Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1888 — Page 6

CHIEF OF THE KNIGHTS.

■MR. POWDERLY’S REPORT OF IMVERSAL INTEREST. Criticising Certain Parties —An Oriler Facing Adverse Circumstances Has an Existence of Nineteen Years—Concentration cf Forces Recommended. [lndianapolis (Ind.) special.] The twelfth general assembly of the Knights of Labor was held in this city. Much routine work was done. The most noteworthy feature was the report of Gen-

eral Master Workman T. V. Powderly, which, in brief, was as follows: To the off cars and members of the General Assembly : For nineteen years the ordev of the Knights of Labor has maintained an existence in the face 5f circumstances the inostdiscouragm? and disheartening. Struggling forward in its infancy oen jath a veil of seci oey, it met with opposition from those in whose bshi if it contended, l.ater »n it faced the world as ihe advocate of justice tor the poor, and foun t all win were (liemies of the oppressed arrayed aga'nso it. In ah of these fears it has had to brave the taunts and insults of many whose iuteiests it sprv> d. Since tin adoption of the dec ora ion o’ principles, ten years ago, t hia O der has hid the opposition of all who despised ill;ir principles, but the yeai» wtnse ending we witness at this season his oeen the most trying and discouragi g t > those whose wish w as to soe ti e harmonious biend.'n'of all Masses of workers beneath the shield of knightbcol. Many causes combin'd tn reduce the number of those who swore allegiance to tin principles of the Knights of Labor. Their circulation of lass statements cjujorulug the strength of t> e order drove away thousands who regarded quantity as being superior to quality in the mak up of the membership of a labor u- ganbation. U hen the rumor went forth from the enemies'qui r.e s that; the numbors \v, re dropping down, those members, who looked to others lor want they should do themselves, dropped out also. When the divergence of opinion between the general oflicaiH became heralded b oadcast by those who always magnified, those members who 1( oked for unity among the officers, in stead of doing their duty by waiting until they could replace those officers with others, withdrew from the order temporarily. The story, so ofton circulated and so wonderfully magnified, of thi extravagance of the general ufficors frightened othirs, and they, too, stood still until this session would assemble. In thi ranks wero nnn whose love of self predominated. whose syifisli dosires cou d no: bo suppressed for the common weal, and on no occasion would they consent to sink sols for the good of all. The oft-told story of their grievances sickened and drove many from the oruer. With nn executive board whose members were not in harmony with each other, who traveled irom piace to place denouncing their fellowoilicers and ccniemuing actions that they Were no;, responsible for, it could no; be wondered at that we have lost in numbers. The unwise strikes which were entered upon against the laws aud prineiples of tho Knights ot Labor swept thousands of our members into poverty and lorced them from the order. Add to all of those causes the campaign which has just closed in the United States, iu which members and assemblies were pitted against each other oil a question which never was made a part of the declaration o principles, and on which they could very well afford to differ without dividing on any jioint in the laws or rules of the order, and we wonder not that there has been a falling off, but that we have passed through the crucial test with the ranks unbroken as we find them to-day. After speaking of the high estimation in which the order is held by many outside of it, and showing the multiplicity of details he must look after, he continues : “We have been treated to many a discours > during the past year ou the subject of one-man power. The cbief trouble with our order is because of the lack of one-mau power. ,Our power has been divided in the past, and it has worked injury to us. The will of this order crystallized into law. and imprinted upon the pages of our constitution by the representative s here assembled should be carried out to the leoter. To do this the duty is assigned to one man i o execute these laws. Whore the many ■execute the laws themselves they always fail; wh; re each man interprets the law for himself there is sure t o be a babel of sound and confusion. Vest in one man the power to execute the laws which the many favor and pass upon; allow no interference with that man in the performance of his duiies. and you may oxpe.it results. Allow every self-seeker, every knave, every disturber aud fault-finder to interpret the laws, and we have anarchy pure and simple. A pandering to ignorance by some has given rise to the impression that the man who railed against the one-man power was a,friend to the masses. No greater mistake was 6ver made. The man who tells the peoplo that they can all act independent of each other on every issue that arises, and do it intelligently, is a demagogue. No mutter how intelligent a people may be, they must meet to determine, not what one man wants, but what is best for all men. When they meet many cherished theories must give way to practical ideas, and when these are enacted into law and intrusted to the hands of one man for enforcement, every hand should be stretched forth to aid that one man to carry out the will of all men rather than to have, as I have had, so many hands stretcoed forth to stay the work that jour predecessors assigned to me. One manpower is an absolute necessity in order to insure success, but those who confer that power should first know what power to give, and when tne end of that man’s term of office arrives they should know whether he has wielded his power in such a way as best to •serve h s constituents. If ho has, accord to him the merit of having done so; if not, then censure him. but do not censure him for not accomplishing results when the authority to do so was not placed in his hand 3, aud when the power to thwart his every move was delegated to others, who were supEosed to act in unison with him. Men have een p itced in office with me with whom I would not lor a moment associate in a private business enterprise with any hope of success, yet for the sake of the good {hat might follow Silence, forbearance under such circumstances ha 3 been observed by me. Fancy the condition which the united colonies would have found themselves in hod the first ten years of ihs government of the United States oeen delegated to such men as I have described; and the interest of the 3,000,4.00 of that day were no greater than thoss which were placed in the keepifig of the General Executive Board of the Knights of I abor. Your General Master Workman realized full well his own incapacity to deal with the great questions which faced him, bnt it was not necessary to retard the progress of the order by placing an equal power in the hands of each member of the General Executive Board, and then expect the General Master Workman to achieve the success so much d - eired by all true knights.” After remarking the influence of the order on public opinion, bo takes up pending questions, eayiug; “The most important quesiions that cm come before this body for consideration are those of finance, land, and transportation. Thsse great -questions are up before the people for discussion and solution; they must be settled by the people, for it is not the int rest of politiciaus to do eo. Those wh-> control our public highways are

