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VALENTINE NEBRASKA

It Isnt always natural for a womanto look out for number one A widownever does It

According to all the evidence theChicago negro who has been sentencedto 100 years Imprisonment for bur¬

glary deserves to live out his full term

If Nevada only follows up the adrantage she has gained we sea no rea¬

son why that State yhouid not cap ¬

ture the fly-by-ni- divorc industryalso

A Buffalo crank thinks he can goover Niagara Falls and come out aliveBetter let him do it right away Other-wise

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he will murder somebody with agun that isnt loaded some of thesedays

An Eastern contemporary prints atciy that a dude who was run over

lya street car recently in New Yorkfcas been provided by the surgeons with

celluloid skull in pan We dontfceiieve there is anything in it

An English scientist announces thaicommon whitewash destroys the ty-

phoid¬

fever germ which is easily dis ¬

tinguished by Its grayish color Theproper course of action is plain if you

ee anything that is grayish in colorrunning about the house cateli It andgive it a coat of whitewash

The women do not possess full surfrage in Kansas but they secured morepublic offices in the last election thandid the women of Utah or Coloradotwenty county superintendences ofpublic instruction and all the officesifroni Mayor to Chief of Police in twocities

Judge Ewing of Chicago the otherday in sentencing a burglar who stoodconvicted on five counts imposed apenalty of twenty years imprisonmenton each of them and directed that assoon as the prisoner had completed oneterm he should- - begin another Thetmrglar whose crimes were peculiarlydesperate and atrocious will doubt-less

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agree that there is a great dealof vitality In Chicago justice after all

The rast crop of corn is perplexingthe Nebraska farmers because it isdifficult to take care of so much of even

good thing But with the cribbingand the shipping it is keeping all handsemployed now and when the returnscome in there will be compensa¬

tion in the feasting and frolic whichproperly follow an abundant harvestThe corn crop is a great boon because4t gives employment to a vast army ofwilling hands in harvesting and ship¬

ping The year just closed was a- - goodone for Nebraska but the coming onxiromises even hotter tesuitsr

The statistics of crime in 1896 do notimprove the reputation of the past jean--as a rather dark period in our historythough the record is not altogether un¬

favorable by comparison with previousyears There were 122 legal execu¬

tions during the year and 131 lyaichings which is a rather startling com-mentary

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on the methods by which thelaw is executed and defied in this coun ¬

try That neither lynchings nor legalexecutions serve to check the crimeof murder is shown by the statementthat there were no less than 10652murders committed during the yearThis is a shocking exhibit

A token of world wide esteem shouldbe presented to the man who it is al¬

leged has invented a device for open¬

ing soft boiled eggs in such a waythat the contents can be transferred toa cup without the previous burning ofthe fingers and the dropping of theshell with its contents A soft boiledegg is always too hot to handle with-out

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breaking several scriptural man-dates

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and it always insists on escap ¬

ing from the fingers at the critical mo-ment

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when its fall means a liberal ap-plication

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of egs on the outside of the--shell The only way known to openone of these eggs successfully up tothe present has been to have some oneelse do it and if any man has an in-

vention¬

that will obviate the diffieulties he deserves a large reward

A model for an electric vessel rorAvhich a really marvelous speed ispromised toy the inventor has been con-structed

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at Providence R I It is adistinct novelty in very many respectsand if as successful as its promotersconfidently expect will scarcely failto play some havoc with modern ship¬

building methods Its promoters areplanning to build a vessel 200 feet longwhich is to have fourteen propellerseix placed forward to draw it throughthe water and eight astern as pushers

the arrangement of course beingeven on aeh side A speed of forty

knots an hour is designed for passengertraffic in Xarragausett Bay ostensiblybutitsrealpurpose is a practical demon-stration

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of a system which the projec-tors

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hope to see applied to naval vesuels in the near future

