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Official County Paper.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Officers.
'County Judge 0. W. GniVKS
Sheriff ,T. W. Whits
County Clerk ... Wm. Brandos
County Treasurer A. T. Fobtun
Register of Deeds Wm. Hutchison
Clerk of the Court H. C. Goslino
District Attorney roilN 8. Larson
County Superintendent I’.oward Mii.i.kb
Surveyor W. H. Knower
Coroner G. P. Aiken
Cnalrmsc Board ol Supervisors.... Alex. Hill
Poor Commissioner E. Tilton
Superintendent Insane Asylum. ..F. Wilkins
CITY OFFICERS.
" w Aug. Smith
Treasurer John h. MeKltirldc
fssessor los. Omnn son
olice Justice j, Henry Bennett
Justices t B - §; Me Michael
1 Squire Toney
Marshal John C. Johnson
Constables l A - Ij * Kuasell
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
I A BELI.E LODGE A. F. * A. 31. NO. P 4
J Meets the First end Third Wednesdays of
each month. Hall in Williams’ block.
\TIROQUA LODGE. I. O. O. F.—MEETS EV-
T ery Saturday night In Williams’ block.
"TTIROQUA ENCAMPMENT. I. O. 0. F.. NO.
T 60. Meets every Monday evening.
Ancient order of united workmen
—First and third Tuesdays of each month.
ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS.—MEETS
second and fourth Saturdays of each mth.
American legion of iionor.-meets
second and fourth Tuesdays of each m’ch-
ALEX. LOWRIE POST, O. A. R.-MEKTB
first Monday evening of each month. In
W. R. 0. hall.
EKGINA LODGE, DAUGHTERS OF KK
bekali. No. 28, meets first and third Mon
day of each month in I. O. O. F. hall.
Modern woodmen of America, no.
1001, meets Friday night of each week.
VIBOQUA CHAPTER, O. E. S„ MEETS
second Tuesday of each month tn Masonic
ball.
\J IROQUA CHAPTER, K A. 51.. MEETS
every second and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS.-MEETS ON
II alternates- • -muons.
Wf C. T. U.—MEETS ALTERNATE TUES
vt . days at 3 |>. in.
10. O. T. LODGE. —MEETS ON EVERY
• Wednesday evening, iu Alliance hall.
,T I'HE VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO 129, A. P. A ,
A meets at Alliance hall every Tuesday night
7:30 o’cl ok.
V IROQUA K. O. T. M.-MEETS ON EVERY
V Monday evening iu Alliance ball, at 7:30.
: i_— .rz=r.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
'■i f ETIIODIST EPISCOPAL.—SERVICES AT
LlvX 10:80 a. m. and 7:30 p m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 ra. Prayer meetings on
•Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CIIURCH—SERVICES
at 10:30 a m and 7:30 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 12 ui.
CHURCH OF CHRIST —PREACniNv I - EV
ery Sunday at lo:3fi a. m. and in the evun
tng. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Ty 1/ It W E GIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.-
1 v Services every Sunday at 8 o'clock.
HP. PROCTOR, ATTORNEY AND
. Coun-idor, Viroqua, Wls. Will practice
in all C'onrts of the state. Special attention
given to Collec:b ns.
VJILBAUGH & LARSON, ATTORNEYS.
‘ hperdal a tentlon given to collection*. Of-
O e in Ferguson Block, second floor, Mala
Birett, Vlrouu*. WD.
Jackson Silbauqh. John 8. Labson.
WM. A. COTT, 31 D.. PHYSICIANAND
Surgeon, Vlroqua. Wls.
Office near residence. 1 bi'k E. Lysne’s hotel.
A P. IVHNSHALL, M. D., PHYSICIAN
VV. an ' Burg on. A graduate of Keokuk
M dloal College, one of the best of Its kind in
the United States. All calls promptly attend
ed. day or night. Latest anil moat approved
meihods of treatment use !.
Office lu C isson's Bi g VIBOQUA, WlB.
1? E. MORLEY, M. D-, PHYSICIAN
X . and Surg. oii, Viroqna, Wm Office over
t'ra g .fe Co’s drug stor . ou west side of hall.
A'l calls attended promptly day or night.
31. Sc HENSON. CIIAS. 11. TROWBRIDGE,
CUSSNIOK & TRO'.V3B!DCE,
Physicians AvdSukgki ns, Viio ,u i. Wis.
Calls tn city or country im nipt!v attended
Office over Craig ft Co's drug store.
TOH h) DAWSON & CO. GKAKKAL
i) InitlM t'l- an i real Ksta o gin \ Viroqua.
Offce in \\ illiams bloc. , second iloo .
VERNOM CO. COURT—REGULAR
v terms in tho first Tuesday of each
month, at the < curt house 1 rum 9 to 17 a.m.
and 1 33 to 6 p. m. D. O. MAHONEY.
County Judge.
Q. J. SuTTLB. MD. W. M. TBOWBaIDQB, MD. I
DRS. SOTTLE & TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowbridge, late resident physician and
mrgeon Cook county hospital, Chicago.
• ALL CALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day or night, from office.
GEO. E. CHAHBERS,
Crown and Bridge Work, .Metal Plates
and all other bran lies of dental work done In ,
the lateat and most Improved manner. Satis- 1
far,lon guaranteed. Office In Towner’s block. 1
VIROQUA, - - AVIS.
J. H. Chase,
OENTISX.
Office over Chandler’s ) Viroqua*
Sto™* f Wls*
O. W. Ghavfs. D. O. Mahoney.
CRAVES & MAHONEY,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice In all Court®. Money I oaned
on Heal Estate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
Otfico over Bank of Viroqua*
VIROQUA, WIS.
MEAT MARKET.
HOLBROOK & NIX,
Fresh, Salt@Smoked Meats
SAUSAGES. BTO-
We ••• Aim to •. Pie***.
Bv being olean 1* onr work, fair in onr deal
mud by keeping the be*t tock of meat* to
had.
VIROQUA, WIS.
Rpslanrant i Boarding.
MRS. L. C. RICE
la new located lu her new balldin-r. second
floor, mn-1 is prepared to furnish by dav
or week. Lunches a rved at reasonable rates.
Rapper* furnDhe-i tor ball* and private par- ■
tie*. Accommodations for 75 oouples. Bakery
supplies for sale.
WIN nULK 03 CAN
Ontario Steel Bridge Works. I
WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
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Stcet bridges, Sioof Tj russet, Steel TJubez for
Sub-Structures, Culvtrts, Arches, etc., of any diameter or length.
rWRITE FOR irSiF'COF=?rvTA - riOTT NEEDED.
THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
YOI. XLIII.-NO. 7.
