greasy ,
anti they eat all sorts oC fats 'fhey carry
great quanttes oC brick tea front l'el"ng
Into Mongolia , and they make a tea soup
which they strengthen With mnton ( ahoy ,
Seine DC them have on relies of Iheepsltll ;
wll the wool oC the sheep turnellilward , and
these fall ( ruin their neekJ to their ammkiet
They wear .haggy fur ( caps with elrlalls , alli
they sometmes put theIr feet Into hags oC :
wQlskln or other fur , to keep out the cci ti .
THE JAIANESI IN ChINA.
A great deal of sympathy II being waste . I
on the Japanese Follpu who are now In
China. Many that tiee' have
suppose tle ) core
( rout I warm country and that they cannot
atand the rigors or a Chinese stinter There
was never 1 greater mistake. Japan Is a
land oC many climates. U I remember cor-
rcly the country II about 1.300 mies long
from one end oC I to the other , and the
north I very cold In the svinter. You fad
snow all over central amid norther Jlpan ,
smut Toklo bas - 1"cre snow storms The
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clmate of Jallan II moist , and I damll cold
Is much mor tlhlf than the tiny cell such
as you ilmmd In China amid Corea Time JaIl-
anese arc usell to cold weather , and the
dal } ' balhs which they take pre\enl them
( rol taking eoh easl ) They arc wel
hardened , and I have seen men In Japan
troltng about In their bare feel
In the snow. They have made good provisions -
sions against the clmate , all I they carb
: rled out the PolIcy which the army hal when
III entered Corea they probably have thick'b
I fuel wih timeimm. During the first part of ,
the Corean Invasion they carried sImlploads of
w oed fromn Japan for cookimig rice. 'rime
w oed was domie imp in huntlles just large
o nommghm for a coohle to canny , and they
b rought a lot of cooihca alommg to trammaport
th io fuel. Corea in winter Is imiuchm like
S ante of our nortliermi stases , save that its
c old is dry and the sky is mmsually clear.
T ime Imomimes are imeated by tities which run
ti nder time floor , and ( ho people of time Coreaim
c apital nrc , emi time average , much mmmoro coma-
f ontablo timan those of any ChInese city. They
t reer more clothmes than tIme Cimlnese , amid a
C oreaim's winter stockIngs are about two
I nchmes thick amid timey are made of wamided
c otton , There are good coal nmhnes near
P inyang , and after limo war troubles are
t imorouglmly settled these will probably be
developed.
cvJI.1wN ; m1ISrAIEtd OP I ? 151010 r.
A mmmItlmstmmIan l'rotossor l'ricks Some holes
itt IICCCItL'tI fleilof.
"V'imat Is history but unis'erSall ) ' aceeptetl
( able ? " salti a learned Smimitlmsonlati lirofeasor
t o a ss'niter for time Waslmiimgton Star , ' 1
q uote time great Napoleon. For exammmple , con-
a irier I'iymtmouth itocic , In the towmt of Piytn-
o uth is a roche svltlt a felice around it. It is
a sort of local fetlchm. Forefathers' day every
y ear exercIses are imeltl there conmmmmenmoratlng
t ime allogemi fact that on this rock thu p11-
grimnim landed. As a matter of fact thmerc Ia :
m mo evldemmce timid sticim was time fact , Prof.
Cimannimig , tIme Imletorical expert of Harvard ,
u se traceti time story back anti beiievea it to
have been started by an old miian smamed L
Faunce , ss'imo nmammy years ago poInted out time I
reek to sonic children , saying : 'hero they ,
i anmled , '
"history states timat time pIlgrIms arrived on L
Sunday , but. refrained fromim lantilmmg ummtli I
Monday lest tlmey aimommid break the Sabbath , '
That Is imuro rmommmcense , As a mmmatter of fuel ;
time Women and children stayed on tIme simil I
all wittIer because it. was nmone comfortable , ,
"The gorgeousness anti imlgim cls'ilizrmtiomi 01 r
time anciemit Mexicans at time timmicm of tIme i
Spanish coimquest. Imave beemm imermmmammemmtly cmi' .
balmneul 1mm history , Time whole story Is L
miareiircscmmtatlomm. Cortez smmmttmrally ss'imthmem I
to gIve nit immiprossiomm at Imonmo that ime immmm I
commquereti a great mutmti rielm imatioii , I t
reality it cmi ! ) ' a littif cIvilized autti un .
