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X i'S WITH ED P. BERRYMAN Tfthlman Democracy Demandi the Official Head of a Jack. DESIGNATION 13 CALLED TOR Harmon? Anton the Local Dfiawrati Break Oat In a Xew Spot naa how Stronger Than Erir. The faithful tupporter of his honor, tlia mayor, hav loosed the vlala of their wrath and KS p. Borrymsn, member of th park board by tha mayor appoint ment, I alatd for execution. At the meet ing of the Dahlman Democracy Friday renlng when the mayor abroad de livtrlng Banquet oratlona the desperate Meed u done, and a resolution dcclar ing that ainre Berry man has shown by his actions that ha doesn't like the mayor, f that the mayor's cohorts don't like him. and It would be wise for him to resign. There was little damage done to the at mosphere when this angry protest was registered. John E. Reagan spoke on be half of party discipline and said that wha Tammany would do the Dahlman club 'ought to do because "the Tammany organization has come down for centuries as the greatest political club In the world until the damn of the Dahlman Democracy." The whole proceedings was put through with rapidity and a terribly quiet unan imity. Tha concluding words of the resolu tion are: Therefore, be It resolved by this club. That we think It the duty of the said Berryman, In view of the fact that lbs administration la so obnoxious to Mm. to tender his resignation as euch member of tlie park board to his honor, tha mayor, from whom he la by the late decision of the supreme court of the state of Ne braska, holding his appointment, notwith standing tha fact that he has been claim ing to hold: Ma appointment from the dis trict oourt and not from the mayor, and In tha event that he falls to resign, then this club urgently requests his honor, the mayor, for the good of his administration to request and demand that the said Berryman tender his resignation imme diately. And he It further Hesolved, That the secretary be Instructed to forward to E. P. Berryman a copy of these resolutions. For Coantr ChaUman. When It came to choosing the candidal of the club, for chairman of the county committee Reagan announced that he didn't want It, and Thomas J. Flynn was under stood to be the choice. Because of Mr. Flynn' own protests no formal recom mendation was made, but It was understood that the two-thirds majority which the Dahlmanltes hold In tha committee will stand. for Flynn. Jo Butler was appointed a floor manager to sea that the club Is not neglected In It own committee. The matter of secretary for the county organisation Was left out of consideration. It was talked early In the evtnlng In some of the other democratic camps, tha. Berryman would be acceptable to the out casts who belong not to the Dahlman De mocracy,, but tho resolution leaves no doubt aa to whether the committee will atand on that proposition. As It seems likely that the mayor will have to take his trip to Illinois next week Ueorge Rogers was selected a the choice of the club tj go to the meeting which will arrange the state platform Tuesday. A special meeting of the blub will be held Monday night to confer with Mr. Rogers If he Is confirmed by tha county com mittee as to who shall be appointed on the state commute from this section. Charles K. Fanning, George Rogers and H, n. Fle harty" wer last year's committeemen from Douglas, but Mr. Fanning at least haa re futed to serve -again, so there will be one change at least. U.S. DISPENSATORY Describes the Principal Iniredlents Contained In Pe-ru-na. Are we claiming too much for Penma Then we claim it to be aa effsctite remedy for chronic catarrh ? Have we abundant proof that Penma U In real ity inch a catarrh remedy ? Let m toe what the United State Eiapenaatory aya of the principal ingredient of Peruna. Take, for instance, the ingredient tydvastis canadensis, or golden seal. The United States Dispensatory says cf this herbal remedy, that it is largely employed in the treatment of depraved mucous membranes, chronio rhinitis (nasal catarrh), atonio dyjpepsia (ca tarrh of the stomach), chronic intesti nal catarrh, catarrhal jaundice (ca tarrh of the liver), and in diseased mucoas membranes of tho pelvio organs. It is also recommended for the treatment Of various forms of dis eases peculiar to women. Another ingredient of Peruna, cory dalis foraosa, is clascod in the United States Dispensatory