[ rea -hing out with a hand of steel to grasp and control the Government itself, and it is indeed a battle for the supremacy. If the masses remain idle and indifferent the classes will rule through the power which comes to them through the banking, railway and land monopolies, it is, therefore, a duty which we should not neglect, to select the sections wnich I have pointed out and place them prominently before our members for discussion. If we do our duty, and if the proper steps are taken, we can compel the | campaign of IS9z to be fought out on these lines, | and we can so educate the people on these issues that they can discern for themselves the I difference between the real friend and the sham | when he presents himsMf for the suffrage of the I people.” He recommends that a special committee of three be appointed to take up the matter. He advocates concentration of on rgies on these questions, and further recommends the formation of junior assemblies for educating younger working people. Matters of interest chieflj' to the order come in for a good snare of attention, and lie then favors a change of the time of holding the General Assembly, believing it comes too close to the election. He says : “It might happen that in the neat of a particularly exciting campaign members would differ hh to political methods, and ill-feeling be engendered. Should our annual session be held in tlie midst of such a contest or soon after one, it could not be productive of as much good as one held at a time when every trace of the excitement, anger, and feeling of the campaign had died away.” He advocates equal pay lor equal work for women. The provisional committee is referred to as follows : “Scarcely had the gavel fallen on tne last act of the Minneapolis session than traitors' hands were raised to destroy what it had taken years of time and patient work to construct. The majority of the last convention were right; they legislated as they saw the necessity for it; they refused to pass resolutions with which they were not in sympathy, and at the close of the General Assembly a meeting was held in the city of Chicago with the avowed purpose of disrupting the whole order. At that meeting it was resolved to organize what was called a ‘Provisional Committee’ for the purpose of ‘purifying the order.’ Decision No. a/6, which is herewith presented for the action of the General Assembly, deals with the question of the right of a member of the ‘Provisional Committee’ t < visit or otherwise meddle with an assembly of this order. That decision should be approved and a law passed at this meeeting which would promptly and f never expel from the order the member who would engage in such dastardly work as was inaugurated at the meeting of the Chicago Provisionals. Reforms spring from noble impulses, but the impulse which furthered the HBtembling of ‘Provisionals’ was bom in hate, nursed in envy, and grew to its present size in the hope that this great order w ould one day be brought ben 'atli the rule of men who do not possess the courage or manhood to properly rule themselves. No i esitancy and mawkish sentiment should sway us at this session. Let us onc« and forever put it beyond the power of any man to fight this order or its principles mid remain a member. If they will tear down. Jet th< m tear from the outside, and let every true honest man iu the order take sides, and o tiler go with those misguided creatures or stand firm uud defend the order ironi their vile attacks. These attacks upon the Knights of Labor come from the persistent opposition which has boon shown to tho idea o: allowing other organizations to control the Knights o. Labor. Do not misunderstand t ie, for I do hot refer to trades unions. I once reform 1 to this matter at a msetii.g of this body, and my remarks were twisted and tortured to serve the purpose of designing knaves who attempted to play upon the feelings of trade unionists. 1 do not ma i trade unionists. Their cause and ours are one in the main. The organiza ion of which your General Master Workman speaks is the line.''iiaticnat Workingmen’s Association, which passed resolutions three years ago to securo the election o; its trusted agents as general officers oft, > Order of tne Knight of the Labor. The proofs are in my possess ou. The plans of these men met with but little success, and Lorn that t ms to the present tne memoers of that orgauizatu n have stc*’ctly and untiringly worked for the ruin of this order. There are members of that society who are members of this, who do not favor the scuemss of the warring factions of tho ln.eruatioua! Workingmen’s Association, but they urs few and far between, for tt oso who aro known tire in ten: only ou dostiu tion. Wo had- the misfortune to elect a limn who was either a member or a sympathizer, to the General Executive Board, and ho has at all times shewn a preierenco for tho principles of tha; organization. An honest man would go with the society which claimed his alle iauce, but men who will deny the r connection with other societies will not scruple to destroy the Knights of Labor if the opportunity presents itself; the opportunity never presented itself, aud the# sought to make it, and failed. You may accuse your General Master Workman of entertaining a bitter feeling ior this element. If so, you are wrong; there is no bitterness, but there is a determination on his part to dr ve from the order every element of discord, if it lies in hiß power to do so.”

