Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 15 April 1896 — Page 4

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Saloon License Granted to an Atlanta Man.

LONG AND BITTER LEGAL FIGHT.

One Tear After an Application Is Filed a Decision Is Finally Rendered—Fears of a Cave-In—Barn and Contents Burned.

Ran Down by a Train—Other Happenings in the Hoosier Stat®.

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ATLANTA, Ind., April 15.—Marcus L. Harbit, who applied for license one year ago to retail intoxicants in Atlanta tinder the name of his son, Francis Harbit, has finished along and bitter fight, haying been granted license by the Madison circuit court. Francis Harbit was refused a license by the Hamilton county commissioners, on the ground that he was too nice a young man to spoil in such business. Marcus Harbit then applied under his own name, and was refused on the strength of a remonstrance.

The ease was appealed to the circuit coqrt: .and taken to Tipton county, wljeije Jiidge Kirkpatrick ijrujed in his favor, ibrit again he was. checked by a rcittonstijance., After a respite another application was filed with- the comnnsctonqr?, of Hamilton county asecojid tpue^there was an appeal, and a change of yenue was taken to Madison county, where the application was granted. Mr. Harbit is a brother of Postmaster Harbit of Elwood, and a constable of this township.

People Fear a Universal Cave-In. ATLANTA, Ind., April 15.—One year ago. a gas well was drilled on the Eaton farm, near Ekin, and a tremendous flow of water shot high into the air, continuing until much of the country around the well was submerged. It was a magnificent sight while it lasted, and was visited by thousands of people. Finally the flow of water was controlled and recently the casing of the well was taken out. There is no longer any flow of either gas or water. The ground has caved in about the well, and soxne of the people in that neighborhood are -fearful lest the earth should sink.

K« nt'iver Appointed.

HAMMO: ]). Ind., April 15.—In the supreme court yesterday Ed P. Ames was appointed receiver for tlie East Chicago Iron and Steel company of East Chicago. The appointment was made on an application filed by attorneys who represent a number of labor creditors. The total amount of liabilities are unknown, but it is said that besides labor claims outstanding, amounting to $15,000, there are several other creditors. The plant is valued at $200,000.

Struck by an Engine.

PETERSBURG, Ind., April 15.—While walking on the railroad track south of the depot John Meisenhelder, aged 55, was struck by a freight train and knocked off the track, sustaining injuries from which it is thought he will recover. Meisenhelder was the agent of Hack & Simon Brewing company of Vincennes.

Striking Against New Machinery. FORT WAYNE, April 15.—Twenty

stonecutters, employed at Keller & Braun's yards, struck yesterday. The introduction of new machinery, which Teduces the force of men one-half, prompted the walk-out.

Menace to River Traffic.

EVANSVIIXE, Ind., April 15.—A barge of timber sunk yesterday evening in the channel opposite Government Light "857, Evansville No. 2 red light. It is a menace to river traffic, as it lies directly in the channel.

Fought For a Girl.

ELWOOD, Ind., April 15.—Frank Gib"boney and Louis Shepherd, young men and both aspirants for the hand of the same girl, fought five rounds with gloves yesterday, Gibboney being worsted.

A Large Frame Barn Burned. RUSHVILLE, Ind., April 15. The

large frame barn owned by Robert N. Hinchman of Union township burned with its contents last night. Loss, $2,500, insurance, $850.

Injured by Exploding Gas.

ELWOOD, Ind., April 15.—A gas explosion at the tinplate factory yesterday fearfully burned John Montgomery and Charles .Stokes, and injured several -others.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. "Iwo Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars' Worth of Property Destroyed.

PEORIA, Ills., April 15.—Spontaneous combustion among the oils in the basejment of the Walton Brothers' brick "block at Fairbury, caused a $225,000 fire there yesterday. The heaviest losers are:

Walton Brothers, general merchants J". Taylor, barber and bath I. J.- Reyburn, dentist Daniel Brewer, physician CUurathurs & Agard, insurance agents gp. W. Keck, insurance agent Phelps

JB. Moberly, real estate Robinson & Fair, real estate E. M. Phillips, photographer John Virgin, residence and toon tents W. G. McDowell, brick building.

The fire spread rapidly and nothing •was saved, as the occupants of the building had to flee for safety. The ineurance will not amount to $100,000.

