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VALENTINE
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A Xew York clergyman who recently
conducted a Sunday morning service
on Black wells Island learned that
there are at present fifteen college
graduates wearing the stripes In that
penitentiary
Twenty two turkey gobblers at New
Brunswick X J attacked a tramp
who had entered their lnclosure with
felonious intent and when he got away
he had no turkey nor as much clothes
or cuticle as when he started in
There is no royal road to wealth ana
there is no way to shoe a horse except
to nail on the shoe So says a black
smith and in proof of his assertion
he states that while nearly 200 patents
have issued for horseshoes and 6000
paid into the patent office at Washings
ton not one of the inventions has ever
been used
Nearly everybody learns to do some
thing nowadays The man or woman
of fashion usually plays on some musi
cal instrument or recites The newest
thing however is the mastering of the
art of the prestidigitateur Many of
the swell men have become adepts and
entertain their guests with tricks of
conjuring To do this well a quick eye
a dextrous hand and a ready tongue ara
necessary
The sending of cotton from the Soutn
to San Francisco for reshipment thence
to China and Japan is one of the anom
alies of commerce Cotton for the Ori
ent has hitherto been shipped entirely
from New Orleans and Mobile but the
demand has increased so enormously
In the last year that those ports alone
can no longer supply it and it has been
found necessary to send vast quantities
overland by rail to California
At Philadelphia a wagon loaded
with gasoline collided with an electric
car The wagon was demolished and
the oil flooded the street The accident
attracted the attention of a motorman
of another car who ran his car up to
the scene Seeing the oil running under
his car he turned on the current to get
away A spark from the wheel im
mediately ignited the gasoline fumes
and instantly the street was ablaze
Four pople were injured one seriously
and one horse was burned to death
It is the practical aspect of civil serv
ice reform that makes it unassailable
Great as its benefits are to the public
service they might not be able to pro
tect it against a combined attack in
Congress if the spoils system were
really as it was once thought to be a
strong tower of defense for the poli
tician He has learned that it is the
weakest point in his armor He in self
defense is now ranged with the friends
of good government on the side of civil
service reform
Hale the victorious cyclist not only
broke the wheeling record but the diet
ary score also On the first day his con
sumption of food by wight was 34
pounds on the second 59 pounds and
the total weight in six days was 162
pounds TMs goes beyond the perform
ance of the Zulu Kaffir who makes
nothing of consuming Jif teen or twenty
pounds of baked -elephants foot at a
sitting but who follows up his feast
with a fast of considerable duration
not trying to iive the pace for a week
together as Hale succeeded in doing
without apparently incurring any inr
jury
One of the largest nuggets of pure
gold of whieh record has been made
that was ever found in either North
or South America is says the New
York Sun now in the office of Carter
Hawley Co William street and Ex
change place It was found on a
placer mine in Dutch Guiana on the
north coast of South America in No
vember last It is in the shape of an
Irregular honeycombed triangular
plate that is about ten inches long on
the base line by six and a half inches
high to the apex and an inch and a half
thick It weighs T5G4 pounds troy and
seems to be pure enough to sell for 20
an ounce or 375360 for the wholf
mass
Senator Davjs of Minnesota says
that the country has never experienced
such hard times as in 1S57 Money
was not only scarce but there was no
money in circulation none to be had
anvwhere Along the Chippewa Black
Mississippi and other rivers
were legal tender In faet everything
that possessed any sort of value passed
as token money Up in Northern Wis
consin copper was mined and copper
cents were minted and issued by pri
vate Individuals The general store
keepers issued their own scrip and it
passed for money many a time We
had every kind of toen money except
wampum We get quite that far
back to the primitive method and me
dium of exchange
A Boston woman who has lately re
turned from England brought witft her
among other curiosities collected dur
ing a long residence abroad a piece of
fancy work which was pur chased at a
fashionable charity bazar in London
It is a knitted shawl about half a yard
square and its color is pink The ex
ecution is indifferent the usefulness or
the beauty of ibis article is nol
yet the present possessor values it
v beyondprce it js the handiwork of
- tine Queen of England and sent by her
io the bazar where itwasraflled for
TWs royil band made shawl a
guaranteed clstorette attached and
though not signed by the Lord Cham
berlain or the Prime Minister there is
a real Countess not to mention the
original owner to swear to the genu
ineness of the document going with
