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A DANGEROUS METHOD.
Effect OF the Mckinley BIZ Upon the Pc,
ers of the President.

Effect OF the Mckinley BIZ Upon the Pow
ers of the President.
The attempt of the Mckinley bill is
to vest the president with absolute
power in treaty-making, freeing him
from the constitutional restriction un-
der which treaty negotiated by the
executive department must have the adj
vice and consent of the senate before it
has any validity as law.
This attempt is the more dangerous
because of the skill with which it is
made The method of treaty-making
which has thus far prevailed which is
the only method contemplated or au-
thorized by the constitution, involves
the entering into a formal contract be-
tween the powers, which ON the part of
the United States must be approved by
the senate after it has been drawn.
Were it otherwise, an act of Mexico, of
Brazil, of Guatemala the Cannibal
islands, could be given the effect of
''the highest law of the land" over the
United States by the mere consent of
the president.
This is ,exactly whatis now being at
tempted. Y Under the plan of the Nc
Kinley bill the arrangements are made
between the powers as in case of a
treaty, except that the senate is ruled
out. The act of foreign government
has only to be confirmed by the procla-
nation of the president of the United
States, to have the force of treaty
binding the United States.
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tempted. No one in the least familiar
with our system of government will be-
lieve, however, that the congress has the
shadow of authority to delegate to the
executive department power either to
make laws or to suspend their opera
ton. Under the constitution special
privileges tozone country over another
can only be granted by treaty, and
every such treaty must be approved by
the senate before it has any force.
Congress, if it pleases, can pass an
act saying that hereafter any law of
the United States may be suspended
by the proclamation of the president,
and that the presidential proclamation
ratifying the act of foreign coun-
try shall have the effect of a treaty
binding the United States. This theory
Is embodied in the clause of the Nc
Kinley bill under discussion, but it has
no force as law, because the constitu-
ton of the United States cannot be
altered or set aside by mere act of con-
gress. When the president issues his
proclamation pretending to suspend a
law of the United States and purport-
ing TO give the enactment of a foreign
power the force of law over the United
States his act is not only without con-
stitutional warrant, but is in direct,
plain and open transgression of express
constitutional limitations. 1t has,
therefore, nothing of the validity of
law, though it may have the practical
effects of it through the persistence of
the executive department in an I'M
lawful course st. Louis Republic.
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The secret of Happiness.

The most common error among men
and women is that of looking for hap
piness somewhere outside of useful
work. 1t has never yet been found in
that way, and never will be while the
world stands; and the sooner this truth
is learned the better for every one. If
you doubt the proposition, glance around
among your friends and acquaintance,
and select those who appear to have the
most enjoyment in life. Are they the
idlers and pleasure-seekers, or the earn
est workers? We know what your an
swer will be. OF all the miserable
human beings it has been our fortune,
or misfortune, to know, they were the
most wretched who had retired from
useful employments in order to enjoy
themselves. Why, the slave at his en-
forced labor, or the hungry toiler for
bread, were suprem@iy happy in COM
parison. Earnestly would we press
upon young minds the truth we have
stated. 1t lies at the foundation of all
well-doing and well-being. 1t gives
tranquility and pleasure to the youth
just stepping across the threshold OF
rational life, as we'll as to the man
whose years are beginning to rest upon
his STOPPING shoulders. Be ever en-
gagged in useful work, If you would be
happy. This is the great secret
Arthur's Magazine.
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what the Fineers Denote.

AS far as the fingers are concerned,
experts in the palmistry divide hands
into three classes Long, slender,
tapering fingers determine the first,
and denote delicate, trained perceptions.
A subject with such fingers has an i'm
nate fondness for art, poetry, music,
and the higher forms of literature. In
the second class the fingers are shorter,
are nearly equal in length, and have
blunt ends. They denote practical,
material mind, thorough and reliable,
rather than brilliant woman with
such fingers would make a careful and
efficient housekeeper, and man with
similar ones would be thorough and
cautious in business. In the third class
the fingers are short, thick and square,
and have short, large nails. subject
having these fingers is active, athletic,
opinionated, selfish, has strong appe-
tites for the material things of life, and
is liable to form strong prejudices. IN.
Y. Ledger
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WORSE THAN SNAKES.
A Place Where the Mosquitoes Were Nor
Dreaded Than Serpents.

