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LUCK OFT TAKES TIlE PRIZE
Dark Hora * , Oonspciou in the Htory ! of
the Frcdency. !
POLITICAL FORTUNE FAVORS THE OBSCURE
I'nIl1nry nuil flrlIlIniicy Turneil
Is.n for lii of : oIirnl' tzsitie
AtcIil ! H In I Cii nil I.InleM % % 'Ito Cup.
( sired lit ! Ceted honor.
( Copyright , hh . , by the SyndIczti , Pre3i. )
1S'AShhIQTUN , May 1.-A Iance nt his.
tory 8)oWs ) that ninetceri men have been
iioctec1 to the prh1etIcy 'i1co 1789. Four
other. , elected vice prcaidcnu , have hoW the
omee for portkirn of ternu' . 1iht hav3 been
te-olccteil , and one han IcrtorlIcd ! th duties
of the 0111cc who was chosen in a manner
wholly unknown to the constItution. It tft'
tiatic count. there are a dozen men and
1)IyS flow living who will at omo titno duN
, ig the next haItentury become presidents.
hUt the past proves , If It proveu anything ,
that chance and accident will have much to
do with bringing them the coveted honor ,
and that ability in political manijniiatlon ,
EVII1US in sheping events , pcraonai magnet.
ik.rfl , eloquence , statesinaimhip and a resolute
. " Ill , OVn shon conibried Iii the anio man ,
and subordinated to a hong-cherished ambi.
tion , rarely avail in snatching the coveted
prize. It i a fact that since the first days
of tii , , republic. in no instance except in the
cases of Van liureti and liuclianan , baa the
sliest CU1SIICUOUS ) candidate for the prosidc'.cy
over reached that office. Noiic of the brlhl.
hail a dozen inca in New York an Penn.
sylvania were secrtIy opposCd to it , ant In
the end secured Clay's dotcat 1io they
ere able to do this fcini3 one of the
etrangest tales that our Ilohiticat history haste
to telL ( h'rerai cott was used as a talk.
ing.lior to tate the New York delegate.
away from Clay , to whom the ) ' rightfully
belcnged , h1ie In I'ennsylvania the anti.
Iaonry Chiiode was artfully employe(1 to
conceal the opposition of a few pollttians to
Clay. Tbee maneuvers , together vith the
lack of generalship shown by th frlcnla
of Clay , assured his defeat. and the nomi.
nation went to the comparatively obscure
hiarri9M , who had nat lifted his lnger to
secure It.
Four years later Van Ituren. who was do.
featel by harrison In 1844 , should have been
renonlinatel by the democrats. A clear majority -
jority of thirty In their national envention
favoroll lIla candidacy. but his friends fai1e1
to defeat the adoption of the two-thIrds rule ,
a mtasuro fraught with perirto ht , fortnne ,
arid James IC l'olk. who had never arpired
to anything higher than the vice pre'lf1cilcy ,
was Ilominated. 'Tho nomination , " acys
Colonel flenton , "was a eurprise and marvel
to the country. " in the wlilg convention of
that year Clay was nominated by acclama.
tion , and at fIrst hi olr'ction seemed certa'ii.
Ihut Ciay'o bitter personal enemy. James 0.
Ihlrney , accepted the nomination of the free
soil party , and , s many charged , prosecuted
an active canvn& in order to defeat Clay.
flirney's candidacy , whatever may have been
its object , PrOVed fatal to that of Clay. The
15.000 votes which ho received in New Turk
were nearly all drawn from the whiga , and
this defectic gave I'olk the state and the
election.
\'AN 11U19N fllAT CASS.
In 1848 howls Casa , who had been for
ninny years an aepirant for the presidency ,
was nominated by the democrats. lie was
an able 011(1 astute politician , and with a
unitel party behind butt would Ia all prob.
ability have been elected. hut Martin Van
I3uren had a score to settle with the men
A promise made to a friend when speaker of
the houso. General Tyner of Indiana , then
a member of that boly , desired to become
chairman of a certain committee. ile charged
that flame promIsed him the place and then ,
without warning , gave it to another. Tyner
faced the speaker in hi private room , and
there resuhteil hut words anti a ilangor even
of blows The Indiana man warnel ! Jlaino
that he should rOnlembor what ho termed his
betrayal when maine was a candidate a year
or two later for the presIdential nomination ;
and , In answer , fllalne , it was said at the
time , 1auhed at the throat Implied. 1.ater ,
however , he hiatt good cause to remember It.
In the convention of ISTO , after the conteft
between Blame , Coniching , ilrietow and Morton -
ton had becn somewhat prolonged , Tyner
called the Indiana deIeatIon together , and ,
after negotiations with the Ohio nn and
thou from some other states , Induced them
to come over to Hayes , who up to that time
had been an inconspicuous candidate. When
this conseat was given Tyner's r vrngo and
thu nomination of hayes were assured.
T11F IAIUC hORSE OF 1SSO.
A dark horse won again In the republican
convention of 1SSO. No one can doubt that
but for his presence In the convention , by
which ho waa enabled to favorably impress
the delegates' , Garhleid could have taken the
prize away from uli giantsi as Illaine , Grant
and Sherman. Had Garfleld kept away fromit
the convention , as it was at firet his purpose
tO do , ho could not have been nominated.
The democratic convention of time same year
was not less surprising and dramatic in its
outcome. Tiiden was tIme natural and logical
candidate of his party , and , as Is now knewil ,
secretly coveted time nomination. flo wrote
a letter in which ho profeo'ed to refuse to
be a candidate. It was expected by his New
York friends that this letter would bo read
to the full convention , when , with dramatic
surprise , some one was to rise and insist
that the party Ignore this refusal and Put
Tildon in nomination in spite of It , This let-
tar was conlnlitteti to Andrew Ii. Green. an
old and tried friend of Tllden , hut William
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ant , few of the popuiar men , have been
* elected , and , indeed , when we read the
ntorics of nomInating conventions , and of
aubsequent elections , it would almost seem
as though Imo who bad mnaOe a moderate
fame and then waited for the happy turn of
, iortuno hind far the best chance for success.
hAMILTON ChOSE JFFL'ERS0M.
A rapid glance at time record vIii confirm
N thil lmpresm'lon. Adams was time natural
and unopposed auccessor of Wnislngton ,
but the first election of Jefferson was a
idriking case In poimit , Burr and JolTer-
semi were the leading candidates and ro-
eivod an equal number of electoral votes.
