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Sworn to lieforc me nnd mlisprlhed In my
preneneo this 3d d y of Januniy. 1858.
( Pent. ) N. P. mil. . Notary Public.
Two mow republican senators will bo
minitcil ! ! to thu mmntu this week. Ami
tlipiv iir < > inoro In prospuct niul on tliu
\viiy.
St Louis will this year have the prlvl
lc i < of c'lilortaltiliiK tlireo national coil
volitions , two of thorn at- the MIIIIU
llnio. This Is rubbing it into
pretty hard , Is It not ?
Ami now It Is the bur Iron inanufac-
turoru who nro combining to put tin.
price of tholr product up , and they In-
Hlst that not oven Iron bars shall , prevent
vent Ihom from carrying out tholr pro
grain.
The latest divine licalor , who clalnu
the succession to Schlattor , noltlioi
wears a board nor rides n donkey.
Without those necessary properties to
the business It Is feared his efforts nuiat
fall to strike the popular chord.
A few more "amateur" bicyclists have
suddenly discovered that they are full-
Hedged professionals under the accepted
classllicntion. It takes an expert now
adays to distinguish between the ama
teur anil the professional bicyclist.
If the Venezuelan boundary commis
sion does not lind occasion to make ti
iL trip nt least to Kurope , the reputation
ot its members for knowing a good
thing when they see it and making the
best of it will suffer sadly lu the mind
of the general public.
They nro going to dedicate the now
battleship Kentucky with IJonrbon rye
instead of with champagne. If the
now war vessel does not prove to be
stnutichor and stronger than the ordi
nary battle ship , dedication servleen
might as well hereafter be discontinued.
Queer , Isn't It , that ex-Warden Ilecmcr
couldn't find any way of getting rid of
the last $ in."l of his ? 2,000 draft on the
state 'treasury except to turn It back as
an unexpended balance. Tlie operation
of refunding this surplus must , have
been undertaken only n.s a painful last
resort. "
General Algor has had himself toasted
as a presidential possibility at a De
troit bamiuet , Just to lot tho- people
know that they cnu still have him when
ever they want 'him as their chief ex
ecutive. General Alger is apparently
ns willing as ever to have' his ban-el
tapped.
They are talking extra session in
Iowa before the present legislative ses
sion Is really half begun. 15y the time
the legislature is ready to adjourn the
chances are that the people will bo so
tired of It that they will have for
gotten all about the proposed extra
Hcssiou.
It will bo noted that ex-Warden
neoiner insists on submitting his ex
pense account to the state board as a
report of "the lessee of convict labor. "
Inasmuch as tlie supreme court has de
clared that there was no state's prison
contract , this little llction might as well
have been discarded.
An ofllcer of the regular army has
volunteered the opinion that In case of
war between the 'United States and
Greata Britain , Chicago would be one of
the llrst points the enemy would at
tempt to capture. Now listen to the
Chicago people change their cries for
war to demands for peace.
It was not a sense of poverty-stricken
pride that prevented the Turkish sultan
from giving his consent to the distribu
tion of American relief contributions
among the distressed Armenians. Had
the aid been consigned to.good und true
Mohammedans It IH doubtful whether
any objections would have been raised.
Severn ! Interior towns are bidding for
the location of beet sugar factories.
The farmers of Nebraska have become
thoroughly convinced that sugar beets
are the most prolltable crop they can
cultivate nnd It Is conceded that a
greater acreage than ever will be
planted to beets this year. How about
Douglas county ?
Thu Monroe family must have spread
all over the United States , if thu num
ber of people who are giving birth to
doctrines by that name is any criterion.
It Is strange , moreover , tliatthe _ Monruo
doctrine as enunciated by one Infallible
authority In one state in the union
would not recognize tlie Monroe doc
trine as formulated by another infalli
ble authority lu thu same or borne other
dtuto.
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AHOT.lMt 11IK I'AMP.
Neatly thirty-one yen is have rlnpsed
since lhr > oloso of Die great conllirt be
tween 'lie north mill south , nnd licntly
Ihlrty-tlvu yenm since tln first fchot was
fired ujioti Sumter. Kvory man who
enlisted fur I he defence of the union
who la still nllvo U commencing to
turn gray If his httlr has not for yours
hi'i'ii white. The merest liny who re
sponded to his country's first call to
arms has passed his " > oth year , ami
oven thu youngest \\Iio enlisted In the
closing campaign is fast approaching
thu half-century mtuk.
