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for in advance.
An exchange is trying to get Up a
controversy over the grammatical con
struction of the phrase: "The United
States." It is a poor time to start
uuch a quarrel. Everybody is quite
sure just at present that the United
States is, grammar or no grammar.
John C. Baldwin, a life convict- in
the Sing Sing penitentiary, has been
pardoned by Gov. Roosevelt because
ihere is no doubt of his innocence. He
has served 22 years in prison for a
crime which he never committed.
Baldwin was a victim of circumstan
tial evidence.
It seems as if the limit of humilia
tion has come at last to the horse, lie
has been used as a beast of profitless
burden, cut up into sausage meat and
otherwise abused in the flesh, and now
doctors are making a drunkard of him
in order that with his virus they may
destroy drunkenness in that unrelia
ble animal, man.
As a producer of pig iron the United
States has a large lead over other pro
ducers, the output for iS99 being about
13,500,000' tons, while that of Great Brit
ain was less than 10,000,000 tons, and
that of Germany 8,000,000. Out output
was last year 0,000,000 tons in excess of
that of 189G, when the smaller quantity
was sold with difficulty.
The return of Paderewski to this
country recalls a remarkable fact. In
ISS3 Roentgen was professor of physics,
Paderewski was an instructor in music
and Tesla was an instructor in elec
tricity, all of them being in the fac
ultyof the University of Strasburg. At
that time they were unknown to the
world; now there are probably no three
men who are better known.
Miss May Howard, a "society coach,"
who sued Mrs. Frances Augusta Skin
ner for services rendered, has been
awarded $5,000 by a New York court.
The coach seems to have become a fixed
American institution. Backward stu
dents. football elevens, boat crews and
other college athletic teams have had
them for years, and now women with
social ambitions are employing them.
The consummation of the United
Str.tes' "open door" policy in China is
considered as one of the greatest dip
lomatic strokes ot modern times. By
it all the European powers become
pledged to a pacific policy of commer
cial expansion and the United States
secures every desired advantage of
trade without meddling in the affairs
of China or forming any entangling
alliances.
Bells have been the same shape for
so many years that, everyone naturally
supposed that it was the very best shape
for them, but now up jumps a bell
maker who has discovered that the
proper shape for the bell is tubular. It
is stated that the discovery w ill make a
revolution in bellmaking. All of which
goes to show that if we insist, upon stay
ing in the old rut we will never know
what there is outside of it.
One of the most remarkable coinci
dences 011 record has come to light in
Lynchburg, Va., and Augusta, (ia. In
each city there is a Walter Clark whose
father was named Samuel and whose
mother's maiden name was Walker.
Both Walter Clarks have brothers
named Samuel and William, uncles
named Charles and John and an aunt
named Elizabeth. Yet the two men
cannot trace any relationship between
the two families.
Norway now has a new flag, and it is
all her own. The Swedish flag was
forced upon the Norwegians in 1814,
though the constitution gave them an
emblem of their own, and ever since
that time they have been fighting for
their rights. The king has vetoed every
attempt that has been made, but now
the storthing has for the third time
voted to give Norway her flag, and as
the king cannot veto the third consecu
tive enactment of a law Norway at last
has her national emblem. The new flag
bears no symbol of the union between
Norway and Sweden.
The government has a peculiar case
or. its hands from Hawaii. C. 1). I'rin
gle, a merchant, has taken possession
of Cocoanut island, the most, famous
spot in all the islands, and claims (he
place vndcr squatter's rights. The
government lays claim to the place be
cause of its having been set aside
bv the old monarchy as a quarantine
station for the harbor of Milo. Our
minister has notified I'ringle to leave,
but he has thrown up a small fort and
says lie is prepared to defend his
claim by force if necessary. He lias
appealed to Washington.
t/SING THE SURPLUS.
Svuntl II tii« In run Pulley of Secretary
(•nice in Ills I've of Caovern
mriit Knmla,
When Secretary Fairehild refused to
use the surplus revenue in buying bonds
and deposited it in certain banks, Wil
liam McKinley, February 29, 1888, at
tacked this treasury polity.