the article
A coffee merchant in Brooklyn hau
the impudence to go Into the business
of sugar refiping and thus become a
competitor of the sugar trust But he
is about to be well punished The sugar
trust has bought a tbig coffee factory
and will sell the product at a price
which this Brooklyn merchant cannot
meet And as soon as the Brooklyn
merchant is crushed the price of coffee
and sugar will be raised and the trust
will make good its loss and will take a
million or so in addition as payment for
the trouble this impudent fellow gave
it There is entirely too much imper
tinent criticism and rebellion against
these monopolies The independent
business men and the people generally
need to be taught their place It is
earnestly hoped that the monopolies
will be even more severe in the future
Put the screws on hard The break
wUl come the sooner
The Spanish news smiths at Havana
have a serious rival in the man who is
forgiug dispatches from the seat of war
in the Philippine islands He has even
a harder task to manufacture victories
for the Spaniards than the Havana men
have but he gives his stories a much
neater turn His report of the three at
tacks upon Noveletas reads very much
like the account the editor wrote of the
encounter he had with a war like vis
itor We inserted our nose he wrote
by an adroit movement into our antag
onists mouth and suddenly throwing
ourselves upon our back drew him down
upon us with great force He attempt
ed to strike us several times but we
cleverly caught the blows upon our eyes
and mouth and when we had tired him
out we allowed him to rise from his un
comfortable position This is how the
Spanish troops treated the Philippine
rebels
A taxidermist at Northwood N Y
has been making experiments as to the
effect of light reflected in a birds eye
A glass seven or eight inches in diam
eter has been fonud most serviceable
The antics of blue jays are remark
able when the light strikes them as
they sit in the shadow of an evergreen
tree They jump to another branch
and try to look into the light but they
have to turn away as the light dazzles
them Then they fly around the re
flector but after practice one is able
to keep the light always on them and
the birds not infrequently come within
reach of a mans hand A ruffed grouse
gives a startled look when the light
strikes it Then it jumps and away it
goes Hawks too are usually star
tled or annoyed so that they fly off
Woodpeckers dont seem to mind it at
all Rabbits blink and stare at a glass1
for a while then go around a stump
and sit up again as if waiting for the
light to play tag with them
In Kentucky even lynching is done in
so courteous a manner that the subject
is left nothing to desire For instance
the vigilance party at Owensboro did
not violate the sanctity of Christmas
day by their act but considerately
waited till 230 next day before ad
dressing themselves to the disagreea
ble but necessary task Even then
great consideration was shown for the
religious needs of the prisoner The re
port says that he was given ample
time to pray But when he had fin
ished his petition the lynchers proceed
ed resolutely and he was strangled to
death Even during the operation of
choking the alleged murderer to death
no disturbance occurred The dispatch
states that the lynching was the most
quiet and orderly perhaps ever con
ducted in the State and few persons
save those having business on the pub
lic square at the time knew anything
of it Here again we see that delicate
Kentucky consideration for the feel
ings of others Instead of whooping
and howling about and awakening
those who did not take part in the
ceremonies the participants conducted
themselves in a quiet and orderly
manner thus setting an admirable ex
ample for others
A bright young Chicago man nas
written an entertaining book of South
American travel which wins praise
from more people than his friends
but even the author must smile to read
in a Chicago Sunday newspaper the
following finale to a review of his book
How much do any of us know of South
America How many of us ever heard
that Venezuela meant originally Little
Venice and was so named by a Euro
pean Young Mr Morris deserves the
thanks of a public either too busy to in-
form itself about its own
sphere or too indifferent If the
vaior boy or mailing clerk who wrote
this enthusiastic review ever went to
school he would have known that Ven
ezuela Little Venice is popularly sup-
posed to have been so named by a Eu
ropean and not by an Australian bush-
man or an inhabitant of Mars as the
naive statement of the reviewer might
indicate He would also know that the
average American citizen is tolerably
well acquainted with the history and
geography of South America and can
distinguish between Simon and Patsy
Bolivar The reviewer should send toi
Washington and get the handbooks of
the bureau of American republics
Thea when the elevator shift is ehang i
ed lie can read p on a heap of things
he is iSeemingly unaware of
Dreadful how ts bicycle is run-
ning oats out of the jnarket Isnt iti
Yes it iff but the crap of wild oats
seems to be coming ajoflg about as usu
al Chicago News
