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MISCELLANY.
THE LESSON.
BY NARY 4. DODGE.

), IA beautitu! answer was given by little
5cotch girl when her class at school was ex-
amined, she replied to the question, "What is
swat wee, an dinna weary."]
A village school room-this the scene
Aglow with a slant sun CHEEKY;
me dominic there, of youthful mein,
With the sum Of his spirit sharp and keen
And class of girls in serriei row,
Some taller, and some of stature low;
And some, like the morning sun, atire
10 reach the summit ct brave desire:
And, as aye, some unco' dreary!
II Gamma an Wilma teach, an ye
Sac stupid the while query
Nae vision for ocht but vanityi'
With laundering rap the dominic
O1t-blurted, chated by listless girl,
Whose only care seemed to smooth and twirl
Her apron-streamers. "Will onie lass
Max answer in a. this glai]zit class?"
The dominic sighed aweary.
"Oh, ay," said little one, III can tell"
''Weel, out wit, then, my dearie"-
And the frown from the masters forehead fell,
For the sweetest girl in the school was Nell
II want you to show me the meaning plain
O. patience; sim ow'r an ow'c again
Eve put it this dayi" Then the little maid.
With a rognish twinkle, soberly said:
t'Wait wee, an dinna weary"
--Appleton's Journal.
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The Postage Ssvindlc.
From the N. Y. Tribunc.1


The Forty-Third Congress no doubt
did great many little things sub'rosa
which will only be understood by slow
degrees. One has Just come to light
through circular issued by the post-of-
tice department TO its subordinates. 1t
is in relation to the rates Of postage on
transient printed matter. For while the
statesmen at Washington were voting
themselves back the hateful franking
privilege, they were secretly doubling the
cost of postage to the people. Transient
newspapers, pamphlets, and other printed
publications, must now be prepaid by
stamps at the rate Of one cent an ounce,
instead of one cent for every two ounces
as heretofore. A transient copy Of tho
Tribune, for instance, is now chargeable
with three cents postage to Brooklyn, but
only two cents to Europe. And the day
after the revived franking privilege went
into effect, four tons Of free matter were
received here from Washington. There
is no pretense that the Postofice De.
partmcnt needs heavier tax on news
papers and pamphlets, or that heavier
tax will yield II larger revenue; the
change can only be explained by the fact
that the average Congressman is opposed
to the circulation of ncwspapers-and
strongly in javor Of the circulation of his
own speeches.
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MRS. Gerfit Smith.

The widow Of the late Gerrit Smith has
not long survived him, her death having
occurred at Peterboro, N. Y, last Satur-
day. She was receiving medical treat
ment when her husband so suddenly
died, and she went home greatly benefited.
The severe winter, which has proved fatal
to so many elderly persons, tried her be-
You'd her strength, and she died of an in
fammatory disease. Mrs. Smith maid
en- name was Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, and
she was daughter of VIM. Fitzhugh, a
citizen Of Hagerstown, Nd, where she
was born on January II, 1905. Her ia
ther made large purchases of land in
western New York in 1872, and moved
his residence to that section in com pany
with Charles Carroll and Nathaniel Ro-
chester. She was married when only II
years old. and from that time she made
her home at Peterbero. Her beauty, in.
telligence and education at once made her
prominent in the social circles of the Sec
ton, and she aided her husband materi-
ally, both by practical cooperation and
advice, in his political and charitable
plans. The Sun says of her:
Like her husband, Mrs. Smith was the
very soul of hospitality, for the display
Of which she found ample opportunities
in entertaining constant stream of visit
ors of all ages and conditions, which for
half a century flowed in upon the famous
Smith mansion at Peterboro'. She was,
if we may use the term, the lady superior
of charity in all that section of country.
The Smith mansion, as everybody knows,
was the very Mecca Of borrowers and
beggars. The kindly disposition of the
mistress of the establishment was often
brought into requisition to persuade it's
master to lend and give in many cases
where his sterner judgment hesitatcd.
Not few were the instances wherein, be
having turned deaf ear to solicitations.
an appeal was taken to Mrs. Smith,
and the result was that scarce
ly anybody was ever sent quite
empty away. OF course the more munifi.
cent benefactions came from the hand of
Mr.. Smith himself, but in the home char
tiles the benevolent wife had the field
pretty much all to herself. For miles
around Peterborc' the poor and the
needy, and doubles not few who we're
not so poor and needy, were supplied an
nually with loads of -four, beef, poultry,
blankets, garments, and a good deal of
money, under the direction of Mrs.
Smith.
William Fitzhugh, q former Canal Com.
missioner Of the State, was brother of
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Etiquette In Warrington.

