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Falk Clothing Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sole; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
B <th Cyrus Field and bis daughter are
oow said to stand some chance for ultimate
recovery. But nothing is said of the son
and brother who s > aggravated their illness
by bis unprincipled conduct.
Paris paid a handsome poet mortem trib
ute to the dethroned Emperor of Brazil on
the occasio aof his funeral. It seems really
a great pity that the old man oould not
have been laid to rest in tbe land that bo
loved so well.
Witnessing a surgical operation upon the
victim of a railway aocideut so unnerved a
New Orleans man that be actually fell into
a swoon from which be died within twenty
four hours. For an athlete he was certainly
remarkably sensitive.
Minnesota republicans are indulging in a
big row over the appointment of their now
state committee under the recommenda
tions of the national committee. They
Should not allow suoh a trifle as the national
convention to exoite them in that way.
Florida people who now hear that their
former governor M. L. Stearns has just died
in New York will probably be surprised to
know that he was still living up to last week
so completely bad he dropped out of sigbt
since they got oo itrol of their own govern
ment and concluded to scuffle along without
him.
Medical examination ;of, Jedge Billy Nye
since he took that “drop too much’’ which
crushed a pile of Mississippi lumber behind
a theater at Jackson discloses the distressing
foot that his head broke through bis scalp
in several places and literally wrecked his
hair cron. Bat the doctors say that he
didn’t crack a single joke by tbe foroe of
the jolt.
While an Ohio farmer was debating with
himself whether be ought to kill his dog
that manifested strong symptoms of rabies
the brute grew violent and bit him. Now
ha is buried. With a rational willingness
to buy another dog ha might still have been
enjoying kit matutinal flapjacks and
nocturnal drier. Bo it is better to shoot the
dog when he begins to get giddy.
Though tha Garza revolution is not
making any very perceptible headway to
ward changing the government of Mexico
it seems to have at least had the effeot ohin
ducing the government to take notice of tbe
conditions which serve to produce the discon
tent upon which tbe revolt is grounded, and
to make some sort of an effort toward re
lieving the prevailing distress.
Just how the South Carolina planters of
Greenville county expect to raise the price
of ootton by selling their crops to the
county commissioners is not very clear to
the average observer of commercial de
velopments. What earthly use oould the
county officials possibly have for ootton?
And what could they do with it? Beside It
would be unlawful and unjust to apply
looal taxes to suoh a purpose as advancing
money upon this cotton. If tbe oounty con
tains other inhabitants beside plauters they
would thus bo forced to lend money to their
agricultural neighbors. If they are all
planters then they would commit the folly
of Indirectly borrowing money from thorn
selves through tha oounty officials. It is
altogether absurd.
The Meanl-igr of Crisp’s Election.
There la • wide difference of opinion as to
the nj*dtptri<r of the election of Judge Crisp
to the speaker*hip. The New York Preys,
fpeiklffiy from a republican standpoint,
tays: "The election of Charles F. Crisp is a
distinct Tammany triumph. It is a victory
for Hill over Cleveland, for debased cur
rency over honest money and for the most
vicious and intensely partisan element in
the Democratic party.” Tha New York
Times, which advocated tbe election of Mr.
Mills, says that Judge Crisp's election is a
victory for Hill, Tammany and free silver
coinage.
These expressions from two representa
tive papers show a determined purpose to
misrepresent Speaker Crisp. The republi
cans wanted Mr. Mills elected speaker, not
because they have more respect for Mr.
Milts than for Judge Crisp, but because
they kelieved that with Mr. Mills in the
speaker’s chair the minority would be able
to so harrass and obstruct legislation that
the majority would not make a record that
would help them in the presidential cam
paign next year. The mugwumps, repre
sented by }ho New York limes, have the
idea that Speaker Crisp is going to devote
the greater part of his time to making Gov.
Hill, or some other man than Mr. Cleve
land, the presidential nominee of the Demo
cratic party.
Asa matter of fact, Judge Crisp was
elected mainly for the reason that be was
better equipped than any of tbe other can
didates for speaker. Tbe leading demo
crats, desiring tbs best interests of the
Democratic party, and foreseeing the diffi
culties which a large majority would force
upon the speaker, wanted a cool, clear
headed man of tact and judgment in tbe
speaker's chair. Had not Judge Crisp been
such a man he would not have been the
party's choice. Had he Dot been tbe best
equipped of all the candidates for the dis
charge of the speaker’s duties, flill, Tam
many, free trade and free silver coinage
combined could not have brought about his
election.
Before bis election unscrupulous op
ponents deolared that he was a protection
democrat, and that he would not raise his
hand to assist the cause of tariff reform.
