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BEONSOH & CASE, Publishers.
MANCHESTER. IOWA.
Your average self-made man Is usual
ly made In the first place by his county
paper
If It la money Gen. Funston Is after
be will spurn all political honors and
star in a tank drama.
Some of the larger journals arc dis
cussing brain fag. Most of them are
reticent on brain fog.
If Siberia Is to be dispensed with as
an exile center, hereafter In enumerat
ing the world's cruelties that country
must be left out in the cold.
That a company has been formed to
mandfacture airships would show
these various failures have not taken
the wind out of their sails.
A perfumery trust with a capitaliza
tion of $20,000,000 Is being formed in
New York. What a lot of watering
some of this stock will stand!
Mrs. O'Leary's cow was responsible
for the Chicago fire, and a drunken
woman upset a lamp and set fire to
Dawson City. The gentler sex isn't al
ways to be commended.
Dewey says the only trouble with
Hobson Is that he takes life too serious
ly. He takes kissing lightly enough,
.lust the aame, the country will take all
the Hobeons It can get and take °em
gladly.
The Pittsburg Telegraph Is shocked
because Mattle Hughes Cannon, fourth
wife of Angus M. Cannon, refers com
placently to "our husband." The Tele
graph should interview a woman who
enn speak calmly of "my husbands'
and compare characteristics.
The Filipino company admitted to
this country under the Immigration
laws Is restricted to acting. Such a re
striction placed upon some of the Amer
ican companies touring the country
would force them out of business. It
would be beyond their ability to live up
to the requirements.
The practical Joker who said Em
peror William would be assassinated If
he went to Egypt has been sentenced
to seven years' imprisonment. Ger
many may be behlijd the times in
great many things, but she can give
the world several pointers on what to
do with practical Jokers.
Why should not the penalty for kid
naping be made Imprisonment for life?
Is there a more detestable crime In the
calendar? For nearly every other
crime, including murder, it Is possible
to conceive of some action on the vic
tim's part which while not excusing
might mitigate the offense. But not so
In kldnnplng. The child Is Incapable
of having done an Injury to Ills kid
naper.
Mark Twain has announced bis inten
tion of leaving a book of personal rec
ollections behind liim which is not to
be published until one hundred years
nfter his death. Perhaps be can make
tills arrangement secure and binding
on posterity and then, again, perhaps
the curiosity aroused by the statement
will so enhance the price of the books
that bis belrs may profit largely by the
premature disposal of if.
The Intensity of feeling manifested
In every quarter over the stealing of a
2-year-old baby In New York showed
how strong is the reprobation of this
particularly heinous crime. No pun
ishment seems too severe for the brutes
who will thus expose a father and
mother to needless suffering, and the
very rarity of the crime and the de
termination with which the offender
Is alwajw pursued go to prove its bein
ousness.
A glaring defect of our language is
the use of words which sound alike but
have totally different meanings. For
example, take through and threw
wrlght, right, rite eye, I, aye nose
noes, knows. How a foreigner man
ages to learn laugunge full of words
sounding alike but having no other re
lationship is one of the Ineouiprehen
sible things, and it is creditable to the
intelligence and patriotism of Immi
grants that most of them get a speak
ing acquaintance with English in a few
years, many of them In a few months.
Kidnnper Barrow, or whatever hi:,
name may be, seems to be a genial sort
of a fellow, with an eye to business that
contemplates both the wholesale and
retail departments of his profession.
We read that it was one of his cherish
ed schemes to abduct a child and then.
In the event of a refusal to furnish ran
som money, "to mall a portion of an ear
or the joint of a finger, with commu
nication something like this 'We will
continue to return him to you lu small
quantities, if you so desire, but should
you desire to secure lilin by wholesale
we will be ready to negotiate a trade
for $10,000:' We learn, furthermore,
that at one lime Mr. Barrow laid bold
plans for the abduction of Grover
Cleveland, and we have found our
selves pleasanfly speculating on the ar
duousness and length of the task In
volvcd in supplying Mr. Cleveland to
his bereaved family and friends In sec
tions. However, this contingency is
now successfully evaded and Mr. Bar
row Is where Ills studies in dissection
will be suspended. It is to be hoped
that the amiable gentleman will be
forcibly Impressed with the terrors of
the law. Tills Is one of the times when
the kind of justice popular in the South
could be resorted to without any over
How of public tears.
Some Interesting statistics have Just
been received from the Province of
Quebec concerning the birth rate
among the French-Canadians who in
habit that part of the dominion. In
France great alarm has for several
years existed, owing to the rapidly de
creasing birth rate, and It lias been
predicted that it is only a question of
t'uie when the republic will be depopu
lated if the present state of affairs con
tinues. But the French people In Que
bec are not likely to let their race die
out In a hurry. The birth rate in that
province last year was :s8.5" per thou
sand, as against 20.2 in France and 20.!)
in Ontario. The cause of this large
crop of babies is easily discovered.