Notwithstanding the changes that
hnvt boon wrought In its monibon < hlp
the ( Jrantl Army of the Itopuh-
lie organization hits maintained
unchanged thu original program
for its annual reunions , local ,
state ami niUlomil. The camp 1 Ilie
tllstlnctlvo featureof these rt'Uinr.ns.
l-'or - three days or a week or a fort
night the old scones are're-enacted -
In a tented city nnd the hardships of
military service vividly recalled by
reveille , parades , Ktiard dnty , sham hat-
ties and taps. The original Idea of a
camp reunion was doubtless to make
these pithoriiiKS more characteristic of
war time memories and to re-establish ,
If only for a few days , the old spirit of
military democracy that prevailed
unions the ranks dnrfnv the war period ,
Krom every point of view the con
clusion Is now forced upon every ra
tional man that the time has arrived
to abolish the en nip as the center of
the ( Srand Army of the Republic re
union. Reluctant as they may be to
admit the fact , ( no veterans of tne
war are no longer physically able to
bear the burden of camp life even for
a short while. The now grlx/.Ied sol
dier who takes an outing once a year
to meet with his old associates and
talk over war times Is entitled to butter
accommodations than life in a tent can
olToiIt Is unreasonable to tTotall him
to do guard dnty and positively cruel to
call upon him to hobble along In a parade
that Is pitiful to the spectators and ex
hausting to the participants. If the vet
erans of the war have deserved any
thing of the new generation It Is the
right to enjoy themselves at their re
maining reunions amid the comforts and
conveniences oP civilized life. They can
not have these if they establish a camp
In a stubble Held on the outskirts of a
small town. Accessible assembly halls ,
warm beds and good shelter for all who
may come , well cooked food In plenty ,
are provided best In the larger cities.
The Grand Army of the Hepublle re
unions of the future should be held In
the cities and the barbarities of camp
life forthwith abolished.
A POSTAL DKPOSIT SYSTEM.
The Phlladelplila Times Is aivadvo-
cate of a postal deposit system. That
able paper says that congress failed to
perform n most important duty , not
only to the government , but to the people
ple as well , when It failed to accept the
[ imposition of Postmaster General Wan-
aimiker for the adoption of a postal de
posit system by which the people in
every section of the country could de
posit their .savings , large or small , with
the Postal department of the govcrn-
nent and receive Interest on the same at
i low rate. The Times says that when
the proposition of Mr. Wanamaker was
submitted the government was not In
special need of such a loan , but the
conditions ha've changed. "Thu goveru-
nent Is likely to need the money that
the people would deposit and there is no
source from which so largo an amount
onld be obtained at so low a rate of
nlerest. Such deposits would not be
subject to the fluctuations of deposits
n ordinary banking Institutions , as no
contingency could arise to create doubt
n the minds of the people as to .the
safety of thegovernment. . There Is lit
tle doubt that not less than $ : X ) , < MX ) , < )00 )
would thus be deposited in the small
savings of the people and the govern-
uent could with entire confidence rely
upon the amouur of thu deposits with-
nit material variation. " This is an ex-
romely moderate estimate , It being most
n-obable that within a year after the
system was established double the
unonnt stated by the Times would be
m deposit with the government , giving
t command of a fund far more likely
0 grow than to decrease. There Is
svery reason to believe that under such
1 system there would be one of the
uost gratifying manifestations of pop-
dar faith In the government ever wit-
lessed.
The Times says It regards a postal
leposlt system as of vital Importance
o both the government and tile peo-
ile , especially so In the present tlnan-
cial distrust among the holders of small
unonnts of money. So It must be re
garded by everybody who will give the
natter Intelligent and unprejudiced con
sideration. Krom whatever point of view
t Is studied it postal deposit system
commends Itself as wise and sound ,
Kissesslng advantages for both the gov
ernment and the people , ami there arc-
10 serious dlfllcultlcs In the way of as-
abllshlng It. This Is n very practical
natter for the discussion of which tlio
nrscnt time is peculiarly auspicious.
SUd.tll DUTl' AMHND.MKNT.
The delay In reporting the house re\ve-
me bill to thu senate Is due to the In
sistence of Senator Jones of Nevada ,
vho Is a member of thu senate finance
onunlttee , that the in per cent increase
of duties which applies to nil schedules
> xceptthat of sugar shall also ln ex-
ended to that schedule. He believes
hat the sugar-producing Interest of the
onntry Is as well entitled to thin addl-
lonal protection as any other Interest
ind that the effect of Increasing Urn
ugar duties 10 per cent would he to
omowhat stimulate the Industry , with ,
out making any appreciable difference
n the cone to thu consumer. In this
Senator Jones undoubtedly represents
hu sentiment of the sugar growers of
lie country and ut the same time takes
consistent position , but may there not
IP tiiiother plan which would operate
ijuully well for the producers of sugar
ud be less profitable to thu refining
uouopoly ?
