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The Yale Expositor.
J. A. Menzies, Publisher.
YALE,
MICI1
Happiness depends largely on know
!i when you bave'enough.
The new woman is merely the old
woman 'Jo lug her own thinking.
A Topeka scientist says that torna
does are good for the crops. But It
leaves mighty few to reap them.
We regard the attempt to fix up the
Bible to suit the views of "advanced"
women as a clear case of her-esy.
Newfoundland seems to experience a
good deal of difficulty in her efforts to
annex some other country to her debt.
If Washington had been a foreigner
he might have succeeded Napoleon now
os the idol of the faddists in this coun
try. In Illinois the mother of a boy follow
ed him up after he had eloped with a
girl and compelled the girl to marry
him.
A Bay City (Mich.) grand jury has
returned fifty-eight indictments for
malfeasance in office, lias any official
been left out?
Keep doing, always doing. Wishing,
dreaming, intending, murmuring, talk
ing, sighing and repining, are idle and
profitless employments.
Thomas Dunn English says he is
very weary of the Ben Bolt nonsense.
If Du Maurler will now Bpeak, the feel
ing will be unanimous.
Corbett and Fitzslmmons cannot
fight In Florida, but this will be no
great hardship as long as they can
continue talking In New York.
The Emperor of China is not so sure
that Russia is a vassal state of his as
he was about twelve months ago.
The Michigan legislature Is in favor
of a law against treating, but are the
legislators willing to have the provi
sions of the law extend to themselves?
The St. Louis banker who has forbid
den his clerks to attend horse races on
pain of being discharged believes that
a step in time may save a trip to Can
ada. An English viscount whose family U
250 years old has worn out his arm
grinding a hand organ. Here is a
chance for some ambitious American
heiress.
It will bo seen from the different
newspaper accounts that the author of
"Coin" and Prof. Laughlin badly
worsted each other In their Chicago dis
cussion. Some people have no patience. Sev
eral of the firms which won prizes at
the World's Fair of 1S93 ar complain
ing because the medals &u not yet
ready for awarding.
Mayor Bemi-s of Omaha is not back
ward about recognizing merit when he
sees it. "I am not afraid to say," says
Mayor Bemis, "that I have given this
city the best administration it ever
had."
The rise in wheat, as usual, come3
after the farmers have for the most
part disposed of their surplus. The
producers generally see the best profits
on their products reaped by somebody
else.
Even Zululand is in the van of prog
ress. Money orders may now bo ob
tained at any money order office in the
United Kingdom payable at Eshow,
Melmoth, Nqutu and Nonwenl, in that
country.
It Is a stranpe fact that when a busi
ness concern "goes up" it always "goes
down," and that it is generally found
that it has "gone under" when It Is "all
over." This fittingly illustrates the
simplicity of the language. "
General De Quesada, Cubaa patriot,
announces in New York: "The hour
has arrived!" The hour may have Just
arrived in New York, but it te pretty
well advanced In Cuba. Cuban out
bursts this side of Sandy Hook are in
teresting but not valuable. It Is not the
hour but the guns and ammunition
which the Cubans are impatiently
awaiting to arrive.
A Geneva clockmaker has invented a
speaking watch. It is an application of
the phonograph to .the old-fashioned
repeater, whose springs and hammers
have been replaced by a disc of vulcan
izd India rubber. As the point moves
over the surface it emits articulate
sounds, indicating the hour, being an
exact reproduction of those produced
on a cylinder by the human voice, and
which can be heard in an adjoining
room.
A man who attempted suicide In New
York has been sent to Sing Sing prison
for a year. No doubt this will serve as
a warning to other would-be suicides
that they will have to do their work
thoroughly If they are to escape the
law.
Now that business Is reviving and
the people have more money to spare,
they will be able to purchase that ar
ticle the advertisement of which has
caught their. eyea so, often. (The spirit
has beetfOjtogMcjtong, but the cash
has been short
FREE SILVER WANTED
NEBRASKA BANKER SEES SAL
VATION'S LIGHT.
It. G. Horr's Defense of the Single Gold
Standard l'unrtured by m Blan Who
Know Wbit'i Bight from Kx
parlance.
