SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XIII. Tb9 average of human lifo has in» creased five per cent, in the past twenty-five years. About two per cent., or one penny in fifty, which reaches tho United States Sub-Treasuries is thrown out as a bad coin, being either damaged or a counterfeit. Think of tho money lying idle in Europe when the Russian loan of $75,- 000,000 was subscribed for forty times over, iu twelve hours, exclaims tho St. Louis Stnr-Sayings. The farmers of the gas belt iu Indi ana have organized to protect them selves against bold th loving of livo stock and grain. It is estimated that there will be 10,000 members. Cottage homes, in which to houso pauper children and pres?rve them from the work-houso taint, havo been provided by tho Sheffield (England) Board of Guardians at a cost of 8150,- 000. Tho Queen of Sweden, who has always taken an interest in Swedish hospitals and the nursing of the sick, had tho first experiments mado in Sweden with tlio new cure for diph theria. Bussia is advancing rapidly in mili tary civilization. For an instance, the Si. Louis Star-Sayinga relates, that the lance shafts of her Cossacks aro now fitted to be used as punt poles or as the handles of ecythcs with which to cut hay on tho march. From returns received at tho British War Oflico it is estimated that tho number of noncommissioned officers and men entitled to tho Queen's medal for long and meritorious service, run* ning from twenty to thirty-four years in many cases, is over 30,000. The New York Advertiser is remind ed that General Washington was the victim of merciless political attacks when ho was President. General Gates once alluded to him us that "dark, designing, sordid, ambitious, vain, proud, arrogant and vindictivo knave." Political denunciation seems to have grown docidedly tamo in theso jotcr years. „ • The surrender by the Mosquito In dians of their rights under tho treaty of Managua leaves Nicaragua in com plete sovereignty over tho Mosquito re" serve, and puts an end to Great Britain's pretentions to tho right ol protectorate over the reservation. The New York Mail and Express states that no 'fear remains of British inter ference with the Nicaragua Canal Com pany's right of transit across tli6 isthmus. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin has issued an order to Collec tor Kilbreth, of New York, directing that, until further notice, the inspec tion of luggago brought by passengers on transatlantic vessels shall not bo stopped at sunsot, as was dono upon the recent arrivals of the Teutonic aud Wosternland. Hereafter, if tho inspection has been begun boforo sun- Bet, all the luggago must bo passed without interruption, thus saving pas sengers unnecessary inconvonionco. An ostrich farmer in Southern Cali fornia says in tho New York Sun that tho ostrich farming experiment is not au entire success, although not a com plete failure. He was one of tho first to engage in tho business of raising the big birds for their foathers, and expected to realize a big fortune quickly. Ho says that, while much money has been derived from the sale of feathers, the birds do not increase as rapidly as was expected. Then, very many aro so vicious that it is im possible to remove the feather* with out killing them. He still hopes that, as the farmers gain moro experience in the management of the ostriches, the business may becomo us big a suc cess as was at first expected. A damage suit, in which the jury found for the plaintiff, has becu closed in the St. Louis County Court, at Clayton, Mo., which, it is believed, has no preoedent in tho conrts of the United Statos or Euglund. The case wan one, relates the Atlanta Constitu tion, in which a father claimed and got a verdict for SSOOO for the death of his son, who was killed by a railroad train. It was proved that the boy was etauding alongside the track when tho train rushed by at a high rate of speed aud that he was hurl.id to tho grouud aud forced uuder the cars by tho cur rent of air mado by the swift motion of the train. Deep iuterest has been manifested in the peculiar and new foature iu tho ease, tho outcome of which in the higher courts is likely to open up a new field of action for dam ages against railroads. THE RIDDLE OF WRECK. Dark homlocks, seventy and seven, High on the hill-slope sigh in dream, Wlrh plumy heads in heaven 5 They silver the sunbeim. One broken body of a tree, Slabbed through and slashed by Ugbtning keen. Unsouled and grim to seo, Hangs o'er the hushed rnvlne. A. hundred masts, a hundred more, Crowd close again it the sunset Ures. Their late adventure o'or. They mingle with the spires. But one is lying prone, alone, Where gleaming gulls to seaward swoep, White sand of burial blown In sheots about Its sleep. When lightning's loashed and soa Is still, Ye saeriflclal mysteries dread, Scapegoats of shore