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bis farm in Nebraska. Catch him ink

his farm in Nebraska. Catch him INK
ing his fingers! Aha. .;oo
"Why, where did you get that nlca
penl' asked him, vista of blisstu' ex-
eemption from an uninked middle finger
opening on my joyous, expectant mind.
an Omaha" he answered. TITS the
incest thing. I used to ink my fingers
before gotitW mi
He did! He linked his fingers! That
was enough for me. | got the name OF
the merchant from whom he bought the
pen, the price of it, and incloslng the
money, + sent from Paris to Omaha tor a
pen. . MI
By the last steamer it came to me. The
statloner at Omaha was out OF them, but
he sent to Sioux City to the man that adj
vertises them for another lot. And now
here is where the laugh comes IN. The
pens are an English invention, and tons
of them can be bought in London II de-
sired At the stationer's next door
could have got what had sent alter to
Sioux City. But how could know ,hats
I dealt with the man who advertised.
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The Author Of Political Trouble.

Ercm the Husllnssen HswkcSs, - ~ 4
ssCaGmus, casually remarked STANLEY
Matthew'S private secretary, "Cadmus in
vented or rather introduced letters"
sShoW him to me, y shouted the senator.
Let me at him! Where is he7 That's
Ii the man / have been looking fort Show
to me, say Where is her,
He is dead, Y stammered The aston
sished and frightened secretary. HE died
before the last elscss;;o5is, |. 1870 49,
sOh, baffied Of my revengel" stormed
tile great Senator. Who was the yillianf
Who was this vile wretch who invented
N-no, stammered the poor secretary,
~ believe not. He died ia Illyriun, .,
Ah.hsh!n aid the, Senator, with s
terrible mar iowa man /; Fayetts coun-
81. 11ee, b heaven; I rs; the Hc,et<ve
did II Rsyels rsysnss i',sl
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he Rich and Great Not Always Happy

Some people tell me, your doctrine
about loving, and wives, and all that, Is
splendid tor the rich, but it won't do tor
the poor | tell you tonight there is
more love in the homes of the poor than
in the palaces of the rich. The meanest
hut with love in it is palace fit for the
gods, and q palace without love is den
only fit for wild beasts. That is my
doctrine. Yon cannot be so poor that you
cannot help somebody. Good nature Is
the cheapest commodity in the world; and
love is the only thing that will pay ten
per cent. to borrower and lender both.
Do not tell me that you have got to be
rich! We have false standard of great
ness in the United States. We think here
that man must be great, that he must
be notorious, that he must be extremely
wealthy, or that he must be on the putrld
lips of rumor. It is all mistake. It is
not necessary to be rich or to be great, or
to be powerful, or to be happy. The
happy nam is the successful man. Hap
piness Is the legal tender of the soul. Joy
is wealth.
A little while ago stood BY the grave
of the old Napoleon--a magnificent tomb
of gilt and gold, fit almost for dead
deity-and gaZed upon the sarcopha5 us
of black Egyptian marble, where rest at
last the ashes of that restless man. I
leaned over the balustrade aud thought
about the career of the greatest soldi u
of the modern world. l saw him
walking along the banks of the
Seine, contemplating suicide, I saw
him at Toulon. l saw him putting
down the mob in the streets of Paris.
saw him eros sing the bridge of Lod
with the tricOlor in his hand-I saw him
in Egyptin the shadow of the pyramids
--Isaw him conquer the Alps and minSle
the eagles of France with the eagles Of the
crags. | saw him at Marengo--at Ulm
and Austerlitz. I saw him in Russia
where the infantry of the snow and the
cavalry of the wild blast scattered his
legions like winters withered leaves. l
saw him at Leipslc in defeat and disaster,
driven by million bayonets back upon
Paris, clutched like wild beast, Danish
ed to Elba saw him escape and retake
an empire by force of his genius. saw
him upon the frightful field of Waterloo,
where chance and fate combined to
wreck the fortunes of their former king,
aud saw MIN at st. Helena, with his
hands crossed behind him, gazing out up
on the sad solemn sea.
| though of the orphans and widows he
had made, OF the tears that had been
shed for his glory, and Of the only wom-
an who had ever loved him, pushed from
his heart by the cold hand of ambition,
and I said would rather have been a
French peasant and worn wooden shoes.
| would rather have lived in hut with a
vine growing over the door; and the
grapes growing purple in the kisses Of the
autumn sun. I would rather have been
that poor peasant, with my loving wife
by my side, knitting as the day died cut
Of the sky-with my children upon my
knees and their arms about mel would
rather have been that man and gone
down to the tongueless silence of the
dreamless dust than to have been that
imperial personation Of force and MUIR
der.-Col. 7ngersoU.
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A writer N the Country Gentleman
says: "My practice for years is this
Roll fresh lemon so the juice will ex-
press freely: dampen the spot with the
lemon juice, then spread thin coating
of fine salt over it aud lay it aside for
twenty four hours; then rinse off in luke
warmssoft water. This always removes the
rust, but it is rather lengthy process.
A friend told me another method, that l
have tried.it successfullyIthis summer, and
it is less work and care. Dampen the
spot with cold rain or spring water, and
spread thin coating Of oxalic acid over
the spot; use either g pen knife Oh & tea
spoon handle to spread it on; let it lie
either in the sun OR in warm place by
the stove fifteen or twenty minutes; then
rinse in pure water and the stain will be
gone. 1t will also remove the stains
from tablecloths and napkins, Or ink spots
FROM clothing. Il is always convenient,
and an ounce kept in tightly-corked
vial will do a great amount in the clean
ing. 1t is an important item to have 1t
carefully labeled and kept where children
cannot possibly reach it. Spirits OF
turpeAtine will remove ink from thick
fulled cloth and broadcloth, without dam
aging the goods. For removing wheel
grease or paint, either kerosene oil or
spirits Of turpentine rubbed on the spot
aud left few minutes, then washed off
ith!soapsuds.wi take off the substance
entirely. On goods that will wash, apply
lye soap to the spots, after soaking few
minutes in the kerosene or turpent1ne,
and it will rub cut without any trouble,
For paint stains, clear boiling water,
poured on the spot, will, with slight
rinising, remove them entirely. For
grass stains warm sweet milk to soak in
a few minutes, will take it all ont; rinse
in pure water. For leather stains on
hosiery, spirits of ammonia will be found
very effectual.'
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We Buy Of Those Who Advertise.

