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,v i I "it v as Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RED CLOUD, NHBIIASKA A green Christmas woulil bo wel comed this yonr. Hawaii linn absorbed tlio Amorlcnn Idea. Hor trcauror hufc skipped. Possibly wo could trnclo off our coal strlko for a South Atncrlcati revolu tion. , It In not unlikely that tho north pole will havo to wait u few dnyB for that $200,000. It easy enough to he popular. Just announco that you have $20 that you want to lend. If our returning arctic explorers will kindly cut out the lecture sequel all will be forgiven. "Would You for Five Million?" Is tho name of one of the new plays. Is It necessary to nsk7 How many people did you meet yesterday who didn't say something about tho coal strike? It would t-ako a most forgiving person to heap coals on anybody's head at present prices. Duko Doris's brother Cyril Is com ing to this country. Thesu nro happy days for the chorus ladles. Perhaps tho America cup will bo raced for In aero-yachts If Sir Thomas likes his trip across the channel. Grand Duko Doris denies that bo drank from a Chicago girl's slipper. Perhaps It was her rubber ho used. Tho hemp euro for consumption has been discovered at Manila. If prop erly applied hemp will euro anything. Tho Chlneso Hoxern are being led by a woman. Tho old empress dow ager must bo out leading a strenuous life. Count llonl do Castellane has Just bought a chateau In France. Tho Gould roadH havo been making money lately. Prlnco Henry of Prussia Is desirous of coming to tho United States again, but this tlmo ho wants to shoot a lion, not to bo ono. Tho university students who paint ed a freshma-i with lodlno must havo I'uuuimr inioa 01 wnai constitutes real, good fuiJ It's a moai and local Jealousy that induces tho New York courts to dis credit Uyjf Justly celebrated Chicago brand off divorce. A PoIIbJi giant named JablnskI Is said to bo 7 feet high. Ho seems to be entitled to the persimmons. Long est Pole, you know. Tho married woman In lluffalo, aged 101, who snys that she has never been angry would probably say also that sho never told a lie. The captain general of Catalonia and tho editor of u Madrid newspuper fought a duel, but they choso lire arms, bo neither wns hurt. Tho Ho8ton physician who says that the recent cold summer has been "painfully healthy" apparently speaks with a good deal of feeling. Tho caso of Henry M. Bennett, the Pittsburg millionaire, makes It more upparent than ever that It's a wise millionaire who knows who will bo his widow. It Is pitiful to thltik of tho grief that will overwhelm May Yolie nnd her Put If It really turns out nt this lato day that they are not legally married. A Connecticut octogenarian Is salil to havo contracted bin twelfth matri monial engagement. This would evi dently appear to bo his especially steady habit. It is natural that tho Indiana wo man who made angel food for u man should havo won him for a husband. Thero is an Implied compliment In giving a man angel food that is almost irresistible A traveling salesman from Chicago caught afire In bed In a St. Ixiuls hotel tho other night, presumably from spontaneous combustion, as ho swore he hadn't been smoking and had not lighted a match. St. Paul girl clerks have Intersworn that they will not be pop-corned, kissed, hugged or wedded by any but men holding labor union cards. Now Cupid Is In for tho funniest tlmo of his long and ovontful life. Pollccrnnn arretted n man for no other reason than that ho was pound ing himself on tho head with a rock. Looks llko unwarranted interference with u citizen's pursuit of happiness, in deflauco of tho constitution. Behold what a great flro a llttlo mat ter klndleth. Tho Greeks aud Latins nro at war over tho question of sweep ing tho church steps In Jerusalem, nnd n Fronch ambassador has Just been deprived of his oflico for permitting his wlfo to wear her hat at a fushlou able breakfast. MINERS CONVENE V Six Hunclrod and SixW-two Del gates at Convention MEN ARE OF ONE MIND Will Deelure Ntrlko OfT Volee of Mlloli" II ItitUeil In I'm or nf Pence Hn- Klnei-r Viui-ii llrliiy, lint Itutl- fit ill luti i:ir'tccl A Wllkosbarrc, Pa., October 20, dls pntch says: Tho nnxlously awaited convention of the lld.nOO striking min ers met today but did not rench a vote on the proposed plan of settlement. It Is expected to do ho tomorrow. Thero wcro fi(i2 delegates present In