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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1890.
President Harrison's Vetoes Based on
ish around".
Belf-
rrcsldont Harrison has vetoed two
bill", which Is no small portion of tha
number that havo been presented for
his approval. If he continues at tho
samo rate no may yot loat Cleveland's
record and will certainly rank a cood
socond among all tho Presidents in the
matter of vetoes. Tho oharaolor of the
two bllU he has vetoed points to tho
iuti'ronco that President Harrison's
vetoos will bo ii'llxted upon people
wii'i can uo nun 1110 leasi nartn, ami
that ho will allow liberal expenditures
to bo mado where they will do tho
moH good, to himself.
Tho bill whioh tho President vetoed
last week was one authorizing tho city
of Ojjden, in Utah Territory, to in
crease its debt. Utah as a territory is no
tactor in n Presidential election, mid
as clio is liable to bo kept outside tho
sisterhood of Slates for years to oomo
Pretddont Harrison, notwithstanding
nis aspirations tor renominalion, oan
deny tho request of tho city of Ogden
and of tho whole Territory of Utah
with impunity.
Tho bill votoed on Tnesday was a bill
appropriating suo.UUO to enlarge tho
new public building at Dalla,Tex. The
Lone Star State is one.whioh President
Harrison can afford to ignore anyhow,
because in his aspiration for a seoond
President al terra ho has no hope of
any help from that quarter. Besides,
bills for public buildings belong to a
class which oan bo vetoed by a Presi
dential candidate without much fear of
tho veto counting against .hiiri, either
at the National nominating Convent
ion or at tho polls.
It is only tho Corgressman repre
senting tho district, who is puDished by
his constituents for tho defeat of a
pnblio building bill, and tho Congress
man has a por chanco of getting even
with the President. In the closino
sentenco of his veto of tho Dallas bill.
Mr. Harrison comes very near saying
that tho erection of public buildings is
a local issne. Ho actually says: "Tho
erection of publio buildings is largely
a matter ol local necessity and con
venience," and, of ooursc, theso oon
siderations are not to weigh against
pensions, coast defenses, and subsidies
for steamship companies, tho three
thin as which he says in his message
aro of universal necessity. A Repub
lican President who is a Zealous can
didate for a second torm can afford to
disappoint a community in a Territory
that docs not enjoy the franchise or in
a state that is hopelessly Democratic,
especially when by doing so ho can tho
easily promote legislation granting
subsidies to shipping monopolies in
New York, where tho friendship of
monopolies has horetoforo done so
much to help the Republican party.
African Slaves
Tim SIGHTS THAT ARB WITNESSED IN THE
SLAVF.KS' I'EN.
All ages, of both sex, aro to be seen:
mothers with their bal'ts, young mn
and women, boys and girls, and even
babies who cannot yet walk, and whoso
mothers have died of starvation, or
perhaps been killed by tho Lufembe.
One seldom sees either old men or old
women. They are all killed in the
raids. Their marketable, valuo being
very small, no troublo is taken with
them.
Witnessing groups of these poor,
helpless wretches, with their emaciated
forms and sunken eyes, their faces a
very picture of sadnets, it is not diili
cult to peroeivo the intense grief that
they are inwardly Buffering, but they
know too well it is of no use to appel
for sympathy to their merciless
roasters who havo been accustomed
from childhood to witness acts of
cruelty and brutality, so that to satisfy
their insatiable greed they will commit
themselves, or permit to bo committed,
any atrocity, however great. Even
the pitiablo sight of one of theso slave
sheds does not half represent the mis
ery caused by this traflio homes
brokon up, mo1 hers separated from
their babies, husbands from wives, and
brothers from histcr. When last at
Masankusu I saw a slave woman who
had with her one child, whoso starved
little body bIio was clutching to her
breast was attracted by her sad
face, which betokened great suffering.
I asked her the cause of it, and she
told me in a low gobbing voice the fol
lowing tale:
"I was living with my' husband and
three children in an iulau 1 village a
few miles from here. My husband
was a hunter. Ten days aeo tho
Lufembo attacked our settlement; ray
husband defended himself, bit was
overpowered and speared to death
with several of the other villagers. I
was brought hero with my three chil
dren, two of whom havo already bion
purchased by the traders. 1 shall
never see them any more. Perhaps
they will kill thorn on tho death of
some chief, or pi rbaps kill them for
toon, aiy remaining ciiiiu you sue, is
ill, dying from starvation! they give us
nothing to oat. I expect oven this
ono will bo taken from mo to-day, at
tho chief, fearing list it should die and
become a total loss, bai offered it for
a very Btnall price. As ior myself,"
said Bhe, " they will sell me to one of
tho neighboring tribes to toil in the
plantations, and when I become old
and unfit for work I sha'l bo killed."
