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knowledge of penalty for negligence or carelessness awakens in every clerk a., anxiety to keep clear of errors. The unhappy day for him is when he gets from the proper official slip which sets forth the errors he has made. His feelings are indescribable, and it is safe to say that he says thereafter things that don't sound religious. The sack man, too, gets his share of errors should he sling a package in the wrong sack. There is no loophole for escape, and the only thing to be done is to grin and bea- the trouble.
 Some time last year the recorder of wills in this city received a letter of un- usual importance. The envelope was ad. dressed by some one who printed in stead of writing the name of the re- might not be discovered by any compari. son with his other writings. Therefore it was concluded that he must be some person who has written much. The en- velope contained what purported to be the last will and testament of the late Attorney-General Holt, who had died two years previously. It was dated 1873, and was witnessed by Gen. .Sher- man. Mrs. Sherman, and Gen. Grant All of the witnesses are dead. But no one doubted the genuineness of the will or of the signatures of the witnesses.
 Within 24 hours the letter carrier who brought the letter to the post office testified to the particular box from which he took it on his daily rounds, and to the hour when he delivered 1t to the distributing clerks in the office That was good work and quick work, but our city detectives were never able to find who mailed the letter.
 Who ever thinks of giving credit to the railway mail clerks for their work in carrying letters to their destina- tions? By day and by night they are rushing along at dangerous speed, their lives constantly in danger, and often times they are injured or killed. There is no pension forthcoming for thelr widows or children. They are faith full body of men, a whole army in fact, for there are upwards of 6,OOO in that branch of the service. They handle millions of letters annually, but their "error" column is very small indeed, They throw the letters into the several boxes as rapidly as experienced gam blers shuffie cards. They make up bags and pouches, swing them off at the diff ferent stations, take on new consign- ments of mail at each place, open the bags, distribute their contents, and keep their fingers and brains busy all the time. They are constantly on high nervous tenrion, and work very hard for their limited incomes.
 SMITH D. FRY.
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4 NOVEL ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Fannie Mosier Organizing the Wives
 Of Drouka rds

Mrs. Fannie Mosier Organising the Wives
 of Drunkards-
 KANSAS CITY, Kan, June 1T-Mrs Fannie Mosier, of this city, is organ izing society of drunkards' wives, which she expects to soon extend to all parts of the union. At present Mrs. Mosier is the only member of the or. ganization, but she has already donned the costume that her thou sands of followers will wear in the fu- ture. The costume consists of plain black skirt, blue shirt waist and modest bonnet on the head Around her waist she wears a belt on which is written in large yellow letters, "The Saloons Must Go." Mrs. Mosier ex. poets to establish headquarters for the organization in all the cities in the United States, where the members can come and do their washing, and be provided with such things as they may need.
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the "rack-room" the mail matter is as- sorted into its different classes. All day and all night this room presents . busy scene. The clerks have consider able exercise, throwing books, congress sional documents and other heavy arti- cles with perfect aim into bags which are securely hooked to iron racks. Each mail bag is labeled with slip desic- hating the state or city to which it is destined, and eveI the railroad or steam. boat route over which it is to be started from this office. The clerks who per form these feats of strength as we'll as of active intelligence are held responsi- hle to strict accountability for the char acter of their work, and the error &C., count is always liable to be sprung upon them.
 Every postal clerk takes an oath of allegiance to the government and files q bond which must be entirely satisfac- tory to the superintendent of the rail- way mail service or to the branch of the department in which he serves. Upon going to work each clerk is given num- Der. He is never known by any other name. There is reason for this. When ever any question arises concerning the work his number identifies him. It is a trap which keeps him confined at al! times and places any error committed by him upon himself and affords no loophole for accusing fellow clerk. The "stater," in placing wrong letter under his slip, will soon hear of his mis- take, as the post office clerk receiving the slip. whether in Maine, California or anywhere else, is bound to make known the error. The slip with "error" writ ten upon it is returned to the postmas- ter, who has the error made charged to the unfortunate clerk. The ful!
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MAY RETURNS UNAVOIDABLE.
Railroad Earnings Give Evidence of Unsat-
 isfactory Conditions.