tutored imeolde , 'rime iiiodo of living ss'am C
patniarcimal , whole fammtihies of 100 or immurm 3
jiersons livimtg 1mm otme imoumm'e , Time comunimimma I
elwehiimmg was of one story amid miecessarliy 0 : f
large size , Timose structures were describer 1
by time Spimmmlards an 'palaces. ' Time P001)1 I
ate ommiy otme cooiceml meal each clay , for tin )
rest of timoir food depenmllmmg on a 'grub diet ,
Picicemi UI ) armyhmoss' , Time ulimmimera partahcen o f
by so many immdivldmmals are reported Ii I
imiatory as 'bammquetem. '
"Time school boy learns timat. Colmmnmlms wa a
time man vimo first commcois'emi time imion thmat tim a
s'orhi true round , Notimimig coUld bc mmmon I
nomisotmslctml , TIm trutim is that ime mmmerel I'
accepted a notiomm ott tub subject wimicim imam I
been handed clossim frotn classic tinmes b I'
sclmoianly mmmcmi. Strabo , time Lmttirm author , wa It
otto of timece. 'rime conceptiomi wets for luau : I'
centurIes as a falmmt light ilmmimmmerlmig Ij ii
darkness.
"Ict time call your attention to aim lmmstnnc 0
of time mnmmking of fictitious Imlmetury. 'Timer I )
are excellemit reasons for believing that tim mm
Norsemnen rsacimcd time tiimorc of Norti m
America before Columimbus , 'rime recontis a f
timeir saga ! , however , gave ito notion of tim 0
Iccality where they lazmmletl , Ommly a few auci ii
noimmiesenlimtivo facts aru stated mis timat time : V
fommnmi grapes grnsrimmg. Yet amm emmiimusizms t
nammuetl Ilorsforml , a trustee of llarvam'tl , a tot 5'
years ago built ott time Charles river a teiwe r
between iVemitlmmum antI Newtomm to cotnummetti -
orate time iaumdimmg of time Norse s'oyagera a t
tlmtmt. poInt. rheo sagas toil of goltmg imp tim ii
river mind iforaford cimommo to asmcuimmme tlmat tim ml
Charles rIver was time river referred Ii I
Very likely the notiomm timums retconulemi by a
mimoimumncmmt will gaimi gunmetal crt'mllt , orume mial ,
timotmgli there Is ito immure remmsomi to SUIP0H ) e
tlmat limo river ss'aa tlmo Cimanlete titan ( limit 1 it
was time Delaware or time Iludmcomi , or un I'
one of elozemis of otimcr rivers.
"I ( hmiotetl Nimpuleomm a mometmt ago. 'Vu ii
probably kmmosv timrmt no lattle was over fougi it
at Waterloq , Waterloo was a imoet diepate ii
station sotmmo mmmiiee distant. Dispatches wem 0
sent timemmco to Emmglamul , and imence time namr me
glvemt to time imattlo ,
"Simerimlatm's ride to W'immcbmestor was umm ] t
twemity muileme-emot over ten mmmihea , I timitmi Ic.
'fimero never was any foumi'imttiomm ' In fact ft ir
limo story of Barbara Frietcimie. Time same Is
true of time yarns about l'ocaimontae ammd Jolm mm
Smn itim , ' '
'rIme po1mlarlty of CimammibenIalu's Coug 1. ,
Remedy amid the imigim esteem In which It. 8
held heads us to believe it to be an article i of
great wom'tlm anti rmmerit , We have time idea 5.
nra of gIving time experience of timnee pronm I'
neat citIzens of Itetiondo Ileachm , Cal. . in Ii to
USO of time remedy. Mr. A. V. Trutioll say tea
"I have always received promupt relief whit .n
I used Cimamnberlaln's CoUgim Itemimetly. " 11 r ,
Jamimes OrcitatI says : " 1 aimm atIiiied tim Itt
Cimaitmbenlain's Cough Remedy cutout it ty
cold. " Mr. J. 71. hatcher says : "For ( hr so
years I imavc used Gimammmbeniamtm'ms Cough lIen mm.