His speech then is having a wide cur
rency now in democratic papers with
short memories and an insufficient
knowledge of the facts, it is quoted in
criticism of the present policy of the
treasury in increasing bank deposits by
$5,250,000 in December. Some papers
quote this speech of President McKin
ley 12 years ago without knowing the
facts, and some because they know the
fa«ts. Both are wrong, wittingly or
unwittingly, and both mislead, as the
facts show.
The surplus of treasury income over
expenditure in the past six months was
$21,000,000. This was the first, surplus
of income over expenditure in six years.
Secretary Gage lias bought $19,277,000
of bonds, par, between October 1 and
December 31, and the premium on these
bonds and interest anticipated on the
January payments make the total out
go by the treasury considerably larger
than the surplus. Secretary Gage has,
in short, us ed all and more than all the
surplus of income over expenditure dur
ing the first half year in buying bonds,
and President McKinley's administra
tion Las for the first.linie in seven years
resumed payments on the sinking fund.
When .Representative Mclvinley, Feb
ruary. 188S, made his attack on Secre
tary I'airchild the income of the treas
ury from July 1, lss~, to March 1. 1888,
was $253,000,000 and the outgo $183,-
000,000, leaving a surplus of $70,000,000.
The reduction of the bonded debt was
$44,551,510, par, between the same
dates. Instead of spending nil the sur
plus and considerably more in redeem
ing the debt and easing the money mar
ket, as Secretary Gage has done, Secre
tary Fairehild spent considerably less
than the surplus on the debt and de
posited the balance. For the fiscal year
ISS7-S the surplus was (111,000,00(1and
the par of bonds bought was $70,109,850.
For the eight months dealt with early
in 18S8 by Mr. McKinley and for the
fiscal year attacked in the republican
national platform of that year the treas
ury had refused to spend the surplus in
the redemption of the debt, leaving the
balance on deposit in the banks.
Secretary Gage, instead, lias used all
the surplus in buying bonds and then
disposed a floating balance so as to ease
trade and save public and private
credits. In other words, President Mc-
Kinley's secretary of the treasury lias
done exactly wlmt Representative Mc-
Kinley urged that Secretary I'airchild
should do. Having done tl's. additional
public needs of trade, commerce and ex
change have been met by increasing the
treasury bank deposits. If Secretary
Fairehild had done this in 188 Sand
1889 the treasury would not have rolled
np the great balance which Secretary
Windom had to use ir ISOO to avert
panic during the Baring failure. The
one sound principle is to return treas
ury receipts to the channels of trade,
first by bond purchases, and w hen this
is over by bank deposits. The business
community knows and understands
this, and no business men are deceived
either by the attacks on Secretary
Gage's policy now or the quotation of
President McKinley's utterances when
a representative.—Philadelphia Press.
THE ELECTIONS OF 1899.
Conil 11 lon m Which Are Nol I.ikcly to
Jse Uepcaleil in the Oomins
Caiiiiini^n.
In ten only of the 45 states, a smaller
number than usual, were there general
elections in the year 1899. This is the
record of the vote in each:
Repub- Demo- Vari-
State. llcan. aratic. ous.
lowa 153.520 10,590
Kentucky 1K5,714 1!U.331 17,r>24
Maryland 1I«,286 J2\4<» 0,494
Massachusetts 148,902 103,802 26,442
Michigan 216,828 165.452 16,835
Mississippi 42,173 ti,li97
Nebraska 94,213
Ohio 417,199 368,176 122.7M
Pennsylvania. 455,000 SlT,."ill 2<',Wi-l
Rhode Island 24,!<J8 14,602 4,220
Totals 1,808,883 1,634,233 231.050
Three features of these 1899 elections
are noticeable—the fact that the more
important states, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and Michigan particu
larly, were strongly republican; the
fact that, compared with the corre
sponding election of 1895, the year pre
ceding the last presidential election,
the only state in which the republican
plurality was increased was Massachu
setts, and the fact that, on the basis
of the electoral vote, the republicans
carried states having 111 presidential
electors and democrats' states hav
ing 25 only.
