Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1891 — Page 6

■THE REPUBLICAN. Gaoea E. Marshall. Publisher. * 7ibr. r"rr.~ 11 ■ ■ ■ ~r~7~ Tr" ~ RENSSELAER - INDIANA

- - Mustcia’cs should dwell together in “harmony,” but they don’t. The Georgia Legislature has passed a law disqualifying physicians ad dieted to drink from the practice ol their profession. - _ you slant your letters in writing you must quit doing it, for the doctors say so; it is unhygienic. In Austria it has been found that tht slanting ol the letters in writing causes curvature of the spine, dut to the position maintained at the table or desk. A committee appointed to consider the matter h: i presented a repert, recommending that the school children be taught t< make upright letters on’y. The more familiar people become with water the fluid is found to be. Dr. Sleich. o! Berlin, while conducting experiments with a view to determining how weak a solution of cocaine will prev.’ efficacious as a local anaesthetic it minor surgical operations, accidentally discovered that simple water in. jected under the skin with a syringe renders the flesh at that point in sensible to pain. It may be permit ted a layman to remark that water is cheaper than cocaine. f*. JLJ "J" 1 - The burning of the steamer Corcoran at Washington the other day, _ brought out the information that, in the last twelve years, this one boat has taken no fewer than 1,100,00? passengers to Mount Vernon. Every visitor to MounVVernon has to pay sl,wbk;h is said to go toward maintaming the place. Putt’ng this ani that together, one cannot believe it would have been money in Georgs Washington’s pocket to live until the present time and take unto himself the difference between the re- i ceipts and the expenditures.

The Trade Union Congress in session at Newcastle, England, hardly knows whether it wants an international eight hour law or not. An amendment to the recommendation of such a law is that, when passed it shall not bo enforced without the consent of two-thirds of the organized members of tho trades con cerned. Several of the delegates protested against the acceptance ol the amendment on the ground that by so doing the delegates would stultify the resolution passed in regard to a compulsory eight-hour law, but it was carried by a vote of 341 to 73.

It is impossible not to have a certain sympathy for that Michigan Methodist parson, Brother Arney, of Saranac, who is to be disciplined for his fondness for fast horses. Brother Arney has been admonished before as to the error of his ways, and has promised to reform, but he does like a horse that can go. Why is it more wicked, anyway, to hav? a fast horse than a slow horse? Perhaps Brother Arney creates envy among the owners of steeds less fleet than his. The mind's eye sees Bro. Arney, clad in a duster and wearing' a solemn, ministerial countenance, clucking to his favorite plug and crackling into a smile as he passes everything on the road. Brother Arney should be dealt with gently. Elijah was a good man, but he holds the record for charities.—-N. Y. Sun.

The Savannah. Ga., News tells a curious story of bow Patrick O’Keefe came to be owner and king of the is. land of Nyph, in the Pacific ocean Twenty years ago he was a sailor in the coastwise trade in Georgian waters. In the heat of an affray he killed a fellow-sailor, and, though ac quitted, he determined to leave the ‘country. This he did in 1871, sail ing as mate on a vessel bound for Liverpool. From there he shipped to the East Indies, and thence to Hong Kong. There he invested a little money in the fruit trade between the Pacific islands and Hong Kong. He prospered so in this line that in a few years he was able to obtain from the natives sole posses sion of the island of Nyph, where he is now monarch of all he surveys. He carries on an extensive trade, keeps a big bank account in Hong Kong, and is highly respected in business circles, where he is known as the‘‘King of Nyph." He has a wife and family in Charleston, to whom he makes regular remittances of money, and who have a standing invitation to join him and share his kingdom.

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Gold in paying quantities has been discovered in Pennsylvania. The United States steamship Dispatch was wrecked on the Virginia shore, sixty miles northeast of Cape Charles. The crew were saved. The Farmers' Alliance of Minnesota will build a million-dollar elevator at West Superior. Wis. The capital stock is divided in shares of $10 each. Nellie Bly, the newspaper writer, who made the circuit of the world, was married to Mr. Charles Wetmore, an attorney of New York, on Wednesday. From too much hand-shaking, erysipelas threatens the right hand of Gen. E. Burd Grubb, United States minister to Spain, who Is at Philadelphia on a furlough. At Macon, Ga.. four men killed their cousin, a girl aged seventeen. They were whipping her father, and the murder was committed when she appeared in defense of her parent The Society of the Army of the Tennessee, of which Gen. W. T. Sherman was long president, has decided to erect a monument to his memory at some spot yet to be decided upon. The validity of the new constitution of Kentucky is to be contested on the ground that the constitutional convention made numerous changes after the instrument was ratified by the people, The exports of specie from New York during the past week amounted to $838,217, of which but $5,730 was in gold. The imports of specie amounted to $3,751,494, of which $3,736,602 was in gold. The Republican National committee meets in Washington November 23 to decide upon the time and place of holding the Republican national convention and to act on the resignation of Mr. Quay. Anxious creditors, whoso claim aggregate over four hundred thousand dollars are seeking the whereabouts of Salvador Malo, a prominent contractor. He is said to have gone to Europe by way of New York.

