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The Assistant Attorney General for the
postoffice department has rendered an
opinion holding mail carriers exempt from
military duty.
Congress allows members of the House
each a private secretary, fixes the sal
aries of the secretaries at $1,200 and pro
vides the money for their pay. It has
been whispered about Washington that
some of the congressmen have been put
ting a part of the allowance for secre
taries' salaries in their pockets, and there
is talk of an investigation, to be asked
for by a member from Ohio.
Mr. Richard Croker, notwithstanding
he does a minimum amount of talking for
the press, is one of the best news makers
in New York. If Croker goes to dinner
half an hour late, it has political sie-nifl
oance; if he smiles it means a deal has
come his way. if he frowns it means the
deal has gone against him. according to
the newspaper stories that are forthwith
printed. Messrs. Croker, Cornelius Van
derbilt and Chaunoey M. Depew met in
the Grand Central depot a day or two ago
and had a few minutes’ ceDversation;
and the New York papers went nearly
crazy trying to guess what they talked
about.
Dr. Edward McGlynn, the New York
priest who was some time ago excommu
nicated because some of the things he
taught in his speeches were held to be
contrary to the tenets of the Catholic
faith, and who was later restored to the
priesthood during a visit to Rome, has
been talking again on the old line that led
to his trouble. In an interview at De
troit, the other day, he pronounced him
self as still opposed to parochial schools,
and declared it was not in the province
of priests, monks and other ecclesiastics
to teach anything but religion. The pub
lic schools, when properly conducted,
were all that could be desired. Parochial
schools were improper, for the reason
that the children who attended them were
isolated, in a manner. Religion should be
taught only in churches, Sunday schools
and at the mother’s knee.
A bill has been introduced into the
Massachusetts legislature providing that
no one holding a liquor license shall ac
cept pay for liquor furnished by one cus
tomer to another. The bill, as is appar
ent, is aimed at the great American cus
tom of “treating.” The custom, by the
way, is said to have no standing in any
European country. The Massachusetts
legislators are not disposed to run their
heads against the stone wall of a native
Institution that has existed from a time
whereof the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary, hence they will not pass
the bill. Another liquor bill altogether
out of the ordinary was introduced in the
New York legislature this week, making
it legal for saloons in cities of 20,000 in
habitants and over to open their side doors,
or “family entrances,” on Sunday. That
bill also, was foredoomed to defeat.
The fin de siecle young people of Pratts
ville, Greene county. New York, are de
cidedly opposed to the old custom of ser
enading newly married couples with tin
horns and cow bells that the common
place young people of the neighborhood
still affect. The other night a couple be
longing to the smart set of Prattsville got
married, and their old fashioned young
neighbors concluded to eive tnem a tin
horn blow out of the most hearty and ear
picrcing kind. The serenading party were
tooting away in high glee when one of
their number was observed suddenly to
pitch forward, fall, and then slowly as
cend, feet first, towards the roof of the
bouse. The sight was so startling that
the other serenaders ran for their lives.
The explanation of the phenomenon is
that some friends of the groom had spread
a noose on the ground and gone on the
roof with theolhereud of the rope. When
one of the serenaders was seen to step
into the noose the party on the roof jerked
him up and suspended him head down
ward until he begged for ifiercy. In the
hsatter of reforming social c-Bstoms by the
New York state is thus piacod in
the lead.
The State Banka Tax.
It looks very much as if this congress
would not repeal the tax on state bank
circulation. The action of the committee
on banking and currency yesterday in
deciding to report unfavorably the bill
j providing for the repeal of this tax. and
making it impossible to reconsider its ac
tion. justifies the conclusion that it will
be a good while before state bank bills
will be in circulation. It is safe to as
sume that the committee expresses the
sentiment of the House on this subject.
But the refusal to repeal the tax does
not necessarily mean that there will be
no legislation by this congress looking
towards greater elasticity in the currency
and an increase in its volume. Seveial
bills relating to the currency have been
introduced, and Representative Springer
announced some time ago that he was pre
paring a currency bill which he thought
would be reported favorably.
It is evident that financial legislation
of some sort is needed by which the vol
ume of the currency can be quickly in
creased when more currency is needed.
The retirement of government bonds has
had the effect of reducing the volume of
national bank currency, and it is proba
ble that the treasury, within a year or
two, will be in a condition again to retire
more bonds.
If the state bank tax is not to be re
moved the national banking law ought to
be amended so as to permit the use of
other securities than government
bonds as a basis for currency.
