Roller Skating is Popular. 1
At the recent cycle show in Paris, as
'well as at Stanley show, in London, a
new kind of roller skates for street and
road use were exhibited, which is petting-
very popular in both countries.
1 hey have the shape of ordinary skates,
Dut in the place of steel runners there
are two runners provided, which are
covered with rubber tires. For practi
cal use on ordinary roads thev are ex
cellent, and their weight is about three
pounds apiece. A good roller skater
can move surprisingly fast upon these
BKates, and, by placing one foot across
the rear of the other he can stop almost
instantaneously. The London and
larxs streets are already alive with
if if8 usine the new roller skates,
wnich are becoming more popular every
bir Edward Thornton was British
ambassador to Russia at the time of
the coronation of Alexander IIL, hav
ing formally represented his govern
ment at Washington for years. His
daughter, liss Mary Grace Thornton,
contributes to The Century for May her
journal describing "The Crowning of a
Czar." The illustrations of the article
are from the official record which was
issued by the Russian government. Miss
Thornton says that the most imposing
moment of the entire coronation was
when the Czar alone stood in the vast
cathedral at Moscow, and all the rest
within the edifice and all without as
far as the eye could see, knelt and of
fered up prayers for him. The ceremo
nies attending the coronation of Nicho
las II. next month will be almost
identical with those described.
Novelties in Silver.
Spoons showing openwork silver
bowls are preferred to dishes for serv
ing bon bons. They have ample capac
ity and are made with long, heavy ban
dies, elaborately carved.
Uread forks make the last addition to
the table equipment. They are of an
tique shape with pierced tines and
heavy chased handles.
Wreaths of tiny silver flowers from
the handles of embroidery scissors es
pecially designed for gifts. The sheaths
fchowing similar decoration, contribute
to the effect as well as to the safetv.
upenwork shades over silk linings
are seen in conjunction with candle
sticks of heavy carved silver.
The Oldest Ttritlah Trees.
The oldest tree in this country is the
yew tree at Bradburn, in Kent, which
is said to be 3,000 years old; while at
Fortingal, in Perthshire, is one nearly
as old. At Ankerwyke House, near
Staines, is a yew tree, which was fam
ous at the date of the signing of Magna
unarta, 12lo, and later was the trysting
place of Henry VIII and Annie Boleyn.
The three yews at Fountains Abbey
are at least 1,200 years old, and beneath
them the founders of the abbey sat in
1132. There are no famous oaks that
rival any yew in age, 2,000 years being
the greatest age attained. Damorev's
oak, in Devonshire, which was blown
down in 1703, had this di
Cowthrope Oak, near Wetberbv. York
shire, is said to be l.COO rears old.
London Star.
SILVER MUST COME.
Better than Refined Gold
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isuounycomrort. This unspeakable boon
Is denied to many unfortunates for whose
auments iJostettcr's Stomach Hitters Is a
promptly helpful remedy. The dyspeptic,
the rheumuti the nervous persons troubled
nn Dinousness or chills and fever, should
lose no time in avsiilins themselves of this
t-imipreiieiisiv- and :eriial medicine. It pro
motes appetite and uiphtly slumber.
A w LTe forX Ray.
It will not be very long until the X
rays will be in common use by physi
cians and surgeons in locating frac
tures, dislocations, etc. Where there
is much swelling it is almost impossi
ble to tell the extent of the fracture
and especially if it be a slight one.
When Katnrs
Needs assistance it may be best to ren
der it promptly, but one should remem
ber to use even the most perfect reme
dies only when needed. The best and
most simple and gentle remedy is the
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company.
Practical Tent.
Mr. Ilobbs Dear, this paper says
sewing is to a woman what whistling
is to a man.
"Is that so? Well, here, take little
Dick'6 trousers and whistle a couple of
patches on them while I go to the mat
inee." Chicago Record.
SOVEREIGN'S LETTER TO THE j
SILVER PARTY.
All Classes Mutt Have an Eqoal Chance
to Loan Wealth, Otherwise the Re
public Is Being- Undermined Finance
Issue Cannot Be Dodged.
only in tneir substance, but In their
physical and moral courage as well.
Let the American people ponder over
the words of Mr. Sovereign, and then
heed the appeal of Chairman Mott: To
your tents, Oh Israel! National bimetallist.
Mam's the Word.
Tom Reed, McKinley, Allison,
Quay, Morton. Cullom, Platte,
Depew, and even Harrison,
Don't know where "they are at."
They're great on reciprocity.
