10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNODAY , JUNE 15 , 1800H3IXTEEN PAQEa
The Credit System.
Used by Millionaires , Merchants and Manufacturers. Even
the Vandcrbilts borrow. The system of credit introduced by
the People's Mammoth Installment Mouse. Its reasonable
terms of collection. The statement of a newly married couple.
Few Individuals Imvo not fit eomo
time oxperionred Unit to obtain credit
is a blessing. The merchant who docs
an extensive business frequently needs
the assistance of the bunks. Manufac
turers often borrow money. Railroad
corporations , not excluding the home
road-Union Pacific mortgage their
property for the purpose of raising
money.'The Garrotteliving in palatial
residences , often go Into the money
market and nsk advances that enable
them to pursue their various undertak
ings. State and municipal governments
and oven Uncle Sam , Issues bonds of in-
debtncss that they may ueo the cash
obtained thereupon. Hence it IB but
natural that almost every second person
desires credit. Some nsk for cash
money , othorrf for merchandise.
THIS WANTS or THI : MASSKS.
A system that is so generally utilized
by corporations , merchants and miutu-
facturort ) , ought to bo applicable with
great advantage to private individuals
1 in order that they may enjoy the bene
fits vouchsafed the morcAiitilo world.
To alTord this opportunity and extend
> to every housekeeper rich or poor
this blessing , the People's Mammoth
' Installment House was inaugurated
Eomo years ago.
The system adopted by this company ,
and which , further on in this article ,
will bo clearly sot forth , is conceded
by all who have- had dealings with the
house to ho most satisfactry and .of
great advantage to the purchaser.
Kl'ltXISIIlNU A HOMB COMl'LCTB.
The People's Mammoth Installment
House is located at 013. 015 , 017 and 010
North Kith Street , between California
and Webster Streets , occupying largo
and comodiotis buildings. The aim of
the house has been to enable a pur
chaser to buy from it ovoryting that , is
necessary to furnish a homo , whether
relating to furniture , kitchen utensils ,
rhinawaro , carpets , curtains and other
ordinary and high priced goods and
oven luxuries such us handsome mir
rors and French clocks , in a word
ovor.\ tiling Is kept to furnish a homo
from' collar to garret. This can bo
done in a most substantial manner fora
very modest Mini. On the other hand ,
those who are desirous of possessing
handsome and elegant furbituro and
other embellishments to maku homo
luxuriantly attractive will lind at the
People's Mammoth Installment House ,
a splendid opportunity to gratify their
wish.
THI : SYSTIM. :
It is doubtful whether there is a sin
gle honest man or woman who has not
experienced at some time or other the
desire to possess some article of neces
sity , comfort , or even luxury and the
absence of the necessary caah preven
ted the immedinto purchase. Weeks
and months passed before the coveted
article could bo bought , although the
purchaser was perfectly able to alTord
the outlay.
The credit system of the People's
Mammoth Installment House alTords
ample opportunity to every honest per
son to buy anything that is vAintod im
mediately at a most reasonable price ,
and pay therefor as the convenience of
the purchaser allows him to do. In
GOSSIP ON THE DIPLOMATS ,
Mode of Life of Undo Sam's Leading Eop-
resentatives Abroad.
WHITELAW REID'S ' PARISIAN HOUSE.