Place Where the Mosquitoes Were More
Dreaded Than serpents.
= bout three miles above mississippi
Ivy Called AZ a negro .canln ON the
nignway 70 ASK 1or a drink OF water.
a int,ie s'eeei near -ehe- aoor-AV'in "a lore
reg paaly swoiien' ana | asked the
negro Wnae aiiea MN -
PIN dun DIT py SNAKE reckon,
was the reply.
His own left foot was bandagcd in n
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RAo Will pc PeFufipbcu 20 Jorge snaI
fact. In the republican platform OF
1888 these memorable words occur:
.The republican party is in favor OF the rso
OF both gold and silver as money. and condemns
its efforts TO demonetizc silver. =
That was bid for the vote of the sill.
yer ring and silver states, and the bid
was accepted. The republicans are
being called upon to redeem their
pledge, and are in trouble over il. If
they live up to their promise they will
lose the eastern states If they do not,
they will unquestionably suffer in the
west But for the democracy there
need be no embarrassment. A party
that has incurred no improper obliga-
tions can well afford to stand straight
on its record when it's adversary is be-
ing torn by conflicting and irreconcil-
able elements. Looked at as q matter
Of political expediency, the democratic
position, to which Mr.. Cleveland urges
his party to adhere, is one of ideal
strength. But the people,. it is sug-
gested, may be deceived, and then
what? Well, first Of all, it is the duty
of democrats to assume that the people
will not be deceived, and secondly to be
true to their own principles even If for
time deception prospers. Brooklyn
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TO HIDE BIRTHMARks.
How Those Who Have Been Disffgur
Concealed Them.

How Those who Have Been Disffgurctl
Concealed Them.
A correspondent, writing from Paris
on the subject of the concealment Of
personal defects, says that the reason
why the bodices Nine Modjeslxa APP
pears in are always decorated with a
cluster of flowers or knot of ribbon just
at the left of their fastening is that an
ugly scar ON the breast, which looks as
II it might be the result of wound
from poinard--a souvenir of some past
romance must be concealed in some
way. When this device becomes
monotonous, "a little scarf Of silk will be
trailed carelessly across the open
rorsage in diagonal lines, tiny fan OF
lace will spring ont from the corner, or
a little knot of feathers will wave soft
ly against the disfguring mark.
PrettyAille. Anthelme, says the Mont
real Star, who made such successful
debut in the Nouveautes two years ago,
is afflicted with most undesirable and
repulsive birthmark. She is a pretty
woman, with tall, commanding figure,
dark hair and eyes, but she is sort of
female Esau, like Lucille Western, and
has thick growth of silky dark hair
from her waist up. OF course her skin
is carefully shaver above her bodice,
but it has a coarseness of texture and
blue tint which necessitates the fair An
thelme's incrusting with blazing Jewels
that part Of her throat which evening
dress exposes
Sophie Croizette, of the Theatre
Francois, had deep vaccination scar
far down her plump arm, which she
used to conceal with knot of ribbons
or trail of flowers and gold bracelet
before she became so stout that the
bracelet had to be as large as a waist
band. Speaking of the Disagreement
one night to some friends, one of the
ladies quietly picked up wax taper off
the toilet table and, holding it above
the arm, allowed single drop of melt
ed wax to fall over the place. When it
hardened she busted little pink pow
der over it, and Croizette's scar waslost
to sight. Croizette's makeup box con-
tanned ever after bit of wax taper
Albany Argus.
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NOTES FOR POLITICIANS.

Tin deposits have been discovered
in Mexico. In the strictest confidence,
now, upon your criss-cross, so-help-
you-Peter honor, the discovery is due
entirely to the wisdom and beneficence
of William Mckinley, Jr. Chicago
Times.
The republican papers treat the
mugwumps as If they had been unfaith-
full to their party and as If Mr.. Cleve-
land was the one correspondent to
whom they all collectively make love-
The mugwumps, however, claim to be-
long to no party and have as much
right to love Mr.. Cleveland as anybody
else Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Harrison-What's this Free
iprocity" idea Of yours, Jim? don't
exactly catch on to- it.
Mr.. Blaine-I'll give you an illustra-
tion.Z-I worked for you in IS, now you
turn in and work for me in '92 That's
reciprocity.
Mr.. Harrison-Humph! I don't think
much of that scheme. Life.
The anxiety of the republicans to
s.relievefthe supreme court is stimu-
lated by the reflection that the relief
contemplated will create eighteen fat
offices for Mr.. Harrison to distribute
among his partisans, chiefly congress-
men who have been repudiated by the
people for their zeal in the service of
the monopolists. Y. World.
The democracy of the country ac-
cept with enthusiasm Grover Cleve-
lands leadership, not because of his
personality, although he has many
qualities that endear him to men of
character and intelligence, but because
he represents in his own person, as no
other American does, the aspirations of
the people to greater liberty and better
government. Evansville (Ind.j Courier.
Tho republicanism Of the admin
tration-excepting of course, that ex-
emplified by the secretary of state-is
not the sort which commends itself to
the masses of the party. THERE'S moth
ing robust or inspiring in it. It calls up
no recollection of preceding administra-
tions save by way of contrast, and at
the expense of the present regime. No
republican shouts when the name of the
head of the government is mentioned.
The name of no cabinet official-always
with the exception referred to-ex-
cites any enthusiasm. This is bad for
the party. 1t is also without precedent.
The administration needs tonic and
needs it bad. st Louis Globe-Demo-
crat (Rep.). "
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HE DREW HER ON HIS SLED.

