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INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE IS
SUES A CALL
lectins of Board of Trade Represent
ntLvcs in the Hooaier Capital Take
Action Upon the Question of Hold
ins a Convention
Monetary Convention
The preliminary conference in Indian
apolis of representatives of the leading
commercial bodies of the Middle Western
States issued a call for a general con
vention of commercial bodies of the Uni
ted States to be held in that city Jan 5
to consider the reform of the currency
and banking laws The vote by which
it was decided to call the convention was
unanimous Chicago and Indianapolis
were the only cities suggested for the
convention In view of the fact that the
call for the preliminary conference had
gone out from Indianapolis it was decided
to take the general convention there The
detailed work of preparing the call and
fixing the basis of representation was left
to a committee composed of one delegate
from each city represented in the con
ference
President Justus C Adams of the In-
Board of Trade called the
eeting to order and in a well timed
ldress referred to the importance of the
ject which it had been called to con-
tl O Stannard of St Louis
nor of Missouri presided after Mr
idrims had finished his speech Ex Gov
Stannard said that he felt assured that
if the commercial bodies of the country
offered to Congress a financial system
that would not be subject to change it
would be accepted The principal address
before the conference was by John R
Wilson of Indianapolis He said there
was a practical demand for reform Ex
pedients adopted by Congress in the stress
-of war as temporary measures had be--come
an enduring system The legisla
tion of Congress on finance had been
from hand to mouth since 18G1
E V Smalley who represents the St
Paul Board of Trade said the people of
n the Northwest irrespective of party were
iartily in favor of the proposed national
convention The resolutions he
provide for a national convention
of representatives of all commercial bod
ies in cities of more than 25000 popula
tion for the consideration of the cur
rency system of the country and to rec
ommend to Congress such measures for
the of such defects as will com
mand the indorsement of tlie business
public
The conference agreed to that part of
Mr Smalleys resolution providing for a
convention but there was much discus
sion as to how large the convention
should be and it was decided to leave
that question to a committee composed of
-one representative from each city present
In the call as finally agreed upon it is
proposed that the convention sfiall be
composed of 1231 delegates The basis
of representation is calculated upon the
United States census of 1S90 and gives
to cities of S000 to 10000 one delegate
10000 and loss than 15000 two dele
gates 15000 and less than 25000 three
delegates 25000 and less than 50000f our
delegates 50000 and less than 100000
T
f flXe delegates 100000 and less than 200-
v03 six delegates 200000 and less than
400D0p seven delegates 400000 or over
eight delegates
AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN
Worlds Total of Wheat Decreased
306000 Kufehels Laet V eo r
Special cable and telegraphic dispatch-
es to Bradstreets covering the principal
i points of accumulation indicate the fol
J lowing changes in available supplies last
Saturday as compared with the preced
ing Saturday
WheatUnited States and Canada east
of Rockies decrease 2670000 bu afloat
for and in Europe increase 2304000
total decrease worlds available 350000
bu
Corn United States and Canada east
of Rockies increase 104000 bu
Oats United States and Canada oast
of Rockies increase 335000 bu
The more important decreases in avail
able stocks of wheat last week not in
cluded in the official visible supply state
ment were 1050000 bu in Northwestern
interior elevators 541000 bu at Fort
iiiiiiii viiu jli vuv uu ax various
l Manitoba storage points S2000 bu in
Chicago private elevators 49000 bu in
Milwaukee private elevators 40000 bu
at Louisville and 23000 bu in Kingston
Out There wore very few increases in
available stocks worthy of note last week
aside from these reported in the official
visible supply statement the more con
spicuous being 253000 bu at Pittsburg
09000 bu at Rochester and 20000 bu
each at Syracuse and Fulton N Y
Kathrine Clemmons
The young actress to whom Howard
Gould is engaged His family oppose
the union and it is said tuat by the terms
of Jay Goulds will Howard may lose a
large part of his inheritance by marry
