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Mrs. Parti1gtea.

"A good cup of Oblong tea will not hurt
anybohy." said Mrs. Partington, as she pre-.
sided over the mahogany. with q pleasant
smile upon her face and the tea urn by her
side. Il know some say it's dilatOrious to
the nervous cistern, and subscribed cold
water; bu, l need the fgraant herb, and two
cups jus, equalizes my temperature. Some
say, too. that IL shortens life. and when the
Widow Snoot died. At 10. 1t was remarked
that II she hadn't drank tea she would have
lived to be- an old woman. I'm sure she sur
vivcd her faculties woderfuI'y. snd the tcs,
know did it,"
but We are exposed 10 the pekcodill'es Of
the Chinese. said d.. Spuoner, land do not
often get our teas pure"
swell, l always hope for the best, replied
Mrs. r., slipping her ten, without remsrking
the doctors pun. ''Somctimcs 1t Is not 50
good as others. and then again ii is, but the
pr,cc Is very cqusblc, and I have to give
jus, a. muc, for half dollars worth 40
did before the duties were taken oil, which
~ made such . fuss about in the papers,
hope your tea suits you"
"IIslio!" said Ike, starting up ana bang
ing his Chair upon the floor, ut the same
time pulling the doctors cup from the table
int" his lap The boy dartct through the
tack dnor, while the guest danced around
the room
Mrs. Partington looked confused.
"It suits me we'll, madam. raid the doc
tor ''lerhaps a irilr too hot, though"
again seating himself.
Ike returned and explained his conduct
He hal seen, through the windows big dog
after his cat, and had rushed to the rescue.
-NeU York Weekly.
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How Washiagten Nominated . Justice.

The only instance on record "f an Ass"ci.
a,c Justice having been elevated to the
position of Chief Justice is that Of William
Gushing, Of Massachusetts. who WAS ap-
pointed by Washingt"" in 1905, during thu
absence Of Justice Jay. in Europe. in 1904
95. negotiating the treaty which bears his
name. Mr.. Justice Gushing, Ms Senior Az
s"ciate. presided and after the rejection by
the Senate Of Rutledge, he was appointed
and unanimously confirmed.
A circumstance attending the appointment
Is worth relating. On the day "f the c"n>
firma,mn large dinner party was given by
the President. and Justice Gushing was one
If the guests. On entering the dining room
Washington directed his eye toward the
Judge and said. in IN emphatic tone. 'Thr
Chief Justice Of the United States will b.
seated on my right" No one wss NOR"
a~tOn,shed by tho announcement than the
Judge himsclf, who had heard nothing "i
the nomination until that moment. He wis
much affected by the incident, but after
holding his commission about ten days he
resigned il. on account Of ilI.health, meyer
in the meantime having actually prcsidcl in
Court as Chief Justice, and, although
devoted to the wishes Of the President
Washington could not dissuA.lc him from
the step. II cannot, therefore, Le sai,i
siricti juris, that he ever held tue position
nor Consequently that rs matter Of f"c'
an Associate Justice was ever promoted I.
the Chief Justiceship.
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Dx-InAian Agent Jenes in Trouble.

We find the following account Of the
rec, Mt agent Of the F!atheads in the Mahon.
ing 60 } VIndieator. evidently taken from
some Washington paper:
There has been considerable excitement
in the Treasury Department for several days
over important discoveries Of irregularities
in the accounts Os Indian agents. Que ot
these particularly was the account Of &. s.
Jones, who has charge If the FIathend In.
dians. 1t appears he sent in vouchers for
various purchases. These were regularly
passed by the Indian officer, tu. 'hc amounts
were 81 cxorb'ant that tho scc"nd Auditor
of the Treasury enter,ai I'd doubts as I"
their corrcc,n.ss. Without saying anything
further, the parties purpor'ing 10 hav.
signed the vouchers were written IL anc
requested to forward tho silidavi,s Ot the
articles supplied to Mr.. Jones. When ,hes'
documents were compared with the vouchers
If MIR. Jones wide discrepancy was dis.
c"vcred For instance, there Was one item
Of 2275 charged for brick, when it appear
there was nothing Of the kind supplied.
In regard t" lumber there was an overchsrgr,
and 50 with other purchasea BY the 'im
the accounts were sif,cd down to what the
Auditor fcl, himself justified in allowing. 4
difference Of $1,000 was found. It's stated
ut the Treasury Department that Jones was
paymas,cr in the army during the war,
and ., the time Of his sppe'nsmcnt rs Indian
Agent there wss deAci. Of about $4,000
in his account
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4 ou1iOus 0aleulad0n.

