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Show 4 - THE SALT LAKE TIMES, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1890. SALT LAKE EYENINGTIMES, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. T. A. Davis, Pres't. W. R. Oidbs, Maug'r. ALFKED BOKENSON, Editor. Subscription to the Dally Times. J2 months ts.no e " 4.00 8 " V ) I u ,T 76 (Always In advance) ' WKPyESDAY." MAY '7, 18'JO. Thb city council in rejecting the bids for the city gas stock did the proper thing. become knowu to oulide newspapers whose agents aro already heading this way in order to secure page "ads" aud "write-ups,- " for which they will charge largo sums. It is questionable whether a page "write-up- " in a metropolitan daily will be proiitable. Seven or eight columns of fine type on one subject make too long a slury for the average reader. At tile same tijpe he will look upon it with suspicion. It would be much better to have a scries of letters-uo- t more, than two columus iu length-publi- shed in several leading papers. These letters, if written in u graphic manner, describing the beauties, advan-tages and resources of Salt Lake City, would prove interesting to the eastern reader, and attract much nioro atten-tion than a wcarlsonio statistical page write-up- . But we believe there is a much better way to direct the attention of eastern people to Salt Lake City, and that is for the chamber of commerce to subscribe for a largo number of the local daily uewspapei'9, and send them regularly for a stated period to all the leading hotels, reading rooms, libraries, clubs, secret societies, Y. M. C. associations, aud so on, aud also to the eastern ac-quaintances of the' residents of this place, Tho names ' of thousands of people who arc looking westward for uow business' locations and homos can be secured with very little effort; aud to such persons our daily papers should be scut regularly for several months. 1 ho eastern reader will care-fully peruse the Salt Lako papers. He will see tho volume of business as repre-sented in the advertising columns; ho will note tho daily record of building Improvements; tho real estato move-ments; the progress and extent of pub-li-e improvements; such as street aud sidewalk pavements, sewerage, street railways, waterworks, gas works; the establishment uud condition of ouTj home industries; the mluing develop- - meuts; tho uumbcr of visitors as shown by the hotel arriv-als; our political affairs; our churches aud schools; our places of amusement; our plcasuro resorts, arid hundreds of other features, that receive rnoro or less utteution in the columns of the local newspaper, which is a faithful chronicler of current eveuts. Our newspapers will be read, uot ouly by the person to whom they aro mailed, but by his friends and neighbors. Every newspaper thus sent away will be read, it is safe to say, by over fifty persons, and a much better impression will be created iu this way than by auy extensive advertising In metropolitan journals. Wo receive requests nearly every day from distant points in the east for sample topics of The Times from persons who say they want to learn somethiug about Salt Lako from the local papers. Tho daily newspapers of Salt Lake are far ahead of the town, and would be a credit to any city of 250,000 people. Owing to thopeculiar. situation of thepatronage given to each of the papers is rather limited, ami their efforts aud expenditures of money are uot warranted" by their income, but tuny are banking ou tho future growth of the city. Good newspapers are the best advertisements a city can possibly hare. They aro public Institutions, business themoraeters, and home indus-tries, and slid uld receive the most lib- - oral eucouragoment. The chamber of commerce, therefore, will bo acting up-on tho souudest business principles if it adopts the suggestion of The Times in regard to a large number' of subscrip-tions to each of tho daily newspapers. APVKKTISIXG SALT LAKE CITV. Judicious advertising pays. That proposition has been demonstrated by the successful career of merchants and business' men Who have Invested their, money ju printer's ink. But fortunes can be thrown away iu advertising