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Only a Tramp.

TIE only a weary, Wornout tramp
a member of a luckleSs band
mat roVes about from place to place
ana travels from land to land
His friends are few and far between
his home Is anywhere:
His lot in life is hard indeed
But he doesn't seem to care
win smile upon his bearded face
he Sreets his fellow-men:
Nnen trouble springs up in his path,
lie laughs 1t down again
through the snow and cold of winter
Ana summers sizzling heat
he walks along the roadways,
with sore and blistered feet
And oft when faint with hunger
he attempts to beg his meals,
lie gets negative answer
And bulldog al his heels
And when at night by the roadside
he seeks his grassy bed,
His pillow is a moss bank
And the sky above his spread
Thus. in silent slumber
lie dreams of by-gone hours,
Ana sees once more his boyhood home
Nesting amongst the flowers.
And when in the east the pale moon come:
Like some gigantic lamp,
Its rays fall softly down upon
A weary, wornout tramp.
B. Billium Byron.
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A Bad Monkey.

Mr.. Texter, proprietor of Timer Park,
on Gravesend Beach, L. l., has a mon
key in his menagerie that is credited
with some queer pranks. He likes
whisky, beer and wine, takes a drink
whenever he can get it, and, like many
Of the human species, goes on a spree
once In while. That is, he quits his
cage and disappears for time. Wheth-
er he leaves the park and goes to CO.
ney Island or Bath Beach is a question
although 1t is reported that he has been
seen in both places. If he returns home
in the night and finds that he is locked
out. he gets in by breaking a pane of
glass.
That he is bitterly opposed to the
Raines law Is evident from the fact
that one day when a copy of the law
was lying on a chair near his cage he
came out, tore it into shreds and ate 1t.
Like some inhuman men this monkey
is wife beater A much smaller fe-
male monkey ocucpies the cage with
him, and her face and head always
bear marks of his cuffs and blows.
The earth derives 90 per cent of its
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man who came to California on the
same steamer with Mrs. Dimond, who,
by the way, has gone back to Honolulu
to make it warm for her defamers,
never had any connection with the pro-
fession whatever, and is no nearer be-
ing an actCr than any either dry goods
clerk or druggists assistant who las
appeared in church tableaux or ANA
teur dramatic companies
The London critics continue to dis
cuss the Richard III" of Sir Henry
Irving at great length. The London
Times says: From most other stage
villains the new Richard differs in this,
that the colossal character of his tur-
pitude. redeemed as it is by cold, elec-
tric CLEANS of humor, endears in some
sort to the house. He is the Robert Mae
aire of historical drama, minus the
rags and patches. He is too clever, too
audacious, too Mephistophelian to be
taken seriously. No mere political
conspirator, one feelg. could be so fer
tile in resources, so frankly wicked, so
apt in making short work of his oppo-
nents, so conscious of his own enormi-
ties, and so ready to make jest of
them as this lcering and polished dis
sembler, who yet, occasion offering,
does not disclaim the arts of depicting
guilty conscience by strange contor-
tions and half-articulate speech" The
London World" remarks: 1T was this
absence of intellectual or even imper-
sentative effort that made his Mephis-
topheles SO cheap and pantomimic. In
iC4ba nd ha iS. m
the fact that he is speaking the Ian
guage of Shakespeare, not of Mr.. Wills,
and that the fiend he is impersonating
is. after all. a Plantagenet This he
never forgets; there is nothing vulgar
about his performance. But its fiend-
iahness is too monotonOus and too ex-
ternal. The Richard of Shakespeare is
diabolical in plausibility as well as in
irony and ferocity. He clothes his
naked viliany' and seems a saint when
most he plays the devil. Now there is
nothing in the least plausible about Sir
Henry Irving's Gloucester. 1t is by
magnetic volition that he carries his
points. never by anything that can be
called serious Hypocrisy"
q
silver wreath with an adulatory in
scription to Sarah Bernhard, where
upon the famous Sarah replied: Il have
received your adorable wreath, dear and
great artist. 1t has made me very
happy. l thank you a thousand times,
dear Wilson Barrett. | place my two
hands in yours-Sarah Bernhardt."
Was there ever anything more silly.
contemplate, or transparent than this
modern theatrical mutual-admiration
business? asks the New York Post
An old manuscript Of songs, which
has lain hidden in the University at
,, jena for 800 years, has just been multi
piled by means of phorogra ply, and
two editions published by the editor
Strobel in Jena; the German Emperor
and many princes were among the sub
scribers, and what copies are still avail
able can be had at 300 marks for the
unbound copies and 800 for those bound
in ancient style. The manuscript was
written in splendid style on 22G folio
| pages, and contains, says the "Fos-
sische Zeitung," a rich collection of
Minnesaenger songs with their melo-
I dies, and is one of the most important
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| trotted away.
| Mr.. Williams found his place again
| and read on with many chuckle and
an occasional peal Of laughter. And
now Petruchio is coming in his outland-
ish garb to claim his bride and Mr.. Will
| Jams face is one glow Of delight.
| A vigorous hammering arises near by.
| Don't Tommy, don't!" he says with
| cut looking up.
