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INDSTINCT PRINT SaSpsi&£ e- .* r at, (NY; HERALD Editor ui Pnplitft. otartw.^rT ” Editor. sssjjsssyv* INMt.'uS’ fVlU, or ilu- tvero.l by uArrlor lu cjaw a w*uk ot V» ivntu n } 8 M RATOS BlUltONAMMt, Mil mad* rjplIcftUon. ( I >uln, went tide of Wauhlnuton ill* tlnOomtmrcUl Hank. fSB?" u x "* n *’ 0t - “ liAY, MAY 91, 1889. LASTweek, peaches sold In New York for $1.50 apiece. Home Florida trait grower ought to make a fortune. '' 1 Jr'W authoritatively annnnncod that “Ward NoAllUter wa* horn (n Oenrala.* It la n little hardoHOeoraia.hut*heinny anaver that ahe ooilld not help It.—CldonRii Intor Ocean. 1 Northern papera have, at least, one good quality—they are willing to give the devil his due. No, Georgia aould not help lilp being born within her boundaries. Hhe shook him olear of , ...,i t her sklrta as soon aa possible, however, and lays no claim to him as a Georgian. 1 Tim Democratic Club of Dougherty county held Its regular meetlng.last night and adopted another campaign document whloh will soon be circu lated throughout the Second Congren. alonat district. A resolution was also adopted to invite lion. O. B. Stevens to visit Albany and address the'people of Albany on the issues of the day. Mr. B. L. Weston was appointed to tor ward the Invitation to Mr. Stevens, ' ■ . ' '•ni.iarra or ni tunv After printing two editorials, re vamped from the Btevetis organs of the' Second district^ censuring the Democratic Executive Committee of this district for something that It had not done, and giving currenoy to the it char silly and unjust charge that the com mittee had proscribed from participa tion In the primaries Democrats who were favorable to the demands of the .Ocala platform, the Atlanta Constitu tion now graoiously "relieves the Ex ecutive Committee of that district of thgt,charge.” In yesterday’s Consti tution we And the following: Our nttontinii Is ended U» the following test* «MUl>JI«lied by the iHnnoenitle Kxeontlve Com* mltlvo of the Meeoml CongroMlotml (listriot, to govern the (trinuriee now bclrfg held in that divtiiet: It dim »1 vet I, Thnt the teat for a voter at the ‘In thU district tic that Demooratlo primaries wfian the voter# wfien clmlleiijml* shall swear that lie in good fititliv The r ‘ accepts, in good faith. The tilnlhirm <if|irlnct- Jili*- f,111,111i’i 1 Uy the NiUi.mnl lleinucrutlc Cun* venhon nt rtdcnjrn, tnul thnt the Sntli.mil Item- norntlo platform iidupied nt Chicago be the trite tile til. tent of Itetnoernoy. Thin, uf countc, ndleveit the Executive Com mittee of thul illetrict of the elmrsu thnt It linn liriMcrlbcil (non |iurtlcl|intton In the primnrlcn licinncrntn who are fnvornlilu to the Oculn pltdform. Only In the Eleventh illntrlet loin thin liven done, ntol only in one county In thnt dlntrlot, *n far ns we know—Coffee comity. We are glad to know that such n tent hnn not Iweiientnbllnhed in tlm Hooond illntrlet, an wim reported. It In-undcmnorntlc. The Constitution had its “attention called'’ to the faot that it had placed the Executive Committee of the Sec ond dlntrlot In a false light by tlic Tnx World’s Fair Exposition will go begging for funds shortly If Congress . does not grant the $6,000,000 naked for. It seetnn atrango that Congress would ba Willing to grant $80,000,000 on the river and harbor bill for tho purpose of Increasing trade and dally so long St over this $5,000,000 that will result in bringing more trade and enterprise Into tho oountry than a doxen such (.harbor appropriations. Alabama, CONGRESSMAN OATXS, of ..-made a speech at Duthau, the other day,and in It he paid this high oom- • pllment to Hou. II. G. Turner: “There Is but one man In Congress, with ’Whom I would swap records, and that la my friend, Turner, over the river, In theBeoond Georgia district. I have been In Congress twelve years, and there Is but twu votes that I would re- oall. Turner has noue to wish to re call. lie never makes n mistake.” Herald a week ago, and at the same time the teat established by the com mittee to govern the primaries was reproduced for the especial informa tion of that esteemed contemporary and Chairman Atkinson, of the Slate Executive Committee, who, taking his euo from the