-. -K.ttA , 'wwi.dfei-vs'. ,p&s POYNTER is GIVEN AliECEPTIOJsT Jlis Nolglitiors, Itogardloss of Politics, Testify to Ills Moral 'Worth and Ability. &o Candldato Eror Ilccclvcd a Moro Hearty and Cordial Greeting at Ills Comlnjy Than Did tho Fusion Candldato For Governor. The people of Albton nnd vicinity put on their good clothes Saturday nml turned out In numbers to nil our lnrgc court room, until nil seats were taken nnd many sat In the windows nnd stood around the sides. The occasion wns one of peculiar rejoicing to Boone coun ty people. It Is not the most common thine In tho world for n county to fur nlsh tho nominee for governor, but this time IJoone county has the distinction to furnish Hint man In tho person of iron. W. A. I'oyntcr. It wns truly n senson of good fellow ship nnd rejoicing. Old neighbors nnd friends, regardless of political faith, turned out to congratulnto hltn on his success nnd to rejolco over tho dlstlnc tlnn he has brought to Boone county. All politics woro laid nsido for the time and tho thought of citizenship, neigh borship, friendship nnd Boono county's iionor reigned supreme. The band boys got together hurriedly nnd enlivened Jtho occasion, jUBt beforo tho meeting, by playing a few pieces. M. B. Thomp son, president of tho Albion National bank, presided with pleasant dignity over the meeting. Attorney C. 13. Spcnr nttestcd from his standpoint tho feelings entertained at our county fur 'nlshlng gubernatorial timber. Dr. C. ,J. BarnB rejoiced ns a neighbor and fellow farmer nt tho success of ono of the same craft. White possibly they might have sown oats In a little differ ent manner they were both successful, i County Superintendent C. II. Church ill reflected tho sentiment of the peo plo by extolling tho honor brought to Boone county. He seemed to think that Boone county wns quite prolific In the matter of furnishing stato timber. He referred to tho distinction brought to the county by Hon. Loran Clark, when he was the nominee for state trensurcr. Also of Hon. John Peters when ho out crew the state nnd got a presidential commission to collect Internal revenue. And now lastly, ns the longest pole knocks the persimmons, so Mr. Poyntcr brings honor to Boono county by bring Ing homo the highest nomination In the gift of the people of the state. Mr. Poynter wns then called out nnd, amid a round of hearty applnusc, came forth to meet his old neighbor and friends and acknowledged his appreci ation of their hearty good will In this demonstration. "I am not so vain," he said, "as to imagine for a moment that this demonstration Is of nny polit ical significance. I see in It simply neighborly consideration and friend ship; citizen with citizen, friend with friend, rejolrlng over mutual success." He then recounted briefly the history of Boono county during tho last twenty years, showing how by mutunl effort she had been placed In the front rnnk among tho counties In the great state of Nebraska. The fact of furnishing the nominee for governor for threo par ties he did not think would detract ma terially from her glory. At tho conclusion nil with ono uccord pressed fonvnrd to congratulate Mr. Poynter and his good wife on their honorabln distinction. Many were heard to Bay they claimed some of tho glory by being a citizen of Boone county. Thus the demonstration closed, with the best of neighborly good feeling pre vailing. MR, SPEAR'S ADDRESS. """"Mr. Presliftht. Lathra nnd Gentlemen! 3n common with all progressive cltl- zens nna citizens who are proud or Boone county, wo can but feel gratified that at the spirited political contest held at our state capital this week our county received proper recognition. When we consider that the honor con ferred upon us, and ono of our worthy citizens, is one of th highest in the gift of any political party In the state, and was one that was sought after, solic ited and demanded by eager aspirants from all quartern of our commonwealth It comes to us with greater pride and gratification. It should not be forgot ten, and It will not. upon this occa sion, that tho honor, reputation and stability of any county or community are only tho reflection of tho honor, reputation and stability of Its citizens. Bo, while wo say that we are gratified that Boono county has received proper recognition, we mean we nro gratified that proper recognition has been ac corded to one of her honored citizens. While we meet hero this afternoon, In a social gathering stripped of all polit ical significance, we welcome back to our midst he who returns with fresh laurels for himself, and fresh honors for the county. Wo congratulate him on the success he has achieved, on the distinction he has secured for the county, and for tho high esteem that has been placed upon him by tho rep resentative men of his party. While we feel grateful to that convention which "has named one of our number ns their hlef standard bearer, for the campaign of 1S93, we assure them, In doing so, they have but bestowed honor where ionor belongs. DR. BARNS' ADDRESS. Brother Poynter, when one day this 'week our citizens received their mail at the postofllce nnd learned that tho delegates of two parties assembled In