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Spring Place Jimplecute CARTER ft HEABTSELL. PTOPRirroRS. VOLUME XI. PHOSPHITE KINGS DEB4TE AN EXPtRT TO INVESTIGATE THE INDUSTRY AND REPORT. Practical Talk* by Leading Miner* in This State—Too Many Brokers and Too Many L»nd Promoter* are Among tbe Inju¬ rious li llience* at Work. Ocala, Fla., October 10. —The meet- ng called for to-day of t hose interested in phosphate mining was well attended, fully a hundred persons representing the phosphate companies aud those engaged in mining as individuals being present. Dr. Butts, of Orlando, called the meet¬ ing to order. George W. Wilson, of Marion 'county, was made chairman, and John P, Frazier, of Ocala, secretary, with Editor F. E. Harris, of the Banner, assist ant secretary. Dr. V. M. Metcalfe, of tho Globe Phos¬ phate company of Citrus county, who first suggested the meeting, was called upon to state the object of the meeting, which he stated were for mutual protec¬ tion against outside combinations un¬ necessarily and arbitrarily depressing the (trices of phosphate. Dr. T, W. Moore, of Leesburg, was requested to give his ideas oil the ques¬ tion in hand, whieh he did to the great interest and pleasure of all present. Dr. Metealfe then moved that all oom- l anies or interested individuals lie en¬ rolled, which was done. Following is the list : AN EMINENT GATHERING. J. I. Munoz, Jacksonville, Santa Fe Hard li'iek company; J. O. Reardon, Ocala and Biue R-ver Phosphate com¬ pany; E. 8. Gauiden, Ocala and Blue River Phosphate company; A. M. Wil¬ liamson. editor of the Phosphate Field, Inverness; P. J. Poacher, Ocala and Bhu River Phorphato c imp any; P. 11. Walter, Bellevue Phosphate company; M. F. Simmons, Iriaehalta Phosphate company; 11. B. Walker, Florida Dis¬ patch; A. B. Weighs, istuchatta Phos¬ phate company; B. Arontz, phosphate broker; A, B. Russ, Standard Phosphate company; C. L, Livers & Go., Branford; C. E. Merrill, Jacksonville Standard: W. R. King, manager of the Empire State Phosphate company; W. N Camp, Al¬ bion Mining aud Manufacturing com¬ pany; J. F. White, J. E. Young, Lake City Land and Timber company; Ed¬ ward Slatterly, Boulder Phosphate com¬ pany; Serge Malvvan, chemist; M. C. R'Ci, Itchetucknee Phosphate com¬ pany; W. M. Dolive, Citrus Queen and North and South Alalia R ver Phos¬ phate company; B. H. I. Guard, Land Pebble Pnosphate company; R. L. Mar¬ tin, A, O. MacDanell, Seminole Hard Rock and Land company; W. D. Hen¬ nessey, Globe Phosphate company; J, C. A. Suotor, Hamburg Phosphate com¬ pany; A. 8. Harden, Climax Phosphate company; A. T. Williams, of Williams, Swan & o ; J. 0. Limb, Piedmont(W. Va) Coal and Phosphate company; J. M. Gratton, ditto; Edward Hilier, ditto; T. E. Cuiverhouse, ditto; S. Savage, W. M, Etheridge, Citrus Queen Phosphate company: S. W. Teague, Dunnellon Phosphate company; Wm R-wp, W. S. Tompkins, International Phosphate company, J. H. Dehviter, ditto; R. H. Adams, Plate Rock Phosphate company; V. M, Metcalfe, YollowBtotie company: Ira Bond, vice president of the Ohio phosphate company; J. H. Livingston, Bou'der Phosphate company; J. W. Btiahnell ditto; R, J. Buck, Carney Phoiphate company; J. M. Maya, Gulf stream Phosphate company; R. P. Bur- oi,'Gem Phoiphate company; Thomas W. Spicer, Diamond Ph «?phate com¬ pany; A. J. Piiares, Lacooohee Phos¬ phate company; Louis McLeans & Co., Royal Mining company; J. R. Biggs, Globe company; J .F. Harris, Colum¬ bus, O.; Edward Holder, Hartshorn company: C« Y. Butts, Crown and Ores cent; W. T. Adams, Ground Hog Phos phate company; M. C. Besdeli, Sterling company; T. B. Stephens, ditto; G. C. Stevens, O B. R, A P. company; C. E. St>encer, Passadena; E, B. Bailey, Fort While; A. L. Eieheibergerr With-aooo- ebee company; Dr, R. R Snowden, New York company; B. C. Coe, Tampa com¬ pany; J. T. McLendon, Hernando coun¬ ty, and C. M. Wead, Pasco county. A COMMITTEE APPOINT! D. Col. Badger, of Ocala, by request, gave his views of the situation. The following committee was then ap¬ pointed to formula: e a plan of organ¬ ization, consisting of the following com¬ panies and persons: Hon. John F. Dunn, of the Dunnel on; E. W. Agnew, of the Marion; R. G. Wright, of the O 'ala and Blue River; Dr. V. M. Met¬ calfe, of ibiGlo‘«e; T. B Stevens, of the Sti rling; Dr. Bull, of the International; and W. Ii. King, of the Empire. This committee was to report at the 8:30 o'clock evening session. TOO MANY BROKERS. Dr. Sater, manager of the Hamburg company, a noted chemist, then spoke w ith great clearness and acceptability, and told his hearers how the Belgian phosphate miners protfc’ed themselves by organization, not letting a hundred interested parties