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OCR VAST EXPENDITURES.
The dispute which has arisen oyer the
probability of a deficit in the revenues and
expenditures ot the United States as a result
of the broadcast appropriations of the pres
ent Congress.presents some peculiar features
which would he amusing if they were not so
serious. The arguments used with refer
ence to the determination imply either a
remarkable ignorance of the first principles
of accounting, on the part of those intrusted
with the duty of figuring on the nation's
balance sheet, or a deliberate attempt to
mislead the public
Estimates were first given of the coming
deficit, as between revenues and expendi
ditures, by Senator Carlisle, placing the
deficiency at 43,000,000, ana by Senator
Allison and Major Carson whose figures
as. correspondeut of the Philadelphia
Ledqer may be regarded as more frank
than those given by him as Clerk of the
House Financial Committee putting it at
5100,000,000. Tnese figures are controverted
by Secretary "Windom and Mr. Cannon.
The statement on which the latter authori
ties claim that there will be no deficit adds
05,000,000 of postal revenues to the state
ment made by Senator Allison. If Senator
Allison stated the postal expenditures with
out including the postal revenues, he made
a remarkable omission. If Secretary
"Windom is lugging in the postal revenues
without balancing them by the postal ex
penditures ho is falsifying the figures.
Assuming the error to have been Senator
Allison's, as seems to be the case, it Is in
teresting to note the further figures of the
Treasury's head. He adds to the Treasury
revenues 579,000.000 of available assets now
in the Treasury to justify his expectations
of a surplus at the end of the -fiscal year.
But the cash assets of the Treasury are not
icvenues, aud, if the Secretary in answer to
the prediction that the expenditures will
exceed the revenue, finds it necessary to fall
bade on the surplus of cash assets, some of
which an expressly dedicated by law to
other purposes, it presents a plea of confes
sions and avoidance rather than a denial of
the rumoi. It is Instructive to observe that
the correspoudent of the Philadelphia
A I KIFUN'G,
WKIRD I KIPL1NU.
Wlje Bi$ptnj.
Ledger, even after the correction with re
gard to the postal revenues made by the
Secretary, shows that the total expenditures
by this Congress, including permanent ap
propriations for the sinking fund, will be
over S500.000.000, and that wjth the ex
pected deduction from the revision of the
tariff the revenues will fall below expendi
tures fully 5100,000.000. Is it any wonder
that that the conservative Ledger calls
upon the nation to "stop the reckless Con
gress?" Another remarkable proposition is pre
sented by the New York Press, to the effect
that the permanent appropriations of
549,000,000 for the sinking lund shall be
discarded. This is urged on the ground,
"There is no reason other than formal pre
cedent why this permanent annual appro
priation should not be repealed and bonds
bought whenever there is an ample surplus
to buy them with." Perhaps it is nothing
more than "formal precedent" that the
pledge to maintain the sinking fund, is
an obligation imposed by the contract under
which every United States bond has been
issued; and it may be "no reason" that this
provision is the most through Fafeguard of
the national credit and gives the best as
surance of the gradual extinction of the
public debt. But even casting that ques
tion aside, the proposition con 'esses the
whole charge. The complaint is that taking
tbe Treasury with an ample surplus in it
for the purchase and retirement of bonds,
the Republican Congress has bv reckless
appropriations made it necessary to en
croach upon the minimum fixed by law for
the retirement ot that debt. To say that the
sinking fund appropriation should be
abandoned, is to concede the trnth of the
charge that a single session of Congress has
completely reversed the old and honest
policy of keeping revenues in excess of ex
penditures and devoting the excess to the
retirement of the publio indebtedness.
One thing is indisputably established by
this controversy. That is, the total of ap
propriations by the present Congress, in
cluding permanent appropriations, will be
in the vicinity of 5500,000,000, and that ap
propriations other than the permanent ones
for interest ami sinking fnnds will approxi
mate 5400,000,000. Ten years azo, total appro
priations, including 550,000,000 for pensions
and 582,000,000 for interest on the debt, were
not over 5300,000,000, while the ordinary
expenses, similar to those which now reach
5400,000,000, were about 5200,000.000. In
other words, while the population has in
creased 20 per cent and the cost of fixed
charges on the public debt are diminished
over 530,000,000, the expenditures of the
Government have nearly doubled. The
old policy of cutting" down expenses by re
tiring the debt and adhering to economical
expenditures in other departments has been
cast aside; and following close upon the
heels of a movement to reduce taxation, the
nation is confronted with a total of expen
ditures double what it has ever known be
fore, except when it was maintaining a huge
and costly war.
Such a national balance sheet will be
hard to explain or mitigate. The people
who will be 'called upon to pay this $500,
000,000 of expenditures will be apt to have
something to say to the party leaders who
have permitted such extravagance.
A RAILROAD MEASURE.
The information comes from Washington
that, owing to the labors of Mr. Aldace Jr.
Walker, who, alter serving the interests of
the railroads on the Inter-State Commission,
entered into his reward as President o one
of the railroad associations on a $25,000
salary, tbe Senate Committee on Commerce
has decided to report favorably an amend
ment to the inter-State commerce law per
mitting pools.
In one view this amendment need not be
objected to. The legal prohibition of pools
is not enforced at present, and a law that is
made a dead letter is not of especial value
to the public. Since the enforcement of the
law has fallen into hands that carefully
avoids any intcrierence with the thinly
disguised pooling arrangements of certain
railroad associations, the publio will not
lose much by such a change as is proposed.
But ought it not to be instructive that a
provision designed to protect the public is
not upheld by the officers of the law ap
pointed to maintain it?
The most pertinent commentary on this
proposed change in the law is that it is sup
ported by false representations. The allega
tion is made that the railroads are ruined by
cut-throat wars in the absence of pools;
while the fact is that wars are much less fre
quent so long as tbe law is respected, simply
because there is no hope of making up their
losses by the advanced rates of the pools
which they have fought to establish. It is
alleged that the railroads have, no protection
against the tendency to cut rates, when the
fact is that any railroad can stop the cutting
of its rates the moment they reach an un
profitable level.
The legitimate interests of the railroads
would be best protected by the honest and
thorough enforcement of tbe inter-State
commerce law as it stands; but the interests
that profit by pools and stock exchange
manipulations might not get rich so fast.
DETERMINING A QUORUM.
A recent incident in the Home is repre
sented by tbe New York Herald to have
caused a profound sensation. Upon the re
quests for leave of absence for several mem
bers, who wished to look alter their fences
at home, an inquiry was made whether
granting them would not leave the House
without a quorum. "The Speaker replied,"
says the reporter, "that that was a question
for the House to determine."
