THE PUBLIC PRINTER.
He Has to do a Good Deal of Work for
Small Fay.
ORtOW, GROWTH AMD PRESENT PROPOR
TIONS OF Tilt GOVERNMENT PRIN T
SHOP FOUR MILLIONS REQUIR
ED TO RUN IT FOR TWELVE
MONTHS.
"I presume that there comes a time
in the life of every lawyer when he en
tertains an ambition to be a Judge,"
says ex-Senator Moody, of South Da
kota. It may probably also be truth
fully said that there comes a time in
the life of every printer in this country
when he entertains a desire or an am
bition to secure employment in the
Government printing office at the
National Capital.
The public printer is at the head of
a great institution which employs over
three thousand men and women. The
Government printing office is a hive of
industry, and, because of the fact that
the employes in this great printing
house are not under the protection of
the civil service law, there are appli
cants for employment on hand in per
son every day either accompanied by
their representatives or Senators, or
bearing letters from men of standing
and influence. The office of the pub
lic printer, which is upon the second
floor of the building, is the most at
tractive camping ground in the city
for the unemployed.
It costs nearly $4,000,000 to pay
the yearly expenses of this institution.
Over $2,000,000 are paid out annually
to the employes in wages, while the
quantities of materials consumed by
the Government printing office are al
most staggering in their volume. Last
year 223,000 printers' reams of paper
were used, costing over $600,000.
There weic also ten tons of printers'
ink, twelve tons of glue, six tons of
twine, two tons of glycerine, two tons
of antimony, one ton of bar tin, one
half ton of plumbago, 800 pounds of
pumice stone and 750 pounds of bees
wax consumed in the regular business
of the Government printing office;
and there were also 6,000 gallons of
oil, 4,500 gallons of benzine, 140 gal
lons of alcohol, 3,600 packs of gold
leaf, 4,000 pieces of book cloth, 3,000
dozen Turkey morocco skins, 230
square eet of calfskin, 4,000 yards of
crash, 4,000 dozen sheepskins, and 40,
000 feet of Russia leather consumed
in the regular business. It is claimed
by many that the Government print
ing office in.Washington is the biggest
on the face of the earth. From the
expense account epitomized above
one would judge that there is some
ground for that claim.
It is not generally known, but it is a
fact that the big building at the cor
ner of North Capital and ff. streets,
in which over 3,000 men and women
are employed, is a veritable fire-trap
and a gigantic tinder-box. If a fire
should occur in any part of the build
ing a fearful holocaust would result
Three years ago Congress appropria
ted $250,000 for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a new build
for the Government printing office
but real estate dealers in this city have
managed, by active and energetic com
petition, thus far to prevent the selec
tion of any site, and the old death
trap continues in use. In the base
ment ot the building are 75 huge
printing presses, while on the floor
above there is an immense comple
ment of binding machinery, applian
ces and fixtures capable of turning out,
in phenomenally short time the great
est jobs of printing that can possibly
be projected. In the basement and
on the ground floor are the press
rooms, paper warerooms, safety vaults
and machine shops. On the second
floor are the administrative offices, the
main composition room, the job rooms,
the stereotyping and electrotyping de
partments and proof rooms. On the
third floor is the bindery and its ware
rooms. The fourth story is devoted
to the publication of the Congression
al Record, patent office specifications,
and to the necessary warerooms. In
addition to the numerous force of
printers, compositors, press-men, stereo
typers and book binders, there are
whole battalions of feeders, computers,
helpers, assistants, machinists, en
gineers, messengers, watchmen and
laborers. Most of the computers,
feeders and assistants are women and
girls, numbering about 1,00c in all,
who earn a competence by their la
bor. In addition to this great central
printing office there are five branches
under the supervision of the public
printer, and they are located for con
venience in the Treasury, Interior,
Navy, State and War Departments for
work requiring special secrecy and dis
cretion in these departments.