District Judge Goodrich, of Waco, Tex,, holds that- the alien land law passed by the last Legislature, is unconstitutional and void. The law excluded foreigners from buying or loaning money on Texas land, and created a severe money stringency throughout the State. With a view to preventing the introduction of cholera into the United States tho Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular to collectors of customs stat ing that no rags shall be admitted from Marseilles, France, unless accompanied by a certificate from the United States consul at that port. Thomas Brown Sunday night at Liverpool, 0., upset an ignited paraffine lamp. Both he and his infant son wore burned to death. His wife, terror-strieken at tho flames, frantically threw hor baby through a window, which Was smashed to pieces on tho pavement below. She then jninjied through the window herself, and though not killed outright, is dying at the hospital.

Reports received at the War Department indicate that the enlistment of Indians into the United States anny has I proved tube a marked success. So far there aro seven troops composed entirely [jrf Indians, and two troops in tho course Jof formation. These enlisted Indians can all read and speak English. They obey i nlers readily, are intelligent and quick and in Jack it Is slated, make model soldiors. It is stated at the War Department that an Indian troop will probably bo transfc rrqd to Fbrt_Myer, near Washington, during the coming winter. The Bureau of Amcric bn Republics is nformed that one of the results of the reciprocity treaty with Brazil is the sale of 128 locomotives in that republic by the Baldwin locomotive-works of Philadelphia, and in addition to this, twenty-four locomotives are now being loaded at Philadelphia for Brazil, on the barkentines Maggie Thompson and Eleanor M. Wiiiliams. Under the reciprocity treaty with Brazil - kjcond ti ve and- raihvay suppi ies from t-he Ul)t!ed siat<s are adn'iitte<l free of customs duty and the railway equipment of tliat republic, which was formerly almost exclusive of English manufacture is now, tl»e bureau states, being rapidly replaced by articles of American manufac. tore,

Rev. Ir. McGlynn opened bis winter sorus of Sunday night lectures at Cooper I nion on the 11th, by-a-talk on the Pope. He said the time might cotuo when “we wifi have a democratic Popo who wil walk down Broadway with a stovepipe hat on his head.’’ Personally, he said, lie had been emancipated from diplomatic re-., latidns with the Pope, and was consequently competent to give him unprejudiced advice. He advised him not to listen to the flattery of such men as Archbishop Corrigan, who. while assuring him that he was the greatest Pope who ever lived, was getting ready to assure the next one that he is greater than all his predecessors. In the language of New Yorkei's. such flat terv was “taffy.” He commiserated the Poj>e on approaching senility, and wound up by saying: “Holy Father, I am ashau.td ot you.’’

FOREIGN.

Queen Victoria will raise to the peerage the widow of the Right Hen. Win. Henry Smith. The .German War Office has becu lnformed of tn important capture of a spy by the Austriap authorities. A man wlio was arrested at Sv.czawa. in Bukowina, was discovered to be a French staff officer. Pa;xrscf a highly compromising character relating to the Prusso-Austrian frontier were found on him. Charles S. Parnell was laid to rest at Dublin. Ireland, on the Uth.wl h extraordinary honor/. Vast numbers of people were gathered to pav a last tribute. The Lord Mayor of Dublin and other dignitaries took part in the ceremonies. The grave was filled with Ifiowers, the tributes of friends. ; Manv affecting scenes wm« witnessed. The McCarthyite* kept at a distance and there was no rioting. The number of people who followed the remains to the cemetery was simply Inuamerablc, probably 200,000.

SASS FROM THE SAINTS.