offer their product SPRING- PLACE, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1891. through almost as many brokers, as was the case with the Florida miners, and thus creating an impression on the for¬ eign market that “the woods are full” of rock, and the product crying to be taken out of the wilderness. Dr. Sater has made a study of this question, and the pointed way in which he put the situation made many open their eyes. He was heartily applauded. BAILEY ABBOAD. E. B. Bailey, of Monticello, was then called to the fore and gave his Ijondon experience in dealing with brokers on the other side of the big pond. He started out by saying that reports have been spread all over Florida to the effect that the cargo sent from his mine was refused and dumped into the Thames. This was a gem of fiction. On the con¬ trary, it had been sold for 11 pence per unit, and netted him $12 per ton, less the freights from the mines to Savan¬ nah and $2 a ton royalty for a loan of $10,000. He also detailed some rich ex¬ periences with George P. Baldwin, pres¬ ident of the Marion phosphate company, who proposed to work the legislatures of Georgia and South Carolina so as to control the convict labor and make mil¬ lions in phosphate mining—all of which Mr. Bailey will shortly give to tlio press of the country. ’ Hon. John G. Reardon made a perti¬ nent talk on the facts as stated by Messrs. Hater and Bailey, saying that every interest outside of mining was combined against them to Iowor the purchasing price of Florida phosphate. He said that the owners and operators of the mines, largely aided by the own¬ ers of phosphate lands and the brokers, had more to do with the low price of the product than any other cause. He cited the caw of responsible foreign par ties offering a big phosphate company correspondent—Ocala and Blue—within one dollar a ton of the prevailing prices during the spring and summer for 20 000 tons. O.ving to the abnormal ad¬ vance in ocean freight rates, precip¬ itated by (he demand for grain vessels, the company could not accept this of¬ fer. This did not show that the bottom had dropped out of phosphate. The Ocala and Blue R ver company’s office was entirely inadequate t > hold the crowd, and the Rifles’ armory was tendered and accept d to hold the meeting. A BIG SCHEME. To-night W. H. Harrison will ask the meeting to indorse a request to Con¬ gress tor aid to build a breakwater, as a railroad will be built from Pember¬ ton Ferry to Gape Canaveral on tbe Atlantic coast, into which harbor ocean- carrying vessels can enter and trans port all tbe phosphates of this section and of South Florida to Europe at $2 a ton less than by tbe present route. Although the weather is soaking wet, the spirits of the pliosphaters are looming up under tbe inspiration of personal contact and an exchange of ideas. F. W. Marshall, of Feroandina, is here trying to negotiate phosphate cargoes at 10 shillings. A. O. MaeDonnell, of the F. C. and F., is on hand. J. H. Humphries, editor of the Tam pa Tribune and Stale phosphate in¬ spector, was in town to attend the meeting, but had to return home. THE COMMITTEE’S REPORT. At the evening session of tbe conven¬ tion the committee on plan of organ¬ ization, etc , submitted the following report: Ocala, Fla., 1,1891. Oct. To the Chairtn in and Members of the Plies phate Convention. Your committee appointed by the representatives of the various compa¬ nies engaged in mining high-grade phoaghates in Florida, in niass-ineet- iue 'assembled, respectfully submits the following report: First—In view of the magnitude and great importance to tbe commercial and agricultural world of the recently discovered and rapidly developing de¬ posits of the highest phosphatic mate¬ rial in Florida, and the greatly exag¬ gerated reports that have been scat¬ tered throughout Europe as to its ex¬ tent, character and commercial value (which have had a tendency to depress the market for such material and which can but result in crippling tlie industry t and injuring alike the pro* ducer and consumers of this material) and in order that these evils may be corrected and the truth made known that the civilized world may have tbe benefits of one of the richest of rn- ture’s resources ami this industry be made profitable to those who are en¬ gaged in mining, manufacturing and consuming it—be it; Resolved, That we eordlally invite and earnestly request that all organ¬ ized companies and individuals, actu¬ ally and legitimately engaged in min¬ ing and producing for the market high grade phosphate rock in Florida, to select at|least one representative of each of their respective companies, as “TELL THE TRUTH.” a delegate, to