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POSTAGE All persons who mail the Snndny lasue of Tbe Dispatch to friends should benr in mind the fact that the post-n-e thereon Is Two (2) Cents. All double end triple number copies ol The Dispatch lcqnirc a 2-cent stnmp to insure prompt delivery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. JUNE J, 189a THE DISPATCH TOE THE SUMMER. Pcrtons leaving the City for the summer can have The Dispatch forwarded by earliett mail to any address at the rate of 90 centt per month, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only. 70c per month, ft for three months. The addrest may be changed as desired, if care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. B-The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH has been removed to Corner of Smithfield aad Diamond Streeis. STATE COUUTS TO DECIDE. Tlie Leechburg habeas corpus case as de cided by Judge Acheson yesterday contains several intimations that the tray of the original package Tender may not be as smooth as it was expected to be. The Judge in refusing to discharge the Leechburg liquor dealer does not dispute the application of tbe Supreme Court deci sion, bnt decides that he will not interfere with the right of the State Court to hear the case and recognize the binding force of the TJ. S. decision. If that recognition should not be made as it was in Maine, of course, the United States Courts will be obliged to hear the case. But this disposition warns the dealers in the original package plan that they must stand trial in the State courts under what will probably be a strict construction of tbe ruling by the United States Supreme Court. "What this may mean Is foreshown by the claim of the prosecution in the Silverman case that the beer which he sold was not shipped directly to him, but was first shipped to Pittsburg and thence reshipped to Leechburg. Beyond that there is the question whether the decision in favorof non resident agents will be held to extend to resi dent agents. It would be somewhat unique it non-residents had rights that are denied to residents; but it is not more strange than that foreign brewers, distillers and dealers have rights that local ones cannot enjoy in their own State. It is this division between what is legal and illegal on purely arbitrary lines with out reference, reason or morals, that ex hibits the Supreme Court's decision in its least satisfactory light A reductio ad ab surdum necessarily carries the implica tion of lalse logic, and tbe judicial decisions as to State and Federal powers which give a man privileges superior to State law merely because he is not tbe citizen of the State, proves that the judicial reasoning is erron eously adjusted. Congress is evidently going to correct the error so far as it applies to tbe liquor traffic; bnt the judicial blunder will continue to confuse the public and legal idea until some case arises by which the Supreme Court can explain how much of its remarkable ruling was not meant. At present, however, it is likely to pro dace a restraining influence on the un licensed liquor dealers to know that while the principle of the decision is necessarily beyond the controversy of the State conrts, they have got to make their title clear to its protection before they secure exemption under it. NO NEED FOR SHOUTING. The President of the United States and the Governor of Ohio were the prominent pures of the Scotch-Irish Convention yes terday. Some of the reports indicate a dif ference of opinion as to the public sentiment displayed in their reception. One report represents that attention was so wrapped up in the President that no one noticed Gov ernor Campbell's presence until the higher functionary had Wken his departure; while another intimated that the public reception of President Harrison was apathetic to an extreme degree. Probably both views are largely tinged by individual opinion. There was nothing especial in the occasion which called for wild whoops of delirious joy. The Scotch-Irish assemblage had seen so much ot statesmen and public men in its own membership that it probably had its appe tite lor greatness sufficiently sated to receive the executives of both the nation and the State of Ohio with moderately quiet de corum. After three days of the convention, it is natural that tbe enthusiasm should be like Bottom's roaring "as mild as any sucking dove." SIB. DEPEW's PROPOSITION. Mr. ChaunceyM. Depew, in an interview published elsewhere, makes a strong argu ment in lavor of establishing postal savings banks for tlie especial benefit of the colored race in the South. The reasons which be gives for the project is the opportunity and inducement to be held out to negroes to save their money, and in the confidence which they leel in the solvency of the Government, are cogent and forcible. Tbe chief objection to the plan is that, to , a certain extent, it is another form of en couraging the general idea that the Govern MlM ment must exercise a fostering and paternal care over the industry and wealth of the people. If that idea is to be given free play, tbe postal savings bank is one of its most legitimate and praiseworthy develop ments. But it can hardly be ignored that very much better forms tor the savings of the people might be provided than is offered by interest on deposits in postal savings banks at 2 per cent. This especially suggests itself in view of Mr. Depew's connection with other financial interests. Tbe only reason why the great corporations of the conntry do not afford as safe investments for the people's money as any savings bank can is in the prevalence of financial vices which, nnder tbe theory of their creation, ought to be prevented by a vigorous and independent enforcement of law. The revenues ot the railways are as certain as the revenues of the Government, but the practices of stock watering and manipulation are means of transferring the investments of the common people to the pockets of the unscrupulous manipulators. If Mr. Depew could ensure that tbe man agement of all corporations should be scru pulously honest he would establish a much better investment than postal savings banks for the earnings of the people. Since he deems that to be impossible, the postal sav ings scheme maybe the best that can be done for the classes that require tuition in the virtue of frugality. THE ABOLITION OF DEMAGOGY. The reported decision of the "Ways and Means Committee to reject the Farmers' Alliance Government warehouse bill, is based on the agreement of the leaders of both sides "to cast aside all demagogy for once." This resolution is a first class one. Abstention from demagogy is al ways a good thing to resolve upon. If the leaders ot the parties can impress this determination upon all the members of Congress, it will work a great and desirable change in the character of the bills which are now encumbering the Government Printing Office and swelling the waste paper output of each Congressional session. The need for inducing an extension of this laudable resolution is evident from the fact that sundry of our statesmen are busy' in introducing measures beside which the Farmers' Alliance bill rejected by the Ways and Means Committee assumes the char acter of a most conservative and well-considered fiscal measure. The production of the wildest schemes, under the' idea that the Government can legislate each class of people into universal wealth, may have been as chronic heretofore, as it is at present; but it has never 'found as many agents in Congress to help it along, at least to the extent of getting the bill printed at the Government's expense. Senator Stan ford's bill to set the Government