use FOR EMPTY BARR'ELS. They Serve Over and Over Again. and With New Ones Always in Demand.» When second-hand barrels are col- lected from the retail dealers, they are disposed of in various ways. Many of the flour mills take their pick of the best flour barrels and use them over again, and the molasses barrels and hogsheads are re- paired and shipped to Cuba or the Southern States to be refilled. The rest of the barrels are shipped to large farming sections of the country, to be filled with vegetables. In the W11ter season large consignments of empty barrels go to Norfolk and oth- er southern points, where the market gardeners are in need of them. The glue factories are On the lookout for empty sugar barrels, and, generally, they have standing orders with the second-hand dealers to supply them with so many thousand a year. The farmers of Jersey and Long Island, and even the turpentine farmers of the Scuthern States, are all in the market fcr second—hand barrels. It would scam as if all this demand for second— hand barrels would limit the output of new larrels, but it does not in the least Ix’e .v ways of using old barrels are beau; found every year, but they would not be so utilized if only new ones could be obtained. The cost would be an insurmountable barrier. A flour barrel is sometimes filled twice with » flour; then it is strong enough to be filled with potatoes or pickles, and then it may be used sev- eral times for lighterlvegetables, such as lettuce, kale, and spinach, after which it goes into somebody’s stove. Admiration. "Do you consider the Electoral Col. l’E—ge a desirable institution?” inquired the man whose mind is on the nation. “Well,” remarked the nervous friend, “I can’t help admiring it for the fact that I never yet heard of an Electoral College yell.”—Washington Star. It is not recorded what punishment was meted out to this man, but cer- tainly he deserved a dire one. He lived in North Carolina and in 1865 he was given a letter to mail. It was found in his pocket in 1897, and the addres— see, being still alive, it was duly for- warded. WEE'KLY -NURWALK.- GAZETTE. WHY HE FAILED To LAUGH. the Play So Amusing He. Couldn’t Talu- Time tn Express His Enjoyment. Among a party of “personally con- ducted” tourists doing England one summer was a. gentleman with rather Puritanical notions about theaters. Nevertheless, rather than interfere with the, pleasure of the party he con- sented to go out for the evening with them. The play was one of those hilarious adaptations from the French, where a staid householder of mature years takes a night off and makes the most of it in an atmosphere of champagne and general revelry. As the perform- ance progressed and the fun grew fast- er and more furious the other; members of the party looked at the man of rigid views with considerable solicitude. Might be not rise from his seat and de- nounce the performance? But, no, he sat there quietly enough, his face fixed in a look of‘frozen in- tentness, and his eyes glaring through his spectacles at the spectacle beyond the footlights. However else he might regard the performance, he certainly wasn’t amused. Not a ghost of a smile crossed his face. He sat stolidly through it all to the fall of the cur— tain. When they were all going down the stairs, one of the party had the to— merity' to ask him how he liked the show, and the others waited with bated breath to hear his withering de- nunciation. “Why ” he pleasantly answered, was the funniest thing I ever saw in my life.” “B—but,” stammered the astonished questioner, “you didn’t laugh—you didn’t even smile all through the per- formance.” “No, ” answered the other “I didn’t la ugh because I was afraid I might} use some of it. ” Prosperity as a LeISér. “-As you never work, Slowb oy, 1 can’t understand why you take such an interest in trade report's.” “Well, when other men are prosper- ous I find it easier to borrow money from them.”——Chicago Post. ’: 0 live is to have justice, truth, rea- .;o:'., devotion, probity, sincerity, c0111- 111011 sense,_right and duty welded into the heart—Victor Hugo. .__.'\-—— realize. 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Rates on application. , llllltE TALL; OH “it The House Continues the Debate, Champ Clark Speaking First. .VIAKES A PIERCE SPEECH 1e Scores 0111‘ Foreign l'olic-y. \Vliich. He Says, Is Feeble and Cowardly-"An Alleged Understanding “’ith the Span- ish Minister of Great Importance. Washington Jan. 21.T—— he House yes- erday 1esumed the Cuban discussion. Then gene1al debate on the Diplomatic .‘nd Consular bill being open, the time 1as divided between the sides and the )emocrats at once began on Cuba .gain. Champ Clark was the first peaker. He said in pa1t: “If Spain does not 01‘ng the war to speedy conclusion the lnited States ought to expel hcr f1om he Western Hemisphere. There can 1e no doubt as to what has been our raditional foreign policy. There ought o be no question as to our1foreign pol- cy in the future. 