state convention had honored you by making you their preferred candidate for the highest office In tho gift of the people of this glorious state, they were pleased. When the third party consti tuting the trio of parties called the fu sion party of Nebraska also selected Tou, we nil felt that a great honor had been conferred not only upon you. but on us by the selection of one of our number for the honorable position of candidate for governor of Nebraska. In addressing you as "brother" I do so becauso we are all brethren of the gTeat family known as the "common people." Wo are common people be cause we are all laborers, whether on farms, as mechanics, ns tradesmen or In the professions. All must be labor ers or suffer the results of Idleness, Our requirements are the same, our hopes the same and our sympathies go out to each other In trouble and In prosperity as wo know and respect each other. Looking at the matter In this way, It seems proper that we should meet here today for congratulations. Not as democrats, not as republicans, not as populists, but as friends who rejoice that one of our respected associates has been honored. While we congrat ulate you and congratulate ourselves that our county has been so honored, let us congratulate ourselves also that we live In a country where the will of the people Is supreme and that It Is not nly possible, but probable, that our rulers will be chosen from the class of people who labor, either with their heads or their hands. There are some here today who re joice In your selection by the conven tion who may be called upon to op po&e your election at the polls, but they will not do so from personal motives They rescmblo tho young democrats In tho "Fifth ward" In Omaha who told mo nt a state convention a few years ago when they were remonstrated for quarreling among themselves so much nt tho primaries, that they fought each other like satnn at the primaries, but always united nt tho polls. It mny be that we might reverse this nnd say Hint we unite In congrntulallonB when one of our number has been honored nt tho convention but fight each other nt tho polls. I wish to personally congrat ulate you becauso of our long ncqunlnt nnce that has extended over n space of seventeen years. We have been partic ularly associated In politics and In the management of tho Boono county fair for many years. Besides, wo have both been practical farmers nnd worked when tho sun shone hot and the soil wns dusty. Wc have planted fruit trees and hoped to reap tho fruits thereof. Wo have sown grain nnd reaped. True, It may be that the ma chines you used for sowing grain have been a cause of serious concern for tho moro practical of our farmers, but wc will let that pass. While I stand ns n representative of the democratic party, I do not think I should congratulato you as a demo crat in this non-partisan gathering. That will bo a consideration for next November. But it is as a neighbor that I wish especially to congratulate you. When I say "neighbor," I do It in the senso of the fullest possible meaning of the word. There li something sacred in tho relations of true neighbors, and I mistrust that there is some hidden cause of this congratulatory gather ing. If the relations of "neighbors" In tho older states arc pleasant, In a new stato like this, especially among pio neers, they nre almost sacred. When twenty years ngo you came here with your family neighbors were few and far between. They mostly lived In sod houses with scarcely a stick of timber In sides or roof. Their farms were unfenced, their cattle and other farm anlmnls few nnd many of our neigh bors had neither cattle, horses nor hogs. There were no roads and our travel to town nnd to and from each other's homes was nlong crooked trails only. But what was lacking In property and conveniences wns made up by the kind ly nnd friendly feeling we experienced one for the other. Who can forget tho social gatherings when Invited to con gregate nt a neighbor's house to cele brato nn anniversary or witness a wed ding and partako of the hospitality nnd good cheer provided. What boun tiful tnblcs of fried chicken and turkey nnd cake nnd pie we have witnessed! And of course the rooms nnd tables being usually smnller than tho com pany tho papas of the families, on ne count of their nge and small appetites were peated nt the feast first. Who has not witnessed the looks of anguish that passed over tho countennnce of the hungry small boy who had to wait nnd see Calliope Doug stow awny great cargoes of pie nnd chicken nnd the alarm of the Industrious nnd thrifty housewife at the profligate waste of tho store of supplies that she had bought by saving up her butter and eggs. But It Is by other things that true neighbors nre drawn more closely to- gather. Irschcps some r.iGht sickness visits a humble home. A neighbor Is summoned and a burned ride over a scantily beaten path to town for a doc tor followed by the father In tho neigh boring house. The mother Is Boon to bo found at tho sick bedside at the neighbor's homo encouraging nnd as sisting to relieve tho sufferer. In case of recovery all Join In rejoicing. In case that the final summons comes that all