Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 August 1897 — Page 2

BANKERS AT DETROIT

LAST SESSION OF THEIR CONVENTION A BD8T ONE.

Xti "Detroit August

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A' If amber of Papers Pertaining to Financial Matters Bead—Some Suggestion* As to Currency Reform.

19.—'The twenty- third

iftifiial convention of the American Bankers' A^b^iatioh came to in end arl^b'clock this afternoon. According to precedent, First Vice President' Jofe X&:<yHendrix, of New York, was raised t&'the'Officeof' president. George H. Russell, of Detroit, received a large majority of the votes cast for first vice president, although the nominating committee had recommended F. W. Tracey, of Illinois, for the honor."

Business was trancacted with a rush to-day,-a number-of papers having been carried over from yesterday. Several were ordered printed without being read.

Luncheon at the great distillery of Hiram* Walker & Sons at Walkerville, Ont, and a boat race to Des Ciiree Rhos Ka this afternoon, wound up the social features of the meeting. "While at Walkerville, several impromptu speeches were made. Then the twenty-third convention of the American Bankers' Association terminated in a combined outburst of patriotism and good fellowship, cries of acclamation for the stars and stripes and "God Save the Queen," rising together from a thousand throats.

The band played "Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle" alternately and the delegates from all sections of the country united in prri-^ nouncing the convention of 1897 an ungual-*' ifled success.

Hard, driving work characterized the last session of the convention. Promptly at 9 o'clock the gathering was called to orderand the Teading of papers left over from" yesterday tdfteh up.

The question, "What legislation is needed in respect to the currency?" was discussed in an interesting paper by N. B. Van Slyke, president of the First National Bank, of Madison, Wis. The speaker thought reforms, to be permanent, should be gradual, rather than radical, and in this direction he suggested as'the first important step a currency reform by evolution—the retirement of the troublesome greeback and the treasury notes, a fioathig debt and the practical business^ffethod of funding this debt into

S per cOTt,*w$vifengefit 'triads in denominations frSta'ftfty to thousands of dollars each. "Such 3 per cegtt bonds, if payable in fifty years,'" said' Mr Van §ly)ke, /'and irredeemable befor/e,\^b{i^jt4ktr up/the present bond issues ss, they"matu?e, ancl. if by permitting banks ttf" xl^^t^l^lrculating notes upou the par of sucSf§ per^ceht bonds, in the same proportipij^pnly, as the,government circulating notes, might .be returned redeemed, and then forever retired, it would keep the volufne of all. the currency undisturbed by the gradual decrease of one class and corresponding iijjcregse of the other."

ABOUT SAVINGS BANKS. Myron T.'Merrick, of Cleveland, read a paper, entitled "Savings Banks," and in it said this: "It may be said with respect to its savings bank de^osiffi'ihat the United States stands' alone. European countries when contrasted with it jnage i^yery indifferent showing. It seems to me that an argument for government assumption of the guardianship of the people's money.must be based on the promise that the government could employ the money in carrylng-a, permanent debt, as does Great Britain arid bthpr countries: but the debt of our country is not permanent in its nature, and in prosperous tilnes it has been rapidly liquidated. ,-X am coufiedent, therefore, that in the future a6 in the past, the people will view witii misgiving any movement in that direction. Besides, this scheme is not consistent wjtb tfcpjs'birit of our form of government. With nations abroad the tendency and policy to make the people subservient to the government.-. Our theory looks to making thegovernment subsevient to the people.

The spirit..of individual independence runs through our whole governmental system, ajid should '.'J^fqatered..rather than discouraged. "If the hard times through which we have passed,, the memorable year of 1893 has so little- affected- the condition of savings b#$J$ ^posjt^and ^as failed to lessen the confidence of-our people in the worth and st^li^^^hese institutions, the fuum» seems indeed, brigh^ wUh. promise for their greater iisetuto«3S:4n the wise control of the savings of thpjpeopje," ... •HOU9B9'FOR. COTNTRY CHECKS. •Bradford"*Rhod&r, president of the Mamaroneck Bank, Mamaroneck, N. Y., read an address -on "Are Clearing Houses for Country phecks Practicable?" He said in part: "Country checks are such important'Mctors In effecting the exchange on the country that «my,a.ttempt materially to reduce their num ber or to eliminate them altogether will not succeed." There Is one feature of this prob lem that may toe profitably studied with con fident hopes of its solution. That there is a useless expenditure of time, machinery and money in the existing methods of making these collections and consequent loss to many of 'the banks handling them, is a fact W,ell established. "By sslecttng^an^agency for the collection checks many of the vexatious dje faysin,their collection will be obviated, .apul the devious journeys that some ol thpse\

Items take before reaching their sponsors )nightte considerably circumscribed." Mr. Rhodes submitted an exhaustive plan, *ceompanied.by diagrams,• showing his pro posedyraethod of facilitating the collection of sou airy checks.