Constitution, doubtless, had also felt called upon to leoture our district Executive Committee. While the Constitution has been a little tardy In relieving the Executive Committee of tills district of the un just charge It helped to olroulate, It is better late than never. Its two edito rials giving oredenoe to this false charge and censuring our Executive Committee for something of whloh It had not been guilty, have been repro duced In all the Stevens organs of the district. Now will these papers be fair enough to reproduce the nbove correction? We will see. — It will be necessary to do something imiore than legislate to keep his lord- n ship, the heathen Chinee, out of Amer- -Ica. The Indianapolis News sayBt -“The Influx of Chinese to British Col umbia Is assuming large proportions. The majority of the new arrivals, after paying the Douitulon poll-tax of $60 per head, disappear and are smuggled across tho line Into the United States. The revenue collected of the Canndtan - .government from Chinese Immigrants :resched $18,000 during tho past month," According to the returns to the Federal Department of Agrfoulture, ootton planting has been delayed by unfavorable weather, and on Mny 1 only'78.8 per cent, of the intended area had been planted up to that time. The report states that 80 per nent. of the crop Is usually planted by the 15th of May) but its estimates a year ago was only 77.5 per cent, and the yield turn ed out to be the largest on record. The Government’s estimate of the acreage in cotton, whloh is the point of great. Really, It begins tolaok like pur oountry, after the lapse of more than a quarter of a century since its armies did any lighting, is going to be mined by the pensions paid to Union soldiers. The figures are startling now, and If the demands of the ambitious young Third Party with reference to pen sions should receive the sanotlon of Congress the oountry would be effec tually bankrupted. In an exoetlent article on the cost of pensions, the Philadelphia Record well says that It la several years since the pension Hat of the nation oeaaed to be a roll of honor, and became associated In the minds of the people with an or ganised system of papladllng and legalised brigandage. The era of de moralisation began with the passage of the arrears of pensions bill in 1878. tin that year the pension applications numbered 18,819. Under the stimulus of the arrears aot they rose In 1880 to 141,448. The law expired by limita tion on July 1,1880) and In 1881 the number of applications fell to 18,446. The veterans bad merely aooepted the Invitation of careless or venal legisla tors to loot the public treasury; and ever since they have been favored with many suoh opportunities. The people do not blame them, but rather the sys tem under which pensions have be come practically the rowards of un swerving political allegiance. v In the meantime the experts in and out uf Congress wrangle unceasingly over the Increased amount of pension ex penditure; which Is prevented from expanding to an appalling sum only by the snail-like progress made in considering and adjudicating the olalms of the vast army that Is still unpenstoned. Secretary Noble has asked for $147,000,000 for pensions for the next fiscal year. East year $118,- 500.000 was required for this purpose. There Is reported a defloienoy of $7,- 074,889 for the current fiscal year; and It Is likely thnt we shall pay out for pensions within a few yenro nearly 50 per oent. of the entire national expen ditures, Representative Tucker, of Virginia, has been digging into the budgets of the leading European nations to And out, If possible, what these countries of advanced civilization spend on war equipment and pensions; and some of the figures disclosed furnish a start ling and instructive comparison with the practice In this country. Great Britain’s standing army of 189,000 tnen costa pnnually $81,000,000; Franoe •pends $191,000,000 a. year on- 699,000 men; Germany’s standing army of 445.000 men costs $85,000,000 yearly; Russia has 780,000 men, coating $196,- 000,000; Austria, with 984,000 men, ex- The Democrats of Fq|$on county met on Saturday to elect delegates to the State ’Convention whloh meets on next Wednesday to Meet