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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-06
New York Banker Patriotism.

Under the national bank act
during the war when gold was at a
premium of 50 so in greenbacks for
81 of gold or silver, for $4,000 in
specie it was possible to purchase
81, 900, 900 in bonds by taking out
bank charters, receiving 80 per
cent on the bonds in currency from
the Comptroller, exchanging the
national bank currency for green
backs and buying more bonds.
Thus repeating the process.
A surplus of gold accumulated
in the Treasury and the bankers
persuaded Congress to pass law
ordering the Secretary of the Treas
ury to pay one years interest in
advance on the bonds, so that the
holder of the 81, 900, 900 in bonds,
(the bonds at tqat time drew 6 per
cent interesD could present his
bonds and receive 100000 in gold
from the government, thus from his
original 100000, the smart banker
could in one year, or in short
time at least, get from the govern
ment 81, 10000 bonds and $4,000
in gold, clear profit on his invest
ment of $4,000.
| Such is a specimen of the laws
the bankers prevailed on Congress
to pass during the war and after its
close. The people have been swim
died by that crowd beyond COM
putation from first to last.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
HIGH CHURCH TOWERS.


The steeplc CT the Milan Cathedral Is
s55 feet i'm height.
The towers Of the cathedral Of Co
logne arc Gil feet high.
Tho noted steeple of St. Stephens, In
Vienna, is 400 feet.
The great spire OF Salisbury Cathe-
dral, In South England, is 400 feet high.
The steeple of the famous Cathedral
Of strasburgh zS>s to height of 474
feet.
The dome of st. Paurs is as many feet
high as there are days in the year.
The summit of Notre Dame Cathe.
dral, at Amiens, in France, is 422 feet
high.
The tower of the cathedral at Ant
werp is 40 feet from foundation to
cross.
The cross on the dome of st. Peters,
IN Rome, is AS feet above the pavement
OF the portico.
The steeple OF the cathedral at Frei.
burg, where is located the most famous
organ in the world, is 367 feet high.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

/ A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For O. years they have simply been
building grain and graSs-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reaperS and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
YELLOWSTONE PARK / CoIoRADo
PeraonnlIv Coneiucted rours.

The Burlington Route win run five per-
sonally conducted tours during the summer
TO Colorado and Yellowstone Park. The
dates are June %, July Z, July IA, July II
and July 28. Write for illustrated pamphlet
of the Park and book of the tours.
Il w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt., st. Louis.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
10 Clennse the sxstem

Effectually yet gently, when costive or bill
ious, or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently overcome habitual
constipation, to awaken the kidneys and
liver to a healthy activity, without irrita-
ting or weakening them, to dispel head
aches, colds, or fevers, use Syrup of Figs.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

''BIa words an fine clothes" said Uncle
Eben, 'sis berry frequently alike in not kib-
beriu' much datre'ly mounts ter nything."
WASHINGTON Star.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar
Pike sToothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

ssNo,'' SAID Mr.. Wickwire, 81 haven't
tried to get funny around the house since l
told the hired girl to boil the Iceland she
did. Indianapolis Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

"WHERE are all the wicked people
buried!" asked small boy who had been
reading the inscriptions in churchyard.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline,s Great
Nerve Restorer. No fits afterfirst davis use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and % trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93I Arch St, Phila., Pa.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. y.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledO, o.
WALDISG, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls CatarTh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

TEMPERANCE is corporal piety; it is the
preservation of divine order In the body
Theodore Parker.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

NATURE hath appointed the twilight as
bridge to pass us out OF night into day.
Fuller
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

There are two or three lakes in Col
orado more than 10000 feet above rhG
level Of the sea.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
THE GENERAL MARKET.

A MAN may feel happy in rags, but he
doesn' t look it-Hartford Religious Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

One of the hcalth-giving ele-
ments of HIRES Rootbeer Is
sarsaparilla It contains more
sarsaparilla than many of the
preparations called by that name.
HIRES-the best BY any test.
Made only By The Charles T. Hires Co., Philadelphia.
4 Csc. package makes gallons. Sold everywhere.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08
The Rock of Gibraltar

Is general, treachery, though at first suf-
hciently cautious, yet in the end betrays
itself.-LiYY.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

THE past and future arc yelled; but the
past wears the widows veil, the future the
virgin s.-Richter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

TREASON is like diamonds; there is moth
ing 10 be made by the small trader.-Doug-
las JerrOld.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

AFTER physicians had given me UP, was
saved by PisO's Cure.-RALPH ERIEG, Will
Transport Pa, Nov. -. 1893.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-08