H0RR0ES 01 FAMINE
APPALLING CALAMITY THREAT
ENS THE INDIAN EMPIRE j
Iilliousof Human Beinfrs May Pcnsh
as in 1S77 78 of Huncer and Pesli
lerce The Peoples Misarable Con
dition Measures of Kclief Revised
Ghastly Records or the Past
The famine prevailing in the north and
northwestern parts of India is according
to the best information available one of
the most appalling calamities which has
over visited the great peninsula The dis
trict affected is many thousand square
miles in extent and the failure of the
crops has been almost complete The mill
ions of India live from hand to mouth
and when from any cause even a single
crop fails the effect is at once apparent
in widespread suffering With 1250000
people on the verge of starvation in the
Deccan alone and the gloomiest prospects
in other great agricultural provinces the
civilized world may be shocked by a re
currence of the unspeakable horror of
such famines as those of 17G9 and 1877
7S when people died not by the thousand
or the ten thousand but by the million
The population of British India is now
estimated at 240000000 people twice as
many as the Roman empire had as its
period of greatest strength Nearly all
these millions are laborers living from
hand to mouth and the giving such sur
plus as they produce to support the Brit
ish imperial establishment and their own
priests and hereditary rulers
Indias Pitiable Condition
At best their condition is utterly mis
erable from any standpoint an American
can occupy in looking at them These
strange people living in the hotbed of na
tions speak a language which in some of
ine the great leveller brushes away dis
tinctions like cobwebs In the agonies of
hunger they forget the religion which
made them apathetic and meek and in
great crowds they throng around the
headquarters of the local governments
demanding bread with a fierceness which
gnawing hunger can inspire even in a
Hindoo the mildest of all slaves
During the famine period of 1877 7S
the British Government spent 40000000
in attempts at relief but in spite of air it
did in relief work there were 1550000
deaths in a single year in the single prov
ince of Madras
Horror of Pestilence
But famine is not the worst or per
haps it is truer to say the most formida
ble to the spectator for with it comes
pestilence At his best the Hindoo is
really half starved and in a famine year
he is inevitably a victim of the horrible
diseases of his condition and climate The
Tli Qrs r i i
223sa
DVING FKOU HUXGEK
ground parches under a sun which bakes
it until it is dust with no drop of moisture
anywhere to make even a cooling dew
The brooks vanish The rivers become
mere threads or dry up altogether The
pools of water on which the villages chief
ly rely are foul at best but in a prolonged
drought the water in them evaporates
until it is of the consistency of slime
And this slime foul with animal and
vegetable putrefaction the people must
drink as the horrors of thirst are added to
those of hunger Up from the dry
tmmm 111
wmMi pftswaaKi sii it
mWIml MmmwmmmPWim 111
HORDES OF STARVING PEOPLE SWARM THE ROADS IX INDIA
its dialects is so strikingly like our own
that there can be no doubt of their blood
relationship to us Yet they seem to be
utterly without the race impulses which
force the European into ceaseless activity
Given a thatched hut with a little rice or
grain enough to make a cake on the heat
ed stones of the hearth aud they do not
care for the future
The jungles near which they make their
villages are full of fierce quadrupeds and
yet more deadly reptiles Tigers kill and
devour them cobras sting them to such
an extent that the deaths from this cause
alone run into the thousands every year
The deadly miasma of the marsh and the
jungle saps their vitality until they are
STARVING X aHVES AT TUBULPORE
never more than half alive at best Yet
they live if not happily still with an apa
thetic content unknown to the Caucasian
In the best years they drag their ema
ciated bodies back and forth from their
work seemingly with no other use in the
world than to figure iu statistics illus
trating the greatness of the British em
pire to whose far distant seat of power
their surplus grain is shipped while they
live on as they have always lived from
hand to mouth in the most literal sense
of the word
With little or no clothing except a cot
ton rag with hardly enough to eat in a
week to keep an American laborer alive
for a day they are still peaceful un
complaining and seemingly contented as
long as they can manage to barely exist
Famine Levels All Castes
From year to year they barely exist
until the monsoon on which they depend
for rain fails them Then cornea famine
with pestilence in its train The streets
of the cities are filled with the cries of
women begging a morsel of food for their
starving children High bred gentlemen
and ladies of the Grahman caste who
dread thus breaking of caste laws worse j
than any ordinary death mingle in the
streets wjth pariahs and outcasts j
gles and the parched fields come dust
clouds laden with the seeds of death in
many forms and among them that swift
est and most dreaded of all forms of death
