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Ff0in Truth
Mrs. Ponsonby presents herself to
Madame Valerie, the modiste, to point out
an error in the monumental bill for her
summer costumes.
Madame will notice that the ribbon on
the challis gown is charged at IS cents q
yard, and the ribbon on the surah gown at
81 yard, and yet precisely the same kind
of ribbon was used! mistake, of course!~
murmurs Mrs. Ponsonby in suspiciously
sweet tones, a steely glitter in her eye the
while.
Abr cries madame. "Quel malheur.
What q stupid bookkeeper is mine! OF
course 1t is a mis- stake, my dear Mrs. Pom
sonby. l am desolated II should occur! I
will rectify 1t at once Both ribbons shoula
have been charged at 81"
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in Mayerling in which that gloomy tragedy
was enacted, and the diminutive chapei
In the cemetery at Heiligen Kreut2 where
the unfortunate countess lies buried, VIII
always freshen the public's memory.
When the terrible news was impaired to
Franz Joseph that his son had lost MS
life and the circumstances Of the shocking
affair were revealed to him, 1t Is said that
his grief was so great that 1t knew no
bounds, and that, from thattime on he was
never known to smile. Be this as 1t may, II
ia an indisputable fact that the emperor
upon bearing the details of the castrophe
which struck at the very vitals OF austria
and which robbed him of an only heir TO
the throne, deeming it prudent that the
truth be kept from the public, dispatcned
trusty couriers to the hunting ground with
by oath and to purchase secrecy at any
price
The Public Kept In Ignorance.
So severe is the censorship of the press
in Austria that the crown can suppress
any news of whatever kind, without mo-
rneat's notice, which it regards as unfit for
publication or detrimental to the welfare
of the empire. This Is the reason that the
Austrian people know less than We our
selves of the dual life of Rudolph and
the events which happened prior and sub
sequent to his death. An American,
resident for many years at the Austrian
capital told the writer that when the
news of the princes death reached Vienna
1T came as a tremendous shock, and that
there was a great rush Of the populace to
the Geographic stations and newspaper
bureaus anxious to learn the full par
uculars There was not soul in the whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
Mr.. Oldboy's Wants.

rom Truth.
I'm looking now for summer board
Not very far from town,
So that in CASE my business calls .
eau easily come down.
am not very hari to please.
My wants indeed sre few, -a.
] simply wish to find q place
Like one my toyhood knew.
There must not be a SHADY lawn
Where lcvesick bellies and beaux
Can loaf and spend their afternoons,
In golf or tennis clothes.
No "piaho in the parinr,"
For amateurs to bang;
And not q place around the ranch
Where hammocks ever hang.
The table must not fairly groan,"
Or otherwise alarm,
With its woBdroas wealth of products,
RAISED on cur own home farm"
What want Is ham and cabbage,
With toothsor,e bread Of rye,
And a little apple butter,
And piece Of berry pie.
This menu which once suited me,
A freckled boy Of ten,
think perhaps might strike the spot.
Could have ii again.
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speculation ID Increasing at such an
alarming rate that some who have been
cient moment to Justify action on their
part to bring about what they deem to be
q very needed reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
Gambling by Means Of Fictitious
Stock Transactions.
TEE WAY OF TIE BUCKET SHOP
Many Establishments Here Said to
Do Illegal Business.
THOUSANDS WAGERED DAILY

A N Y THOUSANDS
Of dollars are won
and lost every day in
stock speculation in
w a 8 h i n g t o n. A
knowing one, in con-
versatton with a Star
reporter, stated that
$50. 1000 was a low esti-
mate of the amount
that changes hands
daily.
Almost unconscious
ly the craze for
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crown prince OF AUS
tria and Hungary.
and Vetsera, regard
ed, during a brief ca
reer, as the most
beautiful and fasci-
mating woman in the
empire, really died
will always remain a
profound Mystery.
but the magnificent
shrine erected by the
emperor in the room
IF the hunting lodge
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That's Different.

From the Chicago Record.
THAT man causes me no end Of annoy
ance over a bill"
why don't you sue him and collect lit"
collect It? He's trying to do that
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Not All of o Kind.

From PuSk
New Yorker Visiting over the bridget
"Phew! Old man, those trolley gongs
would drive me crazy! That's a dozen that
have changed by since I've been sitting
here"
Brooklyn (readily)-''Now, that's Just like
you New Workers to Jump at conclusions;
half of those were ambulance gongs."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
One Performance Only.