The Herald alleges that the sensation was
caused by the discovery that the Speaker
would permit the House to determine any
thing. But perhaps there are even more
peculiar features to the announcement than
that The question whether there is a
quorum or not is a question of fact The
Constitution prescribes what constitutes a
quorum for certain functions of legislation;
but the House, under the leadership ot Mr.
Beed, has undertaken to say that less than
the constitutional number shall be a
quorum for certain other classes of
business. The declaration of the Speaker
that if a certain number of members leave
their posts the Honse will have to deter
mine whether there is a quorum or not, indi
cates that the House has, in the Speaker's
opinion, the power to establish a fiat
quorum no matter where the members are
for the time being.
This brings out a singular limitation of
the power of the House to disregard facts by
its edict. The right of members to declare
themselves to be absent in their minds, as
it were while their bodily presence is visi
ble, has been, a subject of dispute in this
session, and Mr. Beed has enforced by mas
terful methods the rule that fiat absences
can count in the quorum, But in regard to
other things, the power of the House to say
that things are or are net, regardless of the
actual fact, is still maintained. The mem
bers Can indulge in choice billingsgate, and,
by expunging the interchange of epithets
from the Record, even the printed pages
cease to have a parliamentary existence. If,
in addition to this, the Spealjer affirms for
the House the right to assert a quorum when
the great bulk of the members are looking
after their interests in nominating conven
tions, the limitations of powtr in this re
spect will be very curiously defined. It
will be the case that a member cannot de
clare that he is absent when he is present,
but the House can say that he is present
when he is absent.
Truly parliamentary law is fearfully and
wonderfully made when partisan exigen
cies preside over tbe rulings.
LOSS OF FARMING POPULATION.
The fact that Berks, one of the richest and
most fertile agricultural counties of the
State, has gained only 12,891 in population
during the last decade, while the city of
Beading has gained 15,842, leaves a tolera
bly clear mathematical deduction that tbe
farming population of that county has de
creased nearly 3,000. This is a very strik
ing example of the decay that is going on in
the farming industry of the Bast.
The general tendency is to ascribe the
falling off in farming population to the ef
fect of the tariff. While that disagreeable
phenomenon is rather disturbing to pro
tective theories, there is one feature of it
that requires us to look elsewhere for the
cause. The showing is very clear that
the actual decrease of farming popula
tion is in the East. Western farming in
terests have expanded, although there are
abundant complaints of their unprofitable
results. Eastern farming interests have
actually shrunken. If the decay was
caused by protection, it should be most ap
parent in the farming regions most remote
from the manufacturing interests. But it
forces itself upon our attention right at the
doors of the iron mills and coal mines of
Pennsylvania,
There is no doubt that the loss of farming
population in Berks county is due to the
economic influences that tend to concentrate
population in the large cities, and espe
cially to the railroad policy which brings the
prairies of Illinois and Iowa as near to the
seashore as the farms of Pennsylvania.
When the farmer of the West can ship his
products at an actually less cost than that
which is imposed upon the Pennsylvania
farmer, tbe superior cheapness of his land
enables him to drive his Eastern competitor
out of the farming business, and into the
adjacent city industries.
The work of such influences must become so
evident that it will soon force itself upon the
attention of legislators. In the meantime
the desertion ot Pennsylvania farms is
likely to go on.
PRESIDENTIAL PURCHASES.
The President of the United States has a
right to invest his money in the way that
seems best to him, in bonds, mortgages, real
estate, poultry or anything else. So long as
he does not use his office therein almost any
sort of speculation is open to him.
If Mr. Harrison thinks fit to buy
Washington real estate we see no reason
for blaming him. President Cleveland had
a perfect right to buy a suburban residence
while he was in Washington and to sell it,
at a profit if. he could, when he left the
White House. There would be no unfavor
able comment to make upon tbe discovery
that tbe President's family has been buying
a good deal of Washington real estate, if
the President's wife had not said a few
days ago that she did not approve
of such transactions as Mr. Cleveland's
purchase of Bed Top. This reflection upon
Mr. Harrison's predecessor was uncandid,
as well as in the worst taste if, when it was
made, the President and his relations were
actually buying the Glen Echo Heights
property. But the whole matter is sot of
much importance.
THE BEST CUP.
The dryness of Pittsburg on Sunday has
national fame. It has been compared to
the Great Sahara, and other dry places
without conveying a complete idea of the
scarcity of liquids. The old-fashioned sum
mer of high temperature we are enjoying
has set Pittsburgers to considering
the laws which make it a penal
offense to sell non-intcxicating bever
ages on tbe first day ot the week.
Continued hot weather may prove fatal to
some of the blue' laws. But while honest
differences of opinion exist as to the
morality and expediency of selling soda
water and milk on Sunday, there is at least
one thing upon which we may all agree.
Public water fountains are needed. One or
two railroad corporations and a few in
dividuals of generous instincts alone provide
the multitudes with ice water on any and all
days of the week. The lriends of temper
ance cannot serve their splendid cause better
than by giving tbe people pure, cold water
to drink. The small number or public
drinking fountains most of which lack
cleanliness and coolness should be aug
mented. The greediness of Chicago ice men has
resulted in tbe formation of an independent
ice supply company, which will bringdown
the price ot ice to a reasonable figure. Luck
ily the ice supply cannot be monopolized.
Ax interesting disclosure by the last
census enumeration Is to the effect that the
total population of Nevada is now 45,000. Tbe
voter of that State who usually makes terms
with tbe California millionaires has as much
power in Congress and tbe election of Presi
dent as nine voters in this city. Tbe warning
furnished by Nevada, of the wisdom of ad
mitting States until the permanence ot tbeir
population and industries is estaDllshed beyond
failure, ought not to have been forgotten; but
it seems to have been.
The Nizam of Hyderabad has bought a
big diamond weighing 67K carats before it was
cut. The Indian Prince can now stand In the
presence of tbe average theatrical advance
agent without being abashed.
Bepublicait organs are praising Foraker
for bis assumption of tbe blame for the Water
loo which the Republicans met In Ohio last
fall. Tbe praise is not misplaced. Frankness
in accepting tbe blame for a defeat is second
only in desirability to tbe foresight tbat avoids
defeat. In tbe absence of leaders who are
sensible enough to take the preferable course
of avoiding defeat, tbe Republicans should
make much of a man like foraker, who is
generous enough to accept tbe blame for It.
