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How the Italian Ambassador Got Even
With the French Ambassador.

How the Italian Ambassador Got Even
With the French Ambassador.
Just before the introduction of the
telegraph ambassadors at foreign courts
used to be far more important person
ages than they now are, and great rival
grandeur existed among them. On
one occasion new Italian minister ar
rived at the Spanish capital and went
en- suite to pay his respects to the
reigning sovereign. Arriving at one
of the reception rooms to the palace,
he found it occupied by an imposing
looking man surrounded by glitter
ing throng. These he not unnaturally
took to be the king and his courtiers,
and with profound obeisance intro
duced himself.
The supposed king received him
with gracious condescension till the
doors opened and an even more mag
nifcent train ushered in the real king
and showed to the discomfted Italian
that he had been knceling before his
hated rival, the French ambassador,
who took no pains to conceal his salts
faction at the tlattering mistake. But
his triumph was not to last, for in the
evening of the same day the king, with
the Italian as his partner, was playing
cards against the French minister and
a third ambassador, when in the course
of the game the Italian threw down a
card, exclaiming: THAT is the king
and it wins us the trickH'
His partner looked at it and said:
'Nol You only played the knave"
tOh, beg your majestys pardon,
so l haveW and with quick glance at
his French opponent he continued,
"and it is the second time to-day that
| have mistaken a knave for king!'
-CasSeWs .Sat,trdau journal
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DO Ants Talk.

A recent writer asks whether ants
talk, and relates that he saw drove
Of small black ants moving apparent
ly to new quarters. Every time two
met they put their heads together
as though they were chatting. To
investigate the matter he killed one,
and the eye-witnesses OF the murder
hsstened away and laid their heads
together with every ant they met
The latter immediately turned bac *
and Had
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An Enrlnrrr.a Ncryc.

While you are talking about nerve
don't overlook Engineer Knapp, who
was shot down while sticking to his
post on his locomotive at Keslar. He
was badly hurt and was thought to
be dying, but when the substitute
engineer took his place he reused
himself sufficiently to say: "She's
running pretty hot. partner; look out
for her on the run-out."-Chicago
Dispatch
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Hiding a Camel.

Perhaps you "rode q camel" at the
worlds fair; II so, you will ap preciate
What Mrs. Amelia B. Edwards says
about 1t:
The camel has its virtues, SO much
at least must be admitted. but they do
aot lie on the surface. My Button tells
me, for instance, that he carries a
water cistern in his stomach, which is
meritorious. But the cistein amelio-
rates neither his gait nor his temper,
which are abominable. Irreproacha-
BILE MS beast of burden, he is open to
many objections as steed. 1t is not
pleasant to ride beast that not only
objects to being ridden, but that cher
shes strong personal antipathy to
1.-THE rider.
You know he hates you from che
moment you walk around him, hesi-
tating where and how to begin tho
ascent OF his hump. He does not hesi-
tate to tell you so in the roundest
terms. He snarls If you but move in
the saddle, and stares nngrily around
at you II you attempt to move him in
any direction save that in which he
himself intended to 60 If you per-
sist he tries to bite your feet. II bit
ing YOU doesn't answer, he lies down.
Now, the lying down and getting up
Of camel arc performances designed
expressly to inflict grievous bodily
harm upon the rider. Thrown twice
forward and twice backward. punched
in his "wind" and damaged In his
spine, the luclsless novice receives
four distinct shocks, each more sud-
den and unexpected than the last.
For this execrable nunchbacl is fear
fully and wonderfully made. he has
a superfluous joint somewhere In his
legs, and uses 1t TO revenge himself
upon mankind.
His PAGES, however, are more COM
plicated than his Joints and more
Irving than his temper. He has four
a short walk, like the rolling OF a
small boat In chopping sea; long
walk, which dislocates every bone In
srour body; trot that reduces you TO
q ubecllity. and a gallop that threatens
iden death to the daring expert
Hv Lntcr
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Tried and Approved by the bilious.

