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Iabouchcrc's Method of Composition.

The talk after this driftcd on to dis.
cussion of some of the characteristics OF
the leading figures in English political life,
and the duke of Marlborough spoke Of
Laboucherc, for whom he entertains tho
warmest admiration. II believe" said he,
'that Labouchere writes nearly all OF
Truth himself. He always has pad Of
paper with him and takes down what he
hears on all kinds of diverse subjects.
AS fast as he fills sheet of tho pad he
tears it off and stuffs it into pocket de-
voted to the reception Of these slips. At
night when he goes home he turns out his
pocket arranges its contents and sends
them on to his editor. In this way Truth
Is Labouchere and Labouchcre is Truth.
"The smoking room in tho house is his
favorite lounging place. Here he sits and
chats with everybody that comes along,
and uses his pad and pencil necessarily.
What was it you were telling mo about
that dynamo2 Give 1t to me in few
words now-in plain English phrase
And he writes 1t down as you talk it. He
says that the three necessary qualities for
attracting newspaper writing are that 1t
shall be short, concise and always have
point. From all these sources, which Mr..
Labouchere conveniently commands, the
paper Is filed up weekly. ! am sure that
he has no extensive editorial bills to pay,
and that very little matter appears in tho
columns Of Truth which is not either abb
solutely his own or suggested by him.
The London World, which is, bf course.
Truths chief rival, on the other hand,
pays out a great deal OF money to con-
tributors, and is always presenting prom.
inent features. Cor. New York World.
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f1egans u must be said that they began
TO improve at once, and have since been
as harmless as tho "Shinnecocks" Of
Long Island.
Tho Chicago fire of October, 1871, gave
Gen. Sheridan his next opportunity to
win tho gratitude Of those with whom he
was located, and when he married Miss
Rucker, daughter of an old army officer
and citizen Of that city, Chicago rejoiced
greatly, taking that as his sign OF per
manent location there. And there he did
In fact remain till made lieutenant general.
His homo during the time he was
stationed In Chicago was at No. 20O7
Michigan avenue. The house Is q two
story and mansard brick on fifty feet Of
ground. 1t has piazza in front and on
part Of the south side A bay window
on the south side lights up two stories.
The house Is much larger than glimpse
from the street shows, much Of the room
being at the rear Of the building. There
is lawn on both sides and the general
aspect of the honse is pleasant, comforta-
BILE and homelike
Sheridan's homo, when the war closed,
II q soldier may call his mothers house
his home, was u pleasant little cottage in
Somerset, o.
And here we may note the extraordl.
nary coincidence mentioned by Gen. Grant
In his memoirs that SO many American
generals were reared in small area Of
south central Ohio. William Tecun,seh
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A customer with about three hairs left
of his original stock of capillary attrac-
tions took possession of chair in bar
ber's shop.
Il shall want the part made in the mid.
die, he said to the attendant who waited
on him.
The latter studied the bald Uranium for
some time, and then asked with puzzled
expression:
but, please, sir. what shall do with
the third hairy'-Judge.
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THE BELIEF IN LUCK.
Result OF nm Effort TO Explain tho Appar-
entity Incxpiicable--Exam