! During the last session of Congress
a joint committee of both Houses un
dertook to cut down the expenses
of the Government printing office by
recommending the discontinuance of
certain publications, but the Congress
did not act favorably upon the reports
of the committee. As a matter of
fact the Congress is exceedingly extra
vagant in its orders for printing. One
hundred copies of every bill introduced
in either House of Congress are print
ed and sent to trie Secretary and
Clerk of the Senate and House to be
placed upon their files. As a matter
of fact ten copies would be ample for
official use. Thousands of copies of
reports of committees are printed from
day to day during sessions of Congress
which should never be nut in t
The committees of the Senate and the
House having before them bills for
consideration very frequently make re
ports favorable or unfavorable for the
purpose of satisfying the demands of
claimants and lobbyists who make
daily personal appeals for action upon
their bills. As a matter of fact no re
ports should be made in anv cases un
less action can be had bv both Hnuws
of Congress. Then there are thous-
ancis ot reports of the Executive De
partment printed which might as well
remain upon the archives of the de
partments in type written form, be
cause their publications serve no pub
lie good. During the closing days of
the last session of Congress Represent
ative Stockdale, of Mississippi, advo
cated the increase of the number of
copies of ihe Congressional Recoru
donated to each Representative from
twenty-two to forty-four daily. It was
shown by the chairman of the com
mittee on printing that the adoption
of the proposition would tarry with it
a $95,000 increase, and the debate
upon the subject grew very warm. The
proposition, however, was finally re
jected. If carried it would have re
sulted in the practical waste of $95,.
000 per annum.
The common people of the country
are not interested in the excessive
publication of the Congressional
Record. It is a very fine thing to
have, bound and indexed at the pub
lic expense for the use of statesmen
and newspaper men, and it makes a
handsome addition to the library of a
gentlemen.But if five copies were daily
given to each member of Congress, in
stead of twenty-two, it would be suffi
cient for the statesmen ; and if they
needed more to send to the various
people in their districts they could
purchase and pay for them out of
their own pockets.
The present Government printing
office was not founded until r86i when
Mr. John D. Defrees, of Indiana, was
appointed the public printer by Presi
dent Lincoln, after Congress had wor
ried along with other less convenient
and satisfactory systems since ' the
Government was established in 1789.
For many years the printing was done
on a small scale, the House and Sen
ate each paying for their own work
out of their '"appropriations for con
tingent expenses." For about twenty
years prior to 1846 the Senate and
House elected public printers who
were salaried officials. The duties of
these officers were to make economi
cal contracts and audit accounts for
such printing only as was absolutely
necessary. In that year, 1846, when
the annual expense of Congressional
printing reached the enormous sum of
$65,000, it was decided to return to
the original contract system. But in
1 86 1 the public printing cost $500,
000, and the office of "superintendent
of public printing" was created by act
of Congress, with a salary of $3,000
per annum. ' Strange as it may ap
pear, Horace Greely was an applicant
for the position, and so was Henry J.
Raymond ; both of them destined to
become the leading journalists of their
day, and one of them a candidate for
the Presidency of the Republic.
The law of 186 1, creating the office
of public printer, is still in force, and
under the system then commenced
the Government printing office has
grown to the present proportions.
The salary, which is $4,500, is very
small, and no superior man could be
induced to accept the office but for
the honor of the position. The public
printer gives bond in the sum of $ioo,
000 and is obliged to abstain from any
connection with or interest in any
printing, binding, lithographing or en
graving establishment, so that the en
tire time, attention, ability and energy
of the public printer must be given to
the Government for $4,500 per an
num. And yet, the duties and res
ponsibilities of the place require the
services of a man who is possessed of
as much executive ability as would be
required of the incumbent of a cabi
net position. 1
The public printer must be a man
of absolute incorruptibility and ster
ling integrity. If he is not, he is al
ways in danger of misdirection, for the
temptations of the position are very
great. The following story is illustra
tive: "I do not like that man," said
Captain Meredith, chief of the bureau
of engraving and printing three years
ago, as we passed a prominent charac
ter on the avenue. "It was supposed
early in '89 that I would be appointed
public printer. That man came to
me and asked to be appoinred chief
clerk of the Government printing
office, saying he would make me rich
if I gave him the position. When I
asked how he could do it, he said,
that as chief clerk, he would make all
contracts for materials for the office,
and that he would occasionally hand
me an envelope with a thousand dol
lars in it ; and that I need not ask any
questions. He had been introduced
to me only a week before by an ex
member of a cabinet, and I had pre
sumed that he was a gentleman. I
have never permitted him to speak to
me since that day."
The above is a true story. It illus
trates pointedly and practically the
dangers of the position, unless a man
is armed so strong in honesty that he
is absolutely incorruptible. Smith D.