There is an old law in Quebec which
provides that every man who becomes
the father of twelve children shall re
ceive 100 acres of land. Last year 103
French-Canadians showed that they
each had become responsible for the
necessary dozen niui accordingly got
their farms, up |es» than
2,D t2 such grants have been glvei), unci
one industrious old fellow lifts gotits sq
fer to become tho father pf thirty-
rix children tn order to obtain 200 acres
In addition to the parcel of land which
he received when his twelfth child was
born. It Is thought that this man's ex
ploit will encourage many others to at
least try for the second 100 acres that
would be due at the birth of a claim
ant's twenty-fourth child. This sys
tem of rewards undoubtedly has ad
vantages that might well be adopted in
some parts of the United States. With
such a praiseworthy scheme In rogue
we might all of us live to see fair num
bers of baby carriages pushed to and
fro along the boulevards where uie
?ry of a local infant Is now seldom
heard.
A European ambassador was asked
to give tiie secret of success in a diplo
matic career. He replied Instantly, "A.
handsome and agreeable wife." He
was himself successful diplomatist,
and ills wife was a great favorite at
court and in society. The social side of
diplomatic life is more important in
England than in any continental coun
try. This Is because the leading men,
responsible for the government of the
empire, are constantly visiting at coun
try houses. An ambassador is expect
ed to meet thorn on their own ground,
and to adapt himself to their social re
quirements. lie should be a welcome
guest at the country houses where they
are entertained. The ambassador's
wife becomes an important ally when
she is a favorite in social circles. She
Bits at a state dinner between two cabi
net ministers or foreign ambassadors,
and before the ladies leave their places
comments have been made or facts
stated In her hearing or In reply to her
own thoughtful suggestions, that may
prove of political value. If she is a
winsome, attractive figure in the draw
ing room, and is' a favorite with the
country house guests, her prestige and
popularity Increase her husband's facil
ities for serving the interests of his
own government. At court receptions
and balls, where all the state dignita
ries and diplomats arc present, the
wives of the ambassadors are on even
terms but there are few of these cere*
raonious functions. In a capital like
London there is gayety in the town
houses during a short season, and the
country houses are social centers for
nine months. It is in these splendid
mansions of the dukes and the earls
that friendships are made, and where
the men who are governing England
are closely approached. Here the cap
tivating woman—charming in person
and manner, somewhat familiar with
statecraft, and adroit In political con
troversy—is virtually the peer of the ex
perienced and dexterous diplomat
MAY YOHE-S BIG BLUE DIAMOND
She Will Wear the Great Hope Gem
Worth $150,000.
May Yohe, of Chicago burlesque
fame, now the wife of Lord Hope, will
wear the famous Hope diamond in a
tiara. It is a blue stone, the only one
of large size in the world, and is known
to all collectors and jewelers. It
weighs forty-four and three-quarters
carats, Is absolutely blue, and is valued
at $150,000. Lord Hope, who is finan-
FAMOUS BLUB DIAMOND.
dally embarrassed, wanted to sell the
stone, but was enjoined by the other
heirs.
The Hope diamond has hitherto been
kept In a safe at Parr's bank, London,
Lord Hope uot caring to take the risk
of loss by theft. It Is a family posses
sion and asset, the member who bears
the title of Lord Hope being only a
custodian of the gem. Now that the
heirs have seen fit to enjoin its sale,
Lord and Lady Hope have determined
to utilize the big stone as au ornament,
and let the objectors run the chance of
its being stolen. It is said that the blue
diamond was once a part of the French
crown diamonds. It was stolen from
its valuable companions and recut. The
Hope family bought the prize from Da
vid Eliason for $1S,000, early in the
pn ?ont century. Eliason was a noted
diamond dealer of London.
CHECK FOR THE SHIRT BOSOM.
TIIIH Device Suppresses aud Smoothes
It Out.
The stiffened shirt bosoiu so general
ly affected by the male population has
a disagreeable habit of humping Itself
sometimes, as If mak
ing an effort to crowd
its breadth between
the collars of the wear
er's vest. This is not
only uncomfortable,
but imparts a decided
appearance of careless
ness to what would be
otherwise a very order
IIOSOM CIIKCK. lyarrangemeutof wear
ing apparel. A simple means of hold
ing the bosom in cheek has been
thought out by Robert Cluott, of Troy,
N. V., and he has been recently award
ed a patent on the same. It consists of
a pair of tabs fastened to each side of
the bosom, which are designed to fit
loosely around the suspenders, being
held either by a button or collar but
ton. As there is a plurality of button
holes the tabs can be readily adjusted
to suit any figure. This tab arrange
ment successfully performs the mlsslor.
of the single tab sometimes put on the
bottom of the bosom, which latter,
however, was always regarded as the
personifieat'ou of uselessness.
A Valuuble Cat.
The costliest cat in the world Is own
ed by Mrs. Charles Weed, of Hound
Hrook, N. J. It is a white augora
named Napoleon the (.treat, and It la
valued at $5,000.
hog in the Gorman Armv.
The (iermau army dogs arc so trained
that wheu they find a dead body they
set up a prolouged howliug. If no one
comes they take the dead man's cap
or some small article, and with this iu
their teeth go on a huut for their train
er. \vhom tlH'.v lead lo tho spot. If the
Ulan Is wouti(|t?d ho gives his cap to the
dog, and tliq same object wcon*
pliRlttd,
Crnnc Flies.
A correspondent sends specimens of
worms that infest his strawberry, rasp
berry and dewberry fields. He says:
"They work ou the roots and cut them
off cut off leaf stems and fruit buds
of strawberries, and work similarly on
dewberries cannot see that they are
injuring raspberries. Land was all In
crop rotation before planting berries.
