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"THESE IDLE DAYS.” 'M. lure read from the great book of na- | ture. How the seasons unceasingly roll; And where myriads of stars are unfolded By night, on the heaven's wide scroll, f have learned that their law is to labor. Inaction would wreck the great plan That holds worlds upon worlds in then orbits. And governs the frail life of man. shere is never a night in the summer, So still but the dew dripping air Is keen with the singing of insects At work in some cool grassy lair; And the day, rising blight-eyed and rosy. From the depths of the green eastern sea, / "When it trails down the western horizon. Will be morning on some distant lea. When winter lies chilling around us. Each snowbound, and skies sullen gray, la. the heart of the trees, gauut and leaf less, There's a song of the sunshine of May; And the flowers that drooped in the au tumn, Are waiting to grow up anew, When the springtime shall smile a bright welcome To brooklets and grasses and dew. $ these days that seem clouded by wait ing With listless and sad folded hands, While all of life's brightest endeavor Has fled with time’s vanishing sauds, May be only some wise preparation For a part in the infinite plan That has governed the worlds since crea tion, And considers the brief life of man. —Boston Globe. The Trick Was Exposed. BWAS a young man possessed of sufficient means to enable me to live at my ease, when suddenly flhere came a blow which scattered my prosperity to the winds and forced me tto labor in the general struggle of gain ing a living. / Securing a clerkship In the house of a.creditor late firm, my first care was to look up a less expensive board ing bouse. I Inserted an advertisement fnt several city papers, asking for rea sonable board in a strictly private fam n-r, and received a multitude of an swers by next post. Out of this motley Installment of epistles, there was but one which pleased me, and I decided ft* answer that one in person Immedi ately. Grace Kingsley was the name of the favored landlady writing to me, and the letter stated that her house was entirely private, she having no board whatever. I was much pleased with the fair, delicate handwriting, and aa idea took possession of me that ♦lran* was a young and fascinating widow. I was not disappointed when I reached the house, and my ring at flic doorbell was answered by the lady I*rself. She invited me into the par lor in a manner that was so courteous auxl yet so modest, that I had fallen in love with her before I even crossed the threshold. Before leaving ray former boarding bouse, a letter was handed me by the postman, but I dip not find time to examine it until I was comfortably en sconced in the parlor of Mrs. Kings- Sey’R c>sy establishment. Opening it. I discovered it to be from x wealthy uncle, residing in Vermont, who regularly sent me a letter every year, but whom I had never seen. About a year previous my uncle made some pressing inquiries respect ing my matrimonial prospects, and srtatod that if I wasn’t already married I should immediately enter into the wedded state and let him know of it or “he would never more be uncle of mine.” Now. as my uncle lived in Vermont jukl I in Philadelphia, and I never anticipated the old gentleman would over pay me a visit and discover the falsehood. I wrote to him and inform ed him that I was not only married, but also the father of a bouncing boy. Tbis intelligence, so pleased him that fee sent me a gold goblet and a silver pap-spoon, to be presented to my child. t at first sat down and wrote a very romantic letter to my uncle, thanking tiim for the present and then visited the nearest jewelry store and turned both the goblet and the spoon into cash, which I pocketed. 1 had received no further letters from my uncle until the one which I read In Mrs. Kingsley’s parlor. The post script to this one not only astonished, but absolutely frightened me. It read as follows: “P. S I have never visited Philadel phia. so I have decided to do so at once xml get a look at you and your wife and child. You may expect me about the 10th of the month.” “Good gracious; my uncle coming to visit rue." I exclaimed, “and it is past the 10th of the month now: I don't know at what moment he may pop in. What am 1 to do for a wife and child?” At that moment there came a terrible ring at the door bell, as if the man who pulled It Imagined he owned the bouse and could make as much noise a he pleased. A sickening sensation took possession of me. for 1 had a mis giving it was my uncle. Now. as good fortune would have it. Mrs Kingsley had gone out for a few minutes and had requested me to have an eye to her child while she was gone. As I glanced at the cradle, and thought of my uncle at the door, a bright Idea •entered my mind. I determined in case the visitor was my uncle to claim the youthful occupant 6f that cradle as any own. The visitor proved to be my uncle. 5 knew him by the picture of him I had •seen, and he likewise recognized me by my photograph. After a mutual rec ognition and handshaking. I ushered my honored relative into the parlor and presented to him my newly claimed offspring. So frr I had succeeded in deceiving my uncle, but the worst I feared was that when Mrs. Kingsley returned she might object to my claiming ownership in her child. Besides, to carry out my deception 1 must And a wife as well as an Infant, and Mrs. Kingsley was the only one I could conveniently claim. Tfce only difficulty was to get her con sent to the deception, and this might toe done If I could secure a private con versation with her before I introduced toer to my uncle. I watched" my opportunity, and gain ed an Interview with her' before she entered the room. I told her. in a few tortef. hurried words, the extent of my difficulty, and how I had taken the lib erty of acting as papa for her little one. 1 then told her I must find a wife some where, and begged her to allow me to Introduce her to my uncle In that ca pacity. She laughed heartily at the ggest;on. said she could comprehend my difficulty, apd consented to my pro posal. but warned me roguishly not to ooosuuie upon the occurrence. Vie entered the parlor, and 1 duced her as ray better half. My uncle was much pleased with her, and com plimented me upon my good choice in the selection of a wife. Mrs. Kingsley colored most charmingly at this com pliment, and I could see she could scarcely refrain from laughing. A short time afterward