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THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1895.
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Tom Reed seems to be the favorite Presi
dential possibility with the republicans In
the North Carolina legislature. It is al
leged that already deals looking to a Itced
delegation to the republican national con
tention aro being made at Raleigh.
Ex-Gov. Patti: on, w hom the Philadel
phia democrats have nominated for mayor,
seems to enjoy tho distinction of being
About the only democrat In Pennsylvania
who can win whatever office he runs for.
It is hoped that his line of successes will
not bo broken in the coining municipal
election.
A dramatic critic says of May Yohe, the
American soubret who has become the
wife of Lord Francis Hope, and is more
than likely to be the Duchess of Newcastle
within a ft w years, that she is remembered
In this country chiefly because she pos
sessed a pair of amazingly long legs, a
remarkably small waist and a deep-sea
voice that came from a locality the critics
could never satisfactorily locate.
The weather forecast official at Now
York has undertaken what appears to be
ct rather ambitious task. He is at work
upon a “grip chart,” by which he ex
pects to show' w hat atmospheric changes
prevailed during the current and former
grip epidemics in that city, and, if possi
ble, their relation to the malady. The
official hopes eventually to be able to give
warning of the approach of “grip waves.”
Y’apt. Roblcy P. Evans, of the warship
Columbia, says that if the Chinese war
ships during the Yalu engagement had
be* n handled by cadets from the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis, the
Japanese would have been easily van
quished. Not only were the Chinese ves
sels much superior to the Japanese, but
the Japanese commanders made tactical
errors during the tight which would have
rendered tho destruction of their ships
Inevitable at the hands of competent op
ponents.
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king is under
stood to be tho head of the syndicate thut
bought the San Francisco Morning Call
the other day for $360.00. It is alleged that
the same syndicate is trying to got pos
session of the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Asso
ciated with the sugar king in the syndi
cate are several prominent politicians, one
of whom is James B. Clarkson of lowa,
ex-chairman of the republican national
committee. The story is that Mr. Clark
eon is to run tho sugar king’s paper in
Chicago, if the syndicate succeeds in cap
turing it.
The Chicago Inter Ocean is predisposed
to favor tho naming of a southern man
for Vice President on the republican ticket
of IW, and mentions the merchant prince.
Moore of Nashville, ev-Gov. Warmouth of
Louisiana and Henry Clay Evans of Ten
nessee as available timber. <f the three
named, Mr. Evans would seem to suit
republican ideas best. He was a member
of Tom Reed's billion dollar congress, and
took a leading part in slaughtering demo
cratic congressmen whose seats were con
tested by republicans. Jf Mr. Evans were
to go on the ticket. Reed would logically
have to be the head of it.
The terrible disaster at Butte, Mont.,
detailed in our dispatches, resulted from
a w anton disregard of the law. The three
carloads of powder that exploded and
scattered death and destruction were illeg
ally stored within the city limits. Some
body was criminally careless to permit
such a dangerous violation of the ordi
nances. An investigation will probably be
held, the blame fixed and tho culprit pun
ished. Meantime.the city is gathering up
the dead piecemeal and mourning the holo
caust. This disaster is the greatest since
the collapse of the old Ford theater in
Washington, and will be ranked along with
that horror and. the Johnstown flood.
What is Wrong In Franc©f
There is something radically wrong In
France. Just what it b no one seems to
know. Her people arc dissatisfied about
something, and she appears to be drifting
toward revolution. The French ought to
la* happy. They arc* as prosperous as the
I people of any othrr country. In fa*t, their
material condition Is so good that very
f-w of th'*m emigrate to other countries.
The trouble seems to be that France
Is* afflHcd wilh politicians who, instead
of striving for th*- public good, are forever
king to make a sensation, to pull down
that which they have **t up with tb* view
of showing how great their power Is.
France has public men of great ability,
but she dK-s not appear to have any real
statesmen. Tho:-e who are prominent in
public* lif* are divided into groups which
are :-o occupied in trying to destroy each
other that th* y have no time to consider
the needs of the people.
Th*r<* ir* no doubt that President M.
rasirnir-l'erier accepted the presidency
of the republic not only profoundly im
pressed with the great r*:-pon: ibilitie.s of
the position, but with th*- determination to
*
the welfare of the nation, lie was forced
to resign because he was attacked on
every side. He was not given sufficient
support either in the Senate or the rham
ber of Deputies. He could not carry into
effect a policy In respect to any matter
because be had no party back of him.
But it Is a question whether history
will Justify him in resigning. It Is cer
tain that his a* t is not approved either
In Franco or in any other European
country. The very general opinion Is
that he ought to have remained at his
post and endeavored to protect France
from the political disturbances with whic h
she is threatened.