delegatee to the National Convention at Chleago. Judging by the reports that are printed In' the Atlanta papers, the meeting was more like a Republican pow-wow than a Demooratlo conven tion, and waa anything but oredltable to the Democracy of the Capital Glty. A compromise, between the Hill and Cleveland factions bad been previously agreed' upon, but It seems that the Olevelandltea found themselves in tbe majority when tbe crowd gathered, and proceeded to take control of the meeting and elect straightout pro nounced Cleveland delegates over tbe protests of the Hill men. After the Cleveland crowd had car ried everything Its own way and ad journed In great eonfuslon, the Hill faction and some of tbe Clerelandites who were willing to keep faith with those who had agreed upon a compro mise ticket, organised and elected "■ 1 - i ■naoptsTs Arraova a* msdiss r At the convention of Northern Methodists, in Omaha, last week, a pe tition waa introduced which had for its object the expunging from the ohuroh discipline that section which prononncea dancing as not In accord ance with religious principles. The MetbodlstB have alwayB took a very strong stand on this question, and the striking out of this section' from their'ohuroh-discipline, scores one for the liberal-minded people. Youngsters demand a recognition and they refuse to admit that light hearts and danolng feet are an indica tion of empty heads. The New York Herald takes the side of the coming generation, and argues that there is no reason why re ligion should be either sombre or gloomy. It Is not heterodox to In dulge in jolly laughter nor to allow your feet to slip gayly over the floor. The result of the discussion in the Omaha convention will be watched with considerable Interest. To-day waa a scorcher I So waa yesterday, and so to-morrow , bids fair to be. j How many times have yon said to? day, “Isn’t this hot weather I” How meny time* have you been asked the question, “Is this hot enough for yonf" The weather is always a fruitful topio of conversation, anyhow. No other topio oould have been so con stantly referred to for tbe laat ISufjj years without becoming stale. People discussed tl» weather before Christ.was born; they talked about It in Mark's time. Weather-wise fofks ns-t their eyes at tbe skies and won dered If it ever would atop raining, aa they do now-a-days-ponly now they wonder if it ever will rain I discussed the another delegation with alx Hill men anil six Cleveland men on It. Tbe result will bo that two delega tions from Fulton oounty will ask recognition at the State Convention on Wednesday. THR DKVII, TO PAV. Democrats salute you. of Glynn oounty, we Atlanta’s Cleveland and Hill com promise didn’t work. The rabble was too strong; Tiir McKinley way of cheapening things, including even the necessaries of life, Is to tax them. Evkn with the Alliance almost solid for him, Candidate Stevens is finding the road to Congress “a hard road to travel.” Sxnatou Zkh Vancx is lying seri ously III at his home near Asheville N. C. Ills relatives have been sum moned to his bedside. Tuhnkr carried Glynn county over Judge Atkinson by a majority of 940 in the primary on Saturday. Judge Atkinson stood on the Ocala platform. Now that his own oounty has de- The origin of the phrase, “the devil to pay,” Is coming In for disousslon In some of our exchanges just now, and some clever fellow has offered the fol lowing Ingenious account of It: i The phrase in question doubtless originated, says he,In a printing office on the occasion of the Saturday night's settlement of weekly accounts. The publisher, with scanty purse, receives the ominous call of the foreman When the publisher settles up one ac count after another, and at length de clares, ‘-That’s the last cent,” the fore man exclaims: “But you’ve forgot— there’s th8 devil to pay.” The learned Augusta Chronicle pro nounces this quite n plausible theory, but suggests that a more literary, if not more satisfactory origin of the phrase may be found In Thomas Moore's couplet on a cast of Sheri-, dan’s hand— Good nt n light, hut hotter nt plnv, God-llko In giving, but tho dovit to pay. olared against him and his Ocala plat form, the Brunswick Times advises Judge Atkinson to