More than one-half of the vote cast
as "various" for other parties, pro
hibitionist, socialist, middle-of-the-road
populist, golden rule, social demo
crat and independent, was in favor
of Jones for governor of Ohio or Brown
for governor of Kentucky, as the result
of exceptional political conditions
which are not likely to be repeated in
the presidential election of 1900.—X, V.
Sun.
C7"Tliere litis rarely been a new year
with fewer men out of employment
who an desirous of obtaining work.
Kr.terprises of importance are under
way in many directions, but chimerical
schemes the most serious danger to
the business equilibrium —are raiv.
The national treasury i> well stocked
with money ;i-nd the banks seein to be
relying on legitimate profits. — Balti
more American.
ITTChairman .(cues, who is to be
dropped by the democratic national
committee, is reported t > lie angry.
■:nd it is feared in some quarters that
he may deal Bryan a body blow by
coming out and declaring that pros
perity has returned, after ail.—Chi
•ago Times-Herald.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1900.
A CERTAIN STANDARD.
Sullent Keaturm of ihe Currency
11111m That Are !\ow llefore
(ongrm.i.
The passage of one of the currency
bills before congress will be the log
ical result of the last, presidential elec
tion, the. election of ltys and of the
course of events. The real issue was
between a gold and silver standard in
1890. With a timidity which ill befits
a great party, many republicans were
reluctant to declare for the gold stand
ard, but the convention did so by a
decided majority, with the proviso of
one more atempt to bring about inter
national bimetallism, which, at that
tunc, no one who had watched the
drift of •sentiment in Europe and had
weighed the effect of the doubling of
the output of the world's gold mines
believed had the ghost of a chance. It
is fair to say that the issue in 189G
was between the gold and silver stand
ard, since there is not an intelligent
man who has any information regard
ing the history of coinage in his own
and other countries who will not con
fess to himself that free and unlimited
coinage at the ratio of sixteen to one
would bring the country to a silver
standard as soon as it should be
adopted. The country declared against,
the silver standard in defeating Mr.
Bryan in 1890. Two yearn later six
teen to one was made the leading issue
in the congressional elections. Again
the country, having to choose between
the gold and silver standard stood for
gold. The democrats in the east, ex
cept those controlled by Tammany,
were elected upon platforms which as
sumed that the question of standards
had been settled. The party standing
for the gold standard won states which
voted for Mr. Bryan in 1896, indicat
ing that the sentiment in favor of the
gold standard had grown because of
the good results that followed from
the decision of the country in favor
o- that metal.
Such being the case, the republic
ans in congress, by virtue of their
pledges, were in fluty bound to estab
lish the gold standard beyond ques
tion by requiring that all the obliga
tions of the government shall be paid
with gold. Such a requirement may
seem unnecessary, since the United
States has had a gold standard since
1834, when, undcu the influence of
President Jackson, a democratic con
gress changed the coinage ratio, mak
ing the silver dollar worth more in
trinsically than the gold. But while
the gold standard has been in force
practically, it has not been fixed by
law in such a way as to prevent the
president from putting the country on
a silver bas-is by declaring that, all
Uie obligations of the United States
should be paid only in silver. The peo
ple having declared in two general
elections in favor of the gold stand
ard, the congress elected 011 that is--
sue would be recreant to duty and 1111
mindful of the voice of a majority of
the voters if it did not place the gold
standard where it cannot lie set aside
except by an act of some future con
gress. (living what lias been the prac
tice of the government for t>s years—
the payment of its obligations in gold
—the force of law and placing the gold
standard on a secure basis arc the
salient features of the currency bills
before congress. The bills simply
make certain what has been the prac
tice of the country. They do not
change the character of a dollar of the
money now in use. —Indianapolis Jour
nal.
RECEIPTS INCREASING.
SiiceeMM of the 111 nRI e y Tariff Ilcing
DemonKtrated in SaliMtantlxil
M (inner.
