The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902, February 06, 1896, Page 7, Image 7
February C, 1896. TI1K NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 7 T THE WESTERN COAST' IS NOWItf THE HANDS OF A MONOPOLY. AN ENORMOUS COMBINE. A Gigantic Concern Organized to Control Manufacture, Prices and Shipping Vast Interest! Involved An Advance In Lumber the First Order What the Trust Says. Pobt Townsend. Wash., Feb. 4. The Central Lumber Company, with a capital of over $"0,000,000, began busi ness to-day. This is the biggest trust the Pacific coast has ever known. Its membership includes every lumber mill and all ship owners and whole sale and retail dealers of the Western coast of the United States and British Columbia. All charters of vessels and sales of lumber must be effected through the Central Lumber Company, which will regulate freights and make prices. The company will also regu late the product of each mill, and the proportionate amount of lumber each vessel will carry during the year. Not only are the markets of the Pa cific coast thus controlled, but the lumber shipments to foreign countries are placed under the same restrictions. In Puget Sound the daily mill output is I,i00,0o0 feet. The regulations will not apply to shipments by rail to Eastern points. The first order issued by the com pany was to advance the price of lum ber $2 per thousand feet Last year the estimated product of the coast was 600,000,000 feet, and this advance will enhance the profits of mill owners during the coming year over $1,000, 000. Members of the trust claim they have been manufacturing lumber for several years at actual cost, and that the dealers in foreign and coast mar kets have been reaping all the profits. Under the new prices, they say, the employes will be paid better wages and the timber men receive higher prices for their logs. Although cap italized at $10,0"0, no other corporation on the Pacific coast includes such vast interests as the Central Lumber com pany. More than 150 ocean sailing vessels come under its control. Wire Malls Advance. PITTSBURG. Feb. 4. The Wire Nail .Manufacturers' association has ad dressed a circular letter to the job bing trade, giving notice of another advance in prices of fifteen cents per hundred weieht This will change the base rate from $3.25 to $3.40 per hundred weight, which is the highest price asked for wire nails in many years. Two years ago the base price was eighty-five cents. A NAVAL DISPLAY BALKED. Russia Said to Have Foiled a United States Move to Coerce Turkey. London, Feb. 4. The St. James' Gazette to-day, says its Washington correspondent, has authority for an nouncing that the entente between Russia and Turkey is known at the State department and that it has had an important effect in modifying the plan the Administration had prepared to compel Turkey to pay an indemnity for the damage done to American property in Armenia. The correspond ent says a United States naval demon stration had been prepared and that a cabinet meeting approved the policy of bringing -pressure to bear upon Turkey. lie also says that Secretary Olney entered into communication with Russia and Great Britain, asking them if they would oppose action by the United States against Turkey. Great Britain's reply, he says, was favorable; Russia preferred there should be no naval demonstration at that time as Russia was negotiating to bring about a restoration of order in Turkey, which country, Mr. L. E. De Kotzebu, Russian minister to the ( ''lited States, is said to have informed au., vriuey, wuuiu ytty uuy luuctumty Required. The projected demonstra tion was then abandoned. PIANO FIRMS IN TROUBLE. Wheelock & Co. Assign and Receivers for the Reber and Stuyvesent Companies. New York, Feb. 4. William E. Wheelock & Co., piano manufacturers, assigned to-day to Henry W. Beebe. Wheelock & Co. , have had close rela tions with the Weber Piano company and the recent applications for a re ceiver for the latter concern, made to day's action by Wheelock & Co., ad usable. The liabilities of Wheelock & Co. are $335,000; assets not stated. A motion was made for the appoint ment of a temporary receiver for the Stuyvesant Piano Company on behalf of William Wheelock and others. The .liabilities consist of notes endorsed by the company, amounting to $38,513; assets about $35,500. The New Iiarnegat Light. New York, Feb. 4. The strongest light on any sea coast of the world will soon be in working order on the Jersey shore. It will have no rival for power anywhere here or in Europe. This great electric light will have 2,500,000 candle power, and its warn ing rays will be sent forth from the to,j of Barnegat Lighthouse. Showman Robinson Bitten by a Leopard. Cincinnati, Feb. 4. Young John Robinson, son of Showman John Rob inson, whose menagerie is wintering at Terrace park, near here, was seri ously bitten by a leopard, which had An -in .1 ..AM .UA 1.. . J l ! 