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'l'llE OMAHA \ DAILY nEE : NDAY AUGUST 2 1895. 13
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. LIFE : OF BRITAIN'S ' TOILERS =
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; ) f Ita Domestic , Inthistria1 , financial , Social !
, and Religious Aspects
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EVIENCE or THRIFT AND TEMPERANCE
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' , n ) II& 'lrlfl Grllltlly Uplifting .
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tlrVlrldtl 1II"-hlUI .tcr-
tNt II JClllllcl 1111 J1 'I"trt' .
. .ltt'ligiitis JIIII.'r.lce , ,
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, I.mWON , Aug. 17.-Special ( Correspond
ence 01 The Bee.-The ) "orklni classes of
1 1llnd , thoie who tel In Inanual emplo
ment Cor daily or weckly wage9 , arc roughly
cstmatrd at about 11OOO.OCiand the returns -
turns a"Jlahlc , which Are never cmplet ,
Ihow thaI out of this number those who are I
cnr.1 ' ? In the various trades unlon9 do not
rlplo , t moro than I , OOOOO. Nevertheless
AI the tlle ! unions of that country are , ! O welt
wIth tub
manaed and eo well ellnillpel
!
! lnlws of war that they do Incalculable good
. . , to all cla'es oC WOII < era. Amorlcan observers
are chleny Impressed by the mod raton of I
the 1 11 Ilcp. Many who Iocng , ! to them are . ,
cromc ; i.ccI1lists , and not a few are hare-
1 ( "G 13Ists ant .
. these not the ole-
braltivd fan3tIc. nut e are
' IH-aln\11 C311tCI.
ments In cr'113nt ; that pObt Is t wisely fled
-S ly cool.h.3Ih'1 ( ; 'oneerVativO. In one oC tw
,
most r111cJI of \ orlung chss newspllors It
1 wnl cniplatne'l rpcenty that trdos UI onlsl ,
Inst03 of fighting mpl yerl , was chiefy I.CCU-
1,10,1 , , In dlstrlhltng honclt , . \ proaf } It was
- shown thaI during a 1'ec"ot YOlr tel of the
of thew orgnlitlons bad cx-
most Influential orllnl'1tonl
pOflJtl only about $10,000 In trade disputes.
< (
I fen In friendly bonEfts they hal disbursed
, t move thall $ l,23'UOO. ' Still another complaint
f WS thaI these S1n1. [ ocletos hall a combine
4 balance : at thc end oC thaI year amounting lu
dollars to over 2GOOOOO. At the < 1 complaints
the cool-headed leadcr3 In IrJtsh trades
unionism smile knowhigy. : ! Strhcs . they say ,
are COAly : smie , not always efCectiiil. 111ns.
. Is justullable only when alt other
trial \ar justfdblo al
. ' to command -
methOh arc exhauste 'he way
antI capitalistic ' sympathy
maui governmental Ind ( al'Halstc
Is to she , , thaI we are worthy of I hy using
get. The true
wisely the wages wo alreily !
' solvents or the labor Ilrolllem all thrU ant
mnh11 self-help.
. EVlmNCr OF T1itlF'T. !
I That habits of thrIft are making rapid
In Eliglatid Is strIltngly evidenced
& . . progresg Elglaul1 strldngly
frogress ,
, class savIngs.
1n the statisties of working eass s1lng
, sttstcs last
Sir WIlam 1arcourt , In Introducing his
budget . was able to state , as a gralfyiiig
lllget. .1 In sa-
' sign of prosllerly , that the pJSI6
' Ins hanl had increased , wIthin ( our yeArs
_ n' ! amounted 10 a
4 as folluuvs : In 1890 they amolntpd
Al folows
little over $ liO.OOO.OOO ; In 1891 they Ixceeded
4 thl8 by some $5.000.000 ; In 18n the increase
thl hj
lEn there was an nd-
i _ was $10.000.000 ; In at-
't vance or $10.000,000 more . while the aggregit
dL of $ li5.000OOO deposited that year Iind shot
'h' ' . up In 189t to $225.00.000 , lie further stated
that the total Increase In savings banka Ilu-
' ] : . Ing the last decade had been $ : : IOOO.OQ II
; ; a. j . . our money , and nothing . ho said . better
, country. proved the sound financial condition of the
In this connection American readers will
be glad , to scan the following remarks aol
fgures clipped . al a r cent tate from the
, f Pal Mal Gazette . : . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ - , . ,
" . . - . " . - - - l.h worldn. ol"sfS are oren
r II III. flu us .n - , - - -
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charged , wih . lack or thrift . hit they manag' ( '
to accumulate large amounts In friendly. Industrial - .
dustrial acc111lato , building and other socletIe . besides -
dustrlll bulhlng <
banks. The following Is
sides savings folowing .
summary < of the latest Information avaiiabl ,
as to the various classes or Mlcetel mJllng
returns to the chief : registrar of friendly so-
cieticel :
cetos Number or10unt 01
Fngtanil an,1 'nlps. ttm1ers . 1'uiit.
Pnlanll , soci-ti s ( not Ciif'ct-
Vrienliy tag ) itiul hraflCIt4. . . . 001ect- . . . . : .P61. .I ! 141D.r,61
Coll'cUnl ! 1,1 . "rnche. , "I"Ue. . . . . . . . . . n.:18.913 % , % ' 9S
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un1r
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Olher , . "cll.th' und.r . . . . . . . . 3.510 4t. . '
F'rkn.iiy socIiea ( net. . . : : : : :
I'rlen.\y and lr\'hlrnt
- 8clrlh . . . . . . . . . . . . . S9 .ID ) 13M3DIG
ulhlnl ( 8"elrUI8. . . . . . . . . G',3 ' ' J..3w
. inh'ns ( liwiuding some
Tratle tirtgisteri1) , , " ) . ( < . ulnl . . . . . . . 8,1212 1,2SSS. :
I.nan Ull.lrr" 8oleUI. ! . . . . . . . . . . aisle 26r.Sn
Halway s'I'ln s 1all's. . . . ,1S3 1.01 tea i ,
Tutul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DE31"O ! : f9d,3S,23 ,
A MAGNIFICENT TOTAL
"If to these are addu'l , the accumulatIon
In the savIngs balls of the United lIngdorn , .
s3vll"S
aniountlng " 122,521,000 . the total accumulations -
tions are brought up to 2i2,8t1.000. There
tons ! the unrecorded , figures of the uu-
aitil unregistered -
Incorporated building societIes al.1
tered friendly bul\llg societes , \S the funds of
unIncorporated buIlding society arc
n single unincorported bulhlll
!
sllgle material additIon -
Hahl 10 amount to ! 5,500.0UO ,
lon would hiuvc . " 10 ue made for societes
such as these.
luch The practIcal question now to be considered .
ored Is , to wlal extent these Increased savIngs -
Ings are hllcat\b of Improve Intuslrll
what IiIit they throw
and social conditions . lght
. 0 nnt the economics of the household an.1 .
, hat degree of Improvement they snggest
In working class habits.
Speaking generally , the only change for the
better < the wage bcale Is thaI In more i
'
u departments than formerly , and to I vlry' .
notable extent In governmental and municipal -
? ; pal departments the 11) of workmen In
towns ali cities has uecn brought up to the
trade union standard John , lurs declare.1 .
recently thaI ho knew 'of 250 Instance tn
recenty , . through wise agitation cud a growth
of Public sentIment , the fall wages clause I
ha,1 been Inl10so,1 , upon local authoritIes ,
Here Is a specfc g31n , which , 1 think In-
lCte a widespread and most gratUylng
ton.lency. Bul In agricultural district
there has been , unfortunately , ' a
steady decline In wages. In the few places
- . where some ytars ago the laborer 119 paid
' - : ; ' : .75 a werl . ho Is now getting very generally
$3. anti In vast stretches or country , where
ho used to get $ 3. he Is now p tld only $2.50
This Is < due to tim awful depression brought
t upon BrLtsh < agrIculture by that trinity or
evils . lallollsm , bail . harvests a lt foreign
competition. Nol only have : the farm
lahorcrs' wage been relluced. but his chances
of employment have IlhnlnlshNI. Twenty
years ago there wlre In Great Urltaln n.ooo :
000 acres of cultivated land-3S,000,000 wel !
arabic and 1.000.000 were In pasture. Today
arabic and Ilature land are about equal , and
since twice a much labor I requlre.1 . 01
arabic as on pasture I will easily be seen
how the transfer of 2000.000 acres from the
former to the latter has unfavorably affected
the agrIcultural laborer.
- AN IICONOMIC O1Nuj.