Statements in the Federal Commission’s Report Denied by Mormon Leaders. Polygamous Marriages Not Sanctioned and No Dictation In Politics—Demand for Statehood to Be Presented to Congress. A Salt Lake, U. T., dispatch of the 6th says; At to-day 's session of the Mormon Conference a lengthy set of resolutions was adopted relative to the statement made by a majority of the Utah Commission in a recent report to the Secretary of the Interior. The resolutions set forth that the commission made many untruthful statements concerning the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, and the attitude of its members in relation to political affairs, etc. The General Conference, in these resolutions, deny most emphatically the assertion of the commissi m that the church dominates its members in political matters, and that the church and state are united, whatever appearance there way have been in the past of the union of church and state. “The truth is,” say the resolutions, “that those holding.. ecclesiastical authority were elected to civil office by the popular vote. There is now no foundation or excuse for thestatement that the church and state are united in Utah, or that the leaders of the church dictate to members in political matters. No coercing or any other influence whatever of an ecclesiastical nature has been exercised on us by our church leaders in reference to which political party we shall join, and we have been and are perfectly free to unite with any or no political party, as we may individually elect. The People's party has been entirely and finally dissolved, and our fealty henceforth will be to such national political party as seems to us best suited to the prosperity of a republican government.

The resolutions further declare that the membersof tho conference do not believe there has been any polygamous marriages solemnizedamong tho Latter Day Saints during the period named by the commission, and denounce the statements which convey the idea that such marriages have been contracted as false and misleading They protest against perversions of fact, principle and intent contained in the report of the commission, and declare that tho manifesto of President Woodruff forbidding future plural marriages was adopted at the last October conference in all sincerity and good faith, and that they have every reason to believe it has been carried out in letter and In spirit. Ths conference appeals to the press and people to accept its united declaration and protests; to give it publicity and aid in, distributing the truth, that falsehood may be refuted and justice done to people continually maligned and almost universally misunderstood.

Following this a declaration, signed by President Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph Smith, was adopted, saying the commission’s report of polygamous marriages was utterly without foundation In truth, and repeating, in tho most solemn manner, the declaration by President Woodruff at tho last general conference that there had Loen no plural marriages during tho period named;that poly pamy had not been taught and that it S practice had been strictly forbidden. After’ the usual election of officers, the present incumbents being retained, the conference adjourned.

Tho Salt Lake Tribune (gentile) says the conference to-day resolved itself into somewhat of a political meeting. The most prominent men in the councils of th® church delivered addresses. The commission's report, says the Tribune, has stirred Mormondom to its depths, and the loaders In an endeavor to counteract tho influence of the report, will move on Congress when their long-cherished object of making Utah a State is presented. Tho Tribun e asserts that tho language of the speakers was such as to leave no doubt that tho division of party lines was made under the direction of the church and that its ultimate object was to achieve statehood.

BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES.

Ohlnamcn Refused Permission to Hand on Either Side of Niagara Hirer. At noon on thcCth deputy marshals took four Chinamen to the ferry at Buffalo, N, Y., for deportation, acting under instructions of Judge Coxe, of the F. d?ral court, who had ruled that they were to be returned to Canada, as the country whence they came. When the four Chinamen arrived at Fort Erie, on the opposite shore of the Niagara river, a dilemma presented itself. Two of the deported Celestials had certificates of entrance to Canada, and were accepted: the other two had none and were refused permission to land. They remained on board the boat and were ferried back to Buffalo. Here they were not allowed to land because of the exclusion act, and so they? remained on board the ferry boat plying b.ck and forth between tho two countries, taking in the river scenery, but very much in doubt whether they would ever set foot on dry land again. The captain of the boat was almost as distressed as the Chinese. lie feared he might have to engage them as deck-hands since he could not land them anywhere as passengers. Finally tho Canadian author! ties agreed to their landing tn Fort Erie, providing they paid thocniranccXee. This the Celestials willingly agreed to do. and each produced the requisite amount of JSJ.