CUPID HAS NO NATION.

Marriage of Miss Emlicott and Mr. Chamberlain—How tlie Grille and Mrs. Cleveland Were Dressed. [Washington (D. C.) telegram.] The marriage of Miss Mary Ehdicott to the Hon. Jossph Chamberlain, about which so much has been read and talked, has been consummated. The ceremony was performed at St. John's Church and was witnessed by a large crowd of peoplo, the unbidden guests, as might have been expected, far outnumbering those to whom invitations had been extended. President and Mrs. Cleveland were in attendance, the latter wearing a handsome walking-dress of stone-gray velvet with steel passemeuterlss and a vest of white silk. Three large La France roses were worn on the left of the corsage. A white bonnet with aigrette of ostrich tips completed the costume

MR. AND MRS. CHAMBERLAIN.

Mrs. Endicott and son occupied the front pew, and near them Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland and the Cabinet. No foreign notables were present. Miss Endicott looked very handsome in a traveling dress of French grav Henrietta cloth, fashioned with an elegant simplicity, the color of the gown showing off to perfection her stylish figure and heightened color. irom the church the wedding party drove to the residence of the Secretary of War, where a wedding breakfast was served. This was attended by the Pres dent and Mrs. Cleveland, members of the Cabinet, and relatives of the family. Shortly thereafter the bridal party left on the north-bound train. They will return to Washington, and then, after a few days, sail for Europe. Mr. Chamberlain has been twice a widower. In 1861, at 2o years of • age. when still with his father, whom he had joinel in 1854 in the wood screw manufacturing business at Birmingham, and before he had ac ieved a name as even a local celebrity, he married Harriet Kenrick, a daughter of Archibald Kenrick, of Borrow Court, Edgbaston. His first wife died in 1863. Five years after he married Florence, a daughter of Timothy Henne, of Maple Bank, Edgbaston, who died in 1875. Mr. Chamberlain is a native of London, where he was bom 52 years ago. Miss Endicott has not crossed the meridian of the second decade of her life. Miss Endicott, who is a young lady of distinguished leature and foim, on her father's side comes down through more than two centuries and a half of Puritan descent from the Gubernatorial settler of Salem, in Massachusetts Bay, and on her mother’s side has the blood of the ancient and distinguished Salem -Peabodys. Miss Endicott has had all the advantages of Bos on culture. She is skilled in the feminine social arts, and will grace the surroundings of her husband, whether at No. 40 Princess Garden, in the. aristocratic section of the British metropolis, or at Highbury Moor Green the Birmingham home of the distinguished British Radical.

A MYSTERIOUS FIEND.

REPETITION OF THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS IN LONDON! A Dissolute Woman Again the Victim Horribly Mutilated A Missouri Crime Almost Forgotten Which Rivals It iu Atrociousness. . [London cablegram J The Whitechapel murder fiend has added another to his list of victims. The body of a woman cut into pieces was discovered in a house on Dorset street, Spitalfields. The remains were mutilated in the same horrible manner as were those of the women murdered in Whitechapel. The appearance of the remains was frightful, and the mutilation was even greater than in the previous cases. The head had been severed and placed beneath one of the arms. The ears and nose had been cut off. The body had been disemboweled and the liesh was torn from the thighs. The skin had been torn off the forehead and cheeks. One hand had been pushed into the stomach. The victim, like all the others, was a disreputable woman. She was married, and her husband was a porter. They had lived together at spasmodic intervals. Her name is believed to have been Lizzie Fisher, but to most of the habitues of the haunts she visited she was known as Mary Jane. She had a room in the house where she was murdered. She carried a latch-key, and no one knows nt what hour she entered the house that night, aud probably .no one saw the man who accompanied her. Therefore, it is hardly likely that he will ever be identified. He might easily have left the house at any time between 1 and 6 o’clock in the morning without attracting attention. The doctors who examined the remains refused to make any statement. Three bloodhounds belonging to private citizens were t ike a to the place where tne body lay and placed on the scent of the murderer, but they were unable to keep it for any great distance, aud all hope of running the assassin down with their assistance have been abandoned. Several arrests have been made, amidst great excitement, but no proof has been brought forward as to the guilt of the parlies incarcerated.

A MISSOURI MURDER.

Recalling tlie Whitechapel Horrors—The Crime Almost Forgotten. [Et. Louis Globe-Democrat,J The V hitechapel murder mysteries which have appalled the civilized world and baffled the London polico and detectives have brought out numerous recitals of revolting homicides iu both the old aud new worlds. Strange to say,'one of the most mysterious ana horrible wholesale murders in the history of crime, where the murderer has never been apprehended, has dropped out of sight, and all efforts to feriet out the guilty party or parties long since ceased. That crime was the butchery-of the S| oncer family, near Luray, in Clark County, Mo., ten years ago. The Spencer family, consisting of father, two daughters, aud a sou—the father on the shady side of 50, the daughters full-grown, and the son 16 years of age—weie classed among the be t people of the county. Old man Spencer was frugal, and was supposed to have considerable money at all times. He owned a valuable farm and some property in the town of Luray. The murder was discovered by neighbors, who noticed th.it the house had not been opened, nnd as this had never happened before it created suspicion, and finally a distant relative, accompanied by his farm hand, broke into the unpretentious little farmhouse, and found ou the first floor, iu the rear room, the horribly mutilated remains of old man Spencer. The house was a story and a half structure. Tho men prbceeded to the attic floor, where the two girls were foun t in bed dead, and also terribly mutilated. The relative, who is still a resident of Clark County, knew that the son slept in the barn, and tho horrified men continued their investigation in that direction, where young Spencer was found with his skull crushed and a pitchfork driven into his abdomen.

