THE NORTH WESTERN.
BENHC1IOTKR * fll IINOS, Etla and »'<»»•*
LOUP CITY,
At all seasons of the year 5 o'clock
in the morning is the coldest hour o'
the 21.
The Relgian government is drawing
up a bill providing for the total sup
pression of Sunday newspapers.
Animal collectors working in South
Africa for European und American zoo
logical concerns command high sala
ries. Their white assistants, even, are
paid at the rate of $3,000 per annum.
The most ancient weapon was the
club, and one blow with it in the hand
of a vigorous wielder was usually
enough to cause a knock-out. A New
York policeman is the most expert
modern handler of the weapon. Sev
eral stone-studded clubs, used by the
lake dwellers of Switzerland, have re
cently been found in their ancient
habitations.
In a recent plea that Protestants
and Catholics might join hands in
Christian unity against the saloon.
Archbishop Keane merely urges a
principle of modern warfare. Just as
in going into battle ail the regimental
flags are sent to the rear and only the
Stars and Stripes stay at the front, so
should the denominations put their
differences in the rear, and present a
solid front in the battle for temper
ance.
The historic bell in St. John's Prot
estant Episcopal church, on North
Beaver street. York. Pa., cracked from
top to bottom when Sexton Household
er started to toll it in memory of Pres
ident McKinley. The bell was sent to
the United States by a sister of George
III in 17T4 and for seventy years hung
in the old courthouse in Center square,
where the Continental Congress as
sembled after it had been driven from
Philadelphia.
The Talmud says there are four
kinds of pupils: the sponge and the
funnel,-the strainer and the sieve. The
sponge is he who taketh up everything,
and the funnel is he who taketh in at
this ear and letteth out at that; thc
strainer is he that letteth go the wine
and retaineth the dross, and the sieve
is he that letteth go the bran and re
taineth the fine flour. The student who
begins at least to wish to belong to the
last-named class will not have been
sent to college in vain.
Eord Stanley of Alderly, England,
has been giving some unique presents
to his Anglesey tenants. To a num
ber of bachelors not yet confirmed in
their celibacy he has presented a piece
of silk, with the injunction to hand it
over to those whom they intend to
marry. Bachelors who are considered
hopeless have received consolation
gifts, while one lady tenant has been
presented with a handsome piece of
silk because “she managed to catch
one of the old bachelors.’’
A naturalist desirous of studying the
way of the viper could not do better
than make a visit to the environs of
Bar-le-Duc, Ligny-en-Barrois, Saint
Mihiel, France. The Figaro says that
a countryman named Muller, of Ligny,
brought to the Mairie sixty-five vipers,
and a companion of his, twenty-two.
Since the commencement of the year
these two men have destroyed 940 of
these dangerous littl.3 reptiles. A
goodly number has been accounted for
by a M. Jules Andre, of Saint-Mihiel.
who “bagged" in the neighboring
woods some ninety-three of these veno
mous little pests in one d ly.
A school-teacher’s education does not j
count for much unless she is strong
enough to use it, so in Chicago candi
dates for teachers’ places are very
properly required to pass a physical
examination. There was a fluttering
in the normal schools when the rule
was adopted, a year ago, it being
feared that it would bar out some or
the best students, but the first result
was that it stimulated them to take
proper care of their health. ' They
have had soup for luncheon, instead of
cookies,” says a well-known profes
sional woman, "and they have not
dieted, as they used to, on slate-pen
cils and pickles.”
The German Press announces the
death of the last survivor of Watei loo.
at the age of 108 years. The veteran
was a peasant living at Worthenburg,
and he had been for years a favorite
with the late Queen Victoria. /Ie
fought in the ranks of the British
Grenadiers at Waterloo, and he used
to tell how at the critical moment li<
had conveyed a message from the Duke
of Wellington to Blueher, and that he
had earned the "Iron Duke’s" approval
on that occasion. He bore a thor
oughly English name, Chas. Richards,
and ur.til he was 90 years of age he
was a member of the church choir of
his native place. He has left no few
pr than 182 descendants.
