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From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

from n CHtcu0O inter ocean.
Hard times can be pretty well estimated by.
the amount of gold jewelry. old plate, and trink~
cts. says Director OF the Mint Preston, presented
at the Government mints. During the period Of
extreme depression the amount of metals pur-
chased by the Government reached high fgures.l
but in the past year 1t has dwindled considered
bly,. AT the approach Of the holiday season the.
jewelry sent to the mints to be sold Increases in
large proportion compared to the quantity sold
In the dull season. Soon after New Years there
is usually q heavy installment at tho assay
offices and minis.
Within tho past week n pair of gold brace1
lets. which cost 500. wore sent to the mint
bureau here to be sold for the gold in them-
Their owner said he could not keep them, aa'
he required the money. and asked Director Pres
ton TO dispose of them at whatever value they
might bring. The bracelets, on being melted
down, were shown to contain SIT worth OF pure
From 1873 down to last year the amount Of
money paid out by the Government for old gold,
plate, and jewelry has steadily increased.
The high.water mark was reached In 1891. when
. 4,035.71O. Tho Philadelphia Mint melts nine
tenths OF the plate and iewelry presented TO tho
gold when the jewelry Is OF that metal.
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The Same Fight.

Like the Indiana Democrats. the Demo.
Gratis OF Missouri know and say that the
crucial political issue of 1896 remains the
crucial political Issue. They invite the
friends Of silver in all parties to help them
keep up the fight against the gold stand
ard. Here are the resolutions unani-
cratic State Committee last week:
..The fr,o coinnse OF silver at tho ratio OF 10
20 1 was the paramount issue In the campaign of
1926; and the commercial and industrial cond!-
tiona at this tim as well as for many years EAST.
clearly detnonstrate the tust'ee of the ciute Of De.
mocracv. As to-n d by thu Cti,Bgo p'a.form aud ad-
vosae d by that brilliant champion. wlILIAn J. BRYAs.
1.-The commire, consratuls,e' III, people OF the
Btnte en- the splendid victory achieved at tho
po,lA aud for the faithful, eficIent end businesslike
administration OF State affairs durirg the past yoar.
and commend the party rs at present ORGANISED TO
the favor an 1 sympathy OF all voters OF the State who
oppose the did standard OF finance and corporation
ard trust d domination in the politics OF the country.
And we furth, r xpress our grateful appreciation
o. the patriotic service rendete l tie Democracy in
the campaign Of 1895 by the Populsts and free sil.
yer Republicans Of the sta.e."
Not content with this appeal to Populists
and silver Republicans, the committee
passed this additional resolution:
THAT in the matter Of party policy looking to q
union Of all the forces opposed TO the single gold
standard. which this mmitte regards as both impor-
taut aud desirable. in the opinion of this committee
the. Democratic party Of Missouri should act In har.
rnony with tho spirit OF any Joint recommendation
which the national free silver committees may make"
Silver against gold The old fight be.
tween a coalition Of Democrats. Populists,
and silver Republicans, and the gold forces
consisting Of the great bulk of the Republi-
can party and of citizens who. formerly
knowing themselves as Democrats, cannot
be induced to stomach the Chicago plat
form. Most Of the Indianapolis Conven-
tion Democrats will have disappeared
meanwhile into the Democratic or the Re-
publican party. That will be the only diff
ference between the political geography of
1906 and that Of 1900.
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training than II expected Of en- applicant
for admission 70 the college proper. We
should note further that the history Of
England and Of the United States IL sub
stitnted for Greek and Roman history. In
the Shef8eld Scientific School the number
Of years needed for any Of the optional
courses Of instruction IL three. as against
the four years prescribed for the course lead.
ing TO the degree Of Bachelor OF Arts.
In the Yale Divinity School not even
college graduates are now admitted as can.
didates for the degree Of Bachelor Of Divtn-
ity unless they have studied Greek during
their undergraduate career. In exceptional
cases, however, persons who have not stud.
led Greek may be admitted to the school, and
subsequently, II they evince superior schol-
arship, may be, by q vote Of the faculty, al.
lowed to become candidates for the B. ID. de.
gree. At Yale It IL evidently regarded m
unreasonable that the degree Of Bachelor OF
Divinity should not imply q knowledge OF
the language in which the New Testament
was written. It IL even pointed out In the
catalogue that q knowledge Of Hebrew In
desirable on the part OF those entering the
school. Having once entered, the candi-
