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MONDAY. APRIL 9. 1894.
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The great storm of last August made an
almost complete wreck of the government
dry dock then in process of construction
at Port Royal, S. C. The damage sus
tained is estimated by the contractor at
J3fi,170, and he has asked congress to re
imburse him in that amount. The claim
is based upon a showing that but for in
structions from the government delaying
the work he would have had it completed
and in a condition to resist the storm and
tidal wave which wrecked the work and
carried off the material.
Waite’s proclamation outlawing Utah
sheep that are not able to produce a clean
bill of health is likely to cause trouble on
the Colorado-Utah frontier. Four thou
sand sheep without doctors’ certificates
are on thoir way from Utah to Grand
Mesa county, accompanied by fifty armed
herders who propose to assist their
charges across the border. On the other
hand, Waitehas ordered 100 armed men to
head the invaders off and demand health
certificates within three shakes of a
sheep's tail, and if the certificates are not
forthcoming, to shoot.
Asa marker showing to what propor
tions the business of advertising has
grown, it is worthy of note that in Wash
ington the other day the professional ad
vertisement writers—not solicitors, or
contractors, or advertising agents, but
the writers of advertisements—formed
themselves into an association and ar
ranged to have a banquet shortly. The
writing of good advertisements may be
classed as a profession, requiring, as it
does, a high order of intelligence; and
some of the brightest men in the news
paper business are devoting themselves
tt> the advertising columns.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, was
filled with dread and apprehension when
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina, seized
the railroads and telegraphs the other
day, and at once introduced a resolution
in the House to investigate the circum
stance. Then he went off down to
Tennessee to harangue a mongrel conven
tion of republican clubs, and left his reso
lution to get along as best it could. The
committee on interstate commerce day
before yesterday wished to hear from
Mr. Grosvenor on the subject, but he was
down at Chattanooga beating the tom-tbm
for Brown of Brownsville, and marching
in a torchlight procession for McKinley
ism.
Mr. G. M. Hawkins, a Baltimore drum
mer, who has just returned to his borne
from a tour of the south, extending from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and in
cluding Georgia, says ho took some pains
to size up the sentiment of the people re
garding the next presidential nominee of
the democracy. “Every democrat in cot
tondom is even now yelling lustily for
Adlai E. Stevenson as the standard
bearer in 1*90," says the drummer. From
our position on the center of lottondom,
and with one ear on the ground and the
other cocked for arial disturbances, we
have failed to detect either tho presence
or the approach of so lusty a Steveuscn
boom.
Mrs. Cornelia F. Coster, of New York,
who died about a week ago. left a will
which is said to be one of the most re
markable ever probated in New York
city. Mrs. Coster was very rich. Her
estate, it is estimated, is worth at least
*!,(KH>,OOO. Yet she directed that tho
whole estate be devoted to the building
and maintaining in V'oodlawn cemetery
of a tomb for her husband, her father,
her mother and herself. Mrs. Coster was
once suspected of lunacy, and temporary
guardians for her property wore ap
pointed. The court subsequently declared
that she was not insane. Her will, how
e\er, prows her to been of abnormal
temperament and intensely selfish. She
came about as near as possible to taking
ter money with her when she died.
Figs From Thistles.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton does
not believe in paternalism in government,
nor has he any patience with those poli
ticians who • farm the farmers ' for the
purimse of raising a crop of votes. The
secretary, therefore, is not in favor of the
Hansbrough bill to appropriate $1,000,000
for tho destruction of the Russian thistle
in North Dakota and some other of the
northwestern states. The secretary is a
letter writer of some note. He does not
mince words when he "takes his pen in
hand to drop these few lines.” He stabs
fallacies and punctures gasbags with
pointed English and in such energetic
manner that it must command the admi
ration of those who like a spirited tighter.
Having in mind these facts about the
secretary, the assertion that he w rote a
certain letter that the dispatches are
quoting from as coming from him seems
plausible; though it may be that some
bright correspondent in the far north
west. knowing the secretary's opinion and
style pretty well, has worked off a clever
"fake” at the expense of the press.
The letter referred to is alleged to have
been sent to a politician at Fort Dodge,
la. It was in answer to an application
for the position of Chief Russian Thistle
Exterminator for the state of lowa, under
the Hansbrough bill. In reply the secre
tary reminded the applicant that the
bill had not yet become a law. In
deed, it might be greatly amended before
passage. It might be made to carry an
appropriation for the destruction
of cockleburs, foxtail grass,
orabgrass and rattlesnakes, which
secrete themselves in ail kinds of grass.
The government might, in its munificence
and tender care for its children, also dis
tribute in original packages antidotes for
snake bites; also permit every man to
draw directly upon the public treasury
for each day 's work done in the extermi
nation of weeds upon his own or any other
farm. "And possibly before the bill is
rounded off in its perfection it will pro
vide a patent method of ploughing with
preambles, planting with resolutions and
gathering and garnering hy legftlative
enactment all crops known to tho farmer
of the United States.” The tillage of
land by legislation, the letter concludes,
is, in the opinion of the writer, merely a
matter of time, if the friends of the Hans
borough bill and others of a similar strain
are permitted to have their way.