A general complaint against the
national banks is that they do not pro
vide a sufficient amount of currency at
points distant from the great commercial
centers, and there is foundation for this
complaint. Currency issued by state
banks would remain in the states in
which it was issued, and that is one of
the reasons for the demand for the repeal
of the tax on state bank issues.
If a bill is introduced changing the
national banking law the question of re
pealing that state bank tax may receive
some attention, but the probability that
the tax will be repealed is very remote.
The sentiment of the country is in favor
of a currency that will pass anywhere,
and is not liable to discount when it
passes beyond state lines.
Setting Cured of Populism.
Mr. W. E. Currey, a Kansan of consid
erable prominence, who resides at
Topeka, Kan., stated in an interview in
Washington a day or two ago, that the
Kansas people are getting cured of popu
lism, and that the cure came through the
instrumentality of the cause. He said
that the eastern money lenders are re
sponsible for populism. They became
greedy, grasping and arrogant,and the re
sult was that the farmers became thor
oughly aroused against them. In carry
ing out their purpose to resist them they
went much further than they at first in
tended. They adopted such aggressive
laws against capital that they frightened
the capitalists away.
What was the result? Money was so
scarce In the state that improvements of
all kinds stopped. No investments were
made in the state by outside capitalists.
No railroads were built, no hotels erected,
no mines developed and no irrigation Im
provements made. The populists thought
at first that they had accomplished won
ders. Now they are beginning to realize
that they simply injured themselves and
their state. The most of them acknow
ledge that they have learned what com
mon sense ought ts have taught them
before, that in order to develop a coun
try there must be amicable relations be
tween labor and capital, between debtor
and creditor.
There are not as many populists in
Kansas as there were, and those who still
claim to be populists will never again
howl themselves hoarse in behalf of 2
per cent, money schemes or demand that
the government shall own the railroads.
Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, and
his friends, are making very nearly the
same mistake the populists of Kansas
made. They are pursuing a course that
is keeping capital and immigrants out of
the state. They are making war upon
railroads and pursuing a policy that is
forcing the people to give more attention
to politics than business and industrial
interests. The people will get tired of
them after awhile, and when South
Carolina gets rid of them she will start
upon anew career of prosperity.
If the debate in the House on the tariff
bill proves anything, it proves that the
day of the former influence of oratory in
congress is well nigh, if not already
passed. The speeches of Crisp and Reed
on the last day of the debate would, fifty
years ago, have been counted masterly
and effective efforts. So would the
speeches of BourkeCockran, and Bryan,
of Nebraska. And their respective con
stituents would have sounded admiring
praises of them for months and possibly
years to come. As it is, however, the
speeches will be read at home by a few
persons, commented on for a few days at
most, possibly, and then forgotten. It
may be doubted that a single vote was
in the least influenced by the flood of el
oquence poured out in the House, or that
even an opinion in the gallery was
changed by the oratory. On matters like
the tariff, opinions are made up before
the questions get into congress for
settlement, and, in these modern days, it
takes a more substantial consideration
than oratory to change them.
Gov. B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina,
is not seeking to make himself a war
record. He has one already. In his sec
ond campaign it was charged by some
of his opponents that he had no such
record. He asserted that he had, and
called upon Gen. Ellison Capers, a parti
san of the opposition, to bear him out.
And Gen. Capers, in the presence of the
assembled multitude, at Columbia, said
he bad no hesitation in proclaiming that
“Jim Tillman was the oriliamme of my
regiment.” “Jim,” who was killed in the <
war, at the front and in the thick of the
fight, was “Brave Ben’s” brother. The
Atlanta Journal is, therefore, in error
when it asseris that the governor's war
like demonstrations against Charleston
are for the purpose of acquiring a record;
he hus one—his brother's.
George D. Bryan, who was yesterday
nominated for collector of the port of
Charleston, is a true-blue democrat of the
old school. He was twice mayor of the
city, and for several terms chairman of
the county democracy. He has a war
record, too. having served with distinc
tion in the confederate navy under Com
modore Ingraham.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY" 3, 1804.
The Tybee Road.
An extraordinary effort is being
made to repair the Savannah
and Atlantic railroad. It can be put in
first-class condition for 932,000.