Il don't want to don't papa!'
| The next minute "a little voice said,
Papa, / wish you'd move the kween.'
Move the queen. What do you mean,
| Tommy? Have you been meddling with
my chess nlen?" said his father looking
| up.
Tommy, having no idea what was
meant, stood silent and looked at his
father. Then he said. Wont you come
and move the kween, papa"
Good gracious I'll move heaven and
| earth if 1t will keep you still awhile.
Where is she. I'll move her"
| Mr.. Williams arose and laid the book
down with a slam.
1T amt her." said Tommy, going to
| the screen before the fire, laying his
hand upon it.
/ That's it, is it? said his father, lift
ing the screen before the fire
| His foot struck lightly against Tom
my's. Papa. you topped on my corn"
said Tommy, earnestly.
Stepped on your corn? Thunder!
Come here to mel
| Mr.. Williams sat himself down with a
very black face, caught Tommy upon
his knee, and began savagely to unbut-
| ton his shoe. IF your mother has let
| you-a baby-wear shoes tight enough
! to make a corn on your foot, I'll raise
| the very roof when she comes backi'' he
| said. Shoe and stocking We're stripped
! off and revealed-five pink little toes
without spot or blemish. With a little
tinge of fear the other shoe and stock
ing were hastily removed. Sure enough.
sign of corn.
! The corn isn't in my shoes" said
| Tommy, who had been looking on
rather blankly at this strange proceed
| ing, its under your foot, papa; you
| topped on it,"
Mr.. Williams slowly lifted his foot,
and there lay the corn-two yellow
grains which Tommy had dropped be-
hind the screen and could not reach, but
which he felt he must have.
Mr.. Williams, looking very foolish,
put on the shoes and stockings. I
think I'll read The Tanning of the
| Shrew," he said, sheepishly as he
went back to his book. In minute he
is shaking with laughter, for Petruchio
and his bride have come back from the
church to the wedding feast, and then
the groom makes it known that he cam
not possibly remain till after dinner,
though he thanks the honest company
all
That have beheld me give myself
| To this most patient, sweet and virtuouS
| wife.
Papa, what is this?"
"H'm?" asked Mr. Williams in voice
which was certainly in Padua.
Il said what is this?"
1T is a-a-' his voice died away.
We'll, look, an tell me what it is?"
It's a stove crank" he said, looking
up.
What is it for?"
ITO turn the stove onto make it burn
| better"
Make what burn better?"
The fire.
you said to make the 'tove burn bet
| ter"
! We'll, I meant the fire in the stove"
| you did?" Then after a minute
| Tommy added, What 'tove?"
See here, Tommy, I don't want you
| to ask so many questions said his
! father, sternly. I'm reading. Here,
| take this and look at the pictures"
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Papa has Weunchang got any
pants?"
Yes, yes: / reckon he has"
why don't he wear 'em, then?"
Tommy" said Mr.. Williams, looking
at his son with fury in his eye, you
beat Ii Hung Chang himself for asking
questions"
He sighed deeply and looked at his
watch. 1t would be an hour yet before
Gertrude would return. I'm nearly to
the end of act 3. I'll finish that, and
then give it up. I guess He found his
place, then glanced at Tommy.
Tommy was looking at the picture of
Visiting Day at the Hospital.
There's a boy in bed, but his gowns
hangin' out he said. Mr.. Williams
leaned over and looked at the picture,
too. He's a little sick boy" he ex-
planned. That isn't his gown, Tommy.
It's the cover hanging down"
1T is?" Then, after pausing mo-
ment. What cover?"
why the cover of the bed
What bed?"
THE bed. This one the boy is lying
on
What boy?"
See here. young man. Now just dry
that up or I'll box your ears for you"
Tommy's little lip began to CULVER and
instantly his father relented. He has
tened to turn Tommy's mind from the
proposed boxing. Look at this man.
Tommy. I expect he is the boys papa.
"Who is?'' said Tommy, looking down
through blue eyes that saw but dimly
at that instant
why the man sitting here in the
chair"
What chair?"
Tommy's papa took a very deep
breath ard gazed helplessly around the
room. Then he said in a strangely
quiet voice as he put his index finger
with mighty firmness on the picture:
THAT chair! Right there by the bed!
What bed?"
Tommy's father seized one of the
chubby fingers and held it fiercely
against the picture bed. This bed.