printing presses at work making money to lend to the farmers at two per cent, while it must pay 2y to 2)4 per cent on its own loans has been discounted by Congressman Mc Clamney's bill, which puts the rate down to one per cent. It certainly seems that while the Legislators are about it they might as well abolish interest altogether. That is the view taken by the "Wage Workers' Political Alliance, whose function in public affairs appears to be to produce practical demonstrations that there is no idea so utterly absurd that Senator John James Ingalls can be induced to stand god father to its introduction in the Senate. In its bill to abolish coined money and do away with interest, heretofore referred to in these columns, the idea was very clearly ex pressed that when the process is once commenced money might as well be made so cheap and worthless that no one will pay interest for its use. It has, ho irever, discounted its former efforts by a bill also fathered by Senator Ingalls which provides that any tenant of any property can become its possessor by drawing his personal warrant on the United States Treasury for two hundred times tbe rent paid in the last month; and the contumacious owner who declines to acrept that piece of paper, in ex change for his real estate, is to be im prisoned for life! Of course Senator Plumb must make a Tigorous enort to keep abreabt ot his collcages, and so be brings in a bill to establish Edward Bellamy's "grand army of labor," the principal feature of which is that every member ot it is to work only four hours a day, but five days in the week and thirty-nine weeks in the year. For this each member is to get $780 per year from the Government Treasury, which will necessarily keep the rest of .the country hustling to pay the money for the grand army of labor whose distinguishing feature will be the minimum of labor it performs. No special attention is given as to what the labor shall be, further than a provision "that each county shall have a Government farm, which would thus be made even more decidedly an asylum for idlers than the present poor farms. It would be interesting to go into the inquiry what the epidemic is which has produced this harvest of financial and social lunacies. The production ot such unique schemes might be regarded as a stroke of humor if it were not that the Ameri can humorist for the present day is totally unable to rise to such heights of original and unconventional conception. The har vest of absurdities can be most adequately explained on the ground of an acute complication of the idea that it is the Government's business to provide for every one; that legislation consists of a mutual grab for the special benefit of various classes; that the way to rectify privileae in favor of one class is to establishlt for another; and that Government can establish universal plenty by act of Congress. As to the explanation for the readiness of legislators to cumber Congress with bills proposing to enact these anomalies it is not so difficult to make. It can be accounted for adequately and solely on the hypothesis of demagogy. Let us hope that the Ways and Means Committee will be as successful in abolishing that vice as it was in passing its tariff bilL THE FIGHTS AT THE PRIMARIES. The contesti at 'the primaries yesterday, viewed as a struggle between the veterans and the new aspirants for political honors, resulted in nearlv a drawn game. But as between the individual candidates there was nothing doubtful in the results. The most important fight in its bearing upon national issues was that between Col onel Bayne and Mr. Shiras for the Congres sional nomination on the Northside. The returns last evening showed a very decisive victory for Mr. Bayne, who will thus be re tained in tbe seat which be has held so long. Mr. Shiras, while be has displayed the qualities of a good campaigner, will have to await the future to satisfy his Con gressional aspirations. A contest even more hardly 'fought was that between Senator Butan and Mr. Neeb for tbe nomination to tbe State Senate in Allegheny. In this fight the younger Inan seems to have carried off the victory by a heavy majority. On this side, of the river the important nominations were scarcely contested. "With the settlement of the local nomina tions by the conventions this week tbe field will be cleared for the State conventions to make up the lines for the political struggle of the year. THE CAUf-E OF CALAMITIES. The West and Southwest are now supply ing their quota of wholesale disasters. The loss ol 11 liTes by the Oakland draw-bridge calamity is accompanied by the .burning of a big tinder-box hotel near Ft. Worth, Tex., in which four lives were lost and a dozen serious injuries were inflicted. The reports of each calamity leave little room for doubt that the loss of life in both cases is due not only to the immediate cause of carelessness on the part of employes, but to the ultimate causes of negligencn'and stupidityon the part of superiors. There does not appear to have been any attempt made to prevent such a disaster as took place at Oakland. A very slight expense would have provided a barrier to make it impossible for a train to run on the bridge with the draw open. But no such precaution was sought for by the managers of the road. It does not appear that even the pitiful device of bringing trains to a stop before they get the signal to go on the bridge was in force. Such an idea as spending time or money for the protection of the lives of the passengers was utterly remote from the management which presided over the Oakland calamity. As to the Texas hre, the case is even clearer. It is hard to see for what other purpose the hotel was built except to pro vide a big bonfire. It was of that peculiarly tinder-box construction which catches fire at 10 o'clock and is burned down at 10:30. As if the danger from its very nature were not enough, it was made additionally in flammable with cotton draperies, live oak moss and grass; and then a ball was held to set the thing off. If any unfortunate people got themselves burned, that was the inevit able consequence of the order of nature. Ot course, this sort of manslaughter will continue as long as the high authorities who are responsible for such things can keep them up with impunity. The subordinates who are immediately the cause of such calamities are culpable, of course; but if it is desired to stop the sacrifice of life, the penalties for manslaughter and criminal carelessness must be applied higher up. New Haven is the latest city to show the most prompt method for dealing with that class of combinations that make an overt attempt to satisfy the desire described by tbe phrase ot wanting tho wbolo world. The ice dealers of that city got together and con cluded that $20 per ton was about the right price for ice. A number ot the New Haven citizens, who differed with them, formed a con sumers' ice company, started an artificial plant and tbe result is that ice can now be bad in New Haven at $12 per ton. Cities where there are similar attempts to squeeze the pub lic can profit by tbe example, and do likewise. The fire engine test fiasco is now suffi ciently an event of the past to permit the ad vocates of each style of engine to resume the favorite method of demonstrating tbe su periority of their favorite machines by pump ing wind. The indignation with which General Jubal A. Early repelled a mistaken individual who addressed him as General Longstreet at Richmond tbe other day, shows that there must be two General Earlys. Tbe General Early who wants "nothing to do with a man who could mistake me for that d d rascal James Longstreet" cannot be the samo General