It In Distinguished Aiiionj ; tlio I\In \ > ; iii
iluent UhtnbllHlinitiiitHot'Guy Paris
Wllliani Walter I'helps Aston
ishes Ucrlin Graut. in Vienna-
I0o ) > vitu/it / ifonl > u Finnic G. Ctirpcntcr. ]
WASHINGTON' , Juno 12. [ Special to TUB
BII : : . ] More than a hundred thousand Amer
icans will visit Europe this year. All the
steameis leaving Now , York are packed , nnd
n number of congressmen , Including Senator
Stanford , are now on the other side. There
Is no truth in the statement that Stanford Is
crazy , and his private secretary tells mo that'
hioerth on the ship was taken two years
ngo , nnd at the same time , lie says , ho wrote
for Stanford to the leading hotels of London
and I'aris and other places in Europe where
he had stopped on his previous trip nnd en
gaged rooms for him , to bo in good order nt
date g'ven ' two years off. Senator Stanford
will spend ten days in London , thrco in Paris ,
and ho will then go on to Kisscngen , where
ho will icnmlu several weeks. Mrs. Stanford
in the meanwhile will travel over Europe ,
nml the senator and she will nt the close of
his stay nt the .springs make n tour through
Hussla. Senator Stanford gave orders be
fore ho loft that none of bis Electioneer colts
should ho sold nt nny price , ns the old horse
was In delicate health and the stock bade fair
to run out. Ho was besieged during his last
days hero by some of the noted horsemen of
the country \\lio were anxious to know In
what race Sunol would beat Maud S's record
during the summer , but as the senator did
not know himself It is hardly probable that
ho told ,
The Imuicnso increase of travel to Europe
makes our foreign ministers nnd consuls more
Important than over and the minister to Rus
sia , hi view of George Kennnn's expose of
the Siberian prison atrocities , Is ono of the
most Interesting llgures In our dlplomutlc
corps , American travelers In Hussla will bo
closely watched and complications of n serious
nature may arise at any time. Charles Emory
Smith , who is now on his way to Hussla tenet
net ns minister to the court of St. Petersburg ,
Is eminently IHted for the position. Ho Is
A Horn Diplomat ,
nml though ho undoubtedly possesses great
natural abilities In other lines , his diplomatic
talents have done much to bring him where
ho is. Ho was hero just before ho loft for
Europe and I am told that Illalno told him ho
could tnke his own tlmo In getting to hU post.
Ho is n great friend of Whltolaw Held and
William Walter Phelps nnd ho will probably
upend some tlmo In Uerlln before going to St.
Petersburg , Ho Is ono of the youngest of
our diplomats and Is , 1 Judge , about forty-live
years of ago. Ho began bis newspaper career
on the Albany Journal and ho was the editor
of this when Conlding and Platt resigned
from the senate. Ho was n strong Colliding
man and the other editors of the Journal
wanted to support Garileld. They tried to
freeze him out but ho wouldn't freeze , but
when he finally saw that ho could not beef
of much good In such a muddle ho accepted
118,000 for his fourth interest in the paper
and nominally left It for the time , intending
to go back to it later , Junt about this time
Calvin Wells , the proprietor of the Phila
delphia Press , was looking around for an ed
itor. Ho had had loaned u lot of money to John
W. Forney and had , I think , taken Press
itock as collateral. Tbo result was that
plain words : You buy what you want
at a fair market price , have the use of
the nrtlclo at once , whether it is n
kitchen table , carpet orstovo , pay for it
as it suits your convenience and as you
may arrange with the linn each week
'or month so much until paid for.
This system has been loudly praised
by all who have made use of the Pee
ple's Mammoth Installment House's
liberal terms. It is the aim of the com *
puny lo treat most fairly and liberally
With all Ha patrons. In this they have
greatly succeeded. An examination of
their books shows the names of persons
who are continuous buyers.
Tin : IILKSSIXO IT Arroitos TO ALL.
A case is cited to show the advan
tages of the credit system as practiced
by this linn. A young man who hold n
clerical position in a commercial house
fell in love with a young ladv living in
the northwestern section 01 the city.
The courting continued for a short tlmo
only. To bo'brief , they were married.
The younir couple resided with the
parents of the wifo. The husband's in
come was only $13.60 per week. In a
few months some disagreement arose
between the mother of the young wife
and the lattor's husband. Things grow
more unpleasant with each day. The
couple finally decided to move. The
young husband had been hoarding 10
years of his single lifo , and the very
idea to return to the call of the boardinghouse -
ing-houso bell was a horror to him , and
they concluded to rent a small house
and go to housekeeping. Where to got
the necessary furniture was now the
leading question.
AN KXciruxT : IDKA.
In this frarno of mind the nrotty
young wife saw the advortiselnnnt of
tno People's Mammoth Installment
House in Tim Evixixa BIE : , and she
immodialel.v communicated the good
news to her husband unon his return in
the evening. They decided to visit tlio
store to ascertain terms , fee. The good
you n i' wife prepared a list of all which
is essentially necessary for a small
houso. With this prepared list they
mot the manager of the company. To
him they slated frankly their wants and
financial * circumstances. Selections of
furniture , &c. , were made immediately ,
terms agreed noon , and ono week from
thtit day ttio happy couple were snugly
and comfortably situated in their OWN
homo. It took thorn 8 months to pay
for the furniture , &C. The same folks
have been buying from the People's
Mammoth Installment House over since
and to-day they possess as nicely and
handsomely furnished homo as any of
the middle classes in this city. The
first purchase was made two years ago.