, : ' CONmIC OENIIS.
} 7conotnlcally considered the English workman .
man Is a genius The abIlIty to keep house
credItably 01 a sma1 Income has been hrell
Into hlli by long generations of necessity
lie cuts his cost according to hl' cloth. or
'uxlrles ho knows little or nothIng , hence
he Is happIer without them than wo could
expel him to bo with them. Carpets would
(
be offensive 10 his tate. Coarse rugs anti
oilcloth are far preferable and less costly.
In fact . with a tidy housewife to scrub and
color the brick floor of his humble domIcile ,
ho can contentedly dispense even with such
adornments as those. lie Is almost at"ay"
musical , yet his restricted horion never
takes In so costly an appendage AS I piano.
Ills 110cketbook ami taste alike hlclno him
to the little , the accordion , or the violIn. and
.s few are the working class households In
-p which one or the other of those tlnte-honoreti
instruments lay not frequently be heard
What I left of the Sunday joint wIll appear
at dInner tn some form abonl
11'0 d.1 In the week. 'or
hl other 'numerous meals he will not cre
for itteal. Neither he nor his ancestors ever
dlheuce : , ho doesn't Ils II and II , probe
ably having enough of other edibles , better
off wIthout It.
here I the budget of an agrIcultural la.
borer and his wife livIng tn a village In ; ld-
Euex. Add U much again to both Income
and expenditure and throw Into the expense
column the COt of several chIldren 11\1 tt
wil serve almost a wel for an approxImate
budget , of tbo average toiler In Enslsh
towns
The map , aged about 50. baa been In Cl-
stant employ on a farm and Is hale and
strong , Is wire II ale In good health and
ii two or three year the Junior. Income a
I present tle 1 : .bllnll a week To thIs
IUlt be added occasional small aunts earned
by the wife by odd Jabs of washIng anti
charrln Expenses ( approxlntate-rent. ) :
shillings 6 Pence : coals. 2 shIllIngs : broad , :
shIllIngs G hence : cheese , 6 Pence ; bacol
1 shIlling 8 pOlce : herrIngs , 4 pence ; butter
- 'margarine ) , I Pence : sundries , 3 penoo.
'bll gIves a total of 10 shillIngs 1 pence for
expenses of tooth and abcler , heaving a credit
. .
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hlanc of 1 shIllIng 1 peMI To this must
lo &dded occasional do1n of clotbler , fled
and fuel
Qne
MA'ERS OF DRESS
Consldeablo expense 18 saved to the Eng'
Ish wQrknlan by the mildness of the climate.
Like lila neIghbors on th continent , he In-
lne" more than we to 8n cult of door life.
Hee Is Q possible economy not only In light
and heat , but In the " 'ell anti . tear \OUSI
hoW goodl. tndercolhlng Is something of
which the average Dlltih workman Is bl" , " -
fully Ignorant , anti . as for : top coat , he
must either ho very old cr vry elomlnate
before cOlmlUnJ hImself to an Inllulon3
of that kind. Another point of economy I
In neckwear. On week days the place usually
given by ourselves to a linen cola and
sIlk tIe wIll be proudly pre.emptcII on his
person by a coarse mumer ant few Indeed .
mire the young fellows In England who will
thInk such a luxury 89 a collar necessary
even when they "clean up" after the day's (
" 011 < for a ramble on the streets or a call
upon their Lest girl. TrillIng matters these
may seem ; yet In the course of a year such
trivial economic amounl to a considerable
"avlug. To bo remlnllt of these seeming
trifles antI of tIme habit of life ont oC whlcn
they spring , helps Ul to understand , not
emily how II h that the l nJlsh wOlkman
13 80 skillful In maldn/ both ends meet
hut how It come to / 11aB tnt with s' '
Ihnle1 an Income he can d < this so chper' .
better. fully and with so little craving for anythIng
Time progres , made In educational matters
has been a great boon to the Britsh work.
man. Not 1 board school tn tim country
In i70 ; now board schools or good volun-
tamecimools accesfhile to all , nnd a corn-
Ilulwr attendance law In < peraton , For ele.
mentaryuplll these school rivllegea are
\uplll \rlvl
free. I'ormorly the workman . besides being
compelled to keep his cimihtiren al school
untIl a certain standard or the 131h year
h3,1 beC1 passed . was also compelled to pay
a smelt fee In school pcuce ; now , If he bo so
mln.led. . ho can lay by that sum In a sayings .
lugs bank. The chie gaIn however , 1&
within Intellectual and social lines. -
I Is Impossible to doubt thaI the spread
of knowledge has been the chief factor In
guiding the \orl < men of gnglal.1 to hat
wise care of their own Iltorlst ! whIch Is so
strikingly 111otCI In ratios ( uulons and
friendly . benefit soclete ! . ThIs also It must
have been which has opened to them 80
man , ' olPortunlUls for sharIng In the re-
sponslbllt , ' of government. The moat In'
Uexlblo of CdstO systlms wIll yield fnaly ,
at least , to Home extent . before the claims
of clearly demontrat.d merIt ; and so It has
Imoen In gngland. Not only In ParlJmelt
hal labor fount a voice but Its Infuenc : Is
felt-In the -
felt-far mora powerfully gov-
critmnent of citIes and vIllages. Thln1 ! or
the change within ten year 1n 1881 the
numh of \orlngmen hol'lluig a place In
the local bodIes or the entire kIngdom -was
not 10re than 200. Today there are 15.000
workmen on town councils . and . on parish
councils . school hoards and bonnla oC guar-
councl
diana IGOOO more. These figures ale au-
( bonito . anti , the reader will agree that what
they reveal In regard to the present , gratify-
has bean Is less Im-
lug though the change n ,
IJortant than the stilt greater advances whIch
they undoubtedly mal < e possible for the near
Cuturo.
hAVING A GOOD ' TDm
One characterIstIc of 'tho rnglh work-
umlaut Is very marked , , anti thaI his determina-
tion. spite of all ups and dons. . to have a .
good ( hue , and to at least keep up the ap.
loaanc3 Imc of being happy. The American
worl < man lIves a sub.lwd . , even a solemn
life In conlra&l with that of his British
cousin. Sonic wIll attribute the hotter spirIts
of the tIter to his larger Indllgence cn the
SOl I of spirIts "hlch first cheer and then
Intoxicate. But I thin 1 he Is I jolier man
Intoxiate.
naturally. made so by ulrthrlght inheritance
anti by the different Cndltons In which he
: l\es. II Is naturaly a rather IIth cus-
tomlr , ronll . of rouLh 'u play . , , _ nol _ _ _ _ afraid _ . .1 IL of
gettIng hurt , exulting II lila personal tin -
gettn
arty , nol depressl.1 al all by the fact ( that
that liberty means In Its last analysis onlj :
the lberty to work hant for smal my ; In
Cact , rather Inelne.1 to resent thIs sober
view by showing thaI he can frequent ! :
tall a day ciT. If lie Walt to , a 111 In hi ,
luolitlays can have just as uolstorOu a tint
holhls . , his loud
as he please and may en by
talk and rough condmuct , . interfere to a con
s.lerable : extent with the hihcrty of oth.rs-
. wfthmoimt any very grave fear o (
may .10 this w1holt vel gra\e
the law , even to the extent of promiscuously -
ously tiiatribtutimmg "lovely black f'eS" Among
those about him Perhaps this Is a ltt
overdrawn. Hilt we know w ell enolth howl
lIghtly the Enghisii courts of Justice look
l hty assaults against the lerson and this
upon Is i till of a picco with whit 1 have oh.el'e. }
al ' phase of English lIfe . anti to onc'
'in every En.lsh lCe.
who on ulllerstam18 , the . IIgl ' h character Is I
not In the least slrprI8Inl. They are a
convivIal sport-loving people who act tie -
citietity , In their personal Intercourse , upon
cldc.ly anti take prlncl111e. who prcser\
tht give
still not \ a little of the rotmglmumees or their
lte
stl ancestry ; the most conventonal peo-
plo In the world In come things but In .
their recreatIons throwln con\entonalt : )
recltons
to the dogs their only notion oC a good lImit
bEing a free time anti a rough and holaterous
tIme. 1n all of which characteristics tb .
tme. less decidedly gng-
hlritishi \orkman Is no deciiuly
halt . You \ know-perh3ps hue Is a little more
YOI .
hinglishi-than his more favored fellow coun
trymen.
TI TFMIERANCI SENTIMENT.