WAiDIsa, KrNSAS & MAEvrN, Wholesale
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
CITY FINANCES.
There Will Be a Large Deficit, Even
with Only Regular Expenses.


with Only Regular Expenses.
OAKLAND, CAL, April 23.-City Aud
itor Snow will present report of the city
finances to the Finance Committee of the
Council showing that unless some of the
regular expenses are cut off, such as street
lights and street-sprinkling, there will be
a defici. of over $22, 900 at the end of the
fiscal year, June 80. In speaking of the
matter Mr.. Snow says:
''The report simply shows what we have
known all along-that the dolIar-tax rate
was not sufficient to run the city properly.
If the Council see fit to cut off certain ex-
penditures we may tide over the year, but
l believe I shall have to discontinue draw
ing warrants after June l.
Mayor Davie has published a letter re-
garding municipal expenditures, in which
he says:
1t is well-known fact tbate majority of the
officials of the city are not in sympathy with
the dollar rate, or will they ever be so, as am
thoroughly convinced that they are not after
an economical government. 1t is evident That
since its adoption majority of the City Coun-
Gil has done all possible in its power to defeat It
the popularity OF the measure. They have ex-
pended the city's funds regardless of conse-
quences.
By the adoption of the dollar limit tax rate
sufficient funds were provided to conduct our
city government on a basis far in excess OF
cities OF equal and greater population else
where. All departments were we'll provided
for and certain Improvements contemplated.
The estimates upon which the tax levy was
based provided in detail for what purposes the
funds were 10 be expended. Some of the de-
partments have not only expended the funds
as provided, but have gone beyond the limit
allowed or implied by law and expended sums
OF money for purposes foreign to the matters
nrODOsed
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
VICTORIOUS soPHoMoREs WITH THE IR spous

Bourbon and Minto," and the termina-
tion of the struggle is usually a victory for
the first-year men on account of the larger
number OF fighting men they are supposed
to have, but this year the course of events
was changed. The sophomores simply or
ganized and duplicated the victory gained
over the freshmen last fall
The '99 men have been clandestinely
preparing for their spectacular celebra-
tion and trium phal march through the
streets to the campus for the past ten
days, and last night they sent out invita-.
tions Dordered In deep mourning to their
sophomore rivals, and at the same time
brought out their spe h-wagon from Oak
land. About twenty five of them guarded
the wagon on its way from Oakland, walk
ing all the way, distance of six miles.
They arrived at their rendezvous in
Berkeley in the early hours of the morn
ing and KEEP. vigil until daybreak, when
their guard was re-enforced.
Six sophomores were captured and bound
with rope IN Oakland before the tramp to
Berkeley was commenced. Five of them
escaped through strategy, and the other
was released on parole. At noon to-day
about thirty freshmen were encamped at
their headquarters on Blake street, near
Telegraph avenue, which consisted of
deserted barn, and were furnished dainty
sandwiches for luncheon from the hands
of the co-eds of their class.
The sophomores, on account of the un-
timely notice given them Of the proposed
burial Of the "math dig" and the English
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
were met, and escorted it up the center

aisle.
The bridal party was led by the brides
maid, Miss Virginia White. The maid OF
honor was Miss Carolyne Hawxhurst OF Llv-
ermore, cousin of the bride. They were
dressed in white and pink, wearing Cecil
Bruner roses. The bride followed, walking
alone. She was becomingly attired in
white satin, trimmed with old point lace
and long veil, fastened with a diamond
cluster, the groom's gift. She carried
bunch of st. Joseph lilies and an ivory
prayer-book.
w. L. Nichols of San Francisco, Kew. V.
Marshall Law, the groom and his best
man, George Brayton Cramer of Philadel-
phia, came from the side room and met
them at the floral gates, where the be-
trothal service was carried out. Mrs.
Law and Mr.. Beel rendered a duet
during the service, after which the choir
sang While the Bishop and rector retired
to the altar, followed by the bride and
groom. At the inner chancel they knelt
on satin cushions-one white, the others
pink-during the prayer. The double
ring ceremony was carried out and then
the procession reformed and marched out.
The ushers were Lieutenant G. L. Bent,
U. S. A., of Benicia barracks, Harley }.
Armstrong of San Diego and Allen Pollok
of San Francisco. They wore boutonnleres
of lilies of the valley.
'Hulcrest," the family residence, was
magnificently decorated for the reception
which followed the ceremony. A banquet
was served after the reception. The brides
table was arranged in the center of the
room, with tete-a-tete tables in the corners
and throughout the other rooms. Fully
$50 guests were present. Some $50 pres
ents. including diamonds, golo and silver
services, cut glass and tapestry. were re-
ceived from friends in all parts of the
country
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
HISTORY OF A DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Short Chapters.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
90S Broadway, April %,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
9OS Broadway, April %. I
The report published recently that the Con-
ira Costa Laundry, at Fourteenth and Kirkland
streets, is to be shortly removed to San Mateo
is without foundation.
Robert Mcdonald was arrested this afternoon
and confined in the County Jail as q con-
sequence OF an Indictment by the Grand Jury
for attempting to bribe, as alleged, q Juror in a
lottery case in the Police Court
John Letters. painter by occupa ton.
missing from his lodgings at Eighth and Wash
ington streets couple of years ago he was
partially paralyZed ana has been quite de-
spondent of late. 1t is feared he has COM
mitted suicide.
The County Convention of the Peoples party
will assemble in this city Saturday, April 25,
at 10 A. NJ, in Elite Hall, corner of Twelfth and
Webster streets, TO elect seventeen delegates to
the State and Congressional conventions at
Sacramento on the 18th day OF May.
Mary Taylor, who was found acting in a
peculiar manner near Fourteenth and Webster
streets several days ago and arrested on sus-
picion of insanity, was discharged to-day. 1t
appeared that she had been on spree, and
her mental alteration was due TO drink.
The rainfall for the twenty-four hours end
ing at p NJ. to-day was .35 of an inch. There
was 81 of an inch for the preced ing twenty
four hours, making 3.73 inches for the month
and 21.91 inches for the season, as against
1915 inches for the same date last year.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
Mckinley and Allison.