The sarcasm sounds like Morton, and
behind it there is abundant food for re
flection upon the tendency of populistic
politics.
Women at the Colorado Elections.
“Pretty young women could be seen
pinning violets or carnations on the coat
lapels of big bearded men with winning
smiles that said: ‘You will vote my ticket,
won’t youi’ ”
This was at Denver, Col., on last Wed
nesday, and the occasion was the muni
cipal election. Grim visaged Waite had
hung up his ensanguined bridles, qnd in
stead of calling troops to fright the souls
of fearful adversaries, he was forced to
witness the captivating wiles of women
workers at the polls. And most of the
women were working against Waite's
party and upon his partisans. That is
evident from the dispatch quoted at the
beginning of this article; they were
"pretty young” women, and the objects
of their attention were "big bearded”
men. The description of the women is
just as anti-populistic as that of tho men
is populistic. There is no mistaking that,
particularly in the face of the election re
turns.
Dispatches from all points in Colorado
say the young women made a day of it
everywhere. They turned out early with
aprons, baskets, buggies and wagons full
of flowers—smilax. jasmines, vio
lets, roses, geraniums and daisies. And
there weren't any daisies in the lot more
fresh and bright than the girls them
selves. They were out for business, and
flowers, smiles and pretty speeches were
their stock in trade. Reports say they
"went for” the male voters like they
were their lovers; pinned bouquets on
their coats, patted them on their cheeks,
chattered like parrots about' nice fellows,
and the handsome men they knew, and
how well they ahva.vs did
like some people, and how
nice and fluttering to themselves it would
be if a vole should be cast a certain way
for their sakes, etc. Under such circum
stances the “big bearded” inrn probably
forgot all they had over heard about the
“per capita” and the “existing ratio,”
and the "gold bugs,” and "the tools of
Wall street,” and that kind of stuff.
With the perfume of violets in his nos
trils, a pair of soft hands fumbling at his
coat lapel and a pair of bright eyes
laughing into his own, what man could
remember, or would c are to remember
what the per capita circulation is; No
man would, no matter how big his beard.
It is an opon question whether women
should be added to our political factors.
But there is no question that they are a
dangerous element to tho public men or
measures they oppose, especially when
thoy are young and pretty. The Colorado
elections prove that. We extend sym
pathy to those big bearded men, who
wero \yhcedlcd out of their votes hy the
pretty girls. But wo don't blame them a
bit.
Edison, the wizard of electricity, is
quoted as saving that the reason why so
much time is "lost in sleep” is that ihe
world has not a satisfactory artificial
light. The theory is that it is darkness
alone that makes sleep necessary, and
that with darkness abolished by an arti
ficial light, the necessity for sleep would
also be abolished. And Edison thinks
that in electricity we have the agent that
can give the necessary light, but that tho
i apparatus for the proper light, having in
a degree the properties of sunlight, has
j not yet been perfected. It is mentioned
| of the wizard himself that he once worked
I seventy-two hours, by electric light, with-
I out sleep. But the counter statement is
made that he slept sixty hours after
wards. However that may ho, the
theory of the abolition of sleep is very
j vague; besides, it would hardly be dcsir
! able, if possible, to do away with "tired
nature's sweet restorer.”
Senator Peffer fears a revolution bc
| cause of the weight of taxes upon the
i people, yet ho is in doubt about voting
for tho tariff reform bill, which will re
duce taxation. He says he Is in favor of
taxing the wealth of the country, yet he
I has not said he will \oto for the now
i tariff bill with the income lax provision.
[ The trouble with Senator Peffer proba
bly is that he doesn’t know what he
1 wants.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 0, i8!)4.
To Improve Our Consular Service.
The consul is the commercial agent of
his government in a foreign country. He
is, or should be, a business man. The
British government regards him in that
light, and treats him as a business man,
who may win advancement through
rapacity. The British consul is kept
in the service if he has ability, and is af
forded an opportunity to secure promo
tion. The result is that Great Britain
has the best consular service in the world,
which service has helped, in a great de
gree, to give Great Britain the commer
cial supremacy she en.oys.
Under tnc existing system in this coun
try the consul is a politician, and receives
his appointment as a consideration for
party sere ices. There is little inquiry as
to his business capacity, his knowledge of
tariffs or international trade, or any of
those business matters with which he
should be familiar. If he has done good
work for his party that is enough. He
may come from some cattle state and go
to Dresden, to become the proverbial bull
in tho china shop, so far as promoting
trade is concerned. He serves for two, or
three, or four years, and then, when he
has just begun to learn his business, he is
recalled to make room for some other po
litical favorite whose patron is in official
favor for the moment. There could be
but one result from any such system, and
the United States is suffering that result
—as poor a consular service as any of the
greater governments is burdened with.