Jry, In Philadelphia Jieraui.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla never before
equaled its present daily record of
marvelous cures.
' - Hermit Orall, 1
SOME INTERESTING PECULIARITIES OF
THESE STRANGE CREATURES.
The hermit crab has suffered in
justice from the report that he is ac
customed to devour mollusks for the
purpose of taking forcible possession
of their shells, when the fact is he
never adopts such a method of pro
ceeding, if for no other reason be
cause there are always plenty of va
cant shells to supply hira and his kind
with a domicile.
It must not be supposed, cither,
that the hermit resides in one estab
lishment all his life. He grows like
any other crustacean, and just like
other crabs cast their coats and adopt
fresh ones, so does he vacatH the quar
ters that he finds too small for his com
fortable accommodations, moving at
proper intervals into more commo
dious rooms.
Thus the hermit crab may occupy
as his tenement, from his birth to old
age, a dozen or more empty shells of
increasing sizes. Necessarily he may
not always find one that suits him
properly when he desires to move, just
like people, but he must take the best
he can find j and this will account for
the fact that you often discover such
an individual dragging about an es
tablishment entirely to big for him,
or, what is worse, with an insufficient
roof over his tail.
It is his tail that the hermit crab is
anxious to protect. It contains his
abdominal parts, and is so soft that
any fish is likely to bite it off, regard
it as an exceptional tid bit. There
fore he stows away this undefended
extremity in any suitable shell that he
can find. Without such defense for
his exposed part life is a burden to
him.
It is great fun to extract three or
more hermit crabs from their shells,
set them naked in a bowl of water,
with one shell in it, and watch them
maneuver for it. They will fight fe
rociously if it comes to the point, but,
preliminarily, they will resort to all
sorts of wiles to first secure the shield
that renders the successful one a giant
among pigmies. It is as if as many
unarmed men were contending for a
loaded revolver. The vulnerable tail
of the hermit crab is like the heel of
Achilles, only more so. Golden
Day.
How's This I
We offer One Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O,
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale Druggist?,
Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan &
Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Trice 75c
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
im.
Luxurious Traveling. .
The climax of comfortable and lux
urious traveling is apparently reached
by the Chicago, Milwaukee ana M.
Paul Railway. Ease and comfort go
with the traveller making a trip from
Chicago to St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Omaha or Sioux City over this road.
Their superb electric-lighted vestibul
ed trains leaving Chicago for these
points early every evening are great
favorites, nothing being left undone
by the officials or employees to insure
a most enjoyable trip. Excellent din
ing service is maintained and buffet
library cars are attached to the train,
where current periodica' b may be per
used while smoking a cigar with all
the pleasure of one's own "den" at
home. Electric lights placed in every
berth enable the traveler to spend his
wakeful hours, after retiring, over his
favorite novel or other reading mat
ter. Private' compartment cars are
run between Chicago, St. Paul and
Minneapolis. In fact, everything that
goes to ensure comfort and security is
provided. The trip from Chicago to
to any of the above named cities rt
ouires but a night's run, bringing one
at the destination ready for breakfast
and business in the morning. All
coupon ticket agents have tickets on
sale via Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway, or call on or address
Jno. R. Pott, district passenger agent,
Williamsport, Pa.
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cures
piles.
DeWitl's Witch Hazel Salve cures
burns.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures
sores.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures
ulcers. W. S. Rishton, Druggist, ry
Deceptive Appearances.
From the Cloak Review.
Dodd. "You can't always judge a
man by his looks. For instance, take
Whiskerly."
Todd. "He's shabby enough."
Dodd. "I know it. But I suc
ceeded in borrowing $5 from him
yesterday."
$20, $r,5 and
for O.HO '
fl
York ciuthin '
We bought all his Men's , Suits (made to sell
for 20, $15 and $13) at a price that enables us
to offer them at $8.50 per Suit.
We are selling Boys' $5.00 . Knee Pant
Suits for $2.50. Hundreds to pick from. This
was another clean-out
BROWNING, KING & CO.
