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Too Much Irony for Him.

aI had no idea you were a machinist,n said
a bright Gotham girl to her escort an Anglo
maniac Of the first degree, as they stood
watching the monkeys in Central park the
other afternoon.
aAw, weally, you supwise me. aw," he
stanmerei in great confusion. -Will you,
aw. do me the favor, aw, to explain your
conundwumP
alt is no eonun6rum, Mr.. Addlepate; it's a
fact"
aBut, aw, weally, why dye think I'm how
wild machinistP'
aBecause every time you look in that cage
Won make a monkey wrench" murmured tho
cruel maiden
Mr.. Addienate fell back into baby car
rage and was tsken to the Home for Incrra
Hls-G
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[Gen. u. 3. Grant In personal letter in The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,l
When ! reached Appomattox, c. ii. Lee
had been In McClean's house for some time
All there is Of the apple tree story Is this:
When received a note from Lee asking to
meet me at Appomattox, where he then was,
sent him a note saying / would be there as
soon as possible. There was an old apple
orchard on the hillside opposite McClean's
house, where the advance OF Lees army had
halted when the white flag was exhibited.
A farm read ran diagonally up the hill
through the orchard. In places where trees
were close to the wheel tracks on the upper
side of the road the roots had been cut of by
being continually run over. This left low
bank between the road AMI trees 30 cut.
When the officer tG n. U. Il. Babcock) who
bore my reply to Gen. Lee reached him he
was seated on one of these embankments,
with his feet In the road and his back against
the tree. He was then invited to pass
through our lines to a house to await my
arrival
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The Hardness OF Hy brids.
IChicago Herald.l

1t is said a larger crop Of apples is raised
when hive Of bees Is stationed In the
orchard. The bees visit every flower, busily
flying from one TO another, and then passing
to an adjoining tree. The pollen on their
bodies Is rubbed against the pistils of myr-
lads OF flowers. which become fertilized in
this way. Many Of the strange notifications
In the form Of flowers are due to insects, tho
transfer Of pollen from different varieties re-
ailting in hybrids
Darwin remarks that @all experimenters
have been struck with the wonderful vigor,
height, size, tenecity Of life, and hardness OF
their hybrid productions" He was the first
TO show that from flower fertiized by
pollen from q different plant the seedlings
were much stronger than from it's own
pollen. The wind and insects are natures
great agents In performing this act of cross
fertilization
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The London Lancet has long article
on the subject of teeth expressed in
technical language, which the Scien-
tiilc american sums up in few simple
words as follows: The inference is,
the teeth are being gradually evolved
into brain matter, and as man increas-
es in intellect his masticators become
unnecessary. The future men will
have large brain. but no natural
teeth. He will have to depend on the
mechanical dentist. ..-.
A butterfy's wing caused a So, 900
suit for damages against Prof. ii. H.
Boyesen. OF Columbia College, the
well-known author. Editor E. j.
Lovey. of the BreWer's Journal. claims
that bis little boy was knocked down
by Boyesen last summer and made
deaf Boyesen is said to have done it
in anger, because the Lovey boy tore q
wing from a butterfly that his own
little SON had captured.
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tongue, and the tail-ga Of a wagon formed
the deck. In less than an hsur clumsy and
novel sled was ready to be started.
THE PARTY BREAKS UP.
On the morning Of the 2sth vogIs, Henry
and Bowers returned afoot toward Belly
river, while at the same time the other three,
provided with bedding, few pieces of
bread, little coffee, and some oats for the
horses, made start In the contrary direc-
tisn. sc was on the sled and held the lines,
and Sandy and Manning, both being mount
ed, the former took the lead as guide, while
while the latter piled the whip to keep his
own and the horses blood in circulation.
Their course was due south, the Sweet Grass
bills serving as q landmark in the east, while
the main chain Of the Rockies answered the
same purpose in the west. No trail was visi-
BILE, yet the direction taken was SO true that
when they reached Little Red river that night
they were in quarter Of mile OF the wagon
road, and the only place, for miles, where the
Coulie could be crossed. The yokes had
worked quite we'll, only in drifts they per-
sisted In reaching for the bottom.
To be concluded nert ,ceekl
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A NIusquito's Flying-Forcc.
[The Current