It Is said iti his behalf that hla nervous
system has yielded to the strain to which
it has been subjected, and that therefore
he Is no longer able to bear the burden
of the. great office of president. If that
Is true there is some excuse for his ad,
hut it remains to bo shown that it is
true
The soc ialists are jubilant. They claim
that they forced th** president to resign.
They arc, therefore, more arrogant than
ever In demanding the adoption of their
views. Would France be benefited if they
were adopted? 'lhore are no good reasons
for thinking so.
A successor to M. Uaslmlr-IVricr may
be elected without trouble, but the chances
aro that t.ie election will be a stormy
one. There Is no strong man—such a
man as Franco needs at this time—in
sight. Unless a man of ability and
great courage and determination is called
to the presidency, there will be another
change quickly, and in the present temper
of tin* 1* t ench people, eueh change will be
iti the direction of a revolution. New
situations present themselves unexpectedly
and suddenly in France.
Senator Jones' Currency Bill.
It was announced last Monday that
Senator Jones of Arkansas had a com
promise banking and currency bill which
he would Introduce that day. Among other
things, it provident for th** Issue of fYM.ctu),-
(K*o in bonds of small denominations, bear
ing a low rate of Interest, and for the
coinage of all the silver product of Ameri
can mines. The senator, however, has not
yet introduced his bill. He found that
the President and Secretary Carlisle
would not say they favored it. and that
It was not satisfactory to the* silveritrs.
It Is now announced that he is trying to
make his bill acceptable to everybody. Of
course he will fall. The only way to g*-t
a banking and currency measure through
this congress is for the democrats to get
together and agree upon a bill. That they
are not likely to do.
Secretary Carlisle is trying to modify
his bill so that th* Mouse will pass it. He
may succeed, but it is very doubtful. The
democrats arc so split up on the currency
Issue* that it is about impossible for them
to harmonize their differences. And the
republicans are not going to give them any
assistance. The republicans have decided
upon the course they will pursue. They
will not give any advice or make any
suggestions until the democrats admit
they can <lo nothing in respect to the cur
rency. If the democrats make such an
admission the republicans will come for
ward with suggestions as to the kind of
a currency bill they will assist in passing.
The truth undoubtedly is that the repub
licans have determined to have whatever
credit there is in reforming the currency
ami getting the country oi t of its finan
cial troubles. If there Is to be financial
legislation by this congress they propose
to say what the leading features of it
shall be, and if nothing is done by this
congress they will have it in their power
to do as they please in the next congress.
And it is about certain that the financial
question will go over to the next congress
for settlement.
The quietest people in politics just now
are the Louisiana sugar planters. It may
be that they are still locked up in dark
closets, expressing their private opinions
of themselves. At any rate, they are not
talking out in public. Senator Cattery says
he does not know what their next move
will be. They ha*l the way open for con
gress to appropriate money to pay them
the bounty on the crop of 1594, but they
brought a suit in the court of ap
peals—couldn’t wait on congress—and the
court shut the congressional door with a
decision, holding the bounty unconstitu
tional. To sum up the blunders of the
sugar planters, they alienated their friend,
the Democratic party, from thorn by jump
ing the party organization; they offered
congress an affront by taking their com
plaint to the court instead of to congress,
and they made it doubtful if congress can
relent and go to their aid, by securing a
ruling to the effect that congress has no
right to do any such thii*g.
Young Fapt. Tillman of Edgefield, S. C.,
who on Tuesday had the little pistol dis
pute with the brother of the governor of
South Carolina, is the same young Capt.
Tillman who some time ago had a news
paper dispute with United States Senator
Irby, and from which it was thought a
duel would grow. The young captain
seems destined to achieve prominence in
South Carolina affairs.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY', JANUARY 17, 1895.
The Brooklyn Trolley Car Strike.
Have the employes of the Brooklyn, N.
Y., trolley roads a**ted wisely 1n strik
ing? There ar<* between -5,000 and 6/I*lo
of th m. and they ar© now out of employ
ment. They have a grievance, of course,
but is it a sufficient one to justify them in
abandoning their me ans of earning a liv
ing for themselves and families, par
ticularly in th<e* hard times, when cm
ployrne-nt is difficult to obtain, and thou
sands of idle men are anxious to take
th* ir pla* s?
What they demand is that th ir pay
shall b** in* r* ;**•*! from $2 to $2.25 per day,
an*l that men who are known as “trip
fee rs,” that is, men who take out cars
during the busiest hours of the day,
shall b** paid for a full day’s work,
whether they aro employe*! for a full
day or only one or two hours of a day.
