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STATE REPUBLICAN.
VOLUME XXIV.
JEFFERSON CITY, COLE COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1893.
NUMBER 4.
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IN OUR OWN STATE.
SAFE IIOBUBD.
The cafe of Furth & Henderson at
Morrisvllle, was blown open and
robbed of f 1,000.
BBVIVAIi IN WABtlENBDURO.
The Methodist church at Warrens
burg closed a three weeks meeting
with 150 converts.
SOL PALMER DEAD.
Ool. Sol Palmer, one of the oldost
telegraphers in the country, died In
Bt. Louis. lie was 74 years old.
ASSIGNMENT AT BPBINOFIKLD.
The Springfield nursery and fruit
farm' assigned. Liabilities, (16,000.
Q. T. Tipiiln, populist candldato for
congress, was manager.
TO THY TUB TAYLORS.
The trial of the notorious Taylors
will be taken up at Oarrollton Jan
uary 20th. There will be about 100
witnesses from Milan and Browning.
FOUND DEAD.
T. B. Wlnbourn, a wealthy stock
man of DeKalb, was found dead In
his buggy while driving home. His
body was seated In the buggy and
his hands clutched the lines.
TO TAKE UP MISSOURI BONDS.
State Treasurer Stephens for
warded last week a check for $400,
000 to the American Exchange
National Bank, of Now York, as
fiscal agent for the state to take up
a like amount of Missouri 0 per cent
funding bonds.
MiEsotnti leqiblatuhb meets.
The thirty-eighth general assem
bly convene at 12 o'clock Wednes
day, January 2. In the senate the
new members wore sworn in by one
of the Judges of the supreme court,
and in the house a like proceeding
took place. No other important
business was transacted, The dem
ocrats will organize in the senate and
the republicans the house; so the
republican sonate caucus and the
democratic house caucus will be
tame affairs and amount to nothing
more than complimenting some
individuals by nominating them for
offices to which they cannot be
elected.
FRKIQHT CARS FOR TUB M. K. & T.
Saturday,. In, St. lunula the, M .K.
T. let a contract for the construction
of 200 new freight cars. The outlay
will amount to about to about a
million and a half dollars, and is one
of the most important improvements
made by any railway in the country
during the past year.
Seven hundred of them will bo
furniture cars, forty feet In length,
while the remainder will bo ordinary
cars thirty-four feet In length. The
contract calls for their delivery on
May 1. The cars will cost from ? 0000
to $8000 each. The new cars will
give the M., K. & T. a splondld
equipment, not excelled by any
other road In the country.
LABOR IN MISSOURI.
The report of Labor Commissioner
Henry Blackmore is a book of 631
pages. At the ouiset the commls
slonor says that most ff.not all laws
purporting to be in the Interest of
labor are either defective, Inefficient
or have beon nullified by decisions of
tho courts. Under the head of "con
ditions" the peoplo of Missouri are
complimented In the highest terms
for the excellent record for law and
order made during the railroad" and
coal miners' strikes; the splendid
reputation made by St. Louis for
quiet and order, without tho pres
ence of militia or soldiers is made
prominent. Constructions given by
ranrtr ia .the lntoratr-ta mmraw
act are brought out, and show to
what an absurd extent thoy have
been carried, and by parity to what
greater absurdities the logic of
decisions may go. It is well known
that Missouri ranks seventh as a
manufacturing state, and leads all In
tho manufacture' of chewing tobacco.
The commissioner tabulates reports
from 1,478 establishments, 767 of
which are private and 710 coopora-tlons.
The average number of males
employed' In these manufactories Is
48,204:
9.G0 per cent earned less than $5 per
week. .
3.47 per cent earned 15, but less than 10
per week.
6.21 per cent earned ffl, but less than $7
per week.
7.85 per cent earned TJ, but less than tS
per week.
0.05 per cent earned (3, but less than 9
per week.
18.57 per cent earned 9, but less than
(10 per week.
13.14 per cent earned (10. but loss than
$12 per week.
17.00 per cent earned $12, but less than
$15 per week.
11.05 per cent earned $15, but less than
$20 per week.
