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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-22
Christmas DaV.

Though Christmas day is now regarded as q festi!
val peculiar to the Christian religion distinguished
from all other forms of belief it's claim to be so regard
ed is quite doubtful As the month of December III Ju-
dea is one OF rain and storms the Nativity could hardly
have been the 25th Of that month shepherds and
their ocks would not have been out on the plains of
Bethlehem in such weather fairly good case has been
made out for October aud it is certain that until the
fifth century, the date later than the 25th of De-
cember Possibly the festival may have been placed at
the date it is by the early Christians in their desire
to displace the Roman "Caturnala" q heather orpie
Among our Anglo saxon ancestors such mid winter
festival seems to have been known long before the
priests OF the new religion had made their way from
to date origin may be settled Christmas is the
day OF gifts and good WILL and the Burlington wishes
merry day to all it's friends in the Northwest merely
suggesting that if you intending travel during
the holidays your ticket should read via Burlington
Route For full information as to rates. etc. address
W. J. c. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul. MINI.
The farmers in certain counties in Oregon are hold
ing mass meetings. passing resolutions asking that the
creditor class refrain from pushing the debtors beyond
their power to pay and to extend the time of payment
at least ten months Saying that through the failure
OF crops, and the universally low prices of product
STOCK etc. and owing to the demorazed condition of
money matters and the market it will be necessary to
have extension of time for all debtors And here fol-
lows the resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the people in mass-meetinr as
sembled declare that for creditors enforce payment
OF obligations in the present distress would bring saa
ter and ruin both debtors and creditors and prove
a calamity to the country.
Resolved, That condemn the foreclosing of mort
and the issuing OF Judgments and the action of
creditors in attempting to rush in and seize all
the debtors have thereby running the debtors and
venting other creditors from securing anything.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-22
The new, MONETARY SYSTEM,
BY 81. L. LoUCKs,
President Of the National Farmers Alliance and Indue
$685. trial Union.

Published as Quarterly, and Authorized by theSup-
RENE Council-at25c. per Quarterly Volume.
First number for sale by the GREAT WEsr
There are seventeen chapters full of nformation
and l28 pages which account of size and type are
equal to 400 pages OF ordinary octave books
This book will be converter"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-22

Hog.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The pork market was little
weak at the opening afterwards dropped off & 1Oc
pork:
Januarv-Opening, 1920; highest, 1920; lowest,
$12 OF; closing, $12 80
May-Opening, $12.35; highest, $12.42; lowest.
$12.15; closing, $685.
December-Closing, $12 20.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-22

The Facts in the Case ......
Evening journal., 1893-06-12

RKFERRING to some remarks the EVEN
ING JOURNAL made upon the misuse Of
the prefix ''old" to veteran, the Dover
Sentinel says:
Now, Mr.. Editor. we will instruct you.
'Old veteran, in the sense employed by
the Sentinel referred to a greybeard-
'old, as applied to age; aged veteran,
''old veteran, In contradistinctiOn from
a youthful veteran. In other words
veteran, old In the service; old, aged A
soldier may be veteran in service, at
the same time young in years. In the
light of the editors knowledge, we shall
doub tless be taken to task for using the
term young veterans.
That nearly takes ones breath,
Veteran is from the Latin word
veteranus, from vetus, veteris, meaning
old In the sense In which the editor
thinks he is using it, the word means a
man long employed or exercised as a
soldier. In the nature Of the case II
could not refer to young soldier, Cor
then we should have the absurdity of a
young old soldier The editor would do
well to stick TO English. A man who is
not acquainted with the dead languages
is likely to murder his own language by
mixing them ignorantly. When an editor
makes an error il is humiliating
to attempt defense of It, it is not
humiliAtlng to admit the error. One
man cannot know everything and the
effort to create the impression that he
knows more than his opportunities have
afforded, or more than he Is expected
to know. will not enhance. but decrease
his reputation. He will get the credit
Of knowing less, not more, than he does
actually know II there could be such
an absurdlty the editor Of the Sentinel
may convince the people that he is q
sort of young veteran"
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
DRIVEN OUT WITH WHIPS.