There wero certainly flvo hundred
slaves exposed for sale in this ono vil
lage alono. Lri;o canoes woro con
stantly arriving from known river with
mtrohaiuliao of ail kinds with which
they purchased those slaves, A larga
trado is carried on between the Ubangt
anu jiUiungu rivers. The peoplo in
habitinirtue mouth of tho Ubanci buv
mo miolo slayos at Masankusu and
tho other market. Thoy then take
them up tho Ubanci river and oxohango
them with tho natives there for ivory.
These natives buy their slaves solely for
tood. Having puronasrd slaves tliey
feed them on ripe bananas, (Mi and
ol), and wheu they get them Into good
condition tliey kill them. Hundreds
of tho lialolo slaves aro taken into tho
river and disposed of iu this way oach.
month, a great many oilier slaves
are sold to tho large villages on tho
Congo to supply victims for tho rxeou
tton ceremonies.
Much lift) is lost in tho capturing of
slaves and during their captivity many
suooumu to starvation, ut the ro
naiuder numbers aro sold to boooma
vlottms to oaunlbalisra and huma sao
rifioo cf remonics. There aro fow in
deed who aro allowed to live and pros
per.
What tha Best Jndires Ueolara aa Intention
to Be-
Tho lalo.Tmlno Hall, of the Unitod
Slates Circuit Uouit, says:
"An invention, in the sense of tho
patent law, means tho finding out, the
cuiunviiiL', mo creancer or somothmir
wnion aid not exist and was not
known before, aud which can bo rradn
usoiul and advantageous in tlm nnr.
Suits of life, or whioh oan add to the
enjoyraont of mankind.
"lu oilier words, the thinrr nntnnl-
eu musi oo new; and it must bo useful
to an appreciable extent, though tho
i . .. : .
iiieasuro oi mat, useiuiness is not in a
lerial. Any dosreo of utility apprt ci
ablo by a jury is sufiioiont, unon tho
huotlon of utility, to sustaina patent."
(Cooover vs. Roaoh, vol, iv. Fisher's
Patent Cases, p. 10.)
And Judce Sawver. lalo of tho Hn.
brcmo Court of tho United States, do
fines invention in tho following lan
guago:
"Invention is tho work of tho brain.
snd not of tho hand. If tho conception
is practically complete, tho artisan
who gives it reflex and embodiment in
a machino is no more tho inventor
than tho tools with whioh he works.
Both aro instruments in tho hands of
him who sots them in motion and pre
scribes the work to be dono. Mere
mechanical skill can never rise to the
ijphero of invention. The latter involves
higher thought, and brings into ac
tivity a higher faculty. Their do
mains aro distinct. The line which
Separates them is sometimes diflioult to
trace; nevertheless, in tho eye of tho
law, it always subsists. Tho meehanio
may greatly aid tho inventor, but can
not nsurn his olace." ( Blandv v.
Griffith, vol. Hi. Fisher's Patent Cases,
016.)
But while, as Judge Sawver asserts.
tho boundary line between tho domain
of invention and mere meobanical skiil
is strictly drawn, yet sorao of tho most
valuable inventions have beon so
simple as to lend one to think that
they wero obvious, and did not rise to
tho dignity of invontion.
Concerning tho simplicity of inven
tion, the late Judgo Story, of tho Su
premo Court of tho Unitod States, re
marks :
''Tho simplicity of an invention, so
far as being an objection to ii. mav
constitute its ureat excellence and
value.
"Indeed, to produce a great result
by very simple means, before .unknown
or unthought of; is not, unfrequently
uiu puuuuus uuaruuiurisuu oi ino vory
highest class of minds." ( Ryan vs.
Goodwin; vol. i. Robb's'Patent Cases,
p, 72-1.)
it not unfrequentlv' balloons that a
sudden lucky thought gives a man a
small (sometimes a large) fortune tho
outgrowth ot an important invention.