Recently my attention was attracted
to a letter from Mr. Edwin O. Phipps
of Bartlett, Ohio, addressed to the edi
tor of the New York Tribune, and given
space in the weekly edition of that
paper,
Mr. Thipps asked to have explained
some things about finance. "Why is a
gold dollar worth more than a silver
dollar?" he asked, meaning, in the light
of what went before. Why is the bul
lion worth of a gold dollar worth more
than the bullion worth of a silver dol
ar? The reply to the letter was over the
signature of It. G. Horr, and occupied
as much as three columns of the pa
per. Thl3 Mr. Horr was one time a con
gressman from Michigan and after
ward hired to the Tribune as an au
thority on the tariff question. In sup
plying the Republicans of the rural
districts stock argumentsforhigh tariff
Mr. Horr met with some measure of
success. The few profiting directly
during the period of high protection
have been materially grateful to Mr.
Horr, we may suppose, for the Influence
he exerted in maintaining the system.
But now the displacement of the tariff
question by the finance issue seriously
threatens the place of Mr. Horr as an
adviser of hayseed Ignorance.
Many who piped to his piping while
the tariff was the Issue of issues are
now mute or protestant over his oracu
lar utterances respecting finance. They
see, or think they do, which is of the
same effect upon Mr. Horr's reputation
among them, that he Is powerless to
grasp the underlying truths of finance;
and many are pained at seeing him on
this issue distort himself to exude mat
ter poisonous to their Interests, as they
believe.
I wonder did the conclusions aimed
at by Mr. Horr in answering Mr. Phipps
seem the same to others as to me? Did
ho purpose to instruct Mr. Phipps and
other readers that the bullion price of
gold under a free-coinage system would
fluctuate as fluctuates the price of com
moditiesgoods which allay the natur
al periodic wants of man that gold
and silver bullion, when gold and sil
ver have free entrance to the mints for
coinage Into legal tender money, are
obedient to the law of supply and de
mand; in other words, that parity can
be attained and maintained only so long
as the consumable supply of sliver was
to the supply of gold, and the demand
for the one as to the demand for the
one as to the demand for the other,
is and continues as the monetary ratio?
Moreover, would he have us believe that
cost of production affected, and with
supply and demand established, the bul
lion price of gold and silver under a
free coinage system?
I extract some passages from Mr.
Horr's reply:
"The people who believe In maintain
ing a gold standard assert that the
present low price of silver is largely
owing to the enormous increase in pro
duction, which has thus largely in
creased the supply, and also to the
much cheaper methods of mining and
smelting silver, which have resulted in
an ounce of silver representing so much
less human labor than It did in former
years, when its value was so much
greater as compared with gold than at
the present time. I have not the least
doubt that the present low price of sil
ver Is much owing to the causes Just
stated.
"When the amount of pure gold was
fixed of which our present gold dollar
should consist, that amount of gold was
then worth almost exactly the same as
the amount of pure silver which con
stituted then and which now is con
tained in each so-called silver dollar In
this country. The Intention of the law
at that time was to make gold dollars
and silver dollars of exactly the same
intrinsic value, because a double stand
ard is impossible unless the value of
the two units is the same.
"The laws of this country require
our financial affairs to bo managed so
as to keep our silver and gold at equal
exchangeable value, without regard to
their actual or intrinsic value. That
Is what is meant by 'parity of value.'
This can only be done by the govern
ment paying all obligations in gold."
These passages are fairly illustrative
of the arguments promulgated in sup
port of the Bingle gold standard; and,
doubtless, the correctness of the con
clusions I have drawn from them will
be freely admitted.
Mr. Horr is worthy of commendation,
in that, In handling the issue, he makes
use of argument, such as it is, rather
than denunciation. Therein he dis
tinguishes himself from the greater
number of gold standard advocates. I
Instance as one of the majority Mr.
Edward Atkinson, and cite his article
In the Record of April 26.
I wish to answer Mr. Phipps' ques
tion: Why is the bullion worth of a
gold dollar more than the bullion worth
of a silver dollar?
At the outset I think it necessary to
clear away some of the confusion of
thought in relation to money.