The remarkable increase of cancer inGreat Britain is attracting the atten-tion

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of the physicians of that countryAccording to the last issued report ofthe Registrar General the death ratefrom tfeis source has exceeded evervprevious record and the proportionalmortality at present is four timesgreater tibnn it was fifty years agoin 1S40 there were but 27SG deathsfrom cancer in England or about 1 in

flG of the ioial population Jn 1S94

tlm ii worn niry 22000 dwilhs from

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the same cause or 1 out of 1403 ofthe population and 1 out of 23 of themortality In the investigations onthis subject the curious discovery wasmade that the decline in the death ratefrom consumption and other tubercu-lous

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diseases coincided with the in-

crease¬

in the mortality from cancerThe theory is advanced that a largeproportion of those who recover fromtuberculous complaints eventually per- -

ish from cancer or insanity The matrter is receiving careful Investigation

The press of Bolivia Is much exciteuover the reports that Peru is makingformidable efforts in the ways of arm-ing

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and urge3 the Bolivian Govern-ment

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to bestir itself and get readyfor possible war This seems to bean unnecessary expense at this timeThese South American wars do notcall for the formalities that are com-mon

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in European contests If Peru isbent on war with Bolivia it can goahead and hold Its war and not botherBolivia with the project especially ifBolivia doesnt happen to feel like in- -

dulging in a war now Bolivia neednot know anything about It if the presswill only keep quiet until the war is allover and not even then unless it choos--

es to go to the trouble to ascertain thedetails Peru could enjoy its war forthe customary period of about a weekand then wait until Bolivia Is given achance at its leisure to hold a war toeven things up The mere detail ofarming for the fray Is superfluous

for it Isnt that kind of a fray No-body

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is ever injured in these warswhich are like our national holidaysonly more frequent

It is overpoweringly depressing tohear that Gibraltar Is no longer in-

vincible¬

if not practically defenselessiThe Governor of the rock Sir Rob-ert

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Biddulph says that the garrisoncould be shelled out of it with easenow by the Spaniards and a specialcommission has been appointed to hearhis report and devise means for refortifying within a year By the aid ofthe modern long range guns and pro-jectiles

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of great penetration with whichSpain has been equipping her batteriesat Algeciras six miles away acrossGibraltar Bay the once unapproach-able

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has been brought within reachand the impregnable has been madevulnerable England can refortifyand of course will but the peculiarstrength of this historic spot has dis-appeared

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and it is on the same basisof defense as other exposed eminencesThe world would little mourn if En-gland

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should be dislodged from thisvantage even by her rival robberSpain but fancy would repine at theshattering of Its immemorial idol andlanguage would sustain a severe lossin the destruction of the term impreg¬

nable as Gibraltar

The experience of Tames McKaypious stonecutter with the New Yorkpolice is another conspicuous illustra ¬

tion showing how the most exemplarymotives are sometimes subject to grossmisconstruction Mr McKay was the

tfcmocent possessor of a slip of papercontaining the words morning andevening with rows of figures tinker

each By some unhappy chance a po-liceman

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saw the paper and straighrway hustled McKay off to the stationwhere he was charged with indulgingIn the proscribed game of policy Intechnical language McKay wa- - cred-ited

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with having purchased a gigwhich is a violent infraction of Thelaw McKay protested in vain andfinally when confronted with the evi-dence

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of his guilt made the obvious explantion that the numbers on the slipof paper referred to hymns tit wereto be played respectively at the morn ¬

ing and evening services of a certainchurch and that he McKay was theorganist who played them This in-stance

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of a policemans inanity seemsto reach the limit of possible errorThe name of the policeman is Hannonand it should be placed in a conspic ¬

uous position in every New York po-lice

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station as a reminder of the ec-

centricities¬

of human asininity

Prof G Stanley Hall of Clark Uni-versity

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has been collecting facts con ¬

cerning the fears of children The fearsof children he says are generally cre-ated

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by parents Prof Hall found that1701 children had G45G fears the lead ¬

ing ones being the fear of lightningand thunder reptiles strangers thedark death domestic animals diseasewild animals water ghosts insectsnits and mice robbers high winds etcA few of these fears are rational InNew Jersey no children were found tobe afraid of high winds but in theWest that fear naturally leads all oth ¬

ers At Trenton however sixty twochildren were found who dreaded theend of the world a fear created entire-ly

