W?iH'' "'" )" MwrMrnVs! fWfW1, jf.f. r-iZr IMJSPATGH 'SUNDAY; 'OCTOBER 2. 1893. J St K TiliiJ lIITtiBUJ0 JjeBpfolj- ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY Vol. 47. No 141 Enterca at Pittsburg rostomce 2civenibcr, 1&7, '.as second-class matter. ItUSlNESS OFFICE, Cor. SmlthGeld and Diamond Streets. , News Rooms and Publishing House, 78 and SO Diamond Street, New Dispatch Building. vTASTERX ADVERTISING OFFICE. BOOM 76, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete files or THE DISPATCH cn always bo found. 1 T1IE DISPATCH Is on side at LEADING HOTELS throughout the United States, and at Breutano's, r. Union Square, New York, and 17 Avenue de 1' Opera, l'arls. France. , Ti-llMa OF IIIC DISPATCH. rOSTACE FREE IX THE CXITID STATES. DAILT Dispatch. One Terr. t 8 00 Dailt Dtsr-ATClt. Three Month I 00 DAILTlUspATCil. One Month TO Daily I'Isi-atcii, Including Sunday. I year.. 10 00 DAtLY D spatcii, lncludlngSunday.Sm'tlis. 150 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 month 90 EC.VDAY Disi-a CIt. 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A new clement is introduced in the prosecutions resulting from the Home stead riots, by the charge of treason against the leaders of the men. The addi tion cf this charge to those of riot, assault, manslaughter and murder already pend ing has provoked the comment that it is simply persecution. The action of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in re ceivin the information and issuing the warrants, establishes a presumption against that view; unless the public are willing to entertain the inconceivable idea, tither that the court docs not know the law or is willing that its functions should be publicly abused for private purposes. But the question whether the charge of treason is well-founded in law, and in fact, isone'to be decided by the full trial. The Issue of the warrants by the Supreme Jus tice and th.2 reputation of the lawyers en gaged in the case, amount to expert opin ions that there is a basis for prosecution. It is not disputing the legal views, nor at tempting to prejudge the case, however, to say what the general common sense of intelligent laymen regards as treason, or what the public information is as to the actual facts at Homestead. The state ment of the public view as thus founded Js necessary to mdictte the light in which ic people will regard this prosecution, 'd the evidence which wilj be necessary istify it to tb -sua? v,iiil3ing In lay minds, jharge of treason, is, substantially, .i n, comprises either a conspiracy to subvert the Government of the Common wealth; or a levying of war against the Government; or giving aid and comfort to its foreign enemies. There being no for eign enemies in this case, the chaigc will depend on proof of a conspiracy against the State, or of a levy of war against it. So far as the facts in possession of the pablic are concerned, it must "be said that they do not support the gravity of that charge. That the Homestead rioters were utterly in the wrong from the moment they resorted to force, there is no room for dispute. That they were led by the pas sion of the quarrel from one lawless act to another, till they finally reached arson and homicide, the burned barrres and the bodies of dead men are incontrovertible proofs. But prior to Friday's proceedings the pub lic did not imagine it would be seriously contended that there was an intent to sub vert the State government or to levy war "asainst it. Even now, after the charge is formally mtde, the public will not accept that view, except upon clear evidence. It is on the production of such evidence tliat the justification of this prosecution will have to depend. If the State can Bhow the existence of such a treasonable conspiracy, the riots may be put in the light of the overt act necessary to com plete the crime of treason. But without Hint proof the public wiil be slow to bf ' lieve that the offense of the Homestead rioters amounted to treason. That the riots approximated to civil war is to be recognized. But the sole, deliberate re sistance to the power of the State was in the obstruction of the Sheriff's deputies, and as it is still a disputed point whether the Pmkerton men were sworn as deputies orvnot, and the mob must necessarily have bien ignorant on that point, it will be difficult to make those riotous acts, standing by themselves, assume the char acter of levjing war against the State. The crucial test of the charge, as viewed b0(i$ general public, will be whether tl-yrs (was a purpose to overthrow the S&t&'governmeiit or not This is apart from wiiat the lawyers may be able to make of it, technically. In the discussion of the matter, The Dispatch is consider ing solely the public view without profes biqji2l3:efinemem;s. t"h? proper view of the case is that these men should bo punished for whatever offenses they are proved to have commit ted. If their offense is not, assault, arson, manslaughter or murder, let them suffer . penalty. If tbey have really commit ted treason, it is rleht that they should be punished for it. But it will be necessary to pioduce especial evidence to justify the resort to a charge of such especial gravity. Unless the evidence is brought clearly es tablishing the intent of actual treason ugainst the State, the prosecution will be regarded by the public as an attempt to use the judicial machinery for a purpose dangerously close to intimidation and per secution. A rRESCMPTIOX, NOT A CEKTAINTY. It is satisfactory to note" that Mr. Stan hope, iheXewYork-HCT-aWcorrespondent, who has been testing the Haffkine inocu lation has been discharged as free from cholera. After courting the infection by all the methods known to science, he was kept isolated uutil it was clear that he had not contracted the disease. His dis charge with a certificate of health by the '-imburg physicians establishes a strong -raptton in favor of the Hiffkine dis- e -Resumption Is Important; but it cannot be regarded as an absolute demon stration. That the correspondent took the cholera microbes into his stomach may be regarded as tolerably certain. But it is one of the accepted facts that the gastric juices of a healthy stomach may destroy tlio microbes. -The question in Mr. Stan hope's case therefore is: Was he protected by the Haffkine inoculation or was he pro tected by his own sound digestion? The successful way in which ho went through the ordeal permits a belief that the inocu lation may be a safeguard; but it does not make that belief absolute certainty. Such certainty can only be reached by tests on t much larger scale. When the inoculation has been performed on thou sands of people who in the ordinary course of life are subject to the infection its re sult will be conclusive one way or the other. India or Persia will be the field to determine the exact efficacy of the anti cholera inoculation. what wnx rr profit them ? The violent effort of the Democrats to get away from the reactionary destructive declarations of the Chicago platform, have given prominence to the "Force bill and negro domination" howl which the New York Sun set up early in the campaign as sauce to swallow its Cleveland, free trade crow withaL But now they are discover ing that the old Bourbon cry against the "nigeer" Is capable ol souring on them be fore the campaijrn is ended. Mr. Henry F. Downing, a colored leader of New York State, who has been long a Democrat and was one of the appointees under ilr. Cleveland, writes to Josiah Quincy, that the outcry against-the negro, and the attempt