There can be no doubt that total ahtnence
. .
worlinmen
Is Increasing amen Englsh
!
rapid rate. Most of
though not at A very .
flimds In the practIce of
the progress one fnds practce
letting lIquor entIrely alone Is In tIme younger
leting lquor whose
generatIon of men and women-those
eulIer years were paseed 111ler Band of :
culer hold , onto
1101)0 iniliuencea. The old stagers
to the beer niug which was one of the each -
est plnythlngg of their chIldhood and has
been the unfailing Inspiraton of their Ivps
ever slncl' with a tenacity which Is as not
Irl as I Is wih lameltahl . In l < nrln < . how-
lho progress or
evel'0 can nol measure progros
teml1eranee \0 uy the number who tale the
m1etlgti. Like every o'l.er reform In a tand
l. habits. time temperance -
anti -
of settled long-sta11In
perance ! ttell ant wIlt love Iowly , amid I will .
resistance
the lInes of least
on
move
always thl Inl
The : ) test questons are , "Uo time worllng
the ur room us much us
ciass2s frequenl :
they formerly dlti. al' < I there as much
" To these
as there was ?
drinking to excess thlro
nimestlons , after persoual ohser\atons and .
nuestons Inqnlry. 1 lan give a 105t euleumur-
careul answer. Mt classes are agreed that
,1
1lnK inoder.ttion has Increased In far greater rate
than 10derdlon abstInence. There \ uothln"
waatefl drIumkIn. the drinking for
lUte the watefut < rlnklnP. trlnklng
the sake of drinking . that there ud to be ,
anti I holti it < to bo empha\cllr true , as an
holI
nnt da ' , that '
old friend pnt Il to mo tint other day
whieremls . when he was a young felow , twen-
wherea.
ty-five years ago , the boys. after working
ty-fve year bee hlmme for
hours. would uniformly make a lne
the public haisI which was then the one
coynmnamithlmmg place of amuimseument . the same
commallln fetloosa now go , In large and
class of young felOIJ \rge
cllss
YOln.
ever Increasing numbers , to the cricket and
loot Increaslnl , or they take a spin ! on the
feld
bicycle. or a walk to the park. lany of them
even showing a 111eonce for the school
room and the icciute halt. la\llr , too ,
the great labor leaders are all temperance
men. len Tlllett. henry liroadhurat. John
Arch. Tom Mann
Burns Kolr lalle , Josel1h lnn
the mmaloomm
-all these are nol only against
-a1 they are total auslalners , alll the effect
, of their
for good of such an exmllo In mon
inhiueace Is simply Incalculable.
RELIGIOUS INII'P. I NCE.
it time working classes of England stIll hold
aloof In vastly Irepomlertng numblu rrom
church and chapel serylces as they do I Is
certainly not because ; either the church or
chapel folks are IndIfferent to them. Every
concelvblo ball 19 thrown cut A clergman
In Whllechapel announces l smoking ser\'Io.
SmokIng servIces of a certain kln.1 . us,1 to
be quite common In Places of worshIp . but tt
Is nol the smoke of endlese torment whch ! I
now promlaed for the earth of InvItatIon .ls-
tlnct offers "free 11 anti free tobacco "
Many ) clergymen are ale using tbestrlCJt effects -
fects In a London paper of recent date It
was recorded , among other commoupbce
himugs WeS that time London county council . on the
I'revlous evenIng had granted lIcenses for
iuusic dancIng and stage plays to no less than
six of these reverend . gentleiuien. Repeatedly ,
too , boUt In London and other large towns ,
I I saw on church bulletin boards the inItIals
P. S. A. To time luilalei these letters mean
Pleuant Sunday Afternoons-another effort to
reach tbo muses Esewhere I found they
. ere holding 1' . , I. A's-Plessant , Monday
Afernools-wblc were Intended for ( or
and Inchurched wonton When 1 saw A. B.
C. p\calle In Leeds 1 felt sure It wu the
ad\'lrtsement of some primary school , but
Instea.1 of thaI I wu a Iou' call to attend
an Adult Bible Class . at which the topic was
to bo "I'ohittcal Jobbery " Thus the Englsh
churches are very harm ! at work upon the
problem , how to reach the mases , and I Is
to b hoped that both they and we may flashy
lucceod In lohlng II.mNRY
mNRY : TUCKLEY.
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OHI'S ' l ' A IUS GOVERNOR' '
A Visit to and 1 Chat with the Distin-
gishell Buckeye Stltesman ,
HOW M'KINLEY ' LOOKS , ACTS AND TALKS
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. : U ) ' Nil IJu'cls 'l'tiii . .hii.uI Ulll , 'v 'll
JJlhl."tul itefcreuu'u Cn I'ullicul
' .Clll.-n..III.I.c.ll of
Ills 1'\Ilc Cnrtcl' ,
( Copyrthmed . 1f3. ly' " rrnl < O. ( 'arcenter . )
COLUMBUS , 0. , AuI 2-Uo\'ernor Mc -
Kinley L a queer presIdentIal candltlate. 1 I
ha\o come from Washington to Columbus to
see whaL he Is doing to la1o himsel presh
dent of the Unlet Slates. lIvery one knows
ho Is 10 Lo one oC time leading canlltlos bc .
Core time republIcan natIonal convention .
Ohio has declared for him , ant McKlnley
clnbs are being formed al over the union
Columbus ought to bt the headquarters of
time campaign , and I expected to find a literary
bureau al work here. There Is nothing oC
the kind. The state hOlso Is as torpid as
a snake In midwInter , ant tile governor ape
paronLr shows no moro interest 1n wlre-
pulng than though he \Ire Ito chleC ex-
ccut\e of one of time pooresl territorIes oC
the west. He la not doing a stroke to help
along the 1\'ement , and ho refuses to say
.a word upon national politics for ptmbhlcatiomm .
lie wIll not talk about the presidency , and he
says his Ideas on public questions ale . so well
known thaI II h. 1 useless for hll to malle any
stalement as to the probable iutforrn.
SOME 01. ' 1'KII.gy'S CIAH.CTFISTICS
I ha\o known Governor lcJlnle , ' for ) 'ears.
10 I Is one of theO t \ollest \en In I IHlblc
life. 10 see\s to blll newspaper notoriety
alll 1 averse to tallng about lmintseif. Up
to the Ilresenl tIme ho has systllatealy re-
Insed 10 give anything oC this character to
the newspapers . andY talk with him only
came thronghY long acquaintance and upon
time promise that I would ho mode rate In \ y
expressions. I fpent some lme with hl\
In hLs omce lt the state 110100 ? . lIe Is easIer
to get al than any go"eru\ent clerk In \ash-
Ington. There Is no 11,1 , tape about his es-
tablisitment. You walk lhrough the rotimimmia ,
down ono hal and up nnother ommth pass Into
the ante-room whert hIS ' prl'atl secretaries
work. I the governor \sentaget these
direct you to go right In , amid yon find
. lcllnlej who Is now porhalta the
n'os't talkoll-oC man In time Unlell Slates
seated at f lmg ! , fat desk In a mahogany chair
wIth a t110 oC letters and telegrams before
him. His 11rLvfte secretary \11 UO Ollthf
opposite slle oC the desk ; bnt as a usualhlng
yotm will timid him alone and IC you have her
mel him before hc wIll be sure to recognize ,
you II h9s a phcnomenal ) mimemmiory , , \11 he
e1lom forgets a nale or a face lIe puts
you at once at your once. awL ' ovlllel1ly does
not con lllrInt'elr to bo anj better 01
greater than you are. lie Is I democratic In
hId feolngs anti actons , amid ho Is a good .
of commmmuuommplace hummumanity.
he Iithy sliccutmlen COllolplaca hnlanity.
lie Is a \an of the peahmie ani he believes
' with them.
In the people antI can s'mpathlze wih ?
lie la a root tale anti can tel a good
story , though he never uses anctotes Uon
the stUimip. As yon talk wIth him yotm fn,1
thaI he has a humorous chic to his natiure
and , he can laugh lIke a ) 'ounl Bacrhmmus. lie
has a religious side also , ant he never says
anything agaInst rellgloim , : e.ll : ! ! .Il. jozt. . . . lie I
Is . mitetumbor or the 1Tetlmotlist cimuremu . nut 1
\ell1er tie \elnOIISl Clurl.
do nol think he Is a doctrinal Methodist . 0111 '
he has his jokes now ant then at the ex-
lensO ) of his friends who helong to other < e-
nominatons ; , One oC his storIes . for instance .
gives the reason why f 11romlnenl poltcan
could . nol becolo a ilaptiet. I was because -
cause lie coul noL bear to undergo Imomersion
as ho coull < not stand heing out of publc ,
view for any length pC timne ali another
WAS as La the Scotch Presbyterian who \as
notel for keeping I the Sahbath anti every -
thing else he coull lay his hallls on
hIS DOMESTIC HEI.ATIONS. !
