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of the bivalves, and he proposed that
they should go in and take some His
friend did not demur, and they entered.
Two plates of oysters came to 80 cents.
Besides this they took glass of soda
each, which made 10 cents more. This
brought up the bill to 40 cents, which
Stetson paid. Accordingly. adding to
this Is cents for cigars, he deposited
IS cents in his wife's hands that even
ing.
Il might as well make it co." said he,
smiling.
NO" said che. Not a cent over. 1
want the savings to represent exactly
what you spend on these little luxuries,
and no more"
The next evening he had nothing to
deposit, except the usual amount for
cigars.
1T won't mount up very fast at that
rate" said he, triumphantly.
"Never mind" said his wife. IL
don't want you to increase your ex-
penditures on my account. l am in
clined to think they will not often be
as small as this"
She was right.
The next day being Wednesday, John
Stetson brought home couple of tick
cts for the thcater. 1t was benefit
night, and he was anxious that his wife
should go.
Certainly said she. II shall be
glad to go; but you remember our COM
pact"
"What?"
"How much did you pay for the tick.
ets?"
Fifty cents apiece"
'That will make dollar. Please hand
me that amount for our fund"
"Was the theater included?" said
John, little reluctantly.
Certainly, that was expressly men,
toned"
ooh, well, then, so let it be. Here is
a silver dollar"
The dollar was at once dropped into
the box.
The next day, in passing shop win
dow, Stetson noticed some fine oranges
"Just what Mary and the children
would like" thought he. ''Pll go in
and inquire the price,"
They were four cents apiece. He
bought half dozen, at cost of quar-
ter, which, with his cigar money, lief!
him 81 cents to deposit.
The succeeding day he spent nothing
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Totals 10 IA. 244 Sc. 3O3 500. $50 1851. so3O75
Will these 100000 Shylocks sit idly
bv and see their dollars decline to SO
cents when they can, by depositing slips
of paper in little box, prevent any de-
cline whatever? But there are others
who will help them. There are 97O,524
pensioners on our government and 750,-
951 of them are voters. If paid in dol
lars worth only so cents, these would
lose one-half of the S140,959,261 which
they now receive annually. Free coin
age would be an easy method OF cutting
down our pension account, but will it
meet with the approval of our veterans9
1t means not only loss to them OF
S7O,O0O,O 900, but this amount every year,
or 500, OO0, 900 in ten years.
Then there are the 100000 life in
surance Shylocks who will vote to have
their $4,000, s57,323 in policies paid IN
the same kind of money as were their
premiums. About 100000 more Shy
locks are members of cooperative and
mutual aid societies and are creditors
to the extent of $5,1s4, 670,936. Nearly
100000 more Shylocks have $s16.65o,-
CTS to their credit in the numerous in
dustrial companies of this country.
In truth, not only Wall street, but the
woods and the prairies are full OF these
money sharks. If the most OF them
vote, as they are likely to do, in favor OF
honest money, there will be no help for
the "poor" debtors. They will have
to return all they borrowed or have
their mortgages foreclosed.
But worst of all there are only 4,777,-
69a of these mortgage debtors. They
cannot cast half as many votes as the
shylocks. These poor" debtors are
mostly in our large cities and have
mortgages of from $4,000 to 100000
hanging over them. just think OF it,!
A 'poor'' debtor with $4,000 mort
gage! 1t may surprise the average
populist to learn that the debtors are
the rich and enterprising, and that
they are the owners OF steam and street
railroads, gas, telephone and electric
light companies, and manufacturing
and mercantile corporations and com
panies.
These facts are likely to upset the
best laid plans of politicians some fine
day next November. The average sill.
yer politician may know much about
the ratio of sixteen to one. but he knows
but little about the ratio between the
debtors and creditors of the country
He will have to learn it by experience
| -Rvron w Holt
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TIFLIS AT EASTER.
LOUISIANA