More than a quarter ot a cenlurv
aio, tbo late Judge Shipman of the
Unitod States Circuit Court of' New
York embodied the idoa in one of his
decisions:
"A subject matter to bo patent-ibis
must require invention, but it ia not
necessarily the result of long and pain
ful fctndy, or embodied alone in
complex mechanism. A single flish of
thought may reveal to the mind of
the inventor the new idea, and a frail
and simple contrivance may embody it.
Some inventions are the result of long
and weary years of study and labor,
pursued in the faoe of abortive experi
ments, baffled attempts, and finally
reached after tho severest struggles!
whilo others aro the fruit of a single
happy thought." (Magic Ruffle Com
pany vs. Douglas, vol. ii. Fisher's Pat
tent Cases, p. 338.)
uther opinions, similiar in purport.
m'ght bo added; but these are suftioient
to dfirte what constitutes a patent
able invontion, which is important in
formation for every inventor tp know.
Tha Census.
By August 1st, if all coos well, wo
shall know onoe more how manv
peoplo the United States oontaina at
present The enumeration commenoca
Juno 1, or rather June 2, tho first day
of the"month beiug Sunday,
oo well aro tho plans arranged that
it is thought the work will be finished
in two weeks in tho largo cities.
Among tho straggling country pop
ulation it will take longer. It is said
to be a fact that In some parts of the
country aro persons eo ignorant that
Ihoy do not know tho ages of their
own children. Others will insist on
giving also tho nanes of their children
who aro dead!
For census purposes tho country is
divided i'lto 175 districts, with a sup
ervisor for each. The President ap
points the supervisors of theso districts,
and tho supervisors appoint the enum
erators who do tho field work. It is
expected that all (.ho enumeration will
uo enqeu oy jiiiy j.
in the list ot quouious aro some that
constitute tbo new feature in consus
taking iu metaphysical soienco. The
enumarated person must tell whether
ho is married, single or divorced, which
might bq oalled neither married nor
singlo. So if wo tell tho truth, it will
bo known just how manv leiallv dis
jointed persons there aro in the United
mates, tho home of divorce.
You must also tell whether you have
any aouto or chronio disease, and how
long you havo bad it. You must like
wibu inlorm tho oonsus man whether
you aro an idiot, weether you aio do
formed, crippled, crazy, or maimed.
it you aro a tramp or pauper that too
must go down upon the pitiless page
of tho enumerator, and vou must con
fess ii your a prisioner, homelei-s child
or a convict, xou are obliged to men
tion whether vou own or rent the
house you live in An oleotricaloount'
ingaqd tabulating niaohiuehas been in
ye n tod sincotlio last'eonem was taken,
which does in 5 hours labor that form
erly n quired 55. It will bo brought
into nvtiy requisiion tuts summor.
Tho amount of mortgaged pmp
erty in tho country is expected to bo
ascertained, f inally,-the only way to
esoapo telling how od you aro is to die
wuiuru viu uensits taker comes. j
hoavy fine is imposed for refusing to
answer questions or for answeriug tli.im
untruiniuiiy.
'Fnreraan What is nil that racket
ovur tlieroj somebody pled a form?
Printer No, sir. The towel foil on
the floor thats nil,
A sailor is considered a good skip
per wnen no understand! tho ropes,
Tho samo may bif said of a little girl,
Bankrupting the Treasury.
Tho servico pension bill and othor
raids upon treasury meditated by tho
republican leaden in congress will not
only wipo out tho surplus but put tho
annual expenditures of the government
many, millions of dollars abovo tho
sum total of tho rovonuea. Thero is
method in tho madnosa of these "out
purees of the realm." What they nro
doiug Is dono with tho most delibcrato
purpose They moan to eliminate tho
iasuo of tariff reform as a 'actor in tho I
political problem. If they can squander
tho surplus and bankrunt'tho treasury
they will ory out, that t,hp tariffc&npot
bo reduced Without cutting' the revonuo
away down below-tho needs of tho
government. The, scheme is worthy
of tho 'desperate aud reckless men who
nave dovised it.
Neither tho existing tariff, nor tho
Molttnley bill whioh' it is nronosod
shall take its place, is a, measure inten
ded pimarily to raise revenue. Tho
objeot.of tho present tariff law ia to
prevent importations. Hence it neces
sarily reduces, tho revenue, altuonoh
it piles heavy taxes upon the consumer
by enhancing thocost of .protty muoh
oyery thing ho buys. The MoKinley
bill is calculated simply, and Bolely to
intensify this polioy. Therefore it is
plain that the repbulioan Bohemers aro
overshooting the mark. When thov
f hall havo gotten rid ,of tho surplus
and shut out revenue-producing imports
to an extent that will make it impos
sible for .tho government to meet its
obligations, tho necessity for a reduc
tion of tho tariff to a.rovenuo basis will
becomo more apparent. When tbo
troasurjr shall bo empty, prohibitory
taxes will have to crivo wav to revenue
dutirs. Thus will tho tariff restriction-
isls bo "hoist by their own petard."