Early who draws a neat salary for acting as figurehead to the Louisiana lottery. Count Hbbbert Bismarck's desire to come to the United States and hunt the buffalo can be easily tatisfled. He can bunt buffalo all over the country; but finding one is a very different thing. New Tore is properly horrified over the case ot a Chinese girl who was sold by her hus band after he lost all his money at gambling. It is an illustration of heathenish practices which furnishes a sufficient comment upon tbe more prevalent custom of Caucasian husbands and fathers who lose their money at various sorts of business gambling, and leave their wives and daughters to the bondage of destitu tion if not of vice. The report that some of that Vienna Or chestra are Hamburgers is presented as a sen sation; but no one discovered that it made any marked difference in the music which they rendered. Another example of the persistence of ignorance Is afforded by the New York Press, which refers to tbe Senate bill on tbe inter State traffic with liquor as an "amendment to the inter-State commerce act." When will tbe esteemed Press find out that the inter-State commerce act and the subject of tbe original package decision are wholly separate and dis tinct matters? A suit for libel, on the basis of one of those speak-easy lists, reveals a new and in teresting method of litigation in connection with that variable topic - The proposition of an educational qual ification for the admission of immigrants to this country, made by $fr. Raster, of the Chi; cago Staats Zeilung, is a good one. But the spectacle of a Chinese examination con ducted by tbe New York politicians 'who run the immigrant station would be a sight for gods and men. Ben Butler's advice to a young friend, "never do a mean thing for monoy," Is very good advice, if'it is a case of Saul also among the prophets. The steamer Normannia smashed the record on her last trip across the Atlantic, making the voyage in six days, five hours and 1 minute. She also tried to smash an iceberg on the trip and made a narrow escape from smashing herself. These quick trips are liable to develop tbe smashing qualities to an ex cessive extent. The President's visit was short but sweet to the lion-hunters who wanted a shake of the Presidental hand. The indictment of the Bepublican Com mittee on Public Buildings by the Democrats In the House, because they allow tbe Democrats only one-third of the "pork" in the public building barrel, is tbe most pathetic appeal in favor of dividing fair on the plunder that has yet been placed on public record. PBOMIHENT MEN AND "WOMEN. Up to Thursday last George Kennan had de livered bis Siberian lecture 182 times. Queen Victoria will confer the Order of the Garter upon King Charles, of Roumanla. General Samuel F. Cart, of Cincinnati, the horny-banded orator, is a relative of Alice and Pbcabe Cary. Father Ignatius, tbe celebrated English Benedictine, will visit America. He will meet with a cordial reception. Mrs. TJ. 8. Grant has sold her house at West End avenue and Seventy-third street, New fork, to Frank J. Spragne for $70,000. Mss. Oscar Wilde is a dress reformer and believes in tbe divided skirt. What Oscar now believes in, in tbe matter of dress, nobody seems to care. The English Countess ot Carloty, who bad been living in apparent poverty in Paris, died recently, and $50,000 was afterward found in her apartments. Judge Coolsy, of tbe Inter-State Com merce Commission, is still In ill health, and will not be able to participate in the work of tbe Commission for some time. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Why Ho Bought Oue-Ccnt Stamps A New Excuse for Every Olna Reminiscences Drought Up by tbe Blue Danube Two Points of View An Innocent Subterfuge An Awkward Mistake. ALL hired men are ingenious, only some are more so tban others. One day last week a gentleman sent Jdhn, his coachman, milkmaid and bottle-washer, to the neighboring village for 50 cents' worth of 2-cent stamps. After the usual time say, three hours had elapsed, John returned from his tramp of two miles. His face wore a self satisfied look wben he came into his employer's presence., "Got the stamps, John?" "Yes, sir," the man replied, handing over a bunch of 1-cent stamps. "I said 2-cent stamps, John, and you've got ones." "Yes. sir," and the smile widened, "I asked for 60 cents worth o' stamps, and the postmas ter, says he, .'one-cent or two-cent?' 'Do you sell 1-cent stamps?' says f. 'Yes, says he. Well, says I, If yer can buy stamps for a cent, what's tbe use of payin two, an' 1 bought tbe 1-cent stamps, sir." Of courte John's master was charmed with his thrift. uCtamps all sold out I" was the surprising reply lay request lur stamps evo&eu in tbePittsDurgpostofficeat7P. M. on Decora tion Day. It was an accident born of holiday relaxation. I suppose. Men who carry their female relatives' letters to town to mail, and forget to fulfill their commission, may see in this incident material tor a novel excuse, "Couldn't get a stamp at the postofflce all sold, my dear," may now sound plausible. "These was a good deal of drunkenness to be seen in the streets on Decoration Day. Fainting the town red, and giving or acquiring black eyes is a sorry sort of decoration. 'There's everything in the point of view. For example here are two sets of reminiscences suggested by the playing of Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz at the concerts last week, in shape of rondeaux: HA YE YOU FORGOT ? Have you forgot that very dance? Onr first the night we met by chance; I fresh from college, ma'am, and you A schoolgirl, very sweet and new. And eager for your first romance. Well I remember ev'ry glance Went through mc like a very lance; We didn't dance, we simply flew Have you forgot f Yonr old dnenna looked askance, Bnt that ne'er hindered my advance I 1 claimed the waltzes as my due. Two polkas, and a schottlsche, too How Strauss did then our souls entrance! Have you forgot ? no, no, not i ! No, No, not 1 1 I can't forget; I tremble at themem'ryyet. The ballroom floats before nr eyes, The dancers whirl, the fiddlers rise, I Bee the faces in onr set. 'Twas in the anteroom we met. You knew my pretty cousin Pet, Have I forgotten ? My reply's No, no, not 1 1 You tore my dress of orange net O'er costly silk, as black as Jet Its tatters still I fondly prize. Can I forget the wondrous size Of your wild feet ? Not I, you bet, No, no, not II an East Ender, whose health has not been as pool as it might be was ordered by his doc tor recently to take a pint of beef tea at mid day. To make this order easier of fulfilment the doctor suggested that tbe beef tea could be made at home and tbe patient cnuld take it down town with him In a bottle. The sugges tion was adopted and the plan worked well enough except in one respect. Half the tlmo the bottle of beef tea went down town and came backaeain in the evening untouched. He who should have swallowed It simply for got all about It in tbe press of business. All tbe same, with masculine contrariness, he always called for the beef tea when he de parted for business. It happened one morning that bis wife fortrot to have h.u,beef tea, ready when ho made the usual outcry. There was no time to make it. She decided to take a des perate chance. She filled the bottle with hot water, wrapped it up as usual in a napkin and handed it to her husband. He received the warm package without suspicion, put it in his satchel, and departed. All that day tbe fair deceiver was in an agony of apprehension. There was no need for it, either, for the bottle of hot water came back untouched, as had the beet tea, and an excel lent wife bad the satisfaction of knowing that her innocent trick had succeeded admirably. She could not keep the secret, though. The other morning, about 3 o'clock, a gentle man who lives in Allegheny was wakened by a loud ringing of the door belL He threw up the bedroom window and looked out. There were two men on the stoop, one looking np and the other leaning against the lintel of the door. The former said in a hoarse whisper: "Come down and let Charlie in!" "But I don't want Charllef" said the man at tbe window. 