From Parsons Weekly.
A well-known conjurer, who, under the
present circumstances, wishes to be name
less, sends the following good story of his
experiences in Montana:
Among other things had two dice box
es and two clay marbles. called the min
ers round me, and proceeded to manipulate
the marbles and boxes on the bar of the
local saloon.
"'Now. gentlemen said I, Tn no worker
of miracles don't heal the sick nor raise
the dead, but I'll put this marble under
this cup, and bet you twenty it's under
the other cup. Come, who'll open the ball?'
elbowed his way to the front.
I'm bet she's there said he. and laid
down his money.
"tAnd there she is exclaimed I. Here
I'm caught just in thatAway. Well, who's
next? Here's the matbles you can see it
go under the cup. Now, fr bet you either
"Three rough hands were raised with
three twenties when a husky voice shouted
at the edge of the croKd:ol
Hold In your branchhs. boys, I'm the
first man to bet A burly individual In a
blue shirt and broad.brimmed hat pushed
hts way to the bar. fEow, perfesser, I'm
ready fur yer Lift up your box. There
the ball. dead to rghts-see it, fellers?
The boys answered affirmatively.
.ASio q IWChty}i5 PCtnSSSSh, 90
the husky-voiced man, AN 1 bet the ball.
under that cup. Cause why? Cause I'm
rational man, an we're all rational men
we believe what we see. We seen the BAH
under that cup. and oitsngot to be there.
an I'm bettin' It's If it amt there
they's been a hecus-Pocus, and that kind
O. work don't go down with this hyar COM
munity.' The husky4voioed man produced
| a six-shooter about as long as Winches-
ter. In my opinion I'm betting on dead
sure thing. Lift the cup, perfesser.'
1.-The six-shooter was cooked with an
ominous click and the husky-voiced man
looked me squarely in the eye
II confess that smiled in slckly way,
coughed. hesitated and would have said
something had not a pair of determined
steel gray eyes given me fair warning.
The joke had gone further than intended
II raised the box; the ball was there.
az thought so,' said the husky-voiced
man. as he pocketed the money. II you
want to take any more bets, perfesser.
reckon the boys II accommodate ye.'
"But didn't"
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First New Yorker-"I went over to Brook
lyn last Sunday"
Second New Yorker-'Well, WE'LL Some
people will do almost anything for drink
Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

THE FETY-CENT DOLLAR. Brief History OF
the Financial Agitation, Legislation and Con
dition Of the United States, from 1880 to 1895
followed by neutrality-suspicious. and an
swers-h support Of what precedes By Nell
w. Carothers. Chattanooga: Standard Publish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
MISS wILLARD'sr ROMANCE,
Was COurted by q Young Ministe
:-.. Who Used Tobacco.

Was COurted by a Young Minister
$3.50 Who Used Tobacco.
From the New York World ''' ''','-
The recent rumor regarding the engage
ment of Miss Frances E, Willard. president
Of the National Woman.s Christian Tenn
perance Union, to an elderly English gen
tleman of means, who uses a large part of
his annual income In the furthering of re-
form movements, has recalled to the minds
of many of Miss Wizards friends In this
country the romance Of her early woman
heed.
Miss Wizards devotion to the temperance
cause is by no means coeval with the great
crusade of the early 10's, whose outcome
was the organization of hundreds of Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Unions Miss
Wizards parents were among the pioneers
of the great northwest, and brought up
their daughter with very strict, not to say
narrow, views as to the use of LIQUOR and
tobacco. Miss Willard prepared herself for
teaching. and while pursuing her studies
met young man who was studying for the
ministry and who gave promise of attaining
great prominence in his chosen calling
Their common love of study attracted them
to each other, and the young man felt that
In Miss Willard he had found the one Wo-
man who, as his wife, would help him up
ward and would gracefully share the
horrors of the lofty position at which he
was aiming. Nor was Miss Wizards heart
untouched. and the young mans matri-
monial hopes might have been realized but
for her discovery that he was addicted to
the use Of tobacco. She very promptly told
him he could choose between tobacco and
herself, and to all his pleadings opposed the
one cry:
IF you love tobacco more than you do
me find some other woman who will toler
ate such a habit"
At length he ceased to urge her. and they
went their separate ways she to remain
single and become president of the Nation
al Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
and one of the best parliamentarians in the
United States, and he to marry some one
else and become one of the most prominent
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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THE WHITE DOLLAR The True Story of Coin. -
Legal, Historical and Scientific Standing of the
dollar Of The Daddes." Fair PLAY for the
Double Standard that has served the people
Three Thousand Years By Murat Halstead.
PHILADELPHIA: FRANKLIN News Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

