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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
CRIPPLED FINANCES.
Failure of "a Mutual Fire Ensalr-
ance COMPANY.

CHICAGO, Jan. 31-The Consolidated Mu-
tual Fire Insurance company, with Offices in
this city, made an assignment in the county
court this morning to its vice president,
George FL. Richie. On its face the failure
appears to be very bad one, as the schedule
of assets is but S13, 295 while the liabilities
are an even 100000. The officers of the
company and its attorneys claim the collapse
is due almost solely 20 what they term the
arbitrary and unwarranted rulings of State
Auditor c. F. Pavey. who they say, has
apparently determined to drive the mutuals
out of existence. The company was organ
lied about eighteen months ago, succeeding
the Consolidated Fire Insurance company, a
concern that had been in existence about
four years. The company since its organ
ization has done big business, 1t is claimed.
The following well business men are
the officers of the company: w. A. Donahue,
of Donahue q Henneberry. printers, presi-
dent; G. Fl. Richie, of the Malcolm Mcneil
Lumber company, vice president; John Mar
der, of Marder, Luse & Co., printers, treas
urer, and John Ormsbee. secretary.
NEW YORK, Jan. T.-Schedules IN the as
signment of Patrick j. Mackeon, dealer i'll
gentlemen furnishing goods at Nos. 2l0 and
PIP Sixth avenue to James d. Squires, were
filed to-day, stating liabilities at $45, 176: NOM
inal assets, $24, 2SS, and actual assets, Sl5,SSs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
ST. PauJPrOGuce.

I'd, $4,000; dairy 1st,1S@2Oc; dairy I'd, 13@15c;
roll and print, 10@13c; packing stock, rose.
Cheese-FulI cream, 10@1lc asked;
SKINNED. Base.
Eggs-Fresh, 1s@19c per doz; ice house. 10
Ollie per doZ.
Maple Sugar-s@1Oc.
Maple Syrup-Per gallon, $1.15@1.25.
Honey-Slow at quotations: fine white new
clover 1S@20c; buckwheat, 10@11c.
Malt-Per bushel 75@S0c.
Oranges-Messinas, 30; Floridas, S.; Cali
fornias, $3.50.
Inconsistency, $4,000.
Nuts-Pecans, Texas polished, medium to
large, S@110c per lb; almonds, Tarragonas.
lie: California soft-shelled, 1Sc: flberts,
Sicily. ice; walnuts, new California, 12@15c;
cocoanuts, So per 100; hickory nuts, S1.50 per
bushel; shellbarks, S175@1.S5 per bushel;
Brazils, 10@12c: peanuts, Virginia hand
picked, Size; roasted. 10l2c.
Dates-Persians, rose; in mats, Size; figs,
new. 12Q15c.
Cider-Choice Michigan, legal kegs, $3.50
per keg; choice refined, legal kegs, S.;
choice refined. 32-gal bbls, $500 per Dbl
-Dressed-Turkeys, 10@11c; chick
ems, 6l2@712c: ducks and geese, sl9c.
Veal-$ 4.50@6.
Rabbits-40c
Jack Rabbits-S3.
Sweet Potatoes-Illinois, $3.50.
Apples-Fancy, S6@6.50; standards. $50
$50; choice, 37504.
Onions-New, $1@1.25 per bu.
Carrots-1005Oc per bu.
Ceery-25c.
Pears-S3@3.50.
Cranberries-Bell and bugle, S10012; bell
and cherry, $S@1O per Dbl; Cape Cod, $10012
per bbi
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
SOLD EvERYwHERE

We should like to give a
new chimney for every one
that breaks in use.
We sell to the wholesale
dealer; he to the retail deal
er, and he to you.
1t is a little awkward to
guarantee our chimneys at
three removes from you.
Well give you this hint.
Not one in a hundred breaks
from heat; there is almost no
risk in guaranteeing them.
Talk with your dealer about
it. 1t would be a good adj
vertisement for him.
Pearl top and pearl glass,
our trade-marks--tough glass
Pittsburg. GEO. A. MACBETH & Co.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
st. Louis Produce.

