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HUMOROUS.

-Policeman-s.How does my new
club strike your vagrant-''Its stun
ming. Washington Post
Maria, dear said the fond moth
or. ''the postman asked me to-day
whether YOU wouldn't use some other
perfume on your letters. Violet doesn's
agree with him. ~-IIarper's Bazaar.
-Lady-sI don't need any Of your
burglar alarms" Agent-"Your next
ncighbor said twas no use for me to call
here, as you had nothing 70 BE- stolen"
-Lady-.Put in three"
-Bobby-"Don't be scared, Johnnie.
Perhaps your father didn't mean i
when he said he would lick you.'
Little Johnnie Eyes. he did Itwast's
as II he had promised to bring me homo
= new whistle"
There are grave fears Of an insur
recsion in Spain owing to the King hav
ing reached the age at which his say
inrs STRIKE his mother as worthy o.
repetition. The strain upon the loyal
subjects is said TO be too great for then
to bear. Life.
Mrs Chaffcr-"what. twenty cents
apiece for those small cabbagesl
That's pretty high price" Grocer
ssYes. ma'am, but cabbagss are scarce
and dear. You sec there are several
large cigar factories right near here I"
Light
--(;rateful Citizen-sT am delighted
TO read in the papers that you had re-
fused to raise the price Of ice" Presi-
dent Ice Ccmpany-"That Is true. We
shall make no change in the price.
The only change will be in the Jumps
N. Y. Weekly.
Mrs. wickwirc-"You know very
well that your cigar bill for one day
amounts to more than all my incidental
expenses for a week. Mr.. Wickwirc-
eyes; that's Just woman's luck.
wish / could get along As cheaply a
YOU can. "-Terrc Haute Express.
--Guest attempting to carve)-
sswhat kind OF chicken IS this. any
how?" waiter--"Dats genuin,
Plymouth Rock, sab" Guest throw
ing M both hands, THAT explains II
knew she was an old-timer; but ha,
no idea she dated back there Take'e
away. draw the line on the hen
from the .Mayfiower.' Texas Siftings
Foreman fwhistling down the tub
20 the Editor) --.'One Of these article
must be left out There isn't room 70
both Editor What are thcy?" Fore
man Earthquake in Europe, fifty live
lost, and piece about selling more p
pcrs in Quohosh than all the oths
dailies combined" Editor" Leave on
the earthquake. "-Munsey's Weekly.
Mrs Grundy And how do you liz
the new clergyman" Mrs. Scroogc-
. oh. I think he's just splendid" Mr.
Grundy--"Do his sermons appeal
you?" Mrs. Scroogc -"N-n-nc; but d
! how he does 60 for the woman ne,
door. and the woman across the stree
/, IL does my heart good to hear tho'
critters get such an eloquent roasting
America.
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In mailing the first half Of his
manuscripts Of Darkest Africa" IRON
Cairo 70 the Scribners, Stanley wrotes
''When Il is done. not Vanderbiirs
wealth would induce me 20 write upon
the subject At length again
The literary production Of Mexico
u quite wonderful. One OF her Satest
Autographed lists mentions no less
than $4,000 yolumns by 5000 native
Mexican authors The first book
printed on this continent was published
In Mexico.
Count Muster. the present German
Ambassador at Paris. Is the author OF
one OF the best cook books Of the day.
A sarcastic colleague once said OF him:
"Iie is the best cook among the dipio-
matists. and the best diplomatist among
the cooks"
lis reported in 6ston that Edward
Bellamy wrote Looking Backward"
As . satire on Socialism. and was the
most astonished man in the country
when thousands Of people took II seri-
ously and set him up on pedestal as
the prophet Of new era.
Rose Hartwick Thorpe says bat her
earliest recollections are Of writing lit
tie rhymes on scraps Of ribbon paper.
When she was little older she boarded
every penny in order to buy sheets o.