THE MASTERY OF SHORTHAND. A Plea for
Thoroughness and Method as the Basis Of Sue.
Wolfe Brown, Oficial Reporter, q. s. House
OF Representatives. Cincinnati: The Promo
graphic Institute On.
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By w. Clark Russell, author of The Wreck OF
the Grssyener. My Shipinate LOUISE Alone
on Wide, Wide Sea-" &c. With IIlustra tions
by F. A. Carter. New York: FREDERICK A
Stokes Co. Washington: VIM. Ballantyne &
Sons -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

AN ERRANT WO0TNG. BY Mrs. Burton Harrison,
auihor Of Sweet Bells Out OF Tune a
Bachelor Maid. !" Crows Nest and BeIhaven
Tales" &c. With Illustrations. New York,
The Century Co. Washington: Robert BealL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

Hardy. author Of Tess Of the D. Urbervilles !"
Lies Little 1ronies," &c. With an Etching
New York: Harper & Brothers. Washinvton:
Woodward & Lothrop.
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CHIFFoN'S MARRIAGE lie Marriage de Chiffou)
By Gyp 0omtesss de Marteil. author Of
Bas," Petit Bob,' &c. Translated BY II. L.
J. New York: Lowell Coryen q Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20
The Romance in the Imperial Family
of Austria.
RUDOLPH AND VEFSIRA
The Most Probable Story Of Their
Attachment and Untimely End.
AN UNHAPPY ALLIANCE


VIENNA, June 30, 1885.
IT II OW RI u o L P H.
crown prince of Aus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

ON THE USE OF SILVER AS MONEY IN THE
United STATES. An Historical Study. By
Arthur Burnham Woodford, PHI. D., Professor of
Economies and Politics In the School of Eco
Monies. New York City. A Paper Submitted TO
the American Academy of Political ard Social
Science. Philadelphia: American Academy OF
Political and SOciaf Sfiaaee -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-20

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL. ]. TTLDEN. By John Big
Glow, LID, author OF life of Benjamin Frank
lin" Life OF William Cullen Bryant" France
and the Confederate Navy" editor Of Writings
and Speeches of Samuel J. Tilden," &c. In
Two Volumes New York: Harper Brothers.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Gifted with the biographical faculty,
honored by longtime acquaintance with
the subject Of these memoirs, the trusted
keeper Of Mr.. Tilden's public papers. and
having access to Mr.. Tilden's private cor
respondence, 1t is lot at all surprising that
the author of these two volumes has sue
ceeded in making his work of great value
in the eyes of the historian. DR.. Bigelow
is confident that when the passions and
prejudices engendered by political strife
shall, as In due time they Will, subside, Mr..
Tilden's place among the foremost and
wisest statesmen of our country will be
eheerfully recognized. 1t is In that spirit
the whole of this most comprehensive work
has been done. TIL 1t Mr.. Tilden rendered
loyal service to his state and his country
will be admitted by every one at all con-
versant with his career; the more promi-
rent items of that service are carefully
detailed by DR.. Bigelow.
REcoLLEcT1oNs OF WAR TINES "reminiscences
Of Men and Events in Washington. 1880 1855
By Albert Gallatn Riddle. formerly Member Of
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OLIVER CROMWELL. By George H. Clark, DID.
With an Introduction by Charles Dudley Warner
and Illustrations from Old Paintings and Prints.
New York: Harper g. Brothers. Washington:
Woodward 4 Iothrop.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-03

SUMMARY.
Total receipts. .S46,864 IT,
Paid from county funds. 1899 II
Paid from school finds. 5,666 10
Paid from road funds. 376 10
From State school war
rant returned to State 1881 90 .
Total disbursements. .,s21,12 Ga
Balalance in treasury. ..$25,739 So
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-03

The above balance stands to the
credit OF the various funds as per
Treaeurer's Balance Sheet, dated
March %, 1895:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-03
TBEAsURER's RALANoE SHEET.

