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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. al. =,

fatsT-M. O. sPtcuys,ae. n.4a ~ ,.,t4......-.a.
Sra man is known by. the company he :
keeps out Of f-L0,osn Ustisesaau 10 6iqia
-2Nosman is ever out of del,ti ieatire-s,
ly,i We are all owing TO circumstance es,.
Detroit Free Press. ? as' A's'@o nofEa sEss1
THE New York bafbcrs haveiofEaasI
lied anearly closing movement. - Don u.
shoutS it refers only to their shops, not
their mouths. Bssvlsssgt sHqpk- -EJmaca
f-AsWestern desperado recently shot.
] dead man because he wouldn't pray.
How very dangerous Westefnlife w6ahiF
be forlmany of ns. ssvI Haps,a Registsaa
gs-One Of the Galveston clergymaare.s
Gently preached thrilling sermon on
the wickednessl0f s6pdofn& al Alstraugerz
from Chicago went out during the MIDI
die of the sermon and Shed bitter tears.
The sermon inadeIhfm hoalsaick. .yEIies
left on The next train M bf for Chicagp r g an
The gradaatingclass 1t wsssPoinn
thisayeara namberedl fftYrthrea and
steps will at once be taken to enlist an
equal number OF soldiers This se1iusru
.ishaying sa hard time keeping the army.
on level. with the officers III poifiitt AUfl
numbers, but IL is bound ito suncaedsfss
a''oes, lgsessss. .aSs,g III ssa .vsas
cs.rs9I, pat q s9Ieasx R'ist be
guaga q We must admitsws do,pat lisa
e bear the .s?, w2rd ,;pliier 't Used ~ for .
when one ofohr oomipg wemsn xeadaA
narrowing tale, in the course OF WHICH,
the heroine looks With sKoffdakihah6
mfrrow at her haggagd features, = = thep@
oh, thens forbearance ceases. to be viI1f-
tue Cambridge ar56ssne. .szs5 10 istoa
.7si.sSulIuma ID soniieAtyltibsraafsk
low, = said Smith IL bought. a pair of
boots of him to-day. He sofa ffifiefifi
way down, 80 fieitold tines anfistflensid&
;vitedl me out tol dinnera,o Yoq don't
good trade and pay for y0nrsdinaesibr
sides No" replied Fogg, g that's
SO; but didn't it occur To YOU, SMITH,
that possiblyyon paidlfor hisfdinper2Y
Evidently. Fogg has. but little faith in
human nature. Boston ffdnst@tt sd
4eA "a news agent out west tiesstsessa
testizn6nialsi Eorhundreds Of years;nQt
single account of "a destructive 1ail
STORM has appeared iffshs 4ss#sPapsfs
that sdidn' tHay the sheilstonas were.as
large as hens eggs. Many persons
| had come TO believe that sggse&sse -
vented for the sete purpose tpf seQupar
| ing with the s1ze of haiIstones But
there has been new depts&alas sAxai-
llegraphic aaccount Of recent storm in
the West says .'the hailstones We're as
| large as door knobs,'' and sthsnafhrpf
the new comparison will doubtless re-
ceive the thanks of all newspaper read
ers. Norristown 9Herasd. eG ~ sAsR9
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very long. 1t closed. / believe, as fol-

very long. 1t closed. | believe, as fol-
by the way | said. my lips quiv-
erlng a little, dear old Dianthy is
Diantha? Dianthap' said Mrs. Bit
terman, carefully arranging her false
putfs. and then settling back into her
char with ease and precision. 'Oh,
yes! that creature! remember her very
we'll She hadn't a particle of style
about her-not particlem Christian
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As if there were not enough ways
Of spelling the name of him who was
not foran age but1or all time, a French
man suggests this: Chaqaespehare,
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Experience is a school where aman
learns what 9 big fool he has been. =
josh Billings. shs go
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Bees think there is no place like
comb-honey comb.-OI City Derrick.
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SCHOOL, AND CHURCH. s ssa