They were forced to admit that they had
misrepresented him when he declared in
caucus, after his nomination, that under his
administration of the speaker's offioe there
would be no step backward in tariff reform.
They immediately said, however, that the
free silver ooinage people had elected him
and that he would be a willing tool of Hill
and Tammany.
If he is such an earnest advocate of free
silver coinage, is it not a little strange that
Mr. Bland, who, for twelve years, has led
the democrats of the House on the silver
question, did not support him! Mr. Bland
voted for Mr. Mills. And why in his speech
in the cauous did.he not say something
about free silver coinage? In that speech
he mentioned only one isme, that of tariff
reform.
As for being a tool of Hill and Tammany,
that is all nonsense. Judge Crisp is not tho
tool of any man or organization, and it is
not in the least probable that he will be led
by any man. He is known for his seif-re
liance and Independence.
It oan be stated with safety that Speaker
Crisp is not m the President making busi
ness. Itis doubtful if even his most inti
mate friends know his choice for the presi
dential nomination. He will administer his
great office as it should be adminis.ered,
fairly and impartially, and be will do noth
ing calculated to introduce dissensions in bis
party. It may be that Hill and Tammany
did support him, hut they did it of their own
accord. He is under no such obligations to
them as to give them the privilege of sug
gesting tbe policy be shall pursue. It will
soon be discovered that be is not being
guided by auybody, and that he will not
permit himself to be used for any purpose
or by any one.
Is Mr. Mills Sulking?
There is a good deal of talk to the effect
that Mr. MilD is so greatly disappointed
over his defeat for the speakership that he
is thinking about resigning and returning
to Texas to make a canvass of the state for
the seuatorshlp that is soon to become va
oaot. It is said that bo has male up bis
mind not to accept the chairmanship of tha
ways and means committee if offered to
him. or of any other committee,
Tbore is no doubt that Mr. Mills feels his
defeat keenly, but there is no reason why
he should take it so much to heart. He
made a strong fight and was fairly beaten.
He has no good reason for complaining.
Another was preferred to him, and that Is
all there is of it.
It is probable that Speaker Crisp will
offer him tbe chairmanship of the ways
and means committee, which carries wi;h
it tbe leadership of the House. He can
hardly avoid doing so, though it is probable
that he would like to give the plaoe to a
northern man. Mr. Mills would have good
reason for sulking if it should not be offered
to him.
Mr. Mills is now ill, and he is mentally
depressed probably. When he gets about
again he will take a more oheorful view of
the situation. He could not refuse the chair
manship of the ways and means committee
without exposing himself to the criticism
of not being a big enough man to accept
defeat gracefully. After all, he probably
does not mean to resign, or take a back
seat. Mach of the gossip as to his purposes
may not have muoh foundation.
Several rich men have just been telling a
New York newspaper what they intend to
do In case they should be interviewed by an
agrarian crank with an explosive attach
ment concealed about Ms parson. Knowing
Just what the lihe of defense is to be tho
cranks can now lay their plans for the at
tack with such subtle cunniug as to over
come all resistance. Really some of these
obtrusively rioh fellows have a great deal
more of money than brains. Instead of
boasting of their aggressive tendencies and
methods of defenso in such a foolish way as
to challenge attack they should immediately
engage one of those suave and illusive pro
fessional “green goods” artists to deal with
suoh intruders. If his plausible affability
did not pacify them or “stand them off”
then they are very hard to handle. Should
they ever blow up tbe chin professor there
is no great barm done. If the “barrel”
owners don’t like that fine scheme they
should rig up a neat little dynamite ms
cliiue of their own to work upon the ob
streperous visitor. Or they might put
down heavily paddod carpets marie so soft
that a bomb wouldn’t be shocked or offended
by contact with It.
Stories of tbe war experiences und boyish
escapades of Speaker Crisp are now crop
ping up in every direction. They represent
him a brave soljler though be was so very
youthful at the time.
TOE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1891.
The Asphalt Pavement.
It U a quesMon whether tbe asphalt pave
ment is & satisfactory oce for this city. It
may answer for th so streets on which there
is only light traffic, but it is evident that
heavily laden trucks quickly ruiu it. The
first asphalt pavement put down on Brough
ton street has to be repaired constantly, and
the cost of repairing it amounts to $ 1,100 .
a year. Doubtless tbe pavements on Con
gress and Liberty streets will soon begin to j
break, and the cost of keeping them in j
good condition will be quite an addition to
the city’s burdens.