if it is uot properly done. Advertising is an art. Each line of business must bo ad-vertised with a view of bring-ing out its prominent features, at-tractions and specialties. We believe in advertising Salt Lako far and wide. The money spent for such purpose can-not fail to bring proiitable results, if tho advertising is doue in a proper manner. How to olitaiu the best results is a mat-ter that should bo very carefully con-sidered by the .chamber of coirwuerce, which proposes to spend quite a sum of ni'ouey- - in advertising... This fact has VERSOS Ah PARAGRAPHS, . Mr. Gladstone lias written a letter fa-voring local option. Tarton the historian, attributes the only two foreign wars wc ever had to a surplus. Mr. Carlisle is preparing a reply to Senator Davis' article on the first year of President Harrison's administration. General Mahono is hard at work striding French in anticipation of goiug o Paris to succeed Consul Kathbono. Do Brazza, the French explorer, has started on his sixth trip to Africa uot as a civilizer, but as a money maker. Governor Hill has prevented the mar-riage of a girl iu Elmira to his ucphew, who, ho says, is not able to support a wife. D. P. Thompson, the republican can-didate for governor of Oregon, is a banker at Portland, and was once tho governor of fdaho by appointment. The late Dr. Loewig of Breslau was the oldest professor of chemistry in Ger-many. He was born iu 1803, began lec-turing in 1880, and was Bunseu's suc-cessor at Breslau. Princo Bismarck speaks English with a German accent and a rather pronouuclatiou, but his mastery of thclaugiiago is complete and his knowledge of its literature is very great. A Norwegian sailor named Suuds-wal- l is a lion of Loudon society just now, He navlirated a small boat t'rour Christiana iu Norway to the Thames siuglo-handed- , and thiuks of continuing' his cruise to tho United States. "'A servant of the queen of the lielgiaus was lately stricken with apoplexy. The first air that some quocons would have thought of would have been an to fetch a doctor, but she turned In aud doctored the servant herself. And the servant recovered. . General Vou Caprivj has banished tho detectives who used to watch night and day before Prince Bismarck's-palac-wheu the latter was chancellor. Capri vi says that he is a soldier andean take care of himself. Perhaps it has also occurred to him that no one would take th(! trouble to try at his assassina-tion, whereas Bismarck was grand game for the socialists. farmer, is the farm which he cultivates hired, or is it owned by him or by a member of the family? " 29 If owned by head or member of family, is the farm free from mortgage incumbrance? ao If tho home or farm is owned by head or member of family and mort-gaged, give the postollice address of owner , As will be seen from tho above ques-tions new satistics iu regard to the pop-ulation are to bo gathered this year. Special inquiry will be made concern-ing war veterans, and another new questiou is designed to show tho fecundity of the women of the United States. 'The statistics compiled by the enumerators will show the number of childreu, dead and alive, to whom each woman hits given birth. Tho color lino will be more tighty drawn this time. The census returns will not show the number of white und black inhabitants alone, as heretofore, but the classification of this year will iuclude white, black, mulatto, quad-roon, octoroon, Chinese, Japanese aud Indian. The purpose of this classifica-tion is to show tho extent to which the white and colored races are assimilat-ing. Of course, a siugle census will not show this, but it is expected that successive enumerations will indicate the desired result. In adition to the usual inquiry con-cerning each inhabitant's ability to rend or write there is a question as to the ability to speak English and, if not, the language or dialect spoken. Many of the questions embraced In tho popula-tion schedule are designed merely to bring out information that shall serve as a oasis for further investigation by the various special branches of the cen-sus. Tho work of enumeration will begin on Monday, Juno 2d. Tho limit of time for the gathering of