One-third of the people who go mad lire said to recover their senses. The Mitre of population in tlia United States moves westward about o yard every twenty-four hours. In Great Britain it has been reck oned that there are about 100,000 ab solutely 4 'homeless wanderers," and that CO, 000 of these belong to London. The Governor of California has the unique distinction,notes the New York World, of being the only Governor in this Union who has vetoed a bill giving 6chool suffrage to women. The building of the proposed free library in Philadelphia will cost nearly a million dollars. All citizens will bo entitled to theuHeof it without charge, and they will be allowed to take books to their homes. The Washir.gtoif-Nrifa says: "In ono thing the South is most fortunate. It has not mortgaged its future or ite present. What is owned is owned out right. Whereas in Kansas, for in stance, the mortgage debt per capita is $l7O, in Tennessee it is only $23, and, if one turns to totals, the figures nre even more striking. In Kansas, on a valuation of $348,000,000, there is an aggregate debt of $243,000,000; in Tennessee on an asse.ssed valuation of $382,000,000, the aggregate mortgage debt is only about $40,000,000." Tho Constitution boasts that 4, n 1 glance at the map will show that At lanta is practically the center of ten Southern States containing over 15, 000,000 people in their 450,000 square miles. Reaching out into this magnifi cent territory we have eleven great rail way lines, with their feeders and their j steamship connections with Northern | and European ports. From this point the air-line distance to the Atlantic ports is 200 miles, to the gulf ports 270 miles, to the Mississippi River 370 miles and to the northern line of tho cotton belt 200 miles." There was an incident of the naval review in New York Harbor, relates the Atlanta Journal, which is attract ing considerable attention. In all the display and pageantry there was but one tribute to tho memory of Georgo Washington and that came from an English vessel. If a person ignorant of the history of our country had wit nessed the splendid review lie would not have discovered that any such per son as George Washington ever lived, but for the fact that Sir John Hop kins, the British Vice-Admiral, flashed on the deck of his ship a lierv figure of 4 'The Father of His Country." This was a generous and graceful act. Germany, with a population of 49 420,381, has an annual budget of SBB9, 800,000. The appropriation for the army and navy is $144,000,000, and with this money Germany keeps up a force of 20,440 ofiicors, 480,983 men and 93,900 horses in time of peace. This army could be increased to about 4,500,000 soldiers in time of war. In Austria-Hungary, the second power of the triple alliance, we find an army which in time of peace includes only 337,419 rank and file and about 1,872,- 000 men in case of war. The total annual budget of Italy is $356,200,- 000, and in time of peace she has an army 276,000 soldiers, which force can be raised to 2,844,340 men wheD trouble comes. Tho harve ag of tho annual crop of young physicians, which comes to maturity about this time of year, has aroused tho curious statistician to do some figuring on their prospects. Ho says, notes the New Orleans Picayune, that there are educated in this country about twice as many clergymen us lawyers, and about twice as many physicians as clergymen, which makes about four physicians to every lawyer. The United States has more physicians to the population than any other coun try. In 1880 there was u physician to every 600 inhabitants, whereas in England there was one physician to every 1000, in France one to every 2600 and in Germany one to 2800. In certain parts of the United States lh.; doctors were even more plentiful than the ratio for the whole country indi cated. Ten years ago, according to a report of the Illinois Board of Health, there was one doctor to 543 2>er aonp and in smaller places in the State one to 260. In 1887-8 the entire number of medical students in this country was 18,513 (including dental, pharmaceuti cal and veterinary), and tho total is now supposed to be about 20,000. On the basis of this rapid increase, it is safe to say that the circle of the aver age physician's patients is closing in on him every year, and if he is improving their health steadily, the outlook for him is anything but cheerful. my quest. , When Time ami I set forth together In April weather, Oh, tender was tho nines' morning For winter dead ; Green tassels, maple-tops