Congreessman Willsou of West Vir
ginia remarked very wittily tho other
nay mat tno Mcllinley hill is merely a
scheme of tho republican politicians to
pay off their debts of the last presid
enlal canvass and to raise monoy to
carry on the next. Thero was as much
truth as wit in the remark. But it
would oo quite as true to havo said,
that the moneyfor tho next republican
presidental campaign is, at least in
part, to come out.of tho treasury sur
plus voted in subsidies to steamships
and diebursed in similar appropriations
Even tho reckless pension largess is in
tended as a payment of election ex
penses. It .will bo only when the
treasury shall be emty that tho mass
of tho peoplo will oomo in for their in
nings. But they will get them, never,
fear. Patriot.
A Bernce. Pension.
In his .speech in advocacy of the
Servico Pension bill, whioh passed the
Hoaso on Wednesday last, Represen
tative Grosvenor, of Ohio, speaking
for tho measure, assured the House
that "this bill, when to it is superadd
ed the Prisoner of War bill, whioh
will bo pa8sod at once, will add to tho
pension rolls of tho Government the
names of 450,000 persons, and will ex
tend that ro'l to 950,000 pensioners.
It will produ se on annual expenditure
of $150,000,000, or nearly 45 percent,
of the gloss revenue ol the Govern
ment, an exhibition of munificent gen
erosity upon tho p3rt of this Govern
ment such as has nevor been equaled
by all of the civilized nations of the
world put together."
This is certainly a magnificent show
ing, but is it a just and proper use of
the publio money f It is right that the
maimed and feeble veteran of tho war
xhould bo cared for by a gratefnl
people. It is right that his widow and
orphans and his dependent 'parents.
wbore be has any, should bo provided
for from the publio pnrse. Tho coun
try recognizes this debt, and every
pension bill which is limited to this
class of claims is cordially approved or
at least cheerfully acquiesced in by tho
people.
But why should ablo bodied men of
means and position bo authorized to
draw $8 a month from tho publio
treasury because some time between
lobl and 1805 thoy served ninety davs
in the army or navy of the United
States and are now 00 years oldt A
considerable number of .those whoso
$'10 a year will go to swell tho annual
pension charge are now drawing 85000
a year as members of Congress. Oth
ers aro in good positions and oomfort
ablo circumstanoes olsowhcro and sorao
aro men of largo wealth, but all aliko
who BPrved a jcant threo months Ip
tho Union army and aro threo Bcoro
years ol ago are mado by this bill pub
iu pensioners.
A service Pension is tvroner nnnnrrh
auer bucii a lapse oi lime as to raise a
-f . , .. i -i ---,-o-
presumption of fobleness in all thp surr
vfvors of tho war, and the sm ill num.
bcr of such survivors makes an inquiry
to determluo which aro necessitous, and
which not hardly worth tho trouble
ihero are now 149,531 survivors of
the war 62 years of ago and over,
Of those 03,427 aro already drawing
lensions for wounds and disabilities.
iho iiouso pension bill as reported nro.
posed to put tbo othor 80,493 on tho
pension roll who at present, being in
guuu iieuiin anu conaiuon, liavo no
claim on tho Government's bountv.
This would havo added $7,727,328 to
tuoponsion charge ot tins year and
wouui nave inoreased largely evorv
year until 1907, according to tho table
submitted by Commissioner Raum
Tho House, by ohanging the ago fixed
upon uy me committee tor pensions to
begin from C2 to 00, mado all the eatl
mates submitted muoh under tho mark.
Tho servloe pension is but ono feature
of a ooinprohenuvo pension bill whose
mil eilects in depleting tho Treasury
may oo gatiicred trom Air. IJrosveno
trank suu-inent giveu above.
