SULLIVAN JlSib REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
California supplies Boston with cod
fish and beans.
In spite of the large bounties it en
joys tho mercantile marine of France
continues to dwindle.
For tin area, the cost of street
cleaning iu New York is nearly doublo
that of any other city in the world,
Tho New York Advertiser maintains
that tho frying pan is responsible for
at least 5000 ailments that flesh is heir
to.
It costs 340,000,000 a year to gov
ern New York City. The total ex
penditures of tho National Govern
ment in 1850 were no larger.
Tho century is old ; only sis years
remain to it. But this is quite, suffi
cient to work mighty changes in the
map of Asia, and perhaps in that of
Europe, also.
Tho arrival of 6,748,000 hogs in
Chicago during tho past year would
beom to indicato to tho New York Ad
vertiser that that city i3 getting tho
fat of tho lund.
Since the year 1891 more than 11,000
claims, aggregating $40,000,000, have
been made for land taken from the In
dians. The sums paid since 1799 un
der tho act passed that year for what
aro called depredation claims will
amount to more than one hundred
billion dollars.
According to tho Real Estate Record,
office buildings which cost upward of
51.50 a cubic foot ten years ago can
now bo erected for from thirty to forty
cents a cubio foot. This great sav
ing, duo to tho increasing uso of
steam and mechanical devices, must
finally result in a marked reduction of
rents.
Football playing is not only ea.
teomed an excellent advertisement for
a college, but gome preparatory
schools aro said by tho Now York Sun
to have gone to tfro length of enticing
good players from rival schools by the
offer of fiee tuition. This means a
good deal, sinco tuition in a fashion
able preparatory school costs'a pretty
sum. .
The gypsy moth which is taking
possession of New England is an im
migrant from France. It reached New
England in 1870, and has sinco multi
plied in an alarming way. Its cater
pillars are very destructive, and New
England would like to have a Federal
appropriation of $200,000 to uso in
preventing it from interfering with in
terstate commerce.
Deputy Sheriff Hall, of North Caro
lina. stood in that State and killed
an escaping prisoner who was across
the line in Tennessee. According to
a recent decision of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina he seems
likely to escape punishment, as he was
not in Tennessee when he committed
the crime, aud the crime was not com
mitted in North Carolina.
Tho Interior remarks: Asa nation,
Japan is a child of the nineteenth cen
tury. The progress of Christianity in
Japan is one of tho marvels of modern
church history. Tho first fivfe years
of faithful Christian strugglo pro
duced one convert. In 1872 was or
ganized tho first Evangelical Churoh
of eleven members. Now thejro are
865 churches with a membership of
35,535. _________
A little less than 2000 miles of rail
road were built in the United States
last year. That is almost the low
water mark iu railway buHding,
though the years 1805, 1866 and 1875
made likewise a meagre showing. For
five years now the additional annual
mileage has shown a steady and rapid
decline. In 1890, 5670 miles were
built; in 1891, 4282, and in the three
ensuing years, respectively, 4178,
2635 and 1919, bringing the record
down to January 1, 1895. But all
signs now indicate that the bottom has
hos been reached, and that the busi
ness will again resume its normal vol
ume and aotivity. It is of'great im
portance to the prosperity of the coun
try at large that this form of industry
be not impeded or prostrated by ad
verse and ill-considered legislation, as
it sometimes has been, and it is to be
hoped that all artificial obstacles to
its resumption will bo speedily re
moved. Thore are in tho United
States 179,672 miles of completed
road, 54,300 of which has beon laid in
the last ten years. Between this and
the year 1900, with any luck at all, wo
ought to reach tho 300,000-milo lime,
and are quite likely to do so. It looks
now as if steel rails would soon be
tamed out at sls per ton, a fact which
in itself will impart a powerful impulse
to railway building and all the indus
tries allied with it.
MOUNT VERNON.
WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON
IJIVED AND DIED.
Hundreds Visit tlie Historic Home
stead Dally—Tho First President
Was au Kxtenslve Farmer —
Relics of the Revolution.
THE new and popular way of
making tlie great American
pilgrimage to the home and
tomb of Washington is by
way of the ancient and quaint old town
of Alexandria, Va. For more than a
century tho only means of communi
cation with Mount Vernon by public
conveyance has been by tho river.