to arouse the vindictive feeling of the South on that point make it "impossible for a conscientious negro to support the Democratic ticket" This would net hurt the Democratic feelings a little bit, if it did not hurt the Democratic chances. But the colored vote in oue or two close States might turn the scale. In New York for example Mr. Downing is an exponent of the colored men who supported Cleve land in his first campaign, and who might still have done so, if the old Bourbon cry, " Do-you-want-to-be-ruled-by-a- nigger," had not been raised to get the party out of the dilemma produced by its own in temperance. The recognition of this fact is shown by the comments of the New York Sun which attempt to persuade Mr. Downing that there is nothing in it. It demon strates carefully that for Democracy to rule by colored vote3 is not Negro Domination. It is Kspublicw supremacy that produces those ominous capital letters. So far as the campaign shout in the North is concerned, the Sun is per fectly right in assuring Mr. Downing that it means nothing. But as it is a direct appeal to the violence of Southern pas sions, it is of the sort, which as Mr. Down ing says, no self-respecting colored man can endorse by his vote. It remains an interesting question there fore how much profit or loss our Demo cratic friends will take out of this purely factitious campaign issue. WINTER TROFHECIES. The general disposition of the weather prophets who have- during the present month tackled the question has been to predict a mild winter. The goosebone has not yet been heard from, but the other natural signs have been asserted to ba unanimous as indicating a more than or dinarily warm winter. This is discourag ing, for the tendency of the obstinate ele ments to reverse the weather prophets affords a more reliable basis for prophecy than' walnut shells, raccoon fur, or the migration of birds. If all the prophets agree that it is to be cold we may expect warmth, and vies versa. It looked as if we were in for a cold season until the New York Herald came gallantly to the rescue. That journal, after sapiently in vestigating and finding out that its predic tion of "an excaptionally hot or at least prolonged summer" was fulfilled which it was not comes to the conclusion that "the balance of probability appears to be against the augury of an open and mild winter." This restores the balance and uives us a chance for moderate weather during the winter months. The coal combination may not be the absolute masters of the situation, which will be a subject of congratulation if the ice men are not more than correspondingly im perious. Meantime the net amount of informa tion as to the coming season will be about what it now is for some time. When we have experienced the temperature we will know what kind of a winter it has been. DALZELL SHOULD ACCEPT. At a time when educational campaigns are the feshion there is point in the re quest of Candidate Breen that Candidate Dalzell, his opponent for Congress in this district, meet him for a discussion of issues upon the platform. The Dispatch has already expressed its conviction that Mr. Breen is "wrong-shipped" on the vital questions before the public this year. But there is only the more reason why Congressman Dalzell should accept the challenge. The champion of protection, in instructing his Democratic antagonist, has a chance to add greatly to the interest of a campaign which promises to become historic. Witli Candidate Breen willing aud eager, Candidate Dalzell who has the strong side and Is a master of oratory should not hold back. Let the "night school" open by all means. A BENEFICIAL ALARM. In editorial comment on the success that has attended the fight against the spread of cholera, the Philadelphia Bul letin lays down this dogma: "Alarm is one of the promoters of cholera." This is an assertion Inspired by the Philadelphia sentiment that it is not necessary to con tinue the precautions and to "make further preparations for fighting the disease. It is a statement that is not to be accepted without qualification and should not be made the basis of action. Pauls in the presence of an epidemic undoubtedly predisposes individuals to the disease. But the alarm which leads to preventive measures is not a promoter of cholera, but the opposite. The reason why Hamburg and Paris have suffered from the infliction in varying degrees was that the intelligence concerning its danger was suppressed, and therefore there was iio alarm to stimulate the public de mand for thorough precautions. This country became alarmed in time. Although the work was stimulated so tardily that much of it has been hurried and many of the arrangements were in complete, jt is due to that alarm that the progress of the disease has been halted at our coasts. If the same alarm continues to produce the demand for thorough work the disease may be kept away next year. If the disposition to regard the danger as past is encouraged to the extent of relax ing precautions, an epidemic next year is not even improbable. It is wise to distinguish between the panic which invites disease and the public alarm which stimulates the efforts to ex clude it, or to isolate and stamp it our, if it enters the country. One should be dis couraged. The other is the most power ful agent for the protection of this coun try against imported epidemics. THE COST OF LIVING. Mr. Henry Tuckley's comparison of the condition of English labor with Amer ican is made very nearly complete by his letter elsewhere on the cost of living in England. On this point Mr. Tuckley's figures are thorough, and their showing is extremely conclusive. In the leading items of expense in the cost of living for workingmen there are wide variations. The English workingman is admitted in this letter to be able to get clothing a little cheaper, though in no such degree as the difference in wages. Rents are not absolutely as high as in the United States, but relatively to wages are much higher. Meat and flour are higher, while soft coal in London rules about 80 per cent higher per ton than in Pitts burg. Sugar, coffee and tea aro a little cheaper. . These slight differences, however, are reduced to infinitesimal Importance as to the rate of wages in the leading cities of the two countries. Carpenters' wagqs are taken, as belonging to a specimen and standard handicraft The difference of 90 to 100 per cent in favor of this country terminates all talk about English labor being better off than labor in this coun try. , FREE TRADE WIXDNESS. The efforts of the free-traders in the promulgation of campaign material are sometimes of the stupendous character. Here is the New York World, in an effort to spread abroad the fact that Mr. Charles J. Harrab, of the Midvale Steel Works, is in favor of free raw material, making the following stupendous assertion: "The United States to-day can produce at the rate of 300,000,000 tons of steel per annum, but there is a market for only 125,000,000 tons." We should say that the assertion with regard to the limitation of the market is more than true: Indeed, the World's figures are of that extremely liberal char acter which shows that in its campaign exigencies, the Democratic Peck having soured on its digestion, it depends on its imagination for its statistics. Whether three hundred or a hundred and twentv five million is the total which the World ties to makes no difference. The smallest being several times the consumption of steel for the whole globe, it is perfectly true that the United States cannot con sume