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by adult teaching The table showswhat education can do in this respectNo child was found to be afraid of thedeviL Two hundred years ago and lessthat fear would have led all the restFew were found who were afraid ofghosts a fear which would have stoodhigh on the list not long ago At Cam ¬

bridge Mass only 155 out of 00 boyswere afraid of thunderstorms and only230 out of 500 girls The fear of rob ¬

bers and of wild animals is a survivalthough robbers have not disappearedas completely as the wild animals Forty--

six New Jersey children were afraidof being buried alive a monstrousthing to inculcate in the child mindFear will always be one of the strongest influences in human life but atleast it is possible by teaching whatreal danger consists of to eradicategroundless fears

BInks The doctor advises shortquick runs several times a daybut lie says the exercise will dome no good unless it has an objectJinks Buy a straw hat youll haveplenty ofshort quick runs then SpareMoments

SEED IS EE ELECTED

AGAIN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES

Congress Meets to Modify the TariffOpeninjj Ceremonies Are Compara ¬

tively Tame Many New Faces onthe Floor of the Popular Branch

Kxtra Session Is OpenedCongress is again in session The or ¬

ganization of the House was effected Mon ¬

day by the re election of Speaker Reedand the choice of the same old list of gen-eral

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officers and the Senate got itself inworking order without any trouble what-ever

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The vote for Speaker in the Housewas as followsReed 199Bailey Dem of Texas lidBell Pop of Colorado 21Newlands Silverite of Nevada 1

The election of Mr Reed to his old posi-

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was a formality that occupied lessthan half an hour including the nomina-tion

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and his speech of acknowledgment ofthe honor There was nothing strikinglypicturesque or suggestive in the remarksof Gen Grosvenor putting Mr Reed iinomination or in the Speakers acceptanceThe latter merely said that he would en-deavor

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to discharge the duties of his officH

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SPEAKER REED

impartially and well that he could nothope to please all members in all thingsat all times but that lie would do the besthe could and would endeavor to administerthe duties in a spirit of absolutefairness

Galleries CrowdedAs is usually the case at the opening of

a Congress the galleries of both Houseand Senate were crowded to their utmostcapacity and hundreds and thousandswho neglected to provide themselves withtickets or were unable to secure one ofthe coveted pastboards were turned awayby the doorkeepers whose instructionswere ironclad to admit only those whowere entitled to seats For an hour be ¬

fore Clerk McDowell called the House toorder the floor was crowded with visitorsThe wives and daughters of the membersand especially favored visitors were massed in the aisles and open spaces The gen ¬

eral public had small opportunity to4 viewthe proceedings

The most striking feature of thel sceneon the floor was the number of new facesOld familiar figures conspicuous in theshock of many a parliamentary battlehad disappeared and in the new lists werenew and untried knights The change inthe personnel was very great By 11oclock the reserved galleries with the ex ¬

ception of those for the diplomatic corpsand the executive were walled in tier ontier The bright costumes of the ladiesgave lighter color to the animated scene

As the hands of the clock pointed to 12Major McDowell the clerk of the Houserapped the House to order Rev MrCouden the blind chaplain then deliveredthe invocation appealing to the throne forGods blessing on the work of the newCongress and the new administration Theclerk of the House then read the Presi ¬

dents proclamation convening Congressafter which the roll was called

There was an abundance of flowers onthe desks of Senators when promptly at12 oclock Vice President Hobart calledthe Senate to order There was an excep ¬

tionally full attendance of Senators Thepublic galleries were packed and the re ¬

served galleries were wdl filled Thechaplains opening prayer invoked divinegrace and blessing on the Senators andmembers about to take up the work of theextraordinary session and on the Presi ¬

dent and Vice President The roll calldisclosed the presence of sixty eight Sen ¬

ators Senator Hoar and Senator Coekrell were named a committee to wait onthe President and inform him that Con ¬

gress was in session and ready to receiveany communication from him The Sen ¬

ate then at 1230 took a recess until 2oclock

A True Ghost StoryThe truth of the following storv is

vouched for by a Loudon paperA young lady arrived late at night

on a visit to a friend She awoke inthe darkness to find a white figure atthe foot of the bed While she watch ¬

