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the old trundle bed.
*Oh» the old trundle bed where I slept
when a boy,
What paooplled knight might not covet
the joy?
The glory and peace of that slumber of
mine.
Like a long, gracious rest In the bosom
divine
The quaint, homely couch, hidden close
from the light.
But daintily drawn from its hiding at
night.
Ob, a nest of delight, from the foot to
the head,
Was the queer little, dear little, old truo
die bed.
Oh, the old trundle bed where 1 wonder
ing saw
The stars through the window, and list
ened with awe
To the sigh of the winds as they trem
blingly crept
Through the trees where the robins so
restlessly slept,
Where I heard the low, murmurous chirp
of the wren,
And the katydid listlessly chirrup again,
Through the maze of the dreams of the
old trundle bed.
Oh, the old trundle bed! Oh, the old
trundle bed!
"With Its plump little pillow and olil-fasb
ioned spread
Its snowy white sheets aud the blankets
above.
Smoothed down and tucked around with
the touches of love
The voice of my mother to lull me to
sleep
With the old fairy stories my memories
keep
Still fresh as the Hllies that bloom o'er
the head
Once bowed o'er niy own In the old trun
dle bed.
—James Whitcomb Riley*
HIS BUSY DAY. 1
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WAS my busy day.
pile of correspondence as daunt
ing to a man's ambition as Pike's
Peak or the Eiffel Tower burdened my
desk and there was a kink In my tem
per which I had calculated would re
quire a dinner at Martin's, tete-a-tete
with Marguerite, to effectually straight
en out. Martin's chef makes a certain
pate that puts a man at peace with all
the world, while Marguerite Is at once
soothing and stimulating, like cham
pagne.
At this point my reflections were In
terrupted by Forsythe, the best fellow
in the world, but with an unlucky habit
of turning up at the wrong moment.
I didn give him the glad hand exact
ly, for which I was sorry enough after
ward, but he was too preoccupied to
notice,
"Oh, I've something to say to you,
Austin," be said after a few prelimi
naries, with the effect of having Just
remembered something.
"All right," I replied, taking my feet
off a chair to shove It toward him, "but
make It twenty words if you can. I'm
in a ruBh to-day."
"I can do It quick enough," he went
on, with an uneasy laugh. "I just want
to ask you if you've any Intentions of
a matrimonial sort, you know, toward
Marguerite."
"The-devll you do!" I exclaimed. "It
strikes me that's my business."
"Perhaps It is," he said, with an air
of wishing to do me every Justice, "per
baps It Is, but it's mine, too."
"Indeed," I remarked, feeling that I
.. ... was unanswerable.
"You see, Austin," cried Forsythe,
"when you Introduced Dillard and me
to Marguerite we both thought you
were a trifle gone in that direction, and
when I found I thought such a lot of
her I couldn't live without her I felt
that I had no right to ask for her until
I found out whether you wanted her
yourself."
"Deuced good of you," I commented,
stiffly, seeing he bad paused for a re
ply.
"It only seemed fair to give you the
first chance," he flnlshed, looking at
me In a hurt sort of a way that made
me ashamed of myself.
"You're all right, old boy," I hastened
to say. "Forgive me you took me by
surprise. But since you ask me I don't
mind saying I never had a thought of
marrying Marguerite" (which was true
enough, and I'd never thought of any
one else marrying her elder).
"I'm mighty glad of that." cried For
sythe, Joyfully.
"No doubt," I said, a trifle dryly but
he hastened on: "I'm going to take
her to a picture exhibit this morning,
and thought I'd like to ask her then.
If you assured me the field was clear.
I hope I have your good wishes, Aus
tin."
"Certainly," I said. "Go ahead and
try for her, and good luck go with you,
old man."
The painful memory of the grip he
gave my hand on leaving still lingered
with me when Dillard dropped In an
hour later. I gave Dillard the other
band.
"Hullo." he cried. "Busy, Austin?"
"Bather," I returned, shortly. Dil
lard's only occupation In life Is spend
ing an Income of forty thousand a year,
and It's bard to be glad to see a man
like that when you've got your own
nose down on the grindstone.
"Just a word in your car and I'm
through," he announced. "It's about
Marguerite, you know."
"Marguerite!" I exclaimed, "then
"•you've beard
"Heard what," be cried. "Are you
engaged tp her?"
"Certainly not," I answered, with em
pbaBls "what made you think that?"
"Oh, I thought you rather fancied
h« aud I'm tremendously glad to hear
you don't care about her." (I wasn't
aware'that I'd said that, but I let It
pass.) "She and her aunt are going to
take lunch with Forsythe and me to
day, and I thought I might get a chance
to try my luck with her then. But as
long as you Introduced us I thought I
ought to give you the first chance."
This sounded familiar—too familiar,
In fact.
"Oh, don't mind me," I protested, im
patiently. "My Intentions toward
Marguerite are wholly Innocuous. Wish
you success, Dillard."
I managed to evade his parting hand
shake, thus saving my fingers a second
crushing, and be departed happy.
When I went to lunch and bad time
to analyze my feelings I found tbat I
resented being forced Into posing as a
sort of trousered fairy godmother to
Marguerite.
Of course as long as I had no Inten
tions whatever of asking her to marry
me 1 could hardly be so absurd as to
resent some one else doing so. And
certainly Forsythe #nd Dillard had be
haved handsomely—no one could have
done more.
But to be asked for my consent to
Marguerite's nuptials as though I were
her elderly uncle or benevolent maiden
aunt was a trifle trying.
At o'clock I was on my way. to see
her. 1 felt that however unpleasant
my new. attitude toward her might be,
|t ftt leist gave a righf (9 know
which one of my friends she had accept
ed. By the time I reached the. car I
was sure it was Forsythe when I
alighted at the corner my mind was
made up to accept Dillard as her fu
ture husband, and when I entered the
door I had come to the conclusion that
whichever she took she was undoubt
edly doing well for herself.