statistics on population is four weeks, and July 1st the supwvisior of each district must hayc ail the returns from each of his enumerators. In Halt Lake and in every cHy of 10,000 population or up-wards, the time allowed for making tho census is only two weeks YOU MUST ANSWER. The Census Enumerator Is Bouud to Ask Yon Home Leading Questions. ' Within sixty days tho census enum-erator will bo pulling the bells and knocking at tho doors of houses all over tho city. He will be hard mau to evade and as he has tho law of Uucle Sam on his side, it will be better to prepare to answer fully every questiou he asks.' A list of thirty questious has hcen prepared for the enumerators to ask as they make their rounds. Tweu-ty-liv- c of these questions refer entirely to social conditions. Iu addition to this there are live supplemental in-quiries designed to show whether the homo or farm of the family visited is owned or rented, aud if owned, whether it is mortgaged or free of debt. Tho questions to be asked are as follows; 1 Give Christian name in full, aud initial of middle name, surname. 2 Whether a soldier, sailor or marine (luring the civil war (United' States or Confederate) or widow of such person. 3 Relationship to head of familv. 4 Whether white or black, m ufatto, quadroom, Octoroon, Cliiuose, Jap-ancs- c or Indiau. 5 Sex. 0 Ago at noarest birthday. If under one year give ago in mouth's. . 7 Whether single, married, widowed or divorced. 8 Whether married during the cen-sus year (Juuo 1, 1880, to May 81, 1W)0). 0 Mother of how many children, and number of children liviug. Ill Place of birth. 1 1'lacu of birth of father. 12 Place of birth of mother. la Number of years in the Uuited Slates. 1 4 Whether naturalized. 1.1 Whether naturalization havo been papers lakeu out. 17 Mouths unemployed during the census year (Juue 1, ItjgO. to May 31. 1800). 18 Attendance at school (in months) during tho eeusus year (Juuo 1, iyi. t; May 31. 18901. l'J Aide to read. 20 Ablo to write. . 21 Able to speak English. If not, the lantruage or dialect spoken. 2'J Whether suffering from acute or chronic disease, with the mime of dis-- 1 ease and length of time afflicted. 23 Whether defective in mind, sitrht, hearing or speech, or whether crippled, maimed or reformed, with name or de-fect. 24 Whether a prisouer, convict, homeless child or pauper. 23 aud 2(1 Is tuo home you live in hired, or is it owned by the" head or by a member of the family? 27 If owned by head or member of family, is tho homo free from mort-gage lncuinbrauce? , 25 If the head of the family is a Fikty-ON- new subscribers were added to the Times' subscription list yesterday. P. S. Keep your eyo on the Times. SOUTH LAW AIH Now On the Markel LOCATION: Cor. Tenth South and Ninth ON THE CITY. LIMITS, TWO MILES FROM P. o. LOTS FROM $400 TO THE SITUATION IS GRAN; Overlooking the Valley. Call Early and Get Choice of L( CHOICE RESIDENCE, BUSINESS AND ACREAGE PHOPEpj BDuTOI,lElCI(& Sole Agents, 269 S. Main St, Empekor William of Germany con-templates a visit to this country. No objection will be raised except, per-haps, on tho part of tho American hog, whose exclusion from Germany is not forgotten. Incidentally, it is suggested that his royal nibs bring with him a sufficient supply of his own sausage aud Wienerwurst. WE HANDLE Bnsin6ss, Resiflence ani Conntry Prep Improved. ' and TXn.lmprcved. Parlies wishing to buy or sell Realty had better see us. Our motto: Profits and Quick Turns," I'ormpouaence Solicited. W.L. BARRET & C( 207 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah. It I 9 1STHKCNLY nirSCnman S Shoe House inSa!tbk That Carries a Full lino of Strong & CarrolTs: , Gentlemen's Fine, Shoes for Wear, ' ' " I" Style and Fit, Excel all Oilier Sate; , y - - . EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED. H ( ) HyS We take the lead (in (eiitl men's! ' ami Ladies' $3 Sin.cs. "Sight and Hearing lie Cav p, DR. G, W. TIBBITS, Oculist and Aurist, No. 16 Fast First Sluth P.O.Box 1020 - Salt Lake CJty "Your professional skill Is commended by your competence to provo it. Your record one of exceptional success." C. F. MEEK, General Manager Denver, Texas Se Fort Worth K. K. ... AGENOY