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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-28

pd NEW IShk .r siding beef 7lsasac pei h.
S Seexes,n active and vers firm ",ess
Saiyes 5o ner 100 lbs grasseIs al butter
S S,;ats 81 25a3 rs per 100 lbs. Sheep and
T Iaa,nS very dull snd lower, owing
- A nTcessive supplies sheep $2.50a4 per 100
lbs III lambs S4a5.75 per 100 lbs. Hogs mar.
Ier dull for heavy hogs, but firm for other
weights; quoted at So. 75a4.3 80 per 100 lbs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-28

A HANDSOME ASSQR rMENT OF SILK
AN"O A. C. SLAYMAKER'S.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

cation, He has recently said, how
ever. chat Mckinley ought to be named
unanimously, which looks as if he
might withdraw.
senator William boyd Allison, the
idol of Iowa republicans. was born in
1879 in Ohio. In 1852 he began the
practice Of law in Ashland. Ohio, In
the first years OF the war Allison was
aid on the STAFF of Governor Kirkwood.
iowa's war governor and helped
greatly in the work of recruiting and
equiping troops, raising four regiments
himself II 1852 his congress district
sent him to the house 10y Il big major
ity. His intimate associates there
We're blaine and Garfield. who We're
elected for the first time that year.
representative Allison served in the
thtrty-eigath thirty-ninth. fortieth
and forty-frst congresses. He was l
candidate for the United States senate
when Senator Grimes died. but James
G Howell was elected for the unfin-
ished term. In 1872 Allison was again
candidate. and defeated James G.
Harlan. Senator Allison was re-elec-
ted in 1873. 1884 and 1890 His term
of service will end March 81 1897.
Soon after he moved from Ohio his
wife died In 1873 he married Miss
Mary Nealley a young and beautiful
woman Her health broke down and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

81. Louis, June IA. William MCkin-
ley, Jr., whom the republicans will
name for the presidency this week
was born ffty-two years ago. When
lad of seventeen years the war broke
out He went to the front as Il private,
He was mustered on, as a major. At
ter the war Mckinley studied law and
hung out his shingie in Canton, Ohio.
lie became prosecuting attorney of
Stark county, and then entered poll
tics. lie was elected to congress and
served fourteen years He has been
governor of Ohio since his defeat in
1890. Major Mckinley married Miss
Ida SaNton in 1871 Their two CHI
dren died in 1875. Mrs. Mckinley has
been an invalid for Seine years, and
their social life has consequently been
very quiet. Major Nc l[inley lives in
an unprcteutious house in Canton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18
PATTON IS COMMANDER.

Menominee Mich, June i The
following officers were elected at the
special meeting OF the Wisconsin divi-
sion Sons OF Veterans, at Marinette
yesterday. Commander W. j. Patton.
MilN aukee; vice commander, r. Il.
Smith, Marinette; junior vice comman-
der. &. A GeisIer. Sheboygan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

one day in 1883. in a state Of nervous
hysteria, she drowned herself in the
Mississippi. He has lived in Dubuque,
Iowa, for nearly forty years.
The principal dark horses of the con-
ventiOn, if there can lA any such. in
clude Governor Bradley. of Kentucky;
Robert Y. Lincoln, son of his father;
eXPresident Harrison, Senator Gull
lon, ex-senator Warner Miller and :.
b. Foraker
Among the figures at the convention
none have been more conspicuous in
party history in recent years than eX-
Senator Thomas c. Platt, of New York:
General James S. Clarkson. of Iowa:
Chauncey |. Filley, of Missouri, and NJ.
A. Hanna, of Ohio. They have been
variously styled bosses" and states
men, according to which side they
were on. The most picturesque of the
four is Filley, of Missouri. who has
been licked SO many times and won
so many times that the republican
party in Missouri would feel lost with
out him. Hanna is McKinley's man
ager. He is millionaire manufac-
turer, whose headquarters are in Cleye-
land
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

Financially. President Kruger has
done great stroke Of business in the
Transyaal The fines Of the Johannes
burg reformers total up 81 600 900 equal
to one-ffth of years income of the
South African republic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18
GREAT REPUBLICANS
CHARACTERS Al
THE PRESENT MOMENT.
SOME WOULD Be PRESIDENT