Patents were granted Indiana Inventors as follows: Thomas Bauer, Kokomo, coldhandlo for-coffee or tea pot; W Beam, Argos, bridle attachment; Hiram Brown, Indianapolis garden cultivator; A. Kimber, Indianapolis, mail pouch deliverer; VV. E. Mercer, Terre Haute, oil gas burner; Allina Russell, Indianapolis, strawstacker; T. F. Vandegrift. Noah, wrench Frank Welling, Ft. Wayne, hammock support and canopy holder. „

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

» Tipton has adopted electric light. Roan is opera ttnga $5,090 creamery. Hartford City Glass Works arc again In operation. ■ _ The churches of Marion are leading in a erusade against the saloons. Samuel Bloomfield, of Kendallville, has been arrested as a counterfeiter by the federal authorities. Many fields of wheat In Huntington county had to be re-sown owing, .to grasshopper ravages. FJ- W. Tarleton, of Mart’nsvllle, while fishing in White river, found a pearl worth S3OO in a clam shell. ’ George O. Taylor, formerly of the New Denison, Indianapolis, has purchased the Murdock hotel at Logansport. “Black-tongue” has appeared among the cattle in Porter county, and quarantine measures are being enforced. The October report made by the‘Stat j Board of Agriculture gives the wheat crop of 1891 at 45,063,480 bushels, and condition 98 per cent. The yield of oats is 25.698,333 bushels. The report sent out from Seymour of great damage to growing wheat by grasshoppers has absolutely no foundation in fact. Noxious insects have been “conspicuous by their absence” this season and the young wheat is in excellent, condition. ■ '.7 . == ■ that the DePauw glass works will beerectcd at Jonesboro. instead of Alexandria and charge is made that the Pan-Handle railroad company used its influence against Alexandria and in favor of Jonesboro. Judge L. J. Hackney, of the Shelby Cir cult Court, in charging the, grand juryealled judicial attention to the lynching o! Charles Hawkins in the courthouse yard at Shelbyville, for the murderous assaul t upon City Marshal Bruce, stigmatizing it aS a crime without legal excuse or justification, and charging the jurors upon their oaths to make such investigation as wiii lead to the successful prosecution of all engaged in that lawless affair. The court also instructed that it was not essential to The guilt of anyone that lie should with his own hands have struck a blow or held the fatal rope, the fact that he was present and abetting the outrage making him equally guilty with active participants,

DAVIESS COI’NT’i COUIJT HOUSE BURNED. At 3:30 o'clock Wednesday morning the Daviess County Court House, at Washington, was discovered on fire, and before the flames could be subdued the building, costing $120,000, was wrecked and tho county records were burned. Over $lO.000,000 in real estate is involved in the loss, and thousands of lawsuits to establislr titles will necessarily be the ‘ outcome. A consequent panic in real estate circles is very imminent. When tho lire xvas discovered it was fast destroying the recorder's office and eating its way to the office of tho auditor, People who rushed into the auditor’s office saw flames enveloping every record of importance, and examination showed thai kerosene had been poured on the books and sprinkled on all papers of importance. Tho tiro from the recorder’s office could* not have communleat -d with tbo auditor's office so soon, and it was undeniably starir cd in the half dozen different offices at th; same time. There is no mistaking _tbe fact that the books were seton fin-, and public indignation is very groat, whi'.j tho entire county is aroused. An investigation of the books of the auditor an , treasurer, was ordered by the County Commissioners a few weeks ago, and ..tho. w ork was ..io begin Jn a lew daysThe fire will, retard this movemen greatly, if not render it wholh ineffective. An extrasessfrin of the Board of Commissioners will be called at once, and it is probable Iliat detectives will bi employed to ferretout the incendiaries, ji is said several clews are already in possession of the sheriff, and important and sensational arrests may be made in a fevt days. Five new jugs, which had contained coal oil, were found this evening- in :ui outhouse, and are regarded as a clew that will help the officers to fasten thegnilt Excitement is intense. INDIANA CATTLE. XSSES Dr. John N. Taylor, president of th® State Board of Health has prepared th< following facts in regard .to the diseas that is raging among cattle in various sec tions of this State.