Under time practice then observed no separate -
rate vote was taken for vice presldenL
'l'lio candidate receiving time larges * number
of electoral votes was declared president-
elect , and time 'tco presidency fell to time
one having time next largest numnber. No
choIce Imavlmmg been niatlo by time electoral
college , the election devolved upon the
mouse of reprcsermtatives. There for a weelc
time re.smilt . trembled in the balance , and ,
save for a strange and unexpected limb-
once , Jefferson would doubtless have been
defeated , This lmmflucnce was exerted by
Aloxamidcr Ilaniliton. The great federalist
; % % au tIme political OPPonent of Jefferson , but
me was ala thma unrelenting personal enemny
Of Burr , and lmo chose what to him seemed
. . . . the lesser of two evilmi when he secured the
- - lection of the brat 'named. ' Title Iso accom-
lisimed by Inducing the federalIst repro-
aentative from Vermont amid time one from
tary1and to cast blank ballots , so that in
tlme final ballot it appeared that ten states ,
a majority of thoeo voting , had given Jet-
Xerson theIr ballots. Tilusi Aaron flurr by
a lmalr's breadth escaped election to the
rcaldency , while to provide against aim-
) f lar COntest 1mm the future an amendment
to the comiatitution was adopted requiring
aeparato ballots tot president and vice pros-
QIJINCY ADAMS AN ACCIDENT ,
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Like Jefferson , Jolmn Qulney Adams was In
amo respects an accidental presIdent. In
1824 the four candidates for the presidency
twuro Amlams , Jackson. Crawford and Clay ,
Jackson bail tlmo popular vote aimd led in time
electoral College. Which , however , failed to
mmake a choice , Under the constitutla tlme
Itouso was to elect , selection being made
from tIme candidates vhmo had the three
largest votes , Jackson , Adonis and Crawford ,
" .Vhat . seenled at time mnomnc.nt a trifling mat-
4cr finally resulted In time election of Adams.
In Louisiana at tlmat tlrmmo thmo irosidential
electors were clmosen by the legislature amid
3mot by vote of the people. Clay was very
popular 1mm that state , but by a plec of sharp
practice tIme vote for lresldemitiah electors was
'taken by time legislature at a time when. hi
riemmds were nearly all absent from that
body , TIme electors tlmims selected voted timree
or Jackson anti two for Adams , whereas hlai
the election taken place vheri Clay's friends
'were present , the five electors would have
leomm Clay muon. This vote of five in time
electoral college s'ommhl have made Clay's vote
'reater than that of Crawford , lie , then , In-
itead of Crawford , would have boon a candi-
slate before time house , and in such an event
Clay bateaU of , Itmlamns % * ould , In all human
probablhIt , , have been elected presIdent by
time hmoum'e , This immiachmanco was time first of a
long list of untoward circumnatamicea which
mntll Clay's death blocked his way to the
twhito house.
hOW CAUIOUN LOST Tilil PRIZE ,
In 1828 antI again in 1S32 deathi alone could
have hireventoil time election of Jackson to
time presideacy , but In 18ti chance played
, ft8 Ilart in the choice of Iil el1cce.aor. CIa ) '
L anti \Vebster were then pre-cimitmiemmi In the
whmig party , anti Calhmoumm and Van Buren
hold like 1.10005 In time tiomnocratie party.
; Calhoun , but for art untimely quarrel with
Uackson , vbio lmad at first leolcetl upoms hlmmi
wIthm favor for tile successlomi , would , wIthout -
out doubt , have secured tbo prIze , This
luarrel % % 'as lirovoked by the belated dis
closure of certain critickmns whIch Callm'ouu
had iassetl UPOIb Gommeral Jackson's conduct
Iurlng the Semnimmole var , many years be-
fare , Cuilmoun's friends clalimmeti it was t ;
ii5iilta brought on by Van huron to sup- I
Idamit Calhoun In Jackson's favor. amid of I
'imIch Jackson was the ( hmipe. ThIs was I
tenied , litit It brought upon Calliotmim time
mmiplacable enmity of Jackson , while Van
Juremo gained what Calhoun had lo.t , Whoa
'Jackson sent Vami Duron'd name to the soni i
_ ; ate as minister to Great lIritain Calhoumo i
commlbinefi with Clay and Webster to defeat
the imomnlmiatiumi , The triumvirate were sueI I
cesful In securing Van Huron's rejection ,
littt at the end of the bitter colitemt over time i
hiiatttmr , one far-seeing sommator remarked
* 'Yomi have broken a minister , but you have
elected a vice president. " This prophecy
proved more than true , for not only did Van 1
Iuren bocommie vlco president , but with
' Uaelcson's hmowerful aid lie becaimmo president
Omi well , Calhoun lmatl abilIty. experience
timid ambition. amid lie w.ia the Idol o a con-
* ldurablo htortlon of his ilart ) ' , yet all these
things could imos offset one little blunder ,
like the Personal cluarrel % ltb Jackson , C
TIlE ' 'cjy CAflAL. LI
In 1810 Clay's hour , long delayed. ocmmmcd C :
about to strike at last. lie lied been for I
mIxteen years the nmc.t comislicuous aspirant mi
u iii. party for the presidential olllce , and
3ie had been thmirlmig time same Ilerlod his a
marty'a Imsoat brIlliant and active ht'ader. lie
fleas In close anti constant teuchi its V
. - * local leaders in all Parts of the country , amid r
-.5 * lme action of Important comiventione and ii
caucuses was Influenced by advice frommi him. b
t ' dureuver , ems oyerbolnhiIig majority of time ii
. 1' tvhmIgs favored his nomination , however , e
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who had encomnpassed his defeat in 1844 , and
ho wiped it out in his own way. lie accepted -
cepted the nomination of the free soilers ,
though tllere was no chance of his election ,
and in so doing dealt Cass' candidacy a
heavy and what vrovcd to be a fatal blow.
The whigs , on the other hand , when their
success seemed secure , Ignored the weighty
and long-itammding claims of Clay and Web.
stor , and fixed their choice upon Taylor , a
maim vhio doubtel his own qualifications for
time presidency and sicouted the idea that his
services in time Mexlcaa war entitled him to
such civic distinction. scott , th0 real hereof
of the Mexican war , thought aim active c.'tndi-
date and backed by skillfuL poiitlciana. was
passed over , only to be nominated four years
later , when his defeat was a foregone con.
elusion. Taylor'a election closed the political
aSpirations of Clay , Van Duren and Cass ,
who had striven mere diligemitly to reach the
presidential office than any other promniiemit !
atatosmirm of the time. Webster's ambition ,
though Imo was loath to recognize the fact ,
had been wrecked seven years before , when
hii.j tardiness 1mm joining in time whlg repudiation -
tion of Tyler imad provoked coidneas In his
party which his long servIces and emincimt
ability could not overcome.
PIEI1CE NEVER DREAMED OF IT.
)3iichtamian , Marcy and Douglas were the
leading candidates in the democratic con-
vontlon of 1852. All three bad ability and
honorable Iublic service to conimnemmd them ,
and their friends lied time promise of vie-
tory at the Polls to inspire thiemmi with en-
thimsiasm. However , It was soon made
clear that none of them could be nominated.
had not Daniel S. Dickinson of New York
peremptorily declined to permit his nammie
to go before the convention lie might have
been named In their stead , amid Connecticut
politicians uaed to assert that nothng btmt
thmo Inability of time delegates from that
otato to agree on th name of Thomas II.
