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4 REIGN OF TERROR.

General Weyler, the new Spanish com
mander in Cuba, has not only tried to con-
vince the United States that recognition of
Cuban belligerency would assist the cause
of Spain, but has issued a proclamation
requiring all Cubans to take the cath of al
legiance to the Spanish queen. These two
acts are singularly inconsistent. Cuba is
supposed TO be already in allegiance to
Spain, and hence the requirement of such
an oath is an acknowledgment that the
allegiance has been severed and that a
recognition of belligerent rights is in
order. But is evident that the requirement
Of such an oath is intended as measure
not only to test the loyalty of all Cubans
to Spain, but as an excuse to treat as trait
ors all who may decline to be sworn. These
things sometimes have a violent reaction
ary effect. 1t should be reflected, however,
that prompt visitation OF the death pen
atty is the surest of all means for the sup
preston of rebellion. Napoleon Bona
parte demonstrated this when he crammed
his cannon with canister and opened them
upon the rising populace of Paris.
queer things are happening both in
Cuba and Spain. The Cuban revolution
has stirred the Republicans of the Iberian
Peninsula to surprising activity and Gen
eral Campos, who pursued humane pol
lCy in Cuba, is now the mainstay of the
throne in Spain. The Spanish Republi-
cans are fighting for the principle which
stirred the Cuban revolution, and that in
dicates the possibility OF secret under
standing and assistance that bode nothing
good to the Spanish throne. In Cuba
Weyler finds the military arrangements
"disorganiZed." That is an unfortunate
reflection upon the ability of Campos,
who is admittedly one of the ablest gen.
erals Of his country. The strong men who
served under Campos in Cuba are dropping
out OF the field-Generai Luque, who is an
able soldier and was in every engagement
against the rebels, who would not stand
and be killed, goes to Spain with sore
wound in the leg; General CanelIa goes to
Spain with wound in the heart, General
Navarro has the fever of the island and
General Cornell has a rebel bullet in his
body.
Meanwhile the indefatigable Maceo has
not only broken General WeyIer's new
line and invaded the sacred province of
Havana itself, but cool and daring old
Gomez, the most picturesque figure in the
history of modern wars, takes his seventy
years and his formidable machete butch
ers and squats grinning at the walls of
Havana. With all his threats of blood
and iron, General Weyler has succeeded
only In eliciting the derision OF the rebels
and the sympathy of the outside world for
Cuban independence.
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toweling are very fashionable, and servics-
able as we'll One seen had sailor collar OF
white lawn OF the sheerest kind. This was
edged with a rufle of the same. The V was OF
white piquet.
. A dress of brown hollands had collar of
batiste of the same shade, which was inter-
sected by lines of green and rose color. The v
was of the plain goods, finished by collar of
the batiste.
Plaid or fancy ginghams are pretty. with
collars of plain gingham, such as pink, with a
checked gingham in which there is little
pink.
White lawn collars are also dainty on ging.
hams and cambrics.
The waist is made with a yoke top which
forms the V. The lining is cut like the ont
side, which is gathered at the waist line back
and front For the heavier wash goods no
lining is necessary.
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PERSONAL.

Joseph Gavin OF Denver is here.
~ n prime of Canton, Ohio, is in town.
Dr y T MagiIl of Healdsburg is at the Russ.
U,,p. Dr Alexander of San Anselmo is in
the City.
Charles Edward Locke OF Portland or'' Is at
the Occidental.
J. H. Sherman of Waterman is registered at
the Cosmopolitan.
Richard Hye, business man OF santa Bar
bara, is at the Russ.
G. s. Kfmball, the widely known banker OF
Red Bluff, is at the Palace.
s. Hammond business man OF silver CITY
n. NJ, arrived here yesterday.
Judge ]. NJ. Walling of Nevada City mas ar
rived here for few days visit.
Dr. J. NJ. Goodwin and George \. Merriam OF
Minneapolis, arrived here yesterday.
Frank Sheppard, one of Fresno's prominent
real estate men, is at the st. Nicholas.
Frank A. Rowell, Deputy County Clerk OF
Fresno is staying at the Cosmopolitan.
Guy S. Palmer of the United States army,
Fort Douglas, Utah, is at the Occidental
William A. Pinkerton the Chicago detective,
has returned to the City from suburban points,
and is at the Baldwin.
Charles F. Cutter of New York, who has had
charge of the Fulton-street noon prayer meet
ings for some time, is at the Lick.
Michael Hanlon, prominent miner OF Auck-
land, New Zealand. is guest at the Cosmo.
politan, accom- panied by his wife and family.
David Starr Jordan, president OF Stanford
University and the Academy of Sciences, ar
rived here last night. He is at the Occidental.
J. H. Martin of Woodland, who is engaged in
raising cattle and sheep and who has lad
large experience in the business, is at the
Russ.
Andrew Kiuaston and John Cormack, two
prominent mining men of Australia who ar
rived on the steamer Monowai, are stopping at
the Cosmopolitan.
John T. Sullivan, the proprietor of Fresno's
Grand Central Hotel, who was formerly in
charge of the Sea Beach Hotel at Santa CEJ6
for many years. is at the California Hotel
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MISSES WAIST WITH SAILOR
COLLAR.

