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II will soon be the season for the reap
pearance of the sea serpent and the hee-
ley motor.-New York Press.
A Cincinnati clergyman says that hell
Is merely a very bad state" Oh. let up
now on Nevada.-Chicago Times-Heraid.
Crete has no snakes, a fact that may
help to explain the Irish temperament or
the inhabitants.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
| crat.
They are still smashing tollgates in Ken
lucky. The supply of Kentucky tollgates
must have been enormous, to start with
Cleveland Leader.
1t will be interesting to watch the con-
struction of Pennsylvania $1.OOO,OOO
State Capitol and see how much it COSTS
Chicago Tribune.
| The Hon. Mr.. Corbett may now follow
the example of the Hon. Mr.. Sullivan
abandon the tank drama and become a
tank.-New York Press.
| So far, hansen has received 100000
for telling how he didn't discover the
north pole. He made a very profitable
failure.--Cincinnati Tribune.
Fitzsimmons' knockout blow may have
been for the purpose of removing his own
doubts as to Corbett's heart being in the
right place.-St. Louis Republic.
In Sterling, KY. wildcat has been
matched to fight man to a finish. Ii 10
downright shame to waste a good Wild
cat like that.-Chicago Times Herald.
BY refusing to interfere in behalf of the
murderers Of Pearl Bryan. Gov. Bradley
dealt severe blow to the business of the
Kentucky ynchers.-Cleveland Leader.
1t is n pity that the Ellsworth bill does
not somehow draw line between polit-
lcal cartoon and the picture of society
woman in her onyx bath tub.-New York
Advertiser.
The Brooklyn young man who gave his
defense in a breach of promise case that
he was only getting $40 week showed
that he had finally come to his senses
st. Louis Star.
DR.. Depew will not try for another place
at the hands of the administration. DR..
Depew is not the man to take 100 doses
| simply because he can get them for $l.-
Washington Post.
A South Chicago man who says he 10
112 years old also says he has never been
a total abstaner but doesn't say whether
he refers to truth or drink when he talks
that way.-Chicago Dispatch.
Grover Cleveland says all these stories
as to the new law firm of which he is said
to be a memberJare newspaper lies. The
enterprisng scribes should give Grover
little rest.-Boston Herald.
A Washington man broke $40 plate
glass to steal 81 watch. There is some
thing in the air of that town which makes
people careless about the way they obtain
revenue.-Baltimore News.
Frances Willard will ask women to boy
colt papers that print news of prize fights.
There are evidently SOME people OF high
standing in this world who do not know
that the function of a newspaper is to-
print the news.-Chicago Journal.
The physical culture lecturer who says
that if women would eat more onions they
would need fewer visits from the doctor,
forgot also to say that she would receive
fewer visits from other members of the
male persuasion.-St. Louis Star.
Thoughts on Foreiru Affairs.
Little Greece has civilization on her
side, but unfortunately not at her back.
Kansas City Journal.
Russia may want peace in Europe, but
not unless it is allowed to dictate the
terms.-Baltimore American.
The backbones of King George and
President Kruger are entitled to an ex-
change of the compliments of the season.
New York Journal.
Plucky little Greece may lack that dis
erection which is the better part of valor,
but there is no mistake about the valor.
baltimore American
Amid the prevailing excitement the pub
lie has lost track, to some extent. of the
South American revolutions. They are
still on.-Chicago Tribune.
There are friends of Cuba who will not
be satisfied until Secretary Sherman
brings about an old-fashioned Jail deliv-
cry down in Observation-Disclosures Post.
A cable dispatch says Lord Salisbury
Is suffering from an attack of influenza.
He is probably suffering more from an at
tack of Lord Kimberley.-Buffalo Times.
There appears to be difference of opin-
ion as to who is running the Cuban repub-
lie. the only really certain thing about it
being that it isn't Spain.-Chicago Post.
The attitude of Greece in standing alone
is heroic, but, as the peace of Europe is at
stake, it would seem caution were more
desirable than heroism, just now.-New
York Herald.
A good deal is being said about the in
tegrity of the Ottoman Empire. The pop
ular impression seems to be that integrity
and the Ottoman Empire are many miles
asunder.-Baltimore American.
The Cubans want Uncle Sam to buy the
island from Spain for $100OO0,000 and
sell it to them on ten years time. The
Cubans are certainly not backward about
making requests.-St. Louis Star.
The sultan will allow the Greeks to
govern Crete If they will recognize his
sovereignty and pay him an annual trib-
ute. The sultan Is an autonomist "for
revenue only" -Indianapolis Journal.
Greek is commonly spoken of as dead
language. But the language which the
Greek officials have been using of late 10
about as lively as anything that has been
heard in Europe in many a day.-Provi-
dence Journal.
1t will be easy enough to defeat Greece's
present endeavor, but all Europe cannot
deprive her of her reputation as the nation
which took one course of action when six
big powers were demanding that she take
Record.
The Antitrust Decision.
1t is refreshing to have the act of 1890
Inter Ocean.