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A FAIRY STORY.
An Intrreatlnsr Slorj- l- an Old-Kaah-loneil
I-'ellow.
A certain giant being out at elbows
went to Court to lind employment; and
all the Court would have laughed at
him had they dared, he cut such a
queer figure with his long beard and
his great pipe that he was forever
smoking. The King, however, thought
It no laughing matter, for here was a
fellow that could kick a fellow over
his palace. If he happeued to get in a
rage; and what in the world could
they find for this great clumsy mon
ster to do? So he called all the wise
men in the kingdom, and they sat in
the council-hall and looked very sol
emn for seven days, but said never a
word.
At the end of that time the Trim-ess.
the King's daughter, who was ex-ood-
Ingly silly, came trippin
'La! said she. "what a great fuss
you make over nothing! I can settle
the matter. I want a page in buttons
and he is precisely the proper person.
I will take him into my service."
l'xat tly ! said all the wise men al
together. "That is just what we were
g;ji: to propose when her Koyal High
n's tM.k flu words out of our
mouth:" although nobody but suvh a
foolish ir i r I as the Prineess would ever
have thought of making a giant twenty-live
lt-'t high a page in buttons.
The King, however, could see no
other way out of the difficulty: so he
seut for a tailor, and the tailor, rest
ing a ladder upon the giant's shoulder,
went upon it and took his measure.
It required many yards of cloth, you
may be sure, to make a suit for this
astonished page, and a whole cartload
of buttons: for yon see they had but
tone on all the seams ami ail over the
jacket, and on his cap and sleeves, and
they would have had one on his nose.
I believe, if they could have sewed
one oil. When the suit was finished,
the giant, who was very stupid, as
most giants are. thought, however,
that he had never looked so well in his
life; and his silly mistress being very
vain of a page twenty-live feet high.
had sunk to her neck, "get the Dame of ft OT J) MPIT H 1 TP! A ATQ I Practical destruction of one-half the
th Slinners" . UAJJ J-LUJ. U JXUJAyil II O. monev of EuroDe and America by the
the Slippers
"Don't you think I had better pull
you out. if it is high treason?" asked
the giant.
"Xo, no! you mustn't you can't
you shan't!" squeaked the Princess.
"(Jo quick, you booby, and do as you
are told." .
Off raced the giant, ten steps at a
time, but when he came to the court
everybody said "Ssh! ssh! don't make
such a noise: the Dame of the Slippers
has just died."
Hack galloped the giant with all his
might, and made such good speed that
he got to the hog just in time to see the
tip of the bonnet going under the mud.
WALL STREET AT LEAST WILL
CONTROL CONVENTION.
Masses of the West Will Join Demo
crats and Populists at St. I.oais The
Eastern aurf Western State lMatforins
So Far Adopted.
Two weeks ago The National Bimetal-
list discussed the republican platforms
of Ohio. Iowa and Kansas so far as
they had any bearing upon the 'money
A (ilnnt Oak In California That Hung
Forty Men.
There is in California, in Calaveras
county, a tree from which forty men
into the hal!. J have been hanged.
Hangman's oak, as it is called, is on
a level tract of land close to the side
of the old road between Milton and
Copperopolis. It is naturally one of
the most famous monuments of that
part of the country.
The tree stands by the roadside and
a great branch stretches over the high
way, brown and bare, save for a little
clump of foliage at its end.
According to the San Francisco Call,
when the tree first sprang into fame
Stockton was known to the miners as
Tuleville, and the hills around Copper
opolis were tilled with camps that bore
musical names, such as Kagtown or
Whisky Chute. The tree was an old
one then, so that it must by this time
have seen nearly a century of life.
There was no more ceremony attend
ing an execution on the llangmans
Oak than was gone through with in
other parts of the state at about the
same time. The culprit was taken to
the simt in the handiest way. Some
times in a wagon and at others he wa3
compelled to sustain his balance on
the soft .side of a rail carried on the
shoulders of the executioners. When
took him with her wher she called on the spot was reached the man who
the other ladies of rank who were her ; was to be made to "shuttle oil" was
placed on the end of a wagon witu a
rope around his neck, one end of which
was fastened to the limb above his
head. Sometimes when they wanted
to give a man a good "drop" he was
made to stand on a box or oairel
i placed on'the end of the wavj n.
