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The Heggnr.

FoH lie Toronto Glob>.
A beqgar 7 am. and | constantly tramp
From town unto town IL the dry and the dAmpS
And often at close OF the ~eArisome day
] sleep in . feuce corner ont ~ the way;
And seldom. " eSer, sleep in n house,
But often In bans. where the rat and the mouse
Watch closely. with greedy. hankeriDg eye.
For am old and ragged and poor.
And All driven away from the door.
I once had n home 1t was ages ago;
After labor how sweet 1t was thther to col
A " re and "A child came TO welcome me In.
For truly not alw avs beRgar I've been.
But trusted \ man who WAS pitiloss. bad;
lie che ed me out OF al that mad:
4 lawyer got fame for his winning the case,
And was LETT homeless with famine to face.
Thus l am Cd and ragged and poor.
And AIN driven away from the door.
The struggle was short for my wife and nv boy.
! laid them to rest where no troubles annoy;
And alone was left IN this wide world OF pain,
with nothing IN life more to lose or to gain.
! left all my pride in the graves OF the dead.
And became a mere beRgar asking for bread:
And many, hart.h-srted. believe not my tale.
Arrest mo vagrant and send me to jail:
For am old and ragged and poor
And AN driven away from the door.
For years have been lust beggar. tramp
And keep on my way in the dry and the damp.
AbeEging for cad where I'm soon ed at and jeered
A.bsgging for bread " here I'm hated and feared.
or tho begsar before II was crushed into rest;
And one will care when he draws the last breath,
And passes unnoted the portal of death.
And yet. though am old and ragged and poo,
He'll not drive NE away from His door.
L. 8. JKHKMl
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Old John Henry.

From be Ia.iidndpo,is Journal
Old Johns Jos made o. the commoneststu
Old John Henry.
Hes tough, reckon. but none too tough:
!" Too mi ch, though. S shelter thar not enough IN
Says old john henry.
He docs his hest, and when his hcsts bad
lie don fret none. nor don'L yet snd
lie simply lows IT'S the best he Lad,
Old John Henry.
His doctern's Jest o. tho p'Rinest brand,
Old John Henry;
- A smilin' face and hearty hand
IS religion at all folks nderstsnc."
says old John Henry.
He's stove mp some with the rheumatic.
And they hain't no SHINE Oh them shoes o his.
And his hair hain't cut. but his ely o.teeth 10
Old John Henry.
He feeds hissef when the stocks ali fed,
Old John Henry.
And sleeps like babe when he goss to bed.
. And dreams o heaven aud HON made breadr ~
Says John Henry.
He ant refined Ls h. or. TO be
To NJ the statutes OF poetry,
Nor his clothes ion II MIN. but he nts me:
uli John Henry.
JAMES WHrrcons RILEY
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An ExPerlence.

From the Stoaing!cn Compdny's Bultstta.
We crossed on m ocean steamer.
And baDbled Of foreign scenes;
Twas more or less OF . dreamer.
And she we'll out Of her teens.
We strolled on the deck together,
And ainsd together at night.
That 10, when 1t wasn't bad weather
And she had an appetite.
Or wrapped her up in my tartan.
Like moth In chrysalis.
While bure tho cold like u Spartan,
And reckoned 1t simply bliss.
She quo; cd mo Burns and lIeine,
And sang OF the Lorelei:
And he'll her hand. II was tiny.
While she answered mo with sigh.
wished the GermAnic forever
Would sail on summer sea.
But she thought that the grun old skippsx,
To this would never agree.
Vowed " ith my nfs to defend her
should she split on an iceberg or reef
Her nance came out on tho tenderj
Ny air castles all came to grisL
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A Modern Honeymoon.

Prom he london World.
SIRE.
Shall we ponder. shall we wander
In some spring-tipt English grove
Where tho cowslips anu hluebslls
Shine Ike lew els in the dels,
Where the n iehtlngals Is singing
And tho littio birds are swinging
In their nests upon the ttoes;
Everywhere Is perfumcd air
And the lilac.ncented breeze;
And tho rinRdove up above
Coos in soothing sounds OF lovef
Hr.
Nav. my darling. let us wander
To a sunny southern spot,
Where the gems and Jewels glitteH
And the women's voices twitter;
Where the gold and silver ciinkS.
And the losers spirit sinks;
where the croupier's throat 10 rauSvs
And the huiifroRs loudly croAk,
And the air Is full OF lie.
There IN take my littlo vito.
Ther. wen ponder. Their. wo'll sQuandsf
All the money NO have got;
Aud when ali tho IN oneys gone
wedding presents we Will pawn
And when CREDITS gone as well
Wedding presents We viii sell:
And all through the glortJls day
At the tables sit and play
r. en-. II 0urrdn,, ana ""Di,r,
In tao ,lin ne and the wet.
There we'll 20 and there we'll stay
Til tho time has slipped away:
Our ideal honeymoon
Will be over al too soon,
For where rouge II noir 10 scored,
III ere We never can DO bored
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Ode to = Mo dern ship.