ing against the wishes of the others
A crew of shipwrecked English sea
men fell into the hands of Spanish sol
diers on the Cuban coast The Span
iards believing them to be filibusters
from the American coast treated the
prisoners harshly threatening to shoot all
hands Finally they were removed to
Havana where they were taken in charge
by the British Consul who sent them to
New York
Bondsmen of ex County Treasurer TV
J Dawelh of Omaha have been called
upon to make good an alleged shortage of
8500
FINANCES OFTHE GOVERNMENT
Statement of the PnhHc Debt nnd
Other Fiscal Matters oi Interest
1 The statement of the public debt issued
Tnesday shows that on Nov 30 the debt
leES cash in the treasury amounted to
095709159 an increase for the month
of 8270203 This increase is account
ed for by the corresponding decrease in
the amount of cash on hand The debt
is recapitulated as follows
Interest bearing debt 847364520
Debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity 1591620
Debt bearing no interest 372170117
Total 1221120257
This does not include 567523923 in
certificates and treasury notes outstand
ing which are offset by an equal amount
of cash in the treasury The cash in the
treasury is recapitulated as follows cents
omitted
Gold 169527101
Silver 509680450
Paper 139616155
Bonds disburaipg officers balances
etc 17137872
Total 833001529 against which there
are demand liabilities amounting to 610
604481 which leaves a cash balance in
the treasury of 223357098
The comparative statement of the re
ceipts and expenditures of the United
States shows that during November
1890 the total receipts were 25210696
and the expenditures 32260720 The
receipts for the five months of the fiscal
year amount to 131G504S9 and the ex
penditures 171597335 The deficit for
the month of November therefore is
7050024 and for the five months 39
940846 as compared with 15869337
for the corresponding five months of last
year
The receipts from customs during No
vember amounted to 9930385 from in
ternal revenue 13104S2S and from
miscellaneous soruces 2175482 This
is a loss in customs as compared with
November 1S95 of 1524929 a gain
from internal revenue of 64744 and a
gain of 684379 from iscellaneous
sources
The monthly statement of the Comp
troller of the Currency shows that on
Nov 30 the amount of national bank
uotes in circulation was 235312103 an
increase for the month of 414446 and
Ifor the last twelve months of 21440907
The amount of circulation based on Uni
ted States bonds was 2106096S4 an in
crease for the month of 99470 and for
the last twelve months of 26140158
The amount of circulation secured by
lawful money was 1S702410 an in
crease for the month of 314776 and a
decrease for the last twelve months of
4699351 The amount of United States
registered bonds on deposit to secure cir
culating notes was 241272150 and to
secure public deposits 15903000
The statement of the director of the
mint shows that during the month of
November 1S96 the total coinage at the
mints of the United States was 7458
722 of which 5064700 was gold 2
303022 silver and S9000 minor coins
The coinage of standard silver dollars
during the mouth was 1914000
WILD BEASTS GROW BOLD
They Are Troublesome to the Wis
consin Lumber Camps
The lumber camps in Northern
are considerably annoyed this winter
by the depredations of wild animals more
particularly the wildcat and the lynx
It has come to be impossible to leave a
shoulder of beef outside the cook shanty
over night without its being attacked by
the fierce animals which have become so
rnumerous that the woodsmen furnish
mm Wmd4ri
READY FOK A SHOT
munition to any man who wants to take
a gun and wait for the appearance of the
brutes There is a bounty for the deliv
ery of scalps of the lynx wildcat and
wolf in the State and it is expected that
there will be many claimants for it this
winter The wolves and wildcats are
much more numerous than they have
been for years past and have encroached
upon the limits of civilization Timber
wolves are frequently seen on the out
skirts of South Superior A settler from
Lyman Lake Gustave Peterson by name
reports that the pests are unusually nu
merous in that vicinity Peterson brought
to town with him a big wildcat which
weighed thirty five pounds and two
lynxes of the booted variety the larger
breed Peterson shot the wild cat about
a week ago One night after he had
turned in there was a hurried knock at
his door and a much frightened lumber
camp hand told him that he had been vis
iting a neighboring camp and on the way
back had been followed by a couple of