meet with all other sim¬ ilarly selected delegates in a business meeting to be held in Ocala, Fla., < n Thursday, November 19, 1891, at 2 o’clock p. in., at Armory Hall, for the purpose of consideringtheadvisability of combining or organizing for such a course of action as they may deem ex¬ pedient and practicable, with a view of regulating the output of Florida high grade phosphate material, aud such other action as will be most con¬ ducive to their interests. Be it further Resolved, That a committee of not less than tbreo experienced business men be appointed by this meeting, who shall ascertain by personal inspec¬ tion of a competent and reliable expert in sueh matters the quantity and qual¬ ity of the ."present available supply of high-grade phosphate at the ‘several mines in Florida and the capacity and facilities for producing future supplies for the markets, by the different min¬ ing companies and individuals now op¬ erating in this State ; also to ascertain the present supply and the demand and the future prospects of the supply aud demand of sn sh material in the markets of the world; aud make a complete report of the same to the del¬ egates at the meeting to be held at Ocala November 19,1891. Jon j F. Dunn, Chairman Committee. V. M. Mbtcai.be, William F. King, Gko. W. Wilson. SOME DISCUSSION. On these resolutions as submitted there was much talking, lasting nearly three hours, in which Judge White of Live Oak, Judge Jennings of Brooks- ville, li. p. Burton of Leesburg, M. F. Simmons of JUt&chaita, John G. Rear¬ don of Ocala, Colonel Livingston of Ocala, Dr. Butts of Orlando, Thomas W. Spicer of Leesburg, Dr. Safer of Ocala, Capt’iiu “Bill” Kendrick and Mr. Munoz of Jacksonville participated. Some wanted all individuals owning mining lands admitted at th i meeting in November, others only those com¬ panies organized, hut not milling, etc. At last M. F. Simmons’ amendment was adopted, which roads as follows; “Resolved, That all organized com¬ panies or individuals engaged in the mining of phosphates in the State be invited to meet in convention in Ocala, Fla., November 19.” There was quite a debate as to wheth¬ er it should include only hard-rock companies, but the di-position was to inclndo all mining interests aud Jet the hard-rock and pebble phosphate men settle their respective arrangements in the future. Bartow and Jacksonville were both named as the place in which to hold the next meeting, but, Ocala earri d off the honors. The armory was crowded to-night, and the deepest in r erost was taken iu the proceedings The Times Union correspondent, has never seen a body of men iu greater earnest. TWO MORE COMMITTEES. At 11:30 p. m. the convention is still in session talking. The chair was or¬ dered to appoint a committee of three, who were to name the expert who was to canvasc the State and report on the phosphate ; also a committee of five to suggest plans fdr permanent organiza¬ tion at the meeting on Nov. 19. A collection of $32 30 was tlieu taken and the meeting adjourned sine die. Hfs Foot OrrtHtietfL Pomona, Fla.. Sept. 30.— Joseph Mc¬ Neill, an employee of the Pomona Lum¬ ber Co., met with what proved to be a fatal accident late last l 1 inlay evening. He, with several others, was riding on the logging engine, and, in moving aliout around and on it, he was caught by the right fo't iu the gearing. His foot was entirely crushed and ground off. When a sutgeon was secured at a late hour, amputation above the kn e was found necessary. Although he was in splendid health and well constituted, the shock was bio great, and lie died at 6:30 o’clock Satur¬ day morning. He had only been one month from Vermont, and his people five in Ireland. The Pomona Lumber Company has spared no pains to do everything possi¬ ble for his relief, but in vain. The in¬ terment will probal ]y occur at this place, Railroad Snaps Going. Mr. Rutheriord, master mechanic of the J., T. and K. W. system, and Super 2 itendent Denham, of the Florida South- e - n Railway, were in the city yesterday. A well-known railroad man says that their visit here l as some significance. It seems that tho shops of lliese two roads at Palatka are worth not less than $12,- 000 to $15,000 per month to ilia., town. It is just possible that Jacksonville will lie selected as the site of these shops At any rate it is worth the while of the hoard of trade to investigate and see if Jacksonville cannot secure them in tho event that a removal is decided upon.— Timed-Union. li01JLA.NGF.lt IS SO MORE. HE DIES BY HIS ONN HAND AT THE TOMB OF HIS MISTRLS3. After a Stormy Darcer, an Outcast and the Broken Idol or the People, He Knox His Existence by the Quickest Means. Brussels, Oct. 5.