adorning, Tossed high o'erhead ; And underneath a bluo and sparkling sky We journeyed joyously, young Time and L I could not tell you how It happened so, But this I know, That some time 'twlxt bright day and dark some night, Time slipped away, Tanlshed—this airy winged sprite Who will not stay Tlio kings by suble art strive to unchain , And left me only hopo—"Wo meet again." What should I do? Send criers through tho town To hunt him down? Or should I pray the clocks, "When next ye chime Some passing hour, With both hands seise this truant, Time! Once in my power I'd clip his wings, ho could not fly so fast. Already golden summer is o'erpast?" At longth wj mot, both gray anl bent and old, With greetings cold ; The snow.lakcs fell from out the leaden sky, An 1 in my cars The wind's sad spirit seemod to sigh, "Alas, tho years! Where aro the deeds thou promised in thy prime, Who now art old, but in thy youth lo3t Time?" -Nancy Mann Waddle, in the Independent. A GRAND JUROR. BY ROBERT C. V. MEYERS. / \\ HE day Mary Ham / I niond accepted I Joyce, her mother SZTV/N j banded her a thou fjij I I sand-dollar bond, /ivi T\ \ * ier her /wSjv \ f father's life insur fj r JfX * ance. She thought , J of pretty gowns—to f-y be worn as a bride. f If Then she sobered la*/ up. David would /j . think her silly, ho was so practical. She was sorry for David. About u month after the engagement John Alroy was made postmaster of Garrett. He was young, quick and clever, and handsome. Joyce was busy at the store, so Mary ofteu went to social gatherings without him, he calling for her litter on in the evening. He did not dance ; Alroy did. Jt gradually dawned upon him that Mary danced a good deal with the post master. He also found that the post master often met Mary by chance when she took sunny walks. Tn April ho made his usual spring trip to buy goods. He had been away a week when he received a letter from Mary. She asked to be absolved from her engagement with him. The calm ness with which Mary met him told him his doom. "It is Alroy, of course?" he said. 4 'lt may seem to you that I treat you badly," she returned, "but I never knew what love was till I met him ;" and Joyce went away. Throughout the summer lie saw little of tho happy pair, invented business excuses taking him much from home. Winter came, and the store claimed him. April loomed up—tho anniver sary of his shattered hopes—and he heard tlmt Mary would bo married in June. In June tho marriage was put ! off till autumn. This was the reason. The postoffice i ' at. Garrett was third-class. Out of his ! Hilary the postmaster was expected to defray all office expenses. In a sec ond-class office, clerk hire and other liabilities were met by the Govern ment, while the salary of the master was considerably increased. Alroy proposed to raise his office to second class, so as to be in a position to mar ry. To do this ho must prove that the business of his office had increased for u year to such an extent that it equalled existing second-class offices. Late iu the summer he said that this was so. In September an expert dis covered that, while the sale of stampß ' for a year equalled that of an office of 1 the higher grade ,it did not represent | a corresponding increase in mailed matter. Alroy was accused of fraud. I In Jnnuary Joyce was summoned to | act as grand juror on the 20th of Feb ruary, in the city, more than a hun dred miles away. The afternoon of the 18th brought j Garrett a blinding snow-Ktorins: the streets were deserted, business was r.t a standstill. About four o'clock and nearly dark, a lady entered Joyce's private room at the store. It was Mary Hammond. "I hnvo heard," she said at once, "that you are a grand juror in the February term. The postmaster's case comes up before you." Joyce's heart gave a bound. lie had not thought ot that. "The grand jury, I am informed," she went on, "decide if there is Euffi eient ground to make out a case to go before the court. You will have a voice in deciding whether or not there is a case against the postmaster." Joyce's eyes were lik- coals of fire. "If it were in your power, you would convict the postmastei," she said. Joyce found his voice. "If I knev: him to be guilty, yes," he said. "He is guilty." she went on. "The stamps were bought by me, with the thousand dollars of my father's insur ance. I proposed the fraud. Love for him made me do as I have done; love for me made him do the rest." Without another word she went from the room out into the snow-Htorm. Joyce trembled in every limb, The insult