On tariff-they are some,
But when it comes to currency
They everyone are mum.
Ml f m .
e wui iorreit i,ua if any of our pub-
Aucxi i.uujomas ore proven to be not
genuine. The Fiso Co., Warren, Fa.
ide Combs and False Hair.
J nave just made a discovery which
is calculated to till with joy the heart
oi every woman who wishes to eniov
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autauiag-es ana undoubtedly they
are many of hair which is softly waved
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me siaes without the attendant
trouDieof inducing nature to have its
Ktraightness transformed into the de
sired undulations. This good thing
A takes the form of a tortoisshell comb
to which is attached a strand of softly
"tru iiair, long enough to be drawn
round the side of the bead, and to give
all the loose fullness which is so much
to be desired.
Nothing speaks with a louder voice than
a godly life.
Some people spend enough time crying
ver spilt milk to buy a whole cow.
Iowa farms for sale on crop payments, 10
per cent cash, talance crop yearly, until
paid for. J. MULHALL, Waukegan, 111
The reason it is called a sta? party is
because the men in it generally stagger
home.
IX the Baby la Catting Tectn.
sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mas.
Tixslow's Soothixo Sxacr for Children Teathlaff.
If you would te a happy man, learn to be
contented one.
..FITS All Fit stopped f re- by lr. K line's Great
Kestorer. N u Kitflr r tu DniUnVi ui.
Karrrloiucum. Trvatiseaml t'2 I rral itot t J tnt-1
it cam:, feetiu tolr. Knuvil Arcn6u,iiiiij.,i'jta.
The wound made by a knife may heal,
but that made by an unkind word may not.
Coo's Coagn. Balaam
Is the oldest and beU It will break op a Colu quick
er tha axo thlns else. It Is always reliable. Try iw
An Appreciative Spirit.
A senator's wife, who is an accom
plished musician, gave a dinner party
recently. Among the guests was a
certain member of the Kentucky dele
gation in congress. When awaiting an
nouncement of dinner, at the urgent
request of some of the guests, the
hostess played and sang. She had just
finished a polonaise by Chopin, which
was greeted by a burst of applause, and
as she arose from the piano, in the si
lence which followed the sweet strains,
her husband turned to the gentleman
from the Uluegrass state with:
"Would you like a sonata before din
ner, colonel?"
"Well, I don't mind," promptly replied
the Kentucky statesman, bracine" up
quickly. "I had two on my way here,
but I reckon I can stand another."
New York Tribune.
The letter of Mr. Sovereign, grand
master of the Knights of Labor, in re
sponse to an invitation to attend the
Washington Silver Conference, should
be read by every person In the United
States, sufficiently advanced in years to
understand its Import. j You ask them how they stand on bonds.
The picture which he presents of the ! They never say a word.
growing power of wealth, and its dan- ! n greenbacks their opinions
ger'to the common people is as vivid as j Have not as yet been heard,
it Is true. No one who stops to think ! They'll give you quick to understand
even for a moment, can fail to note the They are for fee-faw-fum;
tremendous strides in wealth and power But broach to them free silver and
recently made by the money owning
and money controlling classes, nor the
unscrupulous manner in which their
power is employed.
The National Bimetallist does not ad
vocate communism or anything ap
proaching it. No obstacle should be
placed in the way of a just and honor
able acquisition of wealth. Deprive
men of that incentive, and it would
operate as a brake upon the wheels of
progress at once.
But it does champion, as beet it can,
such a policy as will give all classes an
equal chance; which will tend to a just
distribution of wealth, and not build
up a community consisting of a few mil
lionaires on the one hand, and untold
millions of suffering poor on the ot?er.
That such is the inevitable effect of an .
appreciating standard of value is so
plain as to scarcely need discussion.
When money appreciates (pets
dearer) it is plain as light Itself that
the man who has a great deal of it, or
who owns evidences of debt, nots, ,
bonds, mortgages, and the like, reans
a benefit that does not belong to him I
They everyone are mum.
i
. These statesmen are their party's pride,
Renowned for eloquence,
i They even look quite dignified
' Astraddle of the fence.
I When going for a democrat.
They make the welkin hum;
But gold? Each fellow dodges that,
Thej- everyone are mum.
Each one of them has tender dreams,
Hopes bursting into bloom.
The White House through his vision
gleams;
They all have got a boom.
i ney re shy of ground they do
know;
'Tis fear that strikes them dumb.
Ambition makes them cowards, so
They everyone are mum.
"Silence is golden" 'tis a saw
We often have been told.