For over third OF a century great specific
has been on trial by national jury OF the bilious
Although verdict in lis favor was rendered long
since, it is stin on trial. Never VIXEN it has been
weighed in the balance" has 1t been found want
ing. The of this medicine is Hostettcr's :
Stomach Bittcrs, which more speedily than amy
other terminates those villianous sensations
which attend disorder OF the liver 1t cxpcls bic
from the blood and secrctions, remedies chronic
costiveness and reinforecs the organ Of digestion
and assimilation. Sick headache, yellowncss OF
the skin and cyeballs furred tongue, aud other in
dicntions that the liver has temporarily knocked
off work and gone on the strike, disappear when
II isused 1t Is n most efficient safeguard against
malaria rheumatism and kidney trouble, and forti-
fes a nervous and eniceblcl invalid cfIectually.
man may not have stitch to his back
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tn. witty Tailor.

Pasquino was . celebrated mutt
lated statue In Rome. so called from
. witty tailor OF that name who kept
. shop near by and was given to en-
Pertaining his customers with the
gossip and scandal Of the day. Upon
tho pedestal Of this statue were
afhxed pungent criticisms on passing
evsnss, squibs and sarcasms. from
which the term pasquinade IL de-
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columbian stamp Douomln..lon..

One-cent, Columbus on shipboard in
sight of land; 2-cent, the landing of
Columbus; 3-cent, the Santa Maria,
the flagship of Columbus; 4-cent, the
fleet of Columbus consisting of the
Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta; 5-cent,
Columbus appealing to Queen Isabella
for aid; 6-cent, Columbus entering
Barcelona in triumph; scent, Colum-
bus restored to favor; 1o.cent, Colum-
bus presenting natives ut the Spanish
court; 15-cent, Columbus reciting the
story of his discovery; 3o-cent, Colum.
bus at La Rabida, demonstrating the
+ theory of his enterprise; 5o-cent, the
recall OF Columbus by Isabella after
the rejection OF his proposition; 81,
Isabella pledging her jewels in sup
port of the project; go, Columbus in
chains; 81, Columbus describing his
third voyage; 81, portraits in three
quarters face of Isabella and Colum-
bus; S6, portrait in profile Of Colum-
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Tn. Prince of Turoips.

.re were two brothers who were
bot oldiers, the one was rich the
othloor. The poor man thought
he Nd try to better himself, so'
puili'3f his red coet, he became .
gsraei and dug his ground WE'LL
and 20 1 turnips
When, seed came up there was
oue plan,egcr than all the rest; AND
Y kept sOg larger, and seemed -
U - 'ould oesse growing 80
that = ~ have been called the
Itxseee q ~, for there never was
tgeeA = e - $sfors, and never Will
81! r. II was 20 big shas
~ sRo oy1A sQHla
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They wanted to Know.

James Ferguson, the Scotch astron-
omer, was very anxious, even as a
little boy, TO understand the mechan-
lam of watches. His father refused to
allow him to play with" his watch,
and so James waited until a stranger
called at the house one day to ask his
way.
"Will you be good enough to tell
me what time it is?" asked the boy.
The gentleman told him.
Would you be willing that should
look at your watch?" continued Fer
guson.
Certainly" replied the gentleman.
The boy took the watch eagerly.
After he had examined it for mo-
ment his next question came:
"What makes that box go round?"
"a steel spring" replied the owner.
"How can steel spring in box
turn it round SO as to wind up all the
chain2"
The gentleman explained the pro-
cess.
II don't sec through 1t yet" an
swered young Ferguson.
"Well, now," said the traveller, who
had become deeply Interested in the
boy, take long, thin piece of whale
bone, hold one end of 1t fast between
your thumb and foreanger and wind
It around your finger. 1t will then
attempt to unwind itself, and If you
Hx the other end Of it to the inside of
small hoop and leave 1t to itself it
will turn the hoop round and roand
and wind up thread tied to the out
side"
81 see I'll see itl'' exclaimed Fergu-
son enthusiastically. "Thank you very,
very much!"
1t was not long before he made
wooden watch, which he enclosed in
case about the size Of teacup.
The boy was afterwards set at work
10 watch sheep at night Here he had
nothing to watch but the stars and
his future eminence in astronomy was,
In . way. founded upon that boyish
out-of-door observation.
Blaise Pascal, who wrote q remark
able treatise on the laws of sound, was
constantly observing the familiar oc-
ourrences about him, even as q boy.
When he was only 10 years old he sat
at the dinner table one day striking
his plate with his knife and then list
ening to the sound.
What are you doing with that
plate, Blaise?' asked his sister.
"See!" he replied. "When strike
the plate with my knife 1t rings
Harkv'
Again he called forth the sound.
when grasp it with my hand So "
he said, "the sound ceases l wonder
why it is?"
Thus had both boys begun to study,
sach according to his own bent, with
10 urging from older people.-Youth's
.,omDauiou,
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Panama hats are practically the
only ones used in the tropics
by white men. They are made
by hand from tho fiber of the
leaf of tho screw pine which grows
in Ecuador and tho neighboring
states. Two million four hundred
thousand of these hats are sent out
annually from the Panama
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. CHENEY Il CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the Undersigned have known +. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST s. TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o. WALpISa, kINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of tho system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all DruCr!nts. Testimonials free.
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Ia.ru,o,c. on Fls,,,