A Beautiful and Effective Service In the
Russian Church.
The ritual of the Russian church, to-
rether with the architecture and deco
ration of the churches, lends not lit
tie to the impressiveness of such scenes
and the old Byzantine cathedral OF
Tifiis formed as picturesque back.
ground TO the religious ceremony as
could well be imagined. On account OF
the crowd that throngs the midnight
service that ushers in the great national
holiday of Russia it is necessary to take
ones stand-for there are no seats at
an early hour and had already been
In the cathedral nearly three hours
when the ceremony commenced. There
is no necessity here to enter into any
of the details of the ritual of this beau
tiful service of the orthodox church,
for at this spot 1 am dealing with it
solely as an effect, most telling rem
iniscence of visit to Tifiis.
The service commences in the dull
gloom, for with the exception of few
lights upon and in the vicinity OF the
altar the church is unlit. But this
gloom tends to heighten the effect OF
the group of richly robed and mitred
priests that throng the steps, chanting
in turn with the choir of unaccom-
panied boys and mems voice the
music of the service. In contrast to
the group about the altar steps was the
dark, heaving crowd, half hidden IN
the filmy clouds of the incense ana the
dusk of the building.
At length, as midnight approached,
the priests and choir filed down the
church and left the building by the
main entrance, one or two alone re-
manning within. Then, as rocket
without gave the sign of midnight, u
loud knocking commenced at the door,
which was repeated several times. On
the gate being opened the priests and
choir hurried in. crying out again and
again: "Christ is risen! Christ is
risen!" Each bore in his hand lighted
taper from which the nearer members
of the crowd lit their own, passing the
flame from candle to condle, for every
one in the building bore taper.
IL tDOk Dut u HllHuuS W cnhiSc Vic
entire scene, and as the priests made
their way to the altar, swinging their
censers as they went, the gloom of the
church disappeared and the building
was Lit by thousands upon thousands
of candles where before the dusk had
prevented one seeing either the church
or the crowd; every picture and detail
of the decoration of the building and
every figure in it became distinct. The
seething mass of humanity took form
and shape, and where before one recog-
nized only dark figures in an incense.
laden twilight one recognized now the
officers of the government in uniforms
bespangled with orders, accompanied
by their wives and daughters.--Nation'
al Review.
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A LESSON ON THE BULLFRoo.
Some Interesting Facts About the De.
spised Batrachian.