Brief Biographies of Mckinley, the
Certain Nominee of the st, Louis
Convention, and Other Big Party
Men Plat, Quay and the So-caIlcd
Bosses.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

how anything so hard as steel
can be put into suoh floral shapes.
| have to tell you that the hard.
est, sharpest most cutting, most pierre.
ing sorrows Of this life may be made
to bloom and blossom and put on bridal
festivity. The Bible says they shall
be mitigated, they shall be assuaged,
they shall be graduated. God is not
going to allow you to be overthrown.
A Christian woman, very much
Respondent, was holding her child
In her arms, and the pastor,
trying to console the woman in
her spiritual depression, said: "Thrre,
you viii let your child drop" "Oh,
no. she said II couldn't let the caild
drop lie said; "YOu will let tine
child drop" "Why." she said IF
should drop the child here, it would
dash his life out!' well now" said
the Christian minister, "don't you
think God is rs good as you urc2
Won't God, your Father, take as good
care of you, Hi, child, as you take
care oI your cnnd2 uod won't let you
drop"
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blow just hard enough to drive US
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18
NO EXTRA SESSION NEEDED
So Thinks Missouri's Governor Con-
corning ST Louls,

Jefferson City Mo Jun, ll-Gov-
crnor Stone has replied to Mayor Wal
bridges .etter asking him 20 call an
extra session OF the legislature TO aGb,
nit to The people constitutional
amendments. The report was adopted.
bonds for the relief from damages by
the recent tornado The governor after
giving the matter careful cansidcra-
tton declined to call ar extra session
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

Senator NJ $. Quay, who rules Penn
sylvania republicans, was born in Dils-
bury, Penn, September 80, 1888. In
1854 he was admitted to the bar. In
1865 he was elected to the Legislature.
He was pushed about by the Camerons,
whose enmity he had incurred, until
he stood for state treasurer, and was
elected by 10000 majority. Then the
feud was patched up and he was elected
to the United States senate in 1887, and
was reelected in 1893. He is a great
student, and fond of classical litera-
ture. Senator Quay is rich, and owns
one of the finest houses in Washing
ton. He is a veteran of the war, and
is happy when surrounded by his five
children. His only support will be
from a PORTION of the Keystone dele
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

Governor Levi = Morton of New
York, whose name viii be presented,
was born in 1924, and began his career
as clerk in a country store in En-
field. Mass. Proprietor Of store in
Hanover, y. II, salesman and partner
in the dry goods firm of Beebe, Nor
san 4 Co, OF Boston, and head Of the
dry goods firm of Morton & Grinnell
of New York. and head of the firm o
Morton, Bliss 4 Co. were the success
siye steps of his business career Dur
ing the war his holse failed. and he
compromised for 30 cents on the dollar
Then he went into the banking bus
mess and made money fast One day
he gave Il dinner To his old creditors.
who found under their plates check
for the balance due with interest
Governor Morton ran for congress in
the eleventh New York district in 1878
and was elected. Garfield offered him
a cabinet position which he declined
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

Thomas Bracket tied, whose defeat
was born at Portland October IS, 1889;
graduated at l}owdoin college, Maine,
in 1860; studied law; was acting as
sistant paymaster. United States navy.
from April 49, 1864, to November 4.
1868, was admitted to the bar in 1868.
and commenced practice at Portland;
was Il member of thc state house of
representatives in lS6S-69, and of the
state senate in 1870; was attorney gen
eral Of Maine in 1870. II and 70; was
city solicitor of Portland in 1874, Is,
'76 and u; was elected to the forty
fifth, forty-siXth orty-scventh, forty
eighth. furty-ninth, tift'eth. fifty first
tifty-second, tifty-thirl and tifty-fourth
congresses as a republican, He was
elected speaker of the house of repre-
sCntativcs Dcccrh"r 2, 1889. and re-
elected speaker last year. 1t is as
speaker of the house of representatives
hat Reed has attained his fame and his
widespread popularity. Though he
was speaker only two years he stamped
his individuality indelibly upon the
pages of the nations history. He re-
versed the rulings of a century. He
declared member was present, though
not voting, if he was in the hall This
expedited business and prevented the
long delays of other sessions Mr.
Reed married a Portland girl twenty
four years ago. They have one child.
Il daughter, of nearly twenty Mrs
Reed caring little for society. their
home life at Portland or Washington
is very quiet
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18