WARWICK HIGH-GRA- DE SAFETY BICYCLE. I carry a stock of SAFETY BICYCLES at $95.00,' f 35.00, $10.00, $60.00, $75.00, $115.00, $135.00, TRICYCLES and VE. LOCLPEDES. In purchasing from me you have a stock to select from and do not have to watt. Largest Stock and Lowest Prices an Sport-ing Goodn, Guns, Cutlery, etc. SHOT-GUN- S AT COST." Bicycle and Gun Repairing. Agent CALIGBAPU WRITING MACHINE Carbons, Ribbons and Paper. M. H. EVANS 223 W. 2d South street, Salt Lake City. Elali ai Montana later fc C. P. MASON, Manager, Headquarters for all Classes of IMm Engines and Boilers from powr ana upwards in stock fori: diate delivery. Steam Pumps, Injectors, Horse Whims, Hoisting k Rock Breakers, Wall's Rolls, Ingersoll Air Compressors and Drill, i eating Oils, Mine, Mill and Smeller Supplies, Silver, Gold and Cok il g Mills erected and delivered in running order. Maine Office and Warerooms 259 S. Main Street, Salt Ul AGNCY, 3UTTE.-MONTANA- . E. SELLS, J.TUCKER. H.W. SELLS Sells & Gorripany, -:- - Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Life' First South 9treet, opposite 14th Ward Assembly Boonn P.O. Box 1078. Old Pioneer Yard of Armstrong kW-THE SALT LAKE ABSTRACT, TITLE, GUARANTY AND TRUST-:-COMPAN- Y, (Formerly Harvey, Neff & Co.) 265 S. Main Street. CAPITAL $100,000.00. Incorporated under the laws of Utah Territory. Mates Correct Abstracts of Til, Slow all Errors-Tn-ies to Beal Estate and Mort-gages Thoroughly Examined and Insured. Bents box (liitet Improved Dlobolfl) In Its vault, ana floes an escrow busfnefsT iVIJEBec".tor' Aml"ltrator, Guardian ttoToWuSS. "- etc-- nd eMcute Holding Trust Funds separate from all Otner Assets of tbe company, ffiStSSSXl?" 8ttorMy through chHrge.1'0 pteU ,or uud 5a,ely wht winTi Prudent, Denver. V J Vice Pres. and Manaier hdw arc! W . center. Secy and Abstract Officer --EXCLUSIVE DEALERS I-N-Sole Agents for James Means $3 Shoe jSpenjer Kimbaji 160 Main Street. GEORGE A. LOWE, Dealer in All Kinds of First-Clas- s -- Agricultural Implements SCHUTTLER FAPM AND FREiGHS WAG0N5, GolmMsBiifcttoiSuitlRoili of every description. Steam Engines, Leffel WW warehouses STATE ROAD BETWEEX.FIRST AND SECOXD SOtH Dressmaking! EM SUIT ' MISS HARGROVE. 4th Floor.takeElevator.Scott-Auerljac- h bldg v. ' v'':.:: '"';) Mr. Greejjewald having withdrawn his objections, the nomination of Mr. Benton as postmaster of Salt Lako City will no doubt be continued at once. appearing as a vest, if desired, though the other accessories are usually of velvet. Flowered silk muslin, with broad sash tied at left side, sleeves and frill of plain, is much worn by quite young eirls for evening gowns. The simple style of gown, with the long gloves, and hair dressed at tho top of the head, the short waist, puffed sleeves, and largo buckle, render the wearer similar to what her must have looked in tho early part of the century. Brides' gowns aro charmingly simple and graceful in their make up this spring. The skirts are full, flat, pleated, clinging aud trained. I he bodices are high, full and surpliced, the sleeves long and puffed in the armholn, the belt is of ribbon aud the floral gar-nitures of orange buds and blossoms mingled with small white rosM and Easier lillics of small size and lillies of tho valley for fringes. The tulle veil and diamond ornaments remain the conventional and correct usage. The handsome tweeds, English serges and fine French cheviots are made grea use of iu the formation of stylish and useful spring traveling suits for jour-neys by land and sea. Many new aud attractive shades have this season been added to the familiar dyes, and there are also novel effects in stripes, bars, plaids in refined color combinations, and Venetian patterned borderings. A great deal has been said about the beautiful new inexpensive cotton fa-brics exhibited this season. There is not the slightest doubt about the truth of tho affirmation that they aro charm-iu- g to look at, but it can be very easily and honorably proven that tho "inex-pensive" which, true to former tradi-tiou-the mind still associates with a washing dress, is a delusion aud a snare. Tho impression that fabrics that cost but little a yard tend to reduce expense is