Tbe pavement on that part of Broughton
stre-t between Drayton ard Cast Broad
streets has not been laid very long, and yet
tbe patching of it has been begun already. ;
And tbe patching is not of a kind that will
last long. It presents a rough surface and
therefore will soon bo destroyed. This part
of the Broughton street pavement, however,
is probably being repaired at the expense
of the company that put it down. But
what about it at the end of tbe five year’s
guarantee? It may be patched up suffi
ciently to last during the period of tbe
guarantee, but will it not have to be en
tirely resurfaced at the end of that time?
With respect to street paving the city
council ought to do two things. One Is to
resolve to pave with asphalt no more streets
that are likely to be used to any great ex
tent by drays and trucks, and the other is
to pass an ordinance prohibiting drays and
trucks from using Bull street. There is no
reason why Bull street should be used for
heavy traffic. If it should be so used it
would not be long before it would be in
need of repairs constantly.
Belgian block is the pavement for heavy
wagons. If properly laid it will outlast any
other kind, and the cost of keeping it in
good condition Is comparatively small.
What Has Become of Field’s Money?
Tbe reoeiver of the wrecked Wall street
firm of Field, Lindley, Weiohers & Cos. has
not discovered what Edward M. Field did
with the vast sums of money he received
just before the firm failed. Field is now in
an insane asylum, and he is so far improved
that he talks rationally on some subjects.
No one has asked him yet, however, about
the affairs of the wrecked firm. Dr. Charles
L. Lindley, Field’s brother-in-law, expresses
the opinion that Field has hid a vast sum of
monoy somewhere, and that he will make
known its biding place just as soon as he
recovers sufficiently from his present pros
tration.
It would be a sourco of great satisfaction
to his father, Cyrus Field, and also to bis
creditors, if it should turn out that the
money he obtalued in suoh large sums,
and by such questionable means, was not
squandered, but was safe in some bank.
The finding of It would show beyond a
doubt that Field,instead of being a dishonest
speculator, was only a lunatio, and, there
fore, not responsible for his acts.
His case is a curious one, and Wall street
is still speculetiug about it. If the missing
money is deposited In some bank in an as
sumed name it will, of course, be recovered,
and the broken fortune of Cyrus Field will,
in a measure, be repaired. Such a sequel to
the Field sensation would not cause much
surprise in Wall street where surprising
things are constantly occurring.
Tbe Democratic Convention City.
The impression seems to be that the demo
cratic) national committee whioh meets
in Washington Jan. 21, will select either
New York or Chicago a? theplaoe for bold
ing tbe democratic national convention.
At the meeting of the executive committee
the other day the question of the place was
not discussed, but the sentiment among
democrats, from all parts of the country,
who were in Washington at that time, was
that the convention should meet in New
York. Chioago was regarded as a second
choice.
tit. Louis, it is understood, intends to in
vite the oonvantion to meet there, but will
make no great effort to secure it. There is
likely to be a pretty lively contest for it be
tween Indianapolis and tit. Paul. The
former city will have an immense ball com
pleted within the next three or four mouths
and it wonkl like to have the convention oc
cupy it. The latter city is going to make
an extraordinary effort to get it. Ita rival,
Minneapolis, has seoured the republican
convention und tit. Paul is determine.! to
leave no stone unturned to secure as great
an attraction.
By tho time the democratic national com
mittee meets it will have been pretty de
finitely decided where the convention is to
assemble. It looks now as if New York
would get it, and, if not N3w York, then
Chicago. It is not a matter of very great
consequence, Jiowover, whether the con
vention is held in an eastern or a western
city. But the contesting cities are endeav
oring to make it appear that it is.
By way of demonstrating to its own sat
isfaction that the oppressive tariff Is an un
alloyed blessing the Now York Press says
that “in the month of Ootober, 1890, tho
merchandise we sold to other nations was
worth $25,775,3fi7 more than the mer
chandise we bought of them.” Then it pro
ceeds u> draw tha deadly parallel and over
whelm the unsophisticated by the nublush
iug statement that "in Ootober, 1891, after
one year of that trade 'stiffing’ McKinley
tariff the quantity of merchandise we sold
to other nations iu excess of the quantity
we bought was valued at $38,138,057."
Wbllo ho was putting that hap-hazard
valuation upon the excess of our alleged
exports he might as well have made it twioe
as muoh. What a thing is worth and what
it is valued ut are two entirely different
calculations. Stating in the first instance
that the favorable balance was worth the
amount named and ia the second merely
giving tho sura that it was valued at clearly
shows tbe sharp practice to which the
jugglers of tariff statistics resort. This is
tho pet occupation of Osusus Count Porter.
Now what reliance can be placed in the
figures compiled by such u man?
tiome crank or practical joker bas been
oalling upon Mrs. Frank Leslie-Wilde to
divide up her cash with him. By way of
adding to her alarm he signed himself
“Jack the Ripper." That made her a trifle
nervous. Bus the oraus did not appear.
