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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 84. 1889.
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Mr. President: If you really believe in
civil service reform, why don’t you appoint
two more civil service commissioners! l —
let them not be spoilsmen.
If the republicans can afford to quarrel
over the offices, the democrat* can afford
to stand aside and let them quarrel. It is
not the Democratic party that is going to
get hurt.
Young Mr. Russell Harrisou has arrived
In Hew York, so as to oe on hand at the
centennial oelebratien next week. He
probably went early so as to avoid the rush
of the common peopb.
The people of Minnesota, fearing another
grasshopper plague in that state, are re
volving in their mmds all sorts of prevent
ive measures. If the grasshoppers should
appear in great quantities. President Harri
eon might appoint the army of offioe-
Seekers to go out and exterminate them.
The late Postmaster Pearson * pallbearer*
were a* follow*: George William Curtis,
George Jones, Warner Miller, Wayne
McVeagb, Dorman B. Eaton, E. L God
kin, E. C. Carey, Frederick Kuehne, W. K.
Grace, Carl Schurz, James McLain and
Howard CarrolL It will be seen that the
moat of them were civil service reformers.
Inspector Byrnes warns the public to look
out for thieves in New York next wee*. If
a sleek stranger should meet you, and
should make particular inquiry concerning
y9ur family, mentioning you by name, and
telling you tbat be was an old resident of
your town, don't invite hini to go and have
aometbing with you. In fact, shake him off
as quickly as possible.
It is said that President Harrison roc ives
many applications for office from men
claiming to have been named for bis grand
father. These application* seem to afford
him some amusement, but It has been
noticed that the William Henries of the
public service are becoming somewhat
numerous. The William Henries--that is,
the people who are not fit to hold office—
sire in a fair way to make a bad showing
for Gen. William Henry Harrison'* grand
son’s administration.
Arkansas is a democratic and a southern
state, and it has recently punishel people
who were found guilty of c: imea against the
ballot. In liana neat republican iu the
last election, and it is not a southern state.
People who were charged with crimes
against the ballot in that state have not
been tried. They have been shielded by re
publican politicians and by a republican
United States judge. The republicans need
not say anything else about preserving the
purity of the ballot.
Mira Mary Anderson had hardly arrived
in London when the rumor was revived
that she was going to be married. This
time the person whom the gossips selected
a. her husband is her manager, Charles J.
Abud, a young man who is said to be both
handsome and honest. If he make* “Our
Mary” hit Mary he will also be lucky, but
there have been so many false rumor* con
necting Miss Anderson’* name with matri
mony that very few people believe that Mr.
Abud is the fortunate man ho is reported
to te.
Bir Julian Fauecefotte, the newly ap
pointed British minister to this country,
had scarcely put foot upon American soil
before he was interviewed. He submitted
very gracefully, aud told the reportor
about the high positions he had held in
England, expressed surprise that some
things in this country were as big as he
found them to be, and politely declined to
say anything about American politic.".
Speaking of Mr. Gladstone, he said: “lie
ia still an indefatigable worker, hi* voice is
as powerful as it was twenty years a*o,
aid It is a pleasure to listen to bis clear and
vigorous utterances. He will probably dio
In hare ms."
A Prohibition Defeat.
Prohibition has suffered a severe defeat
in Massachusetts. The majority against
constitutional prohibition at the election in
that state on Monday was much larger
than tho prohibitionists expected, and
larger even than its opponents hoped for.
The impression of the best informed politi
cians of the state, however, was that it
yv. uld tie defeated.
The campaign was in some respects a
remarkable one. Many of the best stump
speakers of the country took part in it on
one side or the other. Georgia's junior
senator, ex-Gov. Colquitt, was one of the
best of the pr hibition speakers, and
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, exerted all
his influence in behalf of the prohibition
cause. Nearly all the ministers of the state
took an active part in the contest, the great
majority of them being on the side of pro
hibition. Some of the ablest of them, how
ever, led by Boston’s celebrated preacuer,
Rev. Dr. Brooks, were against prohibition,
and they did a great deal to make the ma
jority against it as large as it was.
All who voted against prohibition are
not in favor of unrestrained traffic in in
toxicating liquors. Many of them are only
against c mstitutional prohibition. They
believe in local optiou, because they think
that communities can do more toward sup
pressing the liquor traffic than can be done
by a constitutional amendment, and, be
sides, they think that communities ought
to be permitted to settle such matters for
themselves. They are confident that the
liquor traffic, in communities in which the
majority is in favor of it, cannot be sup
pressed by means of state prohibition, and
that a constitutional prohibition only pre
vents such communities from reaching
prohibition by means of local option.
Massachusetts has had at one time and an-
other statutory prohibition, local option,
high license, low license and no license, but
it has not yet got to constitutional prohibi
tion. Whether it will ever get there is a
question that time alone can determine.
Throe New England 3tates have voted
this year on the constitutional prohibition
issue. It was defeated in New Hampshire
by a majuity of 6,000. It was generally
conced lin that state before the election
that would have a majority, but its
adoption required a two-thirds vote. Its
failure to receive even a majority was the
occasion of surprise. Rhode Island did not
vote on the question of adopting constitu
tional prohibition, but on re-submitting
that question to the people. As both po
litical parties favored re-submission it was
decided to omit it.
