Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1896, Page 17

PROPOSALS. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY AND 3 laneous Supplics—Nayy Departicent, Washington, D. C., April 10, 1896.—Sealed propésals, in dupit: messed to the Seeretary of the Navy, and cd “Proposals for Stationery and Miscel- laneous Supplies,” will be received at this do- muti. TWO O'CLOCK P.M. on THURS- MAY SEV , 1806, for furnishing such onery and Supplies for the Navy Department, e Naval Observatory and the Hydro- in Washington, during the fiscal June 30, 1807. Blank forms of pro- ing the necessary Information, will be oa upplication to this department. The department 1serves the right to waive defects and to reject any or all bids. Contracts will be awarded only to manufacturers of or regular dealers in the articles to be furnished. W. Mec- ADOO, Acting Secretary of the Navy. apli,18,254my: ROPOSALS F : 5 * Supplies.—War Department, Supply D ington, D. C., April 11, 1598,—Sexled in duplicete,’ subject to usual condi- il be recei until TWO O'CLOCK THURSDAY, MAY NTH, 1806, at time they will he opened, for’ furnishing and Mi plies (consisting brushe: els, ete.) for the artment s And offices dur- nding June 30, 1896. Blank forms War Dep ing fiscal year of proposals showing items and estimated quant!- ties of stationery and miscellaneous supplies re- r Dy quired will be furnished on application. Pro- posais must be on biank forms furnished by the department and securely inclosed in sealed en- yelopes indorsed om outside of envelope posals for Stationery” and “Proposals for Mis- Cellancous Supplies,’ respectively. and addressed to RS. Chief of Supply Division. mny26 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHING- ton, D. C., April 11, 1896.—Sealed proposals will bo recelved at this department until TWO O'CLOCK P.M... THURSDAY, MAY SEVENTH, . for furnishing the following classes ies, ete., during the fecal year ending Jue 80, S07, to wit: C) Mor Fuel and fee, (2) for Eur- niture, Photographic and other Miscellaneous Sup- plies; '@) for Stationery for the Department of the Intertor, its several bureaus and offices, and the Clyil Service Commission, At the same’ time and place proposals will be received for_such Meats, Provisicns, Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Drugs, Paints, Hardware, ‘Fuel, Ice, Lumber, ete., as may be required by the Government Hos- tai for the Insane, near Washington, D. C., dir ing the tiseal year above indleated; also for such Fuel, Lumber Hardware, Drugs, Chemicals, Lab- oratory Apparatus, Engraving and other Supplies as may be required by the U. S. Geological Survey and the Howard University, respectively, during + the same period. At the same time and place roposals will also be received for the Washing of Towels for the department, ite bureaus and the vil Service Commission ‘for the year ending June 30, 1897, as well as for the purchase daring that pertod of the Waste Paper of the Depart- ment of the Interior, Bids must be made on government blanks. “All bids (except those for purchase of waste paper) accepted and contracts awarded subject to an appropriation by Congress to meet the expense. Forms of proposals, scbed- ules of items, specitications and Instructions will he furnished fo bidders cn application to the Clef Clerk of the department; requests for blanks should specifically desigrate the class or classes of supplies upon whtch It 1s proposed to bid. All * the proposais will be opened at the time and place above stated, and bidders are invited to be pres- ent at such ‘opening. HOKE SMITH, Secretary. apl1,13,18,20,25,26,my2,6 DEPARTMENT, 1S86.—Sealed " prop department until MAY SEVENTH. W. jeaning ing mt ¢ Washing tow se of waste supplying fuel, tee iy files, beaes, ete. Propesais for stationery, ge, fuel, ice, Inmber, furniture, os? and plumbers” material, bardware and miscellaneous supplies will tn inde the quantities 1cquired by the coast ond gcodetle survey, and those for sta- tlonery. fu fuel and ice will include the quantities required by the burean of engraving end printing. ik forms of proposals, with In- structions to bidders, can be obiained upon appli- cation to the office of the ruperinten - ury building. The department rn to reject any and all and to wilve defects. tery. Pror Towels, Fieh Sealed FOR COAL ICE AND W4 tes Commission of Fish D. ¢ be ree a omiuission until TH TH DAY OF MAY, 1808 O'CLOCK P.M., at which time opened ia the furnishing su ui place they resenee of attending bid- ad Tce as may be 80, al Ins June ed for Washing To reject any and all and to accep the other part. lons of the t to each article, 2 prababl; be furnished on agent. J. J. BRIC orderet during the fiseal year en 7. Bids are also i 1s: to waive art of a posal to. supply nt buflding | June 30, | aL white 100 cords of oak woed All coal to impurities, ated wood, and to be welghed nt, upon ent setles In the court yard. — All | of t st quality and inspected by @ person who shall ed by the supecn- The hickor in three pieces and messu: ak wood to be sawed fter it is sawed apd delivered. ‘The coal aud wood to be de- livered