Berry patches are one and two years
old. What are they, and will they do
serious damage?"
The worms sent are the young of
what are known as crane flies, the long
legged, mosquito-like insects that are
sometimes mistaken for Hessian fly,
and are supposed by others to be the
parent of cut worms. This is the first
time that these insects have ever been
reported as injurious to strawberries
or dewberries, so far as known to me.
In England they are called leather
en
AXE FI.Y.
Jackets, and are sometimes destructive
in fields. I have known them to de
stroy fields of young wheat in Indiana
in early spring, where the land had
been devoted to clover the previous
year, and the ground broken very late
in the season and sown to wheat. There
is but little doubt that they will de
stroy red clover aud wheat in early
spring under the conditions previously
Indicated.
If your ground was thickly shaded
last fall, and especially if there was a
rauk growth of clover during the late
summer, these insects, in all probabil
ity, laid their eggs among the clover
plants, and these hatching to maggots,
shown at^leftin the figure, became half
or two-thirds grown before the winter
set in. 1 do not know that there is
anything you can do to stop the depre
dations of these worms. If I am not
badly mistakeu you will soon see the
grouud full of holes in many cases out
of these will be sticking empty shells,
shown at right In figure, and your
fields will be quite thickly populated
by these large, long-legged files.—F. M.
Webster, Ohio Experiment Station.
(Irowinc Crops Cheaply.
A farmer cannot do much to enhance
the market for his goods, for that is
beyond his control, though by keeplug
posted about crops in various States,
and the prices which various products
bring, he can, If he has enough for a
carload, ofteu snip to dlstaut cities and
get better prices than he can at home.
This is particularly true of such crops
as potatoes and the fruits whose price
locally dejKMids mainly on the local pro
duction. Hut there is one thing besides
finding the best markets that every
farmer should do, that is to grow his
crops as cheaply as possible. This does
not menii that the farmer is In auy
way to neglect his crops. That is the
reverse of true economy. He should
increase his crop by high manuring aud
thorough cultivation up to the poiut
where the increased product pays the
extra expense. This varies with dif
ferent crops. It does not generally pay
to manure the small grains as highly
as you can corn, potatoes and other
hoed crops. Manure aud labor must
go together. The crops that need most
manure will well pay for the labor to
make It effective and to keep It from
producing weeds instead of valuable
crops. ...u
A Sheep Trough.
A correspondent of the Iowa 'Home
stead has a trough which he considers
peculiar to his own view of what a
sheep trough ought to be. It Is so con
structed as to be convenient for both
sheep and lambs. No sheep will jump
Into the trough, and lambs will not lie
in It as they will in larger ones. First
take one six-Inch board the desired
length and bevel its edges a little for
the bottom. Nail to this two more six
inch boards for the sides, so the tops
will flare a little. Use a four-Inch
board for a guard rail with supports
at each end at the middle of a long
KM) VIBW OK MIKM' THOUC.1I.
trough. The figure shows a view of
the end of the trough In a perspective.
Juno (JPJIHM for llii.v.
The reason why June grass or blue
grass is not thought much of for hoy
I» because It Is never cut until Its seed
stalks-appear, when the plant has lost
most of the nutritive qualities that
make it valuable for pasture. It may
seem too much bother to cut aud save
a mass of leaves, but if cut before the
seed stalk appears it may be cut often
on rich land, and will make more hay
In the form of cured grass than can be
got from the hind by pasturing it.
Noii-Titherctilou Milk.
It seems liiiit, after nil, imicli of tin
public alarm us to I lie danger of the
spread of tuberculosis through the
drinking of milk is unnecessary. *'or
some years the station ofliclals lit the
New Jersey cxperluicul station have
been closely observing several tubercu
lin)* cows, formerly part of the at#-,
tlon's general herd. When the animals
reacted under the delicate tuberculin
test they were not slaughtered, but
were segregated and studied. Thej find
that the milk from these cows has
been tested and analyzed again and
again, but thus fax no germs have
been found In It. So that, from a scien
tific point of view, these cows have
produced clean aad healthful milk. One
criticism of this achievement points
out that, although no germs have been
found In the milk, It Is not safe to say
that the milk had never contained any.
The germs may be found in unsuspect
ed corners, and In one milking and not
in another. The testing apparatus, too,
Is not yet perfected. The general effect
of these investigations, however, is to
make the public much more comfort
able as to its dairy milk supply.
Take Thought for Wife and Mother*
In a recent farmers' Institute one
farmer said: "Much of your success
depends upon the good health and
cheerfulness of your wife, doesn't It?
Then why don't you take steps to light
en her labor and preserve her health?
Most of you have good wells with
windmills, and you have taken the
pains to run pipes to your barns be
cause the expense was not great, and
It saved you the trouble of either carry
ing water to the barn or leading your
stock to water. But I wonder how
many or you have run water pipes to
the house, thus giving your hard
working wife the convenience of step
ping to a sink and drawing the fresh
water whenever It is needed, without
the labor of carrying It
"I will tell you, fellow-farmers, we
should take better care of our wives.