The most famous crop which the
"hangman's tree" has ever o.-n? was
reaped in the early fifties. On this oc
casion a man had been excutd just
as a party of friends, who behoved
him Innocent, came up to reiiv.c? him.
A fierce fight ensued and ".he reciting
party, being the best shots, tamo eff
victoriotis.
Twenty men shed their nlood on this
day. At the end of the tight five of the
hanging party who executed the first
man were left alive. They surren
dered and asked for merv. but were
not given it, and In less than five min
utes their bodies were swinging Les:de
that of their victim. Fourteen depd
bodies strewed the ground arouid the
tree. At least a dozen fights of this
kind have taken place benea:h the old
tree, and people say the groiiot! is
"soaked with blood."
sighed the giant, "that it would have question.
been high treason to pull her out." Kansas trusting blindly to the Na
tional Republican Convention, Iowa
A gallows fo it med BV natuiie. swallowing anything and everything in
the name of Allison, and Ohio present-
demonetization of silver has been com
pletely Ignored.
We have had twenty-three years of
financial and business distress for all
except the few who could control and
manipulate the money supply, and the
New York and Massachusetts Republi
can leaders think it so good a thing that
they are determined to maintain It at all
hazards.
It has long been a belief among
economists that money is an instru
mentality designed to enable men to do
business upon the principles of natural
justice, and in such a manner as to
bring a reasonable share of prosperity
and happiness to the door of every in
dustrious and careful man.
The New York and Massachusetts
Republican leaders, though, have out
grown all such sentimental philosophy
as that. They have discovered that the
end and aim of man should be to pre
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, MAY IO THE POWER
OF PRAYER.
Golden Text: "Tus Publican Standing
Afar Off Would Not Lift Up So Mnth
u 1 1 1 Kres Unto Heaven Luke
ZTlli, 13.
ing a ridiculous straddle, rendered
positively grotesque by the overdrawn
rhetoric in which it was clothed, made
a picture of weakness that should cause
every true republican ear to tingle with serve the gold standard, in order that
shame. the money lender may thrive, the
Since then the republicans of New millionaire become a multimillionaire,
York and Massachusetts harp snni-pn while the debtor bends lower ana lower
neighbors; and these ladies, thinking
that they had never seen anything so
ridiculous, giggled behind their fans,
while tl.ey pretended to admire him
oud said: "Iear Frincess. we really
envy you. There never was anything
so line as your page."
At last one of the ladies, more ma
licious than-the rest, said to the Prin
cess: Now that you have your page,
you have all that a Princess can pos
sibly require, with the exception of
one thing."
"What is that?" asked the Princess.
"You should get the King, your fa
ther, to make a law." replied the lady,
"that no one except the Lady High
Fiddlesti k. the Dame of the Slippers,
mid the ueen. your mother, shall
t-u-h so much as your hand on pain
of instant death. You are too great
a Princess to be approached like a
coniu.cn mortal.
"Why. so I am," said the Princess.
fthougL I never thought of that be
fore."
At home she posted to urge the King
io rass tills admirable law, without
wliuh she was fully persuaded she
C'liiM no longer exist. The King and
his fourt. having nothing better to do,
oio ijiiite ready to gratify her; there
fore a decree was lasted on all the
trees and fences making it high trea
son for any one but the Queen, the
Lady High Fiddlesticks ana the Dame
of Slippers to touch even the Prin
cess's land under any circumstances.
The Prince.- now thought herself the
lirandot and happiest of human be
lays; and though every one was laugh
ing a ( :.cr simplicity, it made no differ--e:;
e to !.h. since she heard nothing
o ;r.
Now the Princess had a habit of
SHOOTS WITH O.NK AHM.
A California Hunter AVlio KHU CJnine
to Support n Family of Seven.
For twenty-eight yo its Thomas Al
len of Monterey, familiarly known as
"Allen the Hunt?r," has been making
a living for seven people with his ljft
arm and a gun. One day, when he
vas only lifteen rears old. he was out
hunting ducks on the Monterey lagoon.