By permission of this happy couple
you can have their names upon calling
at our store. Cortain'y ' it goes without
doubt that the credit system was a bless
ing to these peoplo.
Numerous other cases could bo cited
of a similar nature. What , however ,
every purchaser desires most is fair and
honest treatment , and you may dooend
upon it that you will receive it at the
People's Mammoth Installment House ,
013 , 015 , 017 , ( HO North 10th Street , t > o-
twoon California aim Webster , directly
opposite Hotel Esmond.
when Forney died Mr. Wells had to take the
Press to save his loan nnd I un- ,
dei-stnnd that It cost him about S15I-
000. Ho got several editors to run it
among whom wore Edward McPherson , now
clerk of the house of representatives and oth-
cra. Change after change found the paper
still running behind and Wells was at a loss
what to do with it. At last ho went to White-
law Held and asked him to recommend some
competent man as editor. Whltciaw Held
suggested Charles Emory Smith anil Mr.
Wells thereupon went to Albany. Ho found
Smith not at nil nnxious to go nnd it required
considerable urging. Mr. Smith said that ho
would have to have a high salary , and Mr.
Wells told him that ho would pay him what
ever ho wanted nnd asked the amount. Mr.
Smith's Ideas were not so largo as they nro
now and ho fixed the llguro nt 50,000 a year
and nn interest in the paper. To this Mr.
AN ells nt once consented and Charles Emory
Smith oecamo editor and business manager of
the Philadelphia Press.
The I'apcr lieKnn to Boom
as soon as ho took hold of It and It has in
creased Its circulation right along until It now
has 113,000 , Sunday circulation and publishes
a ten-page paper every day. It made , I um
told , $ -i" > 0,000 , last year and Charles Emory
Smith's stock has made him a rich man. Ho
expects , I am told , to spend $10,000 more a
year than his salary which will make his ex
penses $ " 7,500 n year nnd ought to enable him
to entertain very well. Mr. Smith is noted
for his suavity of demeanor. Ho is a good
manipulator of men and the probability Is
that among the Russians ho will make many
friends and no enemies.
Our consul general nt St. Petersburg will
help him. There Is no more popular consul
in the service than John M. Crawford , and ho
Is the only American consul general who has
over hod the honor of a private interview wltn
the czar. Mrs. Craw/ord was received by the
empress not long ago , and Crawford's popu
larity with tlio Russians comes about largely
through his translation of the great epic poem
of Finland which is thought much of in Rus
sia. It was William Haydcn Edwards , a
former consul nt St. Petersburg , who discov
ered the spotted Iron frauds by which the val
uable Riisslon Iron was being passed Into this
country under the low tarltT of damaged Iron.
This Hussion Iron Is the best In the world. It
comes from the Ural mountains ana it com
mands a high duty. The shippers by sprinkling - ,
ling nculs over It made it look as though it
was rotten , and it entered our ports as dam
aged iron. Once passed the custom officers ,
a little scraping and a slight washing took off
all the spots und made it as good us new. Ed
wards In this way saved the government tens
of thousands of dollars , nnd ho Is a cheap man
at the f 1,000 which Undo Sam pays him , as
the present consul general to Berlin.
Whltolaw Reid will do a great deal of en
tertaining this summer. Ho pays 337,000 a
year for Ills Paris house nnd his expenses will
probably run close to $100,000. His salary Is
only $17,500 , nnd it thus takes $10,000 more
than this to pay his house rent , Still I once
heard Whltelnw Reid make a speech at nu
Ohio piv&s dinner in which ho spoke of the
days when ho was working for
Five Dollars a Week
nnd ho is no more snobbish today
than ho was then. There Is on Newspaper
row In Washington the old desk on which ho
wrote his dispatches for the Cincinnati Ga
zette at a salary perhaps of $50 a week and
there are men on the row today who worked
wih him side by sido. Ho made the bulk of
his money by his marriage with the rich
dnugutcrot the millionaire , D. O. Mills , and
It is said that Mills gave his daughter $1,000- ,
000 as a wedding present. Mr. Reid was
connected with the New York Tribune at
the tlmo und he owned a largo amount of
stock In the paper. Shortly after the wed
ding a statement of the ownership of the
stock of the Tribune was uiado lu which it
The Great Unloading Sale Shall Continue !
