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VOL. i.
NATIONAL CAPITAL 1
THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS
AT WORK.
Daily Routine of Rotli Houses Briefly
Outlined.
THE HOUSE.
Thursday —The house spent ail of
Thursday, in discussing the Holman reso
lution, providing for the retrenchment of
government expenditures, and announc
ing the house as opposed to subsidiesand
boumies. The purpose of this resolu
tion was simply to commit to retrench
ment and to repeal of subsidy and bounty
laws. This congress proposes to repeal
ail the permanent appropriations except
those upon which the credit of the gov
ernment depends. In this repeal will be
included the subsidies and bounties
passed by the late congress, and now in
existence.
Friday. —ln the bouse, Friday,the un
finished business of Thursday, being a
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the previous question was ordered on
Mr. Holman’s resolution, was taken up.
Mr. Holman withdrew his motion to re
consider, saying he had come to the con
clusion that the stc >nd resolution was
broad enough to cover any and all proper
L'gal appri Jpriations. It would include
ail such legislation as private pension
bills and the like. A Division of the
■question was had, however, and it was
taken on the first resolution, which reads
asfollows: “Resolved, That, in the
judgment of this house the granting of
subsidies or bounties by congress
in money, public lands, bonds, or by
indorsement, or by pledge of public
credit to promote special private indus
tries or enterprises of corporations, inde
pendent of the question of the constitu
tional power of congress to make such
grants, is unjust and impoiyic, and in
manifest conflict with the spirit of our
republican institutions, as it directly
tends to create and foster the wealth of
favored classes at the expense of the
whole people, who bear the burdens of
government, and manifestly furnish un
due facilities for the enlargement of
great private estates—a policy which the
government of the people cannot justly
or safely encourage by any form of favor
itism in legislation.” It was adopted—
yeas 229; nays, 40. The question was
then taken on the second resolution,
which is asfollows: Resolved, In view
of the present condith n of the treasury,
and because an efficient afld honest gov
ernment can only be assured by the frugal
expenditure of public money, while un
necessary and lavish expenditure ll , under
any and all conditions, lead inevitably to
venal and corrupt methods in public af
fairs. no money ought to be appropriated
by congress from the public treasury ex
cept such as is manifestly necessary to car
ry on the several departments frueally, ef
ficiently and hones ly aciuistered.” The
resolution agreed to—yeas, 164; nays, 93.
Representative Alexander, of North
Carolina, introduced a bill relating to
“gambling in agricultural products.”
This gambling, according to the bill, is
defined to be a contract to sell future de
livery coin, wheat, oats, rye, barley, etc.,
the contractor or seller not being the
owmer or agent ef the owner at the time
of the making of the contract. The bill
excludes fiom mails any letters, pos
tal cards or circulars concern
ing gambling in agricultural pro
ducts and checks, drafts, bills, money,
postal notes, or money orders for use for
such a purpose. It also excludes from
the mails newspapers, circulars, pam
phlets, or publications of any kind con
taining advertisements, telegraphic re
ports or other aaticles giving quo'ations
of any market relating to gambling in
agricultural products. A tax of $2 per
word is levied on each interstate tele
graph or telephone message used for or in
aid of the gambling referred to in the act.
Among other bills introduced and re
ferred were the following : To test the
method of spelling schools and appropri
ating SIOO,OOO to establish a spelling
school at the World’s fair ; Placing salt,
lumber, nails, cotton ties, binding twine
and agricultural implements on the free
list ; To place salt on the free list ; For
the admi sion of Arizona as a state ; For
a public building at Bristol and Morris
town, Tenn.; Ou motion of Mr. Mere
dith, of Virginia, February 6th was set
apart for the delivery of eulogies to the
late Representative Lee, of Virginia.
Monday. —When the house met at
noon Monday Mr. Reilly, of Pennsylva
nia, a*ked unanimous consent for the im
mediate cons deration of a resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury
for information as to what amount of
money was appropriated and is available
under the act of Apri 25, 1890, relating
to the Worlds exposition at
Chicago, and wlyit amount of money so
appropriated has been expended, with
itemized statement showing to whom it
had been paid and for what purpose.