Reports from Canton, China, state
:hat there is a great stir among the
jfflelals there, owing to the report that
i large amount of dynemit' had been
smuggled into the city. Houses arc
Deing searched, but no arrests have
aeen made. The dynamite is supposed
o have c: me over and fr m Shuttling
ar Kyongchauwan. it is 1> licved it
was brought by sMidents d ^appointed
ay the abolition of the military oxaini
aations, for the purpose cf t rroi:in i
’.he officials and forcirg them to re
establish the examinations.
FOLLY OF FL’SIONISTS
Their Attack on Got. Dietrich for His
Exercise of the Veto.
GUARDING THE STATE’S fINANCES
Nebraska Now Enjoying a Strictly Busi
ness Administration— Gross Misman
agement of State Institution* Under
liemo'l'opocratic Half.
The fusionists were so reckless in
their expenditures of the public funds
during their incumbency that even
the popoeratic editors, in a moment
of absent-mindedness, forgot their
lines in economics and advocated the
outlay of money and additional tax
burdens upon the people without any
thought of the justice or consequences
thereof. An illustration of this is
found in the attack on Governor
Dietrich for his veto of the $90,500 ap
propriation for sundry purposes in con
nection with the university. The pop
oeratic editors have the boldness to
state that the veto of this large sum
was inspired by hostility to this well
known educational institution. A
more irrational deduction could not
be drawn nor a more silly falsehood
uttered. In vetoing this appropriation,
as shown by the public records. Gov
ernor Dietrich simply saw that if this
amount was allowed to stand the total
appropriation would exceed the pro
ceeds from the one-mill levy and re
sui't in a corresponding increase in the
floating indebtedness.
Whether designedly or not the items
were all included in one sum total, so
that Governor Dietrich was required
either to veto or approve the section
in its entirety, it beng impossible to
eliminate any particular or individual
item. Before passing upon it he sum
moned Chancellor Andrews, who in
turn summoned Secretary Dale of the
Board of Regents, and requested that
the appropriation bill be gone over
and such items as would least inter
fere with the least successful manage
ment of the school be pointed out.
Both Secretary Dale and Chancellor
Andrews admitted that the section ap
propriating $90,500 was of less utility
and could be vetoed and cause less in
terference with plans than any other
portion of the bill. More than this.
Secretary' Dale in the presence of
Chancellor Andrews, after looking over
the section then to be and afterwards
vetoed, admitted that of the $90,500
there really was but $16,000 of it for
repairs and improvements really need
ed. In other words, that the univer
sity could get along all right and be
in no way incumbent through lack of
funds if the improvements requiring
an appropriation of $16,000 were pro
vided for. On this showing Governor
Dietrich, believing that it was better ,
business methods to use the state's
credit to the extent of $16,000 than to
add an additional tax burden upon
the people of $90,500, which also
meant a corresponding increase in the
floating indebtedness of the state, ve
toed that secuon. The result is that
the university is apaprently getting
along Just as well as if it had the
money and the taxpayers of Nebraska
have been saved a large sum of money.
In regard to the statement that has
been made by one of the popoeratic
editors that this was done in order
that the state treasurer might have
more funds to invest for his own profit,
it is sufficient to say that this dense
ignorance of the finances of the uni
versity is exploded by the fact that
there are and for several years have
been warrants outstanding against
these funds. At present there are ap
proximately $55,000 university war
rants outstanding, and this, coupled
with the fact that the prevailing rate
of expenses exceeds the one-mill levy,
thoroughly explodes the charge that
the state treasurer would or could in
any way benefit by such a veto.
Another thing which prompted Gov
ernor Dietrich to veto the *90,500 ap
propriation was that the fusion admin
istration had not alone squandered all
the money in the treasury, but had run
the state in debt and left unpaid hills
amounting to more than $150,000. The
reckless extravagance of the Poynter
administration enjoined the strictest
economy upon the republicans in or
der to avoid an increase in the war
rant indebtedness of the state of suf
ficient proportions to impair its credit.
