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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1906)
rtJ if ( USHR < Gum RPUBUAN ! ( ' By D. M. AMSDERRY , .i : nROKEN llOW , . . NEllItASKA. , . ' I' - - - - - - - - - r N i ef ] The snlo nt nuctlon of Fnnnln la. Innl ! In the Pljls hns been postponed to AprH 27. An agent of StandlLrll 011 hnB been sent to jail In Connecticut for soiling n poor qun1lty. h , The Danger schooner SnlUo D. foundered RlIIl four of her crow per. Ished off the Mnlne. McGill unIversIty of Montrenl , hns decIded to confer the honorary dogrco of LT _ . D. IIllon Andrew Cnrnegle. J. J. Hill has offere $7,87Ci In prizes for the best mnnnged nnd beat tilled fnrms In the Dnlwtlul nnd 1\tlnncaotn. \ . It lEI expected In St. PeteralJllrg tlmt the nrrangomonts' the Ilroposed bIg nntlonnl loan will ho slgued In ParIs on Snt1lrdny. Phllnndor C. Knox , Renntor from PonnsYlvanln , Is nn Inveterate render - er , dovotlng 11.11 hIs tlmo from ] eglsln- tlve or ] egnl duties to rendIng. The government oC Now Zeannd ] hn. started In busIness aa 11. deaor ] In con ] , hnvlng estahllshed agencIes for the retnll dIstrIbution of state mined conI. In sIx yem's the SpanIsh claIms nwnrded 8G,740 nt nn expense of $537,8GG. 'fho commIssion Imows whore the money will do the most good. Contrnets hnvo heen nwnr ell IJY the Cnrnogl Stepl compnny for the construction of two ] nrgo bnst ] fur. nnces nt Hnnldn , Pn. , nt 11. cost oC $2 , . 000,000. ' Corpora ] Jnmes Tanner , commander- In-chlof oC the Grand Army oC the Republic - public , waa talQn on 11. tour of Inspection - tion of the vnrlous battlofio ] s sur. roun lng Atlnnt.a , Go. . Cnpltal Investo In the cn.rpet nUll rug Industry In the UnIted Stntes Increased - creased 28 per cent from 1000 to 1004 , nccor lng to II. relJOrt Issued by the census hurenu. Evn Dooth , commander of the Salva. tlon Army In the UnIted States , has nnnounced that the International Sn.l- vntlon Army congress w111 be he1l1 In Now Yorle May 11 to IG. The mutinous spirit hn.s spread to the c'row of the portugucso trom clall Vnsco Dn. Gn.mn , n.t Llshon. The nu- thorltles hnvo tnlwn precautions' to prevent 11. further ol1tbren.le. Emepor FrancIs Joseph , through nn aldo do cn.mp , has presented Delamy ) Storer wIth the mqnnrch'a pIcture , set In II. frame of dIamonds , ] lls usual present to 11. retiring amlJnssador. Announcemt'nt Wrla mndo t.hnt the Daltlmore & Ohio , rn.llroad will Issue $25.700,000 or Ita common stocle , the procee s of whIch are to bo used for construction , Improvements and oqulp- ment. J. H. Vn.n Dylcc , jl' " presIdent of the Mllwnuleeo Trnst corl1pany. anll II. 111- rector In the 1i'lrst National banle , dIed at 11. hospital after an operation for gnll stones. Ho was nbout 48 yoors old. Charles Frohmnn has commissIoned Seymour IIIc1es of London to wrlto the 1Ibretto oC II. musical pIny for production - duction in Englanll and the UnIted states. The subject w111 ho II. modem yel'fllon of "As You Ll1co It. " At Connellsvllle , Pn. " all the poJlce wont on strllco allll the town Is now without police protection. When the trnmps worlc1ng on public .Improve- ments ] lOard that the force had re. slgnell they made tholr escape. Presldont .T. Hampton Moore. of the INatlonnl Ropuhllcn.n Lea ue , has Issued - sued II. call for the hlennlal convention to bo held In Pllladelphin. .Tuno 17 , 1'8 nnd 10. The occnslon will marle tilO golden jublleo of the RepubJlcn.n pnrt.y. George D. Hlhllrd , 11. wol11cnown marine - rine In.wyer , dlod at Duffao ] , aged 82 years. Mr. Hlbbar nrgued the Inlallll nnvlgatlon co. so before the UnIted States supreme court , the result or whIch wns the estabJlsl11ng of the great la1eelas \ Inland soas. The stenmshlp Campnnln , whIch nnlled from Queenstown on the 15th , for Now York , has on hoard what Is snltl to bo the Inrgost consignment : of spocle sllvor sent ncross the Atlantlo on ono vessel. The totnl vnhlo of the speole