T H
E AMERICAN
BOMBARDJHE PALACE.
Five British Ships Turn Their
Guns on Zanzibar.
ETJLER EEFUSES TO SUEEENDEE.
alias) Take Kftif lacier the Flag of tha
Germaa Empire Mohammed Hln Said
Proclaimed bnllaa -Saluted bj th Brit,
bit Squadron Gunboat Ttinuh lld lh
Greatest Execution.
Zanzibar, Aug. 28. The palace of
the eulian of Zanzibar was bombarded
this morning, and at noon wan a mass
of blazing rains. The usurping chief
tain. Said Khalid, and the commander
f his force. Said Sale, gucceeded in
escaping to the German consulate,
where they have sought refuge, and re
main nuder the protection of the Ger
man flag.
The old palace of Harem is nothing
bnt a heap of smouldering rains. Mo
bammed Bin Said, after having been
proclaimed saltan, was saluted by the
British squadron and was escorted to
his own house by Admiral Rawson,
fremier Matthews, Mr. Basil Cave, the
British consul, and a guard of marines
were stationed about the building. He
is a cousin of the late sultan, is over 60
years old and a peaceful Anglophile.
During the bombardment this morning
the gunboat Thrash was hit 16 times by
the gum on shore. After the first
broadside from the warship, many of
the Khalidites fled to the outskirts of
the town, where there was much loot
ing and several Indians were killed.
Up to the last moment, no one be
lieves said Kbalid would resist. The
ladies taken on board the flagship St.
George behaved splendidly. They were
put ashore this afternoon. The major
ity of the Europeans remained on shore
in spite of the warning issued by Ad
miral Rawson, warning them to go
aboard the British boats. Bishop Tucker
and many others boarded the steamer
Kowhera. The foreign gunboats and
the merchant vessels steamed away from
the scene of action. The crew of the
sultan's ship Glasgow hoisted the Union
Jack as the ship sank. Members of the
crew of the Glasgow as they made their
escape rescued several of the wounded
Admiral Rawson directed the attack
from the flagship St. George. The ma
jority of those killed of the saltan's
ide were Askinis. only a few Arabs
perishing.
The gunboat Thrush really did the
greatest execution with her guns during
the firing. The forces of Lieutenant
Raikes killed and captured several
looters and murderers. None of his
men wrre wounded. Throughout the
engagement the bluejackets were busily
eng aged in capturing pillagers and
persons engaged in the slave trade. It
will probably be a long time before
order is restored and business resumes
its normal condidition. No sympathy
for Said Khalid and his followers is ex
pressed. It is hoped by the English
here that the German consul will sur
render the usurper. It will bo a sur
prise if the government of Great Britain
does not take advantage ol the oppor
tunity to abolish Arab rule, suppress
slavery and proclaim Zanzibar a British
colony.
URGING MEADE FOR COMMANDER.
Naval Element of the Grand Army Ask
ing For Recognition.
New Yokk, Aug. 28. Admiral Rich
ard W. Meade, late of the United States
navy, arrived today from Europe, and
left at once by special train for St. Paul
to attend the national encampment of
the Grand Armv of the Republic. The
admiral will be welcomed at the en
campment by the National association
of Naval veterans, who are enthusias
tically urging his election as commader
in-chief of the Grand Army, to succeed
Major "Walker of Indiana. Admiral
Meade, as commander of Lafayette Post
of New York city, represents one of the
Strongest departments east of the Alle
chanies. He is a hero of the quarter'
deck with forty-five years of continuous
ervice under the flag of the repnblio
to his credit. From 1861 to 1865 he
served in the squadrons of the North and
South Atlantic, the Upper Mississippi
and West Gulf. Immediately upon his
retirement from the navy last year he
joined the ranks of the Grand Army,
uniting with Lafayette post. The naval
element of the Grand Army has never
yet been honored by the selection of
commander-in-chief from its ranks.
Relic of Pioneer Finance!.
Chamberlain, S. D., Aug. 28. F. R.