as a tonic. So also is cubebs classed as a stomachic and as a tonio for the mucous membranes. Codroa seeds is another ingredient of Penma, aa excellent drag that has been very largely overlooked by the medical profession for the past fifty years. The seeds are to be found in very few drug stores. The United States Dispensatory tays of the action of cedron that it is used as a bitter tonio and in the treatment of dysen tery, end in intermittent diseases as a substitute for quinine. Oil of copaiba, another ingredient of Peruna, is classed by tho United States Dispensatory as a mild stimu lant and diuretic. It acts on the stom ach and intestinal tract It acts 03 a stimulant on tho genito-urinary mem branes. Useful in chronio cystitis, chronio dysentery and diarrhea, and some chronio diseases of the liver and kidneys. Send to us for a freo book of testi monials of what tho pcoplo think of Peruna as a catarrh remedy. The best evidenco is the testimony of those who have tried it. f TI1K OMAHA MAIL CLERKS ASK MORE PAY Present Their Case to Business Men at Rome Hotel Banquet. NATIONAL PRESIDENT THERE J. T. tsslfld of rrarar, thief Speaker, Makes Foreefnl Address. Setting Forth Stronat Tlea. Sl'XDAY HKK: NKPTKMNKR L'O. ISO. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS IN DEBATE National Politics the Issue, mid Sab Ject ts Handled with Excep tional Skill. Berryman la Silent. Ed P. Berryman, tne victim of the Dahl- manltes' wrath, refuses to discuss the breech which his opposition to Mayor Jim aeems to have created In the democratic ranks. He was asked Saturday If he would make a fight to hold his place on the Park board and he answered: "I hav no fight to make. I know noth Ing of tli affair and had no Idea It was going to happen. It la my own affair and I don't want anybody else to take a hand It it." n the meantime Mayor Jim Is waiting to tee what effect the reaolution of the club will hava on the park commissioner. "The boys were pretty sore about It." said the mayor, "and they have expressed their disapproval. It la his move now. When he decides whether or not he is going to. resign, then w can take further action If necessary." With all the vim and excitement of a real political meeting, a debate on the relative merits of the republican and democratic poltlcal parties was held between members of the high school senior clnss at the high school reception given by the boys of the Toung Men's Christian association Friday evening at the association bftildlng. According to the three Judges, the team which argued for tha republican party ac quitted Itself with the greater honors. Fred Carlson and Harry Drucker were the suc cessful disputants, their opponents belnrf Will Ross and Howard Roe. . j On the affirmative of the question. "Re solved, That Intelligent Voters Should Cast Their Ballots for the Republican ticket," Bryan' political record was reviewed and the argument made that Taft. was the but ter of the two to succeed to the White House. The team for the negative dis cussed banks, railways, the tariff and the democratic platform. Throughout the debate the larre assem blage of high school boys was much Inter ested with the skilled arguments and ap parent ease of the young debaters, who demonstrated themselves to be far better posted on national issues than the average voter. Before the debate Prof. K. U. Graff of the high school spoke briefly, commending the- Young Men s Christian association on Its membership and work, and expressing satisfaction at the interest taken In I bating by the boys of the city. Boys Secretary K. F. Denison also made : a short address. It happened thut Mr. I Denison was the man who helped tho young ! debaters to secure their proficiency In tueir rirst forsenlc contests, he having been In . structor of debating at the high Schoul last year. Before the political argument nn.i ..... Railway Kote and personals. W. H. Murray, assistant general pas senger agent of the Union Pacific, haa tone In HI I.mila Inr r.ur Hu. C. H. Bpears. general passenger agent of i !TK" eXlteme"t that cum '-"max of the Colorado Midland, was In Omaha Satur- i evenings enteitalnment and reception, ltlle visitors and guests were shown about A handsome gold watch and chain was ' tne building and spent an enjoyable limo iTSvti"tixZvi8S: o7shT.,ad:s,p,ay'nK ,wra" or reBd,n ln t,,e "" parture for St. Louis, where he