Prior to our semi-annual inventory which takes place at the People's Mammoth Installment House , July 1st. Theitf
gigantic unloading sale shall continue. We arc overstocked and must get rid of a great portion of our stock , no mat
ter what the loss may be. Prices have been cut almost in half , and such an opportunity to buy Furniture , Carpets , Stoves
ane Household goods ( at about 50c on the dollar may never occur again. Be sure to call , and you will be convinced o
the fact that goods are actually being sold at less than manufacturers'prices. .
7R T k
1 iVir > I \ U LCJ * 111 " ices ,
2000 yards Ingrains , at 150 . . , . . „ , wortlh $ .33 726 Kitchen Safes , at $2.90 . " worth ? 5-00
4000 Window Shades , ati c. . . , , „ worth i.oo 980 Dining Tables , at $2.80 worth 6.00
25oo Chairs , at 250 „ worth .50 600 Extension Tables , at $3.75 worth 6.50
1400 Kitchen Tables , at Soc. . . . * worth 1.75 108 Chamber Suits at $9/50 worth 16.00
26 Parlor Suits , at $19.00.- worth 30.00 4800 yards Brussels Carpets , at 500 worth i.oo
22 Parlor Suits , af $2&pb' : .worth 40.00 2700 yards Matting , at iSc ; . . . .worth .40
16 Plush Rockers , at'$7. 75 , , , wort Ii 14.00 48 Ice Boxes , at $4.70 worth 7.5o
186 Rockers , at $1.30 , worth 2.501 56 Gasoline Stoves , at $4.90 / . worth 7-50
56 Baby Carriages , at.$2.25 wortlh 4.50' ' 116 Hanging Lamps , at $1.75 worth 3-50
65 Baby Carriages , at $4.25 , f worth 8.00 96 Cook Stoves , at $9.00 , worth 14.00
5oo Pillows , at 3ic. { . : * worth 1,00 67 Bureaus , at $7.50 worth 12.00
. And Other Goods at ow
TERMS So that everybody can buy
whether they have the ready cas ] or
not , we shall sell all these goodiS on
easy payments without any extra First Grand 1'rize One beautiful plush pat lor set value $100
charge or interest. Second Grand prize One elegant oak chamber suit value 100
Third Grand Prize One handsome oak sideboard value 50
$15 worth of goods , $ i per week or
. Fourth Grand Prize-1 celebrated family universal cook stove value 25
$4 per month. Fifth Grand Prize- One fine oak bookcase value 25
$30 worth of goods , $1.50 per week or Sixth Grand Prize One solid oak extension table value 15
$6 per month. Seventh Grand Prize One gorgeous plush oak rocker. . .value 15
$60 worth of goods , § 2 per week or $8 Eighth Grand Prize One fine "decorated stand lamp value 15
per month. Ninth Grand Prize One handsome hanging hat rack value 10
$90 worth of goods , $2.50 per week or Goods sold on easy payments and delivered
$10 per month. free of charge to Council Bluffs , Fort Omaha , '
$125 worth of goods , $3 per week or
. South Omaha and Florence. Call at once and ,
$12 per month.
$250 worth of goods , § 5 per week'or avoid the rush. No trouble to show goods. No
$20 per month. Interest asked. No security required.
was shown that Reid owned sovcnty-Hvo
shares , his wife llfty shares , nnd Ogdcn
Mills twenty-five shares , or in all one hun
dred nnd fifty odd of the two hundred shares
of Tribune stock. During that year the Tri
bune made 25 per cent. It had not been pay
ing before but I judge It Is doing very well
now for when Mr. Ucid was hero this spring
ho said that ho hud no complaints to make sis
to the management of the paper and itVS :
making more money than it ever had boforo.
Whitelaw Reid's forte lies in ills executive
ability , his knowledge of human nature nnd
a fair degree of natural literary talent. Ho
has confidence in his own judgment and can
read n man through mid through with Ins
cold blue eyes the moment ho has a chance lo
fasten them upon him. Ho Is tall , thin , nnd
hatchet-faced , very quick and nervous In his
actions and full of industry and common
sense. For years ho did hard work in the
editorial rooms of the Trlbuno nnd ho kept
up tils work after his rich marriage. Ho
lived like a lord In this country as soon'as he
could afford to and ho paid § 100,000 for his
city housb and had a country hotna which
cost considerably over a quarter of a million.