3.G4 per cent earned $20 and over.
Then Is shown the averago week
earning of females, the averago
number employed being 10,817:
37.79 earned less than $5 per week.
23.35 per cent earned $5, but less than $0
per week.
17.80 per cent earned $0, but less than $7
per week.
8.49 per cent earned $7, but less than $8
per week.
5.30 per cjnt earned $8, but less than 9
per week.
2.93 per cent earned $9, but less than $10
per week. . ,
' 1,45 per cent earned" $107 but less than
$13 per week.
1.81 per cent earned $12, but less than
$15 per week.
.63 per cent earned $15, but less than $20
per week.
.10 per cent earned $20 and over per
week.
Total amount paid for wages
$25,820,021, which is 17 per cent
plus for the amount of tho products.
Daily average wages for each per
son, $1.00; average annual earnings,
$450.73. Average proportion of
business dono by all establishments,
07 por cent. Average " number of
days each establishment oporatod
during the year, 274.
the
FOR ELECTION FRAUDS.
The St. Louis grand Jury's report
was of a sensational character. In
a batch of '178 true bills returned
over fifty are for election cilmes.
Included in these are indictments
charging Republican Sheriff-elect
Henry Troll and his son, Charles,
who is a deputy in Collector Zelgen
hllln's office, with bribery.
Among the indicted are John Clif
ford, Anthony O. Walsh, Thomas
Mabon, William Oronln, Thomas
Murphy and George T. Murphy
police officers, who are charged with
oppression In office at the election.
Sheriff -elect Troll gave bond in tho
sum of $500. He refused to discuss
the Indictments further than to say
he will not have any trouble show
ing that he, as well as his son, Is
innocent.
It Is stated thai other indictments
have been withheld tom publication
in order to enable the authorities to
make the arrests on bench warrants,
and that prominent politicians are
among'tho numbor, the publication
of whose names will cause a sensa
tlon. The report of the grand Jury
dwells at length upon the abuses and
loose methods of the present exist
lng election laws. The report says
the reward for the repeaters appears
to have' consisted chiefly of promises
from their leaders of immunity from
punishment for illegal voting and of
promises of protection and assist
anco should they come within the
elutches.of the law at some future
time.
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BINS OF EXTRAVAGANCE.
Bath Ashtaor la the Ladles' Hone Journal.
There are more ways of being
extravagant than by spending
money. Extravagance In spoecb is
common fault among your, girls,
Something is seen .and, when It Is
described later on It would-scarcely
be recognized by any other looker
on. Extravagant' words .have been
used, the situation has been made
dramatlo, and what was an ordinary,
everyday occurrence is, by extrav
acaat language, made to seem
something of neat importance,
KxtrivurariatV'.in dress verr often
The commissioner concludes that
In the investigation of crime from a
sociological standpoint most all mis
demeanors should bo eliminated, as
they are for the most part vices
made crimes by statutes. On this
point he aptly says: "Puts and
calls made In a bucket shop are
criminal under our laws, while In
the merchants' exchange they are
legitimate. Buying pools on a horse
race, If the horse runs outside of
the Btate, Is gambling, while It the
horse runs in the state, under
restrictions mentioned, it is legiti
mate."
The commissioner is an optimist,
and does not believe crime is increasing.
The total number of misdemeanors
disposed of In the courts in Missouri
in 1803, for which the counties paid
the costs, is 10,780; costing the
counties $245,042.60. This is exclu
sive of the board of prisoners, paid
by the counties, and exclusive of the
cases the costs of which were paid
by defendants.
The following analysis of the com
missioner is Interesting:
6.577 cases, or 61.01 per cent were con
victed, 7,223 cases or 11.38 per cent, were
aoqulttals.
167 cases, or 1.46 per cent, were con
tinued generally.
63 cases, or 60 per cent, were quashed.
2.780 cases, or 25.61 per cent were nolle
pressed.
All. 79 cases lor climbing on cars, and
three cases tor personating officers were
convicted; 94.91 per cent oi vagrants were
convicted. The most ol them likely
pleaded guilty, and those that did not, it
was easy to convict for apparent reasons.
