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Dr. Talmage seems to have a pretty hard
time to got money to build his new taber
nacle. The purse-strings do not seem to
loosen at his bidding, and there is a proba
bility that the tabernacle will not he ready
for dedication on Easter Sunday, as ex
pected. The doctor may not he losing his
hold upon the public, but be is losing his
grip on people's purses.
Is it true that the governors of Georgia
and Alabama are at outs about some kid
napers’ If it is they havo kept very quiet
about the matter. It ts said that, the Geor
gia governor wants a lot of men who broke
inti a bouse in Carroll county on Dec. 17
and assaulted the inmates and carried off
one o' the children, and who escaped across
the line into Alabama, delivered to him.
The Alabama governor doesn’t appear to be
in a hurry to comply with the Georgia gov
ernor’s requisition.
The consular frauds in the importation of
merchandise into this country from Canada
are now thought to be much greater than
was at first supposed. It is estimated that
this government has suffered a loss in its
revenues of many millions of dollars. Such
extraordinary efforts are being made to
find cut who committed the frauds and the
amount of them that there is a serioas fall
ing off in the imports into this country from
Canada. The revenue officers do not seem
to have been very wide awake along the
Canada border.
Parnell, it is said, is willing to retire from
the leadership of the Irish homo rule party
in favor of Hr. O’Brien. If the Statement
is correct, Mr. Parnell is letting common
sense control his course of action. The fact
is, be should have retired immediately when
be found that his retention of the leadership
would cause dissensions. O’Brien will not bo
as good a leader as Parnell was, but be will
do much better than Parnell under existing
circumstances. Parnell, after he marries
Mrs. O’Shea, as, it is understood, he has
promised to, may make his way to the
head of his party again.
Kalakaua, king of the Sandwich Islands,
proposes to return to his kingdom within a
day or two. It is now asserted that the
story that he came to this country for the
purpose of opening negotiations for the sale
of the Sandwich Islands has no foundation
in fact, and was started by the British for
eign office in Honolulu for diplomatic pur
poses. There is quite a contest in Honolulu
between the English and Americans for the
control of the Honolulu government. The
English residents are partial to the king’s
suiter, who favors the English. Kalakaua
favors the Americans, and his coming to
this country on an American war ship was
regarded by the English- with great dis
favor. This country will see to it that Eng
land does not gobble up Kalakaua’s posses
sions.
Senator George, of Mississippi, is very
careful not to bave the impression got
abroad that he caunot make a long speech
without whisky. The other day, while
speaking on the force bill, feeling some
what exhausted, he called a page and gave
him some instructions, which resulted in
his return in a few minutes bearing aloft a
glass tumbler, apparently filled with
brandy. A titter went round the Senate
and spread into the galleries. Mr. George
noticed the amusement his innocent bever
age was causing, and, holding it up, said:
“You need not laugh; it is only coffee.”
The world is always more ready to censure
than to praise. Senator George is not a
whisky drinker. Ho is an exceedingly
temperate man, and if he is not a prohibi
tionist be is not far from being one.
The Vice President and His Party.
There is the faintest suspicion that there
is not entire harmony between Vice Presi
dent Morton and the republics!) senators
who are trying to pass fl.e force bill Some
remarks wh.cb he has Jnade within the last
few days seeife to poU to the conclusion
that be does not consular that he is bound to
aid them in carrying out their partisan pur
pose. It will be remembered that on his
return from the south several
months ago ho took occasion to say
some very kind things about
the southern people, and Senator Voorheet,
a couple of weeks ago, in a strong speech
against the force bill, complimented him oil
his fairness and impartiality as the presid
ing officer of the Senate. A senator, speak
ing of the part which the Vice President
would have to play when the struggle to
get a vote on the force bill came, said, a
day or two ago, that the Vice President
had not as yet given any indication of an
intention to submit to caucus dictation.
He realises, said the senator, that he is Vice
President of the whole country, and that,
although a republican, he is not bound to
sub„iit to or even with the results of
a republican caucus.
Before the force bill can be passed a
c osure rule must he adopted, and it will be
diti cult to reach a vote on tho adoption of
such a rule unle-s the Vice President, os the
presiding officer, follows the arbitrary
course which Speaker Heed pursued when
he disregarded the rights of the minority
of the House.
It has been suggested that it lx the pur
pose of the republican senators to induce
the Vice President to take a trip to Florida
wheu they are ready to bring the closure
rule to a vote. But could he be
induced to abandou his post and permit it
to be filled by a partisan who would obey
the republican caucus! The opinion is
pretty freely expressed that he could not.