A correspondent of the Chicago Times
Herald makes out relationship between
Mckinley and Allison. Governor Nc
Kinley's mother" he says. "was Nancy
Campbell Allison. The Allisons came
originally from Great Britain, and had
first settled in Virginia. This branch of
the family migrated to Green County,
Pennsylvania, where was born Abner
Allison, the grandfather of William Nc
Kiniey Sr. Abner married Ann Campbell,
of Scotch-German family. and early in
this century migrated from Pennsylvania
to Columbiana County, Ohio, Mrs. Allison
riding the whole distance on horseback,
holding i'll front of her on the horse her
youngest child. They settled on a farm
near New Lisbon, and there was born, in
1909, Nancy Allison, who married William
Mckinley Sr. in 1929, and who is the
mother of Governor Mckinley. She is
still living in good health at Canton, and
is most lovable old lady. Many of her
friends who know Senator Allison have
noted what they regard as family re-
semblance between them. Senator Ali
son said to-day he had often been asked if
Nancy Allison Mckinley was of his fam
lily, and while he had never been able 10
determine just what the relationship was,
he had no DOUBT they were kin. The Sem
ator said his own immediate branch of the
Allison family were from County Mona
CHAN. Ireland, and were Scotch-Irish."
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
~ 1t was held that a mail train was

