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Mrs Muchmore's room Patty's card on
his salver, and followed by Patty her

Mrs. Muchmoro's room Pattye card on
his salver, and followed by Patty her
self.
Patty Hawkins.n he announced,
throwing open TIE door.
+ Mrs Muchmdre raised her languid
eyes, and then sat up in surprise.
"Ah!sMiss Hawkins, are you wellr'
"Yes'm, so as to be about" answered
Patty. remembering the oft-repeated
phrase Of an old woman who visited her
mother.
Thomas placed her chair and de-
parted with grin. Mrs Muchmore
hesitated for moment, and then asked:
''Is there any thing special you called
to see me about?"
'sYes'm," answered Patty, sit is about
your carriage. | should like to borrow
it" Then, seeing the lady's look of as
constituent she fastened to add: Its
for Patience-she's lame, you know--I
can walk. II your man Is too busy to
go, my pa can drive real good He
drives. the grocery wagon lots Of times. .
Il do not think l quite understand
you," faltered Mrs Muchmore. II dc
not know who Patience is!'
why, she's the little girl over to the
hospitalp
And Patty, forgetting that she must
hold her head very still on account OF
her hat, which was very much toe
large, nodding toward the building.
Down dropped the hat to her shout.
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lNvALIDs AND INvALlos.
Some Deserve Categorical Punishment 70
Their Mean selfishness.

Some Deserve Categorial punishment tor
Their Mean selhshness.
There are invalids who, when they
have to give up active life for time,
give up every thing connected with the
family-things which yet are we'll with
in their power to direct If not to, look
after. They retire to their beds, per-
haps on small provocation, and there
lose the thread Of active life, as II thcre
were no world beyond their own four
poster. The house may manage itself
for all the care they take that 1T shall
20 on as usual in the accustomed
groove. The husband must take care OF
himself and the children must manage
in the. best way they can. The in
valid has washed her hands OF all re-
sponsi 5ility, at least for the time, and
she is too i'll to be worried. AS she Is
often too i'll to be worried, things in the
house are not infrequently at dead
lock-, and comfort is one OF the lost arts.
BY and by it begins to be whispered
that the lady's illnesses are but cloaks
to hide her neutrality-suspicious. for
her sell Hshness--and that she is no more
i'll than she is insane. Her sister, poor
dear. is a real invalid-but then her sis
ter directs her household from her sick
bed lust as she does when on her feet;
and the pain Of her illness falls only on
berself--her husband, her children and
her household do not suffer. And here
again, as everywhere In life. unselish
consideration for others and strict re-
gard for duty override conditions and
redeem what else would be failures,
making even invalidism less q hind
rance than a pathetic kind OF beauty,
and robbinQ it OF all its practical diss.
hiiitiss. --ChA bora Journal
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THE TAcITuRN QUAY.

II Ever Man Needed the Penn
sylvania Senator Needs His Now.
For 10 these many moons we have
been patiently waiting for Hon.
Matthew Stanley Quay, United States
Senator from Pennsylvania and pillar of
the Republican party, to reply to the
charges of theft, bribery, corruption and
fraud which have been flying about his
head thicker than fakes driven by a
snow-storm. That they have reached
the ears Of this immaculate professor OF
Christian politics and ronservator Of
Pennsylvania morality can not be
doubted. for there is not city in the
country where they have not been
printed, and not platform from which
he has not been denounced.
When Kennedy, member of his own
party, one Of those who ARE supposed
to humbly crave knowledge at the
Quay footstool, and to learn politics
'.as she is taught from the notorious,
we can not say illustrious, PeAnsylva-
MAN, forgot his allegiance to the Repub.
lican master, and applied to him some
epithets which could not pleasantly af-
feet the feelings of an honest man, we
were promised that the taciturn Sena-
tor would at least emerge from his long
silence and fire bomb whose explo-
sion would roar above the small arms
Of his opponent like the discharge 81
an Armstrong gun amid the fire of mus.
kerry. But we are still waiting, and
an expectant country will not be Salts
fed until 1t shall have received an auto
biography Of Hon. Quay,with a full
confession of his life and virtues.
Perhaps, in the language Of Chat
ham, the noble Senator pauses for re-
ply. and when our ears are attuned to
the proper degree we shall hear the re-
port of his answering gun.