Is nbout $6,250,000 , and Its weight Is eloso to twelve tons. VI co AdmIral Cervern , who com. mnnded the Spnnlsh fleet whIch was destroyed oft Santiago (10 Cubn , Jul ) ' 3 , 1808. by nn American fleet com. mande b ) ' Renr AdmIral W1111mn T. Snmpson , hns been ap1olntCll navnl commander nt Forrol. the SpanIsh nnval stntlon on the na ) ' of Dotnnzos. Customs ofilclals have COmlJloto the npprnlsoment of all merchandise brought to Seattle on the bnttleshlt : Oregon , nccol'lllng to II. list of the goods furnIshed b ) ' Captain J. P. Mol' rUl. The nuthorltles nnnouneo tha1 ofilcers held goods valued at $203 , aUl : tbo , crow merchandlso nmountlng te $401 , mncng ! n totnl of $784. Dlshop .John W. IIamllton , of Call tornln , who proslded nt the seventy seventh nnnunl conference of the No" Hnmpshlro Methodist Eplscopa : church , eclarod that condItions lIltl ( short of annrchy provnllell In Sar Frnnclsco , Bn that crlmo Is rampanl there. The president Ilns by executlv ( order placed un er control ot the In wI'lor department tor dIsposItion al provl ed by Inw the m1111lnry reser vntlon of Grass Island In Grny's hnr bor. Wnshlngton , tormerly reBcrvel by xecut1vc order. l THE CHOICE Or PAINT. Fifty ycar ago a woll.pnlntell 1101180 WI\A 11. rare RIght : to.day an unpainted hOUGO 18 raror. If people knew the real value ot paInt 1hOl1so In nee of IJ lnt wouM bo "scnrcer than hen's teoth. " There was l'Omo excuse for our forefathers , Many of tltom tlved In houaos hnrllly worth lu'csorvlng : they ] mow nothIng about paInt , ex. cept that It wn prett ) . : nnd to got II house IJl1.ltltel1 WIl 11. lIorlouA nnl1 cost. . ly jolJ. 'rho difference between their cn.so nUll oura 114 that wllcn they wnnt. . ell 1)l\Int It had to bo mndo for them : wherens when wo neecl paInt we can go to the nearellt gool1 atore nnd buy It , In any color or quality ronl1y fOI use. Wo Imow , or ought to lenow by thIs time , that to let 11. hOU80 stand unpainted Is most costly , whllo n good coat of paint , applied In season , Is tlte best at Investments. If wo put err the brIef vIsIt of the palntor wo shall In ( luo tlmo have the cnrtlenter comlne to pay us a long vIsit nt our exponse. Lumber 10 constantly getting scarcer , denrer ntul poorer , whllo prepared pnlnts arc getting plentler , bettor nnd losll expensive. It Is n short.slghte plan to let the valuable lumber at ou houses go to pieces tor the want 0' ' paInt. For the mnn thnt needs pnlnt there are two forms trom whIch to clroose : one Is the old Corm , stili favore by certnln unprogrosslvo palntera who have not yet cnught up with the times -lend nn 011 : the other Is the rea Y , for-use paint foun In every up.to. nto . storo. The first must bo mlxel ( with all , rlors , turpentlno and colors bOo fore It Is ready tor use : the otllor nee only be stirred up In the can nnd It Is rendy to go on. To buy lon nn 011 , colors , etc. , nn mix thom Into n p lnt by hnn Is , In this twontloth century , nbout the snmo nil rofuslng to rl e In 11. trolley car because one's grnndrnther hM to walker or rldo on horseback when ho wnnted to go nnywhore. PrelJared pnlnts Imvo been on the marlet loss than fifty years , but they have prove on the whole so InexpensIve , so convenient and so good that tlro consumption to. day Is somethIng over sixty millIon gnllons a year and sUll growing. Un. less they had been In the mnln satiG factory , It stands to reason thert would have been no such stead , growth In theIr use. Mixed pnlnts are necessarily cheap' er thnn paInt of the Irand.mlxed kind , oocnuso they are made In a ] nrge wny by mnchlnory from mnterlals bought 1n Inrgo quantities by the mnnufnOo turer. They nro necessarily bottol than paints mIxed by hnn , because they are moro finely ground nnd moro thoroughly mbe , nnd because there 1s less chnnco of the m.w materials In thom beIng a ulterated. No painter , however caretul ho may bo , cnn ever bo sure that the mnterlas ] 110 buys -aro not