IS
.
Governor McKinley has an Immens corre
apondemmCe and the electric wires are kel1t
hot with the business oC his poiltiomi. He
tilmipatciies , his work quickly dIctating the
\spatch ' . ami seltion
answers to his letters rapidly sellom
stopping for a worth or aim Idea. lie walls
up and ( own S10klnl a cigar as he tile -
tate Tobacco In fact , Is his only vice ,
lie ; never Irlnlls , ant con .Quelt. L free
Cram that fault which the man exceptld
when he spiake } of having a perfect wire ,
You mal have heard the story. The man
reiitarlced :
remarllec Is only ono trouble about my wIfe :
She wi swear when fhe gets drunk ! "
\VciI , lcKlnley never tirinkit aUI ho nove
Wel ;
gWedrs lila closet fronds ! te1 mite they ,
have never heard him tea a story liar Iltlr
an \ expressiolu : which ! could not bo repeated In
the presence c women. lie Is fond oC the I ) ,
duty of women anti tlcro Is no more devoted
husband In time United States than he. Ils
wife has been an Invat1 for the past twenty :
years , and he has devoted al his spare Ine
to her The relaUon whch : time two sustain
to each other are mo3 beautiful. Mrs. Mc -
IClnicy thinks there la no man In time world
equal to her husban She has an oil plnl ! ,
that It wIll bo the Ilra
log of him so hung wi Irsl
thing she sees when she awakes In the mern ,
lug , and clue never tires of talklng ab'Jut h11.
Site hs grown mneh beter within recent
yeams . and she Is now almost srell She Is a
beantful wcmuman ammtl I vel'y urghl ! one In-
telecual ) ' , She Is very anxious that lho
governor shoull retIre front politIcs . nn 1 fhe
II she cotuid Indue him
told ! e thaI she hope ( II
to do so ul1en the anniversay of thom slve
edding . whIch wi otcer next Jnuat. . Thp
two live very comfortably at the Ne1 ! hQuse
In Colunibims the governor wallln ! back ant ,
forth to hIs work al the state haule , whl ! 1
Is t just j across time \ a ) ' .
TIE D0E3 NOT T.\I.K FOil PAY.
IF DO : :
The governor's lIfe , In fact . Is Iulet . regular .
lor and COlp1Jt\e1Y immiventfeI. le Is I attendIng -
tendIng to the duties af lila ollice . and now
amid then goln elf to make a speech In differ.
enl parts of time UnIted States. I Is IcnJer-
ful how lany dlmal11s there are upon him
for speaking. Ito receves : scares of requests
every week. anll many of these are accam-
pan 101 with offers of rnone' Just the other
day ho received a letter from Boston stating :
that the writer wcut give him $500 If he
\oull deliver a speech there. Ito replied
lust ho could not go whereupon the man sent
a second letter statIng that If the money offer
was not enough he would make I twice tlC
$50 ) anti , expenses. Governor McKllley , however .
ever , toes not believe In ! speaking for money.
lie locks upon his speaking something as
Tolstol does upon his writng ! . and ho has
never aecc1ted a Iiolar for any of his public
utlrnce , He Is a pecular fellow In his
IdeaD of nigimt and hs ! views upon this ques-
ton oC publIc speaking CJme out this afer-
noon. upon my telling him that I thought ho
ought to make a gel thing cut of his
speecimes and thaI I knew other men who
were Inereasng ! their Incomes In this hay.
Before he luau , rople I asked him what he
got a spCech , and ho then ! told inc thaI he
ha,1 , never rcelvej a cent for such work.
Salt ha :
"I do not know why It Is , but there ts a
sort oC repugnance In my mind agaimuat SlIng \
lug mylols on public questions for [ ay. I
may bo all wrong about It , bnl I know It
would take all the enthusiasm oul of me If
I Ilow that I was going to be paid at the
eml of a oueetimug for the remarkl I made
meotng <
dnrlng it. I hcve } a.1 mOley oterell mite
very oCt en. but I have ne"e taken It. I re-
member a speech which I iuiade 10t lung ago
In debate at one of the big easter nnlversl.
.
LIes on the tariff question. I took the pro
tecU\e sIde , of course . and a very promlnenl
free trader hall the other side. Shortly after
I arrlve,1 hI the city the presl < enl of the In.
sttuton called upon me at my hotct. im'.r.
Ing time visit ho tok four $ O bIlls out of
his pocket and laid them down on the tble.
"What Is that for ? " salt ! I
"ThaI Is for your spch tonlgbt , " was the
reply.
"Bul 1 don't want army money for the
speech , " I answered. HI did not come here
to : , , talk , for money , and I cannot take I , "
"Wo would rather have YOI take It than
not , " said the 11resldent. "Wo have PaId
that much to your opponent , and I lee no
reason why you should nol be paid as well
"
as he
"Well , " fUUI\e'l ' the governor , "the prell.
lent contInued to insist , and at last I told
him that tf hl wu .Ielermtne upon It he
could : pay my expenses. It would cost me
$50 to till the engagement , and that was all
thaI I could accept 1 asked them to send
the money to iY home , for . do you know , I
.
-
(10 not loleo I could have done my beat
with lust Ioney In fly pockot. "
1'ICINI.E\ A SPEAICEI1 ,
Still , Governor MQIClnicy mAkes 1 great
number of publc epeegmea ) , lie cannot fl
one of 1 hundred of' tUb requests which he
receives , nod of late ) 'ears his speeches haVe
covered a wIde rang lie has spoken al
soldiers' reunions , has gIven literary ad.
dresses at unIversIty commencement alHl
has discused religious IIstons at the comm .
"lnUons of 1.1 ( Ep'prth league an,1 , the
Christian emitlearor. lie I 1 strong speaker , ,
AIHI the Impressions which he lakes arc
lastIng . lie has A rOlul , 80norolS "olce , did
he cal make himself heart In Any crowd , ,
lie has a fne presence \1110n the stiuuuip. lilt
features are mich lIke these 01 DanIel Welt
miter He hbs the snre full , characteristIc
forehead , the same .Iecpset . , plercln" e'cs
looking out from unl1er heavy brows , Ant
his Jaw Is equaly broad anti massive . lie Is
a finer loklnl man than \\'obser. Is
features are more cleanly cut , An.1 . the Ion. )
esly which chilies out oC them was not so
apparent In that greatest orator of the ( last
\
that
generaton , Mllnloy . . peaks for honrs
without diminutIon oC force or rlpetlbn of
Idcas lie uses short sentences amid makes
I I Irlnclllo ne\cr to shook Inless ho has
somethlug to say lie belIeves In plAin
Anglo-Suxon antI , avoids classical hiiirmmses.
Iurln my tale ( wIth him t aketl him
how he lrep3rell ) his SPOCCitOS. lie replied :
"When I have an Imllorlant speech to
make It nbsorhs ' , It
me I Is hall work and
II takes ( all thtro Is In me. I go over the
subject agaIn and again In all Its phases In
lily mlnll. I read all I can get hold oC upon
II ant the slleech . gradually grows unti It
Is ready for < 11.11) ' . I It Is one that has
to bo gl\en to the pmfs , I Ilctato It to m ) '
stenogrJpher and coo that the cop ) ' Is given
)
out beCorchaml. This clarifies my timouglit
ant though I seldom nllw exactly the sammie
speech that I hn\o dictated I Is sub-
. "
stantaly the same.
"Do yomu like to speak ? "
"No. I do not " replied , , Go\er lr lcICln-
ley' . emphatically. "I dreamt It. My heart
goes down Into my hoots whenever I get lP
before an audience 8111 I tremble until I
hav" begun to tal < . This I alwJ's so , and
stIll I . have heen making speeches for
' '
twent-three ( years ,
" \o you rememuer your first public
sjicb ? " I aslle.1
"Yes Indlel ; very well . " replIed , the ro" .
croon . with a latiglm "I was upon my re-
( turn home wih tile troops at the close 01
time war. I 1\111 In thl t little village of
101Jnd. near 'm'otumigstown anti a reception
was given In honor oC the soldiers. One or
the judges ! of the county IDte the welcomIng -
lug speech auth I was cho.en to gh'l the
responso. J was ( lieu just 21 yelrs old. . "
hOW I'IINLEY BEC\m A SOlDiEhi.
