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SEP. 29, 18S9L BIDDING FOB A GEEAT MABKET. It is not merely hospitable, but timely from a business standpoint, that the pricci- v pal cities of the United States, Pittsburg incl.-d, are preparing to give a hearty v vrel-rie to the visiting delegations from South America. But to suppose that when this is done everything in view ha been ac complished, is to hug a singular delusion. Our South American friends will of course enjoy the trip; they will marvel much at what they see, reciprocate the compliments of the season, and return with the fact well forced on their minds that the United States is a busy, rushing place. How to sell our goods to them is, how ever, a larger problem. The business men of Pittsburg and of every other city which entertains them must move on Congress for a regular steamship line to South America ia the first instance. "When that is done, they will have to send live, active agents to study the wants of the people and to drum up trade. Then they will find it profitable to produce articles specially fitted to the new markets. British and German manufacturers and merchants are now working up the foreign fields with an energy never known before. They have got the means of regular trans portation and they have!their agents on the ground. The United States, on the other hand, has the advantage of proximity, of resources for manufacturing and of superior ingenuity, once other conditions are made equal. The most vital part of the pro gramme rests with Congress. This country is now fairly awake to the advantages of trade with South America; and if occasion is taken by every city to express this per ception when the delegates come along, by passing resolutions urging Congress to take steps for steamship communication, the leg islators will not disregard the universal ap peal. With adequate facilities for trans portation, trade on a great scale would soon i follow. CAPTAIK JONES' DEATH. The unexpected death of Captain "W. B. Jones, from the injuries inflicted by the bursting of the blast furnace at the Edgar Thomson "Works, last Thursday, will be a subject of regret everywhere, and will be felt with especial keenness at Braddock. Captain Jones had long held the chief exec utive position at the great works which lorm that industrial community, and his energy, public spirit and ability in managing the army of workmen under his charge, had earned the confidence and admiration of all who knew him. The anxiety which had been caused by the first news of the accident ,-liad been allayed by the reports of his tavor- able progress; and the fatal result will be felt with additional poignancy by those whose hopes for his recovery had been re vived. The loss to the people of Braddock is one that will not be easily replaced. TEE ELDING MASTEES' VEEDICT. It is rather difficult to decide whether the - formal citation by a New Xork newspaper of various riding masters of that city, who all express the opinion that the occupation of a part of Central Park for the World's , 3fair would be destructive to their interests, as making it unpleasant for ladies to ride in the park, is more amusing or more exas perating. It is possible that the instructors in the menage comprise those who are able -to express broad and valuable views upon questions ot public policy. But it is evi dent that if there are such members, they certainly should be able to rise beyond the level of deciding the question on the test of increases business for themselves or the con trary. There is also something at once tunny and finical in the proposition that the crowds which would assemble in order to observe an exposition of the industries of all nations, will be of the common and vulgar character which would be abhorrent to the delicate sensibilities of the ladies who patronixe the riding masters of Kew York. The indications are that, neither riding masters, nor any other class of business will be troubled with the "World's Pair, in New York. A city whose leading newspapers appeal to the professors of eqnitation for verdict upon public enterprises, is not an inviting field. IXAHN'S SENTENCE. The sentence of the young man, Harry Plann, yesterday, to five years in prison for 'embezzling bank funds, while, as the Court stated, the minimum prescribed by law, is, nevertheless, sufficient to teach as salutary a lesson as if the term had been made a longer one. It was impossible to overlook the gravity of the case, or to regard only the picas for mercy, though for these, too, there was some foundation. Flann's years he li&d not yet reached his majority and all the circumstances of his offending, raised ike question whether he had ever given his -peculations much thought beyond arnronri- -.fflST' z?Z 9 il, - i .W" i 2f$JI& tSais IffTiTTMIWiTilt Ilitlfl iMllli ii i ating the money which came to his hand, spending it foolishly and exercising some ingenuity in staving off discovery. If morally able to perceive the difference be tween the right and wrong of his proceed ing, he seemed to have been singularly en dowed with mental incapacity to perceive the sure consequences of his actions, or most strangely indifferent to them. But while youth and inexperienceare hu manely taken into account in such cases, as Judge Acheson took them into account in Plann's case yesterday, even the minimum sentence, with the incidental suffering which the young man has undergone and must yet bear, should surely be enough to serve as a warning to those who, holding positions of fiduciary trust, are tempted to forget the ownership of the moneys under their hands. It is creditable to the tens of thousands of very young men all over the country who are thus placed that it is rather seldom than otherwise that those who figure in court come from their number. Defalcations and embezzlements, rather more usually, the records would show, are the offenses of those of maturer years, when the pressure of cir cumstances, the avaricious hope of success by speculation or the desire to keep up an appearance of fashionable living, working on men of weak will and insufficient prin ciple, tempt them to their ruin. Youth is generally buoyant, hopeml, even confident in the prospect of at least reaching fair suc cess by honest, patient industry. In these days it is often argued that the temptations to young men are more numer ous than ever before; but if this be at all true, it is not less true that the business re wards for fidelity are also greater. THE SUFBEHE BENCH APPOINTMENT The announcement that Hon. "W. H. H. Miller is to go on the Supreme Bench comes lrom the other partner of the late Indian apolis law firm besides those engaged in giv ing and receiving that important appoint ment. It may therefore be considered as authentic. This permanent provision for the Presi dent's partner, who, before the election, was scarcely known to the general public, will, of course, stimulate the jeers of the opposi tion press at the good fortune which waits on tne President's personal connections. Yet it is admitted that Mr. Miller has made one of the most creditable members of the present Cabinet, and certainly upon his ele vation to the Supreme Bench his abilities are more widely known and his national reputa tion more clearly established than was the case with the present Chief Justice at the time of his appointment by the previous ad ministration. The ' appointment would be a very com mendable one, if it were not for its repeti tion of the old illustration as to the force which places