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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
NOT SO EASY AS IT LOOKS,
A Little Problem Which Caused NJ
Groves to Waste Considerable Time

A Little Problem Which Caused MIR.
Groves to Waste Considerable Time,
From the Chicago Record.
Are you good at fgures?' asked Mr..
Bentley Of Mr.. Groves, who occupied the
next desk at the right.
Il used to be-" replied Mr. Groves. "Why
do you ask?'
Il have little problem here. Take it
down and see what you can do with it, "A
man has 500 with which to buy 100 head of
stock. He pays $40 a head for CATTLE So a
head for hogs, and SO cents a head for
sheep. How many of each does he buy?"
"Do you know the answer"
Yes; it's very simple when you get it."
Il think 1t can be worked by algebra. I'm
little rusty. but I'll see what can do"
Bentley turned to his routine of desk work
and Groves started in to solve the problem
In about half hour, having covered several
pages of paper with x, and calculations,
he asked suddenly: rs there any way to
make it come out even?'
Make what come out even?" asked Bent
ley. who had forgotten all about the prob
lem. so you're still working at that, are
you? Can't you get it?"
mo, not yet; but it can be worked"
All morning Groves struggled with the
live stock and at noon he was mad and dis
couraged.
whats the answer, anyway" he asked
"I'll show you," said Bentley, and he mark
ed down.
5 cattle at $40 Observation-Disclosures. $50
1 hog at Observation-Disclosures. 5
"a sheep at 80 cents. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Al
100 500
How did you work it?" asked Groves.
II didn't work it. A fellow told me the
answer"
what made you give it to me, them"
II thought you might be able to guess it,
well" said Mr.. Groves, you keep your
fool problems to yourself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
LIQUOR sELfINGl IN ENGLAND.
Rigorous Enforcement of the Law
The License Fee,


The License Fee.
London Correspondence New York Times
What primarily astounds and puzzles the
Londoner about the New York situation is
that the fact of an excise law being en-
forced attracts attention and is considered
something remarkable. This part of the
thing is incomprehensible The public house
and the publican here seem to be about as
numerous as the saloon and the saloon
keepers are in New York. I have no sta
tistics, but from appearances there is no
appreciate difference. The variations in
character are the same, ranging from the
swagger bars of the Criterion and Gaiety
down to the most squalid pot houses in the
Sums The business here, however is
pitched on a lower key. the most fashion
able bars in the West End are rdicu1ously
tawdry and cheap affairs by comparison
with those of the same grade uptown in
New York.
On the tick of the clock this whole enor-
nous traffic stops as by magic. The closing
hour in London for the first five week
DAYS is 1890 am. On Saturday nights it is
midnight The Sunday rules are, like so
much else in the local life of England
based on ecclesiastical arrangements. The
theory is that there would be something in
decorous in having churches and public
houses open at the same time. Accordingly
the bars may not open at all that day until
l pm, by which hour everybody has con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
TREPHINING A LION.
An Interesting Operation That Prom.
Uses to he Successful.