accepting later the post of minister to
France. In 1883 he was elected vice
president, and in 1894 was elected gov
ernor of New York. He is the oldest
of all the candidates and a most CON
seryatiVe kindly man. Governor and
Mrs. Morton have five children Their
country home at EIlerslie- on he-Hud-
son is a beautiful spot. The governor
is many times a millionaire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
THE NEW GAS METER.
ihe PENNY. tn-the-SlOt Machine is
Filling a Public Want,

Filling n Public Want.
From the New York Journal
The pel-ny-in-the-slot gas meters have
not yet reached New York, but they have
spread within the last three or four years
throughout London, and have found their
way into every large city in England The
reports OF meetings of gas companies and
OIL corporations owning gas works that are
published there from day to day show that
the demand for them continues almost
undated. During the past year alone one
Lonoon gas company has sent out more
than $1,000 of these meters. A few months
ago the demand was SO very great and
the meter-makerS SO little able to meet it
that the company had to discontinue sup
plies for a while. Now the demand is ms
great as ever. Al other London COMPANY
the South Metropolitan-has sent out dur
Ing the past four years no less than 5000
OF this class of meter.
In Manchester the penny-in-t he-slot
meters are being sent out at the rate of
from 500 to 1909 month, and in Liver
pool, Birmingham and other northern
cities the demand is equally great
These machines, which are really a boon
to small householders, and a correspond
ing trial to small dealers in wood and coal
and burning oil, are now being made proof
against human guile The gas companies
through long experience have become wary
indeed. In the new meters French pen
mics will no longer work the oracle The
penny which used to be attached to a
string and withdrawn when value had been
received is now irrecoverable, for the string
lis cut by a concealed blade The sticky
penny, which used to keep the gas on -
cannot effect a fraudulent lodgment either
and among the English s,ot patrons now
there is nothing for it but dull. prosaic
rectitude until their ingenuity can devise
some fresh devices for beating the ma
chine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17

The larger portion of the concierge's living
Is made up in tips from tenants, however;
So much so that in nearly every case the
owner of the house could cut the con-
cierge's salary off entirely, yet the con-
cierge would not throw up his job.
The Useful COnciersc.
Indeed, the salary paid by the proprietor
is in the nature of q tip itself, in order
that his concierge may not neglect his in
terests The tenants tip the concierge for
two sets Of services. both performed more
readily and conscieEtiously because of tips
The first is the regulation service, the re-
ceipt OF letters. newspapers and packages
the answering of callers inquiries, the
cleaning of the stairs and the like. The
second set of services comprise the hun
dred little commissions which a well-to-do
person may give to i dependent. Some
times the concierge does sewing, some
times he-or she-runs errands, makes
bachelors coffee, cleans up rooms, makes
beds, carries UP coal-and SO on indefinite
ly.
Poor young men, sewing girls and others
who inhabit the mansards profit immense
ly by the presence of the concierge. and
yet tip next to nothing. The families In
the house tip in accordance with their Sc
cial pretenses and the height Of their
floor from the ground. If the concierge's
work is well done, the tipping is generous;
If it is badly done, the tipping stops. In
doubleday 1t Is something of a tax, AN i'm
PoSlGOn, as our SrumDilnS tourists would
say, to be obliged to fee this species of
half servant; yet the custom has arisen
and not the least Of its. advantages is that
it gives living to at least twice 1860
poor Parisians, for the concierge has uSu-
ally wife family.
The tipping system goes on constantly in
the French family life, which tourists
never see or hear of. The maid-of-all-
work has her salary, but she counts al
NEST as much upon the presents made by
traueSmeD IL
no use TO ask about the NOR ality of this
habit. 1t has arisen out of competition,
like the free lunch system II America and
every one admits that the French family
does not suffer much in consequence. The
mistress Of the house could hardly save
these commissions" shoIld she set cut to
do the marketing herself. : ::
The custom is SO Well established that
the rate Of commission is fix... and invar-
iable-the 'sou in the frame" Trads smen
claim that 1t is tax paid by themselves
Servants cling teEaciously 10 t because,
besides affordng exercise to their ina gina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17