Pennsylvania is the n< xt state to vote on
constitutional prohibition. Tho election
occurs June IS, and the best opinion is that
prohibition will be defeated. The anti-pro
hibitionists are making personal liberty
an issue, and, apparently, with considerable
effect. A review of tti“ liquor traffic contests
wnich have occurred within the last year
or two leave the impression thv, the people
are not yet ready for constitutional prohi
bition.
Mr. Springer as a Prophet.
The rush to Oklahoma makes Congress
man Springer happy. It is much greater
than he expected, although he was prepared
to see an extraordinarily large moveme tto
the new country. He does not believe that
there will be much law lessness in Oklahoma.
H says that the disputes wbica will arise
will be peaceably settled, as a rule, and that
the new community will quickly become a
quiet and prosperous one.
He understands, of course, that Oklahoma
cannot accommodate all who have gone
there; but he says that in a few weeks, or,
at most, months, the Cherokee strip, w hich
is 200 miles long and sixty-four miles wide,
will be opened to settlers, and that even
sooner, perhaps, the 2,000,000 acres north of
the Canadian river, which the government
obtained from the Seminole ad Creek In
dians, w ill be opened. All that is necessary
for opening the latter country is the re
moval of the Atapanoe* and Cheyennes to
another prt of the reservation.
Mr. Springe- sayj that in tea years Okla
homa and tte adjicent new country will
have a larger population than Kansas has
t >-day, and that VUsvairi, Texas. Arkansas,
New Mexico and Arizona will
all be benefited by the re
markable movement 1 1 the southwest now
going on. He pr- p as soon as congress
assembles, to assist the movement ia every
way be can, and he takes a good deal of
credit for it to himself. and very justly, too,
b**caue he pushed t > success the legnla'iou
which openod Oklatu mn to settlers.
Minnie Palmer's manager deserves credit
for patriotic emotions and for wanting to
see Now York present a creditable aptear
ance during the centennial exercises next
week, but he has allowed his enthusiasm to
get the better of his judgment. The other
day, while walking in Union square, he
noticed that the tnonuineut to Liucolu was
very much m need of a bath, to make it
presentable at the celebration, so on bis
own responsibility and at his own expense
he hired a colored man to give it a good
scrubbing. The colored tnan secured a
decoctioa which he thought would clean the
statue, but just os he had rubbed it oti well
a policeman came along and arrested him
tor injuriug public property. It is said thnt
tno damage to the statue is $llOO or S4OO.
NV ill Manager Rogers ha id over that
amount to the city?
Mrs. Whittling, the Philadelphia mur
deress, will not be hanged to-day, as Gov.
Beaver, yielding to petitions in her behalf,
has postponed the execution until ,1 une 2.1.
The people who cry out against tho
execution of women received the news
of the respite with exhibitions of
joy, and the c mUotn ied woman’*
lawyer yvbs very much pleased, but Mr*.
M hiteling did uot sooin happy. Bhe said
she would not be happy “uutil she joined
her husband and chiidron iu heaven.” and
tliat she wanted the execution to take
place at once. At the same time she showed
her willingness to remain upon earth a few
years longer, by trying to prove that she
was uot responsible when she poiannod her
family.
Nome of the northern newspaper* insist
thnt neither ‘'Dixie” nor any Other dis
tinctly southern tune shall be played during
tho parade in New York next Tuesday.
Tho s utliern people, so far as heard from,
arc not insisting that southern tunes shall
tie played, therefore there is no reason for
this insistence. The discord over the big
centennial has been great enough as it is,
and the south doesn’t wnnt to add to it.
1, t the bauds play “Yankee Doodle.” "Sla-
Hpangled Banner," “God Nave the Queen,”
“Wearing of the Groen,” “La Marseilles,"
or a selecticu from Wagner—let them play
wbnt they please, unless they want to play
something like “Marching Thiough
Georgia," and the southern troops aud
spectators will uot complain.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889.
Inspection May Do Good.
If there has not been made recently a
thorough inspection of the premises of the
busi mss houses of the city, might not one
be mads with advantage at this time? Such
an inspection should have two objects
iD view, one relating to sanitation and the
other to fire risks. Some of the business
houses may be in au unsanitary condition,
and if they are a thorough inspection by a
competent inspect >r would reveal that fact,
and would lead to their improvement at
once, A great many people are not as
careful as thev should be in keeping their
premises free from everything that is calcu
lated to cause sickness, but they are willing
to comply with proper sanitary regulations
when their attention is called to the import
ance of doing so.
Imraeliately afeer the fire of April 6 the
Morning News pointed out the advisa
bility of having the cellars and lofts of
business houses inspected by the chief of the
fire department. It is not improbable that
there are business houses in the cellars and
lofts of which there are accumulations of
rubbish which increase the Are risks of
buildings. In Atlanta the chief of the fire
department has authority to enter buildings
and to require the removal of accumula
tions which seem to invite danger from fire.
