Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1888 — Page 2

AT LAST. Bed rows in the golden laud. : The river ringing sweet and ol«pV: Again at the old place 1 stand. Where we two wandered yestervear Again I aec the sunset fUme Across the distant mountain* die;. All is the same, yet not the same, For we are parted, you and I. I dream of wlut you used to be. 1 think el all that onccjflU told, And tnnee sweet days come bark to me. And yon are near Was of old. My eyes are dim *ith happy tears. My heart was beating loud and fast, For God, I know, in after yeare Will bring you hack to me aj^laaf, Frederick K. Wheaerly

A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE

Detroit FVee Pre>*. [ . •_ ' John Warner sat by liis telegraphic table, a trifle pale, perhaps, but aeehiinglv cool and in no way disturbed by the extraordinary situation. The stranger, who wore a wide-brimmed hat and was dressed in the rough.,costume of a frontiersman, leaned over the counter, his right elbow resting on it, which enabled him to hold the heavy six-shooter Without a tremble. The six-shooter “covered” Warner. The following was the conversation that ensued; “What time does the night express pass?” '‘Elbe's due in about half an hour, but she is over air hour late. “An hour late, eh?" “Yes; besides, she doesn't stop here. You’ll have to go to Hloomville if you want to take the express.” “But if von telegraphed to Hloomville for her to stop here she'd stop, wouldn’t she?” '• *" “No, she wouldn’t,” “Hasn’t she ever stopped here?" “Once or twice.” “What made her?” “Orders from the train-dispatcher.” “Where does he live?" “('enter City.” “Well, then, the messages from (.’enter City to Bloomville must pass through this office, musn’t they?” “Of course.” “All right. Then you cmld send a message from here that the Bloomville folks wouldn’t know but what it came from ('enter City, couldn’t you? “I could, but 1 wouldn’t.”

•“Oh. wouldn’t you? Not if I asked you? Well, young man, I'll be plain with you. If you don’t send just what I tell you to, I’ll send a couple of bullets through you. We’ve torn up the track just round the bend, sotlie train'll stop anyhow, and there will be an eternal smash. Now we don’t want to bother anybody. Wp just want a certain package that’s in the express car. We know it’s on this train. We expect to have to kill the expressman, for there will likely be an extra man to guard that package. It’s valuable, it is. If you don’t stop that train you wilTpefliaps'ki 11 iifty'people and get shot yourself. If you do, the folks in4hesleeping-car will never 'know anything's out of the wav, and we will have the cash withbut any bother. SavcyV" “1 understand. Let me think a moment." “Well, hurry up. There’s no time to lose." "Is tlie track torn up now, or are you going to do it if 1 don't stop the train?" “The track’s torn up now.” —“Ail right. —i'll stop the express.’' “Now, look here, young fellow. I want you to understand this. If you try any fooling you won’t catch us and you’ll get shot vonrself Xohpdy can come here, for my friends are round this shanty and won’t let anybody near here.'

“Nobody comes here, anyhow, at night. Grin the daytime, either, for that matter." "All righ. I want you to understand the fix you're in. We all have, fast horses, and even if you brought a regimen t-ou-t hat-train t hey eotfldn t cat ch us. and you would have a few bullets, in you before I got on my horse." “I understand.” “All right again. Then,go ahead.” The operator put his hand on the key, but sat there thinking and did not press it. - ’ . ' —“Now. see here; you hurry" tip there. I don’t want any monkey business.” The operator turned so sharply round on him that the other instinctively raised his revolver a little. “Will you oblige me by keeping your cussed mouth 6hut? I’ll start when I get ready, and don't you forget it. I’m running this machine and don’t you forget that. If you don't like it shoot and be hanged to you, aud then do your own telegraphing.” .*»'■. “That't the way to talk," cried the desperado, with admiration. “That's business. Darned if ever I heard a man talk like that with a gun pulled on him. You go right ahead and if you do this thing square we’ll whack up on the swag. It’s rather tiresome standing here, so I’ll just take this chair inside. I won’t interfere.”

“AH right,” said the operator: make yourself at home.” Then he turned to the table and began telegraphing. “Klick-a-lick, klick-a-lick, klick-a-lick, kiick-almk,” went the instrument rapidly. •‘‘What’s that?” said the desperado, forgetting bis vow of non-interference of of a moment before. “It seems to be all the same thing.” < * “Itis.’l am calling the police at Bloomville.” * “Klick-a-lick, click-a-lick —chuck.” ..