Steamboats have carried their hun
dreds of thousands of pilgrims to tho
sacred spot, and though that route was
pleasant enough, it was slow, and up
to a recent date expensive.
Tho new route is by way of Alexan
dria and the new electric railway which
lands passengers in twenty minutes at
tho very gates of Mount Vernon. And
it is a beautiful and novel rido from
tho quaint old town. The line leads
out of Alexandria on Fairfax street
and follows closely tho river bank un
til it crosses Hunting Creek, at one
time tho northern bonndary of the
vast Mount Vernon estate. Then it
cuts across the broad acres which
Washington cultivated before the Revo
lution, and here and thero crosses and
recrosses tho old Richmond turnpike,
which in Colonial and Revolutionary
days was tho main artery of travel be
tween the North and South. From
the electric car windows the eyo can
ollow the old road for miles by the
rows of ancient poplars planted on
either side.
A HISTORIC ROADWAY.
Over this road tho Revolutionary
armies marched south ; by this high
way tho Northern cities of Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
were brought into communication
with Richmond.Cliarleston and Savan
nah. Over this ancient turnpike rum
bled tho coach and four of General
Washington when ho set out upon his
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MOUNT VERNON.
various pilgrimages to attend sessions I
of Congress in Philadelphia"or take
tho oath of office'as President. This
highway, too, used to resound the
hoof-beats of his thoroughbreds when
he made his tri-weekly visits to Alex
andria to attend church or look after
his businoss affairs. In later years
tho old road resounded tho tramp of
other hoofs, for it was over this thor
oughfare that the panic-stricken sol
diery fled from Bull Run in 1861, and
rushod pell-mell, horse, foot, dragoons
and unmounted across Long Bridge
into Washington. The last great
spectacle the old turnpike ever saw
■was the march of Shorman's army,
which followed it on the march from
tho South to Washington for the re
view in 1863. Since that day the old
turnpike has borue nothing more ex
citing or sensational than tho farm
■wagons and hayricks of old Virginia.
To the right, as the "trolley"
crosses the bridge over Great Hunting
Creek, is Fort Lyons, the strongest of
nil that great cordon which protected
Washington in tho war days. Near
Port Lyons is tho old home, still stand
ing, of tho seventh Lord Fairfax—
Bev. Brian Fairfax, who in Washing
ton's day was rector of Christ Church
at Alexandria, of which Washington
was a vestryman. The old church is
still one of the cherished landmarks in
Alexandria, and tho edifice with Wash
ington's big squaro pew is carefully
preserved intact. Lord Fairfax's homo
ROOM AND BED WHERE WASHINGTON DIED.
was called Mount Eagle, and is still in
excellent preservation. A mile be
yond the bridge and tho road enters
the "old Mount Vernon estate,"
which in Washington's day comprised
8000 acres of as fine land as was ever
known in Virginia. The estate was
divided into five farms, known as
River Farm, Doguo Run Farm, Man
sion House Farm, Union Farm and
Muddy Hole Faun. River Farm,
which the railway strikes first and
formerly known as Clifton's Neck, was
bought by Washington in 1760 lor $3
an aero. It consisted of 2000 acres.
BUILT BY WASHINGTON.
Tho first landmark of Revolutionary
interest that is reachod after entering
upon the old estate is Wellington Hall.
It stands about four miles from Alex
andria, on the Potomac bank, and oc-
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1895.
cupies a site almost as beautiful as
Mount Vernon. Wellington Hall was
built by Washington in 17C8 on a por
tion of the estate comprising 600
acres, and during his life it was occu
pied by Colonel Tobias Lear, who lives
in history as Washington's military
secretary and life-long friend. Colonel
Lear was also tutor to the Curtis chil
dren and for more than thirty years
was a member of Washington's family.
It is said the first President built
Wellington Hall for Colonel Lear's
use, but whether this be true or not,
ho certainly occupied it for most of
his life. By his will General Wash
ington made Colonel Lear a tenant
for life, rent free, and ho lived on the
place until his death in 1816. His re
mains now repose in the Congressional
Cemetery in Washington.