From Temple By
Child Of the dismal mine.
Compact OF chilly steel
Poughing the brine
Thou canst not surely feel
That sense divine:
which, urged by sail and oar
The good ship felt or yore,
Constructed, deck to Keel
Or Pontic pine.
Then every season cd plank
That sailed the sea
Rose softly, softly sank,
Riding tho waves IN buoyant majesty
And. fair white sails.
Tall Epars with areainers decksd.
Sent to the rising gales.
That with crisp foam the heAVing ocean hectsd.
But thee the summer breeze,
1Eeo roaring winters blast
That bows the trees
Move not thou stea nest past
In suite Of these,
Not as In Il iys OF old
For In the Sliltry hold.
with suilen whecze,
Thy furnace herco 10 coaled.
And grimy hands thy pulsiuE pistons grease
L. II. LAGOON wArsoA.
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Two Lovers Mt Canoneh ct.

NARRAsANsETr PTER. Aug. 5.-Apropos Of
Canonchet. a story is going the rounds here
which causes considerable amusement A
for a wall in the moonlight, strnyed into Mrs.
Spragues grounds, and their sweet dream was
rndcly broken in unon by tho bayln! ol the
young lady stood not upon the order of her
going. but went at the top OF her speed, while
heystack. where he remained till 3 O'clock,
whom he was rescued By Mrs. SpraguA
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A Life's Rom ance.

From hunssy's Hdgasins.
shs was but seven. l was nine:
loved her madly and she knevit.
lENrt aud h"gs"J her I" he riine.
sac sa.d she really couldn't do IT,
A. thrty.ei ght her hair 10 gray.
Her roseS brighter hloOm thAb svsfI
Tomorrow 10 my wedding day;
'Tis ists. but better late than never.
J.. BENTON WiLDs.
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actors remain under the banner OF the classic
drama. There is no excuse to offer for the
long continued public indifference to Shake
speare. but the fact that 1t exists is incontro-
vertible. This soason's stnrs will portray
only roles In which they have been previously
accepted. There will be no elaborate novel;
ties. no pretentious revlvals such as that great
one Of Julius Cesar" ut Booths years ago.
when fidelity OF scene and excellence OF acting
CONT ined to mark o splendid achievement.
and, as 1t was thon hoped-but vainly-n turn
Ing point In the performance Of hakespearsan
plays Expensiveness will be avoided In this
seasons representation Of the mas
ters works. Last years canvases and
costumes will be used IN most casss.
ana tho outlay for newness will be as triling
as the necessity for economy can bring about
II 1t is to be- as all the prophets dolefully pro-
dict. hard year, for the actor. why shall tine
bankruptcy; be blamed for exercising extraor.
binary caution Aquick survey Of the list OF
stars who will make their ropertories either
wholly or in part OF Shakespearoan plays shows
no new or famous actor in prospect Booths
spond to the appeals OF his friends, and he Is
sssmn Sssf sss q
never again tread the boards. Three actors
and OF this trio one. Wilson Barrett, Is
not OF ourselves 1t is doubtful if his essays
IN Shakespeare will be more than spasmodic,
for his ronertory for his coming American
tour lays stress on more modern plays, But
one of the other actors is a holder speculator,
and. all in all u better student OF tho great
poet. 1t is our own Tom Keene, the best Rich
ard III OF modern times, an actor Of undoubt-
ed vrility and high intelligence. and the most
on our stage. Keenes health has improved OF
late, and his tour will be u little longer
this year. He will have u good company, and
be .wll travel over grca, deal Of territory.
mainly Meat and south; II is n9ted. rs a
engagement Tor tho early fall. and there
win be a little novelty In his appearance
there. because Tor many years he has
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-15
tive principle still remains the greatest in
centive to improvements.
NO SOCIALISM NECESSARY.