The argument in respect to the “trip
pers’* is that they have to wait at the
car houses during the wh*le day, and
hen * e, should be paid for their time.
There is, of cours**, some justice in
their demand, especially that part of it
wht* h relates t< the “trippers.” The com
panies. however, say that if the demand
were granted they could not run their
cars at a profit - that. In- fact, owing to
the hard times they would lose money.
Whether or not their statement relitlve
to the losing of money is correct it is
impossible to say. They do not make
their business, in all its details, known to
the public. It looks very much as if it
would have been a wiser course to wait
for better times before striking. Very
few of the striking employes have
money enough saved up to pro
vide for themselves and families
for more than a few days. The
prospect is, therefore, that there will be a
great deal f suffering among them. With
out food or fuel the condition of the fam
ilies of many of them is likely to be pit
iful if they should not be taken ha< k when
the strik** Is over, or if the strike should
continue for any considerable length of
time.
The present scale of wages was agreed
upon wh*n the times were better than
Hu y are now, or at least when it was pos
sible t*> pay better wages. The tendency
of wag- s is downward, and is likely to
continue* to bo until there Is a general rise
of prices f**r all kinds of products. The
action of tho Brooklyn trolley men ap
pears, the re fore*, to be ill advised. Some
of tin* ablest *>f the labor leaders con
demn it. As yet the suffering Brooklyn
public do not appear to be greatly *lls
turbeel about the matter, but if the trouble
Is not speedily Adjusted they will begin
to take’sides in the* controversy.
The growth of the hypnotism fad needs
to be counteracted. Criminals all over
the country are pleading hypnotism in
mitigation or excuse of their crimes; and
in at least one ;. *, mentioned in this
paper a few days ago, one murderer was
acquitted an 1 his alleged hypnntlzcr was
convicted of th** murder and sentence*! to
death. Presently it will become dangerous
for any on** to be suspected of having the
power to hypnotise. In Ohio a few days
ago a hypnotist would have been mobbed
had he not been a good sprinter. At Bing
harnpton, N. Y.. one day this week, a man
gave himself up to the police,
saying he had been hypnotized
by some unknown person and
that the* would certainly commit mur
der if ho were not restrained. In another
town a young man felt himself moved by
hypnotism to marry a certain woman at
that time in prison and under sentence of
death. Hypnotism is a convenient scape
goat upon which to lay sins and evil pas
sions; and it is being overloaded. Drunk
enness does not excuse a crime, neither
should hypnotism; at least until the
psychologists have discovered some re
liable test for determining the presence of
hypnotic influence.
The Methodist ministers of New York
City “jumped on” Dr. Chauneey M. De
pew. president of the New York Central
railroad, the other day, indirectly' because
of his withdrawal of half rate railway
fares over his road from the* ministers.
The preachers were not kicking so much
about the raising of the rates of fare on
them as about some remarks in connec
tion with the withdrawal attributed to I>r.
Dopew, and which the preachers consid
ered as reflecting upon the whole profes
sion. Dr. Depew, by the way, denies hav
ing made the offensive remarks, one
salient point of which was a story—of
course there must have been a story,
seeing Depew was in it —of an alleged
preacher who entered a car in a rathor
queer condition. The conductor looked at
the clerical ticket the man had and said:
“You are not a minister.” “The h— 1
ain’t!” was the reply he got. It turns
out. by the way, that the story had a
basis of fact, and that the man had stolen
tin- tU k* :.
John Donovan of Bay county, the only
democrat in tho Michigan legislature, is a
corker and desrves the homage of the mil
lions of democrats throughout this broad
land. John Donovan promised that the
democratic minority in the House would
bring out a senatorial candidate against
Julius Caesar Burrows, and he was as good
as liis word. Notwithstanding overw helm
ing numbers were against him, John
Donovan nominated his democratic friend
John Strong for the Senate, and plumped
the solid vote of the minority for him. John
Donovan was sure that Burrows was not
the proper man for the office, and he had
the courage of his convictions. The fact
is, John Donovan himself, is seriously
needed in the United States Senate.
Bill Cook, the Oklahoma outlaw, protests
that he is not as bad a man as he has been
painted; and the chances are that he is
right in that particular. The average
Oklahoma correspondent is as famous as
a prevaricator as he has made Cook fa
mous as a thief and murderer. At the
same time, and making due allowances
for the Oklahoma correspondent, there can
be little doubt that Cook is bad enough to
deserve hanging. He has no idea of being
hanged, though. He has in mind the ca
reer of Frank James, and says he means
to confess, “do time.” and reform. Later
on he may accept a theatrical engage
ment, or join Waite and Breckinridge on
, the lecture rostrum.