Governor Dietrich vacated the exec
utive chair before he had much of an
opportunity to install his policy of re
trenchment, but his successor, Gover
nor Savage, has maintained the
strictest economy, with the result that
for the first time in many years the
state of Nebraska is enjoying a strict
ly business administration. The peo
ple of Nebraska are paying less for
their administration of government
and their public interests and insti
tutions are beng better cared for than
for many years. Governor Savage has
proven limself to be a man of keen
judgment and splendid business ideas
and his administration promises to
be popular with the people on account
of rugged honesty, strict economy and
rare circumspection.
f-olilU-rV cm! Sailor*’ Home at (irand
I»Uml.
The Soldiers’ Horne at Grand Island
has been grossly mismanaged in every
department. Particularly is the charge
of mismanagement true in connection
with the medical department. It has
never required more than $500.00 per
year for medical and surgical supplies
at the home, though Dr. Swigart, until
recently physician at the home, squan
Wh®n Traffic In Home Metit llrgan. i
Nearly half a century ago, the ex- J
periment of putting horse meat on the
market was made for the first time !
In Austria. A government decree of
April 20, 1854, gave legal permission
to cut up and sell horse meat as an
article of food. During the rest of
that year and in 1855, 943 horses were
slaughtered for food in Vienna; the
number rose in 1899—the last, year for
which statistics are obtained- to 25,010
head.
You can often help a nervous hud
ache by combing the hair gently.
dered a 11.500.00 drug fund III ten
months, and that, too, in the face of
the fact that his predecessor. Dr. Sad
Iwr, turned over a large supply of
drugs to him upon his retirement. In
quiry brought to light the fact that
the state has paid for drugs never de
livered. It is a significant fact that
while more than tO per cent of the
drugs used at the home were, by rea
son of friction between the physician
in charge and the inmates, purchased
by the inmates out of their private
funds, the expense of maintaining the
drug department to the state increased
more than three hundred per cent.
Other physicians were, for some rea
son or other, summoned to the home
to perform services for which Dr. Swi
gart. was paid by the state, and in
stead of their fees being deducted
from Dr. Swigart's salary, the bills
were presented to Dr. Swigart; he pre
sented them to the drug firm which
had the contract; the latter paid the
money to Dr. Swigart, and sent in
vouchers to tne state for drugs. Posi
tive proof is in existence that Dr. Swi
gart sold liquor that was bought and
paid for by the state funds to inmates
and appropriated the proceeds to his
own use. The records will show that
this institution consumed more liquor
mail nearly ail or uie orner insuiu
tlons of the state. It is openly charged
that the attending physician indulged
to excess In the use of intoxicating
beverages, and that on more than one
occasion he was incapacitated for duty
by reason of inebriety.
The commandant, physician, adju
tant and other officials at the home
maintained their relatives there at the
state's expense.
The public records show that Com
mandant Beltzer drew upon numerous
funds for his own benefit, and had all
the printing for the institution done
in tfte newspaper owned and managed
by his son, and charged the state for
nursery stock and ornamental trees
from his own nursery. Excessive prices
were charged and paid for both the
printing and the trees.
There is a gross irregularity appar
ent at this institution in connection
with the construction of a public
building thereat. The contract was
awarded to an irresponsible bidder,
who failed to comply with its pro
visions. and the building was com
pleted at the expense of the bonds
men. An architect was employed at
tne rate of $5.00 per day and paid out
of the regular appropriation fund to
superintend the construction, when, as
a matter of fact, he had practically no
experience in this class of work. Very
inferior material was used in the con
struction in this building, and in few
respects were the plans and specifica
tions complied with.
Ho*ptt<«l for Insane at Norfolk.
The very large quantity of coal con
sumed at the hospital for the insane
at Norfolk has led to many sensational
reports, though I know of nothing
more than that the vouchers in the
i auditor's office show- that a great deal
of coal is required at this institu
tion. There are other indications that
there has been more or less juggling
of contracts for supplies in the in
terests of friends at the institution
and in the state house. Particularly is
this true in the award of the contract
for drugs. Favoritism has been ex
ercised in the award of the drug con
tracts, and in the purchase of extras
from the drug fund. Investigation re
veals the fact that it is the custom
at this, as well as at nearly all other
institutions, to misappropriate speci
fically appropriated funds.