wild cats The man was in considerable
fright but Peterson took down his rifle
and went out He saw a glaring pair of
eyes and fired bringing down his game
The other animal got away The next
night Peterson shot the lynxes which
were prowling about the clearing The
wild cat was of unusual size It is very
seldom that they will follow man but it
is reported from the more remote dis
tricts that the lumber jacks will not ven
ture out in the woods after night un- j
armed
The news of fraudulent voting and
illegal conduct of election in a number of
precincts of Oklahoma Territory has
caused the managers of Delegate Flynn
to institute investigation upon which to
base a contest which they believe will
jresult in the showing that Mr Flynn is
are elected to Congress
Mrs William Astor gave her first din
ger party of the season at her residence
842 5th avenue New York in honor of
Prince Louis of Savoy Duke of Abruzzi
inephew of his Majesty King Humbert
of Italy
LAND IS GOING FAST
SECRETARY FRANCIS ANNUAL
REPORT
His Statement Shqws that the Country
Is Beinjr Kapidly Settled Bit Sums
for Pensions Problem of the Bond
Aided Railroads
Uncle Sams Domain
The annual report of Secretary of the
Interior Francis was made public Fri
day It proposes a solution of the vexed
problem of the bond aided roads deals
exhaustively with the pension administra
tion reviews the progress of the Dawes
commission negotiations and touches up
on various matters of especial significance
in the West The report opens with a
discussion of the public domain It
shows that the total number of acres dis
posed of up to June 30 last was 946000
000 leaving public domain still vacant
estimated at over 600000000 not in
cluding the district of Alaska with an
area of over 369000000 acres Since
the homstead act was passed on May 20
1862 there have been 162S91132 acres
entered by homestead settlers Of this
almost 103000000 acres will all be pat
ented when the legal conditions have been
made Of the remainder 42000000 acres
represent entries cancelled The total
number of mineral entries up to date is
29820 patents to railways and wagon
roads since the first grant was made
reach S5729751 acres There also have
been 333091752 acres disposed of by pre
emption cash sales scrip locations mili
tary bounty land warrants town sites
desert land timber culture timber and
stone entries Indian allotments and do
nations to settlers
Rapidly Settling the Country
The total grants of lands to the various
States and Territories up to March 12
last aggregated 181868630 acres in ad
dition to agricultural college scrip for
7S30000 acres The total of all lands
segregated from the public domain agge
gates 946219160 acres The report says
These figures demonstrate that the
country is being settled with great rapid
ity and that the public domain is being
diminished by great strides If the rate
of disposition of the last thirteen years
which is 25000000 acres a year is con
tinued for thirteen years to come there
will be little of the public domain outside
of Alaska in possession of the govern
ment at the expiration of that time
Discussiug forest reservations the re
port says no permits to cut timber on pub
lic lands should be granted for any pur
pose other than to supply the needs of
actual settlers in the neighborhood of the
forests where timber is to be cut and
should be accompanied by all possible
safeguards Secretary Francis urges up
on Congress the necessity for legislation
for the reclamation and disposal of lands
within the arid regions Unless the Carey
act could be amended so as to give the
State power to pledge lands for their re
clamation he says it would be better to
place the lands under the direction of the
States only so far as may be necessary
to secure their reclamation for the bene
fit of actual settlers
The total amount paid by the govern
ment in pensions and the cost of disburs
ing the same for- the lastthirty one years
is 2034S17709 This lacks only a little
over 346712500 of being equal to the
high water mark of the interest bearing
public debt The present number of pen
sioners which is 970678 is greater by
4666 than in 1S93 whoa the maximum
annual cost was reached and is greater
than ever before This is due to the death
of old soldiers and the continued payment
of allowances to their heirs while the
amount paid is decreased through the
death of invalid pensioners leaving no
dependents
The pension policy of the department
has been to make the pension list a roll of
honor rather than to save money- to the
government the effort has been to de