PERSONAL
Pop** Leo XFII has conferred upon John
A. Creighton of Omaha, th*' Tit 1*- <?
“Count of the Holy Roman Empire, ’ in
Tot ognition of his “splendid and magnifi
* ent benefaction* to the cause of c-o . t- j
tion and charity.”
For **ight years George Elliott wrote
with .the same pen. This rns Par tly J
credible. and yet it in told of the famous
author, and also that when she lo; t the
pen sh* * onsldered her misfortune al
most beyond endurance.
Miss Elizabeth Polhemu*. a bright
young California w*unan about 20 years of
age, is qualifying herself as a pilot f* r
ocean vessels entering the harbor of San j
Diego. In eight months sh* expects to!
pass th*- required examination.
Mrs. Russell Sage is the first woman to
b* ♦l* te*l a trustee of the Tr--v. iX. Y i
Female seminary. This is in r osrnition
of the magnificent gift of %: />*•• ,idr h\
h* r husband for the ere non or a n* w
hall, which will tear his name.
The hit#-* ex-Senator James C. Fair on* e !
told Col. N H. A. Mason, the * aliforuia ,
cattle king, ‘when I went to Yircinut * V y
all I wanted was to get a litf 1 hit of a
stake to keep my familv- from starving.
1 never expected to make a fortune.”
it is stated that Vanilo. the eldest son
of King Fehanzin. the ex King of Da
homey, has begun school life at the Lv- e ,
of St. Uierre. Martinque. the place rt his
captivity. "lie wishes to iearn French."
it Is said—out of gratitude, no doubt, to
his captors.
Ttoes everyone know' that the wife of
Robert Louis Stevenson was a grand
mother when her romantle marriage with
the author occurred? Mrs. Stevenson’s
first husband was Samuel Osborne, and at
the time of her second manage her daugh
ter, who had marriad Joseph Strong, the
San Francisco artist, was a mother
Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the Moth
o*1i:-t Episcopal church. South, has writ
t>*n a vigorous denial of the statement of
th** Spaniard Xlmepes that the recent
troubles of the Armenians are to he blamed
on the Methodist missionaries in Asia
minor. Ife say's there arc rio American
Methodist missionaries in Asia Minor.
Mr. Aaron L. Dennison, who was called
“the father of American watchmaking.”
died in England on Friday last, aged <*?
years. On a trip to America, which he
made a few years ago, Mr Dennison re
reived an ovation at everv fa* tory he
visited, and watchmakers throughout the
country regarded him as a sort of patron
saint.
BRIGHT BITS.
A little 3 year-old girl went to a hil
‘lren’s partv. *>n her return sh** :aid to
her parents: “At the party ,i little girl
f* II off a chair. All the other girls
laughed, but f didn’t.”
“Well, why didn't you laugh?"
“’Cause, i was tho one that fe 11 off.—
Tit Kits.
“Rabbi, who is happier, the man who
owns a million dollars, or he who has
seven daughters?”
“The one with many' daughters.”
“Why so?”
“He- who lias a million dollars wishes
for more; the man who has seven daugh
ters docs not.’ - Truth.
“We aro not very rich,” said the new’
married lad; ,“hut, oh. we are* <• happy
“1 thought you would be," - *o*d th*- un
married, lady. “In fact, that hateful
Maud Higgins said you had to he happy,
because* you would be so poor that you
would not even have anything to quar
rel about.”—lndianapolis Journal.
An Up-to-Dato Doctor. Doctor—Dys
pepsia is what ails you.
I‘atient—Wlrat do you advise?
Doctor Tip the* waiters. Tit-Bits.
Inquisitive Tommy- Say, pa, what is
sic transit?
intelligent Parent—Sic transit? Why,
an ambulance wagon, of coiiin*.—Texas
Siftings.
“1 sec.” said Mrs. Wickwire, “that two
million boxes of oranges were frozen on
tin* trees in Florida. 1 don’t understand
it.”
"Don’t understand it?” echoed Mr.
Wickwire. “The statement is plain
enough. ”
“Yes, hut they do not grow in boxes on
the* trees?”—lndianapolis Journal.
He could teach them all finance.
If he only’ ha*! a chance*
In tho wild, unseemly clamor that cn
shrouded him,
But. alas, his perfect scheme
Is recorded as a dream
For he fell before the creditors that
crowded him.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Can’t Shift Responsibility.
From the Philadelphia Record (Pom.).
The silver senators ami representatives
in congress cannot block th* wav •( pro; * r
financial legislation without the* aid of
senators and representatives who profess
<* favor sound money. It will he a very
lame excuse, either upon the part of dem
ocrats or republicans, for the failure of
necessary relief to the treasury to offer
the plea that the friends of free coinage
of silver would not permit it.