But how is that amount of money to be
raised 1 That now is the all important
question. The bondholders have con
sented to an issue of receiver's certificates
sufficient to meet the necessary expendi
ture. but a market for the certificates
has not yet been found. They have been
offered in New York, but there were no
bidders there for them, for the reason
that the road has not shown any net earn
ings. The bondholders do not feel that
they can shoulder the whole burden of re
pairing the road, particularly as the road
is for the benefit of Savannah and the
owners of Tvbee property.
The proposition which the bondholders
make is that citizens of Savannah
shall assist them in carrying the
certificates. The certificates bear 7 per
cent, interest and, it is believed,
are a good investment. If the
road is repaired it will be
taken care of in the Central's reorganiza
tion scheme. The first thing to receive
consideration will be the receiver’s cer
tificates. They will be paid dollar for
dollar with interest, even if the bond
holders get little or nothing.
And even if there should be no reorgan
ization the certificates would be good. If
trains are run only in the summer
season, as is now proposed, the road will
earn a considerable amount above oper
ating expenses. Why it has not earned
anything heretofore, is because there is
very little business for eight months of
the year. But. if the expenses for these
eight months are cut off, there will remain
quite a handsome surplus to be applied to
the payment of the certificates. Asa
matter of fact, the holders of certificates
will own the road until their claim is
satisfied.
Tybee has become almost a necessity to
Savannah for four months of the year.
From the middle of May until the middle
of September not only the people of Sa
vannah but thousands from the interior
towns visit Tybee for sea bathing and
fresh air.
What is needed now is a little public
spirit on the part of Savannah. Tybee is
a Savannah institution that the Savan
nah people don’t want to give up. T hey
Can still have it, and, that too, without
any cost to them, because it is beyond
question that the repaired road will be
worth far more than $32,000.
No doubt, the bondholders will be lib
eral subscribers for the certificates. One
of them has already subscribed $1,500.
No one will be held for his subscription
unless the whole amount is subscribed.
The money needed ought to be obtained
in a day. Indeed, Savannah cannot af
ford to be without railroad connection
with Tybee.
War Talk.
The announcement in the Pall Mall
Gazette a day or two ago that Mr. Glad
stone would soon resign the premiership,
taken in connection with the recent as
sertion of the London Telegraph
that England was threatened with
war, has aroused a great deal of ex
citement in England.
The public can see no signs of war, and
wonder from what source it is expected
if, indeed, it is expected at all, by the
ministry. It is true, Mr. Gladstone has
published a denial of the report relative
to his resignation, but it is so worded
that in the minds of many it is regarded
as a confirmation of the report. The way
the situation presents itself to them is
this; Mr. Gladstone foresees war in the
near future, and, feeling himself unequal
to the task of directing the government
should war occur, proposes to make room
for a younger man before trouble begins.
If Mr. Gladstone has no intention of re
signing it is thought he would have been
so explicit in his denial that no room
would have been left for doubt as to his
purpose. His denial has, in fact, added
to the general feeling of uneasiness.
At present, as far as the public can see,
England is not on the eve of war. She is
on good terms with other nations. It is
suspected, however, that the ministry
have information relative to affairs on
the continent that has not got beyond the
inner diplomatic circles, and that it is of
a character that justifies the sensational
announcement made by the Telegraph.
Unless there is an authoritative announce
ment that the talk of war has no founda
tion, the apprehensive feeling that now
pervades England is likely to continue
for some time.
The official reportsof the “engagement”
between the American and Brazilian in
surgent ships in Kio harbor the other
day, which we published yesterday, make
it appear a neat variety specialty in the
comic opera war that has been going on
down in Brazil for some months. Stated
concisely, the insurgents fired some mus
kets in the direction of an American ship's
boat while the boat was taking a rope
ashore; the Detroit replied by firing a
“one pounder” into the water in front of
the insurgent vessel's bow; the insurgent
responded by shooting his broadside guns
“to the leeward of the Detroit”—that is,
away from the Detroit in the direction
towards which the wind was blowing—
and later fired over the tops of the Ameri
can merchant vessels. So far, both parties
had been shooting to see what they
couldn’t hit. But the volubility of the
insurgent guns aroused Admiral
Benham’s ire, and that doughty
commander concluded it was time
for heroic measures; therefore, “the
Detroit returned the fire with a
musket,, striking the insurgent’s stern
post.” That ended the engagement. The
insurgents were humbled. To have their
stern post pinked by a yankee musket
ball was so terrible that they justcouldn’t
fight any more, and they hastened to ac
cord the yaunoe commander ail the rights
he could think of to demand. Meantime,
we doff our hat to Benham; his musket was
the only weapon that struck anything
during the engagement.