Seymour-time New Haven mcmi would have
none of him because lie lived in Ilartford- .
prevented hi. nomination , When more than
forty ballots hind been taken in time con-
vemition some of the southern leaders said
to time New hampshire delegation timat any
miman unanimously put forward by that state
would receive the support of time aouth.
Time New IlanmpshIro delegates fixed tmpon
Pierce , who had never dreamed of such an
honor , and time anmbitlon of time great leadera
of the democracy vas balked by a nian who
was almmmomt unknown outside the confines of
imis own city and state.
ENVY KiLLED DOUGLAS.
In 1856 the envy and the liersommat hatreds
provoked by his brilliant career as a leader
prevented the nomination of Douglas , anti
liucliarmami , whmo , as niimmlster to Englamid , had
been for sonmo years in Practical retirement ,
was chosen anti elected by time democrats ,
Hero , for tie first timno lii two deeaiiee , an
active mupIrammt for the presidency was she. .
cesatul Imi his amubition , and but one simnilir
instance has occurred in time forty yonra that
have olapse(1 ( simmee thmmit day. Time year 1SGO
\'recketl forever tile bmopes of attainlmig that
office which had lomig beemm cherleheti by
Douglas , lhrecklnrlilgo amid Seward. Lincoln
lucy hmave expected at sonic time to be cimosen
irt'aldetmt , hut it is certain that ho was i
never an active aspirant for tile office in time
H&iIIt\1 in wllicbm Douglas arid Sewaid were in
that day , or in wimichi Clay , Webster , Cass
intl Marcy were a decade or two earlier.
Most curious was tIme combination of circumstances -
stances which aeured lila success am ! Sew.
arti's defeat , For years the , mowiy tcrmmmeti
republican iarty hmmW looked upon Seward as
its natural leader , anti his nonhlmmatioml was
temmeraily regarded as certain to be made.
But Seward had given mortal offemiso to
horace Cireeley , and the latter was resolved ,
It possible , to prevoit his nomimiation. Gree. '
Icy could not be chioami a delegate from Now
Thrk , but lie appeared in the conventicn
with the proxy at a mneinber fromn Oregon.
Fhio great editor labored night and day to
sccorimpiiah his purpose. arid lila efforts were
midod by the voice and immiiuemiee of Andre'
: i. Curtin aimd Joseph Lammo , the cammdidatea
or governor of Penmisylvania and Iiidiaiia , 0
who believed tlmat tbey could imot carry their h
respt'etlye states in time October election if
aewarti vaa mionmimmated for lresitlemit. IL was
) f vital cOiitmequemme to their party that both
Jurtlu and Lane shouicj be elected In Octo-
er , The argumnents of these three soon
irovod effective ,
HAYES ANOT1IRIt ACCIDENT ,
An overwhelming amid irreelmitibie public a
emitinlomit immado Grant preldent , wIthout any ii
morL on his part to mnoulti o direct It. but ai
lrans successor , t'.iyes , was In every way a
0 accIdental cammdidate , 1mm the mouths hIre. 31
edimmg the republican convention of 1876 it
OCImIOtl certain that iilalne would be the al
omimleo. lie had for years been forging to rt
lie ( ron a'j a hiarty leader of ability , force h
mid maEuetismn , and lila popularity equaled a
hat of Clay in a by-gono tIme. Imigersoll ii :
laced him in nomination in a ahmeech still
emuemberemj for its eloquence and earnest-
es1. Smith In time number of delegates pledged
a imis cause tilaIno hod all the otimer candi. I
atea , Still. lie was defeatetflViiy ? Ho-
ause , ii Ii said , be had once failel to keep ' °
C. Whitney know that it had been written
and lmad been Permitted to read it while on
the way to CincInnati , where the convention
was hold. Through \Vhttney's naneuvering
the plans of Thldea and his friends were corn-
plotoly upset. Whitney so imaiiaged it timat
this letter , instead of being read to the convention -
vention as It was on the eve of makimlg a
mionmimmatlon , was read to time New York
delegation tIme day before time mmomimla-
tion. Through time suggestion and by time
holitcs ! of Whitiiey time New York delegation -
tion vas induced to take Tilden at his word ,
and amzreo not to imiako him a formal camidi-
date. Later it was found that WhItney
had been working In time interest of his
father-in-law , Henry 13. Payne of 01mb , and
expected to see Payne nominated as soon as
the demoralization caused by the action of
tim New York delegates had mnanifeated Itself -
self among time delegates from other states
who favored Tiiden. Whitney was disappointed -
pointed , because lie met opposition where be
did not expect to find it , and that was In
the Ohio delegation , which refused to present -
sent Payno's name unanimously. lIe had
defeated Tilden , but had not saved lila
father-in-law , for , with Tilderm out of the
way , the convention , passing by all the erni-
mient leaders of Its party. selected Hancock ,
a veritable babe in politlea , as his conduct
durIng the campaign showed ,
flLAINE'S LAST CHANCE
In 1884 l3haine secured the nommiinaton ! lie
had long been seeking. only to ho defeated
at time polls by Cleveland , a imiami who tour
years before had carried a torch as a private
In a campaign procesalon , and who was
selected in preference to such tried amid ox-
perier'ced leaders as hendricks , Thmurmnan
and flayard , because time party managers as-
surned tlmat ho would be stronger in the I
pivotal state of New York thami any other I
democrat would be. Four years later. Sher-
miman , hong a conspicuous aspirant for time I
presidency. seemed likely to lie nominated. I
but time l3laino macmi. believing he imad PlaYeI
their leader false in former years. at a
critical moment threw their strength to liarm m
rtsomm , who had never beemi seriousiy considered -
ered as a candidate oimtsitio of his own state ,
amid time Indlaila man's success Wfl8 assured. t
All of which proves that in preIdentiaI con- I
ventionfi it Ia UsUnil ) time mmmiknown who Is I
nominated , and tjme hero who is defeated. I
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LAIiOI1 ANI ) INLJSTIIY. I
Indiana has fourteen woolen mmmllls.
A pneumatic churn has been immventctl.
Paper pianos are being niade in the east.
San Francisco has over 200 idie harbors. I
The Coremimmilcers' union of time United
states will forum a national orgammizatiorm. I
A commtrnct has just been let for time coil-
ttructlon of nn electric road forty-cute nmiios
omig-fromu Oshmlmosh to Neenalt and Apple-
omi.Vis. . I
The United Association of Journeymnen
Plumbers , Gas Fitters and Steam Fitters'
{ elpers has now 148 locals amid Is nmakimlg
apitl hmeamlwmly.
Time International furniture workers antI
iiachlno wood workers have arnalgamnated
mod adopted a red label. The name of the
mow organization is the Amnalgamiiatcd Wood-
yorkers' Internatiomial Union of America.