Senator Morgan lias introduced a bill
to reorganize the diplomatic and consular
services which, if passed, would to a de
gree remove the services from politics,
make them permanent ar.d give the coun
try the benefit of the intelligent efforts of
experienced men. The bill would make
the state department practically the
training school for diplomats and consuls,
who would be promoted for merit and
hold office during efficiency and good con
duct. Ambassadors, envoys and minis
ters are to be exempted from the workings
of the proposed law. A system of rigor
ous examinations would be instituted for
entrance into the services, and promo
tions would be determined by a board
of seven, to be appointed by tho
President. The system would be
somewhat after the manner of the
civil service, but the diplomatic and
consular services would be organized
under a totally different management.
Fees would be abolished and salaries, in
some cases slightly increased, would be
the sole manner of compensation. Under
the bill neither the personnel nor the cost
of the service would be increased.
The proposed reform is a great one, and
is worthy of the Democratic party. It is
understood that the bill is very favorably
regarded in the Senate, but is likely to
have republican opposition. And
naturally so, for besides the republican
unwillingness to see the democracy lead
ing a popular reform movement, that
party dislikes to see so rich a treasury
from which to pay possible political debts
nailed up.
The Populist Craze.
The populist movement is on the de
cline. It reached the high water mark
some time ago. and is now receding.
Many were misled by it. They are fast
finding out that there is nothing in it that
would better their condition; that, on tho
contrary, encouragement of it would re
sult in a vast amouut of harm.
East week town elections in two states,
Kansas and Colorado, which have popu
list governments, showed a very remark
able falling off In the populist vote.
In Colorado, where bloody-bridle Waite
has made himself ridiculous and obnox
ious, the populists carried only six towns,
and in those six their success was not of
a character to cause rejoicing. Last year
they carried twenty-two. Even the
women worked against them, although
woman suffrage lias been favored by
them. The women prefer some other
party without woman suffrage, to the
populist party with it.
In Kansas the republicans were victori
ous nearly everywhere. The populists
suffered a complete route, and are badly
demoralized. They have had their day
in Kansas and Colorado.
Tho populistic demands are unreason
able and impracticable. It is a wonder
that they ever commanded any consider
able amount of attention. They would
not had there not been much dissatisfac
tion, much of which was unreasonable,
with existing conditions. Those who ware
misled by the promises of the populists
are finding out their error and are aban
doning the populistic movement.
Wherever they have had a chance of test
ing populistic rule they have had enough
of it. Neither Kansas nor Colorado will
ever elect another populistic governor. In
other states the ranks of the populists
are becoming thinner. The populist craze
is gradually disappearing.
Theodore Westmark, a young Scandi
navian who made two expeditions of ex
ploration into the Congo state, Africa,
told a sensational story about Henry M.
Stanley during the course of a lecture in
Chicago the other night. At Stanley
Pool, in 1884. the lecturer said, Stanley,
curious to know how human flesh would
taste, sent liis servant. Duala, to procure
atuunk of the native material. The ser
vant was faithful, but the flesh proved to
be tainted, and Duala received a sound flog
ging and was ordered to try again. His
second foraging trip was more successful,
and ho brought back a “nice'’ native
steak. It was fried in butter and ser\ed
with sauce piquante and mixed pickles;
but despite tho condiments. Stanley pro
nounced the flesh to bo tasteless.
Secretary Herbert’s idea to name anew
warship "Kearsurge,” is growing. A
correspondent asks; “Why not perpetu
ate the name of the commander as well
as the ship, by calling anew war vessel
the 'Winslow-Kearsarge?’ ” If such a
record is necessary to "perpetuate” the
only notable incident of the Kearsarge's
existence, why not "go the whole hog”
and name anew vessel, “Wtnsloiv-Kear
• urge Sunk Semmes Alabama off Cher
bourg Juno 19, 1864?”
The original Wilson bill was to have
gone into operation on March 1. That
date is more than a month past, and the
consideration of the bill by the Senate has
hardly fairly begun. The probabilities
are that the bill will be six or eight weeks
longer in the Senate and may be as much
longer in the conference committee. If
the bill becomes operative six months be
hind time, that is. from the originally in
tended date, it will do well.
PERSONAL.
Edward Eckert, a Wisconsin convict serv
ing a life sentence, occupies an anomalous
position. The supreme court has decided
that he was illegally sentenced, but it cannot
order his release.
Herman Oral*hen. the oldest bellboy in the
Unite 1 States, who has been for more than
twenty years connected with a hotel in Han
Francisco, his resigned his position and re
turned to Germany with jIO.uOU.
Mr. Zimmer, a Chicago man. has invented a
device, by which he claims to be able not only
to cover the distance between Chicago and
New York in six hours, but also to deliver
mall at the intermediate stations
The King of Portugal is said recently to
have applied for $1,009,000 file irsuranee. It
is under-toofl that John Wanamaker is the
most heavily insured man in the country. The
amount he carries is stated ai iI.TOU.OOO.