must sooner or later answer, then who can express sympathy better than neighbors? When hand strikes hand over the coffin of a loved one and eyo looks Into eye while the lips move not, nnd a funeral procession of teams, mostly farm wagons, pass from one of our little churches or a humble home to the cemetery either north or south of Albion, how near do neighbors noem to each other. When the lonely home Is reached and usual duties are resumed nnd tho farm work Is alarmingly be hind, who but the neighbors make a "bee" to help out that work? There are slmo things that bring ub near together as neighbors and as such we rejoice because honor has been con ferred upon a neighbor. And If you should be chosen to move up higher and occupy the governor's house nt Lin coln during the coming two years and Blxby Immortalizes you with a black alpaca pig poem and we, your friends and neighbors, witness your glory, may wo too not share it to a lesser degree. Tho Book of Books says there Is one glory or the sun. another of the moon, and may we not ns little stars reflect the glory of the sun and moon? And when a show comes to town or there Is a state fair and Abe Smith and Job Green and other practical farmers pack their carpet sacks and go to town to see the show nnd incidentally visit you fr entertainment, we hope that the milk spatters on our cowhide boots or our ready made clathlng of the stylo of twenty years ngo may not cause us to be put to bed out In the wood house or given a "cold hand out nt the. back door of the governor's house. Neighbor Poynter, It Is ns neigh bors especially thnt we congratulate you. We may not be making history, we may be small In the eyes of the world, and our words may bo lacking In wisdom, but they come from the heart. But It hns been said that small things cling closest to the heart. Brother Poynter, your well wishers, friends and neighbors, congratulate you. IR. POYNTER'S RESPONSE. Friends nnd Neighbors: I wish to most sincerely thnnk you for this splen did reception, and mark of your esteem for a fellow citizen. As I look Into your kindly faces this afternoon my heart Is full, not that I would for a mo ment be so vain as to credit this dem onstration wholly to my own person ality, but I am more than pleased that my home county and my neighbors recognize the honor done to Boone county. I should feel that I had lived In vain If after nenrly twenty years' residence In your midst you could not for a little while forget partisan poli tics and rejoice together for an honor to our home county. And this rejoic ing together Is right, too. It Is a dem onstration of patriotism. Though In less degree, It is the same spirit that marshals armies at the call of the country: the same spirit which causes our big senator from our neighboring county and the silver-tongued senator from Omaha to stand shoulder to shoul der contending for the cause of human liberty and espousing the cnuse of the oppressed Cubans; that which mingle the stirring strains of Yankee Doodle - - v ami Dlx and sends tho marching coU, umns otVthe bluo and tho o gray to tho ,T front at the country's call. Iv frlernds. wo aro nrsit Americans, then Nebraska Americans, and finally Boono county Nebraska Americans. Twenty ynrsl Neighbors thnt Is a long time .and what wonderful rhnntro they have wrought. Where twenty years ago tne uroaa plains stretched away (18 far ns tho eyo could reach, with scarcely a treo in view, beautified only by the nodding prairie flowers, now wave tho limitless corn fields, and the shocks of ripened grain stand a silent witness to a bounteous harvest. Green groves and orchards beautify the land scape while neat cottage and substan tia Ifartn buildings nttcst the Industry and success of our people. The strug gling little village with scarcely a doz en houseB has given place to tho thriv ing young city whoso commerce reach es Into the hundreds of thousands Of dollars annunlly. Of those who were hero twenty years ago some have gone to Join the great silent mnjlrity In the beyond, but mnny I sec here before me today whoso hearty hand-clasp call up memories of tho pioneer days. To many of these still engaged in active business we nre Indebted for our ma terial advancement. When I came her el found a young physician whoso patients were few and widely scattered. In nil these years his tender sympathy has endeared him to our people and today the numo of Dr. Lewis Is a household word in hun dreds of homes. Father Time has free ly uso dhls silver pencil on him, but Boono county citizens trust he may have many moro years of usefulness yet In store for him. In those early days came to our midst a fair haired boy a Ladd we may Bay with a soul full of music and a heart full of hope, and cast his lot and his printing outfit with you. Today tho News printing houso testifies his success. Another paper was here when tho News was founded. Its many fortunes have been In many hands. It, many years ngo, became a great family and religious and agricultural Journal under tho manage ment of our versatile Dr. Barns. Tho good Doctor, however, has repented eschewed pills, politics and papers and today rather ministers to the outer man rather than