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-&" '0pkSrmfs'J1 w?e&''e3? & &" - - 9tnr f V -1 otmrcl VO.LJME XXVIII. NUMBER 9. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9, 1897. WHOLE NUMBER 1,413. &s&f?Vig& m Cakmmts . . if. J. i . . -.1 ,. : it. - & iC - . .r i ' -I' 1 fc r & m WASTED: A- MODEL (By Anna Sheilds.) T seems so very strange, dear. Not exactly proper!" Miss Seymour ei- pccted to see pre cisely the expres sion upon the face of her niece as did follow this opinion. Lena Seymour's great brown eyes flashed, her pretty lips curled with scorn and a rich color mantled in her cheeks. Proper! Society does not rule down " here. Aunt Margaret' Besides it a mere matter of business! A twinkle danced in Miss Margaret's eyes, but vanished, presently. "Oh." she said, "you mean to make a profession of your art." "Oh, dear!" sighed Lena, "how many times I have told you. Aunt Margaret, .that art will not accept divided hom age. I hope some day to call myself an artist! New," and the large brown eyes grew luminous, the lips smiled as if some vision of beauty woke a glad response in Lena's heart, and her little white hands moved unconsciously to clasp each other; "now I can only hope and dream, work and pray!" Then she came suddenly out of this little ectasy and said: "I sent an advertisement to the ' Grantville Gazette' yesterday, and it is I published to-day." She took a folded newspaper from her pocket, orened it and read " 'WANTED A fisherman to stand as model for an artist. Terms liberal. pply at No. 3 Seaview Terrace, Ocean Tlac. Wilton.' 3y the uay. Aunt Margaret, the ut ter absurdity of that address never stiuck me so forcibly as it does at this moment. 'Ocean Place" a strip of sea beach half a mile in extent! "Seaview Terrace, four empty and one occupied " cottage. I suppose all the population of Wilton w ill apply for the position." But nearly a week passed, every day bringing a repetition of the advertise ment, and no; an answer reached Sea view Terrace. Lena worked busily at lier picture, a sea-scape, with a group of children in the foresreund. a wo man watching the wates upon a rock to the right, and a great blank space for the fisherman, who was to come to greet her. The subject was not very new or ory oricinal. but Lena was ti eating it with wonderful power for a young artist. She had worked faith fully under cood masters in London. Paris and Rome for six years, and was an artist born. Her father had been proud of her genius, giving it full scope, while she was yet a mere child, and when he died he charged his sister to let Lena have her will, if she wished to continue her studies. So the girl, then only seventeen, when her routine of studies with her masters was over, took her easel and brushes for rest, for salve to the Litter heart-pain her fath er's absence caused, and. with her aunt for a companion, went abroad to study. She had been at home only two months when she took board at Seaview Ter race, and Lecan her sea picture her first Sarce one on canvas. It was too -vrQ. A x. v SV n n n I p wyL -f' mkes mil """ y:- ffA&-:LV' ! gbeS?""1 i zwr-ym-. WORKING WITH RAPID FINGERS. early in the season for seaside visitors, still April weather, and Wilton was but a small place, so she worked outdoors, her easel facing the wide blue sea she copied with sometimes fainting, often exultant, heart. Mortimer Gilroy railed himself weary of the world. At thirty-two he had ex hausted all the pleasures a liberal for- tune. strong health, a culthated mind j anu pientuui leisure anorded. When I say "exhausted"' I merely quote Morti mer Gilroy. He had "done" Europe. Egypt and his native country; had been petted by society, escaped numerous cunningly spread matrimonial webs, end. while he counted his flirtations bv dozens, he was heart whole, as he lav upon the deck cf the Firefly, his own. yacht, readmg the "Grantville Gazette." He had come from a winter cruise on the coast cf Florida, throush the Gulf of Mexico, winding about the West In dies, till, weary cf sea as well as land, he was sailinc for New York when he put in at Wiltcn for a supply of fresh provisions. "Hulloo"' he muttered. "I do believe this is the beautiful artist I saw Through my glass this morning, paint ing on the beach. 'Wanted: A fish erman to stand as model for an artist. Terms liberal. Apply at No. 3 Sea view Terrace. Ocean Place. Wilton." She was very beautiful. I was sorrv y ' when the sun became too s'arinc on the water and drove her indoors. A fisherman!" He mused a moment, then called: "Bob!" A rugged sailor answered at ence. "Bob. I am going to stay at Grant ville for a few weeks. You will take the yacht heme!" Bob was too much accustomed to hk' master's sudden freaks to make any comment, and Mr. Gilroy. hastily se lected a few articles in his cabin, pack ed a valise and went ashore. June had come. Lena had spent the merry month of May in a dream of per fect happiness. She meant no decep tion when she told her Aunt Margaret it was the rapture cf artistic success that painted her cheeks, and made her eyes brilliant, her voice thrill with mu sical cadences. Every day. when the weather permit ted, she was upon the beach, working with rapid fingers and swelling