"Jennie June” (Mrs. Croly remarked in a
brief address at the V. Club's Prst vegetarian
dinner on Saturday evening, in New York,
that she believed working etween meals and
talking at mealtime about the cost of things
to be injurious.
Frederick c. Selons. world famous as a
hunter—he killed ninety four head, including
twenty-four elephants, in booth Africa within
six months in 1874—has at last been bagg“d
himself. His marriage took place in Glouces
ter. England, on Wednesday.
A family in Oregon has a peculiar religious
faith. Each member of it takes six baths
every twenty four hours No outsider is al
lowed to enter llielr dwelling They work
every day for six years, and then abstain
from labor all through the sivenlh year.
Arthur G. Brand, liberal, who was elected
to parliament from Cambridgeshire this
week, was sung into h's seat by Mrs. Brand.
A speech from the candidate and a song from
his wife were the drawing features of his
election meetings, and it appears to te con
ceded that her singing is what did the busi
ness.
Josiah Patterson, representative in con
gress from Memphis, Tenu.. commanded a
brigade of confederate cavalry the last year
of the war. and the Fifth Alabama Cavalry, of
which he was colonel, is believed to have
been the last regularly organized body of con
federate troops surrendered cast of the Mis
sissippi river. He turned the Alabama Fifth
over May 19, 1865.
W. S. Gilbert describes his methods of col
laboration with Sullivan. He meets the com
poser and proposes a subject, which they dis
cuss freely and fully. After the plot is settled
Gilbert writes a fairly long scene, and that is
discussed and altered several times Any
thing that Fullivan thinks mint for musical
treatment ts stricken out. After a number of
conferences Ulllert begins in earnest, and
seuds his libretto to Sullivan, always keeping
an act ahead.
BRIGHT BITS.
"Bang's son has a wonderful influence over
him. Bangsgoe* to church regularly now.”
' How did he persuade bis father?”
“Well, you see. he s only 3 months old. and
it was either go to church or take care of the
baby.”—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Upson—Your friend from the far west
seems melancholy, just as if he had suffered a
severe blow mantally.
Downer—Severe blow? That's it exactly.
Cyclone carried off everything on his farm a
week before he started east - Buffalo Courier.
"You can always depend on the newspa
pers.” remarked tile man who was unpleas
antly notorious."
"What do you mean?”
"No matter how naughty you may be. they
will never turn your picture to the wall.—
Washington Star.
Van Winkle—How is that piece of land you
bonght in Florida getting on ?
Von Blumer—lt will be all right when I get
it finished.
Van Winkle—What more is there to do to it?
Van Blumer—l am handing a yacht to go
with it.—New York World.
Young Wife—What is baby trying to say,
dear?
Husband—Give It up. He seems to be try
ing to manufacture a word about twenty syl
lables long.
Young Wife—lsn’t that lovely? He’ll be a
great scientist some day.—Tit-Bits.
Weary Watkins—l think if I had my life to
live over again I’d go into the astronomer
business.
Hungry Higgins -Wot sort of thing Is that?
Weary Watkins—W y, jlst waichin’ the
stars. Feller could tend to that sort of job
lyin' on his back.—lndianapolis Journal.
"This," said the attendant, a3 he led the
way through ihe incurable ward, "is one of
the worst cases we have. He was once a
newspaper mar.. ’
"But what is his hallucination?” asked the
visitor anxiously.
"He thinks ho has money." answered the
attendant sadly —Brooklyn Life.
If a body meet a body
in a darkened hall;
If a body kiss a body—
Just a joke, that's all.
When a man Ills own wife kisses.
Thinking she s tho maid.
And whispers, "Ah, you charming Betty:"
Then the deace is played.
—Kansas City Journal.
Johnny—Maw. what makes you always
count tne things when you send them to tho
washerwoman?
Ins Mother—l've always done It, Johnny,
ever since your father and I began housekeep
ing.
Why don't you count them when they come
bade ”
•Well. X never got into the habit of doing
that.'—Chicago Tribune.
CURRENT COMiaENT.
Responsibility for Pennsylvania
Biot3.
From the Boston Heraldilnl.i.
The responsibility for the rioting and
bloodshed in the cose regions of Pennsylva
nia is pvt on the ignorant Hungarians ini
ported into the most extravagantly protected
stare m the union for the purpose o. keeping
down th' 1 price of labor, and now it is pro
posed to reduce their slim wages still lower,
the blood is not all on tho hands of the ignor
ant Hungarians.
Or It's “Good-Bye, John!”
From the New Orleans Picayune (Deal.).
This is a time for all democrats to (o:ne to
gether, to mnkp reasonrble concessions and
ciia-1 the amended tariff bill and such other
measures that may re necessary to revive the
cummer, e ana inuustries of tho country and
restore it to prosperity. All this is absolutely
required for the , ood of tho country and for
tho safety of the Democratic party. It is
either that.or it ;s • Good Iye John, to the
democracy. That Is all there is of it.
“Hill’s Regiment.”
From the Now York Times (Dem.).