Why, in the community where I live,
three farmers have buried their wives
within the last six months! And It Is
my honest opinion that two of them
were just worn out with hard work,
and neither of them past 50. The fine
homes they had helped to build up are
saddened by the absence of those
mothers."
Educating Farmers.
No State has been more active in the
education of its farmers in improved
dairy methods than the State of Wis
consin. As a result of the education
of the people of that State in this di
rection, the net gain in the manufac
ture of butter In ten years has been six
and a half million dollars, and the net
gain in the value of cheese manufac
tured in that time has been a round
mlllfon dollars, making a total net gain
in ten years for butter and cheese
alcyie of seven and one-half million
dollars. And the increase In the value
of the dairj' cattle has been many
millions more, to say nothing of the
saving of feed and labor that was for
merly thrown away on poor cows that
did not pay for their keeping, but were
kept at a loss. This shows that the
education of the farming classes adds
to the wealth of the State, and Is &
benefit to all the people.
I
tUKgeetions for Mating*,
Beginners will find in the following
suggestions a help in selecting breed
ing poultry stock: "The male bird
should be a model and exhibit the dis
tinctive character of the breed to which
he belougs. He should be good-sized,
healthy and full of activity, with no
constitutional defects. He should
have a clear-cut profile, with smooth,
glossy plumage and a keen eye. He
should have a broad chest and carry
himself with a proud, yet graceful air.
The females should be chosen to com
bine good size, pure and even color,
strong constitution and symmetry in
form. When selecting hens for breed
lug we should look first for good layers
and the most perfect In general appear
ance, and by this combination we are
sure to obtain a superior offspring."
A Good Ituttor Kccord.
The cut herewith represents regis
tered Shorthorn cow Sally, the proper
ty of the Lyndon Shorthorn Stock
Farm. Lyndon, Vt, She has a butter
record of S pounds 1-3 ounce per day,
and transmits her dairy qualities to her
offspring, as is.shown by her three-
GOOD BtlTTKIt COW.
year-old heifer's butter record of 17
pounds 11 ouuees. During the butter
test they were fed four quarts corn
cob and oats ground and one pint cot
tonseed meal once per day. Sally rep
resents an ideal dual purpose cow,
great size being combined with good
dairy qualities.
Condensed Milk.
The amount of condensed milk being
made in the United States is assuming
large proportions, and yet the field is
a most inviting one, with the demand
growing in excess of production. The
latest figures give about 2.000,000 cases
of condensed milk as being manufac
tured in the United States yearly, mo-re
than half of which is consumed at
home. The remainder of the output Is
exported. Japan, China, India aud the
Sandwich Islands are large consumers
of American condensed milk, and the
foreign demand is constantly growing.
'1 ii in |)8.
If the sow gets too fat when the pigs
are quite young and they have not be^
come used to exercising, theu thumps
will be most sure to follow. It can be
avoided by driving the pigs about the
pen after the dam has left the pen, and
If the weather gets so warm so the
pigs can go outside the pen, then make
them follow the dam. The cause of
the thumps the fat that gathers
around the blood-making machinery of
the pig, ami makes the blood How slow
ly, and, of course, the pig gets slug
gish. and if not attended to soon dies.
Wash in tc Milk l'utt*.
ii is always important to wash milk
pails as soon as possible after their
conteuts are emptied. If left to stand
two or three hours, some of the milk
dries on the wooden pail, and theu the
more hot water is put on It the closer
it sticks. Always wash milk pails first
with cold water to remove the parti
cles of milk, and then scald with hot
water to destroy any germs that may
remain.
Controltinu tlie utworui.
According to Trof. Johnson of the
Mary la ml experimental station, the
cutworm may be controlled by the use
of poisonous bait made by mixing fifty
pounds of wheat bran with two quarts
of molasses and one pound of paxls
green, with water enough to make a
thick mash, and distributing it among
the plants attacked.
5
Making Hurncsst ^ofe front- Hats.
Take half a gallon of good castor oil
to one gallon of best neats-foot oil.
rut all In a large iron kettle, two-thirds
full of rain water, Have moderate
are under kettle, uip \\& imrnegs to
tbii.
I
MONETARY MATTERS.
While the Uepubltcans are worrying
a good deal over what the Democrats
are going to do with tvgard to the finan
cial question in IPtio. they are clearly
not. going t(» accomplish much them
selves in Congress, although they have
things there practically in their own
hands.
Senator Allison of Iowa, who is chair
man of the Senate Finance Committee,
in a recent interview, handles the
money question very gingerly and ex
presses the opinion that, things will be
left pretty much as they now are. He
does uot believe that there will be any
radical legislation concerning the
greenbacks, national bank notes and
the gold aud silver currency. Those of
the Republican party who are shouting
for the single gold standard do not get
any great amount of encouragement
from Allison. In speaking of the pro
posed currency reforms, among other
things. Senator Allison says: "There
may be some leg'slation advised regard
ing silver certificates which will re
move them I'mm the last degree of un
certainty. There are now about &USIK
0(XUMH) of silver notes In circulation,
and while they are as gooll as gold, and
while there is not the slightest doubt
of the ability of the country to sustain
them whether we legislate or not. there
have been some suggestions that we
ought to make their status certain."
Rut if the silver certificates are "as
good as gold," what sort of legislation
does the Senator from Iowa want?
Would he desire legislation to make
silver certificates better than gold?
