THE OMAI A DAlJjV 1UDE : MONDAY , DECEMBER , 1800.
standing may be arrived at tomorrow morn
ing before the house meets.
Some of the leader * believe that a refusal
to permit a member-elect to bo sworn In
will establish a dangerous precedent and
Interfere with his constitutional rights , they
think , therefore , he should be perrolttc-J to
take the oath of office and the matter of his
eligibility then be determined by a com *
inltteo of the house appointed for that pur
pose. This Is the opinion of Representative
Bailey of Texan nnd It la nald tonlKht tha :
he will aik that Mr. Hoberts be sworn In ,
but nt the same time will declare that th's
docs not commit him regarding the right of
Mr. nobcrts to sit as a member.
Other democrats believe that DS a matter
of policy , no objection should bo made to the
plan of procedure determined on by the re
publicans. An objection to the republican
plan of procedure at this stage , they assrt : ,
Will give the Impression to many who do not
Investigate the question thoroughly , that the
democrats arc In favor of Roberta sitting as
A member of the house and that no attention
will be paid to the contention that the ob
jection waa made on constitutional grounds.
Representative Hlchardson , tin leader of
the minority , said tonight that no plan of
nctlon on the part of the democrats Had reo-
determined on and he preferred not to bs
quoted as saying what In hla opinion they
tibould do.
MINISTERS It01.1) MASS M18BTIXO. !
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IlcpreNptitnUvcN of I.entllnK IJenoml-
nntlnn * Arc nt ( he Capital ,
WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. The crusade In '
this city against the seating of Hrlgham II. j
Roberto , as a representative from Utah ,
culminated in a largo ma.s meeting In the
First Congregational church thla afternoon.
An mnny prominent clergymen of Washing
ton no were In n position'la bo present oc
cupied scats en the platform or In the
audience. Dr. Joslah Strong , prcrldcnt of
the League for Scclal Service of Now York ,
under the auspices of which the meeting
wns held , presided.
Addresses were made by Rev. Randolph
H , McKIm , rector of Epiphany church ; Rev. .
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Dr. Franlt M. Bristol , pastor of the MetroJ J i
polltnn church ; Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman ,
pastrr of the First Congregational church ,
and Mr. A. T. Schrocder of Salt Lake City. ]
Several other Salt Lake City clergymen
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were present , Including : Dr. T. C. Illff , | I
nuperlntendcnt of Methodist missions In
Utah ; Rev. Q. L. Martin , n Presbyterian |
of Salt Lake City , and Dr. Sarah J. Elliott ,
Who has lived In Utah as a tleaconces In the
Methodist Episcopal church for several
years. I
Dr. Illff la president cf a committee In the !
Mothodlnt church which was appointed to
oppose the admission of Roberts and to
dltuomlnato Information In various psvta of ! ( !
the country. Ho has just completed a tour
which Included most of the states between
Mttlno nnd Florida.
DEATH RECJRD.
Civil War Vcti-rnn with n History.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb. , Dec. 3. ( Spe
cial. ) Frederick Gesllng , better known ns
" .Nebraska Bill , " died today , , nftor several
weeks' Illneas. Ho was born In Westphalln.
Ilia father wao n wealthy German distiller ,
whose buslners and fortune went to his
eldest Eon , who Is now n millionaire. Fred
erick received a good education , but quar
reled with his father and came to America.
Ho found employment as a grocery clerk In
Nebraska City In 1854. Upon the breaking
out of the civil war .ho enlisted In Com
pany D , First Nebraska , and esrved three
years , or until he was discharged for dls-
ability. After the war he conducted a small
grocery store for a time , but of late years
haa subsisted on his pension.
Joienh Ilrorrii , Ku-Mnj-or.
ST. LOUIS , Dec. 3 , Joseph Brown , ex-
mayor of this city , died here today of a
complication of diseases , aged 66 years. Be
fore ho entered politics ho was probably the
most prominent steamboat man on wes ern
waters. Mr. Brown was prominently Identi
fied with spiritualism In n local ns well as
a national sense. Ho was very wealthy at
one time , but lost his fortune later In life.
Ho served two terms as mayor Inthe earjy
70' .
.Tnmrn McDowell.
HURON " , , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) New *
comes "from Washington of the death In
that city , nt the hc-mo of his son , of James
McDowell of Hlghmore , 'special ' national
bank examiner , and formerly register of the
United States land office for the Huron
district. The remains were taken'to BloomIngton -
Ington , his former home , for burial , beside
those of hU wife , whoso death occurred
nbqut two years ago.
Mother of John Fltirornl l.
LINCOLN , Dec. 3. Mrs. Bridget Fltz-
gernld , mother of John Fitzgerald ( deceased -
ceased ) , former president of the Irish Na
tional League of America , died tonight at
the age of 98 years. She had lived In Lin
coln many years.
HYMENEAL.
nnvIson-Wcdehnni' .
MITCHELL , S. D. . Deo. 3. ( Special. ) N.
L. Davlson and Miss Clara Wedehnse wore
married at tho-home of the bride's mother ,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
J. H. . Babcock. the wedding was quiet , cnly
n few of the relatives ot tha bride being
present. Mr. Davlson Is the cashier of the
Mitchell National bank.
I'lfi.VSIONH VOtl WESTBIIX VBTKHAXS.
Su vlvor of the Civil War Ueineiu-
liorcil by the ( Jiivernnipnl ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. S , ( Special. ) These
pensions have boon granted :
Jssuo of November 16 :
Nebraska : OrlKlnal Henry Grobo. Rene-
diet , $ G. Increase Frank Martin. Alliance ,
til to $17 ; William George. Lushton , $ S
lowii : Original Crnnvllle Plerson. Qrla-
weld , $12 ; Abrain J. Cnrmlohnel. Clarlnda ,
J6. Increase Dfilnncy H. Tyler , Ashton , $11
to $21 ; Porter Kerr. Annmosn. $10 to $12 ;
John L. Cireer. Creston. $ li to $17 ; John A.
Ie-an , Mount Ayr. $17 to $81 ; Silas H. Reals ,
Ira. $0 to $ S ; Wallace. Proctor , Kouth Mua-
cntino. Is to $10 ; David Kclley. Mason city.
$8 to $10 ; Wllllnm S. Mcore , Oweoln , JIG to
$21 ; Alvln H. Chaso. Recineld , $6 to $8. i
South Dnkoln : Orlclmil wldow-ClavIs
J ewls. Slnux Knlli , $8.