the hardest thing for daughter Of So
ciety visiting in Washington to learn IS
said to be that social rules here are IS an
tipodal to fashions flats in other parts Of
the country as though this we're city in
Cochin, China. Ladies come for a few
days, and almost crack their stays with
spleen at learning they must 60 around
and do all the initiatory calling. "She
knows am here, and she ought to call
first,' said Chicago society lady stop
ping briefly at the Arlington House. 1t
was the wife Of a Western Congressman
to whom she was referring, and all the
explanation in the world could not con-
vince the fair sojourner that she must
start out, find the Hon. Mrs. Blank, and
make the first courtesy. Why this should
be etiquette is more than will agree to
tell, any more than why it shouldn't be
etiquette everywhere else. l am only
doing all possible to save feminine heart
burning by telling the dimity dears what
they must expect. When you come to
Washington be prepared to hunt out
your society friends in person, or do not
tear your chignons in anguish at finding
yourselves neglected.
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The Cruller Girl.

The girl who sells crullers, in the
Brooklyn City court room is rapidly
making fortune. She daily brings five
hundred crullers into court at recess. and
goes away with her basket empty and IS
in pocket. She is about fifteen years old,
and as smart as steel trap. She is not
disturbed in the least by the solemn sur
roundings of the court room. and if she
thought Judge Nelson was hungry would
not have the slightest hesitation in ask.
ing him to purchase from her stock. She
approaches the principal counsel with an
undaunted air, tells them her basket is al.
most empty. and persuades them to buy
twenty or thirty crullers, which they give
away. She has rival in the person of
an aged African, who also sells crullers.
When he approaches she merely says,
my crullers are homemade" accompa-
nying the remark with glance of scorn
under which the unfortunate colored
man covers. Marks, Mr.. Abbott's office
boy, calls her my DEAR and the deli
cate attention is responded to by the gift
of an extra cruller.
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Pok,orania.
boston Commercial Bulletin.1

Strangers, on being introduced to the
American Minister, should not attempt to
take his hand" He will play that him
self.
Notwithstanding the Minister is an ex.
pert at cutting, he is said never to slight
his acquaintances.
Gen. Schenck's Shakspearian notices
1.-THE plays the thing,'' 1--WE must
speak by the card.
There is no truth in the report that
the Geological Society have requested
Gen. Schenck to lecture on ante-deal-
uvian evidences.
An exchange speaks of ''the American
Minister'S last great step.' Perhaps it
was ''straddle.'
The House of Commons ought to be
notified that there is no necessity for a
show of handkwhen Gen. Schenck s'calls."
The American Minister'S favorite King
in English history--*'Biudf King Hail.
Gen. Schenck's favorite fruit at dessert
two pairs.
Any man who considers himself equal
to an American Minister had better 'ssee''
him.
The agriculturists talk of presenting a
testimonial to Gen. Schenck because he
has ':raised'' so much.
The American Minister is said to ego
it blind'' in the absence of letters from
Washington, although he believes in CAPT.
tai letters. He thinks the A sees good
enough for any man.
1t will hardly be worth while to ques-
ton Gen. Schenck respecting the size of
the Pool of Bethesda.
The American Minister has discovered
that man may be *'Aush'' and yet have
very little money.
Gen. Schenck is said to be studying
the compass very closely. He wishes to
know the cardinal points.
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lively. .sThat's ALL" was the reply;
you have got to steal something, or as.
sault somebody, or something Of that
kind" "I've got to assault somebody,
or something Of that kind,'' again re.
peated the vagabond, thoughtfnlly. Then
he reached across the desk with his right
arm, and knocked the Sergeant off his
stool, saying, as the officer got up with
his hand to his eye, "Give me as good q
bed as you kin, Sergeant, cause l don't
feel very we'll tonight.
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A Free Lunch by the Cass0vvary.