In common oHensea, such as the public
want convicted, the percentage run
fairly well.
Assault, 80.94 per cent.
, Assault and battery, 61.77 percent
'Affrays, 59 per cent.
Carrying concealed weapons, 51.68 per
cent.
Disturbing lawful assembly, 62.60 per
cent.
"TV!-. H II.-, 1. 1 r. Aft
cent.,
Disturbing the pesos, 70.38 jer cent.
Gambling, 68.81 per cent.
Malicious hi Ischial, 8$ per cent.
Malicious destruction of property, 62.11
percent. '
rubllo nuisance, 67 Jfl per cent.
Shooting on highway, 60 per cent.
It is probable that elssturblng lawful
assembly Is practlciilir,JsJimnymou with
disturbing rellglousfiiili'lyCfambllM
larT.thtj 'most part; irasraeaa t k tnJ
shooters who were caught among
boys and negroes.
Amorous ottensea are condemned by
publlo sentiment In the following pro
portion of convictions:
Adultery, 67.09 per cent.
Assault to rape, 41.51 percent.
Bigamy, 83.33 per cent.
.Gross lewdness, 81.76 per cent.
Keeping a disreputable house, 46 per
cent.
Publlo Indecency, 72.72 per cent.
Unlawful cohabitation, 59.00 per cent.
In doaling with crimes the percentages
are:
Burglary and larceny, 87 per cent.
Embetzlement, 49.04 per cent.
False pretenses, "o-M per cent.
Fraud and cheat, 42.89 per cent.
Forgery, 42.88 per cent.
Grand larceny, 76 per cent.
Larceny from dwelling, 77.75 per cent.
Petit larceny, 76.21 per cent.
lloceivlng stolen pnjmtf&irnt'.QMMUi'
iwuuwrj, a per cent, .i , ' la'
number ol caees, 3,351 1 disturbing the
peace, second, 1,227 selling liquor illegally,
third, 695; carrying concealed weapons,
fourth, 537; adultery, fifth, COS; gambling
and shooting craps, sixth, 481; vagrancy,
seventh', 334.
Seven counties aggregate 60 per
cent of all misdemeanor costs in this
order. They are:
Jackson
St. Louis city 33.S20.80
Greene 13,148.80
Jasper 11,577 23
reltls 9,805,02
Lafayette 8,233 ss
Lawrence 6,887.88
The per capita cost for the state
for misdemeanor costs is-$0.18 for
some of the counties:
Pettis $31.48
Lafayette 27.29
Butler 27.13
Greene 22.04
Jackson 25.15
Jasper 22.92
Law-rence . 22.44
Scott 20 40
Pike 18.18
Bollinger 18.31
New Madrid 18.12
St. Louts City 7.60
Tho commissioner shows that
misdemeanor costs can be reduced to
0 cents per capita, or $85,100.55,
annually, by giving cities of the first,
second and third class exclusive
Jurisdiction over tho class of misde
meanors disposed of In St. Louis In
the police court and by the abolition
of fee By s torn.
The total number of felonies
disposed of in 1803 for which the
state paid tho costs is 3,201, and
which cost $280,104.80, Including
board of prisoners, but excluding the'
coBt of taking convicts to tho peni
tentiary. Nearly one-third "of tho felonies
were tried in St. Louis City ; Jackson
county, second; Greene, third;
Jasper fourth; Buchanan, fifth;
Lafayette, sixth; Marion and Vernon,
an equal number; then Saline; then
I'ettts. Those 10 counties furnish
2,100 cases, or 04 per cent of all the
cases.
Nine hundred and Blxty-four
cases, or 20.20 per cent, were con
victed; 1,410, or 43 per cent, wore
acquitted; 183 continued generally
48 quashed; 077, or 20 por cent,
nolle prossed.
The leading felonies as to numbers
are:
Grand larceny 714
Felonious assault 622
Burglary and larceny 378
Murder..., 192
Robbtry 189
Forgery .189
Burglary 188
Embezzlement 108
These eight crimes furnish 2,580
cases, or 78 per cent of all felonies.