Strikers Resort to Riot.

RICHMOND, April 15.—At Max Meadows, Va., Monday night, the negroes employed at a furnace struck for higher wages. They resorted to riotous conflict dnring the night and kept it up yesterday. Considerable property was destroyed. The civil authorities shot and killed one of the strikers and wounded another. All is quiet there now.

Fire in Detroit.

DETROIT, April 15.—Fire broke out early this morning in the large packing houses of the Michigan Beef and Provision company situated at the Michigan Central railroad stock yards near the Dix avenue crossing. The buildings were soon practically destroyed. JNo estimate of the loss is made as yet.

JCONOITION pF THE COAL TRADF. fttrotff UkitUfee Vae$ ky 3wW McBryde in hi

COLTNCBTS^O., April lS.-^In the report ofSecretary-Treasurer Patrick MoBryde to the United Mine Workers of America, he says Ihe t»al trade was better prior to 1890, When this associatioirVas formed, than it is now. The value of coal on board the cars at the mines for 1890 was $110,420,851 and for 1894 the value was $1,768,350 less than in 1890, although the product was greater by 7,500,890 tons.

This condition, so detrimental to both miner and operator, was caused, he said, by the cursed system of the survival of the fittest. Prior to 1890 central Pennsylvania was represented by the National Mine Workers. Now they are not here. The two Virginias and their cheap coal had much to do with effecting the changed conditions. Formerly all their coal went to the Atlantic seaboard. Today there is more West Virginia coal in Chioago than Ohio coal, though the formes has to pass through Ohio en route to Chicago,

Mr. McBryde and President Penna, in their respective reports touching the difficulties they encountered in trying to get Pittsburg to agree to conditions favorably for:,increased mining at better pi^ce? Ohio, Indiana gnd Illinois* sougnt to show that they ought not to be deasnred- for failure^ pqndijiipns were against them. They had, jthey said,: accomplished all that men could do under time circumstances,

There are no important questions to cotae before the convention, and no contest of any consequence for offices. President P. H. Penna of Indiana has no oppostion for re-election, and W. C. Peary of Ohio has no opposition for sec-retary-treasurer to succeed Patrick McBryde, who is not a candidate for reelection.

The scale question is practically settled for the coming year by the Pittsburg agreement. The recommendation of President Penna that the conventions be held in December, will probably be adopted. This would give the miners abetter opportunity to take conservative and intelligent action on the scale question, as all agreements date from May 1 of each year. There are about 80 delegates present.

SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE.

An Uprising Feared Along the Transvaal

Border.

CAPE TOWN, April 15.—News has been received here that the natives are preparing to rise along the Transvaal border. A rising in northern Transvaal itself is also reported to be imminent. There is something of a panic manifest among the burghers who have appealed for arms with which to protect themselves.

The threatened spread of the disturbance along the Transvaal border makes the situation at Buluwayo and in Matabele much more serious. The authorities have felt that Buluwayo was reasonably safe if the food supply should hold out, but the danger has been that the Matabeles would stop the wagon roads through the Mattop hills and to the south and thus prevent supplies from getting through from Mafeking.

It is believed that the white settlers scattered through Matabeleland are in places of safety by this time in Buluwayo or Gwelo and the missionaries do not feel that they run any risk from the natives to whom they are known, though there might be danger from strange wandering bands.

Only a part of the 500 reinforcements designed for Buluwayo have been dispatched from Mafeking, the nearest point available for that purpose. It takes four weeks hard traveling by ox wagons to reach Buluwayo from there, and it is said that the journey oan not be done in that time except with very light loads. Transportation of supplies of ammunition, which are needed at this time in Matabeleland, must therefore be slow and the new developments in the situation threaten to cut off, or at least to interrupt communication between Buluwayo, and the only source to which it can look for a renewal of its supplies.

Spies Discovered.

BULUWAYO, April 15.—It has been discovered that some of the Matabeles who are employed as servants here have been acting as spies in conveying information of the movements of expeditions to their friends in outlying districts. One of these traitorous natives was shot yesterday.

FIGHT AMONG ITALIANS.