anil hill, Your riddle may be read. —Helen Gray Cono, in the Century. LOVE IN A SNOWSTORM, BY M. BABINGTON BAYLKX, [S HE was a little Puritan maiden, with honest gray eyes and a sweet, bashful face. Her parents called her Dorothy; her frient l 8 > Dolly. She had been v brought up very W Btrictl y. and it was n °t without ■ Wlflilp.'Ml misgiving* that ' her family allowed her to visit her rich nncle and aunt in in London, but they could not woll refuse tho invitution. Dolly had been in London only one short week, and she was bewitched with everything sho saw. She loved her uncle and aunt, both of whom dis played strong affections for her, and indulged her in a freedom she had never tasted before. She was delight ed with the substantial old house, with its largo rooms, big fireplaces and comfortable furniture. Moro than all, she admired London itself. The busy streets, with their palatial shops; the colossal buildings—St. Paul's, the Abbey, fho Houses of Parliament, tho broad, quiet squares, which seemed to have been dropped down at random among the wilderness of houses; the gay restaurants and the brilliant, fas cinating theatres. She particularly liked it at night, when illumined by counties* lights, whose reflections glittered on tho pavement; and when tho black durkness of tjie sky, unac companied by the deathly silence that it brought in tho country, seemed rather to enhance tho noiso and bustle of tho prodigal streets. There was something romantic about it all. It thrilled her, sho knew not why. Her heart beat faster, her pulso bounded more quickly. She felt more alive than she had over felt before. Thero was another souroo of pleas ure. Never beforo had she been thrown into the company of so en gaging a young gentleman as her cousin Tom, tho only child of her uncle and aunt. Ho was Dolly'* sen ior by tomo half dozen years. Had Dolly's parents suspected what man ner of young man lie was, they would have made a special jouruey to Lon don to bring their daughter home. Fortunatoly, thoy were ignorant. Thero was nothing really bad about tho lad. He had a very good heart, but ho wanted steadying a little. He was exactly the sort of dashing, reck less, freehanded young Englishman that a handsome, manly feTlow be comes when placed in circumstances of wealth andfreodom. The first time he saw his cousin Dolly he decided that sho was a very pretty girl, but shy, and that it would bo worth while to draw her out. Ho found it not easy; and that, not withstanding tho fact, had he known it, that there was in Dolly's heart an intenso willingness to be drawn out by coiißin Tom. But that shyness of of hers Jjwas a fashionable barrier. Sho could not chatter; the thing was impossible. Her silence had boon in bred so long that it had become yart of her anatomical structure; and Tom, in spite of all his convcsrational tal ents and social polish, frequently found himself reduced by it to a cor responding state. On the other hand, if Dolly could not spoak, she could look. Sho had extremely eloquent eyes; eyes that spoke far more than her lips. Tom soon beflfon to watch those eyes and to love them. He no longer attempted to make hi* cousin talk; her eyes rendered conversation unnecessary. One afternoon, in the first week of January, he sauntered into his moth er's sitting room, and there discov ered Dolly, sitting, like tho historic Miss Muffit, on a buffet in front of the fire. Her fingers were busy with some crochet work. Tom drew a chair to the fire. "Aro you going out to-night, Dolly?" She lifted her eyes from her needle. "Not to-night." "Not. Are you sorry?" "No." "I suppose your'e getting rather tired of it. You've been out pretty nearly every night lately, haven't you ?" ''Yes. I'm not tired of it, though; I like it. But auntie and I are going to have a quiet eveniug to-night, and I shall like that just a* woll." There was a pause. "Are yon suro you will like it just as woll?" "I beg your pardon ?" said Dolly. Ho moved on his chair. "Well," he said, "I waut you to come out with me to-night, if you will." She looked at him in auiuement. "Out with you? Why, where to?" "The theatre," he responded. Pleasure shone in her face. She LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895. gasped with delight. "Oh, yon are kind! But do you think auntie will allow me?" "I'll ask her," said naughty Tom. It was really very wrong of him, for Dolly's parents would Lave been scan dalized at the idea of their daughter being seen in a theatre. However, tbey were not there to see it. It never occurred to Dolly that it could be wrong for her togo after Tom had proposed it, and so, as Tom's parents raised no objections, they started in due course. The only condition im posed on them (and the sequel proved it a sound one) was to wrap up well, which they did. How Dolly enjoyed the performance it is unnecessary to relate in