He would hardly think it consistent with
his dignity to shirk the responsibilities of
bis position, and, besides, if be is correctly
understood, be has a very high appreciation
of the duties of his office, and believes they
should be conscientiously performed.
The Vice President, therefore, may be a
rorious obstruction to the programme of the
force bill senators. If ho refuses to submit
to caucus dictation and declines to let some
one who will submit to it preside in his
place the difficulties in the way of adopt
ing a closure rule may lie insurmountable.
If the Vice President should pursue a
course which all fair minded men oould ap
prove bo would give au importance to his
office in the eyes of the people that it has
never yet had, and would win suoh distinc
tion as no other Vice President has ever
enjoyed.
Failures in 1891.
According to Bradstreet’s record there
were more failures in 1889 than in 1890.
In view of the financial troubles of the last
few months of 1890 this statement will sur
prise most people. In 1889 thore were
11,700 failures, and in 1890 10,673.
But when the assets and liabilities of the
business wrecks are considered a different
state of affairs appears. In the failures of
1889 the assets were $70,000,000 and the lia
bilities $140,000,000; in the failures of 1890
the assets were $03,000,000 and Lho liabili
ties $176,000,000. It Is apparent, therefore,
that 1890 stands far ahead of 1880 in the
amount of money involved in the failures.
It is worthy of notice, however, that the
estimated assets and liabilities were closer
together in 1890 than 1889—that is, that the
failures were not s.i disastrous,the proportion
of estimated assets to liabilities in 1890 being
63 per cent., while in 1889 it was only 50 per
cent. This would seem to indicate that
business was not on a shaky foundation, but
that a lack of money prevented many of
those who failed from utilising their credit
for all it was worth.
People have strange fancies. Eyraud, the
Paris strangler, who is uuder a sentence of
death, has a wife and daughter who are in
defatigable in their efforts to make his
prison life more cheerful, and who are mak
ing extraordinary exertion to get the presi
dent to oommuto his sentence. The daugh
ter Is a very intelligent and rathor hand
some girl, and a number of unknown ad
mirers aro possessed by an extraordinary
desire to marry her. Several written pro
posals of marriage have been sent to the
unfortunate girl, and oven Mm#. Eyraud
has been tormented by a wealthy admirer,
who declares that be is ready to share bis
life and fortune with her. Since the con
viction of the notorious murderer his wife
and daughter have been comuelled to change
their address no leas than three times to
avoid the importunities of photogragphers,
trades people, religious enthusiasts and
others. Wbat a queer fancy it is that some
people have for great criminals, or for any
body connected with them.
It has just been demonstrated that there are
society women in Washington who are not
without energy and courage. A year or so
ago one of them found out that she was in
danger of losing a large part of her fortune,
which she had invested in a cattle ranch in
Texas, at a time when such investments
were all the rage. She decided to go to
Texas and manage the ranch herself. She
succeeded admirably. Every day she
mounted her horse and rode over her ranch,
directing affairs. She returned to Wash
ington the ether day and announced that
her property was now in good shape.
Chief Justice Fuller has eight daughters,
and they have reasou to feel grateful to Mr.
Cleveland for making their father chief
justice. They are nice, intelligent girls, but
if their father had remained a plain
practicing lawyer the chances are they
would have had some difficulty in finding
husbands. Now, however, they have more
proposals than is comfortable, and they are
rapidly loaving the home nest. Many young
men of wealth desire no greater distinction
than that of son-in-law of the Chief Justice
of the United States.
The fact that Uncle Jerry Husk, the
Secretary of Agriculture.ha-i had his dinner
hoar postponed to 6 o’clock is an in
dication that ho sees no chance for a presi
dential nomination in the near future. No
man who does not take his dinner at noou
need expect the support of tho alliance or
the grange.
If Mr. Bateman's liabilities dtuuld prove
to be equal to his assets he will not be a
beggar, by any means, if reports are to be
credited. It is said that very large amounts
of Washington real estate and government
bonds are in his wife’s name. In the days
of his prosperity he prepared for adversity.
During the latter part of 1893 there were
such financial disturbances as to entitle that
year to take rarik as a panic year. It is
generally believed in financial circles, how
ever, that 1891 will be an exceedingly pros
perous year, and that the losses of 1890 will
be made up iu 1891.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1891.
The Grippe in New Orleans.