The crimes which cost the state
more than $10,000 for each class, and
the average cost for each caso in
each class (the aggregates are ex
pressed in dollars, leaving off the
cents) :
Murder, $72,966; each case, $3S0.
Itapc, $11,222; each case, $165.86.
Forgery, $13,667; each case, $72.26.
Grand larceny, $48,092; each case, $07.35.
Burglary and larceny, $25,160: each
case, $66.57.
Felonious assault, $38,052; each case,
$01.17.
Robbery, $13,632; each case, $72.12.
Here aro some of the counties
which draw a large part of the taxes
they pay into the state treasury to
pay for felony costs:
Bollinger, 45.3 per cent.; Butler, 313;
Dallas, 43.6; Douglas, 85.6; Hickory, 66.3;
Howell, 62.4; Laclede, 63.9; Mississippi,
27.7; Montgomery, 26; Oregon, 8X2;
Ozark, 93.3; Pemiscot, 32; Reynolds, 35.8;
Ripley, 40.5; Bt. Francois, 25.6; Scotland,
49.5; Texas, 63.5; Wright, 26.9; total, 18.
This leaves 80 counties wbote per'
centage ol cost to taxes paid ranges
between 13 and 25 per cent. Ozark
county, which reports no cost paid
by the county for misdemeanors,
shows the largest per cent, of felony
costs, 03.3, or within a small amount
of all It paid Into the state treasury
The commissioner says each county
should pay its own felony costs as they
do their misdemeanor costs. How
ever, If this is too radical ho advo
cates that each county should pay
for the board of its prisoners pond
ing trial, which aggregates one-third
of all felony costs. The state has
paid the city of St. Louis, in 1803,
for boarding prisoners, $21,151.60, or
81 per cent, of the felony costs In
currod In that city. The greatest
reliance for relief Is in reforming
change of venue laws, which are
responsible under the present condl
tlons for perhaps one -half of the
felony costs.
in the number of tho associations
and third in assets In comparison
with other states. Assets of associ
ations reporting are $33,404,690.03)
$11,101,140.88 of these assets aro
credited to the associations outside
cf St. Louis and $22,303,440.16 to the
associations in St. Louis. Recelfts
of these associations for tho last
fiscal year amounted to $16,225,
840.73. The gross profits of the
associations reporting are, $10,789,.
708.12; the net profit, $7,047,790.84.
Present total number of shares
loaned on, 143,274; free shareB,
235,270; all shares, 378,645. Total
number of borrowers, 17,701. Avor-
age loon to each borrower, $1,G98
average., joan la.Ht,
Number
43,338 total nnmber of sharehold
era, 01,099. Average assets to each
shareholder, $540. The report gives
a synopsis of sixteen states having a
law of supervision over building and
loan associations. The commissioner
strongly recommends such a law for
Missouri and proposes tentatively
.110,370.44 four plans, with estimates of cost of
each. He insists that all banking
features should be eliminated and
these associations confined to the
purpose of their inception, namely,
enabling persons of limited means
to acquire homes by small monthly
payments.
The Pullman Btrlke is referred to
at lfcngth. He suggests that the
several states should reduce the tolls
INSTATE PENITENTIARY
tWarden j, l, paco Gf tjI0 Missouri
penitentiary, will in a few days
submit his biennial report to tho
state hoard of prison inspectors, who
will transmit It to the general assem
bly. Tlin report is the first that Col.
Pace has niado, and It Is full of Inter
esting matter concerning tho state's
great pennl Institution, which Is now
one of the largest In the world. He
makes many suggestions hj
Improvements needed at the institu
tion. Among other thtngB he
says:
ringhe, last year and a half an
our
charged by the Pullman Company to . , T , "
i.i . u , only 1,030 of the convicts contracted
an extent that would make it impos-' , , , , , ,,
, .i . for, leaving several hundred Idle
slble for It to make more than $1,-1 ' i . , ,
... .. ,. , , .nttor a full allowance for prison
twenty years. He also advocates a
law compelling corporations to treat
with organized labor in the discus
sion of differences. He also says
that corporations piling up millions,
at the same time making beggars of
their employes, as the Pullman Com
pany did, refusing to arbitrate,
should bo placed in tho hands of a
recelvor.