in Asia cholera Whole villages weak
ened by hunger are swept away by it
Father mother and children die together
There is no one to bury the dead Houses
in the outlying villages are filled with
corpses and the gaunt wolves and jack
als from the jungles are emboldened to
enter the deserted streets in search of the
food which famine though it has made
them lean in the beginning supplies them
in superabundance in the end
BLEACH THEIR OATS
An Illecral Practice Attributed
to
Chicairo Grain Dealers
Considerable interest has been aroused
over the discovery that oats bleached
with sulphur have been handled in the
Chicago market It is against the law
of the State to use such a process but the
poor quality of the present oats crop has
proved too great a temptation to certain
mixers who have brightened up the oats
with sulphur to help out poor lots The
fact became generally known when in
surance inspectors made a complaint to
two or three concerns and raised the in
surance on certain buildings Later all
the large concerns handling oats were
questioned as to whether they were using
sulphur Most of them denied it em
phatically The innocent ones in the trade
are highly incensed at the use of the
process by others as it is claimed it will
hurt the reputation of Chicago oats
Told in a Few Xines
The question of a century celebration of
the death of Edmund Burke is being
mooted in Ireland
Because he was out of money and had
nothing to live for Henry Miller also
spelled Mueller who was formerly a
prosperous butcher in Chicago shot him
self iu the left lung at San Francisco and
is now dying
Ahlwardt the notorious Anti Semitic
agitator and member of the German
reichstag who recently came to the Unit
ed States to organize a crusade against
the Hebrews in this country is said to
have deserted his family in Germany
The Pope has issued an order forbid
ding priests not belonging to the Roman
diocese to dwell in Rome under penalty of
suspension It also threatens measures
against the resident clergy who are seen
on the streets after the religious curfew
bell
The premises of the Russian Oil Com
pany at Purfleet Eng have been burned
doing immense damage Cataracts of
burning oil were poured into the Thames
illuminating the rirer from Greenwich
to Gravesend The Purfleet powder mag
azine and the Anglo American Oil Com
pjiny adjacent were saved by the efforts
of the fire brigade
NEW PLAN 0E FINANCE
WORK OF THE CONFERENCE AT
INDIANAPOLIS
Declares for Gold for the Retirement
of Treasury- Notes for Freer Bank
ing and for a Monetary Commission
to Suggest lief or ms
The Pcheme in Detail
The work of the monetary conference at
Indianapolis is finished
After all the States had submitted plans
for reforming the currency it was clear
that there was no substantial agreement
as to what should be done and that there
was considerable difference of opiuion as
to the proper mode of procedure The
committee on resolutions composed of one
delegate from each State examined care
fully all the manuscripts filed with it
and after a session of twelve hours the
following resolutions were unanimously
recommended
This convention declares that It has be
come absolutely necessary that a consistent
straightforward and deliberately planned
monetary system shall be inaugurated the
fundamental basis of which should be
1 That the present gold standard should
be maintained
2 That steps should be taken to Insure
the ultimate retirement of all classes of Uni
ted States notes by a gradual and steady
process and so as to avoid injurious contrac
tion of currency or disturbance of the busi
ness interests of the country and that until
such retirement provision shall be niaile for
a separation of the revenue and note issue
departments of the treasury
3 That a banking system be provided
which should furnish credit facilities to ev
ery portion of the country and an elastic cir
culation especially with a view of securing
such a distribution of the loanable capital of
the country as will tend to equalize the rates
of Interest in all parts thereof For the pur
pose of effectually promoting the above ob
jects
Resolved That fifteen members of this
convention be appointed by the Chairman
to act as an executive committee while this
convention is not in session with the full
powers of this convention The executive
committee shall have the power to increase
its membership to any number not exceeding
fort3 five and five members thereof shall at
all times constitute a quorum of said com
mittee
The Executive Committee shall have spe
cial charge of the solicitation receipt and
disbursement of contributions voluntarily
made for all purposes shall have power to
call this convention together again when
and whore it may seem best to said commit
tee to do and said committee shall con
tinue in office with power to fill vacancies
until discharged at a future meeting of this
convention
Itesolved That it shall be the duty of this
Executive Committee to endeavor to procure
at the special session of Congress which it
is understood will be called in March next
legislation calling for the appointment of a
monetary commission by the President to