at the State, War and Navy bulldliz and stored in the vents by the party or parties to whom the coutract or contracts niay be award- in such quantities as the may reqnire. Reserving us mueh tore or as much less woud as way be required at the Also the right to reject apy or to recept any portion of any bid. ‘The wweessful bidder to farnt bond ip the sum of $5,000 as guarantee of the faithful 3. W. BAIRD, perintendent. PROPOSALS FOR ICE AND WASHING TOWELS Navy Department, Washington, D. C., April 10, M6—Sealed proposals, itdorsed “Proposals for 1s fee," and addressed to’ the Sec ‘y of the Navy, will be received until TWO O'CLOCK P.M., THURSDAY, MAY SEVENTH, 1896, to supply the Navy Depaitment and Its various nd offices in Washington (not _ineludii Yard, Navy Pay Oftice, Naval Hospi Observatory) with ice during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. The ice to be supplied must be the best quality of northern fice, or ice equal thereto, solid, clear, and free from ‘snow or other {mpur- ities, and must be delivered daily in such quan- tittes as may be required at the offices designated. Also, at the same time and place, sealed proposals, indorsed “Proposals for washing towels,” and ad- dressed to the Secretary of the Navy, will be re- ceived from parties regularly engaged in such i ness, for wusbing the towels of the vy De- partment and its various bureaus and offices (1n- eluding val Observatory) In Washington, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. ‘The’ depart- ment reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to walve defects in proposals. In case of a tie in the bids the proposals to be accepted will be de- cided upon by lot. The bidder whose proposals 1s accepted wiih be requited to enter into contract and give bond, with two or more satisfactory sureties, In the penal sum of two hundred dollars with the contract for ice, and fifty dollars for the contract for washing towels, for the faithful ful- fillment of the contract. Bids must be made in duplicate tpon forms which will be supplied upon application to this department. W. McADOO, Act- ing Secretary of the Navy. apll,18,25&my2 PROPOSALS FOR GENERAL SUPPLIES.—OEFICE of the Commissioners of the District of Colum- Din, Washington, D. C., April 11, 1896.—Sealed proposals will be received at this office until TWO O'CLOCK P.M., ON THURSDAY, MAY STH, 1896, for furnishing the ‘various s of the District government with general jes for the fiscal year to end June 30, 1397, ising Stationers, Blank Forms and Print: tool Books, Furniture, Hardware, Tin Plumbers’ Supplies, Groceries, Hoots and wrugs, Glass, Pairts a fishes, Lan- nb Ments, " Castirgs, Dry ‘Goods, Supplies, Saddlery’ and. Forage: Blank forms of proposals, together with all In: formation, can be obtalued upon appliention at- the property Room 1, third floor front, Distrl 461 Louisiana avenne porthwest. 1 is reserved to et any and all or JOHN W. ROSS. 3 E TRUESDELL, CHARLES F. POWELL, sioners of the District of Columbia. 8 7 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTO: Sealed proposals will be teceived at the Dene ment of Stee until TWO-P.M. OF THE. & ENTH DAY OF MAY, 1896, to furnish said De- partment with Stationery «nd Miscellaneous Artl- cles, Including Forage, Flags and Tee, for the year ending Juus 30, 1897, in accordance with a Schedule of ‘articles’ which will be supplied to persons and firms proposing to The right to teject any and all bids or to accept ans portion of any bid, or amend the quantity given of any arMcle in ‘the schedule, is reserved. Each bid- der will be required to furnish with his bid a bond, with two sureties, In the sum of $2,000 as a guarantee of a faithful performance of the contract which may be awarded him. All sam- les submitted should be left at the “Stat oou"” of the Department. RICHARD OLN Secretary of St 8.25,2 for Mise this ofes until TWO P.M. s TH, 1896, for tur- etfice. durfug the fiscal year endii with soap, brush towels, crash, nails, et “, forms of proposals and all’ neces- on can be upon applica. ous NDER COAL. PROV) States ‘Na ND. CSALS FO ICE s Navy blank idders, walve in bids not ment or the pnrchase naisston and for be considered on is reserved to o waive technical de- rt of any bid and re- nks for proposals, with nts t ch, will Secrotary. for the By the Secretary. E. FUBL, FORAGE, AND FOR at, Snpply Di- April 11," 1806.— wbject "to usual ere until TWO . MAY SEVENTH. ‘¥ will he opened, for f Forage, and for’ Washing Department, {ts Bureaus n-Ing fixeal year eniling June 30, formis of propcsals. showing items antity of fee, fuel and forage estimated number of towels to Will be furnished on application. The fee, fuel (coal and wood) and forage to be de- Uvered at the War Department, Rurcaus or Of- fices. In Washington, for which required, In such quantities and 41 such times as the convenience Of the Department may require. Proposals for Washing towels should state price per. dosen. Proposals must b. on blank forms furnished the Department. and securely inclored in seal gBvelopes indorsed on outside ““Proposats for Ire,”* pishing Ice. Propostis for Fuel,"" “Proposals. for pposals fi: Washi: Tovejs,” and addressed to R. J. WHITTON, pir Div Barssc STITUTKC Apel 11, 1896.