"Silence is golden" maybe now
This silence is of gold.
When once they've surely gained
day
And knocked the longed-for plum.
not
the
The "money" which he has, or collects They may have something more to say,
Though now they are so mum.
' Tom Reed. McKinley, Allison, c
j Quay, Cullom, Morton, Platte,
I Depew. and even Harrison,
j Don't know where "they are at."
: On old and time-worn platitudes
They talk like kingdom come;
e issue once intrudes.
everyone are mum.
J. A. EDGERTON.
They
A Good Reason.
I don't see why you sent me to bed
for being just imprudent," sobbed Wil
bur. '
"It is very easily explained. " said his
father. "You are imprudent because
you got out of bed on the wrong side
this morning. I want you to tro to bed
for an hour, and then see if you can't
get out on the right side." Harper's
Round Table.
No woman
laughs.
should lean Lack when she
Half Fare Eirnraioni via the Wabash,
The short line to tit. Louis, and quick route
East or South,
April 21st and ilay 5th. Excursions to
all points South at one fare for the round
trip with fJ.OU added.
JUNE K.th.
National Republican Convention at St.
LouL.
JULY ."d.
National Educational Association at
Buffalo.
JULY i'th.
Christian Endeavor Convention at
Washington.
JULY -'-nd.
National People and Silver Convention at
St. Louis.
For rates, time tables and further infor
mation, call at the Wabash ticket office.
1415 Farnam St., Faxton Hotel block, or
write Geo. N. Clattox.
N. W. Pass. Agt., Omaha, Neb.
An evil intention perverts the lest
actions and makes them sins.
Three striking contribution to the
May Atlantic are the opening number
of a series of letters from Dante Gab
riel Rossetti to William Allingham,
ably edited by George liirkbeck Hill,
with a delightful autobiographical
shetch of Allinjrham: Kendric Charles
Ilabcock's discussion of The Scandin
avian Contingent, being the third pa
per in the series on race characteristics
in American life; and an anonymous
paper on Mr. Olney's fitness for the
Presidency.
Half Fare to Virginia and Carolina.
On May 5 homeseekers' excursion
tickets will be sold from all points in
the West and Northwest over the "Biff
, . ... .
rour lioute and Chesapeake fc Ohio
Ry. to Virginia andNorth Carolina at
one fare for the round-trip. Settlers
looking for a home in the South can do
no better than in Virginia. There
they have cheap farm lands, no bliz
zaras, no cyclones, mud winters, never
failing crops, cheap transportation and
the best markets. Send for free de
criptive pamphlet, excursion rates and
time folders. U. L. Truitt, N. W. P.
A., 234 Clark St., Chicago, IIL
Eihiard table, second-hand, for sal
cheap Apply to or address, H. C. Aktw,
til S. Jth St., Omaha, Neb.
from time to time, will command more
of those things necessary for his sup
port and comfort. These things are
produced by the labor of others, and
ronsequently they are injured.
Let the producer exert himself to the
utmost, and there is a limit to his pro
ductive power. Beyond a certain point Vhen a Iiv
ue cannot possmiy go. But there is no
limit to the appreciation of money.
Within the last twenty-two 3ears it has
doubled in value. Under present con
ditions money can double again in the
next twenty-two years as easily as it did
in the last.
What does that mean? It means
wheat, corn, cotton almost everything
at half their present price. It means
a doubling of the burden of debt, and a
doubling of the wealth of the creditor.
It means that the idle non-producer,
living upon a fixed salary, or other in
come, can buy twice as much for it. It
means that the man engaged in produc
tion must surrender twice as much of
his product in order to get the same
amount of money.
It is seriously claimed that this hurts
nobody, because the producer gets
money of double purchasing power.
This is a most egregious error.
When one man doubles his wealth fcy
adding to those things which make up
the aggregate of the world's riches, it
may be truthfully said that he injuries
nobody. But when he does so by an in
creased purchasing power of his "dol
lar, he must necessarily do it at some- ! out almost fatally injuring labor?
Doay eise s loss. ;
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treher. Baby may recover
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Suppose the purchasing power nZ
every dollar in the world were instantly
doubled. No sane man wouli claim
that the wealth of the world would be
doubled. It would contain just what it
does now, and nothing mere. It would
Bupport just as many ljuman beings as
now, and no more. But it would make
a vast difference in the distribution of
that wealth. The man whose wealth
was all in money would be twice as rich
as before; the man whose property was
mortgaged for half Its value, would be
ruined.