withdraw from the Congressional race. EniToit Orubr, of the Darien Ga zette, is one of the best paragraphers in the State. He has a happy knack for boiling things down; and there is an Idea In every sentenpo of the mat ter he prints; Tnx but est Interest tills season, will be triads Ex-Srnator John Jamxs Ingalls, -delegate-at-large from Kansas, Is the , Administration candidate for perma- i -nent chairman of the Minneapolis 'Convention, and ex-Colleotor Jacob Sloat Fassett, of Now York, Is the nntl-Adinlniatratiou candidate, or, at least, Platt’s candidate, whom the ' other antl-Harrlsim leaders are likely to take up. Ingalls la seleoted, It Is said, In spite of former differences with the Administration, because he is now on friendly terms with Presi dent Harrison, favors him in prefer ence to the other candidates, and Is the ablest and fairest presiding officer who will be at the convention. on June 1; but the May report gives a preliminary foreunat which points to a decrease of 18.8 per cent. It is too early aa yet for definite information oil this subject, and the results In previous years have been so greatly at variance with the early foresltodow- ings of the crop statisticians that but little dependence is now placed upon the April data as a guide to the Anal out-turn of ootton. punds annually $49,000,000, or $9,000,000 more than the oust of the United States army of a paltry 90,000 men. Father of Waters Is giving trouble along Its banks. It seems bent on sweeping everything within ten miles of Its banks through parts of Louisiana and Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. This is good news which reaobes us from Germany: Col. Murpliy has suc ceeded In inducing the Emperor to eat a dodger made of American corn meal, and our meal Is now to be used in the German army. German millers are ordering machinery for grinding maize. If Col. Murphy has created demand for our great product abroad he has done more work than all the Ministers and Consuls sent out by the Harrison admtnstratlon. Some brainy Georgians have flourished on hoe- cake. Christ’s disciples weather question and mode mistakes in forecasting storms, just as our weather prophets do now. For dldn 1 they get caught out in a gale ouce that threatened destruction to the party? Man is privileged to disouss the momentous question of a rise or fall in the thermometer or Darometer. It Is our right, given to man with tho ore- ation of Adam, handed down through the intervening ages, and no man shall gainsay the privilege. So talk about $he weather, rail at It if it does not suit you, give it a good,' old-fashioned blessing-out If It gets too uncomfortable, and relieve your feelings by trying to make your neighbor think that it is worse thaw' it is. The weather oan stand it, for of all hard-headed, seir-willed,do-as-I-please things, that will continue In a course of action known to be emphatically disapproved of, and generally detri mental to all human and humane in terests, recommend to us the weather. It is the essenoe of contrariness and conceit boiled down. It can exhibit more brass in utterl; disregarding all importunings nn modest petitions than the most un grateful newly-eleoted member of Con gress that ever lived. And It will keep on the even tenor of its way with a smiling, joyous front that exasper ates nearly to madness. Oh, for a wise, far-seeing weather clerk to dispense the weather In -just suoh packages as meet publio approval, and marked hot, cold, stormy or olear to suit individual demands. n- f T Muimmj- la Albauf. To the Editor of the HERALD. To a When pension lists are compared Thn functions and powers of politi cal party exeoutive committees, and the relative authority whloh they have, or are presumed to have, over eaoh other, and wbioh, In turn, they exercise over their respeotlve constit uencies, are being brought under serious consideration by differences that have arisen between Democrats functions and Chicago has a musical prodigy In the person of little Ella Breidt, a U- jrear-old daughter of a German fam ily. Seated upon a high piano stool, -over tbe edge of which her tiny feet ■acaroely showed, she played aweet auualo to a large gathering of must- •clans and music loving people