Result OF nm Effort to Explain tho Appar-
entity xpiicable-Examplcs.
Tho belief in luck results from per-
sistent effort to explain what Is to tho
majority inexplcable, and we may sus-
pect that as the inexplicablo Is usually
attributed to an unseen chain of causes,
o good many senseless efforts to change
the luck-as, for instance, turning the
chair ut whist, or changing ones house
are efforts, conscious or unconscious, TO
break the chain of causality, to defect
the stream, as IL were, and make it pass
by u.s. But this explanation does not in
the least meet the strange feeling which
attaches luck or Ill luck to inanimate
things. feeling which, avowed through
out the East, and nearly universal with
the vulgar of the West, fingers even
among t. cultivated to an astonishing
degree. we have met men and women
entirely free from IL, or Mt least so free
that neither they nor we could detect it,
but we suspect tho majority of our
readers will admit that they arc aware Of
its existence in their own minds-that Is,
that they possess or know of things to
which, In spite of reason, they attach
lucky or unlucky influence.
The extent of the feeling varies with
temperament but few are wholly FREQ
from it, and with some it is an abiding
conviction, leading, in the case Of the loss
of the thing thus valued to acute mental
suffering. II is not all association which
induces women to sob over mslaid
wedding ring, or brave officers to put on
particular sword when going on q spe.
cially dangerous expedition II Is not an
inexplicable but continuous experience,
for there has been no experience. That
solution would explain the belief Of Not.
tinghamshire that n particular house
always kills the first born of its owner
wholly irrespective of descent-while
the owner is still alive.
That idea, so strong as to affect tho
value Of the property, Is no doubt the re-
suit Of long series Of singular coin
cidences, the breaks in which, not being
remarkable, have not been remarked but
In most cases there Is no justifying ex-
perience. Tho vase. or cup. or jewel, or
house to which family attaches honor as
In some way connected with the "Iuck"
Of their race has never been broken. or
lost, or sold and they themselves, as
they show their treasure, reject with their
intellects a belief nevertheless so opera
tive that no price would purchase its OBJ.
ject from their possession. The man who
has kept lucky coin for years has never
had any luck from 1t; IL is The miserable
often who feel this charm of the mani
mate, and go on for years preserving tho
article, whatever it may be, as kind Of
amulet which is TO bring the happiness
never yet possessed. Indeed, men have
been known to buy things under q fancy
that they would be lucky to them which
Is to express the belief In its fullest and
most unreasonable form.--Once a Week.
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SHERIDAN ON THE PLAINS.

