Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1885-06-13

q FEW years ago English sparrows
were considered a great luxury and
New York City imported them for he
parks. In Pennyslyania they have nov
became SO numerous and such nuisance
that at fair being held at Morristowr
a premium is offered for the creates
display Of English sparrow heads strung
ona wire.
RIEL claims that he cannot be tried
for treason because he is a citizen 81
the United States and citizen of the
U. s. cannot commit treason against
another country. When our own re.
bellion was concluded the treatment &C.
corded to the rebels demonstrated thai
it was pretty hard for a citizen Of this
country to commit treason any way.
THIS is the season Of the year when
people begin to hunt around for some
uncomfortable place which calls itself
a summer resort and charges high
prices for very poor meals. Some
people are beginning to find out that
"there's no place like home'' for sum
mer resort though few are willing to
admit it because the fashion runs in the
other direction.
The rapid departure of greatness was
illustrated by the sale, of ex-Presi-
dent Arthur's horses in Wash
ington a few days ago. The animals
went begging at $3.50 to 5000. If they
had been put on the market when Ar
thur had patronage at his disposal,
Sl,oOOsa head would have been low
figure and tae would have been
attended bs q crush slf ifigIl toned peo-
pie instead III + few liivery table men.
THE so called a9.faith cure E received
q severe shock in a Felns ania city
last week. A man who was supposed
to be in the last stages Of consumption,
and utterly unable to move about, es-
( sayed the faith cure and to the sur
prise of every one was able to go around
the next day and labor with others, cit
ing his case as an instance of the eff
cacy Of prayer and urging others to-
follow his example. His apparent re
storation created quite sensation,
but the second day thereafter he died
Instead of being cured by prayer it
seemed to have SO wrought him up with
excitement as to give him supernatural
strength fora little time and then the
reaction killed him at once.
Nix JOHN M. KELLY, the Phila-
delphian who has been laboring for ten
years to demonstrate that he has dis
covered perpetual motion, now styles
his invention the sInteretheric Lib
orator. he gave an exhibition few
days ago before 9 party Of prominent
gentlemen and seems to have aston
ished them with his invention. They
passed resolution declaring it to be
wonderful but declining to give away
the secret. If Keely lives 40 or SO
years longer, he may have time to
develop his scheme. So far, he has
always been just about to attain the
unattainable but IT, (f we can so desig-
nate his invention remained unattain,
able still.
The detectives mani est great surprise
that no postmaster has before discover.
ed the neat plan adopted by Hibbs o.
Lewiston, Idaho, for swindling the
government. Hibbs has only beer
postmaster a little oyera year but he
has eclpsed the oldest heads in the
business. His plan was to send a bank
atsome distant point a money order
using a fictitious name, telling the bank
to collect it and he would call soo1
for the money. Then he would advise
the postofice at the place that the
money order had been sent to the
bank by such a person signing his lettel
Of advice as post master, at Lewiston
After q time he would write the bank
the fictitious name saying he could
not call as expected and asking draf
to be sent to some postoffice, naming
as q rule, some Office where the mai
passed through Lewiston. Lewiston
being a distributing Office Hibbs wonls
gather in the letters and open then
md secure the drafts. He is suppose.
% have secured $50, 600 and now tina
this plan Of swindling has been invented
II would not be surprising if some othe
system of paying money orders woul'
have to be devised to prevent a repe
tition OF the trick. Hibbs iseyidently
enius IL his way.