—Gen. Boulanger committed suieide to day on tho tomb of Madame De Bornemaiu, who died recently in this city. Madame De Bonnemain had been known as the mistress of the dead gen¬ eral. She accompanied him to Eng¬ land after his flight from Francs, and early in July 1 ist she was dangerously ill in Brussels, suffering from consump¬ tion A Paris physician went there expressly to treat Madame De Bonne main by a new system ot treatment, consisting in innoeulatiug the person affected with tbe germs of phthisis with gnyacole, which is obtaiued from creosote. However, in spite of the ef¬ forts made to save her, Madame De Bonnemain died during the evening of July 17. THE DEAD WOMAN. Madame De Bonnemain, at the height o£ Gen. Boulanger’s career, two or three years ago, lived iu Rue de Berri, Paris, where she was continually visited by the general. Spies kept track of their movements, and soon dii-covered that the persons referred to were very intimate. Madame Boulang¬ er was informed of these facts, but re¬ fused to apply for divorce. It was greatly through Madame De Bonnemain’s favor that Gen. Bou- mnpor was able to mrry on Ids polit¬ ical intrigues, for the mrulsme had in¬ herited a fortune of $1 500,000, all of which sum she devoted to the cause of the then popular leader. A MAI! ’ FATtlATION. To such an extent d d Gen. Boulang¬ er carry his Infatuation for Madame de Bonnemain that when the French Government determined to arrest him he could not, be persuaded to pose as a martyr before the French people by oing to jail, preferring to fly with liis mistress from France to England, and eventually to Brussels, where they have both met their ilea'll. lien. Boulanger committed suicide at. about noon. He stood alone by tbe grave of his mistress for some time, ap¬ pearing to be deeply affected by sor¬ rowful recollections. a sharp report heard. The attendant of the general, who had rerpect fully remained at some dis¬ tance from Madame de Bonnemain’s tomb, suddenly heard a sharp report in that direction. Running to the spot, the attendant, found Gen. Boulanger lying dead upon the ground with a re¬ volver clinched in his right hand. A nasty examination of the body showed that the dead man placed the weapon t,o his right ear and fired the fatal shot. GREAT EXCITEMENT. The affair has caused great excite¬ ment in tills city and some commotion strong the general’s followers in Paris. The police and the dead general’s friends here have taken possession of his lodgings, and they have not yet announced if he teft any statement. The general’s position, financial aud political, has, it is generally admitted, been getting blacker and blacker dur¬ ing recent, mouths. He had no hope for the future, and his remaining friends were few and becoming colder as the once famous general dropped more and more out of public notice. There is no doubt that the g. neral was conscious of the facts, and that they preyed upon his mind. LOVE FOR TnE WOMAN. Coupled with this was the morbid love or infatuation which be had for his dead mistress, to whom he was un¬ doubtedly greatly attached, as evi¬ denced by his renouncing what might have been an important political ca¬ reer in order to fly with her from France. IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES. Boulanger came to this city from London a few months ago. Recently he has not occupied his former gor¬ geous residence on the Avenue Louise, but owing to reduced means he lias been compelled to live in a small ho¬ tel. The general’s friends say that he has been inconsolable since the death of Mine, de Bonnemain, and that lie lias aged perceptibly. He was much thinner than during liis more prosper¬ ous days. As usual, there are conflict¬ ing stories concerning the suicide, but the general’s friends admit he has for some time talked of killing himself, and that he has been the object of watchful solicitude on the part of a few of bis adherents wlioliave clung to him in liis adversity. A DRIVE IN THU MORNING, To-day he did not receive any visitors, end at about 11 o’clock drove, with bi 3 neice and his valet, in an open carriage, to toe cemetery at Ixelles. On arriving there, the general entered the cemetery alone. 