A recently established New Orleans paper,
The Sew Delta, in an editorial article a
few days ago, stated that the stories which
were being telegraphed from that city of
the alarming death rate there were without
foundation, and intimated that they were
manufactured by sensationalists. For a
r.ew paper The. New Delta does not appear
to be very wide awake, or else it desires to
conceal the truth. Years ago, whenever
yellow fever appeared in New Orleans, it
was tbs policy of the press and the health
authorities to conceal the fact as long as
possible, with the hope that the disease
wou'd not become epidemio. That is not
the policy cow. It bas been found that the
policy of dealing frankly with the public is
the best,
A dispatch was published all over the
country more than a week ago that the
grippe prevailed in New Orleans and that
the death rate was alarmingly large. During
the week in which the dispatch was sent out
there were 236 deaths. The number of
deaths last week, according to the re;ort of
the board of health, was 24d, equivalent to
an annual death rate of nearly flfty-one to
the thousand. 'That is more than double
the average death rate of Now Orleans.
Speaking of last week’s death rate, the
Times-Democrat, of New Orleans, says:
“This is the worst record in twelve years,
and almost incomprehensible in the face of
the fact that no serious disease prevails
here. W# have the grippe or influenza
alone with us. With that exception. New
Orleans is enjoying exoelleut health, with
less malarial and other fevers prevailing,
and the death rate would be small but for
tbs unusual ami excessive mortality result
ing from diseases of the respiratory organs,
traceable in nearly all cases to the grippe.
Tho disease Itself caused only 14 deaths
lost week; but to this must be added 45
deaths from pneumonia, 35 from consump
tion, 13 from bronchitis and 10 from other
pulmonary and bronchial complaints,caused
or aggravated by the grippe, making a total
of 117 deaths due dire tly or indirectly to
this disease, without including those Vho
may have died from debility or other cause
resulting from it.”
The foregoing is a very frank statement
of the health situation in New Orleans, aud
will tend to allay, rather than increase, the
anxiety cf people outside of New Orleans
who have friends there, or who aro expects
ing to go there. The most of the victims
of the grippe are infants, or very old people
—people whose power of resistance is not
great. People who are strong and who are
reasonably careful of their health are in no
great danger from the disease. And it is
doubtful if the grippe is claiming moro vic
tims in New Orleans in proportion to her
population than it did in New York a year
ago. When the grippe prevailed in this
city the death rate was greatly increased.
No doubt the grippe will about have disap
peared from New Orleans before Murdi
Gras.
Chicago Now Has a Chance.
Preparations for tho Cbioago werld’p fair
now bogin to assume tangible shape. At
least the proposed plans indicate such a de
sirable condition. About 200 acres of
ground are comprised in that part of the site
that is on the lake front. All the principal
buildings are to be grouped at one oud of
the enclosure. Railroad tracks aro to enter
the grounds and a largo depot to be used for
executive offices os well as a passenger sta
tion is to be erected. All of the buildings
are to be much largor than those used for
similar purposes at the Philadelphia centen
nial exposition. But when tbnt is done
Chicago will havo little or no room for such
extensions and special buildings as Philadel
phia found necessary.
Here are tho dimensions of the principal
Chicago structures: Main building, 760 x
2,000 feet; machinery hall, 400x2,300 feet,
with 150x2,300 fost added for locomotion.
Agricultural hall is to be 700x800 feet.
Electricity has a separate buildiug, 330x700
feet, all to itself, and the mining interests
ore given about equal space.
Homo idea of the relative size of the pro
posed buildings may be conveyed by a
comparison with those of the Philadelphia
centennial. Chicago main buildiug, 1,500,-
000 square foet; Philadelphia main building
and annex, 540,400. Chicago agricultural
hall, 560,000 square feet; Philadelphia agri
cultural hall, 292,950. Chicago horticult
ural hall, 840,000; Philadelphia 31,000.
At the Chicago exposition machinery hall
aloue is designed to cover more floor space
than the four largest buildings at the Phila
delphia eeutenniah From this the public may
judge that the show promises to bo some
thing positively immense if the plans are
carried into effect. Now that the commis
sioners have official authority to proceed
with the great enterprise they should lose
no time in doing so. What they most ueed
now is to get together and waste no
more precious time in unseemly and idle
wrangling. All the world is now gazing
upon Chicago.
Civil Engiueer L. E. Cooley, of Chicago,
is wrestling with a big scheme. It is noth
ing less than a deep water route from New
York to the Gulf of Mexico by way of Chi
cago. With reference to the commercial
importance of such a route he says: “If
deep water existed to-day from the Hudson
via the great lakes to New Orleans, a vessel
could oomplete the circuit by the Gulf and
Atlantic seaboard, and touch at cities which
contain 60 per cent, of the urban popula
tion of the United States. Such a coast
line through the productive heart of the
continent is worthy of all the resources that
may be needed.” Mr. Cooley has succeeded
in getting himself talked abont, even if ho
should not succeed with his scheme.