'Don't wake the house: come down and let Charlie in!" "I don't know Charlie no Charlie lives here!" "Don't Charlie live here?" No: two doors from here," and down went tbe window with a bang. If you take a "tired" friend home be sure you know where he lives. Hepburn Johns. CTJBBENT TIMELY TOPICS. How does Speaker Reid expect a quorum when tho bars are closed in both Houses? Ho will be sadly disappointed. ALL the Republican deputies in the New Jersey State prison have been removed and Dem ocrats appointed In their places. It Is unneces sary to state that the new deputies feel as though they were at home. The orator will now have a much needed rest until July 4, when he will be again unearthed and do the soread-eagle act. Senator Edmunds has expressed a prefer ence for Kentucky whisky over the foreign arti cle. .Evidently tbe Senator's taste has not been Impaired by old age. He should visit that State now. Just to see how Kentuckians can enjoy their favorite drink. OUT in Leavenworth, Kan,, the people, irre spective of party ties, will vote for a certain can didate for Congress, If he pledges himself not to return to tbe city after his term of office expires. The man refuses to accept the office. A Springfield, III., policeman arrested a boy for disorderly conduct. The boy made a break for liberty, and while running awav, tbe policeman shot him through the bead, killing him Instantly. This is certainly an Improvement over the New York style of clubbing a man to death. The New Yonc Evening World says that 'Cleveland welcomed President Ben with such a roar of cannon that it shook grandfather's hat down to his ears." The roar of cannon in this city was only equaled by tbe dead silence that fell from the lips of those who met him at the depot. A Columbus. O., man has 19 rocking chairs in bis home. He is probably the fellow who furnished his newly-married wife with a rocking chair, a looking glass and a washtub and board, and told her she could either take In washing or look in the glass and see herself starve to death. Milwaukee justices don't believe In losing time in soldering together two loving hearts. Here Is the marriage service they have adopted: "Have him?" "Yes." "Have her?" "Yes." "Married. Two dollars. Nextl" "It Is a jewel to be a Republican, a charm to be a Democrat, and a snap to hold a public of fice, "said Congressman Mason, of Illinois, be lore tbe Young Republicans or Providence. No man can repeat the above with more fervor than Mr. Mason, as he has filled the three positions to a nicety during bis brief but brilliant career. Ii if. Indeed. From the Richmond Dispatch, j Richmond and tbe South at large expect abuse from radical quarters Just now and for some little time to come. They will not be sur prised, either. If the article is turned out in considerable quantities. Nevertheless, we honor the memory of Lee. The country is a free land, we believe. LOST A BABY, FOUND A WOMAN. ) The Strange Meeting af Mother and Dangh- ter After Years of Separation. St. Louis, MayjJL Among the crowd at the Union depot when tbe morning trains came in was Mrs. Wiiheiminie Freeman, who was awaiting the arrival from Texas of her little daughter. She was much excited at the pros pect, and when at last she recognized her child she wept for joy as she clasped it in a warm em brace and covered Its face with kisses. There is a very pretty story attached to this little meeting. Mrs. Freeman's husband and a soldier named Shipley were in tbe army to gether. They were great friends. After Free man's death Shipley re-enlisted, and was sta tioned at St. Louis. He called repeatedly on Mrs. Freeman, and became attached to her lit tle 12-year-old daughter, Annie, whom he fre quently took out for a walk. Mrs. Freeman fell sick, and while In the hos pttal Shipley took the little girl out on one oc casion, as usual, but did not return. Whon tbe lady returned borne she found that her hus band's friend and her little child were at Fort Apache, Arizona. Sbe wroto tbe commanding officer, to whom Shipley admitted having no claim on the child, but said he had no means to send her borne. At last, after seven years' wait ing Mrs. Freeman applied to Assistant United States District Attorney Cannon, who interest ed himself in the matter, with the result that tbe child was sent home from Fort Bayard. Tex., where Shipley is now stationed. The lit tle baby has grown into a strong, healthy young girl. Sbe did not recognize her mother, but seemed content to go with her. FOB TEE PALE SEX Strawberry cream is used on the face to bold the powder. A shadow hat costs from J3 to J5, and $5 to $30 worth of fresh flowers are required to keep it trimmed. TnE new cosmetic for quickly and brilliantly polishing the finger nails is known in trade as rose paste. White iliac, white violet, white hyacinth and orris are some of the delicious scents that ultra fashionable coiffeurs sprinkle In the hair after It is dressed. Even tennis playinz Is not without its super stitions, and every girl believes that she will never become an expert it she should get an elaborate suit before she learns tbe game. French modistes advise the use of old skirts for tbe theater, opera or carriage, as a new one is ruined by sitting in it. With a fresh bodice or a new corsage any skirt will pass in a box or carriage. A bridal trousseau with all the underwear made or woven in white silk, unmarred by trimming, stitching or ribbon rick-rack, is a costly but a very novel innovation in which moneyed brides are indulging. A UNIQUE style of tea cloth Is made of coarse German linen, almost unbleached in tinting and stamped with a conventional de sign, which is outlined in thick white lace cord, the bell-like flowers being embellished in white flourishing thread. The effect of tho white raised work upon a nearly white foundation is wonderfully chaste and pretty. Look Out for tbe Locomotive. From the Alliance (O.) Leader. When the special drew np to the Alliance de pot, it was at once surrounded by an eager crowd. President Harrison appeared on tbe rear platform of tbe last car, and courteously recognized the mass of upturned faces, while a shifting engine approaching to tiansfer the train to the Cloveland & Pittsburg track was coming uncomfortably close to some unheed ing individuals. An excited patriot, with rather bad taste yelled "Blaine," whereupon the Presi dent made this memorable address1: "Mr. Blaine Is not with us. Look for that loco motive." THE SCOTCH-IRISH. BT KATE BBOWNLEE SHERWOOD. From Scot and Celt and Plct and Dane, And Norman, Jute and Frisian, Our brave Scotch-Irish come. With tongues ofsllver, hearts of gold. And hands to smite when wrongs are bold, At call of fife and drum. By king and priest and prelate racked. By pike and spear and. halberd hacked; By foes ten thousand flayed; They flung Drumclog and Bothwell Brig An answer to the gown and wig, , And Freedom's ransom paid. They fell, alas, on mars, and moor; They6igned their covenants firm and sure With letters writ with blood. With sword and Bible on their knee They taught their sons of liberty, And felt the foeman's thud. Upon the sodden heath they lay, Hard harried like the beasts of prey, In hunger and in pain; Their goods and gear were