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Lo in ule imynM" l the order of the company.
TIM : 111:1 : PWHMHIIINO COMPANY.
KTATKMIINT"oicmcur.ATiON
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ll'hlns romimny , heltiB iluly sworn , nays lhat
the nrliuil niitnlM-r of full nml complete copiesi of
the Dnllj- Morning , i\enlni : ? nml Hundny Ilee
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Sunday.
anOUOK It. TZSrHtTCK.
Sworn to before me nmt Fiiliscrllji-d In my pres
ence this 2il day of March. IW'i.
( Senl. ) N. 1' . Mill. , Nolnry 1'ubllc.
Old Vesuvius Is reported again In a
Btnto of explosive eruption , nntl HO is
the. governor of South Carolina.
The Wizard telephone Is nil right , but
the wizard who hypnotized people In
these purls to Invest their capital Is a
smooth rascal.
A lonjj inill , a strong pull and n pull
nil toKuthcr by our inuirlmnts nml
inniiuracturur.s will make thu coming
Btnte fair a drawing card.
Kate Field declares Indignantly that
there is no such tiling as tlio new
woman. ICate never sees anybody in
the looking glass but herself.
The rush of the boomers Into the
Klckapoo reservation Is in striking contrast -
trast with the squatters' refusal to
budge from the Wlnnubago reservation.
The pot rustlers and howling dervishes
will not lie allowed to name the men
, wlio are to manage the affairs of tills
city and county during the next two
years.
Now that Henry Irving has been
Inilghted tlie price of admission will be
raised to a guinea. A real knight playIng -
Ing on the stage'is an extraordinary
attraction.
The American people have no reason
to feel proud over the snobocratlc per
formances of American petroleum and
patent medicine aristocracy on the other
Bide of tlu > Atlantic.
This year our amiable silver-tongued
contemporary will Insist upon a straight
'democratic mUhrtu-of-tho-roail ticket.
Next year It will Insist upon n fusion
Ibetween the democrats and populists.
, International bimetallism Is gaining
ground in ICurope. Germany Is getting
ready to take the Initiative , but the
friends of silver In Kurope have no Idea
of attempting to restore the old ratlc
of 10 to 1.
Kansas City papers are in dead ear
liest about booming that town up Ui
half a million population and they In
vite proposals and suggestions. It seem ?
1o us there ought to be no trouble about
that It Is only a matter of time say
ubout A. D. iiOOO.
Four thousand American passcngei
tourists Hailed on the Atlantic ocean
steamers from the port of New York
for ICnrope Saturday. At the estimate
of $1,000 for each tourist this American
contingent will distribute fl.OOO.OOC
among foreign nationalities. A moderate
ate estimate of the season's total output
of coin by American tourists Is ? . " ( ) ,
000.000. nnd the chances are that tin
estimate is less than half of the actual
amount that Americans will expend foi
travel abroad. Compared with this tin
amount expended by foreign slghtsecn
In tills country will be a mere baga
telle.
The voting machine Will soon crowt
out tlie machine politicians who serv
their country for $ ( ? a day as Judges
and clerks of election. According U
the New York Tribune , the Myers vet
lug machine which \yas ) used in Moun
Vermm , one of the suburban towns o ;
New York , last week , was a complett
success. Tlie voting was done rapidly am
Without any confusion or hitches , am
Within ten minutes after tlie closing 01
the polls the result was announced
Delegations were present from Nev
( York , Hoston , Philadelphia and else
Where , and all agree that , voting bj
machine Is tlie coming fad. It will In
borne in mind that among the constltu
.tlonul amendments to bo voted on li
this state at tlie general election of ISOi
Is a proposition to substitute the votini
machine for tlie present slow and con
fusing ballot system.
Chicago inaugurated a new departun
In postal transmission last Saturday b ;
an experiment with a street railwa ;
postal car attached to one of the cabl
road trains. Postmaster Ileslng of Chicago
cage asserts by this system Chicago wll
enjoy better facilities for the collectloi
and distribution of malls than an ;
largo city In the world. When the trhi
period of ninety days with the ex per !
mental car has expired similar cars ar
to be placed on street car lines reachln
all outlying postal stations. It Is prt
posed to have the city postal mall car
manned and equipped In the sain
manner for the distribution of ma !
while these -corn are running as tli
railway ixwtal car , so that malls wl
bo all sorted when transferred on th
street postal car at the respective di
pots or nt the postotllce. The greatec
advantage of this system will , howevei
bo derived from expediting of the clt
malla
TllK IjAST TKIiKl'llONK DECISION.
The decision of the United States cir
cuit court of appeals In lioxton , favor
able to the validity of the Itcrllncr
patent owned by the Hell Telephone
company , will prolong the life of the
monopoly If It shall bo sustained by
the supreme court. It will also prob
ably embarrass the operations of the
telephone companies which have been
Incorporated nnd begun within the last
few months , or since the decision of the
supreme court In tlie Hate case , which
was hailed as putting an end to the
tell monopoly. A short time ago Clr-
ult Judge Carpenter rendered a decl-
Ion declaring tlio Herllner patent ,
ranted In 1SU1 , to be void , the original
ult having been instituted by tlie gov-
rnment against the Hell company. The
lain points of this decision sustained
he contention of tlie government that
10 Herllner patent of 181)1 ) was prac-
Ically the same device which had been
intcntcd by the same Inventor in 18SO ,
ml that tlie Hell company had dlsliou-
'Stly ' delayed the Issue of tlie patent
i order to keep alive their monopoly
fter the expiration of another patent ,
[ 'he company took the case up to tlio
ill-cult court of appeals , which reversed
he decision of the lowef.-conrt upon tlio
) olnts noted.
