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0L SEIGNIORAGE. ND.S BILL PASSES THE L6'A HOUSE. ( It Is sniil Will AUn Pan the *-Wh»t It» *■»*• Will b® *“ *•»« . of the rresident ll Mot Koovn ,jo<" to Spe»k Against the Bill ns the tentative of the Treasury Depart Nantes of the'Bond Subscribers rohlic by Secretary Carlisle. The Seigniorage Measure. hiisgton, Feb. 10—Mr. Bland’s bill ;'r;co the secretary of the treas f.ocoin the seigniorage accruing ' sl]ver bullion purchased by the rr;,„ent anti stored in the vaults fjsslie certificates therefor will in probability pass the house with 1 There are great numbers of locrats, especially from the South, toted for the repeal of the Sher bet, who will eagerly se'ize the oftunitv to vote for this measure, I |hey may go back to their con aents for re-election as men friend 0 the proper recognition of the I fu-metai. u. Traeey has conceded almost in ...ihe inability of the gold stand-' /mt n to withstand this "renewed , ./ tiie silver champions in the ;;ml there is reason to believe ."il.'i. bill will pass the senate, pic’president’s name is freely em „,,i by persons evidently not jl urized to speak for him in affirma j . i.neotiou with the report that iv. v.hl vote the bill if it should go •ju. White house, but there is no authority for the statement her than Mr. Carlisle’s known dis the section making the coinage apdsory. lie wants authority to jj, with" discretion as to time and uni,tv of coinage. If the president were to veto the I it is greatly to be doubted whether (or.ld be passed over the veto. Some ucr.ition of silver will in any event , yielded to the country by congress Core the expiration of this session. \|r. Rayner of Maryland is leading k opposition against the seigniorage 3! and will speak against it as, it is iiierstoocl, the representative of the ic,vs of the treasury. He says he links the bill will pass the house, it t o doubts whether it will pass the sate, and, if it does, the impression that l’resident Cleveland will veto lie says that the Bland seignior p bill will put 850,000,000 in silver ['•.ideates ultimately on the market i arainst a weakening of the gold nerve. Jb.urke Cochran will follow Mr. Bay er a speech against the bill. DENOUNCE MORTON. knurrs' Alliance Haa No Use tor the Secretary of Agriculture. Tmtt.ka, Kan., Feb 10—The National armors’ Alliance and Industrial union sent the greater part of yesterday fernoon discussing the speech de livir:d by Secretary of Agriculture Swim at the world’s fair on “The Soef-sities of the American Farmer,” mil adopted the following resolution: llrsolved. That it is the sense of the Si’.innal Farmers’ Alliance and Indus trial anion that Mr. Morton entirely EMinderstands the necessities of the Imrrican farmer or else all other pro fr' ions and classes of people are en tin-lv wrong when they organize and H ti’.oir intellects and so operate for ' i.l benefit and protection. If in trilualization would be an element oNlrength to us why is it that other fiaases have not learned it and that Hr. Morton and others of his class do k practice it? Therefore we declare fa the doctrine advanced by Mr. iBorton is a false principle and dan feruns to the welfare of the American firmer and therefore to the general jWelfare of the country. At an open meeting in Represen n’ive hall last night, addresses were delivered by National Lecturer Ben Terrill of Texas and J. L. Gilbert of California. Marion Ilutler of North Carolina and Ulan Page of Virginia say the wo ®kacs suffrage question stands no ttince of indorsement by the council. hie meetings to-day have been Keret, as usual, and nothing has bee n fren out. The election of officers *iltake place to-night and adiourn ®eoi sme die will follow. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. *tl' Eisht of tbe Secretary of the Treas "r? to Issue Bonds Again Discussed. " tsniNOTON, Feb. 10.—The right of ’<■'secretary to issue United States "'Ms at tiiis time was again the sub !M of controversy in the senate yes f i.iv. The resolution of Senator ■ 1 "art came up under the rules, and made by Senator But ler to jt to the committee on judiciary ‘'-A. t,1L' °nly opposition. S„* . f (I,lestion finally w^nt over and ' ““tor jjerry called up his bill com ,, tll(i Kock Island road to stop klahoma town-sites instead of 0j 1';.n“ to build up their own towns Iriv s °"’ned by the road for specu sto e PurPoses, adjacent to the legal t,„s established by the interior de P2rlincnt. (i.^V^nunciation of the methods of ,1**“ Island road in keeping lijffre,se:ntatives here to defeat this to th sa‘^’ bad a direct application whi.in att°rneys of the company lerv .? charged, occupied the gal \oflU i ^“bate was in progress, i'iil if * ,vote was reached on the ,lrjj1)u“ Senator Berry will urge it 'r‘ at the beginning of next week. pr.i, r ,scnate. then resumed its old tn‘.:, of adjourning from Thursday 1,1 Monday. ... Amprlcan Floor In England. ParkSKIXGT0IT, Feb‘ 10.