ST. LOUIS Jan 31-Flour firm. Wheat
all news Today being in favor of bulls the
market advance from the start with great
was 2Is@25sc higher than yesterday. No. 2
red, cash. 99Ac@S1; May. 9Sl2c@S1. 0084,
closing at Sl.O034; July, S712@90ssc. closing
at 90ssc bid. Corn trading light, but closed
ssc higher in sympathy with wheat; No. 2
July, closing at 5O9sc Oats firm, higher
No > cash, size May, 45s4@46c, closing at
46l8c bid Rye nothing done. Barley. Min
nesota, re. Hay dull. Bran strong; 93l2@
94c. Flaxseed firm higher, S1.21. Lead
dull, unchanged. Eggs lower, 19c. Corn
meal steady. So 7G@D2.75. Whisky, S1.14
Provisions dull, unchanged. Receipts-Flour,
1900 bbls; wheat 10000 bu; corn, $4,000 bu;
oats, $4,000 bu; rye, 1000 blu; barley, 5000 blu.
Shipments-Flour 10000 bbls; wheat, $1,000
bu; corn, 1900 bu; oats, 1900 blu; rye,
none; barley ZOO bu.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
LOCAL MARKETS.
st. Paul.

The usual Saturdays dizziness prevailed.
All grains were quiet, and no disposition ap-
mains unchanged but dull at quotations.
Flaxseed advanced &c. The CALL
Wheat-No. / hard, 91D92c; No. north
ern, 90c; No. 2 Northern, S70Ssc.
Corn-No. 3, 47@4Sc.
Oats-No. 2 mixed, 4Oc; No. 2 white, Alec;
No. 3 white 4l2c.
Barley-No 2, 63c; No. 8, $4,000.
Rye-No. 2, 62@63c.
Ground Feed-No. 1. $19.5O@2O.
Cornmeal-Unbolted, $780,
Bran-Bulk, S1G016.50
Hay-No upland prairie, S6.5o@7; No. 1,
$5@16; timothy, $500.
Flaxseed- 120113.
Potatoes Straight, 75@SOc; mixed, 6507Oc
& Dressed Hogs-$3. SIS bid, 81 asked.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-Cattie-Reeeipts. 1000:
market dull; steers. choice to extra, S4.50@
5.25: common to medium, $3@4.25; cows
S1.50@2. rs; stockers $1.90@2.75. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000: shipments, 5000: market
steady; rough and common, $3.40@3.50
heavy and butchers weights, S365@37 TO-
light, S3.55@3.60. Sheep Receipts, 1000;
shipments. 1909; market steady; Westerns
$3.75QD4.S5; Texans steady; lambs, $525Gl6.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Toledo Grain.

cash, 99c; January. 9SAc; May. S1O2%; June,
LOLA; July. 9114c; August 9Zl2c Corn dull
firm; cash, 52c; May, 53Ac. Oats firm; cash.
47c. Clover seed active, frmer; cash and
February, 4.42l2; March, S4.4712. Receipts
Flour 10 bbls; wheat, 1,162 bu; corn, 3, 759 blu !;
oats, $50 bh; clover seed, AS bags. Ship
ments-Flour, 400 bbls; wheat, 2794 blu corn
4,6OO bu; OATS 800 bu; rye, 100 bu; clover
seed 763 bags
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
ST. PAUL UNION STOCK YARDS co
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
The YARDS and Packing Houses Open for
Business.
Ready Cash Market for Hogs
Union Stockyards.