The conviction of a constable in the local
courts yesterday for extorting unjust fees
from litigants should serve as a gentle hint to
officers of tbe law that they axe not privileged
to rob the public
A declabation by ex-Governor Crit
tenden, of, Missouri, that If the Federal elec
tion bill is passed tbe South will not participate
In the Chicago World's Fair, is responded to
by tbe "New York Press, with the outcry tbat
this is "a new secession movement." This
cross-tire proves beyond dispute tbat tbe need
of a little common sense is urgent both among
Sontbern politicians and Northern Republican
organs; but is most urgent in tbe case of
tbe
organs.
The net result of the -noliee crntade
against dogs seems to be that the children
about the rtreets are In more danger of picking
than of getting the
It is reported from Washington that Ben
tor Evarts hopes to get his bill for tbe relief of
tbe United States Supreme Court before the
Senate soon. It Is tobe wished that tbe Sena
tor may bo successful. If Congress can lay
aside partisanship long enough tojnake provis
ion for settling litigation before tbe United
States courts in somewhat less time than a de
cade, tbe boon will be gratefully accepted by a
long-suffering public.
The McKiuley bill does not please tbe
rest of tbe world, and that Is tolerably good
evidence tbat it is built to please Americans.
Mr. Mtjbat Halstead declares against
the Federal election law, for the political reason
that It will hurt the Republican party. Mr.
Halstead might have found higher ground to
stand on, but the fact tbat bis memory is long
enough to roach back into the seventies estab
lishes blssuperority to the average Republican
now-a-days.
One day of stimulating atmosphere like
yesterday's is compensation for a good deal
of the sweltering under previous hot waves.
It is to be hoped that the dissatisfaction
among iron workers as to tbe terms ot tbe
scale in certain departments will be re
moved without injury to the Amalgamated
Association, which has ddne so much to bring
laborund capital together.
The whole country is being scorched.
Fire is supplementing tbe sun's efforts with
considerable brilliancy.
Eepublican leaders are trying hard to
show that there will not be any deficiency as tbe
chief result of the present Congress. But tho
difficulty which tbey find in convincing them
selves ot it is damaging to tbe effectiveness of
their Arguments on other minds.
PB0MIHENT PEOPLE.
The journals, in writing Mary Anderson's
marriage, announced that she and her husband
were to spend tbeir honeymoon in Venice.
Tbey did nothing of the kind, but are in Kent.
General adam E. King, of Baltimore, the
-new Consul-General at Paris, has engaged pas
sage for himself, his wife and three daughters
by tbe Havre steamer La Champagne on Au
gust 16.
Me. Archibald Little, author of
"Through tbe Yangtsze Goiges," has sailed for
New York. Mr. Little is a leading authority
upon Western China, especially in its commer
cial relations with Europe and America,
In tbe course of his successful career Captain
McMickan, at present commander of the Cun
arder Umbria,has made 478 passages across the
Atlantic, carrying 165,fi70 passengers and sailing
on all voyages over a distance ot 2,129,800 miles.
By her will. Mrs. Emily Pfeiffer, tbe well
known English poetess, who died recently, be
queaths, with tbe exception of a few legacies,
tbe whole of her personal estate of 63,000 to
charitable and educational establishments for
women.
Miss Minnie Hade Is engaged to visit New
York for 10 performances of "Carmen," at the
German Opera, says a London paper. Miss
Hauk is a Western lad), but bas achieved dis
tinction in U ermany, where she was the original
Carmen.
A tew days ago tbe English Bishop of St.
Asaph referred In tbe course of a speech at'
some function in bis diocese to his "younger
and rasher days," b jt the local papers reported
him as having deplored his "younger and
masher days!"
The family of tbe late Dannlel Manning have
given to the city of Albany the large photo
graph of the Treasury Building at Washington,
taken for the late Secretary by tbe Supervising
Architect's Bureau. Tbe picture is 8 by 6X in
size, and is handsomely framed in carved Irish
oak.
Mb. W. R. HoAee, tbe Acting British Con-snl-General
at this port, bas received from
Vice-Admiral Watson, Commander in Chief of
the British North American and West Indies
Squadron, a notification from Halifax, N. B.,
of bis Intention to Visit Newport, R. I., with
the Belleropbon, accompanied by one or more
of H. M. ships, arriving there about July 31.
Mrs. Eevino Winslow. of Philadelphia
bas given a reading of Ibsen's play "The
Enemy of the People" on the stage of the Hay
market Theater, London Mr. Gladstone and
some members of his family were among the au
dience. Tbe reading occupied over two hours.
Mrs. Winslow accomplished the difficult task
very creditably, never arawing rein to rest be
tween tbe acts, nor even refreshing her throat
with a sip of water.
PI0WEB AHD LAWN FETES.
Hovr East Endcm Hlnnnao to Enjoy Them
selves In Warm Weather.
Tbere is to be a flower fair in Beulah on
Thursday evening, tbe 31st instant. It will be
under the auspices of tbe Mission Band of tbe
Beulah Presbyterian Cbuicb. A number of
Wilkinsburgers. besiae residents of Swissvale,
Hawkins and Edgewood will attend.
Tbe lawn fete of ilajor Lowry Post, 648, G.
A R., and No. OG, Sons of Veterans, will be re
peated this evening at the Snowden place,
Williamsburg.
Powderly's Influence
From the St. Louts Republic
Mr. Powderly will exert a great influence
against corrupt politics in Pennsylvania. He
is tbe ablest leader labor ever bad in tbe
United States, and his protests against the de
moralizing reign of boasism In bis native State
is only another of many evidences of his trust
worthiness and patriotism.
BRLBEBY IN BEAVEB.
Altoona Tribune: The Republicans of the
Beaver Congressional district have certainly
got into a terrible mess, McDowell, the Con
gressional nominee, according to tbe confession
of tbe conferees, having won becanse friends
purchased tbe conferees. McDowell should
withdraw or be defeated.
Mercer Press: No man can afford to cling
to a nomination secured by the corrupt use of
money, and no good citizen can afford to sup
port a candidate whose nomination was secured
by a direct purchaser Let this whole affair be
thoroughly and scrupulously investigated and
let tbe people, tbe voters, for once know some
thing of the barter and sale tbat is being car
ried on for the purpose of obtaining party
nominations for office.
Mercer Dispilch and Republican: Amid
all the mass ot affidavits, statements and alle
gations of corruption and bribery in the Con
gressional convention it is pleasant and satis
factory to Mercer county readers to note that
not even so much as a hint of crooked dealing
is made either against Major McDowell, Hon
J. C, Brown, or any one of ?heir delegates.
This is why Mercer county stands by the nomi
nee. WASHiNOTOif -Poif . It is now charged that
Congressman Townsend, of tbe Twenty-fifth
Pennsylvania district, was defeated for renom
inatlon by the most corrupt use of money.
Three of tbe conferees havo confessed tbat
they received S1.050 each for their votes. JUr.