Barnacles, besides fastening them
selves to ships and piling, have been
known to fasten themselves to
species of fish and which are known
as bullheads- Specimens OF this fish
have been found completely en-
crusted by this little animal, some.
times TO such an extent ~ 20 cause
death. .E So
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rHH THREE RoBsERa

A Riddlel
They were three robbers: aye,
And they robbed q red, rcd rose;
And they came from out the sky,
And they went whore no man knows
One came-a robber bold
And q sable coat he wore
And belt of dusty gold,
And he robbed her treasurc-storo;
One camo when the day was young,
And rent the curtain gray
or mist that round her hung.
And he stole her pearls away;
Ono came when the day vas dead.
And no one saw him pass:
And he caught her petals red
And threw them upon tho grass
Three robbers bold were they.
And they robbed q rcd, red rose:
And they came and went away, (,
And whither-no man knows.
st Nirholaa
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Animals Can Count.

Not less interesting were similar
experiments with horses In the viii
lage of Pekoe the doctor found peas
ants horse, which was used for plow-
ing and which had acquired the habit
of counting the burrows and stopping
to rest regularly at the twentieth. So
confident was the plowman of the
horses calculation that at tho end of
the day he used to estimate the
amount of work done, not by count
ing the burrows himself. but by simply
remembering the number OF times his
horse had stopped to rest.
In another village the doctor found
horse that was able to count the
mile-posts along the way, and that
had been trained by its master to stop
for feed whenever they had covered
twenty-five versts. One day they
tried the horse over road where
three false mill-posts had been put up
between the real ones, and, sure
enough the horse, deceived by this
trick. stopped for his oats at the end
OF twenty-five versts instead of going
the usual twenty-five.
The same horse was accustomed to
being fed every day at the stroke of
noon. The doctor observed that
whenever the clock struck any hour
the horse would stop and prick up his
ears Us If counting. If he heard
twelve he would trot off contentedly to
be fed, but If there were fewer strokes
than twelve he would go on working
resignedly. The experiment was
made of striking twelve strokes ut the
wrong time whereupon the horse
started for his oats, in spite of the
fact that he had been fed only an
ho11r hefora
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THE MoDEKN MOTHER

Has found that her little ones arc improved
more by the pleasant laxative, syrup OF Figs,
when In need Of the laxative eject of gentle
remedy than 10y any other, and hat it is more
acceptable 10 them. Children enjoy 1T and it
benefits them. The true remedy, Syrup of
Figs, is manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co ouly
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Mossly Logs.

"Frankie-Pspa, I've just been look
ing 1t grsnddaddy-long-legs and
thinking. Papa-What have you
boon thinking, my dear? Frankie
I've been thinking that II he took the
rheumatism In his legs there'd be very
little wellness left-Harpsr's Young
paoplA
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Something New.

