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terest were in danger Of sinking as low
as 1 per cent per annum before May
l. OF course, this was an extreme view
to take of the situation, but regular 3
per cent money was not then regarded
as unlikely.
1t is clearly demonstrated by recent
circumstances that the money of the
country is just at present rushing into
speculative channels with degree Of
velocity which must lead to dangerous
results. This is not a hopeful view to
present. but the truth may as we'll be
recognized first as last. 1t Is a Singu-
lar fact, and one which is borne out by
the history of the country during the
past thirty-five years. that whenever
a period of prosperity recurs the craze
for speculation takes possession of
those controlling the mass of capital,
and this great force, which might be
distributed with so many bSneficent
results among the people as a whole,
is thus diverted from its real service
to humanity. And the basis just now
of all this evil is the power exercised
by what is known as the industrial
trusts. To discover some effective
means of destroying this power is the
highest duty Of the unselfish statesman
of the present day.
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Ready r1ade Morals,

Mr.. Grady, of New York, who has
legislature of the Empire state has
brought forth an idea. Mr.. Grady has
been to see ''the turtle evidently, and
has suddenly awakened to the realiza-
ton that there are plays produced in
Gotham which do not smack of the
Sunday school. His remedy is the one
which naturally suggests itself; a
censorship. The details of his plan are
unimportant The central idea is the
essential thing. If a censorship is pos
sible, or practicable. means can be
found for making it work. Nor is the
thought embodied in the proposed
measure the thing of ultimate import.
If morals can be made to order by
the ''be-it-enacted-etc. process, the
regulation of stage productions is a
comparatively small matter.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Grady, expert
ence is rather against him. 1t is true
that such a censorship as he proposes
may eliminate from the theaters, con-
cert halls and museums matters which
are manifestly indecent, but that al
ready comes within the province of
the police powers of every state and
city The enforcement of a censor
ship. like the application of the general
power to enforce decency. would de-
pend upon the public standard of
morality. 1t may be possible to estab-
lish ideals in art and literature by leg
islation. but morals are a matter of
evolution and the hot house process of
forcing them has never been a sue
cess. Morals grown under glass are a
good deal like strawberries raised I'M
der similar conditions. They may look
large and luxurious but they are most
ly sour and seeds
The growth of public morality seems
and as a matter of fact is extremely
slow. Every so often Mr. Grady, I'M
der one name or another rushes to the
rescue, and, to change the figure of
speech. orders a ready-made suit of
morals. but it never seems to fit There
is, OF course. always the possibility
that the next one may. but the proba-
Dility is that the New York reformer,
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Bank Notes of All Nations.

The Bank of England note says Tit-Bits.
is abuot five inches by eight inches in di-
mansions. and is printed in black ink on
Irish linen water marked paper, plain white,
and with ragged edges.
The notes of the Banque of France are
made of white water-marked, printed in blue
and black. with numerous NEUROLOGICAL and
allegorical pictures, and run in denomina-
tions from the 20-franc note to the 000-franc.
South American currency is about the size
and general appearance of American notes,
except that cinnamon-brown and slate blue
are the prevailing colors, and the Spanish and
Portuguese languages are engraved on the
face
The German currency is rather artistic.
The notes are printed in green and black,
and are about an inch wider. They run In
denominations from marks to LOCO marks.
Their later notes are printed on silk fibre
paper.
The Chinese paper currency is in red. white
and yellow paper, with gilt lettering and g0r-
geous little hand-drawn devices. The notes.
to the ordinary inancier might pass for
washing bills, but they worth good money
in the Flowery land
Italian notes of all shapes. sizes and
colcrs The smaller BILLS and 10-lire notes
are printed white paper in pink, blue
and carmine inks, and ornamented with
a finely engraved vignette of King Humbert.
The 100-rube note of Russia is barred from
top to bottom with all the colors of the rain
bow, blended as when shown through a prism.
In the center, in bold relief, stands a large,
finely executed vignette of the Empress Cath
crime l. This is in black. The other engrav-
ing Is not at all Intricate or elaborate, but is
well done in dark and light brown and black
inks.
The Norwegians have a curious currency.
but it is rarely seen out of It's own country.
for the reason it circulates very little among
the common people and the class that emil
CRATES. These stick to their copper and silver
coins, and shun the little cinnamon brown
bills OF their government
The Austrian note is printed on light-col-
ored, thick paper, which shows none of the
silk fiber marks or geometric lines used as
protection against counterfeiting. Each
bears upon 1t terrible warning to counter
letters, threatening any one who shall make.
sell or have in possession any counterfeit
facsimile Of this bill.''-New York Tribune.
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A Valuable Reference Work.