MIR. Paul Mayo. Of Lausanne, Switzerland,
declares that il the force Of one horsepower
were distributed SO slillfully as it Is among the
requisite number of mosquitoes, 1t would sup
port $50 tons Of weight In the air--that is. one
horsepower Of musquito fying-force weighs
no less than 13o tons A horsepower Of house
fy flying force weighs twenty tons The
moment, therefore, the principle of the true
flying. machine shall be discovered, there win
ba an end Of worry over Its weight A water
works engine directing Its force with the econ
omy Of a musquito would tide the ocean and
lift hard at the earth itself.
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Two Cats.

A lover of cats relates the following:
'One day for some reason the dinner
was postponed, but the cat came in at
the usual hour. She was evidently
much disconnected at seeing nothing
going on, walked once or twice discon-
solately round the table, then disap-
peared. Shortly after she returned
with mouse, which she lay on her
masters plate, then going away, she
came back with u second mouse, which
she put on her own plate. She post
poned further proceeding until her
masters return, when she Immediately
began to pur and rub herself against
his legs, as much as to say, See how
nicely / have provided for you Be-
tween this town and the village of
Holyweed there is country house
which happened to take fire last week.
The cat of the house, which had access
to the servantmaid's apartments, ran
up and paved the young woman's
face. Being very drowsy. the girl
turned to sleep afresh. The cat how
ever, after some interval, returned, and
proceeded to scratch the girls face to
such purpose that she awoke and,
smelling the fire, wakened the other
members OF the house, and the flames
were extinOrished.
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No silver Plate Inserted.
TChicago Herald.1

There is popular idea that q silver pists
= inserted In the skull after trephining. DIR.
Triton says, according 10 The Philadelphia
Clinical Record, that he has very carefully
examined all the ancient and modern iitera-
ere, and failed to find . single instance re-
ported oe any metal plata being inserted
essR trsphining. Nor has he found any
scientific reference to Il.
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Veterans, Stories.

boston tlODe.J
"Gen. Chamberlain ought to have been
here to-day" said the Oldest member of
another group Of comrades
Perhaps he wasn't asked" said another
vet
avery likely"
"He's pretty nice man, is Gen. Chamber
lain"
ayes, he's all that
Ale and stole pig together once"
"What do You mean by that kind of talk,
Samf
Just what say. Col. Chamberlain gave
ME permit to 60 outside the lines and stole
pig. II he hadn't consented to my going
shouldn't have stolen the pig. II ! hadn't
stole the pig shouldn't have sent quarter
of it to the colonel's cook. I guess a, a mat.
ter Of law Gen. Chamberlain and I stole
pig together once."
"Well, sam," said the first vet, ayou do
seem to make out your case"
II rode all night in cattle car with the
men standing SO close that we couldn't
move" said an aged comrade.
add you enjoy itr asked young fellow.
"Well, I didn't, )" replied the veteran. at
rained like the ID outside and there was
perfect HI inside. No, young man, didn't
like that sort of thing"
ats my belief" said the young man, "that
some OF ., ldiers lie like thunder when telling
about the war. Why, heard that one man
claimed to-day to have killed 100 rebels"
~rhat's me-" said the veteran calmly. "As
O matter of fac. killed 10l, but when tell
the story generally let that odd one slide"
The young man left disgusted.
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The petrified forests Of Arizona have
been purchased by a company who are
making the wood into tables tiles and
other ornamental articles. 1t is said
TO be driving onyx from the market,
being susceptible Of much higher pol
ish and more durable.
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A Philadelphia man buys for half q
cent pound tons of old rubber over
shoes, rubber overcoats, belts, car
springs and hose. and makes them into
toys for the children and chewing gum
for the girls
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Wine ~ = Momentss Notice.
TChicago Herald