Colorndo : Restorntlon nnd reissue Jumcs
AV. Anderson , dead , Denver , $ . Orlslnal
widow Speclnl accrued , November 1 $ , I n-
helln A , Armstrong. Nov.Wlndfor. . $3. War
with Spnlni Original Homer B. Cady , Crip-
jile Creek , $31. $
To Cure Colfl in tSno Unr.
Take Laxative Brome Quinine Tablet * , All
dniRglate refund the , money If It fnlle to cure.
E. W. drove's signature la on each box. 26c.
The I'M * ' o It.
Chicago Tribune : "What do you want ? "
nekrtl the conductor , uncertain whether the.
mau who had been making horrible grimace ;
Ht him for two or three minutes was In-
ta.no , Intoxicated or merely having n lit ,
"I was t-trylng to tell yen , " at last ex
claimed the man with the Impediment In
his speech , "to g-glvo uio a transfer c i
Forty-third street , but we p-pasied It half
Q iJitlu back ! "
Ju t before retiring , If your liver h
.Blupslsh.out of tune and you feel dull ,
bilious , constipated , take o dose ol
fVooff's Pills
And you'll be all right In theraornlnc.
nr > T'11 rpniT pniiiirn i i pi
POS1AL DEHGIT GROWS LLSS
Induction of TwentySix Per Gent , Com
pared with a Year Ago ,
ABUSES OF THE POSTAL PRIVILEGES
I'nutinnntpr flrnornl Snyx Itcfnrmn In
Second Clnft * Matter flrnntn Arc
MOM Important Culm
mill Colonlcn ,
WASHINGTON , Dec. 3. Operations of the
Postomce department for the lant fiscal year
are set' forth in the report of Postmaster
General Chnrlca Emory Smith. The report
.shows :
lid-pimp * nnd KxpcnillttircH.
Ordinary postal revenue . $93,73I,71D.67
Receipts from money-order bui-
' Total receipts from all sources. JK.021,3-1. 17
( Total expenditures for year.$101.a2lCO.D2
i
I Excess of expenditures over
receipts . * 6,610,776.7. >
The first fact connected with thl state
ment which commands attention Is the largo
decrenoe In the annual deficiency. Aa com-
pared with the deficit for the fiscal year
ending Juno 30 , 189S. which was $9,020-
005.06 , it shows a reduction of $2,422,7 16.86 ,
or 26.7 per cent.
"The meat urgent need of the pcatnl nerv-
Ice , " says the postmaster general , "Is the
rectification of the onormoua wrongs which
have grown up In the perversion and abuse
of the privilege accorded by law to second
class matter. The reform Is paramount to
all others. There are many Improvements
ana advances waiting development nnd appli
cation ; there nro opportunities for speedier
transmission and delivery ; there are fields
for broadening the scope of the mall ocrvlco
and bringing It closer home to the people :
there are possibilities of reduced nratage ;
but above and beneath and bsyond all of
these measures of progress , which experience
and Intelligence are working out , IB the re
demption of the special concession which
congress granted for a. distinct and Justlfl-
nblo public object from the fungus growths
and the flagrant evils that have fastened
upon It.
"For this costly abuao , which drags on the
department and wclghB down the service ,
trammels Its power and means of effective
advancement In every direction , Involves n
sheer wanton waste of $20,000,000 or upward
a year. The postal deficit for the current
year Is $6,610,776 , Cut for this wrongful
application of the second class rate , Instead
of a deficit there would be n clear surplus of
many millions. With euch an ample margin
the possibilities of practical Improvements
are apparent.
Where tlie Government Inncn ,
"Careful Inquiry haa been made through
experienced postmasters and by an examina
tion of the records of the denartment. and
It Ls believed that fully one-half of all the
matter mailed as second class , nnd paid for
at the pound rate , Ie not properly second
class within the Intent of the law , and
, ought justly to be paid for at the third claes
I rate. This gives tbo enormous quantity of
j 176,351,613 pounds from which the depart
ment derives only a fraction of the revenue
to which It Is fairly entitled. The thlrd-
clartj rate of postage Is 1 cent for each two
ounces or fraction thereof , nominally 8 cents
j a pound , but in reality , through the opera-
! lion of the fractional provision , the rate Is
, higher. A division of the amount of postage
i ; received for third-class matter by the nura-
. bcr of pounds of such matter mailed shows
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that the department actually derives ix
revenue of 14.76 dents n pound from this
.alass. If , therefore , \here had been paid , as
there should , haver' been paid , tbo average
third-class rate on the 176,351,613 pounds ,
which was wrongfully transmitted at tbo
pound rtito , the department would have re
ceived $26OU,862.9'2. Instead of $1,763-
516.13 , which" It actually received , nnd the
' postal revenues would have been Increased
by the bandromo eum of $24,248,346.79. "
I After classifying the losses of the govorn-
i mont through these abuses the postmaster
general summarizes :
"First , More than , one-fourth of the entire
volume and- weight of matter carried
through the mails Is rated and pays as scc-
ond-claes matter , when , under the spirit and
Intent of the law. It ought to be rated and
to pay as third-class matter.
"Second. That whllo this wrongly classed
matter amounts to more than one-quarter
of the whole volume of mall transmitted , It
furnishes only ono fifty-fifth part of the
postal revenue.
' 'Third. That the expense of transporta
tion being reckoned at 8 cents a pound , the
mere carrying of this matter coat $14,108-
129.04 * , while the revenue from It was only
$1,763,516.13 , Involving a loss to the govern
ment of $12,344,612.91.
DKIIauKlcB In ilia Colonies.
"Tho construction of the system In Cuba
was made to conform to the nature of our
connection with that Island. While neces
sarily directed by the postmaster general ,
under the president's authority nnd order ,
It was framed with the view of being as
nearly autonomous and Independent as pos
sible. It was felt that the Cuban service
ought to bo distinct from the United States
service ; that Its operation should be wholly
dissociated from our administrative ma
chinery ; that Us receipts should not como
to our treasury , nnd that Its expenses
should not bo a charge upon our revenue.
"In accordance with this policy , It was
determined to select a competent person ,
thoroughly trained and experienced In the
postal service , as the general executive of
the organization ; to send a number of ex-
perls familiar with the various branches to
take the responsible places and glvo In
structions In American methods ; and to use
native Cubans , and , where practicable , the
Incumbents , for the great body of the force.