Mrs. Kings ley came to me, when I was alone, in an adjoining room, and I saw imme diately something very humorous must have happened, for the corners of her lips were breaking out into beaming smiles. ‘‘Do you know, sir, into what an awkward predicament you have gotten me?” she inquired. ‘‘What’s the matter?” I asked. “Why, your uncle came to me a short time ago and asked to see my marriage certificate, as be said he had some money to settle upon us immediately, hut wanted to he sure everything was right first.” “Did you expose me?” I inquired anx iously. “Xo, sir, I did not, for I never enter into a deception or anything else by halves.” “Then we must lose no time,” I re plied; “if my uncle is so anxious to have our marriage certificate, let us put no obstacles in his way.” We lost no time, I assure you. I don’t think Mrs. Kingsley ever got into her Sunday clothes in such a hurry in her life before, while I spoiled two pairs of suspenders in my frantic en deavors to he “on time.” We quite as tonished the parson by our haste, and at the conclusion of the ceremony I would have forgotten to give him the usual fee if he had not reminded me of it. We had secured the coveted marriage certificate, signed and sealed, and were now safely out of our difficulties, as we thought We had omitted one precau tion, as we found when we had pre sented the certificate to my uncle. The date was too modern. “Why, how is this?” said my uncle. “I thought you were married over a year ago?” “So we were, uncle,” I said, solemnly. “How comes it, then, the certificate is dated to-day?” he asked in a voice of thunder. We were both struck speechless. “Come,” said my uncle. “I see there has been some trickery here. Own up to it, or I will never forgive you.” I did own up to it. and told him the whole story. I expected it would make him angry, hut it didn’t, for he laughed heartily, and said I was a clever rascal and he was proud of me.—lndianapolis Sun. MELODY MADE HIM HOMESICK, Mas in Hia Native Land, but the Banjo Upset Him. A well-known Chicago German news paper-writer went to visit his birth place on the Rhine a few weeks ago, with the intention of staying at least six months. It was his first trip to Ger many since he left there more than twenty years ago, and before his depar ture he gave a supper to his English and German friends. In a farewell speech he told of his great love for the fatherland, but he added that he loved his adopted country with as much fer vor as any native born. His friends cheered the sentiment and tossed off their glasses to his health and a safe voyage. One of the party, a German, created no end of laughter by predicting that the traveler would not stay away from Chicago longer than a month. He him self had made a visit to the old home last summer, and after two weeks of handshaking he was anxious to return to America, which he did on the first steamer that sailed from Bremen. “I wager a supper for all who are here,” said the one who had been to Germany last summer, “that our host does not stay in Europe six weeks. He'll be homesick, or ‘lieimwek,’ as we Germans call it, before be is there ten days, and if he wants to take me up on the supper proposition 1 stand ready to shake hands with him as a pledge that lie accepts the wager.” Tluy shook hands, and the “auf wei dersehen” party came to a close in a burst of German song. Just five weeks from the day he left Chicago the German traveler returned. The next day he resumed his desk on the paper with which he had long been connected. During the week he sent invitations to the friends who were with him the night before the depar ture, inviting them to the “heimweh” supper, as he called it. The supper was discussed last uiglit at a down-town restaurant and tills is what the trav eler told his friends: "It was my intention to remain In Germany at least half a year, and I probably would have done so had I not visited a drinking resort one day iu Berlin, which is frequented by Ameri : can tourists. Tlnre was one of those j automatic or electric banjos in the i place, and when I heard it play ‘Way l>own Upon the Suwanee River’ tears came to my eyes. Think of it: A Ger | man, born iu Germany, crying over a I negro melody, which I had never heard until I came to America. The plain tive old tune made me homesick for Chicago, and I could no more sluice it off than I could fly. The notes of the familiar old song seemed to burn into my brain, and l really believe if I had not sailed on the first vessel :hat I would have gone insane. That is why I came back so soon." Is there any one who will doubt this German’s love for the Stars and Stripes?—Chicago Inter Ocean. Aged Railway Mai! Clerk. For more than forty years George \V. Putnam, of Ashtabula. Ohio, has been actively employed ns a railway mall clerk. He is now - a #his eighty-sec „.,d year, but is still ac tive. and regularly makes his run be tween his home town and Oil City. Pa. He bolds the record not only as the oldest gko. ri tnam. c i er fc i n the service, but for the longest continuous service. When he first became a railway mail clerk all the mail passing between the cities of Cleveland and Buffalo was handled by three clerks, only two of whom were working at the same time, j In those days such a thing as a train | exclusively for mall was unheard of. They did not even have mail cars. A t small portion of the front car on the 1 trains was set apart for the mail clerk, and he was forced to get along as best he could. Incidentally "Uncle” George Putnam is proud of the fact that his birdthday falls on the seventh day of the seventh month, that he is a seventh son, and has In addition seven sisters. To this series of coincidences he ascribes his lucky freedom from aeei j dents during his long service on the • road. A laborer makes a bargain for the price of his work, but a lawyer san -1 ply tali#* everything in sight. NEWS OF WISCONSIN. A WEEK’S RECORD OF STATE HAPPENINGS. Many Postmasters to Receive Larger Salaries —Racine Man Creates Impres sion He Has Made Away with Himself —Fight Over a Boy’s Corpse. Under the readjustment of presidential postmasters’ salaries, these additional changes have been made: Mondovi, in creased $200; Milton. Mineral Point. Xe cedah and Xew Lisboa, increased $100; Xew London, decreased SIOO. Salaries in other Wisconsin presidential offices have been fixed as follows: Antigo $1,900 to $2,000 Ashland 2,500 to 2,600 Barron 1,400 to 1,500 Bavfinld 1,2(0 to 1,300 Berlin 1.900 to ; 2,000 Boscobei 1,400 to 1,500' Centralia 1.500 to 1,400 Chilton 1.31 O to 1,400 Clintonville 1.400 to 1,500 Cnnilverlaad 1,200 to 1,300 Darlington 1,500 to 1.600 Durand 1,2100 to 1,300 Elkhorn 1 1,600 to 1,800 Fairchild 1.100 to 1.700 Fond du Lac 2,600 to 2,700 Fort Atkinson 2.300 to 2.400 Hortcou 1.100 to 1,200 Hudson I.7u<) to 1.800 Jefferson 1.609 to 1,700 Juneau 1.200 to 1.200 Kaukauna - 1,400 to 1,500 Kiihourn 1.500 to 1.600 Lodi . 