becomes ' aecond floor. general agent of the Vnlon Pacific Jimt ' P""'".",::".JL"lu.r?",r . "'?.mWM ff the WAKtHUUSfc MFN FflRM C MID mcisisi ....... -uu in mo uniiii iraeni, garnered around iw'. ""k- wh,le JJ' A' Munroo. freight trafflo manager, made the presenta tion speech and gave Mr. Lowe the watch and chain. Freckles, Pimples and Liver Spots Trfn lie Removed Easily By Stuart's Calcium Wafer in A Few Days. Writ for rr Trial Vackag. Why suffer the stares of those about you because of a poor, muddy and bleary Joseph looking complexion? What you need la I Omah Men Present from a niubrr of Cities In the Middle Western Mates. A new commercial orsanisattlon. to be known aa the Central Warehousemen's club, was the result of a meeting held at the Rome hotel Friday, attended by rep resentatives from warehouse firms in Ne braska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and inn nesota. The purpose of the new club I to meet and discuss the problems of the ware, house busim-K. ami to maintain an oraan- i lied effort In the Interest of the men in- gaged :n it. A yearly convention will be held, beginning next year at St. Jos, uh - Officers fur the ensuing yLUr wire elected ! MS follows: PicsiuVnt. W. A. Brown at vice president. Arthur J. Coo ley. rich, strong, generous flowing blood to : lo; treasurer, J. I.. JiJItchell, Cedar Up- ......... . nr. iiwn pigment tcoior) to 'us. i ne execuuve committee is to .-r.ntt . . . ... the face so that with each beat of the of C. C. Stetson of St. Paul. J n v " L" th9 oy,"r bUt " .pr?v- " a"bl heart the blood .-m.r-.. ,.. i.-.. ,.,, .. , . ' V""' And 1 tan l"rove an a,11. ur not "The American railway moil clerk makes on error out of cv:-y U.Ojo pieces of mall handled, he gets on an average oftl.100 u year, pays his own expenses while on the road, must know on an average of 10.000 stations, and for th,e Inst fifteen years has paased aa examination of 99 per cent on this knowledge; he must put In nt least four year before he can hope to become proficient In his work; he undergoes a hazard of lire which few men face, one out ot eighteen clerk being killed or In jured every year." There were a fei reasons urged by J. T. Canfleld of Syracuse, N. Y., president of the Railway Mall Clerks' Association of the Cnlted Slates at a banquet at the Rorm hotel Friday night why these men should have more compensation. President Canfleld. a practical mall clerk himself, is on a campaign of education, traveling over the country to meet and talk with business men, not politicians. In the effort of Inducing them to aid th railway mall clerk to secure from congress larger wage and allowance for expenses while In the service of the government. He stopped yesterday In Omaha and Inst night was the chief guest at a banquet given by the local association and attended by over XtO men, nearly it being representative business men of Omaha Mnd Council flluff Several gpeakera on Prog-ram. ocverai speaaers were on th program, which stretched to considerable length The banquet was held In the large banquet rodnl at the Rome hotel and was well served, Mr. Miller giving It his personal attention. r. H. Cole, president of the local assocla tlon of mall clerks, acted as toastmaster. He made a decided hit when he said that "The army of railway mall clerks 1 the only army L'ncle Sam sends Into the field of . battle without rations," meaning hat the government did not allow the clerk any expense money while on the road. Rev. Q. A. Beecher, dean of Trinity cathedral, delivered the Invocation. Senator Burkett, who was up from Lin coin between trains, was the first speaker, He expressed appreciation at the dinner he had eaten and especially at the water he hnd drunk the only drink, save a bit of coffee and laid: "I think I never drank so much water before In my life and I am sure several Omaha ier.tlemen here never drank o much water at on time before." Tins brought a laugh, but when the sen ator turned toward the mayor of Omaha and declared, "I think this water is a most appropriate drink to serve In this city un dir this notable reform administration," he brought down the house, "Including Mayor Dahlman. Senator Burkett said the government had no employe that gave as much and as good set vice for as small amount of money as the railway mall clerk. and he favored an Increase ln pay and an expense account for them. This