The senior senator trom New York has
made it very clear that he opposes his p.c>ty
in respect to the Wilton l Hi. Mr. Hill has
apparently made eomniou cause with .-senator
( handler and other republican guerrillas in
an ei’ort to defeat tariff legislation. Certain
populist and nondescript senators from the
south are just at present training m the Hill
re rimeut. Democrats have no place in this
insurgent band, it nas no regard for the
public wish or welfare. It is a private and
wholly sclflsii undertaking.
Another Seigniorage Bill.
From the Philadelphia Ledger dnd.).
Another soigniorage bfll is being prepared,
which is apparently designed to meet the ob
jections of President Cleveland by providing
at the same time for a bond issue, w ith which
tho Secretary of the Treasury could maintain
the gold reserve. An antidote is to be pro
vided along with the poison, hut it Is doubtful
whether su.Ti a combination count got
through the Senate and House without being
turned into a free coinage measure. At all
events the finances ot the country will not be
di-n irbod during president Cleveland's ad
ministration. T hat much has been settled.
Protection ami Plutocracy.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.i.
Until Ihe civil war brought upon us the se
ries of high lariffs that began wilh Morrill s
and ended with McKinley's, the woalui of the
United states was pretty evenly divided, not
only as between north und south, east and
west, bin also as between the two great inter
ests -agriculture and manufactures. The
Democratic party had teen In substantially
continuous ascendancy in the government
from the Inauguration of Washington to that
of Lincoln, its leadership and legislation
were all that time untainted with the corrupt
Influences of the great vestod interests that
are nowadays bused on the protectivesvstem.
and which, as Senator Voorhees justly said in
his speech opening the debate iu the Senate,
have succeeded in placing it "under tho uuress
of a small minority” of lhat body.
A Curious Coincidence.
One night X was seated at my library table,
reading an article from a book, which was
flooded by light from the lamp above, says a
writer in the New Tork Advertiser. The
doors were wide open, the soft summer air
wandered through the apartment, and the
sounds of thousands of shrill insects entne
floating In drowsy chorus through the door
way. The fireflies were dancing about over
the meadow, and there was a throb of life
everywhere in concert with their dance. The
article I had been reading was an account of
a visit paid hy a ire? toad anrl a katydid to
the writer, while he was writing at his table
one evening. While I was reading this. 1 was
suddenly startled by a sharp, railing cry that
s-emed close to me. The nsxt momenta
handsome, spotted tree toad lighted on the
table spread right in front of me and close to j
the lamp, lie was a beautiful, bright-eyed
little fellow and his funny little outspread
hands bad puffs on the end of the Angers, that
enabled him to cling on to trees and walls.
This little animal has that strange ability
possessed by th- chameleon, of changing Its
color to a certain extent, whenever It rests on
a tree or other object for a long time. 1 hate
often 100 red for a tree toad on the hark of a
great maple tree, where I had heard it cry.
but had great difficulty in tinding it and some
times failed entirely.
I put oat my hand, and the little fellow
jumped to another part of the table, and
then with a shrill chirp, unified off on to the
lounge and disappeared. My little visitor
had hardly gone, when with the shrillest cry.
a light green katydid, two inches long, with
gauzy wings, lit down on my t ook. I put m.v
hand out. and quick as a Hash katydid flew
awav. In a few seconds I heard her shrill
erv from the unpei portion of the room, and
saw her light and on the gilt frame of a picture
from wh en she soon disappeared, lo be heard
m another portion of the room. Now how
did those animals know that I was reading
abo it them, and come to illustrate my took.
No such thing ever happened to me before
nor since, and lhat it should have happened
at the very time when I was reading about
such a thing, was a very remarkable coinci
dence.
An Opportunity Lost.
"I don't hear much in these days about
people taking trips around Cape Horn in the
interest of health,” said Henry Weber to a
Washington Host reporter. "I owe the tact
that I am a Californian to the notion of that
sort that prevailed about thirty years ago.
My parents were m New York, and my
mother's health was so bad that it was
thought a good idea, by the physicians and
my father, that she should be taken in a sail
ing ship around the long trip by wav of the
cape. We started from New York in May.
and it was more than seven months before
we reached our destination. In that time we
had a most delightful voyage. My mother,
who was almost dead at the time we
started, was a well woman when wo
got to San Francisco, and she is still
living out there a well woman. I was 7 years
old at the time, out I distinctly remember
that we had a great many people on board
who were taking the trip iu the interest of
health. One would have to he sick, indeed,
not to be able to eat heartily after the tirst
few days on ths water.
"At the end of a month there would be no
stopping the passenger who had recovered
from the ill effects of the ;ea voyage. With
us, invalids became strong in a few weeks,
and people who were given up were well on
the road to recovery when our ship got to
the end of its long run. It was better than all
the Pullman car rides that you get in this age
of dust and steam.”
Got An Under Berth.