The London correspondent of the Gin
EcinnatI Enquirer tells the following story.
The moral will be obvious to those who
have anything to sell.
In Paris, last summer, saw q friend
Of mine, who had just come over, using q
pen of peculiar construction, designed
viii. sissria reference TO these un,idy
persons who, like myself, ink their I'm
gers when they write. Now my friend
Is 8 man whose hands are q white a.
lilies. with finger nails like rosebuds in
tim noticeabls hands oven remarkable,
considering Ae 10 IN elderly man, and
Who occasionally helps with the work on
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about Languages

The following interesting ev,u,
from sermon preached by Rev. Jos. arc
Wild in Brooklyn, and published ii ~
New York Champion: III The
A British poet has presented in no,
the special features of several psoetry
European languages, which we give. Tue
"Greek's harp we love to hear,
Latin is trumpet clear;
Spanish like an organ swells.
Italian rings its bridal bells.
France, with many iIolic miep.
Tunes her sprightly violin:
Loud the German rolls his drum
when Kusslas clashing cymbals co,no,
BUT Britain's sons may well rejoice
For English is the human voices"
There are eight languages in y,
bounds of Christian civilization that ,, VIC
he accounted powerful. because thew Lay
the tongues OF vigorous people; t5ey a a'
the English, Russian. German Frana aIe
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and scanSi
navian. But of these all are indioennu,,
except the English, so that thew die !,
'rausplanted. Look at this country ora
behold what cemetery it j. for lsn law
guages. Once the French had st,n "
hold and promised to abide here. but /
is now nearl y gone, even from the S,ots
of Louisiana and Canada, the last nlscss
of retreat. i'e'
If we take note of the population a.
cording to these several languages. Wa
shall see the prophetic future of the Emo
lish. 1t is spoken by about ninety mil.
lions, Russian seventy-fve, German fiftv,
six, French forty, Spanish thirty. eight
Italian twenty-nine, Portuguese Jour,
teen and Scandinavian nine. Within the
control OF the governments of these
languages we find England to have
rule over 255,000,0OO people, who
do not, as yet, speak English
and we find that the other seven have
only seventy millions outside of them.
selves; here is an important difference
live look at them by territorial limits
leaving out Russia, we find the ENGLISH
language to own 1889, CSC square miles
Germany 449,GS4, French 571,57S. Snan.
ish 4,694,S1l, Italian 114,466, Portuguese
4,02S,311, and Scandinavian 1,308ssO
The aggregate number of square miles
.'''s-tSst4 ~ Ines" siS isshE uagcs, Is H.
$1,000, which altogether, you see, own
1,215,o66 miles square less than the Eng.
fish. This balance itself is more than
Germany, France and Spain put together
The English language is divided only in.
to twenty six. * In one hundred
years from now the English language
will be spoken by q thousand million
people. Thus we need mo stretch of
fancy to see that what the prophet speaks
OF in the text will be accomplished in due
time
This language will soon bt universal:
by common consent it will become the
language Of the world ali changes
going on among nations forecast its ubiq.
uity. China Iby an imperial decree, has
just added to her language 700 English
words. Her sons by the thousand are
with us, and by the thousand they are
learning our mother tongue. The Japa.
nese, till few years ago, carried on their
foreign correspondence through the
Dutch, but now they have changed to the
English. Besides. in the 50,oC0 schools
in Japan English is being taught
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London.