After Tobias Lear's death Welling
ton Hall passed into the bauds of the
collateral branch of the Washington
family, the last occupant being
Charles A. Washington, a grand
nephew. Ho was a harum-scarum sort
of chap, very dissipated, and under
his management the estate soon ran
down. Tho old inhabitants tell funny
stories about "Charley" Washington
and his career as a farmer. On one
occasion he took some plowsharos to
Alexandria to be sharpened, which
were urgently needed in tho spring
plowing, but falling in with tome
cronies he was induced togo oS' for a
month's sojourn at the "springs," and
nevor cauie back until tho wheat crop
had gono by default. "Charley"
Washington was a great theorist. He
onco read in a farm paper that tho
most profitable crop one could grow
was barley. So he planted ten acres.
When the barley ripened he had it
"flailed" out and loaded on a four
horse wagon and started it for the
Alexandria market. "Charley" went
on ahead on horseback to dispose of
tho load. But barley he found was an
unknown grain iu tho Alexandria mar
ket and there was no solo for it; but
after a whole day's tramping ho suc
ceeded in tra ling the load of barley to
a brewer for a barrel of beer, which ho
sent homo and stored iu his cellar.
Tho news of the transaction leaked out,
and tho samo night a dozen of Char
ley's cronies in Alexandria paid a visit
to Wellington Hall, where they made
n night of it with tho gen iul proprie
tor. Beforo morning they had dis
posed of tho entire crop of barley.
Charley Washington died in 1859
ond tho neglectod farm passed into
other hands. Wellington Hall is a
frame dwelling, painted white, and
with the outbuildings is in good ro
pair. A lane, lined with poplars,
which the railroad crosses, connects
it with the Richmond turnpike. From
Wellington to Mount Vernon the dis
tance is livo miles, the last station
being Riverside Park, at Little Hunt
ing Creek, which stream divided the
old River Farm of Washington's map
from the Mansion House Farm. A
mile beyond this creok the car stops
at tho gates of Mount Vernon. By
this route thero is no more climbing
the steep hill from the wharf, but the
visitor enters the grounds at the foot
of the western lawn and walks up a
long flagged path through tho trees to
the near side of tho old mansion.
MOUNT VERNON.
It is not given to the average visitor
to the home of Washington to see all
the beauties of the place. Much less
can he know the details of the homo
life of the great proprietor, or under
stand the splendor of his former en
vironment. The visitor goes through
the old mansion. He looks into the
little, stuffy rooms with their odd and
incongruous mixture of old and up-to
dato furniture. He gazes at the
elegant and extremely modern tinted
and gold frescoes, at tho rich and
brilliant Persian rugs with which the
ladies of the association have covered
the floors, and ho finds it difficult to
imagine this the home of the im
mortal Washington. To most visitors
it seems a great pity that there has
been such an effort made to impress
the publio with the fact that Wash
ington led a luxurious life by means of
the rich and modern trappings they
have smuggled into the old mansion.
Tho splendor of Washington's life at
Mount Vernon was reflected by his
broad acres, by his great farming
operations, by his hundreds of slaves,
including artisans and mechanics of
all kinds, by the wealth of his
hospitality and the magnifioence of
his military and official career. There
were no frescoes of gilt and tints in
Washington's day—no wall paper,
even. There was nothing but white
washed walls and ceilings. Nor were
there any Darghestan rugs or Ax
minster carpets.
There is an outbuilding on the
grounds, which should have given the
well-meaning ladies a hint as to what
the Father of His Country used to cov
er his floors. The building is called
the "spinning-room," and in it is a
great loom for weaving the good old
fashioned rag carpets of oar forefath
ers.
Aside from these incongruities, how
ever, the old mansion is an interest
ing, almost a hallowed spot. There
are not so many relics of Washington
bnt what there are are full of interest.