heart j mckC1 :or 50a over her canvas. Every day. at the '. .hour agreed upon. James Smith, fisher- ! ntr KiiteJ in a wterFoat. man. presented himself as her model i A waterspout struck the farmhouse upon the liberal terms: cnTerd in the ' of James Branders. near Monticella. "Grantville Gaz'te." Had Lena been Tenn.. and demolished the house. Bran-fcrcugnt-iip in soie'v I kno-v i would ders, his wife and child and two farm have been impossible for her to accept bands were killed '""S I !StoBe'VG00IB POURING IN. tist teas a child yet in many ways. She had been educated with the seclusion of a nun, in spite of her foreign ex- I perience, and her devotion to her art I iiciu .epi ner sun seouueu irum tuuiie J after she returned to her home- it was, therefore, no amazement, out simply a delight, to her, when the hand some fisherman, who looked one of Na ture's noblemen in his rough, pictures que dress, conversed with her intelli gently, and paid her the courteous re spect of a gentleman. Little by little, as they drew more closely together in their daily intercourse. James Smith let the brilliant intellect, the traveled i knowledge he possessed creep out into sight. He gave her to understand. without actually lying, that he had been a sailor, and so accounted for his fa- miliarity- -with the scenes she had vis - ?,, .., . u. "-" 1UU UUllCVgUICU UU iiCi liWIL and brain. He looked over many of her sketch-books, wondering at the power in the slender hands, the genius of the youthful brain, the fidelity of touch and eye, and. as the restraint of strangeness wore away his true man hood asserted itself, and his heart rosa his master. How could he but love her' With all her wondrous gift he !'..... .!f.f t7 Cr! t - - "" -- was Liie jjuresi. simplest laaiueu lie iiiiu ever met. Ladies h had known bv scores, finished in every graceful ac- complishment. but never one more ex quisite 'n refinement than Lena. Peas ant girls he had seen with "beauty un adorned," yet not one more unaffected than this artist maid in her dress of ' cheap print, her hair simply bound in heavy braids of golden lustre. There was the unaffected grace of girlhood, with the well-stored mind, of one wno made book3, music and art daily companions. His conscience rebelled often at the deceit he was practicing, but he hug ged the thought of the luxury he could offer his love, the toil he could spare her. June was yet young when the picture was completed, and in the early morn ing James Smith. Aunt Margaret and Lena itood upon the beach looking up on its beauty. It was to be packed and I sent to New York in the afternoon, and Lena, her heart full, said softly: I "How can I live if it is a failure?" i Believing she spoke of actual poverty, I should her art fail to win money, ' James Smith, with a sudden, over- i whelming love controlling him. spoke cut. It would make mv storv too Ion to tell the words that made Lena's heart tremble and her eyes grow misty, while Aunt Margaret's wrath was kind ling at the fisherman's presumption. But when Lena's hand was fast pris oned in his own, when her eyes, love lighted, were drooping and her cheeks blushing under his gaze, James Smith said: "But. though I have once deceived you. Lena, you may trust me now, for all time." "Deceived me?" she cried, shrinking a little. "I am not James Smith, but Mortimer Gilroy; not an honest, hard-working fisherman, only an idle, useless gentle man. You will not need to work when yon are my wife, Lena, but can paint for pleasure only." Then Lena's eyes flashed merrily, and she would have spoken, even if Aunt Margaret had not said, dryly: "Perh teiiMr- Perhaps it would be a good time to Mortimer Gilroy who you are. not look so bewildered." Lena ! I am not masquerading. I am simply what you know me Madeleine j Seymour, artist. But Aunt Margaret i I wishes me to tell vou that I n.iinr rm? I i have namted for years, solelv fomlp.is- ' i ure! I love my art' I have loved it i the manufacturers and others as the ! better than any earthly pleasure since ; pendency of a tariff measure cf any fuihb the Reponibiiity. -v t first my hand could grasp a pencil. But sort, because of the fact that business ' It is announced that the Democrats I I am not working for money, because . contracts and undertakings cannot be ' and -some of the Populists in the Sen i I have more than enough. I am rich. I entered unon without definite know!- ate nroDose to delay the enactmpnr nf j too, though I do not paint in satin , dresses or wear jewels at the seaside. Still. I did not mean any deception!" "And you would have bestowed your wealth upon a poor fisherman?" asked Mortimer Gilroy. with glad heart and loving eyes. I She smiled, answering: I "I think I found the pearl in its ! rough case. I did not know your social , position, but I did know you were a gentleman in heart and education. I 1 could not have loved you had your i speech or manner been as rough 33 your dress." i So Aunt Margaret was satisfied, and society welcomed Mortimer Gilroy's ar tist wife, guessing nothing of the little romance that was founded upon adver- tising for a model. New York Ledger. WARNED IN TIME. The Ror Wa Ired in Domestic Ar- ranj;enient. The smart-looking agent with