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Ma}*- . .:.;;'"'»V:«,,'-^v; m#Wtr®C " j t (\mife^'<?r>j-~ *•$ <>*"*«%f«»if*»i: #-.ihif»•**•.•*»<^W" *' •i,^ MX****. . . r , » i J V » * «* -t , p flaindeale MoHJENRY, Editor antf Publish*.'.*•». HXItJOlS. , F ^EIXOE BISMARCK KEETX- the wolf *bm the door with $170,000 a rear. - AuaoST 54,000 Frenchmen belong to i-hfc Legion of Honor, 3*2,021 of tbem hieing connected withihe army and the Jest civilians. THE snow-shovel factories of Now En­ gland will start the season with 000,000 »now-shoveln left over from last year, and the Middle States and the West stand ready to furni- h a tramp for every ahoveL Let old Ilorcas g*t up and howl. • ", WAS this the introduction Of Free­ masonry into this country? Weeden, in his history of New England, says that In 1G58 fifteen families came to Newport, R. I., from Holland, bringing, with their goods and mercantile skill, the first three degrees of Freemasonry. a marriage service and put it in the "Orders and Regulations for Field Offi­ cers,'a big book, as follows: "Will yon have this roan to be your wedded hnsband, to live together after God's ordinance - in the holy state of matri­ mony; will yon love him, serve, honor, and help him in sickness and in health, and never seek to prevent his doing anything that is in his power to do, or giving anything that is within his power, to help the 'Salvation Army,' and so on." ---„ T ^; , y , THE Cincinnati Enquirer very prop perly talis a halt on "silent alarms" in the case of fire. As a result of a silent alarm in Cincinnati, there w^s a col­ lision between a ladder wagon and a street car. a number of people in the car having a narrow escape. Silent a!arms endanger the jives of those who may happen to be on the street and whose only warning of the approach of the engines and wagons at breakneck speed is the clang of the bell, and fre­ quently this notice is so brief as to be dangerous to the pedestrain. But when the big bells ring ont the streets are : c'eared in advance and thei$ is no dan- pHYHiciANS say that cases of nervou. ' Ker of a collision or of any body being prostration are less frequent since low j imrt> There is no good reason for a nefels have come into fashion. They { silent alarm. The location of a tire is Allow the whole weight of the body to j something with which every bodv ought rest on the feet, remove the tension. t»o j to l»© made acquainted promptly. Men •which the muscles are subjected by 8top iu the midst of their business to liigh heels, and keep the calf of the leg j count the strokes of the bell, and if it TUfiotD AND TlIE NEW. REDUCING FORCE OF THE PRES­ ENT TARIFF SCHEDULE. I* Rwlncn tht Velum* or Tariff Dntlri ifwty St0.600.000, and Adds More Than •109,000,000 »t Import* to the Fret Lint Measure for Koduotton Without Injury to Protection. The Deducing force rif the new tariff bill becomes very plain upon even an Im­ perfect analysis. In the gross it reduces the volume of tariff duties by between S60,000.000 and $70,000,000, and adds im­ ports of a yearly value of more than 5109.000.000 to the free list. Such a bill can not be. as the democrats would have it, an act to prohibit foreign trade. The most cursory examination proves it to be a measure for reduction of tariff without injury to home industries. The Mills bill was a measure to reduce the tariff at the expense of home industries. The new hill is divided into fourteen schedules, designated by letters; to these is added the free list, of which latter it is enough to say that it is largely in­ creased in the number of articles upon it, and enhanced in value to tho extent of nearly §110,000,000. Schedule. A comprises oils, paints chemicals and drugs; it deals with about 0ftv »rtteieS, eighteen of which are made him. His professions Of devotion to the interests of honesty and reform were loud and far-reaching, and the people of the country were asked to lix their eyes upon.him and see him perform wonders of political wisdom. That was less than nine mouths ago, and behold! he is to-day calling for help in the wont of getting rid of his own appointees on accouut of their gross corruption. This is the outcome of his efforts to give the state an improved order of government, and to demonstrate his fit­ ness for the highest office in the land. It is very sad, very cold, very mortifying. Instead of having cause to congratulate himself upon an increase of honor and intluence. he is forced to contemplate the fact that he has made a miserable failure, and that his party stands infinitely worse in public opinion than it did at the beginning of his term. Moreover, he is obliged to rely upon the republicans for the assistance that he must have if he is to vindicate his official sincerity and in­ tegrity by ousting the men who have brought his administration into con­ tempt. The republican members of. the legis­ lature have not yetsignittol what they