Of courno thu protection secured to the
rust by the present tariff would be In-
reused with the increase of the duties
nnd there Is every reason to believe that
tinder the nil valorem , system the treas
ury would not get the expected benefit ,
but that the result would be chletly to
the advantage of the monopoly. There
Is no doubt of the desirability of fos
tering and encouraging the sugar In
dustry. With a reasonable degree ol
protection this country can produce In
tlie course of perhaps a dozen yotirn all
the sugar required for Its consumption.
It would become In time almost if not
finite as valuable a product as wheat or
corn , giving employment to n vast
amount of capital and labor and en.
nhllng us to keep at home the large sum
annually sent abroad to pay for sugar.
Hut there Is a very general feeling that
no further advantage should be given
to the trust. That monopoly Is doing
too well under the present tariff. It
recently paitl 7 per cent on tlio pre
ferred and lli per cent on the common
stock and It Is estimated , upon the assumption -
sumption that the cost of refining was
one-half of a cent a pound , that the
trust's profits last year were over $11-
000,000 , or more than ? 1,000,000 In ex
cess of tlie sum required for the divi
dends. It Is not to be doubted that tlie
monopoly made heavily from underval
uation , thus defrauding the treasury.
It would seem to be entirely prac
ticable to substitute a specific for an ad
valorem duty , making the former equiv
alent to the present duty with the proposed -
posed Increase , and If this were done
the treasury would be a large gainer ,
the sugar producers would be bene
fited and the trust would be deprived
of its opportunity to cheat the govern
ment. Whether or not there Is an In-
creasolu the duty on raw sugars jt
should be made specific.
AX txnvsrniAL COM
A bill has been Introduced In con
gress for the appointment of a nonpartisan -
partisan commission to collate Informa
tion and to consider and recommend
legislation relating to the problems pre
sented by labor , agriculture and capital.
It provides that the commission , to be
appointed by the president , shall consist
of live men representative of labor , five
representative of agriculture and live
representative of business , but a major
ity of the commission shall not belong
to any one of the political parties which
took part In the last presidential elec
tion. Kach division of live is author
ized to appoint two additional commis
sioners , making the whole number
twenty-one , these appointments to bo
made with reference to maintaining the
non-partisan character of the body. The
term of the commission Is to be for two
years.
Among the duties prescribed for tlie
commission is that of furnishing such
Information and suggesting such laws
as may be made a basis for uniform
legislation by the various states of the
union In order to harmonize conflicting
Interests and to be equitable to the
laborer , the employer , the producer and
the consumer. In thirty-two states there
are statutes directly affecting labor and
in all of the states there are laws af-i
' ' '
fccting agriculture' and business , but'
no two sets of those laws agree. It Is
urged that a commission appointed for
the purpose and with tlie scope pro
posed would bring together more- information
mation for the future unification of nil
laws on these subjects than any volun
tary convention possibly could. This is
doubtless true , but it is questionable
whether the practical results would be
as valuable as the advocates of
the measure profess to believe.
All the really Important information
which it would be the dnty of the pro
posed commission to obtain ought to bo
obtainable through the departments and
bureaus of the government without any
great additional expenditure and with
quite as much accuracy and thorough
ness as through a commission , at an
annual expenditure of ? 5 < ) ,000. As to
tlie recommendations of such a commis
sion , experience teaches that they would
not be likely to have much Influence
upon legislation.
The proposed measure received the
approval of the house committee on
labor In the last congress and will prob
ably be approved by the committee 111
the present congress , but its enactment
into law Is hardly probable. In view of
tlie many other and far more urgent
demands for the expenditure of the
public money. It Is a matter that can
wait without harm to any Interest.
A UTflFOItM nAKKItUPTCY LA\r. \
Tlie national convention of manufac
turers adopted unanimously a resolution
favoring the enactment by congress nt
an early day of a national bankruptcy
law that will deal equitably with both
creditor and debtor. It was set forth
In the preamble to this resolution that
the present laws of bankruptcy In many
of the states are not uniform In their
application and discriminate against the
rights of the creditor class to such an
extent that the preference creditor may ,
and frequently does , absorb the entire
remaining -assets of the bankrupt and
thus prevent the administration of that
strict justice which underlies and Is the
basis of all heajthy commercial activity.