Ho will doubtless llvo equally well in Paris
Tlio same is true of William Walter Phelps
who Is making such a success in Berlin. Mr.
Phelps' new house on Dorothcon Strasso , Is
is the center of fashionable Berlin and when
Mr. Phclps began to remodel It a month or so
ago It made the Germans open their eyes.
The average Gorman family has a flat or two
nnd lives above stores or shops. It is only
the wealthiest who can afford independent
establishments. Mr. Phelps took the whole
building , ripped out the shops and made thoui
into servants' rooms and kitchens. Ho tlii'u
had the whole house papered In American
style and furnished with elegant hangings.
Ho surprised tlio people by taking the doors
off their hinges and making alcoves anil
arches between the rooms. Ho covered tHe
lloor with wooden mosaic and It is said thut
there Is now
nowXo
Xo Interior in Ilcrllu
such as that of William Walter Pholps. Its
ball room is the wonder of the German nobil
ity and Its vestibule la which the American
and the German Hags are wound about ovQr
immense mirrors Is the talk of the capital.
Mr. Phelps Is an old diplomat. Ho lifts
served with honor at Vienna , where ho went
In 1831 , as President Garllold's representa
tive and ho made himself a iiaino in , congress.
Ho is n very curious felloiv for a millionaire.
Ho dresses in business clothes , affects the
brightest of red neckties and ho bangs bts
Iron gray hair over his broad and rather low
forehead. When ho llrstcamo to congress bo
was called tlio Now Jersey dude and
the older members rather laughfjd
at him. One day however , ho took tlio
floor and made his first speech , It was a
masterpiece and it put him at once to tlio
front as a leader of his party. Since then Jio
has ranked with the few men at the top. Ho
Is Secretary Uhlno's closest friend nnd lie
lent Blaluo I think about ? 2o,000 on his hoioo
some years ago when ho was in financial
straits , I know ho had a mortgage on it but
I think this has slnco been paid. Ho nmn-
aged a number of Ulaiuo's campaigns for him
and ho has given no cud of money to the re
publican party. Ho still owns a great deal of
property hero in Washington and his estate
is increasing In value every day.
Colonel Fred Grant has Just s > ont a letter tea
a friend hero stating that ho is well pleased
with bis life hi Austria. Mrs. Grant spent
some tlmo with him last summer and the cyl-
encl and his wife were anxious to have her
remain but she pined for the ilcsh pots of
America nnd would not. Ho is living more-
quietly than either Whltolaw Ueid or William
Walter Phelps but his circumstances ncco l-
tate this , and though Vienna Is one of the
gayest courts of Europe the American minis
ter's entertainments can bo increased or 41-
mluishcd as ho pleases.
The popularity of a minister , however , ilo
fucnds largely upon his iftxpcndilures and n
[ X > or man can hardly maltc- goad record at
rtny of the great ports on the miserly salaries
( fronted , by our govornmOJit. Hero at Wash
ington the Kussiad ant ) English , minister
huve salaries about equal to that of the pres'i- '
acnt and they receive * in juldition Do
ittiis somewhere near § 50,000 , apiece
livery year which they are expected to en- ;
jicml in entertaining1. It Is the sAino with tire
Chinese minister , and ftt all ol the foreign
niourts our ministers have to compote witld.
men receiving sucti saUu-ics ami such ullow-
( XUccs. At Constantinople the English min
ister has a service of gold plate and
y\vo or Three IMInoe. * KurnMied IHinu
Ho 1ms a big nllowawco and n big salary ,
itt ( > d our minister guts $7i > frO a yotr and rooms
himself. The last minister , Mr. Oscar
Straus of Now Yonc , spent at least 30,000 a
year in entertaining , aiul ho wn by all odtfe
the moat efficient minister wo luvvo had i i
Turkey for years. Ho tivo as Rood dinncw
US any of tlio wealthier diplomat , though tyj
bad to pay for them ovit of his , own pocket ,
end ho raised the jiama of America in Cou-
frtantinoplo. Mr. Straus ) is n man or fine cii/l- /
turo nml his wife U one at tlio most beautiful
nnd accomplished wottien In the United
Htatcs. Ho sustained tbo closest relations to
the onk'iuls of the sulUm nnd lie , notwith
standing-ho was of Jonffth descent , had per
haps more influence thftn any mlhor man In
t o diplomatic corps. 'I'ho present minister
| to Constantinople fs an Oregon rmm and hte
iiamo is Mr. Solomon H&rgch.