adulterated , but the Inrgo paint manufacturer does lmow In every cnso , because everything bo buys goet ! through the chemist's hands before ho accepts It. Of course there are poor pnlnts on the market ( which nro senorally cheap palnta ) . So there f3 poor flour , poor cloth , poor Reap : but because 01 thnt do we go bnele to the hnnd-mlll , the han -oom nnd the sonp.cottlo ] of the bacltwoods No , wo use our com. mon sense In choo3lng ; goods. We find out the roputatlon of the dlfferont brnnds of flour , cloth and soap : wo take account of the standIng of the dealer that hnndles them , wo nsle our nolghbors. So with paInt. : 1r the mnnuCacturer hns 11. good reputation , If the ealcr Is responsible. 1r our neighbors. hnve had natlstaetlon wIth It , that ought to bo pTett ' good evi. donce that the paInt Is all tIght. "Many men of many lcnds"- ! Many paints of many Idnds : but whllo prepnrod paints may dltre ! consIderably In composItion , the bet ter grades of thorn all agree pretty closely In rcsults , "All rends lend to Rome , " c.nd the pnlnt manufacturers , stnrtlng by dIfferent Imths. have all the sarno object-to make the best pnlnt posslblo to solI for the len.sl money , and so cnpturo and keep thl trade. There 1s scarcely nny ether artlcl ! or genornl use on the marlcot to.da that can be bought wIth anything IIItl the assurance of getting ) 'our monoY'1 worth ns the estabHshed bran s of pre pared paint. The paInt you buy to day mny not be 11Im 11. cortaln paten mo lclno , "tho sarno ns ) 'OU 1ll1.vo nl wnys bought , " but If not , It w1ll bl becnuse the mnnufacturer has fount R wny of gIving ) 'OU n better nrtlc ] , tor your money. nn ' so maldng mOl'l 'iuro ' or your next or er. P. G. ALL SORTS. If you had n ] wlfe , 1\ dog , 11. cnn flshpolo nnd a rIfle , yon had 11. hnpp ; boyhood. John Howard Pa'no wrote "Horn Sweet 1I0mo" beCore the om. of coz corners nnd sofa 1III10ws that nro t , been nnd not sat upon. No matter how many games an hobbles n man mo. ) ' Iqulro In hI , youth , when ho passed ( orty ho gra 'tates to croquet and checltors. Fred. . . adoogus sn's ho would rnthe not hnvo II. child thanh hIm for glft.than hnvo to hear Its mother l3ay "What do you say to the genUeIU I Hnrod ] 7" MIrrors were made for the vanIty ( women and to crash tht ! van It ) ' ( mnn. No mnn retaIns hIs conce after observing the sprend of II bald spot. 'Vo hnve dIscovered 11. wa ) ' to eve como our awe of the truly great a11 pompous. 'Vo ahut our e'os nnd h aglno them at fnt , drolllng IJable ' chowlng theIr thumbs. Lodbelor Sugs. the son of Pud ford Sugs , Is said to hn"o 11. wonrlerf tuturo ns a railroad m.1n. lIe hI devlse n tlmo table with four brat now unlversnl featurelil. ITALIANS AS FARM HELP. Said by Theil' Reprecntnt1.ve Coun' ' trymen to De Cap\llo : nnd Industrious. - SIgnor PIotto IlIolll hns a project to aupp1y Amorlcan farmers with Itnllnll heltl , rOllorts the lloston Globe. 'Hn- lIanK , " ho snll ( , "woro never approclnt- odin thIs country. illiteracy Is not Ig- nornnco : 1C It were , there would be HUle o [ It nmong ItallallH. " 'rhoy lre ox pert farmers In rOApoct to the cllmato. of tholr OWIl couutry. 'rhoy uudcrtCbm all gralll ! ! well , and In fmlt culture they Ilro far ahead 01 most Amorlcans , 05110clal1y In graftln \ Imow on ( ' who has acclllllated the tlg. ; tee , not with the purll08e , Ilt first , of mnldng the fig tree 11. commercIal RUC' :08S hero , ulthough I t Is coming t.G lhnt. "Theso Italian farmers nro aSIc1ng II there la not somethIng for them to lie In America hcsldcs dIggIng In thl ! streets an(1 ( SOWOI'S. At 11. recent meet. Ing or granJ. , ' rs I unfolded thIs sUbject anll It was talccn Ull wIth onthuslasm , wIth a prom Iso to do all posslblo tc Induce the farmers of Nltw gnglaud tl. ' employ tht' sons of Italy. ' 1'hey nrc not drunml'lls ! : they are Intolllgent and ther : are faIthful. " ' 1'ho farmers fear the Illfilculty oj langungo : but they employ other