Aldrich of Aurora county is the posses
sor of an old and valuable relic in the
shape of an old $100 Virginia note, val
ned at 30, the face of which reads:
"One hundred Spanish milled dollars,
or the value thereof in gold or silver, to
be given in exchange for this bill at the
treasury in Virginia, pursuant to an act
passed May 8, 1779." The note is in a
fair state of preservation, although time
has almost obliterated the signature and
date of issue.
Tavlor No Lonrer Hiding.
Kansas City. Aug. 28. Cashier
Georire A. Tavlor of the defunct Argen
tine bank is no longer hiding out in fear
of arrest. He went to his home at
Turner, Kan., and to a number of
friends who visited him signified his in
tention of remaining at Argeutine and"
hplninir to straitrhten out matters. Mr.
Taylor still declares that depositors will
t paid out in full.
Track Pacing Record Lowered.
Hedrick, la., Aug. 28. At the Hed
5k kite track meeting Rubenstein low'
; ."ed the track pacing record to 2.05
red Tim Ogden set a new throe-heat
lark for hobbled pacers, being timed
; ."jarately in 2K)5?4. 2M4, 2K)o.
Bayllss for Congress.
AIasox City, la., Aug. 28. F. D.
Tsylisswas nominated as Democratic
Candidate for congress for the Fourth
Iowa district.
CHRISTIANS IS SESSION
Addressed Eloquentlj and Ferventlj bv
Mr. M. G. MacLeod.
The Young People's Christian Union
of the United Presbyterian church had
a mott successful convention in our
city last week. The citizens heartily
eojoytd their presence, and we believe,
from all we hear, that the delegates
wen delighted with the treatment they
received at the hands of the people of
Omaha. Several speeches of welcome
and greeting were delivered to the con
vention by our citizens. One by the
governor, one by the mayor, and one
each' by representatives of the local
Young People's denominational socie
ties. Below-we publish one of the lat
ter, delivered on Thursday evening.
After song service, President Quay
introduced, M. G. MacLeod, represent
ing the Baptist Young People's Trl
Cltv Union of Omaha, Council Bluffs
and South Omaha. Mr. MacLeod was
greeUd with prolonged applause. After
the hand clapplog subsided, he spoke
as follows:
Mr. President, Delegates op
Tbe Yocno People's Christian
Union :q You have already been wel
corned to this metropolis of the com
monwealth of Nebraska; you have been
welcomed to this state of the golden
rod, the golden corn and the golde
grain. Almost everything Nebraska
ha to offer represents gold or Its
equivalent, except her candidate for
nrrsldentlal honors. (Lvigbter and
aDo'ause.)
"We do not wish you to take the pres
ent temperature as an indication ol
cool reception, f jr we understand that
vou selected Omaha as your place of
meetlrfir'.because of its boing a popular
sum ner resort, and bo we did not wish
to disappoint you, but rather planned
for this cool weather as one of the evl
dences of a cordial reception. (Ap
Dlause.
I have the great honor and high
privilege of standing before you to ex
tend to you the hand of greeting and
brotherly fellowship in behalf of th
Baptist Young People's Unions of the
trl-clties of Omaha, South Omaha and
Council Bluffs.': We are glad that you
like ourselves, love the word 'Union,
so that' you have 'it incorporated in
vour nan e. We trust that to you also
the word union carries with It, in its
deepest- and truest sense, that which
the word implies love and fellowship
of Christian unity. For I believe it is
possible to have union without unity
To use anillustratlon once given by an
eloquent friend of mine, 'If you take a
cat and dog and tie their tails together
and hang them over a clothes line, you
mav have union, but not unity.
(Laughter and applause.) Like your
selves, we have learned the blessedness
and iov of Christian unity, and most
cordially and fraternally extend to you
the hand of Christian fellowship. (Ap
plause.)
"We wish to express to you by this
token, more than the mere sound of
words, and as we have the word union
common to both our names, we reach
out to vou to-night, a union of hands,
union of hearts, a union of determined
warfare agalnst'stn and evil, a union of
effort in tbe proclamation of the blessed
Gospel that we may be Instrumental in
hastening the coming of the great day
when the kingdoms of this world shall
become the great united kingdom of
our Lord ana savior, jesus unnsi.