uhtS IUT Uu6 e. IL uckEoo llub bhUS
both Hebrew and Greek are among the pro-
scribed studies of the Junior year.
In the Yale Medical School since 1896
four years Of study are required for the
attainment of the degree Of Doctor Of
Medicine, and candidates for admission.
who have not received degrees in arts
or science. must pass an examination In
mathematics and physics, in Latin and
In English composition. In the Law
School the regular course Of study lead
ing to the degree Of Bachelor Of Laws
covers q period OF three years. 1t 70 sat-
isfactory to learn that no person will be ad-
mitted to this school unless he has received
a liberal education at some collegiate In
stitution, or unless he can pass an ex-
animation in Roman, English, and Amer
lean history, English literature, gram
ma and composition. geography, and arith-
metic, and can prove himself able to
read at sight the Latin Of such authors as
CESAR or SALLUsr. We have thus far
spoken only of the undergraduate course
in the Law School. There ia also at Yale
o graduate course in law, which can
be completed In n year or in two
years. For this course the faculty of the
school confers the degree Of ID. G. L. upon
those who have attained a high standing of
proficiency in the studies prescribed. Still
another degree, that of Master of Laws on.
L., is awarded to students IN the graduate
course who pass a satisfactory examination.
though moi one of sufficient excellence to
warrant the comforting of a doctorate, or
who substitute some other branches Of juris-
prudence for the Roman law.
We observe, finally, that there are seven
ty.eight students in the Art School and
seventy In the Department of Music. The
degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bach
elor of Music are bestowed for the success.
full prosecution of three years work, and
certificates are given for a shorter course
or for less proficiency.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIL SUN-Sir: In con.
nrmation of what you say Of the shallow obser.
walton which finds only decadence in our politics
and our Legislatures, I can give the actual ex.
p~erienco of q famous and longtime hotel keeper
at Washington. Speaking OF Congress. he said
TO me recently that during the forty years he
had been at Washington there had boon q de.
cided improvement in its moral quality. OF.
fences against morals and decency which onco
were looked upon as q matter Of course In Sena-
tors and Congressman have now become 90 ex-
traordinary that their occurrence would pro-
woke indignant scandal.
He spoke of the tone of Congress as much
higher than formerly. and said that the Excess
sive drinking which onoe disgraced 1t had
almost wholly passed away. JUSTICE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 81.
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Ethan ALIENS Marriage.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: Your
editorial entitled Branches Trees" in TIKI
Sun OF Jan. %, does an injustice to the memory
Of Ethan Allen.
The old hero was not q bachelor, but on the
contrary was twice married. His first venture
was In 1892. when no married Mary Bronson.
by whom he had one son and four daughters.
In 1884 he married Mrs. Frances Buchanan.
Halls biography Of Ethan Allen Up. 1861 gives
the following account of the second marriage:
On the 9th of February. 1884. the Judges Of the
supreme Court were At breakfast with Lawyer Ste.
Pn sleigh 4; S SfsSi : sb 81 W of ds.R;nn S Thsn Sen; Allen; in
s sSrorsh driver. drove up to the house: Passing
room tie ' spirited young f %idoM NC Of fG sweaty IN anS s ns1.
mers. Mrs: Frances Buchanan. who was living in the
morning gown. Mrs. buchanan was standing "a ON he q
chair arr.nging china and glass on some upper
ticism about the broken decanter in her hands. A
brief chat ensued then Allen said; Fanny. IL we
n ms ever 20 20 be ms1rled now 10 the time. for am on
my y Is.i, veil" she F'p'i'd' "s've mo time opus on
The couple passed into = third room where the
'c "gsas w' Ro ss% a si InS go allSn s ss,n, and mv..,,
perferm the ceremony"
"Nowl For myself / have no great opinion of such
as little OF II as I do. hut as a decent respect for The
opinion OF mankind seems to require II, you win
you given IL serious consideration p"
Certainly. But here tho General glanced prondIx
at hs handsome and accomplished bride. twenty.two
year, younger than himself. perhaps also conscious
think Il requires much consideration In this paTticu.
'.bo you promise to live with Frances agrceably to
"stopl Stop cried Allen. looking out OF the win.
dow. "Yes; according to tho law OF God as written
In the great book OF Nature. Go oni 90 onl MY
Soon the brides guitar and trunk were I'm the
hleigh, and the bells Jingled msrrily as they dashed
WESTWARD "
The children by the second marriage wcre
three-one daughter, who died In a nunnery in
Montreal. and two sons, who became Officers in
Va. a Va
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Yale University.