The charge is published that Silas Bussey,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior, who has
charge of pension bureau matters, and
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions Lincoln
are partners in Commissioner Haum’s re
frigerator company. Congressman Cooper
ought to extend the scope of his investiga
tion with the view of finding out whether or
not all three of these leading pension officials
are wicked partners and are using the in
fluence ot their official positions to induce
people to purchase the stock of their refrig
erator company, The President appears to
have a good deal of trouble with the pension
bureau. He ought to put the right sort of
men in charge of it.
There is considerable bad feeling among
the republican senators just now wing to
their differences with respect to the c < stir”
rule and force bill. The country will 10-
joice if the bad feeling continues long
enough to defeat the foroe bill.
Indian Commissioner Morgan now recom
mends compulsory education for the young
savages. Compulsory education might be
followed with good result, but just at pres
ent the problem is to compel them to stop
killing the whites.
PERSONAL.
Princess Beatrice of England is writing a
book on lace, to be illustrated by herself.
Mrs. Plumb, the wife of Senator Plumb of
Kansas, ha ■ been an invalid for several yean.
Donald G. Mitcmell may receive the unique
honor of his name being given to a public park
in New Haven.
Mrs. Harrison painted many little gifts to be
sect to old fri nds at Christmas. They are
principally flower pieces
The Czar Alexander 111. has recently suffered
severely from the gout, and his physicians Lave
vetoed his former indulgence in high living.
SzxATna Stewart, of Nevada, left Yale col
lege in 1949 to join the Argonauts. He believes
that the gold hunters have seen their best days.
Senator Berry, of Arkansas, is one of the
poorest men in congress. He live* In a very
economical way, and relies on his salary to pay
bis lulls.
Bismarck expects to finish his memoirs in si:
months, and may decide not to interrupt tba
work by accepting a seat in the Prussian House
of Lords
John Burns, the London labor leader, does
not think well of Gen. Booth's plan of ridding
tr.e metropolis cf Ps wretchedness and suffer
ing by a gigantic charity.
Lord Wolpkley waa atonetimeatreinendous
smoker. For many years he used to smoke
steadily from 6 in the morning till bedtime.
Smoking nothing but big black cigars.
Queen Victoria drivesout at 4 o'clock every
day, no matter what the weather may be. She
is usually aer mpanied by the Princess Beatrice,
the lady-in-w siting and an invited guest.
Countess Ei.izareth Koenio-marck, said to
be the handsomest woman in Germany, was
recently wedded in a novel dress of red and
w hite, the col >rs of her husband's regiment
The bridesmaids also wore gowns of scarlet and
white.
Baroness Maroarethe von I.ilibn Krkutz
of Berlin is beautiful, young, the daughter of a
Sw dish knirnt. and the widow of a Swedish
naval capialn. She has seen gay days in St.
Petersburg, but now she is one of the latest re
cruits for the Salvation army in William's cap
ital.
Dom Pedro has just been drawn out from his
obscurity by a French reporter to give opinion
as to modern French authors. “No, no," said
the ex-emperor, “I will hear nothing about
Zola. He has talents, but be has nisapulled
them. Ainh- nso Daudet is far superior to him.
Guy de Maupassant is my favorite. His short
stories are light, fascinating, and deliciously
told.”
Hill Nye, in an after-dinner speech recently,
said what thousands have thought, but hesi
tated to say. "Mr. I “resident and Gentlemen,"
said Nye, “I don't mind telling you in confi
dence that T am tired of being invited to free
dinners only to be called upon to make a free
spo ch in payment thereior. It is tiresome, and
the compensation is no equivalent for the
mental and vocal strain "
BRIGHT BITS.
Hi .tests at street curs who never walked
home after midnight.—. Veto Orleans Picayune
The sii.N who can tell a lie ten times without
changing it is the sort of a man the world needs
to tell the truth.—Atchison Globe.
A bhidforoom 6 feet 7 inches tali has just
taken to himself a bride who measures 3 feet
1 inch. Love me little lovo me long, was the
burden of their song.— Chicago Mail.
Hi—Why did your sister return so soon from
Vassar?
She-She flunked on the entrance examina
tion in slanguages.— Ntic York Herald.
Trump—l say, ma’am, can’t ye gimme a bite
o’ something cold to eat?
Mrs. Pancake—Why. yes. poor fellow! go and
take one of those icicles off the fence.— Judge.
There's differences of dignity in trades.
Mac 'j has its claimants, but when all is said,
The cobbler takes position at the foot,
The barber at the head.
—Philadelphia Timet.
Although the chest protector’s time
With warmer days must end,
’Tis worthy to be called in rhyme
A trusted bosom friend.
” Washington Pott.