brought more cheers. The senator's entire speech, brief though it was, was a laudation of the mail clerk hi in telligence, integrity, fafthfulneas and pro ficiency, all, he aald, being far above th average. Mr, Canfleld Is Impressive. President Canfleld Is a young man, frank and forceful and convincing. He is no orator, doesn't pretend to be and doesn't need to be for th mission he Is performing. But he has a message for the business man and delivers that message ln a way that makes the easiness man sit up and take notice; He talked for half an hour and told more real facts about the service, doubtless, than anybody present, aside from some ot th clerk themselvts, ever knew before. "We are not out trying to get the help of the politicians." he said, "we are out trying to get the help of the business man, knowing that he makes the officeholders and he can make, them do what he wants. We are trying to make the business man see that It Is to his best Interests to have a proficient railway mail service." Then he made aome pertinent point, a few of which appear at th lead of this story. He pointed out that while this gov ernment refused to allow its mail clerks expenses and required more of them thsn Canada, Canada paid Its men more salary and gave them expense money. At the ssine time, living was cheaper ln Canada, and the standard of proficiency among the men far below that of the American. He pointed out the fact that while salaries and wages In other callings had Increased W per cent In ten years, the cost of living Increasing ln the ssme degree, the wages of the railway mall clerks had Increased only 10 per cent. He also pointed to the fact that the mall clerk must be a man far above the average of educational quali ftction and mental, moral s.'d physical character. "We have gone to congress so often and got ho little that we have now come to the business men and we are going i to keep after them until we get what we want through congress," said Mr. Canfield. "Why, even members of con gresB have had their salaries increased I 60 per cent," he interjected, turning to gate at Congressman Hitchcock, who was ; silting at hit side. But Congressman Hitchcock was equal i to tlie occasion and with ready wit, when ' he arose to apeak, replied ln this fashion: I "I admit congressmen have had their ; salaries raised 0 per cent, but I am like j the oy ster In the boarding house soup. The landlady asked the star boarder if I he had tasted the oyster soup for'dlnner. 'I did.' said the start boarder, 'and I gnv- nvire teen and a half hours' work." he sal 1 "snd If there l an? delay In the 'distribu tion must stay in tlielr cr until it Is completed, no matter how late It I? i ne wnoie nurden or the ateument of the mall clerk speakers went t. show that these men are overworked; thit they " more nine ami better service for lees pay than any dernrtmrnt of th rmnieni service and ought tl have wages. tn : ... . . t . V4 ... .... rt-iin(iirM riu jiiukp l.ee 8. Eetelle told of the Improvements that have been Instituted In the tallway mail service since he was an employ and he heartily pproved the movement to secure better compensation for the clerks. Approves Reqnest of Men. Because of the lateness of the hour A . jetiens, tn next speaker Introduced by the tcastnaster. refrained from any lengthy pddr"s. In answer to a sally by JuJge McPherson, Mr. Jefferls stated that the cause of th mail cleiks was a piale- """" fn and that congresMonal kgisia hum. iu do euectol by a cluingu In the perso'inel of the members, was about due Comparing the salaries of rural carrier with these received by ihe railway mall clems, Mr. Jcfferii raid that the small - ",vr "'" a )f"'.' oeiween them was not a suffiii, r.t additional margin to enable miiway cierKs to live as crmfortnblo at noine as they deserve, for, he said, tluy iisu 10 spend much of their Income on tneir traveling expenses and were there .u,e unaoie ,to maintain a home as the An erlcan-home, which he characterised as nauon grcteit institution, should be Kept. Following Mr. Jeff-ris, F. U Keller, chief nera or tne Omaha office, spoke briefly lne personal qualities of the men and the advantages offeted tho clerks by niern- Dersnip n the Railway Mail Clerks' assocl il possibility of Omah being encsen as the envision point for the pro, posed new division was also mentioned. State Senator C. J. Saunders