Royal makes the food pure,
wholesome and delicious.
ftpi
WHS
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
D'VAL BAKINO POWOER CO., NEW YORK.
I>i:I She Mean the Dinner?
Mr. Growells—Madam, this is the sec
ond time this week that I have come
home and found my dinner cold. If
it occurs again I’m going to raise a
row.
Mrs. Growells—Well, if you do I’ll
make it hot for you.
Any Kentuckian Can Do It.
Mrs. Boozer—l’ve just been reading
about camels being able to go for weeks
without water.
Col. Boozer—Pshaw! That’s nothing
There is more action in an ounce of
kitten than in a ton of elephant.
Xw. F. LINDKMANN. H. LiNDEMANN,
♦ President. Cashier.
8
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t Bank of Viroqua.
> (State Bask—Capital $50,0c0,00.]
* Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
UDltcd State* bond*. Inland end foreian
exchange, gold, ellver and nnonrrent money
• bought and eold. Certificate* of deposit
iiied payable on demand, to draw interest
It left eix months.
Easiness Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m
Collections and banklag business ptompUy
attended to and remit* ano.s made
on day of collection.
N. J3. liequo,
Dentist,
VIROQUA, - WIS.
Crown and Brldg* Work. Hatal an* all
ithor branchea of Dental work In th* latest
mproved manntr. W* rnarant** work.
Orric* m Devlik’* Block.
F\ I BARNE Y,
• i>. j>. s. •
Vir.OQUA, W.3.
FINE DENTAL WORR.
Knc ustl'ig. Rr .Ism, Crown and (J M Plat
Vo k. H*>oel'4l at tent lin given to correcting
rro jularltl >s and preservat on ol the natura
<’! 1 1 Twenty tmr ye.rs pracile 1 >xpcrl net
tan study. Dental Parlors In Herrick Block
C. H. UJIN3HALL,
/£ t tern cy-at-Ls. tv,
Viroqua, Wls.
Loans,Collection* anrl Pensions,
PATENTS.
C'-y Offi to In se: n l story Wl littms Black "“S-;
TKA H. GRIFFIN, Attorney at Law.
SRA S. CRiFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, ACUduiU AND TORNADO
INKUItANC’K.
General Collecting Agency. Loan* Neg .tinted
~ * — Yibcqcja, Wia.
tsr. A.SVISUM,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FINE CUSTOM WORK A SPECIALTY.
• I’erfeot Fit Guaranteed.*
VIROQUA. WISCONSIN.
TOQUA STEAM
IAUNDRY>-
Everythin 2 New, Complete
and First-Class.
The proprietors hove spared nothing iD
work or expense to equip a plant tuifc
able to the needs of the pnblio. Ev
• rpthing is under the direction of a
manager with 12 yeara expirteaoe.
Individual and Family Laun
dry work Guaranteed.
Itenwmber the Steam Laundry acd give
it jour patronage. All packages col
lected and delivered. In same block
with Opera House,
\ZII=?CDCSL_JA, WIS.
N. Coe & Son,
PROPRIETORS OF —
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If vou want a good doublfe harness
for spring work, now is the time to plsoe
your order. We know we can supply
your wants
REPAIRINGS SPECIALTY
A VALENTINE.
(Written by a married man.)
Into my presence came Just now
A little child—l know not bow.
Familiar, too, he seemed; and yet
I could not tell where we had met.
Ills mien was lntioci nt anil mUd—
-1 never saw a falier child—
And yet. In most unseemly glee.
He cocked one wicked eye at me.
I knew him then. The pretty boy
Took aim with the same silver toy
Tuat slays lt_ thousands. “Wait!" cried I;
“Don t shoot at me, my son; oil. He”
“For you forget It was your dart.
Sent once with your jwn mrtchless art.
That made me like the rest a 001.
“Since then, alas, I've been at school!
“For she. ah. yes! she still Is fair;
Untouched by gray her dusky hair.
Once she was loving; now you see
She rules the house, and she rules me.’’
He said no word, but Just took aim.
Straight to m.v lip..rt the arrow coma.
"Forget me now. sir, if yolt dare!”
Cried Cupid, running dovrii the stair.
Deep In my heart there Is a pain—
Met (links 1 am in love agaih!
Sweet, sweet, my pet. it Is not true;
Those foolish Words I deeply nil?.
I wonder If yon are In league
With Cupid? Is It Love's intrigue?
I know not, care not. but I’ll sign
Myself your humble Valentine.
-Puck.
CXXXXNX -OCSaSjCSXS^CKaOOCSJCSDO
ft MBITS VALENTINE. 5
fr>>o'>a>ocs3<xx>oc , *o<^^
MEG whs only one of the “hands"
in the great factory of Weaver
& Cos., and with about the same
regularity as the machinery she perform
ed her daily tasks.
Nobody in the factory had ever given
her so much as a sympathetic glance; the
whirr of wheels, the grind of machinery,
the everlasting hum of moving belts and
singing of spindles do not encourage sym
pathy, and besides Meg was quiet, even
timid, and her companions, after the first
day °f now and then a half curious, half
critical inspection, paid no attention to
her.
And yet Meg's "trouble” had been a
romance; a sort of a flower which blooms
sometimes along the hedgerows with the
same beauty and sweetness as in the con
servatory.
Born ~ *i>w about lier orig
in; brought up, at .. t u. ~ ‘ •sritahle in
stitution, Inter ns the chore girl In a
tioarc. . ... —Licli always smelled of
di t and rancidity; r.m, ..til! later ns a
boarder at the same place, because It was
more like hom to her after her long, hard
day's work at the factory, where she had
secured employment at the age of 15.
Meg’s life had been an uneventful one.
Meg was ignorant, her “schooling” hav
ing been encompassed by n six months'
course at a grammar school in the neigh
borhood, and for which “educational ad
vantage” she luid toiled for the mistress
of the boarding house until her health
threatened to give way under the strain.
But since somebody, hack in tho past
of Meg's unknown ancestry, had sent a
drop of ambitions blood flowing through
her veins, within the six months she had
learned to read easy words, both' in print
and writing, and she was proud of the
fact.
She did glory in her power to read and
spell out the meaning of such cheap hooks
os came in her way, and once, having
watched a postman deliver a letter across
the street, she was seized with a wish
that was somewhat akin to pain to re
ceive a letter front somebody—just to see
if she could frame an answer.
She had never received a letter and
thinking it over from this standpoint,
Meg felt that s’ o was very lonely and she
vaguely wondered how it all came about
that nobody in all the thousands which
made up the big city—the big city was
Meg’s world—had cared whether she liv
ed or died.