The National Hoard of Trade , which
will hold Its annual meeting In Wash
ington city this week , will undoubtedly
renew Its recommendation in favor of
n uniform bankruptcy law.
Such expressions from the. representa
tive business men of the country ought
to have some weight with congress. It
Is a well attested fact that the various
nnd contradictory state bankruptcy
laws are most unsatisfactory In their
operation , both as to 'creditors nnd
debtors. They generally fall to pre
serve the equities between different
creditors , while they do not secure to
the debtor such exemptions after the
assignment of his property to his cred
itors and such command of his future
earnings , free from the attachments of
his creditors , as will enable him to ac
cumulate from his earnings ouch workIng -
Ing capital as will permit him to make
the most of his earning capacity. The
present machinery of the luw for thu
collection of debts is HO cumbersome ,
costly , uncertain and wasteful that Us ,
u o Is abhorrent "to all business men of
enlightenment and with a sense of
honeuty aud justness , thu results being
disastrous t < ittly debtor and unsatis
factory to tlni m-dltdr.
Such helnji * fi ] > necessary condition
from ImvlngtiiraiJoiH state bankruptcy
laws , It Is plainly the dnty of congress
to give the ftjuWtry n uniform system
that will seeuro ) the. property of debtors
from rnthlcssTiMncrillce. preserve the
equities behye'ei'j ' HfToront creditors and
secure to botu creditor ami debtor fair
and just treatment , with such exemp
tions to tlievliittr as will enable him
to utilize to"1 Hie best advantage
his earnlngli yc'aji > aelty. A judicious
and properly * adjusted bankruptcy
system , It should be understood. Is quite
as Important to debtors as to creditors ,
ami undoubtedly the former quite gen
erally as stroilgly desire such n system
as the latter.
The bill Introduced In the last con
gress by Sonafor Oeorge , as a substi
tute for the llallcy hill that passed the
house , Is now In tin * hands of a senate
committee and may be reported during
the session. Us cardinal feature Is that
It provides fdr voluntary bankruptcy ,
whereas the Torroy bill provided for
Ihvoluntary bankruptcy. It Is to lie
presumed that a measure will be Intro
duced In tlie house , perhaps on the lines
of the Torroy bill. There appears to be
an urgent demand from the business
Interests of tlie country for a uniform
bankruptcy law , and congress should
give heed to It.
TUK VII'LUMATIC KKKVICK.
The proposition Mint tlie United States
government should abolish the regular
diplomatic service has had some promi
nent advocates who urged their view
partly on the score of economy and
partly on the grbund that tlie service is
of no great value to the country , In fact ,
is rather more ornamental than useful.
Hut recent events'must have convinced
oven these people 'that a nation like the
Uiiited States , with Its great and stead
ily growing International Interests , can
not all'ord to bo unrepresented in any
of tlie principal countries of the world ,
and that Instead of doing away with a
regular diplomatic service tlie demand
Is rather for Its development. There
Is no Knropean country In which It Is
not expedient or necessary at this time
for tlie United States to have a diplo
matic representative , and tho. same Is
true of China , 'Iapan , and the countries
of South Amerjca , and this will not be
less so In the ijutin.'o. '
In a roeenjj ntldress Mr. Andrew D ,
White , cx-nitijlo } to Russia , spoke of
the duties alHi'e'eds of the diplomatic
service and r $ > Hcd out vor > ' dearly Its
importance sjlul j'alue to the national
welfare. Iltjhjhowed how great a serv
ice a minister cotil'd render In promoting
the commerce of the country and how
much he migliD.do in nvcrtln'gvgerlous *
political complications. A strlklng'ex-
ample of thlgVolicjirred duHng the civil
war , when the firm action of the Amer
ican minister torEnghind stopped the
sending out" "fnfm Brltjsh. ports of
crul'seivs to p.rey3upbn piir commerce.
Our guiding tldenJ In ally' reform of the
diplomatic sriiyjkfe ; ; , said MJ- ? White ,
sJioYu'rbe not revolution , mit .evolution.
What Is gootKln the cxlsthljj system
should be recognized and something yet
better developed out of it. So far as
the leading places are concerned he
would have our present system retained ,
choosing from our public men tho.e
accustomed to Important p'u.bllc busi
ness and to large affairs. . Tlie sub
ordinate positions should bo filled with
carefully trained men men trained es
pecially In International law , in modern
languages , In history , particularly the
history of treaties and the' like , and
there should be promotion bv merit.