for. elgners-Poles , French and otlleo- without trouble , nn the Italians learn more readily tllOn elthor , nnd beslde they understand the langungo of geS' tures better than nay othors. , "As the Chlneso were excluded , the farmers of CalifornIa began to looh about for the next best , and they found them In Italians , and now they arE scattered half over the stnte , more than one-half the InhabItants of So. mona county being of that race. "Thero Is no better farmer on eartb than the Ilnllan-lntellIgent , Industrl. ous nnd falthul to the Inst degree. If ho comes Into New England the benefit will ho not so much to hIm as to the farmer. "Anyone , whether he be a farmer , D common laborer or anything else makes a mlatakp if he opposes the Ita. linn farmer. Ho would restore the IdlE farms , as no ono else can. "If ever there was an un lscovere country of farm lands In the world that country Is ! lIassaclmsetts. People are struggling In their crude way with hay and corn to get a ylel of $5 to $2E an acre , whllo the Italian would coay from the wl11lng soli a fortune. " MOVEMENT OF A GLACIER. Ono n Mile Long in Southern Rock- ies Shifted Twenty-Seven Feet ill n Yenr. It hnd long been supposed that no true glacIers romaln in the Rocltles south of 'Vyoming , a SUllposltlOn now Imown to be Incorrect , says Junius Henderson , in Harpor's l\Iagazlno. North of Long's Peak two Ice fielde have been escrlbed and referred to al' glacIers by men whoso determination ! ! are ontltlel1 LO conslderahlo weight , though on the whole the ) ' partake moro of the nature of novo and are so considered by some gcologlsts. Thie dlfferenco o [ opInIon Is ontlrely excusable - cusablo on the ground that the lvld- Ing line between nove and glacier Is IndIstinct , "t le one passing Into the other by Inso..siblo grr.llatlon. " However - ever , explorations carrlell on In the last five 'ears ha..o brought to light an Ice stream which Is so dIstinctly 11. glaclor as to leave no chance for 11. dispute as to Its clmracter. It has been . . . .Isited by eXllorlenced geologists , mapped , photographed and thoroughly stu led. Arapahoe glacier Is about a mlle , long and Is sItuated amid scenery as , InspIrIng ns any In the southern Hock- , les. It occupies an amphltheator or I glacIal cirque upon the east sIde of the ArnlJllhoo Peaks , the peales and their thin , sharp , serrated connecting ridge formIng the semI-circular rim of the cirque , the rltlges runnIng eastward from the north and south peales form. Ing the walla or the ancIent glacln ! yalloy , The highest poInt on the rim of the cirque Is 13,700 feet above sea level. No measurements were necessary tc _ convince our flrst explorIng party thai . the leo was moving. To the student 01 glacial Ilhenol11ena the , evldenco PI' ' every hand was easll ) ' reall as a print , ed 11I\go and as convIncing as a mathe , matlcal domonstratlon. but It remalnel to determine the rnto of movement Consequently , on a later vIsit. wo SOl up the Instruments on the granltl ( north wn.lI atHI placed a IIno of ZhH tnblets across the. race of the Ice. ReturnIng turnIng exactly ono ) 'ear later , W4 found that the tablets hall moved It amounts yar'lng from 11.15 feet at I poInt 300 feet from the edge , to 27. ' feet at a point near the center. I1Iountnin Invndes Town. Faith or something else Is remoYlnj at least one mountaIn In the Rh'mno ; \'ulle ) ' , lilnmorgansluro , " 'ales. wh : : Is slowl ) ' ad\'l1.nclng towarlls the vII lage of Troedrrhlew. Although th garden of the vmago Inn has beCi completely swept nwuy , the Inn ItselJ whIch Is betwcen the mountaltl ani the gnrden , Is Intact. The explunatlo : Is that It was practically rebuilt som tlmo ago on 11. solid bed of roelt. Nea the Inn Is a belt of woodland In whlc all the trees have developed 11. pre nounced drOOIJ. Man ) ' opinions are m IJressed ns to the cause of the sll 4 Mining operations , some sa ) ' , 11.1'0 f ( sponslblo , while others attribute It