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THE SALVATION ARMY GIRL.
She wears a plain poke bonnet, ouch as mother
used to wear
Some thirty years ago or more, and doss not
crvaip her o-iir,
But wears it plain in satin bands smoothed
soIUv Irom her brow
To shuw heT furehead in a way Dame Fashion
don't aliow.
he isn't much on style you see, ulie is not in
the whirl.
Yet everybody stops to bless the
Sweet
Salvation
Girl.
No silks and satins riots she wear, but just a
plain attire
Of some dark, rouh material, to which a touch
of lire
Is given by a little gleam of scarlet, and her
shoes
Are not of rich, embroidered kid, such as our
ladies use;
TFkey're made to plod throura mud and slush
when giddy snowfial.es whirl.
And children s tar vuig rise to bless the
Sweet
Salvation
Girl.
f hrouph alleys dark at nig-htfulL where the
shadows thickly he,
Where crime ami want walk hand in hand be
neath the starry sky,
Where lever-racked, pale women lie anvi chil
dren cry lor bread,
"Where hearts that once were light aj air are
heavy now as lead.
Che wanders like an angel sent from Heaven's
ca'.es cif pearl,
ir she is mercy's messecrer. the
Sweet
Salvation
GirL
Where ribald oaths from crime-siained lips es
cape upon the air.
Where scarlet women wait their prey she moves
with whispered prayer,
And at her coming oaths are stilled and eyelids
till with tears
As nsem'ries waken of a past that has been
dead for years.
Eer hands are nc t as white as those you clasp
in fash on's whirl,
.Eut well she does her Master's work, the
Sweet
Salvation
. GirL
I reckon when the books of God are balanced
up above.
Where autrel bands the records keep of deeds
of hate and love;
When from the past's great sepulchre the
stones are rolled awav
And every deed accomplished here stands out
as ciear as day
Tou'11 find her srnndins near the throne inside
the gates of pearl
With harp in hand and crown of gold, the
Sweet
Salvation
Girl.
Chicago Dispatch.
OLD EIGHTY-SIX.
How Brave John
gained a Lost
Sagrgart
Position.
Re-
John Saggart stood in a dark corner
of the terminus, out of the rays of the
flittering arc lamps, and watched
engine No. bO. The engineer was oil
ing her and the fireman, as he opened
the furnace door and shoveled in the
coal, stood out like a red Rembrandt
picture in the cab against the darkness
beyond. As the engineer with his oil
can went carefully around No. bC, John
Saggart drew his sleeve across his eyes
and a gulp came up in his throat. lie
knew every joint and bolt in that con
trary old engine the most cantanker
ous iron brute on the road, and yet, if
rightly managed, one of the swiftest
and most powerful engines the com
pany had. notwithstanding the many
improvements that had been put upon
locomotives since old M left the
foundry.
Saggart, as hi stood there, thought of
-the seven years he had put in on the
loot board of old 60, and the many
tricks she had played hin- during that
period. If, as the poet says, the very
chains and the prisoner become
friends through long association, it
may be imagined bow much of a man's
affection goes out to a machine that he
thoroughly understands and likes a
machine tha; is bis daily companion
ior years, in danger and out of
It. No. 86 and John had been in
many a close pinch together and at
this moment Saggart Beemed to have
forgotten that often the pinch was
-caused by the pure cusseuness of SO
herself, and Le remembered only that
she had bravely done her part sev--eryl
times when the situation was ex
ceedingly serious.
The cry of "all aboard!" rang out
and was echoed down from the high
arched roof of the great terminus, and
John, with a sigh, turned from his
contemplation of the engine and went
to take his place oa the train. It was
long train, with many sleeping cars
at the end of it, for the heavy Christ,
mns trafiie was on, and the people were
.petting out of town by the hundreds.
The engineer had put away h 6 oil can
and had taken his place on the engine,
6tanding ready to begin the long jour
ney the moment the signal was given.
John Saggart climbed into the smok
inir carriage at the front part of the
train, lie found a place in one of the
forward seats and he sank down into it
with a vague feeling ol uneasiness at
"being inside a coach instead of on the
-engine He gazed out of the window
and savv the glittering electric lights
slowly slide behind, then more quickly
the red, green and white lights of the
station lamps and finally there flick
ered swiftly past the brilliant constel
latiou of city windows, slowing iiat
the town had not yet gone to bed, At
la-st the flying train plungtd inti the
-dark country and Saggart Jressed his
f acy against the cold glass of the wiu--dow,
unable to shake off his feeling cf
responsibility, olthcvrrb he kierr ti nt
there was a"iobr ni.-n Ji the -.i.rot'..-.'.
