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All donble nntl triple number copies ot The Dispntch icqniro a --cent stncip to Insure prompt tlellverv. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. JAN. 18, 1B9L OUK INDIAN KECOKD. Two striking illustrations of our Indian policy come from the National Capital. First is the fact that the appropriation for the Indian Bureau, to do the necessary work in managing Indian affairs, has been ma terially cnt down by the Appropriation Committee. The extravagances oi the last tession result this year in cutting down the expenses necessary to do common justice to the Indians and protect tne country against buch outbreaks as that just suppressed at an expense many times what the original ap propriations honestly administered would hare come to. This is one of the results of what is dignified by the title of "practical politics." The other fact set forth by The Dis patch "Washington correspondent, after an examination of the records of Indian treaties, is that there is "not a treaty be tween the Government and the Indians that lias been kept absolutely in word and in ,.., iri.:. : ... 1 :l. .1 jeucx. JLuia is iu accuruauce niiu tuegeu- i oral understanding, and furnishes a full I explanation for the periodical outbreaks which hare formed the mile-stones ot our Indian policy. Yet the prevalence of the view which finds a palliation for this blofuTjon our civilization, in the ignorant nd savage character of the Indians, is shown by the elaboration of that theme by our correspondent. It is beyond dispute the co temporary Indian is sarage, degraded and vicious. If any class of whites had been subjected to the long record ot bad faith and broken bargains which our correspondent btls 'orth. they might exhibit a departure from the higher standard of morality. But whether that would prove true or not, the low character of the Indian does not furnish any mitigation for the bad faith to war a him on the part of the whites. A complete answer to the sneers at hu manitarians who urge decent treatment for the Indians, is that there are abundant ex amples in which an approach to justice has enabled the Indians to make a fair advance toward civilization. When large tracts of land can be found in this country and Canada, cultirated by Indians who are as industrious and peaceful as the average white man, the evidence that fair treatment can produce similar results with the present sarage tribes, is conclusive. But of course it is not to be expected that there will be a steady advance in that direc tion while spoilsmen's methods and appeals to prejudice are permitted to lead to the vio lation of treaties and the wholesale cheating of the Indian out of his due. GOOD HUSINESS POL1CT. The very general approval of the new course o! the Philadelphia Gas Company in applying its surplus earnings to the extinc tion of debts, rather than the distribution of dividends, is encouraging as a recognition uf safe business policy contrasted with un safe. One of the most dangerous tendencies cf large corporations, next to water in the capital, is to regard debts, both floating and bonded, as quite the thing. It the Electric Company is alto taken in hand upon the principle of starting anew witbont debt, or with very little, its profitable business ought to afford a solid basis for a better showing in the future than it ever could have made un der former conditions of liquefaction and in debtedness. This promises to be the line upon which the affected interests will cut sway from the embarrassments resulting from 2. different policy. The management of the Philadelphia Gas concern has set a good example; and with the encouraging ac tion of the Electric creditors yesterday it helps to give a favorable prospect to the outlook. a petit ArF.vm. It is difficult to imagine how a legislative body could more perfectly exemplify the petty motives that influence the ordinary politician than the State Senate has suc ceeded in doing in its fight over the confir mation of the Governor's appointments. The appointments over which the fight began were such as to make it the duty of the Senate to confirm. They were largely honorary, distributed without regard to par tisanship, and the question of party advan tage should not hare arisen in connection with them. So far as their importance is concerned, they were not worth, to either party, five minutes of the many hours spent in skirmishing over them. In this instance, the Democrats took the first step and are largely to blame. It is true they bare the excuse of a similar action on the part of IJepublicans four years ago, and wish to nse the confirmation of these ap pointments to secure confirmation of appoint ments Gov. Pattison will 'make. But to resort to the first excuse is only to say that they wish to show their susceptibility to as small .and unworthy motives as their op ponents; while the second, as an example of political tactics, is puerile. If the Re publican intended to defeat the confirma tion of Pattison's cabinet, is it likely they would be deterred by the fate of this batch of appointments? This display of partisan pettiness should suffice for our lawmakers. They will do much better for themselves and their parties by disposing of appointments and measures solely on the merits of each. THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS felTTING. Legislation by physical exhaustion is the problem now before the Senate. The pluck oi the old, grave, reverend seigneurs in stay ing up all night to wear each other out is astonishing, considering how well the mem bers of what has been sarcastically called the millionaires' club are reputed to lore their ease and comfort-' But the spectacle of the normally rosy Mr. Hoar haggard in the morning sun, .or of sleepless Mr.. Ed munds pale with the fatigue of an all-night session, while uniquely impressive to the national eye, affords no new argument 'for the force bill, upon whose fate they so per scveringly insist the future of the country depends. The session finished yesterday extended over thirty hours, and was the longest con tinuous one of the Senate on record. If the Republican leaders had, in the course of their abundant opportunities for wise and patriotic legislation during the past two rears, shown as much interest and determi nation as they bare exhibited in standing up for the force bill, which is clearly de signed lor partisan advantage, they would not need that or any other special device to keep them in power. As the case stands now, the wisdom of this bill is gravely doubted and combatted even within the Re publican party. Even should there be a machine success in carrying it through Con gress, the chances are altogether that it will lose more rotes for the party than it can gain, even though it were worked with its elaborate machinery for all it might be worth. "WORLD'S rATK EXTRAVAGANCE. The Candler Committee is clearly of the opinion that extravagance marks the opera tions of the "World's Fair Commission, and there is little doubt a majority of the great public will agree with it "With compar?. tirely economical management the Expo sition will cost a great deal of money. But as the expected benefit are great there will be no grumbling about necessary expenses. It is to be expected that the commission mar, mentally at least, meet the criticism regarding salaries by the question, ""What are we here for?" Under the prevailing code of political ethics the principal use of great publie undertakings is to proride sinecure positions with fat salaries for the favorites. The report of the Candler Committee will hardly prove a death blow to sach practices, bnt it