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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.