Two Men Shot and Another Stabbed Ten Times in New York City. NEW YORK, April 15.—Abouta month

ago Maria Gentili and Salvator Grimaldi became enamored of each other in Naples and came to America. They went to Brooklyn, to the home of Grimaldi's brother, Carmino. Martino Gentili, the brother^of the girl, arrived here from Boston yesterday, and met his sister and her lover. There was a lively interview, but finally the Grimaldi brothers and Gentili came out of the house together, the trouble haying been somehow smoothed.

Last night, however, it was renewed and Salvator de Pasqualo endeavored to act as mediator. A fight resulted in which Gentili was shot in the breast by Oarmino Grimaldi, while De Pasqualo received 10 stab wounds, eight in the body and two in the head at the hands of Gentili. Carmino Grimaldi was shot twice, it is declared, by Gentili, The other Grimaldi made his escape.

The fight caused so much excitement that the police reserves were called out in order to prevent a battle between the Italian factions. The men were taken to the LongJMand hospital^where it is stated that Gentili and de Pasqualo are mortally wounded. It was thought that Grimaldi would recover.

PARTING OF MONARCHS.

They Said Au Revoir and the Band Played On. VENICE, April 15.—The Emperor and

Empress of Germany left Venice on a train for Vienna, while King Humbert and Queen Margherita returned to Rome after having given warm adieus to their imperial German guests.

The bands lit the station were playing the national antherp. of Germany" and Italy while the farewell ceremonies were proceeding. Among the other honors conferred as an inoident to this visit King Humbert?"conferred upon the yonng Crown Prince William of Germany the grand cordon of the Order of Annunziata.

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FORFomanoNs.

Over Eleven Million Dollars Appropriated by the House.

ONLY ONE VOTE AGAINST IT.

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Mr. Berry of Kentucky Preferred to Spend That Aaiount on Battleships—Another Appropriation Bill Chocs to Conference.

The Bond Sale Question Will Soon Be Aired in the Senate. WASHINGTON, April 15.—The house

yesterday passed without the amendment the fortification appropriation bill, carrying appropriations and authorizations involving an expenditure of $11,884,613. The appropriations for fortifications, since the Eudicott commission in 1886 reported its plan lor the.defense of 27, ^eaports at an approximate cost of $100,000,000 have averaged something otetf $3,000,000 annually.

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During the debate! yesterday there were a number of references to our foreign complications and the necessity oi! preparing for any possible emergency. Only one.yoice was raised against the passage of the bill. Mr. Berry (Dem., Ky. thought it would be wisdom to b.uild sihips capable- of coping with the most powerful battleships of other nations rather thaii' erect fixed fortifications onour coasts.

Mr. Bingham' (Rep., Pa.) presented the conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill and explained with reference to the paragraphs to abolish the fee system in the. case of marshals, attorneys and United States commissioners that the whole question had been referred to a joint committee of the judiciary committees of the two houses, who were to consult with the attorney general and report to the conference committee. The senate, he said, had added $229,000 to the house bill, of which $59,000 had been disposed of by the house agreeing to $39,000, the senate yielding the balance. About $189,000 still remained in dispute of that amount $67,000 was for the increase of the salary list of the senate employes, and to this last he predicted tlie house would have to yield.

IN THE SENATE.

linml Issue Question Delayed, but Will

Soon Be Considered.

WASHINGTON, April 15.—It was made apparent after a lively colloquy in the senate yesterday that there was no disposition among the silver and Populist senators to allow the resolution for a senate inquiry into recent bond issues to lapse. By unanimous consent it had been set for consideration at 2:15, but at that time Mr. Chandler was proceeding with a speech on the Dupont case, Mr. Gray was waiting to follow, and Mr. Cullom had an appropriation bill in reserve. This precipitated a clash, in which Mr. Peffer, reinforced by Mr. Wolcott of Colorado and Mr. Stewart of Nevada, asserted with emphasis that the bond resolution could not be crowded out, either by design or inadvertence. An agreement was finally reached that the bond resolution would come up immediately after Mr. Chandler and Mr. Gray concluded their speeches.

Mr. Squire (Rep., Wash.) made a) elaborate presentation of the pressing need of coast defenses, pointing out the defenseless condition of our great seacoast harbors.

Mr. Chandler occupied most of the afternoon in support of Mr. Dupont's claim to a seat in the senate.

Mr. Gray (Dem., Del.) took the floor to speak in opposition to Mr. Dupont, but at his own request he was permitted to defer his remarks until another time.