tho Nesblt theatre where the conven tion was held, and they were empow ered by their local unions to cast 8G7 votes for or against President Roose velt's proposed plan of arbitration. Tho grent majority of the delegates wore unlnstructcd, the few who wore being engineers, fliemcn and pump men, who fear that the 5,000 strikers of those classes may not get back their old places now held by non-union men. This question of the cnglncern, firemen nnd pumpmen prove tho only stum bling block in the way of almost Im mediate adoption of the presidents plan, which carries with It a motion declaring the strike off. nnd a general resumption of work through tho 175 mlle. strip of tho hard coal mining re gion. At one tlmo today It seemed ccrtnln that tho convention was about to adopt tho recommendation of Presi dent Mitchell to end tho strike, but the steam men's plen was too earnest nnd the final vote went over until to morrow, when It Is next to certain tho voto to declnro the strike off will Bhow a big majority for It. The leaders of the strikers, except Mr. Mitchell, were hardly heard at all In tho convention today, tho anxious engineers being allowed to give full expression to their feelings. Hut to morrow, It is predicted, tho lenders will bo heard and one of them, a high district officer, said today there would not bo more thnn fifteen votes re corded against the plnn which tho president of tho United Stntes has proposed to them, and whUh nil the highest offlclnlB of the mine workers In this region earnestly have recom mended. There were two sessions, fore noon and afternoon, today, and tho net result as regards the progress of tho convention towards Its great ob ject was n permanent organization, with Mr. Mitchell In the chair, nnd his speech laying the president's plan be fore tho delegates, his eloquent Im promptu speech advocating Its adop tion, and tho appointment of a com mltteo on resolutions. The question btforn the convention when It ndjourncd Tor the day was on the adoption of tho resolution embodied In President Mitchell's opening speech to call off the strike and lenve all ques tions to tho president's commission. Tho surprise of tho convention to day was tho decision to admit news paper men to all the sessions, open or executive, when even union miners eagerly waiting by the hundred out In the street could not get Into the thea ter. Twico the newspnper men won a victory by big majorities. First. w'en, on u petition from them asking to be allowed to remain, a motion to grant tho request was carried, and later when a motion wns made to reconsider the first voto to admit. The pleas which won were that the reporters represent ed the people; that public opinion had helped tho strikers nnd that tho best way to get an accurate report of this convention of Immediate and vast na tional Import wns to let tho press rep lesentntlves stay there on tho spot. Even tho suggestion of a press com mittee of delegates to gle the news to the corresiondentB was turned down by the convention. WILL CURTAIL OUTPUT Ilnnl foul Likely to Ho Srurre for Next Five Month Mine Inspector nrennnn. of tho sev enth state district, said Monday that if tho strlko ends this week the output of coal the remainder of the month will bo 40 per cent and for the next five months 75 per cent, after which the normal output will bo made. Out of twenty thousand employes In the dis trict nil but two thousands will bo given employment at once. A Washington, October 20, dispatch says: Judge George Gray, ono of tho members of the coal strike arbitration committee, took lunch with tho presi dent today. Ho said he had called at tho White house merely to accept tho appointment tendered him by Mr. Kooseelt nnd to talk over with him tho strlko situation. He ndded that tho president had requested tho mem bers of tho commission to hold their first mooting in this city. Fellow Isn't Taylor Sheriff Cruzen, of Carrolton, Mo., Is satisfied that the soldier under arrest at Atlanta, On., Is not Georgo Taylor, who csenped from Jail while awaiting execution for his part In tho murder of tho .Meeks family. An Atlanta paper containing a plcturo of Gcorgo Bur niBs, who it was asserted was none other thnn Taylor, was received and Sheriff Cruzen declnred It bore no like ness whatever to tho escaped murderer. Vloliitcil Immigration I.nn Joseph Abodcely, a Cedar Rupids As syrian, was arrested for violation of tho Immigration