A specimen of the loosenesS of. express
sion and thought which prevails on the
economic problems of the age is furnished
by an article quoted from the San Fran
cisco Examiner. That journal, though
owned by millionaire, thinks that such
fortunes as that of Gould's furnish an en-
forcement of the socialist idea that the
conditions of competition are unfair and
"are not conditions favorable to the well
fare of the average man."
That the Gould fortune is an exponent
very strongly upheld; but those who think
that it is necessary to be socialist to aver
it should read Daniel Webster on the pur-
pose of our system for the distribution Of
wealth among the greatest possible num-
Der of property owners. When they have
studied the declarations of the Great EX-
FOUNDER that the purpose of our Constitu-
ton is to diffuse property as well as edu-
cation throughout the masses, and that
the rise of a wealthy class would be inim-
ical to the stability of the republic, they
will perceive that the objection to great
fortunes need not be socialistic, but is
founded on the fundamental principles of
democracy.
There is another and more cogent criti-
cism Of the idea of the Examiner that the
Gould career proves that the conditions of
competition are unfair, and that it indi-
Gates the remedy of extending combina-
tions for the benefit of the people or
socialism. That the conditions of compe-
dtion are unfair is beyond doubt; but,
when people go far enough beneath the
surface to find out that all these great
fortunes are accrued by methods which
involve the suppression Of competition
for the benefit of the manipulators of COR
porate management, they may perceive
that the remedy is not to suppress compe-
tition still further, but to give it univer-
sal and free action. When the further
fact is brought out that every one of these
methods involve direct and persistent
violation of either the spirit or letter of
our laws and of the principles of economy,
the conclusion should be plain that the
fault is not in the competitive system, but
in the laxity which permits Its laws to be
nullified.
The issue is rightly presented when it is
shown that it is not for the adoption of
new and untried principles of social Or
ganization, but for the restoration of old
and thoroughly-tr laws of democratic
SocietV
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LET TIE CoURTs DECIDE.

The latest phase of the terrible charge
of poisoning at Homestead brought against
certain individuals, as set forth fully in
the affidavit OF Patrick Gallagher, is prima
facie evidence of a very serious char
acter.
But it is also ex parte, and as The case is
under judicial advisement, and will doubt
less be prosecuted with all vigor, it is well
not to PREJUDICE the matter. To do so
upon the evidence alone of confessed
principal would be manlfestly unjust and
inhuman. If guilt is proved, let the
guilty ones be punished with the utmost
severity; if innocence be established, let
the men be acquitted devoid of any feel
ing whatever.
1t is well also to remember that the acts
of a few people, unless upon the strongest
evidence, can scarcely with any show of
reason be charged to organized labor; the
charges against which individuals would
doubtless, if proved, be repudiated with
horror by the very organizations to which
they belong and which they would dis
grace by their inhuman conduct.
The verdict Of the public should be that
of the courts.
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MORE EXPERIENCE THAN THAT.

The New York World, in support of the
proposition to increase the tax on liquors
to 81 25 per gallon, makes three asser-
tons, as follows:
To tax whisky and untax the COM
rapidly growing in favor among DEM
ocrats in Congress. To add 60 cents
q gallon TO the whisky tax-whfch is
proposed by some persons-wilI increase the
revenues by 100000 year. l. will embar-
Tass no industry, Law no burden upon the
people and harm NOBODY. II will not even
diminish consumption, as experience has
proved.
The assertion that it is preferable TO
tax whisky rather than the uecessaries
of life is ndisputable. The further state
ment that the increase of the tax twill
not even diminish consumption" may also
be accepted as a reasonably though not
exactly accurate statement of ex-
perience But when the esteemed
World asserts that the addition of 60 cents
per gallon to the whisky tax will increase
the revenues by S6G, 900, 900 a year, it is
necessary to commend to it little study
Of the fiscal history of the country.
Experience haG proved that tax on
whisky does not decrease consumption,
because under those circumstances q large
proportion of whisky is consumed that
does not pay any tax at ALL Its cogeDt
in the presence of a proposition like this,
the most immediate effect of which would
be TO add many millions to the wealth of
the Whisky Trust, thatsome other lessons
of experience are worth remembering.
One is that increasing the tax on liquors
beyond a certain point diminishes the
revenue by adding TO the premium on
evasions Of the tax; the other is that the
reductions on the tax have increased the
revenue in more than inverse ratio.
Finally, if the Democrats should under
take to increase the tctal revenue of the
Government from taxation by an amount
eQual to the reduction of the Mckinley
act, what would become of the original
Democratic contention that the public
revenues were largely in excess of the
legitimate expenditures?
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A POSTAL IMPROVEMENT