MR. TRACYVS 'ADDRESS."

"How Shaiktbo American Bankers' Assertion Be JWade More Useful?" was distusssed toy 'frank W. Tracy, of Springfield III. **l*tre1ie*e*fce»«rea.ttattle at the polls last |*ar»'W«5' precipitated by this association,' b«gaifr»Mr. Tracy. "At Baltimore, in 1894 We &egan a discussion for the reform of our jurreocy. The addresses made there aroused' iha atteHtlno of the entire country, bringing the question so (prominently before thinking people that the politicians were obliged to take notice. "The Populists and their allies boldly anBfrtmced their 16-to-l views, and the opposition «s bOMly stood tyjon gold as the ofily •tandird Of value. The great American people are always -honest, and the result was, the free silverites met" their Waterloo."

Vigor and relentlesstiess in th& pursuit of crlmtnkls.tr&ncierted rnovemieiit toward iffajfortn. law in all .'the states on comraerglal, paper, and further efforts to secure,sound currency legislation, were urged by Mr. Tracy as properly within the scope of the gssociation. andfeure to make it more useful md beneficial no its members and to the

American people. Joseph C. Hendrix. of New York, was •lected -president .of the American Bankers' Association by acclamation, at this after»oon's session.

Papers followed on "Currency Shipments ef Registered Mail," by C. R. Hannan, president of Iowa Bankers' Association, and "Express Money Orders," by L. P. Hillyer,"sectary of the Georgia Bankers' Association. Those prepared by L. B. Kemp, of Maryland, and Eugene H. 'Pulien, of New York, were withdrawn on account of the lateness of the hour, and ordered printed in the proceedings.

A resolution was adopted by the convention urging/congress, promptly to provide 4 competent aon-partlsan currency com-

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mission to the end that sound financial legislation may be speedily secured. Regret at the death of the late Wm. P. St. John, of New York, was expressed in a fitting resolution.

Joseph C. Hendrix, of New York, was then elected president of the association without a dissenting vote. For the vice presidency the nominating committee presented the name of Frank W. Tracy, of Springfield, 111. Frederick W. Hayes, of Detroit, also nominated George H. Russell, of this city. Mr. Russell was elected, receiving 205 votes to 120 cast for Mr.' Tracy. The secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of the convention for the state vice- presidents and the executive coBncit. members. The members of the executive committee elected are J. G. Cannon, New York P. W. Huntington, Ohio R. J. Lowery, Georgia J. B. Findlay, Pennsylvania J. C. Sands, West Virginia. After E. H. Pullen, of New York, presented the retiring president, R. H. Lowery, with a handsome gavel,' the installation of officers took place and the convention adjourned sine die.

UNCLE SAM AND FRANCE.

The Outline For a Reciprocity Treaty Acknowledged.

Washington, August 19.—Secretary Sherman has acknowledged the recent overture of the French government through Ambassador Patenotre'for negotiating a reciprocity treaty between the United States and France and the reciprocity clause of the new tariff law and the secretary adds an assurance that he hopes to take up this important subject at an early day. It will be the first effort toward practical application of the reciprocity clause of the new law and to some extent it will shape the future action Of the government on the treaties to be negotfated. In view of this careful investigation ifc being made of the status of trade betWfeen France and the United States as a preliminary negotiation. There has developed that the reciprocity clause will not perfiilt an offer to France of such reduction of flu ties. The data prepared in this connection shows imports from France for the yearss 1895-6 amounted to $67,000,000. It i. estimated that the duties under the new tarlaw on imports of this amount would be $32,400,000, or 48.35 per cent of the value of the goods. If, however, the reciprocity clause is granted to France the duties on

French imports is estimated at $31,500,000 or 47 per cent of the value of the goods Thus the reciprocity clause would reduce France's duties less than $1,000,000 on a year's imports. From the standpoint of the French government, there is much margin for reciprocity between the French rate of about 22 per cent against American goods, and the American rate of about 48 per cent against French goods.

The present negotiations will be a sequel to the arrangement effected by Ambassador Whitelaw Held, Ttfarc'h 15} 189i France continues to give the'Ininimilim rites eStab lished at that t'ime, 'although the United States long since wit'hdreW Jhe reciprocal reductions On Stigar, molasses, hides and skins. These minimum rates aje still force although the French government has felt free to restore the maximum'rates since the United.States ceafied to give reciprocity on sugar, molasses, hides and skins. Ambassador iPatenotre's proposition contemplates that the French minimum rates shall be continued if the United States grants reductions under the reciprocity clause of the new law. Otherwise, the French government is likely to restore her maximum rates against meats, fruit, dried fruit, woods, staves, hops, prepared pears and apples, and possibly petroleum. The French authorities feel that they are entitled to the reciprocity reductions whichvat most will not exceed $1,000,000 because of the lower percentage of duty levied by France on American goods, compared with the percentage of duty levied by the United States on French goods.