the enlarged crayon portrait under his arm had just laid his hand on the gate latch, says the Detroit Free Press. when the snub-nose boy. who was care fully spreading a banana peel on the sidewalk, remarked: "Say, mister, did you notice that woman in the yard with the red hair and spectacles and a clothes pin in her mouth, who kicked the dog in the ribs a few minues ago?" "I did. sonny," said the agent. "Was ycu goin in there and knock at the door, and when she came out was you goin" to smile and say: "Good lornmg. miss, is your mamma ar home?" jut to make her feel like vou I thought she was about IS or 19 vears old?" "Well. I don't know but what I was," said the agent, with a slight blush. "I thought so." said the boy, "and I'm willin to give you a tip. Don't you do it. That's ma. and I'm better posted on our domestic arrangements than you are. I guess you'd better not say anything about her mother at all. i You see. grandma was feelin pretty f skittish this momln and she got up soon and went off with ma's bicycle, and dun-colored leggings on, and hasn't got back yet. and ma seems to be kinder irritated. You can do as you please about it. but ' "I'll come around some other time, sonny, and see your ma." said the agent, taking his hand off the gate. "I forgot about a lady in the next block who wanted a picture enlarged in a hurry this morning. Here's . . . . ,. LAST Eaoeb Goods to Sopply the Trade far ( Tear Americans. UoweTer, Need Xot Purchase Foreign Made G cods Good for Farmers. If anybody is in doubt as to the ac curacy of the recant statement of Chairman Dingley that a year's supply I of foreign soods win probably be in the warehouses 0f the country by the time the new tariff bill can get upon the statute books, let him examine the following figures showing the customs wainfo ; .. , , !.-:. i . . ..;.. m., rr, Ie-V and a protective congress. They are as follows: November, 1S96, $9, 930.3S5; December. $10,779,412; Janu ary, 1S97. $11,276,S74; February. $11. 587,260; March, $22,S33,S56; April, $24. 454,351. 'When it is remembered that these figures rplato nnlv to the duti able goods and that there has been an , ., . . . . . . ..... THE WILSON TARIFF DAYS OF SERVICE. ' Piai rusmn- m or non-autiaoie . VVWiV"- "r'C rT ! Sods "ly to be transferred to the uon' " cnl-v no such pledge, ! dnn-ahiA H ?r ,-,-,! i, M ,w tiwJc"her expressed or implied, made at - " "- --- . -- ! fiol of importations now pa3Sing tarugh the customs house of the country is something enormous. Fo: eign manufacturers and importers con tinue to rush their goods into the coun try in the face of the retrospective clause of the Dingley bill. The cus toms receipts in April were 524.454.351, or two and a half times as much as those in the month in which McKin ley and the rrotective conzress were elected. This gives something of an idea of the enormous nuantitv of for- eign goods being brought into th" country. When it is remembered that these figures relate only to the dutiable goods and that all non-dutiable goods likely to go on the dutiable list under the new tariff are also be ing rushed in and in still greater num bers, the disadvantages under which the manufacturers of the country are now attempting to operate and must operate for many months, will be real ized. Importations of foreign wools continue at every port of entry and from every wool producing country. In April PhiladelDhia received over eight million pounds in four weeks. ?.ew York over twentv-fcur million ! ad.Boston apparently over sixty-five minion. .People who criticize the pro position to place a duty on hides brought into she country will perhaps te interested in the fact that the value cf hides imported since 1S99 is in ex cess of the importations of wool upon ! which the vast majority of the ; people of this country agree i that there should be a duty. f The importation of hides from 1S90 to 1S96 inclusive, amounted in value to $li6,23,107 while the value of the wool imported in that time was $13S,352, E44. The Tariff Bill. I The tariff bill has been completed so I far as relates to the senate finance i committee and is now readv for con sideration by the senate. How lonz it will be before that bodv cannot nf ' course be foretold, but the outlook for j a reasonable degree of speed in its i consideration appears to be sood and there i3 500tl reaso:i to believe that !t WI" be uPon tI,e statute Looks by the i end of the n?cal year. Members of botl1 narties are rccoznizinc thp fac: that nothing so disturbs the hn -:rp, conditions of the countrv. both anion: edge as to what the prices of import ed articles or the rates of duty will be. j These facts are leading men irrespec j tiro of party to a desire for prompt I action since tbey know that a busi J ness revival cannot be expected by I anybody unfl the tariff can bo put I into oreraiion and the immense stock cf foreign goods now conilns into th country dispose.: of and the market ' opened to our own rr.anufoc'urers. The farmer nad ti senate. The farmer Is likely to be well taken care of by that dignified body, the Unit ed States ser.ate. The tariff bill, re- : ported from ths finance committee of . that body. ha edded a duty of ll. rate o: wool cf the third