Receipts at South st. Paul: 496 hogs. A
cattle, 9 calves 3 sheep.
Hogs-5c lower; all sold at S3 25@3. 1912
closing shade better on reports or more
bullish feeling in pork.
Cattle-Slow, closing about steady; 81 head
of fairly good native steers sold at S3.55, and
fine native cows, 1870 lbs, at S2.75; common
Gamers sold at See per 100 lbs; mixed. 97S
lbs, at $1.59; veals at $3.50; mileh COWS at SO;
good COWS brought $3.50. Quotations I'M
changed.
Sheep-Steady unchanged.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS
In January at the ST. Paul Union Stockyards
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

bu. Quoted at r55@65c for good to fine
samples of Nos.
Flax Receipts, none; shipments. none.
Flax sales are based on Sc off from the Chi
cag0 quotations.
cornmeal at S19619.25.
Hay-Receipts, 20 tons shipments, 25 tons;
Choice wild quoted at S607, and good
timothy at SS.25; fair wild, $5.5G@6.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
shakespeare's Limitations.

16W IUTh WtEkIy.
cit beats me-" unused the modern
theater manager. "This here William
Shakespeare wrote the play of Ham
let in which Ophelia gets drowned, yet
he leaves the drowning scene out"
Re 1t does seem queer" observed the
stage carpenter, with touch of vanity;
Shut maybe he didn't know how to
make Tank
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

wayfarer some scraps of fried liver left
over from breakfast"
''She said that. did she, the mean,
good for-nothing exclaimed the
woman. '.Fried liver, indeed! Come
inside. my good man. I'll cook you the
best pOrterhouse stake you ever ate"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
New York Money.

New YORK Jan. 31.-Money on call easy.
with no loans; closed at 3 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper SOY. Sterling exchange
quiet and steady at 81 S4l2@4S5 for sixty-day
bills, and $4.s6a4@4.S7 for demand. Bank
cearings oday, Sy7, LOS, 1854; balances, $4,7S7,-
112 For the week: C1earings $3.50, 264, CAT;
balances. S2S 591. AL
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Liverpool Market.

nland fair; holders offer moderately. Corn
Firm demand, fair; mixed Western, IS sd
per cwt. New Bacon-Long and short clear.
So lbs, 27s per cwt. Cheese-American finest,
52s per cwt for both white and colored.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
His Fate.
Judge.

Here's an account of robber who
fell down the chimney of Brooklyn
boarding house right into the CRATE fire
and lay there for half an hour before he
was discovered"
Il suppose he was burned to crisp?''
"No; he was frozen stiff"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Milwaukee Produce.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 31.-Flour steady. Wheat
firm; No. northern, CSC; May, 94sSc. Corn
o. t., 46l2c. Rye firm No. in store 73Ac.
Barley quiet; No. 2 in stote, 655sc Pork firm;
May, 5000. Lard firm; May, S61O. Re-
ceipts-Flour, 9,70O bbls; wheat 81, 400 bu;
oats, 1900 blu; barley, 14,7OO b. Shipments
Flour, none; wheat 10000 bu: oats. 10000 bu;
barley, % 800 pu
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
FITZGERALD G. SMITH,
- MERCHANTS.
Glafn, Provisions, SIOt

u ts4IEs II To E1sIUE1ss SIUONs3
Coffee and Cotton
Bought, sold and carried on margins for fut
ture delivery.
324 Jackson ST., GiIfillan Block.
Direct private wire TO Chicago and New
York Members Chicago Board of Trade.
Write us and we will mail you our Daily Mar
Ept Letter
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Jan. 31.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, 1900; shipments. $50; the market was
S1.35@250; stockers and feeders, S. 25@3 90.
Hogs-Receipts, 9,1Ss; shipments. 1922; the
market was about steady: all grades, S3@3.6O.
Sheep-Receipts, 1, 40; shipments, 470. The
market was steady and unchanged
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Kansas City Grain.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 31.-Wheat higher;
No. 2, cash, S412c bid; May, SSc bid; No.
2 red cash, 93c bid, 96l2c asked. Corn
easier: No. > cash, 41ss@47s4c; May, 4784c bid
Oats steady; No. 2, cash, 45c; May, 457sc biz.
Eggs weak at 1712c Receipts-Wheat IA, :
$40 bu: oats, 1000 Blu. Shlpments-Wheat,
$3.50 bu; corn, 1850 blu. Oats 10000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
To Nervous, Debilitated Men.

