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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

THE exclusion of Puck from the mails in
Germany is calculated to create doubt
whether the Imperial Government has laid
aside SO completely as was reported, its enmity
to the American hog.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
THE COMING COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.

IT'S gathering as DeHver VIII Dc huge
Interstate Affair.
DENVER, April R-Letters from United
States Senators anu congressman from the
Western States are pouring into the head
quarters Of the Commercial Congress In this
city. The meeting on May 10 will be the larg-
est gathering of Western men of wide reputa.
tiun ever known.
Governor Nichols, of Louisiana, has ap-
pointed 81 delegates and as many alternates,
and has forwarded the names to Secretary
Newell. All railroads operating lines west of
1he Mississippi are entitled to representation,
and many Of them have already appointed del
egatea
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

In view of the positive denials that Par
nell is not going to marry at all, together with
the antecedent proceedings, an anxious in
quiry is in order whether he is going to lecture
or appear in tragedy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

SOME one has certainly succeeded in max
Ing Rome howl; but the present aspects of the
case do not indicate that the United States is
in position to do much Dragging about it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

SUGAR is just as sweet as it was before
the two.cent drop, Notwithstanding the efforts
of the sugar refiners to convince the public
that there is something awful about cheap
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

Now there is theory that dirty streets
cause the grip. 1t may or may not be true;
but it will do no hurt to have the streets
cleaned anyhow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

Vol. 46 No. 65.-Entered at PittsOurg Postofhce,
November IA, 1855. as second-class matter
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

the assertions which they had previously
declared to be the law and the gospel.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13

his rural home fifty miles away; but before
we buy rural property on the strength of
the expectation it will be necessary to see a
little actual flying done.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-13
The Worship of Truti

as victor in contest which was not so much .
triumph for infidelity as for truth.
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-07


Mr.. j. T. Wamelink had occasion to
visit the building inspectors Office in
the city hall. and as one or two of the
officials are. like him, fond of hunting,
the conversation naturally turned to
that subject.
In speaking of the state of the water
in the marshes, Mr.. Wamelink said that
within few years the level of Lake
Erie had been reduced two feet. Mr.
Wamelink expressed the o%nion that
the permanent lowering of the water
level was due to the constant increase in
the channel at Niagara falls, which per-
mitted greater volume of water to roll
over the falls. He was of the opinion
that, in order to preserve the proper
stage of water in the harbors of the lake,
it would yet become necessary for en-
gineers to raise the level of the Niagara
river. Inspector Morse stated that it
would be necessary to drop huge bowl
ders into the stream in order to accom-
plish that result. Cleveland Leader and
Herald
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A Club of ocean Travellers.

Anumber of gentlemen in India, whose
business or pleasure calls them fire.
quently to England, have formed them
selves into what may be termed trav-
elers' cooperative association, with the
object of lessening the expense of. their
voyages to and from the east. The sub
scription to this ocean club is to be $50
rupees, payable in monthly installments
of ten rupees, there being no annual
payment, and members will have the
privilege of a free return passage once
in three years, paying simply for the
bare cost of their food on board. Should
a member not be able to take his turn
when it comes round, he can sell his
passage ticket for anything he can get
for it, not exceeding the total cost of
membership. A steamer replete with all
the latest improvements is to be built
specially for the association, and it is
proposed that the first journey to this
country shall be made in January, 1898.
The vessel is to accommodate 1 1000 saloon
passengers s--London Cor. Manchester
Courier.
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The Sweetest Visits.

There is pleasure in little, ''scrappy, -
unexpected visitings with friends, which
is often wanting from the planned and
rounded comings when the fire is bright
and the cake basket ready in the closet. y
We are never conscious of warmer,
more living nearness to a friend than
after we have unexpectedly chanced upon
him in the street and had few minutes
of that havorsome chat which glances at
so much and grasps so little, or after he
has dropped in, for an unanticipated
half hour, at time when we had no
reason to look for him.
Why is it that the longer, more
ordered hours of meeting leave, on the
the whole, an impression less vivid and
less warm? Perhaps because we have
lived he visit once, in anticipation, and
the reality has some faint fatal suspicion
of staleness? Certain it is, the scrappy
hours are sweetest.-Boston Common
wealth
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Chinese Points for Hosts.