He was n'O'.'ed Irc.m his rev-rie by a
touch on his shoulder and a curt re
quest: "Tickets, please."
lie pulled out of his pocket a pass
and turned to baud it to the conductor,
who etoi.d there with a glittering
plated and crystal lantern on bis arm.
"Hello, John, is that yos?" cried tie
Xonduotor as soon as he saw the face
itnrned toward him. "Hang it, man,
7on didn't need a pass traveling wits
sne.-
'I know it," said the engineer, "but
they gave it to me to take me home, and
1 may as well use it as not. I don't
want to gt t you into trouble."
"Oh, I'd risk the trouble," said the
conductor, placing the lamp on tbe
Uoor and taking his seat beside the en
gineer. "I heard about your w jrry t3
day. It's too cursed bad. If a man
had got drunk at his post, as you and I
have known 'em to do, it wouldn't
have seeu.ed so hard, but, at its .worst,
your case was only an error of judg
ment, and then nothing really hap
pened. Old S6 teems to have the
habit of pulling herself through. I sup
pose you and she have been in worse
fixes than that with not a word said
bout it"
"Oh, yes," said John. "We've been
in many a tight place together; but
we won't be any inore. It's tough, as
yon say. I've been fifteen years with
the company and seven on old t6, and
at first it comes mighty hard. Hat I
suppose I'll get used to it."
"Look here, John." said the conduc
tor, lowering his voice to a confiden
tial tone, "the president of the road is
with ns to-night. His private car is
the last but one on the train. How
would it do to speak to him? If you're
afraid to tackle him I'll put in a word
for j-ou in a minute acd tell him your
side of the story."
John Saggart shook his head.
"It wouldn't do," he said. "He
wouldn't overrule what one of his sub
ordinates had done, unless there was
serious injustice in the case. It's the
new manager, you know. There's
alva3"S trouble with a new manager.
He sweeps clean. And I suppose he
thinks by bouncing one of the oldest
engineers on the road he'll scare the
rest."
"Well. I don't think much of him, be
tween ourselves," said the conductor,
"what do you think he has done to
night? lie's put a new man on 86 a
man from one of the branch lines who
doesn't know the road. I doubt if he's
ever bjen over the main line before.
Now it's an anxious enough time for
me with all the Christmas trafiie mov
ing, with the thermometer at zero, and
the rails like glass, and I like to have
a man in the front I can depend on."
"It's bad enough not to know the
road," said John, gloomily, "but it's
worse not to know old 86. She's a
brute if she takes a notion."
"I don't suppose there's another en
gine that could draw this train and
keep her time."
-"o. She'll do her work all right if
you'll humor her," admitted Saggart,
who could not conceal his love for the
engine, even while he blamed her.
"Well," said the conductor, rising
and picking up his lantern, "the man
in front may be all right, but I would
feel safer if you would be further
ahead on the train than the smoker.
I'm sorry I can't offer you a berth to
night, John, but we're full clear
through to the rear lights. There isn't
even a vacant upper on the train."
"Oh, it doesn't matter," said Sag
gart. "I couldn't sleep, anyhow. I'd
rather sit here and look out the win
dow." "Well, so long," said the conductor.
"I'll drop in and see you as the night
passes on."
Sasrgart lit his pipe and gazed out
into the darkness. He knew every
inch of the road all the up-grades and
the down-grades and the levels. He
knew it even better in the darkest
night than in the clearest day. Oeca
sional'y the black bulk of a barn or a
clump of trees showed for one moment
against the less black sky and Saggart
wuld say to himself: "Now he should
shut off an inch of steam!" or "Now he
should throw her wide open."
The train tiade few stops, but he
sa w that the- were losing time 8t was
silking, very likely. The thought of
tke engine turned his mind to his own
fate. No man was of very much use in
the world, after all, for the moment he
steps down another is ready to stand
in his place. The wise men in the city
who had listened to his defense knew
so well that an engine was merely a
combination of iron, steel and brass,
and that a given number of pounds of
steam would get it over a g-iren num
ber of miles in a given number of
hours, had smiled incredulously when
he told them that an engine had her
tantrums and that sometimes she had
to be coddled up like any other fe
male, and that even when a man did
his best there were occasions when
nothing he could do would mollify her,
and then there was sure to be trouble,
although, John had added, in his de
sire to be fair, that she was always
sorry for it afterwards, which remark,
to his confusion, had turned the smile
into a laugh.