propose to do in the matter; but it is reasonable to suppose that they will co­ operate with the distressed governor to the extent of removing his unfaithful apjH>intees, provided he shall give proper guarantees that the vacancies will bo tilled with better ing. TJhey cannot af- mnch larger than in republican eo\ntlr*.1 These financial matters, have given tli« republicans quite a boom among tin farmers. The agriculturists of demo­ cratic Johnson county are asking why they should be taxed about double thil rate levied apon their brethren in repub­ lican Hendricks. There is more activo thinking going on this year than ever before in a political campaign. Hith­ erto tho Hoosiers have been pretty tightly bound by party tics, and tho tran sfer of political faith was not very frequent. This year there will be a very great change, because the agricultural classes are comparing these facts as to debt and taxation for themselves. Indiana is just now going through ml transition from an agricultural state to a manufacturing one. The increase of tho manufacturing interests during the last! ten years has been something wonderful Especially is this true of the last tim e years, since the discovery of natural gas. Hence the tariff is cutting more of a fig­ ure here than ever before. In the mat­ ter of emigration the republicans have lost much more largely than the demo­ crats. Fully one-half of the great re­ publican majority in Kansas is due to the republican voters sent into that state from Indiana. She has largely contrib­ uted to other states and territories. In the past the immigration has been in fa­ vor of the democrats, it being largely foreign. Thus the republicans have been uutat both ends of the line. Matters ifi its normal condition. . ' SOMETHING new in the way. of brick- making has sprung up at St. Joseph, Mich., wh6re the sand of the beach by a chemical process is being turned into bricks. They are represented to be superior to pressed brick, and large quantities are being put into fine resi­ dences and the fronts of business |»iocks. " ROYALT? is, always dear in England. An ebony walking stick which once be­ longed to Georgius. Tertius was lately «old at auction in London for $90. The gold top was engraved with "Cr. R." and crown, and contained the hair of Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mary Sophia and Amelia, and was inscribed • as the gift of Princess Mary. •'* ^THE Sionx Indians wh^ are looking for an Indian Messiah are under the leadership of an old medicine man named Red Shirt, who is believed to be over one hundred years eld. He gets lite name 'from the fact that he has always worn a red flannel shirt, and his extreme old ®ge is inferred perhaps is their property that is being consumed it is their desire and their Tight to hasten at once to the scene of the fire. In the case of a silent alarm they have no .means of knowing of the destruc­ tion of their homes and valuables until the mischief has been accomplished. The practice does not pievail in Co­ lumbus to a very great extent, but there ought not to be a single instance of it. Olteyeil "Do Spcret." An old negro was found casting a net in a preserved fish pond. "I have you at last," exclaimed the owner. "Stand right where you are. If you try to run I'll shoot you. What are you stealing my fish for?" "Look vert, you doan call dis stealin' feesh, does you ?" "Of course I do, you trifling scoun­ drel !" " Wall, ef dat's de case dar's er p'int o' diffunce betwixt us. I cali it 'ligion, sah." "You call it what?" 'Ligion, sah; dat's what I call* it. Peter aud John an' all de 'ciples, when da felt 'ligions, tuck er net an' went an' kotch some feosh, an' now, when de spent dun moved me, an* I has come 'eordin' ter de scriptur* an* gunter cast from the evident autiquity of that gar- j <1® t,efc» W J y®re y°u come an' calls me ' er thief. Ez'iigious er man ez you ez -- • i olighter be 'shamed o' yo'se'f. W'y, I THKEIT are,500 convicts in the South- reckon ef you hader libed in deole days Indiana prison, and fifty of them 4Mfe serving life sentences. Some of these are for murders committed, the most brutal known in the history of Indiana, and among them wipe slayers predominate. Many ate men serving sentences for the most insignificant of­ fenses. One man is serving a year for •iealing a pair of 10-cent socks. •. IN some cities classes have been or- .^nized to teach the yonng men and Women to read the New Testament in the Greek language. A united effort to get them to read it in English, and do it understandingly, would be more to the point. There is a growing incre­ ment toward the aesthetic in religions circles. An effort, as it were, to bnild tip exclusive circles inside the one that an hader seed Peter er feeshiu', you woulder got after him, too. Dar was jes sich men er libin' at dat time, sah, an' whut did da do? Da strayed off j atter de golden ca'f o' 'niquity an' let de I feesh o' righteousness er lone. De ! speret moved me ter come off down yere an' cast dis yere net an' now you come an' 'ject ter de speret." • "I object to you stealing my fish, jpu trifling rascal. » "I ain't stealin' yo' feesh, sah. I jest castin' de net like de spent tole me to do." • "Soyou haven't taken any fish?" "No, sah, cose I ain't; but I kain't liep it if de speret tole me ter c$ftde net." "What have you got in that bag I* "Dis bag right yere ?" "Yes, that bag right there.