foolscap, on which 70 write her emu
sions-
Miss May Rogers, Of Dubuque. la
is the author OF . ''Waverly Diction-
ary.- in which the 1900 or more char
acters in Sir Walter SCOTS novels are
are all described. with illustrative ex-
tracts from the text The book Is said
TO be complete key to SCOTS works
The only unmutilated copy OF the
Century that gets into Russia Is the one
the Gar personally reads each month In
all Others Kennan's articles are smeared
over BY the Russian postal authorities
with some black stuff OF very pene-
trating nature which IL is quite impossi-
BILE to remove. even through chemical
process. without destroying the print
ing. Even where only Remnants name
appears the same smearing tactics are
applied
Miss Blanche Willis Howard. ths
novelist. lives in Stuttgart. and receives
and chaperones young ladies studying
music. languages and the like One o
the girls under her care says: 'She Is
{ practical manager. housekeeper and &C
countant She teaches us cooking ant
economy. Besides all this she Is bali
0 doctor. She takes excellent care Of tn
] health Of the girls. and tries to max
: them reasonable in caring for the m
selves"
The first almanacs were Of Arabia
; origin. and reflected the local genius
J, the people in very striking way The
served as models in other countries 70
! ! hundreds Of years The Oldest know
! copy OF such a work Is preserved in tn
!. British Museum and dates back 70 tn
= time OF Rameses the Great Of Egyp
!. who lived 1900 years before the birth
!, Christ. 1t is written on papyrus in re
ink. and covers period Of six year
q The entries relate TO religious cerem'
q MES. to the fates OF children horn Q
= given days ami to the regulation Of bus
I, ness enterprises in accordance wit
/. planetary influences. Boston Tral
erript
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self about some outside matters. Bur
Ocss came in, and seeing it. took II into
his room to examine II, snpposing II
"a have come in the regular way. and.
finding IL TO be wonderful book. as he
afterwards told me- carried IT on Then
An unfortunate woman who calls herseif
Rose Desire must have brought in story
which was laid on my desk just where
yours had been: il was In a box Just as
yours was. and SO the great BOBBY VINO
sometimes reaus manuscripts for Bur
CESS & Co. when he ought TO be mend
ing shoes or sboveling coal, took II
homo. and read this feeble production
for the work Of a charming and brilliant
woman. whom he deserves never to see
arain after tonight began your
story. never dreaming II was yours, ana
was fascinated by its beauty and power
IN spite 81 nv miserable state OF mind.
| had not read half OF 1t when dis
covered yourself in IL, and the hideous
mistake had made dawned upon me.
\ Now YOU know the cause Of my stupid,
prigrish words Of this morning VIII
not ask you TO forgive me; can never
forgive myself the needless suffering
have caused you.
| INT Katharine did not look very an
grv. What load was lifted from her
heart BY his words! 1t was almost worth
while to have endured the pain 70 ex-
pcriencc this sweet and blessed RELIEF.
She looked at him and smiled a. ne
stood before he. with hand outstretched
as in farewell.
..Ecforc YOU vanish into outer dark.
ness she said. drcamily, II should
like you to fulfill your promise to read
my manuscript !.
allow me to read it. after this?
..Certainly. / asked your opinion. ane
still want IT, think ! may count saieil
on getting your true one" she added
mischicvously.
As she gave him the manuscripts ~
took her hands and held them.
..Katharinc.r hcsaid, who could hav'
forcsecn this ending to such day
Three hours ago thought the sun coul'
never shine for me again; but the cloud
have lifted. and tho blessed IGN
streams through and gives new ne 70
hope" ,, -
The porticrcs opened and little mrs
AMMAN hustled into the library.
"Ah. Mr.. Mackenzie. good evening
Did you ever know any thing 80 suuue
as the change in the weather to-nigh.'
.'Ncver." said Mack enzie, fcrvsnt'
| and. looking into Katharines Faulan
eyes, nor 50 delightful. "-Francis =
! | Livingston. In LippincottA
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In nominating John @. Carlisle for
the United States Senatorship made va
cant by the death OF Senator Beck Ken
lucky has honorci man who has well
served the State. And in thus honor
ing their representative in Congress the
Legislators have done credit to them
selves. Mr.. Carlisle has won high
place in public life by mis- broad states
manship and wide knowledge OF public
affairs. His admirers will be gratified
by one phase Of his nomination There
was little opposition 70 him and the
canvass was remarkable for Its dccency.
Every one regarded Mr.. Carlisle IS
worthy man to represent Kentucky u
tho senate. The honor Is the greater
when 1t is rendered with such unanim-
ity.--Chicago Evening Post
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These popular expressions are pointed
admonitions 70 the President. 70 his
Cabinet and to his majority party In
both branches 81 Congress They mean
that revolutionary Government ended
with the necessities Of war years ago,
and that no party can return - y with
out humiliation; they mean that war
taxcs in time Of peace, for the benefit Of
riect classes. will be overwhelmingly
resented BY the masses and they mean
that National profiigacy must give way
20 honest Government such are the
plain, emphatic lessons OF the recent
elections; will they be decided In Wash
ingsonY II not, be prepared TO battle In
desperation to save even Pennsylvania
TO the party in November next -Phils'
deiphia Times
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nls ShsIiow-PAtsa Crowd
Tho avowed purpose q the Mckinley
tariff hill Is TO discourage and. as far a.