If the occupants of tuildings refuse to re
move the objections le articles, the chief
has it done at their expense.
The city council would take a step in the
right direction if it should authorize the
kind of -ctions indi rated. By so doing
it would satisfy a good inanv people who
are anxious that nothing shall be left un
done to put the city In good sanitary condi
tion, and also Wssea the necessity for any
largo expenditure for additional fire ap
paratus. An ounce of preventive is worth
more than a pound of cure is an old saying,
aud one that contains a good deal of wis
dom.
Our Artesian Water.
In anc'ber column this morning will be
found an interesting article by Mr. C.
Menelas relative to the 'tesian water of
this city. As is -ell k: wu, Mr. Menelas
takes great interest in e thing which
pertains to Savaunah, .daily those
things which tend to promote her health
and increase her beauty.
The great majority of the city’s popula
tion has never had any doubt about the
wholesomenes3 of the artesian water.
Thera are a few, however, who, while ad
mitting its good effect upon the gen
eral health, have raised the question
whether a long use of it in certain cases
would cot be productive of harmful
results.
Although the analysis obtained from
Prof. Chandler, the eminent New York
chemist, hen the water was first brought
into use was iu every respect favorable,
still Mr. Menelas thought that there would
be some satisfaction in having an analysis
of the com; osite water —that is the water
from all the wells. The analysis of Prof.
Chandler was of the water of only one well
—the first one suuk.
Mr. Menelas, after applying to several
sources, finally succeeded in getting the
eminent chemist of the government geolog
ical survey to make au analysis of the
water. Five gallons of it were sent to him
in anew demijohn, and his report, which is
an exhaustive one, is well calculated to sat
isfy everybody that our artesian water is
entirely wholesome. In fact, the cuemist
expresses the opinion that there is nothing
deleterious in it. With this opinion, com
ing from so eminent an authority, no one
need have any hesitation in drinking Sa
vannah artesian water freely.
The Philadelphia Press says: “Speaking
of innocuous desuetude, it looks a.s though
the coiner of that picturesque phrase had
fallen into something of the sort.” Oh! no.
Mr. Cleveland, el: hough he is nowa private
ci'izen, is almost as much of an object of
interest as President Harrison, and no
ther man in tho country, whether he be a
private citizen or an official, commands
greater respect on the part of the people.
Whenever ho goes any where he is received
with an amount of enthusiasm hardly less
than was displayed in his receptions on such
occasions v. hilo he was President, and when
ever he speaks tho people listen and read
with absorbing interest* Social clubs are
aoxious to havo him join them, he is
elected to membership in commercial
organizations, and political clubs want to
do him honor. Men like Mr. Cleveland are
not forgotten by the people.
Ti ere is a sort of vague rumor in Wash
ington that “Floater” Dudley has written
r* bitterly sarcastic letter denouncing the ad
ministration. and that it will bo published
soon. It is said that he asserts that he, more
than any other man, helped to put Presi
dent Harrison into office, and that he blames
the President very greatly for not reward
ing him with a good fat office. It is quite
true that the President owns his eleotion in
a largo measure to Col. Dudley’s question
able work, but one of the creditable things
connected with his administration is that
ho has thus far refused or neglected to give
Dudley an otlleo. If Dudley should w rite
such a letter as that hinted at, it would
help rather than hurt the President.
There is no parti cm lar reason why tho
case of yellow fever that has occurred at
Sanford nhould cause alarm iu Florida.
The chances are that it is ouly a BporadD
case. If it proves to be such, and its occur
rence so early in the season seems to justify
the opiuion that it is, there will be no
danger of au epidemic. Cases have been
known to occur .in midwiutor in New
Orleans, but physicians there attached no
special importance to them. The most of
the Florida towns are now in a good sani
tary condition, and, as the state now h it, au
able and energetic board of health, the
probability U that othero will soon be as
ole*n an it is possible to make them.
Mr. Blame is doubtless a very accom
plished and mu i, but until lately
it was not known tuat to the list of his ac
complishment was to be added that of
whistling artistically. A New York news
piper announces, on the authority of its
Washingt >n correspondent, that tho Secre
tary of State whistles exquisitely, aud tb.it
his favorite air when bo gets hi? mouth iu
whistling order is “White Wings.” There
is some mistake about this. No doubt of it. 9
No man whose fuvorite air is “White
Wings” can whistle exquisitely.
Mrs. Dora Taylor, of Chicago, believed in
keeping everything in its place, but she has
very queer places for somo things. For in
stance, she kept her money in her bustle.
She died suddenly tho Other day, and she
came very uear being buried as a pauper.
Ouly 40 wax found iu her pocket, and
her body wm turned over to the couuty uu
deriakor for burial. About that time sjuio
ouo found $o w >o nicely packed away iu her
bustle.
CURRENT COMMENT
The Real Friend of Neither.
From the Xashville American (DemA
The Republican party is not the soldiers'
friend any more than it is the workingmans*
friend.
A New Sensation in New York.