class, and cut out the clnust- in the house bill which exempted Hs"a.Iaii sugar from dut!e.. thus ri2urlr that competition with bet sujar. The duty put on hides, tea tnd crher articles which were formerlv on thp fre list will im prove ;h opportunities for advanta geous restpr-oltr treaties for which the senate wt:i provide, and which will greatly ber.clit the farmer. It is be lieved the ht?ue rates on wools of the first and second cias-5 will be restored by the e-iate cr conference- esmmittefe. ! Checrtee -Neil- for Farmer- The Department of Agriculture is re ceiving very gratifying reports from the farming community. The contin uation of higher prices for wheat, the unusual foreign demand for corn and the activity among farmers in prepar ing to make an earnest experiment in Khe production of sugar beers, combine to maKe the conditions ..mong ttiat clsss of population unusually healthful and encouraging. - "Dollar wheat." for which farmers had scarcely dared to hope, was ccinrldent with the incom ing of McKinley, while the extraordi nary demand for their corn adds to , their general encouragement. Coupled with, this comes the activity and inter est folt in the experiments which are , to be tsado in all parts of the country j In the production ot our own sugar. ' and it Is apparent tLat the farming coamunfty is not only feeling the rc- turn of prosperity, but Is occupying its ! . , . . , , . . ... t. , , ... u. i ' mocracj-and what acuon should faere xnmd with cheerful thoughts and pros- ,. . ' , . .. . , ,. .. , , , after be taken bv those who last vear pects rather than the clcomy ones , . . . .. - 7 , T - ;,., w , ...,,, f,.., !, 'rejected the Chicago platform because which were a constant feature of the ;. , , . T. - , , , m r i -.. . i j i - . of its talseness to the principles of Jef four years of the Cleveland a.itr.inistra- t , , . . v-iy uj " . tion. Japan "W-mctary Artlep The Japanese ccmtui.a'.cn. fetch has studied the conditions in Japan for the past eighteen months a affected by the silver standard has found that the average cost of eleven Ipading articles necessary to life In Japsn has increased in the period between 1S73 and 1S94 no less than 62 per ceut. while the wages In the country have lnfreased bat S3 per cent. In view of these conditions tie corainlssioa recctacicndd the abandonment of the silver standard. which recommendation was promptly and favorably acted upon by the gor ernment. "Mlso" is the name of an ar ticle of food largely used in Japan. It is entirely o" native production and therefore not subject to the increased cost through depreciation of silver cur rency which foreign articles of food would suffer, yet the Japanese commis sion which has been studying the sil ver question in Japan for eighteen monies past, icunu tnat miso naa in creased S9 per cent in cost from 1S73 to 1S93, while the wages of the laboring people who use it had increased only S3 per cent, thus showing that they were tho greatest sufferers under the depreciated currency. G. H. WILLIAMS. Xo Pled-es Were .Slide. In his stirring address before '.be Harlem Republican Club last night Senator Foraker sharply reminded the gold Democrats that the Republicans, made no pledge in the last campaign to surrender their principles, and that these Principles oald be resolutely mmnrajnpn h.v tho vu n or iim nie. ( ... ; v... , ,-.. .t.- j . - la-l cc-bjt c'c'-v Ther.e tbe doctriIie of protection was zealously preached by Republicans, and nowhere more em phatically and repeatedly than from the porch of the McKinley homestead in Canton. Gold Draocrats understand this fullr. uunng last summer and fail they were for congress next year. The import so fully aware of it that their organs ! ance, therefore, of carrying a major loudly complained that Major McKiu- Iey talked tariff too much." although ! these organs were ad-ocating General ; Palmer for the Presidency. The truth is that hundreds cf thousands of Dem- crats cast their ballets for Major Mc- Kinley. net only in spite of his wcll- known protection principles, bat on , account cf them. They stood in as ! much fear of a continuation of a free I trade tariff as in that of an inaugura- I tion of free silver coinage. It was in order to escape Loth evils that they , voted for the Canton statesman. Com- j mercial Advertiser. Hovr Can Wc Kipect rroperity Tet? The pledges of a speedy return to good times to glibly made by the spell- I binders "ere repeatedly deprecated by i the conservative, sober-minded element in tne .'tepuoncan party. It was well known that many cf these promises were ridiculously extravagant. They never had any warrant in any of the utterances of Major McKinley in his "front porch" campaign. The Republican nominee declared that we could not hope for a return of the prosperity of 1S92 until wc had en acted legislation that would m-ovidp auequate encouragement to American i industry, and that would yield enough revenue to prevent the recurrence of the treasury deficits. He repeated over and over again the admonition that we must not expect good times until the government was put upon a paying basis. He emphasied this as a prerequi site to the restoration of that business confidence which was destroyed by fall- ! inS revenues and the constant raid on . the gold reserve. I , Tne government has not yet been ! PacctJ uPn a paying basis. Prosperity wJl1 not co:n until the new tariff meas- , ure has beGn uPn lhe federal statute j u?ua luu eauu3n io inaugurate a re- i w"ul lausuibiiiug muubines anu long enough to turn a bountiful tide of rev- ' enue into tne government treasure. 