So she is holding on to her belorigings and
trying to feel cheerful once more. Prob
ably tho blackmailer was some cowardly
crank who would not have the courage to
confront her if he saw her on the street.
While a small herd of Indiana swine were
engaged in eating a drunken man that they
found in the road near Milan they encoun
tered a whisky flask. Apparently that so
disgusted them that they abandoned the
inebriate and his bottle aud sought diver
sion iu exploring mud puddles. Yet the
flask was quite empty. But they have some
very bad whisky iu those western states and
the odor of it is very vigorous and by no
means pleasing to the senses.
PERSONAL.
Mrs Zach Chandler's new home in Wash
ington has cost 1150,000, exclusive of the Interior
fitting* and furnishing*. It i* one of tbe finest
house* in the capital.
The Prince or Wales ha* been grand master
of the English Grand lodge of Free Masons for
seventeen successive years, and wlli be non
Rated for the office again this month.
Ueorqe W. Delamater. late republican can
didate for governor of Pennsylvania, has
c-eued a law office at Tacoma. Wash. He is
living in humble style, and making an effort to
retruv* nis lost fortunes.
Dr. Paoet. the new dean of Christ Church
Cofiego at Oxford. is only 40, a very young mau
to hold such a position in England. He is a
churchman of excellent standing, a favorite;of
both Salisbury an ! Gladstone.
The enoaokmkxt of tbe Due de la Rochefou
cauld to the pretty young American. Miss
Mitchell, has caus- J a tremendous sensation in
France, where Monsieur le Due was regarded
as the finest catch in the country.
Thaddel-s Stevens died in 1558, but his estate
has not yet been settled. Last week a woman
who claims to be the widow of his nephew filed
a large claim against the estate. It is believed
that she was never married to him.
Hon. Barnes CYmuton of Baltimore has en
tirely recovered from the results of the fall of
a plantation on winch he was standing during
the passing of a big democratic torchlight pro
cession. some weeks ago. He left his hctel
Monday for the first time in weeks.
Christine Nilsson bas finally attained her
wi9h to*reside in Stockholm and has obtained
from th Queen Regent of Spain the appoint
ment of her titled husband as Spanish minister
to the Swedish court, at which are doubtless yet
veteran grandees who hjard her sing the bal
lads of her bourge rise childhood.
Lord Mayor Evans of London will have about
$125,000t0 spend in entertainments during the
year apart from the resources of a great fort
une. Of this sum close to $73,000 comes from a
fund set apart for the purpose by his father
many years ago in anticipation of his son's
honor and $50,000 was toted by the corporation.
The birthday present of the Princess of
Wales to ;he prince is alarge painting by Hal- 1,
the celebrated Danish artist, representing the
entrance to the picturesque harbor of Copen
hagan with the Kussinn Imperial yacht, the
Danish royal yacht and tbe Osborne In the
foreground, with a vlw of the English church,
which occupies a beautiful site above the har
bor.
Archbishop Keniuck of St. Louis, whose
jubilee was celebrated with great pomp In St.
Louis on last Monday, is the oldest Catholic
blsliop in America. He was born in ISO 6, or
dained in 1832, came to America in 1833. was
made vicar general of Philadelphia soon after,
became coadjutor bishop of St. Louis in 1841,
was consecrated an archbishop in 1818 and
opposed the dogma of papal Infallibility at the
Vatican council In 1869. But for this last act
be would have undeniably have received a car
dinal's hat.
BRIGHT BITS.
We wonder why there are so many tram ns in
the south, says a southern exchange. It Is
doubtless because work Is so plentiful la the
north.—Texas Sifttnui.
“Are you still engaged?" asked the old friend,
wbo had Dot seen the dear girl for some time.
"Oh, yes," she answered, “but It’s to another
man."— Harper's linear.
A surolar alarm is a thing that pays;
But then, you know, it will work both ways
Of course it may give a warning to you.
But tnen it alarms the burglar too.— Judge.
"Whorb runnin’ <ll* placoe?” asked tbe tramp,
as be stopped at the rural residence.
“Nobody,” answered the man who lives there,
“the hired girl bas a night off.’’— Washington
Star.
Wjr—John, I think I see a man going
through tbe pockets of your trousers!
Husband—Go to ilaep: It’s only the landlord,
saving me tbe trouble of paying at tbe offioe.
Brcoklyn Bogle.
"Now isn’t that a perfect picture of the baby?"
asked Mrs. Moopop, displaying anew cabinet
photograph,
"I don’t think It is,” replied Noopop. “I don’t
hear a Bound."— Harper's Bazar.
Mr. Watts— B that isn’t just like a woman.