He wondered what 60 thought of the
new man. Not much, evidently, for
she was losing time which she had no
business to do on that section of the
road. Still, it might be the fault of the
new man not knowing when to push
her for all she was worth and when ',o
ease up. All these things go to the
making up of time. Still, it was more
than likely that old (SO, like Gilpin's
horse, was wondering more and more
what thing upon her back had got.
"He'll have trouble," muttered John to
himself, "when she finds out."
The conductor came in again and sat
down beside the engineer. He said
nothing, but sat there sorting out his
tickets while Saggart gazed out of the
window. Suddenly the engineer sprang
to his feet with his eyes wide open. The
train was swaying from side to side and
going at great speed.
The conductor looked up with a
xmile.
'Old 80," he said, "is evidently going
to make up for lost time."
ch c.h--,vH be slowinc down for
cri-v-.ir. x i-U.- U. & M. liue," answered
the engineer. "Good heavens!" he
cried a moment after. "We've gone
across the G, &. M. track on the keen
Jump!"
The condnctor sprang to his feet. He
knew the seriousness of such a thing.
Even the fastest expresses must stop
dead before crossing; on the level the
line of another railway. It is the law.
"Doesn't that jay in front know
enough to stop at a crossing?"
It isn't that," said Saggart "B
knows all light, even the train boys
know that. Old 80 has tblc-n the b t
betwe-en her teeth; shes ruun.ing away
with him; he can't stop her. Where do
you pass No. 6 to-night?"
"At Pointsville."
"That's six miles ahead. In five
minutes at this rate we'll be running
on her time and her track. She's al
ways late, and won't be on the side
track. I must get to 80."
Saggart quickly made his way
through the baggage car, climbed on the
express car and jumped on the coal of
the tender. He cast his eye up the
track and saw glimmering in the dis
tance, like a faint, wavering star, the
headlight of No. 6. Looking down into
the cab, he took in the situation at a
glance. The engineer, with fear in his
face and beads of perspiration on his
brow, was throwing his whole weight
on the lever, the fireman helping hi in.
John leaped down to the floor of tae
cab.
"Stand aside!" he shouted, and there
was such a ring of confident command
in his voice that both men instantly
obeyed.
Saggart grasped the lever and, in
stead of trying to shut off steam, flung
it wide open. No. 80 gave a quiver and
a jump forward.
"You old fiend," muttered John be
tween his clinched teeth. Then he
pushed the iever home and it slid into
place as if there never had been any
impediment- The steam was shut off,
but the lights of Pointsville flashed
past them with the empty sidetrack on
the left, and they were now flying along
the single line of rails, with the head
light of No. C growing brighter and
brighter front of them.
"Reverse her! Reverse her!" cried
the other engineer, with a tremor of
fear in his voice.
"Reverse nothing," said Saggart;
"she'll slide ten miles if you do. Jump
if you are afraid."
The man from the branch line jumped
promptly.
"Save yourself," said Saggart to the
brakeman, "there's bound to be a
smash.'"
"I'll stick by you, Mr. Saggart," said
the fireman, who knew him. But hia
hand trembled.
The airbrake was grinding the lor.g
train and sending a shiver of fear
through every timber, but the rails
were slippery with the frost and the
train was still going very fast. At
the right moment John reversed the
engine and the sparks flew up from her
great drivers like a Catherine wheel.
"Brace yourself," cried Saggart.
"No. 6 is backing up, thank God!"
Next instant the crash came. Two
headlights and two cowcatchers went
to flinders, and the two trains stood
there with horns locked, but with no
great damage done except a shaking
up for a lot of panic-stricken pas
sengers. The burly engineer of No. 6 jumped
down and came forward, his mouth
full of oafhs.
"What do you mean, running on our
time like this? Hello, is that you.
Saggart? I thought there was new
man on to-night. I didn't expect this
from you. "
"It's all right, Billy. It wasn't the
new man's fault. He's back in the
ditch with a broken leg, I should say
from the way he jumped. Old 80 is t-3
blame. She got on the rampage. Toole
advantage of the greenhorn."
The conductor came running up.
"How is it?"' he cried.
"It's all right. No. 86 got her nose
broke, and served her right, that's all.