“There, I’ve got ’em* Now, don’t interrupt me. I’ll tell you what is said when I’m through. The outlaw leaned forward with a purr, led expression, and doubtless wished lie knew as much about telegraphing as he did about shootipg. “Is Ste vens (here?” asked the instrument at Bloomville. “Tell him Warner wants him.” There was a pause, and then the instrument at the lonely way station answered. (Varner rapidly rattled out the following message: “This shanty is in possession of a. villain who lias a pistol pointed at me while I work. I expect itjs flu* Zama -cbuuty gang that is round the place. They are going to rob the express. I’m supposed to be telegraphing orders for her to stop here. Now, can’t you make up a special there and get the sheriff and a strong posse to come down and gather in the gang?” . “I’ll do itt There's a freight engine here now, and I’ll put the boys in some box cars.”

“No, don’t do that. Make up a train of passengers. Put a Pulman on behind it you have it, and make it look as near like an express train as you can. Then send her down on the tittle of the express, and hold (he No. !> there till they get back.” “Good idea! Now what are you going to do? They'll shoot you." i/~ “Can you make connectionwith the town arc light and get them to put their full current on? I’ll conhect it in some way witti the fellow here, and he’ll .never know w hat struck him.” “We haven’t time for that. We would have to go down to the dynamo office and get them to turn off all the city lights and then make connections. It would take too long and it would burn out every switchboard on the circuit. But 1 can give you all the cell currents we have here, and that will paralyze any rough from Zama and perhaps kill him. Anyhow, you could get his gun before lie recovered. When you’re ready just call at the office. Ground your current and. I’ll send it along on the big wire. “Seems to take a lot of telegraphing to stop a train,” said the desperado uneasily. “It does. You see, the train is behind time and they' don’t want to stop her. I told them there was a special that would pass her here. They want to know all the particulars. Now I’ll have to meve about a bit. I must cut off the j wire to Center City. If J.don’t they may telegraph to the dispatcher's ofl'ice about that special and then it would be aH up with us.”

“That’s right; go ahead." “Well, don’t let that revolver go off.” “It never goes off till 1 tell it to and then it’s sure death. As long as you act square it won’t go off’' The telegrapher went to a drawer and took out a piece of wire and to one end attached a pair of scissors. The other end he connected .with the big wire .from.-J-Uoomville, -- He fussed around the switchboard, and then took a pail of water and said, “Look out for your feet. I must damp down the floor, so that there will be no dust to interfere with the instruments." ‘.'Water won’t hurt anything outside of me,” said the man: “I’d hate to try it inside, though."” — V / ■.■ ■ —. . ■— Having wet the floor, the operator sat down to his table again. “Klick-a-klick,” went the instrument, Next instant there was a blinding flash of greenish light in tire, room. The man started to his feet. “Thunder!” he cried, “wlmt's that?" “You struck it the first time. Thunder somewheres. I'm afraid it will interfere with us. But I can fix it. Hand me that screw-driver, quick.” The screw-driver was handed, hut all the time the pistol covered him. The vistor was not a man to be taken ofl' his guard. (Varner worked with the serew--driyyjr a moment and then said, sharply: “Gimme them scissors. Hurry up. The outlaw reached for the scissors and the nest, instant with a yell he sprang toward the ceiling and fell in a heap on the floor. ~ “Throw up your hands,-you villain!’ cried Warner, pointing his own pistol at him.

The whole gang were induced to return to Bloomville with the sheriff shortly after.

Railroad Men Put Spies on Eaeh Other.

Cbirsgo Herald The various means employed in railroad offices to detect reported cuts in freight and passenger rates by hated competitors are. both novel and ingenious. Suppose that a rumor is heard that a certain road is cutting freight rates to competing points. The competitors’starfout to ascertain theitruth of the rumor. Spies are sent out trom the general and contracting freight offices to visit the offices of the road under suspicion and endeavor to nail the vandal to the cross by getting the alleged cut rate as representatives of some mercantile house. If this ruse does not succeed the telephone is resorted to and rates are inquired for. Again 1 , friendly traveling men are sent to seek for the reported cut. If, perchance, the cut is discovered to be an actuality, there is war. and war to the knife. it . . u The facetious father of a pair of twin babies complained that although they filled the house with music he could not tell one heir from another.

FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

r : H»rrUon and the Chinese. There could be' no better evidence of the. invulnerability of General Harri; son’s public character and record than the Htudied effort to misrepresent his position on the Chinese question. In the place there is no Chinese question. There was such a questtoir in California several years ago, hut it ha- been settled by treaty stipulation, and is no longer a live issue. It is nothing but a reminiscence, even in the section of country where it was once*a vital issue. However, as a matter of history, it may he worth while to say that General Harrison's record on the Chinese question, when it was a question, is in perfect harmony with his whole record ns a friend of American labor ami American workingmen. The attempt to distort and misrepresent his attitude on this question at this late day only proves how hard pressed his political enemies are for campaign material. In his votes on ttie Chinese question Senator Harrison was actuated, first,-by a desire to exclude pauper immigration and contract cheap-labor, and. secondly, by a determination not to violate existing treaty obligations, or to establish a precedent which might be used to prevent honest and voluntary immigration from abroad. Every vote east by him is in harmony with this position, as the record shows. Ashe said in supporting the hill to prohibit the importation of foreign contract labor: “The evil sought to be guarded against is that men living in foreign countries where the' rate of wages and the condition of labor is so different from what it is in this country, shall not there, under the strain there is upon them, make a contract which, of course, is governed by rates of wages there that put them in the power of the person furnishing the money when they come to this country, and ha'-ea tendency to import the rales of foreign labor and establish them here.” This is the key to Senator Harrison’s record on the Chinese question, viz.; How to exclude Chinese coolie and pauper labor without establishing a precedent that might be used to exclude honest, voluntary, unassisted immigration from other countries. The first Chinese exclusion bill was introduced by Senator Miller, of California, at the first session of the Forty-sev-enth Congress. It was referred to the Senate committee on foreign relations, and reported back with amendments. Pending consideration of the bill Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, offered an amendment as follows:

“That this bill shall not apply to any skilled laborer who shall establish that he comes to this country without any contract by which his labor is the property of any person other than himself.” This amendment was simply a declaration in favor of the admission of honest, unassisted immigrants from abroad, and Senator Harrison, to his credit be it said, voted for it. [Congressional Record, Vol. 13, Pan 1; page 1,716.] Another amendment was offered, as follows: “Provided further, that any laborer who shall receive a certificate from the United States consul at the port where ire shall embark that he is an artisan coming to this country at his own expense and of his own free will,' and has established such fact to the satisfaction Ot such consul, shall not he affected by this bill.” Tins amendment, like the other, was intended to keep the door open for honest, voluntary immigrants, and Senator Harrison voted for .it. [Congressional Record, Vol. 13, Part 1, page 1717.] In harmony with these votes Senator Harrison voted ip favor of every amendment calculated to protect existing treaty obligations —and- —independent foreign immigration. On the passage of the hill lie is not recorded as voting, being absent from the Senate. The? bill was vetoed by President Arthur, and, together with all the Republican Senators—Allison, Hawley, Sherman, Ingalls, Wiiidnin and others —he voted to sustain the veto, the vote resulting ayes 29, nays 21, only Miller, of New York, in addition to* the Pacrtitr coast voting for the bill. [Congressional Record, Vol. 13, Part 1; page.2ol7.] What is known as the Page hill, reported from the House, was . passed in the Senate on April 10, 1882, by a vote of 32 to 15. Mr. Harrison voted in the negative, together with Allison, Hoar, Ingalls, Hawley, Sherman and others, he, with his Republican colleagues, having again attempted to secure proper amendments to the measure. Only Cameron, of Wisconsin, and Miller, of New York, beside the Pacific coast Senators, voted-for the Page hill. On May 3; 1884, a supplementary bill was passed in the House, and on 3d of July, 1885, in the Senate. For jli :s hill, In the-Senate, the vote was,ayes 43, nays 12. For this bill Senators with wh<3m Senator Harrison had been aeting vatedlHe would have voted for it had he been present in the Senate, but he was absent, and is not recorded as voting. Of the Republican Senators prominently mentioned for the presidency, only Hawley voted in the negative, as did Mr. Edmunds, and the New England Senators generally. At the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress; Mr. Fair, of Nevada, introduced a bill in the Senate [S. 1919] which was referred to the committee on foreign relatione. Senator Harrison was appointed a member of that committee on the oth of April, 1886. * [See Congressional Record Forty-ninth Congress, first session, page 31( 6.] ihls bill was favorably reported by that committee to the Senate, unanimously, April 29, 1886, by Mr. Sherman, the chairman of the committee. On page "4958 of the Record, Mr. Sherman states that the committee was unanimous in the report, and explains the-provisions of the bill. The bill was somewhat discussed May 26, 1886, and the amendments reported from The committee were agreed to. [See Record, page 4959, et seq.] The bill passed the Senate, without division, June 1, 1886. See/Record, Forty-ninth Congress, pages 5iC9, 5110. « Not to extend the citations the Congressional Record shows that at every stage of the discussion and on all of the different measures that came before the Senate, Senator Harrison, while favoring the exclusion of the Chinese coolie and cheap contract labor, voted against ignoring treaty obligations then in force, and also against excluding honest voluntary foreign immigrants who might seek our shores. Of the bill finally passed by by the Senate and rt ported from the committee unanimously Senator Harrison concurring in it, voting for it, both in committee on its passage. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, one of the strongest anti-Chinese Senators, said; “I have no kind of doubt that it is as strong