next hotel. They say: This person does
not tip Until these signs have been eff
faced by time and wear you will find all
the hotels on the continent of Europe hor-
rlble. Hotel proprietors complain as loudly
as the guests of this new type of bad ra-
paolous. knowing. bold and anarch:s.ic ser
want. THE public spoil our servants" is
the universal answer.
Is not. then, the whole tipping system
wrong from the beginning? Tie question
mas been discussed and .eiscIsSed in ELL
rope The general conclusion is that while
the tipping system leads t. vast abuses the
lack OF tipping would be even more q 'sss-
trous to the comfort of the travelling pub
lie. The action of tie tip seems to be like
tilat OF certain druSS-Say, morphine
which, in physiological Doses stimulate the
circulation and the nervous system and in
duce an admirable state of biea etre bur
winch In toxic doses stun and kill.
4 Hotel Mans Views.
The hotel proprietors of Switzerland de-
servedly occupy very high position in
their world. They have more than 65S,-
100000 of francs invested in hotel property
in their little land of mountains and val
leys. This is what the manager of one of
the first of the Swiss hotels said recently
to the manager Of one of the leading New
York establishments: You say you have
liner hotels than we have, but that the at
tendance is frghtful You cannot get SER
wants. Let your servants accept tips, and
yVo Will tlielE ways Change rapidly 1Or
the BETTER
Tips must be given," he went on to ex-
plain. THE question has been many times
studied-several times by the most compe-
tent men in our business. Why is it all
Americans admire the European walters,
SO clean and tidy in their white waistcoats
and white ties? 1 have heard American
ladies say a thousand times to their hus-
bands when leaving: Give an extra tip to
such and such one. He is such a nice,
clean and obliging boy! But If he were as
greasy as the darkies who wait on you in
America, would the charming American
lady have thought of him? Look at our
chambermaids, who contribute SO much to
our success! Are they not amiable? How
many times have ladies come to me and
said: You have such an excellent maid on
my floor. She is SO nice and punctual in
everything. I should like to take her home
with me!
How nice she looks in her white cap and
apron!' continued the Swiss hotel man,
with tears in his eyes. Suppress her tip
and treble her salary! Come back in two
years and see the difference She will be a
different person. She will be ill-tempered!
The house porter will be the same. Sup
press his tips, and he will put petroleum in
the backing, to clean the shoes more
quickly. In two weeks your shoes will be
worthless! The tip must stay. Otherwise,
European servants will become as bad as
those We hear Of in American
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
Joke Was on Mother.

From the Buffalo Express.
: There is a family over on the west side
in which there are two twins. They are
five years old and resemble each other so
niarvelously that only the n,other can tell
which is Gladys and which is Grace.
On Saturday night just before bedtime
the mother issued the order for baths. The
older children took theirs, and along about
9 o'clock Ii was the turn of the twins.
They were undressed and waiting.
The mother took Gladys into the bath
room aid gave her a thorough scrGbhing.
Then she allowed the mite to play in the
water for a few moments, and after that
PUT her on the rug, dried her, powdered
her and put her nightie on.
Just at this time the grocery boy came
ard the mother had TO run downstairs and
take charge of the provisions. After she
had put everything away she came back,
grabbed up a twin and took her 10 the
bath room. The little girl did not say
much. After she was bathed she scanper-
ed back to her bed room.
There was a whispered consultation he
tween the twins, and then they both began
to laugh as loudly as they could.
what are you youngsters laughing att?
asked the mother, she came into the
room.
Nothing" they both protested between
gggies.
but you are" insisted the mother. Tell
me this instant
Well" sad Gladys, rolling about on the
floor in merriment, you gave me two baths
and didn't give sister any,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
NOVEL IMPORTATION METHODS.
How Ii Happens That japanese Fans
and TOOthpicI>s Are So Cheap.