practicable. 70 prevent the importation
Of foreign goods II articles lar~ely
consumed in this country can not be pro-
drced here Is cheaply - they can be
imported the duties are 70 be raised 80
that manufacturers may be encour-
aged 70 supply the home market That
Is the general principle OF the bill - It's
friends present it. In palmer words. y
proposes 10 plumber the great body OF
he people by compelling them 70 pay
extravagant prices for articles Of neces-
sity which under liberal tariff they
might buy more cheaply.
One sure effect Of the policy adopto1
in the bill must be TO greatly diminish
the expectation OF American products
Commerce can not be maintained on the
one-sided principle. No country can
afford to permanently maintain trade
\ in which we take nothing but gold from
K 1t in exchange for the merchandise We
export That Is proposition
which will hardly be disputed
Nevertheless. while Mckinley and
his tariffte followers are thus
preparing to abolish the foreign com
mercc OF the United States. the same
party proposes TO offer millions OF tho
peoples money in brides for the estab
lishment Of lines Of ocean steamers x
foreign countries Such brides are man
ifestly the only means by which thu
proposed lines can be maintained. for
as 4 consequence Of the tariff bill. II tn
confessed purpose OF its authors and ad
vocates is accomplished. there can be n
commerce TO give the steamships lcgiu
mate and remunerative employment
Any thing more absurdly inconsisten
than this donble-endor policy OF IN
dominant party can not well b
imagined. One end OF the scheme
directed TO the development Of large
foreign commerce; the other TO IN
adjustment Of the commerce we .
ready have. In one point only thes
conflicting policies are harmoniou'
The suppression OF foreign trade Is
, he achieved BY robbing the people, an
the creation Of steamship lines for n
maintenance Of the trade which Is 10 /
abolished will also be accomplished b
plundering the Treasury. We sha
have great fleets sailing in ballast SUI
ported by subsidies, while we pay thre
prices for homemade goods. instead
buying for a fair price such goods as u
, ships might bring. Chicago Globe.
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NOTES or THE DAY.

You can vote as you please. says
Speaker Reed. so long as we do the
the counting and the serl-
fication. Providence Journal
The House has passed the Sem
ate's innocuous antitrust bill And the
trusts are as tranquil as May day in
ia the morning. Philadelphia Record
IF the Morrill, pension bill passes,
President Harrison will be entitled 70
eight dollars per month. His admins
traiion so far proves, however. that
even eight dollars per month IS an ex-
orbitant price to pay for Harrison -
Memphis lTenn.) Democrat
Mr.. Wanamakcr is said to have
told near friend that he was begin
ming to believe that he had paid q
pretty steep price when he gave $500. 600
for his present job. And Mr.. wanna
maker ought to know, too. for he has
had great deal Of experience In bar
gains. Kansas City Times
The position Of Mr.. Butterworth
Il full OF significance. II will lead Y
further opposition TO the tariff, not sui
ficient, we believe, to prevent the pas
sage OF the Mckinley till. but SUI
ficient to destroy any party that stands
back OF a measure SO oppressive and g
full OF iniq uity.-Louisviile Courier
Journal
Some OF the magazines are dis
cussing the question as TO which were
the better fghters-the Confederates q
the Federals- The conundrum is doubt
less one Of those which. like that a. Z
who struck Billy Patterson or as to wh'
killed Tecumseh. will 20 down into his
tory undecided. unsettled and deepen
ing constantly in weird and potent mys
Baltimore Herald
There is some queer pension bust
ness going on at Washington Th'
senate has been passing bills givinl
pensions TO the stcpmothers Of soldiers
and now one is granted to the widow
: man who was drafted. who neve
reached his regiment. and who Is no
positively known to have died. thong
he is reported 70 have been killed In
quarrel. III Artcmus Ward were aliv
now, he would apply for . pension Q
account OF the cousins he intended
send to the war. -Philadelphia Ledge
lind. Rep)-
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have been this? lie turned back 10 tho
first page; underneath the title was the
line from Measure for Measure:
4 hold you ~ thing enskycd and sainsed"
but no name. nor any sign 10 indicate
who was the author. "Will they never
learn 10 send In these things properly
he growled. Then suspicion darted
through his mind 50 suddenly that his
heart stopped beating for moment,
and then began TO throb with a great
hope. lie looked at his watch, and.
springing to his feet. tied up tho
precious package with trembling hands.