An uptown" wine house keeps in an leo
boz over 1000 bottles Of aNew Jersey cham
pagne.' in drawer rear by are the labels
and caps OF nearly every popular brand OF
wine Three and four dollar wines are thus
supplied at q mcment's notice for ef.60.
The trado is reported large and refnuner-
attve, but confined chiefly to countrymen
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The Grass Valley (CaL) Uaion tells
this story: "A few uays ago lady
went to the house OF a.relative, taking
with her her baby. which sat upon the
floor playing with the cat As gen.
eral thing this ca. is very shy. but ON
this occasion seemed to enjoy being
petted by the infant. After they had
played for some time the latter sudden
ly left the room, but came back at once
bringing with her one OF her kittens,
which. to the amusement Of all, she de-
posted In the lap of the baby. allow
ing the little one TO play with IT live
minutes or more. when she took her
offspring by the neck ard carried IL
away TO its nest"
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Franklin was married ut twenty-one.
Mozart at twenty-five. Byron. WASH
ington. Wellington, and Bonaparte at
twenty Peel at thirty-two.
Wadsworth at thirty-three. Wilber-
force at thirty-eight Luther at forty
two. Addison at forty-four. And old
Parr for the third time at 102.
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The Barthoidi statue, with its pc
s;estal. will be 220 feet high. surpass-
ing the far famed Colossus Of Rhodes,
vino sioa.i only about 140 feet without
his stockings
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He Gos . Light

II say boss, wud yez give me loightF
said an old Irishman on Park row.
The gentleman looked alternately at hia
freshly lighted cigar and the half filled bowl
of the Irishman's weather-beate dudeen. AMI
a look OF disapprobation came over his face
II may have a match, be remarked.
He found one and handed 1t over.
The Irishman crooked his knee and drew
the match slowly down his trousers leg.
a1i'm thinkin', y he said, 1that pun yez
musht puff be wan OF puff, pufD thin
aofsles
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But three students graduated al the
Massachusetts Agricultural College this
year.
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hair /. B,iI,on Bushels.
rTbe Current ]

BY why Of encouraging confidence in the
economical situation It Is useful to remind
the people that there is . wheaterop now
under shelter Of nearly 600, 100000 bushels,
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Texas Siftings: II ha wiss candidate whs
kuows his own dslsgats&
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toronto Grip: The next morning-"Yes,
this is my hat, but how small IL has grown
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BURNED HIS FOOT OFF.

The storm continued, and in the next night
"C." suspesting one of his feet to be in close
proximity to the nrs, asked one of the boys
TO feel the situation. He Immediately re-
ported that the foot was not only in the fire,
but that part Of 1t had already been con
sumed This was groat calamity, but fortu-
natsly IL was only wooden feet, and 1t had
contributed a little warmth to the lodge. 1t
was a bad night, and daylight On Sunday
was welcomed by all, but 1t was bitterly Geld,
and the popular "sun dogs" warned them to
keep in the tent and their crampsd and un-
comfortable position. Toward evening
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hLiLLShp SAmh VI HiNEO'fSGD
and with such fury that 1t was found neces-
sary to turn loose the tied up stock to keep
the animals from perishing. This state Of
affairs lasted until the 24th, when the "nor-
thsr" veered slightly to the West, and Sandy,
after short tramp, luckily recovered all tile
horses but one huddled together In deep
cut The cattle had evidently gone South
with the storm, toward the Marlas.
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CONCLUDED TO STRIKE OUT.