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Under tim laws of Ohio an street railway
ommmliany oleratlmmg eight mnllcs of track may y
un Its ears over one mile of track of aimy
dher ostaijlishietl road , and one mIle for m
very additional eIght miles It nay operate. ft
A white button with the letters R. it , T. p
. , moamiing Railroad Teimlperance association , a
S nOW worn by more thami 130,000 railroad ti
mien in time United States anti Canada , The tl
novommient was startcl three years ago by y
ion , L. S. Coffin of Iowa ,
Certain San Francisco contractors owe
Yer $7OOO back pay to laborers. The labor 0
onimnissioner will introduce a bill at the Ii
ext session of the legisiaturo by whmicli a
arkingmmien will be protected Iii ecurlng tc
heir vagetm. P
One of tIme bills signed by Goveronr Mor-
emi of New York last week hirovicles that
bUy hioura a week shall be time Imiaximumn of tC
'ork for women amid chmiltiren , that clmairs dl
imall be provitied for wonien clerks , and that
ii placcu wbmere womnen and cimihdren are
mnployed shall be subject to sanitary in-
peetien ,
Eva McDonald Vaicahm , labor cItor of time
himimmeapohie Tribimue And now talcilig a tour
f Europe to etutly time industrial questiomi teas
as comnpieted France and sums up her find. 4
igmi In the prli Issue of time American Fed. ta
ratioiilst , juet Issued , Simo says : "TIme ten- 01
our day imrevails all over the country. Car- U
enters are paid from 1.25 to $1.40 a day ;
loft ) masons , $1.20 ; machinists , 11,25 ; iron a
molders. $1 to $1.25 ; locomnoUvo engimicers ,
40 to $60 a iiionth ; llromen , $30 ; comiductors , m
10 ; ewitchmniemi , $15 to $30. Meat for roasts ti
lit ! cimop. coats 20 to 40 cents a pound ; boll-
ig nicat , 15 cents. Horse arill mule meat ti
re both extensively sold , I'otatoca are $2
bushel ; sugar , 12 cents a vound ; butter , CC
i to 40 cents ; eggs , 25 to 40 cent. , etc. to
9th wages at such a limit and work imot tlj
ways steady , time struggle for existence iii
macboa an intensIty tlmattmnerlcana can
srdiy realize , The wage worker mmeed have 01
a ambitIons , lie will be a wage worker all a
Is days , "
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Coughing irritates tIme deimo..co organs an pm
gravates the disease , Izmsteed of waitIng , U
y One Minute Cough Cure. It helps at mt
ice , making expectoration ea.y , reduces the v
renos. asiti Inflammation. Every one likes it ,
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IIU1k1N BOJY\S ) \ AN ENCINE
Marvoloul Instrument 1or ? Tesng ! its Mo-
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chanioal cionoy ,
VALUE OF DIFfERNTt' FOODS AS FUEl.
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iteaiiils of tIme T.sp ' .liisle by time
mi tintan I ( kit'ruimimemt t to letr-
imml no ths iir.1 of iilIi'm m'imt
I.ohi. on tii , , , hlody ,
( Copyright. lt , ) y the Author. )
The reader , If he bottld enough , will r.
call that many yeah IgG time unscientific
public breakfasted eisa niornimig over the
rathitr startling amimmouncemnent that no par.
tide of energy expended in this or eurrountl.
lag worlds is over lost , but that all the
work done , all the tralmis hauled , all thmo coai
burned , nil the ivondors nCCOmiilitishod by
steam , meant simply tIme transformimatlomi of
energy Eromim one forni imito another 1mm per.
fectiy determiilnnto qimaniitie. Time men of
acienco who put forUm this dogmna even went
so far aim t show tlmat s somali a matter
isa time mechanical or cbemicai effect of the
niaklng of a cigar could ho measured , anti a
candle flame ought have Its Inflmiitcalmnal
effect upon the most distant shores of space.
This , in a very rough way , is what after.
ward canmo to be known as time doctrIne of
tito comiscrvatiomm of energy , Amid becauoo
muon emmiinemmt in the sclentlilc world staid that
this doctrlno wao true , time rest of muankind
accepted It as a flatter of couro , altlmough
not really apprehcmitling how much was con-
toimied in it.'hen it was sniti that a potmntl
of coai burned in an emigino was converUxl
intu 'i3xaetly mnoasurabio quantities of heat
and rofmmse , that was well enough , Hut imo
0mm wenl so far a.s to say that a pound of
food taken Into time bunion body was eon-
verted into nit exactly equivalent quantity
of heat amid work , Though a Professor of
cienco is as fond of a paradox as amiy other
well bred Iliac , thle latter seellied going
rather too far.
TIlE MAN IN TilE BOX.
Nevertheless , it Is just this fact wimich a
corps of Imivestigatora at Weieyan university -
sity In Middletown , Conn , , aided by time notional -
tional government , is attenipting to estab-
lishi. When , several weeks ago , the newspa.
pera reported that at a Connecticut college
a ycung man had been sealed up in an air.
tight box for ten days at a Umne for the pur.
11050 of testing the effects of various footis ,
doubtiess the reader , as well as time writer ,
attached but little lniportnmico to the mnmsttcr.
It vaa odd and curious to test tocds in such
a fashioms as th'.s , but there were countless
other odd and curious tiings In time fits.
patches of tito same day. Amid soniehow time
telegraph reports failed to nmaiCe clear the
very remarkable character of time experi.
mncnts wimcii vere under way.
Time experiments upon the muon in time air.
tight compartment were to demonstrate that
the theory of the comiservatton of energy ap-
lilies to the organic or living world just as
it does to time Inorganic or lifeless world , and
that it applies so definitely amid precisely
that Itvili be of immnemmse practIcal use to
man in Indicating the sort of foods which lie
ought to eat III order to get the heat results
from that wonderful machine , his hotly.
Thmo experiments ab Wesleyan ummiverelty are
carried on In conjunction with the Department -
mont of Agrictmlture at lVasimington anti time
Storra exporimnemit statlotm. The work to' in
charge of l'rof. W. 0 , Atwater , jirotcssor of
ciieimiistry at W'osleypmm and director of time
Storra experiment sfattomf , and I'rof. Edward
B. Rosa , vhmo holdam th'nchair of physice at
time college. Ac eated , hy Prof. Rosa , time
tests have tub purpose :
"Sir William Timompsoh , now Lord KoimyhmI ,
Joule and otimer eminent phiyslcista won a
large part of their ( mmn9 irm establlshlmig time
principle of the ommservatiort of energy for
any niacimino or SystOtn * bf niachimics. They
used inammitnato bodies solely. Time same
principle , as applied to an anlniai , has never
yet been tested , anti yet it i ot enormmioua
Imnportance. We looic uan time footi a man
eats as so mmiuchi fuel , When digested anti
oxydized In his itystem it gives out energy.