Quito a number of fa * diplomatic positions
Will become filled wlthitj the ne.vt few weeks ,
Senator Palmer , when hti was luaro In Wash
ington n few days ago , said Unit his dolor-
urination to resign the Spanish mission was
Uxed nud that nothing trould kwop him away
from bis now log cnMu on his old farm in
TJotrolt flo has sijtty I'wchcron. . horses there
each of : which Is worth ijU.OOO and ho prcfera
10 bear the lowing of thft Jersey ' ow to the
jiickinf ? of the Spanish guitar. Ho was At
Hho hcuu of the ngi-icultwal committee when
110 waa In the United Stfttos senate and Uo
has always posed as tUo great friend of tliu
American farmer. 1 hmyo hcaid it s > aid tliM
Jlis friends will i > uah him forwurd as tile
fiinner caudldatiulqr tUo presidency duriug
the neset campaign , uqd there am fo\v \ men hi
the United States who Uavo more available
parts In this reflpird than Seuutor Palmar.
Ho can show the jimplO one o ( the model
jrtrms of tlio UnltudiatiUOs and the picture ftl
U nmn who has an incoitJfl of at least $300 n
duy wilklug ubwrt. Itt Ms shirt sleeves and
feeding his stock , blqwlUg up btumps wiUi
dynamite nnd settle Ilie stcmin engine to
Work to pump wuton : into his urJlllciul lake | ji
which ho is raising n , ftw droco of Germun
Ciirp would thrill tlietinoplgago-fcdcn teller ittf
tbo fur west. The ftict that ha lives In a log
< yibiu would make Jiim popular throughout
the frontier and no Wo would stop to iwk
whether the cabin poyt $ J3 or f l'UOO ! as It rw-
tuully 41d. At anywat Senator Palmer piv-
fcrs bis farm to Spain a.t > d thera la a * 12tWO ,
111 ueo tor some other sfivl < wmin. :
The mission to Uhimj , will probably not ro-
fnnln much longer In thfi Imndsof u democrat ,
( jolonol Charles Dcnbjr has been more than
four years at Peking nud though ho has miido
ft good minister the fatc # have It that ho will
have to go. Peking is tfuo of tln > inexpensive
Courts lor nn Amorlcau minister. For six
months of thtv ye r It Is practically
i > ut oft from travel by the freezing
Hp the Pclho river , nnd during the other alx
Wontba it Is so far way tlwt but fdw
Americans can visit It. The American nilu-
Mter bus o house , the njfiU of which Is paid Hiy
ftur government , und ln > has abput live acr3
fit ground surrounded bjr a high vrall njulcav-
ftrod" with low ouO'StorUvJ buildings. Onoiftf
the-so bulhllngs coustlti his afUce. O the 1-3
ftt thwu are given up this > beyreturles and
ilH'rvanta. He hfta oivvi house In which t\o \
Blurts his gucsta and anothof with
parlors in which ho lives himself. He has a
gato-ltecper in livery , nnd the American
eagla sticks up his tail over his big front
door. His house Is on the street known to
the dtUeus of Peking as that of the Subject
Nations , nnd all of the Chinese nobles think
that
Ulc IH n ISnrlmrlan.
Ho never sees the emperor , is never invited
into a high-toned Chinese family , and ho relies -
lies upon tha European population of Peking ,
consisting ol about a bundled families , for
his society. Still ho has lots of nice people
all around liiui , and the lack of Chinese bu-
ciety is a blessing rather than n curse.
The head .of . the Corcnn legation at Wash
ington tells me that our new minister has
just rcachcil Seoul. Ho has by.no nicnusa n
bad post. His salary is $ " , r 00 a year and ho
has a guard of eight soldiers furnished by
tbo king , and when ho goes out ho rides in a
chair borne by eight men in livery , nnd the
soldiers go In front and yell to the common
people to tteop out of the way of the
high muckatnuck. The American legation at
Corca has a fine building or series of build
ings belonging to the government , and one
can live as comfortably there almost as any
where In thQ world. Tliero are about a hun
dred Americans there , and though It costs a
great ( leal to get wines and provisions byway
of Shanghai from Europe , the country Is full
of good meat , vegetables and fruits , and thera
is iifl ifced of a minister cooking a Corcan
baby now and thoa as ours Is charged with
doing by the natives. Colonel DInsmoro has
made n very popular minister. Ho stood very
closoto thoTting and ho made n good record
during the missionary troubles. He will , 1
understand , soon return to America , and will
probably settle down In Arkansas and prac
tice law. Ho Is , I judge , still under forty and
is n man of ubility.