Preparing Thoir Own Gallows.
From the Hartford (Conn.) Times (Dem.)
If the republican members, instead of co
alescing with th<* silverites and populists,
had patriotically elected to act with the
democrats on this (currency) bill. It could
ha\o been passed. As it is, thrv have
ehosen to invite, rather than demolish
the danger which threatens the country’s
financ -s. Perhaps they are unconscious
ly illustrating the righteousness of the ex
perience whleh is related ol‘ Hainan, in
the Book of Esther.
Unreasonable Colorado People.
From the Chicago Times (Dem.)
The people of Colorado aro daily getting
more reasonable. First they make a for
mal demand that only a moral man shall
be elot ted Fnitcd States senator, and now
they* add to this a proclamation that
neither shall any man be senator who i
identified with trusts or great corporate
interests. The lnttei demand which if
generally complied with would depopu
late the senate is suppose*! to be directed
at Senator Wolcott, hut to whom the first
refers is judiciously kept dark secret.
The Income Tax.
From tho Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
The only way. say si Senator Gordon, to
prevent the law from taking effect to
repeal it. Senators Hill, Lodge and Quav
make a show of trying to defeat the oper
ation of the law, hut they are not dist n
guished for sincerity. They may have ob
jects of their own that are not. perhaps,
identical with tho public interest. If
the law were not a law, and if resistence
to it now by means of speeches served
any other end than to get well-meaning
people into trouble, the posing of these
senators would be more commendable.
Extra Session and Money Legislation.
From the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.).
It will be time enough for Pres'dent
Cleveland to determine w hether to call an
extra session of tho Fifty-fourth con
gress when the Fifty-third congress shall
have expired. Without any knowledge of
the President's desires or intentions, it is
safe to say that an extra session will have
to be called unless the present congress
should agree to some method for the relief
of the treasury. If it would simply provide
for an issue of bonds and the retirement
of greenbacks an extra session would be
averted. Anything more than this would
probably’ be mischievous and fail of pas
sage. As to an alliance with the silver
men. that is out of the question, for Presi
dent Cleveland would veto any measure
that had a free coinage rider on it.
Japan’s Money Standard.
From Springfield Republican (Dem.)
Japan must, of course. ha\o the gold
standard in common with the great powers
of the western world, whose customs and
ideals are now' working so strongly upon
the awakening Orient. This is the talk
now in that nation, and a currency com
mission recently appointed to . onsider
what monetary standard to adopt will
probably report in favor of gold. That be
ing the case, the inevitable war indemnity
to bo paid by China as the price of peace
will be demanded in gold. In other words.
Japan will follow Germany in making
such an indemnity the means of setting
up the cold standard. Such a stop will
not be calculated to help tho financial sit
uation in the silver-using countries of the
far east, nor will it tend to lighten the
strain upon the gold standard nations of
the western world.
Without an Introduction.
“i had a dreadful ezpirtwcz ai music ;
hall at the Htavenhag* n matinee,” said ■
the serious young wamott, according to the
Boston Tran- ..;#t. “1 don't know how
to relate it.”
“Try.” said h* r aunt. And she went on j
in words like the-* :
“Well. I v. .. late at the mus: * hall. Th- *
first piece w,.s half done, and I was hur- <
rying in, wh*n a woman I l.dn’t know
and never saw stepped up to me, and said: j
‘i beg your ; arelonT* "
“You don’t mean she spoke to you with- J
on? .m mtr* luetion!”
‘ \ i the other worn -a ' >t
if 80.-Ton Music Hall was an Italian rail
way stati ,ii •• r a Spanish pi* ture g tilery.
Wasn’t . . hocking? f I J • T
no attention to her. Then Hu* pusn.ng
thine il. ’I beg your pfcrdon* again.
m*"re feebly, and stood there rr.nnmg at i
n* in t sort of would-be in * nble w ay.
The thought flashed over me that perhaps
i ;; * . buy tick* for her.
She had on a hat tha• look*! i as if it
nrah? be in i f s - ♦on I whiter, at least.”
”1 should th nk you would nave been
afraid she wns rha? burglar in d.scruise—
I mean that Back Bay highwayman,” in
terrupted the aunt.
“Boston is not Cranford. Imaginary
high way women in elisgu . e art* not a
part of our literary traditions, .aunt.”
returned th** other woman, firmly. “How
ever. I ?’irn* I to the box office after look
ing at her in a haughty Vere- le-AVr** way
tha? I thought would make her go in
stantly. Rut, no, when l had bougie tnv
ticket, there she stool still, with that
feeble smile still w andering over her fare.
