Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — Page 3

HEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX.

ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEMININE TOPICS. A Queen’* Hobby-Fancy of the Hoar —Reads Fortune in Ten Grounds— Siffns Her Full Name, etc. A Queen’s Hobby. The Queen of Italy has a peculiar hobby—a collection of gloves, boots and shoes which have been worn at different periods by royal and imperial personages. She has a pair of white slippers and a fan which belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots; also shoes worn by Queen Anne and the Empress Josephine. A Fancy of the Hour. One of the newest fads is the collecting of belt buckles from different parts of the world as souvenirs. Travellers can pick up curious coins in odd places, and many bits of tine silver and gold are found in old junk shops and pawnbrokers’ shops. Uncut jewels are seized upon and set in unique designs, and each of these tells its story to the owner and forms the subject for interesting tales. Reads Fortune in Tea Grounds. One of the newest devices for the woman anxious to know what fate has in reserve for her is the fortune-telling teacup. This cup, which is wide and deep, has its inner surface covered with a network of lines and a border of stars, fishes, lions, serpents and other signs of the zodiac. If the tea leaves rest on certain lines near the signs certain things may be surely expected to come tojiass, and the fortune teller, upon consulting a mysterious booklet in scarlet covers that comes with the cup, will authoritatively announce the advent of sweethearts or gifts, or bid the inquirer “beware the dark-eyed stranger whom she is soon to meet,” The cup is a popular addendum to the afternoon tea table.— New York Tribune. S4k»* Her Full Name. There are styles in which a woman signs her name, just as there are styles in everything else; and if they have changed less frequently than have the fashions in dress, carpets and wall papers, they have changed no less surely. In times past women not infrequently subscribed themselves by using the initials, one or more, as the case may have been, of the Christian name, but since women have entered so extensively into the professions and employments and have become accustomed to handling business correspondence and signing checks, Al. Smith and E. J. Jones are rapidly giving way to Mary Smith or Elizabeth Jamison Jones./ Changes in the character of the names themselves are no less observable and equally interesting. There seems to be a reaction from fancier names, such as Gladys, Beatrice. Pansy, to the Mary, Margaret. Elizabeth and Katherine of our grandmothers’ time. Even the once much despised Sarah, now spelt without the “h,” has become fashionable. Nor are diminutives as popular as they once were. In this direction the influence of higher schools and colleges for girls has been exerted to excellent purpose.—Philadelphia Tidies. Some Handsome Fan*. The Parisian fanmaker is the designer of the fashions of the present day, and Duvelleroy, in England, is not only a designer, but lias a rare collection of old fans. The lace fan is among ftie finest of the Duvellroy fans, the sticks being of tortoise shell or mother-of-pearl. This artist also shows some beautifully painted fans of the Louis XVI. style and Vernis Martin. In our own shops we find a splendid collection of the most exquisite designs. There is a black and violet fan of the “Cabriolet” style, which is very beautiful. The pearl sticks are inlaid, and upon the mount are painted dainty Watteau figures. Another is of black gauze, with tortoise shell sticks. Upon a Louis XVI. fan of black gauze are green medallions, upon which appear lovers with chubby cupids holering near. The fans are from njpe to ten inches In length, the tiny empire fan not being as popular as it was several seasons ago. -There are many pretty chiffon fans, one having a pretty pastoral scene painted upon it. Another of white chiffon has white silver spangles decorating it. One very unique fan is made of silk, upon which are appliqued designs in Chantilly lace, and alternating with the lace medallions are pretty little hand-painted figures; the Inlaid sticks are painted and spangled. A pale cream-colored silk fan, elaborately ornamented with figures In the style of the Vernis Martin fans, is among the most expensive. Paillettes of shining steel arc used to sew the delicate patterns of flower sprays appliqued on the net and chlf- ' -son.—Washington Star. Mew French Lingerie. Very dainty underwear in colored lawn is sold nowadays. Figured nainsook is also used and makes charming nightdresses, as well as chemises, short petticoats, etc. For wear with linen and muslin frocks long ruffled petticoats of buff, pink, blue, green and lilac muslin are sold. They look well when the dress skirt is raised, and wash as well as white petticoats. The new chemises taper at the waist line or have belts of ribbon beading to draw in the fulness of the material. They have elaborate yokes of fine tucks, rows of insertions, ribbon beading, etc. Tiny puffings between rows of transparent lace flowers are effective, and, little epaulets and revers of lace or of muslin much inserted with lace