| The Roman Catholics have church
on the site Of old Carthage. @s@ sseas
Ii LGen.l Hawthorne has organizeds27 sy
mission stations in Texas since. August ~
of last year. 1's' ''@s' s1@Sls1
j. The Japanese people are repofteaaw
as expanding annually %. 3s4sS70s fenirs
public schools.
= So little is said of the Chinese ciifl- 30
dren that one can hardly realize 3thataT
there are 5S5 booked in the. SAM Eran-
cisco public schools. ss'5-aes afsSAu9
A Recommendation Of President %
Steel of the Philadelphia Board of Edusw,s
cation, that q department be established
in the Normal School TO teaeh girfsa1
dressmaking, about to be adopted "a ne
The popularity of the. Presbyterian
school for girls at Tripolii is SO gfeatiN
shat the Mnsiens have opened an insti-6s
tutlon copying it's methods, and the !.
Greeks have devoted d convefs to ads
similar pnrpose.si gigzus tsd .saorsrugu
The Old Swede's, Church, sat VIII
1nington,, Del, recently celebrated its 80
j one hundred and eighty third anniyersFa
sarys The sehalice and paten used in the e
service are one, hundred and 'eighty.0
three years old.'so .isiaz'I. = II tEs6 .s1n1
|. 1.-The number ,of, Bishops to. be electrs.1
Cd by the next General Conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church sSoithsm
is being, esnyassed- The, Holston lMet,r,.,.
'oasst ,.l thinks two more will be sufficient.
There would be then four sreallys effgctss6
ivemen. who ought tos be abe to hold
the thirty-nine conferences with such y
assistance as the toidef Bishops cotldsa
1u0.m ~ l'scs3i..a, y = ,sasa u Iagods
United Brethren id Christ fiiiallyl votedp
to besrepresented in the Ecumenical
! Methodist Conference, and President
Thomson and the Rev. u. w Hostwsre1a
appointed as delegates. II Was claimed "a
! that the church was not hfstoricalfy or
organically Methodist, but Il resenabfesia
the. Meth hodists more closely tban.itdoesu
any other church.
The action OF the Pres bytee fhadtsesssn
eraE Assembly, in regalxi dupedsplevesl1,
! ministers and vacant churches will, Il
carried into practical effect. fevofsitsenEsa
ize the relation (which has 4offgyexisuedsa
between these two important elements
of religious existence. The pfeseii6sf
fashienis for vaeantsc churches to vsNpfay,F
themselves with preachers in any way
that happens to suit them Az foF 9tlfeu
ministers who have ADMINISTRATIONS
preach as theyshave chance, either in
the churches OF the FRESH ytery to whiofFa
theysbelong or elsewhere. withouta res-r,
gard to denominations. The rule. now
decided on is that the vacant 6iiarcfSesw
ofa'Presbytery shall procure theirwups,v
plies as far as. possible from the -unem-
ployed ministers of that PfesBytefSais
They are not to ask these sbrethernn to-
preach without compensation. but. are
TO pay them stipulated pf4ce 0GFhea
priceis to be fixedjby the iRresbytery.v
according to the ability of the church.
@sstki3s'sgSs1 LkI5z 80. gYAi nI aiasszf st$
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/. Daughter" Wen, mother. when
grow UP, | shall. have my boots as tight
as | want them. - Mother--t.ss Yes, my
dear, i suspect when you get older; you
will walk yourself into the. grave =.
Daughter s Perhaps I may. but, any
way, shall look well when L nj walking
there - --'-s = es--rz-s-
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Russian Royalty.