Applause.)
"It is characteristic of love that It
ever seeks the demonstration by which
it will express to the beloved some evl
dence of the fire which burns in the
heart. When the psalmist's heart was
most full he cried out, 'What shall I
render unto the Lord?' So, as a weak
expression of deep and loving fellow'
shin ii which we hold you as co-labor
ers in our Master's vineyard, it is my
great privilege in behalf of the Baptist
young people of the Tri city Union to
present to you this floral counterpart of
the badge and seal of our trl-city and
national unions, with the loving mes
Basre expressed on the attached card:
" 'Welcome and fraternal greetings
to the Young People's Christian Union.
To them that are sanctifled by God,
the Father, and preserved In Jesus
Christ and called: Mercy unto you,
and peace, and love be multiplied.
From the Baptist Young People's Trl
citv Union. Omaha. Council Bluffs
South Omaha.' "
At this point Mr. MacLeod raised
the folds of the American flag which
draped the front of the speaker's stand
and revealed to the delighted audience
an immense floral design of roses and
other beauties, representing the badge
of the Baptist Young Peoples Union, a
Maltese Cross, four feet high and of
same breadth, surmounting the cross
artistically wrought in flawers, also
tbe American shield, the open Bible
and the motto of the union: 'Loyalty
to Christ,' each point of the cross bear
lng in order the initial letters, B Y,
P. U. Tne design contained about
thirty pounds of flowers. The offering
was received with tremendous and pro
longed applause. Qiiet being restored,
Mr. MacLeod, pointing to the design,
continued:
"To you its cross may stand for our
belief in one divine headship of th
church, 'For the preaching of the cross
is to them that perish foolishness, but
unto us which are Baved it Is the power
of
God.' The open Bible will stand for
- - - - - . i
our only guide in matters of faith and
religious practice. The shield of our
glorious country for that liberty of con
science for which our fathers have
tood, as well a for our undying loy-
,!ty to the Star Spangled Banner, that
g under which soul-lloerty was bora
and cradled, under whose fo'.d no man
must submit his boiy la aa unwilling
servitude to any other; under which no
man' soul Is chained tJ tbe opinions
and dogmas of another; under which
every man and woman U guaranteed
the right of an unfettered bjdy and an
untrammeled aoul. (Applause.) lUt,
brethren, we believe the flag also
stands as we do, unalterably and eter
nally opposed to that mistaken form of
liberty called license. (Apulatae.) Let
us unfurl this fUg. and this flag only,
over all our people as tbe emblem of
liberty, determined that with it shall
go the cross In which Paul gloried, and
that the Bible, which is the Holy
Spirit's legacy, ahall be everywhere
proclaimed and opened to the piople
(Applause.)
"We have heard outbursts of patriot-
Ism which proclaimed for 'No north,
no south," but we seek for something
even greater, when all political bound'
aries shall be forever obliterated, when
the banner of the King of Kings shall
float over the whole world, a united
people with no law save the law of love,
and the G jlden Hule thall be the uni
versal standard of man's dealiDg with
man. (Applause.)
' You have doubiless ere this observed
a striking and harmonious whole into
hlch your motto and our motto may
be blended. Your motto, 'Whos Are
We And Whom We Serve;' our motto,
'Loyalty to Christ;' both together
forming the one beautiful sentence,
'Loyalty to Christ, whose we are and
whom we serve.' (Applause.) We greet
you f or what we believe you represent,
body holding loyal allegiance to the
old, tried and true way, carefully ob
serving the old landmarks In pointing
out the way of the kingdom. You are
not readily captivated by the rew
Theology, or the Higher Criticism.
The old, old stjry seems good enough
for you and for us. (Applause.)
"In the great exposition, for which
preparations are being made in all this
western domain, will be spread exhibits
of the mighty power of man's genius
when directed in the channels of inven
tion and improvement. But mid the
crashing downfall of the, old and tbe
clatter of the uprising new, there
stands alone the religion of our Lord
Jesus Christ, a thing perfected from
its birth as once delivered unto the
saints by the hand of God Himself.