There being only a given amount of
commodities in the world, if the monied
classes could command twice as many,
It follows with unerring certainty that
other classes must be able to command
less.
The effect would be the same as dou
bling the size of the measure by which
the rich man buys his'goods. In fact,
it is the same thing, for a measure of
value is also a measure of '"quantity."
If beef is 10 cents a pound, it is Imma
terial whether we ask for a pound or 10
cents' worth. In each case we -ncan
the same thing. Whether we double
the pound weight or double the 10 cents
in a given transaction the effect is the
same.
If all men stood upon an exactly equal
footing, buying and selling equally of
all things, and for cash, then an appre
ciation of money would do compara
tively little harm. Perhaps none. But
this Is a condition that does not exist.
Men do not buy and sell equally. They
are divided Into classes. Some one
owns one kind of property, and some
another. Some are producers, and
some are non-producers. Some are
debtors and some are creditors. Some
have a large accumulation of money ,and
some have none. Therefore, it is clear
that an appreciation of money gives the
monied classes an unjust advantage,
and if carries! too far, it means the en
slavement of the toilers, producers and
debtors.
Mr. Sovereign sees tiis distinctly, and
fully appreciates the Tact that while
there are many reforms to be made, the
most important of all is the overthrow
of the unjust and extortionate money
standard forced upon the people at an
unguarded moment In 1873.
He also appreciates the necessitr of
acting now, for every year that we wr It
entrenches the money power the morfe
trongly, and weakens the people, notj
MrshaM Field and the Money Question.
Editor National Bimetallist: Your
criticism of Marshall Field, in your is
sue of Feb. 5, is no doubt entirely cor
rect. Unfortunately the same words
will apply with equal force to nineteen-
twentieths of the business men of our
towns and cities. Mr. Fild's declara
tion that the remonetization of silver
s 1J J .
wouia aouDie tne cost oi the poor
man's living," while it shows his ignor
ance on the subject, contains a fallacy
that is a stock assertion of the gold
standard men. It is claimed that the
low prices resulting from demonetiza
tion are a benefit to poor men, and that
high prices would be an injury to them.
Now, labor forms an element in the
cost of all production at ratios verying
from 30 to 80 per cent of the value of
the product. Probably a mere approx
imation cf the proportion of labor in
production would be about 50 per cent.
Is it for a moment to be supposed that
a depreciation if 50 per cent in the
value of all products could occur with
Or
is it to be supposed that an increase in
Kne value or all products, into the cost
of whi.h labor so largely enters, could
take piave without largely benefiting
labor? Tais is the proposition that
Marshall Frcld makes, viz.: that an in
crease in the value of products: of
which labor is Rjp-ime element of cost,
would "double the ioor man's living."
When viewed in thip general way, the
absurdity of it becomes glaringly apparent
.Marshall r ield may not know it, but
it is a fact all the same, that Hbor, as a
whole, was never before so prostrate
and depressed as it is today.
Marshall Field's prosperity as & mer
chant depends upon the ability ct the
people to buy his goods. The abUJty
of the people to buy his goods depends
upon the reward of their production.
The reward of their production depends
upon the price of the products. The
price of products depends upon the vol
ume of money compared with produced
wealth. I wish Marshall Field, and
men of his class, would think this mat
ter out. Yours truly, J. BURROWS.
The IMctares.
Farmers Tribune. I brought a load
of wheat to town a few years ago; sold
it for $40.50. With this money I paid
my taxes, $22; got a new dress for my
wife, $5; shoes for the children, $C; a
barrel of flour, $6.50; fifty pounds of
sugar, $4; ten pounds of coffee, $2; and
went home happy with $3.75 in my
pocket to give to the preacher.
I brought in a load of wheat today,
sold it for $22.50; paid my taxes, $22.25;
and have a quarter left. They tell uie
I can get flour and dresses and sugar
and shoes, for half what I paid then,
but it 'pears to me I haint got the half.
I've about made up my mind to invest
this quarter in United States bonds and
howl for the gold standard.
His View A boat Dress.
The late Prebendary Iiog-er's humor
was very unconventional. At a dinner
where he happened to be sitting next
to the bishop of London, responding to
the toast of his health, Mr. Rogers said
that some of his friends still regretted
that he had not attained higher prefer
ment in the church. They wanted him
to be made a bishop "But," he added,
"I feel that I have got quite enough
happiness out of my life without hav
ing this flummery about my legs." And
he lifted up Dr. Temple's apron. San
Francisco Argonaut.
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them have their own way for a month.
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