"What, It Is you?" cried Marguerite,
when I found her In the library.
"Did you expect some one else?' I
asked, scanning her closely. She un
doubtedly looked happy.
"You were here yesterday," she re
plied.
"One good turu deserves another," I
said. "Besides I've come to congratu
late ,vou."
"Well?" she asked and settled down
comfortably to listen. Marguerite is
very provoking sometimes. She knew
I was all at sea.
"Dillard Is a man to be proud of," I
hazarded, watching her face.
"Are you proud of bltu?" she In
quired, looking up at me with big ques
tioning eyes. After all the role of fairy
godmother to Marguerite wasn't so
bad, I reflected, that Is, If one couldn't
be anything else.
"And his fortune 1 went on, ig
noring her question.
"Ah, Ills fortune—arc you proud of
that, too?" she asked.
Perhaps It wasn't Dillard after all.
"But Forsythe," I said, shifting my
ground, "he is a man in a million."
"Yes. he is." said Marguerite reflect
ively.
"Seo here," I cried desperately,
"which arc you going to marry?"
"The man in a million or the man
with a million?" she cried with a sauci
ly lifted cliln.
"Yes, which Is It to be?" I repeated
eagerly.
"Suppose," she said, slowly, "suppose
I asked your candid, unprejudiced hon
est advice?"
"Oh, then I suppose I should have to
advise you to take them both."
"Yes, I suppose you would," she as
sented thoughtfully.
"Or else to refuse them both," I add
ed.
"Ah, suppose 1 had already done
that," she said softly.
I felt my breath fail me suddenly.
"Marguerite!" I cried, and a moment
later found myself an engaged man.
"By the way," I remarked as we sat
waiting for the pate at Martin's that
evening, "how were the pictures?"
"Really I've forgotten," said Mar
guerite with a happy little sigh. "This
has been such a busy day.'
"Come to think of It." I replied, "I've
had rather a busy day myself."—Chi
caco Times-Herald.
School Boys as Barometrra.
It looked like rain, and naturally he
had on a pair of light shoes aud carried
no umbrella. The car stopped on the
far side of GIrard avenue and a young
lady got In. She bowed, and sat dowu
beside the Saunterer, who recognized
In her a school teacher friend.
"What do you think of this beastly
weather?" queried he, dlsgruueedly.
"Is It going to rain, or Isn't it?"
"I can't tell you to-day," answered
the young lady, smiling an acceptauce
of whatever might come. "If it wera
a school day, and you were willing to
come to school with lue, I could tell you
in very few iniuuies with absolute
certainty. It'll sound funny to you,
but it's true. I have noticed that you
can always tell what the weather is
going to do by the children. They're
regular barometers. If there's goln
to be a storm they get restless, and 1
have the hardest kind of work to con
trol them. Particularly the boys. The
girls aren't so bad, but there seems to
be some mysterious quality about ap
proaching rain that always affects the
former. I've got so now I don't blame
them, because I don't believe they can
help It. So you see," she concluded, as
shegot out at Chestnut street, "children
have their uses, after all."—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Co pit of School. In Cities.*
A shortage in the school fund In St.
Paul lias caused the superintendent of
the school system in that city to make
a comparison of the cost per pupil with
the slinilnr cost In fourteen other cities.
On the basis of the ttgures of attend
ance the cost in St. Paul Is $22.08. Only
two other cities show a smaller cost
Kansas City, where the school year is
only nine months long and where the
cost Is $20.07, and Milwaukee, where
the salary accouut alone makes the
cost $21.87. Severnl cities run from $24
to $28, while the cost amounts to $37.80
In Pittsburg and to $40.77 in Denver.
The eastern cities have a much higher
rate than those in the west, Denver ex
cepted, and there the cost of labor and
fuel Is excessive. The figures given
have to do with the entire school sys
tem, but the difference Is wider when
high schools alone are considered.
Boston, with Its suburbs, has twelve
high schools, for which it pays a per
capita rate of $85.40 on a salary basis
alone it amounts to $62.10. In St. Paul
the total per capita cost In high schools
on the basis of average dally attendance
is $44.36, and out of this $34.91 Is ex
pended for teachers' salaries.—Buffalo
Express.
Great Peat In South Africa.
One of the greatest pests of south Af
rica Is the locusts, which descend In
swarms each year upon the farms of
Natal and the Transvaal. They some
times fly In such numbers tlint railroad
trains are blocked and are forced to
wait until the bodies of the Insects are
shoveled from the tracks. Last year
the government of Cape Colony paid
out $8,500 for locusts' eggs, at the rate
of 12 cents a pound. As it takes 40,000
eggs to weigh a pound nn idea of the
enormous number destroyed In this
way may he gathered. But the locusts
are not an unmixed curse. They are
eaten by tho natives, who say they
make delicious food, aud all animals,
including horses, are said to be fond
of them.
Climate Variations.
The Ohio Farmer, In connection with
an article from the experiment station
upon wheat growing, prints a map
showing the dates for sowing wheat In
different sections of the State. There Is
a variation of a month, or from Sept.
10 in the northern counties to Oct. 10
in a few counties in the extreme South.
Some vary In certain places because
of change In the elevation. Both
Northern Mnine and Northern New
Hampshire are nearly two months later
In seed time and nearly as much earlier
In harvest than the southern parts of
those States, the one because of the
distance north and the other because of
the snow-covered mountains. We would
suggest that each experiment station
should publish a similar map, so that
when one takes up a paper and learns
that they are plowing in the southern
part of tho State, ttc sowing seed, he
may feel that ho can wait two or four
weeks longer before he begins without
being behind with his work. Even In
so small a State as Massachusetts the
difference In planting time owing to cli
mate and soil is considerable, and farm
hints for March on Cape Cod would be
in season about In April at Amherst
where IS the experiment station, while
If written at tho agricultural college
for that latitude they would be two or
three weeks too late for the sandy soils
of Southeastern Massachusetts.—Amer
ican Cultivator.