a few .eveuluga ago. The programme was ; -composed of selections from Moiart, -Beethoven and many other famous old masters, and these she performed in a .wanner whloh was marvelous, consld- -orlng her age. In addition to being .an infant pianist, she is also a com poser, and alte played two little gems of her own composition, a birthday greeting and an impromptu. Among the many ludicrous personal notices published in the New York Herald, the following recently ap peared : -A Southern young mail, well cdm-tited. ro- fliie.t highly cultliri-il ami of the best sooinl standing, would many a lady of menus; ear- t-e*|>oodence solicited. Address Sontlionicr I’ost Office ho.\ .*•<>. \ages'.a, da.” What is the matter with Augusta ..young ladies? Are there no eligible parties omvng them? We extend our heart, felt sympathies to a young man who is forced to the extremity of nd- . veriising for a wife to cheer him oil bis lonely way through life. And lie,,, . , -lie 11 B° with executive , puts the question so modestly, too In the State. The powers ot our Demooratlo committees, relatively and severally, are coming up for disousslon throughout the Second Congressional dlatrlot, and increased interest in the subject will be develop ed by the correspondence between Hon. O. B. Stevens and Col. C. B. Wooten, the two opposing candidates for Congress, whose letters are pub lished elsewhere in tbe Hrrald. The subject ia one upon wliloh we are all entitled to our own opinions and Upon whloh there will, of course, be diverse opinions. As the Hkrald under stands Democratic party polity, every exeoutive committee, National, State, Dlatrlot and Couuty, is n power unto Itself, and lias distinctive and conclu sive control over the affairs properly coming within its jurisdiction. Rel atively speaking, no committee, sim ply because its provincial duties lie In a higher sphere of our politieni sys tem, has any authority over another. In other words, the State Committee has no control or authority overtt dis trict committee, nor a district com mittee over a county committee, mit- I side of or beyond what! may be termed j advisory. One committee occupying a j higher position in our political system than another can advise and rceom- ■ mend, but its rulings or decrees enn- I not be properly construed as m.-tnda- t tory. Discretionary powers necessar- ■uithority, and the disparity becomes still more glar ing. Last year the United States paid for pensions nearly $60,000,900 in ex- oeaaof the pension Hats of all the aountrles above named. Great Britain paid for pensions in 1801 about $97,- 000,000; Franoe, $99,000,000; Germany, $18,000,000; Russia, $18,000,000, and Austria, $19,000,000. In these coun tries the sums paid for pensions are not 0 per oent. of the total expenses for govermental purposes; in the United States It was 88 per cent- last year, and will be 40 per cent, next year. These figures are suggestive; yet no one on either side In Congress appears to have the courage to apply the knife to tho -colossal pension •buses that mail sooner or later be ex tirpated. Thk disgraceful wrangle whloh the Democrats of Fulton county had in their mass meeting on Saturday, re sulting In the election of two delega tions to the State Convention which meets on Wednesday, was the legiti mate outcome of the very unwise, im politic and undemocratic policy that has been .pursued by the Constitution and the Journal in their rivalry as ad. vocatea, respectively, of Hill and Cleveland. It is to be hoped that the foolish rivalry of the two Atlanta papers will not be allowed to assert Itself In the State Convention on Wed nesday; Australia wants 195,000 square feet at the World’s Fair, and she promises an astonishing and unique exhibit.. Let her have twice that apace if she asks for It. Australia is our dearest sister, should be, at any rate, for next to America, ahe is the moat promising country of the globe. Bellamy says ahe la the future country of the earth, though we are not quite willing to accord Iter thnt honor. We do say, however, that she should have all the apace desired at Chicago for *93. REfHKSKNTATirK Sayrxs, of Texas, in extenuation of the large aggregate of the appropriation bills passed by the House, shows