In some manner his gun caught and
was discharged. wouJimr him in his
walking out every morning, followed i riirht arm, near the shoulder. I!e lay
iy iier huge page in buttons; aud
vi:.' line day. coming to a great
quaking bog. the princess grew very
curious to see what was on the other
side of it.
"Hut your royal highness can't cross
It." said the iriant: "von will sink- "
in the tides with his arm bleeding pro
fusely until he was picked up by some
men who chanced to pass, and was
taken L his home. Dr. Cant;eld of
Monterey and Dr. Callahan of San
Francisco held a consultation. Owing
I to the irreat loss of blood, they pro-
"A common person might sink." said j nouneod the bov beyond the reach of
the princess, disdainfully; "hut a prin- medical aid. His mother, however,
cess can't sink, especially in her own called in an old Indian herb doctor.
territory. This land bel omrs to ine ;niil
should know its duty better than to
let me sink."
"Oh. of course," said the giant; for
even his stupidity was not quite sure
whether the bog would make the dis
tinction between a princess and a peas
ant girl; and after a step or two he
said. "Royal mistress, don't you think
you h:id better let me carry you over?
You will get your slippers inudd v."
"Not for the world," cried the prin
cess, much shocked. "Have you for
gotten that it is high treason to touch
meV"
So. holding up iter trail and trying to i l'; , '1 IT Z
lS!w?v ncromlV S'-V" ft 1 th moment l"Calk"iy- had
her acioss, but lirst she tore her
gown and then she lost one slipper
and then the other, and then she stuck
fast.
"Koyal mistress." bellowed the giant,
"don't you think I had better pull vou
out?"
"You stupid idiot!" cried the princess
crossly, "haven't I told you it is high
treason to touch me? Run for the
queen.
ami before the year was out the ioy
wa as well as ever, but minus his
riirht arm.
Young Allen's father was a famous
marksman, and tho boy seemed to in
herit a strong taste for hunting.
When he was only four years old he
would beg to go with his father to
shoot the "little cats." as he called the
cotton-tail rabbits which infested Mont
erey in those days. When live years
old his carer as a hunter began, for
his father took him out into a lield ad
joining their home, placed the gun over
a chair, and let him shoot at one or tne
nu from
a mania
for hunting all sorts of game.
! When Allen was fifteen and the ac
cident occurred thai resulted in the
loss of his right arm he thought his
! hunting days were over. As his father
! died shortly before, part of the support
I of the family devolved upon him. At
i lirst he tried the gaming table, as it
i seemed his only resource.
"In those days," he said, in speaking
of the matter recently. "$20 gold pieces
were more common tnan niciteis are
Away went the giant, three steps at
i timo nnrl ciinilmr tn tlm s..ni- tn
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rntehtv hustle, asked for the queen: I tM t,Jy- ut I utun t lite me ups aim
but. alas! she had gone on a ten days' ! downs of a gambler's life and the as-
9 - 1 A A . .
journey; ann instead or telling any
body "liis errand, the stupid fellow
posted liack to the quagmire, where
the princess by this time had :mnk to
her waist.
"Princess." said the giant, "the
queen has gone on a ten davs' jour
ney." "Mercy on us!" gasped the princess;
run for the Lady High Fiddlestick."
Away trotted the giant four steps at J
a lime, a no. coining io uie court, iounu
every one there in a bustle.
"(Jet a doctor!" screamed one; "and
bandages." said another; "and water
and splints;" and, "oh. dear, dear!"
sighed a third, "to think that a Lady
High Fiddlestick should trip her foot
on a vulgar, nasty stone and break
her arm! If I were king I would order
erv stone removed from the king
dom."" Back ran the giant five steps at a
time.
The Lady Fiddlesticks has just
broken her arm, your royal highness."
Mj stars!" cried the princess, who
sociations; so I gave it up and deter
mined to learn to shoot with my left
arm." San Francisco Examiner.
Who Can Solve It?
Who of those who have not heard
this old puzzle before can solve it?
The answer will be given in two or
three days.
A traveler carried a cabbage, and
led along a wolf and goat until he
came to a river with a ferry cross
it.
There, however, he found the ferry -loat
so small that It would only hold
himself and the cabbage, or himself
and one of the animals.
As long as he was near the goat or
wolf all was well, but if he left them
by themselves for a moment the wolf
would eat the goat, or the goat would
eat the cabbage.