What Is the practical effect of the set-
nu aside of that decision is a ques-
Ion that Is being discussed and there
s a wide difference of opinion on It.
t Is held by some that tlie effect of the
eclsion of the circuit court of appeals
s to extend the monopoly to the year
DOS. the full term of seventeen years
rom the time the patent was Issued.
On ( lie other hand it Is pointed out that
here was a decision by the supreme
lourt not very long ago In what is
cnown as tlie Hate refrigerator case
n'hlch may have killed the Herllner
latent , and that such Is tlie case if it
'an ' bo shown that a patent for the same
levlce lias been obtained In a foreign
lountry and lias run its course there.
t will be recalled by those who are in-
crested in the matter that the supreme
-ourt decided that patents in the United
States which hail been previously taken
> ut In a foreign country expire with the
foreign patents. Herllner himself Is
laid to have taken out a patent for his
levlce In ] SSO in England , where It lias
'Xpired. ' It Is also said that tlie device
n the American patent has been cov-
red abroad by other patents , now ex-
ilred , which were Issued to American
iippllcants. If these alleged facts can
> e established the supreme court will
not confirm the decision of tlie circuit
'ourt ' of appeals and the last effort of
he Hell Telephone company to per-
ictuato its monopoly will fall.
The opinion Is expressed that In any
vent tlie Hell company will not be able
o control the telephone business. The
electrical Engineer says that whatever
us tlie result of the appeal In the gov-
'rnment case the progress of telephony
n tlie United- States will not receive
my serious check from the recent deci
sion , which has somewhat complicated
.lie situation , but does not appear to
larrow tlie telephonic Held in any essen-
ial particular.
LAST YKAlt AND THIS Yr.AIt.
The World-Herald novcr charged that Jim
Allan was a "howling dervish. " He Is en
tirely too Rood jiatured a creature to b
guilty of such an awful breach of the peace.
Nor did wo over accuse him of being a "pot
rustler. " We did say that Jim Allan and
ils associates were not the proper men to
represent Douglas county In the legislature.
The Boo combated this Idea , and with the
xceptlon of Herman Tlmme The Ilee swal
lowed the whole republican ticket "howling
dervlah. " "pot rustler" and all. World-
Herald.
There are none so blind as those who
will not see. There is almost as much
.llfl'erence between tlie Issues that were
fought out last fall and the Issues that
ire to come up for decision tills fall as
thcri ! is between a chestnut horse and
horse chestnut. Last year the all-
absorbing issue In Douglas county was
the United States senatorship. On that
issue The Hee was willing to sacrillcc
its choice between reputable and re-
pectable democrats and republican pot
rustlers and howling dervishes to ita
convictions on national Issues. In that
game of chess It was good play to sac-
rlllccj a. few legislative pawns for the
senatorial queen. The game this fall
will be played on entirely different
lines. It will not be necessary to sur
render the government of the city and
county to pot rustlers and corner
loafers In order to maintain party
supremacy at Washington or anywhere
else. ( There will be neither democrats ,
nor republicans , nor populists when II
comes to saving the city from tax
eaters 'and agitators who want to de
spoil tlie taxpayers and prey upon the
community by stirring up sectarian
contention while waving the stars and
stripes and glorifying the little retl
school house.
In that Irrepressible conflict out
amiable contemporary Is , of course
going to play into the hands of tin
rapscallions. Tills Is the nature of the
beast and always will be so long as II
is managed on tlie dog-in-the-mangei
principle. Its policy Is to oppose every
tiling Tlie Hee advocates , and as Tlu
Hee Is right about ninety-nine times on
of a hundred tlie W.-II. seldom fails tc
do the wrong tiling at the right time
This was conspicuously true during tin
prohibition campaign of 1800. The Hoc
took positive ground against the prolil
bitlon amendment , nnd Its editor as
sumed the tusk of organizing tlie cam
paign at the urgent request of promt
nent citizens. That was enough t <
turn the digestive apparatus of on ;
amiable contemiKirary and caused It ti
predict defeat unless the Jonah. Hose
water , was thrown overboard. Ulu
light went on in spite of the lire In tin
rear and the prohibition amcndmen
was burled under a mountain of eve
50,000 majority to the surprise and dls
gust of tlie double-barreled.
History will repeat Itself this fall
The threatened lire In the rear will onlj
arouse the men who have enlisted ti
redeem the city from pot rustlers , howl
Ing dervishes and dark-lantern schemer
to greater activity. The llosowate
bogle has lost Its terrors in tills com
niuulty long ago. Last fall's campalgi
afforded striking proof of that facl
There was enough ammunition ex
ploded over the head of Hosewater t
niaku a breach In the fortress of Gil )
rultur. but It was a waste of powde
nd metal. That lesson ought to have
rented a lasting Impression , but the
lourbons and fools arc not all dead yet.