a fallacy of which we all have con-vincing proofs, "Simple cotton dresses" cost but a trille at the shop, but convey those fabrics to tho dressmaker, leave her to "garnish" them prettily, let the gowns have a season at tho summer during which course they pass through tho laundress' bauds, and then where, oh where aro thoso inexpensive dresses? FASHION NOTES. Mohairs are much used for traveling, and make charming gowns for that oc-casion, as they shed the dust so thor-oughly, i Swiss basket hats of open-wor- k straw are very stylish for summer wear, and look so pretty when daiulily trimmed in mull- - Furniture brocades in pompadour patterns make very beautiful tea gowns, and aro very .popular on account of their beauty. ' " ; It is rumored .".that fie one-butto- n flovo is on its way to popularity, and four button styles are already iu high favor,, owiug to tho length of many of the fashionablo sleeves. The hoop-skir- t' is the latest innova-tion; uot the balloon-lik- sage once so fashionable, but a skirt of taffeta glace of narrow dimensions, into which is run several slender reeds, which imparts a scarcely noticeable fuluess to tho plain skirts. White undressed kid gloves, white slippers to match and white silk or lace clocked lislo thread stockings will be worn by sweet girl graduates this year. Othor commencement toilets will'per-- nut of tan suede gloves and tan or black kid slippers. Some prominent English women are discussing the dress question and short skirts was the topio of the lust meeting some voting for skirts to be live inches from the ground, others for a foot and a half, just coming below the kuees, while a third set voted for the Turkish costume. Challies come in lovelier shades for the grounds and more artistic flower figure designs than ever. Thoy aro admirably combined with plain or d stuffs of tho same texture in making up charming house gowns and piazza and lawn dresses for watering places and country wear. Tho jaunty effect of jackets is prop-erly appreciated by the arbiters of style and, as tho weather boeomes too warm to wear them as outer garments, the effect will soon be seen ou mauy gowns. Jacket bodices to skirts of the same material will bo much iu favor, especially iu the new plain and spotted combination stuffs. Home dresses of the cashmere, veil-ing or erepou have a full skirt, leg-- mutton sleeves and a basquo hav'tug under-ar- seams only, being shaped to the ligure by tiuy tucks extending above aud below the waist line. Velvet rib-bons trim such dresses if they are uot made of the "robes" that are em- - The trimming upon the new' princess toilets for evening wear differ consider-ably, some being made up with Grecian draperies of crepo lisse caught up on the skirt and left shoulder with costly buckles of gold or silver. Others have short sleeves, with Corduy folds over tho breast, of superb real lace or pearl-dotte- d silk tulle. "Hammock" dresses designed for ele-gant wear on sultry, lazy afternoons are annonueed. They are made with loug Jiowiug Greek lines; thev are steelless. eushiouless, , but graceful withal, having no look of unity looseness, aud are made of all soil, pretty crepalines, challies, earniel-ities- ; and also of Chiua silk, foulard und surah. House dresses in ouo-pioc- e stvlo have long trc-n-t laps at the waist "under a pointed belt ot velvet or passementerie or the garmeut resembles a loug prin-cess- e polonaise slightlv caught up on tlie hip, t ashmere polonaises are worn over surah or Minikins, the silk re- - Tjie Rapid Transit Company has now secured from tho city council about all that it asked. It is hoped that the com-pany will uow make the dirt lly all along the Hue. Tins fire escape ordinance will proba-bly bo passed at tho next meeting of the city council. It is a very necessary measure, and wheu it becomes a law it should be immediately uud strictly en-forced. UueM Agutii, N. V. Suu. "Who-wa- s it said 'The pen is mightier than tho sword;' " "I don't know. ,Hogg or Bacon, I guess." " The United States census will take the wind out of the sails of some of the over-boome- d cities of tho wost. Sev-eral of the cities claiming all tho way from 100,000 to 200,000 