Don't eat with your ears" says Yuan
Mel, Chinese writer, "by which Imean
do not aim at. having extraordinary out
of the way foods, just to astonish your
guests. For that is to eat with your
ears, not with your mouth. Bean curd,
if good, is actually nicer than birds
nest. And better than sea slugs, which
are not first rate, is dish of bamboo
shoots
..'The chicken, the pig, the fish and the
duck, these are the four heroes of the
table. Sea slugs and birds nest have
no characteristic favors of their own.
They are but usurpers in the house. I
once dined with friend who gave Us
birds nests in bowls like watts, holding
each about four ounces of the plain
boiled article. The other guests ap.
plauded vigorously, but I smiled and
said, came here to eat birds nest, moi
to take delivery of it wholesale. y
Temple Bar.
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The MERRY BRITISH eeeeAR.

brave the day, / brave the night.
throw my sorrows to the wind,
And try to keep cheerful mind,
Although my coat is thin and light,
Although my hat
Is wondered at,
Because shaved the outer rim
To try and keep it smooth and trim.
laugh and sing and whistle, too,
When have wind enough to spare.
But in the sharp and frosty air
Ny breath comes short, my nose turns blue
My fingers freeze,
And my poor knees
Would knock together did they dare;
But still keep jaunty air.
When bread is scarce and shelter poor
watch the sparrows. and 1 say
II only want a meal a day."
And If they turn me from the door
tramp for weeks,
And dodge the beaks,
And with no money for a bed
I try an archway or q shed.
i brave the day. brave the night,
throw my sorrows to the wind,
'Tis wise to keep a cheerful mind
And screw your courage for the fight.
And SO, kind sir,
In case you err,
With over pity worse than none,
Just hand a copper and have done.
Nina F. Layard in Longman's Magazine.
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Frosted Glass.

The frosty appearance of glass which
we often use when it is desirable to keep
out the sun or for protection against
inquisitive eyes, is brought about by
using paint composed as follows:
Sugar of lead, well ground in oil, ap-
piled as other paint, then pounded while
fresh with a wad of batting, held be-
tween the thumb and finger, after which
it is allowed to partially dry. Then with
u straight edge laid upon the sash you
run along by the side of it with stick
sharpened to the width of the line you
wish to appear between the diamonds,
figures or squares into which you choose
to lay it off.-Detroit Free Press.
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Did Not Know what was Going On

Did Not Know What Was Going On.
There is fact about the French revo-
luton more wonderful in its way than
any which can be discovered in old news
papers. It is the fact, gathered from
private letters of the period, that in
those stirring times, when all the world
was ringing with the events in Paris,
there were actually people in that city
living in absolute ignorance of the hor-
rors around them. There was no Reign
of Terror for them. They lived veritable
recluses in their quiet suburban houses,
hearing nothing, reading nothing of the
turmoil which startled and terrified the
nations. One wonders much what man
ner of people these oysterlike folks
might be. Nothing sounds more incred-
ible today. Yet there are many things
in history not half SO well authenticated,
though history is curiously silent on SO
strange a circumstance.-Lon News.
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Lord Cast1ereagh's Ghost.

In one of the standard British bio
graphical works may be found the story
of Lord Castlereagh and the ghost. 1t
seems that when quite young man
Castlereagh commanded militia regi-
ment in Ireland. One night he was sta
toned in a large, desolate country house.
The bed upon which my lord reposed
was at the end of long, dilapidated
room, while at the other extremity a
great fire of wood and turf had been
prepared within a huge, gaping, old
fashioned fireplace. Waking in the mid
die of the night, Castlereagh lay watch
ing from his pillow the gradual darkening
of the embers on the hearth, when sud-
denly they blazed up and a naked child
stepped from among them. upon. the
floor.
The figure advanced slowly toward
the drowsy but thoroughly puzzled gen.
eral, seeming to grow with surprising
rapidity at every step, until, coming
within two or three PAGES of his bed, it
had assumed the proportions and ap-
pearance of a CHASTITY giant, pale as death,
with bleeding wounds across the brow,
eyes seeming TO glow with rage and de.
spair. Lord Castlereagh said that he
leaped from. the bed and confronted the
figure in an attitude of defiance, where
upon it retreated before him, diminish
ing in size as it withdrew, in the same
manner that it had previously shot up
and expanded.
He followed it, pace by pace, until
the original childlike form disappeared
among tine embers. This story Lord
Castlereagh told and declared to be true
in every particular at a party in Paris in
1915 when Scott was among the hearers.
st. Louis Republic.
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Birds .na tl,e statue of Liberty Lieht.