Mr. White believes that our repre
sentatives abroad should be liberally
paid , so that they- will not have to pay
a large part of their expenses our of
their own pockets or else live In a style
detrimental both to their liilluencc and
to the dignity .of the nation. He en
dorses the recommendation In tlie anr
nual message pf President Cleveland ,
that every leading- embassy or legation
of the United States should have a
good and sntliclent house or apartment ,
suitably furnished , either owned by the
United States Or'leased ' for a term of
years , as is done by other leading
powers. Tlie United States expended
hist year for ilie"dlplomatle service a
trifle overjr ? > 00",000 , which is certainly
not an extravagant sum for this great
and wealthy nation , and if tlie charac
ter and influence of that service can
be improved by a moderate Increase of
this expenditure there ought to be no
objection to Increasing It. It is not
necessary that we shall enter upon any
rivalry with other leading nations In
this respect , but It is to bo considered
that If we do not suitably honor our
.representatives , abroad the countries to
which they are accredited can hardly
be expected to-do.wo. The present Is
not nn auspicious time to advocate In
creasing the salaries of our diplomatic
representatives Jnit neither is It a lime
to consider any proposition the effect
of which would be to diminish the use
fulness nnd efllclency of the service.
A ChIcagQVp.'Uur | ) suggests that the
way to relieve * ( Ho government ofthe
grievous charge.'jyitalled on Jt by the
colossal expenses of the federal courts
Is to tax up UUH nvliole costs upon the
litigants audbnfW' iompcI them to pay
)
the piper. Ivr who Is lltlgous , " It
says , "ought to.vay , the entire cost of
maintaining M1 'j purt In which hu Is
to disport hi svlf. " This complaint ,
however , IsTi qt * altogether well
grounded , ej j'publo Is not HO much
that HtlgatlpiiifH wt t made costly enough
to the litigants , but that tlie courts are
extravagantly conducted. If the court
olllcera , were pltfced on reasonable sal
aries , and the court procedure simpli
fied , the total expenses could bo met
from what Is taxed up against litigants
In thu form of costs and thu costs be leos-
ened at the Samp tjme. The demand la
for more Inexpenstvo justice , not to
make Justice so expensive that only the
rich can afford to stand up and Insist
on their rights before a judicial tri
bunal. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Another Sunday auti-ulmring law IWH
been killed by the supreme court of
Missouri and the barbers of tlr.it state
cau now kiiop their patrons lu agony
seven days n week. We presume , how
ever , that demagogical legislators wll
continue to enact Sunday anti-shaving
laws. If only to busy the supreme courts
with the work of declaring them un
constitutional and of no force.
'
No time Is * being lost by the committee
of bondholders of the Union I'acllte In
bringing 'before congress its plan for
reorganizing tlie bankrupt road. It
goes without saying , too , that the bond
holders will look out for number one.
In the Interval the people who are tie-
pendent upon the 1'ncllli : roads for
transportalton nnd travel and who are
most Interested In restoring them to a
sound and substantial financial footing
should not be backward In Informing
their representatives in congress of their
views on the subject.
The author of the irrigation law Is
again an applicant for the position of
secretary to the Irrigation board created
by the bill which he pinhod through
the legislature. Has it come to tills
Hint the constitutional provision pro
hibiting members of the legislature
from receiving personal benefits from
legislation for which they are responsi
ble Is to be openly disregarded by the
state officers ?
Fmikx of
aiohe-Demociat.
Though a man can not take off his flesh
nnd sit In his bones on a hot dny , ho limy
have his skeleton photographed by the Infest
Invention In electric cameras , which ronJora
the nosh Invisible , and will make a picture
pf the contents of a closed wooden cabinet.
It Is a curious development In science , and
may result In a series of unexpected dis
coveries.
Viinilrrlillt'M Clnliii for Ilullcf.
Chicago Cluonlclc.
W. K. Vnnderbllt's divorce from his wlfo
was accompanied by tlio condition that ho
should pay hoi * $200,000 a year , of which
TCO.OOO was for the support of their daughter ,
Consuelo , now duchess of Marlborough. On
her marrlnRO the sum for her use was de
ducted from the amount of her mother's
alimony. ATid now comes Mr. Vanderbllt
Into court and 'alleges that as his cx-wlfe
has married Belmont. a millionaire HUe him
self , he should bo discharged from the en
tire annual payments awarded to her In the
judgment for divorce. There Is a great
deal of justice- und common sense at tlio
bottom of this claim for relief.
In tlie IiiU-rcNt of Urcency.
Knn-uH Clfy Stnr.