t qulcltsand 8 , l'JIlunmoth Stork. If- The a jutant , or mambout , 11. ta 1I1 hlrd of IUllla , of the stork specIes , wi . lS swallow a hal'o or 11. cat. wholo. Id stntllls five teot hIgh , anll the oxpan ! of wlnCJ : Is nearly 15 teet. , t UNCLE SAM'S WASTE BASKET - - - - - Pnper I\.cfuso of the lovernmont D ! Jal'tmcllts ! g 11.11 Item of Importanco. Economy la sn hI to co11olst In the care of trlllos , aud of thIs the waste ( JaIler dopr.rtlllont oC the United Stntos ! ; o\'orll 1en t's stntlollnr.r 01lleo aITol' s au excellent eXHlllplo. An olllelnl o [ thlK ( 'epartment whllo In Now York rocontl ) ' g 1..0 nn Intor- estlng nccoullt or the ystem. No loss than : IOOOO Is 1'11\\011 ' annually - nually b ) ' the IOVerIlm011l waBto IJlller bnslcot , " he gu ! II. . . it WitS not so vOl' - lon a/1o / ; thnt thl ) wnst IJIlper ot the government omees WI\S an unrecog- nlze Ilorqlllsllo of the heads or 110- partments nnd mun ) ' of the mInor 0111- clals , with tbe result thnt no small quantity ot good slatlonel'y was thrown away and In some roses largo Ilmounts oC SO\'ornmont Ilropcrt ) ' wel'O s'stom- ntlcn11) ' mlsapproprlatcd. Not only was this the ( :1l : 0 , but papers of an Important - portant anll confidential character found their way Into the hnnds of out- sl ers , sometimes with \'ery unpleasant - ant consequepcos. "A visIt to the was to paper department - mont would forclbl ) ' 111ustrato to you the enormous amount of correspondence - enco an clerlcnl worle with which the yarlous governcnlllt omccs have to deal. "To the department-It Is really n largo warehouse-como 3,000 tons of waste paper every year , the uverago dny's receipts varyIng from 10 to 20 tons. How vast Is this amount will bo better realized trom the fact that It II. slnglo week's waste paper from the government ofilces wns thrown Into Wnshington square It woul como pretty near burying the Washington monument. Vnst ns the present qunn- tlty Is , It 1a steadily IncreasIng at the rate of about 20 tons every year. "The paper received Is of the most mlscelJaneous character , consisting of old letters , stnto ocuments , IJrlnted matter , old nceount books , nn the like. On reeolpt It Is at once hnnded over to thc sorters , who classIfy It under - der 12 hea s and paclt It separately In largo sacles. 'fhe sacles are then shlppe to n pulp mill. Confidential documents recelvo cnreful and elrec- tual treatment. They are thoroughly sliced up by a cutting machine. When papers of nn oopeclally secret character - ter are dealt with the middle section of each pUo Is talcon out and placed In a separate receptacle from the rest. The cut fragments are then placed in a seale sack , and nro conve'ed In charge of an ofllcer to the pulp mill , and Is there reduce to pulp under his eye. eye.AnQJ AnQJ pr section of the waste paper department contaIns the used ribbon from the Morse telegraphIc Instru- ments. 'l'hls pours In at the rate of about flfteon hundredweIght Iler weele , measuring approxImately 000 milcs. " WASHINGTON SOCIETY. - - Its Principnl Char111 Is Its Truly Cosmopolitan Character , Says This Authority. Washington Is a peculiar city. It has a dIstinct ph'slognomy of Its own. It Is unlllco any other town in the . unIon , and Is continually In the e.O of the public. The peculiarIties of the admInistration - mInistration may be crltlclsed , not- wlthstal1dng It Is deal' to nIl of us , says the Metropolitan Magazlno. PennsylvanIa - vanIa avenue , by sheer force of Its many historical associations. leeeps allv'3 In us an appreClatlon of the capi- tol. tol.Tho The principal charm of It Is perhaps Its truly cosmopolitan character. or course New Yorle la's claIm to the same lstlnctlon. nut cosmopoJltanism In New Yorle Is ot a dlfferont teind. The term would only apply to Its mid. dlh class nnd Its largo lnborlng contin- gency. Soclet ) . Is rather exclusive In that respect. . Only a few tftled foreigners - ers , with Iho bcst of Intro uctlons , can hope to gain admittance. In Wnshlng- ton , on the other hnnd , socIety lseU ! I Is cosmopolitan. The members of the I forolgn embassIes , the army and navy ofilcors , the representatives of the house , and the members of the senate , I all nomads by Inclination as well as by pr.ofesslon. maleo It so. Washington iE the only dty In the world where om may have the leeen-witted daughter oj a RussIan diplomat , the wife of a Ghi. nese minIster In her quaInt , Hower. starred costume , and the ambassadres ! of some South Amorlcan republic , a1 the same table. Route.d Longworth. Representative Longworth vlsltel the senate the other day. Fearing th ( : > rdenl at congratulations JIIeely to oc : mr he came In very quIetly nn wnf well within the ehambor before he waf geen. Senator lean was quick to of fer his congratulations and ntter hln amo n dozen or moro senators. Long worth got red under the vOlley oC re marIes that toll upon him. .lust al the IncIdent wns at the heIght ot Itl _ Interest the door opened again an It came Prlnco Cupid , of Hnwnll. "Long worth Is hero , " said Kean , "and Cuplc came also. " The next moment thl young son-In.lnw of the presIdent wn : malc1ng n hasty flight bacle toward th , south end of the cnpltol. Uncle's Dooks. The Ltbrnry of Congress now C011 tnlns 1,34-1G18 boo1es , 410,352 pIeces 0 music , 183,72.1 IJrlnts nnd 82,7H mnp and charts , according to the annU/1 / report of the IIbrnrlnn , Herbert Pu1 nnm , just IJresented to congress. Th tlbrary gaIned G8.951 books and nbou tiOOOO pIctures amI pl'ces of musl 11 during the last ) 'ear. There wor 11 bought 22,098 booles , IG,348 were f ( It colved by gIft , 11,7G3 by cop'right an 10 6,474 gaIned by o1chango with tOI ' 1gB governmept - , . 0 - GRATEFUL FOR MISFORTUNE Wnshlngton Official Who Cou1tl Tes , tifv to the Vaue of PoUtl- cal Defeat. There Is plensol ( ) 'oung man In Washfngton , Milton D. Purdy , assist. nnt United Stutes attorney genern.I , who could glvo a testimonIal to the , , 'u.luo of defeat , says Success. lIt halls from Minnesota , nnd for sevora : years wns nsslst.ant III the oll1co of It G. l Jvans , the Unltod States dIstrIct attorney nt St. .1'nul. When l\Ir I vnns dIed , Purdy became actmg ls. trlct attorlloy , and , durIng the sovera- months before the l\Unnesot.u. senntor' agreed on a successor to l Jvans , die good worle In the conduct of Impor' tant federal prosecutions. Ho an- Ilounced himself' Il canl1luato for tM ofilco ho was HllIng , and belloved hI ! would bo I\pllolnted , but poll tics nne. Ilolltlclalls decreed othorwlso , nnd h ( wns bItterly dlsalJpolnted. lIe resIgned sIgned nnd rotlred to practlco law , but It was only II. short time after ho hae. oxperlenced thIs setbacle that 11. telo. gram ca1110 from Attorney General Phllandor C. Knox , requesting hIm tc go to Washington nn call on Presl. dent Hooso\'elt. It turned out that Knox had taleen notlco of the goo worle done by Purdy In the l\Unnesotv cases , and , as ho wns 1001c1ng fet I 'oung 111en to help in the enlarge I work of the department of justlco , In the prosecution of trusts and rall. roads , he ha talton It upon hImself to recommend hIm for position whlcb pays only $1,000 less than the sanry ] of the nttorney general hImself. ThE president loolccd Pur over an llIeed hIm , and during the past three years ho has had a chance to make some reputation for hlmsolf In the conduct 01 the postal fraud , the Northern Securities - curities , an the fraudulent Immigration - tion cases. ' 1'ho posItion which he now fills Is vastly lporo important and deslrablo In every way than the one whIch ho was refused \Ilnnesotn. . . helng ono that would bo covete by the bIggest of the poHtlclans whe three 'ears ago turned hIm down. He Is now grateful for the mIsfortune he suITere . GRAY TROUSERS TABOOED. Delicate Mission of Vice President Hobart Wns a Diplomatic Triumph. When PresIdent McKinley had hIs first cabInet function , nfter ho was Inaugurated - augurated , a member of that cablnet- It wouldn't be fair to name hIm-ap- peared in a dinner jacleet and a pair of stripe gray trousers. EverybodY noticed his strange apparel - parel , but nobody sal nnythlng about It. Next time ho came In the same rig. It was serious then , relates the Saturday gvenlng Post. 