What folly the gold men exhibit in
their zeal to ptit absolute power in the
hands of the money dealers. And no
greater folly could be committed than
to tamper with a currency which they
admit is just as good as gold.—Chicago
Iiemocra t.
The Net ttcuult lo Date.
So far the net result of Mr. McKln
ley's policy of "benevolent assimila
tion" has been to our new "wards" the
strewing of their fields with Filipino
corpses and the multiplication of vil
lage graveyards, and to us a big death
roll that is increasing dally. The bar
renness of our operations lo date, the
present situation, and the temper of the
Filipinos would seem to prove conclu
sively that the estimate of one of our
generals serving against Agnlnaldo
that It would take 100,000 men to paci
fy the islands was a modest one. In
deed, the indications are that it will
take more than that number to pacify
the island of Luzon alone. And when
we come to calculate the probable per
centage of loss by death, wounds and
disease that will occur during pacifica
tion. it would appear clear that before
our supremacy is established upon the
other Islands the figures of the geueral
referred to will have to be materially
enlarged.—Richmond Dispatch.
Tlie Actiic of Hypocrisy.
To crown all there are unmistakable
Indications that the Tresideut, whose
political existence is founded upon the
monopolistic system whose sole
achievement as a legislator was the
fathering of a bill which rendered
trusts and monopolies possible—means
to conduct a campaign for renomina
tion and re-election upon the issue of
hostility to trusts! With Griggs in tlie
department of justice, with Ilanna
squatting like a toad at his ear, with
Elkins and McCook and all the trust
beneficiaries and trust promoters Ids
chosen counselors and friends, William
McKinley means to pose as the cham
pion of the people against the extor
tion and oppression of the trusts which
he more than any other man has fos
tered, developed and protected!—Chi
cago Chronicle.
The Real Oritrin of Monopoly.
Neither the thunder of political par
ties nor the formalities of statutes can
remedy or prevent the formation of
trusts. While the gold standard re
mains operative they will continue to
grow aud flourish. As long as the in
crease in the money In circulation can
be controlled and cornered by the men
who are behind the trusts, just that
long will these combinations continue
to prevail. Therefore, the financial
question. In Its various and varied
forms, will continue to be the chief IK
lltlcal Issue of the day. It will be made
so by the people who feci the pinch
and pressure of low prices and who
pqyceive the disastrous effects of trust
supremacy in busluesB and industry.—
Atlanta Constitution.
McKinley Working" Dewey.
If Mr. McKinley believes, as well he
may, that his support of Algorism,
Eaganlsm, Corhinism and Sampson
ism has so far destroyed public respect
foe him that it is a risk for him to
stand on his owu bottom before the
ri&sses, he should man enough to
accept the verdict of his own con
science, and not try to achieve tho ap
pearance of a popularity not his in
fact, by working In the uulversally
Idolized Dewey to cover his deficiencies
and claim the enthusiastic reception
which the great admiral will be ac
corded wherever he appears, as an ova
tion to himself.—Washington Times.
Running Itehind.
Despite the Dlngley tariff and the
war revenue tax, the Government is
running behind at the rate of a hun
dred millions a year. Still the admin
istration papers keep telling the pub
lic of the unexampled prosperity which
haB gotten hold of the country. When
a merchant finds his outlay exceeding
his Income yearly he scarcely thinks
his business is prosperous. In this re
gard governments may differ from in
dividuals, but the ordinary observer
will fail to see where the difference
comes In.—Butte Miner.
They Can't lie Bought.
The claim made by certain gold Dem
ocrats in the Northeast that they will
be able to purchase delegates In the
Southern States to defeat the will of
the people in the next Democratic na
tional convention is contemptible. The
people of the South arc poor, reckoned
in the world's goods, in comparison
with the gold Democrats, but they
are rich in honor. The integtf ty of the
statesmen of the South has never been
a commodity upon the market—Wash
ing National Watchman.
Mark's Fine Italian Hand.
It Is said that President McKinley in
his year's study of the workings of the
civil service rules, preceding his deter
mination to tling open to the spoils
mongers four thousand places hereto
fore covered by the merit system, took
no occasion to consult with the civil
cpwmiBsionprs. Se^uobnigbt
have been inferred from the cenclu*
slons reached. The breach made In the
civil service regulations is so wide and
jagged that it was probably engineered
W Mark Hanna. It bears the mark of
boss dictation slightly tempered by
Presidential timidity. Philadelnhin
Record.
When tlie House LnnicliH.
The tariff policy of the Republican
party Is the policy which made trusts
possible, profitable and prolific, it Is
especially the policy of McKinley and
his administration,for without its adop
tion McKinley would not have been
elected President, and would never
have had au Hduiinistration, because
the trust promoters and profilers there
by would not have put their money Into
his campaign. These are facts well
known to the people of this country,
the evidence of them being furnished
by the manner of carrying the Presi
dential election and the rapid and pro
digious organizations of trusts since.
And now for the Ohio Republican con
vention to solemnly resolve against
trusts and their methods Is enough to
make the horse laugh, whose stable
was lot ked by the thieves after they
had sto.cn him out of It.—Sandusky
•lournal.
Will Not He Pooled.