The catalogue of Yale University for the
academical year 1Sg7-9S is of more than
ordinary interest, for the reason that
changes have been recently made in the
requirements for admission and the course
Of instruction in several departments. The
effect of these changes Is now beginning to
be distinctly perceptible. and there is no
doubt that the Significance Of the degrees
conferred in the departments of divinity,
medicine. and law has been materially
increased.
In Yale College proper. which used to be
described as the academical department,
comparatively few departures have been
made from the traditional type of education.
That is to say, a certain mount of knowl-
edge Of Greek and Latin is an i~ndlspensa-
ble condition Of admission to the institu.
tion, and both Of those languages must be
studded during the freshman year, while
sven In the sophomore year only one of
them may be omitted. 1t Is impossible,
therefore. for a man to acquire the degree
of Bachelor of Arts at Yale unless he has
some claim to be entitled q classical scholar.
One must also have mastered arithmetic,
algebra, and plane geometry in order to
chtck thc bcSuLuuu CLASS, anu turing the
hrst year he must continue the study of
Mathematics. In the second year. too, he
must go on with mathematics, providing he
has elected to drop either Greek or Latin. It
is only with the third or Junior year that
b studies become altogether elective, with
the exception of logic, psychology and
ethics. In the senior year there is but
one prescribed study, to wit, philosophy.
Where the requirements for admission diner
from those which obtained In the last gem
GRAFTON 10 In the stress laid ON modern Ian
guages. At, the present time every appli-
cant for admission to the college must pass
an examination In English grammar and
literature. and must be sufficiently CONVEX
SAINT with either French or German to
translate at sight easy prose Into English.
We should add that those persons who do
not wish to spend time In tho study of
Greek may still avail themselves of the
opportunities offered at Yale University
by entering the Sheffield Scientific School,
which confers the degrees of Bachelor and
Master OF Science. Bachelor and Doctor of
Philosophy, Civil Engineer. and Mechan-
icAl Engineer. The requirements for ad-
mission to this department. do not include
Greek, but they do comprise q knowl-
edge OF Latin M Of either German or
FTsAshs aud 9 more extensive mathematical
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bate IL and report it to the House. with the
Recommendation that ft be passed.
10. The House will phss it.
10. The President will Sign It.
IL. A duly attested copy Of the act will
be furnished to the Treasurer Of the United
States, who will notify Mr.. MAoMoNN1Es
to furnish q bond, with sureties acceptable
to the Treasury Department, protecting and
indemnifying the United States against
any loss that might occur after the cashing
Of the duplicate check II the original check
should be presented by an Innocent holder
and paid by the Government. In other
words, Mr.. MAcMoNNIEs will have TO give
bonds to the United States that he IL not o
swindler.
10. When all this IL satisfactorily ar.
ranged, the Treasurer will issue q duplicate
Of the lost check No. 439,6 47 to Mr.. FRED
ER1cK MAoMoNN1Es.
We should say that by that time the emf
nent but much hArassed sculptor would be
standing at the cashiers window, waiting
to get the $4,000 into his own hands,
without trusting IL to the hazards Of the
American or French mail service. Besides
tho expense and annoyance of the indem-
nifty bond business, he will actually have
lost at least 5000 in interest on the
money. He could better have Afforded TO
make the journey from Paris to Washing
ton and back to collect his money In
person in the nrst place than to have
rlsked the chance Of o non-adhesive
postage stamp, or q leaky mail bag, or .
rat hole under the letter assorter's desk, or
. French carrier with too much absinthe In
him, or q forgetful and careless somebody
on this side Of the Atlantic or on the other.
He is the Innocent victim OF accident and
red tape.
1t 10 perhaps lucky for Art that the
whirling Bacchante, that jocund expression
OF cloudless spirits and unrestrained Joy,
was completed before this experience with
check No. 439,847 occurred to modify Mr..
FREDERICK MAoMoNNIEs's temperament.
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For the sake Of the health and happiness
Of tho Democrats and Populists of Texas
in general and of the Hon. ROGER QUARLEs
MILLS and the Hon. ToBE SCRUTCHrNs in par
~ticular. 1t is to be hoped that the re.
ports of considerable discoveries of gold
some ninety miles north of San Antonio
are incorrect. 1t will be a sad day when the
accursed thirst for "the money Of the rich {"
spreads through Texas. As is too well known,
trusts. monopolies. combinations. corporate
greed. and all the other atrocities specified In
tho Democratic and Populist platforms are due
to gold. Must the soil of Texas be wounded by
tho pickaxes of the Money Powerl
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Saw Through the Game.
From the Baltimore Sun.