He was thus in a dilemma, for It
seemed impossible to cross the river
without either losing the cabbage or
the coat. How did he manage It?
Whatever may be said of the sound
ness of their financial policy, their plat
form declarations at least have the
merit of frankness, and are without
equivocation for gold.
The New York declaration is as fol
lows:
"The agitation for the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 seriously
disturbs all industrial interests and
calls for a clear statement of the re
publican attitude upon this question, to
the end that the trade of this country
at home and abroad may again be
placed upon a sound and stable foumla-
tion.
"We recognize in the movement for
the free coinage of silver an attempt to
degrade the long-established standard
of our monetary system, and hence a
blow to public and private credit at
once costly to the national government
and harmful to our domestic and for
eign commerce.
"Until there is a prospect of inter
national agreement as to silver coin
age, and while gold remains the stand
ard of the United States and of the civil
ized world, the Republican party of
New York declares itself in favor of the
firm and honorable maintenance of the
standard."
That of Massachusetts is almost iden
tical, except that it is a little more
strongly in favor of the national banks:
"We regard the silver agitation as
hurtful to business and destructive of
confidence, and, as has been recently
shown, hostile to all tariff legislation
designed to give protection to our in
dustries and revenue to our treasury.
"We are entirely opposed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, and to
any change in the existing gold stand
ard, except by international agreement.
Each dollar must be kept as good as
every other dollar. The credit of the
United States mustbe maintained at the
highest point, so that it cannot be ques
tioned anywhere, either at home or
abroad. Every promise must be rigidly
kept, and every obligation redeemable
in coin must be paid in gold.
"We are opposed to the unsound and
dangerous system of stare banks. We
support the national banking system,
and believe that It should be so amend
ed as to give room for expansion and
opportunity to meet the demands of the
growing business and population of
the country."
Not only this, but the candidates
named as their choice can be safely re
lied upon to stand squarely by the pHt
form declaration.
All of Morton's instincts are upon the
side of wealth, while Reed's environ
ments are such that he cannot oppose
it. If he would.
It will be observed that these enun
ciations in favor of gold are not even
veneered with the thinnest coating of
bimetallism.
The New Yorkers are In favor of
maintaining the gold standard "until
there is a prospect of international
agreement as to silver coinage."
Massachusetts is "entirely opposed to
free and unlimited coinage, and to any
change in the existing gold standard,
except by international agreement."
beneath his increasing load, and the
laborer toils on and on for a smaller
and smaller pittance.
Whether this is what the New York
and Massachusetts Republicans really
desire, it is w hat their beloved standard
of gold means, and what it is rapidly
accomplishing.
There is scarcely a doubt that the
Republicans of the remaining New
England states, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Vir
ginia, and perhaps some others will as
same substantially the same position.
With Kansas and Iowa silent, and
Ohio and other Western states simply
playing a policy game, it is almost a
foregone conclusion that the gold
standard idea as set forth in New York
and Massachusetts will dominate the
next Republican convention.
This is exactly what the out and out
silver Republicans desire. They know
that ambiguity, evasion and provisos
with reference to silver coinage mean
gold, and they want the issue made so
clear that "he who runs may read."
They tip their hats to the New York
and Massachusetts Republicans, and
will politely pick up the gauntlet so
boldly thrown down.
II. F. BARTINE.
HE LESSON for today
Includes Luke XTili, -
17,
The subject la almost
the same as that of lea
son XI. of the first
quarter. "Teaching
about Prayer," but the
text suggests a differ
ent line of thought, bo
that ths lesson Is a
continuation of the
teachings we then
learned, and not a rep
etition of them.
Time March, A. D.
We're Coming. Oen. V:rner.
By Henry T. Niles.
(Tune: "From Greenland's Icy.Moun.
tains.)
We're coming, General Warner,
Three hundred thousand more;
From Maine's remotest corner,
From California's shore.
From workshop, mill and farmhouse.
From mountain, hill and plain,
Wre're coming as the van guard
Three hundred thousand men.
A mighty band of brothers
Are gathering for the fray;
The party chains are breaking.
The right 6hall win the day.