Townsend was the Quay candidate, and his de
feat was one of the political surprises of tho
season. If one-half of the charges regarding
the recent convention are true, the politics of
that section must be reeking with corruption.
Scbanton Republican: If Major McDow
ell does not voluntarily decline the stained
nomination then it becomes tbe inevitable duty
of the Republican committee of the four coun
ties to take prompt and decisive action, call
new conventions, elect other conferees and
proceed to make a nomination for Representa
tive in Congress by clean, honest and honorable
methods. We repeat, this is a matter fortbe
Republicans ot the Twenty-fifth to decide
without particular reference to Major Mc
Dowell. Philadelphia .PuoKe Ledger: There
seems to be the strongest kind of evidence that
tbe defeat of Senator Quay's candidate for the
Republican Congressional nomination in
Quay's own district was brought about by the
corrupt use of money. According to the Bworn
statement of one of the Beaver county con
lerees. be and two others sold tbe nomination
for cash. The nominee, in view of the exposure,
should assume a virtue if be have it not, and
get off tbe ticket, otherwise tho Repubhcansof
bis district should see that he is defeated at
the "polls, even though in accomplishing that
abject tbey sacrifice the district.
up poisoned "buttons"
hydrophobia.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Gameleas Game Preaervei Siena and
Wonders In One Dlcoljlcdoni Scared
Them Bllnnlo ' Palmer's Husband
Actors Trying to Get Fnf.
QH a bare hillside, not a dozen miles from
Pittsburg, a farmer has erected a large
sign, which reads:
: Persons Found Hunting :
: ' on this :
: Property will be :
: Proseented, - :
i i
The rabbit that would remain in such a
desert would be crazy, aud so would the hunter
be who sought game of any kind there. But
such signs abound in many a gameless district.
On tbe high ground above the New Yorken
tral Railroad, iu Harlem, where Washington
bad a fortified camp in the latter part of the
Revolutionary War, I remember seeing a sign
which had originally been intended to warn off
New York sportsmen, but which had been in
geniously altered to read:
-. ..,,.
: Trespassers Beware! :
: Hunting Is Forbidden :
: so is :
: Finding. :
gMALL boys after apples and tramps after
anything portable used to make an old
man's life wretched by climbing his garden,
wall and trampling among his flower beds. He
was a distinguished botanist, and a practical
gardener to boot. In his blggarden he culti
vated myriads of rare flowers and ferns. Tbey
were more than children to tbe bachelor sage.
His house stood within spacious grounds
upon the highroad between Winchester and
London, near the limits of the former city.
Boys were attracted by the fruit, but as 1 have
said tramps, of wbom thousands passed up and
down that highway every year, scaled the gar
den walls on errands of promiscuous plunder.
Nothing tbe old man could do repelled these
invasions. He tried dogs, but tbey did
more damage to the precious plants
than tbe human intruders. He was toS
humane to set steel man traps as is sometimes
done in English gardens where trespassers are
numerous. His favorite study inspired him
finally. Be had painted In bold, black: letters
on a white ground tbls blood curdling warning:
"Trespassers Beware of the Dicotyledonsl"
Half a dozen signs so inscribed frowned over
the garden wall. They served their purpose.
Very few knlght3 of the road recognized the
name of a natural class of plants in that awful
word, Dicotyledons.
""THE genius of Mr. John Rogers, for adver
tising his wife, popular Minnie Palmer, Is
really remarkable. Without his aid it is not
likely that she would have coined money as she
bas done. A New York correspondent writes
to me that Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers are daily
to be seen in the park in their Ralll cart,
behind a stout English cob and before a very
natty British tiger. This last mentioned article
whlob Mr. Rogers bas imported, and which,
no doubt, looks very swell, promises to make
him a good deal of trouble, as he made a con
tract with the tiger in England, which contract
is in violation of the contract labor laws of the
United States. Several American unemployed
tigers have already made some tremendons
kicks against the new importation and will
buck the tiger even into the balls of Congress.
Of course tbe tiger and tho contract and the
Infuriated native American tigers are all part
of a pretty advertising scheme.
t7hile the majority of our well known ac
tresses are playing tag with their lives in
banting, a number of our young leading men
are turninsr heaven and earth to acquire a few
pounds of additional flesh. Roland Reed is
trying a mnsh and milk diet, John T. Sullivan
attempts it by eating a pot of Boston baked
beans at every meal, Edwin Arden believes in
milk with a dash of Jamaica rum, Tom Murphy
in tbe rum without the milk, Nat Qoodwln in
lots of ale, Steele Mackaye in elaborate din
ners, and Scanlon in lots of Irish potatoes: Sol
Smith Russell has tried everything on earth,
but gets tbinncr as he grows richer, so Mr,
Dunlop tells me.
ALL THE0UQH TEE STATE.
Meadville ice dealers have ordered a
supply from Ashland, Wis. ""
J. Q. Stephens, Pittsburg's crack chess
player, is in Oil City ready to tackle all comers.
Sixty-four children sent by tbe New xork
Tribune fresh air fund are beingtaken care of
by tbe Children's Aid Society, of Warren.
The huckleberry crop is said to be almost a
complete failure, due, it is said, to the plants
being nipped by tbe trost early in the spring.
While cleaning out the sewer in the Brad
ford lockup articles from the size of a needle
to an anchor were taken out, put there by pris
oners.
Durino a terrific rainstorm about three
miles above Corydon, in McKean county, a 12
y e ar-old girl was struck by a bolt and instantly
killed.
A F ejtale baseball team is playing through
the oil regions. It's such a novelty tbat men
who never go to a game are among tbe first ar
rivals now.
Boys discovered a rabbit on the first pier of
the foot bridge In Towanda. They tried to
catch it, when it took to tbe water, swam to
the shore and escaped.
The Executive Committee of tbo Oil City
Oil Exchange have offered a reward for the
apprehension of tbe tbief who steals the soap
placed in the washroom.
Will J. McConnell, tbe temperance or
ator, who was arrested at Waverly, N. Y.,
Thursday, for intoxication, was sentenced to 80
days in the county jail at Owego.
A WlLLiAMsrocT washerwoman while sort
ing out tbe clothing she was about to wasb,
found a $5 bill In tbe bundle. Tbe honest
woman returned the money to Its owner.
Between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock a
gang of roughs made night hideous with tbeir
noise, and still we have to put up with it, as
even the only policeman we bad bas resigned.
East Brady Review.
HE PAH) FOB HIS l-'IINKHAT.,
Only to Discover That He Wn Terr Much
Alive and Prospering.
rsrXCIAL TILZORAK TO TH DlflPATCBT.t
Trenton. N. J., July 18. Mrs. Peter Skillman
received a month ago a telegram asking for
money for tbe burial of her brother
Edward C. Bloom, of Kansas City.