Value* of Grain for Making
Pork.
The director of the Montana experi
ment station compares the value of
different grain foods for pork as fol
lows:
By a combination of grain and legu
minous pastures pigs can be grown to
a weight of 150 pounds at a cost of 2
cents a pound. Alfalfa, clovcr, peas,
wheat and barley make the best of pig
feed. Alfalfa or clover pasture, with a
little grain in summer, affords condi
tions for tho cheapest growth and the
greatest profit.
Pigs fed on barley or barley and
wheat at present market prices will
pay for all food consumed when pork
Is 3Mi cents a pound.
The pea, combined with grain. Is well
adapted to the wants of the growing
nnlinal, and will give the greatest gains
on the smallest amount of feed.
The lot, fed equal parts of barley,
wheat and peas made again of 1 pound
In weight for 4.55 pounds of food when
the pigs were between the weights of
117.8 and 200.8.
Pigs make the greatest gains and at
a less cost of gain before tliey reach
200 to 210 pounds In weight
The quality of pork produced from
wheat, barley and pens In the various
combinations used Is firm and well
adapted for the production of hams and
bacon, the fat and lean of the meat be
ing well distributed. ..
Making a Driveway.
Too many entrances to farm build
ings are made of planks laid on wooden
sleepers. These soon rot out and break
UAKINO A DRIVEWAY.
through, whllo underneath such drive
ways are the haunts of rats and mice.
The best plan to follow is shown In
the cut, which is from the Orange Judd
Farmer. Lay up two
side Hues of stone
as high as the sill at the building's side,
and sloping to the surface of the ground
at the proper distance from the build
ing. If flat stones are to be had, no
cement Is needed. All that remains to
be done is to fill .In the space between
the two lines of stones with earth.
Then one has a permanent, inexpensive
and altogether satisfactory entrance
driveway. WMm
Soli for 8trawherries.
||S«
Oldest Tree in tho World.
The town of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish Islaud of tbat name lying
off the coast of Asia Minor, possesses
the oldest tree In the world. Under its
shade Hippocrates Inculcated his dis
ciples In his methods and views con
cerning the healing art 2,000 years ago.
Tradition carries the age of the tree
back to the time of Aesculapius (of
whom Hippocrates was a lineal de
scendant), which would add some 400
years to its age. A great part of the
trunk is built round, aud there Is a
fountain known as Hippocrates'
Fountain. The circumference of the
trunk Is 30 feet, and there are two
main lower branches, which are sup
ported by masonry columns.
People speak of the havoc mince pie
can work on the stomach, but It is as
peaceful as gruel compared with suet
pudding.
When men have more money than
tbey need tjiey think (bey need more
tbftA they have,
We think the soil lias the most to do
with production of large crops of
strawberries and large berries. Sandy
soil produces the finest berries, but not
tho largest or as many per acre. The
reason Is plain to those who have tested
the matter. If you want large crops,
select your heavy soli, plow and subsoil
deep, then repack the soil just as hard
as you possibly can. but do not work
while too wet. Strawberry roots will
penetrate the hardest soil, and will de
velop the best fruit buds and produce
the finest berries. Constant and very
shallow cultivation Is best. Sandy soil
cannot be packed so hard, hence It will
produce flne plants, but not such large
crops of fruit.—Western Fruit Grower.
KnsilnRe for Horses.
As many people have an idea that en
silage Is not a good food for horses, we
will call attention to the fact that the
Virginia Experiment Station has been
testing It, and tliey report that the trou
ble from Is use has arisen from too
much having been fed nt the beginning,
and as the horse likes It he Is tempted
to eat too much of it, as he might of
green grass or clover. Tills Is more apt
to be the case when it contains a large
amount of corn. When they began by
feeding small quantities and increased
very gradually In the amount given no
Injury resulted, and after they were
well accustomed to Its use they would
not eat too heartily of It, even when
given opportunity.
i. Ordinary Seed.
Much time Is lost In the spring by
waiting for plants and seeds. Orders
for seeds should be seut in before Jan
uary is over. Make out the list of tho
varieties desired and give plain direc
tions, to avoid mistakes. Every spring
there are many who are delayed In their
work by ordering plants and seeds just
at the tluie tliey are wanted, and as
seedmen are then crowded with orders
they are forced to disappoint many who
could have gotten their seeds by order
ing early.
Farm Prices.
Farms are higher priced now than
they wore a year ago in many loca
tions, and are very likely destined to
advance in price as business grows
more brisk and prices of other things
are going up. We remember how it
was between 1881 and 1805. With wool
at $1 a pound or more, flour at $18 a
barrel ,and wheat in proportion, pork
10 cents a pound, butter 40 to 50 cents
a pound, and hay $40 to $50 a ton, it
seemed as If mouey could be made In
farming. Some succeeded in doing b§,
We know farmers wuose yearly sales
were more in some of those years thnn
their farms were valued nt before the
war. We knew others who bought at
high prices about the close of the war,
and found that as prices of farm prod
uce went down they could not sell
enough to pay the Interest on the mort
gage, and lost all they had. But farm
ers were not the only ones who made
money when prices went up. or lost
money when they went down. Manu
facturers found themselves unable to
sell their flnlshed products for as much
as they had paid or agreed to pay for
their raw material. There Is a lesson
In this for farmers. If there Is a boom
and season of high priccs for farm
products, do not get excited over it,
with tho expectation that It will last
forever. Do not contract obligations
that cannot be met if prices go back to
last.ycar's rates.—Exchange.
UrcfialiiK Geese. „4*
To kill geese, have a place where you
can hang them with the head down,
and then stick a sharp knife through
the neck close to the head, and let them
bleed. This causes the meat to be very
clear and white. After they are through
bleeding roll them up, one at a time.