Buttoning her shoes with a hairptb.
Mrs. Watts—l don't care. Didn’t I bear you
telling Mr. Polls about having to put on your
hat with a shoi horn? —lndianapolis Journal,
Olerk— l am very sorry, but we are all out of
mistletoe.
Miss Ktssam-Dear me! Isn’t there anything
to take its place?
t'lerk—Weil, madam, that depends upon the
man.—Fuck.
"Yom sermon was a work of art, Mr. Wiad
more. ’’
“Thank you."
“Yes. It calls very forcibly to my mind the
quotation, 'Art is long and time Is fleeting."
Washington star,
“What, you, of all men In the world, going to
marry?"
"YoV
"Well, of course I've always known you were
a woman hater, but I didn't think you make It
a personal grudge.”— Life.
Young Nkvkp.oo—l beg pawdon, Miss Polly,
for leaving so early, for, weally, I feel so much
at home hrah, always.
Miss Polly—No apologies are neoeesary; I’m
sure I always wish you to be at home when you
are here.— Pittsburg Bulletin.
Jewsler a Wife (looking doubtfully at the
Thanksgiving turkey)—Can we afford as large
a fowl as that, Henry?
Jeweler (stuffing a roll of bills into her hand)
—Afford it. Henrietta? Great Scott! I’ve sold
a watch crystal every day this week .—Chicago
Tribune.
Chappie— What’s this, old fel? You are not
dining at 2 o'clock in the ahftahnoon, are
you?
Cholly—Yahs, that’s all cowwect. I’ve found
out that when its 2 o’clock in New York it’s 7
o’clock here, denh old Lunnon, doncher know.
Town Topics.
Ethel—l think I shall be safe in marrying
Goorge; he would never marry me for my
money.
Maud—How do you know.
Ethel—l'm told he doesn't care for monoy;
throwing It away as fast as he gets it,—Nmitft-
Gray Monthly.
Each was loved by a lover poor.
And each by a lover rich.
One cleaved to the cashless swain,
And one to the rich did hitch.
Then at each of the youthful wives
The critical world did tilt.
And one was bedubbed a fool,
The other a venal jilt. —Fucfc.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Important Indications From Indiana.
Prom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Dem.).
The news from Indiana Indicates that the
only President wbo can hold that state is tbe
President who can find offices for a majority of
the Icdiacians.
Tusalo of the Tallenders.
From the Pittsburg Post (Dem.).
Gen. Goff of West Virginia and Gov. Merrlam
of Minnesota are being urged for s-oond plaoe
on the republican ticket for 1892. But will Mr.
Morton allow Minself to be turned down? lie
was a very valuable man in 1938 and his serv
ices will be tfeeded agaiu. There must he
sinews of war.
Paralyzing Educational Progress.
Prom the Chicago Times (Dem. 1.
The news that Btagg, the eminent athlete and
revivalist, will not join the faculty of tbe Chl
cagoUniversity, but wifi go to Yale instead, is
a serious blow to the cause of higher eduoatioq
in the west. President Harper may Import hie
Instructors in Hebrew and tiansertt from
abroad, but where can he find another such
pitcher as Stagg?
Children and Casb.
From the Kansas City Star ( Ind.).
Twenty men In Toledo pay more taxes than
8,000 of the comparatively poor wage workers
Their wealth aggregates ?30,000,0i 0, but the
combination can show up among them all only
ten vhool children. It is an illustration of the
law of compensation that a portion of tho
wealth of tuese men goes to educate the 32,000
children of the 8,000 workingmen.
Wateon Wants tbe Presidency,
Prom the New York Bun Und. Dem.).
Let us not forget the alliance candidate for
speaker, the Cracker Gracchus, Tom Watson.
Tom sold his law library in order not to clash
with the J. Cade prejudices of the alliance, and
he has made speeches that hare set the pine
woods into vehement fiame. Tom Watson is a
mighty man of mouth, a candidate for fa me as
well as tbe speakership, a hurricane at a man.
Keep your eye on Tom Watson, though we are
afraid the speaker won’t keep his directed to
ward that fascinating focus. Tom Watson will
not be content with anything smaller than the
presidency.
She Was Jast a Leetle Slow.
••Three or four yean ago," said tbe engineer
to a Detroit FVre Press reporter, "I was run
ning a passenger train up north. Every other
night at 8 o'clock we were due at a certain
country crossing. One night I just shaved a
horse and buggy at the crossing, and tbe man
in tbe buggy seemed to be more than half
drunk. On the second night I barely missed
him again, and on the third occas on I do be
lieve we knocked a spoke out of his hind wbeil.