successful corporation lawyers, nearest in the line of succession to the high est judicial honors. BACLNG TO BTJIN. It is said that Belford, Clarke & Co., the publishers, attribute their failure to re printing English novels at a steady loss. They say that they were forced in self defense to reprint English trash because other firms did it. If this really is the reason of their failure, Belford, Clarke & Co. are well out of business of any kind. A little boy might be pardoned for saying that he threw mnd on his clothes because he saw other boys do it, but among men of business such an excuse is simply ridiculous. In cidentally it is a strong argument for an in ternational copyright. For if American publishers could not steal the works of En glish authors, a favorite road to ruin would be closed to them. Absurd as the publishers' argument is, and untenable as it must always be, we have heard it advanced by presumably intelligent men before. Railroad officers are still fond ot declaring that they are forced to cut rates to a ruinous degree because other railroads have done so. "We have heard of a glass manufacturer who cut his prices till they did not cover cost even because a competitor persisted in selling his product at a profitless price. So the Chicago book publishers have set their presses to turning out thousands of books they could not sell because equally foolish men in the same trade were enamored with the same will-o'-the wisp. Such a game of "follow my leader" to ruin is seldom seen. TWO TBTJSTS OPPOSED. Two features of the past week deserve public notice, both for their peculiar char acteristics and for the bearing which they have upon a possible solution of the trust question. The first is the fact that the people of St. Louis, aroused by rumors of the beer trust, which is to control the output of beer in this country, and put up the price of schooners, have organized competition of their own. They will brew their own beer to supply their own demands, and thus at at once keep down the price of beer and maintain the size of the schooners. The one thing that arouses the independence of the St. Louis people is an attack upon their beer. Coal trusts, Standard Oil trusts, Cot ton Seed Oil trusts, and other means of con trolling the staples of food and light, are passed by with general denunciation in St. Bonis; but when St. Louis beer is touched, specific measures are taken to preserve com petition. The example is also of value as showing how easily competition may be brought into the field against the trusts, unless they have some special lever, such as railroad dis crimination, the possession of patents, or the control of a limited production, in order to choke off new competition. This is again illustrated in the case of the watch combin ation and its endeavor U crowd out of ex istence a watch manufacturing company, which refused to belong to the trust. The entire trade was at first concentrated in the work of freezing out the refractory concern. But there were no means of preventing the competing establishment from organizing its own agencies and establishing its own jobbing houses, and it has prospered under the attacks upon it, until the watch com bination is now definitely announced as having gone to pieces. It is worth while to set it down as a prime factor in the solution of the trust problem, that unless the combinations have some special hold, by which they are able to pre vent their competitors from entering the field with them o'n equal terms, every at tempt that they make to exact undue prices from the public will simply offer a premium for the establishment ot new and effective competition. WHEN THE WOELD'S AN EAE. Count Thomas A Edison says thai the , time is coming when the world will be oe , gigantic ear. The universal use of tht ( phonograph will bring this about The u wonderful machine that records sound and reproduces it will be taxed with a tremed' dous task. Nothing like it has ever been known in the world befoie. Werethe phonograph possessed of life and tbe sensi bilities of man it would be entitled to pit There will be many remarkable reveL' ti tions of human character when the day of the universal phonograph shall arrive. The scandalmongers everywhere will be brought into full publicity. It will no longer be safe for the cowardly backbiter to vent his malace in conversation. The woman who is given to sowing the seed of dissension among her neighbors will no longer scatter gossip in secrecy. And some who are sup posed to be silent will be given a name for noise. "Who shall escape in that day? Surely Senator Quay, say some, for he seems always to be preparing for the phonograph's coming. Perhaps it will be found that even he knows how to talk when circumstances are appropriate. A great many new voices will be found, and sincerity will prove to be a rarer quality than anyone dreamed of. Some will hail the era with gladness. The gentlemen, in politics generally, who have already earned tho fame of being all mouth will be delighted to have tne world all ear. The world will fill their ideal then. The persecuted poet will no longer stand in awe of the editor's boot. He will murmur his soul's imaginings by the wayside wherever he goes, and the world will Know him whether it wants to or not. The un happy beings eternally haunted with griev ances will have plenty of opportunity to air them. It will be a happy day for cranks of all sorts when all the world is an open ear. The proposition of an eminent bankef to have the Government coin the maximum of 54,000,000 of silver monthly, and retire the legal tender circulation with it expresses the passionate desire of some people to take away the currency that the people want and to force them to use that which they do not want. That is the only way to explain the appearance of a New Yorker with a pro position to lower the standard of values over 25 per cent. THEcornerer is at work in the English cotton marketj and speculation is be-mud-ling the operation of legitimate busi ness. Let us hope that the manipulators will get their fingers burned as severely as they deserve in which case they will never handle any more corners. TnE people who are negotiating 5150,000, 000 to 5170,000,000 mortgages on railroads in this country should take notice, that two balloonists in Europe have had falls recently, and the shock killed them. It is pleasant to learn that the Collector of New York is going to deal out scant con siderations to a glass blower, who, when he first came to this country, swore that he did not come under contract, and afterward, upon quarreling with his employer, turned around and swore differently. The industry of running perjury on double turn is not so much needed in this land that we need im ported labor for it. The intention of Mr. Labouchere to come over to the United States and write up our foibles and infirmities, will justify the interviewers in carrying out their usual policy of doing exactly the same thing by Labby before be has been in the country for 24 hours. The statement that "Private Dalzell's chances of office are disappearing" is calcu lated to raise anxious inquiries as to how that can disappear which never put in an appearance. It IS thought that ihe baseball champion ship will be settled by the Pittsburg gamesr thir week, which, the baseball cranks aver, "places Pittsburg in a proud and significant position." It cannot place her hired cham pions in any prouder position than that of second place lrom the bottom; and the sig nificance of that