—Sealed pr untll TWO P.M. MAY SEVENTH. 1806, to fur Bish to the Smithsorian Institution, U. S. Na- tonal Museum, Burean of Interraticual Ex. ngea, National Zoclogical Park and Burean of thnologs, during ihe fiscal year ending June 20, 807. supplies, et. of the following classes: Chemicals, Wooden” Boxes and Unit Drawers, for Animals, Fuel ard Ice, Paints, Olls, etc-, fardware, Lumber, Stationery, Texitlen,’ Mls: SUSE up Sopplies, “Washing, “Sale of Wast> Ma. terial. Awerds will be made only to established Durntacturers of or dealers in the articles. The Tight te reserved to waive defects and to reject $27, oF all. bids or parts of bids. Blank forme, ith specifications for proposals, and further in- mation desired by intending bidders, will be mney phn To per os at ate office of the as- nt en ry. . LANGLEY, s re apll,18,25 ese PRoposals — U_ §. DEPARTMENT OF AGREE ture, Ofice of the Secretary, Washington, D. April 6, 1806.—Sealed proposals, in deplicate, to ‘the usual conditions, will be received Secratary of Agriculture until TWO PML, (URSDAY, MAY SEVENTH, 1894, for furnlas: ing the U. §. Department of Agriculture and Ite g sveral branches, during the ear endin; ans 30, 1897, the following supplies: ” Stationes cating Supplies, Printers’ Material, and See: ete; Laborat Supolies, amber Pack- bs Boxos, Fugl, Pointers’ Material, Plumbers’ faterial, Forage; Car Seals, Card Taga and ; Brooms, Brushes, atc.; Flower Pots, Carpets, an Weahiag Towels, Telegraph Hardware Supplies, Flags, Instrument Pfames, nad Pui r 3 2. rehase of Wi per att ‘“Btormation, wit schedules ni ean be obtained upen application to ¢! tment or the Weather Aurea ity the cless of azticl 9 submit bids. Ris to the Secretury of Agri-:i- with instructions, J. % ORTON. Ary. my2,4 PROPOSALS FOR MISCELLANEOU: FOR THE Post OFFICE DEP: Office Department, Washington, D.C. i 1896.— Sealed proposals will he ‘received at this de- pertinent until ‘Thursday, the seventh day of May, 1806, at 2 o'clock p.m. which time und place they will be opened | presence of bidders or their authorized uzents or attorneys. for doing the necessary painting in the department, and for fur- nis! a coal, woud, ice, cotton map mounting), soap. dust- ‘a brooms and forage, 2 dered during the fiseal year beginning Juls ending June 50, 1807. Fids are also ‘invited for the purchase of the waste paper from the depart- ment: and old Jute from the Mail Equipnent Di- vision, as well as for washing towels. sslanks for proporals, with specifications giving detailed state- ment of the requirements to he met in respect to 1896, and article, and aiso the estimated quantity prob- to be required of each, and giving full in stiietions as to the manner of bidding and the conditions to be observed by bidders, will he fur- nished on application to the Disbursing Clerk 9 Superintendent. Post Office Department, Washin: D.C. The Postmaster General reserves the to reject any or all bids, to Waive techalcal and to a id and re- Postmaster the fiscal y Te Fuel, plie informa. lerk on appl ight to w: or part and chief ished by the cation. The depart defects und to reject bids. PR ve . OR MMce of Washington, 1 proposals Building for Library of Cot ‘April 9. 1896.—Separate. se: and wire work and for ornamental and skylights for the building for the in this city, wil until TWO O'CLOCK a 7. THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF APRIL, . and opened Immediately there- after in presence of Midders. — Specttications, general instructions ary itions and bls forms of prope ‘ained on applic: a to this off DR. GREEN, charge. i PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING COAL SHED.— Washington Barracks, D. C., April 15, 18%6.— aled proposals in. t ‘@ willbe received pl until NOON MAY FIFTEENTH, 1896, and then opened for construction of a Coai Shed. In- fon can he had on application to TRA A. ES. Ist Meut., 4th arty., Q. M. 1.my8,7 *s Ninety-Five-Poand Postmas. ter. From the Detroit Free Press. Ferry is a lively village on the north branch of White river, nine miles east of Shelby, which is on the Cnicago and West Michigan railroad, and surrounied by the great fruit belt of Oceana county. Ferry's postmaster, Charles B. Archer, first saw the light of day May 1, 1870, at Ferry, Mich. He was appointed postmas:er of Ferry July 1, 1803. Archer is known throughout the country as the “kid postmaster, for the reason of his boyish looks and small stat- his common weight being ninety-five pounds. The Ferry peosle claim him the youngest and smallest postmaster in the State. ——+e+—______ Written for The Evening Star. Daybreak at Appomattox. Virginia‘s hills at break of day— On arms in fitful sinmbers lay ‘The armi-s of the blue and gray— Daybreak at Appomattox. The bugle’s welcome to the morn Awakes the legions battleworn And stirs the colors sofled and torm— Daybreak at Appomattox. ‘The trovpers to their saddles leap; ‘The gunners from the eaissons creep; ‘The bristling rifles forward sweep— Daybreak at Appomattox. The blue are mustered on the bills, ‘The gray beside the valley's rills, And soon the sound of battle thrills— Daybreak at Appomattox. The cannons loud defiance roar; A storm of hall the rifles pour; ‘The dewy gross is red with gore— Daybreak at Appomattox. But, see! The sunshine cleaves the sky; A glad “Stop firing!”’ ts the cry; A welcome sign is drawing nigh— Daybreak at Appomattox. ‘Then out beyond the fields of green The waving flag of white ‘s seen Above the Iine of battle’s sheen— Daybreak at Appomattox. Shout, shout, ye braves! The war Is past; ‘Tue dawn of peace has come at last, With love to bind the nation fast—- Daybreak at Appomattor. —THOMAS CALVER. ———.__ Not a Congental Occupatian, From the Chicago Tribure. The young populfet who wes learning dentistry threw down his instruments. “M'ghty nigh everybody that comes here,” he sald, “wants gold fillin’ in his teeth. i t get @ fair show. Durn such @ reached for his coat and hat, [RAILROADS VS, LABOR How Eastern Roads Avoid Trouble With Their Employes, IMPORTANCE OF A WISE POLICY Causes Which Have Led to Strikes in the Past. GOING INTO POLITICS HE RECENT AP- I Pearance in this city of the great labor leaders,Sargent, Mar- rissey, Clark, Hynes, Powell and Arnold, who came here to consult with Senator Voorhees on legisla- tion looking to the betterment of the people they repre- sent, was the cause of several of the brightest _—railroad men in the country coming to this city to look after the interests of the corporations. The labor leaders had frequent talks with prominent Representatives and Senators. The chief objects sought were the passage of Senator Voorhces’ bill, which is intended to give any rafiroad employe who is ar- Tested for contempt of court the right to appeal to any other court, and also the right of trial by jury. They also argued that favorable action be taken on the bill introduced by Mr. Erdman of Pennsyl- vania, which provides for a board of arbi- tration in disputes between a railroad com- pany and its employes, and the Phillips bill, creating a national non-partisan board, the object of which will be to remove the necessity of any strike. A representative of The Star came upon the group of labor leaders just as they were bidding good-bye to a member of the lower house. A couple of railroad men, well known for their liberal views on the labor problem, were also encountered. ‘Turning to The Star reporter as the group of labor leaders walked away, one of the railroad men, who is from the west, “This labor question, to my mind, i harder nut to crack than that of silver or tariff. I have been paying particular at- tention to the interests of railroads and wage earners for the past twenty years, and the more I know about the subject the harder it seems to me to find a remedy. “A large percentage of the voters throughout the western states are rail- Troaders or dependent for their living on railroads. They have been educated up to the idea that everything that is evil is represented in railroad corporations, and that any lexislation placed on the statute books that would act as a handicap to the roads will be received with favor every- where. As a consequence, in aimost every western state, promises have been made by state legislators that are simply idiotic. Better Methods in the East. “In the matter of railroad management the managers of the eastern railroads are heads and shoulders above thcir western brothers. When the time comes for re- trenchment the heads of the western roads look around, and, with a great want of sa- gacity, decide that organized labor the branch to be reduced. A strike Sand fe meralization follows. Under the same cu cumstances in the east the shrewd mau- ogers, after deciding that a cut in wages is necessary, pick out the trackmen, the clerks and higher officials as the on-s to suffer. The trackmen, for the most part, live in the country, are unorganized and 1 present a class of labor who look upon a cut in wages as a necessary evil, ‘The clerks are likewise unorganized. The: there are hundreds cf higher officials w: sre really necessary in time of prosperits but when business slacks up may be “lus ed as luxuries. This class is not reduced on the pay rolls: they are beheaded, tig- uratively speaking. “If still greater economy general reduction in the tr: a forces will be made. No reduction of wages in that branch of the service, mind you. that are discharged are be taken back when busine regains a solid footing, and their protests to or: ized labor headquarters are generally less. Those that remain are enabled to make their usual monthly salary, and are satisfied, if not pleased. The managers in the west look on in wonder that the labor troubles in their section do not materialize in the cast. “Railroad management has got to be a Breat thing. Years back, say twenty, the capital of a railroad that ran up ‘n $10,000,000 was considered a_ bi; tion; now an ordinary road will with a $50,000,000 debt, and, strat in some cases carry it. Take the Baltimcr: ard Ohio road as ac With proper maz agement that property should be abl pay a handsome dividend, but the in power cannot be made to see