drove him wild. She knew that ( he still loved her, and she called upon j that love to save Alroy even at the cost 'of honor. The outrage of it! Alroy was guilty, and there was but one thing to do. Love and honor contended— hopeless love, inalienable honor. There could be no qnestion as to which would [ win. Tho following day, tho outrage — the insult—gnawing at him, he went on the hundred-mile journey. On tho morning of the 20th he took oath that he would do his duty as a good and loyal man in the matters to be placed before the grand jury. In a few min utes more he was sitting with twenty j three other men round a long tabic listening to detectives and others testi fying against unseen people. How many cases were disposed of he hardly knew, when ho heard the name he had waited for. Joyce raised hie head. Now would come the revenge for all the pain ho had silently suf fered ; and yet his revenge would be only his honest duty. His face grew hard and grim. A postoffiee expert testified amonp other thing, that Alroy had openly boasted that he would raise his office to second grade so that tho increaso of salary would warrant his marriage. Two other witnesses testified as to the I facts already known. "Well, gentlemen," said the fore man of the jury. "1 move that a true bill be found," cried a juror. "I second the motion," said another. "All in favor of a true bill signify their assent by saying* 'Aye.' " ►Several "Ayes." "Contray 'No.' " Several "Nos." The foreman and an officer of the court looked round the table. "He may, or mny not, have thought the sales legitimate," said one. "Oughtn't he to have the benefit oi the doubt?" nsked another. "It is getting very easy to accuse men in of fice of dishonesty." "An official like a postmnster," said a third, "should bo above suspicion." "Rather unfair to make his wish to be married tho cause for his rascality," said tho youngest juryman. "And to blame him for his ambition in trying to raise his office," said a kintl voice. "Gentlemen" said the court officer, "a majority of one is sufficient to make out a truo bill, and a like majority of one may ignore a bill. Those in favor of a true bill will please rise." The man next to Joyce sprang up to his feet. Another got up. Joyce counted three, four, five. ;, If he knew the bare sale of the stamps did not substantiate his claim, that would make a true bill against him,"said a juror. Another man stood up, still another. "Only seven. Ah, eight, nine, ton, eleven." The juror on the other side of Joye*' rose. "Twelve." Joyce with a feeling of' exultation that his revenge was to be oven great er than he had hoped—when he could give the casting vote to decide tho case against Alroy—staightiened his knees to rise and form the majority of one. At that moment he heard a low, tremulous voice: 'I proposed tho fraud. Love for him made mo do as I have done; love for me made him do the rest." ' He glanced 'fearfully around, almost expecting ho see tho owner of that voicu—tho woman he loved —the woman who had treated him so badly—the woman who had gauged his honor and)his love. 4 'Your duty as a \good and loyal man—" "No majority," sang lout tho court officer, "a tie. Let me try again an other way. Those infavoßof ignoring the bill please to rise." ("Your duty as a loyal may—") Twelve men were standing I up. "How is this gentlemen," said tho court officer, "still a tie." ("I proposed the fraud," ecimo that low, tremulous voice. "Love for him made mo do as I have done.") Love. Did Joyce know what love was? Did ho know tho powei Mary's love must have exercised ovei the man she loved—the man she had ruined? Did ho know her suffering now that she realized what Hho done? And did he think of Alroy's lovo for her; of his striving after hap piness with her even at the price of that which men hold to bo tho first principlo of man hood—honor? Was there not yet a chance for retrieving, a chance for their peace, made purer by mistako and suffering? Was there nothing higher than mere duty? "Was it duty to irretrievably ruin two lives which might yet be made better? Mary would never.be sure of the part her discarded lover played in this case, de spite her guessing, and—oh, his honor, his honor ! and oh, his pain—his hope less love I "►Still a tie," impatiently said tho court officer. Oh, his honor! and oh, his pain—his hopeless love! But oh, Mary's happi ness ! Joyce, the thirteenth juror, suddenly shot up on his feet, making the ma jority of one. "Majority!" proclaimed the court officer. "The bill is ignored." The thirteenth juror fell in a heap to the floor.