I'am't of this is turnhd Into mechanical energy -
ergy , just as the otehimi engine convorte
heat energy Into work , I'art is radiated
away as imeat. W'o analyze the footi a man
take , burn samnple in a special calorinmeter
to determine time potemitial energy of the
food anti then wIth our subject inchoacd
wiiore all hits heat nitty be measured amid his
work estimated we camm summi up all time energy -
orgy absorbed amid balamico it against that
givemi emiL"
To do this latter wna not an easy matter.
It required the commatrimetian of one of the
most complicated and tlellcate macimirme3 liii-
agimmabie. It is known. as a roiplr.ition
calorlmoter , It is tIme only one' of its kInd
in existence , anti Is time invention of I'rof.
Rosa. That is to say , It Is an instrument
tor measurimlg heat , and in rarticular the
meat of time human body , awl what time hurmmamm
body com'.surmmes and gives off.
4EI you look at this ITmacimine as it stamida
In the baement of the Weshoyan laboratory ,
It seems plain and simnpie enough. If it
were not set out in time middle f the rooimi
you mulght mistake it for a butcher's cold
ioat box-a bIg one- and , In fact. It is co'n-
mtrtmctod on veri mnucim time same principle' .
rIme Interior box , about as large as an or-
ilnary convict's ccii , is of copper. Surround.
ng this , anti timreo or four inchmes4 larger all
cund , is another box of zinc , and around
imis is a box of wood , and then the whole
.mi encased In a wooden frame. Mi you I
, eke your head into the little trlple-dcored I
vlmmdow , which serves as a moans of I
ogress amid egress , ) 'our . first :
hmougbt is that time lmlteror would not be a
tiocially comfortable place to lodge in for t
S week or ten days at a timmic-thmat it would
me very niucit lute living in an Ice cheat ; anti
; ecoiid , that you quite faileti to see shiat
ioxi could come cit of ttUcii an alTuir.
limit thIs instrument. simple as it. looka , 1mm m
ltted witim an ammiazlng meries of electrical
ommnrctlomms as delicate and sensitive as time
mervel of time human body ; titii a bewilder-
mig imumuber of tubes amid PtmmmIPa and thor-
imommioters amid scales , and with every sort of I
evico calculated to register tIme shighiteit
'ariatlomi of time temperature of the calor-
meter , of the vahIa which surroummd It , of the
lr between time valls , of time moisture of i
ito atmnosiiimero lmmtroduiced into the box ; anti
Lot merely to register , but to regulate all
hmese as well and to all to so bite a point
s the hundredth of a degree Faimrenlmoit.
Tlmis maclmine Iii not wholly complete as Ii
ot-T'rofs. Atwater ammd Rosa ammd tlmoir as- a
latants are adding imew amid yet finer i.istrmm- .
memits of measurement-html vimemi It Is her-
cted It will ho able to immdicate , with great -
xactmioss , tim amount of lmeat generated , a
nd perimaps immeasuro variations in energy ,
lie to varying degrees oZ lntomislty of hunian
momight. By ni'haims of this maciiimmo it may
mit be possible to thmow UpQfl a gratitmate1 )
ale an intlicatlon of the difference of of-
rt in ieadlmmg a modern novel , in workIng '
ut a hmarti problemisi In imiatiiomiiatics or
canes , or In understanding time position of
. It b possible
pretmidemitial candltiatq. may a
m measure the immaterial effect of ammger-
orhaps of all imunmafl emotiomm , not excluding
mat of love , It wili be possible to lmmtlicato b
me etiergy constmmned in lifting your arm g
t tlmo imeiglmt of yotirtliead , and even the tI
florence of time worc-t : your body In wak-
ig amid sleepIng hours. . a
MECHAN1CA 1FICIENCY , I'
But this is anticipahg. Primarily time a
ilorinmeter is designed to shmow that a poumid r
food burned in tim hUman body gives out
me saimmo amount of eu gy as thought that
toti were taken anti btmrneml 1mm a furnace.
mmd eventually Profit llta hopes to lie able 01
expmeaa In ligures thip imiechianicai
thu huniamm body , just as is now done in rm
to case of time imteani amigimme ,
'hat ito lmieamis Is thus , In the case of
PoUmmtl of coal burne p an emglao , , part is
flmverted into cinders , part iii given off as
ideas heat , and part is converted into ac- ir
mel energy or work. Now in time case of the w
igino , timese parta are expressible In set
wmims. For example , we say . that in a very
so triple-expansion engine .it is possible to
invert something like 1 per cent of limo
tal hiotezmtial energy of time coal consumimed al
ereimi Into work. And what Prof. Itosa
) Cti to find out is svhmat percentage the hmu- em
an body realizes as mechanical work out
I time Potential energy of time food which it
io iii and digests ,
Timla is time aciemitiflo atatement of time mat-
r. To rmiysehf I vut it tlmI wise , that this
ofessor Is trying to find out how iimueii of
IC nutrimnnt in a pound of beef is actually % l (
ado use of by the human body and conU
nod into the energy that keeps you warm , lu
id enables you to attend i.e business , read hi
your newspaper or ride your bicycle. The
practical or hmmnlmtmi interest that lies In all
this to the layman. who hi not interested In
the abstract principles of science , is that one
of these t1ay we shah know just immit hint !
of food wihi enable us to do the most vork
for the least amotmey. and. Incidentally , the
class of foode tlmat It Is well to let alone.
Just the manner in s'hleh the experinment.
ers \Vesityan are trying to hilt ! this out
is this : They have consrmmcted this air-tights
box of capper anti zinc oath wood , a Ith cli its
varied anti tlclicato appliances , and Into this
box lucy iimmt A-victim , I Wamli going to call
him- . subject , I simommlti say-seal hlni tii ,
and then proceed to measure nntl weight
ever'tlmlng ho micea anti everything he cats.
Take time air he breathes. It is dmasn fromim
tlmo outside atmiiospimere down thirougim a
collng apparatims. vhlcih reduces its temmi-
imerMuro ttm abctmt 20 degrees below freezing
lOimit. titus imiaklng it imlmmlost herfectlY dry.
trawn through his box and breathed by the
subject , tliI , air takes up ali time moisture
givemm oft from time skin anti lungs. This
air Is again drawn through a coolEr , which
reducea It to the same temmiperature as be-
tore , thus extracting time ater It alisorbetl.
ss'iicli mmiay then be measured. Do you think
timly is a smimail matter ? Are you aware ,
liray , that mmmerely in breathlmmg you throw out
of your lummgs something like two potmimfis of
water every day ?
TIlE EMOTIONS REGISTERED.
Cimemnical analys.a ! tleternminea time amount
of carh'omuio acid gas which time pubject gives
off in breathing , anti also time resitlmiai tunis-
turo not depccltetl in time freezers amid thto
quantity of heat given oft from
the 51(111 Is th scumemno to nmoaammra
things of the persomi ummtlor investigation. Tlmis
Is done sinmphi by pas.'ing a streatu of colt !
vater at is known temperature through a
series of copper boxes contained iii time elmamim-
her and themi out past a miecond therniamneter ,
which registers time cliamige of tommiperattire.