AN AiBDUCTED'BOY RECOVERED. Sue-

Detectives and Reporters Worked cessful Scheme. Albany, N. Y., August 19.—Five-year-old John Conway, who has'been at the mercy of kidnappers since Monday morning, was returned to his parents shortly after 9 today through the efforts of private detectives and reporters in the employ of the Argus. The child was abducted by his uncle, Joseph Hardy, and H. G. Blake. Hardy has be«n placed under arrest, but Blake escaped from his captors and is being pursued by a squad of police. Blake was found and tak«n to the Argus office, with Hardy, at 4 a. m. He was accused of the kidnapping, and at first denied all knowledge of it.

When threats failed, a ransom was offered to him, arid'finally it was made so large that he confessed the kidnapping and piloted a party of Argus men some five miles out in the country, where he left them and in a short time returned with the boy in hip- arms. A stuffed pocketbook was given to him for his ransome, and an effort was made to arrest him. When he saw that he had been trapped he pulled a revolver, fired four shots and broKe away from nis captors, who did not pursue him, but drove immediately to the city with the boy. The child was abducted ftqinday night, and that night a not* was sent to hie parents, saying he would be returned for $3,000.

The story of. the recovery of the boy is an exciting one, those in charge of th" affair spending three hours in dense wooc* and fearing each moment a pistol ball. When vBlake was induced to show the place where the boy was, a clever scheme was arranged. A poMce clerk named Matthew Greagan put on old clothes and drove the wagon as a hired man. Detective Reilly was his assistant, and Police Comniision Phelan and John F. Farrell, counsel for the Argus, sat with Blake. When they had driven out several miles Blake Called a halt and said he would find the boy. He disappeared in the woods, followed by Phelan and Farrell. They were gohe about an hour, and when they returned said they had seen the child guarded by a masked man. Mr. Phelan thought it. would be a serious affair. Blake demanded the reward of $2,500 before he would get the child, and then there was a long parley. Greagan. as driver, offered to go to the Argus office and get it. Whil» this parley was at its height Greagan sprang from the wagon, and followed by Reilly, pietols in "hand, rushed into the place. Greagan grasped the child and ran for the wagon. Farrell "fired several shots. The men finding that they were beaten, retreated and the child's rescuers drove ranidlv down the road to the city. The Schenectady and Troy police were notified to watch for Blake. District Attorney Burlingame and Mayor Thacher had Hardy" under examination for almost two hours todav and at the end of the time the district attorney said: "Hardy has told evervthlng. but cannot give it out now. There were at least two other people in the affair, and belief we will get them all. The penalty for the offense is? twenty years' imprisonment.

liaptint General Asneclation. The convention of colored Baptist ministers closed Wednesday night and the rew, of the week will be taken up with sessions of the Baptist General association. The meetings opened y??sterdiy with about 100 delegates present.' The presict--in* officer is Rev. D. W. Gray, of.&hclbx-

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Kindness.

It is kindness that makes life's capabilities blossom and paints them with their cheering hues and endows them with their invigorating fragrance. Whether it waits on its superiors or ministers to its inferiors or disports itself with its equals, its work is marked with a prodigality which the strictest discretion cannot blame.

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RAPIB COMPOSITION.

PROFESSOR FANCIULLI WROTE ,r MARCH IN TEN MINUTE^..

In Honor of Colonel BUI Sterett—Inspiration Brawn From Cracker* Ctveew. and Dried Beef— Th«t Colonel Remember*

Marches ef His Boyhood'# Day*

"I've no objection," observed Colonel William

Green

Sterott, "to having a march

dedicated to me. Indeed I think'I'd like it. I've had a dog named after ba&, and reoently a poena was sawed ,cfff on me, and this sort of honor has been

The scene was one of our popular roof gardens,

and

Professor Fanciulli had just

announced his laudable determination to compose a march in Colonel Sterett'smemory. "It shall be a finished composition in ten minutes," said the professor. It ia as easy as