—George F. I ^ er> consul at Birmingham, has haiKr° t*le state department an ex ,D(,S’vc report on American wheat •Hr! « rul1 on American w oca ’ u flour trade in English midlands estimatas ' “ ‘ ... •mount the the the increase in °t flour received from ... tCn, “States in four oy ears at 79.1 pe «e says: “Nothing seems mor ponP etely established than the de Jifit„;nee of the people of Grea uP°n the United States for i Wtv at**8 amount of breadstuffs to 818 dependence ia far more likel; rease than diminish.” the seigniorage debate. a T.njI. Open! ,h. H«« Pro«,«.dlng._ Mr. Bland Spaaka tor Hla BUI. WAdHiitOTox, Feb.l0.-A tangle ffrowinjr out of an error ,n the»oU* call by which the house went into committee of the whole on the Bland thuym fay’ °rfned the Proceeding's this morning. Mr. Babcock of Wis consin explained that he had not voted *“d *®r- Tracey and Mr. Reed brnl??i®d to make th® Point that this qu0rura antl the subsequent ?f yesterday were there ▼itiated. It was discovered, k?vT«ver' that Mr. Marshall of Vir gini* and Mr. bhell of South Carolina, were recorded as not voting, and as ram1 * H°Uld eomplcte the quo rum, no further objection to the ap proval of the journal was made, and after some routine work the house went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the seigniorage *KM^BLand espiained in a few words that he had never agreed to the strik mg out of the second section of this bill which provides for the coinage of all the bullion in the treasury. Aside trom the question of raising revenue, he regarded the second section as more important than the first, o “What advantage,” asked Mr. Coombs, Democrat of New York, would accrue from the coinage of this bullion, when no one wants it?” “Is it the intention after the bill goes into effect,” inquired Mr. Tracev, Democrat, of New York, -to redeem the silver certificates in gold?” "Do you understand that silver cer tificates are redeemable in gold?” asked Mr. Bland in turn. “I do.” “Well,” replied Mr. Bland, “the secretary of tne treasury has never so held. Tlie secretary of the treasury has maintained that all that was neces sary to keep all classes of our currency at par was to keep the greenbacks at Phr- They are gold obligations, and therefore interconvertible, and while silver certificates have not been re deemed in gold, greenbacks have never been refused for them. This keeps all our currency at par. I am speaking now from the standpoint of a gold monometalist. INGALLS AS A CONVERT. The Noted Kansan Responds to Sat/* Jones’ Call for “Mourners.” Nashville, Tenn., Feb., 10—In the audience at the tabernacle, where the Rev. Sam Jones, the noted Georgia evangelist, is preaching, last night, was ex-Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas. The ex-senator was deeply inter ested in Mr. Jones’ remarks,and when, as is usual at the close of the sermon, the call was made for those who had repented and desired to lead better lives to come forward and shake his hand, the first to respond was the ex senator. “Mr. Jones,” Mr. Ingalls said, “your sermon has moved me. I indorse every word you have said.” “May God bless you,” was the evangelist's response. Thus the dramatic scene closed. Mr. Ingalls is at present on a lecture tour throughout the South. Mr. Ingalls said this morning con cerning his appearance in the ranks of the penitents: “I was very deeply impressed by the great assemblage of- people, as well as the fervor and solemnity of the exercises. Mr. Jone's sermon was remarkable for its force and earnestness and sin cerity. I have rarely heard a speaker that was his equal in these respects. Mr. Jones’ power as a preacher consists in his simplici ty, his illustrations drawn from every day life his original phrases, his capacity for appealing to the intelligence and to the con science of the common people. In this way he exerts an influence which learned theologians and doctors of divi nity cannot reach with their discourses and commeniaries which are so pro found that they put their audience to sleep. His phenomenal success as a teacher entitles him to rank with Whitfield, Peter Cartwright, Spurgeon and the other evangelists who have led the multitudes to pure lives and higher morality.” LEASING INDIAN LANDS. Tolley of the Interior Dcparment Dis cussed by House Committee on Indians. Washington,Feb. 10 —The policy of the secretary of the interior in leas ing to cattlemen the Wichita, Kiowa and Comanche lands in Oklahoma was discussed by the house committee on Indian affairs yesterday. The lands embrace 3,000,000 acres, and arrange ments made with the Indians for ac quisition by the government are be fore congress for ratification. Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma has a resolution directing the secretary to withhold his approval of the leases and to forward to the house all papers bearing on the matter, with the declaration that to lease the lands will interfere with their settlement when the treaties are ratified. The committee voted to report to the house favorably. Calls were received from two chiefs of the Kickapoos and Sacs of Okla homa, who claim that agreements recently ratified for the purchase of 300.000 acres of their land in Okla homa were made-without their knowl edge. __ UNION PAC1FC MEN WIN. Decision of Judges Hallett nnd Bluer In the Schedule Matter. Denver, Col., Feb. 10.—Argument was concluded before Judge Hallett and Riner on the petition of the Union Pacific receivers for the adoption by this court of the new wage schedule. The judges gave a decision last even ing in favor of the employes, refusing to enter in the districts of Colorado and Wyoming the order made by Judge Dundv at Omaha. Hawaiian Testimony Completed. Washington, Feb. 10.—The last of the testimony — the Hawaiian inves tigation will be printed to-day and the full report will be laid before the com mittee on foreign relations. It is not believed that there will be any haste on the part of the committee to make a report, because the members are en gaged upon other subjects and they may not wish to bring in the report until after the tariff question shall be disposed of. ONCLE SAM A LOSES. THE FAMOUS WAR SHIP KEAR SAROE WRECKED. Admiral Staatoo aad HU Craw Reported •«h—Thm Ship Want on the Rocha at Boneadora Raat—Particulars of tha Ae aldant Rathar Header—Tha Great Fight with the Rebel Cralaar Alabama O& Franca RacaUad—A Thrilling Recital. xne K«tn»r|» Wrecked. ^ASHKfeTON, Feb. #.—The United States steamer Kearsarge, the oldest Teasel on the active list of the navy and the ship which won renown in the rebellion for her gallant victory over the rebel cruiser Alabama, is a wreck on Roncadore reef, Central America, having gone on the rocks last Friday. Lieutenant Brainard, who managed in some way to reach Colon to-day, in a cable message this morning an nounced to the navy department the fact of the wreck and reported that officers and crew were all saved. _ The Eearsarge sailed from Port au Prince, Hayti, January 30, for Blue fields, Nicaragua, to protect American interests there in view of the invasion of the military forces of Honduras. She was wrecked three days out. Roncadore reef is a dangerous im pediment to navigation, a little over 200 miles from the Mosquito coast off Central America. Between the coast and the reef lies Old Providence island, only seventy-five or eighty miles to leeward of the reef. It is believed at the navy depart ment that the officers and crew would be able to reach Old Providence with out difficulty in case they were in danger of their lives on the reef and it is believed that they would be safe on the reef except in event of rough weather. Immediately upon receipt Of the news of the wreck the navy depart ment sent a cable dispatch to Lieuten ant Brainard, at Colon, ordering him to charter a steamer and proceed at once to the relief of the shipwrecked crew. Some time ago when Warner Miller and officers of the Nicaragua Canal company were on their way to Nicar agua they were wrecked on this same point. When the New Tork and Detroit were dispatched to Rio the Kearsarge was made the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron and Admiral Stan ton, after tbo secretary of the navy had acted on the report of the salute of Mello in Rio bay, was ordered to Sroceed to Port au Prince and transfer is flag to the Kearsarge ifnd assume command of the station. This he did recently and he was undoubtedly on the vessel when it was wrecked. THIS KEARSARGE-ALABAMA BATTI.E. In history the name of the Kear sarge will stand out chiefly in the con flict with the Alabama. This notable fight occurred Sunday morning, June 19, 1864. Early in June, while an chored off Flushing, in Holland, Cap tain John A. Winslow,* commander of the Kearsarge, received word from Minister Dayton in Paris that the Confederate cruiser Alabama, the terror of United States commerce, had anchored off Cherbourg, France. Commander Winslow immediately steamed to Cherbourg, anchoring near the breakwater. He paid an official visit on shore and there received through Mr. Lials, the United States commercial agent, a challenge to a fight which Admiral R. Semmes of the Alabama had sent to Mr. Binfils, the Confederate commercial agent. Cap tain