Tell the passengers there's no danger
and get 'em on board. We're going to
back up to Pointsville. Better send
the brakeman to pick up the other en
gineer. The ground's hard to-night,
and he may be hurt."
"I'm going back to talk to the presi
dent," said the conductor, emphatical
ly. "He's in a condition of mind to
listen to reason, judging from the
glimpse I got of his face at the door of
his car a moment ago. Either he rein
states you or I go gathering tickets on
a street car. This kind of thing is too
exciting for my nerves."
The conductor's interview with the
president of the road was apparently
satisfactory, for old No. 80 is trying to
lead a better life under the guidance
of John Saggart. Luke Sharp, in De
troit Free Press.
Mr. Murphy's Ticket.
It is often remarked that an unac
customed traveler can get on pretty
well if he will keep his eyes and ears
open. A native of Ireland landed at
Greenock, and wanted to take the traic
to Glasgow.
Never having been in a railway sta
tion before, he did not know how to
get his ticket, but he saw a lady going
in, and determined to follow her lead.
The lady went to the ticket box, and
putting down her money, said: "Mary
hill single."
Her ticket was duly handed to her.
and she walked away.
Pat promptly planked down his mon
ey, and shouted: "Patrick Murphy,
married!" Youth's Companion
Hia Own Offspring;-
There was a crowd of excited darkles
in a dark alley gathered around twi
negro boj-s who had clinched each
other and were fighting away for dear
life on the ground. There was one
negro man present, and he urged the
combatants not to give up.
"Gouge him in de eye. Bill! Sam, if
you give in I'll tan jer hide feryer.
If you whip Bill I'se got a quarter fer
yer. Chaw de end of his nose, Sam."
A well-dressed gentleman stopped
and said to the negro man:
You ought to be ashamed of your
self to encourage those boys to fipht."
"Why. boss, dem's my owp chil
druns." Texas Sif tings.
A resident of Chisholm Islands, S.
C, during the October storm, saved
thirty-five persons as th.e waters were
sweeping thorn past his door.
Den was a low place, hence Alten,
Dean, Brogden. Wolfenden, Foxden,
Buckden, Bugden, Rayden, Cowden,
Berden, Sowden, Ogden and othtra.
A PROPER COURSE.
Tbe President's Wise Treatment e-T tbs
Hawaiian Question.
No fair-minded person can read Pres
ident Cleveland's message on the Ha
waiian affair without coming to the
conclusion that the president and the
secretary of state are absolutely right
in every position they have taken with,
regard to this unfortunate business.
No state paper concerning a similar
subject has ever come from the execu
tive office that reflected more honor
upon our government, and of which
every patriotic American citizen had
more reason to be proud. It sets, forth
once more in a plain, clear and candid
way the well-established facts of the
overthrow of the Hawaiian govern
ment by a small band of conspirators
under the instigation of the American
minister and with the aid of United
States troops facts bo well verified by
documentary proof and all manner of
conclusive evidence that the most un
scrupulous partisan mendacity has not
been able to obscure them. It is well
that the president's message shows
more fully than it has been officially
shown heretofore how the American
minister had for years been bent upon
accomplishing the annexation of the
Hawaiian islands to the United States;
how he had j-earned for the "golden
hour" of opportunity; how he had
asked the state department to permit
him to use the United States forces in
Hawaiian waters for purposes beyond
the mere protection of the American
legation and of the lives and property
of American citizens; and how, when
he thought the "golden hour" had ar
rived, he used the United States forces
even to the extent of committing an
unjustifiable act of war against a
friendly government.
What interests the American people
most at the present moment is the con
duct of our own government under such
circumstances. The government of
Hawaii had been stolen, and offered to
the United States in hot haste by the
thieves. President Harrison so Mr.
Cleveland generously presents the case
was misled by artful misrepresenta
tions into a hasty acceptance of the
stolen goods, and submitted a treaty of
annexation to the senate. But Mr.
Cleveland's administration, having
taken office fortunately before annexa
tion was consummated, easily detected
that there was a grave discrepancy be
tween the assumption of Mr. Harrison,
that "the overthrow of the monarchy
in Hawaii was not in any way pro
moted by tnis government," and the
protest of the queen, declaring that
she had surrendered to the superior
force of the United States, and that she
therefore confidently submitted the
case to the enlightened justice of the
government of this republic. It was in
obedience to the simple dictate of com
mon honesty that President Cleveland
withdrew the annexation treaty from
the senate and sent a man of high char
acter and known ability and experi
ence to Hawaii to ascertain the facts.