'llu ro are mou totally disablod bv
reason oi wounds received in tho war
. i .
who are petitioning for a small in
oreaso in their pension. Their claims
aro iiigDiy meritorious, but the pros
peot ot their being reoognhed is less
cued by this voluntary donation of 90
a year to thousands of men who do not
need it in tho least. Tho house has
made a mistake iu inaugurating this
servico pension biuiness. It is euro to
creato a popular reaction on tho sub
jeot of pensions to tho projudioe of
veterans whoso olaims on the country
aro legitiimto and whose lucossitlos
aro real. Tho Senate voted down a
service pension onoo this season. It
will do the soldiers a real servloe by
rejecting this IIoubo amendment to the
dt'pQudunL pension b . J'rcss.
YOL. 25, NO.19.
THE SUSPIOIONS BTEENOTHENED.
IN THE
HIRAM CIIOUSK
I.AinDSVH.I.E.
CASE AT
CIRCUMSTANCES STRENGTHEN THE I1RI.IF.K
THAT HE WAS 5iUHDKHF.II AND T1IR
STORE 1IURNKII TO COVER THE
CRIME WHAT THE ',I.CMI
NAItr," OF MUNOr, SAYS
AIIOUT IT.
Tho Munoy X,uminaru speaks in its
issun oi May l as follows:
Was Hiram crouse robbed and
murderod and his building then Bet
on tire to destroy tho ovidenco of crime,
is the question mat is agitating tbo
peoplo of Lairdsvlllo nnd vicinity. It
is safe to say that niuo-tcnths of all the
peopio tamiiipr with tho urcumslnnces
believe the question can only receive
an nfiirraativo answer. Whilo this
belief is almost universal, vorv IIiHp.
if any ovidenco has been discovered to
support the! belief, but the position of
tho body when found and tho location
of tho firo when first discovered nro at
least suspioious. Thy collar ticdor the
storeroom extended abort four feet
into this street beyond the stire from,
and was covered by a porch, with
steps to enter the Btoro door; tho room
over'the store, in which Mr. Crouso
slept, extended as far front as tho eel
lar below, and over the porch. Mr.
Crouso's bed stood with tho head to
tbo north, and at loasl fifteen feet from
tho front of tho room. After the lire
the buckles of his trousers, his knife,
and a small amount of money was
found in tho cellar, among tho irons of
his bodstcad. This it would scom sat
isfactorily proves that Mr. Crouse had
been in bed. Uis body was found
faco down against tho front wall of the
building, his head about throo feet up
tho wall and his back bent to the front
by the weight of tho timbers that had
fallen upon hiin. Those who advocate
that Mr. Crouse was dead when plaoed
in that position, think that had ho
fallen from the front of the room up
stairs, ho would bavo been in plain
sight and would havo fallen on' tho
porcb, as that part of tbo building wa
the last to burn. Again the firo broko
out in the rear ot tho building, in tho
ware room, and his Iriends think he
would havo beon ablo to mako his way
to the window in tho front of the room
and that had he been in that room
when Joseph Smith ontered it from tho
window, ho must havo beon seen.
And then, tho walls wero pushed iu to
protect other property, and it would
certainly seem that such being the case
ine oody would havo Deen found near
er the centre of tho cellar. Mrs. Wil
liam Ritter, who resides next door,
was up at 1 o clock, and she distinctly
heard a noise, twice repeated, that s'io
now fools certain came from Mr,
Crouso's store. Sho was somewhat
startled, but concluding that the noise
was mado by horses, in some stable
near by, retired, without awakening
her husband, and in lees than ono hour
tho store was discovered to be on firo.
All these circumstances led tho people
to believe that robbery and murder
most foul was first committed; that Mr
Crouso was killed up stairs, his b dy
oarried or dragged down cellar, placed
wnere it was lound, covered with the
emty boxes and barrels that was in
that part of the cellar, to mako tho dis-
truction of tho body certain. As it
was tho remains woro bo disfigured
that no absolutely ccrtaiu identification
could be made. Tho friends of
tho deceased aro very anxiously look
ing for ovidenco and will do all that
lies in their power to arrivo at tho
truth.
What a Somerset (Pa-) County Man thinks
ot the Invalids Hotel and uurgical Insti
tute, located at BafFalo N. Y.
W. II. Miller of Stoyestown, Pa.,
who has been suffering for nearly
quarter of a oentury from an affection
of tho kidooys, resulting iu the necen
sity of a surgical operation, after cm
suiting and being treated by a number
of our own doctors, as well as receiv
ing the treatment and advice of some
of tho most eminent professional men
of tho land, finally became ncquaiu'ed
with the above Institute, and their
modo and means of treatment.