scattered sore; Tho exile ship its traffic core; Bat Scotia lived again. The Cameronlan cry arose Above the Jeers of friends and foes: "Scotland, forever freel No priestly yoke, no tyrant's chain, 'Christ's Crown and Covenant' again Upon our banners see." And some set sail across the sea, To lift the flag ol liberty At Derry and the Boyne; The slopes of Ulster and of Down To people with the bold renown Of Cleland and Lochgoln. Heaven speed the Caledonian Scotl Tlie land Is lean that knows him not. His banners bright unfurled; For bark, tbe Bruce and Wallace cryt "For liberty we dare, or die, " He echoes through the world. So Patrick Henry sped the word That thoughts of Revolution stirred In forum and In school; And Carollna's'Irliu Scot His burning declaration brought Defying kingly rule. Heaven speed the Caledonian Scotl He bears free speech, be bears free thought, He manumits the soul; Beneath his feet let error die. Above his bead God's guidons fly. The while the seasons roll. Inscribed on the old Scottish banners. Canton, o.. May 30, law. The Scotcli-Irisli Convention. From the Philadelphia Ledger. The Scotch-Irish Convention at Pittsburg Is an interesting gathering. It brings together an abundance ot good speakers, who have plenty of material to excite their eloquence in tbe deeds of Scotch-Irishmen in this country and in the sturdy characteristics of the race. FLOWEBS FOB tttw PBESIDENT. A Beautiful Tribute Presented Him by the Citizens' Committee. Shortly before the preslaental party arrived at the train which bore it from Pittsburg, yes terday, three men appeared from John R. A a, Murdoch's, the florists, carrying a huge floral piece, that was so big it could hardly be got through the car door, but was Anally deposited safely inside. Tbe piece was a huge square of flowers, about three feet long and two wide. In this was built a floral copy of the coat of arms of the city of Pittsburg; the keystone of Pennsylvania rested on top of this, and tbe na tional shield, in red. white and blue flowerT with the initials "U. S. A." topped the whole' anair. It was a magnificent piece of flnni w.1, - Mr. Dell's own design, and the card fasten.! to it read: "To President Harrison, Hon. John Wanamaker and Secretary William Wlndoni with compliments of tbe chairman of the citi zens committee of Scotch-Irish Congress." DEATHS OF A DAT. John McKenna. Mr. John McKenna, a former resident of Pitts burg, died In St. Louis Friday aflernodn. Mr. McKenna left this city some 29 years ago and made his residence in St. Louis. He was welt known as a steamboat steward on the lower Mis sissippi river, and latterly was the prop letor of a steamboat supply store at St. Louis. He was a man of unimpeachable character, and had many friends both In his native and adopted cities. A sister of the deceased, accompanied by Police Magistrate McKenna and other friends, leave this morning to attend tbe funeral services. Mrs. Fannie Jennlnffs AlePherson. FnKDEnic Md May 91. Mrs. Fannie Jennings Mcl'hersou, widow of Colonel John AlePherson, died last night, aged 91 years. She was born the night General Washington died. Dnrlng the ad ministration of President John Quincy Adams, Mrs. Mcl'hersou was one of the belles or the White House. Mylvener Pierce. Valparaiso, Ind., May 21,-Sylvester Pierce. ofTasslnong, atredSS years, is dead. He had re sided In Porter county nearly hal t a century. He was the father of Senator Pierce, of Dakota. MURRAY'S MUSINGS. Rough Sledding; Abend for Mr. Porter's Census Takers Stories of n Senate Pngo of Sumner's Time Headquarters for Since nnd Diamond Celebrities In' Gothnm. irKOM A STAIT COnBXSPONDEXT.J Qn Monday the census taker will begin his weary rounds. Tbe probability is that they will make it very weary for him in New York. The indignation arising from the in quisitorial questions to be asked and answered Is growing more widespread here every flay. The newspapers are flooded with letters and in quiries and interviews with leading lights of the legal and medical professions. Local Su perintendent Murray's call on the police force has stirred up a hornet's nest which his subse quent modification d6es not entirely allay. You may confidently expect some fun before this thing is over. It will not be much fun for tne census agent, who is paid Dy tho name, and who, to make any money ont of it. must take a great number ot names every day. Necessarily If he is delayed by weight of popular disapproval, it win oe a money-losing business for him. The idea that be is going to arrest anybody was too ridiculous to require Murray's explanation. It is somewhat curious to note that tbe Su perintendent of the Census, Mr. Porter, gives as one of the reasons why the questions should be asked that such is tbe custom in Germany, France and other foreign Governments. It re minds me that while traveling in Germany and "France the traveler is subjected to more oner on questions than any of these. There would be quite as eood reason to introduce a similar system in America as is given by Mr. Porter for the census. On arriving at a bote! in those countries tbe traveler is required to write bis name on a slip of paper headed "Police Depart ment," the place where ho was born, the place where ho camo from last, the place where he resides and the place to which he is going. This latter refers. I may say, only to this world. Helsreaulred also to slate his business or oc cupation. If ho has no business or occupation be is put down as a "gentleman." This slip of paper is torn from the book, which is some thing like a checkbook, tbe stub remaining In the hands of the hotel proprietor and the slip "'"" police heaaquartcrs. By this system It will be -cen that tbe Government has'in its ).- jo..." every dav the names and other sta tistics of every traveler within its territory. What is done with these as an aggregate I do not know, bnt I do know that it strikes the American traveler who is used to running around the various cities in his own native land witbont being called on to account to any body as lone as he behaves himself, as a dis agreeable Inquisitorial proceeding. It burts nobody and probably does tbe foreign Govern ment, a part of whose system it is, Si good deal of good. Yet I question whether that svstem would be a popular success in tbe United States. , This census business, in my opinion as well as in the opinion of a large majority of American citizens, is being greatly overdone. I warn tbe census taker who approaches me on the subject that he will get no information of the kind whatever. We want no such Federal in terference with tbe personality of the cit izen. If tbe Government can't get along without it we may as well adopt the foreign system of government entirely. If medical science can't get along without ltwe had better let medical science shift for itself, rather than sacrifice the individual rights of all. Our insti tutions have for a basis tho greatest good to the greatest nnmber. With this in view, the invasion of tbe private concerns of C0.0O0.OU0 of people for the benefit of a very small class of professional men is the most wanton violation of this principle ever perpetrated. Jhnmr Facin n" n. Paste. JlTr. "Jimmy" Fagin, otherwise known to the dramatic profession as Barrlnger, theactor, used to be a page in the Senate of tbe United States when Charles Sumner was a member of that body. Tbe other day to a knot of friends "Jimmy" was tellingsome of his experiences as a page. He was known to us as "Jimmy" then. He was a bright young fellow of IS. with clean cut features and dark, curly hair. Even now the boys say that "Jimmy's" hair curls so tizht he can't keep his mouth shut. He was cer tainly not trjing to do