If you will send us your address we
will send you DR.. Dyes celebrated Vol
taic Belt and Appliances on trial. They
will quickly restore you to vigor, man.
hood and health. Pamphlet free.
VOLTAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Mich.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Bank Statement.

NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes: Re-
serve decrease, $146.650; loans, increase,
$4,131,7OO specie, increase. $1O6,930: legal
tenders, increase, 81, 139, 800; deposits, i'll
6OO The banks now hold S23, 125 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the rs per cent
rule
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
How to Get a Dinner.

Brooklyn Life.
MADAM" said the tramp. 81 was
told by the woman who lives next
door that if would call here chart
table lady would donate to deserving
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
AK. int.
GERMANIA BANK.

Estate BANK
PAiD UP CAPITAL. 100000
Surplus and undivided profits, S55, 900.
II. i. STRAIT, WILLIAM BICKEL,
President Cashier
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

the Observation-Disclosures, but
four or five times stronger.
Comfortable. A thumb
screw turns it up or down,
a hundredth part of aninch
if you please.
Without suspicion of
smell, like sunshine, and
moonlight.
1t burns all night without
touching; and all the care
it requires every day is fill.
ing and busting; once a
week the char rubbed off
the top of the week, and
once in six months a new
wick put in.
A common servant,or even
a child, can take care of it.
That is the pittsburgh" u,
Send for a primer.
Pittsburgh Pa. P1rTsBURGH BRASS Co
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01

The receipts at South st. Paul tor January
show an increase over year ago of $500
hogs, $500 sheep, and small increase in cat
tie Only one horse was received in January
oanh Upar
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
he saw the glad loye-light beaming in
her eyes.
"Yes, want you--my wife,"

HELP YOURSELF TO GET RID of thai
Cough or Cold, or any ASthmatic or
Throat Trouble, by using DR.. d. Jayne'G
EXnectOrant
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Duluth Wheat.

DULUTH, Jan. 31-Wheat was active and
strong to-day, advancing 2Isc. Receipts,
80 cars Closing quotations: January. 96i2c;
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New York Produce.

May, SL02; No. 1 hard, 96Ac; No. 1 north
ern, 934c; No 2 northern, eS14c.
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DIRECTORS.
BoNDs-cLosING PRICES.

q. S. As reg. 40 I'M. K. & T. G. 5s.... AZ
do As coup. ..120 Nut. Union 6s. ...104
do 412s reg* b. .102 n. j. int ctfs. 10934
do 4l2s coup. lob n. Pacific lists. :. 1854
Pacific 6s of '95 JOG do do Dds. E. .1131s
La stamped As :. SO n. W. consols. 139
Tenn. new set. 6s. 1902 do deb IS. .10Sl2
do do 5s.10Ol5 St L. d /. Nj. G.5s. 92l2
do do 3s. 6912 st. l.. & 5. F. G. M. 10S
Can. South'n eds. G9S st. Paul consols.125
Cen. Pac. lists. :. 1OS ST. P. c. & p 1sts.115
D. & r. G. lists :. 11612 T. P. l.. G. T. r.. 50
do do As. 49,. SIP r. z. Il. G. T. r.. 1894
Erie DDS 99A Union Pac lists. 1924
NJ X. d II. G. 6s.. 1S1slWest Shore. 80. .102l2
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just Like the Oldest Mason.