the wis. of copying after successful roads. It wold bay that corporation to get from the Penn- sylvania or New York Central an off J near the head, and pay him his own price no matter what it may be. i Effect of Reducing Wages. - “It fs a question of knowing when and when not to do a thing. If you use your memory a little you will recall that the great troubles of 1877 started on the Balti- more and Ohio road, and under the condi- tions that existed at that time a strike should have been staved off at any price. But the company wanted to pay dividend and In the face of the transparent dissati faction cut and recut wages until the em. ployes were down to a plane bordering on starvation. The reducticn in salaries saved something like $100,000 to the company but the destruction of property that fol. lowed reached away up in the millions, Take the other two roads I have mentioned, and under the same circumstances the divi. dends would have stopped and the em- ployes reasoned with until better times hove in sight. Of course there were strikes all over the country that year, but three. fourths of them were purely sympathetic, as the railroad men as a class fully under- stood the financial situation, and knew it would better them but little to strike, “At such times labor troubles are epi- demic. It seems as if the germs are in the blood, and all that is needed is a start. The Baltimore and Ohio furnished it that year. The road is undoubtedly one of the finest properties in this country, and if the management would take it In their heads to ignore the stockholders for say about seven years, the road could be put on such @ solid financial basis as to make it rank with the best in. the country. “Some time since there was a report cur- rent in, railroad circles that a general re- duction in wages of all employes of eastern railroads would be made the ist of May, but this was promptly denied by both Presi- dents Roberts and Depew, two: of the shrewdest railroad men that have ever been at the head of great corporations. The former, when told of the rumor, said that such a move would not be considered for a moment. The railroad business, he said, was picking up very satisfactorily within the last three months and would probably continue in that line for months to come. Even aside from considerations of liberality or fairness, his conservative judgment admonished him that such a course might arouse a counter demonstra- tion, which would greatly overbalance in cost any estimated saving by the reduction of wages. As Political Factors, “The labor leaders have about come to the conclusion that the best way to gain their points with the corporations is to zo into politics, and I think this idea a good one. Everybody knows what a power the ra{lroad men have in small country towns {n local politics. Why shouldn’t they elect state senators and assemblymen as well as burgesses? “Now, here is a pretty problem for the railroad men to consider. There are as many ratiroad men who are voters in the United States as there are voters in nine of the states of the Union; that is, the total vote of these nine states, which are New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Dela- ware, Florida, North and South Dakota, Colorado and Washington; and these states have eighteen Senators. There are 75,000 Nse- raflroad men who vote in New York state, 60,000 in pennsylvania, 10,000 in Connec! cut, 12,000 tn ed raey and 85,000 in In- diana, all, rie he’-exception of Pennsyl- vania, ‘i ng olagied' as doubtful states in national elections. Now, two and two make four, and it can Jui#t’as easily be arrived at what an or nisation in either of the states named could do.” DOMESTICATION OF FOXES. — Alaska Islands: Uj to Raise Them for Their Skins. Washington Corr, Portland Oregonian, On March 18 Senftor Wilson introduced in the Senate a bijj,,"'to authorize the Sec- retary of the Treasury to issue leases of certain islands indAlaska for the breeding of foxes,” and on/the 27th the bill was favorably reportéM ‘by the committee on public lands, with eertain minor amend- ments, & Although this bill has been the source of considerable amusement, the statements made by the gentlemon interested in its passage were a revelation to the members of the committee on public lands, and de- cldedly interesting. It shows that, as far back as 1884, certain gentlemen, at that time residents of Alaska, took up for se- rious consideration the problem of the fu- ture employment and support of the na- tives of the Alarken islands, when the fur seal, the otter and the walrus should have become exterminated. The suggestion was made by Capt. Mor- gan of Connecticut, that the blue fox might be domesticated, and, under proper condi- tions, bred with profit, thus utilizing many barren islands and furnishing employment to the suffering natives, Four gentlemen finally decided to subscribe the $1,000 each to try the experiment. A small number of young foxes were bought from the natives and taken to North Semidi Island, about 225 miles southwest of Kodiak, anda small colony of natives, with a white keeper, were left with one