nhuEOau EhrnInga CtVe EStuence or OnBaI.
 isfactory Conditions.
 CHICAGO, June l7.-Returns of rail. road gross earnings again give evidence of gradually developing unfavora ble conditions. For the month of May the statement of the Financial Chronicle, covering 95, 647 miles of road, shows an increase of only Ss34.634, or 2.2s per cent This is the smallest amount of improvement recorded in any prelim. mary monthly statement since last August, and furnishes a striking con- trast with the results for January and February, in which the latter month the largest increase, with one exception, was shown in about four years. In truth, since Feb ruary the comparisons have been grow ing poorer every month, just as up to that time time they had been steadily growing better. It is a significant fact that nearly half the roads actual ly report a falling off in earnings as compared with the same month last vea-
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SUMMER GOWNS
Dainty Dresses for tb.

Dainty Dresses for th.
 Exceedingly pretty this vs,.
 organdles and muslins, and toa are the particularly there is wide cboi ior gfa
 Fer graduating gown an e o.''
 pretty design is made up of Iace.s,aney organdie and plain India m,,,I ,I'flped outer skirt is mounted over .n. The underskirt. The edge of tSa 'n lawn breadth IS trimmed with three ro' noat Valenciennes insertion and . ,n'm nuwso of Valenciennes lace-in all ,ho,' iuine of Inches wide. At the foot of s tbo 'lrce IS fi'e.inch ruffie of organdie b.sSltt sh'ft with a tiny beading. The undarar: Itaded lawn has lace-edged rufflc tba ,'0s sa depth as the one on the skirt ThoSe o same of the skirt is gathered Into ah0,.ak ns oack inches. The back of the waist is ' so; '1s gathered under the belt. the ribhnp! J,upl! which is sewed into the underarm Oa.o ot about half way down. from tbns scan crossed to the back and drawn ronra. front, here it is fastened into a ,nou Ill iy-tied bow. The waist in front is D' na"S of plain null, as is also the Iower"s, ',au, of the sleeve. The waist is seton o.a.r puN cred yoke of the same, With hon5l 'l, IL narrow Nalenciennes lace. Ii b.rU. over in a pretty, loose fashion h,,, that the lines of the figure are pot b;S SU den. Narrow edgings of vaiencien"'s~, '~ lace and white satin ribbon howe ".' the trimmings. a''
 Another graduating dress which :, much simpler is also of white orgsndi' trimmed with yalenclennes lace Tn. body is made with a round yoke and, full ruffie trimmed with three rows ,I Nalenciennes lace. The sleeves b,r, bands of the lace and the skirt is edaod with a rufiie trimmed with vaIep. ciennes. It is made with white Iov.n skirt, but can be worn equally well ors, any other color.
 A white dotted Swiss which is sv ceedingly dressy is made up over white taffeta. The seams are all marked with insertion of Valenciennes lac, which shows the sheen of the six through very prettily. The wais, is shirred on the shoulders and hang. in blouse fashion over the belt, while the sides and back fit more snuglv. 4 V-shaped piece of Nalenciennts inse, tion is let in at the throat under hiyh stock collar of ribbon. while the sleeve, are finished with ruffies of Valenciennes --liarper's BaZar.
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Raise This AlOft,

The main points in the argument of the people in behalf of republican ad- ministration to succeed the Cleveland wreckers are:
 l. Protection that not only will pro- vide revenue. but will protect Amer ican industries.
 ?. A sound money, gold basis cur rency.
 3. An aati-monopoly, antitrust law that can be and will be enforced.
 4. A liberal interpretation of the Monroe doctrine and a firm advance ment of it's principles.
 5. A hearty encouragement of the Cuban patriots who are fighting for free governmental. Y. Press.
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FOUND STRANGLED.
A Pensioner Discovered Hanging to Tree
 in Kentucky.