SHERIDAN ON THE PLAINS.
bats with brawny savages" are rather
mythical. 1t was in Oregon that he did
really first class work, and won some
honor. He was only second lieutenant
and not attached to any regiment. but In
command of short company Of dragons
for escort duty. While in camp on tho
lower Columbia messenger arrived with
a dispatch that the block house at the
Cascades of the Columbia had been Mt
tackled by Indians. Sheridan ut once put
the detachment of Dragons aboard the
steamer Belle and started up the river.
The next morning, perhaps by 2 or 8
o'clock, tho Belle had reached the Lower
Cascades, near Bradford's Island. From
this point Lieut.. Sheridan could see the
the Indians in force on Bradford's Island.
Everything pointing to sharp battle, and
the condition of affairs in the block house
above being unknown, he arranged with
the steward to give his men a meal an6
told them to eat heartily, as some of them
might never get another.
This accomplished, he landed his forces
below or west of the island, on the north
bank of tho river, and deployed in tho
open. The dragon who gives the ac-
count says tha, Sheridan told his men
to tako advantage of cover. and to fire
only when they could see tho Indians, and
thus advanced slowly in skirmishing or
der up tho stream to Bradford's Island.
McGraw, little Irishman who used to
wal on him. soon sang out that he saw
an Indian, and hardly had got the words
out of his mouth before q volley came,
and McGraw fell dead. Sheridan at once
had him taken to the rear, and then began
to retreat to the banks, firing rs he went.
Having reached the shore, he halted, and
fired with a howitzer, which must have
been brought up in the Belle. Tho only
white man killed in this skirmish was
McGraw. In the evening Sheridan drew
his troops aboard the Belle, posting senti-
nels and keeping sharp lookout. Next
day the Infantry arrived, and tho Indians
were defeated and scattered. Lieut.. Gen.
Scott complimented Lieut.. Sheridan for
his action. x&x
On March I, 1861, Sheridan was ap-
pointed a first lieutenant in the First
United States infantry, and soon after his
career in the great war for the Union be-
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Sherman was born within nm easy DAVIS
walk of Sheridan's early home, and Ulys.
ses Grant was born at Point Pleasant,
Clermont county, not far away; while
Georgetown Brown county, in which
Grants boyhood was passed, furnished
the Union army four generals and O
colonel that were graduates of West
Point, and nine other prominent COM
manders, including Gems. Kautz and Nc
Groierty. Residents there will tell YOU
that the town also furnished few re-
crnits to tho Confederate army-"and
plenty whose hopes were ON that side,
but they were too cowardly to fightl"
Grant himself says that tho town was
not really loyal till John Morgan had
gone through the county. Somerset, the
home of the Sheridans was not so prolific
either of greatness or of southern sympa-
thizers.
Gen. Sheridan had pardonable pride
In his rapid rise. and took pleasure in en-.
courapinp nmbitious bovs ns was shown
by an incident.
When Fred Millican. now n we'll GROWN
lad. who resides with his narents in
Rochester, N. Y. was but n little fellow
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mitted. -
'ls that you, Uncle Larrys' called a
sweet voice over tho banister. Como
right up, Unclo Larry. Como right
up this way" And Lady Randolph
Churchill beckoncd to ''dear old Uncle
Larry" who rcjoiced at finding
friend in all this magnificenco who
could givo him q true American well
come. went right up" whilo tho
hunky's eyes started from their sockets
at this unccremonious way Of entering a
lords mansion. Whether this is tho way
Lawrence jerome came TO DO called
"unclo Larry" Is not apparent, but
"Uncle Larry" told tho story In New
York on his return TO many n sympathetic
listener, and doubtless tho incident has
had good deal TO do with the sobriquet.
Last year "Uncle Larry" went abroad
and travelled about with tho Nestor of
American politics, Simon Cameron. They
had what English people laugh at Ameri.
cans for speaking Of rs good time"
Lord Randolph gave them n dinner, and
the Duke of Beauford. who has q homo
threo miles from tho Porter's lodge and
park full Of deer and eighty ''huntcrs" in
his stables and hundred and fifty serv-
ants, had them for guests, and doubtless
felt honored to secure oven short visit.
But "unclo Larry enjoyed his jolly
life so well that ho wanted TO keep on en-
joying it. About juno no went into
tho Adirondacks with a party Of con-
genial spirits. Unmindful Of his 40
years no undertook to tramp like youth
Of 20. 1t was too much for him; ho was
found by companion lying In tho wood.
After that he failed rapidly, and they say
camping ground" to join tho many jolly
campers who have gone before.
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National Habit. of E1pectoration.

The streets of Paris are puro delight
TO me for many reasons, but chiefly be
cause they are so clean. Why cannot our
streets at home, the streets OF Pttsburg,
New York. Philadelphia and Boston. DO
clean, tooi Certainly there Is enough
money spent on them to insure i'll But so
long as one thing is permitted in our
American thoroughfares, which is punish,
able with arrest and fine here. just so long
will our avenues and cross streets, our
pavements. aye, even our train ears and
ferryboats. be disgusting aud dirty, un.
seemly and constant reproach. allude
TO tho national habit Of expectoration, the
national disgrace. for it Is TO my mind
nothing less. Were | to see man, whom
! had previously adored, indulging in this
habit In my presence in street, piazza,
house or car. J shculd-not adore him any
longer. that Is ALL and here il Is followed
promptly by nrrest, 30 consequently the
streets are (other means being not only
paid for but U.ed), the streets Of Paris are
what ours are not-ft to walk in" Miss
Marigold" in pittsburg Bulletin.
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In u Newspaper Museum.