The adoption of a new feature in the
local postal service OF S. Louis was the
subject of a news item which has been
given prominence in some of the Eastern
papers The length of tima required for
the transmission of letter from one part
OF large city to another is one oftthe
points that have been criticised in the
postal administration. It some times
takes longer to transmit letter from one
part Of Pittsburg to another, say from
LGwrenceville to 'Temppranceville, than
from PitJsburg to Now YORK. The adop-
ton OF mail carts was step for the i'm
provement of this deficiency. But St.
Louis has gone beyond that in providing
al electric mail car. This arrangement
gathers the mail from and distributes it
10 stations along the line over which it
runs, with the result of much quicker and
more complete service than was possible
under Old methoGS Instead of obliging
TIE carriers to return TO the central post
Cffiae at every trip the car meets them at
the station, takes their collections and
gives them back what they must dis
tribute. The letters that are to 90 from
DIf Ndlu " tinObllC4 Dirt JJSbulaIhSU anu
distributed from the car instead of being
taken to the central Office. All of which
means a marked saving of time.
Such an increase of postal aecommoda-
tions in the large cities would be a strong
argument for the socialistc idea that serv-
les are best performed by the Govern
Iaent, if it were not for one thing. The
electric postal car is not provided by the
Government. twas furnished by street
railway corporation for the sake of i'm
proving the facilities Of the region which
il serves. There is a rather striking Illus
tration OF the difference between Govern
mcnt and competitive control right here.
While the postal department has been
pluming itself on its mail carts, or a
facility which every drygoods merchant
orrcorner grocer sff9rded to his customers
years ago, street railway corporation
under the competitive stimulus of making
its district more advantageous than others,
gratuitously offers to the Government a
postal facility far beyond that which the
Government mas effected. The competi-
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FATORITES OF FORTUNE,

JOHN II. DRAKE, of South Dakota, has
been appointed United States Consul at
Kehl.
WILLIAM POTTER, the newly appointed
United States Minister to Italy, has arrived
in Rome.
LILLIAN RUSSELL will locate herself in
Chicago during the Exposition season and
has leased an elegant residence for six
months, paying $3.50 Il month for it.
Mr. PHILIP D. ARMOUR is in New York
with his secretary. He is going to Europe in
the Majestic and will come back on her re-
turn trip. He has nothing new to say re-
garding his Chicago institute.
PADEREwsKI left London yesterday en-
route for the United states A large num-
ber of his friends, including Major J. Z. Post,
Military Attache of the American Legation,
and Mrs. Post, accompanied him to Euston
station, where they bade him farewell.
GOVERNOR FLOWER has appointed Susan
B. Anthony a member of the Board OF Mama
gers of the New York State Industrial
School to succeed the late DIR. Jonas Jones.
The appointment meets with general ap-
proval.
A CHAIR in Egyptology at University
College, oxford, WIS founded by Miss Amelia
EDWARDS, by q provision In her Will; ana 1t
will be filled by Prot. w. NJ. Flinders Petrie,
who will enter upon his duties after the
holidays.
AMONG the Asiatlcs studying at the Uni
versity of oxford is a native of Afghanistan
named Fida MohanImed Kahn. He is the
only Afghan in England, and intends to be-
come barrister be. ore returning to his
country.
ALAI E. STEVENSON will leave Bloom
ington, ILL.,, next Sunday for his visit to At
lanta. lie Will be accompanied by Mrs.
Stevenson, the Misses Mary, Julia and Letitia
Stevenson, and his son Lewis, and by his
cousin and law partner, James Stevenson.
The Jesults of Spain are trying to
! arrange a matrimonial alliance between Don
Jaime, son of Don Carlos, and Infanta Mer-
cedes, daughter of the late King Alfonso.
This alliance, if effected, would in all prob
ability put an end to the hostility that has
long existed between the reigning families
in Spain.
EX-GOVERNOR JOHN P. ST. JOHN, of
Kansas, writes the following to kansas
newspaper: "In the midst of all that is being
Published against Jay Gould please allow me
space to say that in 1880 when settlers in
Western Kansas were penniless and threat
ened with starvation, wrote to this much
abused man about it. He promptly sent me
5000 which was invested in bread and meat
for their relief"
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A WISE DEPARTURE.