Rumors being in circulation to the effect
that new cosignment of animals for the
Geological Garden has reached the city,
reporter calls at the Office of the society
to obtainssome information respecting the
matter. The secretary is out and the
office is in charge of boy, who is sitting
With his feet on the stove filing skate.
.s:The following conversation ensucs:
=t1sssporter. Anything new at the gar
0:day, sonny -
~. ''Dunno Of nothin'. The skcet.
1kas good yesterday. and seen a whole
1bHM fellers goin' in there
INSp. ANY lot of animals arrived late.
ByY. II b'lieve not. Leastwise amt
heara.of any. But heard the ole man
sayAshh1!oped they, wouldn't bring any
morecfssowaries.'
Rep-Why not g
BoA.SThey've got one out there now.
LeastwANs the ole man calls it casso-
wary, bull call 'em ostriches. And the
ole man says that animal busted loose
night afore' last, and raised Hail Colum.
bia !; went scootin' round that garden
behavin' scand'lous. Nobody knowed it
was loose until mornin', and then it had
played hob with things. The ole man
says it ct all the door-knobs of the mon
key-house and the restaurant, and then
swallowed six croquet-balls that was
piled up by the pump. One of the keep.
ers found an old hoop-skirt during the
day and hung it agin the wall. The ole
man says the cassowary must have ct
that, too, and then it broke into cage
and put away two horned owls and a
cockatoo, l b'lieve they call ii. One of
them birds like parrots, any way
Rep. ''Ate them, do you mean?''
Boy. tThat's what the ole man said.
And then it went boomin' around tastin'
almost everything, and it got away with
two trace chains on one of the wagons,
and half key Of nails that was settin'
on the porch. I never knowed them
birds had such appetites. But the ole
man says they have; and they'll tackle
almost any thing, and swallow it s if it was
confectionery. He says he saw one once
eat the litter of five pups, and then begin
on crowbar s though it hadn't had
yer at the garden, it ct the ole mans
skeets and two butter crooks that was in
the restaurant winder, and then it stuffed
in two of the prairie dogs that happened
to be wanderin' about
Rep. s'Did it seem we'll afterward g.
Boy. 90, middlin'! But one of the
keepers left his revolver layin' on bench,
and the cassowary scooped that in, too
and in the mornin', while they was driv-
in it into the pen, it run agin the fence,
and two or three explosions, kinder
smothered like, was heard growlin' and
rumb!in' on it's insides, and the next min
ute the smoke came Dustin out of it's
mouth, and it rolled over and stepped
out. The ole man says the jolt must
have started the revolver
Rep. "Anything else new?'
Boy. 'No, nothin'; but you come
round yer whenever you want an item.
There's most always somethin' goin' on.
You see the ole man; he'll 'stonish you
with information. Good mornin'.''
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The Germain Family.

Catherine German, who was recently
surrendered, with her sisters, by the
Cheycnnes, and is now at the mission at
Cheyenne Agency, tells
THE FOLLOWING STORY:
MY fathers family consisted of him.
self, Lydia G.. his wife, and seven child
rem: Rebccca, aged 81; Stephen, 10; Jo-
hanna, Is: myself, II; Sophia, IL; Julia
7, and Nancy S. We left our old home in
Morganton, Fannin county, Ca, about
i've years ago, and removed to Howell
county, Mo. From there we went to
Kansas. and, when overtaken Ivy the In
dams, were going to Colorado for my
sister Johanna's health.
eve encamped on the banks of the
Smoky Hill River, in Central Kansas,
about IA miles from the track of the
Kansas Pacific railroad, and within 80
miles of Fort Wallace, on Thursday
night, Sept. 10, 1874. The next morn.
ing l went down the rivers bank to drive
up the cattle, and, when returning, heard
shots and yells. Running towards the
wagon, [ saw my poor father shot through
the back, and my mother tomahawked
by a big Indian. They we're both
scalped while yet living. An OLD squaw
ran up and stuck an ak into fathers head
and left it there. Rebecca seized an ak
and attempted to defend herself. She
was soon overpowered and knocked down
insensible. While lying on the ground,
covered with blood, Sc, eral Indians out
ragged her person. They then tore her
clothes3off, and covered her up with bed
clothes from the wagon. These were SIT
fire to. and my darling sister was
BURNED TO DEATH.
Stephen was killed next, his scalp being
taken. Sister Johanna and myself were
placed side by side, and they came up to
inspect us and see which one they should
kill. The choice fell On poor johanna,
and she was shot through the head.
styling us-Soph:a, Julia, Nancy, and
myself-they hurried US across the
prairies, going south. My clothes were
torn from me; l was stripped naked and
painted by the old squaws; and made
the wife of the Chief who could catch me
when fastened upon horse which was
set loose on the prairie. don't know
what Indian caught me. was made the
victim of their DESIRES
NEARLY ALL THE TRIBE
and was beaten and whipped time and
time again. They made me carry wood
and water, like the squaws. l had to
kill dogs, and cook them for the Indians
to eat. We had nothing but dog.meat
and horse meat.
During the time we were away from
the home camp on the Staked Plains, I
nearly frozc. The snow was very deep,
and l had nothing to keep me warm but
blanket. Both nv feet were frozen,
and my nails came off from my feet So
phia was with me but little of the time
where she went, don't know
81 am positive that can identify every
one of the seventeen members of the
party that murdered my family. Medi.
cine. Water was with them, and, I be-
lieve, was the leader. I do not care to 20
away from here, as haveno home. They
are very kind to me at the Mission, and
feel that goodMrs. Mills is another to me.
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VSCe"EreSident Wilson's Defense Of the
Bill and His Vote in Its Favor.