* "What's I got in it?" "That's what I said." X t '•>' •.»*.#/*& v^^RATflER A HARD HILL TO 0^VKLA^ IN Stf ̂ I A SU J* , , , , , , I . . * ! - « i i i W a l l , s a h , I p u t e r f e w f e e a h i n y e r e should be broad enough to take in all ^ tep keep fmm ^ eoi'ts aud conditions of men.' ",sr V proud in de flesh. Feesh is moustuc proud some time, sab, an' I jes wanter show 'em A WRITER on disinfectants claims that! dar's sicher thing ez pride comin' down the most reliable one that is practicable for fatr ilio-i is the vapor of sulphur. To use this put it into an iron vessel, set it on fire and leave it to burn out in the apartment with the doors lightly closed. About two pounds of roll sulphur is re­ quired for a room ten feet square with ceiling of ordinary height. The fume* are dangerous to life, aud caution must putty low. "Yes, and I'll just show you there's such a thing as going to jail.": • "What! 'Caze I follered de speret an' tuck de pride outen de ieesh? Wall, I *ee* oue thing mighty el'ar. Dar ain't no usen er man folierih' de speret deze days. Ef Peter was yere now he'd git 'guated wid de white folks an' go off down yaodar wid de niggers. Now, , . . . , , sah, ef you wanter disgrace yo'se'f br oe observed in entering tho room be- j takin' me ter jail I'se wid yniJfi.."r-- llara^it is free from the sulphurous gas. \ phi* Avalanche. V«r -TT An English newspaper charged a shire councilor with having "tiddly winfeed the shire funds." The law ugas invoked and, after consulting ail avail­ able dictionaries without finding any definition of the term, the Court de­ ckled that the phrase was not neces­ sarily libelous. The game of tiddie- #inks, which is now in vogne in this country, is one of skill, and an expert tlddiewinker must be gifted with biight of hand. Financial tiddlewinkir.g is a auggestive phrase, and is now intro­ duced for the first time. AWFI'I occurrences cry out fro;N the "telegraph pages of the press with start- regularity. There seems to be no interruption in the procession of what •was once regarded as horrifying events, but which now, owing to famil- iarity, are iooked upon as matters of course. It requires a stupendous eflort of the mind to realize that these violent deatlis, murders and accidents which irarl human beings into eternity by Arainloads arc a necessary adjunct of our civilization and a part of the pro­ gress of the age, but so they have come to be considered, and no regular reader , «f the daily press is nowadays moved '9$ unusual remark by a perusal of *e hitherto harrowing recitals. IN the marriage ceremonies in the Salvation Army the bride is not asked to reply to the question common inmost Christian organizations whether she *rill obey her husband. No exception •was made in this respect in the mar­ riage of Gen.' Booth's son Herbert to Capt Carrie Schock, a Salvation lass. Marshal Ballington Booth was asked •the reason why the word obey is omitted from the service. The Marshal replied through one of his Captains: "We do oot admit the inferiority of women to men in the Salvation Army. That principle p&rmeates the organization from the General down to the meanest private. In fact, most of the married warriors confess that their wives are the llftter lu ̂ Bo CM. Booth hap made \ Narro\V Kfecape. A couple of Brooklyn boys wlio have won some reputation as musicians--one being a'ban joist and the other a bot- tlonicon--were invited to the house . of a friend the other evening to give exhi­ bitions of their skill. The boys ac­ cepted, and carried their banjo and bot­ tles with them. On their return home at a late hour they were stopped by a policeman, who inquired: "Phawt have ye in that ?er bag?" "Bottles," was the reply. "Bottles! and where did yez get 1 hem ?" "We have had them for about a year." " Where are yez bringin' them from ?" , "From down town." # "Phwat are yez doin'wid them?" "Taking them home." "Well, are yez movin'?" "Not at the present, but we'll haTB to. be pretty soon," was the rejoinder. "Soi, young fellers, phwat koiud 'av bottles be them?" the officer asked. "\\ ine bottles," replied the boys anx­ ious to get away from his persistent in­ quiries, and then with eyes as big as saucers he cunningly inquired: "Well, have yez woin in dthem now, me little men?" They said they had not, but he in­ sisted upon satisfying himself, and de­ manded that they should let him ex­ amine the bag, which he was permitted to do. Aftet finding the bottles empty he left in disgust, making the remark as he walked away: "If dthem bottles had woin in dthem, I'd confiscate dthem on the sbpot. 