1.460 to 1,500 Grows Weary of World. There is much excitemer t in Racine over the disappearance of Charles F. Itamer, a well-known mason contractor. Early on a recent morning a coat was found on the doorsteps of a house on Milwaukee street. Iu the pocket of the coat was found a letter written and signed by Itamer in which he directed that the coat should be returned to his wife. The letter stated that he had been unable to collect his bills and was tired of living. Recover Much Stolen Property. Another chapter in the Schwartz burg lary case in Sheboygan was concluded when the police unearthed, at the home of the three brothers, William, Otto and Herman and their brother-in-law, Fred Prelip, two drayloads of furniture con sisting of bedsteads, tables, bedroom sets and an endless variety of chairs, pur loined from the factories of the Ameri can, Sheboygan and Mattoon company. Warm Figlit for a Corpse. The body of Peter Klaus, who was drowned off the levee at La Crosse, was recovered nine miles below the city. The body was lodged in the fork of a snag on the Wisconsin side of the river. A dis graceful scene occurred when Klaus body reached the city. Corouer Theo dore Mnnnstedt and the police, acting for the relatives, came to blows over the possession of the body. Market Man Is Missing. John Weber, proprietor of a meat mar ket at Lannon, has been missing from his home since April 20. The last hqard of him by relatives was from Menominee Fails. He is ftbout 30 years of age and had a good business at Lannon. \\ hen he left he had a considerable sum of money on his person and foul play is suspected. All Over the State. Alex. Ilume. a pioneer farmer of Osseo, fell dead. Heart failure was the cause. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kringle, an aged couple residing near Packwaukee, were struck by lightning and instantly killed. Bernard Reinken, Jr., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Reinken of Manitowoc, was drowned in the Rio Grande river- at Sabinal, X. M. The 3-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Christianson fell in front of a street car iu Racine and was carried fifty feet in the fender before the car could be stopped. The child is badly bruised and cut. The faculty of Beloit College, owing to the lack of interest on the part of many of the students, has concluded to make oratory elective hereafter. Asa means of creating interest in rehearsals a friend of the college offers an annual prize to the winner of the home oratorical contest. A terrible accident occurred at the sum mer resort of Charles Hermann, near the Kenosha County line, which resulted in three people being terribly burned and one of them has since died. The acci dent resulted from the explosion of a gasoline lamp which had been used for lighting the parlor of the resort. At Richland Center fire destroyed two barns belonging to H. J. Clark and J. Brogan, together with a horse and sev eral articles of household furniture. On discovering the fire Miss Allie Brogan entered the barn, which was a mass of flames, and attempted to release the horse, receiving several severe burns. A Chicago syndicate has purchased a controlling interest in the Fond du Lac water works. The syndicate also owns water and lighting plants at New Al bany, Ind.; Franklin. Ind.: Bloomington, Ind„ and other points. Certain changes and improvements will at once bo made in the plant, assuring a water service that will be satisfactory and adequate for all purposes. J. Baeom Robbins, whose trial for the murder of William W. Fenelon of Rhine lander was set for this term of court, died in Chicago of pneumonia. At the open ing of the term it was stated he was too ill to appear and a continuance was ask ed. No decision had been rendered, as the court was waiting the outcome qf his illness. Robbins called at Fenelon’s store last August and talked with a wom an. Fenelon said Robbins insulted her. which Robbins denied. Robbins left and wont to his hotel, where, iu the evening Fenelon followed him. An altercation followed and Fenelon was shot an l killed. Bon Wood, a young farmer of the town of Bakerviile, was drowned in - the Yel low river while trying to rescue a boy from the water. The police are looking for a gang of burglars that robbed a tailor shop in West Superior. The robbers took away practically everything iu the store of Nicholas Laskotvsky. Among the passengers badly injured in a railway wreck at Ottumwa. lowa, was Mrs. J. A. Burk of Jacksonville. Fla., formerly Miss Kitty Powers, a Beloit girl, who was eu route to Beloit on a visit. Mrs. David Hecht. Milwaukee, has re ported to the police the loss of diamonds valued at over SI,OOO. which were taken from the residence while it was under going repairs. Nathan Myrick. the oldest living settler of La Crosse, is suing John and Anna Kahle over the title to some land in the river addition which was first settled up on by Mr. Myrick. Mr. Myrick lives at St. Paul. Lightning instantly killed Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krinke. an aged couple who resid ed on a farm half a mile from Paek waukee. They were standing together under a tree where they had taken sheiter from the rain. Charles Carter, a boy 14 years old. who was brought before Judge Vinje in the Circuit Court at Chippewa Falls, was sent to the industrial school until he reaches the age of 21. The charge against him was burglaricing a store at East Farmington. Attorney John H. Vaughn, acting for John Colbrath of Iron River, has started suit against the Edward Hines Lumber Company for damages to the extent of 523.551.20i. The principal claim is that there was a breach of contract upon the part of the Hines Lumber Company with which, it is claimed. Colbrath had con tracted to cut timber on certain lands Bayfield County. A Masonic temple will be erected in Janesville at f. eosj of $15,000. The Racine Woman’s Club has pledged SI,OOO for the public library building. The plant of the Seymour Woodenware