nothing,

particularly when xt is to

be dedicated to my friend, Colonel Sterett. You are very polite," returned Colonel Sterett, "but your proposal to do this in ten minutes alarms me. Now, I sensitive about anything that's to go through life with my name. I wouldn for half my halidom have you sacrifice melody and musical beauty to speed." "It shall-be as you say," interjected Professor Fanciulli ardently. You shall select the tempo. Noy, listen. I will ham you a bar from a inarch. Turn, turn, te turn, te turn! How do you like that?" "Why," remarked Colonel Sterott after listening critically, "that seems a bit frivolous. Now, something with more of an ice wagon movement might do, something jolty and strong. I don't know one note from another, but I've got an ear like an angel, and I'd just as soon have a man pull a gun on me as to make a discord in musio. So I want you to be careful and exact in this composition. "When I was a bov in Kefitticky,*' continued Colonel Sterett, "there \ver«f two pieces of music "which gave me ^profound pleasure, and which I never forgofch One was'Smith's March."' "I never yet heard of 'Smith's Ma¥ch,' remarked Professor Fanciulli nfeditatively. "Well, it's a masterpiece of turfeiCpowerful music," went on Colondl Sfferett. "The other piece was

one

their clarions. "At the time of which I epdAk I was powerfully interested in the cruSad^rs and was studying Moslemry with the aid of Walter Scott. I couldn't sleep nights for my hatred of Saraoens, and at the age of 12, had you asked me why I clung to life, I should have told you that it was for the sole purpose of destroying painims when I grew up. "As I tell you, these studies and these influences had a great deal to do with framing my musical taste. I would suggest, therefore, that, in so far as the object of the meeting is to please me, you make this proposed piece of music either replete with sobs and of a romantic yet tender strain, or that it be made as sternly martial as possible. There are only two things for which I look in music. Give me tender affection, as of a mother fon her child, or give me war." "Yes," replied Professor Fanciulli.

Take out your watch. I shall compose it in the ten minutes. Waiter, bring to me some paper until I draw the five lines I need also bring a plate of crackers, cheese and dried beef."

AProfessor, I don't Want to discourage you said Colonel Sterett solemnly, and with feeling, "but I can hardly consent to music bearing my name which is composed under the inspiration of cheese and jerked beef. I few the worst possiole musical results from the repast you have so hastily ordered. Think again can we

name

something lighter and more ethereal than cheese—some regalement more effervescent than dried beef?" "Never fear," remarked Professor Fanciulli confidently. "I compose many times with such inspiration. It is all right. Let but the paper come, and in ten ihinutea the march is done." "Well said Colonel Sterett, dubiously, "of course I wouldn't think of directing a proficient musician and an author in harmony as to how he should comp.pse. But, as a newspaper man, I must say that were I to begin an article by any lavish consumption of dried beef and cheese my fancy would get baggy at the knee, and I would never be able to throvp off those gems which Texas waits for. "Fear not," said Professor Fanciulli as the paper and the other delicacies com manded were brought. "Fear nothing. Cheese exalts beef has its pinions. The music I make shall sweep and soar by their aid." "I surely hope so," said Colonel Sterett, "seeing it's to be dedicated to me, But don't you think we might better name this coining production the 'Cheese Quickstep* or the

Dried Beef Patrol?' We might leave

my piece for what one might call a less vigorous moment." "Never," said Professor.Fanciulli. 6hall be done now."

A GREAT INVENT^)!*.

Plan For PractS5»l

Committees of various character wer«. appointed by the moderator, ,aJi.l the delegare.® settled down at once to hatd work. Sorhe lively discussion of live topics were induVged In yesterday^

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TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20.1897.

drifting

mv shores lately right along. It pieces me, and

impression is that should a

march be written in my name my cup of joy would be full." "It pfrftH be done," asseverated Professor Fanciulli. See, I will write it now In ten minutes it shall be done."

where a captive

knight was imprisoned in a towW aiid his crusading companions were going through the street which this Wer Was 6n, and he could not make them bear his crtes'for aid because they made such an ngroaflr with

ef the

Ray Principle.

The tall man wheeied heavlly abd look-' ed tit the editer. He had panted' all the way up the stairs and was waiting for "that form of recognition whioh the man who is ready to listen gives the maH wha is ready to talk.

The editor looked np inquiringly. "I have here"— began the tall'jtoaii. "You must, excuse me this mdrning," sakl the editor. "An idea," continued the tall mmb, "which, under the tofloejpoe of a fostering development, could be brought te a state af perfection that would coavert it into a boon for thousands."

He passed aad wbeeaed SOBS® nsore. "What is the kUaP" inquired the editor. "I oall it the annihilate ef the opaque," said the tail roan. "Rather a olumsy title," said the editor. "What's its nature?" "It is a form#" said the tail man, of ray of my confrere, M. Roentgen. It is designed for peoket uee, and when perfected will enable the owner to look through the moat aotti aad.lrtnnrintiahto-^.

stance. I am a great loVer of ohildreo, sir, and I intend that this boon to humanity shall be in every child's hands—in the hands erf every child that is of sufficient years to stand outside the fence of a baseball park.- I want the little ones to take this invention of mine and look right through the fence and see the game in all its glory. I am a disoourager of sqtilntIng, sir, and I am opposed to the obliquity 6f vision whtoh is engendered by knotholes and cracks. Armed with my annihilated, sir, the child of tender years will not only be able to see through tho front fence, but he will be able as well to read the advertisements on the back fence right through the third baseman. Why, sir, by simply wiping off the lens he will, if he chooses, be enabled to read the umpire's very thoughts. How is that for a juvenile boon?" ft.ny of the annihilators perfected?" inquired the editor. 'Not yet," said the tall man. •Well," said the editor, "when yon get a perfected one ready, bring it in and tell me what I had for breakfast. Then I'll take some stook in it." \v|

The tall man fidgeted in his chair. "I had another icjeatfhen I came np the stairs," he murmured. "Well, what is it?" "I had an i»ea that you might haw a dime for a fellow craftsman."