Vice-President Wilson has written a
long letter concerning his casting vote on
the bounty bill. He endorses the Till;
says it could not have taken from the
Treasury more than $63,000,000 in all,
and not more than $10,000.000 or $l2,.
100000 in the next two years, and could
not effect the credit Of the government.
Inc Vlce-President says he has no re-
grets to express or apologies to make for
his casting vote, and concludes as follows:
"Honest, honorable and intelligent men
may differ in regard to this bill, as they
did in regard to the act of 1855, but that
the President and his constitutional ad-
visers acted according to their sense of
public duty, 1 do not entertain doubt.
For myself, am for doing justice to the
country's defenders by the equalization
OF the bounties Of those who made the
great sacrifice, as am for keeping full
faith with those who, with like nobility,
came forward with their means to sustain
the national government. Both to me
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In Augusta, Me-, no provision was
made last winter for feeding and lodging
tramps. A vagabond went into a police
station ana wanted to sleep there. "We
only lodge prisoners" said the Sergeant
behind the desk. 'You only lodge pris-
oners," repeated the vagabond, media.
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are sacred, though don't forget that
when the nation promised the soldier his
bounty the currency was at par, but
when it was paid it was worth less than
sixty cents On the dollar, while bonds
bought with this money are now worth
more than their face value in conn.,
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Mrs. Smith, and the wife Of James G.
Blaney, the ''Liberty" candidate for Pres
ident in 1904, was her sister. DR..
Fitzhugh. of Genessee, brother, and
Mrs. Tallman and Mrs. Swift, Colonel
Green Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
Miller, will now inherit the whole OF
Mr.. Smiths estate, valued at 100000.
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The Sudden Marriage of u Washing-
ton Belle,

Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.)
The sensation to-day was the runaway
marriage from Wizards Hotel. The
bride is Miss Sewall, an only daughter
Of very wealthy man of Pittsburgh, and
the groom Maj or Shelley, an impecuni-
Gus lobbyist and general adventurcr about
town. Miss Sewcll is very beautiful
and accomplished young lady, who has
been here visiting for month or so with
her mother. Major Shelley is New Or
leans man, whose business here is to look
after levee interests in Congress. He is
man about forty years Of age, and does
not possess single trait, either
in the shape of person
al appearance or social position,
that would seem enough to recommend
him to the good graces of wealthy and
much-admired young society lady. Shell.
ley made this young fady's acquaintance
only some seven or eight days ago. but
he seemed to obtain the most mysterious
influence over her from the start. Last
Friday afternoon he procured carriage
and called at the hotel for Miss Sewcll.
He took her out with him, and picking
up a lobbyist friend on the sidewalk,
Gen. Jones, he drove the party to the
Epiphany Church, where the marriage
was performed. Gen. Jones gave away
the bride. The young lady informed her
mother, on her return, of what she had
done. Sewell pere was notified by tel
egraph, and he came on this morning,
breathing vengeance. Shelley will not
make much by this matrimonial specula.
ton, as Sewell swears that he will never
acknowledge his daughter again in any
way 'fshe does not give up her husband
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An Iowa station agent, who wanted
to use red lantern, but had no globes,
wrote to the superintendent to send him
a gallon of red signal oil. The latter,
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Kitchen vs.. Something Else.