1T x T r m 9 w n T aMUU ",uuu,u1. i r. tariff bill as long as possible. Doubt j less they will do so because they think that such a proceeding is good politics, i They are laboring to create the impres j sion that business is not improving un- der the present administration. In so j doing they assume that the people are ; so ignorant that they will attribute ' what they may regard as a continua- :ion of business depression to the Re- , publican administration without any j change in the tariff and other revenue ! laws. The Republican victory put an end to the uncertainty regarding the ; money question. As the result mon ' ey has been cheap for those who can furnish good security, and thousands ' of industries have started up. giving larger employment to labor. This is true of the iron industry in all its branches. But the same tariff exists now that caused the business depres , sion under the last administration. In , dustries employing thousands of peo ple prior to the election of 1S92 cannor. be started up because it is impossible for them to regain and hold the Ameri can market. During the past f"w weeks the bonded wai-Phouses have ks j tru"c "im v..-ci.".-ie gcous, which cone into competition with 'i- "' IU Ims country, bo long as this condition exists the full return rr1 of prosperity cannot ce expected. If the Republicans in the Senate can have their way a tariff bill will become a law early in July which will afford ample revenue and a reasonable pro tection to American industries, giving many thousand people the opportunity to earn wages who are now idle. If. by obstructive tactics in the Senate, the Democrats and their allies prevent the passage of such a bill they will Le i .... . ... when it became certain that the pro tective policy would be overthrown, which has continued with more or less severity since, and will continue until a better law shall take its place. In dianapolis Journal. Minnld Cobic with t'- From the Chicago Times-Herald: 1 There is much talk at the present mo- A ii 4UCCUUU 1U LUC iH ? I what are right-thinking and patriotic democrats to do who last November joined with their lifelong political but honorable foes in saving the nation from national bankruptcy and dishon or? Undoubtedly many democrats are perplexed and hesitating, but reflection must show that but one course is open to them. As long as the Chicago plat form exists as a menace to the scod order of society and to the national integrity, and as long as the framers of that platform defiantly stand upon respcnsiDie lor a continuation ci tne ; u, '" -ut.i. me currency ques industrial depression which began tion is one of overshadowing interest ISTJSiCAMPMHE SKETCHES. --- -t--W VU0 MW.W .-.. U himself to withstand and overthrow it In other words, while the conditions of 1S96 continue the duties of 1S95 co tina. So thinking and believing, the sold democrats last fall rallied to the sup port of the republican party, as tne liberal unionists in England rallied at an equally momentous time to the sup port of the conservative party. That alliance in England still continues and will continue until the question In which it originated is finally settled. So with us. The alliance between the gold democracy and the republican par ts should be maintained until the con junct forces of populism and silverism are utterly overthrown. It is ncedlesa to say that the leaders of Bryamsra and Altgeldism have not yet lost their courage, still look upon their defeat as transient, and exultantly proclaim their expectation of winning in the contest of 1S9S or 1909. While thia at hltnde is maintained there can be but one choice for sound money men. It is not too early to speak of these things, for the elections of 1SSS will scon be here and upon their result the future may depend. In the event of the presi dential election of 1900 being thrown - . . ' mto lhe hoU5e representatives, -is ; were those of 1S00 and 1S24. the cou j gress elected in 1S9S will elect the pres ' ident. and a majority of states decides 1 the election. I Here, then, is where the next great battle will be fought, in the elections ity of the states for sound money can- net well be exaggerated. Why We Need He-iproritT. From Chicago Inter Ocean: In the city of Freiberg, which is in the king dom of Wurtemberg. which is one cf the petty kingdoms of the German em pire, the butcher who offers meat im ported from the United States for sale must have this sign displayed in his store: "Inferior American Meats for Sale Here." And we are told by certain ' go-Times-Herald that it ha3 taken his scnators heaven bless their cosmopol- ' tory thirty-six years to write, itan souls that it is wicked and im- I At the beginning of the great civil politic to impose discriminating duties ! war, in 1SS1, Samuel W. Kennev a i on German beet sugar. Saxony