Unless Mr.. Quay replies to Mr.. Ken
nedy's strain Of invective it will no
longer be OF avail for any of his party
friends to exert themselves in his de-
Tense. Even in politics, where mud is
often slung, an honorable man, unjust
ly accused, has abundant means OF re-
course. and, though these have been at
the service Of the Pennsylvania Sena-
tor, he has never used them. If he in.
tends to make any answer the present
is the proper time, or his own confess
sion will be added to the accusation of
his enemies. Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
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THE SMYSER SCANDAL.
An EyeWitness' Account of Disgrace
full Chapter In the Raum Case.

An Eye-Witness' Account Of q Disgrace
full Chapter In the Raum Case.
Representative Smyser, of Ohio, who,
several weeks -ago,-was- appointed a
member of the special committee to in
vestigate the Infringement of the PEN
sion Bureau under Commissioner Raum,
rose infhis place and admitted that
while sitting in judgment upon the
Commissioner he was himself financial
ly interested in the chief scheme, by
the aid Of which, it has been alleged,
Raum has been able to swindle the
clerks in his employ and defraud the
Government of services which should
have been devoted exclusively to official
duties.
The charge and the confession pro-
duced a genuine sensation, but the
spectacle that followed was even more
remarkable. Smyser attempted justi-
fcation amid the groans and Kisses of
his colleagues on both sides of the
chamber, and sat down without with
drawing from the committee. He would
doubtless still be a member of it but for
the action OF Representative Morrill,, of
Kansas, chairman of the special COM
mittee and a political associate OF Mr..
Smyser. Mr.. Morrill, rose in his seat
and pointedly suggested to the reluctant
ohioan the propriety of resigning. The
episode was decidedly edifying, and the
reflection upon Speaker Reed was SO
strong that he fastened to disavow any
knowledge of Smyser's connection with
the Raum enterprises.
Representative Cooper, of Indiana, to
whom credit is due for whatever light
the Republican majority of the Ran m
committee permits to be shed on the
recent management of the Pension
ONCE, sprang the mine that carried Mr..
Smyser off his feet. Rising to a ques-
ton of personal privilege, he called at
, tention to the fact that one of the
charges made in the resolution offered
by him for the investigation Of the Com
missioner OF Pensions was. that the
Commissioner was selling stock in a
refrigerator company to employees of
the Pension Office. have in vain
attempted to obtain the names of the
stockholders in the concern" said he.
To-day have learned, and this know
ledge is borne out by the, testimony,
that one OF the members OF the inves-
tigating -Representativ M.
L. Smyser, Of Ohio-is one of the stock
holders. / therefore offer resolution
discharging Mr.. Smyser from the COM
mittee, and directing the Speaker to
appoint his successor"
It was plain Mr.. Smyser would not
take hint; his colleagues, therefore,
prepared to administer the lesson. Rep
resentative Morrill,, Of Kansas, chair
man of the committee, tried to let him
down easily, but only succeeded in adj
ministering singing srebuke. ut ID
due to the Speaker and to the members
OF the committee" said he, ito say that
the first intimation they have had that
one OF the members had stock in the
| refrigerator company was when the
books wore produced The conduct u
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the gentleman from Ohio has been per-
fectly honorable. He seemed TO be de-
sirous of arriving at the truth and the
whole truth. l do not doubt the gen.
tleman's motives in the least but do
hope now that in order to relieve the
other members he will promptly with
draw from the COMMITTEES"
4 his was pretty plain talk. and il APP
peared to penetrate the rhinocerous
hide Of the gentleman from Ohio, who
rose and said that while he felt that
thereA was nothing in the charges
against General Raum in any way If
fecting him. in order to satisfy the
other side of the House and the coun-
try, in duty to himself he most respect
fully asked to be relieved from further
service on the committee. There were
no dissenting votes when the Speaker
asked unanimous consent to relieve the
gentleman. = Washington Cor. N. Y.
World
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ders, completely hiding her fat face.
She FASTENED to push it back, crimson
with embarrassment, stealing a quick
glance at her hostess. But no one
could have told from Mrs. Muchmore's
face but that she was accustomed to
having her visitors hats extinguish
them like pair of sniffers.
BY few words she succeeded in max
ing Patty feel at ease and was list
ening with interest to the story of Pa
thence.
Tell her when you see her again
that l shall be very glad to take her
to the woods tomorrow, If 1t is pleas
ant; and my man is never too busy to
drive me, she added, with smile.
Patty, full of excitement, ran home
to her mother, orgetting the borrowed
hat.
"Why, Patty Hawkins" she cried,
angrily. giving her a little shake,
where have you been with my hat?"