At late industrial aid society meeting
in Chicago, ILL.,, the usual stock lament
over womans aversencss to kitchen work
was not permitted to go unchallenged.
Rev. MIR. Parkhurst was the first to touch
the kitchen question and to mourn over
the tendencies of women toward the
stores and the workshops, while his wife
had to send to Scotland for domestics.
This gentleman, if we may believe the re-
porter, wound up by saying that call
that woman had that made her more than
the merest piece Of property was Christi
anity, which was queer way of saying
that the elevation of woman is largely due
to Christianity, while that of man is due
to himself, Ell? Rev. Robert Collyer
thought it was "a sad fact that not an
American girl had taken service in his
kitchen for twenty years, although he
would rather work for Mrs. Collyer than
for Queen Victoria! But the women in
the audience had stood this talk long
enough. One of them said she was 'glad
to know that American women abhorred
kitchen work. Miss Swisshelm said wo-
man was what man had made her, and
should the clay say to the potter: ''Why
am thus = Miss Anna Hulett, attor-
ney at law, said she did not see why wo-
men should be relegated to the kitchen.
She herself had ought her way from the
kitchen to position where she was earn.
ing $4,000 per year instead of SO week,
and she didn't blame the American girl
for fighting shy of the kitchen in fact,
the kitchen party got rather severely
handled.
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The other day, an old fellow from
Delaware, going west on Michigan Cen
trail train, stepped of the coach when Il
reached Ypsilanti, and, slipping on the lev
platform, went fiat down and broke a le1
Everybody sympathized with him in h;s
misfortune, but he waived his hand and
replied: cts all right-no one to blame
but myself. My old woman was laid mn
for two years, and now I've got chance
to get even with her. If she don't have
to do some tall busting around and ait.
ting up nights, then my name isn't Jer.
dom"
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A Nuisance SUPPRESSED.

In lS40, says NJ. Hue, We were once
making a journey in wagon in the prov
ince of Pekin. Our cquipage was under
the guidance of an old schoolmaster,
mounted upon magnificent ass, so full of
ardor and agility that the two mules that
completed our team had all the difficulty
in the world to keep up with him. This
ass, however, was SO filled with the sense
of his own superiority, and so proud of it.
that whenever he became aware of the
presence of any one of his brethren he
never failed to commence Boosting of it
in such loud and sonorous tones that his
folly became quite insupportable. When
he got to an inn, instead Of trying to rest
himself, the beast passed the whole night
practicing his music. setting all the dom
keys in the neighborhood to singing the
same tune, SO that it was impossible to
sleep. One evening we said to the school
master, 'Your donkey is an abominable
brute-it prevents my getting a wink of
Sleep"
"Wby did you not tell me so before 60
said the school master; 81 would soon
have stopped his singing.''
AS the old pedagogue was somewhat of
wag, and INDUCED sometimes in a small
joke, we took no notice of his reply, but
that night we slept quite soundly.
''Well, did the ass make a roise last
night! g he asked, when we met in the
morning.
'sNo, I think not.'' Said he, 81 saw
to that before went to bed. You must
have noticed" he continued, ssthat when
an ass is going to bray he always begins
by raising his tail, and he keeps it extend
ed horizontally as long as his song lasts.
To insure his silence you have only to tie
a large stone to the end of his tail. Ga
that he cannot raise it.
We smiled without reply, thinking
this was only another piece Of pleasantly:
but he cried:
*'Come, now, and see; you can easily
convince yourselves
And accordingly we followed him to
the courtyard, where We beheld, sure
enough, the Ioor ass with stone tied to
his tail, and with the air of having en-.
tirely lost his accustomed spirits. His
eyes were fixed on the ground, his ears
hung down, and his whole appearance
denoted humility and detection. We felt
quite compassionate toward him. and
begged his master to unite the STONE al.
rectly, and as soon as ever he felt h;s
caudal appendage at liberty the creature
raised first his head, then his ears, and At
last began to bray with all his wonted
energy.