The resolution was finally adopted.
Mr. Lester, of Georgia, introduced a bill
appropriating $3,150,000 for the im
provement of the Savannah harbor.
THE SENATE.
Thorsday. —The proceedings of the
senate Thursday were brief and unim
portant. Three bills were passed, the
most important of which was the one
appropriating $300,000 for a hall of rec
ords in Washington. Including the day’s
work, sixteen bills have passed the sen
ate this session. Bills appropriating
SIOO,OOO each for the public building at
Allentown, Pa , and Fernandina, Fla .
were reported from the com uittee and
placed on the calendar. At 1:25 the sen
ate went into executive session a n d five
minutes later adjourned.
Monday. —A number of bills were in
troduced and referred in the senate.
Aqauntf them wag one by Mr, Peger 4 pro-
fMe of ia lip letoft
posing amendment to tho constitution so
as to elect the president and vice-presi
dent by the direct vote of the people.
Mr. Hale offered a resolution calling on
tho secretary of state for copies of all
agreements with other countries relating
to interchange trade, and for a report as
to the practical effect of such agreements.
The resolution wa9 laid on the table, Mr.
Hale stating that he would call it up
shortly.
NOTES.
Senator Sherman appeared in his seat
in the senate Monday for the first time
since his re-election.
Colonel Winn introduced bills Thurs
day to pei sioa the suivivors of the Creek
and Florida wars; also allowing the
court of claims I o pass upon claims of
persons who lo9t horse sand othe£ prop
erty while in the service of the army;
O’Neal, of Massachusetts, has set the
department in a flurry by proposing to
introduce a bill providing that they shall
work eight instead of six and a half
hours daily.
Mr. Enloo, of Tennessee, introduced a
bill, Thursday, piovidmg that not-ex
c eding SSOO shall be appropriated to
wards the burial expenses of any de
ceased senator or representative,
also to perfect the records of the Georgia
troops in the union army.
Avery nice fight i3 going on between
the majority and minority repor: of the
committees. Rusk, leads the majority
side of the discussion. The minority
opposes clerks to all committees, because
several committees do lb tie work, make
no reports and need no clerks, Dickin
son, of Kentucky, Carlisle’s successor,
represents the minority.
In his prayer at the opening of the
house Friday morning Chaplain Milburn
spoke in feeling terms of the death of
the Duke Clarence, and prayed that the
queen, father and mother and affianced
bride might find that consolation which
the palace and hovel alike need in the
love of Jesus Christ. He also remember
ed the late Cardinal Manning, and asked
that his example might stir up men
to a more faithful consecration to Him
who died for us—prince, cardinal and
pauper.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections heard an argument Thurs
day in the contested election case of Da
vidson vs. Call, involving the possession
of the seat held by Senator Call as the
representative of Florida. General Ilun
ton, counsel for Mr. Davidson, in his ar
gument reviewed the proceedings of the
legislature in electing Call, and spoke of
the subsequent issue of the certificate of
election to Mr. Davidson. Mr. Call rest
ed his case without argument and the
committee took the matter under consid
eration.
A Washington dispatch of Sunday
says: Although the house has not
been able to act upon any of the hun
dreds of bills that have been introduced
by its members, the senate is now in full
tide of legislation. Dozens of bills have
already passed that body and beeu sent
over to the house. Among them are
several bills making appropriations for
public buildings, the class of mea-ures
which representatives very much wish to
father. Work is to be kept up this week
and as there are already thirty-seven of
these bids on the senate calendar within
easy reach, members of the hou c c will
probably suffer some loss of prestige in
the eyes of their constituents through the
activity of the senate. There is little be
yond these measures, as yet. for the sen
ate to act upon.
THE DEAD PRINCE.
Special Funeral Services to he Held
Throughout, the Kingdom.