The women of tlio land will rise up and
call blessed the members of the New York
Hoard of Health who have set out to banish
the evil of expectoration In public places.
It Is recommended that warnings against
this practice shall be posted at the stations
nnd on the platforms of elevated railways ,
In public halls , federal buildings , etc. This
action Is taken on the ground of public
health. It being claimed that contagious
diseases may be disseminated by this means.
Dut. the question ot hygiene aside , the pro
posed restriction would be justified In the In
terest of common decency and for the pro
tection of women who suffer Incalculable
annoyance from this filthy practice In every
city In the union.
A Jnb nt tlie I.eKiiI I'l-ofoxxlon.
Chicago News.
A federal Judge In New York , after having
listened to a bevy of lawyers argue a case
for three days , remarked with a great sigh
of Joy : "I have a faint Idea ot the contro
versy now. " To the layman who Is unfami
liar with the workings of our engines of Justice -
tico and has never studied the habits and
customs of great lawyers It
may seem won
derful that learned attorneys should have to
talk for three days before they can make It
l > laln to-a Judge-'Just ' w'hat they are driving
at. To a person , however , who has ever had
occasion to follow court proceedings and become -
come familiar with the court room tactics of
erudite attorneys tile cnly wonder Is that
after listening to lawyers for three days In
succession the honorable court had even a
faint idea loft.
liiK- Divorce Evil.
SprlnRdeM Ilcpubllcan.
Judge Beekman of the supreme court of
New York thinks that the evil of collusive
applications fur divorce has grown so great
In his state as to demand a radical remedy.
That remedy he would nnd In a refusal to
grant an uncontested divorce until the evi
dence on which the application has been
made shall have been
gone over and re
ported nn by an offlcer of the court whose
functions shall bo analocous to thnsn rt thn
queen o proctor In the British divorce courts.
In England the evidence In all divorce cases
Is submitted to the proctor , who may. If ho
thinks it necessary , Intervene and assume
conduct of the case to the extent of attemptIng -
Ing to bring out all the facts , and prove cr
disprove collusion. Judge Beekman describes
c. class of applicants for divorce as people
who have no regard for the marriage rela
tion , and who look upon it as something
temporary to be oat asldo when they are
tired of It , " and thinks that If divorces were
made harder for such as these their number
would bo diminished.
v VAMJMIIXU ritmic.
Hccllnc of ttie. AtiKlrimntilna Connplr
tiniiN Dim n Knnl.
Hruekl ) n i.iil : < \
This war talk ha ? done good. It ha ? pup
prosed and intimidated the dudc . It Is ft
fact that fewer young men nro walking In
our streets today \\lth elbows held out , as t
they had bolto in thcfr armpits , t'mn ono
nprd to ECO n month ago ; fewer young mci
with half a pair of cyegliwcs in ono cyo
fewer young men with offensively chpcKci
clothing ; fewer young men with sporty shlit ?
fewer young men who drawl and say "den-
chorknowj" fewer young men who try ( o
rtnko hand * with their own hnnds under
their chins ; In brief , fewer tolf-advprtlsed
fools. No one b'umc.i an Englishman for
drawling nnd wearing loud , thick , gracelpg ]
clothes , because ho Inherits a tendency to
that port ot thing along with his opinions
and his complexion. No ono blames an
American for being llko him If tlio American
goes lu live In Knglaml , for If ono duchies
to become an Kngllslimnn It Is better to bo
ono all over than a half-hearted and rebel
lious ono. Hut una docs blame the American
who lives In America yet acts as If ho were
ashamed of the fact and tries to pass for a
Briton.
Ho Is a compound of wc-akncga and arro
gance. Ho Is ashamed of the land that ho
gets his living from ; ashamed by Inference
ot the parents nho bore him ; nshamcd of the
ancestors who' fought to throw off the yoke
ut a tyrant and establish the first and great
est of the republics. Such a man Is repudi
ated by ) cal Americans. That ho has been
a source of amusement , with his dlrs and his
London clothes and his heavy , Kngllsh drags
and all the rest of his Imitation , Is not to bo
denied , and wo have enjoyed his presence
for that reason ; but there ore times and
places when and where he Is tlrcsom ? , mid
just now , when the country Is united as never
before on a point that concern- ? the safety
and honor of the nation , wo do not care to
moot a so-called man who Is emulous ot bn-
Ing mistaken for the most Imi'oitant ' enemy
of our people. So we urge the dude not to
turn his trousers up when It rains In London
and to tnko his speech out of his throat and
[ Hit It In his mouth , to got his clothes made
to fit him and break that ridiculous' piece of
; Usa that lie holds In ono eye. In short , he
ms played the clown long enough ,
I , AM ) ( > TlirKAVlS12.
