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A great deal Of noise Is made over the
Wagner operas this year, but. very little
money. Chicago Tribune.
As previously, there is a great deal more
ord-paintihg than Workmanship IN the
Cuban Washington Star. :
When the Siberian Railroad is opened
you can 20 around the world In forty days
If you can get pass.-Boston Globe.
Senator Hill says members of Congress
do not get drunk. What on earth can Do
the matter with them, then?-Bufaio
Express.
There is no longer pebble on the
Hicks Beach. Sir Michael has thrown Il
at the Franco Russian alliance.-Mon7
treal Star. @ ="
That blockade in Charleston harbor APP
pears to have been fashioned after the
pattern of one of Weyler's trochas.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
England might make two treaties. One
for arbitration with the United states
and another for war with the Senate
Chicago News.
If England persists in bullying the other
European powers it may find out after a
while that insularity does not insulate-
Chicago Tribune.
England and France may furnish diver
sion for the world by executing military
couchee-couchee in the streets OF Caro-
New York Advertiser.
Legalizing prize fights is disgraceful, OF
course, but it would disgrace some States
less than others. Nevada isn't hurt much
"a Eitxr Tn.rrna1
There seems to be considerable perplex-
fly as to who started the latest Cretan up
rising and more perplexity as to who will
stop it.-Chicago Tribune.
In connection with the arbitration treaty
the Senate is experiencing some difficulty
In suggesting something equally as
good.''--Washingto Star.
Senator Morgan, az usual, is opposed to
about everything in sight, and his yolu-
bility rolls on as regularly as interest on
mortgage American.
Perhaps the sovereign State of Nevada
would consent to let the Corbett-Fitzsim-
mons fight be settled by international ar
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
1t is proposed to turn the Michigan
State House into an insane asylum. The
suggestion is liable to be caught up in
some other States.-Boston Globe.
Now comes the Congress of Mothers in
Washington. Let's hope it will set the
Congress of fathers good example in
the dispatch of business.-Boston Herald.
1t doesn't seem possible that the Corr
-Fitzsimmons fight will amount to
anything. Neither has as yet referred to
the other as ''cowardly cur."-Cleve-
land Leader.
Prince George of Greece is a cyclist!
That settles it. The Turks may as well
let Crete be annexed to Greece. The
Prince will "scorch" his way Though
Buffalo News.
Doubtless the drum major fancies he
bosses the parade. 1t is that way with
some politicians, because they are in the
procession they imagine they are leading
the party.-Baltimore American.
A Lexow investigation is much like a
trip round the world You go a long dis
lance and you see and hear much, and
then-you finish just where you started.-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
: Now that MICROBES four inches long are
being discovered in Chicago drinking
water, we suggest that in addition to be-
ing boiled il also be run through sau-,
sage machine-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
Representative Sutton's bill in the In
diana Legislature against printing menu
cards in French is undoubtedly a revenge
on the hotel man who gave him potatoes
when he ordered "pommes de terre. Chi
cago Journal.
In Michigan they are trying to induce
Gov. Pingree to take Mayor Pingree by
the nape of the neck and toss him out OF
Office. Thus far, however, the Governor
has been inclined to stand by the Mayor.
Cleveland Leader.
Europe may have an occasional war.
scare, but Africa and Cuba and Southi
America do the real fighting. There is
peace in Europe, mainly because the
standing armies are holding war down.
Baltimore American.
Oklahoma wants to come in as a State.
Now, il Uncle Sam had the chance to
trade off two or three of the States he has
on hand he might well afford to dicker,
but just now Oklahoma will have to wait.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Thousands of people are said to be on
the verge of starvation in Louisiana. 1t
is all very well to send grain to the Ar
menians, but il is also well to bear in mind
the saying that true charity begins at
homc.-Baltimore American.
The Bradley Martin Ball.
The Bradley Martin ball was tame af-
fair 1t passed off without single fight.
Knoxville Tribune.
Mrs. Martin has been more talked about
and more lied about than any public per-
sonage of recent years.-New Haven Pa
ladium. -ss~-~VFs e. .