The Morning News referred some days
ago to the proposition of an Ohio doctor
to substitute chloroform for the gallows
in capital punishment and permit scien
tists to experiment with the bodies of
condemned felons. A bill covering the
matter has been introduced in the legis
lature and, it is said, meets with some
favor.
When the Harry Hill case has been got
well rid of Atlanta should burn a bundle
of woolen rags by way of improving the
atmosphere.
PERSONAL.
Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, who has entered upon
the great work of endeavoring to discover
the number of Jews in the world, estimates
the total at U. 000,000.
Mrs. Olden, widow of the late ex-governor
of New Jersey, has given *6.000 to the Shelter
ing Arms hospital near Charleston, W. Va.,
for the benent of disabled miners.
Ashbel Fitch, controller of New York, de
clined to administer oaths upon a Bible In his
offlee which he declared had been stolen from
the court of common pleas. He returned it
to the judges with his compliments.
Ex-Judge Elliott Anthony, of Chicago, who
was elected president of the Illinois State Bar
Association last week, was. in I*so. the prin
cipal of an academy at Clinton. N. Y., in
which Grover Cleveland was a pupil.
The Empress Frederic, mother of the
present Emperor of Geimany. has for many
years enjoyed the distinction of being the
most unpopular person in Berlin Ehe dis
likes Germans and the Germans dislike her.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is the wealthiest
young woman in America. Notwithstanding
this fact she Is a great worker In the field of
charity, ami almost every day can be found at
the Margaret Louise Home on East sixteenth
street, New York.
Mrs. Alice Wordsworth Is one of the reign
ing attractions of the nobility and gentry in
England. Mrs. Wordsworth is a teacher who
gives lessons in skirt dancing and other fancy
terpsiehorean spe laities It Is said that she
has over 10,01)0. pupils.
A London woman, well raised, who found it
necessary to earn her own living, has started
a laundry. She calls it the Sw et Laven
der.” Her reason for entering this field of
work was that the ranks of milliners, dress
m kers and other similar callings were over
crowded.
Mrs Humphrey Ward is a handsome
woman, tall and shapely, with regular fea
tures and sympathetic eyes. She was brought
up In the best English society, a fact which
makes it a wonder that she could depict Bo
hemian life in Pans as she has done in
“David Grieve."
Madame de Matos is the Joan of Arc of the
Brazilian revolution. She enters the field
with her hus and, attired in a dress which is
a mixture of man and woman’s attire, she is
atout 3o years of age. with blue eyes and
blonde hair, and possesses a great deal of
personal magnetism.
Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson, who has taken up
cudgels against Prof. Harper, president of
the Chicago University, because he claims
that the story of Cain and Abel as told in
Genesis ts a myth, was formerly one of the
well-known Baptist ministers in this city.
He removed to Chicago about six years ago
The resemblance between Representatives
Wilson, of West Virginia, and Clifton R.
Breckinridge, of Arkansas, is so marked that
one Is often mistaken for the other. An amus
ing instance of this was on the occasion of a
speech that Mr. Wilson was making at a pollti
cal meetlag In Baltimore. In a hall where Mr.
Breckinridge had spoken several days before.
Two young men. who had dropped in to hear
the speech, regarded Mr. Wilson with aston
lshment. and then one said to the other:
“Why, it s the same little cuss who was talk
ing a week ago.”
BRIGHT BITS.
Tom—l wonder why Nettle Qaye screamed
so loud when I kissed her. Extrem ■ modesty ?
Dick—No. Force of habit.—Chicago Record.
Affable Friends —Ah, Mr. Grumpsey, I hope
I see you well.
Grumpsey—lf you don't you had better con
eult an oculist.-Philadelphia Record.
Too Much of a Compliment.—She—Yes: so
Mr. Murray says. That 1 look live years
younger when I am skating.
He—Why you look twenty years younger!—
Life.
Judge—You are fined *lO for contempt of
court.
Offender—l say. judge, seeing as the senti
ment is mutual, why not call It a draw?—Bos
ton Transcript.
Mrs. Winks—So you have taken another
companion for better or worse, eh?
Mrs. Second-Trip—Only for better, my dear.
He can't possibly be worse than the other one
was.—Tid-Bits.
Watts—Do you suppose these metsors we
see sometimes oome from some other -World
Potts—From the way they blaze. I should
say that they must come from the next world.
—lndianapolis Journal.
He—What wofild you do if I were to kiss
you?