Democrats are frequently Informed
by Ucpuhlicaus and gold Democrats
that they cannot succeed next year if
I hey go Into the canqmfgn hampered
by the Chicago platform. This Is the
ambuscade that has been set for* the
weakened and timorous, and for time
servers. "Success" is a fine bait! For*
tuuutcly the knees of the Democratic
leaders are no louger weak. There
has been a great strengthening process
going on since the voters of the partyt
acting in various ways, served notice
on the politicians that they would no
longer tolerate platforms and candi
dates dictated by delegates from the
Republican States of the East. It may
be said, therefore, that the party no
long has curvature of the spine.—At
lanta Constitution.
"he Dingle? Tariff Doomed.
lOven the Republicans have been com
pelled to abandon that fetich upon
which their robber tariffs have been
built—that the home market Is suffi
cient—and they have come to the Dem
ocratic contention that the fiold of our
manufacturers Is not limited by the
borders of our own country. Here lies
a great advantage for Democrats. If
timely and proper advantage is taken
of the opportunity to liberate and ex
tend the.commerce of the country, the
-Republican party will hardly find safe
ty in its old scheme of propagating and
protecting monopolies. The present
tariff law will have to be abandoned
and a long step taken toward freedom
of trade.—Dallas News.
They Know It in Ohio.
We remarked recently that the Re
publican platform In 1000 would con
tain an anti-trust plank, and that per
haps Mark Hanna would write it. The
Ohio convention gives the tip. It was
Mark Hanna's convention, and, ridicu
lous as it uiay seem, its main deliver
ance, aside from stereotyped phrases
In laudation of McKinley, was this
anti-trust pronunciamento. Of course
everybody knows It Is as appropriate
for Mark Hanna to denounce the trusts
as for the devil to quote scripture.—
Buffalo Times.
Queer Time for a Peace Jubilee.
The President and cabinet. General
Miles aud staff and Joe Wheeler and
•over 5,000 In the parade," celebrated
peace Jubilee at Washington, while
Geueral Otis in the Philippines Is with
the bayonet driving Aguinaldo and his
countrymen, fighting on their native
soil for the Inalienable right of free
dom and independence, into the last
ditch, and special .taxes, whose enum
eration fills tea pages of the Index of
the war revenue bill, are still collected.
•Rochester Union and Advertiser.
Depew Serious for Once.
Strangely enough, a good many peo
ple regard as one of Senator Depew's
bad jokes his declaration that the Re
publican party means to proceed ener
getically against the trusts. But when
these people reflect that the trusts have
begun to dictate terms to the railroad
corporations they will see that this
declaration of Senator Depew is no
joke, so far, at least, as he and the rail
road corporation to which he belongs
are concerned.—Philadelphia Record.
Grows Stronger with Time.
Mr. Bryan Is more popular to-day
than ever before. He is stronger in
everything that constitutes the
strength of the public man now than
at any previous time of his career. No
other man has ever spoken to so many
leople, and nowhere else upon the
globe to-day can any other orator or
any other public speaker, no matter
what may be the subject of his dis
cussion, attract so many people.—
Louisville Dispatch.
Ask Hanna.
It would be interesting to know how
many of the delegates to the recent
Republican State convention were
promised positions under the national
administration which were made avail
able by the recent modification of the
civil service rule by President McKin
ley.—Athens Journal.
Political Juggling.
Ohio has queer politicians. One fac
tion of the Republican party declares
that It is against Hanna, but not
against McKinley. As though that were
possible.—Milwaukee Journal.
No Worried Look
Recent photographs of Mr. Bryan do
not plense the Republican editors. His
complacent expression Irritates them.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Its Slow Progress.
They tell of an absent-minded pro
fessor in a college town who is so
wrapped up iu his calling and in his
studies as to pay little attention to
what Is going on about him.
Meeting a friend one day on the
street, he said to him:
"This deplorable war with Spain is
dragging along Interminably, is it not?"
"War with Spain!" replied the other.
"Why, professor, you surely know it
ended months ago?"
'is it possible? I had not heard of
it"
"Where In the world did you get the
impression that tlie war was still in
progress?"
"From the magazines," rejoined the
professor, relapsing into his custom
ary abseut-mlndedaeM.—YouWf Com
DMJOfr
MOTHER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Rev.Marj BnkerO. Kdcljriind IlieCatiae
that Led to Hep Work.
The agitation In New York aud vi
cinity against the cult known as Chris
tian Scientists makes interesting an
aecouut of the oil-
Bin of that society.
The founder is Kev.
Mnry Baker (1. Ed
dy, of Concord,
N. U.
Mrs. Kddy, who
was born at How,
N. II., possessed
from childhood a
highly spiritual na
ture and with un-
MHS. Knur. usual mental endow
ments sin attained prominence as an
authoress of religious prose and poetry
nt a very early age. Her desire to Im
prove the eoudltlon of suffering human
ity led her to investigate nilopatliy,
homeopathy and miml healing ou a ma
terial basis, none of which satislied her
aspiration for a system of cure for dis
ease. In 188(1 she discovered the prin
cipal which she afterward named
"Christian Science." In one of her
works she says: "During twenty years
prior to my discovery I had been trying
lo trace all physical effects to tho ment
al cause, and In the latter part of 1880
I gained the sclontlllc certainty that all
causation was mind and every effect a
mental phenomenon. Her first com
plete statement of Christian Science,
entitled "Science and Health, with key
to the Scriptures," was published In
1875, and lias since been followed by
many other works.