Winslow accepted the challenge, and for several days cruised to and fro near the breakwater waiting for the Confederate vessel. Sunday morning, June 19, at 10:30 the Alabama was sighted. The Kear sarge had been placed in Sunday at tire. The marines were in best garb, the guns were polished and the decks had been scrubbed. The vessel was immediately cleared for action, and Commander Winslow steamed further ULlt IU IMUldb 11*3 mi^Ub UUU violate the law of nations and sufficiently far to prevent the Alabama from entering1 neutral waters. The Alabama was escorted by the French ironclad Couronne, which soon after steamed back to Cherbourg. The Deerhound, a small rigged steamer, flying the flag of the Koyal Mersey Yacht club, was also with the Ala bama. When between six and seven miles from the shore the Kearsarge, thoroughly ready, wheeled at a dis tance of ono and a quarter miles from the Alabama. The latter sheered and a moment later sent a broadside at the Kearsarge, which fell short. The Kearsarge put on increased speed and advanced rapidly, receiving a second and third broadside from the Confederate vessel. The object of the latter was to fight at long range. When within 900 j’ards the Kearsarge broke silence with her starboard bat tery. Each ship was now under a full head of steam, the position being broadside to broadside and traveling in a circular track. The Alabama changed from solid shot to shell. A shot from the Kearsage carried away the spanker gaff and down came the ensign, while the marines on the Dnited States war ship cheered lustily. It was deemed a favorable omen. The battle was now hot and the Alabama was firing both shot and shell rapidly and wildly, while the Kearsarge was dropping terrible missiles into the Alabama with alarming precision and accuracy. The effect soon began to tell and the Alabama began to settle. Cheer after cheer resounded on the decks of the Kearsarge and the en thusiasm grew more intense with every shot. Seven times round theivessels had passed and they were on the eighth. Suddenly the Alabama left the circle and headed for French waters. The Kearsarge pursued and with well di rected aim hastened its sinking condi tion. Large ragged holes were visi ble in the Bides of the Alabama through which water rushed in tor rents. The boat was clearly doomed. Her colors were struck and the Kcar sarge ceased firing. Two of the junior officers, however, who declared they would not surrender, rushed to the port guns and sent several shots at the Kearsarge. Commander Winslow or dered another broadside, believing the striking of colors a mere trick. The Kearsarge took a position where it could use grape and canister with terrible effect, when a email I white flag appeared over the etern of the rebel shin. For the aeeond time the firing wairordered to eeaae. This ended the battle, which had lasted one hour and two minutes. Captain Semmes sent away the wounded and those who could not swim in the quar ter boats,and then with the remaining officers and men jumped overboard. He, twelve other officers and twenty six men were rescued by the yacht Deerhound, whioh was ashed to save the men by Captain Winslow. John Lancaster, the owner of the Deer hound,then steamed tor Southampton, and thus it was that the thirty-three men who were properly prisoners of the Kearsarge, and oould have been secured, escaped the dutches of the United States government by means of the shelter of a neutral flag. The Alabama sunk soon after in flfty-flve fathoms of water, at a dis tance of four and a half miles from the breakwater. “Suddenly assuming a perpendicular position, caused by the falling aft of the battery ana stores, straight as a plumb line, stern first, she went down, the jib boom be ing the last to appear above water. Down sank the terror of merchant men, riddled through and through, and as she disappeared to her last rest ing place there was no cheer; all were silent.” The Kearsarge fired 173 shot and shell; the Alabama about twice that many, yet the KearBarge had only three men badly wounded, one of whom died later. The Alabama’s loss was heavy. The wounded of the sur vivors from the Alabama were taken on board the Kearsarge and the lat ter’s boats and a pilot boat rescued seventy men. The crew of the Kear sarge fraternised with their prisoners, shared with them their grog and their clothes. The Kearsarge received twenty-eight shot and shell, of which thirteen were in the hull. The ships were well matched in else and speed and looked very much alike. The fol lowing comparative table explains the relative dimensions: Alabama Kearsarge Length over, all.220 feet 232 feet. Length of keel .£10 feet IMM feet. Beam. 82 feet 83 feet Depth. 