A Loudon cablegram says: Saturday
the coffin containing the remains of
Prince Albert Victor were removed from
Sandringham house to Parish church,
which was draped with crape and
adorned with flowers. The prince of
Wales and his family attended service
there Sunday. Special funeral services
will be held throughout the country, and
many notables will attend those to be
held at Westminster abbey and Chapel
itoyal in London. All sermons heard in
Loudon Sunday contained references to
the affliction which has befallen the
royal family.
KILLING OFF GARZA’S MEN.
Two Huudred and Fifty Suspects aud
Revolutionists Shot.
Dispatches of Friday from Rio Grande
City state that the Mexican military of
ficials have sent out a list of persons who
are suspected to be the leaders in the
revolution. A number of whom are al
ready under arrest. On the list appears
the name of Kuiz Sandoval, the Mexican
revolutionist and general, who the Mexi
cans think is implicited in this movement
and who is known to be at New Orleans,
where he is in business of such magnitude
that he could not afford to give it up and
attempt another revolution.
THE GIRLS OUT.
Big Strike in a Collar Factory in Troy,
Jiew York.
Six hundred apgry collar girls and two
or three hundred men and boys, employ* s
in the big factory of Cluett & Cos., at
Troy, N. Y., went out on a strike Fri
day. The cause of the outbreak was the
substitution of starching machines, etch
of which may throw eight girls out of
employment. Oneimplusive miss threw
a handful of mud at the building. This
was the signal for a general fu-ilade, and
in a few moments the handsome trio of
shops were fair If plastered up to the sec
ond story with mud, and the situation
grew so serious that tho entire police
reserve was called out,
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22,1892.
THROUGH .DIXIE.
MFWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
rorming* an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
Snow fell at Mobile, Ala., Thursday
night, the first since 18S6.
A. Horscborg, of Birmingham, the
leading merchiut of Alabama has failed
with liabilities of $150,000 and assets ol
$125,000.
B. W. Ballard & Cos., of Frauklin, N.
C., general merchandise and dealers in
cotton, failed Friday. Their liabilities
are reported to be thirtty thousand dol
lars, the assets not being stated.
The Palmetto brewery, at Charleston,
S (1, the largest establishment of iis
kind in the south, was destroyed by fire
Sunday. The origin of the Are is not
known. The plant cost over one hun
dred thousand dollars. The insurance
aggregates $48,000.
A Raleigh dispatch says: Secretary E.
G. Harrell received notice Saturday that
the executive committee of the Southern
Educational Association is called to meet
at Atlanta February sth, to choose the
time and place for the next annual session
and prepare the programme.
The creditors of J. 11. Cox, who open
ed a large grocery store in Anniston a
few weeks since, seized his goods Friday.
Cox seems to have partly paid for his
goods with draf s on Pittsburg banks,
which came back unpaid, with the infor
mation that he had no money there.
James Hoctor and his sister, Mrs. Ma
mie Fitzpatrick, of Savannah, great
great-grand-children of Sir Francis Drake,
have received letters from English law
yers asking them to send them all the
facts in connection with their claim to
Drake’s reputed estate of $50,000,000.
A Savannah lawyer is now preparing the
papers.
A Louisville dispatch of Sunday states
that the Fall City Insurance Company,
of that city, has re-insurred its $153,-
500,000 risks in the London and Lan
cashire and will go into liquidation. The
Uuion Insurance Company, of Louisville,,
has re-insured in the Germau-American,
of New York, and will alsogo.outof
buiiness.
A Mobile dispatch of Thursday says :
The Alabama and Tombigbee rivers are
on the rampage, having risen with un
precedented rapidity during the last, for
ty pight hours. The Alabama is up for
ty feet above low water at Selma,
and the Coosa is up fifty feet at We
tumpka, and the Tombigbee and War
rior rivers are very high.
Two failures occurred at Columbia,
Tenn., Thursday. McEwcu &Jlale, dry
goods merchants, made a general assign
ment; liabilities $25,000; the stock is
valued at $15,000, balance in notes and
accounts; assets $21,000. Lucius Frver
son made a deed of trust of his real estate
and bonds to secure debts amounting to
$50,000; his assets are about $40,000.