Lecturers advise that in cold weather people
should keep their mouth shut and breathe
through thsir noses. It would be well if some
people followed the first bit of advice even in
warm weather .—Philadelphia North American.
“I want you to tell me,” said one pretty girl
to another pretty girl, '‘how- you can travel in
the cars alone as much as you do and prevent
men from ever speaking to you,” ”1 chew
gum,” was the simple answer.— Detroit tree
Press.
Tf one or the other of the two great political
parlies does not pull wool over the eyes of the
farmers’ alhance, it will be the first customer
they ever failed to do up. Both of the old par
ties know- how to farm and arc expert harvest
ers.—Galveston -Ve us.
Minnesota's new law enabling flv-esixtbs of
a jury to render a binding verdict will prevent
more than ten stubborn men g<nt<ng on a jnrv
at one tuna in that state. In this state the man
who knows i all w ilt continue to be harried by
eleven.— Philadelphia ledger.
Gentleman—You are a cheat! The picture
that you sold me yesterday has painted on it
“Original—by Rembrandt.” It has just been
proved to me that it is a copy. Dealer—The
signature was perfectly correct; the original is
by Rembrandt.— Harper's Weekly.
Antley, Pierre Paul, Pascals and La-la-See,
the four Indian murderers who were hanged at
Missoula yesterday morning, joined Sitting
Bull s .et in tho ghost dance last evening, and
by this time they are wondering why the Mes
siah should get so hot about it.—Butte Miner.
Patient—lsn't there some mistake about the
bill you sent mo?
Doctor— No, bir; it’s correct—ssoo.
Patient—To pay that will tase every oent I
have: I’ll starve.
Doctor Well, dieting is what you need,—
Good cut.
"You are as had as a playful kitten in jump
ing at conclusions,” remarked Keedick to his
wife.
“Do kittens jump at conclusions?" asked
Mrs. Keedick.
“Certainly, have you never seen kittens chase
their tails?”— Exchange.
Dr. Justin has demonstrated at last that
dynamite shells can be fired from a powder
gun; blit iu view of tbe frequency and alarming
character of his failures It is probable that the
artillerists who are to have the handling of his
guns will prefer to let tne enemy capture and
nie them themselves,— Philadelphia Inquirer.
He (kneeling at her feet)-Only this one
question; say, will you be mine?
Mie— Oh, how- sudden' Do give me a little
time to think!
He—Torture me no longer: I must have your
decision at once.
She-But why this haste?
He—l cannot stay any longer. I’ve a cab
waiting at the door.—Boston Traveller.
“And how is the pursuit of the thief who
robbed my house getting along?” asked an anx
ious-faced gentleman of the detective in charge
at headquarters.
“Don’t worry, sir,” exclaimed the detective
gleefully: "we’ve got there at last. You’ll see
your man here in a few days.”
“Good! You’ve got him, then?"
“No, not exactly, but we’ve got a theory.’’—
Clucaoo Neus.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Little Paper and Little Wit.
From the New fork Press (Rep.)
Lieut. Ht nn i3 over here to arrange another
international yacht race. Lieut. Henn Is a
game chicken.
Where the Politicians AU Agree.
from the Washington Pjst(Tnd.).
There is ona point on which the politicians
all acree. an,i that is that the internal strife is
all confined to the other party.
Vice President Morton’s Unhappy
Position.
From >he Chicago Tribune (Rep.).
The reports about Vice President Morton’s
position on the new “previous question” rule
recall the familiar and proverbial rhyme He
will and he won’t, and no less clearly he’ll be
whether he does or don't.
What Democrats Have Done for Hoar.
From the St. Louis Republic (Dem.).
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts pretends that the
democrat! are sousing him, when they have
merely classified him sclentiil ally. They ready
feel the same admiration for him that a geolo
gist does for the fines: and most ancient fossil
in his cabinet.
"Listed,” s tbe brokers say, at‘*loo Doses
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A Migrhty Mean Toinff.
Some of the down-town merchants, says the
Chicago Tribune, put in a stock of books just
before the holiday season, and sell the volumes
at way-down prices that would make the au
thors groan. Sometimes these book-counters,
or stalls, are placed in charge of a young la-ly
who lias all the neces-ary qualifications for
making ne buy. but it utterly and stit ite of that
sort of information the buyer sometimes wants
before he makes a purchase. It isn t the fault
of the young lady. Hhe could puzzle a man
very quickly if she were over in the embroidery
depart meut, and a man went there to purchase
But she is sent to the book stall by the manager,
who doesn't atop to inquire wnetber she knows
anything about books, and the result is that the
young lady is often quizzed in way that makes
her cheeks tingle.