more than that It is true that with free raw mate rial the United States can compete with England provided one other quali fication is added. Waces must be reduced to the English level. Not alone the wages of those who work the steel throuah its final processes; but the wages of all who contribute to the work from the time the ore is in the ground to the time when it is shipped to the last buyer. The Home stead workers would have to be cut doVn to half the scale which has occasioned such a fight; but the reduction must go far beyond that The iron ore miners, the coal miners, the limestone quarrymen, the furnace workers, the railroad laborers, the mechanics who build cars and locomo tives, all who contribute to the ramifica tions of the work by which iron ore is taken out of the ground and finally turned into steel must be cut down to the English level. Perhaps Mr. Harrab is in a position to desire the condition of things which, will make such a reduction necessary. But it is not hazardous to predict that the great mass of workmen affected by such a re duction will not be so charmed by the prospect as to vote in its favor. Up to date the number of pupils in Pitts burg's public schools is twenty-nino thou sand, the highest on record and eight hun dred more than last year's enrollment. The number Is expected to be still more aug mented and murks a satisfactory incroaso in the city's growth and the progress of its edu cational facilities. There is no better econ omy in the world than a liberal and well directed expenditure on educational Insti tutions. One prominent feature of a campaign of education i-hould be a course or instruction on the sacred duties attending the inval uable possession of American citizenship. The man who does not vote at all, the man who votes upon any other considera tion than bis sincere belief as to what is best for the greatest number, and the organ izations which boek to trade money directly or its equivalent in official positions lor votes or other political influence are all dis honest and cast discredit upon America and its glorious Institutions. Citizens of average ability will have as much difficulty in discovering the proper way to use the Baker ballot as Columbus had in teaching the West Indies. Those who have in times cone by ex pressed their love of Sir. Cleveland for the enemies he made will have to And a new ex cuse for giving him their votes now that the machine pollticans of New York are giving him their support in the hope that tbey may share in tho division of the spoils which a victory would place at Iris disposal. A MAN who is ignorant of the English language is not likely to have such a knowl edge of the American Constitution as should be essential to naturalization. A party which sets up a platform too dangerous even lor lis own nominee to stand on and so rickety as to need but tressing by individual interpretations of its several planks is hardly the kind of organiz ation to mako a successful appeal for the suffrages of the American people. Just where the educational clement of the campaign is to be found in street parades or barbeoues it would puzzle the poli ticians to explain. Fusions and deals between bodies of men expressing belief in principles dia metrically opposed to one another are only the natural development of a political sys tem which places the emoluments of office above all other considerations. A criminal may recognize the fact that he deserved banging, 'but lu saying so he does not lessen the lawlessness of tho men who lynched blin. ' How best to obtain pure water it no doubt a proper mutter for careful considera tion. But It should not be forgotten that Allegheny's" present supply is utterly unfit for use aud that an improvement is a molt urgent necessity. As a method of education there is a great deal to be said on behalf of joint debates be tween the representatives of. rival doc trines. Doctrinal disputes and charges of heresy may be necessary to the discipline of a church, but they are not conducive to the growth of brotherly lovo o. the practical progress of a religious spirit in the world. Quarantine regulations may be salely abandoned but ubiquitous cleanliness mid sonnd sanitation should prevail perpetually. If Senator Hill meet ex-President Cleve land they are likely to Indulge In a discus sion of freo trade. It seems that Mr. Cleve land's friends consider oi trade of .that kind as a necessity for Ills protection. There is one good thing about the foot ball season. It provides plenty of praotlce for the young surgeon. Encouraging trade reports are a strong indication that the uncertainty which would accompany a removal of the national protec tive tariff is not looked for or expeotedln the business world. Eecipients of green goods circulars cannot do better than forward the same to the police. The Supreme Cobrtof Pennsylvania has the eyes of the whole country upon it at this time, and the decision at whioh it arrives In tho Homestead cases will be of immense national import. It will take something stronger than cold water to dissolve the solid South. Wiril FAME AND F0E1 USE. Prince Coloredo Mansfeld, pro pilotorof avast domain In Bohemia, has moitgaged his estates for 60,000,000 or florins1. JosnrnERNESTKENANjthe distinguished philologist and author is lying ill at Paris. The doctors who are attending Mm despair of his recovery. Cornelius Vanderbilt has purchased the old Stage Fort property at Gloucester, Mass., and will probably erect a pretty sum mer residence there. General JonN J. Perry, of Portland, Mo., is one of tho lew surviving Congress men of the ante-war period. Ho served two terms at Washington prior Jo 1SGL Prop. W. G. Sumner, of Yale, the well known political economist, will not return to New Haven this fall, as ho first Intended, but will remain in Euiope until midwinter. Charlotte Bronte's husband, Rev. Arthur Bell NIcholls, is living in Kings county, Ireland, whore he Is occasionally beard in a rermon. He married again some time after Charlotte Bronte's death. General Obrutcheff, the newly ap pointed commander of the Russian armies, is so stout that he cannot sit in a saddle, nor is it likely, if bo could do so, that there is anywhere a horse strong enough to bear his weight. Dr. Frederick William Moore, in structor in sociology in the Whartoa Sohool of Finance and Economy, University of Pennsylvania, lms- been called to the chair of political economy in Vanderbilt Univers ity, at Naslivillo, Tenn. Miss Gertrude Howe, who has labored as a missionary in China for 20 years, has re turned home accompanied by five clever young Chinese students two girlB and three boys who will complete their educa tion and take a medical course at Ann Ar bor. M. Camille Krantz, Commissioner General of the French Section of the Colum bian Exposition, will leave Paris Saturday next to bo present at tho dedication services to tako place at Hampton Roads. None of his stair accompany him, as he intends re turning soon. The greatest pleasure the King of Greece had during his lecent visit to Pai is was to slip out Incognito, leaving his sulto behind, and to promenade the boulevards, looking into shop windows and making purchases just as if be were an ordinary member of the human family. Bono, the opera-libretto writer, having been requested, to conttibuto to an album, inscribed this sentence on the page: "Euro a Otel, ma Amleto e orbe" (Drunken Is Othello, but Hamlet Is mad). The ohlof point or interest about it, apparently, is that it spells tho same whether you rend it for ward or backward. A