In three or four thicknesses of blanket,
and put them Into a boiler of hot wa
ter, letting them remain there about
one minute, afterward lay them where
they will drain for about ten minutes
more, and pick them. They will then
pick very easily. It Is the steam that
causes the feathers to loosen. It Is an
everlasting job to dry-pick geese, and
tills is a sure process. The entrails
should be Immediately removed, the
head cut off, and the skin neatly drawn
over the neck and tied. Afterward
place them where they will keep cool,
but not freeze.
Focller-Bng for Horses.
A London firm is introducing a new
fodder-bag for horses. To those who
have at heart the comfort of their
equine servants
the features of
J. this patent bag
Jl. will appeal. The
iff accompanying II
j1/ lustration repre
souls It in use. and
a glance at the de
tails will help to a
proper understand­
ing of the merits of this new Invention.
The bag, which Is made of canvas, is
provided with two straps, one suspend
ing It from the horse's iund behind the
ears, aud the other drawing back its
lower half toward the collar. The low
er end of the bag retains the bulk of
the corn, even when the bottom '.s
raised, as in the illustration, anil us the
animal eats so the fodder falls down
gradually until the supply Is exhausted.
The horse cannot, therefore, breathe in
the same quantity of corn and thus con
taminate it, as when an ordinary bag
Is used, hence the spoiling of food,
which is a common cause why so much
of It Is thrown out, does not occur.
Floor Splice in Poultry House.
More room Is required in the poultry
house In winter than In summer, lie
cause during the warm season the fowls
can go outside, only requiring sufficient
room for roosting, but In wiuter they
need room for scratching when the
snow Is on the ground. It Is the space
on the floor that is required and not on
the roost, for when a hen fixes herself
on the roost she will be quiet until
morning, but during the day she should
be kept busy. Ten fowls in a poultry
house 10 feet square (malting 100 square
feet) arc sufficient, but most persons
endeavor to double or even treble that
number, and the consequence Is that
they keep too many fowls In proportion
to the area of floor space.—The Poultry
Keeper.
Wheat Farming.
A Nebraska paper tells of a man who
bought a farm there, upon which then
was a mortgage of $700. lie did not
make much mouey the first year, but he
sowed eighty acres of wheat the next
year. It was a poor year for wheat
and the stand was so poor that lie
thought he would not harvest it. He
returned to his old home, and left the
farm and the mortgage to fight It out
as they pleased. The wheat ripened,
fell to the ground and seeded It well.
There was a tine crop, nud as some one
was kind enough to write about it to
him, lie went back, harvested it aud
sold It for enough to pay the mortgage
and all his other debts. "If at first
you don't succeed, try, try again."—
American Cultivator.
'v Mi-
Ground Stock Feed.
Grinding the corn and cob does not
add much to the ration, but the ground
cob serves to dilute the grain aud In
crease the bulk, which makes the com
bination better than the ground grain
alone. When used with ground oats
and bran It is an excellent food, and It
may be used with cutstraw or hay. All
grain foods when ground will give bet
ter results If fed with bulky materials,
and the conditions of the animals will
be Improved when both kinds are fed
together.
Dairy Competition.
The farmer who does not improve his
stock cannot compete In the market
with his progressive neighbor. The
butter from a cow which produces ten
pounds a week can be sold at 20 cents
per pound and give a larger profit than
the butter from a cow giving only live
pounds a week, and sold at 30 cents per
pound. The use of choice cows reduces
the number III the herd and saves labor,
allowing also more room, while Inferior
cows compel the dairyman to keep more
cows than he should ill order to make a
profit.
A Will and a Way.
Several years ago an effort was made
to collect all the chluiuey sweepers in
the city of Dublin, for the purpose of
education. Aniocg others came a little
fellow wlio was asked if he knew his
letters.
"Oh, yes, sir," was the reply.
"Do you spell?"
"Oh, yes, sir," was again the answer.
"Do you read?"
"Oh, yes, sir."
"And what book did you learn from?''
"Oh, I never had a book In my life,
sir."
"And who wus your schoolmaster?"
"I never wns nt school."
Here was a singular case a boy could
read and spell without a book or mas
ter! But what was the fact? Why,
another little sweep, little older than
himself, had taught lilui to rend by
showing him the letters over the shop
doors which they passed as they went
through the city. Ills teacher, then,
was another little sweep like himself,
and Ills books the signboards on the
houses. What may not be done by try
lug? "Where there Is a will there Is a
way."—The Myrtle.
Of all virtues magnaulmlty is tbtx
rarest there are a hundred persons of
merit for one who willingly acknowl
edges it In another.—Hazlitt.
To know how to- (^iSseiuble Is (lie
tifiowledgo Ijlngs.—RlelielJetj,
GAGE AND STANDARD GIL BANK.
On July 2 last the government sold
to the Standard on National City Hank
the old Custom-House property at Wall
nud William streets for $3.2i 5.oio. The
sale was made under provisions of a
special act ot* Congress providing that
the purchaser of the old Custom-Uouse
should permit the government to con
tinue to occupy it until ihe new Cus
toui-House was ready for occupancy,
the government to pay as tenant of the
old building 4 per cent, upon the put
chase price, or about $130,oOO a year.
The day after the sale James Stillman.
President of the National City Hank,
went to Washington, taking with him
a certified check, drawn on his own
bntik. for $3,225,350—all hut $4o.ooo of
tho lull price agreed upon. This check
Mr. Stlllmau personally handed to Sec
retary Gage, who immediately handed
It back to President Stillman to be de
posited without interest In the National
City Bank.