so on tbe occasion above mentioned. "I used to trot around on errands for Charles Sumner nnd O. P. Morton, who was then in tbe Senate also. There were big men in the Senate those days, and tbe boys who served them in the capacity of pages have gone out into tbe world, and most of them. I believe, have done pretty well since. The hoys used to be very much atraid of Sumner, whose eruff manners and leonine looks were enough to create an awful repect for him on tbe part of even older persons tban we were. I remember going to him nnce as a page with my album for bis auto graph. The paces were always on a hunt for autographs, which they sold to people who prized such collections. I bad obtained all of tho autographs in the Senate excepting Sum ner'", and I dreaded to ask him for his. "Mustering up courage, however.one day I ap proached him wben I saw that he was reading a newspaper and said: 'Mr. Sumner, will you kindly give me your autograph?' I shall never forget the look which lie turned upon me as be thundered out, 'Nor Tbat's all be said, and that was enough. You remember his deep bass voice? You could have heard that 'no' all over tbe Senate and throughout the cloak rooms. It naturally turned the attention of both Senate ana galleries to me, the innocent offender. I must have turned very red. In fact, I know I did. And I got out of there, too, as quickly as possible. It was tbe custom among Senators to be served by some particular boy; I was not Sumner's boy. Ills hoy was named Fundy.' The only time I ever spoke to Sumner after that was when he clapped his hands for a page, and being in tbe im mediate vicinity of his seat 1 quickly answered. He directed me without looking up to go to tbe Senate Library and get bim certain law reports the numbers of which he gave me in bewildering succession. I darted from tbe chamber, intent on my errand, but before I got into the corridor knew no more what these numbers were than before I had received the order. I scratched my curly bead in vain to conjure up the missing figures, but It would not work. To sav that I dreaded to go back to him is putting it Very mildly. But go back I was compelled to do. The Massachusetts statesmau looked at me with a frown and said in a deep growl in answer to my query for a repetition of the messase, 'Send roe Fundy! You bet 1 sent bim Fundy. Fundy was a little blonde-headed youth, who made a specialty of Sumner and had a great bead for figures. He bad no trouble in immediately securing the volumes. "We boys were compelled to understand the idiosyncrasies of every Senator. There was one little thing you would never suspect was necessary, and that was to get tbe ink gantre of every Senator on tbe floor. Ink gange? Why, I will tell you what it is. Every man wants bis ink bottle filled just so much. Some require it almost ud to the top. some half full and some with a very little ink. These latter were in the habit of dashing the pen to the bottom of the bottle. If you tilled such a man's bottle full the first thing be would do would be to chuck his pen down to the bottom and ink bis fingers. Un the other hand, it you put only a little in tbe bottle of the man who was in the habit of using a full one he would probably make 20 dips with bis pen without getting: any ink at all. Now you woula not think of that, would yon? There was a boy in the Senate when I was there who understood the ink gauge of every one of them. It was a curi osity to see that boy fill the ink bottles every morning. I don't think he ever made a mis take." Going Home In the Morning. f)NE of the most novel sights to a stranger in New York, and well worth Bitting up till 5 o'clock in the morning to see, is on the elevated trains going up town about that hour. Let us take between i and 6 on Sunday morning for in stance. One can then see an extraordinary col lection of New York inhabitants. Of course it is chiefly of the male variety, thongh it is a not uncommon sight to seVan iccongruons mixture of the other sex. Tbe latter is composed of ladies and their escorts returning from balls and late Saturday night entertainments of a convivial character, and a few servant girls hurrying home to anticipate early "mass and a late breakfast. Of the male portion you will en counter the hilarious dude and man-about-town. belated gamblers, newspaper reporters, policemen, returning trainmen, printers and a great many other night workers. Some of these are drunk, some sleepy, and all dead tired. It is about all a clever guard can do to get them put off at tbe right stations. In this respect some times thn cruard is verv oblleinz and sometimes lets tbe sleepers go to tbe end of the route'and pay the necessary S cents to return. With these all-nighters are mixed icemen, milkmen and other species of industrial humanity, wise are beginning tne day where the other fellons leave off. About one-hair of the car is taken up by the agents of the morning papers and their huge stacks of Sundaymorning publi cations. These great bundles very often com pletely fill up the aisle and are loaded high up on the seats, while the newsmen are figuring out the packages to be landed here and there along the route and for final disposition at the terminus. On a single car annears to be nnonch nnwa- papers to supply all the upper part of New rl i TetI"ntold by the agents that train' ... ...... , ur,ng additional supplies, more huge stacks, more newsmen and their accumu lation of mental pabulum. tlcsdqnnrters For the "Talent. JF YOU desire to find some baseball man or actor in New York without any previous appointment j ou will go to Nick Engel's. Nick Engel's is tbe famous beer saloon in the half basement of a building about six or eight doors from Broadway on Twenty-seventh street. It IS a great place for professionals. It i also a great place lor beer, taurkraut and sausage and other German accompaniments. It Is a long room tho full length of the bnlldlng, tbe front half being occupied by a bar and a single row of little wooden tables while the latter bait is devoted to tables alone. On tbe walls are black-boards on which the scores of ball games are kept and the ticker at the cigar counter is always surrounded by a knot of the sporting elements. Old Nick himself, jolly and rotund, is a preat natron of the bail field. Back of the bar, up against tbe mirrors are letters and dis patches from various parts of tbe country to baseball celebrities in New York. They are always sure to reach their destination through Nick Engel's. Precisely what connection there Is between baseball ana tbe dramatic profession I have never been able to find out. But true it is that in this resort they come together in great numbers. After 11 o'clgck at night when tbe theaters are all closed, one may count from 12 to 25 gentlemen of tbe dramatic profession in dulging in unlimited beer and unlimited stories about themselves. During tbe warm days of summer when the dramatic season is over and a thousand actors could be collected on Broad way almost any hour of tbe day, Nick Engel's place swarms with them. The order ot pre ponderance is reversed in winter wben the actors are busy and the baseball men are not. While this reign of bail and buskin is peculiar to Engel's, the place is also popular with men about town, who affect that society and who love good beer and saurkraut. I have seen on occasions, well-known club men, millionaires, gentlemen of the legal and medical professions, and even tbe proprietors of swell hotels like tbe Gilflcy and Hoffman, all of whom come to partake of German hospitality. Charles t. Murray. New Yore, May SO. STATE POLITICAL H0TES. John K. Mallinee. of Trowville, Is the last candidate to announce for