or embroidery are new and dainty. The low corset has given a new Impetus to designers of fanciful chemises, and even the woman who has thought an embroidered monogram and a narrow edging of hand embroidery the acme of elegance in lingerie succumbs to the fragile beauty of the new French underwear. In batiste and lawn and soft China silk the new nightgowns are made empire fashion, with short waists and low necks and short puffed sleeves, the belt, neck and arms edged with trails of embroidered flowers. The fronts are laid in fine tucks or narrow accordion plaits. Nightrobes, with wide collars, fichus and long stolen with frilled edges that fall from the neck and taper flown to the feet are very soft and becoming. Some of the short sleeves are slashed and hang loose, angel fashion, from the shoulders to show the arms. A good deal of lace insertion and frills of fine net are used on the revers and collars of nightdresses. A pretty gown has a transparent lace yoke lined with white net, with a small turned-down frill at the back of the neck tied with narrow ribbon, this terminating in a rosette at either shoulder seam, while the gown itself hangs straight from the yoke, a ribbon being drawn round the waist from the back to the front.—New York Commercial Advertiser. A Mendlug Factory. Buried tn the heart of the quiet residence portion of Boston is the oddest little factory in the world. There, in a little aleove overlooking Governor Walcott’s mansion and adjacent”dwellings of fashionable Back Bny, unbeknown to many of its nearest neighbors, Is a reconstruction factory—a tiny laboratory where heaps of worthless fragments of glass and china are annually reconstructed Into hundreds of thousands of dollars in the form of beautiful vases, highly prized statuary and other precious bric-a-brac of stone or vitreous material. From the outside you would never recognize the little factory, for the single window, though fronting the street, is at the top of a fine old mansion, and is bordered by ivy without and a trailing vine within, back of which are lace curtains. A glance into the interior after laboratory hours would scarcely suffice even Sherlock Holmes to tell its true character, for all that any one sees is a luxurious divan, a harp, a carved bookcase, a heavy mahogany table and a leather covered chair. But should you happen to visit it when the proprietress is then* and the door of a rather spacious closet is open you would see within kaleidoscopic rows of precious placques and vases, ancient and modern, upon the shelves; drawerfuls of piebald pieces, and here ami there a pile of fragments assorted so carefully that even you yourself could reconstruct the form of the original cup or statue. Day after day shattered fragments of rare ornaments that have once beautified high places of the earth are collected here. Some come from India and far Cathay; some from ancient Egypt; Some from Caves and ruins of Etruria: some from modern courts of Europe a-ut the Vatican, and some from the famous art centres of America. They are first sent to a great emporium of Boston, which immediately packs them in a bandbox or something similar and delivers them to the queer little factory by a private messenger, just as a Paris milliner delivers his marvels to wealthy patrons of his fashionable establishment. When they emerge from the factory they have been fitted together with such marvelous skill and rare artistic judgment that none but the most practiced eye could tell that they had been fragments. Labor and capital are in perfect harmony in this little factory, for the two functions are united In a single person —Miss Anna B. Smith, proprietor. Consequently one workman, or rather workwoman, is all that it can boast, but judging from the value of her finished products and her luxurious style of living, wages there must exceed those of an ordinary laborer. This tailoring capitalist, or moneyed laborer, just as you are pleased to call her. Is perhaps th? most aristocratic factory girl in the world. Besides earning a competence that she would be foolish to exchange for that of her neighbor, the governor, she Is a graduate of Wellesley College, has a coachman of her own and travels with the smart set of the Hub. Chicago Record.