*1 beg your pardon,’ she began for the
third time.
“1 should th*nk you would have called
for help," exclaimed her aunt The idea j
of one woman speaking to another woman
like that in Boston! Why. anybody
would think this was Paris, and we rn
the eve of the French revolution. What
did you do””
“Ldoked at her
“But she d,d not know who I am. so
sh** never quailed. Sh--* only said. I beg !
'-our pardon’ I was going to offer you
one of the best seats in the house free,
as I have an extra one. and the lady who
was coining to join me at the door has
evidently heen kept at home by the weath
er ' Aunt! f r.ime very near smiling. But
1 hope 1 kept my self-control as 1 passed
on; though T know by tne wuv that woman
was laughing to herself that she felt that
I *.*:ne very near, oh' shockingly near,
speaking to her. and raying thank you
w rhout in in?roducUon. But. thank
heaven! I resisted the temptation!”
The Typewriter on Office Seeking.
“These things make mo sic!;’’’ she said.
Jerking the typewritten copy from the ma
chine.
It was an application for office -not
much *f an ofli* *-*. but still an orth o, says
the* Pitisburt: Dispatch's Washington let- j
ter. Sim * ould not bo sincerely and truth
fully ll* *1 a pretty tvjv writer, but in
her cultured fa* * was that gentle south
ern ( xpr* ssion so difficult to analyze.
“Yon ru ***fn't laugh.’’ she continued, in-
joining in my amusement |
“I have he-on through all **f it my if. and 1
if anybody ev* r did know the sham and j
hollowness of it I certainly do!
I looked M-rious an i inquiringly.
“V* . I was in th** census office first —i
they usually start in there, you know — |
and then got into the pension office for a
year or two, t|i< ti I was dropped the see- :
on*! time. After I was out abo'd six j
months, 1 g**t into the post office *|.nart
m* tit, and fdl again by reason of want i
*f an appropriation in trie course of eigh
teen months. Every tint#* I got *>ut 1 had
to yn through the application mill and th*
influence mill an*! the waiting patiently
mill and the come again mill and
the no vacancy mill, and all that sort of
thing, till 1 was fairly wild! I havn't a
relative in the world to depend on for a
living or lor counsel; so I earn* her*'
alone for several years, and with the un
satisfactory results before stated. Good
fri* nds have b ;i id r i up to tne, though
without as much political influence* as ap
pears t* bo necessary to keep me in even
a small office, so I've set up here for my
se li.
“! t**ll you, these things harrow up iny
soul! Do you see any white hairs th* re?”
rustling up the wealth of soft brown hair.
“It ought t*> b. white. For when I look
back on my years’ experience in Wash
ington, 1 fed us thoiu h 1 had lived f*>r
fifty instead of twenty-two y< :trs! Oh, the
watching and wailing and humiliation of
it!”
A Strancro Story.
A young man, walking to the house of
his brother, a yeoman, found tho inn at
a neighboring town very full, says the
London Saturday Review. He shared the
room of a merchant who was openly
counting outa his money. Having occa
sion to visit the garden, and also to
borrow a knif*-. he ace*, pted tho loan of
a knife* from the merchant. On return
ing to his room he found the merchant
gone; he went to bed, slept, rose early,
walked to his brother’s and was arrested
in th*' afternoon for murdering tho mer
chant. In his pocket was that trades
' man’s knife, and between blade and han
j 11** was a guinea of Mary and William.
; At the inn the merchant’s empty bed was
stained with blood, and, though tho mer
chant's body was nowhere to be found,
the young man was condemned for mur
der and hanged in chains on his broth
er’s farm. Here a swain observed that
tlie body moved; it was cut down, life
was reanimated, and the youth fled to
sea. Taken by Spaniards in South Amer
ica, h** rose to be warden of the gcal,
and while in enjoyment of that office he
recognized among some English prisoners
tho person for whose murder he had
stiff e red.
The- fact was that the merchant, while
the youth was absent in the garden, dis
covered that be was bleeding freely from
a vein which had been opened that day.
He hurried to the surgeon in the dark,
was seize! by a pressgang, served His
Britann:** Majesty In a ship-of-war, was
taken by the Spaniards, and, at last,
met. in a goal of South America, the
very man who had been hanged for mur
dering him in England.
A Precocious Financier.
A littl*' youngster of tho eastend was
given five cent pieces by- his father to
spend as hr wished, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. While visiting- his father in
his office the other day he obtained per
mission to visit a peanut anrl fruit stand,
which was r.eafby. to dispose of his
money. He found when ho got to the
stand that in some way he had lost one
|of the pennies. Boy-like he began to
1 ask the price of everything he saw, finally
winding up: “How much is your peanuts?”