the Inner, furnishing ira dally bread from tho Albion mills. However, the Argus still flourishes un der different management. Wo had no rallrcad back in those days, our nearest railroad point being Columbus. Supplies must be brought us from there. I remember Abe Smith was a heavy freight conductor when N. C. Kilborn ran tho mall and ex press. The motive power of their re spective trains was the festive broncho and their own energy and push fur nished all tho steam necessary. To day twelve dally trains on those lines of road haul our people and attend to the transportation of the tralllc of our county. Our first court house was certainly conducive to honesty In the manage ment of the county affairs .the officials being arranged in It like the cats In a conundrum, facing each other all In ono room. Here in this corner sat good Father Bollrr.an, who so many years receipted for the taxes. There our present postmaster, John Peters, kept tho records of tho county. Over hero the three grave commissioners legislated for the county. As L re member It, County Superintendent Weltzel had his office under hl3 hnt and caught a desk wherever he could. Judgo Riley, as Judge of tho probato court, needed no office, the county be ing so healthy nobody had died. Our old frelnd Daniels as sheriff ofilced with them all, and watched his prisoners through a grating In tho door of the 7x9 we called a Jail. What a change has been wrought In tho twenty years can be realized as we Inspect tho splen did building In which we meet today Bdohe county's court .house, of which wc are all so proud. The prominenco our county has attained as an agricul tural county has been reached by tho splendid support our people have al ways given her agricultural society. Years ago Billy Mears, whose language was always forceful If not exactly elo quent, with sundry embellishments, de clared Boone county must havo an ?g rlcultural society. He called the peoplo to meet for Its formation. He met with liberal response. The society was or ganized without a dollar or a foot of land, founded upon unlimited faith In the patriotism of Boone county citizens. That faith was not misplaced. Our people have ever given the society most loyal support, and through Its efforts our county has gained an enviable plac as an agricultural county In this great agricultural Btate. We received wide notice for our county exhibit at our last year's state fair, and It Is admit ted on all hands that Boone county has the finest cereal exhibit In Agricultural hall at tho great Trans-Mlsslsslppl ex position at Omaha. Tho advancement in our dairy Interests has been phe nomenal. Prizes to three of our cream eries attest the superiority of our adlry product. Boono county has a Great future In store for her; a united people can ac complish much. The same union of effort in the future as displayed by our people In the past will Insure bucccss. No brighter skies or fairer landscape, no moro loyal people exist anywhere tthan In this our home. Whatever the great great future may have In storo for me, allow me to assure you noth ing will be more highly prized than the memory of this kindly greeting by you, my friends and neighbors. On hearing tho r.ews of Hon. W. A. Poyntcr's nomination for governor of Nebraska, there seemed to rls up spontaneously a sentiment among tho citizens, regardless of politics, that we ought to meet Mr. Poynter and show our appreciation of the honor ho has brought to Boone county. The com plexion of tho committee that organ ized the meeting will show the senti ment thnt prompted the demonstra tion given. There Is no free-silver or ganization In the ccur.ty. hence when we sav renubllcan It means McKlnley- ltes. The chairmen of the populist, republican and democratic parties were In If M, B. Thompson anu o. m. weea ham, men who have not the smell of suspicion on their garments as neing tinctured In the slightest aegree wun populism, or any other Ism but repub licanism, were also In It. A. W. Ladd, editor of the Albion News, sat along side the editor of tho Argus. It Is needless to remark that, politically, the News and Argus are as bad as the Jews and Samaritans of bible fame they simply have no truck with each other. But in tho matter of common Interest, politics were laid aside. To make the matter equal. Senator Mc Gan and Circuit Clerk W. A. Hosford co-labored with Messrs. Needham and Thompson. No one for a moment considers this exhibition of friendship as nny index to the vote to be cast in November. It ls simply the way the citizens have of thing wrong about those bicycle trous showlng their appreciation of Mr. Poyn- ers there's one woman who will wish ter as a citizen and the respect and neighborly consideration they enter tain for him. We will print the speech es of those who participated, so that what we have said may be fully sub- stantlated. itn aiv n,v wru im?v mni -""""' """" ' -"" w The IM nn la Among Tlicm Qnltons Acute as Among Women. A great many tlmo-honorcd Jokes about woman's frailties have In recent days become too badly worn to pass current and the signs indicate that the bargain counter mania ns a subject for humor will noon drop out of circu