She sent the amount asked for byEstone,
undertaker. Last night she received a
letter from her brother in which he said that
he was prospering, and would visit Trenton
within tbe next few days, and then would go
further West to engage in a new venture.
Bloom's family had gone into mourning, and
his mother at Reiglesville had been made ill
by the report of bis death.
Earlv last month Mrs. Skillman read a letter
from Kansas City, signed Fred Ai Marsh, stat
ing that her brother was very ill and wanted
fnnds. Money was sent at once. Later came
a letter from C. W. Wright urging that money
be sent for a consultation and an operation
that might save Bloom's life. This was also
sent. Later came the dispatch announcing the
death. The family sent in all nearly J100,
BTBEET CAB ETiaUETTE.
Pointers to be Observed br Travelers-on
All Lines Rnnnlns In the Cltr.
IF on a "bob-tail" never offer to put a lady's
money In tbe box without asking her If that is
the smallest she has got.
After seating yourself commence cleaning
your finger nails. This will let the other pas
sengers know tbat you own a knife.
WHEN convenient hand, the conductor a to
bill. If be hasn't tbe change be might hold
tbe car to get it for you from the nearest gro
cery. Don't forget to ask the conductor if the car
stops at the end ot the line. Otherwise the
passengers might not know that you are a
farmer.
When the conductor starts in to collect
fares never have tbe change ready until he is
opposite you. Should you have it ready he
would get through that much quicker.
ALWAYS talk loua and complain that It is a
very slow line. This will give tho impression
that you have traveled a great deal, and per
haps some passenger will ask you if you bavo
been to Philadelphia.
ALWAYS stand up a block or two from tho
street on which you want to get off. Should
you not do this your presence might be
overlooked.' Beside you might get off without
stepping on some one's toes.
MIQEATION OP TOADS.
millions of Hoppers Suddenly Pnll Oat for
the North.
From tho Wilmington Gazette and Bulletin.
Without a bugle call or drum beat to an
nounce the arrival of the hour for a general
advance, the millions of little toads that have
been so conspicuous for their numbers in this
city several days started on a Journey north
yesterday afternoon. Soon after tbe heavy
shower had ceased, the toads, by tbe hundreds,
thousands and millions started on a hop, skip
and jump, and the many interested spectators
at once observed that tho migratory movement
was In the dlreotion of the north. The toads
had been keeping close to the river for several
days, and tho numbers that covered tbe banks
for miles is beyond tho power of calculation.
The tiny creatures seemed gifted with intelli
gence, and it was noticed that, unless headed
off. they never lost any ground by retracing
their hops.
Tbe liveliest scene was on Market street.
Tens of thousands of the toads cameupxlrom
the river or bopped west along the railroad to
the roadway crossing the tracks and advanced
like an army up Market street. The crossing
at tbe Market street toll gates was black wltb
them, and hundreds lost tbeir lives beneath the
wheels of passing trains.
The railroad proved an almost insurmounta
ble barriei, as they were unable to jump over
tbe rails, but they followed along until they
came to tbe jnmping-over place. Many suc
ceeded in getting over tbe first rail, only to be
made prisoners between tbe two rails, but in
due course or time they succeeded In getting
out, and then continued on north. About dusk
last evening they were crossing tbe canal,
where they had temporarily baited, ostensibly
for rest and refreshments. A eurl.ius feature
in counectlon wltb tbe sudden emigration was
the fact the toads made use of tbe public high
ways, including tbe alleys. Very few of tbem
were found in yards. Their movement was
regular and well defined, and they kept at It
with a steadiness that was surprising.
CUBBE1TT TIMELY TOPICS.
Thieves entered a Klttannlng residence and
stole the family clock. They will do lime when
arrested.
A stkono, healtby-looklng young woman,
who was a passenger on Nypanotraln 3 yesterday,
appeared to be under the Impression that it was a
cold day, and ore heavy fur wraps. Meadritle
Republican. Tbe atmosphere has been rather
cnllly In Meadville since tne Btate Convention.
Mrs. Frank Leslie says if she ever marries
attain she will marry a journalist. Tho rumor
therefore tbat she will throw herself away on a
French Marquis Is set at rest.
Indiana has had another earthquake shock.
Governor Hill will please take 'warning and keep
out or the State hereafter.
It appears to be much easier to kill canities
In Pittsburg than It Is to remove their unsightly
carcasses from the jraze ot passers-by. A live dog
Is less offensive than a dead one.
A Sr. Louis man lost bis temper and shot a
parrot because the blra asked him If it was hot
enough for him. Pittsburg Is full of parrots tbat
ask that question thousands of times dally," but
the law protects tbem and they escape.
The "undertakers' combine" was considered
a heartless one, but what must poor, sweltering
humanity think of tbe "ice combiner"
It would appear to the ordinary newspaper
reader nowadays tbat James G. iflaine Is causing
more trouble In Bepubllcan than Democratic
ranks. But perhaps It is the calm just before the
storm.
The thermometer in the Honse of Repre
sentatives will drop several decrees on the day a
vote of thanks Is tendered to Hpeaker Keed for his
ruling during the nresent session. Members will
be able to bans; tbeir coats on the icicles formed
on the Democratic! side.
"A gloomy world," says neighbor Black,
' 'Where clouds of dreary (tun
In masses rolled, tbe sky Infold,
And blot the noonday sunt"
"Ay, so it Is, " says neighbor White;
"Hut haply you and I
Might shed a ray. to cheer the way,
Come, neighbor, let us try."
"A vale of tears, " says neighbor Black,
"A vale of weary breath.
Of soul wrung sighs and hopeless eyes,
from oirtn to early aeatui"
"Ay, so It Is," says neighbor White,
"Hut haply you and I
Jnst here and there mlgbt dry a tear
Come, neighbor, let us try."
Old Poem.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
No MAN can walk with God without reach
ing out a hand to help somebody.
To be a jack of all trades is one of the easi
est ways in tbe world to be nothing.
Until a man has been tried he will always
have reason to be afraid of himself.
Religion tbat don't go clear throngh a man
don't cause tbe devil much uneasiness.
To he able to worship God acceptably is the
greatest blessing that can come to man.
When you want to see tbe person most to
blame for your misfortunes gaze into the look
ing glass.
Treasures in heaven are treasures forever,
but treasures on this earth are only treasures
for a Utile while.
The man who commits sin is simply putting
a halter around his neck that will some day
bring him face to face with God.
If you are not making tbe world bettor. It
will be worse for your having lived. No man
can leave the world as he found it.