The bed upon which he died, sent by
the Leo family, and the other furni
ture contributed by various families,
have enabled the ladies iu control to
fit up Washington's chamber very
nearly as it was when its great occu
pant passed away. There are a good
many other relics on view, but not
MARTHA WASHINGTON'S BEDCHAMBER.
many that are, strictly speaking, rel
ics of Washington. There is plenty
of Colonial furniture, but Washing
ton never saw it. There aro portraits,
engravings, etc., and a valuable col
lection of Washington's autograph
letters, which are mounted in tho for
mer state dining-room. There are
two or three swords, suits of military
clothing, articles of camp eqaipago
and a brown suit of clothes, tho cloth
of which was wovon on the plaeo which
tho General wore at his first inaugu
ration as President.
After tho death of Washington in
1799, followed two years later by the
death of his widow, the estate began
togo down. Washington had already
given 2000 acres to his adopted daugh
ter, Nellie Custis, upon which she and
her husband, Lawrenco Lewis, after
ward built tho beautiful Woodlawn
mansion, located three mileabelow the
mansion at Mount Vernon. By hie
will Washington left other large por
tions of his estato to other relatives,
the homestead proper falling to the
sliaro of Bushrod Washington, hie
nephew, who afterward became an As
sociated Justice of the Supreme Court.
From Bushrod Washington it de
scended to his grandson, John Angus
tino Washington, who, in July, 1859,
sold the mansion and grounds to
gethcr with 200 acres of land for th«
rather munificent sum of $200,000. It
was a pretty hard bargain that Colonel
Washington drove, but he got away
with it. At tho time the sale wae
mado tho mansion and outbuildings
were sadly run down. There was evi
dence of neglect on every side. Tha
broad acreage had diminished and
passed into other hands. Tho remain
der was largely given over to weeds
and underbrnsh. TLe soil was wora
out and no effort mado to reclaim it.
Verily, the glory of Mount Vernon
had departed. About 1854 several
colonics of thrifty farmers from New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and
tho New England States were formed to
buy and reclaim theso wornout lands.
They bought tracts of from forty to
three hundred acres to each family
and by very much the same methods
that Washington used they have re
habilitated tho land so that now, out
of the original norcage of Mount Ver
non, there is very little that is not
highly improvod and worth SOO to
§3OO per acre.
Relics of Washington.
At tho Libby Prison War Museum,
in Chicago, there are an old brown
velvet coat worn by Washington at
his second inauguration, a family um
brella, much out of repair, two of his
swords, some tarnished epaulets, a
rusty fleld-glaBS, a belt and a needle
case carried by Mrs. Washington.
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S COAT, UMBRELLA
AND FIELD-GLASS.
In all there are enough Washington
relics in Chicago to fit out a large mu
seum. Most of them are well pre
served and bear evidence to the fact
of Washington's wealth and love of
rich and beautiful clothing and arti
oles of personal and household adorn
ment.
Ourge Washington's Birthday.
It was George Washington's birth
day. The bells were ringing and the
cannon were booming in commemora
tion of the Fathor of His Country. Lit
tle Ethol, aged five, wise and thought
ful beyond her years, was gazing out
of the window, apparently in deep
thought. Suddenly she awoke from
her reverie, and, turniug around to
hur father, said: "Papa, what are
they going to give Goorgo Washing
ton for his birthday?"
A Reserved Fate.
"Why did Goncral Washington
cross tho Delawaro on a dark, stormy
night?" asked the funny man.
"Give it up," answered tjje crowd.
"To get to the other side," retorted
the funny man ; and then the cri«*d
hilled him gently, butflrmly.— Hallo.
FREE TRABE TRICKS. !
CRAFTY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE
REPUBLICAN DISCORD.
Trying; to Maks Protection Leaders
Show Their Hands In Advance —
A Vast Improvement Upon the
Gorman BUI Will Be Made When
the Party of Protection Again
Grasps the Reins of Government.
It is a very shrewd game that the
free traders have been playing since
the November elections in calling upon
protectionist leaders to outline some
specifio bill that will be passed in
place of the Gorman bill. It is a sort
of "heads I win tails you lose" game.
Whatever the answer on the part of
protectionists, the free traders hope
to score a point.
If protectionist leaders should be
beguiled into suggesting possible de
tails, the free traders would at once
seize upon these suggested possibili
ties as a pledge of party action. If,
as would undoubtedly be the case,
protectionist leaders should disagree
in regard to some of the details, the
ifee traders would cry out that the
party was disunited nnd the leaders at
odds with one another. If, on the
other hand, the protectionists should
refuse to enter into details, the free
traders would be ready with a plausi
ble interpretation of such refusal.