position must be rather de structive of their reputation for playing ball. PrVE years' imprisonment in the case of young Flann for stealing $36,000 and losing it, is not unduly severe; but it involves .he wonder as to what would be an adequate sentence for th more successful operators who have stolen millions and kept them. The transmission of water power by electricity promises an important and novel development ot industry for those locali ties that have plenty of water power. A complaint is heard from the Hon. J. S. Clarkson that he has to work twenty-six hours a day. The wholesale progress of the work of decapitating Democrats has created an impression that the Hon. J. S. Clarkson was putting in about fifty hours of work daily. But he does not do it upon compul sion. The belief is that Mr. Clarkson is in the business jnstfor the fun of the thing. Allegheny's determination to locate its electric light plant in the old armory building on Marion avenue instead of in the parks, is decidedly wiser than to use park property for other purposes than that to which it was dedicated. Beally, however, after the things that Tanner had said, it is hard to perceive any thing in that letter to Dalzell that required suppression on his account The Chicago clergymen are announced to have a discussion pending as to whether there really is a personal devil or not The ques tion was supposed to be settled, in this country at least. The highest Governmental authority is prepared to ask how on any other hypothesis than that that of a real lively personal Prince of Evil, the pension business ever got into its present muddle. A Kentucky paper thinks it a singular thing that a river's head is not nearly as big as its mouth. Not at all. That is merely a quality which establishes the claim of the rivers to a leading place in politics. It is asserted that the main spring of the Watch Trust is broken. At all events there does not seem to be any doubt that it has run down. The stoppage of the State work at Johns town while dead bodies are still being taken from the debris permits us to indulge in some salutary reflections on the results of refusing to take the obvious course of call ing together the appropriating power and securing money enough to do the work properly. "We are pained to observe that the emi nent Mr. Depew has misled the good Colo nel Shepard into publishing a quite too realistic description ot the performances of the Turkish dancing girls at Paris. The Bepublican leaders who are falling outside the breastworks of State conventions, this year, indicate an alarming list of casualties. The Hoosier incumbents of foreign con sulates are having a hard struggle with the effete powers. Between Parisian policemen and London tailors their experience is likely to make them wish themselves back at the congenial labor of organizing the voters of fhe hoop-pole regions. M . . I ra-djfri - ft 'MfMri THE TOPICAL TALKEB. A Cnso of Mistaken Identity When the Wind Whistles Odds nnd Ends and a Voice From Ohio. "You observed, didu't you, that that rather haughty-looking lawyer who passed us asecond ago did not bow to me?"' a friend asked me yesterday as we walked down Diamond street I said I bad noticed that tbe lawyer in ques tion seemed unconscious of being in the vicin ity of greatness. "Well," continued my friend, "that lawyer bowed to me most obsequiously for over a year. 1 did not know him, from the side ot a red barn, but as he dressed well and carried with him enough dignity to equip two dozen peacocks, I accepted his homage and returned the salute until one day we met In the Du quesne Hotel. As became a person of his call inn. he was attending to his dnty at tbe bar, when a friend of mine took mo over to intro duce me to him. He saw us coming, and put ont his hand in a deferential sort of way to me. I took it wonderingly, and my friend asked the lawyer: 'You know this man, do you?' " 'Oh, yes,' be replied, '1 have had the honor of Mr. 's acquaintance for some time.' "I was crestfallen at once, for the lawyer had named a very prominent statesman of this city. I explained of course, and then it was tho lawyer's turn to look and feel uncomfortable. He has revenged himself and wiped ont all his former bows by looking clean through me whenever we have met since." WHEN THE -WIND WHISTLES ! 1 ought not to doubt you, but time is a thief All summer yon wooed, and now I am won You will not deceh e meto die I'd as lief We've loved many days, but tho summer is done. Say, when the wind whistles, as whistle it will, Will you think of me, sweetheart? Be true to me still? Last night as 1 gazed at the star-sprinkled sky, The day of our parting 1 pictured again; I heard the wheels rolling, I heard your goodby. And the thought camo a-flylng on pinions of pain: O when the wind whistles, as whistle It will, O will be be true to me? lie true to me still? When tho winter winds whistle and snow's over all, Will the roses of summer, the spot where1 they grew, Tne garden, the woods, and the old-faslfoned halt Come back to your heart with the girl tlnf you knew? , O when the winds whistle, as whistle they will, Will you think of me, sweetheart? Be true to me still? U may ev'ry snowflafce that falls be a ghost From tbe white rose I gave you, to bring back the day You held me and told me you loved me the most, And with me forever you promised to stay.' O when the wind whistles, as whistle it will, Will you think of me, sweetheart? Be true to me still? ! What a remarkable lot of people must be the friends of George Meredith, who ire so indignant because, in a recently pubished book it is declared that tbe novelist is cf En glish peasant parentage. One of these fiiends states in an American magazine that as a mat ter of fact George Meredith is descended from a line of Welsh princes. Welsh princes, are preferable to a good many other kinds of roy alty as forefathers, but if there existed any way of arranging such matters I should think every intelligent man wonld rather havs the blood of a peasant In his veins than a prince's. 'As a matter of fact, the peasant blood of England is the purest obtainable then, and after all, clean blood Is better than blue blood any day. From tbe works of his brain It Tould seem that Georgo Meredith has untainted blood. V f Women were fond of writing postscrirts to their letters even in Shakespeare's time. Those of you who were fortunato enough U see "Twelfth Night" played at the Opera House this week, doubtless noticed that in the latter written by Maria to delude poor Malvolio Into believing that Viola loved him, she set the worst trap of all in the postscript It was the postscript that bade him smile continually. V. Very seldom does such a chance to enjoy so many great entertainments on one day occur as last Monday and Tuesday offered. I know of a young man of Qreensburgwho came to the city on Monday morning early. He went to tbe Exposition direct from tbe cars, and stayel there till 1 o'clock, when be went uptown to dinner. After transacting a little business be went to tbe ball game and saw the Allegbenles trim up the Indianapolis team. Returning to town, he supped at a hotel, and, after enjoying a cigar, went to Barnum's circus. He did not stay all through the performance, but returned in time to see about half of "The U. & Mail" at tho Bijou. Then, not being a hoc:, he went to bed. ' A VOICE FHOM OHIO. 1 don't care a cent for the Preslden t, . Or the chiefs of his Cabinet; I want it to be quite evident That I am running yet. For Foraker, Foraker, Foraker I'm, And