During the recent administration,
the mother and sister of the superin
tendent, and the four children of tLe
steward were kept at i~e institution
at the state’s expense.
State Normal at Pern.
Until recently, if it is not true today,
three rooms in one of the public build
ings owned by the state in connection
with the Normal school were occupied
by a private fusion newspaper print
ing office. This concern paid no rent,
and in addition paid nothing for its
light., water and heat. It occupied these
quarters for upward of two years,
having a monopoly of the job printing
of the institution, for which it
charged excessive prices. There is
evidence that at this institution radi
cal and unwarranted changes have
been made in the text books, evidently
for no other purpose than profit, and
to the great detriment and inconven
ience of the student. It is due the
present Incumbent of the presidency to
say that the reports of jugglery of text
books originated during the adminis
tration of his predecessor.
Fi*1i Hatchery at Smith fiend.
The Fish Hatchery at South Bend
is in a deplorable condition. About
eighteen months ago an Omaha sa
loon keeper named Sloup was appoint
ed superintendent of the hatchery. He
was utterly without experience, knew
nothing as to the manner in which
fish should be propagated, and the re
sult is that for the many thousands of
dollars expended by the statee in the
development of this industry, there is
nothing left hut evidences of ruin and
desolation. It will require much
money, time and care to restore this
enterprise to its former condition.
IiiHtltute for tlio Blind at Nrhrnnka City.
The taxpayers of the state have been
grossly imposed upon at the Ins-tute
for the Blind, 'i.ie super.ntendent.
contrary to all precedent, refused to
teach any of the branches upon the
ground tiiat he was incapacitated by
reason of old age. At trie close of the
first semester last year, which is the
last official report available, there*
were upwards of seventy-five inmates
and fifty-one people on the pay roll.
Till* N>w«t»t In Life Mm vl n "
The patest patent 1n life saving rafts,
one just adopted by the United States
navy, sees the old idea of the raft,
“Your feet are always in the water, but
you never sink," and goes it one bet
ter. Wile you are being saved on this
raft you are to stand in the water up
to your middle. It is thus in effort a
big basket, wltti an exaggerated lif**
preserver for its rim, the slat platform
of the raft hanging to the inside of
a big circular hollow frame by slack
ropes. Men or horses can evidently be
packed safely upon such a raft as
thickly a3 folks can stand in a crowd
ed street car in the "rush hours.”
A CAREFUL ANALYSIS
CONGRESSMAN TONGUE ON TARIFF
REVISION.
II Shmitcl Only He I u<li*rtJikf*n After »
Deliberate inti Kllmnitlve Kxmnitmtioii
of EiUtlng I'iit tA and Condition® Th©
l’rcsent Iutlustrial situation.
Congressman Tongue of Oregon
| takea a comprehensive view of the
j present industrial situation and
1 sketches the relation of the Tariff
! thereto with a firm hand. As to one
! phase of the current attempts at Tar
| iff agitation he makes a frank state
ment. If everything that Mr. llabeock
and some others claim is true he would
| concede the remedy they demand, but
—Mr. Tongue makes his proposition
! entirely contingent upon a most care
[ ful and thorough analysis. “If," he
i says, “a careful examination should
prove" no less than five different speci
fications to be true, then he would re
move the Tariff from the industries
or articles in question. His closing
caution and wise requirement of cer
' tainty.
The investigation named as a pre
requisite is now being carried on, and
It will be as thorough and exact as
possible. It is believed that the de
mand heretofore made for the repeal
of certain duties on the ground of
their being inoperative except to ena
ble American manufacturers to get
higher prices at home than abroad was
premature and hasty, and that a cool
and exhaustive examination of the
whole subject will make such repeal
obviously unnecessary. The conclu
sion of the inquiry should be awaited
before any action should be taken.
"I certainly do not believe that it
would be wise for Congress at the
! coming session to enter upon any
j thing like a general revision of the
present Tariff. As a whole, both in
i producing needed revenue and in stim
ulating the industrial interests of the
i country, the Dingley Tariff law has
been unusually successful. Our exports
surpass all previous records and are
still growing larger. With consump
tion stimulated to the highest point
we are purchasing from foreign na
tions less of food products, especially
such as our own farmers can success
fully raise, than we purchased during
I those years of terrible depression fol
lowing the passage of the Wilson
Gorman law. A greatly increased de
mand for these is supplied wholly
from our own farms, ranges, dairies,
orchards and gardens.