Mr. Blount, the agent selected, had en
joyed the rare distinction, when
leaving congress after many years of
service, of carrying with him expres
sions of the highest regard from lead
ing members of both political parties.
No man ever thought of questioning
his universally recognized integrity un
til, after a conscientious endeavor to
ascertain, and with a firm determina
tion to speak, the truth, he told the
whole story of the theft of a country,
and thus incurred the rage of those
who found themselves balked in the in
iquitous attempt to profit from the dis
graceful transaction.
The president and the secretary of
state have done their duty. Now let
the unscrupulous ranters in congress
who have so wildly vociferated against
the administration show what remedy
they have to propose, consistently with
American honor, integrity, and mor
ality. Mere denunciation will no
longer serve. On the bare assumption
that the president had ordered the
queen of Hawaii to be reinstated by
force of arms, without authority from
congress, they have hurled against the
president vilification without measure,
even to the threat of impeachment.
The message, showing that the presi
dent has remained strictly within hi9
constitutional limits, covers them with
confusion and shame. They are ex
posed as wanton calumniators. Their
rage may grow more desperate, but it
will also become more harmless every
day. "If national honesty is to be dis
regarded," says the president, "and a
desire for territorial extension, or dis
satisfaction with a form of government
not our own, ought to regulate our con
duct, I have entirely misapprehended
the mission and character of our gov
ernment, and the behavior which the
confidence of our people demands of
their public servants." Let the presi
dent rest assured that, the demagogues
notwithstanding, the American people
are neither fools nor knaves. Their
conception of the mission and character
of our government corresponds with
his own. Their sense of justice will
stand by him, and turn his severest
trial into his most signal triumph.
Harper's Weekly.
Exmr Reed's Fallacies.
'r. Reed says that American prod
ucts cannot be sold except at a loss
unless their price can be increased by
putting a tax on competition, and he
adds that "sales at a loss cannot long
continue" This is a very unflattering,
and. we believe, a false view to take of
the enterprise and ability of American
manufacturers and workmen. They
produce many things now cheaper than
they can be made abroad. , They prove
it by selling in foreign markets. They
can produce many others more cheap
ly when their crude materials and ma
chinery are untaxed. But it is a poor
rule that does not work both ways.
Mr. Reed implies that the foreigner
pays the tariff tax. Can he tell how
the foreigner managed to pay $199,143,
000 in duties last year upon goods val
ued at $400,282,000? It was but a frac
tion short of 50 per cent, of the value
of the goods which, according to Reed,
the foreign producers paid for the priv
ilege of selling in our market. Where
are the profits in such a transaction?
Is Mr. Reed fooled himself, or is he try
ing to fool the people? N. Y. World.
TARIFF TRUTHS.
Motives Promptlne tbe Wilson Commit
ter in Tbelr lelibertlons-.
The report of the majority of the
ways and means committee on the bill
for the reform and reduction of the
tariff is likely to go into history as one
of the chief document brought out by
a radical and beneficent change in the
fiscal policy of the country. It is an
extremely able paper, dear and firm in
statement of principle, temperate and
prudent in spirit, logical in argument
and practical in its method of dealing
with a problem that has become ex
traordinarily complex. The committee
recognize the mandate f the American
people, given to the majority in con
gress, as they justly say "after the full
est and most thorough debate ever
given bv anv people to their fiscal pol
icy." That mandate required that the
present tariff, "wrong in principle and J
grievously unjust in operation," should j
be revised in the lightf of the law that
"the power of taxation has no lawful i
or constitutional exercise, except for i
providing revenue for the support of i
the government." But the committee ;
also recognize that the revision of the :
tariff in the light of this high law can- I
not proceed suddenly and violently;
that "great interests do exist whose j
existence and prosperity it is no part
of our (their) reform either to imperil ;
or to curtail;" and "that in dealing
with the tariff question, as with every j
other long-standing abuse that has in- j
terwoven itself with our social or in- i
dustrial system, the legislator must al
ways remember that in the beginning
temperate reform is safest, having inv
itself the principle of growth."