'l‘crsely and blunt- y stated, it is this—and it ought to be inforced with i1on hand—that we in- end, at all hazaids and at whatever .,ost to thoroughly dominate the \\ est— -rn world “In these davs of MCI-Io nnaism our )olicy is so feeble, so changing, so owardly that even old (let repid Spain nsults our flags, maltreats our citizens .nd searches our ships with perfect im- Junity, and President McKinley, i11- 1tead of sending warships to piotect .ur honor and teach the impotent dons L lesson they will. never forget, passes 1. hat around and invites the American ‘ Jeople to contribute alms for starving 1nd dying Cubans. “The Monroe .Doctrine has vith our growth, strengthening with 1ur strength, increased with ou1 terri— .ory. It is high time that we served llain and emphatic notice on all kings, -mperors, princes and potent? tes that he navy of the trans- atlantic powers 1hall not be used as collection bureaus ’or questionable debts ,as was done a. rear or two ago at Corinto and as was lone at Hayti. “The Cuban case is this: For three rears the insurgents have fought with 1. courage and suffered with a forti- .ude that have challenged the admira- ,ion of the world—save and except the WcKinley administration. Three or ‘our hundred thousand people—some of :he papers say six~ hundred thousand —have died, men, women and children, is much martyrs in the cause of liberty 1.5 was Warren or any hero who died that we might be free—and yet’ the \IcKinley administration lifts not its finger to stay the slaughter and can :hink of nothing more effective for :heir relief than to pose as the big beg- :erman. “To every suggestion that we should "e-enter upon a vigorous foreign pol— cy, which will thoroughly protect American citizens and American inter- ests in every part of the habitable globe, we are met with the hysterical ;hriek that we are advocating war. It. 's not true, but suppose it were. There are some things worse than war—de- alorable as war unquestionably is—and one of them is to play the cry-baby act until we are despised of all nations and rindreds and tongues. ‘My Republican friends,” Mr. Clark said, in conclusion, “I invite you to lay aside the weight that is holding you lown, assert your rights, come out on the side of eternal justice and human ‘iberty, thereby demonstrating that you are worthy of the high vocation .vherein you are called. We Democrats and Populists stand here ready to re- rnove from America her great re— oroach. \Ve on this side will contrib- ute one hundred and’fifty—two votes. [1’ only twenty-seven Republicans will areal; the yoke, defy their taskmasters and join us in this noble work, before the sun sets this day we will send the glad tidings ringing around the world that Cuba is free! Free, thank God, 3 by the act of the American Congress.” At 1 o‘clock the vote on the Consular llill was begun. It was first taken on the Democratic proposition to recom- mit and return an amendment recog- uizing Cuba, and when this was defeat- ed the bill was passed. A sharp disagreement between Mr. Bailey, of Texas, and Speaker Reed followed over an argument said to have been made- on the motion to re- commit. Mr. Bailey said that it had been made and the Speaker said is had not. This question of veracity threatened trouble for a minute, when the trouble was ended by a vote on Mr. Hitt’s motion to lay Bailey’s appeal on the table—481 to 114, so the Speaker was sustained. l‘he bill was then passed and the House adjourned. SILVER RULES THE SENATE. l‘eller Resolution Taken Up by a- Vote of 41 to 25. Washington, Jan. 21.—Senator Vest moved to take up the Teller silver reso'— lution in the Senate yesterday and Sen- ator Lodge moved an executive session. The latter motion" was voted down, 27 to 39. The silver men voted solidly . no, and were aided by several Western ,Republicans and Quay, 0f Pennsyl- vania. The Teller resolution was then taken up by a vote of 41 to 25. ' This vote was a more decided show- ing of the strength of the silver men and indicates that they are able to dic- tate on all matters of financial legis- lation. " ' The resolution provides that “all bonds of the United States, isssued or authorized to be issued under the said acts of Congress, hereinbefore recited, are payable, principal and interest, at the option of the Government of the United States, in silver dol- lars of the coinage of the United ver dollars of the coinage of the United States, containing 412% grains each of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a. legal tender in payment of said bonds, prin- cipal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith, nor inderogation of the rights of the public creditor.”. Mr. Vest addressed the Senate‘in support of the resolution. He remind- ed the Senate that the twenty years had elapsed since these concurrent res- )lutions were first put on the statute make, but there was reason now in eiterating the declarations contained in them if they were originally correct gr own . nd proper. They were not repudia- on and were ..ot dishonest. The administm tion had thrust the is- ue upon the Senate; and Senator-.1 (ere either required to keep silent and y silence to give assent to the recent eclaration of the Secretary of the ‘reasury. llldl rsed by the President of he United Flutes. or else to reaffirm he Stanley alathews resolution, which .ad been passed in the Senate by 3. '0t& of more than two to one, and in he House by an enormous majority. he present President of the United states being then a member of the louse and voting for it. The country. Mr. Vest declared, had .ome to a crucial point. There were tut two alternatives before the Sen- tte. The one was the single gold tandard, which was sought to be messed by the administration, and the 1ther was to make the last and over- vhelming contest in favor of true bi— netallism and the use of both gold and .ilver as standard money of redemp- ion. ~ Meaning of the Vote. “'ushington, Jan. 21.