“Why, they’re .1 cents a measure.” re
plied the vendor, “but a wee boy like you
: don't want peanuts.”
“Well. I'll bet you a cent I does,” re
plied the tot.
The peanut man laughed and finally
said: "Well. I’ll go you."
The youngster then said: “Well, give
me 4 rents’ worth of peanuts. So there.”
As he was handed the bag. he gave his
j money to the vendor, who after looking
!at it said: “But, look here, young man,
you have only given me 4 rents.”
“That’s all right.” was the reply of the
precocious child, “didn’t I bet you a cent
and didn’t 1 win it?”
And off the youngster walked, the pea
nut man remarking to himself: “Well,
it’s worth a cent to see a kid that is
smart.”
“Is It Strantre?”
Arthur L. Salmon, in Chamber’s Journal.
I.
When the day is slowly dying.
And the stars begin to peep.
While the summer flowers are lying
Bathed in dew and kindly sleep,
By my door 1 stand and listen
For a dear loved step again;
Is it strange the tears should glisten
When I wait so long in vain?
I? it strange the sob should gather
Asa token of my pain?
11.
Day by day flies by without him,
Ne’er a message of his love.
Shall I, can l. dare to doubt him.
Once as true as heaven above?
Once so eager I should listen.
Does he treat nm with disdain?
Is it strange the tears will glisten,
When 1 ask myself, in vain,
“Is be false to me, my lover?
Will he never come again?”
111.
Ever? hope in In
Even life grows dark to me
Y hen a sudden tale of gladness
Comes across the deep blue sea.
Standing in the shadow dreary.
Waiting with a wild unrest,*
Is it strange a footstep near me
Tells of him that I love best?
Is it strange I shol-i he weeping
When he clasps me to his breast?
Gen. E. A. Alger of Detroit gave 1.000
overcoats to tHe newsboys of that citv
for a Christmas present, * ‘
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Jan. s. -he anniversary of th d'-foat of
the British army under Gen. Fackenhant ,
before tho city of New Orleans, is a *egal
holiday in Louisiana.
The reformers of the English church *n .
l’ y |j struck out nearly I*' holidays, leav
ing only such as in their time were dear
to the popular hearts.
The carnival season :? the rr.o-t highly j
esteemed holiday in most Hal.an c.ties.
In many respe*- s it bears a resemblance
to the Roman Saturnal.a.
Good Friday is a legal hob day in the
state of Alabama, Mary.an .
Pennsylvania and Tennessee. In man)
othe rs it is informally observed.
The Jews were commanded to celebrate
a jubil**** feast, or national holiday, every
fiftv y ars. All Jews in oonduge to thmr
brethren went free on th.s 1* ist.
At the beg.nning of this centurx- thre
we re .s* many - .liircu festival? and holi
days* in Rome that it was ml two
days in the week were left for labor.
The Fes turn Herbarum was The day on ;
whh h the Roman women - arri* 1 bundles
of herbs and traits to the temples. It was
afterward made a Chr'st’an holiday.
The Feast of Lanterns is a Chinese h*ffi- 1
day. it celebrated by an unusual and j
very splend 1 display of lanterns, fire- j
works and illuminations of all kinds.
According to the oid church canons, |
the Christmas festival lasted fr**m Christ* j
r.ias eve to Feb. 1, by which date all the j
decorations must be removed from the
churches.
Every seventh year among the ancient
Jews was a Sahara year. No labor was
done, and the inhabitants of Judea lived
on the natural prduee of the earth dur
ing this year.
Feb. 22, the Birthday of the Father of
his Country, is a legal holiday .n a!! th a
states save Arkansa, lowa and Missis
sippi. though in these, also, it is gen
erally observed.
‘The Feast of Reconciliation” was a
religious festival, established by Queen
Mary, to be held Jan. 25. 155 ft. to celebrate
the return of the Church of England to
the see of Rome.
The course recently adopted in order
to **he k the periodic overflow- of the
Hoang-ho was strictly typical of Chinese
methods of administration. Inasmuch as
the river god had already been hon
ored with a temple, nothing b ttrr oc
curred to the wise Mandarins than to
reeonimond the erection of a shrine to
the “Golden Dragon” and his sprites,
who live in the marshes upon th*' river
bank. And when Li Hung Chang, the
“Hi. man k of Asia.” had knocked his
head in the dust before the new altnr
of tlie “Golden Dragon’’ the security of
tlie dw llers along th** Hoang-ho was
deemc*i assured. What hope can there
be of the reformation of a system of
government so steeped in ignorance and
so inconceivably corrupt as is the Man
*larnato of China? asks the Philadelphia
Re* or l. If China, is to be regenerated
the faineant Manchti emperor and 1.-
crew must go* hut the rub* of the stupid
superstitious and thievish literati must
also cease.