'Il1e matter was taleen up at a cabinet - inet meeting when thIs member wae not present _ It was discussed gravely - ly _ Nobody wanted to hurt the absent - sent member's feelings , but all thought he should wear full evening dross and sp.oul bo told what the conventlom prescrIbed. President l\I Klnley called for volunteers. NobodY responded , Then It was decided to ask VI co Pres. Ident Hobart , a man of the greatest tact , gently to tell the offending mem. ber how to dress. Hobart took the job , He calle 11 few mornIngs later. "I have a most delicate matter to dIscuss with ) 'ou , " he saId. "You lenow we all recognIze ) 'ou as one of the presIdent's closest friends , We wnnt 'ou to go to hIm Cor us. " "What about ? " asleed the flatterolJ cabinet member. "Why , the presIdent has appeared at several functions In a dinner coat and strlpe gray trousers. Now , that Isn't right. Every person at a Whlto House function should wear full evening dress. You know how that Is : spike- tailed coat , dress vest , black trousers and a whlto tie. We wish YOll wo h1 call thIs matter to the attention of the president In ) 'our well-known tactful - ful way and get It stralghtene out. " "No , sir ; I won't do it , " the cabInet member replied. "Vou will have to do that yourself. " ! \Ir. Hobart took the matter under advisement , an the cabInet member ne\'er were gray trousers at a White House function after thnt. The Great Unknown. Among the crowds of visitors Ir. Wrlshington the other day was young Ohioan named Dud KeIfer. Twe of the sIghts he wnnted to see werE Senators Ji'oralwr and Dlok , but on ( of these gentlemen was absent ant the other too busy. The doorleeepel Informed Dud that he would call oul Senator Clark's secretary , Georgi GllIlIand , an Ohio man. Dud was e lighted , he anll Mr. Gilliland , nn hav. Ing been schoolmates. As they stool chnttlng over old times Dud was in troduced to ono or two senators whc passe by. Then Vice President Ji'nlr banks came alon and Mr. Gl1Jllanl said : "Mr. VI co PresIdent. let mo Introduce troduco Dud Kelter , of OhIo. " Thl vlco preslllent stuck out hIs hand , nUl grasped It hrlslc1y and aalll : "OIa ( to meet ) ' 011 , sIr. What's the name please ? " Lovely Clgnr. At the universlt ' club banquet 11 Wnshlngton 11. tew nIghts ngo , the ; gave Uncle Joe Cannon 11. cIgar thre , teot long that mayor may not hav , been mallo of tobacco. Congressml\.J \ Longworth , rotul'tllng to hIs duties I ] the house after his honoymoo11 brought for Uncle Joe II. cIgar made 0 the best Hllyana tobacco anll nbout 1. . Inches long. Uncle Joe took It. smellel ! _ of It , turned It over and oyer , 0.1 ressed It lovinglY , nud then saId "D ) ' gum , NIck , It looles good enoug ] to put cream on nnd oat. " ' t ! , CAN'T STRAIGHTEN UP. ICldney Trouble Cnuses Weak Dack. . , nnd n. Multitu e of Pains nud Aches , - Col. R. S. Hnrrlson , Deputy Mnr- shal , 71G Common St. , Lalte Charles , Ln. , says : "A klclt from a horse first. wealnod my bnclt nnd nffecte my kId- neys. I bccamo very bad , an hnl1 to go . about on crutchcs. ( : , . The doctors told me U I had 11. case ot , ' " - I. . ' 1 rheuma- chI' 0 n c tlSID , but I could i ! not believe thom , Dn finally began usIng D al1's Kld- nt'Y PllIs for my Iddnoys. First the kidney accretIons came moro CrEely , then the paIn 10ft my bacle. I went and got nnoHler bOl : , an that ( om- pleted n cure. I have been well for two yearn. " Sold by nil ealers , 50 cents a bOL Foster-MUburn Co. , Duffalo , N. Y. ; REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. , . , A woman's ago Isn't mathematics ; It Is u. mlraclo. . . . - . A senslblo man would rathOl go fishing than have his neIghbors sus. J pect hIm of ] ea lng a double lIfo be- cnuso ho never mIssed church. A man woul have to lenow 11. lot to bo ns smart as his wlfo tries to mate other people bellevo ho Is 'sa she can hnvo some excuse for belloV' ; Ing It herseIC. 