" /ow old wlre yotu when you went Into
the army governor ? " I asll"1
"I was just 17. " was the rcpl , ' . "I was
acting AS a country school teacher at the
tme the war broke 011 My father was
anxlomms to give mo I gonti education. lie
mO\1 with his famiy to the lIttle town of
101au < In order that 1 might go Into the
academy there anti when I was about Hi or
\ ; he sent lime lo the Aleghlny college al
: lea < \IIl. Pa. I fell sick lucre anil hall to
come hOI . Wheu I uelame better I took !
till teachilg an,1 , got a country school near
101an ! < , ThIs I left to go Into the army , "
"Il the way . governor " , what diti they
pay 101 Ion toachlng ?
"My Waeiere , I think : $2 : a month.
a\1 I hoanle,1 , aloll1 My I utarents how-
ever l\ed only three hlles from the school
house amid time most oC the tme 1 ittayeti
with thel nut ! walked to time school an,1 ,
back every ( lay. Six mlls woull ho I hi" )
wall for 10 now . I SllPP05e ( , but II did nol
seem mum ticim time n. ' '
" \el. whIle . was ieachimmg. I " contlntiet
Governor McKinley , 'Fort Sumter was fired
on anti I\cry one was wlhl 10 go to time war.
A comp.ny was fonl'.1 In 1011111 anti . I en-
listed. Gneral John ( ' . I'remont ( Inspeetel
anti musterell In the 000ipammy. lie examIned -
loot ! m ( 1 was thou Very slight . nol \uch
hlgger than YOI are. General Iem-emmiommt I
remember , seemot a great man to me . a boy
oC 17 , whose mind had hen thrlet wIth the
stony of his won < rful flh'entlres In the
wesl I remember he pOlnled ! emIt chest emit
looked , square Into my eyes and finally pro
nounccll me fit for I soitiler. "
"In what regl\enl nero you . governor ? "
" : ly first service vas In the Twenty-thlnl
Ohio. and I remalqed In that regiment
throughout time war. " ' '
A IDEST"SO.nIR.
"What WS your ralk when yon entered ? "
"I was thaI of a prIvate. " replied Tajor
tcKlnler "Tho frs colonel of my regiment -
ment was Rosecrans , who arerwlnl bream ,
generai Our lieutenant colonel was Stanley -
loy Matthevs . afterward . Unied States "n-
ato\ and justIce or the aupienue comirt ant ,
ou\ major was Hlth2rfor1 Il. hayes . who
was to bpcome a general and arerwar,1 ,
serve as gow'ror of Ohio and as preshlent ot :
. "
Limo Unlte States.
"It was < a remarkable reghnent , wasn't It ? "
said I
"Ye , " replied thc governor , "ami the
great UOlt. of the rcglmmment was wortly of ; :
the gre.1 comnmnammthers , " i
"n.1 YOl were a tunlvate governor ? " said
J. as I 1001,01 Into limo bright gray ejos 01
the lan who may yet be president of these ,
Unle < States. " \Vomi't you tel mo some
thing about your life as a private sol < ler ? "
"I was just like that or the oilier sol-
dler , " replol Governor MciCltmlcy. " 11
expellcnees did not dIffer from those o (
a miIon young men who wcnt Into that
great var Thel'eas nothing uncommon
abnt it. H was Imply the Incllents of
call ) .nd mach and battle common to tle
soldier In glneral. \0 curled our n\lkcts
anti marched along 10Aether'e all of \
roll our imuiponiance 1 suppose. "
; i
" \nt , ' 01 did not remaIn a private ? "
"Yes I mild" ! replied Governor McKInley , I
"I remaine , private for over a ) ' ' 11. I I
Wait then promoted to he sergeant oC time
company. This was after the battle of Aim
ticlamm ) . Ruth rCol < B. hayes ( ito hat , ue-
collie colonel ) urJught ma m1 commh"lon ,
and later I served on the star of General
Uayes , Major General Croak and Major Gen-
emal Hancoc ! In lSG I I was made a major
hy brevet by ! 'neaidcnt 1.lncoln. ' I
"Thlnl o your first hattp . , major and
fr tel , " me how you fell for thc first ( line tinder I
"I real , ' do not remember , " replied Major
MrKlumley' . "Our frt engaganient was time
battle of Carafax I""rry. I was a long !
tmo ago. There were IIent ! of ltiuiie ( .
nnd 1 SlPl10se I was terribly friimtened.
Most ln are at such tme . 1 got tiuroimglm . .
how eyer. and I was wih tIme 'I'svemmty-thlrti
In all Its battles and stayed ylh II until the
al Is battes " < : ) unt
.
close o ! lie war.
cOH' war.
"how did you hike military. lIfe , governor ? "
"Very uumuchu lmmdeed , " was the reply. "I
wantell to remain In the army. 1y frIends
amen the officers urge,1 , mo to .10 so , and I
wonld 110\bly he In the mllary service
toth'y If mum ) ' Cather anti mother had not seriously -
ously objectld. Somehow or other they
dll nol thlnl mich of my beIng In the army
tn ( lucia of pea Ct. The result was that I
came home and studied la , , I went to n
law school at Albany , amid lien hung Olt
my shingle In Canton , ai a young Ilract-
tione'r . I contlnuedto , practice law unl 1
was elected to congress. "
THE . . \ , congress. , : , ? I SSION.
" 1)3 ' remmmemubemi ' first law .
yOU remembei ) 0111 frsl Irw case
governor . and what dn"ou " thInk of law as a
profossinum ? F'inalmcially , amid otherwise ti II
worth time best 1011. t ' a man's life ? "
"I will answer . year last question ilrat . "
relOI Governor 1Ieluiiy. ' "I 1 consder : the
law the heist oC Proteasforn. There Is enough
'
I It tl bring out all tht're Is In any man ,
antI , unler proper condlLons I Is financially
prol able. As to my..Iw case I was a
smut for reple\ln. wITth--Jllge lel < en of
Canton aske,1 , mo to try , tr- him "
" 110w did I turn ou1t' " , ,
" . '
"It was successful.
"I successful.
"Whal .Ut . you gethfor1i1 ' \ ? "
"Twenty4lve tioIlara" : ' \ ' ,
"Twent-II'e Iiolar
"In looking back p'e.your career . gov-
ernor , have you ever wlflmed that you hal ,
>
stuck to the law and "ept out or polities ? "
"Yes , " replied Gove coJllcKJnley , "I have
a number of ( lines. But I think perhaps It
Is just a wel as It Is. The things we leant
In this life . you know ; are the things we
hdve not Iot , I 10 nol suppose there Is a
nan In atmy Irofesshon who does not at tmes
think he would have done better In 1le
other , ant this bas been the Cal with me. "
"Uow did you get Into 1 > IIci ? "
"My first oOce was thaI oC prosecuting at-
torney. My friends made me a can.l . ate In
<
lS69. I wu electelt anti served for two ,
yeJrs. After that I practIced law until 186 , '
ol which time I was nominated for congress . ,
1 was not anxious to be the candidate at that '
( line . 1 thought I wu too young to go Into
politIcs. I had a good business , anll I was ,
not wel enough off to enter Ilubll life. Still , :
1 was nominated and elected by a large ma-
jor\y. "
"Uow long did rou renmaln In congress ? "
" 1 sere.1 In the house for fourteen years ,
an'l was then elected governor of Oblo , "
"Do you hike th3 governorolmlp ? " ,
"Yes , Try well , " replied Governor : Ic- :
.
lClnley , "it Is an Important posiion and
there II plenty of work to 110 hero. "
hOW Iii : IlICAMR A PROTECTIONIST.
"Corermior McKinley , you are the neat ,
apostle of protectIon In the UnIted ! States .
how did you come to mal < e the tariff a hilt
work 7"
"I don't know when I was nol interested
In the tariff , " replied Oo\'ernor McKinley
" 1 was brought up , a It were , on Itrotection .
My' I bo'hoot was spent In an Iron inantifac-
turing district , and among mIners , anti C3n.
ton , where I went to lire , Is a center oC great
InanuCacturlng Inthtmetrles . The first speech . I
malic In congress was In favor 01 a protectIve
tariff . 1 was agaInst 1ernando Wood's tarlI
hill In IS78. A9 I went emi In my study of i
the question 1 uello more and more con- '
\'Ined that ( thi WAS the best way to raise
cur revnues , and at the same tIme to sup.
port 011 1lllslrlos. Thl tariff wi always
Ul a live qmmestiomi. . "
A Ilm I\ET TArtlLF' .