should have the effect of curbing the disposition in this particul i case. TOO GREAT TOR THE LATT. The reorganization of the Sugar Trust un der a charter, such as the obliging laws of Kew Jersey furnish to corporations in other States who desire to escape the restrictions of more carefully drawn legislation, makes a remarkable example of the lame and im potent conclusions that follow upon at tempts to restrain the great masses of capi tal. This case brings into prominence the very clear and authoritative declaration of principles that are riolated. Judge Bar rett's decision against the Trust held it was illegal as an organization in restraint of trade. The decision of the Court of Appeals went further in declaring that "the agree ment, association, combination, "or arrange ment, or whatever else it may be called, haring for its objects" the remoral of compe tition and the advancement of prices ot nec essaries of life, is subject to the condemna tion of the law, by which it is denounced as a criminal enterprise." In the teeth of that declaration the public is confronted with the spectacle of the illegal enterprise taking shelter under the charter of another tate to carry on its business in the State whose high est court has declared its illegality. Judge Roger A. Pryor is quoted by the New York Times as declaring that, under the validity given by Hew York to foreign charters, it cannot interfere with the new organization of monopoly. This is a remarkable state of affairs if true. But beyond the donbt whether any theory of inter-State comity can give valid ity to charter granted in one State to carry on a business in another which the law of that State declares to be criminal, there is the very emphatic question whether the re organization under this New Jersey corpora tion had under the New York decision any thing to reorganize. To understand this point it is necessary to remember what the decision affirmed. It was decided that the transfer of the North river sugar refin ery, and as a corollary all the other re fineries belong to the trust, was illegal and null. Even more, its illegality was so rank that the charter of the corporation was for feited. The ineritable consequence is that the certificate holders who reorganized the trust the other day, had nothing to reor ganize prorided the decision of the New York Court of Appeals is enforced. If A obtains property of B under a con tract that is prohibited by the law, the de cision of that fact leaves the property in the hands of B. A may have an equitable claim on B for the money which be paid; bnt the decision means nothing if, after the illegality of the transfer is declared, be can continue to hold the property. If in the mean time he has formed a stock company or issued certificates of part ownership in the prop erty he can transfer no title beyond what he has under the law, namely, the equitable claim to receive back the consideration on a contract which could not be fulfilled. Now this is exactly what was done iu the case of the Sugar Trust. The decision of the courts, if it was anything more than a mere form of words, wiped out all the transactions by which the control of the property was concentrated in the trust All the contracts, sales, bargains and payments by which the monopoly was organized were illegal, null and roid. If the decision stopped there the refineries under the control of the trust must go back to the original corporations, and the certificate holders of the trust own nothing except a claim for the return of the consideration. But the decision did not stop there. The- charters of the original corporations were forfeited by the ille gality and fraud upon the public involved in the transaction. Conse quently those corporations must be wound up and their assets distributed among the shareholders as they existed pre vious to the illegal and nullified transfers. "With this property th'e certificate holders ot the trust have no legal connection. The Inevitable consequence of the decision is that all they can transfer to the New Jersey corporation is their claim upon the legal owners of the property for the return of whatever consideration was paid on the ille gal bargain. This state of affairs leaves tbe new corporation witbont any ownership whatever of the refineries which it now illegally controls, and only vests it with a claim which amounts to a very small part or its alleged $60,000,000 capitalization. If there is any stamina whatever in the enforcement o the rulings of the New York courts, the sugar refineries will be taken out of the hands of the new corporation in short order. But the apathy with which this evasion of the law has been permitted war rants the conclusion that the New York law has no disposition to assert itself against an alleged $60,000000 of capital, and that an organization of that magnitude will lie per mitted to prosecute its "criminal enterprise" without lefor hindrance. HISTORIAN BANCROFT'S DEATH. Historian Bancroft's death removes a prominent figure from the. American liter ary world. His work will live after him. His death was practically painless and can only be considered as the close of a complete life, Mr. Bancroft having long since passed the allotted life of man. His working days were ended some time ago, as the once powerful memory had lost its retentive power. "Whatever his malady may be called, it was really the exhaustion of old age that stopped the machinery of life. Mr. Bancroft was never classed as a genius, but he had the greater merit of being a hard worker. He accomplished much that is of value, and earned universal respect. HARRISON AGAINST CAMERON. If the report from "Washington be true that the administration has begun an active fight against Cameron, a pretty kettle of fish may be expected. The threat that Fed eral patronage is to be used in tbe fight in dicates the desperate slimncss ot the chance to defeat the senior Senator for re-election. There is, however, an odor of fishiness about the whole story," especially as the "White Honse opposition is said to be based wholly upon alleged slightingremarks, madeby Sen ator Cameron in private, against President Harrison. There is no doubtthere is a lack of cordiality between Mr. Cameron and the President, but that may be easily explained by tbe temperaments of the two men with out the supposition that any active enmity exists. It is difficult to see what the Presi dent could expect from defeating Senator Cameron, except the lattcr's political oppo sition. "With the second -rm bee buzzing in his bonnet, Mr. Harrison would seem to be in a position to be more injured than benefited by this. Ik a recent speech Mr. Abram S. Hewitt is reported to have said that he knew but one rich man iu New York and by rich he meant a man worth at least 520,000,000 who was doing his duty. That man. He saidfdevoted his eotire Income, above the snm required for the neces saries of life, to charity. This shows a decid edly nigh standard on Mr. Hewitt's part, in two respects. That a man must have $20,000,000 be fore he is rich reduces tbe vast bulk of- the population to a common lercl of poverty; while if the rich man gives all his income above tbe necessaries of life to charity he will do very well unless the necessaries for a millionaire include yachts, racing stables and cottages at Tuxedo and Newport. But as there is only one rich man who does his duty, tbe crowd of com mon millionaires and half-millionaires must be reconciled to, their poverty and their superior virtue. "Well, that Nebraska trouble seems to have been fairly compromised. Tbe compro mise consists of letting the man fairly elected take bis seat; and it Is to be