1--WE been to call on Mrs. Much
more, answered Patty, eagerly, .'and
she asked me to come again"
"Well, you are the most presnmp-
tionest child l have ever heard Of" And
Mrs. Hawkins, forgetting yexation,
burst into peaIs Of ringing laughter.
"Asked you to come again, did she?
Ha, ha, hal with that hat, ha, ha, ha!
And those mitts no, no, no! If you amt
the very funniest looking figure / ever
see You're enough to make the most
melancholy woman in the world go
into Mysteries, ha, ha, hap
She didn't laugh at ALL" cried Patty,
the tears starting to her eyes, land
she's going to take Patience to ride"
True to her word Mrs Muchmore
called for Patience the next day, and it
seemed to her. as she sat by the child's
side, that she looked at the trees, the
fields and. the river for the first time,
for she saw them through the eyes OF
the little invalid, whose pleasure was
too deep for words.
.It's more like Heaven she said
once, in answer to question from her
new friend. mo, ma'am, never saw
any thing SO beautiful before. / got
hurt when was a little bit of thing,
and I never could walk since. Oh! no.
don't mind 1t so much now, because !
can sit in chair by the window. 1t is
hard to stay in bed all the time"
That was only the beginning of many
drives for Patience, and before the sum-
mer was over she went for a week to
Mrs. Muchmore's cottage by the lake,
and Patty was invited to go with her
and help amuse her. When she had
once begun. Mrs Muchmore found 1t
hard to know where to stop, and the lit
tie inmates of the children's hospital
began to think of her as their good
fairy.
what a pleasure it must be to be
rich," safd-a friend to her one day.
EYES," answered Mrs. Muchmore, but
never found it out until this summer,
and shall never cease to be grateful to
Miss Patty Hawkins for helping me to
see the real blessedness in it."-Louisa
T. Brooks, in Congregation alist-
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The famous Hindoo god, Lingam, is
now owned by an English gentleman Of
culture named Spencer. who paid SlS,-
900 for 1t at an auction sale in London
in 1888 The curious relic stands but
12]{ inches high. Small as 1t is, it is
worth its weight in first water diamonds
The base is OF solid gold, and around it
are set nine gems which were used as
charms, diamond, ruby, sapphire.
chrysobryl, cats eye. coral, pearl, hfa-
cinthine, garnet yellow sapphire and
an emerald. Around the apex OF this
pure gold and gem-studded pyramid is a
plinthe set withadiamonds On the apex
is topaz 1915 inches in length and
9-i6 OF an inch in depth, shaped like o
horseshoe; in the center Of the horse
shoe the great chrysoberyl cats eve
stands. When Bahador Shah, better
known as bad Shah" the last King OF
Delhi, was captured and ex.led to the
Andaman Islands, his queen secreted this
god. and it was never seen again until
recent research discovered and brought
1t to the British capital, where it was
disposed Of to Mr.. Spencer, as above
mentioned. st Louis Republic
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'T,HAve BROUGHT YOU SOME FLOWERS"
The idea was so fascinating that Pat
.ty could think of nothing else. She
had always wanted to make a call on
somebody, and here was her chance.
She remembered having heard some
Where that people who called must have
calling cards, and she set about making
one A sheet of note paper was cut in
two, and Miss Patty Hawkins was
printed upon it in her very best letters.
Then her mothers best hat and lace
mitts were borrowed. She did not stop
! to ask for them, so sure was she that
the object OF her call would make her
- wiling to lend them. The baby was
cross that afternoon and would not go
to sleep and Patty was in despair for
fear her visit could not be made. But
at last she was free, and, summoning
all her courage she mounted the mass
i've stone steps, card in hand. and
rang the bell. The tall footman who
opened the door stared in astonish-
ment at the queer little figure before
him. The fat, freclxled face surrounded
by the tall hat crowned with waving
feathers, and the monstrous lace mitts,
brought smile to his usually severe
countenance
is Miss Muchmore to homer" asked
Patty, serenely handing him the card.
Thomas was about to- make reply
that Mrs, Muchmore was engaged, when
the. voice Of her maid at his elbow
stopped him.
Don't send her away. The mistress
is In one Of her worst spells and II any
thing can bring her out Of it, a sight Of
that young one will"
ss Thomas gravsly led the way to
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OVER THE TEA-cuPS.


