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.