AHHOAD.
Yesterday's dispatches from London
ml Herlln conveyed reassuring Infor-
latlon regarding the progress In Great
trltaln and Germany of the cause of
ilmctnlllsm. It appears that the Hrlt-
sh Hlmctallic league Is carrying on n
Igorous campaign with good effect.
Connected with tills organization are
U'n prominent nnd Influential In pol-
tics nnd in financial nnd business af-
airs nnd it seems they nre steadily
inking additions to their ranks of men
vlio can be of great service In promot-
ug the cause. A general election in
8rcnt Hrltain Is believed to be an event
f the near future. All the indications
mint to an early dissolution of Parlla-
nent and an appeal to the people.
Vlienevcr that time comes it Is thought
hat the question of bimetallism will
gnre more or less prominently In the
ampalgn. In tha event of conservative
uccess , which would probably elevate
talfour to the premiership , It Is certain
hat the cause of bimetallism would be
; reatly advanced. It has no stronger
r more earnest advocate In Great Hi-It-
.In than Mr. Halfour , whose recent
I Iterances show a profound conviction
if the necessity of the nations entering
nto an arrangement for the better
ecognltion and larger use of sliver , and
here can be no doubt that should he
> econie prime minister of England he
vould give countenance to an effort toning
n-ing about such an arrangement.
The statement that bimetallism is
naklng progress in Germany It Is easy
0 believe In view of recent events which
gave unmistakable evidence of a wide
spread sentiment favorable to an Inter-
mtional agreement regarding silver. The
otes In the Helchstag and tlie Prussian
Diet had a significance which It would
lot be easy to underrate. An effort lias
, ) een made to show that thevere
eally of no great Importance , either ns
1 reflection of public s"UtlmiMit or as
i dimaiid upon the government to < lo
something , but It Is plain ( hat till- * islet
lot the view of tlie government , which
las no desire to call a congress to con
sider the question of improving the
lositlon of sliver. It has been 'stated
hat Emperor William Is manifesting a
rery great interest In the subject of 1)1- )
netalllsm and is studying it , which of
tself indicates that he regards the bl-
uetalllc movement ns one which the
government Is bound to take notice of.
It is believed that tlio Hundesrath will
'inpower the government to Invite an
nteruatlonal monetary conference and
it is quite possible that this may be
lone within the next few months.
It is presumed that everybody under
stands that the policy of bimetallism as
idvocatcd In Great Hrltaln and Ger-
nnny has nothing in common with tlio
'rce silver agitation in the United
States. European blmetalllsts have no
sympathy with American sllvoritos , but
on the contrary properly regard the ad
vocates In this country of free , un
limited and independent silver coinage
is the worst enemies of the white metal.
lon'A's aitAXD ( > ri ) MA * .
This year an opportunity Is offered
to the republicans of Iowa which should
not be permitted to pass unimproved.
The times are auspicious for a revival
of old-time republican enthusiasm and
there Is something about the names of
former leaders which seems to accord
with the true spirit and which makes
them names to conjure with. The elec
tion to congress by a phenomenal ma
jority of ex-Speaker Galusha A. Grow is
an illustration of this fact. In Iowa ex-
Senator James Ilarlan Is In the field for
the gubernatorial nomination , and his
selection as the standard bearer of the
party in tlie coming state campaign
would undoubtedly arouse marked en
thusiasm among the rank and lilo and
result In his election by a tremendous
majority. Mr. Ilarlan unites In him
self many elements of popularity. Ills
distinguished public career lias been
contemporaneous with the life of the
republican party. He entered the sen
ate of the United States in 18."i and
immediately took his stand with Sumner -
nor and Seward and Wilson In opposing
the arrogant demands of the slavocracy.
Von Hoist notes his advent In the sen
ate in these words : "Iowa , hitherto a
veritable hot-bed of dough faces , now
reinforced the little band of 'abolition
ists' In the senate by Ilarlan. " He
was a splendid specimen of physical
manhood and was Intellectually thu
peer of his contemporaries. The war
brought him Into greater prominence ,
Hlalne speaks of him as one of Abra
ham Lincoln's most valued and mosl
confidential friends , "not hasty In judg-
incut , but thoughtful and reflective ami
aiming always to be just In Ills conclu
sions. " Lincoln gave unmistakable ex
pression to ids personal liking when lit
called Mr. Ilarlan into his cabinet
Throughout the storm and stress of
war and reconstruction Ilarlan bore 11
most distinguished part And later ,
again in the senate , lie stood tlio un
swerving friend of Grant nnd repelled
with powerful effect tlie Invidious at
tacks made uixm the soldier president
by the disgruntled and hostile leaders
In his own party.