a hill as could be drawn and at the sariitf time have kept within the provisions of our treaty.” And Senator Fair, of Nevada, said: “It is one of the best bill# ever reported by! any eommittee on the subject.” * - Enough of the record has been cited to show that General Harrison’s position on the Chinese question, when jt was a live question, was thoroughly honorable to himself and consistent with Republican principles. The objection to his -record on this question does not come from the section of country where it was once considered vital. The California delegation at Chicago made a bold break, for General Harrison, and the other Pa cific coast States which contributed to his nomination did not do so until they had satisfied themselves that his record on this question would be perfectly satisfactory to the people of the section who might he supposed to have most interest in it. The attempt to revive the Chinese question in this part of the country is as absurd as it would be* to make an issue of the alien and sedition law or the embargo act of 1815. Especially does it come with poor grace from the advocates of free trade.’ The impression they seek to create is that General Harrison is not sound on the American labor question, yet every one of these papers is in favor of opening our doors to the pauper labor of Europe by free trade. Even if it were true, as they falsely assert, that General Harrison was against restricting the hordes of Chinese immigration, his offense against American labor would be trivial compared with the advocacy of Grover Cleveland’s free trade “ policy that would bring American workingmen in direct and runious competition with the millions of underpaid laborers of Europe. It does not become the advocates of free trade to assume to champion the cause of American labor by misrepresenting General Harrison’s position on the Chinese question.