Company, recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt. Mayor Dennett of Sheboygan will give his SI.BOO salary*to the public library fund of the city. Frank W. Jenkins has resigned as sec retary of the Xorthern Wisconsin State Fair Association. Galesville voted to give the Norwegian Lutheran Synod SI,OOO towards ac-quir; ing control of Gale college. The annual reunion and picnic of the Old Settlers' Society of Racine County will be held iu Racine on June 2T. The F. li. Carter Brick Company of Chilton has decided not to operate its plant during the ensuing summer. The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. David Harud of Jefferson drank some gasoline and died in terrible agony. • All the eourSes in the Racine high school have been placed upon the ac credited list of Wisconsin university. At Millston Albert Yeski. aged IT, was arrested charged with shooting Frank Dittman, aged 16. The boys quarreled while hunting. The La Crosse Packers’ Packing Com pany has been absorbed by the trust re cently organized and known as the Amer ican Can Company. Richard Broderick, aged 13 years, was accidentally shot and daiigerously injur ed in Kenosha by a companion, Julius Ewe, aged 12 years. Trial of J. Bascom Robins of Chicago, accused of killing W. M. Fenelon at Rhinelander, will be postponed owing to illness of defendant. At Coloma while unloading lumber Har ley Collins fell out of a car, striking on his head and shoulders, breaking his col larbone on the left side. William Sc-henek, aged 20 years, a sou of one of the most prominent residents of Racine, committed suicide. Schenck left a letter, but his relatives refuse to publish its contents. The blueberry acreage will be mate rially reduced in Jackson County this season, as forest fires have done immense damage. It is estimated that 5,000 acres have been burned over. Because he drank from a spring on his land, Ernest X;\gle attacked C. J. Ja cobson of La Crosse with a stone and beat him severely. Xagle was arrested and fined sls and costs. Wojec Sow a, who was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Marshal Moore of Stanley, was sentenc ed by Judge O’Xeill at Xeillsville to four teen years in State prison. Congressman John ,J. Eseh has secured for the high Schools at La Crosse, Black River Falls and Eau Claire sets of plas ter casts of prehistoric weapons, from the Smithsonian institute at Washington. Anton Kocher of Brothertown, who re cently endowed Chilton with a soldiers’ memorial monument, has placed an order with the same firm for a SI,OOO monu ment to mark his own resting place when he dies. The sensational case at Babcock, the alleged attempt to poison aged Attorney Remington, has been dropped. Mrs. Remington has gone to Minnesota to make her future home with her son, Hen ry Remington. Lightning struck a barn at Darien, killing a horse belonging to the Darien Creamery Company. Roy Weaver was knocked down and Mrs. Arthur Weaver, who was in a shed feeding chickens, was also struck. Her clothing was torn off her and she was badly injured. Six firms in Milwaukee that are doing a general commission and brokerage busi ness, dealing in grains and stocks, out side of the Chamber of Commerce, have paid the special internal revenue tax levied against bucketshop keepers to Col lector Fink. The tax has been paid in each instance under protest. William Dangers, who about two months ago, together with Ruth Wilson, was charged with robbing Richard Pearl of S2OO in a Glidden resort and confined in the county jail since, awaiting trial in Circuit Court, was acquitted. Ruth Wilson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State peniten tiary for one year. y Owing to the continued dry weather forest fires have been raging throughout Richland County. Hundreds of dollars’ worth of fences and eordwood have been destroyed. The sawmill of Stowe & Barclay, one of the largest mills in the county, was burned to the ground, to gether with about 1,000 feet of lumber. The mill will be rebuilt. The dread of the pea louse, whose rav ages last year caused the loss.of thou sands of dollars' to Two Rivers farmers as well as the canning institutions, has caused the farmers to decrease the pea acreage and in consequence the crop of peas,. for which the section is noted, will be decreased by thousands of bushels. The raising of hay will supplant the pea crop in most instances. John B. Simmons, special assistant United States District Attorney, receiv ed instructions from the Attorney Gen eral to appeal the decision of Judge Bunn in the case against James Stin son to the United States Court of Ap peals. Stinson was formerly of Supe rior, but now resides in Chicago. The case involves the title of fourteen quar ter sections of land located in the city of Superior which is worth $750,000. In 1854, under the pre-emption law, several Swedes secured title to this land. As soon as they made entries they convey ed the property to Stinson. In 1889 the government began action to vacate the ti tles, holding that the property had been secured through fraud, as the Swedes had been hired to make the pre-emption. The government holds that the Swedes never occupied nor improved the land. Judge Bu;m handed down a decision three years ago against the government. John D. Rockefeller has given §7,000 to Way la ml Academy of Beaver Dam, providing an additional §20,000 is raised by July 1. Rev. Catchpole, the financial secretary, says $17,500 has already been raised and the remainder will be secured. Anew hall will be built. D. J. Cameron of La Crosse, one of the most prominent horsemen in the State, has sold his trotting stallion Oh So. with a record of 2:25. to Charles Chapman of Chicago, the consideration being $12,000 Oh So is the sire of So So. who held the world's record for 2 and 3 year olds at 2:16. A quarrel over a garnishee suit at Mountain will probably result is murder. John Champaign, who works for the Ilolt Lumber Company, was garnisheed by J. R. Buckly. a saloonkeeper of Moun tain. The*, came to words about it. and. it is alleged, Buckly shot twice at Cham paign. Both shots took effect. Mrs. Catherine Brum ton. aged 70 years, was burned to death while in bed at her home in Raeine. It is thought that she was smoking and set the bedding on fire before going to sleep. The Ijody was found near the door and indicate*! that she had attempted to get out. but was overcome and fell back. A verdict of ac cidental death was rendered. Children playing with matches set fire to