Once a sweet little girl, who was walk
ing with her nurse, had looked up into
her face and with that free-fasonry which
knows nothing of rules and which has in
it the element, nay, the very essence of
fraternity, Bad pressed a tiny cluster of
violets into her hand.
And so the days went on, to-day ns yes
terday, to-morrow as to-day, until one
morning Meg overslept herself, by some
method of calculation which did not con
sider time in the light of dollars and cents
added to her income, and sh<> went to her
breakfast late. The laudlr. ,y was usu
ally pleasant when a boarder happened
J J J’ J J
A TINY CLUSTER OF VIOLETS.
to he late at breakfast and, as became
one in her exalted position, she made an
offense of this kind on Meg’s part an af
fair of great importance.
Not that Meg in all the years she had
worked for Weaver & Cos. had been late
to breakfast more than three or four
times, but the landlady never quite forgot
that Meg had at one time been her will
ing slave and any dereliction on her part
which was savored of independence was
not a thing to lgroiiy pass over.
On the morning iJ question, the land
lady, much to Meg’s surprise, greeted her
in an affable manner and her grim mouth
quivered with something which might,
under favorable conditions, have been
mistaken for a smile, but which bad had
so little practice that it merely succeed
ed in being a grimace, as she told her to
take her seat at the table and then pro
ceeded to introduce her to anew hoarder
who had just paid a month's board in ad
vance.
Meg acknowledged the introduction, and
after the landlady hod gone out ventured
to look at her vis-a-vis, and discovered
that he was a tall young man with a
bronzed complexion and a pair of brown
eyes which met hers frankly, and seem
ed to look right down into her foolishly
beating heart, and after the tough steak
had been served and he had gallantly fill
et! a glass of water for her Meg made up
her mind that he as different from those
whom she constantly met beneath that
roof, and was undeniably “nice.”
The young man, whose name was At
wood — “Mr. Thomas Atwood,” as he was
called by the landlady—was disposed to
talk ns be went ou eating his breakfast,
and as Meg was the only one at the
breakfast table he naturally talked to her.
and she soon learned that he was head
brakeman on one of the trains which roll
ed out of the city on the iron rails be
longing to a great railway line, and that
his home was in an Eastern city. She
told him that she also belonged to the
toiling masses, and before breakfast was
finished they became very well acquaint
ed, and Meg. as she pinned her veil down
close over her plain little h*.t, thought
Mr. Atwood the very nicest gentleman
whom she had ever met.
And so Meg's love story began, and as
the time flew away it was apparent to
everybody that she was growing abso
lutely pretty—happiness having much
power in this direction —aud that the time
was approaching when the honest young
brakeman aud herself would cease to be
lovers and become husband and wife.
Indeed, they had talked it all over, and
Meg had told Tom that she had saved
SIOO from her meager salary, and Tom
had confessed that “before he had known
her he had spent all his earnings, but
since that time he had B>egun to put by
a little, aud now had S3OO, and that he
meant to work hard and get a promotion,
so that they could some time have a
ln me of their own," etc., just as humble,
happy lovers always have done and al-
A'IROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1898.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
On the 12th of February. 1809, In the wilderness, it Larue County, Kentucky, was
born one of the best and greatest men that ever lived—Abraham Lincoln. IDs father was
a poor farmer, anil in the rude life of the backsn’oods Ills entire schooling dll not exceed
a year, but while at school lie was noted as a good speller, but more particularly for
bis hatred of cruelty- bis earliest composition being a protest against putting coals of
fire on the backs of the captured terrapins, lie wore coarse, home-made clothes and
a coonskin cap. and Ids trousers, owing to his rn;l I growth (before Ids 171 li birthday he
was at his maximum of <; feet 4 inches), were almost always nearly a foot too short.
His last attendance at school was in 1826, when he was 17 years old, but after leaving
It he read everything readable within his reach, and copied passages and sentences that
especially attracted him. His first knowledge of the law, in which he afterwards be
came eminent, was through reading the statutes of Indiana, lent to Idm By a constable,
ami he obtained a tolerable knowledge of grammar, also from a borrowed hook, studied
by the light of burning shavings In a cooper’s shop, after his family had, in IS3O, emi
grated to Illinois. In IR.'(4 he was elected to the Illinois Legislature—was three times
re-elected—was admitted to practice law In laid, ami then removed to Springfield, the
State capital, in 1846 he Was elected to Uohgress, where lie voted against the extension
of slavery, and In 1! >4 Him l recognized leader In the newlv-formed Republican party.
In 1813) he was nominated ‘or the Presidency, received n majority of votes over any of
the other candidates and was Installed In the President** chair March 4. 1801. Ilis elec
tion was followed by Ihe secession of eleven Southern States and a war for the restora
tion of the Union. Asa military measure he proclaimed Jan, 1, 1863, the freedom of all
slaves In the seceding States; and was re-elected to the Presidency in ISO,. The war
brought to a close qiril 2, 1805, and on the 15th of the same month A brail . 11l Lincoln's
life was ended by the hand of an assassin. Thus, when lie
llnd mounted Fame's ladder so high
From the round nt the top ho could step to the sky.
the great President passed to Ills rest. Twice elected to"ills high office, he tuts torn from
It In the moment of triumph, to he placed side by side with Washington, the one the
father, the other the savior of the Union; one the founder of a republic, the other the
liberator of a race.
ways will do, and then they decided that
they would put the SIOO and the SSOO to
gether, and, as that was the Ist of Feb
runry, they would get married Feb. 14 -
a “valentine wedding,” as Tom said, and
then, when siie said “she never had had
a valentine,” he laughed out of a heart
just -bubbling over with sweetness, and
love, and merriment, and told her “lie
would he her valentine and she would be
his,” and then he kissed her, and Meg
was iu such u state of delight that she
forgot she ever had been lonely, and she
wouldn’t have changed places with a
queen, even if the latter had insisted up
on ! c.
As the time drew near for the wedding
Meg had a pretty new dress made and,
somewhat softened by the love affair
which had gone forward directly under
her supervision, the landlady had made
preparations for a wedding supper which
was to outdo any previous effort of the
kind in the neighborhood. Indeed, she
had resolved that for once she would he
extravagant, and she got out several an
cient receipts, which were headed "Bride's
Cake," and set to work beating eggs and
weighing sugar In n way which made the
kitchen scullion to declare, in a confiden
tial manner, to the garbage man, that
"Missus ’pcared to tie a little teched in
her upper story,” and gave as her reason
for her conclusion that “She was a-mak
in’ cake to heat, sixty.”