Birds and the Statue of Liberty Light.
A fewevenings ago took the steamer,
with party of naturalists, to Bedloe's
island, as the electric lights at the top of
the statue are known to attract multi
.tudes of birds every spring and fall.
There had been cold weather for a few
days before, and millions of birds were
hurrying south. We obtained a permit,
and went up to the topmost gallery of
the statue and waited. The night had
not far advanced when all the heavens
seemed to become full of wings, which
produced tempest of whirring sound.
Then came the calls of the leaders, and
they rang out SO clearly that they could
be heard for half a mile through the
storm. The responses were fainter than
the signaling cries, but they were quite
definite The object of the calls, of
course, was to keep the focks together,
for, as could be seen through strong
glasses, birds of hundred species were
driving along on the breast of the storm.
All that came near the statue hovered
around the light in large circles, but
some of them struck against the bronze
or stone There were sandpipers of
every kind, ''peeting, peeting" as they
| WenC, SOluen WIHSS anu Obu0t WOOL
peckers, with their loud and rather
hoarse cries; warblers of every kind
and their signaling ran through a wide
gamut of sounds-thrushes, robins,
meadow larlxs, nuthatchers and congre-
cations of bobolinl1s that filed the air
with hurricanes of lovely music as they
swept by. Sometimes huge black
cloud passed along, and the glasses
showed that they were blackbirds, but
! they did not @chatter as they do ON the
edge of the forest.
/ The leaders made all the noise and
preserved order. know not how many
hocks went by of teal, wood duck, black
/ duck, mergansers, curlew, snipe, plover,
pewees, phoebe birds and what not, but
none could mistake the kingfshers as
they went, with their scolding laughter.
through the dark.
We caught score or SO of the. birds
in nets and in our hats, and kept them
till the morning, after which we re-
leased them And all through the night
bats chased and feasted upon the silly
moths that gathered around the spikes
of electric flame.
A large number of birds lay dead
upon the grass in the morning, having
struck the statue.-Harper's Weekly.
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A Stamp Fad.
It makes us swear"

''It makes us swear"
.''It's the most senseles fad in the
world"
The postoffice clerk went on, 'eSome
fool has discovered that the most un-
gainly place in the world for a postage
stamp is in the middle of the back of
the envelope, where the flap is glued
down."
''I see.'
'tIt's fad now. You must stick your
stamp in the middle of the back of the
envelope"
Like porous plaster?" .
Exactly. Oh, don't the stamp clerks
ragel They lose hours of time turning
over letters and hunting for stamps.
I'll resign if the fool killer doesn't get
to work"
"Must be very annoying?"
.sWell, should say it is. For heav-
ems sake don't spread this awful fever.
suppose next the idiots IL hide the post
age stamps. under pile of bricks, and
expect the clerks to go out and dig 'em
upr'-New York World.
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Reckoning by Her T1imie.

Hold the baby, please; I'll be back In
Just minute said she. Ten, twenty,
thirty minutes passed. Baby awoke and
yelled as if seven ghosts were after it.
Taking the child, he went to find his
wife.
ssShe isn't here" said the neighbor.
"She has gone to the dressmaker's. But
she left her parasol here and said she'd
call for it in just minute. Have a
chair
Thanks Baby screaming, head
thrown back, face red, eyes shut, back
stiff, kicked off one little red shoe and
made its mouth and hands go. Half an
hour, no wife. He carried the baby to
the dressmaker's, where he was told:
"Your wife isn't here. She has gone
to the milliner's But she left dress
pattern here and said she'd call for it in
just minute. Be seated"
'sThanks.
He trotted the screaming child on his
knee, laid it on its back, rolled it over
on its stomach, tossed it in the air,
stuffed handkerchief in its mouth and
hummed 1--WE Won't Go Home Till
Morning." He asked for rattle box,
but the dressmaker got mad and said
she wasn't married. Half hour, nc
wife. He took the child to the milliner,
who said:
'sYour wife isn't here. She has just
left for home. Oh, what cute little
mouth; that child has been cryingr
s'Hain't it!' He started for home and
met his wife on the street. Tossing the
child into her arms he strutted away
muttering:
''I'll be back in just minute"
Chicago or New York time, dear?"
Your timer he thundered.
That was two years ago and she hasn
seen him since Chicago Herald
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How to Acquire Foreign Vocabulary