9o yez moind that, now ?" General Hancock'* Muntoche KBn jltm Stupid Counterfeiters. A curious mistake was made by the counterfeiters who have put several two-dollar silver certiticates on the market wheu they curled Gen. Han­ cock's mustache in the wrong direction. An employe in the Treasurer's office at Washington discovered the counter­ feit, but iu consequence of their error made in changing the General's appear­ ance, even by a hair, the certificates can be easily detected. HE had been captured as he came ont of the hallway with the article in his hand. " WJiat are you in the dock for?" asked tho magistrate "Simply trying to raise an umbrella, yorr Honor."-- JPJUkuMpM* ffrnm^W subject to reduced duties. So that nearly one-third of all the articles in this schedule coipe in under lower duties than were fixed by the old law. Schedule li deals with glass and earth­ enware, and with certain manufactures of rock. The chief feature of this sched­ ule in the new bill is the conversion of the old ad valorem duties to specific rates. Of the articles not so converted most are left standing at old rates. Burr ston.i for millers are reduced, and one or two increased rates are observable iu the case of weak manufactures.- But. on the whole, this schedule is not greatly changed from its counterpart in the old law. Schedule C deals with metals and their manufactures. It contains about 1">0 articles, forty-nine of which ara reduced in duty by the new law. ^o that nearly one-third of schedule C is marked by re­ duction. Schedule D treats of wool and its man­ ufactures.' Its list is made up of nine­ teen articles, eight of which undergo re­ duction of duties. Thus, more than a third of schedule D is "in evidence as to the reducing force of the new bill. Schedule E treats of sugar. It is a perfect mass of reduction, a reduction which in the case of low grade sugars amounts to freedom from any duty. Schedule F treats of tobacco as an agricultural product; it gives an in­ creased rate of duty geuerally, to the benefit of the farmers who grow tobacco, and to the confusion of the democrats who said in 1888 that it was "republican policy to make whisky and tobacco free." Schedule G is a very long one, and comprises agricultural products, animals, meats, fruits, grain, and things manu­ factured from grain, liquors excepted. It gives increased protection to thirty- eight farm products, reduces the duties on starch, oh ground apices, and on canned-fish. Schedule H comprises wines, spirits, malt liquors, cordials and intoxicants. It is marked by a universal increase of duties. In whisky as in tobacco, the democrats suffer discomfiture. The re­ publican policy does not make either of them "free." Schedule I is made up.of cotton man­ ufactures. It coinpriscs-forty-nine ar­ ticles. of which seven are made subject to reduction. So onc-sevcutli of all the cotton products are cheapened. Schedule J treats of jute, hemp, flax, and their manufactures. It lias thirty articles on its list: six of them, or one- fifth of the whole, undergo reduction. Schedule K deals with wool and its manufactures. It is marked by general conversions from ad valorem to specific duties, and, generally speakiug, works an increase of di.ties. Tho scheduio comprises thirty articles. Schedule M, pulp, paper, books, etc.. leaves four of its fourteen articles with the old rates of duty, raises one, con­ verts the rest from ad valorem to specific. Schedule N, sundries, makes eight reductions, and large changes from ad- valorem to specific duties, many of which may prove to be reductive. This rough analysis disproves the charge of wholesale increase of du­ ties. The new bill admits nearly half of all the imports made by this country free of all or any duty, and levies an average duty of 27 per cent, upon tho total value pf gpoda Imported. ford to stand iu the way of such a pro­ ceeding, when the good name of the state is at stake. It i^ no part of their duty to correct his mistakes and protect his reputation, but they arc mor­ ally bound to rebuke corruption and to vote against betrayals of public trust. In a political sense, their party will bo the gainer. The fact that (lov. Campbell has called a special session of the legislature for the purpose of ousting the corrupt officials will profit him nothing. He can not thus escape the responsibility of their appointment, nor take away from his party the reproach which their conduct has cast upon it. The intelli­ gent people of Ohio know where the blame properly belongs, and they will not be deceived by any sort of sophistry with regard to tho case. They understand very well that the gov­ ernor's course is a practical confession that lie has not lived up to his pledges, and that democratic rule ha# not proved to be what