The Year Book and Almanac issued
by The G O e company, of st. Paul.
is the best work Of the kind which has
come to our notice. Complete In every
particular, it contains history and
facts, statistics and general Informal
ton, properly classified and indexed
in a manner which permits of instant
reference. The statistics are most COM
plete and admirably arranged for in
telligent understanding. Sixty pages
of the 500 which this wonderful book
contains are devoted to Minnesota, and
the political information is the most
comprehensive and valuable ever pub
lished in the state. We bespeak for
this work the consideration of every.
intelligent person in the state, and we
can say without hesitancy that it is
valuable alike to merchant, farmer
mechanic. sportsman and politician
The price of the book is % cents.
mailed anywhere, and, considering the
amount it contains. it is worth fully
three times that amount-Mankato
Daily Review
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SAVED THE FILES.
"High" Hands Thrilling Narrative
of the Presence of Mind of IL
''Hawkeye" Freshman

"High" Hands Thrilling Narrative
of the Presence of Mind of a
"Hawkeye" FRESHMAN.
Manager Murphy's announcement of the
loss of the Tribune files" in the fire of
Friday recalls to mind the thrilling narrative
oft related by High" Hand of how a Bur-
lington Hawkeye pressman preserved the
continuity of the printed record of the news
known as the files
The Hawkeye office was in flames The
fire had not been discovered until after the
forms" were the press. The printing
machine was old-fashioned drum cylin-
der on which regular quires of print paper
were used. The paper for that days edition
had been wet down" and was in the store
room, which was cut off from the press room
by flames. The pressman was burly fell
low. His white shirt, which he had removed
prior to beginning the work of making
ready" was hanging upon peg in the press
room. 1t was the only white thing in sight
The pressman seized it, tore out the base
ment" attachment. known as the narrative"
and hurriedly secured an Impression of the
forms upon the press. The record was
saved intact. That issue of the Hawkeye-
one copy-was printed on muslin, but the
files were intact.
IF any one doubts this story" said
High" in relating it, ''let him examine the
old files of the Hawkeye. He will find the
pressmen's shirt there, and on :hc base
ment of 1t the Hawkeye for that date
I can vouch only for the fact that High"
Hand told the story as above related. Old
time printers and newspaper proprie-
tors know who High Hand was, and be-
they do may doubt the authenticity
Of his tale. Bob Burdette says it is true
and Bob ought to know.
Willie Green.
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northumberland

Reed is a down Easter in every fiber OF
his being, and yet be has true SYM
pathy with every other portion of the United
States as any politician Of whom there is rec
ord. He is filled with admiration for the
abounding and fecund West. He has nc
provincial jealousy ofathe fertile regions in
the Mississippi valley where. as he once ex-
pressed it, the soil is, so rich that '1f we
had it in Maine we would sell 1t by the
pound" and he has no fear of the stupendous
development which he sees coming beyond
the Rocky mountains on the Pacific slope.
His dream is great homogeneous people
stretching from California to Maine and fill
ing the whole land between Mexico and the
northern boundary! 1T is his dread of seeing
this homogeneity amperiled by the extension
OF American sovereignty over far distant
lands that has been the most potent argu.
ment with him in opposing the instinct for
expansion which seems to have been planted
in the popular breast. THE Real Reed
AinSlee's for March
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About the Weather

shortly after midnight the mercury touched
the zero mark, and at O'clock this morning
was 3 be,cw. The thermometer was on the
toboggan all night and slid down the scale
like a losing base ball team in August. The
reading at I p. N. was IA above. At 10
o'clock there had been fall of eight de-
grees TO 8 above. During the next two hours
there was d drop of four degrees. TO above
at midnight with another slide OF five d.
grees before the last reading at a. m.
The average temperature for yesterday was
only two degrees below the normal, Is above
zero where it should have been 20. The
maximum was - degrees above zero, as com
pared with 81 degrees above, which was the
warmest point on Feb %, 1896. the highest
recorded for that day, and the minimum, Ii
degrees above Considerably warmer than on
the corresponding day in 1897, when the mer
curry dropped TO % degrees below and made
cold record. The normal average tempera-
ture for toda-, based upon the observations
for twenty-siX years. should be 20 degrees
above zero, which shows that figures, while
they may not lie, are not necessarily any
great shakes as prophets. To equal the low
record for today the thermometer. before !
O'Clock tonight. must fall to % degrees below
zero, the mark touched Feb. Il, 1879
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; AMONG THE CHURCHES