Gleaning* From the Shop*. Crystal fan chains with heart-shaped pendants. Foulard batistes in polka dots, stripes and figures. Tie-chains In gilt or silver with jewel-mounted pendants. Quilts of all descriptions in shades of white and gray for sailor hats. Printed batistes in innumerable designs reproduced from choice silk patterns. Broad displays of Plauen allovers In cream and white as well as fancyfigured nets. Bathing shoes and caps in all colorings to match the flannel and brilliantlne suits. Much neckwear made of lace and cotton point d’esprlt nets of varioussized meshes. White pique suits made with tunics elaborately trimmed with white Hamburg embroidery. Gilt bracelets with crystal, amethyst. sapphire and emerald charms of various shapes attached. Silk organdies showing beautiful and rich perstan designs accentuated by vari-coldred silk polka dots. A great variety of cotton veils in cream and white, as well as In taste-' ful combinations of black and white. Light-colored and white taffeta parasols, plain and dotted, with graduated stripes in contrasting shades.

WAS-INCTOH COSSIP

All Ferrough Bey, who represents the Sultan of Turkey, in Washington, is the central figure in a scandal which may

ALI BEY.

consulates put their heads together and came to the conclusion that something must be done. How it was accomplished was never known, but the grand dinner parties ending with a plunge at baccarat at the Turkish minister’s palace were suddenly suspended. Ali Ferrough Bey has been the most eccentric figure In the diplomatic history of Washington. He is probablj* the least popular of all the foreign representatives, snd his going would not cause any public demonstration of regret. The minister is a handsome man, polished by education, if somewhat overcandid by nature. His friends estranged one by one till came the gambling episode. Another incident which made its way into the papers and was largely commented upon was the bestowal of a royal Sultanic order upon an American lady—a decoration which he led her to believe was conferred by the Sultan himself, and for which the minister was called upon by the minister of foreign affairs in Turkey for explanations. Illinois [Mid more internal revenue last year than any other State in the Union, the total collecJtans for the Prairie State being while New York, which yielded only $40,(534,980, is the next largest contributor. Pennsylvania paid the Government $23,335,573 and secured third place, while Kentucky turned over $22,215,234 and secured fourth place. Ohio was the next in line with $21,341,065, then followed Indiana, with $17,213,070; Missouri. $1(5,3(59,075; Wisconsin. $9,467,065. Of the other Middle Western States Michigan yielded $4,643.795; Nebraska, $3,428,079; Minnesota, $2,567,688; lowa. $2,003,265, while Kansas paid but $994,825. The receipts from the different articles of taxation as compared with the fiscal year of 1898 were as follows: 1898. 1891. Spirits .$9?.5 .(kt 99 $99,283,513 Tobacco 36,230,522 52,493,207 Fermented liquors... 39,521.421 68,644,558 Oleomargarine 1,315,780 1,956,618 Filled <-hees* 16,518 18,098 Mixed flour, 7,840 Special taxes not elsewhere enumerated. 46,973 4,921,593 Legacies and distributive shares of personal property 1.235,435 Schedules A and 8.. 794,417 43,837,818 Banks, barffiurs, etc.. 1,180 Fermented liquors show the greatest increase over 1898, the amount being $29,129,137. Schedules A and B of the war revenue act produced little in 1898, as the law went into effect a few days before the close of the fiscal year. These schedules alone produced $43,887,81J8 in the year just closed. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business yesterday the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,161,587*671, an increase for the month of $5,267,436. This increase is accounted for by a corresponding decrease in the amount of cash on hand. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt 51,046,948,770 Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity 1,215,740 Debt bearing no interest 389,167,328 Total .....$1,436,431,838 This amount, however, does not include $554,414,303 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold $277,848,322 Sliver 507,579.673 Paper 45,544,697 Bonds, deposits In national bank depositories, disbursing officers' balances, etc 78,040,117 Total ;.. $909,012,810 Demand liabilities outstanding.. 634,168.643 Net cash ba1ance....5274,844,107 The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows that during July the coinage at the mints of the United States amounted to $6,684,880, as follows: Gold, $5 ,981,500; stiver, $794,000; minor coins, $89,380. Count Vinci, the Italian charge d'affaires, is extremely anxious to have something done in regard to the lynching of the five Italians in Louisiana. The utmost good feeling is manifested by the Italian, however. There is no irritation between the two Governments over the incident and the negotiations have been marked by the most friendly spirit. Regret for the killing was promptly expressed by the State Department officials through the American embassy at Rome. The Italian Government has expressed entire confidence in the United States and believes the matter will be adjusted satisfactorily. Preparations have been made to hold at Chicago examinations for positions in the census office from Oct. 17 to Nov. 1. The only person who will be permitted to take the examinations will be those who present a writen notice from the census office to report to the examiner. This notice will give the location of the examiner and the botigj at which the ekaihinations will be held. It is the purpose of Director Merriam to give the applicant thirty days’ notice before taking the examination. There are now about 500 names on the eligible list