Mr. Ilarlan has been always proud ol
the state which lias so highly honoret'
hint and which , by high endeavor , lit
has so signally honored In return. Ills
wish to crown his career with a tern
ns chief executive of that great com
monwcalth is a natural and laadabli
one. His nomination and consequcn
election would attract the eyes of re
publicans everywhere to Iowa. No stati
campaign of the present year woult
afford a tithe of the Interest which tin
reappearance In public life of this gram
old apostle of early republicanism wouh
lend to the campaign In Iowa. It wilde
do credit to tlie mind and heart of lowi
republicanism to make James Ilarliu
the next governor of that imperial state
President Draper of the University o
Illinois , in discussing tlio needs of tin
public schools before the High Schoo
Teachers' association at Chicago Satur
day , made the following declaration
"No city can have good schools If thej
are to bo dominated by politicians aiu
honeycombed with politics. The school !
must aim to be free from religious sec
tarlanlsm and political partisanship.
The American people nre not Ignorant
of the world ; history. " Tills Is the
keynote of educational reform. It ap
plies with eqttiMi force to the public
schools of OinaVni as It does to those of
Chicago or my ; ojhcr city.
The MeniphlhTplatforni Is pronounced
by the IxHidoli1 Times ns n veiled threat
to wavering dtynocnitn. The Thunderer
Is not well lilfonncd nliont Amerlcnn
affairs , as ustfnl" ' The wavering demo-
erats are In the majority In the demo
cratic cnmp nnd they nre not likely to
be driven In by Celled threats or open
' '
threats. \ . . . ,
SnniHliInc tint M x-lilnp.
HulTiilo nxprcsn.
The A. P. A. was beaten at the polls In Au
burn on Tuesday. It Is a sign ot tlio times.
Ilililii-ul Vitrloly.
Ololre-Uemocrnt.
As there Is already a Urecclics bible the
version Mrs. Cnily Stanton Is preparing will
have to be called the Hloomors bible.
lllll Itryiin'i , fur Initnncc.
Courier-Journal.
An answer of Carlisle's Covlngton speech
by any of our frco silver leaders would bo
lll < o the effort of fiomo wild sea-bird to over
turn the rock of Olbrnltar by force ot Its own
wind-winged , fcather-hoided momentum.
Sttrprlir < In store.
IndlnnnpolH Nona.
If silver becomes the great Issus In the next
campaign , as now Bcems likely , there will
bo a great many surprises. The business
world , which Is usually Indifferent , will be at
the polls.
of riimnelul I Ictlon.
1'ortlntid Oreconlnn.
Slnco real people have begun to ask and
answer "Coin's" questions the fame of the In
fant prodigy In the science of finance dwin
dles dally. It makes a vast difference whether
questions are urswcred by their own pro-
pounder or by some ono clso.
Tint I'ronilmi aii'l tlio Knot.
Chlc.ifto Tlmes-HcrnM.
The silver men promise the farmer a dollar
a bushel for his wheat If free coinage Is
adopted. This Is a promise. The late frosts
and the Hessian fly are dally driving the
price of wheat up toward the dollar mark.
This la a fact.
l ; tp .Mint < dinn Down.
St. Louis Republic.
The managers of the American Bell Telephone -
phone company and the local companies rep-
roscntliiK it here and elsewhere may as well
make up their minds about one thins. Telephone -
phone rates must come down. Public senti
ment Is one on this question.
llrviiit iinil It-cm Cnlliirj.
Clilcaso Tlmpt-HcrnlJ.
Young Mr. Uryan of Nebraska can do him
self no good by attacking Secretary Carlisle
for having changed his opinion on silver coin
age. Lycurgus put Into operation the free
and unlimited coinage of Iron , but even
young Mr. Uryan doesn't bellcvo that Iron
would make good money now at least , it Is
to bo hoped he doesn't.
lliiviiril'it tiiK
NewM'Yofk Tribune.
Ambassador Bavar will witness the great
nval gathering at Kiel from Sir John fen
der's private yae'ht , on which ho Is to bo a
guest. It Is really tRo bad that Mr. Hayard
could not detach hlmpolf from * his Kngllsh
associations for the tlhio being and coiiDent to
attend the ceremonies on board some one of
the fine American cnil-sers which arc to be
there. _ , .
Aiinil ( , | Truth.
qilCiiKo Mail.
Two-thirds of tbp me.n who scoff at members
of the Woman's club for opposing the ad
mission of colored women would promptly
blackball a colored man proposed for member
ship In their own' club. This proves nothing
against the colored person , but merely demon
strates the overpowering Inclination of the
Caucasian to preach more than ho Is willing
to practice. ' '
Iloiuty mid llnilm ,
New York Hun.
The old foolishness that women of learn
ing , or eloquence , or brain , are never pr tty ,
or even good looking , Is extinct , and has been
put on tbe upper shelf among the dead
scarabs of old Cgypt. In this generation wo
have woman professors , lecturers , scholars ,
authors , politicians , and philosophers , who arc
beautiful , Indeed far more beautiful than
those brainless women of old who left noth
ing better than their pictures for our In
struction. _
A Onulrit < ( impound ,
Kansas City Star.