From the computations of authorities,
it appears that London with all its
suburbs) covers within the Is miles
radius of Charing Cross nearly roo square
miles. 1t numbers within these boundaries
over 100000, inhabitants. 1t contains
more country born persons than the coun-
ties OF Devon and Gloucester combined,
or 81 per cent. Of its entire population
Every four minutes birth takes place
IN the metropolis, and every six minutes
a death. Within the circle already named
there are added to the population 205
persons every day, and $4,000 annually
London has 1000 miles Of streets, and on
an average % miles Of new streets are
opened and 5000 new houses built, every
year. One thousand vessels and nine
Thousand sailors are in its port every day.
Its crime is also in proportion to its ex-
tent. Seventy three thousand persons
are annually taken into custody by the
Police, and more than one third OF all the
crime in the country is committed within
its borders. Thirty-eight thousand persons
are annually committed for drunkenness
by its magistrates. The metropolis CON,
prises considerably upward of 10o,ooo
foreigners from every quarter of the glooe'
1t contains more Roman Catholics than
Rome itself, more Jews than the whole OF
Palestine, more Irish than Belfast,
more Scotchmen than Aberdeen, ana
more Welshmen than Cardiff. Its beer
shops and gin palaces are so numerous
that their frontages, if placed side by slde'
Chichester, a distance of 60 miles. fall
the dwellings in London could thus have
frontages placed side by side they would
extend beyound the City Of New York.
London has sufficient paupers to occupy
every house in Brighton. The society
which advocates the cessation of Sunday
labor will be astonished to learn that 6o
miles OF shops are open every Sunday.
With regard to churches and chaples, the
Bishop of London, examined before
committee Of the House of Lords in the
year 1910, said: If you proceed a mile or
two eastward of St. Paul's. you will tina
yourself in the midst of a population the
most wretehed and destitute OF mankind,
consisting of artifcers, laborers, beggars
| and thieves, to the amount of 100000 or
100000 souls. Throughout this entire
quarter there is not more than one church
for every 10000 inhabitants: and III two
districts there is but one church for 45.-
Ooo souls In 1889, Lord John Russell
stated, in Parliament, that London with
81 parishes and a population of ], 4 &c, 900,
nad church aceoiamo dations Tor only f01,-
0O. These and other statistics furnished
LED to the Metropolis Churches Fund,
established in 1885, which has been fol-
lowed by the Bishop Of London's Fund.
4 Is still computed, however, that at least
|si,OOO new churches and chaples are re-
CURED in the metropoiis.-TAe Oornbst
MGgaeine. ~
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Strength Of Insects.