lation. Probably there aro men who will cling to 'tho old bargain counter jokes ns pocket pieces. Men nre al ways loath to abandon any of their established theories about women. They find the facts of femininity bo puzzling that they hold fast to tradi tions which, having been invented by men, nro suited to their minds, saya tho New York Sun. The fact Is that the bargain counter habit Is not feminine. It is universal, and the salesmen In the large stores, albeit prejudiced witnesses, are obliged to confess that the mania among men, if not so prevalent, Is quite as acute as among women. An advertised sale of light-weight underwear or golf stockings for men will draw a crowd equaled only by the mob around a shirt waist counter; and ns men are proverbially Impatient and haven't learned, through long experience in de partment stores, to wait serenely for a condescending recognition from a sales man, the excitement usually runs high around tho men's bargain counter. A woman reporter strolled Into a store ono day last week In search of an umbrella to replace the last one she lent, but forgot all about the um brella In her excitement over what seemed to be a football rush In the center aisle. From the center of the bunch came frantic cries of "Cash I" and an alert floor walker stood near, evidently nctlng as referee. The re porter edged up toward the fray. She didn't feel herself justified In distract ing the attention of the referee, so she controlled her curiosity until another floor walker hove In 3lght. Then she asked breathlessly: "What's the matter?" He looked puzzled. "What are they scrambling for?" The floor walker grinned expansively "Sale of bicycle trousers marked from $20 to $i.W." The woman gasped. "Do men do that sort of thing?" Bhe asked In a dazed way. The floor walker smiled again. "Bless you, I should say they did. The women nren't the only ones. The men have been ten deep In front of that counter nil day, and I will Bay It for the women they don't lose their temper the way men do. Maybe It's because they're more used to the scramble. It's kind of a recent thing, this bargain counter business for men, but It Isn't because the men don't like It Just as well as the women do. It's Just becauso there weren't nny bargain counters for them. Wo advertised a sale of lightweight un derwear at very low figures last Friday, and things were so lively that I thought It would be wise for me to vacate and put a policeman in my place. We had to put two men out because they got mad nnd swore like pirates. Now the women don't do that." The smile on the floor walker's face suddenly broke bounds and became a laugh. "Funny thing about the sale, though." he chuckled. "We were selling the suits hero nt 50 cents, and I never thought of buying any. I'm too big to wear any of those cheap grades can't get them to fit. Well, I went home that night, and my wife says: " 'John, I've got n surprise for you.' "I always feel dubious when she comes at me that way: but T followed her upstnlrs. and there on the bed were Fix suits of the Identical underwear I'd been wrestling over nil day. " 'I saw them at Smith's for 65 cent? a suit, and they were such a bargain I Just thought I oughtn't to miss the chance of getting them for you,' she snld. "It pretty nearly killed her when 1 told her we were EPllIng them at 50 cents, nnd that I couldn't wear them at nny price; but It won't keep her from buying me the next thing she sees thnt seems cheap to her. That's one thin? men haven't got around to yet they don't buy bargains for their wives." "Thnt's not because they are wise but because they are too careless to think about It," said the reporter. "Oh, I don't know; I guess It's be cause they don't know one flubdub from another. It would be better If women would let these bargains for men alone. Whenever I see a woman shoving up into a crowd like that, and buying men's toggery. I always'know there's going to be trouble nnd tears in one family. A woman never does know what a man will like." Just then a man, with his hat on one side and his necktie festooned along the top of his collar, detached him self from the crowd that was strug gling for bicycle trousers. He looked hot and bad tempered, and the way he thumped himself down upon a .uool suggestea a siring or manna anu ex , clamatlon points. "Well, that's enough to drive a man to drink." ho groaned to the floor walker. "Do you run this sort of a lunatic asylum right along?" "Only on Fridays." "Hump! Alwnys heard it was a hoo doo day. My wife let me in for this. She rend the paper this morning and said It was the chance of a lifetime if I wanted bicycle, trousers, and I wns fool enough to take her advice." Then be pulled himself together and went off grumbling; and if there's any- she had never been born. "The woman tempted me" seems to be an excuse adapted to all emergencies' in a man's life, and Is as handy at a bargain coun ter aa In paradise. "Friday seems an unlucky day for bargains," the reportor remarked, thoughtfully. "I'd expect anything I bought on Friday to rip, ravel, fade and shrink." Tho floor walker shook his head. "It can't be a bad day for the houso and customers, too. Somebody's bound