After Two Months. N. Y Tribune. General Harrison in every respect is a stronger candidate to-day than he was when nominated two months ago.. His record as a gallant soldier in the field, a distinguished leader of the Indiana bar, and a sagacious legislator with an honorable ami useful career in the United States Senate is without flaw, crease or wrinkle. The Democratic press hits had leisure to scrutinize his speeches and public acts, and to ascertain whether he had ever done or said anything which could be used against him in a Presidential canvass. Feeble attempts to convict him of inconsistency in his record on the Chinese question, of hostility tp the interests of workingmen during the labor riots of 1877, and of contemptuous disregard of the principles of Civil Service reform have been abandoned as soon as made. Defamation has recoiled at ouce upon the detainers, and only served to prove that General Harrison’s'reputation is invul nerablc. Eight weeks have passed, and our friends the enemy have nothing to say against him. They can only repeat the silly fling with which they greeted his nomination that he is the grandson of his grandfather, as if it were anything against him that an earlier Harrison should have won. the battle of Tippecanoe and the tariff canvass of 1840, or that a still earlier Harrison should have signed the Declaration of Independence. The Republican leader is not only a stroTig candidate from his unblemished reputation and honorable (farcer as a soldier and statesman, but he is also a man of intellectual resources apd sagacious judgment. Since his nomination be lias made as many as eighty speeches in Indianapolis in answer to edngratulatorv addresses, and he has in variably left a favorable impression upon the delegations who have listened t 6 him and upon the iarger audience in the country which has attentively followed his words. General Harrison does not commit his speeches to memory and repeat them after the President’s mechanical fashion. He is an effective extemperaneous speaker, with a good "command of language, and tin* rare, talent of striking at the core of every question which he discusses. No mediocre politican banking on the name and fame of distinguished ancestors could have delivered the' series of wise, sententious and even brilliant speeches which have been heard in Indianapolis. He has not dealt in safe commonplace and glittering generality, but has discussed with intelligence, courage and dignity the living questions of the day; and he has made no mistakes, although speaking under most arduous and trying circumstances twice or even three times in twenty minutes. General Harrison’s delneanor since his nomination has tended to increase his popularity and voters, This “haughty patrican,” as he has been described by our friends the,- enemy, has shown himself to be a man of the people. Audiences of workingmen have retired from his presence impressed with the conviction that lie is in sympathy with them and glad to take every man by the hand. With simple dignity and unaffected courtesy he has received all the delegations which iiave visited him, and modestly disclaiming conspicuous merits of his own, has directed the attention of the country to the grave questions of econonlic policy and National interest wi(h which it is now confronted. This is a leader who daily attracts support by his wise words and dignity of manner, and who is growing steadily in favor with thoughtful, men of all parties. India would be a good country for a Democrat to go to. It has free trade, and a nice, juicy, succulent leg of mutton can be bought for 15 cents, when it costs 15 a pound in the protected United States. But meat is not the only cheap thing in India; laborers can be had'in any number at 5 cents a day. The Hindoo workingman has to toil'three days for enough money to buy the muttojp—Los Angeles Tribune. Tfce Redaction of ibe Mi Is 1 The Democratic press and the pseudoRepublican journals which preach free trade,’ but pretend to support Harrison and Morton; are parading with great show of exact information the claim that, while the average per cent of the present tariff is 47.10, the average under the Mills bill would be only 42.78. This is the statement originally made by the Committee on Ways and Means, and published officially" as a foot-note at the end of the tables, showing the estimated effect on the revenues of the proposed legislation. It was prepared by the clerk of the committee, and, notwithstanding the outrageous falseness of the claim in fts intention has*been repeatedly exposed, the organs and speakers of

the Democracy keep on circulating the statistical lie, for Such, ih purpose and effect, it surely is. The falseness of this representation lies in the fact that it leaves out of the calculation the proposed additional free list, a very important factor in the case. It is very likely true that if no account were taken of that list the showing for goods dutiable under both the and the bill would make the showing he has claimed. But that would be another case of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. The proposed additions to the free list yielded last year a revenue of $19,778,590, or, in round numbers, $20,000,000. The additions to the free list cover no less than 142 differeht kinds of imports, including a great many farm products besides wool, such as potatoes, beans, peas, flax, etc* The total reduction in the revenue for the year would he, it is estimated, $49,486,240, two-fifths of it being by the free list extension. In other words, the total revenue would be reduced, from *179,363,722 to $116,313,548. This reduction, based on all the articles, free listed and reduced,amounts to about 23 per cent instead of about 5 per cent, as claimed. It is impossible to excuse this trick on the plea of stupidity. When the clerk of the Committee on Ways and Meads made the statement, “average rate of all dutiable goods under present latv, 47.10; under proposed bill, 42.78,” he knew just what he was about. He intended to convey the Impression that, after all the Republican hue and cry over the free-trade character of the Mills bill, the actual average reduction was only 5.32 per cent, and that is the way Mr. Mills himself represented it in his Chicago speech. Not one of them all has failed to put that meaning into the language used, albeit, on close examination, it does not exactly say so. The New York Post the Chicago Tribune, and all that class of newspapers are trying to deceive the people by resort to this sort of underhanded trickery. At this time there are a good many Republicans who do not understand the facts in the case, but they will long before the campaign closes.