C0KNEE OK OLD TOMBS Likely to De Formed If That Damascus Gate Is Well Sold. TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. Londox, Oct 1. The proposal to bny Chiist's alleged tomb at the Da mascus gate of Jerusalem is not winning favor. Instead, it lias provoked a sharp re newal of the old dispute about location. Thoso who have given the inost careful at tention to Eastern antiquities aro emphatic in declaring that this particular tomb can not have been the resting place of Christ's bndv. The structure and symbols, in the minds of these authorities, prove It to be a tomb ot the tweltth century. The oynlcal man commenting on these as sertions savs that if 4.000 Is to be given for these worthless acroa on such representa tion, speculators will be securing options on nil likelv tombs in Palestine and working them off at fancy prices on susceptible Britishers. EVIL DAY FOB SHORT TEBHEBS. A Bill In Equity Filed Against One of the Oldest and Best of Them. Philadelphia, Oct. L A bill in equity was filed to-day against the Order of Pente, a short term organization, whioh promised to pay from $100 to $501 in five years on assess ments, the highest of which was (2 60. The assessments were supposed to bo issued at the rate of one per month, though theie was no law to limit thorn to that. Pente was looked upon as one of the safest of this class of orders, having outlasted all the others. Pento will be Ave years old noxt Septem ber and no payments or maturity or cer tificates will uo duo until then. It has made 51 assessments and has paid 2.117 sick bene, lit claims, amounting to $116,695. Pente was a loser by the Spring Garden Bank failure. According to reports the order seemed to be in lair financial shape. The total mem bership is said to be i.S30. CHICAGO ITiilVEESlTY OPENS Amid the Sound of Hammer and Saw Without Ceremony of Any Kind. Chicago, Oct. L Tho new University of Chicago quietly set about its educational work to-day without a formal opening or ceremony of any kind. Extreme simplicity marked the fit st work of the institution. At 8:30 tho 500 students met tho different pro. lessors In their class rooms and the work of the term was outlined. There was not a hitch In carrying out the schedule ot exercises, though above it all, sounded the hammer and the saw of the carpenters on tho new buildings. It is ex pected that 1,000 students will be in attend ance within a lortnight. IOWA TELEGRAPHERS WCT. The Burlington, Cedar Baplds and North ern Kecognlzes Their Order. Cedab Bafids, la., Oct. L The strike of operators on the Burlington, Cedar Baplds and Northern railway nasdeolared off to "day. Tho company has agreed to recognize the Order of Railway Telegiaphors, and the men will return to work. Wages will be considered later. Another Epidemic Under "Way. Baltimore American. 1 From now on the political canard will be epidemic. The best way in politics is not to believe too much. TO MY SCHOOLMATE. Steadily are the shadows creeping 'Cross the landscape of ray train. And the tears I long have gathered Now are falling as the rain Though I liv.- amid the laughter I find pleasure when I weep. Do yoa think of me. my schoolmate. When the shadows 'gin to creep? Wearily have I plodded onward ' Through the darkness of the night While weak natures make the shadows Tender lore creates the light. We have wandered oft together Where the wild June roses sleep. And I love you still, my schoolmate. As the shadows 'gin to creep. In the afternoons o'er hilltops Where the pink arbutns bloomed Bide by side we told the story Of ttro hearts by love consumed. But the pink arbutus withered Where the wild Jaue rot.es sleep, May the angels hover 'rouud yoa When the tbadows 'gin to creep. LAWEEXCS HcDOXALB. PWTsbubo, October t Hli ' THE GOSSIP OF POLITICS. t FBOM A STAFF COBBJSrOIfDItST.l The most valuable man about head quarters Is the statistician. An offlolnj statistician goes with each headquarters as bread goes with your morning flsh balls as a matter of course. Nobody thinks of the bread and nobody takes account of the statistician. Yet both are necessary to suc cess. The statistician Is the roan who fur. nlshes the figures for any given majority before the election. It doesn't require a statistician to furnish the figures afterward. So you soe the headquarters' statistician is a sort oi"a prophet, figuratively speaking. The statistician at 518 Is Mr. Dodge and at 139 his name is Mr. Dwire. Between Dodge and Dwlre, therefore, ye must choose which ye will believe. -Mr. Dodge sits bickinoneof the Republican cages balancing a pencil and slinging flisures around as if the process wore some sort of athletic exercise. .He often remains there alone far into the watches of the night putting down, adding up, subtracting.multiplying and monkeying with abstract minus quantities. "1 can figure better at night," said he There Is something awe-inspiring about a man who telhi fortunes by mathematics. In the days of tho early astrologers the fellow who figured out great events by astronom ical observations and commutations was a great man, honored of kings. He put on any quantity of nlrs, and nothing was too rich for his blood. But nowadays we shut him up in a cage on loo paltry dollars a month and let him buy his own pencils. Almost any young man of ambition would rather hold four sevens in a Jackpot than be the greatest astrologer that ever lived. A Duel Between Statisticians. It is embarrassing to meet one ot these men of figures who know so much. It maybe be cause I am supersensitive on figures, re garding them as a good many others rogard them, chiefly as evidences of indebtedness, but every time I hear a man throwing Az ures around promiscuously 1 would fain break and run. Figures can bo and are made to do nioro substantial, bold laced, barebacked, effective lying than any An Jianias ever dreamfld of in his palmiest days. There aro statistical bureaus at Washington, equipped, officered an'd run at Government expense, that furnish figures, tabulated statements comparisons, etc.. to Congress men to be inserted in speeches, and to tho Secretary of the UnitedStates Treasury, and various other officials on demand. The member who makes a learned free ttade speech gets his llgures from the same bureau that furnished the figures for the member who makes a high tariff speech. All the statistician wants is to know what is desired to be proved and he can furnish the figures to prove it. If tho Secretary of the Treasury has n few million deficit to be made into a surplus the statis tician can dolt does dolt. And he uses cold, hard figures from the books to do lr, too. AH tho experts in tho country can't upset his figures. They aro official. They uto conclusive. Annual reports lean on the statistician. The tariff bills bristle all over and through and through with the compli cated mathematical woikof the statistician mid his figures aro used to upset the bill in every debate. Ask Brother Peck what can be done with figures. Figurei are about the only things in this world that never give out. What I want tn see is the bringing to gether of Messrs. Dodao and Dwire, statis ticians of Republican and Democratic bcad quattets tespectlvcly. Glvo them a chance to fight this political figuring out between themselves. Lot us get up a statistical duel, so to speak. Shut 'em ui in a cage by them selves armed with paper and pencils. Tn en let everybody else retire wnilo they carry on the canvass until one or tho other gives It up or becomes extinct. Then wo can all go in and gather up the figures and