This bed. Do you see it?''
20, papa, you hold my finger toe
hard" and Tommy began to cry.
Mr.. Williams set him with no gentle
hand upon his knee.
II want mamma to come" sobbed
Tommy.
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ing bandages for his injured members
and proudly conducted his father
thither
When the bandage was on Mr. Will
Jams betook himself once more to his
book He had only read one caustic
speech of Katharine's when Tommy
came and stood before him wrigging
himself from side to side.
I'm tickled,' he announced.
There was such deep seriousness in
his tone that his father looked at him
curiously. There was not trace of
mirth nor the shadow of a laugh in his
rosy little face.
You don't look tickled,'' his father
said.
Well, I am
why don't you laugh, then, if you're
tickled?" asked Mr. Williams quite
mystifed
Il don't want to laugh" said Tommy
Indignantly. Il want to kwatch my
back an l can't weach the tickled
place,"
Dear little boy, Does his back itch?
Turn around and let papa find the
tickled place" said Mr.. Williams, smil
ing gently as he rubbed the little back
to its satisfaction, after which Tommy
trotted away.
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Curious Condensations.

The river Nile is 5000 miles long.
An eastern college girl Tilted a poet
and married butcher.
During the last winter semester the
University Of Berlin had 7O26 students
Horseess ccniagcs have lately beer
introduced in the fire department OF
Paris.
Oranges have been grown In byoEs.
Kan. the owrcr OF a tree having
pluclod three this season.
The fifth international congress or
criminal anthropology viii be held az
Amsterdam In 1901.
An order has been issued forbiddins
the sale of liquCr In the restaurants o.
the Maine Central road.
II is said thai the emperor OF Russia
received over 500 threatening lettt IS
prior 10 his Journey TO France.
Germany has now electric lghts IN
over loco postal cars. ana Austria Is
about 90 adopt the same system.
The annual earnings Of miners In ST.
lesia. Germany. Gro. after subtrGctlng
the insurance. only $i74 TO 5000.
The Bulletin d'Apiculturc states that
holes can be easily drilled In glass with
an ordinary drill ~ the spot IL moisten-
ed with a few drops of mixture COM
posed of Is parts of oxaiic acid In ~
parts OF turpentine.
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ing and currency committee Of the
Fifty-third congress they had before
them Connecticut banker named
Green, very intelligent man, who said
that in fear of the passage of free
silver bill he was selling his bonds and
putting the money into real estate, be-
cause the price OF real estate would so
up il we adopted bmetallism. There
was an admission by the other side
that prices OF property would advance
under free coinage OF silver. Well with
prices advancing or about 20 advance
money would come out for investment
In business instead OF going into bonds
or lying idle. That would put more
money into circulation, and we would
have a revival OF prosperity immedi-
ately"
but now about the bondholders and
the stockholders Of the country? Would
not their interests depreClate in value.
and are they not large part of the
population OF this country
stocks would not suffer. The re-
vival OF business would bring equal
prosperity to the railroads. Bonds
would deprcciate in value because when
men can find other investments which
pay more they will not put their money
into bonds Most OF the bonds are owned
by people who do not depend on the in
come from them FOR living and most
Of them ! think, are owned abroad.
The people who would benefit chiefly by
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part Of tho money Of the world in he
sense that we are very large and Inn
portant part OF the world. All the s'l-
yer we should coin would he the same
Gs addlnc that mitch gold 10 the worlds
volume OF money ana 20 that extent In
creoslnR prices the world over"
"Db YOU expect ihe Wolcott commits
sion TO accomplish anything toward
Bringing about international bimetal-
lisnf9"
MIR BLAND answered promptly: "No.
Monetary commissions have been a
constant stumbling block in the path
Of bimetnihsm. II we had never had
any commissions. we should have BIZ
meililism in this country today No
International agreement for the adop-
u-r OF bimetallism viii ever be had.
The great nations OF the world could
never come to an agreement on the
subject cf the ratio CD be adopted. The
dnlv way We shall ever have bimetal-
ism viii be- through ne adoption by
tho United states The other nations
of the world Will have TO fall in line
with us."
'Von't 10 shut us OF from the rest Of
the world? England gets her cotton
and her corn now from other sources.
Europe isn't dependent upon us for
foodstuff"
1--WE are not dependent upon Eu-
roue. We can get along without Eng
land better thar England can get
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that of the Albanians and was adopted
because Of the Valor OF the Greek AL
banians in the war of independence.