Pensioner Discovered Hanging to . Tree
 in Kentucky.
 GRAYsoN, Ky, June lI-A murder was committed near Denton, Carter county. Winston Fletcher, a pension. CT, of Paintsville, was hanged to tree. The body was found with the feet touching the ground, the neck hung to a low limb. A piece of hickory bark was used as the rope, which strangled him to death. Nelson Stewart, of Den- ton, was arrested atAshland., and Jeff Adkins, at Grayson. charged with the murder. The wife of Adkins has been locked up as witness. The men and woman deny all knowledge of the crime, but it is charged that the mur. der was prompted by relations imagi- nary or real between Fletcher and Mrs. Adkins, who was in Carter coun- ty, ostensibly visiting friends.
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THEY WERE CALLED DOWN.
A Party of Students Tackled Clown and
 Took a High Fall.

An interesting episode occurred the
 other day at New Brunswick, \. j..
 when 100 or more Rutgers college
 students attempted to run a circus ac.
 ccrding to their own ideas. They guyed
 the clown and he remonstrated, where.
 upon they guyed him all the more. The
 rest of the audience wished to sce the performance and hissed the students
 but the latter persevered in tfeir efforts
 to stop the show. Finally the patience
 Of every one was exhausted. You lo0k like gentlemen commented the clown. Bravo yelled the 100 students But do you intend to annoy tLese 2OjO women and children (wild cheering) who have paid to see this show?
 (Cheers.) Have you no respect, have you no mothers or sisters?" Loud cries of: No" from the students) The clown stopped in despair. Suddenly he orightened up and yelled: You needn't think you can run this show, cveniiyou do wear 60-cent pants.' Then the au'' Gience yelled and cheered. and the clown encouraged by the support, continued; "But don't be impatient, papa will send your board money next week" The students were quiet. but the rest of the audience shouted: Bravo"
 Then the clown told story. "lwas standing at the station last night" he said, "when young man was struck by a locomotive. His arm was knocked off, his leg twisted out of shape, his ribs knocked in, his head cut open and his brains scattered along the track. The doctor came, pasted the mans arm on, strengthened his leg. mended his ribs and closed the gap in his head. The young man started off. Then the doc tor discovered that he hadn't put the mans brains in his head. He yelled for him to come back, but the young mans friends said it wasn't necessary to bother about the brains, because hs was going to college at New Brunswick, Everybody in the crowd checred except ing the students. They were as meek as lambs, and during the remainder of the evening made themselves conspicuous by their quietness. Without an eNcep' tion, it was the greatest "calI down the have ever had, and it is the talk of the town to-day.-Troy Times.
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Fell Fifteen Stories.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., June l7.-The third fatal accident during the erection of the !5-story Park building on the old post office site occurred at noon yester. day. James Brown, a colored la borer, was instantly killed by falling in an elevator from the top story of the building. The elevator car brought up against the cellar floor with a frightful crash after falling 15 stor ,.es. The elevator mas been in constant use, It is temporary affair, built prin .ipal. ly for hOis ting materials, but t'Ie men preferred using it to climbing to the tSp.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-25
CLEVELAND ON SILVER.

The President Believes the Democfats VIII
 Mako . Great Mistake to Declare for Free
 Coinage.
 WASHINGTON, June 17.-In reply to 8 request from the New York Herald for a statement concerning the democratic situation, President Cleveland last night sent the following to that news paper:
 have made no figures as to the probable ac- tion of the delegates already chosen. or to bo chosen, to the democratic national convention, but refuse to believe that when the time ar- rives for deliberate action there will be en- grafted upon our democratic creed de- mand for the free, unlimited and inde- dependent coinage of silver. I cannot believe this, Tor know the democratic party is neither
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-25

mail to differently labeled boxes. These men work the east, west and south cases. This means that the states that they have to send letters into are to be carefully worked by the post offices ill the same. This is no easy task, as the various post offices in the states worked have to be memorized, as we'll as the counties in which the offices are located: also the post office routes and the hour for dispatching the mails.
 Anyone desiring to understand the difficulties to be overcome is respect fully referred to the Postal Guide" and asked to commit to memory the post offices located in the states of Ohio, West Virginia and Tennessee, which states are comprised in what is called Cease No. II" in the Washington city post office. The Postal Guide will show the list of counties in each state md give the names of their county seats, as well as of the fourth-class post offices. The tax upon memory is very great, and these clerks must know all these things so thoroughly that they will never hesitate a second in handling any letter.
 According to the rules of the post office department, letters are known as first-c'ass matter; newspapers and pe- Tiodicals as second-c,ass; printed mat ter, other than newspapers, and matter which is printed at least four times per year; seeds, flowers, bulbs, form the third class, while everything which ocomes under the head of merchandise is called fourth-class. Different rates of postage are charged on these four classes of matter, and in what is called
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-25