lead to his recall by the Sublime Porte. It has been known for some time that several young attaches of the several legations were in the habit of going to the house of the Turkish minister nightly and playing baccarat. For two evenings of the week the stakes were quite unlimited. Many young fellows lost heavily. Then the chiefs of the several ministries and

FAST MAIL WRECKED.

.Northwestern Train from Chicago Ditched Near Boone. Xowa. As the Chicago and Northwestern’s famous fast mail from Chicago was rounding the “Kate Shelley” curve just west of Boone, lowa, Tuesday morning the engine and four cars comprising the train left the track, plunged over the steep embankment and were dashed to pieces against the side of a small hill. Four men were killed and seven others were injured. Although the cause of the derailment is unknown, it is thought .to have been the result of a heavy rain which fell nt 3 o’clock—two hours before the wreck. Less than an hour before the fast mail made its fatal jump the Overland Limited, carrying hundreds of sleeping passengers, sped around the curve in safety. Had the rails weakened under its wheels the hospitals and undertaking establishments at Boone would have cared for scores instead of ten victims. A heavy fruit train also made the curve safely less than ttventy minutes before the wreck. The front truck of the engine was torn from its fastening and was hurled over the slope into a corn field 150 feet away. The driving wheels were twisted Utyder the front part and (tie boiler and cab were smashed. Masterton and Schmidt, their crushed bodies scalded with steam and burned with coals from the fire box, were found dead uader the wrecked remnants of the cab. The express and postal cars were likewise dismantled. Messenger O'Brien was pinned under his safe, and Figarfoos, his helper, was found under a mass of wreckage. The first three cars were shattered the worst. Conductor Rose and Brakemen Dornan and McVarnes were in the rear car and were unhuil save for bruises.

TRACED BY A TOMBSTONE.

Strange Manner in Which a Separated Couple Were Reunited. After a separation of six years. Mrs. Ethel Fredler of Louisville* found her husband recently through the agency of a tombstone. About seven years ago Miss Ethel Treaner of St. Louis, daughter of E. T. Treaner. fell in love with Charles Fredler. The young man was making only a small salary, and »r this reason the parents of the girl objected to the match. A secret marriage resulted. Afterward Fredler told the firm of his secret, with the result that his compensation was sufficiently increased for the couple to inform their parents of their matrimonial venture. "j When the panic came the firm in which Fredler was employed assigned. Fredler suddenly left St. Louis, leaving a note to his wife to the effect that he would not return until lie had acquired wealth. A few weeks ago Mrs. Fredler and her mother were driving in Louisville when they passed a dray containing a tombstone* bearing an inscription with the date of the birth and death of Charles Fredler. They learned that the stone was to be sent to St. Louis, and, found but th* name of the consignee. Taking the next train for St. Louis, they visited the store, where Mrs. Fredler was confronted by her husband

FAILED TO RETAKE CALAMB[?].

