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, 1889-03-07
THE SUNDAY PAPERs.

The clergymen are coming to their
sences about the Sunday papers.
The Rev. B. B. Tyler, of the
Church of deciples of Christ, in West
Fifty-sixth street, New York, says:
$"The Sunday papers have come to
stay. In the words of we'll known
gentleman, it is condition and not
theory that confronts us If we're
an autocrat there would be no Sun
day papers, but 1 take one and read
ii. If ! were an autocrat there would
be only one sort OF churches, and
that kind would be orthodox from
my point of view. But am not an
autocrst, and perhaps it is just as
we'll for the world. The Sunday pa
pers do not stand alone. Like tho
weekday papers, they are woven in
to the warp and woof of our life, and
the social system must be revolution
lied before they will go.
Some say they violate the Divine
law. But il the first place, the fourth
= commandment refers to the seventh
day, and not the first; and, in the
second place, it was never binding
upon anybody except the Jews; and
in the third place, the Decalogae was
abolished by Christ aud nowhere
does he enioin obedience to the
fourth commandment. The Sunday
newspapers are not, then, sinful of
necessity. Yet l wish they were
more pure and dealt more with reIig-
Gus culture. Since all the ministers
ombinsd couldn't abolish them if
hey tried, think It is wiser to try
to improve them than to condemn
them"
A little OF this kinl OF talk about
the theatres would be sensible and
timely. Progress should be the
motto of to-day.
Japan has suffered in trade and in
dustry by the onerous treaties ne
Sotiated when the Empire was first
opened and whose revision Great
Britain and the other European pow
ers have strenuously resisted. Hith-
erto no one power has been willing
to take the first step and surrender
spscial privileges enjoyed by other
powers. If Secretary Bayard has
negotiated treaty giving Japan its
jusk rights tho ilsirumsnt sill Ees
, 1889-03-07
rommy's Praeti.aI Suggestion.

Did you spill the ink on the
sofai" asked Mrs. Yerger, angrily,
of her son Tommy.
"Yes, ma" was the reply.
well, I have a notion to tell your
father when he comes home, and
have him whip you within an inch Of
your life That sofa will look nice
when we have company"
THAT ink spot don't amount to
anything. You can sit on it when
your visitors call. .n-Tezas SJtinos.
, 1889-03-07
The Sign Of the Sex.

Hoffman Howes,-Good gwscious
Gibby, what's the mattah, I never
saw you look so dweadfully flushed.
Howell Gibbop.-Awful mawtifca.
ton, Hofy! I was standing in the
car, and a man got up, saying, 'Pway
take this seat, Missw I'll nevah 20
without my single eye-glass again.
Punk
, 1889-03-07
One of "Tom" oehiltrse,s Latest.

Ochiltree's second story (of bunch
at The Clover ciubl was a brist one.
A man in Texas was accused Of steal.
ing horse. 1t is scarcely necessary
to say that immediately there wss
lynching bee. At the conclusion of
the entertainment the participants
found that they had hanged ihs
wrong man, and the highzmindsd
citizens who had msnsged the sfair
were filed with Ssnorse. They de-
terminsd that the dead mans memo.
~ was entitled TO yindicntion, and
therefore committee was appointed
to wait upon the widow. They found
her weeping. The chairman, with
an awkward wave of his sioueh hat,
said, in 4 somewhat embarrassed
manner:
"Marm, we hanged your husband,
bur he was the wrong man. Nam.
the joke is on u.s."
, 1889-03-07
A Regular Freeze Out.

Trareler: noticing boy IN snos
bank) Say, boy, what are you sish's
there for! You'll freeze TO death.
Boy between his chattering tee'Dl'
Why de ole man tole me fer to ta.s
der pup out and drown him; Du' ~
ice on der creek is two feet thiek' ~
, 1889-03-07
Somewhat Distant.