She—Are you very curious to know?
He—Very.
She—Well, you might try—and see.—Boston
Traveler.
Newspaper misprints are often amusing.
One of the funniest I have lately seen is the
reference to “Mr. Hanson, lazy vicar and solo
tenor, St. Paul s cathedral.'' That printer
had obviously never heard of a "lay'’ vicar.—
London Figaro.
Bessie—Does your minister always embrace
you so effusively ?
0 bitty—Yes,he think's I’m in the infant
class yet. It s very annoying, hut he sso old.
If it were a younger man It would be different.
—Brooklyn Life.
Friend—Are you happy ?
Spirit (through medium)—Perfectly so.
“Can you state what has pleased you most
since you left us?”
"The epitaph on my tombstone. It both
amuses and delights me.”—Texas Siftings.
Kittle—l heard to-day you married your
husband to reform him.
Sarah—l did.
Kittie—Why, I didn't know he had any bad
habits.
Sarah—He had one; he was a bachelor.—
Detroit Free Press,
Messenger Boy—Where's the man what
sont me out with this here message?
Mr Smith—lt was I that sent vou.
Messenger Boy—Naw: the feller whatfient
me was a Dean shaved bloke, and you've got
a long beard.
Mr. Smith—Well, It grew since you started.
—Judge.
A Boston lady who brought her children up
very carefully, and never allowed them to see
a newspaper, found them, on going into her
nursery, the other day. singing:
Lizzie Borden took an ax.
And gave ner mother twenty whacksi
After seeing what she’d done.
She gave her father twenty-one.
Friend—How are you coming on?
Author-Good. I’ve got the material on
hand for a first class novel.
“You are a lucky man."
“That s not all! I've got the material for a
splendid comedy besides.”
"You are fortunate.”
“Yes; all I need now Is the material for a
new pair of trousers.''— texas Siftings.
Reporter—l have come, sir, to ask for a
raise. My clothes are in rags, and 1 haven't
tasted food tor seventy-two hours.
Editor -You have been a faithful employe
of this paper for six years. Your request is
granted. I now discharge you!
Reporter (gasping for breath)—But, sir, how
can that help me?
Editor— VVhy. you are now eligible for the
free bread and clothes given away by this
paper,—Puck.
An old gentleman, whose character was un
impeached and unimpeachable, for some
slight cause was challenged by a dissolute
young Hotspur, who was determined that the
old gentleman should give him honorable sat
isfaotion. .he old gentlemun very good
naturedly refused to tight and the fellow
threatened to “gazette" him as a coward.
Well, go ahead—l would rather fill twenty
newspapers than one coffin,” rejoined the old
gentlemen.—l’lt- B its.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Force Bill Will Go.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Senator Chandler has given up his hopeless
fight against the federal elections bill, which
will t e out to a vote on Tuesday next, and
will undoubtedly be passed. Had there been
the ghost of a show for the defeat of this
measure by filibustering tactics the filibusters
would have taken the field. Their sub
mission is a warning to Johnny i. avenport
and bis minions to pack their traps and seek
new fields of usefulness.
The Income Tax.
From the Boston Post (Dem ).
Mr McMlUin. of Tennessee. In opening the
debate for the income tax. placed emphasis
on the fuct that, unlike the former Income
tax law of war times, it did not require all
persons to hand in returns as to lhelr income
but only such as have incomes above the pro
posed limit of M.OOu. This undoubtedly
makes the bill far less objectionable, but he
neglected to explain what would e the proo
able practical effects of such a-provisiou. How
are these high income persons to be found
and held up to the rack?
A Tale of Tenpins.
“I used to roll a pretty fair game of ten
pins." said the little man.
‘‘l can beat you,” put in the fat man, de
cidedly.
“Oh I dunao.” said the little man.
“111 roll you on any alley you say and at
anytime:! can beat you,’ insisted the fat
man.
There was a lot more conversation of this
kind, says the Buffalo Express, and finally
the little man got mad. He pulled out a roil
of bills and peeled off a twenty. “I'll bet you
S2O ' be said hotly, “that you can't 1 eat ine.
I'll bet you (20 that I will beat you seven out
of ten games to morrow afternoon."
The fat man grew cautious. What Is the
highest yoi ever rolled;' he asked. Then he
said, proudly: “lmade 23)once.
“Why. my dear boy,' said the little man.
"Is e that you are an amateur. 1 rolled ten
games the other afternoon and averaged
216.”