Sandy alsne felt inclined to 20 II his part
nsr would consent to furnish the best horses
and Henry was afraid to loss them. A.
this point &C." made very liberal and fual
proposition to cover the anticipated loss OF
stock, and IL was accepted. He was 70 be
taken to Sun river, and Manning 70 the Ma
rias. a general objection was new raised to
"Cs" going, because IL anything happened
on the road-loss or weakening Of stock, In
dians, etc.--he would necessarily have 70 Dc
abandoned to perish sn the prairie; but the
objection was easily overcome by &C. sta
ting that IL he had to meet the old time stran-
Rlsr, Death, All alone 10 the snsw, he was
willing 70 do so, and he gave averbal release
from all responsibility to his companions.
sAsDY's SNOW CHARIOT.
Sandy at once set TO work TO RIG up co.,
veyancs. There were no teols sxcept ssme
axes and small suger, but they proved sum
cient. Taking two ef the lightest ex-yokes'
he removed the rings and then fastened the
yokes tsgsther. equl-distant apart, by means
sf endrods another rod served 70 held =
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12
John A. Logan, Nominee for yice-Presi-
A Band of Cutthroats.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 6.-The prelim-
mary trial of Ransom Morrow and his two
sons, ON the charge of murder, arson and
robbery, took place in GAINESVILLE. These
men are the same who were arrested on the
charge of belonging to band that has COM
mitted various crimes for twenty years past.
After the Prosecuting Attorney had exam
ined about half of the witnesses for the State
he submitted the case and the prisoners were
remanded to Jail without bail, for trial. The
witnesses gave shocking accounts of crimes
committed by the gang. two of them
stating that William Morrow had confessed
to them that he had assisted at the murder
of Dick OvertOn and another man. One Of
the witnesses who gave strong evidence was
MOrrow's father-in-law. 1t was also stated
that other human remains had been found
in the cave which had been used as their
headquarters by searchers for Overton's
body. 1t is supposed that several persons
besides OvertOn and Brown were killed by
them. There is considerable feeling against
the band, who had threatened with death
all who knew of their deeds if they should
reveal the information of which they were
possessed. 1t is believed that other arrests
will be made as soon as sufficient testimony
can be secured.
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A BUSINESS SERMON.

''Seest thou man diligent in his business
he shall stand before kings; he shall not stant
before mean men."-EIUrerbs rrii: 30
Ny hearers, if any young man in thi.
congregation thinketh that by taking
thought and getting mp early in the
morning and going to bed with the
fowls OF the hennery and working hard
all day, he has dead sure thing on the
Presidency, he is counting without the
Chicago Convention. The text does
not mean that. The young man, by
giving diligent heed unto his ways and
keeping his hands clean, by ALWAYS
earning his breakfast before he eats it,
and wearing old clothes until he can
pay for new ones. and loving his neigh
Dor rs his neighbor loves himself, and
never running for train or jumping
for ferrybOat, NAV indeed never be
President. Better than that, he may
never want to be President He NAV
never be worth a million dollars, but
he may be rich in the measureless
wealth of cOntentment with thousand
n year. He may not reach the soaring
flight of the eagle that fans the sun
with its broad and sweeping wing, but
he may keep his ward stirred up to a
Estate of thrilling activity on the plane
of the tuneful hornet. He may not 90
to Congress. he may not even attain
unto the glory of the Legislature, but
if he be dIligent in his business he may
sometimes sit at the table with kings
.ay, in the happier moments. with aces
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
''Diligent in his business" 1t is the
-bo -, ,I;l;.~oo. -,
to whom this exalted position is prom
Used. There are people, dearly be-
loved, who are diligent in everybody's
-else business, and have therefore no
time to attend to their own. They do
not stand before Kings: they more fire.
~quently stand before the police Judge.
Their diligence is not c0mmendable.
A workman is known by his chips; so,
alas, is the faro banker. Do YOU be dill
gent in your own business and be con-
tent with its rewards. You may not
walk SO many miles in six DAYS as Fitz-
gerald, but you can sleep a great deal
more In that time; and if you do not
get so much money for it. neither do
You get so many blisterS. On your little
salary at the suspender counter, Won
can not clean up $500, coo on Wall Street
this week. But, then, neither can YOU
be cleaned out of $500 next week.
You may not be able to set the fashions
in male attire. but You can fill your
soul with nameleSs Joy aud an exalt-
=ation of celestial birth, and climb to
the top of high Olympus. and lean back
and pile your feet on the sofa and make
yourself easy with the immortal gods,
by paying your landlady every Satur-
'day-aRd keeping even with your tailor.
You may never be the Washington cor
respondent of a society paper. but then
your hair won't turn white in the ago
nized effort to explain what it is abonta
senator's wife, who has red hair,
<reckles, no upper teeth, hair wart on
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12
The Song Of a Wood Thrush.

