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ROBERT B GOOD - JSditok PoP
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Times are never good enough to Jus
tify pneumatic banking
The Kentucky authorities seem dis
posed to grant too many belligerent
rights to the lj nching bees
It costs this country 100000000 a
year to support its criminals This of
course includes those in jail only nor
those in office
The persistence of the Maceo life ru
mor is enough to make one believe that
perhaps John Browns Body also has
been sprung prematurely
A writer in an English review asserts
that only 10 per cent of the worlds
population ever sit down That must
account for the prevalence of that tired
feeling
White Ghost the Sioux chief is In
Washington to get 200000 from the
treasury for his tribe It is a safe bet
that the Sioux chieftain is the only
ghost that will walk however
The Bradford Pa Star says We
visited Dr Holts office yesterday and
saw some astonishing things among
them a silver dollar This is a great
year for the editorial profession every
where
It is noted that Kentucky recently
scored six lynchings in six days and a
blue grass contemporary remarks It
Is presumed that the lynchers rested on
Sunday It is certain that the lynched
did
According to scientists a typical loaf
of bread contains 3S per cent of water
10 per cent of protein 2 per cent of fat
and 49 per cent of sugar and some
other carbo hydrates To this must ba
added 1 per cent of ash and perhaps
more if the oven is too hot
Influenza seems to have its grip on
the life insurance companies of Eng
land At a recent meeting of the direc
tors of one large company it was shown
that it had paid out more than 600000
on account of deaths from that ailment
alone
A scientist declares that the ele
ments entering into the cornstalk can
be made to produce alcohol cellulose
paper matting smokeless powder and
condition powders for cattle It may
be added that alcohol alone can pro
duce a much greater variety of ob
jects
There were employed in the South Ar
rican gold mines during the latter part
of 1S96 more than 75000 men of whom
85jer cent were in the Rand and of
whom only 13 per cent were white men
The number of tons mined and milled
was 1199592 and the total gold product
was -622000 crude ounces of which tho
Rand produced 554159
A man tco modest to let liis name lie
known went to the Boston postoffice
Christmas eve and paid out of his own
purse all the postage on letters and
packages which otherwise would haves
been delayed in transmission or not de
livered at all by reason of insufficient
stamps That was a very original and
thoughtful act not to call it charity
Boston Spiritualists are in a state of
mingled rage and grief because the
City Assessors have decided that thehf
temple is not a place of worship and
Ihave fixed its taxable value -at 24000ol
This decision the believers in spools
think is outrageous and they intend
to make a fierce fight against it in tee
courts
As a carpenter is generally conceded
to know more about carpentry thai a
druggist and a blacksmith more about
shoeing a horse than a candlestick
maker so perhaps a man who has not
only made a study ofbanks in general
but whose duties have led him jo make
a special study of the banks that have
recently failed may be expjcted to
have views on these failures that are
entitled to a very respectfuljiearing
Sioux City Journal We bare been
going tbrough a period of far reaching
liquidation During the last three or
four years business adjustments which
had been in process of development for
years and -even for decades were wound
up destroyed There have been a good
many failures but in all cases as in
that of file recent bank failure in Chi
cago you will find a vicious condition
of credit Inevery one of them there is
unsoundness and the tap root of lit is
vicious credit
Prince Charles Egon of Fuesteaberg
who died recently at Berlin won some
fame by remarking that Emperor Wil
liam was a snob although he lost some
social prestige thereby J3e also re
marked on one occasion that his majes
ty gave him that tired feeling in his
assamption of the divine right to ran
the globe These remarks eame very
soon of course to Williams ear and
from that time on it Is said that his im
perial majesty took special care to pre
sent his dorsal aspect for view when
ever he and Prince Charles met
Recently the Attorney General of Bel
gium in he course of an eloquent
speech paid the following curious com
pliment to the soporifle power of the
Belgian press In the evening wheo
S UfelfeIH4I Mt V
such as many a high toned journal en
riches its columns with Under Its
soothing Influence a salutary repose
closes In upon us and the enchanted
cup of the queen of night pours down
upon us Its treasures in obedience to
the mysterious power of the press
After many years vain search by
scientists in Europe and South America
for the yellow fever microbe the an
nouncement is made that an Italian
physician has discovered the germ
and that the chances favor the miti
gation of that disease by the utilization
of the results of the discovery The
physician Dr Gaccarelli of Rome con
tracted the malady during a residence
in South America It may be only a
year or two before science has turned