After duo correspondence, with the
World s Dispensary Medical Asso -ia
tion, tho proprietors of tho Invalids'
noici, no was lmiueeu to visit said in
stitution. On arriving there and after
being fully acquainted, bo lost no tinu
lr. making tho necessary arrangem-ms
for tho required treatment. Aftor re
maining for rcarlv four weeks at tha
invalid s Hotel, whero you reccivo tho
kindest and best troatmeut, and whero
patients aro loth to leave, aftor vo
covery, ho rqturned to his family and
friends a ourod and happy man.
In giving this to tho public, Mr.
Miller wishoa to say that ho owes tbo
aforesaid Institute nothing but his
best wishes. And the faot that hi
own sucoess and great relief is duo to
similiar testimonials from others who
were successfully treated thero for all
manner of chronic diseases trom ovnrv
Stato and Territory of tho Union, Can
ada, Mexico, and South America. It
il a marvel of success. He further
says, should this fall to tho notice of
any sufferers from chronio disease,
sucti as seem to buiuo tho skill ot y ur
on pnysioian nut nrst and above all
give your own physicians a fair and
impartial trial, aud all tho available
means offered, as Somerset county may
lusuy teei prouti ot tier medical .nun
who spare no means nor time in tho
treatment of all casos entrusted to
tneir ouargo. Ann it ttiey tail, in
many cases, It will bo an act of chtr
ity to point yon to a place whero a
probable cure may bo eifeoted, which
is tho humble intent of tho abovo com
munication. Tim abovo Association
is oourteoiH, prompt aid reliable,
Somerset (Pa.) Herald.
Ex Solicitor General George
Jenks Bays ot the charges against
Suay; ''I think thu chaiges mado by
ia press of tho country aro beooming
bo serious mat iiuievs no disproves
tbora they will bo adverso to tbo Ho
publioan party. Tho other day I lis
tened to tho conversation of threo
crowds of Republicans on a train uho
wro talking alnut it. They didn'i
know me, but they one and all sai
that Quay must pow como to tho front
and defend himself or tUo the. success
of tho. party oould ouly b obtained by
duinpjng him. It is ono thing or tliu
other, and thero is no other alterna
tive -This is not a caso wht rp mlt'iieo
will proyail,"
Spots on the Bun,
It began to rain again
soon nff.fr
dinner, and a disgusted clUr.mi nf Tin.
trolt, who oamo down on a woodward
Aycnuo tramoar beside
old man,
remarked:
"I prosnmo this is owing to thoso
spots on tho sun.'
( "Hoy!" called the othor, as hoj put
his hand to his car.
"Spots on tho sunl" yollcd tho other.
"Ileyt SpolBl Whero aro the spots!"
"On tho sunl"
Tho old man roso up, crossed tho
car, lookod out of tho window, squared
nround for i minute, and then returned
and said:
"Can't see tho sun 't all. How did
tho spots como there!,'
"1 don t know."
"Heyl"
"I don't know."
"Havo you seon 'era!"
"No."
"Oh, you haven't! What wan vnnr
object in telling mo there wero spota
on the sun! I am not so old that. T
permit any ono to mako a fool of mo.''
"The othor now lookod out of a
window and assumed a careless air, but
tho old man was after him with.
'You coins into a car when I mn
minding ray own busainess and bemn
to talk about spots on tho sun. Who
aro you, sir! Did you want to get mo
up to pick my pocket!"
"They soy tho rainv weather cornea
from tho spots on tho sun," explained
uio otner.
"Who says so! Name tho manl I'm
around all the time, and L haven't
heard of any spots on the sunl"
j.uu citizen got, up to cnango hia
-at: but tho old man tmlllnrr blm
lown said:
You want to work some sort of a
game on mo and I know it. If I over
atch you within a rod of mn nnain.
I'll--'
Tho citizen made a break and cot
out; and, though ho had no umbrella,
ho stepped off the tratn-car'in thn midst
of the rain, with tho look of a man
glad to mako tho exchango. Ho had
jut reached tha curb when tho old man
oamo to tho platform and oalled out:
"look mo for a greenhorn, did youl
wish I'd walked vou right to tho
poIico-Btation, you miserable swindler!