and ToothpfcI<s Are So Cheap.
From the Jewellers Review.
1t has often been a matter OF wonder 10
japanese manufacture, snch as tooihpicks
japanese manufacture, suchr as toothpi Ks
and fans. could be sold at such low pr ees.
The small fans gre sold at a cent apiece.
while the dainty little toothpicks command
the sane price per bundle.
When one examines either of these prod
ucts and speculates upon the amount OF
labor that must be spent to make them in
any quantity, the natural Inference is that
the well-known smallness of japanese
wages contains the explanation. At a first
glance TINS seems to be the natural eXpiana-
ton. Such skilled workers as watchmakSrs
get but a trifie more than a dollar Week
for Their services, ana the less skilled and
more mechanical trades command r pit
lance that TO our western ideas seems in
crediply small.
But small as the wages of the Japancse
worker may be, there are considerations
that indicate al once that some other cause
must be found. There is duty CT both
the articles mentioned. and in addition 10
this It must be remembered that Jacan is
a good piece away, and that, in the natural
course, freights would give considerable
price in this market TO articles that were
entirely without cost in the orient.
A visit to several japanese IMPORTING
houses, which deal exclusively in fine Sat
Suma and other native wares and IN sap
anese curios. revealed the secret OF the
prices al which the small wares could lee
offered here. The large vases, which forn,
the staple import OF the concerns called
upon, rec lire the most careful packing. lest
on their long journey they come TO grief;
and here Is where the toothricks and fans
not only work their passage, hut legally
escape DUTY. Packed in and around the
vases are many thousands of these articles,
and by this use they lose their character
as merchandise and become merely sc
much hacking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
A Story of Bad Luck.

From the Chicago Record
Here is another story showing how 10
account for bad luck
A man was shaking dice in a cigar store
He lost.
mo wonder" said a bystander. You're
wearing an opal. You never will have any
luck"
This set the man to thinking. Four days
later he slipped in getting off a street car
and sprained his ankle.
This decided him. He gave the pin TO
friend who was on the board of trade, and
who was too hard-heaGed to entertain any
fool notions about the number H. or black
cats or cross-eyed girls with red hair.
Nevertheless. when this board Of trade
man lost over $4,000 on wheat he began to
worry. He didn't care much for the pin
anyway, and SO che day when young man
in his office admired the fire in the stone
he said Take it along, If you like it,
Ihe young man overwhelmed him with
thanks Then he waited, with guilty
knowledge, to see what would happen 10
the young man. He did not have 10 wait
long. Ihe very next week the empIoye was
taken Ill, and he missed four days at the
Office.
The board of trade man was troubled in
conscience, SO he told his young friend
about the opal pin and the suparstition al
taching to 1t. and the emp.oye, after deiih-
Grafton. decided that he would give the pin
to his girl.
Inc. opal did very rapid and effective
work after 1t became the property of the
young woman On the second day after
she began to wear 1t she ignlted a curtain
III attempting to light the gas. The curtain
Was destroyed, and the young woman
burned both of her hands in attempting 10
eNtiEgUish the blaze
Inc young man who had given the stone
to her felt called upon to apologize.
cot, de I'm IT was that opal l gave you.
SAID me- GU know. opal is supposed
TO carry bad luck with it. didn't Ell YOU.
because m not superstitious"
III not wear the dreadful thing q day
longer" said she 10y
SO she didn't. She gave il to her brother.
VINO sconed at the suggestion that a spark
ing, CLASSY little stone could WELD any in
nuence. good or bad. Nevertheless, when
ne started to Cincinnati and the train ran
on the track, and he was tossed half The
length t OF the car, he became converted.
I'll not give 1t to anybody else to be a
JONAH, said he. I'll sell it to a jewe,,r"
80 he went to the jeweler and said:
what ii you give me for this opal?"
The teweler looked at it and said: .oTha =
isn't an opal; that's a cats-eye.'