For such interpretation there has
been abundant opportunity. Protec
tionist leaders have in almost every
case refused to euter upon a question
of details. They have deemed it quite
sufficient to 6tate that, whatever tha
details of a new bill that should be
passed, it should be a bill whioh
should have for its fundamental prin
ciple the protection of Amorican in
dustries.
IJ But the free traders have professed
to see, in this refusal of protection
ists to give details, a confession on
their part that they havo nothing bet
ter than the Gorman bill to offer.
Absurd as such a claim is, since there
would be difficulty in passing a worse
bill, it is well, nevertheless, for pro
tectionists to permit not the slightest
chanco for doubt in regard to their
position. If the recent eleotions
meant anything, they meant denun
ciation of the Gorman bill and disgust
with the whole free trade administra
tion.
It is well, then, for protectionists
to make It very cloar that they will
havo something better than the Gor
man bill to offer, and that they intend
to enact a bill which shall protect
American industries as soon as they
possibly can. Lot them, too, not
cease to emphasize the fact that the
present disaster and depression are
due to the banofnl effects of tariff re
form, and that they have no intention
of "lotting the country rest" in the
midst of such evils, but that they mean
to place it again in tho midst of such
prosperity as it enjoyed under Mo
lvinley tariff. Let them, above all,
bewaro of all overtures and all pro
posals coming from the free trade
enemy's camp.
Sec tlio Hornets Nest J Are the Hornets
Altret
res, the Hornets Are Alive—Norem*
'' ' ber • '
Cheap Goods Mean Cheap Men.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has contracted to buy 30,000
tons of steel rails from the Pennsyl
vania, the Cambria and tho Edgar
Thomson Steel Works, at $22 per ton,
the lowest prioe ever paid for steel
rails in the United States. The re
duction in prices of rails and other
steel productions preoipitatcd the ser
ious cut in wages, iu consequence of
which the present distressing labor
strikes and disturbances wero organ
ized. We need not mention the main
factor whieh operated to bring about
these conditions. It is well known to
the free traders.
Eternal Vigilance Needed.
The battle of November 6 was but
the beginning. It is no time to lay
do wn arms now. Groat victories are
proverbially dangerous. Eternal vigi
lance is tho prioe of suooess. The evil
effects of free trade should be laid at i
its own door, not acoepted as due in
any degree to any other faot or condi
tion.
Terms---SI.OO in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
A Home Market lor the Sontlu
We are glad to see some faint glim'
nieriEg compreheusiou in the yoang
bnt thoughtful editor of the Colnm*
bia (S. 0.) Register as to the benefit
of the homo market to those who have
things to sell. He said, in a very in
teresting editorial on the progress of
manufactures in his State:
"The mills of Spartanburg County
are flourishing and are being steadily
added to. They furnish a home mar
ket for the cotton raised by Spartan
burg farmers, and everybody knows
the home market is tho best market
for cotton."
We would suggestNthat this editor
philosophize a little. Let him ask
himself whether, the home market be
ing bdbt for cotton, is not probably
best for the products of cotton. And
if for cotton and its products why not
for all the products of our American
industries ?
We are glad to see further tnat ben
efits from manufactures are general,
even to a free trader's apprehension.
Speaking of what the mills are doing
in their neighborhood our friend
said:
"They create a good market for the
small products, the chickens, butter,
eggs, wood, meat and vegetables of
the Spartanburg farms. They set
afloat every week thousands of dollars,
in the way of wages, which flow in
arteries of trade and bring prosperity
to business."
The experience of the East is fast
finding its way South and wo may yet
see that seotion of our country favor
able to the enactment of laws whioh
tend to promote those conditions
which in the main every intelligent
man desires.
Encouraging, Yes, But—
Press dispatches announced the re
opening of tho Champion iron mine in
Michigan. Resumption of operations
in this mine, which has been inactive
for the last two years, is pointed to by
the freetraders as an encouraging sign
for tho iron industry of the country.