In AfrltM , as elsewhere , Great Britain
shows unbounded faith tn the gold cure.
Cincinnati proposes to orcct a monument
o General Zebulon 1'lko , tlio discoverer of
1'lke's Teak.
Contrary to general expectation , a few1 na
tions of the earth refused to shiver at the
mention of a flying squadron.
Senator AVolcottls address In favor of
'Huplno submission" was delivered before li
leard how England held up King I'rlmpeh
or gold Instead of sliver.
Judge Culberson of Texas , now a congress-
nun , has defendrd 110 men charged with
nurdcr In the flrst degree , nnd .has never
> ad a client sentenced to death.
Bourke Cockran declines taking a hand In
tolltlc" , and the tiger delegation to Chicago
s looking in vain for a giant to elevate It
o a plane1 ot mental respectability.
It Is fortunate that the chestnut bell has
) ecn banished , olpo it would ring , from
'enobscot to Tucoma , a dirge , for that over-
vorked phrase , "Blood is thicker than
water. "
Dr. Jameson , the raider , Isn't saying a
vord , but will presently appear in print
vltli a sketch of his adventures under the
etching title , "How I Sloshed Around the
Suburbs of Kruegersdorp. "
C. E. Dillon , the Instructor In sculpture at
he Drexel institute , Philadelphia , has com-
ilctcd the utatuo ot Sir Isaac Newton which
s to bo placed In the rotunda of the now
congressional library at Washington.
Ex-Governor McKlnlcy will open a law
fflco at Canton. His household furniture
las been removed ) from the capital to his
lome on North Market street , Canton. The
ox-governor always walks between his ofllce
nd his home.
Mr. Depew's discovery that this Is a
-government of lawyers goes far towfafd ex-
ilalnfng the tremendous amount -of litigation
he laws provoke. By drafting and Inter-
irotlng the statute the legal profession is
in the position of the 'possum hunter who
"cotched 'em a-comin' and a'goln' . "
SIgnora Duse recently received a rare
honor from the king of Sweden. Ho pre
sented her with the Medal of Sciences and
Arts and his autograph and photograph. The
king also sang to Duse an ancient ballad that
ho hod set to music. Then he addressed her
In Italian and made her promise to call upon
him whenever she visited Sweden.
Crcspo , the Venezuelan president , was born
on a ranch In the Orinoco valley , of Spanish
and Indian parents. His wife Is also of mixed
blood and of humble parentage. Crespo has
been In the service of the Venezuelan nation
since his boyhood , when ho entered the army.
By tt-o time , he was 30 ho had distinguished
himself sufficiently to be put in command of
a division.
When ex-Senator Ransom was appointed
minister to Mexico an old colored man In
North Carolina who knew him said : "And
so dey has p'Inted Mvirs Matt a minister , has
dey.Well , I'se 'stonlshed at dat. Ob core
de gen'ral am a good man , and I ain't got
nothln' to say against him , but still It beats
mo to think he'd turn preacher In his ole
days. But he's a powerful talker , Mars
Matt is , and I'll bet all do cotton I wn raise
dls year dat he'll convert a wagon load of
sinners eber tlmo he gits Into de pulpit. "
inST.S I.-HOM HAM'S iton * .
Wi > ctn only do mir brut when fro are
sure we ore right.
Putting out the ojen cannot blind tl'c ' man
nho lias A teeing until. (
A hypocrite In the church I * no better or
worne than ono anywhere tl o.
When Columbus sighted land , ho gave men
bolter eyes and enlarged the world.
It Is hard to get a dyspeptic to bollove
thnt the millennium will over come.
Kvery Improvement In the telescope innlci ;
the universe bigger and (1o < l greater.
More than ono min who ran seethe mis
takes of Mo-.es , Is Atone blind to hlx own ,
Building on a rock In an Investment thnt
pays dividends with every tlimulM * clnp.
Selfishness Is a srif-rcbbory , no matter
whether It dwell ? In A hut or In a palace.
Knock down a hypocrite , and you will
uptct a bigger one who Is hiding behind him ,
.Makei a man laugh , nnd ho will bo your
friend. MaKe him wcop , and lin will bo your
brother.
Glvo pome men a drum , ami they won't
strlko a lick unless they can tiso It to lend
the band.
It Is the man who Is least willing to
practice , who finds tlio most fault with the
preaching.