CONGRESS MEETS.
Congress met Wednesday, Jan
uary 2, after tho holiday recess.
STATE HOUSE BURNED.
The old Goorgla statehouse of
AUunU was damaged by lire tc.tjio
extent of $40,000.
NOT MANDATORY.
A Catholic dignitary near to
Archbishop Ireland says the Papal
decree Is not mandatory.
' Under the bead of building and
loan associations the report says
The total number Of active, associa
tions la the state if 865)' 166 are dis
tributed to 68. counties, leaving 189
aV Louis oit VMIuonrl la sixth
"Thta plant
fsary steam powor for all tho
rles and state buildings con
t'd with the prison. It has been
with a small cost, and by a
bh from the main line of the
iottrl Pacific railway the prison Is
(nab! ail to unload coal at its doors
without extra handling.
Tht-re were In the penitentiary on
Docimber 31, 1892, 1,041 malof and
4. fotaoles; December 21, 1891, 2,
129 males and 62 females, an Increase
of 21 per cent in two years. In
view of the crowded condition of
the prison, on account of lack of cell
roorti, It is deemed advisable for the
legislature to make an appropriation
for tie erection of at least ono com-
THE WEEK AT HOME.
lielp.i
The warden asserts that ho believes
the contract system tho best and
only one to save the tax-payers a
heavy expense, and therefore more
shop room should be provided. In
order to do this he recommends that
additional story bo built upon
eai'h of the factory buildings, and
doci not think the actual cash outlay
would exceed $25,000, while at the
same time working room would be
muilo for at least 250 men.
The warden states that during his
term many Improvements have
beon mndo to tho hospital building
for tho comfort of tho sick, and the
sewerago syBtem has been enlarged,
bijt In older to amply purify tho pen
It'jtjiiary condition of the prist."
rni-rft ftnuprnrrn will liavi
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
Dr. Carroll estimates that 2,000,000
religious sorvlces, not counting Sun
day schools, are held every year in
the United States, and that 10,000,-
000 sermons are preached in 105,000
places of worship.
NO MOKE FOOTBALL FOB INDIANA.
At a meeting of the college pre
sidents of Indiana It was declared to
forbid Intercollegiate foot ball. An
order will at onco go into effect. A
long series of resolutions prohibiting
athletic associations or any semi
professional organizations was adopt
ed but exhibition games will be
allowed.
ONE CHURCH'S C100D WOHK.
The Filth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, of New York, of which the
Rev. John Hall, D. D,, 1b the pastor,
supports three large missions in the
city, with ministers who devote
themselves to special work among
the poor. In these missions they
have Sunday schools for the children,
sewing classes for the girls and
training schools for the boys. This
church Is also erecting, at a cost of
$100,000 another mission building in
a destitute part of tho city.
U81NO BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS.
An unusual thing In connection
with court is the holding by the
United States grand jury at Colum
bus, Ohio, that Scriptural quotations
may be libellous. II. A'. Busby of
Means, Harrison county, was In
dicted for writing letters and postal
cards to David Uandley. On one
envelope of the letters were the
quotations: "Owe No Man Any
thing," "Let Us Walk Honestly,"
and "Many Years Tbou Shall Be
Troubled." He was Indicted on four
counts on the ground that the lan
guage used was libellous and
calculated to Injure the character
of Mr. Handley.
IN THE CYCLONE BELT.
From the Chicago lleoord,
The Visitor (In the weather office)
Kin you tell mo, please, which way
the prevallin' winds In Kansas are
runnln' this season?
The Weather Man They're eas
terly. But why do you'asEf-
Tho Visitor I'm going back there
next week, and I'd kind of like to
get pointers as to whera X'd be likely
to find the ole farmhouse.
NOT USED TO OAS.
"Don't blow out the gas," said the
bellboy.