You newspaper men would be
ruioed by the millennium, because
there would be nothing left to writs
about" "You are entirely wrong.
When the millennium comes our
colnmns will contaiR nothing but
paid-for ads."-Hdrper's Bazaar.
, 1889-03-07

We trust that there will be no un-
seemly scramble for the Federal Of
fees located here. Let there be no
acrimonious fight for any of the po-
sitions, for it will only initiate
against those seeking the places from
here We do not want strangers ap~
pointed here, but such will be the
case if there is no harmony of action.
The ARGUS has no pets in this matter,
but only desires to see the most com
petent men appointed.
, 1889-03-07

Had circumstances been such that
the naval commission had reached
here in June instead of March, the
weather could have been more beau
tiful than it was yesterday. Every
thing was favorable for showing the.
visitors the bay from the bluff
, 1889-03-07

Our columns are open to receive
from our readers the names Of the
men they think best qualified to re-
present us in the state convention.
, 1889-03-07

1t was our intention to have this
morning given 10 our readers such
information as We received regard
In" the cabinet, bnt unfortunately
, 1889-03-07

The naval commission has at last
arrived Our citizens are doubtless
asking themselves, shall we, Or shall
We not, get the Navy Yardt This
|momentous question, is one, which
we would be pleased to answer in the
affirmative, if we conld Providence
at least is aiding our cause, for a
more perfect day could not be had. =
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13
GENILEMEN:

IF you could effect q s0r1nS Of 90 per cent IN
the cost of your life insurance and h0reH placed
not in an assessment association, dutu one OF the
strone est of the regular Hfe-insurance companies,
uould you not consider the matter?
Won are now in one or more with other sound
thinkers have no confidence stability institutions and could
no greater outlay for premium have your regular oldne
psny of the highest vency rep would consider the matter
purpose you desire life insurance? Is as an investment for
profit during your lifetime you mainly for the
section Of your family your the deah If
the latter your aim and you carry in regular olino
company for the money yo paying $4,000 would not
slider the
The PRoyIDENT SAVINGS LIFE meets all these points
toae of the eleven ony) regular Ginsurnnco companies chartered
der the laws of the State of business 1875 and its
last annual report shows 500 of liabilities thereby making
its financial strength beyond question
By adjusting premiums the current cost Of insurance death losses and
expenses only furnishes cent lower than by the
usual level premium rates and charged by the best Of the
assessment associations.
Thus at age forty the premium policy of $4,000 1922 in
the PRovIDENT SAVINGS but s2 per its evee policy
The policy Of the PROyIDENT SAVINGS unlike those OF assess
ent companies contain absolute promise the assured
case of DEATH promise guaranteed by the full amount OF capital re-
oured by York. the full required by the statutes and by
actuarial science the surplus Of the Society which last alone exceeds
liabilities
There are three points vital interest to every policy life
F The security the company which expressed Of cash
assets this the IOvnt Savings e1cels all other companies s
table, column 9)
SECOND Economy management its ratio of
(Sec table, column 81
THIRD mortality which is indicated by in selection Of its
risks outgoes and to each $1,000 force in the
proydent Savings company (sce table column 81
Sound insurance s hus furnished at actual current cost
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13
R1cuMoNp. October II, 1889

To TIE Editor Of DE DiSpatch'
If YOU will look into the life of George
T ~ England Won will find that his wife,
The Princess Sophia. did not accompany
him 70 England. Suspecting her uniustly'
II is thought. of improper conduct he con;
fined her in German castle for life, and
there she died not long before his death
after a captivity of thirty-two years. Her
memoirs and diary afford most interesting
reading and a curious record of the man
ners and social customs of her day. The
book is a rare one and not easily TO be
found. perhaps not at all IN Richmond.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13
ACard.
R1cnMoNp. Va. October u. |

RICHMOND, Va, October 7, 1853.
To The Editor 0fHe D,spg'cb:
l notice in your issue of this date,
conicd from Mahone's sheet. called The
School and Ta,1B Adcocate, an article reflect:
inc ON the commercial travelling-men OF
this cltv and State, in which We are styled
pcddlers and drummers.
Either calling. / VIII venture to say. Is
much more honorable than the one the
writer of the article Is engaged IN. =,
will make no complaints OF beng called
a Bourbon Democrat, nor do oject TO the
Dcddler or drummer, but must say when
some INSCRIPTIONS party asserts that
my employer requires me or any one IN his
house to vote or work for the Democratic
party he states what is not the fact.
WILLIAM IL. MAXWELL.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13