A curious calculation has been made Of
the proportion Of time spent in differen,
employmcnts in lifetime. At the age Of
forty eight most men AMI women have spent
about eighteen years in sleep, three and n
half years in eating and drinking, and two
and half years in dressing aud washing.
In other words. precisely half Of existence
has to be deducted fr m the time left avail
able for work Of any kind. OF tie re,nain-
ing half u literary man or student will gen
orally have spent sb'ut six years in reading
and writing. and \ naM Of active habits
about six also in walking, riding "r driving.
Men who work nine hours u any uaie Or
profession, and who commenced such la6or
vt - years old, will have spent (allOwing
for SundayeI about IA years at it by the
time they have arrived ut the age in ques
ton. Ladies who devote three hours day
to the piano. Or to crochet, from sn early
age, may enjoy the reflection that they have
dedicated about four years Of mortal life u
those occupations. Finally, nearly al Of Us
who have lived for half century have spent
something like five or SIX years in talking
that heing the employment which fills up
the intcrsi,ces of time left vacant by every
other occupation.
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The Pelar Bxpe6itien

Another Arctic expedition, in search of
the open Polar Sea ard the imaginative
North Pole. has come to grief Instead Of
the fame he sought, the gallant Capt Hall
found grave in the Arctic regions, and his
vessel. the POlaris, with part Of his crew, 10
drifting no one knows where
Ten white men and eight Esquimauxs.
belonging to the Polaris. were picked up
April 30. 1873. in latitude So. 80 north. about
forty miles from Wolf Island. by the steam.
cr Tigrcss. This party had become separat
cd from the ship October Is, 1872. storm
breaking the vessel from its moorings and
leaving them IN !l,c ice The story Of their
life on the ice foe for l07 days. sounds more
like tale of romance than . narrative Of
truth. What seems very remarkable is the
fact that during this long winter confine
ment, on field Of no~ting ice, exposed to
the storms and intense cold of the Arctic re,
gions, not life was lost; even babe but
eight months lid lived through the terrible
privations.
The Polar Sea problem Is no nearer its
solution than it WAS century ago. We are
Of the opinion that enough lives have been
sacrificed aud enough money wasted In these
fruitless Arctic explorations. Just what
practical bencf, is to he conferred upon the
civilized world by the discovery ct an open
Polar sea VIZ are at loss to determine. The
very fact already known, that an almost
in,passiblc i"c belt surrounds il, proves that
the discovery would amount /" nothing cx'
ccpt the slight satisfaction of knowing that
inside the belt Of ice was On open sea. Ad
NIT its existence and what does It prove:
Nothing Of practical importance, nothing
worth single life to prove. We hope the
sad fate of Captain Hall will close the list Of
heroic navigators who have lost their lives
in this foolish effort to find something
which. II found, would be of no practical
value to mankind.
Hereafter If men are anxious to know just
how low degree Of cold they can stand,
and how much wslrus oil ia needed 10 keep
the lsmp Of life burning let them stock .
huge refrigerator with few tons Of ice. lay
in stock "f blubbcr and pass few months
in this c',ol retreat. II the c"ld should be
too intense they could easily escape from
their uncomfortable quarters. or he rescued
without much expense or trouble. II the
fate Of Halls cxpe ii,ion will serve to put n
stop to this foolish sacrifice ut life In hunt
ing for the North Pole, sad IS it is. It will
he nrOductiye IF sOrne rtMM
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INrERESTIN FEMALE.
Beauties q ~ 0oaec She.

The female ModOc is thus portrayed hy
the correspondent Of the San Francisco
Chronicle:
You do Us grea. injustice in remarks about
killing squaws. They were killed in the
Gght-onc a, least-xnd the only one killed
by soldiers They fight like devils, load
guns. Ard are rs dangerous rs the bucks,
and should share the same fate. NJ squaw
has been killed out OF battle Four are now
fed and projected at this camp, taken since
the fight was endesks They will not b..
harmed. though ., first chance they will Gee
to the MOdocs with arms and ammunition If
they can get = chance u steal any. In :!'e
eveot Of another fight, they would return
TO our lines to do the same thing over again.
Remember. they are not white women, but
fiends. guilty of torturing and numbering
every wounded soldier who fall into their
hands, and of horribly mutilsting the dead.
Remember the fate Of the soldier Of the 2lst
Infantry, wounded and left on the field "f
hattie on the 17.h Of January The squaws
tortured him in every conceivable way oil
night long. until death pnt an end to his
sufferines in the aorning. This they ad
milted 10 be 50 during the interval employ.
cd in making peace efforts. Don't waste
any sympathy on such fiends, for It will be
impossible to expect soldier to spare one
of them on the field
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The Aberdeen (Scotland) Free Prcss says
that an experiment was made with elec'rici
" ~ means of firing blast charges in Mr..
Fyfes quarries at Kemnay. A huge breast
Of ruck, calculated to weigh about 1000
tons. was bored in eleven places, charged
and fired almost simultaneously by cur
rent Of electricity from ahat,ery which was
under the care of Mr.. David Wright, clcc.
tric,an. Aberdeen. The huge mass was
started with little noise from the report,
but with rumbling sound like that Of dis
tant thunder A second blasting was fired
the next day, and though the ground was
covered with snow, and a heavy show storm
Was falling. wires 1900 feet IN length
being laid, and . current of clectrity being
put on, in an instant \ tremendous explo.
sion was heard. which shook the ground
like On earthquake. Great masses Of granite
we're uphesvcd In the cir, and about 5,OOo
tons were displaced. 1t is the largest bias,
which has ever been witnessed in these
quarries, effected by means Of electricity
applied Ivy new apparatus most ingenious
" constructed.
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Ths QSsseisa It l.essoatisa.