In a Virginia church tho minister announced
that q collection would be taken up to defray
the cost OF coal for heating the church. Every
body contributed but John -. who gave asly
wink as the plate WAS presented to him. hut
nothing else. The minister noticed Johns derr-
LECTION. but surmised that he might have left his
money at home. A similar contribution was
one gave except John, who looked sly. The
minister wondered. and after service Took his
parishioner to task.
Now. John, said he. +" why didn't you give
something, 4 II was but little T.
II ha. i know better" said John, slyly.
Joint cried tho minister.
Yes, Mr.. -"
What do you meant"
"oh, nothing; Just that ! kin sec your little
game; that's ALL"
John. your words are disrespectful and r-
quire an explanation. What do you mean =
"Oh. now, a.trying TO pull the wool over my
eyes. a-trying TO make us believe you want The
money TO buy coal TO heat the church, when you
know it's heated by steam"
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eft is a singular fact" says u esteemed

cit Is a singular fact" says our esteemed
contemporary the Hartford Courant. that every
play. novel, or short story that appears In this
country in which any Of the characters are repre-
sented as belonging to the extravagantly rich
class. Invariably represents them as detached
from the great body of society. as hard. cold.
selfish. and Indifferent to the interests OF their
fellows" This assertion IL probably too broad.
but 1t 10 essentially true. Cheap socialism and
cheaper SOCIOLOGY" seem to prevail among
the story writer's and the play writer's. Besides.
q conventional caricature is easy to make. The
main reason why the rich are SO bewhacked must
be that the writers think 1t is popular to assail
and misrepresent them. BRYAN makes a name
and money by cudRelling the plutocrats. The
example Is corrupting.
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The Hon. HENRY D. CLAYTON of Eufaula,

The Hon. HENRY d. CLAYTON of Eufaula,
who represents the Third Alabama Congress
district, IL very much worried over the dinner
OF the manufacturers in this town. At
first he swore that the dinner cost 900
q plate. Compelled to reduce his esti-
mates to e15. he still howled against tho
sinful luxury Of that spread. ANY man who
put down o s15 dinner said the Eufauia Spar
tan, late q bale Of cotton down in Alabama or q
couple Of mules" An able observation. destined
to make the Coffee county Democrats rage more
bitterly than ever against Wall street. II Mr..
CLAYTON 10 the man Eufaula believes him to
be. no will introduce q bill prohibiting manu-
facturers and all other persons In New York
from paying more than fifteen cents for q meal.
Besides. they must be taxed DO that they will
have to stop eating bales OF cotton and q couple
Of mules.
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Why does a pressing Journal like the
CourieT~Jorrnat stop to moan that the :" tariff
reformers are worse or to-day than they were
when they elected Mr.. CARLISLE Speaker over
Mr.. RANDALL in 1887
What has the tariff to do with the present
crisis, except to remind all advocates OF honest
money that, II their cause in 1896 had not been
reinforced y.the powerful national sentiment
for protection. Organism probably would have
triumphed1 The issue is on the financial dis
honor and the political decentralization OF tho
United States. as threatened by the Democratic
platform. and tears for the unfortunate Star.
Eyed Goddess are as much out OF place among
tho enemies of Organism az faint and PREACHER.
Gus hearth.
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In 1894 the Hon. GROVER C1EvEnAN,

In 1894 the Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND
appointed the Hon. WILLIAM HENRY KIN AS.
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.
Mr.. KING is the Representatlve-at-Large Of
Utah in the present House. He leaped into
glory last week by offering nm amendment
to appropriate $50 for the improvement Of tho
White House ito make It a suitable abode for
the Hon. MARI HANNA" Evidently Mr.. KING
is a man who will do honor to Mr.. CLEvELAND's
discrimination. but is it advisable for him to be
left at Target Is there no comfortable Home for
the Feeble. Minded in UtahI
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The Hon. JERRY SIMPSON and the Hon.
JOE BAILEY should como to som sort OF agree.
mont in regard TO the division of the fruits OF
their thought. Here is JERRY talking about
"dress coat anarchy" Now the great move.
ment against evening clothes is supposed to be
led or boosted by Mr.. BAILEY. Is he going to
allow Mr.. SIMPSON to take this movement away
from hint We advise JERRY to let Mr.. BAILEY
tear the dress coat to tatters. Bicycle an.
archy" or golf stocking anarchy" is Just as
good a phrase as "dress coat anarchy" for the
Medicine Lodge philosopher. Anything toler.
ably meaningless will satisfy him.
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PsblIe Education.