&3 K&R lMX& NM
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VI EVA
81 AM
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r,, - 70; ;n, rsd bv tho .p,oyaaut SAVINGS, IL ope na
,,, =, , 81. 80 ,;r within H., onrrb. an sion u ,be or,;.
NARY mind rtOa well be called the coonsnse system life insurance,
,
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1D0 '"'"''H'' 'V'-'"~'1'' u
0ncN" report 0' 1909 "'" says : "'' '1'''N :"
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!. ~, ;..
,.. -. -. - -, Aha ,.t md ,u.hsr con.
-, -. - - r ~ s,,v lad n tho inrl;cv and rosrrvs
the FEATURE "n
MEDIATE modern plans OF ToNrNE SPECULATION ana endowment i"'
CLOSER life insurance held to its ESSENTIAL OBJECT the % % It's '" '"
dignity.
substantial has been adiuced why person should not pay ana
49, h Ia annually ~ be docs on his ropey Life insurance
,. altar tho mamma, ~ fro insurance. uoula largely do away
- -. , ., communications ALREADY the subject O, dcep
,.onn
-
sr.rr OF MN-srsor, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
ST. PAUL, February 3 1887
,, - y,.,, 1 ,onno,oo,i ,oup
n GU ptrrc II the Prevalent Saving Life Assurance Society
i1 fs reliable copan There ia no question solvency
-. - 81 claims y, maturity Tt lo se,oncpt showss
81 aii. and Ioscl mon rripcts that will mako il
,a - ,, 10 .. l. ,,h, and a0v o0o cal,
,;.r IN Tho corronv TIM. ut maturity il will he paid
v., CHARLES sEayDREw
Jnsnrance Com missioner
very attractive plans and solid financially The company organized by
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13

IN Era In Life Insurance.

IN Era in Life Insurance.
has received the hearty unqualified endorsement of
Insurance Commissioners Actuaries and Agents
In the years ending with 1888 the Poyent Savings
has eyou millions Insurance. and numbers among its
policy and in the
country who recognize Speculation the true mission
Of life insurance. The President Actuary the Company
Mr.. Sheppard Romans,
who recognized as one of the the science of life nsu
u the world
pays its losses promptly
It's policies plain simple contracts to
The Compnys income n 81, l63,6212.
1t paid death claims siOl,2325l
II paid dividends policyhoder, s3766SoG.
nhas a surplus over all liability Of s3sO,4lA9OO or
$3.50 Of Assets for each 500 Of Liabilities
Insurance already largely of that secured during
the entire year 1885, which shows the growing appreciation and esteem in
which the Society and its held by the public
Examine this table carefully and compare The
Pyocident Sarjn6S 1cith any OTHER company both as
REGARDS security and lo1O cost OF insurance.
IRON the Spectator, March 1881
Extracts from Sworn Returns LeNuance Companies for 1888
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13

TIE claim that the SYSTEM Of the Proficient
SAYINGS is the SAFEST cheapest, and faiTeSt at
tain0bze.
The Safest.
npe from the custody and management Of trust
funds are avoided provision meet possible excessive unz
pecd larger than is under other system Of life u
The Cheapest.
investment required
second expenses management 80 cent less
than the average companies and because the rates Of mortality
unprecedentedly low.
The FdTeSt
Because every paid insured dollars worth of nsu
rance also because every paid premiums actually used the
proper payment death losses and paid the
heirs at their death in the insured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-13

From the Reror Hon. stephen
becoming apparent every that radical change in the plan Of
life insurance schemes plans for insurance adapt
ed to the Sheppard Homans knOwnas Life Insurance
Without Large Accommodations Of Reserves prominent"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-02
MENTAL coNTAoloN.
Why Error and Deception, Liks Truth,
Flourish I'm Crowds.

Why Error and Deception, LikS Truth,
Flourish I'm Crowds.
Error, like truth, fourishes in crowds,
writes Prof. Joseph Jastrow, in the Pop
Uldr Science Monthly. At the hearth of sym-
pathy each finds home. The fanatical
lead, the sane follow. When a person of
nervous temperament, not strongly inde-
pendent in thought and action, enters a
spiritualistic circle, when he is constantly
surrounded by confident believers, all eager
to have him share their sacred visions and
profound revelations, where the atmosphere
is replete with miracles and every chair and
table may at any instant be transformed
into proof of the supernatural, is it
strange that he soon becomes one Of themi-
hesitatngly at first and perhaps yet restor-
able to his former modes Of thought by the
fresh air of another and more steadfast
mental intercourse, but more and more GER
tainly and ardently convinced the longer he
breathes the scdncs atmosphere. No form
OF contagion is so insidious in its onset. so
difficult to check in its advance, SO certain
to leave germs that may at any moment re-
veal their pernicious power, as a mental
contagion-the contagion of fear, Of panic.
OF fanaticism. Of lawlessness, of supersti-
ton. The story OF the witchcraft persecu-
tons, were there no similar records to de-
face the pages OF history, would sufice as a
standing illustration of the overwhelming
power OF psychic contagioD. To fully Illus
trate its Importance in the production of
deception would require an essay in itself.
1t enters at every stage Of the process and
IN every type Of illusion. 1t has least ef-
feet when deception is carried on by exter-
nal arrangements, by skillful counterfeits
Of logical inferences; its power is greatest
where the subjective factor in deception is
greatest. more particularly in such forms
Of deception as have been last described.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-02