OF all the dear diyinities
Whose altar ffres I've led,
Before who5c shrines, both first and last
Loye's incenseI have shed,
fancy most the little maid
Idrew upon my sled.
That little maid who queencd II so
Ger all the boys: who. led
Them sdch dance--coquetti now
With Dick and Tom and Ted;
Who gaze each one In turn to hope
He'd draw her on his sled.
She queenedit oh. right royalty
Ger Frank and Phil and Fred
md all the rest. An empress born,
Worship was but as bread;
She knew a throne awaited her
On every subjects sled.
That little school.room was her realm,
Who cared what Teacher said?
The cynosure Of ey'ry eye
Was eier that golden head,
Whose ey'ry hair drew each telong
TO draw her on his sled.
Can forget-though years since then,
Both glad and sad, have Sped
= Can forget the day she deisned,
My deity so dread,
To let me tuck my goddess up
And draw her on my sledg
What though my goddess now Is grayi
Though time with stealthy tread,
Ha54eft his SHOWS on sunny locks
Ills long since we were Wed==
She's stu the same divinity
drew upon my sled.
Boston Globe.
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OF GENERAL INTEREST.


Tho business May.-An agency has
been organized in Paris which win Sc
cure the name of every heiress in the
United States, and hard-up lords. dukes
and counts who want to marry money
will be furnished full particulars for .
fixed sum- This is straight business
and the proper way to go at it
They Want Godfish.-In some parts
of Oregon wild duck are so cheap that
they only bring seven or eight cents
apiece, and the people have had them
fried, baked, stewed, frizzled. fricasseed
roasted, toasted and boiled until they
call out in agony: "Oh! won't some-
body give us change to codfish!"-De-
troit Free Press.
The Bad Lands of Dakota are COM
posed of white clay, which is nearly
always sticky and muddy. A wagon
which has passed through it for a few
yards makes picture laughable to
every one but the man who is striving
taameye it The wheels become solid
round cakes, and the mules find it very
difficult to draw the vehicle until the
driver, every fifty yards or so, removes
the clay from the wheels with spade.
THE assumption says an orthoep-
list, s'that certain letters placed one after
the other spell certain word, is purely
arpierary. Iney speil the Woro because
we are artlnciaily taught tnat they spell
~, not IN tne nature OF Things. now
Ieaiy arpi,rary speilng Is Is Wen Illus
'raeea py tne LONDON cockney VINO was
aSheu 70 speli morse. tertngiy, ne
.epiieu, IneI ma aitcn, ana ma
no ana q nay, ana ma mar n and
ess, ana NJ Zee a ana tnere you
az, orse
The skunk has the heaviest fur OF
any amman IN tne country, ana rs conse-
qgen.iy valuable ana saiable, although
When dressed u is very small. About
9o per cent OF all the SKINS taken IN the
ohited states go TO EUROPE. . M.
Lampson mas great sale In London
three tunes a year one OF which has
Just ciosea. Az tnis sale there were
disposed 81 among other skins, 10000
coon, too'ooo muskrat' loo'ooo skunk,
oo'ooo opossum' oo,ooo mink and 1000
gray-Iox,z al OF winch were shipped
from the onioed states
During the past six years Minnesota
has paid $7s,s84 for wolf bounties. Dur
bounty is only - per scalp, while dur
ing other months 1t is s.. 1t is alleged
that in certain counties some persons
have been in the habit of farming
wolves, and also OF keeping wolf cubs
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A snakes Egg Tooth.