was promised. That is the important fact, and lie can not hope to evade its consequences. lie stands dis­ credited by his own proclamation, and his party shares with him the shame of the revelations of corruption which he has formally put forth. The republicans shoald help him to unload his dishonest appointees, as he desires, and then they should make the best possible use of the campaign material for which they are iudebted to him. REPUBLICANS IN INDIANA. THE OHIO SITUATION :*u Gov. Campbell Compelled to Rely on ||publicans to Extricate Him From Bis Difficulties. [St. Louis Globe-Democrat.] When Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, assumed the duties of his office he was one of the moist popular men in tho democratic party. Ho had won a victory over a gallant republican leader, and placed himself in the list of presidential possi­ bilities. Great things were expected of Strong; Indication* ol'Republican Gains In the Hoosier State. [Correspondence New York Press.] The republicans have the advantage here in their local ticket. Two years ago the labor element was largely ar­ rayed against the republicans, but this year the drift is toward them. This arises from .several causes. The action of the present congress has very greatly strengthened the republicans with the labor clement in this state. The failure of the democrats to give them any rep­ resentation on their ticket enraged them, and as a good portion of the republican local ticket is composed of those who have been known as prominently identi­ fied with labor movements the drift is rapidly settling in towards the republi­ cans. The republicans have-fixed their eyes on several other legislative districts that have hitherto gone democratic and propose to carry them. The republicans claim that the demo­ crats have so mismanaged the finances as to increase the state debt about S4.- 000,000, and that the revenues of the, state are not enough by half a million to meet the current expenses. In this they have much the best of their opponents, for one of tlve grievances most com­ plained of by the farmers is that of debt and taxation. The democrats in their platform shoulder the responsibility for tho debt, and declared that it was created to erect a number ot public buildings. The figures in the office of the state treasurer disclose the fact that nearly a million and a half of it was created by borrowing money to pay interest on a prior debt, the democrats having resort­ ed to that scheme for raising funds with which to meet their interest obligations. The figures also disclose the fact that another million of it was borrowed to have changed somewhat during the last three years. The new manufacturing interests have brought a very large increase of popu­ lation, and that increase is favorable to the republicans. These new men have come into the stato talking tariff, and their talk has awakened a keen interest in the subject. Several of the most in­ fluential democratic papers of the state have declared openly for the broadest kind of free trade. The platform of tho party does not go quite to that extent, but the declarations of the party organs show which way the drift is. and that lias alarmed the labor element. Early last, spring the democrats sot up the cry that the farmers of Indiana were mortgaged to death. The statistics that have been gathered disclose that more mortgages have been paid off within the last two years than have been filed, and the farms of Indiana are carrying a comparatively #nall amount of mortgage indebtedness. The shrieks of alarm and calamity sent out by the dem­ ocrats are now working to their disad­ vantage. Summed up, the situation in this state is that the republicans will increase their delegation in congress and control the lower house of the general assembly, besides electing their state ticket; that the administration has grown in strength and favor of the people, and that Indi­ ana is in favor of the doctrine of protec­ tion. TUE point raised by Congressman Wheeler that the new tariff law is void because of an omission in the engross­ ment of the bill will hardly serve tho purpose that, he expects. A defect of that sort can easily by corrected, if nec­ essary; and in Any event the courts will be slow to deelare a great measure of legislation invalid on a mere technical objection which does not really touch its geucral merits. ONE PROBABLE CAUSE. Why the European Nations Dinplajr Bucn Kmiilty To the American Tariff' Pulley. I Chicago Tribune ] Since the effect of the McKinley bill will be to transfer many workmen from the old to the new country and thereby relieve tho congestion in the European labor market: since those who come here will get far better wages, and those who stay at home will be less crowded and lia\^ a better chance to live, it may be asked why continental governments are making such a fuss and threatening re­ prisals? Simply because