to come out nhend on tho deal. If it weren't for Saturday hnir holiday we'd make Saturday the day for men's bar gains, but in the summer we have to make it Friday. You see, the men nre all busy the first of tho week nnd don't enre much what they wear, but about Friday they begin to think of tho way they'll toke tho road over Sunday, und then they ruBh In here and buy What they think will paralyze tho crowd at Coney or Long Branch, or wherever they nre going. A bargain counter full of bright pink Bhlrts on Friday after noon will cause a regular stampede, nnd red and yellow plaid golf stockings will melt away like snow. You go around to the necktie department. There's a 25-cent Ascot sale there and the men are Just stepping on each other." But tho young woman turned away Badly with a shattered ideal and went for luncheon to a restaurant whose window bore the sign: "Tables re served for ladles." the spite of these places. The river Tho era of equality of the sexes is close a.t hand. OLD HOUSE CARS, $2 EACH. Great Bargains For People "Who Can Uso Them. In one of the side streets near tho North river Is a curious collection of relics, says the New York Sun. They are for sale, although it is doubtful if the number of buyers who find their way thither Is very large. Relics of oth er kinds nre liable to attract purchas ers, and they need not be valuable to accomplish that. Two great storehouses In another part of the city cover nearly a block, and are filled with household, hotel, and barroom appliances, ranging from a mantel to a set of beer spigots and a cash register. These places man age to find purchasers for their second hand wares, and the demand for the woodwork out of the -old fashioned hotels down town Is enough to bring good prices nearly always. The old fashioned mahogany doors and the mantels arc most in demand. But the case is otherwise with the objects stored in the west side lumber yard. They And few purchasers, and the prices for them nre low. The four fences of this plot Inclose a collection of street cars which have ceased their labors and have been re tired. They have been gathered from nearly every street car line that former ly existed In the city, and ono can' read In their Inscriptions tho history of a pe riod In this city which seems remote enough today, although measured by years It Is comparatively recent. There are even specimens of the despised bob. tall genus among these derelicts which are ending long and honorable careers In an oblivion so complete that persona can scarcely be persuaded to buy them at any price. The price which tiey hae reached is the humiliutingly low one of $2. For the price of forty rides one can become the owner of a street car In fair preservation. "It's hard to get rid of them In any wayv" ald the man who watches them, "and the price gets less the loi.cer they stay here. Practically the only persons who ever do buy them are farmers. They want them for use on their farms. One man who raised chickens took three of them, and said they made better chicken houses than any that could be built for the purpose. They are also bought for outhouses in which to store crops temporarily, some of them were sent down south to be used as cabins for negroes, but the cost of carriage makes that use rare. Plenty of southern towns have cars of their own for sale and they are to be had Just as cheap There used to be n time when other cities bought the street cars that had been discarded In New York. But this city turned out to be one of the last that adopted the cable and trolley systems. Other towns had sold all of their old cars before New York was ready to. So the country was full of them when New York began to put hers on the market. "One man came here last summer and said he wanted to buy one of the cars for a house boat. He said that some of his friends would come to get more of them for the same purpose If his was a success. I guess It was not, as he never came back. Some of the cars have been sent to railroads and used as stations, where alterations are being made or a station has net yet been built. But most of them are lying about here todny In Just the place they were put In when they arrived first." Some of these enrs have long been nb. sent from the streets nnd bear the names of streets through which no cars run today. Others bear evidences of the gradual decline through which they passed before reaching their final har bor. But completely obliterated Is the name of a fashionable street. Painted faintly over this nre the names of streets of a different character. Both Inscriptions are fading out under the stress of weather. Towering among the cars is one old fashioned stage that seems to stand guard over the rest. But they are really In danger from nothing, save the elements. The pressure In Great Britain in the direction of the adoption of the metric system Is Increasing daily, and Russia Is also agitating the question. In Eu rope, Asia and America the metric sys tem Is used by over 400,000,000 people, and If the Russian empire was added it would bring this number up to 500, 000,000. It Is probable that before the lapse of many years the metric will be "the universal