This statement is fully sustained in
the body of the report discussing the
various changes made by the bilL The
object of the committee has been to
abolish or reduce the duties on the
materials of manufacture; to reduce
in a corresponding degree the duties
on the finished product into which
these materials enter; to lighten the
taxes on the necessaries of life; to
abolish duties that were prohibitory,
and to emancipate at once commerce
and industry from unnecessary restric
tions. We do not think that it can,
with any show of reason, be denied
that the bill honestly and practically
meets these ends. It has been neces
sary to some extent to keep in view the
temporary needs of the treasury, and
that is to be regretted, but the commit
tee are perfectly justified in inferring
that the opinion of the country will
sustain them in not allowing these
needs to interfere with substantial
compliance with the will of the people,
as shown clearly and repeatedly at the
polls.
It remains for the republicans to de
cide in what way they will meet the
question which is now before congress,
brought there by the decisive action of
the voters after full discussion with
the utmost deliberation. Will they
content themselves with fair and rea
sonable discussion, or will they resort
to dilatory tactics, to purely factious
talk, with the hope of wearying the
country with uncertainty? If they are
either patriotic or wise they will not
take the latter course. A tariff reform
bill is bound to pass. They cannot
prevent, though they may postpone, its
passage. The particular class whom
the republicans in congress assume to
represent the manufacturers will
suffer more from the uncertainty,
doubt and confusion attending a tedi
ous delay than any other class. But
they will not be the only ones to suf
fer. The country has passed through
a most trying season of suspense and
depression. Its energies are reawaken
ing, and it is preparing to resume pros-
perous activity in all branches of busi
ness. Uncertainty in any branch must
defer the recovery in alL Will the re
publicans make themselves responsible
for such an untoward and unnecessary
addition to the d.fficulties of ail busi
ness men? That is the question they
will have to decide. They have now
a very moderate and fair bill before
them. They cannot justly complain of
radical or extreme propositions. They
may be sure of one thing, that none so
moderate will ever again be offered,
and that whatever change takes place
in public sentiment will be in the di
rection of more drastic and immediate
reform. Every consideration of honor
and interest alike impels them to mod
eration. If they fail to be moderate
their accounting will be sure and
swift. N. Y. Times.
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.
The arguments of the republican
editors do not fit the case. The pres
ent congress was not commissioned to
frame a manufacturers' tariff. N. Y.
World.
A year ago Mr. Stevens was not
so hot for a republic in Hawaii as he is
now. He thought the country would
do well enough "as a crown colony of
Great Britain." Louisville Courier
Journal. The republicans say that they
are bound to come back into power if
the Wilson bill is passed, and yet they
are doing all they can to prevent its
passage. What's the explanation?
Detroit Free Press.
These are the selfish plutocrats
who raised no employe's wages when
they obtained the additional "protec
tion" of the McKinley bilL pocketing
the new bounty themselves. But when
it is proposed to reduce that bounty
they declare their purpose to make la
bor pay them the difference and to
proscribe skilled and faithful workmen
for opinion's sake. McKinleyism will
go the more surely for such action.
N. Y. World.
The desire of g. o. p. oracles to
cross the tariff bridge before they
reach it is indicative of an anxiety
which augurs well for the cause of re
form. They already have the Wilson
bill torn to tatters in the senate, and
foresee a total collapse of democratic
prospects in that body. It will be well
enough for the country to wait devel
opments in the senate, which is not
now under the control of the republican
w hoopers or organs. The political fal
lacies that the latter are preaching are
such as to induce a belief that their
prophecies, like dreams, should be in
terpreted by the rule of contraries.
Detroit Froe Pr
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Ivan Riaboshapka. probaldy the
most famous of the leaders of Russian
.Mundism. who for some months past
has been lying in jail in Elizabethgrad,
has just been banished, by administra
tive order and forwarded to Gerusi. a
place in the wilds of me of the prov
inces of Transe.mcaskiL He is ovef
sixty years of age.
Capt. Isaac ltassett has just com
pleted his sixty-second yvar of continu
ous service in the employ 'of the Unitx-d
States senate. He Wcran us a page,
appointed on the recommendation of
Daniel Webster, and to-day his face is
as rosy, his white hair is as luxuriant
and his step is as elastic as it lus leen
at any time during the last twenty
years.
At a meeting in Boston tlie other
day wider the auspices of the Massa
chusetts Indian association Miss. E.
Pauline John-son. of Canada, read sev
eral original poems. She is tlie (laugh
ter of a Mohawk Italian chief. Miss
Johnson appeared in the co-tume of
hertril-e, which included a necklace of
cinnamon b-ar claws and a bracelet of
panther claws.