The Federation of Labor is to be hearth
ly congratulated on its realization that the
strike and the boycott have failed. And
its resolve to try the ballot as a corrective
in place of the two deposed agencies is
worthy of widespread and earn
est emulation. Strikes, lockouts, boy
colts and oil their Accomplishments
are, at their best, survivals of barbaric
practices contrary to all laws of social and
political economy. And at their worst,
they produce distress on the one hand
and loss on the other while failing to pro-
vide even a temporary solution to the
problems which gave them birth. Labor's
cause can best be served through the bal
lot box. And its organizations should be
devoted to securing legislation to meet its
needs, to the formation of insurance So
cieties and the encouragement of cooper
alton and arbitration in every possible di-
rectiOn
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Obituary Notes.

SEBASTIAN REtTTER, proprietor OF the Union
Hotel Sharpsburg. died Of typhoid fever Tuesday.
MRS. sELENE H. ia cKsoN. wife of General W.
H. jackson, proprietor of the celebrated Belle
Meade Farm, dieI in Nashville yesterday.
S, c. WEST, once prominent Milwaukee bust
ness man, died at the Waukesha Sanitarium Satur-
day night of paralysis of the heart, aged "A years.
He was postmaster OF Milwaukee from 1870 to
1875.
EDWARD Z. MARDEN, well known in theatrical
circles, died Tuesday at Hightstown, N. j., OF
congestion OF the brain. The deceased was at one
time manager of Brigham Young's theater in Salt
Lake City.
AARON SHAW, manufacturer of Philadelphia,
died of paralysis Tuesday at MontVille. Conn. He
owned mills there and had lived there for four
years past at the residence Oh MS superintendent.
He was "A years old
MRS. MARGARET REILLY died at her home in
South Glens Falls Saturday, aged lO9 years. She
was the oldest person in that part of New York
state. Until she was 1O5 she was vigorous and in
fair possession Of all her faculties.
DIR. HERBERT A. BIRDsALL. one of the found
ers of the new dental college of Buffalo, and him.
self occupying the chair OF dental materla medica
and therapeutics died Sunday night. He was q
member of various medical and dental societies.
SIR JOHN BERNARD BURKE, Ulster Klng-or
Arms Registrar and Knight Attendant on the most
Ilustrious Urder or 81. Patrick. died Tuesday at
his residence in Dublin. lie was the author of
''Burke's Peerage, - aHd OF other WORKS OIL sm-
lar subjects
WILLIAM A. BEACH. manager Of the Western
UrionTeegrapn office at Toledo. died very sud-
denly iMonday night Of heart disease. aged 70
years. He was placed in charge of the Western
Union office when IL was established In 1859 aud
remained until his death.
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PROTECT OUR OWN COUNTRY.

Now is the time to strike for the American
home Wheeling In eIligencer.
NOTHING short of total prohibition for a
term OF years will aDate the present evil
Seattle Post -Lntelligencer.
CERTAIN it is that matters have reached
such pass that something decisive must be
done.-Ne,0 Orleans Picdyile.
KEEP the pauper Immigration on the other
side. We do not want them and will not
have them.-Hd7TiSburg Patriot.
THE time has come for imposing some gen.
eral and permanent restrictions upon immi-
grafton for reasons of great moment to the
nation.-NeU York World
THE unchecked immigration of low-grade
humanity must result in q lowering of the
standard OF character: and that is an evil
which cannot be eradicated.-Toledo Blade.
THE easiest way TO solve the immigration
problem is to shut the door with an en-
phatic bang and let other countries take
care of their own people.-& Louis GLOBE
Democrat.
THE question is one for thoughtful, dis
passionate discussion, and deliberate, con-
servative legislative action. To fling 1t into
the field of politics as an issue would be
to engender party strife and Bitterness
Portland Oregoraidn.
IT is generally conceded that it is neces-
sary to pass laws which will make it possi-
BILE to keep out Objectionable immigrants
and which will save the United States the
expense OF supporting the paupers pro-
duced in the European communities.-By1raLc
Inquirer.
THE grave and serious question is whether,
in providing against undesirable 1mmi-
grants, we are to turn the tide of useful and
valuable European emigration in other di-
rections. for the building up of other coun-
tries and continents to the detriment and
loss of our Philadelphia Inquirer.