—New York Storiettes. (jueer Matrimonial Methods. A convenient way they have in Hol land and Batavia of tying the matri monial knot when the lady is in one country and tho gentleman in the other. For the Hollandqrs are such a thrifty industrious people that they like not to lose time even over the most solemn services. Tho marriage is af fected by procuration. The watches of the two parties—the one say in Am sterdam and the other in Batavia—are ' regulated to accord, or the difference in longitude allowed for. Then at tho same instant of time the marriage eere • inony is performed in both places, and the thing is done. . /ifiXS] T was on Christmas j tvfkmg Eve of 1800 that ex- j ' President Harrison i iss,lec ' his proclama- ]g? tion announcing to ' k • the nations of tlio 1 . \ earth the great >\ World's Fair entcr \V prise and asking their participation 'L'o that invitation every civilized country on the globe lias made gener ous response. Exhibits of the prod ucts of art, "science and industry have been brought from the farthest cor ners of the earth and representatives of the human race from the happy Hottentot up through the scale of civilization have collected in Jackson J'nrk to make the Columbian Expo sition the most complete, the most magnificent the world has ever seen. The President's proclamation an nouncing government sponsorship for the fair was not, however, the incep tion of the enterprise, it followed several months alter the Congres sional act committing the govern ment to the World's Fair and locat ing it in Chicago, which was passed on Feb. 25, 1890, and the subsequent act of April 25, 1890, prescribing what the Fair was to be. The Slrußglo lor tlio Prize. Who first expressed tile idea of holding a world's fair in commemora tion of Columbus' discovery is a ques tion hard to decide. A number of men claim that distinction. The movement that resulted in the loca tion of the Fair in Chicago began with the newspapers. As early as June, 1889, tiiey tested the sentiment of the members of Congress, and in August made a formal bid. Mean time mass-meetings were held, and T. W.I'AI.HKR, President National Commlßßion. Mayor Crcgicrliad appointed citizens' committees that adopted resolutions from which tiro following motto was taken: "The men who have helped build Chicago want the Fair, and, having a just and well-sustained claim, they mean to have it," A temporary organization was formed, and Chicago citizens" went systematically to work to secure the prize. "Chicago" meetings were held all over the Northwest, and every one who could help before Con gress was pressed into service. The idea then held of Ihe ultimate mag nitude of the enterprise is seen in the fact that citizens went to work to secure $5,000,000 in subscriptions with which to satisfy Congress that, Chicago could build the Fair. This amount and more was raised among citizens, and the city government afterward added $5,000,000 more. The two amounts together arc less than half the actual cost of the Ex position. There were many claimants for the Exposition prize, but when the Chi cago delegation went to Washington to fight, the battle before Congress they found that only three other cities were formidable rivals. These were New York, .Washington and St. Louis, and the light soon became so hot that the latter two dropped out. The New York forces were marshaled by Chaimcey M. Depew, while the Chicago camp included such men as Thomas 11. Bryan, Lyman J. Gage, F. W. Peck, Mayor Cregier, E. T. Jcffery, Edwin Walker and others, under command of Col. George lb Davis, now the Director General, of whose management in the campaign too much praise cannot be said. Chi cago was also ably assisted by Vice Piosldent Adlai E. Stevenson, Col. James A. McKenzio of Ken tucky, some of the Illinois Congres sional delegation and others. These men worked niglit and day until the 11. N. II I(i IN HOT IIAM, President Columbian Exposition. battle was ended on Feb. 25, 1800, when Congress, by joint resolution, located the Fair in Chicago. Organizing for tlio Work. The act of April 25, which really authorized the Fair, provided for the establishment of a local c<rp>ration. to be known as the World's Coluin hian Exposition, to prepsic site, and buildings, a World's Columbian Com mission, the represe ltative body of the Government, to be cotuDosed of two representatives and alternates from each State and Territory of the Union and the District of Columbia and eight commisstoners-at-largo with alternates, and