One of the many political ills which
follows and ndaccompanies the party which
processes great moral perfection is a
contempt for the people. AS soon as a
member Of that party gets into Office he
feels that he must serve his party
managers and ignore the people.
Ever since Hayes was counted in, by
taking advantage Of the Louisiana. South
Carolina and Florida frauds, the party
have felt 1t incumbent upon them TO run
the country with the approval Of the ma
jority of the people. If they could secure
approval, and without IL IL not secured
They contended for their divine right, or
for their rights as a horde of self-inter-
ested saviors, as taste dictated, to con.
tinue TO save or to run the country,
whichever promised the greatest profit
or the most absolute control of the offices
and the Treasury.
Following this policy they made them
selves famous with those Reed rules to
suppress debate; count in majority Of
twenty eight where they had only three
steal the Western states pass the Nc
Kinley bill, the Sherman and the Geary
bills
All of these acts proceed from the same
spirit of contempt for the people. 1t
pervades the party everywhere 1t is
manifested by all members of the party
TO a greater or less extent everywhere.
Here we have had frequent exhibitions
of contempt for the people and an
apotheosis of the party In the conduct
OF Mahaffy. as marshal, and Of the other
Federal officers who still retain their
positions to serve their party not the
people The record Of Mayor Wiley has
been an exposition Of this spirit as If he
were elected for that special purpose.
Now, We have Mr.. Hersey, a man of no
influence and small Importance in other
respects. exerting what influence he has
as clerk Of the City Council, TO have two
men, elected by the people, put out Of
Office by the demand Of those who wish
to be sure Of the favors of the Republican
majority of the City Council. The per
soDal interest that Mr. Hersey has in thi.
proceeding might have deferred some
men from advocating such a measure in
a partisan paper, but it seemed to present
an opportunity to him that he could not
resist; that he accepted eagerly
The spirit of selfshness and greed Il
so predominating that the tariff pen
sions and the offices Of the government
are all under the blighting inAuenc
which prevails in this party and whicl
has given it cohesive power and enable,
it to perpetuate itself Like those money
changers of old these purveyOrs of tariffs
dealers in pensions and general provider
of Offices must be driven out of thu
temple itself, with whips in the hand
of an indignant and disgusted people.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
THF gOoM OF FrMININlTv

Every wise man Is ready to assist and
encourage his fellow men. That is
tenet of the universal creed, common to
all humanity. This applies to men and
women alike, but the helpfulness is
much more active and ready toward
women.
Taking advantage Of this spirit, the
women have started a wild and famboy
ant boom of femininity, of which the
commonplace Woman's Building at the
World Fair is the climax Avoiding or
ignoring the ancient splnsters who have
grown tiresome with the womau's rights
movement, and escaping those violent
women who are urging temperance and
various other fads, they have turned
their energies into many channels Of
art and industry, on the theory that
women are equal TO men, because they do
many of the things man can do almost as
well as he can do them.
Not to put too fine point to it, they
have deteriorated every thing they have
gone into. They have not elevated or
broadened any industry, any art, any
science. They have dabbled into every
thing and improved nothing
Rosa Bonheur has painted horses in a
clever way but she has not painted with
the spirit Of Landseer or the delicscy Of
Troyon George Eliot has written novels
but she could not make the world laugh
as Dickens did; she cannot sneer like
Thackeray, nor charm like Black She is
alone There are Eve or six writer's Of
/ English fiction whom she has not equalled.
Miss Mitchell is scarcely known in
astronomy beside Swift aud Bernard she
is not comparable to Flammarion OF
Sehaiparilli
In many branches of industry women
are doing well they are capable of doing
better, but they have not done anything,
and they do not seem likely to do any
thing that may be ranked as an individ-
ual achievement.
Hence this sudden, and probably un
warranted, boom Of femininity, that
some clever women are urging, is liabl,
to collapse They are assigning variou,
ennobling motives to the women VIII,
work, which are. too frequently. not
borne out in The character Of thl
achievement those women accomplish
They are blowing their own trumpets
in every key known to orehestration o
that sort, about what they intend Il
do, without really having aceomplishe,
any thing that every average man coul'
not have done, whe works in the sam
line.
! The women Of this country hav'
: turned out carloads Of poor novels; the,
J are teachers by thousands, aud fairl.
good ones, too But in neither profes
I sion have they done more than they bav
Evening journal., 1893-06-12