a barn on the Neasenberger farm, a mile south of Durand. The house, bams and all buildings were burned. Two chil dren of William Thelen were burned be fore rescued. One died while the other may recover. The loss is about $2,300, | with small insurance. The representatives of the Aiucrtcna Cigar Company located a permanent to bacco industry in Sparta. The plant is to consist of three large brick buildings, with capacity of 23.000 cases and is to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000. Six hundred Lands will be employed. Work ■will comm • ace as soon as possible. The city fumishe- aae site to the company. European Retaliation. The agricultural and manufacturing | Interests of Europe are suffering a re lapse from the good times of a few years ago. and statesmen and mer chants are looking for the cause and a remedy. They have arrived at one con clusion that American competition must be curbed by increased tariff pro tection to their own people, or national bankruptcy will ensue, for it is impos sible to continue buying American goods without reciprocal purchases by this country. Wide interest has been created in Great Britain, says the Mail and Em pire of Toronto,. Canada, by the an nouncement that Austrian manufac tures have taken the initii.tive in form ing a European Customs union for the purpose of resisting American competi tion. According to Vienna reports, it is proposed that the Continental na tions unite in the adoption* of counter acting measures, with a view to exact sweeping reciprocity concessions from the United States. The approaching expiration of the European commer cial treaties in 1903 is fixed on as an opportune time to bring about an anti- Yankee coml>ination. The existence of Great Britain does not figure in the alliance. It is recog nized not only that British fiscal tradi tions are at variance with such a pro posal, but also that her leading busi ness men are opposed to it for practical present-day reasons. They hold that offensive, not protective, measures are Britain’s surest means of beating back foreign trade rivals. The Daily Mail of London, England, in the course of an extended article on the Steel Trust, says it can see no es cape for the United States from the op pression of trusts, except in free trade, and declares that Mr. J. Pierpont Mor gan has appropriated $200,000,000 to crush independent concerns. The op erations of the trusts, says the Daily Mail, may induce general legislation by Europe, and will certainly consolidate the British iron and steel trades, which will give the trust a hard fight here. The London Spectator also had lately an article of similar import. The Republican policy of protection is bound to result in retaliation by those countries who find that the com petition of our goods Is Injuring their own manufacturing. In fact, our pro tectiouists see this fact stariug them in the face, and are preaching reciprocity to offset the trouble, but they will find that if a general scheme of reciprocity is adopted that it must amount to the same thing as a revision of the tariff. Declares for Municipal Owenrship. The victories of Tom Johnson in Cleveland, Jones In Toledo and the three-cent fare ticket in Columbus have aroused the Ohio Republicans to the fact that the people favor munici pal ownership. Charles W. Dick, chairman of the Republican State con vention of Ohio, who is the chief henchman of Hanna and the President, made a speech .it Columbus before the Presidential Postmasters’ Association, in which he marked out some startling departures from usual Republican cam paign issues and indicated what to ex pect in the next Republican State plat form. Dick said lie favored govern ment ownership of all means of com munication and that he fully Indorsed the pos.al savings system: “Sooner or later,” he said, “the tele graph and telephone lines of the coun try will be owned and operated by the government, and it is proper they should be, for if the government can send a message by wire for 5 cents it has no right to permit a private cor poration to extort 25 cents for the same service.” Dick betrayed no sign that this was the first time he ever spoke ontlie mu nicipal ownership side of the question and the postmasters, recognizing it as anew slogan, applauded the sentiment vigorously. It is also stated that an important conference of Ohio ItepuMiean leaders was held, at which it decided to get into the field first with the declara tion for municipal ownership. This sudden change of mind of Re publicans on the issue they have al ways been fighting brings to mind the declaration against trusts in the Ohio Republican platform of two years ago and the turning down of Attorney Gen eral Monett, the only man in their par ty who had shown any effort to curb the trusts. That Hanna, McKinley or Dick really favor municipal ownership is too absurd to even be swallowed by an Ohio Granger from the back coun ties, for they have for three or four years been ardent supporters of Public Policy, . Chicago publication that is published in the interests of corpora tions that own municipal franchises. The perfection of the Republican ma chine in Ohio is brought to the light by this meeting of Republican postmas ters, who are owned and entirely un der the control of Hanna, McKinley and Dick anti of course are expected to applaud any program that may aid in keeping them in office. They would applaud free trade, anti-imperialism, free Cuba, or free anything. They are patriots avho only wait to be told what the people want and they espouse the cause. The old flag and an appropria tion is their idea of patriotism. Living Issues and Their Treatment. If the millions of American Democ racy shall not spontaneously and in stinctively adhere in defence of the party principles and in recognition of the practical men who are qualified for political leadership no scheme of reor ganization on this or that basis will serve any good purpose. There will be no need of Inventing issues. The issues now exist in the conditions of govern ment and legislation. Upon the practi cal manner in which the Democratic party shail grapple with these issues will depend in large degree its fate as well as the future welfare of the coun try.—Philadelphia Record. The Imam of 1904. Nobody can yet write down in resolu tions what the paramount issue or Is sues will be in 1904. Democratic p*in ciples of strict constitutional construc tion and. preservation of manhood lib erty will he applied. The foremost is sues be determined by the people oi the United States at tbe time. More than that no politician is enough of a prophet to know.