The white fustanella of the men, Kilt
of knife plated cotton or linen, is their
most striking garment II is worn usu-
ally over long overgaiters OF dark blue
and coarse brogans. The jacket hts
very tightly and Is gayly decorated
with embroidery, and the turkish le|
Is worn upon the head. Many GREEKS
of the interior have not yet abandoned
the habit OF carrying long guns wheh
they 60 abroad just as Englishmen
carry canes When he Is dressed In MS
national costume and iauntily carries
his gun over ms left forearm, not over
the shoulder. a rural Greek dandy is
handsome fellow 10 look at. The use OK
the national dress is declining, now
ever. and at work the countrymen use
baggy Turkish trousers as rule.
Women wear the fez also, much
larger one. with a long tassel hanging
over the left shoulder i'm front. In pure
Greek villages like Megara. Dhivri ana
Lala they still wear the veil, though not
so as 20 conceal the features, as did the
Hebrews in Bible times. There are
many other proofs. hints and reminders
Of oriontalism i'm Greece. The women
have almost no opportunity for educa-
ton. They still spin with the dlstan
and weave by hand. as did Penelope
and her maidens. The fields are water
ed in part with water pumped by ruda
wheels turned by oxen. as has been ths
case in Egypt for thousands OF years
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lists" said Mr.. Bland. "a great many
of them voted with US in the last cam
paign. / think a great many of them
would vote with US again."
do you expect the Democrats to win
the next campaign"
There is not the least doubt in my
mind that we shall have a majority in
the next house IL not in the senate"
And do you expect any good result
20 come from the election of a Demo
cratic majority In congress?"
1t is possible. IL is not probable.
but it may be that President Mckinley
would be influenced by popular clamor
to approve a free silver bill If it were
passed two years hence. / think Mr..
Mckinley would like TO do what the
people want. Whether he will be able
20 do so is very doubtful The innu-
ences which contributed TO his election
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Is possible we will have enough votes
I'm the house 10 pass bill over his veto.
but the senate changes more slowly,
and IL Is not likely we will have enough
votes there. j do not look for any re-
lief before 1900. Meantime ! think the
cause of silver is gaining strength every
day. There could not be a stronger in
fiuence working in our behalf than the
disappointment which the Republicans
have given to the people All through
the campaign the Republican speakers
and the metropolitan newspapers prom
ised an immediate return OF prosperity
with the election Of Mckinley. Many
OF them knew they were fooling the
people. We said at the time that therS
would be no revival Of business and
that when the time came the Republic
ans would claim they had not promised
il. Now times are worse than they
were before the election. The whole
country is prostrated. and the Repub-
licans say they did not expect return
Of prosperity until the tariff was re-
vised."
Don't you think a tariff revision will
bring an improvement in conditions;"
There Is no reason why it should. 1t
will make prices of manufactured prod
ucts higher. while the prices OF all eth
er things will remain the same or even
go lower. The people who cannot af-
ford 20 buy manufactured products
now Will not buy more when prices Of
those products go up and other prices
probably go down"
But won't il put men TO work and
so give them money 20 spend2 Isn't il
a wheel which started at one point
moves simultaneously at every point?"
ITO start the factories means throw
ing more manufactures on a market al
ready overstocked."
And giving men money with which
TO buy the surplus on the market and
so making more work for the factories.
Isn't that so?'
Making things dearer does not make
IL possible for men TO buy more OF
them. Tens OF thousands OF men in this
country are doing without clothing be-
cause they are not able 10 buy IT, Men
are without food. The discomfort among
the people Is growing every day. We
must have q change i'm conditions. or
we will have a political revolution
Every day of disbursement brings
more discomfort and greater desire for
a change. The people are dissatisfied
with the results OF the last election and
before the next election they will want
TO try something else"
Looking back 10 the last election. do
you think the results might have been
dfferent2"
mo. i think we made the best fight
that we could under the circumstances
Two or three things were against us. 1t
was represented that the election Of
Bryan would bring panic. and, on the
other hand. that the election OF McKin-
ley would restore confidence and bring
US old time prosperity Many people
were afraid TO try what they thought
was an experiment. We had the ad-
ministration against us and Mr.. Cleve-
land welded his certain influence. He
will be powerless in the next election.
Finally the Republicans spent an enor-
nous amount of money. no one viii
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sistibly of oriental times as pictured In
the Bible.
Outside OF few principal towns there
are no hotels except rude khans of the
Turkish pattern. where the traveller pro-
yldes his own food and bedding and
suffers frightfully from vermin. off
the beaten track the stranger usually
puts up at a monastery or at the best
private house in the village, where he
pays full price for his lodging. In other
respects the hospitality is quite orien-
tai. The owner of the hovel always
thanks his departing guest for honor
ing his house" by coming 10 ii, and
sometimes the demarch, or mayor, es-
corts the traveller some distance upon
his way.
Greece Is one OF the few countries in
the world where the dress of the men
is more picturesque than that OF the
women. The national costume is really