of Polttwat taml county. Iowa, told a number of clever stories and -ealu that the Iowa and Ne braska member of congress should ba lined up to promote th passage of a meas ure raising the pay of isllwsy mrill clerks, Guests of tbe Mall Men. This list includes the invited guests from tne various lines of business: Senator Burkett. T. A. Hollister. R-."ri Salrl'; W. Jefferls. Rev. O. A. Reecher. C. M K.ti,,,.,. . JrfWlS. Judsu McPherson. T. W. McCullough. Frpnlt Martin. Rome Miller. Nathtn Men-lam. Kuclld Martin. D. J. O'Brien. H. J. Penfold. N. C. Pratt. F. T. Ransom. C. O. buunders. Charles Bhtrman. W. U Belhy. A. P. Tukey. John L. Webster. F. I). Weed. Frank Walters. C M. Wllhelm. James Woo-lward. J. Walsh. Benson. W. R. Watsoik J. B. Wootan. Ben White. H. F. Wilier. C. G. Wallace. E. W. Simeral. W. B. Reld. C. B J. J. Hughes, C. B. R. B., Wallace. C. B A. P. Mathews. W. T. Bouike. John SwaiiKou. C. M. Eeaton. J. E. Cramer. W. A. Eddy. J. E. Baum. . C. Barnea. E. A. Benson. W. R. Bennett. C. A. Beno, C. B. C. E. Butler. J. C. Bufflngton. Emll Brandeis. Harry Byrne. C C. Belden. W. H. Bucholx. Dr. LRoy Crummer. C. O. Croxell. Robert Cowell. T. I Combs. J. C. Drexel. Mayor Dahlman. (Jouid Diets. Luther Drake. A. Edgcomb. Judgo Iee stell. O. C. Erwln Albert Edholm. C. B. Fester. J. M. Guild. George Gllmore. W. D. Glffln. B. E. Orlfflths. W. U. Graham. A. 8. Hsselton, C. B. M. O. Headlev. Dr. Ralnh Hart. G. M. Hitchcock. Byron Hastings. F. U Halier. Ross Hammond. J. Howard, Benson. C. B. HAWAII AFTER LABORING MEN Will Establish Immltrstlna In w York In Charge of Expert. Piaini OMAHA through the small surfac iCWDy . iiosim-r or Des ; ac veins of the , Moines. face, thereby keeping a glowing color ever Various committee to Investigate tondl lreeut4 J un, i different phases of the business . Btuiut's Calcium Wafer are composed i were appointed, aa follows: Of lh moat powerful of blood builders General Merchandise St.rane-W L ami purifier, yet they are harmless and I Hinds. Des Moins; C. M. Cutlirl . fct. Jj- when the salaries weie may r taken into the system by any one, even a child. What is invigorating to tha weak stomach mojt certainly will aid the well one. Any Invalid may take Bluart's Calcium Wafer and be benefited, so that no Tne need feel the slightest hesi tancy In using these little purifiers con tinuously. , iThy wtirk very fast and many severe case 4 pf discolored complexions are thor oughly cleared and beautified after a brief time. Th number of testimonials w hav attesting to th strength, vigor and affectlvenes of Btuart' Calcium Wafer would astonish on. Every drug gist carries tnem in stock, price inc. Don't wait, but go to your druggist today and buy a bog or the Wafers. Take them -after each meal and give them an honest trial and th rapid results will tonla you. . W.wlll send you a trial package eon talnlng an amount of these Wafer auffl clent to show their power. Send u your m and address and w will nd you a trial package by mall, free. Address F. A. Stuart C IT Stuart Bldg. MrhlL Mica. A. J. Cooley, , (gt cph; Chark-s 11. Gratton. Omaha. Itoirscholil Uo.nld n. ,. Moor, Kansa City; John lickiu, umaha; YV. A. Gordon Omaha. ' Cold Sloragel. F. Anderson ami G W Ree, Count. il Hlutfs. ' Legislation W. At. itimhinun iioi,,,- i u. ieuy, rwniu t-lty; Omaha, Kahor-Savlng IVvlces Walter Jurd'ne Omaha; C. C. Stetson, St. Paul; J. L. Van Buigli. Omsha. Implements J. A. I!omer. D. a Molnes- i- .I .B'"r' -''ty; G. V. Desacn- hoff, Lincoln. Railroads W. T.. Hinds. Des Moines- I K Mitchell, Cedar Rapids; J. R. Vaus'hn' Waterloo. ' Bvildlngs J. L. Boll-,. Kansa City; A CHv""'"1"' I'i"C"ln; J' ,'' l'riolt. Kansas The Omaha warehousemen entertained ths visitors at luncheon at the Roma, and afterward wtth an automobile ride through th city. In congress voted up." In the course of a brief talk spiced with witticisms that made his auditors reel with laughter. Mr. Hitchcock coinmltUd himself to uny proper measure looking to the incieuse of railway mail clerk' pay and th payment of their expenses. Judge Smith B. McPherson of Red Oak, la., who was Introduced as be ing a representative or Council Bluffs, shared with Mr. Hitchcock the liuraur-. jonn j. u. irenor. who ts chairman of the committee on special organisation of the National League of Republican Clubs, passea tnrough Omaha Friday on his way to Cincinnati, where ho will