I mean to get there every time. O Tanner' s told a tale to me. It will not do to quote. But a hint is good enough you see To catch the soldier vote. For Foraker, Foraker, Foraker I'm, And I mean to get there every time. I'll teach the party, high and low, It's slight to me to rue. For President I'll run, you know, In eighteen ninety-two. For Foraker, Foraker, Foraker I'm, And nobody else until that time. HEFnumr Johns, PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Ex-Queen Isabella ot Bpain recently won 40,000 francs on a horse race. Mb. Carter, the Hawaiian Minister to this country, will leave Honolulu for Washington on Tuesday. President SEiXYE,of Amherst College, will sail for Europe in a few days, accompanied by bii daughter. Prince Albert Victor will return from India, whither he goes this fall, by the way of China, Japan and Canada. Little King Alexander of Servia is mneb impressed with a sense of bis own dignity. He can scarcely write three lines on any topic without using the expression "L the King." The Bev. George Washington, who styles himself "Eldest Representative of the Durham Branch in England," writes to a London jour nal, urging English collectors of documents illustrating the career of General Washington to organize themselves into associations to pre serve tbe papers collected, and meet from time to time to compare experiences and exchange views. Speaking of Tsin Kwo Ying. the now Chi nese Minister to this country, a Washington correspondent says:" Mr. Tsin, the new arrival, is a small, wiry, alert man, arbitrary to the point of tyranny so much so that bis subordi nates in tbe party quake at tbe sound of his voice and have bad a nervous time on their long journey. In tbis be is a marked contrast to large-framed, calm-browed, affable and really charming Minister Chang, whose impend ing departure everyone regrets." The German Emperor is fond of variety even in such small matters as his daily bread. Thus he takes for breakfast a small white loaf, tho top of which is powdered over with salt, and which, accordingly, goes by tbe name of salt-bun. Its cost is 1 penny. After it he con sumes a balf-penny bun, known as tbe "Lucca eye." For his sandwiches he requires yet an other kind of bread, made of the finest Vienna flour, and baked till the outside, which Is after ward cut off. Is quite black. Price, 1 penny. At dinner, with the soup, so-called "broth sticks" are served. They are made after an Italian recipe, which is the secret of the court bakers, and their value is a balf-penny apiece. EIGHTY THOUSAND FREE CIGARS And Ale nnd Porter by the Barrel for the Use of tho Knights. tSrZCXU. TIIJtOBAX TO THB DISPATCH. Washington, September 28. Eighty thou sand cigars for public distribution are among tbe purchases of tbe exedrsion committee of the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar. It is estimated that nearly 8,000 people will occupy sleeping cars at tbe railroad stations. One of the Chicago commanderies has bad tbe interior of its hotel car changed so as to admit of Jutting in a barrel of ale and a barrel of porter t Is farther improved by tbe addition of shelves for the accomodation of champagne baskets. Private Secretary Halford said to-day that the President would take pleasure in reviewing I, HO uicunbu cUAUS MtMU BMUU AVUl- IJIO YY U tO XXQUBB. WORK OP GOOD WOMEN. What tbe Women's Christian Society Is Doing Homes Established for Poor Girls An Organization Known Far and Wide. Twenty-two years ago in this then Smoky City a little company of 200 ladles filled with tbe desire to do something for the elevation of the human race, met and discussed the most feasible plan upon which to operate. While tbey were still in doubt about wbat line to pur sue the Mayor of Allegheny, In a conversation with one of them, told of a sad case of two destitute girls whs had come in from tbe country to And employment, and after spending days in a vain search had asked to be placed in a cell with the city prisoners. This was an inspiration, and one of the ladies said a home' for women is what we need a temporary home where any woman in distress may be sheltered, and fed until em ployment can be found. Then was organized the Woman's Christian Society of the twin cities a society that is noted all over the United States for its great work. Sister societies from all large cities write to Mrs. F. K. Brunot, tuo President, in quiring tbe particulars of their mode ot work that gives such satisfactory results. The mother branch, as it is called, was the Temporary Home, established 22 years ago, and every year since the family has been in creased with the addition of one child, or a new branch. Helping Poor Women. Tbe temporary Home is located at 929 Penn avenue, and In It any woman who Is in need of assistance, by going before a committee, can find as the name indicates, a temporary home. Intoxicated women are even take care of, but women who are thoroughly and system aticallv nicked are not admitted, on account of the influence tbey have on the other inmates. This branch was not complete, however, until four years later, when a permanent Home was established. It filled a long-felt want. Tbe idea in thi3 Home was to receive and care for girls wno maue iaise steps, it is now located at jn o. 133 Locust street, and any poor, unfortunate girl can go there. During the time they remain at the home they learn everything pertaining to housekeeping, so that when they commence acain the battle ot lite tbey are prepared to earn good wages as household help. The Home secures them places In the country, if possible, and by corresoondence retains a supervision over them. Tbey are always welcome to re turn, and are mado to feel that is really their home. Tho youngest child of this very worthy mother branch was established the 1st of last May, and is a Yonng Woman's Boarding Home at No. 49 Stockton avenue. Hon. Felix R. Brunot presented to tbesociety a 30,000 three-story brick bouse, and it Is fur nished nicely throughont by charitable people. A Breadwinner's Home. The object of tbis branch is to afford a com fortable, cheerful, easy home to breadwinners, not to girls who have parents to provide for tbem and wish to enjoy a lovely home at little or no expense while attending school. Thla class is not taken at all, but those who are de pendent upon their own resources here, by pay ing the small sum of S3 GO a week, enjoy all tbe advantages of a nice home. It is intended also as a protective home for the yonnger girls, and they do not receive any over 25 years of age, as they are supposed to have reached the age of discretion bv that time. In this Home are now 17 bright, attractive young ladiesand in a short time they will ac commodate 22. It is nnder tbe supervision of a matron as are all the rest of the branches. This is but a brief sketch of three branches of the work. Imagine the good that must re sult from 22 branches. The Twin Cities are, and should be, justly proud of this network of good that has been constructed within the limits. Thorn Branch. A Pleaannt Soiree. A very pleasant soiree was given by Miss Mary McGraw at her residence, 187 South ave nue, Allegheny, in honor of Mr. W. H. Dewey, now visiting Pittsburg from Silver City, Idaho. Among thejruests were: Mr. W. Bu DeWey, Mr. and Mrs. Hucken stein, Mr. and Mrs. A- B. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hurkenstein, Felix Ward. Robert McGraw, John H.McGraw, Miss Letitia Dixon, Miss Stella Munhall, Miss Sadie McSweeny, Miss Mamie Ihmsen and Miss K. Callagban. The entertainment passed off brilliantly, and was quite an event in tbe social year. THE FAITHFUL MADE IIAPPY. A Largo Number of PostoQlce Appointment! Annonnced by the President. Washington, September 28. The President basappointedthe following named postmasters: Ii. J. Kodgers, atZarcy, Ark., vice John C, Mc Cauley, removed; Jacob M. Copes, at -Pnainlx, Ariz., vice 'William A. Hall, resigned: Arvid Hlnman, at Moscow, Idaho T., vice T. M. Griffin, resigned; Charles M. Lyon, at McLeansborough, 111., vice J. M Marshall, removed: John CI. Brod enschatz, at Lemont. 111., vice Matthew Warner, removed; Willis O. PlnnelL at Paris. 111., vice Thomas E. Garner, removed; Fenwlck Y. Hed ley, at Bunker BUI, 111., vice Thomas J. Carroll, removed; K. Nazewerthy, at Sullivan, 111., vice William Klrkwood, removed; Frank P. Gillespie, at Olney, III., vice James C. Allen, removed; Solomon Conn, at 'Winnlmac, Ind., vice M. H. Ingnn, removed; Avery C. Newton, at Storm Laic, la, vice S. 11. Hobbs, resigned; Milton Stair, at Algona, la., vice L. H. Lantry, resigned; Silas C. Mofarlad, at MarBhaltown, la., vies William F. Bailey, removed; David B. Gor don, Aballne, Kan., vice A. G. Buchanan, re moved; William H. Kelson, at Arkansas Cily, Kan., vice Martin Sinnott, removed; Abraham 1). Opps, at Bird City, Kan., vice J. C. Kernd. resigned: Daniel Bradbury, at Colby, Kan., vice J. M. Flke. removed; Warren H. Fletcher, at Cly Center, Kan., vice K. C Wilson, removed; William F. Groesbeck, at Concordia Kan., vice William II. L. Pepperell, resigned; Benjamin J. bqltb. at Erie, Kan., vice Ira Stelnberger, re moved: William L. Beaton, at Jackson, Mich., vice William M. Bennett, removed: Lyman Ton dro, at Kochester, Minn., vice Samnel V. Wolf, removed; Christian Peterson, at Preston, Minn., vice Thomas Mall, removed: Wbeaton M. fnller, at Little Falls, Minn., vice John Wetzel, re moved; E. It. Crofton, at Liberty, Mo., vice Tlomas H. Framer, resigned; B. M. Prentiss, at Bethany, Mo., vice George L. Phillips, resigned; Homer A. Kelson, at Lebanon, Ho., vice a. J. ickersham, removed; Charles L. Porter, at Plat.sburg, Mo., vice John T. Wrinkle, resigned; Bice H. Eaton, at Kearney, Neb., vice II. F. Uley. resigned: Henry B. Hupp, at Hummels town, Pa vice H. W. Bruser, removed; William Galloway, at Parkersburg, Pa., office having be come Presldental: Harry J2. Lutz, at Clrclevllle, O., vice G. A. Wilder, removed: Albert S. Hearn, at Uodgevllle, 'Wis., vice M. J. Brlegs, resigned; Henry F. Dlnsmore. at Hudson, Wis., vice ii. C. blmons, resigned: Frank P. Klsbcrt, at Jefferson, vice Nelson Bruett, resigned. A TOWN 250 IEAP.S OLD. The Ancient Tillage of Stratford Preparing for a Great Birthday Celebration. ISrECIAI. TELEOBA1I TO THE DISFATCn.t Stratford, Conn., .September 28. All the arrangements have been perfected for tbe celebration on Thursday next of the two hun dred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of tbe town of Stratford and tbe dedication of a soldiers' and sailors' monument, which has just been erected on Academy HilL If the day should be fine it Is believed that there will be more than 1.500 people in line, and preparations have been made to feed 8,000 guests. A fine pyrotechnic display has been arranged for, and the streets for bait a mile will be strung with Japanese lanterns. Decorators are already at work putting up flags and bunting. There will be tableaux representing industries of tbe olden times. An exhibition will be held repro ducing actual events of the early history of the settlement. In which Indians, backwoodsmen, hunters, etc., will be prominent. One scene will represent tbe Benjamin tavern, with Gen eral Washington as a guest Among the distinguished persons who have Eromised to be present are Governor Bulkier, lieutenant Governor Merwin, Senators Haw ley and Piatt, tbe Department Commander of the G. A. K. and staff. Colonel T. L. Watson and staff, the Fourth Begiment, CNG, Mayor Deforest, of Bridgeport, and the Selectmen of Bridgeport, Huntington, Miltord, Fairfield, Trumbull, Easton and other places. The ad dresses will be made by tho Rev. I. C. Foster, of New York; General Joseph It. Hawley, Curtis Thompson, of Bridgeport; the Rev. George W. Judson, of Orange, Mass., and Ben jamin T. Fairchild, of New York. What Might Have Been. From the New York Evening World.l Tanner, in his ''confidential" letter to Dalzell, said: "I couldn't kick." No: if he conld Pri vate Dalzell wonld by this time look like the remains of a 6C-cent table d'hote. Not In His Line. From the Globe Democrat.' x-Senator Riddleberger says: "I draw the line between white and black." 'It would be more to the purpose if be would draw the line between water and wnisky. He Would If He Could. (.From the Philadelphia Press. There is no need for alarm In the announce ment that Jay Gonld is about to go to Europe again. Mr. Gould will not take the country along with him. 4 The Richest Man Overlooked. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. J In tbe midst of these recurring train robber ies tbe sad thought arises that no one has yet tapped the pile of a sloeping-car porter, A FEEHCH YIEWOF B00LAH6IR? Dead to tho- Political World A Man of Ability, but Not of Deeds Where Hej Obtained His Strength The French Republic Strengthened by tbe Last Election. At last BouJanger has met with his deserts. His def eat'could not be more complete, and we may well say that bis play Is played. Boulanger is now dead to the political world. How could it he otherwise? No sensible man ever believed seriously in Boulanger, no sensible man conld trust to him, thongh tbe "brave general" succeeded not one could tell bow in making bis name famous all over tbe world. How strange his success! Indeed, as far back as we look in the history of nations, we find no instance of another man having made so much noise in the world, yet having done nothing to justify his reputation. We readily believe that Boulanger is a man of abilities and very possibly a good soldier, that Is if we judge the man by his clever speeches full of original Ideas, and the little good be did In the way of reforms at the time he held the post of Minister of War; but we must say it, he never was given a chance of showing his military talent on the battlefield and certainly no sensible French people could be contented with his fine words and fair promises. No. Jn France as in every other country, there are two very different classes of men; reasonable people and foolish people, in other words, those who take the trouble of thinking and those who will not be reasoned with. 'Where Bonlnnger's Strength Laid. 