Tramp, tramp, the boys are marching,
'Tis Freedom's shout I hear;
A mighty host of farmers
Are bringing up the rear.
Down with the tools of Mammon,
And Shylock with his gold;
Men's lives are more than money.
Their rights shall not be sold.
We'll clean the Augean stables,
We'll break the power of greed;
From bonds and needless burdens,
The people shall be freed.
Cheer up! heart-broken brother.
And sister, sick and sad;
A better time is coming,
Your children shall be fed.
Our fathers fought fpr freedom,
Their children shall be freed
From worse, more cruel bondage,
Than England's grasping greed.
Silver Again Kadi pant.
In the telegraphic columns of the
Chicago Tribune of March 26 a special
from New York says: "Members of
Neither suggests the slightest proba- the 'sound money' committee of the
bility of such an agreement, any de- New York Chamber of Commerce and
sire for one, or any intention to try to tne Reform (?) club, . backed by
bring one about. So they are clear-cut,
flat-footed, unqualified declarations for
the gold standard.
Twenty-three years ago that standard
was fastened upon the people of the
United States and a large part of
Europe. Almost immediately prices
began to fall, business depression began,
and there was an almost universal cry
of hard times. Some classes in New
York and Massachuestts (the money
lenders, and business men occupying
positions of exceptional advantage)
have prospered; but with the great
army of toilers and producers, there has
been scarcely a glimmer of sunshine.
Each succeeding year has found them
a little poorer, with their load of debt
increasing, their ability to pay di
minishing, and with an almost hopeless
future staring them in the face.
Property values in the United States
are very little, if any, more than halt
what they would have been if the old
standard of measurement had been pre
served, the American people are selling
their exportable commodities on a sil
ver basis in competition with Asia, and
paying their debts by the gold standard
appreciated nearly or quite 100 p? r cent.
Almost every honest business man in
the country admits that times have
been bad for many years in fact for
more than twenty with only occa
sional spasmodic waves of revival.
Leading trade and financial journals
have been put to their wits' ends find
ing excuses for the unnatural condi
tions. All sorts of preposterous reasons
have been given, such a3 "overproduc
tion" and the like, without a scintilla
of proof to support them, while the
President Cleveland, have begun an en
ergetic campaign in the west to beat
free silver." It is alleged they will
invade Chicago, and from good author
ity we are told that President Cleveland
has written personal letters to such
men as Lyman J. Gage, urging them
to action. We haven't heard at thi?
writing whether or not Governor Alt
geld or Secretary of State Hinrichsen
have received any communication from
Grover upon this question. Shades of
Jefferson! Here we have a president
who does not trust the people to decide
for themselves what legislation is nec
essary for their government on this
question, of finance. Are we a colony,
subject to the dictates of Wall street,
or an independent people? The people
of Illinois and of the great West, we are
sure, have the ability to think for them
selves without the aid of Grover Cleve
land or the New York Chamber of Com
merce. It is amusing to hear some who
are opposed to the restoration of silver
say that the silver cause is on the de
cline, and in order to enlighten these
misguided friends of "honest(?) money"
(gold) we quote Mr. Cleveland, who is
in a position to know whereof he
speaks, being the hub of the gold-bug
wheel. In the above dispatch he is quot
ed as saying: "The silver sentiment,
which was rapidly abating some months
ago, has again become rampant." Na
tional Tiroes-Democrat, Chicago.
30, two or three weeks before the crucifixion.
Place Perea, beyond Jordan.
The full text of today's lesson Is as follows:
9. And he spake this parable unto certain
which trusted In themselves that they were
righteous, and despised others:
10. Two men went up Into the temple to
pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a
fublian.
11. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus
with himself. God. T thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adul
terers, or even as this publican.
12. I fas twice in the week. I give tithes
of all that I possess.
13. And the publican, standing afar on.
would not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying.
God me merciful to me a sinner.
14. I tell you. this man went down to his
house Justified rather than the other: for
every one that exalteth himself shall be
abased: and he that humbleth himself shall
be exalted.
15. And thev brought unto him also Infants,
that he would touch them: but when his dis
ciples saw It, they rebuked them.
1ft. But Jesus called them unto him. and
said. Suffer little children to come unto me.
and forbid them not: for of such Is the king
dom of God.