"For there Is one way men can't Improve,
Although it has been tried by men who have
studied and studied,
And worried until they died.
It has shone undlmtned through ages, like
gold retlned from Its dross,
It's the way to the Kingdom of Heaven, by
the simple way of the Cross."
Our Duty to the Old Soldier.
Editor American':) I am luformed
that there is an organization in our
city, composed of old soldiers and the
sons of old soldiers, the object and pur
pose of which is to obtain from the po
litical parties that recognition to which
they are justly entitled as patriotic
citizens who in the time of the nation's
most trying hour volunteered their
services that "the grandest nation on
which the sun ever shown" should be
preserved; that freedom fand liberty
might be guaranteed to all under the
Stars and Stripes.
All may not agree with me, yet I be
lieve they are justified in forming such
an organization. While it is true
much has been done in the past In
recognition of the patriotism and
heroic service of the old soldiers, I am
one who believes that much more
should be done In recognition of that
loyalty which preserved this nation In
seperable. I would grant all the boys
who wore the blue a pension. Aye,
more, I am In favor of having them ap
pointed to fill many more of the posl
tiona within the gift of our public
officials, not because I am an old sol
dier or the son of an old soldier, for I
am neither, but because I am a Repub
lican who is in favor of rewarding that
patriotism, that loyalty; that heroic
service which preserved the nation and
the nations flig, that you and I might
enjoy the blessings guaranteed to all
by our constitution.
It is estimated that "there are now
living 1,125,000 men who served as
officers and soldiers in the Union army
during the rebaiuon. J The average
number of deaths in the past five years
has been 25,000 a year. The whole
number of pensioner! is 970,524, and
during the last fiscal year 1139,807,337.
30 was paid out in pensions."
Time and death will bring a change
Let U9 not hope for it, lest it come too
soon.
I quote the following editorial from
the Omaha World-Herald, of Novem
ber 13, 1802:
"A GREAT DEFICIENCY.
The next session of congress will
have to wrestle with one deficiency of
$36,000,000. This Is on account of pen
sions. The appropriation for pensions
for the next year must be noteless than
$150,000,000. It is therefjre easy
arithmetic to pjreeiva that the api
propriatlon that congress must make
for pensions next session must aggre
gate not loss than $183,030,000. This
tremendous sum would, sin Jitseif, be
enough to run a rttarouabio govern
ment. One would not complain If It
were ao honest debt, because It was
never earned by any act of patriotism,
or heroic service.
The government 1 held up and
deep tiled of no mean portion of this,
and it seem helpless to defend itself.
One cannot help being curious to know
how nianv more Tears it will take U
exhaust the generation which fee's It
self in iurod by the war. It 1 safe to
ay that never did a generation display
such remarkable longevity."
At I read the above I wonder what
kind of a spirit of patriotism could
have prompted the writer to ex ore
thoi-o sentiments; was it the same kind
of a spirit of patriotism that prompted
the boys In blue to leave their homes
and friends to volunteer their services
In defense of this country r Oh no. It
was tbe same spirit of patriotism that
has prompted the Democratic Admin
istration in reducing and suspending
the pensions of tbe old soldiers for the
past four year.
Mark the language, "one would not
complain if it were an honest debt, be
cause It was never earned by any act
of patriotism or heroio service." Is
that the sentiment that will prevail
If Mr. Bryan is elected president, or
will the writer of those words have any
Influence with the next administration?
If so, I say for one who has a higher
appreciation of the services of the old
soldiers. May God forbid It.
Let us never, as men who love lib
erty, who love the Stirs and Stripes,
who love to breathe the air of freedom,
forget the loyalty, the patriotism and
heroio services of the eld soldiers
whether living or dead.
lie mav sleea on Chlckatnauga, on the
height of Mission Kldge,
In a trench with crowded hundreds, by
ford, or by a bridge,
He mav He beneath tbe water of a rlvur
swift and deep,
Or In falling may have clutchej and hung
and died upon the at soys
With a squad of half a doie n, who went out
to guard the train,
And. surrounded by guorrllUs, fought till
every man was slain:
With the foe be may he lying, where the
struggle tierce bad been,
He may niolder where he famished, In a
Rebel prlson-p in:
Or, perchance, betide a comrade, in a little
nook of green,
Oathehill his skull my whiten, and his
bones in the ravine:
Or in some great silent city, neatb the rose
and myrtle groups,
In an humble country graveyard where the
weeping wlllsw droops.