The alarm was given and never had such excitement prevailed in that section of the State. The relative was suspected of having committed the murder in order to secure control of the property and was promptly arrested for the crime. Detectives wore imported, among them one Frank Lane from Louisville, Ky., who after a few days announced that the man under arrest w r as innocent, and pointed out as the murderer one Bill Young, who evened a large farm in the neighborhood, and who was regarded as a dangerous man, though never convicted of any crime. Young was arrested and narrowly escaped lynching, meanwhile protesting his innocence and claiming he could show his movements and whereabouts during the entire week of the murder. When his case came to trial one Laura Sprouse, a dressmaker, testified that she was in Young’s company during the time he was accused of having committed the quadruple murder, and brought in a host of witnesses to show her own whereabouts night and day. The trial lasted several days, and attracted wide attention. The jury brought in a verdict of “not guilty,” and Young was released. The people were not pleased with the result of the trial, and made strong threats of taking justice into their own hands. Laura Sprouse came in for her share of censure, and it w'as intimated that she knew' more about the murder than she would tell. Two weeks afterthe trial Bill Young married Laura Sprouse and the couple went to Keokuk, lowa, on their bridal trip. Young was a widower and had several small children. He had been defended in his trial by a Kentucky lawyer named Coffman, who fought for his client like a tiger, and did much to save his neck, with the aid of the woman Sprouse. Frank Lane, the Kentucky detective, chagrined at the release of Young, remained in Clark County endeavoring to secure new evidence against the acquitted man. and finally succeeded in arousing the neighbors of the murdered Spencers to frenzy and a desire to lynch Bill Young. Coffman, the attorney, telegraphed Young while at Keokuk to remain away until the intense feeling had subsided. Young, with his bride, w'as at the dinner table at the Stanleigh House, Keokuk, when he received the message of warning. He laughed aloud, threw the messaee on

the floor, and when asked what course ho would pursue, said: “I shall return home at once." He was as pood as his word, and did return to his farm in Clark County the following day. A mob of over 200 men arrived at the Young farm a few hours after its owner’s return. Coffman, the lawyer, beat the mob to the farm and gave the alarm, and Young barricaded doors and windows, brought out a rifle, double-barreled shotgun and two revolvers, and prepared to defend himself. When the mob arrived they found the mnzzles of a shotgun and a rifle protruding from apertures in the house and halted at a sale distance. A parley was held and it was decided to surround the house. This was attempted, but Young was on the alert and met his assailants at every turn. After several of the mob had been wounded and Young had been shot in the arm, the latter s ammunition gave out, and the mob with a rush battered in the doors and poured into the house. Young was game, and had mounted a pair of stairs, where he stood, covered with blood, one arm hanging by his side, and in bis right hand a rusty saber with which he held his bloodthirsty pursuers at bay for several minutes. He was finally overpowered and dragged from ihe bouse, and, despite the pleadings of bis wife aud children, placed in his own wagon, which was run under the arched gale way, when ie rope was quickly adjusted around Young’s neck, fastened to the cross-piece above, and the wagon then hauled from under Young’s feet. He was game to the end, and did not appeal for mercy. Alter waiting long enough to be assured that their work had been accomplished the mob departed, leaving Young’s bodydangling from the gate. The wife, nee Laura Sprouse, cut the body down as quickly as possible, and efforts were made to resuscitate Young, but without avail. Coffman, the attorney, pale with terror, was found by the members of the mob in the corncrib, and g.ven five minutes to leive the country, ou pain of death. They shot his plug fiat full of holes to emphasize the order. Laura Sprouse-Young was notified that she could not remain in Clark County, and she removed to Keokuk, lowa, where, about a year after the tragic events above narrated, she committed suicide by taking morphine. It was always believed that she knew more about the Spencer murder than anyone else, and a newspaper coirespondent worked untiringly to glean some information from her, but signally failed. “When i am on my death-bed ” she would respond, .“come to me and I will tell you all I kr.ow. Not before.” Ween the correspond nt was informed by the city physiciau that Laura Sprouse, as she was always called, was dying, he hurried to her bedside at midnight, bnt she was too far goue to answer his eager inquiries, responding once to the query: “Did Bill Young kill the Spencers?” “No.”