recommended to contending partisans of other States. The introduction of a bill into the House at Harrisburg to appropriate $50,000 for a cred itable exhibition of tbe resources of Pennsyl vania at the Columbian Exposition is a step in tbe right direction, but It does not go far enough. If the vast industries of Pennsylva nia are to be properly represented tbe amount shonld, as the Philadelphia ledger says, be largely increased. The work should be' thoroughly and effectively done, or it should not be undertaken at all. Senator Quay is reported to be in poor health. Perhaps the idea brought forward by the opposition that the United States Constitu tion can be permitted to interfere with his own particular force bill has made him sick. The plan for an underground railroad in New York is objected to on account of alleged danger of accidents and "darkness, smoke and dust." In view ot the recent illustration of the possibility of plunging off the elevated struct ures, which present the alternative, aud as the underground roads would be run by elec tricity, this objection is a remarkable example of alarm-like stupidity. Me. Jay Gould has made a bold stroke for public taror by stopping the sale of chew ing gum at the stations of the Manhattan Elevated road. Mr. Gonld, it is evident, has no toleration for tho smallest vices. The appearance of seals in New York harbor suggests that those intelligent animals have taken the settlement of the sealing ques tion in theii own fins. Being impressed with tbe vigor of tbe State Department in urging their protection they have come to the con clusion that tbe harbor of the commercial metropolis of this country is the safest place for them. Strange, is it not, that people should be surprised at an Indian outbreak when it is con fessed tbat no treaty ever made with the red man has been held sacred? Tun farmers, like a great many other people, think there is something wrong about the jury business here. But as the farmers' complaint is that tbey are not asked to serve often enough it leaves the question wide open whether they consider the "jury fixer" a bad institution in the abstract, or only when there are no farmers on duty. Senator Lnoalls seems to hare en gaped in the arduous task of knocking tbe socks oft his sockless opponent in his bid for the agricultural vote. Governor Peck, of "Wisconsin, strikes out in'his first State document tor the repeal of the compulsory education law. The Governor evidently believes that, if everyone is edu cated, the result will be a serious lessening of the demand for literature ot tbe Bad Boy stripe. It is gratifying to know that enough stove manufacturers prefer honest competition to squeezing consumers, to prevent the formation of tbe store trust. General Miles' success in bringing tbe hostile Indians under subjoction seems to be complete and gratifying. The large number of able gentlemen who have been telling why he should not do things in that way will now recognize tho pertinence of silence on their part. Just as soon as Allegheny City stepped out of third class McKeesport stepped in. Xet us see. "With revolutions in Chile, Pern and tbe Argentine Republic, and a mili tary dictatorship in Brazil, is not the South American outlook calculated to give pause to investments in that Pan-American railway? Should Not Have to Eight for It. Kansas City Times. "As an evidence of his good will" General Miles yesterday sent the hostlles.several thou sand pounds of flour and several hundred pounds of coffee and sugar. Ibis being a hos tile isn't such an unprofitable business. , THE TOPICAL TALKER. From the Cultured East. "I am tbe lady who's come to see-if 1 like the place," was the way an applicant for a vacancy In the kitchen announced herself to the lady of tbe house. Tho parley tbat ensued took Its tone from the opening note, ou the part of the lady "in search of a nice home where she'd be treated as one of the family. Tbe funniest part of the loner list of condi tions reeled off,was;thit she should have oppor tunities to mingle with cultured people as a member of the family. "You see, ma'am," she explained, "in tho East where I bavo lived there was no such ignorance as exists here; and I have been ac customed to -." "I don't think you will suit me," said the cook's victim, who had been hypnotized, so to speak. "I'm sure you wonit snit me," said tho prod uct ot Eastern culture, and the interview then closed with this question from the lady of the house: "What part of the East do yob come from?" "From Adams county," said the culinary autocrat proudly. Onx Old Rye Abroad. It does not seem to be generally known, but itisafactthatMonongahcla rye whisky com mands a higher price In London than any other whisky made. A Pittsburg dealer In whisky showed me a London price' list which estab lished this fact the other day, and one of TJncle Sam's gaugcrs who was present remarked tbat Old Monongahela is regarded with even greater favor abroad than It Is at home, and entirely on account of its purity as an extract of the potont virtues of rye. , "Vet Diogenes would have almost as much difficulty in finding an honest glass of Monon gahela ryo whisky in PittSDnrgas he bad In dis covering an honest man In Athens. Tbe con servative estimate of a whisky dealer In a large way is that two-thirds of the whisky sold in Pittsburg and Allegheny is adulterated, and one-half so grossly that it is more or less danger ous to health even if drunk in moderate quan tities. Aud this, notwithstanding we are at the mouth of tbe Monongahela Valley where tbe most highly esteemed whisky in the world is made. It reminds me of tbe difficulty com monly experienced In obtaining fresh and good fish at tbe seaside. English Publishers Aro Slow. 'Tho English publishers are dreadfully slow," said Librarian Stevenson, of the Carnegie Li brary yesterday. "It takes' them on the aver age three months to fill an older for books. It has been necessary for me to get a certain pro portion of the books from London, and some tbat I ordered more than three months ago have not reached me yet. It Is no t because the books are rare, or for any other reason bard to obtain, for the works I refer to are mostly En glish editions of standard authors of very re cent date the complete works of Browning for example. Tbe delay seems to arise from old fashioned methods-and abundant red tape which provail In tho Englisli publishing bouses. According to American ideas a month ought to be enough time for tbe whole transaction, and that leaves a liberal margin, allowing 12 days for the order's passage and another 12 tor that of tho books across the Atlantic But It is no uso expecting an English publisher to excel tbe average of three months. Sisters Seven. I never had a sister, no An unkind fortune willed It so That is, a real one, yon know To call me brother. Bnt woman, bless her charity. Has always seemed Inclined to be A sister so to speak to me, Somehow or other. The first, was Lucy, silent, shy A village maid, who used to sigh, And flirt a little on the sly Beneath the beech is. I asked her hand, bnt she replied She would my sister be, and cried. 