feat the designs of impostors while recog
nizing the claims of the needy and deserv
ing General public sentiment however
is that the obligation of the government
is confined to those who fought for its
maintenance and those dependent upon
them The total number of our pension
ers in foreign countries was 37S1 who
were paid 582735 Increase of from 8
to 12 a month is recommended for all
wholly disabled and destitute Mexican
war survivors
Treating with the Indians
Under the head of Indian affairs the
Secretary repeats the recommendation of
his predecessor for a commission of three
one of whom shall be an army officer to
take the place of the commissioner and
assistant commissioner of Indian affairs
With regard to the dispute over the Un
compahgre Indian reservation in Utah
in which valuable denosits of fisnlmlfum
have been discovered Secretary Francis
expressed the opinion that the commis
sion which treats with the Indians for the
allotment of their lands tntnllv misun
derstood the agreement of 1SS0 by which
the Uncompahgres were removed from
Colorado The Indians declined to pay
125 an acre for the lauds allotted to
them because they were led to believe that
the purchase money would come out of
their trust fund of 1250000 which fur
nishes them 30000 per annum This is
not the case The purchase money would
not disturb the trust fund but would
eventually come out of the proceeds of
the sale of their Colorado lands The
commibsion was dissolved last February
Under the head of bond aided railroads
the Secretary says he has complied with
the joint resolution of June 10 1896
requiring him to continue the issue of
patents to bona fide purchasers of lands
sold by bond aided railroads but he says
he declined to issue
patents to all sur
veyed lands on the application of the
Central Pacific With regard to the
Nicaraguan Maritime Canal Company
chartered by the government in 1SS9 the
Secretary says a preliminary report of
the company submitted to him shows
that no work was done during the present
year
In conclusion the Secretary calls atten
tion to the cramped quarters in the In
terior Department the large sum paid for
rent annually reaching 46000 last year
and earnestly recommends the erection
of another structure on a block adjacent
to the present building adequate to ac
commodate all branches of the depart
ment
Thomas P Fenlon a well known law
yer of Leavenworth Kan was stricken
with paralysis while making an argument
in the Supreme Court
at Topeka His en
tire left side was paralysed but it is
thought le will recover
STREET WAIF SELLS WAR CRYS
One Takes Pity on an Army Xassie
and Helps to Sell Her Papers
One wore the modest blue of the Sal
vation Army the other the ragged rai
ment of the street waif Both were
girls and both -were selling papers They
came together on a Market street cor
ner The newsgirl eyed the War Cry
lassie for a minute or two and then
sidled slowly up to her
Hows biz she asked
The girl in the blue uniform and poL
bonnet looked at the little tot in sur
prise
Not very good she answered after
a moment
FoJks aint buyin de poipers very
swift eh
Im not selling many War Crys if
that Is what you mean
Does yer have ter stay out till yer
sells em all
No I dont have to but I generally
do
Take yer a long time ternight eh
Yes I will be out very late I expect
Im awfully tired too
That seemed to determine something
the ragged one evidently had been turn
ing over In her mind
I only got a couple more poipers left
meself she said an if yer dont mind
Ill help yer out
The novelty of the proposition of a
desire for assistance caused the War
Cry lassie to accept the proposition
and half of the Salvation papers were
turned over to the newsgirl The lat
ter started in to work vigorously and
pretty soon had the other girls papers
going like hot cakes Ragged news
girls dont often peddle War Crys and
the people she approached appreciated
the fact enough to avail themselves of
the opportunity
In perhaps half an hour the ragged
one returned to the War Cry girl minus
papers but with a little fist full of
nickels
Say she said its dead easy
Wisht I could sell em all de time Is
dere much in it
Oh my no the War Cry girl ex
plained I dont get anything at all
The newsys eyes opened wide in
surprise Then she voiced her opin
ion
Den yer in us be as easy us sellin de
War Crys was Im going now Good
by Philadelphia Times
An Indian Brush Net
Cornplanter Indians are getting ready
to draw a brush net in the Allegheny
near Big Band An effort has been
made to stop them but it seems there