Another vacant mission will bo that of Slam
and hero ngnln Undo Sam owns his own quar
ters , The legation Is on the banks of the Mo-
naiu river and the minister has to go from
ono part of Iho city to another in boats. Ho
can not a carriage way from the back of his
house , but til u rule the most of his locomo
tion [ s done by u steam launch and ho is glad
to get on the river to keep cool. It Is hot In
Slam all the year round. There are no windows
dews In thu legation building and our minis
ter , Jacob 1ChihlH , Is a fat , round headed
little man who looks like Hob Ingorsoll , and
whq is as jolly us ho is fat. Ho sent in his
resignation at , the tlmo Cleveland was do-
fontort but tie has not us yet been displaced
and Is devoting his time to clicking away at a
book on Siain ou an American tyjHjwrltcr.
FltA.MC G. CAltllUNlXII.
A Drama ol'Today.
Wiibhinton ( Post : A hnppy home.
Enter Reginald do Montfort.
Hc'tflimtd do Montfort ( folding ills
aririHuml luring Uercoly ) Mudiiin , do
you Know inoV
Mrs. Guinevere McOinnls ( with linu-
tonr ) I must confers , sir , that Ihavo not
that honor.
It , do M. ( hissing into her ear ) Then
I will toll you.
Mrs. MeXJ. O , great heavens ! I see
it all now. You are O Imvo pity , Imvo
pity !
it do M. ( sneeringly ) PltyV Pity nnd
I ro atuuigorb. You inubt answer
to mo.
Mrs. McG. ( almost overcome ) Yes ,
yes ; I know 'but think I am only u
wenk woman. Ho ffonorous.
1L do M. ( visibly affected ) Woman , I
dam not spare you oven though I might
wlbh to.
Mru. McG. And you will know ally
. It , do M. I must.
Mr * . McG. ( with visible effort at self-
control ) Then I am thirty-four yca.is
old , huvo no chronlo diseases , have no
inontal defects , am near-sighted , slightly
deaf , hut tun not deformed ; wo own our
homo , and , it isn't mortgaged. Now , sir.
Lonvo mo , leave me. ( Falls fainting to
tlio lloor , while Reginald do M , stalks
calmly through the door. )
FUN IN SMALL PACKAGES ,
Bright Bits Prom the Think Tanks of Cur
rent Humorists.
WHY DEADBROKE WAS NERVOUS.
The KtiffUNli AVe UBC Arthur Re-
domlcd Copiously Tlio Census
Taker of the Future At the
Natural Weather Factory.
Burlington Frco Prcfes : Wife Got
any lunch to tuko along ?
JUubband Yeb , plenty.
Wife Got a knife and fork ?
Husband No ; I've got a corkscrew.
Hard
Experience the fnct rcvc&is ,
As life wo travel through ,
That whuu n man Is duwu at heels
He's hi the mouth down , too.
But worse enough to rouse his ire
And make his visngo grin
Ho lluclb In this condition dlro
The world is down on him.
SynoiiyiiioiiH Terms.
Now York Morning1 Journal : Meteoro
logist Why , sir , weather prophets were
known in the tiino of Julius Ciesor.
Historian Well , history repeats it
self. In those days they were culled
' augurs ; " nowadays they are considered
borea. _
Silence In Golden.
Terre Haute Express : JJrlggs By
the way ; I never heard young Simpkins
bay anything about where ho got all his
money.
IBraggs No wonder. lie inherited
from his father , who blow out the gas
faouio live or six years ago.
Many a Slip.
Somcrvillo Journal : Miss LongpurEO
"You won't bo nervous during the ivetl-
diug ceremony , will you , dear ? ' '
Mr. Deadbroko "I am afraid I shall
by until the clergyman has pronounced
us man and wife , my darling. "
Honesty In ( lie Ile.st Volley.
Somerville Journal : Mother "And
what did you hay to the gentleman ,
Ethel , when ho gave you the apple. "
Ethel " ! told him I liked oranges
bolter , mamma. "
Sooloty l
Bomorvillo Journal : Dasher Wcro
tlio ladies in full dross at the reception ?