pooplo, will fee shown to contain a population about one-thir- less than, their present estimates'. This result will provo con-clusively tho folly of continually over estimatiug tho populatiou for buoui purposes. Thax federated trades circular which caused some discussion in tho real es-tate call board yesterday w.as issued beveral weeks ago. Tho situatiou lias changed sinco then. Building is pro-gressing satisfactorily, and employ-ment is being given to all tho mechan-ics in the city. It was hardly neces-sary to briug up that old circular aud thus give tho impression that it applied to the present situatiou, which is iu every respect encouraging. " FINNYGRAMS. Kiissian students still sing "God Pro-serv- o the Czar," but they don't say in what. San Francisco Alta. . ' Was t he phrase high and dry in-vented to apply to tho tall gentleman from Kentucky J Washington Post. "Won't your son take advice?". "Yes. he talus it; but it's hard to sec what lie does with it." Washington Post. Off years iu politics aro bad for mor-als aud revenue. The product is all mud and no money. New Orleans Pic-ayune. Can it bo that tho habit of casting bread upon the waters is what makes the dark blue ocean roll? .Somervillo Journal. It is hard to say which is tho most helpless, the little baby or the great big man when he is asked to hold it Atch-ison Globe. Stiff back scats and four part sermons assist materially iu keeping up tho at-tendance at Sunday base ball games Ashland Press. It looks as if the American eagle was in danger of being displaced as our na-tional bird by the base, ball bat. Biug-hampto- Republican. Swigger: Gentlemen's dress remains about tho same this vear, doesn't it? Twigger: Mine docs. Clothier aud Furnisher. .... , - . ineiopana uottoin or auymiug are considered extremes, but there isn't much difference between them in a strawberry box. Lowell Courier. Uncle. Sam:. Think you can staud alone no, do you? Chicago, enthusiastically: Yes,' in-deed; we Can stand a loan of $10,000,-00- Now York Weekly. Miss Boacouhill: I wonder what the philosophical reason is that men who mind their own business geuerally suc-ceed? Jack Mathews: Perhaps, because there so little competition in that line. Harvard Lampoon. Adam's Epitaph. The following epitaph ou Adam, our common aucestor, was written by Gab-riel Alverez of Paris, about 1713, and may be found in his "Historic Ecclcsiic Antcdiluviuie:" Here lien, reduced to a pinch of Uut, lie whom from a pluch of dust was formed to govern the earth, Adah, Jhe son of None, father of All, the step-fa- t hor of All, aud of himself. Having never walled as a child, he spent his life in sorrow and In weeping, the result of penitence. Power, WlHdom, Justice, luimorta Uty He sold for the price of disobedience. Having abused tbs privilege of Free-Wil- l, Which weapon be had received or the preservation of Knowledge and Ghack. By one btroke ho struck with death himself and all the human race. The Omnipotent Judge, JVlio In Ills Justice took him from Righteous-ness, by his mercy restored him whole as;aln. Saved by tho Grace of .... The Redeemer. The flrHt Adam lived to die. The second Adam died to live. Go, and imitate the penitence of the First Adam. Go, and celebrate tho goodness of the Second Adam, AMONO thu meu named for succcs-&io- u to the seat of the late Senator v, Beek, of Kentucky, John G. Carlisle is tho most prominent, and in all prob-ability ho will be selected. f Justice Leudray, who is now a state senator, is next iu prominence, then como Representative Breckinridge, MuKeuiie, and John Young Brown. The Kentucky legislature is now iu ses-sion, and it is quite likely that the sena-torial election will take place iu a few clays. ' ' ' " Advices from Washington indicate that tho temporary' postoftice will be located on tho Dooly site for the next live years. If this is correct, it will bo a good tbiug for tho city iu t hat it will ytMse tho Immediate erec-tion of a haudsomo and sub-stantial seven-stor- office build-ing. This will bo an important im-provement. Tho Dooly location is very central, aud will probably bo nioro ac-ceptable to the majority of the business men than any site offered. There has been a lively contest over tho location, and it is but natural that some little feoling will bo tho result over tho re-commendation of Inspector Pattlson, but this will soon bo overcome. TMS DATE IN HMToriV, MAY t. Ml) B. C Death of Socrates; aged do. ,, W8 Death of Otto the Great, emperor of Ger-many; born 912. ioti of Catherine, omuresa of Ruula. 