Great interest is already manifest over the
second lecture in Christ church, Tuesday
evening next. under the auspices of the
Church club, by Bishop Seymour of Spring
field, ILL.,. diocese. Subject: Archbishop
Cranmer and the Reformation Period" The
lecturer is frequently termed the ''Athana-
sius" of the American church A theoaogian
of no mean reputation; a forcibe speaker
and clear delivery. His subject marks a
critical period in the history of the English
church. Archbishop Cranmer was the per-
son that annulled the marriage of King
Henry VIII. the ground that he
Henry) had married within the forbidden
decree and contrary to divine law. Henry
obtained a dispensation from Rome in the
first instance. Later in life becoming tired
of his wife. he sought for means whereby
the marriage tie might be broken. Cranmer
suggested the only lawful way in which the
marriage could be dissolved. This event
eventually brought about the long-cherished
desire for reformation In the Anglican
church to a climax which found It's con-
summation in Queen E.zabeth's reign. when
the Roman party In the Anglican church
finally separated themselves from the Eng
lish church, and established In England what
is now known as the Roman Catholic church
Cranmer, Lattmer and Ridlay paid the
peudlty ny burning at Cn6 stake Tor their
share in the transaction in Queen Mary's
reign.
No doubt. but what the bishop will do
ample justice to this important subject No
theologian in the American church Is better
equipped to handle this than Bishop Seymour,
he having made this a lifelong study.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian
Church will hold an all-day meeting in the
church parlors Friday. A basket lunch will
be served.
Mrs. o. p Sheperdson will entertain the
Cosmopolitan club at her home on Iglehart
street on Wednesday. Music of Germany
Will be the subject for study.
Prof. II. S. Baker will give an address at
Trinity NJ. E church this morning on Love
and Obedience in the Home" In the even
ing the pastor will preach on The Temple
of the Holy Ghost. "
Miss Shontz. of Chicago, national presi-
dent of the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation, will deliver an address upon tenn
perance work at the Dayton Avenue Presby-
terrain church this evening
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been connected with the order over eighty
years. He was instrumental In forming Eu-
reka lodge in Portsmouth, his native town,
and has held important offices in it.
At an early age Mr.. Cooke was apprenticed
to blacksmith, and followed that trade until
he was ninety-two years old. with the excep-
ton of two years spent in Cuba on a coffee
plantation. His intention was, when he
started for Cuba, to carry on his trade of
blacksmithing there, but shortly after his ar
rival he was placed in charge of the panta-
tlon. When he returned to Portsmouth he
went into business for himself, and altogeth-
er his labors at the anvil cover seventy-five
years of his life. His wife, whom he mar
ried In his youth, died in 1890, after seventy
years of married life. Mr.. Cooke has eight
grandchildren living, nineteen great grand
children and two great-great- grandchildren
1t is not unusual for him to have represent
atiyes of five generations of his family under
his roof at one time.-George r. Plumer in
the Sunday Magazine.
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Shots From, London Td-BHs.

Dadson-That boy of mine is a regular
phenomenon.
Bachelor (wearily)-In what way?
Dadson-He is six years old and never said
a clever thing in his life.
Maudies papa is night editor on a news
paper, fact which Maudie apparently hasn't
learnt; for when some one asked her a few
days ago what her father did for a living she
replied:
Il div 1t up l fink he's a burglar, 'tause
he's out all night
Employer-Late again, John; can't you
manage to get here in time?
EmployeI can't sleep O. nights, sir, and
am apt to be late in the morning
HIM. sleeplessness. Why don't you con-
suit doctor and find out the cause?"
Il know the cause. sir; it is six weeks
Old
Mary is your master at homer"
mo, sir. he's out
Il don't believe it..
We'll, then, he'll come down and tell you
so himself. Perhaps you'll believe him.
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Sir Charles Upper. !

III Sir Charles Topper did not possess
the habit of breaking wildly out of
his obScurity every once in while, the
world would forget that he was on top
of it.
Sir Charles is not pleased over the
outcome of the recent international
commission farce His violent outburst
is all the more surprising, in that it
occurs during the cold weather period.
He regards our national victory over
Spain in the recent war as wholly due
tc Englands approval.
There was a meeting of Conservatives
held in Toronto lest Thursday evening,
and Sir Charles took occasion to de-
nounce as shameful the terms which
the United States offered in settlement
Of the Alaskan boundary dispute.
And this indignity," exclaimed Sir Charles,
after winning struggle which only for
Britains aid might have had no such glori-
Gus end. The United States has taken a po-
sftion she should be ashamed to assume A
more monstrous insult was never flung into
the faces of commissioners | am astonished
that men like Lord Herschell and Sir Wilfrid
Laurier continued the negotiations a single
moment after that proposition was made
AS representative Of her majesty's loyal
opposition, L enter my solemn protest against
the proceeding. The American demand is pre-
posterous in the extreme. They say in effect
that the treaty will be overrdden and hold
the line of communication so that they may
plumber the British Yukon for the next
twenty or thirty years.
Poor Sir Charles. What a pity it is
that he was not a member of the COM
mission himself. Had he been, it's
proceedings might have proved more
interesting.
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Money and Speculation.