“Our present trade balance is ena
bling us to cancel our obligations to
foreign nations, and it3 continuance
for a few years will make us the cred
: itor nation of the world. Labor is
well paid and fully employed. We
should not lightly imperil these ad
vantages or endanger the prosperity
we now enjoy. To enter now upon a
general revision of the Tariff, to at
tempt to remodel and rebuild our in
dustrial system would itself create
alarm, resulting in a general shorten
ing up of production, lessening the de
mand for labor and supplies and gen
eral unrest and alarm. It would be
better to bear with slight inconveni
ences rather than to rush blindly upon
untold disaster. We must not attrib
ute all higher prices to sinister influ
ences. Six years ago the crying evil
was "low prices.” When all are eager
ly striving to secure higher prices in
the presence of phenomenally in
creased demand, we must expect that
there will be increase in the price of
j the production of others, as well as of
! our own, of the things we consume
I as well as those we produce. We
mu3t not expect to buy cheap unless
I we expect to sell cheap and work
! cheap.
"But if a careful examination should
| prove, what is so often alleged, that
I there are Tariffs upon products not
needed for either revenue or protec
tion; that the industries producing
these goods are capable of withstand
ing all foreign competition, that they
are outstripping ail foreign compet
itors in their own domain, and rapidly
capturing the markets of the world,
and that these Tariffs serve no pur
pose except to enable the corporations
controlling these products to extort
unreasonable prices from the home
consumer while selling cheaper abroad
then they should be repealed at once.
This should be done, not to destroy,
but to preserve protection. They
form no part of a Protective system.
They give plausibility to the argument
that a Protective Tariff fosters trusts.
They are the enemies, not the friends,
of Protection. If we do not get rid of
such Tariffs there is grave danger that
tne people, unmindful of past experi
ences. surreu to madness ny appeals to
prejudice against great wealth, may
arise in their might, guided by anger
more than by wisdom, as in 1892, and
destroy the whole Protective polity.
"But such a step should be taken
only after the most careful examina
tion of the probable effect of the ac
tion contemplated. We should be cer
tain that the incustries affected could
successfully withstand foreign compe
tition. that, wo were not destroying
important enterprises while attemp
ting to destroy monopolies, that we
were not merely changing mnstsrs and
enthroning a foreign trust upon the
ruins of domestic trusts. We should
first be sure of the facts, and the
search for these should be thorough
and exhaustive. The facts fully known,
the action taken should be cautious,
temperate, but firm and effective. Sin
cerely yours, Thus. If. Tongue. M. C.,
1st District, Oregon.”
('In>ap Omni I'n-lglitN.
Consular Agent Harris, at Eiben
gtoik, Germany, In a report on the
German importations of grain from the
United States and Russia, says that
"the only thing which will enable tflM
United States In the future successful
ly to compete with Russia in the grain
markets of Germany will be cheaper
ocean freights.” That is a statement
that mines from other representatives
of the United States In Europe, in
speaking of on” exports of coal to that
continent. But cheaper ocean freight
rates depend entirely on the creation
uf an American ocean merchant ma
rine, and that in turn depends entirely
on the passage of a shipping bill by
Congress. The farmers, coal miners,
and everybody else will he benefited by
such legislation.—Philadelphia Press.
NEW YORK CUSTOMS FRAUDS.
The frauds recently unearthed In the
appraiser’s office at New York are be
lieved to have robbed the government
of nearly $1,000,000. For months It has
been noticed that certain importers of
Japanese wash silks in New York could
sell these goods below what would be
the legitimate cost if the duties were
paid. Chicago importers suspect dis
honesty on the part of their New York
rivals and set a trap to convict the
guilty parties. This measure of self
proteetion has resulted in stopping a
conspiracy of fraud which was cheat
ing the government out of enormous
sums annually.