At AK Ia .Chapelle there Is news
paper museum, founded by Oscar Won
Forckenbeck, which contains files Of
specimens Of more than 1000 different
newspapers in tho world. and it is daily
receiving copies of the remainder from all
quarters of the globe. The great curiosity
Of the collection is No. 4G of The Texas
Democrat, published at Houston on
March IL, 1864, when the exigencies Of
war time made it necessary to print it on
wall paper New York Sun.
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MEMORIES OF SHERIDAN.
BoYHooD, LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND
SINCE THE WAR.

his First Laureis> at the Cascades Slow
Promotion-On the Plains Amer tho
Wharf.-The ricgan Controversy Chicago
Firc-His First Sentinel Duty.
In the "reminiscences of Gen. Sheridan
with which the papers have lately aboun.
ded. ono point has been strangely neg
lected-his life in the far west, both
before and since the war. Yet 1t was in
Oregon and Texas that he won his first
honors, and in Montana that ho directed
those proceedings against the Piegans
which excited the fiercest criticism Of any
of his acts.
When Brevet Lieut.. Philip II. Sheridan
left West Point in 1858 his first location
was in Texas, where he was In an occa-
sional brush with Apaches and Conan.
ches; but the popular stories Of his thrill
ing encounters" and "hand to hand com.
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Tho Indians Eyesisht.

The eyesight of the Indian when not
weakened by disease is the strongest and
most accurate Of any race of men. He
can SEQ at greater distance, look at a
brighter object and more readily discern
the conditions and relations of anything
within his view. This is the real secret
Of his wonderful success in following
trails.-PiDe of Peace.
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PoIsonous Wine Bottles.

A French chemist reports that wine Is
affected differently by bottles of different
manufacture. Some bottles improve
while others injure it. An undue admix-
ture Of lime and magnesia, which are
often substituted for soda and potash
IN glass on account of their cheapness,
acts injuriously upon the wine, Chicago
Herald.
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A young lady who has been reading up
on agriculture writes to an exchange as
follows: IL am not farmers daughter,
and | don't wish to be. prefer the city
to the country any day. / presume it Is
nice enough in summer, but in winter |
don't imagine it to be very pleasant har
vesting the winter wheat and picking tho
winter apples. don't think any of you
country girls can deny that. Woman. d,
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HELD HIM UP BEFORE TIE MULTITUDE
and impulsively claSping the boy in his
hands held him up before the excited
multitude and kissed him. When he,put
the delighted boy on his feet again, he
whispered to him:
God bless you, my boy Study hard,
and when you are older you will never
want friend as long as Phil Sheridan
lives"
And now that phil" Sheridan lives no
more, there is no more sincere mourner in
all this broad land than Fred Milligan.
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nanaeu. FOR the men with whom he comes
in contact scarcely know what gloves are.
But there is an exception TO the general
rule-a new man on the force always
wears both gloves until he finds out the
fashion Of his district and accommodates
himself accordingly New York Evening
SIM
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Not Much Ereakacc,

81 suppose Miss Astergoolds rejection
Of young Snipkins nearly broke his hearth
mo, it didn't break his heart, but it
busted his scheme 10 go abroad on her
money,"-Harper's Dazar
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Eastern and Western TraynI.

The roadbeds of the eastern roads are
better, the limited express trains are
more luxurious, the average time much
faster, but to an eastern man travelling
on a western road has more, interesting
experiences, and more fun.-New York
Sun.
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Character In Thumbs.