year’s supplies, to try the experiment. After many ups aad lowns, and ihe ex- penditure of over $40,000 in money, the ex- periments proved a success, and it was demonstrated that both the blue and silver fox could be domesticated and bred. From this small beginning, there are now no less than twenty-two colonies on as many is- lands, devoted to this business, and more than one hundred natives are profitably employed in its prosecution, These islands are mostly barren racks rising abruptly from the ocean, and the foxes are allowed to roam at’ will over them. Bach island has a small settlement, where the keeper and his native assistants live, and wherg the foxes are fed regularly, and where théy soon learn to come for their food. Photographs taken at feeding time show- ed the foxes eating from troughs and quar- reling over choice morsels like dogs in a kennel. The food consists of cooked Indian meal and blubber scrap, and on it the foxes grow sleek and fat, and produce a fur of the finest quality. Senator Wilson, notwitstanding the good- ratured jokes of hig fellow Senators, has worked for the bill with energy and en- thusiasm, for, as he says, it will not only be the means of saving from extinction a race of valuable fur-bearing animals, but will people the barren islands of the Alaskan chain and rescue from misery and starvation the natives, who, now that the fur seal Is becoming extinct, see starvation Staring them in the face. Too Decollete. om Tid Bits, Mistress (angrily)—“Bridget, I find that you wore one of my low-necked evening dresses to the "bus drivers’ ball last even- ing. It's the worst piece of impudence 1 ever heard of. You ought to be ashamed of yourself!”” Bridget (meekly)—“Oi wuz, mum—Oi wuz. And me young mon sald if Oi iver wore sich an ondacent dress in public ag’in he’d breck our ingagement.” es Chang Wang. From Truth. Giang! 17 JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. Congressman Powers Enthusiastic Over Paine’s Celery Compound, the Greatest Spring Remedy, Judge Powers, who today represents Veiry in Congress, entered the national House with a magnificent recor! as lawyer and judge of the Supreme court of Vermont. He fs a fine type of the careful, lecrned England lawyer. Though dut 56 years of age, he was a member of the Vermont legislature @ third of a centur ago, and again In 174, when be was speaker o: the house, He has been :tate censor, a mem! of the constitutional coavention and of the state senate. In 1874 he became judge of the suprem> court of Vermont, and remained on the bench until 1890, when he took bis seat In Congress, Judge Powers presided at meny of the* mest notable trials In the bistory of the state, and is the author of many of the most finportant opinions to be found in Vermont repr No juige on the Supreme bench in any of our States hag a reputation for more clearly and un- mistakably expressing. Lix op!ni His unquali- fied indorsement of Paine’s celery compound in the folowing letter is as straightforward and concise w TOBACCO AND DIPLOMACY. Some Philosophy by Prince Bismarck on the Cigar as an Active Assistant. Fron the Chicago Inter-Ocean, When Bismarck played great politics he seemed not to in the stratagems of | something very like | elt came well to hand. Here is what he did in an interview with Jules Fayre, who, representing the republicans of France, when Paris was to fall, was ne- gotiating with the conquering Germans for the best terms under the circumstances. The two statesmen exchanged civilities, and | Bismarck jumped in. He was after a tre- mendcus war indemnity, and the cession of Alsace and Lorraine. And he got them, and this is how he got them. He “pui| up” a big bluff, He said: “So you say ‘not an inch of our soil, not a stone of our for- tresses’—It_ is useless to discuss further. My time is precious, so is yours, and I don’t see why we should vaste it. More- over, you have come too late. There, be- hind that door, is a delegate of the em- peror, Napoleon Il, I am about to negotiate with him." his was a staggerer. The astounded Frenchman did not know that that door concealed nothing more important than a cupboard or a closet. The discussion was | resumed. Bismarck, shorily rising as if to leave, put his hand on the handle of that Napoleonic door.’ Favre sprang up and implored Bismarck not to impose upon France the continued shame of a Bona- parte. Then they sat down and talked some more. Not long after, what with playing the Napoleon dummy behind the door and the alleged Napoleon sentiment throughout France, Bismarck brought the republican to his own terms. When the poor Frenchman had been bam- boozled by the great diplomat and they ‘ame to the easier matter of arranging terms for the surrender of Paris, Bismarck talked the philosophy of smoking to his unhappy victim in this wise: “You are wrong (Favre had declined a cigar, saying he did not smoke). When you enter on a discussion which may lead to vehement remarks, you should smoke. When one smokes the cigar is heid be- tween the fingers; one must handle it, not allow it to fall, and thereby violent move- ments of the body are avoided or