The ir driven tim is kept
at the sammmo temperature as that comimlug omit ,
and the inner anti ommter walls of the chain-
her are kept at an almost perfectly comlatamit
tcmnporature homico it follows that this
dream C ! water will absorb all time heat
givemm off by the subject , amid so perfectly
tlevelopeti is this device that it is already
potwIblo to measure , with comlsltierabho exactness -
actness , the difference botweemi the heat ox-
emmdcd , imen the iationt Is perfectly still
anti whcmi ho is in imiotioml. In time case of
a Swede , who was amnong the firet subjects
confined in the box , it was posaible to crudely
measure the effects of his emnotion at being
released. lie imad been In for live days amid
thin mnero pleasure anti satisfaction expressed
by imis botiily eLite were Indicated in time
wontlerfui lIne of light tvlmlch serves as time
mioedlo to the gaivanomneter attached to time
machIne.
So far the teats which imavo bean going
on for several mommths have been directed
ainiply to perfecting time apparatus amid to
immaking a long series of trials as to the sub.
ject's contiition durIng the variouc stages
of htis confinement , The vractical food tests
are yet to come , Later it ha proposed to
Install within the box a bIcycle , which imas
been mnado into a disc dyiianio , and sot time
patient at work drIving the bicycle dynamimo.
W'Itlm perfectly hmure. fresh air and nothIng
else to do it will his possible to nmeasura
to a very fine poInt the effect upon the pa-
heat of i'arioue diets. Thmma thmozta experimenters -
mentors wIll attempt to expresa 1mm terms of
electrical unIts or oven in foot-poumids the
amoumit of work which a glvemi subject will
ho able to be on a diet of rump steak , of
rice , of milk and then of various diets
mixed.
It Is titus that this machmimme vihl supplement -
mont the extended researches which our
Departmuemmt of Agriculture , mmmmder time direc-
tiomo of Dr. Atwater , has been mrmaloimmg as to
the nutritive value of various foods. Time
poimit of time umatter is this : A chemist , In
hits laboratory , may take a piece of sirlon !
steak or a giat's of milk or a. loaf of bread
and tell you just how much protein and car-
bolsydrates anti other scentlflcahly-namneti
materials these different articles coatain. lie
may than analyze the imiliscies of time htmman
body , amid find out their composition and the
especial ingredients which go to their malc-
lng. And themi , If ho pats those investigation -
tion together , lie may have an admirable
theory as to just what foods are best adapteti
for mmialcing muscle amid brains , and lcec-pilmg
the body warm. hut it will be only a theory -
ory , wimose value must ho practtcally tested.
It is jmist this test wlmich will be made In
the calorimeter at Middlotown. Then time
anmotimits and comnposltioii of time excreta ,
solid , liqud and gaseous : time potential energy -
orgy of the materials taken into the body
and gven oft from itI time quantity of hmeat
radiated front tIme body , and tIme niechanical
equIvalent of tIme nmuseular work tione-per-
imps eventually of tue braimi work as well
-all these may be mmieaeured and recorded :
It follows that with such a cordon of availa-
1mb data it will ho poaIble to accurately test
the effect of various fooda , anti thus find the
last termn in the analysis of food values.
IN ITS PRACTICAL API'LICATION.
Put ; in more practical termms the meaning
of all thIs I that it will jmer1map be pos.
SIile for time next generation to alt down
anti muako up a scientific scimeduio of what
it shall eat for breakfast , lunch or dinner ,
with an absolutely accurate knowledge of
the heat and cmergy gIving value of every
artlclo of food put upon time table , and of
time exact food requlrementn of time hiummucmm
body for every kind of activIty or effort.
The cook of the future comm imiako up itis
monti with as much accmmraey amid precision ,
lot us say , as tloe a dressmaker who takes
Limo measure of a figure , compUtes the ammiount
of clotim reqmmlred , the fiosirablo colors of the
material and Its warmth , and what is still
nioro to the point , its wearing value and its
cost.
cost.Yomi will reatllly perceive from all tlml
Lhmat the \veyan : calorimeter means a dis-
Linet anti practical atitiltion so the smmmn of I
mummiril knowledge. i'rofa. Atwater and Iioa
ava been tlevebopig their apparatus and
iietlmodui for time nart four years , anti time
ixperlmemitmi have cost mummy thimisanuls of
loilarm' . When it is rememimboreti timat several
'xperimonters are rcqiiiretl to manage tile
naimy harts of limo work tiuririg an oxperi-
neat , cbservationa being recorded every two
Tmi1utea , day amid mmlght , for ten days , It. is
eadily aeon that cii experIment is a vei
abarlomie amid expelisivo ummdertaking ; and 'i
amItIes of all time food eaten by time subject
mmider inveetigation must lie elmernicaily an- ,
lyzed , wimile other samnplci are burned him a
mommib calorimeter to tretcrmnina their heat
'aluec. This expense Is distributed among
bmo three parties to the investigation nametl ; z
ho larger part , however. is barmme by the
Jmmlted States lepartmcimt of Agriculttmre.
I does not appear that confinement within
lie calorimeter is a very mmeriou.'m hardship ,
or coo of time patlemmte who was immearcerate'i ' .
Iaimmeml two pounds or more In weIght , ate 5'
earthy , slept well mind reports baying liati
good timmme. it iii proposed to conInmme
hose experimmiemiti turtimor , amid time reaults
ciii ho made public througim reports whmicim
'rot. Atwater amid Prof. item and othiommi
saociated Iii the work will wrIte for time
) epartnmimit of Agriculture.
CAltI4 SNYDER.
. - . : - , ,
, ' o % P111.1 AhtI ' A LI. SI.lt LI ) % 1IlCI. . . ,
-
' . 'of ( Cosim Iii
I'e.'mmt .Vmirrmimmis huisfemm.h
Pmymmmcuit Of Smlnm'lt. .
The cIty emImp0yC8 are all being treated
like this month. Even time ommayer and the
eatla of departmnciits are compelled to regis. 4
ir their warramits anti either hold them or
et tltemu cashed as best thmey may. Title is
ho first time that the general fund mialary
rmsrrants have not imeeti haiti. All of the
vailablo funds have been transferred to
meet tue interest obligations on bonds and i
Ii warrants , wltimout excoptico. are being
eglstereti for future payment. As soon as
mu proceeds of time rommewal bcnds are ro-
olt'ed It will bolster up tIm funds , joust of
hiicim have been drawn upon to pay couponu
II the districts inclutieti in tIme renewal iso'ue.
Some banks are cmuiiIimg tlmo salary war.
tnt. at. a dlscommmit and one bank is accept.
mg them at their face value ,
l'htims fosltemi ml iii hH'rimmg hluises ,
Time city ongineeriimg department Ia carry.
ig out the purpose of the ordlnanco that
as passed some time ago , and which pro-
Ides for a systematIc renumbering of busi. '
005 houses anti dwellings , A plait has been j
repareti by wimlcis time exiu'tlmmg inaccuracies J
re renmedied and miticemi are being sent to
I property owners , directing timomn to prop.
ly siumber their houses Irmaitie of thIrty
iys. There lii no ditilculty In obtalntmg ! the
uibors , as enterprising dealers are sending
mnvassera to follow limo notices. Time aiim-
rs can be obtained at prices runnIng front
camts up ,
D'Witt' viti ; Hazel Salvectearmaca , purl.