Many a mnnlio goes to cluirrh with a
IOIIK face , sells gnwls with a measure that
lu too short.
llMiSTIO : t1)YIH.
Cincinnati Knrniltor ! "Thnt urw baby of
YomiKfiither's It u lemarkubly wlue-awako
child.1 fi
"So I've hciiril. We llvo next door to It. "
Chicago Trllnina : "DM yon marry mo for
love , Harry ? "
"What makes you doubt It ? "
"Well , you see , It might Imvo boon merely
because you needed iiruleatlon ft out other
women. "
Detiolt Frco Press : Hubby When T llrst
cot man-liMl 1 determined to Imve no huge
items of expense In housekeeping : but I Hint
after all that It la the llttlo things that
count.
Hatch How many Imvo you ?
Hubby I Imve four.
Philadelphia Record : Sirs. Newwlfe Yc * .
Indeed , my husband does luve mo. He dotes
on me wildly.
Ml'w Costiqiip Oh , then , after all , h
luum't outlived lit.s wild ( lotos.
Ufo : She Yes , they me. engaged. I know
she refused him twice , but the third time
in ptoposed she accepted him.
Her Husband Serves him right.
Indlnnapolh Journal : "Itvns a great
lescent 1 mntle when 1 married you. "
"Um yes. Kverybody snld 1 look you
down Horn the , top shelf. "
Phlladolnhla American : "My dear , " ho
said to hiInily love. " 1'vo been busy all
day not manual labor , you know , but brain
vork. which Is the hardest kind. " I
'V a Indeed I know It I lip for vnil . " I
"Yes , IIIUIITU ; I ItlltlW II must uc ll'l you ,
md there was n tender look of sympathy tn i
her eyes which muuccil him.
Boston Transcript : "What Is the trouble
between AxlclKh and his wlfo ? "
"Only a little family Jar. Ho was saying
hat ho would RVO ! anything 1C he could Imvo
n wheel , and hc suggested thnt he might
nice one of those ho had In Ills head. "
Cincinnati Knnulror : "I never would havp
proposed , " admitted Mr. Scconllddle , "had
I not lost control of myself. And 1 nevt-r
rcnalned It , " he milled , sadly. "She has
clone the controlling ever since. "
AVashlnRton Star : "Dear mo , " nald Maude ,
"there baa been a dreadful lot of tnlk In tha
financial articles about u Kold ring.V > hat
do you supix)3o they nre ilrlvlnir nl ? "
"Oh , I don't know. " replied Mamie , In a
weary tone : "I guess It's Just some more of
this silly Joking about engagements. "
, EVENED UP. I
Tankers Stntcumnn.
I ntola down by the brooklet side ;
The moon was bright.
I stole a dozen kl st-H there ,
That blissful night.
I stole a march on other men ;
I knew my part.
I was so good at stealing1 that
I stole her heart.
Now we are happy man and wife.
Why seems It strange
If , when I'm fast asleep In bed.
She steals my change ?
CONTEXT.
Frank Putnnm In Clilrnuo Tlincs-Hcralil.
I like the solemn pomp and show of wealth
In some cathedrals on a Sabbath morn ;
The well-Kroomed men I like a well-
groomed man ;
The lovely ladles In their charming suits ;
The music nothing liner can bo bought ;
The glorious windows , whence dart daring :
elves
In gayest Rrcen or red or yellow light
To kiss the beauteous cheeks or dainty
dames ;
The suave and graceful sermons thnt they
have
And grateful , too , for I have never heard
That Uiey blame God for any act of Ills.
And they are cordial , too , In their own
way ;
Not In the rash. Impetuous mountain style
The verities must be preserved ; but , still ,
If you can get us good a rate with Dun's
As any righteous , man should have with
God.
They drop all pride ot their own nzura
birth
A7id tip you off a tall and well-bred bow.
They are the best , the highest , art can
make ;
To see them IP a privilege to prize.
Thus , when I go back 'midst my thread
bare friends ,
I count the Snbbath morn to be well spent ;
The world has naught whcrcfor to make
amends ;
With pipe and book nnd couch I rest con
tent.
The demand for Solid Silverware in cases suitable
for wedding presents has been so great at
Raymond's
cm
at 2 p. m , and 7:30 : p. m. daily
that we have decided to devote one hour of each day to it
the selling of this class of goods. Ifrom this time on we
will pay more attention to the sale of fine jewelry of all
kinds. A new line of silver novelties will be offered at
each sale. The Patek Phillippe watch'price $800 , will be
sold Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
C. S. Raymond.