Gen. Cogswell, of Massachusetts, is one of
the heaviest members of the House, says the
New York Press. He is also one of the
shrewdest statesmen in Washington, and he
seldom has to take an upper berth in a sleep
ing car. When once he discovered that ho
had drawn an upper berth in a Pullman he
wanted to know whether the car was new
and in good repair.
"The reason 1 want to know " he sa! 1 in a
loud voles, "is because! hud a rou?h ex
perience last night and night before on oao of
your cars. They put me in a upper berth,
and both times it gave way in the middle of
the night and let me down on the man under
neath. I've got an upper berth this trip, and
don’t care to have the thing happen again.
You see. I'm a little heavier than the ordi
narv run. and it’s no joke.”
The other passengers began to prick up
their ears and look around, A half dozen ot
them asked the fat gentleman what tho num
ber of lus berth might te. and on tils an
nouncing It the timid occupant of the berth
undimeath, proposed, with a .great show of
courtesy, mat it would be a good thing to
swap and the exchange was made with glee
on both sides.
A Real Philosopher.
Avery dilapidated specimen of the ohronic
tramp struck a gentleman on Jefferson ave
nue one cold morning recently, says the De
troit Free Press.
"Bcggin’ your pardon, boss,” he said po
litely, "but did you eversleep inahogshead
all night with both ends open?”
"i don't remember if I ever did," was the
rather surprised reply.
I guess you never did, er you wouldn't fer
git. Did you ever wear pants that tho wind
whistled a ihune through in January ?”
"No.”
‘ Ner shoes that the ice water was on
draught in all winter?”
"Not much.”
"Never went to work with nothin' to eat
but cold moat and dry bread, did you?
"i never had to.”
The tramp s face fairly beamed.
"Well,” said he. "there's where I’ve got the
bulge on you. Now gimme a dime and with
money in my clo s 1 guess I'll make a party
fair show in the perccssion, even it i ain't a
millionaire ”
ills philosophy netted him a quarter.
Why Chinamen Change Signs.
A Washington-st. Chinaman changed his
sign the other day, name and all. says the
Buffalo Express. Every one has the sign
fever nowadays, and he thought he would be
in line with the Meltcunmea. One of his
customers, after the sign had been changed
stopped in to see if anew Chinaman had
taken possession of the place. He found the
c aaie laundry-man as had been there for a
goad many months.
■What did you change the name on your
sign for?" was usaed of him.
• Oh, that nothin.’ Cn y sign name. That's
all.”
"Why don't you put your own name on the
sign?”
-Oh. see if 1 selle placeo can't selle sign,
see? Any name good sign. That's all.”
He then explained that it was a common
practice among Chinamen to chance their
signs frequently, and that by so doing they
believed that it encouraged trade and thus
reimbursed them for the expenditure in red
paint and unpronounceable characters.
Only One Kind of Drink.
The son of a Kentucky congressman was
looking over a fine map of Africa in his
father s library, says the Detroit Free Press.
"What's that big place, pop?” he asked,
pointing out the desert of Sahara.
■ That s a desert, my son . "
“What's a desert?"
"It's a vast area of sandy country where
there is no water.”
And what s these spots on it?" continued
the boy. running his fingers over the map.
■ Those are oases. ”
"And what s oases?"
' They arc pleasant land where everything
grow sand where the traveler can get all the
drink he wants.”
The toy studied them a moment.
"Why don't they call'em Kentucky, pop’"
he Inquired seriously, and the M. C. wondered
why himself.
Sweet Smiling Lips.
Clarence Hawk.es in the Chicago Magazine of
Current Topics
Sweet smiling lips, so wan and white,
That yestermorn were laughing light,
Oh! tell me. has her spirit fled,
Or does my loved one sleep instead?
Oh: will she wake with morning bright,
Sweet smiling Ups?
But one brief day has taken flight.
Since love redeemed us holy plight,
But now all happiness has sped,
Sweet smiling lips.
Yet yesterday, when we were wed,
I thought the simple words you said
Were,something time could never blight;
But now that dream has vanished quite.
Oh: come back flushing, blushing red
And tell me that she is not dead.
Sweet smiling lips.
One of the stneerest mourners at the grave
of the late Prince Esterhazy was his dog
Nero The faithful animal followed the
hearse from the palace to the church and
from thence to the railway station, proceed
ing with tne mourners to Flsenstadt. where
Ihe remains were interred, bo r some days
ihe dog could not be induced lo leave the
grace, and he has since paid daily visits to
the tomo.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Six congressmen jvho voted for the single
tax idea last January are to be presented
with a memorial by their followers at tho
Manhattan Single Tax Club. New York, on
the lath Ist. There Is to be a dinner and ad
herents of the idea are to be present from all
parts of the union where there are auy.
Long engagements are rather expensive
affairs in Kussia. The bridegroom-elect is
expected to send his fiancee a present daily—
not more flowers, as in France, hut something
more practical Thus the Grand Duchess
Xenia, the Czarina's eldest daughter.
re< elves every day some handsome gift from
her lover, the Grand Duke Alexander—chiefly
art treasures of home manufacture, such a- a
lace fan. a malachite ornament, a choice
piece of Russian embroidery, arm so forth.