The following are striking illustrations
Of the superhuman strength with which
the commonest insects are endowed. The
common flea, as every one knows, will,
without much apparent effort, jump two
hundred times it's own length, and sever
al grasshoppers and locuts are said to be
able to perform leaps quite as wonderful.
III the case of the insect they scarcely ex-
cite our notice; but if man were coolly
to take standing leap Of three hundred
and eighty odd yards. which would be an
equivalent exertion of muscular power,
perhaps our admirers of athletic sports
might be rather startled at such per-
Torrance sss.s5 : y n = = - s
Again, for man to run ten miles with.
in the -Four would be admitted to be a
tolerably good display Of pedestrianism;
but what are We to say to the little fly OBJ
served BY Mr.. Delisle, $50 minute as al
most to be invisible" which ran nearly
six inches In q second, and in the space
Was calculated to have made one thousand
and eighty steps1 This, according to cal.
culation, Is as If asman whose steps meas
ured only two feet, should run at in.
credible rate ofitwenty miles in minute
Equally surprising are the instances of in !
sect strength given by Mr.. Newport
The great stag beetle, which tears of the,
bark from the roots and the branches of
trees, has been kkncs~-aa 50 g gnaw . hole, an
inch in diameter, through the side Of an
iron canister lii which he was confined,
and on which the marks Of its jaws were
IA Ar.
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Drifting.

~ fhosfAs BUCHANAN READ.
Ny soul today
II far away,
!. Sailing the Vesuvian Bay;
Ny winged boat,
A bird aAoat,
Hwims round thu. purple peaks remote
Round purple peaks
It sails and seeks
Blue iniets and their crystal creeks,
Where high rocks throw
- ,ssss, ,y,.s Through deops below,
a duplicated golden glow.
Far, vague and dim
The mountains swim;
a. While ON yesuvius' misty brim,
a~ With Outstretched hands,
The gray smoke stands
O'erlooking the volcanic lands.
Here Ischia smiles
Der liquid miles;
And yonder, bluest Of the isles,
Calm Capri waits;
Il - Her sapphire gates
Beguiling to her bright estates.
! heed not, II
My rippling skiff
u float swift or slow from cliff to cliff;
WIN UTcHMIul eyes
NY spirit lies
Under tbs walls Of paradise.
Under the walls
Where swells and falls
The bays deep breast at intervals;
At peace ! lie,
Blown softly by
81 Acloud upon this liquid sky.
The day, so mild,
il heavens own child,
With earth and ocean reconciled-
The airs feel
Around me steal
Are murmuring to the murmuring keel
Oyer tho rail
My hand trail
Within tho shadow Of the saii;
a Joy intense,
The cooling sense
0lides down my drowsy Incidence.
q With dreamful eyes
Ny spirit A!!cs 4s y -
w here GUNNER sings and never dies;
ssss O'erveiled With vines,
She CLOVIS and shines
sAneng her future oil aud wines.
Her children. hid
Are gamb0ling with the gambling kid
Or down the walls,
49, With tfpsy calls,
Laugh on che 70 ks like waterfalls
Tho fishers child,
With tresses Wild, =
Unto the smooth, bright sand beguiled,
1870 With glowing lips
Sings as she skips,
or 8eEel n the faT-0ff ships.
Yon deep bark goes
I Where traffic flows,
From land OF sun to lands OF snows;
This happier ono
Her course is run
From laAd q snow 70 lands OF sun.
0 happy ship,
To rise and dip,
With the blue crystal ut your lip!
O happy crew,
- 8ysheayt With y0a
Sails, and sails, and sings anew!
No more, no more
The worldly shore III
uphgA Ads 10 With lts 1ond uproar; a
With dseaMful eyes
Ny Spirit lies
Nndar tho ct 2; - sss - 81
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Sends verbal message to the President
who reeklessly puts it down in his note
book,
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1lCck I

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p'> fight, i
Make me a chill
Mother, co ola;n !
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| Kiss from M hstsJ
smooth the h,, ,eM
S Rock me to sic
backyard, a,oY
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,n weary
| Ta aiI without rt1
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\ BgIos5omed an1
4 Yi,sdt,,vitA st iron
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n Rock Rock lne to ST
u Over my heal
4 SSolove like a
II No other wor1
n Faithful, uns1
n None like q n.
n From the siet !
Y sIumter's sol
n Rock me to s.
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. gold,
a Fall on your
Let it fall ov1
. shading my |
For with its 4
\ Hap'ly will I
j Loyin ely, sol
1 Rock me to |
4 Mother, dea|
long
Since l last 4
Sing then, al
WonanhOOd
Clasp to YOU
i With your ~
Never herea
Rock me to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-10