feathers together. A Devi co of the Lazy Men. At Democratic headquarters is occasion ally witnessed a sight which puzzles an out sider and always charms the habitues of the Dickinson establishment. A small, sqnare, papr-coveted box swung by yellow ribbons attached in turn to the end of a tow string mysteriously descends the shady wall of the stairs and hangs In fi out of 'tho barred gates that shut in the1 chin-whiskered Barnes of Washington. The full, round face or tho oleaginous Oliver lights up with a seraphic smile and the nimble-footed Mickey Shea lights on tlie box. uontty unuurueneu or its contents of letters, notes, telegrams, etc., at a signal the box rises again and disappears into the upper regions. Investigation shows that at the other end or the tow string some two on three flights up Is a young man. The said young man is leaning over the balustrade manipulating the novel dumb waiter and incidentally Ulustiatlng flat life in New York. This leg saver is highly popular among the messen gers and serves to amuso Colonel Mickey Snen and the visitor from the rural districts. At the same time it breathes the incense of the Democratic doctrine of the laws economically administered. The Craze for Political Scrap Books. "What becomes of the political head quarters' sciap book? At the present time a score of moie or less able-bodied men are employed about headquarters reading news papers, clipping political information and comment, and pasting the clippings in scrap books. This at Republican headquarters verges upon a craze. Every department has its set of scrap books for political matter, and every chief or burean has his individual scrap book. Into the latter goes everything of a nature personal to his Darticular branch of the business. Tho chief compiler of crap books keeps ills sorap book, and I presumo the individual scrap book man has his scrap book which reminds U3 that Fleas have lesser fleas to bte 'em. And these smill fleas still smaller fleas, bo en ad Infinitum. Or words to that effect. But what bothers mo ls.what becomes of all tuese scrap books? There are tons of them made for what reason heaven only knows. As tbey are not indexed they can't be or any particular value as books of reference. The editorial utterances on campaign issues are of epbemetal value, anyhow; and the political prognostications nf to-day are likely to prove wholly absurd to-morrow. All fall to tlie ground some live weeks hence. -Still, I must admit that as evidouco or the frailty of human judgment the campaign scrap booKs preserved Horn one el-ctlon to an other would form an amusing if not a valu able library. O'Donovan Kossa on Deck. A rather tall, big boned, gaunt man sat in the reception room at Republican head quarters Monday afternoon. He hat! a long, horse-like hcid which was further elongated by brown chin whiskers. The crown of his head was somewhat moth eaten, a few strag gling gray liair.s remaining, and the deep set eyes were emphatically underscored with gloomy circles. The cheek bones were hlwli. the nose large, long, straight and de cided. Ills air was quiet and unobtrusive. and his manner suggestive oi polite society. This man was O'Donovan Kossa. Meeting him for tho first time, and with out any knowledge of his interesting per sonality, you would probably mistake him fen-anhonest, skilled mechanic, boss of ajob, of more than ordinary Intelligence. There Is nothing of "the Red" injhls appearance or manner. But what was he doing there at Republican National Headquarters? Is it possible there are any bargains in Irlsmen this campaign? Are the Socialists in the market? New Yorkers Live Altogether Too Fast, Judge Crisp, of Georgia, was in the -city recently and wanted to see W. C Whitney. Now Whitney Is an easy man to see if you are not looking for him. All you have to do is to stand stilt in some busy part of town and Whitney will very likely come along. Start out to look for him and he Is as elusive as the Irishman's flea. Judge Crisp got on his track early in the day by ascertaining that he bad an appointment with the direct ors of the traction railroad. When Crisp got to the company's office Whitney hau just left for a call at National Democratic Head quarters. From theie Crisp run him down to the lower town where he wus to make a speech before the dlreotors of tho Northern Something Railroad Company. Thence tlie astonished Georgian chased him over to tlie other end of town where Whitney was ad dressing the direetorsCof tho Metropolian Opera House on the vital question or re building, and upon grand opera generally as a mark of civilization. But Whitnoy knows how to get around quicker in New York than Judge Crisp, and the latter got up town to find that Whitney had gone to a bank di rectors' meeting down town. Then Crisp gave It up and waited over un til next day. Ho said "this man Whitney beats me," and wanted to know how long a Soutnern man would live if he was compelled to work like that. The easy-going SoutliPrn Judge went home more than ever satisfied that New Yorkers live altogether too fast. David Has a Good Nervous System. "Senator David Bi Hill Is the only public speaker I knoVr," said the silver-tongued Breokenridge.'or Kentucky, "who Is impa tient to begin his speech who can look ns andlence squarely In the faoe at the very tart and open without ambarrassinent. Hill was confronted by an immense audlenea In Brooklyn. He knew tha' the whole coun try was hanging upon his utterances there. Yon could leel the suspense and earnestness In the gieat crowd confronting us. I am timid at first beiore any big gathering and am reluctant to begin. Most publio speakers are so. Under tho circumstances ot such a meeting as this I would have been more timid and reluctant still. Yet Hill was as calm and cool as a man who Isn't expected to speak and as eager to begin as a man who wanted to very badly. He was actually im patient. He was on his feet almost before his time was called. There was no more quaver in his voice than lr he had merely to bid a passing acquaintance 'good morning.' He was the most perfectly self-possessed man I ever saw. It is marvelous the spirit or that man!" A Tammany View of Hackett's Letter. "That Hackett letter is a mighty bad thing for us," said my Tammany friend, gloomily, shaking his head. "Yes, and the more tbey advertise it the worse it is. You see, if it had been unnoticed they'd a bad to sneak around and pay hard cash for every voto tbey cot. Now every man In the State who is for sale will hunt 'em up and take anything even promises. It's a bad thing. It never ought to have been printed." The German Democratic Hustlers. The German Democrats are doing about tho most effective work In the State cam paign. Their headquarters 'round the cor ner from No. 129 are tbe daily scene of bustle and business energy. A corps of young men or German countenance is laboriously en gaged in sending out German literature Haifa dozen German gentlemen are wildly gesticulating at as many roll-top desks. Tbey are not quarreling. They are only dreadfully In earnest. The fight that is in them is a political fight. They are in it, and they aro in it on the ground floor. They have some 2C0.000 German constituents in New York and Brooklyn and have a list of them. Besides this they have some 40) Ger man Democratic newspapers In tbe United States which they furnish with political supplements. They also furnish the Demo cratic National Committee with German documents. They get a complete dally list of all German arrivals in the city, taken by their own