The song of this bird deties descrip
ton, though it has inspired both ex
travagant and poetical attempts in the
most prosaic of writers. When heard
from distance, it sounds very deliber.
ate: a succession of detached passages
with frequent pauses. ending in thrill,
sometimes easily distinguished as such,
but often so rapidly delivered that it re.
sembles the syllable ''che e-e" with q
peculiar and Undesirable thrill in. it.
If yOu are near. however. YOU will find
the pauseS filled with low notes, having,
apparently, no connection with the
song. One can not but fancy them 10
be irrepressible words of endearment,
inefabl V sweet ard tender. and wonder
fully enhancing the charm of the per
! Torrance.
He is not chary of his gift. He sings
at all hours of the day. excepting in
the heat of noon; hut he seems most
keenly to enjoy tie fading light OF
afternoon and the evening. till long
after dark. Not little of the mystery
and melancholy that poetical minds
| find in his music is due to the thought
full twilight hours in With it is heard.
| 1t is in itself far from sadness. Indeed,
there can be no more perfect picture of
deep Joy than this beautiful bird, stand
ing TRANQUILITY on his branch. while
giving slow utterance to notes that
thrill your soul.
The weather is a matter of no mo-
ment to the wood thrush; he has a soul
above externals Other birds may be
full of song. or moping on their perches;
be it wet or dry, sunshine or shade, no
sings, and sings, and sings.
"Howsoe'er the world goes ill.
The thrushes still sing in it,
The strongest attraction of a certain
summer home in the heart of the Allie
gheny Mountains is the song of this
bird. Around the house feathered visi'-
ors are always numerous. but no wood
thrush is ever seen. Late in the alter
noon. however. when other songSters
are settling themselves for the night,
and. save the robin chatter, no sound
of bird is heard, out of the deep woods
which surrounds the small clearing
comes the stirring evening hvmn of the
thrush. 1t begins with clear. far OF
prelude of three notes on an ascending
scale: then q deliberate rest. followed
by three other and different notes, anG
ending in a rapturouS trili. After de.
corous pause another takes up the
strain. There is no haste, no inter
ruptiou. never clamor of song. Each
one enjoys mis- full length of time, and
though there NAV be 4 dozen singers
within hearing, there is no confuSicr.
Zach rich solo is a complete whole
perfect as pearl. To sit on balcony
of that house through the long, tran
quill hours of approaching night. listen
ing TO the grand and lofty symphony
is never-to-be-forgotten experience
lifting the soul above the earth ints
regions of poetry and dreams.-Olir,
Thorne Muller, in atlantic Monthly.
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The Receiving Business.

ST. LOUIS June Cit is stated that in
formation has been received from New
York to the effect that application will soon
be made for the appointment of a receiver
for the Texas & Pacific Railway. 1t is also
stated that the Central Trust Company has
been buying coupons on the mortgage bonds
instead of paying them and will claim the
right to name the receiver. ID. b. Howard,
auditor for the receivers Of the Wabash,
has issued circular, which states the order
of the court does not authorize the receivers
to pay any salaries or wages earned prior
to December 1, 1888. Agents must there
fore, decline to redeem any time checks or
discharge checks covering services or labor
PERFORMED before that date.
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Lincoln. Neb.. Items

: LINCOLN, NEB., June GA laborer on .
gravel train, James Tighe, about twenty
years of age, unmarried. fell between two
cars near Pleasantdale at seven o'clock last
evening, and was instantly killed. His
father lives between Valparaiso and Ray
mOnd. The body was brought here and
awaits the arrival Of his father. A seven
teen-year-old daughter of farmer named
Steele, while going to visit neighbor last
Monday was assaulted by tramp and
thrown down three times in an attempt to
outrage her. The tramp was followed eight
or ten miles by mounted men but escaped
in the darkness
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-12

When the State of Ohio was called, Judge
Foraker arose and said: "FOr what | sup
posed to be the best interests of this party,
l presented the name of John Sherman to
this convention; also, suppOSing it to be for
the best interests of the party, we have
until now favOrably and most cordially sup
ported him. Now, also, in the interests of
the party, we withdraw him and cast for
James G. Blaine fOrty-six votes" Ire
mendous outburst of applause.
The secretary then announced the result
of the fourth ballot for President as fol-
lows: Whole number of delegates, $40;
whole number of votes cast, s16; necessary
to choice, All. Of which Robert L. Lin
coin received 2; John A. Logan, z; Joseph
Hawley, Is; George +. Edmunds, Al;
Chester A. Arthur, 207; James G. Blaine,
544.