Crasher I should bay they were.
Pull , and running over.
American
Jjifo : "Hollo , Jack , where are you
living now ? "
ul'm boarding with a. widow lady on
Mudibon avenue. Where are you liv
ing ? "
v'Oh , I'm the guest of a widower gen
tleman with two daughter ladles and
oua son gentleman , biuno avenue. "
How Hho Captured Him.
Jlnfftilo ( Juuiter ,
"Why , Jnclc , I hear that Miss Uoverc ,
That conscienceless coquette ,
Dfivold of heart , has by hear iirt
Eusnaicd you In her net.
"To some fifteen or morosho's been
Brigngcd , ho minor says. "
' That's It , you see ; Hho's captured mo
With her engaging uays. "
Tlio Malignant Mitlior-ln-I.a\v.
Puck Mrs. Van Hlbb What is the
mutter with my husband , doctor ?
Pr. sehmuvs Well , ho has uj mpioma
of mania a potu , in addition to nouto
coplmlghi and nasal hypcnuinia.
Mrs. Van Bibb-p , dear ! What do
you suppose caused it ?
Dr. Sohnior/ think it is duo to ex
cessive corovisiao and caudagallic ab
sorption.
Mrs. Van Bibb Poor , dear follow !
And mother said there was nothing the
mailer with him except that he had
been drinking lee much. I shall never
forgive her.
I'lio IfiiHly Pudding Cliil ) .
Now York Herald : llortonso ( from
the corner of Iho sofa at 110 : ! ! p. in. , af
ter a blissful silence of nearly l\vo hours )
Arthur , dear , docs oo love oo illy Top-
sy Wopsy as much as over ?
Arthur ( closely by her side ) Ess , iny
iltlo Tensy Wcn&y. Why ( loeB oo ask ?
Ilortenso Cos oo have only lis > ud imj' f
sixteen times since 11 o'clock.
And the surrounding quietness wan
immediately dislurbod by a noise which
began llko the chirping of sparrows and
ended lilco the tearing of a yard and t )
half of cheap calico on the bias.
AH It May Ite.
Life : Census taker in 1076 to old
lady.
'
" 'Your ago , please. "
"Ninety. "
"Place of birth ? "
"Ohio. "
"Mother of presidents ? "
"Ono. "
'Kissed by General Sherman ? "
"Twice. "
Two VIowH.
Kcw 1'uili Ilciuld.
111 ! .
She looks so frail , so small , so nice ,
So dainty and so neat ;
So like an angel , I should think
She wouldn't need to cat.
lll'.It I.ITTM ! IlltOTlICIt.
Sis may bo just us nice us pie ,
But olio can cat pie too.
And pork and beans nnd buckwheat cakes , i
And she just loves onion stew.
The ICIml-llourlfU Neighbor.
Jester : Lady ( second lloor front4 )
What's this ?
Messenger ( from drug store ) Some
rough on rats. * *
Lady Gracious alivol I didn't ordoy
any. -
Messenger The man in tlio next
room bought it and told mo to bring ii' '
up and loll you to glvo it lo Iho baby.
Going to Work tlio Old Man.
Timca.
As fair ns a rose In itn Klory ,
A rapt , dreamy look In her eyes.
She seems to bo talking with angola
That llvo In the fur distant nicies ,
All her thought , all her mind's on
daddy ,
And'H working a plan out with glee
For a couple of months the next summer
Away to the mountains or bea.
At tliu Hlgna ! Horvluo lliircau.
Providence Journal : "What shall wa
predict in Now York , General Orccly
for tomorrow ? "
"Well , lot's BOO , what did we pi edict
for today ? "
"Colder and clear weather. "
"And what are they gotllngl"
"A heavy rain alnco yt-btorday after *
noon. "
"H-in ; this ia the middle of February ,
isn't U ? "
"No , Hlr ; H'H early In April. "
"Well , give them varying temperas ,
turo with hlgli wlndH. " X.
"Uut , general , lhat'H what wo have * %
been giving them for nearly thrco . '
wooka , and they never get It. "
"Dour , dear ! How annoying ! YoU
Bay it IB ralng Ihoro loday ? "
"Yen , Hlr. A warm , heavy rain '
"Then predict for tomorrow full
weather with light wlndu , po Hibljf
colder in theuflortioon. "