1 saw the school last Chrlstmastlde Where now she teaches. I loved her well, sweet Number Two I I like a brainy girl; don't you? And (he was smart; her billets doux Were rarely dainty. She ran away with never mind! This noto was all she left behind: I still may be'l how very kind "Your sister, mayn't lr" Since then I've wooed let's see: There's Jess, And Jane, and Nell and little Bess, And busan, and that's all, I guess, . Upon my lite, slrl Are they my sisters? Rather notl They're bnricd in & lonely lot. The undertaker? I forgot Was well, my wife, slrl Tricks In Steel. Tbe steel manufacturer Is subjected to some rather singular annoyances at the bands of his customers. For example, the other day a Pitts burg manufacturer received a complaint from a firm, which uses a good deal of his steel, that there was something wrong with the last con signment of steel sent, inasmuch as tho men alleged that it was soft. This surprised the manufacturer, as large quantities of tbe same steel had given satisfaction elsewhere, and he himself went to investigate tbe matter. He was still more surprised when he fonnd that tbe steel was sofr, after heating and sub mission to the usual bath. Tbe blacksmith be fore whom be made tbe test and tbe other workmen standing around took littlo pains to hide their enjoyment of the Pittsburg expert's discomfiture. "You see, it is soft," said the blacksmith, with a grin, and for a moment tbe manufacturer was at a loss what more to do. Then an idea strnck him. "Is this bath all right?" he asked, and with out waiting for an answer he plunged his hand into the 'trough and fished up a good-sized lump of soap. No steel will harden in a soapy bath, and the mystery was at an end. Of course the blacksmith who had played the trick was discharged, and he confessed that a rival manufacturer of steel had given him fifty dollars to putthe soap In tho bath. Another steel maker in this city told me yes terday tbat he bad had very similar experience, ana from time to time complaints about the quality of his steel reach him from a certain New York firm. The manager of the factory, he discovered, desired to work in another brand of steel made by a friend, and hence his grumbling about tbe Pittsburg product. When ever tho growl has arisen lately tho Pittsburg manufacturer has telegraphed to tbe New York firm to send the faulty steel to another firm in the same city where no difficulty Is found in working it. The Hat Perished. You know tho very fashionable and artistic ornaments for lamp shades masses ot flowers cunningly made of silk? They are all the style now, and many others. There Is one bouse In the East End that rejoices in a number of them. Well, the other day one of the young ladies of the household, coming in from a walk, ran up to her boudoir, and carelessly, as yon have seen many a woman do, threw ber hat over the globe of the gas burner. It was a beautiful hat, very large in circumference and adorned with a great cluster of silk jacque minot roses on one side. The New York mil liner had charged something over J25 for the hat a few days before. Having disposed of her headcear, she went downstairs again. Her father shortly afterward, as he often did, came In to the boudoir to read the evening papers. It was growing dark and he struck a match and' proceeded to light tbe gas. The "burner he chose was tbe one which seemed to him tbe best, because It had a good shade over it that promised to temper the light. Having lit tbe gas he drew up a rocking chair and began to read the news. But be was not allowed to enjoy the exciting information con veyed by tho journal in peace. His nose was offended by a strong and peculiar odor. Ica minute or so his ears also were alarmed by the crackle of flames. He looked around and saw tbe lamp sbade ablaze. It was too late to save tbe 23 hat. Petroleum Center In Its Pride. "Talk about your crowded houses here in Pittsburg," said an old oil man to me as we came out of a theater which could hardly have neld more than it had that evening, "they're nothing to tbe crowds I'.ve seen jammed Into the Opera House at Petroleum Center, when the old Venango field was at the top of its boom; along about 1865. You'd never believe It to-day; if you were to see Petroleum Center with its' paltry hundreds of .population. But at tbe time I speak of there were 25,000 people or more In the town, .and it was tho gayest place of its size I ever ran across. The theater used to be packed all the time, and to a degree that 'Pittsburg managers dare not approach even on a holiday. Once when James T. Sherry came to town and be usea to come often, for he was a great favorite and sometimes stayed two or three weeks at a time there were so many men still clamoring for admittance when the evening's perform, ance ended, that he gave the play, a blood and thunder drama, over again right away and picked the house a second time. Now a traveling bear or patent medicine band is enongh to exhaust tbe supply of amusement lovers of Petroleum Center." Hepburn Johns. PERSONAL POINTS. Auhohso Taft, of Ohio, at one time a member of General Grant's Cabinet, and now nearly 80 years of age, is expected to live but a short time, although until a few months ago he was hale and hearty. Tolstoi's niece bas prepared an edition ot I "War and Peace" for the blind. This edition J will be printed entirely in raised letters, and each copy will contain about 7,000 pages. The preparation of tbe work has lasted fivo years. Juirs Sijion', the venerable French author, does the greater part of his writing while in bed. lie lies flat tin his back and writes on a tablet held above him, and in spite oi the awkward position his manuscript is a marvel of neat ness. Queen Victoria's favorite dish for dinner is well-done beef, with which she usually takes a glass of champagne. Her ordinary breakfast consists of coffee or cocoaand mnfflns, of which sho is very fond. With her lnncheon she drinks a glass of ale. The University at Geneva ha3 just made an M. D. of tho yonng Polish Countess Wanda von Szcawinska. Her graduation thesis was a remarkably learned paper concerning the eyes of crnstaceous animals and tbe effect of light and darkness upon them. The Countess Wanda will practice in Poland. Colonel Dan Lahont is now the picture of rugged good health, though when he left the White House, two years ago, ho was worn to a shadow. At that time had just finished a four years' term of hard work which had sometimes amounted to IS hours a day and had given him but few opportunities for rest. The new Countess Devonne, nee Audenreid, whose marriage in Washington on Wednesday was the social event ot tbe season there, is very young and beautiful. She is not yet 20 years old, and is about five feet in height. She has a Very slight and graceful figure, with blue eyes and wavy, golden hair, and she is very vivacious and witty. Emma Abbott wears in her coffin a part of the handsome veil that she used to wear in her performances of Juliet. This veil she bought in Paris, and she was wont to call it her mascot, because fortune favored her from tbe moment it came into her possession. At ber death half of it was cut up into souvenirs for the members of her troupe. A STATUE ot Henry Bergh, in bronze. Is to be, erected at the center of a huge granite drinking basin for horses in Milwaukee, at a cost of 515,000. The figure has been modeled by J. H. Mahoney, of Indianapolis. In one hand is held the light cane, which was Bergb's well known baton of authority, and the other rests lightly on the heatfof a greyhound sitting at his side. Miss Anna Panell, the Irish leader's sister, is almost, if not quite, as well posted in the poli tics of the most distressful country as is her dls- nguished brother. Sho is a slender and very delicate little woman, nervous, high-strung and of an apparently cold temperament. No one, to look at the fragile littlo creature, would think her capable of thecontinuous hard work she has performed in herbrother'scauseformonths at a time. She dresses very quietly, and is Usually found burled in a pile of papers. Dr. Jacob H. Gallinqeb, nominated by the New Hampshire Republican caucus to suc ceed Educational Bill Blair in tbe Senate, bas figured in