The fat mans eyes bulged out. “I don't be
lieve it. ihere alu't a man In Buffalo who can
do 1L”
“111 bet you *2O to $5 that I can average
more than 235 for twenty games to-morrow af
ternoon.' said the little mau, produ. ing his
roll of bills again Tll bet you *2O or 111 bet
you *IOO. It don t cut any ice with me how
large the bet is. 1 know what I can do. Why,
I made 276 and better three games hand run
ning a week ago.”
“1 didn t know I was up against a shark.”
said the fat man. feebly. “I can tdo auy such
as that.”
“Then don't go to making era :ks at me.”
and the little man waved his roil of money
around to the great discomfort of the fat man,
and to the enjoyment of the onlookers. “1 am
a star bowler. You said you could beat me.
Now make good your claim or close your
face.”
"But that rolling is wonderful. I never
heard of anything like it. " And the fat man
wiped the sweat off his forehead.
“Huh “ said the little man, “that ain’t a
marker to what 1 have done. Why. one dav
when I was in good condition I rolled 336."
" What s that?” asked the fat man. sharply.
“Fact. I rolled 336 on White's alleys In
New York.”
The fat man rose slowly from his seat and
looked at his friends. "Here!” he said.
• somebody kick me around the room a few
times.”
“What’s the matter?” asked the little man.
•'Matter?'' and there was a world of disgust
in the fat mans voice. "Matter? Why, I've
been sitting here like a chuckle-headed chump
and letting you bluff me about bowling, a
game I’ve played since I was a boy—letting
you bluff me. when you, you dodgasted Idiot,
don t know enough about the game to know
that 300 is the highest possible score!”
The Way a Woman’s Mind Works.
The telegraph operators were telling stories
last night, says the Buffalo Express. The tall
man who has held a key all over the country
had the floor.
“You see a good many jokes in the papers,”
said he. about the culture of Boston and the
habit people living there have of using big
words and correct grammar and all that.
Most of you think that these jokes have no
foundation in fact. Now, I know better. 1
was receiving clerk in the Western Union
office there a good many years ago and some
of the messages handed in to me were cork
ers.
“One summer I had the cable window. One
day twd women, dressed in black and greatly
agitated, came in and inquired the rate per
word to London. I told them It was 28 cents.
They consulted for a minute and then one of
them asked tor a blank. 1 told them where
the blanks were and one of them wrote a
message. The other took It and read it two
or three times.
“Tnen she came over to the window and
asked again how much it was a word to Lon
don. Twenty-eight cents, I told her. She
looked at the message dubiously. The other
woman came up to her and said: ‘Don't you
like it?’
“ ‘No,’ she said, ‘I don’t like it.. That form
is Improper. You say that Charles suicided
this morning, when it should be said that
Charles committed suicide this morning.’
" 'But,' said the other, if we put it in that
way we will save 28 cents.’
"The woman who objected turned this prop
osition over in her mind for a long lime.
Finally she said: 'I don’t think that such syn
tax is excusable.’
“1 he other took the blank and read the
message a few dozen times. 'We’re poor,’
she said decisively, after studying it in all its
phases, 'and we can’t save 2s cents any
easier.’
"This partially convinced the woman who
objected. But what will our friends think?'
she asked, dubiously.
" ‘I suppose they will notice it. but we can’t
help that.’ Then the two women retired to
one corner of the room and had a consulta
tion. After talking earnestly for ten minutes
they wrote another message. So help me,
this is the way I got it: Charles suicided this
morning. False syntax used because it Is
cheaper.'
“And they paid me 28 cents a word for It.
Allot which," continued the tall operator,
“illustrates one of the curious ways in which
a woman s mind works ”
An Objectionable Practitioner.
They tell a good story about a judge who Is
well known iu Buffalo, says the Express, of
that city. Some time ago a man. who is a
"shyster" lawyer, came before him to make a
motion. This man lived in one of the subur
ban towns, and he was not particularly scru
pulous as regards his personal appearance.
He waited until he had an opportunity to ad
dress the judge, and then made his motion. It
was merely a perfunctory sort of motion, to
open a case or something of the kind, and not
one in a thousand is refused by any judge,
livery body lmthe court room was, therefore,
greatly surprised when the judge thundered
out: “Denied.’
The man himself was completely taken
aback. He rose to his feet and stammered
and stuttered, and finally said: “Your Honor,
1 hope you have not mistaken the import of
this motion. It is a mere formal affair. I fail
to see on what ground you base your deci
sion.”