Comparative W<ges. FIGURES COMPILED FROM LATEST RETURNS MADE BY LONDON BOARD OF TRADE. New Yi.rk Press. England. United State* Bookb'nders *6 00 >ls 00 to $lB 00 Brnshmskers 6 00 Iff 00 to 20 OO Boilermakers : -7 75—— IS 50Brickmakers 0 54 11 86 Bn klayer- 8 00 21 00 Blscksmitbs 600 ’ 13 00 8utcher5...7................ “ 1 0.00 12 oo Bakers.... 6 *25 12 75 B Hxt fnrnsoe keepers 10 00 18 00 Blast hcpi'ce tillers.... 7 50 14 00 Boltmakers...... 6 50 16 50 Bolt cutters 3 00 10 00 Coal miner..:... 5 88 13 00 Cotton-milt hands. ... 4 00 6 72 carpenters 7 50 15 00 Coopers 6 oO 13 25 On iagemakere G 75 13 00 to 25 00 Cutlery COO 12 00 to 20 00 Chemicalß 15 to 000 13 00 to 16 00 Clockmakets ....; 7 00 18 00 Cnbinetmskers 7 00 18 00 Farmhands 300 650 to 000 Gla sbl iwers.... .TUT 6 to 900 25 00 to 30 00 Glass (tartly skilled! 6 to 7 00 12 00 to 15 00 Glass (unskilled) ...... -2 to 400 700 to 10 00 Glovemakt rs (girls).... 2 (X) 600 to 900 Glov. makers (men) .. 4 50 10 00 to 30 00 Hatters 6 00 12 rt) to •24 00 Heaters and rollers ... 10 to 12 00 20. IKCth' £0 00 Iron ore m tier 5........ 5 50 12 00 Iron moulders 7 SO Xa 00 Ton per ton, finished 2to 3.00 531 to 871 Instrument makers... . 700 IS 00 io 20 W\ Laborers 4 10 8 00 Lonrst oremen ......... 8 oo 15 00 Linen thread, nn n. .. 5 00 7 50 Lire - tliread, women 2 35 5 22 Machinists...... 8 50 18 OU Mase n - , -8 On IT DO Printers; 1,000 ems. .. 20 *:0 Printers, week bauds 6-<5 13 4u Patternmakers 7 50 18 00 Pain ers „7 i 0 15 00 PliimbPis...... ............ ’ 8 00 18 00 Plasterers 7 JO 21 OO Pott' rs ...... ......... . 8 67 lk 30 Po i Her.' 7 00 - 18 00 Pare mi'kers. ’ 5:0 12 (X) to : 4 tX) Puddiers.ner week ... S to to (X) 18 tX) to 20 rtf QuavevVaen 000 12 001 o —ls 00Ropernakers 525 900 to 12 00 Ra'lway engineers ... 10 00 21 00 Railway firetat-n ...... 5 00 12 00 Shipbuilding. Boilermakers ....«• 7 00 14,05 Maeninist* .....t , 7 oo 14 01 Coppersmiths........... 7 6 50 16 00 Platers. ...7 8 (X) 18 05 Drillers ; 600 12 00 Riveters. ...TT.;;:-...... 8 00 17 00 Riggers 5 50 11 00 Patternmakers 8 00 24 00 Salimakers-... : 0. 00 . 700 to IOfG Silk, men 5 09 10 0 silk, women 2 50 - 6 00Besrfmakers ...1 50 to 225 000 to ,9* 00 Servants, month' ...... 5 00 12 (1 Bhoemakers. 600 IK 0 Stationary engineers 7 50 15 00 to 10 00 Soapmakers ... 5 00 ID (0

Must Live Right to Die Right.

Church Union. Natural death is to die sweetly without a sob, struggle, or a sigli. It is the result of a long life of interrupted health, of a long life of “temperance in all things,” and such a death should he one of the aims of every human being, so that we may not only livelong, but in that long life be able to do much for man and much for God. The love of life is a universal instinct; life is a duty, its peril or neglect a crime. We are placed on earth for a purpose; that purpose can be none other than to give us an opportunity of doing good to ourselves and others; and to be anxious to be “off duty” sooner than God wills is no indication of true piety. The good man has one ruling, ever present desire, and that is to live as long on the earth as his Maker pleases, and while living to ,do the utmost he can to benefit and bless mankind, and to accomplish a long and activeand useful life, the study how to preserve and promote a high degree of bodily health is indispensable. And it seemsto be ordained by a Providence both wise and kind, as a reward of a temperate life, and that such a life should be largly extended, that its decline should be as calm as a summer’s evening, as gentle as the babe sleeps itself away on its mother’s breast.

Policies Versus Love.

She (blushing)—What did papa say laßt might, George, when you went to gain his consent to woo and win me? He (somewhat embarrassed)—Weller—to tell the trp.tß, Clara, in some way we got to discussing politics, and 1 forgot all about the other matter. Ah, darling, are you sure that you -will always love me as you do now? She (coldly)—I beg of you, Mr. Sampson, let us talk about the tariff question. ' * When a ait gives an entertainment from the top of a wall it isn’t the cat we object to: it’s the waul. $

A LONG RACE FOR A BIG STAKE.