etly In mimy faintly and its results have atwa ye
been satisfactory ,
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The first Lowmt In Iumrope to sulmetitute cit 0-
tncity cotimpletoly for ottmr moetlmods cit us 0-
nmulaiomm upo't time tramnsvaya is Ilavre , tvim ru
limo new syatema of traumeans imus lately be en
immaugurated ,
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hu mtlmcmititmmq tlmmit tbu Jt.iaimies ietiresiomt
iid NmL 'i'otmt'ii t Immit Ltt'ailmy ,
YOIIK , Nob. , 1)ec. 21L-SliccIai.-Tiue ( )
y ear of 1SDI closes s'itlm brigimt PrPects for
ti me tilt ) ' of'onlc for time commmimmg year. Not-
w itlmcctamulhmg the gutterah himird timmtea York's
b mmsimmess has commtimmuetl to ho gooti , mmmmd all
o f time mimerclmnmmts of time city rcprt a far
b etter trade for 1Sh4 titan for 1891. Inntitg
tI me year , 1S94 timere was miot a failure of a
im misimmesa imomise at this lilacc. Time banks of
( I to cIty , instead of suffering a. declimmo , shmosv
a good immmslness , amid are all In nooti stanmilmig.
\ ' onlc htna three banks , City Natlotmal , First
N ational amid Nebraska National. it ss'as a
n oticeablo fact that tlnrlmmg time your 1893 ,
w 'lieim tIme liatmic swept over time state , how
sv eil these bammks held imp. During tlmt
tI me time old First National , as a result of a
r um ) beimmg'mmmmle on It , was forced to close its
d oors , but. its busIness was Immimmmediately
t aken tip by time York National , which assuniee.t
i ts liabilities. 'lImo York NatIonal s'emmt
i nto voluimtary liquidation , and contitimied
b mmsiness untier tIme cimarter amid mmanme of the
F irst NatIonal bamik. Not a cent sync lost
b y timis bammk closing by any one , amid it could
n ot be called a faIlure ,
nfi Another special feature of time city is tlm
fiT ne class of tiny goods stores located t.lmerelii.
fiC ime tour prIncipal ones are osvmmeml by C. I.e.
Meissner , T. L. Davies , C. C. Cobb ammd D , J.
C alling. About January 1 C. L. Meissner
s vllt remove to Illitmois. York timercby loses .
a good citizen anti business titan , as Mr.
Melsaner has for a hoimg tInme been a restdommt
o f York county , A good iihmuztrimtlon of tIme
b mmslmmess elomam at. tlmI Imlaco cnmm lie seen 1mm
t ime folloss'Immg : About six years ago T. L.
1 ) avles cammic to timis place a poor mimami , amid
was to mmiamiage tIme store Ime itoir owmms. Shimco
t imat. ( line , by good mmmanagommmemmt , ime hmas buIlt
u p a good trade , anti nosy cwns time mmtonu
r un under the firma mmanmo of ' 0' . L. 1)avieo & , ' /
Co. Good busimiess has also becum ilono by , Jf
1 )0th C. C. Cobb anti I ) . J , Collimig. amid both /4
a re jiroorous anti vehl icnowmt
t ile county.
York imas timnee chatiming stores , owimemi I' ,
\ootls hiros. , Iieimiimmg & hawthorne ard
llopkimms Clotiming imommse , liesidos timeo time
are seven immmrdsvare and iniplememut lious' '
l ive drug stores , timree exclusive boot e
shmoo Imouses , a canning factory , fommnt1 ,
fence factory. soap factory , mnachmino wy a
amid many otimer institutlomme easemittal 'a
city of its size , "
A Ummitemi Brotimren college is locateti/at /
this Imlace aimtl Is mm. imantisommme structure. f It
iui a gootl emtroilmnent anmi a veil qua'tlied
faculty. 'rime Catlmolics Imavo a fine stjmool
lucre , svimiclm Is known as Cemmtrai Sdimol ) of
Uremalimme Sisterhood. Time Motimera' .Thwcla
imommmo is also locmuteml imem'o omiti itt a tim tiomimtl
Immetitutlon , fommmmdemi by time Metimodiot tiomime
Mlssiomm society. Yom'k boasts of time heat
mcysteimm. of pmmhiic schools In ( lie atnle of Ne-
braska. They were for a long tIme tinder
tIme mnanagemommt. of Prof. II. It. tonlett ,
state smihmeniimtemmmiemmt.eledt , amid lila goti work
wimlIe hero is still apparent. Wimllo time en-
rollmmient. is abotmt 1100 , thmere are over 135 In
tue hIgh scimool , TIme faculty of the high
mecimool is mmow conmposed mmf 1'rof , 13. (1 ,
Motiltomi , stmitenimmteumtlemmt ; I'rof.t3lmaffer of
Nebraska City , pritidiial , amid Miss Coy ,
first assistant.