agents from the hotel registers. The next morning the arrival finds German Democratlo literature In his box to read be fore breakfast. All of this campaign work is done at German expense. The National Committee doesn't have to pay a cent. In addition to this German clubs are being formed throughout tho State. Return pos tal cards of every German Democrat in the State are being collected and on the bisls of these openly avowed voters for Mr. Cleve land the German clubs aro readily con structed. CiiABLua Theodobe Murray. New York, October I. 0ME INGENI0U3 SCHEMES By Which' Prisoners In France Correspond With Their Outside Friends. BT CABLE TO Till DISPATCH. Loxdoit. Oct. L An interesting system of secret correspondence carried on between important prisonors and their friends out side has been discovered in France this week. When information Is to be conveyed to a prisoner a letter Is sent hi in whioh, when read by tne warden, seems to contain only commonplace matters of personal in terest. Accordingly it is delivered. Bat between the lines another letter has been written with milk for ink. The prisoner easily makes the Invisible lines decipher able by rubbing them with the bottom of bis slipper or with a dirty finger. Another ingenious form of secret writing consists in leaving letters out of words, as though tho writer were illiterate. Tlie recipient has only to mako a note of the missing letters, consecutively, and he has the secret message. A CHINESE SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY. Pretended Friends of the Government Un der Suspicion at Chicago. Cbicaoo, Oct. 1. Treasury agents here are not only of the opinion that a syndicate has existed here to smuggle Chinamen into the States, but that opium sumggling has been an Important branch or the work. Up to within a few months ago Sam Moy, now ud der arrest at Detroit, and his friends pro fessed the greatest friendship for the Gov ernment agents and lurnlsheC Information that led to the capture of opium smugglers. Since then sevoinl suspicious acts on the part of Sam Moy and his friends have ex cited tbe Ire of tbe Treasury agents, and confidence is no louger leposed In them. Who the leaders of the syndicate are, can only be conjectured; but that It is a power ful one, embracing many of the Chinese merchants of this city, tho Government has no doubt. ' KAKCY NEAR THE KOTCfl. If Nancy Hanks doesn't quit clipping sec onds off the trotting record she will be down to the proverbial record of "next to no tim? at all" in about six months. Detroit Evening News. The achievement ol the trotting mare Nnncy Hanks at Terre Haute yesterday -clearly entitles her to be regarded as the swiftest animal of her species. Brooklyn Citizen. Tub achievement of Nancy Hanks was an nmazlng one. Her unprecedented speed of a mile in 2:01 leaves little doubt that the record will ere long be roduced to 2 minutes. Rochester Union. The vpice of the objector is perforce silenced. Nancy Hanks has made good her title as Queen of tho Turf, and the lovers of horseflesh now look to see her develop a 2:00 gait Toledo Blade. "Two-tobtt" a quarter of a century ago was the s-, mbolic figure ror speed. At Terre Haute Nancy Hanks merely reversed the four and tbe cipher and made it 2:04. What will she do next? Chicago Mail. The ambition to pass the two-minute mark will not be put aside. Sooner or later there will come a trotter which will realize all the dreams of turfmon. Nancy Hanks Is very near that ideal. Columbus Dispatch. Nakct Hakks' performance is simply mar vellons. A year ago the record would have scemod impossible to many and phenomenal to even the most vanguinu enthusiasts. Ex traoidtnary as it is, who can now say that it marks the limit of the mare's speed? Seio York Herald. The description? of tho marvellous achieve ment would seem to indicate that the maro has not trotted lior swifcest mile. The quarter dono in .29 Is certainly not reassur ing to the owners or other horses. Possibly we shall yet have a two-minnte mile by this latest and greatest Queen or tbe Turf. Phila delphia Bu letin. DEATHS HKltK AND ELSEWHERE. Sebastian C. Glraud, Fainter. Announcement is made of the death of Scnastlan Charles Glraud, the French painter. M. Glraud was born In Paris In 1319. He entered the School of Arts lu 1333. He visited this country In connection with the expedition of the Marauls Islands in 1813-47, and was one of tbe Art Commis sion led by Prince Napoleon. He was decorated with the Legion or Honor In 1847. Among his pictures were "Fishing for Seals." "Return of the Hunter," "A Sunday lu Britunr," etc. Mrs. Unchel Williams. Mrs. Eachel "Williams, wife of Daniel Williams, died at the famlrj residence, InOakdale.' September 27, She was 69 years or age. Early In life' she profrssed Christianity bv uniting with tho Methodist Episcopal Church. Her remains were Interred at Willow Grove cemetery Friday. Obituary Notes. PnrsCE Henry of Recss died of diphtheria Friday at Radautz. Db. Sa jicel Sast, one of the oldest phv slcians in that section of the State, died at Kaston Friday, at the age of 77 ears. He had practiced, medicine nearly 50 years Jaiils J. QuiNLAJf. a well-known vaudeville actor, who was taken ill with pneumonia while 'Inlawing an engagement-lit Philadelphia 1 ist wekk. died Friday night at the hospital. He was 34 rears old. James Hesbt Elphisstoite. one of the oldest or the English managers, is dead at the age of 73. He played Macbeth when only 13. and later was a star in various tragedies. About 1371 he went Into management, Fbederick VAX Wobmzb, one of the best known college athletes and the famous pitcher of ISS7oflhe WlllUms College nine, died suddenly Friday at the residence of his father, Jasper Van Wonuer, in Albany. John J. Fitzqibboks. President or the Calumet National Bank, Chicago, died yesterday from the bursting or a blood vessel. Mr. Fitzzibbons was 55 years old, and was one nf tbe most poDnlar Irish Amerirans lu (lie West. He was prominent In the Fcniau and other nationalist movements. Mrs. Haxxaii Bibbell, who died In Ogden, Utah, recently, was once one of the best-known actresses la the West. She Was born In England In 1117, and cams to tbls country la M0 with her hus band, an actor and manager, ghe played Optowi to Booth's Hatnltt In Batty Francisco, ana did not re tire from the stage until UU. CHARITY AND COMMON SENSE. iwnrrrETT fob- the dispatcb.i Mr attention was called by an English man to a recent press Item to the effect that Mr. Asqnith, tho Home Secretary, had been Instructed by the Queen to convey her con dolence to the widows and orphans of tbe recent coal mine disaster at Abericonflg. "There is another example of royal par simony," be exclaimed. "Tho Queen con trol?, apart from her revenues, an Immense private fortune, and yet, in nearly all such afaintions as this, she Invariably sends her sympathy. Her check would bo infinitely morn acceptable. It must bo an urgent case, indeed, to make her open her purse, wide enough to extract a 5 note. There Is many a tradesman in moderate circumstances, whose charities exceed the Queen's by tar. She seems to think that consolatory epistles and speeches can buv bread and shoes. This niggardly disposition has made her disliked "by the poorer classes, which, 'despite his many faults, esteem the Prince of Wales for his open-heartud liberality. "Ultra-radical Journal?, such as Labou chere's Truth and Jt;jnotTs Newspaper, havo harped upon this point until it is safo to aver that Victoria is one of the most unpop ular women in the United Kingdom.'; The Other Side of the Story. 