The peace proclamation of the emperor of
China It a remarkable mixture of wisdom
and superstition. It declares that continuance
of the war was rendered Impossible by the
grws Incompetence of the leaders and the
terrible condition of the country , and clinches
the argument with the words : "Heaven had
not withheld Its augury. The sea overflowed
the coast and the camps wore submerged. "
An enlightened reform administration would
seem to be Imperative In the Celestial realm.
tlio Jury flvntom.
Chicago Inter Ocenn.
The Utah constitutional convention has
broken away from the old jury law common
to all the older states. The Utah constitu
tion provides for Juries of eight Instead of
twelve , and that the agreement of three-
fourths of the eight will bo sufficient to con
stitute a verdict In civil cases. Such a re
form of the Jury law has been agitated In
the older states for years , as It hap been ap
parent that ono or two men could be placed
on every jury for the express purpose of pre
venting a verdict. Hut the carping critics
will not glvo the people of Utah credit for
any real reform. They will BCO In this new
law only an effort to allow the Mormons to
control without having every member of the
Jury. It will bo Just as well to wait and see
before Indulging In such criticism. Whether
Mormons or non-Mormons are responsible for
this Innovation , It Is in line with the best
recommendations from the ablest men In the
older states , nnd should have a fair trial In
Utah with a view to noting whether it will
bo an improvement on the olJ Jury system.
( icmtrnl Hchollulil Not : i < limllihlt .
Colonel J. M. Carson , Washington corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger , on
authority on military matters , makes the
following comment on the alleged candidacy
of General Schofleld :
The suggestion that General Schofleld I :
utilizing his odlclal trip In the Inspection ol
the army to bring himself forward as a can
didate for the presidency does that distin
guished olflcer great Injustice. Few men In
the country are so free from partisan feeling
as General Schofleld , So far as he has any
partisan feeling ho'leins ' to the democratic
side , but ho has hail sd little to do with poli
tics that neither p'arty can claim him , ami
no act or utterance'bl His for many years car
be cited that would Indicate what his feelIngs -
Ings are as between the two political par
ties. H can be confidently said that Genera
Schofleld had no ttibught of political conven
tions nor partisan nominations -when ho lefi
Washington , and that his tr'p was undertaker
and will be devotcVf strictly to making ar
Inspection ot the principal army posts , tha1
ho may put his observations In a final re
port to the president : before retiring fron
active service. 'qoheral Schofleld Is no
likely to have his hbnorablo retirement dls
turbed by dreams 'of , political ambition , am
has been too keen an observer of public af
fairs to commit the" folly of permitting him
self to be made the'puppet ' of scheming poll
tlclnns. It Is safe to ay that General Scho
field Is not and will not be made a candldati
for a political nomination.
cor.v
Chicago Tlm i-UtrnU1.
"Husband , " said Mrs , Coin , as she untied
her bonnet and proceeded to put away her
things Saturday evening , "I bad euch an ox-
porlcnco this ) afternoon , After wo came out
from the matinee wo went Into a candy store
where they sell light drinks as well ot Ice
cream soda. As soon ns wo sat down nt a
little table the waiter came up nnd says he :
'Ilulllon , lady ? ' So I thought your predic
tion ! ) were coming out all right. 'Which
kind ? ' I says. 'Hot or cold , ' he says. Iteally ,
It did not Bceni to mo that they ought to be
giving out bullion hot , but I jsupposo he meant
right from the mint. 'Gold or fllvcr ? ' I says.
Ho looked puzzled , Just then the proprietor ,
who had heard me , smiled , anil says he :
'Silver , lady. ' 'Fifteen , ' says he. 'Fifteen to
one , ' says t. 'Yes , ' says he , 'or twonty-flvo
for two. ' Then ho brought us two cups of
Just common beef tea. I wonder why they1
keep such lunatics In such places , husband. "
Cola seemed pensive , but said nothing.
Mrs. Coin was rocking pleasantly Saturday
evening as she darned Coin's stockings. "I
was talking to that man I bought the silver
cpoons from , Coin dear. I asked him how
much .silver was In each of those spoons when
I bought them of him Just before the Sherman
law was repealed , when silver had got so
cheap. 'About CO cents' worth , ' says he. I
says : 'Well , one of thcsi' days you'll have to
take those same spoons back for ? ! . ' Says he :
'Who'll make mo ? ' I saya : 'Coin will ;
haven't you read my husbind's book ? ' 'I'd
llko to see him make mo take back 50 cents'
worth of silver for $1 , ' says he. 'I am not
a fool , ' says he. 'My husband will attend to
your case , ' I says. Won't you , Coin dear ? "
Mrs. Coin went right on darning , and didn't
P30 her husband's anxious countenance.
It was Sunday morning that Mrs. Coin
showed how well she had been at school. She
descended , bonnet on , prayer book In hand
and dressed In her largest sleeves. Her short
curls , the product of a mechanical process of
the night and morning , were-primped to per
fection. She laid down the prayer book , fin
ished drawing on her gloves nnd then showed
Coin her empty put so.
"Not going to church with mo ? " said she.
"No , " replied Coin , "I think I shall stay at
home this morning. "
"Very well , " replied Mrs. Coin. "Very well ,
dear. Just glvo mo a little redemption
money. "
"What ? " said Coin , opening his eyes wide.