done for the stage and for the news
papers; one Of which they are belittling
with fashion and society gossip; while
the other is perceptibly retrograding
with scandal
We do not wish to be understood as
opposing the efforts of the women. We
are opposing too much blow and too
little deed We think they would fare
better, and not collapse so soon. if they
would do something first and blow about
it afterward
The men are willing to allow the
women full swing. In this country,
particularly, they smile and stand aside
very amiably when a woman essays some
work that she can do in a mediocre man
ner HE is even capable of applauding
our unexpected feats, says clever
woman, (which he invariably attributes
to accident; he rigidly refuses to criticise
us on the basis of abstract merit.
This situation ought not to be dispirit
ing to an earnest woman, who feels that
she can get on without taking advantage
OF her womanhood, TO do poor work
Triumphs come from work, not from
manhood or womanhood. Either man
or woman can win triumphs by work
there is no sex in genius; though there
may have been comparatively little genius
in one of the sexes.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Proteet lhe EnglIsh Lnnguage.

To the Editor Of the Evening Journal
SIR: Judging from the tenor Of re-
marks made to your correspondent, the
editor of the EVENING JOURNAL has the
grateful feelings of this community for
the manner in which he has endeavored
to take the editor of the State Sentinel
under his tutelage. For months past
Republicans who read the Sentinel have
been cOndemning the "crack jaw sen.
tences, empty and unpleasant in the
mouth as sterile nuts, which have ap-
peared In its editorial columns, and
Democrats have lamented that the
"tyrO" who had assumed the "trip0d"
of the Sentinel and for whom they
have some regard (he being con
sidered a Mugwump) did not
dictate his pouderous thoughts and
original ideas to some person who
has made it a lifelong business to ex-
press his thoughts IN the English
language. 1t is the disposition Of the
ordinary person to dislike that which he
! finds unintelligible, and to the ordinary
mind the "slipshod' English of the
editor of the Sentinel Is unintelligible.
It cannot grasp the idea Of what is meant
by an "Old Veteran" or "Superabundance
of Nonsense
1t is such slipshod writer's Of our
language as the editor of the Sentinel
that make William Wetmore Story say
that no other people play such prank'
J with their language as we do. The
French and Italians for instance, iealously
protect theirs from the invasion of ig
norance or vulgarity and study to keep
them in perfection, but we open ON
doors and let I'm tramps from anywhere
The literary class formerly, was small
and select nowadays every body writes
and prints We mistake slipshod tall
for ease and the English language il
losing its vigor and idiomatic form unde
the influence Of daily scribblers.
GOOD ENGLISH.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
IF
P.O. 6ox4es.

If you did not get just
what you wanted during the
rush on Saturday, or are any
way dissatisfied with your pur-
chase bring it back and we
will cheerfully exchange it or
refund the money, as we were
pinched so for time we had to
rush things through a little
faster than we care to for COM
fort. Did not anticipate such
a business or would have
doubled our force, yet, -all is
well that ends well. Come
again, we will take good care
of you.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
Dover, June 70, 1898,
cHlLDReN's DAY AT DOVER.
Observed by Churches Of All Denomina-
tions at the Capital Town.


tions at the Capital Town.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, June 12. Yesterday was gener-
ally observed as Chldrens Day in the
churches of this town. At the Presby
terian Church at $50 fine special
program was rendered. The collection
taken amounted TO over forty dollars
At Wesley NJ r Church at TO- 30 o'clock
the services began for the day. The
choir rendered two beautiful anthems,
prepared for the occasion, and Dr. Muir
ray gave a history of the origin of
Children's Day. He also gave statistics
regarding the educational society and
what it was doing toward the support Of
young men and women for the ministry
and missionary work. A collection was
taken for the Conference Academy at
the close Of the services which amounted
TO $35. DR. Murray announced that the
late Senator Eli Salisbury had left
Thousand dollars to this institution
which would come into the hands Of the
trustees July 1st
At > O'CLOCK in the afternoon there
were exercises by the school. The
Columbian program was used and was
we'll executed by the participants. Miss
Dllule hlulhuiou represented AOluuulh
She stood on the platform with q large
silk flag draped around her. A cross
stood near by. Her defenses were: Andy
! Wood. Addison Adams and Joseph VOL
colt, Misses Bessie Murray, Helen
| Slaughter and Mary Collision. each of
whom bore shield with the name OF the
defense upon H. After each recitation
| by the defenses. Columbia would re.
! spond After all had recited, the shields
were hung on the cross. and when
| placed IN position presented a striking
| appearance The collection taken In the
school amounted 20 more than $50, an in.
crease of several dollars over that OF last
year. The infant department rendered
some choice selections.
At 30 D. N the boy choir gave a song
service interspersed with recitations
and solos by older members of the church
With this service ended the exercises of
the day in Wesley NJ T. Church
At the First Baptist Church a special
program had been arranged which wa.
given at the evening service.
The funeral services Of Mrs Elizabeth
NJ. Black we're held at the Conferenc,
Academy last evening at o'clock The
remains were taken on the miinigh
train to Carlisle Pa, where intermenl
was made 10 dav.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
Will THEY AeREE9
Wilmington Institute Stockholders VIII
Meet Tonight.