oliver Wendell Holmes on American tocfAl
and Literary Independence
confess that / am not in sympathy
with some OF the movements that ac-
company the manifestations Of Ameri-
can social and literary independence /
do not like the assIm ptfoH Of titles of
Lords and Knights by plain citizens Of
country which prides itself on recog-
nizing simple manhood and woman
hood as sufficiently entitled to respect
without these unnecessary additions l
do not Hike any better the familiar and,
as it seems to me, rude way of speaking
OF our fellow-citizens who are entitled
to the common courtesies of civilized
society. never thought it dignified or
even proper for a President. Of the
United States to call himself or to be
talled by others, Prank" Pierce. In
the first place / had to look in
biographical dictionary to find out
whether his baptismal name was Frank
lin, or Francis, or simply Frank, for I
think children are some times ehristened
with this abbreviated name But it is
too much in the style of Cowpers un-
pleasant acquaintance:
The man who halls you Tom or Jack,
And proves by humping on your back
How he esteems your merit.
Ishould not like our past. Chief Mag
istrates spoken of as Jack Adams or Jim
Madison, and it would have been only
as a political partisan that l should
have recounci1ed myself to Tom JEFF
sfcrson Sc, in spite of BEN Johnson,
tom" Moore, and "Jack" Sheppard,
prefer to speak of fellow-citizen al
ready venerable by his years, entitled
to respect by useful services to his
country~and recognized by many as the
prophet of new poetlcal dispensation,
with the customary title Of adults rather
than by the free and easy schoolboy abb
breviation with which he introduced
himself many years ago to the public
AS for his rhapsodies, Numbe Seven,
our cracked Teacup," says they sound
to him like 'fugues played upon big
organ which has been struck by light
ming" So far as concerns literary indie
pendence, il we understand by that term
the getting rid of our subsection to
British criticism, such as it was in the
days when the question was asked,
who reads an American book?s' we
may consider it pretty we'll established.
II it means dispensing with punctua-
ton, coming words at will, self-revela-
ton unrestrained by sense of what is
decorous, declamations in which every
thing is glertfie without being ideal
lied, poe ryn in which the reader must
make the rhythms which the poet has
not made for him, then think we had
better continue literary colonists. I
shrink from lawless independence TO
which all the write energy and tramp
ling andacity OF Mr.. VIII tman fail to
reconcile me. But there is room for
everybody and every thing in our huge
hemisphere. Young America is like a
three-year-old colt with his saddle and
br die just taken off The first thing he
wants to do is to roll. He Is droll OBJ
iieet, sprawling in the grass with b s
i3ur hoofs in the air; but he likes it,
and it won't harm u.s. So let him roll
let him rol1!=&Atlantic. -1
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Eve for Eve, Tooth for Tooth.

The Democratic party will give the
Reeds, McKinleys and Cannons dose
of their own medicine when it gains a
majority in the next House. There has
been too much of disposition on the
part of Democrats when smitten on one
cheek, to turn the other. Let all bull
les. bulldozers, tyrants, imitation czars
and would-be shahs on the Republican
side know that IL the Democrats con-
troll that body in 1891, every Republican
whose election was brought about by
force and fraud and Doodle shall go.
Under this rule Bulldozer Reed, the
swollen boss from Maine, who was re.
elected by unlawful methods, will be
unseated as soon as an honest and God
fearing committee of Democrats can
make up a report in his case. Speed
the day. The dictators and tyrants who
have made the peoples House of Rep
resentatives by-word and d reproach
must go-Chicago Herald.
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How Maine was Carried.

The means by which the Republicans
carried Maine were most desperate.
Reed sent dozen members Of Con-
gress into his district to stump it in
his behalf; other parts Of the State
were nearly as we'll supplied with wind
power; in several counties large num-
bers Of Democratic names were left of
the poll-lists; Democrats were in many
cases refused the privilege of regis
tration; money was spent freely in the
vicinity OF the polls. and open bribery
is charged. In this way the full Re-
publican vote was brought out, and
thousands OF Democratic votes illegally
suppressed. Chicago Globe.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

THAT was bad scare Mrs Parting.
ton had the other day" .? ?" "She
went to q pantomime. and thought she
had suddenly lost her hearing"-N Y.
Sun.