From the Atlanta Constitution
The young lion of the Hagenteck show
that was so desperately wounded by lion
ess last week was SUCCESSFULLY operated upon
yesterday afternoon, and the depression of
the skull was lifted from the brain of the
animal.
One day last week the lion was savagely
attacked by a lioness that occupied an ad-
joining cage. The lion was eating his after
noon meal of beefsteak, when the ioness
reared against the wooden partition separat-
ing the cages. The lioness threw her whole
weight against the light partition, and, with
a crash, the Infatuated beast and partition
fell into :he cage occupied by the young lion.
The lioness pounced upon the lion with all
the fury that is peculiar to that class of ami
mails. The lion was taken completely by
surprise and was at a great disadvantage.
AS he turned with a growl to see what had
caused the partition to fall, he was caught
in the wide-open mouth of the lioness and
fearfully bitten. The ioness leaped up into
the air and fell upon her prey. She caught
his head in her mouth, and closed down upon
it. The fangs penetrated the thick hide and
the skull sank beneath the pressure.
The lion was hardly able to stand and
could but Stagger about the cage in a dazed
way. In a few minutes after the attack he
vas seized with commissions. His manner
was pitiable and he would writhe in agony,
then, leaping up, would fall from weakness,
His feet would be drawn up to his body and
bis tail dashed fearfully against the bars.
AS he writhed upon the floor he would claw
at everything that came in reach. Catching
the iron bars, he would almost wrench them
from their places. His claws were complete
ly torn from the flesh on one foot, and he
frothed at the mouth
AS soon the lion was thoroughly under
the influence of the chloroform which was
administered by DR.. H. G. Carnes, the opera
ton was begun. 1t was necessary, however,
that great care be exercised in giving the
ana eSthGtic, as the lion was in danger of dy-
ing from the effects of an overdose.
The opening into the skull was made an
inch to the left of the depression. When the
opening had been finished small instru-
ment was inserted. The instrument is of
peculiar shape and is curved at the end.
Down through the skull the piece of steel
was pressed and then turned directly under
the depression. After this was done 1t was
easy matter to lift the bone from the
brain. The Done was restored to its former
position and then the inciSion was sewn up
and the place dressed.
AS soon as the non recovered from the eff
fects of the drug he bounded loose from the
ropes that held him and leaped across the
floor of the room. He was at first a little
dazed from the effects of the chloroform,
but gradually regained his senses. DIR.
Carnes stated after the operation that the
lion would be perfectly well in a few days,
as there was now no danger from the work.
The lion is about two years old and was very
valuable before he was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
A Feat In HORSEBACK Riding.

The Russian Kogak officer, Kenike, who
in June last undertook to ride on horseback
from Krashoe Selo, suburb Of st. Peters,
burg, to Chitta, in eastern Siberia, a dis
lance of about 5000 miles, has, according
to the Novoe Vremya, accomplished a third
of his journey. having arrived at Una
Kenikes enterprise is interesting not only
on account of the great distance to be COW
cred and the speed at which he is riding,
but also because of the simplicity with
which he is accomplishing his self-imposed
task.
The horse is an Anglo-Arab. a descendant
of the famous Count Rostopchin's stud.
He is not a young horse, but has all the
qualities necessary to accomplish the task
laid upon him. The saddle which he carries
is of the ordinary rough type of the Co.'S
sack. The kit consists only of absolute
necessities for rider and horse, and an ex-
ira set of horseshoes, with shoeing imple-
ments. His master grooms him and shoes
him himself when necessary. Kenike ex-
poets to complete the entire distance in 100
days, thirty Of which he reserves for halts.
The horse and rider are reported to be In
CAPITAL condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
dawned upon him. The old man chuckled

dawned upon him. The old man chuckIed
again.
1.-The best fun of it all was that 'twan't
marriage at ALL" he continued. 1.-The fell
low who performed the ceremony was a
fraud. He had no authority to tie the knot,
but neither Dutton nor Martha knew it.
They don't know 1T now, so l s'pose I'll
have to tell 'em when Dutton gets well.
l suppose Martha thinks she's married to
two men al once. You see. 1 let her think
she was married all through the war, SOS
'twould be a lesson to her, and when we
heard Dutton was dead didn't care to say
anything about it. Guess I'll have to now,
but 'tother night when 1 found Dutton in
the house and saw how they was keeping
and L played it on 'em. 1 pretended how
shocked l was at seeing him, and 1 guess
Martha was pretty scared for fear I'd tell
Guess she's suffered enough, and soon as
Dutton gets well enough to go, I'll tell her
| all about it,
Will, of course, promptly told Mr.. Warren
of gran'pa's rambling story. The old SOL
ed gran'pa sharply about the supposed
marriage, and found that his memory was
true to the slightest detail of thirty-five
years ago, while it was so impaired by age
now that he had forgotten the circum-
stance of buttons end the week before
I'VE took the marriage seriously" said
Mr.. Warren to Will; fact is, 1 had prom
ised Dutton when 1 supposed him dying on
the battlefield, to hunt up his sweetheart
in love with her and after long courtship,
won her. When Dutton suddenly appeared
as from the grave, I was startled that
without thinking l leveled my rifle at him.
You can understand how we felt, and how
Y complicated all we did or tried to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
SPLITTING BANK NOTES.
The Latest Ingenious Devices of
COunterfeiters.