os Petersburg, May l2.-Czar cz.rr;n,
and cSarovitch arrived here from Gs,ebina
yesterday morning and drove to Anni,ekott
place .. noon. The czu, in an open carriage
win Prince Adleberg, drove through
"rea' osdowa street to Champ do Mars tho
empress and the rest of the imperial family
following in mourning carriages. The
usual Cossack escort was disponsad
with, but brilliant escort O,
mounted officers closely followed the
enormous crowds. People lined the streets
ieaulng 70 lhe palace whore review of ,roops
took place. The czar took horse near Inc tbe
plsee OF review and the empress took an open
carnage they passed along lines of troops
followed BY a large suite, and The usual
foreign military Representatives. The troons'
VINO number fifty thousand, received the
S Szsr with enthusiasm. The pub-
TIC We're not admitted 10 the
review ground except by tickets snd..to
rsised platforms erected for tho occasion
After the review their maiesties lupchod
with Vice Oldenburg. Tbey than
visited the cathedral, fortress and Valve
chapel, on the Catharine canal. Crowds Of
people assembled along the route thew
travorsed, and welcomed the royal oarty
cordially. '"' parry
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The Cowpens Monumen. Unveiled,

Spartarsbprg, s. g., May l2.-Tho Cow.
pens monument Yves unveiled yesterday in
the presence of twenty thousand persons
Governor Hagood, of South Carolina, pre-
sided, and introduced the speakers. Rev. A.
Toomer Porter, Of Charleston, opened the
proceedings with prayer, reading from a
prayer book found on the battle flsld. Th1r.
teen hundred volunteer troops of the state OF
South Carolina were reviewed by General
Henry Hunt U. s. A. General A. M. Man
igault adjutsnt general Of South Carolina,
served on General Hunts staff by special
request. Also the following descendants Of tho
chief actors at Cowpens: Dan Morgan TAYLOR,
U. s. A.; McHenry Howard, Md, S. @.
Pict""s. ard i Nhr 3 Washington, of South
Carolina. Speeche were msdo BY Senator
hanp.vn, rep..s .u,ing Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee; Hon. Thomas w. Higginson rem.
resen,ing New Hampshire, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island and Connecticut, and Hon.
William Il. Francis, representing New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania aud Delaware,
Tho music vls furnished bv tho Fifth U. S,
Artillery ba, J. In the evening the cl,iz,ns
Of Spsftansbu ig rendered a banquet to tho
Warrington light Infantry, and a. nigh.
Gov. Hagood had q reception in honor Of
the guests The granite base aud pedestal
Of the monument were built by Joint contri.
button Of the old Thirteen States and Tenncs.
see, and tho bronze statue Of Morgan on top
was contributed by congress, and mado b.
Ward.
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STATE SPECIALS
TEXAS TOPICS BY TELEGRAPH.
An Onics Of the Texas Exvr... c.,.
P"sS opened at Corsicanm-Ots.
c"ss'ng the Texas Trunk aa,l-
r"ad I PaleAtine : mar.
ri"gc NJ Fort wortA, Etc.


Austin.
special to the Herald.
Austin, May 12.-In the court of .n,o.,.
'o-day tho following decisions were decided
rrice vs. Mccoy; from Frio. Reversed
and remsnded.
manews VS. tho state; from Tsrrsnt, Re.
versed and remsnded.
Meoullum VS. the state; from Denton Ae
missed. """n' LIS
Whitwolth VS. tho state; from Ers,b.
Motion to dismiss overruled. '"'
=, oMr y 70 vs. Hardie & Go; from Dallss
Motion to dismiss overruled. ''''
o.ampers VS. the state; from Hood. Motion
TO dismiss overruled. '''o''
Scott vs. Kennedy; from Shacklefora
on certificate. "''a
missed. '0"'' D's'
miased. '"o"' LIE
nrmed. "'"' n'-
Affirmed. s"''
Saunders vs. the state; fom Era,h. Az
lrmed and remanded. ~ az
Affirmed. ~ ""'uA'uPe
ooe, Several cases were argued in the supreme
court, but no decisions.
Iwehly-one cases were referred to the
commissioners Of appeals.
hev. Wh'ttord's case was resu med again
70 day New witnesses were examined
among them was Moore, husband of the
woman, who WIS absent to-day.
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A statement Rclatlve,o run,,