While the increase of over $40,000,000
in the receipts of the government for
the first six months of the current fis
cal year over those for the correspond
ing period last year is a matter for
national congratulation it is especial
ly gratifying to find that the customs
receipts have shown a proportionate
increase. The returns for customs and
internal revenue for the last six
months of 1599, compared w4th the cor
responding months of 1898, are as fol
lows:
Internal
Customs. Revenue.
ISM, last six months...sll3..V.KM7o $152,301,225
1898, last six months... !i0,630,557 137,583, CM)
Increase $ 18,2»,fi13 $ 14,717,54:
It will be perceived that the increase
from c lis to 11 is is greater absolutely, as
well as relatively, and demonstrates
the success of the Dingley tariff as u
revenue producer. Increasing cus
toms receipts is an invariable sign of
national prosperity.
An increase of some $7,000,000 in the
receipts from miscellaneous sources
swells the total receipts to $254,79: i
, or $40,108,389 more than was re
ceived from all sources during the last
six months of 1898.
For the first- six months of the cur
rent fiscal year the excess of national
revenues over expenditures was $21,-
116,994. —< Chicago Ti mes-H era Id.
ICCandidate Bryan and Chairman
.tones, of the democratic national com
mittee are said to be at. loggerheads
because of the candidate's declaration
IhEt the appointment of a new chair
man would be satisfactory to him.
For a man who has not yet secured the
coveted nomination, even though it
may be in sight, Mr. Bryan seems to
take little pains to keep his old po
litical friends in line, and his failure
to do this may even yet cost him dear.
—Troy Times.
ID'Tlie republican control of both
houses of congress is easy and com
! plete. This fact is being demonstrated
every day. The silver element in thin
senate will not be able to delay greats
Iv the passage of the currency reform
bill which has gone through the house,
or one so nearly like it that either
measure will serve the purpose of the
other. —Cleveland Leader.
THE PROSECUTION CLOSES.
Letter Ko* Agency Proprietor lllvn
IC\lilciiee Agaluot .Hiiliiiriil.
New York, Jan. 18.—The prosecu
tion yesterday practically closed its
case against Holantl B. Molinettx, on
trial for the murder fo Mrs. Katherine
J. Adams, with the introduction of the
testimony of Nicholas Heckinan, pro
prietor of a private letter box agency,
where Molinettx is alleged to have hired
a box in which he received patent
medicines from mtinufacturers. lleck
man testified that he had known Mol
ineux by sight for five years and that
he had seen him 150 times. On May
27, 18<»h, Molineux went into witness'
place and engaged a box for receipt
of mail. He gave his name sis 11. C.
Barnet.
Witness testified that Molineux
came in about 20 times for his mail,
which w:is mostly medicines. Witness
remembered putting in defendant's
box a. package of a certain jxiwder.
This powder is the one in which it is
alleged cyanide oa mercury was con
veyed td Barnet. Witness never knew
Harry Cornish.
Recorder GofF took the witness *n
hand and asked whether he had been
promised any reward for his testi
ni/my. Heckinan replied: "Absolute
ly none. I don't expect any reward
and I dc.n't want tinv."
A LOQUACIOUS WITNESS.
lie fatINCH I lie flit rli liribcrj lin estiva
lion to liall for 11 Time.
Washington, .lan. 18. —William J.
Cook and William F. Rector were be
fore the senate committee on privi
leges and elections in the Clark in
vestigation yesterday. Mr. Cook is an
official connected with the Thomas
Cruse savings bank, of Helena, Mont.,
and his testimony related solely to the
deposit of money in the bank by per
sons who were regarded as representa
tives of Mr. Clark in his contest for the
senate.
Mr. Rector proved to be a somewhat
irrepressible witness, volunteering
more information than he was asked
far. He thus brought the Lewis and
Clark county grand jury investigation
into the committee inquiry, contrary
to the intentions of the committee.
The intrusion of the matter caused
the defense to raise the point as to
whether the charges in connection
with the grand jury should be entered
upon, and the committee adjourned
until Friday next without deciding it.
To take up this phase of the question
would materially extend the inquiry.
IS STEERED WITHOUT WIRES.