The senate then, at 5 p. m., adjouned. GLOOMY FOR GLASSWORKERS. Every Factory in the United States Will

Close Down Early This Year. INDIANAPOLIS, April 15.—The window

glass manufacturers of the United States met here yesterday. The two associations controlling the output of the country were represented. One is the Pittsburg Window Glass association the other, the Western Window Glass association About 50 representatives were present. The associations met separately in the forenoon and a joint session was held in the afternoon.

M. W. Watson of Pittsburg, who is justly termed the "father of the glass industry," presided over the joint session. It was decided, owing to the glut in the glass market, to close down every window glass factory in the United States on May 29. The vote on raising .prices was not taken. There are differences of opinion inithe association on the amount of,advance that should be ordered, but a very considerable raise is expected*

The action taken means that thousands of men will be thrown out of employment just how many the manufacturers themselves could not estimate. The burden will fall heaviest in the east where many firemen, stokers, coal handlers, etc., are employed owing to the lack of natural gas. One factory in Pittsburg, of which H. Sellers McKee is at the head, will be forced to lay off 2,200 men.

In the two associations there are factories that use 1,623 pots, which are capable of a total output annually of 120,800 boxes of glass. There are 48 factories in the western association and 16 in the Pittsburg association. The members state that they have no idea how long the factories will be closed, but that in no event will they be opened before October. .•

Prohibition Gets a Blow.

YANKTON, S. D., April 15.—The supreme court has given prohibition in this state a severe blow in its decision upholding the Yankton city ordinance licensing saloons. Tom Douglass, a saloonkeeper, was arrested by a city justice for selling liquor without a city license. He appealed to the circuit court, where the verdict was sustained. Again he appealed to the supreme court, which tribunal also declares that the city has the right to require a license.

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Build Their Own Plant.

PITTSBURG, April 15.—The locked-out flint glass employes of the United States Glass company and some capitalists have organized a company and erect a co-operative plant near Clearfield, Pa., with a capital stock of $200,000.

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FOR FEAR OF WANT.

A Chicago Man Kills His Three Children -and-Himself,-CHICAGO, April 15.—While brooding

over the idea that his family would suffer from want, John Lehman yesterday shot and killed his three children. After committing the terrible deed Lehman attempted to end his own life by hanging, but failing in this, he turned the revolver upon himself and sent a bullet through his heart, killing himself 'jjfitantly cljkehames of the dead are. ^iplm Lehmhn, 88 years old. vUlara Lehman, 5 years.

Bertha Lehman, Shears. An infant, 4 months old, not yet named. ,r

For eight years Lehman had been in the employ of the West Chicago Street Railway companyand during the greater part of that time hwl-.beena driver on the Center Avenge line. Lehman had saved $1,500. This.money is ^deposited in one of the city banks. Tjhe family lived comfortably and wanted, for nothing. Not\yiths)^nding tfeat fact Lehman worried a great deal- He had a fear that some day his savings would be swept a\yay and his family would become dependent upon charity. He- gradually-, grew worse and of late wiien«-at home lie talked q£jadJ hing else, *1'. t'' .• ., v*, '"C -Mrs. Lehman and Henry Lehman, her*: young stepson, were- away from home when the tragedy occurred. At 5:80- o'eloek Henry Lehman returned and found that his father had killed all the children and himself." Minne Lehman, a daughter who had not returned from school, was ^beside Henry, the only child to escape, and both would have been killed had they been at home for their father was asking for them a short time before they returned and found the bodies. All the children were shot through the head and killed instantly. The body of Lehman was found lying in the bath room upstairs. A piece of clothesline was around his neck showing that he had attempted to hang himself.

ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING.

Heavy Ties Plaevd. on tlie Track at Clev6*

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CLEVELAND, April 15.—An attempt to wreck the limited express train, due in this city at 4:30 a. m. on the Cleveland and Pittsburg road, was made yesterday morning before daylight, near the southern limits of the city.

A rolling mill employe, on his way to work, discovered and removed the obstruction just in time to avoid a terrible wreck. Two heavy railroad ties had been placed from rail to rail on the track and heavy ties were also placed parallel with the rails on the outside. Scarcely had the obstruction been removed when the limited thundered by at the rate of 50 miles an hour.