the dreaded yellow jack upon itself
as it has done in the case of diphtheria
and smallpox
Few people realize the magnitude to
which the electrical industry has grown
in the United States In electric light
ing alone there are more than 10000
plants in operation and the combined
capital employed is more than half a
billion dollars At least 100000000 is
invested in electrical appliances used
in mining and about 15000000 in elec
tric elevators One of the most impor
tant developments in this branch of
science has been in the direction of
electric railways in which nearly a
billion dollars capital is employed Al
together the combined capital invested
in all electrical enterprises in the Unit
ed States is 1500000000 exclusive of
that employed in the manufacture of
electrical machinery which is at least
half a billion more
There is a barber in Kensington says
the Philadelphia Record who has
trained a number of common sparrows
from the street to fly in and out of his
shop at will The birds are never
molested by the barbers customers
who have grown as fond of them as the
barber himself The sparrows simply
own the shop whenever they want to
and they have learned some very amus
ing tricks under the tutelage of their
friend Sometimes when the room is
pretty well filled with the chirping lit
tle fellows the barber will make a
sweep with his hand and pretend to
catch a fly Immediately all the birds
will flutter to him and perch upon his
arms shoulders or knees and watch
the hand In which the fly is supposed
to be imprisoned The barber opens
his hand gradually one finger at a
time while the birds sit with heads
cocked to one side expectantly waiting
for the prize If there should happen
to be a fly there which is seldom the
case this weather there is a grand
rush and a scramble of chirping rivals
James Duffy a Boston pugilist never
regained consciousness after a ring
contest in the Broadway Athletic Club
in New York This unfortunate having
adopted the practices of brutes and
semi savages as a profession has come
to a logical end and his loss will not
be much of a blow to the community
but there ought to be some way to make
his confederates share the punishment
Every thug present whether a thug
by profession or instinct and that
means all who witnessed the combat
should be put behind the bars for a
time until they tame down so that
their freedom may not be such a men
ace to peaceful and law abiding citi
zens Little distinction should be made
between the principals and spectators
in such an affair for those who are
not actually fighting are deterred chief
ly by physical limitations and are re
ally responsible for all that occurs
It would not be so bad if the pugilists
would meet and pommel each other to
death except that the spectacle is de
moralizing and revolting to the com
munity at large It is time for the
authorities to make laws so drastic
that such contests will be practically
impossible These brutes must be sup
Dressed
Some opponents of the bicycle hae
based their objections to it on the score
of morality and there have been se
rious discussions of the subject Is
bicycling immoral The premises of
their argument have dealt with the
influence of wheeling costumes and
the association of bicyclers on the sex
es But it appears that the bicycle
may be proved an immoral agent on
other grounds A man in a Philadel
phia court charged with forging his
employers name said that he had com
mitted the crime in order to buy a
wheel The judge in passing sentence
took occasion to say that an astonish
ing amount of crime had grown out
of the bicycle trade and that at least
one third of the business of the court
was made up by persons who were led
astray in some way by the bicycle
Whereupon the complainant in the
case said I can sit in my front win
dow and count dozens of persons rid
ing merrily past who owe me grocery
bills Certainly during the summer
and fall the criminial courts of the
large cities have many cases relating
to bicycles mostly thefts Men and
women alike are charged with stealing
wheels sometimes to sell again but
oftener for their own use The police
of New York are kept busy hunting
up stolen wheels and there are several
insurance companies whieh do a fine
business by guaranteeing owners
against thefts There are many lock
devices and safety chains for wheels
left exposed while the riders are other
Vise engaged but none of these seems
to prevent the thieves from making
way -with the attractive vehicle
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UNITED STATES SENATOR SHERMAN
Ohio Statesman Chosen for Secretary of State in President McKinleys
Cabinet
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DOES AWAY WITH WAR
The Arbitration Treaty Between Un
cle Sam and Queen Vic
The second week of the new year has
gone down as one of the most eventful
in the history of the United States sig
nalizing the greatest stride of the century
in the direction of the progress of civil
ization By the treaty of arbitration to
which Secretary of State Richard OIney
and Sir Julian Pauncefote ambassador
of Great Britain and Ireland to the Unit
ed States placed their signatures war
fare between this country and the king
dom over which Queen Victoria holds