'Boulanger's friends and supporters belonged if we except a few of his Intimate and Initi ated friends to tbe class of tbe non-reasoning, all-lmpnlslve people. Tbe General's persua sive ways and splendid promises bad won for him the hearts of the simple-minded ones. For a long time they were his own all his own. The day of his flight from Brussels bis former devoted followers began to tbink that after all the bravery of tho "beau sabreur" bad its limits. Why should he not return to France? Why should he not brave the Government? Why should he not attempt "to strike a blow?" Is he not the General "sans peur et sans re procbe f Such questions as these the faithful asked of themselves. They have not so far been answered. His friends thought the matter over and over again and finally came to the conclusion that Bonlanger was a good talker, not deficient In eloquence, but for all that only a talker. His entreaties to the Paris electors were hardly heeded, and on the day of the elections many of Boulanger's old friends gave their vote to his opponent. How did Boulanger get so many votes on his sldeT The anBwer is easy. About a half of the voters Belonged not to his party, but to the conservative parties. Why, shall we be asked, did the Royalists, Orleanists and Bonapartists vote for Boulanger? For tbis simple reason; helping Boulanger into the new Honse was preparing the overthrow of the Re public More. Helping Boulanger Into the House meant war at short delay, troubles in every way and everywhere, in a word a general upsetting of existing things. And, of course. Royalists, Orleanists, Bonapartists were quite ready to take advantage ot It, to "retirer les marrons du feu" as we say in France. Carnot Was Prepared. But tho enemies of tbe republic were all mis taken. Carnot and his friends are not easily Deaten. They have, we know, on more than one occasion given proofs of their uncommon abilities as also of their never failing energy, and they were especially prepared for the elections, armed to the teeth, if I may use the term. Carnot knew what the ex-General was about, and he took precautions in consequence. Assisted by his able ministers, beside many In fluential members of both Houses, the cam- palgn must be well directed, and so it proved to be indeed. And, at tbis moment, we may, I repeat, well say that Boulanger is now dead to the political world. He may stay where he pleases, and the rumor will have it that tbe de feated schemer, the "ex-General," tho "brave Boulanger," the "beau sabreur," call him what ever you please, has grown fond of old Albion and means to settle for good In that most aristo cratic country. Owinz to the energy of Camot, perhaps more than to anything else. Republican France is still and despite all her enemies, wbat it was oeiore ine aopearanco ui xiuuiaugcr. vruaii it was, do I say? The truth is that our republic k.TV, .;.., , to lutniMttlnn-' very much strengthened. And there is now no donbt whatever that France will remain a re public as long as she lives. The French people have learned to appreciate the republican Gov ernment, and they will have nothingmore to do with Royalists, Orleanists or Bonapartists. I repeat, they like the new Government and are thankful to them for all the good they have done ever since the disastrous war of '70. Ready bat Not Eager for War. In fact tbe Repnblio has done more during these past 18 years than all previous govern mentsin the course of a century. France had heavy debts, and those debts are now paid, or pretty nearly. France had no army after the war, and now she has a right to be proud of her powerful legions. Shonld France oe provosiea and have to go to war 3,000,000 of men are ready to take the field. There will be no more treachery, no more surprise. The lesson we were given in 1870 was a hard one, but we have profited by it. Bismarck knows it all the world have heard of our strength. We are ready to act in oase of emergency, but we will not move unless provoked. Carnot is a peace-loving man, and he is also a clever man. His sole ambitttn is to keep friendly with all nations. He wants to see France respected, and hislong cherished wish will certainly bo soon realized. Neither Boulangists, nor Bonapartists, nor Orleanists, nor Royalists will be allowed to stand in his way. When they become too troublesome, why, be will calm them down again. And, let us say it, Camot represents the feel ings of the nation at large. Frenchmen approve of his doings, as they know well that he wants to do what is right. France of To-Day. I alluded just now to the good work of the Republic There is one thing more I would like to add. Not only the Republic has made tbe army wbat it now is, but she has built 27,000 more free schools, which are attended by &, 000,000 children! I cannot, for want of space, enter into details and enumerate the many re forms that have been made these past 18 years. Suffice it to say that at this present time Re publican France is stronger than ever in every sense ot the word. Ten years hence maybe sooner sue will have taken up again her old rank among nations, and there will be no more Boulangists, no more Orleanssts, no more Royalists, no more Bonapartists. The growing generation ia bound to bo essentially Republi can; everybody will be a republican and a pa triot. Then by that time, let us bope,all Europe will be quieted, each nation working bard .for her improvement. The hnge armies will at last be dismembered, and tbe then useless soldiers will go back to their fields, like the Romans of old, having locked up their gun never to touch it again. Frenchmaw. How to Stop Train Robberies. From the Chicago Herald. 1 If the railroad managers of the United States would expend a few thousand dollars for tbe purpose of arming their engineers, conductors and brakemen, it Is probable hat tbe train robbery industry would soon go Into a decline. These robberies occur weekly in all parts of the country not always lu remote localities by any means and it is high time for the railroad authorities to adopt measures calculated to render them unfashionable. He Knows Better Now. From the Detroit Free Press. I Farmer Allen, of Pennsylvania, did not be lieve that his hired man kept a good watch on the stables, and so he disguised himself, went out and began banging around, and the first thing he knew be bad a charge of shot in his leg. The hired man was right on deck. WHEN THE FIRE BURNS LOW. I sit by the hearth while the Are burns low, And a throng of memories glide, Like ghosts of the days of long ago, Jro the promise of youth had died. Tbey glide with a stealthy and noiseless tread, Unwelcome, unbidden, to-night, , I thought indeed-long ago, they were dead And buried forever from sight. Tis useless to bnry them, shallow or deep, No grave can a memory hold; Never tiU I in my own grave sleep Will the knell or these ghosts be tolled. J V Boston Commonwealth. ftl 'MiiMtfWfpYlr'WrfwrM 19Gii- viHlTt T01E JSEWS JH I1TXWT8BS BCBZAC BPSCULLS.' New York,' September a Mrs. Beraar J. Mulholland, wife of a well-knownBreoklya "politician, learned, last night that her husbasd was calling upon Miss May Low, with whom lie had long bees too intimate to suit her. Mrs. Mulholland put on a gossamer waterproof. ad stole around ihe corner to Mlsa Low's house. She tried to enter the door, but it was looked, Tbe more she tried tbe madder she got, and presently she picked up a garden "rake and smashed a front parlor window. 