3Iy English friend may have been right in one sense. On the other hand many will doubtless agree that the Qieen's attitude Is wiso'and Jn3t. The uninitiated can hardly imagine to what extent favorites of fortune are beset by importunate alms nskers people tnat hove taken up their abode on the outskirts of their fellowmen's sympathy. A certain projninont clergyman is i-aid to receive on an average 25 begging letters per day. But clergymen are not usually In a po sition so invite such an avalanche of elee mosynary correspondence. It is the poor, unfnrtunato millionaires that we should pity most. O course, experience has long aso Instructed them in the art of evading tho implacable individual that, in a pathetic oration. Interspersed with much igliing and a liberal display of dirty pocket linen, describes bis destitute condition, the despair of his wife and tho'hunger of his 'children. But the beggar Has found an ally in Uncle Sam. The poatoffice will not as go between, as advocate, for anyone that can afford the retaining fee of 2 cents. In con sequence, the mail of public men Is bur dened with appeals for aid, flnnnolal or otherwise. It is high time for some legls-" lator to earn the undying gratitude of in judicious almonera by making it a misde meanor to send begging letters through tho mails, just as it is a misdemeanor to be,; on the streets. An Element of Fraud Apparent. The vast majority of the people thus con tinually harassed is able and willing to af- 'ford aid wherever It is required and de served. But these appeals boar such an un mistakable air or imposition, are so palpa bly tramed to deceive, tint the kindest heart would soon become callous and the broadest judgment warped. Hedging has been characterized by suc cessive generations of novelists as a pro fession. It liss advanced with the world; we must soon class it among the fine arts. What an immense preliminary training is required to practice it successfully! Ion must know thoroughly the geography of tbe heart, tho latitudes and longitudes of dis position, the mathematics or opportun ity. Your tongue or pencil must be lamlliar with the lights- and shades, tbe subtle lines o: rhetoric theprospectives of human sym pathy. In your eyes must lurk the dawn of despair, tho sunset of hope. Oh. begsing is thepoet-' art, the painter's art, tbe actor's art, the art of arts! Tlie Capital of an Injured Eye. "While poverty exists we cannot banish the supplicants from tbe stago of tho world Bat we can restrict, by wholesome laws, and by enforcing such as are already enacted, the brazen fraud which stalks upon our thoroughfares and sits at tbe crowded cor ners. These are people that peddle their In firmities and mako a business of mendican cy. Here Is a man whose solo capital is an injured eye. It brings him in a handsome Interest. He wnnld gladly submit to having the other eye Injured.too.if he could display ic at another utrent corner and reap an equivalent remuneration. It is a crime to encourase this evil by giv ing. It is a crime to subsidize Indolence and dependence. The man who drops a penny Into tbe hat of a blind fraud is guilty of an inexplicable olTcn-o against tho manhood of the lace. Tbe only true charity is that of Peter Cooper, of Stephen Girard, of James Lick to afford the opportunities of educa tion to ail, to spread tne light oi Knowieugo into the by-ways of human activity; that. Is philanthropy; that Is humanitariauism in its fullesc sense. I do not doubt that England's Queen bas a heart like most women snsceptiule of sym pathy and overflowing with the preoious gold of pity. But I believe that she has learned, better than her detractors will ever know, that guile can masquerade as misery and impudence put on the garb of misfor tune. What private charities she does I know not; but I am firmly persnaded that her public apathy Is due to her appreciation or this truth a truth which must inevitably force itself Upon everyone that has bad ex perience with systematic- alms-giving. A Lesson Here at Home. There-is in this city an institution known as the Hebrew Benevolent Society a monu ment to the proverbial charity of the He brew race. Its obief mission is to assist in digent immigrants that, having arrived without friends, relatives, or funds (tbe possession of tbe latter presupposes tbe first), are at a loss which way to turn and wnat to do. This society dispenses a con siderable sum at each of its weekly sessions. Nine-tenths or its money is disbursed to Polish Hebrews-as a class perhaps the most undesirable that manases to elude the vigilance, or rather somnolence, of the im migrant inspector. Tho better class of He brew citizens themselves recoulze their undeslrabilttyas immigrants. Of luto It was dL-oovered that the demands upon the treasury of the society were be coming very heavy, notwithstanding that the percentage or Immigration had de creased. Investigation revealed that these Polish Hebrews, even wbcro tbey had friends or relatives in excellent circum stances, wero instructed by thorn to appear beforo tho society with a tale or general poverty and fricndlessness, and thus to ex tract whatever they could from tue pur blind kindnoss of the board of man a-.-er3. Tho society lias become moro circumspect since then, much to tbe regret of tho class relurrod to. Philosophy Behind Severity. In the face of such evidences, we can only applaud tho apparent liard-he.irtodness which has for Its end the extermination of all that is cringing, servile and base in hu man nature, and the elevation of a nobler standard of bencvolenco than the century ha"s seon. As long as paupers are fed they will thrive and increase. Methods which undermine independence must be put aside; tho practical aid is that which teaches tho needy to aid themselves. Poorhoues should In time become self-supporting insti tutions, not dumps where tho community can got rid of Us reluse at tho expense of its self-rospect. They might be turned into centers ot industrial co-operation,anu tnero is every probability mat in the near future this will be done. Too condition or the labor world Is pointing to snch n culmina tion as utmost Inevitable. Mammoth ntril.es and tlie attendant Idleness of thousands of able-bodied men aro a menace to the stability of the Government. I', however, these unemployed energies could be turned into somo"uselnl channel, nil danger of in surrection would subside; bread riots be come nu impossibility: industry receive an additional stimulus; and the strikers them selves, fortified against starvation, would run a better chauco of gaining their point. Objections That May Be Offered. It may be urged that this is S'.ate social ism, iritis, let us have State socialism by all means. We nro not u nation to make a bugaboo of a name. Was it State socialism when our savage ancestors first found that segregation was advantageous, that to de fend each other by mutual agreement was for the benefit of all, that a community ot interests meant greater security? Was it State !ocwl!sm when Confucius, Zarathus tru aud Moes codified their ethical notions for the guiJaucj of their feilowmen? To be brief, State socialism has become, by a transfer oi identities, the term with which political orthodoxy designates that sometime formidable but now fortunately obsolete enemy of mankind, variously known as Abritnati, Pluto, Belzebub, etc Tbe vanguard of civilization will welcome the avatar of truth and progress under whatever name! George Seibel. Tho Truth Never Welcome. Philadelphia Tress. Kaiser Wilhelm is suffering from caruche. He mus: have heard what the American papers havo been saying about him. Will Not Change Spots. St. Louis aiot e-Democrat, It will be observed that Piatt ts placated all over, and, not limply In spots. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Japan has 550 newspapers. Pans makes .false teeth foe hone. Candles are made in China of the tallow tree. Denver i now in direct telegraph! communication with Pike's Peak. There are four English sovereigns in circulation to each one-half sovereign. Green vegetables retain their color when cooked In an uncovered vessel. Toads are regularly sold in Parif and conveyed to gardens as insect destroyers. The man who preached the first Chris tian sermon In Chicago, 61 years ago, Is still alive. The wardrobe of a gentleman who died lately In Connecticut, included 500 pairs of stockings. The fourth verse of the twentieth chap ter of Revelations contains more words than auy other verse in the New Testament. Tbe smallest newspaper in the world ia said to be t Telegrnm', published In Guada lajara, Mexico. It Is lour inches square. One of the salt deposits in Nevada in which a shaft for mining has been sunk, covers an area of moro tban 13,000 acres. In France there are clubs composed en tlreiyof deaf and dumb men. waited on by bervants who can neither speak nor bear. An agent of a New York Bible society reports that In canvassing Erie county ha found 155 families who bad never seen a Bible. Jung Pasha, the elephant that suc ceeded Jumbo in the London Zoological Garden, is report d to be only three inches smaller than Jumuo. A Pittsburg man returned from Hot Springs, Cal., a few days ago and brought with hrm a cluster of quartz crystals wnicb. weih about 60 pounds. The Mediterranean Sea is big enough to cut the United States in two across its greatest breadth, making an open sea from. New York to Vancouver. The condor soars higher than any other bird, spending nine-tenths of its time float ing in the rarifled atmosphere at a distance of three miles above sea level. Several sponge deposits have been dis covered at a distance of about 150 metres from tho western shore of tho Island of Fan. telleria (depth about SO metres). Old shoe throwing Is done for many purposes. In Ireland tbe election of a per son to almost any office is concluded by throwing an old shoo over his head, The nearest approach yet to perpetual motion Is the discovery of a European clockmaker who has Invented a clock thac will run for ten years without winding. The wealth of theP.ns3ian State Church is almost Incalculable. It could pay the na tional debt, some three billion and more dollars, and still be enormously wealthy. Madagascar is about as large as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Con necticut, New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina com bined. Considerable interest has been awak ened among tbe literary circles of Berlin by the sale of an edition de luxe of the com plete works of Frederick the Great for 2,000 marks. The Chinese value an old pair of boots which have been worn by an upright magis trate, and tho custom, of wishing a friend a "happy foot" is still observed all through Europe. The New Zealand legislative council has not only adopted woman suffrage, but provided that a woman's vote may be regis tered without her personal attendance at the polls. A new iron bridge over the Farrar, In Strathglass, Inverness, lately collapsed through a cart of about one ton going over it. Tbe rivets were cut as clean as a razor would slice a potato. There are said to be more than 3,000 prehistoric buildings in Sardinia. They are almost all In the fertile districts and are built in groups, which aro separated from one another uy wide and generally barren pin ess. A clergyman in Oxford has invited the men who irequent tbe rivers on Sundays to coma to cbnrcti in their boating flannels. Hitherto snch costumes had been frowned opon add the boatmen had not gJhe to cuurob. The knitted woollen sweater worn by aSbletcs and others who must guard against sudden cold when warm with exercise, is the almost exact counterpart of tbe outer garment worn by Dutch fishermen on the coast of Holland. The Compagnie Transatlantique has again brought forward the question of light ing the Atlantic route from Ireland to New foundland. It Is proposed tomoor ten power f ul floating lights 200 miles apart, and con nected by electric cables. The silky little King Charles spaniel is an expensive luxury, becauss puppies a month old easily fetch $50 apiece and when half grown $100. There are comparatively few of these dogs in New York and nearly every one Is known to the dog fanciers. A Canadian electrician states that elec tricity causes the tides and demonstrates it by electrifying a rubber comb by rubbing it through the bair and then drawing lc over the top of a glass filled with water, the re sult being that tbe tidal ware follows the comb. Iowa ranks fifth among the 48 States and Territories of the Union in tbe extentof its railroad mileage, 8.444. The States which lead Iowa are, in order, Illinois, with 10235 miles: Pennsylvania, 8,973; Kansas. 8,901; Texas, 8,854. 1 be total mileage in the United States is 171.070, and of the world 383,500. Seven acres of apricot orchard in Tnlara county, bringing their owner a return of $2,100, and eight acres of prune orchard In San Bernardino connty, yielding 25 tons of fruit which brought $50 a ton, or more than $150 per acre, are mentioned in this year's early reports upon the California fruit crop. The oldest herbarium in the world is in the Egyptologist Museum at Cairo, and con sists of an inconspicuous collection ot dried portions of plants. These portionsot plants and flowers were taken from the wreaths and garlands in the coffins with mammies, where tbey were placed by the ancient Egyptians as death offerings. FLIGHTS INTO FUNNXDOII. "Xei, sir," said the big man who was hanging to a strap In the street car, "I'm going to make that boy of mine an actor." Has be any qualifications?" "Well, I should say he had. lie's only U years old. and he has whipped every boy in the ward." huffalo Express. Now, in the moonlight fleeting, Which floods the fields like rain. Sweet lips with lips are meeting At the grinding of the cane. Atlanta Constitution. He Ah, darling, even when time shall b no more, our love She it is almost that time now, I guess. "Eh?" "I said It was nearly that time now. Time sevn gets to be more than 12. yon know." Indianapolis Journal. The girls of old England are wailing and weeping. A sob of despair o'er the nation Is sweeping; For someone has proved, by statlsdcal plau. That terribly scarce is the "dancing joungmaa." Oh I maidens orEngland, we're touched by your grief. And Jladly. right gladly, we proffer relief; So dry your tears, fair ours, and mourn not again. Yoa may take all you wan: of our "dancing yonng men." Philadelphia Prut. "Mary Dasher's uncle is dead. Did he leave her anything?" ' "Nothing." "Then she will not go into mourning for him?" "Yes, part mourning. She is going to wear black suspenders. teu York Press. The farmer cultivates the soiL The gay election charmer Who wants the votes of sons of toll Then cultivates the fanner. Washington Star. "When yon visited Dauber's studio did yoa see the picture he has painted for the coming exhibition?" "Yes, he showed It to me." "Do you think It deserves to bo hqnir" "No. lam Inclined to think that it should 'bo burned. " Chicago Inter Oesan. U &
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