A Raleigh dispatch of Saturday says:
Official notice is given by the secretary
of the state board of agriculture, of the
unanimous adoption, by that board, of a
resolution introduced by W. R. Wil
liams, calling on the farmers of North
Carolina to reduce the cotton acreage 20
per cent., and to plant food crops, and to
pay special attention to diversification of
crops. 9
The grand Tenn.,
on Monday, returned indictments against
P. C. Hambaugh, president ; R. 11. Poin
dexter, cashier, and George S. Irwin, one
of the directors of the defunct Franklin
bank. They are charged with grand lar
ceny and embezzlement. The failure of
the Franklin bank, a little over a year
ago, occasioned several big firms to col
lapse, and the total liabilities weie nearly
one million dollars.
A Richmond dispatch says: The mes
sage of Governor McKinney, transmitting
to the general assembly the report of the
state commissioners, which, in conjunc
tion with the Olcott committee, reached
a basis of settlement of the Virginia
debt, was laid before the general assern
bly Thursday. The two papers will be
referred to a special joint committee,
composed of the senate aud house finance
committees, the lieutenant governor an 1
the speaker of'the house, with instruc
tions to report by bill or otherwise. No
gerious opposition to the terms of the set
tlement is anticipated.
CARDINAL MANNING DIES.
The Fell Destroyer Cuts Down the
Aged Prelate.
A London cablegram says: Cardinal
Manning
after a lingering illness, followed by in
fluenza. His eminence, Henry Edward,
cardinal priest Roman church and Arch
bishop of Westminster, son of the late
Win, Manning, Esq., M. P., merchant of
London, was born at Petterilge, Hert
fordshire, July 15 th, 1808.
The cardinal c ontinued to grow weaker
and weaker during the night. He was,
able, however, to join in the prayers
which were being offered at the bedsi Je.
His Eminence continued these suplica
tions for divine mercy until half pas
seven, when he became unconscious and
his death calm, and he passed away evi
dently niihout pain. Telegrams of re
gret from all pal-ts of the world are being
received.
ANOTHER CARDINAL DIES.
Another dispatch of Thursday fr m
Rome announces the death of Cardinal
Simeoni, formerly papal secretary of
stato and prefect genera! of the propa
ganda. His deajli was due to an attack
of influenza, from which he bad been
suffering for several days,
STATUS OF TRADE
For Past Week as Given by Dunn &
Co.’s Agency.
ffusipess failures occurring throughout
til,*country during week.ended Jan. 15,
as reported by R. G. Dunn & Cos., num
ber, for the Uuited States, 287; Canada,
43; total, 330, against 435 last week,
eight days.
Vt was suggested two weeks ago that
cxpoits in December were likely to be
extraordinarily large. Preliminary re
ports just issued indicate that the exports
in lhat month were probably the largest
ev' r known, for, while no increase ap
pears in cotton and exports of provisions,
cttle and oil were slightly less than a
y< i r ago, a gain of $20,100,000 appears
ip breadstuffs, making a net increase in
the. principal items of $17,540,854, or
nc irly 28 per cent, indicating that the
aggregate exports for the mont.h will
probably exceed $116,000,000 against
about $98,000,000 last year, when the
amount was greater than it had ever been
in any month.
The exports of flour increased 50 per
cert, and exports of wheat 15,600,000
buThels against 4,800,000 bushels last
year, while the exports of cotton are 48,-
000,000 pounds greater in quantity
though no increase appears in value,
oy/ing to low prices. Alhese enormous
exports overshadow all other features in
t'.e commercial situation. They insure
lAf.-ge supplies of money, if ever needed,
hat at present the markets are every-
well supplied, except at southern
points, and better supplied there than a
week ago.
THE IRON MARKET.
Another fact of large importance is
that the iron output was not diminished
in December as is usual, owing to the
stoppage of furnaces during the holidays,
but was 188,082 tons Weekly against 188,-
135 December Ist and 167,599 a year ago.
The depression of business at the south
On account of the low prices of cotton
still continues.