1826 Birth of Alexander Ft. Stephens, Tce presi-dent of the Southern Confederacy. 184 Earthquake at St. Haytlen, Han Domingo; between four and five thousand lives lost. 1859 Papers found In a cairn, Arctlo regions, cer-tifying that 6ir John Franklin died June 11, 1847, and that his ships were deserted April 23, 848. 18f4 Gen. Sherman moves from Chattanooga on his "march to the sea," and after a series of battles reaches the coast at Savannah, Ga., Deo. 81. 1894 Butler defeated at Bermuda Hundred, Va. 187- 8- Death of Chlet Justice Chase, V. S. supreme cvurt. Thk city council last night took rather a strango action in one matter. "On . Fifth South and West Temple streets a row of bouses is boiug erected throe foot over the liuo of the sidewalk. Tbo owner explained to the city engineer that bis neighbor's division fence deprived him of three feet of ground, but that ho couldn't re-cover it because the other man could hold it by right of possession. Ho had to hove three feet of ground, however, to got oven. Mr. Doremus kindly re-ported the matter to tho council which as kindly granted the rcquost. ' Is it a wise policy, however, to allow buildiugs to occupy the streets in this niannerf ' It certainly establishes a bad preoedont. Miner's Sony, Joaqulu Miller. - . In the earth aud underground, Full half a mile balow, Where the days may never come, Where the nlghte mny never go, Where the smoky gnomes ara found, Just a level mile below We are ruololng through the ground, ' We are marcbJngjanderground Full a hundred thousand strong. You may bear our armor sound, You may hear our battle song, There is clash of pluk aud tine, There Is movement In the mine- -. We are marching underground. We are fighting underground, Now a thud, a smell of powder-Lou- der now, and louder, louder -- TH1 the deeps be deaf with sound. We are battling with the gnomes, AVe have gripped them In their homes, We are bleeding underground. We shall conquer underground, We Hhall pillage custlo, palace, ' We shall plunder plate and chalice, Where the busy gnomes abound ; We shall rise with shouts of Joy, We shall come 11 ko Greeks from Troy, From the buttle underground. The sliver question still hangs firo In congress, but tho indications are that a solution of the problem will bo vouched in a few days. The probability is that tho Jones bill, with a few amendments, will be adopted by tho republican cau-cus tomorrow. This bill makes pro-vision for tho monthly purchase of $4)00,000 .of silver, aud the issue of treasury notes which aro redeemable iu lawful money. As amended the pro-posed act provides for tho treasury notes issued under the bill instead, of caucolliug them when received for public duos. The amount ' Outstanding, however, is uot to exceed tho value of tho silver when purchased. Another amendment provides for putting in cir-culation notes held for national bank notes in process of liquidation. J list iu Well as It In. N. V, Sun. ' "I tell you George, if there was less money in the world there would bo more religion." "That may be; but the collections would fall off." Admitted to the Supreme Court. New York Mail and Express. Mr. Cleveland can now practice law before the supreme court in Washing-ton. What ho needs most of all to do is to become able to practice nioro dis-cretion aud reticence iu the city of New York. Mntli Too .Much. Kansas City Star. A Methodist preacher at Leavenworth says that 11,019,200 was spwit for liquor in 1 hat lowu last year. That would be about $W for every man, woman and child in tho town, which is too much much tooomuch. Remarkable Woinuu. Chicago Tribune. Kajones "Today is my thirtieth wedding anniversary." Kersmith "Wifo "still liviug? " Kajones "Yes." Kersmith "Lived ith you all that time?" Kajones ' Ccrtaiulv."' Kersmith (admiringly WW hat nerve that woman must have,':" ... . . |