There has been a marked stiffening
Of rates for money in New York during
the past week; and, judged from this
distant point of view, with little or no
apparent reason therefor, unless the
conditions are carefully analysed.
The wild speculation in shares in the
stock exchanges a few weeks ago has
been, in measure checked. Unoues-
uonably immense loans are involved
in the purely speculative accounts of
operators, but the hardening Of money
rates was not the original contribu-
tive cause. Prices, in many lines, had
outrun the limits of reason Shares
of lower quotations have been turned
to with the purpose of manipulation
but progress has been somewhat slug
gish for one reason or another.
February has introduced two holt
days. These are always barriers In the
path of the Wall street operator. Then
again, the East has been visited by a
severe snow storm and a spell of cold
weather. neither of which could be re-
garded as particularly conducive to
speculative plunging. The condition Of
affairs in the Philippines is likewise
having its effect. The shadows of a
prolonged war, such as Spain carried
en- in Cuba and elsewhere, with its
accompanying heavy outlay of money.
have extended across the pathway of
the optimist of a few months ago. A
great deficiency is becoming apparent
in the national treasury which can
only be provided for. judged from the
present standpoint of revenue ra
sources, by another issue of bonds.
The startling multiplication of trusts
during the year 1898 and the first two
months of the current year is a feature
which no conservative financier can
regard without a sense of uneasiness.
These investments involve great sums
of money which otherwise would be
actively employed in the conduct of
the legitimate business needs of the
country.
W hat really constitutes the value of
money is question which Is constant
ly advanced. The answer must al
ways be that money is worth Just what
it will supply in the way Of increase
of profit to the party who hires 1t. tt
the Spectator in Wall street it Is wortr,
much more than it is elsewhere. be-
cause the returns are often much larp-
er and more prompt. than in any other
line of profit making. But money is
loaned in Wall street for purposes Of
speculation, in the share market, with
Just as much conservatism as, and. in
deed, more than that which is asso-
ciated with loaning in the Northwest
or any other section of the country. on
realty or fer the advancement of in
dustrial enterprise.
The one discouraging, if not distress
ing feature connected with the absoip-.
ton of money by the various trust
schemes recently inaugurated is that
to the extent Of such absorption more
legitimate enterprises must necessarily
be abandoned because Of the harden
ing of the rates which is already be-
coming manifest in the reports from
New York. the monetary metropolis of
the United States. The sudden change
which has taken place during the past
month in the New York money market
is not a healthful sign. 1t was pre-
dicted since the first of the year that
on the basis of the plethora kof idle
money then existing the rates, Of in
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PecuIiarities of senator's.

Many United States senators have personal
peculiarites. The way in which Senator
Hoar constantly jingles bunch of keys is
a matter of general knowledge. More para
graphs have been written about that bunch
of keys than about the senator's erudition or
even his Feasibility. They jingle softly when
he is pleased, but tangled harshly when
he is disturbed.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has also ac-
quired the key habit. In Senator Jones'
case. however. it is one key that Is twirled
around and around 1t is fastened to the
end of long string of red tape. and when
the tape has been wound around his finger,
the key is swung back again. The back
ward and forward movement is kept up for
al indefinite length of time. Senator Till
man twirls his eyeglasses very much in the
same way. Senator Chilton's popularity Is
to keep his spectacles the top of his head,
so that he looks like the picture of rural
school teacher while Senator Pasco sits and
twirls his thumbs Washington Post.
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A Bull and a Bully.

One OF the neatest examples Of the tables
being turned upon bullying counsel was
afforded by clergyman who gave evidence in
a horse dealing case at the Worcester assizes.
He gave a somewhat confused account of the
transaction in dispute and the cross-exam-
lining counsel. after making several buster
ing but Ineffective attempts to obtain more
satisfactory statement. said:
Pray. sir. do you know the difference be-
tween horse and a cow?''
Il acknowledge my ignorance replied the
reverend gentleman. II hardly know the diff
ference between horse and cow, or be-
tween a bull and bully-only bull, / am
told. has horns. and bully'-here he made
a respectful bow to the Enthusiastically
for me- has none. London Tt-Bits.