attend the convention of that body to beheld there September 12 to 25. Mr. Trenor la returning from a five months' trip to the Hawaiian Islands, where at the invitation of the territorial authori ties he has been making a special study of labor conditions and their possible solution along line which shall have as their base the fostering and perpetuation of American institutions. The preponderance of the Asiatic element In Hawaii, ho says, Is one of It most striking chsractoristlcs. Its present undue proportion is a matter of far reaching Importance, and the necessity of offsetting It a problem to which careful and constant attention Is being paid. In order to co-operate ln this work the board of Immigration of the territory of Hawaii ha decided to open headquarter In the United States. These will be located In New York City and Mr. Trenor, wno is a resident there, will be In sole charge. The object of this bureau will be to re cruit from within the limits of. the United States such labor, known generally a com mon labor, as the territory may from time to time demand. It should be borne In mind that existing immigration Inw do not per lt the soliciting of Immigrants outside th United States. Mr. Trenor is very enthusiastic over Ha waii generally, its matchless climate and opportunities for the man who works "by the sweat of hi brow." The problem there. he says, 1 not one of finding continuous work, but of continuous workers. What is wanted are families whose heads are accus tomed to ordinary manual labor and who, together with their offspring, will become Wedded to the soil and eventually inaki good cltlsens. To those among them who shall be found competent and worthy th skilled and semi-skilled positions will be open, which are now so largely in the hand of the Asiatic, whose assimilation Is a ques tion of grave doubt and corresponding so licitude. 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Hershey, Charles L. Halben, R. Kirkpatrlck, Prof. Love, D. P. Lowrey, R. W. Lindsay. H. C. Mayhew. J. M. Rehlander. W. N. Rogers, George H. Street, H. B. XV OTKZB PX.ACX9 Pratt. II. E., Perth, Kan. Bellevue college, Bellevue, Neb. Chapman, Dr., Missouri Valley, la, Let not another day pass by without at least making an endeavor to investigate Hteinway claims and Steinway records. Come to our salesrooms in this city. Examine the greatest display of Hteln way Grand and Vertegrand Pianos ln the west, containing the latest case designs'and finish effects for the season of 1909. . STEINWAY catalogue will be mailed to out-of-town inquirers who desire to secure the world's best piano. Sch mode r I Mueller Piano Co. 1311-1313 Farnam St Est. 1859. Omaha, Neb. Authorized Representatives for Steinway Pianos BETTER FOOD AND LESS OF IT fioud Advice to Hotel Meat and Guests by Una of the Near-Cooks. ftertou BrvafcalowM lesults from chronic constipation. Dr. King s New Uf pm cure headache! stomach, liver and bowel trouble. Sc. For sale by Ba(nn Drug Co. Advertise In Th Be, the paper that goes Into Ui home of th best popl "Better food and lens of It:" is the noMc plea which a New York hitcl keep'-r made In a speech to the members of the In't r- hunors. "1 want to recent the i national Steward's association, and it ccr- linpututlon at the very outlet," snlj the I talnly will he echoed wlt'i cnthulum by Judge, "that I am from Council Bluffs." 1 tlu sreat constituency that dines some- He told of when he was In congro aud sat up nights working for postal terorms and advances and lucreas In pay to the men engi,-eu in the work. He backed up what Mr. Canfleld had ald about the iinj tines of the argument that these times, often, or habitually at public tabli Hotel bills of fare are quite nv-t.lleifly long, almost lnvaiiubly. and 1f there be, as everybody suspects and the crator Just quoted Implied, a direct relation between tne multiplication of dlHhe and the In cept the specially trained mind, and acts to ome extent aa a duller of appetite, Just as docs an overladen plate for people at all aensltlve to Impression. Moreover, the attempt at endless variety on a bill of fare produces In time, and a short time at that, the effect of a deadly monotony, for there can be no change where everything Is obtainable at every meal. The sweet surprise of a mor re stricted board are all lacking. Cooking and service are what count, and where they are