A clear understanding of the finan
cial issue whether silver properly
should or should not be upon an equal
footing with gold, a bearer of the money
function, cannot be attained through
an analysis of the subject In which
the terms, value, fluctuation, demand
and supply, scarcity and abundance
are applied to gold and silver while
nnllmltedly coined. Those terms have
Tleflnlte meaning when applied to com
modities, to goods desirable for con
sumption, and which are destroyed or
retained by the person using them.
Money Is of a different nature, and
with like significance those terms are
not applicable to money to gold and
silver when freely minted.
Money is not desired for consumption
or retention. Unlike commodity, It
does not expect a final purchaser, nor
do successive changes lessen or increase
Its desirability; to part with It is to im
mediately reb'cek it.
Gold and sliver, under a free-coinage
system are desirable in the same man
ner, to the same extent and for the
same purposes that money is. The bul
lion is convertible at the possessor's
will Into equal weights of coin, and
hence becomes equally desirable with
money.
Gold and silver under a free-coinage
system are not desirable mainly for
use in the arts and for ornamentation.
The demand for such purposes cannot
add price to the uncoined bullion. Why
exchange more goods for bullion when
less goods will obtain an equal quan
tity of the desired metal in the form
of coin? With wheat supplies in ex
cess of consumption are In effect a de
ficiency of demand; the price lowers.
But deficient demand for gold and sil
ver for use in the arts, when gold and
silver are free to enter the mints, can
not lessen the price aa measured by the
unit of value. Why exchange in the
market the bullion for less goods when
by having It coined the coin will pur
chase more goods?
The persons now likening gold and
silver in allegiance to the law of sup
ply and demand unto wheat, pig-iron,
etc., crowd their range of vision with
the service performed by the metal In
bygone ages, and do not discern the
superseding attribute of legal tender.
Gold and silver were first used for
ornament. Later they came to be used
aa a standard of value, passing in busi
ness transactions by weight. A man
possessing goods not needed for his
own immediate consumption, and not
conveniently retained unimpaired,
traded them for gold and silver if he
could. In time, with the advance of
civilization, came order, protection of
the Individual in his property rights
and enforcement of contracts. Units
of value were enacted, and fixed quan
tities of gold and silver were made to
bear the unite of value. Then gradu
ally the people ceased registering their
commercial transactions, their debts
and dues, in commodities such a3 cat
tle, rice, wheat, or gold and silver by
weight, and reckoned in the common
unit of value, the coin of the realm.
Subjects were forced to take, in buy
ing or selling, or other payment, any
money lawfully made.
Now that which Is made to discharge
debt is the equivalent of all objects
which are desirable and which require
labor to reduce to possession objects
consumed, objects existing for con
sumption and objects of future produc
tion. Obviously, desire (demand). In
tbq abstract Is constant Hence the
demand for money is constant. The
intensity of demand can not relax.
To fully comprehend the equivalence
of money Is to apprehend clearly the
constant, never relaxing demandabll
ity of money. It settles the score of
past indulgence, commands present en
joyment and insures against .future
L want These three human prevalences
can not all rise together or fall togeth
er. One may rise while the other falls.
The present may disregard the obliga
tions of the past and neglect the
future, but in that event it will revel
to-day; it may deny itself to-day in
penance of the past or mindful of future
condition will affect the demand for
commodities, but the demand for
money will be unaffected. If not
wanted to liquidate the past or to pro
vision the future it i3 wanted none the
less intensely for Indulging the pres
ent And for the present to forego It
Is to have either the past cr the future
grasp to possess it
Certainly there never has been a
supply sufficient to relax the Intensity
demand, and Just as certainly there
never can be. As the division of labor
attends on advancing civilization the
universality and Intensity of demand
will increase.
Admitted then, that the demand for
money legal-tender money Is con
stant Good bullion and silver
bullion, under a free-coinage system,
are money, are equivalent in equal
weights with money. Therefore tho
demand for gold and silver bullion Is
constant.