politics many years. He was born in Ontario, Can., 63 years ago. In early life be worked as a printer in Cincinnati, but has been practising medicine for 32 years. He drifted into New Hampshire 27 years ago, and soon began to mingle politics with medicine.. As member of tho Legislature and In the hustings be has won the reputation of being a shrewd, practical political manager. Mrs. Davis, widow of the President of tbe Confederacy, since she went to New York, about a month ago. has been living very quietly at tbe New York Hotel. As she Is not over strong she had to decline tbe many courtesies offered her and sees only a few intimate friends. All ber time has been devoted to superintend ing tbe memoir of her husband, which will be published about tbe first week of February. Mrs. Davis does hotiintend to return to the old place at Beauvoir, nor to raise anything on that farm next summer. She will go to Colorado Springs, where her eldest daughter lives, and spend tbe summer there. AVE CiESAK. Hail, Ctcsarl crowded on the plain Men, women, babes together lie; Stark in their shrouding sheet of snow Cold as the frozen earth below. Beneath the grim Dakota sky. The stiffened corpses of thy slain 1 Hall, CsMar. thine the victory I But these have died for liberty! All we who live cry nail!" tothee, Bnt these, but thesd at least are free. From Up to lip, like some slow flame, On altar or on funeral pyre. Crept the rude death song, low and sad, Or leaped with louder note and glad. As sudden leaps the dying fire. Or freedom's sudden flush of shame. Hall, Ciesarl Ups forever mute Thus gave to tbee their last salute. "Hall Caesar!" living myriads cry; But these, but these knew how to die. A hundred freemen, face to face. Wltli circling death, stand on their graves. Nor shrink, nor blanch, nor turn away. Nor bend to Csesar's power to slay. When to die free or live as slaves Is all that Cxsar gives of grace. Hall, Imperatnr! count thy dead. That thou mayst see that none has fled. Or scaped from that Thermopylae, To brave thy might and mock at thee! Such grace at least high heaven bas given. Above all might or grace of thine. That freemen thus may break thy'chaln When death Is hope and lire Is vain, Through blood, llbated thus as wine. In might of heaven and shackles riven. . t Hall, Ccesarl All thy victory Is but an empty mockery. Though we who live cry "ball" to thee. All these, all these at least, are freo. IV. V. Hyars in St. Louts Republic. Few and Feeble. St. Louis GIoDc-Democrat.l Senator Cameron's vote in favor of free coin age may give some aid and comfort t'o his Re publican foes in Pennsylvania, but as they are so few and feeble, they will hardly be able to prevent his re-election. English as She's Spoke. Louisville Courier-Journal. If Author Kipling could hear an American lady, looking for a house to rent, askthe agent, "Has it a bahth and a euhvant's room?" be would not find so much fault with our pronun ciation. Courage Undoubted. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Tbe unhurried way the Indians have taken to surrender while guns double-shotted pointed at them from every hill, may be accepted as an indication that tbe red man is not lacking In courage. DEATHS OP ADAY. William Logan, Contractor. ' rSrlCIAI. TBLKOUAK IO TUB DIsrATCn.1 YotraosTOWN, Jan. 17. William Logan, a pioneer of the county, passed away to-day at his home in Poland, aged SS. Mr. Logan was one of tbe earliest contractors In this section, coming to this county from Virginia In ISIS. He built tbe Court House In Warren, St. Columbus Church and the first Methodist Cnurchbere, and erected many large buildings in Eastern Ohio and West ern fennsylvanla, Mrs. Sarah Springer. 1RPKCIAI. TILIOHAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! VJnioktown, Jan. 17. Mrs, Sarah Springer, one of the oldest residents of .this section, died at her home In North Union township this morning, bhe was 93 years and 3 months old. Con Brown, Insurance Solicitor. Young BTOWir, Jan. 17. Con Brown, Insurance solicitor, who recently became demented, died to day at the Newburg Asylum. MURRAY'S MUSINGS. Persecution of airs, teslie Carter by an Anonymous Correspondent Skating In Central Park, New Tork Bills for Bam and Tobacco. THOU A STAT COBBE8FONDIST.1 Jveet decent person must heartily sym pathize with Mrs. Leslie Carter io her per secution by certain anonymous characters yet unknown to tbe public. Tbe bogus telegram from Chicago, to the effect that ber child was at the point of death, 13 bnt a small part of the work of these fiends for there are several per sons at it. The meanest individnal on earth is the anonymous individual, but when the an onymous individual uses tho cover ot mail and wires to persistently harass a woman, and tbat woman one who is endeavoring to earn an hon est living in an honorable calling, there are no words in tbe Enclish language with force enough to express the contempt and loathing in which tbo traducer is held. One thing in this is apparent. If it is the desire of the conspira tors to break down a new and talented actress in the beginning of ber brilliant career, ft will fail. Such methods will excite popular sym-1 patby. It is the wrong way to go about achiev ing such an end. Threats of vitriol and other infamous schemes of violence are scarcely more outrageous than tho dirty, vulgar lan guage in which these anonymous letters are couched. They are typewritten ih form, bnt there aro clews by which even typewritten let ters may now be traced. The attorneys tor Mrs. Carter have recently assured her that evi dence had already been obtained that would .lead to the uncovering of "the entire con spiracy, the originator and promoters." "When this shall have been accomplished nothing short of a good, stiff coat ot tar and feathers, in connection with the proper legal penalties, will do exact justice to the miscreants. A Remarkable Coincidence. Tt may be only a coincidence, but there aro certain facts in connection with all this tbat once known may lead to conclusions as to the source of these persecutions of Mrs. Carter. Her manager, Mr. Price, recently brought ac tion for breach of contract against Actor Fer guson, who bad broken bis contract with tho company, to enjoin him from playing with any other company this season. Judge Barrett re fused the injunction on tbe ground tbat no damage was sustained by the breach of con tract. On the other hand, another English ac tor, one Arthiir Dacre, was engaged in Fergu son's place at 230 per week and was discharged for incompetency. Why In the world such an experienced manager as Price should goto London for such a stupid actor as Dacre is one of those things known only to the profession. As an American he would be overpaid at t50 per week, judging solely from the character of his work in "The.fjgly Duckling." Sinco his dismissal Dacre has followed up tbe company claiming bis weekly salary, and brought things to a focus by an attachment on the play, scen ery, etc During all this a good deal of bitter personal feeling has been evolved. From every word and act of these disappointed and dis gruntled English actors it Is plain that they are not only hostile to tho company ot which Mr. Price is manager, buj entertain a venomous cersonal grudge against Mrs. Carter. Whoever is at the bottom of these anonymous attacks upon ber, it is evident tbat he is familiar with her nervous and hysterical svstam and the Uprobable effecw of tbe systematic plan upon uiojjruuucuonoiiae piece, wnen tne matter it thoroughly sifted it will probably be found to be one or more of the profession who are guilty. Ice as a Leveller. "pHE first brief season of skating In two years was