"I'm right gld.yovi f?ld me, 'I said
the gentleman '-w the .caprine
whiskers. J'oa't have, nothln'.
move. :v
m?.:e sowerago will have to bo con
structed .
In June, 1893, n contract was
made with tho Jefferson Shoo com
pany for the female convict labor at
40 cents a day, which was at tho
time thought a venturosomo experi
ment, but tho record shows that
since that date the company has
worked on an average of thirty-four
of the fcmalo-i a day.
One-sixth of tho prisoners now In
the prison were under 20 years of
age when committed; ono -third
between 20 and 25 years, makingone
half of the convicts under 25 years of
age.
Tho warden then adds: Believing
that many of these boys and girls,
especially under the age of 20 years,
wer not hardened In crime at the
of their sentence, and that coming
into contact with older and hardened
criminals has a tendency to corrupt
rather than reform, I think that a
liberal statue should be enacted
allowing the trial judge discretiou as
to whether young criminals should be
sent here or to the reform schools of
tho state. I believe that the result
would bo the Bavlug of a majority of
them, besides being of incalculable
benefit to the state and country.
The financial report shows that the
earnings of the prison for 1803 and
1894 are $10,000 less than for the
years 1891 and 1892. Yet, with an
averago of '200 more convicts than
In the preceedlng two years, the
cost to tho state for maintenance
has been only about $20,000.
THE HEWN OF THE BICYCLE.
From the Century,
What may be callod, not improp
erly, tho bicycle passlti rs full
possession of Bovernl lead.1' junt
rles of the world. England and
Franco, notably those parts of them
In and about London and Paris, have
boon so given over to It for some
tlmo that a large proportion of their
population como and go on thulr
errands of business or pleasure "on a
wheel." Americans who liavo rec-HL.S.J-
traveled abroad have beon
astonished at the genera! um, if the
blcyclo 'thero, and have been still
more astonished, on returning to
their own country during the last
year, to discover what headway the
. rfauw"'"-rj.,"tae!T 4ii"i
fnmlshesJthe ....i.j.i..
year now closing a quarter of a
million bicycles have been sold In
this country, and that the number of
riders approaches a million. Thero
are said to be over 60,000 In New
York and its neighborhood, and fully
half that number In and about Boston.
The .latter city caught the passion
from Europo somo time before New
York did, and has a larger propor
tion of Its population, male and
femalo, regularly devoted to It.
Observers of the phenomenon aro
wondering whether It Is merely a
passing whim, or whether It "has
come to stay"; whether thobo who
have taken It up will continue it
yfter the novelty has worn off, or
whether thoy will drop it for the
next new fad that shall come along.
Thero aro many reason for thinking
that Its stay will be permanent.
Undoubtedly many of those who
take It up because of Its vogue will
tiro of it after a while, but these will
not constitute a largo proportion of
tho whole number, Tho. groat body
of riders find In tliu bicycle a now
pleasure in life, a means for seeing
moro of the world, a soureo of better
health through open-air exercise, a
bond of comradeship, method of
rapid locomotion either for business
or pleasure, and mane other enjoy
ments and advantages which they
will not relinquish. The bicycle has,
in fact, become a necessary part of
modern life, and could not be aband
oned without turning the Boclal
progress of tho world backward.
Fow who have used it for a tour
lljruugli tho country would think for
a moment of giving it up and return
ing to pedestrianism instead. Aside
from the eiril'arstlmrjpy of riding,
which overv blcvclo dovotee v:!"
assure ou Is the nearest approach
to dying at present possible to man,
there is the opportunity of seeing a
constantly changing landscape.
Tho bicycle is indeed the great
levelcr. It puts the poor man on a
level with the rich, enabling him to
"sing the song of the open road" as
freely as the millionaire, and go near
to or far from his homo, observing
how other men live. He could not
alford a railway journey and sojourn
in these places, and ho could not
walk through them without tiring
sufficiently to destroy in a measure
the pleasure which he sought. But
he can ride through twenty, thirty,
fifty, even seventy miles of coun
try in a day without serious fatigue,
and with no expense save his board
and lodging. To thousands of men
and women tho longing of years to
travel a little as soon as they could
alford it is thus gratified, virtually
without limit; for a "little journey
in tho world" can bo made on every
recurring holiday or vacation.