—St. Louis Republic. The Only Plea la Gnilty. No man understands better than does Mr. Babcock what is demanded of the Republican party as a condition prece dent to another appeal to the people. He says, and he is as much a protec tionist as any man in Congress, that the question, “Why do you permit a tariff to remain oh articles which can ' e produced here cheaper than else where?” will be put squarely to his party in the,Congressional canvass of next year. There is no answer to that question, but a plea of guilty to the Democratic charge of subserviency to the trusts.—Washington Post. Macnificent Deadhead Trip. The recreation journey of President McKinley is the most magnificent trip ever undertaken by railroad in the Uni ted States, if not in the world. Xo em peror or king ever made as splendid a tour through his dominions as that which the President is enjoying among his American fellow-citizens. He will see more people and more acres of ter ritory than any potentate or conqueror except Alexander the Great ever saw before. President McKinley will be received everywhere with a gay and festive wel come that will not be as noisy as a con tinuous Fourth of July, and will be far more agreeable on that account. He will traverse twenty-five States, and his route is 15,000 miles in length. He is accompanied by a working force of his cabinet, and he will be in constant communication by telegraph with Washington. He will transact all pub lic business on his route. Ilis train will actually be the national capital on wheels running at an average rate of thirty-five miles an hour. The President’s personal party is con stituted of himself and family, several Washington officials, a dozen private guests and twenty attendants, includ ing'stenographers, typewriters and tel egraphic operators. A great number of press reporters and other followers are accommodated on the train. The com missary department is luxuriously pro vided and is managed by skillful em ployes, including a complement of cooks and waiters. The cars are seven in number and are fitted up in a style superior to anything of the kind ever before seen. “It is understood.” says a trustworthy ac count of the affair, “that the President expressed a desire to pay all the ex penses of the trip.” Blit the railroad companies which furnished the palatial cars would not listen to the suggestion. To a private party the actual expense of the cars anil trackage would lie $29,880, The commissary stores and service for the trip would bring the cost up to at least $50,000, a year’s salary for the President. Probably lie did not insist with importunate pertinacity on paying the bilk The President will be fortunate if out of these circumstances a national scan dal shall not be evolved.—Chicago Chronicle. * Change Back to the Old Flair. Let us get away from sectional poli tics by all means. The sooner the bet ter. But let us Dot accept corrupt and corrupting politics for enlightened poli ties. Either way, north or south, the “bloody shirt” was a most misleading shibboleth. Under cover of the pas sions it called into being the people were robbed right and left, and hardly less by rascally Democrats in the South than by rascally Republicans in the North. It is good to bury this shirt” and in its place to hoist the fair, free ensign of the republic, the glorious Stars and Stripes, that wave for all.— Louisville Courier-Journal. How to Prevent Panics. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and nowhere more so than in the stock market. The way f o prevent panics is to prevent inflation and overtrading. Wise folk will not be carried away by the magnetism of the speculative advance now being scored on Wall street. The country is solid and prosperous, but that is no reason for believing that the time has come to get rich quick by buying whatever stocks may be offered for sale. Go slow—St. Louis Republic. The Trusts and the Tariff. The people of the country are think ing a good deal about the tariff these days, for they see that most of the great trusts have tlieir foundation in the benefits conferred upon them by the Republican policy. If these trusts have such control of the Republican party as will enable them to continue to dominate tariff legislation the peo ple will see that the Republican party is driven out of power.—Atlanta Consti tution. The Party Is in Distress. With Statesman Grosvenor advocat ing an income tax and Statesman Bab cock pleading for free trade in iron and steel and Statesman Dick preaching up government ownership of telegraphs and railroads, the grand old party is preparing to hang out a few signals of distress.—Columbus, 0., Press-Post. Brief Comment. Speaking of deathbed repentance, we are afraid that that indicated by Con gressman Babcock in proposing to free list trust articles will uoPsave tbe trust party. Its long life of tariff rapine can’t be atoned for in that way.—Johnstown. Pa., Democrat. The Dingley tariff is, as Hanna says, “balanced on scientific principles.’’ Every fellow got his share of the swag scientifically distributed, and “it mu: . not b disturbed’’ for obvious reasons. If one of the brethren is despoiled of his share, he will pull down the whole bouse of cards.—Albany Argus. Tariff reform ought not to be at tempted in patches. Duties should be revised and cut down all along the line. In all places where the tariff enables the manufacturers of trust goods to sell cheaper to tbe foreigner than to the home consumer, it should be abolished, and such articles as trusts prodace should be placed on the free list.—Kan sas City Times. There are some general principles which are not subject to change to which the Democratic party adheres, as the tariff, strict construction of the consntitutlon, the liberty jf the citizen, the foundation of which is government by consent of the governed. These are always and everywhere sound Demo cratic principles. They are perennial. —Dubuque Herald. With the example of Great Britain’s claim of suzerainty over the Boer re publics before us. Senator Beveridge admits that this is the relation to Cuba which the administration is seeking to establish. And It seeks it under pro fession of carrying out a pledge for in dependence. What mockery! What un blushing falsehood! What despicable treachery!