35 and bmeais. It was made for timat purpose.
tao it for burns , cut , , bruisea , cimapped )
inds , sores oX all descriptions anti It you
Lye piles use It for them.
1SLIAFT FOR THE ORGAN LOFT
Qnality of Omaha Church Musk Vary
Bhaiiily Criticised.
SYMP4\TIIY FOR TIlE TROUBLED SOLOIST
Summit. I'em't I iit'im I ( ) ijeet ltimi I o ' ( , mit'im
its trgIiiilMt. . mimm.i tit Smiilir
Comimmil lit ec mn 3i ' _ ) ( ' * ,
im'miiM mit heel liii , , ,
After mievorsi year ? residomice In a eosno- :
politamm city I was able to look at Omimaimmu
Witim the immlpartial eyes of a stranger , anti
It came upon mime wIth a sort of smmrprlso tlmnt
eIther time oltl Ommmaha Is no more , or that , ac-
cortllmmg to the doctors' theory , had undergone -
gene time seven years' change amid become
somnobody else , Unwillingly I detected In
sonic quarters a flavor of lmrovIimclalIsmu , a
change oftemi strenuomn'Iy combated by me
whmemm oblIged to take UP time cumilgols for the
"mmico little town of Omaha , " its our l'aciflc
coat frlemmds term it ; but after hearimmg tIme
various choirs , which to a transismt visitor
are always moore or less an Intlox of a clty'v
immimsical taste , I was coimmpelleti to own to
another simattoremi iilusiomm , naimmely , time itle
that Ommmaimmt POiwCS's good mmmuslcal taste.
F'ormmmerly when thmmut appreciative little body ,
tue "Ladles' Mtmacal society , " flourislmot ! , and
gave ambitious programlms. we applatitled aml
coiled ourmielves nit up-to-date amid eulttmretl
eomnmntiiity. Possibly time santa elemnemmt still
existi immergeti Into time \'omnamu'mm climb , iiImt
speaking for ti1 cimmmrches , timero isi little that
an aspiring village cimoir could hot surpasa.
V'orrnerly , where every self-respecting ccm. ,
gregation hielmt its shilartet cimoir as mmmucim a
mmmatter of cotmr.'e as Its mnimmlster , time churches
ecemu tiriven to the strait of emimploying a
soloist-that least devotional of all excuses
for a cimolr. l'ituimi congregational singing
is enminemitly immoro fitting. I'arscnally cue
feels moore sorry for the soloist than the
congregatiomi ; rime' has suclm a variety of
crochets to conciliate , amiti often so little
real intelhlgemice to respotmd to. Ammt ! to Ito
a ehimiimmg auceess a soloist nmmmst be tIme pet
of a clique , anti should furnish Interest in
time immatter of toggery as well as vocal equip.
imient-all for $5 a Sunday.
It is said that 01)0 staId body of worship.
home coumdemmmmiod a caliablo singer becatms- her
mmiiiilmmery was mmmisatisfactory , and this. be
asstmrcd , was not dmi to any aemmtimoticlsm omm
the hart of the people. Another , vhio had
heomu sealed with thm approval of umnqueo.
ttoimablo critics , seommiemi to quail before the
stoicism of that dull Calvimilatic crowd , amid
was eornnmonted on as having lot Imer music
trozmmblo-a piece of indecorummi on the Sabbaths -
baths that doubtless settled her fate u that
quarter.
At best tIme soloIst's hold on her luPllii IS
boummtl to be brief , A soomi as her variety ,
external amimi internal , has boon oxhauatedantl
the inevhtabho satiety solo in , almo mmmay as
well step down and out before almo is asked
to do so.
Most of tIme churches have a woman at
time orgamm , an anomimaly that has rarely givemm
eatlsfaction , Organ playlmmg seenma dhstimictly
the province of mmman , hut owing either to time
atrimigormc)4 of lImo times or to tim tlemnorallz-
lag effect of the bargatn counters , ml , lots
have a duty at time organ. Time full direction
of the vlmmgors generally falls to time sanme
management , and with all dime respect to
woman's rights , I object to Imer in a position
of commmmmmammd. Womnamm , dressed In a little
hrif authority , i sure to want to put on
breeches.
At thmo St. Mary's Avenue
CongregatIonal churcim I see time
men's club is mimaking a bravo , If
eametimes overdone attempt to afford
mnusical variety. Ocasslomially the variety hiss
overbalanced time imiusical imie , as on a recent -
cent Sumitlay , when mandolins wore dowmm side
by side with an organ solo. Tue great brain
that arranged that program Inust Imave
emanated from a mimusical committee. Speak-
tag of that august body , there are only two
tbimmge about it that always caused me to
tvonder , First , I womider wlmy a mmiusic coin-
mnitteo Is gemierahly selected from as urm-
musical people as exIst. Second , I wonder
wlmy the commnltteo never vemmtmmrw out
slmmghy , but always In two or threes , as if
a hotly guard were mmecessary. In a varied
exlcriommce with time commimittee , I imave
noticed that It always approaches its oman
wIth thmo eamne sort of umidortaker air-at
once fmimierai and mmon-commmmlttai-loolclmmg as
if primed witlm wisdom amid state secrets. It
iii a way the commmiittee huts of astiumnimig
tilgmilty. Thmat s'olemmmmilty lies never failed to
arouse In me a perverse desire to iaughi , ammd
tlmat pompous reticence , tIme mood known as
contrary , amid I am afraid that to ho an un-
ijuahiflemi success witlm a committee , one mmmust
hummmor ito role.
But to get back to the subject-it is but
i. atoll from mantiohlns to the banjo amId burmmt I
cork. Timero Is no telhimmg wlmero a tiecade I
nmay land us in the theatrical branch of
lmumrcht managemomit , unleas true is drawn
more atrictly. And there Is a pItiful
is well as a ludicrous sIde to time efforts mmiade
0 caax people Into the house of wprslmip.