supplied the wicked wastts of an In terminable bill of fare can be avoided with out awakening a single complaint from any reasonable being-New York Tlm. QUEER MUSEUM OF WEAPONS Remarkable Collection from All Part of tbe World at Springfield Arsaatal. A remarkable collection of weapon stored in the government arsenal at Springfield, Mass., ha been arranged In respectable shape, and It on of the most Interesting ln this country. Certainly ther are few ln the country mor complete and that can offer more types of arms or show aa completely tho evolution of the modern repeating rifle. To be ure, the work ha only been half don a yet, but the change under the efficient manager, appointed under the new regime, has been remarkable, and th big room In the upper story of the executive building fairly bristle with shining bayonet and sabers and the polished barrels of musket and rifle of different vintage. Borne rd tape is encountered before one can ee th col lection, for the museum will not be opn to the public for a number of week, al though the commandant la courtesy itself to chance visitors, and especially those from out of the slate. Th presentation of one' card and a ckar statement of your wish is essential. bram was killed by a ahell during th siege. One of the thing the curator shows 1 a matchlock of the fifteen century. In this piece the' pulling of the trigger drags the match piece backward over th vent and hold It there. There la also a beauti ful old-fashioned blunderbuss, that must have been used a a wall piece, for It Is too heavy for any ordinary mortal to carry around. This I mounted In bras and I the beauty of the collection.' Not so very far from this is a battery gun used In th closing day in the civil war. It ha twenty-five brightly polished barrels, that Ingeniously spread with a lever to cover a wide sone. The caliber Is approximately .60 and the gun was tvldently loaded with detached ammunition. After the ball and cartridge had been Inoerted at th breech, a sort of train must have bean laid In a groove behind the barrels. A projecting shoulder wa apparently all th protection the gunner had. and he must have been In mortal danger all of the time. The Roberts repeating gun. which stand near, I quite an affair and must have dome considerable execution. The cartridge ars made strong enough to withstand th full power of the charge, and are of heavy turned metal, with nipple for th caps. They are fed Into a hopper over the breech, and run down upon a revolving cylinder. On the outside of the latter are semicircu lar space, Into which th cartridge run. Aa the cylinder revolves, after tha fashion of a revolver, th charsea are held tn place by th surrounding chamber and come out ln an opening at the bottom. The tag on thl weapon "nay It was used at Petersburg. Th type of bayonet ar not the least Interesting part of th collection, and they ar of all kind, from th old-fashioned straight, three-edged affair of the flint lock musket, to the long knife blade of th latest type of Springfield. Some of them re patterned after a hunting knife, and breech loading flintlock of mi. The load ing chamber of thl gun turn up for th cartridge, and slide back Into placed Th hammer and flint appear to be poised over the top of the barrel, which milit hav made It hard to tight. Its caliber It (.33. and It, of course, used paper .cartridges. There are case and case ot Krags, and Springfield of different models, Kmc of them after special pattern, and one sport ing model Springfield would make a col lector envious. The regular sporting type haa been followed, but th stock Is a beauty and It grain I something choice to look at. Hartford Courant. ti.a first thlnar that attracts attention Is the neatne.. There isn't a speck of would "1ke daml' Implements for a port. ,i.,.t r u fik ..f ruit on the hundreds of I Tner" are other of th old trowel ritle barrels that gleam In lung lows down wages cannot be lm reased because of thi; i ferlor ciusllty of their contents, ln the name deficit annually in the posiofflce budget, (cf good digestion and the happiins Uul insisting that tins was not an Institu tion calculated to run on anything but a deficit basts.. , W. A. Nash, clerk hi Charge of Colon Pacific train No. y.the Otnaha-Ogden f.t mall, composed of seven and elgnt tars and carrying thirteen to sixteen mail clerks, gave an Interesting accoant of