is another of the petty king- doms of the German empire. We im- port millions of dollars" worth of dry goods, laces, velvets, toys, glassware, chinaware, etc., from Saxony. But Sax- ony so arranges matters that it is im- , i possible to sell a pound of American perk at a profit within the limits of it3 , domains. First comes the duty for I admission to the empire, then comes , the duty for admission to the kingdom, ' then comes a duty of 3U cents-per, j pound for admission to the capital city ' Dresden, then comes a fee of 25 cents per piece, whether the piece , service as a spy. He went to Louis weighs a pound or a hundred weight, i ville, and thence entered the Confed fcr "inspection" before sale is allowed. ' erate lines. He was recognized and And the "inspector" is as human a3 ' betrayed by one cf his old Tennessee certain alderman are. and he has it in his power to confiscate and destroy, or, perchance, to cook and eat, the meat if he chooses to condemn it. There is no appeal from his decision. And vet , certain good, and presumably wise. Americans, condemn "retaliatorv tar iffs." The fact is that the United States has a surplus of good, thoroughly good, beef and pork for exportation. The free traders have told us that if we will buy sugar, lace, velvet, silk. tovs. and cutlery from Germany, instead of raising or making these things for our- j selves, then Germany will devote itself to raising sugar, and to making lace, ! velvet, silk, toys, and cutlery, and will buy all the meat that it consumes from us. The answer to the free traders is that nothing of the sort happens. And ' because nothing of the sort happens there is need of protection to American ! industries and reciprocity agreements ' between the United States and those ! countries from which it imports large ly. 3Ir. Cleveland' 3IUtafce. It was in 1S93 that Mr. Cleveland, then President, called a special session of Congress to repeal the Sherman sil ver act, after he had won his nomina tion and election- upon the tariff ques tion. He then asserted that the Sher man silver act was the cause of the ' financial ills that had then overtaken J the country. The Republicans in Con- gress, while not agreeing with that di agnosis of the case, assisted in the re- peal, in fact made it possible. Yet the repeal ot tne Sherman silver act did not restore confidence or put the busi ness of the country on a prosperity footing. The sword of free trade still hung over the country, and though the sword when it finally fell was found to be badly nicked with party perfidy and dishonor, still the fear of several .months lhar n 1-nan.nTrrail f--r- i to drop upon the industries Ameri- ca uaa served its purpose. The pro phecy that the repeal of the Sherman silver act would restore prosperity done at the dictation cf Grover Cleve land and by means of patronage shame lessly wielded by him did not come true. This fact gave the fre silver cause a tremendous boost all over the country, and made it even possible in 1S96 to obtain votes for a free silver candidate in every one cf the Eastern states. Cleveland and the Democrats. The ex-President remains firm in .T.A An.;.;..H .t. -T- . and importance, and he proposes to ral ly his f nends in the support of sound money principles." sys the Philadel phia Ledger in discussing Cleveland's address to the incense burners in the Reform Club. But Cleveland did not tell us what is the ma: er with the currency. Nor can we get any clear idea of the troublo from civ of the other quacks. Com mercial Advertiser. If all the cranks in the universe were to give their undivided attention to the "crrrency question" for a twelve month they could not help either the workit-imen or the nation. There can be no prosperity until we have a netr tariff. That is the great and overs'aad owing question just now. More Terrible. She (reading the newspaper) Isn't this terrible! Five hundred million birds were slaughtered last year to furnish feathers for women's hats. He Yes Yes: most of them were in front of me at the theater last night. New York World GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. The Story of a Spy- tloxr the Missing Man's Death Wa Troved Thlrty-rour Tear After He Wo hot la ttattle Other Skctche. A Hero. E was perfectly cer tain, he always a!d (And story books must be true!) That somewhere over the mead "yiaftliV ows led ?3V7 To the den of ows led vU iiSKV. robber crew. So adown the lane with his sword and shield. One beautiful summer day, -.. And over the fence to the buttercup field He merrily took his way. And he laughed ho! ho! as he went along. And put on his fiercest looks. And he made up a kind of a battle song. As they do in the story books. But the dragon that lived in the but tercup field. And guarded the robbers" den. Came up and sniffed at his sword and shield. And opened its mouth and then. So somebody tells me. this brave little man (Oh. sad to relate, but true!) Dropped helmet and all. turned tail and ran. At the sound of that terrible ".Moo!" Still, robbers there must be left to fipht. And dragons there arc. no doubt; And it's glorious fan if the weather is bright. And ther aren't any cows about! The Mory of a 5pr. Here is a short story from the Chica- ' Pennsylvania br birth, was encage;! j in business in Pulaski, Tenn. He owned a farm cf 231 acres near that pice?, and had $3,CG0 worth of cotton ' stored there. He was a strong Union j man, and the southerners burned his cotton and made it impossible for him to live among then. A mob attacked his house, and he and his family, after hiding several days in the wcods.made their way northward and went to their old home in Pennsylvania. In Spetember. 