A gentleman was at one of these book stalls,
“looking over the bargains.”
“Have you seen the beautiful books which we
advertised to-day?" asked the young lady be
hind the books
Tr,e gentleman said he had seen the advertise
ment, but not the books.
"Indeed," the young lady replied. “Well, they
are here Have you seen our b--.utiful ‘Rom*o
and Juliet?’ Here it is. Only $3 ’—and the odd
cents, whatever they were.
The gentleman concluded be would have some
fun quietly, so he looked over bis glasses at tne
young lady and sized:
"Who is the painter of this Romeo and
Juliet?"
“Painter!” exclaimed the young lady. “It
isn't a painting, it's a book.”
“Ab, I beg your pardon. Who is the author—
I didn't mean pai .ter- I m-ar.t author."
The young lady blushed and then rallied.
"Welt," she said, “if you don't know who
wroie Romeo and Ju ie'’ I don’t think there is
much use showing you tbs book."
"Possibly not." the gentleman replied. “But
I am a stranger in the city, and I have been
fooled so much since I came to Chicago that I
thought I might venture to ask who wrote the
beautiful book which you have advertised”
This was a long speech. The gentleman in
tended it should be. for. during lit delivery, the
young lady peep -d Into the front of the book,
and. shutting it quickly, said in a decided way;
"Mr. Shakespeare wrote it. Maybe you rave
beard of him.”
She uttered the last sentence in a mean way
—the way in which only a woman can utter a
mean sentence. It was scorn, and batefulness,
and triumph, all in a heap.
The gentleman replied: “It seems to me 1
have. Have you his other works? ’
There was no impropriety in the querv, and
yet the young lady blushed again, and looked at
the man as if she could kill higu. Then a llgot
broke over her face, and ihe look of triumph
came back to her eye—the look which conies
into the cat’s eyes when it discovers that the
canary is asleep.
“I will see." sne said, and in her face was a
you havan't-got-me yet expression. Then she
glided to tha end of the counter where the hair
less-headed floor walker was rosing in hiz Sun
day school attitude. She whispered to him,
an Ihe shook bis head. She glided back to the
place of beginning and said in a firm, you-are a
wretch tone of voice: “No, sir; we had his other
works, but they have all been sold."
"I am sorry to anuoy you.” said the gentle
man, “but can you tell me where I could get
•Shakespeare’s Hiawatha in the same binding
as this? The puDlisher’s list must be in your
house?”
The young lady bit her under lip until all the
blood in her beautiful face—forshe isa beautiful
girl—rustled to the place of attack. A woman's
intuition is quick. She knew this man was in
tent upon mischief, and yet there was nothing
in his speech or manner to which she could take
exception.
She again had recourse to the pious-looking
floor walker, who said something and smiled.
She returned to confront the man whom she
now hat-d. She informed him, in a hurrying
way, that this “Romeo and Juliet” was the
only one of Mr. Shakespeare’s works in the
house, and that the house had no publisher s
list.
“Very well,” said the gentleman. “I will look
at this, if you please, and see whose version it
is, if you have no objection.”
“Certainly!” she replied, and the way she
said it.
He looked at the copy fora half hour. It
seemed a whole afternoon to the young lady.
Then he said to her.
“Of course, it is not your fault. I don’t
blame you or your house. You could not have
known this, of course You will pardon me, of
course."
Tnis was one time when she had nothing to
say. She stood like a piece Of statuary that is
to be raffled oft for a fair.
The gentleman, seeing bor position, contin
ued: “According to this edition of ‘Romeo and
Juliet,’ ‘Juliet’ kills herself, when the truth is
she was smothered to death by ‘Othello’ with a
pillow. Tne book is a fraud."
"1 bad not read it,” the young lady answered
in a subdued manner. •T am here to sell books
—not to read them," she concluded.
“Of course not,” the gentleman replied, re
lenting. “Have you Mother Browning’s Melo
dies?" he asked.
“You mean ‘Mother Goose?' ”
“No. I mean Mother Browning. She used
to bs Mother Goose, but she is married.”
The young lady put a pin in her hair and said
something about "high time she was."
"Where is the soap counter?” asked the
wretch.
“Second aisle to the right. That way.”
The youDg lady felt relieved when he asked
her for the soap counter. It was an indication
that be was going. But he lingered.
"Maybe you have it here,” be said; “I want a
book of pot tical quotations. I have made a bet
with a friend of mine that Campbell is the
author of the line. ’While there's life there’s
soap,' aud it occurred to ms I might find it at
the soap counter, but maybe you have it uere."
"I think you will And it in the second aisle to
the right,” she said with indifference.