ed the bedclothes were suddenlywhisked off and the apparition van ¬

ishedAfter an anxious not to say chilly

night the visitor went down to break ¬

fast At the table she was introducedto a gentleman a very old friend ofthe family who had she learned alsobeen sleeping in the house He com ¬

plained of the cold1 hope you will excuse me he said

to the hostess but 1 found it so coldduring the night that knowing theroom next mine was unoccupied I tookthe liberty of going in and carrying offthe bedclothes to supplement my own

The room as it happened was notunoccupied but he never learned hismistake

Dumas in MarbleA French sculptor is making a mar¬

ble figure for the tomb of the youngerAlexander Dumas The novelist willrecline at full length in the robe hewore at work with his feet-Jbare- - aswas his custom while writing It wasthe opinion of Duinas that a man looksbest engaged in what he can do best

Japan now possesses 100 iron andsteel steamships registered for foreigntrade with a gross tonnage of 231139ons

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WOEK OP CONGRESS

THE WEEKS DOINGS IN SENATEAND HOUSE

A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro ¬

ceedings in the Legislative Cham-

bers

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at Washington Matters thatConcern the People

Lawmakers at LaborThe Senate went into executive session

promptly upon the receipt of the Cabinetnominations and as soon as the announce-ment

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was malle of the appointment ofSenator Sherman whose name headedthe list he was confirmed It is the prac-tice

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to refer all nominations to committeebut it was the desire of Mr Shemansfriends to signalize their regard for himby immediate action There was moreform than reality in the reference of theother nominations to committee Not oneof the committees held a formal meetingthey being polled on the floor of the Sen-ate

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in every instance No objection wasmade in committee to confirmation Whilethe Senate wasin legislative session thecredentials of Mr Hanna as Senator fromOhio to succeed Mr Sherman were pre-sented

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by Mr Foraker and he wasswornin by Vice President Hobart Mr Daviswas also designated acting chairman ofthe Committee on Fpreign Relations tosucceed Mr Sherman Beyond the usualnotification to the President nothing fur-ther

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was done

Most of the new Senators were on thefloor whin Vice President Hobart calledthe Senate to order at noon Monday Theother Senators were not so prompt inmaking tlieir appearance The galleriessave that reserved for the diplomaticcorps were thronged with curious visitorsAs soon as the blind chaplain had de-livered

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his invocation Mr Pruden thePresidents executive clerk appearedwith the nomination of Oscar A Janes ofMichigan as pension agent at Detroitwhich was afterward confirmed The lastcommunication of ex Secretary Lamonttransmitting certain papers called for bya resolution of inquiry was laid beforethe Senate The Vice President submit-ted

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some resolutions of the New YorkChamber of Commerce praying for theearly ratification and passage of the ar-bitration

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treaty At 1212 p m on mo-tion

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of Mr Burrows Rep of Michiganthe Senate went into executive sessionThe remainder of the session was de-voted

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to executive business and at 105p in the Senate adjourned until Wednes-day-

There was an unusually large attend-ance

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of Senators when Vice PresidentHobart called the Senate to order atnoon Wednesday The first business wasthe reading of a letter from Gov Brad-ley

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of Kentucky announcing the ap-pointment

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of Andrew T Wood as Sena-tor

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to succeed Mr Blackburn Air Hoarmoved that the Senator elect be sworn inMr Gorman moved that the credentialsof Mr Wood be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections MrHoar did not object and the cre- -ueuuais were reterred Then MrHoar presented written notice of twoproposed amendments to the rules of theSenate of a radical nature The mostimportant was according to Mr Hoarswritten notice to enable the Senate toact on legislation when it desires afterreasonable debate It provided thatwhen any bill or resolution had been un-der

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consideration more than one day anySenator could demand that the debate beclosed If a majority of the Senators sodecided there should be a vote withoutfurther delay and no action should bein order pending the vote but one to ad-journ