This mine was closed two years ago
because of the pending tariff changes
whioh the free trade party assured tho
working people of the country would
be in their interest. Those changes
havo been enacted into law, but in
stead of benefits the very gravest evils
have resulted.
The Champion mine resumes work,
but with a very substantial reduction
of wages. It is time tbat the iron in
dustry of tho country, so long pros
trate, should begin to hold its head
up, even under an enforced lower
scale of prices and wages, but it is in
order also for every miner in the land
to point to his lower place in the pict
ure as a condition into whioh he was
treacherously enticed by "the party of
poriidy and dishoner," and to resolve
that he 6hall never again trust his in
terests with tho unfaithful and irre
sponsible free traders.
Free Ships ot War.
It is reported from Washington that
Congress will probably pass an appro
priation authorizing the construction
of three new ships of war for tho
Amerioan navy. This will be inter
esting news to the owners of foreign
shipyards because, should the Fithian
bill become law, there will be nothing
to prevent the construction of vessels
for the American navy in any other
country. The United States Treasury
may thus be enabled to save a little
money, which it sorely needs just now,
by placing these contracts abroad
where labor is so muoh cheaper than
in the United States. Any question
of protection to American labor, or
to the Amerioan shipbuilding indus
try, will not be considered by the
present Administration, which is de
void even of American pride.
Equality in Wages Wanted.
Men do not mind working side by
side with each other, no matter what
their nationality, when established
conditions of wages and labor are not
placed in jeopardy thereby. The re
fusal of the men at Homestead to work
with a contingent of Hungarians was
beoause the latter were introduoed for
the purpose of demoralizing the wage
soale, not because they were Hungar
ians.
Wetting in Its Work.
Disturbances of labor and isnch
destitution atlHoraestead, Braddook,
Deßois, Reynoldsville, Haverhill and
many other places in the Eastern and
Middle States indicate how seriously
the lower wage scale is pressing npon
the labor of the country. Tho Gor
man free trade tariff is now in full
operation.
Americans the Best Workers.
It is a well-known fact among mill
men that young American rollers and
others have quite recently produoed
better work and larger quantities in a
given time than foreigners working
their eight hours' shift with the same
furnaces and machinery, and it is use
less for any prospective manufacturers
to imagine that a crew of foreigners
is a neoessity in a tin mill.—lron
Trade Review.
Went Unescorted to Prison.
E. B. Mllllkon, ex-City Clerk ot Guthrie,
Oklahoma, walked into tho Kansas Peniten
tiary at Lansing, unescorted. The Sheriff,
hesriid, was a Iricnil ot his and took hU
word that bo would cometo the penitentiary
without an escort. He is gentensod to serve
two years for cmbezalement, having been
convicted hy the United States Court at
Guthrie.
An Ohio County to Keep Bloodhounds.
The Grand Jury at Columbus, Ohio, re
ported thut the county ought to purchase a
pack of bloodhounds to be kept by the
Sheriff at the county jnil, and the criminal
baliff, as soon as a orime was reported, ought
to repair to the tcsne and place the dogs on
the trail, i
NO. 20.
HEART-COIN.
One day I gave my heart's best dower
To one whose tears were flowing,
My sympathy in that dark hour
Her poor, grieved heart was knowing.
To me she gave a rose, to-n -y,
From out her love and sorrow;
'Tis ever thus along life's way,
We lend, or eiso we borrow.
Did we remember "love or hate
Tho like to us will render,"
Maybe, sometimes, bofore too late,
Our words wculd be more tender!
—•Margaret May, in New York Observer.
HUX3R OF THE DAT.
A man whi> is crooked usually fol
lows his own bent.
You can usually tell an ass by his
lack of borst-sease.—Pack.
Miss Elderly— ' 'I fainted last night."
Maude—"Who proposed?"— Life.
A man would be surpiisedif hewero
vrhat a woman thiuks he is.—Detroit
Free Press.
She—"And what would yon be now
if it weren't for my money?" He—
"A bachelor."—Pall Mall Budget.
Elsie—"She says is twenty
two." Ethel—"Then she must have
dodacted her time allowance."—Puck.
Let a play house bo built
Whioh no others m:iy U33
Thau the girls with big hats
Anil the men with big shoes.