"WhAt do y'oti thlnl of the Ilea of a con-
)01
sttntonal amenlhnenl I\rohlbltnr the chmaumg-
InK of the tariff wihin n lmltelt period say
five or ten years ? "
"I don'l believe thAt such a thing would
be advIsable. The changes of coniltons
mlLhl make such In Irrangement v'irk great
injury . and uehles , congres Is the law-
uittiiIimg Ilo\er. amid I do not tiuIuml II would
ue wise to lal < o this restriction. "
' 'md the lcllnley bill have lie elect upon
the business oC the Amerlcn peOlllo that you
eXectet ? .
" 'cs ; the antclpAte.1 elect of the tariff
iatv of 1SW was realIzed. 1 was nol as
fully realIzed . perhaps as I would have been
luau Il nol been for the change oC admmminis-
tratlon which occlrre.1 when It WAS but two
years o I , 1 IJrotected American \ulustrles ,
H started ( lie ( Iii plate factorIes , and all
agree that they are here to sta ) ' .
"Iefonrlumg to your 111ston lS to prohlhlt-
lug the changing oC the tariff within a limit-
Itl',1 , pellod , ' time governor welt on , "I do not
think that , lie American people would ap-
prove or such an act . The1 wanl to be leI
utlomie II Is true , hul they to not want that
which Is hall ali Injlrlous to the country to
uo alowed to remmmalo . We ha\o gal to ad-
jusl maleIs to ito I present tariff as wel as
we can untl we can change It.'e can ha\1
lit ) hope oC tlolmmg this for two year to core ,
hut I believe there wi be A change In time
flture to meet time requirements oC tile treas.
Iry a 11 to promote our industrIal develop-
menl I think our people believe In protec-
ton ant reelprocly . Th"re Is no tolbt thaI
wo C,11 prudueo olr own sugar , malle our
own tin plate and other tImings ! : which we
are now Importing trom nhroall I believe
wo IhOlhl do our work at home , as far as
po4sible , and that wIth a Ilrotectl'e tariff wo
wi hl"o . helter tms and a Jcrmanent Ilros-
perity.Vhuat Is time condiion oC time republican
party totiay' , roveror ? Is It alive , dead or
thy I umg ? "
"it has never been In a more healhy amid
, 'ital condition than It Is today , ' ' replied
Governor McKinley. "Thero wil lie I no split
In our party In the coring cmummiahgn. "
"What Is the condition of the slate oC
< llon
Ohio ? "
"Goo , " was the repl . "Our \ulnrles
are alt growIng an.1 . wo have a bright oul.
hook for the future , "
C ' " " ( . I t
-
I
: : I \ ( ii.iits.
New Pnlalll 1.lchen MnAazlnl ,
As I swung In my hammock one midsummer -
flier tltty
Carelessly I llreumlng the hours away .
First came 1 big humule- , nols ) ' and
boiti
Richly Irelsed In 1 suit oC velvet and golul I
AmmO lext a gay butterfly came saing by ,
)
)
Wih w'lmga ! edged with Iiolm dots blue as
the sky :
lie tarried I loment to bid me "Goo , } day . "
Then lightly tumid rceCul , ' fluttered away' .
The last or my callers . nn Impl1ent chap
l'ersised 1mm afternoon ,
lerMlated II spoilIng my Irernoon nap
In "alI nil m ) orcots to drive hIm uwzmy ;
The ili-rmomimerc'ch fellow determined sta '
' 1-lanlerl' rclow to stay ,
lie Iar hit , on mny ' check and ho mummcd In 11
"You don't like the song of mosquItoes .
that's clear ;
But Ilvlo mite to dimme . and then YOI'I per
ccl '
t'o
cel'e
how quickly your trouhledome caller wi
lea'e. "
leave.
This seemed a strange way to get rid or n i
gum est I
Do you thlnl It would prove thc wlse t
antI best !
' \ ' ant you ( r"l.toul1 It have on Rome calorM
Inow
I you ask.1 them to dine , do you thlnl <
they would gum ? .
HI I.lalS.
Archbishop Ireln,1 , I time only archbishop
who wears tha button oC the eoal legion.
George Q. Canuon has translated lhe ,
Idnguage. Books of 10rlol Into the lawalan
Time Presbyterian Christian Endeavor so
cieties In tIme United States gave $3GGO to
foreign Ilsslons and $21 , 330 to the 10mI
Mission boards during the last year.
Two AnglIcan clergymen ha\'e just Joined
the Chnrph of Home. They are Hev. J.
Stansfeld , rector of lnwnham ant 11ev. J. ,
Hawperl 1.II'Ily , curate of Christ church , '
Beckcnham. Another notaulo couvert to
Iome ts Bernard harrison time el < est son
of the . Well known posiivist Frederic hard -
aon.
aon.He" . Stephen 1ulllhres ( iturteen has
been appolnt1 by 15hlII Wilam Stephens
Perl ) or Iowa senior caaomm lon.rlsldentary. ,
of the cathedral church In Da\'enport. ecuheci
preacher In Allvenl and I.ent alll Ilcturer on
Ammgin.Saxon ami early Fnglbh literature In ,
G rlswoll college.
There are 113 distinct religious .Iopom- :
nations In the UnIted Statcs The to al
numbr of communicants oC all d 1'I\a- ' :
lens Is 20,612,80G. ( who h ' lolp tu 16.17 0-
ganlZtons or congregations . havlg 142 , -
52t edlfeln , These figures mire tdlten from
the ClntlS report cO\lrlnl the st1thtlcJ .r
cimimneitea
The Salvation Army hs .IOW real'll..1 ; . I
two tboUSJlulh commalng : oIflcn ant the
enrolment . , mf Its f\t thous.llh , IIXiIJI ) ' ,
with an atteiidammco of upwJrl1 of a 1IIon '
Ier ) mitonthi or neuly iG,00i,000 , } ats meetIngs -
Ings per annum. In view oC thli the army
Is preparing a specIal immecmmm'ial 'umher lr
, lie ( WJr Cry.
11ev. Dr. J. . J. Townsen . the ( 1tletimodlgt
dl\lle anl1 pastor of the Mr.uit Vemur l'lacr
church In Balimore , has , tnzulterei1 " Ibi , mesfg.
natiomm . to take effect al the f:1 uf liii P''S-
enl conference year. Mr. T.'nseh1 will
leave time mmmlmmlstry emmtlreiy amid t'evote hi. .
time to literary work , as 83s bt'eu hits tIc-
sire for sommmo thimme past. Mr. Tewttseum..i
went to Baltimore from lioston.
11ev. Dr. Riclmarul Lsior Bmmrtsehl , tIme
friend of Ir , McGiynum. ceiebnatel this thirty.
thmlrti anniversary of hula orthlmmatiomi to tIme
liotnan Catholic priestitooti at htoiundotmt on
Limo 11th. Souuie of his ohti parish-
loners in New York wemit imp to liontlout iii
honor of tIme occasion and they still look to
( lie time when Dr. llurtscih will be returned
to his old church In New Tonic City.
iltitIlIll'm'i'll YIdAiit4 ,
John O'SullIvan of Auckland , Now Zea-
anti , is credited vllu the cilia old ago of I El
rears.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCaffery of New Bed-
forth , Mass. , Imasseti time 97th milestone on
time 113th ,
\v. A. ifllpatricle , a Georgia veteran who
tialrmms to lie 105 years old , has applied for
I petusion unuler limo imuihigent Pension act.
11ev. Dr. William Hem , the first Baptist
inismionary to China anti Slam , died In San
Liego. Cmi. , at the age of 87 years , lie spent
lhtty years In the east.
ilenry Eherding of ChIcago Is preparing to
eiebrate itl 90th annIversary on Sepemumber :
1. lIemiry was raised on beer and joyfully
3iInga to the steiner stiioui It's full ,
Captain Joumatimarm Norton of Lee , MaiL ,
usa just entered upon lila 100th year. Said
ae the othmer day : "I have been a traileaunan ,
I tarmmter , a soldier , a poet and inventor , and
aa probably the first man to make a mmmatcit
n hlenkaimlre county , "
The oldest member of ( ito precent Pari'a.
ament , and probably time oidest leislaior In
limo world , Ia Ut. lion. Cimarics l'tiilmani'Il. .
hers , lie was born January 3 , 1802 , and Is
; herefore Over 113 years of age , havIng aeon
n hula time SOmO of time greatest things in
: he hIstory of cIvIlizatIon.
11ev , Jobn Jasper , the famous coiorcd
) reacimer of ltichurtmontl , Va. , wh hiss proveur
0 lmls own satisfactIon ( list 'do sun do
nave , " i aow 83 years old , hay.
rig beeui born a shave in 18i2 , The nminiater
las been married four tiuumes , After the war
dr. Jasper had 73 cents iii his pocket and
Wed $42 iii boue rent , . liii has savud , it Is
aid , about $5,000.