In 1881 she chartered the Massachu
setts Metaphysical- College this was
the only charter under Massachusetts
State laws ever granted for teaching
the pathology of Christian healing.
Mrs. Eddy is now actively directing
the Christian Science movement from
her home In Concord, N. II., appearing
occasionally at the Mother Church, and
lias recently taught a class of seventy
In Christian Science llall in Concord,
N. H. The mother church of the so
ciety is tlie Klrst Church of Christ in
Boston. It has recently organized a
Board of Missionaries, a Board of Edu
cation, and an International Board of
Lectureship, by means of which the
principles of Christian Science are
being disseminated.
MONOTONY OF ACTRESS' LIFE.
Rose Coshlun Dispels Fonie Delusion.
Regarding Stnge Career..
"The woman who keeps house,
washes on Monday aud irous on Tues
day, sweeps ou l-'rlduy, bakes ou some
other day uud bundles the baby and
goes visiting the rest of the time has
less monotony in her life thnn the av
erage actress," remarked Hose Cogh
lan, now leading lady of "Mile, l'ltl,"
the other day. "An actress' days are
all alike. In the llrst place, each Is
only a fraction of a day, for she gener
ally breakfasts when other people are
taking lunch. One hour of the day she
•lust devote to bathlug and dressing,
another hour to exercise of some kind,
for embonpoint is her bete uolr. You
can't play ingenue parts If you weigh
200 and your waist line creeps up un
der your armpits. There are walking,
Delsarte antics, stupid pulleys, dumb
bells, massage and half a doaen things
equally tiresome as a remedy, but It Is
only eternal vigilance that makes any
of them effective and going without
every blessed thing to cat aud drink
that you enjoy. There is her mall to
look over—tlie same struggling aspir
ants for histrionic fame who desire to
recite before her or to have her secure
a position for them equally as good as
her own from manngers as obdurate
and devoted to their old friends as po
litical chiefs—the autograph fiend, tlie
photograph collector, 'who knows he
could purchase her picture, but would
prize It so much more highly If she
gave It to him,' advertisers of lotions,
soaps and hair bleach and effusions
from the sort of people who seem to
have nothing to do but open corre
spondence with every noted individual
from the President's wife to Admiral
Dewey. In fact, it is always 'same
daisies, same everything.' "—Philadel
phia Press.
New Zealand Mutton.''
The story of a New Zealand sheep
designed for the London market may
be very briefly told. It is taken from
the run of the slaughter house, killed,
dressed and transferred to the cooling
room. The skin and superfluous fnt
are retained after ten hours' cooling
the carcass goes into the refrigerating
room for thirty-six hours. Thence It
goes to the storing room aud when it
has been enveloped in Its cotton
"shirt" and labeled is ready for Its
journey over sea. The Bteamers which
bring the meat to us through the trop
ics have, of course, to be fitted with re
frigerating appliances, and our sheep
takes Its place among thousands of
others, some of the boats being fitted
to carry as many as 70,000 carcasses
at one time.—Good Words.
Bait Hay'Used to Preserve Plants.
Salt hay Is used in winter for cover
ing various kinds of plants that grow
close to the earth. It has a long staple
and It serves tills purpose well. Straw
with long staple Is still used for bun
dling up plants and shrubs having
stalks. Salt hay is used lu cemeteries
to cover up ivy-clad leaves. The Ivy Is
thus kept in better condition than If It
were left exposed to the blasts and the
cold of winter. The brown hay Is laid
lengthwise upon the grave In a cover
ing of uniform thickness all over It,
which Is held In place by bent rods
settled down upon It at Intervals, hoop
like, and with their ends In the ground
on either side.
Found a Foull Cypress Swamp.
During a recent excursion to Bodkin
Point, at the mouth of the Putapsco,
under the auspices of the Maryland
Geological Survey and the Woman's
College Museum, a fossil cypress
swamp deposit was found burled
twelve feet beneath the surface, It hav
ing been exposed to view by the action
of the waveB In wearing away the bay
cliffs. Numerous cypress stumps were
seen In upright position, with their
roots In place, and exhibiting the pecu
liar "knees" characteristic of these
trees. Some of the stumps were of gi
gantic dimensions, the largest .measur
ing about ten feet in diameter nt the
top. The stumps, roots and trees are
In a surprising state of preservation
as soft browu lignite.
Two of a Kind.
"1 wonder," said the horse editor,
"why some of those Wrfll street
chromos are called securities?"
"It Is on the Bame principle," replied
the snalte editor, "that plays which
won't draw are called attractions."—
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
When a man offends a daughter, her
mother and all her sisters go out on a
sympathetic strike.