spised Batrachian.
The large, round eye of the bullfrog
is peculiar in some respects, for, if We
tickle it's corneal surface with some
light object, as a straw, it will be
noticed that the thick upper lid, COW
cred as it is by the common integu-
ments, has very little movement, while
on the other hand, as the animal rotates
its eyeball inward and beneath this,
there at the same time passes up over the
organ the thinner, somewhat transpar-
ent, lower eyelid. This shield, entire
ly covering the ball, as it does, reminds
one of the structure seen in birds, and
called the nictitating membrane. As
soon as the irritation is withdrawn, the
animal again opens his eye, which, by
the way, with its truly beautiful iris, is.
in my opinion, one of the most elegant
structures seen in nature. Posterior to
and below the eye we meet with a fat,
oval. area, also covered by the skin,
which is the tympanum of the ear. One
might possibly mistake this for thin
fat bone in the skin, but this latter
tissue in frogs is perfectly smooth and
il completely devoid of either scales or
osseous plates. There is an American
genus of frogs, however (Ceratophrys),
n few representatives of which form an
exception to this rule. If we puncture
the eardrum in the frog, it will be found
that fine pigs bristle may be passed
by natural passage through the open
ing made into the mouth. 1t goes
through the eustachian tube, canal
which is also present in man and other
vertebrates, permitting, as 1t does, the
vibrations of the tympanum. The fact
that the frog is devoid of any neck; that
its spine makes hump near the middle
of its back; the characters of it's two
pairs of limbs, and other external
features, are all too well known to the
intelligent observer and reader to re-
quire special description here.-R. w.
Shufeldt, in Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly.
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night of all that you have spent in the
ways spoke of, and to be prepared with
an equal amount of change for de-
posit."
very well, I'll try"
"My wife is an enthusiast" thought
he, as he was walking down town.
However, her hobby won't cost much,
% might as well indulge her in it."
He stepped into a store and obtained
his daily allowance of cigars.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Stetson proceeded TO
the shop of a cabinet maker.
81 want you," said she, ito make me
q mahogany box IL inches long, the
other dimensions being four inches
each. In the center of the top is to
be slit large enough to admit the
largest silver coin."
"A money box?" said the cabinet
maker.
YES"
pretty large for that, isn't it?"
Rather" said Mrs. Stetson, smiling:
"but better too large than too small"
John Stetson fell in with a compan-
ion in the afternoon, with whom he had
social chat. AS they were walking
leisurely along, they passed an oyster
saloon. Stetson was particularly fond
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The beef balls and chopped meat that
Are so often prescribed for invalid diet
may be improved for well persons by
occasionally seasoning them with
chopped almonds or with pine nuts in
the proportion of two tablespoonfuls
to the half pound. Season the balls
with paprika, salt, and, if you like it, a
teaspoonful of onion juice. Instead Of
being broiled these balls may be
Drowned in very hot butter and served
with brown sauce. The cooking may
I've done in shallow saucepan or in Q
chatting dish.-N. Y. Post.
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Ing his house?"
"Yes."
"Well, he has Just bought it for a
hundred dollars, and paid for it out OF
money saved from his salary this year.
"How does his salary compare with
yours?"
HE has only $500 year. while have
$500. Then our families are the same;
we each of us have two children"
"Yet / am afraid you don't save near
ly that amount"
mo, 1 guess not. The fact is, ii
find myself square at the end OF the
year, l think myself lucky"
"And yet, john" said his wife, grave
". sit seems as if we ought to lay by
something"
"It's easy enough to say that, but
the question is, how are you going TO
do It? There's Mary's music lessons at
ten dollars a quarter. That's the only
wav I can think of, and shouldn't want
to stop those"
mo, of course not; but isn't there any
other way?"
Not that know OF.
Don't you think, John, the little in
cidental expenses cost more than you
think?"
"Such as what?"
"Cigars, ice cream, oysters, the thea
ter, and SO on"
John Stetson WINGED little.
"They are mere trifies," said he, care
lessly. "a few cents each time. Pooh!
they would make precious little differ
ence at the end of the year."
"You know there's an old proverb:
sMany little makes mickle.'
"Pshaw! hate old proverbs. Besides,
these little things are really of very
little account. A man doesn't feel the
sum he pays out, and if it doesn't go in
one way, it would in another"
"How many cigars do you smoke
day?" pursued his wife.
Three"
"And how much do you pay fol-
them?"
| Five cents apiece"
"That would make Is cents"
sand what's Is cents?"
mot much in itself, but multiplied b,
n large number, it amounts to some
thing"
"What are you driving at, wife?"
81 am going to made proposition t.
you"
81 am all attention"
"You say you don't mind few cent
. day."
"Of course not"
'Then propose that we get smat
box, with slit in the lid, just like thu
children's tin saving boxes, only larger
and that for every cent you spend fol
cigars, ice-cream, theaters CT any sucl
little luxuries, you deposit an equal sun
In the box"
John Stetson laughed.
do you agree?" asked his wife.
eyes, have no objection, if you wisl
It, though I acknowledge it seems ;
little childish"
"Never mind about that have you
promise, and we'll try the experiment
one year. If it doesn't amount t.
enough to make it an object, then it viii
be time to give it up"
"You must take all the trouble of il
can't engage to do anything about j
except to furnish the money when it j
called for"
"That is all shall ask of you. But
shall want you to give an account ever,
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The Salt of the Earth.


In an old-fashioned home of New Or
leans there was company at dinner,
and the ladies were discussing tho
woman question. A gentleman pres
emit, after hearing all the pros and
cons. facetiously remarked that two
preachers were discussing the same
problem recently in his hearing, and
they both agreed that it portended
evil, and shat women were RESPONSE
BILE for most of the evil in the world
in fact, that women were worse than
men," One of the ladies Indignantly
retorted: Indeed, they are not; wom-
en- are the salt of the earth" Oats
so. honey" put in old Aunt Susan from
the kitchen; ''dat's de Bible truf, for
shore. Women is de salt OBJ de earth
just think OBJ Lots WIFE" And every-
body laughed at the sudden and unex-
pected application of the old Bible
story.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Onto In saying that for fine equ1pmenss
solidity; safety; convenience; careful cater
ing to patrons and politeness OF empioySs'
the best line between ChicNgo and Se-
Paul, Minneapolis, Ashland, Duluth ana ~
termediate points Is the Wisconsin CentTaA
Through sleepers to Minneapolis ana Du'
luth daily. Meals in dining cars Ia carte.
For folders, rates, ETC., apply to your near
est ticket agent or JAS. c. POND, Genis
Passr Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
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SMALL SAVINGS.