The English Nedienl Press says. The
attention Of our readers may be advan>
,age.,usly directed to the subject Of iucrema.
,ion Of the dead broached by Prof. Polli.
He repeats some Of the arguments that have
been used ngsinst the process, bot nowadays,
when sanitary science has made such advance.
when every inch Of ground almost hes be
con.c Of vsiie-in couEtry such ~ Great
Britain, where the population is out of PRO.
portion to the area of soil, and where the
infection Ut water by the percolati"n Of
decsyinx animals, situated, It may be. even
1t considerable distance. has been proved
10 occur frequently, and n give rise to
sickness in IN intense degree, Il really
b.comcs question of consideration ss to
how far burial in the earth IL hyg,enicslly
correct or convenient Habit and the
association Of ideas have insured % to the
practice of Garth burial, - that u seems
alarming even 10 discuss the possibility OF
such method being di'pl-ccd, yet the
jncremsiiOn prUcess, could It be carried out
% - not "a hurt tho sensibiiity Of our ns'urs
when bidding adisu 70 the last vest,kes ot
our fellow>crsAiures, o6ess certain sdvan.
sages. Dy The pressat procedure ws 10y ~
bsdy In the earth 70 resolve itself iniO u
original elsaests, by ihe Dow and lc'sId
ve witness ~ ths rsvolting pr'oss q
dscomp psitioa. We preserve % ssaces d
he naiesial ones % loved and prsesoss n
oar syss; " ssar oossosaaal slahs, asd
coumsnosaae shs intensity of our SssJial
by iuscsipaiosa. Woald Il nos b mon
Lssasoasbie " deenaposs ~ body y iada
ssaioa, end ssaaia b nDs0osstal ssns. !
. deeised, ~ ashes Of or fs1sads -
|sslaeivsst tt qssslios , ~ 9 tsessasanl
Etnpsssases yisssa fUa AygIss1s -
Uapal vsts4 = ~.
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THE Sioux INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH.
st. Paul, tM,nn.. May le-A dispatch
from Edwin,On, q the Missouri river cross.
iur If the Northern Pacific Railroad. says
that the Sioux Indians have been for sew
ernl days appearing in force on tho west
side Of the river, in the vicinity Of Fort
Abraham Lincoln. About one hundred ut
their number advanced upon the fort till
within seventy or eighty yards, hut we're
rrpulscd by the troops and sc"uts The
SIOUX are now cncsmped In the heart ut the
river valley. " few miles above the fort. and
.i,nos, daily seen in the neighborbood of Il.
The scouts are kept In active service. and
the Indians can he seen from Edwinion a.
they move over the hills bordering the west
bank Of the river 1t Is judged that the &C
ton Of the Sioux Was merely brsvsdo and
that they will moi attempt 10 attack the for'.
A surveying rsrty Is EMO" to penetrate into
the heart of the c"untry, and 1t is deemed
necessary by the comman ling General at
tho for, to keep constant watch upon the
movements Of the Sioux, - they may make
Gid Ut any time.
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A it q Threat.
From the Dubuque llowa) Telegraph, May !.