they fear the effect of the new law will bo to shift to America many skilled workmen needed to supply ' the American* market with fine goods. But they do not want that to happen, for it will deprive them of a certain number of soldiers. They wish all their workinjr- men to stay at home to carry muskets, if necessary, and to breed children who shall carry them after they are gone. At a time like'this, when every nation in Europe is an armed camp uncertain when war may begin, each one takes stock of its available soldiers as closely as of its muskets and cannon. If a ' MOSIEa. ttMOftCMple Furwot the Nan* of IHelr -..i . ' Child. •*. ' '••••> I have met a great, many nntoon- seionsly amusing people--have 'seen i whole families whoso lives and whose piniplw atfair* feemed to have beeu de­ signed for no purpose but that of re­ lieving bv unintended drollery the weary cares of other people. Some time ago I was walking along a deeply shaded road in Mi->ist>ippi, when sud­ denly, upon "rounding a bend," I came upon an odd group of humanity. Under a large tree there were small children enough to stock a school, and a very small baby lay on an old shawl. A tall, despondent looking man stood leaning against a sapling, looking at a woman who sat on a log. "Hoi' on thar a minit,** said the wo­ man. getting up and approaching me. "Did yon see anything of a clay-bank hoss an' a gray nag with one ear gone?" "No," I answered. • "* "You seed pieces of the wagon, 1 reckon." "No, I have not." "Then yon ain't been on the road long. Pan," she exclaimed, wheeling about and snapping at the man who dodged as if a stone had been thrown at lam, "why don't you stir round? You put me in mind of a sick kitten a-leanin' agin a hot rock." "Whut's the u-e'n stirrin' round, when it won't do no good ?" he an­ swered. "What's the matter?" I asked. "W'y, ole Nick has broke loose an: wo are ruiried," said the woman. "Ken you sympathize with a l>ody ?" "Oh, yes; I am known among my friends a* a great sympathizer." "Wall, come over here an' set down on this log an* I'll tell you all about it. Two months ago our last baby was borned--thar he lies--an' then we com­ menced to stir round fur a name. I know, an' Pap knows, that the name has more to do with a child's success in li e than anything else, and we wanted to fix this boy up a name that would jest nachnlly ketch folks an' hold 'em. Well, we thought an' thought, but couldn't hit on nuthin'. You sec," she continued, waving her hand at the col­ lection of children, "that we have had to fix up so many names in our time that it aint no light matter to Bkeer tip a r.9w one. Pap, he ain't no manner account " "Now, Puss,"' the man broke in, "whntdayou wanter come a-slammin' me fur? The Lawd knows I've done the best I kin." "The Lawd knows yon ain't done nuthm'," she snapped. "Well, as I tell you, we commenced to scratch around for a name. We called in the neigh­ bors to get 'em to help us, an'they hope us all they could, I reckon, but thar was no outcome a-tall. My broilver-in-Iaw. that is the constable down here about ten miles, reconnisied the trouble we was in an' put off his work to come up on' help us out, for he knows that it's the Jims an' Bills that have to work like dogs while the, fellers with the fine names goes to the Legislatnr), But ho went back home without doin'; ^s much good, but he made us promise that we would hitch right up as soon as we set­ tled on a name an' drive over to his house; an' that was whar we was a-goin' when the team tuck an' run away. We hit on a name la^t eight. Oh. it was the puttiest name I ever hearn--just as soft as lamb's wool." "What is the name?" I asked. "Thar comes in the trouble, mister. We hitched up this morn in', as happy a family as you ever seed, but now look at us. Flung down into the sink-hole of despair. While we was drivin' along, j>ap, thar, kep on a techiu' up the clay- bank hoss." "No, I didn't mur," he protested. "Shet yo' month; I know you did. I told him to let old Claybank alone," she continued, talking to me, "but no, he must kebp techin' him up, an'the fust thing we knowd the bosses run away an' spilled us all out." "None of you were Jiurt, I suppose." "Oh, none of us was httrt, but we lost the name!" "Lost the name!" "Yes, I thotfght pap had it fixed in his mind, but when I axed him for it, why, it wan't thar. Jest as he hit the ground 1 yelled, I did, 'pap, hold on to that name,' but be turned it loose." "How could I hold it," the fellow pleaded, "when it war jolted outer me? I ain't no box with a lock on it." "Oh, no, yon ain't nuthin', an' that's .the trouble. Ef I liadn'ter thought he was a goin' to hold on to the name I would a done it, although 1 never did have no ricollection, but it is all dun past now an' here we air mint. An' jest look at our stuff all scattered around," she added, taking up a ball of white butter that looked as though it might be as bard as a rock, so