The selections were governed wholly by the .
rule of seeking and securing the best-quail- I I
fledofficers. , Major E , 0. Rathbono was desI I
Igna'ted as director general of pests. He
was not an applicant , but ho had been chief I
of pcctofllco Inspectors and an asElutnnt '
postmaster general of the United States , i
and was believed to combine the practical '
experience and the executive force needed 1
In tbo creation of a now organization. I
"With him were associated In the cen * I |
trnl administrative places n number of
trained men , chosen from our own service.
For the Important position of postmaster of
Havana an expert fitted by twenty years
of experience In various grades , and as pest *
roaoter of a large city , was selected. There
i
was only a slight and Imperfect basis In
the existing norvlce. It became necessary
to build from tbo foundation , The old
material was of little value ; the equipment
was primitive , obsolete and for the most
part worthlois ; the records had been re .
moved or destroyed ; the officer were dllapt- |
dated , unsanitary and wholly unadopted to
efficient work ; the methods were antiquated
and the force disorganized , undisciplined and
Irresponsible. When our representative ?
took possession of the Havana ofQce over
2,000 registered loiters , addressed to ac-
cetslblo people In that city , the accumula
tion el throe or four years , were undis
tributed and undelivered.
"The service. In Porto Rico and the Philippines - |
pines was organized on the tame general ,
I
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lines. i
Ilurnl Free Delivery , :
"Tho free delivery of mfclU In the rural
dletrlcts has proved to bo one of the most ,
Important among recent developments of i i
the pcetal service , and presents In KB poo.
elbllltlea a question of the largest proper- .
tlors , The benefits accruing from the cxten- I i
elrn of postal facilities to the rural com-
rmiultleh may be summarized as follows ; I I i
"Increased pontal receipt * , making many
of the new deliveries almost Immediately
eelf-supportlng. In Great flrltaln , where an
extension of rural free delivery on n broader
scale has been In progress since 1S97 , Ihe
number of additional letters mailed because
of additional facilities afforded Is estimated
at 50,000.000 for the present year.
"Enhancement of the value of farm lands
reached by this service and better prices
obtained for farm products through more
direct communication with the markets and
prompter Information of their state.
"Improved means of travel , some hun
dreds of miles of country roads , especially In
the western states , having been gradeJ
specifically In order to obtain rural free de
liver } ' .
"Higher educational Influences , broader
circulation of the means ot public Intelli
gence nnd closer dally contact with the
great world of activity extended to Ihi
homes of heretofore Isolated rural communi
ties.
"The 1,268 lines of traveling postodlcM In
operation on Juno ,10 , 1899 , aggregated In
' length n dlstnnro of 177,747 mllrs. The
services of 8,460 clerks were required to
opornto these lines , who , In crews , traveled
193,529.142 miles. "
DORRINGTON GIVEN COMMAND
Vouiic Il Mienin ( from Alllnnei1 ,
\eli. , .tie i-tl nc the Pi-PillctloiiN
of IIl.i I.'riciiilN.
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ALLIANCE , Neb. . Dec. 3. ( Special. )
Hon. F. M. Dorrlngton received a letter this
week from his con Albert which shows
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that the predictions of their friends thai
Lieutenant Dorrlngton would make n
splendid soldier arc not ill-founded. It Is
dated October 23 and states Hint shortly
after leaving San Francisco on the transport
, ho was selected to take charge of the fire ,
' nnd sanitary safety of the boat for the reg-
, Imcnt on the voyage. When the letter was
written ho wns tovcnty-three miles north
east of Manila with full command of 100
men of the Thirty-fourth regulars , with In
structions to conduct the campaign us ho
thought best. Thla shows that his superiors
must have the most implicit faith In his
ability nnd Judgment , and It Is dollars to
doughnuts that If Lieutenant Dorrlngton
gets half a chance hu will add stripes to
his uniform and glory and advancement to
the cause.
Service * In Memory of P. I , . I > inny.
FREMONT , Neb. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) A
memorial service for the late Frank L. j
Esmay was hold at his former residence , j
Eleventh nnd II streets , this afternoon. The [ ' 1
services consisted of singing by the Con
gregational church quartet and prayer and
address by Rev. W. II. Busa , of whose choir
Mr. Esmay was for years n member. The
remains could not be brought here for burial ,
as Mr. Esmay died of typhoid fever , and
the laws of the state of California forbid
the shipment of the remains. The funeral
services In Sonera , Cat. , were to have been
held this afternoon under the auspices of
the Masonic lodge.
Order n Stoniii Sliovel.
ALLIANCE , Neb. , Dec. 3. ( Special. )
Mike Elmoro has ordered and expects to
have In operation soon on his Wyoming
work a large steam shovel of latest man
ufacture. It will cost between $7,000 and
$8,000. Sweeney Munson and Dennis Land-
rlgan will go from here to run the ma
chine as soon as It is ready for setting
up. It Is estimated that the contract taken
by Mr. Elmore will amount to not less than
$250,000 and employing well toward 200 men
for a year.
IllllTnlo County
KEARNEY , Nob. . Dec. 3. ( Special. ) The
November mortgage statement for nuffalo
county shows that there were filed thlrty-
eoven farm mortgages , representing $29-
619.50 , and forty-five mortgages released ,
amounting to $38,103.34. In the city the
mortgages filed aggregated $4,075 , and those
released , $6,342.05.
An Inch of Snow nt I/yoiis.
LYONS , Neb. . Dec. 3. ( Special. ) It has
been anowlng here nt intervals all day and
'about an Inch of snow now covers the
ground. Farmers have taken advantage of
the open winter months nnd have done much
fall plowing.
\ pbriiMkiiPIV. : . - ( \oicM.
The creamery at Rushvllle Is nbout ready
to commence operations.
Valentine authorities have been maklm ?
war on the prnmblers nnd saloon keepers ,
who have been violating the law.
One. hundred turkeys , geese and duclu
were- put up for prizes on Thanksgiving
day at a Gretna shooting match.
The cornerstone of the new Nemaha
county court hotipe nt Auburn will be
laid by the Woodmen of the "World Decem
ber 7.
The Monroe Grain company expects to
commence work on Its new elevator De
cember 1. It will have a capacity of 1S.OOO
bushels.
Mrs. Thomas lilovlns of Nchawka has
left her husband and children and de
camped with a man named Bolsom , who
had been boarding with the Blevlns fam
ily.
ily.There
There Is a rumor current that Harris ,
a. Baptist preacher who was stationed at
North Pintle several years ago. was re
cently lynched In Texas for shooting a
mnn.