—Washington Star.
He—"Darling, will you lovtf me
when I'm gone?" She—"Yes, if you
aro not to3 far gone."—Londca Tid-
Bits.
Miss Olds—"7es; he said yesterday
that to him my face was like a book."
Miss Frend- "As plain as that?"—
Puck.
The first setback in many a man's
life occurred at school when ho was
setback among the girls.—Rockland
(Me.) Tribune.
"But what earthly nse is it to dis
cover tho North Polo? I can't see.' 1
"It will save future expeditions."—
Hnrper's Bazar.
"How can there bo snej a thing &s
a whole day, von know," mused
Fweddy, "when it bweaks evewy
mawning?"—Chicago Tribune.
"You'll please loo'.: over this small bill."
Exclaimed the dua. Tne debtor took it
And then said he, with woary smile,
"I'd rather overlook it."
—Philadelphia Record.
Pertly—"There is ono thing I have
to euy in favor of the wiud when it
whistles." Dullhead—"What's that?"
Pertly—"lt never whistles populai
airs."—Harper's Bazar.
No matter how good tho deacon is,
he will always look wise and pleased
if anybody suggests that ho was a
pretty lively young fellow when he
was a boy.—Somerville Journal.
"I thought you told me that Miss
Brown had spent a great deal of monej
on her voice?" "Well, bo I did."
"But she can't sing." "Well, Ididn'S
say that she could, did I?"—Truth.
Little Rioh Girl—"Don't you wish
you had a pair of lovely rod glovof
like me?" Little Poor Girl—"Don't
yon wish you had a pair of lovely red
hands, like mo?" South Boston News,
Bronson—"Havo tho detectives
found out anything about that burg
lary yet?" johnsou— "Yos; they've
come to the conclusion that the mo
tive for the crimo was money."—Bos
ton Herald.
There is a woman in Georgia weigh
ing 600 pounds who makes moonshine
whisky. Hasn't a woman who weighs
600 pounds got trouble enough of hei
own without making it for othei
people?—Rockland (Me.) Tribune.
She (at the dinner) —"I think onr
hostess is the most perfect lady I ever
saw." He—"Yes, but I notice that
she made one break early in the even
ing." She —"Sho always does that.
It puts her guests more at their ease."
Nc.v York Herald.
Rambling Raggsy—"Will yor please
givo me a dime, sir, to get sumtbin'
to eat?" Citizen—"What can you get
for a dime?" R. R.—"l kin get a
plate of hash for a nickel, sir." C.—
"What do you waut. with the other five
cants?" R. R. "That, sir, is fur a tip
fur the waiter."—New York Press.
Sir George—"Look here, John! Mj
lady complains that when you soo hei
in the street you never salute her.
What do you mean bv it?" John—
"Beggin' your pardin. Sir Georgo, bnt
in a book on ettyketty which I pos
sess it ic set down tbat tho lady ought
to bow first."—Household Words.
The neighbor who borrows yoni
wheelbarrow and rake aud sprinkling
hose and lawn-mower and one tiling
and another in tho summer never
comes to borrow your snow shovel iu
the winter. And when he shovels oil
his own walk it is touching to note
with what exactness ho works up to
the line where your lots divide, with
out infringing the smallest fraction ol
an inch upon tho snow that lies on youi
part of the sidewalk.—Rockland (Me.)
Tribune.
The Toad's tyncer Way.
Paternal affection is not perhaps the
procise emotion that wo should be dis
posed to look for in the cold-blooded
frog. But the Surinam toad—of whioh
no fewer than ten spooiincns have just
arrived at the Zoo— appoar to oxliibit
this praiseworthy attitudo of mind to
ward hih numerous progeny. When
his mate lays hor eggs tho solicitous
fathor places thorn carefully npon her
back, whero in duo tiino their pres
ence causes an irritation that produces
numerous small holes, into which the
eggs forthwith drop. In thoso colls,
whioh, from mutual pressure, gets to
be hexagonal, ltko honeycomb, the
young frogs are Anally hatohed, and
for a bit soramble about their moth
er's baok, hiding in their nureeriee
when danger threatens. —Litlro
News.