language of quantity." A JtfUW JEltSIiV -1HIWIIT. Just Discovers Tliat This Country is at War with Spain. Hulltt Anderson has just learned that the United States and Spain are at war. He came to Trenton from his her mit's retreat among the Sourland mountains, where he has Isolated him self for the last forty yeor3. During that time, Anderson says, he has not read a newspaper nor discussed pass ing events with nny person. Away back In tho fifties he war a staunch republican, nnd when Buch anan ran for the presidency of tho United States he made a vow that If he was elected 'he would shut himself out from the world until his death. He owned a small tract of land in the Sourland mountains, which traverse the northwest corner of Mercer county, and there he built himself a home, nnd since thnt time has taken no further inter est In worldly affairs. He has lived oft the product of his garden and the game that he has been able to trap among the hills. He cul tivated the land that he owned untIV It became very rich, and paid great at tention to the development of the trees upon It, until it became a sort of rural paradise. About a year ngo some wealthy gentlemen came from Trenton and made a proposition to Anderson to purchase his property. They said tha they wanted to make a game preserve of it. He wouldn't sell. He declared that he never wanted to mix with the world again, and If he sold himself out of house and home he would have to Beck new quarters and that he didn't want to do that. The first attempt to purchase Ander son's possessions was a flat failure, but the would-be buyers kept at him until he Anally gave them some encourage ment. They offered him a pilco that meant for him living In comfort without work for the rest of his days, and that point was urged upon him. "But I've made n vow that I will live here all my life," argued Anderson, "and I don't think that I ought to break It." "Bother tho vow," answered the men from Trenton. "It was a foolish one to begin with. Now you have an op portunity to sell this property for a big figure. With the money you can enjoy yourself the rest of your days, and you ought to do It." Anderson finally tcok that view of the matter, and the bargain was sealed. He has given the new proprietors posses sion of the property and come to Tren ton, where he had not been for more than forty years. He Is a picturesque figure. Although he has lived to the age of S5, he Is as straight ns an arrow and as active as a man of half of his years. His hear hangs over his should ers and his beard falls to his waist. He carries a cane that he made himself thirty-four years ago, and wears a pair of shoes that he put together from heel to toe. His clothes are of modern cut. They were the first purchase that he made after he received the money for his farm. His tall hat was In style at the period when he went into retire ment. Anderson Is naturally an Intelligent man, and at the time of his youth h kept up to date, but he was sadly be hind when he arrived in Trenton. The city had changed wonderfully since ht daw It last, and he wandered about in confusion looking for familiar objects. On his way down State street his at tention was attracted to a sign In a window which read: "Recruits wanted for the Fourth New Jersey regiment of volunteers." The old man stopped and read the sign carefully. Calling to a young man who was passing, he cald: "Hain't they freed 'em yet?" "Freed who?" asked the young man, eying the old man curiously. "Why, the niggers," replied the old man. "I knowed the war was comln' Jest as sure as daylight, but I hadn't no Idee that It would last as long as this." "Where have you been the most of your life, old man?" asked the younger man. "Up In the mountains, 'tendln' strictly to my own business," was tho prompt reply. "You must've been pretty far up in the mountains. The negroes were freed more thun thirty years ngo." "Gosh, almighty," exclaimed the old man. "More'n thirty y ars ago they freed the niggers?" "Yes, sir; und the country is now fighting with Spain." "Waal I'll be whipped!" exclaimed the old man, mopping his forehead In a dazed way. "We are now ilghtln with Spain, that Utile snipper Jack of a country. Is Buchanan responsible?" "Who's Buchanan?" Inquired the' young man. "Why, the president. Jim Buchanan. He hain't never been knocked out, haa he?" "Yes, Blr, he was knocked out about thirty-seven years ago." "You don't mean to tell me that they managed to beat Jim Buchanan an' that he hain't president no longer?" "Exactly that." "Waal, I'll be !" exclaimed the old man. "This here world has kept right on goln' sence I dropped out of It, hain't It?" and he walked away with his head down ns If trying to straighten things out In his mind to his own satisfaction. The earth has a shadow, but few ever see it, except In eclipse of the moon, or else few recognize It when they see it. Nevertheless many have noticed that on fine cloudless evenings In summer shortly before sunset a rosy or pink arc on the horizon opposite the nun, with a bluish gray segment under It. As the sun sinks the arc rises until it attains the zenith and even passes it. This la the shadow of the earth. Y v y y