Judging from present Indications there
will bo considerable building- done In
O'Neill next spring. Two brick blocks are
contemplated and at Icnst liulf a dozen
residences.
The Wood River Interests published a
finely Illustrated souvonlr edition , which in
addition to thu half-tones contained much
valuable Information concerning that sec
tion of the state.
The ITpdlko Grnln company Is getting
ready to build a largo grain elcvntor at
Battle Crook. The company already has
two carloads of Ktone on hand to be used
for the foundation of the building.
The editor of the Auburn Granger sny.
thnl If he had a thousand tongues h > )
would sing the praises of Auburn side
walks. An he has only ono It Is with dllll-
cultj ho can restrain It from cussing when
no steps on n loose board.
Another train of 5,000 heml of sheep was ,
unloaded by BouthworthVmen at Ravenna i
Wedncdsay. They were trailed from Orej j
con to the 8. & G. ranch In South Da
kota during the summer , from which point |
they were shipped by rail to Ravenna. j
A colored boy who was beating his way i
on the train foil under the cunt at Uoopur
nnd hud ono leg crushed BO It wns ncces- '
eary to amputate. It. The next day at the
same town a man who was riding without
pavlnc faro lost a part of ono fool In the
same way and now all the bums walk
through Hooper.
The Norfolk Journnl on Thnnksulvlni , '
dny printed an elaborate paper with an
Illuminated cover. Thu paper presented In
nn elaborate manner the resources of Noj j
brnnka in penurnl and the Sugar City and i
.idjncent territory In pnrtlculnr. It was a
credltabln production , both typographically
and as to Its cuntuiilt ) .
A now record for enterprise wns es
tablished In Wheeler county last week by !
Mrs. Ada Hill , who recently cnmo from
Toronto , Canndu. She visited the court I
house and took out naturalization nnpcrs , i
filed on a homestead , nnd , with the as
sistance of James R. Clark , procured a
marrlnge license and wns married , all In
01 e dnv.
Harley Hey of Dakota county met with
nn Occident by which ho suffered the luss
of his left arm. He was feeding u oorn-
shredder for J. P. Meredith of Wnlkcrs
Island and the machine becoming clogged i
l y an car of corn Mr. Hey put his arm
In to remove the. ear , but did not stop the
horses. The knives of the shredder C.IIIKIU
his arm and badly mangled It , BO that
amputation was necessary. The accident
might have been moro serious had not
George. Campbell put n bundle of fodder
In nnd mopped the knives.
Not the I'ruvnllliiBStyle. .
Chicago Tribune : "How do you do , un-
elot" Knld the affable reporter , "I thought
I would drop In on the occasion of your
100th birthday anniversary and smoke u
friendly nine with you. "
"Why,1' hesitatingly responded the von-
ernbln man , "I know It I ? dreadfully uncon
ventional tor a centenarian , but the truth
I ? , young mini. I Imvo never learned to
'
Then Bllenro relened for the n---xt llvo
minutes , brpken only by the oe unjonal.
sound of Iho reporter gasping for breath. |
\VMIEN \ DRIVE OUT MINERS
Force Nonunion Workers nt Diamoudville ,
. Wyo.toQuit Toiling.
DFPUTIfS GUARDING MINES POWERLESS
SlrlUcru Are Importing ArniK nnil Ammunition -
munition nnil More Trouble In K\-
lirpfod It fomiinnjAttrmtitN
In ItcnuniR Work.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dec. 3. ( Special Tele
gram. ) A week ago 600 miners employed In
the mines of the Dlftmondvlllc Coal and I
Coke company at Dlamondvlllc , Wyo. , struck c
for an Increase In wages. Their demands s
were refused by the- company and after a
short flhutdown operations were resumeJ
with a small force of nonunion men. At an i
early hour this morning a mob of SCO women
and girls , armed with guns , knives , clubs
nnd stones , marched on the mines and com
pelled the operators to flee.
The miners at work were dragged from the
mines and also driven away. Several were
Injured by being struck with clubs and ono
man wae shot at , presumably by one of a
number of strikers concealed near the
mines. The small force of deputies guard
ing the property of the company was power
less. Tomorrow It Is expected there will be :
more trouble when the company attempts i
to resume.
The miners have been Importing arms nnd I
ammunition.
ItoyiMttl on ClilcnK" I'lniin MrtUorn.
CHICAGO , Doc. 3. A novel boycott of the
wares of the piano manufacturers who have
locked out their employes was decided upon
by tha Federation of Labor today. The plan
Is to Induce the renters of pianos to shun
the product of the factcry Involved In the
labor troubles. Wherever the tabooed In
struments nro found rented the users arc
to be asked by a committee of the federation
to return them to the warcrooms where they
were obtained and to replace them at once
with Instruments made In factories that have
refused to Join In the lockout.
Weavers < o A 1j .More
PHILADELPHIA , Dec. 3. Eight de'c-
gatcs , representing nearly 8.000 cloth
weavers In forty mills of thla city , met to-
day and adopted a new and Increase ! sca'e
of wages. The demand will be mad ? af cr
next Sunday. The weavers declare that they
expect their now scale to be granted without
serious difficulty , as some of the mill ? are
using It already and the high price paid
for cloth puts all mills In n portion to adopt
It. If the new scale Is refused by the mills
the weavers declare they will strike.
U -fni < ? N to tloroKiilr.c Union ,
SPRINGFIELD , 111. , Doc. 3. After a con-
fcrenco between a committee representing
the striking car men and Colonel C. K.
Mlnary , manager of the Springfield Consoli
dated railway , today. It was announced that
the strike Is to be kept up nnd no agree
ment had been reached. Mr. Mlnary still
refuses to recognize the Car Men'a union.
AS TO CLAIMS AND CLAIMANTS
nnd SlKnlflenni-c of the Attncka
Mnilc IFnon reunion Coni-
mlNNloiier UrmiN.
FORT RANDALL , S. D. . Dec. 1. To the
Editor of The Bee : I see by the Chicago
Inter Ocean that the
commander-In-chlcf of
the Grand Army' of the Republic has sub
mitted his rcpcaji o the president for his
rccommendatloijHl' . congress regarding the
perielon lawe. ' ? * A fully sa'tlsflsd-to learn
that nil the parttmuproaches which the Na-
tlonal Tribune brought and heaped upon
the present commissioner of oenslous , II.