For by hundreds and by thousands went and
went they on their way;
In all season. In all wsatier, -In the night
time and the day:
When tie lUlitnln? and tha thunder of the
guns wm quick and loud
And the armies rushed together like the
temoesls In a cloud;
In ths charge upon tbe battery, when to do
was but to die,
In the throes of mortal struggle, band to
band, acd hip and thigh.
Aye, br hundreds and by thousands, they
have gone, aad others go,
Year by year tha men ws muster less an
less In numbers grow.
And the young that marched so lightly, and
were sunny, blithe and bold,
Now are shoulder-bent and weary, and we
all are growing old."
Amicus.
The Political Situation.
American "I believe, Mr. Mullaney,
you are a naturalized American?"
Mr. M. "Begorry, I am, thanks to
the laws."
American "Then you will, no doubt,
vote the American ticket?"
Mr. M.-"To the dlvll with the
American (ticket! If the American
don't like the way we run the country
let them L WE. "Ejxhxwe.
Subscribe for The American at
once. 50 cents to January 1st, 1897,
A Chinese Quality.
At the monthly eoclal of the Profes
slonal v'oman s league of New York
held the other day, Dr. Fannie Oakey
described a Chinese wedding feast at
which she and her husband were the
only American gues. The co-emony
took place ten days ago. The bride
groom. Chin Hun Lee, treasurer of the
Chinese theater In Mott street, Is a man
of wealth and prominence among New
York's Chinese 400. The marriage by
proxy had taken place in China some
time before. The bride of 16, for whom
her husband had paid a large sum, ar
rived In New York soma time ago. Ar
rayed in her most gorgeous native cos-
tume this bit of toy femininity was per
mitted to make her appeurance for but
a few brief moments and bear on a tray
the gray betel nut Indispensable to the
wedding of the oriental. In a volumln
ous robe of pale blue silk the bride
groom presided at the feast, to which
no Chinese women were bidden. After
the service of fruits, thirty courses of
substantiate, which included shark
fins and the famous bird's-neet soup,
were brought on. Then they adjourned
to the Chinese theater. For three days
Chin Hun Lee thrw open to all China
town the restaurant at 24 Pell street,
and was proud to own that it cost him
$20,000 to marry In true Chinese style.
Maaa Enough far Anything.
Ho Would you like to look at a
beautiful ring? She (hluahlngly) I
yea that Is, I wouldn't mind looking
at one. He Let us go to the window
and look at It. There la a beauty
around the moon to-night
A Million Sbacp.
The largest sheep owner in the world
Is aald to be Mr. S. MoCaughey, of the
Coonong station, at Jerlldeiia, New
Eouth Wales. He has 3,000.000 acres of
land, and last aeason sheared 1.000,000
iheep.
CHIir JUSTICE A 6PORTSM AN.
Lord KaMoll's 1 el-rest la Hoys' Alhl.llos
Evea Hasebell.
The most Interesting friend that boys
and girls posaeas will be In this coun
try In August, He Is the lord chief Jus
tice of Km land.
There Is hardly a more popular char
acter among UrltUh boys anywhere
than his lordship. He Joins In their
games to this day. i'erhspa he la the
first lord chief Justice that ever played
leap frog. He did this last year with
some Harrow boys on the green before
the school. Hut he should be particu
larly liked by the boys of this country
because he was In one of the few bai
ball games yet witnessed In England.
It came about In this way. The Rt.