In other words, none of the three and
a quarter millions of dollars which the
National City Standard oil Bank paid
the government for the United States
Custoin-House six months ago has ever
for one hour passed out of the bank's
control. The bank has had not only
the use of the money every day since
to loan out at Interest for its own profit,
but It has at the same time been receiv
ing rent from the government for the
Custom-House. The old proverb that
one cannot eat a cake and keep it is
thus set at defiance, for the National
City Bank owns the Custom-House and
yet retalus the money it paid for the
Custom-House.
Secretary Gage has never turned the
proceedings Into the Treasury, as re
quired by section 4 of chapter 337, un
der the terms of which the sale was
made.
The $40,000 "held back" was for an
other purpose. The deeds of the Cus
tom-House are still In the Treasury
Department at Washington. The title
to the property lias not therefore pass
ed to the National City Hank, and the
city of New York can collect no taxes
upon the land, as It is nominally gov
ernment property, although the Na
tional City Hank owns and receives
rent for it. The $40,000 held back was
therefore merely a legal excuse for not
proving the title, and for evading taxa
tion.
The law authorizing the sale of this
property wns ns follows:
Chapter No. 337, Section No. 4—That
the Secretary of the Treasury Is here
by authorized and directed to sell at
public or private sale, to the highest
bidder, after due advertisement, but for
not less than $3,000,000, the present
Custoin-House property in the city of
New York, bounded- by Wall, William
and Hanover streets and Exchange
place, and to deposit the proceeds of
the sale, after the payment of the usual
Incidental expenses, in the Uuited
States Treasury as miscellaneous re
ceipts derived from the sale of govern
ment property.
Section 3,017, Revised Statutes—The
gross amount of all moneys received
from whatever source for the use of
the United States, except as otherwise
provided for in the next section, shall
be paid by the officer or agent receiving
the same into the Treasury at ns early
a date as possible.
3,018, Revised Statutes—AH proceeds
of sales of old material, eoudemned
stores, supplies or other property of any
kind shall be deposited and covered Into
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts
on account of "proceeds of government
property," and shall not be withdrawn
or applied except In consequence of a
subsequent appropriation made by law.
These facts are admitted by Secretary
Gage's subordinates as to tlie deposit
of the check In the National City Bank.
The ouly defense Is (first by Supervis
ing Architect Taylor of the Treasury)
that the money was "covered into the
Treasury," in the language of the law,
•when It was placed in the government
depository, the Standard Oil Bank.
Chief Daskan, of the public mouey
division, said vouchers showing the
money had been received by the gov
ernment were In his possession.
"The money," said he, "very likely
was never covered into the Treasury,
but deposited in some one of the gov
ernment depository banks."
He did not kuow why the property
was still belug recorded as In the gov
ernment's possession aud thus kept off
the city tax books. "That," he said,
"waa not the government's business.
It was for the New York Tax Depart
ment."
Four transactions of the government
with the National City Rank have net
ted the favored institution these prof
Its:
PROFITS.
Profit on Union Pacltlc—Payments
of $33,000,000 lu part distributed
arnuug the United States depos
Itorles by National City Hatik,
but the greater part retained by
the Nntloual City Hnuk on de
posit $ 350,000
Protk on "financing" the payment
of the $20,000,000 indemnity to
Spain—estimated 800,000
Profit on Custom House Deal—In
terest on $3,205,000 for 180 days,
at fl per cent., $00,38-
rent from
United States Treasury Depart
ment for 180 days at 4 per cent..
5ays,
04,224: city taxes saved for 180
$30,000 100,501
Annual luterest on Internal Rev
enue receipts and other Govern
ment deposits lu the City Hank.
now $li,000,000, nn Increase of ..
$4,000,000 since Doc. 2. when the
last report of the bank was ul
llshed 1.020.000
Total estimated protlt to the .Nn
tloual City Bank front Govern
ment favors shown since Secre
tary Gage eutercd the Cahluut.. 1,862,337
Capital stock of the National City
Bank, $1,000,000 percentage of
profit from Governuieut favors
on the capital 180 per cent.
—New York World. **-1
Brynn's Cbanccs.
That William J. Br.vau's chandes for
election to the I'lesldi'nry In 1000 are
excellent cannot be doubted, although
the Republicans are boasting that Mc
Kiuley has a "sure thing."
It is a significant fact that 34,000
votes cast in the right States In 1896 for
Bryan would have made him President.
A slight chauge of ballots In four South
ern States would have defeated Mc
Kinlej*. This belug the case, the pres
ent Incumbent of the White House Is
far from having "sure thing."
Bryan secured one of the Kentucky
electors and McKiuley got the other
twelve by a plurality not exceeding 281
votes. The other three States of the
South were carried by McKinley by a
plurality vote of 3.83" In Delaware,
11,487 In West Virginia aud 32,232 in
Maryland. California gave McKinley
eight out of the seventeen electoral
votes by a plurality of only 1,022, while
Indiana gave the Republican candidate
a plurality of 18,181.
This makes a total of about 34.000,
which changed for Bryan would have
Bade him President.
Circumstances have changed greatly
in Bryan's favor since 1S00. The Re
publicans have made blunders, have
broken faith aud are on the defeusive.
Imperialism has become an Issue: the
trusts have aroused vast hostility
among the people, financial panics are
threatened through Republican mis
management. McKiuley represents the
millionaires and the aristocrats, Bryan
represents the people therefore his
chances for election in 1900 are bright
and the McKiuley "sure thing" is be
iming an empty boast.—Chicago Dem
ocrat.
McKtttlcyiHm oh Luxury.
That the election of William McKiu
ley has proved an expensive experi
ment, amounting to a luxury nor of
any benefit to a free people, is demon
strated every day. If the country has
not been plunged into the worst finan
cial distress it ever experienced is due
to the good luck of famine, increase of
demand for American productions,
quality of workmanship and various
other causes not connected with any
thing Mr. McKiuley has ever advocat
ed or brought to us any more than a
comet Is the cause of the measles. In
fact every act of his ndminlstrntiou
has been in direct violation of the pub
lic welfare aud for the advantage of
special interests and private concerns.