1 he, with others, was trying to capture. Attendants came to the rescue and killed the animaL The Duchess of Oldenburg Dead. Berlin, Feb. 4. The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg is dead. She was bora In 1826 and as Elizabeth, Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, was married in 1852, to the Grand Duke of Olaenbunr. - II LAID AWAY IN ST. PAUL'S The Lata Lord Lelghton Given Notable Funeral Tributes of Respect. London, Feb. 4. A large gathering watched the departure this morning of the funeral procession conveying the body of the late President Lord Leighton of the'Royal academy. The catafalque could not be approached on account of the masses of wreaths and other floral offerings which sur rounded it. , The procession was formed shortly before 11 o'clock and was headed by a detachment of the Artists' corps of volunteers, of which regiment the deceased was honorary colonel. Then came the hearse. The pallbearers were the Duke of Abercorn, Sir Joseph Leister, Sir John Millais, the lion. Edward Maunde Thompson, Professor Alexander Maclvenzie, principal of the Royal Academy of Music and General Arthur Ellis, who represented the Prince and Princess of Wales. The German and Belgian ambassadors fol lowed the hearse and then came the officials of the Royal academy and the academicians. Crowds lined the route from the Royal academy to St. Paul's, and all uncovered their heads as the hearse passed. The Earl of Carrington, represent ing the Queen, met the coffin at the entrance of St. Paul's cathedral. The building was filled with ambassadors, ministers, members of the diplomatic corps, the corporations of London, the leading scientific, literary and artistic men and members of the aristocracy. The archbishop of York and Dean Gregory officiated. The principal music features were Chopin's funeral march, Schubert's "Marche Solemn elle," and the dead march from "Saul." The ceremonies were impressive as seen in the dim light of the vast edifice. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the body was lowered in the crypt by the central opening directly beneath the dome. The coffin now lies in tl crypt, hid den by floral tributes of respect from London and all parts of Great Britain. HAD A HOT BATTLE. Maceo Knconnters the Spanish and De feats Them After a Hard Fight. New York, Feb. i. The Herald cor respondent in Cuba cables that An tonio Maceo, bound east, reached the border of Havana Province on Friday. His vanguard was in the neighbor hood of , Guanajay in the' afternoon, when it was attacked by General Canella with 1,200 men and one field piece. Canella is one of the best fighters in the Spanish army. He left Havana early in the week with a picked force to meet and head off Maceo's advance. Reports of the engagements that fol lowed are meager, but indicate that Canella was at least temporarily de feated, after hard fighting, his com mand being caught between the fire of Maceo's advance and Gomez's rear guard. The latter came up in time to harass the Spanish in the flank, while Maceo fiercely attacked them in front. Canella made a gallant stand, using his field piece effectively, but he was caught in a vise and is believed to have suffered severely. Great Losses in Sugar. New York, Feb. 4. A writer in the Independent calls attention to the loss which Americans are, made to bear as a result of the Cuban war. He points out that of the 3,000,000 tons or 4,400,000, 000 pounds of sugar consumed annual ly by the United States fully one-half comes from Cuba. The loss of that supply obliges us to obtain it at a greater cost from other countries. Consequently there has been already "an increase of one-half cent per pound in the price of sugar, or at the rate of $22,400,000 increase for the year; and this amount will soon be doubled if not trebled." Bittiuger for National Delegate. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 4. The Re publicans of the Fourth Congressional district will present as their choice for delegate at large to the National Re publican convention the name of John L. Bittinger, editor of the Herald. Although earnestly solicited from many quarters to become a candidate for Congress, Major Bittinger posi tively declines. It is said he prefers a seat in the Legislature rather than in Congress. ' An Historic Church Burned. Boston, Feb. 4. The historic First Unitarian church on Meeting House hill, in Dorchester, a familiar land mark, and the oldest church in the district, was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss is estimated at $30,000. The most valuable appurtenances of the church, which were kept in the vestry at the rear were saved. The chime bells in the tower were ruined. Four firemen were injured by a falling walL Fainted in Red, White and Blue. Atchison, Kan., Feb. 4. Captain Jud Haskins, an old soldier living west of Atchison, has become so en thusiastic as a result of the late war talk that he has painted his dwelling red, white and blue. Although very old, Haskins is anxious to serve his country again, and proposes to organ ize a company in his neighborhood in the event of war with England Midwinter Grasshoppers. Wabash, Ind. Feb. 4. Frank Ester brook of this city, while out hunting in the fields north of the city Satur day, "ran into a cloud of insects, which he found to be grasshoppers. They had settled down in the stubble and seemed to be as chipper as though it were midsummer. Esterbrook caught a hatful of them and brought them home with him. A Naval Veteran Dead. Washington,' Feb. 4. Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Carmody, re tired, of the United States navy, died suddenly at his home in Georgetown yesterday. Lieutenant Carmody was appointed to the navy from New York September 29, i860, and received the rank of lieutenant commander Febru ary 28, 1890. He was retired June 0, 18M. , - FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. JURY TOOK ONE BALLOT. The St. Louis Millionaire Must Pay the Penalty With His Life for the Cold Blooded Murder of His Wife and Baby Boy While He Was Drunk Will Appeal to Supreme Court. Union, Mo., Feb. 4. The celebrated case of Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the St Louis millionaire who has been on trial during the past month for the cold-blooded murder of his wife and baby boy two years ago, ended yester day, the jury returning a verdict of guilty in the first degree. After arguments that took up the greater part of Saturday and lasted until almost midnight, the case was given to the jury, the members of which went to rest without consider ing it. Yesterday morning the jury took up the case and on the first bal lot unanimously found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. The result was reached without much trouble, each member of the jury seem ingly having settled the case in his own mind in the interval between midnight and morning. This verdict is received with almost universal sat isfaction. This is the second trial that Dr. Duestrow has had on the charge of murder, the first one resulting in a hung jury last year. The terrible crime with which he was charged was committed in Feb ruary, 1894. One day that month his wife and child were at home awaiting his coming to take a drive. When he came into the house, Duestrow, who was drunk, began to abuse his wife, and finally shot her down in cold blood. He then picked up his 3-year-old boy, a beautiful child, aud, hold ing it at arm's length, killed it with a pistol shot through the head. His wife lingered for several days and finally died. After his arrest, Duestrow, with the help of his fortune, tried to evade the consequences of his crime. Ex-Governor Johnson, who is credited with being one of the finest criminal law yers of this State, was entrusted with the charge ot the case and was as sisted by Colonel Nat Dryden, Charles Noiand and J. Wesley Booth. Pros ecuting Attorney Zachritz of St. Louis was assisted by Judge Bolte, prosecut ing attorney of Franklin county; Judge Gallenkamp and Lee Merri wether. Counsel for the defense endeavored to establish a plea of insanity, but after two inquiries held before juries, in which much expert testimony was 'heard on both sides, it was given up and the case came to trial in Union, a change of venue having been taken from St. Louis. The first trial ended in a hung jury. Throughout the last trial before Judge Hirzel, Governor Johnson and his assistants kept up the insanity idea and were ably seconded by the defendant, who endeavored to create the impression that he was crazy. As during the two inquests and the former trial, the defense put on the stand a number of the most prominent physicians in the State as experts to prove Duestrow's insanity. Equally eminent experts testified on behalf of the State, and throughout the trial there was an almost constant warfare between the opposing counsel. Arguments were finally begun on Saturday morning in a crowded court room. Ttiose present were disappointed that the' eloquent Governor Johnson did not speak, being confined to his room with a sprained ankle. When the result of the jury's de liberations was made known Duest row's counsel said an appeal to the supreme court would be made. Duestrow received the verdict calm ly. He sat smoking a cigarette as the judge read the paper handed in by the jury. As far as external appearances go, he was the coolest man among the twenty-five lawyers, reporters and citizens assembled in the court room. THE SOUTH INUNDATED. Lower Mississippi Valley One Vast Sea of Water Enormous Damage. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 4. The un precedented rain in the Lower Missis sippi valley during the past ten days has caused all streams to overflow, and the lowlands in Tennessee, Arkan sas and Mississippi are one vast sea of water. Bridges have been washed away on several of the railroads, and traffic is seriously delayed. In Arkan sas the damage from the flood will reach high figures. The Ouachita river rose thirty feet within thirty-six hours, and the torrent of waters swept everything before it Many fine plantations and farms in that fer tile valley have been submerged, and outhouses and fences swept away. Rain has been falling almost steadily during the past forty-eight hours, and the water will go still higher. Rhode Island's Marriages Illegal. Providence, R. I., Feb. 4. The au thorities have discovered that the new law requiring all persons performing the marriage ceremony to register yearly is identical with one enacted seventy years ago, which has long been a dead letter. The authorities state that there has not been a legal marriage in Rhode Island for fifty years and will apply to the legislature to have the acts of all unlicensed clergymen made valid. Demand 9100,000 Damages. Constantinople, Feb. 4. The United States minister, Mr. Terrell, has demanded an indemnity of $100, 000 for the burning and pillaging of the American missions at