A few days before the lime set for tin
wedding the weather, which had been in
that condition known as “muggy,” turned
cold, and when Torn came around to bid
Meg good-by before going out on his run
for the Inst time before he claimed her
as his bride, he had a powder of snow on
his collar and that strange, indescribable
smell of eold on his clothing which made
Meg snuggle up to him and say she “was
sorry he had to go out in the cold,” and
then, as she kissed him in that motherly
way that comes natural to women when
they love, she asked him to “he very care
ful and watch his footing as he ran across
the tops of the cars, which were sure to
he slippery because of the snow,” and, at
Inst, she let him go.
St. Valentine’s morn dawned clear and
bright, i.lthough snow lay like bleached
linen wherever a heavy team or an early
pedestrian had not marred its purity, and
Meg arose light of heart and light of foot
to make the filial preparations for her
union with Hie man she loved. She had
told the foreman on the previous evening
that she would not return to the factory,
and that hireling of men, who considered
humanity of her kind as merely adjuncts
to money getting, had deigned to say in
an interlocutory fashion: “Going to git
married, hey?" Meg did not answer, blit
she felt such delight at leaving the huge
building, where she had been merely as
a piece of the machinery, that it seemed
to her she had never known freedom and
vaguely wondered if it really were she—
Meg—who walked on air and was so hap
py that now and then she caught at her
heart lest it should beat aloud.
No. 207, which was Tom’s train, would
he in at 3:20 o'clock, and at <!, in the
presence of only one or two of the board
ers and the landlady, the ceremony was to
Be performed. Meg watched the clock,
out when the hands pointed to 4:30 she
concluded that the train was an hour late
and she would don the pretty gown so as
to l.e all ready when Tom came. She smil
ed at her image in the glass as for the
twentieth time she shook out the rustling
skirt and then ran hastily down to again
look at the clock, ft was 5 o'clock now,
and still Tom had not come, and all at
once something like a cold hand grasped
Meg's heart and she trembled as one with
a.
AND, AT LAST, SHK I.ET HIM 1.0.
a chill. Then the door bell rang and, with
the glad cry of “There he is!" upon her
lips, she sprang to meet—not Tom, but
a stranger, and he looked odd and uneasy
at poor Meg, and somehow she knew
when he handed her an envelope contain
ing a letter—her first letter—that some
thing had befallen her lover, and she felt
her way back to the little parlor aud with
shaking hands tore the letter open and
slowly spelled ont its contents. It was
not long, but was written by Dr. . of
the company's hospital, and |t stated that
Thomas Atwood, a brakeman, bad fallen
between the cars while on his regular run
and had been so badly injured that he
had died shortly after being brought to
the hospital. Before his death he had
asked for pencil and paper and had writ
ten the inclosed, and requested that it be
sent to its present address."
Meg dropped the letter, and with the
calmness of one who lias fa.-t hold of de
spair she read Tom's last niv sage which,
with many breaks and Ji!l t\t illegible
tracery, ran as follows: “Deer girl: I—
have made my last—run and—have got to
say good-by—keep a tite hold on the
brakes, and with—love forever and ever,
Ia valentine.”
That was all; only the story of two
humble lovers, and to-day Meg is again
in the factory. But, ns I said, hack of
her soft gray eyes is a something which
is too sad for speech, too deep for tears,
and it will go with her all her days, and
—who knows?—will fade only when she
is no more lonely, no more heart-hungry.
Death is not the end; it is the beginning.
—Utica Globe.
WHERE ABE PRACTICED LAW.
Old Courthouse at Lincoln, 111., Has
Connection with the Martyr.
The city of Lincoln, 111., still contains
one building in which Abraham Liucoln
practiced law over forty years ago. If
is known as the “Postvibe” court house,
although that village was long ago ab
sorbed tiy the present city.
The first county seat of Logan County
was Postville, and the old court house,
which still stands in the western part of
Lincoln, was occupied as such from 1831)
to 1848. In the latter year the courts
were removed twelve miles south to
Mount Pulaski, which village was the
county seat until 18.55. At almost every
term of court from the time of the organ-
OLD POSTVILLE COURTHOUSE.
ization of the county ns a separate local
district and until his nomination for the
presidency, Mr. Lincoln was one of the
lawyers in attendance, and that he was a
favorite with the people of the county is
evidenced by the fact that the city bears
liis name. His stories are yet repeated
by surviving pioneers who were county
officials nt that time, and his legal ser
viees in many of the trials of those times
are still remembered.
When the Chicago and Alton Railroad
was built through the county it did not
pass through the new county seat, Mount
Pulaski, nor the old one of Postville, Hut
it did pass within a mile of the latter
town. At this point anew town was
founded and named in honor of Mr. Lin
coln, who was was a friend of the men
who were its founders.
At tlie sale of lots in the new town on
Aug. 21*, 1853, Mr. Lincoln was present
and expressed his regrets at having no
money with which to buy some of the
town lots. However, two lots opposite
the block set aside as the court house
square were given to him l>y Messrs. Gil
let, Hickox and Latham as an attorney
fe' for services in the work of securing
th*? charter aud deeds for the new city.
These lots Mr. Lincoln owned until his
death and were not sold by li is heirs un
til about seven years ago.
LINCOLN AS A LABORER.
He Did Farm Work in Indiana for 25
Cents a Day.
By tills time Abraham had become an
important member of the family. He was
remarkably strong for his years, and the
work he could do in a day was a decided
advantage to Thomas Lincoln, says Mc-
Clure's Magazine. The ax which had
boon put into his band to help in making
the first clearing had never been allowed
to drop: indeed, as lie says himself, “from
that til! within his 23d year he was al
most constantly handling that most use
ful instrument.” Besides, he drove the
team, cut down the elm and linden brush
with which the stock was often fed, learn
ed to handle the old shovel plow, to wield
the sickle, to thrash the wheat with a
flail, to fan and clean it with a sheet, to
go to mill and turn the l'.ard-earned grist
iDto flour; in short, lie learned ail the
trades the settler's boy must know, and
well enough so that when his father did
not need him he could hire him to the
neighbors. Thomas Lincoln also taught
him the rudiments of carjentry aad cabi
nctmaking, aud kept him busy some of
the time as his assistant in bis trade.
There are houses still standing in and
near Gentryville on which it is said he
worked. The families of Lamar, Jones,
Crawford, Gentry, Tnrnhnm and Rich
ardson all claim the honor of having em
ployed him upon their cabins. As he
grew older he lieonme one of the strong
est aud most popular “hands” iu the vi
cinity, and much of his tune was spent as
a “hired boy” on some neighbor's farm.