Winding Up Their 15u»iiie«s. BOSTON, April 15.—Proceedings for

the winding up of the Standard Fire Insurance company were begun yesterday before Judge Allen in the supreme court on the petition of the insurance commissioners for the appointment of a receiver. It was stated to the court that the fire reserve of the company had become involved, and although the company was not insolvent, it might become so if it continued in business. The insurance company did not oppose the proposition.

Piano Dealer Assigns.

CLEVELAND, April 15.—Arthur D. Coe, one of the most extensive piano dealers in northern Ohio, made an assignment yesterday to Mrs. Antoinette Muhlhauser. The assets are estimated at about $78,000 and liabilities at $120,000, principally due to Smith & Nixon of Cincinnati, Gilder muster & Kreoger of New York, Colby & Company of Erie, Pa., Kurtzmann & Company of Buffalo, Brown & Simpson of Worcester, Mass., and Stein way & Sons of New York.

Counterfeiting Postage Stamps. CHICAGO, April 15.—W. B. Peters and

John Vonev, both engravers, were arrested by federal officers yesterday on a charge of making and selling counterfeit postage stamps. They had done but little business when arrested, but were preparing to go into it on a large scale. Both men confessed when taken into custody. The officers are looking for a third man who was with them in their work of counterfeiting stamps.

Children Burned to Death.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va., April 15.—Late yesterday afternoon three young children of Sheridan Moore were burned to death in a barn near their home, 40 miles south of here. They went to the barn to play and half an hour later the barn was wrapped in flames and all entrances cut off. The poor mother was the only one near and assistance was impossible. It is supposed, they were playing with matches.

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Only as It Should Be.

ATHENS, April 15.—A nurse who had been one of the palace attendants since the birth of the crown prince, in 1868, Uiud Monday and the king and the prin (.'ess attended the funeral yesterday. They were deeply affected. The king, the crown prince and Princes George and Nicholas carried the coffin and the hearse was "followed on foot to the cemetery by the ladies and gentlemen of the court.

Barn Burned.

MIDDLETOWN, O., April 15.—The large barn on the farm of Robert Reed, operated by James Reed, burned last night three miles south of here. Eight fat hogs and four head of fine cattle perished. Loss. $2,500: party covered by insurance. Thought to be of incendiary origin.

Eighteen Miners Killed.

DURHAM, April 15.—An explosion has taken place in a colliery at Willing ton, near this place. Eight miners are known to have been killed land it is believed that 18 persons in all will lose their lives through the disaster.

Died of His Injuries.

CEDARVILLE, O., April 15.—Samuel Tarbox, a farmer and a surveyor, died as the result of injuries received election day by being pulled over by a calf.

Wholesale Grocers Assign.

LITTLE ROCK, April 15.—W. T. & R. J. Wilson, wholesale grocers of this city, assigned last night liabilities, $60,000 assets, $75,000.

CURRENT COMMENT.

A messenger boy was caught running in Pittsburg the other day, and by

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man too.—Scranton Truth. Spain has shipped several tons of coal to Cuba. She is evidently bent on adding fuel to the fire.—St. Louis Republlo.

It is now known that fire has wiped out half of Colon, Colombia. The Panama railroad must get along with a semi-Colon for a time.—Now York World. "What can the United States show In the way of an army?" asks a London journal. There Is away to find out, but we would advise England not to try it.—Kansas City Journal.

Turkey Is playing quits with England for her Armenian protests in objecting to the Dongola expedition. The sultan wants to hear of no British atroolties in the Sudan.—New* York Recorder.

Thero is some foundation for the rumor that England is about to withdraw from Egypt. England will withdraw from Egypt as long as there is anything worth withdrawing.—Chicago Tribune.

The man who writes to a Boston paper to ask how the name of Faneuil is pronounced is no true Bostonian. To be able, to say Funnle hall is an essential proof of citizenship.—Providence Journal.

By electing the Prince of Walea an honorary member the members of the Thirteen club of New York Indicate that they have more expectation of turning up their trousers than their toes.—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.

If his $6,000,000 salary can escape taxation and nothing is to be drawn from him on account of personal property, Mr. George. Gould will not only be able to keep the wolf from the door this year, but he will make both ends meet.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Nicola Tesla now has a scheme to telegraph by means of electric waves Instead of wires. Telegraph companies having no waves will have to get along with wires, but the man who can secure a patent on the Atlantic ocean has got a cinch on the cable business.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.