Prom the Philadelphia 7 imes • IndA
Visitors to New Y rk will witness somethin?
marvelous besides the centennial parade. They
can a-e the sky without locking through a
strainer made of overhead wires.
Encourages Crime.
Prom the Philadelphia Record (DemA
The development of Gov. B-avr’B remarka
ble penchant for re<piting murderers wfc . 'iave
been Convicted and sentenced has w.qi-nigh
made a mockery of the law against willful mur
der in Pennsylvania.
Science and Kissing.
Prom the Baltimore Sun (Pern.)
Mankind has meekly suffered science to de
stroy many of the most cherished illusions an i
to strip romance and poetry of the fairest flow
ers of tradition, bnt in attempting to invade
regions sacred to Cupid, and to interfere with
the legitimate occupations of the inhabitants
of that bliasful kingd om. fc has undertaken a
task that is bound to result in igoomlnou* fail
ure. No. old science give it up as & had job
and try a kiss or two yourself, and you will
wonder that you ever wanted to quarantine the
ports of Cupid.
BRIGHT BITS.
HrsBAXD— Dress, dress, always dress’ I don't
ladleve you have an idea above a SSO dress.
Wife—O, yes, I have. I have ideas of SSOO
dresses. Time.
Miss Gushinotov—You ought to have been
at ibe Dateriarch s ball latt eveniug. I had a
lovely flirtation with your brother.
Miss Buapshop— <J, hed flirt with anything,
dear. Life.
Husband—A word to the wise is sufficient, mv
dear.
Wife—l know it, darling. That's why I have
to be continually and everlastingly talking to
you.— Wash inyton Critic.
One would think, after a consideration of the
prices that aro to lie *hft-g°d for various priv
ileges in New York next week, that George
Washington was iirsc in the p ckets of his
countrymen.- Utica Obwver.
Stern Father What were you doing with
your head on old Smith's shoulder last nubt*
lavghter~You're not angry. I hope, rather?
“No; but I don't like to see young heads on
old that’s all.' —Yonkers Statesman.
Mr*. YonfowiFE (ia a tsmpen—And did you
marry me because you wauted a housekee^r*
Her Husband imilily)—No. my dear. If I'd
wanted a housekeej>er I should have married
someone who knew how to keep house.—Phila
de phia Record.
"lb love a failure?" How on earth any
man who has ever strained the object of his
affections to his hea r t and prinUi a kif* on the
♦*nd of her nose can ask tha* question is a stun
ner. One might as well ask if eating was a
failure. —Detroit Free Pruts.
TitNinrsoN may b * right in his assertion that
“ 'Tis only noble to be g >od,“ but we would be
willing to wager a snia 1 amount and give odds
that, looking at the nice office of Secreiary of
the Interior, a good many people recognize the
fact it Is also good to be Nob\e. — Puc<.
Mrs. Muggins- What's the matter with my
husband, doctor?
loctor—Looks like a bad case of water on the
brain.
•Dearie me: I shouldn't wonder. I shouldn't
wonder. He's been c city milk inspector for
years."— Time.
First Tramp—Why didn't you nod to that
feller what nodde 1 to you?
Second Trarnn—He don’t belong to our set.
lie works for a living.
*No he don't That shows all you know. He
I'n't work any more nwe do. He's an office
holder. —PhiUuielvhia Record.
Hkard at the Theater.—“ Who is the author
of this play?”
“Worth, I believe."
“Hut hero.how's that? the programme says
£..akespeaie.
“Yes. I believe Shakespeare did have some
thing to do with it; but Worth has put it in
preseuttable shape.” —Boston Transcript.
Customer fretmn'ng)-Didn't I give you a
£5 gold piece just ao*v by mistake for a 5-cckit
piece?
Merchant (positively)—No, sir * v
Customer (turning to go)—lt isn't of any pur
ticular consequence. I had a counterfeit £5
gold piece that I carried simply a-5 a curiosity.
I must have lost it some
Merchant (hastily)—Wait a moment. I ll look
again. Chicago Tribune.
“Dfar John,” wrote the wife, “I am sorry to
say Willie fell out of a swing yesterday and dis
abled himself. He will not be able to use bis
arms for a month—so the doctor says He is
getting along ail right, but it maio*s him rest
less to stay indoors. When you return from the
city please bring him something he can amuse
himself wttii."
“Willie," said the father, kindly, os he patted
the little boy consolingly on the head th*- next
day, “I have brought you that drum I prom
ised you a year or two ago you should have
some time."— Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Margaret Fox Kane, odo of the origi
nators of the “Rochester Kappiags," says she
would rather die of starvation than to be forced
again to carry the loathsome title of spirit
medium.
Quf.en Victoria will attain the age of three
scon* aud ten May The state banquets in
honor of ttie event will not be given until next
day. She has been eajoving unusually good
health lately.
Rev. Phillips H*ooks is still catching it for
having pronounced against prohibition. The
Rev. j. Howard Smith, 4n the Amen iment , t4ls
him that he i- in the company of publicans and
sinners, and that his utternn os “are applauded
in the ante chambers of hell.”