Next day, on the down run, he came up to the
engine a< we lay at the town, about three miles
from the crossing, waiting for the expreis to
pass, and says he:
" ‘Look a-nere. ole man, ye can’t do it! Ye
bain't smart ’nuff with yer old snorter to run
over me!’
•’ ‘Are you tbe man who crosses at Dean's at
8 o’c ock every other Dlght?’ I asked
“‘I be. I'm the very chap. It's jest my hour
fur gettin' home from here with a Dig drink o’
whisky behind my vest.’
” ‘35 ell, you want to look out for yoaself or
you'll certainly get killed.'
’’ ‘Don't you worry about me! Just crack on
Steam and let ’er go and never mfnd where I am.
If my old hoss can't beat your biler on wheels
I’m wlllin'e to be hleted.’
“It was no use ti talk to him. He was bull
headed and conceited, and the very next run be
was there again. I spoke to the conductor
about it, and I believe some of the officials sent
the man word that he must stop or they’d have
him arrested. He didn't stop, though. He was
there on my run as regular as clock
work, and he always had a fling and a laugh at
me. This had been going on for m<sre than a
month, when one night, as I was trying to pick
up lost time, I caught him right in the center
of the track.”
‘‘.And that was the end of him," I observed.
’ut was a queer thing," said the engineer.
* ’The horse and buggy were flung clear over
the fence, killing the horse instantly, while the
old man went forty feet high and came down
on the roof of the fourth car back. We came to
a stop and found him and got him down. He
had just about a minute to live. He recognized
me and signed that he wanted to speak. When
I bent over him he whispered:
“ ‘Did it minify, didn’t ye? But do you know
why? The old hoss had colic and was five feet
siowl’ ’’
Bußtllng After Burglars.
He is a little man, and when his wife woke
him, says the Chicago Tribune, and excitedly
whispered to him that there was a man iu the
kitchen he told her to let him stay there.
’ 'But he’ll get into the dining room and steal
all the silver." she said in an undertone. "Are
you a coward?"
Well, now, perhaps he was a coward when It
came to tackling a burglar in the dork, but no
man is going to admit that to his wife, so he
jumped out of bed and said with the best show
of courage possible;
"I’ll go in the hall and see if I can hear him ”
He went out into the hall and he |heard him.
He didn't expect to and he didn't want to, but
he did. There was someone in the house be
yond all question, and he wasn’t particular? -
anxious to meet him. He didn’t think lie had
much of a show with a good, burly burglar,
and ho was In a quandary until be remembered
the speaking tube.
There was a mouthpiece in the hall and a
whistle in the kitchen.
He went back into the bed room and asked
sharply: "Where are my trousers?”
‘'Perhaps you bad better not go down,
George," said his wife, as she handed him his
trousers.
"Don’t be a coward, Mary," he returned, as
be hastily put them on. “I'll teach him."
"Perhaps there’s more than one,” she sug
gested. anxiously.
"There ore two or three, sure," he said In a
business-like way, as he reached for bis coat to
throw over (his shoulders, "but I’m good for
them all, Mary. I guess you never saw me when
I got roused before. ”
‘•But, George," she cried, throwing her arms
around him as he tried to go out of the room,
"I think they have called for help from friends
outside. I heard three soreeching whistles in
the kitchen Just after you went out into the hall
the first time "
"Quite likely’" herald, as he tore himself
away and hurried out, "but I’ll fool them all;
I’m not afraid of them.”
He returned a few minutes latter, and. as be
pulled Off his trousers again, said reproachfully.
“Mary, they got warning and got away with
som cold meat. If you hadn't made such a
fuss when 1 tried to make a quiet sneak on
them, Pd have captured the whole gang sure.”
A Distinction With a Difference.
John B. Furay was once a postofflee Inspec
tor, and on one ocoaslon was sent down Into
Louisiana to take charge of an office from
which the postmaster had decamped. A light
arose over the vacant position, .-ays the Omaha
World, during tne progress of which Jlaj.
Furay remained acting postmaster in the quag
mires of Louisiara, devoting ail his spare time
to shaking with the orthodox ague, and the
longer the man stayed the more he shook, and
the more he shook the more profane he waxed.
He had been there three weeks or m ire when
one morning, white the fog woe arising from
arfiund the little postoffice. Inspector Furay sat
astride a keg of buttermilk reading “Pilgrim’s
Progress." A tall, loan genus homo of the
swamp entered,
A solitary suspender band held up a pair of
blue jeans pants, a white felt hat <sf doubtful
age rested on tha man’s head, and his feet were
Incased in a pair of cowhides reddened by ago.
"Howdy, pard," said the stranger,addressing
tho inspector, "he you the federals' agertt?"