1S52. Kenney joined the command of General James S. Xegley at Pittsburg, and entered active neighbors, and was arrested Lynchburg. by i Bragg's forces at From this point Samuel W. Kenney disappeared. His family knew that ha had been captured and believed that he had been executed, but proof of that fact was unobtainable. In 1557 Mrs. Kenney left Pennsylvania and re moved to Dwight. 111., where she has resided ever since. Two sons, now .irown to sturdy manhood, live in Chicago. Twenty years ago they made an at ' tempt to obtain a pension for their mother, but fai!ed. because the depart ment records at Washington did not shew that the missing spy of 1S52 had been regularly enlisted, and there wxs no proof of his death. Quite recently, however. Congressman Wccdman of ihis city found in the war department an unofficial reference to the execu tion cf a northern spy named Kenn?y at Tullahoma. Tenn.. Feb. 13. 1SG1. This proof was regarded as sufficient, and a pension has just been granted to the aged widow in Dwight. Last week Alexander Kenney and his brother John went to Tennessee to discover, if possible, any further facts about the fate of their father. They visited Tullahoma. and were most hos pitably received by the town officials. It was suggested by the mayor that an aged woman who had lived in the plC2 ever since Ve war might know something about the death of the northern scy. and shp was visited. ""There were only four men killed in Tullahoma during the war." she said nnsitivplv ""Three nf thfm TVfrf mn- fPdPmre and thev tvptp hi-rfp-i ?n rh- town cemetery. The other one was a spy, who had been caught by Erazg"s men. I saw them take him out of th" jail and put him into a wagon, and saw him sitting on a coffin. They drove away with him. and I heard that he had been hanged, but I don't know where." "Can you remember the name of that spy?" asked one of the Chicagoans. "Yes." she replied slowly, "his name was Kenney." But this seemed to be as far as the search could be carried. There were no town records which would throw light upon the matter, and no addi tional facts C3uld be learned. Return ing to the railway station the two Chi the railway agent. Archuult Smith, cagoans fell into conversation with and incidentally mentioned their mis sion while waiting for a train. "Well. boys. I'm sorry for ycu." he said, "but I guess I can help you som I saw your father hanged. I was only twelve years old then, and t":e sight was stamped upon my mind indelibly. for I was scared nearly to death. Be sides, the bedy was burled on my fath er's farm, and for many years after ward I used to shudder and run as fast as I could whenever I had to nns i the spot." The trio. led by the southerner, quickly passed through the little town, and just outside the suburbs, on the northwestern side, a halt was made. "They hanged your father to that sycamore tree there by- the spring." paid the cuide. His body was burled about half-way up that hill over ihprp ' and the grave wasn't marked. You'll never find it now." But the two Chicaroans went over irery foot of the hillside. A recent freshet had washed away part of the bank and undermined the hill so that part of the ragged edge gave way be neath the feet of Alexander Kenney. and he saw protruding from the bank the two lower leg bones of a skeleton. The spy who disappeared thirty-four years ago had been found. The remains were brought to Chi cago and interred in the family lot in Dwight. iC7Mzi i-" The Sirce of talvcton. E. S. K. asks information as to Inci dents at the siege of Galveston. 1. Wa there any vessel of the Union fleet that escaped capture at the siege of GalTeston? 2. Did the captain cf suca Tessel refuse to cress the bar when ordered to do so lh.2 night before? 3. Was the captain punished? If so, In what way? What was the captain's name? Also the" name of the vessel and officers, engineers and crew, if yoo can obtain them? Answer: Through the courtesy of the chief clerk of th navy department at Washington. D. (X. we are enabled to give the following facts: 1. It appears from examination of the records at the navy department that the Clifton, commanded by Lieu tenant Commander R. L. Law; the Owasco, Lieutenant Commander Wil son; the Sachem. Acting Master John son, and the Corypheus. Acting Mas ter Spears, all escaped at the siege of Galveston and proceeded to New Or leans. The Westfleld was blown up. in consequence of which the comaad- ing officer. Commander W. B. Ren shaw. and the first lieutenant. Charles TV. Zimmerman; the chief engineer. TV. R. Greene, and eight cr tea men lost their lives. The Westfleld was blown up to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy; the ex plosion being premature, the loss of life was the consequence of the acci