910-912 Chestnut Street
REED.
r.'clr nonIaehi nv.il tnller U tUo troubles faet
fut to allKoue etaluof tho .jnlntu, .itch as
I'ilnriiM, lv.ucri, Vrowrlao.il. J? In trees lifter
CttMni!. Vain lu tb ElUn, ka. While tholrmosi
tcmukuDle lucccu iiu bua ilia urn in outing ,
rrtlvhn, y Oirtcr'ii Lit:lo tlwr MM M
riur.'ir v .luti'jloluCcnsltj. alien, c'ivlnfmlT)vo
vmliu; tliU.miojinitcorui lulnt.wlitloilK-jralaii
rnrrcr t till Uleord or o( the toMrvcti,itU:n'iluti tlio
I'.v'r o-ii regulate li'O lvjwr.l", Kvcq It UuiyoulJ
an J
fill
' AchMhy vronld bo nlmoit pricel aon to thoo wb
Miiuor from thi'l'fltnvnir.rfOouiT.liiirt; ImtfurMi
jmtely tlictrrKKliienatlHiH tK toiHllu-rn.&mitliowi
trhooticu try thorn Trill find t.'iwo little pillnvnln
A'llAluftoxtFTi) ny lhu.t Tfy will nca lio vil
XH. to do without t hem. Bui sf tor allaick faeul
IfctlioTxino of no ranny Hvr that hero ! ntixr
Voinskeour groat bout. OurpilUeureltwliilj
Qlheredo not.
Cutar1! Little Urttr Ml. are very mull and
Very uy to take. On. or two villa make does.
They are atrlotly vegetable and do not grip, or
purge, but by tholr gentle action please all who
cm them. Inrt.laatHScentet five for tU Sold
by druggists ererywbere, or seat by maU.
CARTER MIOIOINI CO New York.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE
I have been a sufferer from catarrh I
lor 20 years, i lound immediate re
lief in the use ot Ely's Cream Balm.
Since using it I have not suffered a
moment from headache, sore throat
or loss of sleep, from which I previous
ly suffered, caused by catarrh. I con
sider your Balm a valuable remedy.
R. G. Vassar, 56 Warren St., New
York.
Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weight
in gold as a cure for catarrh. One
bottle cured me. S. A. Lovell, Frank
lin, Pa.
Lions and tigers with their magni
tude of chest, make a roar that fills
the ear with a sense of horror, the
depth of voice giving to the mind the
idea of an enormous being.
Specimen Oases.
S. C. Clifford, New Cassel Wis.,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his Stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles of Elec
tric Bitters cured him.
: Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111.,
had a running sore on his leg of eight
years' standing. Used three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker, Ka
tawba, O., had five large Fever sores
on his leg, doctors said he was incura
ble. One bottle Electric Bitters and
one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him entirely. Sold by C. A. Kleim's
Drug fctore.
Your Painter
has often wasted time and material la
trying to obtain a shade of color, and
has even resorted to the us of ready
mixed paints, the ingredients of which
he knew nothing about, because of
the difficulty in making a shade of
color with white lead. This waste
can be avoided by the use of National
Lead Company's
Pure White Lead
Tinting Colors
These tints are a combination of per
fectly pure colors, put up in small cans,
and prepared so that one pound will
tint as pounds of Stiictly Pure White
Lead to the shade shown on the can.
By this means you will have the best
paint in the world, because made of
the best materials
Strictly Pure
White Lead
and pure colors. Insist on having a
brand of white lead that is standard,
manufactured by the "Old Dutch"
process, and known to be strictly
pure the
John T, Lewis & Bros.
This brand or Strictly Pure White Lead
and National Lead Cos Pure White Lead
Tinting Colors are for eaie by the most re
liable dealers In paints everywhere.
ii you ere going to paint, it will pay you
10 una 10 us lor a book containing mrorme
lion that mey save you men y a dollar; it will
only coat you a postal card.
fnfor
JOHN T. LEWIS & BROS. CO., '
. . Philadelphia.
WARREN A.
CARTER'S
CURE
BGK
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$12 Suits
maker was hard up for cask
Opposite Pott Office, Philadelphia
Fine PHOTO-
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS iat
McKillip 'Bros.,
Bloomsburg.
1 ne best are
the cheapest.
4TJ rMeamtm. ffettl.fc IMamsn ajeaaa,
mwjbi rviiBW'iej. lamia, mum
lrrr fcc ChlchMfr-t) MnatUh JWev.
iwi Brand In Km) Mid CMrf mHallla
hs, tvid Uh blu rihboa. Tk
t other. MffSttB danainw u infla
tion mud imitations. A bruftxlrta, r ml 4.
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" KIUr IW MIm," to Utr, my rmtnwm
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7-2K-U.