O1t is true that the events of the last three years have knocked 0 good deal of their free trade theories out of the democrats. for time at least,
 Butthereis.no reason to eypectthatt they ever will occupy precisely the same ground on the tariff question that the average republican does. They will be found four years hence demanding . large reduction of the tariff duties then in force. So there is not the slightest ground for expecting that the tariff question will be taken out of politics and made n non-partisan one. It will be a long time before this happens
 Chicago Tribune. -
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-25

familiar with business affairs is aware tEat economic conditions are, if any. thing, more unfavorable to-day than they were two years ago. Our produc- tive energies are not remuneratively y employed. and our capital is not finding profitable investment; our skilled la- LOT is. as to many branches of produc- ton, practically paralyzed. These con ditions cannot continue much longer without very grave and serious disaster. The attempt, in the face of such condi- tions. to create an impression that the tariff issue is of no consequence is so absolutely absurd on the face of it that we can only wonder at the temerity which essays it.
 There is one aspect of the matter which discloses very clearly the desper- ation of the men who seek the defeat of Gov. McKinley's candidacy. and that is the fact that while claiming to be re- pIblicans, strenuously desirous of the establishment of q sound-money policy. they are entering into alliance with the fee silverites and the populists in the effort to subordinate the tariff question Tn the canvass. We would naturally expect that the free trade managers would be quite willing to unite with the free coinage party if thereby they could perpetuate the policy of the Wilson act; but that any republican, nominally for sound money, should be willing to join hands with a faction which is doing everything in its power to unsettle the foundations of the public credit and to produce disintegration and disaster in our trade and business, is indeed a mat ter of surprise. The fact reveals the unscrupulousnessan and desperation of the opposition to Maj. Mckinley. It is quite certain, however. that as the champion of protection, recognized as such by the people, he can we'll afford to despise the vindictive assaults that have been made upon him and the conspira- cies which have been entered into with a view to his defeat. If there is any one thing which the American people mean to accomplish in this campaign, it is the restoration of the policy of pro- lection along with the settlement of the financial question. They have had enough and to spare of free trade, even in its modified form and application, and they will not permit themselves to be diverted by anything that partisan bushwhackers may do, from the one inn portant work of placing our industries on Q solid basis and establishing our financial policy on sure foundations Leslie's Weekly.
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Scallop salad.

Rinse one pint of scail"pS III 'y'n :,n water. then cook in boiling water WI" one teaspoonfu! salt and one taO''IpoGn ,t';n full lemon juice half an hour. Dl%,r' %"" plunge into cold water, ana ""m ,:. chilled and firm dry them in n"Ph,", n, Cut them in very thin slices across ,aI ,"p grain and mix them with a" 'P "s quantity of thinly-sliced cuc",'lDtln 'ino add sprink,ing of thinIy-SIl'tI, o'',T 'I, or chives and dress them "I'" s m cayenne. oil and vinegar ana SFi', nrns. hed of shredded l, .,l@.-Al1any Ms
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POSSIBILITIES IN CUBA,
They May Be Suspended During the Sum
 mer Months.

1fhoJ 3""y H1o susPeuueu DufIhR th6 Sum-
 mer Months.
 WASHINGTON, June 11-It is under. stood in diplomatic circles here that the military operations in Cuba will be suspended to a large extent during the summer months, owing to the prevalence of continual rains, which make campaigning difficult and dangerous. The formal military organization will be maintained, re- sulting in occasional skirmishes. but the main bodies on both sides, Irob- ably, will await the dry season of the fall before beginning forward move. ments,
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Generous Johnny.