improved last week in Central Park after a fashion curiously cosmopolitan. Wbilo the lakes in the park are quite extensive, tbe crowd tbat essayed to utilize tbe ice on this occasion from early morning till within an hour ot midnight averaged about two persons to the square yard. An bour or two spoiled the sur face. By dark there would be two or three inches of chopped ice. as fine as snow, covered the lake. And yet thousands of gentlemen and ladies, men and women, boys and girls and children In pinafores cavorted about, bour after hour, and long after nightfall, in that soft stuff and tbat dense crowd and Imagined they were skating. The skaters were of everv nationality under the sun. It is to be doubted whether a question in any known language could not have been asked and answered in that language from that ice. Then the con trasts o( the various stations in life are never more marked than at such a time, even in New York. The rich and tbe poor every sbade of wealth and every sbade of "poverty every shade of betwixt and between from the mill ionaire's daughter to the squatter's girl who sleep with the iamily goat, each jostled tbe other on tbe lake's surface and laughed and shouted and screamed in tbe enjoyment of tbe present, unconscious or unmindful of dividing social lines. The ice of Central Park on skating days is tbe only place in the metropolis wbere all "meet upon tbe level and part upon the square." Bom and Tobacco "Win. "THOSE who went to historic Yorktown upon a certain memorial centennial occasion (and survive) will doubtless watch with some amusement tbe settlement of the question raised by New York's corporation counsel and Controller as to whether drinks and cigars are lawful expenses. The former claim they are tbe latter, who is a Treasury watch dog of the mbst approved breed says they are not. The question arises with reference to a bill of 3705 expended for drinks and cigars in tbe conrso of searching for witnesses. It is to be referred to tho Supreme Court of tbe State by manda mus. Tbe same question has come up before Congress and Congressional committees from time to time have always decided in favor of ruin and tobacco. .This was not without a tremendous hue aud cry, but rum and tobacco got there just tbe same. The cases of cham pagne and boxes ot EOcent cigars that melted away before the Yorktown crowd of deadheads like spring snow before the sun, raised a storm of indignation. But tbe people hart to settle tbe bill. There is not a junket, official or semi official, that is engineered from Washington, but this same question of rum and tobacco at public expense is not passed upon and in the affirmative. The Controller of New York City is a long distance behind the official procession. Nothing is calculated to make a man more thirstv than" to bunt up witnesses. As the vast majority of New York cases are directly or in directly associated with barroom", it follows that there is the place the official hunt for wit nesses usually begins and ends. Manhattan cocktails are said to form a substantial basis for suv:essf ul operations, and a single bottle of champagne or a little sherry and egg often serves as a clew in tbo tenderloin precincc If tbe Controller would insist on an itemized bill in such a matter as this, it would be in the in terest of science, if not in the Interest of the general public Country Boys In Town. Cfeakino of the recent death of John M. Tilford, founder of the big grocery honse of Park d: Tilford, a New Yorker says: "You know he was a farmer's boy? Well, there are hundreds of such farmers' boys right here In New York, Tbey come here, liko Tilford, be fore or about tbe time they become of age, wben starting out in tbe world for themselves. Tbey come like Horace Greeley came poor, green, awkward, ignorant of the world to make tbeir fortunes in tbe great metropolis. Tbey had brains, energy and endurance, and many of them succeeded. If a census of tbe thousands of successful old business men of this city to-day could oe tiken It would be found that a majority ot them were country boys, just as Tilfqrd and Ureeley were, and a still bigger majority were poor in boyhood. Tbat is my opinion formed f rons.my personal acquaintance." Look Ont for the Formers. A" sucker is born every hour," is the motto of tbe bunko sharps and others of tho limited class who do anything ratberthan work for a living. From all experience the suckers are by no means born in tbe country. Anybody who has ever bought butter, eggs and cord Wood, or other farm products, from the honest farmer must- be satisfied ot this. Having profited by that experience, he will not be sur prised at tbe occasional efforts of farmers to get hold of "green goods" and their recent success in beating tbe New York sharpers at their own game. Inspector Byrnes says tbat a few more farmers In New York will breakup all tbe games and land the sharps in tbe work house or penitentiary. Tbe time Is evidently near at hand when a man with hayseed In his hair will be scrupulously avoided even in the Bowery. The sucker" who is born every hour is quite frequently a New Yorker. Cou'tWalk or Bide. TVJew Yokkeks begjn to feel a renewal of tbat nervousness that accompanied the first running of elevated trains. A good many accidents have occurred recently, and people feel that the proposed doubling up of the present service is fraught with dangerous pos sibilities. This growing distrust 6t .the system was Intensified by the burling of an engine into the street the other day. It is enough to make some people nervous when tbey are compelled to stand on an elevated train platform or walk; but such mere discomforts are aggravated by tbe occasional tumbling of an engine Into tbo street. It ought to bo reasonably sain to both ride and walk. If you can't ride, or walk either, because of tbe dangers of tbe elevated, there are but two ways leit by which toee up and down town, fly or swim. Tbe people of New York City are at the mercy of Jay Gould's cor- E oration and the country members ot tbe State gislature.'Talk about "'home rule" rats! , Theater Ticket Fakirs. J went to see "Mr. Keilly and the 400" at Harngan's new theater Satnrday afternoon. In order to be sure of a good seat, and as the place is near my office, I looked in as soon as the box office opened. "Standing Boom Only" was displayed In big letters by the side of the box office window. Outside, along tbe side walk, were a dozen fakirs with tickets and dia grams. Not a seat was sold at the box office to a bona fide customer. They had been disposed of en bloo to the speculators, who held them at from a quarter to hall a dollar advance over the regular price. Everybody who goes to tbat theater must go through this mob of street fakirs, who are as impudent and noisyas a lot of cab drivers, and submit to this extortion. It is perhaps useless to suggest tbat tbis method of swelling tho receipts of tbe box office will not pay in tbe long run for it Is a recognized box office affair and tbat it is offensive to all theater goers. The real way to stop It is to do as I did. decline to buy of tbe fakirs and go off to some ptber theater. Had tbat been done on tbis occasion, Mr. Harrigan would not havo bad a single person in his honse. Yet such a remedy can be applied by tbe public at any time. Chaiu.es T. mubjcat. NewYoek, Jan. 17. IN SEVERAL LEGISLATURES. Bills Passed and Under Consideration of General Importance. The Corporations Under Fire. Jefferson Cmr, Mo., Jan. 17. The great drift ot proposed legislation is against cor porate capital, and there is great danger of ex tremo measures passing. There are bills pending to annul contracts and setzo the property of individuals, reducing the legal rate of interest to 6 per cent and prohibiting dis counts, denying creditors the process of, law to collect contract debts, and opening the private business of every corporation to public gaze. From tbe temper exhibited by many ot tbe members there is reason to believe tbat severe legislation will be enacted in spite of protests. There has been so much demagogery over cor porations that many well-meaning members honestly bslieve that they are an evil iu a gen eral way and shonld bave tbe life squeezed out of them by statutory enactments, but tbe cor. fiorations know so well bow to manage things t is not probable tbey will be deprived of any real rights. To Elect Senators by Popular Vote. Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 17. The House has passed a resolntion wbicb provides that Indiana sball co-operate with Illinois, Michi gan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Ken tucky and Pennsylvania in an inquiry as to how much foreign capital is loaned In these States, with a view of taxing this capital. The resolu tion Includes the other Stales named for tbe reason that if one State began taxing this capi tal the loan companies would withdraw from tbe State. " A resolutlonbas passed both houses calling on Congress to amend the Constitution ot the United States so as to provide far the election of United States Senator by popular ballot. To Take a State Census. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 17. The Legisla ture to-day passed a bill which provides that the Governor shall appoint a commissioner in each county in tbe State, who shall enumerate all the male Inhabitants 21 years of age and make returns to tbe Secretary ot State within 20 days after tbe 1st day of February, 1S3L The report of tbe enumeration shall be the basis of apportionment of Representatives. INGEHSOLL BEATEN. A Little Conversation In a Washington Ho tel Nonplussed Him. Philadelphia Inquirer. One terrible snowy, sleety day In Washington, "Washington McLean was sitting in the Biggs Honse reading'-room looking out upon the dreary scene on Pennsylvania avenue. Pres ently in came Colonel Bob Ingersoll, the great agnostic As he entered tbe apartment be held out his hand, saying: "Hello, Wash, how do you do?" Mr. McLean took his hand, and as he did so said: "Bob, I wish you could have been here a little while ago. I saw a scene ont there tbat made me wish I was 20 years younger. A poor old crippled soldier was limping across the avenue, when a young, lusty fellow ran by him, and, as ho did so.'kicke'il tbe rrntcb from under him and tumbled bim into the slush." "The villain V said Ingersoll. "He should have been sent to the penitentiary." "Do you really think so?" said McLean. "Why, certainly," replied tbe Colonel "What else could I think t" "And yet. Bob." said McLean, "that Is what you are doing every weekln the year. Here are poor, old, infirm Christians with nothing to aid or support them but their belief in religion; nothing to keep tbem out of tbe mire of de spair bnt faitb. and yet you go about kicking the crutch from under them worse that even tbis fictitious fellow did at this fictitious soldier." BIG GBAIN EIEVAT0E3, The Movement to Ship "Wheat by Way of the Gulf Well Started. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 17. At a meeting held yesterday the capital necessary to erect stor age grain elevators sufficient tq handle tbe crop of tbe territory withinalarge radius of Wichita was arranged for. " Behind the project is a syndicate of St. Louis, Chicago. Galveston and Wichita capitalists, who are indirectly connected with the Fan American Transportation Company, wbicb is now seeking a charter from Congress. Work upon the Galve'ton end. both in wharf im provements, elevators and railroad trackage, is already under way, and it Is expected to have a large elevator capacity ready here for the next harvestas tbe crop promises to be tbe largest ever. Known in Kansas. Can't Blow the Nihilists Up. Albany Argus.1 Mrs. Shaw, the famous whistler. Is still in St. Petersbnrg making herself famous and rich. She has set tbe Czar "whistling to keep his courage up." Tbe Nihilists, however. Inter fere materially with his attempts to "pucker." SILVEB AKD ELECTIOHS. 2Veio Xork World, Dem.: The Senate, having voted for free silver, proceed at' once to vote against free men and to take up the force bilk New York Herald, lnd. Dem.: Tbe recent attempt of tbe Senate to make 80 cents in silver equal to a dollar in gold seems to be a case of Congress versus tbe Almighty. Philadelphia Press. Rep.: Free silver coin age will turn $700,000,000 of gold into a com modity. What a chance for speculators such a contraction of tbe currency will give! Philadelphia Times, Dem.: It Is alleged that a lot of tbe House Republicans won't per mit any silver legislation there till tbe Senate takes a vote on tbe force bill. This looks like a case of "money or your life." New York Star, Dem.: Latest news Indi cates tbat the Imperialists are more than ever determined to crowd tbe revolutionary election bill through tbe Senate under the pressure of administration power and patronage. - Philadelphia Record, Dem.: Senator Hoar will try to pass tbe force bill after the method adopted by Mr. Bob Fltzsimmons to snbaue Mr. Jack Dempsey. Tired of argument, be will try physical force and test the staying powers of tbe obstreperons Democratic Sena tors by .a continnoussession. What a bald headed iaree?uch a proceeding is! New York Sun. Rep. Dem.: To filibuster against this re volutionary measure, to block, if necessary, tbe whole course of legislation, to suspend all other business, no matter how im portant, as long as there Is danger of Its pass ace, to procure Its defeat by any policy calcu Hated to divide tbe Republican vote in tbe Senate, Is legitimate warfare under the circum stances, and a patriotic duty. New York Tribune, Rep.: For it Is clear enonzh tbat the strong arguments against the pending measure by Senator Sherman on Tues- i day were only opan to criticism as too moder ate and mild In statement. Tbe measure would not only tend to push gold out of monetary nse in tbis country after a time, bnt in all human probability wonid do so very aulckly. through tbe operation of laws well known in all- the markets, and practically universal in their Influence. New York Times, 2nd.: The free coinage bill is one npon which debate and differences that will not follow the -party line cannot be ....t.l..,, ,.il thA nnrnn,lntiAirlll. a In thf. way, with only six weeks of the session left, j Nothing bat the perverse pertinacity of Sena tor Hoar bas kept tbe force bill from dying in tbe Senate, and if It gets through alive It will hardly survive the straggle in the House, a body which is much more Tesponslve to public sentiment than the Senate, CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS r Leelanaw county, Jlicb., swarms wltff foxes this winter. In France there is a Government tax o 3 per cent levied on all bets on races. - " "Wyoming is the first State to make an" appropriation for the World's Fair. ilrs. Dau.WMtman, of Adrian, Mich., Is the mother of the third pair ot twins. "One of my whooping cengh patients," The largest peach orchard in the world Is at Blownwood. Tex which contains 11,000 trees. says a Philadelphia doctor, "is a grandmother." "Washington society is said to be per-, tnrbed because of the scarcity of young men at dances. Daniel Amsden, of Ypsilanti, broke his neck In a friendly scuffle with a friend the other day. The factories of England, France, Germany and Holland, produce about 87,000,000 pins daily. A New York doctor, startled by a pro posal