For 25 cents n day—paid to his father
lie was hostler, plowman, wood chopper
mil carpenter, besides helping the women
with the “chores.” For them, so say
the legends, he was reedy to carry water,
make the tire, ~M‘ii cr '-d 8k" baby. No
wonder that a rnoorei ,-ho nF.-' refused
to do anything asked of him, 8o could
"strike with a mallet heavier !>L ivs” and
“sink an ax deeper into the wt id” than
anybody else in the community, and who
nt tlie same time was general help for the
women, never lacked a job iu Geutryville.
‘•HEART” PARTIES.
iinse \re a Favorite Form of Amuse*
ment for St. Valentine’s Day.
/ ANY for m s of
'VA AlnV”"™ 1 may
'({(A c I arranged for St. Vnl-
VV", (VxiY f 1 7 J eutine’s day, but the
f principles, with tri
■ I fling changes, must
l—\- L remain the same in
all. “Heart" parties
Uwf'* s ' Hfj •“ 1 a re popular. The
j !vst-rinvitations should he
YYcc -/ • written on dainty
V* sheets of heavy note
/ paper, with, in the
upper left-hand cor
ner of each, a tiny Cupid done in pen and
ink or pretty water colors. The invita
tions should read like this: i
"Ye kind Saint Valentine cordially in
vites you to a heart party on the evening
of his festival day, from 8 till midnight,
at t>s Blank street.”
The game of “progressive hearts” oc
cupies the first hour and a half, that is,
from 8 until 0:30, when refreshments
should be served, after which dancing
may continue until time to break up. There
should tie an equal number of ladies ami
gentlemen invited.
Out of cardboard cut hearts and arrows
to the number of the guests. On each
heart is written some appropriate motto
or quotation, and on each arrow one that
shall match it perfectly, so that when the
two arc read together they shall form
either a quo. .ion and a-, answer, a dou
ble exclamation or a .omplete sentence.
On the arrival of guests n heart is given
to each gentleman, an arrow to each lady;
then follows the fun of finding partners.
There should be prizes in the form of
hearts, the Indies’ being a silver locket or
heart-shaped purse or n pretty heart belt
buckle, the gentlemen’s a tiny scarf pin
of gold wire shaped like a heart. For
ihe booby prize the lady has a Cupid with
broken wings sketched on a card, and the
man a case of court plaster, on which is
inscribed "I heal ail wounds but those of
love,”
All ihe table decorations should so tar
as possible be heart, shaped. Bake hr
cakes in that form, cut the wafers with
the old-fashioned heart fitter, and fo;‘
Confections have sugar hearts and bon
bons with appropriate mottoes. Serve
everything which cannot be molded, such
ns salads, in heart-shaped dishes, ntid pack
the ices and jellies in heart-shaped molds.
Of course, there nre many variations oil
this plan to he devised by clever brains,
and the more varied the more keen the
enjoyment.
MAKING LINCOLN PRESENTABLE
Mrs. Lincoln “Fixed Up” tlie Presi
dent-elect to M'-d n Delegation.
In narrating “When Lincoln Was First
Inaugurated,” in the Ladies’ Home Jour
nal, Stephen Fiske writes interestingly of
the memorable j< irney from Springfield,
111., to the national capital, and tells of
Mrs. Lincoln’s efforts to have her hus
band look presentable when receiving a
delegation that was to greet them upon
reaching New York City.
"The train stopped,” writes Mr. Fiske,
“and through the windows immense
crowds could be seen; the cheering drown
ed the blowing off steam of the locomo
tive. Then Mr*. Lincoln opened her hand
bag and said:
“ ‘Abraham, I must fix you up ft bit for
these city folks.’
“Mr. Lincoln gently lifted her upon the
seat before him; she parted, combed and
brushed his hair and arranged his black
necktie.
“ ‘Do I look nice now, mother?’ he af
fectionately asked.
“ ‘Well, you’ll do, Abraham,’ replied
Mrs. Lincoln critically. So he kissed her
and lifted her down from the seat, and
turned to meet Mayor Wood, courtly and
suave, and to have his hand shaken B>y
the other New York officials.”
Love Lottery Day.
One of the most charming and at the
same time plausible versions of the rela
tion of the modern valentine idea to that
devoted Christian martyr, St. Valentine,
is the following:
The early Christian fathers, in their at
tempts to conciliate their pagan compat
riots. with most commendable tact and
insight utilized many of the popular forms
of mythological celebrations to commemo
rate Christian events.
One of the festivals, dear to the heart
of every Roman, was the feast of Luper
calia, when they did honor to their gods
Pan and Juno, not only with the ban
quet, dance and drama, but with a pecu
liar ceremony which provided a billet
box into which were dropped slips of pa
per inscribed with the ladies’ names. The
bachelors drew out these olips and the la
dies whose names were on their papers
were henceforth installed as their mis
tresses for twelve months to command
them ... best suited their sweet wills. This
festival usually occurred in February,
and was therefore made use of by the
Christians to commemorate the birth
day of the martyr. St. Valentine. In time
it came to be called Valentine’s Day and
retained the love-lottery as its especial
feature.
Honest Abe amt the Bull.
Crossing a field >n* Jay, the late Presi
dent Lincoln, it is said, was pursued by
an angry bull. He made for the fence,
but soon discovered that the bull was
overtaking him. He then began to run
round a haystack in the field, and the bull
pursued him; but, in making the short
circles round the stack, Lincoln was the
faster, and. instead of the bull catching
him, he caught the bull and grabbed him
By the tail. It was a firm grip and a
controlling one. He began to kick the
bull, and the bull bellowed with agony and
dashed across the field, Lincoln hanging
to his tail and kicking him at every jump,
and, ns they flew along, Lincoln shouted
at the bull, “Hang you, who began this
tight?”
A Valentine Luncheon.
On St. Valentine's Day a luncheon car
rying out heart-shaped decorations would
be a unique affair. The center of the ta
ble should be adorned by heart-shaped
floral pieces composed of carnations. Crys
tal candelabra with red candles, each
alternately screened with red hearts and
bows and arrows should be placed in
the middle of mirrors at either end, and
three heart-shaped crystal dishes should
surround each candelabra and contain
heart-shaped bonbons and cakes. Several
gold ciipids should be suspended over the
table and a broad red satin ribbon should
be inscribed with the words: "St. Valen
tine, 1808.”
Grace** Valentine.
Such n dainty valentine!
Cupids, mottoes, lace,
Koees. satin frills—ln fine.
Just the thing for Grace!
Push the satin frills apart,
Lo! beneath the lace
Lies a flltusy, tinsel heart—
Jugt the thing for Grace!
Thomas Arnold, father of Mrs. Hum
phry Ward, the novelist and social re
former, has lived for many years In
Dublin, where he Is professor of the
Catholic university and a fellow of the
Royal university.
KILLED IN THE HOUSE
TELLER RESOLUTION MEETS
WITH DEFEAT.