the detail of that train' operation. slu.wliik th enormous task devolving on the men board. "The cannot get out of lea than fir- goes therewith, let their number be dl mlrlshed Immediately. N The desirability for doing so is probably greatest' In th cheaper places, where Ihe bills of fare are comparatively short, for. If the food be not grnd and uujlly it in t tho evidence Is only too convincing that loo much has still been attrmpvd. fcven in the hotels and restaurants wh-r th. cooking of everything approaches p-rfe.. lion more or less nearly, th length of the menu trouble and confuses all ex- variety, and still others, very rare, of th the room. Th tray bit of armor picked '"" 'v i is pnsec, oy an coi up In China or Japan, with long spikes On department Is devoted to and Indescribable two-edged swords, shine j Chlnee fitesrms. and considering time, as If they 'had Just arrived from Bpot i PIac - crrcumtancet, this la th mot Town. Near the door is a notable array "O'able of all. Th two and three-man of cutlery. Just a It was used by the i un ,re ther, or th glngala, at thy ar forefather of th colony of Connecticut : ,all'd Some of them ar nin feet long. In King Philip war, and nar them a j Many of them ar matchlocks, but ther Puritan relic of another vintage none ar Mauser and Winchester bolt-action other than a pike used In John Brown's ! guns made on a glgar.tic s-al. With a raid at Harper' Ferry. bore big enough to put vour fist In, they hav all th outward mechanism of th On a little stand t the end of thl table is the long Cecil, In miniature, that kept tha Boers out of Kimberley In th rvoulh African campaign. This beautiful toy, complete in every detail, was turned out by th Pratt & Whitney company, of this city, after government drawing. The gun was designed ty Iabram, an Ani-rl-cau, who had worked In the shops in il ls tountry that did the government work, and he made It from heavy shafting. L- American gun bolt, firing pin and breech action. They were brought over after th Boxi outbreak, and show haw th Chinese tried to graft modern method Into th time honored two-man gun. On of th glngal has the screw prirclpl applied to the breech. Among th Burnsides. Martini Henrys, Bpencers, and all 3rt of Pprlng fitlds and other foreign patent I WHEN DUTCH MEAN BUSINESS Holland' Hlstorr Teem with Stir ring Deed la War and Feae. Th Dutch have fought fur what they own, and they have, been among th great est fighters that the world has ever MM. When their prowess In the past Is con sidered. It me Ilk a humane duty to drop a word of warning upon the belliger ent Intelligence of Castro, lest by some strange resurrection, th spirit should r appesr that one mad the greatest armies and navies of Europe tremble. For 1.C0O year th Dutch fought th sea wave and th river floods, and they dyked their land which 1 lower than the ocean. During all thl time they were fighting th hardly less persistent and pitiless enemas thst assailed them. And yet th whole kins- dom of the Netherlands with It alevrn large province, which I mor than a third a large again a the original Dutch United States of the sixteenth century. It let than half the else of South Carolina. These Dutch, in some respect, were th trangtst people that Europe ever knew, for while displaying a men astonlshtrg capacity for war on land and set. they wer converting a mudhol Into a garden, and their Invention of useful means to health and abundant living, from the plow In it modern form to the thlinbl, wer land mark Ira th history of European clvillti tlon. The Dutch developed tholr estraordlnuiy capacity aa fighters in their prolonged re sistance to th Spanish tyranny which In extent and ferocity I almost unparalleled it history. Thl resistance was the mor re markabl and the success that finally crowned It th mora astonishing when w coralder the resources of Spain, then th first power In the world. Thl wa In the latter half of th slx teentn oentury, and by th beginning of th seventeenth century the Dutch had created a fleet that mad them th flrt naval power of th world, and with whloh their hardy and daring seamen swept th most distant seas of Spanish commerce. There wa a long true with Spain and then a renewal of the war, whn th Netherlands attacked the Spanish posses sion In th East Indies and laid th foun dation of the Dutcu empire In t.iat part of the world. -Boston OluU.