4 French writer judges women by their
thumbs. Those with large thumbs ara
said TO be more likely to possess native
intelligence, while the small thumbs indi.
cate feeling,
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UNCLE JOHN ROBINSON. measure TO OK.
plode the popular notion that circus peo-
pie are necessarily short lived. Robinson's
first money was earned when no was
very small boy. His parents were very.
poor. and he got place as assistant in
driving mules on tow path for the lib
eral salary Of $4 month. Out of tho
first installment Of his salary he paid his
way into circus. That was the great point
in his life. He was cnraptured with tho
pink tights and the smell Of sawdust, and
determined to own a circus or die In tho
attempt. Tho enthusiasm was lasting.
and how ho succeeded IL pretty well
known the world over. He was O circus
man all through. There was scarcely any
position connected with his show that ho
could not fill, and az bareback rider no
has never been excellcd. His great spe-
Cialty as far back us tho 40s was his ex-
citing four horse act in the character Of
the Bottle Imp"-a dashing, dare devil
representation Of the reckless rider.
Robinsons magnificent physique re-
mained unimpaired up TO the time Of his
death. In appearance he was tall, broad
shouldered, full chestcd and stalwart,
with white beard and hair, blue eyes and
ruddy skin-as fine a specimen Of tho
hale, hearty old man as one would find.
He left a great fOrtunc-somc $1,000
900 or 81, 000, ,000--to his sons.
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CAFE, SURE AND SPEEDY CURE.
~ Rupture. varicocsle and special Diseases
OF either sex. Why be humbuH, I by quAcks
when yOu can nnd In Dr. right he or iy RBe-
ULAR PHYsioiAE In Philadelphia y h makes a
specially OF the above diseases, ana CURES
THshr TURNS GuARAsTsuD. Adyice Free day
ana evening. Strangers can be treated ana ro-
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DIR. W. III. WRIGHT,
2tl North kinth Street. Above Race,
L. o. Boz t7S Philadelphia.
fabR.lvaA~
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AN OLD CIRCUS MAN DEAD.
John Robinson, Who Passed Away at Gin
Cinnatl,

cinnatl.
The name Of John Robinson, the vetc.
ran circus man who recently died in Gin.
cinnati, has been familiar In tho United
States since men who arc now old were
boys. Tho Robinson circus was started
by him nearly half n century ago. but Mt
that time 1t was a very paltry affair. 1t
consisted of mule, u broken legged
horse and an old tattered tent, and tho
first exhibition was given at Detroit.
Robinsons marvellous horseback riding.
however, made tho thing u success, aud
as he was man of great prudence
in money matters he soon had
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the satisfaction Of
seeing his exceed
in gly primitive
show grow to i'm
mense proportions
and become the
most famous or
ganization of tho
kind In the world.
Robinson W n 9
born in Albany,
N. Y. In 1906.
and the fact tI.t
he lived to tho
great ago Of 80
xpnpl1 paoyn In u
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want, attempting
TO stop the dusty
man, who couldn't
possibly bo a gen
tleman according
to tho rating Of
an English ser
want. And then
and I ere was
great anxiety on
tho mind Of the
funky to get rid
of tho trouble
some 8 tran & er.
and perseverance,
on tho part of the
stranger to bo I'D
mitted.
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"UNCLE LARRY JEROME.
A MAN WHO NEVER LACKED en-
THuslAsTlc FRIENDS.

How He Astonished British f1unky and
Gained tho Titio Uncle" Among His
Acquaintance Man OF Infinite Jest
md Good Fellowship.
IL was something less than two years
after the death OF his friend, w. II. 1rav.
crs. prince of metropolitan wits and story
tellers, that the friends Of Lawrence
(Larry') jerome announced his serious
Illness.
"unclc Larry" has been great traveller.
huntsman, yachtsman. clubman, prince OF
good fellows, and as a wit IL said TO have
rivalcd Travers himself. BY the by,
how did Lawrence Jerome get the sobri-
quet of uncle Larry" Hero is story
that will explain II:
A beautiful American woman some
years ago met Lord Randolph Churchill
ut dinner In Paris. The young states.
man became infatuated with tho lady,
proposed, was accepted and married. She
was taken TO London, and at once became
ono Of the prominent beauties of London
society. That woman was the niece Of
Lawrence Jerome.
Ono day tired and dusty traveller.
gripsack In hand, appeared at the portal
of tho residence Of the younger scion Of
tho house Of Marlborough. Hc rang, and
behold q funky. magnificent In plush
and whito silk. brass buttons and pow
dcrcd wig, appeared and frowned upon
him who sought admission.
where's ChurchillH'' demanded tho
traveller. making a move to stalk past tho
1unky.
Is lordship's not bup, sir, protested
tho funky.
II want to SEQ him" said the traveller.
You carnt do II, SIR" said tho ser.