Hon. Charles Lord Russell, of Klllowen,
O. C. M. 0.. to give his full title, has
been known throughout bis career aa a
friend of field sports, particularly
cricket. He la director In many school
boards. Whenever be visits these
schools he asks the boys about their
games and occasionally takes a hand In
them. That Is how he comes to be a
cricket player and a tennis player and
various other things. Whenever ths
boys of rival schools get up a uialch,
and the chief Justice Is within rea-h,
he Is called upon to umpire It H
rarely refuses these Invitations. He
told a class at Eton this spring that be
would prefer to be the finest bowler In
England to holding the premiership of
Great Britain. The boys gave him three
cheers.
One day a game of baseball was pro
posed between some Southwark boys In
London and a nine composed of lads
belonging to a parochial school of which
his lordBhlp la director. Now a game
of baseball Is rare In England. They
prefer cricket over there. But a few
years ago an effort waa made to Intro
duce our national game In Britain. It
baa not met with much success. Tbe
English say it Is too boyish. Perhaps
that may be why only tbe boys of Eng'
land have taken much Interest In bane
ball as yet. When the game was ar
ranged an umpire was essential, par
ticularly so In view of the fact that no
body understood much of the matter.
Lord Russell was selected.
The game waa a great success. Ills
lordship did the umpiring like a hero.
The London sporting newspapers made
very merry over the affair, particularly
as one of the teams got 350 runs and
there were seventeen Innings. It seems
that the game ended very much sooner
than had been expected, and his lord'
ship suggested that they go ahead and
have more- innings. He evidently
thought It was a usual thing. It must
have been a very remarkable game,
Sporting Life, Jn poking fun at hlf
lordship, observed that nobody got put
out In the first Inning at all. In ths
fourth Inning the ball was lost and thr
man at the bat made ten home runs ons
right after the other, and had them all
counted by the umpire. It may be ln
ferred that bis lordship might not be
Just the man to umpire a game on tblf
side of the water.
However Lord RubscII Is such a lovei
of sportg that one can easily forgive
him. He Is at the head of an associa
tion which helps amateur sports among
boys and girls in England. He him
self bag given many prizes. He Is an
honorary member of a school glrla"
cricket team In England. His mission
in this country has nothing to do with
sports. He will come to attend a gath
ering of lawyers, and he will land Is
New York on about August 15. Hi
may make a tour of the country. Per
haps he'll undertake to umpire a base
ball game If somebody asks him. New
York Sun.
Progress of Grant's Tomb.
The work of putting In place the blf
atones of the dome of Grant's tomb ol
Riverside Drive will, the contractor!
hope, be completed within two weeka
The atatue which Is to surmount thi
dome Is not to be placed In posltiot
this year. For the present there will
be a stone frame with glass window;
on top of the structure. About th
bae of the dome a numeroue crew o
stonecutters are chiseling away at thi
ornamental designs Into which thi
etone is to be modelled. The patterr
drawing tor this modelling is on exhl.
bltlon In the guard house near thi
tomb. New York Sun.
A Fairy Story.
Mrs. McNulty (early Sunday mornlnj
to McNulty, who has Just reache
home) "So ye. air home, eh, and phen
did ye git them lovely black eyes
workin' overtime, I suppose?"
Mr. McNulty "Guess again, me rose,
bud. I got them lovely optics fror
loss of sleep while slttln' up wit a slcl
friend who ain't expected to live."
New York "World.
All He Had to Bay.
Judge "Have you anything to sj
before the Judgment of the court li
passed upon you?"
Tough Prisoner "Beggln' yer hon
or's pardon, hev ye heard the score
judge?" Philadelphia Record.
BnperstltloQ Overcome.
"I have cured Bliggins of hie horrlbl
superstition at last," the phllanthro
plst exclaimed.
"How did you manage it?"
"I offered to lend him J13." Woon
eocket Reporter.
The Moaqnlto Enemy.
Catch a few dragon files and ban(
them In the porch or around the plas
la. acd the boldest, baddest mosquitt
will disappear like lightning. Bu
"first catch your hare." Boston Her
aid.
A Man of Nerve,
I envy Dings whene'er he sings,
So much does he deserve;
Tia not his voice makes me rejolce-
I envy him his nerva.
Emporium Echo.