DON'T see how
Holmes does it,"
said John Stetson,
with q puzzled ex-
preston.
"Does w h a t 2"
asked h Is wife,
looking up from
her sewing.
"Why, save so
much money from
his salary"
Then he does
save does hep
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80 you are the India rubber man, are
you?" said Uncle Hiram Peters to the
dime museum exhibit.
"Yes, sir"
"How did you happen to think you
could be an India rubber MANI"
"Whegi was young, everybody said I
Nas bouncing boy."-Detroit Free
Press.
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Workine,nau,, stumble Ouestiou.

Sooner or later, and probably very
soon, our workingmen will put to both
parties this question: do you intend
to refuse to us the best dollar there Is
which is the gold doRar, and compel. us
by legal tender laws to take for our Ia
hor an inferior dollarr
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DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS,
BOOTS, GROCERIES AND HARD
WARE AT HIGHER PRICES THAN
EVER BEFORE.
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WALL STREET sHYLocKs.
Who They Are-Enough of Them to De-
feat All Cheap Money schemes.

who They Are-Enough of Them to De-
feat All Cheap Money Schemes
One of the many decisions back of
the free-coinage sophistry is that there
are few wealthy creditors and millions
of poor debtors in this country. Upon
this assumption it is argued that cheap
money will make it easy for the mass
of debtors to clear their farms and
homes from the mortgages held by the
Shylocks of Wall street. Letu see now
who are these Shylocks and who are the
creditors of this country.
Everyone who has deposit in saw
ings or other banks, every holder OF
life insurance policy, every pensioner,
every member of building and loan
association, every member of aid and
benefit associations, every owner OF
government bond, everyone whose sal
airy or wages are paid only after services
or labor is performed-these are some
of the creditor classes. These are the
Shylocks who have a mortgage on this
country and who are to be done out OF
half of their savings by the slick sixteen
to-one scheme. In truth these Shylocks
not.only own the country, but they have
votes enough to compel the poor"
debtors to pay in honest money. Let US
enumerate some of them who hoard
their wealth in banks and loan it out at
"usurious" rates of interest, and see
how much they would lose under free
coinage and with 5O-cent dollars:
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TnosE there are whose hearts have looh
southwark, and are open to the whole noon
of nature Bailey.
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'EF some men," said Uncle Eben, "could
think ez fas' ez dey kin talk dey' hab 'ston-
ished de worr long befo' dis time."-Wash'
ington Star.
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Henri Cernuschi is an eminent politi-
cal economist and an able advocate of
international bimetallism. He is often
quoted by free-coinage advocates who
would never accept his test for good and
bad money. 1t is rs follows: 1T is by
the ordeal of fire that money can be
tried. The coins which, being melted
down, retain the entire value for which
they were legal tender before they were
melted down. are good money. Those
which do not retain it are not good
money"
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Weekly Hard Times Howler, PETER
vile, Calamity County, N. G.
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Grand Excursion to Buffalo July 5th and
9th.

9th.
The National Educational Association will
hold its next annual meeting in Buffalo, and
the Michigan Central, 1.-THE Niagara Faps
Route has made rate of one fare for the
round trip plus s200, association member
ship fee. Send stamp for "Notes for Teach
ers," containing valuable information relar
tive to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and 10
cents for Summer Note Book" fully de-
scriptive and profusely Illustrated OF the
Summer Resorts of the North and East.
City Ticlkeb Once 119 Adams Street. o. w.
RUGaLEs, Gen'l Pass'r Il Tk't Ag't.
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The keenest critic Of any age OIL
eeuptry Yves voltsire,
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GRIEF or misfortune seems to be indis-
pensable to the development OF intelligence
energy and virtue.-Fearon.
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WE GUARANTEE THAT ARTICLES
BOUGHT FROM US WILL COST MORE
THAN THE SAME QUALITY CAN BE
HAD FOR ELSEWHERE.
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SarsapariIIa

The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. y,
Hoods pills cure all Liver Ills Is cents.
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EVERYTHING MARKED UP.