Commodities, wheat, silk, any or all
of the many objects desired by man,
limited in quantity and produced for
and destroyed by consumption, fluctuate
in value under the Influence of the law
of supply and demand, and
of the law of substitution; a sufficient
supply predicates a deficient demand,
a deficient supply an Increased demand,
while beyond a certain measure of sac
rifice use declines and substitutes less
exacting fill the want
It is not so with the bullion under a
free-coinage system. The uncoined
metal has the constant and universally
present demandibility of money. Im
perative are the laws of the market,
and supply and demand as to It Fluc
tuation of value, together with scarcity
and redundancy of supply, as well as
deficiency and sufficiency of demand,
are not of It Value it loses, and in its
stead a property distinct from and
superior to value is acquired. Fluctua
tion of demand Is lost and universality
and constancy of demand is gained;
and losing the possibility of excessive
supply it acquires the impossibility of
sufficient supply.
If it be allowed that I am right so
far in the reasoning there can be no
disputing the proposition that the price
of bullion, when gold and silver are
freely minted, Is tho mintage price, and
can be none other. If 371.25 grains of
pure silver, and 23.22 grains of pure
gold are i;ach made the bearer of the
unit of value, then the price in the
market of the respective quantities of
metal will be the unit of value, no
more, no less. In the market the quan
tity of one is the equivalent of the
quantity of the other; 11. CI grains gold
cannot equal 371.23 grains silver. One
half is not equal to the whole.
The conclusions so far reached have
been evolved from an analysis of bul
lion price under a free-coinage system.
For further argument, let us suppose
the free coinage of both gold and sliver,
as prior to 1S73; follow that with de
monetization of either metal, and brief
ly examine the effect on the price of
the demonetized metal.
We have seen as to commodities that
an excessive supply is in effect a de
ficient demand, the price lowers.
Mr. Morton, the secretary of agri
culture, has time and again lectured
the country on prices. He has told
how the law of supply and demand
is inexorable; how it exacted obedience
from gold and silver as truly as of the
products of the farm. Granted, If gold
and silver be demonetized.
Recently an editor of the leading
Democratic paper of New York city In
disputing the proposition that gold and
silver under a free-coinage system are
desirable chiefly to perform the func
tion of money said: "The truth Is that
gold and silver perform the function
of money solely becauso they are desir
able as commodities. Three-quarters
of all the gold annually produced, and
a largo amount of silver, are consumed
for manufacturing and artistic pur
poses, and their power to fulfill these
purposes is what makes them valuable,
not their use as money."
If his asertloa respecting the quan
tity of gold annually consumed
in the arts i3 true, is it not
likewise true that tho demand
for such purposes is no greater
than three-fourths of tho supply? Then
how about the other one-fourth? Sup
pose gold be demonetized. What will
bo the effect of a 23 per cent supply
In excess of the prevailing demand?
Will the honorable gentleman tell us
the effect on the price of our country
men farmers' wheat should tho United
States annually produce 500,000,000
bushels, against an annual consump
tion of only 375,000,000 bushels, with
no outlet for the 123,000,000 bushel
surplus? Wheat would become a drug,
would It not?
We hardly need the honorable secre
tary's advice on thl3 or other like agri
cultural quandaries. Yet, If not, of
what use is the honorable secretary In
his honorable place?
The task the president has set him Is
much too big for him. Not but what
wo value highly tho merits of the sec
retary. Out here we think Morton a
bigger man than Cleveland, figurative
ly; mortal, however, we may presume
ho Is. And, therefore, quite unequal to
ridding the farm3 of the country of
what he technically terms heresy, finan
cial heresy, the vulgar name being 16
to 1.
Had gold suffered demonetization to
the same extent silver has, the price
of gold bullion would have been sensibly
lessened. That conclusion is forced
upon us. We believe it, wo must believe
It the honorable secretary to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Silver was demonetized. The annual
production of silver exceeded the de
mand for manufacturing and artistic
purposes. The mints no longer supplied
an unvarying demand for the excess.
Universality and constant demand was
lost. Nothing remained but the bare
commodity demand. Tho prlco o sil
ver fell.
Such, I take it, is the true answer
to Mr. Phipps' question: Why is tho
bullion worth of a gold dollar more
than the bullion worth of a silver dol
lar? W. G. SEWARD.
HERE'S ROSES FOR YOU.
Tlie Impnlse to lie Grnrrnai Came
from the flowers.
A prosperous-looking man was rid
ing westward on a Taylor street car.