"Find what?” he asked, "the book on quota
tions or—”
"No!" she shrieked, “tbesoap.”
And she left him standing there while she
went to wait on an old gentleman who was
looking at the Juvenile prints of Noah’s ark at
the far end of the counter.
“Will Christmas ever come this year?" she
murmured as she went away.
A Lost Opportunity.
It was on a Sabbath morn, says Drake’s Mai
ezine. aDd George Murgatroyd had just turned
over to sleep again, after making his sixth res
olution to get up. But the cry, traught with
anxiety and trepidation that ca.no from the
room below, banished sleep instantly.
It was his wife’s voice—the dear girl whom he
had taken from a parent’s—or rather two
parents’—care.
"George! Come quick!”
What could be the matter? He remembered
now. with an agonized gasp, as he ripped his
night gown up the back, and put one leg into
the a'-m of his undershirt, that Maui had func
tional derangement of the heart. Still, she
could not cry out like that if stricken down by—
" George 1 Why don’t you come ? Come !
Come!"
Iu his frantic haste he had on his trousers
hind part before and his shirt was a wreck, but
what of that ? Like a flash it came to him, the
tale of yesterday, told by his little wife, at
which he bad sooffed—God help him : A tale of
a dark-browed man who came to read the gas
meter, and who had behaved so strangely that
Maud suspected him of buing a burglar's spy.
The man had come again—even now, perhaps—
“ George ! If you don’t come, it’ll be too
lte!’’
What were collar-buttons now that he should
search for them ? With or.e bound he over
turned the rocking chair and smashed t he water
pitcher; m another instant ne had collided with
a half open closet door: at the third strp he
tripped over his suspenders and came down
stairs on his elbows aud his countenance.
"Courage, Maud!" hscried; "lain coming!”
He was only a pal# bookkeeper, and unarmed
save with nature's weapons, but not for a
moment did he falter.
“You're too late,” said Maud, with a pretty
pout, as George dashed Into the room with fire
in his eye that the inood on his nose could not
dim.
“What—where is he?” he gasped, looking
around with an awful faintness at the heart.
• ‘I wanted you to see the baby,” said she, in a
disappointed voice. “He bad his foot in bis
mouth, and you've no idea how cunning he
looked."
Tbe Paragon Was Insane.
A lady went into tbe registry office, and see
ing a pleasant-faced girl there, alleges the
Birmingham Mercury, said to her: “Have you
any objection to the country?”
Girl (politely)—None at all, madame.
Lady—l have quite a large family.
Giri—The more t ne merrier.
Lady—Seven children; two of them quite
small.
Girl—X. love little children.
Lady—lt will be n cessary for you to clean
the boot*, wasli and get the meals. I attend to
the pastry and certain other work myself.
Girl—l will alsu.make tbe pastry and do the
rest if you will allow mo.
Lady—l connot give you more than three
afternoons out of each mouth.
Girl-One will be sufficient, perhaps more
than I shall want, as my plan is to give strict
attention to my household duties and thus get
the work done promptly every day, so as to
have plenty of opportunity to rest between
times.’
Lady—l am delighted.
Stranger (suddenly entering)—Sorry to in
terrupt you, madam, but you are conversing
with one of my patients who has just escaped
from the Hopelessly Incurable Lunatic
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The oldest inhabitant of Vermont, Mrs,
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teamster for the American army during the war
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While the ex-emperor of Brazi’, Dom Pedro,
was attending the scientific lectures and meet
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of Bon \ ista was being sold at auction. Here
are the prices paid at the auction for some
piee -sof the furniture: An erm chair, having
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artificial flowers kept under a glass rlolie, 100
milreis: a writing desk belonging to the ex-em
press, 3.000 milreis; a prie Dieu, or praying
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Very few people realize how much the den
tist has done for mankind. To mention one
thing only, the perfection to which the manu
facture of false teeth has been carried has prac
tically abolished old age—that is, tld age in the
souse that I used to know it. You see none of
the helpless, mumbling old men ar.d women
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do not attain the age their parent* and grand
parents reached, but because the dentist lias
prevented some of the most unpleasant conse
quences of advancing years. Men of 70 no
longer either look or feel old, because they are
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showing that the average length of life has
been iacreased from four to six years by tile
general use of fal>e teeth.