laws. Abodeely Is charged with attempting to smuggle Into Amerlcnn an Assyrian woman, Alexandra Joseph, at Detroit recently. The alleged attempt was frustrated, nnd Miss Joseph committed suicide by Jumping from tho train near Detroit. Abodeely claimed Hint Miss Joseph was his fiance, but developments show that Abodeely was married to an other womun nt Dubuque six days before. KINGSTONITES FEARFUL Outbreak of Konfrlero Dunne IhIk iitlvm Into llni'ii doom A Kingstown, St. Vincent, Oct. 20, dispatch snys: The eruption of tho Houfiiero volcano on October 15 and 1G the fourth terrific outburst since the cntnstbrophe of May 17 has plunged tho colony Into deeper distress thnn before existed, crippling Its ugrlcul tuial resources by further devastating tho arrowroot Ileitis and completely destroying wide ares of growing crops on lauds which had been considered outsltlo the volcanic zone. On these lands thousands of young cocoa, coffeo and other plants wero burled under tho almost inipentrnblc mass of sand which fell while hot In the Windward district on the morning of October 1G. Kven tho Mesopotamia valley, an Ideal garden of tropical vegetation, al though twelve miles from the volca no's crater, Is bunloned with sand, In some places six inches deep, nnd tho Innds to the eastward bordering upon tho previously devastated area aro cocrcd to a depth of nine inches. The situation Is desperate. Compar atively no clamnge was done on tho leewnrd const by the outbreak. No lives wero lost, but hundreds of poor people wcro driven from their homes by falling clndors, stones, etc. SCARE THE CHINESE Crcut llrltlun Determined to I'uiiUh Murderer A Shanghai, Oct. 20, dispatch snys: Four British gunboats havo been or dered from here to ascend the Tang Tho Klang to Haukou because of the failure of tho Chlneso authorities to deal with tho murderers of Bruce and Lewis, tho English missionaries who wero killed In Ho-NTan province. It Is Haiti hero that tho Chinese authorities aro alarmed nt this step on the part of Great Britain, and that Prince Chlng, president of the foreign olllcc, will confer In rcgnrtl to the matter with Sir Ernest Satow, the British minister to Chlnn. Sir Ernest Satow, It Is announced from Pckln October 18 had declined all social intercourse with the palace of Pckln on nccount of tho miscarriage of Justice In tho case of Bruce and Lewis. The officials of Ho-Nan prov lnco responsible for the murder of tho missionaries were exculpated, while lgnornnt peasants were beheaded for tho crime. JIM YOUNGER SUICIDES Noted Outlaw, lteeeutly l'liriloncil, Knl 1IU Kltenee James Younger, one of the famous Younger brothers, former associates of Jesse Jumcs, committed suicide by shooting, says a St. Paul, Minn., dis patch. Younger wns recently par doned from tho Sllllwnter penitentiary, where he and his brother, Coleman, wero serving life sentences for parti cipation in the Notthlleltl, Minn., bank raid in 1870. Younger left a letter to the press, in which he gives as a reason for his net despondency over continued ill health and separation from ills friends. Younger occupied a room In a down town block, and when he did not make his appearance as usual search was mado for htm. Tho door of his room was broken In, and his dead body was found stretched on tho floor beside the bed. Ho had shot himself through tho head and evidently had been dead for several hours. KIIU lllniKelf While driving through a crowded street at Muscatine, In., Otto Nelmeyer, a farmer, aged thirty, quarrelled with Ills wife. Tho womun became fright ened and jumped from tho buggy. Her husband Urcd four shots at her, but missed his aim. The police gave chaso and Nelmeyer drove six blocks, his pursuers gaining on him. Ho then jumped from the buggy and tried to escape through an elley. When ho saw escape wus Impossible ho placed a revolver at his head and blew out his brains. No cause for the act is known. Tho woman snys they have always lived happily until this quarrel. Steamer l'eimllreil Tho steamer Guntemcla, belonging to tho Pacific Steam Navigation com pany, which was detained nt Guaya quil, owing to a conflict between tho company and tho board of health, railed after its agents had paid the fine Imposed on four steamers of tho company for alleged concealment of yellow fever cases. Tho company's pro test will bo considered and tho matter will bo diplomatically arranged be tween tho British and Ecuadorian gov