consider the entire question and to report to
Congress at the earliest day possible or
falling to secure the above legislation they
are hereby authorized and empowered to se
lect a commission of eleven members ac
cording to the rules and plans set forth in
the suggestions submitted to the convent010
by Mr Hanua of Indianapolis as follonvs
Article 1 The commission snnW
eleven members to be named by ft Fxecu
tive Committee appointed by ttirt ftnven
tion The Executive Coram If te sufiRWiave
power to fill vacancies In th Ccmiteiona3
they may occur
Art 2 The first meeting the commis
sion shall be held at a time nd place to be
designated by the Executive Committee of
this convention in a call f be Issued there
for and at such meeting the commission
shall organize by the elec Joa of such officers
and the adoption of sucn rut s and by laws
for its own government as may be agreed
by a majority of its merfs and thereafter
it shall be governed 1 snclr ruIes and by
laws subject to these Articles
Art 3 All raids an by laws of the com
mission and all Its proceedings shall be di
rected toward the accniplishment of the ob
ject of Its creationTTUIch Is to make a
thorough investigation of the monetary af
faire and needs of this country in all rela
tions and aspects and to make appropriate
suggestions as to any evils found to exist
and the remedies th6refor and no limit is
placed upon the scope of such inquiry or
the manner of conducting the same except
ing only that the expenses thereof shall not
exceed the sums set apart for such purpose
by the Executive Committee
Art 4 The Executive Committee of this
convention shall use so much of the volun
tary contributions made to it as may be avail
able for that purpose to defray alf necessary
expenses of the commission and shall notify
the commission from time to time of the
amount so available in order that It may
regulate its expenditures accordingly and
no liability shall attach to said committee or
to this convention beyond the amount so
notified
Art 5 When the labors of this commission
have been completed so far as practicable
the Executive Committee if it deems it ad
visable shall issue a call to bring this con
vention together again at a time and place
designated in such call and at the meeting
so convened the commission shall make re
port of its doings and suggestions in such
manner and form as it shall deem best
adapted to present to this convention and
its members for action and if legislation is
deemed impossible shall accompany such re
port v ith a draft of such bill or bills provid
ing for such legislation
Itesolved That all resolutions and com
munications as to methods of currency re
form which have been presented to this con
vention be referred to such commission
when formed
This plan was put together by TV B
Dodge of Minneapolis M E Ingalls of
Ohio Rufus B Bullock of Georgia X- E
Fletcher of Michigan and Charles I Lib
bey of Maine In committee there was a
long debate
J H Walker of Massachusetts chair
man of the Committee on Banking and
currency of the national House of Rep
resentatives attacked the plan He de-
nothing more to say
The previous question was demanded
Congressman Fowler seeing that the con
vention was against him withdrew his
proposed amendment to the report of the
committee and the committee report was
adopted
Cigar Box Cedar Scare
There is said to be a scarcity of CV
ban cedar for cigar boxes since the out
break of the revolution in that country
A good substitute and one often used
however is cumber wood which la
dyed to the popular color
It requires only the necessary cir
cumstances to make any man a liar
SLAUGHTER IN CUBA
Despratc Battle Takes Place inc
Which Jlany Itfen Arc Lost
The- Xew York Press claims to have re
ceived news through private channels that y
Gen Maximo Gomez stormed and cap- F
tured the important city of Santa Clara
on Tan 9 and is now moving on Havana
with 8000 men The famous cavalry
leader Quiutin Banderas was mortally
wounded according to the Press and1
Gen Luque commanding the Spanish
was also wounded The news received
said that the losses were Spanish esti
mated killed and wounded 000 prisoners
700 cannons captured IS battle stand
ards 4 rifles in the Spanish arsenal 5
000 with plenty of ammunition Cubans
killed and wounded 1500 which is GOO
more than the Spanish loss The Press
quotes Carlos Roloff as saying the report
is credited
A Havana dispatch to the World says
couriers who have slipped through the
Spanish lines in Matanzas province
bring the news that Gen Gomez is un
doubtedly marching on Havana slowly
but surely and that his advance guard
is laying in waste the country as they
proceed In less than a week the ad
vance guard of Gomezs army has destroy
ed by fire twenty one of the most valuable
estates in the province of Matanzas and
the work of destruction continues as the
army moves along The people of Ha
vana are at last becoming thoroughly
alarmed at the situation and all who pos
sibly can have already left the place
Those who have been detained are mak
ing preparations to leave with all possible
haste Many of those who have been out
wardly loyal to Spain have lost all confi