Test of an Invention to be In il in
i onneclion with Torpedoes UIHI
Oilier Sithmarlne ( rait.
London, .lan. 18—Lieut. Commander
Col well, the United States naval at
tache in London, witnessed yesterday
at Yoevil the test of an invention of
fered to the United States government
for steering torpedoes and submarine
craft by means of a wireless electrical
device on the lines of the Marconi
system. The invention, however, is in
no way connected with Signor Mar
coni. The patents are held by Cecil
Yarieas, an English inventor, and an
employe of A. C. Higgs, United States
consular agent at Weymouth. The
experiments left no doubt that craft
can lie directed by means of an ether
wave, the model being controlled by a
shore motor with no other connection
save the current working upon the
rudder. The inventor claims that
this can be applied to torpedoes and
submarine craft.
KobcrtN 4'ommlttec Is Hi tilled.
Washington. .lan. 18. —The special
committee of the house of representa
tives to investigate the case of Brig
ham 11. Roberts, of I'tnh, has reached
a final conclusion. On the polyga
mous status of Mr. Roberts the com
mittee is unanimous and agrees upon
a formal statement of facts, tin the
quesition of procedure to be adopted
the committee is divided. The major
ity. consisting of all the members ex
cept Littlefield, of Maine, anil J)e Ar
mond. of Missouri, favor exclusion at
the outset. Messrs. Littlefield and He
Armond will make a minority report
favorable to seating Roberts on his
prima facie rights and then expelling
him.
Warship* to Utieort Jltile Tran«port».
New Orleans, Jan. 18.—It is stated
here that there are British warships
within easy reach of the Mississippi,
assigned to the duty of escorting the
mule transports wi..en they shall have
been loaded with animals from New-
Orleans for South Africa. The presence
of the warships in the gulf waters is
said to have been brought about by
advices received at the British war
office in London to the effect that two
old hulks had been fitted out by-
American sympathizers with the Boers,
with the avowed intention of captur
ing and sinking the mule transports as
soon as they left the mouth of the
river on their voyage across the At
lantic.
It cl oses to tall an lislra Mewtinn.
Springfield, 111., .leu. 18.—Gov. Tan
ner yesterday refused to call a special
session of the legislature to enact a
relief law, which it is claimed is made
necessary by the Illinois supreme
court deciding unconstitutional «lie
limitation clause of the new revenue
law. The refusal v.as made to a dele
gation of Chicago business men, who
argued that the taxes under the deci
sion would be increased from 2(1 to 50
per cent, in Cook county. Gov. Tan
ner said it would be impossible, rtwing
to democratic opposition, to obtain
the necessary two-thirds majority to
•»a ss the mini red legislation.
IliiiiiK to ilk Africa.
New York. .lan. is.—The steamship
St. l'aul, which sailed for Southamp
ton 011 Wednesday, hail 011 board a
number of men who are en route to
South .Africa to do some lighting.
Among them was I-'. I!. Burnhatn, a
icout. who has seen much service 111
the lOnglish araay. Mr. liurnham was
.villi Lord Roberts wli 11 the latter
was in India, ( apt. 1!. 10. Harris and
I,s son I'dix, from San Antonio, Tex.,
laid they were going till the way to
Vfrica "ID get in the s. run." 'I hey
would lo.t, say which side they arc
*oing '••• ght for.
RIVER CROSSED.
Buller's Troops Ford the Tugela
and Surprise Boers.
The Sllfiiif In l(<CHrd to tli«- \Vnr In
South Al'rU-H l» llrokrii l>>
ul a Ifritlhli Advance HIHI na>
■ liiilily Nurirul'ul IIUITK
Snlll lo IK- lli n|l<illlt< 111.
Kensburg, Cajie Colony, Jan. 17.
Twenty-one Boers were killed and
about 50 wounded in a titrlit near here
on -Monday.
The Boers determined to make an
attempt to seize the heights. They
advanced cautiously, directing their
lire at a small wall held by the York
shires. When the Boers rushed the
wall, the Yorkshires fixed bayonets
and charged. .Inst at that moment a
small party of New Zealanders came
up and the combined force leaped over
the wall and charged straight for the
eneinv, who fled, followed by u with
ering fire at close range.