From the Dubuque llowa) Telegraph, May Is
Railroad men who control the cOnslruc
ton and operation of what 10 known - the
river roads, extending from this city up and
down the river. have it given out that the
down river road will not be cAieDded fur.
tl,cr than Clinton, until the pending railroad
question between the railroads 10 settled.
which means 10 say, You must give up
your rights to US. else We will build no more
railroads." The people should treat this
proposition with the scorn and indignation
which it deserves. Let them not build more
railroads, as they will be sure not to do. un'
less they find it profitable. No thanks "a
any Of them for the railroads that have al
ready been built. Those who put money in
them did il for their own benefit and profit,
and not for the people Of Iowa, nor for any
locality in il. Railroads. ore good things,
and SO are tho peoples rights. There is no
need Of sacrificing the latter to get the ben
eft Of The former.
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For several yeas the stree, clcanings ashes

Forsevcrsl yeas the street clcaninss, ashes
and scraps Of the city Of Pi,tsburg have
hcen emptied At the ''Point"-whcre tho
Monongaiela and Allegheny Rivers unite
to form the Ohio. This accumulation has
increased until there are now ab.uf six acres
Of made ground In the tract. Recently the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company mado
proposition u the city to lease it for depot
purposes, offering to pay IN annual rental ut
12,OOO; hut the city concluded 10 res. rvc It
for Park. During the discussion of the
negotiations, . sharp lawyer Of tho city
slipped up 10 Harrisburg. and procured
warrant authorizing him IL settle upon and
pre-e,npt SIX aces Of Wild and unclaimed
ss0und," and with this document hs lard
clsim to aforesaid tract. There 70 com.
motion In the city In consequence. bat tho
lawyer holds firmly to his right aud to the
psOperty.
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asw . Deg was Cured sf Saappiag

The Danbury Ners tells the following
"A Nelson street man 10 the uncnvied own
er Of dog that is terror u the neighbOrs.
purely by his swapping and snsrling pro
pcnsi.ies. Hc snaps 1t everybody. and
knows u little something Of the flavor "f
every, body up that way. 1t Is. estimated he
has cloth enough in HIM to make . apair Of
brccchcs for every buoy on Long Islam d
Sound. The other duy n youth on tina,
street loaded up the end Of . stick with \
mixture compounded of horse radish and
Cayenne pepper, and commenced shaking
it through the fence ut the cur. And the
cur flew up and caught the bait eavsgely "A nd
the boy drew the stick away SO sharply that
it left all the contcntsi in the animals mouth
and the animal chewed away on it in awful
exultstion for an instant. Then it com
menced to stare, and then spit, and howl,
and finally ran under the barn, where it re-
mained for two days in religious scclus'on.
Now, when anybody pixies stick through
the fence, the dog don't step up. l. merely
lo"ks ofer that way Is much Ms TO say: IN"
seasoning in m'ne. il you please"
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A London periodical says that the ate
Foley Hall. the author Of Ever OF Thee
Tn Fondly Dreaming, " vas gentleman of
wealth aud great Intellectual endowment:
Admired and pst,ed be bad led . wild and
helpless life, 10 which his wealth melted
away. until Ae hs1 not where~i.h 70 bay
II, daily bread. TIE woman be had loved
A,ec.raed him. II tho deepest distress se
conposed this cssrains ssae. 4 Loado"
psbiisbes ssys hin eloe tss It's mere pss
,aucs for such . spsodshrift. us wro'e
u,hse ssccsssfsl soesA 80 y moa,ss' .!
veakssss dspsssssd by pevsssy. hs 'osesd
- ssms o. hls psslisba; and. "oev..'
.,aadIag ,ss aoss s,rsssoss ea'r'. IN s''
hsaale - 1sAs y ~ tgsssdsia which 'hs
esslisAss jssss1, Fosey 9all 80 sAse~e
- gswllsas Gsssa. whss = d':d ssessa
hGufssa bUosgs ~ Walssa ~ 4
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The Panama Star and Herald tells the
following:
Two negro acrobais from Jamaica wen,
oyer tho other day to Port L,mOm. IN Costa
Rica, to give some Of their exhibitions for
the amusement Of the residents there. Of
the said African acr"la,s one played lhc
banjo while tho other did tho tight iUpr
business Their exhibitions we're brought
to = sad end by the following tragic event.
The csowning symnss,ic effort wa. reserved
for the last night; and that WAS. that the
celebrated Jamaica acrobat was to astOnisl'
the audience by hanging himself. The hous'
Was full. and expectation on tip-toe. No,
that the artist would actually hang himself,
but would come % near II ns I" create sen
sa,ion we'll worth the entry money. When
oil was really and tho banjo music at Its
bcst, the other partner stood upon chair
and put the loop Of rope around his neck
aud either stumbled or jumped off, The
symptoms Of real hanging were ~ Well
initiated that the audience, both black and
white, applsuded, and the banjo player did
his bcs, to encourage his partner. But
things =. last began u l"k serious, the eyes
began IN pr',rude ~ Well - the tongue. and
the high. peaked Chinese hat looked shaky
ON bis he'd The bsnj0 msn being appealed
to. said: 20. let him 0ue-hc understands
bic business" At last one Of the engineers
Of the railroad went up and looked closer
into ,he face 1t the unfortunate representa-,
i've Of the art Of Jack KetcL. Thas face
vas blackes than natural, the tongue was
purple and swollen, and the pulse had stop.
ped n his wrists. ''Hell!'' he exclaimed.
''the man 10 = dead - door nail" The
wemes sss up . howl Of srisf. sad ~ hard.
heastsd white nss= haghsd q ~ no 80
bpulid ~ q ~ ossd uauahk
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Ooe1 0SUak.