Brer lover of base-ball belle
vet 1M
WW MM ttifbtf ftt«d
When the French mint was opened
freely to gold aud silver coinage In
1803 the average of the European mar*
ket prices made a ratio of just about
16 to 1. But the action of France had
a marked effect—15Ms at once became
the average rate, and so continued
until 1873. Occasionally there was a
little flurry in the London market,
owing to some special cause, but It
never fell as low as 15, aud the highest
point reached was 10*4. The lowest
was lu 1814, wheu the ratio was 15.04,
and the highest was in 18X8, when it
was 10V4. These were years when tho
Napoleonic wars were raglug the most
furiously, and, of course, the London
market would uot follow the Trench
mint rate quite so closely as In times
of peace. But taking one year with
another, It can be safely affirmed that
the French mint practically controlled
the ratio betweeu gold and silver bull
ion In the Londou market. Sometimes
the demaud for shlpmeut to ludia
would raise the price a small fraction
above the French rate. Again, the de
mand would relax and the price would
drop a trifle below, because to send
tho bullion to the French tnlut always
Involved a little expense and Bome de
lay.
There Is another thing that the read
er should know. The ratio of 1516 did
not represent the relative value of gold
and silver bulliou nt the French mlut.
That was the relative value of the
coins. But the charge for mlntago
was a little higher ou silver thau it
was on gold, because beiug bulkier Us
coinage was more expensive.- lu order
to pay this seigniorage, aud get the
equivalent of an ounce of gold coin, a
person had to deposit nt the French
mint 15 02-100 ounces of sliver bullion.
So In the market 15.U2 represents par
ity at the French coluage rate. Tho
reader may tiud himself wondering
why the Freuch mint, rather than the
American, controlled the relative value
of gold and silver. The reason was
simply this: France was a rich coun
try, with an immense business, calling
for a large supply of money, while tho
United States was comparatively poor
and could take but little. The wants
of other countries having been sup
plied, Frauce stood ready to take all
that reuialued and coin It at the rate
of 15ft ounces of silver to one ounce of
gold. As loug as the two metals were
held together at a fixed ratio, and could
be converted luto money at that rate,
the whole world was practically bi
metallic.
Substitute for Money*
The experiment of the gold standard
Is iu a state of Incompleteness. In al
most no couutry has it yet been in
stalled in its entirety. To go on with
It to the logical conclusion of the gold
valuation system Is a practical impos
sibility, while it is equally out of tho
questlou for the world to remain iu its
present monetary condttlou. The gold
standard iu Its simplicity means the
abolition of every other kind of moucy
of full debt-payiug power except gold
alone, and the use of various forms of
credit based ou gold In the ordiuary
transaction of business.
We may see an indication of this in
tended consummation in the various
schemes of "monetary reform" pro
posed, all of which would commit tho
country more thoroughly to the gold
standard.
They contemplate the retirement of
all forms of goverumeut paper money,
our greenbacks and treasury notes,and
the reductiou of our standard silver
dollar into a mere promise to pay in
gold. The inevitable result of such a
course would soou he the absolute-dis
use of silver for money, except as
small change, the melting and sale for
use Iu the arts of about half a billion
silver dollars, and the contraction of
our circulation to such a quantity as
should be furnished by our distribu
tive share of the world's gold, plus such
a paper circulation as the banks could
keep actually redeemable In gold
Chas. A. Towne.
Feeding Ilacamumnti.
The Rev. C. L. Dodgson, )etter
kuown by readers of "Alice lu Wonder
land" as Lewis Carroll, was a lovable
man, who delighted to do good In a
quiet way. In his "Life and Letters"
the following story lb told by oue of his
child friends:
My sister aud 1 were spending a day
of delightful slght-seelug in town with
him. We were both children, and were
much Interested when he took us luto
au American shop where the cakes for
sale were cooked by a very rapid proc
ess before your eyes, and hauded to
you straight from the cook's hands.
As the preparation of them could
easily he
seeu from outside the window,
a small crowd of rngamutlins naturally
assembled there, and I well remember
Mr. Hodgson's piling up seven of the
cakes on one arm, taking them out aud
doling them round to the seven hungry
little youngsters.
The simple kindness of the act im
pressed its charm on his child-friends
inside the shop as much as on his little
stranger friends outside.
All ort».
William H. Astor, who died in 1S48,
left $^0,000,000.
How loug we live, not years but ac
tions tell.—WIItkius,
A man with a sarcastic wife under
stands what a home thrust is.
lu Ills younger days Lyman J. lingo,
Secretary of the Treasury, was au ath
lete aud could lift a thousand pounds.
South Ami'iiian currency Is about
the size and general appearance of
American notes, except that clnuau.on
brown aud slate blue are the prevailing
colors.
The Austrian note Is printed ou light
colored thick paper, which shows none
of tlie silk fibre marks or geometric
lines used as a protection against coun
terfeiting.
The Bank of England note Is about
5x8 Inches In dimensions, and is print
ed lu black ink 011 Irish linen water
marked paper, plain white, and with
ragged edges.
The Cliiuese paper currency Is in red.
white and yellow paper, with gilt let
tering and gorgeous little hand-drawn
devices. The notes, lo the ordinary
financier, might pass for washing bills.
The notes of the Bank de France are
made of white, water-marked, printed
In blue and black, with numerous
mythological and allegorical pictures,
aud run In denominations from the
20-fiinc note to tlie lOOl'-fraue.
The Norwegians have a curious cur
rency, buTft Is rarely seen out of Its
own country, for the resaou it circu
lates 'cry little among the common peo
ple inid the class that emigrate. These
itlcU to their copper.nud silver coins
nod. Maui U10 Utile clnnnrapa IU'O^Q
pills of tliiiir |ovcrnKWQi