Bubstances, soggy bread, and a
dozen other things that you know of
as well as I. These things all may
bo pleasant, ami may not really do
you any harm aB you live along from
day to day, though they certainly
don't do much good, but they will at
oncfc provent you from educating
yourself up to a long wind and a
power of hard endurance, which Is
what you want when you aro going
Into nthlotlcs. In tho same way
vegetables of many kinds are not
good for a training man. They fill
his stomach up with pulted-up noth
lnh. it. do not give i" -: ood
solid strcngtii . to speak of, after all
1 1 said.
From the Kan.au city HUr.
Tho Rev. Y. (I. Carey, of Minne
apolis, Kan., is coach of the high
school foot ball team of that city and
thero is a story about it that shows
there are moro ways to scoro a
touchdown ou Satan than by trying
to buck the center. Parson Carey
sneaked around the end.
It appears that thero is great
rivalry between Minneapolis and
Concordia, and In all games of
chanco and sport, checkers, high
five, baeo ball, bean bag, croquet,
golf, and foot ball, the rivalry runs
high. Heretofore Concordia lias had
a Uttlo tho best of it, but when
Parson Carey camo to town he saw
that tho man who would Bave tho
Minneapolis reputation could have
the earth with a fence around it.
Tho pari-on was fresh from tho
Baptist university at Ottawa, and
along with ecclesiastical knowledge
he had taken in a point or two on
foot ball. He had played ou tho
Ottawa team when It went to tem
porary defeat under the hostB of sin
from tho state university. So iio
organized a foot ball team and
trained the boys and saw that they
challenged Concordia's cracked
team. Concordia came down pre
pared to eat Minneapolis up. The
parson stood around and talked Irish
to tho Minneapolis bo'H. Thoy
went into that game and made
Concordia walk turkey -fashion; they
mopped tho earth with the proud
young men from tho Cloud county
metropolis and Concordia was a
scene of weeping and walling and
gnashing of teeth. Thai was Satur
day. Tho next day tho Ilaptlst church
of Minneapolis was crowded to the
doors. Standing room could have
been sold for enough to establish a
heathen mission. Tho following
Sunday Parson Carey baptised
twenty ropentant sinners In the Sol
omon river and Satan never know
until it was all over how his line was
shattorcd.
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THE f0VER OF SILENCE.
From Zfrm's Herald.
Tho one thing greater than human
speech is silence. Tho silence of
Christ in the presence of falsehood
and detraction was god-like. In the
preeonce of criticism and exposure
vice can ill afford to close Its lips;
its hope lies In the witchery and
deception of speech; the blandish
ments of the tongue must be used in
defense of an 111 cause and ill deeds
Virtue, ' on the other hand, can well
afford to' be still, for the reason that
there is no wrong to be concealed
The good man wears his character
on his sleeve and allow his deeds to
be proclaimed on the housetop. lie
has nothing he need be ashamed of,
In fact, his -best defense, In many
cases, in his silence. To the outrag
eous misrepresentations of his one
rules, John Wesley usually made no
reply. His silence was often sublime.
On one occasion, when his bitterest
enemies .had .combined with the set
purpose to rain, his reputation and
therofore discredit tbo work lu
which be was "engaged, his brother
was nervous' and thought he ought
to speak in his own defense. lie
had trusted his soul with Qod, and
ne coum aispvautnis good name.
Time made PHle vindication
Blfence UjajKf more powerful
defense tbasHHnt.
,TMissiii-i!ai-T'Zi(i:r7:l'rt
HINTS FOll TRAINING.
From Harper's Young People.
"What shall I eat to get me into
the best kind of training?" That is
an important matter. In fact, eat
ing is the most important part of
training. If you are well, if your
stomach is in good condition, and
your digestion is healthy, you can
stand a great deal of work of any
kind, and of the athletic kind
especially. You will remember, for
Instance, the tlmo you went out
and ran a milo when you were com
pletely out of training. The first
pain or disturbance you noticed was
in your stomach. There was a feel
ing of nausea, a falutness, and in
moment you wero completely over
come. That was because your
stomach was not in good and suit
ablo condition. The care of the
stomach and the care of the wind
are the two primary laws of training.