weaken- ed. With regard to the mental condition, it does not deprive us of our intellectual capacity, but it produces a state of kindly repose. The cigar is a diversion, and this blue smoke which rises in curves, and which the eye invcluntarily follows, pleases and renders us more flexible. The eye is occupied; the hand is engaged, the organ of smell is gratified; one is happy. In this state one is very disposed to make con- cessions; and our business—that of diplo- matists—continually consists in mutual con- cessions.”” —_—_—__ At the Railway Station, From the Chicago ‘Tribune. See the young woman at the railway sta- tion. She is waiting to meet relatives who are coming on the train. See her rush eagerly to meet them. They have come. ‘They are her dear cousins. Fifth or sixth cousins. See the haste with which she runs to kiss Cousin Arabella. She doesn't lose an instant. But she is not in such a hurry to kiss. Cousin Jack. When she sees him approaching she does not hasten. She seems «lmost provoked because he wants to kiss her. She keeps him waiting while— She lifts her veil. ——— All That Was Necessary. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Dear me,” said the lovely lady, petu- lantly. “Those are beautiful verges you have written about me, but it happens that my hair is dark brown, instead of golden.” “Haw. By Jove! so it is,” sail the petted scelety poet. “Well, there is only one thing to do. You must have your hair bleached.” ee Immolated. From the Detroit Tribune. “She killed herself because she: couldn't cook.” “How absurd!” “WeH, she couldn't help it. She had to eat her own dishes, you know.” af bis thoughtf OF REPK WASHINGTON, . 19, 1896. T have for several years Leen acquainted with the medicinal qualities of Paine's celery compound, and can enthusiastically indorse it as a specie in wany cases for which its use is recommended by its proprietors, |. HENRY POWERS, First Dist. Vermont. By far the best use that any tired or ailing per- eon can make of these precious spring days is to urify their blood and regulate their nerves’ with Paine’s celery compound. It is plain to any ob- fervant person that the best remedy for neuralgia, persistent headaches and such like Indications of low nervous vigor 4s the one that most rapidly and completely nourishes the worn-ut parts. It is rot In the power of ans otber remedy to do the vigorous work of Palne’s celery compound in strengthening th jaded system, and in Lringing It back to an energetic, healthy con The real danger that stares sick people In the face 4s the putting of atterding to sickness and A SERIO-COMIC INVITATION. The Picturesque Boom Which a Mon- sna Editor Has Sent Forth. From the Northwest Magazine. Anyone at all familiar with the land here- in described will tell you that the editor of the Townsend (Mont.) Mesenger, from which paper the article is taken, has blend- €d truth and poetry most felicitously in ev- ery one of the eloquent lines which follow. Hear him a moment: “If you are old, with the fire of life dy- irg out of you and the buoyancy leaving your Hmbs; if you are looking at the gray clouds overhead and longing for a land where your faded life may pass away in peace, come to Montana. Here the sky is as blue as the sky of Italy; the air is full of fragrance and the land echoes with the voices of thousands who work be: th the palo glimmering of the stars. “If you are a young man tolling as your father toiled in worn-out and barren des- erts of the east; If you would like to live where the soil rewards the toiler—where the golden grain waves and sparkles in the morning dew; where the banners of pros- perity Wave and the gaunt specter of star- vation crosses into another country, come to Montana. There never was such a country for the best brand of husbands; they run loose on the streets and you meet them everywhere. If you are a young woman full of golden visions and would like to pick up a hus- band on every mountain side, come to Montana. Before many years every quar- ter section wili have a house upon it; the pine-clad mountains will be hoists, stamp mills, and thousands of men delving into them for their hidden treas- ure: and the foothills, that now only know the spangled cow and untrained bronchos, will echo to the heavy tread of the betzer grade of cattle and horses as the years sweep onward. The face of the earth seems to glow with beauty and health, and the people who live in this marvelous country go around congratulating each other and trying to analyze their goodness. Our cities are growing, and the railroads change their time’ tables each week to ac-! be commenced within nine: commodate new cities that were not on the last one issued. There is not a man Idle who wants work. Farmers do their plow- ing sitting upon spring seats, with a box of cigars on one side. In the*east they walk behind their plow until they have no distinct {dea whether they are shoving the machine or the horses are puiling it. The man who can’t thrive, prosper and grow rich in Montana would starve in a bakery. If you want to see how much this will assay to the line, come to Montana.” ———_ see