New York Tribute.
A correspondent writes to know if the
oldest clergyman in the United States
is yet alive. Oh, yes, sonny. he is yet
alive; in fact, he never dies.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-01
Merchants National Bank /!
ST. PAUL, MIMI.
Capital, $1,000, 900
Surplus & Undivided Profits, 800, 600

W. R. MERRIAM. President.
c. H. BIGELOW, Vice President
F. A. SEYMOUR, Cashier.
GEO. G. POWER, Asst. Cashier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-21
TALLEYRAND I'M BROOKLYN.
His Escape from Violent Death at the
Hands of "a Maniac.

His Escape from Violent Death at the
Hands of "a Maniac.
When Talleyrand lied from France at
the beginning of the Reign of Terror,
he sought refuge in England. There
he remained unmolested until January
of 1894, when, on the supposition that
he was more intimately connected with
the events that led to the execution of
Louis AVI. than he cared to admit, he
received an order to quit England, and
after vainly appealing to the foreign
secretary, he sailed for the United
States, bearing with him letters of in
trodHction to number of prominent
Americans, among them one from the
Marquis of Lansdowne to Washington.
He was accompanied in his flight by q
M. de Beaumetz, with whom, some time
after their arrival in America, he formed
partnership for the purpose of fitting
out trading vessel. A small ship was
freighted with goods for Calcutta,
whittier the two eXiles had resolved to
proceed in search of fortunes and all
that was needed to enable them to
put their scheme into operation was a
fair wind, which, however, the elements
refused In the interval caused by
this detention, Talleyrand had one of
what he called his presentiments, and to
its occult warning, he afterward de-
clared, he owed the immediate preserva-
tion of his life, salvation from ship
wreck, and that change in his destiny
which led to all the future incidents of
his eventful career Disappointment
and veXation, preying upon an irritable
temper drove his partner mad. Talley-
rand saw insanity in his looks and ges-
lures, but, suffering himself to be led to
the Heights of Brooklyn, which overlook
the harbor, he turned upon the maniac,
and, fixing his eyes sternly upon him,
exclaimed:
''Beaumetz, you mean to murder me-
You intended to throw me from the
Heights into the sea below. Deny it,
monster, if you can"
Thus apostrophized the unhappy and
conscious-stricken maniac quailed be-
meath the intensity and sternness of his
gaze; confessed that such was his de-
sign; that the thought, like flash from
the lurid fire of hell, had haunted him
day and night; and, finging himself
upon the neck of his meditated victim,
he burst into tears and implored for
giveness. The paroxysm had passed off
and tottering reason had resumed her
sway. Beaumetz was conveyed home
and placed under medical treatment,
and, speedily recovering, proceeded on
his voyage alone, never more to be
heard of
my fate" said Talleyrand, when
speaking of this incident in after life,
twas at work. brooklyn Eagle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-21

ways left every thing for mother to de-
eide, and her word was law, so he
listened eagerly for verdict. Dave did
moi take out of kin for his weak tenn
Perament.
''Marion's coming" Mrs Barney
ssid. Suppose we leave it to her,
Silas9n
"S'posen we do, Lily" Uncle 81
answered, ring of pleasure in his
voice. There was a football on the
plank walk leading to the kitchen door,
and soon a tall, rather slender woman
ciarkened the sunny entrance. She was
a woman of perhaps thirty, with
kind, pleasant, if rather plain face,
with dark hair and eyes.
''Well, thank goodness school is
done" she said hanging her shade hat
over the door, "Mr. Brockton was in
Shis afternoon, and says we are to have
two months vacation on account of re.
pairs. l am TO call around tomorrow
for my pay; and can't we go to the vii
iage to order the furniture, Monday,
pap
Uncle ST looked up appealingly into
Mrs. Barney's face, but he caught not d
ray Of hope there, so he said, in hope
less kind of way, with deep sigh;
Il dunno, Marion. / guess not
Doily's lame, an hayin,' an other
1hings kind Of PREVENT got letter
from Dave, Marion"
From Dave?" Marion queried.
And what did he writer"
Uncle silas sighed again and began
20 nervously plait the table-eloth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-21