Counterfeiters.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Many devices have been resorted to by
counterfeiters to raise genuine bank notes,
as well as manufacture bogus ones, but one
of the most novel has come to light within
the last few days at the United States SUBJ
treasurer's Office in this city. 1t is not
known whether the plan was ever tried be-
fore, nor how successful 1t was in this case,
as it is not known whether anybody was
caught by it. The scheme consisted of split
ting s. and 81 note and then FASTING the
back of the 81 to the front of the S. note and
the front of the 81 note to the back of a s.
note. The mechanical part of the work was
excellently done, but the fraud could be
detected the moment the note was turned
over.
An effort had been made to change the
'one' to five on the 'one'' side of the new
combined note, but it was done SO clumsily
that the fraud would have been seen at a
glance, and the only hope of passing the
notes as flves would have been to pass them
over with the s. side up and trust to the
man receiving it not to turn it over before
putting it away. The doctored notes came
to the subtreasury through one of the banks,
with the request that they be allowed " hat
ever the notes were worth The government
always redeems notes from the face value
and as the faces in this case were of 81
and u s. note, Sc were allowed 1t Is not
known whether the bank was caught on the
split notes or not.
A cleverly executed counterfeit s. national
bank note was also detected at the SUBJ
treasury the other day. 1t was on the First
National Bank of Tamaqua, and was burned
in several places to give 1t an old appear
ance, and then pasted on a piece Of paper
as If to hold 1t together. The fraud was first
detected by turning over one of the corners
and discovering a misspelled word on the
back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
THE AFTERNOON TEA.
This English Function Haa Latterly
Materially Changed.

This EnrIfsb Function Has LatterIy
Materially Changed.
-
from the LONDON queen.
1t is the general complaint that both at
afternoon teas and at homes the tea is
,n.de die. ,reeablv and nernicious,v strong
."ue -
formeriy such conhpiaiht was never
heard; a strong cup OF tea was the FASH
ION: all liked it. and thought themselves
m +raoted ~ ANYTHING else were offered
a. - - -,
lneh' ITO" IL Is qui'e 'ne othe, way an
hostess who studies the fashion or mo
day and the tastes of her guests makes a
r,,Ie of asking whether weak or strong tea
Sx.s - ro,,,,no q ~ ana INV
Is pfeierreo oeioie poui.ne ~ ou. ~
adding hot water to TASTE wniie others
train their servants, at some trouble to
themselves. to bring in the tea the moment
.. a. -.
IL Is maui
Now is the time TOT some splriteo pat
entee to produce an invention that could
ha anplied 70 cur dear old silver teapots or
=. -. Ii. 80, 20 ho,d tho foo ,.ay..
~ ,,n,t tha,r sinking 70 the haitian az
anu et .nS th,s hrsu,ine The harmfni
enH ueapoI, tAE u ' noorad;t"d Eth br;n~inc
soiu..on tna' an 10 seatS - annroanb "a
auou. sucn ~ e.e ~. - al her pp p ,ta,,,,aS
soh IT. it.,o $4,000 .aanots nth cb.no
II. .ne n', 10. .ho.a 81 ~ .,,,ai, fnr Iargs
t ~ ,aatb;ns tnrthar wbich co,,H
&c aSt,,staa 20 en- s;zsd taonot 10 required
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

From the IOndOn GIUD0.
The longest telegraph line in the world.
above ground and without break has just
been completed in Australia, that land Of
long distances. The line runs from Rock
hampton, in Queensland, to Broome, In
" estern Australia, and crosses about twos
thirds of the entire continent. The total
length is something over 5000 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
Economy.
From Puck.

From TUCK
Mrs. Shopleigh: Eyes, it is simply outrage
GUS the way they keep us waiting for change.
1 have been sitting here for half hour walt
ing for two cents! I won't leave witho 1t 1t,
either. Take care of the pennies, and the
dollars will take care of themselves you
know"
Meanwhile a hired carriage is waiting for
her at the rate of 81 an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15

Rev. Thomas Treadwell Stone, D. D., the
oldest graduate of Bowdoin College, and
one of the oldest ministers in the country.
is dead at the age Of ninety-fve.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
ASKED A FAVOR OF GRANT.
Taking Home IL Mule Team at thu
Glaze If the War;