A lost treasure has been found by the Faris
.Tardin des Plantes, the apteryx,” or New
Zealand wingless bird, which has been miss
ing for live months. As living specimens of
the race are extremely rare in Europe, there
was great dismay when the bird was found
one October morning to have vanished sud
denly. The otherday a dog was no,ic'd bark
ing loudly at something in a cellar of anew
building close to the gardens, and on inspec
tion the apteryx was seen huddled In a corner.
How the bird had existed so long despite cold
and lack of proper food is a mystery, for the
apteryx is considered extremely delicate and
is kept at the gardens in an evenly warmed
cage and fed with the utmost care.
Anew filling for thermometers to take the
place of quicksilver, which often solidifies in
cold weather, has been found in tulnol. It is
extract; and from coal tar. It contains abso
lutely no water, can stand a much lower tem
perature than quicksilver without freezing,
and when exposed to warmth extends with
great regularity. Besides possessing these
admirable properties it is cheap; and as it is
much lighter chan quicksilver, the tube of the
thermometer can be made much larger than
is now usual, and thus it will not only be
much easier to lead the record, but greater
exactitude in registration will be secured.
The dark blue color of tulnol is another ele
ment which will contribute to the ease of
reading the thermometer.
The religious statistics of Belgium for 1890,
which were only published toward the close
of last year, gives the number of conven
tional institutions and their inmates in the
kingdom—229 monasteries, with 4,775 monks
and 1.546 convents, with 25.328 sisters and
nuns, says the London Guardsman. These
have grown during the decade preceding
srom 213 monasteries, with 4.120 monks, and
1.3i6 convents, with 21.2)2 sisters. The iu
creas.i was not so great as in the period
1870-80. w hen many of the religious expelled
from Kussia settled in Belgium. In the next
decade many of these returned, owing to the
relaxation of the church laws. But there are
still 30.000 men and women belonging to the
various orders, and, taking the population of
Belgium at 6 003,000, we iind one religious”—
monk or sister—to every 230 persons.
S. Goldsmith, of No. 237 Madison street has
a dog, says the Chicago Record. Mr. Gold
smith's dog is the admiration of all who have
seen him since he grew large enough to be
seen without the aid of a microscope. He is
of Mexican breed and of the variety that
never sheds hair, for ihe reason that he never
has any to shed. The dog in question was
born three weeks ago an there were two
others born at the same time. In the three
weeks he has managed to grow to the length
of one inch and to attain the weight
of a trifle over one quarter of an
ounce. The little fellow has a soup bowl for
his kennel and apparently enjoyes life in a
large wad of cot.on which constitutes his
bed and feeding ground. The cotton Is
saturated with cream and the dog extracts
the moisture when he is hungry. Mr. Gold
smith does rot expect that his midget will
ever be much of a lighter, but he says that he
will "i a k" him for any amount against
any other dog of his size and weight. He will
even concede the adversary a quarter of an
ounce The mother of the dog is scarcely
three inches tall,
The listeners of the Boston Transcript is
pleased to see that an Australian confec
tioner has had a brilliant idea which may
revolutionize journalism and render coupons
obsolete as a means of increasing sales. It
has occurred to this confectioner to make an
edible newspaper. He has accordingly got
out a sample number of a journal, which is
printed upon a thin paste of dough instead of
unon paper and with liquid chockolate instead
of ink. This singular newspaper, which con
tains the most importaant news of a certain
day, is made of a very palatablo paste indeed,
and, when the purchaser has react the news,
he can eat up his newspaper. In this way
tho publisher of the paper may reasonably
hope that, if he mixes his dough with skill
and honesty and cooks it to a turn, his paper
will be liked, because, if its nows and edito
rials are not relished, its substance may be.
On the other hand, if he neglected his paste,
and made is too "short,'' or too tough, or neg
lected to put in salt enough to make his pa
per relish, the literary matter might redeem
the carelessness of the cookery with certain
classes of the population. People, however,
would probably soon come to demand that
both the literature and the cookery of the
newspaper should be exactly to their taste,
and anew cause for complaint on the part of
readers of newspapers would be intioluced.
The dentists of the period, who are nothing
if not scientific, raise a note of alarm about
the growing tendency to decay of the teeth of
the present and the coming generations,-says
the Hospital. Dental caries is said
to be increasing In an 'extraordi
nary and alarming” manner. Each
succeeding generation shows a poorer and
poorer quality of teeth. This the writer can
confirm to some extent by the experience of
four generations of his own family. At one
extreme was a grandfather of 86. who died
less than a score of years ago. with a mouth
full of absolutely perfect teeth: at the other
is the great-granddaughter ot that old gentle
man. who at fil years of age requires six
of her teeth "lining'' at the present moment
What, can be the cause of Jhis very unpleas
ant and even alarming condition of things?