At the last annual meeting of the stock
holders of t New York Central railroad, A. J.
Dr xel voted the largest block of took ever in
trusted to one man. It repres nted in round
numbers a trifle over s3<>.uuo,o x), much of it
beiug the holdings of English stockholders.
Artist Irwin of New York has ju>t painted a
portrait of Roscoe Cos kliog a-* he appeared a
few days before his death, which is said to lc
the fines? likeness of him iu existenc *. It nos
painted largely from memory, and reproduces
the expression of the mouth and eyes with ex
act ness and effect.
The wife of Congressman McKinley of Ohio
is slowly reeoveriug from her 1 mg and sever;
illness At one time it was believed that sbo
would die. but her ailment took a favorable
turn. Mr McKinley's devotion to her has
meantime b • : so tender as to become the
subject of wi .espreod comment at the capital.
It is told of the present czarowitz that one
day, reading “The Lady of the Lake," he came
to the liue, “Long live the Commons' king.
King .Janies'” and exclaimed with sparkling
eyes. "Yes, the king of the common people!
That is tne only kind of sing t at l would on re
lobe.” His father used to make such re mar as,
too, before he came to tne fctaroue: not since.
Ira Tripp, a millionaire c; al operator of
Scranton, Pa., who is now SO, was an ia veto rate
amoker till he was 00. when uo was tol l by his
physician that tie must quit the habit or die
He has not. ha l a cigar or a pipe betweeu his
lip-5 since, but has indulged hD love for tobacco
•moke by inhaling it from cigars smoke l oy
others. He finally resolved to hire a man to
accompany him wherever he went, the man's
only duty t*ing to smoke a choice cigar as
often as one was furnisned him. and to blow
the smoke in his employer's face. His present
s oker is a colored man, who has beeu with
him for several years.
The late Duke of Buckingham, says the Lon
don Life, once related that when he joined the
London find Northwestern railway directorate
on the day of the first meeting after the election
he went to kuHon square to attend it. lit* waa
too early, and on asking a porter who was hang
log about where th • directors’ room was, he
w.ia told that he had c une too h > in, arid wont
away. On returning some little time later to*
again found th<* same man. who gnve him the
same information. After a longer interval the
duke again came across his friend, whom he
questioned as to whether the directors were not
Bitting. The in tn very much irritated at being
so often accosted, looked at him and said.
“There's no use you coming about a place here;
you ar'n't big enough.”
M. Qussnav he Bcaurepaire. the new French
prneureur general, is a shrewd Norman, is a
telling orator. *nd has had some success as i
novelist under the nomde plume of Jules de
Olouvct. Siuce he has boon procurator of the
republic he has brought out three novels. He
is i, 1 years old, ambitious and active Luck has
favored him much, as he has been ca led upon
Hi prosecute in the sensational Cham pi and
I/ouise Michel tr ala. He entered the profession
in 18*’ and in 187i) he entered a corps of Mobiles
an a volunteer. After that war he tried to enter
the as-enibiy. first a* lOOMBHfttIfS, then as a
republican, falling, however, in both his
attempts. He returned to the bar. and was
rapidly advanced. llh greatest alversary in
tne Jaw courts has been M. l*aguerre. with
whom ho was near fighting a duel.
A FAIR BHOW.
Making a Host Happy, and How It Re
suited.
From the Sew York .^un.
We wore sitting in front of Taylor's grocery
on a summer day. when a big black hog cam*
nosing along the gutter and started anew tra n
of thought. In the crowd of loungers was a
man from St. Louis, and, after watching the
porker for a while, he remarked:
wonder if that hog ever had a real good
time in all his life?”
“’Hogs alius nave gv>od times, I guess,” re
marked the village cooper, trho had knocked
off w.,rk ind come over to hear some polities.
"I doubt it. said the other. “He must feel
his degraded position in life, and so he cannot
be happy. I wish I cool ido something to make
him feel that life is worth the living.’*
‘ Fust man I ever saw who pitied a hog!”
grunted the blacksmith, who ought to have
be-n tacking a shoe on a waiting mule.
“Yes, Ido pity him. I've been down myself
and know how it s. Taylor, have you got any
cherry whisky?”
“Mighty little, if any. More cherries than
whisky. I guess.”
“If you’ve two quarts of cherries which have
been in liquor, bring ’em out, ani I'll give you
half a dollar. I'm going to make that hog
happy for two hours."
The grocer got the cherries, which had been
lying in liquor f r a couple of years, and the
St. Louis man poured th*rn out into the gutter
for t ; 3 hog. They were devoured with aston
ishing avidity, and t v, e porker stood and looked
at us and hungered for m >re. It was doubted
by some if the liquor woul 1 affect him, but after
a few minutes he began to frisk aud play, and
wag evidently under the influence.
' That does me good.” said the donor'of the
cherries. "He is becoming light hearted, and
life will now take on new charms to him. Hang
a man who won't give a hog a show'.”
Just t ien tne animal uttered a coarse
woof?" and charged for the crowd. We scat
tered and be entered the grocery, took two or
three turns, and shot out and down the street.