• Breadstuffs have been much weaker
si: ce the publication of the government
n ports and wheat has fallen 1£ cents,
c-hu If cents and oats fof a cent. Ex
perts and receipts continue large, though
colder and less favorable weather, to some
extant, restricts the movement. Coffee
is. unchanged and oil has advanced 3
c;nts. Cotton fell to 7.37 cents during
the week, the lowest price for forty-three
;• ears, but has since recovered to 7.56
r nts, though receipts and stocks are re
markably large. Depression at the south
i‘> not relieved by the talk at the cotton
e invention, and probably cannot be in
‘Afm wny except by free sales of cotton
which is now held for higher prices.
A FEARFUL FLASH.
Powder Mills Blow Up, Wreaking
Death and Destruction
A Cincinnati telegram Speci#s
from cities near Ceredo, W. Va., tell
of the terrific explosion of the
Phoenix powffir mill# Monday morning,
which w r as %ry destructive to life.
Phoenix mill is situated at Central City,
ueur Ceredo, and about half way l&-
tween Huntington, W. Va., and Catletts
burg, Ky. This is the third explosion at
this mill in three months, and is by all
odds %c most destructive one.
It has been ascertained that the first
explosion was in the glazing room, where
there were ten tons of powder. Thus
the packing house, magazine
and four wheel mills, and, lastly, a car
load of gunpowder went hurling in the
fiery fragments through the air. Not a
vestige of the ent.re plant remains, and
the country for half a mile aronnd is
strewn with fragments of the buildings
and of the bodies of five men, victims of
the disaster. It is not known definitely,
but it is believed that no less chan thir
ty-five tons of powder were burned in the
several explosions.
THE DUKE IS DEAD
An Heir Apparent to England’s Throne
Passes Away.
A London cablegram, in announcing
the death of Prince Clarence, Duke of
Avondale, says: When theso'emn tolling
of the great bells in St. Paul’s cathedral
were heard Thursday morning they con
veyed to everyone within hearing of ,their
deep mouthed booming the fact that the
Duke of Clarence and Avondale had
passed away. The bells in St. Paul are
never tolled save od the occasion of the
death of the heir to the throne, and
therefore no further information was nec
essary for the people of London to make
them aware that after a gallant struggle
the duke had finally succumbed.
• The announcement of his death caused
far less commotion in London than was
expected, but this was, no doubt, due to
the fact that nearly everybody had given
up hope Wednesday, and believed that
death was sure to claim the duke.
DRAWING TO A HEAD.
Affairs at Coal Creek Hay Yet Termi
nate in Bloodshed.
A Knoxville dispatch of Friday says:
The convict and state militia forces at
Coal Creek are each being increased al
most daily. Whether this means immedi
ate fight or not no one can tell. It is evi
dent to a casual observer that unless the
guy ing ceases od the part of the troops and
the miners that bloodshed must follow.
The accidental killing of a colored con
vict Thursday by a soldier has caused
fomethtng of a-mutiny in the couvict
camp and the miners look at it as an out
rage on humanity and arc discussing it in
a serious manner. It is positively an
nounced that no convicts will be re urced
to Oliver Springs. The miners were
paid off Siturday and if trouble results in
the near future it wiU be within fifty
hours.
THE WIDEWORLD.
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND
CABLE CULLINGS *
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
The German landtag was opened in
Berlin Thursday by Chancellor Von Cap
rivi.
The wholesale boot and shoe house of
Aluutt, Nixon & Goldsborougb, in Bal
timore, failed Friday.
A cablegram of Friday states that ne
gotiations between Spain and France for
a treaty of commerce have failed of re
sult.
The twenty-fourth annual convention
of the National American Woman’s
Suffrage Association began in Washing
ton Saturday.
An appeal for aid has been issued in
behalf of the destitute families of the
miners who lost their lives by the explo
sion at Kebs, N. M.
The works of the Waterbury Brasi
Company at Waterbury, Conn., were de
stroyed by fire Thursday night, Th<
loss is $260,000; insurance, $187,000.