There neema to he an umnuiermttandhng that
lImo hOOPIO are to be propitiated tom' being
imere. Time address is brief , that they may
mat cavil , amid vehcment , so they can't go
o sleep. TIme "attractions" are rangeti con-
upicioualy iii line just back of lImo altar rail ,
md rmc'iutly complemmiemited iii the background
) Y four superimummieraries In straight backed
- -
: _
iitmlplt chairs , omnlietIy conscious of tholt
hlcrlmenlllcmmlarity tttmd thot feet ,
in notable centrist to mull this , soumntled the
trimly tevoiltnnl ! Services of Trinity and 'tli
Salmmis , beih of wimicim have ecelicmmtly drillc'4
choruses. it a ImleAsuro to note thai
Trinity hiatt beun faithful to Its fine choir
throughout tIme stress of limurml times , and
timat tiu lmlglmeM ortler of mnumste Is sting and
graciously reer.veti there. Trhumty , by thi
% a ) ' , is the mmmost "timankfut" bott of peopl
to sing to of an ) ' In the city. in amy macrn-
cry , probably because It eoummpriss so miman'
cmii tured a mmii re'ept I ye iii i a tie.
l'robmbiy thmo perein in this city who baa
the immost reason to consider umiusic a failure
is that icry stuperior orgammist , Mr. Taber ,
It. is itartily neeesary to suty what eery
mimic kmttmtt-tlmt his recitals are ofl tlte
hmiglmest lilamme. 'Vimis was cosmet'dsml. even by
a su omuami sitting bt'hmimmtl mime tine Stuimdm' , wlmo
fitlgeteul tltrotmghm a too classical mmummiber , and
'isImed Site singer wulti hurry tip , because
this tm1au's immualo Is umever very PrettY , ci.
th immgim its tutu mmiost fihificuilt there is TImemi
lair escort asked tier if site hind change for
a cent , as time contrltimition box approache
TIut. ' flmimtmmcial returns hmnvt , beemi very elIgl
amid as it imitmleiami cannot subsIst on eoi
scious immerii , imnles hi wings imavo begummi
to grew , Mr. Taber ummay net feel thiut he imub
ntleqmtato encommrngeumient to c'omuiimiuu thummm.
To chow wimut simpport is given tlmemu , some
immtcrc'smtiimg statIstics were ftirmmiimlmet ! aim fol.
lows : Abotmt twenty recitals have boec
given timia seiemi. witim an average attont.
ammee at tiOd people , emit ! an average ctiiiec
tion of $ lS a Sumithay. TIme highest. aumuousut
tYna $23 ; tIm. . ' lowest .tO. Omi April 19 , wIth
time church filled. tlmo collectIon was l6TR ,
I ammtl over $7 was imm imickles. If each ( mmmi )
, ghemi ommly a mmit'kel. thmro womilt ! hive boon
I 4O. It is estlmmiaid that mthommt one-foimrthi
Of thmoee who attomiti comitrlhuite , whmiio the
rei't tIe not. Tlit're' in mmsmumtil' one shlvor
dollar , probably trout the same porsiu each
titmie ; otmo or I wo halt tiollara shout $3 iii
qmmarters , amid tIme rest in dunce , mmlckels and
CyrIl PemiiiiCs. Mr. Teimor fmmrmmiehos all oumi-
sltlo assistance , atteuiu ! to cii the detaii
amid gives Imalf thui returns to time chmmrclm , so
imim ought to be smiimportetl iii a imioru liberal
spirit. MINNIR ItAThI'lNN. .
vista t ; TlIl' UXt'tli'I'lO hiLT. .
Gemti'rnl tiiuum.l'rsmt I , . in ( 'ommmntummicri-
S I nit sti I Pm ( 'oumg reMMmncu.
Askjxl whothmer or mint lie would go to
W'ashmington next week in the interests of
commgresalonai leglalatiomi for the Tranemmuta-
siesippt exposhtlomm , Gemmeral MantIi'msout yesterday -
day mmmornimmg saId : "I elmomild like very immuch to
go , but I ilmmd such an enormmlous mass of
business before umo that at present I casu
hardly see amy way clear to do so. I an )
hopeful , however , that a special trip tO
W'asimhmmgton vIll he unimecesoary. } 'rl.
day afternuomi I telegraphed Conflressmuem
Mercer anti ilainer , asiclng theni to adviSe
mime of tile prospects for thmo consideratIon and
the hias4tge : of time exposition bill by ( ho
house. TIme latter replied that lie was hope-
fui for the best results amuth woimlti let me
knots' sommiothitig detimilte at ommce. I have not
yet ime-ard frommi Commgroamiman Mercer. I
shmali write to Speaker Reed and other
mmmeummbors of congress , urg'mmg the inmmuediate
consideration of time bill. I have just writ.
ten to the mmmemmmhers of tlmo senate commmilttc5
0mm mmmiiitary affairs , tmrglng a favorable report
on the Fort Ommmaba bill. "
NO MOSEY 'l'O 1'AY FOR 'h'iLlO WOISIC.
1'mmm.1moumtm' Couil hmmmmeto She 1mm , ! leitteul
by iCed Lights.
No stops have so far been taken by the
Board of Public Works to repair the weab-
outs caused by the recent rains. TIme coun-
cii ordered thme boarti by resolmmtiomm to mumbo
tIm repairs , but neglected to imrovlde the
fummds to pay for tlmo work. Consequently the
wasliotmts have beemm mmmmmrked by red lanterns
to avoid imijury to vehicles and pedestrlamis ,
btmt mme mmmcmi have boon emnployed to repair
timem.
Chairman Munro saitl yestertiny morning
tiiat while there wan no mmiomiey In sight it was
necessary timmut somime of tIme Imolea hmould bo
repaireti. A snmall gang of macmm wotmid probably -
ably ho put to work Moiitiay mnormmimig , with
instructiomms to fix up tlmo tsorst places and
tlio amnallor washtommts wIll have to go until
aoune appropriation is made.
iIIimor t5zu tIers lit Coumrt.
The jury in time case of Carey } J , WhmLto
against Ir. George L. Miller , a suit for
$20,000 damages on accoumit of alleged mmia-
Ilciosms hirosecutiomi , returned a sealed verdict
Fritiay mmlglmt , after imavimmg beemi out about
two hours. Time vermilct. wits upemmed yesterday -
day morulmug and found to Ito for time defend-
ammt.
ammt.Tho
The court tiocket for the May term of the
district court haa been Issued. It contains
1,582 cases , beimlg 114 less thmamm were con-
tatmied in the docket for time last termmi.
The dIstrict court adjourmieti at noon yes-
tertlay for tue tcrnm. The May terimi iIIlna
Monday muortmimmg.
Crzu.iI. ' mmmiii Ii ( rmvm' .
Tiio followfag blrtims anti deaths were reported -
ported at time health office during the twenty-
tour hours ending at imoon yesterday :
Birtha-Ocar W. Ammmlerson , 1420 North
Ievemiteemmth street , girl ; Frank ICrebs , 1604
$ outim Fourteenth , iio' ; N. P. Johnson , 628
South Thirty-first avenue , boy ; B. F. Warren ,
13111 Grand avenue , boy.
Doathms-Mrs. Louisa Itowey , 3 , 3335 floyd ,
uberculoshs of lungs , Forest Lawn.
Bad complexion lndmcaze an unhealthy
ittite of the syattm. DeWitt'a Little Early
Rivers are pills that will correct tbis condl-
lon. They act on Limo liver , they act on the
stomnacim , they act on time bowels.
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