C. Evans , were proven to be libels. Mr.
Evans' report to the secretary of the In
terior wns a clear sheet of his work as com
missioner of pensions. The same report ,
where prejudice will not exist , as with the
National Tribune , can be found by any
honest , well-thinking person to be the clear
est inado by any commissioner since the
days of Major W. N. Dudley as commis
sioner. Fault was found with Commissioner
Evans for protesting the veterans from the
many sharks who arc feathering their nests
at the expense of the pensioner. It Is : ict
for the good of the pensioner that this tribe
of cloim agents are working , but for the
money that Is In It. But for our congress at
Washington and the carefulness of Commis
sioner Evans the poor pensioner would be
robbed of the llttlo he would receive.
I have had a trial of the sharks myself.
In October , 1877 , I received a letter from
ono Fitzgerald In Washington , a claim
agent , requiring from mo $15 nnd he would
get mo a pension In less than six months.
I showed his letter to other pensioners who ;
pronounced him all right. I sent him the :
$1D , which was but a forerunner. Six | I
months afterwards ho asked $10 moro. This '
ho did not get. The next I heard from him
he required postage stamps to the amount I
of $1 In order that he could keep me posted I
In a claim he ( Fitzgerald ) never submitted I i '
to the Pension department. Ills next move ,
wns to dispose of the National Tribune to j
the lamented George E. Lemmon , the 6ol-
dler's friend.Such are the men that Com
missioner Evans did exclude from his office.
Commissioner Evans was found fault
with. Why ? Because he did not court the
Washington attorneys as grand advisers
and tnke Into his confidence nn established
Bet of sharks. It Is well we have no uch
men In Washington representing the far
vest.
The report of pensions granted every
week , which Is shown by The Bee , to Ne
braska , Iowa and South Dakota veterans , Is
but a amnll fraction of whnl. Is granted all
over the stntcs , nnd still the cry Is , "Evnns
must go ! " This Is the height of nonsense.
i.Mr. EvnnH Is n good and as Just ns can
bo found , but the Almighty God could not
please all , nnd most undoubtedly Mr ,
Evans cannot. Fault was found with him.
Why ? Because ho protected the govern
ment and also the pensioner when It wns
necessary to do so ,
Certainly , claims are kept hack for many
months awaiting the necessary testimony
as la required by law. The delay Is the ap
plicant's own fault. Hero is a case which
came under my observation , A man put up
a claim , stating ho belonged to the Sixth
Iowa cavalry. Ho has no discharge from
that rcglmont ; his name- could not be found
In the records cf the War department nor
In the nrchivcB of his stole. Now , Mr.
Evans would bo a fine man In the eyes of
this applicant If bo awarded the pension
without proof of his service from nome
quarter. It Is for such protection of the
government that the National Trlbuno has
barked so much from day to day about Mr.
Evans. JOHN H. M'LAUGHLIN.
TIIOUHAM ) I > OMA1IS KOII A MKIJ.
Vc-rcllft Atriilnnt n Unit Who Wnn Ac-
iinlttiMl liy n Criminal Court Jury.
RAPID CITY. S. I ) . , Dec. 3. ( Special. )
In the cneo of Thomas McCrea against John
T. Hooper the Jury brought In a verdict for
$1,000 damages. The suit was for $25,000.
A yeai ago Hooper killed the Bon of the
plaintiff whllo trying to get possession of
some ground In Hornblende camp , Pcnnlng-
ton county. Hooper was acquitted by a
criminal court Jury of the charge of mur
der.
South lliiKntnIMVH
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Dee. 3. ( Special. )
The citizens of Clark are agitating the estab
lishment of a stage mall route between that
city nnd the town of Elrod ,
The annual meeting of the State Historical
society of South Dakota will be held Jaunary
10 at Pierre.
The Bristol Courier has bopn fold by
Theodore Tnett to L. H. Woodwortb , who
assumed charge December 1.
Since the death , a few' weeks ago. of
George Wclge , the original "potato king"
of the western part of the slate , Rlchafd
Reble , living near Spearflsh , has succeeied
to the title , having this seaeon raised over
4,000bushels of potatoes.
A new Lutheran church nt Estelllne his
been dedicated.
Forest City has liquidated Its entire school
debt and now has a neat surplus of school
funds on hand In Its treasury.
The Catholics of Aurora are planning the
construction of a new church.
The new opera house at Ipswich has been
completed nnd formally opened to the pub Ic.
A war has been Inaugurated nt Armour
against nlckcl-ln-the-slot machines.
Cnptnln Horn of the gasoline ferry Peer
less has returned to Pierre with his teat
I1 from Bismarck , where ho has been en-
gaged In ferrying for several months ,
VOLKMER IS ASKED TO QUIT
ltp liri > ntlon of I'nitiiHiit National
Committcrninn from South ln-
kotn In in Order.
HURON , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) At a
conference hero last night of the South
Dakota state central committee It wac agreed
to ask H. S. Volkmer , editor of the Mil-
bank Review , n member of the national
committee from South Dakota , to resign
| his position. H Is understood that Mr. Volk-
i mcr's political views do not entirely har-
monlzo with those of the populist party.
If ho pays no attention to the suggestions
of the committee , the national committee.
will be asked to declare a vacancy In the
committee from this state.
As to candidates for state offices en the
ticket to bo named for the approaching
campaign no action was taken , although It
wao openly talked that W. T. LaFollctt of
Chamberlain , now chairman of the state
railway commission , would bo very likely
named ns the choice of the populists for
governor , and that Thomas H. Ayrco , pres
ent secretary to Governor Lee , will be pro
vided with n prominent place on the ticket ,
cither secretary of state or auditor.
The South Dakota Reform Press associa
tion chose these officers last evening : Presi
dent , A. Shcrrlu , Wntertown Times ; vice
president , Fred Wright , DcSmet Indcpcnd-
cnt ; secretary , T. H. Ayres , Vermilion
. Plain Talk.
AfTnlrn Itriiorteil from I' I or re.
PIERRE , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) The
annual meeting of the Brown County Ed
ucational association opened here on Friday
with an attendance of about 100. A very In-
I tercstlng program was presented.