PILES
"AS AKES1S " (rlvra Instnnt
relict anl la an iniiiiiinie
Care ftr Plli. Price $1. Hjt
free. AddiWA SAKESIS."
DruiririRMormnu. rituniHCfl
jjox ztui, newborn uty.
B It Doesn't Bute
u
No matter how hard you pull on It,
ur now- uiucu me inwi tries to
loown It. Look at the "AH CEOS'
at the bottom. Don't you think
It would be a good plan to have
one or two ol
Erath's Patent
Hitching Posts?
Cheaper than the old kind.
C.W. ERATH 3 8. Main,
WilkesBarre, PA., is maker.'
ELY:s catarh
1LV5 I
Cleans the
. Nasal Passages,
Allays Pain and
Inflammation,
Heals the Sores.
Restores the
Sense of Taste
and smell.
THY THE OUBE Hto-JEEVER
A particle Is applied Into each nostril and is
agreeaoie. rnce du cents at nrueiriHiH; Dy mall
registered, 60 eta. ELY BKOTUiTfit), 58 Warren
DU, X .X. .
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OMeet boreaa for seeurlu patents la Aaiertea.
Krery patent taken oat by as ts brouehtberofej
Us pubue by amies treo tree of bane la the
Sf. Mtttifif mtitm
lames etmlatlon
m of any enlentiae paper tn the
Sly Masfrated. No lntelllmnt
Inul should he
woria. Bpienaiai;
Jft 1.601 mo'-the.
witnuue It.
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4ros4way, Mew York Qty.
THOMAS GORREY
Plans and Estimates on all
kinds of buildings. Repairing
and carpenter work promptly
attended to.
Dealer in Bttilder's Supplies.
Inside Hrrdwood finishes a
specialty. .
Persons of limited means w' o
desire to build can pay part and
secure balance by mortgage.
OUR W0RLD'SA1R BEVERAGE.
The most healthful and popular drink of the
ate.
The proper drink for both table and fireside
now within tlit. rew-b of all. Kvury tliruiy
housewife can provide for her home, grape, or
anjfe, pear, cherry, apple.'bananaandplueapple
clocre at the small expense of ntteen cunts per
trillion. Keep your hiihbimrt and sons at home
by preparing for them those delightful and
harmless drinks : thereby aavluir Uie money
that mlKht possibly find Its way into the sa
loons. II only takes ten minutes to make any
one of these delightful drinks. Unclose 10 oenls
for one, or HI cents for seven of the "Fruit Cider
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FEMIfrf KK FFrVOCITT.
A Rpltefnl Meeting of the I-ady Meaan
of Ihe World'. Fair.
Chicago, Aug. 8. For four noon rt
lerday afternoon the Board of Lady Manav
gers wrangled and when the meeting ad
journed the report of Mrs. Meredith, which
ran the cause of all the trouble, was still
lie fore the body. There were tears, hisses,
stamping and other noises. As soon a
the meeting was called to order there waa
a dealre expressed that Mrs. Nancy Hous
ton Banks, of Kentucky, explain how a
certain deposition made by Mrs. Hall, of
Dclnwnre. secretary of the committee, came
to be published. The deposition was In an
nwnrds support of Mm. Cunningham's
charges that Mm. Meredith, chairman of
the committee, had acted with "malice."
This brought forth a great deal of femi
nine oratory but Mrs. Hanks finally ex
plained that the first she knew of the pub
licotlan of the deposition was when she
saw members of the press with type
written copies and she At once notified the
officers of the Board.
Mrs. Meredith then made a report, in
cluded In which was the Information that
every member of the committee had signed
a letter addressed to Mrs. Palmer, asking
that Mrs. Hall be excused from further
service on the committee.
Then trotibe began andl for three hours
one parliamentary question after another
was raised, until even the man who sits as
parliamentary expert at Mrs. Palmer's side
and advises her, was bewildered. As the
debate grew a large number of outsiders,
attracted by the noise, pushed by the
guards and filled the chamber.
None of the many proposition met with
the approbation of a sufficient number of
mninlivrs to lumire adoption and the board
finally adjourned iu a very rulTled Antne of
mind, leaving the matter unsettled.y
UtOfNT'S KF.FOIIT.
lilt Statement ot Hawaiian Arlalrs Arrlres
at Washington.