"The greatest of these is charity Is divine
expression to which the Young Mems Christian
Association of Philadelphia would seem to take
some exceptions At least 1t does not adopt it
as of its rules Of action In refusing as it did
the other day, to allow its hall to be used for a
sermon by clergyman of the Swedenborglan
church. This refusal was based on the ground
that that denomination Is not evangelical, !"
according to the definition of that term adopted
by the Y. NJ. C. A. International convention,
held at Portland In 1859. This general body laid
down in substance the doctrine that only those
churches are evangelical which maintain the
scriptures as the sole and infallible rule of faith
and practice, and believe In Christ as the only
means OF salvation. The Swedenborglans claim
that they meet these requirements as fully as
any religious organization In existence and are
grieved and indignant at the treatment they
have receiyed,-nOt so much, they say ON ac-
count of the refusal itself, as the grounds as
signed for it.
Which ever side may be right, the matter is
attracting considerable attention, not only in
the several denominations directly interested,
but also among that large, intelligent and influ
entail class OF persons not belonging to any
church, and whose views and sympathies natu-
rally incline them to the largest Hberality and
the broadcast charity In the non-eSSentialS of re-
HgtOuS belief. In fact, 1t Is the intolerance of
the different sects toward each other that more
than anything else, keeps the greatest portion
OF that class outside the pale OF all religious Or
CARNATIONS, and tends to that growth of unbe-
lief now so noticeable and which these SectS
themselves so deeply deplOre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-10

AS Cincinnati claims to be the s.Pars of
America" she feels bound to do whatever her
famous prototype docs or has done. Hence she
is now in the enjoyment of a fuel famine, in
emulation of the French capital during the
Franco-Prussan war. The cause is the drying
up OF the Ohio river, and the cutting off of the
supply OF Pittsburg coal, instead OF the German
army, but the effect on her citizens is just the
same, and she is happy accordingly. But the
Indulgence is a little expensive. On Saturday
soft coal was selling at sc cents per bushel which
Is about equivalent to what Cumberland coal
would be in this market at SIP per ton, and a
careful examination of all the coal yards in the
city showed only stock enough on hand to last
until this evening. Meanwhile the railways
centerfng there have awakened to the danger of
the situation, and are making arrangements to
run IN at once sufficient supply to meet daily
wants until there is rise In the river. Thus
while there may be great inconvenience to fam
flies and stoppage of some factories there is not
likely to be any real suffering, particularly
should the weather remain mild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-10

A lady gave in Saturdays STAR some very
good reasons why the circle at the intersection
OF NJ and 14th streets should be christened 'Me-
mortal Circle" Our impression is. however,
that, whatever the space in question may be
baptized 1t viii In future be popularity known
as the Thomas Circle" and 1t will be just as
well to give 1t that name formally in the begin
ming. To illustrate how hard 1t is to control the
public disposition In such cases we need only
cite the fact that the reservation once officially
designated as Scott Square" has been common
~ known as Mcpherson Square" ever since the
equestrian statue OF Gen. Mcpherson was erected
In IL, While the intersecton OF and 10th streets.
where the Scott statue stands, is now almost
universally spoken Of as "Scott Circle althouoh
We believe 1t has never been so named officiaily
or formally. Better make virtue of necessitv
therefore, and start out with ''Thoma, Circle y
Besides, 1t is shorter and more familiar than he
name proposed by our fair correspondent, lust
rs euphonious more distinctive and expressive.
and quite as appropriate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-10

They are Offering a good deal of "taffy" to
General Garfield again in the way OF assurances
that he is the greatest man In the House. and
the natural leader OF his party there; that the
next House is certain to be republican; that he
can easily be elected Speaker; that in that place
he can endear himself to the country and lay a
sure foundation for better things, and so on for
quantity. 1t is our impression that Gen. Gar
field had all the sweets he wanted of that kind
a couple OF years ago. A mild acid would prob
ably be palatable for a change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-10

Congressman Wright and his committee are
doing what they can to create the hard times
they are in search of by spending the peoples
money in still travelling around the country ask
ing tramps, agitators, and dema gogues what
they know about depressions in business 1t is
high time for these Junketers to adjourn sine die
and go home. An official inquiry into the rea-
sons why men cannot pay debts by giving their
notes or lift themselves up by their boot-straps
would be just about as useful at present as the
work they are engaged in.