The stockholders of the Wilmington
Institute will hold special meeting to.
night to take action on the proposition
to make the library free to the public.
The call for the meeting was issued by
the president, William p Taylor.
The leading spirits of the corporation
want to throw the shelves open to vii.
mingtonians. With this object in view
they had a supplement to the charter put
through the last General Assembly. It
provided for a free library, provided that
City Council would appropriate s., ,OO0
for the coming fiscal year and an annual
appropriation of one cent an inhab.
liant each subsequent year City Coun.
ell carried out this provision, the appro-
priation being s., 500, as the library can.
not be opened until one half Of the fiscal
year is gone. 1t now remains to be seen
whether the stockholders will agree with
the leading spirits
Evening journal., 1893-06-12

which that was accomplished, make TO
the people2 The tin plate, the maple
sugar, the steel and other trusts, all had
their peculiar methods of doing the same
thing What difference does the method
make to the people2 The result is the
same
II the Sherman law is to be repealed,
why not the Mckinley law What do the
people care whether they are robbed
under the silver pretext or the tin plate,
maple sugar or steel pretext2
The effect of the Sherman law was tc
make the silver mine owners richer aud
the people poorer. Was the effect Of the
Mckinley law different?
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
BOTH BAD.

The papers which formerly worshipped
protectionisp as q fetch, capable Of
incomprehensible and vast powers for
good, are compelled to modify their
claims and their bigotry.
The present condition, when the sham
of the tariff humbug is so plainly and
forcibly exposed by the slump in pros.
perity, even under the Mckinley law to
secure prosperity; when there is not
even practical threat of change Of that
law; when 1t cannot possibly be changed,
so as to affect commerce, within two or
three years, is an ineontrovOrtible proof
Of the sham of the Mckinley method OF
producing prosperity. The Mckinley
law cannot even prolong prosperity.
In an article entitled Common Sense
and the Tariff the Philadelphia Tele
graph says:
II Is rather more than satisfactory in
these troublous times that such a
staunch Republican Journal as the
Chicago Inter-Ocean should frankly say
that there is no danger to be appre.
hended from rebound from the Mckin.
ley bill to free trade, or to anything like
free trade What the country needs at
this time more than anything else Is con-
fdence In the ixity of those financial
and economic principles which have been
very generally sustained since the close
of the war II is true that they have
not been correctly presented In either
the sherman Silver Purchase act of 1890
or in the Mckinley act, and the absolute
Il % mne 1
Just revision Of the latter are things not
only desirable, but necessary to the main
tenance Of the prosperity Of the entir,
body Of the people.
Common sense teaches that when act.
like the Mckinley and the Sherman
laws occur as climaxes to policies which
at best, are Of doubtful value, they
should be repealed
The Sherman law proceeded from pre-
cisely the same policy that put the Nc
Kinley law on the statute books
namely, that policy which proclaiml
that the government must support
particular industry, which those inter
ested in it declare is unable to support
itself--a pauper industry. The Nc
Kinley bill even offered to start some in
dustries, which did not exist, and to re
vive others which had existed unproft
ably Holding out such bribes, it is no
strange that any honest or sensibl
theory in this policy Of taxing th
people to produce prosperity, to star
some Industries and succor others, ha
mot been correctly presented, in eithe
the Sherman or the Mckinley actsl
Is Just as II we had opened the Treasur
vaults aud asked certain persons to ste
MP and take what they needed unds
carefully devised oaths and restriction
providing that they were not to take tc
much. aud that they were 10 get pc
mits from their particular friends in Coz
gress
soch policy" as that may well
called a robbery under the Tor
law. but still a robbery.
tits now universally conceded that the 81
yer men we're allowed, under certain sha
restrictions, to take $50,0OO0oO ye
from the public Treasury for their ov
private benefit. WHAT difference do Il
restrictions and eireum loeutions,
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
clTY NEMs IN RRIEE.