The ''santa Fe Route" has inaugurated
through daily free reclining chair car service
between Denver, Colorado Springs and og-
den in both directions.
Holders of second-class tickets to or from
Utah or Pacific coast points reading via this
line will be permitted to occupy these cars
without extra charge
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DESERVING CoNFIpEScK.-Thcrc is no ar
ticle which so richly deserves the entire con-
adencc OF the community rs BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TnocuEs. Those suffering from
Asthmatic and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs,
and Colds, should try them Price rs cents.
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u,. p..ehs.r.s I.aieaasle..

well, Mollie," said her papa. who
IL militia colonel, did you zee ne
marching up Broadway to-dayf"
"Ysth," said Nollis. and 1 was
real mad, papa. They might have let
you havs . dram 70 play oa like those
othsrs haAr--Hafpses Daaar.
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GOOD CHANGER

odsll 30 Typewriter for SIC. II cash with Or
der 10 received before Nov. lst 1893. The
famous Odell Typewriter Is used by LAwyers,
Ministers, Doctors, Merchants, Editors and
print, simplicity and manifold copies. No
teacher required 1t will do your work in one
hours praotice Order now and take advAnt-
age Of this exceptionally
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BEEcHAN's PILLS arc painless and effectu.
al remedy for all bilious disorders. Is cent?
box. For ealc BY all druggists.
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n TIE Daby ls Cssslng Teen.
- ars End use that I'D and weittrtsd rss.dy. IN
Wus1swh eeossss svruP for childrsn fssahanG.
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See Colchester spadIns Boots adv. in other colum

1t might reduce general expenses II the
tolls of the bells could he collected.
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Teacher-Now, Robbie, take four slices OF
cake from six slices, and what Will there be
lefti Robbie-A lickin for me.
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Don't You think Rev. Stills sermons are
awfullr narrow!n al suppose they are, but,
goodness, he makes up for 1t, | should think,
in lenuth -
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Chiidrsn ass brought ~ o. botCsss, b.
men are brought down On thsn.
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"Dor't be down hearted. Every rose must
have its thorn, you know" Yes, what I'm
kicking about is that every thorn doesn't have
tfs rpsen
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The negro dude 10 not the only gentieml
Of color. There is the painter.
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give minutes for dnnerln yelled the rail-
way porter Good, cried the editor "The
last time 1t was 81
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shall do With ~ II sell It. IL will
bring NO more than another; and for
eating little turnips arc better than
thia Tho best thing, perhaps. is TO
oary 1t and give 1t to the king - .
mark of respect"
Then he yoked his oxen and drew
the turnip to the court and gave It to
the king. What wonderful
thing!" said the king; 81 have seen
many strange things. but such q mon
ster as this never saw. Where did
you get tho seed7 or is 1t only your
good luck2 Ifso. you are true child
of fortune"
''Oh mol" answered the gardener; "I
am no child of fortune. l am q poor
soldier who never could get enough to
live upon; SO laid aside my red coat
and set to work tilling the ground. l
have a brother who is rich. and your
majesty knows him well, and all the
world knows him; but because am
poor everybody forgets me-"
The king then took pity on him and
said: You shall be poor no longer.
will give you SO much that you shall
oc oNch FichoI tudu your pTOtAor.
Thcn he gave him gold and land
and flocks, and made him SO rich that
his brothers fortune could not at all
be compared with his.
When the brother heard of all this,
and how turnip had made the
gardener rich, he envied him sorely,
and bethought himself how he could
contrive to get the same good fortune
for himself However he determined
to manage moro cleverly than his
brother, and got together a rich pres
ent Of gold and fine horses for the
king, and thought he must have q
much larger gift In return; for If his
brother had received so much for only
turnip, what must his present bo
worth.
The king took the gift very gracious
ly, and said he knew not what to give
in return more valuable and wonder
ful than the great turnip; SO the
soldier was forced to put it into q cart
and drag it home with him.-Grimm's
Fairy Tales.
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nnaA1ng - uscysls.
The sxpseisncs Of hunting aesr On
y Aexcie NJ prOhaAly hsen enje4sa
n si1E.n .nh1n s2Htias gnriA ~ 1ns
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There is no such thing as An imitation base
ball diamond
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A buckwheat cake and homo run depend
largely on the batter.
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The Dsesasss Rssraa.
u The inhahltante d Thihsa ~ ~
A,fAAt ~ e1& Z " -
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The Rocky MOUNTAIN News, published at
Denver, Colo. Is the only daily i'opulist paper
In the nation. Its cartoon, apropos TO the
tImes, with every issue Is worth The subscrip-
tion, and It Is fun, fair and strong for the
cause of reform. Daily. SO cents per month;
weekly, 81 a year in advance. Send &c for a
eamuIe conv
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S.iiioi.'s Consumption Cure
Is sold giinrlluirr II Incp!cnt tonsunir'
1t the beat GOiiI cure. - cts. GDcts. Slu
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'Hanson's Magic Corn saIve."
Warranted euro, money refun l5l. Ast
your druggist for IT. Price Is cents
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4 FAITHFUL SENTINEL