of marriage from a spinster, called In the . police and bad her arrested. A photographer in Springfield, Mass. has been arrested for doing business on Sun day after being warned to close. A woman was. forcibly robbed on the steps of a Chicago church abont noon the other day while her friends surrounded her. Three earthquake shocks occurred re cently at Farral, Mexico, causing tbe gallery of a convent to give away, killing six and wound ing nine persons. Earl Davis, a 9-year-old boy of Adarian, Micb., shot himself fatally lp the lung because be had been chided for running away from school. Annie "W. Baxter, of Jasper county. Mo., bas taken possession of the office of county clerk, and is discharging her duties to the full satisfaction of the public. The ninth annual reunion of the New Yorkers, of Kalamazoo county, "Micb.. was held Wednesday evening. It was attended by fully 200 families, and was a most brilliant event. s George SoTiur, of Detroit, whil-rcn-ningalathe was struck in the corner oftba eye by a splinter or pine. It passed through his nose and entered bis left eye. He will probably lose the sight In both eyes. In Japan the act of flirting is a penal offense. Serions complications arise under tbe law, but the young people of both sexes know tbat tbey cannot wink and Dilute and giggle at each other unless they mean business. It is claimed that the coeducation of tbe sexes In Columbia College. Missouri, is a success. The facts show it. Forty-two mar.. riage engagements so far have been made be- I tween the boys and girls of that institution. The 30-foot tower erected at Kearney, N. J., in 1313. has been torn down. .Haskell built the tower, and on a certain day ascended it with his family expecting the Lord t-Shatch them into heaven. Tbey were disappointed. Different classes of substances have been found to affect tbe organs of taste in the following order: Bitters, acids, saline sub stances, sweets and alkalies. Tbe taste nerves are nearly 2,000 times as sensitive to quinine as to sugar. Since the City Council of Griffin im posed a tax of 20 per annum upon tbe South ern Express Company tbat company has ad vanced its charges. Packages, for Instance, tbat cost 23 cents before the tax was levied now cost 35 cents. The 11-months old baby of Oscar M. Spurrier, leaving near Baltimore, lnd., was on Thursday relieved of 36 different articles which be had swallowed surreptitiously,! including several buttons, eight tacks, four needles and 18 pins. It Is believed he will recover. The old Bay mine in Charlotte county. N. C, which is now owned by a company of Baltimoreans ana North Carolinians, is being worked right along. Captain Lewis, the miner in charge, said tbey are working good gold out ot tbe new scbute just discovered, and tbe future prospect of the mine is good. H. G. Jennings, a tenant on the place of J. R. Lasseter, on Snake creek, in the eastern part of Carroll connty, made off of three acres of bottom planted in corn last year, an average otlbO bushels ana 14 pounds of corn per acre. It is estimated that one of the acres would bave made over 125 bushels per aero. The garbage scowin the Seattle, Wash., harbor attracts vast multitudes of sea gnllsL. Whenever tbe boat Is towed out from Xiea ta 2,000 follow it to its destination, and the men emploved ou it claim that they scarcely bays room to wort, as tbe gulls cluster around them In swarms, all flzbting one another to get on the scow and select tbeir food. Some of the Georgia papers have es poused the Swedish thlory of handling and selling whisky and intoxicating drinks. In this plan a company is appointed to deal in liquors, with certain appointed salesmen and book keepers, with a stated salary for each and a stated gain for the corporation, and tbe surplus to go to public and charitable institutions. A diamond necklace formed of a single row of enormous solitaires suspended from a slender gold chain set with little diamonds, each stone a marvel of parity and brilliancy as well as size, adorns the show-room of a Paris jewelry store. Tbis splendid ornament was to have formed the Christmas gift of one of the partners in tho banking-house of Baring Brothers to bis wife, bnt when misfortune be fell the firm the necklace wa left on the jeweler's bands. It Is valued at 200.00a Daniel Parsons, who resides on the old Salem, Mass., road, has a curiosity in the shape of -a ben. which has adopted a litter of fire kittens. The kittens bave but just reached the open-oyed-period and will follow tbe hen around the yard, she diligently scratching meanwhile for the festive worm or bug, as tbe case may be, which she tenders thems as food as she would her chicks. When tbe kittens begin to cry the hen will tuck them under her wings, where they rest perfectly contented. Not being endowed by nature with tbe means of feeding ber chargo. It bas been found nec essary to capture tbe hen and tie ber up while the mother cat attends to her duties in this line. At other times she has full sway, being valiant even to blows in the protection uf the children of her adoption. Mr. Jonathan T. Estill is having erected on the Estill lot in the Richmond Cemetery a stone to the memory of Monk, the faithful body servant of the distinguished Captain-. James Estill, who fell in the desnerate straggle at Little-Mountain in 1782, in which encounter Monk was likewise a hero. Monk died in 1838. and was burned on the Estill farm, six miles from Richmond, so that 54 years have elapsed, yet be is to be remembered to posterity by a cenotaph. The stone is now on tbe lot, and is to stand near the statue of Captain Estill. This Is well for although in life they occupied tbe re lations of master and servant, yet in battle thev stood in the front rank, and when the master had fallen at tbe hands of the foe the servant in his powerful arms helped to carry away the wounded. Monk was probably tho first to make powder in Kentcky. He secured saltpeter from Peyton's cave, and made powder tor Fort Estill and Bconesboronzb. SNIPPED FOR FUN. First Burglar (as the electric light flashes brIghtly)-Hist: Let us zo. Second Burglar-Anybody onto usT J First Burglar No, but under the words olldi gold' on them price tickets Is -si 43 writ In small Aggers. JewtUxrs Wttkly. Vf The "White Honse is to be improved by' adding an official wing on the west, a publio win. ' on the east, a conservatory and winter garden on the south and a new occupant on the inside. . Sew Orleans Few Delta. Keedick Frakshus ought to be shot on general prlnelples. ' Itansom You could not hit him there. He has no prluctnles.-CAfozjJO Inter-Oc.-on. "I have bad reverses, but thank Heaven, I still have my voice." Are you a singer?" No; I am a politician." Washington Post, Tbe Governor of Texas to the Governor of Nebraska There's too much ofyou for one little The Governor of Nebraska to the Governor-. Texas (In cborns)-l'm no Hogzl-CAtcapo TW bune. Funny Man Say, -tell me something funnyi Horse Editor-How would one of your Jokes strike you? Funny Man (indignantly) No joking on serious subjects, please. Washing ton Star, It looks very much a if the barbed-wirs trust had seated Itself suddenly and too confid ingly npon a coll of Its own barbed-wire. Chi cago Times. Tickets to see Carmenritt in Boston come almost as high as one of her graceful kicks. Bea con hill is to high-toned, you know. Albany Argus. "I am surprised Miss Quickly jtltedjher lover just at this time of the year. I shouMjtelnk, she would feel the loss of a muff," saioTsSood-. word. iveto torn nxsnmg troru. .'-J-A .rt-dWSsaX..l .tefc 3S53SP3S3gS FfTfifff-friT" i. j- .is " laS&jix'i 4-K!v.i.iAivi i .
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