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cor ,,,ing out clean aheddj put th"s cseh la' ''' Yankees-.hc cuieSt ana all-hIeuest 1i on the face of the yearth' when money h ,a the questionable uoic Ho" ""u O i'' , ,l,, most scientlhc pnncIpieS' we aie so- m, D poSe' ..,., in inc newspaper world. l. se'. ,t,,ee wo1den nutmeg Iankees, few b5. wv asrrd paper in PhIlodelPh'a aPon eai' "5y' ,,.,s nrnclple, sBd have Ahce feallxeo b pehni F,t,,ne all around. They were, and are sp ea, eal- soerpFse and iberaity, as tar as their b. |" concerned, and thereby they got head as'lsss ,S,, and made their pile. The propnetors orlo,i'5, ,,ar, always by for any new dodge, p .a' c.,,ld keep the lead of thngS and Sa'' ,Lc nevs market. The Telegraph n l'P' '1,,,,aa mn m the day oi which we write D. w. ,s and now and then, express horse lihes, -'' ,", r,adia through winch Great Excltement ''- 'l Fvants :! Great Fires and Awful Calami- ,Ii ,,sr. come at One morning as swan was
 ,, in h,s office long, iahA ee9ius, "l'h .,,s as tatchet faced anu heoh IN a"F Scu"S0 70. vs,te,.s on record, came m and inquired Of .'' ,rI.rks f,r tle propfetoTS of that ins;itu- S',.;n beiur pointed out, the thin made .,,ds him. Aitet gettlng close up, and ,.a,a '' aoi xcrewlng around hlS head to see that ''i"e aas t,steping or lOoSIng, the lean man set
 'r,o,,.,ly up9n the extreme verge ot chair, N ,oa,,a, f,fwarl untll his razor nose almost E.h'J tbat of he publisher, in low, nasal, H,,uous tone, says he 1"NV1, you one of the publishers of this paperP' ,.r ann sr ny name IS Swain."
 hb yean arer' said the visitor, again looking .,.,o,sIy around and about hin.
 n5 .,., eyer hear tell of the Pigeon Express" /" h. continued. ,,ht;.h.. ,.Tbe p,fson ExpreSs '' echoed the publisher. .y.,.a.S Canier PIgeonS--ietters tn their legs asysnapers to their w,ngs-trained to ny any vsere you want 'fhl. ,,,:.,. Carrier Pigeons" mlSed lhe papiiS,c,;- c..,.,.I .I,,eons. trained to carry bllletS, bullc- baS aud'- ,...y, h!Tp .Tr,e , @ so they say very true," continued S. 'si9s ss5,ot things for gettn or sendin noos ahead if every body else
 o p,aciselv. that's fact" s. responded, rising ..,o b,s chair. and pacing the floor, as though .,be, and decidedly taken by the novelty and aNbility of the operation.
 .,Youd have 'em all, Mister, dead as mutton, Pigeon ExpreSS.'
 .tITte the idea. good, first rate," said Swain. Can't be beat no heowP sald the stranger. But what would Il coSll
 :" Two hundred dollars, and small wagon to r1n on."
 :" small wagon"
 -,ined In fly from one pint to anotherl Wall, ,n s,e the blrds are put m box, on the top of a lir for a spell to, to git the hang of things, aaJ soon'
 ''Yes. very welt; go on.' "Theu the birds are put in a cage, the trainer takes 'em into hls wagon-ten miles at lust tbyows 'en up and the birds go to the blidin.' Next day fifteen miles, and so forth. you see" Perfectly, I understand, now where can these triS he hadi'
 Putting hls thin lips close to the publishers pen aat in low, long way, says the stranger
 I've got 'eml R-a-l-e PearSian blrds-beau- -s"
 You understand training themF' says the anx- aS publisher.
 Like book n' the stranger responded.
 Where are the birds" the publisher inquired. "Fye got 'em down to the tavern where Pm s9gp.n."
 Bring them up, let me see them"
 "Coraln, Mister of course," responded the P,-ou ESpressman, leaving the presence of the alel.to-1eath publisher, who paced hiS office, a, iu uotefleverycscence as jimmyjohn of spruce cr' dog days.
 About thlS tune, pigeons were beiIg trained, and l a lev cases, now and then, reall did carry mes l,s iof lottery ticket vendors ia Jersey city to
 aielpha, Wilmington and Baltimore-but l-sr rHplotS rarely paid first cost, and did not hnoUnt to mpCh-3lthough some nolSe was made bon, the wonderful performance of certain Car, 3 ef Pigeons. But the Ledger was to have a new mPuSe-astonlsh all creation and the rest of man nt by their Pigeon ExpreSS. SwaIn's partner, Smnoas was m New York, fishing for novelties. aai swan determined to astoniSh hm upon hiS Tr'Ira home, by the bird busineSs! A coop was hSed on the top of blldin," as the great inventor he express had suggested. The wagon was bought and with two hundred dollars in par funds, t>Sel over to the pigeon expreSSman, who, Tn the 'i''c oi a few days, put the birds into his wagon aSe hem up and Swain and confidential aeai were to be on the top of the bildin," look ag ..J them
 They kept looking They saw something, not "eui like whale. but a good deal like first ilr bal "Sell!' The lapse of a few days was ''e Siitcient to convince the publisher that he hal 'eea regularly taken m aud done for-fegular- pcSet up and done for, upon the most approv- and scientific principles. Rather than let the a' out oi The bag, the publisher made up his mind pocket Inc shave, and keep shady, not even e.'ia on to his partner, who. in the course oi s .oliowlng week, returned from Gotham, evi- eAlF ieeilns fine as silk about something or other
 well Sma0nS, what's new m New York; got ''u " aaFthlae rlchP' was SwaiRs interrogatory. h-'-!-S-h, close the dOorp' was the reply, in a 4u.ouS ione' indicating something very important n ihe iapis
 swan, my dear fellow, Pye got a concern now, '4- ~ti pats peanics to sleep, sound as rocksp' Na; what, have you started something in Go hAaety, Ii you dos't owa up to the corn that F 'lta IS grand--lmWense--Pll knock under"
 H'oi I'm glad-particularly glad youv' Vt aa NoInethng new aud ssarlllng," responded ian '' Well, Siianoas what IS itr'
 I'e.t wonderful ,-C7rrfer Pigeonsns ., 'G don't pTetead to say that"
 les sT all arranged-luckiest fellows alive,
 Well but d-n it, Simmons"
 on don't be uneasy-I fixed it-Beach and peach h'-Yoa don't pretend that old Moses 'es do we both 1t upon the enterprise al "tI' Pm-rm hanged if this is ricL," nut G H%an' sticking his digetS into his trowsa- I,-9i.'4S ',i, r hS lips and stamping around.
 "la' Elegant In two weeks we'll be living TrF'ag h-n Why, Simmons, do you"
 i'' Aa' | Knew I'd aSlonSh you. Beach in- 'N my keeping num- until things were in |A'AS order; he then set the boys at work-we ',, .Hse cages on the top of inc sun Building-'' NnmoaS." said the partner, sol4mnly, " conn, 'se iop of this building. There. do yop sn,. 4 % fl la he