Roy Tcnnnnt writes his mother from the
Philippines that he h In good health and
I enjoys army life very much. Ho Is quite
favorably Impressed with the country and
says the posslblltles It will afford for
young men of energy will be very great
when peace Is established. |
i nuslness at the United States land office
i for November was better than for the same
month far several years. :
; Judge Campbell will open the December '
term of court for Brown county next Tues
day. The most Important cases are those
I of Julius Link , charged with stealing several
hundred dollars' worth of jewelry from the
store of D. G. Gollett , and E. E. Collins , i
charged with setting fire to his stock of
goods last summer.
Grniitr. Gold Mine to HCOIIIMI. I
LEAD , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special. ) It is
j reported that Otto P. Th. Grantz has bonded
' his gold mine north of this city to Denver
j ! i pcoplo for $1,000,000'and that work Is soon
to commence again on the rich ore shoot.
I The mlno has been closed down for several
I days while Grantz went to Denver with his |
last consignment of ore.
Seven Ilorwen IloiiHteil < o Dcnth.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dee. 3. ( Special Tel
egram. ) An Incendiary lire destroyed the
Hoffman livery stables here at 4 o'clock
this morning. Seven horses were roasted
to death and buggies and harness destroyed.
Loss , $10,000 ; insurance , $5,000.
Snoiv In South Dakota.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Dec. 3. ( Special
Telegram. ) For the first time this full the 1
ground is partially covered with snow. A
fierce northwest wind has been blowing all
day , accompanied by snow squalls. Ther
mometers register 15 above.
South Dakota \ < MVotcn. .
An effort is being made to have a weather
signal station established at Wesslngton.
Ernest Smith , a farmer HvlnB nine mllles
northwest of Woonsocket , has "truck a
powerful three-Inch How of artesian water I
at a depth of SC3 feet. l
The Woman's Relief corps of Onlda will '
give an entertainment during the llrst week
In December for the benefit of the South '
Dakota Soldiers' homo at Hot Springs.
Howard Is to have another bank , which
Is to be established by T. II. Radcllft and
other capitalists of Miner county. Radcllft
will bo the president and H. M. Hanson i ,
cashier. '
Benjamin Taylor of Nemo had the sum
of $170 hidden In an old tin can in his
house. He hired two colored women to
renovate his dwelling and after they had
completed the work and departed he misled
his money. The women were arrested , but
when searched only $1 was found upon them.
John E. Diamond , ex-bank examiner of
South Dakota , who , since retiring from that
position , has been In business at Hrooklnurs ,
has retired from the Brooklnns Land and
Trust company. Poor health Is abslgnucl ns
the reason for Mr. Diamond's retirement
from actlvo business life.
Till : HHTIItKD
A Mfflit Tlia < WIIH PrnlUnlilc Un
hut Still Not .Satisfactory.
"Ono night In the dining room of n house
where I was making a short call , " says the
retired burglar In the New York Sun , "I
found the gas left burning but turned down
low , and when I'd turned that up a little I
found on the table under It the beautiful-
lost llttlo cold turkey lunch you ever saw.
There wns about half a turkey , prntty near
all one sldo of him , Including the second
joint , which Is my special fancy and I do
like cold turkey ! and bread and pickles nnd
things , and off on ono edge of this spread
thcro was a plato of some eort of cakes and
candles ; and what silver there was on the
table woo of the kind worth carrying away.
"Well , now , you know , my motto has al
ways been business before pleasure , but I
couldn't rental that turkey and I just simply
pulled out the chair from the end of the in-
ble , the ono that was closest to It , and went
at It , and It was good as It looked , the only
disturbing thing about It all being'that U
was contrary to good sense and good Judg
ment to cet there and eat It. I plugged
away on the turk until I had eaten about all ,
there was to It , and I then reached over for
i
that plate of cakes and things and drawcd
It toward me I wasn't going to cat any of
them , but I wanted to look at 'em and as
I pulled the plato along there rose up back
of It on the table the top fold of a little
folded paper that had been placed under It :
and I picked that up and opened It. I read
something like this : | I
" 'Dear George : When you get through ,
eating don't fall to put away the silver. ' ] '
"I'd already put away mcst of It , dropping
It into my bag as I got through with It ,
ns I went along , und I'd just reached over
for a last pickle and got that , and dropped
the fork In my bag and was reaching for the
pickle stand to get the bottles out and take ,
that , when I heard the rattle of a key In ' ,
the front door ; and I knew what that
meant ; U was George. i
"I am obliged to state that for about a nix- 1
toenth pftrt of a second I was more or Icsfc I
paralyzed , because I'd como In myself at the
front door , finding no look on but the night
latch , and that waa my way out , and In that
time George was looking in the dining room J I
door. Ho was a qul"k. uprlngy chap , and
I , ho'd come In the front door , swung that tn ,
nnd turned the key In the lock and swung
round toward me all In practically one move-
j i nient. HP was no sardine , George , It wns all
clear as ti boll to him , and he lit out for me
without A moment's hesitation. I wa *
handicapped mj-fel' , of course , by that
foolish , hearty lunch I'd Just eaten , hut I
held my end up ns well r.e 1 could and wo
I | went nt It thcro In the dining room.
"Tbo carpet wan thick and wo hustled
around on It In n sort of rough-nnd-tumble-
Iiivmmer nnd tongs kind of way for half a
minute or so without making nuy noise , an.l
Chen one or the other of us jounced up
ngnlnst the tinder sldo of the edge of the
table. In some way , hard , to It mndo the
dlshca fairly Jump. Then we slugged nwny
at each other for half a minute or so more ,
getting pretty well warmed up to It , ( but
not making any particular noise , either , till
ho run In on mo and we both fetched up ngln
the tablengnln with n Jolt this time made
things Just rattle ; nnd then the first thing
i that I knew somebody upstnlrs was holler
ing :
" 'Murder ! Murder ! '
"That , you understand , racnnt that some
thing had got to bo done , and POOH ; because
that sort of hollcrln' , If It's kept up long ,
nlways attracts attention ; and I lit Into
George now ns well ns I knew how , and I
managed to get In finally one grand North
American bulgcr 0:1 : him that doubled him
up and sent him humpln' over to the other
elde of the room. As he went down ho upset
some sort of n ntand there wns over there
with a big Image on It , solid , nnd Hint went
down on the floor with a Jam that Jarred
j ! the house alongside of him.