ernments. Cuban L'ouitrfiii Adjourn The Cuban congress has adjourned until November 3. Tho cabinet has decided tho commercial treaty with tho United States. It is President Palma'a Intention to have this treaty In shapo to send to tho senate when that body reconvenes. Tho Cuban constitution provides that tho treaty needs only tho approval of tho senate. liners Visit (leriiiNn Tamil A Berlin dispatch says: The Boer generals, accompanied by Herbert Bis marck Friday placed wreaths on tho monuments of Prlnco Bismarck and William the Great. Later, conducted by soveral deputies, they inspected tho relchstag. Thero was no demonstra tion. Mnny Italians aro volunteering in support of tho Macedonian cause, nnd they havo nppcaled to Gen. Ulcclotl Garibaldi to assume their leadership. HERE AND THERE In tho French chnmber of deputies Ernest Rocho (nationalist) Introduced n bill providing for the separation of church and state, tho abolition of tho budget of public worship and tho sup pression of tho French embassy at the Vatican. Marian Nolan, who beenmo famous on tho Pacific coast in 1833 as "Tho California Venus," was shot and killed nt San Francisco by Edward Mar scuutz, who then sent a bullet through his own brain. TWO PRESIDENTS Theodore Roosevelt and John Mitchell Exchange Notes MITCHELL'S LETTER LONG Tliuiik- the I're-ldent for III F.ITortfi to Knil tho Strike, and Detail- the I'll no of tho Striker- Hope for Moro Amicable Relations Washington, Oct. 21. The following telegraphic correspondence, consist ing of the letter of President Roose velt to John Mitchell, president of tho United Mine Workers, nnd tho lattcr's reply, has been made public: "Mr. John Mitchell, President United Mine Workers of America: I have ap pointed ns commissioners Brigadier General John M. Wilson, Mr. E. W. Parker, Judge George Gray, Mr. E. E. Clark, Mr. Thomas II. Watklns and Bishop John L. Spalding, with Hon. Carroll D. Wright as recorder. These names arc accepted by the operators and I now most earnestly ask and urge that tho miners likewise accept the commission. It is a matter of vital concern to nil our people, nnd espe cially to those In our great cities who are least well off, thnt the mining of coal should be resumed without a day's unnecessary delay. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Stn'.es: I nm In receipt of your telegram of October 1G. Re plying thereto I beg to inform you that your recommendations were submitted to the members of the executive bourds of districts 1, 7. and 9, United Mine Workers of America, and they havo unanimously agreed to call a delegate convention, to bo held ncr.t Monday, and will recommend to tho convention thnt nil men now on strike return to tho positions nnd working places for merly occupied by them and submit to the commission appointed by you all questions at Issue between the op erators and mine workers of tho nn thrnclte fields. In connection with this subject wo are glad to know that tho managers of the coal companies have decided to recede from the untenable position which they so long occupied nnd to accept a modified position for the arbitration of the coal strike, and to give you full latitude In the selec tion of n commission. It will be re membered that we proposed on Octo ber 3 to place the whole matter In your hands and to accept a verdict of a tribunal of your own selection. It will be also remembered thnt tho company managers at thnt tlmo refused to ac cept the arbitrament of the president of the United States and preferred that of the local common pleas judges. Wo proposed to leave everything to you without condition, having tho utmost faith in your Impartiality and good judgment. "In their refusal to nccept your ar bitrament tho operators sought to hold you in part accountable for the very conditions which you were trying to remedy, nnd to instruct you ns to your duties concerning them. Eight dnys later they again nppenreel beforo you, dropping the common pleas judge nnd proposing to abide by tho verdict of a tribunal appointed by you, but at tempting to prescribe within fixed nnd narrow limits the chnrncter and voca tion of the men you were to name. To this proposition, ns the operators mndo It, we were unalterably opposed. First, because our respect for you as a man and our Ideas as to what Is duo to tho dignity of your office demanded that wo should not be a party to a re quest of you to accept tho great re