17 feet 10t« feet Two engines.800 horse power eaoh torSMeaoh. Tonnage. 1,040 1,031. The old stern post of the Kearsarge, containing a shell imbedded in it, now rests in the ordnance museum at the Washington navy yard. When the boat was repaired at Boston a shellwas found boxed in where it had remained for months. The Kearsarge was not much damaged in the engage ment. Its battery then consisted of seven guns, two eleven inch pivots, one twenty-eight pound rifle and four light thirty-two pounders. The Ala bama had eight guna Both ships made thirteen knots an hour when under full head of steam; during the battle the Alabama made ten knots. The engagement was witnessed by more than IS,000 spectators on the heights of Cherbourg, on men of war rigging and on the breakwater. ELECTION LAW REPEALED, The Senate Fastes the Honae Bill by a Vote of 30 to 38. Washington, Feb. 9.—The bill re pealing in toto all federal laws regu lating the control of congressional elections, has passed botli houses of congress and only awaits the signa ture of President Cleveland to become a law. After several weeks of discus sion the senate yesterday finally came to a vote on the house bill repealing the federal election laws,and it passed by a vote of 39 ayes to 28 nays. Nu merous amendments were presented by the Republicans, but they were voted down regularly and method ically, the Democrats not even taking the trouble to join in the de bate on the amendatory propositions. Senator Stewart of Nevada voted with the Democrats on every proposition, giving as his reasons that he thought tlie power of the executive was al ready too great, and that the central izing tendency of the age should be checked at once if the republic is to survive. The three Populists, Sena tors Allen, Kyle and Peffer, also voted with the Democrats on every amend ment, as well as on the main bill. The measure as it passed the senate is identical with the bill as it passed the house, no committee amendments hav ing been proposed. THE SILVER FIGHT RENEWED. Mr. Bland Seeking to Secure Action on HU Seigniorage BUI. Washington, Feb, 9.—When the house met to-day Mr. Bland moved to go into committee of the whole to consider the silver seigniorage coinage bill. It failed for lack of a quorum— lf>6 to 6—and a roll call was ordered. Thus the second day of the second silver fight began. Mr. Reed sought to challenge the right of the house to pass the resolu tion to arrest absentees which was carried just before adjournment yes terday, on the ground that the last call of the house showed a quorum. The question as to whether a quorum was present on the call was disputed as it did not appear in the journal and Mr. Reed moved to amend the journal so as to make this fact appear. This motion was lost. He then made the point of order that the only thing in order was the report of the sergeant at arms, who, when the house ad journed last night, was given war rants for 164 membe.-s. A quorum was finally secured—171 to 4—and the house went into commit tee of the whole on the seigniorage bill. _ No Oklahoma Statehood at Present. Washington, Feb. 9.—The meeting of the house committee on territories held to day was inconclusive, only two persons appearing. One of them, Mr. McAdams, was opposed to the admis sion of Oklohoma to statehood without the lands of the tribes. A poll of a majority of the members of the com mittee established the truth of the statement that the committee would not favor the admission of Oklahoma as at present constituted, and that on the other hand it would not favor the arbitrary method of annexing the In dian lands proposed by the McRae bill. Coughlin Not Put on the Stand. Chicago, Feb. 9.—A large crowd gathered at the Coughlin trial to-day in expectation of testimony by the de fendant. Coughlin’s attorneys as serted, however, that he would not go on the stand to-day and the session was devoted to work on the alibi. WON BY MBS. LEASE. THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES IN HER PAYOR. *ho Deeleloa Marked by Unanimity— Got. Levelling Exceeded HI* Authority Wbm Ha Removed 'Her Prom the ■tote Board of Charitable Initltntlon*—• Mr*. Lea** Now la a Condition to Make It Rather Warm for the Fopullat Ad* mtnlitratloa. Mr*. Lmm * Winner. Topeka, Kan., Fob. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth I.ease has won her fight for her official head and is once more a full member of the state board of oharities, while J. W. Freeborn is out of a job and the governor is far from happy. It is the unanimous Judgment of the supreme court, by a deoision rendered this forenoon by Chief Justice Horton, that Governor Lewclling exceeded his authority in his arbitrary removal of Mrs. Lease from her place on the stato board of charitable institutions, and that J. W. Freeborn, who was com missioned in her place, is a usurper and must retire. The court held that the demurrer filed by Freeborn's attorneys was not well taken, and that the plaintiff's j petition was full and oomplote enough ; and the technical points raised against it were trivial. Whether or not there was a vacancy at the time of the gov ernor's appointment of Mrs. Lease in March, 1803, and whether or not if there was a vacanoy, her appointment lasted only until April, 1803, were not Questions for consideration, as Mrs. lease continued to hold the place after that and had been officially recog nized by the governor and other of ficers of the state government as a member of tho state board. To remove a member of the board, the court says, or any other appoint ive officer whose tenure of office is fixed by law, the governor must as sign a cause and give the officer a hearing. It maks no difference whether or not the statute creating the board expressly says this. Mrs. Lease was appointed for a term of three years as the law provides and con firmed by the senate, and the law stands behind her and protects her in her position until sho be removed for cause and after a hearing. The opinion closes with tho formal direction that a writ of onster issue against J. W. Freeborn. Mrs. Lease was seen at her hotel immediately after the deoision was announced. She hod a moment be fore had a consultation with Eugene Hagan, her attorney, and she declared that it was her purpose to resume her place on the board at once. “I have just telephoned out to the asylum,” she said, “that I will attend tho meet ing of the board there this evening and preside as usual. The board has already visited most of the institu tions in the state this month, so there will be very little for it to do until next month.” “Principle is what I fought for. I cared nothing for the crumb there is in the office. It costs me more every month than tho office comes to. Will I resign? That’s a question. I had intended to, but when I heard yester day, almost directly from the state house, that if they lost this case they would immediately prefer charges and remove me for cause, Linade up my mind to stay and give them all the fight they wanted. “They say,” Mrs. Lease continued, her eyes snapping and her teeth set until they gave forth a gritting sound, “that I have been guilty of taking bribes fropi the grocery houses which have furnished the institutions of the state with supplies. Now, I want them to prove it. “I tell you,” the female Populist leader almost shouted as she walked the narrow space in her room, “that I am on the board to 6tay so long as I choose, and I defy them to bring any charge, no matter what its nature, against my official or private charac ter. When they cease their libelous publications, when they stop their malicious scandals about me, I may see my way clear to retire from the board, but for the present and indefi nitely I shall remain. Indeed I rather like the excitement. The Irish in me makes me belligerent—that is, when I am attacked.” Governor Lewclling left for Wichita last night, and it is not known in his office what course he will now pursue. It is believed in political circles that the governor will lot the case drop and that Mrs. Lease will, of her own accord, retire from the board, as, since her quarrel with Householder and Waite, her Populist colleagues on the board, the place has become distaste ful to her and her friends say she really wants to quit, if she can honorably. ABOVE THE MARK AGAIN. The Treasury Balance Once Haro Good! Thanks to Bond Receipts* Washikgtok, Seb. 9.—The treas ury balance yesterday was $117, 115,325, the first time it has been above the hnndred million dollar mark for several months. This is an in crease of $34,500,000 over Tuesday and is accounted for solely by the pay ments of the subscription for the new 5 per cent bonds. Of this increase $28,656,294 is in gold and $5,863,140 in currency. The name of Oliver Wendell Holmes in the list of contributors to the Febru ary Atlantic Monthly is a reminder of Autocrat's unbroken connection with the magizine. Francis Parkman is the subject of this latest poem by Dr. Holmes. Two more significant names in American letters could hardly be brought together. A valuable portion of the same number is devoted to II. C. Merwin's article on Tammany Iiall,—a clear, dispassionate statement of the great political machine’s methods and achievements. Mrs. Olive Thorne Mil ler provides a study of nature. “In a Pasture by the Great Salt Lake.” Two papers of American biography—not the result of research b/ltsf the intimate sort that is related at first hand—are Senator I)awe’s “Recollections of Stan ton under Lincoln,” and J. C. Bancroft Davis's reminiscences and estimate of Hamilton Fish. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. Cal Straw aad Bfg*. Ail old farmer who secures egga all through the winter, when asked for hie secret replied that he {rave hie hens plenty cut straw. For while there was much belief in the reply, as it was Sup posed that the farmer was feeding eut straw to his hens (according to his statement), but when the facts cams out it appeared that the cnt straw was really the seoret, but it was used four inches deep on the floor of the poultry house, in which millet seed and wheat were scattered, the hens thereby being provided with a warm place to work. The cut straw gave them a scratching bed. and it kept them in exercise, pre vented disease and promoted the appe tite. It will pay better, if the matter of profit from returns is considered, to use straw'in the poultry houses than in the ^ cows' stalls Many cold poultry hous es can be rendered comfortable with straw, cut to throe inch lengths, on the floor and if the hons are warm and can exercise, the cost will be less and the number of eggs greater. nomciHun recursions. On February lath, March 111th, April 10th May 8th, the Missouri Pacific Railway will soil round trip tickets to all points In Texas at one fair for the round trip. On Feby 18th, also March 80th and April 24th, will sell round trip tickets to points in Southwest Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Ala bama. Tickets limited to 80 days to make the trip. Htopovers allowed on the going passage. For further information, rates etc., write or call on your nearest agent or depot 15th and Webster streets, or com pany's offices northeast corner 18th and Far nam streets, Omaha, Nebr. fXt Thos. T. Godfrey, J. O. Pntu.irri, P. and T. Agent A. G. F. and P. Agent. A beggar in a buggy la eeualnff ^ muoh mystification to the people of Knox county, Me. He is a typical tramp in appearanoe and demeanor, and has been for a week or two dr It- ’ mg about the country begging food at the farm houses. The farmers hare not vet made up their minds whether he is a thief or a lunatic. - e* Sonth Via the Wabasha Tourists' tickets now on sale to all polnta. Homeseekers’ tickets at half fare on ex cursion dates, Dec. 13th, Jan. 0th, Feb. 18th, March 18th, April 10th and May 8th. For rates or folders giving full description of lands, climate, Sc., call at Wabash Ticket office, Ho. 1802 Farnam Street, or write Qao. H. Clayton, N. w. P. Agt., _ Omaha, Neb. A white Us soon loses its creamy complexs lou. •« to California. Tbit Is our Blatping Car Rate on the PhiUtps-Rock Island Tourist Recursions from Chicago to Los Annies or Hen Fran cisco, via tbs Soanlo Route and Ogdan.' You oan go with Phillips, the best of all Excursion Managers, for be has each party accompanied by a special agent who goes the entire trip with patrons. These per sonally conducted Excursions leave Chica go twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday. I We have also a daUy tourist oar lervloeJ ▼la oar Southern Route, through the beau tiful Indian Territory and Ft. Worth to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Tourist car rate via this routs, the same.! Apply at Rock Island tioket office, 10* Clark Street. JNO. SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., C.R.L* P. R'y, Chicago. Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the trait of all quarrels. Now la the Chance. The Knnsas City, Pittsburg & Gulf R. R., will run a scries of “Homo Seekers Ex cursions'' from Ksnsas City to Neosho and points south in Missouri and Arkausas, at tbo rale of ono faro for the round trip; tickets good going on date of excursions, and good returning 80 days, with privilege of stop-overs at pleasure. These excursions will leave Kansas City February 13th, March BJtb, April 24th and May 8th. This will be a good opportunity to see tho greatest fruit, grain and livestock country in the world, situated along tba lino of the new Kansas City, Pittsburg A Gulf R R. For further particulars, address, James Donoiuie, General Passenger Agent, Kan sas City, Mo. Everybody has eight eyes for his neigh bor's business. Are You Going South This Winter? IP so MAKE YOUR. ARRANGEMENTS TO CO VIA THE BIG FOUR ROUTE. • . ; V Whether in pursuit of health or pleasure, no portion of the country offers so many and varied attractions at this season as the Sunny South. The Orange Groves of Florida, redolent with the perfume of sw$et blossoms, wave their branches in hearty welcome to the tourist from the Snow-clad Northland and the mellow breezes of the Southern Sea woo the invalid from the Blizzards of the Frozen North. 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