detail. She did enjoy it immensely ; and she frequently turned to Tom and thanked him so earnestly for his kindness in having brought her that Tom began to feel the ecstasy that follows virtu ous conduct. Her enjoyment robbed her, for the first time, of her shyness. Her face glowed with an unusual ani mation. There was a color in her cheeks and a sparkle in her eyes that had not been there before. When a shy maiden does wake up to anima tion she is ten times more dangerous ly attractive than her vivaoious sis ters, who sparkle all day long. Tom thought his cousin's face more seductively sweet than he had imag ined it could be. He warmed toward her. He no longer wanted to draw her out, to flirt with her. He was in love now, all tho way. They made no haste out of the the atre, with the result that, when they reached the street, there was not an available liausoui. "We'd better walk on a bit," said Tom. "We shall come to one pres ently." There had been a heavy fall of snow during tho performance, and the pave ment of the Strand was all slushy and sloppy. "It's rather unpleasant under foot, Dolly," said Tom. "You'd better take my arm." She did as she was bid, and imme diately experienced a curious sense of being owned. It seemed to her that she belonged to her cousin. While, as for Tom, the soft touch of those small, gloved fingers on his coat sleeve gave him more pleasure than all his previous flirtations rolled into one. When they came to Trafalgar Square Dolly gavo a little scream of delight. "Oh," she criod, "how pretty!" It was pretty. Tho whole square— fountains, statues, and all, wherever the snow could find a lodging—lay draped in white. Tho portions that were free from snow looked doubly black by contrast. It was a study in white, with just a little black to help it out. Overhead fleeoy clonds scudded rapidly, and a full, bright moou stared down at tho glittering panorama. The squaro was as light as day. "Oh, how beautiful! 1 didn't think London could look so lovely!" Tom looked at the speaker, and thought her lovelier than the scene she admired. "Yes," ho said, with his eyes on lior face, "it is beautiful, very beautiful indeed." "Oh," raid Dolly, "let us walk home. We don't want to tako a cab on a lovely night like this. I wouldn't mis* the walk for tho world. It isn't far, really, is it?" "About a mile," said Tom. "Only a mile. Oh, that is nothing. Let us walk. Shall we?" "Decidedly, if you wish it. You'd better tako my arm again," for in her rapturous admiration she had slipped her hand loose, "the streets aro pery." They walked on for three or four minutes. Suddenly Dolly's foot slipped. Tom, with remarkable pres ence of mind, preveuted her from fall ing by putting his arm ronud her waist. That was a new cxperieucc for Dolly. It had never happened before, and she was overcome by tho strange ness of it. She didn't snv anything, but she blushed, and her faco looked exquisitely pretty. I don't thiuk Tom was to be blamed very much for bend ing down and kissing it. Ho should not have done it, of course; it was wrong; but the temptation was con siderable. Dolly released herself in dignantly, pushing him from her. They walked a short distance in awk ward silence. "Dolly, aro you angry with mo?" No reply. "Dolly"—very humbly—"l'm aw fully sorry; but you looked so pretty that I couldn't help it." Still a severe silence. "Won't you forgive me, Dolly?" Tho gray eyes were fixed on the groufffl, and tho pretty lips were pressed firmly together. He caught her fingers. She tried to pull them away, but it was useless. "Won't you forgive me, Dolly?" he said again. She found her voico at length. "I wish you wouldn't make mo say things. Of course, I forgive you, but —you oughtn't to have done it." "I am really very sorry, Dolly," he said, repentantly. Then the snow came dowu. There was no mistake about it, either; it did come down, with a ven geance. The flakes were nearly as large as a inau's hand, and the sky was full of them. "Dolly," said Tom, firmly, "you must take my arm and hold it tightly. We are going to catch it." She took his arm, and ho hurried her along as fast as he could. It was no use. The snow pelted their faces so severely than in less two minutes they were nearly' t numbed with the cold. "We must shelter somewhere till tho violence of the storm is speut," saijl Tom. Ho looked about him for a convenient doorway. Fortunately, there was one near. He placed Dolly inside it, so that the iuo« could not get to her, and stationed himself at her side. "Are yon cold, Dolly?" he said. "Not very, thank yon," she replied. "Aro you?" "1? Oh I it doesn't matter about me, dear. You are the important member of this small community. Are you sure you are not cold? Will you have my muffler?" He commenced to take it off. "No, indeed!" exclaimed Dolly, preventing him. "Do you think I would take it from you? But