sway is made virtually impossible An
event of so happy a nature should be
made the occasion of public rejoicing
throughout the land and in Great Britain
While this treaty has nothing to do
with the settlement of the boundary Tlis
pute between Great Britain and Venezue
la it is really a result of the conferences
which were held by the members of the
commission which was appointed by Pres
ident Cleveland in that connection with
prominent members of the British Gov
ernment It is in a measure experimental
It is the first treaty of the kind which
has ever been made between this country
and any other and in fact is the first of
the kind in the history of the world The
manner in which it will work will be
watched with the greatest interest by the
civilized world Its importance in the
line of progress cannot be overestimated
The treaty which is for a term of five
years provides for the arbitration of all
questions in difference between the two
contracting parties which have failed of
solution by diplomatic negotiation All
claims of a pecuniary nature amounting
to less than 100000 500000 and
which do not involve the determination of
territorial claims are to be submitted to
an arbitration commission of three mem
bers one of them appointed by each of the
parties to the treaty and the third to be
elected by the two thus appointed or if
they cannot agree in a manner provided
The award of a majority of such commis
sion shall be final
All pecuniary claims which shall ex
ceed 100000 500000 and all other
matters in difference in respect to which
either of the high contracting parties shall
award made by less than the prescribed
majority the award shall also be final
unless either power within three months
after the award has been reported pro
test that the same is erroneous in which
case the award shall be of no validity In
such a case or when the members shall
be equally divided there shall be no re
course to hostile measures of any descrip
tion until the mediation of one or more
friendly powers has been invited by one or
both of the high contracting parties
Territorial claims include all other
Haims involving questions of servitude
rights of navigation and access fisheries
and all rights and interests necessary to
he control and enjoyment of the
ory claimed by either of the parties of the
treaty
If in any case the nominated bodies
designated to decide upon questions which
do not involve territorial disputes shall
fail to agree upon any umpire as provided
in the treaty the umpire shall be appoint
ed by the King of Norway and Sweden
Either of the high contracting parties
however may give notice to the other
that by reason of material changes in
constitutions as existing at the date of
the treaty it is of the opinion that a sub
stitute for his majesty shall be chosen
The high contracting parties shall at
once proceed to nominate a substitute for
the King of Sweden and Norway and the
same shall hold good in the event that he
at any time desires that a substitute shall
incapacity to serve ot any
bitrator or umpire another arbitrator or
umpire shall immediately be appointed in
his place in the manner provided for the
original appointment
THEY CALL IT A MURDER
Indiana Farmers in a Frenzy Over
Brntal Acts of Gamekeepers
Lake County Indiana has been greatly
stirred by the shooting of four farmers
by the gamekeepers of the Tolleston Gun
Club In Hammond Whiting Tolleston
and Crown Point the farmers gathered
and threats were not only freely made
against the men who were concerned in
the shooting but against the property of
the gun club as well Threats of organ
izing to clean out the gamekeepers sack
PRINC1PALS IN THE GREAT TREATY
have rights against the other provided
that such matters do not involve territo
rial claims shall be dealt with and de
cided by a commission of five members
two of whom shall be appointed by each of
the high contracting parties and the fifth
in the same manner as in the commission
first mentioned
A controversy which shall involve the
determination of the territorial claims
shall be submitted to a tribunal consist
ing of six members three of whom shall
be judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States or judges of the Circuit
Courts to be named by the President of
the United States and three of them
judges of the British Supreme Court of
Adjudicature or members of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council to be
nominated by the Queen It is provided
in this connection that in case the ques
tion involves the territorial rights or
boundary of one of the States of the
United States or one of the provinces of
Great Britain a judicial official of said
State or province may be substituted for
one of the judges The award of such
a commission by a vote of not less than
five to one shall be final In case of an
the property and blow up the dam of the
gun club were not infrequent On one
point the farmers were agreed and that
was that if there was to be any more
shooting about the gun clubs grounds
they would not be the only ones who were
carried from the battlefield to the hos
pitals
Poaching on the club grounds had given
its caretakers much trouble of late and
seven gamekeepers well armed with shot
guns and pistols were on duty when the