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or to take a recess The otheramendment proposed was to prevent theinterruption of the members of the Sen-ate

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and provided that when a Senatormade the point of no quorum thereshould be a roll call and if the presenceof a quorum was disclosed businessshould be proceeded with On motion ofMr Aldrich Rep of Rhode Island theSenate went into executive session at121 At 1240 p m the special sessionadjourned sine die

Told in a Few LinesThe making of paper flowers is one ofthe Duchess of Albanys chief pleasuresThe Arkansas Senate passed a hill ap ¬

propriating SCmOOO for the relief of thedrouth sufferers in Arkansas

James B Porter Seeretarv nf st tfrom ISCl to 1857 died at Lansing Michof rheumatism of the heart He was bornin 1824

The Court of Appeals of Montreal hasmaintained the right of trades unioniststo strike if the firm they work for refusedto discharge non union men v

Benjamin R Bacon an insurance agentwho a few years ajo was one of thewealthiest and most prominent businessmen in Kansas City Ido committed sui-cide

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Despondency following business re ¬

verses is supposed to be the cause of sui-cide

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The liner Spree reached her pier in Hoboken afteri rough voyage Before reach ¬

ing the Needles she ran into a dense fogand had to anchor The seas pounded herdecks staving a lifeboat to pieces teaping out a section of rail and inflicting oth-er

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damageCharles Burkman a Keokuk la bar ¬

ber had just finished shaving a customerwhen he went volently insane He stillhad the razor in his hands and attemptedto assault several persons but was at lastoverpowered and locked up He has awife and four children

Gen Obregon while reconnoitering nearMerceda between Candelaria and Losonprovince of Pinar del Rio captured an im-portant

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insurgent depot containing all thedynamite shells and explosive materialbelonging to the forces formerly com-manded

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by Gen Antonio MaceoA dispatch from Rio de Janeiro says

that a baud of fanatics led by ConselheiVohave killed Col Moreira Caesar throofficers and 200 soldiers in Bahia Thereis much excitement in Rio Janeiro wherethe populace has pillaged and burned theoffices of the monarchist papers Libertadeand Gazette Detarde

Gov Black of New York has declined tointerfere in the sentence of death of Ar ¬

thur Mayhew who was convicted of mur-dering

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Stephen Powell at HempsteadMarch 7 1896

Robert Price alias Red Pricey aroustabout attached to McMahans showwhich is wintering at Wichita Kan andan accomplice held up Charles Wilklnsa well known business man and robbedhim of 350 Wilkins was knocked downand stunned but on regaining conscious-ness

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he shot Price through the right lungmortally wounding him The other rob ¬

ber escaped

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There is a great difference betweencheap jingoism and sound Americanism

New York AdvertiserA new whisky combination It cant

beat the old one with lemons sugar andhot water Evening Worlds

The power of money and the lust forpower are now making cowards of all thegreat nations of Europe Salt Lake Trib- -

uneIts a great thing to be a sultan When

ever you get into trouble all the powersof the earth get together to help you out

New York PressGreece shows a king high flush and

there is a suspicion that the powershavent got the necessary full hand to beatit Chicago Tribune

The other wonders of modern surgerypale into insignificance beside what hasbeen done to the broken backbone of win-

ter¬

Detroit NewsThe millennium is at hand All the Na-

tional¬

Baseball League magnates professsatisfaction with the new playing sched-ule

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Boston TravelerOf course if bachelors are to be taxed

the fellow who tries to get married andcant should be entitled to a pensionChicago Times Herald

A Kansas legislator has happened onthe ten commandments and likes them sowell he wants them incorporated in theState law Chicago Tribune

The sale of a blooded hog for 4000is reported from Iowa Some of the poli-ticians

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will welcome this news as an in-

dication¬

of their growing value ChicagoTribune

The skeptical doctor in Washington whooffers one hundred dollars for a

case of hydrophobia can se-

cure¬

one cheaper by tackling the rightdog New York Advertiser

There are people temporarily in thistown who are firmly committed to the no-

tion¬

that there can be no material returnto prosperity until there is a general dis-tribution