Our burdeu of taxation Is now so
heavy that the public treasury is over
laden with the people's money, and
there Is no way devised to get rid of 't
other than to turn it over to the same
speculators that put McKiuley in of
fice. Ilere is the official record, and it
is a very bad showing for any admin
istration to give the people in justifica
tion of its retention lu power.
The treasury dcllelt in three years of Mc
Kiuley Is:
ISO" $18,054,000
I SOS 38,048,000
18tm 88.80T.00li
The Government revenues by years dur
ing McKintcy's administration, have been:
1SI" $847,72l,00i.»
1S5W 402,321.000
1800 517,210,000
Total $l,2U0,2.-8,000
The administration has spent during Its
term these vast stints:
1S!7 ?3fir»,77r,00i
J'*' 443,IttlS, 000
ls8!
(M5,01H,00U
I. nTil"V' .51.411..™7«On
Deficit for throe yenrs 144,1178.000
In the revenue received are Included
$383,000,000 from bonds, Pticilic rail
roads and war revenue, which are
extraordinary revenues. Lacking
these, the deficit would have reached
$532,078,000, a sum greater than for
any three years during the life of the
nation except the civil war.
The total debt In 1890 was $1,709,
940,323. Now It Is $1,091,027,323. Our
annual Interest has Increased by
$4,409,438. In 1890 our public debt was
$25 per capita. Now it Is $20 per
capita.
There Is not much comfort In this
showing, and had it been a Democratic
administration that brought such a
financial climax upon the country the
Republicans would have riven the
country asunder in their denuncia
tions. If three years of Republican
niisgovernment can effect such stupen
dous results, Its capacity for further
mischief in five more years will lie
perceived by generation to come In
the burdens placed upon their necks.
Tlie Ship Bounty Rolibcry.
Grosvenor. of Ohio, Is now tlie chair
man of the committee on merchant ma
rine iu the House. Thus all things
work for tho good of the country—to
wit., the trusts. Hopkins, of Illinois,
showed signs of opposition to the
Hanna-Payne subsidy scheme, and,
says the Kansas City Times: "For this
opposition tho boss demanded his head
from the cuckoo Speaker of the House
and the command has lieon obeyed."
"This marine bounty bill," continues
the Times, "Is as bald a holdup of the
tax payers as was ever perpetrated
since the Republican party bccame the
champiou of class legislation nnd the
promoter of public robbery. It proposes
to put Into the pockets of the Standard
Oil Trust, which Is running lines of
American-registered tank steamers to
European aud South American ports,
and to a lot of other owners of second
and third class ocean vessels, and to
the Cramps and other members of the
shlp-bulldins combine, a mileage and
tonnage bounty of several million dol
lars a year, and aggregating, during the
period the Hanua-l'ayne bill Is made
operative, about $400,000,000—under
pretense of building up an American
merchant marine.
"Every farmer, every merchant,
tradesman, mechanic, real estate own
er aud professional mau and wage
earner In the land will be forced to pay
this blackmail to the syndicated ship
owners, wlio have ordered their politi
cal agents in Washington to consum
mate this sclicme of legalized piracy.
"All that is needed to bulUl up our
merchant marine to a degree of ex
pansion, commensurate with the ship
plug needs of our exporting merchants
and manufacturers, Is to repeal the
archaic and obstructive navigation
laws which the Republicans years ago
placed upon our statute books, there
by playing Into the hands of foreign
flipping interests, and permit Ameri
cans to buy ships wherever they can
buy them cheapest, and sail them un
der the American flag. But this ra
tional and business-like development
will never promoted so long as the
party of blunder now In power has
charge of the law-making aud execu
tive functions of the Federal govern
ment."
Profit on Other People's Money.
The President of the First National
Bank of Indianapolis, on retiring after
fourteen years' service, thus congratu
lates his fellow magnates:
"I congratulate the officers and stock
holders of our enterprise. The bank
has been lu operation fourteen years
under my control, with a capital stock
of $500,000. In the meantime it has
voluntarily returned $500,000 of capital
stock back to tlie stockholders, besides
paying them In dividends $1,490,250,
part of which is In gold, and I now
turn It over to you with Its capital un
impaired aud $327,000 of undivided
earnings on hand. To tills may be
added .the premium of United States
bonds at present prices, amounting to
$30,000, besides quite a large amount
for lost or destroyed bills."
It does not appear that any of them
shook hands with the depositors, and
when this particular bank Is multiplied
by Ave thousand other banks, all con
gratulating one another, It does seem
as If the depositors deserve a word of
praise.
Wordsworth gave the world a vol
ume of poetry at 23. and some of Its
lines were much better than any bp
wrote afterward.
GOVERNOR OF 10WA,
L. M. SHAW ENTERS UPON HIS
SECOND TERM.
Elaborate Ceremonies in Connection
with the InuiiKurution—Address of
Re-elected Executive Mas an Anti*
Trust Flavor—Other Matters*
At Des Moines Gov. Leslie M. Shaw
was on Thursday inducted into his sec
ond term of ofllcv with the most elaborate
ceremonies ever accorded any chief ex*
ecutive in iown. The iuaugural cere
mouies were held in the new Auditorium
aud were witnessed by 4,000 people. Both
house* of the Legislature met in joiut
convention ut the State capitol building
aud were taken in carriages to the Audi
torium. The Governor and party, con
sisting of his stuff, State officers, Su
preme Court and other dignitaries, pre
ceded the Legislature in the procession,
am^ the parade wus heu,ded by Troop A,
Iowa Nutionul Guard, uud the Liucolu
Hussars in {ull uniform.