it was kind of you to offer it—very kind I You are kind to me." "Kind!" said Tom, warmly, "Who could help being kind?" He pressed more closely to her. Outside the snow was descending heavily. "Dolly," said Tom, speaking low, "havo you quite forgiven me?" Sho smiled, but did not say any thing. His arm stole round her ugaiu. She mado no effort to repulse it. He looked at her face. The cold had turned it a dead white, but it was beginning to glow again, and he thought it had never looked prettier. "Dolly," ho whispered, "I love you." Her heart bounded. He loved her I Oh ! tho blissful thought! "Dolly," he whispered again, "could you care for mo ever so lit tle?" "Yes," she murmured. Their eyes, aud then their lips, met. After that I dou't think either of them minded tho cold much. They were prisoned in that sancti fied doorway au hour beforo the snow abated, and then it took them another twenty minutes to get home. They were received with rejoicings. "We thought you had got lost," said the master of the house. Dolly ran straight into her aunt's arms, and burst iuto a fit of sobbing. "My poor child!" said tho lady, ca ressing her, "you are overwrought; aud no wonder. Torn, you haven't taken proper care of her." "Oh! but he has," said Dolly, smil ing through her tears. "It isn't that." "She lias promised to be my wifel" said Tom. The rest isn't worth telling. A Useful Python. Once, while passing through a Dutch farm, writes tho author of"Three Years With Lo Bengula," iu Africa, I went up to tho house to buy some eggs, standing iu frout of tho door was a large barrel, and while passing I carelessly tilted it up to seo what was inside, but promptly let it dowu again, us there was a big python un derneath. Tho Dutchman told mo ho had shot at the suake some months previously, aud a f ew grains entering the head, the reptile appeared to be como stupefied and unablo to movo quickly. Ho then dragged it home, and extracted the fangs, and it gradu ally became tame. The python, which measured sixteen feet, was allowed to crawl about the place at night, never attempting to get away or do any dam age ; in fact, they found it useful for killing rat* and vermin. By day it was kept under the barrel. The chil dren fed the suake, and played with it. I saw one of the little Dutch boys drag it out, and pour two bottles of milk dowu its throat, aud then give it six eggs, wh chit swallowed. When thoy teased tho python, it made a hiss ing noise and reared up on its tail; they were not a bit and would catch hold of it by the head, and drag it along the ground over their shoulders. Usefulness ot Diamonds. Diamond powder aud chips, and eveu the fiuest dust, are of great value iu tho mechanical arts. Brazilian diamonds are now put to a novel and interesting use. A thiu disk of steel, seven feet iu diameter, has spaces at iutervals of about one and one-halt inches. These spaces are filled in with pieces of steel that exactly fit, and into these are set the diamonds fixed iu countcrsuuk screw-lieads. They are arranged iu groups of eight, and aro so placed that they do not follow one exactly after the other in the cut, but each liue takes its owu course. This circular saw is used for cutting up blocks of ktone, aud so efficient is it that in less thau two and one-half years it has to cut out four hundred and twenty thousand square feet ol stone, at a cost of a triflo less than two ceuts a square foot. In this time it has been necessary to renew twenty of the teeth, the average cost of which has been about two dollars per tooth. —The Ledger. Rules lor (iuiu Chewing. The visible working of the jaws in chewing gtim is not a plonsaut sight, and that it exasperates sensitive peo ple beyond measure is not unnatural. A Buffalo coachmau lost a good posi tion the other day because he would persist in chewing gum on the box while driving. The s. verest criticism levelled at certain rogiineuts of tho Massachusetts Natioual Guard at a recent inspection was that mauy pri vates and some officers chewed gum ou parade. Tho only persons who really ought to be allowed to chew gum are policemen, ou uight service only, and members of football team* in actual conflict.--Buffalo Commer cial. All Eye to Business. * A proposul having been mado iu London that boxes Hhould bo erected iu public thoroughfares for the reeep tiou of orauge-pecl aud matches, re calls the story told of a youug gentle man of excellent principles walking with au emineut tuirgeou. As th«y neared hi* bouse, the lad kicked away a piece of oraugu-|)oel that lay ou th * pavement into the road. The sur geon said, "My dear boy, what ar<; you about?" aud replaced it exact!; opposite his owu door.