"A llttlo redemption money , my dear ; I
have not a cent. "
"Redemption money ? " gasped Coin.
"Yes. " said Mrs. Coin , shaking her little
curls with laughter. "You fee how well I
have read- your book. You said that Prof.
Laughlln said ho did not know what redemp
tion money meant In your book. I do , though.
I am not a financier's wife for nothing. Am
I , Coin , dear ? "
"Redemption money ! " repeated Coin as his
face grew pale.
"Ono would think you do not want to be
pived , " said Mrs. Coin.
"Redemption money ! " he repeated sadly.
"Why , of course , " said Mrs. Coin , triumph
antly. "How dull you are this morning. Re
demption money Is what you put on the plato
at church. "
Coin put some currency Into the extended
purse and Mrs. Coin went forth , feeling ber-
celf ono of the elect.
She did not hear him groan , as ho burled
hb face In his hands : "Oh , why were women
over permitted to lesrn to read ? "
I'KUSUSAL AX1 >
Temperature to the contrary , the summer
season Is fairly on. A sea serpent has been
captured near Boston.
The sultan of Turkey has nn Income of
$30,000,000 per annum. Ills millinery blll
knock off four ciphers a year.
Potato bugs will not bo admitted to the
Plngree farms around Hoston unless they
know beans and wear spectacles.
The Hon. Dill Ilryan clings tenaciously to
the rule of stare declsls. That la to say.
wise men change their opinions , Bill never.
Tlif old Reman of Ohio , Thurman , was
concplcnotis as a masticator of the rag In
greenback days. Now his son allows no op
portunity to pass to show the silver ball bear-
Ingi of his Jaw.
"Winnie Davis flung herself on his neck
and wept , " says a dispatch from Houston.
Miss Davis Is dabbling In literature of the
emotlonnl Kind , and being somewhat Inex
perienced her Imaginative ardor evidently
got the better of her discretion.
Mexico threatens to Impose an extraction
tax on the product of her gold and silver
mines. As American capital Is largely Inter
ested In Mexican mines , It might be well to
send the bald eagle of Asn burnsklt across the
burder to maintain International comity.
Before age began to bleach his locks Jus
tice John M. Ilarlan was a very tall , red
headed man ot the Thomas Jefferson type.
He was the son of a great lawyer , and when
ho took his seat on the bench he gave up a
practice worth much more than his Judicial
salary.
After considerable hammering and artistic
mortising , the newspapers of New York have
rucceeded In convincing the Judicial bourbons
of that section that a man Is not disqualified
from Jury service because he reads the news
papers. Judg ? Barrett acknowledged the
power of the press as Judicial educators , as
well as reliable guardians of the blind god
dess , and gave proof of the sincerity ot Ills
conversion by overruling objections to news
paper readers.
In following the legal requirements to sat
isfy a Judgment for $ ! > 0,000 against the
Megum of the Rockford "heaven , " an appraise
ment of the personal possessions of Rev.
George Jacob Schwelnfurth was made the
other day , resulting In finding three suits of
clothes , three antique spinsters , an ulster
overcoat , nine fatherless babies , a 2-year-old
colt , a dilapidated nursery organ , and one
gold watch. As these articles are prime
requisites of a modern heaven and exempt
from execution It Is clear the plaintiff needs
considerable flat to reallzs on his Judgment.
A number of prominent business houses In
New York are Involved In legal proceedings
instituted against them for selling bogus sil
verware stamped as sterling or coin silver.
A number of articles so stamped have been
assayed at ) the government mint. None of
them came up to the legal standard , and some
of tht-m proved to be brass. The practice ol
stamping "sterling" and "coin" rllver on
plated ware appears to bf a common one.
Retailers and manufacturers think nothing ol
the deception , because heretofore no attempt
has been madu to give effect to the law re
quiring articles so stamped to contain .0925
parts of silver and .0075 ot copper. Now thai
pross-cutlon for fraud Is on the retailers art
endeavoring to throw the responsibility on
the makers.
1 h i Advnnro In
Chlcaeo Tribune.
The process of Increasing wages without
demand on the part of employes Is going on
steadily In all the manufacturing sections ol
the country. Monday one of the Pennsyl
vania woolen mills , which has 400 bands ,
raised wags 10 per cent , following the example
previously set by the great Iron and steel
mills of the state. In Now England and In
the Middle states one employer after anothei
Is notifying his worklngmen that they are tc
get bettor pay not the high wages they gel
In 1892 , but an Intermediate flguro. Em
ployers are abla to glvo more , unsolicited , be
cause there U a greater demand for thch
products , p.nd they are able to get bettei
prices for them. Of that Increase profit th <
men get their share promptly. This Is i
phenomenon they ought to observe and medl
tuto on.
Proof of Hotter Tlinei.
St. Paul Plone r-Prc .
Tha statement made on good authority tha
within six weeks tbe wages of 200,000 em
ployes of manufacturing establishments In tin
United States have been raised , In most case ;
by voluntary act of the employer , Is anothei
substantial assurance of better times.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
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M'car.i.0011.