"Denied!” roared the judge again.
“But. your honor," the lawyer went on, “I
think you must be laboring under a misap
prehension. This is of no importance. There
Isn't a soul on earth who Isn't willing that the
motion sho ;ld be granted. ’’
“It's denied, I tell you,” said the judge
again.
"Will your honor kindly state the grounds
on which the denial is made?”
The Judge straightened up In his chair, took
off his eyeglasses and looked severely at the
lawyer. He extended his hand and pointed
one of his long fingers at him. “The motion
is denied for two reasons." he said. Impress
ively. "First, you are not a regular member
of the bar, and not entitled to practice in a
court of record; second, you need a bath.”
The Door Bell.
From the Somerville Journal.
If you could always know,
When the door bell rings,
Just who it is that stands below
Making the door . ell jingle so.
Quite frequently yo ; wouldn't go,
When the door Dell rings.
It Isn't sure to be a friend
When the door bell rings.
It may be "Umbrellas to mend?"
Or someone with tine shoes to vend,
Whose flow of language has no end,
When the door bell rings.
It’s always at your busiest time,
When the door bell rings.
Your hands, maybe, are black with grime,
In such a case your language I'm
Quito sure I'd never put in rhyme
When the door bell rings.
But to the door you always go
When the door bell rings.
You see, you're curious to know
Just whojis on the porti, o,
And so outsi lers get a show.
When the door beil rings.
He—l love you.
She—Well, what are you going to do about
It? You ve got no money.—Detroit Free Press.
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Miss Trella Foltz-Toland. a western actress,
makes It a practice to uncheck horses that
she finds standing m the street with their
heads strained back by the modern halter
known as the check rein. For a similar
work in Kansas she received a letter of
1 thanks from the president of the Kansas
: City Humane Society. She has been arrested
I once.
When the freight train from the east ar
rived in Reno, the other evening, a man who
emerged from a car loaded with long horned
steers told a reporter for the Reno (Nev.)
Gazette that wuen endeavoring to procure
free passage on the cattle train leaving *Vin
nemucca the night before, one of the railroad
men said that he would let him in o a cattle
car. where he could ride as long as he wanted
to keep company with the steers. To the sur
prise of the railroad man the oner was ac
cepted and the tramp jumped in. lie says he
roue the greater part of the 175 miles between
V\ and Reno astrldeone of the ani
mals. and when he got cold or tired of that
position he stood in among them, where he
found it quite warm and comfortaule, and
would have continued his journey westward
had it not been for hunger and the absence of
any milch cows in the car. The railroad men
in Reno say that brakebeam and blind bag
gage tourists are quite uommon, but they
never before heard of one beating his way on
the back of a wild steer.
“One of the most singular springs I ever
saw,’ said D. L. Spratt to the corridor man
of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, “is on the
top of Mount Mitchell. It Is on the summit,
and is clear and cold. It has never been
known to go dry. and is seemingly without a
to.tom, as lines have Leea dropped down to a
great depth. -,a Mount Mitchell is the high
est peak of the Alleghenies, and the nearest
mountain of greater altitude is in Colorado,
a out 2.uuo miles distant, the query naturally
arises as to the source of this spring. The
only conclusion Is ihut it is a siphon spring,
but li so, the water Hows at leas. 2.U00 miles
and under innumerable rivers and streams,
under prairies and under mountains, until it
reaches the peak, where it forces its way
through a fissure to the top. The water is re
markably clear and pure, and shows no trace
of its having encountered any minerals dur
ing Its long journey, although minerals are
found on every side of the place where it
| arises to the surface. I have never heard any
satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon.”
Tree planting on the streets at Orlando.
Fla.. is encouraged by a bounty of 50 cents
for each tree in good condition after one year
of growth, says the New York Post. The
work is being done under an ordinance passed
two years ago. It provided that the variety
to ue planted must be the water oak. in size
not less than two inches in diamter at a point
two feet above the ground. The trees must
be not less than ten feet in hight, and they
are to be set out at stated distances apart anil
seven feet from the street bound of the adja
oeut lot. Thirty days after planting the trees
are inspected by a committee, and for each
one in good condition. 25 cents is paid in city
warrants upon the treasury. At the end of a
year a similar sum Is paid if the tree still
flourishes Larger trees may be planted by
the property owners, provided they are uni
form In size, but the city pays no more for
them, There seems to be no difficulty in find
lug men who are willing to make contracts
with property owners to put out and care for
the trees assuming uH risks, and relieving
the owners of the labor and care.