Assembly m Craw ford county. He is banking on bis nomination by a happy speech he made before the County Committee meeting. In Venango county George E. Mclntire, W. A. May, Jared A. Frank and G. B. Tracy are all anxlons to handle tbe funds of tbe county on Democratic principles. J. Eakln, of Em lenton, is out for Assembly. Owing to rainy weather and bad walking M. C. Powers, candidate for District Attorney of Crawford county, has been unable to button hole all the voters, but nevertheless be wants them to remember that he is alive and any vote cast for him will be dnly appreciated. Mr. Rattioan, of Butler county, dishes up tbe following in bis paper, the Millerstown Herald: "The writer has been all through tbe delegate mill; we have been with the boys in the rear room of saloons 'electine' delegates; we have gone with them to tbe polling place'hours ahead of time and took possession; we have been in bogus contests; we have held seats In conventions on home-made credentialses have seen a good deal of tbe same work done right here in Butler, and know what we are saying when we state that the delegate system is cor rupt to tbe core." A CASE OF CATALEPSY. An OU City Girl Who Indulges In Long; aid UnlooUed-For Slumber. Oil City, May 8L The young woman in the employ of Mrs. Herpst who slept all last Sat urday night and Sunday, fell Into another cata leptic sleep just after dinner Friday. She was found in tbe outhouse and brought In and put to bed- 'The girl bad a fright about three years ago and once in a while has these spells. Late last night a reporter called at Mrs. Herpst's. The yonng woman was lying in bed deep In sleep and oblivious to noises aronnd her, and didn't even notice pinches. Her arm was lifted in a perpendicular position and remained so. The other arm was lifted and both would re main upright for a longer time than any human being in the normal state of health could hold them. One of the characteristics of catalepsy is that tbe muscles are mobile but will hold the body in any position placed, even that of deli cate balancing. Catalepsy nsnally attacks the hysterical and is closely allied to trances, som nambulism and mesmerism, or magnetism. One strange thing is that when tbe girl awakes sbe declares sbe has listened to sweet music STATE POLITICS. The Democrats of Union county will hold a convention on Tuesday, June-10. Blair county Republicans won't convene until tbe day before tbe SUte Convention. The voters have lots of fun in this way from the candidates. The York Gazette thinks that Cbanneey F. Black would make a good compromise candi date, but tbe majority of voters three years ago didn't look at It in the same light. Philadelphia Press: Among both Re publicans and Democrats the Lieutenant Gov ernorship is lost sight of in the excitement of the strugglo over the Governorship. The sec ond place on the ticket will probably be used as a sort of consolation prize to salve tbe wounds of the defeated. Before tbe Congressional tight Is disposed of in the Crawford-Erie district some one is going to get hurt. There is mote real politics at tbe present tiinein that district tban in any other three districts in the State, and tbe man who captures the nomination next week will be compelled to use a heap of salve to heal all the little sores tbe canvass has occasioned. Certainly a Mngnlar Occurrence. From the New York Sun. One of the singular occurrences on record is described by onr esteemed cotempor&ry, the St. Louts Republic: A BRUTAL CRIME. HENRY HALL KILLED WITHOUT CAUSE BY JACOB HAINLEY, NEAR SIKESTON, HO., AND MAKES UOOD HIS ESCAPE. This is almost as strange in its way as the story which appeared in a Pennsylvania paper a good many years ago about a tinsmith who fell from tbo top of a church tower and was "fatally nut not seriously Injured." SOME CHOICE SNAKE ST0BTES. A Sedalia. Mo., editor was presented with a snase lately. Wben it arrived it was whole, butinadayor two it un jointed itself and is now in three pieces. Tbe moral of this paragraph is to sbun the first glass. While two ladies and a gentleman were out riding at St. Augustine. Fla.. a day or two ago, a huge blacksnake fell from a limb of an over hanging tree upon the top of tbe carriage. Tbe snake crawled down into tbe carriage by the side of one of the ladies. She screamed and tbe snake slid down the side of tbe vehicle and made for the palmetto bushes. Tbe driver slashed at it with bin whip and secured as a trophy a piece of tbe snake's tail. Judge Bailey, of Jackson, Ga., while fish ing, saw a monster moccasin swimming by. Tbinkingitwas a sea serpent tbe Judge at tempted to harpoon bim with his hook. Mak ing an artistic cast he succeeded in hooking tbe monster through the body. Then it was "pull Dick, pull dev " we mean pull snake, pull Judge. At last the snake maae a dash at the log upon which the Jndge was standing, when the legal luminary took to tbe water, yelling for help. He was at last re scued by his friends and his snakeship was killed. D. J. Guyton, living at Cartersville, Ga., killed a snake under peculiar circumstances. His cow had failed to come up at the usual time and he went out in search for her. After a lone hunt he found the animal in a field and when he attempted to drive her homeward she would not move. Upon closer inspection Mr. Guyton met with a surprising sight Wrapped around one of the legs of the cow was a large snake, tbe bead of which was doing effective service in drawing lacteal fluid from one of the teats. It took only a few mlnntes to kill the snake, which was found to be of the chicken variety, measuring 6 feet and 8 inches. Two lads, aged 13 and 14. living near Carroll ton, O.. were taking a horse to pasture on Mr. Thomas' farm, and as they were about to se crete be bridle until their return they discov ered two large blacksnakes, one of which the lads succeeded in killing, whilo the other took refnge in a hollow log. The next day the father of one of the boys visited tbe place and cutting into the log discovered and killed the other snake. Each one of the reptiles measured 6 feet and inside ot the first one killed were found 11 pheasant eggs. A large number of blacksnakes have been killed in that vicinity in the past. USELESS TALKERS. The successful barber may climb up the lather of fame. WashingtoirStar. The barber is one of the few people who aro never afraid to die. Boston Bulletin. The diplomatic barber acts apart when he goes over the head of a bald customer. Wash ington Pott When a barber is on the road he feels quite at home it he can have a brush with a rival, raise a dust and cnt out the p for hinv Tonkert Qautlt. CUEI0DS CONDEiYSATiOifS. -. A Paw Paw man, worth $100,000, car ried water for a circus and thus got inside the tent tree. A hearse ran into a street car at Detroit the other day, the corpse and the passengers being badly shaken up in the collision. General "W. "W. Loring, Florida's favorite warrior, lies burled in St, Augustine with no headstone to mark his last resting place. A Jewish synagogue to be erected in Baltimore will, it is said, be tbe only specimen of pure Byzantine architecture in the United States. The agricultural college professors have figured it out that two little sparrows in ten years will produce an ancestry of 275.716,983,1)98 birds. Well, that isn't more than a bird or two out o f the way at most. Electric traction is said to be fairly booming in London. In a few weeks a line of omnibuses run by electricity is to be started. Tbey will be driven by storage batteries, and will have a seating capacity for 25 passengers. LadyAnnieBIunt, Lord Byron's grand daughter, her hnsband and their daughter are living on the borders of the deseit in