sponsibility accompanied by detailed nnd Important restrictions aB to the manner In which you should meet It; second, becauso careful analysis of their proposition, disclosed to us, as It did to you and the public, that the re strictions were too narrow to enable you to secure under them a well bal anced and thoroughly Impartial tri bunal. "But now that you have yourself re moved these objections by broadening nnd strengthening the commission, wo feel confident thnt our convention will declare its willingness to havo all questions between the employing com panies and the 95 per cent of their em ployes who are members of our organ ization determined by tho board of eminent nnd Impartial men chosen by you. Wo feel grateful to you, Mr. President, for tho patriotic efforts which you havo made to bring about an honorable settlement of the strlko; efforts which you continued despite tho remnrkablo Bplrlt and conduct which you at first found In the company man agers. "Wo wero In a position to sympa thize with you. Inasmuch ns wo had long been forced to endure nrrognncc, Insult and false witness from tho samo source. Our gratitudo Is duo to you and to tho American people nnd tho press who havo supported you nnd us In tho long strugglo which wo hopo Is now nbout to close. During all theso long months In which our motives havo been Impugned and our charac ters maliciously assailed, wo havo re frained from saying a word or taking nny action that would tend to render reconciliation moro difficult, but now it becomes a duty to defend ourselves again tho slnnders which havo been heaped upon us and to proclaim that wo havo from tho first fnvorcd tho method which is now employed to brenk the deadlock. "In our proffer of arbitration or Im partial Investigation had been accepted six months ago, Instead of now, thero need havo been no strike. Wo havo been so eager, Mr. President, to re spond to tho peoples' demand for coal that during tho piogrcss of the strlko wo hnvo moro than only offered arbi tration. But we have Invariably been met with tho reply. 'We will not per mit outsiders to dictate to us In tho mnnngement of our affairs. Wo havo nothing to arbitrate.' "Now that the managers of tho com panies havo been compelled by you nnd a thoroughly aroused public conscience to recede from this position, wo nro proud thnt the firmness and tho heroic endurance of our men nnd women in support of their rights and of a vital American principal have won tho vic tory. "Tho poor, underpaid mine workers of theso coal regions, who toll hnrd from early morning until lato at night for a livelihood, nobly supported by or ganized labor In this and other lands, havo taught theso corporation mana gers a useful lesson In civic nnd social duty. Wo exult over these tributes to the dignity of labor becauso It Is tho triumph of right and of good public policy. We do not, however, exult over our opponents. Wo apeal to them now as wo havo from tho first to turn their eyes to tho futuro aud to co-opcr-atc with us In an effort to establish bet ter relations between employer and em ployo for tho ndvantngo of both. "Wo forglvo thorn their arrogant refusal to deal with us, and in this hour when they nro forced to acknowl edge their Inability to operate tho mines without our consent nnd co-operation wo hold out the right hand of friendship nnd ask them to Join us In securing amlcnblc relations and whole some conditions In this region. We for give them even the false accusation which they have made against us. They charged us with being criminals, riot ers nnd anarchists, and our organiza tion they denounced as 'lawless and ir responsible.' They know and did know that their charges were untrue and without foundation In fact; they knew that every officer of the United Mlno Workers of America, from tho presi dent down, has constantly urged upon Its membership the Imperative need of respecting tho law; that 'every man who commits a deed of violence Is an enemy to our cause' has been tho watchword. Despite these admonitions, supported with all our Influence, thero have been a few crimes and a number of misdemeanors chnrgeable to those on strike. But, Mr. President, we mako tho unqualified declaration thnt tho Imported guardians of law and order, tho companies' coal and Iron police, havo committed more unprovoked mur ders during this strlko than can bo charged to tho great army of men who havo been In Idleness for