Esquire Smith was coming up, and the hog
charged and upset him. He then headed for a
horse and buggy in front of Snyder's: crashed
against the horse's hind legs, aud in another
moment there was a runaway. The widow
Watkins was sailing along with a can of kero
sene in her hand, and the hog rolled her off the
walk as if she ha l been struck by a locomo
tive He then charged a double team and
started them off, dove into Gaylord's dry goods
store and out. and the old man Sabin tiwned
in from Elm street just in time to be lifted
three feet high and rolled into a puddle.
Fifty men were out and after the porker by
this time, but he started another runaway,
upset a baby carriage, and knocked the register
cf deeds off his pins, before we cornered him
and got a rope around a hind leg. Then every
body was mad and wanted vengeauce, but
when they came to look for the St. Louis man
he had skip;**! He. however, left a message
for the public, saying to a boy, w ho had shinned
up an awning post to be out of danger:
“My son. if you haven't adopted a motto yet,
let me throw <: ut one for your digestion. It is 1
‘Give everything a fair show.’ ”
Will the General Consent?
From the Sew York Tribune.
1 hear that "General*’ William Andrew Jack
son Spark*, ex-commissioner of the land office,
is just now torn by conflicting emotions. He
can't mak ‘ up his mind whether he would
pVefer to come back to congress or go to
Europe. At one stage of his career when the
doughty land commissioner was unsettling
titles all over the country. President Cleveland
was earnestly besought to give him some place
where he could do no harm. The consulate at
Cairo was suggested and seemed to strike the
President favorably. He casually intimated to
a congressman wno knew Sparks well what bis
intention was. The congressman promptly
vet< ed it
"It wouldn't do at all,” he sail to Mr. Cleve
land. "Do you know what w >uld happen?
Sparks wouldn't be there three months till he
will be questioning the title of the kbedlve to
the Pyramids and ordering the Egyptians to
file a quit-claim deed to the Sphinx. He'll get
us into a grand international row."
This reasoning was so forcible that Mr. Cleve
land kept his laud commissioner at home and
subsequently kicked him down the back stairs
without any sort of a cushion to fall upon.
"General" Sparks deplored his enforced re
tirement to private life, but solaced himself
with the promise of a trip to Europe aud tin
pleasure of continental travel. His plans were
all arranged when a vacancy was made in his
congressional district by the death of Heore
sentative Towu.sbend. ilis enthusiastic neigh
bors. who that “General” Sparks had a
fat pooketbaok, and would put up liberally for
campaign expenses. suggested b,s name But
the ••General” majestically put away the tempt
ing suggestioti and declared that not hing could
induce him to foreg > the pleasures <>f
his European trip. He had served his
eouutry, had been abused for it, and he wa
going to linger among the old world despotisms
and leave it to its fete. His neighbors, how
ever, knew the weakness of Sparks. Again
they made the proffer of a nomination. Again
it was declined, but with lesa positiveness than
on the former occasion. Recently a third
tender was male and it was put away more
gently, but still it was put away just as Caesar
refused the crown. Now the fourth offer is
soon to be made, an ilje very body out in Southern
Illinois knows thar it Sparks doesn’t snap it up.
the able political workers who want a good
campaign fund won’t bother with him further.
Hence tee ex- ‘ommissioner’s paiufui indecision
as bet weeu congress and Europe.
Fooled by a Mocking B rd.
Front the Pittshurr/ Dispatch.
L’nJer a tree, near the porch, an old hen had
(fathered her bro >d of interesting halls of fluff
BDd promissory feathers, some fay to be r al
spring chickens. Between the porch and the
tree, under which the old hen was delivering a
noonday lecture to her thirteen children, lay a
plump anfi religious looking eat. Sh- was not
one of your scampish, frisky, half-fledged cats,
but a demure old tabby, too well fed and per
haps too moral to even look with evil eve upon
the sparrows in the bushes near by. She cer
tainly was at the time I speak o'—when the
mocking bird, whose cage hung on the adjoin
ing piazza, was making a strange ditty out of
“Hark! Hark! My Soul" and "Lem G >ideu
S!lp;iers" combined—as quiet and benevolent as
a cat can be.
After awhile the mocking bird stopped whist
ling. and apparently directo 1 all his attention
to observing the scene be ore him. All at once
there came from the mocking bird's cage the
shrill pipe of a young chicken in pain. The old
hen heard the cry, and m ati insta .t had left
her Hock and flown with ruffled neck and wings
.tspread upon the sleepy cat. The cat was
terror stricken bv the su ldennessof the assault,
and received several sharp pecks a id scratches
before she couiu get away. The old hen kept
lip t he pursuit till the cat tied into the house.
Tne mocking bird, whose skillful imitation of
a chicken s cry had caused the disturbance,
cheerily whi.-t.led:
“Tuere's a land that is fairer than day.”
1 he Senator's homent.
From the Washington Post.
I spoke my speech in open Senate,
Spo e with stately eloquence;
Thought 't'voul I thrill th * nation when it
A ent resounding bounding hence.