Filipinos Repulsed by Americans,Who Lose One Killed. The Filipino insurgents Sunday made an attempt to recapture Calamba, which was taken by the Americans on Wednesday. A force of 2,400 rebels attacked the town simultaneously on the north and south. In repulsing the attack the Americans did not even require all their fore*. Two companies of the Twentyfirst regulars, some cavalry and ene gun were sufficient to repulse the attack on the north, while 400 men from the Washington Volunteers drove the enemy back on the south. The American loss was one killed and seven wounded.

CURRENT COMMENT.

Though the late Robert Ingersoll had many oratorical triumphs he is charged with at least one disastrous failure. It occurred at an evening meeting of the delegates to the Republican National convention in 1888. Before the convention met there had been much favorable mention of the name of Walter Q. Gresham as a candidate. Indiana had, however, instructed for Harrison. Ingersoll favored Gresham and be took the first opportunity to make a speech in his favor. The delegates who sat and listened to the famous orator had no idea what his object was. They heard him describe in eloquent terms the qualities to be desired in a candidate. They were spellbound as he glorified the history of the party. Finally, he came to the climax. As he named Walter Q. Gresham a chill seemed to fall on the audience. Inger-' soil Stood with, a smile on his face t« watch the effect of his words. Gradually it faded away. The entire Indiana delegation got up and left the house in a body. There was no applause, in some way the great orator had entirely spoiled the chances of his favorite. Finally be put on his bat and went out, a thoroughly disappointed man. It seems a little strange that yellow fever should make its appearance at Hampton, Vt., w hile no cases are reported from the Gnlf States. Onee during the ’sos Norfolk and Portsmouth were visited severely by yellow fever, both places being then in filthy condition. Since then Virginia has been free from the disease. It is not agreeable to learn that in spite of all the precautions which have been taken yellow fever has found Its way into this country. But it is much better the disease should break out at a place like Hampton, off the highways of trade, than in New Orleans or Charleston. In the great amount of matter which has been printed in regard to the transSiberian railroad which Russia is building, the fact has been almost overlooked that she is also constructing one of the greatest ship canals in the world. It will reach from the Baltic to the Black Sea, a distance of 1,080 miles, or more than a hundred miles further than from Chicago to New’ York. It will be 217 feet wide and 29 feet deep, so that the largest war vessels may stean* through without danger of stranding. Its estimated cost Is $125,000,000. 1