He got it.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Colonel Robert Shaw.

No death in the cause of liberty and union, save that of Lincoln himself, has been the occasion of such tributes as those which have been offered to the memory of Colonel Robert Shaw. This was Lowell's hero when he wrote: ....

Bight in the van

On the red rampart's slippery 6well, With heart that beat a charge, he fell Foe Ward, 6s fits a man. But the high soul burns on to light men's feet Where death for jioble end makes dying sweet.

And he was Emerson's youth who nobly answers to the voice of duty: So nigh is grandeur to our dust,

So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, "Thou must,". The youth replies, "I can." Already the prophecy of Motley is being fulfilled. "I have often thought," he said, "how fondly his image will be retained in. after days as a type to inspire American genius. Sculptors, painters and poets will delight to reproduce that beautiful vision of undying and heroic youth, and eyes not yet created will dwell upon it with affection and pride. And when the history of these dark, tragic, but most honorable days oomes to be written, there is nothing that will fasten itself more closely on the popular memory than the storming of Fort Wagner by the Fifty-fourth, with their colonel falling on the rampart, sWord in hand, cheering on those despised blaoks to deeds of valor."

The patriots of today are not now and may not be called upon to die "sword in hand." But this country is in need of men who will bring into the fight against civic corruption as keen a sense of duty and as true a courage as that which in spired the young hero of Fort Wagner.— Century.

Fickle Fortune.

In Venice not long ago a lottery drawing gave rise to the opening of coffins in order that the sign of a lucky number might be detected in the eye or on the lips of the corpse. Shrouds du6ty and covered with mould were examined for traces of writing that might lead to the sought for knowledge, and new born infants were closely inspected for birthmarks that would reveal the secret, while it is said that ladies of birth and education wore their dresses with the Insides turned out, in order to propitiate the god of the wheel. In Naples a begging monk was fallen on by two footpads, who insisted that he should tell them the lucky number, and on his assurance that he was not able to do so they be&4 biro so severely that he afterward died in a hospital. These expedients to steal the secret of fortune display so much ingenuity that it would seem as if their practitioners might without muoh trouble make more money in other ways. —New York Tribune.

Indian Agriculturists.

The Indians on the Shoshone reservation have to the present time this season sown 125,000 pounds of grain, and it is expected they will sow as much mora before the close of the planting season. The department is not giving the seed to the Indians this year as heretofore, but is loaning it, and expects the Indians to re" pay it when they harvest their crops. The pupils of the Indian school are farming extensively under the direction of the Indian agent, Captain Wilson, and the teachers of the school. They have put out 10,• 000 cabbage plants and have a model garden. A test will be made on the farm with sugar Leet seed, the de^rtment having furnished a large quantify for experiment. Under the present management of Indian affairs the Indians of the Shoshone reservation are improving rapidly in condition, and the majority of the tribe will soon become self supporting. Great interest is being taken by the Indians ih school work, and the agency school is having a very successful

Omaha Bee.

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Professor Fanciulli drew lines rapidly. He blotted in the notes with the energy of inspimtiori. As the musio grew the Che.*) and crackers disappeared. At the end of ten minutes ho had finished. Professor Fanciulli went to the piano and played his composition. It was exquisite, a perfect march, full of go and fire. Everybody looked around everybody applauded. "It is nothing," said Professor Fanciulli. "When Prince David of Hawaii was here, "I sat down one night at the Press club and in ten minutes I composed the 'Candibal March' in his honor. You could hear tho shriek of the startled missionary, the hot pursuit- of the cannibals. Then he is necked on the head and roasted. It is •all clear in the music. At last it is finished, and the cannibals sit about gnawing his bones. It was very spirited, very exact. Prince David said himself it made his inouth water. Oh, it was superb. So also with this piece which I now dedicate to Colonel Sterett. Ages shall yet hear of him by this music."—Washington Post

term.—Correspondence

Fighting Fires In Winter Weather. To stand upon the peak of a ladder at perhaps the third or fourth story of a building, directing the stream of water at the blazing interior while the thermometer is at about its lowest point, is not a comfortable task. Perhaps another stream is playing over your head, and you stand ',n an icy spray. Icicles hang from every point of your fire bat, and the rubber coat Is frozen to your back, and the water that is falling about you freezes as fast as it falls. Every movement upon the ladder is fraught with danger for it is so incrugfccd with ice that it is almost impossible to get a solid foothold, and a misstep would hurl you to the ground, 40 feet below.—Charles T. Hill in St. Nicholas.