WORDS WITHOUT A RHYME.
fa PaclUfc lagaag t'aatalat ft
Kanlwr g( Tha.
There are a doien words In the Eng
llsh language In everyday use for which.
enterprising people have rifgpalred of
ever finding a rhyme. The wor4
month," for example, Is one of theaa.
"Silver" la another word It serins easy
to secure a rhyme for. As a matur
of fact, tryln ""d something to
rhyme with "silver" nearly drove a
London writer of verse Insane long
ago. Aa a last resort be advertised la
the newspapers ana received but on
reply. It came from that manter ot
verbal contortion, W. 8. Gilbert. 81r
Arthur Sullivan's erstwhile partner,
who aubmllted the word "chllver." Ha
wasn't qu'te cltar, he said, as to what
a chlvler might lie, but he had sum tha
word In advertisements of sales of farm
stock, and had an Idea, which Is cor
rect, that It described a species of
sheep.
"Orange" la another word without
rhyme. "Oulf" Is also without aa
English partner, and "culm" and "cusp"
ar alike solitary. Many poets who
have sought In vain for rhymes to "re
vengo" and "avenge" will not b an
peased when they learn that but two
exUt "penge" and Stonehenge." "Coif
Is now, happily for versifiers, growing
obsolete, for there Is no word whlca
rhymeg with It "Scarf" has been dar
ingly linked at the end of a line with
half" or "calf," but this la a practlc
to be discouraged. "Scalp" rhymea
only with "Alp," but, like "babe" anl
astrolabe," It would require much In
genuity to find an excuse for bringing
these words into Juxtaposition. "False"
has on several occasions, by an abusa
of poetic license been associated with
"valse," though fie correct French pro-,
nunclatlon of the latter word would
destroy the rhyme.
Of the names of places, the African,
town of Tlmbuctoo hag long been fa
mous for being without rhyme. Th
nearest succeas that any poet has ever
attained In this respect was when, la
gome old verses describing a desert
hunt, "cassowary" wag made to rhyma
with "missionary" and "Tlmbuctoo"
with "thin buck, too. "-New York
Presa.
Tha Modern Fourth of July.
The Fourth of July hag a different
meaning with each generation. In tha
earlier years of our country It waa aa
emotional day. The feelings of exulta
tion at liberty wrenched from a tyrant,
and of oompasslon for nationalities still
"under the oppressor'a heel," and ol
pride In American prowess were tha
Impulses which made the day heroio,
In those swelling days patriotism waa
religion and the Fourth of July wag
festival of piety rough and riotous,
yet essentially real.
In these days the Fourth has anothat
significance. We do not go extensively
to hear orations. We do not tak
affectionate Interest In having our emo
tions kindled aa did our forefathers.
Dut we do think. This la the period ol
thoughtfulness. Our people are begla
nlng to realize that patriotism Is a mat
ter of details; that It Is shown by attene
tion to some specialty In public affairs)
The arm-swinging and wild-eyed oratot
who talked generalities has passed. To
day we are interested In the earnest
men who can teach us somewhat ra
gardlng the public non-partisan prob
lema which require the activity of cltf
tens. Education, municipal question
the Immigrant, the suffrage, church ani
atate, public order and public improves
men t these are some of the topics Intt
which patrlotlem to-day Is particular
Ized. Illustrated American.
A Regular Clincher. 't
"Now, gentlemen and ladles," gall
the street fakir, exhibiting a bottle ol
bis famous hair restorer, "this prepsr
ration used externally will Insure a ful
suit of hair to the smoothest pate la
the crowd. But remember this oat
necessary precaution, when the hair li
once grown, then take a couple oi
doses Internally."
"What's that for?" asked the proa
pective purchaser.
"To clinch the roots," replied thi
fakir, as he handed down the bottle
and pocketed 60 cents. Washlngtof
Times.
Too Slow for the Place.
Editor (of great modern newspaper)
What! has young Fhake done nothlnl
yet to call attention to the fact thai
we have our own special correspondent
In Cuba? Cable him that he must gef
himself banished at once, or quit tat
Job. Puck.
Now is the time to subscribe for THR
American.
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