Time files and stays for no man The oni
fellow who can beat it is the musician.
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81 hear you nre going to be married."
"That is news to me- "Somc one surely
told me you were engaged" That's differ
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German
Syrup

JUDGE ]. B. HILL, Of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily strong letter
endorsing it. When men Of rank
and education thus use and recon-
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
1t Is above suspicion. II have used
your German Syrup" he says, "for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throa,
and Lungs. l can recommend it for
them as q frst-class medicine."-
Take no substitute. 6
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Nsp 0lilsHA

..re.ny,~' - hls : sst -
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flaw. Tl,isl

man may not have a stitch to his back,
but still have one in his side.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-26
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

B-The president continues to sub
sidize' democratic newspapers with ap-
pointments to Office. Albany Journal.
Another bank gone democratic
is the forciblc way in which a sensible
Kansas City man refers to bank fail
ures.-Toledo Blade.
s-It is quite a ways from repub-
lican prosperity to democratic despair
ity, but we made it in an incredibly
short time.-Iowa State Register.
sB- Hoke Smith is getting even with
the veterans for marching through
Georgia and burning his own city of At
lanta. But the disgrace is upon Grover
Cleveland for appointing man of Hoke
Smiths character in charge of the de-
partment of the government which in
cludes the pension bureau.-Albany
Journal.
~ Unless leading and influential
democratic congressman, editors and
politicians are indulging in meaningless
bluster there will be a determined as
sault upon the existing tariff at the
extra session of congress. The more
conservative elements of the party per-
ceive this and are cndeavoring to pre-
vent rash action. Pittsburgh CONNER
cial Gazette.
Us 1t was the great cities of the ma
tion that did the bulk of the electing
last November. They have not realized
fair per cent on the investment.
They are shouting now: The gold is
coming backn' and so it is, but it is
coming back through the work of the
rural districts 1t is the product of the
farms that is bringing back the gold.
Cities should note the fact and be mod
est.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
- Mr.. Cleveland ought to know, If
he does not, that a settlement of the
tariff policy of the government is not
less essential, in order that the finances
may be placed on stable basis, than
action upon the silver question. Manu-
facturers and dealers are perplexed
with uncertainty in regard to the fu-
ture The preparation of a tariff for
revenue only, such as is promised by
the Chicago platform, would be very
simple and easy task. But whatever is
done, the work should be begun at once
and brought to the earliest possible
conclusion Milwaukee Sentinel.
The city of Topeka, Kan, has
just had a practical illustration of the
injury done by the spoils system. Mr..
Cleveland appointed a new democratic
postmaster, who at once turned out the
old force of letter carriers, in order to
make room for 4 lot of democrats De-
fore civil service rules were applied to
the Office. The new letter carriers are
always late in delivering mail matter
and letters are constantly left at the
wrong addresses That is to say, the
question of the fitness of the new men
was not considered; they were appoint
ed because of their political ''puIl,,
solely, and the citizens must endure the
annoyance ana losses which result from
their blundering. Toledo Blade.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-08-26
Democratic Negligence.

As part of the democratic reform in
the patent Office, the publication of the
official Gazette was taken ont of the
hands of the well organized and cap
able company which had been doing
the business and given to poorly
eauippeda favorites of the Bourbon
commissioner. The result is that it is
three we, ,ks behind time with small
chance of getting caught up, and the
six thousand inventors and other regu-
lar subscribers who are compelled to
pay strictly in advance in order to get
the Gazette are complaining bitterly
over the unbusinesslike and utterly
wretched arrangement. There is no
just excuse for weekly journal of the
government failing to appear for three
weeks in this fashion, and it would not
have happened had not the hcnchman
of Mr.. Cleveland at the head of patent
affairs given more attention to politics
than to the real and pressing duties of
his Office. Cleveland Leader.