“The young fellows that go on so about the
horrors of war,” said eommander-m chief of
the G. A. R., W. G. Veazey. to a Chicago
Tribune man at the Palmer house, "are Just the
folks that would enlist if the American flag was
insulted. They can't stand the scream of the
fl-'e aud the roll of the drum. But the old fel
lows that have been through four long years of
it—wjlL that reminds me of a story. Along in
84 a fellow that had served from toe start and
was ready in a minute to jump for his musket
if he heard the roll call was soliloquizing: ‘I
love my country as well as anybody. Ive fought
lor her and I’m ready to die for her—if I have
to. I’ve seen my comrades drop by my side. I
love my country—but if I get through this all
right, me if I’ll ever love another coun
try.’ The old vets are not anxious for another
war.”
"The craze for etchings is on the decline,”
says an art dealer in this city. "The highest
price I know to have been paid for an etching
was S4SU for an etching of the ‘Angelus.' Jac
dueta received $450 tor his e.ohing of TSO7,’ and
several others may have been paid this much.
At present engravings Jare taking the place of
etchings, and there is also a big demand for
water colors. This country produces excellent
ones, and so do Spain, England and Germany.
We import a great many Italian goods just
now, aud they sell very well. I don’t think
America has reached that state when she eau
make herself renowned for art productions.
You see the American artist has too big an ap
petite for money. 'Quantity,' be cries, ‘not
quility.’ ‘Cash, not fame." And the result
cannot be but apparent. One of these days the
Americau artist will realize that money is the
least important reward to strive after, and
then we can expect masterpieces rivaling those
of the Old World.”
My oiri s, If you would never be mistaken for
any but a lady, don't make yourself conspicuous
in public places by loud and sudden laughter,
and don't cling to your escort's arm as if you
feared he would get away from you and be lost
forever. Don’t stride along tbe streets as if
you were an amazon on your way to whip some
one. Don't bully the salesman when you are
shopping, nor take up his time with foolish
chatter oout yourself and your affairs, in which
he can possibly take no interest. Don't attempt
to cheapen goods, the price of which has been
told you, nor handle articles easily stained
or broken, nor persist in trying
on every hat and bonnet in the estab
lishment when you know you have not the
slightest intention of purchasing. Don’t discuss
scandalous gossip on the cars. Nobody wi ois
anything ever docs that. I beg your pardon,
and insist that that last is very important
“don't," for I recently li tened for a quarter of
a i hour to two elegantly dressed ladies, whose
appearance stamped (hern as decidedly “some
body,” who discussed with much gusto a very
shocking affair. I ought not to have listened ?
I could not help it, for their \ oices, though
whispering ahrdly. were perfectly au iibie all
over the car. Don't munch candy while trying
to carry on a conversation, and don’t, O don’t,
chew gum, even to aid your digestion, except
in the privacy of your own room. No
fentlen.an is going to gaze at you persistently.
uerefore, don t allow any man to see that you
have notic and his stare, for you don't really care
for the admiration of any but gentleman, und
yeur very resent fullness of a stranger may
encourage him to further impertinence. Above
ad, don’t allow yourself to forget for a single
moment that only the truly kind and womanly
woman is a lady.
Some years aoo Knute Nelson, who was in
congress from Minnesota, thought nothing
strange had happened if he reciived anywhere
from 18,000 to 30,000 majority in the district
that he represent-!.:, and iu tne election of 18-8
Judge Peters of Kansas received a plurality in
the Sevem.li district of that state of 15,253. His
total vote was 38,012. His democratic opponent
recai ed 22.759 votes; 9,356 were cast at the
same electien for the union labor candidates,
and, in that mighty scramble, in one of the big
voting districts of the count y, the prohibition
candidate got 1,335 votes—or a total of 71,462.
Probably no other district in the United States
cast as many votes in 1888 as were cast
n the Seyeath Kansas. Judge Peters was not
a cand date this year. He was tired of con
gressional life, because thre is no money :n it,
and he is a poor man. He said he would not
run long before he heard the rumbling of the
farmers' alliance, aud which kept cn until it
elected tne alerady famous Jere Simpsou to
congress out there over the brilliant republican
politician. Col. Jim Hollowed. The Seventh is
iho wildest ot tne Kansas Uistricts, if tue term
may be alio we i. A candidate has always had
to bustle in that bailiwick, and a r sw years ago
the cowboys and tne tougtis made things hum
on what was then the frontier. Such towns as
Newton, Dodge City. Medicine Lodge and
Wichita in the earlier days made busi
ness fine for the undertaker. In
Newton, the home of the present
member from the Seventh district, not many
years ago there was a street fight, and the
bodies of eleven dead men were at one time
lying on the street. Judge Peters goes out of
congress just as everything has been "tamed"
in the district, aud the cowboys don't shoot as
they did when he first got into politics in
Kansas. Col. Jim Holloweli was certain of
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farmers' alliance reversed things, and Jere
Simpson, already noted as the man who wears
no socks or drawers, because be says he is too
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