And there the awful mystery rested. Young could have had no motive for the murder save robbery or the gratification of a homicidal mania. He was in good circumstances, and the theory of robbery was not regarded as a good one. Though lynched after having been declared innocent by twelve of his fellow-citizens, and no evidence against him save the wo ikest kind of circumstantial testimony and an unsavory record, his violeut death seemed to satisfy the people, and the Clark County butchery is almost forgotten., The murderer may yet be alive and in their midst, but the citizens of Clark County have long since given up all efforts to unravel the mystery surrounding the butchery of the Spencer family.

WON HIS WIFE ON THE ELECTION.

An Oi«I Man Bets His Daughter Aj-aiust a Hlac'ism 'll S op. The most romantic story of an election bet comes from Bro idbrook, Conn. George W. Brown is a blacksmith in Broadbrook, and the snj.thy is his sole possession. He is a stanch Republican. For a long time he has paid court to a young woman, the daughter of a Democratic farmer, who did not look with favor on the young min because of his politics. Again and again has Brown pleaded with the agriculturist for the haud of his fair daughter, but invariably in va n. He received no encouragement whatever, and in the heat of one political argument not long ago the old man turned the young suitor lrotn the door and positively for ade him to ever enter the house again. The next day the old man tried to invent some scheme which would wrest from Brown his blacksmith shop and compel him, through poverty, to depart from the vicinity. He felt sure of Cleveland being elected, and, thoroughly imbued with the idea, he visited Brown’s shop. “Young man,” he said, “I’ll tell yon what I’ll do. You want to marry my daughter. I’ll make you a wager. If Harrison is elected she is yours; if not, you can give me a bill of sale of this shop and the tools, and forever quit the town.” George was only too glad of an opportunity to back up nis political preferences any way, and he accepted tlie fnrjner so quickly that the old man was dazed. The bill of sale was drawn np nnd signed, and the farmer went home chuckling about how easily he had obtained the little blacksmith shop and rid himself of the youngster he disliked. Ihe rest of the story is soon told. After the presentation of all the convincing documents obtainable the old farmer lias given in, though insisting that a trick has been played upon him and that he is the victim after all. He has consented to his daughter’s marriage with Brown, but insists that the wedding must not take place until after Harrison is inaugurated. The daughter and her lover deny that there was any such clause in the aontraot and propose to have the nuptial knot tied at once.

George Charles Bingham.

George Charles Bingham, Earl of LuCan, is dead at London, England. He was 88 yeirs old. He was made a Knight Commander of the Bath for his services in the Crimean campaign, during whicti he took part in the famous charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. j He had held the rank of General in the army since 1865.

Americans Decorated.

The international exhibition at Brussels was closed by the Count of Flanders and other notables. The American representatives, Messrs. Bigelow and McFarland, received the decoration of the Order of Leopold, the former being made a. commander and the latter a chevalier of the order.

FRESP FROM THE BURRS.

The storm-king, strange to say, never holds the rains when he is driving.— Time. Jexkf.xs writes to his girl iu the apartment house as his suite heart.— Boston Commercial Bulletin. “I did not think you would be so hard with me,” exclaimed the sha.k. when he bit t.ie anchor. — Ocean. What long legs tha man must have who can attend to his business w'itli one foot in the grave.— Atchison Globe. A machine for pressing hops has been invent, d. America is the home of the hop-pressed.— Texas Siftings. The novelty of having a baby in the house is like the trade mark on a cake of soap; it soon wears off.— Atchison Weekly Globe. Lectures on the North Pole are generally slow 7 . The speaker des not seem able io warm up to the subject.— New Orleans Pic&yune. “Physician, heal thyself!” is an injunction promulgated centuries ago, and now some of the older practitioners are pretty well heeled.— ldea.