1t was held that mail train was
composed not only of postal cars, but of
such other cars as were usually drawn with
the postal cars In the same train; that the
railroad companies could not be required
to run mallcars, when prevented by vio-
lence from hauling with them other
coaches assigned TO the train and
that any cutting out of cars from mail
train was an interference with the trans
1t was held that the stoppage of
trains freight or passenger - running
from one State into another-that is,
conducting interstate commerce-or the
tearing up of or obstructing the tracks
over which such interstate commerce was
carried, was an offense against the peace
OF the United States. Such an offense may
be enloIned by the courts, and the army of
the United States used by the President
to restore order without waiting for any
call from the State Legislature or the
Governor for assistance. 1t is not domes-
tic violence, in the sense of section 4,
article ~, of the constitution, but an at
tack upon the powers of the National
Government, and neither the request nor
the consent of the State is needed to give
the President a right to use the means
Hlaced in his hands by the constitution to
preserve the peace of the United States
and to see that the mails and interstate
commerce are not stopped or impeded by
violence. A strike of violence affecting a
street railway in a city, or shop or fac
tory, or coal mine, or other local interest,
or riot raised for the lvnching of pris-
oner charged with an offense against the
State-all these must be dealt with by the
State authorities, save that, as has been
seen, the President may be called upon for
aid by the Legislature or Governor"
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
An EPISCOPAL WEDDING,
Miss May G. Pope and Angus.
tine Rossier Marry at the
Church of the Advent.
Many Unique Decorations by Hosts of
Friends at the Altar and the
Home.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANcIsCo CALL,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,l
9cS Broadway, April %.
The Church OF the Advent was decorated
by many loving hands tonight. Although
the numerous friends of Miss May g. Pope
were 10th to see her welded to one who
would take her from their midst, this fact
did not prevent them from exercising all
their ingenuity and generosity to make
the scene of her wedding one that should
remain in her memory for life. The lovely
decorations, which might be said to fill the
church, were the last tribute that could
be paid to their friendship for Mamie"
Pope.
The bride is the only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. E. Pope of Hiilcrest, High
land Park, senior warden of the Church
of the Advent. The groom was Charles
Augustine Rossier, prominent business
man of San Diego. Despite the storm the
church was filled with the friends of the
family from around the bay.
The sides of the church were hidden
from view with bamboo, ferns. palms and
smilax. The four windows on either side
were banked with roses and smilax. alter
mating white and pink. On either side of
the center aisle were row of st. Joseph
lilies graduated from three feet in height
in front to six feet in the rear. Each pew
AaQ one lily, WHICH WAS III u Dol WHICH
was hidden from view by the liberal use
OF smilax.
The most elaborate decorations were
kept for the chancel. A beautiful rose
hedge inclosed the full vested choir. This
was made of white and pink roses and
smilax. In the center at the foot of the
middle aisle were gates surmounted by an
arch some fifteen feet in height and of the
same material. A large rope of oak leaves
was suspended across just over the heads
of the choir. Grouped about the sides
were wild thistles, fern palms, great banks
of magnificent wild ferns and other potted
green's.
While the guests were gathering Sig
mund Beel, accompanied by Mrs. V. Mar
shall Law on the organ, rendered "Wal-
thers' Prieslied'' (Wagner) on his violin.
The ushers strung streamers CT white rib
hons down the center aisles when all
were seated, and at given signal the full
vested OR of 40 voices entered the audi
torium from the right OF the chancel to
Lohengrin's wedding march and marched
across in front of the chancel to the left of
the building, singing as they marched.
The march was continued down to the
door at the rear, where the bridal party
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-24
VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS.
The Astor Library Has $500, 900 Worth
of Them In Its Possession.

The Astor Library Has 100000 Worth
of Them In Its Possession.
There are 5000, 900 worth of ancient man.
uscripts in the Astor Library, but the old
est of these is the Evangelisterium, which
is said to have been expressly executed for
Charles the Bald, the grandson of Charlie
magne. He was patron of the fine arts,
and was especially fond of embellished
manuscripts. This rare and precious man
uscript, which few people are aware is pos
sessed by our city, is written on fine vel
lum and is an oblong quarto of 400
pages. The first four pages have splendid
full-length miniatures of the four Evan
gellsts, profusely Illuminated with LIQUID
gold and emerald green, shaded with red
and white on an empurpled ground, the
pictures covering the entire page.
ST. Matthew is represented as q beardless
youth inclined to a lecturn, upon which
there is book with the first words of his
gospel inscribed on it. ST. Mark is repre-
throne holding in his left hand a closed
book with the first words of his gospel in
scribed its back. On the third page is the
picture of st. Luke, looking more aged
than his companions. He is shown with
an inkhorn in one hand writing his gos-
ing an open scroll in his hand, upon
which many words are discernible.
The 9Th page of this volume con-
talns the emblems of the four
Evangelists, viz: the four living creatures
that the Prophet Ezekiel beheld in a vision
surrounding the throne of God. Matthew
has for his symbol a creature with a
human head, Mark the lion head, John
the eagle, while Luxe is represented by
the winged bull-headed figure. The ninth
page is a magnificent specimen of inter-
laced capitals peculiar to manuscripts of
the Carlovingian era. This highly illum-
mated sheet forms the title page of the
book. 1t has only fifteen letters, but
closer examination reveals the marks for
hidden letters. The words are "Legendum
per Ami Curriculum"
One page of this precious volume is
equally emblaZoned with brilliant gold
and colors and has the Dominus in
scribed on it. There are several other
pages equally emhellished with multiplied
interlacing and leafy shadowings. The
services for the principal festivals are mar
velously executed and the seventeen pages
for Easter are magnificent. can give no
adequate description of this precious relic
of the ancient art now in New York. A
comparison with modern specimens shows
that we have but little advanced over the
monk artists OF the ninth century. DR..
rian of the Astor Library, justly calls this
manuscript an ''unrivaled beauty"
| This superb manuscript was secured
some fifteen years ago by the late Mr..
Astor from the famous London biElio-
phile, Bernard Quartrich, who catalogued
it in 1880 at $4,000. There are more costly
manuscripts in the Astor library-for in
stance the Antiphonaise of Charles x, for
which l am assured the late J. ]. Astor
paid $4,000. But this old manuscript of
Charles the Bald has, as an antique, no
rival.-New York World.