In his hand he held a large bunch of
cut roses, covered with tissue paper. It
was the first communion Sunday, and
as the man looked out ho saw young
girls in whlto dresses and veiling
hurrying along, says tho Chicago Rec
ord. The Nineteenth ward man looked
at the cheerful girls. After they wero
past hi3 eye wandered again to the red
advertisement in the car; then he
looked at tho roses, and at last noticed
a little girl on the opposite scat. She
was poorly clad and had on a dark
shawl and wa3 gazing intently at the
flowers. He noted her poor appear
ance and longing look and ho suddenly
opened the tissue paper and took out
two large roses and said: "Here, little
girl." Her eyes opened wider and ehe
said, "Oh, thank you, mister!" It was
a very small happening in Chicago and
probably contains no moral. When he
got off with another man at May street
and they went into a saloon for a
drink and the roses were laid on the
bar he seemed to meditate and said:
"God bless her little soull I wish I'd
given her all of them."
The Serpent's Trlrlc.
The power of continuing motionless
with the uplifted head projecting for
ward for an indefinite period is one of
the most wonderful of the serpent's
muscular' feats and is one of the high
est Importance to the animal, both
when fascinating its victim and when
mimicking some inanimate object, as,
for Instance, the stem and bud of an
aquatic plant; here it la only referred
to on account of the effect It produces
on the human mind, as enhancing the
serpent's strangeness. In this attitude,
with the round, unwinking eyes fixed
on th9 beholder's face, the effect may
be' very curious and uncanny.
Two Hundred Ton of Feather.
It is estimated that 200 tons of os
trich feathers have been exported
from Cape Colony during the last thir
ty years, valued at $30,000,000.
A man who will wear made over ties
will let his wife cut his hair for him.
THE NEWEST WOMAN.
SHE HAILS FROM INDIANA, OF
COURSE.
Aun Lemraoa Griffin, Who Refuses to
Allow l'oltroona to Annoy Her In
Theater Start a Reform That Would
lie Generally Popular.
-jfed by the action of
Mrs. Dr. Anna
Lemmon Griffin, of
'Muncie, Ind., In re
vising to permit
two men to pass
her seat to the
aisle between the
acts at the Wyser
Grand theater a
few nights ago it
by no means con
fined to that little
and telegrams have
city. Letters
reached her from Cincinnati, Chicago
anil many other points, commending
her action. Mrs. Grltlln hail accompa
nied a party of ladles to the theater,
and after they had been seated the two
young men came In. Of what followed
she said to the writer: "When the cur
tain had dropped for the first time ne
of them asked, 'May we get out?' and
I politely replied that he could not. Ha
insisted, and I decided that I would
show him that in America h, woman
has some rights and privileges. He
called the police, and I confess that
excited me. and had the manager or
dered me to vacate my seat, I should
have refused to obey, as I had paid for
the seat."
Manager Wyser Informed the man
that the lady had a right to hold this
seat, and then the men were finally
compelled to sit down. A storm of ap
plause followed from the occupants of
the lower floor who witnessed the pecu
liar scene. The public and the press
have applauded Mrs. Griffin so strong
ly that Manager Wyser will discard the
pars check system, as the theater has
water and all modern conveniences
connected with each floor.
Mrs. Griffin is a highly educated wo
man. She was born in Allen county,
Fort Wayne. She is a graduate of th
Valparaiso College and at the age of
20 was an instructor in the schools In
Allen and Torter counties. Indlana.and
DR. ANNA LEMMON GRIFFIN,
in Bureau county, Illinois. In IS 85 she
entered the Woman's Medical College
of Chicago, and she won the Rosaen
gert prize of J00 in a class of sixteen
graduates. After her graduation she
served a term as interne in the Wo
man's and Children's Hospital of Chi
cago and since then has practiced med
icine in Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and
Muncie. She has lived there thre
years. She served as secretary of the
Delaware County Medical Society last
year and a member of the District
Medical Society. Her practice is very
large in Muncie and Delaware County.
Her maiden name was Lemmon and
she was married only a few months
ago.
A Coincide. .