“I am the postofflee Inspector," replied Maj.
Furay without looking up, as he waded into
"Paradise Regained."
“I am the new postmaster," said the stranger,
tendering his commission.
“Well, I’ll be 1" was tbe only reply, as
the Inspector dropped his book to the ground
and gazed at tho visitor.
"Yes. sir," continued the stranger, squirting
a mouthful of tobocco Juice on the Inspector's
new trousers' "Yes, sir, and I’ve come to be
qualified."
Rising to bis feet Furay sighed, inspected his
visitor from head to foot, and exclaimed:
"My friend, I am but human. I can only
swear you in. Alt couldn't qualify you."
His One*Foolieb Act.
The young woman had secured permission to
speak to the good-looking young convict, says
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It was
just a feminine fancy—a desire to learn some
thing of his story.
"You don't look like a criminal," she said
abruptly.
He smiled at the rather uncertain compli
ment.
"1 never did but one criminal thing In my
life," he said.
"Only one?” she said,in rather a disappointed
tone. Bbe had expected to find a man steeped
In crime. "Why, your sentence is for ten
years, Isn’t it?”
"Yes, miss. I got It for that one criminal
act.”
"What was the cause of that one?" she In
quired curiously.
“Just, a whim, miss—a youthful whim," he
replied rather bitterly, “1 thought it manly to
carry a revolver."
“And yoe were attacked some night?” she
asked quickly. “And you ”
He shook qis head.
"And roure here just for that?” she said.
"Like others, just for that,” he returned
quietly. “I quarreled with a friend, lost my
temper, and—l’m here, miss. That’s all.”
He suddenly turned away and wont back to
his work.
Bessie’s Opinion.
11. Helen Prater Lovett in the Churchman,
Bessie went to church that morning;
She had never been before,
"But she’s old enough,” said mamma;
"Three years old, and almost four."
Sho had promised to be quiet;
"No, indeed; she wouldn’t cryl”
Holding tight to papa's linger
Off she went with sparkling eye.
Wonderlngly she saw the people.
Saw the flowers ad the h*st;
Gazed up at the lofty arches:
But the music pleased her t est;
When It ceased and came the Bermon,
Bessie frowned and fidgeted.
"Bh, be quiet, Bess!" said mamma, •
But she shook her little head.
Stood upon tho red pew cushion.
Waved her hand Inqueetdy way
Toward the preacher, toward the organ—
"Mau be quiet! Band, you play I"
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The * ’smart girl” In the swim of Chattanooga
society is just hung all over with “fads ’’ If
she keeps ut) the gait she Is taking at present,
she will degeuerato Into a crank. Hero are
some of her fads this season ishe changes them
with her season’s gowns i. She goes in for pos
ing; she gets photographed iu oil kinds of
gowns, and poses and styles. She drives, she
rides, she kodaks, she Delsartes, she Talks Eng
lish, “you naw,” and she does a hundred more
faddy things 1 cau’t remember, but just now,
thank providence, her dog is rolegated! "We
ought to De thankful for that.”
It’s too late for snake stories in this neck of
the woods, says the Davis Times, but Col. Bob
Eastham is our authority for a real genuine
West Virginia fishy truth. It is about this wise;
Cyrus Ellis who works at Henry’s camp, about
seven miles abovo this place, succeeded in land
ing about 1,483 fine trout one dav last week
without nook or line. He fastened'a stout stick
in the bank to which he tied a short piece of
gum, and to this was attached a strip of red
flannel which was allowed to float on the water.
Th-* fish would take hold of the flannel, run as
far ns the gum would stretch, and in the re
bound of the gum would bo thrown out on dry
land. Sir. Ellis was very busy during the day
and had not time to fish in the old way.
"Not many people In the country understand
how important a part in the Imports the plant
known as licorlo) plays,” said W. F. Gerald of
Richmond, Va., who is at the Ltndel, to a re
porter of the St. Louis Posi-liepatch. “We all
know that school children are In the habit of
chewing it, and are familiar with the thick
block Rticks in which it Is most commonly seen.
Sometimes the root Is sold, but stick licorice lias
about driven the root out of the market But
this is its most important use. The tobacco
chewer is apt to look with scorn upon the masti
cator of licorice, oblivious to the fact that
•much ?of his enjoyrant jis derived from the
same source, as chewing tobacco without lico
rice would not vary greatly from smoking to
bacco. Hundreds of tons of it are used every
year by tobacco manufacturers. I’hysicians
use it extensively, and it is one of the most
valuable articles in the druggists’ pharmacopipia
for disguising the tastes of unpleasant medi
cines. In porter breweries it is used to impart
tbe familiar sweetish taste, and even ale brew
ers sometimes employ it. All of it Is imported,
the most coming from Sicily, but a very consid
erable quantity from England. There has
recently been a movement set on foot by some
tobacco manufacturers to establish plantations
in this country, and before long we may raise
our own licorice."