NAN"
that after few weeks secondhand swear
offs can be bought at the nearest saloon
for-for-Colonel Yerger, what do you pay
for schooner of beer?'' said Mrs. Yerger,
with a silvery laugh.
Yod needn't try to get OF any fiabby sar-
casm because swore of and then went
back on it. There are about four million
women who start diaries on the first of
every January, and by the Fourth of July
there isn't one Of them running on schedule
time. How is your diary coming on, Mrs.
YergeS!''
9 1t didn't play out as soon as the fresco
on your good resolutions wore OF. Your
swearing of is soon wearing on Never
you mind l am going to make some new
good resolutions this New Year'su
What's the matter with the old set Won
made last year. They are about as good AZ
new, l should think"
johnny lreadingl l--s. Taking RETROSPECT
i've glance at the year that is past and gone
we find that we have done many things we
should not have donep-
Johnny,n interrupted Mrs. Yerger,
You had better stop reading your compo
sltion, it disturbs your pa.''
), Sarah said Colonel Yerger. ahere il
the twenty-five dollars you wanted to buy
you that winter hat you were talking about,
only don't say any thing more about good
resolutions
This ended the joint discussion in the
erger family about New Years.
The two prominent features Of the ccle-
bration Of New Years Day. leaving the
feastiag cut Of the question, are swearing
on and making calls. The New Years
good resolution although II is broken often
and early has something Of mans better
nature al,out It. Even the mere attenpt q
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-02
sQuARINe ACCOUNTS.
Uncle Sam Pays = Little Debt OF Thir
One Years Standing

One Years Standing.
1t will be news to his many friends. sav&
the Chicago Times, to learn that the we'll
known "Phil" Conley has for the past yeat
been in correspondence with the oficials o.
the United States Treasury Department in
reference to pecuniary balance due him
for the past thirty years, or since when in
1897 ne retired from the office Of collector Of
customs for Chicago
On January %, 1886. Congress passed n
special act providing that the Secretary OF
the Treasury should lay before Congress q
complete list OF all balances Of public ofiicera
due to, or from, the United States Govern
ment The act and the accompanying list
was printed and copy sent to Phil Conley.
who found himself credited with q balance
from the Office of Collector Of Customs.
Chicago.
In answer to letter on the subject Gen.
eral Rosecrans, Registrar of the Treasury,
wrote Mn. Conlcy, under date Of June %,
1887, recommending him to call the atten-
ton Of the Secretary of the Treasury TO the
publication OF the balance due him for thirty
years. In the course of his letter General
Rosecrans says; "You should request the
payment thereof, and you might state that
you hope that the neglect Of the Treasury
Department to settle your claim, which
though small is evidently just, may not have
rendered it inconvenient for the depart
ment to dc so, and that such q settlements
would at least be an illustration of the ac-
curacy OF the Government bookkeeping. -
Secretary Mccullough, under date of Octo-
Der Is, 1887, wrote to Mr.. Conley, admitting
the claim, but he stated that at that time
there was no appropriation from which dis
bursements could be made for the settle
ment OF the balances shown to exist in ac-
cordance with the special act Of Congress
referred to.
An appropriation was subsequently passed
and these balances have for the last twelve
months been in process Of settlement. Re-
Gently "Phil" received the full amount Of his
claim against the Government, outstanding
now for more than thirty years. 1t came
IN the form OF United States Treasury
warrant elaborately autographed and duly
signed, countersigned and stamped. The
body OF the warrant reads: "Pay 10 the
order of Phillip Conley, ex-collector of Gus
toms, Chicago, FIVE cents.n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-01-02