"Many years, ago," says David Nor
ton, of Oldtown, Maine, "I set out a
chance apple-tree that sprang up near
our prcmlFCS, and cared for it until it
grew into a fine larpe tree, bearing n
splendid variety of fruit, unlike any
thing I had ever seen. The children
thought a great deal of the apples find
in compliment to their mother called
them the 'mother apples. After the
tree had been bearing a few years I
was in a Bangor market one day, and
there was a barrel of apples Just like
those at home, and I thought, 'Now I'll
find out what they call 'em.' So I In
quired where they got them. 'Mr. So-and-So
raised them out In Hermon,'
was the reply. 'Well, what kind of ap
ples are they? What's their name?"
Mother apples," said the market-man.
looking me right in the eye. Now, that
beat me all out, and I've wondered at
the strange coincidence ever slnc that
these apples, raised twenty miles away,
where they never saw or heard of our
'mother apples at home, should have
the same fruit and give It the same
name, or if they were first, that my
boys should have hit the same name
without knowing it."
Estimating the Value of a Miracle.
On the authority of a member of the
medical profession, the British Medical
Journal states that a devout woman,
afflicted with an ulcerated stomach,
visited St. Wlnetrlde's well, and was
duly cured by the saint. She.returned
home, boasting that she could "eat any
thing." Including even "pIrs' feet."
Whether she actually Indulged In pigs'
feet does not appear. If properly
cooked, they are a harmless delicacy;
but, anyhow, the lady was suddenly
taken very 111 at teatime. The doctor
who was called In "diagnosed perfora
tion of the stomach." and the next day
the poor lady died. One of the first
requisites, t take it. in estimating the
value of all "cures." whether miracu
lous or otherwise. Is the subsequent
history of the cases. This Is supplied
with great effect in the above Instance.
Rut, perhaps, I shall be told that the
saint does not Insure against pigs feet
in casea of ulcerated stomach.
Even ynekeressea Wear 'Km.
Out at Uryn Mawr the girls at the
college, even some of Quaker ancestry,
wear the bifurcated garments, the
"radical dress," as they call It. In real
Ity "bloomers." whenever they can.
Titey wear them In the gymnasium and
when riding a "byck." There la really
a strong movement In many quarters
In favor of dress reform among women.
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HALF FARE
To Chattasoog-a and Return for the.
Epworth League Conveutloa In Jane.
On June 25th, 26th and 27th, 1805. the
Monon Itoute will sell tickets at rate
of one fare for the round trip from all
points on Its line to Chattanooga and
return on account of the Second Inter
national Conference of the Epworth
League. These rates and tickets will l
open to all. Tickets will be limited to
return fifteen days from date of sale,
but can be extended fifteen days by de
positing with agents of Q. & C. or Nash
ville lz Chattanooga Railways before
June 30th.
A choice of routes via Cincinnati, the
Clue Grass regions of Kentucky and
the mountains of Tennessee, or via
Louisville and the cave regions of Ken
tucky, with side trips to Mammoth
cave at a nominal expense, makes the
Monon route the most desirable line
between Chicago and Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The day trains of the Monon route
both via Louisville and Cincinnati car
ry parlor tars and dining cars, serving
meals same as at a first-class cafe. Pu
tOns can order what they want and
need only pay for what they get.
The evening trains carry luxurious
palace sleeping cars from Chicago U
Cincinnati or Louisville. The sleeping
car rate from Chicago to the Ohio
river, or from the Ohio river to Chat
tanooga, is 52 per berth, whether occu
pied by one or two persons.
Parties wishing to view the moun
tain scenery of the South should leave
Chicago on the evening trains, so as to
make the trip from Cincinnati or Lou
isville to Chattanooga by daylight, ar
riving at Chattanooga for supper.
Those wishing to visit Mammoth cave
should leave Chicago at 5:32 p. m., ar
riving at Louisville for breakfast, and
at the cave for dinner, remaining at the
cave until next morning, leaving at 9
o'clock, end arriving at Chattanooga
for supper.
The ride trip from Glasgow Junction
to Mamrroth cave will cost but $1.25;
hotel Mil and cave fees will be very rea
sonable. The guides go into the cave
between 2 and 3 o'clock p. m., and at 8
o'clock in the evening, thus giving those
who wish a chance to make two trips
In the cave same day.