On© of lII© Most Famous Between Horses on Record. Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle. ■ Twenty-nine years ago St. Joseph,Mo., was the Western terminus of the railway systems of the country. Beyond Bt. Joseph the stage coach, ox cart and kindred methods of transportion were resorted to for the purpose of maintaining communication with the Pacific Slqpe. This coast-was by that time pretty well settled,, and business men began to wish for a rapid mail service. In the winter of 1860 Wall street was at work jp Washington endeavoring to get a subsidy of $10,000,000 for carrying the mails overland one year between New York and San Francisco. William H. Russell, backqd up by Secretary of War Floyd, looked upon the scheme as a very extravagant proposition and said that he could put onftt mail line from San Francisco to St. Joseph that would cover the distance—l,9so miles—in ten days. So confident was he that he professed himself willing to wager $200,000 on the proposition. The schemers for the big mail contract felt bound to meet the bluff, and took up the wager, the eighth day of April, 186 \ being fixed as the date for starting. A. B. Miller, Russell’s partner, was postive that a pony express could be established which would enable Russell to win hie prodigous wager. There was no time to be lost, and Miller set about his task with energy. He purchased 300 of the fleetest horses he could procure and secured the services of 125 men. Eighty of these men were selected as post-riders, and of course, were especially chosen for their light weight —the lighter the man the better for the horse, as some of the route had to be covered at the rate of twenty-five miles per hour. In establishing the relays the distance in each instance was determined by the character of the country. As a rule the horses were stationed from ten to twenty miles apart, and each, rider had to make sixty miles. Two minutes were allowed for changing the animals and shifting the mails. If the the stage stations were not at proper intervals a tent was put up sufficient to accommodate one man and two horses. By the day set for the starting everything was in readiness, and before the sfiioke cleared away from the muzzle of the signal gun on the steamer Sacremento at the hour of noon. April 8, 1860, Billy Baker, mounted on Border Ruffian, Miller’s famous saddle-horse, dashed away, towards the Sierras, covering his twenty miles in forty-nine minutes. " > Deep snow lay in the mountain passes, and to Salt Lake Valley slow time was made, so that from the valley on it was necessary to make extra fast speed to win the huge wager. All went well until the crossing at Julesburg was reached. To liis dismay the courier found the Platt river high up in its banks and a strong current running. Fearlessly horse and rider plunged into the turbid stream, hut only the man reached the opposite bank. His gallant steed mired in the quicksands and was drowned. The courier saved liis precious mail-pouch and had to walk ten miles to the next relay station. Johnny Fry was one of the most famous men of his day on the border. Tough aud wiry, he was as light as a cat, and as a rider he never knew an equal. To him fell the duty of riding the last sixty miles of the long race. He had six.thorough-bred horses to do it with. .When the courier arrived at the sixtymile post out of St. Joseph, he was one hour behind time. Jolmny had to make up that logt hour or the wager was lost. Miller considered all this when Ire selected Johnny Fry to make the final dash. As the hour drew near for Fry’s arrival at St. Soseph thousands of people lined the river bank, gazing with feverish expectancy in the (Erection oT the woods from which the horse and rider should emerge into the open country one paile from the finish. Seven minutes more and the w'ager would be lost, when'spddenly a brighteyed youngster caught sight of the anxiously looked-for courier, and the yell that went up from the crowd reach, ed the ears of the rider a mile away. Horse and rider fairly flew on the wings of the wind. Feathery flecks of foam streaked the panting flanks of the noble steed, as she, with wide-dis-tended and blood-red nostrils, bore the courier to his journey’s/*eiid, covering the last mile in one minute and fifty seconds. The little mare SVlph had won the wager, and there were five minutes and a fraction to spare. . ~

A Natural Result.

Chicago Mail. An almond-eyed washerman hoarded a cable car yesterday with his hamper of clothes. As the grip neared the corner where he was to get off, the driver, who is a good-natured Irishman, said to a passenger: “Dv’e see that havthun? Watch me and see me throw him.” At tlie corner the Celestial made a leap, and the driver applied his brake so as to give the grip a lurch. The laundrytnan turned a somersault in the air, came down on. his feet, grinned, and asked: “What le matter - sling bloke again?” The envious man s face grows sharp and his eyes big.