Sailor collars which form revers in front are
q favorite shape. The waist shown above laps
at the waist line and this, with the revers,
makes fichu effect that is particularly stylish.
The collar may be made separate or sewn to
the waist. Collars of black silk muslin trimmed
with ruff1es or pleatings of the same are worn
with bright colored silk waists for evening.
A green and black dress OF wool had collar
OF printed velveteen in the same colors, the V
between reyers being OF green silk braided
with gold. narrow gilt belt was worn with
this. A dress of tan alpaca had collar Of
brown satin with V of plaid silk in bright
colors on a tan ground.
The model is very we'll adapted for making
up washable materials. The brown ..home-
spun linens and cottons which suggest dish
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ORDER OF KING WILLIAM.

Upon the occasion of the celebration of the
twenty-ffth anniversary of the foundation of
the German Empire the German Emperor re-
Gently created a new decoration, the evil
helm-Orden,'' or t'Order of King William" 1t
consists of gold medal bearing on the face
the portrait of Emperor William l and the in
scriptlon, "Wilhelm Koenig Won Preussen,"
surrounded by an oval laurel wreath. This is
suspended from a clover-leaf shaped ring,
which in turn is held by two clasps, wide in
front and tapering toward the back, where
they are fastened together by means of catch.
The inscription on both clasps reads in Latin,
''Wilhelmus ] Rex" These clasps terminate
in front in crowned eagleheads, the beaks
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THE SILENT DRUMMER.

The greatest commercial drummer of the
present age is the rightly placed advertise
ment. 1t never tires, has no hotel expenses,
needs no mileage ticket and finds its way
everywhere. slight charge pays for its trans
mission from ocean to ocean, and from the
Canadas to Mexico. 1t travels to the outposts
OF civilization for the merest trife of cost 1t
is a yeritable globe-trotte-. An ad. prin ted in
st. Louis, New York, Chicago or Cincinnati can
be read, thumbed and noted in Cape Town,
Calcutta, Melbourne, Toxic, Hongkong and
everywhere else. The carrier-pigeon fails to
travel so far, the navigator cannot overtake it,
and even the ubiquitous telegraph wire has its
terminal behind the footprints of an al. Nor
Is this useless race with distance, or mere
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AN ETCHING.

stood upon stretch Of sandy shore;
Around me hung the shadows Of the night,
The rising tide came creeping DER The beach.
Far out along the mighty ocean fell
The garments of the dusk fold after fold.
And through the ebon barriers on high
The stars looked down upon sleeping world;
Fresh from the waves a rich sea incense came,
Saitsweet and pure, and drifted idly past,
To wander in the midst of distant woods,
Where violets and sweet woOd-flowers grew.
Then from the darklng seas the moon rose up,
Up from the unsounded depths, and lay across
The black expanse of waters like a shield;
And suddenly upon its pallid sheen
A ship was etched, IN clear-cut, stately lines,
And seemed to hang, picture in the sky.
With sails all spread, with pennant far out
stretched,
Spars, masts and rigging, all in form exact,
Held for moment in silver disk
Etched by the wayward touch OF fitting chance
So for an instant did see it Thus,
And then it vanished. quickly as dream,
Dropped from its shining frame to nothingness,
From shadows born TO Shadowland returned.
So men are etched upon the glass of fate;
So CLEANS and yanishes the ship of life.
ERNEST McGAFFEY.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Jim ellis, the miner, of Tuolumne County,
who was the associate Of Mark Twain and Bret
Harte just after the rush in the early ffties, is
at the Lick. MF. Gillis' mustache has become
frosted to whiteness in recent years, and his
hair is sprinkled with gray.
lie lives on Jackass Hill, near Table Mount
ain. 1t will be remembered that it was from
Table Mountain that the famous archaeological
relics were obtained which according to the
latter author caused such sensation in scien-
tific circles
Mark Twain used to loaf around Table
Mountain great deal. AS he tells in "Rough-
ing IT, he took hand in searching for gold
there. Twain did not find much himself, for
he was strongly indisposed to labor.
He did delve a little in quest of gold pockets,
but never prospered to any extent. The rising
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people OF the East at present, become interested
In gold. Instead OF going to Cripple Creek he
has come to the coast
Il have been looking at the mines,'' he said
yesterday, "and they appear to be good They
are In Cow Creek Canyon, only few miles
from Glendale. 1 have since my arrival there
been the guest of-Colonel Taylor
sit is most delightful in the canyon at this
season OF the year. 1 never saw pleasanter
place. 1t was quite unlike what it was in Chi
cago when l left there only fortnight ago.
and snow lay deep on the ground"
Mr. Farwell will be here for several days.
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THE LAND OF SLEEP.