.sThe funniest snake know anything
about is one found in Africa, which
lives upon eggs, said osteologist Lucas
1T has curious projection down
ward from its backbone, just behind
the head, which is like a tooth, the ex-
tremity being actually tipped with
enamel. This toothlike appendage has
a most simportant-function with rela-
ton to the creatures method OF getting
a living, and it would be difficult to find
a more astonishing illustration IN ma
turc of the adaptation Of structure to
necessity. When this snake swallows an
egg the latter is passed down through the
guIlet until it encounters the sharp
tooth / have spoken of,s'which breaks
the shell. Thas, not only IS the 1000
rendered ready for Immediate digestion,
but no portion Of the fluid contents Is
lost, as would be the case il the snake
were Obliged 10 bite into the egg WITH
it, mouth fangs - Washington Star
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ance, went to the home of the Maiden
that he might humble himself before
her; and when he found that She was
III, it was as though terrible blew had
fallen upon him.
But when at last the Maiden, by dint
OF much. skill and tender nursing. was
on the way TO recovery. to his great
wonderment she accepted his tender
devotion with the same sweet trust
that she had ever shown, and by mo-
word or sign did she refer to what had
passed upon that fateful day.
And the Man pondered auckland he
was sorely puzzled, and he wrote to a
very learned doctor to know il serious
brain illness would sometimes blot
from the mind an occurrence which
had happened upon the eve Of that
illness. And the doctor showed this
letter to friend and grumbled,
That's the way these writer-men get
the name of knowing so much. They
get the pointers from us and then they
go and work them into their stories,
and people think they know it all.r
But he sat down and wrote to the Man
that the happenings Of a day or even a
week before an illness with certain
brain complications were often blotted
entirely from the patients mind.
And when the Man read the doe.
tors letter he bowed his head and
thanked God that the Maiden would
never know.
And so they were married, and thu
Fairies, knowing that the Man had
suffered much and repented sore, gave
him back the magic pen for wedding
GIFT, and he never wrote dull word
after-and If you think that there could
possibly be happier ending than this
to story, why, you may write it your.
self.-Marie More Marsh, in Chicago
Times
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

-She-"Are you fortune hunter,
and nothing more? Certainly
not. / want q sensible wife to go with
it, who can take care Of II for rs. ~
Washington Star. y
-Wool-"How do you go to work to
tell the age Of HEMP" Van Pelt-ssBy
the teeth" Wool-'sA hen hasn't any
teeth, you idiot" Van Pelt-ssNo; but
/ have. -Harper's Bazaar
Wilson walking up the avenue)
1--WE meet an engaged couple, or what
looks like one, about every ten yards.
Gilroy-"Yes, great many pairs are
ripening in this mild weather.
I'VE had some mind-reading at our
party last night Johnny hid pin and
the new minister tried to find It. ? And
did he succeed?" ''Oh yes--he found II
when he sat down IN. Y. Herald.
You are the light of my hfe,' she
said to him as she told him good night
at the front door. 'Put out that light,
growled her father at the head Of the
stairs, and the front door slammed
Washington Star.
Mrs. Derrick (admiringly to artist
THE likeness Is just splendid Its
Aunt Susan a. she livesl You picture
painters will soon knock the photo
graphing business in the shade II you
keep on!"-Smith. Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
HE is in the pork business, isn't
he Jim? Pork packer, butcher. or
something like that?' Nothing Of the
sort; he is lace man, importer Of Not
tinghams." That's 1t; knew it was
something Of the kind. -Upholsterer.
Getting 1t MIXED Willie Mamma,
want to go TO the play this evening
Mamma-"Y You wouldn't enjoy II, VIII
lie. It's to be Shalspearean play. \
Il know 1t, mamma. saw the sign
down town It's goin' TO be Oysters g
You Like 1t. &C Chicago Tribune.
Simple Humor-. 'Curlingale Is Justly
regarded as . great actor remarked
the young man who was. calling, to
Mrs. De Porque. "And yet, when you
come to study his methods you find them
simple" Lab, yes, replied Mrs. De =
Porque, ssbut lots of these play folks
seem to think they have got 70 act
simple to be funny. - Washington Post.
1T Ran in the Family Philanthro.
plst TO newsDOy) do you CO.
about In the cold wind, my boy9 You'll
catch your deathi', Boy-"Can't help
It. Have to earn money TO support the
family. Mothers paralyzed" Philan-
thropist Doesn't your father earn
anything7" Boy Nope; he's paralyxcd,
too, most Of the Time - Munsey's
Weekly.
Scenting Danger. Dinguss s8had-
bolt ever ZEE medal made Of alum
inum2" Shadbolt No ssHere &
one friend gave me TIE other DAY.
(Taking II IN biz hand How llfhf Il :
isIr No weight 81 III That msd1l =
about The sire Of twenty dollar EoI1
piecc, and IN bet H1won't vsi1h =
much = $780, s'8o<r1. DIne1ns. bnt
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ON A BUFFALo's BACK.