Lieut. Gov. MiUiinun presided at the
inaugurul ceremonies. Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court Charles T. Grunger
administered the oath of olllce to both
the Governor aud the Lieutcnuut Gov
ernor. Mauy prominent State oiDoials
were present» and three ex-Governors,
Drake, Larrabee and Jackson. At the
left of the Governor on the stage sat
two centenarians, Noah B. Bacon of Des
Moines and William Zimiuer of Clintou,
both born in 17SS. Edward Enthwistle,
So years old, and first ruilruad engineer
ou Steveuson's engine, tlie Uocket, sat
beside them. All three were present at
the express invitation of Gov. Shaw, lu
his address he referred to the history
that has transpired iu their lifetime, call
ing forth much applause. The Governor's
address was received with great favor
throughout.
Gov. Shaw reviewed the events be
tween his last appearauce before an Iowa
General Assembly and l^he preseut, and
referred ut ieugth to the previous epochs
in history. Then he took up the progress
of Iowa aud urged the improvement of
the highways of the State. Continuing,
he said:
"There is one other subject which to
ignore iu an address ou themes of public
policy would be considered bad manners.
I refer, of course, to the question of
trusts. Advanced civilization, improved
opportunities and grout achievements
have been accompauied with some ills
to which all former genaratious were
strangers. There is no good that is not
matched with evil. There is uo height
without a corresponding depth. The mar
velous wealth that has been accumulated
in receut yours throughout Christendom
has not tended to mi equalization of eith
er comforts or luxuries. The distance
which separates the grossly rich from the
wretchedly poor has increased as human
opportunities have multiplied.
'The evil, gentlemen, as I discern it,
consists in monopoly. I think those who
contended at the trust convention iu Chi
cago last fall that trust uud monopoly
should be treated as synonymous terms
were correct. I have yet to liud the first
man wlio has a word to say in extenua
tion or defense of monopolies. Gentle
men of the Twenty-eighth General As
sembly, let it be your duty to crush ev
ery one within your reach, and the people
of this State will call you blessed, and
the people of every othpr State will take
notice of your wisdom and will follow the
course you shall have marked out.
"1 hope I may be excused from indulg
ing iu any extended or detailed descrip
tion of the pernicious effects of monopo
lies. This 1ms been done so frequently
that we may, I think, safely ask the de
fendant nt this time to waive arraign
ment nnd the reading of the indictmeut.
When the robius nnd jays nro devouring
my cherries 1 do not care to listen to my
children's graphic amplification of the
havoc they are producing. 'Go juhI drive
them off/
"Many methods have been suggested
for dealing with trusts and combinations,
but many of them, I think, would open
doors as dangerous n# the ones through
which have come these admitted evils.
A Governor of a great State, a learned,
and I am convinced a conscientious man,
not long ago snid he would forbid tlie
sale of monopoly produced goods within
his State. Many in his audience cheered.
If this be wise, gentlemen, and it can be
accomplished, 1 hope it will be done in
Iowa."
RIV RUNS UPHILL.
Drought Has Made the Mississippi a
Salt Water Stream.
In consequence of the prolonged drouth
and a deficiency of more than one-half
in the rainfall for the year the Missis
sippi river has changod its course, is now
running up stream to St. Louis and has
oecome a salt water stream. This has
occurred before, but very rarely, nnd
has never been quile as bad as it is
now. The tide is felt plainly at New
Orleans, and even ns far north as the
mouth of the Ked river, 1*50 miles from
the Passes. The water is so brackish in
front of the city that it is not available
for the many purposes in which it is or
dinarily used.
The primary cause is the drouth. The
lower Mississippi, like tlie Nile, has very
few tributaries pouring into it, the policy
of the early settlers being to cut off the
tributaries by dikes built across the
mouths where they join the great river.
As a consequence, the river depends
largely upon the Hood above and upon the
rainfall along its course. If the raiufall
is small the water poured iu it by the
Ohio, Missouri nnd upper Mississippi be
comes largely exhausted by evaporation
in the loug trip to the gulf. The river
is always low during a dry season aud
this has been the driest season on rec
ord. Again, the gulf tides have beeu
phenomenally high this scasou, and have
forced tlie salt water up the river agaiust
the sluggish nnd weak current. The
tides have been supplemented by stroug
winds, which have blown the salt water
up several feet.
Proud of Her l'cct.
That is a very pretty and characteris
tic little story of Uusn Bonheur. She
nnd very few physical advantage* from
nature, but she had one. and she knew
it. Mr. Goodall, 1L A., who iu the early
days of his career puiuted a portrait of
Uosa* Bouheur, recalls that, before he
commenced to work, she said: "Mr.
Goodall. you must put in my hoots, for
I have a small foot." So the boots were
paiutcd and the great painter's pride
iu her little foot satisfied.
Hammers Driven by Air.
Peuumatle hammers, driven by com
pressed air, are uow generally used iu
stead of build labor for chipplug aud
cleaulng. Iron aud steel castings nnd
billets so as to free them from any
defects which would Injure the fin
ished forms into which they are to be
rolled or drawu. Tills hnuimer will do
the work of three mcu. The sanv
principle has breu applied in the ship
yard for calking, in which tlie tool cau
be worked very fast, doing the work of
five or six men.
Duluth-Superior Harbor.
Four mllliou seven hundred thousand
cubic yards is, in round numbers, the
amount of material that has been re
moved from Duluth-Superlor harbor
under the continuous contract in the
season of 1809.
Trouble Ahead.
Mrs. W.—Did your stenographer ad
dress those "at-home" cards of mine to
the list I gave youV
"Yes, but she made a slight error.
She sent thorn to a 1!M of our creditors,'1
—Life,
The State dairy commissioner, B. P.
Norton, has completed the tabulation ot
the returns from the railway companies
of the State showing the amount of but
ter shipped out of the State during the
past year. The table gives the amounts
from each county during 1808 and 181)9.