11 is companions, accustomed to his visits to that spot, remained in the carriage outside the gates. The result was that they did not hear the shot which caused Boulaugor’s death. They were first told of what had oc¬ curred by the cemetery sexton, who was the first to reach the grave of Mad¬ ame de Bonnemnine, and who turned over the body lying beside it and inden- iied it as Boulanger. The latter’s niece fainted when she heard of his death. The body was then placed in the car¬ riage which brought the party to the cemetery, and was from there driven to police headquarters. There, when the necessary deposition had been made the body was taken to the general’s late residence. Subsequently the French minister here was informed of the gen¬ eral’s death, and lie promptly telephoned the news to Paris. A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Gen. George Ernest Jean Marie Bou¬ langer was born at Rennes, in France, in 1737. His mother was a native of Wales. In 1856 he was appointed sub¬ lieutenant of the Algerian Tradeures, aud in 1857 he took part in the Kabal yee expedition. He was wounded at Tarbigo in 1859 and received the cross of the Legion of Honor. During the Franco Prusssian war lie acted as chief of battalion in the army of Paris, and in 1880 ho was appointed a brigadier. At the time of the centenary celebration of the independence of the United States he was sent on a mission to that coun¬ try, and later on. for a short time, he was attached to the war olli -e as direct¬ or of infantry. The General’s next promotion was to that of general of division of Africa. In 1886 he became minister of war. Bou- 1 mger showed his Republican sympathy by urging the expulsion of tho princes from France, though it was afterward shown that he had written in terms of warm praise of the Due D’Aumale, his superior officer, when promoted brig¬ adier general. Gradually he became the hope of the “revanche” or revenge party of. France. At the election in 1888 the General was elected a member of the chamber of deputies for the De¬ partment of the North by 171.528 votes against 75,901 for his most successful opponent. In July, 1888 , Boulanger fought a duel with Floquet and was severely wounded iu the threat. It was at this period of his career that he was the ideal of certain sections of tho French people, which popularity was greatly enhanced by the famous “Boulanger March,” first given to the public by.Pau- eus, tho cafe cliantante artist. Then came a turn of tho tide. The idolized General was charged with appropriat¬ ing $50,000 of public money for his own use. and he eventually tied to Brussells, from there to England, and more re¬ cently returned to Brussells. Since the General’s flight revelation on revelation showed him to have been a schemer for power, ready to use all sorts of people and ail parties to further his own ends. THE NEWS IN PARIS. Paris, September 30, —Thu suicide of Boulanger has caused an enormous sen¬ sation in this city, so much so tfiat the evening newspapers are unable to meet the demand made on them. All the evening papers contain boituary arti¬ cles, but none, with the exception of Le Jour, reflects upon the political aspects of the General’s life. Le Jour says: “Boulanger knew the intoxication of the wildest popularity. It was he who said to a politician: The weakness of one t .0 often influenced the decision of another.’ His own end fully justifies that dictum. He had not the courage to survive her who had sacrificed her¬ self for him.” Le Jour concludes with a scathing comparison between the manner of his death and hi3 imperialistic pretenses. FUNERAL IN FRANCE. Members of the Patriotic League are talking of ft public funeral for the Gen¬ eral, and they propose to inter his re¬ mains in France. It is liolieved that such action on the part of the League will lead to disturbances. The romantic manner in which Bou¬ langer died has touched soft spots in tae hearts of partisans, and many warm expressions heard of aympaty for the dead soldier are in many unexpected places. Wanted to Borrow Money. PnlatKii Iloralil. A man went into the “busted" bank recently and wanted to borrow money. Receiver Merrill said : “We are not lending money to-day.” Then the fellow got mad and said : “D-.d if I haven’t been doing busi¬ ness with this bank for several years, and now I’m refused a loan. Hereafter I shall do my banking business in Jack¬ sonville.” Then the fellow left, looking like a snapping-turtle, not knowing the bank was in the hands of a receiver. One Dollab a Ybab. NO 37. high te utts nr B*oan painting, ■till twit, but quieter Cel or s Are Re¬ garded With Increasing Favor. “Every now and then,"says a resident of a suburban village, “arod wave strikes us aud half the houses are painted real. With trimmings of a darker shade of the same color or of dark green, and with red or green blinds, a red house t ,looks well and the color is durable, but sbo nor or later people tire of it, and then may come a yellow or a gray wave. A house painted yellow of the right shade and with white trimmings presents a pleasing appearance. Just now there are many houses so painted. Various shades