I "Naturally , that wns the time for me to
' go , nnd I went , without the least trouble In
the world ; front door easy ns pie , and long
, before he wns up nnd nround I'd got nwny.
j But , do you know , I always kind o' reproached -
[ I preached myself for that whole business. It
wns bad enough to take the silver ; but to
double up George , too , must have been nn-
, noylug to the lady. "
|
ANOTHER SIX-DAY CYCLE RACE
Champion .Trffrlrn I'lrcn I'lHtol to
Start Hncprn nt JVeiv
York.
NEW YORK. Dee. 3.-Anot1ier rlx-day
bicycle race was started at 12 o'clock to
night -Madlbon Square garden. Thirty-
eight men llnrd up for the opening pistol , |
, which was llred toy James J. Jeffries , the i
loiusrlllst.
The llrst relay of eight men rndo four-
; ' Icon laps. Posltloim were rucured by lot ,
each man being warned that he must not
attempt to gain a lap on account of his
tnmporary advantage until after the llrst
mile. The start was witnessed by about
4,000 people.
The men are divided Into teams ns fol
lows : ;
Team No. 1 "Tho Favorites , " Louis I
Glmm of Plttsburg and Burns Pierce of
Boston.
Team No. 2 "The Canucks , " Alt Benle
nnd Harley Davidson of Toronto. I
Team No. S "Tho Parisians , " Jean Fis
cher nnd 31. Chevalier of Paris. '
Team NcI I Oscar Aronaon of Sweden
nnd Georpc Kramer of Chicago. 1
Team No. 5 "The Marseilles Pair , " Mn-
rlus The ni.d M. Pastulre of Marseilles ,
France
Tenm No. C "The Two Freds. " Fred
Schlnecr and Fred Foster of New York.
Team No. 7 "The .Likely Combine , " Karl
D. Stevens of Buffalo and Charles Tur-
vlllo of Philadelphia.
Tenm N'o. S "The Unpnced Champions , "
Otto Maya of Erie , Pn. , and Archie Mc-
Enchern of Toronto , Canada ,
Team No. D "The Indoor Kings. " Jny
Eaton of Elizabeth , N. J. , and Robert Wnl-
thour of AUanta. Gn.
Tenm No. 10 "The Pennsy Pair , " Ed
ward Thomn of Rending , Pa. , nnd W. E.
Dlckcrson of Beaver Meadow , Pa.
Team No 11 C. V. Bnbcock of Now
York nndv. . C. Stlmson of Boston.
Team No. 12 "The Sldewheclers , " Rob
ert Miller of New York and A. B. Stone of
Denver.
Team No. " 13 "Tho Newarklte ? , " R. S.
Ireland and John Ruol of Newark.
Team No. 14 "The Jerseyltc ? , " Adolph
Michaels and Steve Fallen of New Jersey.
Team No. 15 E. Riviere of Now York and
W. A , 'Brown of Brooklyn.
Team No. 16 K. O. Peabody o-f Lynn ,
Mass. , nnd A. J. Peltier of New York.
Team No. 17 "Tho Unknowns. " Andrew
Johnson and Normnn Comeau of Brooklyn.
Team No. IS "The FWng Dutchmen , "
C. W. uMIIler of Chicago und Erank Waller
of New York.
Team No. 19 "The Swedes. " Oscar Julius
and Gus Lnwson of Sweden.
The thirty-eight riders were on the track
for several hcurs before the start. They
did some fast riding- . The present race is
rndlenlly different from former six-day con
tests becausfe of the law passed at the last
senslon of tlie legislature prohibiting' con
tinuous six-day races. Ench rider In this
race will ride twelve hours out of the
twenty-four.
The garden record under the. old system
for six days' continuous riding IB 2,100 miles.
The record of this race should be well up
to 3,000 miles. The prizes are : First team ,
$1COO ; second tenm , $700 ; third team , $100 ;
fourth team , $300 ; fifth team , $200 ; sixth
nnd seventh teams. $100 each : total , $2SK ( ) .
Wilier led at the llrst mile , he being Riven
first place by virtue of his rank of chnm-
plan. Chevalier broke from the 'bunch nnd
led nt the. Hrst lap , but then dropped back.
Several of the faster men lapped the others ,
but under the rules their gain did not
count , ns It was made before the finish
of the llrst mile. That ended , however ,
there wan a terrlllc npurt. The score at 1
o'clock was : I
M. L.L M. L. I
C. W. Miller 23 Slienlo 2J 4
Plorco 23 5 Julius 23 4
Chevalier 23 5 Peabody 23 2
Foretcr 23 5 IV.stalre 22 3
Turvillo 23 G Michaels 22 3
Maya 23 5 Riviere 22 1
Walthour 23 5 Aronson 21 3
Dlckcrsou 23 B Ruol 23 I
Bnbcock 2J G.Comenii 21 1
Itobcrt Miller..23 51 j
Aronson was the llrst man to leave the i
track. .He went off after making twenty-
one miles nnd thrro laps nnd his place
was taken by his partner , George Kramer.
Their team ecoro nt the end of the first | '
hour was twenty-three miles nnd live lups
OMAHA AWAIIDUD CIIAMI'IOX.HHII1.
Meetllltt of neli ! a < PK HulfN Out Mii-
i-nlii for I'rofi'KiloiinllMin.
The Iowa-Nebraska Interseholastlc Fool
Ball league held Its annual meeting Sat
urday afternoon at Iho rooms of the Board
of Education. The award of the season's
championship was discussed nnd Omtiha
wan declared the winner. 'IVkamuh and
Nebraska City wore dropped from the
league and Fremont nnd Enst Dos Molnes
were substituted. The olllcos for the en-
sulntr year were apportioned as follows :
Proside-nt , Omaha ; vice president. Red
Oak ; secretary. Council Bluffs * . Red Oak
and Omnlm both handed In protests against
' Lincoln on the eroumi that It had played
professionals. The objection was sustained
I by the de.leeates and Omnlm wns accord-
1 ' Ingly awarded the championship , having
been licaten by no team except Lincoln.
Cro\lnln CJoliiNT tn I'nrln.
CHICAGO , Dec. 3. The Chronicle tomorrow -
row will sny : ThroR of this country's fast-
! put short-distance bicycle rneors , Arthur
Gardiner. Karl KIsor and Tom Cooper , will
KO to Paris next year. lPrlzn < j offered by
the exposition company will ttmount to
$ K,000. Early In March they will soil for
the other side and KO to Genoa. Throe
months will be spent In thrtt city In train *
IHK. Then they will co to I'arls , taklns
pains to keep In condition till September ,
when thn 'biupe-Ht ' three-day bicycle meet
ever held will bo ono of the attractions of
the exposition.