matrimony to every lady he calls on This
is more dangerous than merely making a
bonded warehouse of his digester. Some
young men are SO impulsive that even if the
lady removed her false teeth they would
keep on asking her to fix the day.
Still another danger threatens the festive
New Years Day caller. 1t is customary to
hire vehicles and ride from house to
house giving each lady the mechanical
shake, which IS like working the pump
handle up and down, blending with glass
of wine and some cake, and getting or the
usual chestnut about 'Happy New Yearr'
Now, few pints of intoxicants will make a
horse travel very fast, particularly if the in
toxicants are inside of the driver and acci-
dents are almost sure to occur.
remember that on one New Years Day
some years ago, in Austin, Tex, two We
hicles loaded to the muzzle, so to speak.
with gentlemen, who were also well
charged, came together with a crash, and
for ten minutes there was a shower of the
elite of the city. One of these gilded youths,
in descending from the blue vault above
struck a valuable fruit tree in a gentle
mans front yard, and bruised it severely
with his head.
In fact, a limb Of the tree penetrated the
young mans skull, but by carefully cutting
away the skull the limb of the tree was
saved. Another dude was hurled SO high
into the atmosphere that he subsequently,
declared he distinctly saw the mortgages on
some of the three-story buildings. For
twenty minutes after the collision dudes
could be seen fondling their sprained ankles,
and signing for more hands to rub the
places that could not be conveniently
reached.
The vehicles were pretty badly used up,
and the dude who hired one of the teams
from the proprietor of livery stable be-
trayed great deal of coyness when urged
to pay for the wrecked vehicle. The conse-
quence of this shyness was that the stable
man assaulted the New Years caller. and
people living several blocks distant re-
marked that it sounded like the patter Of a
mules hind legs on the RIBS of hired man.
ALEX. E. SWEET
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walls, it Is colder in Texas than "a dogs
nose IN Jinewerry," to borrow one of Opie
Reads colored aphorisms.
Colonel Percy Yerger was seated near the
fire nursing his lower limbs, which, owing
to an attack Of rheumatism, abounded in
almost as many curves as pretzel. He
was in bad humor. Mrs. Yergsr was sit
ting near the window sewing. She was in a
somewhat sentimental mood. Johnny, their
eldest son, student at the University of
Texas, and very promising youth, was en-
gagged in the manufacture of q composition
on {" New Years Day"
Mrs. Yerger sighed heavily.
" What's the matterp' growled Colonel
Yerger, shave you got the rheumatism,
too.n
No, was just thinking that new year
Is soon to dawn upon this earth.n
" 1t is, cha Well, am glad to hear that it
Is new year that is going to dawn. If /
thought the same old year we have been
having was going to dawn, I'd take to the
woods.n
The idea Of Colonel Yerger taking to the
woods with his legs in their present In
famed condition caused Johnny to smoker.
I" think you have great deal to be CRATE
ful for" replied Mrs. Yerger. pensively.
eyes, suppose 1 ought to be grateful
for the boils had last spring"
You managed to pull through noticed
they didn't affect your appetite.''
Yes, l pulled through until summer,
when your mother paid US that three months
visit. survived that, and now I've got the
rheumatism. But am glad I've got your
word for it that sletU year is going to dawn,
for if it was the old one, I'd want to
travel"
Once more Johnny snickered at the idea
of the old man travelling
What are you grinning about? What
are you doing, anyhow" snarled Colonel
Yerger, who was in one Of his most irritable
moods.
Writing composition on New Years."
replied Johnny.
Let's hear what you have got written"
Johnny (reading)-s'The celebration of the
first day of the year dates back from the
highest antiquity. The ancient Israelites
celebrated the first day Of the year with
splendid festivities, regarding it as the
birthday of Adam, the father of the whole
human racer
Humph," sneered Colonel Yerger, "you
might add that Adam was the only man who
ever had his wife made to order.'
Made to order him about" interrupted
Johnny.
Your amendment is adopted, Johnny.
ne was the nrst one, but not the last one,
who had his wife order him about"
"You poor men," replied Mrs. Yerger,
looking up from her sewing, you are always
laying the blame for all the miseries of the
male sex on Eve. It was Adam who was
tempted by Eve, but if my reading of the
Bible is correct, it was Satan who first
tempted Eve, and Satan was male; so all
the human ills originated with the male sex
after ALL"
maybe So" replied Colonel Yerger,
squirmlng little at this home thrust, s'but
If Eve had only inherited half the dissimula-
tion of some of her daughters she would
have made an ignominious ass of his snake
ship. Read on, Johnny"
"You ought to say something in your
composition, Johnny, about men making
good resolutions and turning over new
leaves. You might say, Johnny, that now
is the time that leaves begin to turn, but