—Argoujut, LABOR'S CRY FOR PITY, THK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC PROMISES AND PERFORMANCES. Worklnj»men Have Dcen Betrayed by the Party of Deceit and Destruc tion—Vanished Murkets In Ex change for Former Prosperity. God pity our poor workingmen! Yep, pity them for the cruel position they find themselves iu. Deluded and misled to believe that a change in the Government would not only give them constant labor at advanced pricep, their aching hearts were, in fancy, soothed by seeing in their imaginations the'wenltb from the pock ets of the rich rapidly becoming their own. It proved worse than a dream. Pity them for being led to believe that their wives and their chil dren could then wear better clothing and sit down to better meals. Pity them for all this; but let the party of deceit and destruction beware, for at the nest Presidential election the bal lots of laboring men will be arrayed in such overwhelming numbers as never before against Democracy, Free Trade, Good Times, Soup Houses, or whatever namo its friends wish to be buried in. Those ballots will be cast for the party that sprung into exist ence in Lincoln's time, for the party that saved our Nation when it was divided against itself, and carried it along through those four years of bloodshed, and which has been con trolling our Government from that timo till 1892. The party took con trol in tho most trying time of United States history, but she left us the most prosperous Nation on the face of this earth. That we have been deceived by vot ing into power the free trader is proved at a moment's thought. It is so plain that a fool, though blind, may see it. Where are our markets gone? When the farmer takes his well fed beeves, his grain, prodnce or fruit to markot, where are his onoe good prices? Hiey have vanished in ex change for Democratic promises, and the farmer must bo content with one half the amount of cash, plus the knowledge that the sooner he can bid his good friend Grover an ever lasting farewell, the sooner will he bo prosperous again. Where is the whistling of engines calling the labor ers to one more day of noble, manly toil ? Where are the throngs of hap py people pushing and crowding their way to the furnace, the faotory, the workshop? Gone! All gone with the happy past, but to return, bright er and sweeter, after the bitter prec> out. Wo were told by a free trade lady speaker that tramps were unknown in Democratic times; but never before in the history of Utah has the little city of Ogden been compelled to feed twelve hundred of them in one day, as she has done for the past few days. An object lesson is this, one that will rise up in onr memories in the com ing Presidential campaign and tell us which cause is just. Utah is a Terri tory ; hence her voting affeots our Na tion at present but little. She was onco thought to be Democratic, but she has proven herself Republican, and when admitted as a full fledged sister State will send her Senators and Representatives prepared to battle for protection to American industries. J AS. S. PBUBX. Willard City, Utoh. Rest lor American Labor. While President Cleveland was very timid in his reference to the tariff and tariff reform, or free trade, in his last message to Congress, his Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. J. G. Carlisle, bobbed up as a semi apologist, and bis remarks, coming as they do from a leading disciple, are interesting. He said: "The raw materials used in the pro duction of commodities for the use of the people in their homes and in their various industrial pursuits should be free from taxation, in order that the burdens of labor may be lightened." Mr. Carlisle is extremely frank and honest, much more so, in fact, than the gentleman who sits at the head of the cabinet meetings. Mr. Carlisle believes that raw material should be free from taxation; so do many other free traders, but they do not study the reason why raw material should be free with anything like tho frank ness of the Secretary of the Treasury, who gives the reason "in order that the burdens of labor may be light ened." Of course, when onr raw materials are free from taxation and are free from a tariff duty, they will be im ported from foreign countries, where labor costs next to nothing, being brought over here in most instanoes as ballast, free of freight charges. "The burdens of labor" may be light ened in this country under such eir oumstances, and every dollar's worth of raw material that we get from abroad must mean so much less raw material supplied in this country, un less the American wage earners con sent to take the miserable pittance that is paid to the men and the women who work in the European mines or to work longer hours for tho same money that they are now receiving. But in this case "the burdens of labor" would not bo "lightened." They wonld bo intensified. So that it is clearly not Ike intention of Secretary Carlisle that American raw material should l>e used in making American goods. He wants to import raw material from abroad "in order that the burdens of labor might be lightened" by afford ing less employment for labor in thia country. Iu other words, ho desires that American labor should take a real. On the Other ft!