IF ANY LINE OF GOODS is TOO
CHEAP FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, A
DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT. WILL
BE ADDED.
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GREAT BARGAINS.

Prices Of All Goods Advanced Fifty Fer
Cent.
THE DEAREST STORE IN TOWN.
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A Special Lot of Women's Hats, For
mer Price $3.50, Now Going at 81.
Best Sugar-Sold at Other Stores
for 6 cents Per Pound, Our Price IL
cents.
One Hundred Suits Boys Clothing,
Cost $500 Each, Sacrificed at Only $12.
Equally Big Advance in Price OF All
Other Goods in Stock.
Come Early and Avoid the Rush, as
This Unparalleled Sale Will Only Last
Two Weeks.
All persons who prefer to buy dear
goods, and who favor currency schemes
for raising prices, will please send their
orders to the firm of
STEWART, BLAND, ALTGELD, TEL.
LER G. CO.,
Dealers in Cheap Money Notions, High
Prices, Arguments, Free Silver Most
runs and Dear Goods Theories.
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WILLIAM E. RUSSELL.

mended. The Monroe doctrine is in.
dorsed and President Clevelnnd's at
titude ON the Venezuelan boundary
dispute is praised as being firm and
dignif1ed. Secretary Olney's work as
secretary of state is also approved.
Tho Russell Plank.
The last section Of the platform pre-.
sents the name of William E. Russell
for the presidency and is as follows:
Following long established Demo.
cratic custom, the Democrats of Massa-
chusetts, in convention assembled, will
not in any way instruct or pledge their
delegates, but they do declare that it is
the wish of the Democratic party of
the state to present, and they earnestly
recommend to the consideration Of the
national convention to be held in Chi.
oago, as their candidate for the Office of
president of the United States, the
name Of their victorious, courageous,
high-principled ex-governor, William
Eustis Russell"
John E. Russell of Leicester, George
Fred Williams Of Dedham, John Cor
coran of Clinton and James w. Dono-
van of Boston we're elected delegates
at large to the Chicago convention.
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A Wolf Story.

A pretty good wolf story comes
from the town Of Pierz. which is
about as follows: Mat Meyers one
day last week went out hunting
wolves. and ran across what he
supposed was a wolf chasing some
stock belonging to one of his neigh
bOrs. He succeeded in killing the
animal, and cut off it's head and took
it to August Kapsner, chairman Of
the town board, to receive certifi-
cate to show that it had been killed
in that town. This certificate must
br presented to the county auditor
before the bounty is paid. 1t hap
pened that Mr.. Kapsner was the
owner of a valuable dog which very
much resembled a wolf. When the
head was brought to him he noticed
familiar look about it. He be-
came suspicious and investigated.
and found that it was the head VI
his own dog instead Of n wolf on
which he was requested to Issue the
necessary certificate.
1t is difficnlt to tell who is the
victim of the mistake-the man who
lost a valuable dog or the one that
killed it thinking it was wolf.
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CIR and RaDids Jubilates,

Grand Rapids, MIMI, April d.
There is great rejoicing among the
residents Of Itasca county over the
location here of the north central
station of the state experimental
farm, which was cOnsummate last
week. This town is gay with good
cheer and flying flags, and the citizens
who worked so hard to secure the
new institution are justly proud OF
their acquisition. They feel that
through it Northern Minnesota will
be rapidly advanced in the lines of
agricultural development. 1t will
benefit their neighbors eastward
more than it will those who areequi-
distant west of here. A full appre-
citation of the great benefits to be
derived by this particular section
from rapid advancement Of it's
agricultural resources is felt by every
citizen of this community. The &C.
lection was not made without the
most careful investigation as to
what such an institution could show
concerning the advantages Of North
ern Minnesota. 1t is in the line of
providing 1.-THE greatest good for
the greatest NUMBER" and within
five years the wisdom of the choice
will be completely demonstrated.