17. Verily I say unto you. Whosoever shall
not receive the klmdom of God as a little
child shall In no wise enter therein.
Some explanations are as follows:
9. "Certain which trusted in themselvea
that they were righteous." "There Is a gen
eration that are pure in their own eyes, and
yet is not washed from their filthiness." "And
despised others." the tendency of self-righteousness
Is to look down upon others.
10. "Two men went un Into the temple.
he acknowledged place of prayer. "One a
Pharisee." the highest, most respectable class
among the Jews.
11. "Stood." the ordinary attitude of prayer.
"Prayed thus with himself." Either by him
self, apart from others, or he was congratu
lating himself on his goodness, rather than
praying to God. "God. T thank thee." It was
well to be thankfnl. but his thanksgiving was
pride and boasting. In the name of gratitude.
"That I am not as other men." the rest of
mankind. He Is In a class by himself, and
all other men were far below him. "Extor
tioners." very common, especially among the
publicans. "Or even as this publican." And
then, his eye alighting on the publican, he
drags him Into his prayer, making him to
sunply the dark background on which the
bright colors of his own virtues shall more
gloriously appear.
12. "I fast twice In the week." lie thought
he did more than his duty. "The law ap
pointed only a single fast-day in the year,
the day of atonement fLev. xvl. 25). The bV
weekly fast of the Pharisees was a burden
Imposed by the oral law." Cambridge Bible.
He made fasting a virtue. Instead of a means
of virtue, and thus destroyed all its value,
and made It a means of evil. "T give tithes."
a tenth, "of all that I possess." rather of all
that I acquire, all his gains. "Here, too,
he exceeds the written law. which only com
manded tithes of corn, wine. oil. and cattle
(Deut. xlv. 22. 23). and not of mint, anise, and
cummin (Matt, xxlil. 23)." Cambridge Bible.
He was exceedingly particular as to outward
forms, and made this a substitute for real
virtues, as to which he was careless, or which
he did not wish to practice. He tithed mint
and anise, but had no love to God.
17. "Whoever shall not receive the king
dom of God as a little child." Trusting God.
as a child trusts his parents, willing to learn.
willing to be led. ready to obey. "Shall in
no wise enter therein." (1) Because he will
not. without the childlike characteristics. He
will be self-confident, and go on his way. and
not God's. (2) Because he cannot: for the
kingdom of God is a state of childlike trust
In God and loving obedience to God: and till
one has these qualities, he Is by the necessity
of the case outside of that kingdom.
Extreme tired feeling afflicts nearly eve"
body at this season. The hustlers cease to t
push, the tireless grow weary, the enei
eetic become enervated. You know Just
what we mean. Some men and women i jf
endeavor temporarily to overcome that
Feeling by great force of. will. But this
Is unsafe, as it pulls powerfully upon th
nervous system, which will not long stand
such strain. Too many people " work on
theirnerves," and the result is seen in un
fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros
tration," in every direction. That tired
Ing is a positive proof of thin, weak, im
pure blood; for, if the blood Is rich, red,
vitalized and vigorous, it imparts lifeand
energy to every nerve, organ and tissus
of the body. The necessity of taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling
is, therefore, apparent to every one, and
the good it will do you is equally beycia l
question. Remember that
LnJ(Q)(Q)(a
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Iilood Purifier. Ail dwiggists. f 1.
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.
m. are easy to take, easy
rlOOd S PlIlS to operate. 25 cents.
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different advertisements of
HAVE YOU SEEN?
The variety of Colum
bia Bicycle advertising
is great. All the good
points of Columbias, S
all the delight of riding
them, cannot be fully
described in any one
advertisement, nor in
a hundred.
We wish to know how
many announcements
can reach any one person, and so offer a
to whoever shall send us the greatest
number of different Columbia Bicycle
advertisements clipped from newspapers
or magazines issued since Jan. I, 1896.
Many advertisements differ only in a word
or two; others in the style of type: distinct
variations only, however, will be counted.
Kach advertisement must have plainly
attached to it the name and date of the news
paper or magazine from which it is clipped.
Separate entries cannot be combined.