Eternal silence! World forever dumb,
Ten thousand icons lie within thy cold
1nexorable arms-and they unfold
Rich argo5ieS OF human lives, that come
From out thy frigid breast into the hum
And fever of our thought, with wealth untold
Of Arctic SecretS-nevermore. Bells tolled
Unheard, their exit; and the muffled drum
OF soundeSs understanding waters rolled
Its sullen ice-cod music through the vast
Unsympathetlc waste OF frozen breath
That spans the brazen Northland, when the bold
True hearts grew strangely still, and shudd ring
passed
Into the bosom of this double DEATH
EDWARD A JENKS in the Granite Monthly,
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LADY PHYsICIAN-B., Berkeley, CAL This
correspondent is one of many who address
letters of inquiry to this department on mat
ters that are of strictly personal character
and whoare so negligent that they do not sign
their names. Letters of this character will
not be noticed unless the writer gives true
name and address. In such cases it an answer
can be furnished it will be sent by mail.
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IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Feb. 17.--Dr. D. T. Calla-
han, Ashland; C. L. Fair and wife, Holland;
Miss A. Groman, w. l.. Hughsen, st. Denis; J.
S. Hitler, Vendome; A. T. Johns, st. james; V.
n. Merks, Belydere; A. Rouilier, Murray Hill;
F. G. Ryan, st. Cloud; Miss Crocker, Miss Rails
ton, Netherland: H. S. Ellis, Hoffman,. Mr..
and Mrs. j. II. Johns left the Plaza Hotel and
sailed on the steamer Aller for Bremen.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
IL Essex street, San Fr

HoMEsTEAD-C. P. S., Rex, Cal. A piece of
homestead cannot be attached for any debt
that was incurred before final proof was made
After that it is the same as other property In
selling United States homestead a wife is
always asked to sign the deed, because pur-
chasers will not buy without such signature.
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CAT LANGUAGE.

Since the domestication of the animal there
has never been doubt that cats possessed
language that they sometimes employed with
more iberality than the occasion seemed to
command. But it is a new theory that the
smooth and liquid passages in our poets are
founded primarily on the accent of cats, and
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experiment in testing postal facilities There
Is money in it. 1t has commercial value. 1t is
the living seed of the future business crop.
The most successful business men OF to-day
recognize this fact and keep the silent drum
mer in perpetual motion. Those who neglect
this means of soliciting trade are the losers
thereby. Advertising is not fad, nor can it
be failure, if due prudence is taken in put
ting the right thing in the right place-Age of
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WHERE THE EVIL LIES.

The familiar cry of those who earnestly
desire good government is for stringent
laws to prohibit official rascality. How
ever benehcent such laws may be-if hon.
estiy followed by executive officers and
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canal in New Jersey known as the Delaware
and Raritan, between Trenton and New Bruns-
riol- Exclusive of feeders its length is sixty
"; niles II has fourteen locks and depth OF
seven feet OF water. 1t cost 81 8S9, 749, and
was completed in 1888. This is the cnannel nI
York and Philadelphia.
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Paul Kruger receives salary of $40, 600 a
year. His way of life, however, is distinctly
plebeian. Astory is told of some fashionabIa
ladies who called to leave their cards with the
Presidents wife. They discovered the dis.
tnguished lady standing on the doorstep with
half-devoured orange between her Inns. One
arm was Immediately placed akimbo. the
orange carefully balanced, while the free hand
was stretched out for the cards
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author felt more comfortable looking on and
leiSurely smoking his pipe.