the past five months. Wo hnvo repeatedly and In languago not susceptible to miscon struction, condemned transgressions of law on tho part of thoso on strike; we challenge tho coal companies to point to ono public utterance on their part in which they have oven depre cated acts of violence committed by their hired guards. "Wo declare that it was unfair and unmanly for the coal presidents to Insult us whllo we were your guests and chargo our organization with re sponsibility for acts of lawlessness during the strike. It would be just as logical to charge the American army in tho Philippines with being an army of murderers, torturers nnd robbers, becauso a few crimes wcro committed by soldiers there. Until tho mlllenlum thero will be crimes In every communi ty and human nature Is the same, no better and no worse, among the half million people dependent upon us in tho coal Ileitis as It is everywhere in our country. "Tho pretense of the operators thnt they were unblo to produce coal be causo intimidation kept from work men who were willing to work has been proved fnlso by the fact that tho protection they demanded has de creased rather thnn increased the num ber of men mining coal. A hundred thousand troops could not havo en abled tho operators to start their mines for the simple reason that the men who work them aro members of tho United Mlno Workeis of America, men who wero determined to stand to the last for their rights, to organize and through their organization to demand better wages and Improved conditions of employment. They stood shoulder to shoulder to the lust. "Tho operators declared that they would havo nothing to do with tho United Mlno Workers of America, but they found it necessary to recognizo tho power of tho United States of America, through you, Mr. President, and to seek terms of peaco which will cnablo them to resumo their business of mining and selling coal. Tho recog nition of our strength thus forced upon tho operators by sheer necessity wo exult over, not in any nnrrow spirit, but becauso wo believe it marks a for ward step toward a new era. Upon the foundations laid through war wo aro ready to Join with them In building for better conditions nnd a long lasting peace. "When the Inevitable conflict camo on tho operators attempted to Justify themselves upon tho fnlso plea thnt ours Is an Irresponsible organization, which wns dominated by violence. When society attempted to interfere to settlo tho strike they declared their di vinely appointed right to bo left alone. When representatives of national and state governments tried to medlato they resented such "meddling by poli ticians." But thanks to you, Mr. Presi dent, and to tho power of public opin ion, they havo been brought to n re alization of tho fact thnt the Interests or welfare of tho American pcoplo can not bo Ignored with Impunity. "By tho eminent tribunal which you havo named wo have confidence that Justice will bo done our people. Wo aro glad to have n chance to appear beforo such a court empowered to consider nnd dlsposo of all questions at Issue. First among theso Is tho demand of tho mlno workeis for Increased wages and a reduction In tho hours of labor; second Is tho relations which ought to exist between employers and tho or ganization which tho men havo formed nnd which they nuthorlzo to speak for thorn. "From this arbitration we hopo and bellovo will como a complete, satisfac tory and permanent solution of tho troublos which havo vexed tho anthra cito field from tlmo memorial. Re spectfully yours, "JOHN MITCHELL, "President United Mine Workers o; America." TRADE IN RABBIT SKINS. Millions Used In United States In Manufacture of Felt Hats. The English rnbblt skin trade Is ono of Interest to Americans, according to a report mado to tho stato depart ment by United States Consul Hal stead, at Birmingham. "Instead," ho says, "of being sent to certain parts of tho European continent whero for a great many years rabbit skins In tended ultimately for American uso havo undergono n process known as. pulling a few bales of theso skins wcro shipped last winter, experi mentally, direct from Birmingham to tho United States which couffl pull out tho long hnir of rabbit skins nt less, cost than by tho extremely cheap) hand labor of tho continent. I learn. inai mo macnino experiment wns not a success, and I know tho English dealers who wcro Interested In the American venture aro again