"a very amusing thing happened just be-
fore the close Of the war; said Col. A. j.
West to an Atlanta Constitution man. 1T
was just two or three days before the sur
render of Lees army that old Uncle ST
the bravest of officers during the cam
paign, decided that he wanted to take his
wagon back home from the war. The old
darby lived at LAGRANGE, Ga, and he
wanted to carry back from the war his
mules end wagon and keep them per-
sonal property He was a faithful old
darby, and had been in the Mexican war.
He had been a body servant for some of
the generals in the warfare of the South
ern slope during that conflict, and had
later gone to war with his master cook
and body servant in the conflict between
the states. He decided to go to Gen. Grant
in person the day before the surrender and
ask the privilege of carrying his wagon
and mules back to Georgia. The soldiers
told him he would never get beyond the
lines but he boldly went forth anyhow.
He worked his way to Gen. Grant, and
laid the case before him, telling him of
having been in the Mexican war. Gen.
Grant with his own hand, wrote an order
allowing the old darky to take the team
back to Georgia, and the next day, when
all of US were laying down our guns and
accoutrements, he proudly drove right
along in front of the lines and started back
to Georgia The old darby died a few
years ago, after life of usefulness at La
Grange.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
SOME HIGHLY SPICED REMARKS.
Addressed by II South Dakota Editor
to His LOathsOme OntempOrnry.


A recent issue of the Leighmore Is. D.
Herald contains the following trumpet
blast:
''The boss liar, blackguard, comopolite,
vagabond of the Bulletin that same little
scurrilous, soulless semblance of a man,
while still bearing the band of infamy on
that snakelike countenance imprinted
thereon by one of our citizens last week,
who was fully justified in so doing because
of the libelous, indecent and unjustifiable
attack on him of the week previous comes
out again we expected, with a lot of the
foullest lies and insinuations which only
conclusively proves that his diminutive
brain is SO thoroughly stepped in the lowest
obscenity that he is utterly incapable Of
uttering anything except the foulest and
most obscene SANDER. Were we to follow
his manner of assault in retaliation, and
go into details of facts concerning his past
career here, giving the particulars as they
are known to some of our citizens, our pa
per would be unfit to be read by our pat
rons. We, therefore, spurn his Infamous
batch of lies and contemplate insinua tions
as too utterly false and malicious to be
this or any other respectable community,
and as beneath that dignity which war
rant their further notice by US.
1--WE have charged him with having per-
sonally attempted, with money, to bride
late county commissioner, and we offered
then and there and now offer to furnish the
proof of his guilt. His only reply to this
charge was a grst of obscene and indecent
slush without any foundation in fact.
Again we charged him with attempting to
blackmail another county official under cir
cumstances which show him to be capable
of the darkest deeds of villainy and stamp
him as being of just the material which
goes to make the all around crook But
when brought to bay his tactics are like
a skunk, which animal he nearly
IT. - lafa
tackled Is to discharge such extremely fetid
matter as to be unapproachable. We have
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
I'M ON THE SAVIOR'S SIDE.
written for the Tribune

(Wr1tten the iTlDuue)
1 care not what the world may say.
I'm on the SaviOr's side,
And summer showers or winter gales
Can nothing me betide;
1t is the safe and only way,
To meet the coming judgment day.
Though others may their pleasure find.
Amid the worldly throng.
These earthly joys they soon will find
Cannot give pleasure long,
l have treasure laid on high,
Above the bright and starry sky.
1 care not what the world may say,
I'm on the Savior's side
And Jesus is a refuge sure,
Where one may softly hide,
Adopted by the heavenly king,
Well may my lips in praises sing.
A sure foundation and a friend
In every time of need.
A fresh, green pasture, where his sheep.
May eer in safety feed,
'"ThiS world is but flceting show.
A few short hours that quickly go.
I care not what the world may say,
I'm on the Savior's side,
And there in perfect peace and JOY,
I'll ever more abide,
Some love me but to serve an end,
But Christ is an eternal friend.
The world can never give to
An everlasting rest,
Nor guide me to the happy shore
Where l shall e'er be blest,
Through Thee, Christ, is the one way,
To meet the final judgment day.
A. NJ. 8.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
}, MAIDEN AT THE WINDOW.