To the EDITOR or TIE sUN--sfr: Win you inform
mo who Is responsible for all the nonsense taught
In the public schools under the new course OF study ?
From whose fertile brain has the Manual Training
System boon syolyed2 Do the powers that be
Imagine for one moment that drawing is the only
study needed by children in the ordinary walks OF
lifef Or do they wiSh 70 turn out q nation of oib-
sons and Du Mauriesa
This new course OF study IL such . serious mistake
that every one Is asking. Who Is 10 blame?
4 RELpEh
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According to the Hon. jim JONES Of Ar
kansas the silver men are prepared to march
with locked shields until the day of DOOM
The Hon. jim oNE is ready for q long Jam.
paign with unlimited bulletins; and no doesn't
care y copper how many shields are locked 30
long as he ie allowed to keep wide open.
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when spsctAcIss Were New.

In the days when spectacles were introduced
the world was not all wise. Glasses became 20
fashionable that people did not wait until neccs-
sity compelled them to adopt the new custom.
Whether their eyesight was bad or good. thoso
who would be stylish wore spectacles. InSp"!n
they formed part or the costume OF every w"lI'
dressed person.
The object OF the wearer In putting on glasses
was to increase tho gravity Of his appearance
and render himself more directly imposing, \
young monk who had, through the assistance n
his family. caused his order TO succeed in an i'm,
when the prior. having embraced him warmly,
testified his gratitude by saying. Brother, rNt
on spectacles."
The glasses Of spectaclcs were proportionrd
In size, not TO tho eyes. but to the rank of iHh
wearer. those worn by the Spanish mobiles beng
as large as ones hand. The Marquis OF AslUrEs,
Viceroy of Naples, after having had his bu-E
sculptured in marble. particularly %eniulnrd me
artist not to forget his beautiful spectaclcS.
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Indianapolis has a "Quo vadis Euchre Club.
Indianapolis Journal.
There are more clubs in indianapolis for the
benefit of progressive literature and progressive
euchre than in any other town in the country.
The name Quo Vadis" happens to have a sig.
nihcance of which tho members of the euchre
club in question must be At the
next meeting some member should move that
the name of the club be changed to the
"Zagloba or the Pan Michael"
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umpire's "out" is signal for them 30 70
to their seats, and that argument IL rigur.
ously forbidden, and the toughest charae-
ter on the ball field will be ashamed to
break out In impotent cursinR.
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The outlook for another good year for Texas
IL apparently as promising as could be desired Gal.
vtsfon Daily Netrs.
Then Texas ought to be able to look on the
situation sanely, and to send to Congress q solid
delegation Of Representatives. uncompromising.
ly opposed to liquidation.
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a Few ana Lovely College Yell.

EFOW INC buW uIO IVHIHIeTOTuI-
The "univaTsity' at Grand Forks. North Dakota,
has adopted the following yell:
OdE-dEo-dEl
Rtririi
Hi.yAhl HLyahi
North Dakota
Sioux War Cryl
The university IL now ready 70 confer tina usual
honors upon graduates and Others. Degrees conferred
while you walt
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u our Jtsndp echo favor us With uanuscrtpts for
qualification ,rtsA to haze rejected articles returned.
tAsv rnv,t IN all cases send stamps for that purposs.
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rhe Chicago Test or ygIreIy Lsvs.

rho ChIOABV Eost Of WHEY DoV0-
From the Chicago Record.
when . woman truly Loves her husband she Likes
% hear him snore.
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Making the vlrm'. xs~s HemsmDore

A firm In Boston has adopted an ingenious and
vexatious manner OF advertising. A circular 10
addressed to YOU. The envelope is sealed and!s
mailed unstamped. The postmSn delivers II and
Ask tor two cents. You, open. read. sweaT,.a
some form or other--And promise yourself 70
ayoid the shop for tho rest OF your natural liza
But the name OF the firm sticks In your ming