Fremont , it.'t ) ( 'oliiiiibiin. < l.
COLU.MBUS , Neb. . Dec. 3.-Bperal.- ( ! )
The Fremont Normal team met the High
school eleven hero yesterday and defeated
them by a score of 23 to 6. Tim trroundu
were wet und muddy and the wtno was
played under mnny dlfllcnltles. It was to
be the closing gamft of the season , but
If the wwither Is fair a return same rnuy
be iihtyed at Fremont next Saturday. Bc-ll-
wcod nlfo wuntH another co at the pn-
li"ius team nnd will probably play for u
puree.
GRAIN-0 ! GRAIN-0 !
Remember that name when you want a
delirious. nppetUlnic , nourishing food drink i
to take the place of coffee Sold by all cro.
cera and llkod hy all who have uoed It.
Graln-O in made of pure Krnln , It olds dlI I
c tlon nnd utrenithonn thnerves. ; . U i i '
not a ntlinulunt , but u health builder and |
the children as well an the ndults c-a.n i
drink It with great benefit CosU nbout
U n muoh o coffee , 16c and 2Sc per pack-
B . Ajk ygur rp.c.er for Qrain-O.
KANSAS' WOIIST I'll ' .IIMl. I'lllK.
s
>
ThotiuhdoHilv Sot bjnn Army OlnVer
Xoi I'liinoti * . ,
The Rri-nln-t prnlrlp lire known In Uniisni
wns In the yenr 1S 9 nnd It wn * t out l j.
nn oOlcer of the Vnltod Slates government ,
relites the Kiinm * City Journnl. This olll-
cor Is now In Wr.shliigton and durlnc the
Spnnlsh wnr hi * name wns more fremicntlj'
In the paper * thnn nny other.
One day In ISC9 he nnd a pnriv of olllccrs
irotn I'ort Hnys were returnlnc frc-m n
wild lurkoj- hunt In the canons of the
Saline. The wind wns blowing n hnrrlcnno
nnd whin n stop wns mnde on the lilRh
prnlrle Porno ten miles north of Hays this
olllrer dtllhorately toiu-lied a mntr.i to the
dry , orlsp grass in order to make n wpcc-
tncle.hon the other ollle. vs s'iw whnt
ho wns nbout to do they mnde n desperate
effort to stop him , Inn the deed hud been
done nnd tlu < red llnmes wore reeling across
the prnlrlp like n frightened nntelope. Thnt
tire swept from where It Jmd been started
< 'loar ncross Knnmx Into what Is now
Oklahoma. Thp strmmn and road ? offered
no olistnolos to It whatever. Wlillp going
Mllth Ithad - nlso turned to the east nnd
If ft n trail of ruin across Rice. Reno , Kino
man , Harper nnd other counties. Thou
sands of settlers werr burned out , losing
their huiiM's and their feed , their horses
and entile.
If the man who set that lire hnd been
known to the si-tllerB nil the troops on the
plnlns would not 'have ' linen enough to Htny
their vengeance. As It was , ho suffered re
morse beyond dcsvrlptlon. When tinolll -
cers nt Hays would bring him papers tolling
of the damnve done ho would groan nnd
curse- himself roundly. HP left Hays for
some oilier post In the , following yenr and ,
BO far ni wo know , hla mime was never
connected with the gigantic prairie rtro of
I
( rent City of I'liillooKn.
!
Irkutsk , the accepted capital of orlentnl
Siberia , Is a city of pndlocks , reports thu
riilcnpo Record. It has only nbout 51.000 In *
habitants , yet there nre more padlocks on
the shutters nnd doors of Irkutsk stores
ihnn cnn bo round In an American city of
aiO.uH ) . There nre as mnny ns three pad
locks on sumo store doors nnd oviry lower-
story shutter hears from ono to live. Tha
p.idlork weighs from one to fifteen pounds.
'I he popular size Is live pounds nnd two and
onf-h.ilf Inches thick.
The closing of a store is an affair of con
sequence. The heavy shutters are swung
, together , the ponderous Iron bars arc put
in place , the padlock * are ndjul l nnd
locked nnd then comes the llnnl nnd serious
ceremony of locking the door. The door Is
shut , the bars nro placed , the padlock Is
tlxeil nnd locked and tlie verdant stranger
thinks the closing operation Is over. It is
not.
A piece of cord Is drawn through the
hasp of the pndlock and the two ends held
against the door by a clerk or boy whllo
the proprietor nulls a pleco of scaling wax f
and sticks the ends of the string to the
door. On the hot wnx he. plnces hlH private
stnmp. A promenndo on an Irkutsk husl-
ness street after closing time shows the
luiRo padlocks , the two lines of string and
n fnt dnb of red wnx ns hlg as a silver
dollnr. In t-nse sealing wax Is dispensed
with the pndlock is tied In n rig , the string
being knotted In n pecullnr way.
The business mnn of Irkutsk hus no filth
In n , trln.cless pndlock. I learned that
through the wnx nnd rag medium thu
owner of a atom knew if his lock had been
tampered with In the night.
I'rotty CoNtiiini-N for a Child.
A pretty and becoming- way to make a 1
oloth costume for a young girl Is to inu-
chlno-stltch the odpp of the plnln skirt with
mnny rows of xaudler'p silk the shnde of
the cloth , then face the rovers of the open
jacket nnd the turn-down collar nlso with
satin and taffeta cht'ck , In white nnd n color
matching the dress , making- full blouse
vest front to correspond , or else let the
blouse and facing bo madeof ono of the
new , bright French tnrtnn silks and the
belt and folded colliir of the bloiiPe of vel
vet mntch ono of the prominent colors In
the plaid. A Kolf-shnped enpe. of the cloth ,
lined with the check or plaid , would com
plete a costume that could bo worn all win
ter unless in extreme cold weather.
PERFECT
UN ECEGANT TOILET LUXURY ,
Used by pcoplo of refinement
for over n , quarter of a century.
,
Tottering along- the streets of today -
day was the man "Just a little run
down" yesterday. Whnt didn't
amount to much a few months
ngo has poisoned and wrecked his
system now. Ho has paid dearly
for his carelessness and negligence.
Dr. Kay's
Renovator
Timely taken , would have saved
that man. It is a mighty good
thing for "run-down" men to tie
to.
Shun substitutes. If not nt
druggistr , wo will send It postpaid
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