*. Early last fell between fifty and Terms—sl.oo in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months. sixty ladies and gentlemen living in St. Louis were invited to visit the springs at St. Glair, Michigan, where they were highly entertained and had a trip on a steam yacht np the river. Daring this trip the captain called the attention of the party to a smoke stack, 100 or more feet high, saying: "See that smoke coming from the chimney? That factory has been closed for eighteen years and last week was the first time since 1876 that it has been in operation." A conple of prominent St. Lonis citizens, who are strong Democrats, immediately jumped np and said: "What can McKinley say to that? Here we have started a factory run ning that has been idle for eighteen years." As soon as they had finished their little jubilee the captain quietly re marked: "Gentlemen, that factory is on the Canadian shore." It was then the turn of the rest of the mem bers of the party to laugh. On returning to the hotel when the proprietor was tol :1 tho story he stated that he was buyiug all his milk and cream in Canada, because since the Gorman bill became law aud milk and cream are entered fr j of duty into the United States can now buy these dairy products u cent cheaper than he could under the McKinley law. American Shipping. The Fithian ship bill, as originally introduced into Congress, simply au thorized the purchase of any vessels bnilt in any foreign country and their registry free of duty as vessels of tho United States. A subsequent amend ment to tho bill provided that such ships should not be used in our coast wise trade. It has not yet been explained how any such vessels when flying the Ameri can flag, when bought with American money and owned by Americans, can be prohibited from trading between any one coast port aud another in the United States. It would be decidedly unconstitutional to attempt to restrain the movement of auy ships that might be flying the Stars and Stripes in American waters. Tho object of tha amendment of the bill looks like a blind to deceive those who objected to the original incasuro and who aro now engaged not only in our coast wise trade bnt also in our lake and river commerce. The Tennessee Centennial. Hon. Joseph E. Washington, mem ber of Congress from Tennessee, has introduced a bill into Congress to aid and encourage the Tennessee Centen nial Exposition at Nashville iu 1896. The bill has been referred to tho Com mittee on Appropriations for a report as to the advisability of giving finan cial aid to such an enterprise. Wo aro very glad to notico tho signs of pro gress in Tennessee, aud we have no doubt that a very interesting exposi tion will be held there, showing how the State has advanced and prospered during thirty years of protection, though the result would doubtless have been more gratifying had Ten nessee earlier taken advantage of the protective policy which has been of such advantage to the moro North ern States. However, now that Ten nessee has fallen into line in the march of progression and protection, we ex pect to see more rapid strides in its prosperity. —American Economist. The South as a Coal Producer. Of the 83,166,088 tons of coal pro duced in the Appalachian or Atlantic seaboard coal field, in 1892, practi cally 23,000,000 tons —to be exact, 32,908,585 tons, or twenty-seven and a half per cent. —wero from Southern mines. The value of this coal at the mines was $20,983,543. Its produc tion gave employment to 37,837 per sons an average of 210 days iu the year. With the exception of farming., coal mining probably gives employ ment to more persons in tho chief coal producing States of the South — Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama—than any other indus try, and anything that interferes with the prosperity of this industry causes widespread disaster iu these States, not only to the miners and those in terested, but to especially merchants, farmers and railroads which depend so largely for their prosperity upon coal mining. There must bo no frco coal. Who Is tlis Boss J The country should understand that another general or extensive tariff revision is not contemplated by tho Democratic party iu tho near future. —Senator Hill. But both President Cleveland and Professor Wilson have promised furth er tariff revision, saving that tho Gor man bill was "but the beginning" of "tariff reform." Who is the boss? Ills Xeasure. N0.,17. A WINTER THOUOHT. Old Winter Is a surly soul, Ouunt, haggard, grim and gray; His trumpet binst sweeps from the knoll All that is green and gay. But Isn't he a poet still, Of sweet and gentle art, Who feels a kind and gentle thrill Of sunshine In his heart. When he depicts In dreams wind-tost The flowers of summer's train, In arabesques of sparkling frost Upon the window-pane? —ls. K. Munklttrlck, In Harper's Weekly. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Tell us not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream. When we've had mince pie auJ doughnuts, Turkey, cako and real Ice cream. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. McSwatters—"l hear Ilogo, the humorist, has broken his back?" McSwitters —"Well, that's it funny snap!"— Syracuse Post. The centre-board of a yacht is most important in a race, but on a pleasure trip the side-board is most thought of, —New Orleans Picayune. She—"These horrid photographs don't do me justice at all." He—"My love, it's not justice you stand in need of, it's mercy."—New York Ledger. A rose by any other name Might bo as fragrant. Stlil, We'd all be just as penniless When settling up tho bill. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. Twenty per cent, of tho Chicago women who registered did not vote at tho late eleotion. It, is evident that Tuesday is bargain-day in Chicago.— Rochester Herald. Teacher (to class)—"ln this stanza what is meaut by the line 'The shades of night were falling fast?'" Clever Scholar—"The peoplo were pulling down tho blinds."—Tit-Bits. Bome o' these days tho tide will turn, Though the river looks loug and dim ; But while you're wiiltln' you d better learu To swim, my boy. to swim ! —A luuta Constitution. Intimate Friend—"Has your hus band's love grown cool?" Sarcastic Wife—"Oh, no. lie loves himself just as much now as he did when we wore married twenty years ago."— Somerville Journal. "Did I understand you to say that Thompson was a farmer?" "Good gracious, no! 1 said he made his money in wheat. You never heard of a farmer doing that, did you?"—ln dianapolis Journal. "Answer by return male," was the way the letter wound up that Miss Footlites received from Mr. Sudden rox. "I wonder," said she, "whether ho means by the messonger boy or by post."—lndianapolis Journal. In a snburban Boston pulpit last Sunday morning this notice was read : "The pastor will preach his last ser mon this evoning, and the choir bas arranged a special praise servioe for the occasion."—Philadelphia Ledger. Tho pen may be mightier than tho eword, But many a man Is willing To bet that his little typewriter Is over so muoh moro killing. —ruck. Traveler (to train-boy) —"Got any funny books—Mark Twain or any of the humorists?" Train-Boy—'"No, sir; but I've got a couplo of London papers containing couimeuw on tho American elections," —Chicago Rec ord. Minnie—"Did you hear about Mol ly's fiance falling off the trolley car and breaking his arm?" Mamie— "Yes. I wonder if he will sue the company for damages?" Minnie—"l guess not. I shouldn't wonder if she does though."—Cincinnati Tribune. Father (to son who is just going out in the world) —"And remember one thing—never marry a gal as is richer than yourself. When I married your mother I had five dollars and she had twelve and a half, and she never ceased to throw it np in my face yet."— Judge. Diamonds Arc Hard. After perfect rnbies and emeralds, and perhaps after great pearls, oomes the diamond in value. This, too, has a range of colors, the most prized be ing red, blue, greeu and water white, while brown or gray tinges are not quite so highly esteemed. The Koh-i- Noor, of 102 J carats, ranks low in point of size with some of the world's great stones—for instanoe with the Great Mogul, 279 carats in weight. Diamond is the hardest mineral known, brittle though it be; acids do not effect it, audit is also the only combustible gem. It has high refractive and dis persive powers ("fire"), and some specimens become phosphorescent by the action of light. It usually occurs as an eight-sided crystal.—New York Times. He Dotes on Dog. Tho Cleveland papers report the ourious case of Mrs. Charles Umlauf, of that city, who had her husband ar rested for alleged assault and battery. It came out in court that tho cause of the domestio unpleasantness was her refusal to cook dog for Charles on the family stove. Her energetic re monstrances against his efforts to con vert the children to his c'.vn views as to the toothsomeness of that viand provoked him to violence. Charles pi omined the jnstioe to keep the peace in the family, and was let go with a oaution from the bench. Subsequently hi- told a reporter that he had been eating dog flesh for seven yean past and prefers it to chicken. —Atlanta Constitntion. Profits la (he Dmjr Badness. "Speaking of profits in the drag business," said a Broadway druggist, "my lease is for seven years, and has fonr years yet to run. If I don't is tire with *IOO,OOO clear from this store my figuring powers are very faulty."-- New York Snu.
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