After a Lively Debate, Kvcry Repub
lican, with One Votes
Against Measure-Result Is 182 to
132.
Vote Against Silver.
The National House of Representatives
Monday buried the Teller resolution, de
claring the bonds of the United States
payable in silver, under an adverse ma
jority of fifty votes. The Republicans
were solidly arrayed in opposition, with
two exceptions, Mr. Liuney (N. C.), who
Voted with the Democrats and ropulists.
and Mf. White (N. C.), the only colored
member of the House, who answered
"present” when his name was called. The
desertions from the Democratic side were
Mr. McAleer (Pa.) and Mr. Elliott (8. C.).
Both voted with the Republicans against
the proposition. Speaker Reed, although
it is not customary for him to vote, had
his name called, and went on record in
opposition to the resolution. The vote
was reached after five hours of debate,
under a special order adopted nt the open
ing of the session. The limited time al
lowed for debate aud the pressure of
members for an opportunity to be heard
was so great that the leaders on both
sides were compelled to farm out the time
by minutes. This detracted much from
the continuity of the discussion, but it
also in a measure intensified the interest
in the galleries, which were crowded all
day, and the combatants on the floor were
cheered by their respective sympathizers.
Many of the Senators from the other end
of the eapitol were also present to listen
to the arguments. The majority, under
the leadership of Mr. Dingley, who made
a carefully prepared speech sounding the
keynote of the opposition, assumed the
position that the last clause of the reso
lution was in reality a. disguised declara
tion for the free coinage of silver, while
the assaulting Democrat l , under the di
rection of Mr. Bailey, maintained that
the defeat of the resolution was another
step iu the direction of the establishment
of the gold standard, to which they al
lege both the President and Secretary
Gage had irrevocably com , itted the Re
publican party. The debate was at times
fast and heated.
After the close of Mr. Dingley's speech
Mr. Bailey was recognized for nn hour.
He first yielded twenty minutes to Mr.
Wheeler (Dem., Ala.), a member of the
Ways and Means Committee, who sub
mitted an argument in support of the res
olution. Before closing Mr. Wheeler
yielded a minute each to half a dozen
members on the Democratic side.
Mr. Bland, to whom Mr. Bailey yielded
ten minutes, said the course of the Pres
ident aud Secretary Gage in pressing the
gold standard upon the country had driv
en the bimetallists to Congress to intro
duce and insist upon the passage of this
resolution. Yet, said he, Mr. Dingley
charged the minority with playing poli
tics. Every Republican who voted against
the resolution violated the St. Louis plat
form and voted against the coinage of
silver in any form, free or unlimited. No
oiie disputed the law, he said. No one
tonied it. Filter was a full legal tender.
But every Republican vote against the
resolution would declare that silver was
not fit to pay the public debt with.
Mr. Hopkins (Rep., III.) said this reso
lution had clearly shown that the Senate
was not a Republican body, but was con
trolled by the free silver element.
Mr. Clayton (Dorn., Ala.) asserted that
the defeat of this resolution was dictated
by the masters of the Republican party,
who gathered at a New York banquet
table the other night at SIOO a plate,
which meant, at Alabama standards, that
every man ate a bale of cotton and a
couple of mules.
From Different Foints of View.
Mr. Grosvenor (Rep., O.), in opposition
to the resolution, said that throughout
all the changes and mutations of the
money question in this country the Repub
lican party had maintained its unvarying
devotion to what was denominated “hon
est money."
Mr. Dolliver (Rep., Iowa) made a ten
minute speech. Mr. Maguire (Dent., Cal.)
said he agreed with Mr. Dingley. Mr.
Cannon (Rep., 111.), whose record had
been attacked during the debate, said, in
speaking of bis former votes for free coin
age and foi the Matthews resolution, that
the difference between silver and gold
then was but a few cents; it was now 50
cents. Mr. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa) in op
posing the resolution, which he said was
equivalent to a free coinage declaration,
referred to ex-Gov. Bnie*' refusal to long
er follow the standard of free silver.
Mr. Bailey closed for the Democrats in
a speech which stirred hi* followers to a
high pitch of enthusin'" Mr. Bailey,
owing to the great piessm 'or time, had
only four minutes in which to elyse the
debate for his side. The resolution un
der consideration, he said, contained two
propositions, one moral and the other le
gal. One asserts as a matter of law that
the bonds of the United States are re
deemable nt the option of the Government
in silver, and the other ns a matter of
morals that to restore to its coinage such
silver coins as a legal tender in payment
of the bonds, principal and interest, is not
in violation of the public faith nor in de
rogation of the rights of the public cred
itors. lie would not dwell, he said, on the
legal aspect of the question. There was
not a lawyer iu the United States, nor in
any other countiy, who would venture on
his professional reputation to deny that
the bonds could be paid in silver. That
went without saying. The Republicans
in this matter must justify themselves, if
at all, upon the proposition that in their
consciences they believed that gold was
the money of the contracts.
Mr. Henderson (ltep., Iowa), the one
legged veteran, and Mr. Dalzell (Rep.,
Pa.) closed the debate with five-minute
speeches in opposition to the resolution.
Mr. Henderson recalled the President's
declaration in his New York speech. "His
declaration,” said Henderson, “means
that the best money in the world shnll be
paid to the bondholder, the plowholder,
the hodholder. the penholder, the pension
holder and ali who toil and all who
sweat.”
Result of the Vote.
At 5 o'clock came the vote, which was
fallowed with great interest, notwith
standing the defeat of the resolution was
a foregone conclusion. The Speaker an
nounced that the vote would tie directly
on the resolution, not on the adverse re
port. It was soon evident that party
ranks were being held intact. After the
roll call was completed the Speaker asked
that his name be called, and on the call
responded with a vigorous “No.” He
then announced the result —yeas, 132;
nays, 182.
The prospective president of Brazil will
visit the United States some time between
March 1 and November next. The elec
tion occurs in March, and the prevailing
impression is that Senor Campos Salles,
the candidate of the Republican party,
and an eminent member of that element,
will lie elected. He has signified the pur
pose in <ase of bis election of visiting Ar
gentina. and other southern republics, ami
of then coming to the United States for
an extended trip. He has traveled widely
in Enrope and this will be his first visit
to the United States.
Sheriff Creamer of Kings County, N.
Y., levied on the property of the Brooklyn
Elevated Railroad Company on an execu
tion of judgment in the sum of $1,312.21)7.
in a suit to foreclose mortgage lionds held
by Frederick I’. Oloott, president of the
Central Trust Company, and others in re
organization proceedings.