great and petrifying had been the age '#bat had passed over it. "We was goin' to have a regular feast over thar, but it is den parsed now, fur that name is gone for­ ever." "It wa'n't my fault, L tell yon," the man shouted. She turned and looked at liim a mo­ ment, and then, "hauling off" with the bali of butter, struck him between the eyes and laid him out. I could not help laughing. She seized another ball utid spoke, the simple and im­ pressive word, "mosey,"and I"mosied." --Arkansaio Traveler. WHEftE TO PUT POCKETS, Napoleon Ui« Great I7«ed Those nl lift*' ' Alrien-de-L'amp. The present pocket, both for IadiM and gentlemen, is an extremely di#» cult feature to make thoroughly well, both ir. dressmaking and tailoring. *aya the London Telegraph. There is a story of an Eng.iih conturiere who thought that she had all but i>er.ectef| herself in the art of dressmaking, hint who took a journey to Paris in order to go through a final dburse of instruction in the ateiier of a celebrated robe at- tiste. She paid a handsome fee for 4 ' year's instruction, and after signing articles, she was put what seemed to her the frivolous task of int:«rting ft pocket in a dre<s». When «lie had finished • he, ta*k "Madame' shook her head with kindly gravity and told her articled pupil that the mystery of pocket-making had yet to be learned^ It is a lact that the de­ voted student was kept for six whole months toiling at pockets. At the expi­ ration of that period she was permitted to try her hand at sleeves, and she re­ turned to Eugiand a sadder but wi»er , seamstress, destined, however, it is to be hoj.ed, to blo-som into a court dress­ maker of the grandest type, As with ladies' pockets, so is it ia % degree with those of gentlemen. Man­ kind desires its trousers pockets, its coat and overcoat and vest pockets to be conveniently p'aced, ea<y of access and not. given to getting nnsewn., To be perfect they should be entirely un­ obtrusive. The Emperor Alexander I. of linssia, when he was in Paris, waa desirous of having his neither garments made by a tamous "culottier" who had supplied Napoleon with his buckskins. "But the pockets?" said the Emperor when the tai>or had finished measuring him. "I am sure,"* replied the "culot­ tier," "that. I shonld not kuow where-to- put pockets, un'ess I cut them iu Your Majesty's flesh." The Czar was more amused than angered by the explana­ tion. "But. the other one--Napoleon," he pursued, "what did hd do for breeches pockets?" "His aides-de­ camp were his pockets," replied witk quiet dignity the small clothes artist. Later breeches-makers may have thought out some means of maintaining the symmetry while providing pocketa buckskins or cords; but. speaking broadly, the resources of the tailor are taxed to the very utmost in designing pockets which suall hold what a gentle­ man requires without pushing them into objectionable prominence. There are a great many things that we are bound to find room for in our pocket*. Happily, we arc absolved from the ne­ cessity of carrying revolvers beneath onr garments; but it frequently hap­ pens that a small silver flask, holding some form of alcohol, occupies a mod­ est place in a traveler's pocket, and. of course, he must have due receptacle* for his cigar ca*e, his keys, his hand­ kerchief, and, if he be well stricken ia the vale of years, his spectacles. It is only the entirely competent and long- experienced coat artist who knows how these pockets shall be placed, and whaS shall be their exact breadth and depth. Thus, to the practiced sartorial eye, % breast pocket may really appear "ridic­ ulous." It may be the eighth of an inch too high, too low, too narrow, or too broad, it*may "toostraight in the fore­ part," or just a hair's breadth too mnch askew for symmetry cr for comfort; but it is a pity that the estimable artists ia coats cannot settle their little differ­ ences without bringing the refinemeste of their craft into the law courts. ,« thousand makers of mother-of-pearl make good the deficits in the current cx- | buttons should leave Austria and come penditures, swelled by the multiplyingof ' " " ' jpflices and the increasing of salaries by the democrats. In making their plat­ form the democrats overlooked those two things. The statistics gathered by the census bureau disclose another condition of affairs that will help the republicans in this fight, and that is that the heaviest county and municipal indebtedness is found in democratic counties and munici­ palities. By a comparison of figures the republicans are also enabled to show that in democratic counties the tax levy is 1 here, it would mean a regiment lost to that kingdom in the fight with Russia. Tho English manufacturer grumbles when he sees a market closed to him and his workingmen leaviug him tc seek em­ ployment in Amciica. But he can pack UD his capital and follow them. So in the course of a few months his scoldings will cease. But