There still fremain in California
more than twenty-five descendants of
John Brown to help col on ire and civil
ize other new lands. M iss S.irah Brown,
one daughter, is an artist and art teach
er, with classes at San J .se and Sara-
toga
while her orchard at the latter
place is fruitful in French prunes,
olives, peaches, etc. She much resem
bles both her father and mother.
William D. Howells is a hard
worker and is obliged to use a type
writer since he injured his wrist so
badly that be can not use a pen. His
study or workshop is a model of tidi
ness and as neat as his sentences. Mr.
Howells is a warm friend of Henry
George and has similar political views,
as some of his novels have shown.
They arree admirably socially and so
cial isticalh'.
Mayor Bern is of Omaha, nepkew of
George Francis Train, says the "Citi
zen's" income is supplied by tbe lat
ter's daughter, to whom Mr Train
turned over about two hundred thou
sand dollars while he was making
money He sets the pare himself, his
present allowance being twelve dollars
a week, and he says that if he were to
draw thirteen dollars he wouldn't
know what to do with the odd dollar.
Admiral Avelan and hi associate
Russian officers found their recent
visit to France well worth their while.
It has been estimated that the pres
ents they received were worth 3,000,000
francs. They were of all kinds, among
them tallow candles, weighine- all told
S00 pounds, thousands of bottles of
champagne, fine wines, liquors cognac,
soap, perfumery, linen and bric-a-brac
The chapel of the admiral's vessel is to
be adorned with a painting by J. Mail
lart, presented by the clergy of France.
HUMOROUS.
Sunday School Teacher (hearing
Arthur say his catechism) "Arty,
what is the chief end of man?"' Ar
thur "The end wot's got the head
on."
Robby "Papa, I ran all the way
up Long hill to-day." Tapa "And how
did you feel when you reached the top?'
Robby "I felt just as if I had a stomach-ache
in my feet."
A Stand-Off. Guest (angrily)
"Sav, boy. I've been waiting here an
hour." "Waiter "Thafs all right,
boss. I've been waitin' here five
j years." Detroit Free Press.
His Friend "What part did von
find most difficult when you were on
the stage?"' Footlights "Trying to
live up to the salary I told my friends
I was drawing." Brooklyn Life.
"Young Snifkins tells me he is a
practicing phj-sician 'now. Is he?
. "Well, from the high rate of mortality
among his patients I should say he is,
just practicing." Buffalo Courier.
Fond Tarent "1 can not inter
fere, Bobby; your teacher writes me
that she thrashed you on principle."
Bobby "Well, she didn't. Don't you
think I know where she licked me?"
Life.
Figg "Skittles has run off and
left his wife in an impoverished con
dition." Fogg "Yes. Skittles has a
good heart, lie al ways said he would
! never ee her suffer." Boston Tran-
j script.
I Mr. Nocash "Great Scott, there
have been burglars in the house!"
Mrs. Nocash "How do you know?
Oh " Mr. Nocash "I found a dol-
; lar in my trousers pocket." Inter-
1 Ocean.
i "You can talk as yon will about
: keeping cool in battle," said a veteran
I cf the war, yesterday, "but when a
cannon-ball catches a fellow in the
neck, the coolest man is liable to lose
his head." Philadelphia Record.
Wet and Dry. An Irish post-boy
having driven a gentleman a long stage
during torrents of rain, was asked if
he was not very wet. "Arrah! I
wouldn't care about being o very wet,
if I wasn't so very dry, your honor."
"I say, mother, didn't I hear you
say last night you thought vegetables
had feelings?" "Why, yes, my wn; it
is very pleasant to believe so." "All
right, then; you don't catch me run
ning that old lawn-mower again. I'm
not going to hurt the feelings of the
grass."'
The Wrong Man. "Did you tell
sister I had come?" "Yeth. thir "
"Thafs a good boy, and here is some
candy. Now. what did sister say?" "I
told her that her beau wath in the par
lor, and she thaid 'Which oner and
when 1 told hr it wah you she tliuid:
Ok, lion- pj-ookiufc-:" Kansas City
Journal.
' When anyone proposes to start s,
new newspaper he is gravely remindasl
that there are nineteen thousand fiv
hundred and seventy -three (the ery
latest figure) newspapers printed in
the United States and Canada. But
he is now learning to retort that Ben
jamin Franklin's mother advised hias
not to start another newspaper "sinca
there wert already two ?n the country."