OMAHA , May 25. To the Editor of The
Uco : The young pcoplo of this generation
who were not old enough to have taken an
active Interest In the war period will pass
the announcement of Mr. McCulloch's death
without any special Interest , hut these who
save reached mlddlo age , and who wcro
'amlllar with tlio stirring events Incident to
the rebellion and to our struggle ( or exist
ence as a nation , will remember Mr. Me *
Culloch as one ot the war veterans , whoso
mme will always bo honorably associated
with Mich men ns Abraham Lincoln , Wil
liam II. Seward , Kdwln M. Stanton , Chief
Justice Chase , Governor Morton ot Indiana ,
John A. Andrews ot Massachusetts , and
nany others who at that time did noble
service ( or our salvation and purification as
a nation. I purposely avoid the names ot
military men , as history Is always some
what partial to them and will do them
ample justice.
Mr. McCulloch was called to the position
ot comptroller ot the currency by Secretary
Chase , and his cervices In that capacity
\\ero teen appreciated by Mr. Lincoln , and
nfler the war was over Mr. McCulloch con
ducted the affairs ot the treasury In such a
manner as to commend our financial policy
to the ablest financial men both In Europe
and America.
I remember with what Interest and en
thusiasm I used to read his annual reports ,
and It Is In humble acknowledgement ot their
Influence upon myself that t wrlto this
slight tilbuto ot my regard. Mr. McCulloch
had laid out for the government and ( or
the country a broad path for resumption of
specie payment , and gave Ills undivided
energies to the refunding of our public
debt , and It ho had been permitted to con
tinue his policy without the foolish and
Ignorant Interference of congress the chances
are that we would not now bo suffering
from the results ot an Inflated currency and
the curious vagaries of the silver crazo. To
the young men ot this generation , who are
anxious to get sound Information on the
money questions of the day , I know of
nothing that I could commend to them
morn strongly than Hugh McCulloch'a an
nual message to congress during the period
when ho was comptroller of the currency ,
and also afterward , when secretary of the
treasury. If this article should meet the
eye of any one who , like myself , looks upon
McCulloch as his school master , I would
commend to such n person McCulloch's own
book , published a few years ago and en
titled "Men and Measures ot Kitty Years. "
In this book Mr. McCulloch gives his opin
ion In reference to the great men with whom
he happened to bo associated , and docs so
with the modesty of a great man. When
the history of the great rebellion will be
written away from the prejudice and passion
ot the living generation the name ot Hugh
McCulloch will stand out honorably In con
nection with that ot Mr. Lincoln , and as
the imino of Hamilton , the founder and or
ganizer ot our Treasury department. Is
honorably associated with that of Washing
ton and Jefferson , so I am Inclined to think
McCulloch will take his place as Hamilton's
greatest successor. It occurs to mo to add that 1
have Just read the clear , comprehensive
and able speeches of our present secretary of
the treasury , Mr. John G. Carlisle , anil In
these days of twaddle and nonsense I can
not but bo thankful that we have In the
treasury In the person of Mr. Carlisle so
worthy a successor to Hamilton and Mc
Culloch. Carlisle's recent speeches In favor
of a sound currency should be read by everyone
ono whose patriotism leads him to have a
regard for our credit and good name , and
our very existence as a nation. I have
reason to think that some people In Omaha
are casting around for a proper declaration
ot principles In connection with bound
money and in opposition to the fallacies of
the populists and the silver monomctalllstf > ,
and I would commend them to the resolu
tions passed lately at the Memphis conven
tion. They arc clear , candid and compre
hensive. They state correct principles ajul
glvo the logical reasons justifying these
principles , and If they are sown abroad
liberally they will bo In themselves a lib
eral education to many who are now hon
estly puzzled , and to many others who arc
apt to be carried away by the plausible
sophistry of "Coin's Financial School. "
THOMAS KILI'ATUICK.
I'rnnclit lliulrr Civil xnrvlro Union.
WASHINGTON , May 2S.-The president
lias amended tbe civil service rules , taking
all chiefs of divisions In the Department of
Agriculture , of whom there are eighteen ,
out of the excepted class. Vacancies In
their ranks are to be filled hereafter by pro
motion from the largo corps of tiallied experts -
perts , or occasionally , where necessary , by
competitive examination. The classification
of the Department of Agriculture has also
befit amended HO as to subject to competi
tive examination under tin1 civil service
rules the clerks , mloroscoplsts , assistant
mlcroscoplsts , stuck examiners , taggers ,
agents and nil other employes except -
cept temporary laborers In the llu-
rcuii of Animal Industry outside of
Washington , D. C. ; also eleven otate
statistical agents and nil mosesngerB
In the weather bureau outside ot Washing
ton. This extension to the remaining places
in that bureau adds more than 1,000 places
to the clubslfled Bervlce.
Kcjnrt'nc Application * of "Hnnnnr * . "
OKLAHOMA CITY , Okl. . May -Tho
penalty for "soonerlsm" Is being Indicted al
ready. Of the 227 applications offered at tlio
land ofllco for Illlng yesterday only twenty-
seven were accepted. The others were re
jected on account of the applicant having
entered the country slnco March 3 , Ib'JJ.
