The National tribune., 1891-04-30

viii be dc)used with small change when all
those banks are opened"
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Tho appearance iH the city Of Senior Manuel
De J. Galyan, formerly Minister Of san Domingo
TO this country, and has two SONS is followed by
the announcement that his country wants a
slice Of the reciprocity pudding, and wants it
very much. This !, no new desire on the part
Of the little Republic. Seven years ago a very
effective reciprocity treaty was negotiated with
her, but President Cleveland came in before il
was ratified, aud withdrew IL from the Senate
on the plea OF desiring 10 examine il farther
and 10 died in the peeon-hole where lac placed
H. This iutacd the San DominEans so that
they declined to take part IN the Pan American
Congress Now they are hopeful OF better luck
san Domingo is a very fertile country, COM
pIising the eastern and larger portion Of the
island Of Haiti an area Of about $4,000 square
miles, or q little more than half the size Of In
diana. The population is estimated at 6l00o0
OF about 81 10 The mile. They import about
Si500000 worth Of goods a year Of which only
575OOa0 comes from the United States. il
Is thought that, under proper commercial ar
engagements, nearly the whole Of this trade
would come 10 as. Senior Galyan viii endeavor
10 negotiate an agreement which will admit
4 their tea coffee, sugar molusses and hides Free
in return Cor their admission Of our products
I free. The San Domingaus have always hcen
/ very friendly 10 the United States, and in $50
! voted almos. unanimously IN favor Of auneXa-
I ton 10 this country. in 1871 President Grant
sent three Commissioners to the Republic 10
investigate the matter, and they reported
strongly in favor Of annexation, but Congress
refused to take the necessary steps The reason,
perhaps, was that there had then been frequent
IcDeiions and civil wars in the country, and IL
was thought that we had already quite as much
OF that kind o. territory on hand as we could
comfortably manage. Probably if they were to
renew Their application now We should think
/ differently.
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1 The general diffusion Of education does not
seem 10 have hc ghtest effect in diminishing
the number Of perpetual motion idiots. In
spite Of ali the efforts Of the Patent Office to
prevent its time being wasted by these cranks,
their applications are more numerous ana per-
sistent than ever. II was formerly the prac-
ticc Of the Office 10 receive the first application
and the accompanying fee Of SIS, and in time
notify the applicant that his claim had been
disallOwed. Then Sc occurred 10 the officials
that this was hardly the honest thing as the APP
picatiou was certain OF rejection, SO they refused
% receive application or fee. The cranks try
to get around this by applying FOR a patent FOR
" motor" The Patent Ollce now relies upon
its demand for a working model No appica-
tion will be considered that is unaccompanied
by O model, ana the luHatics strive in vain 20
get around this provision. Their fsvorite
method is to seud some cogs, OF other parts OF
machinery, and claim that they are the essen
tial working parts bat the Office is memorable.
A full, working model Il viii have, and moth
ing less and SO FAR il has received nothing that
could by any latitude Of reasoning be cousid-
cred 20 OH this requirement. The attorneys Of
these cracE-bained inventors" are as deter
mined as their clients, and sometimes are very
ingenious IN their attempts to evade the rogu-
latiOus.
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So, the sweet, abbess ike Gabrielle Greeley,
daughter Of the greatest Of American editors
/ has disappointed expectation and become q
bride. Years ago her friends gave Up all cx-
poctation Of this, aud thought her future Of
I single-biessedncss was as certain as anything
! human could be. She had never shown any
1 particular fOuduoss for mems society, aud
i yearly grew more devoted TO religion and
works Of charity. The unhappy marriage Of
/ her sister with that handsome and vain fraud
Nicholas Smitb-who by the way, Is said 10
/ have grown Extensively gross and coarse aud
more idiOica!ly disagrecaJle II possible than in
/ bis youth-was supposed TO have had much in
1 1uonoe in confirming her tendency 10 ccLbacy,
+ and she became known as the Lady Bountilul
Of her noighborhood. But a solid, manly clcr-
+ gyman found the way 10 waken her heart, and
! last Thursday she became the bride Of Rev.
Frank Montrose Cleudenuin. don't know
/ u any woman who has stood before the altar
Of late years who has had the ferycut wishes
/ for her happiness Of quite 50 many people Of
all conditions Of life.
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There arc more ways Of killing dog than
4 by choking him with bread and butter" is an
! old saying aud TIE application Of this is that
/ when Government officials really want to do
thing they are quite fertile in expcdients to
carry out their desires. For example, after the
] l'A1HtF' "a tiN ana Jaw hJAt AlANAEtlH
who were driven out Of business in this cOun-
try went to Mexico aud established themselves
there Under our treaty with Mexico we arc
Obliged 10 give free entry 10 Mexican news
papers and other printed matter and transmits
sion through tho mails when properly prepaid.
Consequently lottery dealers IN that country
send iu their papers containing advertisements
aud reports Of drawings and packages Of tick
cts with perfect .mpur.ty," as Mrs Parting
ton would say. But another thought occurred
70 Assistant Secretary spauldiug, after deciding
that they had This right, aud that thought was
that tie tickets arc duiialle under paragraph
l23 Of the Mckinley BILL which provides a
duty Of % per cent upon all printed matter
not specially provided FOR" ThcrcUpon ne d.
Tected the customs officers az all the ports con-
meeting with Mexico 30 assess this duty upon
ali packages Of tickets That Is, il a ticket is
yalucd az $40. a duty o. $3.50 will be cxacted
upon b. This Viii have the efcc; Of greatly
ialiguiug the lottery men.
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Though ] formally declared, after Lieut.
Grooloy's party was rescued, that never would
again, by word Of sympathy or expression Of
Interest, encourage any Noth-Po.e hunter. /
End myself strangely interested 10 the czpedi-