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. i Double Tragedy at Clark*burg—Fatal Bow at ths Breakfaat Table—Convict* Escape from Reformatory— Crushed Between Cara. The village of Clarksburg was the scene of a double tragedy the other day. During a family quarrel Wesley Bockover was fatally shot by his stepson, William Frondolph, aged 18 years, who afterward committed suicide by shooting himself. Bockover was shot below the left shoulder and died two hours later, bleeding internally. Frondolph shot himself in the right temple, the ball passing entirely through hjs head. Death came almost instantly. Frequent family quarrels have existed. Look* Like a Murder. The coroner's inquest held at Brazil developed facts which lead to the belief that Robert Currie, who was found on the Vandalia road, had been murdered and robbed and his body placed on the track to hide the crime. No blood was found on the track or on the ground where the remains lay. indicating that circulation had ceased some time before the body was run over. Quarrel End* Fatally. Joseph Bagwell fatally shot Joseph Robinson at Point township. They became involved in an altercation at the breakfast table. Angry words were exchanged, until Robinson drew his revolver and tired at Bagwell, the bullet missing its mark. Bagwell returned the fire twice, one bullet striking Robinson in the breast and causing his death soon after. Convict* Make Their Escape. William Otterbach and Albert Spall, convicts confined in the Jeffersonville reformatory, escaped recently. The prisoners were employed on the prison farm and took advantage of Keeper Kin kefs absence during dinner hour. Otterbach and Spall were sent from Jackson County for burglary and had but a few days to serve. Railroad Clerk Crushed by Cars. Charles Jossick, assistant in the clerical department of the Lake Shore freight offices at Mishawaka, was instantly killed. Jossick was passing between two freight cars while switching was in progress. The bumpers caught him, crushing his body above the hips. W ithin Our Border*. Howard County lias a big apple crop. Kokomo automobile works will be enlarged. Shelby County will have rural mail delivery within two months. The gypsy pest has again broken out in the vicinity of Terre Haute. Lightning badly damaged a barn and killed three horses for John Miller, near Scottsburg. Chesterton Council has passed a bicycle ordinance, with a 50-cents-a-year and lamp-bell attachments. South Bend labor unions have raised $7,000 for the labor day celebration and are still after more. High school building, Crothersville, struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Loss $13,000. ) At Bicknell. William PinkstaflTs livery stable was destroyed by fire and horses cremated. No insurance. James Fisher’s threshing machine. Richland, was destroyed by a stick of dynamite hid in a sheaf of wheat. Rev. Joseph Samuel Coffman, known to Mennhnites throughout the United States, is dead at Elkhart, aged 51 years. James E. M. O’Hair, Greencastle, is dead, aged 95 years. He was the father of twelve children, all of whom are living. At Logansport, William Stevens and Elmer Garver were struck by lightning and instantly killed. Abraham Downman was fatally shocked. Business men in the northern part of the State are kicking on some Chicago salesmen who are supplying their customers with clothing and provisions. Miss Stella Fonts, New Washington, will soon be married to Will Brown, Manson. lowa, the result of answering an advertisement. Her people are wealthy. Lightning struck the farm residence of John Martinsen, near Tracy, and destroyed the building, with all its contents. Loss $5,000, insured for $3,600. John Heaton, Delaware County, had Benjamin Reese arrested for cutting wheat on Sunday. Heaton was acquitted, as the work was regarded as necessary. Engine I, that runs on the C., 1. & E., between Matthews and Swayzee, was buried several months in the sand at the Johnstown flood, and was dug out and refitted. In bankruptcy proceedings against A. I. Friend, One of the leading clothing merchants of Fort Wayne and Muncie, Judge Baker has restrained the Fort Wayne Trust Company, trustee, from disposing of any of the stock until after the hearing. A wagon loaded with sixty gallons of nitroglycerin was driven into Van Buren. The driver dismounted to transact some business. The horses became frightened and ran down the principal street of the town, causing a panic. The horses broke loose from the wagon and left it standing in the street. John Wools, aged 52 years, was found dead hanging at the end of a halter strap in his barn in Jackson township. He had committed suicide by tieing one end of the rope to a pole running across the barn ten feet from the floor. Mr. Wools was one of the wealthiest farmers in the county. The cause of the act is a mystery. William Richards while swimming at Robinson Park, Fort Wayne, was seized with cramps and drowned almost within reach of his companions. Fire destroyed the large farm residence of W. C. Fisher, about four miles northeast of Franklin. It is supposed the house was set on fire while the family wa* attending church. One hundred and fifty men in the tin plate trust’s plant in Anderson and sev-enty-five at Middletown went out on a strike. The, trust refused to change from two twelve-hcui to three eight-hour shifts.