The dentists till -us that "denial cair.s
marches hand in hand with civilization." if
that be so we can only devoutly wish that
civilization would find a more encouraging
and comfortable companion. But why does
civilization insist upon destroying our teeth ?
Because, say the dentist, "the increasing per
fection of the culinary art, by reducing the
work of tho masticating organs to a
minimum.” causes both teeth and ,aws
to atrophy and decay. So. then,
it is the cook, the scientific cook
of the schools of cookery who. in the
last resort. Is at fault. Even our domestica
ted animals, our cats and dogs are losing the
excellence of their teeth for the same reason,
and we shall, no doubt, soon have dentisls
among the veterinary surgeons as well as
among the more august professors of the art
of human medicine. These be uncomfortable
propbesvings: Can anything be done? A lit
tle, say tho dentists. We must all go in for
Drown-bread. Whole meal bread alone con
tains in quantity the flourino which is so
necessary for the hardiness and permanence
of the teeth. Whole meal bread it must be,
then, at morning, at noon and at night, if we
would avoid the pangs of toothache and the
pains of dentistry, and save our precious
teeth.
Wasps act as architects, builders, carpen
ters. andpapermakers, says Longman's Mag
azine. They go abroad into the fields and
gardens in search of provisions; with exem
plary care for ihe public welfare thoy eat out
the sunny side of your peaches, and carry
away meat from the lame chops in your
larder. Man. base man. who roos the busy
bee of Us liard-eartied honey and slays the
gentle calf for the production of veal cutlets
usually speaks of the socialist insects as rob!
bers and depredators. But he forgets ilmt
the generous and public-spirited wasp does
not levy tribute on his apricots for itself alone
It, is the lommlssary of the republic. Each
worker huiries lack to ihe nest Ihe results
ot his fruit-hunting or his marauding expedi
tions. and shares them among his fellow-sub
jects with that distributive justice which
Aristotle preached and which nobody In our
human communities practices. He carries
out the principles of the Fabian Society
Every successful wasp, when he returns to
the nest with a piece of prime beef or a wing
less fly, or a cargo of sugar saved for the com
munity from the grocer's barrel, perches on
the top of the dome among his assembled fel
lows, and. disgorging all his spoils, divides
them equally among nurses and papermakers
His two main doctrines are. “If any wasp
will not work, neither shall he eat;" and
"Every wasp to labor according
to his capacity, and receive ao
corcjlrg to his needs, in a free community."
Division of labor. 1 believe, goes a long way
in the nest. Some of the workers seem to be
specially employed as foragers and soldiers'
others appear to be told oil as nurses anci
guardians: while yet others are engage 1 as
papermakers and masons. It Is even said
that these last work by definite shifts (1
know not on what authority.) and that they
each have a space of about a square inch al
lotted to them to fill with cells, on which no
neignborlng worker is permitted lo encroach
with impunity. But these are perhaps the
fictions ot imaginative observers. At any
■ ate, the eight hours ac t is not yet in opera
tion; wasps work early and lale of their own
mere notion.
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Henry Garwes.
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J. F. Luba.
M. Si N. Max.
A. McCreadmond
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NOVELTIES.
The very latest styles in Fancy Colored
Taffeta Silks, genuine Lyons Printed Indias.
An immense assortment of Wash Habutl
Silks at 39c, 45c the yard.
The following great values in
SLAOK SILKS
are far below any heretofore given:
Satin Brocades at 89c; worth *l.
Gros Grains at $1 and (1.25; jworth (1.50
and $2.
Neat figured China Silk, 32 inches wide, 95c;
were $1.25.
Neat figured China Silk. 24 inches wide,
were (1; now 790 the yard.
Crepe de Chines, evoning shades, $1; worth
$1.25.
Black Faille Francaise $1; were $1.25 and
$1.50.
DRESS GOODS,
Six lines of Fancy Dress Goods, consisting
all-wool novelties, worth 75c, for 45c tho
yard.
All-wool novelties, worth 95c. for 75c yard
Silk and wool mixtures, worth sl, for Boa
yard.
silk and wool mixtures, worth $2, for $l5O
yard.
spring Suitings, 52inches wide; worth $1.5),
for $1.25.
Special values in fine, wash goods, an as
sortment similar to which cannot bo found m
this city. Come and see finest French Gins
hams. Lace stripe Ginghams, Scotch Mourn
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Zephyrs, Roman Stripe Ginghams, Broehe
Figured Ginghams, Imported Broche Sateens.
LINENS.
White Linen Tatflo Cloths, with white and
colored borders, are conspicuous for their re
markable prices:
Two yards at $2, worth $2.50; 2 % yards $2.50,
worth $3; 3 yards at $3.25. worth $5. All pure
linen and the strongest bargains of the season.
Full lines Laces, Embroideries and Ladies’
Underwear at popular prices.
PEAS.
COW PEAS.
Mixed Peas for Cow Feed or Fertilizing*
Clay and Red Peas.
Truck Baskets.
Peanuts, Lemons.
Magic Food, the best stock and cattle
powder In the market.
Hay, Grain and Feed.
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