a board of lady managers, made up like the commis sion, with the addition of nine mem bers from the city of Chicago. On April 4, 1890, the local corpora tion met, and elected a board of forty- GKiinop, It. DAVIS, Director-General. five directors. On April 30 the board elected the following officers, who served for one year: Prosldont—Lyman J. Gage. First Vice President—Thomas B. Bryan. Fccond Vice Prosldent—Pott or Palmer. Secretary—Benjamin Butterworth. Treasurer—A. F. Fooberger. Mr. Lutterworth's selection as Secretary was not made, however, until July 11. He remained in office two years and then dropped out. There have been two Presidents of the board since Mr. Gage—W. T. Baker and 11. N. IHginbotham, the present presiding officer. Mr. Baker was elected for a second term, but resigned from London on Aug. 5, 1892. The present officers of the board arc: President —11. N. lliginbolhnm. First Vice President—K. W. Pock. Fecond Vlco President—lL A. Waller. Secretary— H. O. Edmonds. Treasurer—A. F. Seeberger. Auditor—W. K. Ackermun. Attorney—W. K. Carlisle. The members of the National Com mission, the Government's represent ative body, were appointed on May 20 and met for organization in Chi cago on June 20. Ex-Senator Thomas W. Palmer, who gave up his posL as. Minister to Spain to be one of the eight Conimlssioners-at-large, was elected President, and John T. Dick inson was chosen Secretary. The Commission also elected the follow ing gentlemen as Vice Presidents: Ex-Gov. T. M. Waller, of Connecti cut; M. If. Dc Young, of California; David B. Penn, of Louisiana; Gorton AY. Allen, of New York; and Alex ander B. Andrews, of North Caro lina. The National Commission, fol lowing the precedent established by the local directory, began by voting to their officers salaries so large that public criticism was immediately called forth. Congress afterward re duced the amounts at two different times and President Palmer declined to accept any compensation for his services. President Gago a'so dc- MOS ICS P. IIANIIY. Publicity and Promotion. clined his salary and that made a precedent which his successors have observed. The Hoard of Lady Manager*. The members of the Board of Lady Managers were nominated by the members of the Commission, President Palmer naming the Chi cago nine, and were confirmed by President Harrison. They met for organization on Nov. 20, 1890, and elected Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chi cago, President and Miss Phce.be Cou sins, Secretary. They also elected nine vice presidents, of whom Mrs. llaiph Trautman, of New A'ork, is first, and Mrs. liussell B. Harrison ninth, or the A'lce Prcsidcnt-at-large. The Board of Lady Managers has done a grand work. They have guarded and promoted the interests of women at every point and have relied on the resources of women in all their undertakings wherever that was possible. (Inly one serious quar rel mars the history of their organl tion. That was the removal of Miss Cousins from the Secretaryship by the Executive Committee. Miss Cousins was succeeded by Mrs. Susan Gale Cooke, of Tennessee. As soon after organization as the plans for the development of tho Ex position became clear to the local directory and the national commis sion, they began to appoint technical and executive meu to carry out the work. George It. Davis was chosen Director General on Sept. 18, 1890, by the national- commission. DH. llurnhnin was made chief of construc tion and J. AV. Boot consulting ar chitect in tho same month. Con sulting Engineer Gotlieb had been previously appointed, but after about a yfttr's service he had difficulty with Mr Burnham and resigned. The select ion of a site for the great buildings of the Fair was the first great question for the board of directors after organization. Dozens of sites were offered or proposed, the two principal ones being tlio narrow Lake Front Park and Jackson and Washington Parks of the South Park system. The question was argued between those two for months until It was finally decided In favor ol Jackson Park, with Midway Plais ance and Washington Park added foi the overflow. It was also decided to have one permanent building down town as a memorial of the Exposition —the tine arts building, now nearly finished on the Lako Front. This building Is to be used for the meet ings of the World's Congress Auxil iary durimt the Fair and will after ward pass into the hands of the Art Institute trustees. The World's Fair gave $200,000 towards Its con struct'on, the other $500,000 being realized from