A Nervy Stockman's Extraordinary Ride
Through y Herd OF Bison.
A North Platte, Neb., stoclsman, re-
lates the story Of ride he once took on
the back of a buffalo, near Fort Wal
lace, Neb. Returning from hunt
alone with the headquarters of couple
of young bulls he had killed over his
shoulder, he accidentally ran into
the herd again and was surrounded be-
fore he realized his situation.
''My lodging in and out almost
caused stampede" he continued. II
knew If panic took place among the
beasts would be trampled to death.
suddenly determined on bold stroke,
and edging up to a scraggy young bull,
grabbed hold of the long hair ON his
foreshoulders and swung upon his back.
The below which came from the fellow
made me wish l had not decided on
such risky push for liberty. The
believing was taken up by the rest Of
the herd, and soon we were flying along
at a terrific rate over gulches and up
hill and down. / was blinded by the
sand thrown by the hoofs of the beasts,
but with my eyes closed hung on like
grim death. For half an hour the herd
kept up terrific pace. and during that
time my legs were almost crushed out
of my boots by the crowding animals.
81 began to think my time had come.
was SO weak ! scarcely could keep my
seat, and was about to let myself fall
from the back of my buffalo when /
succeeded in scraping some of the sand
out Of my eyes discovered that we
were running parallel with the railroad
track, and as the bank was high and
steep, the animals had not ventured to
climb the incline. The beast was
riding was the closest to the track, and
knew If reached the top OF the en-
bankment would be safe dragged
myself together as best could and pre-
pared for a spring. got my feet,on
his back and jumped for the embanlx-
ment. ! leaped at the right time, for
the movement Of the young bulls body
sent me flying half way up the bank,
and there was safe in the sand. For
Ave weeks afterward was confined to
my bed. ~ Chicago Tribune.
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The Psrlls Of After-Dinner oratory.

For several hours the feasting goes
on; the speaker eats nervously, talks
nervously, and then, on full stomach,
when the body needs its energies for d.
gestion, he is obliged to stand upon lis
feet and use all his mental resources
and considerable physical s. ength in
order to make the impression he desires.
1t is the hardest kind of speaking, the
most exhausting work, and the wonder
is that it has not done more damage
than has been credited to it. Certainly
the guests at these hanquets seldom ap
preciate the amount of labor and pains
that it costs speaker to amuse and in
struct them. Baltimore American.
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REPUBLICANS in TROUBLE.
obligations INCURRED BY Their Platform
OF 1888.

We believe the democratic party will
be found, after thorough discussion,
to be in substantial agreement with
Mr. Cleveland in this matter, as it was
when he was in Office and when the
1883 platform was adopted. The re-
publican party, not the democratic, is
the parent of the silver heresy, and we
see no reason for fearing that the PEG
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--Ought to be Rewarded. --Mr. Rich

Ought to be Rewarded. Mr., Rich
man-''You say you don't smoker
Young MansNo, sir. nor chew
"Nor drink?" No, sir. Nor swear?r
mo sir." "You are an exemplary
young man, You ought TO be re-
warded." that's what l think, Give
me your daughter for wife. - Yanlses
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The Boynton Bicycle Railway CO,

The Boynton Bicycle Railway Co.,
which is nothing II not enthusi-
astic, offers to build road from the
Battery to Harlem, in New York, in six
months, at cost of less than 500, 900
per mile, guaranteeing to run through
trains with only four stops In seven to
ten minutes. This Is the company which
advsrtises 100 miles IS the lowest speed
Of It's trains.
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He found hornets nest, this Lad,
And brought Il 10 the IRE.
Considering only what he had
Not what be might acquire.
Hut when they tempered with his bliss
And bnmmed rejoicing low.
He Sat and sobtt<l; ANA mnrsnurod -I.Ist-
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