Kntries must be received by us at Hartford
on or before Tuesday, June 30. 1896. In case
of a tie, the award will be made according to
priority ot receipt and entry. .Address
D
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What the fcol does in the end
the wise man does in the beginning. -Spanish.
RELIGION AND REFORM.
A floating chapel has just been fitted
at Kuttawa, Ky., to make evangelizing
voyages along the Cumberland, Ohio
and Mississippi rivers.
Out of the 19,756 public elementary
schools in England, 11,897 are con
trolled by the Church of England and
draw support from the whole commun
ity. In 18,000 parishes there are no
other public schools.
There is a Catholic hospital in Ber
lin, the St. Heduige, which Is served by
the sisters of charity. A recent an
nual report shows that during the year
5,640 persons were admitted to the hos
pital. Of this number 3,311 were Pro
testants, 2,248 were Catholics and fifty
nine were Jews.
Ireland has about 4,000.000 Catholics
and 1,200,000 Protestants. Catholics
are most numerous in thar county of
Cork, while Protestants hXve the ascen
dancy in the county of Antrim. A lit
tle over 76 per cent of the entire popu
lation are Catholics, 12 per cent belong
to the Church of England and 9 per
cent are affiliated with the Presbyte
rians. A criminal suit against the lay rec
tor for neglecting to repair the chancel
of the parish church, probably the first
suit of the kind brought in the present
century, was instituted recently by the
church wardens of St. Peter's church,
Derby, England. In tne consistory court.
The gentleman who draws the tithes
and enjoys the revenues of the church
pleaded guilty and was condemned to
make the repairs.
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SMOKING TOBACCO,
2 oz. for 5 Cents.
CUMLASH
CHEROOTS 3 for 5 Cents.
Give a Good, Mellow, Ilealthy,
Pleasant Smoke. Try Them.
LV0.1 4 CO. TOBiCCO WORIS, Dinun, K. C.
WELL MACHINERY
Illustrated catalogue showing WEL
AUGERS, KOCKDKILLS, J1YDKA.UUO
AND JETTING MACHINERY, etc.
Sent Fan. QsTe been tested and
mil tporrantea,
Sioux City Engine and Iron Works,
Successors to Pech Mfg Co.
Slonx 'ltv. lon-M.
The RowiLL.tCiui! Machinery i o..
1411 West Eleventh Street, Kns C'lt
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WE HAVE NO agents.
umer at wholesale prices,
t-lilp anywhere for examin
ation before rale. Every
thing warranted. 100 styles
of rarri, 90 Htyles of
HtraiM, 1 styles Rldlag Bm4-
fdlea, Write for catalogue.
La HART CAEBIA6S Hi ti
ll ESS Hra. CO., aXKHART,
W. BPraTT, Secy. MD.
DHCCICC As low as $25 00.
DUODILO Surrey for $;&.
100 styles. Good variety of
second-hand Csrriijres and
WagonH... NotMjy eeliS on
cloa r marirlfiK.
dkummonDcakriaokco.
18th and Harney bU, Omaha
RINGS OF GOLD.
A story Is related by Pliny that, after
the golden treasure had been stolen
from the Captoline by Crasseus. Jupi
ter, the custodian, bro-ce the gem of hla
ring in his mouth, dying mstantly trom
rnropjod noiion.
Before the introduction of coinage the
only gold In circulation In Egypt wai
j the ring, and the Egyptian at his mar-
riage placed one of these gold rings
i upon his bride's finger as a token that
The fire and the gold never under- he intrusted her with all his property,
stand each other. Hnce the marriage rinr of to-day.
BICYCLES i
1896 High Grade shipiei anywhere C- o. D ut
lent, Joi 83 ve!f.inmn rr,
UliA. S6 Wrs miiia. er. Stf.dO:
ISj Favorite. t'i.M Llrt.L Mwl-
els. m.ly iruaranteed. Pneumat
ic 'llres, weight 18 1D. --nd for Catalogue.
X. HARDY A CO-. 1319 Kama n8i.. oiuaua. Neb
fsnsiowK?j?.s
yrs -jilaat war, lSadjudicatuigcluima, atty akica.
OPIUM "'"WHISKY '. '-red. Back .e.l
M. M. WOOIAUT, ATLAXTA, GA.
W. N. U., OMAHA 10-1800
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mention this paper.
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