The Chicago merchants believed
there were dishonest officials in the ap
praiser’s office at New York who were
in collusion with dishonest importers
in that city. To test their theory they
refused to pay the duty on thirty cases
of silk in the Chicago custom house
and had them reshipped to New York
on some pretext, with the result that
the whole system of fraud has since
been unearthed. The dishonest prac
tices in this case are the more inex
cusable because there is no opportuni
ty for error as to the amount of the
duties. The customs charges on silks
are levied according to the weight of
the goods in pounds. There is no ex
cuse for a clerk who makes an under
appraisement of goods subject to spe
cific duties by the pound or yard.
When goods are taxed on the ad valo
rem basis the importer may be tempt
ed to undervalue his goods in order to
reduce the duty, and the appraiser may
be deceived. Frauds of that kind are
frequent and hard to get ut, but the
silk frauds are more daring and un
usual—Chicago Tribune.
JOHN bull s nightmare.
COFFEE PROTECTION
Action of municipal governments
in Porto Rico in levying prohibitory
excise taxes upon imported coffee is an
expedient that, if adopted at all the
ports of the island, might afford a lo
cal solution of a problem that will re
ceive the attention of congress at Its
next session. But it. is doubtful wheth
er similar local legislation could meet
the demand of Hawaii for protection
for its home coffee growers. Under the
decision of the supreme court, con
gress would have power to enact du
ties upon any imports into these terri
torial possessions. The problem sug
gests an interesting illustration of the
theory of a protective tariff. Coffee
enters the United States free, because
we do not raise the bean ourselves.
But now we have acquired islands
where coffee-growing is a profitable in
dustry, threatened by a cheaper foreign
product. There Is a direct invitation
to apply locally the benefit of protec
tion.—New York Mall and Express.
Silent Free*Woolem.
Woolen mills are crowded with or
ders, even the smaller concerns par
ticipating, and the wool market is
steady, despite weakness abroad.—
From R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly re
view, August 31.
At the east the features are the
heavy demand for wool at firm prices
at New York, Philadelphia and Bos
ton, and tile expansion in dry goods
demand at those same cities.—From
Bradstreet’s weekly review. August 31.
It has taken longer far the wool and
woolen market to recover from the in
jury of free trade than other indus
tries, but now, despite the low prices
abroad, our wool market is firm and
steady and the outlook for the woolen
trade is better than for years. The
free woolcrs are very silent these
days.
I n»ftf© (iuldei.
A man or a party that takes up any
ism that promises popularity, irre
spective of its truth or wisdom, drops
it when defeated and selzrs upon the
next phantasm discovered, is too
Highty and insincere to lie a safe guide
for sensible people, anxious that no
cruel blunders be made in the conduct
of their public affairs.
Wliat They Want.
Anti-Tariff papers used to say that
a. Tariff would build up no indu. tries.
Now they say it has caused our indtts- |
tries to grow so big that it. ought to ,
be taken away, so they can grow small j
again and not b ro powerful. , j
Mr*. Don'* Rnrt* Memorial.
Mrs. Eliza A. How, widow of Jamr^
F. How. late president of the Wabash
Railroad company, has given $100,000
to Washington university, St. Ixmls, to
bo used for the erection of a memorial
to her father. Captain James B. Eads,
who built the Eads bridge across the
Mississippi river at St. Ismis, and jet
ties below New Orleans. The gift ha.i
! been accepted by the board of trustee*
| of the university, w*no will confer wit.
I Mrs. How as to the character of m»
morial which shall be constructed.
Hit Patriotic Cornice
A patriotic citizen of Philadelphia
has recently manifested his loyalty to
the flag by painting the cornice of his
house red, white and blue. In a row of
houses In which the prevailing colors
are yellow or dark brown, the effect
is quite striking, and nearly every
passerby bestows a surprised glance
on the odiy painted dwelling. The
owner of the house is a veteran of the
civil war, and, possessing no flag, he
decided to paint the cornice of his
home in this way as a mark of pa
triotism.
I _
Half of the misery in the world
comes of want of courage to speak
and to hear the truth plainly, aud in
a spirit of love.
Mr*. Djr«r'* Heart.
McCarron, Mich., Oct. 21.—In April
last the sensational case of Mrs.