The counties showing the largest figures
for the year are: Buchanan, 3,300,2120
pounds Bremer, 3,037,085 Clayton, 3,
010,480 Chickasaw, 3,003,538 Jones, 3,
102,254 Biitlor, 2,018,803 Delaware, 2,
840,400 Dnbuque, 2,309,321 Fayette,
2,000,052 Kossuth, 2,043,100 Palo Alto,
2,500,580 Woodbury, 2,292,2(55. The fol
lowing counties each shipped more than
one million pounds: Allamakee, Audubon,
Blackhawk, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro
Gordo, Clintou, Greene, Hamilton, Har
din, Howard, Humboldt, Jackson, Ltun,
Mitchell, Sac, Story, Union, Winnebago,
Winneshiek, Worth and Wright. The
total for the State aggregates 01,083,184
pouuds.
Judge Kinne of the State board of con
trol has tiled reports on conditions found
by him at the county buildings of Mus
catine aud Tatna bounties with reference
to the care of the insane. Tama County's
asylum was not found in bad condition,
tlie priucipul criticism made by the ex
aminer beiug the lack of sufficient help,
which prevented the insune from having
proper exercise and care. There is no
night' watchman or attendant. There
are no amusements, but religious worship
once a month. The report deals kindly
with the Tauiu institution. But the crit
icisms of Muscatine Couuty are strongly
denunciatory.
The accouutunts ot the Governor and
Auditor of State have checked up with
State Treasurer Herriott for the quarter
of 1898, ending Dec. 30. The Iowa State
treasury entered upon a uew year with
substantial balauces in all of the ac
counts. The accounts with the State
funds are as follows:
General revenue balance... .$500,070 35
Stale University tax 20,121 58
Morrill endowment 12,500 00
College interest fund 0,528 48
Endowment fund cash bal
ance 152,003 00
Endowment fund bonds 431,088 57
Members of the Legislature declare
there is little doubt of the passage of the
proposed resolution for a constitutional
amendment to substitute biennial for an
nual State eleetious in Iowa. It passed
the last Legislature almost without op
position. Tf it becomes part of the con
stitution, it will extend by one year the
terms of the,preseut Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, State superintendent, oue
railroad commissioner and of Representa
tives, couuty treasurers, sheriffs, county
superintendents, coroners and surveyors
who are now serving.
George E. Delavan, fish commissioner,
has filed his biennial report with the Gov
ernor. The report shows that fourteen
car loads of black bass, wall-eyed pike,
croppies, silver bass, sun fish aud chan
uel catfish have been placed in the rivers
and lakes of Iowa during the season.
The commissioner finds it much easier
from year to year to enforce the fish
aud game laws of the State, especially
since the stocking of the rivers and lakes
by means of tlie fish car began.
Short State ltcma»
The C., B. & Q. will expend $2,000,
000 on improvements to its lines in Iowa
this season.
The I. M. & N. W. Railway is build
ing a big bridge across the Beaver at
Tarkersburg.
An unknown man committed suicide by
hanging himself in a lodging house in
Des Moines.
Kour hundred and fifty patients were
treated at St. Francis hospital at Bur
lington last year.
J. C. Scripps, a prominent man at De-
Soto, suddenly expired while sitting in
his chair reading.
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John F. Iiogun, an Iowa man, has been
installed as a compositor in the govern
inent priuting ofliee.
The Methodistv Episcopal Church at o
Whitfield claims to have the largest Sun
day school in Iowa.
Fire caused a damage of more than
$10,000 to the dry goods stock of McCul
lough Bros, at Clinton.
The Willuier and Sioux Falls Railroad
has filed articles o'f incorporation. The
capital stock is $2,000,000.
The Council at Iowa Falls lias fixed
a rate of $150 a year to a hotel there for
the use of the new ci% sewer.
The ministerial alliance at Des Moines
proposes to publish the names of those
who signed the saloon petition.
Story County is alarmed over tho de
crease in tho uumher of marriages and
increase in the number of divorces.
George U. Winslow cut his way out
of the jail at Waterloo, where he was
held to await the charge of horse steal
ing.
An overturned lamp started a fire
which destroyed the residence of Attor
ney H. E. Porter at Iowa City. Loss
over $3,000.
The saloon at Delmar recently closed'"*^?"*1
to avoid prosecution f(#• selling liquor, not
having complied with all the provisions of
the mulct law.
Stephen Brockclman, aged 70, of Fort
Madison was knocked down by a line
engine and lias sued the company for
$1,005 damages.
The 12-year-old son of Gus Eggcrt of
Chariton, who was accidentally shot in
the leg by his elder brother, died from
the effects of the wound.
A new elevator, to cost $500,000, is to
be erected nt Davenport. The matter
is now up to the City Council.
The 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Underwood of Chapin was taken
suddenly sick and died while attending
school.
Maj. J. 11. Morrissey of Manchester
J-
has been appoiutcd a clerk in the docu
meut room at Washington at $1,000 per
annum.
Thomas Carter of Clintou hus sued the
C„ M. & St. P. for $25,270 damages for
injuries received in a wreck at Sabula
last November.
W. II. Wilson, a stockman.of Cory
don, was killed in a railroad wreck at
Mendota, 111.
A postottice has been established at
Huntington, with Samuel Reaney as post
master. and one at Nemaha, with C. A.
Low postmaster.
A Swede named Steven liagglin, sup
posed to live at Eagle Grove, went crazy
while in Marshalltown, and burned $400
iu notes in a stove, after doing other
damage.
The election contest in Carroll County
for Representative resulted in the Repub
lican candidate beiug counted out aud J.
M. Duerck, his Democratic opponent, giv:
en the certificate of election.
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A Lost Sou'.
The Rev. Kennedy, while preaching
in a church in Hannibal, Mo., Impres
sively asked: "Who cau portray the
couditlou of a lost soul?" An awful
silence succeeded his question, but
presently the husky voice of a tnniale
man iu the street startled the congre
gntftra with the response: "Hot! Red
hot!"
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