Somebody writes to a New York paper to suggest that dentistry should be taught in schools. By all means! Also surgery and horse doctoring and ray photography and blacksmithing and whitewashing, not to mention other things. Our school children are dying now for lack of studios enough to oocupy thuir minds.—Boston Globe.

DIET AND DIGESTION.

Swcot apples, cooked, are very easy of digestion, requiring but 1/4 hpurs. People digest food that they relish better than that which is distasteful to them.

The averago man consumes about 6G ounces of water or other fluids per day. Boiled applo dumplings roquiro from three to four hours for proper digestion.

The capacity of the stomach of a man weighing 150 to 175 pounds is about five pints.

Maximinus, the emperor of Rome, was able to eat a whole quarter of an ox at one meal.

Nearly four hours are required for the digestion of broiled chicken. A somewhat longer time is needed for the same when fried.

Boiled potatoes are much harder to digest than roasted or baked, the former requiring 3}4 hours, and the latter from 2 to 2

Veal is one of the most indigestible of meats. When broiled, it may be digestod in four hours when fried, it requires nearly five.

The stomach is capable of enormous distension. Gluttonous people often distend their stomachs to two or three times the original capacity.

Only adult animals, as a rulo, are fit fot food. A notable exception is the sucking pig, whoso flesh is much more digestible than that of the grown porker.

The amount eaten seems to have little effect upon the increase of flesh. Some people grow fat with a very small allowance of food, while huge eaters frequently remain thin.

Foods are divided by chemists and physiologists into 'threo classes: First, those which supply energy and replace exhausted tissue second, those which supply only energy third, those which only repaii wasted tissue.

While digestion is going on there is a much greater flow of blood to the stomach than usual. Some physiologists calculate that ton times as much blood is required during digestion as at any other time.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

CROWN AND SCEPTER.

The czar has a fairly well balanced disposition, but, it is said, he has been growing thin, tosty and touchy of late.

The Empress Augusta of Germany did not permit her younger maids of honor to read a book or attend a theater without her consent.

The Prince of Wales lias been unanimously re-elected grand master of the Mark Masons for the ensuing year. He will be installed on June 2.

The queen of Madagascar is extremely fond of dress and longs to visit Paris. She oan never hear enough about the shops and theaters and the Elysee balls.

The sultan of Turkey has a mania for collecting carriages. He has nearly 500 of them, and often loses half an hour before deciding in which one he will ride.

The queen of Ethiopia was last heard of receiving a full set of silver backed toilet brushes as a gift from the empress of Russia when the Abyssinian embassy went home from St. Petersburg. Now it is reported that she wanted to rido to battle against the invading Italians.

The Prince of Naples, son of the king of Italy, who has quarreled with his father, looks upon Emperor William of Germany is the ono man to bo imitated. Ho is a thorough scholar and often surprises scientists with his knowledge. Ho is not popular among women. One prinoess refused him because ho likes garlic too well.

OUR GIRLS.

Tho economical girl is making her last years sleeves over into bloomers.—Philadelphia Record.

A young lady friend who has given muoh thought to tho subject informs us that a kiss is the mouth peace of love.— Boston Transcript.

If a woman hasn't a husband, she gets a cat or a dog—anything, so it is something she can worry about for staying out nights.—Atchiseu Globe.

When a girl is 16, the eligibility of a young man depends a good deal on what sort of a mustache ho has. When she is 20, she is likely to think more about his bank account.— Somervillo Journal.

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LIGHT AND AIRY. 1 't A New Sprlsg Poem. \j.

Ball, gentle spring! Thy praises still I sing. Thou brlngarfc the lover every dream and wUh And to the sportsman flsh. Hail, gentle spring! Thy bells in music ring! Thou bring8t the melodies of bird and rill— The millinery bill. ,, Hail, gentle spring! With flowers that climb and tender vines that cling! Welcome thy fields, thy skies of perfect blue, Quinine and doctors too! —P. l. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.

Skeptical.

"Yes," said old Farmer Slonneker to a skeptical neighbor, "my son Tim hasrls very rapid since he went to the city. At the place where he's workln now he has 27 men workin under him." "Humphl" said the neighbor who harbored recollections of divers watermelons that had disappeared from his patch In the light of the moon. "He must be workln on the roof ("—Cincinnati Enquirer.