Dr. Haycoek. the eminent Oxford, (Eng
land) divine, would often arise from his bed
at night, give out his text, and, while sound
asleep, deliver an excellent sermon, says the
Philadelphia Press. He was frequently
watched, but no amount of pulling, tugging
and pinching was sufficient to arouse him
from his peculiar somnambulistic state. Dr.
Macnish, the great Edinburgh physician, ex
plodes the old story of somnambulists waking
the moment they touch water with their bare
feet. He knew an Irish sleep walker who
once climbed out of bed one cold fall night
and swam two miles down a river, got ashore,
and was subsequently found sleeping soundly
by the river side, perfectly unconscious ot the
extraordinary feat he he had performed.
Dr. Pritchard, another British physician of
national reputation, had a ioatlent who was
very fond of horseback exercise. This man
would rise at night, find his way to the stable,
saddle and bridle his horse, enjoy a long gal
lop and finally return home and arouse the
whole family while prowling around in a som
nambulistic sleep. Dr. Pritchard further
says that this man could only be aroused by
having the soles of his feet tickled.
After a series of observations extending
over a period of twelve years, and experi
menting on twenty-three individuals of both
sexes and opposite colors IProf. Thiersch, of
Leipzig, has given the following as the result:
If a piece of a negro s skin Is grafted on the
flesh of a white man or woman, the trans
planted piece, as soon as it begins to properly
adheie. gradually changes la color and text
ure until it becomes undistinguishatle from
that of the surrounding cuticle, the process
of change usually occupying a period of from
92 to 112 days to make the complete trans
formation. On the other hand, when the skin
of a white person is grafted to the flesh of a
negro, the change (which it has already been
admitted, finally takes place) Is not nearly so
rapid, usually occupying a period of upwards
of a year. As to texture it can be truly said
that the white piece, though it changes, to all
appearance to real negro skin, is never as
fine and soft as its bony surroundings. The
question now arises: Should further expert
meat prove this to be true beyond a doubt,
will the belles of the future have their faces
denuded and patched up with negro skin, in
order to give them a fashionable texture?
They are always inventing something start
ling In France, says the Washington Star.
The latest evolution of the Parisian branch is
transparent leather, which has lately been
perfected and put on the market. The infor
mation comes that the process of letting light
through the hide of the ox does not unfit it for
use as foot-gear, and now it may reasonably
be expected that the new material will soon
appear as the latest fad of fashion. Just think
of transparent shoes. The chiropodists will
have a rich harvest. The worried shoe store
clerks can lit the feet of their lady customers
with the sizes that they wear, and not the
sizes that they want. Misfits will show as
plainly through the new shoes as a trouble
some eorn. The owner of a really pretty foot
oan take a certain pride In her shoes "or her
slipDers. provided that somebody comes for
ward and devises a style of hosiery that is
also transparent. Under the new order of
things the old gentleman mentioned in the
nursery rhyme, “On a misty, moisty morning
when cloudy was the weather. 1 chanced to
meet an old man all clad in leather,” would
become an object of piosecution by the fol
lowers of Anthony Comstock. Perhaps this is
a step toward a return to the primitive garb
with modern Improvements. There is no
scrutinizing science or its motives, anyhow.
‘•The island of Tanutcouea," said Captain
J. Duncan, until recently in command of the
missionary steamer Morning Star, to a San
Francisco Examiner reporter, “has adopted
a somewhat different iode of etiquette since
the return of the King of the Gilbert Island
from his visit to San Franoieco. His Maj
esty no longer roams barefooted around the
island in the native costume, but has de
veloped a pronounced fancy for collecting
clothes and owns an extentive wardrobe
Eastlake furniture is now in use at the rovai
palace and his majesty will allow nothing
but choice china and costly silverware on the
table. When the King returned home from
San Francisco he took a horse and buggy
with him. There are no horses and
no buggies on the island, and consequently no
roads. The king. Immediately after landing,
set men to work hewing out rocks and make
a circular road about fifty feat from the top
of the cone shaped island, the natives are
not rapid workers, their tools are crude and
it was but a short time ago that the road was
completed, 'i h;s is the only road on the
Island, and it begins and ends at th ■ same
place and is fifteen miles long Every after
noon the king, arrayed in sporting costume,
exercises his one horse around this one road
while the natives gaze on in a state of admi
ration."
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