Cash in Treasury to tie credit OF the
various funds, March o., 1895:
In State fund, ,424 o.
In general county fund ;. 1885 %
In cash contingent fund. 7,656 So
In INDECENT sick fund. .... 1906 SO
In county school fund. 80. 81 40
In officers salary fund.-. 45a 66
..... did. ..... -
Total. ............,..,.s 14,918 %
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
CLEVELAND'S LETTER.
Mr.. Bland, the Silver Leader
Makes Reply.
THE MASSES OPPOSE SUCH VIEWS.
He Says Gold Recommendation Is stencil
In the Nostriis of the Plain People.
Altgeid Heard From---views Of Some
Newspapers.

LEBANON, Mo-, April 16.--Hon. r. p.
Bland, when seen at his home relative
TO President Cleveland's letter, said,
after perusing it carefully:
"Mr. Cleveland, unfortunately for
himself, his party and his country,
from the beginning of his administra-
ton, has drawn the line sharply be-
tween the friends of bimetallism and
gold monometallism. In doing so he
has forced upon the country state Of
affairs that is intolerabl to the masses
of our people.
"Gold monometallism is stencil in
the nostrils of the plain people. The
gold standard may 60 for the bond
holders and the bankers, but the suffer
ings of the industrial masses consequent
from silver demonstration will not be
endured longer without struggle, the
like of which this country has not seen
since the late civil war.
"Mr. Cleveland must remember that
this crystallization and combination of
the gold standard sentiment and meth
ods has brought disaster to the people
of all gold standard countries and this
DOliOJ 10 hON OlllS lh
is this state of things that has made
his administration hateful to the masses
of the American people.
"Mr. Cleveland's insinuations that
the advocates of silver restoration are
based ON wicked and unpatriotic pur-
poses, may do for those whose environ
ments are such rs to prevent them from
seeing and knowing the utter poverty
and distress that is prevailing among
the masses of the people, but those who
lie in the midst of this distress and see
that the people are suffering will repel
with scorn such insinuations.
A Springfield Qlls.) special says: Gov
ernor Altgeld, when asked if he had
read President Cleveland's letter on the
money question, said: "Te it had any
other name than that of the president
signed to it, nobody would give it any
attention; in fact, if had signed such
a document it would be ridiculed all
over the country; for its weakness al.
most excites pity; but the letter is re-
markable in this, that it is the first
instance in the history of the country
and republic in which president of the
United States, after using all the pow
ers Of the government, has, in addition,
condescended to write for the news
papers in order to serve his masters"
He then bitterly attacks the presi-
dent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.
Views of Leading Journals on President
CleyeIand's Letter.

Views of Leading Journals on President
CleyeIand's Letter.
NEW YORK, April 16.-The Post says:
"Mr. Cleveland is undoubtedly correctin
maintaining that this silver question
needs only to be argued out before the
people in order to be settled right"
The World says: 1.-THE president has
sprung to the front in the cause of a
gold standard, and at the head of the
moneyed and financial interests Of the
country, and especially of the east, may
battle against silver-perhaps even to
the extent of seeking reelection"
The Brooklyn Eagle says: 1.-THE
strength of the letter is in the fact that
it appeals to the common sense of the
country irrespective of all considera-
tions of politics"
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The Star says:
while those who would controvert the
presidents statements may make un-
warranted use Of figures and speciously
distort financial logic, they cannot ELI
inmate the sensible conclusions which
are presented IN his Chicago letter"
CLEVELAND, April 16.-The Plain
dealer Dem.) says: 1.-THE letter of
President Cleveland is no more than
might be expected of him. But it con.
tributes nothing new to the discussion
of the important topic on which it
treats, and we question whether it will
have effect in changing the views Of
any who have given the subject serious
attention"
Boston, April 16. - The Standard
says: 1.-The president certainly does
not lack the courage of his convictions,
and his convictions on the money qaes-
tion have usually been consonent with
what we believe to be the best interests
of the whole people"
CINCINNATI, April 16.-The CONNER.
cial Gazette says: 1.-The president
letter may be classed as sound on the
money question; that is to say, he IA
vors sound financial policy. This is q
repetition of his usual academic deliver
ance !"
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-The Press
(Rep.) says: by his sound money let
ter in answer to the Chicago business
men President Cleveland has added tC
his public services in behalf Of staple
currency of full value and unquestioned
validity in the markets of the world. !"
The Enquirer (Rep.) says; President
| Cleveland himself was led astray on free
trade and his administration in conse
quence has little to commend itself Il
the people. But it has not fallen intC
thesfree silver pitfall."
BALTIMORE, April 16.-The New
! Ind. Dem.): 1.-THE President hits tn,
bull s.eye sqzarely in the center"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
EXAMINERS REPORT
Canton, Stark County, Ohio,
TO THE HONORABLE PROBATE JUDGE:
SIR !:

authority officially bearing date the 10Th
duly according law John r. Dang
Ter Jesse W. without previous notice intmauon to
forthwith
County Treasury authority aforesaid to the County rea
and proceeded Immediately to
the Books Records
Vouchers thereof with all other which should be in the custody
forthwith the
money stood charged with
bonds securities
belonging
compliance the requiring certificates of such
Six Hundred and
Dollars found counted
Treasury which with the books
of
the Also, the
the counted the inspected the books be
Ohio and certify that Fortyour
Twenty
said City Treasury and that the
which the the Clerk, the
and n each Respectfully
JOHN R. DANGIER,l pu...
Ohio, april JESSE w. TEETEHS, ASiH'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
Pin Or HE NEWS.

Extensive food adulteration has been
discovered by the agricultural depart
ment, but remedial legislation by con
gress is improbable for several years.
Canadians seem TO be blocking this
eonntry's efforts To save the seals by a
prevention OF pelagic sealing.
Two prisoners In Blackwel's Island
penitentiary have been caught with coun.
terfeiters tools.
A gang Of firebugs Is believed to be at
work in Port Jervis, N. Y.
The Seaboard Air Line made big cut
In passenger and freight rates between
Atlanta and Boston.
The Clyde Line Ship Saginaw, which
arrived at New York from the West In.
dies, brought the mate and six ship
wrecked seamen belonging to Norwegian
brigantine Sjohvat. which drifted ashore
at Carbaret, near Porto Plata
Henry Long, a white man, at @. w.
Rich's sawmill, near Purvis, Miss, shot
his wife and brother-in. law, Joe Whid.
ington, and then blew out his own brains.
Jealousy is supposed 10 have been the
cause.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
WON'T INCOME TAX
The Standard Oil Company
Won't Make Return.
GOVERNMENT WILL HAvET TO FIGHT
The Big Oil Combine Determined TO
Let the Government Take Action-A
Rehearing Petitioned For In Washing
ton--Administratiop Favors 1t.

TOLEDO, April 16.--A Toledo gentle
man who returned from the east last
week and who had exceptional opportu-
mites for learning something of the
plans of that great organization, said to
reporter here that he was informed
that the Standard Oil company would
make no return of liability for income
tax, and the government would then
be required to proceed against the
company.
Mr.. A. J. Hubbard, the Standards
manager at Toledo, could give no infor-
nation on the subject. "The law"
said Mr.. Hubbard, provides that COM
panles doing business at various points,
or in number Of states. may pay their
income tax at their principal places Of
business. We are not in a position here
to know anything of this matter, for
have been instructed to forward any
blanks or other matters connected with
the income tax to the New York
office.n
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-04-18
cUsAs LAST HOPE GONE.
Maceo Captured by the Spanish and
Crombet Killed.

maceo captured by the Spanish and
Crombet Killed.
HAVANA, April 16.-Maceo is cap
tured and Cuba's last hope is gone,
Crombet has been killed Without
these two leaders all is chaos in the in
surgent ranks and hberty's most ardent
friends admit that the Cuban cause is
lost. The Spanish authorities are post.
ing bulletins and the loyalists in Ha-
vana are celebrating the ending of the
revolution. Without Crombet and Ma
Geo there can be no real war
The Cuban army and the Spanish
soldiers met at Palmarito. The
rebel forces numbered 1000 men, while
that of the Spaniards 5000. A desper-
ate battle followed, and, according to
official reports, lasted two hours, at the
end of that time the rebels retreated,
were pursued by the Spaniards and Ma
Geo captured. His secretary was also
taken and all the personal and private
papers of General Maceo were confis-
Gated. The battle was hard fought
one, and the insurgents battled desper-
ately against odds. The Spanish sol
diers resisted with remarkable courage
the onslaught of the rebels. In the
battle, hand to hand conflict, num-
Der of Cuban officers, one of whom was
a colonel, were killed.