Poster land.

"Oh, tell me, Where is!poster land?" I ^fre^a twisted ppfftsj gi*L f, Bhe Eiiipered, binned, and down the sand iShe sidled with a slantipg whirl.

The selfsame query then I asked A weird and wabbly poster boy. He eilaat glared.vand, queerly masked,

Betreated like a whizzing toy.

But Boon I meta poster child, Just tottering on its zigzag legs. Its answer wa8 t°th wtee and wild, 'Tis where the hens lay colored eggs." —Chicago Becord.

As Usual on Such Occasions.

Mother—Children! Children! Don't make 6uch a frightful noise 1 Mattie—We're playin horse car, mamma. "Yes, I know, dear, but it isn't necessary to make such a terrible noise." "Yes, it is, mamma. We've got to where Hattie insists on payin the fare, and so do I."—Yonkers Statesman.

The Wind Stood Treat,

A weary wayfarer was orossing the bridge. His heart seemed just ready to burst. For the day was a warm one, he'd trod many miles,

And the tramp suffered keenly with thirst. But his money was nit, and his brain soughi

some scheme

Which should gain him the cup that doth

cheer,

So he climbed up the tower, hung over the

brink,

And the wind blew him off to a bier.

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Easily Explained.

"Most remarkablo man I ever metl He talks and talks almost incessantly, but never seems to come to the point." "That's natural." "Natural?" "Certainly." "Oh, then he's a United States senator, is he? I didn't know that I"—Chicago Post.

Prophetic Wit.

We remember how Sydney Smith shocked the old lady By his witty suggestion of fleshly defiance In melting hot weather, but we are afraid he

Was not up to date on a question of science, For in this new age of cathodic X-ism We can take a snap shot and develop its toneB, And thus in a sense more than mere witticism

We'll take off our flesh, and we'll sit in oui bones. —New York Press.

A Plain Fact.

"I would lay the world at your feet!" exclaimed the young man who read* novels. "Really," she replied, "it's very good of you to suggest it, but you needn't trouble yourself. It's there already."—Washington Star.

In the Early Spring.

In the early spring the robin Lingers in a warmer clime. In the early spring the lapwing

Wishes it were nesting time. In the early spring the rooter Longs to hear the umpire call In his old familiar, haughty,

Autocratic tone, "Play ball!" —Kansas City Journal.

The March of Socialism.

A friend of ours noticed that a box of cigars which he had only broken into the day before was half empty. Turning tc his servant man, he said: "This Is really going a bit too far, Joseph, my man. We smoke a great deal too muoh!"—Figaro.

The Maid of Boston.

"Maid of Boston, ere we part, Give, oh, give me, love, your heart!" "Sure!" she answered on the spotf) And the marble heart he got. —Town Topics.

Room For One More.

"Would you like a sonata before dinner?" said the Washington hostess to the gentleman from Kentuoky. "Well, I don't mind," said he. "I had two on my way here, but I reckon I can stand another.' —Boston Herald.

Had to Sprint.

He picked the bonnet up in haste, Knowing he had no time to waste, And ran from store to home, a mile, For fear it would go out of style. —Troth.

Sincere Bereavement.

Perry Patettic-—Pardner, is it possible you air wearin crape? Who fer? Wayworn Watson—Perry, old man, no less tnan 30,000 barrols of boozo was destroyed in one fire the other night!—Cincinnati Enquirer. ''i-

His Hunger.

"My soul doth hunger," so the poet wrote, And wrote it, too, for quite a goodly space. He sold that poem. At a table d'hote

He straightway went and fed—his face. —Springfield (Ills.) Monitor.

Old Masters Rnled Out.

"Anything interesting in the Now Woman club?" "Yes we are to havo a spring exhibition of paintings done by old mistresses."— Chicago Becord.

Ice.

The bold man is a woman's choice. Do not, prithee, mistake it. He does not cut much ice, my friend.

Who cannot even break it. —Detroit Tribune.

Art In the Chicago Household.

"What an exquisite vase you have those daffodils in, Miss Osmond!" "Yes isn't it sweet? Mamma got It With a can of baking powder'"—Chicago 'Record.

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A Pastoral.

When Chloo gets her bloomers on In springtime's rosy fires, Young Strephon's sighs she'll utilize

In blowing up her tires.

'r —Chicago Record.