“Epizootic apt.ha, or what is more com inonly known as “fooUaud-moutli disease” is now i revailing Io a considcrabli extent in Montgomery county, as well a; in other parts of thw State. Epizooli; apatha, so far as is known, first macle its .appearance in fchgland in the spring o 1839, and spread rapidly over that country Ireland and Scotland, prevailed for aloul two years, and then gradually disappeared Since that time, it has appeared in varujm localities at longer or shorter intervals. “It is in its essential character a eonta-. gious eruptive fever that attacks all warmblooded animals, including man himself udder certain circumstances. It of an inflamaticn of the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose and throat, o. the conjunction of the eye, the hairies; portions of the skin, the coronet and cleft; of the horns. In a period vary ing Iron twenty-four hours to four days aftoi exi>osure to the contagion, a cow will exhibit symptoms of shiverIng, followed by fever, the hair ’wil; lose its luster, lameness will appear, tin eyes weep, the nostrils run, and saliva wilb dropfrdni the mouth. The anihiai then ceases to eat, and an examination o' tho mouth will show the cause. The ipslde of the lips and cheeks are covered with vesicles, ifoxaaained within eighteen hours, after which time there appear shallow ulcers with intensely reddened mars gins. An examination of tho feet will show that in the clefts of the hoofs are the same vesicles and ulcers, causing great pain and lameness. “Usually in favorable cases, at tho end of the fourth day the an[nial bjtgins_tolm*. prove, and soon all symptoms disappear. It sometimes happens however. that-tin> uleirs become very deep, blood po soni/u sots in and the animal either dies or recovers very slowly. “As soon as it Is discovered that ot>e ol a herd Is so attacked It should be separated from tho others, and a veterinarian sent for who will ipslitulo such measures oj cure and prevention as are needed.”

BIG DAY IN OHIO.

McKinley and Campbell Discussing Current Issues. An Immenje Crowd in the Little Town ol Ada, and Mach Enthawlasm Among . < Both Parties. The little town of Ada, Ohio, was the scene of much enthusiasm on the Bth, i being the occasion of the great debate of McKinley and Campbell, Flags and banners and bunting there were withoutnrmber, and so generous was the friendly rivalry of decorations displayed that the very horizon was obscured by the familiar lines of the National colors. Great decorative taste was displayed in the various triumphal arches, the most prominent of these structures being the non-partisan welcome arch, which circled the main street, and bore the words: “Welcome to our leaders.” From the apex were also suspended the portraits —of McKinley and Campbell, and as the various matching clubs marched under the arch, they cheered lustily for their i espectlve leaders. From early morning until the opening of the meeting the music of tho bands resounded through the streets, and occasionally a blast, of a tin horn disturbed the martial melody. There was an~objecT lesson, however, in these tin horns, for tnoy were understood to be and were labeled as the product of American tin. A handy walking cane, displayed with much ostentation by various marching clubs, was also alluded to as having had origin in the tin mines of Dakota, and no occasion was lost to denounce in vigorous language the bete noir of Ohio Republicans—“tho Demociatic tin-plate liar.’» On the other hand, the Democrats retaliated by displaying a paraphernalia of badges bearing allusions to the inconsistency of the McKinley bill. The ladies wore a distinctive badge, which attractedT much attention and received special allusion by Gov. Campbell, and below it were the significant words: “American wool 24 cents, on account of the McKinley bill.” An American tin badge, displayed with equal pride by the Republicans, contained the portrait of Major McKipley and bore the words: “Protection and Honest Money.” Prof. H. S. Lehr, president of tho State Normal University and the projector of the famous meeting of the Governors, was the central figure and entertained McKinley and Campbell at lunch. At 11:15 a special train bearing Mr. McKinley, Senator Humphreys and others rolled into the depot, and cheer after cheer arose from the crowd as tho Napoleonic features of the great exponent of protection were recognized by the multitude. The Major bowed smilingly to the crowd and quickly entering a carriage was driven to the residence of Prof. Lehr, under the escort of the various marching clubs led by an exultant brass band. Promptly at 13:30 a Hocking Valley train, bearing about one thousand cheering Democrats and Republicans, hove In sight, and attached to the rear was the special car Buckeye, containing Governor Campbell, Chairman Norton, of tho State central committee, and a few other prominent Democrats, A repetition of the enthusiastic .ova-, tion extended to Major McKinley was the rcceptiorf tendered to Governor Campbell. As. the. cheering multitude pressed aroundtob carriage in waiting to receive the Goverhor not a, fqvy Insisted on shaking hands, and the proceedings were temporarily interrupted while Governor Campbell extended his hands to a few of tho more demonstrative, The band sti uck up “The Campbells Are Coming,” and more enthusiastic cheering rent the air. Tho Governor was rapidly driven to tho residence of Prof. Lohr, where ho met Major McKinley, and they took lunch with Prof. Lehr and a few personal friends. For a brief (tour politics and the great struggle which is being waged for partisan supremacy in the Buckeye State were forgotten, and these two gentlemen, each acknowledged by his opponents to bp “the prince of good fellows,” met in social friendship in fulfillment of their mutual pledge at the opening of the contest, that there should be a “campaign of measures and not of men, of principle and not of personality.”