Modest Chicago.

Here is a modest allusion to Chicago in The News of that city: "She has been burned out of existence in a day and fattened on the ashes. She has builded a dreamland for the world to play in and thought little of the achievement. She has essayed a drainage canal, and before the people barely know of it the bulk of the glgantio enterprise is completed and the glorification exercises are over. This is not boasting it is a modest recording of a glittering, sparkling, radiating fact. It i» a .ineaaly.testimonial at the grand, whooperup, ripsnorting vastness of the greatest aggregation of hnman souls ever brought together under one municipal canvas.",. c-i 4 I" rrtitesiM.. a:U

Don't pass a woman at cldse .quarters, as on the stairs of a hotel, with a cigar in your mouth or a hat on your head. A cultivated Frenchman or German would not do such a thing. The woman may be the veriest stranger, but he lifts his hat and takes his cigar out of his mouth as he goes by, respectfully loeking straight ahead.—Mew York Telegram.

The Wretch.

Mrs. McSmith—I could have married Mr. Jans if I hJd wished it. MoSmith—Yes, that Jmbbs always did have great look.—Brooklyn Eagle.

'A Geotogioai feever.

Kitty—That Mr. Hardupp® is a geological lover, I tnink. Jane—What kind of a lover is that?

Kitty—One Who is always looking foe "rnnfo/'—Detroit Free Prea.

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FARM BYTHE YUKON

AN EXPERIMENTAL FARM TO BE ESTABLISHED THERE NEXT SPRING.

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Secretary of Agriculture Wll«m Promises Congressional Aid For the Pntfeet—Surveyor General Pray Favors Sending

Colony of Farmers .te the Ynton.

Uncle Sam soon will have an experimental farm in the Yukon valley If Secretary Wilson's pledge to P. B. Weare of the North American Transportation and Trading company is brought tor fulfillment.

The promise was made in Chicago the other day at a conference between the two men named and Q. B. Pray, recently appointed surveyor general of Alaska by President McKinley.

Secretary Wilson arrived at the Auditorium in the morning. Mr. Pray was in town to learn from Mr. Weare what he could of his new field of labor and to make preparations for the trip to the territory in the arctics. After luncheon with several directors of the North American Transportation and Trading company Messrs. Weare and Pray Called on the secretary of agrioulture.

The development of tho agricultural resources of Alaska was discussed exhaustively, and Secretary Wilson pledged himself to work for the immediate establishment of an experimental government farm in the Yukon valley. He said congress would appropriate at least $18,000 for the purpose, and there seemed to be no obstacle to the trial of the experiment next spying.

Seoretriry Wilson favors Mr. Wer.re's plan of sending a colony of practical farmers to tho Yukon valley as soon as possible to establish farms and supply the miners with grain, meats and It is believed many thousand's $f ofcores will be under cultivation withlnna ftjK years.

Before Mr. Weare and Mr*Pray called on Secretary Wilson they- talked for an hour in Mr. Weare's private office.

Mr. Weare gave the government official several "pointers'* ©n his future plans and a general iflsight into the obstacles to be overcome in the new country.

According to Mr. 'Weare, the government has been shamefully negligent of its duties toward the struggling pioneers in the new country, and business rivalry of the big corporate interests has prevented unity of action.

The Alaska company of California, according to Mr. Weare, has done a great deal to retard progress through its jealousy of Chicago capital and push. It was the California men who succeeded in preventing government troops from going to Circle City this fall.

The California people, Mr. Weare says, care nothing about the development of the oountry or the mining interests. They deal in furs and skins and make their money by trading with the Indians. "Our plan was to develop the country by encouraging prospectors abd keeping the miners from starving by the establishment of posts and stores all the way up the Yukon," Mr. Weare went on. "We don't want soldiers particularly, but we d«e want government officials and government. "We want a good United States marshal and other necessary federal officials. We have a good judge, reoently appointed. We have land offices in Sitka, but we need branches in the interior. "The government surveyor ships will be one of the most important offices and one of the hardest to fill. "The government has in the past spent much money in gathering expert reports and opinions on the resources of Alaska.

No more is neceHsary. The time has come for action. From this time on the general government will have to hustle to keep pace with the development of the oountry."

Mr. Pray assured Mr. Weare that he intended getting down to work at once and that in his official capacity he would do all in his power to bring about a proper system governing mining claims in the United States territory. He said he would be guided largely by theadvloeof experienced men in that country, and he believed bis task, though difficult, would not be impossible.