PULE of the PRESS

Lynching* in Louisiana. The entire country is involved and shares the disgrace of Louisiana.—PhUaRecord. The facts in the case in no wise justified the action of the mob. —Birmingham (Ala.) Age Herakl. Louisiana methods are somewhat barbarous. but there is no question as to their effectiveness.—Detroit News-Trib-une. The lynching shows that negroes are not the only ones against whom the Southern niobe direct their vengeance.— New York Sun. The law-abiding people of Louisiana will road the terrible news from Tallulah with profound regret. —Naw Orleans Times-Democrat. A community which permits all these civilised methods to be trampled upon and allows passion to exercise itself in barbaric revenge should pay the penalty. —Council Bluffs Nonpareil. If lynchings are tolerated at aS, against any chrss of the people or for any class of alleged crime, it is a dead certainty that they will grow more numerous. and that no class of people will be spared.—Leavenworth Times. The lynchings of five Italians in Loniaiana because one of their number had engaged in a quarrel with and shot and wounded a doctor in the parish in which the affair occurred, again brings before the world America's disgrace.—Milwaukee News. A lynching of a negro in Missouri and of live Italians in Louisiana last week are blotches on our record as humanitarians. Besides, in the latter case the Government may be called upon to pay a handsome indemnity.—St. Joseph Herald. In his recent letter on lynching, Mr. Booker T. Washington warned the Southern whites that the habit grew by what it fed upon. Hie warning finds an early and impressive illustration in the lynching of five Italians at Tallulah, La.— Boston Herald. Robert G. lugumoll. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll has solved the problem concerning which he had so much doubt.—New York Herald. The great agnostic had many followers. but it is a question whether his assaults on religion did not promote rather than retard its progress.—Omaha Bee. Whatever else he was or was not, he was an American, a product of our soil and racy of it. particularly a product of the middle West, developing its own subvariety of American. —New York Times. The evil of his teaching was its effect on weak mid unintelligent minds. He professed ignorance of the hereafter, and his ignorant hearers went a step further and disbelieved in any hereafter. —St. Paul Dispatch. Ingersoll is no more, but the churches continue to point with taper spires to heaven. What is good in religion will withstand ihe assaults of revilers; what abuses grow up within its fold are more likely to yield before the onslaughts of reformers within than of wreckers without. —Milwaukee Wisconsin. The sudden blow only emphasizes the force of that reflection of Pascal, who said that he could not imagine any one suffering harm by being mistaken in believing Christianity to be true, wherees he could easily see that it would be a fearful error to be mistaken in l>elieving Christianity to be false.—Cleveland Leader.

The Messenger Boys’ Strike. Even the marble-playing messenger boys seem to be tolerably lively when they are on a strike.—Cincinnati Com* mercial-Tribune. The general impression is that if the boys take as long to strike as they do to deliver messages no great inconvenience will ensue.—Nashville American. Who shall win fame by identifying the strike germ? Even the New York newsboys have caught the disease .and the messenger boys of the metropolis threaten to go out to-day. As we all know, when messengers go out it is ■ matter ■ of some moment.—Boston Journal. The messenger boys’ strike ought, if the strikers are true to their immemorial traditions, to be conducted with the utmost leisure and delibegation. even with a touch of “that repooe which stamps the caste of Vere da Vere.” If, however. it shall have the effect of changing the nature of the striker*, so as to make them a trtfle more sudden, not to say precipitate. the wondering public will rejoice with fitting awe.—New York Tribune. Kaglaad** Spoiled Child. England's “spoiled child” needs some earnest admonition from the mother country.—Omaha Bee. If England can only quiet Canada, the enfant terrible of the mother country t who insists on making such a rumpus that her eiders can’t hear themselves talk, the difficulty will probably be smoothed over.—New York Herald. Since the firm stand taken and maintained by the United State* on the Alas-I kan boundary question Gr*at Britain is said to be yielding something of her claims and responding in better spirit to our representation* It is well for Mr. Bull to understand that other people can be firm as well as himself.—lndianapolis Journal. There is an almost universal opinion in this country to the effect that Great Britain has permited the amity now existing between the two countries to be «n- J necessarily threatened by her weakness in the treatment of Canada. The latter country has played her traditional role of a spoiled child.—Washington Star. Honelew Farawvapk*. The automobile wagons thus far built* have been, in many rtnpmla, reprodne-’ tions of wagons and carriage* intended to 3 be pulled by horse*: but with more expe-H rience we feel confident that wide de--: parture* will be made from this old —Boston Herald. The Chicago official* appear to bel thinking seriously of keeping automobile*! out of the parka, because they mar frighten horse*. They fail to recognise that the more automobile* there are tb»| fewer horse* there will be to frighten.-**! St. Paul Pioneer Press. 3