"He-he said," faltered Uncle 81, in
his usual weak way, che said he's en-
gagged in q lawsuit aRin some of his
wife's folks, tryin to establish claim
to fortune that's hers by rights. You
know he spoke about IL in his last let
ter, an he says that IL he succeeds he
will be Independently rich, and the law
is in his favor now, an all he wants is
is"
Money, as usual" said Marion with
bitter laugh. "How' muchp"
Fifty dollars"
There was an ominous pause, during
which poor Uncle 81 dared not loo1. up;
finally he timidly ventured:
"'Tis hard, Marion, but he seems to
think this scheme is sure to turn out
we'll"
$50 he thought about the petroleum
oil scheme, and how did that turn out?"
answered Marion, bitterly. That pc
troleum plan had been another of
Dawes monied schemes, and it had cost
Marion twenty-five dollars; only twen-
ty-fve dollars, but it seemed a mint to
the woman whose every cent was earned
by hard toll.
Poor Dave" sighed Mrs. Barney
Hadn't you better read the letter,
Marionf"
eyes, yes, read it and judge for your
self" urged Uncle 81, getting up and
fumblins about the tall eight-day clock
in the corner.
"Lemme see, yes, that's il, and after
adjusting his specks and spelling out
the address he handed the letter to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-21
Ancient Gloves.

There is nothing new under the sun.
The carving of long glove has been
found in hole where cave-dwellers
once lived. Just when these strange
people existed has not been decided,
but it was thousands and thousands of
years ago, and the sculptured glove is
of the same shape as the many button
ones worn by fashionable ladies of the
present. The gloves of the ante-glacial
occupants of cave are supposed to
have been made of roughly-dressed skin
sewed with needles of bone, but they
were worn just the same and the general
pattern remains unchanged. There is
plenty of other evidence that gloves
are of very remote origin, although
none that goes back so far. The An
glo-Saxons wore gloves in the seventh
century, but the men We're the ones
then to observe the custom, the ladies
covering their hands with their sleeves.
Earlier than this Norman officials and
high personages of that country COW
cred their hands, and in many places in
the Bible the word "shoe" is used
when scholars maintain it means
glove. IN. Y. Ledger. =
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-21
LEADERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
The Fathers of the Republic an Uncom
monty Young Set of Men.

The Fathers of the Republic an Uncom-
monty Young Set of Men.
No fallacy is more firmly fixed in the
public mind than that which represents
the establishment of our government as
the work of old men. The delusion is
imbibed in childhood, and is uncon-
sciously cultivated by the textbook
used in school. The ''fathers of the
Republic" are depicted in all the his
tories with wigs, queues and other ac-
cessories of dress that apparently be-
token age, and the pupil naturally con-
cludes that they must have been old
when the nation was born.
In point of fact, they were an uncom-
monty young set of men. George
Washington, senior in age as well as in
authority and influence, was but 43 when
the Revolution broke out; and 81 when
he became first President; Thomas JEFF
ferson, only S3 when he wrote the
Declaration of Independence; Alexan-
der Hamilton, but 32 when he became
Secretary of the Treasury; James Mad
ison, only 2S when he was made mem
Der of a Virginia. Committee of Safety,
and SO when he was Hamilton's great
collaboration in the production of that
political classic, "'rhe Federalist."
Nor were the leaders in the great en-
terprise exceptional in this matter of
age. Forty names were signed to the
Constitution of the United States on the
nth of September, 1887. Leaving out of
account four whose birthdays are not
given by the books of reference, only
five of the remaining thirty-six had
reached the age of go; twenty of the
number were less than As years old,
and twelve were under 40, among the
latter being one (Hamilton) of 80, an
other of 30, third of %, and fourth
who lacked some months of 27 when
the convention met. The average age
of all the members did not quite reach
45 years. The most important commit
tee to which the instrument was re-
ferred for final revision consisted OF Ave
members, four of whom were between
80 and 36 years of age, the fifth and
least prominent being 60,-Century.