author felt more comfortable looking on and
leisurely smoking his pipe.
Mr.. ellis preserves many lively recollections
of Mr.. Twain. He is inclined to resent the re-
port circulated in different places that he is
writer. He knows how to mine, he says, but
as for the pen he will have none fit.
Mr. Gillis is enjoying his regular winter va
cation here. For many years he has come
down here at least once year and spent sew
eral weeks here. His present visit will not be
shorter than usual.
The veteran miner is kept pretty busy meet
ing friends, old and new, from different sec
tions OF the country. His cabin at -Jackass
Hill has entertained many of them hitherto,
for the latchstring always hangs out there.
]. A. Farwell of Chicago, connected with the
Farwell family OF which United States Senator
Farwell is at the head, is at the Palace.
He has for about two weeks past been visit
ing and examining some placer mines in the
famous Cow Creek Canyon, near Glendale,
Or, which are managed by Colonel W. H. Tay-
lor, who is here with him.
Mr.. Farwell is young business man of the
Windy City, who has, like great many of the
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holding the ring supporting the medal. The
obverse OF the medal bears the initials of VIII
liam ii, the ar" denotlng his character of
King OF Prussia, the whole surmounted by
royal crown and the date of the creation of the
order, January IS, 1896. The inscription
means: "Work in Memory of Emperor William
the Great" The '.Wilhelm-O Orden' is worn
around the neck, and, according to Emperor
Miliiam,s own words, it will now be the high
est decoration he can bestoW,
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SELLING LIoUoR-P. R., City. If you keep a
public house customer who is "decent APP
pearing, sober and has money to pay for what
he calls for has right to call for what YOU
have to offer for sale-wines, liquors or cigars
and you are bound to supply his demand The
laws of this State prohibit the selling of LIQUOR
to Indians and common drunkards, and a CITY
ordinance prohibits the sale of liquor to minors
under the age of 16.
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Benjamin Liverrnan, who died in Mfnneano
lis the other day at the age of 80 years claimed
to be the first commercial traveller to go on the
road in this country. He travelled for lew
eiry house
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The only advice to be given to prize
fighters in these days is to go East and
grow up with the stage.
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Up to date the Cleveland loans have
taken almost as much gold out of the re-
serve as they have put into it.
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81 have notion to turn you over to the DO.
lce," said the prosperous citizen
81 don't see no sense in that" said the beg.
ging gentleman. at wouldn't do you no good.
II wouldn't do me no good, and it wouldn't do
the police no good. cause amt took in a cent
to-day" ."-Indianapolis Journal.
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A rich Armenian banker of Pera, named
Dicras Karageusian, was assassinated by his
fellow-Armenians because he refused to sub.
scribe to the fund for the relief OF the victims
of the massacres
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The Senate may be called slow, but the
people will take notice that it has served
as q a brake on goldbug legislation.
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HOODS Sarsaparilla cures catarrh bv nnr;fvin1
the blood Hoods Sarsaparilla cures rheumatfsrn
by purifying the blood. Hoods Sarsaparla has
benefited others and can benefit you
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The Pattison boom is Just about as quiet
as any other movement that begins in
Philadelphia and starts toward a grave
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The funding bill fight has become warm
enough for even so cool a citizen as Hunt
ington to find it sultry.
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The Crown Princess of Denmark has the dis.
tinction of being the tallest woman in Europe,
She is six feet two inches in height.
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The Senate investigating committee will
find digging into the bond deals virtually
the same as digging the grave of Cleve-
landism
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The extension OF japanese commerce
threatens to oyerrun Hawaii, and unless
we protect ourselves our turn will come
next.
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JERSEY CTrY-E. G. S., Livermore, Alameda
County, Cal. There is but one Jersey City ana
that is the one in the State of New Jersey Tho
terminus OF the Morris and Essex canal is at
Jersey City. 1t is 1O3 miles long, has thirtv
three locks and depth of water of five feet.
twas completed1n 1886 at cost of So, 100 900
and since then Improvements have inoreasod
the cost to SO 100000 1t connects with the
coal regions at Easton, Pa, and its terminus in
tnat State Is Phillipsburg. There is another
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THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Paderewski doesn't call it playing"