From day to day 1 watched the papers,
But it seemed they had not heard;
All mv hope-, wer- vanished vapors.
They ba i printed not a word.
I spoke my piece in secret session,
Spoke it slyly, softly, low.
Thong,,l "twoiilj mase but slight impression,
•Nor beyond the portals go.
I saw my fame oVrreach the nation;
Saw it to my utter dread;
Every piper in creation
Printed every word 1 said.
Professional Courtesies.
From the ,Yeir York Weekly.
Actor (in country town)—l liopo you won t
object to announcing iu your pap. r that th a
will probably be the last ch to gee me out
mde ~f tie great cities, as I have .eceiveiati
offer from the Hotaa.u theater fur next sea on
at s’oo a week.
Editor I II print it with pleasure. And. by
the way. please announce from the stage that
now is the time to subscribe for the Pumpkin
ville lYu in t. as 1 nave r -ceivert an offer of
,000 a week to ruii the London TV e..
Christening a Callor.
FVutn ehe Merchant Traveler.
“Who was that young i iau who staved here
until 1J o’clock lust night?" asked Susie's father
at the breakfast table
"That was William."
••'William.' liuuiph! It would be better to
call him •Bill.'"
"1 am sure he would not object,” (aid Susie,
delighted at the apparent disposition toward
familiarity.
"Yes " said the old gentleman, ”1 think that
in the futuie I will call him 'Bill'—gas bill.”
To the Ladies
There ate th nisajids of ladies throughout
the country wh se systems are poisoned and
whose blood is in an impure condition from
the absorption of impure matter, due Pi
menstrual irregularities. This class are
peculiarly beuetirod by the wonderful
tonic and bio x,-cleansing ptopertie, of
Prickly Ash, Poke Kout and Potassium—
P. P. P.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A pte factory is the latest Baltimore indus
| try The projectors propose to
| p*c-r day.
The United Kingdom fisheries employ 250,000
persons. The money value of fish lauded in a
year is nearly £8,0.*0.000.
A citizen of Clackamus county, Oregon, is
asking the poor board for help. His strongest
l -a is that ne has a family of eighteen children
to support.
Samuel Amstttz. a Wayne county. Pennsyl
vania, pioneer, is dying at the ag * of 94, and his
j hail-, wh.cb has been siiver gray for years, is
I turning black.
The Yturbide, in the City of Mexico, is proba
bly the grandest hotel in the world. It was
built by the governor for his palace and cost
$3.000.*.>. <O. H contains a room u ed by Gov.
Yturbide for a chapel that is frescoed in solid
gold.
Farmer Dutton of Ellisville, N. Y., searched
high and low for his father's will after the old
gentleman died, nearly ten years ago. Last
week he took up the family Bible and the miss
ing paper was found between the leaves. It
had been there all the time.
The rise in the price of sugar in Europe is be
lieved by the Prague and Austrian trade jour
nals to be in consequence of an international
s igar trust. Scarcity and the proposed aboli
tion of sugar bounties are also believed to have
something to do with the rise.
Seventeen tears ago John Morris left home
at Gobleville, Mich., an l without a word of
warning to his friends "lit out" for California.
A few days ago became back, explained the sit
uation, and as Mrs. Morris was still waiting for
him. they will go to California together this
time.
The Sons of America of Healing propose to
purchase the old bell recently shipped from
Trinity Lutheran church to a bell foundry, and
have it placed on a pedestal in the City Park.
The bull was cast in 1755, and was rung in Read
ing when the declaration of independence was
proclaimed.
The largest electric railway system in the
world has been put in operation in Topeka,
Kan. The plant has been established at a cost
of $600,000. Ther * are sixteen and a half miles
of track iu the system. Richmond. Va., has for
some time claimed the largest plant, but it only
operates twelve miles. A speed of fifteen miles
an hour can be easily attained, but Topeka only
i errnits a maximum rate of eight miles. The
cars are lighted by electricity, and move with
little noise.
L Young of Greenbush, one of the most noted
bear hunters in Eastern Maine, heard his dog
furiously t>arking in the woods a short distance
away from home a few days ago. He started
to investigate the cause of the noise, and saw
the dog making faces at a large bear which was
locking out from undei an old log. Delighted
with his find, he disposed of the bear at one
shot and looking up the tree he saw two cubs
not much larger than kittens, which he took
into his possession and carried home. The
little animals are so .small that they can easily
be tamed.
The real Shetland pony is only 30 or at most
40 inches high. Those commonly seen in this
country are from the north of Ireland, being
bred with the horses there, and are larger than
the real Shetland, for the genuine pony is hard
to rear. The country of which he is a native is
bare, and the farmer is sharp, and when the
little creatures survive the rigors of the climate
and the effect of having but little to eat, the
farmer values nso highly he only sells him at
a. high price, it costs a great deal to ship tnern.
a id they die on the voyage, all of which goes to
account for there being so few of thtMn among
us.