'Then she went around the house and began to bombard the back parlor windows with flower-pots, gravel, bricks and kindling wood. When she had driven the last splinter of glass from the sashes she walked through the frames asd began to hunt for Mr. Mulholland. She found him in an upstairs back room, with Miss Xow. He jumped for a door. She was too quick for him. Before he could open it she had brought down the gardes rake on hts head, back and shoulders. Bleeding and disheveled, Mr. Mul holland broke away from her and up another flight of stairs, where be locked himself in a hall-room. Then Mrs. Mulholland let herself and tbe garden rake loose upon the furniture and bric-a-brac of the Low family. She raked down pictures, ripped up rugs, smashed china ana hauled the insides all out of a piano. A policeman whom 'Miss Low and her mother had summoned eventually got her out of, the house and .to her home. Mr. Mulholland has disappeared. Movements of tbe Blalnes. Hon. James G. Blaine, Mrs. Blame, Walker, and. James G. Blaine, Jr., were at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day. All except James Q. Blaine, Jr., returned to Washington this even ing. Miss Harriet Blaine is to be the guest of Mrs. Coppinger. at Governor's Island, for a week, while Miss Margaret is visiting tbe daughter of MinistecPhelps. Walker Blaine says that the reports about his father's health were unfounded. It was Walker Blaine for whom the doctor bad been summoned while at Richfield Springs. He had an attack of malarial' chills. Secretary Blame was busy receiving big Republicans up to 3 o'clock, when he left the hotel to take the 3.40 train for Washington, Most of the foreign delegates to the Pan-American Congress left for Washington on the same train. ' , Distinguished Foreigners Coming. Ellis Clark,' President of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers of England, General Winston, ex-Minister to Persia, and Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, of the English Theater, will arrive hero on the steamship Servia to morrow. Mr. Clark comes here at tbe instance of tbe British Government to inspect the sani tary systems of the largest American cities. He will take in, among others. New York, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburg and Chicago, and will remain in the country four months. Tbe French steamship La Bretagne, also due to morrow, has on board SignorTommaso Balvini, who is coming here for a 20 weeks' tour of the big cities. Tbe great tragedian will play four nights each week which will make his season about 80 performances. On tho "off" nights Alexander, bis son, who attends to all the stage arrangements, will do the "partners." Beecher'sr Ceaatrr Place for Sale. "Boscobel," Henry Ward Beecher's famous country seat near Peekskill-on-the-Hndson, Is advertised for sals by tbe executor of tbe late C.H.Butler. a wealthy lawyer, who bought the place from tbe Beecher estate. Mr-Eeecher bought "Boscobel" quite early in his career. Later he expended upon.it almost all the profits frdmhis literary work and lecturing tours. Altogether the place cost him about 230,000. It may now be naif or one-third of that sum. Mr. Beecher need to say that his potatoes cosr him SI apiece in the raising; "" A Church Crowded Oat. HL Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church in West Third street, formerly one of the largest and wealthiest societies in tbe city, is on the verge of dissolution. When founded, SO years ago. West Third street was an eminently respectable district. Ot late years tbe sur rounding neighborhood has become the favorite resort of thieves, sand-baggers and abandoned women. Attendants of tbe church have been obliged to. ran a gauntlet of disreputables and blacklegs to get to Sunday worship. Sunday evenings pickpockets made tbe streets dan gerous, while notorious women flaunted before fheSurf"ro"Sit thircbnrcb dpors and eoked Hged:foB at the young men who went Inside. Complaints to tbe police were futile, Tbe hundreds who once filled the church on Sunday evenings dwindled away to about a score. Tbe rector of the church: has just announced that he has discontinued Sunday evening service. The church society will try to move up town. If they do not succeed tbe church wiH be dis solved. Clgnr Makers Adjourn. The delegates to the Cigar Makers' Inter national Union of America, which has been in session for the last two weeks at Tammany Hall, wound up their business this morning and went home. Their deliberations have cost tbe union in the neighborhood of $20,000. The convention made a radical change to-dayin the organization of localities in which there is more than one union. Tbe proposition grew out of the difficulties experienced in what is known as the New York district. It is, in sub stance, that in places where more than one union holds a charter, said unions shall form a joint committee for tbe management of all strikes or lockouts and the regulation of the price of labor. THE WOELD'S PA1K SITE. President Harrison Expresses His Views on Tbis Important-Question. I SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THIS WSPATCH.l Washington, September 18. Beside Secre taries Tracy. Windom, Wanamaker and Proc tor, Land Commissioner Groff and Congress man William Cogswell, of Massachusetts, and Ben Butterworth, of Ohio, just back from Eu rope, called upon tbe President to-day. He said that he was for making the proposed" World's Fair as grand as possioie, ana lor avoiding any quarrel over tho site. Tbe matter should be carefully considered, without prejudice in favor of any one place, and when tbe selection of a site is made all tbe people should unite to make the celebration a success. ' It Tickled tbe Old Man. Prom the Detroit Free Press. J When Mrs. Bismarck went ont to the wood pile tbe other day to tell the old man to shave off the knots a little closer, she found him holding a Russian paper in his band and laugh ing until he had to lean against tbe fence. It contained an editorial advising Germany to restore Alsace and Lorraine to France as a peace offering. TEI-STATE TE1ELE8. A sparrow flew into one of 'the big pipes in the organ in St. Joseph's German Catholic Church, Johnstown, and caused a super natural terror among the choristers till the cause was discovered and removed. A silver dollar of 1793, almost as might aa tbe day it was coined, was found buried near a stump in a boat yard at Yardley, Pa., a few days ago by William Derry. "Not many people know," said a sportsman recently, "that tbe beautiful plumage of the wood duck has a commercial value aside from its millinery uses: Tbe mottled feathers of the shoulder tuft are much used in tying certain patterns of salmon and bass flies; for this they bring quite a good little figure." As Erie paper says: A Tennessee quail flew into Caswell's candy stand, on State street, near Eleventh, and was caught. HAsrt Coder, while bunting for squirrels near Lock Haven, saw a big bear. As he hadn't lost any beats he let it go its way unmolested. Ait Ohio bachelor wbo had permitted 63 years to pass away without getting married has just been struck by the shaft of Cupid, and will wed next month. Tbe object of his affections Is a fair maiden of 42. HibahHiix, of Russ' Comers. W. Vs., has an old rooster that tackled a large rat in the yard and killed it. William Gipsox; of Noble county, O., re cently killed a porcupine In his bed room. George Ctovaiv of Mill Creek, W. Va get near enough to a live rabbit, to throw a basket over it asd oaptare K before K could get away. S$. '"' )' r ciBieeir rziu,.i tr . -m- -t- i-- numa vans, wr jmuuiuuuib wwj. bsmed sat for tbe fcarieanth thM esMeti day. In HlaehaEi. Mass.. the fire ttVpai'i.l mentis called oat to amlit la searehiegfer tort 'J oaiiuren, ;.o The Salvation Anay at Liel, 111.-, had a wedding at the barracks toe other ma teg and charged as aeteiseios fee. Camden ProhibitkdWa the alter day SWBBg from their aeadaaartatg a tiaamareatv oa one end of which is Me leftesd: "Leesi Option ia To Local and To OptioeaV '. There is-a man in St. Pasl wfee heaeta thai be has not taken a bats, ferseveiyeajs, , asd deaoBBceswitha good deal of Tsger the ; praotieeofba-thiEgasneeessarytotheeealert-of the average American citizen aa that of eat- . "tfc. w nvw.j vwauacKa unmswu is Sj.f-; A titOVMUnt M AS tnAC IB OI- Pnl,i,1inW fofesyrri8B4ayaaltsuotesee4iih. United States and Great Britain. It is siM ; ready deetareel themselves wUHbc ts Kr-w 1 their piaeee of bssiBees olosed os the Stst- sTatr of the week, - m -' The saaMgisg dirator at a. hijr -' dealing firm In London lately Mated teat.be once saw a leading broker ia Mteofac taae have 60 teas, ranging within a petwy per Mi Talue. weighed up is daatieate, the Hi ym uumoerea ana mixed up. m s ytmmgt the 90 dnnllfiitoo witunnt stasia mlufciktt- '" '& Hta, the sew remedy fer hvdioBhaata'i recently discovered is Hpnfn. scorns to bTa 'same given to the flower stalk of the aleViX yuii. cummss ia some parts of Bssjg. ia ory goes tnat its virtues were dtoeoveresl a- eideatally by a man In a fit of hydropioWalatl-j .