fourteen young men members of the fam
ilies of neighboring farmers invaded a
duck swamp and prepared for a days
sport The watchmen bore down on the
boys in a body and hailing them from a
considerable distance ordered them off
the clubs grounds When the poachers
did not comply the gamekeepers opened
fire at three rods range and five young
men fell to the marsh ice riddled with
shot two mortally wounded The sheriff
arrested Barney Whitlock the Blackburn
brothers and Alfred Taylor and lodged
them in jail
You miserable davil where did yoo
get the notion that yon iUe smart
MASON IS YICTOKIQUS
GETS
SENATORIAL TOGA FROM
ILLINOIS
Wins After a Short hut Stern Contest
Nominated by Acclamation After
Other Candidates Had Withdrawn
Sketch of His Career
Will Succeed Palmer
William Ernest Mason ex-Congressman
of Chicago was nominated by ac
clamation the Republican Senatorial
caucus at Springfield 111 Tuesday night
to succeed John M Palmer The fight
was comparatively short but it was des
perate Martin B Madden an alderman
from Chicago was the first man to show
formidable strength and he was backed
by the party organization of Cook County
Outside influences however were so
strong that his nomination was impossi
ble The press of both Chicago and the
State opposed him bitterly and almost
unanimously advocated the cause of Mr
WIILTAM ERNEST MA SOX
Mason The forces back of Mr Madden
then sought to have him withdraw in fa
vor of William Lorimer a Congressman
from Chicago Instead Mr Madden
withdrew in favor of Mr Mason Cook
Countys strength was concentrated upon
T
Mr Lorimer but the country legislators
favored Mr Mason largely though a few
supported Congressman Hitt S W Aller
ton Congressman Uopkins Clark E Caxr
and others
By Tuesday afternoon however it be
came apparent to the Lorimer forces that
there was soon to be a wholesale j
pede from the country districts to Ma-
sons banner and they discreetly surren
dered There were the usual scenes of en-
thusiasm when this action became known i
and Mr Masons nomination was made
by acclamation lie was brought in to
make a speech but contented himself
with a few remarks of thanks and then
the defeated candidates were called upon
Congratulatory telegrams soon began to
President elect McKinley Mr Mason
was surrounded by a crowd of enthusias
tic friends and the scene was inspiriting
in the highest degree
The name of Billy Mason is well
be appointed In the case of the death i iwu Sou me lengrn ana oreaatn
absence or ot the Sucker State and almost equally
as well all over the country He enjoys
the recognized distinction of being the
champion campaigner of Illinois During
the past eight years he in all probability
has addressed more people in Illinois than
any other man during that time
It is said that the German Emperor is
very careful about what he eats and
drinks
M Nobel the inventor of dvnamite
B
who has just died was a singularly gen
tle and mild mannered man
Gen Boulanger is to become a stage
hero in Paris in a political drama entitled
A la Vie A la Mort
The Princess of Wales is a great lover
of dogs and at the last dog show carried
off an armful of prizes
In the course of two days shooting at
Buckeburg recently the German Emperor
killed twenty nine stags
Rossinis original manuscript of Will
iam Tell bound in four volumes was
sold for 4700 francs recently in Paris
Cardinal Gibbons is a believer in the
Kneipp cure and frequently proved his
faith last summer by taking early morn
ing walks barefooted
The widow of Calliar Bey formerly
Mrs P T Barnum expects to return to
her former home in Bridgeport Conn
and take up her residence there again
Mr Trentanove the sculptor is on his
way to this country from Florence with
the finished bust of Tames G Blaine
which he modeled in Washington last win
ter
Surprise is expressed in England that
the estate of the late archbishop of Can
terbury is only 230000 His salary
which he had enjoyed for several years
was 75000
A son of the Duke of Cambridge sign
ing himself G Fitzgeorge contributed
the amount of 5 to the Daily Telegraphs
fund for the Bayard present which has
come to naught
It is usually dawn before the sultan goes
to bed and at S oclock he is stirring again
He has no confidence in those around him
and his life appears to be worth hardly a
days purchase
During his entire career Stradivarius
made from 0000 to 7000 violins Few
of rhese were sold for more than 25
during his life Now some of them com
mand 10000 each
The woman tennis champion of New
Zealand has but one hand and that is the
left one but she can serve a ball that is
exceedingly difficult to return
Canon Fleming of St Michaels
Church London has had a large tele
phone transmitter placed in his pulpit so
that his sermons may be heard in a num
ber of hospitals and other institutions
Emperor William is probably the only
European monarch who carries a revol
ver Firmly convinced that he is going
to die by the bullet of an anarchist he is
determined to fight for his life if nec
essary
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JACKETS OR NO JACKETS
This la Not a Fashion Article but
Tntercatinjr to Womankind
It is rarely in this that pofi
toes are boiled before they are peeled
or in the old fashioned way of express
ing it in their jackets and yet in