The British cruiser Pheasant, which
touched at Sau Diego, Gal, is south
bound, and her destination is said to be
Chili. She is to join the big cruiser Atn
pbion aud the I.eauder and the torpedo
destroyer. Sparrow Hawk, are also un
derstood to be ou their way *outh.
ESTABLISHED 1855.
HEAVY TRADE BALANCE.
Immense Increase in Foreign Com
merce ot' United Stat s.
Revised returns of the statistical bureau
of the Treasury Department, just issued,
show the value of exports from the Unit
ed States for the calendar year 1897 tc
have been $1,099,743,554. against $1,005,-
837,241 for 1890, and imports to have
been $742,031,330 during 1897, against
$081,579,350 in IS!Mi. The total of our
foreign commerce for the calendar year
1897 is $1,842,374,904, a larger volume of
business than in any previous calendar or
fiscal year in our history. The trade bal
ance in our favor for the calendar year
1897 was $37>7.711,202, against $324,257,-
085 for 1890, For the two years last past
the outside world paid the United States
a balauee of $081.3(19.889. This balance
was largely paid in gold and in American
bonds aud stocks, though American tour
ists reduced the total bv $50,000,000 to
$75,000,000 left yearly In Europe.
Exports of corn for 1897 were the larg
est on record. aggregating 189.127.570
bushels, flgaie.si 131,9>0,5<i0 die year pre
ceding, <■!*,<K.Ml,OOtt bushels in 1890, 4.,-
000,0,M) in IS*.:*, and 35.000,000 in 1893.
The United Kingdom was our largest cus
tomer. taking 81,049,000 bushels, Ger
niany 33,440,000 bushels and France 9,-
078.0<M>. All Euro|ie took 171.002.0tMi
bushels and British Uolumbia 12,000,000
bushels. Exports of wheat find Hour were
171,092.943 bushels in 1897. against 155,-
107,091 in 1890. Flour exports fell off
nearly 2,500,<M>0 barrels, and raw wheat
increased 20.ooo,()<.0 1, ,slie!. English mill
ers are recovering the ground lost during
the great depr >ssion a few years ago.
The totals of lake commerce are as fol
lows: Exports for 1897, $70,208,508,
against $03,081,720 the year preceding:
imports, $40,733,790. against $40,905,529.
Statistics of immigration for the first
half of the fiscal year 1897-98 (July 1 to
Dec. 31) show a falling off of 8.422 from
the low water mark of the corresponding
period of 18IM1-97, the total arrivals hav
ing been 99,175. This is the low record
since the Government supervision of im
migration began in 1883. The previous
low mark was for the fiscal year 1890-97
—230,832 which was a decrease of 11”
000 from 1895-90. Italy continues to send
in the greatest numlier of people, Russia
next and Ireland third.
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The third week of (he great cotton mill
strike in New England has closed, and it.
brings no change in the unfortunate situ
ation. The storm center is still at New
Bedford, with smaller strikes scattered
throughout the other cities, and opera
tives in still others waiting to see the out
come of the New Bedford workers’ fight
before they take a hand at it themselves.
Operators and mill owners are ns deter
mined ns ever and declare that they will
not yield. The manufacturers reiterate
their declarations: That the market for
cotton manufactures has not recovered
from the business depression; that the
opening of cotton mills in the South
has seriously affected the market;
♦bnt their properties no longer earn divi
dends commensurate with tlioir invest
ments; that their operatives are as well
paid as any, am! better paid than most of
them; that a system of fines for inferior
work is necessary to protect them against
careless workmen: that the operatives
could live comfortably under the new
schedule if they were good managers.
The answer the operatives make is this:
That the mill owners, having regularly
declared dividends o‘ from 5 13 lti per
cent, do not need to reduce expenses; that
mule spinners rlmo of all the operatives
could avoid starvation under a schedule
10 per cent below present wages; that
they have been unable to pay living ex
penses at tiie old wages; that their homes,
rented from the companies, are desolate
and unsanitary; that the employers now
require them to weave large cuts of goods
at the same price they formerly received
for smaller ones; that the mill owners,
by arbitrary fines, are able to regulate
wages to suit themselves.
The operatives are full ef courage to
resist the reduction. Forty-nine German
families have left town for Texas, where
they have secured employment in the cot
ton mills, and many more Canadians are
to return to their homes across the bor
der, to remain until the close of the strug
gle. The manufacturers have made no
signs toward starting up their mills, and
no more is expected on their part for some
time to come.
FIERCE HEAT IN AUSTRALIA.
Great Damage Done by Fire* Caused
l>y Spontaneous Combustion.
The steamer Warimoo, from Austra
lia, brings news of appalling climatic con
ditions which have been prevailing in
many sections of that country. The pros
trations from heat were so numerous that
the condition of affairs in large cities was
alarming. In n great many instances
work >s out of the questiofi and sleep im
possible. Telegrams show that the same
conditions prevail all over the colonies.
The thermometer during the heat of the
day averages about 124 in the shade, and
in a long list of towns the lowest figure
found was 119. In the sun it is 100. so
it is impossible to work at midday. The
heat has caused numerous fires from
spontaneous combustion, and tin* houses
are so baked during the day thrt in the
worst sections the residents sleep in gar
dens and on roofs. The damage from
fire is very great. It would appear from
the press reports that the total damage
will amount to millions of pounds. In
Victoria colony 100,900 acres have been
swept clear and an enormous acreage of
crops destroyed. In other colonies houses
aud barns were burned.
A SECRET PACT EXISTS.
Rubhui’s Occupation of Port Arthur Is
explained.
It is supposed that Great Britain's with
drawal from Port Arthur and her ceasing
to exert pressure for the opening of the
port of Ta-I.ien-Wan, whieh actions are
regarded as incredible and suicidal to
Britisli interests and prestige, were owing
to her disbelief in the existence of a secret
treaty between Russia and China.
The Chinese Government, however,
quotcc this treaty as the reason for Rus
sia’s presence at Port Arthur, and Rus
sian dispatches to the tsung-li-yamen al
lege that the occupation of Port Arthur
is in accordance with the treaty.
Notes of Current Events.
Spaniard* in Cuba claim the insurgent
leader Rabi has surrendered.
Ex-President Cleveland now says that
he has always been opposed to annexation
of Hawaii.
Fire destroyed four stores and half a
dozen offices and smaller buildings at
Somerset, K.v. Loss, $100,900; insurance,
$03,000.
A receiver has been appointed for the
W. F. Swards Lumlier Company of
Bridgeport. Conn. The liabilities are said
to be $150,000 and the assets $190,000.
It is reported in London that Lord IM
amere’s expedition has reached Fashoda.
on the river Nile, about 400 miles south
of Khartoum, and at which place the
French expedition under Captain Mar
chand. repeatedly reported massacred,
was said to hare arrived some time ago.