that $60,000,000 re. quired for tlic payment of additional pensions and subsidies are n legacy from the Billion Congress. The laws authorizing these expenditures cannot bo repealed as long as the Senate re mains in the control i)f the opposition, and lienee tho money must be provided ns a matter of necessity, not choice. On Saturday tbe Ohilds-Drexel Home for Aged Union Printers, at Colorado Springs, was dedioated in the presence of an immense crovvd of people, of whom fully two-thirds were printers. Messrs. George' W. Childs, of the Phil adelphia Ledger, and Anthony Drexel, a prominent banker' of Philadelphia, •re the foremost patrons of tbe enter prise, aud the Rome was dedicated on the 08d anniversary of the birthday of Mr. Childs. The Home ia located about one ntlle from Colorado Springs and ia constructed of white lava stone, with red sandstone trimmings. The style Is Renaissance and the construc tion cost $60,000. The Home la four stories in height and 144 feet front, with a depth of 40 feet. It has three towers, with baleonies extending along both sides and on every story. Thomas county Democrats held a big meeting yesterday, and the Alli- Tiik Indianapolis News prints the following interesting item of news: “An Englishman is experimenting with a scheme which, if perfected, will ’ prevent the rolling of Steamships. II is idea is that a self-adjusting weight [’will preserve the poise of the vessel. I He lias- made experiments which re- ) stilted satisfactorily, the resistance be- ■ “would marry a lady of means.” There eTer 7 executive committee.can call and j j found sufficient to reduce the roll . . .... ... its own im>4»fin<rc cmiron. . . ... ing motion materially. Should i-t be is no brashness about thnt youth. n<! |regulate its own meeting; ' tea- not demand iliings with the 1 ,ums °f P*'mane* as maj seem best foun( | p OSS inie to control the motion of [galliot-beaded impetuosity of youth. su . ltc . ° le c 'j lu 1 'P 115 °' ),aln j large vessels, one of tbe great draw- lie just quietjy and' coolly remarks !" 1 11,1 le n* 111 3 » ‘ts jurisdiction, j ], n0 ^ s t0 ocean travel would he, gotten bat “Barkis is: v» tilin’,”-provided the 1 About fiajjto’ \ytrth of l)y lias means,' Vto wish him sue-1 went up in smoke at Jacksonville on ) in his projeot. 1 Sunday. property rid of.” The traveling public will oall down blessings ou tbe head of that man <f blsexperlment succeeds. ance was in the saddle. Stevens was unanimously Indorsed for Congress, resolutions condemning the action of the district Executive Committee were adopted, and the meeting took a wide range. Even the World’s Fair came in for a resolution with reference to having the show closed on Sunday, and the resolutions adopted on va rious candidates and subjects take up three columns in the Thomusville pa pers. They even jumped on that gal lant old veteran and tried and true Democrat, Cant. John Triplett, by electing parson Jim Eus’iin to take liis place on the district Executive Committee. To one who knows the people of Thomas, it is very apparent, from reading the report of the pro ceedings, that the Alliance lias every thing its envn way down there, and that the local place hunters have all fallen into line with them and are vie- ing with each other in nets and words of toadyism as nearly up toward the head of the procession as tuey can get in the soramble. stranger it is the quietest of quiet places. The congregations at the churches are not large, hut the population are away from the public streets. '- At night the churches arc better at tended tlinn at noon. What a mixed population thetown has got, to bo sure! Last night, during the hours of divine service, right across from the Baptist church, the parlors and linlls of a Jew ish residence were aflame with light. In the church the anthems of praise to God were being said and sung. Across the street, the giddy danoe, “Hands all round,” “Change corners I” made the welkin ring. Do these people observe a Sabbath? They do not observe the Christian Sabbath, and have none of their own. They pretend to call Saturday their Sabbath, but their shops on that day are always open. To a stranger it looks as if they might observe the rule, “When you are in