“Buffalo skins?’* said a clerk at a fur
store ;n answer to an inquiry by a New
York Sun reporter. “They aro pra*-
Really out of the market. No new ones
come in now, and the i',-v/ that we ha\e
on hand are old ones that find their way
to t lie furrier’s. The price of a good
buffalo skin is from SSO to SOO. They used
to he made extensively into fur eoats
for driving and rough winter traveling,
but su* h a coat Is now ran : set n ex
cept in out-of-the wav- ndrthern locali
ties where many old ones are still in use.
Raecoon skins have taken the place of
buffalo skins in the making of over*oats,
hot the fur coat is not much used now
anywhere except in Minnesoto and the
British dominions. There is some lo
mand for fur linings for which mink and
Persian lamb are used, anrl sometim-s
Hudson Bay sable which cost from SDO
to SI,OOO for a coat. As you will reaeiily
infer the buffalo driving robe has become
scar e and valuable. The gray wolf
skins are more abundant. For robes and
ladies’ furs the skins of th** wolverine,
of f*.xos of all kinds, raccoons, th Aus
tralian opossum of a smooth mouse giv.y
tint, and the young kangaroo, all fur
nish material. Almost everything in the
way ot fur may be used for baas and
muffs. Here are some odd skins from
tin* czar’s dominions used in trimmings
and linings, the Russian hamster, a kind
of marmot yellowish-brown of eolor, with
the upper part black, and the Siberian
squirrel, gray, with a white belly. These
are some furs used in trimming.” and
lie pointed out in an array of samples
hanging against the wall, the* skins of
the wolverine of a rich light brown, the
stem.* marten, bluish brown, the Persian
land) of a natural black, the astral?ans
krimmer and pinhead; th** badger, a beau
tiful silver gray with bla**k dashes, and
the fisher, a rare fur, a little darker
than sable.
lthinology, or the science of the noses.
Which has always attracted the atten
tion of the curious and tempted the fancy
of the ethnologist and physiognomist, has
not as vet found an expounder, who; in
truly scientific form, would present its
• ostablisheJ r,.suits to tho genrral j v.bllo.
It fan, however, not ho honied thaet tho
author of "Notes on Noses" has at least
advanced ono step ahead of
his fellow-rhlnologfsts in its lu
cid illustration. by historical In
stances chosen from both ancient an 1
modern times, the ordinary classes of
noses, according to his theory, beintr made
by the mind. To the Roman nose the
author gives credit for enerny an 1 firm
ness, not without mentionitter “absence
of refinement and disregard of the hien
seances of life" as heinar usually combined
with it. Aniontt the people of note with
Roman noses he includes Ramoses 11..
hut perhaps anew nan’." is needed for the
Kpryptian nose familiar on the monu
ments. William Wallace, according to our
authority, had a Roman nose. William of
Orange had a Roman nose, and the artist
"put old Nassau's hooked-nose head on
poor Aeneas' shoulders." instead of the
Troian nose whleh he probably possessed.
Perhaps the correct or Darwinian t’v.ory
is that Aeneas by a freak of "sport" of
nature, really had a Roman nose. Hence
he was better fitted to survive than the
other Trojans, and he handed the nose
down to his descendants, the Romans.
The Clrecks had straigh* noses. v.bile
those of the Romans were hooked. Nor.
after all. is it quite certain that the
lireeks really had Greek noses. It may
havo been a convention of their art. The
future generations,if the." only possess Mr.
Rome Jones and Mr. Rossetti's works,
will come to very erroneous conelus'ons
about British chins. The nose of Soc
rates was not Greek, but such as Greek
artists usually assian to satyrs. Orca
sainaliy, as in a beautiful group of a satyr
playing dice with a nymph on a bronze
mirror, they gave satyrs another kind of
nose. The noses of the ladies in th" Tana
gra terra-cottas are of all agreeable or
ders of nose, not necessarily Greek. The
chances are that the Greeg varied as much
as we do in their noses, whilo the trani
t:on of their art preferred the convention
al straight nose. Jr. the same way the kind
of Romans who had their portraits done
on coins and gems were just the sort of
energetic, conquering people who have
Roman noses everywhere, like William of
Orange and the Duke of Wellington.
Milton it seems had a Greek nose In youth t
it afterward became a Pqritanie nose. A
hahit of turning up in moments of indig
nant morality would affect the contour
and expression. '
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