A dispatch to the l>aily Mail from
1 Mete rmsu'i tz I >i\ rg, dated Tuesday,
says: "There was very heavy firing
to the north yesterday. I believe the
lioers are contesting Gen. Buller's pas
sage of the Tugela. Howitzers were
evidently busy, as the firing is de
scribed as the heaviest vet heard ia
Natal."
London, Jan. If.—The Times pub
lishes the following dispatch from
Spearman's Farm, dated .January IT:
"The force marched westward on
January 10. Lord Dundonald. by a
dashing movement, occupied the hills
above I'etgieter's Drift, 13 miles west
of Oolenso, taking the lioers com
pletely by surprise. The same even
ing the infantry followed, (ien. Lytle
ton's brigade crossed the river yester
day and to-day sh(t 1 led the Boer
trenches beyond with howitzers, (ien.
Warren's force is now crossing Trich
ardte Drift, five miles above, lie is
not opposed, although the Boers are
holding a position five miles from the
river."
The other morning papers are out
with extra editions confirming the
dispatch from Spearman's Farm to
the Times. The Daily Telegraph's
correspondent says:
"I am permitted to wire from
Spearman's Farm that Gen. Lytleton
ferried and forded I'otgieter's Drift
aml seized with little opposition a line
of low ridges a mile from there. Dur
ing the night a howitzer battery was
carried across. To-day, from Mount
Alice, near Swartzkop, naval guns and
howitzers effectively shelled the Boer
position, which is strong.
"(ien. Warren also crossed the Tu
gela.six miles farther t-'> the west,near
Wagon Drift, with all arms, in the
face of a heavy fire from Boer cannon
and rifles. He has effected a most
satisfactory lodgment two miles fur
ther on toward Snroenkop."
This news completely disposes of
the statement that Sir Charles War
ren's force went in the direction of
Weenen. and tends greatly to restore
confidence in (ien. Buller's tactics.
The supposition that he had divided
his forces into three columns had giv
en cause for anxiety. It is now seen
that such a view was erroneous, as
Gen. Huller's forces are concentrated.
In Cape Colonv Gen. Methuen has
made a demonstration in force, shell
ing the Boer works. Gen. Gatacre is
skirmishing around MoltenO, and (ien.
French has been throwing a few shells
at the Boers at Hens-berg. Col. 1 Mum
mer is moving to the relief of Mafe
king from Bechuanaland. lie is now
in command of less than 2,000 men.
Matching is in a bad way. The siege
is being pressed with determination
and the Kaflirs are deserting because
of pinched rations and the necessity
of eating horse meat.
The Standard's account of the as
sault upon Lady-smith shows that the
garrison was surprised and that sev
eral times the situation was critical.
Out of a detachment of 30 Gordon
Highlanders who surrendered, every
man was wounded, sa*s the corres
pondent. Curiously enough, this is
the first mention of the capture of
Highlanders. The Boer repulse at
,advsniit.h was the heaviest counter
stroke of the war.
The government is relaxing its ef
forts to send out reinforcements. It
is undecided as to wnen the eighth
'ivision will be shipped.
The war oflice declines the offer of
a third battalion of Northamptonshire
militia, saying that no more militia
will be sent abroad. It seems prob
able that only 5,0b0 instead of 10,000
yeomanry will be mobilized.
The correspondent of the Times at
Lorenzo Marquez says:
"An old British resident in the Boer
republic, who has just been expelled,
informs me that. 10 per cent, of the
Free State commandos are British or
British born, who have been compell
ed to tro to the front. The Boers are
so disappointed and disheartened that
he predicts that a single big reverse
would be followed by a wholesale dis
persal of the Free Staters, who are
disgusted with the Transvaa.lers.
"They have no money and no fool
stuffs, except unground wheat and
mealies. In consequence of defective
transportation the men at the front
often go for days without food. HI He
ammunition is running short, and
what was condemned by (ien. Joubert
at the beginning of the war as dan
gerous is now being used.