Further information, with time ta
bles, maps and pamphlets, will be fur
nished on application to nny agent of
the Monon route, or by addressing
Frank J. Reed, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
Some species of fungi have neither root,
Hewn, leaves, flowers nor weds, unci derive
their nourishment through their pores.
THE PROMISED 'LAND.
Why the Too: lit. Traveler and Student
Should Vl:t i;tmh.
There ore two reasons, either one of which
ought to be couch slve with every American
citizen:
First The trip from Penver to Utah via
Rio Grande- Western railway I the grand
est to be found nuywbere on the continent.
No European trip of eual length chii com
pare with it In variety and grandeur of
soenry and wealth nf novel InWcst.
Seeoud You should go, because, when you
hare made this wonderful trip, you will Unit
Utah at the end of It Utah, one of the
world's fatuous spot and a land of gold, all
ver. copper. Iron and coal: of lofty moun
tain ond fertile valley; of vineyard, fruits
and flowers. Salt Lake City, the capital, I
of great Interest cn account of It historical
and religious associations. Here are hot
thermal springs, warm springs, sulphur
sprlugs, punltarlum, parks, drives, canons
and the rast healthful climate on earth.
Jreat Halt Lake, with the new and beauti
ful t'talr licach resort, of Moorish design,
hsa tin equal In America. Write to 1 A.
Wadlelgh, Halt Lako City, for copies cf
pamphlet, etc.
In Napoleon's early wars one out of e ch 2
was kilied. and in the early i ntish conilirts as
hlh an uveriige us one death to each It) en
gaged la reported.
Change of Time on the "Itlg Too
Itoutc."
New Train to Cincinnati and Wash
ington, D. C Commencing Sunday,
May 26, the Big Four Route will In ad
dition to their regdlar service put on a
new train leaving Chicago dally at 12
o'clock noon, arriving at Indianapolis
6:10 p. m.. Cincinnati 9:03 p. m., connect
ing direct with the Washington ex
press on the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry..
arriving at Washington, D. C, next
day at 3:45 p. m., Baltimore 4:54 r. m.
This will be an elegant electric-lighted
vestlbuled train with rarlor, sleeping
and dining car service. Take this train
for Washington and the cool summer
resorts of the Alleghany and Blue
Ridge mountains of Virginia and the
sea chore. Send for tourist rates and
time cards. Depots Twelfth and Tark
Row, Twenty-second street. Thirty
ninth street and Fifty-third street
(Hyde Tark). City ticket office, 234
Clark street.
A new uprising against the govern
ment of Columbia has been discovered
at llarranquillii. in the depart mint of
Bolivar. Martial law has been declared
Valentine Weissman. of Evansville,
Ind., cut his wife's throat in three
K laces. He also cut off her breasts,
acled her bosom and face and tried
to cut off her hands, in nil he cut her
121 times. He also killed their babe.
Kpwortli League, Ctiatt mooga.
The rout to Chattanooga over the Louis
ville & Niishvll.e railroad is via Mammoth
Cave. America's Greatest Natural Wonder.
Specially low rates made for hotel and Cave
fees to holders of r.pwort.i ta?uo tickets.
Through Nashville, the location of Vandcrbllt
University, the pride of tho Methodist church,
and along tho lino between Nashvlllo and Chat
tanooga where many of the nio.st famous bat
tles of the war were fought. Send for maps of
the route from ( inclnnatl, Louisville. Kvans
ville and St. Louis, and particulars as to
rates, etc.. to C I'. Atmore. General Passenger
Agent. Loufxvllle. Ky.. or Jackson Smith, D.
P. A.. Cincinnati. O.
JETSAM.
The leather trade is one of the many
that Is once more fairly prosperous.
Last year was the slackest since the
war in the matter of railroad construc
tion. When shad first made their appear
ance In California they were worth $1.20
per pound.
Socrates was said to remember the
faces and names of all who attended
his discourses.
Jonabad Almanor, the famous lingu
ist, could converse In twenty-seven dif
ferent languages.
Beethoven could remember any selec
tion of music he had ever heard and
reproduce most of it.
In Constantinople It is strlctty Illegal
either to bur or sell hashish, though
the law Is freely violated.