—lndianapolis Sentinel. WISCONSIN SOLONS. The Hagemeister primary bill was ve toed by Gov. La Follette on Friday. As this would appear strange to those who remember the vigorous statements which the Governor made on the question of the election of candidates by direct vote of the people, he sent to the Senate a long message explaining his position. He states that the measure is only drawn up to throw ridicule upon the very question which it appears to support, and tfiat while it provides for primaries as the platform originally desired, it so inserts obstacles in the way as to be valueless. The chief executive also complains that its provisions are so loose as to be uncon stitutional in that it provides for its op eration only so far as county elections un concerned. Furthermore, it is presented that several of the large cities of the State when called upon to vote on the questiou have no election at the time specified and therefore would be dis franchised. The Senate reconsidered its vote on the bill taxing ice shipped out of the State 10 cents a ton, and advanced it to third reading. In his message vetoing the Hagemeis ter act Gov. La Follette said; “Immedi ately upon the organization of the Legis lature, many weeks before any hill was offered upon the subject of primary elections, it was boastingly announced and published that one of its branches had been so organized as to defeat the passage of any primary election legisla tion. Before the introduction of the pri mary election bill an attempt was made to arouse distrust concerning it, and to thoroughly discredit the measure iu ad vance. Upon its presentation to the Legislature—so framed as to comply with the pledge made to the people of the State —a systematic campaign of misrep resentation of the bill and its support ers was industriously prosecuted. The general purpose of the measure, the plain meaning of its provisions, the certain ef fect of the law in operc'jn, the neces sary and reasonable e . ense, each and all furnished theme for persistent falsi fication and malicious assaults.. With the defeat of the original bill the friends of primary elections offered to pass the measure subject to approval by the peo ple. This the opposition refused. A fur ther concession was then offered, apply ing the primary election to municipal, county and legislative offices. This the opposition refused. A last effort was then made to submit the limited bill to a vote of the people. This the opposition re jected. And after having refused to pass the bill promised, and having refused t • let the people pass upon it, a mockery of platform pledges and judicious legisla tion alike is offered in the form of- a bill which I um unabie to .approve. I cannot divest myself of the binding char acter of my official obligation—not in any narrow partisan sense —but to all the peo ple of the State, which forbids my shar ing in the responsibility of giving them a law which violates Ikat obligation and is manifestly so franred as to bring re proach upon the principle, even if it were at all possible to interpret or enforce it. The bill is wanting in specific provisions as to many important details which can not be supplied by conjecture or judicial legislation. Should it become the law of the State, it will be inoperative foj this reason alone; By the provisions of this bill its passage by the Legislature with executive jipproval does not enact it into law. It is especially provided that it shall not take effect, and J.iavc the force of law until submitted for adoption or rejection at the spring or municipal elec tion of 1902. While the Legislature foqld have given it the force of law with the approval of the executive without condi tion, it has not seen fit so Jo do, but has required before it shall become a law that it shall be approved by a majority of the legally qualified electors of the whole State. It is not a county option bill. At least, it is safe to assume that the Legislature did not intend to disfranchise any voting precinct in the State on the question. It cannot be assumed to be the legislative intent to exclude the elec tors of any voting precinct in the State from the right to vote on the question ol the adoption or rejection of the proposed law. The time of the submission by the .wording of the referendum is, ‘the spring or municipal election of 1902.’ There is no provision in the bill for calling or noticing any election other than such as is now provided for by law. So that il there be a single voting precinct in the State where no spring or municipal elec tion in the year 1902 is to be held, the question is not submitted to all of the electors of the State; and as to each, and every precinct in wh _-h no spring or mu uicipal election is to be held in that year, the electors of such precinct are deprived of a voice or a vote on this subject and are necessarily disfranchised.” At its closing hour Saturday morning the Senate, amid a scene perhaps unpar alleled in the history of Wisconsin legis lation, adopted resolutions strongly con demning Gov. La Follette for his stric tures upon the Legislature as set forth in his veto of the Hagemeister primary bill. The resolutions were introduced by Senator Roehr of Milwaukee, who did so, he said, from a sense of duty to his par ty, liis fellow legislators and himself. After quoting extracts from the mos .sage reflecting on the Legislature, the "Resolutions closed with a protest against the executive questioning the motive oi character of the legislators. Immediately an excited scene followed. Senator Me- Gillivray jumped up and denounced the resolution as cowardly and intended as a cover for the sins of the majority, and denouncing the stalwarts as not Republi cans. Senator Miller in a warm defense of Gov. La Follette used the words “this subsidized Senate,” and at once Senator “Long” Jones asked the clerk to take down the offensive phrase, which was done. Miller defiantly replying that he could cot be scared that way. Senator Miller finally withdrew his remarks about a “subsidized Senate,” but the resolu tion went through by a vote of 18 to 8. One of the last acts of the Senate was to concur in the Assembly bill authoriz ing cities to use voting machines. The bill authorizing the Governor to investi gate State departments with a view to reducing clerical forces failed in the As sembly. Bills Passed— Senate. McGillivray—Providing for an inspec tor of public schools for the deaf. Miller—Appropriating $484.67 to Thos P. Nelson, for labor