Rome, do as Rome does.” A Stranger from Chicago. Albany, Ga, May 16. Our old young friend and former townsman, John C. Lehman, now a Death at aa lafaal. Tile remains of tbe infant son of Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Odom, of Leesburg, were interred in the Oakvlew ceme tery at Albany Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The funeral party were met at the afternoon train by the Rev. E. B. Car- roll aud mnny friends of Mr. and Mrs. Odom. This is the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Odom that lias died within a year, and their many friends in Alba ny and Leesburg, sympathize deeply with them in their bereavement. prominent and prosperous clt’zen of Brunswlok, took an active part in the Turner-Atkinson contest In Glynn oounty, and Is among those who are entitled to congratulations upon the result of the primary election on Sat urday. He was the challenger at the polls for the Turner side, and waa “in the thick of the tight.” John received his early training in the sohool of politics in Dougherty county, and is a hustler. He always hustles on the Democratic side, too. In the cellar under Morris Mayer’s establishment there is a contrivance that furnishes unbounded amusement for the clerks, but almost terrifies the life out of those who arc daily victim ized by it. The machine owes its origin to the fertile imagination of 51 r. J. Loreh. The cellar i8 pretty dark, and just as some unsuspecting darky enters and gets to the bottom of the stairs, his knees begin to shake and his hair to rise, for just in front of him, dimly distinguishable in the light -of a low-burning lamp, is a shrouded corpse, slowly swinging to and fro in a coffin. There is generally a territioii shriek or two, accompanied by an impromptu call for mercy, and an ashy-faced Negro eotnes up the cel lar stairs three steps at a time. One Aa Alkaalaa Rf«a«red. On Saturday evening Mr. Ed Jones received a communication from Mr. L. W. Haskell, President of the Military Agricultural College, of Cuth- bert, inviting him to deliver an ad- .J dress during commencement exerclseai^ of ' before the leading literary society i the college. Mr. Jones, after giving the matter some consideration consented, and, on the evening of the 80th of May, will deliver an address on the subjeot of “Drifting.” Albany la proud to send one of her sons to deliver a commencement ad dress at any of the Georgia oolleges, and espeolally pleasethtosend one who will so gallantly upholdlhe reputation that our city has for produolng men of unusual mental ability. Tbe society and Mr. Jones both have the congratulations of ’the Herald. ■aid tm Uw Ham. Alderman Cassidy, a direct descend ant of Brin, and Citizen M. Crine, a native of the Fatherland, were looking at a job lot of brlerwood pipes in Mayor Gilbert's drug store Monday. Picking up one with a broad Imita tion amber mouthpiece, Mr. Crine oommended It to Mr. Cassidy’s favor with the remark, “Take this one; It would Just suit an Irishman.” “No,” replied Tammuny, “the stem is too short and big; it would suit a Dutchman better.” “No, by gum, it wouldn’t do for a Dutchman—he couldn’t keep his nose out of it.” And then they laughed and went- round the corner to “see a man.” old fellow, who lind to walk, with a stick, when lie saw the dread appari tion, forgot bis lameness, and from the strength of-his voice and thengility wltlt which he mounted rhe steps, one would have thought be hud discovered the elixir of life. mimnarr at Itnnil. Summer is upon us. 'Tis not the weatlier^hat indicates, ’tis not the nesting of the birds. (Do birds nest in the summer?) Anyhow, summer is close at hand, for Albany has again come back to its hot weather custom of closing stores at 6 o’clook. And now, for the next three months, the clerk may have eacli evening for his own, to_ spend in the bosom of his family or with his best girl. As, at a few minutes after 6 o’clock, lie wends his weary way homeward, he / may have tile extremely, pleasant an ticipation of taking his time to read the Evening. Herald without being harassed by fear of reaching the store behind time. _ Yes,“summer is here. —The' refrigerators will now begin to gorge themselves upcc i:c, while .... . . '