'Vhen II. mnn gets hIs insurance policies nil paId uv ho means to go to congress , and when n woman gets her chll ren raIsed she moans to wrlto n novel about them.-Now Yorle Press. RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS. Little GIrl's Obstinate Case of Eczem -Mother Says : "Cutlcura Reme. dlea a Household Standby. " - "Lnst year , after having my little gIrl treated by a very prominent physician. for an obstlnato case or eczema , I resorted to the' Cutlcura RemedIes , and was so well plensed with the nlmost Instantaneous relltt ! nfforde that wo lscarded the physl. clan's prescription and relied entirely : on the Cutlcura Soap , Cutlcura Ointment - ment , nnd Cutlcurn Pills. When wo commenced with the Cutlcurn Remedies - dies her feet and Hmbs were covered - ed with running sores. In nbout sIx . 'I ' weeks wo had her completely well , and there , has been no recurrence or ; . ' the trouble. We find that the CuU. cura RemedIes are a valuable household - hold standby , Hvlng as we do , twelve miles from n doctor , and where It costs from twenty to twenty-five dol. ' lars to come UI > on the mountaIn. Mrs. Llzzlo VIncent Thomas , FaIr. i ' mount , Wal en's RIdge , Tenn. , Oct. 13 , 1905. " . Logical Ded tIQn. . . . , t' , . . Wlfc-Thnt boy ttltes arte , . . f " ' \ . . f ; moro every day. HusbanU fij' : ; : ' _ . ' What's ho been doing wrong now- Melbourne 'Weekly Times. .t . . One HWldred Years Since Pik 's Peak \Vas Discovered. Elaborate plnns are being made nt " , , . Colorado Springs to celebrate In truly western style the Centennial of the , dny when LIeut. Zebulon M. Pike first. \ sIghted the famous peak , whIch was nfterwurds the landmark of the hnrdy . . pioneer whoso wngon traIn wended Its slow wny across the plaIns. , The Chicago & North-Western Rail. way annnounces extenslvo preparations - tions for this event on the part or 0' " j Colorado SprIngs and Denver , as well J r ns on behalf of the various railway' ; Hnes. It Is understood that the last weele ,1 In September Is to bo dovotel1 to a . ' ' round of festivities to.bo . participated In by ten thousand United States . t Regulars nnd n concours6 of IndIans , representing the vnrlous tribes with , which the Inteprld explorer came In , ' contact on his toilsome mnrch or dla- covery. The Nntlonnl Guards , cadets , vet. , crans , cowboys , pIoneers , patriotic socIeties - cIeties , fraternal socIeties and citizens generally wl1J also talco pnrt In the pro1'am , which w1l1 Include dr1l1s by I the tro ps , war ances by the Indians , cowboys' sports , para os and tourna- ments. Grieve Through Megaphones. At the recent funeral of KIng Nol'o- um 'of Cambodia the ofilclal mourn- ers'at the funeral gave vol co to their grIef through megaphones , wIth much . elIoct. Important t.o Mothers. I : Ramlno carefully every bottle ot CASTOIUA , n safe and sure remedy tor Infants and children , 1 . . . . ' , and see that It t. ( , - Dears the Signature ot . $ 111 Ueo For Over 30 Years. . 'rho Kind You nave Alwl1s Douht. Cruelty to a Monkey. " t For usIng n sick monlcoy to beg I wIth nn organ grInder has been fined . $40 In London. Lowis' Single lnder straIght lie. Many Bmol\01'S IIrofor them to 10e c" ars. Your dealel' or Lewis' l ! uetorj' , Peoria , Ill. An English journal notes the curl. , ousl ) ' even sex dlstrlbuton ! of measles In twenty ) 'ea1'S at Aberdeen. 'I'hero were 20,287 mnles and 20,087 females. In proportion as nations got mora corrupt more dlsgraco will nttnch to povert ) ' , and morc respect to wealth. Attor YOll fall out wIth people you maY' call theIr npnrtment a tlat. , To mnko nn ) ' gain som"o outlay 1s necessnr-Plautus. \ ' , J , l ,