and material furnish ed as a sub-contractor on Ladies' Hail. Roebr— Slightly amending the statutes relative to insane. Whitehead —Increasing the appropria tion to the Wisconsin Dairyman's As sociation from $2,000 to $4,000. Roebr—Providing for the election of tbe Milwaukee city school superintend ent by the directors of the school board, term to be three years. Reynolds—Amending the statutes pro viding for a more complete registration of births and deaths. Martin —Authorizing the Governor, when he deems it expedient, to have an investigation made of any State institu tion or office. Cady—Relating to vagrancy. Committee on State Affairs—Providing for the registration of trade mark*. Committee on Education -Correcting a mistake in chapter 197 passed at this session. Dow— Prohibiting winter fishing Deiavan lake. Appropriating $7,500 for an interst. park at the Dells of St. Croix. Cady—Relating to vagrants. Smalley—Relating to joint school dis tricts. Barker—Requiring new registry lists for every election. Gilman—Appropriating $420 to J. M. Hanton for care of Willie Gariing. a ward of the State board of supervision. Ainsworth—Amen ling the statutes rel ative to licensing peddlers. Most people have probably forgot lea that Jay Cooke, the famous financier, wtro was the financial agent bf tfce'guT §ernment during the rebellion, is still alive. , At. the age of 80 he is still a hale old man, and tions and forecasts Were justified whin Northern Pacific stock, common, sold at par. It was his confidence in jat cookk. the securities of this road which led to the crash in 1873 which carried Jay Cooke off his feet as a great financial power. The creditors who waited uiTtil the estate was settled, how ever, received the amount of their claims in full, together with interest. The im portance of the work which he did for the Union during the rebellion can hardly be overestimated. As the sole financial agent of the government he successfully negotiated loan's amounting to more than two biliious of dollars, and each of the men who served as Secretary of the Treasury during that time has publicly testified that what he did no other man in the country could have accomplished so successfully. One of the new rural mail delivery routes in Xebraska runs from the town of Schuyler twenty-five miles out into the country and back again, and the trip must be made daily with the ex eeption of Sunday. Since the route was * established half a • dozen carriers have /■ I? been tried on • it. ~ /jMsjfc Either they were flaij&y.s slow or careless or - they did not find that the job paid ') well enough to A stick to it, and ae cordmgly resigned. Then Mrs. Pauline Elder, a widow, near ly 50 years old. came forward and ap plied for the job. With some misgiv ings and chiefly because nobody else could be found who would undertake the job she was given a trial. Since that time, the mail has never missed a day. In all kinds of weather and over all sorts of roads Mrs. Elder has driven her horses fifty miles a day and has g ! v<m such sat isfaction that her appointment has been made permanent. The story has been telegraphed from Rome that Pope Leo XIII. has made a will in which he designates Cardinal Gotti qs his a §or, is pointed e [ j out that each suc 'n coeding Pope is c j J chosen ly vote \ "C- t,le Cardinals, and Jgsb v . that therefore the k** story o£ ;i is WjV Wil ir improbably WatMh On the other hand, i/I " ' fl* is declared that ris tin? papal au cakdinAl, GOTTI, thority is absolute" the present Pontiff would have the right to nominate the man to succeed him. In addition, it is known that Cardinal Gotti has long been the especial favorite of Pope Leo. He was made a Cardinal in 1895 after his return from Brazil, where he displayed great tact and skill in man aging the affairs of the church during the early days of the republic. Since he was made a Cardinal he has held the post of Prefect of the Congregation of Indulgence aud Sacred Relics. Princess Hatzfeldt, the adopted daugh ter of the late Collis I’. Huntington, has arrived iu New York from Europe. She will commence being the amount over $1,000,000 be queathed to her which her portion millionaire’s death. The estate lias in- \VYV \v creased $20,000,000. \WSs J|l Mrs. Collis I*. Huntington and tlu* \ nephe w, Henry E. rmscEss iiatzfei.dt. Huntington, are the residuary legatees under the will. t Thomas M. Patterson, who succeeds Hon. E. O. Wolcott as one of Colorado's representatives in the United States Scn ®atid editor of tho Rocky Mountain News, published at terson is also a law yer. Back in the seventies Tom Pat terson represented Colorado for *ne term in the lower house of Congress. unanimously Popu t. m. Patterson, jjstic. Mr. Patter son identified himself with the People’s party and has since been an active leader in that party, lie was chairman of the Populist national convention in 1900. Ilia election as Colorado's junior Senator re sulted from a union of Populists, Demo crats and Silver Republicans in the Leg islature. Prof. Algie R. Crook of the Northwest ern University, Chicago, is the man who recently admitted to his class that he “never swore, never tasted intoxicants, /fw" never smoked and UK never kissed or * hugged a woman.” IB He says he is not r*rf ,Vj interested in w n- jjM B en, and adds: “I'eo pie should grasp f j it the fact that the *^*o^ scientific atm ca plicre is inimical to the love germ. My abstentation from w intoxicants and narcotics is temper- rßop. crook. amental. I have no time for love, nor any thoughts to send wandering in that direction.” The Baltimore News says that Tom L. Johnson’s first c. me is not a contraction of Thomas, he a family name widely known in the South—especially in en tucky, his native State. Mr. Johns. a al ways feels aggrieved when he sees him self referred to in print as Thomas John son or “Tom" Johnson (with the quota tion marks). Lord Kitchener is blind in oae eye. Citizens of Bismarck, Mo., hare begun suit against tbe Iron Mountain Railroad for $50,000 damages, the result of the fire which almost wiped out the entire town, and was caused, it is claimed, by a spark from a locomotive. The total number of women over IS years old employed in tbe factories and workshops of the British Islands is about five hundred thousand, of whom II per cent belong to trade unions. Solomon Tanue:, prisoner at the Co lumbus. Ohio, prison, has the officials of that institution guessing. Without a key ha unlocks his cell door.