Australian travelers state that the interior
of Australia is by no means the desert it has
long been supposed to be. Though now unpop
ulated, it is pronounced capable of supporting
a large population. G Id has been found there,
and the travelers brought home stories of vast
pasture Ua Is. abundant wa'er, and fmaliy of
deep blue lakes, at least one of whi h is of large
an.i as yet unknown extent. A great railroad is
to extend across the continent from north to
south, through the eastern part of the countr/
once supposed to be a desert. It is predict and
that the "desert" will disappear as that .a
America has gone.
The 9-months U son of a Danville, 111., citi
zen, after having offered with
the brain for some weeks, was pronounceej in a
dying condition by the attending physicians.
“Shortly afterward.” the story goes, "the in
fant ceased to breathe, and those who were
present pronounced it dead. R-porrs of its
death were sent to and published by the local
palters. but it seems tiiat it was only a case of
suspended animation, in which death is so
closely imitated that those used to death-bed
scenes are deceived. Just before showing signs
life again the little fellow coughed heavily,
and theu began breathing. His pulse at the
same time commenced to beat. Funeral prepa
ration- t'o tsed, and hopes are now entertained
of the child's recovery.”
An kxcunge tells the following story of life’s
vicissitudes: “Five years ago Jlorris Shultz, a
clerk on a salary of $2,500 a year in St. Louis,
rescued a lady from drowning. An attachment
sprung up, and after a brief courtship they
were married. But the wife was extravagant,
and t ie young man was soon in debt, and even
worse. Resorting to gambling, he staked every
dollar and won $.0,000. With this he decided to
begin life anew, and confided his resolution to
his wife. Tnat night he was chloroformed whiie
asleep, and when he came to himself w:f, and
rnon-y were gone For four years he searched
for her. and last week he found her in Wiikes
burre, Pa. There wer • tears and i econciiiat ion,
acd the wife, who bad misery enough, gladiy
accepted her husband s forgiveness and renewed
her vows of fidelity."
The New Haven men who endeavored to
have the legislature prescribe by law the weight
of bread, made an unc uiscious effort to revive
some of the early laws of the colony. In the
code of laws ordered printed by y e general
court, of New Haven, October. 1005, It was or
dcreflU-.at each baker have a distinctive mark
fill- h i iread and the weight of the bread was
defined. There is only one copy of these laws
now in Connecticut. That is iu tic slate
library, and innetee i times its weight in gold
was paid lor it. The code remained in force
100 years. These early laws werefoundel on
script lire, and t’.ie I. tie volume coutains many
references to the Bible. lieath was tin* ;>enalty
for witchcraft, sabbath breaking, blasphemy,
the worship of false gods and other offenses.
Tiie pillory and the branding iron were among
the instruments of punishment.
A singular character resides in South Addi
son. Me. He is i man about 30 years old, of res
pectable connections. When young, it is said,
he became a victim of religious excitement.
Later on he became a reader of the Koran, and
finally embraced the .Mohammedan refigon.
Within the past year he has taken to hermit
life, ad lives in a .-.torehouse n a wood. In the
center of his domicile, resting upon four pore,
is a wooden box which serve-as a bed He is
strict in his devotional exercises, praying three
times each day. Wh -n at prayer tie assumes a
prostrated attitude, resting his hea l upon a
stone. At Sunrise, after rising from his bed, he
washes his feet and hands, and bows to the east
which custom is rep -ace I at noon and sunset.'
lie lakes nut two meals during the secular
days, aud from Saturday nignt till the following
Munday he entirely abstains from food.
Speaking? of C’hvvrrcl, a. writer in the
Ration says: I first made the French chem
ist's acquaintance in 1871, when he was in his
85th year. Though what w call "well pre
served," he showed nomarks of an unusually
vigorous constitution. His stature was slighlly
a* eve the average, and ins temperament, if it
deviated at ail from neutrality, was ivbat Cul
len and liis predecessors would have called the
mn/uinous, tending to the development of fat
rather than of bon •or muscle. U needed only
a glance to sn >w that he had not recently been
a nard walker or a bard rider. At that time
Canon Bead u, who lived t be 104, could still
bunt, though nine years o ier than Chevreu!
\r, the latte, was not physically Inactive. Con
sidering hi* national.iy. his most note
worthy characteristic was total abstention
from wine -not on the score of health
or temperance, but simply because never liked
' nr. largest pair of black bass ever caught in
Missouri waters or in any waters of tbs United
States, iu fact, weie caught by J. W. Peters
and son of St. Louis in Peter's lake, Pemiscot
county. Mo., on Marcli 3 last. They weighed
el veil pounds and twelve ounces and eleven
pounds an 1 ten ounces, respectively, sev.-n days
at er thy wer fatten from the water Tne
larger ri- i was 2sl 4 inches in length from the
lower i pto the extreme end of the toil ami
1M * m. <i*s in circumference at the largest por
tion of the body. It was at least three pounds
heavier than any one specimen of black bass
ever caught in the United Stab’s before The
beads of ike-c. monsters of the black bass school
have been beautifully mounted in elegant
frames and were g ven to Capt. H. C. West, the
lish cotnml-sloner of Missouri, w-ho in turn will
present one to Presid-iit Harrison and the
other to ex President Cleveland. They will I*
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