Robert Gray, aged 86, of Crawfordsville, Is dead. It was his boast that he hewed logs for Jonathan Jennings, the first Governor of Indiana.

THE MARKETS.

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A LESS ON SELF RELIANCE.

Dr. Depew’s Story of Qommodorj Vanderbilt and YoanjRutter. Philadelphia Press. Mr Depew told me an anedote. A good many years ago a young freight clerk was employed at one of the country stations on the Erie railroad. He was a farmer’s boy, who had nothing but a coalmen school education, but was regarded as a pretty bright chap. He vindicated, this youthful reputation by his management of the little freight business to which he ‘.had to attend, and was soon transferred.to a more important place near Buffalo. There he began to reveal the genrius that was in him by suggesting certain new methods of dealing with freight, and there he came under the eye of Commodore Vanderbilt, > Some time later, after the consolidation of the Hudson River and New York Central railroads, the old Commodore desired to get a mtyi to take charge of the freight business, and thought of this young man. Ho sent for him and offered him a salary of $15,000 a year to assume the duties of master of freight tion. The clerk was a rosy-cheeked, yellow-haired young man, who at once accepted . the offer with such confidence in his abilities as to please the old Commodore, who hatedaman who had no self-confH dence. Not long after he took charge a very complicated and difficult problem in freight transportation arose. It puzzled the young fellow so that he could not sleep nights. If he made a mistake be felt that it would be fatal to his reputation, probably to his career, while if he succeeded he would simply accomplish what he had been hired to do. At last in his anxiety he ventured to call upon the old Commodore, stated the difficulty to him, and asked advice. The old jnan looked at him a moment and then said: “Jim, what does the Central hire you for?” “To take charge of the transportation.” “Well, do you expect I am going to earn your salary for you?” That was all the Commodore said, and the young man turned on his heel and left him. 1 He went out and acted on his own judgment; acted with unerring foresight, and was soon promoted to the Vice Presidency. Later on he succeeded Wm. H. Vanderbilt as President of the New York Central system. That was the career of Jim Rutter, Mr. tlepew said, and he characterized Rutter as one of tho greatest railroad geniues that the age of railroading has produced. Rutter killed himself in the services of the Coutral by overwork, a habit which Mr. Depew neither encoui ages by his own example or favors in any pf his employes.

AN IMPORTANT BILL.

The Royal Baking Powder Condemned in the New York Legislature. New York Press. Last Monday Mr. Kelly introduced the following bill in the assembly. A careful reading of it will show that it is a very important one. An Act to prevent the use of poisonous and injurious ingredients in baking powders: Whereas, Baking Powders manufactured in this State, known as the “ROYAL” alum and other Baking Powders are advertised for sale as absolutely pure; and, Whereas, Official examination shows them to contain ammonia and other injurious ingredients; therefore The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section!.—Every can or package of baking powder containing Ammonia offered for sale in this State shall have a conspicuous label thereon with the words “Contains Ammonia” printed thereon in plain type, not smaller than great primer, and any person who shall sell, or have or offer for sale, any such can or package of baking piwder without such label thereon, shall ba guilty of misdemeanor. Section 2.—This act shall take effect July 1, 1891.

Woman's Rights. To charm, to flirt, to smile, to frown, To lead her lovers up and down. To shop, to boss, to coax, to scold And secrets she should keep unfold Arc undisputed “woman's rights," In which all womankind delights. —N.. y. Herald,

Since it has been proven by thenew survey of our northern boundry that the Yukon gold fields, which were formerly believed to be in Alaska, are on the Canada side of the line, the British flag floats over them unchallenged. The American minert who had gone to the fields, do nos like it, and they do not like the Canadain mining laws, or Canadian taxation, or Canadian officials. The dedevelopement of the region will be less rapid than it would be if it were (under the American flag,—N. Y.. 9u n.

Why Did She Do It. I saw her strolling by the soa, A sweet, a shy and wihaomo miss, And as she slyly glanced at me, I threw her stoaltnily a kiss. - She looked around—the winsome miss— No prying eyas wore there to see; Responding to my waftid kiss, She waved her haadkorchiof to me. We’re married. She's no more a miss, And oft I ask myself in grief: Why did I throw that la til kiss? Why did she wave her handker chdefr —Boston Courier.