Vamuinoton, Aug. 4. Minister Blount's
long expected report on Hawaiian afTnlrs
Is In tho possesion of the Secretary of
State. It arrived in the official dispatch
beg from Snn Francisco in company with
a communication from Mr. Severance, the
United States Consul General in Hawaii,
telling of the Fourth ot July celebration at
Honolulu at which Minister Blount pre
sided. Mr. Blount is expected in Washing
ton ulKiut Aug. 20 to participate in the.
conferences ot the President and Secretary
Oresbnm over the amended protocol of m.
treaty submitted by the provisional govern
ment.
DKNTKR'9 HUNGRY.
The Charity Camp Maintained With Dun--dreda
ot Patrons. "
Dexver, Col., Aug. 8. The Public
Charity Camp, which has been maintained
under military supervision at River Front.
Park, for two weeks was not abandoned
yesterday, as had been announced, and
about 400 men are still being fed and lodg
ed in the militia tents there. The author
ities dare not break up the cuuid and turn
out upon tbe city a small army of hungry
men. Every effort is being made, how
ever, to discourage unemployed men from
the mining towns from coming to the
Denver relief enmp, as it is verv difficult
to raise funds to feed those already here.
Sad End of Three Excursionists.
Niagara Falw. N. Y.. Autr. 4 X.
Miller & Brundatre surrey, occunled b
Stephen H. Hatch, wife and two daugh
ters, of New Bedford. Mass.. while cross
ing the New York Central railroad at
Main street, this city, yesterday afternoon,
was atruck by a train. Tbe carriage
waa completely wrecked, Mrs. Hatch al
most Instantly killed and tbe others pain
fully bruised and cut The crossing where
tbe accident occurred Is protected by guard
gates, but the man In charge was unablo
to see the approaching train on account of
another which had Just passed from the
opposite direction. The injured ones ware
World's Fair excursionists returning home.
The Boycott Is Unpopular.
Chicaoo, Aug. 4. Boycotting one rail
road by others is proving a very unpopular
method of enforcing requirements with
many of the roads. A good dead of squirm
ing is indulged la where it has to be la
sorted to in obedience to association agree
ments. The Wabaah has given notioe that
the one declared against the Mobile ft
Ohio by the Western Passenger Association
will only be observed by it so far as the
lines within the territory of the association
are concerned. On all other branches busi
ness arrangements with the Mobile & Ohio
will be maintained aa formerly.
Cholera la Earepe. "
Biruk, Aug. 8. The report of a death
from oholera iu the East End of Berlin on
Sunday has caused a scare in this city.
Tbe correctness of the diagnosis is doubted.
An autopsy will be held to clear up the
Vicuna. Aug. 8. Cholera is snreadlns-
in Roumaula and Qalicia. Several oassa
bars been reported in Lembers. ska
capital of Qalicia.
The Warehouse Gets Left.
Wabhixoton, Aug. 4. A lot ot wine tn
a bonded warehouse In Philadelphia,
which had been housed for more thantbVes
years, was recently sold at auction for its
tax. The price obtained simply paid the '
tax, and now the warehouse owner asks
that the government pay him for three
years's storage charges. Acting-Secretary
Curtin has refused to do so, holding that
his only remedy is against the original
owner ot the wine.
No More Sunday Closing.
Chicaoo, Aug. 4. The opinion is unani
mous among lawyers that tbe gates of the
World's Fair will be opened every dav in
tbe week from now on until tbey are finally
clotted next October. The Appelate Court
will not be in session until after the mv-
summer vacation which ends iu Septette
ber, and the appeal prayed for yesterdav
cannot therefore be passed on until Octo
ber.
Col. ltoblnaon's Troubles,
New Yokk. Aug. 4. Another judg
ment for $31,213 has been entered against
Mayor David V. Kobiuson of Elmira. in
favor of the' Western National Bank on
two notes of the Klmira Oas and Illumin
ating Company, which he endorsed. This
makes seven judgments entered asninst
him by the above bonk, aggregating 188,-
000.
Iron and Steel Company Gone.
Chicaoo, Aug. 8. The Chicago
Iron
The
tei
and St. el Company has assigned.
Chicago Tile and Trust Company
made assignee.
Currency to the Country,
New York, Aug. 8. Tbe shipment of
currency to tbe inferior by New York
bnuks yesterday aggregated 400,000.