—The vote in the 70113.19 by which the Teller resolution was taken up was in effect a. vote of 1. want of confidence in Secretary lages‘ declaration in favor of “the linglc gold standard.” The showing ’or silver was such a shock to the gold pen that on a subsequent motion of :enator Vest to set aside the census bill 1nd make, the Teller resolution the un- ihished business, until it is disposed 1f. the gold men did not insist upon a. '01] call. The silver Senators say that yester- lay's vote marks an epoch in the de- :elcpment of sentiment on the money ruestion. It indicates that in all firms for cu1rc .1cy reform, any bill vhich reaffiims the gold standard will meet an insurmountable obstacle in the Senate. The impressive feature of the short )ut decisive battle was the confessed 1elplessness of the gold men. They sat rloomily in their seats and offered no 11.11.11 sition while :arried everything before them. The Currency'Rcform Hearing. Washington, Jan. 21.—The currency maring before the House Committee 1n Banking and Currency was contin- 1ed yesterday. Ex- Secretary Fairchild tppeared in the m0111ing, with the un— lerstanding that Secretary Gage would 'esume in the afternoon. The inquiries 1f Mr. Fairchild were along the line of leveloping the degree of success with which the monetary commission bill :ould be put into practical operation. Considerable feeling has been arous- ed by the determination of the com— nittee, on a party vote, not to hear President Vv'arner, of the Bimetallic Union, and Chairman Towne, of the Silver Republican National Committee, 1nd assume these gentemen prepare a will and assume responsibility for it. Mr. Cox, the senior member of the mi— nority, says this. action is equivalent :0 declining to hear the silver repre- ;entat-ivcs under any circumstances, as they do not wish to appear as the ad~ rocates of any curreggy or banking bill, but to resist such a measure it 111 gold lines. Secretary Gage appeared again for examination, but turned questioner and out Chairman Walker through a long series of interrogations. ”He asked if Mr. \Valker did not aim in his bill sub- stani‘ially to relieve the Government from a. current redemption of present liabilities, United States legal tender 1nd Treasury notes, and from responsi- oility for maintaining the parity of sil— 1er and gold, putting the responsibili- :ies on the banks. The hearing on the currency bills was finally brought to a close in the after- iconand the committee will meet again on \Vednesday to decide which of the [our bills before it is to form the basis of the currency measure to be report— :‘ommission, Gage, Walker and Fowler bills. An‘ Amendment to the Treaty. Washington, Jan. 21.,—Senator Bacon in the executive session of the Senate affered an amendment to the Hawaiian treaty providing for the submission of the treaty to a popuar vote of the citi— zens of Hawaii, and making its ac- ceptance by this Government depend upon its acceptance by the Hawaiian people. The terms of the amendment exclude Japanese and Chinese from participation in the proposed election. It is not believed that the amendment will be accepted by the friends of the treaty. Dingley Talks on the Cotton, Strike. Washington, Jan. 21. —-Mr. Dingley (Rep. Me.) took the floor in the House late yesterday afternoon to leply to some of the remarks made during the course of the debate relative to the wage reductions in the cotton‘ industry during the past few months. He said the depression in the cotton industry was offset by improvement in other lines. He admitted the depression in the cotton industry was unfortunate but the cause was exceptional. RELlEF TRAIN READY. Expedition to Eighty-seven Officers and lVIen. Portland, Ore., Jan. 21.—The Govern- the immediate charge of General Mer- riam, Commander of the Department of the Columbia, is fully equipped to leave here on Feb. I by .the steamer George W. Elder. The personnel of the expedition consists of a total of eighty- seven officers and men as follows: Captain George Ruhlin,‘in charge of transportation and quartermaster of the expedition; Captain D. L.‘Brainerd, commissary of subsistence, in charge of distribution of supplies; Captain B. Eldridge, Fourteenth Infantry, in charge of escort, with Lieutenant E. W. Clark, Fourteenth Infantry, his subordinate; First Lieutenant Guy H. Preston, Ninth Cavalry, in. charge of the pack train, with First Lieutenant J. A. Ryan, Ninth Cam alryfghis assist- Iant; and Lieutenant F. M. Kemp as- sistant surgeon. There are 101 mules and nine horses in the pack train. McCoy Posts 2. Forfeit of 315,000. New York, Jan. 12.-—Charles (“Kid”) McCoy deposited with Richard K. Fox yesterday afternoon $5000 fOrfeit to fight either Corbett or Fitzsimmons for the heavy- -weight championship of the world. He declared that he meant busi- ness in the matter, and substantiated his argument by the deposit. the silver Senators ed. Theseare known as the Monetary Alaska Will Consist of ment Alaska relief expedition, under-* BEGIN - THE YEAR FOR THE lilillll ‘ llllll'l'l‘ll RAND: N. Y. 'WEEKLYTRIBUNE. BOTH P APERS Sent to anv *Ad dress i FOR One - Dollar!
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