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'rlIi OI.flie'I'OhtV ,
Written for 'rime flee , s .
In every book anti paper
In ( ImIs tmoolc anti 1)01)00 agO , '
I road of love's eli story ,
And I see it out the 5mmge. (
1 , ton , wouutti toil that ritory ,
But I really can't , 'oi letmo' :
Ior her car. mire not hike sea ehuell.o ,
Nor her brow hike drl'en allow ,
1iimt tim' I tanlmot tell ( ho world
fime ilba that otimermi tell ,
I enmi gently' fuild imer Iii mt' nrms
Anti spniumg thmeuit nIl out 'eth.
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A Chiego ovife recently' applIed for an in.
jtmmmction to prevent imer iuusbammd frommm marry.
ing ammotimer wonton ,
The nmarriago rate In England anti \'ales
last year Was time hottest oum recorti ,
h'iato condemmmmmc'd time snge ! ! muon to a fine' ,
nnI In Sluarta they Irene thriven at statetl
( limit's to lime teiiiiihct of Ilercimles by' time
Ivoummeil , wimo ( lucre drIlled timemmi Itt ( rime mmmiii-
tary style.
There Is liD danger , dc'cdau'es time ChIcago
Tribune , that time examitphe of the Cimleigo
girl thmo ras muarrleti in bloomers will he
getierahly' folloved. Only aboimt one girl Iii a
thousand camm fimmi a umumum wimo will mumanry' imcr
after hue has seen her lii bloommiers.
Thmero Is a falling off imm mimarrhages. In
Eumglanul this year ( lucy hare gone below cli
hireviomma rec'antls. Time tmen' womnaum is said to
ho to Imlanme for tlmi , as it ummaut is afrold of a
ummaid tsimo is bigger muitl stroumger mtmiti brmmlmmier
auth richter mutt better tiresseti mimmul umiore comtr
ateomms amid huas a better lirotessionmal staumd-
Ing munth business tact tiuaum hue.
Iranz 1"ticlus , hmreslulemmt of a wimt'ehing club
of Cmx , 'uumstrlmi , ammil Frauielmt hotuise Song
were mimarrieti the otiter ulay Iii time Evmimmgchl-
cal church of tiuat city. Tue bride is the
fouiouicr of tIme W'ommmen's Ilicyche chili of
Graz. After time nmarringe eenemnommy thin
y'etmng cotmple took thmelr wheels anti started
on a hmoney'nmoon tour timrntigh an lntsreatlmmg
part of theIr native country.
A ummarniago of mitered to time entire worlti
ha that of Cotmnt Savorguax tie ilrazza , ( hue
Com'go explorer , lie % IIl mumarry' Mile , do
Cimanuihirtun this immnnmthi , aumd nit tue emmul of
Septemmubor hue will , tuIthm liii , tmnhile , rejoin
his Post on time Cummgo. Mile. tie Cimamimlirmin
hielongs to a faunily fammmotms for its hove of
Pal ii i I 1mg 0 ntl in tmmiie.
hIchm young women In search of a title will
lie edlileti to kmmouv flint InVai'saw alone ,
with a poiUitImm of 500,000 , there are 30,726
persons belamiglng to ( lie hereditary nolmihity
antI 0,257 "Imensommal muotilsit. " 'l'iiere arc as
iimany lirlncoa In i'olauiii as In lttmaIa , no-
cortilmig to late cemmeims rettunmuc , itmmui as for
tin ? nummiernumancas of lImo 1ttsainmi prInces it
nimoy' be satul ( list there are how living imcmrhy
1,000 Pniimcea anti I'rlncesscs Gallizimi ,
Time emmgagemmmeimt is annotmiuceil of Jerome
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( lisie huh , time associate edItor of 3huimmsey's
Magazine , anti Miss Kittiurymme Jarboe ,
ulatugimter of time late Joitmi It. Jarhoe , time
emitiumeni lawyer of San Framicsco , Tue groommi
spout last summmummer on time tlanml Ic coast ,
siueno hue liit't his Imitemitleil hmrhile. ? tl isit
Jniboo has been a promnimuomit cocicuty In ly ,
arid lately has entoroti tIme held of lIterature.
Time wethihimig t'lli tmko ; pkmcu thuis viimter.
'fOR'IiJREII 'fIIIRTY YEARS.
Tlia Agonies of thelnqiiisition Endured
by Reniiiic ( SuIei'ers [ ,
4 ii lt'ligeiiirhni ii 'l'ehl. . \Vuierfuji
i4tory of lila lC'mmiutrliimI , . ( 'iii' , ' ,
Jolut L. GIll , residing at 31 North Grant
avemmue , Ccihtminbims , 0. , ageti 88 years , sayte :
" 1 smiffereti front riueiummmatlsnm ( or over 30
years. Time ( ioimms Ivere'ery severe aimml often
I % V.imi unable to nmove arommnti , I have doe.
toreti with tmmamiy pimymilciamis ammuh taken all
klmumis , of patent mneilicine , limit hover recelvemi
ally relief until I begamm tIling Mumiuyomm's
lthmctummiatlsmn Cure , \\'ithilmm twelve hours often -
ton talciumg time iirst tio.so I vaa free fntanm
anti ' , . ' '
PtImm aiim ito'v conmphetely cured.
1(1 um imyomm's htlmetmuuia I lain ( hi rem ha gimara mm I eeti
to Cure nimemunmatlamnu lii any hart of time body.
Actite or nmuacmiar ! rhuetuumuatlamim cureml him fromuu
omie to five tiays. It never ( Ils to cuu'e sharp ,
shooting palms 1mm tIme anus , legs , miitlcmi , lcm"lc
or imreast , or soreness imm any part of the hotly'
in from one to three lmammr , It is gmmaranto-d
to pronmmptly cure hammmenmess , stiff ammul svoiimt
johmmts , stilt hick , anti all pains In time hips
amid bums. Cimrtinlc rheimmuuatism , sciatica , hum-
bagu or iualmm lit time bade are speedily cumreti.
AlUmmyomt'mu Iiommmtiulopatlmic Iioimme ltmrmmmemly
Commm tani y , o I I'h I latlei liii Ia , hut iii ) speci tics
fttr Imearly every tlisoase , wlmlclm are sold by
all tlnmmggists , miiostly far 20 cauitmi mu bottle.
Those \'hmo are iii domubt as to time Imatmure
of their .hieasti simouhti amltiremus I'rofessor
iImmuuyonu , i503 Arch street , l'iuihamieipiiia , gly.
ing full symmmptomtus of their thlseuse. l'i-ofes.
scr Muumyon wihi careftuhly dlagmiose tIme case
amid give you time hiammoiit of his ativice obso.
lutely free of au chmimrge. 'I'fme Romimeilles viil
be soul to tummy address on receipt of retail
price ,
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I\'Iaking to order
is out. busine3s , and we
think about fifty-nine mU-
lion out of the sixty million
inhabitants on this hemisphere -
phere know that Nicoll the
Tailor is head and shoulders
, above any other clothes
maker in tile world ,
Our prices arc within the reach
of the humblest and our
skill in making is fixed to
suit the rroudest dresser.
We can attire you becomingly
whether you have st or $50
to spend.
Trousers to order , $ to $14.
Suits to order , $15 to $50 ,
Overcoats about the same.
Over 3,1300 styles to select
from.
alnphes mailed.
( imirmiments expressed ,
201 S 15th STREETI
AU. QUIt WOJCK MAPle IN 'VIlla CITY Dr
Tills hOST JOUR TAIIAyIIS.
CHmco. I' ST. LOUiS.
Sr. I'AUL.Kcvl'Lt2 . : OMAhA ,
Ilosioti. 9A irm ; DeNVeR.
DesMourmuts. PITTSUURdI ,
WtsuIuNaToN , ULW Yosic. lNuiANApous.
iCArss CITY , SANFRANCmSCO. MuoseApoLls ,
HARTFORD , PORTLAUL , ORg. LOsAuiGxt.as ,
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TZ11 DOCTOfl'S COLUMrI.
Anna , New OnIcane.-ttr some lInac I have
imsemi tOvtmbh.l with dyspeala sumd cunatipatiom
What shall I take ? I
Take Gastrine' , a teaspoonful timree tlmnei
a day , after uneahit. Twio a week titi two
tcaspoonftmla of Natroltttmio Salts , In a ttmmmm-
bIer of water , t hmatf'imotmr before tireakfmtsl ,
Chas. W , V. , ut. l.oumis-Aimi trouble , ! \iflt
COzetmia , J'ias fuChs.