There Is time yet, he murmurcd. II
will not let the night pass with this
mystery unsolycd. Dear Katharine, my
poor girl.'
| lie jumped into q cab. and in fifteen
minutes was at her door A sharp north
wind had driven away the rain-clouds.
! and the stars were shining brightly.
Miss AMMAN was in the drawing-room
with her mother. the maid told him,
and there wcro other callers. Mackcn-
zie walked into the room with the pack
age under his arm. The guests, an eld-
erly couple, had risen 70 60 II must
see you alone. al once" he whispered to
Katharine. and. leaving her with her
friends, he walked back into the IL
brary. In few moments she joined
him.
Have you examined the manuscript
brought you this morning. he asked,
eagerly.
II NO" she replied. shadow crossing
her face.
"A 'What was the name OF your story?
.Mr. Mackenzie. beg that you will
, not speak to me on that subject now OF
| at any other time"
but tell me-the namc.'
i ''You have read il: why should 70,
ask me?~ She said. coldly; then, seeing
/ the suppressed excitement in his eyes
/ the twitching q his mouth. without
knowing Why She caught the infection
! OF his emotion. and her heart beat rap
/ idly.
: Mackenzie quickly opened the box an'
1 held il up TO her.
. Have you ever seen this before? h.
asked.
! why. il is mine. How did you p"
Z "Yours, Do you mean you wrote ~
a Certainly. 1t is the story gave 70
b yesterday, which thought you brouEh
back to me this morning. And now
II "Thrn you are not Rose Desire. an
4 YOU didn't write story called "A Bs
[: hemian in SILK"
|. NO" replied the wondering girl.
THANK Heaven he burst on
katharine. II you would like the hea
Of the most stupid dolt that ever live'
Il on charger. will cheerfully give u
y you. Listen while tell you what col
/ lecture has happened before you spur
n. me from your sight and send me 70 q
u sacrifice. l ought never TO have let II
N precious charge out Of my sight for a
instant: but went direct 70 Bnrges
il after you gave me your story. and la
~ IN on my desk there while husied m
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~. whose society was a privilege. and
uhoSa conversation delight. had con-
....ed rs him that she had written q
nD,sl and Furthermore had requested
n. him i critical opinion. Nothing thar
!. uo,nan like Katharine Amman would
vriie could fail 10 be interesting. and
Mackenzie thought with pleasure o. the
.u,ory he should take her as his de-
.ailed criticism ON the morrow which he
aoub,ni not would be- his candid opin-
in. and saw in fancy the bright and
rra,eiul smile with which She would re-
ward him.
The story was typewriter. always a
welcome sight to the manuscripts
reader. and was called "A Bohemian In
silk" by Rose Desire. "A pretty nom
do-plume e." thought Mackenzie. but
shall advise her own name. which u
prcttier. to my thinking
lie went rapidly but carefully through
the first chapter. A he began the
second puzzled look was on his face
which BY degrees grew grave, and a
the end Of the third chapter II had set
tied into an expression Of intense dis
appointment II was some time past
midnight when Mackenzie laid dowr
the last page Of the manuscript. hs
had read every line in the hope Of ind
ing some stray passage he could com
mend some CLEAN OF light suggestive
81 the woman herself in the waste Q
dull mediocrity. II was useless; IN
book was hopclessly bad.
II would not have believed 1t posi-
be" he muttcred. lie sat looking int
the fire for another hour. ''IIow can
ever tell her?" he groaned- But tel
her must"
lie lad promised to return the manu-
script to her with his opinion the fol
lowing morning. and at the appointe
hcnr he stood in Miss Annans drawing
room. somewhat woebcgone-lookin
object. after slceplcss night. A plcas
Ing contrast was the figure which er
tered to meet him. clad in prctt
morning gown. her face smiling in cor
ident anticipation OF his verdict. Ne
blushing With charming modesty. IN
smile died on her lips as she advance
toward him. You are not WE'LL" sh
sad. IN tones Of kindcst sympathy.
Mackenzie fastened to assure her p
was in perfect health.
Then you have sat up all night ovs
'lai'' she said, pointing to the box
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Tile RepubIicans are und0ubtcdIy
alarmed at the prospects Of deficit
They sec that they are making : great
increase in cxpenditnrcs-over 80. oOo.-
600 year for pensions alone already,
without additional legislation - and
they are planning % make corrc-
spending increase in revenues from tax
alton. II they pass : tariff bill ~ IL!