is no law prohibiting Indians in this
State fishing and hunting whenever
wherever or however they choose A
brush net has not been drawn near here
for several years and as it is a very
interesting proceeding doubtless many
from this city ivill avail themselves of
the opportunity of witnessing it No
date can be given for the drawing It
takes many days to build the net and
all the redskins procurable to draw it
Brush weighted at the bottom with
stones has to be strung the entire width
of the river on a cable and when ev
erything is in readiness horses are
hitched to either end of the net and it
is drawn to the head of a bar or island
where the fish are made captive the
largest of them taken by spearing or
caught in the hands They are then
shipped to market Bradford Pa Era
New British Battleships
The big battleships of 14900 tons or
more that England is building follow
one another into the water rapidly in
these clays Only a very short time ago
the Caesar was floated out of the dock
at Portsmouth and now the Illustrious
has been launched at Chatham She is
the last of the three built at the latter
port the Magnificent having already
gone into service while the Victorious
recently had her trials making an aver
age of nearly 17 knots in eight hours
under natural and 1S7 knots in four
Iours under forced draft whereas the
contract called for only 16 and liy2
knots respectively It is true that the
1S7 knots were reached only by log
which is much less accurate than our
system of the long measured course
Besides the four vessels mentioned
England has either built or building
the Majestic Mars Jupiter Hannibal
and Prince George of the same heavy
displacement New York Sun
A Hogs Sunday
A bright terrier dog owned at the
American House Pit tsfield is known
at the Maplewood as Billy The dog
every Sunday morning goes to the Ma
plewood and stays in the cashiers of
fice but never goes away from the
American on other days unless taken
Sundays as regularly as that day
comes in the season the animal takes
up his early march for the other house
remains all day and returns This he
has done for the past few seasons and
so regularly that the guests at the Ma
plewood have become familiar with
him and his peculiarities Now they
are asking how the dog knows the dif
ference between Sunday and other
days as his visits are made before the
church bells begin to ring Boston
Herald
A New Game
A new outdoor game has been invent
ed by the young countess of Warwick
It is called lawn billiards and is des
tined to prove a formidable rival to
tennis at garden parties The lawn is
laid out like an immense billiard table
The balls are similar to croquet balls
but are made of celluloid and are hol
low The cues are short handled mal
lets and the cushions are banks of sod
The game is said to be interesting
but difficult
The Richest Actor
M Coquelin whose fortune is esti
tnated at 1000000 has the Teputa
tion of being the richest aqr in tha
worloV
EDUCATIONALCOLUffl
NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT
JPlea for a Parent Day in the Pnblic
Schools Have Patience -with the
Dull Pnpil Schoolmaam -and a
Mouse Backwardness in England
Parent Day
A nation can be no greater no purer
no safer than Is the life of the indi
vidual of that nation great pure and
safe It is to be hoped thai the teach
ers and parents of this republic will
co operate to secure such teaching as
will surely result in great good to the
nation and upon which very largely
the perpetuity of the republic de
pends
Twenty two million children and
youth of school age in our nation
ought to compel the most thoughtful
attention of all the adults to the pres
ent and imperative demand for the
earnest co operation of parents school
j officers teachers and citizens to em
ploy and perfect all methods and ef
forts that are necessary to secure the
j very best results for the education of
these twenty two million coming citi
zens and parents The coming together
of parents children officers and
teachers in the schools on a given day
i which shall be devoted to exercises in
honor and praise of the home and fam
ily and the inculcation of personal
virtues seems to me eminently fitting
This day should be made one of the
few most important days of the year
e celebrate the Fourth of July be
cause it calls to memory the struggle
for national independence We cele
brate Washingtons birthday because
he was an ideal citizen We celebrate
Arbor Day because we want to teach
the children to love nature Let us
celebrate Parents Day in the school
to teach the children that before the