LONDON, May IL The Times Paris cor.
respondent states that the government will
'o"day (rhursdsy). make statement in
DOM houses, relative to Tuni,, which will BE-
intended also to reassure Europe. Tne cor
respondent foreshadowed this statement a.
follows; The treaty which is to be imposed
viii respect the existing treaties between the
oey and foreign powers, and slipuate for 4
regular and satisfactory judicial administrs.
'ion. Military operations will not DO actively
pushed through. Occupation will probably
90 prolonged for some time if the bey per.
sists in refusal 10 negotiate
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Fort worth.

Special to the Herald.
Fort WORTH. May l2.-The county com.
missioners to-day, raised the county ofHc als
salaries, which were lowered 10 one.halI
yesterday. two.thirds Of the former amounts.
County Judge Bpckham withdrew hls
resignation.
Mr. j. w. Blackmsn, assistant assessor,
was married to Eight 10 Miss Mollle Penn
ington, Of this place.
Supreme court DECISIONS Bievins vs
Cameron & May1eld; from Grayson county.
Reversed and remsnded.
Sscra vs Scmple, Bergo & %; from Gray.
son. Affirmed.
In the district court to-day the evidence In
the case Of tho state
vs. Whlteford, Wa, concluded about
one o'clock The judge took tho case under
sdviscment until tomorrow. Mrs, Moorcs
evidence plainly oonsradics any force having
been used.
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Eunis lten,a.

Tupis, May 1.-THE Bey will send by the
italian steamer leaving hero tonight a
dispatch 70 thc powers pointing to the
increased danger entailei by tho unexpected
advance Of tue French, and requesting Tue
powers to take '-Haeures 10 induce the French
government ,eu L :. ,.,i L.. n,on, and states
its complaint against him. NJ. Rouston. French
consul, has no,idsd tho Be- that If the Turk.
ish ships of war,arrlve at Galotta, the French
troops will Immediately occupy Tunis.
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HhermRn.
Special to the Herald.
Sherman, May l2.-Lum Freeman, q no
gro convicted ofthet Of hogs, and working
out bis sentence ct thepoor farm, concluded
to strike for liberty to-day. Ho knocked the
guard down, dspossessod him Of bis pistol
and commenced shooting at him. Not being
proficient in pistol practice he missed, and
was soon overpowered and placed In the
county jail to answer Q charge Of intent 10
murder.
Hiram Smith, on two charges Of forgery,
was acquitted, and was then placed on trisi
for the theft Of "a mule.
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Explosion of n Nine.

Leadville, Colorado, May 12.-At 10
O'Clock last night building at Lama mine,
on Iron Hill, took fire. The flames commu.
nlcs'ed to the magazine and terrific explo-
sion occurred which shook every building in
Leadville and for three miles distant. For.
tanately the mne was not being worked last
night and was deserted when the explosion
occurred Seven men were standing near the
pace, md ID. M. Jones, Il. M. Stone and
pan callahan were badly injured and others
hurled IoIg 6 distance. Nobody was killed.
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seven Persons Poisoned.

Little Rock, Ark, May l2.-InformAti. n
from Euala, Franklin county, this state,
reports tho poisoning Saturday last of VIII
liam Reynolds, wife and daughter, Mrs. John
Tram, DR.. Brown, q german latorer and one
other person. Physicians summoned pro.
nounced them to be cases of arsenic poison.
All were taken in the same manner, and
about the same time. Doubts arc entertained
Us ~ to the recovery of Reynolds, Brown and
the german.
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WeRtherfOrd.