Samuel G. Dyer of this place wa3 re
ported in these columns. Mrs. Dyer
has suffered for years with a very
had caso of Heart Trouble and was
cured in a few weeks by Dodd s Kid
ney Pills.
Since then Mrs. Dyer has received ^
hundreds of inquiries as to her con
dition and many may bo Interested to
hear that she is at present enjoying
the best of health and has not had the
slightest return of the Heart Trouble.
Formerly she had to sit up in bed
for hours to get relief; now she goes
about as smartly as any lady of 62
years in the State. Dodd's Kidney
Pills have made many friends in Chip
pewa County through their cure of
Mrs. Dyer’s case, and have proven be
yond doubt that their cures are not
only very complete, but absolute and
permanent.
Dewey Wuan't a Prisoner*
It has been said that Admiral Dewey
was made prisoner during the civil
war at the time the gunboat Mississ
ippi was destroyed by the Confeder
ates. The admiral says that is not
true. “I was not captured,” said he,
when asked auout the matter, ‘ when
the Mississippi was run aground and
burned. About 150 of our men were
captured, but the captain and I man
aged to pull away in a boat down the
river and escaped capture. 1 have seen
the statement made several times late
ly and ain glad to say that it is en
tirely incorrect. I have never been a
captive.”
Highest Award on Coro* and Choeolat*.
Buffalo, N. Y„ Oct. 10, 1901.—The
Judges at the Pan American exposi
tion. Buffalo, have awarded three gold
medals to Walter Baker & Co. (Limit
ed), Dorchester, Mass., for the supe
riority of their breakfast cocoa and
all of their cocoa and chocolate prep
arations and the excellence of their
exhibit. This is the 37th highest
award received by them from the
great expositions in Europe and
America. -
An Kxperienord Sferrtary
Miss Hagner, who is to be Mrs.
Roosevelt’s secretary, was for a time
clerk in the war department. She is
a daughter of Dr. Charles E. Hagner,
of Washington. She has acted as sec
retary for Mrs. Charles Emory Smith
Mrs. Elihu Root, Miss Paulding, Sen
ator Depew’s niece, and other women
prominent in official life.
Awarded the IHchent Prize.
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct.—The New Do
mestic Sewing Machine Co. has today
been awarded, at the Pan-American
Exposition, the highest prize, ihe cov
eted gold medal, for the best fami./
sewing machine.
Fire Km iipp Irnttraetlon*.
A descriptive article on Norway con
tains some striking instructions for
the use of lire escapes taken from •
local hotel, of which the following
lines are part: “The plaited snotter
should be found in every room. To
increase the hurry, let down the body
one by one until all shall be lert. The
cord should be put out the ground
from the shoulder thereunder.”
A Chort'li Marriage liureaii.
The Rev. J. F. X. Coleman, pastor
of St. John's Catholic church, at Fred
erick, Md., announced to his congre
gation one Sunday night that he was
going to inaugurate a matrimonial bi
reau in his church. “Think of it!/1
said Father Coleman, “a congregation
like ours, with over 1,100 members, and
you seldom hear of a marriage. There
certainly is something wrong, and this
is what I am going to endeavor to rec
tify. There is no reason for this state
of affairs, as there is plenty of mar
riageble material right here, and even
much past that age, and I am going to
endeavor to utilize it to advantage or
know the reason why.”
Lucky School Mii'ami.
Catherine K. McMahon, a retired pub
lic school teacher of New York city,
has received from the supreme court
the writ she asked for. compelling the
board of education to pay the pension
of one-half of her salary which an ac
or 1900 gave her. This result wins th *
case for some forty other teachers re
tired previous to 1894, when the pen
sion law for thirty years' service in
the public schools was passed.
Don’t* for Womruu
Don't keep the match box in a clos
et.
Don't fold unlaundered curtains.
Don’t cool tomatoes in the ice box.
Don t buy cheap ’ lines as they are
the dearest.
Don't use "cheap” soap in the laun
dry as it cos Is the most.
Don’t use a starch thnt will produce
that harsh crackling effect, but go to
your grocer and order Defiance stared.
1C ounce package for 10 cents. Made
by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb.