Fossil. tie dam of Saddle VI - 1919 viii be
sold next eduesday at the ASH uin stoc
farm. Aaryl and.
The wholesale grocers Of this citv Va ill give
their employees half-holidaNs on SATURDAYS.
beginning June 10 and conunuing unit, sep.
tember I. Thev will close their places OF
business at y. m each SATURDAY.
The society connected "a ith Central pes
byte ian Church is considering the advisa.
bility Of ESTABLISHING "A mission. aud is now
neg tiating FOR the rental OF building ia The
city. The society's weekly sunday prayer
NEE ings are now heid at o'clock p IN.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
PhIladelphia. Monday. Iune lg. lsqa.
The weather to-day is likely
to be clear.

Irish Lawn (pure cotton) is
almost like the pure Linen to
look at. 38 in, 12Hc.
Irregular knots and cord
woven on a Swiss ground and
printed in delicate patterns-a
new Yankee Cotton meant to
be 2oc, but marked 12Hc.
Northeast of centre.
In Mems Clothing as in
most things-quick selling
brings a shower of broken lots.
That's why $3.50 to SIS
Cheviot Suits may go at $40,
and $IO and SIP Suits at S8.
All the thin things arein line:
Black Alpaca Coat, $3.50,
So, $2.5o, So, $3.50, 81
Pure Silk Pongee Coats, S..
White Duck Trousers, $L25
-hdihct street,
Take Tennis Rackets-al
kinds from anywhere. Weigh
their worth. See if the Wana-
maker Specials are not at
least one-third cheaper than
any other in the market.
Germantown Special, S4 so; with
cork handle, So
Germantown oval handle, s..
Germantown Standard, So 90: with
cork handle S4
Belmont, $3.50; with cork handle,
So 10
Wissabickon $3.50; with cork
handle, S375
Ardmore, 50 with cork handle. 50 %.
Fairmouut, Sl.75; with cork handle,
So
Youths, 81.
Juvenile, 75c.
Nets, pegs, ropes, poles,
balls and all sorts of Tennis
hXings.
| Basement
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
MI. nIn...N I,rnI,s.

Camp No. 3 p. O $ Of A. recently
sent TO George v Massey, Worlds Fair
commissioner, congratulations for his
stand against the opening of the fair on
Sunday. They have received a reply
from him thanking them for the action the
camp has taken ia the matter.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
An Eighth street Jumper

Eighth street summer car No 1l6
jumped the track at the Eighth aud
Market streets switch at 35 o'clock
this morning Riverview car No 124 was
attached and pulled the jumper to the
rails Travel was delayed for short
time, but no one was hurtg
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
WILMINGTON HORSE TEST.
saladin to Beat the state Record at w
tvnaaaft nrFvfnm D..r-

saladln to Beat the state Record at Wa
wassett Driving Park.
There will be trotting and pacing
matinee at Wawassett driving park on
Thursday afternoon.
There will be a 800 trotting minute
class, 2.5O trotting and special
pacing class. The well known pacing
stallion Saladin, LIZ, will be driven to
beat the state record over half mile
track
James B. Green, owner of Saladin
and lessee of the park, has guaranteed.to
horsemen a good afternoons entertain.
ment. The track is in good condition,
and if the weather is favorable there
will be a fine afternoons sport.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12

THosE who have church notices
would obligs us and secure prompter
and surer attention by sending them
to the Office on Friday Those which
arrive by mail or otherwise late Satur-
day morning are liable to be crowded
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
The Lee-Fahey Case Again.

There was q short session of the Court
of Chancery this morning. Chancellor
Wolcott listened to matters connected
with the case of Lee VS.. Fahey. aud.
without rendering decision, adjourned
the court to July 3. He then went to
philadelnhia
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
FnIlmer,s Rig Estate.

Register of Wills Cooeh has granted
TO the Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, executors letters on tine
estate of the late John Fullmer He
leaves an estate worth $40 600 and the
executors gave bond for $4,000.
Evening journal., 1893-06-12
settlng Tho Centre stone.

Surveyor KINNEY is at Wawasset
Park to day setting centre stones for
the new tract under the building plans.
He says there is prospect of about
twenty houses being built there this
gummer