Special to the Herald.
Wealherford, May l2.-Election on
question of whether or no. our city should
take exclusive charge Of the public free
schools resulted in the affirmation and the
cause Of education. Tho ratio was mora
than i've for aa against one ia opposition
Luke Davis last evening was convicted in
Ine district court. before s. w.
4. Lanham. probate Judge, OF
on assault with intent 10 murder.
and his punishment fixed al confinement IN
inc peniten'iary.fo three years,
Fifty bills have been returned bv the urana
Jury. Only few for felonies.
Professor Mcclain, representing The
Southwestern University Of Georretown
Texas, gave us q very interesting sermon and
lecture last evening at the Methodist church
on the subject Of Christian education.
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Special TO the Herald.
Palestine. May l2. Tho banquet given bv
the knights of Honor at the opera hall last
night was brilliant affair and largely at.en-
ded
lnthe di'iric! court the celebrated case of
Miller Bil!ups &Co. VS. Morris, Rsgsdsle Il
Simpson, for damages caused by running
machinery, resulted in verdict for dofon.
dants.
There Is a good deal of railroad talk hero.
Many predictions arc made as to the probable
location Of the Texas Trunk railroad. Some
OF the officers of the company will arrive
here this week. II Is rumored that
grading will commence at once from where
they cross /. Il G. N. railroad, toward Sabine
and kaufman.
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sultan Axlx,s Murdererx.

London, May ia dispatch from Con.
stantinoplo says 1t now appears ,ha. ex.
Sultan Muard Is implicated in tho murder Of
Abdul Aziz, but will not be tried because no
is insane. The sultan, despite reports 10 tho
contrary, determined TO bring all other per.
petrators Of tho crime 10 justice.
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oufs. Ata session Of the commission bela
90 1caid the government boats .. VicLsburg
.',,, ,oi ,a,evisng plans for the deposition of one
m.'uoh dollars, appropriated by The isst
v"nsrtss Ior the improvement Of the Missis
npp' river, 1t was decided that The chsnnel 4,
rium Point, near Osceols, Arkansas, and Ina
enannei opposite Lake Providence should % ho
improved. The commission discussed other
works OF Improvement, but no sclicp wss
,; .aken. Inc meeting adjourned until some
""e IN june the date not determined unop
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A vilIoiuous Grim g

Cincinnati. O., May ia dispatch from
Burton, w. Va, reported that few nip hts
since four men broke into the house of Mr.
McMaster, 9 newly married man, seized
and bound him and then in bis presence
indecently assaulted bis wife, Brant Allen
and James and John McGafby have been
arrested as the perpetrators. Great excite
ment prevails, and lynching Is freely
spoken Of.
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High water In Louisiana

Vicksburg, Miss, May PA telegram
from Major Greene, general manager of tho
Vicksburg g. Shreveport railroad, says trains
on that road will be discontinued after Sa,u..
day on account Of high water caused by the
Alsa,iA crevassc.
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:MississIppi River Gem m ission.

New Orleans, May l2.-Msior r. M
Harrod, Judge Tyler, Of Indiana, and Prof
Mitchell, Of Boston, members Of the MIssi,.
sippi river commlaslon, arrived yesterday by
The steamer White. The other members 81
tho ccmmiaion, General Q. A. Gilmore,
General o. B. Constock, Major Uhasis;
R. Sussr, Captain jane! B. Quinn and
Lieutenant Smith 3. Lsohall, Of The engineer
(, orpa United States army stoppsd d Vioks-
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Bank Of England Rate OF Discount.
London, May l2. Tho bank of Eugland
rate Of discount remains unchanged. This /.
believed TO DO partly on account of tho
troubles In Mincing Lane, and partly be-.
cause Of the remittance Of gold to Scotland,
usual at this time Of year.
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Corsicnna.