subscriptions and the sale of the old Art Institute Build ing. Too Manr Cook*. It was not long after the organizas tioo of the local and national boards that serious dispute* alsout their rela tive powers and authority aioso There were too many men in ths management, and this was soon rec ognized. It was next to impossible to manage the Fair by committees, as at first proposed. At a conference between the two bodies it was de cided to shut off all chance of serious trouble by the organization of a board of reference and control, com posed of eight members from the lo cal directory and eight from the na tional commission, with power to settle all disputes. This was done, but the board was afterward practi cally replaced by a council of four member.-, who for the last year have directed the operations of the Fair Mil". POTTKR 1-AI.MKIt, President Board of Women Managers. They arc President Higinbotham and Charles Fchwab, of the directory, and Gen. J. W. St. Clair and George Y. Massey, of the commission. Stimulating: Foreign Interest. When the arrangements for tho bul dings and .the conduct of the de partments had been completed, much attention was paid to foreign govern ment participation, especially after England, Germany and France had accepted the invitation. A com mission consisting of Judge Will iam Lindsay, now United States Senator from Kentucky; Commis sioner A. C. Bullock, of Connecticut; F. W. Peck, Benjamin Butterworth and Major Handy was sent to Europe to stimulate the Interest in the Ex position. They visited nearly all the countries of Europe, and on tl.eir re turn were accompanied by Ilcrr Wer rnuth, representing the German Em pire, and Sir Henry Wood and James Dredge, representing Great Britain, who after examining the prospects of the Fair pledged their governments to support it. A second commission, consisting of Thomas 11. llryan and Mr. Higinbotham, was afterward sent to visit the southern countries of Europe. Mr. Bryan in a personal interview with the Pope secured his sanction and indorsement for the en terprise. After the greater foreign governments had manifested so great an Interest in the Fair the others were not slow to respond to the President's proclamation. They all began to prepare exhibits and send their representatives to Chicago. The total cost of the Exposition Is something that no one Is as yet able to accurately calculate. The Expo sition Company itself has spent in construction and preparation about $10,000,000, and $11,000,000 more will bo required for administration. It has been estimated that the total expenditure by all partleß participat ing In the fair will not be less than $100,000,0)0. The States of the Union have con tributed the following amounts foi their buildings and displays on the grounds: Alabama I 38,000! Nevada $ 10,00 c Arkansas rs,ooo|New Hampshire 25,(XKi California 660.000 New Jorsey 130,00 c Colorado 167,0. OjNew York Coo.noo Connecticut 75,oo North Carolina. 45.00 C Delaware 20,000 North Dakota.. 70,0ne Florida fto.oooiOhio 200,000 Ceorßia 100,000 Okluhoma 17,600 Idaho 100,000' Oregon GO.ooc Illinois 809,000 Pennsylvania.. 300,0(0 Indiana Ms,ooo'K!iode Island... 67,60 C J?** 130,000 South Carolina. 60.00 C Kannas 105,ooo|South Dakota.. 85,000 Keutucky 1?6,ooo Tennessee 26,000 Louisiana i?G,ooo Vermont 80,750 Maine 67,ow|Virginia 75.00 C Maryland co.ooo. WashiuKton.... 100.000 Massachusetts.. 175,000 West Virginia.. 40,00 C Michigan 125, 000 Wisconsin 212,000 Minnesota 160,(XK) Wyoming 30,000 Mississippi. 25.<K O Arizona 3i,000 Missouri 150,000 New Mexico.... 35,000 Montana loo,ouo Utah 60,U)0 Nebraska. 86,000 The largest foreign government appropriations were made by Ger many. France, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, England and New South Wales, all countries whose exhibits at Jackson Park arc among the best. Talk About Bread (Tpon the Waters! In 1870 F. A. Walter was In Chicago ami dead broke. His friend, A. J. Klmerman, lonned him $lO with which to go to Bt, Louis where ho had tho promlso of a job. Tho friends uevet mot again. Elmerman is now an attor ney in Milwaukee, and only a low days ngo learned that Walter had died in Houston, Tex., and ieft him the snug bum of $17,000. THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING. A wealthy man endeavored once to show. That Fortune comes to those who advertise A poor man said, 44 'Twas money throw* away," And seemed the other's logic to despise. They argued long, till each to his own view, Unknowing, had the other one converted. The rieh man hastened to withdraw his ads. The poor man rushed to have an ad. inserted' A year ago or more is it, I trow. Bince those two men thu9 argued and con versed. One rich, one poor, they still exist to-day— But Fortune their positions have reversed. —Yankee Blade. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Headquarters—Hats. —Puck. *. A rakish craft—The gardner's. Slight of hand—A refusal to marry. An open secret— to your safe.—Truth. Cupid beats nil Congress as an intro ducer of house bills. —Puck. Like unto a woman, the beauty of a rheek is seen in its fp.ee and figure.— Life. The matrimonial race is often begun nt a rattling gate.—Chicago Inter- Ocean. "He's an ideal ladies' man." "But he never savs a word." 4 'Precisely." —Detroit Tribune. . It is a Strong boarder who can eat three plates of hash without turning • hair.—Boston Courier. Few men nre driven to drink in com parison to those who walk there vol untarily.—Troy Press. Millions nre striving for wealth, thousands for fume, a dozen to bo good. —Chicago Tribune. Originality is the ability to present old things in a new form that meets popular approval. —Fuek. At the Midway Plnisanco a man can have a fight in forty languages.— Memphis Apcal-Avalpuche. Life is no joke, but we refuse to give it up, even when it becomes the oldeet kind of a chestnut.—Truth. In the household the children usually find that "pa" is the most martial and "ma" tho moet partial.— Boston Courier. People who "would givo the worl \ for" something seem to forget that the desired object is a part of that world they give up.—Truth. Miss Grostosque—"Do you know—■ te-he-no man has ever kissed me." Calloway—"Most men ore cownrde." —New York Herald. Rose--"Docs Mr. Yerydull know anything?'' Lillian—"iinow any thing? He doesn't even suspect any thing. " —Life's < 'aleudar. What won W n < eyes on him will tarn What o'er may be li's track ! He is the borrower who-jriv s H.s neighbor's poneil bank. - Wcshiu -ton Ttir * "Miss Billion looked as if she Jet awfully cheap when she was intro duced to S'.avepemiy." 4 \*?h< knew ho r to appear attractive to him."—Chicago Inter-Ocean. Sympathizing Friend —"i~ou ought to ask old Skinflint to keep one thing in mind—" Discouraged Debtor— "He'd charge mo foi* rtorage."—De troit Tribune. There are said b}* statisticians to l*o about 420,000,00 d Christians in tho world. Nevertheless, it isn't safe to lose sight of your umbrella even for :i moment. —Shoe mid Leather Reporter. Merchant (to applicant)— 4 'Do yon think you kuow enoucrh to assist me in the office?" Boy—"Know enough? Why, I left my last place because tho boss said I knew more than he did."— Society Journal. Hon (who is studying bookkeeping) —''What is double entry?" Absent minded Father (who has had experi ence) — "Putting half the money in the drawer and half in your own pocket." —Harvard Lampoon. Doctor—"Well, my fine l'eiiow, you have got quite well again ! I wop sure that the pills I left for you would cure you. How did you take them— in water or cake?" "Oh, I used them ID my pog-gun."—Tid-Bits. Brido (just after the wedding) "Fred, you promised to give me a grand surprise after wo were married. What is it IV Bridegroom (who is a widower) —"I have six children, my pet—all boys." Bride—"How de lightful, dear ! I have four daughters. Shan't we all bo happy together, love ?"—Tid-Bits. A Romantic Story. A wedding recently took placo in St. Petersburg, Russia, which excited very general interest. It was tho marriage of the daughter of the Bemcnvosky Regiment of tho Imperial Guard with Lieutenant Alexander Redansky of tho Eighty-sixth Infantry Regiment. Tho young lady, who is now eighteen years of age, and has always gone by the name of Semenovskaic, taking her patronymic from tho regiment, was found us a baby, lying in a ditch, by the men of the Semenovsky Regiment as they were marching lrom Plevna upon Constantinople in December, 1878. The little Turkish foundling was tenderly eared for, and after a time baptized into the Russian Ortho dox religion, her godfather being the Surgeon of the regiment and her god mother the Princess Eugenie of Old enburg. The regiment intrusted her education to qualified persons, and the brido now brings to her husband a handsome dowry, provided by her military guardians—St. Jamei-is Gazette. Carthage was forty-five miles in cir cumference, situated on a peninsula. On the land side there were triple walls, guarded by towers so large that the basement of each contained stalls for 300 elephants.
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