Marash and Kharput He also asked for the im mediate granting of firmans for re building th,n. INDEMNITY FOR ITALIANS. Mr. Cleveland Sends Congress a Message on the Walsenberg Riot. Washington, Feb. 4. President Cleveland sent to Congress a request for an appropriation for some of the Italian victims of the Walseuberg riots in Colorado. The trouble at Walsenberg grew out of the murder of Deputy Sheriff Abner Hixon by Italian miners. Bloodhounds were used in tracing the murderers. While four of them were being conveyed to jail, the officers hav ing them in charge were attacked One of the Italians was shot dead and two others escaped seriously injured. The other Italians concerned in the murder were shot down in the jail corridors by enraged white miners who had gained entrance by strategy. A PATENT ON "BLOOMERS." "New Women" Must Hereafter Pay Royalty to a Brooklyn Man. Washington, Feb. 4. After a six months' search through ancient and modern history, the patent office has issued a patent on bloomers. The man who gets the official credit of in venting this "up-to-date" article of wearing apparel is Thomas IL Royce of Brooklyn. "In the future the "new woman" will have to pay Mr. Royce a royalty on such nether garments. , Application for the patent was filed August 14, I89.r, when the bloomer craze was at its height. Royce did not claim to be the originator of this form of feminine "trouserettes," but claimed to have invented some of the most essential features of the ac cepted style of bloomers. The delay in granting the patent was due to a discussion among the patent office ex aminers as to whether bloomers were patentable. Numerous patterns of ancient and modern pantalettes or "trouserettes" were taken before the examiners by Mr. Royce. The flowing nether gar ments worn by the inmates of Turk ish harems and those of the modest maidens of Persia were compared with the latest style of bloomers worn by the "new woman." An interesting point in connection with the granting of this patent was the official decision and recognition of the word "bloomers," it being held that the term was of American origin ality, without regard for the apparel for females of the old world or of an cient times. WELCH T1N-N AKERS. Over-Production Has Caused a Crisis and a General Shut-Down Is Called For. Washington, Feb. 4. A dismal pic ture of the conditions and future pros pects of the Welch tin makers is drawn by United States Consul An thony Howells in a report to the De partment of State. He says: "The tin plate trade is gone from bad to worse. Prior to the November elec tions when the ruinous effects of the Wilson bill on American manufacture was portrayed in certain newspapers there was much rejoicing on this side of the Atlantic. The optimism which asserted itself was remarkable. But a crisis is at hand and the only pan acea suggested is a general stoppage next month, provided no improvement takes place in the meantime." The consul inclosed a printed call upon the men to suspend work. - He does not believe it will be generally heeded. There are at least 100 too many mills in existence and the only recourse seems to be to check the out out. About 170 mills are idle now. S. B. FRENCH A SUICIDE. The New York Ex-Police Commissioner Takes His Own Life. New York, Feb. 4. Ex-Police Com missioner Stephen B. French com mitted suicide to-day by shooting him self through the heart. Mr. French had been moody and despondent and recently he told his wife that he was worried over busi ness affairs. So far as known there was no adequate cause for his suicide. Mr. French was long concerned in city, state, and national politics. He affiliated with the Republican party. His life had known many varied ex periences. He had been a whaler in the North seas, a miner in California in the romantic days of '43, a voyager and trader among the islands of the South Pacific, a hotelkeeper and ship owner in San Francisco, the proprietor of an express line from that city to the mines, and finally a politician of the most active kind. BIG SNOW IN MISSOURI. Fourteen Inches on the Level at Macon and Eight at Mexico. Macon, 'Mo., Feb. 4. A heavy moist snow began falling at 4 o'clock yester day and has been falling continuously since. At 9 o'clock this morning the snow measured fourteen inches. It still falling, but melting. The wind is from the northwest. The snow is not drifted any and all last night trains were able to get through. Mexico, Mo., Feb. 3. Eight inches of snow have fallen in this section of Missouri since yesterday. The roads are almost impassable. They were very bad before the snow fell. Kansas May Lose Two Towns. Independence, Kan., Feb. 4. The government surveyors now at work re-establishing the boundary lines of the various Indian reservations in the Indian Territory are now in the Chero kee country and are making a change in the line along the western border. The new line runs about three miles east of the old one and it is reported the northern boundary will be moved a mile or more further north. If this is done it will place Chetopa and Cof feyville in the Cherokee country and it is probable some trouble will result Death of Herbert M. Shearman. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 4. Herbert M. Shearman, for five years chief of The Star's art department, died at 4 o'clock this morning in his room, after an illness of two months. A compli cation of disorders resulted in blood poisoning, which caused his death. Officers of the Standard Oil Com pany deny the report that the com pany is to be reorganized. ' SILVER IN THE HOUSE. SENATE BILL REFERRED TO WAYS : AND MEANS COMMITTEE. HOUSE WILL NON-CONCUR. Its Fate Is So Well Assured That the Pro gram Excite Almost No Interest In the Lower Branch of Congress Will Be a Direct Test of the Silver Vote Among the Representatives. Washington, Feb. 4. The' Senate free coinage substitute for the House bond bill was referred to the ways and means committee as soon as it reached the House to-day. Under the rules a motion to concur could not be made. It will be reported back to morrow or Wednesday with the recom mendation that the House non-concur and insist upon its bill. Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee, says "reason able time" for debate will be allowed. The silver men are asking for two days in which to discuss the bill The fate of the substitute is so well as sured that the House program excites almost no interest, except for the fact that it will furnish the first di rect test of the size of the silvor vote. Mr. Hartman of Montana predicts that the Republican vote for the silver substitute will be 35 or 40, and Mr. Bailey of Texas says that about 70 of the 105 Democrats in the House can be counted on to support any free silver proposition. . These estimates are based on the supposition of the full at tendance, which may not materialize, for there are many absentee this week. There are several Southern Re publicans, new members, who are an uncertain factor upon the financial question. Silver men are preparing speeches and are anxious for a much longer debate than the opponents of free coinage. A bunch of La France roses lay on the desk of Mr. Wellington of Mary land, Republican, who appeared in the house to-day for the first time since his election to the senate. Mr. Hull of Iowa, chairman of the committee on military affairs, re ported the army appropriation bill and it was placed on the calendar. At 12:30 o'clock the clerk of the sen ate announced the passage of the sen ate free coinage substitute to the house bond bill and it was referred, under the rules, to the ways and means committee. AMERICA WILL RETALIATE. Prussian Restrictions Against American Insurance May Be Duplicated. , New York, Feb. 4.- The resolution calling on the president for all corre spondence between the United States and Germany regarding the exclusion of American life insurance companies from Germany, which has just passed the New York House, is a move toward a policy of retaliation against Ger many. The author of the resolution, Representative South wick of Albany, N. Y., gives the following explanation of its purpose: "President Cleveland, in his last annual message to Con gress, called attention to the policy of retaliation which was being practiced in Germany against American life in surance companies, and he suggested retaliation upon the part of the United,. States if such a course could be de vised. "New York is the first to take ac tion, and in both the senate and the assembly a measure has been intro duced which provides that all foreign insurance companies shall be denied every privilege in the transac tion of business within the State which is not accorded to American companies in the home States of these foreign corporations. "The German policy of retaliation against American life companies has thus far been confined to Prussia, Four of the big New York companies had been transacting business in that part of the German empire, but one, only, continues operation. Governor Morton and Insurance Superintendent Pierce of New York have written Sec retary Olney. The Massachusetts com missioner of insurance, also, has sent an emphatic note of protest to Secre tary Olney. The State department instructed embassador Runyon to take cognizances of the matter, and he had been in communication with the Ber lin government prior to his death." TO FIND THE SOUTH POLE. Borchgrevlnk, the Norwegian Explorer, refecting His Plans for Next Winter. New York, Feb. . C. Egbert Borchgrevink, the Norwegian ex plorer, arrived here on the Umbria yesterday. He is here to make further preparations for his proposed expedi tion to the South pole next winter. After reaching the Antarotio country the explorer, with three Norwegian companions, expects to travel over 160 miles inland on some snow shoes and sledges, that he may reach the pole. The money for the expedition has already been raised. It is expected that two years' time will be required for the work of the expedition. Five Generations at a Family Reunion. Wabbensbcbg, Ma, Feb. 4. A re union of the Christopher family was held at Hotel Minnewawa, Pertle Springs yesterday, the occasion being the 75th birthday of Mrs. America Christopher. Over fifty descendants were present, representing five gener ations. , Mrs. Christopher is mother of Benjamin C. Christopher of Kansas City and J. H. Christopher, proprietor of Pertle springa A Depot Incendiary Sentenced, Clinton, Iowa, Feb. 4. Judge Wolfe to-day sentenced William T. Stewart to the Anaraosa prison for seven and a half years at hard