York hma a gooti chess of awycrs , nmnny'
of wimomim are lemitiwn timrommglmommt time state.
Time Imuw fIrms of time city are as tohlows
N. V. ilmerlati , Juhmn Punintorm , Gilbert flros ,
George II , Frmmncc , Semigwlck & Vower , T. E
iietmtmett , M , Meeker , I ) . T. Moore , ii , Sey-
titUtO , Joimim Carhlmm , It has mt fine systemmt ot
svater sworks and time water of time city its
claiimitcl to be time utmost itt time state , A t'alu.
able electric light iiatmt lit also locatemi here ,
Time business portimium of time city is hlglmtetl
by mmieans of time four largo arc lights on top
of time court hmommse tower , Timeso higlmts came
bus seemm for mmmatmy miles , TJmo eommrt imouso Pm
one of time fittest 1mm tIme state , built at a coat
of $00,000 to time commutty. The city is welt
sltmmated amiml very pieaeimmg in tmppt'arenco.
It. imamm a Iiolmmulatiotm of mmbout ' 1,00 , Time city
has lovely cbmurcimes onml immis mio etmlcomma.
Although simmall In sIze , comnpanatls'eiy , it
has for mm lommg timime beemi lcmmowrm ate on , ) of
time beat bumelmmeami towems 1mm time state ,
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COUNCIL4 IILITFFS , In. , flee , 27-To The
limiltor of 'l'hio lieu : 'i'o tiecide a bat , Imlease
metutu In umtcxt fmmmmtlmmy's lien lmow mimammy mia-
tionmul iegni imohitlmiyei timeret mmmc In the limiltemi
Ittates , mnamhm legiml by act ( if c'ongi'omes , oi it
timere Is rmmmy 'lifform.cmico ' between a Imaliomitet
or legal imohimlmmy , jmnti oblige , I'EThi ,
Tim ore n no mme tin t tout a I imol hhmmyme , litre t is , by'
order emf ammy act of commgt''sme. 'l'ite cliffe'm emit.
stmmtt' have meet tilmm't : certalmm drmys us legal
Imolhltu ys.
tJ''i1 OMAIIA. IX'e. 27.-'ro time it1Itor
'Flue Bet'Voulti : yntm ito kItmd emmougim to
tell 1mm ss'immmt year lernimiiItiomt tonic effect
itt iowa , mtmmml oimllg ' . A IIEA lEIt ,
'i'iiu ilrst imcsv watt decitlemi tmmmcoimstltutiommrmI ,
but itt II0 tL htmutuitory hew was lmaeaed ts'hmicim
home SIlica bt'emi enfortu'mI ,
OhltIIA , Dec. 21.-'i'o tint 1miItoi' of 'Time ,
itimully state In Hmitmclmuy'mc lice tIme
Citristlmun tmmmmaft of ( ii'nermi ( 'orlomm of Semi.
claim s'at' famne' mmit'kmtaryuecl " K luatinuin"
( icim'humm , , imtm'i ' Ohilfgtt. A. HliltSCitl liIt ,
( Immmmles ( lounge ( hurlotm , lmu.ttcr icnown mm's
"Chimmese" ( iom'mion.
oMAhA lice , 23.'fe time ltiltor of 'l'lims
] iee ; 'iif l'omi ktnmilv ltitonrmm mime liit'otmgit
time t'olurumtm'e of 'I'lmu lIeu if Iierrtnrmnn , time
mnuglclummi , iii tltcitd , mind , it so , wimomi antI
wimerem eliti imu die , 'm'oum'ee truly ,
C , A. S'I'EVEH.
Ifernsnminn , tIme mnagielumm , is very snui'ii
alive , so much so , in ( act , that ito is to
givu a Imerturmnmutmec' imt.'re at mmmi e.'am'iy day ,
l.ihItI'i't % % IilImg , to 6o ilmiek ,
NEV YORK , Iec. 29-\Viliielmmi A , LIp.
pert , Wmtflteml lit Cmupe ( ' 010mm > ' for extensive
forgerIes eommimmmlttetl timet'e Imi ltI9 amid 1190
Imute aclemmuwledgeti imlmi Idemmtlty and exitneemeeti
wiiiimmgmmeitme to i'eturn to time Cape and
strimid trial ,
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Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney Iron.
Wee , Trial size , 25 cents , All druggsts ,
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