sending their skins to tho continent, where! tho long, useless hairs aro laboriously pulled out by hand and tho skins re shipped to hat manufacturers in tho United States, who shavo off tho closo hair and uso this fur to mako felt hats. "Millions of rabbits, British nnd Australian, aro consumed annually in Great Britain. Dealers purchase skins from game and poultry shops, nnd whoro rnbblts aro dressed in house) holds there Is, as a perquisite, a penny) npleco to tho cook. One Birmingham! denier tells mo ho handled 3,000,000 rabbit skins last year." IT IS KNOWN AS SOLANINE. That Is Name of Deadly Poison Some times Found In Potatoes. Chemical examination has revealed ihe fact that a poisonous alkaloid known as solanlno is contnlncd In po tatoes. Llttlo of this poison Is found In new potatoes, but oven fresh po tatoes which havo grown nbout tho surfaco of tho soil and havo a green Bkln aro generally known to bo poisonous, snys a scientific authority. When potatoes aro kept a long tlmo they contain a largo amount of this poison, and many cases of serious poisoning havo occurred In lato sum mer from eating old potatoes. About r ten years ago many soldiers In tho German army wero 111 from an un known cause. They suffered with headache, colic, diarrhea, vomiting, weakness nnd slight stupor, and In some cases dilation of tho pupils. Tho matter was investigated and it wns discovered that tho men had been eating potatoes which had been kept for a long tlmo In a damp place until they had begun to Bprout. Theso po tatoes, a chemical analysis showed, contnined as much solanlno as Is found In new potatoes. Rivals In All Things. William A. Jones, commissioner of .'ndian affairs, has two brothers, one of whom, by tho way, recently completed a year's tour of tho continent of Afri ca. Theso two brothers, Bays tho Washington Post, havo furnished a re markable chain of uniquo coinci dences. They had to flip coppers for first honors in tho centennial class at Princeton. They nro both Chicago lawyers one of them with a big prac tice and tho other devoting a largo part of hie tlmo to his zinc factory. When tho 112 membors of tho 187G class at Princeton finished tho course, tho two Jones brothers headed tho en tire class and stood exactly oven. Tho Bltuatlon was perplexing nnd embar rassing to tho university authorities. Ex-District Attorney Harry E. DaviB and others of this city wore fellow classmen and watched tho method of adjusting tho uniquo situation, a meth od that has raroly been resorted to in collego quarters to dctermlno a quos tlon of scholastic merit, David B. and Thomas D. wcro tho brothers, and vt, tho former, who was tho older, won on the flip, and accordingly delivered tho Latin salutatory, the next honors be ing assigned to his brother. Money to Marry On. It has remained for a Chicago bank, according to newspaper reports, to fix not an ago limit but an incomo limit for young men contemplating matri mony. It has set tho mark for its clerks at least at (1,000, and tho young men havo protested and threat ened to striko. They think it unjust and cruel that an employo should k jeopardize his position if ho ventures to tako himself a wife beforo ho has "raised" to $1,000, especially when tho "raises" aro Blow and long com ing. We nro inclined to the sldo of tho strikers in this case. Tho bank would be more sagacious if it encour aged its young men to marry, for tho household economics they would havo to practice on a thousand a year or less would sharpen their wits and mako them all the more faithful and efficient in service. A good wlfo nnd a thousand a year ought to mako any young man happy and contented. Leslie's Weekly. A Singer In the Morning. When storm, wero fallln' drenry, an' tho World WUH full O' Slgllf), Ho nllus kept u-stngln' of tho mornln' In the skies; Of tho mornln" fnr awny, Whero tho shadow nevtr stay Of the beauty an' thu brightness 0f tho everlustln' day! He heard, across tho billows, not tho tempest's gotemn roar, t Hut tho bells that rltiK to harbor nil ' the ships that seek tho Mhore; In the storm tho rulnbow'u rny, And forever, fur uwuy, The brightness an' tho blessedness of everlustln' day I And so, his soul was contorted, and though tho way wns Olti, , Thero never was a night that hid tho Btnr of Hopo from him; Sweet words to slug nn' say Llfo s winter bright as May, In tho beauty an' tho brlghtncsa of tho overlatitln' duyl 4' Atlanta Constitution.