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of offices Washington PostThe question What shall we do with

our ex Presidents need worry us nolonger Our ex Presidents have settled itthemselves They are devoting all theirleisure to the noble business of rearingwives for future Presidents ClevelandLeader

Concernintr CongressPresident McKinley has a number of

tough things on his hands but the tough-est

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is the United States Senate BuffaloExpress

One pleasure we shall derive from read-ing

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the reports from the Fifty fifth Con-gress

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will be the absence of the name ofDavid B Hill St Louis Star

The United States Senate will do wellto take the advice of Vice President Ho-bart

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and decide to transact its businessin a business like way Baltimore American

How horrified some of the old line Sen-ators

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must have been at Vice PresidentHobarts audacity in hinting that the Sen-ate

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ought to have business rules Bos-ton

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GlobeLives there a man with imagination so

vivid that he can place his hand on hisheart and say that one year ago he fore ¬

saw Marcus A Hanna in the SenateCleveland Plain Dealer

More than 10000 bills were presented inthe House during the life of the Fiftyfourth Congress It is evident that themembers wished to busy themselves aboutany old bill Buffalo News

The United States Senate is now drift-ing

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along in a Pefferless Briceless Blackburuless Irbyless Duboisless PalmerlessCameronless Pughless VoorheeslessGibsonless etc less condition Washing ¬

ton PostThe notion that the gold Democrats will

not ask anything at the hands of the Mc ¬

Kinley administration is a choice piece offiction Quite a number of them are onhand and all are in a receptive moodWashington Post

Change of AdministrationThe retiring administration has been a

clean one Boston HeraldThe inspiring part of it all is that much

like the same thing will be done over againfour years hence Chicago Tribune

It doesnt seem quite right for Washington to get all that money Why notpass the inauguration around occasionally V Cleveland Plain Dealer

The man who seems to be least concern-ed

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about the departure of Grover Cleveland from office is Grover Cleveland him-self

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Chicago RecordNotwithstanding the presence of a num-

ber¬

of Chicago aldermen in the city butcomparatively few cases of pocket pickingare reported Washington Post

The fact that Washington is still crowd-ed

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is probably explained by the furtherfact that the original McKinley man hasremained over for a few days BaltimoreAmerican

It might simplify matters were Mr McKinley to insist that the office seekers ar¬

range themselves in battalion formationand make their attack in an organizedfashion Chicago Record

President Cleveland leaves the presi-dency

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incalculably richer than when hefirst assumed it Who can estimate thevalue of a queenly wife and a trio ofhappy charming children Detroit FreePress

It must astonish some of the Old Worldpeople to learn that a dinner was given tothe incoming President by the retiringPresident of the United States withoutthe services of a food taster St LouisRepublic

Sir G O Trevelyans retirement fromParliament and political life bids fair tofall out to the advantage of letters Anew edition of Lord Macaulays Life andWorks is announced by the Longmansunder his editorship

The appointment of Circuit Judge McKenna as Attorney General causes con-siderable

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gossip as to his successor It isstated at Tacoma Wash that the appointment has been tendered B S Grosscup attorney for the Northern Pacific atthat place

W A Johnston who is now associatejustice of the Kansas Supreme Courtserving his third term once was a base ¬

ball pitcher

Dr Nansen has refused an offer of100000 marks for 100 lectures in Ger-many

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ART IN GOLD LETTERING

How the Sicn Painters Place Thsir- -

Work on Store Wmaows yThe sign Ietterer who is putting a

good sign on a window paints die let-

ters¬

upon the outside first hut theseletters are only for a guide the gold Isput upon the inside of the glass Thegold leaf is so thin and light that thefaintest breath would Ivs enough toblow it away it is carried in the famil-iar