"Which would you rather, Johnny" " asked the fond mother, "have the measles and stay at home, or be we'll and go to school?"
 Rather have the measles and stay at home; but then I'd like to go to school, too," said Johnny.
 But why, darling?" urged his mother.
 "So I could give all the other fellows the measles" answered the generous boy.-Detroit Free Press.
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DThe present administration pushed the currency question to the front to hide their tariff-reform failure. They now see the remedy was even worse than the disease. It has added to the democratic smash, and has not hurt re- publicans, who will continue to push protection to the front.-Chicago Inter Ocean. ,..4r
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He Would Help Him.

"Didn't you tell me th"t your father had expressed wish to die with his boots on?" asked Mir. Lingerly, gloom lily.
 "Yes, George" replied Miss Good mite; "but why?"
 Because" returned MT. Lingerly, eff I meet him again with the same boots on with which he saw me last night, he will. That's all."-Brooklyn Life.
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Mount Whitney is the highest peak in California, 14,S9S feet. ---
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-01-16
IRE NOT UNITED
Of Philadplphia's Ten Delegates
to the National Republican
Convention
Some Are For Quay and Others
VIII support Reed and
Mckinley.
Utah Republicans Nominate FL.
Cameron and Arthur Brown
Senators.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-Conventions
were held by the Republicans in the
five congressional distaicts in this city,
at each of which two delegates and two
a%lternates TO the national convention at
st Lon : were chosen.
OF the ten delegates, four are chosen
on administration, or Quay tickets,
the other six are announced as COM
bine" delegates. In the third district
the Quay followers bolted the couven-
ton and he'd a separate meeting, elect
ing State : enator Elwood Becker and
Henry Clay as delegates. The boilers
ella IN TO have a majority of the regu-
lar y elected delegates to the conven-
on with them inciud ng the regular
cha rman.
The case will probably have to De
settled in court.
In The First and Fifth districts q
resolution was unanim usly adopted in
strucIing the delegates to vote for
Thomas b. heed for president.
1T. Martin. who is a delegate TO the
national convention, said in answer to
q question:
II am tor Reed, with Mckinley for
seconu cho ce."
In the fourth congressional conven-
ton the delegates were instructed for
Senator quay for the presidency.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-01-16
MEsSRS. CANNON AND BROWN.
They VIII Serve the New State Of Utah
a. Senrtors.

They VIII Serve the New State Of Utah
a. Se~nrtors.
SALT LAKE, Jan. l6.-Frank J. Can
non and Arthur Brown were nominated
for the United States senate by the Re-
publican caucus. AS the Legislature is
strongly Republican this is equivalent
TO election.
The call for the meeting was signed
by a number of members with the un.
derstand ng hat the action taken on
the senatorial question should not be
binding. However. when they settled
down to business, il was decided that
the action of the caucus should be
binding. 1t was also decided that a
secret ballot should be taken for both
senators. The rules were afterwards
suspended and Frank ]. Cannon was
nominated by reclamation. Twenty
two votes were necessary TO nominate.
On the second bal OF Arthur Brown re-
celved "a votes and G. w. Bennett ~.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-01-16
PRUSSIAN DIET In SESSION.
Every Effort to he Made to Improys
Condition of H~usbandry.

Every Effort to Bs Made to Improve
Condition Of Husbandry.
BERLIN, Jan. l6.-The Pruss ar diet
was opened at noon in the the White
Hall of the Schloss. The speech from
the throne was devoted to domestic
affairs. 1t is estimated that the budget
for 1896 viii show a smaller deficit
than that of 1895 owing to increased
railway receipts due to improving
trade.
Bills were announced for extending
the railroads. to improving the position
of school teachers, 10 extend the estab-
lishment of chamber ST commerce, etc.
1t was added that the government
will employ every means to remedy the
condition of husbandry, and that it IN
tends to propose furnish ng financial
assistance TO those shown TO be IN need
of it, to establish cooperative granaries
and to legislate in regard to the tenure
of leasehol6 land.