Il will be with that end In view. -St
Louis Republic
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his hand. ''IIow inconsidcratc in me TO
asK you to read IL at once. when you
nave 50 many duticsl 1t would serve
me right II you should condemn H. "
lis eyes met hers in silence, and she
knew the truth at once.
You do not like it-confcss,' che
said. trying to laugh.
mo, do not like it,
Nhe still smiled bravcly, but Mack
sn<ie saw her cheeks pale, and the sight
'note him with intolerable pain.
never had task In my life which
Mas 70 hard IS this. = he said. THE truth
nas bitter for me 70 speak as for You
y near; yet can not lie to you; can
ao' oven palliate Or conceal"
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"A THING ENSKYED."
tina Mistake OF Critic and How
It Was Rectified.

DWARD MACK
ENZIE, author,
critic and litcra-
teur, sat down AZ
his 4 els X and
drew toward him
a package, with
a smile Of salts
faction. II was
not often that he
entered upon the
reading Ola man
uscript with feel
ings Of sue h
plcasurable an
ticipation. A
charming. cult
xafn Il Xnman.
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SENATOR QUAv's CASE


ton of His Charncters
Since Mr.. NJ S. Quay, United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, was charged
on specific evidence with BEING : thief.
sufficient time has elapsed to make y
plain that he will not hazard an investi-
CATION. He has neither asked justice
hom the senate nor from the courts
where he might secure it. IL innocent,
BY suits against the newspapers publish
ing the evidence on which i based the
charge Of larceny against him.
His subordinates in the Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee have
asserted that he has been vindicated ~
his election to office subsequent TO the
time when il il alleged that be COM
mi.ted the thefts from the treasury Of
Pennsylvania- This view Of the case Is
Z mistaken one. The charges hitherto
made have been in vague hints-chiehy
| in the form Of threats from Republicans
| that they would lift the lid or the
| State treasury in case Quay pursued
course Indicated by them as one he must
| not pursue. The ends here sought were
not the ends Of Justice. but OF political
blackmail. and the fact that the lid was
not lifted - that compromises were
| effected as q result Of which Quay vas
sent TO the senate instead Of to the
penitcntiary. where il was intimatcd he
| might 90 in the event Of exposure
merely suggests that Quay preferred
blackmailing coercion 70 the necessity
OF explanation and defense incident q
the lifting Of the lid II can not b.
Lus ~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-19
A RAILWAY REPORT.
Result of the Observations ofthe Inter- srnte
Commerce Commission.

Result of the Observations ofthe Inter- srnte
Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON, August 1s.-The statis-
tician of the Interstate Commerce CON-
mission has completed his second annual
report to the Commission. The report sovers
the transactions of 6O9 roads, and shows the
operations of 153.3S5 miles of line. The
gross earnings for the year, exclusive of
rental Of tracks, yards and terminals, were
$964, SIG. 129, or s., 290 per mile of line; and
the operating expenses, exclusive of rentals
of tracks, yards and terminals, S644, ,706, 701,
or q, 203 per mile of line. This leaves a net
income from operations of $500, 109. 42S, or
$2,0S7 per mile of line. Alter deductions
are made for fixed charges the final net in
come for all the roads in the United States
was S101, 388. 736, or S661 per mile of line.
The total mount of stocks is shown to be
g, 251, 190, ,719. of which $S47, ,74O, ,3s9 are
owned by railway corporations. The total
amount of bonds is 81, 267, ,527, ,S59, of which
$304, 252, 502 are owned by railway corpora.
tions. From this it appears that the total
stocks and bonds representing railway prop
erty in the hands of the public is s., 1885,
725,677. The report further shows that the
passenger earnings have increased from
30.46 per cent of total earnings in 1888 to
BIO per cent in 1889; while freight earnings
have decreased from 67.35 per cent in 1888
to 66.82 per cent in 1889.
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Trinity Hall's Loss.

The friends and patrons of Trinity Hall,
Washington, Pa, will be sorry to learn that
the Rev. P. s. Mesney has resigned the
rectorship of that institution after success
fully working it up from Is students 10 50.
Mr.. Mesney as University teacher has no
superior, having received his training at
the University of Cambridge, England.
His charming personal qualities endear him
to everyone who has the pleasure to make
his Acquaintance. We learn the reverend
gentleman is now on his way from Europe,
where he has travelled for recreation the
past few months, to this country to engage
in church work in or near Pittsburg, where
his untiring energy is wanted and will
doubtless very much benefit the church.