Then there are certain kinds of
food that auy one, doctor or mother
or friend, will tell you are not
healthy for any one, and never will
be. They are not absolutely un
healthy. People eat them and do
not dlo at once. But thoy are like
smoking. It may not be very in
jurlous to a full-grown man, but
never lu the history of the world did
any one attempt to prove that smok
lng tobacco was good for him. That
Is, its pleasant to those who smoke.
They like It. It may not hurt them
But there Is nothing in It that makes
flesh and muscle and bone, nothing
that makes strong nerves and a
steady hand. This is true of pastry,
of fancy, highly seasoned, highly
dressed desserts and dishes, greasy
PATHETIC THAN HUMOROUS.
From the iDilian.ipolu Sentinel.
An aged couple living in the south
part of this county, who had devoted
tholr three bcoro and ten to rural
life and tho making of a farm, sold
their possessions for the snug sum
of f 10,000,
When the purchaser called with a
notary to close up the deal by taking
the deed of title, the husband having
signed and passed it to the wife, Bho
positively refused to sign without a
consideration, saying that sho had
spent her life in making tho farm
and had never realized anything she
could call her own, and now was her
opportunity. The husband failed to
satisfy her and secure tho signature.
Then tho purchaser asked to know
what she would tako and sign the
deed, foarful that she would be
exacting beyond his inclination to
comply. After a good deal of hesi-
tency sho said she thought she
ought to have $2, which he promptly
handed her, and she signed the title.
She turned over tho silver dollars
time aud time again, laughing over
her good luck. S.io said:
"Well, well, this is the first money
I have over had in my life that I
could call my own, aud spend It as I
may wish to do to suit myself."
THE WINTER'S MODES.
From Demoresl's Murine.
The fashion of full corsages is
a Iplmost a furor. Ten out of twelvo
gowns have fulled waists; and it
excites our liveliest admiration to
perceive with what skill the cunning
moditte has manipulated even the
heaviest fabrics, velvets and rough
wools, so that they droop lu graceful
folds. Halt a dozen rich black
erf poit gowns shown in one shop
window recently varied only In
slight details from our illustration,
"A Harmony in drays." All had
the drooping fullness of the French
blouse In front. In some the full
ness extended to tho throat, but
oftener there was ajoke of velvet,
Jet or lace or rich embroidery. In
one a rain of Jet descendod from the
yoke and was caught In at tho belt,
others had loose bands of passemen
terie which seemed to hold the full
ness In place. The back of 'the
corsage was either slightly full or
stretched smoothly over a fitted lin
ing. The full, flaring skirts were
finished with a narrow band of vel
vet, pasoementerle or (or, or bad no
trimming.
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RINGING FOR PRAYERS.
Front Harper's Magazine.
A very pretty story shout a con
fiding child is told of tho four-year-old
son of a niomher of tho Georgia
legislature. Having left tho hoy in
a room of one of the big hotels of the
metropolis, with the command to go
bed immediately, he went down to
seek his congenial frlonds in tho
office. The bell-boys were soon
thrown into conversation by the
many and various calls from tho
room In which the little fellow had
been left, and qulto a number of
them wore soon collected there. But
It was not Ico water, or llro, or a "B.
and S." that tho child wanted.
He astonished tho boys with this
request. "Please, sirs, send somo
one to mo to hear me say my
prayers."
POLITE TO THE PREACHER.
From the Lewistoa Journal,
A Lewlston clergyman says that at
a recent wedding when ho put the
question to tho sweet little brido:
"Wilt thou have this man to bo thy
wedded husband?" she dropped the
prettiest courtesy, and replied: "If
you please."
UNCONSCIOUS CANDOR.
From the Washington star,
"Some women can't believe a word
their husbands say," she remarked.
"Well," confided the other, "I'm
not quite so badly oft as that. My
husband talks in his sleep occasionally."
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