There never was a day, even in New England, so fine and beautiful that some one couldn’t spoil it with a wretched pun.— Somerville Journal. Lawyer (to little boy)—Where did you learn to tell such outrageous lies? Boy—l passed your office one day when the window was open.— Areola llecord. They were talking about the Atlantic cable. “It reminds me of.a good egg,” he said. “A good egg?” “Why, yes; being so successfully laid.”— Ocean.

He—How beautiful Miss Arrowsmith’s baek hair is! She—Yes. Much prettier than her front hair. I wonder she didn’t get it all at the same place.— Harper’s Bazar. Rembrandt Smith— Hello, old fellow 7 , how are you prospering? Paintingmany portraits now? Velasquez Jones —Well, yes; I'm getting a head pretty well nowadays.— Boston f’ost.

A guest at a Western hotel raissd a row because there was no cover on his bed and he, wouldn’t be quiet until the landlord was compelled to cover him with a revolver.— Washington Post. Edison has no doubt got a good thing in his phonograph, but we can name a dozen women off-hand who can give it twenty-five minutes’ start and discount it without a stop.— Detroit Free Press.

An experienced person says that when a young man attempts to kiss his girl, and sire says “Don’t,” that is the time he should “Don’t”—several times, if not more. She will not be pleased if he doesn’t.

“I hope you appreciate the fact, sir, that in marrying my daughter you marry a large-hearted, generous girl.” “Ido, sir” (with emotion); “and I hope she inherits tho3o qualities from her father.”— Life. Mr. Bibber (next morning)—O! my head! It is a wonder that a man will put an enemy into his mouth to steal away his brains. Mrs. Bibber—lf that’s what you did it for, Bibber, I think the enemy go; badly left.— Terre Haute Express. Quevedo —I see tlie savants are about to investigate the causes of yellow fever in the South. Miss Foote (Chicago)—How noble! But I don't remem tier to have met them. Are they a North Side family?— Philadelphia CHI. A fashion writer tells liow a woman may make herself look tail or short at will by regulating the waist of her dress. She will not look short if she wears a long waist; but it may have been noticed that big waste in woman has mMe husbands look “short.”

London, with a population of over 5,000,000, has a death rate of 15.1 per 1,000 inhabitants, while the death rate of New York, with a population less than 2,000,000, is nearly double those figures. But there are no bobtail street cars in London. — Itbrrfotown Herald.

Herbert— Really, Miss Edith, I am very sorry I kissed you. I didn't think what I was doing. It is a sort of temporary insanity. Miss Edith (pityingly)—lf you ever feel aiv more such attacks coming on you had bett r come right here, where your infirmity is known, and we will take care of you.— JutJqe. “Can you tell me where the automaton •griess player is?” asked a gentleman of an attendant at the Centennial Exposition. “Do yez mane the figger that plays games by itsdf as’ vez can’t see anybody workin" it?” “Yes, that’s what 1 mean.” “Well, ye'd heather wait a bit. He's gone out to dinner now.” —Merchant Travslt r. WISDOM IN DISTXCHS. I. Wisely a woman prefers a lovor to a man who neglects her. This one mav love her some day. some day the lover will not. ii. There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going. When they seem going they come—Diplomats, women and crabs. in. Pleasures too hastily tasted grow sweeter in fond r ccoliectibn. As the pomegranate plucked green ripens far over the sea, IV. As the meek beasts in the garden came flocking for Adam to name them. Men for a title to-day crawl to the feet of a king, v. What is a first love for, except to prepare for a second? .What d ies the second love Bring? Only regret for the first. —Nebraska State Journal. The oldest and largest tree in the world is a chestnut near the foot of Mount Etna. The circumference of the main trunk is 212 feet. ’