individual before the school before
the State stands in holiness and ad
miration the home and the family to
teach every child that with his lauda
ble ambition to be an excellent pupil
while he should know that it is neces
sary for his own good and the good of
the State that he is a law abiding
public spirited citizen he should also
know that the highest and holiest ob
ligations will rest upon him as a unit
of the home and in social and family
relations Exercises appropriate
should be prepared by the teacher
Send special invitations to all patrons
whether they have children in school
or not Select songs recitations es
says dialogues bearing upon home
life its beauties and duties the child
in the home the mother the father
and the family
Over and over the question is asked
How7 shall be teach civil government
to our younger pupils Government
has its foundation iix the home Lov
ing obedience there establishes habits
of obedience to civil authority any and
everywhere Here is a golden oppor
tunity for impressive lessons in civil
government
A Parents Day without parents
would be an object lesson without the
object Let parents if necessary sac
rifice something to be in attendance
upon the exercises Let these exer
cises be held in the afternoon or even
ing as will convenience parents
Backwardness in Dnirland
Prof Sylvanus Thompson gives one
striking instance of the backwardness
of England in its provision for special
ized technical instruction It is a matter-of-course
knowledge that electricity
plays every day a larger part in chemi
cal manufacture Recognizing this new
development Germany has lately erect
ed at three of its universities large
electro chemical laboratories and en
dowed special professorships in addi
tion to the chair which has for some
years existed at Frankfort Against
these England has nothing to show but
two small electro chemical laboratories
one at the Technical College Fins
bury and one of the Birmingham Muni
cipal Technical School and both of
these devoted to instruction in electro
plating and electro typing rather than
to research in electro chemistry As
for the rest of the science colleges in
England they are too busy with pre
paring pupils to pass examinations or
are too poor to be able to undertake
any such new departure London
lEng Journal of Education
Dull Pupils
In every school there are a few pupils
ivhose eyes have still the vacant stare
after nearly all have grasped the prin
ciple the teacher wishes to explain The
teacher should make special endeavors
in their behalf She should always
treat them kindly never scold never
worry never fret Do not lose patience
though they make great blunders Cov
er their dullness as far as possible with
the mantle of love never exhibit it to
the ridiculing laugh of their brighter
classmates Have them understand
that you are their best friend who
spares neither trouble nor labor for
their advancement and who would as
far as possible give them an equal op
portunity for the race through life
Wake up the ambition of- snch pupils
by asking questions they can answer
and by pointing out the progress they
have made this will also strengthen
their self confidence If possible make
them voluntarily try again The dull
pupils should be asked the easiest ques
tions and often thus keeping them
astir and the bright pupils in reserve
for the more difficult work No ques
tion should be asked a dull -pupil which
with good reason the teacher doubts
whether he can answer f or every ques
tion not answered will lcsen his self
Confidence and also bipself respect as
to his standing in theclass Often the
pupU6 dullness vanishes entirely after
his ambition has been aroused and he
Is started aright
If the dullness relates to one 3pecai
branch point out to the pupil the vnluoj
of his study for practical life and that
his education will always have a defect
if he does not master the difficulty nowi
If then with all your care you do
not succeed as well as you wish and
you begin to think that your labor Is
thrown awaj look to the after life ef
the pupil I assure you he will appre
ciate your labor then nnd be ever
grateful for the kindness bestowed
upon him Educational Record
Protest la Made
The overseers of Harvard Conegw
have received a protest against the plan
suggested by the committee on English
composition and rhetoric to publlshj
the papers of all the candidates present-
ing themselves for admission to college
from some one or two particular schoolsi
or academies the Boston Latin School
for instance and Mr Nobles or Messrsj