of brown are always regarded with favor, and besides these standard colors others that are more conspicuous are used. A modem suburban village may present a great variety of colors. “Some houses that are shingled all over are left in the natural color of the wood to acquire only from that shade of gra/^ which comes age and exposure; there are a few houses which are finished out¬ side with tongued and grooved Georgia pine put on horizontally; the smooth, flat surface is left of the natural color. A few men have lately painted their houses white with green blinds. At the presonfc moment the rising wave is gray. It aj*- pears in various shades, and with a variety of trimmings. The lighter shades of gray, with white trimmings and gwri, blinds not too dark, produoe very agreo. able effects. “Houses which at a distance look- like sections of rainbows may still be seen, but these riotous exhibitions of color are decreasing in number, and the general tendency is toward greater simplicity. Some men when they paint a house know what they want; some experiment with two or three colors or shades on one en A of the house, and select the one that has* pleases them; some drive about in their own and in neighboring villages until they discover a house that suits them, and then call in the painter and say they want their house to be like that. “Possibly you think that some of your neighbors have made rather queer selec¬ tions of colors, and it may be that they regard your own choice as odd; but there is no doubt that every man thinks his own colors are the best. ” To the North Pol* by Balloon. The solution of that fascinating prob- lem, whether there is water, laud, of ice at the North Pole, is again about to be attempted, and in a very novel way. An aerial expedition is now being organ¬ ized by two young Frenchmen, by name M. Besoncon and M. Gustave Hermite, toe latter a nephew of M. Charles Her- mite of the Institute, and these daring explorers are having an ' laborate airship or balloon built, in which they hope to make ah ascension which will carry them across the territory where that tantaliz- ingly remote and inaccessible bourne, the North Pole, is located. The balloon is to to be called the “Sivel,” and will.be in¬ flated with pure hydrogen, and will be connected with four ballons pilots, or pilot balloons, and 16 small balloons, for storage of gas, to make up any loss from the great balloon. The envelope of tho latter will consist of China silk in 48 pieces or gores, in form a perfect sphere, and is to be provided with a small in¬ terior balloon, or air pocket, the object of which is to keep the exterior balloon always completely inflated and under an equal pressure. The basket of the balloon, made of wicker with a steel framework, insuring absolute rigidity, will be cloud over and made impermeable to watesr, like a boat. Its interior wifi be padded, so as to keep up a comfortable temperature in a cham¬ ber occupied by the aeronauts. The bas¬ ket will be made unsinkable, and will be about four yards wide and five and a half long. It will cany, besides the two explorers and their three assist¬ ants, eight dogs, a sledge, a small canoe, and provisions for dogs and men for 80 days. The explorers will leave some port in France, accompanied by two steam vessels carrying the apparatus for the production of the hydrogen necessary to inflate the balloon. They will leave in May to arrive in Spitsbergen in July, where they will maka the ascension as soon as the winds are favorable, hoping to land again, in from four to ten days, in North America or northern Asia, passing the North Pole en route. It will not be until May, 1892, that the preparations will be all completed; but it does not seem at all likely that the bold French explorers will be forestalled by any one in arriving at the frozen uu* known land they hope to reach. ”* A MU-speiii A New York woman has gone into the business of selling second hand trous- »eaus. She was horrified the other day by receiving this epistle, written in a masculine hand. Madame—Please send me one pair second hand trowsers to my address. See that they do not bag at the knee. "—De¬ troit Free Press, Had to Be There. Tourist (in Oklahoma)— Why, Mr, Harps, I am surprised to see you here at tho race track, three miles away from your church, on the Sabbath I The Rev. Mr. Harps (with dignity)— You didn't suppose my voice was strong enough to reach my congregation at a distance of three miles, did you ?—Puck. Reason Enough. Mr. Hardup—Why didn’t y<m send that tea and sugar and things I ordered yesterday ? Polite Tradesman—Well, sir, I find there is a slight honorarium dne ttv Vie last three consignments.