Take Thyrodlne , extract of ( hue thmyroIt
glnimd , 1mm thmree.tirop doses , hilce daily , foe
two months.
is. ii. M , , Pitit.bmmr.ni stni.'et pristruite,1
icith nCtvotuanesa , Very Constil'.ited , l'isaee stall
reummetiy ,
Take Cerebnlne' , extract of the brain , In
tire-drop uloo , three tiimues daily , cmi timi
tongtmc' , ( or tVO mnoumtlms. A dose of Natrolitimta
SuIts , twice a teeIe , before breakfast ,
A , C. I ) . . ( .ievchuuuiih.-rn tromtiIetl tyl't hem' .
'Coma tieltility nail Functional teenkuess'hat II
mm gmcid i clhiiy ?
T.ke Cercbrimmc' , extract of time' ltralm , , In
five-tiroim tioseg , oh time toiugUe , three tIuimei
ti.tIhy' , for a week ; tlucui Tcstlmtti , Imi umuhimle tiost
nuiti ummammmier for amuotimer week , mmumti so oum , at.
termmmiiumg , for ttso mtmoumthis ,
( heorge , Ne''orlc.Scntl ftmil ummimmme ; will
ativise by' mush.
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hitti. I hept . ( 'ci. ( 'imetmi. ( 'ti. , ' , tslmlngt tim , I I. C.
'rh I AN IMAI. ix'rn.e'rs
CilIt lIult I X i , Vriiii I lit' Urn i II. ( l1l ) .
, , ' : , l'roiii the' 341iiiiii ( , , , i'ii. (1A1I.
I ) I % Id , l"riuii t iii. ult'iu.'l , 'l'IlM'l'i % Il ,
( ) v.t it I2. 'i'lIVlttIl\ .
l1tac , S Drops. I'rice , Two Prachnms , 11.21.
( M'I'ltlNl3 ,
A new anti 'multmaijme reuiuc.ly' ( tim' lhi'epepsia , SLal.
lIluilt l'I 1)13 i'hilS ,
hOI2 MA I.t II I A I. A IIl3'lONi4 , NEt 'It , ' , 1,0 IA.
ANI ) SICK IIEAhMC'Ihlii Si ) cents ,
( ' , t'I'Itlt1Ill3 ,
Uar 'mini cii , hay i'ev'r , etc. Menu , ' . trtiat.
ihmtul I , mumcummthuumg imismi ilitm tar ,
? h't'i'iIlttIi'I'lIlC i4i.'i'S.
i'or histittiai ( 'on'tmpatlomm , Ttih pan of time itowels
amid immacttoa of time l.m en , Ic ) edits ,
At oh Druggists , or fuomim
(31)1,131 lilt ( 'ii ilfl IrA 1. Ct ) . ,
St'hmil for Iit'i'tit tire , % 'mrsiti ngtomm , 13.63.
( "or sale by ICURN & CO. , hum and Douglas ,
DOCTOR
si" Searlos & Soarles
1Tfl t 1416 lhirmmtiti 211.
. . - SPECIALISTS.
* 'qia'ir.4 Aiiforimmof Blooti niid
' Iisoi'tscs. )
iM
' .ta8. soil thiorauighuly cloalused
frtmm time systeumu.
' ' ' LADIES given careful
j\'fl'M37truimmh special ititemitImlO for utlt
ffi ! ninny peculiar nil-
\i,5 'tJI' 5.il'lumOumtc. .
Vim deuce ho ty U ,
x7 ! ? A TV,111'IIT ( V1'LAI.ITY WF3AN )
Vt ? 1i.ttl % . jilLil'S mmmmude so by' too ciomio up.
pitcathon to htuslmlctts or study , sovemo mnm'ntai
mutralmi or grief SIXU.AI , lexciaSSlB lii
miiitltiiti life or lroimt time cifecus of Youthful
follIes , all yield u'cadmly to our new treat-
n'nt rir loss of vItal hiewer
TtiTPl ? Your troubles it omit of limo cIty.
'V ii1 L Thmoum"nnilc , 'immeti at luomne by' cot-
reapoimilenee , C'ONSti.TA'I'ION hi'flRi7 ,
[ hr Vnmrlne V. Vn'trlne 141(1 tal'nrumu ML ,
all litul mta a ituu uua1 OImhiihiih ? lrb ,
HOME INDUSTRIES
fly purchasing goods made at the followIng
? cbrasica factories. If you can not flnj wiut
you leant Comnnmumlcato with time nmaumu(5m1
totem's as to What dealers handle their goods ,
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BEM1SOMAllABAQC
tuianufscturt.rs of cii klimda of cotton and bum'
lap bag , . common Ifour casts and twine a spec.
6il-Gm661s U. litlm.St ,
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Ol11lA BIElVlG lSSOCIA'I'1ON ,
elm. ' load stmipnmcnts made In our own refrlge.
mater cars. Blue itibbon , Elite Export , 'ieno
Export , emit 1"aimmiiy 1xport , demicereti to all
gaits of city.
COb'I"IdIi' , MI'I'b2.1 , 131 KIXtJ I'Os 1dlf.
C WI SO LID APED CO FF'E E C ,
COffee Roasters , sltmce Orliuders , ? .ianiifacttir. .
era German flaking l'owdcr and German Dr'
muop'eat , 1414 netS 1416 hiarnoy.ht. , Om.uha , Nd ,
c.mniei.mui.M , 1IJ ,
DRUMOND ! CA1UIIAGE CO.
put rubber tires and bail beurimig axles on their
OIVII make veimicles. argul sell a top buggy for
$50.00 besides. Write them , Ittit amid hiarney ,
S. ii , CIL1lN ,
Manufacturer of Oold alc.ii Flour.
C. E. Iliack , Manager. Omaha.
J'tJItITIJItlj J'ICTUdC.
OiAiIA UPHOLSTERING CO.
Mantmtactimrera of I'anior Furniture , I.ouung. ,
Dhnuitg TaLles and Poldlmig 1Jeji , 28th ave. ,
ltiytl to Simier ifs.
JJf .IXD co.i I. ,
SOUI'H ' OMIIA ICE ANU CALCO. )
ionuetl and utenm Coal , We have the best.
Oiiicm , icoi Fat lmmtmmsL , Tcieptuimtj ) : Oiiico Sfl.
yard , 276a , J. A. floe , General Manager ,
J1eic-uiJdhc--- ; : ; I
11DUST1IIA14 IRON 1'ORK ,
Manurauturing anti Repairing of all kindi of
mnatlmlnery , engines , europa , elevators , printhn
utreses , hangers , sii'iiing and couplIngs 1103
slid 1403 howard-at. , Omamma.
PAXI'ON & YIE1thIIIG IRON 1.VOIIliS ,
Manufacturers 00 Alcumiteeturni Iron Vurk.
General Fouai.y . , MachIne and liiacicmnnluls
Vork. Entneers and Contractors for FIrS
i'ooof BuildIngs Omce and works ; U. I' , Iiy
and Ba. 17th street , Unnutha ,
4)1,1 1'S'cdM slf. , ( :1) i' , , icJ ime.
I , , C DOIII.
Manufacturer Mattresses , Spring lhe,1a Jobber
i'catitera and I'iiltmivC , N , limit and Nictmal.m
Ste. , Oomalma.
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TilE MERCEIL Ct1EtICAL COIPAN Y ,
Manufacturers of hull 13uttractm , , liisira ,
Symupa and \Vines , compressed trituratca imypa.
doriimtu tablets. phuls antI scienutiflu , nmedical rtu.
eitles , Oinntmmt ,
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Z02 So. 11th st. , Tel. 254. Memlessa Mineral
Water , Cariionametl , uuiequahied , I'laIn for table
use unsurpassed ,
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The emily perrect protection to property , Basin.
Ice it , lkst thing on earthi Reduce. insur.
ance rates. 130 $ Douglas-st.
U Y4IfALT. PIerOUfld. .
IiATZ-NEVINS CO.
Manufacturers of Men' . and Itoys' Clothing.
I'ant , , Shirt , mind Oyeralhs.ihOi.2IS S. 12mb at ,
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TIlE OMAhA PAI3EIt BOX CO.
Manufacturers of all kinds of Paper maoxe. ,
liheli Boxes. Sample Cases , MaulIng 'labia. , etc.
Vt'du3ing cake and fancy candy boxes , drugumigi
ahti jewelry boxes. RO1 iO Junes st , Omaha.
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ks.cluaivo custom shIrt taIlOrs.