There was weeping at the grave of Laza
rus, but we don't know that tbere was a tear
shed when Methuselah was buried.
Those who have the greatest knowledge of
God and enjoy most of His love are those who
have had tbe greatest need of Him.
The angels have standing orders to throw
wide open every window in heaven as soon as
all tbe tithes are brought into the store house.
Sam's Horn.
Not Rrndy to Sacrifice.
From the Chicago Post.
Governor Hill bas declined to deliver an ad
dress before the Texas Bar Association. He
has doubtless read about tbe average Texas
bar in border romances, and is taking no
chances.
The President's Dilemma.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
President Harrison is said to be having con
siderable difficulty in finding $10,1)00 men who
are willing to take ?3,000 jobs. There is no lack,
however, of S1.000 men for.J2.000 jobs.
THE WELL" SECRET.
I knew it in all my boyhood; in a lonesome valley
meadow,
Like a dryad's mirror hidden by tho woods' dim
arches near;
Its eyes flashed back tbe sunshine and grew dark
and sad with shadow.
And I loved Its truthful depths, where every
pebble lay so clear.
I scooped my band and drank it, and watched the
sensate quiver
Of the rippling rings of sliver as the drops or
crystxl fell.
I pressed the richer grasses from its little trict
llne river.
Till at last I knew, as friends know, every secret
of the well.
But one day 1 stood beside It, on a sudden unex
pected, When the sun had crossed the valley and a
shadow bid the place,
And I looked In tbe dark waters, saw my pallid
cheek reflected.
And beside It, looking upward, met an evil
reptile face.
Looking upward-furtive, startled at the silent,
swlit Intrusion,
Then It darted toward the grasses, and I saw not
where it fled:
Bat I knew Its eyes were on mo, and the old-time
swift Illusion
Of the pure and perfect symbol I had cherished
there was dead.
Oh, the pain to know the perlury or seeming
truth that blesses!
My soul was Seared like sin to see tbe falsehood
of the place
And tbe innocence tbat mocked me, while In dim,
unseen recesses
These were lurking rouler secrets than the fur
, tire reptile face.
And silence then-au! why the burden t when
loyous faces si ect me.
With eyes of limpid innocence and words and
devoid of art,
I cannot trust their seeming, but must ask what
eyes woqla meet me
Could I look in sudden silence at -the seersts or
the heart. John JJoyls O'Reilly.
AMERICANS ABROAD.
Scraps of Home News Cleaned From lbs
Last London Wall Another Lint of
Millionaires Madame Nardlca's Ro
mance American Pnironlzine tho Ball
H In. !Hnli, PnnH'a T.naf I.relnrfr.
TTls stated that tbere aro seven millionaires.
residing in Pittsburg, Pa., and 63 residents
of Cleveland, O., possessing in tbe aggregate
300.000,000. Sixty persons have been named,
residing in small towns near New York, whose
wealth is said to aggregate SSOO.000,000. One of
the'gentlemen included in tbe last estimate
stated tbat if it Included one of bis neighbors
with whose affairs bo is acquainted, it was
entirely too low 5750,000,000 would not
be too much. Tbe Ouelet estate in
New York City pays taxes on $25,000,000
real estate. The Mayor of Chicago announces
that four gentlemen of tbat city are worth
over 525,000,000 each; but only two are included
in tbe list P. D. Armour and Marshall Field.
An American "posted" in such matters in
forms me that tbero were not 50 millionaires
in Boston: but tbo official tax list shows tbat
more than 50 families pay taxes on over $1,000,
C00 each, and 200 persons pay taxes on amounts
which clearly show they aro really millionaires.
The list of tbe many-times American million
aires are as follows: $150,000,000, William W.
Astor, Trinity Church, New York; $100,000,000,
C Vanderbilt, W. K. Vacderbilt, Jay
Gould, Leland Stanford, J. D. Rockefeller;
$70,000,000, estate of A. Packer; $60,000,000. John
J . Blair, estate of Charles Crocker: $50,000,000.
Russell Sage, E. A. Stevens, estates
"f Moses Taylor, Brown and Ives;
IHO.000,000. P. D. Armour, F. L.
Ames, William Rockefeller, H. M. Flagler,
S,'lSIaJnd Wciehtman, estate of P. Onelet;
$35,000,000, C. P. Huntington. D. L. Mills, es
tate or T. A. Scott, J. W. Garrett: $30,000,000,
G. a. Roberts, Charles Pratt, Ross Winans, E.
B. Loxe, Claus Spreckels, August Belmont. R.
J. Livingston. F. Weyerbauser. Mrs. Mark
Hopkins. Mrs. Hetty Green, estates of S. V.
Harkness, R. W. Coleman. J. M. Singer; $25,
000.000. A. J. Drcxel, J. S. Mbrgan, J. P. Mor
gan, Marshall Field. David Dow, J. G. Fair, E.
F. Perry, estates of Governor Fairbanks, A. J.
Stewart, A. Scbermerhorn: flO.HHOOO, P. H.
Payne, estates of F. A. Drexel, J. V. William
son. W. F. Weld; $20,000,000, F. W. Vanderbilt,
Theodore Haverueyer. H. P. Havemeyer. W.
G. Warden, W. P. Tnompson. Mrs. Scbenlev,
J. B. Haggin. H. A. Hntcbins, estates of W.
Sloane. E. S. Higcins, C. Tower. William Thw,
Dr.Hostetter, William Sharon, Peter Donohue.
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After a Groat Preacher.
lyjAJOR Pond, the agent, is endeavoring to
engage Canon Ltddon for a lecture tour
in the States. If he accept, tbe Americans
will hear a man of genius, wbo Is by common
.consent tbe first living preacher of the En
glish Church. Long debarred from episcopal
honors by the Queen's prejudice against him.
Canon Ltddon was lately offered the Bishopric
of St. Albans, but declined it becansa ha is too
old. He Is 63. Age, if anything, may prevent
him from going to America, which he greatly
desires to visit.
A Prima Donna's Romance.
JT is not generally known that Madame
Nordlca, the American prima donna, was
married to Frederick Gower, an American in
ventor of great promise. He lost his life in a
balloon ascent, which he had undertaken with
a view to perfecting a steering apparatus. For
some time a certain amount of mystery was
supposed to surround his fate: but there exists,
I am told, in the United States Consulate at
Havre tbe deposition of a pilot who, from his
bis post at the helm of a vessel he was con
ducting out of port, saw the balloon
fall into tbe sea. The ship was too
far away to attempt any rescue, and
so the Inventor perished, and with
him the secret of his invention. Mr. Gower
was passionately in love with Miss Norton, who
was distantly related to him. On the night of
her debut at the Grand Opera. Paris, he gave a
banquet at tbe Cafe Blgnon in her honor, and
none of the guests who were present on the oc
casion were much surprised when, a few weeks
later, the engagement was announced. He de
lighted in driving his betrothed in his hand
some drag in tbe Bois do Boulogne, and bis
yacht was constantly placed at her disposal.
