The free press., 1896-06-04
EXCHANGE FLASHES.

present uncomfortable linen is "nD
necessary, un eooming silly aud
barbarous." The constitution as
serts that the members believe IN
the fostering of the pure unhamper-
ed grace of the human body, and
denounce stiff collars, shirts and
cuffs as calculated to sooner or later
produce. universal awkwardness
among men. At the same time
taste aud beauty are not ignored.
1t is expressly stipulated that no
memb ber shall coDstrue the constitu-
tion or bylaws Of the association to
furnish an excuse for negligence or
sloveniiness of attire. On the cons
trary, each man must do his best
to present at the meeting of the
club new ideas in the line of attrac-
tive, tasteful and comfortable APP
parel. 4 small button displaying
the head of Byron aud the Byronic
collar is the badge. .-Greenyllle
Democrat.
Mr. Andree's plans for his bal
loon expedition to the north pole
seem to lie fairly definite and conn
plete. He will leave Gothenburg
on June 7th in the Virgo for Spitz-
bergen, plentifully supplied with
PROVISIONS, a balloon house, and all
the necessary materials for the con-
struction ofa balloon. The balloon
will carry four months provision
in concentrated form, and an elec-
trio cooking and heating apparatus.
Mr.. Andree, who is chief engineer
to the Swedish bureau, has Deen ex-
perimenting in balloon sailing, and
he now finds that he is able by
means of sail and a rope which
drags over the ground, to steer
within two points of the compass
on either side of the wind.-Rail.
way Review, Chicago.
No party is, or has been, or ever
will be greater than its Nationa!
Convention. When a national con-
vention makes platform it is the
official utterance of it's party
Sumter County (Fla,) Times.
The Southern States Exposition
at Chicago will reveal the facilities
and adva ntages for manu- factur-
ing in the South to the whole peo-
pie of the United States. Every
patriotic Southerner should pro-
mote it and help to make it a great
exposition of the South.-Expo-
sition Bulletin.
Col. j. L. Power, who is on the
+ capitol committee, says a new cap
/, itol will be erected and that the
i legislature will be convened in
August to look after that parties
! ular matter. Newton Co., Progress.
/ Oakland, CAL, claims to be the
3 healthiest city in the world, or, a.
) any rate, in the United States. The
t death rate has fallen since 1882,
{ when it was 1856 thousand. Last
] year it was 1855 a thousand. This
! approaches near to the sanguine
i sanitarian's ideal of II in a thous-
and.-Scienti6c American.
= y A rather odd idea-espe cially in
J foreign countries, but perhaps a
= novelty to some, in this country
is that of dating eggs when collect
ed with indelible ink, so that the
consumer may know just how long
:. the egg has been laid. Parties pur-
: chasing an egg so dated can Judge
for themselves just how fresh it is,
= = and should they find one, upon
:, opening 1t, to be unfit for use,
there can be no one TO blame but
. .. themselyes.-New York Weekly
, Witness.
. The politician is my shepherd.
l shall not want for any good
l things during the campaign.
/ lie leadeth me into the saloon for
3 my votes sake.
| He flleth my pockets with fine
= cigars.
+ And my beer glass runneth over,
= He inquireth concerning my fam.
: lily, even to the fourteenth genera
, ton.
Yea, though I walk through the
: mud and rain,
To vote for him,
And shout myself hoarse when
he is elected,
He straightway forgetteth me.
Yea, when meet him in his Office
He knoweth me NOT.
| Surely the wool
Hath been pulled over mine eyes
All the days of my life.
And l shall dwell in the
House of obsourity forever.-I
Troy Democrat.
Too hot to think, too hot to drink.
Too hot to write or lie,
Too hot to walk, too hot to talk,
Too hot to live or die. 4
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