Ireland the very headquarters of this
vegetable such a thing is scarcely
known as pre peeling them Those who
have never tried tlieui in this way are
advised to do so some day when they
can make sure they are Drought to the
table the moment they are done and
not allowed to stand any length of time
before they are eaten Select those of
equal size allow them after washing
and scrubbing thoroughly to stand
covered with cold water for half an
hour then throw into plenty of boiling
water and after boiling twenty min
utes prick to the heart with a two
pronged fork if not soft cook a little
longer drain sprinkle with salt return
to the range and when the saucepan is
hot toss them to allow the salt to
shake evenly through and to dry well
place in a warm napkin on a red hot
plate and serve with good sweet but
ter The flavor of the snowy fleecy
morsels taken from the jackets and
buttered as they are iaten will be
found to be much better than if peeled
before boiling indeed epicures declare
they can detect tho difference at once
and as the most nutritions part of a po
tato is next to the skin none of this is
lost
Potatoes in their jackets make a suit
able adjunct to oj sters baked aud
served in the shell Wash and scib
the oysters put them in a large baking
pan in a hot oven and in five minutes
or less they will begin to open anil must
be sent to the table at once six apiece1
on hot plates It is well to have a
small red doiley at each plate with
which to grasp the oyster while open
ing Grilled sardines are also particu
larly good with these same potatoes
they are very savory yet easily pre
pared Grilling is merely another name
tor broiling and unless one possesses a
perforated broiler not expensive how
ever shaped like a wallle iron which
comes on purpose to cook articles that
would slip through the ordinary grid
iron or broiler they may be cooked
easily quickly and satisfactorily by
proceeding as follows Make the frying
pan or chafing dish sizzling hot drop
in a teaspoonful of sweet butter or use
the oil in which the sardines are pack
ed as preferred The pan must be kept
very hot when the fish will brown al
most instantly on one side then turn
ed browned on the other and they are
ready to be served on toasted crackers
or squares of toast softened with bouill
ion
The butcher will supply marrow
bones on purpose for grilling and they
too fit in excellently with potatoes in
pour in upon the successful candidate and j their jackets as would scallops done
none was more welcome than that from to a colden brown in boilinsr olive oil
fried shrimps roasted crabs and the
like
People who have an open grate with
a glowing fire of hard coal possess the
means with the addition of a chafing
dish that make possible the most say- i
ory suppers imaginable and may de
light their friends by novel invitations
to sup with the words potatoes in
their jackets added instead of danc
ing cards or what not
No Idea of Music
Colonel Burr of Virginia was a
mighty fox hunter and loved the sport
beyond wTords He owned a fine pack
of hounds and during the season
thought of nothing but his hunters his
dogs and the weather He was once
entertaining an army friend from Tex
as whose ideas of hunting any animal
involved the use of fire arms and who
had never seen a fox hound He had
been with difficulty persuaded to go
forth one morning with the colonel and
some friends to a meet and they were
waiting impatiently for the hounds to
take the scent Presently there burst
upon their listening ears the din of thir
ty canine voices in full cry The col
onels eyes gleamed and as he settled
Ins feet in the stirrups and stretched
Iris arm toward the yelping pack hev
cried Major listen to tliat heavenly
music The major pricked up his
ears for a second or two and then re
plied I cant hear a thing Those
dogs are making such a noise The
colonel put his spur savagely Into his
horses side and dashed away leav
ing his guest to his own devices
For Advertising Purposes
Experiments have lately been maae
in Switzerland with a view to putting
the beautiful lakes of that country to
some practical account
Hitherto these waters have been ad-
v mired merely because of their natural
beauty but now some enterprising
business men have devised a scheme
by which they may be made useful for
advertising purposes
The plan is to paint the words of
the advertisement in big white letters
on a black background
When sunk and securely held at the
bottom of the lake the advertisement
is perfectly legible the reflection of the
light on passing through the water
bringing the words near the surface
It is announced that hitherto the ex
periments that have been made have
been very successful
Slept a Year
In Blanchets curious book Comptes
Rendu mention is made of a girl
who at the age of 18 had a peculiar
spell which the physicians pronounc
ed constitutional lethargic slumber
which lasted for forty days Again at
the age of 20 she slept for fifty days
Her last recorded long aleep lasted
almost a year from April 20 1862 un
til March 1863
A lobsters skin when shedding splits
down the back and come3 off In two
equal parts The tail slips out of the
shell like a finger out of a glove
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