dence in Gen Weylers ability to handle
the insurgents and they now actually
fear for the safety of Havana Skir
mishes occur every day in Pinar del Rio
The insurgents are under command bT
Ruis Rivera
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS FOR 1896
Statement Relating to Merchandise
Gold and Silver Issned
The monthly statement of the exports
and imports of merchandise gold and sil
ver for the month of December liJOG and
for the twelve months of the calendar
year 1S9G shows as follows Exports of
domestic merchandise during December
10128334 and for the year 0SGS71
23G This is a gain of 2o02000 for the
month as compared with the December
1S93 and a gain for the year of S179
12S000 The imports of merchandise
during December amonnted to S579oG
009 and for the yeir GS055G223 Of
the amount for theyear 321951526 was
free of duty and 358 6047wtr hiir
be- The azfwifc ine month is about S4
and the loss for the year about
T121 113000 The exports of goldduring
December amounted to 403S5G and the
imports to 25722J1 For the vear the
exports aggregated 5G742844 and the
imports 102700438 The silver exports
during December amounted to GS19545
and the ipports to 1279S01 During
the year the exports amounted to G3
029336 and the imports to 12504577
- 59v Oil
Out in San Francisco that Durant case
still continues to hang while Durant him
self doesnt Cincinnati Commercial Bul
letin
The murders of 1S9G exceed those of
1S95 but then last years comic songs
certainly were a good deal more irritating
Cleveland Plain Dealer
It appears that there is an impression
among some persons that they canTiake
good bank officials of themselves by Com
mitting suicide Xew York Journal
Xow Xew York has begun a war on the
tall church bonnet This loks very like
a movement against feminine piety in
its most popular form Boston Herald
We are sure that this Mr Angel who
wants to come to the Senate from Idaho
would feel very much out of place on the
roll call of that body Washington Post
Georgia is unable to see why such a
pother should be made over Kentuckys
six lynchings in six days Georgia some
times has nearly that many on one limb
at a time Kansas City Journal
Recent events in Western banking cir
cles are likely to increase the popularity of
the stocking heel and the chimney as
places of safe deposit for people of a sav
ing disposition Xew York Press
It was very thoughtful in the makers of
Xew Year calendars to have the figures
so large and black Hang one of em on
the wall and you can tell when a note falls
due without getting out of bed Atlanta
Constitution
xne delights of holiday buying have
now been followed by the equally keen
pleasures of nost holidiv hnrninhnTit
clared that but for this convention Con- ing and the soul of the shopping woman
gress would have come forward with j is full of energetic peace and joy Bal-
some scheme for the reformation of the
currency system
Congressman Fowler of Xew Jersey de
clared that any commission appointed by
the convention or at its suggestion would
seem to the Committee on Currency and
Banking and the Senate Finance Commit
tee as bearing the assumption that the
members of those committees are not able
to draw a bill for bringing about the re
form sought The members of Congress
are not absolutely ignorant said he and
al the wisdom of the country is not out
side
J H Rhodes of Massachusetts sustain
ed the plan in a speech that charged Con
gresses for ten years back with indiffer
ence to petitions appeals and popular
demand
timore American
China is establishing schools for the
teaching of English It is not surmised
however that the demand for teachers
will interfere to any considerable extent
with the laundry business in this country
Houston Post
Mayor Pennoyer of Portland Ore de
cided that his salary was too large and so
he offered to give back one half of it
There are various degrees of this malady
but it is not very often elected to office
Baltimore American
White Ghost a Sioux chief has gone to
Washington to collect a little bill of 200-
000 said to be due his tribe If he is
cessful in his errand it will not be
sarv for this Ghost to walk h ipfc fnr inrlr
There was uproarious applause from all f car fare Xew York Press
parts of the hall When it had subsided Frederick Starr professor of
Mr Walker said If this sentiment is to pology at the Chicago University an-
be applauded in this convention I have nounces that the American Deonle are de-
j generating into Indians This theory ac-
counts for the increasing popularity of
the college yell Chicago Journal
j One of the most sublime and ridiculous
attributes of human nature is the peren
nial assumption that if a few men will
meet and pass a law against an evil that
evil will at once get scared and flee to
parts unknown St Louis Republic
I It is reported that a woman in Philadel
phia who has been a kleptomaniac has
been permanently enred by a surgical ope
ration The surgeons have not yet re
ported the nature of the operation but if
it simply involves the amputation of her
j fingers the cure Is not a discovery worth
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