Among the names registered at the Tomhs
wss that "f youth about fifteen years of
age. who had been arrested for drunken
ness. But he was not drunk nor had h.
been drinking He was, moreover, in good
sound health. but gave all the external ind,
cations Of being intoxicated when arrested
by police officer Upon protesting to the
keeper of the TOmhs that he Was not iniOxi.
Gated, II was revealed that the unfortunate
youth had been born a natural drunkard, or
rather, that he had always acted like such
thing H. said tina, though IN good health
he had never been able tn walk w,th"u,
staggering. Ills speech WAS not unlike
that If l~,spns in a decided state of int"xi
cali"n; and when excited would mutter aud
reel The unfortunate youth was detained
until the next day. and wss not sent to the
courts to be gazed At through judicial spec
tacles. A subsequent investigation Of thr
case proved that the lsd had been telling the
truth abou, himself, but his condition re-
vealed u demonstration Of the natural law
that the child 10 u fair copy Of the parents.
1t appears tha, prior to marriage the father
had been secret hut confirmed inebriatc.
and when the facts became known to the
woman thus suddenly and Unexpectedly.
she wept IN the most terrible manner. Al.
most br"kcn>hcar,ed, she contemplated the
future misery in store for her. Months
,'~ssed away, when it was discovered thai
the child ., three years "f age nctel s'rnnge-
ly; and NJ the end IT six months the un'
happy woman fully realized all her forelS'd~
ings. Tie effect produced upon the mother
was not without its influence upon the
father. however. Realizing in the midst "i
tears If the bittcrest anguish the sin that
had been visited upon the child, the ma"
reformed. lie has now several bright cnil
drcn. mos. exemplary ones, too, they are
But the boy that was brought int" the
To,nbs was not drunk. but had entailtd
upon HIM life "f misery, Ms it was q blast.
cd destiny -NeU York Tribune.
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Mn. SUMNER REASONING WITH MR.
LINCOLN. The cOlorcd people Of the Dis
trict of Columbia celebrated the anniversary
If their emancipation recently aud paid
their usual regards to Mr.. Sumner, the pr">
cessiou battling before his house, while the
band plsyel 'Auld Lang Syne." Professor
0resucr. in his address. related the follow-
ius uurctlotc: 1t was after nine O'Clock 'n
the evening Of April Is. 1862, wh"" Senator
Sumner, being no Nnger able To restrain his
,,ent up anxiety, c. led on Mr. Lnc'ln. ne
was received with that cord'Ality and respect
which Mr.. Lincoln always manifested to.
ward him. ''Do you know wh" At this mo-
meut 10 the largest STAKEHOLDER In the coun
try ?" be- ssked of the ss,onisl'ed' President
"Il IL Abrsl,sm Lincoln for he holds all
tho three thousand slaves OF the District.
which 10 more than any other person ~ the
country holds" lie then pleaded with tbe
Prcs,ten, for his signature to the bill ;
showed him the value Of II ~ = precedent
10 the country and rs stimulus I" the snt'
slavery y)cuent of the Republican party; ~
=
su act Of justice O the suffering ana inc
,owly; reminding him Of his own humble
origin. and The curse which slavery Ind
thrown upon his carly days. Tl'cn' war;"
,nr with that enthusiasm for which Oui
rreu, Senator IL % noted. he said: "Why'
Mr., President. | cannot see how you dare
,rus, yourself to sleep TO night. commend
ing Yourself to your Maker, and remember
TIM, you have il IL your power 70 free shres
thousand human beings! Suppose you
should die tonight, d. you think yoal
spirjt could look back upon this great sct q
| Justice uopcrformsd. aud feel that Ao's"s"
Lincoln had done Iis duty Z The "eA
morning. fcllow.ci'iscns. as II :" rcsp'"s'
10 this grc., appeal, the flashing wires sco
forth the message Of the President apIsoV
ing tho bill. -.m E@as