Browne Nichols and the Koxbury
Latin thus at once bringing Into con j
trast the methods pursued and results
achieved in those schools This pro
test is signed by the principals of the
schools named who contend that such
comparison would establish a danger
ous precedent and Is a new departure
for Harvard College which has been
scrupulously careful in the past to treat
all fitting schools alike and that sight
translations from Latin Greek Ger
man or French made in a limited time
under a great nervous strain are not
evidence of a candidates general abil
ity or inability to write good English
Fchoolmaam and Mouse
Miss Clara Evans and a mouse i io
one a teacher in a Baltimore public
school and the other a resident of the
same building collided while travers
ing their respective orbits one day
this week and so startling were rhe
noises which ensued that a panic
among the children present was the
result- They rushed for the door and
downstairs in wildest terror and a
citizen who saw them emerge tumult
ously into the street promptly turned
In an alarm of fire from the nearest
box When the engines arrived the
entire- neighborhood was filled with ex
citement and mothers but finally Miss
Evans managed to explain the trouble
and in the end it was decided that no
body had been hurt or was likely to
be So rejoiced were the assembled
taxpayers at this that not for several
hours afterward did it occur to them
that to call out the fire engines entails
on -the city an expense amounting to
about 100
Wanamaker Tells of His Conversion
Under the auspices of the Evangelical
alliance ex Postmaster General Wana
maker addressed a large audience in the
Kensington Theater at Frankfort ave
nue and Norris street last evening- The
calL for the meeting was to those who
are not regular church goers and a large
manority of those present were men
Mr Wanamaker told his hearers how
when he was an awkward country boy
of IS years he once went to a religious
meeting sitting far back in the audi
ence and listened to the words of an
old preacher who said that now that he
was old he felt how good it was to him
that he had the religion of Christ t
die by
I listened to the words of that good
old man said Mr Wanamaker and
I said to myself T dont want to die
now 1 want to live and I want a re
ligion to live by fori was young you
know and all my thoughts were oil thi
life- Then there followed a young min
ister who told us that he had felt the
blessings of the religion of Christ and
that it was a good religion to live- by
and to do business by and it would
bring contentment and happiness to all
who would embrace it I then said to
myself Do you want that religion
Yes When do you want it NowT I
then and there made up my mind that I
would have it right away So I wiited
until the meeting was over and when
the minister came down the aisle on his
way out of the church I stepped up to
him and said Mr Chambers I am go
ing to accept the- religion of Christ It
was so easy for me to do it when I had
finally worked it out in my own mind
and heart und it is just as eisy for any
of you to do it if you will and 1 want
you to try it for yourselves and see
Mr Wanamaker paid a high- tribute
to the late Samuel J Randall and de
scribed how hu had frequently visited
him during his- hist illness and read to
him out of the Bible and how at one of
his visits the statesman had said to
him Mr Wanamaker I have found it
there pointing to his Bible and I am
happy now1 Philadelphia Record
LiinenoidL
Pleasure boats and canoes are oeiug
manufactured with a new material
the base of which is linen whence the
boats have been designated linenoid
The material is softened into a pulp
and this is shaped over a form and
water proofed Being of one piece
there are of course no seams and the
material is stated to be of a ronsist
ency and flexibility resembling brass
Ash and oak are employed for keel
gunwale and seats supports lioor
boards and other wood fittings and
brass is the only metal used for fas
tenings The seats are supported on
ash ribs bearing on the keel and gun
wale only thus keeping any strain
from being put upon the shell
Building Made of Ashes
A building has recently been erected
by Herr Wagner an architect in Lim
burg solely of materials formed of ash
es without any admixture o sand It
is claimed that hard natural stones of
almost every variety hay- been suc
cessfully Imitated with tp5very cheap
mterial
Every wife longs for the establish
ment of a religior that wnH forbid af
widower marrying again
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