DUCKS DROWN AN EAGLE. Potomae Crow Ducks Know How to Get Away From the Enemy. From the American Field. If a writer is to be believed the crow duck is a most extraordinary bird on the Potomac river, cutting up such capers as to make even a naturalist gasp. “Four years ago,” he writes, “while shooting ducks with Mr. Waller (President Cleveland's duck blind builder), I noticed a flock of three or four thousand. crow ducks. After half an hour I noticed an eagle going toward the flock. When he ar- rived at the proper distance he made a dart, but the ducks, as if by magic, went under water like a flash and sent up a volume of water as if a big mine had been exploded. This was done time and time again, and finally the volume of water thrown up was so great that the eagle was nearly drowned. An old ducker once told me that he once witnessed the same scene, and that the cagle was drowned. This is a sight seldom seen, whick may occur but once in a ducking life of fifty years. “This crow duck is also known as the American coot, mud hen, blue peter and Fulica Americana by various hunters and alongshore people. Up north here these ducks may be geen in creeks and marshy, reed-grown rivers, but south, in Florida, they resort in enormous numbers to the lakes where bonuets or yellow lilies abound, associating there with lesser scaup ducks. They are shy birds, being much persecuted usually, but in localities where shooting Is prohibited, near the Titusville, Fla., rail road pier, for instance, they are as tame understanding that they are | sions of railway tunr | of Colorado C | Crystal Park and dotted with | | long. Then another tunnel | this cross arm with the main line, join disease, and letting slip these health-inviting spring ws, When everything so strongly favors getting test of all spring remedies ts ishing amount of good these days ameng sick people and those semi-invalids whe are “1un down” by the long, trying winter, or “crn out and afflicted by disease. The soul and life of sound health is a well-nour- ished nervous system. Paine’s celery compound repairs the worn, nervous «ystem as notbing else can do. It is the one certain and permanent cure for sleeplessness, iysteria, nervous dcvility and exhaustion, rbcumatism, neurnigia and the vartoas manifestations of aa unhealthy bodliy condition, such as languor, nervousness, heart palpitation, loss of flesh and mental deprescion. With Paine'’s celery compound, returning strength and cheerfulness soon show that oue is undoubted ly cn the right road to health, Paine's celery compound ts the one real spring remedy known today that newer fuils to benefit Get Puine’s celery compound, and only Paine's celery compound, if you wish to be well. THE LONGEST TUNNEL. A Railroad System Under Pike's Pea and Neighboring Mountains. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat “Colorado is going to have the longest tunnel in the world,” said Richard Jones in conversation with a reporter a few days ago. “Within a few years the Mont Cenls, St. Gothard and Simplon tunnels under the Alps will not compare with the one to be constructed. “A company has undertaken to do forty- eight miles of tunneling under Pike's Peak and the territory near by. It will begin at Sunderland creek, rear Colorado City, an4 run in a southwesterly direction to a creek some distance beyond Independence and Victor. It is to be built for a double-track rallwey and have the regulation dimen- 1s, fourteen fee wide and eighteen high. A branch line will leave the main tunnel at a point under In- dependence and run to Cripple Creek, plac- ing that mining center within sixteen miles The distance between by rail at present fifty-four the by miles. “The two mouths of the main tunnel are to have the same altitude, 6,800 feet, and wo is the grade of the tunnel will be one foot te the one hundred, ercugh to drain it well, This will give the divide an altitude of about 7,400 feet. The summit of Pike Peak is 14,000 f je Creek near] also latera different et above the sea, and Crip- 10,000, The plan includes or cross tunnels at several points. One is to be at or under another under Cameron's Cove. The longest one will cut the main line not far from Bald mountain, and run | under that peak in one direction and under j the summit of Pike's Peak in the other. | This cross tunnel will be over fifteen miles is to connect the latter rearer the south and the branch on the west side of Pike’s Peak. It will run under the mining camp of Gillett and | not far from Grassy. “The amount needed for the tunnel work is $20,000 A contract now In escrow in Colorado City requires that the work shall y days. The in- tention is to have forty-eight miles tun- neled and the main line in operation before March 1, 1906." 0+ A Cruel Judge. From: Life. “There's a judge out west who beats the Dutch for fiendish punishments. “What sort of sentences does he inflict?” “Well, one poor wretch was convicted of killing five people, and this cruel judge sen- tenced him to an afternoon's imprisonment in a millinery store on opening da hae Girls and Secrets. 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