ONritten for the Tribune)
O. maiden at the window.
With lasheS wet with tears
What is it, dear that grieves you,
What fills your heart with fears?
Outside there ragged blizzard,
With snow the air was white,
And swift came down the shadows,
That heralded the night.
II thought, mayhap. some dear ore
Is out there in the storm;
Out in that binding tempest,
Far from the 1ireSide Warni.'
/ loved her for her kind hart.
That thought Of others cheer
And reached my hand TO wipe away
The swiftly falling tear.
Her heart might with compassion.
To the homeless in our city,
In their need and desOlation,
Reach with tender pity.
Or perchanee this great worlds faiscness.
And the sin of all mankind.
Rested their Widening burden
On this weeping maiden's mind.
So asked her what oppressed her.
In those falling snow flakes white,
And she said, '-1'his horrid snow storm,
Spells the coastng for tonight"
JULIA RANKIN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27

"Thus the great cities will become
great provinces, the population living
cooperative life on the farms and
gardens, with individualism at
higher level than is possible now, and
expressing itself, as individualiSm at
its highest level always must, in the
ability of men to maintain the COM
monwealth and lead life together.
Then we shall have a police which
Will protect every citizen from acts of
ind ustrial violence. as now it protects
against physical violence. The police
man, standing today at the crowded
street corner and acting as the intel
llgence which sends the surging and
tangled crowd peaceably and easily on
It's way, is but the prototype Of the
coming state which shall, in the same
way, as the agent of all the people,
make each man free to pursue his own
path"
THE RECENT REPUBLICAN SUCCESS.
The recent Republican wave which
swept the Republicans into power in
congress, Mr.. Lloyd thinks, was simply
a desperate plunge. He says he does
not expect to see any more political
landslides in the near future, so far
as the old parties are concerned. The
people simply held the party in power
responsible for the existing depres-
sion.
But the future is, I think, full of
Lloyd. 81 believe that before two
more presidential elections have come,
the Peoples party will carry the coun-
try:
ut is perfectly evident that the
lines of battle cannot be rearranged
without great political changes and
breaking up of existing parties. At
the recent conference of the PEOPLES
party in ST. Louis, the organization
was placed distinctly on common
ground with that occupied by the
whole body OF reformers who are seek
ing TO improve municipal adminiStra-
ton by collective effort. This St.
Louis conference aided the drawing of
the line of battle on the issue of pub
lie administration as against private
admlnlst ration OF government. It's
main points were government owner
ship OF the issue of currency, the un-
doing Of the gigantic reputation in
volved in the demonet iZatiOn of silver
(the greatest population in history,
and government ownership of rail
roads, which carries with it the own
ership Of telegraph lines All of
which involves the principle of no
private use of public powers, which, l
think, is the coming issue, and of the
public use of public powers for the
public benefit, so far and SO fast as
the public may demand.
I'm the two propositions, one posi-
tive and the other negative, lies my
political creed and the essence of the
political faith in the Peoples party
program, with it's inevitable accom-
paniment, thorough and radical re-
form. of the civil service
"This latter reform must be accom-
pliShed through vast extension Of
public education Every child must
be afforded an opportunity Of receiv
ing the highest education. mental,
moral and technical, which its abli-
ties demand. BY joining this educa-
tiOnal system to the civil service, it's
scholars will be graduated into our
railroads, our streets, and the various
other branches of public work.
LAS Emerson has said: "Some day
we shall supersede politics with edu-
cation.'"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
Remember.

To take postal card and send to
Mr.. Robert Eckford, 300 Boston Block,
Minneapolis, the names of such per-
sons. either Populist or otherwise, who
would be likely to subscribe for the
REPRESENTATIVE, and we will send
them sample copies, free of charge,
and be obliged to you beside. That is
the way to push the Peoples party.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27

perm Mfa cM
funded
o ton nc in fore
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
Mentor the REpREsr NrAr1vEw when hisad.

had the skunk to skin, disagreeable though
the task has been, we would not shrink
from 1t. We are satisfied with the skim
ming and feel that have fully shown
him to be possessed of nothing respectable.
either mentally, morally or physically For
US to longer continue a controversy with
such degraded specimen of moral rotten
ness would be to transgress upon the
rights of our patrons. We therefore cast
him aside from now, henceforth and for
ever, as being unworthy of any further
notice."
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27

Greatest Bargains in Buggies and
Harness ever offered. New Harness
$3.47 set Send Is cents and our Sup
ply Catalcg. containing $40 pages and
sent express paid. r NJ. ROBERTS Sup
PLY HOUSE, Minneapolis. Mimi.