After the wedding the happy couple took up
tbeir residence in Paris. Mrs. Glower's bou
doir, furnished with Japanese articlesand hung
with embroidered satins, was exceedingly ar
tistic She dressed sunerblv and entertained
handsomely, and altogether the brief period of
ma weuaea me oi tne young couple was one 01
uveptioaai uriuiancy.
I beard lately an anecdote which depicts tbe
generous nature of Frederick Gower. In bis
young days a wealthy citizen in a small town
in New England Interested bimself In tbe fu
ture of tbe intelligent boy, and furthered with
his influence young Gower's efforts to acquire
a thorough education. Years passed, and tbe
young man, wbo bad in tbe meantime become
tbe possessor of a fortune, returned to New
England and sought out bis former benefactor,
whom he found In reduced circumstances. "Is
thera anything I can do for you7" Inquired
Mr. Gower. "Yet," was the response. "I have
mortgaged the little property I had, and at ex
orbitant rates of Interest. If you will take the
mortgages into your own bands and allow ma
to pay you legal interest, it will be an accom
modation." Mr. Gower paid off every ona of
tbe mortgages and cancelled them as well,
leaving his friend's property free and unin
cumbered. AlasI tbat such a heart should
should bavefound its last resting place beneath
tbe stormy waters of tbe British Channel.
A Fine-Looking Couple.
JJe. Marion Crawford is an exceedingly
handsome young man, and 13 as perfect
physically, with his six feet of manliness, as a
Greek statue. By incessant phjsical culture
he has developed each muscle to perfection,
and be bas distinguished himself as a brilliant
fencer. His wife Is as perfect in ber way. and
one of the most beautlfnl of American women.
She has a statuesque figure tbat is lithe and
graceful as a reed. Those who know General
Berdan remember his wonderful gray eyes and
his superb physique, both ot which are fem
ininely duplicated in bis daughter. When
General Berdan wefit to Turkey, after superin
tending the construction of his musket Inven
tion In Russia, he was accompanied by bis
daughter. It was there tbat Marion Crawford
met tbe lady he was fortunate to win for a
wife. Miss Berdan created a sensation in
official society in Constantinople by her beauty
and grace of manner. It was tbere tbat the
wedding took place which united two of the
handsomest natives of tbe United States. Mr.
Crawford is a nephew of Miss Julia Ward
Howe, a literary lady who is highly esteemed
ou both sides of the Atlantic
They Llko Bull Fighting.
'pHE American tourists In Paris are frequent
supporters of the Gran Plaza do Toros that
has been erected at a large outlay on tbe mar
gin of the Bois do Boulogne. Muzzantini. the
handsome and gorgeously costumed esoada,
who lias been to Anferica and wbo is popular
in Havana, is greatly admired by the American
ladies.
Mr. Stanford's Monnmeat.
'J'HE Stanford University, to which Mr. Glad
stone referred in his letter on Mr. Car-
negisfs "Gospel of Wealth" as 'being provided
at a cost of $20,000,000, is not yet opened, bat
tbe work ot construction is advancing well.
Tbe only son of Senator Stanford, the donor,
mdulced in tbo day-dream tbat if he had
enormous wealth ho should delight in making
some such use or it to elevate mankind, and
when tbe son died the grief-stricken father re
solved to give effect to bis idea. As one of the
richest millionaires in the United States, ana
without children to inherit bis property, be has
unlimited resources at his command to render
bis universityo noble educational foundation.
It is understood that tbe education will not be
entirely free to students, bnt the facilities are
generous, and no earnest or capable student
w ill find the road to academic fame barred.
California already possesses a State university,
which is practically iree to students who can
pass the examinations.
American Gcnlas Abroad.
A NEW method for the production of gas light
ha been invented by an American named
Lawrence, and exhibited at Naples. Ordinary
gas passes through a box of zinc. In wbich are
contained compartments of rectified benzine,
and it is claimed for the invention that thrice
the Illuminating power is acquired, with an
economy of three-quarters of the ordinary cost
and a diminution of heat. The flame is bright,
steady and healthy, giving off a minimum of
impurity.
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Figures on Immigration.
""THE number of immigrants Into the United
States last year is about IC0.000 less than
lSS8,wben there were'a little over 600,000. There
has been a steady decline since 1832, when the
tide reached its hlchest point 720.000. Ger
many continues to send the largest number
nearly 100.000. England. Scotland. Ireland and
Wales combined send about HO.000. Tbo
totals for 18S9 will complete tbe record for 70
years. These will show tbat the United States
have received from foreign countries, since
1820 an aggregate of about 15,000,000 people, of
wbom Great Britain has sent about 8,000,000.
Germany about 600,000, Norway and Sweden
about 800.000 and France aboat35Q,0CO, Ireland
alone has sent nearly 3,509,000.
CDEI0DS CONDENSATIONS.
"While tearing down Joe Smith's old
hotel, the Mansion Honse. at Nauvoo, I1L,
workmen found the skeleton of an infant un
der the flooring, a silent evidence to soma
crime of tbe long ago. Tbe old Mansion House
is ona of the few Mormon relics left at Nau
voo. John McDermott reports a strange casa
or early development in the Eig Spring, Ala.,
neighoorbood. Mrs. Polly Taylor owns an
8 months' heifer calf which has been suckled
bv a smaller calf until it is now giving milk.
Tbe children took from It about a pint at one
milking.
A gambling club was raided by the
police of St. Petersburg a few days ago, and all
of the inmates were arrested. Tbe players
were released with a fine the next day, but the
principals were held for trial. Afterward tbey
were tried and sentenced to exile in Siberia for
five years. m
The prolific ewe owned by Millen Me?
Dowell, of Jit. Morris township, which in the
year 1888 gave birth to tbe perfectly developed
double-beaded Iamb which was exhibited alive
about the country until its death, died a few
days aco in giving birth to a second double
headed lamb.
'Old Billy," days the Boston Globe, is
now -10 years ofaee, and is the oldest railway
horse in the world. For 25 years he worked on
a car running from Brookline to Boston, and
during this remarkable career never lost a trip
fromMckness or inability. He actually trav
eled during this period over 125,000 miles.
The latest addition to the State Library
at Albany, N. Y.. is a collection of woods,
which is designed to include every kind of tim
ber growing naturally wnhin tne limits of tbe
State. Tbe first installment cumprises 43 spe
cies. Each specimen is taken from the trunk,
3'i feet long, and shows the bark and grain.