Arizona may proudly boast thst she has
the sand to stop q prize-fght.
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DR. SIEeERT's Angostura Bitters possess an ex
qulsite favor and are sure preventive for all
diseases OF the digestive organs.
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A NICE present for Eastern friends-Town.
sends Cal. glace fruits, SOC lb. 627 Market st =
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SPECIAL information daily to manufactured,
business houses and public men by the Pres,
Clipping Bureau (Allen's) $40 Montpomerv
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A COUCH SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED. "Bro,,,,,
bronchial 1roches" are simple remedy and give
immediate and sure relief,
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Between the harsh measures of General
Weyler and the retaliation o: Gomez there
will soon be no non-combatants in Cuba
except the dead.
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CONCEALED WEAPoNs-F. w. D. and J.. James.
town, Ell Dorado County, Cal. At this time
there is no State law that prohibits the carry.
ing of concealed weapons, except one that de.
clares it a misdemeanor for person to carry a
other. The State law prohibiting the carrving
of weapons was passed in 1863 and reneaIe5
April Ia, 1870. There are City ordinances thai
weapons concealed without permission. fron1,
the police authorities -AoAn
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Quay entered the Presidential race last
week, this week Senator Eikins comes in,
and there are several more weeks before
the convention meets.
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BRITISH AFR1cA-Inq., City. The population
OF British Africa according to latest returns
was: Cape Colony, ,527, ,244, OF which 376
9S7 were Europeans; Natal, DC, ,7sS whites
455 1888 native Zulu and 4l,I42 Indians,
Bechuanalsnd. 5311 Europeans, 55.i65
21S, ,324 natives. The number of bnrphers i i,
the republic Of Transvaal will not exceed 16.-
600 out OF population OF 100000 whites. Of
which 60. 900 are aliens eS' Va
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An old lady OF 20 in Atlantic, Me-, recently
walked two miles to pond to go Skating.
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Queen Victoria has magnificent collection
OF the photographs OF celebrated actors.
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Ii Oakland had carried out her scheme
OF getting Ysaye to establish school of
music within her borders she would now
have good card to draw Paderewski.
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Browns WAR RECoRD-J. G., City. The Off
cial record shows that C. o. Brown, now pastor
of the First Congregational Church, enlisted
18th of February, 1864, as corporal He was
16 years of age at that time and was mustered
out August A, 1865. His father, Oliver NJ.
Brown, was major of the regiment. Before
his enlistment c. o. Brown was a bugler in the
regiment, having joined when IA years old
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Jack and Jill went up the hill,

JACK and Jill went up the hill
With merry shout and laughter:
Jack swept down and through the town,
md Jill came "scorching' after
Chicago Post.
Cold day when he got left: 'I hear Jack For
tescue is i'll. What is the trouble?"
''He was frost bitten"
"While he was skating?"
''No; he proposed to Boston girl."-Detroit
Free Press.
"Do you really think one commits sin to
ride q bicycle?"
"Weu, I've seen bicycle-riders who were far
from upright Tribune
Patient-Pve horrid cold, doctor it seems
to me mostly in my head, however
Doctor-I am afraid you are not careful
enough of yourself. When you are out in the
air these cold days you should keep your mouth
closed and breathe through your nose.
Pauent-keep my mouth closed, doctor?
Ihen wouldn't l talk through my nose more
than ever?-Boston Transcript.
One view of the case: Mamma, teacher
whipped boy to-day for whispering in
school,"
"Well, that was right"
But, mamma, he hollered ten times as loud
as he whispered."-Chicago Record.
visitor-Do you think the baby resembles
his pa?
Mother-Oh, yes; he keeps me up late every
nlght-Cinclnnati Enquirer.
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CURRENT HUMOR.

Hannah" said the mistress to her new girl
'you can take that brown serge dress OF mine
and put it in SOAK"
"4es'm M" said Hannah; "who's your favrite
?"-Detroit Free Press
California town has "female ghost that
wears bloomers." And yet Colonel Ingersoll
would have US believe that there is no punish
ment after death.-Grand Rapids Press
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Those German bimetaliists who wish to
know what Cleveland will do may as well
be assured that be will do bimetallism
whenever he can and in apy way he can.
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PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The Prince of Wales has his life insured for
GO 0an 600
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With the retirement of the prize-fghters
the only disturbances in sight are the SEN
atorial contest IN Kentucky and the fund
ing bill fight in Washington, so the era of
peace is at hand,
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Now that gold mining lis booming and
the output increasing, there is a little
tutter OF movement among the money
kings to prepare the way for the restriction
OF gold coinage.