This is the time of the year when women
begin to be sadly perplexed over the buyiag-of
holiday gifts. Perhaps the greatest art of all
Is the art of buying, or rather of giving, inap
proprlare gifts. Few persons possess it, and
not every one ia liberal minded enough to ac
auire it, says a writer in the New Orleans
.fYcayune. Now a person cannot mate a sad
der mistake than to civc, let us say. an inkstand
to an author, a ferule to a teacher, or a note
book to a reporter. These are what a duli
minded, common-place person would approve
as exceedingly appropriate gifts. The writer
has in miu 1 a lady who is the annual recipient
of a handkerchief, not that she is possessed
of a chronic hay fever, but because
he is that sort of a staid body for whom
nothing sterns so appropriate as handkerchiefs.
Why, for example, not give the coos a beau
tiful high art $2 rocking chair instead of the
inevitable oalico druse, oxidized pin aud pocket
handkerchief? Why not delight tha house girl
with a bottle of real perfume or a gorgeous
album? Why not let tbe husband off from the
annual pair of slipper* and make him a lovely
hag for his soiled collars and cuffs? Why not
send the solitary little friend whom you usually
remember with a box of letter paper, forgetting
to suggest to whom she may write loiters, a vase
full of flowers? Why not send your best young
tnan a shade for his lamp, a pair of saddlebags
for his rocking chair or a traneparent picture to
hang in his window? Why not send a growing
fern to yoqr best girl or a year’s subscription
to some good magazine? In all the shops can
be found a great amount of trash of the sort
that unpleasantly litters up a house. Somebody
must buy all of this, but the worst is |somebody
must receive it all. Now, for instance, what
housekeeper is wildly yearning for a plated ele
phant hung all over, like a Chinese pagoda,
with little glass cups, two fragile for tnimbles
and too small for cordials? One good, honest
teaspoon is worth a whole circus full of such
elephants. In fact, a vary good plan is to give
the present "so suitable for Mary" to John and
the present that Is just the thing for John to
Mary.
Some familiar sayings have a strange origine.
"Business is business," says the busy man of
America. It was a long time ago that a writer
said that a printer hung upon his door the
motto: "Talk of nothing but business and dis
patch that business quickly.” A treasure was
buried bv Xerxes' general, Mardonius, on the
field of Platea. Polyoratee asked the Delphic
oracle to assist him ia finding it. That is, to tell
him how he could find it. The oracle replied
"Turn every stone.” And it has traveled down
, tho centuries untll’we say “"Leave no stone un
turned," Tobias Hobson was the first mau in
England that let out hackney horses. When
a man came for a horse he was led into tbe
stable, where there was a great choice, but
he obliged him to take the horse which
stood next to the stable door, so that every cus
tomer was alike well served according to his
chance, from whence it became a proverb,
when what ought to be your election forced
upon you, to say, "Hobson’s choice " The ex
pression, which Fourth of July orators have
well nign worn cSit, "Eternal virilance is the
price of liberty," has no fattier It Is un
questionably, in tbe minds of many, of Amer
ican origin. It may bo of soma Interest to the
classically Inclined sporte wbo go to Washing
ton park every day to know that the expres
sion "Eclipse first, the reßt nowhere," was
declared at Epsom. May, 1196, by Capt
O’Kelly, and found it wav into Anoa'.s of sport
ing. When Marrchal Villars was taking leave
of Louis XIV, he said: “Defend me from my
friends. I can defend myself from my ene
mies." It is generally quoted in this country
"Save me from my friends." From time im
memorial it has been the proper thing to call
any virtue a jewel. lago says a good name is a
jewel. Shakespeare in some other
place says experience is a Jewel
One writer calls discretion a Jewel.
But the universal quotation ij
“Consistency, thou art a jewel.” Maybe
it is so; but there is no author for the proverb,
“bitter end" is nearly without meaning as It is
used, according to Bartlett. The correct
phrase Is "better end,” used to designate a
crisis on the moment of an extremity. “Add
ing insult to injury” came about in this wise:
A fly bit tho bare pate of a bald man. who, en
deavoring to crush it, gave himself a blow.
Then, said the fly, leeringly, "you wanted to
revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death;
wtiat, will you do to yourself, who have added
insult to Injury?"
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Smith Gives Jones a Pointer.
Joses—Smith, how can you keep
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Smith—Well, I tell you, Jones, I give my
credit for every smile that I have.
Jones—l can’t eo for the life Be
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