Special 10 the Herald.
Corsicana, May IA sou Of tho Emerald
l,le hero was relieved Of his pocket.book and
sundry articles while a,lesp In tho rear ol
the Last Chance saloon laat night.
Tho Pacific szprss company has opened
an Office here.
Tho Texas d ". Louis road d laying
track on IN average Of Q mile day. Tninl
will soon be runing on regular schedule.
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Home Missionary society

hOMe mbStVunTy uOctetys
New York, May l?.-The 9Th annual
meeting Of the American Homo missionary
society was held 10 this city ,bis evening, and
tho Goth anniversary Of the American tract
society celebrated tonight At the Broadway
tnbernHcle,
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London, May l2.-Ths London oorr~pon-
dent Of Tho NAnchsstsr Guardian says The
delay IL appointing . succsssor 70 eif "a.
ward Thornton. Brlthh mlnlster d Washing.
ton. ls generally attributed 70 6ir :Ausila q.
Lsgards reluctance 70 sccspta post bslov
% ambassador
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Paper Mill Harmed

Niagara Fslls May l2-Fire last night
destroyed tho Niagara Falls psrer MILL. sit-
uated on Goa. klard. Loss $500, 900; Ia.
surance, $4,000. Sixty hands were thrown
out Of employ Inc, ,ndiar;sm 10 sus-
r9.ed
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Npec,n, Weather DuiIetiu.

WARRINGTON. May l2.-The special
weather bulletin indications are sha. fsIs
weather will prevail 10 Tsnnssss, to-day,
and middle. H,uth Atlantic md gulf ltats6
to-day and tomorrow.
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TILE GLORIF'S
OF C0L0R-IN LADIES' HOSE.

and marked this season than ever before AT
SANGERS, where the Display made by the HOSIERY DE-
PARTMENT is Brilliant beyond compare Patrons WILL we
think that there remains longing unsased for VARI.
ETY. no taste which has not been consulted by anticipation in
NATIONS and MATERIAL; while may add that every
pocketbook has been considered in the PRICES named
Department.
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Sssndinasias .s..a. smigran.a The Asl.a a. =.
~.S ,I.0 nne. sailed ior Be ster
Tu nn about the ssms ,w,sSs.
hos. hus auas vill also taks two hundrs6 4.
." "vssu ~ Owenstown. The Bas,nis AZ ~
i1ws T,nS l'ne ot ttcamers. which Vii Al eIor
Liverpool Tor New York on Ss,ur ,sv IN Nh
~As ABOUT 700 OF 500 immisrAns w"s
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-17
A REMARKABLE MEMORY,

One of the most extraordinary cases of
reading and memory, that We ever heard
of, was developed in court last week. A
witness who was on the stand gave his
evidence, upon the question involved in
an important case, from memory, al
though the affair occurred many years
previous. The counsel on the other side
questioned the tocuracy of the statement,
because he he'd no notes or memoranda
from which to refresh his memory upon
vital points. When the wife of this wit
ness was called To testify, she made some
remarkable statements relative to her
husbands memory. She stated for the
past ten years it had been his custom to
rise at two o'clock each morning, and
read until three, when he would again
retire. Through this practice he had
mastered and committed to memory most
of Shakespeare works, all of Byron's
poems, the constitution Of the state and
United States, the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, Washington's and Jackson's
farewell address, and President Lincoln s
emancipation proclamation. There was
no doubt upon the question of his abil-
ity to remember names or events, and it
was taken for granted that his evidence
was about correct. II it wasn't it GER
tainly should be.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-11-17

POSTAGE STAMPS. There are about six
thousand different descriptions OF post
age stamps in existence. The museum
of the Berlin Post Office alone contains
between four and five thousand speci-
mems, Of which half are from Europe,
and the remainder divided between Asia,
Africa, America and Australia. What
country carries off the palm for absurdity
and grotesqueness of artistic design and
inferiority of execution, we are not told,
but if the collection is faithfully repre-.
sentative the variety of ugliness must be
considerable. Some of the stamps, it
appears, bear coats of arms, and others
emblems, impartially borrowed from the
heavens above, the earth beneath, and
the waters under the earth stars, eagles,
lions, horses, serpents, railway trains,
dolphins, and other ''fearful wildfowl. "
There are, moreover, the effigies of five
emperors. eighteen kings, three queens,
one grand duke, several inferior titled
rulers, and many presidents. In SO
many countries and nationaIities some
really attractive specimens must have
been elaborated.