A dispatch of Thursday says: The
different organizations interested in the
reform movement will hold a conference
in St. Louis to decide the question of put*
ting a national ticket in the field.
A cablegram of Friday from Madrid
fays: The negotialions between Spain
and Frarce for a treaty of commerce
have failed of result. After the first ol
February next ihe maximum tariff of
each country will be applied to the im
ports from the other.
A dispatch of Friday from Lisbon,
Portugal, says: The premier has an
nounced in the Cortes that the ministry
had resigned owing to its inability tc
find a successor to Senor Cavalhoas min
ister of finance, and shat the king had
accepted the resignation of the ministry.
The embarrassed cotton and wool com
mission firm of Joseph 11. Coates & Cos.,
at Philadelphia, made an assignment
Thursday afternoon to Horace H. Fritz.
The assignment is made by Joseph H.
Coates, Harrison B. Schell und John
Walter Gummey, individually and as the
firm of Coates & Cos.
A telegram of Friday from St. Louis
reports that a movement is on foot to or
ganize anew company to fight the Amer
ican tobacco cigarette trust. One mil
lion dollars will b# the new company’s
capitalization, and three hundred thou
sand dollar*’ worth of new cigarette ma
chines have already been purchased.
A Washington dispatch of Monday
says: The collection of internal revenue
for the the first six months of the fiscal
year, ending J tine 30, 1891, wee $77.-
i24,990, b ing an increase of $1,427,847
as compared, with collections for the cor
responding period last year. Receipts
for December, 1891, were $3,112 less
than the receipts for December, 1890.
Dan Talmage’s Sons, the well-known
New York-merchandise brokers and au
thorities on rice, advise through the Asso
ciated Press lhat the farmeis of the south
cultivate rice wherever the cotton growth
is curtailed, stating that it is the most
profitable of southern products. The
gross results are from S4O to $75 per acre.
The cost of cultivation is $35 and less.
A New York dispatch of Friday says
that notice has been given by order of
the national committee of the prohibition
party that the national convention of
that party lo nominate candidates for
president and vice president of the
United States and to transact such other
business as may properly come before it,
will assemble in Music hall, in the city of
St. Louis, Mo., at 10 o’clock a. m.,
Wednesday, Januaty 29th.
COLD AND INFLUENZA
Both Seem to he Having Their Own
Way in the Northwest.
A Chicago dispatch of Saturday says:
Specia's from various portions of the
state indicate that the prevailing cold
wave is one of the most severe of aDy
in recent years. At Vandalia the ther
mometer stood 1G degrees below; Dan-
MM*. 16 degrees; Fairbury, 13 degrees.
At Fairpo't, in the northern part of the
state, the mercury went down to 30 de
grees, anl at Belvidere, another north
ern city, 22 degrees was reached. Dixon
reports 21 degrees below, with no imme
diate prospect of a change to warmer
weather.
From several points an alarming in
crease of influenza is reported as one of
the results of the cold snap. Singularly
enough there have been no fatalities re
ported on account of the extreme cold.
The death rate from grip, however,
seems greatly increased, especially among
the more aged persons, •
THE SHORTAGE GROWS.
Latest from the Broken National Bank
at Wilmington, N. C.
A dispatch of Thursday from Wilming
ton, N. C., says: In reference to the
wrecked First National bank the outlook
for the.depositors and the stockholders
is more discouraging than it was at first,
as it now transpires that instead of a de
ficiency of over one hundred thousand
dollars, there is in reality a shortage of
$226 000. Since the examination began
certificates of deposit have turned up for
which no equivalent in money appears.
The interesc, however, was regularly paid
on some, if not all of these certificates,
but this has been one of the important
items which has contributed to the in
crease of the liabilities. There is no
news of the absconcjiog cashier, H. M
Bowdeq
NO 40
LEFT UNDONE.
It isn’t the thing yon do, dear.
It’s the thing you’ve left undone;
Which gives you a bit of headache
At the setting of the sun;
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write.
The flower you might have sent,"
~ Are your haunting ghosts to-ni&
The stone you might have lifted
Out of a brother’s way.