It you have ever paid money to tee a
gorilla go and demand it back at once, for tho
most eminent naturalist in the country says
that no gorilla no genuine, straight-edged go
rillahas ever been captured by man. and that
it he had he would never live to make the jour
ney from Africa. Tbey simply have been giving
us overgrown monkeys.
Temperance advocates will be shocked
to bear tho record ot a Russian centenarian,
wbo bas just died at Perm at the respectable
age of 105. Sinco he was IS years old he hai
gone to bed dead drunk every night. He had
only been ill once In bis life, when he lell
asleep in the street during a tit of Intoxication
and his noae aud ears were frozen.
D. D. Bowles, a negro, was arrested in
Lynchburg for biting his child. Bowles' treat
ment of bis child was so cruel that all over its
body were scars where he bad stuck his teeth.
The child's tongue was also sore on account of
its father having almost torn it from tbe roots.
When arrested Bowles made a big fight for
freedom. He bit tbe officer's wrist, and tbe lat
ter had to use bis club freely to defend him
self. Eev. Benjamin Moody, of Clay county,
is somewhat of a remarkable man. He H now
in his 60th year of age, is the father or a largo
family of children, has always been an ab
stainer from alcohollo arraks. never bad occa
sion to pay but one doctor's bill, and but twice
In tbe daytime bas he been asleep. Tbe gentle
man is in good bealtb. and bids fair to live a
number of years to continue his record of use
fulness. The census enumerator finds that with
about 1,250 people in Guntersville, Gx, as
against 60 ten years ago, there are no negroes
in tbe beat, no blind, no crntcbes or wooden
legs, no paupers and only one person found sick
in bed. Another very remarkable showing is
the very large population when cunmared with
tbe voting strength, it being the rule rather
than tbe exception for one voter, tbe father,
with a house full of healthy children, none of
whom are old enough to vote.
It is stated that some of the Rothschild
family have purchased, at the high figure of
810,000 francs, or about 33,600 sterling, tbe
identical clock manufactured by the royal
hands of the ill-fated Louis XVI. in tbe days
when he was more actively and congenially
employed in bis workshop than in bis council
chamber. This curious timepiece for a long
time was an historic heirloom in tbe possession
of an English family, and it has been bought
at St. Petersburg.
Miss Amanda Anderson, living in the
East Macon district, is 60 years old. but the
longest journey she ever took was from the
house in which she was born to her present
home, a distance of one and a hair miles. Sha
has never seen a railroad, or a brick building,
and only one painted house. Sha bas never
been In a chururi. Tbree years ago sha visited!
a neighbor200 yards away.aml then complained
that she was so far from horde that sha could
not find her way back.
A queer pld chap turns up about Union
square, New York, these days about 5 o'clock
in the morning with a broom and a pan. In
saloons in tbo neighborhood he bas tbe privi
lege of sweeping. From out his sweepings ha
gathers up every cork, looking all the time tor
coins. It is said that on the average be makes
a fair day's wages from silver thus gathered up,
but his sure income is realized from the corks.
Such of these as are not broken he whittles
down to a size that will fit the small phials
used by druggists. He sells these at prices
wbich make it profitable to tbe druggists, and
the refuse, the shavings and broken bits ba
disposes ot to men who pack bottles for trans
portation. There are said to he but 135 of the
famous goloid dollars in existence. The first
one of these ever coined is in tbe possession of
Colonel John A. Stephens, of Augnsta. Ga.,
havingformerly been the property of Alexander
H. Stephens, ex-Governor of Georgia and
Chairman of the Committee on Weights,
Measures and Coins at tbe time these historic
pieces were struck. The goloid dollar is about
tbe size of a silver half dollar, but hardly as
thick and much lighter. It has a bronze color,
darker than gold, which is due to tbe copper
contained in it composition- On one side are
the words: "United States of America. 100
cents;" on tbe rim and in the center thesa
words, letters and figures: "Goioid, metric L
G.;lbl,S.;L0. C; Grani9 11.25." On tbeothor
side are the words: "E Plunbus Unum, 1873."
on tbe rim, and in tbe center the head of a
female, with tbe word "Liberty" across tba
brow. Tbe figures indicate tbo composition,
wbich is the invention ot a man named Hubbell.
The composite metals in its make-up are worth
exactlv $1 in cash. G"loid is a composition
of 19 d'iff erent metals, of which but one part is
gold, (15.1) sixteen and one-tenth silver and
(L9) one and nine-tenths copper.
TO DISPELL TnE BLUES.
The man who is trying to climb up finds
lots or heels above him and lots or fists behind
bim.-tcAflon (iMc
It is only national history that "repeats
itself." Your private history Is repeated by tbe
neighbors. Terre Haute Express.
Lena I bad a dreadiully dull time with
JIr. Blllyman last evening.
Emma Did you have to do all the talking?
Lena Jo, I had to listen to him. Detroit Frei
Press.
Stranger (entering) Can I get a bite at
this hotel?
btranger (departing) I guess you can. I
stayed there last night and I got several or them.
lonHers Statesman.
Henry Yes, I called to see Sickera'a
daughter last n Ight, Harry, and I round It hard to
tearmykeiraway.
Harry She bad such a hold upon you, eh?
Henry No. it was the do? I had to tear myself
away from Detroit Free Press.
"Wife (delighted) What! home through
the summer shower? But where did you get that
lovely piece or Ice?"
Husband (exultlngly) It's a hallstono which
Just fell In our front yard, and we can pay off our
mortgage with It. Chicago Times.
Mrs. Watts Did you enjoy your summer
trip very much?
Mrs. Potts-Oh. Just moderately. I might have
enjoyed 1 1 better If tbe city papers had not corns
every day and made me realize that 1 was 150
miles away from a bargain counter. Terre hauls
Express.
He bad been noticed hanging about the
place ror a year or more after the murderer bad
been safe away In South America.
One day he said to an old resident:
Do you know anything about , " hut before
going any further he caught blmseir. Then peo
ple knew he was a Chicago detective.
Health Officer Have you ever been in
oculated? Mr. Bremley (rather apologetleally)-Fre
times, boss: dat'sall.
Health Oacer-What ror?
Mr. Bremley Wonst fer stealtn' cblck'ns.
wonst fer 'sault n batt'ry.'an' whenljlned d'
Masons. Judge,
THEN AND NOW.
"I'd like to be an angel
And with the angels stand,
A crown upon my forehead,
A harp within my band."
I'd like to be a catcher
And at tbe home-plate stand,
A mask npon my forehead,
A glove npon my band.
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