Spots on tho sun, iudeedl
Humbugs
P. T. Barnum is olairaed as tho
father of tho Baying that tho American
publio lovo to bo humbugged. Wo
don't believe this of tho famous show
man, nor do wo boliovo in tho truth of
ho idea expressed. 1 Tho American
ooplo do not relish a humbug an 7
moro than tho peoplo of any other
country, yet when they onco do get
bit, thoy neither make a very vigorous
kick, nor give up trying tho samo
scheme over again when it comes
along again perhaps in a new dress.
Humbugs thrive and wax wealthy in
these free and glorious United States
of America, because a largo pa' t of our
population aro so gullible or curious or
so afflicted by cupidity that they -ako
chances in every plausible schema
advo tistd in tho nowspapors in hono
"getting something for nothing.'
It is useless to waste snace to nnnt
advice, warning the credulous and un
wary ot these perennial schemes-
offering so much and yielding so little,
for no matter how many times a swin
dle may bo exposed a now crop of
lools is ready to bito and send along
their stamps and money whenever a
now scheme is presented. Strange to
say, in many cases the same people
havo been known to send over and over
again, year in and year out, getting
ittle or nothing in return. It is im
possible to teaoh a set of people who
will not loam, and it is a waste of
argument to expatiate npon tho ovils
referred to in the hope that it may
benefit a fow.
There bavo been innumerable in
stances where an exposition of a swin
dle in a pnblio newspaper aotually
caused money to be sent to tho swin
dlers exposed I Agents Guide.
The World's Costliest Gems
Tho largest perfect diamond in tho
world is now tho Imperial, that was
exhibited at tho Paris Exposition last
year, and which is valued at oue mil-
lion of dollars, says The .Ladies Home
Journal This is tbo moH valuable
stono in tho world, and is owned by a
syndicate. The biggest nnd beat ruby
in existence is owned in London, and
is valued at S50.000. It has uo paral
lel, oven in the Crown Jewels, and it is
reltted that tho Duchess of Kdinburur
carried it all tho way to St. Petersburg
for the Czar to havo a look at it. Tho
argest and most boautiful cat's-ovo in
the world weighs ono hundred and
seventy carats, is owned in London
and is insured for 30,000 rupees. The
nut-si private coiection oi pearls in tno
world is owned by Madamo Dos no.
sister in-law of M. Thiers. Tho big
gest emerald in tho world weighs 2,
080 carats, and is in tho Imperial Jewel
Office, in Vienna. Tho 'largest and
costliest cat's-oyo in tho world is ownod
ny a Mooman, ot Uoylon. who dug it
up himself from thu mines. Ho has
beon offered as high as $90,000 for it,
but declines to part with it at that
figure, saying thai, if helikfd.hocould
cut it up into forty small pieces, and
soil each pieco for about 5,000, aggro-
......... nnnal.. oonii niiAi
I11U JllCbVjr uuuiijr ?isvs,uuu;
The democratic stale convention will
bo held in the opera bouso at Scranton
on Wednesday. July 2. Tho "time
was fixed by tho Kxecutivo Committee
Those present at tbo meeting wero
Uhairimn luliolt 1. Kisnor and Seoro
tary B. M. Nead, with tho following
member;; W. J. Brennen, Alleghany:
M. Healy Pottsville: T. K. Vandyke
Lowisburgj J, M. Kerr, Clearfiold; E.
Kerr, Bedford: B. F. Meyers. Dau-
phin: W. D. Clendonin, New Castle;
J. Marshall Wright, Allentowuj C. P.
Uonnelly, rmladolphia.
lucre was a fno interchange of
views regarding the timu for holding
tho convention. Somo of tho mem
bers thought it should bo held btforo
tho republicans meet to soleot their
O'liididate, and adopt n platform, but
thoso who wanted a lalo convention
weto in tho majority. Afti-r Iho mat
ter had been discussed at length, July
- was agreui upon. I no democrats ot
Scranton aro making preparations to
entertain tho visitors and delegates.
'Tired All The Time,"
Say tinny poor nn u and women, who
soem overworked, or aro dobilitated by
change of sea-on, climate or life. If
you could road the hun dreds of letters
praising Hood's Sarsaparilla which
como from people whom it has restored
to health, you would bo convinced of
its merits. As this is impossible, why
not try Hood's SarsaparilU joursolf
and thus rtnlizo ils bent fit! It will
tone an l build up your b)hIiih, givo
you a grod appitite, overcome that
tirod feeling aud make you ficl, as ono
woman ixprosts it, "liko a new crea
tine.'' It is thu man who is losing ground
by inches who bccoui's ditsittittied
vilh h.alul.
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