- .r. u uiuc yiiuii ana uaeonsetonsij rm the stem. .- A hint for briefless barrieten Mother . .rsi- countries may be' gained from tfeefavlnanVad brothers is France. Some of the Jester Btees bers of- the lesal profession ia Pari, have placed their services at the dtopeattioa of the manager of theAmbigs for the total seeae hi , -Roger le Hoate," and their offer has bees gratefully aoeepted. 4 A laughable incident oecarred in one of the'esnrches is Hoi yoke, Mass., Sunday, wales was enjoyed notwithstanding the time sad place, Tbe arced pastor was trvlse to Ismu oa his hearers that the wicked stand os slip, pery place, WBemsaddealy a seat which held one of the prominent members of the cirareb collapsed, aad he west to the fleer wish a loud, crash, ) Judge A. A. Chapia, ot the? Superior Conrt,reJdBgte Pert Wayae, is the Tfatfas e-f a peculiar mtetaie. TheJadgeisthaewBerbt a lot, aad recently he deeided to basMahaad- l some residence. Plaaawere masta, aad inotae course or time tne Boaaa was sanssaa ready for occuiMtion. wsea it was that it had teen built os the wroatftocj Judge ia now negotlattaar with a haofless A prize of $25,GO0 has been oJrtslfjsjn tne Marine underwriters lor the derefcet Freya, which capsized off. Case Si while bound frost Savannah te Losdes with cargo of 570,060 worth of turpentine. Is seae unknown. manner tbe Freya suddeaty oopelsod on September 1L daring the great storm, aad her crew were rsscaed sftAr1 driftta afeeae for 24 hour in ssaall boats by the back gbeU dares.,, and landed at Lewes, DeL The rag Argus has. bees making an active seareh fet nearly a week"" past for tbe Freya. Logan county, W. Vs., has as ares of 800 square miles. The only town is the eoaaty te Logan C. H., with a population of a There is only one church building is the eessty, aad ' that waa erected by a private isdrndual. The t nearest railroad station to the county seat is S8 -, miles. Goods are taken to tbe county is pass boats at 76 cents per 190 pounds, as there are ' no roads throughout the oooaty. Land setts from SI to 88 per acre. Dense forests eorer the greater part of this illy aad mountainous county. The hills are full of vetes oeeal ? varying in thickness from 4 te 21 feet . u The arteeias well in CordeIetIa.,k a won der. After going down into the earth ferahesS ' too feet the contractors struck what was seeta- H lngly a strata rock ot quicksand. Leaving the pipes allia the well overnight, they found tie next morning that all the piping waa heavHy charged with magnetism. A. small naH laid oa the side of tbe pipe will sot fall off. The noedto on a surveyor's compass is attracted by this current at least ten feet from the month of the welLThe magnetic current is so streagthat the ., power of the. engine, together wRfl aKJthe m rizes they havo been able to put oa thepta '.-S i&wlll not draw It from the weH. Jj3 "! 'There' Is ose Laneta-ysBawj?,'ssj0HJLj wishes that death .weald come te Mi MstasJflHM says a Lansing; JflciL, paper. "Aweafcagoa") loaned a gold ring to a yo'ung lady friend. 'Two 5. 4 or three days later tho absent-mteded-yoofigl man noticed Oat the ring was missing treat Ms finger, and he walked straight down tonoMso ' headquarters asd notified Marshal Bates that i it had been stolen, carefully deseri&isg the property. When tbe young lady returned the ring to its owner yesterday yon could save . -knocked him do wn with a feather duster. The innocent yonng woman had been liable to ar- ' rest every moment of the week while wearing the borrowed ring, owing to his careful deserhs tion." Clifton, a suburb of Cincinnati, haaTa ghost. It appears as a woman clothed in black with a muffled face. It haunts a lonesome spot . of ground across which a path leads. Two Drothers, who work is the city, were returning home one evening when they encountered her, who met them ana waved them back; For some time after this they avoided the path, bat finally grew bold enough to try it again. The path runs by as old stamp that stands Is tbe center of the field. The stump is rotten, farm ing "foxwood" that emits a phosphorescest light. Hot many days ago the boys; chose dif ferent times for goiagbome Tbe first reached there is safety. After waiting for several hours for his brother to com a and growing fear ful that an accident had happened, be, with a son of Fisher, started to look for him. In al" most tbe center of the lot they found the boy lying senseless. He was as one dead, asd alter they bad carried him home they spent a long time working over him before he regained consciousness. He was usable to give awes of an explanation. He had sot sees the ghost, bnt while walking bad bees throws dews by a gentle but irresistible force and became. un conscious. He bore no marks of violeaee. Shortly after the brothers bad otiahedithe fence to the pasture os their way homeiaad had taken a lew steps, the old stamp unnnnmrt an unwonted brightness; and the woman sud denly appeared advancing toward tnemjxaey BJceoaauieo. -nvw MnrnmPB An .im JDAVA HXAi.lUA0 VJD X VaF ' &; The skirts of a town are usually trimmed with scattered rows of popu-lace. Bolttmort American. s "Observe Mrs. Hockton ceaiag. this way." r "Why. she's in second mourning. HuhaBdr "No: aog."-ittzo. jgi, r .Customer (to milkman's son) How many cows does your father keep? , Boy Well, he had tea, but the pump dried up ' and he has only nine now. Seie Tort Journal, , TBOJt THE BICOND CABZBT, A Man wants bat little down below When tossing in his berth: - Steam yachts may do for millionaires He only wants the earth, i Harper t Basar.f ' constituent (.to newly elected Congress- man x ouTe a pretty wg man now. eh? - Congressman Zr well, I don't know. Idldj lmv tht flftttprlnv nnftttnn tn mvuMlniiKITuvR my mother-in-law scornfully sizing me up. -Yew '.V lor Journal. . & ' -.r 4 TAXBBIQHTS. You'll find now at the country fair x resa oumpsins, 1 And each one thinks himself while there "Some pumpkins." V Aeto lor JournaLx Grocer James, I hear a noise in the cellar. Just go down and see what's the matter.' James (reappearing)-It's only the vinegar, Sir, Brine. Grocer The vinegar? James res; It's calling for Its motber.-Judtf. Illinois Man Where do yon live ia Sew York? New York Man OnTwoHundred and IWeenth street. Where do you lire when at home? Illinois Man (somewhat staggered) Wen. t present I live on Long lane. Prog Hollow; but It'll be about nineteen Hundred and Ninetieth street when we get annexed to Chicago. fuck. Sweet Girl (at 18) Oh, it's just lovely to receive so much attention! That horrid Miss Pert will go lust wild with envy when snen . .,.... .ii. am wtj. tMi evenlnc. 5 Sameblrl (at 19)-Oh, It Just drives me wsajj Every time he call some other man " '""i noklnf in. to snoil tha whole evening. rue, -r Not Eecestly. Judge You are a free holder; 432 .. .. . at- XTOspecuTeuuryroan 10, om. Jndae Married or alnzle? rrosneetivs Jarrmaa Married three yearssMl IsLSL nAStll 1-j ix. . j4 m Mnrttted .atBT a uuv dSii Jl - sr - .PiweettTs JwTBHW-Notiftr tbt67Mf 9Mtl ,Xnr Jftwje Jtvprw.. n Zk ii