How to Acquire Foreign Vocabulary.
Perhaps one of the best ways of fixing
the words and idioms of a language in
ones mind is to teach them to somebody
else. The learner should try to impart
to some member of his family what he
has already mastered. He should, above
all, seek command first of words in fa-
miliar use, leaving to later stage of
his progress the forms of literary express
sions; his first business is with the COM
mon objects of daily life, his last bust
ness is with general terms. AS he sits at
his desk he ought to be able to name
every article about him, just as when he
is riding in the street car or on the rail-
way he should be able to mentally recall
the equivalent for every detail in the
moving panorama of objects. Boston
Herald.
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A Little Brute.

Nearsighted. Lady-The boy who is
trying to tie that tin can to that poor
dogs tail ought to be thrashed within
an inch of his life-the horrid little
brute.
Maid-It's your boy, mum.
my boy?"
eyes, num-"
.'Tell him if he'll stop I'll give him
some cake. Good News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-07

The bullfrog is combination of pis-
catorial, venatorial and aquatic delights
From his cradle to his grave he is an
ornament and an honor to the land.
There is fine sport in the hunting of him
and the eating of him, and it is both
policy and justice to protect him from
the onslaughts of rival and foreign bull
frogs.-Louisville Courier-J Journal
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what the Present was used For.

There was once a school teacher who
received from her pupils most elaborate
jewel casket of glass and silver. Not
long afterward she announced in family
conclave, ''That thing is horrid. but we
really must use it." .We% queried her
mother. why, how many of us are ex-
pected to make use of it?' 'sAs many as
possible, should say" was the inno-
cent reply. -'Isn't it pickle jarr'-
Youths Companion.
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seventh Pig Had seven Legs.

Friday night last a SOW belonging to
G. w. P. Howell gave birth to litter of
seven pigs. In this there is nothing very
remarkable. but that the seventh one
should have seven well formed legs is
somewhat strange, to say the least The
pig is still alive and doing well.-Live
Oak F'la.) Banner.
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A Poetie Child.

My Oldest boy, who has not yet reached
the mature age of three, has, think, a
poetic way of expressing himself. Thus
the other day, ON noticing the ripples on
the lake in Central park, caused by the
wind, he exclaimed, Mamma, look. see
how the water is laughing. New York
Cor. Babyhood.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-07

In the abysses of the oceans, below 500
fathoms, many animals have either i'm
perfect eyes or none. Their condition
in this regard affords suggestive par
allel to that of cave life, and the causes
are probably the same Science is of the
opinion that all deep sea life originally
emigrated from the shadows.
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Knew How to Wait.

Van Jorkins Ito applicant for position
of butler)-You are familiar with wait
ing?
John Thomasa oh, yes, sir.
Van Jorkins-W Where did you get your
experience?
tailor, sir; and gave long CREDITS
New York Epoch.
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Cloth and Paper Made from One Tree.

Cloth and Paper Made from One Tree.
The paper tree of the South seas is a
species of the mulberry. Its inner bark
is so delicate that soft and pleasant
feeling cloth is made from it, which the
natives use in making their ssbest suits. .
1t is also used in the manufacture of a
very fine grade of Philadelphia
Times
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A Knouinc Cabbare.

A cabbage with fourteen heads can be
seen in our counting room window. 1t
was raised by Charles f. Mendall on the
James Sherman place on the King
Philip road. this. city.-New Bedford
Mass Mercury.
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In the line of eating the Manchus,
who have ruled in China since its con-
quest by them some $50 years ago, are
strongest in baked meats. The Chinese
excel in soups.
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A writer on social affairs in Iceland
says there is not a single prison on the
island; that such things as locks. bolts
and bars are unknown, and that there
are neither watchmen nor policemen.
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Old French forts are being sold very
cheap. A French artist has bought the
Fort du Guesclin for about S1.1O0 They
go from few hundred to 81 900,
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Bad Blood.

Impure or vitiated blood is nine
times out of ten caused by some
form of constipation or indiges-
tion that clogs up the system,
when the blood naturally be-
comes irnprcgnated with the eff
fete matter. Theold Sarsaparillas
attempt to reach this condition
by attacking the blood with the