The bit of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say
The loving touch of the hand, dear.
The gentle and winsome tone,
That you had no time or thought for
With troubles enough of your own
The little act of kindness,
So easily out of mind;
Those chances to be angels
Which every mortal finds—
They come in night and silence—
Each chill, reproachful wraith—
When hope Is faint and flagging,
And a blight has dropped on faith.
For life is all too short, dear.
And sorrow is all too great.
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late.
And it’s not the thing you do, dear,
It’s the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you the bit of headache
At the setting of the sun.
—Margaret E. Songster.
IIUMOR OF THE DAY.
An old-timer—The sun-dial.
The golden mien—Putting on airs.
A blunder buss—Kissing the wrong
girl. —Pittsburg Dispatch.
A shrinking little thing—Your last
dollar when it’s changed.
When a man makes a dyo museum of
his head he looks like a freak.
Visitors would sometimes like to
make a precocious child smart.— Buffalo
Truth.
The man with an elastic step probably
wears Congress gaiters. Binghamton. Re
publican.
The small child is likely to look a gift
horse in the mouth, and to put it there,
too. — Puck.
The initial is the refuge which save3 a
child from the names which a patent
can inflict.— Judge.
There is always plenty of room at the
top, because we all want to get in on the
ground floor.— Puck.
The man carried away with enthu
siasm is frequently brought back witk
disgust.— Texas Siftings.
“Ah! this is the lap ol luxury,”
purred the old cat, as she stole the rich
cream from a pau of milk.
The reason why the ocean is so often
called treacherous must be because it is
full of craft.— Boston Post.
A few statistics never fail to soon
satisfy an audience if they are thor
oughly dry.— Galveston News.
“You’re a dead loss to yourself” is
the latest sarcastic way of telling a man
he is no good.— Philadelphia Record.
“Is Fletcher sure his wife’s poodle is
dead?” “He must be. I see he's offer
ing SSO reward for it.”— Brooklyn Life.
Love at first sight does not wear spec
tacles. That may be why it seldom oc
curs in Boston.— Binghamton Republican.
A mother may know it, but she’ll
never admit that any other woman’s child
is as smart as her own.— New York Jour
nal.
“Do you know it takes fifty leaves of
gold to make the thickness of ordinary
paper? “Oh, that’s too thin 2”—Jewel
ers' Circular.
There’s no disgrace in being poor.
The thing is to keep quiet and not let
your neighbors know anything about it.
Texan Siftings.
You will usually find it the case that
the man who has the most irons in the
fire has a wife who has to furnish the
kindling. —Atchison Globe.
Lady (engaging servant)— eeens
to possess every necessary qualification.
Have you got a sweetheart?” Servant—
“No, mum; but I can soon get one.”—
The Comic.
“I’ve got a good idea for this season,”
said a baseball manager. “VVbat is itt”
“I’ve got a deaf umpire. He can see
everything, but he can’t hear any kick
ing.”—New York News.
“So you arc on a star tour,” said the
Circus Lion to the Dancing Bear; “pray,
tell me, is that fellow there with the
chain your messenger?” “Yes,” replied
the Bear, “and also my leading man.”—
Baltimore American.
“I hear that water sold at twenty-five
cents a glass in the newly-opened lands
of Oklahoma. Is it so?” “Quite likely,”
replied the returned boomer. “I don’t
know, though. I didn’t have time to
wash while I was there.”— Buffalo Ex
press.
“A fast horse, is he?” “Trots like a
streak of greased lightning.” “Well,
that’s fast enough. What do you call
him?” “What Ma Says’.” “What Ma
Says! That’s a strange name. Why dc
you call him that?” “Because what ma
says goes. ”
Doctor —“Notwithstanding the fae
that there -are new diseases coming Uf
every day, the old ones seem to hold tbet
twn all the same.” Tartar—“ Yes
Well, that may be, but there’s <me of th<
old sort that doesn’t seem to affect m3
out-of-town customers at all.” Doctor—
“ What is that?” Tartar—" The remit
ting fever.” —Boston faur/ud.