labor. Stuart burned the Lyons railway de pot July 1, 1895, causing a loss of $14,000. He was convicted, escaped, captured, retried and again convicted. A WONDERFUL CURE. AN IOWA LADY PHONOUNCED INCURABLE. Buffered Twsnty-rive Tears From Dyg pepsla and Stomach Trouble Bern ark able Manner In Whioh Eh Became Fully Cured. (From Mich. Christian Advocate.) Mrs. Sarah A. Skeels, an estimable lady residing at Lynnville, Jasper Co., was foi twenty-five years a sufferer from Dyspep sia, and her complnte restoration to health is so remarkable that we present the facts in the case for the benefit of our renders, many of whom have doubtless suffered in the same manner, and will, therefore, be Interested in learning how all stomach troubles may be avoided and cured. Mrs., Skeels says: I used only one packuge'of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets and I received such great and unex pected benefit that I wish to express my sincere gratitude. In fact it has been six months since I took the medicine and I have not had one particle of distress or difficulty since. And all this inthefuce of?the fact that the best doctors 1J con sulted told me my case whs incurable as I had suffered for twenty-five yearn. I wuut half a dozen packages to distribute among my friends here who are very anx ious to try this remedy. Truly yours, , Mrs. Sarah A. Skeels. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make the complexion clear by keeping the blood pure. They increase flesh by digesting flesh, forming foods. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablots is the only remedy designed especially for the cure of stomach troubles aiid nothing else. One disease, one remedy, the successful physician of today is the specialist, the successful medicine is the medicine pre pared especially for one disease. A whole package taken at one time would not hurt you, but would simply be a waste of good material. Over six thousand men and women in the stute of Michigan alone have been cured of indigestion and dyspepsia by the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Sold by all druggists at 50 centsjper package, or by mail from Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. Kim-ted Himself. A remarkable scene occurred at a recent meeting of the Bewdley, Kngland. town counoil which was held for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing twelve months. The retiring mayor (Mr. Kltchlng) was proposed for re-election, and one Mr. Crump was also proposed. There were eight votes for each candidate, the mayor recording fchis vote for himself. Then the mayor (who had persisted lti presiding at the election in defiance of a vigorous protest from the friends of his opponent) proceed ed to record a casting vote in his own favor, and declared himself to be duly elected. A French Novelty. In Paris a novel apparatus has been fixed in front of the windows of a few shops, pioneering the way for the in troduction of the invention. It con sists of a small pipe laid along the ex terior of the shop window,from which pipe through numerous holes, is emit ted a gentle current of warm air, slightly scented, which is very agree able to the shop window gazers to sniff, while it keeps the whole win dow clear and bright, thus more ef fectively displaying the contents. The Mont!n of the Year. Sheridan's little skit giving the characteristic of each month is as ap plicable now and in this latitude as it was when he wrote it for England: January, snowy ; February, flowy; March, blowy; April, s ioweryj May, flowery; June, bow ery; July, nioppy ; August, croppy; September, poppy; ,- October, breezy; November, wheezy; De cember, freezy. Ha Was too Modest. Mr. A. K. H. Boyd, the Scotch "meenister," is, fortunately for hU readers, blessed with some sense of humor. He tells us of a Scotch ad vocate who. while discussing with a judge the question of a vacancy on the bench, said: "I think, my lord, they might find worse than myself;" and the judge replied: WhaurP" Ar gonaut Almt a Hint. "It's a beautiful day for a walk." she said, looking out of the window, Indeed it is," he said, doing like wise. Would you like to take a walkP" she continued. 4 Above all things." Then, why don t you?" Texas Sifting. Her Karnlngt Kplong to Him. The supreme court of Michigan has decided that a married woman Cannot collect the money she earns unless she can prove that she is her hus band's agent The earnings of a wife belong to her husband to do what he pleases with. Confined to Aristocrats. During the reign of Henry IV of England, no person of a lower estate than a knight or banneret was al lowed to wear cloth of gold or largo sleeves, or use either ermine or mar ten fur on his gown. American Tourists. The city of London covers 687 square miles of land, and yet there are American tourists who can see it all in two days and have lots of time to take the evening mail train for Paris. Might Be Improved on. Gummey I don't see the sense of the phrase, "deep in his cups." Glanders Nor I. When a man's In his cups he's usually very shallow. Smith & Gray's Weekly. Different. "It must be very expensive to drive about tn a carriage all the tlmqr" Oh. no not at all expensive; yon sea I always charge it" Dr. MlWNmv Ptasmscare RHEUMA. TI&M. WEAK BACKS. At druggists, only Xc