Mr. Pray said also: "I Shall start as soon as I can finish preparations, and go at once to Sitka, where the government offices are located. I will not remain there longer than can be avoided, as I intend getting into the niihing difetariot as soon as possible. There is no need of a surveyor on the coast and all my work will be in the interior. I hope to start within 30 days. "It will be necessary to establish a government station in the interior at some point of easy access to the mining oountry. Here a land office will be necessary, and headquarters for the government survey ing corps must be established."

Secretary Wilson said the same evening: "I am greatly interested in the development bf Alaska. With the aid of three experienced men who are now in the Yukon country the departinent of agriculture is making extensive investigations with a view cf taarning the value of the agricultural resources of the principal valleys, and it is certain an experimental farm will be established within a year n-ar the junction of the Yukon'^nd Tsrano rivers, or in soma other location. "i-rChicago Tribune.

TOLD HIM TO TAKE A FERRY.

KJtaratenant Tyler Trtd' So aad SoWwLate In Reporting to Captain Slcard. When Rear Admiral Slcard was a captain, he was stationed* for''a time on the old receiving ship Vermont in the Brooklyn navy yard. To him Lieutenant Hanson R. Tyler, now retired, was ordered to report for duty on tho Vermont.

Tyler was a big, round, good natured Vermonter, with a long, nasal, down east drawl, and all the navy had nicknamed bim "Horse." It happened this time that "Horse" reported four days late, and Captain Slcard was annoyed. The captain was not a martinet, but he was a believer In strict discipline and in tho fullest performance of duty, ^heu ho was in command of a vessel, it was always shipshape. When he was in command of a navy yard, things moved off as it was intended tbey should move. So, when Tyler came aboard the Vermont, Captain Sicard was displeased because of his tardiness. "Good morning, Captain Slcard," drawled Tyler. "I am ordered to the Vermont, and I jam here to report to you for duty." '.)• '. if -*i: .* "Good morning, Mr. Tyler," answered Captain Sicard. Will you have the good Bess to explain why you, are four days late?" "Certainly, captain," said Tyler, with just the suspicion of a grin and an extra .attenuation in his drawl. "You see, my orders wero to report aboard the Venponfc| 'at Boston. I went tq Boston jfoundj that the Vermont was at Brooklyn. I .didn't know whether to bring Boston down to the Vermont or the Vermont up

Kb Boston. While I was debating the matter I got a telegram from the department (ha pulled it out and showed it to Captain Sicard) that said, 'For Boston in your or ders read Brooklyn,'so I came down to New York yesterday, 'd never been In Brooklyn, so I asked a man how to get to the Brooklyn navy yard, and he said I d. better take a ferry. So I took a ferry, and when I got off I asked a man bow to get to the Brooklyn navy yard, and be said, 'Take a ferry.' I asked him what that place was, and he said 'Staten Island.' So I took a ferry, and when it stopped it was In a place a man said was Commuaipaw, I asked .hkn bo^r to get to the Brooklyn navy:y«Kd, and hesaidy/Take -i-- I. an

beafboad loose la I got a hotel a»dwantt»bed, aoTthfe »«ningl hired a boy for 50 oentatopilot metoth0 Brooklyn navy yard. And, by the way, captain, have you go* that sum in your clothes?"

And they say "Heraa" Tyler go* off.— New Yark Sun.

THE DOLLAR MARK*

Its

FncoUarHy *ef®r# Instwd etf After figure* Did it ev«r strike you beilng at alf peculiar that we should use the dollar mark ($) before instead of after the' figures in expressing the sum of 5, lOfSBf 'olr any other number of dollars? Wemay siiy "88 dollars" plain enough for aSy one to understand, but as soon as we put the expression into figures and characters it is "dollars 25" (|95), instead of 26t, as It should be. Nor is this all that is peculiar in this connection.

In every country vrhloh has a written language and a system at coinage the abbreviation for the unit of value precedes the figures. In England the pound mark is used in the same manner that the dollar mark is used in this country, while the same peculiarity is noticeable in Ge» many, where the abbreviation m. (fBj mark) appears preceding the ntnnber, just as the French abbreviation fr. (for franc) is used in France.

If abbreviations are not used, the legend is more apt to be correct. We find that in Mexico they have a "8K pesos" instead cf "p. 2K," as one might expect, and in Newfoundland they have a plain 9 dollar piece. So, too, in France, where the abbreviation is not oswi we fiad such pieces as "10 franos," "20 francs" and "40 francs." In Germany they have a piece marked "X thalor," whioh is all very plain, but the moment a clerk, bookkeeper or other person makes an entry or jots down a memorandum he tells you thata

The English pound sign, which is be-. lleved to be the oldest monetary abbrevia-: tion now in use, is the old Initial letter by which the Romans expressed "pounds," just as we use the "lbs." It has been suggeated that

use our money abbreviation

backward bcoause tb.0 Romans in oxpressing "pounds" always uaid "libra! decern" instead of "decern libra," the first' being "pounds ten" and the latter "ten pounds." When their initial letter or character was used, it always preoeded the figures, thils" £10," instead of the reverse. #Thus the whole world has gotten in the habit of doing these things backward.^—

St. Louis Republic.