Egypt, about six miles from Cairo. They have adopted the Arab dress, with tbe nrimitive enstoms ot that race, and live a life of simplicity. A quick-firing gun, the invention oi Mr. Thronsen, was tested recently at Finspong; in Sweden. The results showed that ten shots can be fired within 25 seconds, which is 21 shots a minute. All the shots were true, and bit the target within a space of nine inches long and six inches wide. A Gallitzin, Pa., man recently nought a pair of mules in Clearfield county, for $140, and discovered while taking them home that one of them had a plaster of paris hoof the false work coming off and sticking in the mua. He re turned the mules and demanded his money back, but didn't get It. Tbe body oi Martin V. Tuck, of East Winn. Me., was raised at Madagascar Lake on tbe morning of tbe 22d inst-.by the use of a heavy charge of dynamite exploded from a rock on the shore of the lake, about 40 rods distant from tbe spot where he sank. Tbe body had been in the water about 23 day3. Charles G. Barnard, 6 years eld and a leading business man of Lansing, Mich., was married to Mrs. Lizzie Jackson, a negress. Barnard has a respected wife and a large fam ily, but the Jackson woman was made to be lieve that Mrs. Barnard was Barnard's sister. Barnard will be prosecuted for Digamy. Adrian, Micb., has a young photog rapher named Charles H. Fairbanks. There has not been an evening in ten years that he has not devoted to good, solid study on lan guages. The result U that this pnotographer linguist can give you a negative in 20 lan guages. He speaks seven tongues fluently. The sarcophagi of the late Emperor William and bis wife, modeled by tbe sculptor Encke, are to be sent to Carrara for treatment, with the figure of tbe angel which is to stand at its head. German sculptors are vexed that tho preparatory work is not to be carried out ux Germany, where it has been proved that it is as well understood as in Italy. An insect pest called the "aphis" has been causing great destruction on the Pacific coast, but now it is discovered that the Iadybug (adalia bipunctata) is very busily engaged in eating up the aphis. The Iadybug is a charm ing creature, well known to literature and to folklore, and it it especially pleasant to learn that it has gone into a useful business. Mrs. Mary Frohman, of New York, "put out a big washing" the day her hnsband died. Afterward she had tbe parlor window shaaes drawn up, and placed in the window pictures of herself and husband, draped in red, white and blue. In tbe basement window were displayed a pair ot scales and a bologna, sausage, also draped in red, white and blue. A correspondent of a Calcutta paper says that a neem tree was recently the scene of a curious gathering. It appears that the tree has a number of white spots on Its trunk and branches. The people of tbe neighborhood adorned it with red powder, and offered fruits, spices and goats, on the supposition that the goddess of smallpox had taken up her abode in it. The Shah's favorite wife is blind. Two court physicians recommended that sbe be sent to two famous oculists in Vienna, wbo have performed on her eyes tbe delicate operation of iridectomy, receiving from the Shah J3.0CO for their services. In the meantime the court physicians who recommended tbe operation wave been locked up, and if the patient dies tbey will be put to death. The lady managers of the "Western Fe male Seminary, ot Hamilton, Ont., some time ago forbade the students of Miami University to visit tbe girls ot the seminary. Tuesday evening three of the female teachers drove to Oxford, when their $500 hone and carriage were taken out into the country and tbe horse killed. Four Miami University boys have con fessed to President Warfield that they did the deed. Prof. James C. Waite, of Geneva, O., who became engaged to six of bis pnpils, mar ried one of them and then skipped, has been ar rested at Chippewa Lake, Mich., and is behind the bars at Geneva. Two weeks ago White married a pretty widow at Pioneer, but desert ed her after a week's honeymoon. It is learned that tbe fellow bas no less than six wives in different parts of the country, and he's not very old. Philip Dieffenwierth was wounded by a sting ray at Clear Water Harbor. He was on the bay after fish, and, catch log this one, pulled it into the boat, and proceeded to cut out tbe harpoon. While doing so the ray struck him in the arm and also in ihe foot, the latter being a most painful wound. For some time his suffer ing was intense, almostprodncingspasms, until finally the wound was smoked with burning wool and sugar, when relief was experienced in a few minutes. A peculiar style of advertising, which still exists in many towns and rural districts, is the "card of thanks." After a man has passed through some severe tribulatlon, such as tbe illness and death of a near relative, he inserts in the local paper a card. lormany toansjne nis friends for tbeir kind attentions. The Hous ton. Tex., Tribune thinks that the business was rather overdone by a man who caused a card to be Inserted thanking the undertaker "forthe pleasant and satisfactory manner" in Which that functionary burled his wife. One of nature's strange (reaks may be seen at the farm of Jones Stanford, four miles north of Flora, Mo. It is a colt, not unlike other colts, except a mark In its face. Begin ning on a line with the lower part of tbe nos trils and extending to a point just below the eyes is a perfect outline of a rattlesnake. Its mouth and eyes are perfectly formed. On its tail seven rattles and a button may he dis tinctly seen: and stronger still, tbe outline of tbe snake is raised, being about as large as a lead pencil, and not a hair on it. The famous St. Bernard dogs are very carefully trained. A traveler who visited some of the monasteries of the monks of St. Bernard a few years ago founa the monks teacbingtheir dogs from the earliest stages of puppyhood. Not only Is physical and mental training in cluded in tbe teaching, but spiritual culture Is by no means neglected. At meal lime the dogs it In a row. each with a tin dish before bim containing his repast. Grace is said by one of the monks; the dogs sit motionless with bowed heads. Not one stirs until the "amen" is spoken. SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY. Castor I'm saving up enough money to nay for a suit of clothes. Pollux Why don't yon order it first? Clothier and Purntttur. Miss Summit What do you suppose pos sessed Mr. Dasnawsy to get such a perfectly hor- Lrlble suit of clothes? ""Miss Palisade lie ioiu m wc www uy mat no Tad been reading Ibssn's plays Clothier and Purnither. Billings There is only one way to keep your trousers from bagging, and that is not to walk so much. Klngley-Oreat ScottI Don't you know that I'm the father of twins? Clothier and Purnither. Now that everyone is wiping his feet on Mr. Quay we begin to see why he is named Matt. -Puck. It is queer. Socrates was accounted wise, but be never read the Bible, knew nothing of Kant. Schopenhauer or Comte, and could not for the life of him have passed an examination on the subject of American history. Puck, "Georgel" exclaimed Mrs. Fangle. Don't bother me," replied Jangle; "I'm read- lng an absorbing article.' "What is it about? -Sponges. ' ' Smith, Bray & Co.' Monthly. First Private You ought to have been there! The whole corps was drunkt Second Private Ah t Then it was esprit ds corps, so to speak. Smith, Bray & Co.' Monthly. USX SOKE WESTERN TRAINS. "Why is it that ideas are kought - Bo oft with shut-up peepers? Because, of course a train of thought Boas easiest on the sleepers.' i Smith, Bray A Co.U XmtMy,
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