tho continental govern­ ment Avill never be reconciled to the American policy, which is constantly de­ priving them of the men Whom they want to keep to servo vheft neccs&ary a» food for gunpowder. : j-'k'k.' Men Must Move. Men, like money, must ciroulate. If mouey is Btored away in a strong box the dollars will not breed pounds. So with the business man. If be buries himself he will not partake of the fat of the land. Both ma-it pass around. He of the store, shop or mill who does not keep in touch with his fellows is a dead weight on the neck of Progress. He ia satisfied to glean after others reap so long as he profits by the harvest. He will not load or be led. If pushed he falls. The wind of the rushers takes his breath away. So he grubs along in tbe old row with the autiqne imple­ ments--a speck on the business track, a clam on the sands of the trade sea. He won't come out of his shell; no, not he. When the tide comes he'll ride with the rest, and that's all he wants. His business goe; along in the same groove. No new notions for him; no trimmings for his trade; no noise while he sleeps; no fresh paint on his old sign; no new wine in his old bottles. He never gets around among his neigh­ bors. He's out of tonch with the life that came since he went to sleep. He won't rub his eyes and wake up to the demands of the Present. Oh, no. The city was big enough when lie came, and further growth means nothing ao< far as he is concerned. So he sticks to the same street every day--the old path, the old people. None of your modern,, progressive, young chaps for him. He is blinded bv Self, and will see not; he is ben u u bed by fogy ism, and will talk not He's a back num­ ber, and should be turned down. "•'"•-'S-'S The Button* on the Coat. A New York paper not long ago made in its answer to correspondents a ridicu­ lous mistake. Speaking of the buttona on coat cuffs, it is said they were placed there to prevent the British soldiers from wiiiing their noses on their cuffs. The truth is that the buttons on our cuffe and on the backs of our coats are relics of an old fashion, as anyone may see by consulting a history of costume. A hundred years ago the ooat cuffs, were made to come down to the tips of the fingers for tbe sake of warmth. When a man's hands were cold he placed them together, and the two long cuffs made a very passable muff. But when the weather was warm the long cuffs were in the way, and so were turned back aud fastened with buttona provided for that purpose on the sleeves. So with the two buttons on the back. The skirts of the coats were made very full, and while comfortable for riding, because they kept the legs warm, were iuconvenient for walking. In the oor- nerofeach skirt there was a button­ hole, and when the wearer wanted to walk he turned his skirts back and fastened them to the buttons on the back. We no longer turn np our cuffs or turn back the skirts of our cnata ̂bnt the buttons are still there. Saved l>y a tfywa. *> ' Conductor J. W. Si ill well said, while speaking of the Chattsworth disaster, in i which 1500 fcop'.e were killed or v wounded, that his life was saved by the familiar hymn, "Nearer my God, to Thee," As tho train approached the fatal railroad eulvert Mr. Stillwell was taking up tickets in a car iu which there were sixty-two passengers of both sexes and all ages. In the car were five young ladies seated in close proximity to each other, and as the train swept forward in tlic ilarwc~9 they sang the old hyfij.., \vhich is c;.e of the meat plaintive and.touching of Charles Wej- ley's productions. One beautiful giriT in the first Hush of womanhocd, sang the verse of the hymn alone aud her companions joined in the cliorons. The h.>ur was so appropriate for such musio that every ear in the car was turned to catch the refrain, and the conductor stopped with his hand on the knob ot the rear door of the car until the clear voices of the singers had completed the chorus. As the fait words died ^wmy the crash came and fifty-eight living beings in that car were buried to etei- nity. Had he gone out he would have been crushed between the cars.--Time* Democrat. ' The Hull ugr I'ansloii. Dr. Longface--Alas, my dear I feel it my duty to warn you that I ait*' tertain but slight hopes of your recov­ ery. Still. I would strongly recou- mend beef-tea. It is the most strength­ ening form of nourishment you CM take. Pving Punster--Yes doctor. I think you're right. It is certainly meat that a man should take beef-tea wiien bt» feels that his life is at steak.--IHck-Mt* I'P- An fnanswrerable Arjnmmt. Angry Conductor (with hand on tho boll-rope)--You'll pay your fare or get off. -'MTv Tramp--Statistic* show that it cosie •|**" $5 to wear an tear an' steam to stop * train. Now if you rob th' stockholder* ' W of this ere road of $5, jest ter gratifjr v'r selfish spite, I'll report ye to til President--York Wwktg* • % '? v y.r.T. a. : . J? .j *