The Odd Fellows’ Mutual Aid Associa
tion voted to go out of business. Its as
sets amount to $3.30, and its liabilities to
SIOO,OOO. consisting of unpaid death
claims. The asaoeiation was formed twen
ty-eight years ago by men prominently
connected with the Odd Fellows, but it
never had any official connection with the
order.
Official City Paper.
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MtOMEThT EXECUTED
In a Mast Satisfactory Manner.
An urgent appeal has been made to
Congress to pass a bill int. oduced by Rep
resentative Hubbard of Missouri provid
ing the death penalty or imprisonment in
the penitentiary at hard labor for a term
of not less than ten years for wrecking
ami robbing or attempting to wreck and
rob railway trains. It has been shown
that during the last eight years there have
been 2(18 train robberies in the United
States, in which seventy-eight persons
were killed and sixty-seven injured. In
1890 there were twelve hold-ups, in 1891
sixteen, in 1892 sixteen, in 1893 thirty
three, in 1894 thirty-four, in 1895, forty
nine, in 1890 twenty-eight, in 1897 thirty.
During the iast year there was only one
hold-up in the republic ot Mexico, aud
that was unsuccessful, which is accounted
for by the determined policy of President
Diaz, who sent a message to Congress say
ing that pirates on land should receive
the same punishment as pirates at sea, and
announcing that he had given instructions
to have all train wreckers shot on sight
without taking the trouble to bring then*,
into court. That summary action put ou
end to train robbing in Mexico.
* * *
The Department of State has receive* 1
some gratifying information in regard u>
the Cuban relief movement. The millers
of the Mississippi valley have obtained
free t" asportation by rail to the gulf ami
by steamer to Havana for the flour which
they propose to contribute for the relief
of •‘■oncentrados. Assistant Secretary Day
is informed that there is concerted action
among the millers from St. Louis to Min
neapolis, and that they propose to make
large contributions. The movement
among the millers has a business as well
as a human motive. Under the former
reciprocity treaty between this country
and Cuba (lie milling industry of the
Mississippi valley enjoyed perhaps more
benefits than any other one industry. Now
that there Is a fair prospect of the resump
tion of ‘hat former favorable relation
ship the millers feel stimulated to make a
good showing for relief.
• * *
Gen. Roy Stone, special agent of the
Department of Agriculture in charge of
the “good roads” movement, says that
the amendment proposed by Representa
tive Stone of Pennsylvania to the postal
savings bank bill will be (lie chief topic
for discussion at the next meeting of tiie
national league for good roads, and that
the League of American Wheelmen also
proposes to make an energetic crusade in
favor ot its adoption. This amendment
proposes that the deposits in postal sav
ings banks shall be invested in county
bonds issued for meeting the expenses of
highway improvements and guaranteed
by the Government. ,
* * *
The representatives of the Cuban junta
and their sympathizers in Congress will
make an effort to have the amendment
recognizing the belligerency of Cuba,
which the House rejected, added to the
diplomatic appropriation bill in the Sen
ate, and they may succeed in doing so.
If: such a clause is added in the Senate it.
would bo impossible to prevent a direct
veto on the Cuban question in the House,
for, under the rules, n single metnlier has
a right to demand a roll call upon every
item in a conference report.
* * *
The patrons of any poslofliee may en
joy the advantages offered by the money
order system, and that it will lie intro
duced at any place iqion the petition of
the citizens. There seems to Is* an er
roneous notion prevailing Unit the dispo
sition of the post3-r toward the sys
tem is considered by the X’ostofllce De
partment. This is not the case. A patron
of anj* office without the money order
system can have it introduced by writing
the Postmaster General.
* * *
There is a striking contrast between the
reception of President Dole by President
McKinley and that of the Infanta Eula
lia. the Inst guest of the nation, a few
years ago. President Dole is met with
the warmest cordiality and will be paid
every attention. The Spanish infanta
struck a cold wave when she came in the
vicinity of the White House, and the only
attention she received was such as coulll
not be a voided.
* • •
The consulates are all gone. The only
ones left are agencies that pay from S2BO
to SSOO and nobody can be induced to
take them except business men residing at
the places who have other sources of In
come nnd are willing to undertake the
duties and responsibilities of the consulate
for the social distinction aud business
advantages that go with the title.
• • *
Ex-President Harrison, with his wife
and baby, has been receiving a great
deal of attention from his old friends
in Washington during their visit. They
were invited every evening during their
stay, and were compelled to decline much
hospitality.
* * *
There is an epidemic of suicides in
Washington. There have been nine eas-s
of attempted suicide, of which five have
been successful, in the same section of tho
city, during January.
• * •
The President is finding great difficulty
in filling t< •• prominent offices in the
South, as .n very State there are bitter
factional fights.
* * *
President McKinley lias sent 2,340
nominations to the Senate and not one
one of them has been rejected or with
drawn for fear of rejection.
Telegraphic Brevities.
The suburban residence of A. J. Drexel,
Jr., near Philadelphia, was burned. The
loss will reach SOO,OOO and is covered by
insurance.
Mrs. Augusta Nack, the confessed mur
derer of William Guldensuppo iri New
York, is now in the woman’s prison in
Auburn, N. Y.
The Missouri militia will collect money
to aid the sufferers in Cuba. The a ljti
tant general has appointed a committee
for the purpose.
The British steamer Darlington, Cap
tain Dunbar, laden with cotton, from Gal
veston Jan. 20 for Hamburg, went ashore
ot Marquesas keys, Fla.
Consul Jenkins writes that United
States citizens traveling in Salvador must
have, besides u passport properly indors
ed. a receipt for the road tax.
A bold attempt was made to hold up the
Citizens’ Bank of Portland, Ore., but ow
ing to the courage and thoughtfulness of
Cashier A. W. Lnmliert the robber was
put to flight without securing a cent.
A Mafia murder has teen revealed at
New Orleans by the finding of a trunk in
the open street in the rear of the city
which contained the body of an Italian
with the head almost cut irom the body.
At Napa, Cal., in th* presence of the
sheriff and district attorney of Napa
County ami of six other witnesses George
Willard Clark has confessed that he was
the murderer of his brother, W. A. Clark,
at St. Helena.
A house Isiat occupied by George At
kins and his two young daughters, just
-.hove Louisville, Ivy., was swamped dur
ing the night, aud the occupants took
refuge in a large skiff. The boat capsized
aud all were lost.
Rev. H. P. Howell of the Welsh Pres
byterian Church in Columbus, 0., was
stricken with paralysis as he rose to an
nounce the dosing hymn at the midweek
service. He is the editor of The Friend,
a magazine published gt Utica, N. Y,