This Is causing Intense excitement hero and
will affect the great majority of men who
made the race for land. Nearly every man
In this country has been In or across the
country slnco that date on business or
pleasure. If the pecrutary of the Interior
should uphold the action of the land otllce
It will cause hundreds of contests.
TlttTR.
Judge ; Jones-Come , co flihlnR with me ,
old chii. : |
ItrownCan't do It ; just signed tru
pledge
Chicago IlecorJ : " 1 enjoyed your leclura
on tlm ilnanclal Issue very much , " salil tha
citizen to the orator , "but I would Ilka to
ask you one question.
' 'Certainly , " alU the orator , "go ahead. "
"What side of the question nre you on ? "
New York Weekly : She The man I marrr
mutt bo 'only a little lower than the angels. '
He ( suddenly Hopping-Here I nm on my
knees n little lower than one of them. Ha
got her.
lluffnto Express ! Constituent Well , what's
your record ? What good bills did you help
pass ? Member of the New York Legisla
ture I voted for the adjournment ,
Somervllle Journal : When n mnn thinks
he understands a woman perfectly. It Is
plain to everybody around him that he Is In
love.
Indiana ! oils Journal : "Say , " yelled the ex
uberant bleacher to the visiting gentlemen
who werp milking what Is termed n kick ,
"w'y don't you guys play ball ? Do you
t'lnk you are u baby how ? "
rittsburg Telegraph : Rqulldlg I would
rather look at Miss I'lnno when she Is payIng -
Ing for n ride In the street cur than at any
other time.
McSwIlllgcn-Why ?
Squlldlg Then she Is passing fare.
Yonkers Statesman : Mrs. Crlmsonbeak
Why Is It , I wonder , that a woman will
always turn to the end of n novel and read
the last page before reading any other part
of It. Mr. Crlmsonbenk Her propensity to
get the last word , I suppose , leads her to It.
Chicago Trllmno : Guest I would llko a
nice round steak , rare done , and some
fresh fried potatoes.
Walter ( In stentorian volco ) Carnngo In
the sklllutl Fried I'lncteos on the Hide !
Washington Star : "When cr man talkf
er tremenjus sight 'bout whut a good frlen1
ob yotir'n he Is , " said Uncle Kben , "listen
ter Mm , but doan' trade horses wlf Mm. "
Washington Star : "Stryker seems to be
working pretty hard In his campaign. 1
never nawl a man look so pale. "
"It la from loss of blood. Since he
started to run for office his heart has been
bleeding for the worklngmcn every tlmo he
makes it speech. '
THR NAM13 TO CONJL'UC WITH.
I.lfe.
If a name you want that's sure to be lucky ,
Let the next cruiser bo called Kentucky.
No doubt her guns would do terrible slaugh
ter ,
And , though full of holes she'd never takt
water.
Detroit Tribune.
She had a lovely neck ,
And everybody s-ild
Who , Indeed , might doubt It ?
That that'H what turned her hcan.
Washington Star.
Breathes there a man w.lth soul so dead
Who Joys not when the jtcanuts shed
Their husks , and quaffs beneath the slmd (
The ruby-tinted lemonade ?
Minneapolis Journal.
He took her dimpled hand In his ;
The little maid demure
Did not attempt to draw It back ;
Ho was a manicure.
New York Recorder.
If all thlngB else shall fall ,
I'll be for fate a match ,
And ralso a crop of spuds for sale
On a free potato patch.
Detroit Free Press.
Happily married ? Well , rather.
She was such a lovely bride ,
And , do you know , through the ceremonj >
Almost everybody cried.
Indianapolis Journal.
One day the mercury will show
It's ninety-eight degrees ;
The next we have to tnke It In ,
So It won't freeze.
Hoston Courier.
She yawned , she hinted , went to sleep.
And still he did not go ;
He shrank ftom entering the night ,
Because he loved her so.
Ho heard a noise , the back porch creaked ,
"Uurglara , " he.gasped , but she
Awoke and said : "The milkman's step
Is quite- well known to me. "
Judge.
A soldier of the legion
Lay dying1 at Algiers ,
When n comrade stopped beside iiln *
With n platter full of beers.
He reached out quickly for them
And swallowed eight or nine ,
Then lit right out for Illngen
Fair lilngen on the Hhlnc.
eo A cr I/A / ; m K n n KSGK.
Somervllle Journal.
When man knows how to match a ribbon.
When woman learns to drive a nail ,
When man can thread a needle deftly ,
When mice don't make a woman pile.
When woman gits oft right from s-t eet cars.
Instead of facing toward the rear ,
When man stops smoking bad tobacco ,
And drinking sour-smr > lllng beer ,
When woman doesn't block the sidewalk ,
With spreading skirts and puffed-out
sleeves.
When man stops flirting with new charmcra
And to his lawful darling cleaves ,
When man can understand the baby ,
And woman , petting It , talks sense ,
When man proposes a new bonnet.
And woman shies at the expense
Phenomena like those , and others ,
May strike- surprised observers dumb.
But they will know , by these same tokens.
That the millennium has come.
BROWNING , KING & CO.
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