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little booksThe Ietterer brushes the inner side of

the glass back of the lettering paintedupon the outside with a hrush dippedin water containing a trace of mucilageThen with a wide and very thin camels hair brush which he first brusheslightly back and forth once or twicetipon the back of his head or perhapsupon his coat to dry it if it needs dry¬

ing and slightly to electrify it he liftsfrom the book a section of gold leafsufficient to cover a section of the letterand places it on the glass He repeatsthese operations until the glass back ofthe letter painted on rhe front Is coveredwitli the leaf It may require three orfour sections such as can be picked upwith the brush to cover the letter or per-haps more depending on its size andshape When he has completed the ap¬

plication of the leaf to tne letter hedampens the back of the next and pro-ceeds

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with that in the same mannerand soon until theletters are all backedwith the gold leaf

Thus applied the gold leaf overlapsthe letters more or less on all sides 16Is bright in color like all gold but V

not shining it is burnished by rubbingit gently on the back of course it can ¬

not be rubbed on the face for that Isagainst the glass with a soft cloth Itburnishes however on the face as wellas on the back Then the letters arebacked The exact shape of the letteris painted over Che back of the g6ld leafto fix it and protect it and when theback is dry the gold leaf projecting be-

yond¬

the outline of the letter is brushedoff it is not sought to save this pro¬

jecting leaf there is not enough of it topay for uhe labor that would be in¬

volved in gathering it together Thenthe outside lettering which is donewith the paint that is but little morethan oil is rubbed off and the lustrousgold lettering is revealed New YorkSun

Storage Battery Cars in EuropeAmerican street railwaj- - companies- -

cannot as n rule be accused of wantof enterprise and they have spent agreat deal of money in experimentingor what is practically experimentingon new systems of traction mostlyelectrical Just now however in thematter of the storage battery thej areletting the other man do the experi¬

menting and are watching carefullythe outcome of the activity which isgoing on in the installation of accumu ¬

lator cars in Europe In Hanover wherea combination system of trolley and ac-

cumulators¬

is employed sixty cars havebeen equipped with batteries andeighty more are to be installed by nextspring The batteries are charged froffi vthe trolley line outside the city limitssufficient to carry the cars without theaid of the trolley within those limitsIn Dresden thirty storage battery carsare running and fifteen more are to beput on shortly Here also the cars arerun by the trolley outside and by stor¬

age batten- - inside the city In Copen ¬

hagen eighteen accumulator cars wereto be put in operation in the beginningof January The system employed Avilibe entirely storage battery In Hageneight cars n rhe same system are inoperation and ten more are to be add¬

ed In Paris rtiirty five storage batteryears are to be equipped on rhe lineof the Compagnie du Nord In Berlinthe city government has decided to runon all the lines of the city storage bat¬

ten rars of the mixed system the oth ¬

er lines to be equipped with trolleyThe underground conduit has been en ¬

tirely relegated and it is expected thatBerlin will soon have in operation from500 to 700 cars actuated by storage bat

teries

Chloroformed the SnakeThe L A W Bulletin prints a pic ¬

ture of a 14 foot snake and a letterfrom Fostoria Ohio written by An ¬

drew Emerine president of the Fos ¬

toria Bicycle Club telling how thesnake was captured and photographed

The snake was traced by wheelmenfor seven miles the letter says overhills a river the fair ground and arace track It left a trail four incheswide in dusty places and it was easilyfollowed When come up with he wason the to bars of a fence gate stretch-ed

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along it and hanging down like aclothes line where he wasnt restingon the bar

The reptile was captured by soak¬

ing a sponge in chloroform and tyingthe sponge on the end of a fish rodThe sponge was held against thesnakes nose and he soon grew drowsyThen he was tied up in a hard knotand wound about with ropes Thou ¬

sands of persons saw the snake In thecity park at Fostoria and he is now inthe museum of the bicycle club Hemeasured 14 feet 0 inches long

Rieht This TimeMiss Hilltop I notice that you use

the expression a Avell groomed wom ¬

an I do not like it It is a horsy ex¬

pression entirelj-- out of place in speak ¬

ing of a ladyMiss Northside The expression is

correct this time The lady I allude tohas just been married and the groomis a very wealthy man PittsburgChronicle relegraph

Force of HabitBut why did you accept him when

you knew he was in earnestOh force of habit I imppose

Truth

If a man should be suddenly changedinto a woman he couldnt take his hairdown or get his clothes off

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