CHARACTER IN FEET.

It Can Be Accurately Read Krery Time*

^joTv-Aceofdlng'

t° a Chiropodist.

Nobody -fchinksl of Trilby without thinking of Trilby's foot. Aftor having been slighted f5r dafltnrles, it was left for the genlris of Da Mattrler to draw attention to tlfl&tivu&i abdsfed member of the human ho&y. Why hadn't somebody thought of it beforef "Why, do you know," said a gentleman who is looked up to as one of the leading intellectual lights, "I have a friend who is a chiropodist in the metropolis, a gentleman Of tihq'bostioned learning and veracity, who has made & study of the matter for years, and he tells me that the human foot is one of the surest indexes to character that haveter been discovered. 'People say they can detect character in the countenance, but let me examine a man's foot and I vfili tell you what manner of a man he is,' says my friend. In every instance where I have taken the trouble to follow out his instructions I have found them to be absolutely accurate.

You can tell a fiery tempered man by the shape of his foot as easy as you can tell a rhinoceros by his hide. As there ar® all sorts of temperaments, so there are all varieties of feet. Eaoh temperament leaves its foot mark, and if the scientists would spend their time in investigating this matter instead of weighing the planets w« should have some practical data from which we Cbuld determine in a few moments whether a man could be intrusted to handle large sums of money and thus do away entirely with the necessity of giving bonds. If a merchant wanted a salesman, he w'o'hld not need to aek for recommentations he would merely request to See the Applicant's foot, when he would know Instantly whether or not he was the man he wanted: I tell you, now that Da Maurier has popularized feet so that scientists will not consider the matter too humhl« a one 'ufton Which to expend their energies you may expect some wonderful discoveries 'to r&sult from the study ins few'ychttf."^-Rochester Herald.

A Dog Mimic.

Ret. Frank M. Downing of Moore oontaty, Temi., is the owner of a most remarkable dbg called Bcnch. In appearance the animal is not prepossessing, his color being a dirty yellow, his hair coarse ana wiry' his legs short and his body rather unwloldy. In his eyes, however, there gloams an intelligence almost human. At the word of oommand Bench will crow like a Shanghai rooster, neigh like a horse, low like a cow, grunt and squeal in imitation of pigs, mew like a oat and repeat the various voices incident to farm life He could give all the yelps of pack of hounds in pursuit of a fox and ia so realistic a manner that you oould scarcely help believing that a hunt was in progress.

This dog was never trained to do this, but as a puppy picked up the cries of the farmyard and has added to them the creaking of wagons and the whirring of machinery as made by a thrasher. Mr. Downing has been ofTered fabulous sums for the wonderful dog, but refuses to part with him. Trained animal keepers who have examined Bench and become familiar with his powers of mimicry say that it would be an easy matter to teach the dog to articulate words, perhaps even to talk connectedly.—Chicago Times-Herald.

Arsenic.

Arsenic has been known from very early times as a deadly poison. It is believed to have been the means employed by Nero to, remove his enemies, and there is littls doubt that it was also known to and employed by Messalina and Agrippina. During the middle ages it was extensively used as a secret poison, being sold by alchemists and poisoners of Italy under the

name

of "widow's powders" or "succession powders."

Its

properties were defi

nitely ascertained and made public by Brandt in 1783. The plant from whioh assafetida is produced is a native of Persia, Afghanistan and northern India. In all these countries the inhabitants

use

it as a seasoning for

their meat and vegetables, much as ,xcd pepper is employed by. the natives of Mexico and South Ainericagi spates. The odor is np« deemed by tho® ip the least offensive. .'••••

^Aconite.

Aoonite is tho active principle of th» plant known as. .AjSonitum napellus, which grows in the ypountainous districts of Europe, Siberia and. central Asia. It is well known from appearing as an ornamental plant In flower gardens. Aconite as a medicine was first used by Storck, in 1768, being employed then, as now, in infinitesimal doses.

TIm Ctnd'i P»ce.

Seven miles an hour is the camel's bes» pace, nor can ft maintain this rate over two hours. Its uanal speed is about flva miles an hour—a slow, lounging pace, beyond which it is dangerous, with nine eamels out of ten, to urge them, or else, as Asiatics say, they "break their hegrt and die "literally" on the spok—Phila-