Times are getting so hard, re-
marked an unsuccessful business man,
that it's getting to be all can do ia
collect my thoughts "--Washington
Post
-''Charlie-sYes, Mabel, like you.
but there was something about you last
night that 1 didn't like" Mabel
why, Charlie, what was it?'' Charlie
Erred Somers' arm"
3 do you guarantee this not to break
DOWN." she asked. Our instructions,
miss. said the salesman, blandiy, fare
never to guarantee hammocks when we
sell 'em to handsome young ladies'"
She bought it
First Mosquito--s.sYou are looking
plump and well fed Where do you 20
to find such good fare?" Second Mos
quito--.I hang around the haberdash-
ers and follow the young men who buy
neglige shirts. America.
-Logic-"Shall take more beer2
My stomach says Yes Ny resson
says NO. My reason is wiser than my
stomach, Of course. and II Is always the
ser one that yields n quarrel. they
Hsay-waiter. another bottle!" - File.
gende Blatter.
81 wish to see Miss Elder" said
Mrs Fangle, handing card to the door
maid. shes engaged, ma'am, replied
the girl "Well, now, I've been ex-
pecting that for some time. l must 70
in right away and congratulate her,
Harper's Bazaar.
--Old Friend unexpected arrivaD--
And 30 this is your'dsughter's coming
out party?" Practical Mother--s.Yes;
and II hadn't put my veto on those
dressmakers, she would have been out
good deal further than she is - Dem
orest's Monthly.
-Burly Party-"Are you aware cir.
that you deliberately placed your um.
brella In my ear last EVENING" Little
Blifferton-"Very careless OF me, I'm
sure. / wondered what became Of il.
and--would 1t be- too much troube TO
ask you to return ita"-Dry Goods
Chronicle.
Native lin the far West)---"Wh ala
you let that Teller pull you around that
way?' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. could help
myselr?' Native-sHe isn't no COW.
boy. He amt been here more'n ! weak
an be came from New York City same
as You did. /" Tenderfoot--. Consarn the
luckl II I'd known that I'd ! Knocked
the spots Out0f him. GOOD Nowa
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Doctor--So you're all run downl Feel
generally debilitated; can't sleep. have
no appetite; fever Pushes. headaches,
and dizziness. ! see. It's not a case for
medicine.
Patient frightened What is ita case
for then?
Doctor-For rest.
Patient-But I've Just been on my Va.
cationi
Doctor-You needn't tell me that
Two weeks active employment will rest
you and make you all right Nothing
like getting back to work after labor
10 rs vaca non. Boston Transcript
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Constitution.
There is no need of looking up
another headsman to succeed Clarkson.
He didn't leave any thing for another
headsman to do.-Buffalo Courier.
Mr.. Farwell and I In old times
were Democrats. We went into the
anti-slavery movement together. 1
went into the army: he didn't. He made
money; didn't.-John M. Palmer. :
The spoils system under Harrison
never gets q vacation. Although Har-
rison is at Crescent Springs, he goes on.
making removals and appointments as
industriously as If at the White House.
Chicago Herald.
Hon. Clifton R. Breckenridge
could hardly have higher compliment
than to be turned out of Congress con-
trolled by Reed, Quay and Dudley. 1t
will be accepted as evidence that he
does not conform to the blocks-of-ive
standard.-St. Louis Republic.
Mr.. Kennedy, the rampant roarer
from Ohio, declares that the &. o. p has
never assisted in riveting@th shackles
on human being. The g. o. p. is con-
tent with robbing poor people in order
that it may have campaign fund and
hold the Offices. Chicago Evening Post.
A great deal might be said In
favor of Reeds gag rule If it were some
times applied whom it ought to be. It
is often used to cut of the debate OF
Democratic members on important. pub
lie questions, but it is never used to
choke off such indecencies as that late.
ly perpetrated by Cannon. Chicago
Herald.
Senator Paddock has told the
gentlemen engaged in passing the Nc
Kinley bill that the West believes that
tariff revision should mean tariff rednc-
ton, and there is not the slightest
doubt that the coming elections will
show that he is correct. Nevertheless,
in the language of late carpet bag
Senator from South Carolina, there may
be two years of good stealing in the
Mckinley bill.-Proyidence journal.
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They had only been married a shorl
time.
just see, George" she exclaimed, 81
have bought you just the cutest cigar
case imaginable. Isn't it beauty?"
And George folded her to his arms,
with the remark that she was just the
dearest little woman alive.
After short scene Of bliss she brok 9
the silence.
"Ohl nearly forgot. Here's the bill
for my new bonnet 1t may be a trifie
high. but itis q perfect love of bon
net"
And George reiterated, under his
breath. that she was the dearest little
woman alive!-The Jury.