"A correspondent of the Standard
and Diggers News savs that the Boers
in Natal are quarrelsome, overweary
of waiting and of the hardships of
camp life and that they criticize their
generals."
Not <'rip|»le<l by (lie Strike.
Pittsburg, Jan. 15.—A conservative
estimate of tin- e:>al in the harbor
awaiting shipment south Sunday
morning placed the amount at 5.000,.
000 bushels. Of this amount 1.3115,000
bushels were started down the river
during the <lay. The strike of marine
firemen inaugurated Saturday does
not seem to have inconvenienced the
owners, as the harbor is now clear
of boats, 'all being manned somehow,
l-iceretary Kelly, of the Firemen's a.-si
eiation. says every boat that went out
had a- crippled crew, some being as
h gh as four firemen short.
Merit llwmri Wlm.
T%« hard times of ths past thre« or four
yeara have been very destructive to all in
dustrial affairs, and the railways have had
ao unusual amount of difficulty in making
both ends meet. Roads that have, during
this trying period, earned dividends whil»
at the same tune affording high class trans
portation facilities to their patrons, have,
indeed, been fortunate. And such an event
■peaks well for the management of th*
roads.
The record of the Nickel Plate road dur
ing the recent period of industrial depres
sion has indeed been remarkable, and it
epeaks most eloquently of the conservative
judgment of the managers. For this road
nan made great and steady progress in th©
material improvement of its roadway and;
appliances, and in perfecting its equip-i
mrnt. The interests of the public liavfti
been in nowise neglected; in fact, the suc-<
cess of this road has inured to the benefit
of the public as much, if not more, than to
the stockholders. The condition of the road
today shows this. Great and valuable im
provements of a permanent character have
teen made—in the shape of strengthening
the roadway, bridges, and other accessories,
and procuring new and improved safety ap
pliances; new coaches have been added, ele
gant Wagner sleeping cars put on, new and
powerful engines nave been placed in serv
ice, arid everything has been done to raise
the standard of the road, to perfect its serv
ice, and to give it a leading place among tihe
best roads in the country. The result has
been obvious. The people have observed the
progressive spirit of this road, have given it
a liberal patronage, have enjoyed its excel
lent facilities, and that tells the whole story
of a highly successful enterprise.
Among the most noteworthy improve
ments effected by the Xiekel I'iate routei»
the introduction of a first-class dining car
service which has won the approval of the
best class of patrons. Then the coaches
have been illuminated by the brilliant
Pintsch gas, heated by ?team, and placed
in the care of a colored porter. So the
passengers have had the best that money
can afford, at the lowest rates.
The through train service of the Nickel
Plate, running in connection with the West
Shore and Fitchburg railroads—over the
great Iloosac Tunnel route, between New
York, Boston and Chicago, ranks with the
best in the country, and has become de
servedly popular. Flegant new coaches, and
palatial \Vagner buffet sleeping cars run.
through without change; the service is un
excelled, the time fast, the scenery most
fascinating.
Located along the south shore of Lake
Erie are many substantial and attractive
summer resorts that are yearly growing in
popularity, and this class of travel promises
a continually increasing source of revenue to
the Nickel Plate road.
Cow In u Golf Match,
Ed Tuft». of Los Angeles, was playing
golf with a friend recently. When he drove
from the .third teeing ground, he sliced the
ball badly and sent it away to one side. It
stopped in front of a grazing cow, and Tufts
came up just in time to see it disappear into
the bovine mouth. When his opponent had
made his stroke, Tufts untethercd the cow,
and, with many sounding thwacks of his
club, drove the beast to the third hole.
There he made her disgorge the ball, and,
neatly holing it, announced that he had
made the hole in two strokes. His oppon
ent calmly finished the hole in seven. an<J
claimed the hole. "Hut I made it in. two,'
protested Tufts, gleefully. "No, you did
n't," declared the other: "you made it in
39. You hit that cow 37 times, for I count
ed every stroke," and Tufts conceded the
hole.—San Francisco Argonaut.
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