denL 2. There is no account of any commanding officer refusing to take his vessel across the bar when order ed to do so the night before, and con sequently no punishment administered to any officer, as referred to in inquiry Xo. 3. The facts In relation to the capture of Galveston. Tex., on the 1st of January. ISt5. are elicited by the testimony before the Court cf Inquiry. See report of secretary cf navy, 1S53. page 312. The naval force in posses sion consisted of the Westfleld. Clifton. Harriet Lr.ce. Owasco. Sachem and Corypheus. It seems that the night previous to the ittack information had been received by the commanding officers of both land and naval forces that such an attempt might be made. At 1:30 a. m. on the 1st of January, it being bright mconlight. two or three rebel steamers were discovered in the bay above by the Clifton. The West field, from the other channel likewise made the same discovery- The naval force5, therefore, were not taken by surprise. After the death of Command er Renshaw, Lieutenant Commander Law being the commanding officer, he proceeded to cross the bar with his vessels and concluded to abandon the blockade altogether, considering the Owasco as hi3 only efficient vessel. New York Ledger. Modern ltoilr Armor. The experiments with bullet-proof coats and material which have been conducted here and abroad have called attention to the fact that mail protec tion did not entirely pass away with the shelving of the shield and cuirass, says the Boston Post. Many English officers still wear a partial armor when serving on foreign stations. The commonest and most usual type of these protections consists of line but beautifully tempered single chains. la closed in soft leather, which runs along the shoulders, down the outer side of the arms and over certain parts cf the body. These can either be sew ed into a particular tunic or they can be adjusted separately and put on like harness. Hundreds upon hundreds of these sets are sold. The most valuable of all chains in connection with accou trmenls are those which guard the head and in cases where the regula tion cap or helmet is not sufficiently protected in this way specially made chains are sewed inside the same and covered by the lining. Only those who have been in actual conflict know how valuable all the chains mentioned are in minimizing the effects of sword cuts. As regards protection from sword and bullet the general belief nowadays seems to be in thoroughly tanned leather and great quantities are made for officers, the favorite pattern said to be the inven tion cf the late Sir Richard Burton being that which forms a not-tco-prominent ridge down the center of the chest. Many stories are told by of ficers of bullets which have been avert ed in some degree by these leather tunics, some of which are lined with oven steel wire. Of course none of these things are supposed to be an ab solute protection, but only a sort of palliative. A Lcndon gunsmith, who shows a great many chain body protectors, which fit almost like an ordinary vest and r'e very expensive, sells a large number of them to army men and he not long ago sent a gross, as many as he couid gt made in the time, to Japan, where they were quickly sold. He has made for individual officers who have themselves drawn the de sign a variety cf different patterns of armor. Fine flexible chains and leath er have entered into nearly all c them. A Pl Col J It'i Di j . Barnesville. Mine, special to .New York Sun: Word conies from Cnn: min?s, N. D.. teat Charles Davis. x?h lost several pigs durins the sno storm last Thanksgiving and found on cf them about f.vo months azo, nor tells a stranzer story still. To his own amazement he fund another of hi p:'S3 which was alive and still lives after being buried for 112 days. I: was found only by the thawinr of the sno a fe"s- days aso. The truth of the story is attested by Mr. Whcelon. a wheat buyer at Cummines and Bames ville. V.'outdn't T.tie an Oath In T.rnt. From the Philadelphia I?ecord: 1 minaton. Del., special: When three colored boys were arraigned before Magistrate Kelley today changed with trespassing, Kelleher. the prosecuting witness, refused to take the oath be cause it is Lent. "Wait; I will gpt witnesses who can be sworn." said Kelleher. "Xo. you won't. You can't get some one else to do what yea don't care to do yourself," replied the magistrate "The case is disais3I." . Cancht a Pickerel In a Steel Trap. From the Hartford Courant. Essex special: H. C. Walden. the trapper, caught a four-pound pickerel in a steel trap which was set for an otter in Tiley &. Pratt's pond this week. Walden said it was the first time that he eve know of a fish being caught in a steel trap. THE OLD RELIABLE. CoumbusStateBank (Oldest Bank la the State.) Fays Merest on TiisDepats AXD Mates loans en Bed fifth. ISSUE SIGHT DRAFTS 03 Omaha, Chicago, New York ami all Foreiga Countries. BT. ' -V - -. MJ3US' SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And helps its customer when they need help OKKICKRS ANI DIRECTOSS: LnANDEK I? ckkakd, Pres't. IL IL Hexuv, Vice Pres't.. M. Bkcgoei:, Cashier. John Sr.viFFEi:, Wr. lU'tiiEn. OF COLUMBUS. 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